The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-16 00:00:00

10 2 of reilch. ish of if to a 3 and MONEY MARKET AND COXMERCTATA INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIL There has been a very good demand for accommo dation today in th e genera l di scount mar k et, where 3 y per cent. is now the ordinary charges, with a few transactions at 31 ; per cent. About £37,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. Tie supply of Mexican dollars brought by the Shannon have been sold at ss. 3d. per oz. The capital necessary for carrying out the Atlantis Telegraph enterprise in the best manner has now been provided. Tenders and specimens from eight Contractors have been received in reply to the company's advertisement. These were all sub mitted to the Scientific Committee appointed by the directors, and consisting of Captain Galton, R .E.I Professor Wheatstone, Professor Thom- S ON, Mr. W. Fairbairn, and Me.joseph Whitworth. This committee have sent in their report, unani. Monsly recommending the board to accept the tender of Messrs. Glass, Elliot, and Co. The directors have accordingly accepted Messrs. Glass's tender, and entered into a contract with that firm, whereby the latter are bound to manufacture a cable of the best description to be approved by the Scientific Committee and the board. They also undertake to lay the cable across the Atlantic in 1864. The Manufacture of the cable has already commenced. Two o'CLocK. At a special meeting to-day of the shareholders of the English, Belgian, and Netherlands Bank, a resolution was unanimously agreed to for amalga mating the institution with that of the Union Bank of England and France. The name of the new insti tution is to assume is the European Bank, Limited, possessing a capitAl of £2,000,000, divided into shares of £5O each. The chairman, Mr Macnanghten, stated that as both banks were to have operated in the same field, there would be a great saving of expenses representing somewhere about £5,000 at the outset, and about £lO,OOO a year after- W ards, with the influence of the two Boards united and a combination of capital. The U nion Bank of England and France was trans acting a good business, and contemplated an nouncing a dividend. The expenses of the English, Belgian, and N e the r land s Bank amounted to £7,500, about £5,000 of which was for promotion Money There has been a decline this morning in the _ En glish Funds, amounting to about 1 per cent. This retrograde movement has been caused by a few , a :egy which at the present time, when so great inactivity prevails, are sufficient to influence the quotations. The principal attention of the mem bers has been engaged with the settlement of the account. Consols are 931 for money, and 931 1 for t he account. The New Threes and Reduced are . 92 ; India 5 per Cents.. 108 1 ; do. 51 per Cents 0 4-411 faced Paper, 1171; do. Debentures, 991 100 ; do. Bonds, 17s. to 20s. prem.; and Exchequer Bills par to 3s. prem. Foreign Securities have not been very active, and Prices have been tolerably well supported. Turkish 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 711 ; do., Consolides, 538 P ; Mexican, 441 4 ; Spanish Passive, 36a ; do., Cer tificates, 141 141; Greek, 371 381; do., Coupons, 1 8 181 ; Portuguese, 491 1 ; Peruvian, 881; Rus sian, 931 ; Italian, 721; and the Confederate Loan, 2 6 to 24 discount. Business in the Railway Market has been dull, bat in soma instances prices have shown a firmer tone. Great Northern, Brighton, and Metropolitan have each improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without material variation. Recife and San Francisco, however, have improved to 191 194, and Scind® to 1081. Bank shares, in some instances, are also at en hanced rates. City Bank realised 111 112; London and Buenos Ayres, 461 47; and Union of Lon don 391 In the Miscellaneous Market Crystal Palace Stock has declined to 371. General Credit and Finance are quoted 41 ; London Financial, 13; and Peel River Land, 48 49. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Batik Stock _ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New Cent. Con s ols Annuities 92k 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities 11 :. eut 2i per Cent. A nn uiti es 0 per Cent. Annuities 411 nuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , D itto (Red Sea T e l egra ph), A ug . 1908 2l 1-16 India to 5 p stock D itet Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent D itto 51 per Cent 1171 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 99/ Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 2O Ditto under £1,000.. B ank Stock for Account C onsols for Account, Oct. 8.. In dia Stock fo r Account, 5 per Cent — achequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent par 3 pm Ditto X5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent o Brazilian 5 1 per Cent 1859 Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 1843 .. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilli:tn. 6 per Cent. Ditto 45 per Cent. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825. Dutch, 25 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant tgyptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue - • .. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 37.1 Ditto Account Ditto Coupons lB Ditto Account I BA Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 11exican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 444 541 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .... --- Ditto Accounr.... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. 494 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St Ditto 41 per Cent 1850.. . Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent .. Ditto Account SPanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred -Ditto Account Ditto Passive D itto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Accou n t l4i Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 714 Ditto 6 per C ent. 1863 £l9 16s 8d D itto Guaratteed, 4 , per Cent p d. Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account ... Ditto 6 per Cent., 574 Ditto Account Dividends on the ..... ;;;;L:idninsL9olnaon. Belgian 44 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 25 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ******** Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifica tes ********* -- French Relates, 3 per Cent a . E ******* Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, E x. 2 : s2 l!an f" C;. * iJitto * Account ... . 1861, 724 c onso i st Money TWO O'CLOCK. ............. Ditto Account ...................... 93i a Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Still advancing. Sales, about 20,000 bales. Mid . urle a ," 6,664. about 27V. Imports, 2,218; previously, Sp oital n""Pfil3,llG is so much the rage in Paris that the Bportitc_ aoinc : ''' ranee intends to devote a daily column to Ace s in cluding quotations of betting in England Share; Railways.l raid i Closing Business Price. done. rat. formed 1 train a few Queen ly be ig the ty and hinder incess ved at terday iddell, r , and d the ;clock for a a nd .nd to aging ) roved. made :pec ted of next LadY Lt, w ill Castle, Y b as Hyde- Glad- . Tait, 31', the Enfiel neigh ween y are Mae t' ,i, 0011 Lew Of i 5 i's an ,e Cie' fly of air an d into wancil Larried The of tho e we" other, ) ac do ile. do tghter .ustria ,f this ct, and Coto 4 Wire. Kane yoCi . wths, • Forks• Glker- lit." tier SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND 5T00.6.5. Bir.. Woh. and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andßlid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall IA gets no (Ili Do A till 6p c.p an.ll” been paid to B. 1 1 3 3 , 1 13 in & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. anti W. of Irelanc Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover' Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York _ Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire '. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welchpoo) 'Shropshire Union .... !South Devon !South Eastern 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun I Staines, Wok., and Wok. !Stockton & Darlington! Do Do New, 1806 Taff Vale.... Do B I Do C 'Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim !Waterford dc Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&ll 1 West Midland -Oxford, Do Newport Do Hereford' 8 8i - - 81 81 85 $7 121 J 22 39 40 16 17 97 98 111 113 501 615 90 60 241 251 1233 1245' 1244 1254 14 136 100 1(2 661 67 1121 1131 73, 74} 112 113 42 43 101 101 i 101 i 102] 44 141 121 123 12 20/ 11P 95 97 554 564 254 266 1001 1011 57 t 8 871 881 117 120 1 2 81 82 111 1 it 125 127 44 46 100 102 N 52 30 32 941 al 70 72 99 101 9 10 801 371 8 9i 71 8 p Mu 165 4l 51 t.' 21 31 p 8 6 88 159 162 26 28 44 45 39 41 105 107 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share 100 sktlantio &St Laiirena all 62 44 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 108 1084 1084 Gu. S per cent........ 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 004 Buffalo and ',axe Huron all 54 61 10 Do. Preference . all 74 8i 100 Buff alo,Brant o tGodria to ,, / dp. et. bds. Aug. 1, Is 7:. 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 , 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 167.1 100 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin 100 1071 1081 st Cape Town `Dock Scrip 100 107 109 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. bp. ( 100 109 110 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. lon 108 1,,9 1081 ff 20 Do. do. U Ext lO 11 14p 20 Do. do. H do. 10 11 14p stock Grand Trunk of Canada 10u 20 21 100 Do. Ist Prot. Bonds all 71 13 711 100 Do. do. deferred all 57 59 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 61 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred.— 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28 27 100 Do. do. deferred all 23 25 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 119 110 1071 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 1 14j 20 Do. January, 1862.. 8 1 141 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim; guaranteed 5 per Cent. 100 1074 1084 204 Gt. W. of Canada Share all 101 104 204 Do. New . 100 Do. 6 p.a. '73 with't opt all 95 97 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 90 02 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 44p 21 stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1074 4081 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 102 103 stock Do. 44 do ........ 100 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock lielb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bnd,,. 100 50 ylelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. c. llortg. Bds. all *0 Newßr anemic% s Cand: ' Class A and 8........ all 3 5 N.M.O dab PO 181 Pt bde 100 22 84 stock Uncle .......... (100 1074 1085 1081 at c Do. Delhi • 4.: 100 1u74 1084 / Do. do • 1 I 20 Do. Punjaub t ir's l al 2 ip l —p at Do. Do. ' , took Do. Indus.St Flo.) 000 103 105 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J a SzJ oF) 1877-84 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c. Feb. Az Aug. 100 101 it 3 Do. 6p. o.Mar. & Sept. 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 100 02 94 92 1 Do. 6 Inscribed stock 100 91 13 ICape G.Hope, 6p e. 187:. 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct 1880 100 112 114 Do. 189 r 100 113 115 IDo. Jan. & July, 1891 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 115 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 107 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cont 100 110 112 N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.dr,Jul) 100 103 105 Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1.,18nl 100 1001 101/ Do. sp. e.,18,1 to le7r 100 1014 1021 Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 102 103 1021 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 111 113 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 104 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 1:1 113 j 3. AllB G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 111 113 .Vto.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 Da to 6 o.c. A1).300.. 100 ll4 1144 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 6d uhilord Amalgamated.. 33 35 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist, 1 560 610 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 80 62 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. id par East earadon ..... tit t 28 29 East Cara Brea.... E. WI Russel (Tavistk , 8.6.6 31 4 Gam.drSt.Aunyn(Gwen ) tBl 14 15 Great South 'Coigns.— 17s 41 1 G-. Wheal Vor (110.5t0n 40 81 9 Grenville . liered's-Foot . 8.12 38 40 Flingaton D0wn5...... 4. ' 8.0 2 24 Lady Bertha Margaret Wray Lelant 96 29 61 —llarke Valley. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ' 24 14 d New Setun l9} 100 110 North Downs 24 11 2 N. WWI Basset (111o4an 1.17.0 21 31 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols(St. Blazey; 14 4 5 20 l'rovidence(Uny Lelnt., 10.6.7 i 1 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 f 410 420 S. Carn Brea allogan) 5.15.6 11 2 Wheal Fran. (Illogs.n, 18.1 , -,9 55 65 Stray Park 28.9. 37 39 5 ramarSilv.et Lead Alin 44 4 4 fin Croft 9 191 201 West Basset (Mogan). 16 101 111 I W Cr radon (Liskeard, 5 20 22 West &ton Wheal Basset (IllogaW 51 75 80 Wheal Buller(Hedruth) 5 35 45 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelnut) 2.0.8 WhealLudtott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 11 13 Wheal Oeton . 584 215 225 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 16 18 i Wheal Union 3.17 21 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 44 per cent. pref., 1021 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 150 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., rd., Ditto, £6, 41 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., PL, 105 1:i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Royston, Hitch., and Shep., 136 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lini.) gua. 7 per cent., 20S Great Luxembourg, 141 Recite and San Francisco (lint), gua. 7 per cent., 19 Western and North-Western of France, 211 FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 30 United Itexican (11m,, JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 40 Australasia, 80i I} City, 112 11 English and Irish (Um.), 8 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 251 Imperial Ottoman, 19: London and Brazilian (lim.), 181 iir London, Buenos Ayres, and River elate, 468 7 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 2 81 New South Wales, :52 Provincial of Ireland, Ditto, new, 361 Seinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (11m. ) , . Standard of Briti s h South Africa (11m,),:211 ir Ditto, new, 161 Union of Australia, sii Union of London, 31 MISCELLANEOM. 2 . Company of African Merchants, lim., Crystal Palace, 37} Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 1161 Gen. Cr( dit and k'inance 01 London, Um., 4i Great ship (lim.), Hudson's Bay, 0 4 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 4870 issued 90, 90 Joint stock Discount, 71# L on don Financial Association, lim„ - 13 Peel River Land and Mineral, 48 9 Van Diemen's Laud, Li A slight shock of earthquake was felt a few days back at Algiers. Eight or ten oscillations passing in a southerly direction were observed. A boy six years old, named Bellet, was killed two days since by a thrashing-machine at Mont-de-Bolbec (Se ine-Inferieure.) The child's clothes caught the cold of the shaft, and ho was carried round and crushed to death against the post. The b o d y of a woman name d Angelique Fores t .; el' , aged i 6, was found two day since in the river Bethune near Neufchatel (Seine-Inferieure). The poor woman is supposed to have thrown herself in during a fit of tempo rary iusanity, 1 2 i 1012 / 21 101 44 124) 4 124 g 7 101 i d THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPFEMBER 16, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market. Both red and white qualities, however, met a slow sale, at Monday's decline in the quotations of Is. per quarter. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stand was large. In all descriptions, sales progressed slowly, yet no alteration took place in the currencies. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request, at late rates. Malting barley sold freely, at extreme currencies. Grinding and distilling sorts, however, were in slow dtmand, on former terms. In malt a fair average business was transacted at full quotations. The oat trade was far from active ; indeed, inferior pro duce was very difficult of sale. The supply on offer was tolerably large. Beams aLd peas moved off steadily, at full currencies. For flour the inquiry was much restricted, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS NvEEK. Wheat, Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English...— 530 300 I 1,Z,90 370 700 Foreign 5,700 370 I I 33,600 220 brig. 320 sks. BOROUGH HOP. A steady business is passing in new hops, at rather higher prices for fine samples. Yearling and old hops are steady in value. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is only moderate, yet the trade ruled somewhat inactive, at the annexed quotations :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3a 6d to 48 4d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per Sibs. Ly the carcase. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Sept. 15.—While the excitement in the cotton market has strengthened and led to a good deal of business in yarns, it has almost para lysed the cloth market. Private letters from Liver pool report sales yesterday to the enormous extent of 30,000 bales, while the writers state there is little doubt that, if there had been a better choice, buyers would have taken 60,000. Surats advanced d. per lb., and American and Egyptian id. told. The sales again to-day are announced at 20,000 bales. The excitement, as might be expected, com municated itself to dealers in yarn and spinners in this market, and they were yesterday asking an advance of id. per lb., and are to-day requiring ld. per lb. advance on yesterday's rates, and 2d, per lb. on those of last Tuesday. At these rates almost everything that could be laid hold of has been swept out of the market, and we have had a state of excitement such as has rarely been expe rienced here. The sellers of cop-yarns report prices lid. to 2d. per lb. above the rates of last Tuesday, and while some spinners say the advance checks business, others speak of the check as mainly arising from the absence of goods to sell. Buyers say of the yarn-market that the excitement is such as practically to have made the market very diffi cult to operate in from its irregularity, spinners in many cases finding a difference of 11d. to 2d. per lb. in the rates demanded for the same qualities of yarn. In the cloth market, manufacturers have of course endeavoured to follow the advance; but, fol lowing as this impetus does so soon after the pre vious one, they appear to have been hardly pre pared for it. Some of them, foreseeing the futility of any attempt really to obtain rates adequate to the ad vance which is now required to cover the increased cost of cotton, refrain from offering their goods at all. Those who have cloths to sell have in some cases put up their quotations ls. per piece, and some even more than that; butit precludes business. At the close of last week some of the old London buyers were in the market for both yarn and cloth for Ctina ; but to-day buyers for all markets appear to have been discouraged from attempting operations. Speculators even seem to be chary of taking goods at the rates demanded. There has been a good deal of inquiry and hunting through the market in search of stocks ; but both speculators and bona fide buyers alike refrain from offering contracts for future delivery. Whether the present is considered, in the language of the market, a " spurt," or otherwise, there seems to be little confidence in the dura bility of present rates, and buyers want stocks avail able for immediate delivery, and stocks are exceed ingly scarce. With all the excitement, therefore, it is generally reported that very little business has been done in cloths. Buyers have in some instances to-day refused to give even late rates, and much less would they give the advances required. On the other hand, manufacturers are discouraged, and give up all hope of conducting a satisfactory trade in the present wild state of the cotton market, and talk of again closing their mills until the spirit of gambling which now seems to reign in Liverpool has given way to a calmer and more business like tone. Messrs. Sohn Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market : "In consequence of the rapid advance in the raw material we have had a very excited market here, both yesterday and to-day. There is great irregularity in quotations, which must be considered entirely nominal; but speaking generally we may say that an advance of something like a shilling per piece is asked on shirtings, and on other goods in propor tion. So far buyers decline to pay this advance, and there is consequently very little business doing." CARDIFF, 14th.—The coal trade continues brisk, and there is a good demand. Prices are firmer, and an advance of 3d. and 6d. have been obtained in several instances. The colliers have commenced a movement with the view of applying for an ad • vance, but it is not believed that the coal-masters will accede to the application. There is an ave rage business doing in the iron trade, and nearly all the works are well employed. During the last five or six days bars have shown a further improve ment of about ss. The wages of the Tiddlers and others employed about the ironworks are likely to be increased from sto 10 per cent. The extensive Plymouth works are about to pass into the hands of Messrs. Fothergill and Hankey. LEEDS, 15th.—There has been a moderately good demand for cloths in the halls this morning, and the winter trade is likely to close well. Stocks of the most current-going fabrics in the hands of makers are by no means large, and, indeed, the quantity of cloth in the halls has not often been much less than it is at present. The manufacturers in all departments are well employed, and some of them are turning their attention to the fabrics for the spring trade. The range of prices keeps steady, having an upward rather than a downward ten dency. Wools of all descriptions are firm. The flax trade is etesdy in most departments. ROCHDALE, 14th.—The flannel trade keeps quite active, the manufacturers being in full employment, and their products being either made to order or finding a ready market. There was not a very large attendance of buyers et market to-day, but they bought freely, and little of the bulk of stock offered in the market was left unsold. The demand ex tends to both plain and fancy goods, and those of low quality are scarce. Prices have an upward tendency, those of wool as well as those of goods. As long as cotton keeps up wool is not likely to fell much, though manufacturers buy cautiously. THE PROPORTION OF BIRTHS TO POPI7LATION is 1 in 28 in England and Wales ; 1 in 29 in Spain and Bavaria; 1 in 30 in Belgium, Holland, and Norway; 1 in 32 in Sweden, 1 is 33 in Hanover, the Hanse Towns, and Denmark; 1 in 31 in Greece, and 1 in 38 in France. Consequently the natural increase of population is lower in France, in spite of the high marriage rate, than in any other European State. More fertile than England are only Wurtemburg, where the proportion of births to population is lin 26; Russia, where it is 1 in 25; Austria, Saxony, and Prussia, where it is 1 in 24 ; and Poland, where the proportion is lin 23. It is, probably, a fact not generally known that the women of the unhappy country now in the throes of revolution form, as far as fruitfulness is con cerned, the vanguard of their sex in Europe. VIOLENT OUTRAGE ON A YOUNG LADY.