The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-19 00:00:00

ithn the rumour ,o the pre ) Prince of His Grace racing or B.G.—The 'ow i❑ his The official Lg balletins [ajesty was i n eonse" was sligh t y apparent, expectora b. is so ler jesty there )f the del. iot so crou etter rest; re satisfae- ;hat Sing 3 early Part ll:abridge Bday nigh seat in ill° aards ye ~ B * * ,early litiir who are heir Roy al the ROI' :pectea to ext. Buchanan 'he duches 6 r visits. r victoria )m a tour in dMadato° to pass the Vaterford, rn on Toes' 'eland. house 111 harles and a sele ct Brown, at mcaster• ath of pi. the racesst e . In Con s s that AO' nd Irumnio L or d an d visiting tile bbey, near st Cro2ctetu ady Cecilia 'e a s elect 3elleney til . The l'°' Lady 31 any, pio ed i Ireland' Earl 01 3roughanl. tied lord 10 at seat th e e gathering d in tor n ing of 33e/ have left usly ill) i° D ELLial in his bed , sidences co ch. Ile h ad ' ..ous nig ht ' s i d e scende d was i3.13:15 in Pa rlia erly a mer e appointed s Ado 2. and wl caber, 1 834 ' Lah Althea, etteswo rilit )f Leieeater! 8 a Libe ral ; aration and The pare" s tating the i n herit' Dave 11° s rrierd o ce a er o,f Lor ver-; has 1311 c webOte! igL,t of a t tractll of igia‘ Da, al3d"t. bet re/ Pc" - pi b 5 8 hire fet r 'wh elle a d nth° 3 road -8 erg the s ee d ) t he vO rl it: t e eli S kid de dati c°6 cl al ) .eed ow' • eA ) ofc r . or Did —A 119 o he WO g, ;Omraer' P ro , )1 the 1 " - tg his 0 0 00 183 0 . for Dr. :c telegr", tho 113/e is -f gust, of Leadeta inven t ion ;illor 136;:e D 1 * EJ FI S 0 A 1 11ic 136 CONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The committee of the Stock Exchange have closed that establishment to-day for the purpose of com pleting the repairs. In the discount market to-day there is a good demand for money, and 4 per cent. is the general Charge for even the best short-dated securities, al though a few exceptional transactions have been reported at a fraction under that rate. _ In the Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, th e only alterations of importance were a decline in the rates on Paris, Amsterdam, and Hamburg. A further sum of £22,000, in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, but 60,000 sovereigns were Withdrawn for transmission to the Mauritius. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £757,600, and the exports to only £302,150. The bar silver ex La Plata has been sold at Os. lid. per ounce, standard, showing a ribe of oa the price realised for the previous supply. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. YESTERDAY. Bank Stock ... 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities.... 5 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock 226 Ditto 5 pei Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent lO7l Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Ditto bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £1,000.. Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Oct. 8.. 931 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent par 3 pm Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent -- Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....- Ditto 1843 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 38 Cbilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 4/ per Cent. Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent.. 161 Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant. 9 Egyptian 7 per Cent.. .. Ditto, Second Issue - lOll Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account 371 i 8 1 Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account lB Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 81 Mexican 3 per Cent 45 Ditto Account 1 5 1 1 6 5 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New G rana d a l6l 17 Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 75 Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 44 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account 491 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 941 Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent .. — Ditto Account — ' Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account 4Bl Ditto Passive Ditto Account • 37 61 75 7 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Dittb Account l4l 1 / 1 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account 955 Ditto 6 per Cent. 185 S Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 7 li Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. .. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK, Consols, Money Ditto Account 93d t BEATH Or MR. COCKERELL, R.A. We regret to announce the death of Mr. Charles Robert Cockerell, Royal Academician, and Emeritus Professor of Architecture in the Royal Academy. He died on Thurs day last, in the 76th year of his age. In his early life M. Cockerell spent many years of careful study among the existing remains of classic architecture in Asia Minor, Sicily, Rome, Pompeii, and elsewhere. In 1811-12, the ruins of the Temples of Jupiter, in aEgena, and of Apollo at Bassm, near Phrygaleia, in Arcadia, were excavated by Mr. Cockerell, in company with Baron Haller and others, An account of those excavations he published in 1860. The collection of remains from the former edifice is in the Museum at Munich, that of the latter in the British Museum. Subsequently, "restorations" of far-famed build ings of antiquity, as they may once have existed, of the Capitol and Forum of Itome, of the Parthenon, &c., often employed Mr. Cockerell's talents as an architectural draughtsman. In 1829 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy, and in 1836 he obtained the honour of a Royal Academician. In 1840 he succeeded Wilkins, as Professor of Architecture, a post he continued to fill with great success ; his lectures supporting that reputation for learning and ability which he has always enjoyed. In 1841 he was elected one of the eight associis chanjers of the Academy of the „Institute of France, and in 1843, one of the ten " members of merit" of the Academy of St. Luke's, at Rome. In 1845 he was created an honorary D.C.L. of the University of Oxford, and in 1348 he was the first to receive the gold medal of the Institute of British Architecture. He was also a member of the academies of Munich, Berlin, and Berne. Mr. Cockerell was always firm in his adherence to classic archi tecture as the style to be imitated in the 19th century in this country, and was long an opponent of that general revival of Gothic art, which has of late obtained more and more the ascendancy. He has, however, more than once designed in Gothic, having vigorously applied himself to the study of mediaeval architecture, and was an active mem ber of the Archaeological Institute. To its " transactions he contributed many valuable essays in illustration of English antiquities—" The Iconography of Wells Cathe dral," "The Architectural Life of William of Wykehaw," " The Sculpture of Lincoln Cathedral," and others. The principal works executed by Mr. Cockerell are—the Philo sophical Institute at Bristol, the Gothic College at Lam peter, the Gothic speech-room and chapel at Harrow, the Taylor and Randolph Buildings at Oxford, the new Public Library at Oxford, the Sun Fire Office, the Royal Ex change, and Hanover district Chapel in Regent-street. He is also responsible for most of the various additions and im provements made during the last quarter of a century to the Bank of England, to which he was standing architect. To Mr. Cockerell also is due the merit of the recent restora tion of St. Paul's Cathedral. REFINED BUT CARELESS CRUELTY !—There are infinite varieties, even in the ame nities of society, which do not attain their full perfection and p i quancy un less flavoured with a delicate elemental tinge of cruelty — cruelty iced down to that exquisite form of courage which is essential to social ease—and a certain devil-may-cansh ness, tempered by tact, experience, and good sense, which is compar a bl e only t o th e care l ess ease an d' grace with which accomplished cricketers perform the manifold evo• lutions of fielding. With what abandoned grace Smith flings that ball which m a y break d ear J ones ' s knuckles or his nose Smith does not wish to break his best friend's nose, or knock his manly eye out, but that which steels him against the infinitesimal chance of doing the one or the other is an infinitesimal icicle of cruelty, which makes him in sufficiently careless to grace his litheness and adorn his agility, and no more. So it is in society, and its myriad combinations of chances. Without a certain amount of the courage of cruelty, toned down to indifference, it would be impossible to say anything for fear of potentially wounding somebody. Each man, as he treads, unconsciously treads upon a thousand invisible feelings, which die beneath his heedless tramp. But we all move on, for all that, under the irresistible pressure of a necessity which produces the courage of a cruelty both useful and delightful in the end. GAROTTING IN FRANCE.