The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-29 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCLU4' INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Continued act:vity prevails in the Money Market to-day, the demand at the Bank of England, as Well as out of doors, being of a very active charac ter, and 4 per cent. is the lowest charge for the best mercantile securities. The settlements now in pro gress at the Stock Exchange are no doubt exerting an important influence, and 4 per cent. is the rate for loans from day to day on Government Securities. About /32,000 in gold was take❑ into the Bank yesterday. The Tasmanian, from the West Indies, brought about 1705.600, and the City of New York from America 144,060. During the last few days the operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been 'Very limited. Sugars in some instances have Slightly declined, while tea, coffee, and rice have remained inactive at about previous rates. The Tallow Market, however, has been rather more ani mated, consequent upon extensive speculative deal ings, and a better inquiry on the part of the trade for home consumption. The official returns relating to trade and navi gation for the eight months ended the 31st August, have just been published, from which it appears that the total declared value of the exports have been 189,751,851, against /82,276,107 in the like period of the previous year, showing an increase of £7,475,744. The increase is most perceptible in beer and ale, cotton manu factures, earthenware, haberdashery, and millinery, hardwares and cutlery, linen yarn, linen manufac tures, machinery, metals, silk manufactures, woollen and worsted yarn, and worsted manufactures. The importations of the principal articles were larger as regards raw cotton, hemp, leather manu factures, provisions, sheep and lambs' wool, tea, coffee, spices, sugar, tobacco, and wine. There was a diminution, however, in raw silk, tallow, Wheat, and flour. . . The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom, for the same period, of . 52 0,725 tons for the entries inwards, and of 141,546 tons for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade for the eight months, 1 69,201 tons more were employed than at the corresponding period of 1862 for the entries in wards, and there was an increase :of 183,689 tons on the clearances outwards. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's tele graw, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were at 68f. 25c. 6 Si. 22c. 68f. 15c.—Animated. Towards the close of business yesterday after noon tho Funds improved fully i t per cent. on a few purchases, encouraged by the large arrival of apecie brought by the Tasmania, and the receipt of higher prices from the Paris Bourse. The advance, howev?r, has not been maintained, Consols after being 93 for money, and 931 2- for the account, being now 93r, and 93; 1 respectively. Rather more firmness is apparent in the New Threes and the Reduced Annuities, which are quoted 91; 921 ; India 5 per Cents., MI a; Eufaced 59 per Cents., 116;; and Exchequer Bills, ls. die., 2s. Prem. Foreign Securities are moderately active, but the settlement, which is of a heavy character, is occupy ing chief attention. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 70 ; do,, 1862, 71 1; do., Consolides, 5447, ; Greek, 37: d ; do., Coapons, 18 4 ; Spanish Passive, 361 2 ; do., Certificates, 141 ; Mexican, 47 ; Italian, 724 73; Russian, 921 931 ; Venezuelan, 611 ; the Confederate Loan is 28 to 26 die.; and the Co lumbian do., prem. In the Railway Share Market the arrangements for the liquidation of the accounts are now in pro gress. Prices, however, have generally shown an upward tendency. Lancashire and Yorkshire have improved as. ; Great Western, 10s. ; North Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Midland, and South Elstern, each £1; and Great Northern A Stock, £1 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings gene. rally sustain former quotations, Recife and San Francisco being dealt in at 18i 19 ; Dutch Rhenish, 187, ; Bombay and Baroda, 107- 4 1 -, 108 ; East Indian, 1081 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 1091. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are also at slightly enhanced rates. Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and China have improved to 70 1 ; Alliance of London and Liverpool to 41 ; London and Brazilian to 51 ; and Union of England and France to 11. International Financial shares realise 108 111 ; London Financial, 141 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 91 a ; and General Credit, 51- 4. - BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 32 per Cent. Annuities New 2} per Cent. Annuities.... 5 per Cent. Annuities A-Jimmies, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock Ditto 5 pei Cent loBa Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto s . per Cent Ditto 5f 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, Oct, 8 93/ India Stock for Account, b per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 per Cent 2 pm 1. dis Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 Braziliansper Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 — Ditto 1843 Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent.... Ditto Account Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 94 per Cent. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825 Dutch, 2t per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant -- Egyptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Ce n t — Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 3B Ditto Account 3ll I i Ditto Coupons lBi 18 i Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 81 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred — Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 3 per Gent. .. Ditto 4i per Cent, 1862 .. Ditto Account .. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... Ditto Account... _ ..... ..„ ........ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. 4 9 1 I Ditto Account 49i i Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, $ St., 94i Ditto 4 . k per Cent 1850.. . Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto A mount Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account .. 361 a Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account l4B I Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 - Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account — Ditto, £lOO Bonds — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd — Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditt o 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25 f. 'much 2 per Cont., Ex. 12 Unit Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 72i iiitto Account.... TWO O'CLOCK. onsols, Money Ditto Account ....... •., 93a I PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 4i per cent., pf., 9Si London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 102 i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam,lii Dutch Rhenish, ISf Great Luxembourg, 144 Sambre and Meuse, 54 per cent. pf., 92 Turin and Savona, 3k JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia, 821 Chartered Bank of British Coltunbia, 12 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10 Imperial Bank (lira.), 231 London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, lira., 101 London and Comity, 50! London Joint Stock, 37 63 London and N mthern (lira.), 111 London and South African, 28k London and Westminster, SO National of Liverpool. limited, 151 Scilide, Punjaub, and Delhi (Dm.), 6/ MISCELLANEOUS. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lime., Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lina., 5/ Great Ship (lira.), Hudson'sit International Financial Society, lime., 102 11 Joint •stock Discount, 7i Lo ndon General Omnibus Company (lim.), 2} Oriental Inland Steam, lime., 3i A BISIIOPAAioNG ND Italians publi s h es the following details —The Yo the capture of the Bishop of Acri :—" A detachment of B2rsaglieri, while searching .the Sila, arrived in the valley of Zarells. where they found brigands guarding three captives. They proved t o b e the bishop, the vicar, and a man named Falcone. At the appearance of the soldiers the brigands fled , abandoning their prisoners, care of by the Bersaglieri, to whomriste who were taken they related that at the mom ent of their providential arri va l t h e assassins by sassins threatened to kill Falcone, and they had commenced breaking his co ll ar -bone with the butt end of a musket The bishop, who was thrown to the ground, conjured the essassins to finish him, for he could n o l o n ger walk. The the prisoners having been restored by the presence e°urage of of the soldiers, it was thought advisable to proceed to the nearest arest house. The prelate, however , refused, for he was not ne able to walk a step. A soldier then took h im on his shoulders. The bishop offered him his pastoral cross, which he had succeeded in saving from the rapacity of the brigands; but the soldier would not accept it, From this place they were brought to Carnigliati, and then to Acri, where the bishop sent his ereservers :1,000 lire." The quotation of gold at Paris is about f per mille pm., and the short exchange ou London is 25.27 i per £1 sterling. o n comparing these rates with the English Mint price Of £7, 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold 1§ about 6-10ths per cent, deafer in London than 11l Paris, SHARE MARKETS---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS• share Railw a y s. Paid. rr Closing ice. 1 Budsoinneesb Bir., Wol. and Str. Val. Btythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andnid.k.io Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cora and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no divl Do. B till flp c.p an.has been paid to 8.1 Dublin & Belfast June.; Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western.; IGreatEastern, Ord. stk 8 8 SI SI 85 87 120 121 Ditto A stock Ditto East A nglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Delano Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock 'Lancashire tt Yorkshire (London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and. Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do t shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birmtng. & Derby Nlid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee INth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.. !NorthLondon Do New North Staffordshire jN. and S. W. Junction, i'.icottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpooi !Shropshire Union ;South Devon !South Eastern 'South Wales IS. York. and River Dun !Staines, Wok.,and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 G 'Taff Vale.. Do B Do C 'Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny ,West Cornwall IW. Hartlepool Elar.&R (West Midland Oxford Do Newport, Do Hereford! 7i 8 39 10 161 17 V 9 100 110 112 50.1. 614 491 60t '4Ol 'al 125 i 1:A 128 129 136 100 112 66} L 7 Ll2l 113 73 71 113 114 421 43} 101,1 102 1021 Inli 46 17 123 125 1272 128} 1 1 .1 1 P 96 98 55i 162 26 1.7 1011 1011 571 581 88 8S 117 12) 1 2 p SO 82 111 111 124 126 44 16 101 103 50 62 31 Q 6 964 70 72 99 101 01. :01 364 374 84 94 74 8 p 150 355 41 64 21 34 It 9 162 28 28 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I Closing , 4 hart Railways Paid. Price. Business don, 100 Itlantic &Rt Lawrenet all 62 64 63 ----- Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind ark 10u 107 I€B 1071 8 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares., 40A Buffalo and Lake Huron alt 61 10 Do. Preference tOO ti Bualo,Brant,&Godrich t 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871- 100 100 Jo. do. Juue 1, 18:1 100 at Clcutta.oS.Eastn.(Lin 100 107 108 at Cape Town & Dock Scril 100 107 109 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. L 100 109 110 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 107 i 1081 1081 20 Do. do. G Ext lO la 11p 20 Do. do. H do. 10 1Z IZr. 111 stock Grand Trunk of Cana& luu 20i 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 74 76 741 100 Do. co. deferred— all 60 62 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 67 69 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 63 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 36 28 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 23 25 stock Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.e 100 108 109 108 k 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1i 11,7 20 Do. January, 1862.. 8 11 11; stook Gt. South.of India(Lim: guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 20i Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 10 ioi 204 Do. New 18 10 91 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt. all 95 97 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. all 89 ul 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 Z p stock Madras guar., sp. o. stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 101} 102 1 stock Dc. 4s do lOO 08 ICO 20 . Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock 51elb.Corp. 6p. o. Bud, 100 50 nelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 t 8 571 100 Do. 7p. c. 51ortg. Bde. alt 20 Newßruilswick Candu Class A and B a:l 3 6 po Ist pt brit 100 82 84 stock &rind e (100 107 108 st Do. Delhi • 100 1061 1071} t Do. do •r x Ci 2 iP 20 Do. Punjaub .... 4 all ——p st Do. Do. ....... , f„g. , 100 107 108 .took Do. Indus.St Flo.) k lOO 102 IC4 1031 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. k,H.(iov. op.e.Ja. AJ u.l) 1877-80 . 10() 102 104 I Do. .Feb. 6p c Feb A Aug. 100 101 103 - Do. 6 p.c:Mar. A Sept. 100 101 103 - r Do. Ep. c. Jan.A.luly. 100 91 93 92 i Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 GO 92 jCapeG.Hope, 6p c,187::, 100 108 110 I Do.Ap &Oct 1130 100 112 114 I Do. 189( 100 113 115 jDo. Jan. & July, 1891 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 M ;Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 107 108 'Natal Gov. 5 per cent. 100 110 112 IN.B.Gov. 6 p.c..; a.AJuI) 100 101 1(3 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 2. , 181 100 1004 101 i Du. sp. c.,1641 to Itif 100 1014 102) Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 102 103 1021 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 111 113 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 104 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1:1 113 J. Aus G6p.c.1878.55 up lOO 111 113 - Vic. Gov. 5 p.c. Ja.AJul) 100 108 110 'Do. to 6 0.0. A.n.atOnt.. 100 114 114 1144 14 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 Id Willord Amalgamated — 32 St Devon G. Con..,"favist , 1 555 665 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 79 61 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. 4d par East Caradon 2.14.1, 28 29 East Cant Brea... 3.4.0 74 t E. WI Russel (Tavistk.:l 8.6.6 3 36 Gam.dzStAubyn(Gwen.), 28 / 13 15 reat South Tolgus l7s 4 48 G. Wheal Vor (11elston. 40 9 10 Grenville 6.16.r 5 58 nem:Ws-Foot 8.12 38 40 Kingston Downs 4.18.0 2 24 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelatt 9i 26 28 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 14 t New Setun l9) 105 115 • North Downs 24 1 2 S.Wh'l Basset(lllo;an 2.17.0 24 34 .lorth Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 41 54 5 Par Consols (St. Blaney' 14 4 1 5 20 erovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 13 45 3outhearadon(StCleer) 14 415 125 --- 34 1 : W C ahr:alßrea an ( I ( 101 '1;71 .) 1 5 2 ; 8 . 1 1 .9 5 - .19 6 3 6 1 8 0 4 3 2 6 8 5 Stray Park 5 famarSilv.A Lead Min 44 fin Crort 9 19 20 194 West Basset (Illogan) l4 94 104 W C , radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 75 80 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 25 30 Wheal Kitty(U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLtd , ott • BVheal PdaryAnni,:den ) 8 9 • 11 Wheal Beton • 584 205 215 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) l 7 16 18 Wheal Union 3.17 2 3 1 9.10.4 12.10 13.14. 601 71 1121 102 f 1011 Tilt SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPIIIIIBER 29, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before ➢lr. Gibbons,) THE CUSTOM IN THE SALE OF SALMON.