The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-19 00:00:00

ONEY IARK7 1 AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Although the supplies of money in the general discount market have been reduced by the absorp tion in the agricultural districts, there is still an abundance for the ordinary requirements of trade. Discounters are nevertheless enabled to enforce full rates, and very little business is negotiated under the Bank minimum of 4 per cent. The demand is generally active. A sum of 50,000 sovereigns was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for exportation to Constan tinople. The Pera, which leaves to-morrow for India and China, will take out £61,571 in specie. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was an advance in the rates on Holland. The condemnation of the ship Peterhoff by the Admiralty Prize Court at New York is just now attracting a great deal of attention in mercantile circles here. Messrs. Bennet and Wake deny, in t" 9 , the allegations put forward by the Eederal authorities, that the vessel had on board any con traband of war; that her papers were simulated; and they assert that the evidence adduced was in direct opposition to the verdict recorded. It is universally believed that the seizure of the Peterhoff had been premeditated, because she had been pre viously connected with Confederate ports, and a desire had long ago been manifested by the Wash ington officials to obstruct the British trade with Matamoras, Two o'CLocK. With a very limited amount of business the Funds to-day have continued in a tolerably firm position, the market, though exceedingly dull, being rendered healthy by a variety of favourable cir cumstances, all tending to induce confidence in the future prospects of home affairs. Consols for trans fer are 934- -1, and for the account 931, The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 931 d ; and the 30 Years' Annuities, 15 1-16. Bank Stock is quoted 2381 ; the India 5 per Cent. Loan, 108,4 and Exchequer Bilk remain at ls. dis. to 2s. prem. Increased heaviness has prevailed in the Foreign Market, and business is rather quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 72 4 ; Ditto, 1862, 681 69 ; Ditto Consolides, 481-, 49 ; Mexican, 381 4 ; Greek, 3311; Ditto Coupons, 15a y ; Spanish Passive, 331 34k ; Ditto Certificates, 12Z ; Italian, 711 ; Portuguese, 484, ; Russian, 93; Egyptian, 1041 11; Granada, 151, 16 ; and the Confederate Loan has dripped to 29 27 discount. In the Railway Market the dealings have been very circumscribed, but in several instances prices have slightly improved. South-Western and Mid land have advanced 55., and South Eastern 10s., while Lancashire and Yorkshire have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue inactive at previous quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate request at fully previous prices. Bank of Australia have improved 55.; Bank of New Zealand, 55. ; Union of Australia, Os, Hudson Bay Company shares realise 3 ; General Credit and Finance, 3i ; and National Discount Company, 98. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2381 3 per Cent. R e d uce d Annuities 934 a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93/ 3 4 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 2/ per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire ith Jan., 1680 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 188.5 l5 1-16 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock Ditto 5 pei Cent lOBl Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Ce n t Ditto 54 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 D'tto Bonds £l.OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept, 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — March, I June, Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO .. 1 di s 2 pm Ditto Ditto Small £5OO .. 1 dis 2p m I .......... 1 dis 2pm FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 .. Brazilian 5 per Cent ............... Ditto, 1839 and 1859 .......... Ditto 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... 932 Buenos Ayres 6 per C ent .............. Ditto 1 per Ce n t. (D e f erred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent ... ........... -- ....... Ditto 41 per Cent. .... ........... Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Egyp itto, S ecotian 7 p nd Issue- er Cent ................. 1042 D ............... 1042 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. —44 Ditto Account ......... • ............ 331 Ditto C0up0n5.............. 152 Ditto Account... Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana ltailway) 79 Mexican 3 per Cent .............. Ditto Account ...................... NMoorish I mper i al 5 per Cent .......... 96 38 i ew Granada ........................ 155 Ditto 2 per Cent. .............. Ditto Deferred PDitto Land 'Warrants (Hectares) — eruvian 3 per Cent. ......... • Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account~. DDitto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — itto Account ........ . .......... 48/ Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St Ditto 44 per Cent 1850 ............. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Sardinian 6 per C ent Ditto S per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account.. Ditto Account .. •................ Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Account ........ ... .. .34 / Spanish C ert. of Coup not funded ... —3/ ... Ditto Account Turkish 6 12/ per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account .. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 :Ditto Account .... Ditto, £lOO B on d s 2 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 69 8/ Ditto Guaranteed, 4 Venezuela Cent 3 per Cont. per DDitto Account itto 6 per Cent~ 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. .outen 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ... 5 per C en t., 186 1, Ex. 26 franca.. . .Ditto Account 7l TWO O'CLOCK. 93} -1 Console, Money 93/ Ditto Account LORD PALMERSTON AND THE PEERAGE. —No Prime Minister of late years (it has very recently be en calculated) h as b een so l av i s h o f th e h onours of the Crownnas Lord P a l merston. T he new b aron i es o f H oughton -united n alY will be the 29th and 30th peerages of the dation, and of created at Lord Palmerston's recommen familloa ha ' ve f these b 30 peerages, 18 are cases in which new stances of Scottish or ennobled, the others being either in- United Rix:Lad, : or Irish nobles being made peers of the ages. The additions of new titles added to existing peer the earldoms of Russe,estrictly speaking, to the peerage are Eversley, and th e ba ll and Cromartie, the viscounty of B rougham (new p atent of of Annaly, Aveland, Belper, Cheaham, Ebury, Fitzhardinge, Houghton, Llanover, Lyo Taunton, Wensleydale, 1%8, Lyveden, Macaulay (extinct), earNisVestbury. Lords Ward and Cowley have been made Earl of Kenmore and L ord o aucl the Irish peers, the Scottish peers, the Earls of Fife et d 0 Mal a hid e, an d t h e barons Scofield and Lord Kinriaird, have been made Kingdom. ,., , a the United .will scarcely be CANADIAN GOLD DIOGING's...-It credited that we have a California almost at our doors; yet it is nevertheless a fact that in the l ueet of Vandreuil and on the tributaries of the riv Seigrti°rY of about 50 miles from Quebec, gold is found. °ear aCtieaudiere, Pure gold, worth 18 dole per oz, and weighi ng I picked up in the bed of one of these streams, w h ich s ' t w as s eason of the year is almost dry. Another nugget, w„i gh t i h n is .9 Oz, and also pure, from the same region, was disposed or; ill town this week, It is said that about 20,000 dais worth :f told has been gathered there this season. One num, re. klieg. near the locality , has in his possession a gallon full n the ee metal, in pieces of all sizes. Since the golden i ngs illuss leaked out, people have been flecking to the dig- A T e E r ß ° :,,d B .