The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-29 00:00:00

-.PO. . vt11i...amm........... Na1...........................................7.....•••••••mi0 11 0N E Y MARKET SHARE MARKETS---This day. 10. AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCK'S. n: COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Share Railways. ! pad. C fri los a i e n . g Business 0 I ssia. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 13.14. Bin. Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 85 25 Blythe and Tyne. - - 81 81 Continued activity prevails in the Mon e y Market to Itost.,Sleat.,andMidAJo. all 3 and to -day, th e d eman d a t th e B an k o f E ng l an d , as at Bristol and Exeter edam well as out of doors, being of a very active charac- st Caledonian 50 Cora and Bandon lOO 120 121 all - - their ter, and 4 per cent. is the lowest charge for the best 20 Cornwall 10 Do A all 74 8 will Inman tile securities. The settlements now in pro- 10 Do. Bc A gets no div ) a l/ - - 1 till6p ap an. has 4 all _ _ Ala- (been paid to B. cress at the Stock Exchange are no doubt exerting 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc. all 39 i51 to an important influence, and 4 per cent. is the rate a t tp d l i n n . i) l u ' e r , r g t h h i ,Z , V a . s J g u o n w C : all 100 99 100 99 Eng' for loans from day to day on Government Securities. at Glasg. and S. Western., 100 110 112 at Great Eastern, Ord. stk, 100 501 614 their About X 32,000 in gold was taken into the Bank et Ditto A. stock ,i 100 495 60i. at Ditto East Anglian et' 100 7465 274 yesterday. at GreatNorthot Scotland; 100 - - The Tasmanian, from the West Indies, brought st, Great Northern ' 100 1254 1261 126 at Do A stock 11. about £705,600, and the City of New York from at Do Bdo et Gt. S. Rut W. of Ireland 100 100 1 ( 2 birth America £44,060. st Great Western tole - During the last few days the operations in the et anDo Str Val gua. stock 100 - - at Lcashite & Yorkshire 100 1124 113 1121 pro- Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been et London and Blackwal, 100 73 74 a ll F .,o o a n : , Bright at . ;a & d S. f oo o v a e s r t r i g 12 4 4 11 3 1 very limited. Sugars in some instances have guns slightly declined, while tea, coffee, and rice have st Lou. & North Western 100 1016 102 102 i st Lon. &So Western 100 1005 1015 1015 remained inactive at about previous rates. The at Man., chef., & Lincoln. 100 46 47 ed to Tallow Market, however , h as been rather more ani- 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - 124 Do 5 shares ,. all - - soon Mated, consequent upon extensive speculative deal- et Metropolitan all 123 125 125 et Midland 3bon. ings, and a better inquiry on the part of the trade 4.4.0 Do N ew for home consuinption. at Do Binning. & Derby 100 96 98 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - jetty The official returns relating to trade and nevi- . 25 MidK Do. 5 shares all all - - ert - - stle a gation for the eig ht months ended t he 31st Au g ust, 10 Do Cray Line - - a will have just been published, from which it appears et North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 26 17 tuber, that the total declared value of the exports have at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 1014 1011 a the b een £89,751 851 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 - ~ against £82, 2 7 6 ,. 07 in the 25 at Do Leeds lOO 574 584 a will Do Carlisle ll oog 88 884 like period of the previous year, showing an at s Do York increase of £7,475,744. The increase is most et North London 10 I Do New - „th a perceptible in beer and ale, cotton menu- 5 12 p , 9.16.4 North Staffordshire 8 1 U t B N OO . a t n ti d ah S. C W ea . tr J a u l notion all 115 111 factures, earthenware, haberdashery, and millinery, resi - hardwares and cutlery, linen yarn, linen manufac- at : Scot N. B. Aber. stock 100 44 46 aiden Do Scot. Mid. stook lOO 101 103 tures, machinery, metals, silk manufactures, woollen 8 10 1 Shrews. and Welclipoo) all - - (;80pand worsted yarn, and worsted manufactures. et ,Shropshire Union et I South Devon lOO 31 33 321 The importations of the principal articles were at !South Eastern rvey larger as regards raw cotton, hemp, leather menu- at 'South Wales et IS. York. and River Dun 100 99 101 uncle, factures, provisions, sheep and lambs' wool, tea, 20 !Staines Wok and Wok. all 91 .05 91 25 Stockton' & Barlington all 364 375 coffee, spices, sugar, tobacco, and wine. There 25 Do l7 85 94 6 I left 25 Do New, 1866 8 74 8 p was a diminution, however, in raw silk, tallow, at Taff Vale. ...... Earl 'wheat, and flour. 10 Do B 8 41 61 st , • 10 Do C 3 21 has The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the 50 Ulster - p 25 .Do p amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade IVa D le o of Neath 12 a . t 10 - - and of the United Kingdom, for the same period, of Bass e tt ! 1 vwl V v i e.estott !Waterfordra rm i atiid Cornwall i s e t ip 0 oa Midland a di n i i_d Kilkenny Pim. 1 1 1 0 0 00 0 0 159 1162 6 20,725 tons for the entries inwards, and of 2 7 6_ _2_B rdaY 1 41,546 tons for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade for the eight months, o a x r t it rd . 1 1 1 7 0 0 0 at Do Newport 100 --- Ford, 16 9,201 tons more were employed than at the at Do Hereford 100 - - t ex- c orresponding period of 1862 for the entries in th of Wards, and there was an increase ',of 183,689 tons BRITISH POSSESSIONS. to on the clearances outwards. Closing , and --- Shan Railway 6 Paid. Price. Business don Two O'CLOCK. 100 atlantic &St Lawrenc* all 62 61 63 -- inta• I ~,, 5 Rom. Baroda& Cent Inn At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's tele ''''' Gu. ' 5 per ocn ' t . from " a m, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were at 68f. 25e. 2 2 0 0 Do. New . ...... r the 68 f. 22c. 68f. 15c.-Animated. Do. E. Shares 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron alt 6 1 6 4 1 p Towards the close of business yesterday after- 10 Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich IEO noon the Funds improved fully - 4 - per cent. on a too 5 100 t , n 100 - - 6 , 0: ot. d b o d . s...ll ti g. 1., V 3 7 7 ? . i 100 f ew purchases, encouraged by t he lar g e arrival of too Do . do. Jlln y e 1, lbii 100 - - - otel, at Clcutta.&S.E 88 tn. (LiII ' 100 107 108 specie brought by the Tasmania, and the receipt of at Cape Town & Dock Scrii' 100 107 109 stock Eaatn. Bengal g - u. sp. ( 100 109 110 higher prices from the Paris Bourse. The that stock East Indian. gu. sp. C. 100 1075 1084 1085 advance, h owev er , has not been maintained, Consols 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 11 lip since 20 Do. do. H do. 10 11 lip 111 11 be after being 931 1 for money, and 931- I for the stock Gran Trunk of Cana.d . a . !vu 205 21 , .. l a s o t I d . r eer ß e 74 6) . 6 2 745 account, being now 931 1, and 931 1 respectively. 100 f? Rather more firmness is apparent in the New 100 Do. o re lf i o d nds :: au 7 2d P f. Bonds. , all 67 69 Three s an d th e Reduced Annuities, which are quoted 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 63 iicb. 100 Do. 3d P , ef. stock awed 91 1 921 ; India 5 per Cents., 108 1 I; Enfaced 51 100 Do. do. deferred all 36 38 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 29 et it per Cents., 116/ ; and Exchequer Bills, is. die., 2s. 100 Do. do. deferred all 23 25 :' p re m. stook Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 108 109 1084 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 15 lip 'ION Foreign Securities are moderately active, but the 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 li 11, stook Gt. South.of India (Lim; the settlement, which is of a heavy character, is occupy- guaranteed 5 per Cent. 100 107 108 hton ing chief attention. Turkish 6 per Cents.,lBsB, are :04 Gt. ;4 o e t w Canada Sharer a l l i l 3 1 , 131 101 70 -1,- ; do., 1862, 71 ,1, ; do., Consolidea, 54 11 ; G r eek, 100 D o . 6 p.c. ' 73 w i t h ' t c pt. all 95 9974 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8 all 89 vi th e lo Indian Branch Limited 2 1 Sts 377,- -a •; do., Coupons, 18 1 ; Spanish Passive, 361 1 ; stook Madras. guar., sp. 0. raph do., Certificates, 14 -, s -, i; Mexican, 47 :,, l - ; Italian, Ilan, stock Do. 4/ p. c. Extension 100 1014 102. 