-WINTER V. SHEFFIELD. This was an action to recover is 2d, and, though the amount is so small, a tremendous posse of the denizens of Billingsgate attended, under the impression, evidently, that one of their privileges was about to be invaded. Mr. Holman, as attorney for the plaintiff, said his client was a clerk of Cowper's-court, and in the month of August last he went to defendant's stall in Billingsgate and pur chased a piece of salmon which was weighed at nine and a half pounds. When the plaintiff went out of the shop he had some doubts, and went to a butcher's shop in St. Mary-at-Hill, where it was ascertained that the fish only weighed 7,11 b. Plaintiff went back to the shop, but as he could get no redress he felt bound on principle to come to this court. Plaintiff was called, and he deposed to having given Sd. per lb. for the salmon. There were no entrails iu it, but only a little clotted blood, and the defendant's man merely popped it in a tub of water, and placed it in the basket. Defendant—Was the salmon good ? Plaint lir—Beautiful. Defendant—lt was bought on the 24th of August for Sd. per lb., and I ask anybody if people could expect very beau tiful salmon on the 24th of August for that money with the inside out ? (Laughter.) This all arises because the plaintiff did not like to pay for a basket. Plain~ifi called a witness who saw the fish weighed at the butcher's shop. Defendant then urged that by the custom of Billingsgate market the fish, salmon, was always sold with the inside. A witness, who created considerable amusement, described having cleaned the piece of salmon. Ho took out about If lbs of entrails. The plaintiff never gave witness a drop of beer. Mr. Holman—Now, do you mean to swear that you took out any inside. Witness—lndeed I do. There is a great deal of stuff to clear out of a jowl of salmon. Surpose I was to cut you in half. (Roars of laughter.) His Honour—l do not think you will make anything nu' of this witness. Mr. Holman—l think not. A lad, named Connor, proved seeing the entrails picked up and weighed. His Honour was inclined to think that there had been an overcharge. Defendant—Well, look here, I cannot make it out. It has been the custom at Billingsgate for years to sell salmon with the indde and clean it afterwards. His Honour—l think you charged too much. Voices—No, no. Call me, Mr. Sheffield ; I'll prove the custom. His Honour—The fish was sold at 931b5., and really was only 7/ lbs. I cannot think it can be a supportable cus'om to make all that difference, I must find for the plaintiff, with costs, Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SCENE AT THE ARGYLE ROOMS.--Mr. Edward Charles Williams, gentleman, Lane's Hotel, S. Albans place, and Mr. George Williams, gentleman, 23, Pic ca dill y , were charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and dis orderly, in Great Windmill-street, the last-named defe n d.. ant being further charged with assaulting Police -sergea n t O'Loghlen, 23 A. Sergeant O'Loghlen, 23 A, said—Last night about 11 o'clock the defendant was turned out of the Argyle Room s by one of the waiters, who fell on the steps. The defend ant, Edward, fell on the waiter, and struck him. I endea voured to get the defendant, Edward, off the waiter, when the defendant, George, deliberately struck me in the eye. I then took George into custody, and handed the other de fendant over to another officer. The defendants were both drunk. David Tungate, a carpenter, and assistant at the Argyle Rooms, said—Last night, about 11 o'clock. I w as in the saloon in front of the bar, when I heard Mr. Edward Williams grossly insult a gentleman. The gentleman took no notice for some time, till the defendant (Edward) called him a " white livered coward," when he said that he had lost his liver in India, where he proved himself no coward. The defendant then threw a glass of ale in the gentleman's face, and as there was then a great disturbance the manager advised the defendants and the gentleman to go into the office to settle the dispute. They went part of the way to the office when the defendants rushed back again, and as the defendants created a great disturbance, I assisted the waiter in putting the defendants out of the place, when the defendant Edward seized me by the hair of the head and tore try coat. The defendant Edward Williams—Did I not say that if a member of the police force came I would go away quietly, but that I was not going to be illused by a waiter at the Argyle Rooms ? The witness—You said that. Sergeant O'Loghlen—The gentleman who was insulted is hers, sir. A gentleman got into the witness-box, and whon asked by the chief clerk his name, said—Mr. George Macdonald. I reside at Canterbury, and am an officer in the army. Mr. Knox—Let me infirm you, sir, that if you have not given your right name I cannot take your evidence, as you are sworn to tell the truth, and if you do not give your correct name you are not telling the truth. The gentleman—l have not given my right name, and do not wish to do so. Mr. Knox—Then I cannot hear you. You are not com pelled to give evidence. The gentleman then withdrew. Mr. Abraham Myers, check-taker at the Argyle Rooms, said—Last night a little after 11 o'clock I was called to the saloon in consequence of a disturbance. I asked the gentle men to come to the office. The defendants went part of the way and then rushed back. The defendant Edward struck me two or three times, cutting my chin and bespattering my shirt front with blood. Sergeant Gibbs, 3 A. -I saw the defendant Edward fall on the waiter, and witnessed the disturbance. On the way to the station the defendant George refused to go any further, and we were obliged to have the assistance of several con stables. The defendant Edward said—l know I had too much to drink, and I went to the Argyle Rooms, I believe, and but for the conduct of the waiter the affair would not have oc curred. As regarded the gentleman, I thought he made an imperl inent remark to me. Mr. Knox—You had drank a good deal, and might pro bably have thought the gentleman said something to you. With regard to the waiter, it was not likely that he would wish to cause a disturbance, as it was his interest to keep things quiet, and not to draw the attention of the police to the place. For the assault on the police I shall fine the defendant George £5. I shall impose a similar fine on the other defendant, but ss. of it will go to the witness for the damage to his coat. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. A very crowded audience assembled last evening at this theatre to welcome " Herrmann the Great Prestidigitateur" on his first appearance in London. On making his bow, the renowned magician was received in a right good English manner ; and after recovering from the warmth of his reception, he, in a few neatly turned sentences, expressed the plea sure he had in performing bafore them, and that he would do his best to make the evening pass off pleasantly. On the stage there was an utter absence of " mechanical contrivances," and other paraphernalia peculiar to wizards. The scene re presented a room interior, two small coffee tables, and a few sheets of writing paper being the only things visible. The first trick introduced was performed with cards. This was rapidly followed by another, but to our thinking, one of the mr,st clever things of the entertainment was the following—Six persons each mark down a single figure on a sheet of paper, unseen by the magician ; the same number selected six cards, the remainder of the pack being destroyed, and then M. Hermann hands a similer pack to one of the audience for exa mination. This having been done, and found cor rect, a gentleman is asked to "cut" any quantity he pleases, and immediately after another person is asked to pronounce the number of cards cut. I❑ this instance be named twenty-one, and then the gentleman who held possession of the " cut" cards counted them out one by one, when it was found he had cut exactly 21 cards from the pack, that the six figures placed upon the paper, on casting up, amounted also to 21, and that the number of pips on the six cards drawn in the first instance by six different persons also amounted to a similar number. Another trick that created the utmost astonishment was the collecting a