The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-31 00:00:00

MEP ? ihlt 5t 27. lia took Ind left d prin- )eloved planted L loss in )uche.9s ed yes- 'g, and )senu u, rthday by his us and 1, were 3au on ember. will arrive Prim y. The n leave 'russia , nau on spe- Their kingen, Prince Pots- a nu which taking 1,000 ethe's e resi- it to Duke incos of the e an ng of ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A free inquiry in the general discount market imparts continued firmness to the quotations. During the next few days arrangements connected With the various commercial bills due on the 4th Will create activity, and the rates fur a time may show additional firmness. Subsequently, however, symptoms of uneasiness are anticipated, owing to the favourable tendency of the specie movement, and other considerations calculated to influence the market in that direction. It has been officially notified that the Union Bank of England and France and the Belgian and Netherlands Bank are to be incorporated into one establishment, under a comprehensive title, with a capital of two millions sterling. A further sum of £44,000 in gold was taken into the Bank on Saturday. The Oneida has been announced from the Brazils With £42,614. The accounts from the manufacturing districts received this morning for the past week have been generally satisfactory. The dealings in cloths and yarns at Manchester have been moderately active; the high rates demanded, however, have in some measure checked operations. In the woollen dis tricts of Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, and Hudders field there has been a steady inquiry for autumn and winter fabrics; while at Birmingham, Shef field, and Wolverhampton, symptoms of increased diminution have been apparent in several depart ments. Two O'CLOCK. A very small amount of business has been nego tiated to-day in the Market for the English Funds, and the extreme apathy of speculators, as well as the investing public, has created a little heaviness. The support given last week by several pur chases in succession has been partially exhausted, and hence the reaction of about .. per cent., Consols being 031 a for money, and 93-Z s for the account. Business has been transacted in the New Threes at 9314 ; and the Reduced Annuities at 03Z- 4 ; India Stock is 1081; and Exchequer Bills, Is. die. to 2s, prem. Continued animation prevails in the Foreign Market, and although in one or two instances less firmness is apparent the general tendency of quo tations is in an upward direction. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, 721 ; do., 1862, 691 701; do., Conso lides, have receded to 51 y, 52i ; Mexican to 391 ; but Greek have risen to 361 ; ditto Coupons to 17i, 18 ; Spanish Passive to 34 i ?-, 8; ditto Certificates to 138 d ; Portuguese to 491, 50 ; and the Confederate Loan is 2 per cent. better, being 25 to 23 dis. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very restricted, and in several instances prices have been rather flatter. Great Western, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, South Western, and Midland have each receded as., and Great Eastern 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain inactive, without any material change to record in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull, at about previous quotations, with the exception of International Financial shares,which have improved to 10-1 a ; and General Credit and Finance, which have risen to 4 I; Hudson Bay Company are heavy, at 41 ; and London Financial steady, at 12k. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock — 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3.per Cent. Consols An nu iti es New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities — 5 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 pet Cent lOBl Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds .£l,OOO l6 pm Ditto under £1,000.. Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept. 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — March, June, 21 per Cent. I 21 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO .. 1 dis 2pm Ditto £5OO .. 1 die 2pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent -- Ditto 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 1843 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ay res 6 per Cent — Ditto Account . Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account 361 1 f 1 Ditto Coupons Ditto Account l7± f 1 i 1 18 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 391 1 9 Few Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred — Fauvism 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — . Ditto Account .. • .. 49! 50 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 96 / Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 . 891 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 p er C en t — Ditto Account — Spanish 3 per C ent Ditto Passive Ditto Account 341 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 3 41 1 Ditto Account l3 i 1 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per C ent. 1858 Ditto Account .. . . 721 Ditto, £lOO 80nd5...... . Ditto 6 per Cent. 186 - Ditto Account .. Ve nezuela per Cent. i Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. ,. .1e6.2 24-± 1 Ditto Account ........... ..... :: . : Dividends on theab.o.ve.p. a.yab.le - Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. ....... 4 Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ....... • . Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates •*— French Rent es , 3 per Cent., Lx. 25f l o 9i ----- Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account. ......... Consols, Money TWO O'CLOC K. 9 3a i Ditto Account 93 Mrs. CROWE has in the press a new novel, entitled " Heathaide Farm." MR. MPOWELL'S statue of Lord Elmira—a statue in which the ()retcr is represented in the act of ad dressing an audience, with, on the base of the statue, in setibed " Pl un k et ; erected by the Bar of Ireland " —will be . a very few dais erected in the Hall of the Four Courts, Dublin. AN AMERICAN DUEL.—A, New York p iper says : —" Jers ey h as been the scene of anotherduel. Tht actors were a young officer of artillery —son of an eminent naval officer —and a lieutenants in tachment of w hi ch is at the Bth Inf an t ry ; a d e . Island. B ot h re quartered on G overnor ' s gentlemen :re familiar ell to th e b est society in T t ia * e the metropolis a n d elsewhere, cause of th e c h a ll enge is understood t o h ave been gives on Governor's Islandwhen it i s said tin te tlhineutneontlavne c t onversation red to uttered a sentimentrefle o c a tf was meencthexacter of . women in general, although no artillery officer saw fit t o resent the express:ed. Th to the feminine c, th e e ground of its being an insult not onl y but to his nearest and dearest relati ves of that sex. rltTi; hinted also that the obnoxious speech of tne lieutenant was made particularly poignant by reason of " a lady in the case"--a Washington lady—who had, according. to rumour, discarded the attentions of the infantry officer to smile upon those of his companion. The challenge given by th e latter was promptly responded to, and the meeting oc curred upon the Jersey shore as stated. Pistols were tht weapons. Three shcts were exchanged without effect. The result of the fourth was more sanguinary. T ht challenger, struck in the neck by tho bullet of his adversary, fell bleeding and senseless, but reviving within a few moments, inquired with Undaunted pluck whether the time bad arrived for "another round." His strength, however, failed to match his courage, and the duel was pronounced at an end. happily fo r the parties co ncerned, w e are enabled to say that the sufferer in the Ee , a.tr is rapidly recovering. Share 100 etk i 20i 10 100 1 100 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 stook Hook 20i 20 100 stock stock stock etock stock et 20 St itock COLONIAL GOVER. p.c.J a itzJ ul) 1877-S1 . Do. 6 p. c. Feb. et Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. E p. a. Jan.&July. Do. 6 Inscribed stock 'Cape allope, 6 P 0.187. , Do.Ap & Oct. 1886 Do. 189( !Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c 1151auritius 6 per cent !Natal Gov. 6 per cent iN.l3.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. G ov. 5p 1, 18 , )t Do. 5 p. c.,18t1 to Do. d0.,1888 dzupwds New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c S. due G6p.c.1878.& up Vio.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&July Do. to 6 D.Q. A.n.dzOot.. 'MEN' 100 100 100 100 100 T SECU: 103 105 IC2 104 105 107 941 Psi 02 04 108 110 112 114 113 115 112 115 113 115 10(3i 1011 ,110 112 'losi 1064 1001 101 3 / 4 1011 1021 102 103 110 112 ton 108! 1;1 113 110 112 108 110 1131 114 ,ITIES. 107 f 1021 } 114 13f BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id elifford Amalgamated 36 18 Devon G. Con.. gavisto 1 560 6EO East Bassett (Illogan) 30 79 81 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. 4d par East C ara d on ...... 12.14.6 284 291 East Cara Brea... 3.4.0 8 81 Gam Russel (Tavistk.) 8.6.6 3 4 4 /zSLAubyti(Gwen.) '.Bl 710 Great South Tolg - us 17s 34 31 G. Wheal Vor (I.l.eiston; 40 61 74 fi ll in erc g •d et 's o - n r 13 ) 1 ;;;;;5 ......... .. Grenville ... . 6.16.6 64 6/ 44 8 2" . 13 : 8. 2 0.0 5 :1 6 1: Lady Bertha .. ~ . . 4 2 Margaret (tJny ........ 94 32 3 I 4 31ynarkdeyVIraollneyo.r; . New Setun ••161 100 no North Downs 24 2 2} N.Wh '1 Basset (Illozan, 2.17.0 24 3 I North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (st. Bl azey ) 14 4 6 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 ,1 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer; 14 415 425 ,3. Carn Brea (Illog - an) 5.15.6 14 24 1:71,W-heal Fran. (Mogan; 18.1,4.9 60 70 Stray Park 5 { Lunar Silv.& Lead Jilin 4l 4 1 I' in Crolt 9 2t 22 I West Basset (Illogan) l4 104 111 W radon (Liskeard) 5 21 23 West Setun —. Wheal Basset (Megan) 54 60 65 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 35 45 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott , 2.10.8 3 3} Wheal MaryAnni,Men ) 8 12 14 Wheat Seton 584 1215 225 Wheal Trciawney (Lis.)l 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 22 34 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 41 per cent. pref., 1015 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, s;per cent., pf., 1051 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 116 East Lincoln, gua. 6 per cent.. 1301 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 85 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 20Z Great Luxembourg, 14 Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 San Paulo (lint), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (ad), 221 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 224 Turin and Savona, 24 FOREIGN bINES• Cobre Copper, 30i 2 j General, 202 Mont. Aureos gray. Gold Min. Co. (lira.), 2} 1 St. John del Rey (Bro.), 56 Yu dananautana of S. Australia (11m.), 2i JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (iim.), 38 4 Australasia, 772 Ditto, new, 321 Bank of New Zealand, 11 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 30 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered,.22l imperial Ottoman, 19 182 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 28 London and County, 48i London and South African, 27 I London and Westminster, 774 Provincial of Ireland, Ditto, new, 37 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.\ 54 Union of Itngland and France (Um.), b Union of London, 351 MISCELLANEOUS. Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, Rm., 41 4 H iidson• s Bay, 4/ International Financial Society, lim., 101 I Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 0370 issued DO, 7li London l'inanzial Association, Jim., 12i Oriental Inland Steam. lim., ai Quebrada Land, Rail, and Alining, lim., 31. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.50 per £1 sterling. On ecln P ar ing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 1 7s. load• per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. BY advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark at d dth shor t exchange o n L on don is 13.61 per £1 sterling. lah gold at the English )Hint price is, therefore, about o n t a e d r The course s per cent. d earer in London than in hamburg of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 139 to 1391 per cent., and the premium on gold about 26 1 per cent. At these prices there is little if y profit on the importation of bold t rom the United ,States. SHARE 'his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share ) Railways. l Paid. Closing Bnsinesa Price. ( done. Wol., and S tr. Va. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall 1 Do A gets no diN A Do. B till 6p c.p an.hap been paid to B. Dublin e. Bell ast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 8 81 -- -- Al 81 85 F 7 1211 122 85i 6i 7 72 39 40 16 17 05 96 111 113 50} 616 90 51 24 : 1 251 Ditto East inglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do G t. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gm stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr‘th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot 5hare5........., Metropolitan Midland Do New 124 125 125 12 P 2 136 18 100 672 (Si !1.151 1151, 73 74 113 115 41 43 1031 1011 103 104 44 45 121 12} 130 i i3Ol 14 1D 99 101 1 Do Binning. Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. urea 'Mid Bert Do Cray Line North British Ediu., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London 55 E 5; 25 1.6 103,1 Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok Stockton A; Darlington Do Do New, Taff Vale - . Do 8........... Do C ............... . Ulster Do ...... ......... Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har..fat West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH POSSE Railways A tiantio a St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cant Do. New ... Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Buflalo,Brant o kGodricll p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1875 Do. do. June 1, 1879 tautta.aS.liastn. (Lim) Cape Town Dock Serif Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian. g - u. sp. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. co. deterred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred._ Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... GLlndiarentn.gua.sp.e. Do. New gua. 5 p. a... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares - Do. New ....... D 0.6 fp. 0 . 0.7 d 0 .3 , 7 wlt 7 lllt B o . t. t : Do. 5 Indian Branch Limited Madras- goat, 5 P• c. Do. 4i p. 0. Extension Dc. 4h do Do. Fifth Extension. 31e1b.Cop. 6 p. c. Buds. Melt). & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Eds.' Newßr unewick t Candy Class A and 8........ N.M.C'da6 pc lst pt bds Soinde Do. Delhi I d* , : Do. do ( 4 ! Do. Ptmjaub Do. Do. •• Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 7i all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (100 , 100 I 2 all 1 ILO k.lOO , Paid, all 100 58 69 891 90 120 125 14 24 80 82 11/ 12i 122 124 48 47 • 100 102 50 62 30 32 96f 961 70 , 12 101 103 9 10 37 38 9 10 7 1 8} P 155 160 5f 5f t• 3 3i p 89 91 168 162 27 29 46 47 39 41 104 106 ;SIONS. Closing Prioe. 62 C - 107 i 108, 1 Up lh 11p 6i Al 7/ 8} 1074 ICBi 105 107 109 110 108 lu9 Ig-p 11 14k ; 194 104 73 15 55 58 60 68 49 51 46 48 36 38 25 27 23 25 108 100 1 161 1 14; 107 ICB 101 102 10i 10.. 96 98 90 92 68 60 3 6 83 86 10711 108 b 1071 108 i g API 1074 ICB 103 105 (3.14, 6.4.0 (9.18.41 12.10 51 50/ 672 i 113 j I 438 4 1011 1 103: 3 121 127 i 1i 55} 101 i 100 100 all all all 5.4.0 94$ Business done 274 61 103 81 THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1863. Day. Is 3d to is 10d; scoured and handwashed, is 3d to 2s; un washed, 6d to is 2d. NEW ZEALAND. — FIeeces, is 2d to 2s 2d ; lamb, is ld to is 9d; scoured and handwashed, is ld to 2s; unwashed, Ed to is Id. CAPE.—Fleeces, is id to is lld; lamb, is to is 8d; scoured and kandwashed, lid to is lid ; unwashed, 6d to 101 d; locks and pieces, 9d to is 4d per lb. SEEDS. New white mustard seed is in moderato supply and slow request, at 9s to lOs per bushel. New rape, trefoil, and carraway are unaltered in price from last week, Cakes move off slowly, at late rates. Turnip, White,p.bus.lls t o 14 s Carraway .... 