The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-23 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIC: The easy condition of the Money Market con tinues to progress, though without bringing forward any large number of bills. About one-half per cent. less than the minimum of the Bank of Eng land is the rate at which the mercantile community eln obtain any amount of accommodation on good Paper, but the supply, of this latter commodity is Scarce, and as a consequence the business transacted is comparatively small. There were no bullion operations at the Bank • Yesterday. The suspension was announced yesterday after- Non of Messrs. Woodward and Podmore, wholesale grocers, with liabilities estimated at nearly £40,000, b ut a favourable liquidation is expected. The application list of the imperial Mexican Railway Company will close on 'Wednesday nett. During the last few days there has been rather more animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro (lace Markets. Sugars have been in good demand, at enhanced rates, while steady prices have been Current for coffee, rice, fruit, and spices. Business in the tallow market, however, has remained dull, at about former potations for both present and forward deliver,. At the halt-yearly meeting held to-day of the Submarine Telegraph Company between Great Britain and the Continent of Europe. The report Presented for adcption stated that on comparing the eecounts with the corresponding half_year of 1863, the receipts had increased by £1,737 Is. llfld., and the expenses were less by 4631 6s. 41-d. The revenue had been charged, as usual, with 10 per cent. on the gross receipts, equal to £2,388 2s. 6d., for the re serve fund, which now amounted t0'.£8,907 2s. 10d. The result enabled the direotore to recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, or of 2 1 per cent. for the half-year instead of 2 per cent. f or the six months ending June, 1863. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 35c. At the opening of the Stock Exchange there was a resumption of speculative sales for a fall, and the result was another decline of 1 in addition to the / Per cent. last evening. Within the last hour, how ever, some purchases and the knowledge that not- Ilithstanding this continued depreciation there is tothing at all to call forth so much weakness, ( Notations have rallied, and Consols are 881, 89 for 10 ney, and at 801 / for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88} I ; Ex. c hequer Bills, 255. to 15s. dis.; and India 5 per Cents., 1031 104 k. Although Foreign Stocks were rather flatter at the commencement of business, a general improve. rnent has since taken place, and they are now all riner. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69170/ ; do. Consolides, 50:4 ; Mexican, 281 ; do. New, 25 1 261; Greek, 23/ 1; Spanish Passive, 307 7 t i ; Certificates, 12t, 13; Portuguese, 471 i; and the Confederate Loan, 78 79. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have b een on a very limited scale, and the few bargains entered into have been at reduced prices. Great Northern A stock has deciined 12, London and Brighton 155., and Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire and London, Ch a tham, and Dover each 64 . Midl an d, however, have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue very dull at about previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in. stances a shade cheaper. London and Brazilian have declined to 471 48 ; Merchant Bank to 28 / ; union of Australia to 521- 53 ; Union of London to ; and International Finance to 91 3. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FENDS. a Per Cent. Consols • B9 81 , Do Account, Aug. 8 perf Cent. Reduced r N eal 3 per Cent. BB i a i Kew 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894.... , Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 --, ' 4- ttrauties, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — P,O for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ' 1)0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. 14 0:leper Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 3} per Cent. 23 15 Do 1:500 Do £lOO and £2OO Ilarik England SUE, 51 per Ct. 0 0 Account.. — ,INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 4rlditt Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.... ") Account .„ ",-c , 5 per Cent. July, 1870 -..-_, , 0 Account 4) 0 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — , . Do Certificates ''.. rs o Account '"o 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — D 0 41 pet Cent — D0.,. s Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. De 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — - 1 )o 5i per Cent., May, 1879 — 3 ,' ) , 0 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ",-,° 'donde ,1.,tit.!0 — ' 0 under £1,000...... FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES, 4.4 - !I B trian onds Cent , 5 per Cent — r.,,.ft'zilian 5 B per "0 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 la Do 1863 — ,„.I.lnos Ayres 6 per Cent — ,k etlia.n 6 per Cent. — Cl 0 4/ per Cent C'Orabian 8 per Cent — 4133 , 6 per Cent. It " 0 5 per Cent. 1864 lador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — b 0 , Vrovisonal Land Warrant 4 - 13 -ish 3 per C en t., 1825 t " 0 5 per Cent, 1864 gYptiau 7 per Cent lO2 0 DO , Second Issuo - 19 21 reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, es-Coupons — Lk _ rs t) Account t _ o hpons a Aocount ) — Ilateroal a 5 per Cent. .. • Dc It ~ 139 and 1859 ften. any per Cent.(Mareinmana Railway) 71 - aea n 3 per Cent D 0 Account Do 1864 2 5; 6 . - L") French Scrip, En. 25f 20c -- •-1/ 0 6 per Cenr. Anglo-French — die __ r ) itto Scrip, £23 paid Zr!c.orish Imperial 6 per Cent "IfJw Granada _ Do 2 per Cent. _ Do Deferred D 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 - P o rut ti a n 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Crribarren)... — Do 4i per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuxueso 3 per Cent., 1853 - Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 — Do Account 47i I itrosian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 — Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch .., Do Scrip, £4O paid 'itiardinian. 5 per Cent Do Account — "'Partial', 3 per Cent -Do Account Po New Deferred r-,-., 4 -' 0 Account 'l l - , 0 Passive Do Account...... '''Punish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account .. 121 1 3 ~ ' * wcdish, 4 per Cent. .................. , r , Do Scrip, £6O paid .................. p a t 'arkisla 6 per Cent. 1854 .............. Do Account — Do 6 p er C e nt. 1858 ............ D.,0 Account --- ;- 1 0 £lOO Bonds lio 6 per Cent. 1862 B 0 Account .. 69i 70i Do £lOO Bonds.. —. Do 1863 ' - Po Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. • — -do Account .— bo 6 per Cent., 1862 1 ) 0 Account B 0 Scrip £45 paid — dis, Dividends on the above payable in Lona in Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. -.... ' r Do Account Lleigian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f... — •uurch 21 per Cent.,Ex. 12 Crud 6ll -I -,. tal Do 4 per C. ian, 5 per ent Cent., e 1561, Ex. 25 francs — bo Acc oun t F rench Rentes, 2 per Cent .reruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 p E er Ct. Ex. 4s. I.j oinlontese, 5 per Cent., x. 25f THREE O'CLOCR.. Console Money .. BBi 89 Do Account . ... 89k t Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Tho :market steady, and sales will probably not 6teeed 4,000 or 5,000 bales, SHARE AIARKET S—T his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOSS. Share Railways. MCI Paid. Closing j Business Price. ( done. 86 $8 126 127 6 7 32 84 16 17 8) 91 112 114 47 48 7 7i 132 131 146 145 131 133 10 92 601 70 1161 1171 66 68 10e iO3 90 42 1161 /17i 98 90 611 (51 1.2 ]l3 136 1361 107 1(9 171 7 544554 25i 164 105 i 1061 64 66 9'3 Of 126 129 I 1i I) 76 7a lei 11 126 130 39 41 67 59 35 47 88i EBl 101 103 7 8 • 374 38i 104 114 8 0 ( 165 170 6 7 3 4 t Business don. 1011 i lon I T SEC URlTIlib. 