quantity of half-crowns, appa rently in the air, and passing them into a gentle man's hat ; but the chef d' wit ore of Herrmann was the old but pleasing trick of producing globes filled to the brim with water and gold fish from, in this in stance, a pocket handkerchief (not a large table cloth). We must say it completely puzzled us, because the ordinary evening dress of the necro mancer was well examined previous to his bringing forth one of the globes in the very midst of the audience. The applause that followed the per formance was as enthusiastic as it was well de served. The entertainment of M. Herrmann deserves the most liberal patronage, because it certainly is the neatest and best that has ever been given in the Post-office Directory for the Midland Counties. The Messrs. Kelly have just issued their Post office Directory of Birmingham, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire, which will be found of the utmost value to the commercial com munity. The utmost care has evidently been taken to ensure correctness, and as a book of reference for the places named it will be invaluable. A splendid map of Birmingham is affixed to the volume, and smaller ones of War wickshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire are conveniently arranged at the com mencement of each of the four divisions enumerated. One of the great features of the directory is the classification of the business of each locality under distinctive headings, an arrangement that will be highly appreciated by those living apart from the dealers and traders in the Midland Counties. All the information contained in the directory has been obtained from the most reliable and trustworthy sources, so the utmost dependence can be placed upon the answers to all references. The volume cannot but enhance the great reputation the Messrs. Kelly have secured, by the publication of perhaps the most wonderful book of the year, viz., the Lou-. don Post.office Directory. A REFERENCE SHAKSPEARE.-11r. Heywood, of Manchester, has issued a prospectus of a Memorial Edition of Shakspeare, to be called the " Refer•-•nce Shakspeare," a self. interpretative edition, on the plan of the "Reference Bible." The editor is Mr. John B. Marsh, the author of " Sayings from Shakspeare." EXECUTION OF CONFEDERATE PRISONERS.— Within the last few days ten deserters have died their just death. If the fact is an indication of a new rule in the Con. federate army, none need fear for the fate of the country, for desertion will cease on the day when it becomes known that desertion is death; the army will fill when it is ascer tamed that the soldier who remains at home does so to dig his own grave.—Richmond Inquirer. CITY THEATRE.—'Phis elegant theatre is closed for a thorough decoration, and will re-open on Saturday next, under the entire direction of that well known caterer, Mr. Nelson Lee, who is now sole lessee. He is supported by the aid of all the London managers; and the talent of the entire metropolis will appear in the course of the winter season. His grand opening night, next Saturday, will commence with the great drama of " Peep o' bay," followed by the " Lakes of Killarney ;', and concluding with a popular farce. His own pantomime, numbering the 215th, will be produced on a most gorgeous scale of magnificence. His success we have no doubt of. THE SHAPE OF THE BEAST !—ln the course of the proceedings at the dinner of tho Staffordshire Agri cultural Society on Friday last, Sir Edwin Landscor stated that his first effort at drawing was a repre sentation of a Devonshire bull, when he was nine or ten years of age. With respect to the animals which he had seen in the showyard that day, he said they appeared to be a conglomeration of fat. Breeders and feeders of cattle seemed to disguise the bones of the animals. He thought it would be advisable to exhibit some animals in their original forms as God made them. It' men regulated their own merits by their fat, the greatest prizetaker in the king dom would have been Daniel Lambert.—Nancheeer Guardia 22. SHAKSPEARE CARICATURED -- by N athaniel Hawthorne, in his absurd description of the Poet's Grave and Bust at Stratford-on-Avon.—The poet and his family are in possession of what may be considered the very best burial-places that the ehurch affords. They lie in a row, right across the breadth of the chancel, the foot of each gravestone being close to the elevated floor on which the altar stands. Nearest to the side-wall, beneath Shak speare's bust, is a slab bearing a Latin inscription addressed to his wife, and covering her remains; then his own slab, with the old anathematizing stanza upon it ; then that of Thomas Nash, who married his granddaughter; then that of Dr. Hall, the husband of his daughter Susannah ; and, lastly, Susannah's own. Shakspeare's is the commonest.. looking slab of all, being just such a flag-stone as Essex. street in Salem used to be paved with, when I was a boy. Moreover, unless my eyes or recollection deceive me, there is a crack across it, as if it had already undergone some such violence as the inscription deprecates. Unlike the other monuments of the family, it bears no name, nor am I acquainted with the grounds or authority on which it is absolutely determined to be Shakspeare's; although, being in a range with those of his wife and children, it might naturally be attributed to him. But, then, why does his wife, who died afterwards, take precedence of him and occupy the place next his bust ? And where are the graves of another daughter and a son, who have a better right in the family row than Thomas Nash, his grandson-in-law ? Might not one or both of them have been laid under the nameless stone. But it i s dangerous trifling with Shakspeare's bust; so I forbear to meddle further with the grave (though the prohibition makes it tempting), and shall let whatever bones be in it rest in peace. Yet I must needs add that the inscription on the bust seems to imply that Shakspeare's grave was directly underneath it. The poet's bust is affixed to the northern wall of the church, the base of it being about a man's height, or rather more, above the floor of the chancel. The features of this piece of sculpture are entirely unlike any of the portraits of Shakspeare that I have ever seen, and com pel me to take down the beautiful, lofty-browed, and noble Picture which has hitherto hung in my mental portrait gallery. The bust cannot be said to represent a beautiful face or an eminently noble head; but it clutches firmly hold of one's sense of reality and insists upon your accepting it, if not as Shakspeare the poet, yet as the wealthy burgher of Stratford, the friend of John a' Combe, who lies yonder in the corner. I know not what the phrenologists say to the bust. The forehead is but moderately developed, and retreats somewhat, the upper part of the skull rising pyra midally ; the eyes are prominent almost beyond the pent house of the brow ; the upper lip is so long that it must have been almost a deformity, unless the sculptor artis tically exaggerated its length, in consideration that, on the pedestal, it must be foreshortened by being looked at from below, On the whole, Shakspeare must have had a sin gular rather than a prepossessing face; and its wonderful bow, with this bust before its eyes, the world has persisted in maintaining an erroneous notion of his appearance, allowing painters and sculptors to foist their idealized nob sense on us all, instead of the genuine man. For my part, the Shakspeare of my mind's eye is henceforth to be a per sonage of a ruddy English complexion, with a reasonably capacious brow, intelligent and quickly-observant eyes, a nose curved slightly outward, a long, que-er upper-lip, with the mouth a little unclosed beneath it, and cheeks consider ably developed in the lower part and beneath the chin. But, when Shakspeare was himself (for nine-tenths of the time, according to all appearances, he was but the burgher of Stratford), he doubtless shone through this dull mask and transfigured it into the face of an angel, THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE CAPTAIN OF A SHIP.