The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-25 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The indications of greater easiness, noticed yes terday in discount circles, have been confirmed this morning by the general tone of business. The mercantile public are now enabled to obtain, with out the slightest difficulty, the negotiation of three Months' bills per cent. under the official rate of the Bank of England. During the last few days there has been rather more activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugar has fully sustained the late ad- Ta see, while there h as b een a f a i r d eman d f or Coffe e , Cocci, and tea, at previous quotations. Rice, however, has been dull and rather cheaper. In creased depression has prevailed in the tallow mar ket, and but little business has been transacted eithe r for present or forward delivery. The amount of gold taken into the Bank of Eng land yesterday was £25,000. The closing prices of the Paris Bourse yest erda y af ternoon were 671. 60c. for money and account, showing great steadiness. A special' settlement in the shares of t he Com pany of African Merchants has been appointed by the Committee of the Stock Exchange to take place on th e 31 s t i ns t., after which the transactions will be officially marked: Me, 'William Vaughan Morgan has been elected a director of the English and Irish Bank, vice Mr. Z. J. Blumenthal, resigned. The Submarine Telegraph Company held its half yearly meeting today. Sir James Carmichael, Bart., in the chair. The report submitted for adop tion stated— That the accounts for the past six months showed an increase in the receipts over those of the corresponding period of 1862. During the past half-year 160,404 mes sages had been transmitted over the company's wires, against 137,714 for the corresponding months of 1862, show ing an increase of 22,690 messages; while the receipts, for such messages had been £22,144 2s 81d, which, compared with £18,517 183 81d for the half-year ending 30th June, 1862, exhibited an increase of £3,626 49. Tho proportion of the earnings belonging to this company, after deducting the working expenses, the repairs of cables and 10 per cent, on the gross receipts for the reserve fund, amounted to £6,817 18s 41d, and there remained, after de duction of £2,209 14s 7d for interest on debenture and loans, &c., a sum of £4,638 3s 91d, from which the directors re commended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, carrying over a balance of £45 14s 7/d to the current account, The allotment of the unissued stock as autho • rised by the extraordinary meeting, held on the 21st of April, was well received by the shareholders, and the applications exceeded the amount to be allotted by upwards of £12,000. This measure had enabled the directors to pay off all loans, and further empowered them to issue deben tures to the additional amount of £17,688 6s Bd. The total amount of debentures now unissued was £34,008 6s Bd, which would become available fer the reserve fund after the balance of £5,663 6s 8d had been repaid to revenue. Theouthav outlay for or repairs of c a bl es h a d un f ortuna l e ly b een un usuallyAt the present moment, however, all the company's lines were in good working order." Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, thi s d ay, accor di ng to M r. Reuter's telegram, th e F rench 3 per Cent. Renters were 6 71. 67e, Dulness, combined with remarkable steadiness in quotations, is still the leading feature of the mar ket for the English Funds. No attempt is made to l'e"ive speculation, and the investing classes are °Aerating to a limited extent. Consols are never t_heless firm at 93,1 for transfer, and 93-1- for account. Tran sactions have taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuiths, at 931 I ; Exchequer Bills are is. dis. to 2s. prem.; and Bank Stock is 2388 ; In dian Stock has been 224 226; the 5 per Cents. have brought 108 i ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1677, ; (I° ' € l l per Cents., 461; and the Debentures, 10011. The transactions to-day in the Foreign market exhibit symptoms of slight activity. Turkish Con solides have improved about to 50; 51k; the L oan of 1834 has realised 931 ; do., 185 8 , i s I "trer at 72.-1, but do., 1862, i n di cates firmness at , 69 1 ; Spanish 3 per C ents. remain at 541- ; the l 'assive Bonds have advanced to 3411 ; the Internal ditto continue without alteration at 27 1 4 ; and the Certificates are buoyant at 124. • The Confederate Loan has declined abouti per cent., the quotations being 24 22 die. ; Mexican are a little higher at 38k 1 ; Greek Bonds have fallen to 331 34; and the Coupons to 15-a 16i; Portuguese Bonds of 1856-62 continue steady, at 43 4 ; and Russian 5 per Cents., 1862, show little alteration at 921; Venezuelan 6 per Cents, remain St 671 . Th e dealings in the Rai:way Share Market have not been very extensive, but a firmer tone has pre vailed, Caledonian, L ancas hi re and Yorkshire, timichester, Sheffield, and Lin co l n , an d Midl an d decli ned each improved Sc., while North Western have ec-bli4ed Ss., and Lo n d on and Blackwall 15s. Or th e F oreign and Colonial undertakings there 1.114a11,8. bee n a very limited inquiry, but prices gene-1 Y area shade higher. Great Luxembourg are 1 ; quoted 141 t n Turin and Sav o na, 2! ; Great West -1081 C a nada, 107, ; East Indian have advanced to 7; and Bombay and Baroda to 1071 108. f tl ii: uk and Miscellaneous Shares in most instances a tn tillaintain previous quotations. Crystal Palace itt-ir,r°ved ever, however, receded ac., and Electric Telegraph t', BRITISII FUNDS—ONE 238 i Ba nk Sto ****** 3 .................. 931 ~ Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 i ' Per Cent C • • O'CLOCK. ~._ • oasols Annuities 93i i I ;?, per Cent. Annuities e 2i per Cent. Annuities.. • . Di f ~,, P L ietir.utt.3 A -tlauiti es ril 1885 — Indi a -- Ditto or 30 yrs, expire sth Ap 9 , 0 yrs, expire 6th J an., Dttno (Red Sea T 1 rah) Aug' 19- /58. — 24 6 Stock .. "g . I t •' 5 pet C ... ..... • itto Enlaced P 4 per Cent .. IG7a Ditto 5 apex', ,1. per Cent ............ 1161 —l .'t° Of per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct.) 1863 Ditt o Ditto ditto April, 1864 —_ _ itto ditto 864 or 66 1001 bonds £l,OOO Aug. ' . Rank Ditto under £l,OOO l6 pm ....018att?oerkAfocrcoAucncto,uSnetpt, 9 la.G" St° elt ler Account, 6 per Cent — June, March, 21 per Cent. per Cent. IclierPter Bills, £l,OOO .. 1 dis 2pm Ditto Srnall ........ :: 1 2pm 4500 1 dis I 2pm EFOREIGINT FtrxD l s_ di o s N O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds, 5 per C .. 85 -EgYptian 7 pet Cent .. ent ...... 104/ Greek Ditto, Second Issue :. : ............. 5 per Cent 1824 ... . .ea -Con .. 74 .11 Ditto per . ..'• - t at° c oupous ....... , iLt z u z Ditto Acco unt .... ..."*"" ••• • • • ''': 164 a 15A 16 Dalian 5 per Cent. Clvia;eut.m. a . 0...a . R .. a . i ........ 111exican 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account .................. 38a i pi.ial , ..... „............. ziivicztain.:o_ 6 per Cent .......... x i 2 I:),E:r.6,:t.ii. ................... Ditto Deferred .. . .................. s Ditto Land Wati-'4,:t** ......... perui„ 3 per uent. (hectares),..... DiDitto 4i per Cent . , 18.62. ............ tto Account ...•. . ............ Portuguese 3 per en't., •. I . .ii .......... 85; 64 Ditto Accoun t ~ ................ DDitto 3 per Cent., 1 . 850, '7, ;g: :6,; .. ! .. itto Account, ......... u) 62._ Russian 5 per Cent., 1822 g. •• 48 1 a Ditto 41 per Cent 18 50;. £ ............ ...._ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. -- Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 ................ 94 5 per t(:ent .................... --- S T/ d it in to ian Accoun . .................. Spanish 3 per Cent .................. Ditto Account ...................... 51 i Deferred ................ Ditto New Deferred ...................... Ditto Passive AP-accsosive ................................... 34 4 Ditto Account ... .... not .. funded' ..... . -- Spanish Cert. of Loup Ditto Account Turki s h 6 per Cent. 1854 — D itto Account.. 93/ n , n Ditto 6 per Cent. Im6 Ditto A ccount Ditto, I.:100 Bonds Di tto 6 p er C ent. 1562 Di tto Ac count veDitto G uaranteed, 4 per Cent 11eznela 3Cent. .. bitt o per bit,_ Account 7 Ilti',' IPer Cent., 1862 ,71 1), ecount Belgian 4 osf. ........ "4,lenda on the above .outeh 21 Perr3err, Cent., Ex• , ~ ....... 1)33 -able in London. Ditto i NI. ett., Gun . French Rentes, Italian, 5 per.ceeatt!lt.erlecsret,inlfi:cLatEesx..2st. .. _ 1 7 0 1 2 4 Ditto Account .. . 7ia.... , cLocK. Two 0 .... x. 2a francs Cansols, Money .. Ditto Acec,,u4 .................. 9,3, t ................. I " 4 SHARE EIARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share Railways. i p a i d* Closing Business Price. done. 131 r,, Wrol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. 8 8h 81 81 86 E 8 120 121 Bristol and , Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A eras no div ti 11 (ip e.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow., Glasg. and S. Western.! Great Eastern, Ord. stkl Ditto A stock 1201 1 7 7i Ditto East Anglian s t GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelana Great Western ..... • • • Do Str Val g - ua. stock Lancashire & 'Thrkshire London and lilackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & So-.th Western Man., Shef., Sr Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do * 5hare5........ ., Metropolitan Midland Do New . • Do Binning. & Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Wert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase' Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire • N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews. and Weichpool Shropshire Union :South DCYOII ;South Eastern South Wales 'S. York. and River Dun , I staines,Wok.,andWok. 'Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale.. Do B Do e • Ulster Do ! Do (Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim ;Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford' 51 i 1 114 } "i3i 103 I 2; 12 i 11; 130 129& 30 1021 58i 40 41 16 17 Of 45 111 113 51 62 99 61 241 251 125} 124 1251 12 it' IZi5 140 100 1(2 C6:l 67i; 1131 114 74 75 113 115 43 44 1021 103 103 104 42i fl In 12 12vi tSui 16 tin 48 100 54 E 5 25 26 102 102 k 68 0 EBl 89i 119 121 p 80 82 111 122 124 48 47 100 102 N 52 30 12 961 J6I 70 72 101 103 9 10 37 38 9 10 P 155 160 5} 5t 3 3 p 89 91 158 162 27 29 46 47 39 41 104 108 BRITISH P ihart 100 ilk Rail ways stock stock stock 100 100 stock etook stock stock stock 20 stock dtOCI 4, ock ttlantie & St Lawrence Roni.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New . ...... Do. E. Shares... Rutlalo and Laxe harm Do. Preference Bulfalo,Brant,&Godrich p. et. bds. Aug. 1, IS7k Do. do. July 1, 187:: Do. do. June 1, 16:q lcutta. & S. Eastn. (1.1 I) Cape Town & Dock Scril Eastn. Bengal gu. b p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. C. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. co. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d I'. ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred-- • Do. 4th Pref. sto _IL Do. do. deferred.-- Gt.lndiareran.gua.bp.o. Do. New gun. 5 p. 8. • • Do. January, 1882 Gt. South.of India(Lirn) guaranteed 5 per cent., Gt. W. of Canada Sharet. Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlt't opt. Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. c. Do. p. c. Extension De.** do ........ Do. Fifth Extension. 3lelb.Corp. d p. o. Buds Max & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortgr. Bds. Newßrunswick a Candk Class A and B. N.III.C'daS pc Ist pt bds Scinde • • Do. Delhi I Do. do Do. Punjaub .• •• Do. Du. • Do. Indus. St. Flo.) SSE' !OLONIAL GOVEE. Paid, all 100 all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all ltu 1100 NEN uttu.tiov. Up.c.J 1877-84 Aug Do. 6p. c. Feb.& ug Do. 6 p. c.3lar. etc Sept. Do. E p. c. Jan. &July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock iCape G.llopc, 6 p c. 187 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 Do. 189( Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1t , 78, 6 p Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.13.G0v. C. p.c..) ..&J ul) Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. IN. S.W. Gov. 5 p :.,181 Do. 5 p. c.,1 8 / 1 to it'll Do. d0.,18.88 &upwdk New Zealand 6 p cent. 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c is. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 10 60.0. An.&Oct.. 100 100 100 100 100 , SIONS. Closing Price, 61 G 3 lon 1.083 1 1b p lit 1 1 5t tit 71 8} 1074 1054 104 106, 109 110 108 1,9 1f lap 1 ig - P1 19i 201 72 74 53 55 63 65 46 49 45 47 36 38 25 27 22 24 108 109 1 lkil 1 14 107 ICB 101 101 10 9?-,r 95 98 90 e 2 II IP 107 icB 101} 1024 18 IGO 57 59 3 6 83 85 107 1081 IU7. 1084 a 1071 11.8 ) 103 105 Business don( 62i 3 108 k 71 8 1081 1J a 46 36 26 23 104 1 107} T S 1 CUItITIE6. 1(3 1(5 1( 2 104 1(,7 24i 951 V 3 95 108 110 112 lig 113 115 112 115 113 115 106 107 110 112 I ° s i 1064 )/ 1014 4 102 ; .4 1024 112 102 j [ O 5l 106 ) [:1 133 110 112 [ O B 110 113 i 114 113; ; BRITISH MINES: 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold uhilord Amalgamated --311 16 Devon (*.Com , . (Tavist, 1 560 550 570 East Bassett (Mogan)" 30 78 80 1 Nast Clogau Gold Ltd. 63. id vat . East Caradon ...... 2.14.0 291 331 211 East Carn 8rea......... 3.4.0 7 4 8 -- E. W'lltussel(Tavistk.)! 8 fig 3 3.4 iCiam.&StAunyn(Gwen.)l :8 1 7 tO jar eat South Tolgus lis 3.1, 31 - 1;3-. Wheal Vor (lielston 40 61 7 4 . 'Grenville 0.16. th. 6/ Elerccrs-Foot 8.12 S 8 40 - Itlingston Downs 4 . ,8.0 11 2 Lady Bertha Margaret (lJny Lelant N 32 3 t Inarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.) 21 11 ; New Setun l9l 100 110 North Downs zi 2 2/ N.Wh't Bassetalloi;an 2.17.0 21 31 North Wheal Crotty Par COD Bois (St. Blazey ti p 20 rrovidenoe (Uny Lelnt.; 10.0.7 1 43 South Caradon(StCleer; 11 415 125 Is. Cage Brea. (Illogan) 3.15.6 1/ 2 } ?.Wheal Fran. (Mogan; 18.15.6 60 ; 0 iStray Park 5 1 famarSilv...t Lead Kin 4l Citt Croit 9 2e 22 West Basset (Illogan) ll 101 111 W Cf radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5* 60 65 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 35 4.5 Wheal Kitty (3.Lelant) 2.0.6 —_ WhealLuticat Wheal Mary Ann !Llen ) 8 !Wheal Seton 5Bl 215 125 Wheal Tretawney (Lis )1 7 15 17 -- Wheal Union 3.17 2/ 3/ 3 31 11 13 215 225 15 17 2/ 3i PREFEE,ENCE SHARES AND ST OCKS. London, Brighton, &c. , 4 1 per cent., 1858, 103 FOREIGN RAILWAY S. Great Luxembourg - , 14S Turin and savona, 21 FOREIGN MMES. Yudanamutana of S. .4.ustrttla (Rm.), 3} JOINT-STOCK RANKS. &lliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 35; Australasia, Ditto, new, 311 Bank of New Zealand, 10} Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chins', 30} English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 22k Imperial Bank (Urn.), 22i Imperial Ottoman, Pi, London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28i London Joint Stock, :i4O London and South African, 26i National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, :i6 Union of London, 35 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 19/ Crystal Palace, 39 East India Irrigation and Canal, 5 i Electric Telegraph, 103/ General Steam Navigation, 29/ Hudson's Bay, 3/ Joint •stock Discount, London Financial Association, lim., 11/ London Gencral Omnibus C om p an y (l ira . ), 2 Peninsula and (]d ental Steam, 79/ Quebrada Land, Bail, and Mining, lira., 3/ k liliymney Iron, Ditto, new, 6 Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, 51 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Strong. Sales, about 10,000 bales. Import, 6,362. Previously, 5,121, On Friday, Worcestershire, Mannin g , ores idi ng at Bromeg rove, a b e erhouse-keep er , name d J ames a s committed by the wounding under th e follow ing cutting and n a cha rge o f that on Wedne s d ay some Bromsgrovo magistrates f o r t r i a l circ umstances :—lt appears when a dispute ' beerhouse, T ' un nleY were at Manning 8 landlord, and the latter, Irish reapers, and among them a man named Anthony the arose between Tummey and of the handle, and the time round his neck), seized hold wound, cutting wishing to deprive Tummey of his sickle (which he had at pulled it so violently as to inflict a frightful was Several provincial he lies in a very promptly attended by a surgeon, but through the main arteries of the neck. The poor fellow precarieus state, iss ais, state Moniteur du Calvados and the Argus B° "n t h e Ist that the INlinister of War has decided tint from 10 )) 8 S;:l3t. next the fortified towns iu France will cease claed during the night. journals, and among others the 13.14. 