The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-04 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In some quarters the inquiries for money have slightly fallen off, but the general demand is still moderately active, and the quotations are well maintained. About £BO,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. During the last few days there has bean very little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. The operations in tea have been in some measure suspended until the public sales, which commence tb-day. Sugar and coffee have generally remained at about previous rates, white rice has been neglected, and quotations tend downwards. In saltpetre the dealings have been cf quite a retail character, and tallow has beep lower owing to a pressure of speculative sales. A new undertaking—the Neustadt Charcoal Iron Works Company—is now before the public, with a capital of £230,000, in shares of £2O each. The object is to purchase and work certain iron works at Neustadt, on the Hanover and Bremen Railway. The deposit of iron ore is said to be of exceeding good quality, and to produce first-class plates, steel, &c. The estate covers about fifty acres of freehold and one hundred and thirty acres of copy hold land. It is fitted up with all the necessary ap• pendages for manufacturing iron ore into the several descriptions of plates, &c., and can be pur chased at about one-half the original cost. Two English mining engineers have visited the district and report very favourably of the property and the prospective benefits that may be expected from prac tical and judicious management. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Imperial Bank took place to-day—Mr. A. Lusk in the chair. The report stated that the gross profits realised during the past six months amounted to £10,056, and that, after deducting the necessary current expenses, rebate of interest upon bills not yet due, preliminary expenses, &c., a net profit of £4,012 was left. This sum was equal to a divi dend of 5 per cent. per annum upon the capital of the company, but the directors believed that the permanent interests of the bank would be best pro moted by postponing any division of the profits, and therefore recommended that the amount in question be carried forward to credit of new profit and loss account. The chairman moved the adop tion of the reports, and pointed out from the opera tions of the bank that the business was of a pro gressive and increasing character. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 10c. Rather flat. Notwithstanding that an apparent dullness has been exhibited this morning in the Market for the English Funds, prices have been well sup ported, owing to improved prices received from Paris. Consols are now 924 ; for money, and 93 k for the September account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 92; 93 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. prem.; the 5 per Cent. India Loan is quoted 108} 1 ; and the Debentures are 1001. There have been very few changes in tho Foreign Market, but the tendency of values is still in an adverse direction. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 67 1; do. Consolides, 477 ; ; Mexican, 351, 36 ; Greek, 31 a i; do. Coupons, 141 151 ; Spanish Pas sive, 31-1- 4 ; do. Certificates, 11i 128 ; Portuguese, 474 48; Italian 701 ; and the Confederate Loan, 23 to 21 die. Business in the Railway Share Market continued inactive, and a further decline has taken place in prices. Caledonian, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick) have each receded about 65., and Great Eastern 10s. ; while London and Brighton have improved 15s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been little change of importance. Dutch Rhenish realise 171, 1, Great Western of Canada 11, East India 1081, and Great India Peninbula 1081 t. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally are a shade flatter—London and Westminster being dealt in at 77k, London and Brazilian at 43, Union of Australia at 52. General Credit and Finance shares realise 21 'l, International Financial 81 and Crystal Palace Stock 401. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 2371 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 921 / New 3 per Cent. A nnu i t i es New 3} per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, e x pi re S t h Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 971 Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Ang. 1864 or 66 1001 1 Ditto Bonds £l.OOO — Ditto under £ 1 , 0 00...... Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Aug. 6 921 A India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 & I per Cent 2 pin Ditto £500 Ditto Small 2 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 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 ) anion 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. .. Egyptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 3ll 2 Ditto Coupons Ditto Account .. 151 Italian 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) — Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 351 Peruvian 4i per Cent. Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account . . B6l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per C en t., 1856 , ' 7, ' 9, ' 6O, 62 471 8 Rrmsian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — 'r Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 B,kmtnish 3 per Cent Ditto Account ..... . .... — Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account l2 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account 921 2 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 7oi Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 671 7 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account .. 231 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 Ditto Account 56 • Dividends on the above payable in London. D utch 2 i per Cent., Ex. 12 G il Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates u Italianlo2 Dittos pe r c A out., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. ccount. ..................... 70i i Consols, Money ....... 92! THREE O'CLOCK . Ditto Account. ....................... 921 Liverpool Cotton litarket—This Da (REXITER:B TELEGRTAM.) Quiet, Import, 4,024 dull, balesno change. Sales about 4,000 bales, :fTREBOYB H ALL.- MERRYBOYS HALL ve nts D-- - -,--- Mr. Dickens, by his pictu re Hall, deplorably corroborated as he has been by criminal couits, so shook public Con/ the reports of the boa dint and gave such a u impdetence in private up of proprietary schools in all provincial t" to the setting Athenceum, in reviewing Mr. Johns' ~ R o Z l° ' Bays the Holiday Rambles," that the dealers in bo n ed, _Walks and and learning are far from being so prosperou s as old. The good are suffering for the bad, Mr. John s as . of us glimpses of a Merryboys Hall. It lies M a la nd gives black cherries, Study there may be relieved by th eu d°t lights and sports of fruit-gathering, bird -nesting., insect catching, and shell, moss, and fern collecting; and the master is no stern pedagogue, but a jolly old boy, fond of, boating, shooting, fishing, dredging, and practical jokes and riaiculous mishaps; for is he not here delineated in the illustrations of his book in various picturesque attitudes,— prawning at Clovelly, waiting for sunshine on Loch Lossit, puzzling the midges of Loch Bally Grant, and, on his very title-page, sprawling in a trench full of snow, having dropped his hat and spectacles, and fallen into the trench in Is oTer-eagerness to reach a shot ,now -bunting ? BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing chart 100 A.t'antic &St Lawrene, all 62 64 Bom.,Barodatt.Cent Inc; p,„ 107 108 1071 8 n I Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New ...... 20 Do. E. Shares.. 