The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-24 00:00:00

ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for discount accommodation has slackened, and the rates for the best bills are 34 to 31 per cent. During the last few days a moderate amount of business has been transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. The public sales of tea have proceeded without any material change in prices. Sugar has been in fair request, at steady rates, while full prices have been obtained for coffee and cocoa. In rice, fruit, and spices the operations have been to an average extent at about previous quotations. TalloW has been in better demand, and prices have tended upwards for both present and forward delivery. The Oriental Hotels Company is an undertaking recently brought forward, for the purpose of pro viding the chief towns and seaports of India and China with suitable hotel accommodation. It is said that throughout our eastern empire there is a very great deficiency in this respect, and that the European population, which is annually on the in crease, is loud in its complaints against the pro vision it finds for lodgings, &a. In the first instance it is intended to erect esta blishments at Bombay and Point de Galls, and after these buildings have been completed others are to rise up in Madras, Singapore, Kurrachee. &c. The directors are principally gentlemen con• nected with India, either by its civil service or its trade. The nominal capital of the undertaking is fixed at £25D,000 (half of which is to constitute the first issue), in shares of £lO each. Some important alterations are exhibited in the Bank of England return for the week ending Wed nesday last, the most conspicuous being a consider. able falling off in the Other Securities, to the repay ment of advances and the increased facilities offered in the open market, which have had the effect of diminishing the number of inqufries at the national establishment. The bullion and reserve of notes are smaller, but an early influx of gold is not im• probable. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation .. L 21,603,305 Increase 64,290 Bullion .. .. • • •• . • 14,62(:,872 Decrease .. .. 129,004 Rest .• 3,303,461 Increase .. 26,432 Public Deposits 5,386,948 Increase 438,49 Other Deposits.. .. .. 14,675,625 Decrease .. 1,706,289 Seven Day and other Bills .. 627 07 Decrease .• 28,674 Government Securities 11,006,888 Decrease .. 40,000 Other Securitie s .. • • 19,871,886 Decrease .. 1,036,747 Notes Unemployed .. 6,814,715 Decrease .. 182,365 Two O'CLOCK. The Paris Three per Cent. Rentes, this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, opened at 67f. 45c. ; business better. Business in the English Stock Market has been very limited, but quotations nevertheless are ex hibiting increasing firmness under the favourable influence of better prices from the Paris Bourse, and that affairs on the continent may yet assume a less warlike tendency. Consols have risen nearly 1, and are now marked 928 938 for money and ac. count. The New Threes and Reduced are 921 931; Bank Stock is 2371 and 239 ; India Stock, 225 and the 5 per Cent. Loan, 108 I ; the Debentures' are 100, the Bonds 19s. prem., and Exchequer Bills 10. to 4s. premium. There is very little alteration in the Foreign Market, and business is rather quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 678 I; do. Consotides, 49/ 50; Mexican, 36i 4 ; Greek, 334 34 ; do. Coupons, 15 8 - ; Spanish Passive, 321. ; do. Certificates, 124- ; Portu guese , 48 ; Russian, 92/ 93 ; Italian, 704 ; a ; Egyptian, 103 ; and the Confederate Loan, 38 to 3 dis. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very limited; a firmer tone, however, has pre. nailed. Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, North Eastern, York, and, South Eastern have improved 58., and Caledonian, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial Lines have exhibited little change of importance in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull at former quotations. International Financial Shares are quoted 41-, to 41 prem. ; London Financial, / to I prem. ; General Credit, / to 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per C ent . R educed Annuities .. 239 71 21 31. 3 .. per Cent. C onso l s A nnuities 921 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities.. India Stock Dittos per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 pe r C en t Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 Ditto Bonds l9 £l,OOO ........... C onsols for A ccount, Aug. 6 .Marcn Ditto £5OO. 92 pm E xchequer Bills, £l,OOO 21 • per Cent.. 3 1 p m Ditto Small . .............. F0RE1GN..........•.. ........ PUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent..... ........ . ... . —. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-68- . 60 ... 93 B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent ...... .. . ... .. .. . . --- OlttO Account 93 E gyptian 7 per C en t.. lO3l Ditto, . i 103 Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent 1824-5, ex-Coup ons D itto Account 34 31 Ditto Coupon s ll 1 It alian 5 per C ent(Maremmana Railway) 7 9 New G ranada ................ l5l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856,'7,'9, '7 '9 '6O, 62 • 2 f ) ) 48 Ditto Account Ru D ssian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ S t — itto 6 per Cent, 1862 .... Sardinian 5 per Cent.......... Oitto Account S panish 3 per Lent ........ _ Ditto New Deferred . Ditto Deferred .. 4B Ditto Passive .... _ _ Ditto Account::: ..... 321 ...... /9:panish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account .. . , pitto 6 per Cent. 18.58 IJ'..tto Account... .... 70 __vi.tto 6 per Cent 18 62 ........ . -Ditto Account .. .. 674 I Dit+.-. -- Guars 4 . . per ... e . n . t . .... 103 i Venezuelat,2 p ure e dnn ....... Di tt o 6 Cent., 1862 Ditto Account,e 56i .. Di_ , _ , _ . .......... "'tends on the above payable in London. 01 4:11 2 per C 65 Itali an e e a., Ex, 12 Guil , . per Cent 1861 E 9 5 francs 7 0 rams Ditto Account . , 7Ol a Ditto Scrip, 1 863, £2l 4s. 6d. paid i Pm TWO O'CLOCK. e°4"°lB, A ugus t 92/ 31 Ditto ................-- June 3 pm Me rl) 001 Cotton M arket —This Da: 3 pm ______- (lIEtTTEIVB TELEGRAm.) A strong. ft Luiarket. Sales to-day reach '7,000 bals...-Sales of the week, 52,240 bales, including 11 will probably MO cin speculation, and 9,190 for ex portation. Quotations of fair Orleans, 24*; 1‘13" bile, 24; Upland, 231. Estimated Middling Or leans, 221 7,4 Egyptian, 2 ; ."-Lobile, 211; Upland, 21. Estimated fair 2l. Stock, 261,700 bales. Actual export, 9,192. Surat, 11 to 20. Imports of the 6,195 bales. week, ........... S111;;ING -- This Y July 2 L—Wind this day at tiaon south_ b ut rather LONDON, wi'ather) Westerly; moderato bre eze , and hue cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Frida M y, 1 0 His Netherland Majesty's w a r steam9hip Ard.inea'_ln• glius, 1 78 men, from Hollnd, for the c o l on i es : S ound this m orn i ng t o cau lk tops id es. , put into the SOUTHAMPTON, Friday m orning. Arrived—D ar t from Cadiz; Cricke , , ; from Co r k • Mersey, from Port M a d oc. Sailed--Liina, for Charleston; Mary Ann, for Cardiff, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Fday Morning. f ro 4t ra l l.ived, July 23 —Cosmopolitan, from Stettin ; Goethe, melt. 3 Arrived, July 9 4—Theo lor, from Pouce ; Saveor, from ers6Y; Ospr-y, from Pomerania. sailed, July 24— Normandie, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. ed—All t h e outward bound. SHARE MARKETS---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOur, Railways. p a id . Closing Busine,, i Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. liost.,Sleat.,and Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Cornwall. 