6.4.0 1 9.18.4 12.10 931 17 THE SUN, LONDON, 'TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1863, LAW INTELLIGENCE---This Day. COURT OF BANRITPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) IN ItE RAWLINGE.-NEW CHOICE OF ASSIGNEES. This bankrupt was described as of Oakham, Rutland, miller. The accounts, by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Bayles, show— debtor to creditors, £5,062; good debts, £1,020; property, £492; deficiency, £3,581. This was a meeting for choice of new assignees, the former having been removed for misbehaviour. Several additional debts were now proved, and there was a strong contest—Messrs. Lucy and Lucy of 'Liverpool, merchants, and Messrs. Thompson and Frankish, of Kingston-on- Hull, being respectively proposed. Messrs. Lucy were ultimately chosen. This was the only case of interest, the commissioner not sitting. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH .STREET. CURIOUS APPLICITION.—BROKEN VOVS.—A good looking, well-dressed young female. applied this morning to fir. Tyrwhitt for his advice under the following circum stances :-- The applicant (in an under tone) said that for the past two years she had kept company with a young man who had " vowed to marry her," and things went on pretty well till last Sunday evening, when she met the young man walking with another girl. Some words ensued, and the young man said, notwithstanding his vows, that he should have nothing more to say to her. In consequence of the young man's promising to marry her—in Met ale mar riage ceremony was fixed to take place during the present month, she had left her situation and made prepara tions necessary for such an occasion. She therefore wished to know what she was to do. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could do nothing for the applicant, but she had better consult a solicitor and bring an action for breach of promise of marriage. The applicant thanked the magistrate for his advice, and left seemingly pleased at having an opportunity of revenge on her fickle lover. COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE.—UNPROVOKED As- SAULT.—John Durkin, a low rough-looking feliow, was charged with the following unprovoked assault on a young man named George Harritt, assistant to a shopkeeper in the Burlington-arcade. The complainant, who had received a bad injury on his eye, said that on the previous evening he was passing the end of Maidenhead-court, Berwick-street, Soho, when the prisoner, who was standing with two or three companions attracted his attention by having at the time a female's head under his arm. The prisoner noticing that he (com plainant) was looking at him, said, " What are you looking at, you —," and then struck him a violent blow, and while he was suffering from the effects of it, being nearly stunned, he received three more blows. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked whether the prisoner gave him all the blows, and the complainant said he had no doubt he did, lint the prisoner's companions were there at the time. The complainant's evidence not being quite clear, Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the case to stand over that the constable might see if there was any one near the spot who witnessed it. On the case being resumed, Mr. Thomas Knott, butcher, of Walker's-court, said be saw the prisoner follow the complainant into the road and give him a severe blow on the face, and on the complainant running away to avoid the prisoner, the latter followed him and gave him three more blows in the face, and the complainant then called " Police." Mt, Tyrwhitt said he was exceedingly glad that further evidence had been got. The complainant had been hurt so much that he gave his evidence in rather a confused manner, but by looking after it fresh evidence had been got. He (Mr. Tyrwhitt) was glad, for on no account would he have had such a case go off. He should commit the pri soner for twa months' with hard labour. _ The Kidnapping of South Sea Islanders. The reports which have been published of the kidnap ping of • South Sea Islanders by Peruvian slavedealers appear to have excited a general feeling of horror 'and in dignation in the Australian colonies. The press is loud is its denunciations of the infamous acts which have been committed, and a meeting has beet:. held at Sydney to memorialise the English Parliament upon the subject. At this meeting, at which the Hon. John Hay, speaker of the Legislative Assembly was chairman, en account of the kidnapping that has been carried on was read by the Rev. W. Murray, for many years a missionary in Western Polynesia; The following is a report of some of the state ments made by this gentleman : After alluding to some of the attempts made by the French to stop kidnapping, Mr. Murray proceeded to say : It appeared that, early this year, as many as from 1,500 to 2,00 hapless beings, collected from the different islands, had been conveyed to South America, and at this date the traffic is being carried on wi.h unabated vigour. We know from reliable authority that 25 vessels have been fitted out in Callao, and cleared from that port, under pretext that they were coming to hire labourers. All was to be done by lair arrangement--a thing, by the way, that bears the stamp of absuidity on its face. To mention but a single difficulty—they would find the natives of every separate group speaking a different dia lect; and that would be an effectual barrier in the way of entering into an agreement. But their subsequent pro ceedings show clearly enough the real character of their enterprise. Deception, force, murder, are not the resorts f those who go with honest intentions to engage labourers. And in returning to the coasts the vessels further discover their true character by not going to the port whence they came, but skulking into by-harbours. They do not, how ever seem to return very frequently. The necessity for this is avoided by an expedient in keeping with the whole char acter of their doings. They have a depot at an island called Easter Island. This island is about 36 miles in circuit. It lies in longitude 109 W. and latitude 27 S. It is said that they have completely swept the island of its inhabitants. Seven vessels assembled on the island, sent on shore most of their crews, no doubt thoroughly armed, surrounded the natives, and carried them off. Having carried off the people, they took hogs, poultry, and whatever else they desired, and burned the houses, reserving, no doubt, as many as they wanted for their own purposes. To this island the slavers carry the wretched beings whom they manage to seize, and a schooner plies between the island and the coast, carrying cargo after cargo to slavery and death. These vessels are said to be in whole or in part owned by a mer cantile house in Callao, and this house is further said to be connected with a firm in Liverpool. When the Humboldt sailed from Samoa, on the 12th Nay last, there were three of these vessels about that group lying in wait off the diff ferent islands, with the view of picking up any canoe or boat that might venture out to sea. One small boat had been caught. The crew consisted of two Samoans and one Portuguese. The captain was induced to let the Portuguese go. The Samoans he carried off. On board one vessel that called off Samoa there were 300 natives of different islands, and the captain wished to obtain 400 more to complete his cargo. Think of 700 human beings, accustomed to the most perfect freedom, crowded on board a single vessel, in the heart of the tropics. We have reliable information respecting the following islands, and the numbers taken from them :—Fitialangi, 100 ; Pukapuka, 60 ; Manskiki and Mangarongaro, 40; Tokelan, 60; Savage Island, 160; total from these islands, 420. These islands, with the ex ception of Savage Island, which lies in latitude 19 S. and longitude 170 W., all lie towards the line about latitude S. Bto 10, and longitude W: from 150 to 172. On all these islands except Fitialanga we have missions, and it is owing to that that we are in possession of the information we have. But fJr that we might have been in utter ignorance of what