28 s 32s Swede —s —8 Coriander —ti —s mustard, Brown .. —s —s Hein seed per qr —s —s White, Tares, New Os Od. Os Od 1 Crushing Old per quarter -b —s Baltic —s —s Canary, per quarter 36s 5 . . , s Odessa —s —s Rye grass, new --s —s Linseed Cake, p t on —s —s Clover, Red Eng., ct. —s —s English £9 lOs.l.:10 —8 White ........ —s —s Foreign 9 lOs XlO 10s Foreign Red.... —s —s !Rape Cakez,p ton.£6 Os .£6 tOs White. —s -s { Rapeseed, new,pr qr GOs Gls Trefoil, new. ....... —s -s TALLOW. Tho tallow trade continuos dull, at the recent decline in the currency. P.Y.C. is quoted at 42s to 42s 3d per cwt. on the spot ; and 41s to 4183 d for October to December de livery. Town tallow is quoted at 41e 3d net cash. Rough fat, 2s 11(1. per 81bs. . , Particulars. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. ' 1863. ' - -- -- —-- Stock this clay.... 19 .997 39.853 45.897 35,355 41,622 Price of Y.C. .. I 56561 to 52s Od to 47568 t 0,48501 to 42s Od to 57s Od --s od —s Od ! 48s 3d 42s 3d Delivery last week 1,647 2,077 8, 757 1,9 131 Ditto from June 1 16,322 23,762 28,757 18,976 12,210 Arrivals last week 1,731 2,775 2,248 ' 115 1,132 Ditto from June 1 24,229 30,221 17,871 15,c09 16,129 Price of Town.... 58s Od 54s 3d 49s 3d , 50s Od 4 38 9d 1 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT. ARE BILLIARDS A LAWFUL GAME P—cLAYTox V. GOLD INOS. This was an action to recover 12s. Cd. for certain games of billiards, plaintiff b e i ng an hotel keep er , an d d efendant a commercial traveller, His Honour--I think you are out of cour t , M r. Cl ayton, on your own particulars. Plaintiff—How so ? His Honour—You say "Games of Billiards," and I am not sure that it is a lawful game. Plaintiff—We are obliged to have a license, and I believe it has been laid down that a licensed victualler can recover for his tables, but I have not brought the book with me. His Honour called for the Act of Pediment 8 and 9 Viet., but it was not in court, and it was suggested that plaintiff could recover for the use of the tables. His Honour—But he calls it " names of Billiards," and I hold that it is an unlawful game. Plaintiff—The point was settled in this very court some time ago, and then I recovered a verdict. Mr. Buchanan—l was in that case, and the subject mat ter was of a very different kind; that action was for the hire of a table by a marker. His Honour—Yes, that is another thing altogether. Plaintiff—But we are required to take out a license for billiards, and it would be hard if we cannot recover. His Honour—lt ,is a game of skill and chance, and may be called gambling, but defendant does not appear. How long would he have the tables before 12s. Gd. would be duo ? Plaintiff— Oh I 12s. Gd. could be run off in two hours. His Honour—Well, as defendant is not here, you will recover for the use of the tables, but I do not decide that billiards is a lawful game. MARK-LANE. In the country markets, held on Saturday, rather more business was done in wheat, and good and fine qualities changed hands at full prices. Spring corn of all descrip tions met a slow sale, at late rates. The flour trade was very quiet, at the late decline in the currency. Advices from New York state that wheat was in fair ex port demand, but that the flour trade was dull. On the Continent the inquiry for wheat and spring corn is far from active. There was a slight increase in the receipts of English grain at our market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 32,291 quarters of wheat ; 2,837 barley ; 35,442 oats ; 6,680 linseed ; 1,354 oilseeds ; 3,846 maize ; 477 a eels, and 31,167 barrels of flour. Fresh up to Mark-lane, to-day, the receipts of English wheat were moderately large, and the condition, generally speaking, was good; indeed, many parcels came to hand in excellent condition. The demand, both for red and white qualities, ruled steady, and last Monday's quotations were well supported. This improved feeling was mainly attri buted to the prevailing changeable weather in Yorkshire and Scotland, which has, to some extent, retarded the harvest in those parts. There was an extensive show of nearly all kinds of foreign wheat on the stands, The amount of business transacted was very moderate; nevertheless, importers and holders were firm in their demands. Compared with this day sen'night the currency exhibited no change. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at late rates. A few parcels of new barley were on offer, but their quality not being first rate the demand for them was in a sluggish state, at 35s to 37s per quarter. Old home-grown, including foreign qualites, met a dull inquiry at previous quotations. Good and fine malt moved off steadily, at full prices; but inferior sorts were in slow request, at late rates. There was an extensive show of foreign oats on offer; but the supply of home-grown qualities was small. The trade, generally, was dull, at the late decline in the currency. Beans—both English and foreign —were in short supply, but slow request, at late rates. Peas moved off slowly, but no change took place in their value from Monday last. In the flour trade there was no activity. Prices showed no recovery from the late decline. There was a good supply of barrels on offer. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 398 to 458 Ditto, old 3Bs 433 Ditto, white, 1863 4OB 47 s Ditto, old 4OB 46i Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s -_ 8 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 258 26s Malting OOB ou s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 6g s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6OB 688 Chevalier 66s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding l9s 238 Potato Youghal and Cork, black —B —8 Cork, white 8 —s Scotch, Feeding 8 —s Beans—Tick, old 368 118 Pigeons, Peas—Grey • 348 36s Maple White 36s 38s Boilers . 36s 38 8 Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b 39s 438 Suffolk Stockton and N0rf01k.....,- 2 2 7 8: 2 3 9 0 5 s American, per barrel l7s 218 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market, in but middling condition. Sales pro gressed slowly, and, in some instances, prices had a droop ing tendency. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were seasonably large as to number, but their general quality was only middling. Prime breeds commanded a steady inquiry, at full prices. Otherwise the beef trade was in a sluggish state, on rather easier terms, and a clearance was not effected. The arrivals from Lincolnshire. Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire comprised 3,000 shorthorns, &c.; from other parts of England, 600 various breeds ; from Scotland, 11 Scots; and from Ireland, 380 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was moderately extensive, but the condition of most breeds was by no means first rate. Downs and half-breds were in fair request, at last week's currency, the top figure being 5s 2d per 81b, but other descriptions of sheep were very inactive, at slightly depressed rates. The demand for lambs was heavy, at from 5s to 6s per Blbs. These quotations show a decline, comp ired with this day se'nnight, of from 4d to 8d per 81bs. Calves were in moderate supply and sluggish request, at previous currencies. The pork trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 4 10 Second qttality do. 3 10 4 4 Pmo.S'thdowndo.s 0 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime Scots, 61. - c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small d 0... 4 4 4 8 Crse. E : inf.:heep 3 6 4 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 6 Lambs, 5s Od to 6s Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s; and quarter-old store pigs, 18s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... ... . s,B7olBeasts 2,240 Cows — Sheep and lambs ....10,320 Sheep and lambs Calves 353 i Pigs Pigs. 320 1 The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 16,797 head. In the corresponding week in 1862,w0 received 11,579—in 1861,19,988—in 1860, 13,707 —in 1859, 12,659—in 1858, 10,673—in 1857, 11,404 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. 'Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 632 .. 