1 10 lo i . A ,‘ Lretz: no cli, 10 Go. B till OP e•P an•haf . been paid to B. 60 Dublin & Belfast June. 26 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. st Edinburgh & Glasgow. st Glasg. and S. Western) st Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock st Ditto East A nglian st st GreatNorthof Scotland st Great Northern st Do A stock et Do B do st Gt. S. an IW. of Irelanq sl Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashae & Yorkshire st London and tilackwal. st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover st Lon. & North Western at Lon. At So*.th Western' it Jan., Shef., & Lincoln.) 50 Maryport and Carlisle 121 I Do I 5hare5........ 10 Metropolitan 5' Midland 'Au Do New at Do Birming. & Derby :0 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. ¢ shares 25 Mid Kent 10 I Do Cray Line st !North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee, st INth. Eastern—Berwicl:l 25 I Do, G.N.E. purchase, at Do Leeds at I Do York st I Do Carlisle.. st INorth London 10 ! Do New 9.15.4 North Staffordshire 1 0 N. and S. W. Junction at Scottish Central at !Scot N. E., Aber. stock at I Do Scot. Mid, stock 10 ! Shrews. and Welchpoo, at Shropshire Union at South Devon at South Eastern st South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 20 stain es, Wok.,an d Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 I Do 25 I Do New, 1860 at :Taff Vale. .. 10 I Do B 10 I C 54 Ililster Do 2.10 Do st Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim st 'Waterford & Kilkenny at \Vest Cornwall st . Hartlepool Har.&K st 'West Midland Oxford !...t I Do Newport st Do Hereford BRITISH P itailwitys ~uancic l¢ Ft Lawrenc. tiorn.,Baroda&.Cent Int. Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo and Labe Huron Do. Preterance Buflalo,Brant,SzGodrieh p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1871. Do. do. July 1, 187: 00. do. Juu, 1, lri :21eutta.,c.S. Eastu.k ~ ape Town t Dock Serif Elastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. - 6 7 Ext: Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pre• . Bonds.. Do. co. deterred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. Do. do defer , ed. ..... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. (4,0 k... Do. ao. deferred...... (3t.lnchaPeu ua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 .. south.of India(Lim) guaranteed 6 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer. Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 o. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 4/ p. c. Extension Do. 4, Do. Fifth Extension. orp. rs p. o. Brio , ▪ & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Rang. Bds. • wßr answick Calm, class A .n 1 B N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds Scinde .......... 00. Delhi Do. do • • • Do. Punjaub Do. Do. , f a g Do. Indus. St. Flo. J Atari 100 aty 20 20 ,04 8 8i -- Si at 85 87 1201 1211 6 7 40 11 15 16 95 96 110 112 53 64 50 52 241 'csi 128 129 129 1%0 135 140 101 103 66 67 1113 1133- 77 78 117 119 43,4 444 1011 102} IG6 [C7 44 15 12 12/ 1281 ,29 14 1U 97 99 54i 65i 26 28 103 1031, 59 60 90 90 118 120 If T 16i164 111 it 122 124 47 48 99 101 60 52 31 33 92 t , 21 70 72 100 102 7t 8 38 39 10 11 c 8 8 p 153 156 5i 5f 3 3il2' 79 81 158 160 27 29 46 47 39 41 104 106 I SSESSI ONS. Paid. all 8 all 10(i 100 100 100 10f, Closin2 Price. 6264 107 ICB 1 lip 1 5i 61 If 71 8} 1061 107 ICBi 1091 1084 IC9e 107 1 , 13 li lip lir 19i 201 71 73 55 58 65 67 50 53 44 46 35 37 25 29 22 24 1071 104 d 1 1 61 1 1 I ►O6 107 , , 11 94 91 97 100 90 P , O7 i 1( 01 102 99 53 55 3 6 84 86 ; 07i 1 10(784 g(;64 1071 iP -p lON 1(1 1021 1(35 COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS EC U TIP>: tip.e.Ja 4z.1 LAI) 1 1877-64 tO. 105 106 1054 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 105 , c 8 - Do. dp. c.Mar. Sept. 100 'O6 108 1074 Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 100 96 07 96 , Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 96 Cape G.llope, d p c,187;.; 106 108 110 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1891 100 113 115 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 105 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p i 100 tl3 115 Ilau , itius 6 per cent lOO 106 107 Natal Guy. 6 per cent 130 110 112 IN.B.Gov. p.c..ia.&Jul) 100 106 107 1 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - I N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 18,t 100 100 101 - Do. sp. c.,18,1 to Lit 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 &upwda 100 1014 1024 1014 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 1061 1074 QueenslandGcv. 6p. c. 100 CO 112 IS.Aus Gdp.c.1878.& up 100 110 112 - Vic. Gov. 0 p.c. Ja.SzJuly 100 107 109 'Do. to 5 p.c. An.&Oct.. 100 int 1121 1124 12 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 0 jd uliflord Amalgamated . 26 28 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist 1 650 570 East Bassettallozan) i3O 77 80 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ; 53. 4d var East Caradon I' , 14., 31 32 314 East Cam Brea... 13.4.0 71 84 E. WlRussel (Tavistk.;: 8.6.6 24 si Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.)l tB, 8 11 Great South Tolgus 17s 41 41 G. Wheal Vor (lielston 10 61 74 Grenville . 6.16. t. 6 6* Flerod's-Foot 8.1: 41 14 ilingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 24 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Leif= t 35 7 —llarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim , 2/: 14 New Setun .. 191 110 120 North Downs zi 2 24 N.Wh'i iitisset(lllo4 - an 2.17.0 34 4 North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 4 46 Par Con solo (St. Blazey. 11 4 6 20 erovidenee (Uny Lelnt.; 10.6.1 12 44 SouthCaradcn(St.Cleer; 11 I 415 425 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15. 61 21 2f Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.1-.9 75 80 Stray Park 5 Cainar Silv..sz Lead NM 44 f I - fin Crort b 216 224 West Basset (Illogan) l4 12 13 W C. radon (Liskeard) 5 22 24 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan 5* 674 724 „heal Buller(Redruth) 5 50 60 Wheal Kitty (15.Lelant)) 2.0.6 Wheal Lucl , ott 12.10.8 26 3 w heal MaryAian (Alen 6 11 13 Wheal Seton . 584 215 .125 Wheal Tretawney (Lis): 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 36 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian A stock, 5 per cent., 108 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 9i Mid. Consolidated - , Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 139 West Midland gua. Shares 5, per cent. 1863, Ditto, Newp. 5 per cent. pref., Redeemable at 5 pm, 105 PREFErcENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pt, 1074 Kent Coast, So per cent. pref. B, 5} LINES LEASED Ai' FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 76 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 961 Nottingham and Grantham It. & C., 971 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 Dutch Rhenish, 17f Recife awl San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 16f Sambre and Meuse, 9f San Paulo ;Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto, 216 2 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 JOIN T-STOCK RANKS. Australasia, 77 Ditto, new, 31 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 10# Colonial, 39 bt Imperial Ottoman, 181 London and Brazilian dim.), 435 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28# London and County, 441 6 London Joint Stock, :'55 London and Northern (11m.), 81 London and Westminster, 761 6 1 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (limo, 161 Oriental Bank Corporation, 561 Union of Australia, 63# Union of London, 35/ # Bank of England Return--Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 22d day cf July, 1863: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. otes issued ........