97} 61 7i 101 103 34 38 SIONS. Closing Price. 58 60 101 102 99 101 91 91 11* It r. 89 91 82 84 d fp 99f 1004 03 05 91 02 0 62 3 6 82 84 1004 1011 99 1000 Id par 94 100 j 84 96 96 99 96 90 98 102 84 86 84 86 101 106 107 109 48 110 106 108 110 112 103 105 V 4 107 97 100 96 98 96 98 96 98 99 102 101 104 1 105 107 36 4 871 8} 12.10 share 10(1 Sk I 20 10i 10 ,00 Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stop: Do Scot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welchpoo Shropshire Union South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington: Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria ate. and Pim Waterford dc Kilkenny West Cornwall ........ W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland --Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH P, Eitailwaya Atlantic & St Lawrcuct Born., Baroita&.Cent Znn Gu. kper ocnt Do. New . Do. E. Shareo Banal° a.nict Lake liuror Do. Pretorynoe 3 utfalo,l3rant,&Godrich p. et. lode. Aug. 1, 187.. Do. do. July 1, IS7, Do. do. June 1, 1,-;7i Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin, Cape Town ‘l.• Dock Seri ; Eagtn. Bengal gu. 6 p. Mot Indian. go. 5 p. o. Do. do. G Ext..... 9tcok 6tOok stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stook 110 i ROI 100 100 10 stook stook stook itock stock stock stook Do. do. El _.. do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... 1)o. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferreZ — .... Gt.indlarentn.gua.sp.e Do. New gue.. 5 p. a... Do. January, 1852 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per Gent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares I Do. New ... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... llndian Branch Limited I Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do.ll p. o. Extension Dc.l4 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Slelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Melb. Sz Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Mortg. Bds. Niewßrurswiek Candm Class A Lana B. N.ltl.C'das pc lat y bds Scinde ...... Do. Delhi . 4 * ; Do. do ... cis c , ~. c.. Do. Pinajaub .... N 3 Do. Do. Do. Indus.St Flo.) COLONIAL GOVER itL.Uov. p.e.J &J ul) 1877-84 .—.—........ Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6p. o.Mar. Sept.l Do. 6 p. o. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Hopc, 6 p 0,1873 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. 189( Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c 'Mauritius 5 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1,18 t Do. 5 p. c.,lBti to L'it Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 8 p cent. 'Nova Sr..iotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. Clv.eensland (Icy. 6 p. c. J. Ace G6p.c.1678.& up.. I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Je,.&J oly Da io 5 D.o. An.&Out.. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Rost.,Sleat.,andMid.Uo Bristol and EXeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall p l A A dig no d Do. B tiilhus been pa!d to B. Dublln (t Belfast Juno. Dan,,PerthotAb. June. Edinburgh Si Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. GreatEastcrn, Ord. stts Ditto A stook ~... Ditto EAatAtiglian at GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Lo B do Gt. S. ant W. of irelan. Gres t Western Do Str Val gua. stoci Laneashl:e & Yorkshir, London and Blackwall Lon., Bright,t 8. Coast Lou., Chat., and Dover Lou. & Norf h Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., net., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle. Do * shares... ..... .• Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Birming. & Derby Dd. Gt, W. of Irelanc Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Min., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Efsstern—Berwio.• Do, G.N.E. purohas , Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle .North London 109 110 109 f BRITISH MINES. jeambrian Consol. Gold 1 id ulltrord Amalgamated 30 82 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ; 1 580 600 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 68 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ....... 2.14.6 276 286 East Cairn Brea.. E. WI Russel (Tavistk , 8.13.0 5 66 IGam.BzSt.Aubyn(Gwen 581 5 7 —!Great South Tolgus l7s 2 24 !61. Wheal Vor (II =Aston 40 27 29 286 ;Grenville 6.16. c 7 76 I Ilemd's-Foot 8.12 48 40 ilingston Downs 4.18.0 4; !Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 96 8 10 —llarke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 26 1* j d New Seton lof 75 85 • North Downs 3 16 N.Wh'i Bassetallo4an 3.1.0 26 3 North Wheat Crotty 2.6.9 3 31 Par Consols (6t. Blarey Providence (Uny Lelnt. 10.0.7 41 42 South earadon(St.Cleer 11 480 500 S. earn Brea (Illogan).. 'F.Wheal Fran. (Illowan 18.18.9 426 474 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 Planar SilvA Lead Min - Fin Crort V 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l6 9 10 1V C , radon (Liskeard` 9 12 14 West Seton Wheel Basset (Illogan) 54 92 95 Wheal Buller (Itedruth) 10 20 25 Wheal Kitty (E.Lelant) 2.0.8 WhealLudcctt Wheal lslaryAnn ( len ) 8 14 16 Wheal Oeton 5B. 210 215 Wheal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent pf.. 964 Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 70 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCK& Great Eastern 46 per cent. pf., 026- London, Chatham &c . 6 tier cent. 2d '7ll Nerth British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 78 LINES LEASED It FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 111 London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., Ditto, Corn. Fund sto,lic, 5 per cent., 9711 8 FORM . N RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco klirn.) gua. 7 per cent., 16 Recite and San Francisca (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 16 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent.,: — Ditto, (all), 18k FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., 1( II Port Philip, BANKS. Afb r i a on all , Alliance (ism.). 611 1i 60 4 sdiMi i sterMan's (lim.), 130 5 Ditto, new, 543 3 3 / 4 Anglo Austrian, 75 1 Anglo-Italian, Ifni. 5 1 Bank of British Columbia, 103 I' Brazilian and Portuguese. lira.. 125 C hina, 645 5 Chartered tier. of India, London, and Consolidated Bank, lim., 11 European Bank, lira., 14 Imperial Bank (lim.). 353 5 Imperial Bank of aina, India:And Japan, lim., 63 1 London and Brazilian aim.), 473 8 London and County, 74 London Joint Stock, 483 93 London and South-Western, 225 1 Merchant Bank, inn,, 285 Mercantile and Exchange, lirn., 17f: 18 Ditto. new, 141 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 25 5 South Eastern, lim., 10 01 Standard of British South Africa (lime), 283 Union of Australia, 521 3; Union of London, 521 f 5 2 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 70 Southampton, 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, Si Contract Corporation, lim., 31 Credit Mold& r, ii Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 3a Fore-street Warehouse, lim., Gen.'Credit and Finance of London, 11m., ei iii Hudson's Bay, 16i Imperil Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., Eta International Financial ~ o ciety, lim., 9a i International Land Credit. lira., 51 Joint Stock Discount, Jim.. 7 London Financial Association, lim., 2ii London General Omnibus Company, 3_ M :dras Irrigation and Canal, 41 National Discount Company, lim., 14 Rio de Janeiro City improvements, lim.. 25 Smith, Knight , i.nd Co., lim., Societe Finar:ciere d'i , ;gypte, lirn., 5 Telegralli Construe. and Maintenance, lim.:3; Thames and Musey Maxine (InAtran.Ce),llm., 7 1 rnli SUN, LONDO rt 1174-ti .7* s 65 4. 