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

MONEY MARK ET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market is quiet, with a steady business at previous quotations. The suspension of Messrs. J. F. Figge and Co., merchants and warehousemen, of Gutter-lane, Cheapside, was announced yesterday evening. The liabilities of the firm are stated to be between £35,000 and £40,000, bat the assets are supposed to be nearly sufficient to meet that amount_ fhe books have been placed is the hands of Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co. A further sum of £24,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. ed ill rp Two O'CLOCK. Der ;he ich nt- at jor ten ars hat lay .an At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 32c. Firm. A rise of 1 per cent. has been recorded this morn ing in the English Funds. This improvement has been due to the receipt of better prices from Paris, and the encouraging accounts from the agricultural districts relative to the prospects of the harvest. Consols are now quoted 921 93 for money, and 938 I for the September account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 921 931 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan continues firm at 1081 1 ; and the 5 per Cent. Enlaced Paper, at 107 k; the Bonds are 163. prem.; and Exchequer Bills are ls. die. to 2s. prem. A general improvement bas taken place in Foreign Stocks, but business is quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 67 8 ; do. Consolides, 48k ; Greek, 32 1 ; do. Coupons, 151 ; Mexican, 361 4 ; Spanish Passive, 31; 328; do. Certificates, 121 4 ; and the Confederate Loan has been 31 to 32 die., but is now 28 to 26 die., or only 3 per cent. below yesterday afternoon. Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, and prices in some instances have been rather flatter. North Eastern (Berwick) have receded ss. ; London and Brighton, 10s., and Caledonian 15s. London and South Western, however, have im. proved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial Lines remain without any material charge in values. Bank Shares are in one or two instances rather firmer. Alliance of London and Liverpool have improved to 341 ; Imperial Ottoman Bank are 17 3 ; and Oriental Bank 574 t. In the Miscellaneous Market Crystal Palace Stock is quoted 404 ; Hudson's Bay Company shares, 3 ; London Financial, 118 i; and Egyptian Trading Company, 24 8; Illinois Central shares, fully paid, have improved to 63, and those with 90 dollars paid to 19 16 dis. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92! 3 21 3 2/ New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3} per Cent. Annuities New 2i per Cent. Annuities.. Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock Ditto 5 pei Cent lOBl Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto bonds £l.OOO l9 Ditto under £l,OOO l6 pm Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Aug. 6 93 2/ India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2} & per Cent 1 dis 2pt Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent lions _ _ r on will ett's tto" to liCe —A ) on lady, bters t the pt $0 pest was ad to ;ont- .lex- Kelk is of orant zinc able most mred , and Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) -- Chi tiara 6 per Cent. — Ditto 3 per Cent. .. Eluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. 151 Egyptian 7 pet Cent 10 3 3 /4 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ea-Coupons — Ditto Account 324 14 21 Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Italian b per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 4 Moorish Imperi a l 5 p er C ent Few Granada 144 Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Peruvian 4/ per Cent. Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account....._ B6l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St. Ditto 41 per Cent 1850891 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. 581 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent B9l • • Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account — Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account 4B/ 8 Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account,. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 70/ / i Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account . 674 Yenesuela 3 per Csnt. Ditto Account .. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 564 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... ... Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 26 francs.. Ditto Account — THREE O'CLOCK.. Consols ? Money Ditto September 93h i Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) The market quiet, but dull, and no change in prices. Sales about 5,000 bales. Import, 18,048 bales. SCRAPS PROM PUN. The Wimbledon Contests Friendly Riflery I King Mob upon his throne (with a prostrate. Nigger for his footstool, the, said Nigger covered over with the blood and - mud-draggled banner of the stars and stripes I) :—King Mob—" Now, Abe, do you like me ? Sooner or later you'll have to bow, or you'll find me an ugly customer." MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of old English wheat on sale here to-day was hands slowly. moderate. G oo d an d fi ne sam pl es changed ands slowly. at Monday's currency, but inferior parcels were neglected. There were a few samples of new produce on Off:::::Which tran sac ti ons were e ff ec t e d a t f rom 50 a to Ms per quarter. the stand: " .All descriptions met a slow sale, and Monday's currency W R b arely supported. Floating cargo es of g rain were i n s l ow reques t, a t ab ou t stationary prices. TNheeinactive, on ro er terms. w sruypep waso fquote d at 35s t o 37 s per quar t er. ruled f og e y was v ery moderate, yet the demand In malt a fair average business was transacted at late rates. Oats—the supply of which was tolerably large—sold heavily, on rath er easier terms, ruleeans mov off slowly d inactive ed at previous at late ra t es. quotations. Peas No change took place ixt the value eithe r • of English or foreign flour, but the inquiry was far from extensive. ARRIVALS THIS vregx.. Wheat. Barley. Au lt _ .Eufflish.. —.. 30 20 i 45 0 u atf.t., , lel . om. _ ) 'ou 2lO _ Irish.. ••• • • ~, , c 0 eso 1 ::: .._ o . r _ Foreign —• • ••Aty."•72o 15,010 b r i e BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a quiet trade for hope; uEvertheless. prices are steadily supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is by no means extensive, yet th e trade rules inactive, as follows: — Beef, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d; lamb, 4. 6d to 5s 411 ; veal, 3s 4d to 48 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. The Bavarian enambe.r cl Deputies, at its last sitting, unanimously ado Wed, n otwithstanding the opposition of the Minister of Finance, a proposition made by MM. de Lerchenfeld and Barth in favour of henceforth voting the budgets for a shorter period than six years, as at present practised, I - SHARE MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOob.S• 3.14.! Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. 10 ilost,Sleat,andMid.Co st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian ...... 50 ('ork and Bandon 20 Corn wall A wets no di , j 10 Do A till 6pe.pan.hs , 10 Do. B been paid to B. J 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. st Edinburgh & Glasgow. st G twig. and S. Western. st Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian st st GreatNorthof Scotland , st Great Northern...—. .• 1 at Do A stock st Do B do st Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan st Great Western .. ••• • • • et Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire st (London and Blackwall st Lon., Bright. ,St S. Coast st Lon., Chat, aad Dover st Lon. & Nor' h Western st Lon. & Scr.th Western st man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12} Do * shares • 10 Metropolitan et Midland 1.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. shares 25 Mid Kent 1 0 Do Cray Line at North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase I at Do Leeds st Do York at Do Carlisle.. ..... at North London 10 I Do New Us.4llNorth Staffordshire iv 'N. and S. W. Junction. st Scottish Central st Scot IN. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welohpoot st Shropshire Union st ,I South Devon st 1 South Eastern st iSouth Wales st York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok., and Wok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 45 Do • • • • 45 Do New, 1866 st Taff Vale.. .. 10 Do B 10 Do C 30 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do st. Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pint at Waterford & Kilkenny st West Cornwall st VV. Hartlepool Hardkß st West Midland Oxlord st Do Newport' st Do Hereford 8 si 8} 81 85 87 12 , 4 1201 Railways. Closing Business Price. ! done. E 6 1201 20 66 7 40 11 15 10 94 95 111 11 3 52 63 50 52 25 '46 122 124 121 123 PS 140 100 iu2 65k 64' 113} 1131 , 76} 774 113 115 42 43 i 101 1011 105 j 104 1 44 45 Ili 12d .28i 14 lfd 97 99 544 L6i 26 28 1011 1021 59i 60a 891 90; 118 120 11111, 62 83 111 14 122 124 46i 47i 99 101 50 12 10 12 92 t 24 71 73 100 102 7f 8 38 39 9i 10i 74 84 pi 155 160 i sf. 3 3 p 79 81 156 160 27 29 4511 46i 39 41 104 106 SSESSION S. Closing Price. 62 (34 -- 107 108 1 li p 1 p 6i 1 61 7 8} 1061 107 A 1.74 1084 108 k 1094 107 I'B 15 14p 15 1 41 , 194 70 72 62 65 64 56 50 62 43 46 34 37 23 25 21 23 108 109 1 111' 1 14p 1064 107 Icti 11 91 sq. 97 100 90 t 1 P le6l 101 102 7 99 54 56 100 (10(; 100 2 al] 10( 3 5 84 86 .07 108 1( 61 1( 7 iP p 11 , 7 1021 IC3i UULONIAL GOV ERN MENT SEC lj RITLEz , . , „ig.isov.,)p.c.Ja &Jug . I 1877-S4 I Do. op. c. Feb. & Au. 100 106 It 8 Do. d p.c.Mar.& Sept 100 406 108 ' Do. tp. c. Jan.&July. 100 954 964 96 Do. 6 Inscribed stoci 100 94 06 954 'ape G.Hope, 6 p c,187: 100 108 110 , Do.Ap Oct& 188( 100 112 114 ' Do. 189, 100 113 115 I Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 ill 113 Ceylon, N0v.D , 78, 6p i 1.00 113 115 'Mau . itius i per cent .. 100 106 107 1061 i 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 110 112 -. N..1.1.G0v. 6 p.c..) a.&Jul,; 100 1054 1064 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oci. 100 - - , N. S.W. Gov. 5 p x.,18-. 100 100 101 , Do. sp. c.,18,i to 11:1 100 101 102 ! Do. d0.,1888 Stupwdb 100 101 102 INew Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 I Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e , sterling, 1875 lOO 1054 106; Queensland GO'. 6p. c lOO .0 112 S.Aus G6p.c.1670.& up lOO 110 112 Vic.tiov. b p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 Do. io 6 p.a A.D.&Oot. 100 ,12 1124 1121] 4 -- -- BR,ITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 27 I id 29 , Jllllord Amalgamated.. - - Devon G. Con.. (Taoist.. 1 650 670 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 774 80 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd., 53. 4d yar, I East Caradon ', 14 . 304 314 East Care Brea.... E. W'lltussel (Tavistli , 8.6.6 4 44 Gara.&StAubyn((3 wen ) .8 7 10 Great South Tolgus i 7i , 4 44 G. Wheal Voraielston 40 61 7 Grenville --__—; 11‘,‘,:ilittei;drcArrngidseayBt°:\ree:tilt:ilolt" 8 .'t , 41 83 4. 8.0. 11 2 Valley.. J e a y n o y r 0 L ( 11 i a m u t 2 t . 2 ,f: 1 1 i t t 62 ( : 4.3.0 6 66 New Setun l9l 100 110 North Downs 23 2 2f ''.ii.‘rWthli'Wt. Bass, t i_3 ( r l o i l iG tr i ' . 2 L .4 1 . 7 14 .' 3 31 44 3 Par Consols (SA. Blaze) , 14 4 5 20 i'rovidence(Uny Lelnt. 10.0.7 10 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 415 425 S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. 5.15.6 11 21 ~.'..W heal Fran. (Illogau 18.1-.0 724 ' , 74 Stray Park 5 eamar Silv.& Lead Mitt 4.4 # I fin Croot 9 214 224 West Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 iV C rzdon (Liskeard 5 22 24 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan 54 624 674 ~ ,heal Buller( Redrutig, 5 13 60 1V heal Kitty (U.Lelant ;l 2.0.6 --- - WhealLud ott iv heal MaryAnn(Men , s 11 13 Wheal Seton 584 215 225 wheal Treiawney (Lis. 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 34 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Brie col and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 94f Great Eastern, E. Anglian A stock, 5 per cent., 109 c,reat Western, 4it per cent. red., 1004 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 4, 1131 London and Brighton 6 per cent. gua. stock, 137 London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., 101 Midland, Leicester and JElitchin 4 per ct., so North Staffordshire, :vet West Midland gua. Shares 51 per cent. 1863, 5i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 108 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 8 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, i 9 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8} Bahia and San Francisco (Inn.) gua. 7 per cent, 20} Recite and San Francisco (lim.), g - ua. 7 per cent., 161 i f San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 9 Ditto (a 1), 221 2 Turin and Savona, 2i FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, 1 Yudananiutana of S. Austrktia (Him), 31 I JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 34 g Australasia, _ Ditto, new, 31i Bank of London, 133 k City, 1054 7 Colonial, 38; Imperial Ottoman, ln London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28 London and N irthern (Um ), 8} National Provincial of England. Ditto, new, 26 Oriental Bank Corporation, 57 Provincial of Ireland. 90 South Australia, 39 Standard of British South Africa (lim.), 171 Union of London, 351 DOCKS. London, 61 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 401 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 2/ Electric Telegraph, 1054 Gen. Cr( dit and ifinance of London, Rm., 3 Hudson s Bay, 3 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavonr), 4/ Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. .870 issued 90, 721 2 London Finanzial Association, Um., 111 • Madras Irrigation and Canal, 4 Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, 781 Quebrada Land, Rail, ana Mining, Rm., 21 EXTRAORDINARY WAGER.—An Austrian cavalry officer, w h ose name i s no t g iven in the papers, h as l a i d an extraordinary b e t w ith two of his comrades. In th e course Of Septemb er h e engages t o r ide to Paris, sta r ti ng from Presb urg, and perform the entire distance of 1,000 miles within 21 day s. He is to use one horse only for the journey, mak ing about 50 m il es a d ay ; h e i s to tend, feed, a n d groom his nag him se lf . F ree to choose hi s rou t e , h e w ill be ac companied horse ot rail as they like. Stakes, 5,000 to 10,-- Retina -Letter by his opponents, who are also at liberty to go by 52a a 1221 2 i I 65& I 113/ 1131 1011 106 k 44 111 147 i f 10111 i BRITISH P nailwaya 100 itlantic Az St Lawrenc, tk y tfom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc 1 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New . • 20 Do. E. Shares Lot Buffalo ana Lake Huron 10 Do. Preference 100 Builalo,Brant,&Godria I S p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 10 Do. do. July 1, l 8? 10 do. do. Jude 1, Izs, it Glcutta.,t S. Ea stn. ( it I_;apeTown dr Dock Seri! ;ock Eastn. Bengal go. 6 p. ock Last Indian. nu. 5 p. c. 20 Do. do. t Ext... 20 Do. do. 11 do. .. ,ck Grand Trunk of Canada ' 0 1)0. Ist Prof. Bon.ds.. 10 Do. uo. deferred...... 10 00. 2d Pref. Bonus.. 10 Do. do d,fer ed...... 10 Do. 3d P ef. stock ... 10 Do. do. del . R 3 Do. 4th Pref. s,o k... 10 Do. au deferred...... rck GLlnthaPeuto.gua. s p.o 10 Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. Jandiry, 1862 ;It Gt. South.ot India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharek )4 Do. New 2 .... ... 10 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. )0 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-5.. . 10 Indian Branch Limited ick Madras guar., 5 p. c. x)k Do. 4i p. c. Extension )ek De. 4. tO Do. Fifth Extension. )ck Melb.C;orp. ep. c. kind, 10 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. )0 Do. 7p. c. Hong. Bds. tO ew Br unswick at Can d Class A an 1 B .. N. Itl.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds •ock Scinde .......... gt t 5 Do. Delhi • Do. do ' os" tO Do. Punjaub st Do. Do. • , te, ock Do. Endus.St.rfo.) Sh axe 91/ 2 Paid. , all r Business done 021 1071 100 tOO 100 100 lOU 100 1071 8i 1081 107/ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.) IN RE WESTBROOK. This bankrupt, who was a solicitor in the Strand, and at present confined in Whitecross-street Prison, now applied for his release from custody. He was opposed on the ground of misappropriation of moneys, and also on the ground that he was in custody for disobeying, under an order of the Lord Chancell.r, for payment of costs. Mr. Hughes, of the firm of Hughes, Kearney, and Mas terman, appeared for the opposing creditor, the Rev. Mr. Martin, and put in an order in a ciuse, " Martin v. West brook," cancelling a portion of an agreement as being ob tained by misrepresentation. Mr. Griffin denied that any fraud was imputed by the Lord Chancellor, and quoted the case from the Law Times. Mr. Hughes said he had a certified copy of the order of the Court, which he read and pit in as evidence, and sub mitted that the bankrupt was not entitled to be released from custody. ➢lr.