The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-14 00:00:00

OPMiw . MONEY MARK ET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIi. There is no alteration in the aspect of the general discount market, the enquiries being moderately active, and the rates steady. A further sum of £98,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The amount of specie brought by the Seine from the West Indies is £233,712. The Bank of England return for the week to Wednesday last shows an increase in the bullion and a falling off in the other securities. The re serve of notes has been augmented, owing to the curtailment of the circulation. Subjoined are the particulars:— Active Circulation £21,261,115 Decrease • • • • • • 413,715 Bullion .. • • • • •• • • 15,040,819 Increase 196,834 Hest o . 3,428,233 . Increase 4,763 Public Deposits • .. 0* ..5,574,863 177, 5 1 Increase . • •• Other Deposits.. •. • • ' • 13 ' 7 22 ,3 497 Decrease .. • • • • 676 083 Seven Day and other Bills .. • • 10,104 Increase .. • • • • • • G overnmen t Securities • .. 11,08 5 8 0: gg Increase .. • • • • • • Oth er Securities .. • . .. 18,4 6 7 8 2 1: 4 39 0 4 7 Decrease • • • •. • N o t e s Unemployed .. 7,563,805 562;630 Increase • • • • •• Rather more activity has prevailed during the last few days i n the Forei g n and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have been in good demand, at full rates. Coffee has continued in active request, while moderate transactions have been recorded in tea, cocoa, and rice, at late quotations. The tallow market has been dull, and prices for both present and forward delivery have shown a downward tendency. The monthly return of the Bank of France to yesterday, shows some very important movements. The notes have been increased by £120,000, but a decrease has taken place in the cash iu hand of the executive to the extent of £573,333, of £240,000 in the bills discounted, of 1790,000 in the current &ccounts, and of £1,000,000 in the advances. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 40c. Inanimate. Only a limited amount of business has been negotiated to-day in the market for the English Funds, and although the sales and purchases on the part of speculators have been very evenly balanced, the tendency of prices has indicated rather less buoyancy, probably in consequence of lower prices on the Paris Bourse, Consols are now quoted 93 for transfer, and 931 z for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 93i ; Bank Stock is marked 238; the 5 per Cent. Indian Loan, 108 - 1; the Bonds, 16s. 19s. preen.; and Exchequer Bill 3, ls. dis. to 2s. prem. The Foreign Market presents a quiet but firm appearance. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 68i ; Ditto Consolides, 494-; Mexican, 38! 39 ; Spanish Passive, 331 ; ; Ditto Certificates, 121 1 ; Greek, 33; ; Ditto Coupons, 15f 16; Italian, 711; and the Conederate Loan to 24 22 dis. in the Railway Share Market business has been very dull, and prices show a downward tendency. Caledonian have declined £l, and London and _Brighton, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive at former quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares also continue in very limited request, without any material change to record in prices. --- BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 238 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. A nnu i t i es New 2/ per Cent. Annuities..., 5 per Cent. Annuities 30 yrs, expire 6th J an., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 15 3-16 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent....., Ditto 5 per Cent I)itto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £ 1 ,000...... Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept, 9 ladia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — March, June, I 2) per Cent. 2l per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO .. 1 die I 2 pm Ditto £5OO 2 pml dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent ................... Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ... ..... Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852.-58-60 ... ..... 93t Buenos Ayres 6 per C ent Ditto 1 per Cent. (D e f erre d 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent......... ............ Ditto 41 per Cent. ................ 86 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyptian 7 per Cent .. .. 104 k -4 4 Ditto, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 331 Ditto Account 33t Ditto Coupons l5l Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent.(Nlaremmana Railway) 79i 9 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) P,:ruvisn 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 _ 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 Pasaive ........ Ditto Account ........ Spanish Cert, of Coup not funded Ditto Account l2l Turkish 6 per Cent, 1854; 921 Ditto Account. ......... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account..,., Ditto, £lOO B on d s . ............. . .. Ditto 6 per C ent. 1862 Ditto Account. .......... .. .......... die Ditto 6 per C en t. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd. 4} Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 231 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. iiuteh 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 'Mone y Ditto Acc ount . 93/ ............. L iv, 'erpoord ottonMarket—This Day. Sales abouthe 8000 Sales bale s . N o change. on speculati of the 0 59,470 b a l es, i ncluding 9,730 export 6,980 bales,, on, and 12 ,500 f or exportation. Actual Quotations—Fair Orleans 25 Mobile 241 ; Up land 24. Estimated Middling O rleans 22i; Mobile 02 ; Upland 211. Estimated fair Egyptian 211. Stock 292,780 bales. Surat 111 to 20,1. Imports o f the week 29,669 bales. French k M. l'AlGENETiEL,%cuoixeei celebrated Comm ander of th e terday morn o ing. pa i n t e r, member of the Institute, and Ceou Legion of Hnour, expired in Pa r i s at seven o , e l 0 MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A painful s has been recently occasioned at Hampton Court t and its neighbourhood by the me lancho y dea th of the y ou son of Mr. Kinloch, who holds an a pp oi ntment in herng" jesty's household. The unfortunate young gentleman wa s fishin g on the afternoon of the 3d inst. in the canal in the Home Park, and appears to have fallen suddenly, d uring the absence of the gen tl e man who accompanied him, from thei parapet a t tae end of the canal, where the w ater, t uu gl't apparently only two or three feet deep, is in reality of great depth. As soon as his disappearance was known a search Wa s made but the body w as not discovered for our s nearly t wo h ' . The Jlioniteur of yesterday publishes a letter from Pekin, dated the Ist of June, stating that the insur lectionary movements in the southern provinces are crest ng serious embarrassments to the Chinese Government. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 1 Closing Share Railways Paid.' Price. Business done 100 Atlantic Sr St Lawrence all 80 (2 81 2 2 100 0 i 8:: pul D ff.flo o caa .. tii.oop E ,bil . denr s tsciae h . L a Shares... , tk 3 / 4 Bom.,Barodadc.Cent Ind ( Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New ....... .. 8 1 1 3 / 4 p Huron n r A a t n t c Preference 01 . ,d . Ir . si . c;:it, , all 7i at 100 lou 1 00 Do. do. July 1,187:1 tOO 100 i to. do. June /, 15,i 100 St t_leutta.&S.Eastn.(l ,ll . ) 100 107 VS at Cape Town 47., Dock Scril 100 1( 3 103 stock Eaatn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 109 110 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 106 108 1 9 1081 i / 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 11 11p 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 10 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 69 71 100 Do. no. deferred.