4393 ~ 33 94 1 88 Harlingen 291 .. 783 .. 148 .. 91 .. 473 Hamburg 6 .. 847 .. 187 Boulogne.. Aledembhk., 62 .. 2261 .. .. 2 -- Calais 4 .. ."." 011 .. 11 010 Vigo Amsterdam 8 .. 838 Antwerp. Ostend ...... .. 24 .. Bremen Dordt Tonning. . 1134 .. 1783 .. 303 Total ....2628 .. 11,720 .. 577 ..1124 .. 748 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 562 1435 ~ 8,144 .. 476 . 531 .. 993 BAI 1849 .. 7. 2 48 .. 481 .. 691 .. 819 860 2046 .. 1Q,•76 .. 98 .. 558 609 859 1824 .. 9,699 .. 280 .. 473 .. 380 .858 — • • - -- • • A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices o fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Sept. 1, 1862, and this day, Monday, Aug. 31, 1853. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. Sept. 1, PrimePC Prime Ifla Coarse Scots inferior ss: Second quality do Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 46 4 8 2to 3 4 3 10 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. . -: c oohed do 4 8 5 0 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 2 5 4 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pi g s 4 ON SAL E , S ep t . 2, 186015 SUPPLIES .—B sheep and lambs, 3 0,350—calves, 280—pigs, SEPT. 3, 186 0.—Beasts, 6,o9o—sheep awl —calves, 3 00—pigs, 280. Aug. 31, 1863. 3 4to 3 8 310 4 4 46 4 8 4 8 410 36 4 0 42 4 6 4 8 410 50 5 2 50 6 0 36 4 2 44 4 8 36 4 0 42 4 6 5,870 27,660 363 320 oasts, 5,370- 740. Lambs, 30,100 NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. But moderato supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. On the whole, the demand rules steady, at our quotations. Per Slb. by the carcase. aded a di Inferior beef .. 3 0 d 3 2 ' Middlinginutton 3 10 4 2 niddling do. .. 34 3 6 Prime do .. 44 4 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Visa, Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ 4 2 4 6 Large pork .. • . 3 6 4 01 L am b Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. Advices from /did and East Rent, many parts of Sussex, and from Worcester, continue favourable, and the crop in this country is likely to prove a fair average. A few parcels of tew produce continue to reach this market for which the quotation is £7 10s to £8 per cwt. A sample of new Ba varian hops has also been offered. Last year's, as well as old hops move off slowly, yet prices rule stationary. The imports, last week : amounted to 8 bales from Hamburg, 8 Ostend, 59 pockets Antwerp, and 460 bales from New York, BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fair average supplies of home-grown potatoes are on sale at these markets. Generally speaking, the demand rules steady, and last week's quotations aro well supported. Kent and Essex Regents... 80s to 110 s per ton. Do. Shaws WOOL. Since the close of the public sales of colonial wool, a fair amount of business has been transacted in home-grown produce, and the value of all kinds has been well supported. At the recent auctions, from 36,000 to 40,000 hales were taken by foreign houses, and the following prices were paid by home and foreign buyers : AusTßALlAN.—Fleeces, is 4d to 2s 3d; lambs, is 3d to 2s; scoured and handwashed, is 3d to 2s 6d; unwashed, 8d to is 2d; locks and pieces is to is Bd. POET Putur.—Fleeces, is 4d to 2s 3d ; lambs, is 3d to 2s 4d ; scoured and handwaslml, is 4d to 2s 7d ; unwashed, 8d to is 3d; locks and pieces, is to Is Bd. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND —Fleeces, is 3d to 23 2d; lambs, is 3d to 2s 6d : scoured, Is 3d to is 10d ; unwashed, 7d to Is Id ; l oc k s an d pieces, N Id to is 7d. SOUTH AITSTAALIA.N—FI ee c es , is 6d to is Ild ; iamb, POLICE IN' IE--This Day. BOW-STREET. A ROW INT THE MARKET.--John O'Connor, Bridget O'Connor, his wife, and Edward Macnamara, her father, were charged with creating a disturbance in Covent-gar den Market, and assaulting the police. It appeared that about 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon the prisoners, with some others, were in Covent-garden Market drunk and annoying the passengers and tradesmen by creating a disturbance there. The female prisoner went up to the stall of Mrs. Deacon, a saleswoman, to buy some onions, but, as she was very drunk, Mrs. Deacon refused to serve her. The prisoner then spoke to one of the men, who went up to Mrs. Deacon and tried to strike her, but she got away from him, and ran into one of the shops in the market, where she remained till a policeman came up. The female prisoner was then making a great disturbance and trying to get at Mrs. Deacon. The constable took her into custody ; and, as he was removing her, her husband sprang upon him from behini, seized him by the throat, and flung him on the ground with such vio lence that he has since been ill and unable to do duty . Macnamara also struck the officer, and so did the other three men. By this time a crowd of nearly 1,000 persons had assembled, and the disturbance became terrific, the prisoners and their friends urging the mob to ill-treat the police. Ultimately, by the united exertions of half a dozen con stables, the prisoners were removed to the station-house. The other three got away. These facts were proved by a number of witnesses prin cipally tradesmen in the neighbourhood. The prisoners insisted that they were quite sober and had had nothing whatever to drink. Mr. Henry fined John O'Connor £5 or two months, Bridget O'Connor £t or 14 days, and Macnamara £1 or three weeks. ATTEMPTED FELONY.—Edward Welsh was placed at the bar charged with•attempting to steal a watch. Sergeant Thompson, of the detective force, said he was in Holborn on Saturday night, when he saw the prisoner bo up to a gentleman, and, pushing against him violently, he felt in his pocket with his right hand. He did not succeed in obtaining anything, but proceeded towards Queen-street, where he again went through the same movement before another gentleman, and succeeded in getting the watch out of his waistcoat pocket, but the gentleman seized him with the property in his hand and took it from him. He then seized prisoner, but the gentleman refused to prosecute a s he was going out of town. Prisoner resisted capture very much. Police• constable 131 F corroborated the statement of the first witness. Ackrill, 48 F, said he knew the prisoner to be the asso ciate of thieves, and also that he had been in prison for three months for a felony. He had been at work for about a month until the last week, when he absented himself from his employment. Ho had told him (witness) that "he'd turned up thieving," but he still continued to asso ciate with the most expert and well-known thieves in the neighbourhood. Committed for trial, WESTMINSTER. SINGULAR CASE UNDER THE MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ACT.—A respectable hardworking looking woman, about 30 years of age, applied to the magistrate for a protection order under the Matrimonial Causes Act. Applicant said that her husband had left her two years ago, and had done nothing since then towards her support, which now induced her to apply to a magistrate. Mr. Selfe—What induces you to come here now ? Applicant—Because I am afraid my husband will come home and take all my little things. Mr. Selfe—Do you know where your husband is ? Applicant—Yes, he went to Northampton, where, I be lieve, he still remains. Mr. Selfe—Under what circumstances did he leave you to go there ? Applicant—He left me on a visit to his friends there; he was merely to stay a fortnight or three weeks, Mr. Selle—And never returned? Applicant—Never returned. Mr. Selfe—l am afraid that I cannot help you. It can not be called desertion if your husband did not mean it to be so, but always had an intention to return. Applicant —He did not intend to return. He is living a very bad life there. He is cohabiting with another woman. Mr. Sclfe—That alters the case. Applicant—l am afraid that the very moment ho gets into trouble he will come home to me again and take all I possess. It would be two years on the 10th of next month since he deserted mo. Mr. Selfe—And you have since supported yourself by by our own industry. Applicant—Yes. Mr. Selfe --You may have the order. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER --SATURDAY. There is very little doing on the Doncaster St. Leger. Occasionally a bet is booked, and from the day's quota tions, the favourites do not appear to he very firm; but a very little money brought into the market would make a great difference with any of them, of course a few outsiders excepted. Closing prices:— DONCASTER. ST. LE Gtn. 6to 1 agat Lord Clifden (offered) 11 to 2 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 13 to 2 agst Ranger (offered) 13 to 1 agat Golden Pledge (offered) 40 to 1 agst National Guard (offered) 40 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (offered) 40 to 1 agst Mogador (offered) 50 to 1 agat Saccharometer (offered) 50 to 1 agst Pratique (taken and offered) 500 to 7 agst Dr. Syntax (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Volga (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Double X (taken) LONDON, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at noon —South- Westerly ; strong "breeze, and cloudy weather, with showers, PLYMOUTII, Monday Morning. His Prussian Majesty's gunboat Basilisk, Capt. Schan, from Dantzic, last from Lowestoft, for the Mediterranean, put into the Sound this morning short of fuel. Applicant having been sworn, want into the clerk's office .o give the necessary icstructions for the order ;;but shortly afterwards again came into court, a diaculty baying pre sented itself, which the clerk had communicated to the SHIPPING—This Day. magistrate. Mr. Selfe—l understand that the propdrty by which you wish the order to protect has not been obtained by you since your husband's departure, but is the same with which he left you. Appiicant—Yes, your worship. Mr. Selfe—Then, I have no power to assist you. The property which an order is to protect must have been ac quired by a wife after the departure of her husband. Applicant—l bought all these things out of my own hard earnings before I married my husband. Mr. Selfe—Then, they became his when you married him• You endowed hint with all your worldly goods. Applicant—lt is a very hard case. Mr. Selfe—lt may be, but I cannot help you. Applicant then left, much disappointed. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND a Morning. Arriv e d, A ug. 30— et, Magn fromDantzic; Der Ecluchs, from Onega ; Leat, from Quebec ; Gem, from Antwerp ; Gloriana. from Riga; Medkurring, from Tornea ; Newton, from Gale; Glen, from Ghent ; Rainbow, from Cronstadt ; Elizabeth M ary , f rom D antzic ; Caun d er , f rom D antzic Swan, floor Dantzic; Adagio, from Colberg ; Esq, steamer, from Guernsey. Arrived, Aug. 31—Diadem, from Cronstadt ; Commo• !lore, from Calcutta; Atalanta, from Quebec; Comet, from D roback ; Harburgen, from rchangel. DEAL, Monday Morning. d Pas sed, Aug. 30 —Ageneria, screw-steamer, from Lon ,oorn&for Bordo ; Adl er , P russ i an steamer , f rom Y armout h , ""mouth ; Blitz, gunboat steamer, from Yarmouth, for jig/v.)l.lth ; Carl 15th, from London, for Rio Janei ro; 1 fr om London, for St. J o h n ' s; East, from London, 1-Dotnbay • Caster of Scarborough, f rom west, for north. Sailed.—Western E mperor and Amada, for Liverpool, in VJw; and all the outward bound on the 30th. Preparations are making for a grand choral gathering at York Minster, on October 13, somewhat shill lar to that at Peterborough. SUNDAY EXCURSION TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. • —The second and last Sunday excursion this season of members of the Crystal Palace Share Clubs took place yes - terday to the Palace, and was attended by 7,000 artisan s and their families. THE AMERICAN ATAILs. The extra Cunard steamship Hecla, from New York on the 19th inst., passed the harbour of Queenstown yester d a y aft ernoon. She brings 83,200 d o l s , i n specie, and 90 passengers, four of whom she landed. Her news had be o en anticipated by the Arabia, via Halifax. The royal mail steamship Scotia arrived at Queenstown at 6 a.m. y es t er d a y. She embarked mails, passengers, and the latest telegrams, and proceeded for New York at 4 p.m. All W e ll, A twine spinner in Devonport dockyard attempted suicide by hanging himself in the ropery on Friday. Ho was, however, discovered, and cut down before life was ex tinct. The unfortunate man had ju s t rece i v ed intelligence that, his son, who was empl oyed in the ropehouse, had been detected stealing lead. NARROW ESCAPE OF AN EXPRESS TRAIN.—John Allbuary, a butcher, living at Agnes-place, Plum stead, was summoned before Mr. Maude, at Woolwich, for endangering the safety of the passengers on the North Kent Railway. Mr. Stevens appeared for the prosecution, on be half of the South-Eastern Railway Company. Wm. Agate said.---I am a platelayer on the North Rent line, and live at 66, Orchard-street, Plumstead. On the 12th lest., just be fore 2 o'clock, I was on the line, a quarter of a mile above Abbeywood station, and saw the defendant in the lane, with a horse and cart at the crossing. I was a quarter of a mile from him, and I could see a train coming up to the Abbey wood station. I saw the defendant open the gate and bring the horse and cart on the line. He walked behind the cart, and closed the downside gate after him, He then walked across the lane, and opened the gate on the up side, leaving the horse and cart standing on the railway. While he was opening the gate, the horse, which appeared frightened, turned round with his head towards Abbey -wood station. Whilst In inging the horse round the gate blew to him, and the defendant opened it a second time. The driver of the approaching train blew his whistle and turned off the steam, put on the break, and was only 90 yards off when the de fendant got his cart off the line. Joseph Bashford, foreman of platelayers, living at East Wickham, said—l notrced the horse and cart on the line. I held up my hands to give the driver of the train the " danger signer and hoard the driver blow his whistle as the train passed through the sta tion. As soon as the train had pa ssed and the dust dis appeared, I proceeded to the spot and obtained defendant's name. I said he aught not to have come on the line when a train was in sight, and he said he could not see the train because his sight was bad. At the crossing tho line is straight and a personcan see a mileand a half. Fredk. Wilton, engine driver, said it was an express from Dartford to Woolwich Arsenal, and not appointed to call at A f, -- --e Y-wood and other intervening stations. On approaching the Abbeywood Sta tion within 200 yards, the train was going 33 mil es an L our . He observed a horse and cart on the line about a quarter of a mile beyond the station, and immediately shut off the steam, and the fireman put his break on. The speed was reduced to 20 miles an hour, and when within 80 or 90 yards of the accommodation crossing, defendant had got his horse and cart clear off the line. Had ho not seen the platelayer's the train would h ave b een on signal and r e d uce d th e speed, the cart before it was otl the line. The defendant said, "My eyesight is bad, and I did not see the train or hear it coming until I went to pull the horse's bead round," Mr. Maude said it was too serious a case for him to deal with. He would adjourn the case till Wednesday, in order that the deposi tions might be laid before the railway company, and if they insisted upon it, he would commit the defendant for trial, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAB AND RAILWAY VAN THIEVES.