The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-23 00:00:00

• re ut MONEY MARKET . BEARE MARKETS—This day. to AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. e 3 . COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Share, Railways. Closing Business ' Paid. Prioe. , done. .. . ; i i ' • r. 13.14,18ir., Wol., and Str. Val. all - - CI CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. St Blythe and Tyne. - - The easy condition of the Money Market con- lo Caledonian lOO all - - i. s e t t Bristol and Exeter times to progress, though without bringing forward 0 5 0 Cork and Bandon lOO 120 127 e all large number of bills. About one-half per 20 Cornwall a:1 - - all 6 7 Cent, less than the minimum of the Bank of En g- to Do A 0 la - 10 DO, B A gets no dis all _ till 6p c.p an. ha s - land is the rate at which the mercantile community all - - ?, been paid to B. ✓ ela obtain any amount of accommodation on good 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 3 5 36 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 10 17 Paper, but the supply of this latter commodity is at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 83 01 Glasg. ! and S Western 100 112 114 d scarce and as a consequence the business transacted at GreatEaetern . , Ord. stk . 100 47 48 47f 7 is _ comparatively small. et Ditto A stock - - . at Ditto East Anglian at 100 7 7 4 3 There were no bullion operations at the Bank et GrestNorthot Scotian,: 100 - - r et Great Northern.. Yesterday. st Do A stock 1 The suspension was announced yesterday after. at Do LI do at Gt, S. and W. of Irelan 100 10 92 hoon of Messrs. Woodward and Podmore, wholesale st Great Western ...... i grocers, with liabilities estimated at nearly ,40,000, at Do Str Val e•na. stool, 100 - - Lancashire & I orkshin 100 i 1161 1171 1164 1 but a favourable liquidation is expected. at London and Blackwal! 100 66 68 664 6 • at Lon., Bright,,t S. Coast 100 10. t 103 1021 2 1 The application list of the imperial Mexican et Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 40 42 414 at Lon. & North Western 100 316 4 1171 1161 1 Railway Company will close on Wednesday next. at . Lou. & Scr.th W es t ern 100 98 '99 98 ) During the last few days there has been rather at Man., Shet., & Lincoln. 100 644 (51 641 51 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - I tore animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro- 124 Do 1 sharea , all - at Metropolitan • all 112 113 112 - duce Markets. Sugars have been in good demand, et Midland at enhanced rates, while steady prices have been - Do New m -- - P et Do Bing. & Derbv 100 1 0 7 1 19 current for coffee, rice, fruit, and spices. Business 50 Mid. ot, W. of Irelarth all - - I i 25 D 0.4 shares - - 1 1 1 the tallow market, however, has remained dull, 25 Mid cent -. all - - At about former notations for both present and tal: North British i l s tn e - - qlOO 541 651 forward delivery. et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 254 264 et Nth. Eastern-Be w . 100 1054 1064 106 151 6 At the hale.yearly meeting held to - day of the 25 Do . rle , G.N.E. pUrchas ' i. 16.13„4 --- -ti Submarine Telegraph Company between Great at a Do o Leeds o 100 93 91 Britain and the Continent of Europe. The report et Do Carlisle lOO - - Presented for adoption stated that on comparing the at l IN r i• o thko w ndon 1, accounts with the corresponding half_year of 1863, te.1:.4 North Staffordshire e. the receipts had increased by £1,737 ls. 111 d., and a l t ll ' OoWi d eb% W en . tr j ar ction the expenses were less by .£331 63.41 d. The revenue at Scot o .I.i c . l E t ., 3 t t ic c ier s . t : o r 1 1 0 00 0 39 41 , bad been charged, as usual, with 10 per cent. on the 10 ;Shrews. and Welohpoo: all - - at at i g o h u rcgal i g e r v e o L n 'nion gross receipts, equal to £2,388 2s. 6d., for the re serve fund, which now amounted to 1 .£8,907 2s, 10d. at iSouth Eastern et 'South Wales - - The result enabled the directors to recommend a et IS. York. and River Dun 100 101 103 dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, or of 20 g t t a oCiE e t e oli w ner a mill= all je :Ss 2 e. per cent. for the half-year instead of 2 per cent. 25 8 0 0 New, 1860 i9 8 101 11i 9 , 13 p f or the six months ending June, 1863, et Taff Vale lOO 165 170 10 Do B 8 6 7 , p........ • , ,I 10 Do C ...... .......... . 3 3 4 p Two O'CLOCK. 50 Ulster - - At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's wry) Do 54 - - t elegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 35c. at Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim lOO - - At the opening of th 3 Stock Exchange there was at (Waterford & Kilkenny 100 100 8 - 4 3 - 6 4 resumption of speculative sales for a fall, and the a a l I NY ' . es l t ir• C rrep w oo a l i llar.&R 0 - - result was another decline of lin addition to the i e ,, , t , West Do Hereford ) 100 - - Newport 100 - Per cent. last evening. Within the last hour, how- at Do Herefordi 100 - - ever, some purchases and the knowledge that not 'Withstanding this continued depreciation there is BRITISH POSSESSIONS. nothing at all to call forth so much weakness, - bare atilwaya Closing Paid. Price. Business don. quotations have rellied, and Consols are 888, 89 for 100 I.•Clantio &St Lawrence all 53 60 , k t flom.,Baroda&Centlnd la . Loney, and at 89k i-, for the account. The New , los 102 104 i Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 1; Ee. On. `pct cent. 20 Do. New . ...... - - C hequer Bills, 255. to 153. dis.; and India 5 per 20 Do, E. Shares 74 Ides p aO4 Banal° and Laxelluron all a 54 Cents., MI 1048. 10 Do. Preference Although Foreign Stocks were rather flatt e r at ,00 1 6 i p u . frao o l,Za s l,& ug l d/i B e 7 h io , 7 5 so t he commencement of business, a general improve. Igo () Do. l do. July 1, 1871 iOO 75 80 tent has since taken place, and they are now all st Clc . utte. d . o & . S.P,a ll ern. j ('.a .; :i 4 1 12 . 1/7 93 30 •I'Etter. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69/ 70;; o peTown t Dock Sari 100 94 90 stock E n astn. Benn•al gu. S p. l , 100 102 104 d e. Consolides, 507., Le ; Mexican, 281 ii. ; do. New, stook East Indian, gu. , sp. c. 100 101 102 101 i 25 1 261 ; Greek, 231 -k; Spanish Passive, 30 . ,77 i; ti D o. o d i g.' ( 4 " iio t : - :: r ig 14 ell d e. Certificates, 121 , 13; Portuguese, 47/ i; and stir Gr i r o d l f af u r n r k e t o f ß C o a n n d a a d a 10u 19 2 i all 71 73 the Confederate Loan, 78 79. 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all GO 63 In the Railway Share Market the dealings have 100 Do. o. VO. P d r el ' e f. rr ß er " aallll 65 5 `i j bean on a very limited scale, and the few bargains igg Do. d o. r di f e'r s r V t el.::: all 11 .3 d %- entered into have been at reduced prices. Great too Do. 4th Pref. stock- all 27 29 Northern A stock has declined £2, London and stook Gt l . lo i;d el ta o i, d en ef i e n r . red a. . ip .. :o . all 1(2 iF O ; 3 1021 Brighton 155., and Great Western, Lancashire and $0 Do. o. 7st e n w urr i F s ,_ , * L i e . 2c l2 par 4p Yorkshire, and London, Chatham, and Dover each stook Gt. South.of Inuia(Lin; - 62. Midl an d guaranteed 6 per cent. 100 99 1 0 1 , however, have improved 5s . 20A Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 9 4 91 I Do. 18 114 11 91 •; The Foreign and Colonial lines continue very dull so; 100 Do. 6p. New c. '73 with't opt, all 89 at about previous quotations. too Do. 54 p. a. do. '77-8 all 82 81 10 Endian Branch Limited 2 4 d in Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in. stook Madras. guar., sp. c lOO 994 1004 stances a shade cheaper. London and Brazilian stock b,..,tp... Extension d 100 T , 2 have declined to 471 48 ; Merchant Bank to 281 •; stook 20 Do.. D 0 .44 d0...._ Ex o ie . n - sron . : 2 -- - Union of Australia to 521 53 ; Union of London to stock 1 1 1 1 =0 ( 11if : s i t;: M i . o . ii 62 ; and International Finance to 91 i. 100 Do. 7p. a Candy all - 20 Newßrurswiek e - BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. ClaAs A and B all 2 5 N.ll.l.C'ditB po Ist pt bds 100 82 8 4 , GoVERNmENT FUNDS, stock Scinde ...... - ..) (100 1004 1014 a Per Cent. Consols aDo Account, Aug. 8 - SO Do. d 0........... 