has taken place, and this awakens painful appre hensions as to what may have been the fate of other islanders where no one is found to tell the tale of their wrongs, such as Easter Island, already mentioned, and High Island,from which, it is said, a ship load of people has been taken—that there have been such doings on a largo scale is clear from the fact that in addition to the number we have named, from 1,500 to 2,000 have been taken to the land of bondage. On the whole it is certain that considerably over 2,0)0 either are now in actual bondage, or are on their way to the land of doom, or have had their lives cut short by the hard ships and cruelties to which they have been exposed. And we know from good authority, that it is designed to raise the number to 10,000, of cow se making no account of those who die on their way to their destination, or lose their lives in encounters with their captors. Such is the state of the case that now claims our sympathies—a case deplorable in the highest d , gree; It may be questioned whether ever a case calling more urgently for prompt and effective inter ference was presented to a Christian community. Let any one read the simple artless tales of the Rarotongan and Samoan teachers, Malta and Samuela, and he must be strangely constituted if his soul is not stirred to its lowest depths. One of the most touching incidents that has come to light connected with the affair is the fact that on the morning following the dreadful day on which the murderous proceed_ ings took place at Savage Island the natives, while their hearts were bleeding and their tears flowing because fathers husbands, brothers, and sons were torn from their embrace, should lift up their voice to God in prayer, not to invoke vengeance upon the heads of their guilty oppressors, but to pray that their hearts might be changed, and that they might be led to abandon their wicked courses. How like the spirit of Him whose followers they profess to be—" Father for give them, for they know not what they do." And these are the descendants of men who rushed upon Captain Cook when he landed upon their shores, as he expresses it, like wild boars, and who themselves were in the same state 12 years ago as that in which they were found by Cook. What a mighty influence must the Gospel have exerted upon them. Still more touching, perhaps, is the scene on board that floating hell where the poor captives were confined. When they supposed the hour had arrived at which they had been wont with their families to worship God in their happy homes—now no longer theirs—they united in their accustomed exercise; they prayed and sang praises to God, and no doubt, like their friends on shore, sought blessings for the miserable men by whom they were be ing so cruelly wronged. On the following day the vessel stood in towards the shore. Some natives, ignorant of the character of the ship and of what had transpired, went on board. Those in confinement recognised the well-known sounds of their native tongue. They shouted for help, but of course in vain. By desperate efforts they succeeded in breaking a hole in the door large enough to let one through at a time. A number succeeded in reach ing the deck, and rushed over the ship's side into the sea, but there were only two or three small canoes—land was a long way off, and some were not able to swim well. The wretches on board fired from the deck upon the helpless na tives in the canoes and the water. A boat was lowered, and many were captured. Seven only escaped. Among those carried off were 13 church members, and many candidates. Eighteen wives are left without husbands, and 63 children are deprived of their fathers. THE LONG VACATION AT THE JUDGES' CHAM BERS.—To-day (Tuesday) Mr. Justice Byles will attend at chambers, and continue to attend on Tuesday and Friday in every week till the end of the long vacation. All the courts are closed, and the offices are only open a few hours in the day. The long vacation has now "fairly sot in," and law and equity are resting. The origin of the long vacation was to enable persons to assist in getting in the harvest, and now the harvest generally looked to by law yers at the present time is their bills of costs. THE ACCIDENT AT TIIE BLACKFRTARS RAILWAY BRIDGE.—Upon inquiries made last evening it was ascertained that the only cases of a serious nature are those of Colman, who lies, with his head slightly injured, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; and the man (name unknown) who was in the confusion consequent upon the accident re moved to his residence, suffering from an injury to the right arm. The man who was missing, it would seem, thaw his money at dinner-time on Saturday, and was not heard of by his friends until yesterday morning. During the day the representatives of Messrs. Pets and Betts, the contractors, made a minute investigation into the cause of the occur rence, but could arrive at no positive conclusion as to the first breaking away of the trap beams. The timber of which they were composed was a portion of 8,000 sticks of Dantzic which have been supplied to the contractors by Messrs. P. Rolt and Co., of Rotherhithe; and although his nearly all in use, this is the first instance of any breakage having taken place. The examination of the broken parts did not show any flaws, and the men who had charge of the con struction of the portion which covered the opening which gave way deemed it of sufficient strength to justify their trusting their own lives upon it. ATTEMPT TO BURN A CHURCH.—Yesterday, in the Town-hall, Godalming, before Mr. H. Marshall, mayor, and other magistrates, A. Hackman, aged 26, it la bourer in the employ of Mr. Medley, chamois leather manufacturer, was finally examined on a charge of attempt ing to burn the parish church. It appeared from the evi dence that the sexton on Monday morning last discovered, on entering the building, some large pieces of burnt paper lying in the south aisle under the window facing Church street. The paper seemed to have been torn from a wall. The window had been broken from the outside, and between the wall and a tomb which stood near it four lucifer matches were picked up which had been ignited. Suspicion having fallen on the prisoner, who lives in Church-street, his house was examined. It was then discovered that the paper was of the same pattern as that of the paperhangings on the wall of his room, and that the latter had been torn. The frag ments found in the church aisle were applied to the surface from which the paper had been torn. The, edges were found exactly to fit, and the little bits of plaster which had stuck to the paper corresponded to small holes left in the wail. After an examination, which lasted from 10 o'clock in the morning till 4 in the afternoon, the prisoner was committed for trial at the next Surrey assizes, bail being refused. As one of the men employed at the Versailles Railway terminus (Left Bank) was walking along the line near the station, the day before yesterday, be saw a p a p er parcel lying on the embankment. On examination it was found to contain the body of an exceedingly young child wrapped in a napkin. From the state of the body it was evident that the poor thing had been murdered and kept :or some time before it was thrown on the railway. THE POLISH QUESTION. The 216morial .7)iplomatique gives the following as an analysis of the despatch of M. Drouyn de Lbuys to the Duke of Montebello : M. Drouyn de Lhuys commences by declaring that the note of Prince Gortschakoff does not satisfy the legitimate expectation of the French Governments ; he regrets that Russia, after having encouraged the Powers to an exchange of views, has taken no further notice of their representations, and appears to appreciate no better the true character of the Polish insurrection, and the situation which the prolongation of the insurrectionary movement creates in Europe. It is not without astonishment that the French Government has seen ascribed to the measures of the revolutionary propaganda the birth and development of the insurrection, and even the emotion it has produced in Europe. Neither instiga dons from abroad, nor the efforts of a snail number of fac tious persons, can have provoked and cherished a rising to which all classes of