— all 52 55 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 62 65 100 Do. do deferred-- all 45 48 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 33 36 100 Do. 4th Pref. stork all 23 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 20 23 21 stook GLlndlaPeum.ua.s gu 2 a.sp.c lOO 1 108 109 1081 I i 20 Do. New gp. c 1 1 3 / 4 20 Do. January, 1882 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 ICB 103 20 3 / 4 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 103/4 11 101 20i Do. New . 18 10 9} „ 81 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt all 95 98 100 Do. 5 3 / 4 p. 0. do. '77-8.. . all 90 a 2 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1i p stoo k Madras guar.. 5p.0. .. 100 107 ,0 8 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 1013/4 102 t s t oc k Dc.43/4 Extension 1 00 48 0 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stoc k 3lelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnda. 100 60 slelb. dr Hobson's Bay. all 55 57 100 Do. 7p. c. 51.ortg. Bds. all _ a . u . b .. :: :.: t . Lst C SO NeWßrunswick et Canda Class A and B all 3 5 IN.ltl.C'daB po Ist pt bds 100 83 NI stock Scinde ..........) (100 107 3 / 4 108 3 / 4 Do. Delhi I 44.; 100 1074 1084 'Ls (L C , 2 I ip , 101) all 107; 10 - 84 P 20 1 O DD 00 0 ... pr, d uo o n j. 00 103 105 s tock Do. Indas.St. F lo.) 0 , ---- stock COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. i can.Gor. 6 p.c.J a diJ ul) 1877-84 .•. . . ... 100 103 105 104 Do. 6p. c. Feb. .t Aug. 100 102 104 Do. dp. c. Mar. az Sept. 100 105 107 Do. 6p. c. Jan.&July. 100 95 pa Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 96 Cape G . Hope, 8 p c,1873 100 108 110 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 112 114 Do. 189 G 100 113 115 Do. Jan N ov uly, 1891 100 112 115 Ceylon, 878, 6p c 100 113 116 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 107 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 110 112 111} - - N. 130. d .Govp. p c. . .c.J p A. & Oct. a.,tJuly 100 100 105 — 4 1066 D N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 2.,180t 100 1006 1014 Do. sp. c.,lBti, to 1e.76 100 1016 102. Do. d0.,1888 diupwds 100 1016 1026 102} New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Noya Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 105 106 Queensland Gcv. Bp. c lOO 1:0 112 —S. Aus G6c.1878.& Vic. Gov. 6 p. p.c. Ja.&J my 100 107 109 !Do. lo 6 p.c. An..lLOot lOO 113 1134 1134 413 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 3t l , „ C i a i m no b r ri d a A n m Co a n lg e a o m l. a G t ; d ld .: 30 Devon G. Con e . (Tavist 1 550 670 ) — East Bassett (Ill ogan ) •• 30 79 81 1 East Clogau G o ld Ltd . 5 /. / d par_ East Carad on ..... 2.14.6 28 East Carn Brea 3.4.0 75 8 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 8.6.6 3 5 3 1 Gam..kSt.AubymGwen ) ttili 7 10 IGreat South Tolgus 17s 31 31 G. Wheal Vor (llelston) 4o 6 75 Grenville Her:APB-Foot 8.12 18 40 Hingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 2 Lady Bertha Marke Valley.. New Setun l9f 100 110 North Downs 25 2 2 21 S. B asset( lll o4an: 2.17.0 North Wheal C ro tt y 35 3 1 Par Consol s (St . B lazey) 15 4 3 5 20 rr ovidence(UnyLeint ) 10.6.7 10 42 South Caradon(StCleer) 15 415 425 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 1 5 2% zi.Wheai Fran. (Mogan) 18.1 , .9 725 75 Stray Park 5 Camar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 sft fin Cron 9 215 225 West Basset (Illo gan) l5 115 125 WC• radon (Lisk eard) 5 22 24 West Soton ...... Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 60 65 Wheal Buller (ltedruth) 5 45 60 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 I WhealLud, ott Wheal blaryAnnt s lllen ) 8 13 Wheal Seton wheal Tre.lawney (Lis )I 7 15 17 Wheal Union E. Counties, E x t . N o. PREFE RENCE SHARES. and Lincoln, 6 p er cent., rd., 51 LINES e t r e , r s n h 1,114 LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Great Eastern, Manchester, BILXtOII, and Matlock, 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent, 20 Paris and Orleans, 41 Royal Swedish, ban Paulo Jim.) , f-1 19 - 7 p er cent., 91 Ditto (ad), 22k Turin and Savona, 2,1 FOREIGN MINES. St. John del Rey (lim.), 5 6 i 7 United Mexican (lint.;, 6 i Yudananautana of S. Australia (lim.), 31 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. &gra and United Service (lim.), 112} 351 6 Dance Bank of London and Liverpool (UM Bank of London, 135 Bank of New Zealand, 10 Consolidated Bank, lira., 01. 10 01 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21& 2} Imperial Ottoman, 18 k 18 London Joint Stock, 35 London and Westminster, 78k 71 Standard of British South Africa (lim), 17k Union of England and:France (lim.), DOCKS. Share Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no div Do A Do ti 6p an.has ' B been paid to 8., 'Dublin & Belfast Juno. IDun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. , Glasg. and S. Western. , Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. DOI shares !Metropolitan !Midland Do New Do binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares !Mid Kent Do Cray Line ;North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leda ' Do York Do Carlisle ;North London Do New North Staffordshire • and S. W. Junction ;Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock , Shrews. and Welohpool (Shropshire Union 'South DeTOll Scuth Eastern South Wales IS. York. and River Dun i staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterfbrd it Kilkenny West Cornwall IW. Hartlepool Har.diß West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford London, 611 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, limited, 2i Ceylon Company, 5: E glish and Australian Copper, 1 41.-m. Credit and Finance of Lond on, U m., 3 udson's Bay, 2fi haternational Financial Society, Um., 81 London General Omnibus Company (lino, National Discount Company, Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 78i South Australian Land, 33 With regard to the wine supply and the vintage of the present year, it appears from p communica tion from a well-informed correspondent that the sanguine ex pectations of an abundant vintage, which the spring g a ve promise of, are doomed to disappointment as regards some of our principal wine sources, from the long continu ance of scorching heats; these have been perhaps the most sever e in Spain. The report from X.ereg de la Frontrera is, that "the scarcity of rain since the spring and some strokes of oidiurn have much crimpled and paralysed the growth of the fruit; and again, the constancy of Afri can easterly wind and the intense heat have parched and burned up greet quantiti es , so that the promised abun danceis convert e d into what' can now be but a scanty vint age for 1863." SHARI.; MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOIi.S. Railways. Paid. Closing Business i Price. I done. 8 8i - - Si 8i 86 ES 118 119 40 41 15& 10} 94 05 111 113 496 60i 24i 25} 123 125 122 k 1231 135 140 100 102 MI 66-il 1131 1131 700 774 113 115 42& 43} 1011 102* 1051 1(44 43 44 116 tl 129 1294 14 11-;) 97 99 54 t 5 25 26 I 101} 104 57} 58 87 88 118 120 li It P 82 83 111 12} 122 124 46} 47i 100 102 50 52 SO 32 92443 70 72 101 103 7i 8 1 38 39 94 104 t :) 74 84 p' 155 160 5} 5 1 PI 3 34 pl 84 86 156 160 27 29 451 461 39 41 104 106 119; 19 61 i 102 60i 1134 1144 121 114 4! p THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY WENING, AUGUST 14, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. INCAUTIOUS CONDUCT,—Marianne Masset, a French woman, was charged betore Mr. Knox with stealing a watch and three gold chains of the value of £l5 the property of M. Louis Ferry (trading in the house of Gibus) hatter, 16, Coventry -street, As well as our reporter could make out the case,'the whole of the evidence and proceedings being in French, and no interpreter being called upon, it appeared that the pro secutor on Monday last having dined out and drank rather freely, met the prisoner and another female on his way home and took them home with him. The females left some time after, and the next morning prosecutor missed his watch and three chains of the value of £l5. Last evening he met the prisoner and gave her into custody, when she