721 73 ; Russian, 921 931 ; Venezuelan, 611 ; the stock Do. 4i, do lOO 58 ICO tudy Confederate Loan is 28 to 26 dis.; and the Co- 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp.. 6p. o. Blida 100 --- - - ap- lumb ian do., 11 1 prem. 50 M o. elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 £8 575 100 Do. 7 p.slortg. Bds. alt - - i the In the Railway Share Market the arrangements so Newßrunewick & Can& Class A and B. all 3 5 for the liquidation of the accounts are now in pro- N.ltl.C'das po Ist it bds 100 82 84 3gst g ress. P r i c es, however, have generally shown an stock Scinde .......... (100 107 108 to be at c Do. Delhi upward tendency. Lancashire and Yorkshire have t Do. do axles •• ' r.s, 5 2 i 11) and improved ss. ; Great Western, lOs. ; North Western, 20 Do. Punjaub ... tsj 0 . all - at Do. Do. - ••:• .. sg' 1 0 0 107 los e ,hrce Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Midland, and stock Do. Indus. St. elo.) 000 102 104 ,1034 South Eastern, each £1; and Great Northern A COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. nif z Stock, £1 lOs. _____ .hors The Foreign and Colonial undertakings gene - - t.an.tiov. 0 p.c.J a&J ut -- 1877-81 ...... ........ 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 101 iO3 rally sustain former quotations, Recife and San _ Do. 4p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 101 103 the Francisco being dealt in at 184 19 ; Dutch Rhenish, - d in- Do. Ep. c. Jar. 100 91 83 92 18! ; Bombay and Baroda, 1071 108 ; East Indian, - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 b 2 ,kie- - Cape G. Hope, 6p c,187: 100 108 110 108*; and Great Indian Peninsula, 1091. _ Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 ___-- ;Natal o J rlin a D tGl n u : N . sy & o.6v6 J pa u p:r l e i tiree , , 01n608:n98pt19...i. 1 1 0000 0 0000 0 1111 1 011 1 10337 3 1111 1 0111 1 283 5 , it Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are also _at ; slightly enhanced rates. Chartered Mercantile of ;ant India, London, and China have improved to 70 1 N.B.Gov. 6 p.a./ a.&Jul) 100 tot 103 late - !t• of Alliance of London and Liverpool to 41 ; London - Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - and and Brazilian to 51 ; and Union of England and - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p ~., 180, 100 100 1011 'ore, France to 11. International Financial shares - Dv. 5 d 1 3 . 0.,18‘i to 1,7 t 100 1015 1023 2 New Zea°dBdB6"Pwdt too 102 103 1024 Nova Scotia Gov') cent. 100 111 113 ma realise 104 111 ; London Financial, 141; Hudson's . 6 p. a Bay Comp a n y , 91 1 ; _-__ 'Queensland e e un r g i s i Gl e a e 6l , d. 10 .4 1 . azu.pc... 11 1 000 0 0 0 11 10 )1 3 1 11 0 1133 5 104 has the - IVIo.Gov. 8 p.c. JadzJuly 100 108 110 re- BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. - Do. to 50.0. An.&Oot.. lOO ll4 lll5l 114/ 14 ure. Bank Stock - - - - sent 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 924 l i BRITISH IqINES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 2 Cambrian' Coneol. Gold 1 4 id ars NOW 3 per Cent. Annuities - ultflord Amalgamated.. - 32 St per- , New 35 per Cent. Annuities - - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist. ) 1 555 665 will New 25 per Cent. Annuities - - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 79 81 ur- 6 per Cent. Annuities - East Caradon ..... ..... 2.14.0 28 29 &Li:unties, 30 yrs, expire 4th Jan., 1880.. - - East Cam Brea... ... . . 3.4.0 75 74 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. - - E. PV's Russel (Tavistk. 8.6.6 3 34 as Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. - - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.; 18, 13 15 an - India Stock - - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 4 4, tilae Ditto 5 pet Cent lOB4 i - G. Wheal Vor(lieleton 40 9 10 3 of Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent -- Grenville Ditto sper Cent - - Herz:d i e-Foot 8.12 58 to Bingston Downs 4.'8.0 2 25 Oa.- Ditto 51 p per Cent vitlr. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 - - Margaret (Uny Lelant afr 26 28 try, Ditto ditto April, 1864 - - Marke Valley.. mats Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 - 4 )Tyndy Iron O ro (Lim ) 2.4 fl 6,. illy' , Ditto under £l,OOO '- - New Setun - • North 21 14 2 Downs 166 105 115 Ditto Bonds £l,O OO -.. ihl. Baseetallo.;au, 2.17.0 2/ 35 811, , Bank Stock for Account - - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.4.9 41 55 5 Lit- Consols for Account, Oct. 8 .. - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 1 5 4' 5 ; India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent - 20 itovidene,e(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 43 45 vte. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 per Cent 2pm 1 dis - South Caradon(St.Cleen 11 415 425 isit Ditto £5OO .. - - S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. 5.15.6 16 2 [or- Ditto Small - - ~ Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 16.1..9 6606 65 - Stray Park the. FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. 5 famarSilv.& Lead 1111 n 44 4 5 *lf, Austrian Bonds ser Cent - - fin Crort to 19 20 19 , p 1 of Ditto 1859 - - West Basset (Illogan).. 15 95 10 5 - W C• radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 I - West Satoh da Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 iow , Ditto 1843 - - Wheal Basset (Il lo g an) 55 75 8J - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 25 60 the. Ditto 45 per Cent., 1852.58-60 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) , 2.0.6 - - of Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - Wheal 12.10.11 25 3 1 ea- Ditto Account Wheal MaryAnn(lden.) 8 9 11 Ltly Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - - Wheal Odell 685 1205 215 Chilian 6 per Cent - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.), 7 16 18 tt,,,. - Wheal Union 1 3.17 2 3 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share F3ailway6 Paid. Price. Business done 100 atlantic &St Lawrence all 62 61 — 63 -- itk 5 Bom.,Baroda&.Centlno 100 107 ICB 1075 8 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ...... 8 1 14 p 20 Do. E. Shares 205 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 65 64 10 Do. Preference . all 8 9 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich ' 100100 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1871 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 WI 100 Do. do. Juue 1,187 i 100 st Clcutta.& S. EBB tn. (Lill ; 100 107 108 st Cape Town Dock Scrii 100 107 109 stock Eaatn. Bengal g - u. sp. c 100 109 110 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1175 1084 1085 20 Do. do. U Ext lO 11 lip 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada iuo 204 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 74 76 745 100 Do. co. deferred.-- all 60 62 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus all 67 69 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 63 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 36 18 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 23 25 stook Gt.lndiaPenta.gua.sp.o 100 108 109 1085 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 15 15p 20 Do. January, 1862.. 8 14 14, stook Gt. South.of India (Lim, guaranteed 5 per cent lOO 107 108 205 Gt. W. ot Canada Sharer all 105 105 SO5 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't cpt. all 95 97 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. all 89 Vl 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 i p stook Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 107 elB stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 100 1014 102. stock Do. 44 d 0........ 100 S 8 ICO 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock slelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnda. 100 -- 50 nelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 t 8 575 100 Do. 7p. o. slortg. Bds. all SO Newßruuswick do Cande Class A and B. all 3 5 NT.B.l.C'da6polstppptbds 100 82 84 stock Scinde .......... (100 107 108 ; Do. Delhi. , 100 1065 1075 Do. do ' e 5 2 5 ;p SO Do. Punjaub (Q c 1 all ——p st Do. Do. stock Do. Indus.St Flo.) 000 102 IC4 1035 —.-- - Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 4} per Cent Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825. Dutch, 2f per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto, Piovisonal Land Warrant. Egyptian 7 pet Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupuns 3B Ditto Account 3la a i , Ditto Coupons lBl 18 Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 81 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 471 1 k Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l6l 17k Ditto 2 per Cent. .............. Ditto Deferred........ — Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 3 per Cent. .......... • Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ....... • • Ditto Account.... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. 491 i Ditto Account 49t i Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 94i Ditto 41 per Cent 1E 50.