£28.418.C20 Government Debt X 11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,768,095 Silver Bullion £28,413,020, BANKING D: oprielors' CaPi' r 53,000 tal .............. £l4,a Rest ........ 3,3 0 3,461 Public Fleposits (in cluding Exche raenris, Savings' ssionersTfliNa tional Debt, and Dividend AC coun ts) ....... 5,:i86,f)48 Other Deposits::— 1-I,t 75,6 •!& Seven bay and other Rills £28,418,020 :PARTDIENT. Government Seen- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,006,888 Other Securities 19,87 ,886 Notes Gold and Silver 852,852 Coin 627,307 £38,646,341 July 23 , 1863. M• £ 3 8,546,341 LA RSHALL, Chief Cashier. stock titOCk 20i 10i ',took stock stock ,ukt 8t 1 20 OC1( 13.14. 25 ' stock Lock stock 64 7 6} Ic3l 3 tiusinesm don: Ic9 1071 i 26 51 107 f 8 11} 11 1061 7i 100 2 all luu THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1863. there were two other young men sleeping in the room. He was crying after he got i n t o b e d on F r id ay n i g h t, an d his brother asked him what was the matter, to which he re plied that he was rather down-hearted, and added, you have brought me up to London, and there is no work for me, and you have made a fool of me ; you have made me pay my passage twice, and now I have got to pay my pas sage down again, and I have no money; while we were talking the other lodger, named Runnock, came up. He saw the prisoner borrow money from one of the Runnocks. He never had a quarrel with his brother, who behaved kindly to him. He kept the razor from the Wednesday till the Friday, when he put it in the drawer. Mary Matilda Cameron, of 9, Oxford •terrace, gave con firmatory (vicience. Mr. Grant, surgeon, said he had attended the wounded man. There was a transverse wound three inches long and a quarter of an inch in depth. In his opinion the wound was inflicted with a raz )r. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial, and re , fused to take bail. • Mr. C. Young—The prisoner will reserve his defence, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. T.l. FTERS AL L'S —LAST EVENING. GOODWOOD STAKES. to 2 aget Anfield (taken) 10 to 1 aget Z ipateado taken and offered) GOODWOOD CL P . 9 to 4 agst Buckstone (offered) THE FERNHILL STAKES.—AII the committee present to-day, but two having bets on the above race, it was agreed to refer it to certain members of the Jockey Club, who have no interest in it. The Subscription Rooms will be opened on Saturdny nex For settling and comparing. SCRATCHINGS.—Lemma and Berth% were struck out of all handicaps at Goodwood, Brighton, and Wolverhamp ton on July 23, at 7,27 p.m. The match between Cambasean and Niobe at Goodwood is off by consent. SOUTHAMPTON RACES.-THURSDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate of 3 soya each, with 30 added ; weight for age. Half a mile. Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, lOst llb (Fordham) 1 Mr. :,kipton's the Doe, 2 yrs, 7st llb (S. Adams 2 Mr. \V oo Ison's Deerfoot, 3 yrs, Bst llb (W. Clay) 3 The following also ran .—Gamecock, Ou' post, Stainley, Queen Fastrada, and Neilgherry. Betting—Even on Mises Julia, 3 to 1 agst Stainley, 4 to 1 agat The Doe. Won by three lengths ; a bad third. The Town Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added; weight for age, with selling allowances. One mile. . _ Mr. T, East's Curie, 3 yr., 6st 31b (X4o)....(Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Clark's Pony, 3 yrs. Est 31b (£40).....,(5. Adams) 2 Mr. Chamberlayne's Nashville, 3 yrs, Est 31b (X4O) (Whitehorn) 3 Mr, Woodson's Clapper, 4 yrs, 7st 2lb (X4O) (H. Hopkins) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Curie, 6to 4 agst Pony. Won by a length ; a head between the second and third ; Clapper was a bad fourth. The winner .was bought in for 175 gs. The South Hampshire Stakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft., and 5 ' only if declared, with 100 added ; winners extra; the se cond to save his stake, and the 'sinner to pay 20 soya to the fund. Once round, about a mile and a half. Mr. W. Day's Joco, 3 yrs, Sat 91b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Palmerston's Spencer, 5 yrs, Bst 41b .. (J. Goater) 2 Captain Coates's Flirtation, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. W. Nelson's Cock Robin, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (S. Adams) 4 Also ran Innellan, and Tolurno. Betting-2 to 1 agst Joco, sto 2 agst Spencer, sto 1 agst Flirtation, 6 to 1 agst Cock Robin. Won by a length; a bad third; close up with whom was Cock R ,bin. The other two did not pass the post. The Stewards' Plate of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for 2- yr-olds; the winner to be sold for 200 soya, and if for 100, allowed 71b; if not to be sold, to carry 51b extra. Half a mile. Mr. Skipton's The Poe, Bst 41b (£200) .. (J. Grimshaw) I Mr. S +diet's Maid of Lincoln c fist (£100) . (S. Adams) 2 Mr. Hodgman's St. Rosalie f, ist 111 b (£100) (Fordham) 3 Mr. G. Solomon's Aunt Judy, Bst 41b ( £ 200). (Peppier) 4 Mr. Bateson's Sensation, 7st I.llb (X 100).... (J. Plumb) 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst The Doe, 7to 4 agst the Maid of Lincoln colt. Won by a length and a half, two lengths between second and third. The Welter Handicap of 10 sous each, 5 ft, and 2 if de. dared, with 50 added; gentlemen riders, jockeys extra One mile and a half. Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar Hill, 5 yrs, 12st (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. Brayley's Tonio, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b (Mr. Wood) 2 Captain Gray's Pancake's dam colt, 3 yrs, lOst 61b (inc. 61b ex) Mr. Solomon's Optimist, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr. Cherry) 4 Betting-2 to lon Vinegar Hill, who won by a length, the Pancake's dam colt was a bad third. The Scurry Handicap Stakes of 3 sous each, with 30 added, winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. East's Curie, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (S. Adams) 1 Mr. Astley's Quicksand, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Ford ham) 2 Mr. Nightingall's The Idea, 3 yrs, Bst .... (Nightingall) 3 Mr. Peake's Girdke, 4 yrs, st 91b The follow.ng also ran :--Clapper, King Tom gelding, and Merrimac. Betting-5 to 4 agst Quicksand, sto 1 each agst The Idea and Merrimac, 10 to 1 agst Curie, about whom 3 to 1 had been previously taken. Won by a head, a length between second and third, and a head between third and fourth. KNUTSFORD RACES. Cheshire Midland Railway Handicap. Cobbler, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ...... (T. Barlow) 1 Paddy O'Rourke, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Whiteley) 2 Dermot Asthore, 2 yrs, 6st 21b (Howarth) 3 Gaiety, 4 yrs, 7st 91b Seven ran. Won by a neck; a length between second and third ; a bad fourth. Tabley Handicap. Devotee, 3 vrs, 7st 31b (Whitley) 1 Garibaldi, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (f. Barlow) 2 Charles Fox, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (in. 51b ex.) ...... (James) 3 Captain Knight, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (Lomas) 4 Lorette, 3 yrs, 6st slb (Haystead) 0 Won by a head; same between second and third; a bad fourth. LITERATURE. Climate : an Inquiry into the Causes of its Dire rences, and into its Influence on Vegetable Life By C. Daubeny, M.D. Parker, Oxford . and London. Professor Daubeny's little book comprises the substance of four lectures which he delivered before the Natural History Society, at Torquay, in the Feb ruary of the present year. Qn the whole, it may safely be said, that it is interesting and instructive. The highly important influence of climate upon vegetable life demands a great deal more attention and study than it has hitherto