The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-25 00:00:00

5 .1"..!--- , , ,7 %, , i Tic Fear MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The indicati ons o f greater eas i ness, noticed yes terday in discount circles, have been confirmed this Morning by the general tone of business. The Mercantile public are now enabled to obtain, with out the slightest difficulty, the negotiation of three Months' bills f per cent. under the official rate of the Bank of England. During the last few days there has been rather more activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugar has fully sustained the late ad vance, while there has been a fair demand for coffee, cocci, and tea, at previous quotations. Rice, however, has been dull and rather cheaper. In creased depression has prevailed in the tallow mar ket, and but little business has been transacted either for present or forward delivery. The amount of gold taken into the Bank of Eng land yesterdqy was £25,000. The closing prices of the Paris Bourse yesterday afternoon were 67f. 60c. for money and account, showing great steadiness. A special settlement in the shares of the Com- Plny of African Merchants has been appointed by the Committee of the Stock Exchange to take place on the 31st inst., after which the transactions will be officially marked: Mr. NV illiam Vaughan Morgan has been elected a director of the English and Irish Bank, vice Mr. E. J. Blumenthal, resigned. The Submarine Telegraph Company held its half yearly meeting to-day. Sir James Carmichael, Bart., in the chair. The report submitted for adop tion stated— " That the accounts for the past six months showed an increase in the receipts over those of the corresponding period of :862. During the past half-year 160,404 mes sages had been transmitted over the company's wires, against 137,714 for the corresponding months of 1862, show ing an increase of 22,690 messages ; while the receipts, for such messages had been £22,144 2s 81d, which, compared with £18,517 18s 81d for the half-year ending 30th June, 1862, exhibited an increase of £3,626 42. The proportion of the earnings belonging to this company, after deducting the working expenses, the repairs of cables and 10 per cent, on the gross receipts for the reserve fund, amounted to £6,847 18s 41d, and there remained, after de duction of £2,209 14s 7d for interest on debenture and loans, & - e., a sum of £4,638 3s 91d, from which the directors re commended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, carrying over a balance of £45 14s 71d to the current account, The allotment of the unissued stock as autho • rised by the extraordinary meeting, held on the 21st of April, was well received by the shareholders, and the applications exceeded the amount to be allotted by upwards of £12,000. This measure had enabled the directors to pay off all loans, and further empowered them to issue deben tures to the additional amount of £17,688 6s Bd. The total amount of debentures now unissued was £34,008 6s Bd, which would become available far the reserve fund after the balance of £5,663 6s 8d had been repaid to revenue. The outlay for repairs of cables had unfortunalely been un usually heavy. At the present moment, however, all the company's lines were in good working order." Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 67c: Dulness, combined with remarkable steadiness in quotations, is still the leading feature of the mar ket for th e E ng li sh F unds. No attempt is made to re -five speculation, and the investing classes are operating to a limited extent. Consols are never theless firm at 9311 for transfer, and 931 Z for account. Tr ansactions have taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities, at 931 1 ; Exchequer Bills are Is. dis. to 2s. prem.; and Bank Stock is 2381; In dian Stock has been 224 226 ; the 5 per Cents. have brought 1081 ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 10IZ ; do . 3 1 per Cents., 461; and the Debentures, 1002. The transactions to-day in the Foreign market exhibit symptoms of slight activity. Turkish Con solides have improved about Z—viz., to 501 .311 ; the Loan of 1854 has realised 931; do., 1858, is lower at 721, but do., 1862, indicates firmness at 69' Spanish 3 per Cents. remain at 542 ; the Passive Bonds have advanced to 344 ; the Internal ditto continue without alteration at 27- ; ; and the Certificates are buoyant at 121 4. The Confederate Loan has declinedabout 1 per cent., the quotations being 24 22 die. ; Mexican are a little higher at 384 ; Greek Bonds have fallen to 331 34 ; and the Coupons to 15,1 1611 Portuguese Bonds of 1856.62 continue steady, at 4 32 ; and Russian 5 per Cents., 1862, show little alteration at 921; Venezuelan 6 per Cents. remain at 57i • The dealings in the Raiiway Share Market have not been very extensive, but a firmer tone has pre vailed• Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Midland have each improved as., while North Western have declined 55., and London and Blackwall 15s. For the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been a very limited inquiry, but prices gene rally are a shade higher. Great Luxembourg are quoted 14,1- d ; Turin and Savona, 21 ; Great West ern of Canada, 101 ; East Indian have advanced to 1081 ; and Bombay and Baroda to 1071 108. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares in most instances fully maintain previous quotations. Crystal Palace stock, however, receded as., and Electric Telegraph improved 10s. 1....• .......1..... BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .................... 2381 3 per Cent. Redu ce d Annuities ...... 3 per Cent. Consol s Annuities 93 93ak New 3 per C en t. Annuities ...... 93 New 21 per C ent. Annuities... 5 Per Cent. .Arinuities .. A nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth J an., 1880. — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock 224 6 D itto 5 pet Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent D itto 51 er Cet Ditto Account r Ch, Ditto ditto April, 1864 ,:bnitto°S7Dtuj3jotitdkunedio ditto Aug. 1861 or 66 1001 .... 16 pm Consols for Account, Sept, 9 .... India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent..,. I n i March, ' I Jane, zelt2l per Cent. 21 per Cent. Dequer Bills, 4 'l nn" itto -"-•.- • . 1 dis Ditto Small ... .'.3.°°. . 1 d d i i3 s 2pm I 2pm I 2pm FOREIGN' FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. EAustrian Bonds Centr C gyptian 7 per .. e . ll . .. .......... ............. 8 1 5 041 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent.,3111824-g, . e ' x ' - ' 6o ' n ' p ' o ' Ws .. .. -- Dpiittttoo Aeocucopuonnst .......... , ............ 34 ; 31 I,Djatuto.Accou‘nt .............................. 1 - 61 / 151 16 I,4l3,,xliitetaonop3er re Railway) per Cent .... .............. Ai . Account... 38 a 1 ' b - f' elw ° r i ' t ? 8 : 1 r a 2 n ad a imperial: .............. *. .. Cent.. .. .. ...... .. .. .. - - 4 .Dittot,,l e e r r Cent. ........ Ditto LandAV ................. Per tt;,rranta • (Rectal:es) Ditto 4i per cl u , t * ,o• Ditto Account, . —'"°62 ....•' Ditto Portuguese 3 p er d ..................... :: 851 6} Account... nt '' 1863 ....... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1.;:3W . 7.....; ..... .:: 4 - 81 Ditto Account ......... '• i '9, '60,62 .. -itus s i a n 5 per cent., 18 2 i, . Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 . £ ..... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ........... Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent 9 2:1 I)itto Account..„ Spanieh 3 per Cent ....... Ditto Account — Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account ........................ ---- Ditto Passive ...................... Ditto Account ..................... 334 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. . .... __. 4 Ditto Account _ ........ Turkish 6 pet Cent. 1 854 Ditto Account. .... ................ 9 3j . ])it to 6 per Cent. 1F `S Ditto Account 721 Ditto, f;t00 Bonds _ Ditto 6 per Cent, D 62 Ibliittttoo ti Ac i c i eunt. et . , . d . . 4 . p . :I ... & . 1 . 0 .. .... V„e itraLi ' ' I); .7i tela 3 per Cent. ..... •• 'tt° 6 ( - 3 t I.B'''' ..... ipto Account ............. -- 14, 1 per en ~ J~ ' ° Ace°unt ................. ' I P 1 I) iViel A ... above payable inLondon. .....mgi a „ envoi on the At Cent., v - 'sf. /into, 2i t per .....x. - Ditto , 1 P e r Cent., Ex. 12 (lull ....... 