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

EY MARK ET AND COM.KERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no alteration in the aspect of the general discount market, the enquiries being moderately active, and the rates steady. A farther 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 IVeinesday 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 Decr ease 413,715 Bullion .• •• •• •' '• 15 ' 040,819 Increase .. • • ' ' • • 196, 834 3,428 Rest .. • • •• • • 233 4,753 Increase .. • • ••• • 5,574,863 Public Deposits - • • • • 177,595 • • Increase .. • • •• 13,758,358 Other Deposits.. • • • • • 212,497 Decrease .. • • 676 083 Seven Day and other Bills 10,104 Increase .. • •• • • 11,088,426 •• G overnm ent Securities • • • 50,000 Increase • • • Other Securit ies •', .. 18 , 472 , 407 Decrease •. •• •• 0• 681 472 : 407 391 Notes 'Unemployed .. 7,563 805 Increase 562,630 Rather more activity has prevailed during the last few days in the Foreign 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 hi hand of the executive to the extent of £573,333, of £240,000 in the bills discounted, of £790,000 in the current accounts, 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 lees buoyancy, probably in consequence of lower prices on the Paris Bourse, Consols are now quoted 93 1 for transfer, and 931 / for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 93k 4 ; Bank Stock is marked 238; the 5 per Cent. ludian Loan, 1081 i; the Bonds, 16s. 19s. prem.; and Exchequer Bills, ls. die. to 2s. prem. The Foreign Market presents a quiet but firm appearance. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 68/ ; Ditto Consolides,. 481 491; Mexican, 381 39 ; Spanish Passive, 331 1; Ditto Certificates, 12/ I ; Greek, 331 i-, a ; Ditto Coupons, 151 16; Italian, 711 ; and the Conederate Loan to 24 22 die. In the Railway Share Market business has been very duil, 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 93 1 21 3/ 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities zioninties, 30 yrs, expire ;th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 3-16 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent I );tto 5} 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 £l,OOO l6 19 pm Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept. 9 .......... 93i India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent.... March, June, 21 per Cent . I 2f per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO .. Ditto 1 dis I 2 pm Z5OO .. 2pm 1 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. .................. Ditto, 1839 and 1859 .......... Ditto 4t per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... 93t Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent .......... Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cbitian 6 per Cent... Ditto 4 .................. 1 per Cent. ................ 86 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyp to, Second Issue- ....... . ........ Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex - Coupons.. 335 Ditto Account ......... ............ 331 I Ditto C0up0n5. ..................... 151 Ditto Account ... . ................. Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 791 9 Mexican 3 per C en t .................. 385 Ditto Account 385 t 94 84 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada ........ Ditto 2 per Cent... •••• Ditto Deferred ................. Ditto Land Warrants(Hectares) ......... .. Pi,ruvian 3 per Cent. ................ Ditto Acc0unt...................... Ditto 4% per Cent., - ,1 862 ....... .. ... Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 - Ditto Account ....., 485 Ditto 3 per C en t., 1856 , ' 7, ' 9, ' 6O, 62 — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent , 1822, £St • Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 .. .90 Ditto 3 pe r C ent., 1 859 58 Ditto 5 per C ent. 1 862 SDitto Account panish 3 per Cent Ditto Account ........ Ditto New Deferred. Ditto Account Ditto Account... . . Spanish Cert. of Co .. . up not funded ..... Ditto Account Turkish 6 p er C ent. 1854, 921 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 6 715 1 Ditto, £lOO Bonds / 4 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 6Bl 8 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd 4% die Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent "Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per C en t., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent. , Ex. 12 Guil Italian, 6 per Cent Ditto Account.. 1861 Ex. 25 francs — • ...... Consols, Mon ey THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto Account .. 93 935 .............. Liverpool C o ot ~ t Zia - rket—This Day. Sales about 8,000 bales. No ch ange. Sales of the week 59,470 bal es , i ncluding 9,730 export 6,980 bales. on speculation, and 12500 for exportati on . A ctua l Quotations—Fair Orleans 25 ; Mobile 24 1 U. land 24. Estimated Middli ng Orleans 22,1 ; ;p Mobile 22; Upland 21 1. Estimated fair Egyptian 21/. Stook 292,780 bales. Surat 11 it o 20i. Imports of the week 29,669 bales. M. EUGENE DELACKOIX, LM — T ----- ';t3 Ceiebzaner o tedd F rench painter, member of the Institute , and Commander Legion of Honour, expired in Paris at seven o'clock theterday morning. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. —A painful sensation has been recently occasioned at Hampton Court and its neighbourhood by the melancho y death of the Youngest son of Mr. Kinloch, who holds an appointment in her Ma. jestra household. The unfortunate young gentleman was fishing on the afternoon of the 3d inst. in the canal in the H e e p rn - ark, and appears to have fallen suddenly, during the th absenc e of the gentleman who accompanied him, from theouParapet at the end of the canal, where the water, of thou; apnarently only two or three feet deep, is in reality great depth. As soon as his disappearance was known a s earch was made, but the body was not d iscovered for nearly two h ours , rni:h_ne,:lihniteur of yesterday publishes a let ter fro P 0, dated the Ist of June, stating that the insur rectionary movements serious embarrassments in th e sou th ern p rov inces are creat ingus embarrassments to the Chinese Government. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing , Share Railways Paul. Price. Business don( 100 atlantic eit St Lawrene( all 60 (2 61 itom.,Baroda&.Ce n t I n c atk 1 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 66 10 Do. Preference . all 71 84 , o , f Buffalo,Brant,&Godria ,„„ I p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 -- 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 100 100 Do. do. Juue 1, 1874 100 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin ) 100 107 108 at Cape Town t Dock Scrij 100 1 , 3 105 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e 100 109 110 stock Last Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 108 1 9 1081 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 11 lip 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 19 20 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds all 69 71 100 Do. ao. deferred all 52 55 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 62 65 100 Do. do. deferred. ... .. all 45 48 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 33 16 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 23 26 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 20 23 21 stock Gt.lndlaPenln.gua.sp.o. 100 108 109 1084 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 lip 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1 14) stock Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 108 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 104 11 10i 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. all 95 98 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 90 02 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p stook Madras. guar.. 5p.0. .. 100 107 i OB stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 1014 1024 stock Dc.4e d 0........ 100 f 8 ICO 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 57 100 Do. 7p. c. dlortg. This. all 20 Newilr unswick ac Candy, Class Aan d B all 3 5 N.Rl.C'das pc lst pt bds 100 83 85 stock Scinde .......... (100 1074 1081 at IDo. Delhi . I 4.: 100 1074 1084 Do. do • • 'rt' ct 2 E 20 Do. Punjaub .c: all —p et Do. Do. , 100 1074 1081 et oak Do. Indus. St. Flo.) (.100 ,103 105 , stock et I 20 et stook SHARE MARKETS—This day. Shared Railway?. 13.14. •! Wol., and Str. Val. !Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter , Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn WS I i Do A A pets no div Do. B ti 11 6p e.p an. has been paid to B.! Dublin & Belfast June./ Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. , !Glasg. and S. Western. ] iGreatEastern, Ord. stk 8 Si - - 81 8f 88 E 8 118 119 Ditto A stook __ Ditto EastAnglian at GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern.. .. Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lanoashite & Yorkshire Loudon and Slackwall Lon., Bright S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So*.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares ~ Metropolitan Midland Do New 6.4.0 Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. y shares Mid Kent .. Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.. (North London 19.16.4 1 DO New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun btaines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Va1e.......... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta, and Pim 1 Waterford & Kilkeany West Cornwall W. Hartlepool II ar. &R !West Midland -Oxford; Do Newport ' Do Hereford; 12.10 t3i 7 40 41 151 101 94 95 111 113 491 601 97 49 244 151 123 125 1221 123} 135 140 100 102 051 Mk 113} 113} 76& 774 113 115 42i 43} 101! 1021 1051 10110 43 14 11i 111 129 129 i 97 ¢ 9 9p 54 L 5 25 26 1011 1011 -- --d 571 58 87 88 118 120 82 t 83 It P 11i 12} 122 124 41341 47} 100 102 50 62 80 22 92f )33 70 72 101 103 8 38 7 f 39 94 101 D' 7 4 8 4 P ' 156 160 3 p f 51. p 81 86 158 160 - - 27 29 45i (6i 39 41 104 106 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCEIS. Cl os i ng Business PriPaid. ce. ce" 119/ 19 641 50 i 102 66 113} 1141 13t 92 t 11* 0 p - P, COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J a aJ ul) 1877-88 ...... ........ Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. E p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 8p c,187;,, Do.Ap & Oct 1880 Do. 1891 - iDo. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal Guy. 6 per cent.. N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.4.t..1u1) Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 18,,r I Do. Sp. c.,1 8 / 1 to Ifit I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds - New Zealand 6 p cent. INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. Queensland Gcv. 6p. C. IS. Aus G6p.0.1878.& up.. - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 p.c. Am&Oot. 103 105 1(2 104 105 107 95 96 94 96 108 110 112 114 113 115 112 115 113 M 106 107 110 112 1051 1064 1004 tOli 1014 1024 1014 1024 , 110 112 100 100 100 100 100 105 108 1:0 112 110 112 107 100 113 1134 BRITISH MINES. 2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id 4 suliflord Amalgamated 30 32 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ,l 1 550 670 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 79 81 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. Id par East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 28 30 East Carn 8rea..... 14.0 71 8 E. WlRussel (Tavistk.) 8.6.6 31 32 Gam./zStAubyn(Gwen.) :.81 7 10 Great South Tolgus 17s 31 32 G. Wheal Vor (llelston) 40 62 71 Grenville 6.16. r 61 61 Herd's-Foot 8.12 a 8 Ilingston Downs 4 . 18.0 14 2 Lady Bertha Margaret (Guy Lelant) 94 , 32 st Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 21 11 g New Setun 194 100 110 North Downs 2l 2 21 N.Wh'l Basset(lllozan 2.17.0 21 31 North Wheal Crotty .. 2.4.9 81 P ar Consols (St Blazey) 11 4 6 20 Providence (llny Lelnt) 10.6.7 40 42 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 415 425 S. Cara Brea (111ogan).. 5.15.6 11 24 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 721 771 Stray Park 5 ramar Silv.dt Lead Him 41 fin Cron 9 211 221 — W e Cr Basset don ( (Illo Lisk g ear a n)d) 5 11 22 24 114 121 r West Soton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 60 65 Wheal Buller (Itedruth) 5 45 50 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuthott .. Wheal MaryAnn(lien ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton ..... I W vh h e e a a l l T u re nt i o a n wn .. e . 4 215 173 32 PREFERENCE SNARE S. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1,111 i Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., rd., 51 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Um.) gut. 7 per cent, 20 1 i Paris and Orleans, 41 San Paulo aim), gull. 7 Royal Swedish, 1 Ditto (ail), 22/ per cent., 91 Turin and Savona, 21 FOREIGN MINES, St. John del Rey (Jim.), 56 i 7 United Mexican ann.:, 61 Yudananiutana of S. Australia (Um.), 3i JOIN T-STOCK HANKS. ekl &granance a d Unit Sece (Um.),Live 112 i Bank ed of Lo rvi ndon and rpool (11m.), 851 0 Bank of London, 136 Bank of New Zealand, 10 Consolidated Bans, lim., 9i 10 91 English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 21i 2k Imperial Ottoman, 18 18 London Joint Stock, 15 London and Westminster, 784 7 Standard of British South Africa (11m), 171 Union of England and:France (tim.), DOCKS. London, 61} MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, limited, 2} Ceylon Company, 5,1 E gush and Australian Copper, 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 3 ir uds on' s Bay, 2i t International Financial Society, lim., London General Omnibus Company (lim.), la National Discount Company, lim., 8} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 781 South Australian Land, 33 With regard to the wine supply and the vintage of the present year, it appears from a communica tion from a well-informed correspondent that the sanguine expectations of an abundant vintage, which the spring gave Promise of, are doomed to disappointment as regards some of o ur princip a l w i ne sources, f rom th e l ong continu an of scorching heats ; these have been perhaps the most severe i n B Pain. The report from ILerez de la Frontrera is, that "the scarcity of rain since the spring and some strokes of oidium 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 great quantities, so that the promised abun dance is converted into what can now be but a scanty vint age for 1863." 111} 102} f 1131 1 13 1 THE SUN, LONDON, F RI DAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. INCAUTIOUS CONDUCT,—Marianne Masset, a French woman, was charged before 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 °tinr 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. WESTMINSTER. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT AT A TAVERN.—Patrick Malo • ney, one of the Sappers and Miners, and Joseph Bowman, were charged with creating a great disturbance at the Duke of York tavern, 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 he 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 BY A RATE• COLLECTOR. --George 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. co of the p oor The prisoner had been rate collector i n B romley for 23 A y l e a a n rs a , g a e n ra d en si t n A ce e t t , h i e n p l a B s s s s in , ghoafs Sbierenßenolamin Hall's Local general, lighting, and sewer rates. He was muc h respected in the parish, in which he has carried on busines s f or near l y 40 years, and brought up a large family. Th e ra t epayers 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 as unusual number of persons to Mr. Dunstan, the vestry clerk of Bromley, on the 18th of June last, as not ha ving 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 wero 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 establishments, 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 117 13s. 9dd. ; 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. Na 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. MARK-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, geneially speaking, operated cautiously, at about Monday's currency. Red wheats realised 44s to 48s; white, 48a to 535; 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. Flout. English.