The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-04 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCTAT 4 INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In some quarters the inquiries for money have slightly fallen off, but the general demand is still moderately active, and the quotations are well maintained. About £BO,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. During the last few days there has been very little activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. The operations in tea have been in some measure suspended until the public sales, which commence to-day. Sugar and coffee have generally remained at about previous rates, wllite rice has been neglected, and quotations tend downwards. In saltpetre the dealings have been of quite a retail character, and tallow has been lower owing to a pressure of speculative sales. A new undertaking—the Neustadt Charcoal Iron Works Company—is now before the public, with a capital of £230,000, in shares of £2O each, The object is to purchase and work certain iron works at Neustadt, on the Hanover and Bremen Railway. The deposit of iron ore is said to be of exceediag good quality, and to produce first-class plates, steel, &c. The estate covers about fifty acres of freehold and one hundred and thirty acres of copy hold land. It is fitted up with all the necessary ap pendages for manufacturing iron ore into the several descriptions of plates, &c., and can be pur chased at about one-half the original cost. Two English mining engineers have visited the district and report very favourably of the property and the prospeetive benefits that may be expected from prac tical and judicious management. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Imperial Bank took place to-day—Mr. A. Lusk in the chair. The report stated that the gross profits realised during the past six months amounted to £10,056, and that, after deducting the necessary current expenses, rebate of interest upon bills not yet due, preliminary expenses, &c., a net profit of £4,012 was left. This sum was equal to a divi dend of 5 per cent. per annum upon the capital of the company, but the directors believed that the permanent interests of the bank would be best pro moted by postponing any division of the profits, and therefore recommended that the amount in question be carried forward to credit of new profit and loss account. The chairman moved the adop tion of the reports, and pointed out from the opera tions of the bank that the business was of a pro gressive and increasing character. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 10c. Rather flat. Notwithstanding that an apparent dullness has been exhibited this morning in the Market for the English Funds, prices have been well sup ported, owing to improved prices received from Paris. Consols are now 92( s for money, and 93 f for the September account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 92:4 93 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. prem.; the 5 per Cent. India Loan is quoted 108 k ; and the Debentures are 1001. There have been very few changes in the Foreign Market, bat the tendency of values is still in an adverse direction. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 67 ; do. Consolides, 471 8 ; Mexican, 35( 36 ; Greek, 318 ; do. Coupons, 144 151 ; Spanish Pas sive, 314 I; do. Certificates, 118 12k ; Portuguese, 474 48 ; Italian 70-1,- 4 ; and the Confederate Loan, 23 to 21 dig. Business in the Railway Share Market continued inactive, and a further decline has taken place in prices. Caledonian, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick) have each receded about 55., and Great Eastern 10s. ; while London and Brighton have improved los. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been little change of importance. Dutch Rhenish realise 171 1, Great Western of Canada 11, East India 108 i, and Groat India Peninsula 108+ d. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally are a shade flatter—London and Westminster being dealt in at 77i, London and Brazilian at 43, Union of Australia at 52. General Credit and Finance shares realise 2k g , International Financial 8-1- 1, and Crystal Palace Stock ot. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2371 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 921 A New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities New 21 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 IOBA 1 A Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Aug, 6 92/ A India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO 21 & / per Cent 2 pin Ditto £5OO 2 pm Ditto Small 2 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. Egyptian 7 per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue .. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account 3la 2 Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account lsi Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .. . Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 47/ 8 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St ~ , Ditto 5 per C en t. 1862 Spanish 3 p er C ent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 3la A Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account l2 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account.. 92/ 2 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 671 7 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account .. 23} Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 56 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil It Ditto 45 per Cent. Certificates 102 Di per Cent., lB6l Ex. 25 francs — tto Account' 7Ol j TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, li one Ditto Account . 3 a A , .. ............ ........._ Liverpool Cotton. Market --This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) Quiet, dull, no change. Sales about 4,000 bales. Import, 4,024 baits. his picture MERRYBOYS HALL ve?Btis 13 °TREBOYS HALL.- n bK the reports of the Mr. Dickens, by impetu s to the setting deplorably corroborated as h e has be o f Dutheboya Hall, criminal courts, so shook public boarding-schools, and gave BIICh an imn denee in b ra o e d Walks and in private up of proprietary schools in all provinciaP Athenceum, in reviewing Mr. John s , ‘, ll , l 3 )wals, says the land g d wes Holiday Rambles," that the dealers and learning are far from being BO prospfterg lodging, old. The good are suffering for the bad, m r. Jo u lin a as . of us glimpses of a Merryboys Hall. It lies in a black cherries, Study there may be relieved by the ll de_ of lights and sports of fruit-gathering, bird -nesting, i n , ect catching, and shell, moss, and fern collecting; and the master is no stern pedagogue, but a jolly old boy, f ond of boating, shooting, fishing, dredging, and practic.l jokes and ridiculous mishaps; for is he no t here delineated i n the illustrati ons of his book in various picturesque attitudes,— Prawning at Clovelly, waiting for sunshine on Loch Lossit. puzzling the midges of Loch Bally Grant, and, on his very title-page, sprawling in a trench full of snow, having dropped his hat an d s pectacles, and fallen into th e trenc h i n has ever-eagerness to reach a shot snow -bunting? SHARE MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOGItS. I , Closing 1 Business ;hare} Railways. Paid. , I Price. done. 3.14. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon COTIIWaII Do A A gets no diA ti ll 6p c.p Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk I Ditto A stoOk_. 