The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-24 00:00:00

?iiONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for discount accommodation has slackened, and the rates for the best bills are 31 to Zi per cent. During the last few days a moderate amount of business has been transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. The public sales of tea have proceeded without any material change in prices. Sugar has been in fair request, at steady rates, while full prices have been obtained for coffee and cocoa. In rice, fruit, and spices the operations bave been to an average extent at about previous quotations. Tallow has been in better demand, and prices have tended upwards for both present and forward delivery. The Oriental Hotels Company is an undertaking recently brought forward, for the purpose of pro viding the chief towns and seaports of India and China with suitable hotel accommodation. It is said that throughout our eastern empire there is a very great deficiency in this respect, and that the European popul a tion, which is annually on thein crease, is loud in its complaints against the pro vision it finds for lodgings, &e. In the first instance it is intended to erect esta blishments at Bombay and Point de Galle, and after these buildings have been completed others are to rise up in Madras, Singapore, Kurrachee, &c. The directors are principally gentleinen con mected with India, either by its civil service oi its trade. The nominal capital of the undertaking is fixed at £250,000 (half of which is to constitute the first issue), in shares of £lO each. Some important alterations are exhibited in the Bank of England return for the week ending Wed nesday last, the most conspicuous being a consider able failing off in the Other Securities, to the repay meat of advances tied the increased facilities offered in the open market, which have had the eff,.ct of , diminishing the number of inquiries at the national establishment. The bullion and reserve of notes are smaller, but an early influx of gold is not im probable. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation .. £21,603.305 Increase .. ell 00 11,411 64,290 Bullion .. 14,62 ,872 Decrease .. .. 129,004 Rest . • .. 3,303,461 Increase OS Oa 26,432 Public Deposits .. 5.386.948 Increase 438,491 Other Deposits.. 14,67;5,625 Decrease 1,706,289 Seven Day and. other Bills .. 627 07 Decrease .. 28,674 Government Securities .. .. 11,006,888 Decrease .. 40,000 Other Securities .. 1.9,871,886 Dee,ease .. 1,036,747 Notes Unemployed 6,814.715 Decrease .„ 182,365 • Two O'CLOCK. The Paris Three per Cent. Rentes, this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, opened at 671. 45 e: ; business better. Business In the English Stock Market has been 'very limited, but quotations nevertheless are ex hibiting increasing firmness under the favourable influence of better prices from the Paris Bourse, and that affairs on the continent may yet assume a lees warlike tender cy. Consols have risen nearly 1, and are now marked 928 938 for money and ac count. The New Threes and Reduced are 921 931; Bank Stock is 2371 and 239; India Stock, 225; and the 5 per Cent. Loan, 108 1 ; the Debentures are 100, the Bonds 19s. prem., and Exchequer Bills ls. to 4s. premium. There is very little alteration in the Foreign Market, and business is rather quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 67k 1; do. Consolides, 49/ 50; Mexie.an, 369 4 ; Greek, 33 : 1 34 ; do. Coupons, 158 ; Spanish Passive, 321 ; do. Certificates, 12k d ; Portuguese, 48 ; Russian, 924 93 ; Italian, 701 I ; Egyptian, 103 -I , ; and the Confederate Loan, 39 to 3 dis. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very limited ; a firmer tone, however, has pre vailed. Great Eastern, Lanc,shire and Yorkshire, North Western, North Eastern, York, and South Eastern have improved os., and Caledunian, lbs. The Foreign and Colonial Lines have exhibited little change of importance in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull at former quotations. International Financial Shares are quoted 4 1 1 to 4i prem. ; London Financial, to prem. ; General Credit, t to 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock..... 239 74 3 per Cent. R e d uced Annuities s -3 21 3t 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92l 3 New 3 per C ent. Annuities 93 21 31 21 3 Nev 34 per C en t . A nnuities . . New 2i per C ent. Annuities... .... .......... India Stock Ditto 5 per ......................... 22.5 Cent .................... 108 f 8 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent... Ditto 5 per Cent........ ... Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 D . n o Bonds El,nou ............. 19 pm Consols for Account, Aug. 6 .... .... ........ 921, 3 Moron June Ditto Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO 2i Cen.. 31 pm 3p m .t5OO . per t ""......••. Ditto Small ...................... 4 FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent .... ...... .... Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ........ ..... 101 . Ditto 4# per Cent., 185'2-58-60 ...... Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 93 ......... _ thtto A.ccount .............. 93 Danish 4 p er C ent., 1863 .............. 1101 aquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. 161 Egyptian 7 pe t C ent lO3l Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ins.. 103 Ditto Account Ditto Coupons l5l 1 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 79 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 361 / New Granada l5l Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deterred 9l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Accou n t 47f Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O 62 — Ditto Account ..... , . ........... 48 Russian 5 pe r C ent., 1822, £ St — SDitto 6 per Cent. 1862 ... ardinian 5 p er Cent. ......... . 2 Ditto Account Ditto Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred DittAccount ............. o Pas s i ve ........... Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account .... . Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account. ..• Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 ........ """' Ditto Account ...... 671 f Ditto Guaratteed, 4 p er C ent. lO3l Venezuela, 3 per Cent ........ Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on th e a b ove paya bl e in London. hutch 2 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account 7Ol 1 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £2l4s. 6d. paid... • 1 pm THREE O'CLOCK. 'Consols, Mone y Ditto A ugust Account ____ 4 pm Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) A strong market. S ales to-day will probably reach 7,00 0 bale s . —S ales of the week, 52.240 balm including 11,400 on speculation, and 9,190 for ex portation. Quotations bile, 24; Upl and of fair Orleans, 243- ; Mc" leans, 22 90 ' "ui - Estimated Midd l i ng Or ; ; Mobile, 21 1; fair Egyptian, 21, Stock Upland,, 21. Estimated export, 9,192. Surat 261,700 b a l es. Actual week, 6,195 bales: , 1 1 to 20. I mports of the SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, July 24.—Wind this day at noon —South- Westerly ; moderato breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA.PII. PLYMOUTH, Friday, 10 a.m. liis Nether:and Majesty's war steamship Ardjoene, 6 guts, 178 men, from Holland, for the colonies, put into the Sound this morning to caulk topsides. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—tart, from Cadiz; Cricket, from Cork; M ersey, from Port M a d oc. Sailed—Liana, for Charleston; Mary Ann, for Cardiff, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESND, Fay . Arriv e d, J u l y 23—Cos mopolitan, E from rid StettinM orning ; Goethe, from Uinea. Arrived, July 24 —Theodore. from Fouce ; Saveor, from Je rsey; Osprey, from Pomerania. BRITISH POS';ESSIONS. ClOstu hallways Paid. Price. susiness don 100 t!antic &St Lawren., Al 62 64 63 4a . I torn.,Baradadz.Cent 11.0 107 118 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. tsullalo anti Lake Huron 55 52 51 10 Do. Preference 100 itutlalo,BrantotzGodracl, /to p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 10;1 101 Do. do. July 1,187 t 101 100 /0. do. June 1, 12+. -1 100 st 11cutta..v S. Lamm. , L. 100 1061 117 at tape Town & Dock Sent 100 8 109 103 stock Illastn. Bengal gu. 5 p lO4, .081 It 9., 109 4tock Last IncLan. gu. sp. c Jot (07 1 8 1075 tj 5 20 Do. do. G Ext.... 10 15 11p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada tut 191 0} 100 Do. Ist Pre , . Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. uo. deferred all 55 58 1 0 0 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus., all 65 67 100 Do. do defer ed all •50 53 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. delerrucl...... all 35 37 1 00 Do. 4th Pref. s.o k 100 Do. ao. deferred...." all 21 23 stock Gt.lndlsPentu.gua.sp.c. 101 1075 103.; 1071 8 20 Do. New gua. sp. a l2 1 141 20 Do. January, 1852.. 8 1 11 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim) otaranteed 5 per cm. 100 1061 107, 20 4 Gt. W. ot Canada Shares all It 411 111 11 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.a. '73 with't opt all 97 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 90 42 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 5 4 p stock 51adrsis !guar., sp.c. .. 100 1101 1074 1061 71 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 101 102 stock Dc.l4 d 0......... 100 47 99 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock 41elb.Cor1E.. ep. a. find , 101. 51+ Vlelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 54 56 100 Do. 7 p.c. Hong. Bds. al. 20 4iew Br unawick m Cana:. Class Asn t B .. all 3 5 Itl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 84 86 +aces Sainde (10t) 1071 1081 1071 st 5 Do. Do. do Delhi 20 Do. Punjaub 1 "P " at .4. 1, 0 106 T 14 all 7 P 7 Do, Do, , 00k Oc. indus.St. Flo. j O• a :021 1131 'OI.,ONIAL GIIVERNMEN'I '; EC ti ItITI E.'-. &Jul 1077-01 Do. 6 p.c. Feb..t Au_ 100 106 +( 8 Do. 6p. c. 1%1 ar. Jr, Sep: 100 108 1075 Do. 6p. a. Jan.&.July. 100 96 07 96 Do. 5 Inscribed stom 100 04 56 'ape G. H ope. dp c,187; 101 108 10 Do.Ap & Oct. 1864 100 112 114 Do. 180. 101 113 115 I Do, Jan. & July, 1801.. 10) 412 ;14 Ceylon, N0v.1.78, 6 p iu+ 113 115 Mau itius a per cent .. 100 106 107 Natal Guy. +5 per cant.. 1)0 'lO 112 -- J-4.G0v.6p.e..5a..¢Ju1 Or 106 Ic7 6p. c.Ap. & Oc. 10c N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 10 La , 100 101 ' Do. sp. c.,16r4 to 1 lOC 101 112 Do. d0.,1888 & upwd4 IGO 1015 1021 1014 1 New Zealand 6 p Jew. 100 (10 112 - ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. (. star:lnv, 1875 ti. 06} 107.! 1051 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 0 112 - s.Aus b1np.c.1r.,76.6t up 10(; +lO 112 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.Ltz.lul: 100 107 109 Do. to +414.a. An.,ti)at.. 100 , 12 1125 1121 12 PRTTISE Fl T SHARE MARKETS---This day. Railways. Bir., v'i'ol., and Str.Fal. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.k.lo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall Do A A i. , ets no diN Do. B ti 11 il3 c.p itn.lias been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. !Edinburgh & Glasgow.! !Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Groat Northern.. •• Do A stock Do B do ,Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., sad Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do a shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British it lEdin ., Perth , & Dundee it I Nth. Easteru—Berwiek 5 Do, G.N.E. purchase, It Do Lecds it Do 1 ork it Do Carlisle.. • • ...• • it North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central it Scot N. K, Aber. stoct, it Do Scot. Mid. stock.. tO Shrews, and Welchpoo , t ;Shropshire Union .... ISouth Devon ... ;South Eastern d. ;South Wales IS. York. and River Dun :tstaines, Wok.,and Wok. (Stockton .1D Darlingtoul Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall VV. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland Oxtord Do Newport Hereford ORDINARY SHARES ANT) STOO, Closing Busines,• -"`"' Price. I done. 8 8i Si 81 85 $7 1211 122 64 7 40 41 15 16 95 96 111 113 534 344 51 52 244 !.54 128 129 1291 1301 135 140 101 w 3 602 07.1 1131 114 77 78 117 118 431 144 IC2 1021 106 107 44 15 12 121 1281 ;29 14 1.1;) 97 99 541 554 26 28 103 103 i 69 60 90 90 118 120 1 1 1 1 16 164 111 Izi 122 124 47 18 99 101 50 52 31 83 92 02} 70 72 100 102 71 8 88 39 10 11 8 84 153 156 51 61 3 3i p 79 81 156 +6) 27 29 46 47 89 4t 104 106 121 1 2 53i I 501 1 66; 7 61 1131 118 17 18 171 44 31 41 1021 f 441 li p 2 'Cambrian Consol. Goidc 1 I #d— , milord Amalgamated 1 26 28 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist 1 1 650 ,70 Kast Bassett ( lllog - an 3 C , 78 82 79 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd , 55. id yar East Uar a d on 1 '.1.11. '32 :,3 316 24 , East Carn Brea... ... . ..4.. 71 si -- E. W'i Russel (Tavistk 1 8 6.6 3 34 34 R - GamASt.Auhyn(Gwen ;j 8 S 11 Great South Tolgus I I,:k 44 44 t-i. Wheal Vor(Delston 40 66 7 'Grenville. li emd's- Foot ,•,. I. 41 44 ' .1 ing - ston Downs 4. 8.0 2 26 Lady Bertha Ilarg,aret (Uny Lelart -;,„ 34 .36 la.rke Valley.. 4 VI yndy Iron Ore (Lim 2.1 14 g e New Setun .... North Downs zi 2 2 1 —\ Ay o'i iiaseet , (lll , 34 -0 1 , 2 . 1 7. , 34 4 ‘:orth Wheal Crotty . 2.4.9 4 44 Par Consols (St. Blazey 14 4 5 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt. 10.11.7 12 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer i I 415 425 S. Cara Brea (Illogan).. 5.15.6, 24 2! ''.W heal Fran. allogan 18.1 .0 75 80 Stray Park 5 ,1 fin famaCronrSilv.& Lead M in 44 211 226 i 4 '.I 6 West Basset (Illogan) l4 114 124 W C tzdon (Liskeant 5 22 24 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (illog,ani 54 676 724 Wheal Buller(Kedruth) 5 50 60 Wheal Kitty (I.3.Lelant) 2.0.6 -- WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton . . 584 215 225 Wheal Treia wney (Lis.)i 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 34 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian A stock, 5 per cent., 108 Great Western, 4 per cent, irred , 91 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 118 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., rd., 51 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 139 North British 5 per cent. pf., 186 r, 101 West Midland gua. Shares 5 per cent. 1863, 54. Ditto, Ncwp. 6 per cent. pref., Redeemable at 5 pm., 105 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1074 Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 5} Metropolitan 5 per cent., 81 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. .!.ondon, Tilbury, and Southend, 18 74 8 Mid r land Bradford pref. stock, 961 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 57 7 I , N ottingham and Grantham R. & C., 94 reston and Pyre, 46 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and S an Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 2 0 1 Dutch Rhenish, 171 Great Luxembourg, 131 Recite an, t San Francisco (Rm.), g - ua. 7 per cent., 181 Sambre and Meuse, 91 San Paulo Jim ), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto, 2 12 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 22/ FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 304 Don Pedr , Nor h Rey. 1 Pontdbaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, q Santa Barb Ara tiold Mine aim.), I United Mexican (11,..;, 71 Yudanaugutana of S. Australia (lira.;, 31 1 JOIN T-ST9CK &Mance Bank of London and Liverpool (lam.), 374 Australasia, 77 / Ditto, new, 31 British ,North American, 51 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 10a Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, In Colonial, 39 Imperial Bank (lim.), 21 imperial Ottoman, 181 London and Brazilian 'llm.), 43} London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28a 8 London and Comity, 441 6 London Joint Stock, : 5 London and N )rthern (lima, 81 London and South African, 28 London and Westminster, 761 6 Illetrop. and Prov. Bank (limo, MI a a Oriental Bank Corporation, 561 south Australia, 40 a Union of Australia, a3l 3 Union of England and France (lira.), Union of London, 351 a DOCKS. London, 62i MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, Si Crystal Pa.lAce, Egyptian Comm, roial and Tradin 3B g, lim., 31, Gen. Cr, dit and l- inane of Lonuon, Joint •stodi Discount, 6 if National Discount Company, Nerbudda Coal and Iron, Ditto, new, 2i Oriental Gas (Um.), If share 13.14. 