1 02 Fren c h i t l' e l' Cent. Certificates elite s , Ex 25f Ditto'Willi, 5 Per r y per Cent., • .. n i ..9. , ' 4 - at. 1861 , Ex. '25 francs _ l5 CCUUIIt. .. 's • . • . eJnsol Di tto Accol, Move TWO O'CLOCK , y k 1 - t ........ , ..... •, , ,91.1 9':- SHARE IMARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Shard Closing Business Railways. raid ', Price. done. . [ Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. liost,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A frets no div till c.p a Do. B bee 6p n paid to n.has B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. lEdinburg - h & Glasgow. , Glasg. and S. Western.; reat Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern..." • • • Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashii•e & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & Nor' - h Western' Lon. & So*.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New 8 84 81 81 86 68 120 121 1201 i Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee INth. Eastern—Berwicts Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. J unction, Scottish Central 'Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock ( Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon !South Eastern South Wales York. and River Dun 6taines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do __ Do New, 188 G Taff Vale. Do B _. Do C Ulster Do • Do Vale of Neath (Victoria sta. and Wateribrd di Kilkenny i !West Cornwall W. Hartlepool H ar. it West Midland -01E1 ordi Do Newport Do Hereford 3.14 25 10 et Et 50 20 51 a 1 114 i 73i 103 i 2; 1? I I 11; 130 f 29 30 7 74 40 11 16 17 94 95 111 113 51 62 49 61 24i 261 1251 124 1252 12)2 1: 4 5 140 100 162 f6k 671 i 1131 114 •74 75 113 115 43 44 1021 103 103 104 43i 41 11; 12,1 124 13U,1 14 W. c 8 100 54 15 25 26 102 102 i, 58 59 581 89i 119 121 1 1 1 1 p 80 82 111 vei 122 12 , 1 46 47 100 102 N 52 30 32 961 061 70 72 101 103 9 10 37 38 9 10 c) 74 B# p 155 160 5} 51 3 3 , p 89 91 158 162 27 29 46 47 39 41 104 106 SIONS. Closing Price. 61 0 1071 1081 1 1+ p 1i 1D p 5t 61 7t 81 1071 1(4 104 106, 1 109 110 108 1 , 9 11 11p 11 11iH 191 204 72 74 53 55 63 65 46 49 45 47 36 28 25 27 22 24 ICB 109 1 141] 1 11,1 107 1(8 101 101 10 916 95 03 90 e 2 - - - 1 r IC7 1014 1021 68 100 57 58 3 5 83 85 1074 1086 107 i 1081 a ai - -p 1074 1081 103 105 BRITISH I' Railways atlantic & St Lawrena flom.,Barodadt.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New Do. E. Shares... Baal° and Lake Huron Do. Preference .. • • • • ilufialo,Brant,&Godrich' 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 Do. do. July 1, 18751 Do. do. Juue 1, 1871 Clcutta.ct S. E as tn. (Liir j' Caperown & Dock Scrii Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. (3; Ext..... Do. do. - 11 do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist fret. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred...... Do. 2d Pret. Bonus.. Do. do deterred...... Do. 3d ef. stock ... Do. do. deterred...... Do. 4th I'ref. si Do. do. deferred-- • Gt.lndtarentn.gua.sp.c.' Do. New gua. 5 p. e... 1 Do. January, 1882 .. Gt. South.ot In dia (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent.' Gt. W. of Canada Sharer' Do. New Do. 8 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 4 p. c. do. '77-5.... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. c. Do. it p. c. Extension Dc. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. 3lelb.Corp. fi p. e. Bnda Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Slortg. Bds. Newßrunswick.t Cauth Class A. and B ... Y.ltl.C'da 5 pc Ist pt bde Scinde Do. Delhi lp. Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 6.4.0 9.16.4 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIE6. t.,an.uuv. op.c.J a&J 1877-S4 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & 100 It 2 too I Do. p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 1(5 107 I Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 14 051 I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 63 15 Cape G.llope, 6p 100 108 010 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 112 114 Do. 189( 100 113 115 - IDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 115 Ceylon, N0v.1178, 6p c 100 113 115 1141 - Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 107 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 110 112 'N.I3.Gov. p.c..) a.&Jul) 100 105& IC 6 i Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 IN. S.W. G or. 5 p :.•.,18oi 100 1004 101 I Do. sp. c.,18.i to ttit 100 1014 102. I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1014 1024 1021 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875 . ..... 100 1054 1061 - Queensland Gcv 6p. c. 100 1:1 113 - 16.Aus Gtip. Irl7a..fr 100 110 112 - Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 108 110 DO. lo 6 p.c. An.&Oot.. 100 1134 114 1131 ; BRITISH MINES. 2 ICambrian Consul. Gold 1 A id chilord Amalgamated.. 31 4 16 Devon (Tavis(Taoist., aeo 6EO 570 0- - ED a evst ll aG. ee s n totn. (1 11 zan). , 30 78 80 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd.( 53. *d rear ! East 9 34 24 4 3 --!East Carn 8rea........ ea... ... •. I 3 2 7 .4.0 4 8 __ lE, W'l Russel (Tavistk.,l 8 6 .6 3 34 iGan3.&StAuhyn(Gwen.; 7 10 Great South T01g15.... l'is 3} 31 G. Wheal Vor(lle_ston; 40 61 7f 7i Grenville 6.16. e 6f 61 Elerc.d's-Foot ... 8.12 18 10 Llingston Downs 4. ' 8.0 1t 2 Lady Bertha Ilargaret (tiny Lelant 82 3larke Valley.. 4 myndy Iron Ore (Lim , 2,! it d New Setun lOl 100 110 North Downs 2i 2 2} Basset(lllo.;au 1.17.0 2/ 31 North Wheal Crotty r a r Consols (St. Blazey; If 4 ' 6 -1 20 Crovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 tl 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer, I 415 425 21, 21 S. Carn Brea (111o1f.an).• 5 . 15 . 0 ! 1 1 21 Wheal Fran. (Illogan; 1 2 8 8 .1 . ;..9 60 10 Stray Park c: l tt o d: n i ) t . l 1 4 91 4 104 ti} radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23 30 41 w i rj n s rift Basset B v e . & t _ West Set= ...... 474 235 145 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5* eo Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 35 45 Wheal Kitty (ti.Leinnt) 2.0.8 - WhealLtadcott 58 215 125 3.17 I 2 Wheal Union Wheal Trciawney (LlB 11 7 15 17 I {'heal ‘Vheal liSlefnAnn (J4en ) 8 11 1:1 PREFERENCE SHARES AND sTo cas. London, Brighton, Sc., 11 per cent., 1853, 103 FOREIGN RAILWAYS'. Great Luxembourg, 141 k Turin and Savona, 21 FOREIGN MINES. Tudanamutana of S. Australia JOINT-STOCK rtANEs. &lllance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 35 Australasia, Ditto, new, 31f 1 Bank of New Zealand, 10k Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 301 English, Scotch , and A ustralian Chartered, 22k Imperial Bank (11m.), 22k k Imperial Ottoman, London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28} London Joint Stock, :41 London and South African, ?6 National Provincial of England. Ditto, new, 86 Union of London, 35 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 19i Crystal Palace, 39 s East India Irrigation and Canal, 5 I Electric Telegraph, 1034 General Steam Navigation, 294 Hudson's Bay, 3k Joint •stoek Discount, 8* London Finamial Association, Um., 114 London General Omnib us C om p an y (li •), 11 Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, 791 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, Um., 3i lihyniney Iron, Ditto, new, 6 Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, 51 Liverpool Cotton Market----This Day. Strong. Sales, about 10,000 bales. Import, 6,362, Previously, 5,121, On Friday, a beerhouse-keeper, named JP.mes Manning, 'esiding at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, was committed by the Bromsgrovo magistrates for trial on a charge of cutting and wounding under the follow ing circumstances :—lt appears that on Wednesday some Irish reapers, and among them a man named Anthony Tun uneY were at Munning's beerhouse, when a dispute arose between Turtuney and the landlord, and the l a tt er, wi shing to deprive Tummey of his sickle (which he had at the time round his neck), seized hold of the handle, and illed its() violently as to inflict a frightful wound, cuttin g ro ugh th e main arteries of the neck. Th e poor feli.ow w as promptly attended by a surgeon, but he lies in a very precarieu a state. Sever a l provincial journals, and among others th e 31"iteur du Calvados and the Argus Soissonnais, state that the Minister of War has decided that from the Ist S ?pt. next the fortified towns in Franco will cease to be (Lscd thuing fhe night. 