received. Ine chemistry of plants and soils has engrossed so much of the time and talents of investigators that the equally necessary study of climate, as it affects vege tation, has been too much neglected. While therefore, we do not deem this little work to be al; that it should be, we heartily welcome it. We hai. it as a step in the right direction. S% hat faults we have to find with it shall be stated at once. When such lectures are committed to print for publics tion, we object to the reproduction of the apologies and reasons for their delivery--generally, of course, of a purely local interest, it any—and also to the explanation of the personal bias which led to the selection of the subject; and, yet further, we object to all other matter extraneoui to the subject, as being of no value to the general public, while it is a great annoyance to the student and to the scientific reader. Neither do we perceive the object of introducing into a work on climate, a discussion on the material nature of the sun, toge ther with an exposition of spectrum analysis, oc cupying four closely-printed pages. Whether or not a great deal too much is said, considering the limited size of the book, about the geogra phical distribution of plants, we decline to decide; but we have no hesitation in saying that it less had been said about Sir C. Lyell's notions of antiquity and Dr. Darwin's theory of selection, the better would it have been for the book as a work on Climate. Quotations from the Latin poets, moreover, may be interesting to some, but few would deem them of any value in con nection with the science of climate. In a lecture, eloquent periods and quotations may very decently be introduced to gain the Lpplause of the audience: but these in print are mere platitudes, and only serve to spin out the book. Weeded of much of this superfluous matter, Dr. Daubeny's work would be reduced about one-fourth in size, to the great ad vantage of the subject and of the reader. It is like wise to be regretted that no less than three pages of corrections and additions have been found necessary to be appended to the volume, while some blunders have passed altogether unnoticed. The Sir John Reade, alluded to in connection with the theory of storms, is we suppose the late Sir W. Reid. Tnroughout the book tem perature figures are printed as degrees and minutes, both by words and symbols, as if the measurement were similar to that for latitude. Of course the minutes of temperature should be decimal parts of degrees. la a future edition, by judiciously expunging and correcting,the meritot the work would remain, and it would become truer to its title. It is now, however, our agreeable duty to testify to the value of these lectures. The first lecture considers the causes which regulate the distribution of tempera- ture, and the chief elements which constitute the climate of any place. It then explains the sources of heat, the dependence of temperature on latitude together with the modifying agents, and the instruments and methods by which extremes and means of temperature are determined. Finally, it illustrates equable and excessive climates, and discusses the general causes which account for peculiarities of climate. These matters are treated of concisely, clearly, and methodically. In the second lecture the local causes which affect climate come under discussion, as oceanic currents, proximity to large extents of land or water, elevation above the sea, nature of soil, exposure to light, humidity (as producthe of fog, rain, dew, 8;e.), winds, electricity, and ozone. The third and fourth lectures are devoted to the influence of climate on vegetation, and are of espe• cial value and interest to the agriculturist. The author very clearly expounds the physical condi tions which determine the adaptability of plants to hot, temperate, extreme, or equable climate ; he adduces instances of plants suited to bright, and of others adapted to cloudy, skies; and he also exempli fies the suitability of some plants to h - amid, and of others to dry climates. Then we are instructed in the modifications probably effected in climate by the peopling of new and uncleared countries; in the treatment most likely to be successful in naturalis ing plants in a colder climate ; in the influence of climate on crops with its practical bearing on farm ing; and, finally, the husbandman is enlightened on the importance to himself in his vocation, and for his locality, in ascertaining its climate, in the practice of keeping a simple meteorological register. We feel that to extract at any length any of the author's information on these interesting and im portant matters, or to attempt to give an adequate account of any portion, would be to give the reader i❑ part that which he should seek as a whole in the work itself. We will cite one or two passages, however, for the purpose of showing the mode of treatment of the subject, as well as the style of the work. The barometer is the oracle of the meteorologist, which admits of various interpretations, not always very intelligible Lo the uninitiated ; but the following remarks upon the causes which may bring about a fall or rise in the barometer, appear to us calculated to disperse a little of the existing obscurity of the subject : " As heat produces rarefaction, a sudden rise of tempera ture in a distant quarter may affect the weight of the atmo sphere over our heads, by producing an aerial current out wards, to supply the place of the lighter air which has moved from its former position; in which case the barome ter will fall. "Now such a movement in the atmosphere is likely to bring about an intermixture of currents of air of different temperatures, and from this intermixture rain, as we have seen, is likely to result. "On the other h,nd, as cold produces condensation, any sudden fall of temperature causes the column to contract, and sink to a lower level, whilst other air rushes in from above to supply the void; and, accordingly, the barometer rises. " Should this air, as often happens, proceed from the north, it will contain in general but little moisture; and henee, on reaching a warmer latitude, will take up the vapour of the air, so that dry weather will result. " It is generally observed that winds cause a tall in the instrument; and, indeed, in those greater movements ot the atmosphere which we denominate storms or hurricanes, the depression, as we have seen, is se considerable as to forwarn the navigator ot his impending danger." The next extract, relative to the method of pro clueing hardier varieties of plants, will show th e [ractical va!ue of the book in an agricultural poitic of view. I believe the cultivator may, in some cases, succeed in acclimatizing a plant in a colder region by selecting fur his purpose the robuster varieties of the species he wishes to introduce. Thus the late variety of the walnut flourishes in localities where the early ones are killed by the frost - . Thus the early sorts of vine bear fruit in climates where, owing to the insufficient heat of summer, or the early frosts of winter, the plant in general fails. " In like manner, by selecting the tubers of those pota toes which blossom first, and by repeating that selection several times in succession, we may at length obtain a variety which arrives at maturity in less than three months, .and which, therefore, as it would seem, might be intro duced into climates where the summer is too short to ripen the ordinary samples. "The importation of olive trees obtained in the Crimea, which appear l ess sens ibl e t o co ld th an th os e of the southof France, mi g ht p er h a p s ena bl e us t o extend cultiva tiontbo limits. of that fruit b e y o nd its present geographical - - " It follows, of course, that the larger portion will