3.4.0 10.10.4 , lt.lo 00l 2 92} 2 i 101 } I 38} THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1863. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE FERN HILL STAKES.-All the committee present to-day, but two having bets on the above race, it was agreed to refer it to certain members of the Jockey Club, who have no interest in it. The Subscription Rooms will be opened on Saturday nex for settling and comparing. SCRATCHINGS.—Gemma and Berths were struck out of all handicaps at Goodwood, Brighton, and Wolverhamp ton on July 2q, at 7,27 p.m. The match between Cambuscan and Niobe at Goodwood is off by consent. LITERATURE. Climate : an Inquiry into the Causes of its Diffe rences, and into its Influence on Vegetable Life By C. Daubeny, M.D. Parker, Oxford and London. Professor Dinbeny's little book comprises the substance of four lectures which he delivered before the Natural History Society, at Torquay, in the Feb ruary of the present year, On the whole, it may safely be said, that it is interesting and instructive. The highly important influence of climate upon vegetable life demands a great deal more attention and study than it has hitherto received. Tne chemistry of plants and soils has engrossed so much of the time and talents of ins estigmors that the Equally necessary study of climate, as it affects vege tation, has been too much neglected. While therefore, we do not deem this little work to be all that it should be, we heartily welcome it. We hail it as a step in the right direction. W hat faults we have to fiad with it shall be stated at once. When such lectures are committed to print for publica tion, we object to the reproduction of the apologies and reasons for their delivery—generally, of course, of a purely local interest, if any—and also to the explanation of the personal bias which led to the selection of the subject ; and, yet further, we object to all other matter extraneous to the subject, as being of no value to the general public, while it is a great annoyance to the student and to the scientific reader. Neither do we perceive the object of introducing into a work on climate, a discussion on the material nature of the sun, toge ther with an exposition of spectrum analysis, oc• cupying four closely-printed gages. Whether or not a great deal too much is said, considering the limited size of the book, about the geogra phical distribution of plants, we decline to decide; but we have no hesitation in saying that it less had been said about Sir C. Lyell's notions of antiquity and Dr. Darwin's theory of selection, the oetter would it have been for the book as a work on Climate. Quotations from the Latin poets, moreover, may be interesting to some, but few would deem them of any value in con nection with the science of climate. In a lecture, eloquent periods and quotations may very decently be introduced to gain the pplause of the audience: but these in print are mere platitudes,andonly serve to spin out tile book. Weeded of much of this superfluous matter, Dr. Daubeny's work would be reduced about one-fourth iu size, to the great ad vantage of the subject and of the reader. It is like wise to be regretted that no less than three pages of corrections and additions have been found necessary to be appended to the volume, while some blunders have pasted altogether unnoticed. The Sir John Meade, alluded to in connection with the Theory of storms, is we suppose the late Sir W. Reid. Throughout the book tem perature figures are printed as degrees and minutes, both by words and symbols, as if the measurement were similar to that for latitude. Of course the minutes of temperature should be decimal parts of degrees. In a future edition, by judiciously expunging and correcting,the meritof the work would remain, and it would become truer to its title. It is now, however, our agreeable duty to testify to the value of these lectures. The first lecture considers the causes which regulate the distribution of tempera ture, and the chief elements which constitute the climate of any place. It then explains the sources of heat, the dependence of temperature on latitude together with the modifying agents, and the instruments and methods by which extremes and means of temperature are determined. Finally, it illustrates equable and excessive climates, and discusses the general causes which account for peculiarities of climate. These matters are treated of concisely, clearly, and methodically. In the second lecture the local causes which affect climate come under discussion, as oceanic currents, proximity to large extents of land or water, elevation above the sea, nature of soil, exposure to light, humidity (as productive of fog, rain, dew, &a.), winds, electricity, and ozone. The third and fourth lectures are devoted to the influence of climate on vegetation, and are of espe• cial value and interest to the agriculturist. The author very clearly expounds the physical condi tions which determine the adaptability of plants to hot, temperate, extreme, or equable climate ; he adduces instances of plants suited to bright, and of others adapted to cloudy, skies; and he also exempli fies the suitability of some plants to humid, and of others to dry climates. Then we are instructed in the modifications probably effected in climate by the peopling of new and uncleared countries; in the treatment most likely to be successful in naturalis ing plants in a colder climate; in the influence of teimate on crops with its practical bearing on farm ing; and, finally, the husbandman is enlightened tin the importance to himself in his vocation, and for his locality, in ascertaining its climate, in the practice of k- eping a s,naple meteorological register. We feel that to extract at any length any of the author's information on these interesting and im portant matters, or to attempt to give an adequate account of any portion, would be to give the reader in part that which he should seek as a whole in the work itself. We will cite one or two passages, however, for the purpose of showing the mode of treatment of the subject, as well as the style of the work. Tee barometer is the oracle of the meteorologist, which admits of various interpretations, not always very intelligible ea the uninitiated ; but the following remarks upo❑ the causes which may bring about a fall or rise in the barometer•, appear to us calculated to disperse a little of the existing obscurity of the subject : " As heat produces rarefaction, a sudden rise of tempera ture in a distant quarter may affect the weight of the atmo sphere over our heads, by producing an aerial current out wards, to supply the place of the lighter air which has moved from its former position; in which case the barome ter will fall. "Now such a movement in the atmosphere is likely to bring about an intermixture of currents of air of different temperatures, and from this intermixture rain, as we have seen, is likely to result. " On the other hand, as cold produces condensation, any sudden fall of temperature causes the column to contract, and sink to a lower level, whilst other air