74 114 p z O l Buffalo and Lithe Huron al, 51 61 10 Do. Preference 1.00 Buffalo,Brant,&Godricli p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1811 -- 100 Do. do. July 1, 187% 100 100 Do. do. June 1k; , 1 100 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(l., lOO 1065 107 st Cape Town & Dock Soil 100 R 74 1081 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. a 100 1085 1096 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 107 168 108 4 74 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 14 14p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Lou 191 :06 100 1)o. Ist Fret. Bonds Rii 70 72 100 Do. uo. deferred all 52 55 100 Do. 2d Pref. 130111:18 all 64 66 100 Do. do defer , ed..— all 60 62 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred— all 34 37 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto all 23 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 21 23 stook GLlndiaPenni.g-ua.sp.o. 100 1( 8 109 1084 8 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1 16p 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1064 BM 204 Gt. W. of CanadaShareb all 10i 114 11 201 Do. New .. .... . . . 18 91 91 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't ()Pt. all 97 100 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.. . all 90 02 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 41 p stock Madras guar., sp. o. stock Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 101 102 1011 2 stock Dc. 44 do lOO 47 99 98 9 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock %lelb.Corp. ap. o. Bncl , 100 -- 50 31elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 54 56 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßr unswick & Candt, sNo D 0.00.0 n l .. t p l d . C deu on' Delhid.i a a .u 6. b p . . o .. 1 .. 5 ... t ; Class Aan B st 2s o ot ck t 1 1 0 0 46 7 4 108 1/op7 108 74 all ——p • st Do. Do. ........ , t,lg• 100 1064 1071 1074 rock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 000 1021 1034 I COLONIAL OOVEHNME.NT SEC U rlp.c.J a &J pf bds - 1877-81 (ail0(0110200 834 866 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Al 4, 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept 100 108 108 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 100 954 961 I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 96 'Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,187 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1891 100 113 115 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p t 100 113 115 Maui itins 6 per cent .. 100 106 107 Natal Gov. 0 per cent.. 100 110 112 N.8.G0y.6 p.0..)a.&Ju1) 100 1051 1064 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1,18 , 100 100 101 ' Do. sp. c.,18,1. to 100 101 102 I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 101 102 102 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 1054 1065 Q b . u A e e a n s s a 6 n p d . c G . c t3 v ro . .6 & p u . p c 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 10 0 1 11 1 2 - Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 107 109 Do. io 6D.0. An.&ocf.. 100 112 1124 1121 4 SHARE MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOVES• • Paid.' 1 Closing BUSiDe e.BB .1 Price. don 8 8} 81 8/ 85 87 I 1201 12011 Railways. Share, Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall Do AA ffets no dig Do. B (lp c.p an. ha been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June., Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland Great Western ..... • • • Do Str Val Yorkshire stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Str.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. (it. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line !North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee] st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Lecds st Do York st Do Carlisle.. at North London 10 Do New PAM North Staffordshire 10 ,N. and S. W. Junction st Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 'Shrews. and Welchpool st Shropshire Union at South Devon at South Eastern st South Wales at !S. York. and River Dun 20 ,IStaines,Wok.,andWok 25 !Stockton & Darlington 25 Do :5 Do New, 1866 , Taff Vale.. . 10 I Do B 10 I Do C 50 lUleter Do. Do Vale of Neath (Victoria sta. and Pim , 'Waterford & Kilkennyl (West Cornwall Hartlepool Har.&ll , West Midland Oxford' Do Newport Do Hereford 40 41 15 16 94 95 111 113 52 63 50 52 25 26 122 124 121 123 135 140 100 162 '6l al, 1131 1131 766 776 113 115 42 43 101 1016 1055 1206 14 - 15 111 11 s 128 .28i 1 4 It) 97 99 54i tsi 26 28 1011 1021 594 64 89/ 90} 118 120 lf p 82 83 1t 121 122 124 413 i i 7 99 101 N 52 30 22 92 O2i 71 73 100 102 8 98 71 39 94 10! 74 86 155 160 51 5 3 3i p 79 81 156 160 27 29 45i (6i 39 41 104 106 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 lAd uhilord Amalgamated 4 ' ir, Devon G. Con e . (rf avist, 1 550 6vu East Bassett (Illoganl 30 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. 5 7 €1 75 80 par East Caradon ...... 1.14 .1 304 315 305 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 8 81 I E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.6.6 4 41 - Gam.drSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) .8, 7 10 G reat South Tolgus 17s 4 45 G. Wheal Vor(Llelsten 40 65 75 Grenville 5.16. t 6 65 Elerod's-Foot 8.12 41 43 iiingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 2 Margaret (Uny Lelant Lady Berth a Marke Valley 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim , 21 li t d New Setun North Downs 2 2 25 N. Wh 'i Basset(lllo4au 2.17 5 .c 35 31 North Wheal Crafty Par Consols (St. Blazey, 15 4 5 20 Providenee(Uny Lelnt.) 10.5.7 10 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 I 415 425 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.61 11 25 `.Wheat Fran. (Mogan, 18.1-.9 725 '75 Stray Park 5 famar SD v.& Lead Min. 45 1 1 fin Croit ,,/ 215 225 225 West Basset (Illogan) l5 11 12 W C tzdon (Liskeard) 5 22 24 West Seton Wheat Basset (Mogan, 55 625 675 '.'heal Buller (Redruth) 5 45 50 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 --- WhealLtl ott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton 685 215 225 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 15 17 Wheal Union PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 132 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 914 South Eastern ( tteading Anne., £1.0.0), 24 Ditto, 4; per cent., 102 West Midland gua. 5i per cent., 1863, oi PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 87 , LINES LEASED A. 2 FIXED RENTALS. London and Greenwich, 63; Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 97i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 17i Paris and Orleans, 40 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (a 11), 22} Turin and Savona, 21 3 FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 30 Yudananiutana of S. Australia (lim.), 38 i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. &gra and United Service (lira.), 112 &Mance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 341 Australasia, 761 Imperial Ottoman, 171 1 London and Brazilian (lira.), 43 2; London and Couuty, 471 London Joint Stock, 341 London and Westminster, 771 8 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 26 Union of Australia, 52 Union of London, 351 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 401 40 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 3 Electric Telegraph, 106, 56 . E glish and Australian Copper, Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, lim., 21 / Hudson's Bay, 31 2f International Financial Society, lim., 81 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 870 issued 90, 71 Joint .stock Discount, 51 6 London Financial Association, lim., 111 1 ,Madras Irrigation and Canal, 31 National Discount Company, lim., 9-1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 781 8 A CHILD DROWNED IN A WASHING TUB... Yesterday Mr. J. Humphreys, the coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the Lord Morpeth Tavern, Old Ford-road, Bow, relative to the death of Isabella Mar garet Diaper, aged 18 months, who died from drowning, The deceased was left by the mother playing at the back of her house, and during her momentary absence fell into a tub of water. The mt)ther subsquently found the deceased im mersed head downwards, and when she pulled her out life f a : aP P ate ntly extinct. Mr. Brereton, the surgeon, of Old Ford-r oa d , d -road, Was promptly sent for, and used Dr. Marshall system to restore life, but his efforts were in vain. After some remarks from the coroner, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." 