— 1,010 1 10 1 -- 1,910 ' 120 ' 2SO Irish - -- I 1,500 1 Foreign-- 5,00 960 26,570 12,220 brls and 180 sacks BOROUGH HOP. 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 beveral instances, favourable; but, on poor soils, the crop will certainly be light. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is very moderate, and the trade rules firm at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 6 fqiddling do. 3 8 310 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 4 3 10 Interior mutton. 3 2 3 6 Fided Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Prime d° .. 4 4 4 6 Veal 3 8 4 4 Small pork .. 4 2 4 6 Lamb COLONIAL. TEA. —Th e mained Without market h as b een quiet, and prices have re quoted 13d per lb. c hange of imp ortance. C ommon congou is SUGAR, --A fair amount of business has been done in West India, and good grocery descriptions have realised full rates. In the refined market the demand for dried goods has been more active. COFFEE. —The operation s in colonial qualities have been to an tained previ o averagus quotations.e extent. Plant ation Ceylon has fully s u s - RlCE.—Business has been dull, and there is no material alteration to report in values, TALLOW.—The market has been depressed for both pre sent and future delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 435, and last three months, 458 to 45s 3d per cwt. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT is, at last, being taken in hand. The Metropolitan Board of Works has been at length armed with the requisite powers, and supplied with the needful funds, and Mr. Bazalgette having prepared his plans and drawings, contractors are invited to come forward and tender for so much of the embankment as lies between Westminster and 'Waterloo bridges, on the north side of the river. THE NATIONAL SHAKSPEARE COMMITTEE, the Athenceum 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., T. L. Toole, Esq., and others, The organization is extending into the country, the colonies, and foreign lands, Our great provincial 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 THE NEW MEXICAN EMPIRE, The statement that the Mexican Empire. when reconstituted, is to arrange to pay to F rance wi thin 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 are interested is that there can, in justice, 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 culated to yield a certain annual sum, and although the bondholders would have had no title to 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 cccasioned. Under any other view, it is ob v i ous t h at an hypothecati on of customs dues or any other sources of revenue would be worthless, since a State might hand them over to credulous creditors one day and repeal them en tirely on the nex t. On all these points, ho wever , 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 of all nations, will pro- Englishmen but of p eo ple bably be willing to facilitate the task o f reconstruc tion now in hand, by manifesting confidence and a desire to prevent em b arr assment by meeting as far possible all suggestions that may contribute to th e 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 Dreanithorp. Back from the houses is th e lake, on th e green s l op i ng banks of which, with broke n windows and t om b s , th e ru i ns stan d . A s it is noon, and the weather is warm, lei us go and sit on a turret. Here, once, day these v ery s t eps, es o l d ballads tell, a queen sat day aft er d ay, l ooking 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 windowof the room in which he is lying. On that straw roof might the raven alight and flap hi s sa bl e wings. There, at this momen t, is the su preme tragedy b e i ng enac t e d . A woman i s weeping there, and little children are looking on with a sore bewilderment. B efore nightfall th e noor pea k ed face o f t h e bowed artisan will have g a th ered its ineffable peace, and t h e widow will be led away from the bedside by the tenderness of neigh bours, and th e cr i es of the orphan brood w ill be stilled. And yet this present indubitable suffering and loss does not touch me like the sorrcw of the woman of the ballad, th e 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 an d dying obtrude themselves at the present moment? On the t urret opposite, about the d i stance 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 th e b allad queen, nor th e shoemaker down yonder, whose respi rat i ons 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, Th ey would not thank him if he did, I daresay. Perhaps they could not under stand him. Time enough j 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. -a her scarlet cloak she looks like a blossom springi ng out of T a crevice on the ruined steps. He gives her a flower) and