acknowledged to taking one chain, and the other female, who was not given into custody, stated that the prisoner had told her that she had sold the chain to a small jeweller in Great Pulteney-street for £l. The prisoner was remanded till this day week, Mr. Knox offering, however, to take bail in the sum of £5 for her ap pearance that day, THE NEW MEXICAN EMPIRE, The statement that the Mexican Empire, when reconstituted, is to arrange to pay to France within six years the cost of the war, and also the sums owing to private creditors, is probably merely the expression of a natural surmise. If it shall prove that France has succeeded in bringing the country to a state of order that will admit of its magnificent resources being developed, she will certainly be en titled to expect that the cost of that work—in which the commerce of the world is interested—should be repaid within a reasonable period, and six years must be regarded as a liberal construction of what is reasonable in such a case. With regard to the sums due to private French creditors, curiosity will be felt as to their nature and amount, in the face of the reports current as to the character of the Jecker claims ; while it is impossible also that some of the brigands who have each hitherto under the title of " General" ravaged the country in the cause of the ecclesiastical party, and who have lately co operated with the French, may attempt to obtain heavy amounts by putting forward Frenchmen in their name. But all these matters will doubtless be brought by the French Government within the most moderate limits compatible with the peculiar bar gains in which they may have had their origin. The point to be kept in view in relation to the pecu niary claims in which Englishmen aro interested is that there can, in j ustice, be no priority of payment to the creditors of any nationality. Every one must share, pro rata, and if the revenue of the country is unequal to the annual claims upon it either a loan must be raised to make up what is wanted, or a percentage of the deficiency must be submitted to by all. With reference to the bond holders, indeed, this construction of the equity of the case concedes too much. Their lien upon the Customs is of course indefensible, but it has been too frequently the habit to speak of their claims as if they ought to be satisfied with the rigid payment of those dues, whether the amount might be suffi• cient or otherwise to meet the interest accruing. Instead of this being the case, they hold a primary mortgage upon all the territory of the State, and are also, from the default of the Mexican Govern ment, by the non-fulfilment punctually of the last conversion, entitled to revert to the original rate of 5 per cent. at which the debt was contracted. Apart from a satisfactory settlement of the arrears of divi dend, they have also the right to exact immediate restitution of the £lOO,OOO cash stolen in 1861 from the British Legation, and which it may be supposed will necessarily be a preliminary of any recognition by England of the new order of affairs. As to the right of the French Government to reduce the Customs tariff, which is asserted in some quarters to be a natural consequence of their stepping into the functions of the Mexican Government, the question is one that cannot be touched to the disadvantage of the bondholders. When the lien on the customs was given to the bondholders as security it was cal lculated to yield a certain annual sum, and although the bondholders would have had no title to com • com plain if that sum should, through decay of trade or other casual circumstance, fail to be realised, they can insist that, if an alteration be made by the Go vernment to lessen the security thus hypothecated to them, the Government, unless the consent of the bondholders shall have been previously ob tained, are bound to provide some new security to make up a value equal to the difference they have thus occasioned. Under any other view, it is obvious that an hypothecation of customs dues or any other sources of revenue would be worthless, since a State might band them over to credulous creditors one day and repeal them en tirely on the next. On all these points, however, the course of the French Government is likely to be perfectly consistent with generally understood prin ciples. On public pecuniary matters there has never yet been any ground to question the liberality or good faith of the Emperor Napoleon, and the Mexican bondholders, who consist not merely of Englishmen but of people of all nations, will pro bably be willing to facilitate the task of reconstruc tion now in hand, by manifesting confidence and a desire to prevent embarrassment by meeting as far possible all suggestions that may contribute to the common object.—limes' City Article. MR. ALEXANDER SMITH, in his new volume of poetical prose, called " Dreamthorp," has the fol lowing charming reverie on visiting the old castle and chapel alluded to as being, perhaps, to a stranger, the points of attraction in Dreamthorp. Back from the houses is the lake, on the green sloping banks of which, with broken windows and tombs, the ruins stand. As it is noon, and the weather is warm, let us go and sit on a turret. Here, on these very steps, as old ballads tell, a queen sat once, day after day, looking southward for the light of returning spears. I bethink me that yesterday, no further gone, I went to visit a consumptive shoemaker ; seated here I can single out his very house, nay, the very window of the room in which he is lying. On that straw roof might the raven alight and flap his sable wings. There, at this moment, is the su preme tragedy being enacted. A woman is weeping there, and little children are looking on with a sore bewilderment. Before nightfall the poor peaked face of the bowed artisan will have gathered its ineffable peace, and the widow will be led away from the bedside by the tenderness of neigh bours, and the cries of the orphan brood will be stilled. And yet this present indubitable suffering and loss does not touch me like the sorrow of the woman of the ballad, the phantom probably of a minstrel's brain, The shoemaker will be forgotten—l shall be forgotten; and long after visitors will sit here and look out on the landscape and murmur the simple lines. But why do death and dying obtrude themselves at the present moment? On the turret opposite, about the distance of a gunshot, is as pretty a sight as eye could wish to see. Two young people, strangers apparently, have come to visit the ruin. Neither the ballad queen, nor the shoemaker down yonder, whose respirations are getting shorter and shorter, touches them in the least. They are merry and happy, and the graybeard turret has not the heart to thrust a foolish moral upon them. They would not thank him if he did, I daresay. Perhaps they could not under stand him. Time enough I Twenty years hence they will be able to sit down at his feet, and count griefs with him, and tell him tale for tale. Human hearts get ruinous in so much less time than stone walls and towers. See, the young man has thrown himself down at the girl's feet on a little space of grass. In her scarlet cloak she looks like a blossom springing out of a crevice on the ruiaed steps. He gives her a flower, and she bows her face down over it almost to her knees. What did the flower say? Is it to hide a blush ? He looks delighted; and I almost fancy I see a proud colour on his brow. As I. gaze, these young people make me a perfect idyl, The generius, un grudging sun, the melancholy ruin, decked, like mad Lear, with the fl )were and ivies of forgetfulness and grief, and between them, sweet and evanescent, human truth and love THE CASE OF MRS. M`LACHLAN.