The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-05 00:00:00

MONEY MARK ET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market is quiet, with a steady business at previous quotations. The suspension of Messrs. J. F. Figge and Co., merchants and warehousemen, of Gutter-lane, Cheapside, was announced yesterday evening. The liabilities of the firm are stated to be between £35,000 and £40,000, bat the assets are supposed to be nearly sufficient to meet that amount. Che books have been placed it the hands of Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co. A further sum of £24,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon., Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 32c. Firm. A rise of per cent. has been recorded this morn ing in the English Funds. This improvement has been due to the receipt of better prices from Paris, and the encouraging accounts from the agricultural districts relative to the prospects of the harvest. Consols are now quoted 92i 93 for money, and 931 for the September account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 92; 938 ; India 5 per Cent. Lean continues firm at 1081 1 ; and the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, at 1071 ; the Bonds are 16s. prem.; and Exchequer Bills are ls. dis. to 2s. prem. A general improvement has taken place in Foreign Stocks, but business is quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 67 1 ; do. Consolides, 48/ w ; Greek, 32 ; do. Coupons, 151 ; Mexican, 361 ; Spanish Passive, 31; 328 ; do. Certificates, 121 8 ; and the Confederate Loan has been 31 to 32 dis., but is now 28 to 26 dis., or only 3 per cent. below yesterday afternoon. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, and prices in some instances have been rather flatter. North Eastern (Berwick) have receded ss. ; London and Brighton, 10s., and Caledonian 15s London and South Western, however, have im. proved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial Lines remain without any material change in values. Bank Shares are in one or two instances rather firmer. Alliance of London and Liverpool have improved to 341 ; Imperial Ottoman Bank are 17 t ; and Oriental Bank 571 4. In the Miscellaneous Market Crystal Palace Stock is quoted 401, ; Hudson's Bay Company shares, 3 ; London Financial, 118 I; and Egyptian Trading Company, 2.1 8; Illinois Central shares, fully paid, have improved to 63, and those with 90 dollars paid to 19 16 dis. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92/ 3 21 3 21 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock 2251 Ditto 5 pet Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds .61.000 l9 Ditto under £l.000 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Aug. 6 93 21 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — March, June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2} & per Cent 1 die 2pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small 1 dis 2pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 1839 and 1859 Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chi lima 6 per Cent ... Ditto 3 per Cent. iquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. 151 Egyptian 7 per Cent lO3l Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 321 1/ 21 Ditto Coupons Ditto Account l5l Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per C en t New Granada .. 145 Ditto 2 per Cent: Ditto Deferred Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account . . 861 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. Ditto Account ........ —........— Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ........ 94 Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 .......... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 891 1 Sardinian 5 p er C en t .. ....... 1 • Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto A ni.ount Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account Ditto Passive. Ditto Account 3ll Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account 9; Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account .. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account 565 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account.... Consols, THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto Mone y Account .. Ditto September 931 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) The market quiet, but dull, and no change in prices. Sales about 5,000 bales. Import, 18,048 bales. SCRAPS FROM PUN. The Wimbledon Contests.—Friendly Riflery I Ring Mob upon his throne (with a prostrate Nigger for his footstool, the said Nigger covered over with the blood and-mud-draggled banner of the stars and stripes I) Mob—" Now, Abe, do you like me ? Sooner or later you'll have to bow, or you'll find me an ugly customer." MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of old English wheat on sale hands verY moderate. Good and fine samples changed slowly. at Monday's currency, but inferior parcels were neglected. There were a few samples of new produce on offer, in which t ransactions were effected at from 60a to 66s per quarter. There was a good show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands. currency was bAll rely descriptions met a sl o w sa l e , an d Monday's Floating carg oes of su pported. a stationary prices, grain were in slow request, at about New rye was quoted at 36a to 378 per quarter. ruled i The nactive, on form supply of barley was very moderate, yet the demand former ln malt a fair avers terms. ge busine ss was transacted at late rates. of which was tolerably large—sold osts—the supply heavily, on rather easier terms. B eaus moved off slowly at previous quotations. Peas ruled inactive at late rates, No Change took place in the value eithe r of Eng lish or foreign flour, but the inquiry was far fr ona extensive. ARRIVALS THIS WEEIL, Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. p ion 20 , 450 • 60 ' . 10 ' English.— •• 3 ' o - I Gio I 2 Irish. Foreign 10,78 0 680 ' 17 ' 720 I 15 ,010 brls BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a quiet trade for Lo ps; neverth eless, prices are steadily supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is by no means extensive, yet the trade rules inactive, as follows: — Beef, 23 6d to 43 04 ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d; lamb, 49 6d to 53 4d ; veal, 35 4d to 45 4d ; and pork, 38 4d to 45 44 per 81bs by the carease. Th, _e Bavarian Unlimber et Deputies, at its lass sitting, unanimously adopted, notwithstanding the °PPosition of th e Mi n i s t er o f Fi na nce, a proposition m ade by MM. de Lerchenfeld and Barth in favour of henceforth voting the budgets for a shorter period than six years, as at Present practised. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuI-*S• Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andlllid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A ~.ras nu di , till6p e.p Do, B been paid to B. Dublin It Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. lerlasg. and S. Western., !Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 84 8} 8i 85 87 1201 .120i1 R 6 1202 20 Ditto A stock j_ . Ditto East Anglian et GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an 1 W. of Irelanu Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool: Lancashliv & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Noel! Western Lon. & Sty.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New . . Do Binning. & Derby Mid. (It. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line IN orth British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee I Nth. Eastern—Berwia I Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle I Paid. Closing Business Price. clone. 521 1 1221 2 1 } 654 2 113 k 11:1 1011 106} 44 111 {. 1274 { i 101 f I i 66 7 North London . Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpooi Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6taines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterfbrd & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH P itailways xtlantie & St Lawreno tiorn.,Baroda&Cent Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New ....... Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo and Labe Huron Do. Preference .... dud alo,BrantAGodrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1871: Do. do. July 1, 187:=, Do. do. Juno I, 1,••-i Gloutta.&S.Eastn.(l, Cape Town ,t Dock Scrii Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. e.! Do. do. a Ext:... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pre?. Bonds.. Do. 00. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do defer , ' ed...... Do. 3d P ef. stock ... Do. do. dPferred...... Do. 4th Pref. 5t0..k.... Do. do. deferred...... I lGt.lndiaPentu.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. Do. Januiry, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. C. Extensiou Dc. 44 d 0........ DO. Fifth Extension. Nlelb.Corp. e, p. o. Butt , Nielb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. 6lortg. Bds. Newßrunswick& Cand, Class A an t B .. N. Itl.C'da 6 pa Ist pt belt , Soinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. •• .. ! ' Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 40 41 15 16 91 95 111 113 52 53 50 52 25 26 122 V 4 121 123 135 140 100 IC2 - 65} 114 1131 766 774 113 115 1 42 43 101 101} , 1051 104 44 45 111 111 128 ,28i 111 rid 97 9 9 54 (5i 26 28 1011 104 594 604 891 goi 118 120 lf 11 pl E 2 83 11f 12i 122 124 46} 17i 99 101 N 52 80 12 92 t 2& 71 ;3 100 102 7f 8 88 39 94 10f u 7 6 86 p 155 160 5f 5f 3 34 p 79 81 156 16u 27 29 454 (64 59 41 104 106 , SSESSION C; losing Price. 62 64 107 IGB 1 lk p 1 p 5i 61 71 81 1064 107 A 1(74 1081 1084 1094 107 I'B li lip 1i lip 194 204 70 72 52 55 64 66 50 62 43 46 34 37 23 28 21 23 108 109 1 lild 1 lipi 1064 107,' 1 91 9 f 97 100 90 02 I 1 p IC(ii 107 101 102 r 7 99 54 58 3 5 84 86 :07 108 106& 107 i IP tOtio 107 1024 1634 1' SET U ItITIEzN. 104 105 106 108 108 108 95} 965 94 96 108 110 112 114 113 115 111 tl3 113 115 106 107 110 112 1051 1061 100 101 101 102 101 102 110 112 [CSI 106 i L',o 112 110 112 iO7 109 112 11271 COLONIAL GOVEK p.c.J &J ut3 - 1877-St Do. 8 p. c. Feb. .l Au L I Do. dp. c.Mar. & Sept Do. E p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock cape G.Hope, 6p Do.Ap & Oct. 188( - i Do. 189( Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, Nov.lr7B, 6 p Maui itius 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.8.G0v.6 a.&Jul) - j Do. p. c.Ap. & Oct. IN. S.W. G ov. 5p 1,18 Do. 5 p. c.,lBri to 1:1( Do. d0.,1888 &upwcli , New Zealand 6 p cent 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. sterling', 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6p. G6p.c.1873.& up - IVlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 5 p.c. An.&Oct.. BRITISH NIINt,S. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 ,i 9 d vhilord Amalgamated Devon G. Con..,"r avist ) East Bassett (Illogan) 30 773 8 0 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 51. 4d par East Car a d on ....... •!..14.r 304 314 East Cam Brea. 3.1.0 8 83 —E. WU - tassel (Tavistk., 8.6.6 4 41 Gam.d&St.AuDyn(Gwen.; .8 7 10 Great South Tolgus l7e 4 44 tx. Wheal Vor (Heiston, 40 6/ 7/ Grenville ri.l6 6 64 llerod's- Foot 4l 13 riingston Downs..., 4. 8.0 14 2 Lady Bertha Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim V: 1/ 2 d New Setun l9l 100 110 North Downs 24 2 24 C.Wh '1 Basset 2.17.( 34 31 qorth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (R. Blazey 11 4 S 20 orovidence(Uny Lelnt., 10.0.7 10 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer; 11 415 425 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 1/ 25 S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1- , .9 724 %74 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Mill l4 4 fin Croft 9 214 221 West Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W C. radon (Liskeard 5 22 24 West Satan Wheal Basset (Illogan 54 824 674 Wheal Buller (Redrutl)) 5 45 50 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (Men , 8 11 13 Wheal Seton 583 215 225 Wheal Treiawney (Lis., 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 33 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 94/ Great Eastern, E. Anglian A stock, 5 per cent., 109 (~reat Western, 4i per cent. red., 1006 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 4, 113] London and Brighton aper cent. gua. stock, 137 London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., hi M:dland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct., 90 North Staffordshire, zzif West Midland gua. Shares 51 per cent. 1863, 5i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 108 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 8 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 99 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A ntwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Bahia and San Francisco (tim.) gua. 7 per cent., 20} Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., leg San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 9 Ditto (a.l), 24 2 Turin and Savona, 2i FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor. h Del Rey, 1 Yudananautana of S. Australia (lim.), JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11m.), 344 1 Australasia, Ditto, new, 314 Bank of London, 1334 City, 105/ 7 Colonial, 38/ 4 Imperial Ottoman, 1711 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28 London and Northern (lim.), 84 / National Provincial of England. -- Ditto, new, 26 Oriental Bank Corporation, 57 / Provincial of Ireland, 90 South Australia, 39 4 Standard of British South Africa (11m.),171 1 Union of London, 351 DOCKS. London, 61 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 401 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 21 I Electric Telegraph, 105.} Gen. cr( dit and r inance of London, Um., 3 Hudson's Bay, 3 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 870 issued 90, 72 2 London Financial Association, lira., 1 1/ Madras Irrigation and Canal, 4 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 78k Quebrada Land, Rail, ana Mining, lira., 21 EXTRAORDINARY WAGER.—An Austrian cavalry officer, whos e name i s no t g i ven in the papers, has l a id an eatraordin ary bet with two of his comrades. In the course of Septemb er he engages to ride to Par i s, s t art i ng from Preaburg, and perform the entire distance of 1,000 miles within 21 da l B. lie is to use one horse only for thejourney, making about 50 mile s a d ay ; h e i s t o t e nd, feed, and groom his nag hi mse l f. Free to choose his route, ho will be ac companied by hi s opponents, who are also at liberty to go by horse orrail as th e y lik e. stakes, 5,000 to 10.— nnna Lotter Paid. all 1 0 (. 8 7i 1411 1.00 100 100 100 100 100 Business done 621 1071 1071 8.1 1081 1071 all 100 (1U ' 100 2 all i lui 10i MEN 1121 t e' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane,) IN RE WESTBROOK, This bankrupt, who was a solicitor in the Strand, and at present confined in Whitecross-street Prison, now applied for his release from custody. He was opposed on the ground of misappropriation of moneys, and also on the ground that he was in custody for disobeying, under an order of the Lord Chancellor, for payment of costs. Mr. Hughes, of the firm of Hughes, Kearney, and Mas- Lerman, appeared for the opposing creditor, the Rev. Mr, Martin, and put in an order in a cause, "Martin v. West brook," cancelling a portion of an agreement as being ob tained by misrepresentation. Mr. Griffin denied that any fraud was imputed by the Lord Chancellor, and quoted the case from the Law Times. Mr. Hughes said he had a certified copy of the order of the Court, which he read and pat in as evidence, and sub mitted that the bankrupt was not entitled to be released from custody. Mr. Griffiths again urged that it was not a fraud, there fore the bankrupt was entitled to his release. His Honour ultimately said he would look over the papers, and, as the bankrupt was in custody, give his deci sion at an early day. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE FENN. This bankrupt was an innkeeper at Norwich, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr. Brough appeared for the assignees, and did not op pose. The bankrupt had been in business many years, and now failed for 13,000, and assets to about half that amount. B is Honour granted the discharge. THE ANGLO-FRENCH AGRICULTURAL TRADING COMPANY. A meeting was held for a call in the case of this com pany, and it wa6 fixed at £2 per share. IN RE HOLMES. A dividend meeting was held in the case of this bank rupt, a shipowner, in Swan-alley, City, and a dividend of ls. in the pound was ordered. A previous dividend was declared of 3s. 6d. in the pound. The debts were above £2,300. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.--This Day. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) A respectably dressed person named Hicks surrendered to his bail on a charge of assaulting the police and creating a disturbance in Cremorne Gardens. From the evidence of the p;ilice.constable it appeared that on the occasion of the Licensed Victuallers' fete on the Ist of July the defendant and a friend were present at Cremorne Gardens, and about half-past 12 o'clock a dis turbance occurred, when the police interfered. There were some other persons engaged in the quarrel, and by direction of Inpector Drake two constables, named Ayres and Manley, were sent to restore order, if possible. The two constables alleged that the defendant refused all persuasion, and to prevent further annoy ance steps were taken to eject him and his friend from the gardens. In effecting this they said they received many violent kicks about their legs and shins from the defendant, and the result of the disturbance was that the prisoner was charged with assault, and the magistrate sent the case to be disposed of at the session. For the defence it was contended that the police had alto gether acted under a mistake in taking Mr. Hicks into cus tody, as instead of being the aggressor, he was in fact trying to procure the ejectment or another who had been making himself objectionable to some of the visitors of the gardens. The police constables having given their evidence. The Assistant Judge said he did not think any very violent assault had been proved. Mr. Sleigh, counsel for the defendant, said, although that was so, it was of the utmost importance to defendant that he should take steps to remove the stigma of having been in the custody of the police without the slightest reason. His client was a respectable licensed victualler, and if the evidence of the police was true, then most certainly an assault had been committed ; but he contended that they had taken the wrong man into custody. It was of the utmost importance to the defendant that the evidence of the police shouli be thoroughly sifted, because from the beginning the utmost prejudice had been imported into the case. Ho felt that the witnesses he should call would prove to the satis faction of the jury that the police had altogether been mis taken in taking Mr. Hicks into custody. Mr. Cannon, an auctioneer, carrying on business in Bloomsbury, said he was at Cremorne Gardens on the Ist of July, and about half-past 12 he invited a number of his friends to the refreshment bar, when a little man, in con sequence of his reaching over his shoulder to get a glass off the bar, felt himself offended. He challenged witness to fight, but he refused, and a disturbance was the result, The next he saw was the defendant in the custody of the police. He remonstrated with the constable, and told them they had made a mistake, and that they ought to have taken the little man. The police did not treat Mr. Hicks very tenderly. In answer to a question from the Assistannt-Judge, the witness said he was ordered to leave the gardens, but he did not consider he was ejected from them. George Webb said he was in the gardens and saw the disturbance. He did not think the defendant was the ag gressor. In cr3ss-examination the witness said ho did not know the defendant personally, but he had been pointed out to him as a fighting man in Jim Mace's circus. George Parkes also said he was at Cremorne-gardens on the evening in question. He thought, as far as he could form an opinion, that the police were to blame. The jury found the prisoner guilty of assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. The Assistant-Judge said he never saw a case more clearly prov.d, and he could not but think that it had been aggravated in consequence of there being a determination in some cptarters to offer every opposition to the police, and by the bad advice the prisoner had chosen to adopt. He should not, under the circumstances, send him to prison, but he should inflict on hips a fine of £2O, and also call upon him to find two respectable sureties to keep the peace for 12 months. The fine having been paid, and bail accepted, the de fendant was discharged. John Price, who was yesterday found guilty of stealing a pair of diamond earrings, value £lOO., the property of Harry Emmanuel, of Hanover-square, was to , day sentenced to four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL AND UNPROVOKED ASSAULT.—Mary Ann Baker, a woman of the lowest class, was brought be fore Mr. Arnold, charged with assulting Ann Courts, an elderly respectable •looking woman. Complainant had evidently received so severe a blow that her whole face was contused and swollen. She stated that at 12 o'clock yesterday she was proceeding through York street, Westminster, in company with a friend, when the defendant suddenly struck her a violent blow on the nose, from the effects of which her face now presented its present appearance. Mr. Arnold—Do you know anything of the defendant? Complainant—Not the least, she is a perfect stranger to me. Mr. Arnold—Had you given her any provocation ? Complainant—None whatever. I never spoke to her nor did anything to her. She suddenly came up and struck me before I was aware of her intention, and without any cause. A respectable young woman, who was passing at the time the outrage was committed, and who described herself as a stranger to both parties, said that the attack was per fectly unprovoked in any way by the complainant, who was quietly pursuing her way when it happened- Mr. Arnold (to defendant)—What have you to say ? Defendant—l am vet y sorry. I was drunk, as the police man knows. Mr. Arnold—lf you please to get drunk it is no reason why unoffending persons should suffer for your want of reason. This is a most wanton and unjustifiable act. The complainant is walking peaceably through the streets, when you suddenly attack her, without anything which can bear the colour of an excuse. This sort of thing cannot be per mitted, and the sentence upon you is that you be committed for one month to hard labour in the House of Correction. THAMES. SCANDALOUS OUTRAGE ANP ROBBERY IN 1 BEER SHOP.—George Hoppen, a young man, and described as a shoemaker, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with ipa l o t euh i a n sra g et daaannnt and disorderly a eta robbing tph am prose kr o a es German named Gottlieb Kaler being concerned w i t h . two others, named Mills and Banks, i b a n r n a l a c to s e t s a r o a , pi u . maker. It ewecnrtyienttaol Palace, in the Rhodeswell-road, near the Commercial Gas Works, for the purpose of selling hats and caps. le was beset and injured by a number of blackguards, and among others by Banks, the potman, and the son of the landlord. Banks held the unfortunate stranger while Hop pen and Mills picked his pockets. His hats were also taken away, and he was beaten and turned out of the house. Banks and Alills,escaped at the rear of the premi ses , got over several walls and kept out of the way for some time. They were arrested on Monday night by Police Sergeant Poole and Lambert, 311 K, and when brought before Mr. Partridge yesterday it appeared the felony had been compromised, and that the German had been re-paid the money stolen from him. The magistrate very properly denounced this system of compounding a felony and said be would not allow such a gross outrage and rob bery to remain without investigation. He remanded the prisoners, and directed that Hoppin, who is a bricktuaker, should be sought after. Hoppin was now brought up, and it was clearly proved by Lambert, Alex. Crow, and another witness that he assisted in beating and robbing the German in the Crystal Palace, and turned him out of the house. Mr. Partridge said the other prisoners were remanded until next Tuesday, and he should remand the prisoners until the same day. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Governor of Malta and from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. An Old Tory's Tribute to an Old Liberal. We have all the more pleasure in transferring to our columns, from those of the staunch old Tory John Bull, the following generous tribute to the memory of the late liberal-minded Marquess of Nor manby, seeing that this kindly estimate of the noble marquess's character Lo entirely coincides with our own, as expressed by us in our leading columns immediately upon the first announcement of his decease : Constantine, Marquess of Normanby, who has passed away from life at the comparatively early age of 66, was nevertheless enabled, by t h e c h ances of here di tary pos i t i on, to occupy a place in men's eyes during the period which we have named, and to bear his part in the great histo rical changes which were crowded within• it. Viscount Normanby showed no hesitation in choosing the line of policy which his own temper and judgment pre scribed to him, and he made his maiden speech in favour of Catholic Emancipation, continuing after the passing of that measure to take an active part in promoting that enlarge ment of the representative system against which the Duke of Wellington had so rashly committed himself, as a thing necessarily revolutionary, in whatever shape it might come. The politics of the young Viscount not being agreeable to the views of his father, led to his retirement from public life for a time. But in consequence of the accession of the Whig Ministry to power, he found himself connected with official duties, commencing his career as Governor of Jamaica. Hi a lministration is well remembered in that colony ; and it will be recollected that only a few wee ks ago the Legislative As. sembly passed a formal resolut ion expressive of their gratitude for the efforts which he had made—true in his attachment to his old sphere of work—to secure for the colony a measure of justice at the hands of Parliament. From this period, till the. downfall- of the Whigs in 1841, he filled various offices with honour to himself and advantage to the country. We are told by one of those • sciolists who undertake at a moment's notice to sit in judgment on eminent men for the daily press, that he owed all his official successes to his "good manners." It is perfectly true, as the same autho rity states, that "he was a man to like; it was pleasant to be in his company." But a writer must be very ignorant of the' true character of our political system if hik , s4pposes that the mere grace of demeanour and geniality of spirit (which Lord Normality undoubtedly possessed in a high degree) can avail by themselves to raise a man to high office and keep him before the public eye. And we find from the authority of one who ca n s p eak with knowledge on the subject, that Lord Norm anb y " wa s a hard work ing man in office ; many of those who acted with him and under him, in his various official capacities, men of talent and distinction, would s tate that th e social qua l i ti e s served only to sweeten the toi ls of offic e , but never inter fered with his public duties; the y would bear witness t o the clearness of his intellect, a nd the facility w ith w hi c h h e executed business." No doubt the charm of Lord Normanby's "manners" had its sway in helping forward the congenial policy which distinguished his name at the most important period of his political life, and that by which he will be bast remembered. We refer to his tenure of the post of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland from 1834 to 1839: and it may be added that, as the easy bonhommie of Lord Melbourne was an important ele ment in the judicious policy with which that statesman guided us over that critical period of our history which attended the outcome of new social forces that might easily have burst into revolution in other hands—so Lord Normanby's seettratquadi ties became a great political fact in the diffienitprooescot reconciling the newly developed national life vtATifiatad to have e made with tha t temperate and very little impression the English connection. It was som ething of ti ebart aonal fascination which induced O'C onne ll to say that thteVice roy was " the best Englishm an that Ir e l and had ever seen." if fut they t had hesequ n a o l t ities been would conjoined dig nified policy of conciliation which he was the first to intro duce in Ireland, and which has since, we may hope, become a settled and necessary feature in Irish administration. The same qualities of a light heart and generous disposi tion were conspicuous in the serene indifference with which ho looked down on the coarse abuse so plentifully heaped upon him in consequence of the part which he took on the Italian question. As our Minister at Florence during some years, Lord Normanby had ample opportunities of acquaint ing himself with the real merits of that hypocritical and fraudulent conspiracy. wh i c h has resulted in bringing about the Piedmontese domination now existing in Italy. His love for the country and the people among whom he had sojourned so long was much too strong to perbait of his remaining silent while they were trodden down beneath the mean and cruel tyranny administered from Turin. He was not the man to shrink from the championship of an unpo pular cause ; and, in defiance of all the obloquy and vitu peration of which the Liberal press is so emphatically liberal, he continued to utter his unpalatable truths in the reluctant ear of the E ng li s h Ministry and Parliament. It has actually been made a reproach to him that he broke through his old party connections in the advocacy of these convictions, and it has been gravely urged, in aggravation of the offence, that he even did this after he had been re called from his post in a peremptory manner by Lord Malmesbury. We do not believe that there is the slightest ground for insinuating that the recall in question implied anything like a personal affront; but, whether it did or no, Lord Normanby had far too high a soul to be guided in his political course by such considerations. In this respect he was strikingly distinguished from his colleague of long standing,Lord Palmerston. Much of that statesman's foreign policy has been dictated to his mind by some personal quarrel or other ; thus his persevering hostility to Prussia has entirely grown, we believe, out of a private grudge against Chevalier Bunsen. This difference between the two statesmen was w e ll discerned in their conduct subsequent to the Spanish mar riages. Both were taken in on that occasion. Lord Palmer ston's bitter resentment was no doubt the motive , of his eager adhesion to the coup d'etat, which so nearly upset his p , sition in the Whig party. Lord Normanby, on the other hand, in the narrative which he published of the events of 1848, exerted himself to do justice to the merits of Louis Philippe's Government, and was perhaps the only influ ential vindicator of the down-fallen dynasty at that time. The book to which we have referred, though somewhat hastily composed, will long be read as the most trustworthy account, which we yet Possess of the Paris Revolution of 1848. It is not, as is well known, Lord Normanby's only contribution to English literature. He, like Disraeli and Bulwer Lytton, first endeavoured to impress his thought's and views on the age through the means of works of ima gination, and his novels are still read with pleasure, though constructed after too ephemeral a model to keep a perman ent place in public attention. But he never fagot that he bad enrolled himself as a citizen of the commonwealth of letters, and his warm sympathies were always ready in behalf of English literature. THE CHANNEL FLEET. There was an immense influx of visitors to the fleet on Monday. From Leith, Granton Kirkcaldy, Burntisland, and from all parts of the surrounding country, people flocked in thousands to inspect the great iron-clad vessels. Leith exhibited the same scene of bustle and activity which it has done since the war vessels anchored in the Firth. Steamboats, small and large, decked out in all the colours that imagination can fancy, occupied berths along the piers, and crowded all the available jetties that could be spared for their accommodation. Crowds of people, such as have seldom before been witnessed in Leith, swarmed on the quays, battled with exorbitant masters of steam tugs about sailing regulations and fares, and fought their way by main force on to the decks of the boats that were to convey them to the fleet. One striking peculiarity of the crowds that thronged Leith from early morning to evening was the large number. of country people that were to be seen, most of them dressed in holiday attire. These came from all parts of the country, evidently bent on enjoying th , mselves to the best of their ability, and all displaying great curiosity to explore the various wonders of the huge vessels about which they bad heard so mach. Passengers had the utmost difficulty in getting on board the vessels of the squadron in consequence of the vast numbers of people that battled for precedence in being taken off the piers ; but the inconvenience experienced in being put aboard the fleet was nothing compared with; the delays and annoyances which were to be endured in being taken off again. The greater portion of the immense con - course of people that went to the fleet insisted Upon. being put on board the Black Prince or the Warrior, and the con sequence of this, as might readily be expected, was to crowd these ships to such a degree that it was almost im possible to get alongside. For several hours the crush on these vessels was tremendous. Five and six steamers were to be seen at one time moored in rows around the ships waiting their turns to discharge their living freights, and the scenes at the gangways, which resulted from this, were both amusing and exciting. People were hurried on board as fast as the conductors of steam boats could urge them up the ladders, and yet, in spite of all this dispatch, the occu- E ants of many of the steamers were kept waiting for hours ere they could get on the decks of the iron-clads; and many of the captains of the steamers gave up thy task of attempt ing to get on board in despair. In the afternoon the Duchess of Roxbutghe, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Lawson, and a select party of ladies and gentleinen paid a visit to the flag ship Edgar, at the invi tation of the admiral. After lunching with the admiral the party were conducted through the vessel by the officers, and spent some time inspecting the many interesting objects on board. The ship's band was stationed on the ,quarter deck during the afternoon,and discoursed some popular airs. In the afternoon William Lindsay, Esci,,, Provost Of Leith, entertained Admiral Decree and a largmOnber of the officers of the fleet to dinner at his residence,,,,, qini• -----..