6.4.0 Ditto East Anglian pt GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern..... • • • Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. art I W. of Irelanc , Great Western ro Str Val gua. stock Lancashite & Yorkshirc London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., 'tad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares . lietropoli tan Midland Do New 8 8i '9.18.41 Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee, [Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New ...... North Staffordshire and S. W. Junction, Scottish Central Scot IN. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo! Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern it South Wales it S. York. and River Dun taines,Wok.,andWok :5 Stockton it Darlington ;5 Do !b Do New, 186 G it Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 10 Do C i 0 Ulster Do ...... Do Vale of Neath 8 1 8 81 5 87 1201 121 k 66 7 Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall 40 41 15 16 95 96 111 113 53 34 50 52 25 26 126 127 125 127 135 140 100 102 66 60i . Hartlepool II arAR. West Midland Oxt ord NewportLo Do Hereford 1133 114 764 77i 113 115 43 44 1013 102 105) 1053 44 45 111 128 ;28i . 1 4 Up 97 99 546 tsi 26 28 104 1021 59i 130 i 891 90; 118 120 82 83 111 12i 122 124 484 174 99 101 60 62 20 22 92 I/2i 70 72 100 102 8 38 39 94 10 74 86 p i 153 156 51 a 3 3i p 526 I 25i } 1236 3 121 2} 66 51 1131 1131 14} lUli i 79 81 156 160 27 29 111 1 128 1. 101} i 451 (61 39 41 104 106 74 80 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share doilways Paid. Price. Business don, 100 Atlantic & St Lawrene, all 62 04 Born.,Barod a&.Cent Inc etk i luk , 107 108 1071 874 I Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. 7l 115 p 204 Buffalo and. Lake Huron all 54 61 , 10 Do. Preference ...... all 74 85 Butlalo,Brant,&Godricl, 100 / 6p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 ' to 100 Do. do. July 1, 18; 100 100 Do. 1)0. June 1, 187-, 100 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn.,L,, , , 100 1061 107 , st Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 P 74 1081 stock 11Iastn. Bengal gu. sp. e 100 1084 1094 stook East Indian. go. sp. c. 1 0(1 107 I.'B 108 4 20 1)0. do. G Ext..... 10 15 14p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 15 lip stock Grand Trunk of Canada !eh, 191 .04 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 70 72 100 Do. co. deferred...... all 52 55 100 Do. 2d Fret. Bonus.. all 64 66 100 Do. do deferred— all 50 62 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock ... all 43 16 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 34 37 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 23 25 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 21 23 stock GLlncliaPeniu.gua.sp.c 100 ICB 109 1081 8 1 20 Do. New gua. sp. 5... 12 1 lip 20 Do. January, 1862.. 8 1 14p stook Gt. South.of India (Lim; guaranteed 5 per oent. 100 1061 1.07 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharee , all 10. 114 11 20i Do. New .. . ... ... . . Is 91 91 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 97 100 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 90 02 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 1 p stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 106} 1074 1061 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extensiot 100 101 102 1014 2 stock Dc. 4# d 0........ 100 17 99 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock llelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bndh. 100 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 54 56 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswick aL Ca ndk Class A and B .. all 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 84 86 stock Scinde ..........) (100 107 108 108 71 St c Do. do Do. Delhi , . lOO 1064 107 ( 20 D 0 . 0 0.. PDuuni. a . u . b .. ........ , o n , all feu t 06, 107 •" r.', ' 2 i IP —p st, 1074 • , tock Do. Indus.St, Flo.) t 100 ,1021 1035 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC U lIITIEz-, ico - il.uov. 0 p.c.J a 1.¢.1 in) I 1877-S1 . ..... .... iOl., 1044 1054 104 ( Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aui 100 106 118 Do. 6p. c. Mar. et Sepi 100 106 108 , • Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 954 084 I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 94 96 'Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,187t 100 108 110 I Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 189 e 100 113 115 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 111 113 ICeylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 1.13 115 jMauritius 5 per cent .. 100 106 107 INatal Gov. 6 per cont.. 130 110 112 -,- 1 N.8.G0v.6 p.0.Ja.4r.,Ju1) 100 1055 1064 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 1., 18 ~ 103 100 101 Do. sp. c.,lbtx to Is., ( 100 101 102 --, Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 101 102 102 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 1055 1064 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1;0 112 IS. Aus (16p.c.1878.& up lOO 110 112 i Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 , Do. io 6 p.c. An.&Oct.. 100 112 1124 112 1 1 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 ICambrian Consol. Gold 1 4d w in 2729 ord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , 1 550 670 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 775 80 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. 4d par East Caradon 114.0 305 314 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 8 8i E. W'l Russel (Tavistk., 8.6.6 4 41 Gam.&SLAwayn(Gwen.) 8 7 10 Great South Tolgus l7Ei 4 44 G. Wheal Vor (lleleton 40 61 71 Grenville ilerod's-Foot 8.1•? 41 43 )lingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 2 Lady Bertha Nlarke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim 2) 11 1 d New Setun l9l 100 110 North Downs 24 2 21 N. Wh'i Basset (1110 ;an 4.17. k. 31 31 North Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (6t. Blazey, , 15 4 5 20 l'rovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 ;0 42 Bouth Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 1 415 425 8. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.61 11 25 .!7:.Wheal Fran. (Mogan; 18.1..9 724 :75 (Stray Park 5 I ramarSilv.dz Lead Min. q I I Ifin Cron 9 214 224 224 West Basset (Illogan). 15 11 12 W C. radon (Llskeitrd; 5 22 24 West Soton Wheal Basset (Mogan; 54 624 674 Wheal Buller (Redrutli) 5 45 50 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - - WhealLud.ott IVheal MaryAnn(Llen ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton 584 215 225 - Wheal Treks wney (Lis.) 7 15 17 Wheal Union 3.17 35 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 132 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 9i south Eastern (reading Anne., £1.0.6), 24 West Midland gua. per cent., 1863, 541 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 87 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham It. & C., 97} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 17} Paris and Orleans, 40 Turin and Savona, 21 FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 31 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 112 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 84k Australasia, 76k Imperial Ottoman, 171, 1 London and Brazilian (lim.), 43 London and County, 471 London Joint Stock, 34k London and Westminster, 77} National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 26 Union of Australia, 52 Union of London, 35k MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, 40i Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Um., 3 E ,glish and Australian Copper, I} Gen. Credit and h inance of London, lim., 21 I International Financial Society, lim., Si 1 Joint •stock Discount, 5} 6 London Financial Association, Urn., I Madras Irrigation and Canal, 3/ National Discount Company, lira., 9/ A curious incident is mentioned by the Austrian journals. The Vienna Gazette had announced in large print That it was authorized to declare that up to time the French Ambassador had not communicated to the Aus trian Minister the draft of the identical note intended for the Russian Cabinet: The Press of Vienna, the following day, declared that it gave a categorical contradiction to that statement. There exists, it says, at Vienna, in the hands of Count de Rechberg, not only the French project but the Austrian and English one. The Vienna Gazette aid not renew its affirmation. EXTRAO RD I N ARY WAGER.