•Grifli'hs again urged that it was not a fraud, there fore the bankrupt was entitled io his release. His Honour ultimately said he would look over the papers, and, as the bankrupt was in custody, give his deci sion at an early day. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE FENN. This bankrupt was an innkeeper at Norwich, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr. Brough appeared for the assignees, and did not op pose. The bankrupt had been in business many years, and now failed for £3,000, and assets to about halt that amount. his Honour granted the discharge. THE ANGLO-FRENCH AGRICULTURAL TRADING COMPANY. A meeting was held for a call in the case of this com pany, and it was fixed at £2 per share, IN RE HOLMES. A dividend meeting was held in the case of this bank rupt, a shipowner, in Swan-alley, City, and a dividend of Is, in the pound was ordered. A previous dividend was declared of 3s, 6d. in the pound. The debts were above £2,300. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.---This Day. -41,-.. (Before the Assistant-Judge.) A respectably dressed person named Hicks surrendered to his bail on a charge of assaulting the police and creating a disturbance in Cremorne Gardens. From the evidence of the p lice•constable it appeared that on the occasion of the Licensed Victuallers' fete on the Ist of July the defendant and a friend were present at Cremorne Gardens, and about half-past 12 o'clock a dis turbance occurred, when the police interfered. There were some other persons engaged in the quarrel, and by direction of Inpector Drake two constables, named Ayres and Manley, were sent to restore order, it possible. The two constables alleged that the defendant refused all persuasion, and to prevent further annoy ance steps wore taken to eject him and his friend from the gardens. In effecting this they said they received many violent kicks about their legs and shins from the defendant, and the result of the disturbance was that the prisoner was charged with assault, and the magistrate sent the case to be disposed of at the session. For the defence it was contended that the police had alto gether acted under a mistake in taking Mr. Hicks into cus tody, as instead of being the aggressor, he was in fact trying to procure the ejectment of another who had been making himself objectionable to some of the visitors of the gardens. The police constables having given their evidence. The Assistant Judge said he did not think any very ' violent assault had been proved. Mr. Sleigh, counsel for the defendant, said, although that was so, it was of the utmost importance to defendant that he should take steps to remove the stigma of having been in the custody of the police without the slightest reason. His client was a respectable licensed victualler, and if the evidence, of the police was true, then most certainly an assault had been committed ; but he contended that they had taken the wrong man into custody. It was of the utmost importance to the defendant that the evidence of the police should be thoroughly sifted, because from the beginning the utmost prejudice had been imported into the case. He felt that the witnesses he should call would prove to the satis faction of the jury that the police had altogether been mis taken in taking Mr. Hicks into custody. Mr. Cannon, an auctioneer, carrying on business in Bloomsbury, said he was at Cremorne Gardens on the Ist of July, and about half-past 12 he invited a number of his friends to the refreshment bar, when a little man, in con sequence of his reaching over his shoulder to get a glass off the bar, felt himself offended. He challenged witness to fight, but he refused, and a disturbance was the result, The next he saw was the defendant in the custody of the police. He remonstrated with the constable, and told them they had made a mistake, and that they ought to have taken the little man. The police did not treat Mr. Hicks very tenderly. In answer to a question from the Assistannt-Judge, the witness said he was ordered to leave the gardens, but he did not consider he was ejected from them. George Webb said he was in the gardens and saw the disturbance. He did not think the defendant was the ag gressor. In cross-examination the witness said ho did not know the defendant personally, but he had been pointed out to him as a fighting man in• Jim Mace's circus. George Parkes also said he was at Uremorne-gardens on the evening in question. He thought, as far as ho could form an opinion, that the police were to blame. The jury found the prisoner guilty of assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. The Assistant -Judge said he never saw a case more clearly prov,d, and he could not but think that it had been aggravated, in consequence of there being a determination in g o x ters to offer every opposition to ,the police, anil by the bad advice the prisoner had chosen to adopt. He should not, under the circumstances, send him to prison, but he should inflict on hint a flue of £2O, and also call upon him to find two respectable sureties to keep the peace for 12 months. The fine having been paid, and bail accepted, the de fendant was discharged. _ _ _ John Price, who was yesterday found guilty of stealing a pair of diamond earrings, value £lOO., the property of Harry Emmanuel, of Hanover-square, was to• day sentenced to four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL AND UNPRON DYED ASSAULT.—Mary Ann Baker, a women of the lowest class, was brought be fore Mr. Arnold, charged with assulting Ann Courts, an elderly respectable looking woman. Complainant had evidently received so severe a blow that her whole face was contused and swollen. She stated that at 12 o'clock yesterday she was proceeding through York street, Westminster, in company with a friend, when the defendant suddenly struck her a violent blow on the nose, from the effects of which her face now presented its present appearance. Mr. Arnold—Do you know anything of the defendant? Complainant—Not the least, she is a perfect stranger to me. Mr. Arnold—Had you given her any provocation? Cemplainant—None whatever. I never spoke to her nor did anything to her. She suddenly came up and struck me before I was aware of her intention, and without any cause. A respectable young woman, who was passing at the time the outrage was committed, and who described herself as a stranger to both parties, said that the attack was per fectly unprovoked in any way by the complainant, who was quietly pursuing her way when it happened- Mr. Arnold (to defendant)—What have you to say ? Defendant—l am very sorry, I was drunk, as the police man knows, Mr. Arnold—lf ycu please to get drunk it is no reason why unoffending persons should suffer for your want of reason. This is a most wanton and unjustifiable act. The complainant is walking peaceably through the streets, when you suddenly attack her, without anything which can bear the colour of an excuse. This sort of thing cannot be per mitted, and toe sentence upon y ou is that you be committed for one month to hard lub,,ur in the House of Correction. An Old Tory's Old Liberal. We have all the more pleasure in transferring to our columns, from those of the staunch old Tory John Bull, the following generous tribute to the memory of the late liberal-minded Marquess of Nor manby, seeing that this kindly estimate of the noble marquess's character so entirely coincides with our own, as expressed by us in our leading columns immediately upon the first announcement of his decease : Constantine, Marquess of Normanby, who has passed away from life at the comparatively early age of 66, was nevertheless enabled, by the chances of hereditary position, to occupy a place in men's eyes during the period which we have named, and to bear his part in the great histo rical changes which were crowded within it. Viscount Normanby showed no hesitation in choosing the line of policy which his own temper and jndgmen . t pre scrib'd to him, and he made his maiden speech in f,vour"ot Catholic Emancipation, continuing after the passing of tha: measure to take an active part in promoting thsf enlarge ment of the representative system against which the Duke of Wellington had so rashly committed himself, as a thing necessarily revolutionary, in whatever shape it might come. The politics of the young Viscount not being agreeable to the views of his father, led to his retirement from public life for a time. But in consequence of the accession of the Whig Ministry to power, he found himself connected