The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-21 00:00:00

Cremorne Gardens—Ascent of "The Eagle," M, Eug(ltne Godard, " Aeronaute de l'Emperour," last night made a remarkable and successful ascent at Cremorne Gardens, in an enormous balloon of his own construction, which he styles "The Eagle." Balloons are common at Ctemorne, but the particular vehicle taken into the air by M. Godard is said far to exceed in its dimensions all bal loons that have risen since the days of Montgolfier, while it is filled on the Montgolfier principle—that is to say, is filled not with gas, but with air rarefied by means of fire. The following statistics of " The Eagle" may not be uninteresting, It is 117 feet 7 inches in height, 95 feet 9 inches in circumference, 300 feet 6 inches superficial, 30,000 feet in area, 2,0051b 5 . i n we i ght, 498,556 cubic contents, contains 4,793 square yards of silk in 1,910 pietas of 96 stripes, 14,203 feet of stitching, 9(3 overlaps of joints, 154 feet long, making 13,818 feet more of sewing. The hoop and the car are attached by 64 me!al cords. In the centre of the car is an 18 feet stove, including the chimney, 980 pounds in weight, Eft Gin in diameter, and inside the flu is a metal colander to intercept sparks. Last evening the ground usually appropriated to aeronautical purposes was occupied by an expectant throng, who stood round a shapeless bag, anxiously waiting to see it expand into some thing like a spherical form. A privileged few were allowed to enter the gradually-expanding marquee, and to behold a huge furnace which was constantly fed with rye-straw, and which afterwards appeared as the central part of the car. As the process of inflation was slow, the anxiety of the spec tators was long kept in a state of tension, and the develop ment of the irregular figure into a globe, adorned with symbolical figures, was watched with increasing curiosity. At a quarter to 8 the whole fabric stood up amongst the trees and poles of the somewhat crowded ground, and the various ropes that held it to the earth were cut away one by one. M. Godard ran rapidly round the solid wicker can shouting orders through a speaking trumpet with pardon able excitability. Two gentlemen took their places in the car—Mr Prowse and an officer in the Guards, and a third heavy military gentleman leaped in, much against the wish of M. Godard. The final rope was cut away, and the huge ball, half the height of the monument, rolled rather than rose towards the east side of the gardens. Here it met a firm lofty pole to which some of its detaining ropes had been attached, and this pole was bent creaking on to the roof of a theatrical Swiss cottage, which broke in like a piece of Pastry. For a few seconds the balloon seemed to return to the gardens, and to descend towards the grass, while the stokers were seen desperately throwing the email trusses of conapressed straw into the mouth of the fiery furnace. M. Godard raved through his trumpet, and the excitement caused several ladies to faint, and a large portion of the crowd to rush panic-striken towards the hotel. In lees than a minute, however, the " Eagle" had regained her buoyancy, and ascended with all the majesty proper to such occasions. Then, those whe had shrieked with alarm began to shout with admiration, and the gigantic vehicle was watched with interest as it diminished in the distance. There was little wind stirring, and her course appeared to be in the direction of Woolwich. Her appearance was peculiar, as she had no variegated stripes of colour, like the ordinary oil-skin bal loons; the yellow furnace gleamed just above the travellers and under her neck, and numbers of small straw trusses hung dangling underneath her car. The balloon safely de scolded at Greenwich. The balloon is to ascend again from Cremorne on Monday neat. ITONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. An active demand is still reported in the general discount market, and few if any bills of three monthe date are negotiable under 6 per cent., which con tinues to be the minimum of the Bank of England. It Was imagined in some quarters that the directors --- influence4 by the recent withdrawals of bullion, and the increase in the inquiry for accommodation —might have found it necessary to alter their regu. lations at the weekly court to-day, but they sepa rated without announcing any new movement, and the result was in accordance with general expecta tions. About X 30,000 in bar gold was taken nut of . the Lank yesterday for the Continent, and 25,000 sovereigns were also withdrawn for the Brazil% The following important resolution has been Passed by the committee of the Stock Exchange : " That no company shall be admitted to quotation in the official list unless a member of the Stock Exchange be authorised by such company to give the committee full information as to the formation and the bonafides of the undertaking, the appli cations for and distribution or allotment of shares, and every other particular that the committee may require." The biddings for 30,00,000 rupees on bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were—Calcutt, 17,10,000 rupees; to Bombay, 12,00,000 rupees; and to Madras, 90,000 rupees, The minimum price was, as before, is 111 d per rupee on Calcutta and Madras, and is llad on Bombay. The applications within the limits amounted to 180 laos. Tenders on Cal nutta and Madras at is 114 d will receive about to per cent., on Bombay at 2s about 65 per cent., and all above those prices in fall. ; The last week's railway receipts, ascertained np to this day, are, in round figures, as under 1864. 1863 . Great Western North-Western .... 112,592 101,802 South-Western Midland, Lancastdro and Yorkshi re .. Great46,73o 39,060 Northern South 'E as t ern .. 26 ,771 25,480 Great 1 Ifts •e rti 34,528 31,819 North Eastern Bristol, and Ex e t er Mane' i es t er , Sheffield, and Li nco l n 7,046 6,737 18,322 15,842 These ret urns , w h en compared with those of the same period of last year, are of a very satisfactory character. Oa the Great Western there is an in eref/se of £2,021; on the North Western, of £1'0,790 ; on the South Western of £1,589 ; on the Brighton, of £1,843 ; on the Midland, of £5,914; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £7,070 ; on the Great Northern, of £7,052 ; on the South [ls torn, of £1,291; on the Great Eastern, of £2,709; on the North Eastern, of £6,675; on the Bristol and Exeter, of £309 ; and on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £2,480. At the 54th half-yearly meeting to-day of the Loudon Joint-stock Bank, Mr J.. T. Oxley in the chair, the report, which was adopted, stated that dining the six months, ending the 30th ult,, the b:nok had made a net profit of £124,476.76. 10d., out of which the shareholders would receive the usual dividend at the rate c,f 12f per cent. per a nnum, with a bonus of AA, per share, leaving a balance of £26,976 7s. 10d„ to be carried to profit and loss new account, for appropriation at the end of the year. The guarantee,, fund had been credited With the accruiL,,; interest and debited with the depref3iation ascertained on the revaluation of Go went securities held by - the bank, and now amounted to £276,301 7s. Bd. The half-yearly nn eeting of the shareholders of the Imperial Bank was held to-day—Mr Alderman Lusk in the chair. The report, which was unani ously adopted, recommended a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, for the six months e nding 30th June, 1864, on prid uP capital of 12,000 shares Ist ; and a pay ment at the rate of L 5 per cent. p'.ir annum on paid -1113 capital of 10,500 shares of `2cl and 3d issues in lieu of dividend. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap. Pointed Monday, the 25th Jul yi, a special settling day in the shares of the unde•nnentioned securities : London Bank of Scotian 4 1, New Shares; Conti nental Batik Corporation, New Shares; London and South western Banl-;, New Shares, not to be marked Bankin for th -e P and after the reser.t Alen in the Provincial g Corportotion °•n, a bargains entered into on 17th M a 9; in the East ern Exchange Bank, on bargai.as r4fcer the 21st May; Also in the and in the Albion Bank. k . to he marked on t he o ffi c i a l li s t s. I tal into and ia n Land C ompany, on bargains after the 17th June ; and on the Rosa Grand. a 6 s old Mining Company, to be m ar k e d on the twice a ' eek lists. ThQ committe e h ave a l so ordered th a sb arcs o f the Indian Cuellar to be .quoted in the twice Tea Company o f a week iiai, —____ rivet o'C LocK.. At Paris, this day, accordiwg to Mr, neuter's Ror tee were 66f . 