The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-21 00:00:00

ONES' MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a fair demand for money in the general discount market this morning, and the tendency of the rates is described as a shade easier. No quot• able change, however, has taken place, and 31 and 4 per cent. are the general charges for first class three months' bills. The Bank of England return compiled to Wed nesday last shows few alterajions of general im portance. The other securities, which represent the discount operaticns of the authorities, have been reduced, while the bullion, on the other hand, exhibits only a sma;l increase. Aunc.ced are the particulars : Active Circulation Increase Bullion .. Increase Rest .• £21,321,330 60,215 • • • • • • • . /5,081,152 •• •• •• •• 40,333 • • • • • • .. 3,449,113 •• ••• •• 20,880 .. 6,126,668 •• •• •• 371,806 • • • • • • 13,00573,.5,322 036 681 846 • • • .2 • 9 5,t763 aro 11 088 426 Increase .. Public Deposits Increase .. Other Deposits.. Decrease .. .. - - Seven Day and other Bills .. Increase .. .. Government Securities No alteration. Other Securities .. .. .. 18,317,701 Decrease .. .. .. .. 154,706 Notes Unemployed .. .. .. 7,582,160 Increase .. .. .. .. 18,355 A further sum of £63,000, in gold, was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Hammonia, from New York, has brought £3,285. _ _ At a meeting of the creditors of William Shep pard, of Park Mills, Ware, miller and maltster, it was resolved that Mr. Sheppard should execute a deed of assignment for the benefit of his creditors, and the following gentlemen were appointed trustees—Millis Coventry, Henry Edward Wright, and George Rcfrey. The operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have been rather extensive. Sugars have been in good de mand, at slightly enhanced prices, while coffee fully sustained former values, and there has been an ad vance in the quotations of cocoa. At the public sales of tea prices were about id. per lower, while a dull tone has prevailed in the tallow market, the rates tending downwards for present and forward delivery. Two O'CLOCK. Nothing has occurred this morning to disturb the quietude and inactivity now so long experiencd in the market for the English Funds. Very little real business is in progress, and speculators seem adverse to operate to any material extent. Consols remain at 93 4 for money, and at 931 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annui ties are 931 4 ; Bank Stock is 238 240; India 5 per Cent. Loan, 1084 ; the Enfac e d 5 per C ent., 107 a ; and the Debentures, 100. Exchequer Bills are ls. dis. to 2s, prem. A firmer tone has prevailed in the Foreign Market, and business is moderately active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 725 Y ; Ditto 1862, 685 69; Ditto Consolides have risen to 495 50; Mexican are 383 5 ; Spanish Passive, 345 5 ; Internal ditto, 275 275 ; Ditto Certificates, 125 9 ; Greek, 335 3; Ditto Coupons, 155 16 ; Portuguese, 485 5 ; Egyp tian, 104 105; Russian, 925 93; Italian, 713 72; and the Confederate Loan remains at 29 27 dis. The operations in the Railway Shale Alarket have been moderately active, and prices have shown an upward movement. North-Western and Mid land have improved 53.; North-Eastern (York) and South-Eastern, 10s.; and Great Western, £l. Great Eastern A Stock, however, has receded ss. Ia the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is no change of importance to record. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue inac tive, and few variations have been apparent in values. Oriental Bank have declined to 571 ; Bank of Australasia have improved to 771 ; Crystal Palace Stock is quoted 4011; Hudson Bay Com pany Shares, 2; International Financial, 9; and Crtdit and Finance, 31. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 240 38 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities.... 5 per Cent. Annuities Auntuties, 30 yrs, expire ith Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent lO7l Ditto 61 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l.OOO ...... Bank Stock f or Account. . ........... .... , Consols for Accou n t, Sept. 9 .... March, I Janet 2 Eper Cent. 21 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1359 Ditto 4k per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 l'quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 pet Cent Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 331 Ditto Coupons l6 Ditto Account Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 3B/ k Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred ~ D itto Land W arran t s (Hectares) — r •ruvian 3 per Cent. . .. D itto 4k p er C en t., 1862 • Ditto, Account _ Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account ... D u i l t t to t °lper Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 ow ccount 4Bl / 1 Dit Ta 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St _ per Cent 1850 Ditto Sardinian Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 924 3 2 6 per Cent ~ Ditto Account — oPanieh 3 Per t ent Ditto Accoun tent Accounteterred — _ Ditto New D . ........ Ditto _ Ditto N as h,. D• t _ . c - .................. .. it . up .14.. count h Cert. of Coup not funded .. .. 34k qants Ditt o i t e Turki sh ~ e 'llat cpceoranCtet.• ............ 12/ I 't..l),liiit°to 6Auper Cen • t. 1858 931 3 -uitto Account E i tto, tio.. ................. 72! i k itto 6 u Bonds Dit to APer Cent. 1862 .......... ratteed, 4 per Cent . Ditt o G ec °,,, um ........•.. Tenezuelal6Bi ! 9 Ditt o Ace Per Cent. Ditto 6 per Cent - Ditto Aec oun e t tl t, 1 8 . 62 - Dividends • on. ..... .i.;:::::,;:. •.: Belgian 4) p er ce the auove p ...... .. in I i: Lld B on. liutch 2) per Cettt nt i l 2 -. 25f. Ditto 4 per Cent: l o:4, l 2 Guil Italian, 5 per Cent., 16611,uattez.826-fiah....:: Ditto Account .. ..... — lO2/ 711 Console, Money ....... ............. . T .. 11 .. it . •• -. 93 . ...o. O• CLOCK. Ditto Account .............. . 93i r-------aft of W hite Pine CANADIANFORES—TS.--A just reached this port, consisting o f 1 has 24ft. in width by about. 24ft in length 20 cribs each Pi wecheitiTp t il h ne e er r 7 e r are 2,000 pieces, averaging 100 cubic ft. pe r acres in area, and as a specimen of ers 3} I wareayserlg. as any we have ever seen. The H. a a . sk i e s a as good sent a raft of 1,100 pieces, averaging 120th. to Queb e c, lat e l y has now in port az other of 93 cribs, or 1,674 pi eces, ne -, and j ag 73ft. This last raft has an area of over 2 deed, the number of rafts clearing from this port each 3,: r if laid side by side would corer over 1,600 ac res. Mr, X`Cracken brought down the Rideau a very fine raft o f ta lvil i It o pine, one piece being 531 t long by 30in square, co ,_ i4 g 3 31 cubic feet and weighing nearly eight t orts. Otte ve a „ re t he wonders of the forest and the resources of th e - e Qantry,— w a wa Unix:. euoo 4ertlL EGE IN ROAIE.—The Roman police have eed ed . from the f la discovering the person Who stole the jewels li turns out to be a desert Mad °ana of St. Augustin°. e er f rem the who, before becoming a soldier, W as a . ltalian army, was citeted i A jei, The arrest priest in the diocese of Ph Terracing, COLONIAL GO VEIO k,ab.Liov. 6 p.e.J a ,tJ tit) 1877-S4 • • Do. 6p. c. Feb. Aug. Do. 6 p. •Sz Sept. Do. 5 p. e. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 8 p c,187: Do.Ap & Oct. 188( Do. 189( Do. Jan. do July, 1891.. 1 Ceylon, N0v.1678, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 1N.13.G0v. 6 p.c. Ja.&,Jul) Do. 6 p. c•Ap. I N. S. W. G ov. 5p e.,180, Do. 5 p. c.,16/.1 to 1.!;7( Do. d0.,1888 &upwdf New Zealand 6 p cent. (Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 .Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 6.11118 G6p.c.1573.