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

Itt ONE Y 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 38 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 have 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 population, which is annually on the in crease, is loud in its complaints against the pro vision it finds for lodgings, &c. 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, Ike. The directors are principally gentlemen con nected with India, either by its civil service of 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 went of advances aud the increased facilities offered in the open market, which have had the Effect of diminishing the number of inquiries at the national establishment. The bullion and reserve of notts are smaller, but an early influx of gold is not im probable. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation .. .• £21,603.305 Increase .. • • 64,290 Bullion .. • . 14,62. ,872 Decrease .. 129,004 Rest .. 3 303 461 Increase •• •• •• •• 26,432 Public Deposits 5.386.948 Increase .. .. 438,49 I Other Dep os it s .. .. 14,675,625 Decrease .. 1,706,289 Seven Day and other Bills 627 07 Decrease •• •• •• •• 28,674 Government Securities 11,006,888 Decrease 40,000 Other Securities .. 19,871,886 Dec ease .. • 1,036,747 Notes Unemploy e d. .. • 6,814,715 Decrease .. 182,365 Two O'CLOCK. The Paris Three per Cent. Rentes, this morning, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, opened at 67f. 46c. ; 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 less warlike tendency. Console have risen nearly I, and are now marked 92/ 93/-- for money and ac count. The New Threes and Reduced are 92/ 931 ; Bank Stock is 2371 and 239 ; India Stock, 225 and the 5 per Cent. Loan, 108 ; the Debentures' are 100, the Bonds 19s. prem., and Exchequer Bills ls. to 4e. premium. There is very little alteration in the Foreign Market, and business is rather quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 641; do. Consolides, 49/ 50; Mexican, 361 ; Gre e k, 33/ 34 ; do. Coupons, 15/- /; Spanish Passive, 321. s ; do. Certificates, 12/- ; Portuguese, 48 ; Russian, 92/ 93 ; Italian, 701 e ; Egyptian, 103 9; and the Confederate Loan, 31 to 3 die. 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 55., and Caledonian, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial Lines have exhibited little change of importance in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull at former quotations. International Finencial Shares are quoted 41 to 41 prem. ; London Financial, / to prem. ; General Credit, 6 to 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK, Bank Stock .......................... 239 7+ 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........ i , 3 21 3/ a per Cent. Consols Annuities .......... 92f 3 Now , 3 per Cent. Annuities ............ 93 21 3/ 21 3 Nev 3i per Cent. Annuities .......... New 2+ per Cent. Annuities ......... India Stock .......................... 225 Ditto 5 per •Cent .................... 108/ 8 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... Ditto 5 per Cent ........ Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO .................. 19 pm Consols for Account, Aug. 6 .......... 921 March E xchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2 i per Cent.. 3 1 pm Ditto Z5OO .............. Ditto Small ...................... FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent ................... Ditto, 1839 and 1859 .......... .... Ditto 4+ per Cent., 185 2-58-60 ...... 93 101 satienos Ayres 6 per Cent .......... D itto Account — 93 E gyptian 7 pe t C ent.... ""••103/ ~ D itto, Second I ssue ...... 103 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup,ms.. : Ditto Account .. 34 31 . Ditto Coupons lsa i t ttalian 5 per Cent. (I t ilaremmana Railway) 79 New Granada ls# Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Dit to Account D itto 3 p er C ent 471 , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 Ditt o Account Ditto s Cent. 1862 tiardinian .............. — 2 8 Ditto Account ..ttish 3 per Cent Pe Ditto .New Deferred .. — • u° Account .. . 48 th tto p____ ................... b ut _ '.„4.131ve epan.....ccoum.... . . I,urkialihe6ert. of Coup not funded per Cent. 1854 Ditto per . .... • 94 3 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858. D r ) ,l t tto t° 6Ae,-"--^ ui,it... per Cent —67 k i Ditto Account.. .. !?1:32;17.dt;1;; Ditto Guar Venezuela, 34r-teed' 4 • 1031 Per e clat Ditth 6 per Lent., 1862 Ditto Accou: 56/ Dividends ................... Dutch 2 per Cent.,l2lllep;i,abo:jei payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent 18 .) 61, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account Ditto Scrip, 1 863, £2l 48. 6d. . paid i Pm TWO O'CLOCK. C°334rttl:,,„l‘_roguney ...it August Account .. 92/ 3 ... June 3 pm 3 pm iiverpool Cotton Alarket--This Da Netr rme s TELEGRAM . ) A strong The,rket. Sales to-day will probably reach 7,000 bales. --Sales of the week, 52,240 bales, including 11,400 on speculation, and 9,190 for ex portation. Quotations of fair Orleans, 241 ; ISl°- bile, 24; Upland, 231. Estimated Middling Or leans. 