— Edward Fleming, a tall and powerful black man, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting Captain John Devine, the master of the ship Elizabeth. Clarke, a constable of the East and West India Dock Company's police, said the prisoner summoned his captain to the Thames Police-court yesterday afternoon for a balance of wages, and the case was dismissed on the ground that the prisoner was bound to go back in the ship to Bathurst, River Gambia, in Africa, where he shipped. After leaving the court the prisoner repaired to the ship, and at half-past 4 o'clock made a violent assault on the captain. Witness was called on board, and found the captain bleeding from the mouth and nose, and his face contused. The prisoner was held back by several men, and demanded his certificate of service and discharge from the vessel, and his clothes, and was about to pounce on the captain again, when he seized him and took him away from the vessel. The captain of the Elizabeth was seriously injured. The witness then put in a medical certificate, stating that Captain Devine was unable to attend. Mr. Horace N. Powell said he was on board the Eliza beth, and saw the prisoner attack the captain, beat him in a furious manner, and throw him down. The captain had no chance with the prisoner at all. The prisoner, in defence, said he asked Captain Devine for his discharge and a pass for his clothes. and he would not give him either. He waited five minutes, and repeated his request, on which the captain took up a billet of wood. He then thought it high timo to defend himself, and knocked down the captain, and hit him in the ribs. Mr. Partridge —I havo a certificate; the captain is unable to come here. You dre remanded until Friday. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay. £3 Os to £4 12s; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 15s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.•—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £.l 8s to £1 16s per load. A. fair demand. WHITECHAPzi —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 158 ; clover, Di Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 l6s per load. Supply moderate. COLONIAL. TEA. — Business has been inactive, and the few dealings entered into has been at about previous rates. SUGAR.—The market has remained dull, and inferior descriptions of West India have slightly given way in price s Good grocery qualities, however, have sustained former quotations. In the refined market there is little change to record as regards values. COFFEE.—me demand for both foreign and colonial de scriptions has been inactive, and prices in some instances are rather lower. The stocks on hand, compared with those of the same period of last year, show a slight in crease. IticE —A fair amount of business has been done in East India, which has fully sustained previous quotations. TALLOW.—There has been a more active inquiry on the part of the trade for home consumption, and a slight ad vance has t a ken place in p r i ces . P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 44s 6d to 44s 3d ; last three months' delivery, 44s to 448 :3(1 ; And spring ditto, 448 6d per cwt. THE CHANNEL FLEET, Notwithstanding the changeable character of the weather during the afternoon, large numbers of excursionists proceeded by the ordinary trains to Kingstown for the purpose of inspecting the fleet, or such vessels thereof as might be selected for the purpose by the directors of the different steamers plying for hire. This, by the way, we consider, a just cause of complaint on the part of visitors, who cannot proceed on board any particular ship they may desire to inspect, but are compelled to go wheresoever the steamer or tugboat, in which they take passage, is directed to leave them. Of course it may be urged in answer to this that it is in the power of any person to charter a boat for his or her special conveyance—and such no doubt is the case—but, when it is considered that the fleet lies nearly two miles from shore, and that Dublin Bay, under the influence of a stiff north wester, is anything but safe fo r an o p en b oa t, th e impracticability of such a course must be obvious. Several officers of the fleet came to town at intervals during the day, and visited the different public buildings and other objects of interest in the city. —Dubin Freeman. THE GREAT EASTERN, The report of the directors of the Great Ship Company, to be presented, at the general meeting of the proprietary on Friday next, alludes with regret to the circumstances that have made it neces sary to call them together to relieve the undertaking from its present embarrassments, or to wind up its affairs. While the number of passengers conveyed across the Atlantic exhibits satisfactory progress, the earnings from this as well as from the freight have been materially reduced by the severe com petition between the two great rival companies that has been carritd on throughout the season, as will be seen in the following table : May. June. August. No. of passengers -564 1,033 Out Home Actual receipt of £ s. d. £ a. d. £ S. d. freight and pas. 14,311 16 1 11,810 0 3 11,18 G 12 8 sage money each voyage .. Receiptof freight and pas. money 17,908 9 6 18,730 1 3 20,585 2 1 at rates of Aug., 1862 The report especially alludes to the accident off Montauk Point, to which the present unfortunate state of affairs is chiefly attribu►able, from the delay and heavy expenses attending the repairs. The hurricane with which the ship had to contend on her last outward passage to New York was the subject of much comment by some of the passen gers, who appear to have been more frightened than hurt. It is also specially stated that although she laboured considerably in consequence of the Partial disablement of her paddle-wheels in the earlier part of the passage, no injury resn,ted to her hull or machinery, nor is the slightest symptom of straining observable in any part of the vessel. From the accounts it appears that the expenses of the Great Eastern during the present season are about £20,000 in excess of her earnings, and by a curious coincidence, is the difference between what the ship earned in her three voyages this year at the reduced rates, and what she would have earned under those of last year. In conclusion the report says:—" Your directors must impress upon the proprietors that the position of the company's affairs is most critical, and that immediate steps must be taken either to raise additional capital for the Prosecution of the undertaking or to dissolve the company; this latter alternative your directors feel would amount to a total sacrifice of the property of the ordinary shareholders. It is for the proprietors to determine what is to be done. The ship cannot be retained in the possession of the company unless funds be raised immediately to pay off the existing trade debts, amounting to £30,002 19s. 4d., and whatever employment may be designed for her a further sum will be required for the necessary outfit, and the repairs needful for the efficient maintenance of the ship.—Liverpool Albion. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Sept. 29.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; light breeze, and fine weather. SWANSEA, Sept. 23.—Wind S.V.—Sailed—Ramp shire, for Cuba. CLYDE, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—St. George, screw steamer, from Montreal. COWES, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Urnguay, from Havre for Hayti. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 28,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cyprian, from Sunderland for Vigo. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 25—Crowc, from Prince Edward's Island; Francisco de Padi, from Bordianski ; Sumsett, from Soul borara ; Gallorine, from St. George's ; Recompense, from Guernsey; Gradore, from Coconada. Sailed, Sept. 27—Helensis, for Cronstadt. Sailed, Sept. 28—Hastings, for Cape of Good Hope; Marlborough, for Calcutta ; Enmore (steamer), for Barba dos ; Schwan (steamer;, for Bremen. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Sprite, from Shields, for Cadiz; Zelorian, bark, from Aliner, for Ipswich; Elizabeth, from London, for Auckland. Anchored—Mary and Elizabeth, from Shields, for New York ; Isabella, from Christiansen, for Cadiz ; August a, from Memel, for Carmarthen; Bertha, from Me, for Rochelle ; Susannah, from Pernau, for the northward ; Ramo, from Shields, fur Cagliari ' • Eagle, from Shields, for Li s bon (lost an anchor and 60 yards chain at Dungeness ; has been supplied with one from here). Last night tried to move the wreck of the Karl°, but did not succeed. Sailed—Lady Douglas (steamer), Cornelius Grinnell, City of Manchester. VICTOR HUGO is travelling in the Grand Duchy of Baden with M. Hetzel, the son of his publisher. The Poet Novelist being, it is said, an enemy of railways and conveyance by steam, a coach and pair has been hired by him to do Germany . LISTZ has just brought out an oratorio at Rome, called " Christus." It is very Catholic in its tone, and is meant for a baritone in the principal part. A SEAMAN'S LETTER. The following letter, which has been received by his worship the Mayor, is worthy of publication, from the simplicity of feeling and earnestness of purpose evinced in it :—" H.M.S. Royal Oak, River Mersey, Thursday Morning, 24th September, 1863. Honoured Sir,—With fee.ings of respect and gra titude permit me, on behalf of myself and my fellow shipmates, to offer our sincere and heartfelt thanks for the very kind and cordial reception your worship, the members of the corporation, and the commodore and the members of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club have afforded us, the blue jackets of the Royal Oak ; and believe me, should it please God ever to put us to the test, that the people of Liverpool, and your worship in particular, will find that, though we possess rough exteriors, we are as capable of the feelings of gratitude as the more polished landsmen. Praying that the all-powerful hand of a good and mighty God may prosper your worship and the corpo ration in all your undertakings, and we beg of you to ex press our feelings to the people of Liverpool. Praying that the Almighty will abundantly bless your worship and your lady also, and your,worship's family, if you have any, be lieve us to remain ever sincerely, your humble servants and sincere well. wishers, ' THE ROYAL OAKS.' His Worship the Mayor of Liverpool."—Liverpool Albion. CURE FOR BURN s.—The long sufferings, ending but too often in death, which result from injuries caused by fire, invest every suggestion tending to remove them with peculiar interest. We therefore borrow the following from Les Mondes, a scientific review, whichadvocates the applica tion of electricity by means of a Yolta-Faradaic apparatus. We must here premise that faradisation is an operation first proposed by Professor Faraday, in which electricity is ap plied to the human body in intermittent currents; for in stance, in the painter's cholic, in which case the pain caused by the apparatus overpowers that cruses by the disease, and ultimately removes it. The modus operandi proposed for burns is as follows :—The part cf the body which has suf fered from the effects of fire is immersed in a basin, or, if necessary, a bath of water; the negative pule of the appa ratus is put into communication with the water by means of the usual conductor, while a wire frJrn the positive pole communicates with some point of the body out of the water, and not far distant from the part affected. The electrical current is thus carried over the latter, its force being regu lated according to the patient's strength. To ascertain whether sufficient electricity has been administered, the patient exposes the burn for an instant to the air, and if he does not feel the inflammation any more the operation may be suspended ; in the contrary case it must be resumed un til that effect is produced. So long as the part affected re mains immersed in water under the influence of electricity, the patient feels no pain. In mild cases, an hour's exposure to electricity is sufficient for a complete cure; in more serious cases it must be continued for three or four hours, but the cure is stated to be prompt and certain. When the whole body has been injured by the flames, the patient must be put into a bath with the negative pole in the direction of the feet, and the positive one placed in contact with the nape of the neck. Part of the water must be changed every quarter of an hour, to prevent the bath from getting warm. The discoverer of this method is Dr, Rehold.—Galignani, ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR--This Day. To-day being Michaelmas•day the election of Lord Mayor took plats in. the Guildhall. Shortly before 12 o'clock the Lord Mayor (Alderman Rose), the Sheriffs, and other officials left the Mansion.-house and procaeded to the Guildhall, where they were received by the aldermen and officers in the Aldermen's- room, and a nosegay having been presented to each, according to ancient custom, by the usher of the court, a procession was formed from the Guildhall to St. Lawrence's Church, which was conducted by the junior marshal. At the conclusion of the service the procession left the church and returned to the Guildhall, where hustings had been previously erected at the east end, and on which the Lord Mayor took his station. The Common Crier then desired silence, and formally declared the Common Hall open for the election of a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The names of the aldermen below the chair, and duly qualified to fill the office, having been read, a show of hands was taken, when the names of Aldermen W. Lawrence and W. S. Hall were selected. The Lord Mayor and the other officials then proceeded to the Court of Aldermen, and after a few minutes' absence returned and declared the choice of the court had fallen upon Alderman W. Lawrence. The Common Crier then called Alderman W. Lawrence forward, and asked him if he consented to fill the office. The Lord Mayor elect advanced to the front of the hust ings, and, having been invested with the symbols of civic dignity, stated his willingness to serve the office, and his determination, by the help of the corporation and the sup port of the livery, to uphold the honour and dignity of the office, and maintain the rights and privileges of the city. A vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor and sheriffs closed the proceedings. The Lord Mayor elect then accompanied the Lord Mayor, attended by the sheriffs, to the Mansion-hcuse, where his lordship will this evening be entertained at dinner. The Gold Diggings of British Columbia. The British Colonist of the 12th of August gives a fa vourable account of the progress of gold mining in British Columbia, especially at Cariboo. The Colonist says :—" The steamer Caledonia arrived last night from New Westmin ster, bringing 310,000 dols, in treasure, in the hands of a few lucky Caribooites, The Burns Tunnel claim was yield ing largely. On the morning of the 29th ;they washed out 20 pounds, or 240 ounces. The Cameron Company is also paying well. They have four shafts down, averaging about 100 ounces to the shaft. Tho Grizzly Company was averaging from 20 to 50 ounces a day. The Arabia Com pany was averaging from 60 to 100 ounces. On Lowhee Miller and Co., Morehead and Co., Fairbaim and Co., and the Pluwbago Company were taking out good pay. On Lightning the Dutch and California companies were ave raging from 80 to 100 ounces per day. Dull times on Antler Creek. On the day before the party left a party had gone out to prospect a rich quartz lead supposed to be at the head of Red Gulch. The discoverer brought in some exceedingly rich specimens, and said he would make the spot known for 10,000 dols. Twenty miners there upon each deposited 500 dols, and despatched a party o f five miners to test the matter." The following is from the Bt fish Columbian:—The following gentlemen left Richfield on the 29th, and arrived at this city on Monday evening the 10th—Mr. J. Diller, Mr. Lorring, Mr. Hard Curry, Mr. Prindle, Mr. Achinson, Mr. Rayside, Mr. Moffat, Mr. M'Donald, Mr. Masters, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Webster, Mr. Goldsworth, Mr. Picton, and " Uncle John," having in possession 310,000 dols in treasure. The above party left