The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-13 00:00:00

NIF F 310 NEY MARK ET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a moderate amount of business going on in the discount market on previous terms. For the moment there is n o d ec id e d ten d ency e i ther way; b utinasmuch as the public have to a large extent obtained the supplies they immediately require, and gold continues to flow into the Bank of Eng land, the impression is that slight indications of greater easiness may be expected at an early date. The Hansa, from New York, has arrived with £17,358 in gold, and it is expected that the receipts from that quarter will continue on a moderate scale. Supplies are also expected from the antipodes, which, in the absence of an active demand for ex portation, are likely to find their way into the vaults of the Bank of England. Nothing further has transpired relative to the contract reported to have been entered into by an eminent house here with the Bank of France, for supplying the latter with gold. if it should require such assistance before the compilation of the next monthly return. About £52,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The payment due on the Venezuelan loan of 1863 on the 20th inst. is deferred till the 21st of Septem ber, in order to give time for the receipt of more positive intelligence as to the pclitieal condition of that country, and the prospeot of the formation of a solid Government. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1863. 1862. Great Western £67,049 £70,790 N orth-Western 111,645 111,063 South- Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern .. Lancashire and Yorkshire 39,240 35,632 Bristol and Exeter Great Eastern North British Edinburgh and Glasgow Great South-Western of Ireland 9,067 9,082 These returns, with a few exceptions, are of a satisfactory character :—Oa the North-Western there is an increase of £582; Midland, £3,144; South-Eastern, £453; Great Northern, £1,097; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £3,608; North British, £2,304; Edinburgh and Glasgow, £796; while the Great Western shows a decrease of £3,741; the South-Western, £1,910; the Brighton, £1,043; Great Eastern, £107; and the Great South-Western of Ireland, £l5. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 45c. Rather firm, but inanimate. A small amount of business has been recorded to-day in the market for the English Funds, and it has not led to any material change, Consols being 93 a for transfer, snd 931 d for the account. The tendency seems favourable, but there is very little speculation in progress. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are firm at 93k a ; the 30 Years' Annuities at 151-; and Exchequer Bills are ls. dis. to 2s. prem; India Stock is quoted 225; ditto 5 per Cents. are 1081-1 ; and the Bonds, 17s. 19s. prem. A fair business has taken place in the Foreign Market, and prices are not quite so firm. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 671 68 ; Ditto, 1863, 5 to dis.; Ditto Consolides, 48t 49; Greek, 331 ; Ditto Coupons, 16; 6 ; Mexican 388 8 ; Spanish Passive, 33 331; Ditto Certificates, 121*; Italian, 71 711; Portuguese, 48k i; Peruvian, 83; ; Rus sian, 92* 93; Venezuelan, 564; Brazilian, 104; Egyptian 103 t 1041; Granada, 15; and the Con ederate Loan has advanced to 24 23 die. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, the chief dealings being connected with the half-monthly settlement now in progress ; prices however are generally firmer. Great Eastern and North Western have improved 55.; Midland, 10s.; Caledonian, 155.; and Great Northern and North Eastern York, £l. Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, declined ss, ; and London and Black wall, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain inactive at about previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are also in very limited request. Imperial Ottoman Bank realise 18; Alliance of London and Liverpool, 36; London and County, 471 3,-; General Credit and Finance, 21; and Hudson Bay 21. BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Con so l s A nnu i t i es New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 2i per Cent. Annuities.... 5 per Cent. Annuities dunuities 30 yrs, expire bth J an., 1880 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock 225 Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5i per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto bonds £1,060 l7 Ditto under £l,000 Bank Stock for Account Consols tor Account, Sept, 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — - - March, 2i p Cent. I 21 per June, er Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 1 dis 2 m Cent. Ditto £ p 500 1 dis 2 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852.58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. /quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - -Egyptian 7 per Cent lO4l 3/ Ditto, Second Issue - — Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 331 Ditto Account 33 g I i Ditto Coupons :Ditto Account lsk Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) - -Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 39} 9 1 81 9/ 9 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — P !rnvion 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. 83f Ditto Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 471 9/ i Ditto Account ... . • • Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 94 Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 • Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 _ Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian 5 p er C ent 93 21 sp D an ititso hl ecount Ditto Atr C ent 53/ Ditto New Deferred .. — Ditto Ac e ount Ditto pasz,ive .............. — Ditto Account ................. 33k 3 Spanish Cert. •of c0 . u. .; ..... t'iun-aea Ditto Account .. Turkish 6 per Cent . . 1g54 . .*******"" ' '''' — fl c, ' Ditto Account.. .. .,• . - Ditto 6 per Cent. 18L8. Ditto Account.... ' Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account ................. " • 67} 8 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £1916; .... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p er Cent.. P - • 4 .1 dis "V en ezuela 3 per Cent. ..... ...... . . . . . "-- Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Londo Dutch 21 per Cent., E . x .. . 12 Guil .... Italian, 5 Per Pe nt., - 1 " alB6l, Ex. 25 fr ancs 7l Ditto Account 7l/ TWO O'CLOCK. • i Console, Money 93 1 Ditto Account .............. OPPOSITION TO THE RATE-IN-AID FOR TH E LA.XCASIIIRM DISTRESS.—At the meeting of the West De rby Board of Guardians yesterday (Wednesday) let ters were read from the unions at Warrington, Run corn, Burnley, an d Prestwich, expres sin g conc urrence in a resolution psssed by the West Derby Board for opposing the call made upon the latter for the Preston Union, T hree of the unions mentioned were strongly in. favour of obtaining. counsel's opinion on the question, and after some discussion the West Derby 13:ard. paf.t3ed (s '' : ' ll2ll "'ntv ObtEki4 COUW4I. 100 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closin, -than Railways Pool. Price. Rosiness don 100 Atlantic &St Lawiiii - e( all 60 a ,or B om.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per De n t......., ,„, 107 108 1074 20 Do. New ....... 8 1 11 p 20 Do. E. Shares.. 404 Buffalo and L ake H uron al , 5 5 6 5 10 Do. Preference 00 gullalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. A ug. 1, Ix 72— Mu Do. do. July 1, 1875 100 - - 100 Jo. do. June 1, 100 at Clcutta.&S.Esatn. (L. ) 100 107 IcB at :2apeTown & Dock Seri) 100 10,4 106 104 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp, ( 100 COICO 110 stock East Indian. g;u. 5 p. c. 108 1 9 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 11 tap 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Luc 192 03 1 0 0 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 69 71 100 Do. co. deferred all 52 6s 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus all 62 65 100 Do. do deferred all 98 60 100 Do. 3d P el. stock 100 Do. do. deferred.— all 33 ti 6 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto_k all 23 25 100 Do. do. deferred all 20 23 stock Gt.lnchaPenni.gua.sp.e 100 108 109 1084 20 Do. New gun. sp. 0 l2 1 I 20 Do. January, 1882.. 