-- The dinner was served in mil elegant marquee, which was erected for the occasion, and the' band of the Leith Riflo Volunteers was in attendance, and played a variety of popular music during dinner. I l i addition to the officers of the fleet there were present the 0 onsuls of the port, the members of the Leith town council, .and a number of volunteer officers. THE LEITH BALL.—On Monday night the i n habitants of Leith gave a gran d b a ll in honour of th e offices " of the fleet, in the Corn Exchange, which was tastefully de c orat with banners and evergreens for the occasion. There sva , he ed a large and fashionable attendance, comprising mallY °f '' elite of the neighbourhood. STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Aug. 4.—This morning there was rather more inquiry for yarns, and in some instances it resulted in business, chiefly for India, at the prices current this day week. For other markets the business has been small. On the whole there has been a fair inquiry, which it is thought may result in still more business in a few days. In the cloth market there has also been a rather better feeling. The recent American news appears to have suggested the impression that we are not going to see the end of the war for some time to come, and that we shall consequently not have American cotton. There has been more inquiry for cloth under these circumstances, and in some instances it has led to buying. The India letters are only just to hand, and have not had time to take effect, but they are considered favourable, and suggest a probability of more business for that quarter, inasmuch as they report some little in quiry for Manchester goods in the country, where these goods were beginning to go into consumption. Buyers for the home trade have also been making inquiries, which have led to business. The stocks of finished goods in the home-trade houses are rather bare, and it it ay be expected that they will be looking out for favourable opportunities to replenish them. Sellers nominally quote the same prices, but practically the market for the latter de scription of goods is a shade higher. What purchases have been made in India goods have run chiefly on 61b. and 71b. shirtings and other light fabrics. The Liverpool cotton market has been very quiet since last Thursday, probably owing in some measure to the arrivals of Surat cotton, the deliveries of which had been 25,000 bales up to yesterday, making with other descriptions a total of 27,600, against sales in the same period of 14,000, of which 5,000 had been for speculation and export. Prices are generally rather higher for cloths than they were a month ago, 66-reed 27- inch printers, and 52, 56, and 60-reed 39-inch shirtings being quoted 3d. per piece dearer, and 56-reed 26-inch printers, and 66 and 72-reed 26-inch shirtings being 6d. per piece higher. It is probably the quieter and steadier tone of this and the Liverpool markets during the last few days that hes brought the buyers of cloths and yarns a little more freely forward. The deliveries of goods upon preexisting contracts continues rather considerable, and the stocks in first hands are reported to be rather bare. A good deal of inquiry is being made for first rate qualities of T-cloths from American cotton, the makers of which some time since stopped their mills, and which are now out of stock, or very difficult to be met with. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market : _ _ . "The market continued very quiet to the end of the week, but the quotations of Tuesday last were firmly adhered to. Yesterday and to-day there has been rather more disposition on the part of buyers to operate, especially in the lighter kinds of goods, and a fair amount of business has been done in them without any change in prices." CARDIFF, Aug. 3.—There is an average business doing in the steam coal trade, and the collieries are upon the who'e moderately well employed. A considerable number of vessels have arrived during the last seven or eight days, and freights are lower. Inci eased activity is expected to be the result in the coal trade. The ironmasters are fairly off for orders, and the advanced quotations are fully maintained • Many of the works are suffering from want of water. The average quotations are as follows .—Rails, f. o. b., £5 155.; merchant bars, £5 15s. to £5 17s. 6d. The recent improve ment in the tin trade is with difficulty maintained. LEEDS, 4th.—The attendance of buyers in the cloth halls has been rather limited to-day, nor, indeed, was there a full attendance of manufacturers. The opening of the new Town-hall at Halifax by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the festivities consequent thereon, have thinned the market here of many persons. All things considered, a fair amount of business was done in plain and fancy wit neys, meltons, tweeds, and other seasonable fabrics, and a few good parcels of " whites," heavy and medium qualities, also changed hands. Not much was done in ordinary black cloths, but a few unions found purchasers. The market was steady as to prices. Those of wool keep firm. NOTTINGHAM, 4th.—The business done in lace yarns was only on a moderate scale at this exchange hall to-day, and prices were about the same as on Friday. There was a quiet feeling in the demand for hosiery yarns, at Lull prices. Silks without change. In brown nets there was no material alteration. The Murder and Attempted Suicide in Marylebone. Last evening Dr. Lankester, Coroner for Central Middle sex, held an inquest at the Buffalo's Head Tavern, Maryle bone-road, on the body of Sarah Emily Adeline Mitchell aged 14 months, the illegitimate daughter of Sarah Emily Mitchell, alias Chappel. Some facts connected with the murder of the child and attempted suicide of the mother were published in The Sun of yesterday. Mr. Sleigh (barrister), instructed by Mr. Chappell, of 14, Chesteu-terrace, appeared for the unfortunate woman. The following is the evidence offered : Eliza Mitchell, of Marylebone- road, said ,—I am the sister of Sarah Mitchell, and aunt to the deceased. My sister has never been married, but has gone by the name of Chappel ever since the 11th of October, 1862, at which time we came from Liverpool, when we resided at No. 11, Seymour-street. My sister had no occapation, and I can assign no other reason for her assuming the name of Chappel than that Mr. Chappel, the father of the child, visited her. The deceased was born in London, after which the mother returned to Liverpool. When she came back to London she took charge of her child. Latterly my sister has been in very indiffer ent health, and for a long time has been under the care of Mr. Cathrow, her medical attendant. Last Friday I took the child out for an airing in the park. and returned at twelve o'clock, when, after giving the child its dinner, I Put it to bed ; after which I went to Covent-garden-market to buy a peach. I returned at five minutes to four in the afternoon, when I found the door of my sister's room locked. I sent the landlady up stairs to see if the child was in its cot, and receiving an answer in the negative, I immediately went to Mr. Catbrow's, and in a short time I returned with that gentleman. Mr. Cathrow did not succeed in obtaining admittance until he procured a poker, with which he broke in a panel of the door. On d o ing that he put his head through the aperture, and said, " Oh, what a sight I" Withdrawing himself, he put me through the opening, when I found my sister lying on the floor as though she were dead, and on the bed was the baby covered over with a pillow. I then opened