—An Austrian ca va l ry omeer, whose name is not given in the papers, has laid an extra ordinary bet with two of his comrades. In the cou rse of September h e engages to ride to Paris, startin g f rom P resburg, an d perform the entire distance of 1,000 miles withi n 21 days. He is to use one horse only for the journey, making about 50 miles a day ; he is to tend, feed, and groom 6iB na g himself, Free to choose his route, he will be ac companied by his opponents, who are also at liberty to go by horse or rail as they like. Stakes, 6,000 to 10.— Vienna Letter, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SUNDAY TRADING. CAUI lON TO LICENSED VIC TUALLERS.-Mr. John R. Marshall, of the Greyhound, Brick-street, Piccadilly, attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer the complaint of Inspector Walker, of the C Divi sion, for keeping his house open for the sale of spirits and beer during the prohibited hours on Sundays. William Barker, a police constable of the C Division, proved watching the defendant's house on Sunday morning, and from 11 till 20 minutes past seeing nine persons go in and remain a short time. On going into the house he saw six persons at the bar, and three pints of beer and two of ale drawn and paid for. He had a pint of ale himself, and paid 4d for it. In answer to a question from the defendant, Barker said he did not observe the defendant thare at the time. Butcher, 137 C, proved seeing eight or nine men go into the house, and remain a short time and then leave. He knew the house to be much frequented by skittle sharpers, and persona had complained of them. Mr. Tyrwhitt a,ked whether the defendant had ever been convicted ? Inspector Walker said he had not. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 48s. and costs, and said the next time it would be £5, as it was clear that the Sun day trading had been carried on in a wholesale manner. PARISH PROSECUTION OF A NOTORIOUS BROTHEL KEEPER.—Thomas Donohue, a middle aged man, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt by Sergeant Appleton, 26 C, having been apprehended on a bench warrant for keeping two brothels at 7, Lower James-street, and 14, Golden. square. Mr. Allen, solicitor, of Carlisle-street, Soho, prosecuted on behalf of the parish authorities of St. James's. The wife of the prisoner was convicted at Clerkenwell Sessions a short time since for a similar offence, the prisoner managing to keep out of the way since March last. Prisoner was committed for trial. Enlargement of the Sailors' Home. (THIS DAY.) The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the build ing for the enlargement of the Sailors' Home, situate in .Dock-street, was performed by Viscount Palmerston, K,G. his day. His lordship was received at the entrance of the court yard next to Seaman's Church by Admiral Sir W. Bowles, the President, Vice-Presidents, and a great number of the supporters of the institution, and conducted to the ground. The proceedings took place under a very elegant marquee gaily decorated with the flags of all nations, 60 feet in height and 40 feet in length, under which sat a brilliant assemblage of ladies. The entrance of the tent was taste fully decorated with a profusion of beautiful flowering plants. An address was then presented by Sir J. BOWLEB, which set out at length the advantages offered by the Sailors Home, and also the great benefits that had occurred through their establishment to the mercantile marine. The present " Home" owed its origin to three naval officers, and was establish d in 1835, and since that time no less than £1,110,980 had been received from seamen, and directed into legitimate channels. The arrangement of the present building having been determined on, the plans of Mr. Bracebridge had been adopted, the cost of which will amount to £10,626, of which sum £B,OOO had been obtained, leaving £2,000 to be met by further subscriptions. Since the opening of the Home, the address stated that no less than 139,180 had been inmates, Lord PALMERSTON replied as follows : —Sir William Bowles, ladies and gentlemen, I can assure you that I feel great pleasure, and I may say pride, in having been per mitted to take a part in this most interesting ceremony. We are by our insular position necessarily a seafaring nation. I may say our national independence is connected with the skill, the enterprise, and daring courage of our seamen. (Loud cheers.) It is needless to point out that by the great eat ension which the principles of free trade have received of late years, our commercial intercourse with other nations, carried on on every ocean. have incredibly increased , and that we are now dependent upon our commerce for the maintenance of our national industry, for the subsistence of a great partof our population, and for the markets to which the produce of our manufactures are destined to go. If then nothing but commercial interests were concerned it would be needless to point out how greatly the strength and prosperity of the country depend upon our seafaring population. But there are still higher considerations than those to point out their value, and how much they deserve encouragement from their fellow-countrymen. It is true that something near 30,000,000 of men could not be conquered by any invasion that might reach these shores, but short of that we might, if we lost the command of the seas— we might be blockaded by the cutting off of our foreign supplies, and by the pre vention of our export trade be reduced to very distressing extremities, and, therefore, in that point of veiw we ought fully and highly to appreciate the value of our sailor fellow men. (Loud cheers.) Well, it is the result of their life to be separated in a great measure from intercourse with their fellow-men on land that they are peculiarly a simple minded and guileless set of men; but simple-mind e d an d guileless men are too often, when they come in contact with them, the victims of men of different character. A sailor, when ho comes to port, cannot go probably to the seat of his family ; he cannot go to his friends and relations. He must remain in the port where he has landed, and in that port he is exposed to every temptation, and to the loss both of his money and his health. Well, these institutions tend to provide him with a home. It is said, indeed, that "his home is on the deep," but we provide bim with a home on terra firma, and it is needless to point out how much his physical and moral interests are promoted by a reception such as he meets with in these institutions. (Loud cheers.) They are indeed a part of those great social improvements which have been made in recent times, and I may say that among them, few are more de serving of public encouragement, and few are more con ducive to the real interest s of the coun t r y. (Cheers.) 1 therefore am glad, and I return thanks t o th ose w ho have given me the invitation --am glad to be present and. contribute to the foundation of an institution which will be attended with such national advantage. His lordship then, with the usual honours, laid the foun dation stone, which bore the following inscription : " This chief stone of the new building in extension of the Sailor's Home was laid on the fourth day of August, in the year of Our Lord, 1863, and in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of her most gracious Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by the Right Hon. Lord Vis count Palmerston, K.G." The singing of the National Anthem concluded the pro ceedings. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALL'S—YESTER DAY. BRIGHTON STAKES. sto 2 agst Blackdown (taken) ST. LEGER. 4to 1 agst The Ranger (offered) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) Bto 1 agst Lord Clifden (take 9to 1) 100 to 12 agst Avenger (taken) THE DERBY, 1864. 100 to 6 agst Paris (taken) 25 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Idler (taken) 50 to 1 agst Harkforward (taken) Very little betting—time occupied with settling. YORK AUGUST MEETING. Weights for the Great Ebor Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 25 soya each; 10 ft, and only 5 if de clared. Two miles. 73 subs. Yrs st lb Yrs st lb Asteroid 5 9 8 Scamander 5 Carbineer Caller On 5 5 9 1 Fantai1.......... 3 6 2 Fairwater 9 0 Barchettina ...... 3 6 0 Millionaire Zetland Joey Jones . Carisbrook 4 8 0 Maria .......... 3 6 0 *Buckeuham Investment Bellman 3 5 12 5 7 10 *Marmion Cowley 5 7 10 *o a kapple Costa 4 7 10 Melrose ........ 3 5 12 Old minster " 7 9 Double ....... .. 3 5 10 Turn- of-Luck Bedouin 4 7 8 Trust .......... 3 5 10 5 7 Canary 7 Michael Scott .... 3 5 10 Myrtle " 5 Newchurch 3 5 10 Brighton Welcome Captain Crow Lacydes 4 7 0 B r i an Born. ..• . . 3 5 7 Makeshift Watchman Earl of Surrey Citadel Monk 6 6 13 Cape Flyaway .. 6 paid Magnum Bonum 4 6 13 Retcatcher Anfield My Mary .... 4 6 10 Truant 3 paid Evenb and 5 6 10 Pilot 4 paid Piccador *Catcla'em Alive Revolt ... 4 6 7 Gardener 5 paid Bonny Breast Knot 4 6 5 Doefoot ILord Strathmore and Mr. Hawksley are subscribers, but did not name. * These horses having been entered without the know ledge of their owners will be struck out at the time pre scribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. Weights published, August 1, at noon; forfeits to be de. dared August 8, at 6 p,m. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Wolverhampton .... 11 Reading l3 Wenlock l4 SEPT. York August lB Plymouth 20 Egham 26 Stockton Oxford Lichfield ;MBER. Devon and Exeter Derby Summer Weymouth Kings Lynn 3 Warwick Leicester Doncaster ..15 Word sley Brecon . 21 Richmond 22 Monmouth ..24 Manchester Autumn ....26 Newmarket let Oct. ....29 Edinburgh, &c. Club.... 30 OCTi Coventry Bedford 6 Caledonian Hunt Newmarket S. ( I Q 12 Noes: Worcester 3 I Lincoln Autumn ...20 Kelso 21 Gloucester Newmarket Houghton ..26 LBER. Shrewsbury Autumn....l6 IRISH. AUGUST. Heath.... 6 Londonderry ... .14 I Wicklow ll SE PTEMBIIII. Curragh I Carlow . 9 Jenkintown Park ...... 23 Listowel 2l Curragh 20 in • —ilhe course of exchange at New York on London in still a very fluctuating state, the latest quotation of the exchange being about 144 per cent, and the p r emium on gold is about 31} percent. Some gold has been received by the last packets. THE BOMBAY MAIL. By the arrival of the Overland Mail we have r eceived our journals a nd corre spondence from Bombay to July 9, and Calcutta to June 27. The report of the arrest of Nana Sahib is con firmed. The limes of India gives the following details of the arrest : " The news of the capture of the Nana at Aj mere, near the military cantonment of Nusseerabad, is well founded. It appears he has been skulking in the Rajpootana States during the last four months, while we have been supposing him to be hidden in the wilds of Nepaul. We believe the first httma tion of his presence in this part of India arose from some information supplied to Capt. Nuttall, at Sholrpoor, when it seems the Bombay police were put on the track. However this may oe, one of these police was present at the capture. There can be little doubt that the man was very recently in the neighbourhood of Poona and Sholapoor, and, as far as our information extends, no doubt exists as to his being the real Nana of Bithoor. We are not so certain of the rumour that Tantia Topee has been captured with him. Such, however, is reported to be the case ; the man who formerly suffered death as `natio. Tope not being, it is alleged, that leader at all. It is certain that a considerable gang have been cap tured at Aj tn ere. The Nana, we are told, will he sent to Bombay under a strong guard of Europeans) and conveyed from this city for trial to Calcutta or Cawnpore, The detachment will be under the command of an officer of rank, and be composed of picked officers and men. " Since writing the above, we have heard that a jemadar of the Bth Regiment of Native Infantry, in company with two Bombay policemen, traced a companion of the Nana from the Deccan to Bike neer ; that the Nana was there found residing as a guest of the Bikaneer Rrjah ; that he was allosied to depart thence to Aj mere and there denounced, his trackers having joined him on the road, and introduced themselves as agents from one of the neighbouring durbars. It is said the prisoner has no want of funds, having several lacs of rupees at his command, an incidental corroboration of his identity." The following is the official report of the capture : " From Major A. G. Davidson, Deputy Commissioner 01 Ajmere, to the Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay dated Aj mere, June, 1863. " Sir, —I have the honour to inform you that, on the 22d instant, a native officer of the Bth Bombay N. 1., by name Dwarka Tewarie, brought me your letter, No. 113, of 27th April, 1863, to the address of toe Political Agent, Jyepoor, and gave me such information regarding the object with which it had been written, that I thought myself justified in opening it, and having satisfied myself that he was acting under Mr, Forjett's orders and with your sanction, I rendered all the assistance in my power, and had the satisfaction of capturing the persons indicated by the informers, Dwarka Tewarie an d G y a p ershud ; and from their statements, which have been confirmed by Mr. For jett's detectives, who accompanied them, as also from com parison with the descriptive roll furnished by Government, and a statement made by a sergeant-major of the Royal Artillery, stationed at Nusseerabbad, who was formerly in the 14th Dragoons, and constantly saw the Nana at Meerut, I have not the slightest doubt whatever that the prisoner now in the Ajmere magazine, under an European guard of her Majesty's 28th Regiment, is the Nana Dhoondoo Punt, One of his companions is stated by the informers to be Naroo Punt Bhalla Bhut, also entered in the descriptive roll. The third person is a blind Brahmin, made use of by the Nana to conceal his real, and to confirm him in his as sumed, character. " There are two striking marks on the person of the prisoner supposed to be the Nana, one of which is not en tered in his descriptive roll; this is a grooved scar under the hole pierced in his right ear, and the other is a scar of (as the civil surgeon certifies) either a lancet cut or a cut of a very fine sharp-pointed bistoury, about an inch and a half in length, and slightly oblique : and, indeed, the prisoner corresponds in nearly every particular with the description given in the roll, except that his hair is white, he has lost two front teeth, and his cheeks are not so full as they were six years ago.