& up I Vic.. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dr,Jul.3 Do. io A.nAsOot.. BRITISH MI, 1 Cambrian Consol. Gold uhliord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.."lavist, East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... East Cant Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk., IGam.dzStAutlyn(Gwen.), ;Great South Tolgus ' 1(1. Wheal Vor (Lieleton Grenville.. Herc-d's- Foot tlingston D0wn5...... Lady Bertha Margaret (Ony Lelaut Marko Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; New Setun .. North Downs N.Wh'ißasset (I 110 ;an North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (St Blazey ; Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(StCleer, S. Cam Brea (Illogan) zi.Wheal Fran. (Mogan ; Stray Park I CamarSilv..k Lead Min A lin Crott West Basset (Illogan) W Cf radon (Liskeard; West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan, ,Wheal Buller(Kedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnn,,Men )1 Wheal Seton . Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)l Wheal Union 53. :1.4.0 8 6.6 170 ti.l6. r 8.1? 4. 8.0 2.8.6 VA 4.3.0 19/ 24 1.17.0 2.4.2 1* 10.6.7 " 3.15.6 18.1-.9 28.9. 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 58i , 3.17 1 Ad 33 35 560 460 79 81 id rar 27 28 74 8 3 34 7 10 31 3 2 61 7i 6.1 38 40 11 2 2 32 34 5 1 6} it 2 d 100 110 2 2} 31 3 . 1. 21 3i 4 5 ; $1 43 415 425 - 1t Ft . 60 '0 . 39 41 21 22 10f 11& 21 23 235 245 60 65 45 60 11 13 215 225 15 17 21 3} PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 95 Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 1331 Great Western, 5 per cent. red prf., 103. West Midland gua. shares 5i per cent., 1863, fiff PREFEMENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 108 f Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 87i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 57 London and Chatham 4, per Cent., 94 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 561 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Copenhagen. Um., 3 Dutch Rhenish, 171 Great Luxembourg, 14& Sambre and Meuse, 104 I San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 91 Ditto (ail), 221 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 22 Southern of France, 284 Turin and Savona, 2 Western and North-Western of France, 211 FOREIGN MINES. Scottish Austrs,l'an, United Mexican (lira.;, 61 Yudanamutana 0/ S. Australia (lim.), 21 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (Ihn.), 116 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (him.), 354 1 Australasia, 774 Ditto, new, 314 Bank of Egypt, 261 Bank of New Zealand, 104 10 Brazilian and Portuguese , lim., 34 Chartered Bank of Britian Columbia, 12 Consolidated Bank, Um., 94 10 English and Irish (lim.), 81 English, Scorch, and Australian Chartered, 22 Hindustan, t,hina, and Japan (lim.), 234 Imperial Ottoman, 181 4 1 London and Brazilian (lim.), 43 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 434 4 31 London and Couuty, 48 74 London and Westminster, 774 National of Liverpool. limited, 81 Oriental Bank Corporation, 574 S South Australia, 39 Union of Australia, 53 4 1 Union of London, 35 DOCKS. St. Katharine ; 621 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 204 Crystal Palace, 404 40 -;r Ystal Palace, o per cent. perpetl. deb.. 118 Gqee_lirtleanTeelegrma; T h c , ia l l o2 an 3 d Trading, Rm., 21 Cri dit and r finance of London, lim., 34 '`" 4B ° l l 8 B Medite r Intcrnationai ay, 2 g Italian loinancial Society, lim., 9 National Lond on. Irritation (Canal Cavour), 4 4 Lond on ral Omnibus Company aini./, ‘' eistriet Telegraph (1.m.). lt s Peel River anu A d u S s t t e r a a m l thi n tiegan Extension Telegraph, o North B ruis eount Company, lim., $l - and (I Oriental lol a and Mineral, 48 Di tto, xtew, 4pntal Stearn, 70 80 Van Diemen's .r..`tud, 13 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Share! Railways. i p aid. Closing Business Price. I done. [Hr., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. tiost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ;'orliE and Bandon Corn wa!l Do A k o . ets no dig Do till 6p c.p ' B been paid to B. Dublin St Belfast June. Dun.,Berth,&Ab. June. Edinburg,h R Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 8i - - 81 8i 86 P 8 120 J2l 87h j.20,} 7 7i Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian et GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern. • • • Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an,t W. of Irelann Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr•th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do t shares metropolitan Midland Do New _ Do Birming. t Derby llid. (it. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiek Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecda Do York Do Carlisle.... North London Do New ...... ... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Stain es, Wok., an dWok. Stockton & Darlington Do . Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C • 1111ster I Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R I West Midland -Oxford'' Do Newport Do Hereford, BRITISH P Railways ►t an ri c & St Lawreno Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent ...... Do. New ... Do. E. 5hare5........ ... Butlalo and Lake Hureu Do. Preterunce Builalo,Brant,&Godricl, p. ct. bds. Aug. 1,1 S? Do. do. July 1, 1872 )o. do. June 1, Pi, d lout ta.,t.S. hastn. (1.1, Cape Town & Dock Seri i gastn. Bengal gu. b p. I,:ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. let Pret. Bonds.. Do. no. deferred...... Do. 2d Pret. Bonus.. Do. do deferred......' Do. 3d P. ef. stock ... Do. do. deterred.... DO: 4th Fret. stork... Do. do. deterred.— . Gt.lnchafentn.gua. s p.e Do. New gun. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Llm) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New Do. 8 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5 3 / 4 p. c. do. '77-8.. •. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4¢ p. c. Extension Dc. 4* d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. l Melb.Corp. ts p. o. BndN. l slelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. nortg. Bds. N ewßr unswma ct Candi. Class A an 1 B N. Itl.CidaB pc Ist it bde Soinde .......... Do. Delhi . . . g . " 4 Do. d 0........ .. t ?.. 5 os Do. Punjaub .... c t Do. Do. ........ , t ty,4 Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 89 91 158 152 27 29 46 47 39 41 104 106 12i 10 et 6.4.0 P. 16.4 12.10 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINg, AUGUST 21, 1863. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) MANSLAUGHTER. 40 $1 16 17 91 95 111 113 51 62 99 61 24i 25i 12 5 1 1264 125} 12 1:45 140 No 102 67 C 8 1131 114 74 75 113 115 43 44 102} 10 103 101 43i 44 I 491 t 1,231 67i. 2 8 71 114 THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) 11; 121 124 1301 14 If: , i c 8 100 54 E 5 25 26 IC2 1021 58 59 Eq. 89i 119 121 11 p 10 82 1I 12i 122 124 46 47 100 102 60 62 30 32 90i t 162 70 72 101 103 0 10 37 38 9 10 7 1 Si p' IM 160 5} 5f I. 3 s i p 1141 1021 i 3 1031 12 11k 12} 129 f i 301 30 1 102} 581 88 1 9 961 f I BO W-STREET. IKONS. Closing Price. 61 63 107 ICB 1 lA p 11 l p 5* 66 71 fit 1071 1* 1.1 103 109 flu 108 1 9 1 11 21p 1: IIP 19 10 71 23 53 55 63 6.5 46 49 42 44 33 16 23 24 20 23 ICB 109 1 1111 1 li,l Business dont 108 ! MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 107 ICB 10f 10: 10 Of, 95 98 90 e 2 P 167 iiB 101 f 1020 1 t 8 1(0 57 59 3 5 83 85 1071 1081, 1074 1(,8i I IP -P I(7i 1081 103 105 2 & I 1' SECUILI'IIEo. 1(3 104 1(2 104 (15 167 944 85} 93 15 108 110 112 114 113 115 112 115 113 115 106 107 110 112 904 1(64 1001 1014 1011 102• 1011 1021 i 110 112 1 Len 106 la 113 110 112 LOS 110 113 i 114 94f 5 1021 1 113! WESTMINSTER. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. Ann Sullivan, aged 24, described as a spinster, was charged with killing and slaying Charles White. Mr. Thompson prosecuted ; the prisoner was undefended. It appeared that formerly the deceased was the landlord of the Nag's Head public-house, Whitechapel-road, and that on the 24th of June la=t the prisoner had entered the Nag's ead, and was discovered in the act of attempting to pick pockets. She was removed by the barman, but returned and commenced abusing the deceased, who turned ber out. She then took up a stone and cut the deceased on the back of the bead with it. He became an out-patient of the London Hospital, but erysipelas intervening, he died on the 15th of July. The defence was that the prisoner had been grossly abused by the deceased, and that she was called a prostitute, which she was not. A defence of insanity was also set up. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and eLe was sen tenced to eight months' irnprisonment. THE ALLEGED CASE OF STAIMING IN KIN GSLAND-BOAD. Mary Anne Perry, charged on the coroner's inquisition with the manslaughter of Thomas Burke, with whom she cohabited, was placed at the bar, and pleaded that what she had done was in a fit of passion; she had no wish or desire to injure the deceased. The facts relating to this unfortunate case have been fully reported in The Sun. The deceased, who was a married min, his wife being confined in a lunatic asylum, cohabited with the prisoner. He had returned home and commenced quarrelling with the prisoner, calling her very offensive names, and endeavoured to force her out of their room, when in a fit of passion she seized a knife lying on the table in the room, and stabbed the deceased, and from the effect of the wounds he died in half an hour. The evidence was complete as to the act having been committed by the prisoner, and the jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Common Sergeant sentenced her to 18 months' im prisonment. The prisoner curtseyed and appeared much surprised at the leniency of the sentence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—John Barrow was brought up on remand charged with stealing half a salmon, the pro perty of his master, Mr. Groves, the well known fishmonger of Charing-cross. Mr. Groves said the prisoner had been in his employment for some years, at a salary of £1 2s 6d per week, and lately he had frequently missed fish; and on Friday last observ ing that the prisoner had something bulky in his pocket, h e called him into his room, and asked him what he had there? The prisoner said, "This sir," and produced half a salmon from his pocket. It weighed 61b., and was worth 7s. He called a constable (Brown, 518 A) who took the prisoner in custody. At the station-house he said that he had never stolen anything before. The prisoner had been remanded to give Mr. Groves an opportunity of considering whether he would prosecute at the sessions. He was reluctant to do so on account of the prisoner's wife and family; but, on the other hand, felt that there was some need to make an example, as great quantities of fish were stolen, and the innocent were often suspected. This consideration was the more urgent, as a& his first examination the prisoner, in protesting that he had not stolen anything before, observed that if fish was stolen he was not the thief. Mr. Henry asked him if he meant that as an imputation on any particular person ? The prisoner, with considerable hesitation, said he had not intended any such imputation. After a week's reflection, Mr. Groves came to the conclu sion that he was bound to press the case. Mr. Henry committed the prisoner for trial, SUNDAY TRADING.—CAUTION TO LICENSED VIC TUALLERS.—Mrs. Caroline Merrington, of the White Horse, Brook-mews, Grosvenor-square, appeared before Mr. Knox to answer the complaints of Inspector Draper, of the C Division, of keeping her house open for the sale of beer, &c., during the prohibited hours on Sunday. Henry Dawson, 301 A, said that about 11 o'clock on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 9, in company of Webb, 112 C, he watched the defendant's house, and saw fi ve persons come out. He and his brother officer then entered the house with three other men and called for a pot of half and half, and paid 6d. for it, being served by the defendant. One of the men called for a pot of half and half, and paid for it, as also did a man for a glass of ale. Defendant said she did not remember being there at the time, and she thought it must have been her niece. Dawson said that one of the three men was about to light his pipe, when the defendant said, "Don't smoke here. sir, for the police are pretty sharp on to us, and will be here directly, and will then say that we have been drinking and smoking all the morning. 101 Mr. Knox fined the defendant 40s. and costs. IMPORTANT TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS.—John Mattos, a tall, dusky-complexioned man, described as an interpreter, was charged, bolore Mr. Knox, with assaulting William Bennett, potman to Mr. Thomson, licensed victualler, in the Haymarket. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for Mr. Thomson, and said that the defendant had for about two years been refused to be served by Mr. Thom son, owing to his having misconducted himself, and finding that to be the case he was in the habit of sending other persons to the house to call for things, and then walking in and taking up the articles in defiance of Mr. Thomson and holding them up in an annoying and irritating manner, so as to give great offence. On the previous night the defen dant rushed into the house, and on Mr. Thomson taking a glass of stout away which had been called for by another person, so that defendant should not have it, and telling his potman to put the defendant out, he first having refused to leave, the defendant assaulted the complainant. Mr. Knox said that, supposing the defendant had once misconducted himself and afterwards went into the house in a quiet manner, was Mr. Thomson not bound to serve him ? If the defendant went into the house peaceably, was the landlord to say, " You misconducted yourself one former occasion," and then to put him out. He (Mr. Knox) con sidered that Mr. Thomson had no right to do co. Mr. Lewis said that perhaps his worship would hear the case. The defendant was in the habit of making use of bad language and annoying Mr. Thomson's customers. All Mr. Thomson wanted was peace and quietness. Bennett said that he told the de'endant to leave, and, on his refusal, ho put his hand upon him, and then the de fendant knocked him down. The defendant was then put out, but returned and made a rush at him and knocked him down, and while down struck him several times on the head, hurting him a good deal. In answer to Mr. Knox the witness said it was about one o'clock when the defendant came back the second time, and that he appeared to be sober. Mr. Knox asked the witness whether defendant had been guilty of any disorderly conduct before he interfered, and the witness said he had Rot seen any. In reply to Mr. Lewis, the witness said the marks in his forehead were the results of the blows he received. Defendant asked him whether he was not standing quietly when Mr. Thomson told him to leave, and the witness said defendant had hold of a post. Mr. Wm. Thomson, of 46, Haymarket, said the defen dant came into his house about one that morning, he (Mr. Thomson) for two years having refused to serve him, owing to his bad conduct and bad language. He asked the de fendant why he came to his house to annoy him, at the same time taking the glass off the counter which the man had called for, so that defendant should not have it. He then told his doorkeeper to put the defendant out, and he did