The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-20 00:00:00

MARKET X01;1EY AND COMMZECIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIC. There is only a limited demand for money in the general discount market, and the rate for the best bills is 71 per cent. About £67,000 in gold was taken into the bank Yesterday. There was a general downward movement in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. At a meeting yesterday of the shareholders of the East of England Bank, which suspended at Norwich last month with liabilities for £600,000, the resolution for the voluntary winding-up was confirmed. The liquidators are Mr. J. B. Gibbons, ° f the firm of Harding, Pallein, Whinney, and () Mons, and Mr. J. H. Tillett, of Norwich. Two o'CLock. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 37c. The recent sales of money stock by some influen tial houses have induced general depression in the English Stock Market, which, in the absence of anything like the former demand by the investing Public for this description of funded security, pre• lents a very dell and heavy appearance. Console See S9l 4 for transfer, and 891 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced are 888 9 ; Exche quer Bills, 255. to 15s. die.; and India 5 per Cents., 1031 1041. In the Foreign Market a downward movement is apparent, and operations are very much curtailed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 694 701 ; do. Con solides, 501 1 ; Mexican, 281 a ; do. New, 251 ; Greek, 231 d ; Spanish Passive, 301 1 ; do. Certi ficates, 121 6 ; Portuguese, 471 d ; and the Confe• aerate Loan, 77 79. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been limited, and prices have in some instances Slightly given way. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, and South Eastern have each declined 108 ., and Great Western, North Western, and Mid land, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain dull at about previous rates. Imperial Mexican Railway Cures are quoted 4 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ~ GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug 8 tper Cent. Reduced BBa i "ow 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — 4 anuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — M4reh. June. EXuhequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 3/ per Cent. Do /500 .. l5 15 Do £lOO and £2OO .. — Bank England Stk, 5/ per Ct. Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10/ per Cont., April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 oo Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. dkustrian Bonds, 6 per Cent • Brazilian 6 per Cent Do 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 B5l Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent.... . iv Chilian 6 per Cent. — tDo 41 per Cent - Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. n Do 6 per Cent. 1864 J 'icp.ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — IJo, Provisonal Land Warrant... "anish 3 per Ce n t. 1825 n Do 0 p er Cent, ' lB6l 'QlgYptiau 7 per Cent lO2 bo, Second I ss ue . G reek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons — Do Account I )0 Coupons — ,uo A.ccoum rn ... ullateala 5 per Cent. 1839 and 1859 1 4 t e t ta 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway ; e ican 3 per Cent •Lio Account . r , Do 1864.. Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c —• 'Jo 6 per Cm. Anglo-French n Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Zeorish Imperial 13 per Cent "e n w Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred 4 - 3 . n 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) .. — 4 -'0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861.. •--- Do do Aug., 1866.... Peruvian 41 per Cent — 1 " ) . ° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) D— ° 4 i Per Cent 1862 , • o Account ' °r tuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .° 0 Accou n t 47 .„ / f .`"•,-,° 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,' 3 92 etio Account .......... b liian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 5t........ Do 1) 0 4 } per Cent., 1850 .. 1860 1) ° 3 per Cent 1859 11:1 1) ° 6 per Cent, 1862 b ° Anglo-Dutch z 0 Scrip, £4O paid 41 1tiia n 0 per Cent - ts,, o Account v„ it tlih 3 per Cent '' J .,,° Account V s o New Deferred , n - uo Account uo Passive E , 0 Account — I) v 413, 1211 Cert. of Coup not funded .. — 4_ l3 ° Account l2l wec Do lish 4 er Cent '. P pm Scnp, 160 paid T urkish 6 per Cent. 1864 — LoAccount ~ 6 per Cent. 1858 *Account -1 -0 £lOO Bonds 1 , 1-43 6 per Cent. 1862 ,k)0 Account uci £lOO Bonds to !oo I too ioo stock Stook stook 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook 20e 20 100 100 stook stook gtook stock h Do to Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. v enezuela 3 per Cent. : -. ' 43 Account .-- Do 6 per Cent., 1862 .. ,0 Account 4 - 1 0 Scrip £45 paid ...... dis Dividends on the above payable in London 4 ustrian, 6 per Cont., Ex. 10 Florins. ~, 100 Account — ' 3 elgian 41 per Cent., En. 25f — , D utch 21 per Cent.,Ex. 12 Guil — kpo 4 per Cent. ertificates ...... 98a i Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. , Do Account reach Rentes, 2 per Cent. Peruvian Dollar Eonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedmonteee, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Do Account •... 8 9 1 I THE CONFLAGRATION AT LIMOGES.--The Cour. tier du Centre ot the 17th says :—" 'rile fire, as has l 'e'an already stated, began at the house of M Cance, a 'wetter, and from the very commencement the terrible con ile,clucnces of the conflag r ation were readily foreseen. The we des Arenes and the str eets ad j acent are all very nar -"l3w. The wind had lulled during the day, but the dry W eather which prevails over almost the whole of France V :„, 48 a powerful auxil iar y to the progress of the flames. ater was scarce in the immediate neighbourhood, and it h ad to be tetched from as far as the Rue Turgot. The pump situated on the premises where the (burrier du C entre is printed supplied m orethan 50 tons of water during t he night of the 15th and the following day. Chains of per ns were formed very slowly, although the authorities did n e verything in their power to or g anize assistance. At l ast, however, the population furnished a good number to assist th e firemen and the troops of the garrison. W orthy of remark that among the p ersons assisting were b oys of from ton to fifteen years ot age, who for hours filled Were water and rolled along barrels any o no would imagine re too heavy for them to manage. The fi re had reached its h e ight the one at between two and three in the morning. On one side it was destroying the house of M. Gandois, a nd descending towards the Boulevard S t. Catherine ; and tt tc ° D. the other it was reaching the house of M. de Martial, at th e corn-r of the Feud Monte-a-Regret, That was the moment of the greatest danger, for if the houses on th e ri g ht ai de of th e Boul e vard St. Catherine had caught fire the Rae dU. Faubourg des Arenes and the whole boulevard 1:1f might have been destroy ed. If, on the other head, the fire had seized on the Rue Monte-a-Regret it _ w ould have reached the Pre f ectu re, and no one knows w here it could have stopped. Happ il y those two dan g ers Were warded off, owing to the houses being kept well wetted W ith water. The Place d'Aine presents a most lamentable a ppearance. It is blocked up with furniture and articles Of all kinds saved from the hou ses. One would say that the tow n had been bombarded and taken by assault. The Ile des Arenes has completely disappeared, and a person would seek in vain for the place where the magnificent Porcelain warehouse of M. Menissier and the shop of M. ta r uc-Duhary, the chemist, had stood. Neither can any ' r aces be di s covered of the wareho uses of MM. Dutreix, peaty, Aguiro, Maraud, and Basubruni" Share t3.1t.1 0.1E4 12.10 ;i.. A iharc 100 Sk 1 BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOII.B. Railways. Closing I Business "`"' Price. dcne. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. liost.,Sleat.,andillid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A Nets no div Do. B till 6p c.p an.lias been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,l'erth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East An , ,, , 11an st. GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland G rea t Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwail Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Swath Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares... , M - etropolt tan BL:4land Do New . Do I;:_ymine. it Derby &lid. Gt. in. of Ireland, Do. 4 shard:: Mid Rent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwic. Do, G.N.E. purchaE, Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoo , Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool shropehire Union South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 180 G Taff Vale- • • Do B Do C Ulster Do bo Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Jr Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R I West Alidland—Oxtord Do Newport Do Hereford, BIOTISH POSSE Railways 41tlantio At St Lawrenet. Bom.,Barodatt.Cent Inc Ga. 5 per mat... Do. New Do. E. Shares l3alialo and Laae Huron Do. Preference Butralo,BrantAGodrich o p. ot. bds. Aug. 1,187% Do. do. July 1, 1872 Do. do. June 1, 187-f Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(Ltn ,, Cape Town & Dock Seri: Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 6 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. LE do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred__ Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred__ Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. fio. deferred— G t I n di a pentn.gua.sp.o Do. Nev 7 gua. 5 p. a Do. JantOry, 1882 , Gt. South.of India (Urn guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.o. '73 witlet opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian -Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 P. 43 . Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc.4i d 0...... • • Do. Fifth Extension. Sielb•Corp. 6 p. o. Bads. Melb. & llobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. 0. adortg. Bds. Newßrunewick t Cands Class A and 8...... .. N.Rl•C'da6 po Ist pi bos Soinde • • Do. Delhi Do. do • 5 Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ , ,f, Do. incins.St. Flo.) LONIAL GOVER oy. 6 p.o.Ja. StJ ul3 1877-84 Do. fl p. c. Feb. At Aug. Do. 6 p. c.Mar. at Sept. Do. E p. o. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G-. Hope, 6 p 0,1871 Do.Ap tt Oct. 1880 Do. 1896 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.StJuly Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5p a., 18a Du. 5 p. c.,lBtt to Do. d0.,1888 dtupwds New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. 'Queensland Gcv. 8 p. c. S. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up.. I Vic.G oV. 6 p.c. Ja.&July I Do. lo 6 p.o. Ao.&Oct.i BRITIS: lUambrian Consul. Gold elifford Amalgamated.. Devon G. Con.gavist.) Pat Dm- 611 &oia-Lid. East Csradon ..... ' East Carn Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) IGamASt.Aubyn(Gwen Great South Tolgus.... I(1. Wheal Vor (Relston !Grenville .. Rend's-not LI ingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelaut Niarke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N. Wh'i Basset (Mogan) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey Providence (Uny Lelut.) South Caradon(St.Cleer; S. Cant Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park ramar Silv.ct Lead Min fin Crott West Basset (Illogan) W Cr radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Kitty (G.Lelant) WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnu (Men ) Wheal 3eton . . Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) wheel Union 1.14.6 3.4.0 8.13.0 17N 40 6.16.1• 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.6 Li 0 30 32 580 600 27i 2S 8 8i 5 54 5 7 2 24 27 29 7 7i 88 40 at 4} 8 10 4i 5 2i 19t 3 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.0.7 18.18.9 1 30.17.6, 75 85 lt it 2 3 / 4 3 3 33 2.0.8 3.5.8 8 58i 40 42 480 500 42i 47i 28 3W /8 19 9 10 12 14 220 230 92 95 10 25 101 111 1i 2 14 16 210 215 19 21 11 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 90i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per cent. pf., Ditto, new 5 per cent. pf, 6} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per oent.. 161 Recife and San Francisco (Um.), gua. 7:per cent., 10 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent. ;9& Ditto, (all), 18 FOUEIGN Scottish Australian, Um.. I i United Mexican lima, OE BANKS. Bank of British Columbia, 101 Bank of Egypt , 27 1 Bank of London. 165 Bank of .tago, lira., 3i Bank of Queensland (lira), 17/ British snd Californian, Bra., 51 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 27 Consolidated Bang, lira., 11 Continental, lira., 16 English, Sco' ch, and Australian Chartered, 21 English and Swedish, lin-, 16 European Bank, hill., 11 Ditto (5.,5i), 81 Imperial Bank of ;Irina, India,and Japan, lira., 61 I Imperial Ottoman, 171 London Bonk of Meiri,:o and S. America, 11m., 61 London Bank of Scotland, lira., 16 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto (g \), 81 * London and County, 741 3 London Joint Stock, 1 , 1 si) London Sopth-Western, 231 London and Vt cArninster, 95 mercantile and Exchange, Merchant Bank, lint, 291 him., 1S 1 1 Ditto, new, 15: 15 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 251 Oriental Banx Corporation, 53 Provincial of Ireland. 901 Union of Lndon, 51 3 3i DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 701 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, 1im.,:5 Consolidated Discount, Um., 71 East India Irrigation and Canal, 51 Fore -street Warehouse, lim., 7 Go ,"oredit and Finance of London, Um., 61 Ilura ber Iron lirotks, 3 Impe ritt l l Mercantile lgation(C Credit Cavour Am., Um., 8 r yanal D lti itto, 0 Per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 84 J o i n t Stock Discount. 7 Land Securities, I' m 5 4 it London general Omnibus Company, 3 National Discount Company, Um., 14 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, soi City Office 6, lhn., 11 C ommer cial Union, Insurance, 81 Credit Fonder of gauritius, lira,, 81 Credit MobilV r, 121 Crystal Palace. 6 per cent. porpetl. deb. 112 East Indian ftnanc.lll, lim., 5 Ditto, new,4oi Royal Mail Steam, Smith, Knight, and CO. Warrant Finance, lita., 41:51 I Paid. all 101 86 68 126 127 6 7 35 36 16 17 89 91 112 114 47 48 7 7a 132 134 14$ 149 131 133 90 92 69i 70 1161 117} 66 68 10z W 3 40 42 1161 1174 98 99 63i 66i 112 113 1361 137; 107 ICO 54/ 6611 25& 46# 1056 1061 64 66 93 91 126 129 74 78 10i 11 125 130 39 41 67 59 25 27 SO 91 101 103 7 8 37i 38} 10} 11i 8 9 p 165 170 6 7 3 4 p 100 103 34 36 ISIONS. Closing Price. 58 60 101 10 . 2 dis p 5 64 74 84 75 80 75 80 75 80 97 91 94 06 102 104 101 102 14 a)i Di 204 19 2) 71 73 00 63 65 67 55 57 48 5 43 45 27 29 26 28 1014 1021 par ip 99 WI 91 91 11f It 89 DI 82 81 f d fn 994 100 93 95 90 92 GO (2 3 5 82 84 100} 101 i UN 1504, 1 /d par flab looi 94 96 100 all all all all 100 100 100 16.14.4 1' SEMI I? 14,, 96 99 96 99 98 102 84 86 84 86 104 106 107 109 1(8 110 106 103 110 112 103 105 I'4 107 97 100 06 98 96 98 96 98 N 102 [Ol 104 105 107 09 110 rfiE SUN, LONDO.I, LAW INTELLIGENCE,---This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr Corornisoinner Fane.) IN RE JOHN 'WELTON. This bankrupt was described as of Peckham, builder. There were several statements—three by one creditor— but no opposition was offered, and the bankrupt obtained his release on the application of Mr Chudley. Debts se cured, about £5,000 ; property held, £1,500 ; unse cured, £5OO. IN RE ANTHONY. This bankrupt was described as an attorney's clerk at Manbey• place, Stratford. Mr B. Beverley applied for the bankrupt's release from custody, which was granted without opposition. These were the only cases on the list. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROtiGH-STREET. MR. BASS'S ACT,—SINGULAR CASE.