—Garotting seems to have found its way into the French provinces. Thre e ev en i ngs s ince, at Laloubere, near Tarbes (Hautes pStellee) as the wife of a cattle-dealer, named Dulac, was Preoariuo.' her fr o ,„ bet .. husband's supper, some person seized her it .0 ti a d, put a handkerchief round her neck, and d rew lo w t e e : that she fainted—in fact, garotted her. Th e fel 11,e at ee t tr atta acked the house and found 10f., with whi c h t iOn of th e thie l f le woman was unable to give any deEcrip- SHARE MARKETS. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS• ------- I p. 4,1 Closing Business Share Railways. -"' -" I Price. done. . 13.14. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 8 5 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co all St 6 2 et Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lOO 120 121 50 ilork and Bandon all - - 20 Cornwall all 7 5 8 10 Do A A. gets no di \ a ll - - 10 Do. B till6p c.p an. ha s a ll - been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 39 10 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. all 16 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow.; 100 961 975 961 st Glasg. and S. Western.' 100 111 113 et Great Eastern, Ord. stk, 100 51 62 511 44 1 at Ditto A stock llOO 50 61 st Ditto EastAnglian stl 100 254 1.(.(1 23 i at GreatNorthof Scotland 100 - - st Great Northern.. , 100 1241 1251 1254 at Do A stock I 100 1264 1271 1271 st Do Bdo llOO 1?1 136 at Gt. S. and. W. of Ireland' 100 100 1( 2 at Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 - - at Lancashite & Yorkshire IGO 113 1131 1121 13 et London and Blackwall 100 731 711 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 112 113 1131 124 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 42 43 734 et Lon. & North Western 100 101 1014 102 414 at Lon. & Scr.th Western 100 1014 1024 1003 15_1 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 44 444 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - 124 Do t shares all - - st Metropolitan all 122 124 1231 25 34 at Midland 4,4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 06 88 965 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 25 Do. 4 shares - - 25 Mid Kent - - 10 Do Cray Line - - at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 254 264 st Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 101 1014 1014 4 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 - - 0 a st Do Leeds lOO 57 58 at Do York at Do Carlisle.... lOO - - et North London 10 Do New 5 1 2 p 1 9.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 111 114 at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 44 46 st Do Scot. Mid. stook lOO 101 103 10 Shrews, and Weichpool all - - at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 81 2 3 313 at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 99 101 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 9 i 0 10 25 Stockton & Darlington all 364 374 25 Do l7 86 96 0 25 Do New, 18136 8 74 8 p st Taff Vale. 10 Do B 8 4 61 ~ 10 Do C 3 23 35p 50 Ulster - - 25 Do 2O - -; p 12.10 Do 54 - - at (Vale of Neath at 'Victoria eta. and Pim ' 100 159 1152 st I Waterford & Kilkenny' 100 - - at 'West Cornwall lOO 26 28 at 'W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO - - st West Midland -Oxford 100 44 (5 at Do Newport 100 39 41 at Do Hereford 100 105 107 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. share 100 stk 1 206 to too 1 Etailways Minim & St Lawrenet Rom.,Baroda dz. Cent Ino Gu. 5 per amt... Do. New stock Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo and LaxelluroL Do. Preference Builalo,Brant,&Godriel, p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1,187 Z: Do. do. June 1, 18:1 ClcuttaditS.Eastn.(Lh, ; Cape Town Dock Scril Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G DO: do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fret'. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred...... Do. 2d Fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d I".ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndfarettin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ... . ... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. .. Do. It p. o. Extension Dc.l* do Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Buds 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswtok a Cands Class A. and B N.R.I.CdaS pc Ist Pi bde Scinde Do. Delhi o D o o . . p d uni o aub c;4 9 , Do. Do. ! gag, Do. Indus. St. Flo.) Paid. all iou Closing Price. 60 (2 1(8 1081 1 IA p p bey 6:4 8} 100 100 100 100 100 lon 1071 1084 107 10 109 110 108 1 , 9 li lip 20 21 1 f, 71 13 58 60 65 67 50 62 47 49 36 38 26 28 23 1.5 11.9 110 1 141' 1 1074 RN lot 104 103 10,, 95 97 90 all 100 (100 1 100 107 1 108 P 102 103 (E 1 ICO 58 60 Business done 3 5 82 84 107& 108 i 1074 1081 IP 108) et 20 tit stock __ p 107 i 1081 103 105 109 i 13/ 1081 1071 4 102 COLONIAL GOVER 1 1877-St Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 6 p. 0. Mar. dc Sept. Do. p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G. Llope, 6p Do.Ap &Oct. 188 t Do. 1891 ' Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&J ul) Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p z., 18ot Do. 5 p. c.,18,1 to 171 Do. d0.,1888 dtupwcis New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 P. e. sterling, 1875 . ....... Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c. lb. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up.. !VIAGov. 6 p.o. Ja.drjuly Do. to a p.c. A0..1z00t.. MEN 100 100 100 100 100 T SECURITIES. 162 104 1(1 113 101 IC3 91 D 3 91 v 3 108 110 112 114 113 115 113 115 113 115 107 108 110 112 103 HZ 1001 1014 1011 102 102 103 111 113 103 t tea 105 i:1 113 111 113 108 110 114 ll4i l 1121 1141 BRITISH MINES. 2 ;Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 / 5d uhliord Amalgamated 33 55 Devon G. Com,. (Taoist ) 1 560 660 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 80 82 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd sa. 16 par East Caradon ....... 1.14. t 28 29 28 East Caru Brea... 3.4.0 .;1 E. 4"1 Russel (Tavistk.; 8.6.6 31 4 Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) tB, 14 i 5 14/ 15 Great South Tolgus 178 45 5 G. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 84 , Grenville 6.16.4 51 6 ElercAl's-Foot 8.12 88 40 Itlingsten Downs 4. 8.0 2 24 'Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelart 9 k 29 41 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ' 25 lf t New Setun l 9, 1 00 110 North Downs 25 1/ 2 N.Wh'i Basset (Mogan 1.17. k) 2 1 31 North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 4 44 Par Consols(Et. Blazey, 15 4 5 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer, If 410 420 8. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 14 2 It.= .IVheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.k.9 60 65 IStray Park 5 ramarSilv.,k Lead Min. 45 1 4 Pin Croft 9 195 201 20 West Basset (Illogan) l5 9 10 W C' Tilden (Liskeard, 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan, 54 75 80 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 35 45 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuch ott - Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 11 13 Wheal Oeton 585 215 125 Wheal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 16 58 IWheal Union 3.17 2/ 31 PREFERENCE SE Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 Great Western, 4i per cent. pref., 101 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per c West Midland, Oxford, Ist guarantee IARES. It per cent. pm., 1071 7 cent. pref., 1 0 0E100 ed stock, 134 AND STOCKS. PREFERENCE SHARES Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 1051 _ Lon:ion and S.