with official duties, commencing his career as Governor of Jamaica. Hi• a 'ministration is well remembered in that colony ; and it will be recollected that only a few weeks ago the Legislative As sembly passed a formal resolution expressive of their gratitude for the efforts which he had made—true in his attachment to his old sphere of work—to secure for the colony a ureasure of justice at the hands of Parliament. From this period, till the downfall of the Whigs in 1841, he filled various offices with honour to himself and advantage to the country. We are told by one of those sciolists who undertake at a m 'moat's notice to sit in judgment on eminent men for the daily press, that he owed all his official successes to his " good manners." It is perfectly true, as the same autho rity states, that "he was a man to like; it wis pleasant to be in his company." But a writer must be very ignorant of the true character of our political system if he sapposes that the mere grace of demeanour and geniality of spirit (which Lord Normanby undoubtedly posseisaT in a high degree) can avail by themselves to raise a man to high office and keep him before the public eye. knd we find from the authority of one who can speak with knowledge on the subject, that Lord Normanby "was a hard work ing man in office ; many of those who acted with him and under him, in his various official capacities, men of talent and distinction, would state that the social qualities served only to sweeten the toils of office, but never inter fered with his public duties; they would bear witness to the clearness of his intellect, and the facility with which he executed business." No doubt the charm of Lord Normanby's " manners" had its sway in helping forward the congenial policy which distinguished his name at the most important period of his political life, and that by which he will be bastreixterabered. We refer to his tenure of the post of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland from 1834 to 1839: and it may be added that, as the easy bonhommie of Lord Melbourne was an important ele ment in th e judicious policy with which that statesman guided us over that critical period of our history which attended the outcome of new social forces that might easily have burst into revolution in other hands—so Lord Normanby's social quali ties became a great political fact in the difficult prikeqs of reconciling the newly developed national lip Olieioid,to li il the English connection. I t was something t 49Apei;4a1 fascination which induced O'Connell to sak jOais Yiee roy was " the beat English man that Ireland hatrelieilieen." . But these qualities would have made very littleimpression haBee if they had not been enjoined with that temperat e a nd dig nified policy of conciliatio n which ha w as the first to intro duce in Ireland, elanndec,easnsdar; feature ich has i s n Irish in ' administration. we may hope, become a settled The same qualities of a light heart anal generous disposi tion were conspicuous in the serene indifference with which he looked down on the coarse abuse so plentifully heapsd upon him in consequence of the part which he took on the Italian question. As our Minister at Florence during some years, Lord Normanby had ample opportunities of acquaint ing himself with the real merits of that hypocritical ana fraudulent conspiracy which has result ed in bringing about the Piedmontese domination n ow exi sting in Italy. His love for the country and the people among whom he had sojourned so long was much too strong to permit of his remaining silent while they were trodden down beneath the mean and cruel tyranny administered from Turin. He was not the man to shrink from the championship of an unpo pular cause ; and, in defiance of all the obloquy and vitu peration of which the Liberal press is so emphatically liberal, he continued to utter his unpalatable truths in the reluctant ear of the English Ministry and Parliament. It has actually been made a reproach to him that he broke through his old party connections in the advocacy of these convictions, and it has been gravely urged, in aggravation of the offence, that he even did this after he had been re called from his post in a peremptory manner by Lord Malmesbury We do not believe that there is the slightest ground for insinuating that the recall in question implied anything like a personal affront; bus, whether it did or no, Lord Normanby had far too high a soul to be guided in his political course by such considerations. In this respect he was strikingly distinguished from his colleague of long standing,Lord Palmerston. Much of that statesman's foreign policy has been dictated to his mind by some personal quarrel or other ; thus his persevering hostility to Prussia has entirely grown, we believe, out of a private grudge against Chevalier Bunsen. This difference between the two statesmen was well discerned in their conduct subsequen t to the Spanish mar riages. Both were taken in on that o ccasion. Lcirdl'almer ston's bitter resentment was no do ubt th e motive of his eager adhesion ill theadhesion N t N o ,h th ig e p co a u rt p y d , 'e . I L a ottrni9 =by, on the other c .rn so nearly upset his v hand, in the narrative which he published of the events of 1848, exerted himself to do justice to the merits of Louis Philippe's Government, and was perhaps the only inlitt ental vindicator of the down-fallen dynasty at that time. The book to which we have referred, though somewhat hastily composed, will long be read as the most trustworthy account, which we yet possess of the Paris Revolution of 1848. It is not, as is well known, Lord Normanby's only contribution to English literature. Re, like Disraeli and Bulwer Lytton, first endeavoured to impress his thoughts and views on the age through the means of works of ima gination, and his novels are still read with pleasure, though constructed after too ephemeral a model to keep a perman ent place in public attention. But he never f 'Tot that he bad enrolled himself as a citizen of the commonwealth of letters, and his warm sympathies were always ready in behalf of English literature. THE CHANNEL FLEET. There was an immense influx of visitors to the fleet on Monday. From Leith, Granton, Kirkcaldy, Burntisland, and from all parts of the surrounding country, people flocked in thousands to inspect the great iron-clad vessels. Leith exhibited the same scene of bustle and activity which it has done since the war vessels anchored in the Firth. Steamboats, small and large, decked out in all the colours that imagination can fancy, occupied berths along the piers, and crowded all the av a il a bl e j e tties that could be spared for their accommodation. Crowds of people, such as have seldom before been witnessed in Leith, swarmed on the quays, battled with exorbitant masters of steam tugs about sailing regulations and fares, and fought their way by main force on to the decks of the boats that were to convey them to the fleet. One Striking peculiarity of the crowds that thronged 7.eiih from early morning to evening was the large number of country people that were to be seen, most of them dressed in holiday attire. These came from all parts of the country, evidently bent on enjoying th-mselves to the best of their ability, and all displaying great curiosity to explore the various wonders of the huge vessels about which they bad heard so much. Passengers had the utmost difficulty in getting OD board the vessels of the squadron in consequence of the vast numbers of people that battled for precedence in being taken off the piers ; but the inconvenience experienced in being put aboard the fleet was nothing compared with the delays and annoyances which were to be enckurpd i,ft being taken off again. The greater portion of the immense con - course of people that went to the fl ee t insisted upon'being put on board the Black Prince or the Warritr„and.the con sequence of this, as might readily bt expaCted; was to crowd these ships to such a degree that it was almost im possible to get alongside. For several hours the crush on these vessels was tremendous. Five and six steamers were to be seen at one time moored in rows around the ships waiting their turns to discharge their living freights, and the scenes at the gangways, which resulted from this, were both amusing and exciting. People were hurried on board as fast as the conductors of steam boats could urge them up the ladders, and yet, in spite of all this dispatch, the occu pants of many of the steamers were kept waiting for hours ere they could get on the decks of the iron-clads; and many of the captains of the steamers gave up the task of attempt ing to get on board in despair. In the afternoon the Duchess of Roxburghe, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Lawson, and a select party of ladies end gentlemen paid a visit to the flag ship Edgar, at the invi tation of the admiral. After lunching with the admiral the party were conducted through the vessel by the officers, and spent some time inspecting the many interesting objects on board. The ship's band was stationed on the quarter deck during the afternoon,and discoursed some popular airs. In the afternoon William Lindsay, Esq,, Provost of Leith, entertained Admiral Dacres and a large ,number ol the officers of the fleet to dinner at his fepidence;''llermi• tage-hill. The dinner was served in an efliiint marquee, which was erected for the occasion, and tlic,::band, of the Leith Rifle Volunteers was in attendance, and played a variety of popular music during dinner. In addition to the officers of the fleet there were present the consuls of the port, the members of the Leith town council, and a number of volunteer officers. THE LEITII BALE.