8 1 14 stock Gt. South.of india(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. • 100 107 1( 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 105 11 105 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. all 05 OS IGO Do. 54 P.C. do. '77-8 .. all 90 -2 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 107 ,t 8 1074 stock Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 101 102 1012 stock De. 1 , d 0........ 100 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 4toek Ilelb.Corp. fl p. 0. Buds. 100 51: Ilelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 57 100 Do. 7p. o. Kortg. Bds. all l 0 Sc-wßrunswick Candy Class A and B. all 3 5 N. Rl.C'das pc Ist pt bds 100 83 85 wts Scinde .......... • 1 (100 1074 1085 8 , Do. Delhi , :11 100 107 108 1075 Do. po. Punjaub d all 2 ip 20 k P 81 Do. Do. t,E 3 . , luu 167 1C 8 p ook Do. Endus.St. Flo.) 001 103 105 'OLON [AL GOVERNMENT - EC I It ITI .I,.ts on. 6 p.c.J &.1 013 1877-S1 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 1 1 2 04 1024 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 115 117 Do. Bp. c. Jan.&.July. 100 95 96 955 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 96 Cape G.Hope, 6p c. 187:, 100 108 tlO Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 112 114 Do. 1890 100 tl3 115 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 05 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 10u 113 118' - Maui itius 6 per cent .. 100 106 107 Natal Gov. 8 per cent.. 100 110 112 N.13.G0v. 6 p.c. a.&J ul) 100 405 116 Lo. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. V. Gov. 5p 18., 100 1005 1014 Do. sp. c.,lBts to 100 1011 102 101$ —. Do. d0.,1.888 &upwde 100 1014 1024 1024 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 165 108 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO t 0 112 115. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up lOO 110 112 - I Vic. Gov. 8 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 io p.c. An.&Oct.. 100 1124 113 1124 13} SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOurs.S. Share' Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A g ets no die Do. B till 6p c.p an. has /been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glaeg. and S. Western. ! Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian St GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. an , l W. of Irelanc Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashae do Y orkshire London and Blackwall Len., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares ~ Metropolitan Midland Do New . . Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line 'North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwicts Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do 1 ork Do Carlisle.... North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction IScottish Central Scot E., Aber. stock Do Scot, Mid, stock Shrews. and Welchpooi Shropshire Union South Devon.... South Eastern South Wales S. York, and River Dun taines, Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 18& Taff Vale.. .. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 1 Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool H ar. & R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford p n ia ! Closing Busbies , ---' 1 Price. done. 8 811 81 81 86 t 8 118 119 ei 7 40 11 351 i• 4 04 95 111 113 404 60 1 47 49 241 154 123 125 1221 123} 1:45 140 100 t(2 651 66} 1131 1131 76i 77, 113 115 42} 43i 1011 1021 1011 1001 43 14 11 11i 12s .281 11, 97 99 54 L 5 25 26 1011 1012 57i 58 87 SS 118 120 82 83 tzi 122 124 464 174 100 iG2 60 62 30 32 911 d2i 71 73 100 102 71 8 38 39 94 104 7} 8 155 160 54 61 3 34p 82 f 5 166 16‘) 27 20 45e 461 39 41 104 106 BRITISH MINES. id 2 ICambrian Consol. G o ld 1 a ., ulniord Amalgamated "Q" Devon G. Cone. (Tavist, 1 550 670 i— least Bassett (Illog an ) 30 79 61 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 51. 5d ar East C ara d on ...... , 1.14. 30 75 ,,, ^ Cart East Ca Brea :3.4.t. 8 N s 7 4 -- W'lltussel (Tavisti. 8.6.6 34 3 f Gam. ezSt.Auhyn(Gwen.; .8 7 10 Great South Tolgus iy. 31 31 — !G ,G. Wheal Vor(bieleton 40 81 7i renville 66. 6 6 El er:.-(Ps-loot ......... . 1 48 5 40 01 ingston Downs 4. 8.0 14 2 Lady Bertha .. 2 . . 2.8 6 I , ; Margaret (Gny l2 st Marke Valley.. 4.3.0 15t 65 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim 2i 15 New Setun 165 leo 110 -- North Downs 2i 2 N.Wh'i Baseet(lllo4an 2.17. t. 3 3 4 5 North Wheal Crofty Par Consols Blazey, 15 4 5 20 rrovidence(UnyLelnt.; 10.0.7 i 0 02 South Caradon(SLCleer, 11 415 425 S. Cara. Brea (Mogan). • 11 21 Fran.(lllogan, 18.1 .9 724 75 Stray Park 5 Camar Silv.Sz Lead Alin. 45 1 1 fin Crort 4 215 224 West Basset (Illogan) l4 115 125 W C radon (Liskeard ; 5 22 24 West Seton Wheal Basset (IllogaW 55 60 65 V'lieal Buller (Itetir ut h) 5 45 50 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut) 2.0.6 WhealLud,ott Wheal 1 1 1aryAnn(Xen ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton . 584 220 230 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 3 3i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, ac., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 87} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 13i Sambre and Meuse, gi San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., o Ditto (a,I), 22 Turin and 6avona, 21 JOIN T-STOCK RANKS, London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28 Louaon and Colonial (lim.), 7 London and Comity, 47} National of Liverpool, limited, 81 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 351 Oriental Bank Corporation, 58 Union of Australia, 526 Union of England and France (lim.), S MISCEL LANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 19 Electric Telegraph, 106 i madras Irrigation and Canal, N National Discount Company, hm., 9 Oriental Inland Steam, Um, 3a SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 13.—Wind at Noon, E.; calm and very fine. CARDTFF, Aug. 12.—Wind, E.N.E.—Arrived—J. E. Bnyd, from Philadelphia. Sailed—Zanthe, for Sydney; Ephrem, for Gallo; Eunomia, for !Vaulting ; Amelie, Argo, and Falcon, for Bilboa. OTT COWES, Aug. 13 . —Arrived—Hansa, steamer. from New York, and proceeded for Bremen; the left on the Ist inst., and has 86,790 dole. for England and 45,000 dole. for Havre. FALMOUTH, Aug. 12 . — Sailed—Maravilla, for Copen hagen. SHIELDS, Aug. 12.—Paragon, and Ivy Green, from Quebec, (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. The Admiralty yacht Enchantress, with his Grace the Duke of Somersst, is now entering the Sound. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Wanderer, from Sunderland; Havra (steamer), from Havre ; Gleam, from Shields. Sailed —Fanny, for Swansea; Wear, and Anna Dixon, or Sunderland. 9 ruietskyl (By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. f„ Arri Y e d, August 12.—Lubinka, from Riga; Christiana, -M1 Itustetsiel; Egsea, from Emden; Helena, f rom ; Devon Vale, from Colombo; Ocean ) from G ernsey Henry Dora, from Mangan. Arr ivea, Aug. 1 3—Greenwich, from Columba_ M for orn e i e nt a Paseed—,rb, Akbar, froni London, for lia ' rrachee; Seine and Tarniee 'non Adelsteins pE t A r l l T S h b u i r e s i d d a s y , ( , -crTw sttanaer), trocu London for itouen; Aurora, trout r;% , d‘r:CkSh4l.l, for St. • THE SUN, LONDON, TEWESDAY EVENIN*G, AUGUST 13, 1861 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Strong. 8,000 bales or more; imports, 4,755; previously 22,761. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was held to-day, at the Waterloo Station—Captain Mangles, chairman of the board of directors, presided. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN rose for the purpose of moving its adop tion. He congratulated the meeting upon the satisfactory working of the line for the last six months. A great por tion of the increase of their traffic no doubt arose from the inherent qualities of the country through which the line passed; yet a considerable portion of the increased traffic arose from the continuance of the peace which he had the gratification to announce to them in February last. The directors of the South Western would do all in their power to preserve that peace which now happily prevailed, and they would ever be found to be animated with a desire to act honourably with their neighbours. (Hear, hear.) He thought the shareholders would agree that they were under great obli• gations to the staff of officials for the manner in which the additional expenses had been kept down. Referring to the revenue account, the chairman said of course new property could not be purchased without having to be paid for; and it was satisfactory to find that the gross revenue of the company for the half year exceeded that of the corresponding period of 1862 by £67,017. The balance available for dividend amounted to £167,945 2s. ld., out of which the directors recommend a dividend at the rate of 4i per cent. per annum, and if this was agreed to there would still remain a small amount to be carried over to the current account. Having touched upon other items in the accounts, the chairman proceeded to refer to the state of the line. The directors regretted that equal progress had not been made in the doubling of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway. The execution of the work rested with Salisbury Company; but the directors had urged on them the necessity of completing the work without the least possible delay. The buildings for the new workshops and the engine and carriage sheds at Nine Elms was nearly completed, and the increased accom modation would be of the greatest advantage. The works on the Petersfield Railway were proceeding,very satisfactorily, and no doubt was entertained that the line would be opened in the ensuing spring. In order to provide for the increas ing requirements of the Channel Islands traffic the directors had entered into a c.tntract for the construction of a fast paddle-wheel steamer, which had been launched, and would be ready to perform her duties with the shortest possible delay. During the last session of Parliament various new railways have been authorised at the instance of inde pendent companies, and amongst them an extension of the Ringwood and Christchurch Railway to Bournemouth, an extension of the Sidmouth Railihy to Budleigh Salter ton, and a branch from Wareham to Swanage. Working arrangements with the South Western had been entered into in the case of the Sidmouth, and with all, he had the satis faction to say, friendly relations, not involving any outlay, existed. (Hear, hear.) The directors had to oppose no less than 10 schemes for new railways during last session, and of these six were withdrawn, two rejected, and two defeated in committees in the House of Lords. The directors regretted the expenses incurred, but they had the satisfaction of knowing that, in every instance, the threatened inquiry had been successfully parried. Having again congratulated the meeting the chairman resumed his seat by assuring the shareholders that the board would recommend nothing for their adoption which was not in their judgment fully jus tified on a sound appreciation of the permanent interests of the company. The motion for the adoption of the report having been seconded, it was put to the meeting, and carried unani mously. The CHAIRMAN moved that a dividend at the rate of £4 10s. per cent. per annum be declared, and made payable on the 24th of:August next. Capt. JOHNSTONE seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. After the transaction of some special business, the meet ing terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. - Al.---- COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE DURANT. This bankrupt was described as of Jowin-street, City, and of Poole, Somersetshire, solicitor, and now came up to apply for his release from custody. A previous application was made on the Ist April last, when his Honour, after taking time to consider, refused to grant the release on the ground that the bankrupt had been guilty of gross fraud in misap propriating trust moneys. Mr. Linklater, in now renewing the application, said that the bankrupt was quite prepared to find bail, and proposed two sureties in £3OO each; and instanced the case of Col. Waugh, in which Mr. Commissioner Holroyd had made an order for release on his giving reasonable bail. The bail now proposed was double the amount of the debt on which the bankrupt was detained. Mr. Lawrence appeared for Messrs. Salter, tha detaining creditors, who opposed the application, and read the judg ment Riven by his Honour. He said that no language could more accurately represent the features of the case, which had not in the least varied up to the present time. Although the bankrupt had been seven months in prison, and the case had been adjourned, not a vestige of accounts had been filed, although the debts amounted to several thousand pounds, but in addition to this the bankrupt was in custody under a commitment by his Honour the Master of the Rolls, for not answering a bill in Chancery. The bankrupt had not even filed a preliminary statement giving a list of his debtors and creditors, and the creditors were wholly unable to form any idea of the state of the bank rupt's affairs. Mr. Sargood, for the assignees, urged that the bankrupt should be released, and they did so not from any feeling of favour to the bankrupt, but because they conscientiously felt that the bankrupt, from the nature of the accounts, could not prepare them whilst in prison. Mr. Lawrence only appeared for o n e creditor, and if his object was punish ment,een ffi su Us punished. d e say whether the bankrupt had not b il cien on tl o y a p r sha. Mr. Lawrence said they did not ask for punishment, but for information. Mr. Darwin also appeared to oppose, and tendered a proof for £6OO. The bankrupt was a trustee under a will, and had misappropriated the money, and had as trustee actually proved the debt against his ow n estate. His Honour ultimately said he would nut make an order for release until the bankrupt had filed his accounts and given the bail as offered. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) A DELICATE INQUIRY—CURTIS V, GOSLING. , This wag an action to recover the balance of an oilman ' B bill for goods supplied to a person named Mrs. Boyd, de fendant being a wine merchant, of Trinity-square. Mr. Buchanan, for the plaintiff, put his client into the box, and that person stated that he thought the lady was Mrs. Gosling, and that he had previously been paid by cheques signed by defendant. Mr. Jones, for defendant, put in orders signed " Boyd." His Honour did not see how defendant could be made liable because his cheques had come into possession of Mrs. Boyd, Mr. Buchanan then decided upon calling the lady, who said—l am a married lady, and my husband is at sea. H e is a pu rser. I decline to tell you where I live. 1 mean to pay everyb o d y when I get the money. Mr. B uc h anan—l am very glad to hear that, for there is a gentleni.n behind me inquiring very kindly after you, bat 1 must advise him not to waste time or money, for as Mrs. Boyd. is a married " lady," of course he would not re cover. His Honour —Of Course not. In a well known case, the Lord Chief Baron laid down that if tradesmen would trust married woman it was at a risk well understood. Verdict for defendant. Foreign Mail Packet List. DUE.lLSsouampton. Southampton Aug. 18. Australia and Mauritius, MA via via INlars e ill es Aug. 13. ..irazil and Cape Verds, by British paeke . l 7, Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascensio n , an d S t. Helena Au. g 29. (Alum, Penang, and Singapore, via Southaniptub Aug. 18 via Marseilles Aug. 13 Falkland Islands . . ........... Gibraltar, via Southampton .................. Aug. 18. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Aug. 18 -- via Marseilles.... Au. 13 India (Bombay), via Southampton ............Aug. 25 via Marseilles ........ Aug. 20. P0rtuga1.......... Malta,Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton...... Aug.._, via Marseilles Aug. 13. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug. 19 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian pa.cket.Ang. 14. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenant:le .. Aug.._ 27. iuhaina s , via New York ............. Aug. Mexico ...... .. Ali parts et West Indies, int•liOng Chili, l'eru' / Aug. 13, CialiQrnie l . and 1;44154 ciiii4ll4,ia" POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW.STREET. A NICE Tnlo.