The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-14 00:00:00

Messrs Croskey and Ca., who failed in the course of the last few days, have issued the following cir cular, stating that they hope to pay 20s in the pound. This will, it is understood, depend upon the successful managenunt of the various contracts in hand : St Michael's House, Cornhill, London, 8.C., Sept. 13, 1864. _ It is with deep regret that we find ourselves compelled to suspend payment through the unexpected failure of several mercantile firms, We are, however, sanguine that it indul gence be extended to us by our creditors we shall ultimately be enablod to discharge our liabilities in full: A statement of affairs is in course of preparation by Messrs Harding, Pallein, and Co., and a meeting of creditors will be con vened as early as possible.—We are, your obedient servant, Caoss IT and Co. Two o'CLocs. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 66f. 72c. The English Stock Market has been edversely effected today through a few sales, and a decline of per cent, has been recorded in the Funds. The approaching fortnightly settlement absorbs a great deal of the members' time, and prevents dealings that might otherwise be entered into. Consols are 87/ 88 for money, and 88} for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86/ ; India 5 per Cents., 103/ 104/ ; and the Bonds, 28s. to 20s. die, Bank Stock is marked 242 244, and India Stock 212. In the Foreign market business is rather quiet, and prices aro depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69! 70} ; ditto Consolides, 50: I; Mexi• can, 27j i; ditto New, 25; ; Greek, 24i ; ditto Coupons, 0: 101, ; Spanish Passive, 32 ; ditto Certificates, 14 ; and the Confederate Loan, 83 84. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been chiefly in connection with the settlement, and prices have in some instances shown rather more firmness. North Eastern (Berwick) have improved ss. ; London and Blackwall, 10s.; and Bristol and Exeter, Ll. North Western, however, have declined 15s. ; South Eastern, 108. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit no material alteration in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are firmer; Al liance have advanced to 53i 551 ; Imperial Bank to 3it ; Imperial Ottoman to 16f ; and General Credit to 6i I. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Oct. 11 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. B 6i a a New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891.... Do 6 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire .sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expiro sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Islhreh. June. Exchequer Bill®, £l,OOO, 3 & 3} per Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct.: 214 2 Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10 3 / 4 per Cent., April 1874 212 Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 — Do Certificates Do Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.) — Do 4113e1 Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 5i per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do Bonds El,OOO — Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian b per Cent Do 4 3 / 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account.... • ... Chilian 6 per Cent. — Do 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent --- Cuba, 6 per Cent. - Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 - Do 4 per Cent, 1863 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent -- Do, l'rovisonal Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per _Cent 97 1 Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupons — Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Alaremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account U 0 1864.. lio French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid.... — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada .. — Do 2 per C0nt..... — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866 Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — Do Account — Russian 5 per Cent.. 1822, £ St — Do 4i per Cent., 1850 .. 85 Do 1860 1)o 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cant, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch .... Do Scrip, £4O paid Sarlinian 5 per Cent .... - Do Account — Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account — Do PASMVO Do Account 321 t 1 tipanieh Cert. of C ou p no t funded .. l4l Do Account l4l 1 li 1 Swedish, 4 per Cent — Do Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 por Cent. 1854 - Pm Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1853 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cont. 1862 Do Account • ' Do £lOO Bonds.. 701 Do 1863 .. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid . Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. , 1802 Do Account Do 6 per Cent,, 1864 461 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account 23olgian 4 3 / 4 per Cent. Ex. 25f. .. — Dutch 2 3 / 4 per Cent., Ex. 12 UM! — I Do 4 pe r C ent. Certificates Nian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 f rancs — Do Account French Itentes, 2 per Cent...., Per uvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct.Ex 4s. P ielmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex, 25f THREE O'CLOCK Consols Money Do Account..., Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market (riot, Silas p ro b a bly - ' , , ,11 ( 1 OT 4000 bales. Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purohase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle Da. Stook. & Darling Do do 185.5-58 Do do IS-50-61 North London Do New ..... Do New, 18M North Staffordshire 63i C 4 9.‘ 93a 1151 36i U 10 74 8} ( 123 126 11¢p N. and S. W. Junction ' Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stook.' Shrews. and Welohpool l Shropshire Union South Devon —... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Stalnes, Wok.,andWok. Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Vale of Neuth Waterford & Kilkenny %V eat Cornwall W. ilartlepoolllar.&3 100 100 100 100 74 75 101 11 130 135 57 69 315 37 8 f E2} 101 103 8 0 160 '65 5 6 3 4 r, 93 100 34 36 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing char Railway. Paid. Prioe. Business don( 100 ctlontlo &St Lawrenc. all 59 61 Sk Som., Baroda&.oent In 10) 995 1(.01 991 U a. 5 per Gent 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 71 die st) 205 .intialo and Laxellurot all 41 55 10 Do. Preferonoe . . all 75 81 luffalo, Brant, 100 &(.lalric . l 0 ., 75 80 Up, ot. bds. Aug. 1 lB7. 100 Uo, do. July 1 , 187 100 75 80 100 )o. do. June 1, 187 100 75 80 st !leutta.,t.S. Eastn. (Lin 100 95 103 st 'apeTown .t Dock Seri 100 93 95 100 Demerara 7 p.o. per. pi)l all stock sntstu. liengal gu. ap. I us., 1( 0 102 Stook iiast Indian. „—u. sp. c 100 995 105 991 20 Do. do. G Ext..... all 191 `4Ol 20 Do. do. II do. . all 191 205 stook ;rand Trunk of Cana vNo 11) 20 1 0 Do. Equip. 3lort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent all 91 04 100 Do. Ist rret. Bonds.. .11 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred...—. all 61 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all C 6 68 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... all 53 56 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 45 48 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 29 31 30/ 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28 stook 3 tlncliaPenin.gua.6p.c 100 1005 1015 1015 1 SO Do. New gua. sp. e.. 12 par si , stook It. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 99 IGO stock Do. 41 per cent..... 100 stock Do sot •.4t. of Canada Share ail 95 1 0 5 1 0 20 5 Do. New .— 18 101105 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt all 80 01 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 61 10 .ndian Branch Limited 2 4 d stock tiadras, guar., sp. o. 100 995 100, 991 5 stook Do. 45 p. c. Extensicn 100 93 95 stook Do. 44 d0....._ . 