'i ' 2 Id par New Cent. Reduced ",,,ev; ...• •• •• ! 7 _i,..: I! - - - New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1891... . Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 ... - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. nwtuties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan , 1880 .. - Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... - - ( sn.(4ov. ri p.c.J a. vtJ my Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... - - I 1877-84 ~-,........ 100 46 90 971 61 March. June, - Do. .1 p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 96 99 zeilequer Bills £l,OOO, 3& 31 per Cent. 23 15 - D 0.6 p. c.Mar.,ls Sept. 100 98 102 - Do. Cp. c. Jan.&July. 101 84 8 6 Do , £5OO - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Do £lOO and £2OO - Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,187 3 10 u 104 106 ..snit England Stk, 54 per Ct. - Do.Ap &Oct, 1880 100 107 109 DO .Account .. - - ' Do. 1891 100 1(8 110 - I Do. Jan. & July, 1691.. 100 106 108 Iztrit ix GOVEP.NMENT SECURITIES. - 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 - - Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 .., s 1) 0 Account - - N atal Gov. 6 per cont. 100 11;4 107 Lk' 5 per Cent. July, 1570 - N.8.G0v.6p.0.J a.lO al) 100 97 100 ~„1 - 1 0 Account - - Do. 6 p.o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N.S.W.Gov. 5 p 3.,18,,t 100 96 08 V/ up 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 - D. 5 11 0.,18ti to It'i e 100 96 98 ~., Do Certificates -•Do. d0.,1888 dcupwds 100 96 98 95 1 7 D 0 Account - - (New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - - Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - - !Nova Scotia G0v..6 p. c. De 44 psi Cent. - - 1 sterling, 1875 lOO 99 102 - (Zueensland. Gov. 6p. c lOO 101 104 103 1 - ) 0 Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .... - - 18. Atte Gilp.c.lB7B.&up.. 100 105 107 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - Ilfla.Gov. p.o. Ja.•sou)y 100 - - Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 - - Do. lo 6 p.o. An.dzOot. 100 109 110 1091 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 - -- -- De Ronde ..4.:1,90 - BRITISH MINES. Do under £l,OOO - 2 c;itinurian Consol. Gold 1 i od 'FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. - uliflord Amalgamated..( - 30 32 A - Devon G. Con, (Tavist.) l 1 580 600 B razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. --- - East Bassett(lllogan).. 30 18 70 ti rszilian 5 per C ent - -- East Clogau Gold Ltd. - - - d Do 41 per Cont., 1852-58-60 - - East Caradon ...... .... 1.14.6 271 284 Do 1863 - - mast Carn Brett. - E. WlRussel(Tavistk ) 8.13.1 5 51 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - - GRM.&St.Aubrn(Gwen 581 5 7 - : liilitin 6 per Cent, - - Great South 'I olgus .... 17s 2 24 r, Pe 44 per Cent - - , (4. Wheal Vor (Ilelston 40 27 29 r ,"° ,o nabian 6 per Cent - - (Grenville 6.16., 7 74 ' - 1 ilerc•d's-Foot . 8.12 38 40 tiba, 6 per Cent. - - iingeton. Downs 4.18.0 31 44 b bo 5 per Cent. 1864 - Lady Bertha - - 44 c1 1 1.ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. -..- Margaret (Uny Lelant 94 8 10 - 1 -, 134 0, Provisonal Land Warrant........ ..-. _- Ilarke Valley.. "anish 3 per Cent., 1825 v., Do 5 per Cent, 1864 - - New Seton l6l 75 85 --4 gYptiau 7 per Cent.. lO2 -• North Downs 3 14 11 1) 0, Second Issue - lO 2l - N.Wli'l Baseet(lllogan 3.1.0 24 3 - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 3 3) Gr eek ~ 5 per Cent,, 1824-5, ex-Coupons - - Par Consols (6t. Blaney - - - ~0 0 Account .... .. rrovidence(Uny Leint, 10.0.7 41 42 -Do Coupons - South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 480 500 ,io uateinaht 5 o Account . ~ ...... .- - S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. - - - y - 5. Wheal Fran. (Mogan 15.18.9 424 473 per Cent. - Stray Park It, .Y . O 1839 and 1859 ....... - l'amarSilv.it Lead Min. - - - ilian 5 per Cent(Maremmana Railway) 71 - fin Crort 9 18 19 Inexican 3 per Cent - - West Basset (Mogan).- 14 9 10 DO Account - kv Cr radon (Liskeard) 9 12 14 Do 1864 - W est Seton 4 i.„ 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c -•.Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 92 b 5 1,0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French -- Wheal Bulleratedruth) 10 x 0 25 dis - Wheal Kitty(U.Lelaat) 2.0.6 - - Ditto Scrip, £23paid . -- whealLudeott f l ourish Imperial Aper Cent ' New Granada - Wheal Beton 584 210 215 Do 2 per Cent. .. - - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 19 21 Do Deterred - _ Wheal Union I 4 18 2 Do Land Warrants (Hectares) PREFERENCE SHARES. Do Debentures, 4 por Ct., April 1861 - Do do Aug., 1866.• •• - Great Western Orig. 41 per cent pf., 901 treat Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 70 Peruvian 41 per Cent Do 3 per Cent. ( Uribarren) .. Do 44 per Cent., 1862 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4# per cent. pf., 92} London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2d pf.,'7l# North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 78 Do ACConnt Portuguen 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account • • • . Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. Do Account 47i 1 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, I St — Do 4i per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 — Do 3 per Cent 1859 1)o 5 per Cent, 1862 BB 71 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, 40 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent — LINES LEASED B "A' FIXED RENTALS. Cheater and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., lit FORE' N RAIL WAYF: Rani and San Francisco (Um.) gun. 7 per cent, 16 / Recife and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7:per;cent., 16 FOREIGN MINES. Fort Philip, 1 13.9.N1C 3. __....._ . Do Account..... B Panish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred 43i 2 ...D0 Account .............. IDo Passive... , ....... — ....... . 3O/ i Do Account ................... 'Tallish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account .................. 121 1 3 ')Wedish, 4 per Cent ................... _-- pat Do Scri p , £6O paid ................ . A Urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .............. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 ............ .. • • i)o Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 P s o Account Do £lOO Bonds.. .— Do 1863 • Do GuArazteed, 4 per Cent. — - Venezuela 3 per Cent. ' Do Account .— DODo 6 per Cent., 1:. 4 .32 Account 130 Scrip £ls paid Dividends on the above payabls in Lonlott &fletrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins , Do Account „.,''olgiar, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. .. — uutell 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gul1.. ~ Do 4 per Cent. Certificates A talian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do Acocant _ Fr ench Relates, 2 per Cent b k- eravian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4 s. `iejnaontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f TWO O'CLOCK. C onsols Money Do Account .... 89h / • Albion, 51 Alliance (lira.). 511 1 Ditto, new, 541 Anglo Austrian, 7f Anglo-Italian, Rm., 5} Brazilian and Portuguese. Rm., 121 Chartered of India, London, and China, 611 5 Consolidated Bank, Urn., 11 Imperial Bank (lim.). 3 5 3 London and Brazilian (lim.), London and County, 74 3 London Joint Stock, 48; U 3 London and South-Western, 221 Merchant Bank, Jim., 283 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Bra., 25 1 South E .stern, Dm., 10 Standard of British South Africa (lim)), 281 Union of Australia, 521 3.; Union of London, 5,41 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Contract Corporation, lira., 34 Credit Mohiii , r, 11-1 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., 31 Eore-street Warehouse, lira., 61 Gen. Credit and Finan2e of London, lira., Imperi,il Mercantile Credit Aseo., lira., 82 International Financial oociety, lira., International Land Credit. lirn.. 6y London Financial Association, lira., 2ii London General Omnibus Company, 3 dray Irrigation and Canal, 4 National Discount Company, lira., 14 Rio:de Janeiro City Improvements. lira., 25 Societe Finar.ciere d'Egypte, Rm., 5 SOUTH K EN SINGTON MUSEUM.