22 1 ; ; Upland, 21. Estimated fair EgYPtianl 21• Stock. 261,700 bales. Ac , nal export, 9,192. Surat, 11 to 20. Imports of the k 6 195 bales. wee SHIPPING_ Day. Day. ________________ ----- - LONDON, July 24,—Wind this clay at 40031.....50uth. Westerly; moderate breeze, and tine weather, 'but rather cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Friday, 10 ft, Ris Netherland Majesty's war steamship .A,rdjoeutne• nue, 178 men, from Ho!kind, for the colonies, put into the Sound this morning to caulk topsides. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning, , Arri ved— M a Da docrt, from Cadiz; Cricket, from Cork ; Mersey, trota Port . Sai led —Diana, for Charleston; Mary Ann, for Cardiff, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. from Arrived, July 23—C osmo p o lit an , f rom Stettin; G oet h e, ti saea. a erae Ar rived, July 24 —Theo - lore, from Pouce; Saveor, from r ; Osprey, from Pomerania. Sailed, July 24— Normandie, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL ) Friday Morning. Sail ed —A.ll the outw ar d bound. SHARE MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuvs, Railways. Closing Busine3, Paid. ' Price. done. Bir., Viol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Rost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ork. and Bandon Cornwqll Do A A gets no di. Do. B ti 11 tip c.p an. ha been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& A b. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western.' Great Eastern, Ord. sth Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern...... • Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashize & Yorkshire London and 131ackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Noe h Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid, (it. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line !North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New k North Staffordshire . • I. and S. W. Junction (Scottish Central (Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid, stock 'Shrews. and Weichpooi ;Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern it South Wales S. York. and River Dun 20 btaines,Wok.,andWok 25 Stooktort & Darlington 25 Do ,5 I Do New, 1866 tq Taff Vale.. . 10 I Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster Do. (2.10 Do st Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim st Waterford & Kilkenny st West Cornwall st Pr. Hartlepool Han &R , st West Midland Oxford A I Do Newport it I Do Hereford, BRITISH P aanways , antic & St Lawrenu tom.,Barodadt.Cent Inc Grn. 5 per Dent.. Do. New . . . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference .... Butlalo,Brant,leGodriel, d p 4 et. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 1)0. do. July 1, 187:5 do. ao. Julie 1, lb. •J Clcutta.A:S. Eastn.(l,i , Cape Town ei Dock Seri! 'Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian, gi!.. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada 1)o. Ist Fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bon d S.. Do. do defer- ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lncllaPentn.gua.sp.c. Do. IN ew gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per Dent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharee Do. New .. . • Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. p. c. Extension Dc. 4. d 0.... Do. Fifth Extension. p. o. Bna- Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Mortg. Bds. vewßrunswioka Cando Clasa A an 1 B. Nl.ll.l.C'da6 po let pt &dude Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. , . Do. lndus.St. Flo. J COLONIAL GOVERN 1877-81 . . Do. 6 p. c. Au: Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sepi Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 6 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, 8 p c,187: Do.Ap & Oct. 188! Do. 1894 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, Nov.ls7B, e p 'Matt , itius 6 per cent .. Natal Guy. 8 per cent.. N.13.G0v. p.n..) a.&J Vo. 6p. c.Ap. & Oe.. N. S.W. Gov. 6 p 1,18 Do. 5 p. c.,lba to 1 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt. New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 8 p. c I steriing, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c ,6.Aus Gdp.c.1676.& up I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 'Do. to %p.e. A D.,koa. KS 106 106 8 u 6 108 96 07 94 96 108 110 112 114 113 115 112 , 14 113 115 106 107 tlO 112 106 lu7 100 101 101 102 101 i 102 110 112 lOU 100 lOU 100 100 106} 1.07 i 0 . 112 . tiO 112 107 109 1121 FIHTTISTI 2 !Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ichtiord Amalgamated 26 28 I Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , 1 650 070 I East Bassett (Mogan I 30 77 80 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. Id lar East Caradon ..... 1.1.1. 31 32 311 • East Carn Brea -- E. W'l Russel (Tavistk 8.6.6 21 35 Gam.2zSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) .8 8 11 tireat South Tolgus 45 4/ ti. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 61 71 Grenville. 8.1? 41 14 11 ingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 25 Lady Bertha Alargaret ( ilny Lelact 35 37 )larke Valley.. 