—Ofiacial docu ments have been published respecting the statements of the convict Jessie 111'Lachlan. One of them relates to an interview between the prisoner and her agent on the 19th of June, in the presence of the Governor of the General Prison at Perth, where M‘Lachlan is confined. In the course of that interview the prisoner pcsitively denied a conversation that she had previously had with her agent, in which she spoke of laudanum. When asked whether Mr. Fleming was the guilty person, she said that " he did the act." On the following morning, the 20th, she ex pressed a wish to know why she had been questioned on the day before, and then told the Governor that she had spoken of laudanum to her agent. She had told him that she knew no more of the murder than if he had placed a glass of laudanum " foreanent" her. Another document is a note by Miss Hislop, the scripture reader of the prison, of a conversation held by her with the prisoner. l‘liss Hislop says :—" I h a d v i s i te d the prisoner several times in m y official capacity, but had never once alluded to her crime, but had spoken to her as I do to other prisoners, as being a lost sinner in the sight of God. On this occasion she referred to the crime with which she wag charged, and said her case was a very sad one. I said to her, ' You will have noticed that in all my dealings with you I have care fully avoided speaking to you of your crime ; but since you h ave mentioned it yourself I shall let you know my mind on the subject. I believe you to be the guilty per son, and to me you seem to have E.cted as a guilty pawn t h roug hout. You have been g u il ty of a deed for which you ought to have been hanged, as God has never r e p e aled that law he gave, that blood s h ould answer for blood, but by a very mysterious providence your lif e h a s been spared, and I would beseech you to make ear ly an d earnest application to Him whose blood cleanseth from all sin. Sh e l o oked at me and said, Well, Miss Hislop, I am obliged to you for your honesty.' She sat sil en t f or a minute or so after thi-, and then she said, I had as lit t l e thought of it half an hour before I left my own house as you have at this moment.' I said I believed it •st ca not a i premeditat e d t hi ng, but that one f,-11 had led to another till the d ee d was committed. She sa id, feel sometimes as if I could go through these prison walls. I often think my mind will give way.' She began to tell me aboth. going out for some spirits that night at the request of Fleming. I stopped her, and said it was no use going over it, as nothing she could say would alter my opinion about it.' She im me di ately added, but Fleming is not a go od man.' I said I don't say ho is a good man, but I believe him to be innocent of that crime.' THE TWELFTIL CRIEFF.—The shooting seaso n o lhe m orn i ng waspened under the i most favourable circumst ances . bright, clear, and frosty, and immediately after day break both hill and dale reverb erate d with the almost incessant discharge of guns. About 10 o'clock, how ever, the wind began to blow i n s t rong gusts at in tervals, which continued the whole day, and ope rated in a great measure against successful shooting, and more especically on the hill tops. The Hon. J. C. Dundas was out on the Corriemuckloch Moors; Messrs. Lascellas and Oliver at Auchnafree ; Mr. George P. Gunnis and party at Fendach; Sir Hugh Hume Campbell at Monzie, which is among the best moors of Perthshire ; Messrs. Lumsden and Muir tested the best runs of Glenturret ; Mr. Walker and party were out at Lochearnhead ; and the Hon. Gilbert Heathcote, M.P., and Col. Tyrwhitt, on the Drummond Castle grounds. The sport generally was good, and seldom have grouse been so strong, healthy, and wild so early in the season, for the coveys rose at a great distance, and were difficult to get within shot of. The boxes and hampers of game sent from the railway station to the south on Wed nesday afternoon were not so numerous as in some previous years, but the birds were never seen in better condition. The Hon. Gilbert Heathcote, M.P., shot, a few days ago, a fine fallow deer in the parks of Drummond Castle, and enjoyed good sport at wild duck shooting on Tuesday. The recent rains and warm weather have improved the broods of partridges, which are abuudant on the hillsides and low-lying farms ; and, in consequence of harvest being much earlier than last year, there never were better prospects of good partridge shooting. In the forests of Turlem and Glenartney deer are swarm ing, and in splendid condition, and royal heads pro mise to be unusually numerous this season. In ad dition to the sportsmen already arrived at Drum mond Castle, Earl Sefton and several others are expected. The whole of the extensive shooting grounds belonging to the Right Hon. Lord Wil loughby de Eresby will afford excellent sport this season. At T CHTERARDER.—The morning of the Twelfth dawned most auspiciously for the sportsman, the weat her being most delightful. There was rather a severe frost during the night, which made the scent lie strong, and a gentle breeze which rose with daylight gave the dogs a wide range. A number of sportsmen were early out, and made good bags, the returns being from 15 to 25 brace to each gun, which is nearly double of what was killed last year. The result of 1 his day's sport has generally exceeded expectations, and sportsmen find that there will re quire to be no delay as last year in consequence of the birds not being full sized. The birds are found not F o wild as was anticipated, and much more easily approached than in former years. The fashion which used to prevail in favour of a heavy bag on the Twelfth has greatly abated, and on the lower Perthshire moors sportsmen content them selves with a moderate use of their guns. Most of the best moors on the Ochill range have not yet been opened, and will not likely be so till the 20th. WESTMINSTER. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT AT A TAVERN.--Patrick Ma ney, one of the Sappers and Miners, and Joseph Bowman, were charged with creating a great disturbance at the Duke of York tavern, N auxhall-bridge-road, assaulting the land lord, some workmen who were employed there, and endea. Toured to throttle a policeman. Mr. Peter Osguad, the proprietor of the tavern, said the defendants came to his house yesterday afternoon and went into the taproom. After a short time they began interfer ing with some workmen who were engaged in erecting a cistern, and the men appealed to him (complainant) for protection. He no sooner interfered in their behalf than one of the defendants struck him, and the other attempted to do so. The police were called, when Bowman, seizing him by the throat, nearly strangled him. After a great deal of persuasion and some force, they were got out of the house, and it was thought that there was an end to the matter, but they returned, renewed the disturbance, and put a stop to the business of the house. A plumber, engaged at the house, said that he was at work when Maloney suddenly seized him, and dragging him along, inquired whether he could wrestle, and then threw him down. A cripple, who was sitting in the taproom, said that he was seized and invited to wrestle, but was spared when he mentioned his infirmity. All the defendants had to drink in the house was a pint of half-and-half. Joseph Williams, 80 B, said that he was seized so violently by the throat that ho became insensible for the moment. Defendants pleaded drunkenness, and entered into a denial of the charges against them, Bowman taking credit to himself for having behaved very well. Mr. Arnold said their conduct was outrageous and un provoked, and committed them for 14 days to the House of Correction. THAMES. DEFALCATIONS EY A RATE.COLLECTOR.—Oeorge Bur rows, aged 59, was brought up on remand before Mr. Part ridge, charged with embezzling £325 Os. 2d., moneys of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Bromley, St. Leonard, Middlesex. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, con ducted the prosecution. The prisoner had been rate collector in Bromley for 23 years, and since the passing of Sir Benjamin Hall's Local Management Act, in 1855, has been collector of the poor general, lighting, and sewer rates. He was much respected in the parish, in which he has carried:on business for nearly 40 years, and brought up a large family. The ratepayers will not be losers by the prisoner's defalcations, for the whole of the loss is made good by the European Assurance Society, with whom the prisoner had effected a policy of assurance, and who guaranteed the parish against all loss which might be occasioned by any irregularities or dishonesty of the prisoner. On the other hand the European Assurance Society entered into a condition with the parochial autho rities that in the event of any defalcations on the part of the collector, he should be prosecuted at the expense of the parish. The prisoner returned an unusual number of persons to Mr. Dunstan, the vestry clerk of Bromley, on the 18th of June last, as not ha wing paid their rates, and Mr. Dunstan proceeded to make out summonses against them. Before they were issued he requested the prisoner to make out another return of persons who had paid their rates in the interim. Their numbers were so large that Mr. Dunstan's suspicions were excited ; nearly one half returned on the 18th of June as being defaulters were returned on the 20th June as having paid their rates. Mr. Dunstan then sent for Mr. Burrows, and questioned him. He admitted he was behind in his accounts, and directly afterwards absconded. A reward of £lO was offered for his apprehension by the churchwardens and overseers of Brom ley, and while he was away an offer was made to the Euro pean Assurance Society to compromise the matter, which was instantly rejected, and the society, which has guaran teed the fidelity of an immense number of clerks, collectors, and servants in public and private establishmenrs, deter mined on a prosecution. The prisoner, in carrying out his frauds, was guilty of great irregularities. He gave receipts for the poor-rate on the printed forms intended as receipts for the general lighting and sewer rates. He re turned the following among numerous other persons who had paid their rates when demanded as defaulters : Denton and Jutsum, £23 17s. 6d. ; Mr. Downam Wood house £l7 13s. Odd. ; Mr. Peterkin, £2 16s. 3d. ; and Mr. Richard Toal, £1 13s. These cases were selected for pro secution. Mr. Dunstan said that the collectors ought to pay the rates as fast as they were collected to Messrs Currie and Co., bankers, of Cornhill, the treasurers of the parish. No collector was ever allowed to retain more than SIO in his possession. Mr, Partridge committed the prisoner for trial, and bail was again accepted, MARKETS--This Day. MARii.l-LANE, Fresh up to this morning's market a fair supply of new home-grown wheat was received, for the most part in fine condition. Millers, generally speaking, operated cautiously, at about Monday's currency. Red wheats realised 44s to 48s ; white, 483 to 53s ; and Talavera, 50s to 56s per quarter. There was a full average supply of wheat on offer, and the demand for all descriptions was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at about previous rates. The supply of barley was very moderate. The demand, however, ruled inactive, but no change took place in the currency. . . _ Malt changed hands slowly, at late rates. The supply of oats was somewhat extensive. Ail descrip tions met a slow sale, and prices were barely supported. Beans and peas were in slow request, yet no change took place in their value. Flour moved off slowly on former terms. The supply of barrels on offer was tolerably large. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. F lout. 1,500 - Voreign...... 5, 0 9 0 1 960 26,510 12,220 brls E I 10 I 1,910 120 260 u n is g u ll . sh...... 1, 010 and 180 kinks BOROUGH 110?. The business doing in our market is very moderate, and is chiefly confined to immediate wants. In prices, how ever, we have no change to report, The accounts from the plantations are, in several instances, favourable; but, on poor soils, the crop will certainly be light. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is very moderate, and the trade rules firm at our quotations. Per Sib, by the carcase. sided Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 6 , Nliddling do. .. 3 8 3 10 Prime largo do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. 4 0 4 2 Large pork 3 4 3 10 Interior mutton. 3 2 3 6 sdad Middling mutton 3 10 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal .. 3 8 4 4 Small pork .... 4 '2 4 6 Lamb •....... 4 6 5 6 TEA.-- COLONIAL. prices hao 1 re mained without change of importance. C om mon congo and u s quoted 13d p er lb . SuizAn..—A f a i r amount of business h as been grocery n done in market has been quiet, West Indi a , and good descriptions have realised full rates. I n the refined market th e demand for dried goods has be en more active. to an avera ge extent. Plantation Ceylon has COFFEE. --Th e operations in colonial qualities have b een tamed previou s quotations. RlCE.—Busin ess h as been dull, and there is no materia l alteration to repo r t i n values.w TAELo.--l'he ma r k et has been depressed for both pre sent and tuture deliv ery . P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 43 3 t and last three months, 45 5 to 455 3d per cwt. fully Ms- oard THE THAMES EMBANKMENT is, at last, being itnlehnagntdh.armTehdewil\tihetthroeproelgituailtl3e of Works has with the needful funds, and Mr. BazalgPeotrhavingrs, and supplied his plans and drawings, contractors ar:i . prepared t h a e k en en a forward and tender for so much of the embankmentuvited to come as lies between Westminster and Waterloo bridges, on the north side of the river. T HE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE, th e Athenatina informs us, is rapidly increasing i n strength. Mr. Alfred Tennyson has accepted office as a Vice-President, and Sir Richard Kirby, C. 8., as one of the Treasurers, The following noblemen and gentlemen have been added to the committee :—The Duke of Cleveland, Lord Houghton. Sir David Brewster, M. Louis Gallait, Prof. Dingelstedt, the Rev. Henry Allen, Mr. Alderman Salomons, M,P., S. A. Hart, Esq., R.A., G. A, Sala, Esq., George Dawson, M.A., J. L. Toole, Esq., and others. The organization is extending into the country, the colonies, and foreign lands. Our great provinc ial towns should be stirring in this matter. We have not yet heard of any movement in Manchester in Liverpool, in Glasgow, be yond a few letters in the newspapers. Who, asks our con , temporary, will volunteer to begin? A CROCODILE HUNT. As we approached the river banks, a large crocodile hove in sight, floating down the stream like a log of wood. Our position was most favourable to send an arrow rattling through his scales, and my young Nimrod lost no time in improving the opportunity. Stepping a few paces in ad vace, and bending gracefully over the precipice, he let fly at the reptile's head his slender,yellow reed,/sor elevaeion, viz., shooting the arrow up into the air at an angle of 45, which, causes it to descend with great force upon the object, after describing an arc of a circle in the manner of a bomb-shell, Although the distance was fully 300 paces,the arrow struck the mark with the precision of a rifle ball. A violent plunge of the huge reptile was my first intimation that the trial had been successful, and in a moment after I perceived the golden reed, now attached to him, skimming swiftly over the water. We hastened for the canoe, and immediately gave chase up the stream, as the crocodile had taken that direction. We were rapidly gaining upon him, when alarmed at the sound of the paddles, he sunk in very deep water, as was indicated by the reed. This circumstance rendered it impossible to employ our harpoon. We tried in vain to start him; ho stuck to the muddy bottom, whence neither pulls nor curses could move him. We hoped that in time he would come to the surface to breathe, and then we might strike him with a harpoon; but in this we were equally disappointed. After waiting for him two hours, we gave him up, along with the arrow head sticking in his own. I trade various other attempts to secure a spe cimen, but