—On Monday night the inhabitants of Leith gave a grand ball in honour of the officers of th: fleet, in the Corn Exchange, which was tastefully decorate with banners and evergreens for the occasion. There of a large and fashionable attendance, comprising many elite of the neighbourhood. STATE OF TRADE. MANGEtEsTErt, Aug. 4.—This morning there was rather more inquiry for yarns, and in some instances it resulted in business, chiefly for India, at the prices current this day week. For other m arkets the business has been small. On the whole there has been a fair inquiry, which it is thought may result in still more business in a few days. In the cloth market there has also been a rather better feeling. The recent American news appears to have suggested the impression that we are not going to see the end of the war for some time to come, and that we shall consequently not have American cotton. There has been more inquiry for cloth under these circumstances, and in some instances it has led to buying. The In dia letter s are only just tohand, and have not had time to ta ke effect, but they are considered favourable, and suggest a probability of mote business for that quarter, inasmuch as they rep , rt some little in quiry for Manchester goods in the country, where these goods were beginning to go into con sum p tion. Buyers for the home trade have also been making inquiries, which have led to business. The stocks of finished goods in the home-trade houses are rather bare, and it t: ay be expected that they will be looking out for favourable opportunities to replenish them. Sellers nominally quote the same prices, but practically the market for the latter de scription of goods is a shade higher. What purchaees have been made in India goods have run chiefly on 61b. and 71b. shirtings and other light fabrics. The Liverpool cotton market has been very quiet since last Thursday, probably owing in some measure to the arrivals of Surat cotton, the deliveries of which had been 25,000 bales up to yesterday, making wi'h other descriptions a total of 27,600, against sales in the same period of 14,000, of which 6,000 had been for speculation and export. Prices are generally rather higher for cloths than they were a month ago, 66-reed 27- inch printers, and 52, 56, and 60-reed 39-inch shirtings being quoted 3d. per piece dearer, and 56-reed 26-inch printers, and 66 and 72-reed 26-inch shirtings being 6d. per piece higher. It is probably the quieter and steadier tone of this and the Liverpool markets during the last few days that has brought the buyers of cloths and yarns a little more freely forward. The deliveries of goods upon preexisting contracts continues rather considerable, and the stocks in first hands are reported to be rather bare. A good deal of inquiry is being made for first rate qualities of T-cloths from American cotton, the makers of which some time since stopped their mills, and which are now out of stock, or very difficult to be met with. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market: — "The market continued very quiet to the end of the week, but the quotations of Tuesday last were firmly adhered to. Yesterday and to-day there has been rather more disposition on the part of buyers to operate, especially in the lighter kinds of goods, and a fair amount of business has been done in them without any change in prices." CARDIFF, Aug. 3.—There is an average business doing in the steam coal trade, and the collieries are upon the whole moderately well employed. A considerable number of vessels have arrived during the last seven or eight days, and freights are lower. Increased activity is expected to be the result in the coal trade. The ironnaasters are fairly aff for orders, and the advanced quotations are fully maintained. Many of the works are suffering from want of water. The average quotations are as follows .—Rails, f. o. b., £5 155.; merchant bars, £5 15s. to £5 17s. 6d. The recent improve ment in the tin trade is with difficulty maintained. LEEDS, 4th.—The attendance of buyers in the cloth halls has been rather limited to-day, nor, indeed, was there a full attendance of manufacturers. The opening of the new Town-hall at Halifax by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the festivities consequent thereon, have thinned the market here of many persons. All things considered, a fair amount of business was done in plain and fancy wit neys, meltons, tweeds, and other seasonable fabrics, and a few good parcels of " whites," heavy and medium qualities, also changed hands. Not much was done in ordinary black cloths, but a few unions found purchasers. The market was steady as to prices. Those of wool keep firm. NOTTINGHAM, 4th.—The business done in lace yarns was only on a moderate scale at this exchange hall to-day, and prices were about the same as on Friday. There was a quiet feeling in the demand for hosiery yarns, at lull prices. Silks without change. In brown nets there was no material alteration. The Murder and Attempted Suicide in Marylebone. Last evening Dr. Lankester, Coroner for Central Middle- ' sex, held an inquest at the Buffalo's Head Tavern, Maryle bone-road, on the body of Sarah Emily Adeline Mitchell, aged 14 months, the Illegitimate daughter of Sarah Emily Mitchell, alias Chappel. Some facts connected with the murder of the child and attempted suicide of the mother were published in Ihe Sun of yesterday. Mr. S'eigh (barrister), instructed by Mr. Chappell, of 14, Chester -terrace, appeared for the unfortunate woman. • The following is the evidence offered Eliza Mitchell, of Marylebone road, said,—l am the sister of Sarah Mitchell, and aunt to the deceased. My sister has never been married, but has gone by the name of Chappel ever since the 11th of October, 1862, at which time we came from Liverpool, when we resided at No. 11, Seymour-street. My sister had no occupation, and I can assign no other reason for her assuming the name of Chappel than that Mr. Chappel, the father of the child, visited her. The deceased was born in London, after which the mother returned to Liverpool. When she came back to London she took charge of her child. Latterly my sister has been in very indiffer ent health, and for a long time has been under the care of Mr. Cathrow, her medical attendant. Last Friday I took the child out for an airing in the park. and returned at twelve o'clock, when, after giving the child its dinner, I put it to bed ; after which I went to Covent-garden-market to buy a peach. I returned at five minutes to four in the afternoon, when I found the door of my sister's room locked. I sent the landlady up stairs to see if the child was in its cot, and receiving au answer in the negative, t bi lto p a rtely 4 went to-Mr. gift - brow's, and in a short time I returned with that gentleman. 