-Western 4} per cent., 1074 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 63i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 94 4 Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per cent., 21 204 Belgian Eastern Junction, 14 Great Luxembourg, 141 6 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 114 Recite and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 19/ t 19 4 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 91 Ditto, new, 221 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 . / Turin and Savona, 3 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Lim.), 404 394 101 Australasia, 817, 4 24 Bank of Queensland (lira), 144 4 Bank of New Zealand, 114 Brazili in and Portuguese, Lim., 54 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 111 Chartered Ban' of India, Australia, and China, 35E4 City, 1144 Consolidated Bank, Fun., 10) 4 4 English and Irish (lira.), 104 10 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 23/ Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 23 6 4 Imperial Bank (lira.), 22 Imperial Ottoman, 194 4:4 1 London and Brazilian Mini.), 514 1 1 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 284 Lonaon and Colonial (lira.), 84 London and County - , 49 London Joint Stock, 364 6 Mercantile and Exchange. Ern., 114 Metrop. and I'rov. Bank (lim.), 174 National of Liverpool, limited, 15 New South Wales, 524 2 Seinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi (11m), 7 I StanDdiatrtcol, o n f e l iv, i l t 6 is i h t S i ou l t 7 ll Africa (Ur , ), 21; 2 Union of Australia, 554 fi Union of London , 39 DOCKS. U U n n i i to o n n o o f f (lini*VBl East and West India, 144 London,:6si 5 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lira., 9 Crystal Palace, 38¢ Electric Telegraph, 105 Gen. Grunt and 1. inancc of London, lira., 44 Great Ship, Um., 174 per cent. Hudson's Bay, t International Financial Society, Bin., 10 a Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. .570 issued 00, 891 90 Joint •stoek Discount, 7i London financial Association, lirn.; 144 London General Omnibus CompanY 2 1 Oriental Inland Steam, Jim., 3a 21 34 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 81 &Mash Australian Investment, Um., 137 e:•1 THE SUN, LONDON, SAFURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER, 19, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. Tremendous Explosion of Three Gunpowder Mills. This morning, shortly after two o'clock, one of those calamities which generally carry such devastation and de« struction with them took place at the works of Messrg. Harvey and Curtis, near Hounslow. The sound produced by the explosion was similar to that of a battery of the heaviest artillery, and in a few moments numbers of the inhabitants were hurrying in the direction of the mills. On reaching the spot on which the works stood a scene of great destruction presented itself, as three of the workshops, known as the Incorporation Mills, had been blown to pieces. Upon the names of the workpeople being called over it was found that only one person had been injured by the explosion, and not, it is to be hoped, in any serious manner. One of the three mills that exploded was that situate on the part of the property known as the Lower Head, and was of large dimensions ; and it is exceedingly fortunate that work had for some time been stopped in the other two, owing to long drought having caused a cessation of the water supply. The whole range of the buildings has been greatly damaged by the explosion, but not to the ex tent that might have been imagined, when the extensive nature of the business carried on by the Messrs. Harvey and Curtis is taken into consideration. The explosion was heard for miles round Hounslow, and, it is needless to say, caused the greatest apprehension. AN IRISH " POTEEN" DISTILLERY. A correspondent of the Freeman's Journal, who has just returned from a tour of considerable extent through the west of Ireland, gives a favourable account of the condi tion of the inhabitants. He says that even since last year there is a great change for the better, and the signs of improvement are everywhere visible. He attributes this to the abundance of the potato crop, which has led to the pay his The Th re-appearance of the pig, on whi ch anima l the Irish peasant mainly depends for he saw tworthemean means or to three.reit. At the doors of cabins , where a year ago there was not the sign of a pig, other crops were good, but late. It is to be regretted. however, that the people are not content with the legiti mate profits of honest and lawful industry. Illicit distillation, notwithstanding the risk involved in it, is carried on to a great extent, and proves highly remunera tive, as the manufacturer can realise a handsome profit by selling his whisky at 108 to 14s a gallon, and will always be sure of good customers as long as the present high duty shall be exacted. The principal cereal products of the dis trict are oats and here, which are bought up in the country markets by private distillers, and carried great distances into the mountains on the backs of ponies, to be manufac tured into whisky. The following description of a " poteen" distillery may be interesting, as showing the energy and determination which the peasantry dis play in the prosecution of this lawless traffic. The writer was conducted to the scene by a friend who was in the confidence of the operators :—" It lay in a nar• row valley between two of the mountains that form the im mense chain that runs from the centre of Galway to West port. Between these mountains runs a rapid stream, ending in a small lake with no visible outlet, and surrounded by granite boulders which completely stopped all exit from the defile in that direction; in fact, there was only one way to get either in or out. About four miles down the valley, approached by a wretched road, over which no beast of burden could travel except the Western ponies, is b wretched village of some three or • four houses, in one of which the still was at lull work, and in another the men were grinding malt in the ancient mode between querns, In this house were several barrels filled with fermenting worts. On the side of the mountain was an excavation, the entrance to which seemed to be from behind a large boulder rock, overhung by brushwood, and probably intended as a store for the manufactured goods. Night and day there are sentinels on the mountains that overlook the one narrow road that leads to this extraordinary place ; and, if the police were seen coming, a signal could be given, and in 20 minutes three men could consign everything connected with the distillery to the lake, which, they say, is bottom less, and on the arrival of the police not a trace of the work would remain. The whisky is carried away by night by the members of the family, who have customers for it in diffe rent towns and villages. The price is f rom 10 s . t o 14 s . p e r gallon. The people engaged in this illicit traffic certainly make money There were pigs and poultry about their doors and flitches of bacon hanging up inside ; and one of them had a shop where tea, sugar, bread and tobacco were sold. On our arrival at the place a man came out and asked in Irish who I was and what brought us there ? On a proper explana tion we were on the best of terms. We got an excellent breakfast of good strong tea, rashers, eggs, and bread, and of course plenty of the native' as cream for our tea." STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Sept. 18.—From Tuesday to this morning the yarn market was rather quieter, but to-day there has been a slight improvement, and yarns made from American cotton (which are scarce) have sold at the extremest prices yet given. These yarns made from American cotton, now quoted at about 2s. 2d. per lb., have realised 2s. 6d. per lb., while at this time last year, when Ameri can cotton was at 2s. 6d. per lb., 16's to 24's water twist (now at 2s. 6d.) was offering at 2s. per lb. The cloth market is without much change since Tuesday, and there is no new feature in the market, except that while manufacturers are rather firm at their quotations they are practically rather easier to deal with. Probably the quieter state of the cotton market for the past two days has somewhat con duced to this result. Both holders and manufac turers have shown rather more disposition to meet the views of buyers than they were three days to a fortnight ago, but the latter (especially the larger buyers) seem to be resolutely holding back es a rule. There has been a fair inquiry for longcloths and T-cloths (particularly the latter), and there has been some business, but the prices generally re quired has prevented business. NOTTINGHAM, 18th.—There was about the usual attendance at this Exchange-hall to-day, and a moderate share of business was done in lace yarns at prices (quailing those of Tuesday. In hosiery yarns there was no material change. Silks about the same. The brown net trade was quiet. MARKETS---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit at our market to-day was moderate, while that of vegetables was large. The trade ruled firm at the annexed rates : FRUIT. S. d. 8. d. Pine apples 6 0 to 8 0 Colonial do., each 1 0 to 3 0 Grapcs,per lb 2 6 to 5 0 Foreign do 1 6 to 2 6 Melons 0 0 to 0 0' Nectarines, per dz 2 0 to 5 0 Apples, per hi-sv. 1 3 to 3 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 8 o to 12 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Gooseberries hi sve3 6 to 4 6 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Raspberries,prpt 0 4to 0 6 Cherries, per lb. 0 3to 0 0 Foreign ditto, punt) oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 Bto 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto u 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 5 oto 6 0 Peaches.. . 4 oto 10 0 Currants, per h.sv 4 6to 6 0 Plums, per do. .. 3 6to 4 6 Greengages, pr do. 6 oto 7 0 WESTMINSTER. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT CREMORNE.—DESPERATE RESISTANCE OF TEE OFFENDER.