The Sun. — London, England, 1863-08-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARK ET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCIC. There is no alteration in the aspect of the general discount market, the enquiries being moderately active, and the rates steady. A further sum of X 98,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The amount of specie brought by the Seine from the West Indies is £233,712. The Bank of England return for the week to Wednesday last shows an increase in the bullion and a falling off in the other securities. The re serve of notes has been augmented, owing to the curtailment of the circulation. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation. .. £21, 9 61,115 Decrease .. 413,715 Bullion .. .• .. 15,040,819 Increase .. .. 156,834 Rest .. .; 3,428,233 Increase 00 00 00 00 4,753 Public Deposits •• •• •• 5 , 574,863 Increase .. 177, 595 Other Deposits.. • • • • .. 13,758,358 Decrease .. • • 212,497 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 676 083 Increase •• • ••' lO4 )0 11,088, 426 Government Securities Increase .. .. • • • • 50,000 Other Securities .. • • • . 18,472,407 Decrease .• .. • • • • 681,394 Notes Unemployed .. 7, 563,805 Increase •• .. • • .. 562,630 Rather more activity has prevailed during the last few days in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have been in good demand, at full rates. Coffee has continued in active request, while moderate transactions have been recorded in tea, cocoa, and rice, at late quotations. The tallow market has been dull, and prices for both present and forward delivery have shown a downward tendency. The monthly return of the Bank of France to yesterday, shows some very important movements. The notes have been increased by £120,000, but a decrease has taken place in the cash iu hand of the executive to the extent of £573,333, of £240,000 in the bills discounted, of £790,000 in the current accounts, and of £1,000,000 in the advances. Two o'CLocit. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 40c. Inanimate. Only a limited amount of business has been negotiated to-day in the market for the English Funds, and although the sales and purchases on the part of speculators have been very evenly balanced, the tendency of prices has indicated rather less buoyancy, probably in consequence of lower prices on the Paris Bourse, Consols are now quoted 93 k for transfer, and 93-} I for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 93i /-; Bank Stock is marked 238; the 5 per Cent. Indian Loan, 1081 I; the Bonds, 16s. 19s. prem.; and Exchequer Bills, ls. dis. to 2s. prem. The Foreign Market presents a quiet but firm appearance. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 681 ; Ditto Consolides,) 48i 491 ; Mexican, 381 39; Spanish Passive, 331 ; Ditto Certificates, 12-1 Q ; Greek, 33 ; Ditto Coupons, 151 16; Italian, 711 ; and the Cone derate Loan to 24 22 dis. in the Railway Share Market business has been very dull, and prices show a downward tendency. Caledonian have declined £l, and London and Brighton, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive At former quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares also continue in very limited request, without any material change to record in prices. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock ................ 238 3 per Cent. R e d uce d Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities —. linuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock — Ditto 5 pet Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Dirt., Bonds £l.OOO — Ditto under £1,000.. Bank Stock for Account Consols tor Account, Sept, 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — . March, June, 1 21 per Cent. 2l per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO •• 1 die 12 pm Ditto £5OO .. 2pm 1 dis Ditto Small 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 - Lbilian 6 her Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent. Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 pet Cent lO4l i 4 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 ns, per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupon 33j Ditto Ditto Account 33i I i C(.supons .. 15/ Ditto Account Itn . ~,i, _ , it a per cent.(Nlareininana Railway) 79i 9 Mexican 3 per Cent . Ditto Account.... . .... 38i I 91 Moorish Imperial 5 per Ce AiC w Granada .... DI Ditto 2 per C ent. Ditto Deferred. ....... Ditto Lend War rants (Ife .. ... .. ma) Ditto Account . . ........ : ............ Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 ........... • • Ditto Account. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ......... Ditto Account.... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, > 6 6, 2 .. Ditto Account .................. -- Russian 5 per Cent , 1822, £ St. ....... ...... Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 ............. . 90 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .............. --. Ditto 5 per Cent. 18b2 .............. 921 I Sardinian 5 per Cent .......... -- Ditto Account - Spanieh 3 per Cent - Ditto Account - Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 33k Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded i 2 Ditto Account l4 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1554 Ditto Account... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 i Ditto Account 7l 1 Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account . 6B/ 8 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd 4l die Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cont. Ditto Account .. -- _ Ditto C per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. butch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 5 per Cent., 1361, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK Consols, Money Ditto Account .. liverpool . Cot - ton Market—Tin° Dayl et 41 ock Sales about 8,000 bales. No change. Sales of the week 59,470 bales, including 9 , 730 on speculation, and 12,500 for exportation. Actual export 6,980 bales,. Quotations—Pair Orleans 25 ; Mobile 241; UP land 24. Estimated Middling Orleans 22 1 Mobile 22; Upland 21t. Estimated fair Egyptian 21-1. Stock 292,780 bales. S urat 11/ to 201. Imports ; of the week 29 669 Intp,,. M, E UGEN h DELACitui Lub an cd ei ebrated French pa i n t e r, member of the Institute, C ommander of the terda y Legion morni of Honoung. c r, expired in P ar i s at even o'clock y es - MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT..--.A. painful sensation has been I ecently occasioned at Hampton C 0 and its th u e rt neighbourhood by the melancho y death of son of Mr. Kinloch, who holds an appointment in her Mnugest j sty's‘ household. The unfortu nate young gentleman was tishing on the afternoon of the 3 d inst. in the canal i n Home P ar k, a nd appears to have fallen Suddenly, during the absen ce o f the g entleman who accompanied him, fro m the parapet at the end of the canal, where the water, though apparently only two or three feet deep, is in reality of great d epth. As soon as hi s disappearance was know n a search was made, but the body was not discovered tot nearly tw o h ours. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes a letter front Pekin ,dated the Ist of June, stating that the insur rectionary movements ing serious en l b anassruents to the Chinese Goverumuit. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Paid . I Business share Railways. I Price done. 13.14. 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all B 81 15 ililythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.tlo all 84 8 4 at Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian lO ) 118 119 1191 19 50 Cori; and Bandon all 20 Cornwall In Do A 1 A gets no div all till6p c.p an.has all 10 Do. B been paid to B. 40 41 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 154 64 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. all :75 at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 s a t t li G r l a e s a g thl a a n s d te r B n . 70ersdt.esrtk lOO 47 49 at Ditto A stock 6 1 0 13 4 50 4 at Ditto Eastanglian st 100 at GreatNorthof Scotland • 10 0 123 125 245 254 at Great Northern...... • • 1.100 _ I 100 122 4 2234 at Do A stock 100 D 5 140 et Do if do a s t t G ar t. o S at . amt 100 00 100 4 1 0 0_ 6 2_ 4 1 6 0 , 2 4 et Do Str Val gua. stock 100 _ . 77 77_ 3 ___. st Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 11 3 1 11 3 .1 113 2 at London and Blackwalt 100 ""74 1141 st Lon., Chat., aid Dover 10 0 2 at Lou., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 1 , 1 2 3 1 1 4 1 3 5 4 13 1 at Lou. & Nor t h Western 100 1014 1021 at Lon. & So'.th Western 100 105 1 10b4 WesternW °t .1.1..e.1.a.n.d. at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 43 14 50 Maryport and all Carlisle. all 121 Do i shares. ,— 10 Metropolitan all 111 114 111 at Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 99 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 26 et Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1011 1011 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 u o at Do Lecds lOO 571 58 st Do York at Do Carlisle.. ..... at North London 10 Do New .9.15.