'Mr; Cathrow did not succeed in obta'ning admittance until he procured a poker, with which he broke in a panel of the door. On doing that he put his head through the aperture, and said, "Oh, what a sight 1" Withdrawing himself, he put me through the opening, when I found my sister lying on the floor as though she were dead, and on the bed was the baby covered over with a pillow. I then opened the door and admitted Mr. Cathrow, and at the same time I drew his attention to the fact that the baby moved. My I sister did not say anything. I had never heard her say that she would destroy herself. In answer to a juryman—She has been in very low spirits, She was not subject to fits. I had no suspicion that she would do harm t, the child. Mr. Wm. Cathrow, M.R.C.S., of 42, Weymouth-street, Portland-place, said—The mother of the child was highly nervous, obstinate in the extreme, and jealous. She told me that she could not survive unless she got on friendly terms again with Mr. Chappel, and that she should be driven to do something to herself. For the last three or four days she had been so much excited that I thought it desirable to call in another medical man, and on the very morning when the deed was committed I and my friend saw her. Mr. Byam, of Welbeck.street, accompanied me, and we left with the impression that she would not do ally harm to herself. When I went into the room she was lying on the sofa reading the Bible. I told her she was going the very best way to keep Mr. Chappel from her on account of the annoyance she had given him ; that if she would only leave off these annoy ances I had reason to believe he would settle a very hand , acme sum upon her. She smiled several times, and said she would think of what I had said. The witness corroborated her sister's evidence, and continued—l first went to the child after entering the room, thinking the woman was dead. I took the child up and gave it to the servant. Turning to the right I saw the mother lying on the floor. I touched her, and she said "Oh !" I examined her, and found a jagged wound 41 inches in length on the lett side of the neck, and the jugular vein divided. She had bled profusely. She had no pulse, and was blanched and pale. The chid was covered with blood. I had her stripped. I found a small clean cut wound about half an itch below the left nipple. I put a piece of plaster on it ; there was no hemorrhage afterwards. The child very soon became sick, and continued to vomit until its death, about 12.30 p.m. on Sunday. After the death of the child I communicated with the police, who took posses sion of the body. I made a post mortem examination. After describing the condition of the body, the witness said that death was caused by vomiting and exhaustion, caused by the wound. The vomiting had been caused by the con striction of the stomach. By Mr. Sleigh—She was supplied with every comfort by Mr. Chappel. He was prepared and offered to make a liberal settlement upon her, to sever the immoral connexion which had existed between them. By a Juryman—l had no reason to believe that, in conse quence of any supposed neglect, sbe would destroy herself. John Suns, inspector of police D division, said—ln con sequence of a letter I received from Mr. Cathrow, I, in com pany with Police-constable Isaacson, 264 D, went to 108, Marylebonuroad, on Sunday last, about a quarter to 2 o'clock. I found in the front room, first floor, a child lying dead in a cot. In the back room a woman was in bed. f e bed d. curtains of the bed on the near s ide and the head o a , t c h o un were covered with blood, as if i t had spurted which d Behind the shutter the constable found a a o a n g geit. It was had blood on it. There w as no maker's ernam two books lying w e sheathed. On a chest of draw °rs One was Washington open, with passages underlined• exists,g° from courtship and matrimony, Intwith acneduplicate Irving marked. I found two a grematurely, and the th a lecture on of Frederick Chappel, who die p_ 11th of June, 1862. Both of deceased, who was born ori sus "Frederic Chappel, mer • were ruegilstaerlseodfobuyndthas e f lt s v 7 o - coge - :_b vrill k , b i oo n. k w , Liverpool, with after the chant. £6O credited, and a codIV : lox was to be given to Sarah Liver death of the testator, Idw er year to e pant. The will was dated pool; ; £lOO p ed was then pregna • which the accuS_B6 I found £3ss. 6d. in money, a bundle of Jdoscesephser, lcuhdellioaocctohutnhteancht,ilLaiwv eitrh_ Mitchell, daughter the 3d March, 1 the jury, after The Coroner then a.ndbriaebfrytteluemlambeeldleudp: a P h e d i so n " five minutes, returned • a verdict murder against Sarah Emily Mitchell. of consultingl et ter . of wiltul letters, about Full benefit of reduced lints? obtained by pur chasing Horniman's pure Tea ; very ,choice at 3s. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard "at 4s. 4d. (formely 4s. Bd.), is the delicious imported, Agents in every st rongest and most del i town supply it in packets. TRAM ES. SCILNDA.LOUS OUTRAGE AND ROBBERY IN A BEER BRop.—George Hoppen, a young man, and described as a shoemaker, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being concerned with tTo others, named Mills and Banks, in assaulting and robbing a German named Gottlieb Kaler bracer, a hat and cap maker. It appeared that the prosecutor, a young man, went into a notorious and disorderly beer-shop called the Crystal Palace, in the Rhodeswell road, near the Commercial Gas Works, for the purpose of selling hats and caps. He was beset and injured by a number of blackguards, and among others by Banks, the potman, and the son of the landlord. Banks held the unfortunate stranger while Hop pen and Mills picked his pockets. His hats were also taken away, and he was beaten and turned out of the house. Banks and Mills escaped at the rear of the premises, got over several walls and kept out of the way for some time. They were arrested on Mon Cay night by Police Sergeant Poole and Lambert, 311 K, and when brought before Mr. Partridge yesterday it appeared the felony had been compromised, and that the German had been re-paid the money stolen from him The magistrate very properly denounced this system of compounding a felony and said he would not allow such a gross outrage and rob bery to remain without itveetigation. He remanded the prisoners, and directed that Hoppin, who is a brickmaker, should be sought after. Hoppin was now brought up, and it was clearly proved by Lambert, Alex. Crow, and another witness that he assisted in beating and robbing the German in the Crystal Palace, and turned him out of the house. Mr. Partridge said the other prisoners were remanded until next Tuesday, and he should remand the prisoners until the same day. Despatches were received' yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Governor of Malta and from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. r~ 3 Odd Fellows' Fete at the Crystal Palace. The annual fete of the the various lodges of the Manches ter Unity, forming what are termed the London districts, took place yesterday in the People's Palace at Sydenham. A large number of visitors were expected to be present, con sequently the directors had the doors opened as early as 8 o'clock in the morning, and they were kept open for admis sion until the same hour at night. This was a very wise course, as it prevented a repetition of such crowding and squeezing as frequently occurred on previous occasions, The roads leading to the Palace—especially at Dulwich —where most of the parties halted to pay a flying visit to the Greyhound, were literally crowded with vehicles, most of Ihe male oscupants boing dressed in rich regalia. Upon taking the first return at 3 o'clock it was found that 23,393 persona bad passed through the turnstiles, and even then they cow inn d to flock in in large numbers, until at last the total visitors reached '27,826. The entertainments yesta rday were admirably arranged by the committee—comprising amongst the most active, Mr. Burgess, the grand master of the whole order, and C.S. of G, M. Mann, S. L. D. B e ll, D. the South London distric t, G. M. Griffin, P. G. Backster, P. G. Rough, P. G. P. G. Stevens, D. G. M. Mitchel, G. M. of the North Lon don district, Brockman, G. M. of the Stepney district, and Newman, C. 0. of the Pimlico district—and had it not been for the crowd pressing forward at one part of the day with great force could not have failed in giving satisfaction to the many thousands assembled together. One mishap, and only one, took place during the day, but that might have been attended with very serious consequences. A procession of probably a mile in length, consisting of members with flage, was farmed. After passing along the gardens and terraces, each band playing, the parties re aired in front of the stage erected for Mr. Nelson Lee's entpertainment. The back of Volunteers' Band, the stage was filled by the London Irish and the front was staked and roped off, b f ut he so great was were the pressure from the crowd that some tee polestovoid broken, the the ropes thrown down, and par in g trampled upon, rushed upon the stage and the space behind. M. Chapino's ballet troupe managed to get through their Chinese diverti ssement in a manner to elicit the applause of asmany thousands as could get near enough to see tham. Mr. Mackney, w