93i t 7 Business done 62i 3 108/ 72 8 36 26 23 104 1 The Kidnapping of Sduth Sea Islanders. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) IN RE RAWLINGs.—NEW CHOICE OF ASSIGNEES. The reports which have been published of the kidnap ping of South Sea Islanders by Peruvian slavedealers appear to have excited a general feeling of horror and in dignation in the Australian colonies. The press is loud is its denunciations of the infamous acts which have been committed, and a meeting has been held at Sydney to memorialise the English Parliament upon the subject. At this meeting, at which the Hon. John Hay, speaker of the Legislative Assembly was chairman, an account of the kidnapping that has been carried on was read by the Rev. W. Murray, for many years a missionary in Western Polynesia. The following is a report of come of the ette malts made by this gentleman : This bankrupt was described as of Oakham, Rutland, miller. The accounts, by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles, show— debtor to creditors, £5,062; good debts, £1,020; property, £192; deficiency, £3,581. This was a meeting for choice of new assignees, the former having been removed for misbehaviour. Several additional debts were now proved, and there was a strong contest—Messrs. Lucy and Lucy of :Liverpool. merchants, and Messrs. Thompson and Frankish, of Kingston-on- Hull, being respectively proposed. Messrs. Lucy were ultimately chosen. This was the only case of interest, the commissioner not sitting. After alluding to some of the attempts made by the French to stop kidnapping, Mr. Murray proceeded to say : It appeared that, early this year, as many as fruzu 1,500 to 2,000 hapless beings, collected from the different islands, had been conveyed to South America, and at this date the trsifirt is being carried on wi(h unabated vigour. We know from reliable authority that 25 vessels have been fitted out in Callao, and cleared from that port, under pretext that they were coming to hire lab , urers, All was to be done by lair arrangement--a thing, by the way, that bears the stamp of absuldity on its face. To mention but a single difficulty—they would find the natives of every separate group speaking a different dia lect ; and that would be an effectual barrier in the way of entering into an agreement. But their subsequent pro ceedings show clearly enough the real character of their enterprise. Deception, force, murder, are not the resorts of those who gl with honest intentions to engage labourers. And in returning to the coasts the vessels further discover • their true character by not going to the port whence they came, but skulking into by-harbours. They do not, how ever seem to return very frequently. The necessity for this is avoided by an expedient in keeping with the whole char acter of their doings. They have a depot at an island called Easter Island. This island is about 36 miles in circuit. It POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CURIOUS APPLICATION.—BROKEN Vows.--A good looking, well-dressed young female, applied this 'morning to Mr. Tyrwhirt for his advice under the following circum stances : The applicant (in an under tone) said that for the past two y€ars she had kept company with a young man who had " vowed to marry her," and things went on pretty well till last Sunday evening, when she met the young man walking with another girl. Some words ensued, and the young man said, notwithstanding his vows, that he should have nothing more to say to her. In consequence of the young man's promising to marry her—in fact the mar riage ceremony was fixed to take place during the present month, she had left her situation and made prepare- :ions necessary for such an occasion. She therefore wished 5o know what she was to do. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could do nothing for the applicant, but she had better consult a solicitor and being an action for breach of promise of marriage. The applicant thanked the magistrate for his advice, and left seemingly pleased at having an opportunity of revenge on her fickle lover. ies in longitude 109 Ne. and latitude 27 S. It is said that they have completely swept the island of its inhabitants. Seven vessels assembled on the island, sent on shore most of their crews, no doubt thoroughly armed, surrounded the natives, and carried them off- Haviog carried off the people, they took hogs, poultry, and whatever else they desired, and burned the houses, reserving, no doubt, as many as they wanted for their own purposes. To this island the slavers carry the wretched beings whom they manage to seize, and a schooner plies between the island and the coast, carrying cargo after cargo to slavery and death. These vessels are said to be in whole or in part owned by a mer cantile house in Callao, and this house is further said to be connected with a firm in Liverpool. When the Humboldt sailed from Samoa, on the 12th May last, there were three of these vessels about that group lying in wait off the diff ferent islands, with the View of picking up any canoe or boat that might venture out to sea. One small boat had been caught. The crew consisted of two Samoans and one Portuguese. The captain was induced to let the Portuguese go. The Samoans he carried off. On board one vessel that called off Samoa there were 300 natives of different islands, and the captain wished to obtain 400 more to complete his cargo. Think of 700 human beings, accustomed to thr most perfect freedom, crowded on board a single vessel, in the heart of the tropics. We have reliable information respecting the following islands, and the numbers taken from them :—Fitialangi, 100; Pukapuka, 60; Manskiki and Mangarongaro, 4 0 ; Tokelan , 60 ; Savage Island, 160 ; total from these islands, 420. These islands, with the ex- COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE.—UNPROVOIiED As- SAULT.—John Durkin, a low rough-looking fellow, was charged with the following unprovoked assault on a young man Lamed George Harritt, assistant to a shopkeeper in the Barlington-arcade. The complainant, who had received a bad injury on his eye, said that on the previous evening he was passing the end of Maidenhead-court, Berwick-street, Soho, when the prisoner, who was standing with two or , three companions a ttracted his attention by having at the time a female's head under his arm. The prisoner not icing that he (com plainant) was looking at him, said, " What are you looking at, you -," and then struck him a violent blow, and while he was suffering from the effects of it, being nearly stunned, be received three more blows. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether the prisoner ga* , 9 him all the blows, and the complainant said he had no doubt he did, but the prisoner's companions were there at the time. The complainant's evidence not being quite clear, Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the case to stand over that the constable might see if there was any one near the spot who witnessed it. On the case being resumed, Mr. Thomas Knott, butcher, of Walker's-court, said he saw the prisoner follow the complainant into the road and give him a severe blow on the face, and on the complainant running away to avoid the prisoner, the latter followed him and gave him three more blows in the face, and the complainant then called " Police." Mr, Tyrwhitt said he was exceedingly glad that further evidence had been got. The complainant had been hurt so much that he gave his evidence in rather a confused manner, but by looking after it fresh evidence had been got. H e (Mr. Tyrwhitt) was glad, for on no account would he have had such a case go off. He should commit the pri soner for two months' with hard labour. ception of Savage Island, which lies in latitude 19 S.' and longitude 170 W., all lie towards the line about latitude S. Bto 10, and longitude W, from 150 to 172. On all these islands except Fitialanga we have missions, and it is owing to that that we are in possession of the information