—John Baily, a powerful young man, was placed at the bar charged with an exten sive robbery at Cremorne-gardens. John Mayhew, 319 D, said that at a quarter to four this morning he was on duty at Cremorne-gardens, and was passing by a glove shop or stand there, where gloves and jewellery are sold, when he observed that the hinges of the door were unfastened from the post, they were unscrewed and the screws gone. The door had been placed a little on one side, and on witness pulling it, it opened and he saw the prisoner in the shop. He inquired what he was doing there, when the prisoner replied he had been there to lie down, but the door was not well secured. Witness told him he was aware they did not allow him to lie down there, and inquired what he had got in his pocket. Prisoner observad, " It's all right," to which the witness replied, " It is not all right, and you must go with me to the station." Pri soner then struck him a blow on the face, and, with a knife in his hand, closed upon witness, when they had a severe and perilous struggle. Mr. Arnold—How long did it last? Witness—Above twenty minutes, during which we were frequently up and down, and he was repeatedly jobbing at me with the knife. I fortunately warded off many of the blows, but he wounded me slightly in two or three places, but I still kept my hold of kis handkerchief, but he made repeated cuts at it, and the handkerchief coming in two, he jumped up free and got away, but he was stopped by another constable, Mr. Arnold—What was found upon the prisoner ? Witness—The brooches, bracelets, pins, and other articles of jewellery I now produce ; they were found in hi s p oc k e t. _ . Mr. Arnold—ls he known ? Witness—He has been employed for six seasons in Cre morns Gardens ; he is one of the gasmen, and was there attending to his duty last night, but had no business what ever in the gardens at the time I found him; he had his shoes off when I found him. Prisoner said he had been drinking freely, and did not know what he was about, The police did not assent to this at all. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday. THAMES. A SHOFLIFTER.—EIizabeth Jones was brought before Mr. Partridge. charged by another Elizabeth Jones with stealing a large roll of calico, measuring 58 yards. The witness, Elizabeth Jones, saw the prisoner in the shop of her employers, Longworthy and Co., No. 1, Can non-street-road, St. George-in-the-East, and suspecting her watched her closely. The prisoner looked about the shop went outside, looked at the things exposed for sa l e i n th e window, and then entered the shop again, and as she went out took with her a roll of calico standing within the shop close to the door. The prisoner walked away very quickly, and was immediately pursued by the witness, her name• sake, who stopped her, toc,k the property from her, and gave her into the custody of a police-constable. The prisoner described herself as a professional singer, declared she had no home,and had been in the country seeking a living and that her " relations and friends turned their back with a frown" because her child, 14 months' old, was illegiti mate. In answer to questions by Mr. Partridge, the pri soner said she had friends in London well off, but they would do nothing for her, and she was unable to support her baby. Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was a strong hearty young woman, and might obtain a living for herself and infant if she was so disposed. He sentenced her to 21days' imprisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the calico, and directed inspector Hughes of the K divi sion to make inquiries about the prisoner. If there was any merit in her, and if she was not a professional thief, he would assist her with a contribution from the poor-box, or put her in the way of obtaining an honest living when she came out of prison. A MARINE BIJEGLARY.—DARING ROBBERY.—John Davidson, a youth describing himself as an ordinary sailor, was brought up before Mr. Partridge, charged with a marine burglary. Adolphus Clark, a West India Dock constable, saw the prisoner coming towards the gateway of the dock fronting the Commercial-road, Poplar, yesterday afternoon. The officer noticed that the prisoner appeared very bulky, and stopped him as he reached the gate and took him into hi s box. As he was stripp in g the prisoner a man of colour named John Finch, cook of the ship Duke of Wellington, hastily advanced towards the box and said he had been robbed. The first thing taken from the prisoner wa s a shirt, aof s. black silk neckerchief. " That is mine," exclaimed Fin c h. The officer then stripped the prisoner of a new black cloth coat, a blue dungaree slop , a fancy cloth waistcoat, two flannel pa drawers,irs of a dungareeblae Guernsey overalls, shirt, a The cook said they are all mine, and he now identified th e whole of the property. He s aid he discovered his chest flannel end a pair a of pair ba o e in the forecastle broken open, and everything in it removed. The lashings of the chest were cut, and the leek forced. The lashings of a bag containing clothes were also cut and sent adrift. He saw the prisoner alongside the ship yes terday CFriday), but he never saw him on board. The prisoner, who had no appearance of a" salt" about lifm, entd ho Rae 1.... 1 rap_ Bp ram( from Silifdas a week ago. He was discharged from his last ship six weeks ago. He was an ordinary seaman. He could not get another ship. Mr. Partridge—Yes. You are sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour, for the unlawful possession of the property taken from you. EAST RETFORD HOP MARKET..—Hop pulling is now in active operation in this district, and the late variable weather has not had so much effect upon the plant and upon the yield as at one time was expected. There have been larger growths per acre, but never a better quality. The weight per acre differs considerably, some of the grounds which are but indifferently managed making but &wt. per acre, but the general average will be 10ewt. to 2 The grounds at Bell moor are super i or to what ray% been for many years pa s t, an d a t th e f or thcoming fthaierlyWalesby will be well represented by the new crop. At 011erton the plantations aro in excellent condition. At Radford there is a fine crop upon the ground, and the greater part is of first-class quality. In this district the yield is expected to give satisfaction, and t o b e qu i te equa l t o w hat has been obtained previously, Some samples of the new hops have come to hand here, and good prices are paid for them. -- The EMINENT RUSSIAN COMEDIAN, SCHTEPKINE, the father of toe Russian stage at Moscow, where he had performed for 40 years, has just died at Yalta, in the Crimea. Schtepkine was born a serf, and made his first appearance in the company of his lord and master, Tou linov. Notwithstanding his obscure birth, he was always regarded with much distinction even in the most aristo cratic circles of Moscow, in which he was always welcome. His influence on the Russian stage was immense, the pupils instructed b y him were al ways distinguished by great ease in their acting , and b y an i ntelligent appreciation of their parts. and all THE ORIGIN OF HAND-SHAKING.--The Romans had a goddess whose name was Fides, or Fidelity— a goddess of "faith and honesty," to whom Numa was the first to pay divine honours. Her only dress was a white veil, expressive of frankness, candour, and modesty ; and her symbol was two right hands joined, or sometimes two figures holding each other by the right hand ; whence, in all agreements among the Greeks and Romans, it was usual for the parties to take each other by the hand, as a token of their intention to adhere to the compact; and this cus tom is in more general use, even among ourselves at the present day, than would at first thought be realised. A NARROW ESCAPE.