Richfield on the 29th, arriving at Lillooet in six days I Mr. Diller went up to the Cariboo country in 1860, and has re mained there ever since. He now goes to his native (Penn sylvania) with a very handsome fortune. A very rich quartz lead was struck about the 22d ult. on the head of Lowhee Creek, and a company organised, of which Mr. R. T. Smith, formerly magistrate at Hope, is the head. The lead was traced some 200 feet by simply removing the moss, when the gold was quite visible to the naked eye. It is thought it will yield as high as 10,000 dols to the ton. The following is an extract of a letter from Mr. Russell, manager of the Bank of British Columbia branch at Rich field, to the manager at Victoria, Aug., 1863 :—" The news on the creek is beginning to grow exciting; they have struck it big on several of the new claims down below. Burn's Tunnel, which has been worked on faith and jaw bone (credit) for the last two years, washed up a promising looking pan of dirt off the bed rock, and had 1,400 dols. at the bottom of their pains. If this is the result of a single pan out of a little pocket in the bed rock, what may we look for when the lead is fairly struck ? Baker and Co. are doing splendidly; they took but their biggest days' work this evening, 270 ounces. The claims that are paying largely now are the Grier, Point, Burns, Foster Campbell and Co., Barkers, Baldhead Grisley, Moffat, Cameron, and Never Sweat, and on Lowhee, Sage, Miller and Co. and Moorehead and Co. and a great many mere are doing well, but the above mentioned fellows are the tyhees (chiefs)." Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Firm. Sales, about 8,000 bales. Import, 11,476 ; previously, 10,974. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Beceipte. Railways. .„.._____.... - ___..,_,----A-----.., 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862. £ £ Belfast and N, Counties 136 136 2,104 2,372 Belfast and County Down.... 49 49 643 685 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,628 2,170 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 6,893 7,346 Caledonian Cockermouth& Workington Bl 84 309 299 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 351 321 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 61 218 ' 250 Cork and Youghal .. 3 4 21 27 470 431 Cornwall 534 531 1,803 1,390 Deeside l7 17 322 336 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,473 1,515 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,653 1,922 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 5ll 481 2.531 2,243 Edinburgh and Qlasgow 1691 1691 8,657 8.356 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &e 5O 5 i 2,952 2,670 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 351 351 39,361 39,450 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,690 2,086 tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 161 572 519 '3 t.Soittlin.& Westn.(lrlnd.) .3591 . 329 . 9,037 23,689 Great Western 10561 1034 63,991 65,695 Inverness & Aberdeen June 86i 86; 1,495 1,391 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,596 1,5n4 Lancashire & Yorkshire 395} 395} 39,168 36.530 Limerick and Ennis... 24f 241 163 24i Limerick and Foynes 264 264 157 227 Llanelly 461 46f 613 678 London & North-Western London and Blackwall a 51 1,917 1,942 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2611 211 23,219 24,92 0 London, Chatham, & Dover 72 72} 6,043 5,136 Do. Metropolitan Extension 104 24 1,100 602 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Shetheld, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9/ 94 2,509 1,452 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan 3l - 1,663 - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 614} 49,277 46,478 Midland Gt.Westn. of hind 259} 1924 4,518 ,s)* Monkland 714 714 1,703 1,390 Alonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,738 2,626 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 10774 57,533 54,413 North London 9 9 .3,221 3,159 North Staffordshire 254 252 8,556 8.444 Oswestry and Newton... 5O 42 3,249 1,13 U Rhymney l9} 19} 997 896 St. Helen's Canal& Railway 62 52 2,168 1,981 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 131} 5,570 3,52} Somerset and Dorset 394 39} 730 468 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 29,666 29,920 Taff Vale 65 55 5,840 5,540 Ulster 64} .. 1 : 1,907 2.281 Vale of Clwyd Vale of Neath 32} 25} 2,411 2.011 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 407 357 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,569 1,578 West Cornwall . ._ 27 i ??11 815 872 W. Hartlepool Ilarbr.Jatail. 4B_ 48 4,925 4,583 W'haven,Cleator,& Egriunt 7 7 566 577 Whitchaven Junction l2 12 907 736 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 815 743 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,639 1,591 Austrian - 815 828 30,048 38,352 Belgian Eastern Junction 26 26i 315 322 Bombay, Baroda, & Len. India 185 132 t 1,322 947 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 1611 2,333 1,662 Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish lOBl 108-/ Eastern of France..........,, 1078 1060 58,194 600 1 East Indian ... ...... 933; 639 15,996 1.9.54 ~3 Grand Trunk of Ca na d a 109 032 lOOO 14,73.; 1 , 4; 393 Great Indian Penin su l a 5 3 8/ 437 1 4, 227 N OO Great Luxembourg 134 134 4,023 "55 Great Southern of I n di a Great Western of C ana d a 345 315 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 499 435 11:332 20,0 . 62 Northern of Canada Northern of France 697 891 j ' ll6 1,338 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 40 133,088 143,492 135 4 69,634 66,026 Paris and Orleans 1340 1204 506 Pernambuco 774 -- 69 69 741 741 Royal Danish 6B 118 1,403 1,310 Sambre and Meuse 143 0 1316 50,000 56,151 South Austrian *** 777 7 77 33,228 31 607 Southern of France ........ • • 196 111 , , 8,319 5,310 Victorian ' 25 25 483 640 /.. 1,126 1,121 Welland - '- West Flanders —4—.............. _La 7 "' 5 5,596 50,021 W. andl.N.W. of France . ..... iOti A LUNAR RAINBOW. —At eight o'clock on Sun' day evening week a perfectly-formed lunar rainbow was visible over the town of Sligo, and continued in view for nearly an hour. Shortly before twelve o'elock it rained heavily, with a strong breeze from N.W. and during the night it blew a hurricane, which continued until six o'clock on Monday morning, after whi:dh rain set in, and with a alight intermission continued until Tuesday afternoon. At nine o'clock on that half night another luna r rainbow was visible, forming a circle, and storm and rain lasted through the night. Wednesday morning, at six o'clock, the sun shone out, and the day was fine until half-past three o'clock, when it again commenced to rain which con tinued for two hours, after which the evening was dry. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 142 i per cent., and the premium on gold is 29 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States,, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.' - - NEWMARKET RACES.—Tms DAY. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRA.FH,) TRIAL STAKES. Sportsman filly Gentle Kitty ... Six ran. HANDICAP OF 20 SOVS. Bertha .......................................... Prince Le 800 .................. Three ran, HOPEFUL STARES. ............. . 1 Yamund ........................ Tomfoolery Eleven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Zeloo Atlas .. 1 • 2 Hare GREAT EASTERN HANDICAP. St. Alexis .............. Queen Elizabeth 2 Twenty-four ran. GREAT EASTERN 11A. NDICAP.—Poland scratched, Gemma reported scratched also. No betting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENING. GREAT EASTERN HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Gemma (taken and offered) CESAREWITCH. 14 to 1 agst Anfield (token freely) 100 to 6 agst Hurricane (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lioness (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 25 to I agst Drummer Boy (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 40;to 1 agst Faultless (taken) 50 to 1 agst Sandford (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 15 to 1 agst Birdhill (taken) 100 to 6 agst Catch'em Alive (taken) 100 to 6 agst Borealis (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Limosina (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Merry Hart (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Soapstone (taken) 50 to 1 agst Baldwin (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER—MONDAY. For the Great Eastern Railway Handicap Poland wee made tho favourite, and tho next in roquest Wags Summer side. The selected one of Lord Stamford's lot was Cas. sidle. 