society—nobles, citizens, workmen, peasants, and the clergy, from the chiefs of the episcopate to the humblest priest—have lent their assistance, and which all the forces of Russia have not succeeded in sup pressing. It is not the revolution which from Stockholm to Madrid and from London to Turin has provoked on the part of every Cabinet serious representations, or which has excited in the midst of every Parliament the energetic manifestation of unanimous sympathies. It is not by persisting in the path in which she seems engaged that Russia Will see this formidable situa tion become unravelled ; it is only by concessions that she could obtain such a result. Thus, the French Government cannot too much regret that the Russian Cabinet has rejected the idea of a suspension of arms which, producing a preliminary calm in men's minds, could alone have permitted the Powers to continue with utility the dis cussion of the means to be employed to bring about a durable pacification, and conduct the negotiations to a good result. As for these negotiations themselves, the French Cabinet could not accept the form and the course which the Russian Government would wish them to take. Besides, Prince Gortschakoff interprets badly the precedents upon which he seeks to support his proposal for a conference of three Powers. if it is true, indeed, that in 1815 the dispositions of detail relative to the kingdom of Poland were regulated among the three Powers the most directly interested, sub ject to the sanction of Europe, the bases themselves of the arrangements which decided on the condition of Poland had been previously discussed and definitely settled among all the Powers who signed the final aot of Vienna. Further, Russia herself has recognised the right of Europe to intervene in the regulation of the affairs of Poland, and one cannot refrain from pointing out the contradiction which exists between the actual propositions of the Russian Cabinet and the first despatch of Prince Gortschakoff In that despatch, the Vice-chancellor of Russia acknowledged to all the Powers which took part in the elaboration of the arrangements of 1815, and signed the final act of Vienna, the right of direct intervention which it wishes now to re strict to the three neighbouring Powers. It may even be advanced that it is Russia which has taken the initiativ e of a general Conference among the Powers. M. Drouyn de Lhuys wishes no other proof of this than the declaration made by the Ambassador of Russia to the English Minister for Foreign Affairs. In handing to Earl Russell, a copy of the despatch of Prince Gortschakoff of April 17, Baron Brunnow declared that his Government was ready to enter on the discussion on the footing and within the limits of the treaties of 1815. The French Government can only persist in the views it has already expressed. There remains to it a most serious duty to discharge—that is, to call the most serious atten tion of Russia to the gravity of the actual situation. The three Powers have remarked the perils which that situation creates in Europe, and the urgency of remedying them ; they have indicated the remedies to be applied. It Russia refuses to adopt the friendly councils which have boon given her, she becomes responsible for the serious conbequences which the prolongation of the troubles of Poland may draw after it. To the French despatch is annexed a special memorial, in which the Minister for Foreign Affairs developes the arguments which he draws from the course followed in 1815 for regulating the affairs of Poland. The Memorial Diplomatique adds to the above the following notice of the English and Austrian despatches : The English despatch is much more lengthy than the note of M. Drouyn de Lhuys. Earl Rueseil discusses in it the arguments of Prince Gortschakoff, relying on the text of the Vienna treaties, and he demonstrates, " often with a great vivacity of language," that Russia has not executed the engagements which it contracted in 1815. In two brief allusions, ho places the refusal of the armistice among the number of the reasons which makes the reply of Prince Gortschakoff be regardtd as insufficient. _ _ Count Itechberg also discusses the Polish question from the point of view of the treaties of 1815. There result from this a certain likeness of argument and frequent correspon dences of expression between the Austrian and English notes. The three despatches agree in rejecting as erroneous the opinion expressed by Prince Gortschakoff, that the actual crisis is the work of the revolutionary IN opaganda. Earl Russell demands if it is the revolution which has been able to produce at Paris, at London, at Vienna, at Turin, unani mity of sentiment and language. The three notes termi nate with an identical conclusion. A nearly Fatal Mistake--Warning to Stage Managers. A story is current in dramatic circles here which should be known to stage managers generally. The particulars, as far as we can learn, are as follow :—Friday night was the benefit of Mr. Charles Rice at the Royal Princess's Theatre, Saturday closing the brief but successful engage ment of that intelligent and versatile factor. One of the pieces brought forward on the occasion was " The Victims of Circumstances," the character of Lenoir() being per sonated by the beneficiare. It happens that Lenoire should be poisoned, and that the poisonous ingredient —a powder— should be secretly mixed with Lenoire's drink on the stage ; in other words, in presence of the audience. This is the author's arrangement. On Friday night there was an in novation in the libretto, and, as it happened, a rather dan gerous one. The play went on smoothly enough till the poisoning scene, when, instead of a powder being used by the character whose duty it is to poison, a liquid was used, and that liquid Was laudanum, a small vial full of which was mixed with Lenoire's potations. Ihe effect was soon no ticeable on Mr. Rice, who staggered through his part— which fortunately was short—under an increasing feeling of drowsiness. He felt that he was the " Victim of Cir cumstances" in a manner he had not bargained for--he be came conscious of a mistake that was all but fatal. Of course, when the curtain fell, there was an immediate in quiry as to where the laudanum came from. It was found that it had been taken from the property room, where usually no laudanum is allowed, and where it never was before. How, however, it came there in the present case is not known; and how, above all, the laudanum came to be used instead of the powder is also a mystery. It is one of those instances where a mistake occurs in spite of the most excellent supervision•—in circumstances even where the esprit de corps of a profession is its best defence. Suffice it, that Mr. Rice recovered after the use of mild restoratives, and that the contretemps that occurred gave only a tragic inge to the experiences of one of the " Victims of Circum stances" on his benefit night. The mistake has its uses; and though Vie lesson has been often read before, it is here read again, that poison should in any state be kept out of the way of business, and particularly from the business rooms of a theatre, where the excitements and exigencies of the stage are so liable to preclude time for precautionary measures. In this case a really valuable actor's life has been endangered from the direct fault of no one so much as from innocent indiscretion. It is a warning.—Caledonian allereury. The Annamite Ambassadcrs sent to the Court of the Tuileries by the Emperor Tu Duo will arrive in Paris in about ten days. The French asernment has rented for them a handsome hotel in the Champs- Blysees, Rue Lord Byron, 17, belonging to Messrs. William Arthur and Co., house agents; and have requested them to open a communication with and furnish also a largo house next door for the suite, nearly 70 in number. COMMITTAL OF AN INCE'NDIARY.--At the Hyde petty sessions yesterday, a haydealer and greengrocer, named James Booth, was committed for trial at the Ches ter assizes on a charge of firing a haystack at Mottram in Longdenda'e. The stack was the property of a Mrs. Dakin, between whom and the prisoner there has for some time been a very unfriendly feeling. PHANTOM SHIPS.