—As a cavalry regiment were exercising on the Champ-de-Mars a lady in attempting to cross the grounds, contrary to orders, w as suddenly surprised by a charge of several squadrons at full gallop. An opening in the first line was made for her to pass, but losing her presence of mind, she rushed in the way of the horses of the second line. She was thrown down, and the whole of the horses leaped over her, but withcat touching her, and the charge having passed, she was picked up and found to have sustained no serious injury. THE HARTEST IN THE WEST MIDLAND COUNTIES. —The ingathering of the corn crops in the counties of Glocester, Worcester, and Herolord is,now fairly com pleted. Here and there a fold of beans or late barley re mains ungarnered, but they are small in quantity. The great bulk of the wheat crop was secured a month ago, up to which time the weather has been remarkably dry. The rain which has fallen, however, since that period, offered a considerable impediment to the completion of the harvest, SO that it is not until the present week that it has been finished. The corn crop is even better than it had been calculated, and will mote than compensate for the low price. The barley is generally of a finer quality than has been gathered for many years, and as hops are also plentiful and of good quality some superior beer is expected to be brewed this autumn. The late-sown barley, some of which has only been mowed this week, will be inferior for malting, but fit for grinding pur poses. Vetches aro good in quality and yield well. Beans turn out better than anticipated. This is the last of the cereal crops to be got in, and farmers are now busy securing them. The hop harvest in Worcestershire and Hereford shire has been a very busy time. At first the weather was showery, but for the last few days it has been very suitable for the work. The great hop fair for the district will be hel.d at 'Worcester to-morrow (Saturday). The root crops have been greatly benefited by the rains, and in consequence of the early corn harvest a good many stubble turnips have been planted, which will afford late keep. The pastures are also looking very green. Potatoes turn out a prolific crop, with no disease to speak of. A silly paragraph is going the rounds to the effect that a modification is about to be introduced into the • French game laws, prohibiting the killing of hen birds, " By this means," says the paragraph, "it is hoped to re stock the woods with game, of which some species are tend ing to disappear in France." A sportsman can distinguish a cock from a hen pheasant, but how he is to distinguish between the sexes of other game is a secret which the writer dots not revertl.—Caii:gnani. VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 0 to 2 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9 to 1 6 ditto 1 0 to 2 6 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 0 to o 0 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 2 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 0 to 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 70 0 to 110 0 New ditto, pr lb —0 2 to 0 4 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6 to 2 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 3 to 1 6 Garlic, per lb 0 6 to 0 8 Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 1 3 to 2 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 0 to 2 0 New Do., dzbun 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach 0 6 to 0 8 Turnip radishes 0 0 to 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pdo 0 9to 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 9 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 1 oto 1 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score 010 to 1 3 Mint and savory..o 3to 0 4 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto d 9 Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 4 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 6 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. lrade firm. CUMBERLAND.•—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A steady trade. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108 ; clover, Li Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A fair demand—supply but moderate. POULTRY. Turkey poults, 5s to Gs Od ; geese, 5s Od to 8 s each ; goslings, 4s Od to 5s Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ducklings, 3s Od to 3s 6d; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os Gd to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to lOs Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 4s Od to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each • p h eas an t s, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, is 6d to 2s Od ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Os to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od; wild ducks, Os Od to O s Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 7s Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lid to is Od ; English, is to Is 2d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 9s Od ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 100; leverets, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; grouse, 3s Od to 4s Od each. BILLINGSGATE. ----- Salmon, Os 8d to is Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; skate, 4d to 6d ; sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 8s Od to 18s ; cod, 4s Od to 6s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 5s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s 0(1; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is to 4s Od ; crabs, 6d to 3s 0(1 ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair ; common oysters, 10s to 15s ; natives, 60s to 63s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 6s ; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 408 per 100 ; fresh herrings, 8s to 00s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4% 4d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and lamb, Oa 00d to Os Od per Bibs by the carcase. WIIITECSUATJEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; veal, 35 6d to 4s 4d , and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lid to Bd, of household do., 5d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3jd ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 44d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4;d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to bid ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 10s Od to 12s Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 5s 6d to 7s Od ; half-breds, 4s 4d to 55 4d; Downs, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; lambs, 35 Od to 6s Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. NEW AUSTRALIAN BISHOFRIC.—A new bishopric is forthwith to be founded in Australia, to be called "the Bishopric of Grafton and Arundale," and to be created out of the present diocese of Newcastle. The appointment is in the gift of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Among the produce sent to Constantina for the approaching agricultural exhibition there, is a quantity of short -stapled Louisiana cotton, gathered near Algiers from the sth to the 10th ult. It is of very fine quality, and was produced by threo-year-old plants, which had already yielded two crops in August and December last year. The Nation announces the arrival in Paris of a person, whom it does hot name, charged to contract a loan of 100 millions, to meet the effects of the famine which is now desolating Hungary. This loan will, it is said, be contracted by the Hungarian communes under the guaran tee of Austria. The Progres s of Lyons, states that M. Bornier, a Federal Colonel, and Chef d'Escadron Smet, the , Commissioners appointed by Switzerland and France to fix the time of delimitation between the two countries are now at Rousses. Stakes have been driven into the ground, and a contract has been entered into for supplying the proper quantity of stone posts. These posts will be square, and bear on one side the Federal Cross, and on the other the Imperial Eagle. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A HAN GMAN.—A few days ago (says the Malta Tunes of the 10th) an attempt was made to murder the public hangman, by hurling on him, from the top of a house on the Giuseppe-road, a heavy stone, as he was lying asleep outside the door, as is the custom with the lower orders during the hot season. The stone struck him on his side, breaking two of his ribs, and otherwise doing him serious injury, but no fatal result is anticipated. The marriage of Mdlle. Graffenried de Villars, daughter of Baron de Graffentied, with Count . Caraman de Chimay, son of Prince de' Chimay, was cele brated two days since at the chateau of Carlepoint (Oise), the baron's residence. The Bishop of Beauvais officiated on the occasion. In the evening a ball was given in the park to all the inhabitants of the environs, and the scene was enlivened by the band of the Ist Regiment of Grena diers of the Guard in garrison at Compiegne. The French brig Jeune Leonie has just arrived at Valery, having on board six seamen, the crew of the English collier brig Hebe, of Newcastle, which foundered at sea on the night of the 7th. " Pocket-picking was so rife at Malines during the late fetes," says the Presse, " that in one field no lees than 15 empty portmonnaies were found." The nobility of the Government of Kowno (says the Nord) has just forwarded to the Emperor Alexander an address of devotedness and fidelity, bearing more than 600 signatures. A horrible murder was committed at Malta on the Bth by a military groom on the person of a married woman. lie afterwards attempted to cut his throat, but not having succeeded ho threw himself off ono of the bas tions, near Calcara gate, and died in a few hours. GUY LIVINGSTONE'S STYLE, everyone knows, an d , how a mighty rider and.woman-fascinator comports himself, it will be easy to conjecture its easy superiority of diction in his account of his recent American Pilgrimage. "By my faith" is a very favourite exclamation; an d " sooth to say" has a mellow antiquarian effect, which almost makes us look, but in vain, for' grammercy " in his pages. Three months' rain is very finely turned." the three months' reign of Jupiter Pluvius." Tasting is deli cately c alled "savouring." That the author is not much past thirty-five is expressed classically by saying that he has "hardly entered on his eighth lustre." The ankles of young ladies are described with fine Johnsonian effect as their "pedal perfections," and the pilgrim complains that they were too often draped even from his admiring eyes. Not that the young ladies of Baltimore—or any place — fought shy of him, —they ,worshiped him as much as he would permit, lie tells us how he clasped the " willowy waist" of one young lady for the waltz ; of the "iridescent eyes, the sweet indolent 2norbidezza" of the Baltimore type of beauty; and in language even more rich and full of ma jestic connoissseurship than usual, he gives us his one glimpse of a lady of "supreme perfection." The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.271 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 47 1 78. lead. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is about 3-10 the per cent. desres in Loud.n than in Paris. Ey advices Isom namburg the price of gold is 425 pe .ouralc and the short exchange on London is 13.63 per £1 sterling. .. , tandard gold at the English AMA price is, therefore, about 7-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 135 to 1353 per eent., and the premium on gold about 22} per cent. At these prices there is a small profit on the importation of gold from the United States. RACING FIXTU: SEPTET RES FOR 1863. :BIBEIt. Brecon .. 21 Richmond 22 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn..... 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. ....29 Edinburgh, &a. C1ub....30 IBER. OCTi Coventry Bedford 6 Caledonian Hunt Newmarket S. 0.. ..... l2 NoVE: Worcester 3 I Lincoln Autumn 20 Kelso. 21 Gloucester 22 Newmarket Houghton 26 :MBER. I Shrewsbury Autumn....l6 IRISH. SEPTEMBER. Listowel 2l J en kinstown Park 23 Limerick ..21 I OCTOBER. Curragh 2O THE " MACHINE LADIES" AND THE FORTUNE TELLEII.—At the Sunderland Police-court, on Thurs day, a little Irishman, named John Butler, was brought up for telling fortunes to the "machine ladies" employed at the gutta percha boot and shoe m anufactory of Mr. J. V. Scarborough, in that town, and for swindling them out of a sovereign. Mr. Scarborough's daughter, Mars Jane, said that about one o'clock on Wednesday, the prisoner came into the shop, and offered to tell fortunes. He said that he was deaf and dumb —(laughter)—that is, he wrote on his slate that he was, and said that if they put a sovereign into a teacup he wo uld tell them "two won derful things." Witness accordingly put a sovereign into a cup, and the prisoner put in a crooked pin. He then went to the window and gazed up at the sky, but soon afterwards took out the sovereign and went to the door to look at the sun, for it was not dark enough to "rule the planets." He did not return, however, till about six o'clock at night, and then pointing to Mrs. Scarborough's plaid shawl, said he must have that. They would not give him the shawl, but demanded the sovereign, upon which prisoner wrote on the slate that he had not a penny. Mrs. Scarborough then sent for the police, and had him given into custody. The Chair man—Nov, Butler, we know you're not dumb ; what have you to say to this? Prisoner—Well, sir, Mrs. Scarborough wrote to Durham for me, and said she would give all the world if I would come back to the town to see them. She sent for me several times, and said there were seventeen or eighteen machine ladies wanted to see me and have their fortunes told. As to the sovereign, I never got it nor a half penny of their money.—Miss Scarborough denied that her mother had written for the prisoner. —A " machine lady," who had been present at the time, gave corroborative evi dence, and said the prisoner took the sovereign out of the cup when he went up to the table to look at the sun.—Police con stable Nattrass said he took the prisoner into custody, and while he was preparing to write the charge upon the slate, the prisoner said, " It's all right, sir, I'm in custody now. When eharged with stealing the sovereign, he said, all right, sir." —Inspector Kent proved that Butler had been committed from Stockton for three months, and from Sunderland fur one month, for fortune telling.—The pri soner begged for mercy, and alleged that Mrs. Scarborough did not desire his arrest. lie knew he had done wrong, but did not intend to tell fortunes any more after he had got out of gaol, only Mrs. Scarborough wrote for him as soon he got out, lie was sentenced to three menthe' imprisonment. — Newcastle Chronicle. Tne Social Science Congress will hold its Seventh Annual Meeting at Edinburgh, on the 7th of Oc tober. The President, Lord Brougham, will open the meeting with an address. The six following days will be devoted to the different departments in rotation, the pro ceedings to begin with an address trout the president of each section. M. F. de Leeseps (says the Petrie) is expected shortly to arrive in France from Alexandria. On his return it is probable that Nubar Pacha will be able to acquit himself of the mission to the Suez Company with which he has been charged by the Viceroy of Egypt. MADAME T-USSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY. — We are glad to be able to state that this magnificent and unrivalled exhibition continues to be patronised beyond the most sanguine expectations of its liberal and indefati gable proprietors. No expense whatever is spared in con stantly adding to its p r esent collecti on o f rar e and costly relics, every object that way be deemed worthy of a place in the establishment. Life-size models of the English Mo natchs, attired in appropriate costume, from William the Conqueror to that of her present Majesty, continue to be 04e of the most attractiye features in the exhibition' THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. (From the Index.) Notwithstanding Greek fire, Parrott guns, and iron dads, this stronghold of the South has not yet fallen. There was a great shout of triumph in New York over the news that Fort Sumter was a heap of ruins, and the Federal organs in this county jumped at once to the con clusion that, the fire of Fort Sumter subdued, it was all over with Charleston. Th e progress of the siege has dispelled this illusion, and proved that the key to the de fences of the Palmetto city is not in the casemated fortress which, two years ago, seemed to bid defiance to the navies of the world. in fact, the destruction of Fort Sumter would almost seem to be the "be all and the end all" of Federal triumph. 'With this, the main obstacle to the approach of Charleston harbour re moved, it was thought that the iron-clads would easily effect a passage. The surprise was great in the Federal camp when day after day was allowed to pass by with the vaunted iron squadron floating idly within the bar, or steaming up just within range of the land batteries to de • liver a casual shell and make all haste out of reach of the Confederate guns. By-and-bye it was rumoured that the Federal batteries erected on Morris Island were also played out. The great gun which had poured its flaring missiles into the defenceless city had burst ; the Parrott guns which had shattered the walls of Fort Sumter were used up; most of the atumunition was gone; the six days' bombardment had exhausted the Federal stores, and General Gilmore found himself at the end of the artillery duel brought to a dead lock, with the enemy repairing damages with impunity under his eyes and within reach of his guns, On the 21st August Sumter was in ruins; on the 23d it had ceased to exist as a fortification according to General Gilmore's re port, though the Confederate flag waved over it ; and a day , later the Federal batteries declined to waste their ammuni • tion upon it. Another day, and we learn that heavy firing was going on between the Federal batteries and Forts Sum ter and "Wagner : and finally, it is officially reported that on the Ist inst. a general engagement took place between the iron-clads and forts Wagner, Sumter, and Moultrie, and that the attack on Fort Sumter was to be renewed. Either the Federal accounts of the damage done to Fort Sumter have been scandalous exaggerations,or Beauregard, emboldened by the enemy's inactivity, has refortified the ruins. At any rate it is certain that after a bombardment of a fortnight the garrison of Fort Sumter not only held out, but was taking a very active part in the defence. The probability is that that skilful engineer, Beauregard, has constructed new fortifications on the ruins of the old case mates with the aid of sand-bags and cotton bales, and that on the Ist instant Sumter was really stronger than it had been at the commencement of the attack. A valu able addition to its defences had, we believe, arrived at Charleston in the latter part of the month of August, via Wilmington, in the shape of some of the heaviest guns, with their ammunition, that have yet reached the South; and it is