30c. teleg ram, the 'T hree per Cent. Owing to a few %ipeculative gale s the t ile English. Fun Is hE,s given. w market for ay about qiikily in c on per cent., E me dul lness, of lequen ce of the extre: business. Cortsols fk , r money are 90Z I, and for the In count 90. g.. The New Threes and,l/41tee,uced 404 . to nuities are 691 1 ; Exchequer Bills, for idircla, " 1 3. di.; and tor June ss. cv.s. to par ; luditt 5 per Cents., 1041 105 ; Enfaced 4 per Cents. 041; ditto 5 per Cents. 104 k ; and ditto 54 por Cents. 1141 1151. A slight downward movement has ale° been apparent in the Foreign Stock Market. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701; Mexican, 29i ; do. New, 26,1 , 2; Greek, 24-1 ; Spanish Passive, 28k a ; Portuguese, 481 ; and the Confederate Loan, 76 77. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and prices generally remain without material change. Dank and Miscellaneoas Shares generally main tain former rates. Anglo-Egyptian Bank shares are quoted 3 prem. BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK, GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Au g . 9 3 per Cent. Reduce D d Now 3 per Cent. B9l 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1591........ Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities ' 30 yrs, uxpire eth J an., 1i3. , :0 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1835 — Do (Red hea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &31 per Cent. 8 42 Do £SOO Do £lOO and £2OO . 8 sank England Stk, 5} per Ct. Do Account — f,INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account — Do 5 per Cont. July, 1670 .. lO5 4i 1)o Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lO4l Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Du Bonds£l,oeu Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Do 1559 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 4 ., 1863 cgyptian 7 per:Cent — Do, Second Issue - .. 103 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Do Account ..... Do Coupons — Do Account - , --- Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1559 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) -- Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die Do 6 per C,enf. Anglo-French — Ditto Scrip, £23 paid bloorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deterred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do a per Cent. (CTribarren)... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account .. Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. 48 Do Account Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch .... .. Do Scrip, £3O paid • Pm Sardinian 6 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Do Account .. 10 Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £5O paid — pm Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — i IDo Account 1)0 6 per Cent. 1858 . Do Account 7 21 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds.. 7oi 70 Do 1863 .. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 .::Do Account Do Scrip £3O paid .... Do 11 per Cent - 5 dis Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 41, per Cent., Ex. 25f... Do Account .. Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 ...... Do 4 per Cent. Certifleates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money .. 90a Do Account .... 90.1 Agricultural Prospects. (From the Mark Lane Express.) A sudden and favourable change took place the first day of the week ; a bright sun commenced to shine ; wind N.E. Monday was breezy and fine; an excellent day for the pushing forward of haymaking, and much progress made. In Essex, the cutting of peas and oats commenced : a sample of the former article was shown, but the yield not promis ing. Tuesday morning opened thick and hazy; but again the day became bright and fine. The accounts from Lan cashire on that day state—" For the past ten days there has been an absence of rain ; the temperature hot and forcing, but the nights still sharp and cold, The dry weather has admitted of the hay crop being well gathered up, so fares it has been saved. The produce, however, with feic exceptions, proves, as was expected, very light, and this description of forage will be scarce,and proportionately dear. The late high winds and wet do not appear to have done much injury to the wheat plant ; but the general conviction is that the yield will be under an average, and greatly deficient in quantity and quality from the crop of last year." The same day, from the West Riding of Yorkshire, it was re marked : "With a continuance of cool, dry weather, our growing crops are progressing steadily, and although much of the wheat is thin as expected, and spring corn short in the straw, they assume healthy appearance gene ' rally. Haymaking is proceeding Ateadily, and there will be small stacks to look at in this neighbourhood when got up." From Suffolk, on that day, the reports were more unfavourable than any yet received, running thus : " Since our last we have had five days of dull, cold No vember weather, and two bright scorching days of July wer::cher. The farmers are general in their complaints of the damage done to the wheat during blooming. In all the fields which were in bloom during the late frosts and subsequent stormy weather, the mischief done is now making itself apparent : the ears are all more or less de fective, many with half the chaff filled with pain, and our promise from these districts is very discouraging; many speak of only four sacks per acre. The late wheats on the cold heavy lands were not in bloom during the ungenial wea then, and from these we hope we may get an average crop ; but red gum is doir,g considerable mischief in these districts. Under these circumstances we cannot now expect an ave rage crop," On Wednesday the accounts trom Boston stated ; " The weather during the week has continued cold, with an absence of sun, and the crops Lanka slow progress to maturity. With anything like favourable weather, we may expect harvest to be general in about another month ; and in this district we have a fair average crop of wheat." From Suffolk, on Thursday, it was re marked :—" Since Sunday last inclusive we hsve had bright warm summer weather. With easterly winds and cold nights, complaints of our growing wheats do not decrease, yet we are not inclined to think that on the whole we may gather a fair crop. Barley reports are favourable, but rain is wanted for our light gravelly soils to mature the kernels and prevent coarseness and premature ripeness." From Devonshire our adv ices state : " Wheat crop in this county is rather variously reported on, the amphis has been attacking the ears, but we are informed from reliable sources that little or no mischief is to be seen, and that they are rapidly disappearing from the ears ; some few early pieces of wheat may be cut by the end of this month, but harvest is not likely to be general until the second week in August, The crop is thought to be nearly an average." On Friday from the same county (neighbourhood of Exeter), it was remarked :—" W heat cutting has commenced in a very early district of our south coast. Reports of the crop are very various ; on the thin soils they are giving up for want of rain, but in the deep rich soils this dry hot weather is very favourable. Altogether we are likely to have a mid dling crop of wheat, but not equal to last year. The above remarks will apply to barley and cats. Beans and pease are said to have failed, being blighted," This is the first cutting of wheat we have heard of, but the rye " h com menced in early di s t r i c t s. On Frio " ...ay, from the East Riding of Yorkshire, advices sae , Prvest has e The weather has been dry and rather cold for the A' solace of sun, and the F' " -aeon of the year, with an ab - ..-`'wing crops make small progress . Emu is want e d f or spr i ng corn an d roo t tcorowpasr.d,s maturity. Or _ die same day, from Bury St. Edmunds, our advices There are very conflicting accounts about ° e, wheat crop, but we think more is made of 'it than it re quires. The Talavera, being a very tender wheat, was caught by the frost, and no doubt received injury; but we will not not believe but that we have good crop of red wheat. Barley marvellously fine—in fact, this applies to all sorts of grain, excepting wheat." The weather remained hot and forcing up to Saturday inclusive, and will have pushed for ward the crops favourably, except where premature ripen ing is the effect of a sudden change. Harvest may be said to have partially commenced in this week ; and should such weather continue, it will go on ste tdily, but from first to last is likely to be a long and procr, tetinated one, nay may be considered as well nigh finished. THE MTN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1864. 