--During the week ending August 20, 1864. the visitors have been as follows :-_Oa Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free days, open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 10,309 ; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, students' days (admission to the public 61), open from 10 a.m. till 6 p.m:, 1,196; total, 11,505. From the opening of the museum, 4,784,869. A young.,man named Gouy, a waiter at a cafe, has just been tried for manslaughter, in having caused the death of another young man named Taffet, by stabbing him with a knife during a quarrel which commenced at a house of ill fame on the Boulevard des Trois-Couronnes. The jury returned a verdict of guilty with extenuating circumstances, and the accused was pentinced to 6 years' imprisonment. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market steady, and sales will probably not exceed 4,000 or 5,000 bales. 111 SUN, LONDOf.) . Crurt „, ttrialbt HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, August 22. The Queen and royal family walked and drove in the grounds to-day. The Lord Chancellor has left Osborne. Foreign Courts. PARIS, Aug. 21. A grand/ to was given yesterday, at Versailles, in honour of the King of Spain. The entertain • meat given on this occasion by the Emperor was divided into two parts, and lasted from five in the evening fill long past midnight. The princ'pal in terest in the first part was concentrated in the superb fountains in the park, which were seen to much advantage. The Emperor and Emprese, with their royal guest, arrived at half-past five from Trianon, riding in an open caleehe, and fol lowed by a numerous cavalcade. Atter visiting the various fountains and jets their Majesties terminated their ride by making a tour of the Neptune basin. The number of spectators was so great that the horses could scarcely advance, and everywhere their Majesties were received with the greatest enthusi asm. They returned to the palace at six o'clock. At nine o'clock their Majesties entered the thea tre of the palace, where a ballet and comedy called "Psyche," by Corneille and Molie re, was performed. The King of Spain conducted the Empress, and by the side of the Emperor walked his 13071, the Prince Imperial. As soon as the imperial and royal visitors appeared the orchestra played the royal Spanish march, and the performance commenced. Their Majesties retired at eleven. Then. commenced the night fete, which consisted of the illumination of the fountains and jets, and of the gardens themselves. Thousands of globe shaped and orange-coloured lamps were suspended on the trees and spread a most brilliant light, whilst from the sculptured vases bright flames arose, and the fountains, as they played, were made resplen dent by the electric light. There was also a splen did display of fireworks, which, with Bengal lights, rendered the whole of the large palace as clear to the eye as at daylight. The top of the building was illuminated also, and as the company turned to witness this new spectacle the Emperor and the Prince Imperial appeared on the balcony, and were saluted most cordially. The whole of the Court occupied the windows of the Mirror Gallery. Some time afterwards their Majesties entered the gardens and witnessed the concluding effects of the illumi nation amongst the visitors, to whom the Emperor had kindly thrown open the reserved gardens. A supper was served at midnight in the Mirror Gal lery, and afterwards the Emperor again appeared on the balcony of the palace, and was received with hearty demonstrations. At one o'clock their Majee• ties left Versailles for St. Cloud. The Phare de la Loire confidently announces that the Count d'Eu, eldest son of the Duke de Nemours, will shortly proceed to Brazil to marry the daugh ter of the Emperor Don Pedro. As his Majesty has no male heir his son-in-law will one day be called upon to wear the Imperial Crown. The Count of Flanders had also been spoken of as the bridegroom of the princess. The death of the Princess Czsrtorisk, daughter of Queen Christina, is announced. Among the foreign officers who joined the cortege of the Emperor and the King of Spain at the review at the Champ do Mars were—Yver Pasha, general in the service of Turkey ; M. de Seebach, son of the Saxon Minister at the Frencheourt, and Mr S. Noel de Lesser, of the Royal Sussex Artil lery, in her British Majesty's service, and brother of the consul general for Saxony. These officers had also the honour to be presented to the King of Spain at the diplomatic reception held by his Ma. jesty on the previous day at the hotel of the Spanish Embassy. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi left Chandos House yesterday for Woburn Abbey, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Russell. The Duke of Somerset and the Junior Lords of the Admiralty, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Greyand Rear- Admiral Hon. James R. Drummond, ere expected' to re• turn to the Admiralty on Thursday, from their late tour of inspection. The Earl of Strafford has arrived at Wrotham Park, from a short visit to Paris. The Eirl and Countess Russell will entertain a succession of visitors at Woburn Abbey, Beds, during the week. Viscount Palmerston will leave Cambridge House this morning for Tiverton. Vis;:ountess Palmerston will remain in town. A marriage is arranged to take place between Edith, daughter of Lord and Lady Charles Kerr, and Air 'William P. Preston Consett, of Brawith Hall, Thirek, son of the Rev. John d'Arcy Preston, of Askham Brynn Hall, Yorkshire. Sir George and Lady Shoe have left town for Scarborough. HERBACEOUS BORDERS.—Let any one imagine a gravel walk, with a broad border of herbaceous plants, diverse in kind, on each side of it, and surely he will allow that there must be much of interest in such an assemblage. Such assemblages have been, and we trust are and ever will be. Four places of interest for this kind of thing in time gone by may be mentioned—the Comte de Vandes's garden at Bayswater; Mr R. Barclay's gar den at Bury-hill; Lady Olivia Sparrow's garden at I3romp ton, near Huntingdon; and Mrs Marryatt's garciOn at Wimbledon. Those cultivators who are enthusiastic aboo their bedding•out plants and bedding-cut displays would contend that they can at any time and all times surpass us in the amount of floral display which they can produce. If by floral display they mean blazes and masses, and clouds and sheets of one colour, or of some assemblage of a few gay colours, I suppose we must assent; but if we interpret the term " floral display" as diversity of colour, diversity of form, diversity in what is called inflorescence, or the mode in which the flowers of a plant are disposed on it, diversity of stature, diversity of foliage, diversity of odour, diversity of times of day in which the different kinds open or close their flowers, and other diversities, I cannot think we have aught to fear in oomparing our favourites with theirs. On knowledge grounds, too, we beat them. We have more of geography, more of geology, more considerations of climate and the atmospheric conditions of the countries whence our various kinds have come, and more to learn of what I shall call the personal appetites of our many individual kinds, and more of legend which in the i:ative countries of the plants appertains to them, and happily has been brought over with them, than they have in their many plants of few kinds.—llibbord's Gardeners' ltragasine. IHE EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE IN THE HOUSE OF DETENTION.