—l have, &c., "A. G. DAVIDSON, Commissioner." The intelligence of the fall of Herat had been received in Bombay by a telegram from Lahore. The Government at Lahore was informed that Dost Mahommed had taken the city by storm, " assisted by treachery within, and stratagem without." A correspondent of the limes of India says:— " Previous to the attack on the 26th of May it had been given out that Dost Mahommed was at the point of death. He had assembled his sons, nominated his successor, and given his parting advice to all, which demonstration appears to have thrown the Heratees off their guard, and enabled him to surprise and capture the citadel by a sudden assault aided no doubt by treachery within the wills. This event ought to facilitate the solution by treaty of all remaining difficulties. Lut the course which Persia may pursue is, perhaps, uncertain, and much may depend on that." TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. LYNN, Monday Night. To-night, at a quarter to nine o'clock, an accident of a frightful character occurred to an excursion train from Hunstanton to Lynn. A bullock having strayed on the line, the engine of the train dashed against the animal, the sudden shock throwing six of the carriages off the metals. Two or three of the carriages were comple 4 ,ely smashed, and the occupants buried in the debris. Assistance was promptly procured, when it was found that five of the passengers were killed, their bodies being dreadfully mutilated, and about twelve others much injured. Up to twelve o'clock to night only two of the bodies had been identified. The accident, occurred at Gay wood, about three miles from Lynn. THE "FEMALE BLONDIN" DISASTER. The following correspondence is published in the Birmingham Daily Post : Whitehall, July 29, 1863. Gentlemen,—l am directed by Secretary Sir Geo. Grey to inform you that a memorial, very numerously signed, has been addressed to him on the subject of the death of the unfortunate woman, who was killed in consequence of the breaking of the rope on which she was performing at a fete recently given in Aston Park. And I am to express Sir Sir George Grey's hope that after this melancholy occur rence you will not allow a repetition of such dangerous per formance in the Park.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, H. WADDINGTON. The Directors of Aston Park, Birmingham. Birmingham, August 1, 1863 Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 29th ultimo, informing the directors of the Aston Hall and Park Company that Sir George Grey has received a memorial very numerously signed, addressed to him, on the subject of the death of the unfortunate woman who was killed in consequence of the breaking of the rope on which she was performing at a fete recently given in Aston Palk, and you express sie George Grey's hope that, after this melancholy occurrence, the managers will not allow a repetition of such dangerous performances in the park. I am requested by the managers to say that they concur in the sentiments contained in the memorial referred to. The managers have endeavoured, as far as possible, to provide healthful recreation and instruction for the people. On the melancholy occasion referred to the managers had let the park for a charitable purpose, and omitted to reserve to themselves any right to control the performance. (Signed) WILLIAM LUCY, Chairman to the Company. H, Waddington, Esq., Whitehall, London. AMUSING ENCOUNTER WITH A Fox..—A young girl, about fifteen years of age, named Janet Cruik shank, at present herd to Mr. Gibb, farmer, Aitnock, Edit'- , out one day last week in the hill, looking killie, was some th sheep, and followed by a little black dog. It hoping the ground was infested with foxes, and the dog having after raised one of the number, gave ch ase, and got b e tween rey nard and his den. The latter finding himself thus refused admittance to his own house, sought shelter behind a large stone and based the dog by constantly running He appeared, however, not to be much alarmed, although round it. so hotly pursued, and Janet fearing lest this enemy to her flock m ight escape, contrived to get to a small height whence she threw a stone so well directed and with such force that the fox was knocked down. Reynard. , h.ewever, was not long in getting up again, but by this time he was made aware that he had met with foemen worthy of his steel, and advancing from behind his covert showed Janet a case of teeth anything but inviting, upon seeing which she ex claimed in her own broad Scotch, "Paige, my lad, ye need fulfilled her vi c. na lauch at me ;11l gie ye lauchan, may be." milder and with such deadly effect that the wily old lox had eventually n her promise by opening a tremendous b E at x te u r l y ti to succumb. Janet now advanced, crook inhand burden to a blow or two laid reynard prostrate. commencedt ory , Janet p h r e o r u d m l y a rthrew home,t h e but t x over her 1 and with heavy, she was reluctantly obliged to leav e e rh t e h r e carcase in h to her delighted the hill, but carried the brush in t g ri j u ri m l p o t having displayed msoam ste u r c , h w g h e o n r u e i w n a e r li de i d gh th la e n i d ntrepid pluck , —lnverness Courier. ons:Shha stones, WESTMINSTER. VERY DISTRESSING CASE —Martha Finn, a girl four teen years of age, without shoes, stockings, bonnet, or shawl, and apparently with only one short, battered gar ment on her person, was placed at the bar charged with felony. Mary Finn, an aged and respectable looking woman, the prisoner's mother, said that she charged her with robbing her. She gave the prlsoner a shilling to bring some coals, and she had never seen her since, Mr. Arnold asked how long that was ago. The mother replied the 19th of last month, since which she had absconded, and she had never seen her again until she met her by chance yesterday. There was also a second charge against her for stealing two shirt studs. She had been helping her (the mother) to wash before she left home, and then took the studs, which were afterwards seen in her possession. Mr. Arnold inquired what the prosecutrix's circum stances were. She replied that she had been deserted 14 years ago by her husband, and left to support herself and bring up her child, which she had done by honest industry as a laun dress. Her daughter of late had stolen other articles, and then absconded with the shilling spoken of. Her history of how she had passed her time was a very di s t ress i ng one. ShFt had slept for a length of time in the open air, and had now been in the horrible and wretched condition she now presented for some time past, and it would be a mercy to send her to some reformatory. . -- ➢Tr. Arnold said it was doubtless a very distressing case, but he had made up his mind that whenever a young person was sent to a reformatory on the prosecution of parents that they should in every case pay the whole expense of its maintenance. _ _ _ The mother said she should be very glad to do any thing in her power, and entreated the magistrate's permission to put some clothing on her child, Mr. Arnold remanded the prisoner till Thursday for her mother to determine what is to be done with her. THAMES, STABBING.--Richard Burke, a little Irishman, who pre sented himself without either shirt or coat, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stabbing Michael Dennaway. _ _ The prisoner keeps a lodging-house in Mill-yard, White chapel, and was intoxicated and in a "fighting humour" last night. The man Dennaway, who was described as a very peaceable man, came home at half-past 11 o'clock, and was immediately challenged by the prisoner. Dennaway said he preferred his bed to a fight, and the prisoner abused him. Dennaway left the house and was followed by the prisoner, . who struck him violently and knocked him against the parlour window of a house. Two panes of glass were broken, The police were called, and the prisoner, in the presence of a con stable, stabbed Dennaway on the forehead with a knife. The poor man fell grievously wounded, and he lost a great quantity of blood. The prisoner was immediately arrested by a police constable, from whom he made his escape. He was pursued and overtaken, He attempted a resistance and was secured. A certificate from Mr. J. G. King, house surgeon of the London Hospital, was put in, stating that the wounded man could not attend, and was in the London Hospital with a punctured forehead. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next. MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Old Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 10s; new do., £3 to £4; old clover, £4 10s to £6 Os; new do £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load: Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.--Old Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 10s ; new do., £3 to £4 Os ; old clover , L 4 10s to £6 Os ; new do.; £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A good supply. WHITECHAPEL —Old Meadow hay, £3 108 to £4 10s , new do., £3 Os to £4 Os; old clover, £4 lOs to £6 Os; new do, £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 l6s per load. A slow demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been very little animation, the dealers having deferred their operations until the public sales, which commence to-day. SUGAR.—The enquiries have not been very active, good and fine grocery descriptions of both c , donial and f, reign, however, have sustained previous rates. In the refined market there is no material change to report. COFFEE.—The enquiries for both Plantation and Native Ceylon have been to an average extent, and full prices are general for superior qualities. RicE.—Business has been dull, and prices have, in some instances, slightly given way. SALTPETRE,—There has been a very limited enquiry and quotations generally have shown a downward ten dency. TALLOW.—Business has been inactive, and a pressure of speculative sales has created a downward movement in prices. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 435. to 435. 3d., and last three months' delivery 455. 3d. to 458. 6d. per cwt. PONTEFRACT ELECTION. Yesterday at 11 a.m. the nomination took place in fron of the Town-hall, when tour or five hundred persons were were assembled in expectation of hearing addresses from both the candidates, who for several days had been before the constituency. As the people were gathering together it became rumoured that the Liberal candidate, Sir E. . Head, had retired, and this statement was soon con firmed by Sir Edmund issuing an address, in which h 9 said —" It was my firm persuasion in coming among you as a stranger that you were determined to rtturn to Parliament in the place of Mr. Monckton Mills a supporter of the Go vernment which had advised his elevation to the peerage. Such was my conviction, because I believed that the majo rity of the electors were members of the Liberal party. But for the assiduous and continued efforts of my opponents during a considerable period,and especially since last spring, this party might no doubt have spoken with an undivided voice and with its full strength. Now, however, after a canvass of four days in the borough, I am convinced that their voice is uncertain and their strength divided. I have found many Liberals who profess that they have engaged to vote for the other party, or that they intend to remain neutral, and I have no wish under such circumstances to ex pose the cause which I advocate to a risk of decisive defeat at the poll. So long as I believed the Libcrals to be firm and and a u a n a d t e i v a ided so tthe, representationlong I wa s t i o t Ze te e our d t a l a n opponents a, l d n t e o f r f a e t h t e a nd i boroughn ott n u g h l y n , haveas n l ot h think that I should be justified in taking sulh a course: expresscom mittees electors amtypsnincerest gratitude to the gentlemen of my corn t erefore retire from the contest, and in so doing I beg to liberal support in aid of the good cause." we o ll ff a e s re t d o After the usual proclamation, and the Mayor (Mr. Roger Hurst) had taken the chair, M m all e thosetheir r. David Longstaff moved, and Mr. W. Foskitt seconded, the nomination of Major Waterhouse. which was carried without opposition. The Mejor then briefly returned thanks, stating, in his official capacity he should renounce 13 • artisanshil), and study the interest of his constitu en t s w i thout recognition n of either ry, Whig, To, or Radical. Th e proceedings cheers each for the Major an d " the ladies,''sclosed with three after which the assembly dispersed in perf ec t goo d order. POIsONED GRAlN.—Yesterday an aet passed in the late session was printed to prohibit the sale and use of poisoned grain or seed. For offering or exposing for sale any grain, seed, or meal steeped or dipped in poison, or with which any preparation has been mixed so as to render the same poisonous, and calculated to destroy life, a penalty not exceeding £lO may bo levied, and a like penalty for sow . i ng, &c., a ny poisoned grain, seed or meal. Solution and infusion are to be allowed to be used in agriculture. A. moiety of the fine is to go to the informer (not being a con stable), and the witnesses are to be indemnified for aiding in the commission of the offence. Marie A ntoinette's hair, during her imprisonment, became completely colourless. Such changes of colour may now be completely restored by Herring's magnetic brushes, &c., of which Dr. Hassall reports "I regard them as the most p.rrect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their magnetics' action.' They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-sere et, London. IBER. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord, Vice-ki miral the Hon. Sir Frederick Grey, K.C.8., Rear- Admiral C. Eden, C. 8., Capt. the Hon. J. R. Drum mond, C. 8., Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., Junior Lords, and Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., Secre tary, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Robinson (Controller of the Navy), and other officials connected with the Admiralty, leave town to-day on their annual tour of inspection. The Lords Commissioners go to Portsmouth to-day, and next week go to the Channel Islands, before paying the customary annual visit to Devonport. Preparations have been making for some time for their reception, and everything that is likely to meet the official eye has undergone a thorough cleansing. It is many years since Portsmouth dockyard presented so smart and clean an aspect for the inspection of their lord ships. afternoonpt. Count The Racoon, 22 gun screw corvette, CA Gleichen, arrived at Sp ithead on Sun d a y from the coast of Scotland, last from Port Douglas. Soon after arriv al his Ro y al Hi g hness Prince Alfred disembarked from the corvette, and, accom - panied by Capt. his Serene Highness Prince Leinin gen, who had arrived from Osborne, proceeded to join her Majesty and the Royal Family at Osborne. It is understood that his Royal Highness will not rejoin the Racoon until May, 1864, as he will in the first instance accompany her Majesty to the Conti nent, and afterwards proceed to Holyrood Palace to undergo his appointed six months' course of study. The ship yesterday discharged her powder and shell into Ordnance lighters at Spithead, being ordered into Portsmouth harbour to dock and repair damages caused by striking the ground recently when under steam in Loch Ness. Three small ponies brought in the Racoon from Scotland were yesterday transferred by the Pigmy, steam tender, to the Royal stables at Osborne. Captain H. Broadhead, commanding the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth, and Mr. George Murdock, inspector of machinery afloat at the same port, have forwarded to the Admiralty for inspection the models, drawings, and specifications of a breech loading gun and gun-carriage, the joint