--Michael Betio net, an Italian organ grinder, was charged before Mr Knox with annoying Mr Robert M. Rew, of the firm of R. M. Rew and Co., chemists, 282, Regent-street. Mr Rew said that, at half•past eight o'clock last night, the prisoner set to grinding his organ next door to his house. The prisoner very much annoyed him by doing so, and he went out and requested him to go away, but he refused to do so, and persisted in playing. Upon this, he (Mr Rew) gave the prisoner into custody, when he rushed into the passage of the house in front of which he was playing, being encouraged by a neighbour who has a taste for organ playing. He (kir Rew) wished to state that, as the dis• pensers of medicines, great responsibility was placed in them, and they required quietude, and not to have their minds distracted from their business, and that, had he not felt much annoyed, he would not have taken the trouble to come to the court. The prisoner continued to play in spite of the police. Prisoner said he had a Ventleman in court to speak for him. Mr Sykes, of Regent-street, the nest door neighbour to Mr Rew, said the prisoner had been in the habit of coming to his house every Friday night to play his organ for about half an hour, at the time when he was paying his people, and lately Mr Rew had felt annoyed at his doing so, and last night he had the prisoner in his passage. Mr Knox—Then he was inside the house ? Mr Sykes—He was. Mr Knox—Did the constable come into your passage and ake him out ? Mr Sykes—Yes, but I did not see him. Mr Knox—Then that is not evidence. George Hurst, 108 E, said that on being told by Mr Hew that he wanted to give a man into custody for annoying him by playing his organ, he went to the spot and found the prisoner playing outside Mr Sykes' door. The prisoner, on being told he was given into custody, went higher into Mr Sykes' passage, and he and another constable, in plain clothes, went in after the prisoner and took him into custody. Mr Sykes, who was not there up to this time, then came down. He did not take the prisoner out of the passage till after the prisoner had been in his custody and rushed into the passage. James Clarke. of the E Division, said he saw the prisoner playing on the pavement in front of Mr Sykes' house, and Mr Rew gave him into custody. The prisoner then put down his organ and rushed into Mr Sykes' passage, and ho (Clarke) went in and pulled him out. Mr Sykes's forewoman and porter having given evidence, Mr Rew said that before ho came to the Court, that morn ing, a man came and played his organ, and Mr Sykes took the man in and closed the door, and this deadened the sound, and therefore he did not object to it. But the organ playing had been of daily occurrence, and Was a great annoyance in consequence. Mr. Knox said that every householder in London had a right to protection under the act of Parliament. It was not necessary in the present case to have brought in Mr. Bass' Act, as under the old act it would have been a perfectly legal arrest, as ha had continued to play after being re quested to leave, a reasonable cause for his leaving being given. It would never do to let the men off from feelings of compassion, or it would become an intolerable nuisance. In the present case it was not so much dealing with the prisoner, as between two persona equally respectable, but of different feelings. He should fine the prisoner 205., and as Mr. Sykes had been the cause of the prisoner offending, he would recommend Mr. Sykes to pay the fine. ROBBING A CONTRACTOR.—SamueI Eastop, a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Docwra and Son, of Ball's-pond, extensive contractors for gas and water-works, charged with stealing some lead from a trench which he was at work in in Oxford-street, some works being there carried on by Messrs. Docwra and Son for the Chartered Gas Company, was again brought before Mr Knox. Mr Louis Lewis appeared for the prisoner. The case having been proved by Mr Drummond, foreman to Messrs. Docwia and Son, Mr Lewis addressed the magistrate on the prisoner's behalf. Mr Knox said he would take the prisoner's previous good character into account, and could only commit the prisoner fur a ninnth with hard lab.ar, hoping that would operate as a warning to the prisoner. Messrs. Docwra and Son, who have several groups of men at work in different parts of London, have been much robbed of late by labourers in their employ. MARYLEBONE. A BURGLAR SHOT.- At the sitting of the court th's morning, information was brought that a burglar had been shot under the following circumstances. About a quarter after two on Thursday morning last, Mr. 'Witzberg, of 92, Marylebone-road, was awoke by hearing a noise in his back yard, and also by the cracking of glass. He immediately got out of bed and opened the parlour-door, which is on a level line with the passage leading from the yard. Mr Witzberg then saw a man's face against the glass in the door. The man was busy in doing what is termed " star ring" the glass—that is, placing a piece of paper, or rag on which is a sticking substance, such as pitch, against the glass. This prevents it falling about when broken. By this means the burglar can get his hand inside to undo any bolt or bar, Mr Witzberg saw that the burglar had forci 11Yetalingbliii-iilaise and property. He got his pistol (a saloon breech loader), and loaded it with a small size shot. He fired at the burglar, who instantly ran into the yard, and made his escape up a pair of steps over a wall into an adjoining garden. The discharge of the pistol made little or no noise. Mr Witzberg shouted "Police" and " Thieves." They were instantly on the spot at the rear of the house, and had Mr Witzberg continued his alarm at the rear, no doubt the burglar would have been cap tured. Instead of thia,;however, he went to the front door and loudly sprang a rattle in the Marylebone-road. This caused the officers to at once run round to where the sound came from. It was then discovered that the burglar had made his escape by getting over the gardens from No. 91 to No. 93, and then over a low wall into Garden road. From this place, along Allsop-mews, Baker street and near to Paddington-street. The track of the burglar was traced by the continuous flow of blood from the wound he had received. The shot, no doubt, must have taken effect about the neck or right jaw. The burglar stole a few articles of linen from the waslahouse of Mr Witzberg. He, however, left them behind in the closet of 96, Maryle bone• road. No other property was missed. No doubt the burglar, who had no hat on, and must have got weak from loss of blood, hailed a cab. Sergeant Cohete, detective officer, 16 D, is busily engaged in endeavouring to find out any cabman who might have driven the burglar. THAMES. TRH GREEN-EYED MONSTEL—CONNING IT OYER. A. middle-aged, well-dressed, and very comfortable well to-do conk+, named Richard and Susan Conn, came before Mr Paget for a reconcilement of their matrimonial diffe rences, Richard appearing as defendant. Mr Charles Young, for the complainant, 'said her hus band was terribly jealous of her, and hence their unhappi ness. The defendant had called his wife very bad names, and was continually charging her with infidelity, although there was not a shadow of foundation for such a charge. Two young men were living next door to the parties to whom the wife was unknown, and he was jealous of them. The defendant was in the practice of getting up in the middle of the night looking for imaginary young men and gentlemen who came to see his wife, and he had threatened and beaten her. The parties had been married thirteen years, they had no children, and had agreed to separate. The defendant, who was a shipwright, earning good wages, had agreed to allow his wife 13s 6d a week, and all that was required of him was that he should not abuse or threaten his wife in future. The wife, a quiet respectable woman, confirmed the state ment of her solicitor, and stated that after dinner last Sunday, and while her husband was making some arrange ments with the landlord and landlady about leaving the apartments, she entered the