rushes in from above to supply the void; and, accordingly, the barometer rises. " Should this air, as often happens, proceed from the north, it will contain in general but little moisture; and hence, on reaching a warmer latitude, will take up the vapour of the air, so that dry weather will result. "It is generally observed that winds cause a tall in the instrument; and, indeed, in those greater movements of the atmosphere which we denominate storms or hurricanes, the depression, as we have seen, is se considerable as to forwarn the navigator of his impending danger." The next extract, relative to the method of pro ducing hardier varieties of plants, will show the practical va!tie of the book in an agricultural point of view. " I believe the cultivator may, in some cases, succeed in acclimatizing a plant in a colder region by selecting for his purpose the robuster varieties of the species he wishes to introduce. Thus the late variety of the walnut flourishes in localities where the early ones are killed by the frost. Thus 'he early sorts of vine bear fruit in climates where, owing to the insufficient heat of summer, or the early frosts of winter, the plant in general fails. " In like manner, by selecting the tubers of those pota toes which blossom first, and by repeating that selection ieveral times in succession, we may at length obtain a variety which arrives at maturity in less than three months, and which, therefore, as it would seem, might be intro duced into climates where the summer is too short to ripen the ordinary simples. "The importation of olive trees obtained in the Crimea. which appear less sensible to cold than those of the south tf France, might perhaps enable ua to extend the cultiva tion of that fruit beyond its present geographical limits. « * • "It follows, of course, that the larger portion will die, but a few of the hardier individuals may nevertheless sur vive. Repeating this process by sowing seeds obtained from these latter varieties, in a climate somewhat colder than the first, it is conceived that a robuster race might be produced, inasmuch as the survivors would be the hardiest varieties of the hardiest parent s, and therefore might be capable of existing in a climate very much colder th an th e one natural to the species in general." The practic importance of the subject will ob viate any apology for our last citation on the in fluence of climate upon crops— " Even to the farmer it maybe useful to possess the data for estimating the influence which a summer, warmer or colder, wetter or drier, than ordinary, has exerted upon the pro ductions of his farm, so as not to be misled in his calcula tions as to the advantages or disadvantages of any novel plan of cultivation, "These data have in part been aurplied by Mr, Lewes an elaborate paper pntilished in the eighth volume of the Etoyal Agricultural S,ciety's Journal for 1848, in wh . ch he s hows that in 1844, 1845, and 1846, the difference in the amount of produce was in accordance with the general cha racter of their respective seasons. "Thus in 1844, when there were only 81 rainy days (in 301 weeks), and when the mean summer temperature was 57.5 deg. the farm produced 16 bushels of corn to the acre, and the weight of the bushel was 6011b5., whilst the grain bore to the straw as high a ratio as about 82 to 100. " In 1846, when there were 93 rainy days, and when the mean temperature was as high as 59deg., the yield was about 17 bushels per acre, and the weight of a bushel 681bs. ; but the proportion of grain to straw was lower, namely 76 to 100, showing that the yield of corn had been influenced by temperature, but that the quantity of straw had been in creased by the amount of rain. " Ludy, in 1345, when the number of rainy days was greater, though the temperature had been lower than in either of the two other yews—the former being 110, the latter 55 degrees—the yield was much greater, amounting to 23 bushels per acre, but the weight of the corn per bushel less, namely, 561b5., and the increase in the produce of strAw such that the grain only bore to it the proportion of 49 to 100. " These figures appear to show that although the greater quantity of rain was favourable to the amount of grain, yet that it tended to increase in a still greater ratio that of the straw, and that the higher the temperature of the year was the heavier the grain would prove, so as to make up in quality for its deficiency in actual quantity. " Thus it would appear that, under the same treatment, the produce may vary in the proportion of seven bushels per acre, according to the difference of season, which is equivalent to one quarter of the normal produce; or, cal culating this at 30 million quarters in a good year, may be as much as n million deficient." I❑ conclusion we would remark that climate depends upon heat, cloud, rain, wind, the frequency of electrical disturbance, and probably the diffusion of ozone. As regards heat, the actual mean annual temperature of any place has not such an impor tant influence upon life, either animal or vegetable, as the abr iptness and magnitude of its changes. Climate should be estimated more by the range of the thermometer than by the average of its indications. The Registrar-General's returns prove that with a wide range of the thelanometer the mortality greatly increases; and it is now ap parent to meteorologists that the daily range of the thermometer marks the effects of temperature on the health of men, and the success of crops, better than any other meteorologic] l fact. of which we tnke cognis-Ance. Now that we possess stlf• registering thermometers constructed with mercury, the most , Approprk to of all thermoinsiric substances, not onl3 for maximum hut likewise for minimum tempera ture., thanks to the ingenious invention of' Mr. esseila, the determinatio❑ of the diurnal range of temperature has become more certain, and observa tions are rendered more strictly comparable. The prevalence of a serene or a cloudy sky tells strikingly upo❑ animal spirits and vegetable vigour. Vapour and clouds are concerned in the important operations of solar and terrestrial radiation. Cloudy days diminish the effect upon the soil of solar radiation ; cloudy nights retard the radiation from the earth. Hence, it appears to us, that observations from radiation-thermometers are of much greater im portance in judging of climate than is usually sup posed. These observations are very scanty, and what few are yet upon record are not very reliable, principally from bad exposure of the instruments, while the want of uniformity in construc tion may be another evil. Thus, in the recently invented vaccuum jacket for the solar radiation thermometer, the makers are not consistent in the shape which they give to the outer bulb. So far as we can yet judge of it, it should be made as by Casella—hemisphe rical. Herschel's actinometer, and Pouillet's pyrheliometer, instruments for ascertaining the heating effect of the sun's rays, should, more over, be more generally employed by meteorolo gists. Professor Tyndal calculates that 10 per cent. of the heat radiated from the earth in this country is stopped by 10ft. of the air which lies nearest to the ground; and he very acutely remarks, that in com paring observations on the radiation it should be kept in mind that the difference between a thermo meter which, properly confined, or shaded, gives the true temperature of the night air, and one which is permitted to radiate freely towards space, must be greater at high elevations than at low ones. And this because the higher the place, the less the thickness of the vapour screen tointercept or retard the radiation. Rain is the result of the cooling of warm air laden with moisture, and, as the feeder of springs and 'nooks, and the fertilizer of soils, is of course an essential element of climate. When a warm and moist