with no better result, as the river was yet too high to sound for them. While in this place, I was told several incidents in relation to the cunning and instinct of these saurians, one of which appeared to me most remark able in an animal of the reptile tribe. The ferryman here possessed at one time a great many goats. One day, he per ceived that several of them had disappeared, and not being able to account for it in any other way, he at once laid the blame on the hated crocodiles, although these creatures sel dom carry their attacks beyond their own element. His sus picions, he discovered in the end, were well founded, having witnessed the destruction of one of his goats in a very sin gular manner. It appears that a crocodile had in same mys terious way discovered that goats delight in jumping from place to place, but more especially fromirocks or mounds. Rocks, however, being rather scarce in the country, their treacherous enemy undertook to gratify their taste for this innocent pastime, and at the same time cater to his own. Approaching the water's edge to within a few feet from the bank, he swelled out his back in such a manner as gave it the appearance of a small island or promontory. The stupid goats preceiving this, varied their gambols byjump ing from the secure places on shore upon the seeming island, which they, however, never reached, for the croco dile, tossing up his head at the right instant, received them into his open jaws, and swallowed them without difficulty. . . No person can venture near the water without danger from their attacks, being so treacherous that they approach their intended victim near enough to strike him with their powerful tails before he is even aware of their proximity. The bubbling sound of a gourd being filled in the water by some imprudent person specially attracts them. To obviate this danger, a calabash bowl, with a long wooden handle, is usually employed for the purpose; yet even this is not unfrequently snatched from the hands of the water-carrier. If by aceident a human being falls a prey to this tyrant of the river, the reptile is then called cebado, which appellation implies everything that is bold, ferocious, and treacherous in an animal of the species, as from that time they not only waylay persons, but fellow them in the canoes, in hopes of again securing this dainty morsel. There are, however, men bold enough to meet the enemy face to face in his own element. The man who makes up his mind to this encounter is well aware that this must be a conflict to the death for one of the an tagonists. The ferryman related to us a feat of gallantry worthy of a better cause, performed here ity a Llanero with ene of these monsters. The man was on his way to San Jaime on a pressing errand. Being in haste to get there the same day, he would not wait for the canoe to be brought to him, but prepared to swim across, assisted by his horse. He had already secured his saddle and clothes upon his head, as is usual upon similar occasions, when the ferryman cried out to him to beware of a caiman othado, then lurking near the pass, urging upon him, at the same time, to wait for the canoe. Scorning this advice, the Llanero replied, with characteristic pride, " Let him come ; I was never yet afraid of man or beast.' Then laying aside a part of his ponderous equipment, he placed his two-edged dagger be tween his teeth, and plunged fearlessly into the river. He had not proceeded far when the monster rose, and made quickly towards him. The ferryman crossed himself de voutly, and muttered the holy invocation of Jesus, _Marta y Jose ! fearing fcr the life, and above all, for the toll of the imprutent traveller. In the meantime the swimmer con tinued gliding through the water tow ards the approaching crocodile. Aware of the impossib ilit y of striking his ad versary a mortal blow unless he could reach the armpit, he awaited the moment when the reptile should attack him to throw his saddle at him. This he accomplished so success fully that the crocodile, doubtless imagining it to be some sort of good eating, jumped partly out of the water to catch it. Instantly the Llanero plunged his dagger up to the very hilt in the fatal spot. A hoarse grunt and a tremendous splash showed that the blow was mortal, for the ferocious monster sunk beneath the waves to rise no more. Proud of this achievement, and scorning the tardy assistance of the ferryman, who offered to pick him up in his canoe, h e waved his bloody dagger in the a i r , exc l a i m i ng , as he did so, "Is there no other about here?" and then turning, he swam leisurely back to take his horse across. The canoero who related this adventure then added, " So delighted was 1 on that occasion that I killed my fattest hen to treat the man to a good syincocho, for the caiman had devoured all my goats."— W ild Scenes. By Don Ramon faez. MEANING OF NAMES AMONG THE GREEKS. —Philip, lover of horns ; Alexander, helper of men; and Arethusa, vi7tuotts; among the Latins Agricola, husbandman; Valerius, healthy; and Clemens, merciful; and among the Celtic nations, Howell, lordly; Arthur, great; and Caradoc, beloved. There are plenty of Leonards, T eanders, and Leopolds from the lion ; Everards and Offds, from the boar; Ursulas and Bernards, from the bear, Latin and Teutonic ; Arnolds and Ernests, from the eagle ; and Ophelias, Rosalinds, and Omars, from the ser pent ; to say nothing of the Roses, Violets, Margarets,and Pearls, named from flowers and gems. Ishmael means heard of God; Artemidorus, gift of Artemus ; Jovianus, belonging to Jupiter; Thorgils, Thor's pledgo ; and Godiva, gift of God. THE BAD EARL. On the 34th of May, 1784, he was raised to the titles of Baron Lowther, Kendal, and Burgh (the latter title derived from a place in Cumberland), Viscount Lonsdale and Lowther, and Earl of Loris dale; and on October 10th, 1797, he was created Baron and Viscount Lowter of Whitehaven, with a collateral remainder of these titles to the heirs male of the body of his cousin, the Rev. Sir Wm. Lowther, of Swillington, Baronst. In 1761 he married a daughter of the celebrated Earl of Bute, the favourite of George M.'s mother, and died May 24, 1802, without issue. In him the Low ther peculiarities culminated in an eccentricity which almost approached to madness. Of a gloomy and morose disposition, full of evil tempers and great ideas, he was known throughout Westmoreland and Cum berland as the "Bad Earl." De Quinceyrelates how he used to drive through small towns in which every face was grave from dread of his oppressive temper, and the people of his estates felt his arrival as those of a guilty town might feel that of an ex e . cutioner. He used to exhibit his contempt for form by driving about in an old neglected carriage with untrimmed horses, and allowing droves of wild horses to thunder about his park. He seldom went to London, but even there his haughty temper displayed itself, and he actually left an estate to his successor as a reward for standing as second in a duel no one else would take up. His:carriage had been stopped by an cfficer in command of a party ap pointed to keep Piccadilly clear for the atten dants on a great levee, and he actually challenged the officer, who insisted on doing his duty in spite of the remonstrant'f.', rank. There was, however, a sentimental sine to the character of this gloomy earl. "He loved with passionate fervour a fine young worn n, of humble parentage, in a Cumberland farmhouse. Her he had persuaded to leave her father, and put herself under his protection. Whilst yet young and beau tiful she died; Lord Lonsdale's sorrow was pro found—he caused her to be embalmed, a glass was placed over her features," and at intervals he paid visits to " this sad memorial of his former happi ness." He resisted the payment of all bills on principle, nearly ruining the Wordsworths, among others, and the first task of his successor was to remedy the many acts of injustice of which his cousin's half-lunatic, half-imperial mind—the man offered to give and maintain s seventy-four fora war which he disapproved—had induced him to commit. The memoirs of his day are full of the strange acts of the Bad Earl.