—Quebee Mercury. von B at , -- ` I ‘ lO N AL TO MR. HENRY BERKELEY, M P. of the B - Z i l , ci l , for so many years past the earnest advocate be now act' -c ' t i n the House of Commons, is understood to ,vely to x xxv:3 ,,,,, perparetii.n. "A l 3 AL)3,-, it Prietor, M r. w. .1. is now stated by its pro his ft ,s a l ii i „ 1 : 1, "Webb, has r‘6,l been sold by him to r 4 a fl, 4e..-- b"Fri4ce of Wale; as was reported. I SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share/ Railways. • i Paid. 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,and Bristol and Exeter ,Caledonian :Cork and Bandon 'Cornwall 8 8i Si 8 1 86 r 8 119 120 6 7} A gets no dive A Do. B till 6p e.p an.has fff been paid to B. ,Dublin Belfast June.l ,Dun..Perth,&A b. Juuc. !Edinburgh Si Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. IGreatEastern, Ord. stk 40 fl 16 17 94 95 111 113 51 62 99 61 24i tsi Ditto A stock _ Ditto East Anglian et GreatNorthol Scotlaud IGreat Northern........ 125 126 125 12 5 Eis HO 160 iL2 66 G6:l Do A stock Do /I do !Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland great Western Do Str Val gua. stock' Lancashf,e & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,. S. Coast Lon., Gnat., and Dover Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & So'.th Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Doi 5hare5........., Metropolitan Midland Do New 1131 114 75 76 113 115 12i 43i 102 1021! 102 101 43 41 11; 117, 129} , 24, 4 , 8 14 11100) I Do Birming. (t Derby lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares iMid Kent 1 Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds 54 L 5 25 26 162 IG2 Do York Do Carlisle ! North London b7i SS/ 8? SSi 1 9.16.4 Do New (,North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot IN. E., Aber. stoch Do Scot. Mid, stock Shrews. and Welchpoo I Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok Stockton tt Datlington Do Do New, 18&. Taff Vale.. • ... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 1 Waterford ,k Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. dr R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 119 121 14- 14 80 82 111 14 122 124 46 171 100 162 50 52 30 32 91} tl4l 70 72 101 103 Si 98 37 38 9 10 7 1 8 i 155 160 6',1 3 3i p 12.10 88 91 158 162 27 29 45 46 39 41 104 106 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOel35. Closing I Business Price. done. 431 102} 1033 11? 124 i 9I i LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) RE BOUCICAITLT. This was an adjourned meeting for last examination, and it was objected that the opposition was not bona fide by Mr. Patrick, who claimed t, be a creditor for £2,133, but in reality on the part of Mr. Webster; and Mr. Linklater, on the part of the assignees, protested against those proceed ings being made the vehicle of discussing private matters. Mr. Lawrence said that it was quite a matter of indiffer ence to his client, who opposed, as he was then prepared to pass on the accounts he had rendered, and which were not disputed by the assignees. Mr. C, E. Lewis called Patrick, the opposing creditor, who most distinctly denied that he had been influenced by Mr. Webster in the course ho had taken in the proceed ings, but in cross-examination by Mr. Linklater he said that shortly before the bankrup cy he had issued execution against the goads, and the bankruptcy was in consequence of that execution. Previously to that he had been in treaty for an arrangement by which he and other creditors were to be paid 20s. in the pound. It was part of the arrangement that the mortgage creditors should forego their claims until the other creditors had been paid in full, but he ultimately did not ascent, and ho did not believe that, had the arrangement been carried out, all the credi tors would have been paid in full. Mr. Linklater said the assignees were most unfairly ac cused of rowing in the same boat with the bankrupt. They were acting wholly independent of Mr. Boucicault—all they were anxious for was to make the best of the estate for the benefit of the creditors. A discussion then arose as to the production of some accounts bet weep the bankrupt and Mr. Webster, the former alleging that the latter was indebted to him to the extent of £1,200. Mr. Linklater strongly protested against the assignees being called upon to produce accounts at the demand of an individual creditor, and it was A B C law in the Bank ruptcy Law, that one creditor should not be allowed to interfere in order to cut down or diminish the estate, which was th© object of the opposing creditor to show that the alleged debt due from Mr. 'Webster was not due, but the assignees would ask the Court to give them power to try in another Court. Mr. Lewis contended that he was entitled to call for the account, or it would bi impossible to test the accuracy of the balance sheet. Mr. Lawrance, for the bankrupt, said that the collateral question as to whether the debt was due or not ought not to interfere with the bankrupt passing on his accounts. The assignees were in an independent p3sition, and best able to form a judgment on that point. He could not see what earthly right a creditor had to raise a public discus sion on matters which could not be determined here. His Honour, however, ordered that the document should be put in, which was done, but the bankrupt said he had never seen it, and he still maintained that his original state ment was correct. The examination of the bankrupt was continued, and his Honour, in very complimentary language, expressed his strong opinion that the bankrupt was fully entitled to his discharge. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ih ard Railwa y . s Closing Paid Price. /filminess done 100 k Cantle &St Lawrence all 60 (2 r il orn.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 107 108 p cent 1071 20 Do. New er . ...... 8 1 1t p 20 Do. E. Sh ares 205 Butla.lo and La K ell uron all 51 5 1 10 Do. Preference ioo Buffalo,Brant,,Godrich tot - 0 P. Ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 - - 100 Do. do. Jude 1, is: 100 - - st Clcutta.k S. Eastn. (Li ) 100 1071 1185 st ;apeTown & Dock Seri' 100 It 2 104 102 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 109 110 stock Last Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 108 1 9 1081 20 Do. • do. G Ext lO 11 14p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 19 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 70 12 100 Do. co. deferred all 62 5, - ) 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 62 65 100 Do. do defer. ed all 45 48 100 Do. 3d P cf. stock 100 Do. do. deferred." all 33 .6 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 23 25 100 Do. do. deferred all 20 23 stock Gt.lndtaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 108 109 139 20 Do. New gua. sp. e l2 1 lir 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 118 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 101 101 11 sot ta2002:1 1:0037s-44 el l ce :l s B PP u l p;s. 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 95 98 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. ' 77-8 - • all 90 (2 104 Stocklo Indian Branch B p7 r . a u n ea. c r h t.,doxs L .te i p. m ..nc. i s t :i. e o.. d u: 111100 2 000 1,7800 1 715 4 11110( p 08,,5 stock Do . D pe o.. 20 Do. Fifth Extension. stock Nielb.Corp. 6 p. 0. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 56 58 100 Do. 7p. c. rliortt.T. I3ds. all2o - DoN N 00. e i.. N I V pDI B . cue ? j : day pc t. t& bds otsst o ct c k k t all 3 5 (1 1 1 1 0 74 83 8 10 5 81 : 1 o: • 4.: ' 100 107.5 1084 20 aub ,7 ()LON lAL V •jsr !R l N . M - p.e.Ja OJull - 1b 77-31 D D O o . . p p : o c.. mFeabr.. Sept. 100 1 1 0 0 0 0 : 0 4 ;141 054 44 - I Do. Ip. c. Jan.