die, but a few of the hardier individuals may nevertheless sur vive. Repeating this process by sowing seeds obtained from these latter varieties, in a climate somewhat colder than the first, it is conceived that a robuster race might ho produced, inasmuch as the survivors would be the hardiest varieties of the hardiest parents, and therefore might be capable of existing in a climate very much colder than the one natural to the spe cies in g eneral." useful u The practical imp ortance of the sub j ec t will ob viate any apol o gy for our last citation summer, war mer up upon o the h colder, e in fluence,3ven of climate farmer itimateupencrops_ , s maybe to possess o h the th data ewsteitmteartoinrgdtrhieeri,nfithuaenncewhicha urn m ordinary, has exerted pro ductions of his farm, so as not to be misled in his calcula tions as to the advantages or disadvantages of any novel plan of cultivation, These data have in part been supplied by Mr, Lawes in IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS---This Day. The SPEAKEII took the chair at half-past 12 o'clock. RUM DUTY BILL. This bill was read a third time. AUGMENTATION OF BENEFICES BILL. This bill was read a third time. ALTERATION OF JUDGES' CIRCUITS BILL. Thiel bill was read a third time. BRITISH COLUMBIA BOUNDARIES BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered and agreed to, and rtad a thbd time and passed. CLERGYMEN (COLONIES) BILL. This bill was read a third time. EAST INDIA RE ENUE ACCOUNTS. The report on the resolutions agreed to last night was brought up and received. STA'T'UTE LAW REVISION BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Mr. HENNESSY repeated s-veral of his objections t 9 this bill, which be said would repeal some enactments which ought not td be repealed, and leave untouched others which were virtually of no use on the statute-book. The Lill, which consisted of 198 clauses, was full of anomalies, and ought not to be hurriedly passed at tLe fag'end of the session. Some old acts would be mutilated, such as Magna Charter, and for all practical purposes the bill would be in operative. In conclusion, he moved, as an amendment, that it be read a third time this day week. Mr. L IGON s , conded the motion. The z. - OLICITOR GENERAL replied—The bill had been carefully prepared by eminent gentlemen of the greatest legal experience, who had devoted years to its compilation. All the objections raised by the hon. and learned gentlemen were utterly baseless. The hon. and learned gentleman had evidently employed his leisure in dipping into some legal books, and the result was his picking up a smattering of infermation of the most superficial nature, which he had abundantly displayed in his opposition to the bill. He had raised uo real objection to the bill, which, in the opinion of lawyers on both sides of the house, would constitute a great boon to the professors of the law and the general public. In truth, the hon. and learned gentleman evinced no knowledge on the subjects with which he had dealt, and yet asked the house to withdraw its confi d, nce from those who possessed great knowledge on the matter, as abundantly evinced in the laborious preparation of this measure, which had been in preparation since 1859. Mr. HENNESSY withdrew his motion, and the bill was read a third time, and passed. EXHIBITION MEDALS BILL. Mr. MILNER moved the second reading of this bill, and asked the house to go at once into committee, that it might Le read a third time this evening, or Monday. The object of the measure was to provide, otherwise than by costly civil process for the punishment of persons falsely repre senting themselves as the owners of medals. The bill passed through committee. Third reading on Monday. PIER AND HARBOUR BILL. The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. VACCINATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. SHEEP AND CATTLE (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES BILL. The Lords' amendmo&A were considered and agreed to. MISAPPROPRIATION BY SERVANTS BILL. The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. The sitting was suspended a• half-past one o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—George Neal, a determined looking young wan, was charged with stabbing David Young. The prosecutor said on the ]oth of July he was in Covent garden market, when out of a lark he tapped prisoner on the shoulder, he turned round very savag-ly, struck him a How on the cheek, which he returned, and the prisoner rushed up to a coffee-stall, and, taking a knife therefrom, he stabbed hia) in the cheek and also over the left eye, which injured him to such an extent that the eyeball w,..4 completely displaced. He sank to the ground from the effects of the blow, and on recovering he found himselt in the h spital. George Davis said he saw the prisoner running towards the coffee-stall, and when he got up to it he deliberately opened a drawer in it anc took a large white-handled table knife from it, and then he attacked the prosecutor. He went up and seized the prisoner, but he struggled very violently, and having dropped the knite, succeeded in get ting away. He continued to follow him, and ultimately he was taken into custody, Police-constable Smith said he took the prisoner into custody for stabbing the prosecutor. As soon as possible he went to the hospital to ascertain the injuries he had sustained ; and the house surgeon considered it of such a serious• nature that the prosecutor. was unable to leave the institution. He had been there ever since the assault, and it was only this morning that he had been considered sufficiently recovered to attend and give evidence. He had the certificate GI the house-surgeon, stating the injuries the prosecutor had received. Mr. Henry said Ihe surgeon's certificate was not evidence. He should commit the prisoner for trial, but before he did so the surgeon must attend and state the nature of the injury the prosecutor received. He would remand the case again to enable the surgeon to attend. A PALTRY CHARGE.—A Hansom cab-driver, No. 9,404, was placed at the bar charged with stealing one of the ordi nary bits of granite with which the roadways are paved. Inspector Brunbacombe said—This morning he saw the cabman walking with the stone in his hand, and on asking him what he intended to do with it, and also where he had got it from, he replied that he had picked it up from the side of the road, and he was going to put it into his cab to steady it. He then took him into custody. One of the contractor's foremen attended, and said the stone was similar to that the men were using in St. Martin's lane, but he could not speak positively to it, neither could he estimate the value of it. The Defendant said the horse was rather lame, and find log the cab hanging upon him rather unevenly he picked up the stone to steady the cab. He did not think it was of any value, neither did he think he was doing wrong. Mr. Henry said if every cabman picked up a stone and took away the pavement would soon be removed. He could not, however, treat the case as a felony, and therefore he should discharge the case. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FRACAS AT THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL. —John Browne, a respectable-looking young man, described as a mine!, but who refused his address, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following assault on Mr. Edwin Charles Morton, a gentleman, residing at Hillingdon Heath, Uxbridge (but not related to Mr. Morton of the Oxford Music Hall). Complainant said last night, I was in the gallery of Ihe Oxford Music Hall, when the defendant, whom I had never seen before, said " Take that, you blackguard," and imme diately struck me two blows in the mouth with his fist, Mr. Tyrwhitt--flad you not said something to him ? Complainant—l had not, and I did not see where he came from, Defendant—Do you mean to say you had not seen me, and that you have no idea why I struck yuu? If you have not, I'll tell you—perhaps you would like to know. Did you not see me sitting with two ladies ? Complainant—l did not. There were about 200 persons in the gallery. I did not see you there, Defendant—When I left the hall did you not speak to the ladies I had been with ? Complainant— No, I did not. Defendant—The provocation I received was blackguardly, and I treated the person the same way. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then you will pay 405., or be imprisoned for six weeks in default. THAMES. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—Henry Turk, a joiner, aged 32, of 9, Oxford-terrace, Manchester-road, Poplar, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, charged with wilfully and maliciously cutting the throat of Charles John Turk, his brother, with intent to murder him or do previous boaily harm. _ _ Mr. C. Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner, who was remanded . on Saturday last, when the only evidence given was that of Michael Halton, a police sergeant, 26 K, who stated twat hearing the prisoner had cut his brother's throat with a razor he took him into custody. Ha brought the prisoner into the presence of his brother, who said the pri soner had wounded him. The prisoner denied having done so, and he then took him out of the room. Charles John Turk, who appeared to be in a very weakly condition, stated that he had been lodging with the prisoner, his brother, for more than three weeks. He came up from Plymouth at his father's request, to get some work as a blacksmith. He had made up his mind to return to Ply mouth again. One day last week ho asked his brother for his razor and used it. It was afterwards put in the wash ing-stand drawer. On Friday last, between the hours of nine and ton o'clock, he went to bed. Shortly afterwards the prisoner came to bed, and after that he found him put his hand over his shirt collar, unbutton his shirt and turn his collar back. Suspecting nothing wrong ho went to sleep. He was aroused by some one cutting his throat. The blood was trickling over his shirt front. Ho hallowed out murder, and called to Mrs. Cameron to . bring a light. She came up stairs with a light, and the prisoner was behind her. He lost a good deal of blood. Grant came to his assistance it ew H He ahads hisn preo br t h v o r u N s v h q o u a c r a r m e l e w to i t with ed his b b e r c o a t u h s e e r . he H spoke to him. His brother wrote to him to come up to London. He came to London twice. He came to London last time on Sunday week. His brother s.id he could not go to work on the following morning at the Limited Ironworks. On the Sunday evening he went to a friend's house with his brother. He went to the Thames Ironworks on the follow. ing day, and finding no work he came home about half pas , eight that morning, and said to the prisoner, " I know this is humbug, there is no work for me." He had been looking for work ever since, In cross•examination by Mr. Young, the prosecutor said Norbury Booths' Stakes. Cobbler, 3 yrs, 7st 71b Paddy O'Rourke, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Whiteley) 2 Ripley, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (ii. Robinson) 3 Won by half a length ; Ripley beaten off. Farmers' Cup, _ Philo, lOst (Lawrence) 1 1 Harkforward, lOst Sultan, list llb (Lomas) 3 2 Newminster filly, 9st 21b , (Forster) 4 3 Frank, lOst (Grimmer) 5 4 Six ran. Won by a ,hort neck ; a bad third. Deciding Heat-3 to lon Philo. Won by a length ; half a length between second a third ; a bad fourth. GOODWOOD MEETING, 1863. TUESDAY, JULY 28. The Stewards' Cup, Value 300 sous (handicap) by subscrip tion of 10 sous each, sith 100 added ; for three years old and upwards. T.Y,C. Age st lb Lady Clifden 5 9 4 Queen of Trumps 4 8 13 Fravola Waterwitch Investment Exchequer 4 8 4 Gemraa 4 8 4 Bertha .. Lord Burleigh .... 4 8 1 B.thildo 5 8 0 Alvtdistan .. 4 S 0 Biondella Welcome . 4 7 10 Spicebox 4 7 8 Queen of Spain 4 7 8 Polynesia _ _ Age st lb Amelia \Veatherspy Black Deer .ZE , na 3 6 7 Newmarket . . Tut cos Taje Stockowner 3 6 7 G by Lord of the 'Wes—Wasp 3 6 5 Soapstone Miss Armstrong Amazonian 3 6 4 Newcburch Lord of Linne 4 6 4 Merry Hart Cad eau Dualla Crochet colt Summerside 3 6 2 Bohemia ‘I uezzin .. 3 6 0 Rosina Almack 3 6 0 Keane Creole Merrymaid Lady Emma 3 5 10 Microscope Sauterelle Dolphin 3 5 7 Cheerful Tom King 3 5 7 Heart of Oak Holy .poly 3 5 7 Leotard Calliope colt Leonora ...... 4 7 7 Pilct Miss Livingstone, 4 7 6 Tippler Humphrey Tommy Jones 4 7 5 Birdhill 4 7 5 Doncas• sr East Sheen 5 7 4 Blue Mantle 3 7 2 Juliet a 7 2 Peignoir Poland 'i 6 12 Avondale Catch'em Alive Cassidia . : 610 Birdfinder 3 6 10 Old Orange Girl 3 6 9 Gladstone Entromet Silkstone GooDwooD ANTICIPATIONS by "Beacon" and "Rhym ing Richard "—Latest Cup and Stakes Betting, with exclusive information thereof—Tomato Case Decision— Royal Agricultural and Dog Show at Worcester—Notting ham, Winchester, Southampton, Cambridge, Knutsford, and Aldershot Races—All the Great Cricket Matches of the Week—Thames National Regatta, &c., &c. See the Sporting Gazette (limited) of Saturday, July 25th—the only paper that prophecied " Macaroni" and " Lord Clifden" First and Second for the Derby, " Queen Bertha" for the Oaks, th,) " Ranger" for the Grand Prix de Paris, &c. Price Threepence ; Stamped, Fourpence—Office, 14, York street, Covent-garden, W.C. To be had of all news agents. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.— Considerable disappointment was inflicted upon the aquatic public yesterday through there being no race for the silver sculls. Owing to the illness of Mr. Woodgale, the holder, Mr. Parker, the winner of the trial heat, rowed over the course to claim. Tne Giendier estate, in the Correze, which ac quired-such a melancholy celebrity in the trial of Madame Lafarge, has been purchased by the Chartreux, as the seat of an extensive agricultural undertaking, an elaborate paper published inthe eighth volume of the Royal Agricultural Society's Journal for 1848, in which he shows that in 1844, 1845, and 1846, the difference in the amount of produce was in accordance with the general cha racter of their respective seasons. " Thus in 1844, when there were only 81 rainy days (in 30/ weeks), and when the mean summer temperature was 57'5 deg, the farm produced 16 bushels of corn to the acre, and the weight of the bushel was 60/lbs., whilst the grain bore to the straw as high a ratio as about 82 to 100. " In 1846, when there were 93 rainy days, and when the mean temperature was as high as 59deg., the yield was about 17 bushels per acre, and the weight of a bushel 681bs. ; but the proportion of grain to straw was lower, namely 76 to 100, showing that the yield of corn had been influenced by temperature, but th at t h e quantity of straw had been in creased by the am ount of rain. " Lastly, in 1845, when the number of rainy days was greater, though the temp erature had been lower than in either of the two other yews—the former being 110, the latter 55 degrees—the yield wa s much greater, amounting to 23 bushels per acre, but the w e i g h t of the corn per bushel less, namely, 56!b5., and the increase in the produce of straw such that the grain only bore to it the proportion of 49 to 100. /, These figures appear to show thlt although the greater yet ater quantity of rain was tavAirable to the amount of grain, that it tended to increase in a still greater ratio that of the straw, and that the higher the temperature of the year was the heavier the grain would prove, so as to make up in quality for its deficiency in actual quantity. "Thus