100 89 01 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock )lelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds 100 50 tlelb. & Ilobson's Bay. all 8 (0 100 Do. 7p. c. &tortg. Bds all $0 lewßrunswick a Cand, Class A and 8.. ..... . all 2 5 I.lll.C'daB po Ist pt bd 100 80 85 stock Soinde 1 (10G 99 100 stock Jo. De1hi........ lOO 98 !CO 20 ))o. t t 2 id par st Punjaub all 98 100 00. Do. ........ , stook Do. Indus. St. Flo. J 100 96 96 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 3 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 07.6 p.c.Ja. 31,J 1877-84 100 94 96 951 Do. p. c. Feb. .k Atu. 100 94 96 Do. 6p. 0.31ar. & Sept 100 94 06 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July lOt 82 84 835 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 82 84 • 'ape G.llope, 6p 0,187. 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 188 , 100 107 109 Do. 189 100 (.9 ill Jan. & July, 1891. 103 :07 10) 'eylon, N0v.1878, 6n . 100 1(9 112 rlauritius 6 p.cent. 1873 100 .01 104 Do. 1878 00 103 108 Do. 1882 104 .04 103 'fatal Gov. 6 per cent. Do 44 107 i.1.1.U0v. p.o. J a.&,Jul 100 96 99 Do. 6p. cdip. & Doi 100 S.W. Gov. 5 p x.,181 100 .97 9 9 Du. sp. c.,1871 to 107 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 & upwd, 100 955 061 iew Zealand 6 p cent 100 lova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102 lucensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 99 102 1095 4. AUB Ciep.0.1878.& up. 100 tO6 108 no.Uov. 6 p.o. Ja.&Jul; 100 Do. lo 5 p.a. An. 3100 ... 100 108 IC9 1081 LAW INTELLIGENCE,---This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT, (Bafore F. Gibbons, Esq.) SINGULAR ACTION AGAINST HARRY BRUNTON, TAE IIGIITING IVAN, FOR BREAKING DOWN A SIGNBOARD IN FLEET STREET-CRANE V. BRUNTON. This was an action to recover £3 damage to a signboard, which was alleged to have been torn down from plaintiff's premises, Mr Perry (from Mr Buchanan's) appearing for the plaintiff, who is a tradesman of Fleet-street, Mr Beard representing defendant, the ex-fighting man of Barbican. Mr Perry was proceeding to open the case when Mr Beard said that a most important witness was unavoidably absent, and he did nut feel justified on proceeding. Mr Parry hoped his honour would not listen to any ap plication, bccause he. had very good proof of the case. Thu witness who was absent, was no other than the defendant himself. Mr Beard—That is not so. Mr Perry--He told my client that he should go down to the races to-day, as he should erj )y himself a great deal better at Doncaster than in this court. Mr Bard said that he could assure the court of the ab sence of a material witness. Mr Perry—l am at a loss to understand what the defence can be. The defendant has admitted that he pulled down the signboard, and I have three witnesses to prove that it was done in a drunken spree. _ _ Mr Beard denied this, and his Honour allowed the case to stand over on defendant paying full costs. HLT)AritElEfi T. WATSON-THE LAW AS TO BAD MONET--.• IMPORTANT CASE. This was an action to recover ss. for two counterfeit half-crowns, alleged to have been taken at the defendant's house. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The aspect of monetary affairs continues to look brighter, although no important alteration has as yet been made in the terms eta which accommoda tion is granted. Capital is very abundant, while the inquiries for assistance appear to be decreasing. Bankers and brokers, however, show but little dis posiiion to make any substantial concession, and the rates enforced for the negotiation of first-class are, still 6; and 9 per cent, Another mercantile failure has been announced. The house in question is that of Messrs. Lewine and Morris, shipping merchants, connected with the American trade, and the liabilities are esti mated to reach £40,000, while the assets only cover £20,000. The accountants, who have been preparing a statement of affairs, are Messrs. Hard ing, Mullein, Whinney, and Gibbons. The Tasmanian has arrived from the West Indies with £437.335. About £2,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was a general downward movement in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Railways. Paid. closing rriee. Wol., and Mr. Val. tii ythe and Tyne. Bristol r. n 1 Exeter I,3aledonlan 'Jork and Bandon Cornwall A. gets no div Do A till fipc.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Ulasg. and S. Wester.; 1 1 Great Eastern, Ord. stk I Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st , GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do Li do Gt. S. an I W. of iro,n Great Westerr,Original no Str Val vim. stoeK, Do. South Wales Do. ,Vest Mid. -Oxford' Do Newport Do Hereford, Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall, Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., (mt., and Dover Lou. & Nor'h Western Lon. & So',th Western' Man., net, & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle., Do k shares... Metropolitan 3didland Do Binning. Sz Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent North British 102 li 94 } 1 129 k 83 $5 123 j 124 6 7 31 33 16 17 8) 91 1(8 110 45 46 7 7i l'6 128 138 139 127 130 1O 92 08161 464 474 38 40 109 IC3 114 1111 64 66 101 103 19 41 1101 111} 03 05 0 621 101} 305 128 i 3281 98 Ito 53 E 4 25 26 104} 105 i BRITISH MINES. 2 'ambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 1 Chiverton 3 7 74 ,1(1dord Amalgamated. 30 82 )even G. Cons. Cravist 1 580 590 Drakewa1 . 5............ 2.1.0. 14 11 (;43i, Bassettallogan;„ 60 t 7 70 .:ast Clogan Gold Ltd ^ s;ast Caradon ..... 1.14.: 264 274 (‘ast Carn 8rea........ 3.4. , 74 71 East Grenville( 2.7.0. 74 8 East Lovell ...... 2.13.6 9 .0 01 10 W'llluboel(Thvir3tk 8 11. 44 5 lam..V.St.Autwn(Gwon 60 5 7 4 G: eat Laxey, all 15 15 l mat South Tulgu, , 17r. 2 94 ;. Witt al V4r (Del: ton, 1 0 29 30 Irenville 7B '. 7 74 ferA's-Foot l3 88 40 lingston Downs 1.18 ., 4 4 4 ;4ady Bertha dargaret (tiny Lelani 1 , 4 8 8 larke Valley.. 4 I yndv Iron Oro (Lim. 23 Yangiles.. 18 27 9 .ew betun 214 75 85 • 'drill Downg 3 14 11 North Roskear. 29} 21 21 ‘lll . l gaeset (1 ilogau 3 1 .6 11 2} lorth Wheal Crotty 2.80 31 44 Prosper United.... ... 7.1. e. 34 4 *rovideuce(Uny Leluk LOU. 37 39 iouth Caradon(St-Clee, 14 4,00 520 Wheal Fran. (11logat, 18.153 424 474 itray Park tin Croit a 18 19 Veht Basset (111ozan), 14 8 9 V C: radon (Liskearo 3 1 11 W'est Seton .... .74 05 215 'Vilest Basset (Mogan 54 92 85 Wheal Bulleratedruti, 10 17 19 WhealLuek.ott IV heal Mary Ann ;Men 8 14 15 Wheal Acton . 584 205 215 V heal Treiawney (Lis 7 19 21 wheal Union 4 14 l4 PREFERENCE SHARES. London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 98 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent. Ditto, 25, 4 North British 5 per cent., 1 - 8 i North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4} per Cent., 1.9 Northern and Eastern 6 per cent., 64 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 130 FOREIGN RAILWAYS.] • Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Bahia andiSan Francisco tlim.) gua. 7 per oent, 15. N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 9} Ottoman (Smyrna to Aichn), 11 FOREIGN MINES/ Cape Copper, BANKS. Alliance (lim.), 53i Anglo Austrian, 7% Bank of British Columbia, 17 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10,} European Bank, lim. International B Am. 161 London and Brazilian (lim.), 474 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 71 London and County, 711 21 London Joint Stock, 43 Metro tan and Provincial Bank, lira., 221 New Zealand Bank Corporation, Bra., 1 Oriental Bank Corporation, s'd Union of London, 5l MISCELLANEOUS. Continental Union Gas, lira., 8i Discount Corporation, is Eizyptian Com. and Trading, Um, 51 Gen. Credit and Finance of .London, Dumber Iron Woks, 2 International Financial Society, lira, 8} Joint Stock Discount, aim., Pililwall Iron Works, 4 New Zealand Trust and Loan, 2} Ottoman FinaneiHl A oniceint:on, aim., THE FORTHCOMING GREAT PRIZE FlGHT.