&./uly. 100 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 04 96 - 'Cape G.Hope, op 0,187:, Nu 108 110 - I Do.Ap &Oat. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1810 100 113 115 - :Do cOOOCi Do. o , .8 a ....... !D c7e o y . i 0 J n a a . Sz o v J . 1 6 89 p %. 1 1 0 0 1 0 o 11 1 11 3 2 11, 5 - ; - 'Maui itito 15 per cent .. 100 106 107 N N. a n ta .€4 l G ov o . v o . p B .o. p j e a r .a c j on u t i) .. 1 10 00 0 1 0 1 5 0 fr 1 1 0 1 6 2 4 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - 1021 14 N. - D 8 0 .A . V 5 . p 6 . 0:: :1 5 8 f , i. 0 , 1 1.8 ‘ ; 1 1 00 00 100 1 ! 1 1 0 0 0 1! Do. d0.,1888 ,tupwd6 100 1015 1021 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e. - , steriing, 1875 lOO 1051 1063 - 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1 113 - S. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up lOO 110 112 -V lo. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&,,Jul) 100 108 110 - 'Do. to 6 p.c. An“tOct.. 100 1131 114 1131 1 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) Wm. Balland, ironmonger, surrendered upon an indict,• ment, charging him with secreting property belonging to his creditors, within 60 days of his bankruptcy. The prisoner, it appeared, had resided at Dockhead, Ber mondsey, where he had for upwards of 20 years carried on the business of an ironmonger. Some time in June last a Mr. Udall, of Birmingham, from whom the prisoner had from time to lime purchased goods, called upon him in re ference to an account of about £6OO which the prisoner then owed him, and for which he had given bills. At that time it was observed that the prisoner had a large stock in his premises, and in consequence a much larger amount Of goods were supplied to him, which it .vas found afterwards he had secretly removed to a shop in the York-road for the purpose of another business, and after this prisoner had by those means obtained the goods and disposed of them, he sought the relief of the Court of Bankruptcy, where the Commissioner, after examination of the manner in which the goods had been removed, directed the present prosecu tion. At the conclusion of the evidence the learned Judge left it for the jury to say whether at the time of the removal of the goons there was an intention to defraud. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and after about an hour's consideration returned a verdict of not guilty. In the case of Eliza Robins, charged with administering poison to two of her children in tarts, the poison being white precipitate, the grand jury ignorsd the bill. THE CHARGE OF ENLISTING SOLDIERS ZOR POLAND. In the case of Mr. Alfred Styles, committed for trial by Mr. Hall, at Bow-street, on a charge of having unlawfully attempted to enlist soldiers in this country to aid the Folish insurgents, the bill will not be preferred before the grand jury at the present session, the defendant being out on bail. It will not be preferred until the September session, THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) George Upson, charged with burglary in the dwelling house of Mr. Goldsworthy in Portland-place, and stealing a quantity of jewellery, the property of two visitors, was tried and convicted of stealing, but acquitted of the bur glary.—Sentenced to three years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SOLDIER 1111IFIAN.—DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT. Charles Humphreys, a private of the Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with most disgraceful conduct to a married woman named Mary Ann Alsop, living at 32, Queen-street, Edgware-road, and the prisoner was further charged with assaulting Joseph Alsop, the husband of Mrs Alsop. Mrs. Alsop said that about 12 the previous night she was standing at the coroner of North Audley-street talk.. ing to her husband, and his sister, and two friends, having been out to spend the evening with them, when the pri Boner passed by and put his arms round her neck, and then thrust one of his hands up her clothes. Her husband told the prisoner not to do it again, when the prisoner up with his fist and knocked him down. BRIT] S 272 ; i Joseph Alsop, the husband, said that on telling the pri soner not to repeat his conduct the prisoner gave him violent blow on the nose, knocking him down and smother inga him with blood, and rendering him insensible. Maria Alsop, the sister of the last witness, gave carro b ora t or y evidence, and Mr. Charles Brook s , of No. ; North-row, Grosvenor - square , said that he saw the so ldie r ' strike the husband, and seeing that it was a most cowardly and unmanly assault he went for a constable. Powell, 214 D, said the prisoner was quite sober. Prisoner said that he was called over by some of the party, and then told to " take his hook " (explained to mean to leave). Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner seemed to think that ho could do as he liked with the female, and when be found that he could not he knocked the husband down. It was a most shameful attack on the woman. The prisoner was then committed for 14 days for the assault on the female, and ordered to pay 40s. or a month for the assault on her husband, but subsequently Mr. Tyrwhitt altered the term of imprisonment for the assault on the husband to 14 days. We havebeen requested to state that the address of Mrs. Kenny, whose case appeared in the papers during the last few days, is 39A, Curzon-street, and not 39. TI - IE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1863% THE IRISH "NATIONALISTS." (From the Dublin Express.) A monster meeting of Irish "Nationalists" was convened on Saturday, on the heights of Slievena- I mon Mountain in the co unty o f Tipperary, a loca lity rendered historical during the Repeal agitation L of 1848. On the highest p o i n t of the mountain is a rock which, ever sin ce t h at per i o d, has been known by the name of " Meagher's Rock," and this, it was determined, should be the rallying point. The un favourable character of the weather prevented large numbers who would otherwise have attended ; but about 700 were present, principally of the labouring class. On the topmost pinnacle of the mountain was a flag of red, white, and green, on which an Irish harp without the crown was depicted. At about four o'clock Charles J. Eackham, Esq., of Mullinahone, was called on to preside. The CHAIRMAN rose amid loud applause. He said that the object of the meeting was, in the first place, to renew their vows never to cease until they bad achieved the independence of Ireland. (Great cheers.) In the mean time, the nationalists of Tip perary were ready to give aid to any non-parlia mentary movement which was likely to do good to the poor, oppressed, and down-trodden tenants-at will of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe that the cause of Irish nationality could be served much by speech-making. If Irishmen would serve their country, they must earn for themselves a very different character. They must copy the examples set by other oppressed people, and begin in earnest to woo the goddess Freedom in the only way in which she ever would be won. A VoicE—Hurrah for the Poles, as an example ! (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN continued—He would be told that this was dangerous, but the goal could never be won without danger, sacrifice, and suffering. He solemnly declared and believed the dungeon and the scaffold were mercies compared with the cup of gall and wormwood which the Irish patriot was forced to drain, and the bitterest drops in which were poured by hands which his heart told him ought to be the first stretched out to aid his efforts and to bless them. Let us learn to look our situation steadily in the face. The Irish racy is strong in America, in the Colonies of England, and in the heart of England itself. Let us be in earnest, and we shall be as strong at home. The chairman