--At the Newport Police-court, on Saturday, John Williams, a young farm labourer, was eharged with assaulting and attempting to violate Amy Daniel, niece of a farmer re siding at Nash, on the previous Monday evening. The young lady being sworn, said—On Monday evening, at half-past five, I went from my uncle's house to visit a friend. I was quite alone. When going past the Newell Farm the prisoner passed me just as I entered the first of two fields I had to go through. When I reached near the end of the second field, a little before f 3 in o'clock, I heard footsteps behind me, and turning my head I saw him. I walked a little slower to let him go before me over the plank of a small bridge. lie said, " Good evening, miss ; are you going far?" I said " Only as far as Salt Marsh." " Shall I come with you ?" he asked. " Oh, no, I can go by myself," I replied. " Then," he said, " I must have a kiss." " No, you won't," I told him ; but he immediately caught me round the waist, and threw me on the ground. I screamed as loud as I could. He knelt on me and dragged up my clothes; and I struggled with him, and pulled his hair, and tore his shirt ; but he scratched my face and my hands. He was muttering something all the while to himself, but I could not tell what he said. We struggled on the ground for five minutes ; but he hurt me further than 1 said. As I thought he might be trying to rob me, I begged him to let me got up, and I would give him all the money I had in my pocket. He said, " How much have you got ?" I said, "I do not know, but if you will let me get up I will give you all I have." Then he let ma get up, and I gave him all I had, which was 6d., and I ran into the "rhine" (the ditch), and waded through the water, and got under some briars to escape from him. He went away, and I came out again to get my hat and umbrella, and the apples, which I had lost in the struggle. He ran back after me again, when I jumped into the rhine again, and was up to my waist in the water. [The poor girl here wept, and could not be induced to repeat the disgusting threats which the prisoner had used to her ' if she did not come out of the water. She said it was too disgusting to repeat.] Wh e n the prisoner did at last go off I got out and ran as well as I could to a little cottage, where they took off my wet clothes and then con veyed me to my uncle's house. A police-constable said he went in pursuit of the prisoner, and apprehended him at Chepstow. When taking him from the cell to the rail way station he said, " What will be done to me ? I suppose they will send me to gaol." Witness replied that he did not know. In the train prisoner said, " I wonder what they will do with me—l suppose they won't transport a fellow ?" Wit nes s again replied, " I don't know." The prisoner being asked if he had anything to say, replied, " I am not guilty." Ile was fully committed to take his trial at the neat quarter sessions. MANSION-HOUSE. George Prickett, a potboy, was charged with stealing a box containing property to the amount of 80. Mr. Watson said he kept the Queen's Arms public-house, Queenhil he. The prisoner had been in his service about two months, This morning he (witness) found he had been robbed of some property from a drawer in the bar parlour, which ho had locked about two minutes before. The prisoner was at time in the kitchen. After he (witness) had locked the cash box, in a few minutes ho heard the barmaid calling " George has stolen the cash box." He came up stairs as soon as he could, and found the cash bcx gone. He gave information to the police, but when the prisoner was taken in custody, he denied all knowledge of the robbery. There was £29 10s Od in gold and various other property in the box, worth in all, to about £6O. Prisoner—lt's all false. Ellen Woodward, barmaid in the service of Mr. Watson, said—When Mr. Watson went from the bar-parlour, she saw the prisoner go behind the door and put something un der his waistcoat. She asked him what he got, and he said " Nothing." He then rushed out of the house, and she gave an alarm that he had stolen the cash box. Prisoner—l went behind the bar to get a knife and fork for a customer, nothing else. All the witness says is false. George Richards said he saw a man about eleven o'clock this morning give a man on Bull-wharf a box, which he had concealed in a handkerchief, and then ran away. The prisoner was the man who had the box in the first instance. He knew him to be in Aldermanthe service oafr Carden—Well, n Mr. Watson. iprisoner, what have you to say to that ? Prisoner—Why, he spoke false as well. Alderman Carden—All three of the witnesses, you say, Stated untruths? Prisoner—Yes. Alderman Carden—Well, I don't think so. There is reason to believe the man to whom you gave the box can be discovered, and therefore I shall remand you till Friday. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL OF DANGEROUS FELLOWS.-.-TWO young men, named John Hart and Willitem Sullivan, was, charged with loitering in Hemming's-row for a felonious purpose. The evidence of Mr. Gordon, 336 A, went to show that on the previous night he saw the two prisoners with three other fellows visiting the urinals in Hemming's-row and Duke's-court, several times in company. Knowing that their purpose in doing so was either to extract money from, or to rob gentlemen, he kept a close watch on them, and heard a gentleman in Castle-street call " Police," and saw him knock one of the prisoners down. The whole of the fellows then ran up Castle-street followed by the gentle man, and after a sharp pursuit, assisted by Waterson, 144 C, he (Gordon) succeeded in securing the two prisoners. On the spot a hat, either belonging to the gentleman or to one of the prisoners' companions, was picked up. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, Waterson said he had known the prisoners for two years past as loiterers about urinals, and had cautioned them several times. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked if it was known who the gentleman was, and Gordon said that he seemed frightened and went away. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the fellows for three months each, at the same time stating that such dangerous fellows would always be sharply dealt with by him. THAMES. JUVENILE THIEVES AND AN ADULT RECEIVER. Sarah Bateman, a married woman, of No. 3, Davis-street, Bromley, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with feloniously receiving 100Ibs. of coal, the property o f t h e North London Railway Compater. The case was a singular one. This morning, between the hours of 3 and 4 o'clock, a police-constable named Thos. Wakeling, No. 100 K, saw a barge moored right across the Limehouse Cut, a branch of the river Lea, at Bromley. The barge formed a kind of pontoon-bridge, and four boys, each laden with large pieces of coal, were running across the barge from the east to the west side of the " cut." One boy went into the prisoner's house on the west bank of the canal, the others into houses adjoining. The constable pur sued them across the barge,but they all escaped. He made an immediate search in the houses he had seen the boys enter. In the yard of one he discovered between 700 and 800 lbs. of coal in lumps, and in the kitchen cupboard of the pri soner's dwelling he found 100 lbs. more. The prisoner was up and in her night dress. They rushed out of the house directly after the constable entered. He asked the prisoner whose boy was that, and she said it was her own son. She could give no account whatever as to how she became pos sessed of the coals. There is a wharf in the occupation of the North London Railway on the eastern side of the cut, and a siding from the railway over which coal trucks are pro pelled. The coals are discharged from the trucks into barges. The barge, which had been converted into a bridge, was close alongside she bank of the canal, and under the coal trucks, in readiness to receive the contents of the trucks. About half a ton of coals had been stolen from one of the trucks in the course of the night. The trucks or waggone on the railway sidings were laden with Staveley coal. The 8 cwt. of coal found in the yard of one house, and the kitchen cupboard of the prisoner's corresponded exactly with the coals in the waggons. The barge was shifted from its position. _ _ _ Mr. Woolrych inquired if any retail dealers in the neigh , . bourhood of the place where the prisoner lived sold Staveley coal, and the answer was in the negative. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Woolrych said a very daring robbery was committed in the night time by severa l b oys, who sto l e a ton of coals from one of the trucks, and carried their booty to the oppo site side of the cut, and were nothing daunted by the dog on the wharf barking fearfully. The prisoner was much worse than the thieves. She was the receiver, and was a very wicked woman. He sentenced her to six weeks' im prisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the coals found in her kitchen cupboard. The magistrates of this court have commenced business at 15 or 30 minutes past ten o'clock since the sth inst., to the great convenience of the public. The change has effected immense good. The magistrates have been enabled to leave the court every afternoon at five o'clock, and good order and quiet has prevailed. The people at tending upon the night charges and remands are away be fore the persons atterding on summonses arrive—there has been no quarrelling or disorder in the avenues leading to the court, and there is no prospect, while the present system continues, of people being detained until seven and eight o'clock in the evening, or leaving the court wearied, exhausted, and disappointed. If the magistrates will follow up their good intentions and commence business at ten o'clock precisely every morning (the hour at which the judges Commence business in Westminster Hall) they will confer another boon on the inhabitants of the district. Two additional clerks are much required. Two clerks were appointed to the Thames Police Court when it was first established 60 years ago, The business has since increased tenfold, and no additional clerks have been ap pointed. Two clerks are not sufficient for the business of the court, and were it not for the assistance of the ushers and summoning officers, matters would be brought to a standstill. Mr. Woolrych arrived at the court this morning at a few minutes after 10 , heard the immedi ately,applicationshieemngr. and commenced the hearing of the night cha rges a t hh andiasl f six•p will s w t be l ee o k a . a Hety 'holiday Isleaves o weeks . to o n w aftern o Mr r his h vacationis Partridge, appointment, this whomr eni in the enjoyed early part of the summer, will preside daily businessWoolrych at l away, and nd it is to leave off a b t o S hoped he will precisely, i commence compliance with the Act of Parliament, WESTMINSTER. powerful A DEAF AND DUMB FlGHT.—Marti n Fr y , a young man, was charged with being disorderly in the street and assaulting the police. On the accused being placed before the magistrate, it wa s stated that he was deaf and dumb. Mr. Arnold asked whether there was any one present who could acquaint the defendant with the charge against him, and the evidence of the police-constable in support of it? Defendant's sister stepped forward and said that she could. She was then formally sworn to interpret the evidence to the best of her skill and ability, and discharged the duty by signs and gesticulations with much apparent ability. Police -constable Baker, 297, said he was in i)remorne road, at seven last evening, when he found the defendant fighting. He separated them and told them to go away; when ho not only found that the defendant was deaf and dumb, but that the other man with whom he was fighting was similarly afflicted. There was a large mob assembled, and, with th e assistance of another cons t a ble, witness dispersed the p eop l e and got defendant and t h e o ther away, but in a few minutes the accused returned to the spot and commenced fighting with another man. The latter went away, out defendant would not, and knocked witness's hat off and struck hi m i n the breast. He was very violent all the way to the station. Defendant's sister communicated with him, and after an exchange of signs said that his reply was, that he did not remember anything that had occurred. Mr. Arnold asked whether he was intoxicated ? The constable replied that he was, and added that he was not hurt by the blows defendant gave him. Inspector Drake said that defendant was generally a well conducted man. Mr. Arnold said he should require him to find one surety for his good behaviour. He was locked up. BUTTERCUPS. — The popular belief that butter obtains its rich yellow colour from the cows eating various other kinds of .Ranunculus —the buttercups or king cups—seem to be destitute of foundation. Cattle, unless very hungary, will not touch the buttercups, and having eaten them their mouths become sore and blistered; but, strange to add, though cows refuse to eat them, as also do pigs and horsee, sheep and goats will. The acrid principle of the Ranunculus family attains its culminating point in the hellebore and the monkshood or aconite. The root of the latter has occasionally been mistaken for horseralieb, and with fatal results, SHIPPING --This Day. LONDON, Sept. 16.—Wino this day at noon—West ; fine. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Twende Sostres, from Soderham ; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey; Dido, from Sunderland ; Duke of Gloucester, from Poole ; Meik a J ac obs, from St. Peters burg; James, from Llanedy ; Sirene, from Dantsic. Sailed—Problem, for Whitehaven; Maid a Erin, for Cork; Aries, for Poole; Argyle (steamer), for Carentan. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 15—Three Brothers, from Gottenburg Walpas (picked up, abandoned at sea) ; Ann, from Danbic. Arrived, Sept. 16—Almuth Catharina, from Memel; Concordia, from Guernsey; Maria, from Aalb or g; Chris tiana, from Guernsey ; Maid of Athens, from Riga. Sailed —Belgium (4eamer), for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored—Mary Scott, from London, for Sydney; Rolke, of Newcastle, from the north, for the west. Passed—Unrivalled, from London, for Shanghai ; Bril liant, from London, for Boston. KENSAL GREEN.—On our way to the chapel, disturbed neither by the constant whizzing past of trains on the divers lines adjacent, nor by the incessant " Crack, crack," from the riflemen at practice on Wormwood Scrubs, Mr. Dawe informs me that the cemetery is vested in a joint-stock company of proprietors, that it has been in existence for more than thirty years, and that from fifty to sixty thousand persons are interred herein. This he con siders a low estimate, as there are some eighteen thousand graves, and an average of three or four bodies in each. blow many burials does he consider the rule per week ? Perhaps seven a day in summer, and eight in winter; he has known as many as twelve in. one winter's day, but that was exceptional. No, this cemetery never inters on Sundays. It used to do so formerly, but it has given up the practice for years; the Roman Catholic one adjoining it to the west does, and also, he believes, the one at 'Willesden ; and if I should ever attend the chapel of Lock Hospital, and hear of, or see, irreverent burial processions passing on the road, perhaps I will remember that they are not coming here, but to one of the two grounds adjacent, What is the size of the cemetery ? Well, between seventy and eighty acres. Forty-seven acres are at present in actual use, but thirty additional acres have been recently consecrated, the party wall having just been taken down ; and workmen are now employed in making roads and laying out the ground. A portion of the original forty-seven acres is unconsecrated and appropriated to dissenters. This por tion has its separate chapel and catacombs ; and a dis• seating minister, provided by the company, attends the funerals therein. Any other minister preferred by the friends of the deceased