151 ARE MARKETS—This day. Share Railways. 3.14. 1 Bir., Wol., and S tr. Val Blythe and Tyne, licst.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter .• • • Caledonian Cork and Bandon Coruwa 1. D o A di v' gets no d Do. B till tip o.p an.h s been aid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. l Dun„Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg,. and S. Western. GrcatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto Ea3tAngliatt 6t GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern.. •• • • • • Do A stock Do B do 'Gt. S. ant W. of - Irelan , ' Great NVestern o 85 R 7 124 j 125 k 6 7 35 36 16 17 91 93 110 112 17i 481 7} 71 138 140 167 159 128 134 90 91 70) 71 Do St; Val guff. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr..th Western Man., kihef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. k shares Mid Bert •~-- Do Cray Line North British Ellin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwios Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.... (North London Do New 115 k 119 71 73 105 f 106 i 45 47 119 i 117 vs 09 64i (5i 113 114 137 k 138 108 110 64 /5 25 26 108 i 1091 846`4 S'6l 97i 126 129 1 2 I , 81 83 10/ 11} 126 130 38 40 1 9.16.1 1 North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stool, Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool, Shropshire Union. South Devon ..... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok Stockton & Datlington Do Do New, 1850 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster 58 60 85 87 031 931 104 106 8 9 371 381 10& 111 p 8} Oi 165 170 6 7 t 3 4 p Do Do si Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim lOO Waterford Kilkenny 100 West Cornwall lOO W. Hartlepool liar.&lt i 100 West Midland --Oxford, 100 Do Newporti 100 Do Hereford 100 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Closing Business price, done. 48i 9 81 i 153 i 7i 711 I 7cl 119 171 16j 651 1 138} 71 96 i 105 110 33 36 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing qh arc. Railways _ 1000 ILawrencetlantic Ac St Lreuc( all OV 61 Sk Bom.,BarodaA.Cent 100 102 Ic3 1012 2 Gu. 8 per cent........ 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shang, Ol Buttalo and Laxe Huron all Di 6 1 10 00. Preference , 00 S Buffalo,BrantAGodriell 100 77 82 ( 6 p. at. bde. Aug. 1 0 IS7' :00 Do. do. July 1, 187; 100 77 81 100 Do. do. June 1, is:4 too n 82 st Cloutta.&S.Enetn.(l,in; 100 93 ICO st cape Town & Dock Seri' 100 05 97 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. 4 100 104 106 103 i stook East Indian. gu. sp. o. 100 102 203 1021 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 f P 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 20 20 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds., all 72 74 100 Do. do. deferred all 61 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 17 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 48 5: 100 Do. do. deferred all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 29 31 100 Do. do. deferred all 27 29 stook Gt.lndiaPenin.gua. s p. o 100 103 104 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0.•• 12 p Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 100 102 so; Gt. W. otCanada Shares all 92 1 0 204 Do. New .. 13 11 104'; 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 83 41 100 Do. 5 p. c. do. '77-8.. all 82 81 10 Endian Branch Limited 2 I d 4p stook Madras. gutfr., sp. o. 100 100 lot 1004 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 03 05 stook De. 44 d 0........ 100 00 92 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock 51elb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 50 51elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 00 100 Do. 7p. a hlortg. Bds. all SO I. , kwßruss.wick x (laud: Class A and B all 8 5 N.Rl.C'da6 pc let pf bde 100 82 84 stock Scinde (100 101} 101 101; stock Do. Delhi J gi.:l 100 100 101 1001 10 Do. do 'a 6 2 pr ip st Do. Punjaub t 4 all 100 101 100 i DO. Do. S'OCk Do. Indus. St. Flo 1 Ii WO 93 C 5 ' COLONIAL CiOYERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can. ( 3oT. 6 p.0.J1 zzJ 1177-81 100 93 101 99 Do. np. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 103 Do. Bp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 100 103 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 10C 88 DO Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 10 Cape G.l.lopc, 6 p 0,1873 100 101 106 Do.Ap &00t. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 18411 100 119 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 iCeylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 I, Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 105 107 INatal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 106 118 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&Jub 400 90 101 Do. 6p. (.AI). & Oot. 100 N. G ov. 5 p T....,18t 1 100 97 99 Do. s p. 0.,1871 to 187( 100 97 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 97} 9811 971 New Zealand 0 p cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 100 102 Queensland (icy. 6p. o. 100 103 10i S. Aus G6p.c.1878.9 up.. 100 106 108 Vic. Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&Jul) 100 - Da to 8 p.o. An.4l;Oot, 100 110 111 1101 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id ulitrord Amalgamated 33 34 Devon G. Con, (Tavist ) 1 575 685 East Bassett (Illog - an). 30 66 68 east Clogau Gold Ltd. ;East Caradon .....• 1.14.6 271 28i I East Cam Brea.. E. W . l Russel (Tavistk 8.13.1 4. 5 Gam.&St.Autyn(G wen , 'Ai 6 8 Great South Tolgus l7s 2i Id iG. Wheal Vor (Holston 40 28 30 Grenville .. • 6.16. a 6 7,1 !ler:A:Vs-Foot 0 8.12 18 40 dingston Downs 4.18.0 31 44 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaut Oi 8 10 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy iron Oro (Lim.) 24 14 1 6 New Seton l9l 75 85 North Downs 2l 11 2 N.Wh'ißassetallog&n, 3.1.0 11 14 North Wtveal Crotty I l'ar Consols (st. Blaze); 20 ; Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 39 41 iSouthCaradon(St.Cleer, 11 1455 175 3. Carn Brea (Illogan) —i. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 45 50 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 - Vamar Silv.& Lend Min. Pin Crmt 9 17 18 .0-- West Basset 14 9 10 IV Cr radon. (Liskeard) 5 15 17 West &tort Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 674 92? Wheal Buller( Itedrath) 10 87 29 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott 3.5.8 14 2 Wheal MaryAnni,Men.) 8 13 15 Wheal 3et - 0 1 1 Wheal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 Wheal Union 3.17 14 2 ritEFER EMU.: SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , S 7 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 126 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., 102 j LINES LEASED Al? FIXED RENTALS. Shrewsbury and Hereforda33 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 18 Sambre and Meuse, 511 per cent. pf., 9 Ban Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., j 1 Ditto (4), 191 FOrtEIGN MINES Cape Copper, lim., 13i Cobre Copper, 34 Bt. John del _Rey (lim.), 366 7 Alliance Rim.), 682 8 Anglo Austrian, 72 Australasia, 73 Bank of Egypt, 302 30 British and Californian, Urn., 61 British North American, 481 Colonial, lirn.. 421 Consolidated Bank, Um., 112 East London, Um., 81 English and Swedish, Um., 16) European Bank, lira., Ditto (£5/), 92 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 352 Ditto, new, 222 Imperial Bank of India, China, and Japan, lira., 11) Imperial Ottoman, 171 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 6 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Bro., 7} London Bank of Scotland, 1im.,;,181 London and Brazilian (lirn.). 512 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 58 London, firm., and S. StaffOrdshirc, London and County, 752 London Joint Stock, 52 3 London and South-Western, 252 London and 11 estminster, 1011 1 Merchant Bank, lira., 252 51 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, National Provincial of England. Ditto, ditto, 282 Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi, Um., 132 South E astern. Union of Australia, 5 Union of London, 641 MISCELLANEOUS. Continental Union Gas, lira., 91 1 Crystal Palace, 381 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 111 Discount Corporation, 162 East Indian Financial, lira., 5 DANGEROUS DOGS.