—Two gentlemen strolling upon Beacon-hill on the 20th of June Witnessed a rare sight. Three large ships, with all sells bent, appeared to rise as it were from the water between Rocky Point and Race, Rocks, and with their white canvas glistening in the sun and the spray dashing from their prows, headed directly for Victoria harbour. The spectators, knowing the danger ous locality in w'Ach the vessels were, and alarmed lest they should be dashed to pieces on the rocks, sprung to their feet, when suddenly toe ships disappeared, seeming to melt from view, and nothing was seen.- but the rocks and the breakers dashing over them. A moment or two afterwards, instead of the watery space between the lighthouse and Rocky Point, appeared a wall of solid rock, as clearly defined as the Olympian range of mountains on the American shore. The rocks shortly disappeared, and the three ships were again seen, this time nearer the Ame • rican side, and apparently bound up the Sound. They re mained stationary for a few moments, then faded slowly away, and returned no more. The illusion was caused by mirage, which arises from a peculiar rarified state of the atmosphere. It is no uncommon occurrence to see appari tions of dense forests and mountains in the vicinity of Race Rocks, and large lakes open suddenly in the bosom of some mountain on the opposite shore; but objects such as ships under full sail have been rarely seen here as mirage.— Victoria (Vancouver's Island) Chronicle. Some of the Journals state that the office of Grand Equerry of France, which has remained vacant since the death of Marshal de Saint-Art:laud, is about to be revived iu favour of General Fimrry, AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) QUEENS TONI , N, MONDAY. The extra Inman steamer, Cicy of Cork, from New York on the 13th instant, arrived here at six p.m. She brings 69 passengers, but no specie. _ . .. The City of Cork proceeded for Liverpool at 6.45 pan. (Per the extra steamer City of Cork.) NEW YORK, AUG. 12, EVENING. General Meade bas published a report from General Kilpatrick, refuting General Lee's official denial of the accuracy of Meade's report of the en gagement on July 14th at Falling Waters. A new Confederate camp bas been discovered at Poaey Mountain, near Culpepper. Considerable excitement bas been caused through out California by a contemplated rising of seces sionists. An affray has occurred at Vasalia, in the northern Dart of the State, between the soldiers and seces si.mists. The citizens were arming, and cavalry was sent to Vasalia. Secession outbreaks are also rumoured to have occurred in Santa Clara and Salano counties, north and south of San Francisco Bay. The fortifications of San Francisco are to be commenced immediately. A vessel which passed Charleston on the night of the 7th states that Fort Sumter and the batteries on Morris Island kept up a terrific bombardment oil the Federal position. The New York Tribune denies the Heralds state ment that the Republicans will hold a convention is Washington. The judge advocate general has famished the governor of New York with a report upon the conscription and enrolment, showing that twelve districts which have voted the Democratic ticket are required to furnish more conscripts than sixteen Republican districts polling double the number of votes. The report says—'' It is a partisan enrolment designed to take out of the city the greater part of the Democratic ma jority-, and as far as the draft has proceeded the names drawn were mainly Democratic. This fraud was certainly perpetrated without the knowledge of the President and the Provost Marshal. A general and irresponsib'e cabal outside must be looked to for the source of this iniquity. if justice is not done it will remain in history as a gigantic political fraud." The New York Herald says:—"lf a riot and anarchy should arise out of the quarrel between President Lincoln and the governor of New York, the country will hold to a rigid reckoning the two actors playing political parts so full of peril to domestic peace and to the very existence of the nation. NEW YORK, AUG. 14, AFTERNOON. (Per Telegraph to Cape Race.) A combined land and naval assault on Charleston is appointed for the 13th, which the Federals are sanguine will result in the capture of Forts Sumter and Wagner, and of Cumming's Point. Deserters assert that the Confederates have removed guns from Sumter, and have mounted them on James Island. The Confederates are actively at work on James Island with preparations to defeat the Fede ral plans. Federal reinforcements of coloured troops continue to be sent to Charleston. General Lee has a considerable force between the Rapidan and the Rappahannock and holds all the mountain passes. It is anticipated he may send ts portion of his forces through one of the gaps to Gainsville or Manassas, in order to attack simtai taneously the front and rear of General Meade's position. A considerable Confederate cavalry force is in the Shenandoah Valley. Orders have been sent from Washington permit ting commissioners to visit the army and take the vote of the lowa troops for the State elections. It is reported that the Secession outbreaks stated to have occurred in the counties north and south of San Francisco Bay are untrue. The TVorld thinks the reported determination of the administration not to listen to terms of settle ment without the total extinctirn of slavery, nor to hold any intercourse with the Confederate Government to arrange a preliminary peace, proves that the administration is determined to delay settlement until after the Presidential election, as if the South returned to the Union before that time the fate of the Republican party would be sealed. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG. 12, EVENING. Money easy. Gold 26- per cent. prem. Ex change on London, bankers' bills, 1391. Stocks depressed. New York Centrals, 1241, Illinois Shares, 1184 ; Erie, 103 ; Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1051. Cotton inactive. Middling Upland, 68e. Flour declining, prices 6c. lower. Wheat declining. Corn improving. Provisions and coffee quit. Sugar and molasses dull. Crude petroleum, 35c. NEW YORK, AUG. 14, AFTERNOON. Money abundant. Gold 25 per per cent. prem. Exchange on London, bankers' bills, 1381. Stocks improving. New York Centrals, 125; ; Illinois, 1191; Erie, 10'41 Six per Cent. United States Bonds, 1.041. FATAL ACCIDENT.-0 a last Wednesdayafternoon as two of the sons of Mr. Freethy, of Hadley, near Barnet, were going to fish, and were walking along a pub lic path which passes over the Great Northern Railway, they proceeded, immediately after a train had gone by, to cross the line, when the elder brother saw an express train coming in a contrary direction. He escaped so narrowly that the engine touched his heel. The younger brother, being Charles Freethy, age d a b ou t 10, wa s killed, his head severed from his body. There is a bridge, rarely used, over the railway, at some distance from the path, but at the inquest, held at East Barnet, Huts, the jury re quested the coroner, Mr. R. Grove Lowe, to recommend the construction of an archway where the accident hap pened. AN ANNAMITE SAVANT.—Among the persons attached to the embassy from Annam to France, the principal interpreter, Trouong-Vinh-Ny, is deserving of a specie.' notice. The Europeans call him Petrus, for he i s a uhristian, and was baptised by that name. lie was born of poor parents, in the province of Vinh-Luong. His father was a soldier, and fell in the expedition against Cambodia. His mother was left with two children to sup port, but she nevertheless sent him to the Annamite school, where he learned to read. A French priest subsequently took an interest in the lad, and sent him to Combodia to learn the Latin language. The missionaries there, per ceiving the groat talents, procured his admission into the College of Poulo•Pinang, where he studied with great sue • cess. He obtained the chief prizes for mathematics and philosophy, and also composed a thesis in Latin on the Divinity of Jesus Christ. The governor of Poulo-Pinang was so charmed with the production, that he sent a copy of it to the University of Oxford, and made its young author a present of 150 rupees. On leaving college, Petrus re turned to the Bishop of Isamopolis, and continued his studies for two years longer. After mature reflection, he concluded that he had no especial vocation for the priest-. hood, and requested to leave the mission. He was at first engaged as Government interpreter under the order of Vice Admiral Rigault de Genouilly - ; he next became Secretary to the Prefecture of Segon, then interpreter attached to the staff of Vice Admiral Bonard, end was ultimately appointed director to the College of Interpreters. M. Petrus has not yet completed his 25th year. Besides the Annamite, his native tongue, he writes and speaks correctly Latin, French, Spanish, English, Chinese, Malayan, Cambodian, and Siamese. He is not only an accomplished scholar, but also a man of the world, and well acquainted with European usages. The Government was happily inspired in making him the chief interpreter of the embassy, and the future. will prove the excellence of the choice. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. RUSSIA. A Russian journal, the Dien, has the can dour to avow that the feeling in favour of Poland is stronger in the 'Western provinces than the united efforts of the Russian Admi nistration and army. In order to put an end. to this invincible resistance, the same journal proposes a radical measure—which is happily no longer among the usiges of our times— to expel from that part of the country indiscrimi nately everything that is Polish. WESTMINSTER. SAVAGE ASSAULT BY A FEMALE —nary Partridge, a married woman, was charged before Mr. Arnold with the following murderous assault on Mrs. Baker, the wife of a tradesman living at 14, Vine•street, Westminster. The complainant, who had two wounds on the right side of her forehead, which were covered with adhesive plaister, stated, that about seven o'clock last night she was at the Brown Bear, Millbank-street, where the prisoner also was, when some words took place between them. Before the altercation had finished, the prisoner, who had a jug under her apron, suddenly produced it and struck complainant a violent blow with it on her forehead. She immediately fell in a fainting state. When she rec ivered she was taken to the hospital, where the wound was dressed. Witnesses were examined in support of the charge. The prisoner denied having assaulted the complainant with a jug, and said that she was struck by the complain ant. She was called a bad name by complainant's husband. Much cmtradicory evidence was given, when Mr. Arnold, having referred to the evidence, asked the complainant's husband if he would have the case sent to the Sessions, when he declined to do so. The prisoner was then discharged. THAMES. ABUSIVE LANGUAGE.-Mr. Woolrych and Mr. Partridge have both resolved, with a view to the diminution of the increased and increasing business of the court, to abstain from issuing "abusive language summonses," except in cases of persecution, or where breaches of the peace are likely to be occasioned. The summonses for abusive lan guage have taken up a good deal of time, and been produc tive of scenes of confusion and disorder both inside and out• side the court, and in nine cases out of ten have ended in the defendant being fined 25., while the complainant has been ordered to pay the costs of the summons, amounting to a like sum, or the absurd and empty form has been gone through of binding over one or both parties to the suit in their own recognisances to keep the peace towards each other for one or two years. The recognisances have been in most cases broken, directly they have been entered, by mutual threats, ievilings, and fights in the passage of the court or the street opposite. In fact, the abusive language sum monses have given rise to more obscene and filthy language, blasphemy, threats, and violence, than the clause in the Police Act giving magistrates jurisdiction was ever des tined to care. The time of the magistrates has been wasted in ascertaining whether one woman threatened to wash her hands in another's blood,knock her head off, make garters of her intestines, or a fiddlestick of her back bone. These and many more ridiculous threats may be found in the peace-warrant and abusive. language books, The late Mr. Ballantine, an astute man of the world, and one of the best magistrates that ever presided in this court, said that much as bad language and roughness was to be de plored, it was useless to take notice of it, for half the popu lation had a tenantcy in common in it, and that the same dialogues of oaths and scurrility complained of by the im mortal Henry Fielding, in his •' Voyage to Lisbon," were still prevalent on the Thames and its banks ; and that sailors, as in Fielding's time, gloried in the language and behaviour of savages. Little improvement has taken place since Mr. Ballantine made these remarks, but the evil will be vastly decreased by the magistrates refusing to issue abusive language summonses. Among many applications a woman asked the magistrate this morning for a summons against another woman for threatening to pull her liver out. Mr. Woolrych—Mere idle talk; take no notice of it. The applicant—She has told rue five or six times that she would pull my liver out. Mr. Woolrych—.Go to her and toll her that I would re• commend her not to pull your liver out. (A. laugh.) The applicant—Can't I have a summons ? Mr. Woolrych—No, I think not. Lay out the 25., the price of a summons, to better advantage. Another woman applied for a summons. Mrs. Wilson, my next door neighbour, has threatened to make mince meat of me, said the applicant. Mr. Woolrych—She will not make mince meat of you.. You should laugh at such foolish threats. A burly fellow, about six feet high, complained that another man had threatened to knock his head off. Mr. Woolrych said that threat had been made use of very often, but he had never heard of one man knocking off the head of another, because the thing was impossible. He would not grant a summons. If the applicant was assaulted he would issue process. Others applied for summonses, because such threats as " do for you," and similar expressions, had been made use of. Their applications were refused. Mr. Partridge, who has only been a magistrate of this court four months,has repeatedly said it was a waste of the public time, and productive of great mischief, to grant abusive language summonses. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARIC.2TS. SrtrCITFIELD. Old Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 10s; do,, £3 to £4 ; old clover, £4 lOs to £6 Os ; riew do., £•4 Os to £5 Os; and straw. £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Supply very moderate ; trade firm. £3 lOs to 108 ; to £6 04 ; new do.; ; 0 0 1.d 1(1 1 1 1ea v d e o ,, w 4:4 n i a o y s , £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 ,8s to £1 16s per load. A steady demand. new UU d A O I .723 IX O A s N t °DE"; WIIITECIIAPEL —Old Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 10g new do ,£3Os to t Os; old clover, £4 lO s to £6 Os; new do . 14 Os to V) Os; and straw, Li 8s to £ 1 l6 s per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA..—A fair amount of business has been transacted at about previous plus, SUGAB..—The demand bas been active for good grocery qualities, and full rates are readily obtained. In the refined market there is also an active inquiry, chiefly for home con• sumption. COFFEE.—Basiness has been moderately active, good and fine descriptions of colonial being in request at fully late quotations. RICE.— Only limited tnnsactions have been reported, and there is no material alteration to note in value. SALTPETRE —Tho operations have been on a very limited scale at about former rates. TALLOW. —Business has continued inactive, and prices have shown increased d‘tipr.