---The Spectator's paper on " The Lowthers." EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE NESS SALMON FISHINGS.—The Inverness Courier records a strange scene which occurred a few days ago at the Ness salmon fisheries :—" Literally hundreds of fish came surging up in shoals, and wriggled with difficulty over the fords. Troops of excited boys lunged after them through the shallows, pelting them, driving them back, and causing dim consternation among the poor fish. On the ford below Holm Mills a monster salmon showed himself leading up a great shoal of lesser fish. His dimensions as he splashed about in the shallow water, turning on his deep silvery side to lessen the difficulty of finding water, could not escape notice, and two or three lads rushed into the water to give chase. The monarch tried hard to effect the ascent, and his scaly followers for a moment re mained quiet to watch the result. But the enemy was too active and too formidable—he turned tail and floundered away down the stream, never halting until ho found him self safe in Macintyre's Pool. His flock was scattered, some rushing to the right and some to the left, the greater part finding their way upwards, but many re turning to the safe haven which they had so recently left. The strange fact is that all this time the river had not undergone the slightest change. It was lower and clearer than it has been almost in the memory of man; not a drop of rain had fallen for weeks. But a change was im pending, and we presume that the salmon knew it. Within 24 hours thunder showers were pouring down torrents on hills of Glengarry and Lochness, and no doubt the fish were impatient for the slightest hint or premonition that up stream there would shortly be water enough to cover their nakedness." THE Kreuz Zeitung is described by the Spectator as the largest-sized of all Berlin newspapers, being of about the same shape as the London Observer, and printed on better material than all the rest of its contem poraries. It has also the advantage over them in point of literature, being at this moment the most readable journal in the kingdom. Though high conservative, its tone is of the most lively, and there are flashes of humour is it worthy of Punch. At present it is the only Zeitung which indulges in the luxury of political leading, which, if they are not distinguished for elegance of style, deserve praise for brevity of diction. The ireus Zeitung approves of the doings of Herr von Bismark; but by no means fawns upon the Pre- Inlet, but merely patronises him with an air of benign grass. It is easy to read between the lines of every number the ever recurring phrase, •' You, Bismark, are intrinsically a fool, a mere Lanqiunker, and a tool of that parve nu Napoleon ; but we will make use of you to the best of our power, and while doing so will pat you on the back." The following is a sample in the best manner of the Kreuz Zeitung, being the concluding part of a leader on the Polish war of inde pendence which appeared last Sunday :—" The struggle in Poland is but a repetition of the old battle fought in the valley of Rephidim. He will be the conqueror in whose favour hands are uplifted by Aaron and Hur ; he who fights with holy arms for holy goods." See Exodus, c. 17. The Kreus Zeitung is fond of quoting Scripture, and more than once has compared Napoleon 111. to Amalek. THE VORACITY OP THE PlKE—as described by Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell in his recent work called the "Angler-Naturalist." His informant in regard to the following incident being the father of the boy thus attacked by the pike :—" One of my sons, aged fifteen, went with three other boys to bathe in Inglemere Pond, near Ascot race-course, in June, 1856; he walked gently into the water to about the depth of 4 feet, when ho spread out his hands to attempt to swim ; instantly a large fish came up and took his hand into his mouth at far up as the wrist, but, finding he could not swallow it, relinquished his hold, and the boy, turning round, prepared for a hasty re treat out of the pond ; his companions, who saw it, also scrambled out of the pond as fast as possible. My son had scarcely turned himself round when the fish came up behind him and immediately seized his other hand, crosswise, inflicting some very deep wounds on the back of it; the boy raised his first-bitten, and still bleeding, arm, and struck the monster a hard blow on the head, when the fish disappeared. The other boys assisted him to dress, bound up his hand with their handkerchiefs, and brought him home. We took him down to Mr. Brown, surgeon, who dressed seven wounds in one hand ; and so gre a t was the pain the next day, that the lad fainted twice; the little finger was bitten through the nail, and it was more than six weeks before it was well. The nail came off, and the scar remains to this day, A few days after this occur• rence, one of the woodmen was walking by the side of the pond, when he saw something white floating, A man, who was passing on horseback, rode in, and found it to be a large pike in a dying state; he twisted his whip round it and brought it to shore. Myself and my son were imme diately sent for to look at it, when the boy at once recog nised his antagonist. The fish appeared to have been a long time in the agonies of death, and the body was very lean and curved like a bow. It measured 41 inches, and died next day, and, I believe, was taken to the Castle at Windsor.' There can be no doubt (Mr. Wright adds) that this fish was i n a state of complete s tarvation.—lt well fed, it is probable it might have weighed from 30 to 40 lb." A FEMALE LIEUTENANT - COLONEL. - --" Among the Mexican prisoners who have arrived in France," says the Slick, " is one particularly worthy of notice—a young Indian female, aged 23, who was lieutenant-colonel in the regiment of Zacatecas. She has in the space of seven years gained all her grades at the point of the sword. When her husband was called on to serve, she followed the army, and having distinguished herself in battle received the rank of su b-lieutenant, Her husband was killed in the affair of Guadeloupe, on the othMay, 1862, and her bravery on that occasion obtained her the rank of second in com mand of a regiment, at the head of which she rendered her. self' conspicuous in the defence of Puebla. She was most e xpert in the use of the sword, and her soldiers almost con sidered her as a supernatural being. After the surrender of Puebla, she was taken to Vera Cruz, and arrived at Brest on board the Rhone transport. Her order for em barcation stated her rank, and gave her a right to a seat at the table of the superior officers. She possesses a pleasing physiognomy, but her manners are rather masculine." STATISTICS OF DRUNKENNESS.—In the year end ing at Michaelmas last 94,908 persons -260 a day —were proceeded against before justices in England for drunkenness, or for being drunk and disorderly, and 63,255 of them were convicted. The great majority were only fined, but above 7,000 were committed to prison. The re turns show a great increase ever the previous year, for only 82,196 were then charged with drunkenness, and only 54,123 convicted. Of the persons thus charged in the last year 22,560 were females, and more than 10,000 women were convicted for being drunk. Coroners' inquests in the year 1862 found 211 verdicts of deaths from excessive drinking-145 men and 66 women thus ended their days. IRISH EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.—We observe that large numbers are still leaving this country for Ame rica, notwithstanding the disturbed state of society beyond the Atlantic. The opening of the Galway line, it is thought, will give a great .impetus to emigration, while the reduction in the fares of the Cunard line has tempted many to leave the old country and try their fortunes elsewhere. —lVesteris Stew, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. READING RACES—This DAY. RY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FORBURY STAKES. _ _ _ Nereus 1 Dominie Sampson 3 Abernethy Four ran. CAVERSHA/1.1 STAKES. Danaus .. Miss Livingstone 3 Sister to Melsonby Fifteen ran. THAMES HANDICAP. Gibraltar 1 Kingswood ...... Hampton Court .