invention of the two officers, intended to supply the want of a heavy smoothbore gun. The gun is bored through out from muzzle to breech, the circumference at the latter end being slightly increasad. The breech is closed by a screw plug, which closes the breech effectually by a quarter turn after the plug has been slid into its position. The carriage on which the gun is mounted appears, however, to be of the most immediate importance. The difficulty expe rienced in working and training the 95 cwt. 68- pounders on the main decks of ouriron ships during a cruise was found to be most serious, and it was acknowledged that some other mode of working and training such guns than by the bungling, slow, handspike method must be adopted to • render the ship's maindeck guns efficient. To meet this diffi culty the present carriage has been constructed. Two•cranked shafts are fixed underneath the car riage with the apex in front on a cap-bearing rest ing on the deck, the rear ends of the cranks carry ing metal trucks on wheels. By a side lever and rope-fall the gun and carriage can either be thrown on the cap-bearing and rear trucks, and thus become a pivot broadside gun, or it can become an ordinary broadside gun, by lifting with the lever the cup bearing and rear trucks. As a pivot broadside gun, two men on each side of a 10-ton gun with a simple rope•fall in their hands can train it with the utmost rapidity and nicety, and without a hand spike being at all brought into play. The screw steam frigate Aurora, 39, having had her bottom cleaned, and having three additional strakes of copper, was removed yesterday from No. 1 dock at Devonport, and placed in the basin, where she will be fitted for the First Division of the Steam Reserve. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge wil inspect the 2d Life Guards this morning at Worm wood Scrubs. The examination of candidates for direct commis sions commenced yesterday, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, by Major-General F. W. Hamilton, C. 8.. Vice-President, Col. Addison, Major• Gen. Sir F. Abbot, and other members of the Council of Mili• tary Military Education. There are about 140 can• didates on this occasion. The troopship Windsor Castle, Capt. Pryce, from London for Bombay, reached the Scilly Islands, but in consequence of the sickness of two of the crew, put back to Plymouth on Sunday. She will probably leave again to-morrow. Her troops and passengers are in good health. One of the men is suffering from smallpox, the other from erysipelas, both were landed immediately, and are now doing well. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the War-office since the Ist of July :—Generals Sir J. L. Caldwell, G.C.8., Royal Engineers, and Sir T. E. Napier, K.C.8., Colonel of the 71st Highlanders. Major-General T. Kelly. Colonels E. W. Crofton, C. 8., and M. 0. Nixon, Royal Artillery; and J. K. Juuncey. Lieutenant- Colonel J. Oachterlory, Royal Engineers. Major W. R. Goute. Captains E. R. Blagrove, Royal Engineers; J. F. C. Bole, 38th Regiment ; R. M. Huzen, 60th Rifles; J. E. Furneaux, 103 d Royal Bombay Fusiliers; C. Haseltoot, 3d Buffi ; S. Mor ris, 28th Regiment; and J. Carson, 73d Regiment. Lieutenants C. R. Foulger, Royal Artillery ; J. E. Henning, 9th Regiment ; J. H. Tragett, 57th Regi ment (murdered by the natives at Taranaki, New Zealand) ; J. E. Brymer, 83d Regiment; F. W. Rsmsbottom, Rifle Brigade; A. Cumming, 26th Cameronians ; and J. A. Gillmore, 27th Ennis killens. Ensigns W. S. S. Troup, 92d High landers ; E. T. Rogers, 107th Bengal Infantry ; and T. H. Brien, Gold Coast Artillery. Pay master W. E. Adams, 31st Regiment. Quarter master D. Deacon, 11th Regiment; Deputy Inspectors-General of Hospitals W. Barry, M.D., and T. C. Gaulter, M.D. Surgeon W. G. Sparrow, 60th Rifles; Assistant-Surgeons R. T. G. Catton, 3d Dragoon Guards, W. A. Hope, M.B. (murdered c by the natives at Taranaki , N ew Zealand) ; and . J. Kinahan. • __— Murder of a Traveller i n - --ip---- -- b Sw i tzer land. ERNE, Ju l y 31. week w for tunately murder took place h ere last tunately is to be reckoned among t w hich rrance of such an Thea . - . . he r arities in our occu peaceful Swiss valleys. , minds with in outrage, however, has filled m en s dignation and horror. }I earneact e e r Hermann Quensell, on the morning of the A traveller from 1 l ildesbeim, left Zinal, councillor of the tr ibunal in the Valley of Anni v a l, l ed by th e guide, Baptiste 23d. He was SCOW:p up Li cross the Col de Torrent to P e t r a, and intended had passed the Col, about they noo n, Petro d re w the a ttention of the traveller to a t h r own up in the form of a breast heap of s tones , side, which had not occupied that work by the way before. Som e s t eps a f e w days further on position„o der-horn an d some bul lets. The guide lay a r a pprehension, but the traveller t rea t e d ex preased hi s fears with derision. At this moment a shot was fired from behind the stone-heap. The bullet struck the councillor in the arm and grazed Petre's breast, another bullet immediately after shattering the letter's arm. The traveller ran down the mountain to Evolena as fast as his wound would permit, fol lowed, says the guide, by two or three more shots. One of the robbers then came up to the guide and took from him the traveller's knapsack, behaving, however, with some humanity to himself and doing him no further injury. The body of the unfortunate councillor was feund the next morning pierced by three bullets and robbed of all valuables. A general hunt after the robbers took place, re sulting in the capture of four out of the six who, according to the guide, were concerned in the attack, The prisoners are natives of this canton. Five of the robbers belong to the same family, one of them having already served years in a convict chain gang, and subsequently taken to the moun tains as a poacher. Tae arrest of the other two malefactors is expected shortly. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Monday, Aug, 30—Admissions on payment, 6,731 ; ditto by season tickets, 858 ; total visitors, 7,592. SECOND EDITIO SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. --This Day. BRIGHTON RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BRISTOL PLATE. 1 Deerfoot Neophyte .......... 3 Fanatic Ten ran, 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 asuc cession of half bricks at their wives. Bat, in one way, there is nothing so di sgrace f u l t o E ng l an d as the arrange ments at railway pe a c t ulta t, ri v ty er o y f t a h n is no n y a i t n io g n , al a b n l d ot e is as th ily at it is very definite, . The stations for what are termed refreshments. very patent, wisdom or efforts have as yet succeeded remedi in cutting tti N ng o human toherooto; the evil that fills the Haymarket. Acts of Parliament have been passed, and passel in vain, against that cruelty to children which does not awaken the resist ance of parents. Very brutal me brick near th em , cannot resist tnhe very pres ednreuen of, with i markt hhalf s a o convenient, so patient, and often so aggravating, as a w ife. sethat there theho is in any d ee p cause o ß r u a t n i y t it p 3 r a o b fo s n u n rd d tos diseasepoeisaulpo at l t i o s mo th h t c h o o n n t g r i vances of these wretched pl aces. The English h mind, it tried, get rid o f slow to effect its purposes, co u ld sure l y, the monstrous mismanagement whichr l esid es e details of the system. Squabs of porkk p pie off over all th e re e d without the slightest reference to the season, old jam threecir nered puffs, fossil sandwitches , sausages concealed in heavy pastry, sugary brittle cakes , and packets of sugar plums, e ca nnot be the only things that inventive Englishmen might think of. As to the beverag e, if at an y st ation 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 wh) keep refreshment rooms know what tea and coffee are. They probably think that their countrymen are born somehow to drink the imitation chicory with which alone they are familiar. Now, in a na tion so rich as England, a nd where we persuade ourselves that comfort is so well understood, it is disgraceful that a traveller cannot get anything to eat and drink better than a squab of pork. pie and a cup of imitation chicory. This mis management is disgraceful, because it is mean, and ignorant, 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 satisfied to give and satisfied to receive a mere cheat and imposition, THE CHANNEL FLEET.