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 - Sardinian 6 per Cent Ditto Account — 4anish 3 per Cent Ditto Account, Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto Account l4l 1 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 - Ditto Account.... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account — Ditte, £lOO Bonds — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account .. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 L. -,z tto Account — Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian. 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 G uil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f Italian, 5 per Cent., 1561, Ex. 25 francs 72k Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. onsols, Money Ditto Account PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 46 per cent., f.. 986 London and S.-Western 46 per cent., 1026 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, ° , 9 i Dutch Rhenish, In Great Luxembourg, 10 Sambre and Meuse, 5/ per cent. pf., 9I Turin and Savona, 3/ _ _ . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia, 821 Ic e mo h n a p r se t or e lii r ad e la d ßt e ß adn a n kß k a( ,: Bf ra2 it 3. 7 h o Coltimbia, 12 London, Lo aaßnirmco,uanut, 5 and S. (i Staffordshire, lim., 101 London Joint Stock, 37 0 London and N.u.thern Il k London and South African, 28k London and Westminster, National of Liverpool. limited, 151 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (iim.), 6/ MISCEL LANEOUS. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Urn., 4/ Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, Um, 5 1 Great Sh ip min.), i t Hudson's Bay, 91 Intern ational Financial Society, Jim., la 11 Joint •stoc..k Discount, 7/ Loudon General Omnibus Company (lim.), 21 Oriental Inland Steam, Ifni., 31 A BIS HOP AMONG BRIGANDS.—The Ltherta Italiana publishes the following details relative to e. A s c ui r e i: Bersaglieri, while searcfhoiunpngdothf the capture of the Bishop detachment vai i e o y f — ar ‘ . ‘ ri A vedinthe of Zarella. where they bishop,br:igands guarding three captives. They proved to be thethe vicar, and a man named Falcone. At the appe a brigands fled, abandoning their prisoners,rahoe of the soldiers tha who were taken care of by the Bersaglieri, to whom they related the 3related that at the moment of their providential arrival assassinsb threatened to kill Falcone, and they had commenced breaking T his collar-bone with the butt end of a musket.y bishop, who was thrown to the ground, conjured te assassins finish him, for he could no longer walk. The r asins ze t° , the prisoners having been restored by the presenre re— o. of the soldiers, it was though t advisable to proceed to the nearest house. house. The prelate, ho wever, refused, for he was no b to walk a step. A sold ier then took Lim on his shoulder s . The bishop offered him his pastoral cross , whick he had succeeded in saving from the rapacity of the brigands; b ut the soldier would not accept it. From this place they were brought to Carnigliati, and then to Acri, where the bishop sent his preservers 3,000 lire." The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mills pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.274 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of V' 175. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold Is 1 1 a b out 6-lbths ler cent. dearer in London than in Paris, As are the lea est THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEP fEiVIBER 29, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Gibbons.) THE CUSTOM IN THE SALE OF SALMON,-WINTER V. SHEFFIELD. This was an action to recover is 2d, and, though the amount is so small, a tremendous posse of the denizens of Billingsgate attended, under the impression, evidently, that one of their privileges was about to be invaded. Mr. Holman, as attorney for the plaintiff, said his client was a clerk of Cowper's-court, and in the month of August last he went to defendant's stall in Billingsgate and pur chased a piece of salmon which was weighed at nine and a half pounds. When the plaintiff went out of the shop he had some doubts, and went to a butcher's shop in St. Mary-at-Hill, where it was ascertained that the fish only weighed 741 b. Plaintiff went back to the shop, but as he could get no redress he felt bound on principle to come to this court. Plaintiff was called, and he deposed to having given Sd. per lb. for the salmon. Thero were no entrails in it, but only a little clotted blood, and the defendant's man merely popped it in a tub of water, and placed it in the basket. Defendant—Was the salmon good ? Plaintiff—Beautiful. Defendant—lt was bought on the 24th of August for Bd. per lb., and I ask anybody if people could expect very beau tiful salmon on the 24th of August for that money with the inside out ? (Laughter.) This all arises because the plaintiff did not like to pay for a basket. Plaintiff called a witness who saw the fish weighed at the butcher's shop. Defendant then urged that by the custom of Billingsgate market the fish, salmon, was always sold with the inside. A witness, who created considerable amusement, described having cleaned the piece of salmon. He took out about If lbs of entrails. The plaintiff never gave witness a drop of beer. Mr. Holman—Now, do you mean to swear that you took out any inside. Witness—lndeed I do. There is a great deal of stuff to clear out of a jowl of salmon. Suppose I was to cut you in half. (Roars of laughter.) His Honour—l do not think you will make anything out of this witness. Mr. Holman—l think not. A lad, named Connor, proved seeing the entrails picked up and weighed. His Honour was inclined to think that there had been an overcharge. Defendant—Well, look here, I cannot make it out. It has been the custom at Billingsgate for years to sell salmon with the inside and clean it afterwards. His Honour—l think ycu charged too much. Voices—No, no. Call me, Mr. Sheffield ; I'll prove the custom. His Honour—The fish was sold at 911b5., and really was only 721bs. I cannot think it can be a supportable cus'om to make all that difference. I must find for the plaintiff, with costs. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SCENE AT THE ARGYLE Rooms.--Mr. Edward Charles Williams, gentleman, Lane's Hotel, St. Albans place, and Mr. George Williams, gentleman, 23, Piccadilly, were charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and dis orderly, in Great Windmill-street, the last-named defend ant being further charged with assaulting Police -sergeant O'Loghlen, 23 A. Sergeant O'Loghleu, 23 A, said—Last night about 11 o'clock the defendant was turned out of the Argyle Rooms by one of the waiters, who fell on the steps. The defend.. ant, Edward, fell on the waiter, and struck him. I endea voured to get the defendant, Edward, off the waiter, when the defendant, George, deliberately struck me in the eye. I then took George into custody, and handed the other de fendant over to another officer. The defendants were both drunk. David Tungate, a carpenter, and assistant at the Argyle Rooms, said—Last night, about 11 o'clock. I w as in the saloon in front of the bar, when I heard Mr. Edward Williams grossly insult a gentleman. The gentleman took no notice for some time, till the defendant (Edward) called him a " white livered coward," when he said that he had lost his liver in India, where he proved himself no coward. The defendant then threw a glass of ale in the gentleman's face, and as there was then a great disturbance the manager advised the defendants and the gentleman to go into the office to settle the dispute. They went part of the way to the office when the defendants rushed back again, and as the defendants created a great disturbance, I assisted the waiter in putting the defendants out of the place, when the defendant Edward seized me by the hair of the head and tore my coat. _ The defendant Edward Williams—Did I not say that if a member of the police force came I would go away quietly, but that I was not going to be illused by a waiter at the Argyle Rooms ? The witness—You said that. Sergeant O'Loghlen—The gentleman who was insulted is here. sir. A gentleman got into the witness-box, and when asked by the chief clerk his name, said—Mr. George Macdonald. I reside at Canterbury, and am an officer in the army. Mr. Knox—Let me inform you, sir, that if you have not given your right name I cannot take your evidence, as you are sworn to tell the truth, and if you do not give your corre3t name you are not telling the truth. The gentleman—l have not given my right name, and do not wish to do so. Mr. Knox—Then I cannot hear you. You are