sh e 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 pe r f ect idyl. The generous, un grudging sun, the m3lancholy ruin, decked with the fl Avers and ivies of forgetfulness' like mad Lear, and grief, and between them, sweet and e vanescent, love I human truth and THE CASE OF MRS. M'LAORr, AL—Official docu ments have been published me%etin g the statements of the convict Jessie M'Lachl a n. interview between the prisoner and t er of them relates to an agent on the 19th of Julie, in the presence of the Governor of the General Frieon at Perth, where M'Lachlan is confined. In the co urse of that intervi ew th e prisoner p con versation that she h a d previously sitively denied a i n which she spoke of laudanum. d Wheno with her agent, asked whether Mr. Fleming was the guilty person, She the act." On the following morning, saidthe that "he did 2 h, she ex sed a wish to know why she had beenpres t questioned the day before, and then told the Governor on that she had spoken of laudanum to her agent. She had told him that she knew no more of the murder than if had placed a g lass of laudanum " foreanent" her. An o th er document is a note by Miss Ilielop, the scripture reader of the prison, of a conversation h eld b y her wit h the prisoner Hislop says :—" I had visited the prisoner sev ora l' t i Miss my official capacity, but ha d nev er once alluded to megin her crime, but had spoken to her as I do to other prisoners, being a lost sinner in the sight of Go d. On this occasionas she referred to the crime with w hich s he was charged, said her case was a very sad on e . I sa id to her, You and will have noticed that in all my dea lin g s wit h you I have eare fully avoided speaking to you of y our clime; but since you have mentioned it yourself I shall let you know my mind on the subject. I believ e y o u to be the guilty per son, and to me you seem to have acted as a guilty person throughout. You have been guilty of a deed for which you ought to have been hanged, as God has never repealed that law he gave, that blood should answer for blood, but by a very mysterious providence your life has been spared, and I would beseech you to make early and earnest application to Him whose blood cleanseth from all sin. She looked at me and said, 'Well, Miss Hislop, 1 am obliged to you for your honesty.' She sat silent for a Minute or so after thi., and then she said, I had as little thought of it half an hour before I left my own house as you h ave at this moment. ' I sa id I b e li eve d i t was not a premeditated thing, but that one sin had led to another till the deed was committed. She said, 'I feel sometimes as if I could go thro ug h th es e prison walls. I often think mj.. mind wi:l give way.' She began to tell me about going out for son • le spirits that night at the request of Pler c i n , b. I sopped her, and 11. was no use going over it, as nothing sh e s it.' She immediately say would alter my opinion about yadded, but Fleming is not a good man.' I sa id ' don't say he is a g o od man, but I believe him to be i nnocent of that crime.' THE TWELFTI. CRIEFF,—The shooting season opened under the most favourable circumstances. The morning w as bright, clear, and frosty, and immediately after day. break both hill and dale reverberated with the almost incessant discharge of guns. About 10 o'clock, how ever, the wind began to blow in strong gusts at in tervals, which continued the whole day, and ope rated in a great measure against successful allooting, 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 numerons 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 parka 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 abundant 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. AUCHTERARDER.---The morning of the Twelfth dawned most auspiciously for the sportsman, the weather 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 this 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 so 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 en 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 Ocbill range have not yet been opened, and wilt not likely be so till the 20th. A CROCODILE HUNT. As we approached the river banks, a large crocodile hove :n 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, por eleeaeion, 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; he 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 tois we were equally disappointed. After waiting for him two hours, we goo him up, along with the arrow head sticking in his own. I made 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 sunning 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 goatr. Onnelay, 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 some 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 accident 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 by 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 cebado, 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 hi mse lf de voutly,lithe Jesus, s t ofar Maria t all, the imprudent u fo t r te t r h ed e l t i h fe e , h an ol d y a m b v ov oca o f o o f r i j m os p e ru l dent traveller. In the meantime the swimmer con tinued gliding through the water towards the approaching crocodile. Aware of the impossibility 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 mor t a l, f o r the ferocious monster sunk beneath the waves to r ise no more. Proud of this achievement, and s co rn i ng the tardy assi stance of the ferryman, who offered to pick him up in h his eano e e, he did waved his bloody dagger in the air, exclaiming, as 80 v;am " Is leisurelythere n a other o take about hhi his rheo?r horse and across. th 0 n Theturn i c n a g l , o e h r o e 8 who related thi s a d ven t ure th en a dded, "So delighted was I a o u n ttohaat good occasion sa n that kf for r l e t d h e rn my goats."