—Three remarkably ill-looking fellows named William Gordon, alias Perry, John Smith, and George Baker, were brought before Mr. Henry, charged with gambling at the Two Spies public-house, in Catherine street, assaulting the landlord, and attempting to defraud a foreigner named Giovanni Kriplay. It appeared from the statement of the complainant, a native of Switzerland, that ho met the prisoners at the cor ner of Farringdon-street on Tuesday afternoon, when one of them accosted him (seeing that he was a stranger to the locality), and observed " What a dreadful place this Lon don is ?" A conversation ensued respecting the marvels of the metropolis, and then Baker offered to show him some of tb a principal buildings and explain them to him. They proceeded, firstly, to the Houses of Parliament, complainant " standing treat" on the road, They then brought him back to the Strand, and proceeded towards the " Spies" for further refreshments. Here the prisoners exhibited a pack of cards, and invited complainant to play for half-a crown. He declined at first, and they played among themselves. One of them was heard to speak of "raise cards," which complainant's imperfect know ledge of the English language did not enable him to understand. Eventually, however, he consented to put down a crown, but having no change, he put down a sovereign instead. At this moment the landlord, Mr. Law son, arrived, and seeing the cards, ordered the prisoners out of his house, saying he would not allow card-playing there. Gordon refused to leave the house, and then the landlord proceeded to turn them out, in which he was assisted by another man. Gordon resisted and aimed a blow at the landlord which struck the person assisting him. The police were called in and the three prisoners given into custody. Constable, 4 F, found a number of flash notes and brass sovereigns or " medals " upon the prisoners, and Holmes, Grey, and other constables: of the division, stated that Gordon, or Perry, was at the head of a notorious band of sharpers. This statement was conirmed by another officer, Raimers, of the A division, a German, who acted as in terpreter also, and who had known Gordon for ten years. Mr. Henry, after hearing Mr. Abrams for the prisoners, said the conspiracy to defraud had no doubt been inter rupted, and that the prisoners must be discharged ; but he fined Gordon £3 for the assault. The fine was immediately paid. 111URDER AND SUICIDE. Yesterday morning, shortly after 12 o'clock, the inhabitants of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, were alarmed by the news of a most brutal murder and the suicide of the murderer. It appears from what can be gleaned by the re porter that the crime was committed at No. 4 Glebe street, Glebe-road, Bethnal-green. The house was occupied by a weaver named James Dnpey, with his wife and three children. They retired to rest shortly after 11 o'clock, all lying in one room, and about midnight a cry of " Murder !" was heard by Mr. Joseph English, the landlcrd of the Florists' Arms Tavern, who was just about to close. He ran to the front of the house, which was nearly op posite, when screams of " Murder !" " Police !" were distinctly heard. Several of the immediate neighbours likewise rushed out and met the elder son, about 18 years of age, who exclaimed, "Oh, pray come upstairs ; my father has killed my mother." Mr. English proceeded to the apartment, and discovered a most fearful scene; the wife was lying upon a small bed in the corner of the room, in her nightdress, with her throat cut from ear to ear, and the bedclothes were saturated with blood. The husband had made his escape out of the house, followed by one of the neighbours. He ran at full speed down Glebe-street, in the direction of Victoria Park, where he succeeded in getting clear away. A messenger ran for a police officer, when Sergeant Feist, 163 K, who was near the spot, attended. Ho sent for Dr. James Ralph, the divisional medical officer, of No. 237, Bethnal-green-road, who promptly attended, and pronounced life extinct. The wound in the front of the wife's neck was about six inches in length, and divided all the main arteries. Death must have been instantaneous. Several persons went in pursuit of the murderer, and when they reached the Regent's•canal, near the chief entrance to the park, a coat and hat were found lying on the towing-path. Information was given to the police-constable on the beat, when he called Mr. Russell, the lock-keeper, who procured the drags to discover the body of the murderer. It was then about half-past 12 o'clock, but the body was not recovered until 5 o'clock yesterday morn ing. Mr. Ralph, the surgeon, examined the body on the towing path, and found a frightful gash in the front of the neck, which had been inflicted im mediately before submersion. A razor, besmeared with blood, was found in the deceased's pocket, and the weapon (which was handed to the police) was found to be one which the deceased used to shave himself with at home. The body of the deceased woman still remains at tire house, but the body of the husband was re moved to the dead-house at the rear of Bethnal green workhouse, to await the inquest. Mr. Burrows, the summoning officer of the dis trict, proceeded to the house at an early hour yester day morning, and made inquiry. He interrogated the eider daughter, and it would appear that she slept on the floor, by the side of her parents, when she was suddenly aroused by her father stepping upon her. She sat up and heard a gurgling noise. The deceased woman was struggling, and exclaimed faintly, " Oh, Henry, don't cut my throat." Her father was partly dressed, and, placing the razor in his trousers pocket, he ran out of the house. The cause of the fearful act cannot at present be ascertained, but the deceased man, who was 68 years of age, had been subject to attacks of delirium. Information was forwarded to Mr. John Hum phreys, the coroner, and the investigation will be opened to-day at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Bonner-road, Victoria-park. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SAD DEATM OF A MEMBER OF THE UNITED UNIVER SITY CLUB.—William Coombe, of :34, Caroline-street, Camden-town, a carman in the employ of Messrs. Chaplin and Home, railway carriers, Camden-town, was charged before Mr. Knox with causing the death of Mr. W. Milton Bridger, aged 65 (a mecober of the United University Club, Pall-mall), by driving a van with two horses over him in Argyll-place. sergeant W. Stephens, 11 C, said—At 8 o'clock last night I was informed that a person had been run over and killed in Argyll-place, I went there and found that a gentleman had been rode over and was taken to Messrs. Savory and Moore's, chemists, Regent street. The persons there deeming it advisable that the gentleman should be taken to an hospital, he was at once removed to the Middle sex Hospital, where the house-surgeon, Mr. Lee, at once pronounced him to be dead. Mr. Knox--I suppose he appeared to be dead when you first saw him ? Sergeant Stephens—Yes, sir. The prisoner was then taken to the station, when he said he could not help it, and several persons said no blame attached to the prisoner. Mr. W. George Collins, a schoolmaster, residing at 14, Great Ormonde-street, said—Last night about 8 o'clock I was crossing Argyle-place and heard some one call out and saw a van coming from Regent-street into Argyle place. I heard a second call, and then turned round and saw a gentleman running across the road when he was knocked down and the horses and the first small wheel went over him. At the time the horses were going at a moderate trot. I believe it was the gentleman's own fault, and Ido not think the prisoner could have pulled up. The van was heavily laden, and the prisoner pulled up as soon as he could. Stephen Martin, one of the firemen at the King-street station, said—l pulled the gentleman from behind the front wheel which had passed over him. Mr. Knox—it is quite clear that if the prisoner stopped the horses in such a short space that the hind wheel did not go over the deceased, the prisoner could not have been going fast at the time. Mr. Charles Hawkins, F.R.C.S., of 22, Saville-row, deposed--I saw the body of the deceased, Mr. William Milton Bridger, of the Chantrey, Bradford-on -Avon, Of which place he was a magistrate. Deceased had been in town 14 days and I attended him. Be was so well yester day at 5 o'clock that he was then going to dine at his club. Hearing of the occurrence I went to the Middlesex Hospital and found that deceased's arm was much broken and his head smashed. I wish to state that deceased being deaf a person might have called to him without his heating. Inspector Bowles—l took bail for the prisoner at the time. Mr. Knox—Quite right. I shall take prisoner's bail to appear next week after the inquest. Inspector Bowles—There are several other witnesses who speak to the same facts as the other witnesses. Mr. Knox—The present evidence is sufficient for the remand. THAAIES. Tarn SUICIDE MANIA.