we have. But for that we might have been in utter ignorance of what has taken place, and this awakens painful appre hensions as to what may have been the fate of other islanders where no one is found to tell the tale of their wrongs, such as Easter Island, already mentioned, and High Island,from which, it is said, a ship load of people has been taken—that there have been such doings on a large scale is clear from the fact that in addition to the number we have Earned, from 1,500 to 2,000 have been taken to the land of bondage. On the whole it is certain that considerably over 2,0J0 either are now in actual bondage, or are on their way to the land of doom, or have had their lives cut short by the hard ships and cruelties to which they have been exposed. And we know from good authority, that it is designed to raise the number to 10,000, of cow se making no account of those who die on their way to their destination, or lose their lives in encounters with their captors. Such is the state of the case that now claims our sympathies—a case deplorable in the highest degree. It may be questioned whether ever a case calling more urgently for prompt and effective inter ference was presented to a Christian community. Let any one read the simple artless tales of the Rarotongan and Samoan teachers, Maka and Samuela, and he must be strangely constituted if his soul is not stirred to its lowest depths. One of the most touching incidents that has come to light connected with the affair is the fact that on the morning following the dreadful day on which the murderous proceed ings took place at Savage Island the natives, while their hearts were bleeding and their tears flowing because fathers husbands, brothers, and sons were torn from their embrace, should lift up their voice to God in prayer, not to invoke vengeance upon the heads of their guilty oppressors, tut to pray that their hearts might be changed, and that they might be led to abandon their wicked courses. How like the spirit of Him whose followers they profess to be—" Father for give them, for they know not what they do." And these are the descendants of men who rushed upon Captain Cook when he landed upon their shores, as he expresses it, like wild boars, and who themselves were in the same state 12 years ago as that in which they were found by Cook. What a mighty influence must the Gospel have exerted upon them. Still more touching, perhaps, is the scene on board that floating hell where the poor captives were confined. When they supposed the hour had arrived at which they had been wont with their families to worship God in their happy homes—now no longer theirs—they united in their accustomed exercise; they prayed and sang praises to God, and no doubt, like their friends on shore, sought blessings for the miserable men by whom they were be- ing so cruelly wronged. On the following day the vessel stood in towards the shore. Some natives, ignorant of the character of the ship and of what had transpired, went on board. Those in confinement recognised the well-known sounds of their native tongue. They shouted for help, but of course in vain. By desperate efforts they succeeded in breaking a hole in the door large enough to let one through at a time. A number succeeded in reach ing the deck, and rushed over the ship's side into the sea, but there were only two or three small canoes—land was a long way off, and some were not able to swim dell. The wretches on board fired from the deck upon the helpless na tives in the canoes and the water. A boat was lowered, and many were captured. Seven only escaped. Among those carried off were 13 church members, and many candidates. Eighteen wives are left withuut husbands, and G 3 children are deprived of their fathers. THE LONG VACATION AT THE JUDGES' CRAM BERS.—To-day (Tuesday) Mr. Justice Byles will attend at chambers, and continue to attend on Tuesday and Friday in every week till the end of the long vacation. All the courts aro closed, and the offices are only open a few hours in the day. The long vacation has now "fairly set in," and law and equity are resting. The origin of the long vacation was to enable persons to assist in getting in the harvest, and now the harvest generally looked to by law yers at the present time is their bills of costs. THE ACCIDENT AT THE BLACKFRIARS RAILWAY BRIDGE.—Upon inquiries made last evening it was ascertained that the only cases of a serious nature are those of Colman, who lies, with his head slightly injured, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; and the man (name unknown) who was in the confusion consequent upon the accident re moved to his residence, suffering from an injury to the right arm, The man who was missing, it would keem, thew his money at dinner-time on Saturday, and was not heard of by his friends until yesterday morning. During the day the representatives of Messrs. Peto and Betts, the contractors, made a minute investigation into the cause of the occur rence, but could arrive at no positive conclusion as to the first breaking away of the trap beams. The timber of which they were composed was a portion of 8,000 sticks of Dantzic which have been supplied to the contractors by Messrs. P. Rolt and Co., of Rotherhithe; and although it is nearly all in use, this is the first instance of any breakage having taken place. The examination of the broken parts did not show any flaws, and the men who had charge of the con struction of the portion which covered the opening which gave way deemed it of sufficient strength to justify their trusting their own lives upon it. ATTEMPT TO BURN A CHURCH.—Yesterday, in the Town-hall, Godalming, before Mr. H. Marshall, mayor, and other magistrates, A. Hackman, aged 26, a la bourer in the employ of Mr. Madley, chamois leather manufacturer, was finally examined on a charge of attempt ing to burn the parish church. It appeared from the evi dence that the sexton on Monday morning last discovered, on entering the building, some large pieces of burnt paper lying in the south aisle under the window facing Church street. The paper seemed to have been torn from a wall. The window had been broken from the outside, and between the wall and a tomb which stood near it lour inciter matches were picked up which had been ignited. Suspicion having fallen on the prisoner, who lives in Church -street, his house was examined. It was then discovered that the paper was of the same pattern as that of the paperhangings on the wall of his room, and that the latter had been torn. The frag ments found in the church aisle were applied to the surface from which the paper had been torn. The edges were found exactly to fit, and the little bits of plaster which had stuck to the paper corresponded to small holes left in the wall. After an examination, which lasted from 10 o'clock iu the morning till 4 in the afternoon, the prisoner was committ e d for trial at th e next S urrey assins, bail being refused. As one o f t h e men em ployed at the Versailles Railway termiuul (Left Bank) was walking along the line near the station, the day before yesterday, he "' V a paper parcel i ou the e m b an k men t. On examination it was found to contain the body of an exceedingly young child wrapped in a napkin. From the state of the body it was evident that the poor thing had been murdered and kept for suave thee before it war thrma on the railway. ME SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AtTGUST 25, 1863. THE POLISH QUESTION. Managers. The Memorial Dipiomatigue gives the following as an antalysis of the despatqh of M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the Duke of Montebello M. Drouyn de Lhuys aemmences by declaring that the note of Prinee Gortschakoff dots not satisfy the legitimate expectation of the French Governments; he regrets that Russia, after having eneenraged the Powers to an exchane of views, has taken no further notice of their representations, and appears to appreciate no better the true character of the Polish insurrection, and the situation which the prolongation of the insurrectionary movement creates in Europe. It is not without astonishment that the French Government has seen ascribed to the measures of the revolutionary propaganda the birth and development of the insurrection, and even the emotion it has produced in Europe. Neither