so, but he returned in 10 minutes and struck the man in the face and tore his collar off. Why he relused to serve the defendant was because he wished to keep his house in order. Defendant said the reason Mr. Thomson refused to serve him was because he took his friends to another house. A. constable having proved seeing defendant enter into the house, and afterwards seeing complainant and defendant on the floor, the defendant being sober, Defendant said he was asked by a friend to go into Mr. Thomson's and have a glass of stout. He told his friend it was no use going in, for Mr. Thomson woßld not serve him. On going into the house the man told him to leave, and put his hand on him; and then they had a struggle, aid all his (defendant's) clothes were torn. He (defendant) used to take gentlemen to plaintiff's, and they paid for sherry and champagne, and as he did not take them there now Mr. Thomson was annoyed. Mr. Knox said he believed the defendant had a perfect right to go into Mr. Thomson's, and as long as be con conducted himself peaceably he had as good a right to go in as anybody else. Mr. Thomson has no right to assume that defendant is going to annoy his customers ; but if de fendant did,then he should call in the police. He did not think Mr. Thomson acted legally 1 owards the defendant in the first instance, and if the matter had stopped there he should have discharged the defendant, as they had no right to lay hands on the defendant, and Mr. Thomson and his potman were wrong. For the second assault on the man he should fine the defendant 10s. If the defendant went to the house again he should call for what he wanted, consume it qu i et l y, and then if any person put hands on him let him come to the court and he could have a summons, Defendant said he would never go to the house again. Mott THE YOUNG MAN rnom THE COUNTRY,— rails a prostitute, and Richard Collinson, a cab driver, were charged with stealing a watch, the property of Mr. Law, at present residing at 27, Castle-street, Holborn, The complainant stated that on the previous evening he was at Cremorne-gardens with some liiends, and atter leav ing there they went to a public-house, where they had some ale. He had two glasses, and was sober. When he left the public-house he saw the female prisoner, who spoke to him and wanted him to go home with her. He observed to her that he was a man of different complexion to that, as he was a married man. She remarked that that was all the better. She then put her arm round his neck and kissed him. Mr. Selfe—Did she kiss you twice ? Complainant—l do not know whether she kissed me twice or three times. After she had done that I missed my watch, when I charged her with stealing it; The watch was in my waistcoat pocket. I gave her into the custody of a policeman. The female prisoner denied having taken the watch, and stated that the complainant kissed her instead of her kissing him. Mr. Selfe (to complainant)—Whero is your wife? Complainant—She is about 25 miles away. Police• crmstable V. 264 stated that he saw the female prisoner pass something to the male prisoner. Sergeant Diss, V 28, said that there was a crowd of per sons round the complainant when he lost his watch. The prisoners were remanded. THAMES. A VERY STRANGE STORY.—William Brownlow, a military-looking man, about 30 years of age, was bruught before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing 12s. Gd, from Thomas Milen, a hairdresser. The prosecutor stated that he was living at No. 12, Brick-lane, Whitechapel. This morning he was passing along an alley leading out of Church•lane or Back Church• lane, Whitechapel, when ho met the prisoner, who knocked him down and ill-used him. After that he accompanied the prisoner to a public-house, called the Red Lion, at the corner of Leman-street and High-street, Whitechapel, where he remained some time, until the prisoner put his hand in his pocket and took from it 12s. 6d. He followed the prisoner until he met with a police-constable, and gave the prisoner into custody. Adam Carr, 40 H, said the prisoner was given into his custody by the hair-dresser Milen, who said he had been robbed of 12s. 6d. Mr, Partridge—Did ho say he had been knocked dcwn previously ? Carr—No, he said nothing about that. Mr. Partridge --How is that, Milen ? The prosecutor said he thought it was enough to mention the robbery without the knocking down. Mr. Partridge—And where was the landlord of the public-house when you were robbed in front of the bar ? Witness--I really don't know, sir. Carr was questioned by the magistrate, and said the Red Lion was a house as well conducted as such a house could be. It was generally open till two o'clock in the morning, not always. No complaints had been made against the house. Mr. Partridge—Were the parties drunk or sober ? Carr—The prisoner was sober—the barber was intoxi cated. Mr. Partridge asked the prosecutor why he continued in the prisoner's company for a long time after he had been knocked down ? The prosecutor—l did not keep his company any bow. The prisoner said he was innocent, and that he drank several pots of porter with Milen this morning, in which he was partially confirmed by a man named Joseph Fell, who said, "My worthy friend was charged all at once with stealing 12s. 6d. Why, he is as innocent as I am." Mr. Partridge said the complainant had told a very strange story, and he did not believe it. He discharged the pri soner, NAMKETS7This Day. MARK-LANE. A moderate supply of new English wheat was on sale here to-day, and most samples were received in good con• dition. Both in red and white qualities a fair business was transacted at Monday's decline in the quotations of 38 to 4s per quarter. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. Al descriptions sold heavily at barely stationary prices. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at about pre. vious rates. The supply of barley on offer was very moderate, yet the demand ruled inactive at late currencies. Malt changed hands to a limited extent on former terms. There was a fair supply of oats on the stands, and the demand was in a sluggish state•for all qualities, at barely late rafts. Beans and peas sold slowly, yet no quotable change took ph.ce in their value, compared with Monday last. The supply of American flour was large, and the demand ruled inactive, at fully the late decline in prices. Other kinds of flour were in limited request, at Monday's cur rency. Top price of town made, 438 per 2801bs. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English...— 11,50 I 170 I 63 0 10 I 310 ..._ , 780 Irish -- b'oreign.... —27,810 3,520 1 14,130 . 18,920 brls and 70 sacks. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is only moderate, and the trade rules firm at our quotations. Per Slb. by the carcase. oiled sdad Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 '2 Middringmutton 3 8 4 2 Middling do. .. 3 4 3 6 Prime do 4 4 4 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Vaal 3 6 4 4 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ 4 0 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 3 10 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 BOROUGH HOP. More favourable accounts have been received from the plantations within the last few days, and our market is very quiet, at about previous quotations. New hops have sold at £8 and £l2 per cwt. The imports from the conti nent are somewhat extensive for the time of year. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH-EASTER-N. The directors of this company have resolved to recom- mend the proprietors, at the ensuing half -yearly meeting on the 27th inst., to order the payment of a dividend of 13e. 6d. on each £3O stock, being at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum for the past half-year. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales terminated yesterday, about 3,900 packages were offered, and prices were id. per lb. lower for inferior descriptions. Sl:GAlL—Business continued active, and enhanced rates have been realised for West India. In the refined market the operations have been to an average extent, common lump being quoted 455. per cwt. COFFEE.—Colonial descriptions have continued in fair demand, and good to fine qualities have fully sustained previous quotations. COCOA..—The demand has been active for fine Trinidad, and prices advanced 2s. per cwt. SALTPETRE.—No business of importance has been en tered into, and prices are nominally steady. TALLOW.—Business has been exceedingly dull, and prices generally have tended downwards. P.Y C. on the spot ie quoted 42s 6d, and for last three months' delivery 44s 3d per cwt. GREEN FRUIT in moderate demand. Lemons, of good quality, sustain their value. Some parcels of 1\ aples, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, realized high prices ; inferior parcels are difficult of sale. The sales of West India pine apples have terminated for the season. Para nuts on demand, and a good business being done. Bar celona had firmly, the stock being considerably less than is usual at this period of the year. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S VISIT To EDINBURGH. --At the meeting of the Town Council at Edinburgh, on Tuesday, the Lord Provost stated that, previous to the de parture of the Prince and Princess of Wales for the North, his Royal Highness was pleased to express the pleasure which their visit to Edinburgh had afforded them, and to state that he looked forward to being able to make a longer stay there on a future occasion. His Royal Highness had also expressed himself much gratified by all the arrange • A MONUMENT TO LORD CLYDE.—We learn from the Glasgow Herald chat arrangements are in prgress for calling a public meeting in Glasgow to consider the pro. priety of erecting a monument to their late illustrious coun tryman, Field-Marshal Lord Clyde, in his native city. ments made for the reception of the Princess and himself. GERMANY ROARING LIKE ANY. SUCKING DOVE —lt is supposed, says a weekly ccntemporary, that France more especially is likely to tremble at the majestic name of United Germany, and that, although Austria or Prussia might rage or threaten in vain, yet that if so big p. lion as the whole German Confederation began to roar, Louis Napoleon would never suspect it was only Snug the Joiner. THE END OF THE TALKING FISH.—We are likely to have an amusing trial at the Court of Ex chequer next term. The plaintiff is the proprietor of the " talking fish," and the defendant a young Irish viscount, whom the former accuses of being the ringleader of certain young Oxford gownsmen, who celebrated the morning after the late Christ Church ball by one of the wildest "larks" ever remembered there. One of the results of the freak, so the proprietor avers, was the death of his profitable animal. The under-graduates admit the "lark," and confess that the showboard containing the portrait of this interest ing "talker" was hung, by way of a collar, round the neck of a young Duke in prospective. There is no doubt that evidence concerning the details of that memorable " lark" has been very carefully collected, and a great deal of fun is expected to be elicited at the trial. 'I HE ALABAMA.--Her Majesty's ship Clio, on her passage home from Rio, about a week out, came across the Alabama. "On the evening of the 2d of July, at 7 o'clock, a fire was reported on the port bow, so the ship was immediately kept away for it, and at 9 o'clock a vessel was descried to windward, coming to wards us, and when within a mile and a halt off fired a blank gun, which we at ones returned. She then hauled her wind' and bore away in the opposite direction, so we thought we had done with her, About 10 p.m. we came abreast of a large American vessel on fire, and almost burnt to the water's edge, and a barque was also seen lying close by her. We burned a long light, in case any persons were adrift or required assistance, and at 12.20 midnight a vessel was reported cocaine. atter us under sail and steam, and furling sail in very quick time, under our stern, steam up on our weather quarter, going apparently double our speed—vi., seven knots. with all her men at quarters and cleared for _action, and commenced hailing us as follows this is the Confederate war. steamer Alabama. Ship ahoy I What ship is that ?" On being asked if they burned that ship, they said they did. The excitement on board among officers and men was very great, all eager to catch a sight of the far-famed vessel Alabama over the bulwarke, or where ver a good view could be cbrained." METROPOLITAN. The report of the directors of this company states that the weekly traffic as published showed that the Great Western Railway Company received £53,058, in respect of passengers carried over the railway from the 10th of January to the 30th of June. The directors eetimate that £32,500 is the amount or thereabouts to which this com pany would be entitled upon a division of this receipt, pro vided for in the heads of working and traffic arrangement, towards which the Great Western Railway Company have paid £16,000, a large balance is therefore still due. The directors recommend the proprietors to declare a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the preference shareß, and as the accounts with the Great Western are not set tled, to limit thedividend on the ordieary shares to the same rate. The works at Farringdon-street for the commence ment of the line through Smithfield to Finsbury are in hand. The directors are purchasing the I.nd for the line to the station near Moorgate-street. Up to the present time no foreign traffic has passed over the line, but the directors will make every effort to get the traffic of other companies over the railway upon fair and reasonable terms. The Se lect Committee of the House of Lords have, in their able report, fully recognised the principle upon which this un dertertaking has been constructed, and have recommended that it shall be extended from both Paddington and Fins bury, so as to form an integral portion of the large sys tem of railway which they describe as desirable for the general accommodation of the metropolis. The total ex penditure of the company to the 30th of June amounted to £1,473,748. Mr. Fenton, the general manager, states in his report that the works necessary for the reception of the Great Northern traffic will be completed in a few days, and (subject to the usual Government inspection) he has arranged for the trains of that company to com mence running on the Ist of September next. The local traffic, owing to the want of a station near the centre of the city, and to the insufficiency of locomotive power and suit able carriages, has not yet been developed ; and none of the through traffic from other lines has yet been carried over the railway. TAFF VALE. The report of the directors states that the accounts for the half-year ending the 30th of June show a disposable bal ance of £15,919, out of this sum the directors dedu, ted £750 for the depreciation fund, and declared a dividend at the rate of nine per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock and B and C shares, payable on the 7th of September, and upon the preference stock, No. 1, payable on the Bth of October next, leaving a balance of £1,344. The new works upon the main line greatly facilitated the despatch of traffic. The bill for leasing the Penarth Harbour Dock and Railway by the company, after a rtrong opposition in both Houses of Parliament, received the Royal assent en the 22d of June last, and measures were being