then referred to the names of the men of 1848—to Michael Doheny—may his memory be ever green among us ! for a braver Irishman Tip perary never nursed, and a nobler heart than his never crumbled into dust—(cheers)—to the gifted young tribune, Thomas F. Meagher, and to the descendant of the ancient Feenian chiefs, the gallant O'Mahony ; and he hoped that ere long the modern Feenians would assemble in their might with the tried and trusted O'Mahony at their head. (Cneers.) Mr. GILL, of the Tipperary Advocate, proposed the following resolution—" Resolved, That Parlia mentary agitation in this country be discouraged and discountenanced, inasmuch as all hopes of re dressing the wrongs of Ireland and saving her from utter ruin through the agency of the London Parliament are now and for evermore senseless and illusory. By all true Irishmen these Wrongs are felt more keenly than words can describe, though means of redressing them for the pre. sent we have not in our hands; but we watch and wait for their coming with eager hope, resolved, as God may aid us, to grasp them when within our reach, and to use them as Ihe means of our salva tion." Did they demand anything unreasonable ? No. They merely demanded what was given to every English colony—self-government, self-legis lation. Yet they were denied it—(hear)—and lately Lord Palmerston said in his place in the House of Commons, that he would not interfere between Irishmen, but would let them fight their battles out. between landlord and tenant- (Hear.) No; Eng land cared nothing for irelami, and the Britis Minister did not care if 20 lanalords were shot a day, it 50 peasants were hanged for every one of them. A VOlCE—There would want to be more of them shot. (Hear, hear.) Another VOICE—So there will. (Cheers, and cries of " Down with the landlords.") Mr. GILL—And the proof that they do not want to prevent them is, that they never would have supplied the police with swords, belts, and long rifles if they wanted them to catch thieves. No ; they want the police for the purpose of shooting down the remnant of the Irish population. (Hear, and yells.) That is what the police wear the rifles and swords for, and not to detect the murderer and the assassin. The speaker then referred to the Irish aristocracy, whom he characterised as a set of bloodthirsty hounds, the meanest creatures in the form of bipeds on the face of creation, having no idea of freedom or fatherland. But, thank God, there was hope for Ireland still. He saw a thousand honest hearts at that meeting, with the representatives of 50,000 more. He called upon them to counsel their comrades and brothers to stay at home, and not be flying to America. A VOICE : They will come back. (Hear.) Mr. GILL : They will come back with a vengeance. He concluded amid loud applause. The resolution was seconded by Mr. RODERICK KICKHAM. Mr. FINNERTY, a young Nationalist, who stated he had come from the north riding of Tipperary, next addressed the meeting in a vehement speech, and called on Irishmen to imitate the example of Poland. Mr. Gill had denounced the Irish aristo crats. They did not want such men. They wanted men whose hands were hardened by manly labour, whose hearts were stout and brave, and whose hands would not be blistered by the pike-handle. (Cheers.) He was not there to counsel the Irish people to rush into a senseless resolution, or follow a wild goose chase, but Irishmen should remember that no nation ever earned independence without spilling more or less blood. (Great cheering.) It after years of petitioning the British Parliament— if after years of sending repres.mtatices and misre presentatives to Parliament, they had won nothing, how was it to be won 11 A VOICE—By the pike. Mr. kINNEHTY—We are unarmed, but scythes can be turned to some use if they provoke us too far. (Hear.) The speaker concluded by calling on nationalists to rally round the green flag till they planted it for ever above the red on the highest parapets of Dublin. . Tt:e resolution, having bcen put by the chairman, was carried by acclamation. Desperate Encounter with a Burglar. Early on Monday morning Mr. J. Brass, shoe maker, of the London-road, Worcester, was aroused by a noise in the lower part of his house; and hay ing a suspicion that some one had broken into his premises, he got up and dressed himself, and, armed with a stick having a knot at its end, left his bed room to search the house. He had Hot gone far, however, before he saw a man in-the lower floor, with a lighted candle in his hand. Theuoise made by Mr. Brass had attracted the thief's attention, and seeing that he was observed, he knocked out the light and made for the window to effect his escape. Mr. Brass wae, however, too quick for him; and as the man was getting out of the window dealt him a heavy blow on the back with the weapon with which he had armed himself. This brought the vagabond to the ground, and then Mr. Brass seized him. A frightful struggle ensued, the burglar grasping Mr. Brass by the throat and endeavouring to overcome Nevertheiess, by dint of courageous and steady perseve r ance Mr. Brass succ ee d e d i n k ee pi n g the upper fiend, and in self defence gave the fellow a tremendous thrashing, in spite of his calls for his Pal" to come to his assistance. The encounter continued until the arrival of Police-sergeant Holmes and a city constable, into whose custody Mr. Brass delivered his antagonist, and went with them to the station-house. Another struggle was, however, yet in store for him, for as they passed through the London-road turnpike the man darted in front of his custodians and was making off. Again Mr. Brass pursued him, and in a few strides Was sufficiently near to arrest his progress by another blow, and he was ultimately secured and handed over to Superintendent Philips, the burglary having been committed outside the city boundary. For some time the fellow refused to give his name, but ultimately said ha was John Brown, of Thomas street, Worcester. On Monday he was brought before Mr. H. B. Tymbs, at the office of the county magistrates' clerk. He presented a very sorry figure, one eye being entirely closed, and his face exhibiting signs of the effectiveness of Mr. Brass's blows. The case was merely opened, and prisoner remanded till Friday. He had effected an entrance to the premises by removing a pane of glass from the kitchen window, and cutting through the shut s with a sharp chisel. Having succeeded thus far he got in, and in mounting a table which stood under the window, he knocked something off which, falling to the ground, broke a plate, and oc casioned the noise that awoke Mr. Brass. He was also prepared with a sharp knife. THE SURVIVORS OF THE BATTLE OP THE NILE, fought on the let of August, 179 S.