instiga tions from abroad, nor the efforts of a small number of file- tious persons, can have provoked and cherished a rising to which all classes of society—nobles, citizens, workmen, peasants, and the clergy, from the chiefs of the episcopate to the humblest priest—have lent their assistance, and which all the forces of Russia have not succeeded in sup pressing. It is not the revolution which from Stockholm to Madrid and from London to Tulin has provoked on the part of every Cabinet serious representations, or which has excited in the midst of every Parliament the energetic manifestation of unanimous sympathies. It is not by persisting in the path in which she seems engaged that Russia will see this formidable situa- Hon — become unravelled; it is only by concessions that she could obtain such a z esult. Thus, •the French Government cannot too much regret that the Russian Cabinet has rejected the idea of a suspension of arms which, producing a preliminary calm in men's minds, could alone have permitted the Powers to continue with utility the dis cussion of the means to be employed to bring about a durable pacification, and conduct the negotiations to a good result. As for these negotiations themselves, the French Cabinet could not accept the form and the course which the Russian Government would wish them to take. Besides, Prince Gortschakoff interprets badly the precedents upon which he seeks to support his proposal for a conference of three Powers. if it is true, indeed, that in 1815 the dispositions of detail relative to the kingdom of Poland were regulated among the three Powers the most directly interested, sub ject to the sanction of Europe, the bases themselves of the arrangements which decided on the condition of Poland had been previously discussed and definitely settled among all the Powers who signed the final act of Vienna. Further, Russia herself has recognised the right of Europe to intervene in the regulation of the affairs of Poland, and one cannot refrain from pointing out the contradiction which exists between the actual propositions of the Russian Cabinet and the first despatch of Prince Gortschakoff In that despatch, the Vice-Chancellor of Russia acknowledged to all the Powers which took part in the elaboration of the arrangements of 1815, and signed the final act of Vienna, the right of direct intervention which it wishes now to re strict to the three neighbouring Powers. It may even be advanced that it is Russia which has taken the initiative of a general Conference among the Powers, M. Drouyn de Lhuys wishes no other proof of this than the declaration made by the Ambassador of Russia to the English Minister for Foreign Affairs. In handing to Earl Russell, a copy of the despatch of Prince Gortschakoff of April 17, Baron Brunnow declared that his Government was ready to enter on the discussion on the footing and within the limits of the treaties of 1815. _ _ The French Government can only persist in the views it has already expressed. There remains to it a most serious duty to discharge—that is, to call the most serious atten tion of Russia to the gravity of the actual situation. The three Powers have remarked the perils which that situation creates in Europe, and the urgency of remedying them ; they have indicated the remedies to be applied. If Russia refuses to adopt the friendly councils which have been given her, she becomes responsible for the serious consequences which the prolongation of the troubles of Poland may draw after it. To the French despatch is annexed a special memorial, in which the Minister for Foreign Affairs developes the arguments which he draws from the course followed in 1815 for regulating the affairs of Poland. The Atemortal Diplomatique adds to the above the following notice of the English and Austrian despatches : The English despatch is much more lengthy than the note of M. Dreuyn de Lhuys. Earl Russell discusses in it the arguments of Prince Gortschakoff, relying on the text of the Vienna treaties, and he demonstrates, "often with a great vivacity of language," that Russia has not executed the engagements which it contracted in 1815. In two brief allusions, he places the refusal of the armistice among the number of the reasons which makes the reply of Prince Gortschakoff be regarded as insufficient. Count Rechberg also discusses the Polish question from the point of view of the treaties of 1815. There result from this a certain likeness of argument and frequent correspon dences of expression between the Austrian and English notes. The three despatches agree in rejecting as erroneous the opinion expressed by Prince Gortsclaakoti, that the actual crisis is the work of the revolutionary propaganda. Earl Russell demands if it is the revolution which has been able to produce at Paris, at London, at Vienna, at Turin, unani mity of sentiment and language. The three notes termi nate with an identical conclusion. A nearly Fatal Mistake—Warning to Stage A story is current in dramatic circles here which should be known to stage managers generally. The particulars, as far as we can learn, are as follow :—Friday night was the benefit of Mr. Charles Rice at the Royal Princess's Theatre, Saturday closing the brief but successful engage ment of that intelligent and versatile actor. One of the pieces brought forward on the occasion was " The Victims of Circumstances," the character of Lenoire being per sonated by the beneficiare. It happens that Lenoire should be poisoned, and that the poisonous ingredient —a powder— should be secretly mixed with Lenoire's drink on the stage ; in other words, in presence of the audience. This is the author's arrangement. On Friday night there was an in novation in the libretto, and, as it hsppened, a rather dan gerous one. The play went on smoothly enough till the poisoning scene, when, instead of a powder being used by the character whose duty it is to poison, a liquid was used, and that liquid was laudanum, a small vial full of which was mixed with Lenoire's potations. The effect was soon no ticeable on Mr. Rice, who staggered through his part— which fortunately was short—under an increasing feeling of drowsiness. He felt that he was the " Victim of Cir cumstances" in a manner he had not bargained for--he be came conscious of a mistake that was all but fatal. Of course, when the curtain fell, there was an immediate in quiry as to where the laudanum came from. It was found that it had been taken from the property room, where usually no laudanum is allowed, and where it never was before. How, however, it came there in the present case is not known ; and how, above all, the laudanum came to be used instead of the powder is also a mystery. It is one of those instances where a mistake occurs in spite of the most excellent supervision--in circumstances even where the esprit de corps of a profession is its best defence. Suffice it, that Mr. Rice recovered after the use of mild restoratives, and that the contretemps that occurred gave only a tragic ,inge to the experiences of ono of the " Victims of Circum stances" on his benefit night. The mistake has its uses; and though Vac lesson has been often read before, it is here read again, that poison should in any state be kept out of the way of business, and particularly from the 'business rooms of a theatre, where the excitements and exigencies of the stage are so liable to preclude time for precautionary measures, In this case a really valuable actor's life has been endangered from the direct fault of no one so much as from innocent indiscretion. It is a warning,—Ca/edmian Mercury. The Annamite Ambassadors sent to the Court of the Tuileries by the Emperor Tu Duc will arrive in Paris in about ten days. The French Government has rented for them a handsome hotel in the Champs- Elys6es, Rue Lord Byron, 17, belonging to Messrs. William Arthur and Co., house agents ; and have requested them to open a communication with and furnish also a large house next door for the suite, nearly 70 in number. COMMITTAL OF AN INCENDIARY.—At the Hyde petty sessions yesterday, a haydealer and greengrocer, named James Booth, was committed for trial at the Ches ter assizes on a charge of firing a haystack at Mottram in Longdenda:e. The stack was the property of a Mrs. Dakin, between whom and the prisoner there has for some time been a very unfriendly feeling. PHANTOM SHIPS.