rcoai, and he pulled her nose and struck her on the wrist. On the following evening she was in the house of her brother in Bath -street, Poplar, and seated between hitn and a young man who came while sho was in the house to inquire after a lodger, when her husband entered, and on seeing the two men, began to storm and rage, although there were women in the room, He struck her, pulled her sister out of the chair, and made a great disturbance. lie had ill-used her before. He was in the practice of looking under the bed in the night time concealed there, as he thought. Her hus • for ba ' nd ‘ ywoausnog men" o e f u h " is mind with jealousy, fur which she gave him no cause. . . Mrs Latchford, of 7, Grand-street, Poplar, deposed to the scene in her house on Sunday, and Mrs Skinner to the assault on Monday evening, The defendant was very hasty and irritable, and jealous of all the world. ]fir Paget said the defendant was a foolish man, and ordered him to find one surety in the sum of D 25, and his o w n personal recognizance in £5O, to keep the peace and be of good behaviour to his wife for the term of six months. The defendant -1 won't touch her. Do you thick there are to geminds for my jealousy p Mr Paget—tione whatever. Quite ridiculous. Viscount Andover has gone to Scotland on a shooting excursion. 691 1 117} 161 102 k 411 / 117} 161 98i 1121 1 / 137 61 - P 109 MI 61 1661 61 89} 81 f ' Business dm 103} 21 585 88 SATtT.RDAY EVENING-, AUGUST 20, 1.861. TEE BOMBAY NAIL. By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re ceived files of papers to July 23, and from Calcutta to July 15. We take the following summary of news from the Bombay Gazette of July 23 : The Governor General has recently recordod a minute limiting the powers of the Financial Mem ber of his Council, an office now held by Sir Charles Trovelyan. His Excellency has ruled that the authority of this functionary in sanctioning any expenditure up to £6O a month will be final ; but in Ca8:8 exceeding that sum the sanction of the Governor General will be necessary. In consequence of the recent order of the Seere. tary of State for India, prohibiting the Governor• General from sanctioning any expenditure exceed ing £3OO per annum without reference to England, the proposition for increasing the salaries of the First Judges of the Small Cause Court in the Pre sidency towns of %ngal, Bombay, and Madras, from £l5O to £2OO per mensem, has been referred to the India Council for sanction. The pleadings in appeal in the case of Mahomed Saffe and the 11 other conspirators, convicted by ballah, of having abetted th e Si ttana fanatics in w Si a r g H in eb grweartrEadgawianrsdtetsh, the British Sessions Judge of Um ritish Government, have been commenced before the Judicial Commissioner of the Punjab. An Affghan merchant, who was recently impri soned at Bokhara, writes from Cabul to say that he there saw the four Italian silk-growers in prison, but that they are only detained by the King of Bokhara are well treated. a ransom for them, and for the purpose of gEtting The latest advices received from Cabul, through Delhi and Lahore, fully confirm the intelligence communicated in our last Overland Summary of the compete victory gained by the Ameer of Cabul, near Bamean, on the 10th o f M ay last, over t h e troops of his rebellious brother, Sirdar Mahomed Afzul Khan, the Governor of Balkh. The Ameer has returned to Cabul, and is occupied in strength. ening all his positions by the levy of fresh troops and the collection of artillery and military stores in large quantities. It is rumoured that the recently defeated Sirdar threatens to continue his aggressions against tha Ameer ; but his troops are said to be flocking to his brother's standard in great numbers daily since their recent defeat and total rout. Sirdar Mahomed Auzim Kh an, another of the brothers of the Ameer, who w as , w i th h i s whole force, routed and beaten by the latter in a pitched battle 801120 tire ago, is still a fugitive under British protection in the Punjab. The Bhi;otanese are still threatening to attack and seize the British territory of Mooch Behar; and the Dhurm Rjah has directed that his forts shall be repaired and put in order; that his army shall be recruited from among the hill people ; and that a demand be made upon the British Government for the arrears of subsidy alleged to be due for the Dooars of Assam. The British authorities in Assam have suspended all communication s with Bhootan. The latest Rangoon papers received at Calcutta mention a rumour that the King of Burmah is making preparations for war with the English on a grand scale. A large body of men, it is r aid, is employed in erecting stockades far and near, as also in and about the vicinity of Mandalay, in our recently acquired Province of Pegu. Instructions have been received in India from the Vcre tary of State that no ships of war of any of the belligerent Powers in Europe shall be permitted to enter any port in the east with prizes, and that the system of neutrality is to be strictly carried out. The rumour that Sir Hugh Rose goes to England in October has been contradicted, and it is now stated that his Excellency will not leave India until the ensuing spring. Tho last news received from England by telegram to the 261 Juno has completely paralysed business transac tions in Bombay of every description ; and notwithstanding the abundance of money, there has been something like a panic in the share market, a great decline having taken place in the price of stocks. The first passenger train from Madras to Bangalore was run on July 6. The trip was an experimental one, and was performed satisfactorily, The through line from Madras to Bangalore will be opened to public traffic shortly, and thus open the commerce of Mysore to the Presidency, His Highness Maharajah Holkar, of Indore, has con canted to Mr Ayrton's scheme for a railway from the Ner budda to Indore, which is to join the North-Eastern Ex tension of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway near As seeruhur and the Eastern India Railway at Agra. Vbry heavy rain has fallen at Bombay and in the neigh. bouring districts during the past fortnight, and the weather has been extremely boisterous. Several vessels that left the harbour last week were compelled by stress of weather to return to port, and a large number of ships ready for sea have been detained in consequence. The Governor-General ha; confirmed the grant of £1,500 to Mr Aitch!son for his labour in compiling tho "Book of Treaties" with the native powers of India; and requested him to add to the work by compiling the treaties with the native princes in the Bombay Presidency. THE BELFAST RIOTS. (1:•n,;a the l'aelnan's Journal.) BELFAST, Thursday Evening. As I have already informed you by telegram, the rioting has ceased for the present, but the demeanour and expression of those who are still permitted to group tog( ther in the districts lately the scene of such sanguinary and disagreeable riots, clearly in dicate that the presence of an overwhelming force of police and military alone prevents a renewal of the conflict. It is feared by those who are well acquainted with the characteristics of the Sandy raw men that to ensure a continuance of the com parative quiet which now prevails the town must be maintained in a state of siege for a long time to come. As you have already remarked, editorially, it is to the apathy and mismanagement of the local magistrates that a great deal of the mischief which has occurred must be ascribed. Had they acted with vigour the riots would have terminated almost as soon as they began. But they did not under stand why Orange ascendancy was not to disport Itself—and it has done so with a vengeance. There is much reason to believe that the number of casualties, in the nature of injuries to the person fatal or otherwise, has not been yet correctly ascer tained. For some motive best known to them. selves, the people on both sides are anxious to conceal from the authorities as far as possible the occurrence of any mishap of the nature referred to, and in some