taken for carrying out its provisions. The direcors had proposed to work and main tain the Llantrissant and Taff Vale Junction Railway, and pay to the proprietors 5 per cent per annum interest upon the share capital, the interest on the debenture debt for the time being, and an annual payment of £250 for expenses of management. As a large traffic from the Dare Valley Railway would travel over the whole length of the Taff Vale line, the directors proposed to work and maintain it, and to offer the company an interest of 5 per cent upon the paid-up capital, the current interest on debenture bonds, and ,50 per annum for expenses of management. The capital account showed that £1,503,365 had been expended, leaving a balance against the company of £16,600. The revenue account for the half ye-r ending the 30th of June showed that £134,732 had been received, and £67,728 ex pended, leaving a balance of £67,004, LLANTRISSANT AND TAFF VALE JUNCTION. The directors' report states that they have been in com munication with the directors of the Taff Vale Railway Company, for the put pose of ascertaining upon what terms they would be willing to undertake the working of their railway, which, by the engineer's report, will soon bo ready for the conveyance of traffic. The Taff Vale directors have offered the following terms—viz., that the Taff Vale Com pany should undertake the maintenance of the Llantrissant Railway and works, and the the entire management, and pay the Llantrissant Company 5 per cent, per annum upon their share capital of £lO,OOO, the interest upon their deben ture debt for the time being, with au additional annual pay ment of £l5O for expenses of management; the agreement is to commence with the opening of the railway for traffic, and to be in force for 10 years. The Llantrissant directors recommend the adoption of these terms. The capital ac count shows that £13,000 has been received, leaving a balance of £5,733. Mr. G. Fisher, the engineer, reports that the line will be ready for mineral traffic by the Ist of September next, and the Llantwit Collieries are prepared to send coal. ALTON, ALRESFORD, AND WINCHESTER. The half•yearly meeting of this company was held at Alton on Tuesday. The report, which was adopted, stated that the construction of the line had been vigorously pro secuted during the past six months. Much progress had been made in the land arrangements,and the company were in a position to give the contractor possession of nearly the whole of the land required for the railway. The works at the Winchester end of the line, near the junction with the main line of the London and South-Western Railway, had been commenced, and upwards of two miles of land at that part of the line were in the contractor's hands. The direc tors were using their utmost exertions to insure the earliest possible completion of the line between Alton and Aires ford, and, if possible, to open that part of the line in the course of the autumn of next year. Since the 30th of June, upwards of £lO,OOO had been expended on land and works. In addition to this, there were large quantities of materials which had been delivered on the line, but which bad not been certified by the company's engineer. The report of Tolme, the engineer,stated that the two sections from Alt= to Alresford and from Alresford to Winchester were let in one contract of 17 miles. The contractors were now em ploying upon the works 30 horses and 400 men. The com pletion of the large cutting at Windmill-hill would deter mine the time al which the line would be ready for open ing. He was satisfied that the contractors would use their utmost endeavours to have the line opened at the earliest pomeible moment. The expenditure amounted to L'19,750, leaving a balance of £1,403 on the 30th et June lust at the bankers. "ASS" IN PRESENTI! Referring to the eccentric announcement of a forthcoming Prize Show of Costermongers' Donkeys, by his reverence the Vicar of Bray —we beg pardon, by the Rev. Thomas Jackson, M.A., Rector of Stoke Newington, our wicked contemporary, the 'Saturday Review, thus humorously expa tiates upon Mr. Jackson's self-appointed office of protector of the asinine race : --There is. perhaps, no danger of re calling the old heathen libel against cur religion, that the early Christians used to worship an ass's head ; but a clergyman ought to be chary in adopting associations of this particular kind. The Golden Ass might endear Apuleius's subject to mere scholars, so might the Asinaria of Plautus ; and the unsavoury memories of La Pucelle might recommend assas to the students of scrofulous French literature. Coleridge and the author of "Peter Bell" have sung and sonnetized on behalf of the " poor little foal of an oppressed race," but why should a Protestant clergyman take up the burden of Issachar, and set up as a judge and adjudicator in asinine competition ? A song was popular some twenty years ago—a fragment from Asinius Polito which described the model costermonger, who may be ex pected to compete in the Great International Exhibition of Jackasses, suggested by the rector of Stoke Newington. Are the competitors to approach the judge's seat, singing— If I had a donkey wot ;vould'nt go, Do you think I would wallop him ? Oh, no no ! I'd give him some hay, and say, t. Gee, ho," &c. Or, as the judge is clerical, does he propose to revive at Stoke Newington Church the famous Festum Asinorum ? Is it intended to cbaunt, in a procession i of coster mongers, the old hymn which once resounded n the aisles of Beauvais ? Orientis partibus Adventavit asinus, ru!cher et fortissimos Sarcinis aptissimus. The vernacular chorus or resp onse, whi ch is preserved by Du Cange, might be transla ted into t he Cockney tongue of the costermongers. The rector and the choir would of course intone the Latin hymn as it stands ; but we can quite fancy that a skilful adapter might wake something of the old Beauvais refrain : Hez, Sire Asnes, oar chantez, Belle bouche resignez, Vous aurez du foir► assez, Et de l'avoine a plantez. We venture on a version for the " Prize Show of Coster mongers' Donkeys :"-_ O Bray, pen p S r i e r tt A y s m s' ot e h -h a a n ray w d a b way : You shall have a feed of hay, And peck of oats at Jackson's par. Or the forthcoming exhibition of asses might possibly take a histrionic form instead of that of an cclesiastical mystery-play. The Judge may appear as Bottom Trans formed, with the usual theatrical property of an ass's head, and may pat his own shaggy earn, and smooth his own gentle nose, or attempt what Wordsworth calls The long dry see-saw of a horrible bray, in sympathy with his brethren. But though many fortes might be suggested of giving the advertised Prize Show o f Donkeys considerable external eclat, we are still tit Borne difficulty in understanding the rector of Stoke Newington's personal claim to this office of judge and president a to , o , donkeys. He knows himself best; he may be conscious of subtle affinities which are special qualifications for the function he has chosen. It may be that reMellibers Johnson's canon-- _ _ _ Who drives fat oxen should hiraself be fat-- and that he applies it to hiinsolf— who judrs asses sir. , ulcl himsslf be ass. A Friend of the King of Dahomey. " An African," in a 'etter to a contemporary, says —M. Jules Gerard has vastly exaggerated every thing connected with the King of Dahomey. 