52i 1 } 251 I 123 k 3 121 2} 2 i 66 5! 4 1131 f 764 1134 144 434 24 1014 4 4 103/ 44 llt t i 4 1011 i 92} If 71k 79 80 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. Enlargement of the Sailors' Home (THIS DAY.) The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the build ing for the enlargement of the Sailors' Home, situate in Dock-street, was performed by Viscount Palmerston, K,G. this day. His lordship was received at the entrance of the court yard next to the Seaman's Church by Admiral Bowles, the President, Vice-Presidents, and a great number of the supporters of the institution, and conducted to the ground. The proceedings took place under a very elegant marquee gaily decorated with the flags of all nations, 60 feet in height and 40 feet in length, under which sat a brilliant assemblage of ladies. The entrance of the tent was taste fully decorated with a profusion of beautiful flowering plants. An address was then presented by Sir J. Bo WLES, which set out at length the advantages offered by the Sailors Home, and also the great benefits that had occurred through their establishment to the mercantile marine. The present " Home" owed its origin to three naval officers, and was establish d in 1835, and since that time no less than £1,110,980 had been received from seamen, and directed into legitimate channels. The alterations of the present building having been determined on, the plans of Mr. Bracebridge had been adopted, the cost of which will amount to £10,626, of which sum £B,OOO had been obtained, leaving £2,000 to be met by further subscriptions. Since the opening of the Home, the address stated that no less than 139,180 had been inmates. Lord PALMERSTON replied as follows :—Sir William Bowles, ladies and gentlemen, I can assure you that I feel great pleasure, and I may say p r id e , in having been per mitted to take a part in this most interesting ceremony. We are by our insular position necessarily a seafaring nation. I may say our national independence is connected with the skill, the enterprise, and daring courage of our seamen. (Loud cheers.) It is needless to point out that by the great ex' ensicn which the principles of free trade have received of late years, our commercial intercourse with other nations, carried on on every ocean, have incredibly increased , and that we are now dependent upon our commerce for the maintenance of our national industry, for the subsistence of a great partof our population, and for the markets to which the produce of our manufactures are destined to go. If then nothing but commercial interests were concerned it would be needless to point out how greatly the strength and prosperity of the country derend upon our seafaring population. But there are still higher considerations than those to point out their value, and how much they deserve encouragement from their fellow-countrymen. It is true that something near 30,000,000 of men could not be conquered by any invasion that might reach these shores, but short of that we might, if we lost the command of the seas— we might be blockaded by the cutting off of our foreign supplies, and by the pre vention of our export trade be reduced to very distressing extremities, and, therefore, in that point of veiw we ought fully and highly to appreciate the value of our sailor fellow men. (Loud cheers.) Well, it is the result of their life to be separated in a great measure from intercourse with their fellow-men on land that they are peculiarly a simple minded and guileless set of men; but simple-minded and guileless men are too often, when they come in contact with them, the victims of men of different character. A sailor, when he comes to port, cannot go probably to the seat of his family ; he cannot go to his friends and relations. He must remain in the port where he has landed, and in that port he is exposed to every tem p t ation, and to the loss both of his money and his health. Well, th ese i ns tit u ti ons tend to provide him with a home. It is said, indeed, that "his home is cu the deep," but we provide him with a home on terra firma, and it is needless to point out how much his physical and moral interests are promoted by a reception such as he meets with in these institutions. (Loud cheers.) They are indeed a part of those great social improvements which have been made in recent times, and I may say that among them, few are more de serving of public encouragement, and few are more con ducive to the real interests of the country. (Cheers.) 1 therefore am glad, and I return thanks to those who have given me the invitation I am glad to be present and contribute to the foundation of an institution which will be attended with such national advantage. His lordship then, with the usual honours, laid the foun dation stone, which bore the following inscription : " This chief stone of the new building in extension of the Sailor's Home was laid on the fourth day of August, in the year of Our Lord, 1863, and in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of her most gracious Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by the Right Hon. Lord Vis count Palmerston, K.G." The singing of the National Anthem concluded the pro ceedings. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING• - - - - - Weights for the Great Ebor Handicap of 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 25 soya each; 10 ft, and only 5 if de dared. Two miles. 73 subs Yrs st lb Asteroid 5 9 8 Carbineer Caller Ou Fairwater Millionaire Zetland Joey Jones „, 5 8 2 Carisbrook 4 8 0 * Buckenham Investment Bellman 5 7 10 Cowley Costa Oldminster Turn-of-Luck Bedouin 4 7 8 Canary Myrtle Brighton Welcome Captain Crow Lacydes 4 7 0 Makeshift . Watchman Earl of Surrey Citadel Monk 6 6 13 Magnum Bonum 4 6 13 Anfield My Mary Evenband 5 6 10 Piccador •Catch'em Alive Revolt . Bonny Breast Knot 4 6 5 Yrs at lb Scamander .. 3 6 3 M. Philippe. a 6 2 Fantail 3 6 2 Barchettina 3 6 0 Eleanor 3 6 0 Golden Pledge . • 4 6 0 Port Royal •••• 6 0 Clarior 3 6 0 M ainstay 3 6 0 Plover 3 5 12 *Marroion . 3 5 12 .oakapple Melrose Double Chaff ••••"3 5 10 Trust Michael Scott Newchurch 3 5 10 Merry Maid • T r ojanus *Liston gelding 3 5 7 IBrian Bora Ashmore Lady Maria • • Luna Haddington • • Cape Flyaway • Rt.tcatcher Adventurer 4 paid Truant Pilot ..........•• 4 paid King Charming .. 3 paid Ondine .......... 3 paid Gardener ......•• 5 paid Doefoot ........ 