—AIfred Johnson, 11, St. John's-terrace, Hackney-road, and George Timothy, of 15, Vincent-street, Shoreditch, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being concerned with a man named George Jones, convicted in June last, in stealing a box from the roof of a cab, while in Park-lane, on the 16th of May last. The prisoners are both well known to the police as " dragsmen" (stealers of luggage, &c.), from cabs. John son has been twice convicted, each time receiving a sen tence of 12 months' imprisonment, and Timothy has once been convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment; their companion Jones was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. A number of notorious thieves, &c., wore in waiting outside the court to learn the fate of their com panions (the prisoners). Sergeant Cole, 23 C, deposed that at 8 o'clock on Satur day, the 16th of May last, he saw the prisoners with a man named George Jones, who had since been convicted, near the Circus, in Oxford-street. He followed them—they being in a cart with a fast-going horse, and Jones driving— into Grosvenor-square, where a four-wheel cab with a box on the roof passed them. They pulled up close to the railings. I stopped for a moment and then followed the cab into Park lane, where the cab pulled up in consequence of a stoppage, and Jones drove the cart close behind the cab, and Johnson then walked along the shaft of the cart towards the cab and lifted up the box about five inches fron the roof, when two soldiers happening to pass, and making a remark about Johnson being "after the box," he walked back along the shaft and returned to the cart, and Jones drove off as fast as he could towards Oxford-street. He (the sergeant) fol lowed them as far as the Edgware-road, when, having got the assistance of two constables, he continued the pursuit in a Hansom cab to Oxford-square, and then jumped out and laid hold of the horse's head. Jones then began whip ping the horse, and afterwards all three jumped out of the cart and made off, but he secured Jones and the horse and cart, the prisoners managing to keep out of the way till yesterday, when I say them at the Spital.square Station, and identified them as the persons who escaped from the cart. Doughty, 87 H, said he apprehended Johnson on the 23d of May in Bethnal-green. Johnson called for assist ance, and some of his companions violently assaulted him (Doughty), Johnson's brother taking his staff away from him, and throwing it away. His neck was twisted round, and he was very much hurt. Johnson then escaped, but yesterday morning he took him again. Kenwood, 194 H, having proved apprehending Timothy yesterday morning, Mr. Tyrwhitt eommitted the prisoners for trial. Sergeant Colo said there were convictions against each prisoner which would be proved. THAMES. A GERMAN Row.—Five bakers, natives of Germany, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with being drunk and disorderly on Saturday night at 12 o'clock in Fieldgate-street, Whitechapel. The names of the prisoners were given by police -sergeant Barnes, 10 H, as follows : Heinrich Blucher, Heinrich Rosenburg, Heinrich Kruk, Heinrich Hert; and Wilhelm Davis. _ _ Mr. Woolrych—Davis is an Englishman. Sergeant Barnes—No, he is a German. Two police constables of the II division, named Wood and Mitchell, said the German bakers and sugar bakers, after leaving their h ouses o f ca ll on Saturday night at 12 o'clock, began to quarrel and fight. Upwards of 50 of , them were swearing a t e a ch oth e r, shouting and yelling. They went up to the Germans, an d told them to disperse, but they refused to do so. The : tumult was very great; the tradesmen hurriedly closed their chops, and people retreated to their hornet, for some of the Germ ans we r e armed with knives. They succeeded in capturing three of the prisoners —Blucher, Rosenburg, and Kruk —and were leading them off to the station-house when other Germans, the foremost of whom were Hert and Davis! ther e had made a n attempt to rescu e their countrymen, and the p oliceman Wood was struck by Davis. Additional aid was sent for, the rioters wer e di s , persed, and the prisoners w ere taken to the stati on-hence, The police-constables eng a g ed in the c ase sai d idciptoautiren of the the prisoners been many disorderly rows among the Germans on Satur day nights, but the one 0. ,. last Sittuiday night the mus t serious of all. et iu T h r. e l p v ri i n s otineenr,s theall den ied interpreter, anyp participation were bread bakers, and Hert was a stl2, - ar bale r . Mr. Woolrych fined Davis 20s, for th e Wood, the police constable, and the others to fi nd assault on each in the sum of £2O, to keep the peat!. for t) a surety Hert introduced Mr. Dutus, a shoeniak' six months. Leman-street, as his surety, and he * wa s a c cepted. and linguist, of other prisoners were committed to priSOn: ti9ePtede rhe Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. fThe ste ams hi p Palekari, 1,116 tons burthen, Capt Peters, went down t o W oolwich on Saturday to ship 340 tons of shot, p owder, and other stores for Malta. The Palekari has a private cargo of merchandize for Athens, Syria, and Smyrna and is expected to sail from Woolwich on Tuesday. offiTho unfavourable report made recently by the dockyard cials at Chatham of the condition of the iron paddle-wheel frigate Recruit, 6, 150-horse power, Commander G. F. Cottam, and the marked failure which took place on the occasion of her recent trial trip, as reported in The Sun. has induced the Admiralty to abandon their intention of de spatching her to the West Coast of Africa, an order having been received at Chatham on Saturday, directing her to be placed in the first division of the steam reserve, without nay of her bulkheads or other internal fittings being in any way disturbed. From the time the Recruit passed into the hands of the Admiralty from the Prussian Government, for whom she was built by Mr. Scott Russell, it was found that her defective sea-going qualities, combined with her small size, rendered her altogether unfit for anything but the lightest duties, and for several years s h e was employed on surveying duty in the Danube. Since then she underwent a thorough refit and overhaul at Chatham, and was fur nished with new boilers. In addition to her ordinary sea stores, guns, shot, &c., the weight of her engines, spare gear, and boilers, with water, is just 160 tons, Bcwt., which is an increase of 48 tons on the return made in 1855, an in crease of seven tons being on the boilers alone. This cir cumstance will account for the failure of the vessel on her late trial. The Clio, 22, screw steam corvette, 1,472 tons, 400-horse power, Captain Thomas Miller, recently returned from the Pacific station, was paid off in the basin of Sheerness dock yard on Saturday. Capt. C. Wise, A.D.C., the superin tendent of the docks, who conducted the operation,expressed his approval of the discipline and order manifested by the crew. The best possible good feeling has existed between the officers and men during the whole commission; indeed, it is believed that were the pennant to be again heisted, the crew would remain in the ship almost to a man, and many have signified their regret at leaving. Mr. Aills, the ship's caulker, and Mr. Yelland, boatswain-mate, have each received a silver medal for- long service, and a gratuity of £l5 for exemplary conduct throughout the commission; Mr. Fowkes, quartermaster, also has received the long ser vice medal, and a gratuity of £lO. The detachment of ma rines which belonged to the vessel were conveyed tho same day to headquarters at Chatham, by the Wildfire, tender to the Formidable, flag-ship at Sheerness. On the previous day the ship's machinery and engine•-room were inspected. Capt. W. K. Hall, commanding the Sheerness steam re serve, and Mr. W. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat, complimented Capt. Miller and the chief engineer, Mr. Owen, on the first-rate condition of the engines and general cleanliners of the engine-room, which they observed could not be surpassed. The Clio will be placed on the 3d division of the Sheerness steam reserve. Forty fitten and smiths belonging to the Royal gun fac tory in Woolwich Arsenal were on Saturday dismissed from their employment, and a further reduction is announced. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Edwin Wise, master, to the Cumberland, for the Tamer; Arthur W. W. Babington, surgeon, to the Hawke; Dr. W. Lockhart, assist-surgeon, to Hasler Hospital; Frederick L. W. Wright, assist...surgeon, to the Cumberland; Cuthbert R. Rodham, assist -paymaster, to the Maunder ; George Nixon, master's assistant, to the Euryalus ; William Anderson, chief engineer, to the Asia, for the Odin, when the latter ship was paid off; T. H. Dawkins, acting engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary; W. F. Lanes, engineer, to the Dauntless, for the Tender; William B. Akaster, master additional, to the Cornwallis; William H. 4lland, master in command to the Medusa ; William Horn, second master, to the Medusa; F. K, Fesenmeyer, assist-paymaster, to the Cumberland; W. G. N. Burney, assist.-paymaster in charge, to the Medusa; George V. Hart, assist.-surgeon, to the Medusa; Richard Harris, engineer, to the Medusa; Frederick Pugh, Wm. M'Naught, and George T. Stronach, assist.-engineers, to the Medusa and E. E. Richmond, clerk, to the Rogue. THE ARMY. A general order from the Horse Guards has been received at Chatham garrison, announcing that his Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, with the concur rence of the Secretary of State for war, has been pleased to award silver modals, with gratuities, to various non-com missioned officers and gunners of the Royal Artillery for long service and exemplary conduct. Medals and gratuities of £l5 each were awarded to Master-gunners Thos. Ander son, Thomas Birks, Edward Dewey, Joseph Hunter, James Hunter, John Knox, Jacob Little, Jas. Piper, R. Redfern, Charles Smith, John Williams, Wm. Taylor, and William White; Battery Sergeants-major 'Walter Gibson, R. Hall, Robert Murray, R. Lakin, John Doulon, John M'Glashan, John Moore, Wm. Wishart, and David Montgomery; Ser geants-Major David Humphreys, Chas. Clarke, and Lee Buckland ; Quartermaster-sergeants Thos. Gibson and Win. Massey; Farrier-sergeants George Horton and Robert Wilson; Drum-major James Lawson; Sergeants William Beach, Samuel Milligan, Thos. Watt, Wm. Brett, Gran ville Smith, John Powell, John Smith, Joseph Smyth, P. Walsh, Hugh Thomson, Richard Coghlan, David Corbett, James Gilbertson, William Ingram, John Lythgoo, James Magihon, and James A. Menzies. Medals and gratuities of £lO each were awarded to Master-gunners Thomas Keown, James King, Joseph Thornley, John Agnew, and Charles Wildbore ; Battery Quartermaster-sergeant Thomas Cribb; Battery Sergeants-major Thomas Finlay and Charles Bon cell; Staff Collar-maker Thomas Fairchild; Sergeants Legerwood, William Rhodes, William Newstead. William Dodd, Ephraim Blythe, Hugh Murray, David Bannister, Jabez Chapple, William Deans, Thomas Inglis, W. M'Donald, and James Rolle; Corporals Henry Allen and Thomas Johnson. A large number of other non-com missioned officers and gunners received medals and gratui ties of £5 each. Irmolads on the Mersey. Though it is well known that several ironclads are in course of construction in various parts of the kingdom for foreign Governments, and though one has already sailed for Russia and another for Denmark without occasioning sur prise, the public suspect that any vessel of war built on the Mersey must be intended for the Confederate Government. For a considerable time past mysterious assertions have been circulated respecting two ironclads building in Messrs. . Laird's yard, and Federal spies have never lost sight of • them. A few days ago it was currently reported and be • lieved that one of these vessels had slipped away to sea clan destinely to join company with the Florida off the Irish coast. That such was not the case a visit to Messrs. Laird's . yard made evident. There at present lie the two suspected vessels side by side, with the French flag floating over the • one nearest completion. Messrs. Laird make no mystery about El Tousson and El Mounassir, as the ships are named. They are undoubtedly built on French account, and it is understood that the French Vice-Consul has given the Col lector of Customs satisfactory explanations respecting them. El Tousson, which was launched some time ago, will be ready for a trial :rip in a month or six weeks. El Mounassir • was only launched on Saturday, but already a portion of her machinery is on board. Perhaps there are not two more formidable frigates afloat. They are 230 ft. over all, 42ft. beam, with 19ft. Gin. depth of hold. Tonnage, 1,850 o.m. ; horse power 350. They will combine speed with good sea going qualities. They are very flat-bottomed, with exceed ingly fine ends, and will sit low in the water. Their draught when loaded will be about 15ft ; estimated speed, 11 knots. The stem is so formed that the vessel may be used as a ram, and the stern which overhangs affords protection to the screw and rudder from shot or collisions. The_, the rig is that of a b arque, the masts, which are telescopic, an d lower yards, b e i ng of iron. The armour -plating en the sides of the vessel is 41 inches thick amidships, and rather less at the ends. The plates , the join ing of which together is imperceptible, are fitted into a teak b ac ki ng of great strength. The deck is of Si n . teak, protected with iron. The bulwark let down in case of action in order to allow the turret guns to fire over them. They have two c yli n d er i c al turrets o n Ca p tain Coles' prin ciple--one before and the othe r abaft the engine-room, arem e for two ad heavily plated. These turretsguns each. The pilothouse is formed of teak and iron. At either and of the vessel are raised dec ks, which afford ex cellent accommo dation for the officers an d crew. In th e captain's cabin provision is made for two heavy stern guns, and heavy guns can be trained from the forecastle deck. These vessels have capacity for 300 t o ns of coal. All t h e machinery is below the water line. Several experienced naval officers who have inspected the vessels have expressed opinions most gratify ing to their designers. i n the adjoining dock is her Majesty's steam frigate Agin court, of 6,720 tons. This vessel is being constructed in a dock which was adapted specially for the purpose, and is now one of the finest in the kingdom. It is about 400 ft. long, with an entrance of 75ft. wide, and a depth of water on the blocks of 24ft. at average spring tide, or 26ft. at a high spring tide. Rapid progress has been made during the summer mo nths —about three-fourths of the iron-work of the hull is now fitted in place, and a large proportion of this completely riveted and finished off, so that the carpenters have commenced with the woodwork, some six or seven streakes of the teak backing for the armour plating are fixed on amidship, and various checks, waterways, planking, &c., are being prepared for the different decks. The forgings for the stem and stern frames have, as usual in these very larg e ships, required a longer time to make than was ex pected, but the lower part of the stem has now been in its place for some months, and the stern post, weighing some 35 tons, was finally erected last month. The remaining parts of the stern and the rudder-post will be complete in a few weeks, and then the extreme how and stern of the vessel will be rapidly closed in. Large quantities of the 54-inch armour plates have been received, and as all the machinery for preparing and fitting them has been com plete a'ad at work for some time, it is expected that rapid progress will be made with fixing them to the sides of the frigate. The winter weather will not have thti effect of in terfering with the progress of the work to the extent usually to be feared in this climate, as the whole ship and dock is covered over with a shed, under which are placed the travelling cranes and other appliances for carrying on the work, SECOND EDITIOicTs SUN OFFICE, HALF•PAST 4 O'CLOCK• ITALY. A correspondent of the Opinione of Turin, writ• ing from Naples, states that the extreme party there are selling what they call Venice bonds at two francs each, for a revolutionary fund, and that upwards of 19,000 of these bonds have already been disposed of. THE MOORS AND FORESTS'', -~-- (From the _lnverness Courier.) We have lit , Ae to add to the reports from the moors and forests which wo have already given. The sport is generally above an average. Disease le an exception, and it s preva l ence i s very irregular. Fori nstance, tho f o ll ow i ng statement refers to a expected, grouse, shooting