—Dr Lankester held an inquest yesterday in the House of Detention on the body of Henrietta Lob, a Hungarian, who committed suicide in a very determined manner. The deceased was brought up at the Clerkenwell Police Court, on Tuesday, the 9th inst., charged with stealing a piece of meat, and while in tho cells she twice attempted to commit suicide. The magistrate remanded her, in order that she might be seen by the chaplain. While in the prison she desired to be put to some out-door work in preference to needlework. She was accordingly put to cleaning on the top gallery, and while doing so she suddenly left her work, and before she could be stopn..'d by the warders, squeezed herself through an aperture be tween the lift and the floor, and fell to the bottom, a dis tance of about 40 feet. She was immediately picked up and examined by Dr. Smiles, the prison surgeon, who found her skull fractured in a frightful manner. A warder saw the deceased put her hand out, but thought she was cleaning the bottom of the lift. The inquiry lasted a long time, and the jury returned a verdict of " Suicide while in a state of unsound mind." THE MURDER NEAR TAUNTON.—A communica tion was received yesterday at the Somerset County Gaol, Taunton, from Sir George Grey, respiting John Mien, who lay under sentence of death for the mur der of his wife at Hatch Beauchamp, on the 4th May last. The respite appears to have been the spontaneous act of the Government, probably with the concurrence of the judge who tried the case, Mr T. Chambers, Q.C., who is reported to have expressed his surprise at the verdict, though he concurred in it ; inasmuch as, although a memorial signed by upwards of five hundred of the clergy, gentry, and principal inhabitants of Taunton and neighbourhood had been forwarded to London on Saturday, it could not have been presented when the respite was despatched. It has been generally felt that the strong provocation which the prisoner received rendered this a case in which tthe clemency of the Crown could be properly exercised. The memorial was supported by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who also wrote to the Sect etary of State, and by the High Sheriff of the county, by whom the memorial Was to have been presented, The respite was communicated to the prisoner immediately that it was received. , TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, Mr Commissioner Fane was the Commissioner of the day and sat in Chambere, and disposed of a few applications of no public interest: 11Ir Registrar Hazlitt was the registrar of the day, and the only point of interest was an adjudication in bankruptcy against Mr Paul Bedford, the well-known comedian. The petition was presented by the bankrupt,who surrendered and obtained protection. The next meeting is appointed for the 13th September, at 11. No accdunts have yet been filed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROITGH-STREET. A WIFE DANGEROUtLY ASSAULTED BY HER IlUS• BAND.—John Bain, of 39. Rathbonc place, plasterer, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his wife Harriet Bain. On the former being placed in the dock, the following certificate was handed to Mr Tyrwhitt " Middlesex Hospital, "I hereby certify that llerriet Bain was brought to this hos p ital last evening, having received severe injuries, and she is unable to attend the curt. 6' Signed—Wm. Cargewin, House Surgeon." Thomas Pattison, an intelligent boy, son of the prisoner and the injured woman, said —My father and my mother quarrelled yesterday at home, and about nine o'clock last night my father struck and kicked my mother, and she was taken to the Middlesex Hospitzl, and is now very ill. Mr Tyrwhitt—Was your father sober? sorry I t ot i n suc h a position. W as very sorry my mother was a little elevated. no PT t rhyiesooubnroeymr=l am ot H he O r w s av o se t r; ipsy that She could not stand against the drawers ? The boy—She was. Prisoner—She was so tipsy ant she broke all the plates came back a b out n i ne o 'clock, wh en e toy tea she went out with siaihnnedotadhbiesurhseesisd,b.mmalenasinatnetanddemof g ost tting rascal, y manner. Mr Tyrwhitt — l shall reman( you till to-morrow. Robert Pitt, 7 1 E — l believe the woman is in danger; —she was kicked in the abdomen, Mr Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be remanded till to.. morrow, lo o d and y the in case it woman's state be e be reported to me at two ca n to examine ber cto-day may in the presence of the prisoner. The prisoner was then remanded. ANOTHER VIOLENT Asseurt.—Alf re d Maidruent, a baker, was charged with violent) , as sau l t i ng a man na med Domenic Murty, living at Peter stre e t , St. James ' s. The complainant (who had received a frightful wound on his head, presented a ghastly sight, the blood oczing through the bandages in which his head was enveloped) said he was in the Crown Tavern Court yesterday, w h en t h e pr i soner came in with two females and behaved i n a very unru l y manner, pulling one of the young women about, He placed himself between the prisoner and th e young woman to stop the prisoner's conduct, when the prisoner knocked him down and kicked him on the side, and on getting up he found his head was frightfully cut. He could not swear the prisoner hurt his head, altLough he had felt it kicked while he was lying on the grcand. There was, however, no other man present at the time he was knocked down. Prisoner denied assaulting the complainant. Mr Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner, and the complainant, who seemed in a very weak state, was sent back to the Charing-cross Hospital in a cal. THANES. AN IMPUDENT ROBBERS{ ON THE PIER HEAD.—Thos. Clark, a lighterman, was brouOtt before Mr Paget chargei with stealing a coil of rope the property of the London Dock Company. • Yesterday afternoon a gateceeper named James Roberts saw the prisoner with a coil o rope on his shoulder walking away from the pier-head. ICe took the prisoner into cus tody. The rope weighed 12P., and was worth ss. It had been used as a check in navigating bargee through the lock between the river and the dock basin. The prisoner, in defence, said that he took up the rope off the pier head to give his partner a turn in a barge going through the lock, _ The witness Roberts said the prisoner had left the pier head and was proceeding along Wapping High-street towards the Tower when to stopped him. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. ROBBERY BY A WORKIAN. Walter NV illiam Holditch, a candle maker, was broaght before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing one candle and four pieces of candle valua sd, the property of Messrs. Owen and Minton, candle manu facturers in the Isle of Dcgs, Poplar. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Thomas Mill, night foreman, that in consequence of information he searched the prisoner's jacket, which was hanging up in the factory, and found in the pock:As a whole candle and four pieces of candles. Ho left the jacket undisturbed, and when the pri soner was leaving the factory he said to him, "I wish to search you before you go out, I believe you have got some property about you that don' t,belong to you." The pi isoner said " I have got a few' its of candle." They were taken from him, and the prisoner was given into custody, The . prieoner, who pleaded vtry hard to be forgiven, had been in the employ of Owen and Minton for three weeks. The prisoner said he vas guilty. The fore.nan said the firm he tepresented had been re peatedly plundered, and he was instructed to press the charge. Mr Paget said that property of this description must be protected. Tho prisoner had obtained good employment, and began to plunder. He sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadom hay, £3 lOs to £6 Os ; clover, £4 Os to £6 lOs; and skim, £1 7s to £1 12s per load. Trade firm. _ _ ---- CURIBERLAND.—Meagov hay, lOs to £6 Os ; clove?, T ra d e steady. w, £1 7s to 12s per load. £4 Os to £ 6 108 ; and straw, WHITECIIATEL —Meadcw hay, £3 10s to £6 Os; clover, .Z 4 Os to £6 Os ; and stra', £1 6 3 to £1 12s per load. A steady demand. --..