it would appear that, under the same treatment, the produce may vary in the proportion of seven bushels per acre, according to the difference of season, which is equivalent to one quarter of the normal produce; or, cal culating this at 30 million quarters in a good year, may be as much as 7i million deficient." Iu cone.usion we would remark that climate depends upon heat, cloud, rain, wind, the frequency of electrical disturbance, and probably the diffusion of ozone. As regards heat, the actual mean annual temperature of any place has not such an impor tant influence upon life, either animal or vegetable, as the abr'iptness and magnitude of its changes. Climate should be estimated more by the range of the thermometer than by the average of its indications. The Registrar-General's returns prove that with a wide range of the thermometer the mortality greatly increases; and it is now ap parent to meteorologists that the daily range of the thermometer marks the effects of temperature on the health of men, and the success of crops, better than any other meteorclogical fact of which we take cognisance. Now that we possess self. registering thermometers constructed with mercury, the most appropriate of all thermometric substances, not only for maximum but likewise for minimum tempera tures, thanks to the ingenious invention of Mr. Casella, the determination of the diurnal range of temperature has become more certain, and observa tions are rendered more strictly comparable. The prevalence of a serene or a cloudy sky tells strikingly upon animal spirits and vegetable vigour. Vapour and clouds are concerned in the important operations of solar and terrestrial radiation. Cloudy days diminish the effect upon the soil of solar radiation ; cloudy nights retard the radiation from the earth. Hence, it appears to us, that observations from radiation-thermometers are of much greater im portance in judging of climate than is usually sup posed. These observations are very scanty, and what few are yet upon record are not very reliable, principally from bad exposure of the instruments, while the want of uniformity in construc tion may be another evil. Thus, in the recently invented vaccnum jacket for the solar radiation thermometer, the makers are not consistent in the shape which they give to the outer bulb. So far as we can yet judge of it, it should be made as by Casella—hemisphe rical. Herschel's actinometer, and Pouillet's pyrheliometer, instruments for ascertaining the heating effect of the sun's rays, should, more over, be more generally employed by meteorolo gists. Professor Tyndal calculates that 10 per cent. of the heat radiated from the earth in this country is stopped by 10ft. of the air which lies nearest to the ground; and he very acutely remarks, that in com paring observations on the radiation it should be kept in mind that the difference between a thermo meter which, properly confined, or shaded, gives the true temperature of the night air, and one which is permitted to radiate freely towards space, must be greater at high etevations than at low ones. And this because the higher the place, the less the thickness of the vapour screen to intercept or retard the radiation. Rain is the result of the cooling of warm air laden with moisture, and, as the feeder of springs and brooks, and the fertilizer of soils, is of course an essential element of climate. When a .vvarm and moist current of air encounters another body of colder air which may not be extremely dry, the mixture is unable to retain the whole of the vapour in en invisible state; so that the excess becomes visible as mist or fog, and, when sufficiently cooled, rain. The British Isles are more or less enveloped in fog, or mist, at the commence ment of easterly winds, which with a sudden change of wind is exhibited even in summer; while the south-westerly winds, warm and arriving from the ocean, deposit large quantities of rain by the cooling effect of the land, colder by reason of its latitude. When rain occurs with a north-easterly wind it is probably due to the deposition from an upper south-westerly' current, often apparently p uved by the movements of the upper clouds. . _ Much consideration is due to winds in estimating climate. Here we can only afford one or two re- marks. In our islands the predominant westerly winds are genial, and change little in temperature, cowing from the ocean, which maintains its tem• perature with more uniformity than the land, throughout the year. In summer the east winds are often very hot, in winter they are intensely cold ; because they arrive from countries charac ,erised by hot summers end cold winters. Th e western shores of Europe, the borders of the ocean and the continent, are the eeat of conflict of these easterly and westerly winds, of polar and equatorial origin respectively ; and at the spring and autumn, their temperature being, as it were, more equally balanced, there is a struggle for predominance, which results in the equinoctial gales of the periods. Equatorial winds are found to be negatively electric, polar winds positively; hence the difference of electric tension ec counts for the oc currence of lightning — and thunder at some places, with violent gales of . wind. It is not, however, our intention to go further into the subject now, while in reference to ozone we content ourselves with reiterating Pr. Dauheny?s statement, that:ozoriema; playa a im portant I tin regulating the functions of the vege table kingfAom ; and although it would be premature at present to speculate upon its specific office, yet, for this reason alone, it may be well to note the fact of its frequency, in conjunction with the different phases which vegetation assumes, persuaded that no principle can be generally diffused throughout Nature, as appears to be the case with this, with out having some important and appropriate use as s i gned for it to fulfil." IdARSETS—This Day, MARK LANE. A very small supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market. Good and tine parcels were atious, but inferior parcels sold in fair demand at full quotations heav ily on fonner terms. The show of foreign wheat on the stands was large. All descriptions changed hands slowly, yet no change took place i n prices compared with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request at late rates. The market was scantily supplied with barley, yet the trade ruled inaetive at about stationary prices. The value of malt was unchanged, but the demand ruled inactive. The supply of oats on offer was only moderate. For all qualities, however, the demand ruled inactive at late rates. Beaus and peas were dull, and prices had a downward tendency. The demand for flour ruled far from active at about pre vious quotations. There was a good supply of barrels on offer. - ARRIVALS THIS WEEK, Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Fl om , English.— 670 I - ; 920 i 110 290 Irish. - _ 8.50 . - Foreign .... -10,990 1,040 1 , 7,110 1 110 aka 13,010 brls NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The sup- ply of meat on . sale is mod era t e, an d th e t ra d e , generally speaking, rules inactive at our quotations. • Per Sib. by the carcase. s u 8 d sdsd Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Middling mutton 3 10 4 2 Nliddling do. • . 3 6 3 8 Prime do 4 4 4 6 Prime lar,ge do. 3 10 4 0 Veal .. 3 8 4 4 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork a. 4 0 4 4 Large pork .. • . 3 4 3 10 Lamb Interior mutton. 