—Only seven now sur vive, namely, Admiral Sir James Gordon, G C. 8., Gover nor of Greenwich Hospital ; Captains John Pearce, John Forbes, and John George Phillips; Commander Richard Lock Connolly (all the above were midshipmen in the battle); First Lieutenant of Royal Marines John Scobell, and Surgeon George Bellamy, M.D. PROFESSOIt FARADAY, it setnas, has been recently e mulating Mr. C, K ean i n the character of a parson, the learned Professor having preached eh Sunday afternoon iu the Olassite Church, Dundee. INLAND REVENtTi: MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The annual report of the Inland Revenue Com missioners is always of interest, giving as it does a view of the chief taxation of the country, for this Board collect forty millions a year. In the year ending with March, 1803, the Excise duties pro duced a net sum of £17,317,396, a decrease of £957,904 as compared with the previous year. The quantity of home•made spirits charged with duty declined 184,958 gallons, but the duty still reached the large sum of £9,399,707. The consumption of spirits in Ireland in 1838 was no less than 12,000,000 gallons, producing, by a 2s. 4-1. duty, a revenue of £1,434,000; in 1862 the consumption was little more than a third of that quantity, but the duty tieing 10s. the revenue reached £2,000,000. The consumption of spirits is at present temporarily de pressed by the distress in important districts of the country; but no doubt wine, beer, and tea are all to a certain extent displacing spirits. Comparing the years 1853 and 1862, it will be found that the consumption of British spirits fell from 25,000,000 gallons to 19,760,000, bat the consumption of wine rose from 7,000,000 gallons to 9,800,000, of beer from 17,700,000 barrels to 19,400,000, and of tea from 58,800,0001 b. to 78,800,0001 b. The taxa tion on these articles differs greatly ; on a pint of beer it is a farthing, on a quarter of an ounce of tea less than a farthing, but on a glass of gin it is more than five farthings. The dise tillers find abroad some compensation for a lessened demand at home. There was a large increase in the export of British spirits last year to the West Coast of Africa, to Italy, and to Turkey; with this last country it is the creation of a new trade, and is owing to the war in America having stopped the supplies from that country. Passing next to the item of malt, we find a decrease of £476,394 in the produce of the duty; but it was not to be expected that the quantity made last year would equal the extraordinary amount of 1861; the barley of 1862 was in many districts of inferior quality for malt ing purposes. The hop duty, like the paper duty, is no more, but the alteration in brewers' licences has brought an addition of £223,870 to the revenue. The licence duty produced the large sum of £1,910,150. Auctioneers paid £47,540; wine re tailers, £11,226 ; and the 5,154 licences taken for refreshment houses brought £4,475. Proceeding now to the second great branch of inland re venue—s- namely, stamps, the net produce of which rose £386.206, and amounted to £8,966,803, we find the probate duty advancing to £1,325,359, the legacy and succession tax to £2,374,436, and duty on fire insurance to £1,580,637. The fees paid the Divorce Court (the payment being by stamps) amounted to only £2,420. The duty on playing cards has been reduced from ls. to 3d. a pack, in the hope of suppressing the enormous evasion of the tax, The third and last branch of the inland re venue—land, assessed, and income taxes--pro duced last year £13,626,549. The net receipt of income-tax on schedule D fell from £3,263,926 in the preceding year to £3.233,766, but the whole tax showed an increase of £11,381. In 1861 there was a fresh assessment under schedule A and B, the previous assessment having been continued generally since 1857. The assessment of land was increased £1,982,000 (comparing 1861 with 1860), of houses £3,976,000, of railways £851,000, and under schedule B the assessment was increased £1,717,000 in England alone. The assessed profits of trade and professions in the United Kingdom were £94,739,000 in 1860, and £99,372,000 in 1861; the increase in Westminister was from £3,619,000 to £4,081,000, arising, in a great measure, from more correct charges on the west-end tradesmen and on persons making enormous profits by public enter tainments and exhibitions. In the city of London the assessments rose only slightly, from £15,405,000 to £15,578,000—an amount considered strangely below its proper rank as a contributor to the in come tax. A comparison in regard to the whole tax may be advantageously made by taking 1842 and 1852, in which years the area of taxation was limited to incomes of £l5O and upwards, and 1853 and 1861, when the area of taxation extended to incomes of £lOO a year, Between 1842 and 1852 the aver age annual increase in value was only 1.13 per cent. ; between 1853 and 1861 it was 2.80 per cent. Deducting from the assessment in 1861 the amount charged in respect of incomes under 1.:11,0 a year, so as to get a fair comparison with 1842, the increase in the assessment of 1861 was 31 per cent. over 1842. On lands the increase in the assessment was 10.85 per cent; houses, 50.4 per cent; mines, 109.32 per cent ; on iron works, 93.02 per cent ; on railways 439.28 per cent. The profits of trades and professions charged in 1852 were only 1.70 per cent. higher than those of 1842, the average annual in crease being but 0.17 per cent; but the profits of 1861 exceeded those of 1853 by 19.33 per cent, the annual rate of increase in this last period being 2.42 per cent. A moderate supply of new Eng►ish wheat was on sale here, to-day, in good and fine condition. Both for red and white qualities there was a fair demand, at Monday's de cline in the quotations of 3s. to 4s. per quarter. There was a full average supply of foreign wheat on the stands. The amount of business transacted was very moderate, yet no further chango took place in prices. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. The show of new home-grown barley was small, and with old and foreign parcels, the market was scantily sup plied. The trade, however, ruled inactive, at, Monday's currency. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, at late quo tations. A fair average supply of oats was on sale, and the trade ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. No change took place in the value of beans and peas ; but the demand for them was in a sluggish state. The top price of town-made flour was 43s per 2801bs. Country marks and American barrels sold heavily, on rather easier terms. ARRIVALS THIS WzEx. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flom. En,glish 340 I 170 4lO I 1 250 Irish, — 780 - Foreign.— - 7,710 3,040 6,b50 . 14,340 brls and 70 sacks. 3.4. n 8 6.6 6.16. E i 3.1? 4. 8.0 2.86 1.t4 4.3.0 161 2i 2.4.9 11 10.6.7 1} 5.15.6 1 18.1 .9" 28.9. ICambrian Consol. Gold lulillord Amalgamated.. Devon G. Collo. (Tavist. ) East Bassett (Illogan).. East Clogau Gold Ltd.l East Caradon ...... East Cara Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ), Great South To!gas G. Wheal Vor(lielston !Grenville llercal's-Foot ingston Downs Lady Bertha Stargaret (tiny Le'ant IStarke Valley.. Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; New Setun North Downs N. WWI Basset 011o:fan North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey, Providence ( Uny Leint., South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Cana Brea (I llogan) Wheal loran. (Ulna'', Stray Park ramarSilv.dt Lead Min Pin Crott West Basset (Illogan).. W radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan; Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wheal Kitty (I.J.Lelant) WhealLuthott Wheal MaryAnn;Lien ) Wheal Seton . . wheal Treiawney (Lis.) Wheal Union 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 68} , 3.17 21 3 11 13 :15 /25 15 17 2f 3i LINES LEASED A 2 FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, .t.7k FOREIGN RAILWAYS, Dunaburg and Witepsk, lira. , gi Dutch Rhenish, 171 Great Luxembourg, 13i. 14 Ban amur and Lie t „r , e gua. 14f. p e r annum, 9 Paulo attn.). ..,ona. 7 per cent., 14 Ditto (a.l), 22± Turin arm Savona, 2k FOREIGN MMES. Alamillos, limited, 4 East del Rey (lim.), Yudanaanutana of S. Australia (inn.), 21 JOINT-STOCK 1-IANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), I!6 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Lim.), ggl / A ustralasia, 771 Bank of Egypt, 26; Bank of New Zealand, 101 City, 1081 E ngliSh. Sco'ch, and Australian Chartered, 221 22 Imperial Ottoman, 18 Loudon and County, 47 A N ational Provincial o f E ng l an d, Ditto, o ali n u e s vc tr .,2s Union a, 531 St. Katharine, 63 DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 21 Bombay e,as, limited, 2. Ceylon Company, 51 East India Irrigation and Canal, 5 Egyptian Comm , rcial Aid Trading, lim., 2/ E glish and Australian Copper, 1 Gen. Credit and r inane of London, lim., Hudson s Bay, 3 International Financial , Society, lim., of Oriental Inland Steam, lim., DEATH OF A LUNATIC FRCM FlRE.