4 \lyndy Iron Ore (Lim 2l 15 f New Setun l9l 110 120 North Downs 4 2 25 Basset(lllo..fan 2.17 A, 31 4 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (st. Blaze}; 11 4 5 20 Providenee(Uny Lelnt. , 10.9.7 12 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 415 425 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 25 21 t *.f..Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 1i.1^.9 75 80 Stray Park 5 eamar Silv.& Lead Min 4l - fin Crwt 9 211 221 - West Basset (Mogan) ll 12 13 WC. radon (Liskeard) 5 22 24 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 671 721 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 50 60 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLndcott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton . 581 215 225 heal Treni.wney'(Lis.)l 7 15 17 -- Wheal Union 3.17 35 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian A stock, 5 per cent., 108 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 91 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 139 West Midland gua. Shares 5 per cent. 1863, Ditto, Newp. 5 per cent. pref., Redeemable at 5 pm, 105 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1074 Kent Coast, 11 per cent. pref. B, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, (48 7i Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 981 Nottingham and Grantham It. & C.. 971 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 20: Dutch Rhenish, 178 Recite ana San Francisco (Bm.), gua. 7 per cent., 161 Sambre and Meuse, 98 San Paulo Jim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto, 21i 2 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 JOIN T-STOCK RANKS. Australasia, 77 Ditto, new, 31 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 10i Colonial, 39 81 Imperial Ottoman, 18 London and Brazilian 'lin.), 43a London chartered Bank of Australia, 28i London and County, 441 6 London Joint Stock, , 56 London and N , rthern (lira London and Westminster, 761 6 liletrop. and Prov. Bank aim), 16f Oriental Bank Corporation, 561 Union of Australia, 63i Union of London, 351 6 Bank of England Return—Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 22d day f July, 1863: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. otes issued .......£28.418,C20, Government Debt X 11,015,160 Other Securities .. 3.634,t400 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,768,095 Silver Bullion ~.. £28,413,020 BANKING D -' rietors' Capi t o al ............. £14.553,000 Rest .ic Bei; . -..its .... 3,3C3,461 Publ os cluding Exche r9:, savin4a, xe. Conmam,- no a sioners of Na..o ther Den it ..... tional Debt, and Dividend Ae counts) ... - „ - ^ 948 14518 75 6 :6=5 Seven Da ° y B 5.. " other Bars .. alici - - - - -- 428,118,020 , EPARTMENT. Government Seen- titles (including DeadWeightAn- nutty) - .£11,006,888 Other Securities 19,87 ,886 Notes Gold and Silver 852,852 Coin 627,307 July 23, 1863. X 38,546,34 1 £38,546,341 M. MA RSHALL, Chief Cashier. 8 8i - - 81 81 85 87 1201 121! 40 41 15 16 95 96 110 112 53 54 50 52 244 254 128 129 129 BO 135 140 101 103 66} 67 113 1134 77 78 117 119 43; 446 1011 1024 .106 107 44 15 12 14 1281 129 14 1L 97 99 54i 55i 26 28 103 104 59 60 90 90 118 120 11 11 10 166 11 7/1 122 124 47 48 99 101 N 52 31 33 92 02i 70 72 100 102 71 8 38 39 10 11 p 8 8i p 153 156 3 3i Pi 79 81 156 16,) 27 29 46 47 39 41 104 106 SiESSIONS. Closing Price. 62 64 107 ICB 1 1p 1 p 5i 1 51 if 8i 1061 107. 118 k 1094 1084 109 107 IS li lip 191 203 71 73 55 58 65 67 50 63 44 46 35 37 25 29 22 24 1071 103,, 1 16; 1 1i Ism 1074 11 ai 9i gi 97 100 90 92 1074 10 8,6 101 102 , 99 I 53 55 3 5 84 86 1074 1081 106 i 167 i' 119 --p tot I(i7 1021 104 T 13.14, 25 10 St St 50 20 FEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1863. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS--This Day. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 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 read a third time. BRITISH COLUMBIA BOUNDARIES BILL. 1211 1 This bill, as amended, was considered and agreed to, and rata a third time and passed. CLERGYMEN (COLONIES) BILL. This bill was read a third time. EAST INDIA RE \ ENUE ACCOUNTS. The report on the resolutions agreed to last night was brought up and received. STATUTE LAW REVISION BILL. Mr. HENNESSY repeated several of his objections to this bill, which he said would repeal some enactments which ought not to be repealed, and leave untouched others which were virtually of no use on the statute-book. The kill, which consisted of 198 clauses, was full of anomalies, and ought not to be hurriedly passed at tLe fag end of the sesion. Some old acts would be mutilated, such as Magna 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. P I Mr. L YGON seconded the motion. On the motion that this bill be read a third time, 66i 7 61 1131 118 17 44 lu2l 1.‘,31 3 94 1 921 2 1011 1 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. rand learned gentlemen were utterly baseless The hon. 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 sides 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 nee 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 be read a third time this evening, or Monday. 