— Wild S cenes. B y D on Ramon Paez. yeafiamttaenst h h a e d n d to e: t o r u e r a e t d tahlel --- MEANING OF NAMES AMONG THE GREEKS. —Philip, lover of horns ; Alexa nder, helper of men; and A.rethusa, ri , tuous ; among the L at i ns Agricola, husbandman ; V a lerius, healthy ; and Clem ens, merciful ; and among the Celtic nations, Howell, lordly ; Arthur, great; an d C ara d oc , beloved. There are plenty of Leonards, Leander; an d L e opolds from the lion; E verards a nd Offas, from th e b oar; Ursulas and Bernard ; f rom the bear, Latin and T eu t on i c; Arnolds and Ernests, from the ea gle; and Ophelia s , R os siinds, and Omar s , f rom the ser pent; to say nothing of the Roses, Violets, Xlargarets,and Pearls, named from flowers and gems. Ishmael means heard of God; Artemidorus, gift of Artenzus ; Jovianus, belonging to Jupiter; Thorgils, Thor's pledge ; and Godiva, gift of God, z t 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 Lowther 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 Swilli t ng en, he married a daughter of the celebrated Earl of Bute, the favourite of George lll.'s mother, and died May 24, 1802, w i t h out issue. In him the therpeculiarities cul m i nated in an eccentricity which oomy and Low almost approached t o ma d ness. Of a morose disposition, full o f ev il 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 exe 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's rank. There was, however, a sentimental side to the character of this gloomy earl. "He loved with passionate fervour a fine young woman, 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 ba 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 offer ed to give and maintain a seventy-four for a 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 Cone 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 dire 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- 1 raained quiet to watch the result. But the enemy was too active and too formidable—he turni d tail and floundered away down the stream, never halting until he 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 21 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." TILE eitung 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 praries. 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 in it worthy of Punch. At present it is the only Zeitung which indulges in the luxury of political leaders, which, if they are not distinguished for elegance of style, deserve praise for brevity of diction. The Ereu; Zeitung approves of the doings of Herr von Bismark ; but by no means fawns upon the Pre mier, but merely patronises him with an air of benign grace. It is easy to read between the lines of every number the over recurring phrase, •' You, Bismark, are intrinsically a fool, a nitre Landjioeter, and a tool of that pure nil 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 Xreuz 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 Kreuz Zeitung is fond of quoting Scripture, and more than once has compared Napoleon 111. to Amalek. THE VORACITY OF 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 he 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 bad 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 tirst•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 harm ; and so great 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• ranee, 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 i n a d y i ng state ; he twisted his whip roun d it and brought it t o s h ore. Myself and my son were imme diately sent for to l oo k a t i t, w h en the b oy a t once o recog nised his ant agon i st. Th e f i sh appeare d to hav was very been a long time in the agon i es o f d eat h, an d the e body lean and curved lik e a b ow. It n"sur d4l inches, a n d to the Castl e at died next day, and, 1 b e li eve , was taken Windsor.' There can be no doubt ( Mtr; Wright adds) th at this fish was in a state of conwlete s starvation.—lt well from 30 to 40 lb" fed' it is probable it mi g ht have weigh ed A FEMALE LIEUTENANT -COLONEL.---" Among the Mexican prisoners w ho have arriv e d i n France, " says the AS ieck, "is one p articularly worthy of notice—a young Indian female , aged 23, who was l ieutenant -colonel Z a catecas. She has i n the space of seven in the regiment of years gained all her grades at the point of the sword. When her husbanu , was called on to serve, she followed the army, and , having di s tinguished her se l f in battle received the rank of su b-lieutenant, Her h us b and was killed in the affair of Guadaloupe, on the sthM.ay, 1862, and her bravery on that occasion obtained her the rank of second in com mend of a regiment, at the head of which she rendered her- I self conspicuous in the defence of Puebla. She was most expert 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 ern 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 theta 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 51,123 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.