—Two gentlemen strolling upon Beacon-hill on the 20th of June Witnessed a rare sight. Three large ships, with all sails bent, appeared to rise as it were from the water between Rocky Point and Race, Rocks, and with their white canvas glistening in the sun and the spray dashing from their prows, headed• directly for Victoria harbour. The spectators, knowing the danger ous locality in which the vessels were, and alarmed lest they should be dashed to pieces on the rocks, sprung to their feet, when suddenly the ships disappeared, seeming to melt from view, and nothing was seen but the rocks and the breakers dashing over them. A moment or two afterwards, instead of the watery space between the lighthouse and Rocky Point, appeared a wall of solid rock, as clearly defined as the Olympian range of mountains o n the American shore. The rocks shortly disappeared, and the three ships were again seen, this time nearer the Ame rican side, and apparently bound up the Sound. They re mained stationary for a few moments, then faded slowly away, and returned no more. The illusion was caused by mirage, which arises from a peculiar ratified state of the atmosphere. It is no uncommon occurrence to see appari tions of dense forests and mountains in the vicinity of Race Rocks, and large lakes open suddenly in the bosom of some mountain on the opposite shore ; but objects such as ships under full sail have been rarely seen hero as mirage.— T'icioria (Vancouver's Island) chronie/e. Bowe of the Journals state that the office of Grand Equerry of France, which has remained vacant since the death of Marshal do Saint-Arnaud, is about to be rei , it.(l in favour of Gmeral Fleury, WESTMINSTER. SAVAGE ASSAULT BY A FEMALE —Mary Partridge, a married woman, was charged before Mr. Arnold with the following murderous assault on Mrs. Baker, the wife Of a tradeiman living at 14, Vine-street, Westminster. The complainant, Who had two wounds ou the right side of her forehead, which were covered with adhesive plaister, stated, that about seven o'clock last night she was at the Brown Bear, Millbank-street, where the prisoner also was, when some words took place between them. Before the altercation had finished, the prisoner, who had a jug under her apron, suddenly produced it and struck complainant a violent blow with it on her forehead. She immediately fell in a fainting state. When sho recovered she was taken to the hospital, where the wound was dressed. 'Witnesses were examined in support of the charge. The prisoner denied having assaulted the complainant with a jug, and said that she was struck by the complain ant. She was called a bad name by complainant's husband. Much contradictory evidence was given, when lir. Arnold, having referred to the evidence, asked the complainant's husband if he would have the case sent to the Sessions, when he declined to do so. The prisoner was then discharged. THAMES. ABUSIVE LAxnuAGE.—Mr, Woolrych and Mr. Partridge have both resolved, with a view to the diminution of the increased and increasing business of the court, to abstain from issuing " abusive language summonses," except in cases of persecution, or where breaches of the peace are likely to be occasioned. The surathonses for abusive lan guage have taken up a good deal of time, and been produc tive of scenes of confusion and disorder both inside and out-• side the court, and in nine cases out of ten have ended in the defendant being fined 25., while the complainant has been ordered to pay the costs of the summons, amounting to a like sum, or the absurd and empty form has been gone through of binding over one or both parties to the suit in their own recognisances to keep the peace towards each other for one or two years. The recognisances have been in most cases broken, directly they have been entered, by mutual threats, ievilings, and fights in the passage of the court or the street opposite. In fact, the abusive language sum monses have given rise to more obscene and filthy language, blasphemy, threats, and violence, than the clause in the Police Act giving magistrates jurisdiction was ever des tined to care. The time of the magistrates has been wasted in ascertaining whether one woman threatened to wash her hands in another's blood,knock her head off, make garters of her intestines, or a fiddlestick of her back bone. These and many more ridiculous threats may be found in the peace-warrant and abusive language books. The late Mr. Ballantine, an astute man of the world, and one of the best magistrates that ever presided in this court, said that much as bad language and roughness was to be de plored, it was useless to take notice of it, for half the popu lation had a tenantcy in common in it, and that the same dialogues of oaths and scurrility compl a i ne d o f by the im mortal Henry Fielding, in his " Voyage to Lisbon," were still prevalent on the Thames and its banks ; and that sailors, as in Fielding's time, gloried in the language and behaviour of savages. Little improvement has taken place since Mr. Ballantine made these remarks, but the evil will be vastly decreased by the magistrates refusing to issue abusive language summonses. Among many applications a woman asked the magistrate this morning for a summons against another woman for threatening to pull her liver out. Mr. Woolrych—Mere idle talk; take no notice of it. The applicant—She has told mo five or six times that she would pull my liver out. Mr. Woolrych—Go to her and tell her that I would re• commend her not to pull your liver out. (A laugh.) The applicant—Can't I have a summons ? Mr. Woolrych—No, I think not. Lay out the 25., the price of a summons, to better advantage. Another woman applied for a summons. Mrs. Wilson, my next door neighbour, has threatened to make mince meat of me, said the applicant. Mr. Woolrych—She will not make mince meat of you, You should laugh at such foolish threats. A burly fellow, about six feet high, complained that another man had threatened to knock his head off. Mr. Woolrych said that threat had been made use of very often, but he had never heard of one man knocking off the head of another, because the thing was impossible. He would not grant a summons. If the applicant was assaulted he would issue process. Others applied for summonses, because such throats as " I'll do for you," and similar expressions, had been made use of. Their applications were refused. Mr. Partridge, who has only been a magistrate of this court four months,has repeatedly said it was a waste of the public time, and productive of great mischief, to grant abusive language summonses. M ARRETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. Old Meadow hay, now do., £3 to £4 ; old Cl over, £ 4 10s to £6 Os ; new do., £4 Os to 1.3 Os; and straw. £1 Ss to £1 16s per load. Supply very moderate ; trad e fi rm. C lOs os t t o o x £ 4 4 i o IOs; s UMBERLAND..—OId Meadow hay , . 3 £3 now do., £3 Os to a 4 ; old eloveY 108 to X 6 new do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £ 1 ;S.l to £1 16 s per load. A steady demand. WHITECHAPEL —Old Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 10s, new do , Js to .C 1 Os; old clover, £4 lO s to £6 Os; new do £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 s to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. CO.IONIAL. TEA, —A fair amount of business has been transacted at about previous prices. SITGA2,—'The demand has been active for good grocery qualities ; and full rates are readily obtained. To the refined market there is also an active inquiry, chiefly for home con- gumption. COFFEE.—Business has been moderately active, good and fine descriptions of colonial being in request at fully late quotations. RlCE.—Only limited tr. nsactions have bccn reported, and there is no material alteration to note in value. SALTPETRE —The operations have been 011 a very limited scale at about former rates. TALLow.—Business has continued inactive, and prices have shown increased depression , par ti cu larly for forward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is quctted 12e. 3a.; aud last 3 mouths' delivery, 44. per cwt. eM ! 