—Yesterday a dog in a rabid state was destroyed at Millbank by a blow from a coal heaver's shovel, It is said that ho bit several persons and some horses before ho was killed. On Tuesday Mrs Maiy Brown, of Buckingham-row, was attended at the West minster Hospital for a serious bite from a dog on the hand. Orders have been issued to the police constables to destroy all dogs found at large and untauzz'ed. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde, and a Special Jury.) BILL V. HILL. The Queen's Advocate and D r W am by appeared for the petitioner, and Mr Kerslake, Q,C., and Dr Spinks for the respondent. This was a suit instituted by the wife for judicial separa tion, on the ground of her husband's desertion for two without lawful cause ; to which he pleaded denial, that the desertion was not without reasonable cause, and he charged the petitioner with adultery. The Quee i v's Advocate stated the case. The petitioner was the daughter of the late Lieut.-Colonel Hautrey, who had been an offfea in the Royal Bengal Artillery, and the respondent had held the situation of head assistant to the Military Boerd of the Accometant.Generars-office at Cal cutta. The parties were married at Calcutta on the 16th of January , 1847, and they cohabited until 1857, when the Them were two children, a marriage, who were living. The allegedbfantyher andr issue ofith desertion petitioner place.e died, leaving a widow, a son, who was in the Indian army, the petitioner, who was then only eight years old, and another daughter. When only 16 years of age she became acquainted with a Colonel Lyster, to whom she was married, and by whom she had one child; but it turned out that be had a wife living at the time. He died, and she and her mother returned to Calcutta, where they formed an intimacy with the respon td)en t informwho proposed marriage to her. She thought it right him of what had occurred, and after a day's deliberation ho consented to marry her not withstanding. The melon was not a happy one, fer it appeared that the respondent was of a jealous and suspicious disposition, and altercations took place between them which led to much domestic misery. Some time after the marriage they left India for England, but differences arising between them on the voyage she refused to accompany her husband beyond the Mauritius, and one of the acts of adultery charged was alleged to have been committed with a Lieutenant Hickey at this period. She ultimately went to England, and at the solicitation of the respondent resumed cohabitation with him, but in 1857 he left her at Folkestone, and went to Germany. Since then he refused to live with her, and although he promised to allow her £lOO a year, he did not pay that amount punctually ; and, since the commencement of these proceedings, the Court had ordered him to pay her £l6O a yea r, pendente lite, as alimony. Some letters from the re spondent to his wife were read, in which he repeated his c h ar ge of adultery with Lie ut enant Hickey, and also ac cused her of miscondu ct with a g ent leman named Je rmer, who, it appeared, had rendered her pecuniary assistance after the desertion of her husband, and when he was irregu lar in his remittances. M Evid e nce of the marriage in Bengal haying been given, Anna Maria Hill, the petitioner, was called. She said that after the death of her father she returned with her mother to England, and they resided at Stoke Newington. She became acquainted with Colonel Lyster, and she mar ried him under the impression that he was a single man. When he died, she went back with her mother, whose means were very limited to Calcutta. She never lived happily with him. She was confined of her second child on the voyage to England in 1851. On her returning to Calcutta she lived for fix weeks with her husband. In 1854 he received his pension, and left India. On her re turn to England she went to live with her friends, but by appointment she mot her husband in G reen wich. park, and they agreed to live together again, In the middle of August, 1857, they wen; to Folkestone, and her husband desired her to go to Sandgate with the children, while he yforhearfworittnhighhimt., but be had altered his He said he had origi nallywen t to agreedt a o n take mind. From that period they never lived together. The letters read by counsel were then put in and identified by the petitioner as being in the handwriting of her husband. The learned judge suggested that, as there was no pro the scandal of and, after an hour's a private ar rangement.f b n a n b t i n li e t n y p of ro ti n h e e ed p i a n r g ti s es na l i i g v h in t g b t o og p e n t e h v e e r n a t g ed ain by , ', which t erm i na t e d th e pabru T se : ne e eede l ,i e r jaagrnus.aeducaonugnesmeelntthwenasrmetairdeed MARKETS ---This Day MARK-LANE. barley, 27s 10d; oats, 21s 7d; rye, 31s sd; beans, 36s Ild ; IMPERIAL WEEXLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 42 s 61 ; and peas, 34s 3d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 9d ; barley, 27s 8d; oats, 20s 10d; rye, 31s 7d; beans, 35s 10d; peas, 33s 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 79,473 ; barley, 2,148 ; oats, 4,:;71; rye, 30 ; beans, 3,212 ; peas, 241 quarters. METROPOLITAN CAT TLE. There was a large supply of beasts en offer in to-day's market, chiefly the refuse of Monday. All breeds met a dull inquiry, at the recent decline in value. The best Scots crosses sold at 48 8d per 81bs, With sheep we were fairly supplied, and the demand for them was heavy, at Monday's depression. The best Downs realised 5s 2d per Sibs. Lambs were in fair average supply and moderate request, at ful prices —via., from 5s 8d to 6s Bd per 81b,".. Calves, the show of which was large, moved off heavily, at 2d per 81bs less money. The rates were 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs. In pigs and mulch cows very little was doing, on former terms. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. _ _ s. d. s. d. s, d. s. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 I Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 10 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Pale, S' thdown d 0.5 0 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Largo orse. calves 8 8 4 4 Prime Scots, ct - c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 10 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 40 4 4 Small porkers 42 4 6 Lambs....ss 8d to 638 d. 20s to 25s each. Suc kli n g calves, 14s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ..........•••• 750 Sheep and lambs 2,500 Calves Pigs TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ............ 1,340 ! Cows ............... 140 Sh e ep and lambs.... 8,900 8201 C a lves ....... ..... Pig 5.............. . ME AT MARKETS. 320 limited, and the trad e i s i nac tive at irregular quotations. AND LEA.DENIIILL.—The supplies of mea , Beef, from 2 8 lUd to 4s 2d ; mu tton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; la mb, 5s 4d to 68 4d; 'veal, 3s Gd to 4 s Sd ; and pork, 3s 4 d to 4s 6d. per Blbs by t h e carcase . SOUTUALL, July 20.—Th e supply o f s t oc k was goo d, and the trade ruled heavy at dro oping price s. Beef, from areheo n : . ...... 3s 6d to 4s Sd ; mutton, 32 8d to 5s 2,1 ; lam, 5s 81 to veal, ', 1 ,t3 Si to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Ro:gronn, July 20.—Each kind of stock met a dull in quiry, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s bd to 5s 2d ; lamb, sss 6d to Gs 6d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Blbs ; suckling calves, 15s to and 21s ; quarter-old store pigs, 208 to 255; and milch cows, £l4 Os to iIS 108 each. 681b6s,dt;o sink the offal. 4 RIC. 2,T S. HAY SKETIIFIELT ).--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £ 5 lOs Od ; and stra w) £ l4s to £1 lOs p er load. A fair deman d. CIIMI3ERLAND."- 31"1°W hag, Oa to £4 103; clever, DI Os to lOs Od ; and straw , £1 4 1 t o £1 12s per load. Supp ly limited. Meadow ha £1 Os to £ 5 l Os Od ; and straw, £l. 4s to 1 lOs per load. y, £3 Os to £ 4 lOs; clover, T ra d e inactive. WritinctiArEL THE MURDER, ON TRE NORTH LONDON ItAILIAT ay . virgeaavteheirnsopfreiteTrhe A rumour was curret:t Yesterday afternoon that the man Tanner, of Muller had been arrested at Queenstown, into which port the ship Victoria had put from ~.''ome cause or other. A telegram received from . Queenstown last night, however, gives an entire contradiction to thi n stai :ment, for which there was no foundation whatever. inspecto: Mr Deat h, the jeweller ; .... 