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 through committee. Third reading on Monday. PIER AND HARBOUR BILL. 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 The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. MISAPPROPRIATION BY SERVANTS BILL. The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. The sitting was suspended a half-past one o'clock. 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 blow 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 in it an 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 . he 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 Gt the house-surgeon, stating the injuries the prosecutor had received. Mr. Henry said he surgeon's certificate was not evidence. He should commit the prisoner for trial, but before ho 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. A PALTRY CHARGE —A Hansom cab-driver, No. 9,401, was placed t.t the bar charged with stealing one of the ordi nary bits of granite with which the roadways are paved. Inspector Brunbacombe said—This morning he saw the cabman walking with the stone in his hand, and on asking him what he intended to do with it, and also where he had got it from, he replied that he had picked it up from the side of the road, and he was going to put it into his cab to steady it. He then took him into custody. One of the contractor's foremen attended, and said the atone was similar to that the men were using in St. Martin's lane, but ho could not speak positively to it, neither could he estimate the value of it. The Defendant said the horse was rather lame, and find ing the cab hanging upon him rather unevenly he picked up the stone to steady the cab. He did not think it was of any value, neither did he think he was doing wrong. Mr. Henry said if every cabman picked up a stone and took it away the pavement would soon be removed. He could not, however, treat the case as a felony, and therefore he should discharge the case. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FRACAS AT THE OXFORD MUSIC HALL.—John Browne, a respeztable-looking young man, described as a mine', 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—Whe n I left the hall did you not speak to the ladies I had been with ? Complainant—No, I did not. Defendant—The provocation 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 MURDER.—Henry Turk, a joiner, aged 32, of 9, Oxford-terrace, Manchester-road, Poplar, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, 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 priscuer, who was remanded on Saturday last, when the only evidence given was that of Michael Halton, a police sergeant, 26 R, who stated tnat hearing the prisoner had cut his brother's throat with a razor he took him iito custody. Hi brought the prisoner into the presence of his brother, who said the pri soner had wounded him. The prisoner denied having done so, and hie 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. H e cameup 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. Ono day last week he asked his brother for his razor and us-d 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 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 halloaed 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 ho spoke to him. His brother wrote to him to come up to London. Ho 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 tit the Limited Ironworks. On the Sunday evening ho 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, In cross-examination by Mr. Young, the prosecutor said there were two other young men sleeping in the room, lie was crying after he got into bed on Friday night, and his brother asked him what was the matter, to which he re plied that he was rathet down-hearted, and added, you have brought me up to London, and there is so work for me, and you have made a fool of me ; you have made me pay my passage twice, and now I have got to pay my pas sage down again, and I have no money ; while we were talking the other lodger, named Runnock, came up. He saw the prisoner borrow money from one of the Runnocks. He never had a quarrel with his brother, who behaved kindly to him. He kept the razor from the Wednesday till the Friday, when be put it in the drawer. Mary Matilda Cameron, of 9, Oxford-terrace, gave con firmatory evidence. Mr. Grant, surgeon, said he 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 trial, and re fused to take bail. Mr. C. Young—The prisoner will reserve his defence. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA'FTERSALL'S—LAsT EVENING. GOODWOOD STAKES. sto 2 agst Anfield (taken) 10 to 1 aget Zapateado (taken and offered) GOODWOOD CLP. 9 to 4 aget Buckstone (offered) THE FERNHILL STAKES.—AII the committee present to-day, but two having beta on the above race, it wasagreed 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 Bertha were struck out of all handicaps at Goodwood, Brighton, and Wolverhamp- ton on July 23, at 7,27 p.m. The match between Cambascan and Niobe ai Goodwood is off by consent. . SOUTHAMPTON RACES.