--- COIONIA.L. TEA—Business h as be ensther dull, and the few dealings en tered into have been at s hout former prices. s u oAu—The market his b een mor e animated, and an a dvance of is to 2 s p er cwt may be quoted on West India. In the refined market quotktions also tend upwards. Cantialidt colonial descriptions has been steady, an E d —T t(1Z8 have fully sustained former prices. IlicE—A. moderate busin3ss has been transacted, with out, however , any material ( lump to note in values. WOOL —The public sales tf colonial have proceeded with FE su h p e er d i e o m r ci considerable animation, and )ricer generally are well main tained. TALLow—The market has remained rather dull, without, however, any change to re3ord with respect to value. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted u s 9d, and last three months' delivery 43s 9d per cwt, TEMPLE GARDENS, The immense works in progress for the construction of the Thames Embankment have for the present spoilt the appearance of the garden of the Inner Temple, and Mr Broome is compelled to bido his time to make such dis plays of flowers as the civic public are accustomed to in this admirably kept and interesting place. Still this veteran London gardener perseveres as steadily as ever in his voca tion, and is looking forward hopefully to the time when, by the completion of the embankment, there will be added to the garden a large tract of land gained from the mud of the Thames by the science of engineering. In the flower beds next the main walk Mr Broome manages to secure four succeseivo crops of flowers, and to do this he is compelled to keep his stock of bedding porn pones in pots to the last moment, and then turn them out into the places where they are to flower. The crysentliet mums look well, considering the roasting weather to which they have been so long su'ejected, and which. tells more against vegetation in London because of the constant de posit of soot on the leaves, to remove which occasional showers are needed ; artificial watering, however cartfally and vigorously performed, being far less efflictive for clean ing the foliage than rain. That Mr Broome should have been enabled to exhibit, at a recent meeting of the Central Horticultural S,ciety, 24 trusses of roses grown in this gar den speaks volumes, both for the management and the capabilities of a garden situated in the very heart oi the city of London. It is well known that there are some fine trees in the garden, and it is commonly balievA that the foul coal smoke to which they are exposed is slowly but surely killing them. The simple truth of the matter is that they are suffering but little from smoke, and yet some of them are in a bad state, and appear as if they would never re cover. Mr Broome explains their condition to be the re sult of cold currents of air. Neat the river frontage is a large structure called Paper-building, and on the side of this structure next the river is a row of limes. These limes are in perfect health, quite green where they have the shelter of the building; bat those at each end, which are exposed to the draughts which come across the garden by the side of the building, are very severely killed back, and greatly disfigured with dead ssood. At some distance from these buildings the line which the destructive current takes can be marked out by the appearance of other trees, and in one case a young plane is very much cut up, though a simi lar plane elm by, which enjoys some amount of shelter, is as fresh and vigorous as any tree of the same size to be found anywhere in the country. Any observer curious in such matters is advised to observe the row of limes skirting the eastern side of the garden, and which terminates near the river bank. These trees regularly decrease in size as they approach the river, though they aro all of the same ago, and, as regards soil and the care bestowed upon them, enjoy equal advantages. No doubt these are also subject to draughts, which sweep along the course of the river, and turn round into the garden as soon as they reach the open ing, and spend their energies on the trees they first meet, and are successively softened in passing from tree to tree, until at last those furthest removed from the river are the least affected. If it be asked, Why should cold currents of , air produce such marked effects, when in open country dis tricts, where the mean temperature is much lower than at the Temple, trees escape altogether, even in very trying seasons ? It can only be said that it is easier to frame an hypothesis than to explain a fact which is obvious to all. But probably trees so situated do not Hi en their wood so perfectly as trees of the same kind in the country, and so are less capable of withstanding the effects of cold winds in spring. It may be, too, that they begin to grow earlier in the year, owing to the abundance of ammonia in the atmos phere, and, during the prevalence of westerly winds, the higher temperature to which they are subjected; whereas, is the country, trees are very often "kept back" till they can grow in earnest without risk of injury. The superiority of plane, .Platanus acerifolia, as a town tree, is strikingly exemplified here. There are several beau tiful examples, with noble heads, and a fresh, abundant leafage; in fact, with the exception of one or two which suffer from draughts, they are at the present time the hand somest trees in the garden, and delight the eye with their fine forms and lively verdure. Another of the trees that thrives here is the Wych elm. It is not remarkable for beauty in a small state, but contributes by its dark hue to make an agreeable contrast with limes and planes. The Wych elm has not been at all affected by the causes which have injured other trees; all the specimens are healthy and vigorous, and have this season made shoots a foot in length. In the small garden of the Middle Temple all the pom pones have long been planted out, and look very promising. The border appropriated to the large-flowering kinds also, promiees well, the plants being neatly trained, and mo-t of them are four or five feet high. To compensate for the general dulness of chrysanthemums at this time of year, Mr Dale grows numerous annuals in the borders ; and in the beds on the turf, common blue larkspurs are used in abundance. These peep up above the foliage of the porn pones, and make a very pleasing effect,—Gardeners' Ircekly Magazine, The harvest. - - DERBYSIIIRE.—During the past week the weather has been very hot, and the corn has ripened rapidly. A good deal of rain fell on Sunday morning, and all descriptions of vegetation have been greatly bene fited. Labourers are scarce, and additional hands are wanted to advance the progress of the harvest. A large breadth of wheat has been cut, and on the best soils the crops are exceedingly good in quality and quantity, but those on gravelly lands are irre gular. The ears are full in most cases, and the yield will prove a good one. The same remarks apply to barley. The crops are healthy and good. Oats vary much, and the crops are scarcely expected to be an average. The pea crop is good in every respect, but beans are very light, owing to the long drought. Turnips will turn out very bad, as also will mangel-wurtzel. LEICESTERSHIRE.