6 I M AMERICA. (RE UTER' S TELEGRAMS.) QUEENSTOIN N, MONDAY. The extra Inman steamer, City of Cork, from New York on the 13th instant, arrived here at aix p.m. She brings 69 passengers, but no specie. The City of Cork proceeded for Liverpool at 6.45 p.m. (Per the extra steamer City of Cork ) NEW YORK, AUG. 12, EVENING. General Meade has published a report from General Kilpatrick, refuting General Lee's official denial of the accuracy of Meade•s report of the en gagement on July 14th at Falling Waters. A new Confederate camp bas been discovered at Poney Mountain, near Culpepper. Considerable excitement has been caused through out California by a contemplated rising o f seces sionists. An affray has occurred at Vasalia, in the northern part of the State, between the soldiers and seces sionists. The citizens were arming, and cavalry was sent to Vasalia. Secession outbreaks are also rumoured to have occurred in Santa Clara and Salano counties, north and south of San Francisco Bay. The fortifications of San Francisco are to be commenced immediately. _ _ A vessel which passed Charleston on the night of the 7th states that Fort Sumter and the batteries on Morris Island kept up a terrific bombardment cm, the Federal position. The New York. Tribune denies the Herald's state ment that the Republicans will hold a convention in Washington. The judgo advocate general has furnished the governor of New York with a report upon the conscription and enrolment, showing that twelve districts which have voted the Democratic ticket are required to furnish more conscripts than sixteen Republican districts polling dolible the :lumber of votes. The report says—n‘ It is a partisan enrolment designed to take out of the city the greater part of the Democratic ma jority, and as far as the draft has proceeded the names drawn were mainly Democratic. This fraud was certainly perpetrated without the knowledge of the President and the Provost Marshal. A general and irresponsib'e cabal outside must be looked to for the source of this iniquity. If justice is not done it will remain in history as a gigantic political fraud." _ _ The New York Herald says:—"lf a riot and anarchy should arise out of the quarrel between President Lincoln and the governor of New York, the country will hold to a rigid reckoning the two actors playing political parts so fall of peril to domestic peace and to the very existence of the nation. NEW YORK, AUG. 14, AFTERNOON. (Ptr Telegraph to Cape Race.) A combined land and naval assault on Charleston is appointed for the 13th, which the Federals are sanguine will result in the capture of Forts Sumter and Wagner, and of Cumming's Point. Deserters assert that the Confederates have removed guns from Sumter, and have mounted them on James Island. The Confederates are actively at work on James Island with preparations to defeat the Fede ral plans. Federal reinforcements of coloured troops continue to be sent to Charleston. General Lee has a considerable force between the Rapidan and the Rappahannock and holds all the mountain passes. It is anticipated he may send a portion of his forces through one of the gaps to Gainsville or Manassas, in order to attack simul taneously the front and rear of General Meade's position. A considerable Confederate cavalry force is in the Shenandoah Valley. Orders have been sent from Washington permit ting commissioners to visit the army and take the vote of the lowa troops for the State elections. It is reported that the Secession outbreaks stated to have occurred in the counties north and south of San Francisco Bay are untrue. The World thinks the reported determination of the administration not to listen to terms of settle ment without the total extincti9n of slavery, nor to hold any intercourse with the Confederate Government to arrange a preliminary peace, proves that the administration is determined to delay settlement until after the Presidential election, as if the South returned to the Union before that time the fate of the Republican party would be sealed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AuG. 12, EVENING. Money easy. Gold 261 per cent. prem. Ex change on London, bankers' bills, 1392. Stocks depressed. New York Centrals, 1241. Illinois Shares, 1187 3 ; Erie, 103 ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 105/. Cotton inactive. Middling Upland, 68e. Flour declining, prices sc. lower. Wheat declining. Corn improving. Provisions and coffee quid. Sugar and molasses dull. Crude petroleum, 35c. NEW YORK, Auci. 14, AFTERNOON. Money abundant. Gold 251 per cent. prem. Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 138 k. Stocks improving. New York Centrals, 1251 ; Illi no i s, 1191 ; Erie, 104 si x per Cent. United St a t es 1; Bonds, 104/. FATAL ACCIDENT. —On last Wednesdayafternoon as two of the sans of Mr. Freethy, of Hadley, near Barnet, were going to fish, and were walking along a pub lic path which passes over the Great Northern Hallway , they proceeded, immediately after a train had gone by, to cross the line, when the elder brother saw an express train coming its a contrary direction. He escaped so narrowly that the engine touched his heel. The younger brother, Charles Freethy, aged about 10, was killed, his head being severed from his body. There is a bridge, rarely used, over the railway, at some distance from the Path, but the inquest, held at East Barnet, Herts, the jury re quested the coroner, Mr. R. Grove Lowe, to recommend the construction of an a rchway where the accident hap- pened. AN ANNA3IITE SAVANT.—Among the persons attached to the embassy from Annam to France, the principal interpreter, Trouong-Vinh-Ky, is deserving of a special notice. The Europeans call him Petrus, for he is a Uhristian, and was baptised by that name. Tie was born of poor parents, in the province of Vinh-Luong. his father was a soldier, and fell in the expedition against Cambodia. His mother was left with two children to sup port, but she nevertheless sent him to the Annamite school, where he learned to read. A French priest subsequently took an interest in the lad, and sent him to Combodia to learn the Latin language. The missionaries there, per ceiving the great talents, procured his admission into the College of Poulo•Finang, where he studied with great Elle • tees. Ho obtained the chief prizes fur mathematics and philosophy, and also composed a thesis in Latin on the Divinity of Jesus Christ. The governor of Poulo-Pinang was so charmed with the production, that he sent a copy of it to the University of Oxford, and made its young author a present of 150 rupees. On leaving college, Petrus re turned to the Bishop of Isautopolis, and continued his studies for two years longer. Atter mature reflection, he concluded that he had no especial vocation for the priest hood, and requested to leave the mission. Ho was at first engaged as Government interpreter under the order of Vice Admiral Rigault de Genouilly ; he next became Secretary to the Prefecture of Segon, then interpreter attached to the staff of Vice Admiral Bonard, end was ultimately appointed director to the College of Interpreters. M. Petrus has not yet completed his 25th year. Besides the Annamite, his native tongue, he writes and speaks correctly Latin, French, Spanish, English, Chinese, Malayan, Cambodian, and Siamese. He is not only an accomplished scholar, but also a man of the world, and well acquainted with European usages. The Government was happily inspired in making him the chief interpreter of the embassy, and the fame _ prove the excellence of the choice. -~ ~-_-~ ___- _..__ _._. _ , . j .. OPORTING INTELLIGENCE. r.UATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The attractions of the seaside and other places of resort seemed to be inoperative as far as the attendance at Hyde Park-corner this afternoon was concerned. Settling on the past York' meeting Was proceeded with from an early hour, and thci exchange of money was conducted, with but few interruptions, until towards the close, when a considerable amount of spirited betting took place on the St. L. , :ger. Lc , r,l Clifden opened at 9 to 2 (offered), but intending bacicors hung the for a time, and it was not until offers of i to 1 were made that his friends came forward, and, the latter odds, Lord St. Vincent's horse was supported I:reely; 5 to 1 was taken and offered about Queen Berthi t, but a point more was demanded about The :Ranger, of whom the general body of backers seem ad anything but "fond." Golden Pledge, who opened at 11 to 1, had such a run upon him that he was backed at lessening prices, until he settled down at 10 to 1, taken frE ely ; the same odds were offered about Avenger, with( , ut a response. Saccharometer was in any thing but swe at odour, 20 to 1 being offered, although in one or two instances those odds were taken to small amounts. 