—Yesterday Mr. Humphreys held an inquest at the Manor House Tavern, Green-lanes, Tottenham, respecting the death of Mrs. Caroline Annette Marshall, aged 44. The deceased was an inmate of Dr. Birkett's Lunatic Asylum, Northumberland House, Green•lanes, and she was suffering from a whitlow in the finger. On Wednesday evening last she got out of bed to shake something into the fire-grate, in which the light was kept for safety, when the handkerchief which Wrapped up her finger became ignited. She was severely burnt, and, though Dr. Allen, the medical at tendant, was speEdilv on the spot, she expired in few hours, A verdict of " Accidental death from burns" was returned. STATE OF THE PRESS IN PRUSSIA.—Tbe Associa tion Published a list of the warnings given to Prussian 12 Defence aaco of the Liberty of the Press has journals during the months of June and July. It appears tR Wig ,iv:ireennrifia , :ginacie.oG,r apzuc the - o ar a n eo i nt n i f yr s ipe N ae v p, e reerw hich given, and on four times. The o di dwnhoi which 66 receivew were r a e th i ng the protest of the six journals of WESTMINSTER. CHARGE OP EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SHOPMAN. — Edward Chapman, a young man, was charged before Mr. Arnold with embezzling various sums of money belonging to Mr. James Rackstraw, fishmonger, Susses-place, Brompton, his employer. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner had been in his employment sumo weeks, and left about a week ago. He had since found out that the prisoner had been in the habit of receiving money and not accounting for it. Two sums of 18s 9d and 7s 8d were received {from Mr. Preston Lum ley, of the Litly Arms, North End, and two sums of 19s 10d and £1 2s 6d were received from Mr. Tcale, of Bolton, near Brompton, which ho had not accounted for. There were other charge s against the prisoner. Arnold observed that the present charges were quite sufficient. Evidence of the payment of the above sums having been given, t o dy, andPolicemansta t 2 e s d 3 tßh adeposedthe i t s % t u a e k r i ng observedthe prisoner a i d n tao good muster and a good place. The prisoner was fully committed. TAMES. ONE O'CLOC K IN THE HMORN ING.—George Tapes, an engine -keeper, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with an assault upon James Wilkins, a publican out of business. The complainant said he was at the King's Arms tavern in the Mile -end-road at one o'clock this morning, and saw the defendant there making a noise and very quarrelsome. The prisoner called him a sneak and struck him. He closed with the prisoner. They went outside the house and tell. The prisoner laid hold of the hair of his head and put him to great pin and inconvenience. Edward Coney, 417 K, saw the two men fighting at one o'clock this morning and parted them. Mr. Lewis Wilhelm Strauss, the landlord of the King's Arms, said the and got too much pri to drink.soner was genezally a very quiet man, Mr. Woolrych said the prisoner ought to have been in bed at one o'clock in the morning. lie fined the prisoner 55., which he •paid. THE SUN ONE OF THE SMALLEST OF THE FIXED STARS.—If the distances imputed to several of our stars from parallax be true, recent photometrical researches show our glorious luminary to be a very small star indeed; and (it Las been reverently reworked upon this), to the human understanding thus enlighten 6, more then ever mast th e heavens declare the glory of rod. BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from the plantations being more favour able, the business doing in our market is small, at about previous rates. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is only moderate, yet the demand rules inactive, as follows :—Beef, 2s 6d to 48 Od; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; lamb, 5s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 4d to 48 2d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. THE MEXICAN THRONE. VIENNA, Aug. 14. The Presse of to-day publishes a leader, from which the following are extracts : "iN . ews is current throughout the city to-day that Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian is upon the point of ace epting the Imperial crown offered to him by Mexico. We have recently pointed out what ap pears to us the danger of this political plan, and we need, nierefore, hardly repeat how greatly one should i r.gret the c on fi rmation of this intelligence. To those per sons who come before us with an affec tation of .'oyal , y, and declare the press has no right to interfer e in the matter, that is a purely private concern of ,`.he Archd u k e, and that we have no busi ness to atteLlpt to restrict his personal freedom we reply that thy don't k now what They are talking about. Independently of th e f act that we have not the presumption to suppose our disapproval will prevent the Ara duke from accepting the crown if he feels inclined, we are yet unmistakably of opinion that the personal interest of the Archduke is not alone concerned in his taking his seat upon the Mexican throne. We should have to recollect, under any circumstances, that the ruler of Mexico was the brother of the Emperor of Austria. Any misfortune that might overtake him would be a misfortune for the Imperial family ; insult to the Emperor of Mexico would be insult to Austria. We believe that too little is as yet known of the real foundation upon which this Mexican throne is to be erected, or there could not possibly be any idea of its occupation by an Austrian Archduke. Even at the Tuileries it has not been definitely decided whet her to recognise the Mexican Assembly of Not ables, drummed together by Forey, as competent, or whether to ratify their decision by an appeal to universal suffrage. The latter course is the most probable, so that the future possessor of the Mexi can throne may feel the leaden weight of French protective rule as long as possible. Nobody will convince us that a real election, an honestly meant nomination of a ruler agreeable to the chief parties in the land, is intended. The scum which has hurried to salute the French stan dards since the occupations of Vera Cruz does not even represent a majority of the Mexican population, far less its active and living elements. Its utterance cannot, therefore, be regarded as the view and expression of will of the influential citi- wens of the 15 States. We have often stated that Aimonte and his tail—the Generals and Bishops expelled by Juarez —belong to the Ultramontane party of an old Conservative minority ; that they and their followers are powerless and destitute of the prospect of a productive politica! future. They are not only incapable of forming the support of a new throne because they acknowledge High Church principles and refer with pride and insolence to their blue Castilian blood, not only because they profess ideas which we in Europe are accustomed to style retrogade, for more fanatical elements have esta , blished new empires ; more than one Royal throne in the Pyrenean peninsula, more than one Prince dom in the Levant has been set up by the outcasts of the Crusades. But their incapacity is due to the fact that they are foreign in blood and civilization to the great mass of the inhabitants of the country. Almonte and Co., the aristocratic ruins of the party of Santa Anna, the allies of the French invading army, are the last remnant of the pure-blooded Creoles of European descent who after 40 years of an embittered conflict of races with the natives of the country, with the highly civilised descendants of the ancient peoples subdued by the swords of the conquestravora have finally been obliged to call upon a stranger for protection and for help They have received this aid, and now, although a fast disappearing small