current of air encounters another body of colder air which msy not be extremely dry, the mixture is unable to retain the whole of the vapour in en invisible state; so that the excess becomes visible as mist or fog, and, when sufficiently cooled, rain. The British Isles are more or tess enveloped in fog, or mist, at the commence ment of easterly winds, which with a sudden change of wind is exhibited even in summer; while the south-westerly winds, warm and arriving from he ocean, deposit large quantities of rain by the cooling effect of the land, colder by reason of its latitude. When rain occurs with a north-easterly wind it is probably due to the deposition from an upper south-westerly current, often apparently proved by the movements of the upper clouds. Much consideration is due to winds in estimating climate. Here we can only afford one or two re marks. In our islands the predominant westerly winds are genial, and change little in temperature s coming from the ocean, which maintains its tem perature with more uniformity than the land, throughout the year. In summer the east winds are often very hot, in winter they are intensely cold ; because they arrive from countries charac terised by hot summers end cold winters. The western shores of Europe, the borders of the ocean and the continent, are the seat of conflict of these easterly and westerly winds, of polar and equatorial origin respectively ; and at the spring and autumn, their temperature being, as it were, more equally balanced, there is a struggle for predominance, which results in the equinoctial gales of the periods. Equatorial winds are found to be negatively electric, polar winds positively; hence the difference of electric tension accounts for the occurrence of lightning and thunder at smite places, with violent gales of wind. It is not, however, our intention to go further into the subject now, while in reference to ozone we content ourselves with reiterating Dr. Daubeny's statement, that " ozone may play an im portant part in regulating the functions of the vege table kingdom ; and although it would be premature at present to speculate upon its specific office, yet, for this reason alone, it may be well to note the fact of its frequency, in conjunction with the different phases which vegetation assumes, persuaded that no principle can be generally diffused throughout Nature, as appears to be the case with this, without having some important and appropriate use assigned for it to fulfil." MARKETS —This Day. MARK LANE. A very small supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market. Good and fine parcels were in fair dema nd at full quotations, but inferior parcels sold heavily on former terms. Th e show of foreign wheat on the stands was large. All descriptions changed hands slowly, yet no change took place i n prices compared with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request at late rates. The market was scantily supplied with barley, yet the trade ruled inactive at about stationary prices. The value of malt was unchanged, but the demand ruled inactive. The supply of oats on offer was only moderate. For all qualities, however, the demand ruled inactive at late rates. Beans and peas were dull, and prices had a downward tendency. The demand for dour ruled far from active at about pre vious quotations. 'l' here was a good supply of barrels on offer. ARRIVALS TEN WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. nom. English.- 670 I -- 990 i 11850 0 290 Irish.. — Foreign 10,990 1,040 I 7,110 110 sirs 1 3,010 brls NEWUATE AND LEADENHALL. - The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and th e trade, generally speaking , rulPs inactive at our quotations. Per Slb. by the carcase. sasd sdsd Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Prime do ....... 4 4 4 6 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Veal .......... 3 8 4 4 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork 4 0 4 4 Large pork .... 343 10 Lamb . 60 6 0 Inferior mutton, 3 2 3 8 . SECOND EDITION. SOUTHAMPTON RACES.-THURSDAY The Innkeepers' Plate of 3 soya each, with 30 added weight for age. Half a mile. Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, lOst llb (Fordham) 1 Mr. Skipton's rhe Doe, 2 yrs, 7st llb (S. Adams 2 Mr. NV ooison's Deerfoot, 3 yrs, Bst lib .... (W. Clay) 3 The following also ran .—Gamecock, Ott post, Stainity, Queen Fastrada, and Neilgherry. Betting—Even on Miess Julia, 3 to 1 agst Stainley, 4 to 1 apt The Doe. Won by three lengths; a bad third. The Town Stakes of 3 sovs etch, with 20 added; weight for age, with selling allowances. One mile. Mr. T, East's Curie, 3 yr.,6st 31b (L4o)....(Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Clark's Pony, 3 yrs, 63t 31b (L 10) (S. Adams) 2 Mr. Chamberlayne's Nashville, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (1'40) (Whitehorn) 3 Mr, Woodson's Clapper, 4 yrs, 7st 2lb (L4O) (H. Hopkins) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Curie, 6to 4 agst Pony. Won by a length ; a head between the secund and third ; Clapper was a bad fourth. The winner was bought in for 175 gs. The South Hampshire Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared, with 100 added ; winners extra; the se cond to save his stake, and the winner to pay 20 sovs to the fund. Once round, about a mile and a half. Mr. W Day's Joco, 3 yrs, sst 91b (J. Grimsbaw) 1 Lord Palmerston's Spencer, 5 yrs, Bst 41b .. (J. Goater) 2 Captain Coates's Flirtation, 5 yrs, Bst 41b (H. Grimsbaw) 3 Mr. W. Nelson's Cock Robin, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (S. Adams) 4 Also ran Innellan, and Tolurno. Bening-2 to 1 agst Joco, sto 2 agst Spencer, sto 1 agst Flirtation, 6 to 1 agst Cock Robin. Won by a length; a bad third; close up with whom was Cock R bin. The other two did not pass the post. I'oe Stewards' Plate of 5 sous each, with 40 added, for 2- yr-olds; the winner to be sold for 200 soya, and if for 100, allowed 71b ; if not to be sold, to carry 51b extra. Half a mile. Mr. Skipton's The Poe, Bst 41b (£200) .. (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. S Maid of Lincoln c, Bst (£100) .. (S Adams) 2 Mr. Hodgman's St. Rosalie f, 7st (£100) (Fordham) 3 Mr. G. Solomon's Aunt Jody, Bst. 41b (£200).. (Peppier) 4 Mr atieson's Sensation, 7st :Alb (MU).— (J. Plumb) 5 Betting-5 to 4 agst The Doe, 7to 4 agst the Maid of Lincoln colt. Won by a length and a half, two lengths between second and third. The Welter Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 2 if de clared, with 50 added; gentlemen riders, jockeys extra. One mile and a half. Lord Portsmouth's Vinegar Hill, 5 yrs, 12st (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. Brayley's Tonio, 5 yrs, lOst 121 b Captain Gray's Pancake's dam colt, 3 yrs, 10st 61b (inc. 61b ex) Mr. Solomon's Optimist, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr, Cherry) 4 Belting-2 to lon Vinegar Hill, who won by a length, the Pancake's dam colt was a bad third. The Scurry Handicap Stakes of 3 soya each, with 30 added, winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. East's Curie, 3 yrs, Rst 21b (S. Adams) 1 Mr. Astley's Quicksand, 3 yrs, 86t 7lb (Ford ham) 2 Mr. Nightingall's The Idea, 3 yrs, Bst .... (Nightingall) 3 Mr. Peake's Girths, 4 yrs, 7:,t 91b (Plumb) 4 The following also ran :--Clapper, King Tom gelding, and Merrimac. Betting-5 to 4 agst Quicksand, sto 1 each agst The Idea and Merrireac, 10 to 1 agst Curie, about whom 3 to 1 had been previ usly taken. Won by a head, a length between second and third, and a head between third and fourth. KNUTSFORD RACES. Cheshire Midland Railway Handicap. Cobbler, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (T. Barlow) 1 Paddy O'Rourke, 3 yrs, 7rt 91b Dermot Asthore, 2 yrs, 6st 21b (Howarth) 3 Gaiety, 4 yrs, 7st 91b - _ . . Seven ran. Won by a neck; a length between second and third ; a bad fourth. Tabley Handicap. Devotee, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Whitley) 1 Garibaldi, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (l' Barlow) 2 Ch tries Fox, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (in. 51b ex.) (James) 3 Captain Knight, 5 yrs, 7st 81b (Lomas) 4 Lorette, 3 yrs, 6st 51b (Haystead) 0 Won by a head ; same between second and third ; a bad fourth. Norbury Booths' Stakes. Cobbler, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ....„ . . (T. Barlow) 1 Paddy O'Rourke, 3 yrs, 7st 71b Ripley, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (H Robinson) 3 Won by half a length ; Ripley beaten off. Farmers' Cup. • Philo lOst (Lawrence) 1 1 Htrkforward, lOst Sultan, list llb (Lomas) 3 2 Newminster filly, 9st 21b Frank, 10st (Grimmer) 5 4 Six ran. Won by a e hort neck ; a bad third. Deciding Heat.-3 to lon Philo. Won by a length; halt a length between second a third ; a bad fourth. GOODWOOD MEETING, 1863. TUESDAY, JULY 28. The Stewards' Cup, value 300 sovs (handicap) by subscrip tion of 10 sovs each, with 100 added; for three years old and u s .,wards. T.Y.C. Age st lb Lady Clifden 5 9 4 Queen of Trumps 4 8 13 Fravola Waterwitch Investment Exchequer 4 8 4 Gemtna 4 8 4 Bertha Lord Burleigh B-dhilde 5 8 0 Alvt distan .. 4 8 0 Biondella Wt loom° Spicebox 4 7 8 Queen of Spain 4 7 8 Polynesia Leonora.... Pilct Miss Livingstone 4 7 6 Tippler Humphrey Tommy Jones 4 7 5 Birohill 4 7 5 lioness sr East Sheen Blue Mantle 3 7 2 Juliet a 7 2 Peignoir Poland Avondale Catch'em Alive Cassidia . 3 6 10 Bird finder 3 6 10 Old Orange Girl Gladstone .. 3 6 9 Baronet Silkstone Age st lb Amelia 3 6 8 Weatherspy Black Deer na 3 6 7 Newmar et Tut cos Tajo Stockowner . G by Lord of the Isles—Wasp 3 6 5 Soapstone Nliss Armstrong Amazonian 3 6 4 Ne wchurch Lord of Linne 4 6 4 Merry Hart .. 3 6 3 Cad eau Dualla Crochet colt Summerside 3 6 2 Bohemia vi uezzin Rosina Almack 3 6 0 Keane Creole Merrymaid Lady Emma 3 5 10 Microscope Sauterelle Dolphin 3 5 7 Cheerful Tom King 3 5 7 Heart of Oak Holy •poly 3 6 7 Leotard Calliope colt GOODWOOD ANTICIPATIONS by " Beacon" and "Rhym ing Richard "—Latest Cup and Stakes Betting, with exclusive information thereof—Tomato Case Decision— Royal Agricultural and Dog Show at Worcester—Notting ham, Winchester, Southampton, Cambridge, Knutsford, and Aldershot Races—All the Great Cricket Matches of the Week—Thames National Regatta, &c., &c. See the Sporting Gazette (limited) of Saturday, July 25th—the only paper that prolhecied " Macaroni" and " Lord Clifden" First and Second for the Derby, " Queen Bertha" for the Oaks, the "Ranger" for the Grand Prix de Paris, &c. Price Threepence ; Stamped, Fourpence—Office, 14, York street, Covent-garden, W.C. To be had of all news agents. AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.— Considerable disappointment was inflicted upon the aquatic public yesterday through there being no race for the save! sculls. Owing to the illness of Mr. Woodgale, the holder, Mr. Parker, the winner of the trial heat, rowed over the course to claim. The trial of Bradley for the murder of Adam Grier son terminated at a late hour last night. For the defence an attempt was yesterday made to prove 3tl alibi; but the witnesses broke down on cross-exa mination, one of them, a woman, who swore posi tively that she had met Bradley in a neighbouring town on the night of the murder, April 10,not being able to tell the nett e of this month, or the number of the day. Sergeant Sullivan spoke to evidence on behalf of the Crown, after s hich the judge charged the jury, who retired to consider their verdict. Raving been called out several times, they stated at iength that they found it impossible to agree, anti two of their number being seriously ill, they Wert discharged. The prisoner is to be tried:again at the next assizes, His counsel applied that Ile should be admitted to bail, but this was opposed by the comae; tor the Crown and refused. This case places in tl striking light the present inconvenient arrange ment with regerd to the time of holding the assizes. Assuming the prisoner to be innocent, as we must to till he is found guilty, he will have to rem air eight months in gaol, waiting for his trial; and, it we add the time already spent in prison, he will be nearly a year in confinement. It is worthy of remark that Mr. M'Donogh was specially retained to defend the prisoner at a fee of 100 guineas. This sum—which is probably net more than half the cost of the trial to the prisoner —will no doubt be made up by subscriptions, as in other cases where parties he:7e been tried for agrarian murders. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. CITY BETTING—Tnis DAY. STEWARDS' CUP. 12 to 1 agat Weatherspy (taken) 15 to 1 agst Catch'em Alive (taken) 15 to 1 agst Almack (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 2to 1 agst Anfield (offered--take sto 2) 6to 1 agat Bellman (taken) 9to 1 agst Blondin (taken) 11 to 1 agst Zaputeado (taken and offered) 2.5 to 1 agat Blackdown (taken) F,O to 1 agst Evenhand (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 9to 2 agat Buckatone (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst La Toucques (taken) Bto 1 agst Atherstone (taken) Sto 1 agst Fairwator (offered) 20 to 1 agst Bellman (taken) THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CRACOW, July 24. Intelligence from Warsaw states that by order of General Berg, the judges and civil assistants in legal examinations have been replaced by military officers. The knout is employed to extort admis sions from prisoners confined in the citadel. Letters from Volhynia announce that the town of Dubna has been occupied by the Sultan, with a numerous detachment. DISTURBANCES AT NAUPLIA. PARIS, Juiy 24. Letters received here from Athens to the 1911 assert that the battallion commanded by List zokas which recently left the capital has taken possession of the citadel of N uplia. The same authority states that the Trafalgar, English man of-war, has left for Nauplia. The Abduction and Murder at Islington. This afternoon the prisoner William Henry l larke, who stands charg‘d wi , h the murder of the child Elizabeth Hunter, was again placed at the bar of the Clerkenwell Police-court, but nothing further than that which is already known was proved. The proceedings were merely suffi cient to justify a remand. CORONER'S INQUEST. The coroner's ir quiry into the circumstances attending the death of the unfortunate child Elizabeth Hunter was re sumed to-day, at the Florence Arms, Florence street, Isling ton. The prisoner Clarke was present, and the whole of the evidence taken on former occasions was read over to him. The most important witness ( sambaed during the investi gation was a person named Wm. Shrosbree, of 12, Ivy-lane, Hoxton, who said his son some time ago purchased the pair of gold earrings produced from a man in Shoreditch for threepence. He corrected him for so doing at the time, as he believed they had been stolen by the person who sold them. The person of whom he bought them wore a billycock hat. His son, since the occurrence, had unfortunately died, but before his decease he said the person of whom he purchased the earrings was a young man of very dark complexion, and about the height of the pri suner. The mother of the child said her daughter wore gold wires exactly like those in court, but she could not positively swear that they were hers. The inquiry was adjourned for a fortnight. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS.—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE SMOKE NUISANCE. Lord REDESDAL b called attention to the great in crease he had observed lately of the quantity of smoke emitted from manufactories and other places in the metro polis, and hoped the noble earl (Granville) would take some steps to cause the police to use every means to abate the nuisance. _ _ . The Duke of SUTHERLA.N D also mentioned that he had observed the same thing. Earl GRAN VILLE said he would see that the attention of the authorities at the Home-office was directed to it. SECOND READINGS. The following bills were read a second time without dis cussion :—Pauper Lunatics Asylum Bill—Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill—lndemnity Bill—Land Tax Commissioners Names Bill—and Promissory Notes Bill. The Commons' amendments to the Naval Medical Sup plemental Fund were considered and agreed to. TELEGRAPHS BILL. On the Commons amendments to this bill being con sidered, Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY stated that, as one of the amendments which the Commons had made gave power to telegraph companies to carry telegraphic wires over the houses and gardens of the inlyibi tants of towns, provided only the stre , t.authorities gave the permission to carry them. Re thought the amendments ought to be printed, in order that they might be considered to-morrow. The suggestion was agreed to. COMMITTEES. The following bills passed through committee :—Poisoned Grain, &c.—Expiring Laws Continuance—Removal of Prisoners (Scotland) —Charitable Uses—and Companies Clauses. THIRD READINGS. Th. following bills w.re read a third time and passed : l'rustees (Scotland) Act Amendment Bill—Navy Prize Agents' Bill—Nuisances Removal Act (1855) Amendment Bill--Union Relief Aid Acts Continuance Bill—Turnpike Truss Arrangements Bill—Railway Clauses Bili—Water works Clauses Bill—Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill— and Petty Sessions Bill. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDh,EN. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY then rose for the pur pose of bringing under their attention the first report of the Children's Ettip'oyment Commission. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS---This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-part 12 o'clock. RUM DUTY BILL. This bill was read a third time. AUGMENTATION OF BENEFICES BILL. This bill was read a third time. ALTERATIUN OF JUDGES' CIRCUITS BILL. This bill was lead a third time. BRITISH COLUMBIA BOUNDARIES BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered and agreed to, and n_ad a third time and passed. CLERGYMEN (COLONIES) BILL. This bill was read a third time. EAST INDIA RES ENUE ACCOUNTS. The report, on the resolutions agreed to last night was brought up and received. STATUTE LAW REVISION BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, Mr. HENNESSY repeated several of his objections to this bill, which he said would repeal some enactments which ought not to 1)3 repealed, and leave untouched others which were virtually of no use on the statute-book. The which consisted of 198 clauses, was full of anomalies, and ought not to be hurriedly passed at the fag end of the session. Some old acts would be mutilated, such as M a g na Charter, and for all practical purposes the bill would be in operative. In conclusion, he moved, as an amendment, that it be read a third time this day week. Mr. LYGON seconded the motion. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied —The bill had been carefully prepared by eminent gentlemen of the greatest legal experience, who had devoted years to its compilation. All the objections raised by the hon. and learned gentlemen were utterly baseless. The hen. and learned gentleman had evidently employed his leisure in dipping into some legal books, and the result was his picking up a smattering of information of the most superficial nature, which he had abundantly displayed in his opposition to the bill. He had raised no real objection to the bill, which, in the opinion of lawyers on both s id es of the house, would constitute a great boon to the professors of the law and the general public. In truth, the hon. and learned gentleman evinced no knowledge on the subjects with which he had dealt, and yet asked the house to withdraw its confi d-nce from those who possessed great knowledge on the matter, as abundantly evinced in the laborious preparation of this measure, which had been in preparation since 1859. Mr. HENNESSY withdrew his motion, and the bill was read a third time, and passed. EXHIBITION MEDALS BILL. Mr. MILNER moved the second reading of this bill, and asked the house to go at once into committee, that it might Le read a third time this evening, or Mond , y. The object of the measure was to provide,, otherwise than by costly civil process for the punishment of persons falsely repre senting themselves as the owners of medals. The bill passed tnrough coefl Third reading on Monday. PIER AND HARBOUR LILL. The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. VACCINATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. SHEEP AND CATTLE (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES BILL. The Lords' amendments Were considered and agreed to. 11IISAPPROPRIATION BY SERVANTS BILL. The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. The sitting was snqpended a'. half-past one o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock. (LEFT SITTING.) The Glanditr estate, in the Correze, which ac quired such a melancholy celebrity iL the trial of Madame Lafarge, has been purchased by the Chartreux, as the beat of an extensive agricultural undertaking. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JuLT 22. Earl Russell, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from her Majesty's Consul- General at Odessa, a despatch, dated the Ist inst., stating that the Governor of Odessa had requested him to give public notice to British subjects, that they will not be al lowed to land at Odessa or to enter the Russian dominions, unless they are provided with passports duly visa at some Russian Mission or Consulate abroad. FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 18. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Hugh Wyndham, Esq., now Second Paid Attache to lint Majesty's Legation in China, to be a Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, INDIA-OFFICE, IDLY 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mr. Henry Pan dock St. George Tucker, of the Bombay Civil Service, to be a Judge of the High Court of Bombay. WAR•OFFICE, PALL •`TALL. JULY 24. 3d Regiment of Foot—bent , General J. Wharton Frith, from the 2d West India Regimeht, to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General the Hon. Charles Grey, transferred to the Colonelcy of 71st Foot. 7lst Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-General the Hon. Charles Grey, from the 3d Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir Thomas Erskine Nepier, K.C.8., deceased. 2d West India Regiment—Major-General Botel Trydell to be Colonel, vice Lieut.