the door and admitted Mr. Cathrow, and at the same time I drew his attention to the fact that the baby moved. My sister did not say anything. I had never heard her say that she would destroy herself. In answer to a juryman—She has been in very low spirits. She was not subject to fits. I had no suspicion that she would do harm to the child. Mr. Wm. Cathrow, M.R.C.S., of 42, Weymouth-street, Portland-place, said—The mother of the child was highly nervous, obstinate in the extreme, and jealous. She told me that she could not survive unless she got on friendly terms again with Mr. Chappel, and that she should be driven to do something to herself. For the last three or four days she had been so much excited that I thought it desirable to call in another medical man, and on the very morning when the deed was committed I and my friend saw her. Mr. Byam, of Welbeck-street, accompanied me, and we left with the impression that she would not do an y harm to herself. When I went into the room she was lying on the sofa reading tbe Bible. I told her she was going the very best way to keep Mr. Chappel from her on account of the annoyance she had given him ; that if she would only leave off these annoy ances I had reason to believe he would settle a very hand acme sum upun her. She smiled several times, and said she would think of what I had said. The witness corroborated her sister's evidence, and continued—l first went to the child after entering the room, thinking the woman was dead. took the child up and gave it to the servant. Turning to the right I saw the mother lying on the floor. I touched her, and she said "Oh I" I examined her, and found a jagged wound 4S inches in length on the left side of the neck, and the jugular vein divided. She had bled profusely. She had no pulse, and was blanched and pale. The child was covered with blood. I had her stripped. I found a small clean cut wound about half an inch below the left nipple. I put a piece of plaster on it ; there was no hemorrhage afterwards. The child very soon became sick, and continued to vomit until its death, about 12.30 p.m. on Sunday. After the death of the child I communicated with the police, who took posses sion of the body. I made a post mortem examination. After describing the condition of the body, the witness said that death was caused by vomiting and exhaustion, caused by the wound. The vomiting had been caused Ly the con striction of the stomach. By Mr. Sleigh—She was supplied with every comfort by Mr. Chappel. He was prepared and offered to make a liberal settlement upon her, to sever the immoral connexion which had existed between them. By a Juryman—l had no reason to believe that, in conse quence of any supposed neglect, she would destroy herself. John Suns, inspector of police D division, said—ln con sequence of a letter I received from Mr. Cathrow, I, in com pany with Police-constable Isaacson, 264 D, went to 108, Marylebone•road, on Sunday last, about a quarter to 2 o'clock. I found in the front room, first floor, a child lying sna.,7books lying dead in a cot. In the back room a woman was in bed. The curtains of the bed on the near side and the head of thoeune_. were covered with blood, as if it had spurted from a , w w. , _cl i. Behind the shutter the constable found a dagg: It n:ams had blood on it. There was no maker' sheathed. On a chest of - drawers w:retws i lecture on open, with passages underlined• courtship and matrimony, ; with duplicates, one Irving marked. I found twc . ) r egernaturely, and the other of Frederick Chappel, who die he r llth of June, 1862. Both with a iatae?rensag e from o m Washington of decease], who was born on ~ Frederic Chappel, mer • • bank book, Liverpool, with &icings chant." I also found a to will, in which, after the were registered by the father, £6O credited, and a codicila £2so_ eary was to be given to Sarah Mitchell, daughterarof deceased, Joseph Mitchell, accountant, Liver and £lOO to the child with pool death ; oxfltohoeper testator, c returned Peisoll." a verdict I found £3 ss. 6d. in money, a bundle March, 18 which the accuseyd6rts then pregnant. The will was dated the 3d t fi bottle five e labelled minutes, summedu and the • The Coroner then brieflyp, jury, after consulting of wilful murder against Sarah Emily Mitchell. of lotter,atoragzoothr,oranadboau Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s 4d. and 4s. " High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. Odd Fellows' Fete at the Crystal Palace. The annnal fete of the the venous lodges of the Manches ter Unity, forming what are termed the London districts, took place yesterday in the People's Palac , ?, at Sydenham. A large number of visitors were expected to be present, con sequently the directors bad the doors opened as early as 8 o'clock in the morning, and they were kept open for admis sion until the same hour at night. This was a very wise course, as it prevented a repetition of such crowding and squeezing as frequently occurred on previous occasions. The roads lending to the Palace—especially at Dulwich —where most of the parties halted to pay a flying visit to the Greyhound, were literally crowded with vehicles, most of the male occupants boing dressed in rich regalia. Upon taking the first return at 3 o'clock it was found that 23,393 Persons had passed through the turnstiles, and even then they continu d to flock in in large numbers, until at last the total visitors reached 27,826. The entertainments yesterday were ad m i ra bl y arrenge d by the committee — comprising amongst the most active, Mr. B urge ss, the grand master of the whole order, and C.S. of the South London district, G. M. Mann, S. L. D. Bell, D. G. M. GritEn, P. G. Backster, P. G. Rough, P. U. P. G. Stevens, D. G. M. Mitchel, G. M. of the North Lon don district, Brockman, 0. M. of the Stepney district, and Newman, C. 0. of the Pimlico district—and had it nut been for the crowd pressing forward at one part of the day with great force could not have failed in giving satisfaction to the many thousands assembled together. One mishap, and only one, took place during the day, but that might have been attended with very serious consequences. A procession of probably a mile in length, consisting of members with flags, was formed. After pa ssin g along the gardens and terraces, each band playing, the parties repaired in front of the stage erected for Mr. Nelson Lee's entertainment. The back of the stage was filled by the London Irish Volunteers' Band, and the front was staked and roped off, but so great was the pressure from the crowd that some of the poles were broken, the ropes thrown down, and parties, to avoid be in g trampled upon, rushed upon the stage and the space behind. M. Chapino's ballet troupe managed to get through their Chinese divertissement in a manner to elicit the applause of as many thousands as could get near enough to see them. Mr. Mackney, who had been advertised to appear as well as Sam Collins, were both at their posts at the appointed time, but in order to get to the platform both gentlemen had to force their way through an immense mass of people. Mackney managed to get upon the stage, but the crowd increased to such an extent that the rifle band was obliged to hold their drums and brass instruments over the people's heads to save them from being broken, and MackLey found that the place was so crammed that it was impossible to go through his performances. Mr. Nelson Lee tried with all his humorous and persuasive powers for the crowd to make way, but without success, and conse quently he was obliged to leave the stage, and so was Sam Collins. The former, in leaving, got much bruised and roughly handled, though not purposely. Military sports of the Foot and Life Guards, fencing and broad-sw - ordexercise by the 2d Life Guards, dancing and tae grand organ and orchestral performances, ended the day's amusement. The Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. The concluding meeting of the Institute, which has been occupied in its sittings at Rochester for an entire week, was held yesterday, when there was again a large attendance, the proceedings retaining their interest to the last. The Marquis Camden, K.G., presided, and was supported by Sir It. Kirby, Lord Neaves, the Mayor of Rochester, the Provost of Oriel. the Rev. Mr. Hartshorne, Mr. Reach Smith, and other distinguished archaeologists. On Monday evening the sections assembled in the County Court, when an interesting communication was made by Mr. J. G. Waller on " the Sepulchral Brasses in Kent," and the fine collection of brasses of the Cobham family, in Cob ham Church, as well as the brasses in various