5 paid Rawksley are subscribers, but Lord Strathmore and Mr. did not name. * These horses having been entered without the know ledge of their owners will be struck out at the time pre scribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. Weights published, August 1, at noon ; forfeits to be de clared August 8, at 6 p.m. Murder of a Traveller in Switzerland, BERNE, July 31. A murder took place here last week which for tunately is to be reckoned among the rarities in our peaceful Swiss valleys. The occurrence of such an outrage, however, has filled men's minds with in dignation and horror. A traveller from Hanover, llermann Quensell, councillor of the tribunal at Hildesheim, lett Zinal, in the Valley of Anniviers, on the morning of the 23d. He was accompanied by the guide, Baptiste Petre, and intended to cross the Col de Torrent to Evolena. After they had passed the Col, about noon, Petre drew the attention of the traveller to a heap of stones, thrown up in the form of a breast work by the wayside, which had not occupied that position a few days before. Some steps further on lay a powder-horn and some bullets. The guide but the trav e ller treated expressed apprehension, his fears with derision. At this moment a shot was fired from behind the stone-heap. The bullet struck the councillor in the arm and grazed Petre's breast, another bullet immediately after shattering the latter's arm. The traveller ran down the mountain to Evolena us fast as his wound would permit, fol lowed, says the guide, by two or three more shots. One of the robbers then came up to the guide and took from him the traveller's knapsack, behaving, however, with some humanity to himself and doing him no further injury. The body of the unfortunate councillor was found the next morning pierced by three bullets and robbed of all valuables. A general hunt after the robbers took place, re sulting in the capture of four out of the six who, according to the guide, were concerned in the attack. The prisoners are natives of this canton. Five of the robbers belong to the same family, one of them having already served years in a convict chain gang, and subsequently taken to the moun tains as a poacher. Tne arrest - of the other two malefactors is expected shortly. THE BOMBAY MAIL, By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have received our journals and correspondenc e from Bombay to July 9, and Calcutta to June 27. The report of the arrest of Nana Sahib is con- firmed. The limes of India gives the following details of the arrest : " The news of the capture of the Nana at Aj. mere, near the military cantonment of Nusseerabad, is well founded. It appears he has been skulking in the Raj pootana States during the last four months, while we have been supposing him to be hidden in the wilds of Nep tut, We believe the first intima tion of his presence in this part of India arose from some information supplied to Capt. Nuttell, at Sholrpoor, when it. seems the Bombay police were put on the track. However this may be, one of these police was present at the capture. There can be little doubt that the man was very recently io the neighbourhood of Poona and Sholapoor, and, as far as our information extends, no doubt exists as to his being the real Nana of Bithoor. We are not so certain of the rumour that Tantia Topee has been captured with him. Such, however, is reported to be the case ; the man who formerly suffered death as Tantia Topee not being, it is alleged, that leader at all. It is certain that a considerable gang have been cap tured at Ajmere. The Nana, we are told, will he sent to Bombay under a strong guard of Europeans, and conveyed from this city for trial to Calcutta or Cawnpore, The detachment will be under the command of an officer of rank, and be composed of picked officers and men. " Since writing the above, we have heard that a jemadar of the Bth Regiment of Native Infantry, in company with two Bombay policemen, traced a companion of the Nana from the Deccan to Bika neer; that the Nana was there found residing as a guest of the Bikaneer Rajah; that he was allowed to depart thence to Ajmere and there denounced, his trackers having joined him on the road, and introduced themselves as agents from one of the neighbouring durbars. It is said the prisoner has no want of funds, having several lass of rupees at his command, an incidental corroboration of his identity." The following is the official report of the capture : " From Major A. G. Davidson, Deputy Commissioner of Ajmere, to the Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, dated Aj mere, June, 1863. " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you that, on the 22d instant, a native officer of the Bth Bombay N. 1., by name Dwarka Tewarie, brought me your letter, No. 113, of 27th April, 1863, to the address of tae Political Agent, Jyepoor, and gave me such information regarding the object with which it had been written, that I thought myself justified in opening it, and having satisfied myself that he was acting under Mr, Forjett's orders and with your sanction, I rendered all the assistance in try power, and had the satisfaction of capturing the persons indicat-d by the informers, Dwarka Tewarie and Gyapershud ; and from their statements, which have been confirmed by Mr. For jett's detectives, who accompanied them, as also from com parison with the descriptive roll furnished by Government, and a statement made by a sergeant-major of the Royal Artillery, stationed. at Nusseerabbad, who was formerly in the 14th Dragoons, and constantly saw the Nana at Meerut, I have not the slightest doubt whatever that the prisoner now in the Ajmere magazine, under an European guard of her Majesty's 28th Regiment, is the Nana Dhoondoo Punt, One of his companions is stated by the informers to Naroo Punt Bhalla Bhut, also entered in the descriptive roll. The third person is a blind Brahmin, made use of by the Nana to conceal his real, and to confirm him in his as sumed, character. " There are two striking marks on the person of the prisoner supposed to be the Nana, one of which is not en tered in his descriptive roll; this is a grooved scar under the hole pierced in his right ear, and the other is a scar of (as the civil surgeon certifies) either a lancet cut or a cut of a very fine sharp-pointed bistoury, about an inch and a half in length, and slightly oblique : and, indeed, the prisoner corresponds in nearly every particular with the description given in the roll, except that his hair is white, he has lost two front teeth, and his cheeks are not so full as they were six years ago.—l have, &c., " A. G. DAVIDSON, Commissioner." The intelligence of the fall of Herat had been received in Bombay by a telegram from Lahore. The Government at Lahore was informed that Post Mahommed had taken the city by storm, " assisted by treachery within, and stratagem without." A correspondent of the limes of India says:— " Previous to the attack on the 26th of May it had been given out that Dost Mahommed was at the point of death. He had assembled his sons, nominated his successor, and given his parting advice to all, which demonstration appears to have thrown the Heratees off their guard, and enabled him to surpriso and capture the citadel by a sudden assault aided no doubt by treachery within the wills. This event ought to facilitate the solution by treaty of all remainipg difficulties. Lut the course which Persia may pursue is, perhaps, uncertain, and much may depend on that." TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. LYNN, Monday Night. To-night, at a quarter to nine o'clock, an accident of a frightful character occurred to an excursion train from Hunstanton to Lynn. A bullock having strayed on the line, the engine of the train dashed against the animal, the sudden shock throwing six of the carriages off the metals. Two or three of the carriages were conaplelely smashed, and the occupants buried in the debris. Assistance was promptly procured, when it was found that five of the passengers were killed, their bodies being dreadfully mutilated, and about twelve others much injured. Up to twelve o'clock to night only two of the bodies had been identified. The accident occurred at Gay wood, about three miles from Lynn. THE "FEMALE BLONDIN " DISASTER, The following correspondence is published in the Birmingham Daily Post : Whitehall, July 29, 1863. Gentlemen,—l am directed by Secretary Sir Geo. Grey to inform you that a memorial, very numerously signed, has been addressed to him on the subject of the death of the unfortunate woman, who was killed in consequence of the breaking of the rope on which she was performing at a fete recently given in Aston Park. And I am to express Si! Sir George Grey's hope that after this melancholy occur rence you will not allow a repetition of such dangerous per formance in the Park.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON. The Directors of Aston Park, Birmingham. Birmingham, August 1, 1863. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ultimo, informing the directors of the Aston Hall and Park Company that Sir George Grey has received a memorial very numerously signed, addressed to him, on the subjeot of the death of the unfortunate , woman who was killed in consequence of the breaking of the rope on which she was performing at a fete recently given in Aston Paik, and you express Sir George Grey's hope that, after this melancholy occurrence, the managers will not allow a repetition of such dangerous performances in the park. I am requested by the managers to say that they concur in the sentiments contained in the memorial referred to. The managers have endeavoured, as far as possible, to provide healthful recreation and instruction for the people. On the melancholy occasion referred to the managers had let the park for a charitable purpose, and omitted to reserve to themselves any right to control the performance. (Signed) WILLIAM LUCY, Chairman to the Company. H. Waddington, Esq•, Whitehall, London. AMUSING ENCOUNTER WITH A Fox.—A young girl, about fifteen years of age, named Janet Crui. shank, at present herd to Mr. Gibb, farmer, Aitnock, killie, was out one day last week in the hill, looki after some sheep, and followed by a little black dog. I t appearsan the ground was infested with foxes, and thebdtowgehenrie:. raised one of the number, gave chase, nerd and his den. The latter finding himself behind a large admittance to his own house, sought shelter fining round it. stone and hilted the dog by constantly aiomed, although He appeared, however, sot to be ' wales% this enemy to her go thus refused so hotly pursued, and Janet fearintgo a small height whence d with such force that flock might escape, she threw a stone so We 11 directediteynard, however, was not the fox was knocked dowif• but pi' this time he was made contrived togaant _ long in getting up ago.' 3 ' .- wen worthy of his steel, and aware that be had naet with. toevert showed Janet a case of advancing from behil.id .hr co n c,r, se` gm which she ex ,t Fsigs i my lad, ye need claimed in her own broad • ye laucha'n, may be." She fulfilled I'll . na 'ouch at me ; teeth anything but inviting, gie a tremendous battery of stales and o pening her promise by InSgc'otcft with such deadly effect that the wily old lox had eventually ally to succumb. Janet now a dvanced, crook in hand, and with or two laid r e y nard prostrate. Exulting at her vie. a wtobryl Jane t proudly threw the fox over her shoulder and commenced her march home, but finding her burden tun heav y, she was reluctantly obliged to leave the carcase in the hill, but carried the brush in triumph to het delighted mas ter, who rewarded the intrepid girl fot having displayed so much genuine Highland plunk,—inverness Courier. ECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BRIGHTON RACES-MIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BRISTOL PLATE. Deerfoot Neophyte 2 Fanatic 3 Ten ran, Deerfoot was objected to, but the objection was overruled. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SUNDAY TRADING. CAD') lON TO LICENSED VIC TITALLERS.-Mr. John R. Marshall, of the Greyhound, Brick-street, Piccadilly, attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer the complaint of Inspector Walker, of the C Divi sion, for keeping his house open for the sale of spirits and beer during the prohibited hours on Sundays. William Barker, a police constable of the C Division, proved watching the defendant's house on Sunday morning, and from 11 till 20 minutes past seeing nine persons go in and remain a short time. Cn going into the house he saw six persons at the bar, and three pints of beer and two of ale drawn and paid for. He had a pint of ale himself, and paid 4d for it. In answer to a question from the defendant, Barker said he did not observe the defendant there at the time. Butcher, 137 C, proved seeing eight or nine men go into the house, and remain a short time and then leave. He knew the house to be much frequented by skittle sharpers, and persons had complained of them. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether the defendant had ever been convicted ? Inspector Walker said he had not. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 48s. and costs, and said the next time it would be £5, as it was clear that the Sun day trading had been carried on in a wholesale manner. PARISH PROSECUTION OF A NOTORIOUS BROTHEL- IiEEPER.—Thomas Donohue, a middle aged man, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt by Sergeant Appleton, 26 C, having been apprehended on a bench warrant for keeping two brothels at 7, Lower James street, and 14, Golden.- square. Mr. Allen, solicitor, of Carlisle-street, Soho, prosecuted on behalf of the parish authorities of St. James's. The wife of the prisoner was convicted at Clerkenwell Sessions a short time since for a similar offence, the prisoner managing to keep out of the way since March last. Prisoner was committed for trial. WESTMINSTER. VERY DISTRESSING CASE —Martha Finn, a girl four teen years of age, without shoes, stockings, bonnet, or shawl, and apparently with only one short, battered gar ment on her person, was placed at the bar charged with felony. Mary Finn, an aged and respectable looking woman, the prisoner's mother, said that she charged her with robbing her. She gave the prisoner a shilling to bring some coals, and she had never seen her since. Mr. Arnold asked how long that was ago. The mother replied the 19th of last month, since which she had absconded, and she had never seen her again until she met her by chance yesterday. There was also a second charge against her fur stealing two shirt studs. She had been helping her (the mother) to wash before she left home, and then took the studs, which were afterwards seen in her possession. Mr. Arnold inquired what the prosecutrix's dream stances were. She replied that she had been deserted 14 years ago by her husband, and left to support herself and bring up her child, which she had done by honest industry as a laun dress. Her daughter of late had stolen other articles, and then absconded with the shilling spoken of. Her history of how she had passed her time was a very distressing one. She had slept for a length of time in the open air, and had now been in the horrible and wretched condition she now presented for some time past, and it would be a mercy to senci l her to some reformatory. Mr. Arnold said it was doubtless a very distressing case, but he had made up his mind that whenever a young person was sent to a reformatory on the prosecution of parents that they should in every case pay the whole expense of its maintenance. The mother said she should be very glad to do any thing in her power, and entreated the magistrate's permission to put some clothing on her child, Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoner till Thursday for her mother to determine what is to be done with her. THAMES, STABBING.--Richard Burke, a little Irishman, who pre sented himself without either shirt or coat, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stabbing Michael Dennaway. _ _ _ The prisoner keeps a lodging-house in Mill-yard, White chapel, and was intoxicated and in a "fighting humour" last night. The man Dennaway, who was described as a very peaceable man, came home at half-past 11 o'clock, and was immediately challenged by the prisoner. Dennaway said he preferred his bed to a fight, and the prisoner abused him. Dennaway left the house and was followed by the prisoner, who struck him violently and knocked him against the parlour window of a house. Two panes of glass were broken, The police were called, and the prisoner, in the presence of a ton ?table, stabbed Dennaway on the forehead with a knife. The poor man fell grievously wounded, and he lost a great quantity of blood. The prisoner was immediately arrested by a police constable, from whom he made his escape. He was pursued and overtaken. He attempted a resistance and was secured. A certificate from Mr. J. G. King, house surgeon of the London Hospital, was put in, stating that the wounded man could not attend, and was in the London Hospital with a punctured forehead. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD. - Old Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 10s; new do., £3 to £4 ; old clover, £4 10s to £6 Os ; new do., £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £3 10s to D.: lOs ; new do., £3 to £4 Os; old clover, £4los to £6 Os ; new do.; £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 16s per load. A. good supply. WHITECHAPEL —Old Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 10s, new do ,£3Osto £4 Os; old clover, £ 4 lOs to £6 Os; new do , Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been very little animation, the dealers having deferred their operations until the public sales, which commence to-day. SUGAR.—The enquiries have not been very active, good and fine grocery descriptions of both c , lonia and fi , reign, however, have sustained previous rates. In the refined market there is no material change to report. COFFEE.—'L'he enquiries for both Plantation and Native Ceylon have been to an average extent, and full prices are general for superior qualities. RlCE.—Business has been dull, and prices have, in some instances, slightly given way. SALTPETRE.—There has been a very limited enquiry and quotations generally have shown a downward ten dency. TALLOW.—Business has been inactive, and a pressure of speculative sales has created a downward movement in prices. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 435. to 435. 3d., and last three months' delivery 455. 3d. to 458. 6d. per cwt. PONTEFRACT ELECTION. Yesterday at 11 a.m. the nomination took place in front of the Town-hall, when lour or five hundred persons were were assembled in expectation of hearing addresses from both the candidates, who for several days had been before the constituency, As the people were gathering together it became rumoured that the Liberal candidate, Sir E. W. Head, had retired, and this statement was soon con firmed by Sir Edmund issuing an address, in which he said —" It was my firm persuasion in coming among you as a stranger that you were determined to return to Parliament in the place of Mr. Mon'ckton Mills a supporter of the Go. vernment which had advised his elevation to the peerage. Such was my tonvicti3n, because I believed that the majo rity of the electors were members of the Liberal party. But for the assiduous and continued efforts of my opponents daring a considerable period,and especially since last spring, this party might no doubt have spoken with an undivided voice and with its full strength. Now, however, after a canvass of four days in the borough, I am convinced that their voice is uncertain and their strength divided. I have found many Liberals who profess that they have engaged to vote for the other party, or that they intend to remain neutral, and I have no wish under such circumstances to ex pose the cause which I advocate to a risk of decisive defeat at the poll. So long as I believed the Liberals to be firm and undivided, so long I was ready to meet our opponents and contest the repr3sentation ; but situated as I am, Ido atm my sincerest gratitude K n o t t t o i. n t g la l e y,asw gentlemenelwell of my n l otthink that I should be justified in taking sulh a course: therefore retire from the contest, and in so doing I beg to expressrr i t te e s lib A er f a t l er e t l h ec e t u or s suaelr p t r h oclamation i a rn d the Mayor (M m r a . lyl ß tch c: B e e- r. the borough who have offered me their and Mr. W. Foskitt seconded, t ' heno support in aid of the good cause." capacity h w o h u i lcdh renounce was carried Hurst) had taken the chair, Major then briefly returned thanks, stating,David m L in o a n ion s n t a o f f hisf m oAf v acj e io d arl , withoutoppo . sition. The partisanship,and study the interest of his constituents without recognition ed O i f th either Whig, Tory, or Radical. The proceedings cheers each for the Major and " the ladies," after w three hich the assembly dispersed in perfect good order. w POISONED GRAlN.—Y4,sterday an aet passed in the late session was printed to prohibit the sale and use of poisoned grain or seed. For offering or exposing for sale any grain, seed, or meal steeped or dipped in poison, or with which any preparation has been mixed so as to render the same poisonous, and calculated to destroy life, a penalty not exceeding £lO may be levied, and a like penalty for sow • ing, &c., any poisoned grain, seed or meal. Solution and infusion are to be allowed to bo used in agri cu l ture. A moiety of the fine is to go to the informer (not being a con stable), and the witnesses are to be indemnified fur aiding in the commission of the offence. Herr i ng ' s magnetc brushes, & c., of Marie Antoinette's hair, during her imprisonment, bec ame c e o oro m p p l l e e t t e e l l y y corelsotuorrleedss. by i Such changes of co lour may no w b e which Dr. Hassall reports "I regard them as the most pnfect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical constr,etion and their magnetical action." They are the remedy for grey hall., neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, London. MARINE PLATE _ Cheerful opsy Dolphin Eight ran. SOU LIIDOWN STAKES. Hedworth Madame Taglifiaco Four ran. BRIGHTON STAKES. Magnum Bonum Blackdown Spencer Dulcibella ......•••••.••... 4 Seven ran. Won by a head. Half a length between second and third. The winner objected to, but °vet ruled. 11TH BIENNIAL STAKES. Avondale.... 1 Cadeau .................................. Gunner NURSERY STAKES. 1 Madame Walton ............... „ 2 Junius 4.'" 3 Clown f II .......... Eighteen ran. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) Bto 1 agst Avenger (taken) 9to 1 agst Lord Cliiden (taken) THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. CROWN OFFICE, AUGUST 4. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Pontefract—Samuel Waterhouse, of Hope Hall, Halifax, in the county of York, Esq., in the room of Richard Monckton Miines, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of North stead. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Ave 4. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Major Conyers Tower to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase vice Fenwick Boyce Barron, who retires; Captain John Miller to be Major, by purchase, vice Tower; Lieutenant Clermont Hugh Costobadie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Miller; Cornet John Lloyd Egginton to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Costobadie: Arthur Bampton Donnithorne, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Egginton. 2d Dragoons—Lieut. Francis Lamb Philp to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut, Daniel Moodie, who has ex changed into the 60th Foot. 21st Hussars—Troop Sergeant-Major Butler Goodburn, from the 15th Hussars, to be Riding-Master. 2d Regiment of Foot—Captain John Blacker, from half pay, unattached, to be Captain, vice Robert Henry Crampton, who retires upon half-pay, on appointment as Staff Officer of Pensioners; Lieutenant George Faulknor Francis Horwood to be Captain, by purchase, vice Blacker, who retires ; Ensign and Adjutant George Her • bert Woodard to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign John Charles Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Horwood ; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Mills, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant. 3d Foot—Lieutenant Charles Very to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Charles Melville Pym, who retires; Ensign Thomas Gordon Goff Caulfield to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Verey; Gentleman Cadet Edward Richard Bayly to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Caulfield ; Pay master, with the honorary rank of Captain, Frank Wil liam Dundee, from 19th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Wray, who exchanges. 9th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Anthony John Charles Done lan, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas Carroll, who retires. .2th Foot—Lieut. R. P. Brooks, from Quartermaster, 82 d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice eorge Gibson, promoted to an unattached Company, without purchase. 