ho had been advertise at appear as well as Sam Collins, were both at their posts the appointed time, but in order to get to the platform both gentlemen had to force their way through an immense mass of people. Mackney managed to get upon the stage, but the crowd increased to such an extent that the rifle band was obliged to hold their drums and brass instruments over the people's heads- to save them from b:ing broken, and Mackeey found that the place was so crammed that it was impossible to go through his performances. Mr. Nelson Lee tried with all his humorous and persuasive powers for the crowd to make way, bat without success, and conse quently he was obliged to leave the stage, and so was Sam Collins. The former, in leaving, got much bruised and roughly handled, though not purposely. Military sports of the Foot and Life Guards, fencing and broad-sword exercise by the 2d Life Guards, dancing and the grand organ and orchestral performances, ended the day's amusement. The Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. The concluding meeting of the Institute, which has been occupied in its sittings at Rochester for an entire week, was held yesterday, when there was again a large attendance, the proceedings retaining their interest to the last. the Marquis Camden, K.G., presided, and was supported by Sir R. Kirby, Lord Neaves, the Mayor of Rochester, the Provost of Oriel, the Rev. Mr. Hartshorne, Mr. Reach Smith, and other distinguished archaeologists. On Monday evening the sections assembled in the County Court, when an interesting communication was made by Mr. J. G. Waller on " the Sepulchral Brasses in Kent," and the fine collection of brasses of the Cobham family, in Cob ham Church, as well as the brasses in various other churches in the county of Kent, were very fully described. A paper was also read by Mr, W. Warwick on " The Poet Gower, and his probable connection with the County of Kent." At the meeting of the sections of History and of Early and Medieval Antiquities, held yesterday morning, the first paper read was by the Rev. W. Stubbs, M.A., librarian to Archbishop of Canterbury, " On the Ancient Con nectien between the Sees of Canterbury and Roches ter." In the course of an interesting paper Mr. Stubbs traced the intimate connection which from the earliest recorded period always existed between the two sees, Rochester being the see of the first suffragan bishop in Eng land, as well as the see of the first English bishop in the person of Ithamar, who held the see from 644 to 655, and was buried in Rochester Cathedral. Mr. Stubbs also gave other interesting particulars of the See of Rochester, which for many centuries was always considered next in import ance to that of Canterbury, while the Bishops of Rochester occasionally assisted as Archbishops of Canterbury. The next paper was by Mr. J. Burtt, Assistant Keeper of Public Records, on " The Archives of Rochester ;" when some interesting facts were given of the ancient charters granted to the city by King Henry 11. and succeeding sovereigns, all of which are exhibited in the museum of the Institute. At the termination of the sitting of the section, the Rev. C. H. Hartshorne, M.A., conducted the members of the Institute over Rochester Castle, and explained the chief points of interest in connexion with that remark able Norman edifice. Contrary to the usually accepted belief, Mr. Hartshorne altogether ignores the claims of Bishop Gundulph to being the builder of the present edifice, which, from documentary evidence recently dis covered, there is little doubt was emoted by William Corbyl, Archbishop of Canterbury, between the years 1126 and 1139. With the exception of Dover Castle—which, according to ancient records, was erected at an expense of £l,2oo—the keep at Rochester Castle was the largest in England, thatnt Castle Rising being the third in size, while in point of beauty and grandeur Rochester Castle surpassed them all. The members of the Institute afterwards re assembled in the Guildhall, when the names of several new members were announced, including the Earl of Darnley, the Earl of Mansfield, M. Maury, the French archeologist, am. The Marquis Camden proposed a vote of thanks to the Mayor and corporation of Rochester for their kindness in placing all the public buildings in the city at the disposal of the Institute during its sitting. Lord Neaves also proposed a vote of thanks to the Kent Archeological Society for the co-operation of that b o dy in the proceedings o f the Institute, and for contributing so many valuable articles to the museum. Complimentary addresses were also delivered by Professor Willis and the Provost of Oriel; and a cordial vote of thanks to the Marquis Camden for presiding over the meetings of the Institute during the week brought the proceedings to a close. In the afternoon a large number of the members of the Institute paid a visit to Cooling Castle and Cliff° Church, in which two synods are stated to have been held during the Seam period. A portion of the mem bers also visited Upnor Castle, erected for the better pro tection of Chatham Dockyard during the reign of Eliza beth. The proceedings of a most agreeable week were brought to a close last evening, and the congress then broke up. COTTON CULTIVATION IN BRITISH BURHAM The government of India has published a brief repor of an experiment in cotton cultivation in British Bermah in 1862-63. The experiment was on a very small scale cer tainly, too small, we should think, to be of value for any practical purpose, or to test fairly the capabilities of the district for the profitable cultivation of the plant for com mercial purposes. Four acres of ground were cleared of elephant grass in May, 1862, near a village on the banks of the Boben stream. Three and a half acres were sown with seed of the New Orleans and Egyptian varieties al (which were unfortunately mixed) , a nd hell an acre year's Ssa Island seed. The seed was all the produce of last j i r o and cultivation; the sowings took place partly t i t n reiy, partly in July. The Sea Island cotton faileddeen it 13 : r a ra d ah in . no instances, says the report has it suc ceeded i The pods of the other sorts ripened ' ' s eas taken to pick October, before the rains bad ceased, but great caret, so as to keep it the cotton immediately the pods .buterne from damp. An European superintendent was sent to the spot to superintend the picking, the three and a half a small second end of November. The first crwo acres yielded 6751 b. fo_ cotatornen,panfroaneeed ; 1863, when 1501 b. more crop was picked up in N a total for the year of were collected, imak ing o' , 2041 b. of cleaned cotton were 8251 b. A fter g inr"g a ' p°roportion of about 21b. uncleared obtained, which was peas the seed sown in June did not to 11b. cleaned. -1- at t i thatP sown in July, which is accounted produce ns mu.ctlas ripening too early when the rains were for partly by - : r ay because the ground was not so well pre still y heavd' Partly beca use the July or second sowing w as p ared. all dad by an overseer who knew something of the superinten and its treatment, from cotton plant a a residence in the States Southern America. Incessant ra i n, o f it is said, preven ted his superintending the fi rs t sow- res ult of the experiment is stated to e l g. The be that cotton will grow, but the experiment is very incomplete, ~ a s failures arise from accident, such as bad seed and want of proper superintendence, if the localities chosen and difficult f o r the seat of the experiment are distant • • of access." It is proposed, however, next year to try expe riments to test whether it can be grown for fi pro t, and "whether later sowing, so as to ensure . the heavy rains being ended before the picking more fruitful results," ' the ey be er g i m m s e , n t' will such not as give.t obtained being the u tt er failure ol ? the Sea Island s seed. The report closes by stating given to an over seer w h o wor k s i n t h e f ores t, , nil who is anxious to try an experiment of his own on a larger scale, to see whether the plant will thrive with a minimum amount of labour spent upon it, and thus be made remu nerative." We should have thought the Government, if it did anything at all in the matter itself, would have done it on a larger scale, and taken a great deal more pains to ensure the success of what it did undertake. Judging; from the proceedings of Government in the present case, from its own report of a very meagre experiment, that is, seems hardly to have had a fair trial, for the brief report on the subject admits ignorant and im perfect superintendence, and that the various varieties of sted used were hopelessly mixed together, so that it was impossible to say whether ono kind of seed would do better than another the only patent result experiment clearly failed from the want of precautions most essenial to secure an of success, and without which failure t might have ben looked on as certain.