—We have had suitable harvest weather since last week, and a great deal of corn has been secured in splendid condition. In the neighbourhood of Hinckley farmers are very busy, and a large breadth of barley and oats has been safely housed. The wheat crops are falling fast to the scythe and the sickle. The scarcity of Irish reapers and the dryness of the season, cause farmers to adopt the plan of mowing their wheat crops instead of cutting them with the sickle. This system has been carried out generally, but opinions vary as to its utility. Around Burbage large breadth of grain has been cleared with the patent reaping -machine, and, in some instances, farmers have finished and had their harvest supper. Owing to the long drought the pastures are burnt up, and many agriculturists are obliged to fodder their cattle and take them long distances in order to obtain a supply of water. In the Loughborough district the wheat crops are very good, and the grain is of excellent quality on the loamy soils. On the light soils the crops are inferior both in quan tity and quality. Very little fault can be found With the barley crops, and the yield will be about an average. OILS in some places are indifferent, but the crops on the whole are good. Turnips will be very scarce. THE WEATHER AND THE HARVEST IN SCOTLAND. —.Reports from the North of Scotland speak of s ingularly changeable weather as having prevailed there during the last fortnight. For a day or two at a time the cold would be intense, several falls of snow having in fact taken place in various parts of Aberdeen and other counties. These wintry ma nifestations would be succeeded by a few d ays of intensely hot weather. During the last few d ays , however, the weather appears more settled, a n d the crops as a whole are looking well. Scotland, like most other parts of the island, has suffered severely from the drought, but wheat, oats, barley, turnips, and potatoes are said to be generally i n a' satisfactory condition. Harvesting operations have commenced in various quarters, and will be g enera l in another week or two. THE CROPS IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTIRS..--The wheat crop, which has now been almost all har vested, though not a large one, is better than was expected. The quality is generally good. In come parts barley is stall green, and would even now be considerably benefited by raia. Most of the accounts agree in representing the yield to be below the average ; in most cases about 4 qrs. to 41 qrs. per acre. The quality of the grain differs much in the various localities. Of beans, peas, and root crops, with the exception of potatoes, the accounts are very bad, showing almost a total failure, from the combined effects of drought, blight, and grub. worm. The prospects of sheep-keep during the winter are certainly anything but cheering. It' a 1 thorough rain were to set in, the root crops might recover to a small extent, but not sufficiently to m ake even a middling crop. The effects of wet weather upon the grass crops, however, cannot be over•estittated. The warmth of the soil, caused by the long continuance of heat, 'would force the plants, and soon chango the appearance of the burnt-up lands. The quality of the potatoes is good, though the bulbs are small for want of moisture. It is worthy of note that fiai, of which ao much has been said lately, is the only crop of which we have an entirely satisfactory report. — Salisbury and Innchester Journal. Opening of the Northern of Spain I lailway, MADRID, Mgt St 18. The Correspondencia de Espana contlins , the fol lowing account of the inauguration of th e Northern of Spain Railway by the King of Spain : The official inauguration of the Northern Railway was as brilliant an act as the importa ttol of the event demanded. It is not easy to adequately describe the great event celebrated on the 15th instant with ostenta tious splendour by two nations between whom the bonds of unity are daily strengthening Bat with out indulging in reflections which neither time nor the scope of our periodical poimits, we shell proceed to condense as mucla as possible in the siiqht .ketch we propose to give. , A special train, composed of ten first-class cu• riages and two vans, left Madrid on Sunday with about 300 of the persona invited to the inauguration, among whom were persons of all the m ost di s guitthed social classes of the court. The journey was made without any other contretemps than some slight showers of rain, which, her;ever, far from causing annoyance,servEd to lay the dust on the road. At a little past 11 p.m. supper was setved in the Valladolid station; after which the train proceeded on its way without further detentions than were necessary, ariving at its destination at about 10 a.m. The passengers were much impressed by the gigan tic works at the head of the line and the beauty of the surrounding country. The brilliant royal train had stopped at Vittoria, where, as at all other places, especially upon that bank of the Ebro, the King met with an enthusiastic reception. The invited guests now occupied them selves in changing their dusty travelling costume for the more elegant dress coat and white cravat. At helf - past 11 the train arrived from Paris, and at 12.15 the royal train, drawn by the locomotive Simancas and Adanero. The King was accompanied by his suite and the Ministers of the Interior and Public Works, the Bishop of Vittoria, and, among other persons, by a great part of the board of direc tors of the railway, including M. Isaac Pereire, who had gone to Vittoria to receive his Majesty. Among other eminent personages the Infant Don Enrique the Marquises of Duero and Habana, the Count of Ezpeleta, and many more difficult to enu. merate, were expected at San Sebastian, The royal train was driven by the Engineers Senores Callejo and Ramirez, and Mr Mau, the traffic manager. Salvos of artillery from the castle announced the arrival of the royal suite, and the cheers of the immense multitude, mingling with the strains of music, rent the air with their echoes. The station was very handsomely decorated. On the right, coming from Madrid, were several amphi theatres of seats elegantly disposed, occupied by the principal inhabitants of San Sebastian and the province, and many persons from Madrid. The seats in the centre were destined for the royal party, Immediately opposite them was erected an elegant chapel, a species of temple covered with glazed cotton, decorated with golden fringe, in whish stood a rich altar adorned with flowers. Here were as sembled the Bishop of Vittoria and the assistant clergy, and here the ritual was intoned, accompa. nied by an organ and a tine choir of voices. Tne King participated from his tribune in this act after having retired for a short time to a pavi lion covered in silk and elegantly furnished, which had been prepared for him. The religious ceremony finished, the company passed to the immense dining saloon, which accommodaeed more than 650 persons. The table at the upper end of the hall, to which the other tables stood at right angles, was occupied by the King, Don Enrique, the high functionaries of Spai❑ and France, and the authorities. The King addressed some words to the assembly. The Mar quis of Duero and Senator Aldamar also spoke. At half-past 2 the king quitted his seat, at 3 o'clock continued his journey amid prolonged and enthusiastic cheating—the vivas of the French guests being by no means the faintest. A depen. dent of the company approached the royal train, and gave a hearty " Viva El Rey" on behalf of his fellow servants. The Ministers accompanied the King as far as Hendaya, and then returned for the night. At 5 o'clock the other guests departed, some to Madrid, others to Paris. During the repast regattas were hold oa the river. In the evening there were illuminations and fireworks. The town wore an air of general festivity, and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Dreadful Beene on the North-East Coast. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the greatest ex citement was caused at Tynemouth by a fearful case of drowning, which occurred on the Long Sands, and which was witnessed by many hundreds of persons. The wind was from the eastward, and there was about five feet sea on, with a nasty back sweep ; and at the hour mentioned a strong current was setting from the shore southwards. Mr. Robert Falconer, grocer, St. John's-lane, Newcastle, and Bulman's Village, was spending the day with his wife and family at his mother's, who is lodging in Percy-street, Tynemouth, and shortly before four o'clock he and his wife and mother, and, it is said, three of his children, wont down upon the Long Sands, Mr. Falconer then left his wife and family setting on the sea banks, telling them that he would go to the machines and have a bathe. He engaged a machine belonging to Hind marsh, but before the lad put the horse to it to draw it into the water Mr Falconer asked Hindmarsh if it was safe to take a dive into the sea. The machine proprietor replied " By no means," and he cautioned him above all things not to venture too far out, as there was a strong off-set. The machine was drawn into the water, and Mr Falconer strip ped and went into the sea; and being a swimmer he ven tured, unfortunately, where the waves were breaking heavily. There were three other men in the water at the same time, and they seeing him going out commenced to follow him. The machine men, seeing the danger they were all in, shouted lustily to them to come in, and a gentleman upon horseback rode into the water up to the horse's girths and called to them also. Thoy all came in but poor Mr Falconer. The men knowing the imminent peril he was in got out the boats and lifebuoys ; but before they could render any assistance to him a heavy sea struck him, and he was seen to hold up his hands. A second large sea immediately followed, and seemed to drive him heels over head, and those in the boat saw him no more. The people on the banks, however, saw him struggling, as they imagined, a few minutes longer, and then disappear alto gether. This awful spectacle was witnessed by hundreds of people, inelirding the poor gentleman's wife and family. A scene of the wildest excitement followed. His wife, mother, and children hastened down to the shore, and when the machine was brought out of the water the mother iden tified the clothes left. in it as her son's. The poor wife felt on the sand as one dead, and she had to be removed to her mother's lodgings working in convulsions ; and she isreported to be extremely ill. From the high sea, nothing could be done to rescue the body, which has been washed out to sea. Many comments were made on the sands yesterday evening as to what had been done and what had not been done to save Mr. Falconer's life. We made a careful inquiry into the matter, and we are convinced that Hindmarsh, Nixon, and the other men did all they could consistently with their own safety to save the unfortunate gentleman. But the fact is a boat is of little use upon the coast in. such a sea as that cf yesterday, as the time spent in "dodging" the seas, lest the boat should broach to and drown them, prevents the watermen from getting near to where the man is drowning in the water until all is over. What is needed is this, that the authorities should absolutely prohibit bathing on these sands while the sea is ep strong, and the danger to bathers, especially swimmers, is so great as it was yesterday.—. New castle Chronicle. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A MANCHESTER GENTLE MAN AT LLANDUDNO.—f'I melancholy and fatal ac cident happened on Friday to a young gentleman named Leisler, who with his parents and other members of his family, was en a visit to Llaniudco, North Wales. The young gentleman was about 22 years age, and was the only son of Mr John Leisler, of Park- road, Vic me and a member of the firm of Du Fay and Co., merchants, 32, Booth-street. On Friday young Mr Leisler went out in a boat on Llandudno Bay, in company with a gentle man named Hook, one of the sons of the Dean of Chiccster. Mr. Leisler had his gun with him, and at the request of a friend shot at a gull which was hovering near the ()ape's Head. The bird was struck by the shot, and fell upon the face of the rock at a considerable height from the shore. Mr Leisler landed, scaled the rock, and secured the bird, which lie threw down to his friend. In descending he caught hold of a tuft of grass which was growing from the rock. The hold was insecure and tre ach • erous ; the grass gave way, and the unfortunate young man fell from a terrible height to the ground. lie gasped, and died directly in the arms of his friend. The sad affair has cast a deep gloom over the whole neighbouthood, and is much deplored by the large circle of Manchester friends with whom the deceased and his family were connected,— SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. YORK RACES—Tms DAT'. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) ZETLAND STAKES. .llarigold Dubiety 2 Little Stag Four ran. BURGT.7.NDY STAKES. Clarior ............................................ BPlover ............................................ 2 lue Mantle .................................... CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. Echo ...... .. . ..... 1 Blindisi 9 .......................................... . Bandarilla ........................................ 3 Nino ran SPORTI NGINTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLs%......./TAST EVENING. GREAT ELOR 3to 1 agst East Lan cashire (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst Welcome (take 9 t o 2) 4 to 1 agst Raglan (rake 9 to 2) sto 1 agst llighflyer's dam colt (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered) Very small attendance, and scarcely any betting. CITY B ETTIN G -- N- T ESTEEDAy. EBOII HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken) 4to 1 agst Welcome (taken) 9 to 2 agst Raglan (taken) 7 to 1 agst Hignflyer colt (taken) 16 to 1 agst Donnybrook (taken) 16 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken) 20 to 1 egg The Clown (offered) 20 to 1 agst Caller Oa (offered) 20 to 1 agst Alabama (offered) A Perilous Position. The Buffalo Courier of the 9th instant says : "It has been known that Farini, the funambulist, who several years ego was Blondin's rival on the tight rope at Niagara Falls, was making prepara• tions to ford the rapids above the American Fall on a pair of iron stilts constructed for the purpose. The exhibition was to have come off on the 15th. Early yesterday morning, we learn, the foolhardy man went out to rehearse the dangerous feat. He succeeded in getting more than half across, at a point between the Falls and the Gteat Island bridge, when one of his stilts broke or gave way, and he was instantly in the rapids. Fortunately the place of his accident was directly above Robinson's island, a small piece of wooded land which lies to the right of Lunn island and very near the brink of the American fall. He succeeded in struggling to the shore of this is land, and dragged himself from the water. He had apparently sustained a painful injury in one of his limbs. The poor man was soon discovered sitting very composedly on a log at the edge of the island. A large and not vary sympathising crowd collected on the Goat Island bridge and elsewhere, but up to yesterday afternoon not any effort had been made to rescue the unfortunate man. In fact, our informant tells us that in a few hours public curiosity seemed to have sated it self, and scarcely any excitement was visible. Farini's frightful perch is about 800 or 1,000 feet below the bridge before spoken of, and undoubtedly a rope could be fluted to hint, and thereby cable perhaps be swung, by which, if the ma❑ is not too much exhausted or injured, he might be able to effect an escape. It is feared, however, that before anything is done he will be incapable, from lack of food and nervous excitement, to help himself. At present he can be distinctly descried, cool enough apparently, but making not the slightest effort to attract attention or signal for relief. He is in his tights and bareheaded, and is seen frequently to rub and press his wounded limb. A more frightful pre dicament than that ho is in could not easily be con ceived. We understand that some persons suppose Farini to be playing a practical joko, or to be prac tising an advertising dodge. It is scarcely possible that this can be the case, or that any such felicitous results can come from such a desperate-looking state of things. From the latest reports it appears that Farini was still a prisoner on Robinson's Island, about 2001 t. above the American Falls, and where the rapids have a tremendous velocity. His part ner bad succeeded in effecting a line of refreshment communication with the forlorn stilt-walker, who had been in his uncomfortable position over 40 hours. What steps are being taken to rescue him, if any, were not known. A large crowd was expected down from Buffalo and Rochester to see the sad spectacle. The condition of this poor fellow was really heartrending. He was within speaking dis tance of the shore, but the throngs who had assem bled to witness his critical situation were powerless to help him." TRIALS OF NEW LlFEBOATS.