-THURSDAY The Innkeepers' Plato of 3 sous each, with 30 added weight for age, Half a mile. Captain Christie's Miss Julia, aged, lOst llb (Fordham) 1 Mr. Skipton's The Doe, 2 yrs, 7st llb ..(S. Adams 2 Mr. Woolson's Deerfoot, 3 yrs, Bst llb .... (W. Clay) 3 The following also ran .—Gamecock, Ouipost, Stainley, Queen Fastrada, and Neilgherry. Betting—Even on Miess Julia, 3 to 1 agst Stainley, 4 to 1 egg The Doe. Won by three lengths ; a bad third. The Town Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 Added; weight for age, with selling allowances. One mile. Mr. P, East's Curie, 3 yr., 6st 31b (£4o)....(Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Clark's Pony, 3 yrs. Est 31b (£40)...... (S. Adams) 2 Mr. Chamberlayne's Nashville, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (£4O) (Whitehorn) 3 Mr, Woodson's Clapper, 4 yrs, 7st 2lb (£4O) (H. Hopkins) 4 Betting-5 to 4on Curie, 6to 4 agst Pony. Won by a length ; a head between the second 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, bst 91b (J. Grimshaw) 1 Lord Palmerston's Spencer, 5 yrs, Bst 41b , . (J. Goater) 2 Captain Coates's Flirtation, 5 yrs, Bst 4lb (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. W. Nelson's Cock Robin, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b (S. Adams) 4 Also ran Innellan, and Tolurno. _ Betting-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 RAin. The other two did not pass the post. The 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 7th; if not to be sold, to carry 51b extra. Half a mile. Mr. Skipton's The Doe, Bst 41b (L 200) .. (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Sadler's Maid of Lincoln c, Bst (£100) (S. Adams) 2 Mr. Hodgman's St. Rosalie f, 7st 111 b (.E100) (Fordham) 3 Mr. G. Solomon's Aunt Judy, Bst 41b (£200),. (Peppier) 4 Mr. Bateson's Sensation, 7st 111 b (£100).... (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 (Mr. Wood) 2 Captain Gray's Pancake's dam colt, 3 yrs, 10st 61b (inc. 61b ex) Mr. Solomon's Optimist, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr, Cherry) 4 Betting-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, Bst 21b (S. Adams) 1 Mr. Astley's Quicksand, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Nightingall's The Idea, 3 yrs, Bst .... (Nightingall) 3 Mr. Peake's Girdle, 4 yrs, st 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 Merrimac, 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. 7st 91b (Whiteley) 2 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 vrs, 7st 31b (Whitley) 1 Garibaldi, 4 yrs, 7st 91b (f. Barlow) 2 Charles Fox, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (in. 51b ex.) (James) 3 Captain Knight, 5 yrs, 7st 81b Lorette, 3 yrs, 6st Sib Won by a head; same between second and third; a bad fourth. Norbury Booths' Stakes. ... Cobbler, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .. (l' Barlow) 1 Paddy O'Rourke, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Whiteley) 2 Ripley, 3 yrs, 75171 b (H. Robinson) 3 Won by half a length ; Ripley beaten off. Farmers' Cup, Philo, lOst (Lawrence) 1 1 Harkforward, lOst (Whitby) 2 5 Sultan, 11st llb (Lomas) 3 2 Newminster filly, 9st 21b . Frank, lOst (Grimmer) 5 4 Six ran. Won by a .hort neck; a bad third. Deciding Heat.-3 to lon Philo. Won by a length; half a length between second a third ; a bad fourth. GOODWOOD MEETING, 1863. TUESDAY, JULY 28. The Stewards' Cup, value 301 tion of 10 sovs each, with and upwards. T.Y.C. Age st lb Lady Clifden 5 9 4 Queen of Trumps 4 8 13 Fravola Waterwitch Investment Exchequer 4 8 4 (lemma 4 8 4 Bertha Lord Burleigh 4 8 1 Bathildo 5 8 0 Alvediat3n 4 8 0 Biondella Wglcome _ _ a 7 10 Spicebox .. 4 7 ti Queen of Spain 4 7 8 Polynesia Leonora ... 4 7 7 Pilct Miss Livingstone 4 7 6 Tippler Humphrey Tommy' Jones Birdhill 4 7 5 Doncas , er East Sheen Blue Mantle 3 7 2 10 soya (handicap) by subscrip -100 added ; for three years old Age at lb Amelia Weatherspy Black Deer . Etna . Newmarket ...... . 3 6 7 Tur cos Taje Stockowner 3 6 7 G by Lord of the Isles—Wasp 3 6 5 Soapstone Miss Armstrong Amazonian 4 Lord of Linne 4 6 4 Marry Hart .. 3 6 3 Cadeau Dualla Crochet colt Sum mersid e 3 6 2 Bohemia Muezzin .. 3 6 0 Rosina Almack .. 3 6 0 Keane Creole Merry m aid Lady Emma 3 b 10 Microscope Sauterelle Dolphin 3 5 7 Cheerful Tom King.. 3 5 7 Heart of Oak .... 3 5 7 Roly-poly .. 3 5 7 Leotard 3 5 7 Calliope colt Juliet a 7 2 Peignoir Poland Avondale Catelfem Alive Cassidia Birdfinder 3 6 10 Old Orange Girl Gladstone Entremet Silketone . 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, Knntsford, and Aldershot Races—All the Great Cricket Matches of the Week—Thames National Regatta, icc., &c. See the Sporting Gazette (lircited) of Saturday, July 25th—the only paper that prophecied " Macaroni" and " Lord Clifden" First and Second for the Derby, " Queen Bertha" for the Oaks, film "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 silver 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 Glandier estate, in the Correze, which ac quired such a melancholy celebrity in the trial of Madame Lafarge, has been purchased by the Chartreux, as the seat of an extensive agricultural undertaking, LITERATURE. Climate : an Inquiry into the Causes of its Dire rences, and into its Influence on Vegetable Lif e . By C. Daubeny, M.D. Parker, Oxford and London. Professor Daubeny'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 iastructive. The highly important influence of climate upon vegetable life demands a great deal more attention and study than it has hitherto received. The chemistry of plants and soils has engrossed so much of the time and talents of investigators 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 hai! it as a step in the right direction. W hat faults we have to find 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 pages. 