—Four women were brought up this day, charged with attempting to commit suicide. Three of them, who had undergone a week's i m prisonment, were brought up on remand. Esther Duncan, a respectable married woman, 25 years of age, quarrelled with her hus band, and attempted to drown herself in the Wapping lock, or entrance, of the London-dock. Mary Flinn, 28, made a similar attempt at the Old Gravel-lane swivel -bridge; and Mary Ann Harris, 34, sought a watery grave at the Glarais.road bridge of the London-docks. Mr. Woolrych said the Rev. Mr. Jephson, a kind hearted and zealous clergyman, who was the chaplain of the Clerkenwell House of Detention, had forwarded him a letter stating that he talked with the three women, and they were very penitent and expressed their sorrow for what they had done. They had also promised not to repeat the attempts on their lives. The prisoners had each been guilty of a very wicked act. It was a sin against Heaven to com mit suicide, and the law treated it as an offence of a very aggravated nature to attempt self-destruction. The chap lain had given the prisoners good advice, and he hoped they had profited by it. These continual attempts to commit suicide were very dreadful and shocking and to humanity. One woman quarrelled with her husband and straightway proceeded to the dock entrance ; another, Harris, was in toxicated; and the third, Flinn, was disappointed in obtaining work. He hoped the prisoners would never make such rash attempts on their lives again. lie then ordered them to be discharged. Alice Laybury, aged 30, a married woman, of No. 7, Albion-terrace, White-horse.lane, StepneY, was charg e d with attempting to drown herself in the Regent's Canal. A young man nam e d J oseph Staley, carpen t er , o f N o. 1, Rhodeswell-t e r race, Rhodesw e ll- roa d, Stepney, saw the prisoner walk into the canal. The water only reached over her ankles. She hesitated a moment and then plunged into deep water. Staley jumped into the canal after her, and brought her out. She was insensible, and it was some time before she exhibited any signs of life. Mr. Woolrych complimented Staley o n his courage, and remanded the prisoner for a week. PATRONISING THE 13--- -- o ften han3 I 00n.......H 0w heard the unfortunate Win • ki he were a little charity-child, Worki ng man lectured, as if , humid as to his nasal deve lopment, strictly literal as to Providence to walk all his dayshis Catechism, ;and called by repre sented on festive occasions by in a st a tion in life water and a bun I Wh a t p - tingled to hear let off at hit:-pgulls of j a mug of warmokes have these ears milk-and water asinine sentiments, wha t impotent conclusions, what spelling book moralities, what adaptations of the orator's insufferabl e Pa tediousness to the assumed level of his understanding I mers, his spades and pickaxes, his If his sledge-ham saws and chisels, his paint-pots and brushes, his for ges , or furnaces, a nd engines W the horses that he drove at his k, and the machines that drove him at his work, were all toys in one little paper box, and he the baby who played h • them, he could not have been discoursed to, more impertine n tl y lva and absurdly to than I have heard him discoursed to, innummerable. C o nsequently, not being a fool or a he has come to ac knowledge his patronage by virtually saying—" Let me than alone. If you understand me no better madam, let me alone. You mean very well, I dare say, but I don't like it, and I won't come ,hereartin to have any m ore of it."—Charles Dickens in , ill he Year Bound." CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—We ar e glad to see the m arch of improvement in the City,and ilv made e are proud, too, r i l vi t l r e a g u e s of the rapid stride s that have been n this generation. We grumble some times, for that is our but still we are not insen sible to the b eautiful w hich the City has un der g on e during a the l ;formation street, quar ter of a century. Kin g Will iam. Cannon street, and hloorg ate-street are noble et, thoroughfares,x w hilst the grouping of bu ildin g s arou nd the E pre sents from various poin ts of view pictures of change architectural grandeur of which old Rome might b e proud. companies The taste and opulence of our me rchants and privatete exhibited in the mult itude of splendid edifices that tlin are line our s t re ets, and strike th e e y e with their bold frontages at almost every corner, and up every narrow court' What a pity such a weal th of beauty should be hidden almost in dark avenues and blind alleys I The ctintrast is st riking but this is London — a n old City rebuildin g , a bad ground plan plan being gradu all y accommodated to the needs of cern a gigantic and still-increas in g trade. London i s not Washing ton, with its long vistas of g eometrical streets, endin g ; no where and in nothing , n or Sr. Petersbur g , built to order, no: Paris, sought to be m ade a monument of autocratic taste, but a city with a p rinciple of growth within itself, developing, enlarging, tran sforming, from an pulse. It grows because it must ; if it can not grow internal ial ut- ;yards, it w ill gro w upwards, j ust like p lants which, stud c u one di rec ti on , ex pand in ano ther. Lond on , in short,nt 'lalt P/y the sto ne and brick embodiment of a weighty is 'rCe, and as this increases, s o the City. imcrab-like, must enlar ge its shell, to give it room to breath and LOW ) and Por.icam /..- it, Vital ittucLitNls,—city eyes, THE TAEPINGS, The following remarkable letter is from an officer hold ing mijitary command in the Taeping troops in garrison at Soochow, and is addressed to the editor of the China Herald:—. "It is long, now, since I have had an opportunity of writing to you. I held high command among the be siegers of Chiangza, and was too busy to be able to spare any time for writing letters, but now that I am once more quietly within the walls of Soochow I will tell you what we have been doing of late. You know, of course, how we re. tired from Fooshan, and left the traitors of Chiangzu to emerge once more from their walls without the fear of im mediate death. It is not much use to explain, now, that the retreat has been accomplished, but I cannot help saying it ought never to have taken place. We had 40,000 men there, and if my counsel had prevailed that we should all attack the Imps at once, the victory of Foochan would have been to the credit of the Tien-wang instead of the Tartar. But our people are too much afraid of the big guns of the foreigners ; they will not be induced to make a rush, knew ing that a 32 pound shot will hurry dozens into eternity before they can come to close quarters with their adver saries. They will not think how absurd it is for 40,000 men to retreat before the face of 2,000. But this is the will of Heaven, and cannot be helped. We lost our two 32-pounders also before Chiangzu, whether we had taken them in de ference to the wish of Tien-fu, which I mentioned in a pre vious letter. He told us that out of their own mouths we should convince the Imps of their impotency ; but the mouths would not speak; and in the efforts of the body to emit the convincing messsage, it burst, and prevented itself from speaking for evermore. It is almost too late to speak to you of Shao-shing, but it would not now have been in possession of the Imps if the convoy of powder from Hang-chow had reached its defenders. Without powder, how could they oppose the onslaught of the Imps? Knowing that they could not, they left, to save the valua ble lives of the Tien-wang's children ; but the Imps did not gain possession of the city without loss. Several small mines were constructed with the little powder left, and many were the Imps whom these blew to destruction. We laid powder under some of our clothes, too, on the floors of the rooms with matches, which should burn slowly till the Imps came in. In their hurry for loot they dragged the clothes towards them, and the match into the powder, and the powder exploded and they got terribly burned. One of the mandarins of Captain Dew's ship was burned in this way so badly that, they say, his face will always