3 2 3 8 SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPOR TING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day-, CITY BETTING—THIS DAY. STEWARDS' CUP. 12 to 1 agst Weatherspy (taken) 15 to 1 agst Catch'em Alive (taken) 15 to 1 agst Almack (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 2to 1 agst Anfield (offered—take sto 2) 6to 1 agst Bellman (taken) 9to 1 agst Blondin (taken) 11 to 1 agst Zapateado (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Blackdown (taken) 60 to 1 agst Evenhand (taken) GOODWOOD MP. 9to 2 agst Buckstone (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst La Toucques (taken) Bto 1 agst Atherstone (taken) Bto 1 agst Fairwater (offered) 20 to 1 agst Bellman (taken) Mr. Glaisher's Thirteenth Balloon Ascent, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Mr. Cox well having informed me that he intended to ascend from the Crystal Palace on Tues day, July 21, and the weather having changed so that rain was falling and the wind rising, I avctiled myself of the opportunity to investigate some points on the formation of rain in the clouds them e elves and its precipitation. My principal objects may be stated to have been-- 1. To determine whether there was another stra tum of cloud above that from which the rain Was falling, to confirm the accuracy of Mr. Green's de. ductions relative to rains —viz., That whenever a falla st of, there rain e happens, and the sky is enti re l y over cinvariably be found to exi s t another will ll stratum of cloud at a certain eleVation ab ove the er former." 2. To examine the size of the drops of rain at dif ferent elevations, as from all results hitherto ob. tained the amount of rain collected in a gauge placed near the surface of the earth is larger than in any gauge placed above it, and that the higher the gunge be placed the less water is collected. 3, To determine the temperature of the dew point in its relation to that of the air below, in, and above the clouds, &e. We left the earth at 4h. 52m. p.m. In 10 secs. we were in a mist, and in 20 seconds on a level with the clouds. At 4h. 53m. the earth was out of sigh*. At this time we were 1,200 ft. high. At 4h. 58m., at the height of 2,200 ft., we passed out of thin rain. When at 2,500 ft., the clouds surround ing us were very white, and it was with difficulty I read those thermometers which had ivory scales. At sh. 4m. we passed above the clouds, and saw at a considerable distance above us another stratum of darker cloud. Presently the docks were visible through a break in the lower clouds. At sh. 7m. we saw clouds below us moving in a different direction to that of the balloon, and those near the earth with great rapidity. We then began to descend, and at sh. 14m., at the height of 1,100 feet, scud was below, and the earth was visible with rain falling fast upon it, though none was falling upon the balloon. We then ascended, and at sh. 20m. Were 3,500 feet high, but still below the higher stratum of cloud ; at sh. 22m., at 2,700 feet high, we entered a dry fog; the grapnel, hanging by a rope about 100 feet in length, was just visible ; at 2,600 feet we were in a wet fog ; at 2,000 feet very fine drops of rain were falling; the clouds be neath were black ; at sh. 28m. a thick mist sur rounded us, and the grapnel was scarcely visible ; at sh. 30m. we were in a dense fog. At sb. 31m. we saw Epping Forest, and heard the noise the rain made falling on the trees 1,000 feet below ns ; at sh. 33m. we again last sight of the earth, and two minutes afterwards could see only a small portion of the grapnel line; at sh. 37m. we saw an open country, and then were enveloped in mist, and hree minutes afterwards we descended to the earth in a squall of wind and rain, the grapnel catching on the bank of a piece of water, and landed with out breaking a single instrument. From the existence of the two strata of clouds it would seem to be an established fact that whenever rain is falling from an overcast sky there is a second stratum above. Last year in the ascent on the Ist of September I was between two layers of cloud at the time rain was falling from the lower. These experiments, therefore, confirm the accuracy of Mr. Green's observations and deductions. It would also seem that when the sky is overcast without rain that there is no stratum of cloud above, but that the sun is shining on the upper surface. In every instance in which I have been up under these circumstances, I have found such to be the case, agreeing in this respect also with Mr. Green's observations. The temperature of the air before leaving was 611- 1 deg. ; at the height of 1,000 feet it was 59 deg. ; it decreased to 54 deg. at 2,500 feet. We then de scended. At 2,000 feet the temperature was 55 deg., at 1,400 feet was 56 deg., increasing to 58 deg. at 700 feet. We then turned to ascend, and the tem perature gradually decreased to 52 deg. at 3,000 feet, increased to 612 deg. on descending to 500 feet, decreased to 57 deg on ascending to 1,800 feet, and rose to 611 deg. on descending again to 500 feet, after which there was no change, and the tempera ture on the earth was 611 dog. The temperature of the dew-point was half a de gree only below that of the air before starting ; it was nearly 2 deg. lower on first entering the cloud ; then there was 130 difference between the two tem peratures while in the cloud, and the difference in creased to 3 deg. on passing above it. These obser vations were rtpeated, giving the same results on every occasion of ascent and descent. The s i ze of the rain drops as th ey f e l l on my note book before starting was fully as large as a four penny piece ; they decreased in size on ascending, but our upward movement was too quick, and we soon passed out of rain. On descending from above the clouds we first encountered a dry, then a wet fog, passed into that which may be described as damPs.ir, or exceedingly fine rain, then experienced very fine but decided drops of rain like pins' points covering the note-book ; these increased in size on approaching the earth, but more rapidly when very near the earth. The drops of rain ou returning to the earth were as large as those noted on leaving, and rain had been falling heavily all the time we were in the balloon. The direction of the wind at the time of starting was S. by E. ; at the height of 2,200tt., we fell in with a S.W. wind. At 6h. 7m., at the height of 2,300 ft., the clouds beneath moved with great velo city, and in a direction different to that of the bal-. loon. At sh. 9m., at the height of 1,800 ft., we seemed to be going back ; certainly our direction was changed. At sh. 33m. 30sec., at the height of about 1,000 ft. the pressure of the wind was felt against our faces, and then we changed direc- tion, and again at sh. 37m., on rising at the height of I,looft. the wind prettied strongly against the face, at both thee times the balloon must have been in one current and the car in another, and they are the first instances in which I have been sensible of any wind in the balloon. At sb. 39M., at 800 ft. above the earth, we again changed our direction on entering the lower current, which was strong and gusty. Our place of descent was about 25 miles, in a straight line from the Crystal Palace, performed in about 53 minutes. Blackheath, July 23. JANES GLAISRER. The trial of Bradley for the murder of Adam Grier son terminated at a late hour last night. For the defence an attempt was yesterday made to prove an alibi ; but the witnesses broke down on cross-exa mination, one of them, a woman, who swore posi tively that she had met Bradley in a neighbouring town on the night of the murder, April 10, not being able to tell the nab' e of thie, month, or the number of the day. Sergeant Sullivan spoke to evidence on behalf of the Crown, after which the judge charged the jury, who retired to consider their verdict. Having been called out several times, they stated at length that they found it impossible to agree, and two of their number being seriously ill, they were discharged. - I - , hare 1211 1 113& 118 17 90} 1 92} 2 1011 1 104} A