30 to 1 each was booked about Borealis and Onesander, ant: 40 to 1 each was accepted about National Guard and Blu.e Mantle, Mr. Watt's horse being in good demand. The subjoined list of quotations will be found to indicate the true tone of the market, which requires no further comment. Closing prices : STOCKTON HANDICAP. sto 2 agat Mr. J. Whittaker's Change, 3 yrs, 6st ilb (including 91b extra) (taken) Sto 1 agat Mr. J. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs 7st (t) sto 1 agst Capt. Gray's Trust, 3 yrs, 6st llb (includ ing slb extra) (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's ;Comet, 3 yrs, Est (taken) Lincoln Autumn 20 Kelso 2l Gloucester 22 Newmarket Houghton 26 Shrewsbury Autumn„,elG IRISH. ST. LEGER. 55 to to agst L m o r. rd T S . v t. a T e i n n t c ili en e t ,s 's QnLuoeredCßleifrdthena (taken(taken)and offered) sto 1 agst Mr. Savile's Ranger (offered, take 6to 1) 10 to 1 agst Mr. Owen's Golden Pledge (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Stamford's Avenger (offered) 20 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer (taken, and offered) 30 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Borealis (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lord Stamford's Ouesander (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's National Guard (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Captain Lane's Blue Mantle (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. R. C. Naylor's Pratique (taken) 60 to 1 rgst Baron Rothschild's Magador (Brother to Morocco (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's Dr. Syntax (taken) 50 to 1 agst Colonel Westenra's Duubl - (t 50 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Light P 5000 to . 75 agst Mr. T. Parr's Blondin , 1000 to 10 agst Mr. I'Anson's Bonny Bell (taken) 60 to 40 agst Lord Clifden being one of the first three (taken) 150 to 50 agst Avenger being ono of the first three (taken) DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Mr. Ten Broeck's Paris (taken) 15 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Scottish Chief (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr, I'Anson's Blair Athol (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Hobson's Durham (taken) 9to 1 agst Mr. Ten Broeck's lot (taken) CITY BET rING— _ V ESTERDAY. STOCKTON HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Change (offered) 7to 2 agst Flytrap (taken freely) sto 1 agst Tourist (taken) sto 1 agst Comet (effeted) 8 to 1 agst Lothian's Bing (takeD) 73 to 1 agst Joey Jones (taken) ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (offered) sto 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken freely) 6to 1 agst Ranger (taken) 10 to 1 agst Avenger (taken) 20 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Onesander (offers to take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Borealis (offered) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. 'UST. Egham 25 Stockton 25 Oxford Lichfield .... .. al iBER. SEPT: Devon and Exeter 1 Derby Summer Weymouth Kings Lynn Warwick .. Leicester lO Doncaster 15 OCTI Coventry Bedford Caledonian Hunt Newmarket S. et c 12 NovE Wordsley gl Brecon 2l Richmond 22 Monmouth ..24 Manchester Autumn ....25 Newmarket let Oct. ....29 Edinburgh, &c. C1ub....30 :11113ER. Worcester 3 SEPTEMBER. Curragh Carlow . 9 I Jenkinstown Park 23 Listowel OCT Curragh IBRD. 20 ••• SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 25.—Wind this day at noon—South. Easterly ; fresh breeze, and fine weather, but a little showery. COWES, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Neptune, from Valparaiso for Bremen. TORBAY, July 23. Wind N.W.—Sailed—Akbar, fcr Kurrachee. BRIDGEWATER, Aug. 21.—Wind Louisa, from Richibucto. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Briton, screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope; left on the 21st July. FALMOUTH, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jane Lowden, from Quebec. KINGROAD, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Florist, from Montreal for Gloucester. ABERDEEN, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Clarinda, for Quebec. CARDIFF, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Chester, screw steamer, and Edith, screw steamer, from Bilboa. Sailed—Endora, for St- Thomas; Mafia Merton, for Ja • maica; Marquis of Bute, and Justice, for Quebec; Erndte, for St. Thomas• QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 21.--Arrived—Heinrich, from Belize. HULL, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jermond, from Montreal. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAFH) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Germania (steamer), from Hamburg; Euro clydon, from Sunderlana ; Alliance (steamer), from Havre. Sailed—John Watson, Edward, and Dido, for Sunder land ; Anne Jane, for Poole ; Fortuna, for Sonnesund. (BY UAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, August 24 roy kje, from Konigsberg; Jose phine, !row Nykjobing; Pansey, fr om M eme l ; U n ititi on , f rom Guernsey ; Famiiier, from Landscrona ; Vixen, from swa i n ; Marianne, from Riga; Haab e t, from .IsTuv Vialix. Arrived, August 25 .—Bounevento, from Dram ; Clinthy, from Alexandria ; lutonia, from Alexandria; Nina, from Gergenti ; Heinrich, from Dant.io ; Dorothea, from Archangel. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Little Nell, of CoWhetter, from West, for North; Laura, of Southampton, from West, for North; Nimrod, from Porto Rico, for London; Gembe, from Pug wash, for London. Anchored.—John, from London, for Quebec. The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree pro. mulgating the convention concluded on the Ist ult, between France and Belgium for the establishment of a direct rail way between Lisle and Teurnay. FRENCH MINISTER OF MARINE. —The Minister of Marine has made a further distribu tion of ono second-class gold medal, and three first-class and sixteen second-class silver, for acts of courage and devotedness in saving lives from drowning in cases of ship wreck and otherwise. Sixteen official certificates of appro. bation have been also awarded. The French Minister of Public Instruction has addressed a circular to the Prefects, recommeuding them, as far as they are concerned, to adopt the necessary measures for abridging, as much as possible, the exami nation of projects drawn up by the local authorities for the construction of schools. A great number of communes having applied for assistance, the Minister at the same time rt quests the Prefects to point out to him the applications of that kind which have not yet been decided on, in order that those in arrear may be immediately attended to. _ _ _ Rear-Admiral Lafon de Ladebat has been ap pointed to the command-in-chief of the French naval station, on the west coast of Africa, in place of Rear- Admiral Didelot, whose term of service has nearly expirfid. Rear-Admiral Lafon de Ladebat will hoist his fag on board the Armorique, now preparing for sea at Lorient. EXTINCTION OF A REIGNING GERMAN HOUSE, Duke Alexander Charles of Anhalt Bernburg died on the 19th inst. at Floyrn, a town in tho duchy. With him the ducal line of Bernburg is extinguished, and the dukedom of Anhalt, separated into four divisions i n 1306, is now reunited under the eldest branch, that of Dessau. Of the house of Bernburg only one member now lives, the recently widowed Princess Fredric of Prussia, who is a sister of the deceased duke Alexander. His highness was born on March 2, 1605, succeeded ,his father, the Duke Aloxius on March 24, 1834, and on October SO, of the same y e ar, was married to Princess Frederic Caroline Juliano, of Schleswig-Holstein-Smdcrsburg-Glucksburg, who, on a ccount of the growing infi rm ity of mind on the part of the duke, was appointed co - rege nt by clued patent 1855. Thar© was no of the marriage. 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