—Yes terday there was a great gathering of patrons of the prize ring, at Alec Keene's, tho, Three Tuns, Moor street, Soho, to witness the arrangements for depositing a portion of the £5OO stakes, on the forthcoming fight for the championship, between Jem Mace and Joe Coeburn. The final depoteit will be !natio on Tuesday next. It has been settled that the tight shall take place on Tuesday, the 4th October, and that if by the 22d inst. the place of fighting has not been decided upon, the men or their deputies are to toss for choice of some place in Ireland, within 100 miles and over 20 miles of Dublin. At r,re , ent the betting isnot voY WI, but odds are given in favour of Mace. Business done. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1864. Plaintiff said that he sent a girl for a quartern of gin, and gave her half a sovereign. In the change she brought back were the two half-crowns now produced. The girl said the two half-crowns were the same that she rece'ved from the defendant's barmaid. By his Honour—l had no more money but the change I received from the barmaid, The barmaid said that the change was all very carefully examined. The change was not returned till the next day. Mr - Watson was a most respectable man, who had been a long time in business, and the girl could not swear that she received the money. His H , nour—But she says that she had no other money. Do you moan to insinuate that the plaintiff has come here to de:iberately tell a falsehood P Defendant's witness—Oh I no. His Honour—There is no class of tradesmen so likely to have bad money passed to them as licensed victnallers. Defendant's witness—All the silver received in the day in which the change was given came from the London and Westminster Bank, and was very carefully looked over. His Honour—That might be so, but you are not in a position to deny that which the plaintiff has sworn, and you must pay this claim. Verdict for plaintiff, DEATH ON THE TREADMlLL.—Yesterday after noon Dr. Lankester held an inquiry at the House of Correction, Coldbath•fialda, touching the death of George Williams, a black man, aged 57, who had been sentenced to 14 days imprisonment for an assault. Annette Williams, who said shelwas the wife of the deceased and had no home, stated, that her husband was a carpenter by trade, but that they used to get a precarious living by going about selling books which she bought in Paternoster-row. He was a run- away slave, and was a very great drinker. He sometimes hal palpitation of the heart, and complained of pains in the head. Henry Hymes said he was the master brushman of the yard, and we s attending at the bottom of the wheel last Friday, when deceased fell off. On going to him he heard the rattles in his throat, and he died immediately. The prisoner had to go on the wheel 15 minutes each turn, and deceased was on his last turn when he fell off, at half- past one. The deceased did not complain to him of being ill, and he seemed to work at the wheel as well as any other man. He had been in the prison seven days, but ho had not been put to work on the wheel until the day on which he died. William Smiles, M.D., surgeon to the House of . . _ Correction, said the prisoner was admitted last Friday week, when he complained of his heart, on which he was excused the wheel. He orJered that the prisoner should not be put on the wheel on account of his feeble heart. Contrary to these instructions, he was placed on the wheel on Friday last. He was of opinion that the deceased died from the effects of an effusion of blood on the brain. Wil liam Davie, the warder of the yard, said he had only held that position a few days, his predecess )r having gone out on leave on the Sunday, and he had not had time to exa mine the books and sheets containing the directions, It was his duty to examine them, and he should have done so if he had had sufficient time. The prisoner was given over to him as a wheel man. The coroner having summed up, the jury returned as their verdict—" That the deceased died from the effusion of blood upon the brain, and expressed their opinion that the cunduct of William Davie, the war- der, in not examining the relieving sheet before sending the deceased to the wheel, was highly reprehensible." Tho coroner said he would report the result of the inquiry to the Governor of the prison, THE RAM TENNESSEE.—The Confederate ram Tennessee,csptured inMobileßay,had been some two years building at Mobile, under the immediate eye of Ad miral Buchanan. Her iron armour consists of 2i-inch iron plates in bars 8 inches wide, which are crossed and bolted together so as to leave no seam. Inside this iron plating is inches of solid oak, making about 30 inches of solid work on every part exposed to shot. Forward of, and including her forward casemates, which embraces perhaps 15 feet in length, and takes in also her pilot house, this thickness is increased to six inches of iron and 30 of wood backing. It is a noticeable fact that this extraordinary strength of iron and wood enabled her to withstand all the steel shot from our rifled pieces, our 11-inch solid shot from our ships of war, and 15-inch shell from the monitors, not one of which penetrated her ribs of iron, while nearly 50 shots altogether struck her in the Engagement. The nearest approach to penetration was from a 15-inch missile from the Manhattan, which made a deep indentation in her broadside, and by impaction stove through her two feet of oak backing, taus ing the splinters to fly promiscuously inside. Though under way when this struck her she is said to have stopped as if a magic wand had touched her. She was armed with four 6.inch Brooks rifled gus, of English make, on her broad sides, and two fore and aft, 7 and an 8-inch of the same pattern. These, by the completeness of their carriages, could be handled by a single gunner with the greatest ease. Her ports were closed with shutters made of iron plates similar to her external plating. These were attached at the centre of one of their sides by a pivot, on which they re• volved by means of a cogwheel inside, and turned out of the way outside when her ports were opened. This was, in reality, a defective arrangement, and in the fight proved an element of weakness to her. Two of these shutters had their system of ratchets and coge deranged during the ac tion, and could not be afterwards opened. A third (her after one) was shot away entirely— that :s to say, the pivot on which it turned was shot off and the shutters fell to the deck, leaving that port open and exposed to our gunners. The precision with which our gunboats aimed can be appreciated by the fact that some ten shots struck her in the neighbour hood of this port, and it was here that Admiral Buchanan was wounded. Ono of our shells, striking in the edge of this casemate, splintered the woodwork badly, and the rebel Admiral was directing a gunner about clearing this so as to use the after gun, when a shot struck the casement and ex ploded, literally tearing the gunner to atoms and wounding Admiral Buchanan seriously in the thigh. He fell with the blood and brains of the slaughtered gunner literally covering him. The Hartford had undertaken to run her down; the Lackawanna had followed suit, as had also the Monongahela and the Ossipee, but without making the least effect upon her solid walls of iron and wood. The Hartford had poured in a broadside, but her 11-inch shells had bounded off from her side like peas. The whole fleet had rained an infernal hail of iron upon her, fore and aft, and on either hand. The Manhattan had sent the persuasion of her 15 inch shells to add to the din about her head ; but she held out until her Admiral fell, and then, seeing that nothing more remained, she ran up the white flag and surrendered. Her rudder chains were a most serious element of weakness with her, being carried along her deck, and covered