not cora. pelled to give evidence. The gentleman then withdrew. Mr. Abraham Myers, check-taker at the Argyle Rooms, said—Last night a little after 11 o'clock I was called to the saloon in consequence of a disturbance. I asked the gentle men to come to the office. The defendants went part of the way and then rushed back. The defendant Edward struck me two or three times, cutting my chin and bespattering my shirt front with blood. Sergeant Gibbs, 3 A—l saw the defendant Edward fall on the waiter, and witnessed the disturbance. On the way to the station the defendant George refused to go any further, and we were obliged to have the assistance of several con stables. The defendant Edward said—l know I had too much to drink, and I went to the Argyle Rooms, I believe, and but for the conduct of the waiter the affair would not have oc curred. As regarded the gentleman, I thought he made an imperl inent remark to me. Mr. Knox—You had drank a good deal, and might pro bably have thought the gentleman said something to you. With regard to the waiter, it was not likely that ho would wish to cause a disturbance, as it was his interest to keep things quiet, and not to draw the attention of the police to the place. For the assault on the police I shall fine the defendant George £5. I shall impose a similar fine on the other defendant, but ss. of it will go to the witness for the damage to his coat. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, A very crowded audience assembled last evening at this theatre to welcome " Herrmann the Great Prestidigitateur" on his first appearance in London. On making his bow, the renowned magician was received in a right good English manner ; and after recovering from the warmth of his reception, be, in a few neatly turned sentences, expressed the plea sure he had in performing before them, and that he would do his best to make the evening pass off pleasantly. On the stage there was an utter absence of " mechanical contrivances," and other paraphernalia peculiar to wizards. The scene re presented a room interior, two small coffee tables, and a few sheets of writing paper being the only things visible. The first trick introduced was performed with cards. This was rapidly followed by another, but to our thinking, one of the most clever things of the entertainment was the following—Six persons each mark down a single figure on a sheet of paper, unseen by the magician ; the same number selected six cards, the remainder of the pack being destroyed, and then M. Hermann hands a similar pack to one of the audience for exa mination. This having been done, and found cor rect, a gentleman is asked to " cut" any quantity he pleases, and immediately after another person is asked to pronounce the number of cards cut. In this instance be named twenty-one, and then the gentleman who held possession of the " cut" cards counted them out one by one, when it was found he had cut exactly 21 cards from the pack, that the six figures placed upon the paper, on casting up, amounted also to 21, and that the number of pips on the six cards drawn in the first instance by six different persons also amounted to a similar number. Another trick that created the utmost astonishment was the collecting a quantity of half-crowns, appa rently in the air, and passing them into a gentle man's hat ; but the chef dceiivre of Herrmann was the old but pleasing trick of producing globes filled to the brim with water and gold fish from, in this in stance, a pocket handkerchief (not a large table cloth). We must say it completely puzzled us, because the ordinary evening dress of the necro mancer was well examined previous to his bringing forth one of the globes in the very midst of the audience. The applause that followed the per formance was as enthusiastic as it was well de served. The entertainment of M. Herrmann deserves the most liberal patronage, because it certainly is the neatest and best that has ever been given in the metropolis., Post-office Directory for the Midland Counties. The Messrs. Kelly have just issued their Post office Directory of Birmingham, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire, which will be found of the utmost value to the commercial com munity. The utmost care has evidently been taken to ensure correctness, and as a book of reference for the places named it will be invaluable. A splendid map of Birmingham is affixed to the volume, and smaller ones of War wickshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire are conveniently arranged at the com mencement of each of the four divisions enumerated. One of the great features of the directory is the classification of the business of each locality under distinctive headings, an arrangement that will be highly appreciated by those living apart from the dealers and traders in the Midland Counties. All the information contained in the directory has been obtained from the most reliable and trustworthy sources, so the utmost dependence can be placed upon the answers to all references. The volume cannot but enhance the great reputation the Messrs. Kelly have secured, by the publication of perhaps the most wonderful book of the year, viz., the Lon don Post office Directory. A REFERENCE SHAKSPEARE.—Mr. Heywood, of Mancb.ester, has issued a prospectus of a Memorial Edition of Shakspeare, to be called the "Reference Shakspeare," a self-interpretative edition, on the plan of the " Reference Bible." The editor is Mr. John B. Marsh, the author of "Sayings from Shakspeare." EXECUTION OF CONFEDERATE PRISONERS.— Within the last few days ten deserters have died their just death. If the fact is an indication of a new rule in the Con_ federate army, none need fear for the fate of the country, for desertion will cease on the day when it becomes known that desertion is death ; the army will fill when it, is ascer tained that the soldier who remain, at home does so to dig his own grave.—Richmond Inquirer. CITY THEATRE.—This elegant theatre is closed for a thorough decoration, and will re-open on Saturday next, under the entire direction of that well known caterer, Mr. Nelson Lee, who is now sole lessee. He is Supported by the aid of al. the London managers; and the talent of the entire metnpolis will appear in the course of the winter season. Hl3 grand opening night, next Saturday, will commence vith the great drama of " Peep O. Day," followed by the" Lakes of Killarney and concluding with a popular farce. His own pantomime, numbering the 215th, will be produced on a most gorgeous scale of magnificence. His succers we have no doubt of. THE SHAPE OF THE BEAST' — In the course of the proceedings at the dinner of the Staf f ordshire Agri cultural So ciety on Friday last, Sir Edwin Landsoer stated that his first effort at drawing was a repre sentation of a Devonshire bull, when he was nine or ten years of age. With respect to the animals which he had seen in the showyard that day, la said they appeared to be a conglomeration of fat. Breeders and feeders of cattle seemed dis guise the bones of the animals. He thought itwouldto be advisable to exhilit some animals in their original forms as God made then. If men regulated their own merits by their fat, the greatest prizetaker in the king dom would have been Daniel Lambert.—llfanchester Guardian. SHARSPEARE CARTCATURED -- by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his ahead description of the Poet's Grave and Bust at Stratford-on-Avon. — The poet and his family are in possession of what may be considered the very best burial-places that the ehurch affords. They lie in a row, right across the h•eadth of the chancel, the foot of each gravestone being cicse to the elevated floor on which the altar stands. Nearest to the side-wall, beneath Shak speare's bust, is a slab bearing a Latin inscription addressed to his wife, and coverin g h er remains; then his own slab, with the old anathematizing stanza upon it ; then that of Thomas Nash, who married his granddaughter; then that of Dr. Hall, the husband of his daughter Susannah; and, lastly, Susannah's own. Shakspeare's is the commonest looking slab of all, being jut su ch a flag-stone as Essex street in Salem used to be paved with, when was a boy. Moreover, unless my eyes or recollection deceive me, there is a crack across it, as if it had already undergone some such violence as the inscririion deprecates. Unlike the other monuments of the fau l t y , it bears no name, nor am i acquainted with the grounch or authority on which it is absolutely determined to be Shiltspeare's ; although, being in a range with those of his wife and children, it might naturally be attributed to hin. But, then, why does his wife, who