is permitted to officiate, and if desired, the body may be consigned to earth without any ceremony. Perhaps I have read in the papers of the Indian princess brought here the other day, and whose remains some of her Sikh servants wished to have burnt ? Well, this was a case .in point. The coffin was placed in the Dissenter's catacomb, and, though a speech was de livered which Mr. Dawe, though not speaking the Sikh tongue, believes to have been on the virtues of the de ceased, the burial is described in the company's registry book by the words "no ceremony." It was a large funeral with many carriages. No, not the largest he bad seen, per haps one of them ; but then he had only been here a few months, and it is in place of the superintendent, who is away, that he is acting as my guide. The most numerously attended interment coming under his own observation, was that of the secretary to the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation; and the next that of Sir Cresswell Cressw€ll who lies under the plain slab before us. There has not been time to procure a monument, explains Mr. Dawe, but you will be interested to learn, sir, that the poor gentleman came up here and selected that bit of ground for himself, not ten days before he met with the accident from the effects of which he died.—. Dickens's " All the Yearßounel." THE POLICE, AND MONEY TAKEN FROM PRI SONERS.--A somewhat singular case, which excited much interest, was heard yesterday at the Woolwich County Court, before Mr. J. Pitt Taylor, judge. It ap pears that about a month since Corporal Samuel Morris, of the Woolwich division Royal Marine Light Infantry, lost a purse containing £22, chiefly in notes, and subse quently suspicion fell upon two privates of the corps named Showell and Sergeant, who were charged with the illegal possession of the money, and when appre hended a sum of £l3 Bs. was found in their possession. 'The prisoners were examined on more than one occasion before Mr. Train, at the Woolwich Police Court , and although it was proved that they had changed totes in London shortly after the corporal's loss, the magistrate considered that the evidence was insufficient for a convic tion, and discharged the prisoners, but refused to make any order as to the appropriation of the £l3 Bs., which had been taken from them and remained in the hands of In spector James Linville, of the R division. The amount was demanded of the inspector by Corporal Morris as being a portion of the money ho had lost, and it was ultimately agreed to refer the matter to the decision of the County Court. Yesterday the defendant, Inspector Linville, ap peared at the suit o f C orpora l M orr i s, w h o sued the de fendant for the £l3 Bs., alleged to be illegally detained. The two marines who had been discharged from custody were also in court ; and his honour, after hearing the facts of the case, nonsuited the plaintiff, on the grounds that he had no title to the money after the men in whose posses sion it was found had been di sc h arge d by the magistrate, and as it had not been proved that the cash was part of the change of the lost notes. I nspector Linvi ll e e xpressed a s t rong desire to get rid of the responsibility by handing the money to the proper owner ; and the parties then proceeded -to ,the p o lice -court, when th e presiding mag i s t ra t e —M r. Tmill--- aga in declined to make any order, and ultimately the matter was settled out of court, by the two marines consenting to receive £1 each, the remainder of the money being given to Corporal Morris: Who is doubtless the right ful owner. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT LLANDAFF.--A fatal accident occurred at Rady r Quarry, ti bout a mile from Llandaff and four from Cardiff, on Monday afternoon, by which three men have lost their lives, and eight sustained injuries of a serious character. Th i s quarry belongs to the Taff Vale Railway Company, and has been worked by them for the last three years, the stone from it being used in the construction of the docks at Penrith. It is on the side of the Penarth Railway at Radyr, and is a kind of ravine with scaffolding on each side; the stone rises to the height of about 30 feet, and along and across the ravine scaffolding is fixed, with travelling cranes for the raising of stone. There are three of these cranes in use, and connected with each is a small locomotive steam-engine. One of these cranes was at work on Monday, about the centre of the quarry, and underneath near to it a number of men were employed in gettin g atone ready for the crane to raise, which places it within the trucks ready to receive it. The men employed at the bottom of the quarry were about 30 feet below the tra velling crane, which ran on a "runner" about 34 feet long, the shortest in the works. The crane was in the act of rais ing a stone about a ton and a half in weight, when a portion of the runner snapped at a place in which there was a knot in the wood, and where an iron bolt had been fixed, The consequence was that the crane, tender, a n d eng i ne, with a good part of th e woo d wor k o f the framin g , fell with a crash, burying three of the men beneath in its ruins. Immediately after the accident the works were entirely stopped. The inquest will be held to-day. A brilliant meteor was observed some days back at Setif, in Algeria. It was travelling in a northerly direc tion when it suddenly burst into thousands of sparks like a rocket, and disappeared. ELor'EmE" IN " HIGH LIFE." - -It is not every day that one will read the startling intelligence of of a prince having elop e d w ith a menial, nor is it generally known that this town produces two resident queens, but truth it is that between night and morning of the 4th inst., Prince William, third son of her august Gipsy Majesty, did elope in the direction of Lamberton Toll, Coldstream ; with a n o ther man's wife ; and although it was known to the bridegroom that kind inquiries would be made after them g by the executors of the law, still, with that san froid audacity peculiar to the tribe, he again returned to this town last Saturday n i g ht, and within a n h our sold off his whole stud of horses and carriages and left for Newcastle. ---Bernick A dvertiser. The cottage of the "Dairyman's Daughter," at Arreton, in the Isle of Wight, celebrated through the Rev. Legh Richmond's writings, is advertised for sale. Mr. Bass, M.P., on Mr. Somes's Bill, At the dinner of the Manchester and Salford Vic tuallers' Association on Friday evening, Mr. BA SS, echo presid e d, t oo k occas i on t o o b s erve that the licensed victuallers of the kingdom had set an example to all other t ra d esmen, b y s h ow i ng t h e manner in which the legitimate interests of a trade could be fostered and protect e d Wh they came to consider the peculi ar i ty of their n business in aine being licensed and privileged, and therefor t eperhapsmore hey would liable to be carped at than ot h ers, see the necessity of banding togeth er , not only to kee pgeneral order among themselves, b u t w i th a view to guard against encroachments. He hardly k new whet her it was quite to the point to remark on the legislation of the past Parliamentary session which was promoted by Mr. Somes and others. The noise that was made by that party of temperance orators led to considerable apprehension, and many thought the licensed victuallers' party would be in a minority. He believed that many who took part in the temperance movement in Parliament were most sincere, and believed they were attempting what would be righteous and good by putting an end to all drinking whatever. But the members in Parliament who in their hearts supported the views advocated at present by Mr. Somes, Mr. Law son, and a very few others, were very small indeed. He could relate an anecdote proving this. On the evening of the division on Mr. Somes's motion, he (the chairman) was in a downstairs room in the House of Commons, where honourable members, overcome with fatigue, or oppressed by the elo quence of