only with a plate of half-inch iron, They were, consequently, broken early in the engagement, and her rudder was sub sequently managed by means of ropes and blocks, which had been attached prior to the action, evidently with a full ap preciation on the part of Admiral Buchanan of this defect. She was armed with a formidable iron prow, which was intended to do some heavy ramming when other offensive devices failed her, and with this she steered for the Hartford at the beginning of the engagement. The superior sailing qualities of the Hartford, together with the eagle eye of the bluff 01 Admiral, enabled him to out-manoeuvre. the Ten nessee, and, instead of receiving her running, the Hartford poured into her a broadside. " Give her one bell, give her two bells, give her eight bells," said the impetuous Farm gut, and they blazed away accordingly. The balls flew ofi like hail from her iron sides, but she was brought up stand• ing by the concussion, and afterwards grow more cir um spent in her movements, Had this formidable craft remained under the guns of Morgan until dusk, and then with her wooden consorts come out to the attack, she might have sunk and destroyed half, if not our entire fleet inside the bay, as, in the darkness and confusion which would have ensued our own gunboats would have proved as formidable and mis chievous to each other as the rebel boats themselves.-- MU' Orleans Times Correspondence. A VALUABLE DERELlCT.—lnformation has been received at Liverpool of the picking up at sea of the aban doned schooner Ostrich, of Jersey, by the captain and crow of the screw steamer Miry. The Mary fell in with the de. relict on her voyage to Bermuda, and put four men on board to take her into port. Tho Ostrich is only 99 tons register, but of considerably more value than ordinary vessels of that size. She was built expressly for the African trade, ie which she has been on a voyage from Sierra Leone for London, with a full cargo of African produce. Nothing has been heard of the crew. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Ono Shilling clay, Tuesday. —Admissions on payment, 4,071; do., by season tickets, 771 —total visitors, 4,847 t POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. BOW-STREET. A STRANGE STORY,--.Mary Clarke, a fashionably-dressed woman, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing three half-crowns from Mr A. F. Belt. The prosecutor said he resided at 1, St John's• street, Westminster, and on the evening of the 6th ho was return ing from a party when he met the prisoner in Waterloo place. She gave him a sort of friendly blow, and said, " I know you somewhere," He denied all know ledge of her, and she walked by his side from the place where she first spoke to him until ho arrived at the Athenaram Club, where ho found he had been robbed of three half-crowns. He accused the woman of having stolen the money, but she denied it, and said she was a respectable married wom in. While she was walking with him, a man and woman passed close to them, and he suspected she passed the money to them, as it had not been re covered, and he was certain she did not drop it while she was being taken to the station house. When he first gave the woman into custody, he said he had been robbed of three half-sovereigns, but that was a mistake. Mr Lewis, who appeared for the prisoner, said the pri soner was a respectable married woman, and that there must be some mistake in the matter. Her husband he believed was a very respectable person, and he was quite unacquainted with the matter until he learned that his wife was in custody on the charge. He should like to ask the prosecutor a few questions. The prosecutor, in reply, said he was quite certain he had the money in his pocket when the prisoner first spoke to him. Ho was perfectly sober. The prisoner walked on his right hand aide, and the money was abstracted from his waistcoat pocket. The reason he made the mistake in saying three half sovs, instead of three half-crowns was because he was very much flurried. lie was certain he had the money when the prisoner first spoke to him, and immediately she walked away he found he had been robbed. Police-constable 308 A. sail he took the prisoner into cus tody. She was searched at the station, but the money was not found. In reply to Mr Vaughan, Mr Lewis said the prisoner would reserve her defence. He hoped she would be admitted to bail. Mr Vaughan said he did not feel juatified in taking bail. The prisoner they began to cry, and asked the magistrate to deal summarily with the case. Mr Vaughan said he could not do that, because she denied the charge. Prisoner—Then I plead guilty. Mr Vaughan—What do you say to that, Mr Lewis. Mr Lewis—l was instructed she was a respectable mar ried woman, and after what she has stated I think I had better say nothing. Mr Vaughan—You said something about her husband being a respectable man. I should like to ask him a few questions. Clarke, the husband, then stepped into the witness-box. Mr Vaughan—Are you married to this woman P—Yes. Where do you live P—No. 1, Anchor-street, Church street, Shoreditch, and have done so for the last 12 months. I only occupy lodgings in the house. Wb a t are you f—A commission agent. For whom Delapierre, No. 1, Rue St. Honore, Paris, bullion dealer. I conduct his business for him at the London and Wes minster Bank. Has he offices in London ?—No, he communicates by letter. Do you mean to say that a bullion deal.or residing in Paris communicates to you by letter at the address you have given iu Shoreditch ?—Yes. Mr Vaughan—lt is a very strange case, however. I shall commit the prisoner to the House of Correction for three months. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SEVERAL CHARGES AGAINST AN AUCTIONEER AND HOUSE AGENT OF OBTAINING GOODS BT FALSE PRE TENCES.—Thomas Godfrey, auctioneer and house agent, of 13, Maddox-street, Regent-street, and 3 A, Hyde-park place, was eharged before Mr Tyz whitt with obtaining goods by false pretences from Mr Henry Mills, silversmith and jeweller, of 171, Oxford-street. Mr Longstaff, of the firm of Dud and Longstaff, Berners street, solicitors for the Associat ion for the Protection of Trade, prosecuted, and Mr Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, defended. Mr Wm. Mills, assistant to his -father, Mr Henry Mills, silversmith and jeweller, of 171, Ozford- street, said that on the 3d September the prisoner called at the shop—being an entire stranger to him, and purchased 12 silver tea spoons of the value of £6, and paid for them with the cheque produced, and took the goods away. The prisoner wrote the cheque in the shop, it being for £6 on the Union Bank of London, Argyle-place branch, and was signed " Godfrey and 03." The cheque was subsequently pre sented at the bank, and marked " N. S." (not sufficient). The ohoque had not been paid since. In answer to Mr Longstaff, witness said he would not have parted with the goods but for the cheque, which ho believed would have been pa'cl, and from the fact that the prisoner, at the same time ho gave him the dupe, also gave him a card with his name and address upon it. Mr Lewis, jan., said he had only been just instructed, and as ho understood it was the wish of the other side that there should be a remand, he had no objection. Sergeant White, 16 D, who has charge of the case, said :here were several other charges of a similar kind against the prisoner. Mr George Boyce, assistant to Mr Picket, silversmith and jeweller, of 265, Oznrd-street, said the prisoner called at his employers' shop and purchased some silver forks, and in payment handed him a check, which he wrote at the time. The check, which was for 108 on the Union Bank, Argyle-place branch, was afterwards returned marked "N. 8." At the time prisoner gave him the oht que he also gave him a card on which was " Messrs. Godfrey and Co., Auctioneers, &c., 13, Maddox-street, Regent street, and 3A, Hyde Park-place." Mr Lewis said