4ititnywv 1,4 HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, August 22. The Queen and royal family walked and drove in the grounds to-day. The Lord Chancellor has left Osborne. Foreign Courts. PARIS, Aug. 21. A grand fto was give❑ yesterday, at Versailles, in honour of the King of Spain. The entertain , rnent given on this occasion by the Emperor was divided into two parts, and lasted from five in the evening till long past midnight. The princ'pal in terest in the first part was concentrated in the superb fountains in the park, which were seen to much advantage. The Emperor and Empress, with their royal guest, arrived at half past five from Trianon, riding in an open caleahe, and fol lowed by a numerous cavalcade. Atter visiting the various fountains and jets their Majesties terminated their ride by making a tour of the Neptune basin. The number of spectators was so great that the horses could scarcely advance, and every whore their Majesties were received with the greatest enthusi asm. 'hey returned to the palace at six o'clock. At nine o'clock their Majesties entered the thea tre of the palace, where a ballet and comedy called "PsycLe," by Corneille and Moliere, was performed. The King of Spain conducted the Empress, and by the side of the Emperor walked his son, the Prince Imperial. As soon as the imperial and royal visitors appeared the orchestra played the royal Spanish march, and the performance commenced. Their Majesties retired at eleven. Then nommeneed the nightfete, which consisted of the illumination of the fountains and jets, and of the gardens themselves. Thousands of globe shaped and orange-coloured lamps were suspended on the t nes and spread a most brilliant light, whilst from the sculptured vases bright flames arose, and the fountains, as they played, were made resplen dent by the electric light. There was also a splen did display of fireworks, which, with Bengal lights, rendered the whole of the large palace as clear to the eye as at daylight. The top of the building was illuminated also, and as the company turned to witness this new spectacle the Emperor and the Prince. Imperial appeared on the balcony, and were saluted most cordially. The whole of the Court occupied the windows of the Mirror Gallery. Some time afterwards their Majesties entered the gardens and witnessed the concluding effects of the Llurni" nation amongst the visitors, to whom the Emperor had kindly thrown open the reserved gardens. A supper was served at midnight in the Mirror Gal lery, and afterwards the Emperor again appeared on the balcony of the palace, and was received with hearty demonstrations. At one o'clock their 111,jes ties left Versailles for St. Cloud. The Phare de la Loire confidently announces that the Count d'Eu, eldest eon of the Duke do Nemours, will shortly proceed to Brazil to marry the daugh ter of the Emperor Don Pedro. As his Majesty has no male heir his son-in-law will one day be called upon to wear the Imperial Crown. The Count of Flanders had also been spoken of as the bridegroom of the princess. . . The death of the Princess Czartorisk, daughter of Queen Christina, is announced. Among the foreign officers who joined the cortege of the Emperor and the King of Spain at the review at the Champ do Mars weze—Yver Pasha, general in the service of Turkey ; M. de Seebach, son of the Saxon Minister at the French Court, and Mr S. Noel de Lesser, of the Royal Sussex Artil lery, in her British Mt jesty's service, and brother of the consul general for Saxony. These officers had also the honour to be presented to the King of Spain at the diplomatic reception held by his Ma. jesty on the previous day at the hotel of the Spanish Embassy. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi left Chandos House yesterday for Woburn Abbey, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Russell. The Duke of Somerset and the J unior Lords of the Admiralty, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Greyand Rear- Admiral Hon. James R. Drummond, are expected to re turn to the Admiralty on Thursday, from their late tour of inspection. The Earl of Strafford has arrived at WrDtham Park, from a short visit to Paris. The Earl and Countess Russell will entertain a succession of visitors at Woburn Abbey, Beds, during the week. Viscount Palmerston will leave Cambridge Howe this morning for Tiverton. Viscountess Palmerston will remain in town. A marriage is arranged to take place between Edith, daughter of Lord and Lady Charles Kerr, and Mr William P. Preston Consett, of Brawith Hall, Think, son of the Rev. John d'Arcy Preston, of Askham Bryon Hall, Yorkshire. Sir George and Lady Shee have left town for Scarborough. HERBACEOUS BORDERS.--Let any one imagine a gravel walk, with a broad border of herbaceous plants, diverse in kind, on each side of it, and surely he will allow that there must be much of interest in such an assemblage. Such assemblages have been, and we trust are and ever will be. Four places of interest for this kind of thing in time gone by may be mentioned—the Comte do Vandes's garden at Bayswater ; Mr It. Barclay's gar den at Bury-hill ; Lady Olivia Sparrow's garden at Bromp ton, near Huntingdon; and Mrs Marryatt's garden at Wimbledon. Those cultivators who are enthusiastic about their bedding -out plants and bedding-cut displays would contend that they can at any time and all times surpass us in the amount of floral display which they can produce. If by floral display they mean blazes and masses, and clouds and sheets of ono colour, or of some assemblage of a few gay colours, I suppose we must assent; but if we interpret the term '.' floral display" as diversity of colour, diversity of form, diversity in what is called inflorescence, or the mode in which the flowers of a plant are disposed on it, diversity of stature, diversity of foliage, diversity of odour, diversity of times of day in which the different kinds open or close their flowers, and other diversities, I cannot think we have aught to fear in comparing our favourites with theirs. On knowledge grounds, too, we beat them. We have more of geography, more of geology, more considerations of climate and the atmospheric conditions of the countries whence our various kinds have come. and more to learn of what I shall call tue personal appetites of our many individual kinds, and more of legend which in the flative countries of the plants appertains to them, and happily has been brought over with them, than they have in their many plants of few kinds.—Bibberd's Gardeners' Magazine. '1 HE EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE IN THE HOUSE Or DETENTION.—Dr Lankester held an inquest yesterday in the House of Detention on the body of Henrietta Leb, a Hungarian, who committed suicide in a very determined manner. The deceased was brought up at the Clerkenwell Police Court, on Tuesday, the 9Lh inst., charged with stealing a piece of meat, and while in the cells she twice attempted to commit suicide. The magistrate remanded her, in order that she might be seen by the chaplain. While in the prison she desired to be put to some out-door work in preference to needlework. She was accordingly put to cleaning on the top gallery, and while doing so she suddenly left her work, and before she could be stopped by the warders, squeezed herself through an aperture be tween the lift and the floor, and fell to the bottom, a dis tance of about 40 feet. She was immediately picked up and examined by Dr. Smiled, the prison surgeon, who found her skull fractured in a frightful manner. A warder saw the deceased put her hand out, but thought she was cleaning the bottom of the lift. The inquiry lasted a long time, and the jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while in a state of unsound mind." THE MURDER NEAR TAUNTON.