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 i❑ saying that ii less had been said about Sir C. Lyell's notions of antiquity and Dr. Darwin's theory of selection, the better 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 spplause of the audience: bat these in print are mere platitudes, andonly serve to spin out the book. Weeded of much of this superfluous matter, Dr. Daubeny's work would be reduced about one-fourth in 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 passed altogether unnoticed. The Sir John Reade, alluded to in connection with the theory of storms, is we suppose the late Sir W. Reid. Toroughout 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, ciearly, 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, &e.), 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 ; be 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 climate on crops with its practical bearing on farm ing; and, finally, the husbandman is enlightened on the importance to himself in his vocation, and for his locality, in ascertaining its climate, in the practice of keeping a simple 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. The barometer is the oracle of the meteorologist, which admits of various interpretations, not always very intelligible to the uninitiated ; but the following remarks upon 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 fall in the instrument; and, indeed, in those greater movements of the atmosphere which we denominate storms or hurricanes, the depression, as we have seemly 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 vactical value 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 the 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 several 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 samples. "The importation of olive trees obtained in the Crimea, which appear less sen s ibl e t o co ld than those of the it south jva. of France, might perh a p s ena ble us to extend the tion of that fruit beyond its present geographical culicnits. - - - " 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 ptoduced, inasmuch as the survivors wonldeboetehr than h di t es e t varieties of the hardies t p arents, and therefore might be capable of existing in a climate very much colder one natural to the species in general." The practical importance of the possess osubjectssess the will data ( :i f b o - r v iate any apology f or our last citation on the in. fitr,Encvesnotfo t c h l e im fa a rm te e u r p it ayomnerboa useful pa to estimating the influence which a summer, warmer or colder, the pr o - d w u e e t t t i e o r n o s r o d r f i h e r i s , f than o s rod as i n anr not to t h o a b s e e m x e i r s l t e e d d i u n p o h n i s calcula tions as to the advantages or disadvantages of any novel plan of cultivation, "These data have in part been supplied by Mr, Limes in a published in the eighth volume of the i A ;rical t ural Society's Journal for 1848, in which he shows 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 GOilbs., 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 6Slbs. ; 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. "Lastly, in 1815, 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 o f t h e 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 iu 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 7 million deficient." '• ' In 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 ptness 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 tango of the thermometer 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 meteorological fact of which we take cognisance. Now that we possess self-registering thermometers constructed with mercury, the most appropriate of all thermometric substances, not only for maximum but likewise for minimum tempera tures, thanks to the ingenious invention of Mr. Casella, the determination 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 upon 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 to intercept or retard the redid tion. Rain is the result of the cooling of warm air laden with moisture, and, as the feeder of springs and brooks, 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 may not be extremely dry, the mixture is unable to retain the whole of the vapour in an invisible state ; so that the excess becomes visible as mist or fog, and, when sufficiently cooled, rain. The British Isles are more or less enveloped in fog, or mist, at the commence ment of easterly winds, which with a sudden change of wind is exhibited even in summer; whil e the south-westerly winds, warm and arriving from the 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, 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 ; an d 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 some 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, fur flair, rcaoon alono, it may bo woll to /lute the fact of its frcqu3ncy, 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." 