—Yesterday some harbour trials were made in the Regent's Canal Dock with two new lifeboats belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, and built by the Messrs. Forrest, of Limehouse, under the superintendence of the society. The self-righting and other properties of the boats were found in every way satisfactory. One of the boats, which is 36 feet long, is to be stationed at Porthdinllaen, on the Car narvonshire coast. She is a splendid boat, and is well cal culated for the important service she will have to perform on that dangerous point of the coast, where last winter several distressing shipwrecks took place. The cost of this boat has been given to the institution by Lady Cotton Sheppard. The other lifeboat is 32 feet long. She is to be stationed at Cardigan, and is in every way suitable for such a station. The cost of this lifeboat and of three others has bean collected by R. Whitworth, Esq , of Man chester, amongst his friends and fellow-townsmen. She is called the "John Stuart," after a gentleman of that city, who, thoroughly appreciating Mr Whitworth's benevolent exertions, promised to give him a specified sum towards the cost of each lifeboat he would succeed in collecting. Thus stimulated, Mr Whitworth has persevered, and raised about £l,OOO in donations, and about £2OO and £3OO in anntril subscriptions. The institution has now 137 lifeboats under its management, and invites the co-operation of experienced and influential persons on the coast to increase that number, in order to station a lifeboat on every point where it can be shown that shipwrecks occur, and where a sufficient number of boatmen or fishermen are residing to work such boats on occasions of emergency. SMALL WHITE ELEPHANTS. -1n Ceylon, a s everybody knows, people are politely ruined by the gift of large white elephants, which are sent by envious persons to be stabled in thei r mansions, with a view to their speedily eating the owners out of house and home. A petie the room, just in or d er t o g gra tuit o us ottoman once co st me—well, I don't care to sa y exactly how much, in reear bring the floor into something like agreement, Th e g if t of a new piano to a wife from her father, I reckon, must cost the unhappy husband, upon the average, £5O. I know a case in which it was not got over under £l7O, for the whole drawing room suite had to be changed. Whene ver I behold that gorgeous instrument, it always d t e s r its a back en t l to ob y rmy vision, puts forth a lank tail, and elevates n escis. I recognise the elephantine m ' s av and painfully calculate the depth to r oounsi whiteta myself e which it learnedbit into to d m re y ad fr t i h e e nd rem th o o tes o t wners poel-et. li I h hint ofany u genero sity among our own circle; the mention of an i n t en d e d gift arouses in me genuine fear, for I am not certain whether may not yet be made insolvent by theta polite attentions. Scarcely ever does there come a gift which has not sometbing of :this white elepbantish character about it. Nobody ever makes you a present of a pair of blankets, or offers a plate-rack for the kitchen, in token of their esteem, or gives you a water butt, or a five pound note. The presents all come in far other shapes—ft mrishint; devour i n g trunks and tossing glittering horns of ivory. Dly wife has had several dozens of scent bottles presented to her, and to keep them anything like properly replenished would about exhaust all my spending money. Why couldn't somebody give her a brand-new toilet-service when I Lappened on that accident with the tall ewer ? No; there came instead a handsome set of flower vases, which have since cost on an average half-a-crown a-week to keep them fittingly supp li e d w i t h blooms of diverse colours.---Chembere's fa I n consequence of Garibaldi's resignation of the office of Grand Master of the Italian Freemasons, all the lodges of his jurisdiction have been eonvolicyl for the nth September, t.) elect hie successor. It is sail that their choice will most probably tall on M. llorandi. SIIIPPING—tais DAY. LONDON, Aug' 23.—Wind, at noon, N,E., moderate breeze, with rain. (BY ELECTRTIC lELEGRAPII.) SOUTHAIopTON Tuesday Morning. g —Volante, fron, In D n a e r , f. fro fr m orn lsm A ail—R o b ert and Mary, from —la werp—Germania k teamer I rvi a ead niar Dublin. Sailed—C!emence and Le c r . , q for Cherbourg—Ocean Monarch, for Fool. from i d r r e i i i • The four mont hs' drou g ht in this district was broken last night by a gentle refresh,_ 6 rain which has fallen last night and continues. (BY MAGNETIC 'ITLEGRAPII:) GRAVISEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 22—Rover, fr,,, St. Petersburg—Emma and Sophia, Hans Christensen, Marie, arA Louisa Maria— all from Archangel—Planet, from Antwerp, Arrived, Aug-. V--Hoppett , and Mathilda—both from Gamla Carleby—Martin Lutiati, from , Cronstadt—Arabeila, from Nevis—Anne Lee, fi° l3 "Aombo—lndustzie, from Archangel. .DEILL, Tuesday Morning. Passed to leeward —Laura, ram Ravannah, for London. Passed, Aug. 22d—Derenceut3 from London, for St. Helena. ------_-77^...L—_----..... imongtoasebuiirdtrvtieatig even them he m , togetheril embruecahth. as SWIMMING IN TIIREE LESSON s. __Lessonl. Grasp with both band the stave )f the ladder, luardiadeea rd, well l h l i d c o h w i n s a o n n d o sa S : t ohdf thate tl sure you' r i l c g mouth Heel not be above the water, ex cept level with, or a little bolo , ' the surface. Assume the horizontal swimming position. Get your legs well up, the possible of your faberelaitit brain little s a or submerged,nl y o o n r cs , :p a t t er a . : th The e afterwards, until you Then strike out ;our heart's context , with both legs at once, in slowly, to regular strokes, a , d repeat , e operation. The grand pre are tired. Rest, the faulty of swimming consists in paration for acquiring . daring to keep the head at:m, the legs up, and the whole body horizontal. Man walk.,h,ect, buthe,swims prone, pros trate, or reclining. Lesson II Rops'lat the same, holding the ladder with one hand only, atd either p,Addling w ith the hand open and the fingers closed, or giving tie arm stroke with the arm disengaged. Do this with each aro alternately.— Lesson 111. Remember that swimming (like the perform ance of tours de force on tLo piano, like brillia k :t leaps in the hunting-field, like a flight on the trapeze) is ono of the things that must be done with a dash. You do it, the 1 ;,-st time you try, because you will to do it, Having done it I once, you do it again. Therefore, when you no lon g er feat 1 a horizontal position in the water—when you a: o convinced that you may keep your legs up ycur head down, and your arms submerged, withcut danger of drowning —retire a couple of paces from your ladder, and resolve to swim, as if you were! Leotard launched in mid-air. C'est le premier pas quicoute. As soon as you can swim one yard the thing is done. The distance swum will increase rapidly with practice and the consequent increased confidence of the swimmer. But of swimming, like mountain climbing, call: into action muscles which are comparatively little used in our ordinary habits, it is only by gradual exercise that they can be brought to perform long-continued efforts. — ,Dickens's 4 ' All the Year .Rovicl,", SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 o'CLocii. DISTURBANCES IN GENEVA, BERNE, AUGIIET 23. Disturbances have broken out in Geneva, barri cades have been emoted and blood shed. The Government of the Canton, being unable to re-establish order, called for Federal intervention. The Federal C_uncil thereupon sent X Fornerid as Epecial commissioner to the scene of the out break. He has entered Goneva with a battalion of militia.