minority, not amounting to a sixteenth part of the population of the country, although in right of their blue blood, certainly en titled to style themselves the Notables, they arro gate the right of handling over Mexico to a Regent. So long as foreign soldiers cross the seas, and, as i❑ the Spanish time, support the mastery of these Creoles, they may maintain themselves and the man of their choice, but not an hour beyond. Were the question really one of principles, were a greater or less portion of freedom at stake, compromise might be possible and final reconciliation not unlikely. But the lordship of a foreign Prince will never strike firm root into this elementary struggle of two separate races. He would never be forgiven for belonging to the sons of the pale faces who de- stroyei the temples end palaces of Montezuma, and have rendered desolate the towns and republics of Anahuac,—Reuter's Express. OUR FORCES IN NEW ZEALAND. Governor and Commander-in•Chief--Sir George Grey, K.C.B. Aide-de-Camp—Captain Francis B. Bulkeley. Commanding the Forces—Lieutenant-General Duncan A. Cameron, C.B. Assistant Military Secretary—Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Hutchings, Major of Brigade—Major James Paul. Aide-de-Camp—Major John C. M`Neill. Deputy-Quartermaster-General—Lieutenant-Colonel D. J. Gamble. Commanding Royal Artillery—Captain H. Mercer. Commanding Royal Engineers—Colonel Thos. Rawlings Mould, C.B. _ Garrison Adjutants—Lieut. John Glancy and Lieut. E Gould Halsted. Deputy Commissary-Genera! — Humphrey S. H. Jones. Assistant Commissary-Generals—Henry Bartlett, Henry Maule, and James Bailey. Deputy-Assistant Commissary-G.merals—Alex. Clerk, 'Wm. Henry Newland, Edward Cattell, Francis blues t W. Oakley Chislett, John Draper, Edwin Dunn, and George Tames Neil. Deputy-Inspector•General of the Medical Department — James Mouat, C.B , V.C. Staff-Surgeon—James Hamilton Bows. _ Staff Assistant •Surgeons—Morgan S. Grace. M.D., Alex. Thomson, M.D., E. D. Tomlinson, and George Elm sly Will, Assistant- Superintendent of Stores and Barrack-Master —J. 0. Hamley. Deputy Assistant-Superintendents of Stores—William Marvin, A. R. Tribe, and Joseph Rainsford, Purveyor —H. de B. Adams. Deputy Purveyor —George W. Warwick, Purveyor's Clerk—T. F. Gooch. Chaplain—Rev. L. Parlsly, R.C. Second Battalion of the 14th ( B uckinghamshire) Infantry —Colonel W. Wood, C 8., K.H., Lieut.-Col. C. W. Austen. Second Battalion of the 18th (Royal Irish) Infantry— Colonel Sir J. F. Fitz Gerald, G.C.8., Lieut.-Col. Alfred A. Chapman. 40th (Second Somersetshire) Infantry —Colonel Richard Greaves, Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Leslie, C.B. 57 t h (West Middlesex) Infantry —Colonel Sir J F. Love, K.C.8., K.H., Lieut.-Col._ Henry J. Warre, C.B. 65th (Second Yorkshire, North Riding) Infantry—Col. R. R. Coles, Lieut.-Col. Alfred F. W. Wyatt, C.B. 70th (The Surrey) Infantry—Colonel Sir G. w. Path K.C.8., K.H., Lieut.-Col. T. J. Galloway. Royal Engineers —Sixth Company. The Eclipse, 4, screw gun-vessel, 200-horse power and 700 tons, Commander Richard C. Mayne, has of late been doing good service. She was off the Katikara river, June 4, and at Manukau on the 6th. The Himalaya, 6, iron screw troop-ship, 700 horse-power, and 3,453 tons, Captain Edward Lacy, embarked at Ports mouth, July 28, 33 officers, 38 sergeants, 21 drummers, 38 corporals, 662 men, 64 wives of soldiers, and 92 children of the second battalion of the 25th King's Own Borderers, and sailed on the following day for Ceylon, and it is reported that on her arrival at that place she would embark the 50th Queen's Own, for service at New Zealand. Several men of the first and second battalions of the 4th King's Own, 36th Royal Sussex, 19th and 81st Regiments a t Chatham, have volunte ere d their services into t h e secon d battalion 18th Royal Irish, 40th, 57th, 65th, and 70th Regi ments, and also for the 31st, which regiment is ordered from China to New Zealand. A number of men from the diffe rent depots at Colchester have also volunteered their ser vices in the above regiments. Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General Ivan Graham, lately serving at Guernsey, is under orders to proceed to New Zealand. THE HOP PLANTATIONS,—ROCHESTER, Aug. 18. —Most of the plantations are looking decidedly better, the late gentle showers having done much to bring about this improvement. In the rich hop growing districts in the centre of the county the plant has made surprising progress within the last few days, and a general belief is entertained that the yield trill be much larger than was calculated upon a week or two since. The agreeable change in the weather has caused the hops to grow rapidly, and so great has been the improvement that many plantations which appeared a few weeks since in an altogether hopelase condition now show signs of yielding a moth rate crop. This improvement, however, is not general, and there are some hundreds of acres upon which the hops grown will not pay the expense of picking. In some of the best plantations a yield of from 15cwt. to 1 ton per acre is confidently antici pated, but these will be extreme cases. The probable ave rage is likely to be about 4cwt. to 6cwt. par acre. Should the present fine weather continue picking will commence in parte of I:Zent in about a fortnight, SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Aug. 19.—Wind this day at noon—South; light breeze, and cloudy. There has been a good deal of rain during the morning. CARDIFF, Aug. 17. Wind W.—Arrived—Hannah, from Montreal; Friends, from Santander. Sailed—Revel, for New York. MILFORD, Aug. 17.—Arrived—Teneriffa, from New port for Bilboa. COWES, Aug. 18.—Wind W.—A rived—Wm. West, from Callao, (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, August 18--Vine, from Dantsic; Lavinia, from Algoa Bay. Arrived, August 19 —Christiana, from New York; Helen Richard and Landscape, from Cronstadt. Sailed, Aug. 19—Rainbow, steamer, for Calais ; Sir R. Peel, steamer. for Dunkirk ; Triton. for Boulogne ; Star of T4smania, for Otago; Verulam, for Adelaiue ; Sultana, for Quebec; Phoraix, for Quebec. , - DEAL, Wednesday Morning . . Passed—Julia (brig), from the west ; Sea Nymph ( 81 '0' from the west; Amicitia, from Quebec ; Mermaid (ship) , from the west ; Leop ar d o f J ersey , f rom Antigua; Lady Douglas, from Moulmein ; Kalmai, f rom Demerara; Kent, from Melbourne ; F ame (b arque ), and Palestine, from the west; Orontes, from Antigua—all for London; Charles 3unim, from London, for Boston. Anchored—Balder, from Shedlac, for orders. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is abou t 1 p er mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 7s. lop. 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 m ar k and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling, :- , ta.ndard gold at the English Mirt price is, therefore, abo ut 7-10ths per cent. dearer in Lo ndon than in Hamb urg The course of exchange at New York on Londo n for bills at 60 days' sight is 141 to 1 41 2 per cent., and the pr emium on gold is about 28i per cent. At these prices there is scarcely any Profit on the importation 01 gold 40 111 the Uuited States. SPORTWG INTELLIGENCE. ---This Da YORK RACES—Tuts Day, l' ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Clarior (taken) 7to 1 agst The Monk (taken) Sto 1 agst Piccadur (taken) Sto 1 agst Bethnal' (taken) Bto 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) 12 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (taken) 15 to 1 agst Oldminster (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Captain Crow (taken) 25 to 1 agst Trust (taken) ARRIVED.