talking members, sometimes assembled to chat and smoke cigars. (Cheers.) One gentle man there said to him, in reference to the subject of the bill, " What -- nonsense it is. (Loud cheers and laughter.) Without swearing, however, he (the chairman) entirely agreed with this remark. But when the house a few hours afterwards went to a division, he saw this gentleman coming out of the one end, while he (the chairman) was coming out of the other. The gentleman excused himself by saying that he knew there was no harm in doing what he was doing, as Mr. Somes's party was sure to be in a minority. (Laughter.) And this was no solitary instance. He knew that the far larger proportion of those who voted for the second reading of that bill did so without any expectation that it would be car- - ried, and no doubt they were pressed into it by the temperance people. He was quite persuaded there were not a dozen men in Parliament in favour of this temperance movement. (Cheers.) Not withstanding this, it would be very unsafe for the association to remain quiet, for he had had personal proof of the indefatigable restlessness of these people. No man in the world could be more op posed to intemperance than he was, and no man could accuse him of ever being under the influence of liquor, or of contributing to make any other man so. There scarcely could be any more unhappy position than that of a man who drank himself senseless. But was this any reason why they should be denied the use of those things which the Almigh'y had placed within their reach? If that measure of Mr. Somes had been passed, it would have been a rank injustice if they did not lock every cellar door in England from Saturday night till Monday morning. (Cheers.) It was almost amusing when one came to consider how these temperance people estimated the vast interests concerned. It was calculated that from 86 to 100 millions sterling were invested in the trades in which the licensed victual lers were concerned, and all this would be put an end to if the teetotallers succeeded in their proposal. The capital of the licensed victuallers was be tween 50 and 60 millions of money; and the com mon brewers had no less than 20 millions actively engaged in trade. It was a curious fact that the trade done by common brewers was the largest trade done by any tradesmen in the world. (Cheers.) There were many brewers who manufactured and sold an article to the amount of e million a year. He knew a gentleman who sold lest year £1,100,000 worth of beer. (Cheers.) And yet all this was a mere bagatelle to those people who wished to de stroy the trade upon which 600,000 persons were dependent for their livelihood. (Hear, hear.) THE CONFEDERATE CRUISERS FLORIDA AND ALABAMA.—The Courrier de Havre publishes the following from a correspondent at Cherbourg :—" The Con federate cruiser Alabama will probably be in Cherbourg in a short time. It is known that, a few days ago, a ship broker of this place received a letter addressed to Captain Semmes, and this has confirmed the rumours in cir culation."—The Florida is being rapidly repaired in one of the Government basins at Brest. Her screw has been detached, and several parts of her machinery have been re paired or replaced. With respect to the claims made upon her by certain French merchants for property destroyed, it is stated chat Captain Maffit has offered to deposit a sum of money sufficient to pay all demands until the tribunals have decided upon the claims. It would thus appear that, so far as the provisional embargo on the Florida is concerned, it will not interfere with the freedom of her movements whenever she is ready to put to sea. The Opinions Nationale, in its Saturday's impression says : " Our coadjutor, who left Brest on Thursday morning, assures us that there was no question in the town of the seizure of the Florida, on the demand of two shipowners, victims of the ravages of that cruiser. On Wednesday evening he witnessed the opening of the immense metal bridge which separates the commercial from the Govern ment port—and which is never opened except for our own men of war—for the passage through of the Florida. The Southern cruiser has obtained the exceptional favour of ad mission for reparation to a careening basin of the state. The Florida floats very low in the water, and is of great length. She is the best sailer known, making 16 knots an hour, a speed never previous:y attained by any vessel? She only carries seven guns. It is reported that each sailor belong ing to the Florida is entitled to 45,0001. (L 1,800) as his share of the captures, amounting in ull to 4,000,000 f. Before the Florida is ready to put to sea the Federal men-of-war will certainly be on the look-out for her at the mouth of the harbour. But it is not likely that she will expose herself to this danger. It is said that as soon as repaired she will be offered for sale, and that her place will be supplied by a vessel constructed on the same model in some unknown shipyard of England. This vessel will bo manned by the crew of the Florida, and commanded by the same captain. AVALANCHES have been observed in the canton of Appenzell and in the chain of the Alps on the side of the valley of the Rhine. A terrific avalanche precipitated itself frorm the top of the Falkniss into the valley. A REMARKABLE DREAM.—On Saturday morn ing a man about 30 years of age, named Benjamin Collins, was found drowned in a small da m b e l ong i ng to t h e White-hull pit, at Wyke. When found he was kneeling in the water with his head down, being only up to the shoulders in the water. He had been drinking for several days, and became restless. He got up about 2 o'clock in the morning, partly dressed himself, and said he could not sleep. Soon afterwards he went out, and about 4 o'clock his uncle, Mr. Mark Collin, of Lower Car Close farm, wen' in search of him in the barn and stables, but not finding him there returned to the house. Mrs. Collins then desired her husband to go to the place where the body was found, as she had just dreamt her nephew was drowned there. Mr. Collins acted as his wife requested, and, to his amazement and horror, saw the literal fulfilment of her dream.— York Herald. THE GREAT DRAUGHT MATCH.—This tedious and wearisome contest —if contest that can be called which consisted in the te r minated repetition of precisely the —r yesterday. When the same series of moves farce had been solemnly performed up to the very last game, th e English champion, Martins, suggested whether it was worth while to go through it for the fiftieth time ; and proposed that the match should be considered wholly " a draw." This proposition was assented to on the other aide; and so both parties took themselves off with the proud consciousness that if they had done no good to their friends they had done them quite as little harm. The issue, and still more the character, of the contest, have caused much disappointment among skilful and enthusi astic players. It is but just to Wylie, however, to say that he made repeated overtures to his rival in favour of import ing something of life and reality into the play by a variation of moves, but Martins declined, arguing that while it might be all very well for Wylie, surrounded as he was by his sup porters, to venture on such a course, yet he, in justice to his chief backer, who was absent, could not adopt a change of policy. At the close a proposal to play a game or two for a couple of pounds aside was rejected by Wylie, on the ground that to do so might interfere with another match, designed to come off in London, for which arrangements are now being made—indeed, we understand that all which is needed is that Martins should fix the time.—North British. Mail. ALARMING ANNOUNCEMENT.-A MAGAZINE AT OUR ANTIPODES I-A. magazine has been started at Auck land, New Zealand, and is called the " Southern Monthly Magazine." " WINE--THE VINE AND THE CELLAR"—is the title of a new book about to be published by the Messrs. Longman. , r • SPORTING INTELLIG.ENCE.