instances there is no doubt they have succeeded in this. One case will illus trate this fact. While Mr Davis, R.M., and a party of police were engaged this morning searching for firearms in a house in Milford street, they found the remains of a young man, whose name it has been ascertained was Thomas Hayburne, lying in a coffin in one of the apartments. The deceased showed a frightful gunshot wound, which no doubt occa sioned death, in the neck, the bullet having passed clean through. The face was covered with blood which had flowed from the wound. Preparations were being made for a❑ immediate interment, but they were suspended by order of the magistrate until an inquest was held. Hayburne was a navvy, and a stranger here ; he was only 22 years of age, and I understand leaves a wife and three children. The authorities had no knowledge of his death until the accidental discovery of his remains as I have described. At the police office this morning, before the mayor, Mr Lyons, Mr Taylor, and Mr Lanyon, several persons were brought up charged with hav ing been concerned in the riots, and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. The magistrates refused to authorise the military or police to interfere with the funeral procession, although a regular fubilade was 11 . 2 pt up by the Oringemen as they pas. , ,cd down Donegal-place and High -street. Six men have bee❑ arrested for dis. charging firearms, but beyond this nothing has been done. From the rapidity and frequency of the firing several hundred men must have been armed. Great excitement now prevails, and the town presents a must unsettled aspect. RIOTING IN DUNDALK. DUNDALK, Thursday. I regret to inform you that this proverbially quiet town was the scene of several serious out rages last night, which commenced with the burn ing in effigy of King William, in retaliation for the insult offered to the memory of O'Connell in Belfast. During the day a rumour became prevalent that a mob would turn out, and the Very Rev. Dean Kieran and the Rev. Mr Hardy, C.C., immediately waited on the suspected parties and implored them to remain in their houses and offer no insult to their Protestant townsmen. Some promised obedience, and it is said others refused to make any promise, About nightfall it was observed that several b odies of men were moving through the streets in de tached parties, but with no weapons visible, and apparently without any intention of committing offence. But about half-past nine o'clock a large body assembled in and about Licrenhall-street, and immediately after the effigy of King William was burned amidst frightful Sells, and ho ivls from about 500 men and. boys present. The entire party then rushed up through thh principal streets, gathering strength as they wey_it along, and shouting in the most terrific maw :ter. Shortly after the windows of some respect: ale houses inhabited by Protestants were broken. Subsequently the Ragged School was atta eked, and every window smashed. The mob then proceeded to the Methodist Meeting-house, in Wellington street, the windows in which were also broken. DUBLIN, Friday Night. Contrary to expectation the rioters have resumed operations. At four o'clock this morning, and again at nine, they created disturbances. In the latter melee they fired upon the police, four of wham, it is said, were brought to the hospital wounded, as well as nine civilians. An unfortunate boy was shot in the abdomen. The respectable citizens held a meeting, and appointed deputations of Roman CAthio: - :::,A. eiltilavour to exact pledgee from the people that they would not join in any more riots. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO .PERTH.--A, meeting of the Lord Provost and magistrates of Perth was held on Wednesday, with the view of making arrangements for the forthcoming inauguration of the Albert statue by her Majesty. It was resolved to issue a proclamation recom mending that the 30th be observed in the city as a holiday. It is understood that the ceremonial will be very simple and brief, not occupying much above a quarter of an hour. The public will be excluded from the general station on her Majesty's arrival, and it is particularly requested that thero be no noisy demonstration ou the North Inch. Her Ma. jesty, on reaching the Inch, will be presented with a short address by the magistrates, and the inaugurrtory prayer will be offered by the Rev Mr Burden, of the East Church. THE "READER'S' TRIBUTE TO MR. F. ROBSON. —Since Edmund Kean there has been no English actor who has made so deep an impression on the public; and it is remarkable that the careers of the two men were to a great extent similar at the outset. Edmund Kean played Harlequin in country barns ; Robson acted as Clown, or funny nmri, in country circuses. A further and more interesting parallelism might be traced with regard to the genius of the two. Both were unequal in their present ments of the charact ers th ey assu med ; both relied, p er h aps unconsciously, on their powers of moving their audience by the representation of sudden outbursts of intense emotion, and neglected the smaller details by which alone great and c o mplex character can be thoroughly depicted either on the canvas or on the stage. There is no need to say any thing of Robson as a comedian : his humour was his own —profound, fantastic, irresistible, not to be re placed. He created a repertoire of which there is no in heritor. By the public he will not soon be forgotten any more than by his private friends, of whom he had man y warmly attached to him. Born at Margate in 1821, he made his first appearance in London at the Grecian Theatre in the City Road in 1344. After playing there for five years he went to Thiblin, and in 1853 came to the Olympic, at that time tinder the management of the late Mr William Farren. It was during this engagement at the Olympic that lar, made his great hit. Ho had been an im mense favourite both at the Grecian Theatre and in Dublin ; but it was some time before his quality was recognised at the West-end theatre, His performance of illacbeth in the late [Frank Talfourd's travestie of Shakspere's tragedy stamped him as a burlesque actor of extraordinary power, and he rose in public esteem with every succeeding character he s ustained. In 1857 or 1858 he joined with Mr Emden in the management of the Olympic, on the lesseeship being given up by Mr. A. Wigan. On Wednesday he was buried in the cemetery at Norwood, his grave surrounded by a concourse of friends more or loss closely bound to him, all sincerely regretting his loss,—The Reader of to-day, MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.—On Wednesday last, the train leaving Shrewsbury for Hereford at seven a .m. approached the station at Marsh Brook, the stoker, who was oiling the engine, slipped off, and the whole train passed over him. He had, however, fallen into a slight hollow between the rails, and escaped with the loss of three fingers, which were hanging by the skin when he got up. He took hold of them with his other hand, tore them off and threw them away, and seemed to feel so little pain that he wanted to pursue his journey to Hereford, but was per suaded to go to Church Stretton by a ballast train, there to obtain surgical assistance, MURDER IN CORK.—BANDON, AUGUST 17.—A most barbarous murder was perpetrated yesterday near Bantry, the victim, a respectable farmer named Michael Lynch. lie was found dead in a lane close to his dwelling house, with a gunshot wound through his chest, his jaw bone broken, and. other marks of great violence upon his head and bey. The gun wound alone would have been sufficient to cause the death, but the assassin or assassins were determined on finishing their brutal work. The police are in search of a suspected person. One arrest has been already made, and that a relative of deceased. An inquest is about being held, the result of NI h'ch I will conummicate to you.