• Three ran. SELLING STAKES. Good for Nothing Bitton . • 2 Tom FoolerY ......... . ........ ...... „ Nine ran. WHITLEY STAKES. CTopsy 1 Calliope colt 2 rochet colt ................................... Seven ran.. ABBEY :STARES. Eastininster ...................................... 1 Gszotter Crisis 2 STAND PLATE. Tarragona . 1 Cadiz .. 2 Twenty-one ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 11 to 2 agst Clarior (taken) Bto 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 10 to 1 agst Monk (taken) 10 to 1 agst Piccador (taken) LEGER. 9to 2 agst Ranger (taken) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 6to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken) Bto 1 agst Avenger (taken) 100 to 1 agst Cheerful (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER —Tins DAY. EBOR IiANDICIP. 10 to 1 agst The Monk (taken freely) SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK, THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE.---This Evening. - Gazett BOROUGH OF LUDLOW. The e contains the Speaker's warrant for issuing a new writ for the election of a member to serve in Parlia ment for the borough of Ludlow, in the room of Beriah Bot field, Esq., deceased. FOREIGN OFFICE, Aug. 13. The following despatch has been received from Sir Fred. Bruce, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Chief Superintendent of Trade in China : Peki, April 30, 13 My Lord,—Referring to my despatch ng of Bth Septem B6 ber, 1862, I have the honour to state that Mr. Medhurbt, before leaving Shanghae, published the letter to him which formed inclosure in that despatch. The publication has done good, by clearing up the misapprehension that pre vailed, as to the real position of foreigners at the Chinese ports open to trade, and as evidence that her Majesty's Government will not agree to any system which does not respect the territorial rights of the Chinese Government, and its exclusive jurisdiction over its own subjects. This exclusive jurisdiction of China over Chinese, and of each foreign nation ever its subjects, is the foundation on which the international relations of China with the outer world is based. 1 am glad to say that Monsieur Berthemy enclosed to the French Government the paper containing my correspon dence with Mr. Medhurst as expressing the views enter tained by him on this delicate question. They are fully concurred in by the Russian and the A mer i can Mi n i sters. The British-and American communities have appointed a committee to prepare a scheme for the municipal govern ment of the large part of the settlement inhabited by them, in conformity with these principles, and I hope that, with the aid of their experience, a system may be found which will meet the requirements, of the place, and to which the Chinese Government will give its assent. The growth of Shanghae is wonderful; its population is estimated at 1,500,000, and it bids fair to become soon the most important city of the East. The Chinese flock to it on account of the security it enjoys, and the silk manufac ture which was destroyed by the Taeping occupation of Soochow and Hung-chow, is taking root at Shanghae. It is a subject of great satisfaction to me that our resolu tion to save Shanghae from the destruction that menaced it at the hands of the Taeping hordes, has not only been pro ductive of great benefit to trade, but has afforded a safe asylum and an escape from ruin to so large a body of the industrious and respectable native popalation.—l have, &c., The Right Hon. Ea r l Rus FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE. sell, K.G., Ice. WAR OFFICE, AUG. 11. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Sir James Hudson, K.C.8., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to the King of Italy, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross to the Most Hon. Order of the Bath ; and of James Douglas, Esq., C. 8., Gove rnor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Vancouver's Island and the colony of British Columbia, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of the said Most Hon. Order. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Aro. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Miss Emma Lascelles to be one of her Majesty's Maids of Honour in Ordinary, in the room of the Hon. Adelaide Cavendish, resigned. FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 24. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Michael Jones, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Feejee and Tonga Islands. AUGUST 1. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ed ward Hall, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Comayagaa, to be her Majesty's Consul at Sonsonate. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to 'appoint Edward Kirkpatrick, Esq., now acting Consul at Coma yagua, to be her Majesty's Consul at Comayagua. AUGUST 3. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Randal Callender, Esq., .now her Maje s ty's Consul at Erzerouw, to be ner Majesty's Consul at the Dardanelles. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint James Finn, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at the Dar danelles, to be her Majesty's Consul at Erzeroum. FOREIGN-OFFICE, A. 7 . The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Monte fibre as Consul at Sydney, Australia, for his Majesty the King of Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. F. U. Ruggles as Consul at Kingston, Jamaica, for the United States of America. BANKRUP T S. The portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupto had not arrived when we went to press. Course of the Exchange. —This Day. _____ Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam 11 18t 11 19t Antwerp, — 25 55 25 60 Brussels 25 60 Il amburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine """ 119 i 1191 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —35 i Berlin — Madrid *** • .. —48 f Cadiz ** —49 i Leghorn ........ 25 621 25 70 Milan ......... . 25 621 25 70 Genoa .......... -- '25 62/ 25 67/ Naples . ............ . 25 621 25 67* Palermo — 25 621 25 671 Messina Lisbon — 521 521 Oporto —52 f Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. L3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American I)oublons SHIPPING—This Day. LONSON, Aug. 14.—Wind at Noon, S.-E.; moderate, and very fine. - (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived--Flora, from Odense; Viard, from Sundswall ; Providence, from Drain ; Albion, from Getle ; Fumf Ge broders from Curolinstiel ; Coquette, trom Riga. Sailed—Cid, steamer, for Bilboa ; Sir Robert Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—John Bull, for Quebec ; Lamonella, for Ber muda ; Medusa, for East London; Norma, screw steamer, for Genoa—all from London. Anchored—Vricudship, Dutch barque, from West, for East, ZDEMOLITION OF J3LACKFRIARS FlETt.—Yester day morning a large body of workmen commenced the demolition of the steam-boat pier at Blackfriars—one of the most convenient on the Middlesex side of the river— in order to make room for the bridge which the London, Chatham, end Dover Railway Company are making over the Thames, and the road which they intend to continue across Ludgate•hill. At the time the men left off work in the evening nearly half the pier was gone, and by the time the present week closes it will have disappeared altogether. Prior to next Spring a new pier will have been erected near the same spot to meet the convenience of steam-boat pas sengers, and to afford a direct communication with ,the Farringdon station of the Metropolitan Railway, the ent tre r ed a er ow ,de of )I1 Al 9- 13.14. 6.4.0 [9.16.4 6i 7 $0 } 92i I