other churches in the county of Kent, were very fully described. A paper was also read by Mr. W. Warwick on " The Poet Gower, and his probable connection with the County of Kent." At the meeting of the sections of History and of Early and Medieval Antiquities, held yesterday morning, the first paper read was by the Rev. W. Stubbs, M.A., librarian to Archbishop of Canterbury, " On the Ancient Con nection between the Sees of Canterbury and Roches ter." In the course of an interesting paper Mr. Stubbs traced the intimate connection which from the earliest recorded period always existed between the two sees, Rochester being the see of the first suffragan bishop in Eng land, as well as the see of the first English bishop in the person of Ithamar, who held the see from 644 to 655, and was buried in Rochester Cathedral. Mr. Stubbs also gave other interesting particulars of the See of Rochester, which for many centuries was always considered next in import ance to that of Canterbury, while the Bishops of Rochester occasionally assisted as Archbishops of Canterbury. The next paper was by Mr. J. Burtt, Assistant Keeper of Public Records, on " The Archives of Rochester ;" when some interesting facts were given of the ancient charters granted to the city by King Henry 11. and succeeding sovereigns, all of which are exhibited in the museum of the Institute. At the termination of the sitting of the section, the Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, M.A,, conducted the members of the Institute over Rochester Castle, and explained the chief points of interest in connexion with that remark able Norman edifice. Contrary to the usually accepted belief, Mr. Hartshorne altogether ignores the claims of Bishop Gundulph to being the builder of the present edifice, which, from documentary evidence recently dis covered, there is little doubt was erected by William Corbyl, Archbishop of Canterbury, between the years 1126 and 1139. With the exception of Dover Castle—which, according to ancient records, was erected at an expense of £l,2oo—the keep at Rochester Castle was the largest in England, that at Castle Rising being the third in size, while in point of beauty and grandeur Rochester Castle surpassed them all. The members of the Institute afterwards re assembled in the Guildhall, when the names of several new members were announced, including the Earl of Darnley, the Earl of Mansfield, M. Maury, the French archaeologist, &c. The Marquis Camden proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor and corporation of Rochester for their kindness in placing all the public buildings in the city at the disposal of the Institute during its sitting. Lord Neaves also proposed a vote of thanks to the Kent Archeological Society for the co-operation of that body in the proceedings of the Institute, and for contributing so many valuable articles to the museum. Complimentaty addresses were also delivered by Professor Willis and the Provost of Oriel ; and a cordial vote of thanks to the Marquis Camden for presiding over the meetings of the Institute during the week brought the proceedings to a close. In the afternoon a large number of the members of the Institute paid a visit to Cooling Castle and Clitle Church, in which two synods are stated to have been held during the Saxon period. A portion of the mem bers also visited Upnor Castle, erected for the better pro tection of Chatham Dockyard during the reign of Eliza beth. The proceedings of a most agreeable week were brought to a close last evening, and the congress then broke up. COTTON CULTIVATION IN BRITISH BURHAM The government of India has published a brief repor of an experiment in cotton cultivation in British Thirmah in 1862-63. Tho experiment was on a very small scale cer tainly, too small, we should think, to be of value for any practical purpose, or to test fairly the capabilities of the district for the profitable cultivation of the plant for com mercial purposes. Four acres of ground were cleared of elephrnt grass in May, 1862, near a village on the banks of the Boben stream. Three and a half acres were sown tie with seed of the New Orleans and Egyp tian variwe .h (which were unfortunately mixed), and half an acre n d Sea Island seed. The seed was all the produce of last ir y ear's June ne cultivation, the sowings took place partly ir l and in partly in July. The . Sea Island cotton entirely,failed in 13urmah. no instances, says the report has it succeeded October, before The pods of the other sorts ripened the rains had ceased, but great ceret: Co as to keep it was taken to pick the cotton immediately the pods .bnuternedent was sent to the from damp. An European su spot to superintend thefrom the three and a half pickings Which continued up to the end of November, The first crop seed ; a small second acres yielded 6751 b• of _ _ c o tto n areb, with 1863, when 1501 b, more crop was picked up in N a total for the year of were collected, making g i oy 2041 b. of cleaned cotton were 8251 b. After ginning, proportion of about 21b. uneleaned obtained, which appe ars the seed sown in June did nut to 11b. cle:l::ths s r.pc:itasgown in July, which is accounted produce n much too early when the rains were for partly by it i , partly because the ground was not so well pre still heavy second sowing was pared , and b y a n overseer who knew something of the partly because the July or its treatment, from a residence superintendedit and eotten P-an in the Southern States of America. incessant rain, it is said, prevented his superintending the first sow ing. The result of the experiment is stated to be that cotton will grow, but the experiment is very incomplete, ~a s failures arise from accident, such as b a d seed and want of proper superintendence, if the localities chosen for experiment arc di stant and difficultchoon for the seat ofof access." It is proposed, however, next year to try expe riments to test whethe r it can hbe grown for profit, d " whether later sowing, so as to ensure the heavy rains being ended before the picking more fruitful results." fheel begins, t such will not give obtained e being the u tt er failure ° f etrimn the esea, Island as s eed it '.lh report closes by stating that "some seed has been given to an overseer who works in the forest, and who is anxious to try an exper i ment o f hi s own on a larger scale, to see whether the plant will thrive with a minimum amount of labour spent upon it, and thus be made remu nerative." We sho u ld have thought the Government, if it did anything at all in the matter itself, would have done it on a larger scale, and taken a great deal more pains to ensure the success of what it did undertake. Judging from the proceedings of Government in the present case, from its own report of a very meagre experiment, that is, seems hardly to have had a fair trial, for the brief report on the subject admits ignorant and im perfect superintendence, and that the various varieties of seed used were hopelessly mixed together, so that it was impossible to say whether one kind of RINI, would do better than another the only patent result experiment clearly failed from the want of precautions most an without whic essentil to secure an chance of succss, failure a y m ight have been looked on e as ce d rtain.— Bo ba h casette. SECOND EPITIO SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. --This Day. BRIGHTON RACES—Tins DAY. 33T ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PAVILION PLATE. Cheerful Tippler Ten ran, THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BRIGHTON RACES-'IBIS DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SUSSEX STAKES. Quadrille 1 Adamas filly Rest Four ran. OVINGDEAN PLATE. Birdlime .. Dora Ten ran. BRIGHTON CUP. Caller Ou cr.o. 12TH BIENNIAL STAKES. Fille de I'Air RAILWAY REFRESHMENTS. There are a good many things in England that disgrac the nation, and make us, or ought to make us, ashamed of ourselves. There is the Haymarket at night, and there are the F eople who playfully spend their leisure hours in heaving a succession of half bricks at their wives. Bet, in one way, there is nothing so dis g raceful to England as the arrange ments at railway stations for what are termed refreshments. The peculiarity of this national blot is that it is very definite, very patent, very annoying, and easily remediable. No human wisdom or efforts have as yet succeeded in cutting to the root of the evil that fills the Haymarket. Acts of Parliament have been passed, and passed in vain, against that cruelty to children which does not awaken the resist ance of parents. Very brutal men, very drunk, with half a brick near them, cannot