—A communica tion was received yesterday at the Somerset County Gaol, Taunton, from Sir George Grey, respiting John Mien. who lay under sentence of death for the mur der of his wife at Hatch Beauchamp, on the 4th May last. The respite appears to have been the spontaneous act of the Government, probably with the concurrence of the judge who tried the case, Mr T. Chambers, Q.C., who is reported to have expressed his surprise at the verdict, though he concurred in it ; inasmuch as, although a memorial signed by upwards of five hundred of the clergy, gentry, and principal inhabitants of Taunton and neighbourhood had been forwarded to London on Saturday, it could not have been presented when the respite was despatched. has been generally felt that the strong provocatim which the prisoner received rendered this a case in which ;the clemency of the Crown could be properly exercised. The memorial was supported by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who also wrote to the Secretary of State, and by the High Sheriff of the county, by whom the memorial was to have been presented, The respite was commuutcated to the prisoner immediately that it was received. all all 100 100 100 , SSE Paid. all 100 100 100 100 100 100 10n all 100 (100 1100 I 2 1 all , 7 100 MIEN 100 100 100 100 100 147 61 7 69 i 1166 1 17 666 6 1021 4 416 1161 V 8 64f 5} 4! 51 1121 136 i 6 . i I 106 I 51 6 60 i 93} 101 i i 91 1 851 4i 97i 93i 7 TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, Mr Commissioner Fane was the Commissioner of the day and sat in Chambers, and disposed of a few applications of no public interest. Mr Registrar Hazlitt was the registrar of the day, and the only point of interest was an adjudication in bankruptcy against Mr Paul Bedford, the well-known comedian. The petition was presented by the bankrupt, who surrendered and obtained protection. The next meeting is appointed for the 13th September, at 11. No accounts have yet been filed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A WIFE DANGEROUSLY ASSAULTED BY lIER HUS • BAND.—John Bain, of 39, Itathbone place, plasterer, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his wife Harriet Bain. On the former being placed in the dock, the following certificate was handed to Mr Tyrwhitt:— " AliddlEsex Hospital. "I hereby certify that Harriet Bain was brought to this hospital last evening, having received severe injuries, and she is unable to attend the court. " Signed—Wm. Curgewin, House Surgeon." Thomas Pa.ttison, an intelligent boy, son of the prisoner and the injured woman, said—My father and my mother quarrelled yesterday at home, and about nine o'clock last night my father struck and kicked my mother, and she was taken to the Middlesex Hospital, and is now very ill. Mr Tyrwhitt—Was your father sober? The boy—He was ; but my mother was a little elevated. Prisoner—l am very sorry I atm in such a position. Was not your mother so tipsy that she could not stand against the drawers ? Ths boy—She was. Prisoner —She was so tipsy that she broke all the plates and dishes. Instead of getting my tea she went out with ano ther woman and came back about nine o'clock, when she abused me in the most ras cally manner. Mr Tyrwhitt—l shall remand you till to-morrow. Robert Pitt, 71 E—l believe the woman is in danger; —she was kicked in the abdomen. Mr Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be remanded till to morrow, and the woman's state can be reported to me at two in necessary to examine ber the presence of the prison er . o'clock to-day in case i t ma y be The prisoner was then, remanded. _ . ANOTHER VIOLENT ASSAULT. --Alfred Maidment, a baker, was charged with violently assaulting a man named Domenic Murty, living at Peter-street, St. James's. The complainant (who had received a frightful wound on his head, presented a ghastly sight, the blood oozing through the bandages in which his head was enveloped) said he was in the Crown Tavern Court yesterday, when the prisoner came in with two females and behaved in a very unruly manner, pulling one of the young women about. He placed himself between the prisoner and the young woman to stop the prisoner's conduct, when the prisoner knocked him down and kicked him on the side, and on getting up he found his head was frightfully cut. He could not swear the prisoner hurt his heal, although he had felt it kicked while he was lying on the ground. There was, however, no other man present at the time ha was knocked down. Prisoner denied assaulting the complainant. Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, and the complainant, who seemed in a very weak state, was sent back to the Charing-cross Hospital in a cab. THAMES. t e e charged London A N IMPUDENT ROBBERY ON TH E PIER HEAD ,— Thos. named James Roberts Clark, a lighterman , was brought before ..!`clr Paget g the wi Docky th e e a ct e t o e rm a d l e F ea L r c n o e i 1 0 1 : af gatekeeperr op e, th e property of saw the prisoner wits a coil of rope on his shoulder walking away from the pier-heac. lie took the prisoner into cue to3y. The rope weighed 120), and was worth ss. It had been used as a check in navigati , :g barges through the lock between the river and the dock basin. _ __ The prisoner, in defence, said that he took up the rope off the pier -head to give his partner a turnin a barge going through the lock, The witness Roberts said the prisoner had left the pier head and was proceeding along Wapping High-street towards the Tower when he stopped him. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. ROBBERY BY A WORKMAN.—WaIter W illiam Holditch, a candle maker, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing one candle and four pieces of candle valua sd, the property of Messrs. Owen and Minton, candle manu facturers in the Isle of Dogs, Poplar. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Thomas Mill, night foreman, that in consequence of information he searched the prisoner's jacket, which w t o hanging up in the factory, and found in the pockets a who;,' , candle and four pieces of candles. lie left the jacket undisOrbed, and when the pri soner was leaving the factory he sarito him, " I wish to search you before you go out, I believe . - ) -- ou have got some property about you that don't:belong to you. The prisoner" sqld " I have got a few bits of candle." They were taken from him, and the prisoner was given into custody, The prisoner, who pleaded very hard to be forgiven, had bee, in the employ of Owen and Minton for three weeks. The prisoner said ho was guilty. The foreman said tho firm he represented had been re peatedly plundered, and he was instructed to press the charge, Mr Paget said that property of this description must be protected. The prisoner had obtained good employment, and began to plunder. He sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. £4 Os to £ 6 106 ; a n d stra w , £1 7a to £ 1 12s p er load . hay, £ 3 lOs to £ 6 Os ; clover, SIIITIIFIFLD. —Meadow. Trade firm. £4 Os to £ 6 108 ; and straw , £3 lOs to £6 Os ; clover, CumnE nLAwn.--Meadow 111, xy — i 7s to £ 1 12 s per load. T ra de steady. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £6 Os; clover, £1 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 63 to £1 12s per load. A steady demand. ..