show marks of the occurrence. It is but just that your mandarins should be hurt when they come out to fight against us. What cause of complaint have they against us ? We send you down merchandise, and we treat well your countrymen who come among us. Why then, should you fight against us? But I have asked you the same question before, and you can give no other answer, save that your Government will it, so it is useless repeating it. But why does not your Government see the folly of continuing this policy—a policy which it costs your honourable nation almost as much to pursue as you gain, year by year, by protecting the revenues of Shanghai? You at present secure a revenue of £10,000,000 a year to the Tartar Government; and at the same time secure payment to yourself of the money which that Government promised to pay you for the expense of your war with it. But you have to keep a large force at Shanghai, at a great cost, to prevent us from taking it, and must set this against the amount of payments you receive. Truly, though the wisdom of the nations of the West is in some things great, in some they are exceedingly foolish. If we were in your place, we should make the Tartar Government pay the expenses of keeping troops at Shanghai out of the revenue you secure them by so doing, and of which without you they would not receive one cash. But if you would only let it come to Shanghai and the other treaty ports, you would be saved the expense and trouble of keeping any troops at all, besides which we would gladly accept the responsibility of paying you the remainder of the indemnity money which the Tartar Government owes. We like foreigners, and wish to be friendly with all, but especially with your honourable nation. During the time we occupied Ningpo, for example, we kept on good terms with all foreigners, interfering with no one ; but at last, when we wished to check the numbers who daily came into the city, we gave passes to Englishmen, although they were very generally refused to the French and other desiring visitors. Could we give a stronger proof of our friendship to your honourable nation ? Again, we came down to the neighbourhood of Shanghai, how did we behave to the few foreigners who went out to see us or our mandarins ? Did we not receive them with every courtesy, and assure them that, if we were allowed to enter the city, not a cash of their property should be touched ? One gentleman read your paper to the interpreter of Kenwang. Had you then allowed us to enter shanghai how much misery and death would have been saved. The hundreds who fell at Tsirtgloo and Kading, Na-jao and Wong-ka•dza, at Quan-fling and Kias-chao, and later still at Pao-kiong and Tai-tsan would all have been saved. Instead of remaining for nearly two years a barren plain, cultivation would have flourished around Shanghai as was its wont. Deprived of a basis from whence to send out their troops, and a source from whence to pay them, the Tartar Imps would have been un able to molest us in any part of the province of Keang-su, which would all have settled down quietly under our rule. Instead of being disturbed by the presence of hostile troops, trade would have flown on its wonted channel, the stream augmented by removal, which we would have accomplished, of the many obstacles placed in its way by the slaves of the Tartar, who, w hit( ) professing to b e friendl y , d o all in their power to oppose you. Even now, after all the injury you have inflicted on us, we would extend to you the right hand of fellowship, and accord you every privilege you could de sire, if you would withdraw your opposition to our taking possession of the city of Shanghai, and leave us to fight our own Data° with the Imperialists.'' 4 .41 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHAMPI ON RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Shakespeare Stakes (Handioap) of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; for all ages. Three. quarters of a mile. Lord De Freyne's Ophelia, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Challoner) 1 Mr, T. Cliff's David Ann, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b .... (Clement) 2 Mr. Whittaker's Sorceress, 2 yrs, sst 71b (Mordan) 3 The following also ran :—Teddy, Flexmore, Curie, True Heart, and Lady Evelyn filly. Betting -6 to 4 agst David Ann, 4to 1 agst Flexmore, 8 to 1 agst Ophelia, 10 to 1 agst Teddy, 100 to 6 agst Curie. After a capital start David Ann, with Teddy at her girths, made play, True Heart and Ophelia following closely until rounding the lower turn, where David Ann drew away and came on with a clear lead, followed by Teddy, True Heart, Ophelia, and Sorceress, into the straight, where Ophelia ran to the front, and challenging her stable companion, Davie Ann, at the distance, the pair ran head and head to the stand, where the latter got slightly in front, and won an excellent race by a neck—a similar distance separated the second and third ; the Lady Evelyn filly was fourth, close up ; True Heart fifth, Curie sixth, Flexmore seventh, and Teddy last. The last two passed the post pulling up. The Chillington Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 soya, added for two.yr-olds; colts, Bst 91b; fillies and geld- ings, Bst 61r) ; certain penalties and allowances. T C • • .) straight half a mile. 27 subs. Mr. T. Stevens's Faith, Bst 101 b (in. 41b ex.) .. (Payne) 1 Mr. W. Phillips's Persuasion, Bst 131 b (inc. 71b ex.) (Challoner) 2 Lord Stamford's Acolyte, Bst 41b (A.. Edwards) 3 Mr. T. Cliff's Heart leap, Bst 41b (G. Fordharn) 4 Betting-5 to 4 (at first 5t02) on Persuasion, 2to 1 agst Acolyte, 6 to 1 agst Faith. In one of the two false starts which preceded the actual race, Acolyte struck into the heels of Heartleap and un saddled Edwards, who fell heavily on his back. Faith made play, followed by Persuasion and Acolyte into the straight, where Persuasion went to the front and held a clear lead to the enclosure, but the weight telling she let up Faith, who won cleverly by a length. Acolyte was beaten two lengths from the second, and Heart-leap, who was never in the race, was beaten off. The Stamford Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 60 soya added ; for 3-yr-olds; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies and geldings, Bst Cill) ; certain penalties and allowances. One mile and a half. 37 subs. Marquis cf Hastings' Trumps, Bst 21b.. (Judd) 1 Mr. W. PAnson's Borealis, Bst 31b (Chatloner) 2 Mr. Merry's Gladstone, Bst 9lb Mr. Rich's East Lancashire, Bst 61b (H Grimshaw) 4 Lord Stamford's Oscar, Bst 91b (A. Edwards) 6 Betting-6 to 4on Borealis, sto 1 each agst Gladstone and Trumps, 10 to 1 agst Oscar. Gladstone made play, followed by East Lancashire to the T.Y.C. post, where the latter dropped into the rear, Borealis pursuing Gladstone, Trumps going on third, and Oscar fourth. They ran with little variation to the distance, where Borealis closed with Gladstone, and a fine race home with the trio resulted in the victory of the Marquis of Hastings' colours by a head. A similar distance separated the second and third ; East Lancashire was a bad fourth. Before the race 100 to 7 was taken about Borealis for the St. Leger, and after her defeat 100 to 3 was offsred agst her, whilst several offers were made to take 50 to 1 that she won "the iellinger." The Borough Members' Plate of 60 sous, added to a sweep stakes of 7 sous each, 4 ft, for all ages; winners extra. Straight half mile. Lord Stamford's Hesper, 6 yrs, 9st 71b.... (A.. Edwards) 1 Mr. Geo. Angell's East Sheen, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (in.slb ex) (F. French) 2 Mr. F. Jacob's Lufra, 3 yrs, 7st 21b .... (J. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. it. Ten Broeck's Peignoir, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (car 7st 51b) (H. Grimshaw) 4 Betting-7 to 4 agst East Shoen, 3to 1 agst Peignoir, 100 to 30 Hesper, 5 to 1 agst Lufra. East Sheen and Peignoir, side by side, clear of the other two, made play to the distance, where Peignoir shut up on being called upon. After " the American" colours had dropped into the rear, Hesper and Lufra challenged Mr. Geo. Angell's filly, who giving way to Hesper in the centre of the stand, was beaten after a splendid race by a neck, A similar distance separated the second and third; Peignoir beaten off. The Wolverhampton Stakes (Handicap) of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 200 sovs added ; winners extra. About two miles. 