-General J. Wharton Frith, trans ferred to the Colonelcy of 3d Foot. The Honourable Artillery Company of London—The Gau t d Queen h as b een graciously pleased to appoint his Royal li e ig n h er n a e l ss he ce r ie r n in e r of Wales, to be Captain- FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, EIGHT O'CLOCK BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial int. portance in the Gazette : George Stanesby, cab proprietor, Chelsea James King, builder, Portswood, Hants Henry Ready, surveyor, Old Jewry Jules Mason, jeweller, Islington William Elliott, lodging-house keeper, Pimlico George Moore, lighterman, Bermonds e y J o h n Wilson, bootmaker, Bishopwearmouth. George Ladmore, shipwright, Liverpool Thomas Jelly, watchmaker, Loughborough Wm. Green, galvanized iron manufacturer, Leeds Wm. Hall Black, cott o n spinner, Haslingden Wm. Bolzani, hosier, Birmingham Henry Towle, surgeon, Bingham Samuel Flint, publican, Mansfield Rich and A. W estbrook, solicitor, Westminster, Henry Marshall, salt.merchant, Middlesex] Charles Pharaoh, harness maker, Horton Robert Kimber, jeweller, Pentonville A. J Bounevialle. glohp rranufartnrer, Fenchurch-st David soy.. tailor, Fenchurch•st., City Henry Taylor, butcher, Ringetead, Norfolk James Long. coach painter, Norfolk Henry Thomas, innkeeper, Hereford SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Alexander Graham, farmer, Summerston, Stirlingshire William Johnston, weaving agent, Reclefechan Thomas Mitchell, farmer, Pitlowie, Perthshire POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day. BOW-STREET. „ - MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—George Neal, a determined looking young man, was charged with stabbing David Young. The prosecutor said on the 10th of July he was in Covent garden market, when out of a lark ho tapped prisoner on the shoulder, he turned round very savagely, struck him a Llow on the cheek, which he returned, and the prisoner rushed up to a coffee-stall, and, taking a knife therefrom, he stabbei him in the cheek and also over the left eye, which injured him to such an extent that the eyeball was completely displaced. He sank to the ground from the effects of the blow, and on recovering he found himself in the hospital. George Davis said he saw the prisoner running towards the coffee-stall, and when he got up to it he deliberately opened a drawer Li it and took a large white-handled table knife from it, and then he attacked the prosecutor. He went up and seized the prisoner, but he struggled very violently, and having- dropped the knife, succeeded in get ting away. He continued to follow him, and ultimately Jae was taken into-custody. Police-constable Smith said he took the prisoner into custody for stabbing the prosecutor. As soon as possible he went to the hospital to ascertain the injuries he had sustained ; and the house surgeon considered it of such a serious nature that the prosecutor was unable to leave the institution. He had been there ever since the assault, and it was only this morning that he had been considered sufficiently recovered to attend and give evidence. He had the certificate ct the house-surgeon, stating the injuries the prosecutor had received. Mr. Henry said the surgeon's certificate was not evidence. He should commit the prisoner for trial, but before he did so the surgeon must attend and state the nature of the injury the prosecutor received. He would remand the case again to enable the surgeon to attend. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FRACAS AT THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL.—John Browne, a respectable-looking young man, described as a miner, but who refused his address, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following assault on Mr. Edwin Charles Morton, a gentleman, residing at Hillingdon Heath, Uxbridge (but not related to Mr. Morton of the Oxford Music Hall). Complainant said last night, I was in the gallery of the Oxford Music Hall, when the defendant, whom I had never seen before, said " Take that, you blackguard," and imme diately struck me two blows in the mouth with his fist. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had you not said something to him ? Complainant—l had not, and I did not see where he came from, Defendant—Do you mean to say you had not seen me, and that you have no idea why I struck you ? If you have not, I'll tell you—perhaps you would like to know. Did you not see me sitting with two ladies ? Complainant—l did not. There were about 200 persons in the gallery. I did not see you there. _ _ Defendant—When I lett the hall did you not speak to the ladies I had been with ? Complainant— No, I did not. Defendant—The provoc Ation I received was blackguardly, and I treated the person the same way. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then you will pay 405., or be imprisoned for six weeks in default. THAMES. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT AT MunnErt.--flenry Turk, a joiner, aged 32, of 9, Oxford-terrace, Manchester-road, Poplar, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridga, charged with wilfully and maliciously cutting the throat of Charles John Turk, his brother, with intent to murder him or do previous bodily harm. Mr. C. Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner, who was remanded on Saturday last, when the only evide nce g i ven was that of Michael H a lton, a police sergeant, 26 K, who stated that hearing t h e prisoner had cut his brother's thro a t with a razor he took him into custody. H o br oug ht th e prisoner into the prese nce of his brother, who said the pri soner had wounded him. The prisoner denied having done so, and he then took him out of the room. Charles John Turk, who appeared to be in a very weakly condition, stated that he had been lodging with the prisoner, his brother, for more than three weeks. He came up from Plymouth at his father's request, to get some work as a blacksmith. He had made up his mind to return to Ply mouth again. One day last week he asked his brother for his razor and used it. It was afterwards put in the wash ing-stand drawer, On Friday last, between the hours of nine and ten o'clock, he went to bed. Shortly afterwards the prisoner came to bed, and after that he found him put his hand over his shirt collar, unbutton his shirt and turn his collar back. Suspecting nothing wrong he went to sleep. He was aroused by some one cutting his throat. The blood was trickling over his shirt front. He hallow] out murder, and called to Mrs. Cameron to bring a light. She came up stairs with a light, and the prisoner was behind her. He lost a good deal of blood. Grant came to his assistance. He had no previous quarrel with his brother. He knew it was his br,,ther, who came to bed, because he spoke to him. His brother wrote to him to come up to London. Ha came to London twice. He came to London last time on Sunday week. His brother said he could not go to work on the following morning at the Limited Ironworks. On the Sunday evening he went to a friend's house with his brother. He went to the Thames Ironworks on the follow ing day, and finding no work he came home about half •past eight that morning, and said to the prisoner, " I know this is humbug, there is no work for me." He had been looking for work ever since, Mary Matilda Cameron, of 9, Oxford terrace, gave con firmatory evidence. Mr. Grant, surgeon, said ho had attended the wounded man. There was a transverse wound three inches long and a quarter of an inch in depth. In his opinion the wound was inflicted with a razor. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for tzial, and re fused to take bail. Mr. C. Young—The prisoner will reserve his defence. COLONIAL MARKETS—This Day. TEA.—The public sales terminated yesterday, and the prices obtained were fully equal to those previously current in the open market. StrGAR.—A better demand prevailed for West India, and good grocery descriptions have in some instances been rather higher. Foreign descriptions remained at previous quota. tiuns, while in the refined market common lumps remained steady at 465. per cwt. COFFEE.—The enquiries for Plantation and Native Ceylon have been more active, and good and fine qualities have realised enhanced prices. Other descriptions fully maintained previous rates. RlCE.—Only limited transactions have been reported, without any material alteration ta record in values. INDIGO—The ;quarterly sales were brought to a close yesterday : of the total offered 5,500 chests sold at and after the sales, of which 3,000 are suppored fur home use, and 2,500 export. Prices, as compared with last sales, are from par to 9d lower for Bengal, Kurpah par to 6d lower, Oudes 3d to 6d lower, Medias under 4s 2d to 4d lower, and above, par to 2d dearer. TALLOW—The market has been more active, and prices have shown increased firmness, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 43s 6d, and last three mouths' delivery 465 per Mt, ~. ~~ I 1