----- COLONIAL. TEA—Business hes been rath er dull, and the few dealings entered into have been at about former prices. Sucau—The market has been more animated, and an In the refined ma rket q uotat ions also tend up wards . c colonial descriptions has been a s t d e v a i do i n yF c ,r e E of lsto 2s i per m n end E —thesu superior qualities da w l may b e qu oted on West India. for e have fully sustained former prices. with out, however, any material chang e to note in values. has been transacted, INtVioco7---AThmeoyduerbalt.ice s h ale:O s :colonial have proceeded with considerable animation, and prices generally are well main tained. TALLOW—Tho market has remained rather dull, without, h oweve r, any change to rec or d w i t h re spect to valu e . p.y.C. on the spot is quoted 4ls 9d, and last three months' delivery 43s 9d per cwt, SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LowoN, Aug. 23.—Wind at noon, N,E., moderate braze, with rain. (BY ELECTRTIC TELEGRAPH.) from Antwerp—Germania steamer, 60cTRAMPToN, Tuesday Morning. I t p lc a o r 'Jain' I smail —Hobert and Mary, from K —Volante, from u f b o li r n. Cherbourg — Ocean The four months' drought in this district was broken for last night by a gentle refreshing rain which has fallen from xt S t lA ;li dr i a re i li r i e l d ae h l — mdi 1 , --d e r g l r and last night and continues. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH:) u.K.avEstAD, Illeitlay Tuuruit.g. Arrived, Aug 22—Rover , from St. P e tersburg—Emma and Sophia, Han s Christensen, Marie, and Lo uisa Maria— all from Archangel—Planet, from Ant werp . Arrived, Aug. V.— H o ppett an d Mathilda— b oth from Gamla Carleby--M a rtin Luther, from C rons t a dt—Arab e lla, . from Nevis—Ann e Lee, from Colombo—lndustrie, from Archangel. DBAL, Tu es d a y Morning. Passed to leeward—Lattra, from Havannah, for London. Helena. -- --7--- - --------------!--------- Passed, Aug. 22d—Dependent, from London, for St. wi S th sv both hand dthe Of the ladd er , w hi c h i s on a level with, or a lit tle below, the surface. Assume the horizontal swimming p osition. Get your legs well up, the feet nearly or quite to th e surface, youi)lead well down and oitbNaGnl N l'll stage ER e LESSONS..—Lesson'. Grasp a little on one side, so that as much as posible of your brain is submerged, an d y our mouth onl y just p ut of the water. The mouth ev en need not be above t h e water , ex cept at the intervals o f taking breath. Then strike on: ar slowly, erg eulatired.r t r t s oy no your heart's ,h bringaena r d t' r s et p c h o eea n mt t content, afterwards, until you the operation. The grand , together with both legs at once, in pre paration for acquiring the faculty of swimming consists in daring to keep the head down, the legs up, and the whole body horizontal. Man walk , : erect, bathe swims prone, pros trate, or reclining. Lesson 11. Repeat the same, holding the ladder withone hand only, and either paddling with the hand open and the fingers closed, or giving the arm stroke with the arm disengaged. Do this with each arm alternately.— , Lesson 111. Remember that swimming (like the perform ance of tours de force on the piano, like brilliant leaps in the hunting-field, like a flight on the trapezt) is one of the things that must be done with a dash. Yoa do it, the first time you try, because you will to do it. fraying done it once, you do it again. Therefore, when you no longer fear a horizontal position in the water—when you are convinced that you may keep your legs up your head down, and your arms submerged, withcut danger of drowning—retire a couple of paces from your ladder, and resolve to swim, as if you were', Leotard launched in mid-air. C'est b 3 premier pea qui coute. As soon as you can swim olio yard the thing is done. Tho distance swum will incrE,:su rapidly with practice and the consequent increued senilMence of the swimmer. But of swimming, like meuntan cli m bing, calls into action muscles which are comparatively little used in our ordinary habits, it is only by gradual exercise thOt they can be brought to perfcim long-cortinued efigri. s • — Dickons's " Al? the rear liciy4(l." opening of the Northern of Spain Railway. MADRID, August 18. The Correspondencia de Espana contains the fol lowing account of the inauguration of the Northern of Spain Railway by the King of Spain : The official inauguration of the Northern Railway was as brilliant an act as the importanc2 of the event demanded. It is not easy to adcquateiy describe the great event celebrated on the 15th instant with ostenta tious splendour by two nations between whom the binds of unity are daily strengtheriicg. But with out indulging in reflections which neither time nor the scope of our periodical permits, we shall proceed to condense as much as possible in the slight :ketch we propose to give. A special train, composed of ten first-class cg.r4 riages and two vane, left Madrid on Sunday with about 300 of the persons invited to the inauguration, among whom wera persons of all the most distin guished social classes of Lhe court. The journey was made without any other contretemps than some slight showers of rain, which, however, far from causing annoyance, served to lay the dust on the road. At a little past 11 p.m. supper was served in the Valladolid station ; after which the train proceeded on its way without further detentions than were necessary, ariving at its destination at about 10 a.m. The passengers were much impressed by the gigan tic works at the head of the line and the beauty of the surrounding country. _ . The brilliant royal train had stopped at Vittoris, where, as at all other places, especially upon that bank of the Ebro, the King met with an enthusiastic reception. The invited guests now occupied them. selves in changing their dusty travelling costume for the more elegant dress coat and white cravat. At half-past 11 the train arrived from Paris, and at 12.15 the royal train, drawn by the locomotive Sin:lances and Adanero. The King was accompanied by his suite and the Ministers of the Interior and Public Works, the Bishop of Vittoria, and, among other persons, by a great part of the board of direc tors of the rail waj, including M, Isaac Pereire, who had gone to Vittoria to receive his "Miljesty. Among other eminent personages the Infant Don Enrique the Marquises of Duero and Habana, the Count of Ezpeleta, and many more difficult to enu. merate, were expected at San Sebastian, The royal train was driven by the Engineers Senores Call*, and Ramirez, and Mr Tibau, the traffic manager. Salvos of artillery from the castle announced the arrival of the royal suite, and the cheers of the immense multitude, mingling with the strains of music, rent the air with their echoes. The station was very handsomely decorated. On the right, coming from Madrid, were several amphi theatres cf seats elegantly disposed, occupied by the principal inhabitants of San Sebastian and the province, and many persons from Madrid. The seats in the centre were destined for the royal party. Immediately opposite them was erected an elegant chapel, a species of temple covered with glazed cotton, decorated with golden fringe, in which stood a rich altar adorned with flowers. Here were as sembled the Bishop of Vittoria end the assistant clergy, and here the ritual was intoned, accompa. hied by an organ and a fine choir of voices. The King participated from his tribune in this act after having retired for a short time to a pavi lion covered in silk and elegantly furnished, which had been prepared for him. The religious ceremony finished, the company passed to the immense dining saloon, which accommodated more than 650 persons. The table at the upper.end of the ball, to which the other tables stood at right angles, was occupied by the King, Don Enrique, the high functionaries of Spain and France, and the authorities. The King addressed some words to the assembly. The Mar quis of Duero and Senator Aldamar also spoke. - At half-past 2 the king quitted his seat, at 3 o'clock continued his journey amid prolonged and enthusiastic cheering—the vivas of the French guests being by no means the faintest. A depen. dent of the company approached the royal train, and gave a hearty " Viva a Rey" on behalf of his fellow servants. The Ministers eceorapanied the King as far as llendaya, and then returned for the night, At 5 o'clock the other guests departed, some to of hers to Paris. During the repast regattas were h e :d on the river. In the evening there were in um i cat i o o and fireworks. The town wore an air of general feStivity, and the greatest enthusiasm ptevailed. Dreadful Scene on tb.e North-East Coast. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock', the greatest ex citement was caused at Tynemouth by a fearful case of drowning, which occurred on the Long Sareis, and which was witnessed by many hundreds of persons. The wind was from the eastward, and there was about five feet sea on, with a nasty back sweep ; and at the hour me:Awned a strong current was setting from the shore southwards. Mr. Robert Falconer, grocer, St. John's-lane, Newcastle, al. d Balman's Village, was spending the day with his wife and family at his mother's, who is lodging in Percy-street, Tynemouth, and shortly before four o'clock he and his wife and mother, and, it is said, three of his children, wont down upon the Long Sands. Mr. Falconer then left his wife and family setting on the sea banks, telling them ti, , at he would go to the machines and have a bathe. He engaged a machine belonging to Hind marsh, but before the lad put the horse to it to draw it into the water Mr Falconer asked Rindmersh if it was safe to take a dive into the sea. The machine proprietor replied " By no means," and he cautioned him above all things not to venture too far out, as there was a strong off-set. The machine was drawn into the water, and Mr Falconer strip ped and went into the sea; and being a swimmer he ven tured, unfortunately, whore the waves were breaking heavily. There were three other men in the water at the same time, and they seeing him going out commenced to follow him. The machine men, seeing the danger they were all in, shouted lustily to them to come in, and a gentleman upon horseback rode into the water up to the horse's girths , and called to them also. They all came in but poor Mr Falconer. The men knowing the imminent peril he was in got out the boats and lifebuoys ; but before they could render any assistance to him a heavy sea struck him, and he was sben to hold up his hands. A second large sea immediately followed, and seemed to drive him heels over head, and those in the boat saw him no more. The people on the banks, however, saw him struggling, as they i m agined, a few minutes longer, and then disappear alto , gether. This awful spectacle was witnessed by hund re d s of people, including the poor gentleman's wife and family. A s cene of the wildest excitement followed. His wife, mother, and children hastened dawn to the shore, and wren the machine was brought out of the water tne mother iden tified the clothes left in it as her son's. The poor wife fell on the sand as one dead, and she had to be removed to her mother's lodgings working in convulsions ; and she isreported to be extremely ill. From the high sea, nothing could be done to rescue the body, which has been washed out to sea. goy comments were made on the sands yesterday evening as to what had been done and what had not been , done to save Mr. Falconer's life. We made a careful inquiry into the matter, and we are convinced that Hindmarsh, Nixon, and the other men did all they could consistently with their o wn safety to save the unfortunate gentleman. But the fact is a boat is of little use upon the coast is such a sea as that of yesterday, as the time spent in " dodging' the seas, lest the boat should broach to and drown them, prevents the watermen from getting near to where the man is drowning in the water until all is over. What is needed is this, that the authorities should absolutely prohibit bathing on these sands while the sea is ep strong, and the danger to bathers, especially swimmers, is so great as it was yesterday,--Ne w castle Chronicle. • FATAL ACCIDENT TO A MANCHESTER GENTLE MAN AT LLANDUDNO.— A. melancholy and fatal 110 , cident happened on Friday to a young gentleman named Leisler, who with his parents and other members of his f am ily, was on a visit to Llandudno, North Wales. The young gentleman was about 22 years age, and was the only so of Mr John Leisler, of Park• road, Victoria-park, and a member of the firm of Du Fay and Co., merchants, 32, Booth-street. On Friday young Mr Leisler went out in a boat on Llandudno Bay, in company with a gentle man named Hook, one of the sons of the Dean of Chicester. Mr. Leisler had his gun with him, and at the request of a friend shot at a gull which was hovering near the Orme's Head. The bird was struck by the shot, and fell upon the face of the rock at a considerable height from the shore. Mr Leisler landed, scaled the rock, and secured the bird, which he threw down to his friend. In descending he caught hold of a tuft of grass which was growing from the rock. The hold was insecure and trcach erous ; the grass gave way, and the unfortunate young man fell from a terrible height to the ground. He gasped, and died directly in the arms of his friend. The sad affair has cast a deep gloom over the whole neighbourhood, and is much deplored by the large circle of Manchester friends with whom the deceased. and titi Way were connected: — Manchester Courier. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. DISTURBANCES IN GENEVA, BERNE, AUGUST 23. Disturbances have broke❑ out in Geneva, barri , cades have been erected and blood shed,. The Government of the Canton, being• unable to re-establish order, called for Federal intervention, The Federal Cculcil thereupon sent M. Fornerod as S pecial commissioner to the scene of the cut break. He has entered Geneva with a battalion of militia. MIR EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,---This Day, YORK RACES—Tuts DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH ) ZETLAND STAKES. Marigold Dubiety little Stag Four ran. BURGUNDY STAKES. Clarior Plover Blue Mantle CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. Echo Brindisi BandarillA Nino ran, SELLING STAKES. My Fancy Brown 'Willey Loafer Twelve ran. CONVIVIAL STAKES. Olmar Gontran .. 2 Wild Agnes Six ran. EIGHTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Claremont Windham iioly fox PRODUCE STAKES. Ely Miner BLACK DUCK STAKES. Physalis filly Connection JUVENILE STAKES. Olrnar YOHKSHIRE OAKS. Gondola Light Miss Pickle 1 Nine ran. SNV EEPSTAKES 100 SOTS S. Lord-in-waiting Middlewatch .. BRAMHAM PARK STAKES. Minor .. walked over LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE ST. LEGER. 9 b 4 agst Blair Athol (taken) sto 2 agst General Peel (taken) 15 to 2 agst Baragah (taken) 100 to 8 agat Claremont (taken) 50 to 1 agst Miner (offered) GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. No change. LONDON GAZETTE--This Evening, WAR, OFFICE, PALL MALL, AUG. 23. Bth Regiment of Hussars—Cornet William Henry Field to be Inspector of Musketry, vice Lieut. Edward Pulleyne, who has exchanged into the 18th Hussars. 12th Lancers—The Hon. Edward Ignatius Joseph Arun dell to be Cornet, by purchase, vice John Mundy Dowdeswell, promoted. 14th Husaars—Lieut. Henry Bradley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Mather, who retires—Cornet Francis Shirlry Russell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bradley—Thomas Allen Henry, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Russell. 21st Iluesars—Captain Edmund Armitage Hardy, on ap• pointment in the Gazette of the 30th September, 1862, should have been deecribed as a Brevet-Major. Military Train—Captain John Smith, from half-pay late Land Transport Ccrps, to be Captain, vice Charles Tur villa Wilson, who retires upon temporary half-pay, Coldstream Guards—Caledon James Alexander, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Napier eleMurdo, who retires. 