62 subs, 33 of whom paid 5 sovs forfeit. Mr. H. Wilkinson's Oldminster, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (J. Doyle) 1 Mr. John Whittaker's Change, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. S. Thellusson's Jack o' Hearts, 3 yrs, bat (S. Mordan) 3 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Isoline, 3 yrs, 7et 8113 (Challoner) 4 The following also ran :—Suburban, Blithfield, Tourist, West End, and Joco. Betting-5 to 2 agst Jaek o' Hearts-6 to 1 each agst Change and Tourist-8 to 1 each agst Oldminster and Isoline —lOO to 8 agst West End. Blithfield was first off, and next him were Jack o'Hearts and Joco. Tourist, who was last but one from the starter, in the first 200 yards, pushed to the front, and forcing the running at a clippingpace, passed the stand clear of Change, West End, Oldminster, Jack 3' Hearts, Blithfield, and Iso line, who followed in the order named. At an interval of half a dozen lengths followed Joco, and 20 lengths from the leader Suburban brought up the rear. Rounding the top turn beyond the stand, Blithfield ran into the second place, with Change and West End aide by side next, and imme diately after these came Oldminster, Tack o' Hearts, Iso line, and Joco, in Indian file. Suburban continued whipper-in on the far side, ten lengths in the rear of every thing. Tourist maintained the front position until half way up the straight, where he gave place to Change, who was waited upon by Oldminster and Jack o' Hearts. Old minster next the rails obtained a slight lead at the stand, and won cleverly by half a length; a length separated the second and third ; Isoline a bad fourth ; Tourist was fifth, Joco sixth, and West End next; Suburban was last but one, and Blithfield the absolute last. The Wrottesley Stakes of 5 soya each, with 40 added, for a ll a ges; certain penalties and allowances. Straight half mile. Lord 'Uxbridge's Erythia, 3 yrs (L3O), 7st 41b (T. French) 1 Lord Wrottesley na Poetess, 2 yrs (X3o),_ sst 11113 J. Gnmshaw) 2 Mr. Mellon's Southport, 6 yrs (£3O) Bat 41b (J. Reeves) 3 Captain Moss's Pony, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 71b .. (S. Adams) 4 Mr. James Barber's Helen, 2 yrs (£5O), 6st 41b (Meadows) 5 Betting-7 to 4 each agst Erythia and Southport, 100 to 30 agst Poetess, 7 to 1 agst any other. Erythia made all the running, and won a capital race by a short head ; two lengths between the second and third. Mr. Mellon claimed Poetess for Count BathyanY. The Enville Welter Cup, value 100 sovs, by s ubscription of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; gentlemen riders ; professionals extra. One mile and a half. Mr. T. Hunt's Misfortune, 4 yrs, 10st 81b (in 131 b ex) (T. French) 1 Lord Stamford's Knave of Trumps, 3 yrs, Bst 13Ib (Mr. G. S. Thompson) 2 Mr. W. Hart's Middlewatch, 3 yrs, Bst 131 b (in 61b ment ex) (Cle) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Knave of Trumps, 7to 4 apt Mid dlewatch, 2 to 1 agst Misfortune. Middlewatch made play, followed by Knave of Trumps, to the T.Y.C. post, where Misfortune took second place, and after a capital race won by a head; two lengths sepa. rated the second and third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. EBOR HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Clarior (offered) 7to 1 terst Golden Pledge (taken) ST. LEGER. 9to 2on the field (offered) 6to 1 agst Qneen Bertha (taken) 60 to 1 agst Borealis (offered) A BLAZE or COLOURS AT THE CRYSTAL PALA CE. —Entering the grounds from the railway stat i on the the e ci t r a cular the festoons round the Rosary, just now, wit h with their beds on the mound, quite dazzle the 0 eY • s h v crirason, pink, bril liancy. Plots of brightest vermilion , rich crimson scarlet and blue, blazing orange, n broad belts and beds of lake, purple, and blood red, ivi aa til d every other shade of dazzling yellow or rich aniher, au directions. The bed of colour, deck the green tuerrfyisata Palace tropoeolum, with a vermilion is the famous Crystal Then come circles of rich ring of golden chaiinng_eas, and graphallium lanatum ; pink orange gazania sp d e an d P urple king verbena • Gord '8 new pearl geraniums, T r owa ,with cerastium. Numer opf.3y, b d' • ' °n seedling tropceolura, r beds of fuchsias, verbenas, roses, lobelias, petu °nuifl,oathode other flowers fill up the circle of the Rosary Mound. The festoons are co m p ose d of p i n k gera nium Christina, Crystal Palace scarl e t, an d ye ll ow ca lceolaria, w i t h geranium flower of the day on the outside. The s paces are filled with lobelia Paxtonii, and a ring of deep blue lobelia erinus speciosa. Before proceeding farther the visitor should glance at the ten beds filled with hollyhocks, dahlias, and stocks, all of them exceedinglY beautiful. A DYER TISEMENT.]—AvoId medicines: they always aggra vate chronic complaints, but Du carry's Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, invariably cures them, restoring perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out o f 60 ,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de BrFlian, Paris, of a liver complaint, wasting away for seven years, debility, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, the most intolerable nervous agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.--Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly." —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frimley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derange ment, and partial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cure No. 54,b16. The Rev. Jas. T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, "of indigestion and torpi dity or the liver, which had restate I all medical treatment." In tins. 1 lb., is. 9d. ; 21b., 45. 6d. ; 5113., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; 241b -40s.—Barry I u Barry and Co., N 0.77, Rege ut-street, London ; also Fortnum and Mason ; and all GrOCI;Ta aLiCI att.:mists in every town 01 the United Linadom. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. READING RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. EASTHAMPSTEAD PARK STAKES. Golden Dust Fontenoy 2 Lioness NANA SAHIB'S CRIMES, RECOUNTED ANEW IN THE LONDON REVIEW OP SATURDAY, He was not a mutineer; he had taken no oath of military fidelity to our standard; he had, as he thought, rightly er wrongly, private griefs which justified his participation in the revolt. The adopted son of the late Peishwah of the Mahrattas, none would have judged him severely for em bracing a favourable opportunity of restoring the fortunes of his fallen house. We might, indeed have blamed the folly of our Indian statesmen who left the stronghold of Bithoor in possession of one to whom they had refused the pension and the territorial independence which he thought his right as heir, by Hindoo law, to Badjee Rao. But we could scarcely have wondered that a policy which injured toad wounded, while it left the power of retaliation, should have produced its natural results. It is not, however, for deeds done in the field —for acts of manly and open hostility —that we have hunted this miscreant for six long years with untiring opeerrttaireity, and now experience a stern satisfaction at his ut ir l e V e h f o y ora 7 : : e h r ave th a ec obliterateat ed brief thus,he contemptuous andst recollectioni pardon a l r e d e o feel n that hoisf crimes, n e t s n e y r d r o a o r l o s in o e f o . oblivion, will be best thou nhboy retrospect of those n a d nd e in nin w s h u i l e a h , events which struck us with he A w b a o s ut th s e ix p m rin il c o i s p f a r l o a m ct onr . th oor r , ro o r n jn an lB in s7 l; formed by the confluence of the Ganges and the P Jumna, stands the town of Cawnp ore . O riginally the harbou r of Thuggee, of deadly wolves and snakes, it was, prior to cur occupation of the Punjab, the chief military station in India. It was still the seat of a principal command when the mutiny broke out. The balls, the private theatricals, the varied amusements, with which the officers diversified the monotony of garrison life, made it a place of gay resort for all the English within. reach. Amongst theemost con spicuous and popular members of the society thus collected was the Rajah of Bithoor. Ho affected a jovial beating, ostentatiously adopted English opinions and habits, and supported a lavish