11d the viler W „, York, in the New York ' paying his addres.'" , cthabenameent,rotapowlihtannsefosirsctee;r Isl. flaneilitated to the utmost. n to y r 'a N s e te w am er City of Manchester. landeft Liverpoolpiidadep Philadelphia yesterdaye o p, Mr Tanner is armed with the necessary warrants for the despatches from Mr London, so that any aTphperechtetnyseiofnmoafntchheecsutelrprwit,:t.ainind ba.lelars probability arrive out precaution will be proceedings Adams, the in American Ara erin aMwi will Minister a t .b e e r takensoon e sooner o t hsaenentrhee mVnicuteorr,ioa 'ararensdt. ev l e f rY tb e New York Asso ciated Press-boat be seen cfr Cape Race , telegrams for the Canadian stations will be at once f orwarded, and then the chances in favour of the fugitive escaping will be very few indeed. The state of the —ape Race may pro s Pursuers. vent despatches being sent, landlord of the house ...,. 11° .7",) until the vessel reaches New York, and if the V le'or , la makes a good run b i) r ci e s il te g aht fr l o lr in the ship Victoria orthing on the 16th Steer contents a h e iih s nr t h esld o wtv:h r a neai ecu a neh y nai vdrlNeeevidrahuscfit understand eehnr C mdh a l ani\roadia thated been laeeberern, Myth' e l thei'e r letter were to the effect that he . (M u uller) should " never touch on England's shores aga in ' The letter was by the pilot when he left that vessel. ad dressed to his former fellow -lodger Goodwin, to whom he bade farewell for ever. lathe course of that officer's search of the room which Muller had. occupied, Inspector Steer found a silk sleeve lining, w hich had been hidden up the chimney. It was found to have belonged to the sleeve of a man's coat. The bottom part of it was covered with large spots of blood, which have since been microscopically examined and pronounced to be human blood. The lodger Goodwin handed to Inspector Tanner a photograph of Muller, similar to the on e now in the possession of In spector Steer. Matthews, the cabman , was formerly a jobmaster, and some time ago became bankrupt, and has not yet obtained his certificate. At the railwaY station, on Tuesday night, he lugubriously expressed his fears that his creditors would seize upon the reward. 6.............. "'" TO THE EDITOJ OF TILE SUN. SlR,—There were two men seen in the carriage with Mr Briggs two minutes before he was murdered by a gentleman who knew the deceased, and shook bawds with him,—l P. W. am, sir, 20th July. [lf the writer of the above communication can really authenticate the above statement, he ought at once to put himself into communication with the proper authorities,— St7N.] FOLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRA.OnDINARY DELUSION.—A. respectably-dressed female, who said her name was Sanders, and that she lived in Stephen-street, Tottenham-court-road, waited upon Mr Knox this morning to make a complaint against a foreigner who annoyed her, and to ask the magistrate's advice. Mr Knox—What is the nature of your complaint? Applicant—A foreigner has an electrifying machine, and he is always electrifying me. Wherever I go he follows me about and electrifies me, and I can get no rest at night. It has been going on for a long time, and I am always being subjected to electric shocks. It does not matter where I live, it is the same in every house. When I pass a public house he electrifies me, and experiments upon me to show the people his power over me. I can refer you to persons who know the truth of what I state, and I have a witness of the man's conduct towards me. _ _ Mr Knox—Perhaps you will give me some of the names of persons who know you. The applicant then mentioned the names of some persons. Mr Knox—lf you call again in a week I will let you know what can be done. Applicant—l am much obliged to you. The applicant loft the court very pleased, and seemingly much relieved in her mind, and Mr Knox ordered one of the officers to make some inquiries respecting her so that her friends may be communicated with. James Elderfeld, was charged with stealing a watch and chain of the value of £lO, the property :of Mr James Has lett, of 22, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square. Mr Haslett went into the Princess Stores, Prince's street, St. George's, to have some refreshment with an old acquaintance, end, having taken a little too much, fell asleep. The prisoner, who was an entire stranger to Mr Haslett, but had been treated by him, sat by his side, and was seen to take the watch and chain from his pocket. Charles Barnes, 83 C, was sent for, and on taxing the pri soner with having taken Mr Haslett's watch and chain he solemnly denied doing so, but on being taken into custody and when near the station-house door he handed the articles to the constable, stating that he took them because Mr Haslett did not appear capable of taking care of them himself. . . . . Mr Knox remanded the prisoner, that inquiry might be made into his character, and for the attendanc3 of the person who saw him take the watch and chain out of Mr Ilaslett's pocket. WESTMINSTER. THE ARRANGEMENT OF CABS AT CREMORNE.— Adolphus Berkley, a cab-driver, was charged with being drunk and causing a great obstruction and confusion out side Cremorne Gardens. Thomas Roe, police-constable, 113 V, said that at half past eleven last night the defendant caused a great deal of confusion and disorder outside Cremorne. For the main tenance of good order and convenience of the public, but a limited number of cabs were allowed on the rank at a time, and defendant, who was drunk, disobeyed the orders, and insisted upon going there. The place was exceedingly narrow, and the greatest obstruction was caused. De fendant positively refused to go away, and was very violent. Other witnesses were called, who showed the confusion and resistance made by the defendant, Mr Selfe remarked that he had frequently seen the man there before. Defendant admitted that he had been charged with drunkenness. Mr Selfo (to Richard Gamble, the defendant's master) How is it that the time at which he entered your service is not stated on the license which is produced? Gamble—l dont put it on until they leave me, or if they are only with me a short time. Mr Selfe—That is the very thing objected to. The magistrates, for their guidance, require it to be known ho s long a cabman holds his employment, because if a man is long with his employer the inference is that ho is a sober, well-conducted man. If, on the contrary, he goes about from place to place, staying only a few days with any one one is naturally led to the conclusion that he is a bad man, The act of Parliament requires this entry shall be made, and the magistrates are continually calling attention to it. Defendant admitted that he had been drinking, but said What other men also went on the rank. Mr Selfe—l have no doubt that you are commonly in toxicated. I shall fine you 20s, or commit you for a month THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY PERSECUTION.—Richard Ford, a tall, powerful man, about 40 years of age, was brought before Mr Paget, on a charge which will be best explained by the following evidence. . _ Mr Henry Wickers, the landlord of a large and first•class public• house. called the Prince of Wales, in Globe-fields, Stepney, said, the prisoner came there intoxicated and riotous at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon and demanded re freshment. He refused to serve him and requested him to withdraw. The, prisoner refused to do so and remained in the house some time. At last ho persuaded him to leave. At nine o'clock the prisoner came to the house a second time, repeated the disturbance, and called him various foul names. A policeman was called who threatened to lock him up if he would not discontinue his violence. With some trouble the prisoner was again ejected, and departed swearing and cursing loudly and promising to return to the house. The prisoner did return at 11, and was, again very riotous and abusive, and called both him and his wife very bad names. The prisoner was compelled to leave far the third time, and the house was soon afterwards closed. At 1 o'clock this morning there was a loud knocking at the door. It was the prisoner knocking, and he was given into custody. The prisoner only came out of prison yesterday morning. Charles Aubrey, No. 520 K, said that when he took the prisoner into