he had a person present to show that he had the money left with him for the last witness if ho had called for it. The prisoner was remanded for a week, Mr Tyrwhitt stating that as other charges were mentioned he must have two sureties in the sum of £lOO each for the prisoner's future appearance. It was stated that the goods as soon as obtained by the prisoner were taken t o th e paw nbroker's, and there were several lawnbrokers' as s i s t an t s in attendance , and while the sergeant was wat c hi ng th e prisoner's residence to take into custody, he law va n load of furniture driven up to the house and d e li vered, not h av ing been paid for. . THAME S. ASSAULTING A POLICE CONSTABLE. —Edward Cham berlain, an officer in the service of the St Catherine Deck Company, was charged before Mr Page- with assaulting C. Low, a policeman of the H Division. It appeared that on the previous evening the prisoner was given in custody at the Leman-street Police Station, but that the charge was not pressed. On the p risoner get ting outside he comme nce d a b u sing the complainant, and r e marked that he sh ou ld see hi m some day on the Quay, in the Docks, and he struck the constable, who took him into custody. In the station he was very violent, and abused the complainant. The inspector confirmed the evidence as far as took place in the station. _ _ The Prisoner denied the charge, and said that he was soter. He made use of no bad language nor did he strike the official. ....Several witnesses v violence used t owar d s them were examined on the part of the offi• oer, but the evidence did not materially affect the statement o f complainant. Nr. Paget said that it was his duty to protect police con stables,l a nd when, ho found any groat iol would send the accused to prison without a fine H e would now impose the highes t fi ne allowed by law. ' Tho prisoner was fined 40s. or seven days. tdARKETI3--This Day. .-..---,-.110......--..... MARK-LANE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were moderate. For all qualities the trade was i n a s l ugg i s h state, at ldon da y s decline in th e quotat i ons. With foreign wheat the mark et was w e ll suppl i ed. In all d escr iptions sales progressed slowly, and the quotations had, in some instances, a downward tendency. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at about previous rates. The market was fairly supplied with b arley, and the trade for all qu alities ruled very inactive, at barely late currencies. The malt trade was dull at about previous quotations. The supply of oats on sale was tolerably large. The trade was quiet for all qualities, and pric es ruled the turn easier. Beans and peas continued firm at fully late rates. There was a moderate demaad for flour at previous quo tations. I'Vti3 Tll.lB a r t ! Ex dats. Wheat. B a rley , 11 790 2 7 9 4 40 ZO 370 English _ 2,460 Irish 12,630 600 peke Foreign 17,830 1,420 -- Flour. 28,35 U brls. Atll BOROUGH HOP. The market for hop s is by no mea ns active. For the best samples, thew is a moderate dem an d at f u l l prices, but inferior qualitius aro a slow sale. wIIITECIIA PFL. a Cd to 43 Gd per Gibs 1)37 The supply of mea t on sale i 3 moderate, and for all good awd prime qualities. The trade is fir. v th ea ß e l c e , a e 3 r f s ' ea S f s r l o o . iu to 2 4: 6 1 . ° 1 d ; tacimillspo4ll; mutton, 3s 10t1 to 4s 81; , A letter from St. Petersburg of the 4th says :-- "The famous Bloudin has been here for the last fortnight. but has only been able to give one representation in consequence of the rain, watch has fallen almost without intermission during that period. A s we h ave no C rysta l Palace in this capital Dlorulin is caupelltd to perform in the op€n air, and lain natutall3 I..cows for him an insur mountable obstacle. Mr Baker appeared to prosecute ; and Mr H. Michelmore defended the prisioners. Felix Harris, heed keeper to Sir W, Carew, said—On Saturday night, between nine and ten o'clock, he, in com pany with others, was watching the preserves at rennin. lie was watching in the field or. the left of the brake, where there is much game, when he heard footsteps ap proaching in the lane arij Ailing the brake, which was some distance from the turnpikc-road. Oa hearing the footsteps he and a keeper named Taylor went further on to a field gate, and whilst there heard some one call for assistance. He immediately went back, and found three of the keepers and the prisoners struggling in the road. He first took hold of the prisoner, Brown, and afterwards of Griffin, who struck him a severe blow on the head with his fisc. The prisoner also kicked Worth, another keeper, and in attempting to do so a second time kicked the prisoner Fowler in the face. The struggle con inued for some time, and after much difficulty the prisoners were handcuffed. John Worth, gamekeeper to It. Vicary, Esq„ deposed to his having seen the prisoners come over to the gate in Buckland-lane, when he made a rush at them and caught the prisoner Fowler, and asked him what right he had there. He made no reply, and a struggle ensued, and he succeeded in throwing Fowler to the ground. His legs were much bruised by the prisoner's violence. He saw the other two prisoners at the time, and Felix Harris caught hold of Griffin, and Warren caught hold of Brown. Harris in the struggle called for assistance, he being on the ground, and the prisoner Griffin on the top of him. Whilst he was endeavouring to handcuff Griffin he kicked witness most violently in the throat, Cross-examined by Mr Michelmore—lle did not strike Brown with a stick, but with his fist, as he appeared to be choking Harris. The prisoner Brown said that the witness struck him with a life preserver. By the Bench—Buckland-lane was a private road, the gate where the prisoners were caught was about 60 yards from the turnpike road. Felix John Harris gave evidence as to the nature of the struggle. On searching Brown he for.nd a large gate net in his right coatpocket. Ellis Warren and William Taylor, two of the watchers, gave similar evidence, Mr Michelmore, for the defence, contended that there was no proof that the prisoners were in the road for an unlawful purpose except from the net, which did not appear to have ever been used for the taking of game or any. thing els-, it being quite new. He argued that suppos ing for instance the net had been put into the prisoner's pocket for the purpose of taking rabbits, the bench would have no power to convict. In the present case there had been nothing shown to the contrary. The truth was that the prisoners, as ho was instructed to say, were merely waling up the road on their way to Teignmouth, when they were stopped and collared by the keepers, which was the sole offence against them. He maintained that as Mr Baker had said in his opening remarks the prisoners were there apparently for the purpose of taking game, that the bench had no legal power in the case. Mr Baker observed that it was a qu?stion of fact the bench had to decide. The Chairman remarked that the bench had paid groat attention to the case, and found from the nature of the evi dence that there was nothing to show that the sentence should in any way be mitigated. The prisoners would be imprisoned for three months, with hard labour, and were ordered at the expiration of that term to find sureties to be of good behaviour for six months.— Western Morning News How TO DESTROY INSECTS.—The following remedy for the plague of insects was invented by the late Rev. W. Kirby :—A hand glass, commonly used by gardeners (a square one is the beat) is the instrument to be used. This has to be tightly covered at the bottom with thick white paper, varnished to resist the wet. A circular hole, 61 inches in diameter, is then cut in the centre of the paper, and the glass is placed on three bricks over a plate filled with beer, sugar, and a little rum, a moderate dietanoe from the infested spot. The effect is magical ; in a few hours the glass is crammed with wasps, hornets, and flies (bees will seldom enter), which, having tasted the sweets, fly upwards to the light. A common sulphur match, made by dipping brown paper into melted brimstone, will destroy thousands. The constant hunt of insect life inside will attract all the marauders from the fruit trees to the glass ; and the scent of the rum is sure to induce the most fastidious wasp to enter as no insect can resist its powerful attractions. TILE TALLAHASSEE.