possible that in the late encounter be • tween the forts and the iron-clads the latter were first introduced to their fire. Certainly the iron-clads had the worst of it. The utmost the Yankees can claim is " much damage to the forts." As they eventually retired, and as the attack was to be renewed, there cannot be much doubt that they met with a decided repulse. But it speaks volumes for the success of the defence, and it augurs well for the permanent safety of Charleston, that the Federals could only report damage to the forts. We strongly sus pect that General Gilmore foresaw a failure on the night of the 21st, when ho threw his incendiary shells into the sleep ing town, and that he hoped to intimidate the townspeople into a surrender, although he could not drive the brave garrison from their guns. lie did not know the strength of Southern patriotism, or he would never have given an order which, so fat from terrifying the people of Charleston, has only nerved them with a still sterner re solve never to surrender their beautiful city to the cruel invader. The Greek fire and the big guns have apparently failed, but there remains the spade. General Gilmore has fallen back upon his earlier programme, and is sapping his way to the parapet of Fort Wagner. At the latest date the approaches were so near that the men were throwing shells and grenades from the trenches and the fort, and the assault could not long be delayed. One account states that a night attack was made on the 2fith and repulsed, and the report is exceed ingly probable. En manche, the Federals claim to have stormed some rifle-pits in the night from whence a very annoying fire was kept up on their working parties, and captured 70 prisoners. 'We are, however, entirely at the mercy of the North for news. If any disaster has hap pened to the Federal army it will not be published. There has been a suspicious absence of intelligence from Con federate sources in the columns of the New York press for the last week or two. We shall not be surprised to hear that another assault has been made and repulsed, and that the Confederate flag still floats proudly and defiantly over the earthquake of Fort Wagner. The panic at New York has not yet been satisfactorily explained, but there are plenty of indications that things were not going on favourably, and that, practically, little or no progress had been made towards the reduction of Charleston since the day the Federals sur prised the seaward batteries and gained a footing on Morris Island. Altogether the siege of Charleston reflects as much lustre on the soldiers of the Confederacy as any epi sode of the war, The press in this country has been startled by the enormous array of force brought to bear against them. Iv La.. a iv clt with something like ahem on +lin unporrillelPrl calibre of the Federal artillery, on the destructive effect and terrible accuracy of the Parrot guns, and the solid in vulnerability of the turreted iron-clads. It has coatrasted the shells that swept through and through Fort Sumter with the deadliest missiles of the Old World, and confessed to a doubt as to the superiority of European artillery. The North, too, has had the run of every market in Europe. Whatever we had of newest and deadliest invention it could freely purchase and import. All our resources have been placed at its disposal ; and it is fighting the Confede rates with every appliance that the ingenuity and skill of man can furnish. The South has no such advantages. Isolated and unaided, she has to faee the conflict. A purely agricultural country, she has to struggle with a nation of vast mechanical and engineering aptitude and rescources. Out of her own scanty means she has to provide the de fences which time after time beat off the Federal flotillas. With the industry, devotion, gallantry, and indomitable energy of her sons she has to make up for the superiority which the Federal Government enjoys, with its numerous fleets and the vast means a one-sided neutrality places at its disposal. Charleston may yet fall, but at least the chivalry of South Carolina has not belied its reputation. Nowhere has Southern heroism been more nobly illustrated than amidst those battered casetnates of Fort Sumter, where day after day the war-flag of the Confederacy was re-hoisted almost as soon as the Federal shot had cat it down, to show to friend and foe that the brave garrison held out, and that, , despite the enormous disproportion of odds, Beauregard's order of "No surrender" would be obeyed literally to the last, SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Sept. 19—Wind, W.; fine. PETERHEAD, Sept. 19—Southerly gale—The Briton, schooner, from Archangel, is stranded here; if moderate may be got off. OFF HOLYHEAD, Sept 19 —Arrived—Havelock, from Bombay. BRISTOL, Sept. 18—Arrived—Francis Hilyard, from New York. CARDIFF, Sept. 18—Sailed—William Smith, for Hong Kong; Kate Dyer, Callao ; St. James, for Rio Janiero, qwculant, for St. Thomas's. NEWPORT, Sept. IS—Arrived—File Unique, from Bor deaux, for Buenos Ayres, BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 19—Moselle, from Antwerp; Mary Ellen, f rom Vivien ; Wilberforce, dom Crcnstadt. Sailed, Sept. 19—Holland, steamer, for Ostend; Hanover, s teamer, for Calais. Captain Jenkings, of the Mary Ellen, from Vivien, re ports having picked up the crew o f the Ruby, of Exeter, which ship was wrecked near the island of Guernsey, on the 16th inst. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed —Jovellanos, screw steamer, from London, for Corunna ; Donegal, of Exeter, from the West, for the North. THE POLISH DESERTER'S TALE.—It was a tale not merely of privation and toil, and barbarous warfare on a rugged frontier, but of studied insults, unjust punishments, and a deliberate purpose to break the spirit and crush the heart of every one of these unfortunate exiles. He had fought and marched, had endured the hardest de tails of a hard life, with an unflinching and uncomplaining courage that was due to his Polish pride, but he had been at last compelled to become " dushtek," or servant, to a Rus sian major. "He was a cruel coward, the most hated of all our tyrants," said the young man, feebly; he taunted me, he spoke to me as if I were his dog ; he mocked my country and my creed ; ho made my tasks, and the bread I ate, as bitter and as odious as a petty despot could. One day he struck me across the face with his cane. Next moment he lay at my feet, calling for help and I fled." How he had formed the bold resolve to regain his home in West Poland, penniless and on foot; how he had journeyed, hiding in tne woods by day, and travelling by night; how the peasants had sometimes given him food and shelter, and at other times had turned out to hunt him down in hopes of reward ; all this he told in simple and modest words. Also, how he had changed clothes with a Malorossian serf, who bad given him an old caftan and cap in exchange for his uniform coat; and how, soon afterwards, the tidings of his escape having preceded him, he had been pursued by a troop of Cossacks, and had received lais wound from one of their musket-balls, while in the act of scrambling up the steep bank of a river which he had swam, and which had baffled the horsemen. Finally, how, famished, cramped in every joint and sinew, he had dragged himself with bleeding and crippled feet to the door of his father's house, at which he had not dared to knock, and was watching the windows when his mother saw him. A gallant lad he was, slender and graceful of figure, rather active than strong, and with a handsome face enough, when once it began to lose the gaunt famine-stricken look which it wore at tirat s —Dtekenis"4llThe Year Round." bi mfiimMlN THE PRUSSIAN PRESS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BERLIN, Sept.. 18. The case of the editors of the 7 Berlin papers was brought on to-day. The accusation was for having excited contempt and hatred against the orders of the authorities by publishing a declaration hostile to the press ordinances. The editors were defended by Herrs Gneist, Holthoff, and Ulfers, and were al! acquitted. The Russian Reply to England. (From the Gazette of last evening.) FO MIGN-OFFICE, Sept. 18. Tho following despatch has been communicated to Earl Russell by the Russian Ambassador at this Court : 0 TCHAKOFF TO BARON BRUNNOW. S b a y r k o . e r - d 6 e e r l 0 0 , t. Aug.k is Gn m (Sept. e; 7) ,t , c l o B m 6 3 m . u n Lord ca te d t r iNT: a me a despatch from Lord Russell, of which your Excellency will find a copy hereunto annexed. It is an answer to my despatch of the Ist (13th) July last, which you were invited to communicate to the Prin cipal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty. The overtures which he had set forth in that document were dictated to us by the desire to arrive at an unier standing. In receiving the observations which they have sug gested to Lord Russell with the attentio n whichoe ncalwaysluionspay to the opinions of