13L9.RSETS7This Day. MARK LANE. A very small suPPIY of English wheat was received fresh '0 this morning's market. Good and fi ne parce l s were up in fair d ema nd at full quotations, but inferior parcels sold heavily on former tterms.The s h o w of foreign wheat o n th e stands was large. All descriptions changed hands sl ow l y, yet no change took place in 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 flour ruled far from active at about pre- ViOUR quotations. Where was a good supply of barrels on offer. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wlleßt Earley. 1,1 99 Oats. Flout. .. English... 670 - I ogo 1 850 110 ' 290 1041. _ Foreign.... _lOOO 1,040 1 i 7,110 110 eke _ _. . 13M0 brio NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sal generally speaking, rules ins. , Per Slb. by s d Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Nliddling do. 3 6 3 8 [rime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Large pork 3 4 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 8 re is moderate, and the trade, ctive at our quotations. the carcase. d s Middlinginutton 3 10 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal .. 3 8 4 4 Small pork 4 0 4 4 Lamb Mr. Glaisher's Thirteenth Balloon Ascent, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. Sir,—Mr. Coxwell having informed me that he intended to ascend from the Crystal Palace on. Tues day, July 21, and the weather having changed so that rain was falling and the wind rising, I availed myself of the opportunity to investigate some points on the formation of rain in the clouds them selves and its precipitation. My principal objects. may be stated to have been 1. To determine whether there was another stra tum of cloud above that from which the rain vas falling, to confirm the accuracy of Mr. Green's de ductions relative to rain —viz., " That wherever a fall of rain happens, and the sky is entirely over cast, there will invariably be found to exist another stratum of cloud at a certain elevation above the former." . 2. To examine the s i ze o f th e d rops o f ra i n at dif ( terent elevati ons , as f rom a ll results hitherto ob tained the amount of rain collected in a gauge placed near t h e surface of the earth is larger than any g auge placed above it, and that the big he the gauge determine agebeplac the temperature edtheless waterof thedew is collected. 3, point in its relation to that of the air below, in, and aboTe the clouds, &c. 11 , e left the earth at 4h. 52m. p.m. In 10 &CF. we were in a mi s t, and in 20 seconds on a level with the clouds. At 4h. 53m. the earth was sight. At this time we were 1,200 ft high.out of At 4h. 58m., at the height of 2,200 f t., we passed. out thin rain. When at 2,5001 t., the clouds surroundof ing 113 were very white, and it w as with diffi Y cult - I read those thermometers which had ivory scales. At 517. 4m. we passed above the clouds, and saw a; a considerable distance above us another stratum of darker cloud. Presently the docks were visible through a break in the lower clouds. At sh. 7m. we saw clouds below us moving i n a different direction to that of the balloon, and these near the earth with great rapidity. We then bega n to descend, and at sh. 11, 1 2 -m., at the height of 1.100 feet, send was below, and the earth was visible with rain falling fast upon it, though none was falling upon the balloon. We then ascended, and at sh. 20m, were 3,500 feet high, but still below the higher stratum of cloud ; at sh. 22m., at 2,700 feet high, we entered a dry fog; the grapnel, hanging by a rope about 100 feet in length, was just visible ; at 2,600 feet we were in a wet fog ; at 2,000 feet very fine drops of rain were falling; the clouds be neath were black ; at sh. 28m. a thick mist sur rounded us, and the grapnel was scarcely visible; at sh. 30m. we were in a dense fog. At sh. 31m. we saw Epping Forest, and heard the noise the rain made falling on the trees 1,000 feet below ns ; at sh. 33m. we again lost sight of the earth, and two minutes afterwards could see only a small portion of the grapnel line; at sh. 37m. we saw an open country, and then were enveloped in mist, and three minutes afterwards we descended to the earth in a squall of wind and rain, the grapnel catching on the bank of a piece of water, and landed with out breaking a single instrument. From the existence of the two strata of clouds it would seem to be an established fact that whenever rain is falling from an overcast sky there is a second stratum above. Last year in the ascent on the Ist of September I was between two layers of cloud at the time rain was falling from the lower. These experiments, therefore, confirm the accuracy of Mr. Green's