14th Foot—Lieutenant John Donaldson Bradley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Iver M'lver,who retires; En sign Henry M'Leod Hutchison to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bradley ; Gentleman Cadet Robert Graham Foster Pigott, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hutchison. 17th Foot—Ensign George Augustus Cox to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton Burnett, who retires; Gentle man Cadet Theobald Donat O'Brien, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Cox. 19th Foot—Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, James Wray, from the 3d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Dundee, who exchanges. 21st Foot—Lieutenant Robert Bruce Gaskell to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Captain and Brevet-Major John Aldridge, who retires; Ensign Edward John Butler to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gaskell; Gentleman Cadet Henry Roper Curzon Hewat, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, by pu rchase, vice Butler. 27th Foot—Captain James Moorhead, from the 92d Foot, to be Captain, vice White, who exchanges. 49th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Cad wallader Adams to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Clement Alexander Edwards, C. 8., who retires upon half-pay; Captain Thomas Priaula St. George Armstrong ta be Major, by purchatte,_ vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Adams; Lieutenant Edward John Creswell to be Cap tain, by p ur chase, vice Armstrong; Ensign the Hon. John A r buthnott to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Creswell ; Gentleman Cadet Byron Plantagenet Cary, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice the Hon. John Arburthnott. 51st Foot—Lieut. Eustace Beaumont Burnaby to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice George Hollings Best, who re tires; Ensign John Vesey Nugent to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burnaby; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Singleton Wynne, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nugent. 53d Foot—Lieut. Charles Francis Mundy has been per mitted to take and use the surname of Messingberd in addition to and before that of Mundy. 60th Foot—Staff Surgeon Richard Edward Fitz Gibbon to be Surgeon, vice George Waterloo Pennington Sparrow, deceased. 65th Foot--Lieut. Walter Higgin to be Captain, by pur chase, vice James Barton, who retires ; Ensign Augustus Tabuteau to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Higgin ; Gentleman Cadet Edmund Ironside Barnewall Bax, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tabuteau, 78th Foot—Lieut. Thomas Hinde Thompson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alfred Wickham Pym Weekes, who retires ; Ensign John Robert Meiklam to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thompson; Gentleman Cadet James Nicholl M'Adam, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Meiklam. 81st Foot—James Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Arthur Richard Lees, promoted by purchase, in the 4th West India Regiment. 82d Foot—Quartermaster Owen Green, from half-pay 55th Foot, to be Quartermaster , vice R. P. Brooks, transferred as Lieutenant to the 12th Foot. 92d Foot—Captain George Stewart White, from the 27th Foot, to be Captain, vice Moorhead, who exchanges. m 101st Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Henry Abbott, ft'? the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Charles Pakenham, promoted. 102 d Foot--Gentleman Cadet Alexander McCally, fromamthre. Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice John den Waller, promoted. 103 d Foot—Lieutenant Edward Walter Trevor !II:1.2 _C,a_p tain, vice John Edward Furneaux, vice ~.!•a_Diov oi r; Charles Edward Glasse to be Lieutenant., s_refrom Gentleman Cadet Robert John linmplar.eY 7 Pico Yf'6' har t es the Royal Military College, to be Ensign , from the Edward Glasse. nbY Ale" )ek ' 104th Foot—Gentleman Ca det Ponso v ice Howe Fred. Royal Military College, to be Ensign, Showers promoted. vice Charles 108th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thoo_ eas.E.A.usinggoel,o Irwin, from the Royal Military College, to James Dyke, promoted. Jam es Cochrane Hutton, to be Ensign, vice 109th Foot—Gentleman Cadttoige, from the Royal Military:l;o ted- Archibald Balderston. ropry,, Pratt Gore, from half-pay late ' Rifle Brigade-4,18P! He Major and Brevet Lieutenant 6th Foot, to be Major, Stuart, who retires upon tempo- Colonel the lion. a -me% Brevet -Major Arthur Frederick vice Gore, who retires ; CaPtalli al2 raryhalf - P a Y; • ba t he een r, by Pur c—ase ' to be Captain, by purchase, vice Warren to be Lieut. Androf ma ; Ensign Christopher Johnston to Breve t -Maier W t s , by purchase, vice Green; Gentleman to be Lieutentilieury Mitchell, from the Royal Military Cadet ling h • by purchase, vice Johnston. to be Ensign, Collegeindio R e giment—The promotion of Major and 3 c l u t e v st Lieutenant -Colonel Charles Napier North, from the to be Lieutenant-Colonel, and the ,conrosine q";n-t eethtirernlnt uon tem Col P r Ary h a l f-pay of Lieutenant uolonel and Brevetone enry Edward Al.‘Gee, as notified in the Gazette of 21st July, 1863, has been can celled. 4th West India Regiment— Lieutenant Thomas Herrick to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Edward As cough Evered, who retires ; Ensign Franci s L ang f or d to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Ramsay Gibb, who retires ; Ensign Arthur Richard Lees, from the 81st Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice_ Herrick ; George Porter, Gent., to be Ensi gn , b y purchase, vice Langford. DEPOT BATTALION. Ca ptain Thomas Roper, 47th Foot, to be Instructor of M us k e t ry, v i ce Captain Thomas Row land, 25th Foot, who has held the appointment the regu lated period. MEDICAL DE PARTMENT.—Staff-Surgeon. Alexander Geo. Montgomery, from halfpay, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Richard Edward Fitz Gibbon, appointed to the 60th Foot. CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. David Arthur's commisaion as Chaplain of the Fourth Class, is to bear date the 2d of November, 1858, instead of the Ist :Tune, 1862, as stated in the Gazette of 4th July, 1862. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY (Woolwich) —Captain Oliver Robert Stokes, Royal Artillery, to be Captain of a Com pany of Gentlemen Cadets, vice Brevet-Major Henry Terrick Fitz Hugh, who resigns that appointment. BREVET. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Geo. Pott Erskine, Depot Battalion, to have the honrary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Alexak of n ,der Fair, Depot Battalion , to have the honorary ran liaj or. Captain Robert Henry Crampto n, half-pay, l a te 2rl Foot, Mean and Staff Officer of Pensioners, to have the local rank Of Major, while employed in Western Australia. MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant -General the Right Hon. Jonathan Peel (Lieutenant -Colonel, on half-pay unat tached), has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission. WAR OFFICE, PALL MILL, AUG. 4. The Honourable Artillery Company of L9ndon—Ensign Joshua Henry Nunn to be Lieutenant, vice Robinson, deceased ; Peter Gowlland , Esq., to be Surgeon, vice Brodhurst, resigned. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Matthew Spence, mason, Leeds Henry Halstead Lord, plumber, Bhcup Harriet Mason, publican, Chesterfield Jame Jones, jun., corn dealer, Worcester George Myers, printer, Chancery-lJni? Thomas Grover, jun., carpenter f Orpington John Bringloe, surgeon, Camberwell Charles Tree, watchmaker, Pimlico Henry Dal©, clerk, Hackney Hyam Levy, clothier, Lambeth Leonard Watson, whitesmith, Rickmansworth Charles Darch, butcher, Weston-super• Mare, Somerset shire John Benedict Markland, wine merchant, Manchester S. R. Sanders, waggon dealer, Rotherham, Yorkshire BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John .P...ldersley, beerhouse keeper, Leeds SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Colin Renfrew, innkeeper, Paisley Alexander Penman, marble cutter, Glasgow AQUATICS. DIEPPE REGATTA. These of th e races e c a o u m rr m au e n n d c i e n d g on aa S u r t d ay, and we re grace d b y theel The sports of the day consisted country. a variety a of match es , and yrei:thts of all n a ti ons centred in the open to o in which ships' boats, lugger sails, principal th i e nt w e orld, and for whi c h f w .o e u i r e . a e a n r g e a d g c e u d t , t a b r u ra t a t t h a h e eight crews entered, viz,, four from Diep pe, Havre, two from Brigh ton, an d Bain's welt-knownone from crew of Lambeth. The three first matches having been very well contested preparations for the fourth were speedily made. The Eng lish residents in particu lar a pp eared ver y p roud of the ap pearance of the Lambet h crew, and testified their admira tion by giving them several rounds of hearty cheers as they we nt to their station. The distance to be rowed was from off the Grand Pavibion to buoys moored off the pier-head, head, thence to buoys moored about two miles further down, making a rowing of nearly five miles. The English crew did not experience much favour from Madame Fortune, for in the draw they got N 0.5, which was without exception one of the worst, if not the very worst, as before any position at all could be obtained the Lam. b e th men Would hav e to row completely through their more fortunate competitors. However, nothing daunted, the Englishmen took their station, and waited the signal, with the utmost coolness and determination. No sooner was the flag lowered than the oars of all the crews plunged into the water, and the eight boats got off in capital style. The Lambeth crew took the lead, ma i n t a i n ed it throughout, and wo n the match in gallant style by ten or twelve boat lengths. One of the Dieppe boats was second. The names of the winning crew were—G. Green, bow ; W. Bell, 2 ; J. Mackinney, 3; R. Bain, stroke ; and J. Hill, cox. ithout leaving their boats the crew were joined by E Carter and A. Hopkins, and rowed directly to the sta tion to start for the six oared match, which was for a sum of money and a gold medallion. The competitors for the match soon got into position, and an even start was effected, but, as in the former instance, the Lambeth crew took the lead and won the race easily by about eight or nine lengths, amidst the cheers of the English residents. The prizes were presented to the winners by the Prefect of Dieppe, at the Grand Pavilion, his Worship congratu lating the Englishmen on their easy victory. The Lambeth crew put up at Harvey's Hotel, ;Qu aff Duquesne, where they were welcomed in true English style. The boat they rowed in was built by Mr. E. Wyld, of Lambeth. We believe the same crew are about to compete for prizes in Belgium and other parts of the continent. The above is the same crew who carried off the prize of the Emperor of the French at Boulogne, and, though Eng lishmen, they were congratulated by the foreigners on the high condition they were brought to the post by Mr. Bain, their trainer. Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 181 11 19/ Antwerp Brussels ............ 25 65 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 8/ 13 8/ Paris .. Short. 25 27/ 25 32t Ditto Marseilles Franktort on Maine — 119/ ID/ 11 63 11 58 11 65 11 60 35/ 35/ 48/ 4911 49 49/ '25 60 25 65 25 60 25 65 25 60 26 66 26 60 26 65 25 62/ 25 67/ 26 6 . 2} 25 67/ 52f 62/ 52/ .. 5 3 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin . • Madrid •••• Cadiz Leghorn .... .. Milan .............. Genoa ............. . Naples . ............ Palermo ............ Messina ............ Lisbon .............. Oporto .............. Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz .. S 3 17 9 ican Dollars ............... Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord, Vice-Aa. miral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey, K.C.8., Bear- Admiral C. Eden, C. 8., Capt. the Hon. J. It. Drum mond, C. 8., Mr. Stansfeld, MX., Junior Lords, and Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., Secre tary, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Robinson an (Controller of th e Navy), d other officials connecte d with the Admiralty, lcve town to-day on their annuli tour of inspection. The Lords Commissioners go to Portsmouth to-die and next week go to the Channel Islands, before Toying the customary annual visit to Devonport. Preparations have been making for some time for their reception, , and everything that is likely to meet the official eye h as undergone a thorough cleansing. It is M 41137 years since Portsmouth dockyard presented so smart,. I and clean an aspect for the inspection of their lord ships. The Racoon, 22-gun screw corvette, Capt. Count Gleichen, arrived at Spithead on Sunday afternoon from the cos a t of Scotland, last from Port Dou arrival his Royal Highness Prince Soon after Alfred disembarked from the corvette, and panied by Capt. his Serene Highness Prince ' L a : c al o r:1:- gen, who had arrived from Osborne, proceeded to join her Majesty and the R R o o y y a a l l ,y at Osborne. Highness will not Family 1864, as he will in the rletiiosinunthdeerßstaoeoudunthuatnthilis May, fi rs t instance accompany her Majesty to th e Conti nent, and afterwards proceed to Holyrood Palace to undergo his appointed six months' course of yesterday discharged her powder study. The ship and shell into Ordnance lighters b at Spithead, being ordered into Portsmou st t r h ik h i a n r our to dock and repair causeddwahmenageusndersthe ground recently tea h m y in ponies brought in the L Racoon ocgh fromNess. e ss ytuesttheerdnayuytarlanstsafberieresdatbScotland Three small wer e Y O ' sborne. Captain H. Broadhead, commanding g tea th m e te s n t d ee e m r, the Reserve at Portsmouth, and Mr. George Murdock, inspector of machinery afloat at the same port, have f in o u rw de a l i s .d , e d d ra t w o in th s e Admiralty for inspection the breech loading of the specifications of a smoothbore'gu. gun-carriage, the joint invention intended to supply the want of a h o la u e t a t t v e f y r rom muzzle to breech, The gun is bored through outthe circumference at the t e w n g d ou la° b ffi e a i lle n edgr i a g p u l d u y increased. h. h The breech is closed by a screw g turn ic aft c e l r ose t s h the breech effectually by a quarte g ; been slid into its position. The carriage on p Lich the gun is mounted appears, however, to be of the most immediate importance. The difficulty expe rienced in working and training the 95 cwt. 68- pounders on the main decks of our iron ships during a cruise was found to be most serious, and it was acknowledged that some other mode of wor king and training such guns than by the bungling, slow handspike method must be adopted to render the ship's maindeck guns efficient. To meet this diffi culty the present carriage has been constructed. Two-cranked shafts are fixed underneath the car riage with the apex in front on a cup -bearing rest ing on the deck, the rear ends of the cranks carry ing metal trucks on wheels. By a side lever and rope-fall the gun and carriage can either be thrown on the cup -bearing and rear trucks, and thus become a pivot broadside gun, or it with n h b t e h co e m le e v a e n r o t r h d e in cu ar p y . bearingroadsde ndg gun, by tr yli u f c ti k n e g . As a pivot broadside gun, broadside two men on e ach side of a 10-ton gun with a simple rope fall in their hands can train it with the utmost rapidity and nicety, and without a haze,- apike being at all brought into play. 3. the rith ter 0. en. bief fair the )w -his )rs. at • to led left ax lay 1 in of is aas of aer of to SS'S of lief t is a id 3h, in- es ad of id 3d ig le 6 7