--Freeman's Journal. MARKETS---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. There was a moderate supply of fruit on offer in our market, but the show of vegetables was small, On the whole_ th. s«oa :- A s. d. s. d. Pine apples 5 0 to 6 0 Foreign do., each 1 6 to 2 6 Grapes,per lb 2 0 to 5 Foreign do 0 0 to 0 0 Melons 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 3 to 2 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..12 0 to 16 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 8 0 Gooseberrieshf sve) 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 d. s d Raspberries,prpt 0 6to 0 7 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 3 Walnuts, per 100 0 Bto 1 3 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto u 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 6 per doz. .... 0 oto 0 6 retches, per d 0... 4 0 to 10 0 Cu/rants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per d 0... 2 6to 3 6 I Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 'A' TEGETABIEs. o I Slallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 ,pr doz 1 9to 2 ) Hlld ditto o Otoo 0) 6 , lin•seradish, pdn 0 oto 0 0 Pirsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., Pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 Ctlery, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 6 1 3tet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 g a r b ee b n ag s, e d s z bunch 4 oto 5 - . iranips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per tonloo 0 tolso 0 Snail salad, p. pd, 0 oto 0 o New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 n , t . - Akushrooms, p pt. 0 oto o e C B a r u oc h o tio i N s v p e r r o s u , p t s d z . . 0 1 0 6 t t 0 o 2 n ~. . . Turnips, dz bunch 3 6 to 4 p' A rtichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 hint and savory. .0 oto o 0 -us lett, score 6 ladis dz hods 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, Per lb •• • • ° ohey score 0 oto 0 0 Sorrel, per sieve 0 C C a u r e r u o i n t s b , e p r r s d . o . .. .. 00 5 010 to 000 0 0 40 6 6 per do 0 oto 0 0 Green P eas ' n ' sv. -0 t 0 r. ornatoes, doz... 00to 0 0 French beans,h.s. 2 02 6 Ihiiiies, der ditto 0 oto 0 0 rhubarb, per bun 0 oto o ,;) Spinach. . 0 0 ) 4 - B Paragus, pr do. 0 0 to 0 00to 0 o Brussels sprouts 0 , 1 eakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 o NOnewionveo,.,ddzoz.bunbn.. 0 1 , (3 1 : 0 0 0 (0) 2 g o l apsicurns, POUlaty . duck ! 28 1 s Od each; wild do., 10a Turkeys, Os 01 to Os Od; geese, 5s Od to 5s 6d each ; goslings, Od to 3s Od; ducklings, Os ) d ; hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; to is Odpigeons, Os 6d t(O5 ; Bd each; Surrey fowls, 9s Od to 12s 6d ; chickens, a a B - to 7s 60; barn door fowls, Os to Os Od; snipes, Od Os Od to Os 0 ptarmigan,d eah • 2 s Od to 3 s (3 0 8 0 0 ; 1 rabbits, to°s.' is 0 d o ' Pliaasanis, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os 0d; _ Os 01 to Os Od to Oa Od; teal, Os to to Os Od ;wild duelts Os Od to Os 01 ; widgeons Os Od to Os Od ; avers, o s 1 4s Od to 6s Od ; capon Od to Od each ; each; Osten fresh butter, 10 to is ' l e . S w ' oodock s, guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; - oastino. 4, , English, is Id to is 4d per lb ; English egg, Oa Od to BEI , vd ; French do , 6s 6d to Os Od per 100; leverts, 2s 6d toffs Od • rouse 3 . 61 to 5s Od. - --- ,g , s os)d ; brills, 2s Od 1" halibut, 6d per BILLINt SGA.Tt. Os 6d to is 6d ; Salmon, Is Od to Is 6d ; trot, 7d to phi ; common st.... 44 oi,o ; d w to hi o t s in o g d s ; , prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sttrgeon, and eels, 5d to 10d; lb ; turbots, lOs Od to 30s ; ed, Os Od t o to Gs Od; dorevs, 2s Gd to 10s0d ; mull s py to Os per 100 ; lobsters, 2s to 6s 0d; crabs, &Ito 3s Od - ; etB 'Ogee and ets, Od to Os Od each; soles, is ,o 5s Od oysters, Hs to 18s ; natives, 803 to —s Gs Od to 12s; haddocks, l'l,s tc 30s ; flounders; Os Od per dozen; nia . ekerel t , .... per 100 ; fresh herrings, 5s to 88 pec 109 rib bloa e carp and tench, Os Od to Os p race sal ld to 44 10d ii o ; WHI I ECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4 d; mutton, lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od ; veal, 3s 10 d to 4ji to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase , d pork, 3 8 4d B tOd to 4s 10d ; NEWPORT. Beef, from 38 Od to 4s 4d , mutton 3 lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od ; veal, 38 18d to 4 , 8 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs, by th© Carcase. and pork, ,?ti BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the niet o li s are from 6id to id , of household do., 5d to 6d per 410af. a - t a ll l gs T :9 ( l 801 b to lb to 721 b, 3d b, 4d to 41d ; pd • 1041 b to calf skins, HIDES AND 3a s t K o tom3lacirk;et72hlibdetos, 801b,501b t 3 0 0 64 0 1b 4 , d ; light, 2s to 2 s O 601 d 0 4 i 4 d s to 4;d; full,d ; 9 7 6 l s b 0 t d o t l O O 4 0 l s b 0 , d ded,tsoh4esdo: 1 121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, lOs Od to ; s clover, — Od s to od O ; t3 0 1 a ra d j lambs, b o r d e dtSoi Gs 9 6 O ci d ; to sh e ; n s —s Od to HAY MARKETS. to 5, ; £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 tis to SmrrnriELD.—Meadow hay, £3 O s Lbs per load. Trade firm. ; clover, CUMBERLAND..—Mariow hay, , £3 OA tej 5s £4 N to £6 Os ; and straw, £ 1 63 to £1 1, 0 ,. clover, A steady demand. WHITECHAVEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os t( 5 it Os to £6 Os ; and straw, 6s to Ltd per load. Au active inquiry. Liverpool Cotton Market—Tl Day. A firm market, with best cotton ofpg. S a l es probably 6,000 bales, --- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SEN. • Sir,---Yoll will greatly- obl;go the Council of the National Rifle Associntion by inserting the enclosed in the columns of Me Sun.—l am, Sir, yours, &0., 11, Pall-m a ll E ast, Aug. 19, 166 E. 1. MILDm.iY. CONDITIONS FOR COMPETITIVE TRIAL OF RIFLES FOIL 186 J. I. The annual competitive trial of rifles shall take place at 'Woolwich, co:wneucin g at 11 o'clock a.m, on the 22d of November next. 11. Each competitor shall furnish six complete rifles of precisely similar description. 111. The conditions es to bore, weight, pull of trigger, stocks, sights, shall be as follows : A. Bore—Minimum, .451. B. Weight—Maximum, 101bs. The barrels and stocks not to be weighed separately. C. Pull of Trigger—Minimum, Glbs. D. Stocks—Half stocked. All the barrels of any one set of rifles may be fired from the same stock. E. Sights—Regulation Enfield, but so arranged as to admit of any other sights being subsequently fitted to the rifles. IV. Any person intending to compete shall, on or before the 22d of October next, pay an entrance fee of £lO, and shall at the same time sign a letter to the secretary in the annexed form, accepting the conditions of competition as here laid down. Each competitor may enter more than one description of rifle, subject to these regulations and to the payment of an additional entrance fee of £lO for each addi tional set of rifles. V. The rifles shall be delivered at the office of the Asso ciation before eleven o'clock a.m. on the 21st of November, and shall be . tested and examined between the hours of 12 and 5 p.m. on that day, in presence of the Council, by the superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory. The rifles delivered by any competitor will not be accepted without the certificate of such superintendent that the conditions Nos. 11. and 111. have been complied with by such competitor. VI. Bach competitor shall, previous to the trial, fill up and sign the annexed paper, stating the particulars of his rifle and ammunition, and the price of the rifle, which shall in no case exceed £2O. The charge and ammunition used by the competitor at the trial shall be the same in all re spects as stated by him in such paper. VII. Three rifles of each set shall be taken indiscrimi nately for trial, and these shall be numbered from 1 to 3. Tho rifles shall be tried in the order in which they are numbered. VIII. The order of shooting shall be determined by lot, to be drawn by the secretary not less than 15 days previous to Nov. 22. A letter will be assigned accordingly to each competitor for each set of rifles delivered by him. Notice will be given to each competitor of the letter drawn for him. 11. Letter A, rifle No. 1, shall cammence the trial letter B, rifle No. 1, will then be taken, and so on in suc • cession; and after the rifles No. 1 have been fired, then rifles No. 2 will be fired, commencing with letter A. The firing shall be continued from day to day with the letter and number next in order after the rifle last fired on the previous day. X. The rifles shall be fired from fixed mechanical rests, Government rests shall be assigned by lot to such competi tors who do not bring their own.