--Caller On, Syren, Ghillie, Culiam, Rapid Rhone, Clarissirous, Senorita colt, Theobalda, Rouge Crosse, Dunkeld, Myrtillus, Old Orange Girl, Eastniinster. TEE PROJECT OF FEDERAL REFORM. I VIENNA, AUG. 15. The semi-official Evening Post doubts the cor rectness of the six points, stated by a Frankfort paper to comprise the main features of the Austrian project of Federal Reform. Upon the same subject, the Nene Frankfurter Zeitung says :—" The six points of the Imperial project communicated yesterday from an Austrian source are not exhaustive, and do not comprise the latest alterations. At least we a informedat a decision had no t b een come to on Wednesday in Vienna, whether the Directory should consist of fire or seven members, and that the point was again debated on Thursday forenoon. "The Emperor is said to have stipulated that the proposals he should undertake to lay before the Princes should be drawn up in as liberal a sense as possible." The Cologne Gazette says it is reported that Duke Ernest of Coburg•Gotha has prepared a comprehen. sive memorial upon the Austrian project of Federal reform, embodying therein his own views upo n German unity. The Duke will probably submit this memorial to the Congress of Princes. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, AUG. 13. The Qneen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Lucy Caroline Lyttleton to be one of her Majesty's Maids of Honour in Ordinary, in the room of the lion. Beatrice Byng, resigned. BANKRUP T S. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial irnm portance in the Gazette : William Arnold, grocer, Cardiff John Burgoine, painter, Sheffield Ann Auty, grocer, Dewsbury Samuel Pridgeon, draper, Luton, Bedfordshire Edward Smith, tin plate worker, Blackburn John Williams, saddler, Llanfair Joseph Allan, innkeeper, Kendall John High, machine sawyer, Hackney George Hodges, cheesemonger, Bbthual-green David Taylor, Pimlico George Furness, jun.,provision. merchant, Cannon.strcot Thomas Collins, builder, Poplar Andrew Christy, commission agent, Cornhill Ellen Bunning, confectioner, Market Hianorough Matthew Hawksworth, grocer, St. Leonard's Wtn. Jackson, brewer, Coningaby John Wm. French, innkeeper, Manchester Medder, Liverpool Thomas Poultney, licensed victualler, Coventry Thomas Adams, licensed victualler, Scatharuptoil James Linsdale, coppersmith, Birmingham Charles E. Butler, wire worker, Birmingham Samuel Corri e , coal en BANKRUPT,. agt, Dumfries Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. ___ ____.•______ Amst e rda m Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp • • -- 25 55 2 0 ,5 60 Brussels — 25 56 25 60 Hamburgh 13 8 ± 13 81 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —. 119 119 f Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 621 2.5 70 Milan — 25 62± 25 67} Genoa ..— 25 621 25 671 aples , 25 621 25 67/ N Palermo .. .. 25 65 25 70 Messina .. — 25 65 25 70 Lisbon — • 52Z 52i Dporto — 621 53 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz 4 '3 17 9 Mexican Dollars - . 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS;,DITE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..... .Aug. 18. via Marseilles ......... • :: , eP t 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet........ Sept. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Aug. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Souttu!mpton.A ug . 18. via Marseilles ...Aug. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Aug. 18. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Aug. 18. via Marseilles Ang. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. Aug. 25. via Marseilles Aug. 20. Portugal.... Sept. 3. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. —. via Marseilles Aug. 13. Newfoundland ..Aug. 19. Oporto and Vigo .. a e d i . . a .. n .. p .. a .. c .. ke : t .. . AA A gg g . : 22 2 78 1 .. .. U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. packet.... Aug. 19, by U.S. packet.... by en C e a riff n W.C. of Africa, M- adeira, and T Bahamas, via New York Mexico Al c l au par o ta rni ol a V n e a st ß ln ri d t i i e s s h , Cinoclluumdibniga.C2i.li ~ I . ie . r . u . , 1 Au g, A ii MR. GREGSGN, M.P. FOR LANCASTER, has pre sented that borough with baths and washhouses, recently erected there, at a cost of about £5,000. IN proof of the great heat this year, it may be mentioned that the water of the Seine has fallen to the level of the great drought of the year 1719, which forms the zero line of the metrical ladder on the Pont Royal for measu r i ng th e standard depth of the river. Thi s is the second time o nly since that period of nearly 150 years ago that it has fallen to so low a level.— IP ine Trade Beriew. FUCHSIAS IN BLOOM.—Fuchsias require a little shade when in bloom, and then it it as well to dis continue syringing. Nevertheless, they Will bear any amount of light if at the f ame time they are well ventilated, and they will enjoy water over-head, but it splashes the pollen about on the foliage a little. Our trial fuchsias have had such a blaz3 of sun on them this summer as ought to have killed them outright, if all be true that is told in the bcoks. Bear in mind that if y ou expose plants to intense sun they must have a thorough draught of ventilation at the same time, else scorching is sure to take place—llibberd's Gar. deners' Magazine. ALLEGED MURDER OF AN OLD MAN IN WILT SHIRE.—An old man named Fat'brook was found dead a few days ago in a stable at Minety, and a man named Taylor is now in custody of the Wiltshire police charged with wilful murder. A deal of evidence has been adduced against the prisoner before the Malmesbury magistrates, and the case is not yet closed. It appears' that in the neigh. bourhood of the Minety Station of the Great Western Rail way there is a small publichouse called the Red Lion, and the deceased was engaged there at times, for which he re. ceived his meals, and was allowed to sleep in the stable. A. few mornings ago he was found in the stable dead. Mr. Law rence, surgeon, of Malmesbury, examined the body, and found that there was a severe bruise over the left eye, besides a bruise below the right collar-bone; and on a post mortena examination discovered that there were injuries to the head sufficient to cause death. On the day before the deceased was found dead he was seen by a policeman with a black eye, and when asked how he came by it he told the officer the prisoner struck him very violently and caused it. Witnesses have been examined who swear that one night prisoner re turned from Malmesbury intoxicated, and that he struck the deceased a tremendous blow. It also appears that the pri soner has previously been charged with serious and violent assaults. Though the Coroner's jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from injuries inflicted on his person, but by whom and how there was no evidence to show, the police authoties are not satisfied with the verdict, and they have therefore detained the prisoner in custody, Active inquiries are stilt being made, and, as already stated, the proceedings before the magistrates have not terminated. THE CONFEDERATE STEAMER GEORGIA.—The English brig Kanagona, Capt. Romerell, from New York, which arrived at Rio Janeiro on June 14, reported to the Jornal do Commercio that on the 11th of that month; at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, she was boarded by a steamer bearing the British flag. On being boarded the captain was questioned on a variety of subjects —among other things, in reference to what American vessels had left or were to leave Northern ports ter Brazil. Capt. Romerell could give no information of value. After examining the ship's papers the boarding officer told Capt. Romerell that ha belonged to the Confederate steamer Georgia. He then drank a cup of wine, and said that his ship's crew were greatly disap pointed in not having captured some rich prizes since their seizure of the George Gri s w o ld, while the Alabama and Florida were com m itti ng so many ravages, Re d im politely tcoh his leave, ye ho by at ly go U