custody he said he had done nine months in prison for the landlady of the Prince of 'Wales, and he did not care about 12 months more, or for life. The prisoner, in defence, said he was a little in liquor when he went to the Prince of Wales. He only wanted to speak to the landlady, not to annoy her or her husband. He was very sorry. Mr James Griffin, an inspector of the Ti division of police, said the prisoner was formerly barman and potman to the landlady of the Prince of Wales, and was continually drunk for some time, and annoyed her, committed assaults, and threatened her. The prisoner had been in prison nine months and a fortnight under two commitments. On the 3d of February last, the day the first imprisonment expired, he went to the Prince of Wales and annoyed and insulted his former mistress, and a lady, her friend, who was pre sent. The prisoner was again committed, and was released yesterday. Since the prisoner's last committal the landlady got married to the complainant, Mr \Tickers, who was a very respectable man. The prisoner was formerly porter at the Dartford Union Poor-house. The prisoner said he formerly cohabited with Mrs Roche, now Mrs Wickers. It was true ha had been a porter at a workhouse. He had also been a warder at the Model Prison, Pentonville, and filled other public situations. He would not go near Mr and Mrs Wickers again. Mr Paget said the prisoner was a noisy and ruffianly fel low, and he did not believe his statements relating to his former mistress. It was a gross calumny upon her. He sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 405 for unlawfully knocking at the door of the Prince of Wales, and in default one month's imprisonment. The prisoner—Pray, release me, sir. I promise faithfully never to go to the house again. Mr Paget—No, 40s or one month. The prisoner—Please to make it 20s, sir; pray do. Mr Paget—l will not reduce the fine. SHIPPING -THIS DAY, LONDON, July 21.—Wind this day at noon—South- West ; light breeze and fine weather. SWANSEA, July 20.—Wind calm.—Arrived—Cornwall, f ro o Cuba—Roe, from Bilboa. p ou rrsmounr, July 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Light Brigade, from Auckland. Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Galatea, for the West Indies. CLYDE, July 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Dante, from • Pernambuco. Clutrarg, July 20.—Wind N,W.—Arrived—Harmony, from Quebec —Templar, from Bilboa—Alexander James, from St. Nazarre. GLOUCESTER, July 20.—Arrived —Wind S.W.—Deer foot, from New York. OFF FALMOUTH, July 20.—Arrived —Dorothea, from Bahia from Bremen. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAFEC.) PLYMOUTH, Thursday Morning. The ship Cap Rouge, Capt. Brown, from Quebec, arrived in the Sound this morning. She brings Capt. Prince and the crew of the Margaret, of South Shields, which struck an iceberg , became waterlogged, and was abandoned on the 3d inst. in the Atlantic. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning: Arrived, July 20—Rebecca, from St. Petersburg—peop.. o'-Day, from New York—Noormabal, from Sydney—Two Broders, from Dram—Earl of Sunderland, from Cronstadt Agiles, from Havannah—Diana, from Hudickswall. Arrived, July 21.—Minalto, from Rio Janeiro—Deveron Tide, from Riga. Sailed, July 21.—Albert Victor, for Calcutta—Strath allan, for Hawkes Bay, Ne DEAL,n Thursday Morning.. Passed.—Matilda, of Hamburg, from Liverpool, for Hamburg—Lilly of Guernsey, from the West—Queen of the Clippers, of London. from Nassau—both for London— Ituckers, for Demerara —Madge, for Zanzibar—both from London—Empress Eugene, from Sunderland, for Shanghai. Anchored—Kearsage, American man of war, on a cruise. "The Newevenders' Benevolent and Provident In stitution intend holding their annual festival, at tbe Freemasons' Tavern, on Tuesday evening next, 26th inst., on which occasion Alderman Lusk has kindly promised to take the chair. We hope that the result of the festival will be to add to the funds of the institution sufficiently to en able them to increase On number of its pensioners, which WO hoar they at present, for want of funds, aro prevented I doing• SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Teams.--If there is one thing more annoying than the case of a man who has suffered a wrong, and can get no redress, it is that of the man who has done the wrong, and who can neither repair it nor confess himself to blame. Though Mr Maguire should every session present himself with a larger list of failures, of mills stopped, abandoned, or on sale, and of enterprising papermakers reduced to poverty, he will do so at the cost of being more and more unwelcome to the numerous class who, if they can get a cheap thing, don't care how they come by ir. Certainly paper is wonderfully cheap. Much of it, indeed, is hardly paper, but it is some thing to produce so good an imitation of paper so cheaply. So the majority of the letter-writing public, charmed at the solid mass, almost as large as a good-sized brick, they can buy for a shilling, hear with complete resignation that hundre3s of papermakers have been ruined in making it ; that millions of capital have been sunk without pro• fit ; that mills are closing every week ; and that thousands of artisans are starving. Paper, cheap on such terms, is like the salvage stock from lamentable shipwrecks or fatal confla grations. The feeling that you must gain by others losses is deep and general. Many a man is all the better pleased with his handsome new house if the contractor becomes bankrupt. In that case he must have a good deal for his menu and be very clever, or at least very lucky. This is the spirit which Mr Maguire hey to encounter. But if his prespect be bad, still worse is the case of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, who has to salve over and relieve with fresh hopes one of the grossest over sights ever committed. The closing advice to the papermakers is worthy of the whole negotiation which has disposed of them in so summary a fashion. It is simply, "Be quiet. If yoe will hold your tongues for a few months, then, perhaps, your zea lous and vigilant defenders may be able to do some thing for you. Bat so long as you keep up such a cackling, your rivals will be on the watch, and the Emperor of the French, with his Continental neigh bours, will not be able to do you justice." Common experience, in ordinary affairs,' does not justify the hope that a man's interests will be the,better attended to for his consenting to shut his mouth about the matter altogether. If we could suppose these gentle• men speaking only through the list of bankrupts, or the auctioneers' advertisements for the next year or two, we will frankly say that much as we appre ciate Mr Gladstone's research, we do not think he would ever come down to the House or enter a Cabinet Council, with a spontaneously prepared list of bankrupts, forced sales, stoppage of mills, and other catastrophes in the paper trade. On the cone trary, we feel very sure that he would only infer from the silence that all was right, and that if there had been any misfortunes they were only those to be expected from the dearness of cotton, or under almost any circumstances, whether prosperous or not. Mr Gladstone would still have his totals, his imports, and his exports, which may mean almost anything or nothing, but which certainly cannot mean that, as concerns the great staple of paper, two men can compete on eqaal terms, or with the chance of equal results, when one of them buys his materials cheap and the other dear. All manatee-. tures are reducible to a simple calculation, and if Mr Gladstone or his staf f of subordinates could make out a bare possibility of competing with the foreigner is paper made of rags, we are sure they would. No body is so fond of a little contention as Mr. Glad stone, and nobody is better able to give us the pith of a mercantile or industrial question in one or two sentences. But this is just what he avoided on Tues day night, taking care to make no allusion what ever to the exact figures of prime cost, quotations, export duties, and prices in Mr Maguire's speech. This omission was more significant than any attempt to grapple with the question, however unsuccessful. All that could be done was to declaim, to generalise, and to hold out some hopes, whether to do more than add to the melancholy list of commercial wrecks exhibited by Mr Maguire remains to be seen next Session. POST.