—flomb a Y Gantt*. ~ . L SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. --This Day. BRIGHTON RACES—Tars DAY. AY ELECTRIC TELEGRILPR. PAVILION PLATE. Cheerful • ippler Ten ran. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BRIGHTON RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SUSSEX STAKES. Quadrille Adamas filly Rest a Four ran. OVINGDEAN PLATE. ~ • Birdlime 2 Zora 1 Ten ran. BRIGHTON CUP. Caller Ou w.o. 12TH BIENNIAL STAKES. File de I'Air . w o FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, BRIGHTON RACES.—Tats DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH• CHAMPAGNE STAKES. Tippler v 1 2 Fairwater 3 Waterwitch Four ran. GRAND STAND STAKES. 1 Gunner ........ 2 ""Deerfoot Four ran. LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Clarior (offered) 100 to 8 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 16 to 1 agst Welcome (taken) ST. LEGER. 9to 2 agst The Ranger (offered) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 15 to 2 agst Avenger (takes) 11,000 to 1,000 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 33 to 1 agst Judea (taken) RAILWAY REFRESHMENTS, There are a good many things in England that disgrac the nation, and make us, or ought to make us, ashamed of ourselves. There is the Haymarket at night, and there are the r eople who playfully spend their leisure hours in heaving a succession of half bricks at their wives. But, in one way, there is nothing so disgraceful to England as the arrange ments at railway stations for what are termed refreshments. The peculiarity of this national blot is that it is very definite, very patent, very annoying, and easily remediable. No human wisdom or efforts have as yet succeeded in cutting to the root of the evil that fills the Haymarket. Acts of Parliament have been passed, and passed in vain, against that cruelty to children which does not awaken the resist ance of parents. Very brutal men, very drunk, with half a brick near them, cannot resist the presence of a mark so convenient, so patient, and often so aggravating, as a wife. But it is absurd to suppose that there is in any deep cause or any profound social disease at the bottom of the contri vances of these wretched places. The English mind, though slow to effect its purposes, could surely, if it tried, get rid of the monstrous mismanagement which presides over all the details of the system. Squabs of pork pie, offered without the slightest reference to the season, old jam three-cornered puffs, fossil sandwitches, sausages concealed in heavy pastry, sugary brittle cakes, and packets of sugar plums, cannot be the only things that inventive Englishmen might think of. As to the beverage, if at any station in England a cup of coffee is sold, we should be glad to hear of that happy place. In all those wretched refreshment rooms that we have visited, we have found a curious brown dilution of chicory, or imitation of chicory, sold as coffee, for it is not even good chicory. It is a liquid only sold at stations and bad hotels, and to make and sell it must be one of the most mournful and degrading of occupations. Perhaps it is too much to think of tea, For even in the better class of Eng lish hotels a really decent cup of tea is unknown. We are not sure that the people who keep refreshment rooms know probably think that heir countrymen areborn som ehow to drink the imitation chicory with which alone they are familiar. Now, in a na tion so rich as England, and where we persuade ourselves that comfort is so well understood, it is , disgraceful that a t r aveller cannot get an y thin g to eat and armk better ignorant, and a sq uab of pork-pie and a cu p of imitation chicory. This mis management is disgraceful, be cause it is mean, and and barbarous, and because it wickedly causes much unne cessary discomfort. It is disgraceful, exactly as the old style of Irish cottage was disgraceful. It degrades and annoys everyone that has to do with it, and makes people sansfi.n. non. to give and satisfied to r e ceive a mere cheat and impotitio SHIPPING —This Day. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, GRAVESE ND, Wecinesday Morning. Arrived, August 4—Damietta, from NlThampoa; Swan. ley, Jamaica ; O s t r ich, fro:o Moneonia; trom Colombo ; Rache l, from Whampoa; An dia, Baltic, and Madras—all fro m Quebsc; Eleanor, from St. John's Albion, from Jamaica ; Johan Cosar, from Penang; Lis gara, from New York ; C3nning, from Colombo ; Dr. T. A. S. Hunter, from Trinidad ; Curinga, from Calcutta. Sailed, August s.—Bainbow, steamer, for C4lais ; Bel gium, steamer, for Ostend ; Newsky,steamer, from Stock- A Hu" 'NIACIIINE.—A new steam dredger, No. by Messrs. Win g ate and Co., of Glasgow , to be the largest machine of the kind in the wor ld, has b een s t a rted by the River Ty ne I mprovemen t Cornmissione rs in Shields Harbour. It is calculated that this stupendous machine , when at f u l l work, will lift 10,0 00 tons at . d b s u u i p l t p o se d o f material per day. The machine, as now emp l oye d , wor k s admirably, and is lifting an immense quantity of dredge per da y. The engine is of 50 horse rower, nominal, and is cap able of being worked up to three times that power. There are two ladders, each containing 35 buckets, and weighing upwards of 100 tons. Each bucket weighs one ton and a quarter, at.d the ladders are calculated to operate in 30 feet of water, and, when working at speed, will each fill a hopper barge in from 50 to 55 minutes. TWISLETON FIENNES.—The late Lord Saye and Sale was a very eccentric man, and the greatest epicure of his day. His dinners were worthy of the days of a sVi searchedtelli u s or and ll u i u og s a m b e l Every country, every sea, w ransacked to find some new delicacy for our British Sybarite. I remember, at one of his break fasts, an omelette being served which was composed en tirely of golden pheasants' eggs I He had a very strong constitution, and would drink absyntho and c araioa in quantities which were perfectly awful to behold. These stimulants produced no effect upon his bra in ; but his health gradually gave way under the excesses of all kinds in which he indulged. He was a kind, liberal, and good natured man, but a very odd fellow. I shall never forget the astonishment of a servant I had recommended to him. On entering his service, John made his appearance at Fiennes was going out to dinner, and asked his new master if he had any orders. He received the following answer : " Place two bottles of sherry by my bed-side, and call me the day after to-morrow."—Captaits Grottos.? 3 Recollections SERIOITS FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.--Be tween 4 and 5 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the workshops of Mr. Joseph Stokes, wholesale manufac turer of ice chests and baths, North-mews, John-street, Tottenham-court-road, resulting in serious destruction of property. It appears that a p erson living opposite Mr. Stokes's workshops observing flames issuing troln them , gave an alarm, and messengers being sent to the different engine stations, in a short time the engines from Wells street, King-street, Crown-street, and 13aker-striet, under the direction of Mr. Staples, the foreman of the district, and engineers Girard and Wilkinson, were on the spot, two workshops, by this time, being on fire. While the fire was fire, r e e l fallen hen fromit was theas found u o n t workshop s t h: a p t raging, one of the firemen from Wells-street had a narrow escape, having by some me t a h n e s winoow. The firemen' :iided by a good supply of water: stwueoceoeidtehdeivrno7ktsinhgopusiblanndgtheir contents, consisting of ice chests. Scc., in the course of manufacture, benches, presses, and the whole of the tools of several workmen, were totally destroyed. Mr. Stokes is insured in the Sun Fire-office, but the workmen are unfortunately not insured, and the loss to them is consequently very serious. In an adjoining build ing there was a large quantity of timber which, through tho exertions of the firemen, was prevented from taking fite, l e did street corn -1 wit bench shire , who to a joy ed sable tant s inted• .ave a ited a pt , lice i agi local Irdin book lected re" of duwa de la laws, the ❑emir of 0 cow dent /bile v bels wing ,rtivg other ,Lobe• • ~~ 7 e4N