-ssion, particularly for forward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 42t.. 3d.; and last 3 months' delivery, 44. per cwt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALI.,'S—YESTERDAY. The attractions of the seaside and other places of resort seemed to be inoperative as far as the attendance at Hyde Park-corner this afternoon was concerned. Settling on the past York meeting was proceeded with from an early hour, and the exchange of money was conducted, with but few interruption; until towards the close, when a considerable amount of spirited betting took place on the St. Ltger. Lord Clifden opened at 9 to 2 (offered), but intending backers hung die for a time, and it was not until offers of 5 to 1 were made that hiq friends came forward, and, at the latter odds, Lord St. Vincent's horse was supported freely; 5 to 1 was taken and offered about Queen Bertha, but a point more was demanded about The Ranger, of whom the general body of backers seemed anything but "fond." i Golden Pledge, who opened at 14 to 1, had such a run upon him that ho was backed at lessening prices, until he nettled down at 10 to 1, taken freely ; the same odds were offered about Avenger, without a response. Saccharometer was in any_ thing but sweet odour, 20 to 1 being offered, althou g h i n one or two instances those odds were taken to small amounts. 30 to 1 each was booked about Bctealis and Onesander, and 40 to 1 each was accepted about National Guard and Blue Mantle, Mr. Watt's horse being in g oo d indicatedem and the . The true tsubjoinedn eof list theo quotationsf market,h w iwillc requiresh be un no t o o further comment. Closing prices : STOCIiTON HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Mr. J. Whittaker's Change, 3 yrs, .6st 71b (including 91b extra) (taken) Sto 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs 7st (t) sto 1 agst Capt. Gray's Trust, 3 yrs, Est llb (includ ing 51b extra) (taken) 10 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's :Comet, 3 yrs, 6st (taken) ST. LWER. sto 1 agst Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (taken) 6to 1 agst Mr. T. Valentine's Queen Bertha (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Mr. Savile's Ranger (offered, take 6to 1) 10 to 1 agst Mr. oa-en's Golden Pledge (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lord Stamford's Avenger (offered) 20 to 1 agst Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Mr. I'Anson's Borealis (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lord Stamford's Onesander (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's National Guard (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Captain Lane's Blue Mantle (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. R. C. Naylor's Pratique (taken) 50 to 1 rgst Baron Rothschild's Magador (Brother to Morocco (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Harrison's Dr. Syntax (taken) 60 to 1 agst Colonel Westenra's Double X (taken) 60 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Light Bob (taken) 5000 to 75 agst Mr. T. Parr's Blondin (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Mr. I'Anson's Bonny Bell (taken) 60 to 40 agst Lord Clifden being one of the first three (taken) 150 to 56 agst Avenger being one of the first three (taken) DRRBY. 15 to 1 agst Mr: Ten Broeck's Paris (taken) 15 to I agst Mr. Merry's Scottish Chief (taken) 25 to I agst Mr, I'Anson's Blair Athol (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Hobson's Durham (taken) 9to 1 agst Mr. Ten Broeck's lot (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. AUGUST. Egham 25 Oxford • , 27 I Stockton 2.5 Lichfield SEPTEMBER,. Devon and Exeter Derby Summer Weymouth Kings Lynn '3 Warwick Leicester Doncaster 15 OCT , Coventry Bedford 6 Caledonian Hunt Newmarket S. Wordsley Brecon 2l Richmond Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 Edinburgh, &c. Club 3O OBER. Lincoln Autumn • 20 Kelso Gloucester Newmarke. lioughton ..26 NOVE: Worcester n 0 :MBER. I Shrewsbury Autumn.... 16 SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 25.—Wina this day at noon—South- Easterly; fresh breeze, and fine weather, but a little showery. COWES, Aug, 24.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Neptune, from Valparaiso for Bremen. TORBA.Y, July 23.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Akbar, for Kurrachee. BRIDGEWATER, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—. Louisa, from Richibucto, PLYMOUTH, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Briton, screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope; left on the 21st July. FALMOUTH, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jane Lowden, from Quebec. KINGROAD, Aug. 23.—Arrived—Florist, from Montreal for Gloucet , ter. • ABERDEEN, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Clarinda, for Quebec. CARDIFF, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Chester, screw steamer, and Edith, screw steamer, from Bilboa. Sailed—Endora, for St• Thomas; Maria Morton, for Ja• ma i ca ; Marquis of Bute, and Justice, for Quebec; Erndte, for St. Thomas. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 21 .--Arrived—Heinrich, from Belize. HULL, Aug. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—jermond, from Montreal. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH') SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning, Arrived—Germania (steamer), from Hamburg; Euro clydon, from Sunderland ; Alliance (steamer), from Havre. • Sailed—John Watson, Edward, and Dido, tor Sunder land ; Anne Jane, for Poole ; Fortuna, ;or Sonneaund, (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH..) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. obing ; Paisey, fr om M emel: U n i t i t i on, Arrived, August 24—Froylijo, from K on i gs b erg; Jose phine, from NYki from Guernsey; Faruilier, from Landscrona; Vixen, from Stettin; Marianne, from Riga; Haabet, from Neuv Vialix. Arrived, August 25 . — Bounevento, from Dram; Clinthy, from Alexandria; lntonia, from Alexandria; Nina, from Gergenti ; Heinrich, horn DantAc ; Dorothea, from !Archangel. • DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed.—Little Nell, of Colchester, from West, for North; Laura, of Southampton, from We,t, for North; Nimrod, from Porto Rico, for London ; Genibe, from Pug wash, for London. Auchored.—John, from London, for Quebec. The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree pro mulgating the convention concluded on the Ist silt, between France and Belgians for the establishment of a direct rail way between Lisle and Teurnay. FRENCH MINISTER OF MARINE. —The Minister of Marine . has made a further distribu tion of one second-class gold medal, and three first-class and sixteen second-class silver, for acts of courage and devotedness in saving lives from drowning in cases ot ship wreck and otherwise. Sixteen official certificates of appro. batiun have been also awarded. The French Minister of Public Instruction bas addressed a circular to the Prefects, recommending them, as far as they aro concerned, to adopt the necessary measures for abridging., as much as possible, tho exami nation of prekcts drawn up by the local authorities for the construction of schools. A great number of communes having applied for assistance, the Minister at the same time requests the Prefects to point out to him the applications of that kind which have not yet been decided on, in order that those in arrcar may be immediately attended to. Rear-Admiral Lafon de Ladehat has been ap pointed to the command-in-chief of the French naval station, on the west coast of Africa, in place of Rear- Admiral Didelot, whose term of service has nearly expired. Rear-Admiral Lafon de Ladebat will hoist his flag on board the Artnorique, now preparing for sea at Lorient. EXTINCTION OF A REIGNING GERMAN HOUSE.--- Duke Alexander Charles of Anhalt Bernburg died on the 19th inst. at Hoye), a town in the duchy. With him the ducal line of Bernburg is extinguished, and the dukedom of Anhalt, separated into four divisions in 180 G, is now reunited under the eldest branch, that of Dessau. Of the house of Bernburg only one member now lives, the recently widowed Princess Fredric of Prussia, who is a sister of the deceased duke Alexander. His highness was born on March 2, 1805, succeeded his father, the Duke Alexius on March 24, 1834, and on October SO, of the same year, was married to Princess Frederic Caroline Juliane, of Schleswig-liolstein-Sendersburg- GI ackeburg, who, on account of the growing infirmity of mind on the part of the duke, was appointed co-regent by duct! patent 1855, Ther e was no itale of the moiriage. Tr. rales sday iders d in On the the tho Ina I, at cess, med On t of the ,bcr- lent ions wn. fora for nois )ert, ) on 5 at ited 'sere the seed rich as lose at ack. the alt rate e a long saes ,orti the man •ea the d to rine •ned one .8., for lent 1 of ad, ite. lye -ate ;d's ne, the nd be Ind ted on cal ict ble -~,