south o f t h e canal, where the disease wes and ua e , as I expected, a is t the midst f rane numerous, affected district-ti and , very good and healthy. We have been out six days,, two guns sh oot i ng together, and have killed' on an average eac h day 23 brace of g rouee besides hares a n d small game, includin g f " brace of woodco c k s i n one day. Black- " is a little better than l as t year ; the grouse are very game r strong." On the other h an d, some very unfavour able accounts have been published. We observ e by a letter in the Held that Captain Horatio Ross lay s it down as an invariable rule that di sease recurs .at regular intervals of 7 years. The experience of the last few years, and particularly of the current sea son, in this neighbourhood, does not warrant any such position, as disease has appeared and disap peared in this county with an irregularity and mystery which it has baffled sportsmen and keepers to anticipate or guard against. In a pri vate letter Captain Ross alleges wnat is very likely to be the case, namely, that few people know at the commencement of an attack when the birds are diseased. He says, "If I see even one feather near the tail of a particular colour, I am certain to find the worm in some part of the en trails. I have seen my keeper wrong a dozen times this year. He has fancied the bird all right, and on dissecting it it was diseased." By accumulation of minute evidence of this sort something may be ultimately discovered which may throw light on the subject. Among notes of sport we have received the fol lowing :—At Easter Kyllachy, Mr. Kidston and Mr. Ellis shot 32 brace of grouse on Monday week.; 231 brace on Wednesday ; aiid on Thursday 18 brace. On Monday, 24th inst., Mr. E. A. Latham, M.P., Mr. Tow, Coul Cottage ; Mr. Fenton, and Mr. Macleod of Cadboll, shot 49 brace of grouse, 1 snipe and 4 hares, on the Alness moors. Mr. Fraser, of Bunchrew, at Upper Dunean, on the 12th bagged 16 brace of grouse, and on the 14th, 16, brace. On Thursday Mejor Wardlaw of Bel maduthy shot 9 brace of grouse and 2 black game. Up to Monday Messrs. Bulteel and Hartman, at Dunmaglass, shot 320 brace of grouse ; and up to Tuesday Messrs. Macdonald, Morris, and Mackil lop had bagged, at Wyvis, 450 brace. A correspondent, writing from Ballater, says-- "Your sporting readers will, no doubt, like to hear that the finest stag ever seen in this part of the Grampians was killed on the 11th by Mr. Naylor Leyland, on Ben-na-Bard, which is part of the forest belonging to the shooting of Corindaven Lodge. It had a fine clean head of 1.5 points, and was a remarkably heavy animal. Mr. Naylor Leyland's sport since he has been down is as fol lows:—August 11, two stags, one of eight, the other of 15 points, both with clean heads. 12th, 19 brace of grouse and 2 hares, in two hours' shooting. 13th, 411 brace of grouse, in an afternoon's shooting. The grouse are plentiful and well grown ; and there are more clean heads in the forest than I ever remember at so early a period of the season. This shooting has been rented for the last 20 years by Captain Leyland, who shoots it every season." Lord Cowper arrived at Cluny Lodge, Glenmoris ton, on the 20th, and has already had good sport. On the 22d he brought down two stags. On Fri day the Hon. H. Cowper killed three stags. Up to Saturday last Captain Horatio Ross and party had 22 stags. The Earl of Stamford shot at Kinrara a fine stag with a head of 11 tines ; Sir A. Chichester, Bart., one at Glenelg ; and Mr. H. Akroad, Aultnaharra, two stags, one of which had a fine royal head: these four heads have been for warded to Mr. W. A. Macleay, bird stuffer, for pre servation. On Monday, at Guisachan, Mr. Majori banks succeeded in bringing down a stag with a head of eight points. Mr. Basset also shot one at Kinlochewe, The animal had a beautiful head, of 11 long, beautiful tines; the horns which we re of 32 inches span, were perfectly clear of velvet. The other day at Lockmore, Colonel Baker brought down a fine stag with a head of eight points. At Invereshie, on Tuesd a y, H enry Chap lin, Fag., shot a large stag, with a royal head of the following dimensions, viz. :—Span, 31:1 inches length, 341 inches ; thickness, 5/ inches. The whole of the 12 tines are very long: and much tapered, and the surface of the antlers i s as rough as those of a wood deer. The head has been sent to Mr. Snowie to be preserved. Jet Guisachan, on Friday, Mr Pullenie shot a stag while on a visit to Mr. D. C. Marjoribanks ; Mr. J. G. Leigh brought down a fine animal with a repel head at Strathconon ; Lord Lovat and the Maser of Lovat shot five stags in Glenstrathfarar last v reek. Foreign Midi Packet List. MAJMS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Sept. 18 , via Marseilles Y .). Sept. 12, Brazil and Cape Verds , *by British paeBet. Cape of Good Hope, 48( Rus ion, and St. Helena Sep t . . 2.4 . Ch i na, y eitan g, and buigapore, via Southatopt on. S ept.. via Blarseilles Sept. :I. Falkland 151and5...... via South. ............. lru Gibraltar, •pton Sept. ' 1 . India (Cal cutta), a nd. 'Ceylon, Vie. Southampton Sept. 1. via Marseilles Sept. 12. In di a (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 10. via. Mar se i l l es 5ept.P0rtuga1.......... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampt on Sept. 3. Sept. 1. via Marseilles S e pt. 4 . Newfoundland .... Oporto and Vigo ... U . S. and British X. America, by * Brit. packet.... Sept. :2, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Aug. '.28. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. .. Sept.. 10. Bahamas, via New York Sept. 24. Mexico.. Chili, Sept.. ;.9. All parts of West Indies, including - P cru ' alifornia. and British Colu m bi a.. }Sept..j l3. TAXES UPON ENJOYMENTS.—In the financial - ear ending with March, 1863, tax was paid upon 34:3,285 of the dogs of Great Britain ; the amount paid was £2 05,785. More than this number of dogs travelled by railway in the course of the year--that is, counting as one every journey of a dog. Tax was paid in the year upon 571,189 horses, the amount reaching £384,641; of this sum £179,295 was for 170,757 horses used for riding and for drawing taxable car • riages, £71,421 for 136,041 horses used by farmers, clergy men, and surgeons, £100,597 for 191,613 homes used in trade, and £33,328 for horses of all these classes not exceed ing 13 bands. Duty amounting to £6,422 was paid also upon 1,668 racehorses. The tax upon carriages (other than hackney and stage carriages) produced £350,083; it was paid upon 269,443 carriages. The sum of £209,8Q6 was paid as tax for keeping servants; the taxable servants were 245,380 in number ; 939 persons paid tax for using hair powder, the duty amounting to £1,203 ; and 48,995 persons paid £60,086 for using armorial bearings. All these taxes are confined to Great Britain, and unknown in Ireland, The produce of all is increasing, except in the instance of hair powder. The produce of the duty on gold and silver plate is declining ; last year it brought only £67,354. Th e tax paid on cards and dice fell to £9,269, but may recover under the new mode of taxation. Game certificates and licences produced but £128,415. CHARGE OF MURDER ARISING OUT OF A DREAM. —The man named Garrett', who has been in the custody of the Liverpool police for the last week, has been discharged, there being no evidence to support the charge of murder preferred against hint. The circumstances under which the man was taken into custody were most extraor dinary. A woman named Heckle, with whom the prisoner cohabited, dreamed that he shot a man in Ireland, and shortly afterwards the prisoner told her that he had shot a magistrate named Bell in Ireland eighteen years ago. An Irish detective officer stationed in Liverpool happened to have a copy of the Irue and Cry, in which a murder corre sponding in its details with the one described by the prisoner was mentioned. The real murderer, however, is ranch oldtr than Garrety, and hi. hair is of a different cane, Is of that was re are a in- II On veek .Y) to 'Tenor :r) of rday own beet ani„ bout t ion. ford r) of the Lug vrt 108 i 'l4