—The Beaufort corresponden of the New York Herald, writing on the 27th, re ports the running of the blockade of Wilmington by the Tallahassee Confederate cruiser. The Tallahassee, after much devastation, concluded to spend a short time at Wil mington. Oa the night of the 15th of August, at 10 o'clock in the evening, Captain Philin, commanding the gunboat Mantes:3.3lW, while cruising off New Inlet, diseovered a steamer standing for the shore under a full head of steam. He at once ordered all men to quarters, and when about 500 yards distant challenged her, but elicited no reply. A second challenge was met by silence, and he directed that a package of 9-inch . grape should be presented to the rays- terious stranger. The arrival of grape at its destination was ascertained by a peculiar sound, caused by a contact with resistance. The stranger then replied by returning a shell, which passed between the foremast and mainmast of the Montecello, exploding on the other side without inflict ing any damage. Captain Philin now became more earnest and sent a 3 -pounder shell, to which reply was made in grape, striking almost under the stern of the Montecello. The Montecello then opened with 9.inch and 30-pounder shell short fuse, but was disappointed at receiving no shots in return, and then fJr the first time discovered that the stranger had suddenly disappeared. During the engage ment a Confederate battery of Whitworth guns, stationed on shore at a point a mile or more distant, kept up a con staht fire against the Muntecello, but fortunately doing no damage, though frequently coming very close. When day had dawned so as to make distant objects perceptible, much to the surprise of the assembled vessels, there could be dis cerned, lying serenely and securely under the guns of Fort Fisher, the long sought object of their search, the Confede rate steamer Tallahassee, and there she still lies, and pro bably will continuo to stay. Admiral Lee designs taking all possible precaution, and will to-morrow leave this post to visit the blockade off Wilmington. It would seem as if still another was to be added to the fleet of Confederate cruisers. A few nights ago a large fast steamer. carrying at her stern the English ensign, and on her foremast the Confederate colours, entered the port of Wilmington. She is supposed to be a now cruiser, or to have had on board some distinguished passenger. She likewise still remains there. The Tallahassee had but one mast standing when engaged by the Montecello. . 111 E 110 P IltaDE.—Subjoined is Messrs. Wool• loton and Son's report of the Hop Market :—The warm dry weather of the past summer has caused the sup ply of new hops to arrive at market earlier than usual, and although much of the growth remains unpicked, enough is secured to justify an opinion as to the quantity and quality cf the crop of 1834. Notwithstanding many samples indi cate the effects of mould, red rust, and black blight (and such hops are always the first to be picked and pressed for sale), we consider that generally this season's crop will be remarkable for ripeness, rich flavour, and condition. The palest samples will probably be scarce, but a bright healthy yellow will be the prevailing colour of the growth. Tho quantity grown being now no longer a matter of sta tistical accuracy, much difference of opinion will always exist on the subject. Our judgment is that the produce of this year will, at least, equal an old duty of £200,000. A gradual but important increase has taken place in the home plantations during the past three years, and there are now more than 50,000 acres under cultivation. The European Hop Plantations have doubled in extent since 1854, and this year produce three-fourths of a full crop. This leaves in excess of local requirements a meat important surplus, that must find its way to this country. The crop in Bohemia, Bavaria, Belgium, and the Lorraine district of France, is quite one-third more than last year, and of very superior quality. Baden,Brunswick, Poland, ato, are not sefortunate, but their hops are seldom of good quality, and are chiefly purchased for the adulterations of Bavarians and Bohemians. Last year, American letters stated that very few hops from that country would be exported to Europe, but the Cus toms return proves the inaccuracy of this opinion. We now aro told, most confidently, that the Federal States, so far from being able to export, will require hops from England for their own consumption. We seriously doubt the wis• dom of speculation based upon these reports. The stock in the hands of consumers is probably very small, and on this market scarcely any 1862's or 1863's remain. For the few left, extreme rates are obtained ; but with so abundant an English crop, and the certainty of large imports from abroad, mindful also of the gloomy prospects of the money market, we apprchend brewers will see the policy of regulating their first purchases with extreme caution. Large parcels of 1855'5, 1856'., and 1857's remain unconsurned, and where well kept will probably find a ready sale at their proment very rnoderste rates. TROTTING M ATM FOR £so.—Yosterlny a match, in which Al r Arthur undertook to trot his roan mare Porgy eight miles in hall an hour, came off over two level miles of the old Brighton read, near Ilorley. The mare, harncsed to a light cart, commenced her task by going away at a good pace, her driver holding her in. She per formed the first two miles in 7 min. 10 see., and came back to the starting point in admirable style, getting over four miles in 14 min, 30 sec She did the next two miles in 7 min. 14 sec, ; and, on making her way for the winning goal, her driver gave her head, and she performed the last mile in 3 min, 20 see., and came in a winner with 1 min. 21 sec. to spare, accomplishing the eight miles 23 'jai. 39 sec. Dr. Letheby presented his quarterly report of the illu minating power and chemical quality of the gas supplied to the City. Ile stated that 793 examinations had ben made of the photometrical power of the gas, each being the mean of ten observations; and the results were that, with the exception of six instances on the part of the Chartered Gas, the illuminating power had always been equal to the re. quirements of the act of Parliament. The average power of the City Company's Gas had been 13.63 candles ; that of the Chartered, 13.43; and that of the Great Central, 13.5 d. In the corresponding quarter of last year the mean illuminating power of the City GAS was 13.78 canal', s ; the Chartered. 13 03; and the Great Central, 14 . 