1 spaak from experience. Human sacrifices are re garded by the Africans as a part of their religion. They are ❑ot committed out of sheer addiction to the shedding of man's blood for pleasure's sake, but they are committed in obedience to a sense of reli gious duty. They come under the same sort of inspiration as that which leads us to bend the knee in prayer. By the side of the throne of every African king sits a counsellor who is called the "ocrah." "Ocrah" signifies the "soul." This officer is the soul, then, or most confidential adviser, friend, and 2ompanion of the King. He receives all the thoughts and wishes of the King. What is scrupulously concealed from others is revealed to him. But the first obligation of the office of the " ocrah" is that when his Sovereign dies he also must die or be put to death. He must be put to death because, as the receptacle of th e p l ans, desires, and policy—as the "soul,'' in a word, of the King, he is bound to follow his master to the other world in order that ho may perform the same kind of loyal service which he has per formed on earth. To say, therefore, that the " ocrah" of the King of Ashante, or the King of Dahomey, is slain at the royal tomb for the pur pose of satiating a love for blood is to say that which is nonsense, or to say that which betrays the utmost ignorance of the customs and laws and faith of the Ashantees or Dahomians. The " mail" would not survive the King if he could. He re ies on an existence hereafter; and, in accordance with his creed, he is simply pass• ing from one state of being to another in the immediate company of him to whom he believes that great deference and distinction are due, and will be rendered beyond the stars. The " ocrab" is highly distinguished: He re mains seated on grand occasions close to the throne. He speaks in public for the King, and the King is always guided by his opinion. As a badge of his lofty post and functions, a broad, round plate of chased gold is suspended by a chain of the same precious metal from his neck, and rests upon his uncovered bosom. From a crowd of retainers you can easily select the " ocrah," not only because his place is near the elbow of his Prince, but because this symbol of superlative dignity and trust shines brightly through the whole sable file of courtiers. The narrative and conclusions of Commodore Wilmot are to be preferred to the narrative and conclusions of M. Jules Gerard. Believe me—anti I write from ocular testimony—that African kings are in advance of their subjects. I never found the battle hard which was fought with them alone. Rememter that African monarchies are limited, almost as much limited as are the more en- lightened monarchies of Europe. The King alone is unable to do what he likes; he must secure the consent of his chiefs. The whole catalogue of atrocities perpetrated at Abomey, and imputed ,to the King's insulated depravity, must meet with the concurrence of the chiefs, or the Kin g would not dare to lend his countenance to offtnces which are so flagrant in our English estimation. 1 know, for example, that the Bible has often been read to my old correspondent Quacoe Duah, King of Ashantee ; and I know that he has said he would like to be a son of the Christian Church. But his chiefs are the sole impediment to his conversion. I will relate a fact illustrative of the King's deference o the views of the chiefs. Sir William Winniett, the English Governor of the Gold Coast, paid the King a visit at Coomassie. On the day of audience Sir William was dressed in full uniform, and his blue naval coat was, more over, set off in gaudiness by the presence of epaulets. After having touched lightly on various ordinary topics, Sir William broached the main purpose of his errand—human sacrifice—and conveyed to the King the kindly feelings of the English Govern ment towards him, as well as the anxious desire of the Queen herself that such sacrifices should be abandoned. The King listened most graciously and, when Sir William had stopped, observed— " What you say is good, but would you like to lose one of your epaulets ?" and the King put his finger upon the Governor's left epaulet. Sir Wil liam was a little puzzled at the strangeness and at the apparent inappropriateness of the question, but he replied, " Why, no. I should not." " Very well, then," answered the King. "If I were to attempt to do away with human sacrifices, my chiefs would make my kingdom like your coat with its ove epaulet. I should lose the half of Ashantee." Permit me, in contradiction of M. Jules Gerard, to state that the King of Dahomey is a man of superior intellect, and is endowed with an extraor dinary capacity for government. Receiving na -1 sought the adulation of his people, he maintains a degree of modesty in his deportment and of equa nimity in his lan g uage which is, indeed, astonishing. His arrangements in regard to his police and in regard to his finances and laws would excite the admiration of every unprejudiced person, and art worthy of a people much farther advanced in lb. scale of civil;zation than the Africans are. With power in his hand verging on despotism, he is yet served more from love than from fats; and no tongue nos ever thrown aspersion on appeals made to his in terpretation at justice. To strangers he is hospita ble; to his bu bj ec tt3 generous. Impressed with the dignity of his regal station, he never separates his habits from frugality and temperance, not does he often give way t o sadden ebullitions of temper. Like every uneducated African, he is strongly attached to the customs of his fore fathers, and regards with singular suspicion any attempt at innovation. Hence arises his reluctance in agreeing to abandon the slave trade and human sacrifices. From sentiments of admiration and dread, he displays attachment to the Engli s h ; f rom sentiments of self-interest he disp.ays more attach ment to the slave trade and to hum an sacr i f i ces ; and from sentiments wh ich actuate the black man as well as the white, he is most attached to himself. If the English Governm ent would th en w i se l y t a k e advantage of the K in g 's compulsory predisposition I in its favour, and would udtcously address its policy to the satisfaction of those sentiments of self-interest by raising for the King a larger revenue than that proceeding from the slave trade, and by sapping the superstitions which surround the rites of human sacrifices, the slave trade and human sacrifices must vanish. Let us appr oac h th e a b ol i t i on o f h u man sacrifice in a tempe r diff erent to that i n which we have hitherto appro ac h e d it. L e t us undermine the faith of th ose o f our own spe cies who are so men tally poo r; b ut d o not l et u s inveigh against them as a horde of merciless, sanguinary savages. _ - INFERNAL MACHINES IN THE BALTIC.—A S t. Petersburg letter contains the following -" Infer nal machines have been placed around th e works at Cron stadt, and the Finland journals contain notices to seamen of the limits which they must not pass. Those lines are marked near the Emperor Paul I. and Constantine forts by blue flags fixed upon buoys. N o t only have heaps of eart h b een throwninto the sea behind those flags, but there still rema i n many of the explosive machines which were laid down at the time of the Crimean war. Two years ago a Danish brig struck one of them, suffering considerable d a mage, and the accident was followed by a long lawsttit between the Russian and Danish authorities." A PRETTY RUSTIC PICTURE IN DEVONSHIRE : not unworthy of illustration by the pencil of Birket Foster I--We have to thank the iSaturday Review of last Saturday for a charming paper upon a curious little work called A _Devonshire Dialogue in Four Tarts, written by Mrs. Palmer, the sister of Sir Joshua Reynolds. From this little book we quote one passage suggested by Rab's reminder to his sweetheart Bet, that "thee inert now be owner of the house, the garden, the cat. and the great tree [ ormrly belonging to her schoolmistress], which, es hopes, want be cut down in our time." To all which Bet answers thus I hope zo, too, vor I shu'd like to bring out my knitting work, or my spinning turn, and