* XI. Each competitor shall be responsible for the adjust ment, fitting, and general condition of the rest used by him during the trial. Each competitor shall either be present to fire his rifles, or shall appoint a representative to do so. XII. The distance fired at shall be 1,000 yards. Eight trial shots shall be allowed for each rills before the 30 competitive shots are fired. Thirty competitive shots shall ba fired consecutively from each rifle. XIII. No cleaning out during the 30 competitive shots shall he allowed. XIV. The diagrams, giving the mean radial deviation, and taken as at the School of Musketry at Hythe, shall decide the figure of merit of the rifles. XV. The description of rifle that gives the best figure of merit shalle be selected as the one with which the Queen's Prize secoi.ad stage shall be competed for at the ensuing Prize Meeting of the association. X.VI. Mechanically fitting loading rods may be used. XVII. Competitors may use the clinometer to take the 'angle of elevation, which shall be recorded by an officer ap pointed for that purpose. The clitLometer may also be used to re-adjust the angle of elevation during trial, but only in presence of this officer and with the sanction of a member of the council, or some person appointed by the council. XVIII. No telescope shall be used by competitors or spectators after the trial shots. XIX. Competitors shall either be present themselves, or appoint solkie one to be present, at the target when the dia grams aro taken off. They or their representatives ehall sign the diagram, which shall also be countersigned by the secretary, or by some person appointed by the Council. XX. The secretary shall select one of three successful rifles, to be kept by the council as a pattern arm. XXI. The successful competitor shall be required to sup ply to the Association, by the Ist of May, 1865, sixty rifles, which shall in every respect be similar to the pattern arm, and the price of which shall not exceed that stated in the annexed paper. The 60 riff s, when supplied, shall be submitted to the Council,and such an examination of them will be instituted by the Superintendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory as will sat;sfy the Council of the perfect soundness of the rifles and of their conformity with the pattern arm. Every rifle which he shall certify to be not made in accordance with the pattern arm will be rejected, and the competitor shall supply another rifle in lieu thereof, which shall be submitted to examination in like manner. XXII. The successful competitor shall supply at a fair price such quantity of ammunition of the same quality and kind as used by him at the Woolwich competition for the sighting of the rifles previous to the Wimbledon Meeting, and for the use of the competitors in the second stage of the Queen's Prize. ra-ue zunauted uutier the direction of tho - - - ......••••••••1 or their officer appointed for the purpose, whose decision is in all cases to be final.—By order, E. ST. JOHN-MILDMAY, SderetilTy. Facilities will be afforded by the Superintendent of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich for competitors to fit their slide bars to the rests any time previous to the trial. SHIPPING -THIS DAY, LONDON, Aug. 20.—Wind this day at noon—W. to N.W.; cloudy. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, August 19—Solferino, from Riga; Atlas, from Onega—City of Bristol, from the Mauritius—Ebenezer, from Rostock —Morning Light, from Leghorn—and Energy from Cronstadt. Arrived, August 20—David Jenkins, from Pomeran—and Hardes, from Gothenburg. Sailed, August 20—Velocity (steamer), for Calais—and Holland (steamer), for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, Aug, 19—Cornelius, from Rotterdam for Rouen —Exit's, from Carlscrona for London—Oriental, from London for Patras—Alma (schooner), from Falmouth— and Caduceus, from New York, both for London. CREMORNE GARDENS.—The oonticuance of very fine weather has induced Mr. Smith to increase the attractions of his popular property by giving a great open air entertainment in his Ashburnham Grounds, which he is enabled easily to do, having at command the talent of Mons. Loisset and his numerous troupe of artists and highly trained horses, whose performances have drawn such large companies in the Cirque during this season. From th e programme issued of this entertainment we perceive that M. Loisset does not confine himself only to what may be termed the sports of the Hippodrome, but interludes them with racing effirts which, from among his dashing riders out of the ring, he is at no loss to make very effective. The Ashburnham Ground is large enough to admit of a quarter mile course, which is roped entirely round, leaving ample space for company in carriages as. well as a large promenade. Among the most interesting races may be named the " Two horse or Roman," lady jockeys, standing; the " Four horse or Hungarian," gentleman jockeys, standing ; the " Hurdle Race," ladies and gentlemen ; the "Flat Race," for ladies ; and the " Ashburnham Steeple Chase," ladies and gentlemen. The hippodromatic portion will commence with a Grand Carousal (twelve ladies and gentlemen in Elizabethan c)stume), and finish with the Wild Horses of the Prairie. This spirited novelty, which is immediately to follow a grand Balloon Ascent at six o'clock on Monday, will no doubt draw to gether a very large number of visitors, and prove that though the LondDia season has faded and passed away the Cremomo season is still brilliant and undiminished,—Era. FATAL iOMNAMBULISM.—A singular case of earn nambul4m, attended with loss of life, took place at an early hour on Thursday morning at No. 19, St. Mary's•street, Shadwell. A young man named William Norman, who had been an engine driver on the Great Eastern Railway, had gone on a visit to his brother residing there. He went to bed with him on the previous night at a late hour. About four o'clock the brother was awakened by a sound which he fancied proceeded from are attempt to break into the house, but on rising from his hed he missed his brother,• and observed a small win dow at the end of the room altogether removed. On pro • seeding to the yard he found the young man on the ground, cold and insensible, and the window shattered to atoms. The width of the aperture through which he fell to the ground did not exceed 16 inches, while the height from which he fell was above 20 feet. The yard into which ho fell was but six feet in breadth, bounded by a wall with a hie,h iron palisade. On the wall were discovered several marks of blood. Mr Rolph, surgeon, of High •street, was promptly in attendance, but before his arrival the unfortu nate man expired. The cause of death was ascertained to be fracture of the skull, Since Monday last the specie movement has been of a favourable character, the imports havieg been £186,360, and the exports £122,760. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Lords of the Admiralty terminated their of visit of inspection for the preeent year at Ports. mouth yesterday! in the ineteleg the Duke of Somerset, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Grey, Rear- Admiral the Hon. J. R. Drummond, with Mr Romaine, 13., end Capt. R. Hall, private secretory to the flake of Somerset, landed at the dockyard from the Royal yecht Osborne, and in the first in stance proceeded on board the Pigmy, paddle steam tender, Master Commander Vine, lying along sida the south jetty of the yard, where they passed nearly an hour examining the signal apparatus fitted on board for carrying out the experimental signalling by day and by night between positions in mid-Channel and Portsmouth Dockyard, under the direction of Captain Frank Bolton of the 12th Regiment, and Commander Colomb, of her Majesty's navy. Their lordships expressed their gratification at the manner in which this effective system of joint naval and military telegraphy had been devee loped by the exertions of these two officers, and in timated that a committee would be at once formed by the Admiralty and the War Department to re• port upon the system with a view to its being at once in corporated as a part of the system of nati ona l defences. As their lordships intended proceeding to Cowes in their yacht Enchantress in the after noon and remaining on board for the night in Cowes harbour, the Pigmy was also directed to pro* ceed to Cowes. There she was to become the in termediate; signal 'station between the semaphore tower at Portsmouth Dockyard and the temporary station on St. Catherine'sbeim, near Black Gang, Isle of - Wight, in order th at the Duke of Somerset and his colleagues might personally witness the system of telegraphy. Commander Colomb was to superintend the signalling on board the Pigmy, Captain Bolton at the semaphore tower in the dock» yard at Portsmouth, and a deta ch ment of Royal Engineers, formiegpart of Capt. Bolton's staff, were to carry out the operations on St Catherine/3.42in. After the visit to the Pigmy was concluded, the Duke of Somerset, aocompanied by Captain R u n , went to the Royal Naval College in the dockyard, where the following officers were received, the pre sentation list having been limited by the Duke's command to 30 names :—Captains—T. Miller, M. Connolly, N. B, Bedinfield, R. Purvis, and R. Daw kins. Retired Captain—Franklin. Commanders —H. Phelps, J. A. Shears, W. Menzies, T. Blakis ton, W. H. Bridge, T. P. Warren, and D. G. David son. Retired Commander—Hall. Steff Surgeon— H. Edmond, M.D. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals P. Leonard, M.D. Surgeon—John Elliott. Steff Commander—J. P. Hill. Master Attendant—J. Tonkin. Master Shipwright—F. Sturdee. Lieute. —Hon. A. D. S. Davidson, Louis Geneste, H. K. Leet, G. T. Key, A. F. Brookes, and'R, Mansell. Captain Royal Marine Artillery—Edward Glad stone. Chaplain—Rev. E. S. Phelps. Second As sistant Engineer of the Dockyard—W. Lynn. Chemical Assistant— —Hay. 'While the Duke of Somerset was holding the levee at the Royal Nava I College, Sir Frederick Grey and the lion J. R. Drummond, eccompauied by Vice-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, G.C.8., Port Admiral and Naval Come mander-in-chief, proceeded to inspect the officers and men composing the steam reserve at the port. They were drawn up in six divisions in the dock. yard, under the command of Captain H. Caldwell, C. 8., and were comprised in a force of about 1,500 of all ranks, including one inspector of machinery afloat, 34 chief engineers, 26 engineers, 30 first. class assistant engineers, and 22 second-claSs anise tant engineers. The officers end men looked re. markably smart and Efficient, and considering that, with a few exceptions, all these men are skilled me chanics, there must be in our steam reserves a vast number of valuable labour at the orders of the Admiralty for service in our ships of war. The official duties of the Lords of the Admiralty were concluded by 3 p.m., when their Lordships embarked on board their yacht Enchantress, Staff-Commander Petley, and left the harbour for Cowes under the us cal salutes from the guns of the flagship and gar rison. At Cowes it was expected their lordships would visit the establishment of Mr. White, the Medina Dock and building.yard, and this morning they will leave that pert in the Enchantress for Dover. The turret rams now completing in their fitment at Liverpool by the Messrs. Laird are ordered to be fitted with tripod iron tubular masts on Capt. C. P. Coles's principle. Their lower yards will be of tubular iron, but their topsail and topgallant yards are to be of steel. We understand that Capt. J. F. B. Wainwright is about to be superseded in the command of the Black Prince by Lord F. Kerr, Capt. Wainwright being about to receive a colonial appointment. The Royal paddle yacht Osborne, Staff-Com, mander George K. Bower, left Portsmouth yesterday for an eastern port, where she will be fitted for the p z a u ve x y r a i nee of their Royal Highnes s es the Prince - - forthcoming visit to that capital and other ports in the Baltic. Mr. Reed's experimental iron•cased ship Favosrite was yesterday docked at Woolwich for completion. Her Majesty's 17 gun sloop Mutine, recently paid off from the Pacific, was yesterday hauled out of basin and docked at 'Woolwich, to be repaired and recommissioned. The 13 gun screw corvette Niger was yesterday undocked at Woolwich, and brought into basin to receive her boilers and machinery in preparation for service. The Porcupine, 3, paddlewheel surveying vessel, arrived at Sheerness on Thursday, where her defects are to be made good with as little delay as possible, as her services are much required. Her Majesty's fine paddlewheel frigate Terrible, 1,850 tons, 800 horsepower, which has been almost rebuilt at Sheerness, is approaching fast to complex tion. The engines are being replaced, and the arti sans are working overtime in order to make her ready for the pennant as early as possible. She will not, however, be ready for sea till November next. The Scout, 21, screw steam corvette, 1,462 tons, 400 horsepower, is being brought forward for the first division of the Sheerness Steam Reserve, in the large basin. The shipwrights are fitting her with a new topgallant, forecastle, and poop. She will not be ready to leave the basin till the end of Seim tetnber. The Bristol, 39, screw steam frigate, 3,027 tone, 600 horsepower, has been removed from her moor ings in Sheerness Harbour, to the large basin in the dockyard, to be brought forward for the first divi. sion of the Sheerness steam reserve. The workmen are putting on her masts with the new steam ma. chinery which has recently been erected for =sting vessels. Mr. W. B. Robinson, the newly appointed Valuer and Inspector of Dockyard Works, visited Sheerness Dockyard on Wednesday last for the purpose of ins sp:cting the 3 Mistletoe gunboat, which is bei ng brought forward for the first division of the steam reserve, and the Adder, tender to the Wellesley guardship, at Chatham, which is undergoing thos rough repair at Sheerness, and being fitted with Lumley's patent rudder. A new vessel of 1,218 tons burden, to be called the Fenelon, built at Honfleur by M. Cardon, for Quesnel Freres of Havre, was successfully launched yesterday, end immediately towed to Havre by a steamer. This is the largest vessel yet built at Honficur. She has three masts, and the length of keel is 187 feet. • DR LIVINGSTONE.—Dr Livingstone visited Glas gow on Tuesday, spending some time in the city. He was accompanied by Mr Young of Lime Field ; and i n the course of the day called at the studio of Mr tine, in Bnchann-street, where his portrait was taken. The doctor appeartd in cxcAlent health. COTTON FROM CIIINA.—The following statistics -:—" of the cotton exportation from Shanghai are from the London and China Telegraph Total exports of cotton from Sh anghai during the year commen cing June 1, 1863, and en di ng May 31,1864. To Great B r itain (di rec t) , 382,133.04 p i euis—to Hong Bong,co.ast p , rts, 61,133 . 55 piculs—to India (direct), 15,291.00 piculs— 1,72 8 . 6 to America (direct), 203,684,53 piculs—to piculs—to Manilla (direci), 118.35 piculs—to Japan, 347.09 piculs—graud total, 664,466.10 piculs of 13311 b. Value of cotton exported from Shanghai from June 1, 1863, to May 31, 1864, inclu sive, obtained by average monthly prices as declared by merchants, 12,805,494.10 Shanghai taels i at exchange, 6a 61 £1,161,460." ,tack stock 7i all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 I 100 1 2 lall , k.10k.. 'MEN 100 100 100 100 100 471 I 1012 1011 1021 2 gi I lnli 991 108 971 7 97