—W 6 observe that large numbers are still leaving this country for Ame rica, notwithstanding the disturbed state of society beyond the the Atlantic. Tho opening of the Galwayline, thought, will give a grea t i mpe t us t o emigration,lvh manyiletbe reduction in the far es o f th e C unar d line has tempted o leave the old country and try their fortunes elsewhere. Vote? 14 Star. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. READING RACES—'Pais DAY. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FORBITRY STARES. Nereus Dominie Sampson Abernethy Four ran. CAVE RSHAM S TAKES, Danaus 1 Miss Livingstone Sister to Melsonby Fifteen ran. THAMES HANDICAP. 1 Gibraltar ...... Kingwood ............. Ha mpton Court ... ... Three ran. SELLING STAKES. BittGood for Nothing Tomon Foolery ..................... WHITLEY STAKES. Topsy ........................................... 1 ............... Calliope colt .................. 2 Crochet colt ........................................ Seven ran. 3 ABBEY :STAKES. Eastminster .................................. Garotter Crisis ...................... .• 3 STAND PLATE. Tarragona ............ 1 Cadiz 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 MANCdESTER—Tais DAY. EBOR MANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst The Monk (taken freely) Ar -.0/ THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. Ga BOROUGH OF LUDLOW. The zette 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 But 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 : Pek pr 30, My Lord,—R eferring to my despatch b of A Bth il Sep te lB63 mber, 1862, I have the honour to state that Mr. Medhurst, 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. I 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 cn this delicate question. They are fully concurred in by the Russian and the American Ministers. The Btitish and American communities have appointed a committee to prepare a scheme fur 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 i s 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 population.—l have, &c., FREDERICK W. A. BRUCE. The Right Hon. Earl Russell, K.G., 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 Ot dinary Member of the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross to the Most Hon. Order of the Bath ; and of James Esq., C. 8., Governor and C ommander-in.. Chief inDouglas, 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, AUG. 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, esigned. FOREIGN OFFICE, JL LY 24. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Michael Jones, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Feejee and Tonga Islands. Queen has been gAraicr ward Hall, Esq,, G io u u B s T ly l i The oleased to appoint Ed now her Majesty's Consul at Comayagna, 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 Majesty's Consul at Erzeroum, to be her 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 Erzeroura, FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 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. States of n. RugglAmerica es as Consul at Kingst on , J amaica, for the United. FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF•PAST 7 O'CLOCK. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in th e G azette : George Buckingh am , b oo t ma k er , W a l wor th G eorge New man, auctioneer, Tunbridge W e ll s Robe r t S mith, plumber, Hoxton John Chick baker, Hereford J ohn Ashby, butcher, Northampton John Alpe, grocer, Kingston-on-Hull John Fisher Wilts, spice merchant, Whitechapel John Harrison IVillding, corn dealer, Bexley, Kent Cbarles Townsend, surgeon, Birmingham William Reid, draper, Birmingham Henry White, plumber, Bilston Thomas Bradney, eati nghouse-keeper, Wolverhampton Alexander McConnel, draper, Guildford Charles Wilcombe, baker, Doaking Wm. Cowell, horse dealer, Thirsk Samuel Brown, quarryman, Walkley SCOTCH BANKRUPT. Alexander Tregarthen, Glasgow Course of the Exchange.—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam ..... 3 Month!. 11 182 11 182 Antwerp — 25 55 Brussels — 25 55 Hamburgh — 13 8f Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Al ain e ll9f Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid • • • Cadiz Leghorn Milan •••• Genoa Naples Palermo Messina .. Lisbon Oporto 11 lif 11 191 11 1i 25 GU 25 60 13 9 25 35 25 624 25 62; 111' li 55 11 65 4SI 49k 25 621- 25 621 25 62 25 62i 25 62i 25 621 52 2a 51 49i 491 25 70 25 70 25 67j, 25 G7t, 25 67i 25 67 52i 52} 17 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per or 9 Mexican Dollars ........... ....... £3 I. 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) ................ 0 t, I South American Doublons .. . .................. 0 0 0 SHIPPING—This DaY. LONDON, Aug.. and very Lin e . and at Noon, S.-E.; moderate, (UY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived —Flora from Odense; Viard, from Suudswall; Providence. zrom'Dram ; Albion, from ;Gefle ; Puna (le broders from Carolinstiel; Coquette, from Riga. y ;,.