observations and deductions, It would also seem that when the sky is overcast without rain that there is no stratum of cloud above, but that the sun is shining on the upper surface. In every instance in which I have been up under these circumstances, I have found such to be the case, agreeing in this respect also with Mr. Green's observations. The temperature of the air before leaving was 611 deg. ; at the height of 1,000 feet it was 59 deg. ; it decreased to 54 deg. at 2,500 feet. We then dj scended. At 2,000 feet the temperature was 55 deg., at 1,400 feet was 56 deg., increasing to 58 deg. at 700 feet. We then turned to ascend, and the tem perature gradually decreased to 52 deg. at 3,000 feet, increased to 61,1 deg. on descending to 500 feet, decreased to 57 deg on ascending to 1,800 feet, and rose to 611 deg. on descending again to 500 feet, after which there was no change, and the tempera ture on the earth was 611 deg. The temperature of the dew-point was half a de gree only below that of the air before starting; it was nearly 2 deg. lower on first entering the cloud; then there was no difference between the two tem peratures while in the cloud, and the difference in creased to 3 deg. on passing above it. These obser vations were repeated, giving the same results on every occasion of ascent and descent. The s•ze of the rain drops as they fell on my note book before starting was fully as large as a four penny piece ; they decreased in size on ascending, but our upward movement was too quick, and we soon passed out of rain. On descending from above the clouds we first encountered a dry, then a wet fog, passed into that which may be desdribed as damp;air, or exceedingly fine rain, then experienced very fine but decided drops of rain like pins' points covering the note-book ; these increased in size on approaching the earth, but more rapidly when very ❑ear the earth. The drops of rain ou returning to the earth were as large as those noted on leaving, and rain had been falling heavily all the time we were i❑ the balloon. The direction of the wind at the time of starting was S. by E. ; at the height of 2,200 ft., we fell in with a S.W. wind. At sh. 7m., at the height o f 2,300 ft., the clouds beneath moved with great velo city,rfte. w and in a direction different to that o f t h e bal loon. At Oh. g i ni ng ,, a a t e the height certainly of 180 ou k b ; ; direction seemed to be going was changed. At sh. 33m. 30sec., at the height of about 1,000 ft. the pressure of the wi n d was felt against our faces, and then we changed direc tion, and again at sh. 3 i m., on rising at the height of I,looft. the wind pressed strongly against the face, at both these times the balloon must have been in one current and the car in another, and they are the first instances in which I have been sensible of any wind in the balloon. At sh. 39m., at 800 ft. above the earth, we again changed our direction on entering the lower current, which was strong and gusty. Our place of descent wss about 25 miles, in a straight line from the Crystal Palace, performed in about 53 minutes. The horizontal movement of the sir at Greenwich by Robinson's anemometer within the same inter val of time was about six miles. The place of descent was Claverhambury-farm, about five miles from Waltham Abbey, and we have to thank Mr. Shepherd for his kind assistance. We were accompanied by Captain Woodgate, Mr. F. Norris, of the Conservative Club, and Mr. Birk beck, of lteigate.—l am, sir, &c., Blackheath, July 23. JAMES GLAISHER. 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 an alibi ; but the witnesses broke down on cross-exa mination, one of them,t 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 non a of this month, or the number of the day. Sergeant Sullivan spoke to evidence on behalf of the Crown, after which the judge charged the jury, who retired to consider their verdict. Having been called out several times, they stated at length that they found it impossible to agree, and two of their number being seriously ill, they were discharged, The prisoner is to be tried again at the next assizes, His counsel applied that he should be admitted to bail, but this was opposed by the counsel for the Crown end refused. Tnis case places in e• striking light the present inconvenient arrange ment with regsrd to the time of holding the assizes. Assuming the prisoner to be innocent., as we must do till he is found guilty, he will have to remm n eight months in gaol, waiting for his trial ; and, if we add the time already spent in prison, he will be nearly a year in confinement. It is worthy of remark that Mr. M'l)onogh was specially retained to defend the prisoner at a fee of 100 guineas, This sum—which is probably not more than half the cost of the trial to tho prisoner —will no doubt be made up by subscriptions, as in other eases where parties have been tried for *clarion murders. I - Sustnesm don 1061 7i rr i E• 107} 96 101; I 1121 12 -- I too Mt 1 stock stock stock stock stock itock stock stock 20 itock iha re Pald 100 100 100 100 all all 2 100 100 100 all 100 (i()( 1 100 2 all DA) MEN 6i 7 1041 IC9 1071 i 26 51 1071 8 11} 11 1071