—The House of Commons in its meridian sitting of yesterday got through some routine busi• ness with great rapidity, and adjourned after a duration of little more than two hours. By the for tunate absence of one or two members questions were postponed which can bear procrastination without serious damage being done to the commonwealth. Debate or discussion that is not absolutely practical and strictly ad rem is deemed sadly out of date at the approach of the dog-days, and the massacre of the innocents is a silent as well as a rapid proceeding. The verbosity of even metropolitan members is doubly tedious and quite unendurable when every conscript father is dying to be off to the moors, the continent, or the seaside. Grouse shooting, travel, yachting, and bathing have charms towards the close of a hot July superior to oratory the most effec tive and political topics the most momentous. Much credit is due to the Government and to the house itself for the manner in which public business during this session has been conducted. Senators are become gradually more and convinced of the expediency of spending August out of London, and in no very 1 distant future we may perhaps realise the excellent suggestion made by Lord Stanley of having a Par -1 liamentary sitting before Christmas, which would make the London season earlier and enable us to spend a part of June and all July cut of town. Among the bills yesterday withdrawn in conse quence of the lateness of the session were two, any delay in reference to which is on every ground deeply to be regretted. We allude to the Inns of Court Bill and the Bill for a .Court of Appeal in Criminal Cases. On the latter of these two we propose to make a few comments. Sir Fitzroy Kelly, in moving its withdrawal, expressed with earnest eloquence his deep regret at the fact of legislation on this subject being longer postponed. We entirely sympathise with the remarks of the hon. and learned member. Fortunately, law reform is not, and has, happily, never hitherto been made, a party question. Those who in both Howes have done their utmost to improve, expurgate, simplify, and amend our statute book, have belonged to all shades and opinions of politics. Liberals and Con servatives, Tories and Radicals, hereditary Whigs and philosophical Whigs, Whigs of the school of Charles Fox and Whigs of the school of Sir James Mackintosh—from the ranks of all these have come nobles and commoners who have in a spirit of real patriotism sought to improve our laws. Such re. forms, however, it must be admitted, are very slowly carried. We are all as Englishmen, if not we are so as politicians, in all matters, social and econee mica', essentially conservative at heart. We do not carry out nowadays, in a dogged or defiant spirit of prejudice and non-progress, " Nolumus leges Anglin) mutari ;" but at the same time wo do not wish to see what Sir William Jones called " The gathered wisdom of a thousand years " disturbed and altered, trimmed and clipped, widened here and narrowed there, according to the taste and fancy of every restless and fidgety renovator, who might be an amiable legislator in Ut o p ia, but is too transcendental to be appreciated in oar sublunary and mundane council chambers. We are, however, sometimes too slow, and in this instance of the Court of Appeal in Criminal Cases there is no argument that will bear the test of fair examination that can successfully be set up against it. GERMAN PORTS.—RAISING OF THE BLOCKADE. — Foreign-office, July 20.—Sir,—With reference to my letter of the 17th inst., I am directed by Lord Russell to state to you, for the information of the Committee of Lloyds', that her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen reports by telegraph that a military convention was signed yesterday, establish ing a suspension of arms by land and sea between Denmark and the German Powers, to commence at noon this day and terminate on the 31st at midnight, and that all the block ades are to be raised during that period. I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, E. HAMMOND,—Captain J. A. Halstead, R.N., Secretary, Lloyds. REPRESENTATION OF KINCARDINESIIIRE..--G en. Sir Hugh Arbathnott, who for nearly 40 years has represented the county of Kincardine, has intimated to his friends that at the end of the present Parliament he intends vacating his seat. The gallant General, who is the " Father of the House of Commons," it is under stood takes this step in consequence of being unable from increasing deafness to give the same attention to his Parliamentary duties that he has done so faithfully dur ing his long lease of office. Mr James Dyce Nicol, of Ballogie, one of the most popular and liberal landowners in the county, is already in the field for the seat, and with every prospect of being returned when the election takes place. Mr Nicol, it is understood, is a supporter of the Palmerston policy, and a firm upholder of Church and State. A MONSTER PEACH CROP.—The peach crop in Now Jersey will be large. One man, Benjamin Reed, of Hightstown, has 130,000 trees, and has prepared to send 224,000 baskets to market. —Missouri Democrat. A MATRIMONIAL ADVERTISER.—An individual advertised for a wife the other day, and requened ar es each applicant for the situation to enclo se her cte detve rms rite, One of his correspondents closed her re p ly in til.s:amee au " I do not enclose my carte, for though th ere thority for putting a cart before a horse, I know of none for putting one before an ass."—A mer i c an Payer. LECORDAIRE AND THE LITTLE CHILDREN. ....Th e gaiety of the little ones and their evident affection for the Pere were a pretty e i g ht. As we went out of the chapel, one of them, a little fellow of 10 or 11, ran from behind us, snatched hand, and kissed it. Lacordaire smiled and patted his head. When face I read w thei with other a laughing day Lacordaire's in M. de Montalem bert's book h ow death, "I have always tried to servo God, the Church, and our Lord Jesus Christ. Besides these I have loved—oh, dear ly loved — c hildren and ' y o ung people," I thought of this incident —J./a thew Arnold i ll 44 4rainiacw, .araga. zifie, Septediber, Outrages on British Subjects in New York, In the House of Commons, on Friday evening, Mr Laird asked the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he had received any eommunications from Lord Lyons in re ference to the seizure by the customs authorities at New York of a large amount of property, including geld ccin, bills of exchange, and other securities, belonging to Messrs A. Wolf and Co., British merchants at Nassau, N.P. Mr Layard said no report had been received from Lord Lyons on the subject of the seizure, but a printed statement had been given to him (Mr Layard) by the hon. member for Birmingham, givixg an account of what had taken place, and he had sent that statement to Lord Lyons and requested him to make immediate inquiry into the matter. He had also laid the statement before the law cfficers of the Crown. The following are the particulars of the case :—ln the latter part of November, 1863, a Mr George G. Wolf, who represented the house of Messrs A. Wolf and Co., British merchants, residing and doing business at Nassau, N.P., arrived at the port of New York, direct from the former place, on beard the British steamship Corsica. He had in his possession money, bills of exchange, and securities t the aggregate value of 0,000 sterling. A portion of thi property was designed for direct remittance to the correspondents of the firm in England, for the purpose of covering bills which had been drawn upon them at Nas sau, and the rest was intended to be applied to the liquida tion of indebtedness due their commission agent in New York, and for the purchase of merchandise for shipment to Nassau. Before leaving the vessel, Mr Wolf was sutpjected to a rigid personal search, and the whole of this property, with every shilling of his private funds, was tsken from him, under and by direction of the customs authorities of the port, No reason was assigned, nor was there any authority for the act shown by the officer who made the seizure. Mr. Wolf respectfully requested that a proper inventory should be made, and a receipt be given for the property by the officer, This was refused with abusive and violent language. Immediate application was made to the Hon Edward M. Archibald, her Majesty's Consul, who called upon the customs authorities and requested an explanation of the outrage. Mr Archibald carefully presented to the notice of the collector the very serious injury which would result to the business interests and to the commercial