10th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Arthur William King to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vino George Henry Stade, who retires—Ensign Edwin Redding, from the 31st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Osborne, who exchanges— Eastace Beaumont Burnaby, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice King. 14th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Gerald James Paterson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Lingwood, transferred to the 16th Foot. 15th Foot—Lieutenant John Hely, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Moore, who exchanges—Ensign Henry Evan Pateshall Thomas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Samuel Adams, who retires Simon Anthony Dodd, Gent., lo be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas. 16th Foot—Ensign Alfred Pole Lingwood, from the 14th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Walter henry Christie, trans ferred to the 106th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Alexander John Derby, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice George Griffiths, pro moted. 17th Foot—Ensign William Lonsdale to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alexander McNeil Caird, who retires James Douglas Stewart, Gent., to be Ensign, by put chase, vice Lonsdale. Oth Foot—Richard Rye Corcor, Gent., to be Ensign, by orchaee, vice Thomas Harris, transferred to the 66th Fait. 26th foot --Frederick Samuel Alexander, Gent , to be En sign, ev purchase, vice William Everett, transferred to the 33d Foot. 31st Foot--innsign John Spencer Follett Osborne, from the 10th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Redding, who ex changes. 33d Foot—Lieuteee ant John Henry Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Buxton Martin Kenrick, who retires— Ensign Francis Sio ilmot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell—Ensioi. William Everett, from the 26th Foot, to be Ensign. viol Wilmot. 37th Foot—Ensign Richard Henry Rosser to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Robert Anderson, who retires Gentleman Cadet William Charles Goslin, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rosser. 38 th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Walker to be Captain, without purchase, vice George William Frederick Snell, deceased—Ensign John Smyth Nelson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Walker. 41st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Richard Bate, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, cice Augustus Grimble, who retires. 46th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Benjamin Coles Speke to b e Geptain, by purchase, vice Henry Fuller Sandwith, who re:Wes—Ensign Alexander Knox Malcolmson to be Lieutenaelt, by purchase, vice Speke—Henry Horatio Newman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mal eolmson. 62d Feet —Ensign Walter Andrew Corbett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Joshua Rowan, who retires— Gentleman Cadet Henry James Ferris, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign , by purehaseice Corbett. 63d Foot—Lieut. William Grogan Graves to be Captain, by purchase, vice;Lloyd Henry Thom as, who retires --Ensign Morris Charles Smith to be Lieute nant, by purchase, v ice Graves—Richard Carr Francis Burton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith. 66th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Trevelyan Hody Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frederick Hugh Irwin Day,who retires .-Ensign Thomas Kelly to be Lieutenant, by purchase, v i c e Cox—Ensign Thomas Harris, from the 24th Foot, t o be Ensign, vice Kelly. 76th Foot—Lieut. Edmund Austin to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut, John M'Dermid Allardice, who has res.'gned the appointment. Seth Foot --Ensign Walter Selby Co - Arson to be Lieutenant, by pureha.le, vice William Frank Wheatley, who retires ; the Hon. Bt'auchamp Moubray St. John to be Ensign, by pure, base vice Cookson. gj th Foot—Lieutens 'et Charles Alexander Moore, from the 15th Foot, to be Lie:ttenant, vice Hely, who exchanges. 98th Foot—Quartermare`er Alexander McGregor, from half pay late Depot Battalion, to be Quartermaster, vice Wil liam Walsh, who retires ienon half-pay. 100th Foot—Lieutenant Getir e ve Upton Prior to be Ca p tain, by purchase, vice Thomas Jo;lia Francis, promoted to an Unattached Majority, by punt:rise ; Ensign George Pep per Lowry to be Lieutenant, bi' purchase, vice Prior; Albert Merritt, Gent., to be Ens:gn, by purchase, vice Lowry. 101st Foot—Lieutenant Francis David Millett Brown to be Captain, vice Robert John Fayrer Hickey, who retires on pension; Ensign Reginald Hewes Allott Quinet to be' Lieutenant, vice Brown. 106th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Redfearn Burnett to be Captain, vice George Washington Wilmot, deceased; Ensign Arthur Percival Hancock to be Lieutenant, 16 h Burnett ; Ensign Walter Henry Christie, from the t Foot, to be Ensign, vice Hancock. 107th Foot—Vrederic George Furlong Moore, Lieutenant Bth Foot, to be Paymester, vice • . li Gibson,Gent., late deceased—Lieutenant Malcolm MeNeill Rind to be In structor of Musketry. Rifle Brigade—Lieut. Wm. by purchase, vice Stewart S. Henry Win i D n e;hdaems t who e retires — by rteasi E p nsign Ti a e n tri t ilt b on y onsethevicHooDne.eCdchsaLleLsorci North George be Francis Lie e Michael Dolan, Gent., 2d West India Regiment—ierenc to be Ensign, by purehese, vice, the lion. Chae. orth. to be Ensign, by put & las e, vice Beaufort H. V idal, pro moted. i t nellt--Ensign Th omas Storrar Smith sth West India ROg to be Lieutenant, w ithout eurch. , aee B REVEI . t Major G. J. Ste p hen, Bengal Infantry, in the The honora r y rank of Lieut. Colonel conferred on Capt. and Bt eve 1860, has been cancelled, the t tfficer not bay o4Areptriirl 27, dOn lull pay. ain, John No w w ith the honorary rank of Capt len. 50th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Paymaster, with the honeeery rank of Captain, Thomas Smith, 37th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Capt. Robert John Fayrer Hickey, who retires from the 101st Foot, on pension, to have the honorary rank of 1,16;,r. The following promotions to ta's.e place, eens;peetat on the death of Lieutenant •Gnneral Sir John Rowland Eus tace, on the 7th August, 1864, and of General Sir Jame' Henry Iteynett. K.C.8., Colonel of the 48th Foot, on do 9th August, 1864 : Lieutenant-General Sir James Frederick Love, K.C.B- I Colonel of the 57th Foot, to be General. Major General Henry Dive Townahend, Colonel of the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant General. Major-General Thomas Wright, C. 8., Colonel of the 30th Foot, to be Lieutena ot-General. Brevet-Colonel John Tetaxwell Fereeval, C. 8., from Lieutenant-Colonel, half-pay, late 12th Foot, to be Major- General. Brevet-Colonel Henry IVl_Diem Stisted, C. 8., from Lieu tenant -Colonel 93rd Foot, to be Major. General. Major George Harrington Hawes, 9th Foot, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel. Major Frederick George Thomas Deshon, Depot Batta lion, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Ciptaiu Charles .Neville Lovell, Royal Artillery, to be Mt-tr. Oaptain Charles Van Notten Pole, Cape Mounted Rifle men, to be Major. The undermentioned Officers having completed the qua lifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonels, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 185 S : Lieut.-Colonel `Wiliam Drysdale, C.B , 9th Lancers. Lieut.