hospitality by means of the great wealth he had inherited from the late Peishwah. How long h e had nourished the designs which he subsequently endea voured to carry out, will probably never be known; but it has been plausibly suggested that they were inspired by his secretary, Azimoola Khan, who returned from a mission to London immediately after the unsuccessful assault on Sebas topol, in 1855. We know that this man visited the Crimea expresely to see " those great Roestrums, the Russians, who have beaten the English and French together ;" and it is said that, after he had joined his master, they both adopted a somewhat contemptuous bearing towards the Europeans. Although he had no doubt been for some time cognisant of, if not an accomplice in the Sepoy plot, Nana Sahib retained his mask to the last. When the news of the mutiny first reached Cawnpore, he made emphatic protesta tions of his fidelity—and so entirely was he trusted, both by Gen. Sir H. Wheeler and by the civil authorities, that they actually arranged to send the women and children to Bithoor as a place of safety. Nay, more, when the rebels arrived before the place, a plan was concerted by which the Rajah was to fall upon their rear with 1,500 horse. He did not indeed long delay his march, but immediately he arrived in sight of the doomed garrison he put himself at the head of the besiegers. For three weeks he pressed the attack in vain ; but no aid arrived, and at last the Eng lish commander, whose provisions were almost exhausted, was compelled to surrender. The officers charged with the settlement of terms of capitulation were received by Nana Sahib with courtesy, and even with a show of kind ness. He pledged himself by a solemn oath to spare the lives of the garrison; he promised to allow them to retain their arms and a lac and a half of rupees, and to forward them in boats to Allahabad. On the next day our countrymen and countrywomen were marched down to the river side. The men only were embarked ; the women and children, between 200 and 300 in number, remained on shore. The moment the dinghies were fairly out in the stream, Nana Sahib ordered his guns to open fire upon them. Some were drowned, some were shot—a handful reached the shore only to be cut to pieces by the sowers under the eye of their chief. One boat escaped for ten miles, but it was eventually stopped, and those on board were brought back, and 'put to a lingering death. Most were hacked limb from limb. Several were strapped naked on boats, and set adrift upon the current, in order that their corpses might bear to the English at Allahabad the first tidings of the fall of Cawnpore. Of many of those thus slaughtered had Nana Sahib been the familiar companion —their friendly host or their favoured guest I This was followed by the murder, in cold blood, and in the pre sence of the Rajah, of 126 men, women, and children, who were captured while flying in boats from Futteghur. But even such deeds as these pale before the final atrocity. After the massacre of the men who had surrendered under the capitulation of Cawnpore, the women and children— with General Sir H. Wheeler—were taken back to the can tonments. There they were kept under strict surveillance and on prison diet for some weeks. At last, on the 161 h July it became evident that the place could no longer be held against Havelock, who was pressing the siege vigorously. On that day the women and children, with the aged Gene ral, were literally butchered (by the order of the Rajah and it is believed in his presence) by men who were brought from the shambles of Cawnpore, and used the instruments of their brutal trade. When the English troops entered the place on the following day, they found the yard in which the prisoners had been confined two inches deep in the blood of these un resisting victims. They sought in vain for the false friend, the forsworn enemy, the torturer of brave men, and the ruthless murderer of helpless women and innocent children. Nana Sahib had fled with the plunder of the treasury to the fortress of Bithoor. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL W EEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 465 . 38 ; barley, 31s 6d; oats, 23 s Od; ry e, 31s 6d ; b ea ns , 38s 8d; and peas, 34s 9d. THE Six WEEKS' ATERAGES. • - Wheat, 46s scl; b ar l e y, 30s 6d ; oats, 23s ld ; rye, 33s 8d; beans, 39s 7d ; peas, 36s 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat 70 034. barley, 974 ; oats, 4,212; rye, 34 ; beans, 1,951; ' peas ' 260 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of oat s on sa l e i n to-day's market . was only moderate, and in very m iddli ng condition. Owing to their scarcity prime breeds were taken off freely, at in some in stances an advance in the quotations, compared with Mon day, of 2d per 81bs ; otherwise, the beef trade was inactive, at late rates. The extreme top price was 48 10d, and the more general quotation 4s 8d per Blbs. Sheep, the show of which was rather limited, commanded more attention, and prices had an upward tendency. A few very superior Downs realised 5s 2d per Sibs. Lambs sold briskly, at 4d per Blbs more money. The enpply was limited. Calves moved off slowly, at late rates. In pigs and much cows ' very little was doing, on former terms. Per Sib. to sink the offal. 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 PrimecTs-wool d 0.4 8 4 10 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Pme. S thdown d 0.4 10 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime Scots, tte. 4 6 4 8 Prime mall do 4 2 4 6 e sheep 3 8 4 0 Large h ogs 3 6 4 6 Second q alltydo. 42 4 6 Small porkers 4 2 6 Lambs, 5s 4d to Cs 4d. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 18s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Cows ...... 130 Sheep and lambs 8,500 Calves ........ 310 Pigs ............... 4121 MEAT MARKETS. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs .. NEIVGATE AND LEADENKALL. The supply of meat is limited, and trade is somewhat firmer. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 38 8 d to 4 s 6 d ; lamb, 4s 8d to 6 8 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4 8 4d; and pork, 3 a Gd t o 4 s Sd per 81bs, by the carcase. SouTuALL, Aug. 12.—The supplies of stock were large, and the trade ruled somewhat heavy, on rather easier terms. Beet, from 3s 6d t o 4 s 8d ; mutton, 3 s 8d to 5s Od ; lamb, 6s Od to 6s 8d ; veal, 3s Rd to 4s 4d; and pork, 35 Sd to 4s Gd per 81bs, to sink the offal. RomFoRD, Aug. 12.—Each kind of stock moved off slowly, at the following quotations :—Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 38 10d to 5s Od ; lamb, 5s Od to Gs Od , veal, 3s 10d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 10d to 4s 6d per Blbs ; suckling calves, 12s to 19s ; quarter-old store pigs, ISs to 255; and ankh cows, £l3 to 118 102 each. A HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD. Old Meadow hay, £3 108 to £4 105; new do., £3 to £4; old clover, £4 lOs to £6 Os; new do., £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A moderate supply. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 10s ; new do., £3 3s to £4 ; old ciover, lOs to £s lBs ; new do.; £4 Os to a Os; and straw, xl 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL —Old Meadow bay, £3 lOs to £4 10e, new do., £3 Os to £4 Os; old clover, £4 lOs to £6 Os; new do £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 ]6s per load. Trade steady. DEPARTURE OF HER MAJESTY.—We have reason to believe that the notice which appeared on Mon day last, stating the penalty to be inflicted in case any employe in Woolwich Arsenal even approached a wimLw during the passage of the Queen to the royal yacht, gave great offence to her Majesty. The Queen had simply d e . sired that all ceremony might be dispensed with on the occasion, and that there might be no assemblag e o f per sons admitted to view the proceedings; and it naturally caused her very great annoyance to find that measures so harsh and so foreign to her nature could possibly be pre sumed to have emanated from herself.—lost. Napoleon's Government is, it is said, about to send an officer to the Crimea to collect all the bones of tho French, so as to put them in one tomb. How, it is asked, not unreasonably, will ho distinguish between the Englit and French: 13.14. 1 9.18.4 12.10 all all 100 100 all all 100 all all all 100 all all 100 100 bt, „:”