—The Channel fleet, under the command of Admiral Dacres, which arrived in the Frith of Forth on Wednesday, has attracted immense numbers of visitors from Edinburgh and Leith. In addi tion to employing all the available steamers in the Forth, vessels have been attracted from the Tyne and from the east of Scotland to engage in this profitable traffic. On Friday, the Lord Provost, magistrates, and Council of Edinburgh, and the Provost, magistrates, and Council of Leith, with the Foreign Consuls at the port, visited the flagship Edgar and the iron-clad Black Prince. The Chief Magistrates and Corporations of both towns have invited the Admiral and officers to dinner before they leave, and there is to be a grand ball at Leith on Monday night. An attempt was made by the Free Church Presbytery to get the vessels closed against visitors on Sunday, but it has not been successful. Hundreds of seamen are daily ashore in Edinburgh and Leith, indulging in all sorts of frolics, but keeping admirably within the bounds of good order. One of them climbed to the pinnacle of the Scott Monument, on Friday, on which he stood erect and cheered. His daring and unprecedented feat was witnessed with perfect horror by the people below. THE LIBRARIES OF CONSTANTINOPLE.—It is per haps net generally known thatthecapital of Turkey possesses a large number of public libraries, a general cata logue of which is now being made. According to an esti mate which is considered reliable, the total number of ma nuscripts thus catalogued will exceed a million. Unfortu nately, however, many of these MSS. have been so damaged by lying in heaps in damp cellars or worm-eaten chests as to be partially, and in some cases entirely, illegible. It is also to be regretted that, until now, none of the treasures of the early period of Byzantine literature, which it was hoped would be brought to light, have been found. It has, on the contrary, been proved that all the works of those times, which are known to have existed, have been ruthlessly destroyed. The remaining works are consequently chiefly in Arabic, or in other Semitic languages ; but they form, on the other hand, the richest collection of oriental literature in existence. Ahmet Vafik Effendi, Subhi Bey, and other Turkish men of letters, have proposed that this inestimable mast; of literary treasures be collected in one building, so as to render it accessible to students engaged in historical re searches, and there is every reason to believe that this pro posal will be adopted, notwithstanding the opposition it has hitherto met with. The & already to t step wards the formation of an Imperial library s been taken by placing 40,000 volumes of good work l s in H various Euroin the Dar pean lan.. guage s, and which belonged to l ami Pasha, a l-Fanoon, the building of the university. Orders have been given to increase this collection considerably, so as to create a tolerably complete library for consultation, to which the public will be freely admitted. Adding to such a collec tion the MSS. a lread y mentioned, Constantinople would be superior to any ca p ital in a literary point of view, espe cially if by some lucky chance the plays of Menander, or the lost books of Livy, or the remaining tragedies of rEsehylus, were suddenly brought to light from amidst the parchments now being so carefully examined. A HUGE MACHINE. —A new steam dredger, No. 5, built by Messrs. Wingate and Co., of Glasgow, and supposed to be the largest machine of the kind in the world, has been started by the River Tyne Improvement Commissioners in Shields Harbour. It is calculated that this at f u ll wor q k u , wi t ll it l y if o t f l d o r , f material o e o d O ge tons stupendous per day. T pemarcdhaiyn.e,Twhheen mac hine, as now employed, works oadmirahhlye eanngdinisellis of al horseftingan power, immensean 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, and the ladders are calculated to operate in 30 feet of water, and, when working at speed, will each fill a hopper barge in from 60 to 55 minutes. TWISLETON FIENNES.—The late Lord Safe and Sale was a very eccentric man, and the greatest epicure of his day. His dinners were worthy of the days country, every sea, an o f Vitellius or Heliogabalus. Every find so was s earched and ransacked to country , oneenewsf dheliiscaha ey e for o ur British Sybarite. I remember, a f a sts, an omelette being served which was composedrk en- ti re ly of golden pheasant s ' eggs and would drink abs y H n e t had he an a dc very ar a strong c onstitution, quantities which were perfectly awful to behold. These stimulants produced noeffect upon his brain ; but his in which he indulged. way the exces ses o f a ll kinds He natured man, but a very dd was a kind, liberal, and good the astonishment of a servantol shall never forget On entering his service, e I had recommended to him Fiennes was John made his appearance as going out to if he had any orders. He dinner , and asked his new master received the following answer " Place two bottles of sherry by my bed-side, and call me ow." —Capt ain Gronoav'a Recollections. SERIOUS FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE.—Be tween 4 and 5 o'clock this morning a fire broke out - in the workshops of Mr. J ose ph Stokes, wholesale manufac turer of ice chests Tottenham-court -road, and resultingbaths Be, North - mews,.l.tyi destruction of property. It appe ars that a person ' •ng opposite Mr. Stokes's workshops observing flames issuing from 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 Baker-street, 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 raging, one of the firemen from Wells-street had a narrow escape, having by some means fallen from the workshop window. The firemen, aided by a good supply of water succeeded in extinguishing the fire, when it was found that two of the workshops and their contents, consisting of ice chests, &c., in the course of manufacture, benches, presses, and the whole of the tools of several workmen, were totally • e -office but , destroyed. Mr. Stokes is insure d in the Sun Fir l t the workmen are unfortunately no t insured, and the them is consequently very serious. luau adjoining build ing there was a large quant it y of timber which, t h roug h the exertions of the firemen, was prevented from taking fire. A CHILD DROWNED IN A WASHING TUE.— Yesterday Mr. J. Humphreys, the coroner for Middlesex, held an inquest at the Lord MorpethTavern, Old Ford-road, Bo w, relative to the death from drowning , of Isabell a Mar garet Diaper, age d 18 raonths, m ho died at the ng, The the m other playingback of her deceased was left by during her momentary absence fell into a tub of h ouse , and mother s ubsequently found the deceased im water, The ruo d dow nwards, and wh en she p ulled her out life tnerse d bea d was apparently extinct. Mr. Brereton, the surgeon, of Old Ford-road, was promptly sent for, and used Dr. Marshall /b o o system to restore life, but his efforts were in vain. 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