-Colonel John Richard Anderson, C.B„ Royal Artillery' The undermentioned promotions fo take pace in her Majesty's Indian Forces, consequent on the death of Lieat- Generat Hugh Ross, of the Madras Infantry, on the 24th June, 1861: — Major-General Joseph Ganaault, Madras Infantry, to be Lieu t enant- General. Colons' John Welchman, C,8., Bengal Infantry, to be Major-G undermentioned officers who have retired upon full paY to havo a step pf honorary rank, as follows : Lieut.- Colonel Islichie Forbes Gordon, Bombay Staff Corps, to be Colonel. Litartenant-CJlonel Alaric Robertson, Madras Staff Corps, to be Colonel. Major Edward M'Cullecit, Bombay Infantry, to be Lieu tonan' -Colonel. Major Archibald Hamilton Campbell, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant -Colonel. m,jor Manners Randolph Nightingale, Bengal Staff Corps, tote Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals Will;am Thom son, Bengal Establishment-, to be Inspector General of Hospitals. Surgeon-Major Thomas Watkins Wilson, Bengal Estab lishment, to be Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals. ADMIRALTY, At f o. engi neer qualified for special charge. appointed an ergi- Mr Joseph Nears has been this day BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of c ommercial im portance in the Gazette : Alfred Tubby, oilman, Islington William Ramsey, jeweller, Clerkenwell William Parry, tile merchant, Deptford ThL.mas Merrett, grocer, Aldershot Joseph Potter, wheelwright, Worcester William Ellwood, butcher, Silloth Hugh Main Miller, commission agent, St Mary-at-Hill Thomas Field, general dealer, Broad-court, Clerkenwell Charles W. Nicholls, ale brewer, Manchester Enos Brown, grocer, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire James Ilill, Nailsea, Somersetshire Charles Howell, slate dealer, Liverpool William Pritchard, builder, Everton, Lancashire William Evans, perambulator frame makers , Birmingham Richard Kernsley, fruiterer. Borden, Sittingbourne George B Lloyd, attorney's clerk, Plumstead William Beach, farmer, Cerne Abbas, Dorsetshire John Woolacott, draper, Barrstaple William Jones, victualler, Carmarthen William Baker, clerk, Croydon Charles Warburton, clerk, Marlborough-road George Llewellyn, corn dealer, Lisson-grove BANKRUPCY ANNULLED. Thomas M. Hughes, gentleman, Shrewsbury SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Forrest and Co., brewers, Dunbar Wm Lyon, farmer, Oldtord, Peterculter Course of Exchange,---This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam 12 1 12 1 Antwerp 25 671 25 72/ - • • Brussels — 25 67/ 25 72 Hamburgh .. " 13 9 13 9k Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 65 25 724 Frankfort on Maine —" 1201 120 k Vienna Trieste _,.. 11__85 Petereburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz 471 47i Leghorn Milan .... Genoa 25 75 25 e2f 25 771 25 82} 25 771 25 82} Naples .. Palermo 25 771 25 821 25 774 25 821 Messiva 25 ... 7 . 7i 25...82i Lisbon Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)......per oz., £3 17 9 Silver iu Bars (Standard).• A Perilous Position. The Buffalo Courier of the 9th instant says : "It has been known that Farini, the funanahulist, who several years ego was Blondin's rival on the tight rope at Niagara Falls, was making prepara. tions to ford the rapids above the American Fall on a pair of iron stilts constructed for the purpose. The exhibition was to hava come off on the loth.. Early yesterday morning, we learn, the foolhardy man went out to rehearse the dangerous feat. He succeeded in getting more than half across, at a point between the Falls and the Great Island bridge, when one of his stilts broke or gave way, and he was instantly in the rapids. Fortunately the place of his accident was directly above Robinson's island, a small piece of wooded land which lies to the right of Lunn island and very near the brink of the American fall. He succeeded in struggling to the shore of this is land, and dragged himself from the water. He had apparently sustained a painful injury in one of iais limbs. The poor man was soon discovered sitting very composedly on a log at the edge of the island. A. large and not vcry sympathising crowd collected on the Goat Island bridge and elsewhere, but up to yesterday afternoon not any effort had been made to rescue the unfortunate man. In fact, our informant tells us that in a few hours public curiosity seemed to have sated it self, and scarcely any excitement was visible. Farini's frightful perch is about 800 or 1,000 feet below the bridge befo're spoken of, and undoubtedly a rope could be floated to him, and thereby a cable perhaps be swung, by which, if the man is not too muzh exhausted or injured, he might be able to effect an escape. It is feared, however, that before anything is done he will be incapable, from lack of food and nervous excitement, to help himself. At present he can be distinctly descried, cool enough apparently, but making not the slightest effort to attract attention or signal for relief. He is in his tights and bareheaded, and is seen frequently to rub and press his wounded limb. A more frightful pre dicament than that he is in could not easily be con ceived. We understand that some persons suppose Farini to be playing a practical joke, or to be prac• tising an advertising dodge. It is scarcely possible that this can be the case, or that any such felicitous results can come from such a desperate-looking state of things. From the latest reports it appears that Farini was still a prisoner oa Robinson's Island, about 200 ft. above the American Falls, and where the rapids have a tremendous velocity. His part ner had succeeded in effecting a line of refreshment communication with the forlorn stilt-walker, who had been in his uncomfortable position over 40 hours. What steps are being taken to rescue him, if any, were not known. A. large crowd was expected down from Buffalo and Rochester to see the sad spectacle. The condition of this poor fellow was really heartrending. He was within speaking dis tance of the shore, but the throngs who had assem bled to witness his critical situation were powerless to help him." TRIALS OF NEW LlFEBOATS.—Yesterday some harbour trials were made in the Regent's Canal Dock with two new lifeboats belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, and built by the Messrs. Forrest, of Limeli,use, under the superintendence of the society, Th o self-rightiug and othpr properties of the boats were found in every way satisfactory. One of the boats, which is 36 feet long, is to be stationed at Porthdinllaen, on the Car narvonshire coast. She is a splendid boat, and is well cal culated for the important service she will have to p erform on that dangerous point of the coast, wh ere l as t winter several distressing shipwrecks t3ok place. The cost of this boat has been given to the institution by Lady Cotton Sheppard. The other lifeboat is 32 feet long. She is to be stationed at Cardigan, and is in every way suitable for such a station. The cost of this lifeboat and of three others has been collected by It. Whitworth, Egg , of Man chester, amongst his friends and fellow-townsmen. She is called the "John Stuart," after a gentleman of that city, who, thoroughly app rec i a ti ng Mr ' W hitworth's benevolent exertions, promised t o g i ve him a specified sum towards the cost of each lifeboat he would s ucceed in collecting. Th us stimulated, Mr Whitworth has persevered, and raised about £l,OOO in donations, and about £2CO and £3OO in annual subscriptions. The institution has now 137 lifeboats under its management, and invites the co-operation of experienced \and influential persons on the coast to increase that number, in order to station a lifeboat on every point where it can be shown that shipwrecks occur, and where a sufseient number of boatmen or fishermen are residing to work such boats on occasions of emergency. 4.16.41