zit there; and then I inert happen to z e thee, when you be to work. Dear heart! what si range things come to pass. When I used to think how happy any body inert live in such a sweet place, I could ne'er ha' thort it wid come to my take, everything so handy ; a pretty cloming oven, big enew to bake a batch o'bread, water at the shet just by, the thorn hedge and garden, and the great tree. Poor soul, her used to zit there summer yeviings, to zee the yolks come fro' markets, and take in her arrants, her had a 'zent by 'em. Inen I used to Icd =a story look of api :try T:4041 ovf6t be di,;-y SECOND EDITION, SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 o'CLocii. PRUSSIA. A letter from Gastein in the Ost-Deutsche Post says :—" The opinion of CJunt de Bismark, tending to decline the invitation to the Congress of Princes, is said to have been warmly supported by the Prince Royal. The Prince argued, basing him self upon the opinion of the Queen and of his own friends, that the object of the Congress was co subalcernise Prussia, and that it was neces sary to resist that ' provocation ' energetically. M. de Bismark found himself greatly strengthened by that unhoped-for assistance," THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. GERMANY. REFUSAL OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA TO ATTEND THE CONGRESS. FRANKFORT ON • THE-MAINE, Aug. 21. The King of Saxony returned at 10 o'clock thi morning from Baden-Baden. It is credibly reported that his Majesty is the bearer of a letter from the King of Prussia, declin ing the collective invitation of the German Princes. LONDON GAZETTE. —This Evening. CROWN OFFICE, AUG. 21, MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Montgomery—The Hon. Charles Richard Hanbury Tracy, in the room of John Samuel Willes John. son, Ebq , deceased. BANKRUPTS. The portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. Course of the Exchange.—This Day. matertiam Ditto Rotterdam .. 11 191 12 Antwerp. . , 25 55 25 60 Brussels — 25 55 25 60 Elamburgh — 13 81 13 81 i'aris Ditto Marseilles Vrankfort on Maine — 1191 114 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Uerlin Madrid 555 • •• H 50 il 45 35k 36 Cadiz Leghorn Milan 491- 25 62f 25 625 49k 2 5 /0 25 67 Genoa .—. 25 62i 25 70 } Naples alermo ,.— 25 65 25 70 Messina — 25 65 25 70 Lisbon — 62; 2i Oporto —62 t Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons ---- FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CLocii. I B The following ar e t h e only bankrupts of commercial i portance n the Gazette : William Dungey, joiner, West Brompton Thomas Rees Giddy, innkeeper, Newport Gabrielle Laroche, milliner, Bath Thomas Mullen, coal dealer, Stoke-upon-Trent Isaac Lotings, shipbroker, Sunderland Charles Winspear, shipbroker, Hartlepool Henry D. Rawlings, grocer, Falmouth William H. Walker, maltster, Leeds Jonathan Watson, innkeeper, Barnsley, Yorkshire Jesse Martin, cabinetmaker, Hackney William Gillard, jun., artist, Regent-street George Jay, fish curer, Norwich John Thomas, tailor, Swansea James Theaker, oil dealer, Morley, Yorkshire Alfred Wood, pig jobber, Brighouse, near Halift= Henry W. Miles, greengrocer, Hammersmith Kenelm Chandler, jun., builder, Notting hill Richard Thomas, grocer's assistant, Southwark-bridge. road George Aspey, painter, Chester John Bradley, tailor, Ilulmo Paul P. Smith, farmer, Huntingdon BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Christopher Rigbye Ahmuty, Regent -street Wm. J. Hollis, baker, West Cowes John Lewis, butcher, Liverpool SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. A. G. Gilmour and Co., chemists, Glasgow Thomas Reid and Co., printer'', Glasgow Visit of the Channel Fleet to the Clyde. The Lord Provost of Glasgow has received the following letter from Admiral Dacres, C.B. :.. " Edgar, Kirkwall, Aug. 14. " My lord,—l beg leave to point out to you a great in convenience that was occasioned to the ships of the Channel squadron, under my orders during its stay in Leith Roads, in consequence of the defective arrangements made by th e masters of steamboats conveying the numerous visitors to the fleet. Return tickets for the passage to and from the shore were granted, and the holders were obliged to return to the shore in the same steamer or steamet s of the same compan y that carried them to the ships, other steamers declining to take them. Thus, in several instances, many eople w.-re left on board the fleet during the greater part f the night, much to their own discomfort and in convenience, and still more so to that of the officers and crews. I would suggest that tickets available for all steamers should be issued, and that steamers should ply through the fleet until all the visitors are removed. The ships will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., and thus every facility be afforded to those who wish to see them. I have brought the subject to your notice for such measures to be adopted as may appear to you best to pre vent a like inconvenience in the Clyde. I have wade a similar communication to the Provost of Greenock.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your obedient servant, (Signed) "S. C. DACRES, Rear-Admiral Commanding„ " To the Lord Provost of Glasgow." In consequence of the foregoing communincation from Rear-Admiral Dacree, the Lord Provost o. with Glasgow and the Provost of Greenock have h a d expedient ar range . munednetrtocobnesideration t the most adapted,h aT i e vir to the comfo r t an d convenience o f persons desiring to visit the fleet, i n order to preserve good order and the public peace. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 21.—Wind this day at noon—North. Westerly; moderate breeze, and finqweather, but rather cloudy. COWES, Aug. 20.—Wind S.W.—A 1 ved— arah, fror Bungsat. _ _ PENZANCE, Aug. 19.—Wind N.W.--Ono, from Gar ucha, for Newport. ._ _ GLOUCESTER, Aug. 19.—Wind SW.—Arrived—Cart bell, from New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) , F rida Morning. Arrived, Aug. 21—Rose GRAVESEND Hill, from Dani y zic ; Ellite from Randers; Janes, from Cronstadt ; Maria, fro) Libau; Johanna, from Uleaborg; Lorenzo Valerio, frog Ancona. Sailed, Aug. 21—Stalwart, for Bombay; Panthe, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Anchored—Emma, from Rio Janeiro; Antoinette, froi Venice—both for Hamburg; Cornelius Grinnel, from Ne% York, for London. Passed—Mary, from London for Cardiff; Adventure from Demerara; Scindian, from Bombay; Frederick Bab sel, from Colombo; Cossipore, from Manilla; Argus, iron• Montreal—all for London. Sailed—Canvass Back. for Antwerp, in tow; with all the outward bound to the westward. Liverpool Cotton Market—TiAs Day. Improvement of yesterday maintained. Bales, probably about 12,000 bales. INFANT7CIDE AND THE BASTARDY LAYS.--Dr. Larikester hold an inquest on WeduesdPl on the body of a male child which had been found murdered in the Metropolitan Cattle Market. The medical evi dence left no doubt as to the crime. The coroner expressed a hope that Government would take the matter up, as in fanticide was on the increase. Ile wished some induce ment could be held out for servant girls and other women when pregnant to go into an institution. The bastardy laws might also be amended. The sum of 28 6d per week which was now allowed w..is not sufficient. the jury, who concurred in the c3roner's remarks, returned a verdict of "Wilful murdr against some Ferecn cr persons nanc.,wn,' cess ]ied mar and was on ; um- em- urn roch tier, ing not alp and ;ton Sir Lrty Ira. the lie. by ion stook stock stock 20 stock 50 100 Mock chart 100 itk zoi to too too too stock stock stock stock stock stoci ISSE Pala, all pi, 8 7i a►, all 10, 100 100 100 100 100 100 an 100 (Nu 100 2 all luo X3OO MEN 100 100 100 100 100 J :4: it-