15; and in the same quarter of the last ten years, prior to the Act of 1861. the power of the Great Central Gas was 12'93 can dles; while therefore there has been a slight falling off in the power of the gas during the last quarter, as compared with that of IS:',3, there has been an increase of about 4 per cent, over that of the gas prior to the passing of the Metropolitan Gas Act. As rega.ds the purity of the gas of the several com panies, Dr Lotheby reported that it was always free from sulphuretted hydrogen, and that the amount of ammonia in all, except the Chartered Gas, was not excessive, but the proportion (1 sulphur in the gas was frequently greater than that sanctioned by Parlia ment ; in fact, of 76 examinations made of the gas of each of the three companies, there were 31 instances in which the gas of the City Company contained an excess of sulphur, 42 in that of the Chartered,and 70 in that of the Great Central—making together 143 cases out of 228 in which the requirements of the law in this particular had not been complitd with. The average amount of sulphur in the City Gas been 19 69 grains per 100 cubic feet; in the Chartered Gas, 19'17 grains; and in the Great Central, 22.51 grains, the range having been from 35 grains to 14.4. Lastly, ho reported that the average pressure of the gas had been about an inch of water, tho range having been from rather more than two inches to about three-quarters of an inch. Desperate Affray with Poachers at Newton. At the Town Hall, Newton, on Monday, before C. H. Monro, Esq., W. J. Watts, Esq., and C. J. Wade, Esq., William Brown, George Fowler, and John Griffin, alias Staddon, were charged with being on lands in the occupation of Mrs Mary Rendell, the property of Sir Walter Carew, Bart , in the parish of Coombeinteignhead, on Saturday night, for the purpose of taking game. The prisoners have recently been working on the Dartmouth and Mortonhatnp stead Railways, and as they were brought into court they bore evident marks of their having been roughly handled, their faces being disfigured and their clothes saturated with blood. The case excited much interest, the court being densely crowded. Sanitary Condition of the City. Yesterday, at a meeting of the City commissioners of sewers, Deputy De Jersey presiding. . _ Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health, reported the reEults of 989 inspections of houses made since the last meeting of the Court in July—and submitted a list of 208 places for sanitary improvement. He also reported that that the markets and slaughter-houses had been duly in spected, and the officers had condemned 41,7901 b, or nearly 19 tons of meat, as unfit for human food. It consisted of 236 sheep, 15 calves, 78 pige, 200 quarters of beef, and 1,009 joints of meat-12,5911b were diseased, 24,3791 b were putrid, and the rest was from animals that had died from accident or disease. In the course of the last seven weeks there had been 387 births and 357 deaths in the City, and they consisted in each case of 210 males and 177 females. The mortality re turns area little in excess of the average (341) for the corre sponding period of the last eight years. The chief mortality was among caildren of less than five years of age. These deaths amounted to 102, or nearly half the total mortality, and there were 71 deaths among persons at GO and upwards. The cliief causes of death were as follows ; —Plithi s i s 54 tabes 27—hydrocephalus 3—pucumonia 11—bronchitis 19 continued lever 14—scarlet fever 12—whooping cough 14— croup 6—measles 25—diarrhoea 65, of v.thida 55 ware the diarrhoea of infants, making together 71 deaths from did eases of a tubercular charactet —29 from inflammatory disease of the lungs, and exclusive of the infantile diarrhoea —Bl from disease of the zymotic class. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Day, DONCASTER RA.CES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH THE GREAT ST. LEGER. BLAIR ATHOL (J. Snowden) 1 GENERAL PEEL Wells) 2 CAM BUSCAN MINER BAI.tAGAH CLAREMON r KNIGHT OF SNOWDON ........(A'derAt) 0 ELY BLACK ROCK TILE OAS SUPPLY TO TUE CITY. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 14.—Wind this day at noon--S )uth- East; fresh breeze and cloudy. _ _ CARDIYP, Sept. 13.—WIncl S.W.—Arrived—Gaffredo, from New Yolk. Sailed—Alexandra, fur Matanzas—Eliza Nelson, for Bermuda. BitlsroL, Sept. 13.—Wind Filmore, from Now York. KINGSTON, Sept. 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Orchid from Barbadoes. Minronu, Sept. 12.—Arrived—Witeh of the Wave, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Matilda, from Rangoon—Roxburgh Castle, from London and sailed for Melbourne. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 13. —Arrived—Dumietta, from London for Rio Janoiro. Sallod—Hor M.josty's ship En hantress, fur Marseilles. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAtII.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 13 —Adler, from Quebeo—Vlcking, from Riga—Flora, from Caleutta—Rengi, from Riga—Sophie, from Malmo—Marys, from Guernsey—Alphine, from Wasa—Amor, from Dantzic—Albion, from HorsPw—An nnnciacion, from Porto Rico--Saxon Ville, from New York —Pepe, from Porto Rico—Nestor, from Archangel—Reso lution, from New York. Arrived, Sept. 14.—Magnum Bonum, from Colombo— Citizen, from Prince Edward's Island—Prince Albert, from Pugwash—Triton, from Wismar—Carrie M. Lord, from Prince Edward's Island—Frances, from Riga—Albert and Anna, from Dantsic. Sailed, Sept. 11—Aurora, for St. Michael's—BoMora steamer for Konigsberg—Cornelia Gatruda for Batavi I Beivtdero for Madras—Early Dawn for Singapore—Lord J. Russell and Flandre steamers for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—John from Quebec for London. Anchored—Helios from Uleaborg for London—Bengal from Gtfla for Port Philip—Orient from London for Mu.- seilles—Mid-Lothian from London for Ddmerara—lroquis and Sacramento, American corvettes from the eastward— Plantagenet from Sunderland to Bordeaux. Sailed in tow to repair damages sustained by collision— Solon fur tho river. A letter from Mexico, 10th August, nays—" The Emperor left this morning to commence a tour through his empire. The first journey, however, will not b© a long one, and the expectation is that his Majesty will return to the capital in about a month, after having visited Qleretaro, Leon, and Guanajuato. He will return to be present at the fete of Mexican Independence, which is to be celebrated on the 16. h September, when he will lay the first stone of a monument which he has ordered to be erected in the centre of the open space before the Palace, in commemoration of that event. His Majesty will, however, soon after undertake fresh excursions, particularly to Vera-Cruz at the commencement of the winter. The Emperor thinks that his presence in the provinces may materially contribute to pacify them : in the first place because the me,.',suree adopted to give security to journey leaves no point unexplored, and next, because the visit of a sovereign always induces a certain number of mal contents to come over to him. Moreover while the military and finance commissions are at work, the presence of the Emperor in the capital is less neces sary. During his Majesty's absence the Empress, being named Regent, will hold the reins of Govern ment. Her Majesty, as is well known, is possessed of ;great intelligence, maturity of judgment and much tact and firmness. ADULTERATION OF SNUFF.—Mr. Phillips, the Principal of the Government Laboratory, states in his report this year that while he can say that few articles of consumption are now sold in so genuine a state as tobacco, and that the use of prohibited materials in the manufac ture of snuff is now but seldom attempted, he has to repre sent that there is a form of adulteration of the latter article far more injurious than the comparatively mild sophistica • tions sometimes discovered. The law permits the use of lime water in the manufacture of high-dried snuffs, such as Irish and Welsh, but it does not state what proportion of lime shall be present in the water, although there can be little doubt that a perfectly clear solution of limo in water was meant. Many manufacturers, however, assert that such a solution is useless, and persist in the use of what may be termed " lime wash," or a thick mixture of undis solved lime and water. Seve. al unsucceaful attempts have been made within the last two years to suppress the very gross practice, which is still growing, of using such a mixture; and probably until the use of life in the manu facture of snuff is absolutely prohibited the fraud can never be crushed. It has been generally understood that lime was essential in the preparation of high-dried snuff ; but a fine specimen of such snuff, made by an emi nent firm in Ireland, has recently been analysed, the re sult being that no more lime was present than what