resist the presence of a mark so convenient, so patient, and often so aggravating, as a wife. But it is absurd to suppose that there is in any deep cause or any profound social disease at the bottom of the contri vances of these wretched places. The English mind, though slow to effect its purposes, could surely, if it tried, get rid of the monstrous mismanagement which presides over all the details of the system. Squabs of pork pie, offered without the slightest reference to the season, old jam three cornered puffs, fossil sandwitches, sausages concealed in heavy pastry, sugary brittle cakes, and packets of sugar plums, cannot be the only things that inventive Englishmen might think of. As to the beverage, if at any station in England a cup of coffee is sold, we should be glad to hear of that happy place. In all those wretched refreshment rooms that we have visited, we have found a curious brown dilution of chicory, or imitation of chicory, sold as coffee, for it is not even good chicory. It is a liquid only sold at stations and bad hotels, and to make and sell it must be one of the most mournful and degrading of occupations. Perhaps it is too much to think of tea. For even in the better class of Eng lish hotels a really decent cup of tea is unknown. We are not sure that the people whi keep refreshment rooms know what tea and coffee are. They probably think that their countrymen are born somehow to drink the imitation chicory with which alone they are familiar. Now, in a na tion so rich as England, and where we persuade ourselves that comfort is so well understood, it is disgraceful that a traveller cannot get anything to eat and drink better than a squab of pork-pie and a cup of imitation chicory. This mis management is disgraceful, because it is mean, and ignorant, and barbarous, and because it wickedly causes much unne cessary discomfort. It is disgraceful, exactly as the old style of Irish cottage was disgraceful. It degrades and annoys everyone that has to do with it, and makes people satisfied to give and satisfied to receive a mere cheat and imposition. SHIPPING—This Day. EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAYESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, August 4—Damietta, from Whampoa ; Swan ley, Jamaica ; Ostrich, from Monsonia ; Shortie, from Colombo ; Rachel, from Whampoa ; Andia, Baltic, and Madras—all from Quebec; Eleanor, from St. John's ; Albion, from Jamaica; Johan Ceesar, from Penang; Lis gara, from New York; Canning, from Colombo ; Dr, T. A. S. Hunter, from Trinidad ; Coringa, from Calcutta. Sailed, August s.—Rainbow, steamer, for Calais ; Bel gium, steamer, for Ostend ; Newsky,steamer, from Stock holm. THE LIBRARIES OF CONSTANTINOPLE.—It is per haps net generally known that the capital of Turkey possesses a large number of public libraries, a general cata logue of which is now being made. According to an esti mate which is considered reliable, the total number of ma nuscripts thus catalogued will exceed a million. Unfortu nately, however, many of these MSS, have been so damaged by lying in heaps is damp cellars or worm-eaten chests as to be partially, and in some cases entirely, illegible. It is also to be regretted that, until now, none of the treasures of the early period of Byzantine literature, which it was hoped would be brought to light, have been found. It has, on the contrary, been proved that all the worke of those times, which are known to have existed, have been ruthlessly destroyed. The remaining works are consequently chiefly in Arabic, or in other Semitic languages ; but they form, on the other hand, the richest collection of oriental literature in existence. Ahmet Vafik Effendi, Subhi Bey, and other Turkish men of letters, have proposed that this inestimable m ass of literary treasures be co llected in one building, so as to render it accessible to students engaged in historical re searches, and there is every reason to believe that this pro posal will be adopted, notwithstanding the opposition it hitherto met with. The first step towards the formation of an Imperial library has already been taken by p llacing an -40,000 volumes of goo d works, in various European Dar guages, and which belong ed to Ii llami Pasha, in th ed have e al-Fanoon, the building of the university. Or been gives. to increase this collection considerably, so as to cre ate a tolerably comp lete library for co nsultation, to which the public will b e freely admitted. Adding to such a collec tion the MSS. already mentioned, Constantinople would ca pital in a literary point of view, espe chance the plays of Menander, or to or the remaining m tra a g m e i d d i s e t s th o e f cb t hieaelj superiorlo lost t byo laenoyfluZikvyy, tßschylus, were buddenly brought to light fro m parchments now being so carefully examined. A HUGE MACHINE' --A new steam dredger, No. 5, built by Messrs. Wingate and Co., of Glasgow, and supposed to be the largest machine of the kind in the world, has been started by the River Tyne Improvement Commissioners in Shields Harbour. It is calculated that this stupendous machine, when at full work, will lift 10,000 tons of material per day. The machine, as now employed, works admirably, and is lifting an immense quantity of dredge per day. The engine is of 50 horse power, nominal, and i s cap able of being worked up to three times that power. There buckets, and wei g hi n g upwardsa retw o ladders, eachcontaining tons. Eachbuck 3 e s t weighs one ton and a quarter, at d the ladders are calculated to operate in 30 feet of water, and, when working at speed, will each fill a hopper barge in from 50 to 55 minutes. TWISLETON FIENNES.—The late Lord Sayo and Sele was a very eccentric man, and the greatest epicure of his day. His dinners were worthy of the days d of Vitellius or Heliogabalus. Every so o e u n n e t w r y, d e every lfoao sea, for was searched and ransac k ed to fin our British Syb ar i te, I remember, at one o f hi s break fasts, an o me l e t te b e i ng served wh i c h was compos ed en tirely of golden pheasants' eggs I He had a very strong constitution, and would drink absyntho and caracoa in quantities which were perfectly awful to behold. These stimulants produced no effect upon his brain ; but his health gradually gave way under the excesses of all kinds in which he indulged. He was a kind, liberal, and good natured man, but a very odd fellow. I shall never forget the astonishment of a servant I had recommended to him. On entering his service, John made his appearance at Fiennes was going out to dinner, and asked his new master if he had any orders. He received the following answer " Place two bottles of sherry by my bed-side, and call me the day after tu-morrow."—Captain Gronow's Recollections SERIOUS FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Be tween 4 and 5 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the workshops of Mr. Joseph Stokes, wholesale manufac turer of ice chests and baths, North-mews, John-street, Tottenham-court-road, resulting in serious destruction cf property. It appears that a person living opposite Mr. Stokes's workshops observing flames issuing from them, gave an alarm, and messengers being sent to the different engine stations, in a short time the engines from Wells street, King-street, Crown-street, and Baker-street, under the direction of Mr. Staples, the foreman of the district, and engineers Girard and Wilkinson, were on the spot, t wo workshops, by this time, being on fire. While the fire was raging, one of the firem en from Wells-street bad a narrow escape, having by som e means fallen from the `workshop window. The firemen , aided by a good supply of water; succeeded in extinguishing the fire, when it was found that two of the workshops and their contents, consisting of ice chests, Scc., in the course of manufacture, benches, presses, and the whole of the tools of several workmen, were totally destroyed. Mr. Stokes is insured in the Sun Fire - o ffice, but the workmen are unfortunately not insured, and the loss to theca is consequently very serious. In an adjoining build ing there was a large quantity of timber which, through the exertions of the firemen. was prevented from taking fire. 3d le tt ed ill rp )er he ch it- us iat ay an on will tea to" lio. tent his Mr. ex- C elk ign, 5 01 re an- ary ex and •At. gar [Hy, ect rat— era. to pon the had did reet 11:11 - wit.' licit iire Alho o a yea ,ply din ook cted of Sharei 13.14.1 6.4.0 it'.16.4 12.10 Shark 100 itk t 20 to too stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stook 20i 20i tOU 100 stock stook stock Stock tock st 20 st ock NO 100 100 100 100 91i 2 1061 }