died afterwards, take precedence of him and occupy the place next his bust ? And where are the graves of another daughter and a on e who have a better right in the family row than Thonas Nash, his grandson-in-law Might not one or both of them have been laid under the nameless stone. Bu it is dangerous trifling with Shakspeare's bust; so I forbear to meddle further with the grave (though the prohibition makes it tempting), and shall lit whatever bones be in it rest in peace. Yet I must neels add that the inscription on the bust seems to imply that Shakspeare'a grave was directly underneath it. The poet's lust is affixed to the northern wall of the church, the base of It being about a man's height, or rather more, above the floor of the chancel. The features of this piece of sculptur3 are entirely unlike any of the portraits of Shakspeare that I have ever seen, and com pel me to take down the beautiful, lofty-browed, and noble picture which has hitherto hung in any mental portrait gallery. The bust cannot be said to represent a beautiful face or an eminently noble head; but it clutches firmly hold of one's sense of reality and insists upon your accepting it, if not as Shakspeare the poet, yet as the wealthy burgher of Stratford, the friend of John a' Combo, who lies yonder in the corner. I know not wha; the phrenologists say to the bust. The forehead is but moderately developed, and retreats somewhat, the upper part of the skull rising pyra •midally ; the eyes are prominent almost beyond the pent house of the brow ; the upper lip is so long that it must have been almost a deformity, tuless the sculptor artis tically exaggerated its length, in consideration that, on the pedestal, it must be foreshortenee by being looked at from below, On the whole, Shakspeare must have had a sin gular rather than a prepossessing face; and its wonderful how, with this bust before its eyes, the world has persisted in maintaining an erroneous nction of his appearance, allowing painters and sculptors to foist their idealized non sense on us all, instead of the genuine man. For my part, the Shakspeare of my mind's eye is henceforth to be a per sonage of a ruddy English complexion, with a reasonably capacious brow, intelligent and quickly-observant eyes, a nose curved slightly outward, a long, queer upper-lip, with the mouth a little unclosed beneath it, and cheeks consider ably developed in the lower part and. beneath the chin. But, when Shakspeare was himself (for nine-tenths of the time, according to all appearances, he was but the burgher of Stratford), he doubtless shone through this dull mask and transfigured it into the face of an angel, THE CHANNEL FLEET. Notwithstanding the changeable character of the weather during the afternoon, large numbers of excursionists proceeded by the ordinary trains to Kingstown for the purpose of inspecting the fleet, or such vessels thereof as might be selected for the purpose by the directors of the different steamers plying for hire. This, by the way, we consider, a just cause of complaint on the part of visitors, who cannot proceed on board any particular ship they may deuire to inspect, but are compelled to go wheresoever the steamer or tugboat, i❑ which they take passage, is directed to leave them. Of course it may be urged in answer to this that it is in the power of any person to charter a boat for his or her special conveyance•—•and such no doubt is the case—but, when it is considered that the fleet lies nearly two miles from shore, and that Dublin Bay, under the influence of a stiff north wester, is anything but safe for an open boat, the impracticability of such a course must be obvious. Several officers of the fleet came to town at intervals during the day, and visited the different public buildings and other objects of interest in the city. —Dubl n Freeman. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE CAPTAIN OF A SHIP.— Edward Fleming, a tall and powerful black man, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting Captain John Devine, the master of the ship Elizabeth. Clarke, a constable of the East and West India Dock Company's police, said the prisoner summoned his captain to the Thames Police-court yesterday afternoon for a balance of wages, and the case was dismissed on the ground that the prisoner was bound to go back in the ship to Bathurst, River Gambia, in Africa, where he shipped. After leaving the court the prisoner repaired to the ship, and at half-past 4 o'clock made a violent assault on the captain. Witness was called on board, and found the captain bleeding from the mouth and nose, and his face contused. The prisoner was held back by several men, and demanded his certificate of service and discharge fr,m the vessel, and his clothes, and was about to pounce on the captain again, when he seized him and took him away from the vessel. The captain of the Elizabeth was seriously injured. The witness then put in a medical certificate, stating that Captain Devine was unable to attend. Mr. Horace N. Powell said he was on board the Eliza beth, and saw the prisoner attack the captain, beat him in a furious manner, and throw him down. The captain had no chance with the prisoner at all. The prisoner, in defence, said ho asked Captain Devine for his discharge and a pass for his clothes, and he would not give him either. He waited five minutes, and repeated his request, on which the captain took up a billet of wood. He then thought it high time to defend himself, and knocked down the captain, and hit him in the ribs. Mr. Partridge—l have a certificate; the captain is unable to come here. You are remanded until Friday. MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARK2T S. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Oa ; and straw, £1 84 to £1 158 per load. Trade steady. CtMBERLAND..--Me8,40V7 hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 76s per load. Supply moderate. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been inactive, and the few dealings entered into has been at about previous rates. SUGAR.—The market has remained dull, and inferior descriptions of West India have slightly given way in prim). Good grocery qualities, however, have sustained former quotations. In the refined market there is little change to record as regards values. COFFEE.—The demand for both foreign and colonial de scriptions has been inactive, and prices in some instances are rather lower. The stocks on hand, compared with those of the same period of last year, show a slight in crease. RicE —A fair amount of business has been done in East India, which has fully sustained previous quotations. TaLLow.--There has been a more active inquiry on the part of the trade for home consumption, and a slight ad vance has taken place in prices. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 44s 6d to 44s 3d ; last three months' delivery, 41s to 44s '.3d; and spring. ditto, lis Gd per cwt. THE GREAT EASTERN, The report of the directors of the Great Ship Company, to be presented, at the general meeting of the proprietary on Friday next, alludes with regret to the circumstances that have made it neces sary to call them together to relieve the undertaking from its present embarrassments, or to wind up its affairs. While the number of passengers conveyed across the Atlantic exhibits satisfactory progress, the earnings from this as well as from the freight have been materially reduced by the severe com petition between the two great rival companies that has been carried on throughout the season, as will be seen in the following table : May. June. August. No. of passengers— Out Home Actual receipt of £ s, d. p. d. s. d. freight and pas.- sage money 14 - ,311 16 1 11,810 0 3 11,180 12 8 each voyage .. Receiptot freight and pas. money )1" NS 9 6 18,730 1 3 20,5 85 2 1 aerates of Aug., t 4 ' 1862 ........ The report especially alludes to the accident off Montauk Point, to which the present unfortunate state of affairs is chiefly attributable, from the delay and heavy expenses attending the repairs. The hurricane with which the ship had to contend on her last outward passage to New York was the subject of much comment by some of the passen gers, who appear to have been more frightened than hurt. It is also specially stated that although she laboured considerably in consequence of the partial disablement of her paddle-wheels in the earlier part of the passage, no injury resu.ted to her hull or machinery, nor is the slightest symptom of straining observable in any part of the vessel. From the accounts it appears that the expenses of the Great Eastern during the present season are about £20,000 in excess of her earnings, and by a ccrious coincidence, is the difference between what the ship earned in her three voyages this year at the reduced rates, and what she would have earned under those of last year. In conclusion the report says Your directors must impress upon the proprietors that the position of the company's affairs is most critical, and that immediate steps must be taken either to raise additional capital for the Prosecution of the undertaking or to dissolve the company; this latter alternative your directors feel would amount to a total sacrifice of the property of the ordinary shareholders. It is for the proprietors to determine what is to be done. The ship cannot be retained in the possession of the company unless funds be raised immediately to pay off the existing trade debts, amounting to £30,002 19s. 4d., and whatever employment may be designed for her a further sum will be required for the necessary outfit, and the repairs needful for the efficient maintenance of the ship.—Liverpool Albion. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Sept. 29.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; light breeze, and fine weather. SWANSEA, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Hamp shire, for Cuba. CLYDE, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—St. George, screw steamer, from Montreal. COWES, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Urnguay, from Havre for Hayti. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cyprian, from Sunderland for Vigo. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 28—Crown , frora Prince Edward's ; Francisco de Padi, from Bordianski ; Sumsett, from .Yom borara ; Gallorine, from St. George's; Recompense, from Guernsey ; Gradore, from Coconada. Sailed, Sept. 27—Helensis, for Cronstadt. Sailed, Sept. 28—Hastings, for Cape of Good Hope; Marlborough, for Calcutta; nmore (steamer), for Barba dos; Schwan (steamer;, for Bremen. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Sprite, from Shields, for Cadiz; Zelorian, bark, from Abner, for Ipswich; Elizabeth, from London, for Auckland. _ _ Anchored—Mary and Elizabeth, from Shields, for New York; Isabella, from Christiansen, for Cadiz; Augusta, from Memel, for Carmarthen; Bertha, from GL fle, for Roche!,e , Susannah, from Pernau, tor the northward ; Hemet, from Shields, for Cagliari ; Eagle, from Shields, for Lisbon (lost an anchor and 60 yards chain at Dungeness ; hats been supplied with one front here). Last night tried to move the wreck of the Karlo, but did not succeed. Sailed—Lady Douglas (steamer), Cornelius Grinnell, City of Manchester. VICTOR HUGO is travelling in the Grand Duchy of Baden with M. Hetz3l, the son of his publisher. The Poet Novelist being, it is said, an enemy of railways and conveyance by steam, a coach and pair has been.hired by him to do German). LISTZ has just brought out an oratorio at Rome, called " Christus." It is very Catholic in its tone, and is meant for a baritone in the principal part. A SEAMAN'S LETTER.—The following letter, which has been received by his worship the Mayor, is worthy of publication, from the simplicity of feeling and earnestness of purpose evinced in it :—" H.M.S. Royal Oak, River Mersey, Thursday Morning, 24th September, 1863. Honoured Sir,—With feeings of respect and gra titude permit me, on behalf of myself and my fellow shipmates, to offer our sincere and heartfelt thanks for the very kind and cordial reception your worship, the members of the corporation, and the commodore and the members of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club have afforded us, the blue jackets of the Royal Oak ; and believe me, should it please God ever to put us to the test, that the people of Liverpool, and your worship in particular, will find that - , though we possess rough exteriors, we are as capable of the feelings of gratitude as the more polished landsmen. Praying that the all-powerful hand of a good and mighty God may prosper your worship and the corpo ration in all your undertakings, and we beg of you to ex press our feelings to the people of Liverpool. Praying that the Almighty will abundantly bless your worship and your lady also, and your worship's family, if you have any, be lieve us to remain ever sincerely, your humble servants and sincere well-wishers, Tien ROYAL OAKS.' His Worship the Mayor of Liverpool."—Liverpool CURE FOR BURNS.—The long sufferings, ending but too often in death, which result from injuries caused by fire, invest every suggestion tending to remove them with peculiar interest. We therefore borrow the following from Les Alondes, a scientific review, which advocates the applica tion of electricity by means of a Volta-Faradaic apparatus. We must here premise that faradisation is an operation first proposed by Professor Faraday, in which electricity is ape plied to the human body in intermittent currents ; for in stance, in the painter's cholic, in which case the pain caused by the apparatus overpowers that crused by the disease, and ultimately removes it. The modus operandi proposed for burns is as follows :—The part cf the body which has suf fered from the effects of fire is immersed in a basin, or, if necessary, a bath of water; the negative pole of the appa ratus is put into communication with the water by means of the usual conductor, while a wire from the positive pole communicates with some point of the body out of the water, and not far distant from the part affected. The electrical current is thus carried over the latter, its force being regu lated according to the patient's strength. To ascertain whether sufficient electricity has been administered, the patient exposes the burn for an instant to the air, and if he does not feel the inflammation any more the operation may be suspended ; in the contrary case it must be resumed un til that effect is produced. So long as the part affected re mains immersed in water under the influence of electricity, the patient feels no pain. In mild cases, an hour's exposure to electricity is sufficient for a complete cure; in more serious cases it must be continued for three or four hours, but the cure is stated to be prompt and certain. When the whole body has been injured by the flames, the patient must be put into a bath with the negative pole in the direction of the foot, and the positive one placed in contact with the nape of the neck. Part of the water must be changed every quarter of an hour, to prevent the bath from getting warm. The discoverer of this method is Dr, Rebold,—.6alVnon4 ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR—This Day. To-day being Michaelmas •day the election of Lord Mayor took plac3 in the Guildhall. Shortly before 12 o'clock the Lord Mayor (Alderman Rose), the Sheriffs, and other officials left the Mansion -house and proceeded to the Guildhall, where they were received by the aldermen and officers in the Aldermen's-room, and a nosegay having been presented to each, according to ancient custom, by the usher of the court, a procession was formed from the Guildhall to St. Lawrence's Church, which was conducted by the junior marshal. At the conclusion of the service the procession left the church and returned to the Guildhall, where hustings had been previously erected at the east,. end, and on which the Lord Mayor took his station. The Common Crier then desired silence, and formally declared the Common Hall open for the election of a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The names of the aldermen below the chair, and duly qualified to fill the office, having been read, a show of hands was taken, when the names of Aldermea W. Lawrence and W. S. Hall were selected. The Lord Mayor and the other officials then proceeded to the Court of Aldermen, and after a few minutes' absence returned and declared the choice of the court had fallen upon Alderman W. Lawrence. The Common Crier then called Alderman W. Lawrence forward, and asked him if he consented to fill the office. The Lord Mayor elect advanced to the front of the hust ings, and, having been invested with the symbols of civic dignity, stated his willingness to serve the office, and his determination, by the help of the corporation and the sup port of the livery, to uphold the honour and dignity of the office, and maintain the rights and privileges of the city. A vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor and sheriffs closed the proceedings. Tho Lord Mayor elect then accompanied the Lord Mayor, attended by the sheriffs, to the Mansion-hcnse, where his lordship will this evening be entertained at dinner. The Gold Diggings of British Columbia, The British Colonist of the 12th of August gives a fa vourable account of the progress of