may be found in normal American tobacco ; and it is believed that the same firm strenuously opposed the legalising the use of lime-water, and still maintain that lime, even in small quantity, deteriorates the quantity of snuff. The vicious form of adulteration referred to is almost entirely confined to the north of Ireland, where it appears the habit is very prevalent among the women employed in the linen and other factories el taking snuff highly chat ged with limo, and which is known as " white snuff ;" and the manufac turers allege, in extenuation of their dishonest practices, that no other description of snuff is acceptable to their cus tomers, apparently forgetting that th. y themselves have, by their lung continued illicit practices, engentleroi the habit which they now seek to bring forward as a plea for their fiau lulent transactions. There have lately beau submitted to Mr Phillii s several samples of snuff obtained from manufacturers in Balfast, in which it was impossible to say flora a mere inspection whether lime or tobace) predomi nated ; and ho bas received information from respectable members in the trade that some manufacturers do not even care to use a mixture of lime and water, but actually grintl up dry lime v,ith the tobacco in the process of manufac ture. The evil in question appears to demand, both capon social and fiscal considerations, an immediate remedy. It can never be supproesed under the existing law, and the only effectual ccurse to be a dopted is the entire prohibition of the use of lime in the manufacture of snuff. Mr Phillips has reason to believe that the atnoxious rractice is distaste lul to many manufacturers , who, however, feel compelled in self-defence to adopt it, and that its continuance is mainly duo to the unselui,nleu:il'Ji~p v f f members cf the trsde. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING IN TELLIGENC E, DONCAS rER RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TIIE MUNICIPAL STAKES. Blomlina .... - 1 Siberia . Plutus Foul ran. FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day DONCASTER RACES—Tnrs DAY. CORPOI ATION Master Richard Gazta Ladra Lyra Thirteen ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Evelina Alabama Light Bob Caller Oa STAND HANDICAP. Diomed N elly Digby Argonaut 3 Fifteen ran, HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Aulax Exceller Furze Chat .... Twenty-ono ran. The Prince and. Princess of Wales in Denmark, COPENHAGEN, Thureday, It would be difficult to state off-hand what it is that gives to the streets of Copenhagen an aspect different from that of almost every other Conti nental city, and yet the visitor walking or driving through them will be struck with innumerable ob jects as he passes along. To begin with, there can be no such thing as street boys in Copenhagen, for flowers bloom in exposed places which in London would be scalped in the course of one afternoon. The Kongen's Nyetoro, or King's.. New Market, is the central point of the city ; from this 12 of the principal streets diverge, and in the middle of the Toro stands an equestrian statue, round the base of which are beds of blooming fl )were which, after such showers as those of the last few days, shed a perfectly delicious fragrance. Beyond a very slight railing, altogether of an ornamental charac ter, there is nothing apparently to hinder any inhabi.. taut from collecting the materials for a bouquet i not a policeman is in sight, not even a gardener with gold-laced hat. Apropos of policemen, it will uo doubt be interesting to mention that the peculiar shaped caeque which attracted so much notice when lately issued to the force in London exists in its integrity here in Denmark, with this exception, that the peaks back and front are of hard shiniog leather, sad they exhibit no pleques of bronze or silver with the divisional numbers, but have such distinguishing marks as are considered necessary embroidered on the felt itself. Whether the helmet originated in Danmark or in England is not clearly stated; perhaps, as was said by an author when taxed with a direct plagiarism from Shak spore, " the same idea occurred to two men of genius." Thorwaldsen's Museum is a point to which every one of course will direct his steps, and here again something out of the ordinary course will be seen. To the museum externally a shape and colour are given designedly suggestive of an Egyp tian monument. The windows and doors all nar row towards the top, but the most remarkable feature is the series of paintings on a huge black ground that forms a belt round the exterior of the building. Groups of figures of the heroic size and dressed in modern garments, almost without ex.. ception of the du!l brick-red or yellow ochre lines, aro skilfully drawn in every attitude expressive of interest and delight at the arrival of Thorwaldsen and his works. The population seem to have put cif in boats to obtain a better view, and one unhappy woman has fallen overboard in the confusion. This aquatic procession and the greetings extended to Thorwaldsen occupy one side of the museum. On. the other walls the masterpieces of the great sculp• for are represented as in the act of being landed front a ship and carried to this building to he preserved, the idea, doubtless, having bean suggested by the Egyptian hieroglyphics exhibiting the mode in which the Pyramids were constructed. The incorn. prehensible point is that any artist competent to de lineate figures so well in an anatomical point of view should have selected such repulsive colcurs for his work; they probably are to be accounted for by alittle pardonable vanity on the part of the Danish artist who was the first to discover how to tnake de corations in coloured stucco. As regards the cont6nts of the Museum the guide-books furnish abundant information, but visitors should by no means cons sider that they have acquainted themselves with all that is worth seeing there till they have examined the private collection of pictures, which, perhaps. because they are modern, or because it is assumed that statuary only ought to be admired upon that spot, are passed over with a slighting notice. Thor• waldsen, the son of the poor ship-carpenter from Iceland, who by his own achievements raised him. self to such an eminence that he was buried with the highest honours the State could bestow, made the acauaintance, while a student at Rome, of number less men of genius like himself, most of whom he afterwards distanced in the race of life. Being in his turn enabled to become an encourager of art, ho appears to have selected those paintings which yielded him the most gratification, regardless of the ' - school to which they belonged, or of the names which n i g ht be appended to th em , Th e c aelo rda a very good insight into the character and tastes of this great Danish arti:4, and to some. ex tent explains the secret of the power which, with , very different and rnoie unsympathetic material, his own productions have exercised in every country. No one coming to Copenhagen should miss seeir;g these pictures, The Chaplaincy cf the Ironmougerb' Con 71113 has bcen conferred upon the Rev, henry Martyn E :!;er Theologieil Associate of King's College, London, isle curate of Nt N, I, t, I ‘. lol :lZLOUthShil e. L 1! tz has presented the Bev. Chris. toplier Grensile, M.A.,, of St. Peter's College, CAmbritlgo, foria , :rly Ul4ll,loiu at. Archqugel oud ut Musecg) It "id Mahon, York.sliire. BRINDISI. Mauls-) 0 Ten ran. Won easily by two lengths; head between second and third ; four lengths between third an 1 fourth. BET Tuca AT STARTING —2 to 1 agst Nat; Athol, 5 to 2 agst General Pecl, 6 to 1 agst Miner, S to 1 agst Barapb, 16 to 1 agst Curubuscan, 16 to 1 agq Ely, 33 to 1 apt Knight of Snowdon, 50 to 1 agst Claremont, 50 to 1 egst Black Rock. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SPITS. -- My Fancy Attraction Prescription 3 Six ran. THIRD EDITION 'Share ,3.14. et et et 50 20