--This Day. DONCASTER RACES—This DAY, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA.PII. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 9 to 2 agst Avenger (taken) 7 to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 9 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 16 to 1 agst Borealis (taken) 16 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken) 20 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken) 20 to 1 agst Serf (taken) 50 to 1 agst National Guard (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cairncastle (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. SEPTEMBER. Brecon 2l Richmond 22 Monuiouth. 24 OCT Coventry ...... . 6 . . 8edf0rd......... 6 Caledonian Hunt .. 7 Newmarket S. I Manchester Autumn ....25 Newmarket Ist Oct. ....29 Edinburgh, &c. IBER. Lineoln Autumn 20 Kelso 21 Gloucester 22 Newmarket Houghton 26 NOVEMBER. Worcester 3 1 Shrewsbury Autumn....lG IRISH. SEFTEMBER. Listowel 2l Jenki nstown Park 23 Li m erick 2l I 0 CTOBER. Curragh ....20 WALKING AGAINST TIME. An occurrence took place on Friday last whi c h has excited considerable interest among the military and sporting circles. Lieutenant Thomas, of the 2d battalion of the 32d Foot, stationed at Ful wood garrison, who has on previous occasions executed some feats of endurance in pedestrianism, lately alleged, in presence of some of his brother officers during mess, that he could walk, fully accoutred as P. private soldier, and armed with rifle and bayonet, 60 miles within 20 hours. Bets were freely offered, which Lieutenant Thomas as freely accepted, and £3OO to £lOO was staked in various sums against him. The 60 miles to be gone over were fixed to be on the turnpike-road between Preston to Lancaster. He commenced his walk at a quarter past three o'clock on Friday morning, the starting point being the first milestone from Preston, opposite a promenade known as the Ladies' Walk. He was fully accoutred in the full marching condi tion of a private soldier, with rifle and knapsack, kit, bayonet, and 20 rounds of ammunition, the whole weighing about 561 b. He was accompanied by two referees, Captain Beale, of the 10th Regiment, and Lieut. Duncombe, of the 41st, Lieut. Garforth, of the 32d Infantry, being umpire; these were accom modated in a conveyance. The gallant pedestrian started off in hearty spirits, and arrived at Garstang, 10 miles on his route, at 6 o'clock. Here he par took of a cup of tea, and then pushed on for Lan caster, making the good old town at 9.30. He im mediately turned his face again for Garstang, where he arrived precisely at half-past 12. He again re turned to Lancaster, arriving at 6 p,m. He recruited himself at the King's Arms there for 15 minutes, and then commenced the concluding portion of his task—his return to Preston, where he arrived, or at least he arrived at the winning post outside the town, at 10.50, having accomplished his extraor dinary feat in 25 m i nutes less than the stipu lated time—viz., in 19 hours 35 minutes. He had intended walking from Preston to Lan caster and back, and then to Garstang and back to Preston, but finding the road between Gar stang and Lancaster best served his purpose, and there being on that portion less probability of a crowd of spectators, ho chose to traverse that part of the road twice, instead of the Southern half of the journey. When he arrived at Broughton, about three miles from Preston, he was met by a large number of persons, who cheered him lustily when he came in sight, there appearing to be general satisfaction at the accomplishment of the feat, which, considering the weight Lieutenant Thomas had to carry, was most extraordinary. For the last few miles he exhibited manifest signs of exhaustion, but gamely kept on, and won, as we have said, with 25 minutes to spare. When Mr. Thomas first took up the challenge bets of 3 to 1 against him were freely offered, but as the day approached confi dence in his ability to perform the task became strengthened, and the betting became even. So confident was he of his own powers of endurance that on the evening before the match he backed himself at 5 to 1 to accomplish the feat. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 7. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Sergeant-Major George White to be Quartermaster, vice Brickdale, deceased, BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial portance in the Gazette : Wm. Tuck, farmer, Holt, Norfolk Joseph Harper, farmer, New Romney, Kent Frederick G. Williams, wine cooper, Rose-lane, R a t d i Edward Price, grocer, W Nottin arminster ainterhill F. Smith, p , g Paris, Berlin wool dealer, Ipswich. G ja e m or e g s e Joseph Lee, engineer, Leicester Henry Andrew, innkeeper, St. Ives John Shaul, grocer, Bath Henry S. Garforth, butcher, Bradford James Saph, licensed victualler, Swansea Ellen Cumin, boarding-school keeper, Tiverton. George Crook, journeyman painter, Finsbury James Boreham, builder, Barnsbury John Yardley, bucher, Bilston, Stafford Daniel Shaw, boat builder, Wolstanton, Stafford Alfred Drage, baker, Northampton James Henry Quigley, saddler, Forest-hill George Langman, auctioneer, Wolverhampton William Ballard Willmott, corn dealer, Hatfield Edward Taylor, manufacturer, Golcar David Morecrofv, butcher, Stockport Thomas Phillips, publican, Blackburn BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED, Augustus Woodley Bernal, St. James's-place, London Edward George Altmann, oilman, Whitechapel. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. I G v e m or . g ß e oTwhsotemacisona.nmaecroch., Tarla nd chamnte,ran t s Thomas Harper, gro cer , M ussel b ur i Glasgow h Legget and Ring, leather merchants, Glasgow Charles Rogers and Co., printers, Stirling Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. --.,- , Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 191 11 191 25 55 25 60 Antwerp.. • • _ 25 55 Short. 25 2 8 5 1 21 2 53 5 6 3 09 5 Brussels Ramburgh Paris .............. Ditto ............ 3 Months : 25 521 25 571 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine ..... 1191 1191 Vienna Trieste .. 11 32 11 40 P e tersburgh ........ 361 361 Berlin .............. Madrid ... Cadiz 491 491 Leghorn — 25 65 25 70 Milan — 25 65 25 70 Genoa •-- 25 65 25 70 Naples - 25 65 25 70 Palermo — 25 671 25 721 Messina — 25 671 25 721 Lisbon — 521 521 Oporto — 521 521 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars . Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm.; and the short exchange on London is 25.27; per 41 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 43 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold / 5 about 3-10tha per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per ;nark and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mint prioe is, therefore, about 7-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in ItAllabUrg, The course of.exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 135 to 1354 per cent, and the premium on gold about 22i per cent. At these prices there is a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. LTTERARY GHouLs.—Private life is invaded by the critic or chroniqueur without the least hesita tion. Eugene Delacroix was turned to account by the gossip-mongers, before his body was laid in the earth. We had a description of his house, of his manner of living, and of his death and appearance after death. His last words mado copy in the Figaro! We are told that his furniture was in the style of the First Empire ; and that his home had a severe aspect. His dying words were a request that his eyes might be closed directly after death. He ordered his body to be embalmed. Had the writer known who was the painter's barber, and how many francs were in the artist's house when he breathed his last, the facts would have been served up for the Boulevard cafes. At Berlin an exhibition of dogs is to take pla ce in October. ;sse. tnily, a how L dif untry lona Is his Casa e our ratter a left tile t bl sves and rile axe° 13.14 6.4.0 L 9.16.4 [2.10 7i 8 2G 124 k 123 k j r r ~ ~