her Britannic iNinje,ty.Government, we cannot but regret that we must come to the c that we have not attained the end which we had proposed to ourselves. From the moment that this discussion could only en d i n establishing and in confirming the divergence of our views, it would bo too contrary to our conciliatory disposition for us to seek to prolong it, and we believe tbat in this we are not acting at variance with the sentiments of the Principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty. We prefer to fix our attention only upon the essential points of his despatches, upon which we find ourselves agreed, at least in intention. Her Britannic Majesty's Government desire to se e promptly re-established in the Kingdom of Poland a state of things which shall restore tranquillity to that country, repose to Europe, and security to the relations of the Cabinets. We entirely share in this desire, and all that can depend upon us shall be done to realise it. Our august Master continues to be animated by the most benevolent intentions towards Poland, and by the most conciliatory towards all foreign Powers. To provide for the welfare of his subjects of all races and of every religi ous conviction is an obligation which his Imperial Majesty has accepted before God, his conscience, and his people. The Emperor d evo t es all his solicitude to the fulfilment of that obligation. As regards the responsibility which may be assumed by his Majesty in his international relations, those relations are regulated by public right. The violation of those fundamental principles can alone involve responsibility. Oar august Master has constantly respected and observed those principles with regard to other States. His Majesty has the right to expect and to claim the same respect on the part of the other Powers. You will be pleased to read and give a copy of this de spatch to the Principal Secretary of State of her Britannic Majesty. Receive, 6:c., LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 12. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint tho Honourable Henry George Elliot to be her Majesty's En.. voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Italy. DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 17. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Henry Barkly, K.C.8., to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Island of Mauritius and its dependencies. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 18. , Ist Regime n t o f Li fe Guar d s —Ed gcom b e enning, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Owen Wm. George, M.D., promoted. 19th Hussars —Captain George Archibald Bishop, from the 104th Foot, to be Captain, vice Luard, who exchanges. 7th Regiment of. Foot—Lieutenant William Lamb Barr, from the 48th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bridges, who exchanges. 16th Foot—Captain George Gibson, from half-pay, late 12th Foot, to be Captain, vice George Frederick Macdonald, who retiree upon half-pay on appointment as Staff Officer of Pensioners. 23d Foot—Ensign Louis James Wainwright Hadden to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Samuel William Ralph Sadler, who retires; Gentleman Cadet G eorge H o ld en ' Hutton from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hadden. 26th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Beers to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walter Fitzgerald Kerrich, who retires ; Ensign Simeon Harrison Hardy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beers ; Gentleman Cadet Livingstone Clarke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hardy. 30th Foot—Ensign James Thom to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Decimus Montagu, who retires • Gentleman Cadet Frederick Clowes, from the Royal retires; Col lege, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thom. 48th Foot---Lieutenant Edward Bridges, from the 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Barr, who exchanges. 59th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Wollaston Hutton to be Captain, by purchase, vice James Octavius Machell, who retires ; Ensign Henry Harcourt Griffiths to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Hutton; Gentlemen Cadet Geo. Poignand, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Griffiths. 60th Foot—Staff-Surgeon Richard Cooper Todd to be Sur geon, vice James Crerar, who exchanges. 66th Foot—Ensign James Anderson Baxter to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice John Hammond, whose pro motion, by purchase, on the 28th August, 1863, has been cancelled. 83d Foot—The appointment of Lieutenant William Forbes Andersen to be an instructor of Musketry at the School of Musketry, and that of Lieutenant Nicholas Pennefather, as Instructor of Musketry to the 83d Foot, vice Anderson, which appeared in the Gazette of llih ult., have been cancelled. 101st Foot—Major Frederick Octavius Salusbury to be Lieut.-Colonel ; Captain George Craster Lambert to be Major, vice Salusbury; Lieutenant Newton Haworth Wallace to be Captain, vice Lambert; Ensign Henry Park Airey to be Lieutenant, vice Wallace; Gentleman Cadet Manley Charles Matthews Dixon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Airey. 104th Foot—Captain Frederick Peter Luard, from the 18th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Bishop, who exchanges. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT—Surgeon James Crerar, from the 60th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, vice Richard Cooper Todd, who exchanges. BREVET. Capt. and Brevet Lieut.-Col. Samuel Enderby Gordoa, of the Royal Artillery, having completed five years' quali fying service, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858, to be Colonel in the Army. Major btonehouse George Bunbury, retired full-pay, late of the Army Hospital Corps, to have the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 18- The following promotions, dated the 12th instant, conse quent on the death, on the 11th instant, of Vice-Admiral of the Red Henry Dundas, have this day taken place : Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Henry Byam Martin, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Thomas Hastings, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the White. Rear-Admirals: Hon. Arthur Duncombe. Robert Fitz- Roy, and Charles Henry Swinburne, on the Reserved List, to be Vice-Admirals on the same List. Rear-Admiral of the Red Joseph Nias, C. 8., to be Vice- Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White the Right Honourable Lord Clarence Edward Paget, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear ., -Admiral b -Ade Re mira a_A lrofdthinierSolufetaGeeivorgheite.St. Vincent King, C.B Captain Jame! Paterson Bower to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved Lil t. Captain Frede r ick Warden, C. 8,, to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Retired lear-Admirals "Wm. Hamley and John Drake to have the rank and title of Retired Vice-Admirals, in pursuance of the Order in Council of May 7, ISSB. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial portance in the Gazette : James Davey, builder, Bedford Wm, Pagdin, Star Inn, Shadwell George Brown, mason, Kidd erminster Jane Hall, publican, Dowla is, Glamorgan Hopkin Jones Davies, chemist, Neath John Bench, baker, Dudley John Stead, farmer, Clifton, Yorkshire Isaac Morris, cattle dealer, Birmingham Thomas W, Doran, dyer, Leeds Francis White, schoolmistress, Southampton Francis P. Cowd, tailor, Sidmouth James Wilkins, draper, Bath John Aspinall, licensed victualler, Prescot James Scriven, farmer, Ragland, Monmouth Thmas Clarke, lemonade manufacturer, Portsmouth Thomas Pusey, lodging-house keeper, Paddington SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Somerville, stationer, Edinburgh David Hart and Co., warehousemen, Glasgow Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18 i Antwerp — 25 55 Brussels — 25 55 Hamburgh — 13 81 Paris Ditto Marseilles _ 11 17} 11 19* 11 19} 25 60 25 60 13 81 25 321 25 57f 25 57j 1 L9l 11 40 11 40 361, 119; 11 33 11 33 361 Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste Peter)burgh Berlin — Madrid . ... —4 8 i 49A Cadiz Leghorn — 25 65 25 70 Milan --25 65 ~'5 70 Genoa _ ,-- 25 65 "70 25 70 Naples - 25 67f 25 Palermo — 25 674 721 Messina — 25 671 25 72t Lisbon , — 52;1- 52:4 Oporto — 521 52k Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per OZ £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) .................... 0 0 0 South American Doublons .... HOW WILL LORD LLANOVER LIKE IT P--Now that, as an Upper Benjamin," and no longer Sir B. Hall, he reads in the Saturday Review :—" Very great people now are above the assumption of petty airs of superiority, and it is only great People who care to erect these frail hedges for their dignity. It would be no pleasure to the Duke of Devonshire to give two fingers to a commoner, but it might be a great Q omfo t t t o Loui LiauoyeT,"o