25 to 1 was laid agst Gemma, but upon the receipt of the news of what they were doing in London, 10 to 1 was the highest offer against her. The little done on the Cesarewitch was almost confined to Umpire, Hurricane, and Myrtle. Any slight advance upon the quotations would have been readily taken about either of the three. Closing prices : THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY HANDICAP. 10 to 1 aget Poland (taken and offered) 10 to 1 apt Gemma (offered) 12 to 1 aget Summerside (offered) 16 to 1 agst Cassidia (taken) 25 to 1 agst Principal (taken) THE CESAREWITCH. 14 to 1 agst Anfield (offered) 16 to 1 agst Umpire (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Hurricane (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lioness (offered) 22 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 25 to 1 agst Drummer Boy (offered) 50 to 1 agst Catch'“em-alive (offered) LATEST BETTING AT EDINBURGH.—MONDAY I LOTHIANS HANDICAP. 3to 1 aget Bohemian (taken) 7to 2 agst The Knave (taken and offered) sto 1 aget Lothians King (taken freely) 6to 1 agst My Mary (offered) Bto 1 agst Bonny Bell (taken) Bto 1 agst Borealis (offered) 10 to 1 agst any other (offered) The Moors and Forests in Scotland. Our reports from the hills are gradually decreasing in numbers and importance, but the extreme wet and stormy weather of the last week sufficiently accounts for this. Grouse are not scarce ; they are, however, very wild, and difficult to find them within gunshot. The forests are well stocked, but few deerstalkers have ventured out for some days past. Sport, however, has been obtained, as will be seen from the following notes : The following is a note of game killed on the Dalnawillan and Dorrery moors prior to the .sth inst., viz. :—Grouse, 521 head; hares, 43 ; snipe, 39 ; golden plover, 4 ; wild ducks, 4. On Saturday week Captain Marshall shot a white grouse on the Glencallater moors. Ia Perthshire, the great majority of sportsmen have abandoned grouse-shooting for the season, after a months good sport on the principal moors, and generally there has been a good stock left for breeding. On the shooting grounds where sport is still continued considerable num bers of grouse and other game are killed daily. On the Drummond Castle moors, on Wednesday, Mr. Knightlyshot 101 brace of grouse and 1 brace of blackoock. On the moors of Findoch, on Wednesday, Mr. Hall shot a number of grouse, 8 brace of partridges, and 4 hares. On the banks of the Earn and other districts, where the grain fields have been cleared, excellent sport has been enjoyed at partridge shooting. On Thursday a party of three guns bagged 65 brace of partridges and 25 hares ; and on Friday one gentle man shot 13 brace of partridges and 4 hares. In Strathtay, Strathearn, Strathallan, and other districts of the county, the stock of partridges is unusually plentiful, and the birds are in fine condition. Pheasant shooting opens next week, and the prospects in many preserves are highly encourag. ing, the broods numbering from 12 to 16 birds each. Down to the 7th inst. Lord Galway and son shot 11 stags at Langwell, in this county, in addition to capturing 14 beautiful salmon. Last week Capt. Marshall brought down anuther stag in Glencallater forest. Col. R. Farquharson, of Invercauld, on Monday week brought down two fine stag, and one on Tuesday. The latter possessed a beautiful head. Mr. H, Snowie,Chureh-street, Inverness,not withstanding the very unfavourable weather which has been experienced, has received a number of stags' heads for preservation since our last report. J. O. Leigh, Esq., forwarded a very fine head of 10 tines—the animal weighing 18st.—and also a royal head, taken from a stag of 19st. The Earl of Dud ley also sent one the span of which was 25 inches, length. of horn 32 inches, and girth 5 inches ; the head bore 13 tines. A fine head of 10 tines was also received from Col. Barker, Loch wore; two were sent by J. F. Basset,Esq., Rinloche wo, one of them a splendid royal ; a fine roe head from the lion. F. T. Freke ; a second from Col. Fraser; and a third from Lord March, Gordon Castle. Within the past week Mr. W. A. Macleay, Church-st., has received 13 capital stags' beads, sent for preservation —two of them from the Earl of Seafield ; one from th e Rev. T. J. Prout, at Sir J. Stuart's, Lochcarron ; one . from Mt. Fitzgerald, B raetnare; and two from Mr. flutchm aon, Rhidarroch ; also, two very beautiful roebucks' heads trom Cawdor Castle. DR. CHARLES MACKAY, the late special corres pen, dent of the Times in America, is said to have been recalled, and his place taken by Mr. Gallenga, an Italian Republican, who acted as Times correspondent in Italy during the war of independence. M. MEYERBEER has arrived in Paris en route for Dieppe, for the benefit of his health, which all lover.s of music will rejoice to learn is much improved. WHAT BECOMES OF THE YANKEE TROPHIES OF VICTORY !—The Charleston papers are in error when they state that th e ori g inal fla g of Studer had been recaptured from us. I k now it to b e false. The flag under H i ram t Anderso n 0 Barnum iboyu thegl a was brought on to New which York, Gener al presented num has all the distinguish ags, ed t 7 t Government. Bar w-He has the flag oar tured from Earl Cornwallis at Yorktown ; the principal flag of Old Napoleon, captured at Waterloo ; the white flag of truce, held by the brave Osceala when he was captured — and murdered afterwards in a Charleston prison—in the Florida war. So that the Sumter flag ea , he seen at the Museum of P. T Barnum any time between stz a..m and eleven p.m., for 25C, child ren z, n ; a ll-price. — M ANH ATT AN I FATAL SACRIFICE.—Apropos of " eating out the poetry," so much dreaded by poetic dramatists, I may tell a story of an author, now deceased. He was a regular writer for the theatres, but had not yet ventured on such high flights as tragedY• One day he said to his manager, „ I , m going to sa y something —I know you'll laugh, but I don't care. Well, I've written a tragedy, which I should like you to see*" He was asked to send it ; did so ; and thus the story proceeds in his own words : ic W ell, sir, a f ew days afterwards I got this note from him : `My dear ----, at all the preposterous things I ever read, your tragedy is the most stupendous. But come and dine with me to-morrow at six.' Just like him : wounds your feelings in the tenderest point, and then tries to wipe it out with the dirty bribe of a dinner. However, I went. He told me to cut out all the poetry, and send it to Astley's. I did; and it ran a hundred nights. So you see what apiece it must have been.''•"Cornhill Magazine" joreetober, just published. The Spanish journals state that accounts have been received f rom M e lill a to the 17th instant. Everythin g was then calm in the camp o f the Moors, who seem to repent of the atti tude which they bad assumed. The Alerts, steamer, from Malaga, landed a battalion of infantry. The Spanish expedition destined to chastise the Moors of the Riff will, it is said, be from 8,000 to 10,000 strong. General Maldonaldo has had a conference with the Governor of the Riff , who is encamped before Melilla, an d the result of th e i n t er view will be immediately sent to the Governments The generality of the Moors wish for peace. It 3SiA. ) and darn their will Ehg' their ]firth tele pro- guns e d to soon iborl. jeatY Ile a will nber, I the 1 will th a rest- iiden iSOP rveY under left Earl and rdaY cord, t es' th of luny' From r the IEIS ' S otel, that COsiu 11 1)0 rich iwed et it 'ION ; the .hton the raph Ilan, tudy ap t tho gst to b© aries at .d brae nit z hors ttio d in ,kie- :alit ls.te T of and :01 e, now has the re- ,aro. selat 'irs- per will nor *To,: too ; cant lic," is to