credit of the parties concerned by a prolonged retention of the property, A prompt investigation and a definite answer were promised by the collector, ;n reply to his application, either for the immediate restoration of the property or the assigning of some good reason for its re. tention. More than ten days elapsed before any reply or satis faction could be obtained. During this time Mr Archibald called upon the collector, and also addressed him in writing on the subject, several times. The parties interested fre quently made personal application to the authorities them selves, and were invariably met with insult, and throats of arrests and imprisonment in Fort Lafayette should they persist in claiming their property. Finally it was stated that the United States marshal had seized the property in the name of the Government, upon the ground that it was owned by citizens of the Confederate States. Mr. Wolf, accompanied by his friends, proceeded immediately to Washington, and laid the case, with.. all the circumstances connected with it, before Lord Lyons, who promptly called upon the Secretary of State, Mr. Seward, and placed him in possession of the facts. Application was also made to the Treasury Department at Washington by the commission agent of the parties, who resided in New York, for the pur pose of ascertaining if the action of the customs authorities was the result of instructions from or had received the ap proval of the Department, after the same had been properly communicated to the Government. The Treasury Depart ment denied having authorised the action of the customs authorities at New York, and promised a speedy investiga tion of the facts in connection with it. Four days after the demand for the restoration of the property had been made by Lord Lyons, it was surrendered to Mr. Wolf, by the customs authorities in New York, without apology or a word of explanation. On Dec. 31, 1803, and about three weeks after the surren der of the property, the commission agent of the firm of A. Wolf and Co., residing in New York, together with several other British merchants engaged in trade with the Bahamas, were arrested by order of the War Department and thrown into Fort Lafayette, where they now remain imprisoned. The customs authorities took immediate possession of the office:of this gentleman, seized all his books and correspon dence, stopped his business, and a few days afterwards cnt cpen his iron safe and removed from it a large amount of property, among which was gold coin, bills of exchange, and other securities to the value of £B,OOO, belonging to Messrs A. Wolf and Co., of Nassau. This sum embraced a large portion of the funds previously seized from Mr G. G, Wolf, and subsequently given up; and also remittances after wards made to him by the firm at Nassau. =Application for redress was again made to Lord Lyons by the owners of their property through their counsel. The matter was presented to the attention of the State Depart ment by Lord Lyons, who was assured by Mr Seward that an investigation would be shortly made, and that an injus tice growing out of the retention of the money, without good and sufficient reason, would be carefully avoided, This application was made about the 12th of last January. Lord Lyons continued to press the matter upon the attention of the State Department from time to time, and was assured that the great pressure of business had pre vented the promised investigation. In an interview between the counsel for the parties inte• rested and Lord Lyons, about the 25th day of May last, the former were assured by his lordship that another formal application for redress would be made, and that in the event of the United States Government reusing either to deliver up the property or consenting to institute legal proceedings before the courts for its condemnation upon some alleged ground, so that the owners might have the opportunity of being heard, through their counsel, in its defence, his lord ship would make it the subject of a special communication to her Majesty's Government. It is proposed to state that the owners of the property seized allege, and are abundantly able to prove, that their business at Nassau and elsewhere is of a strictly legitimate character; that they have at no time been engaged in any attempt to run the blockade of the Confederate ports ; that they have never shipped, or caused to be shipped, from ports in the United States, any article or articles coming under the designation of contraband of war ; that they have strictly complied with the customs and regulations adopted by the United States Government for the control of trade between their ports and the Bahamas ; that they have moderately and respectfully urged their rights, and have repeatedly solicited a proper ju dicial investigation of the facts, expressing their entire willingness to acquiesce in the result ; and that up to the present time all the efforts of their canned at New York, with the customs authorities and the action of Lord Lyons with the Government at Washington, have been uni formly met with promises of attention which were never intended to be kept, or with direct evasion, and with an ap- Iparently persistent determination to refuse any satisfaction whatever in the matter. FATAL FALL FROM THE ROOF OF A TtiOUSE.--. Yesterday Isaac Cooper, aged 16, of White Horse-yard, Poplar, was amusing himself with some pigeons at the top of the house when he fell from a height of 60 ft. He was taken to the hospital, but before his arrival ho was found to be dead. THE ASSAULT ON A LADY NEAR GLASGOW.- Miss Adie, the young lady who was so cruelly assaulted on Saturday evening, was on Tuesday afternoon in a snore favourable condition than on the previous evening, although her life is still in danger. FATAL CASE OF DROWNING AT EAST GREEN.' WlCH.—Yesterday afternoon some boys were bathing opposite Glass and Elliot's telegraph cable manu factory, it then being just the turn of high-water, when one of them, Pat Lynch, aged 14, got out of his depth, was seized with cramp, and was carried away with the receding water. Two boys attempted to rescue him, but without success. The body had not been recovered up to last evening. " HOPLEY V. HOPLEY."—A contemporary court that Mrs Hopley, as soon as the verdict in the Divorce Court was ccramunicated to her, of her own free will lift England in order to avoid retuning to her husband. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT BLACKILEATIf .-- Last night the inhabitants of Greenwich and Blackheath were until the upper part of thrown into a state of considerable confusion, owing to the was destroyed estroyed and the roof outbreak of a serious fire in the premises belonging t o mr Richardson, situate in the Colonnade, in the last-nanitd STALACTITE CAVERN. —A district. The horses and carriages were extricated, but the flames were not extinguis hed the stables, over :tee: leP s g i, ' extendsaf ter bla s i t , : n man emp l o yed at Brigham, in Devon, per burned off. Mr Richardson was not insured. DISCOVERY quarry ' distances. Many o f the s g e , v a e n ra a l p d e i r r t e u ct r i e en l2f s t an o a r Fitt overhead. It has been found to lead to an extensive ceived a day or tor; h a i g c : crystals of lime have assumed beautiful and curious forme. It i s under stood that a scientific exploration of the cavern will shortly stotarlcaocniist considerable be made. ___ . TWO OF TIIEM.—A race of a somewhat novel character (says the Manx Sun) came off on the Prescot - road between Knotty Ash and llnyton, on Wed . • nesday week, the principal performers being Miles, the celebrated pedestrian, and a " fast" donkey. The former was to walk fair heel and toe, the latter being at liberty to get on as it could. The match, which was for £5 a side, was from the lied Rawls, near Prescott, to the Greyhound, Huyton. The donkey was harnessed to an American "sulky," a light conveyance of n ot more than 601 b. we4.;ht, and was driven by a jockey in full colours. At starting, i the donkey was for a time left considerably behind., n con sequence of exhibiting a disposition to kick and he down ; but ultimately it triumphed over the other and won the race. Miles had walked at the rate or seven or eight mile a = hour. of on ly 80,003 inhabit- Lcipsic, which is a city ants, possesses 39 printing-offices, in which are, is operation 146 steam presses and 65 workel by hand. These estab lishments employ 677 compositors, 79 machinists, and 92 pressmen, to which number must be added 243 appro. tices.