gold mining in British Columbia, especially at Cariboo. The Colonist says :—" The steamer Caledonia arrived last night from New Westmin ster, bringing 310,000 dols. in treasure, in the hands of a few lucky Caribooites, The Burns Tunnel claim was yield ing largely. On the morning of the 29th :they washed out 20 pounds, or 240 ounces. The Cameron Company is also paying well. They have four shafts down, averaging about 100 ounces to the shaft. Tho Grizzly Company was averaging from 20 to 50 ounces a day. The Arabia Com pany was averaging from 60 to 100 ounces. On Lowhee Miller and Co., Morehead and Co., Fairbairn and Co., and the Plumbago Company were taking out good pay. On Lightning the Dutch and California companies were ave raging from 80 to 100 ounces per day. Dull times on Antler Creek. On the day before the party left a party had gone out to prospect a rich quartz lead supposed to be at the head of Red Gulch. The discoverer brought in some exceedingly rich specimens, and said he would make the spot known for 10,000 dols. Twenty miners there upon each deposited 500 dols, and despatched a party of five miners to test the matter." The following is from the Bri. fish Columbian:—The following gentlemen left Richfield on the 29th, and arrived at this city on Monday evening the 10th--Mr. J. Diller, Mr. Lorring, Mr. Hard Curry, Mr. Prindle, Mr. Achinson, Mr. Rayside, Mr. Moffat, Mr. M'Donald, Mr. Masters, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Webster, Mr. Goldsworth, Mr. Picton, mad "Uncle John," having in possession 310,000 dols in treasure. The above party left Richfield on the 29th, arriving at Lillooet in six days I Mr. Diller went up to the Cariboo country in 1860, and has re mained there ever since. He now goes to his native (Penn sylvania) with a very handsome fortune. A very rich quartz lead was struck about the 22d ult. on the head of Lowhee Creek, and a companyorganised, of which Mr. R. T. Smith, formerly magistrate at Hope, is the head. The lead was traced some 200 feet by simply removing the moss, when the gold was quite visible to the naked eye. It is thought it will yield as high as 10,000 dols to the ton. The following is an extract of a letter from Mr. Russell, manager of tho Bank of British Columbia branch at Rich field, to the manager at Victoria, Aug., 1863 :—" The news on the creek is beginning to grow exciting; they have struck it big on several of the new claims down below. Burn's Tunnel, which has been worked on faith and jaw bone (credit) for the last two years, washed up a promising looking pan of dirt off the bed rock, and had 1,400 dols. at the bottom of their pains. If this is the result of a single pan out of a little pocket in the bed rock, what may we look for when the lead is fairly struck? Baker and Co. are doing splendidly; they took but their biggest days' work this evening, 270 ounces. The claims that are paying largely now are the Grier, Point, Burns, Foster Campbell and Co., Barkers, Baldhead Grisley, Moffat, Cameron, and Never Sweat, and on Lowhee, Sage, Miller and Co. and Moorehead and Co. and a great many mere are doing well, but theabove -mentioned fellows are the tyhees (chiefs)." Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (RETJTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Firm. Sales, about 8,000 bales. Import, 11,476 ; previously, 10,974. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ..._—......L--.,--.....—..., 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862. £ 4 Belfast and N, Counties . 136 136 2,104 2,372 Belfast and Comity Down.... 49 49 641 885 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,628 2,170 Bristol and Exeter........... 1211 1311 11 1 6,893 7,346 Caledonian Cockermouth& Workington Bt si 309 299 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 351 32 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 1 61 218 259 Cork and Youghal .. 32 6 1 27 470 431 Cornwall 531 53! 1,803 1,390 Deeside l7 17 322 336 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,473 1,515 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 1,653 1,922 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 5ll 48& 2,531 2,243 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 164 8,657 8.356 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 51 2,952 2,670 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union ..... .... Great Northern 351 351 39.36') 39,450 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,690 2,086 (it. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7lf 661 572 519 rit.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 354} 329 9,037 8,689 Great Western ___ Inverness & Aberdeen June- 86& 86; 1,495 1,391 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,596 1,5e4 Lancashire & Yorkshire 395} 395 39,168 36.530 Limerick and Ennis.. Limerick and Foynes 264 26 157 227 Llanelly 461 461 613 678 London & North-Western London and Blaokwall 55 5 1,917 1,942 London & South - Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 26lt 211 23,219 2 4 ,9 20 London, Chatham, &Dover 721 723 6,043 0,136 Do. Metropolitan Extension 106 24 1,400 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheffield,& Lincolnsh Ranch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9l 9} 1,509 1,452 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,394 1,196 Metropol i tan 35 - 1,663 - Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 6141 49,277 46, 4 7 8 slidland Gt.Westn. of Lrind 2591 1921 4 , 518 4 , 501 llonkland 7l/ 716 1,703 1,390 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,738 2,626 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dan 1095 10771 57,533 51,413 North London 9 9 3,221 3,159 North Staffordshire 254 252 8,556 8,444 Oswestry and Newton. Rhymney l9l 191 997 896 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 2,163 1,981 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 132} 5,570 5.524 Somerset and Dorset al 3 01 730 468 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 29,666 29,920 Taff Vale 55 55 5,840 6,540 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 32 } 25} 2,411 2.011 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 407 387 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,569 1,578 West Corn wall - - .27} 27 4 Bl5 872 W. Har tlepool Harbr. &Rail 48 48 4,925 4,583 W'haven,Cleatorot Egrmnt 7 7 566 577 Whitchaven Junction l2 12 907 736 IV hit ehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 815 743 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam .. 52 52 1,639 1,591 Austrian B2B 828 30,048 38,382 Belgian Eastern Junction 26 26 315 322 Bombay, Baroda, & lien. India 185 132 k 1,322 9 47 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l 1611 2,333 1, 062 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185 4,116 4. 264 Dutch Rhenish lOBl Eastern of France lO7B 106 0 58,194 60, 951 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 933t 639 35,996 1 1 0, 5 19 5 3 1 1090 1090 14,73- , 538 i 437! 4,2 17 , 4,.40 2 2 Great Indian Peninsula Great Luxembourg 134 134 4,'... 7,. '' 551 377 Great Southeen of India ..„ 79 79 . 11 258 9,41 Great Western of Canada 345 3 1 . ' 21,532 20,062 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 499 435 .... .___ Northern of Canada ....„ 69 , 7 , 6 44 91 1,116 1,37 . 8 Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354 133,088 14 3,492 1340 1201 60 , 634 66,026 Paris and Orleans 77f - 506 Pernambuco 74 t - 69 Royal Danish Sambre and Meuse _n 1315 1,403 1 , 3 4 0 South Austrian ...... .. Southern of France ...... ..• • • _i_ " 7 33 ,228 31,607 Victorian . 25 --- 8,319 5,310 25 283 640 Welland 75 West Flanders ............ 75 1,126 1, 121 W. and N.W. of F rance. 758 758 65,59 a 50,021 A LUNAR RAINBOW.—At eight o'clock on Sun evening week a perfectly -formed formed lunar rainbow was visible over the town of Sligo, and continued in view for nearly an hour. Shortly before twelve o'clock it rained heavily, with a strong breeze from N.W., and during the night it blew a hurricane, which continued until six o'clock on Monday morning, after which rain Bet in, and with a Might intermission continued until Tuesday afternoon. At nine o'clock on that night another lunar rainbow was visible, forming half a circle, and storm and rain lasted through the night. 'Wednesday morning, at six o'clock, the sun shons out, and the day was fine until half -past three o'clock, when it again commenced to rain which con tinued for two hours, after which the evening was dry. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1421 per cent., and the premium on gold is 29 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United Statef. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. GERMANY. The Correspondent of Hamburg recently an-• nounced that a Sonderbund had been formed 1 , 4 Frankfort by a secret convention signed by Vile Emperor of Austria and the Kings of Bavayi a, Wartemburg,:Saxony, and Hanover, and the DU he of Nassau, giving at the same the wordin g of the supposed compact. The Dresden Journal - now denite the truth of the statement so made. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. NEWMARKET RACES.-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAFHO TRIAL STAKES. Sportsman filly Gentle Kitty . . 2 Six ran. HANDICAP OF 20 SOVS. _ _ Bertha ................................. 1 Prince Le 800 Three ran. HOPEFUL STAKES. Yamund . ................. 1 Tomfoolery .... 2 Eleven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Z e100 Atlas 2 Hare GREAT EASTERN HANDICAP. St. Alexis Queen Elizabeth Twenty-four ran. GREAT EASTERN HANDICAP.—PoIand scratched. Gemma reported scratched also. No betting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—LAST EVENING. GREAT EASTERN HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst (lemma (taken and offered) CESAREWITCH. 14 to 1 agst Anfield (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Hurricane (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lioness (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Umpire (taken) • 25 to I agst Drummer Boy (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blackdown. (offered) 40.t0 1 agst Faultless (taken) 50 to 1 agst Sandford (taken) C AMBRIDGESHIRE. 15 to 1 agst Birdhill (taken) 100 to 6 agst Catch'em Alive (taken) 100 to 6 agst Borealis (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Limosina (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Merry Hart (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Soapstone (taken) 50 to 1 agst Baldwin (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-MONDAY. For the Great Eastern Railway Handicap Poland wa s made the favourite, and the next in request was Summer_ side. The selected one of Lord Stamford's lot was Cas sidle. 25 to 1 was laid agat Gemma, but upon the receipt of the news of what they were doing in London, 10 to 1 was the highest offer against her. The little done on the Cesarewitch was almost confined to Umpire, Hurricane, and Myrtle. Any slight advance upon the quotations would have been readily taken about either of the three. Closing prices : THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY HANDICAP, 10 to 1 agst Poland (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Gemma (offered) 12 to 1 agst Summerside (offered) 16 to 1 eget Cassidia (taken) 25 to 1 agat Principal (taken) THE CESAREWITQH, 14 to 1 agat Anfield (offered) 16 to 1 agst Umpire (taken and offered) 16 to 1 agst Hurricane (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Lioness (offered) 22 to 1 agat Myrtle (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 25 to 1 agst Drummer Boy (offered) 50 to 1 agst Catch'••em-alive (offered) LATEST BETTING AT EDINBURGH.—MONDAY. LOTHIANS HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Bohemian (taken) 7to 2 agst The Knave (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Lothians King (taken freely) 6to 1 agat My Mary (offered) Bto 1 agst Bonny Bell (taken) Bto 1 agat Borealis (offered) 10 to 1 agat any other (offered) The Moors and Forests in Scotland. Our reports from the hills are gradually decreasing in numbers and importance, but the extreme wet and stormy weather of the last week sufficiently accounts for this. Grouse are not scarce ; they are, however, very wild, and difficult to find them within gunshot. The forests are well stocked, but few deer.stalkers have ventured out for some days past. Sport, however, has been obtained, as will be seen from the following notes : The following is a note of game killed on the Dalnawillau and Dorrery moors prior to the sth inst., viz. :—Grouse, 624 head ; hares, 43 ; snipe, 39 ; golden plover, 4; wild ducks, 4. On Saturday week Captain Marshall shot a white grouse on the Glencallater moors. In Perthshire, the great majority of sportsmen have abandoned grouse-shooting for the season, after a months good sport on the principal moors, and generally there has been a good stock left for breeding. On the shooting grounds where sport is still continued considerable num bers of grouse and other game are killed daily. On the Drummond Castle moors, on Wednesday, Mr. Knightlysho t 10i brace of grouse and 1 brace of blackcock. On the moors of Findocb, on Wednesday, Mr. Hall shot a number of grouse, 8 brace of partridges, and 4 hares. On the banks of the Earn and other districts, where the grain fields have been cleared, excellent sport has been enjoyed at partridge shooting. On Thursday a party of three guns bagged bh brace of partridges and 25 hares ; and on Friday one gentle man shot 13 brace of partridges and 4 hares. In Strathtay, Strathearn, Strathallan, and other districts of the county, the stock of partridges is unusually plentiful, and the birds are in fine condition. Pheasant shooting opens next week, and the prospects in many preserves are highly encourag. ing, the broods numbering from 12 to 16 birds each. Down to the 7th inst. Lord Galway and son shot 11 stag s at Langwell, in this county, in addition to capturing 14 beautiful salmon. Last week Capt. Marshall brought down. another stag in Glencallater forest. Col. R. Farquharson , of I nvercauld , on Monday week brought down two fine stag, and one on Tuesday. The latter possessed a beautiful head. Mr. H. Snowie,Chureh-street, Inverness,notwithetanding the very unfavourable weather which has been experienced, has received a number of stags' heads for preservation since our last report. J. G. Leigh, Eq., forwarded a v ery f i ne head of 10 tines—the animal weigh in g 18st . — and also a royal head, taken from a stag of 19st. The Earl of Dudley also sent one the span of which was 25 inches, length of horn 32 inches, and girth 6 inches ; the hea d bore 13 tines. A fine head of 10 tines was also received from Col. Baker, , Lochmore; two were sen t b y J. F. Basset, EN Kinlochewe, one of them a splendid royal ; a fine roe head from the Hon. F. T. Freke ; a second from Col. Fraser ; and a third from Lord March, Gordon Castle. Within the past week Mr. W. A. Mackay, Church-Bt., has received 13 capital stags' he a ds, sent for preservatio n —two of them from the Earl of Seafield ; one from the R e v, T. J. Prout, at Sir J. Stuart's Lochcarron ; one from Mr. Fitzgerald, Braemare; and two from Mr. Hu tchinson, Rticl arr och ; also, two very b eautiful roebuc ks' heads front C aw dor Castle. iel DR. theCHARLESTimesn Am erica the Tate correspon. i MACKAYs said t o have been re ca ll e d , and his place taken by M r . Aica„dent of Galleugs, an Italian Republican, who acted as Times correspondent in Italy during the war of independence. • WHAT BECOMES OF TIIE YANKEE TROPHIES OF VICTORY !—The Charleston papers are in error when they state that the original flag of Sumter had been recaptured from us. I know it to be false. The flag under which General Hiram Anderson sought was brought on to N ew York, presented to Barnum by the Government. Bar num has all the distinguished fl ags, He hos the flag cap , tured from Earl Cornwallis at Yorktown; the principal flag o f Old Napoleon, captured at W a t e rl o o ; the white flag of truce, held by the brave Osceala when he was captured — and murdered afterwards in a Charleston prison—in the Florida war. So that the Sumter flag can be seen at the Museum of P. T. Barnum any time between sa a..m. and eleven p.m., for 25c.; children half-price.—MANHATTAN I FATAL SACRIFICE.—Apropos of " outing out the poetry," so much dreaded by poetic dramatists, I may tell a story of an author, now deccasvd. He was a regular writer for the theatres, but had not yet ventured on such high flights as tragedy. One day he said to his manager, " I'm going to say something—l know you'll laugh, but I don't care. Well, I've written a tragedy, which I should like you to see." He was asked to send it ; did so; and thus the story proceeds in his own words : " Well, sir, a few days afterwards I got this note from him: My dear —, Ot all the prepostorous things I ever read, your tragedy is the most stupendous. But come and dine with me to-morrow at six.' Just like him : wounds your feelings in the tenderest point, and then tries to wipe it out with the dirty bribe of a dinner. However, I went. He told me to cut out all the poetry, and send it to Astley's. I did ; and it ran a hundred nights. So you see what a piece it must have been."—" Cornhill Magazine" for October, just published,