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction. all 111 121 at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 461 471 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 100 102 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO BO 22 at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 101 103 20 Stainea,Wok.,andWok. all 74 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 38 39 26 Do l7 91 101 e 25 Do New, 1860. 8 74 84 p at Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 51 54t• 10 Do C 3 3 3/p 60 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 156 16u 15 9 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 27 29 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO at West Midland -Oxford 100 454 (64 4 5 4 at Do Newport 100 39 41 at Do Hereford) 100 104 106 ::::: a Sli POSSESSIONS. Closin;-.. chart Paul. Price. Busines s don. 100 Iti - na - ---' te &St Lawreice a ll 60 — 62 — 4ta 1 tiom.,Baroda&.Cent In ( Gu. 5 per cent d 101 107 108 108 20 D o. T „, • 20 D o . " ew • ...... 8 1 11 p , o , a •E. Shares.. 10. ullalo and L axe Huron al, 54 di Do. Preference ... . all 74 84 100 1 Buff alo,Brant,&Godric . ll 8 P • ..0 - . Ws. Aug. 1, 1872 10t; Mt 0 0. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Jo. do. June 1,189 100 et Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(Ln; ) 100 107 108 St Cape Town & Dock Scril 100 I. 3 105 stock 11astn. Bengal gu. sp. C 100 109 110 stook L ut Indian. an. p . c . 300 108 1, 9 1084 4 I 20 D o. do. fi Ex, lO 11 IIP ~ . 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 19 •i 0 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds all 69 71 100 Do. no. deferred all 52 55 100 DO. 2d Pref. Bonus all 62 65 100 Do. do. defers ed all 45 48 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred. _.. • 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto .1c..• all 23 24 100 Do. cto. deferred all 20 23 stock Gt.lncharenm.gua.sp.c lOO 118 109 1081 20 Do. New gua. s p.c . • • 12 1 lsi 20 Do. January, 1882 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim) guara nteed 5 per cent. 100 107 ICB 108 204 Gt. W. 01 Canada Shares all ;04 11 8410 f 204 Do. New .. ....... . 18 1 0 94;; 100 Do. 6 p.c. '7 3 with' t o p t. all 95 98 100 Do. 54 p. a. do. '77-8.. . all 90 12 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 ;1(.8 P stock Madras guar., 5p.0. 100 107 s tock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 1 100 01 102 s tock Dc. 4/. do.. • • 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stock Melb•Corp. Bp. o. Bud., 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 55 57 100 Do. 7p. c. 51ortg. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswick&Canch, Class A and B all 3 6 N.Rl.C'daB pc Ist )1 bds 100 83 55 stock Scinde .. • • ...... (100 1074 1081 . t 5 Do. Delhi .. ...... • 4.: 1 100 107 108 ' t Do. do .. ' td . „z 2 i ip 20 Do. Punjaub .... re e: 1 all p st Do. Do. .. •• .... , f i. g. . lOu 107 1 1 8 stock Do. Indus• St. Flo.) 0.0 1 ; 103 105 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Lan.Gov. p.c.J a&J ut) 1877-St . . 109 103 105 1031 • Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au;_ • 100 1( 2 'O4 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 105 107 • Do. Ep. a. Jan.&July. 100 95 96 • Do. 5 bed Inscri stock 100 94 96 • 'Cape G.l.lope, p 6,18 n 100 108 110 Do.Ap dz. Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1891 100 11 3 115 • , Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 112 115 • :Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 11 • N a itius 6 per cent lOO 106 107 • Natal Guy. 6 per cent 100 1 10 112 • I N.Lt.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&Jul) 100 t 054 1e64 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Goy. by ?..,180t 100 1004 101 i • Do. sp. c.,18r tto 1;.:7f 100 1014 1021 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdfr 100 1014 1024 1021 1 . New Zealand 6 p cent. 10 0 /10 112 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875 lOO 105 106 - 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1 0 112 - lb. Aus G5p.c.1878.6t up lOO 1/0 112 . .17tc.Gov. 0 p.c. Ja.StJuly 100 107 109 - Do. to 6 p.c. An.&Oct.. 100 1124 1131 1131 113 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id 1 —..... Ninlord Amalgamated 30 32 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist , 1 550 n7O East Bassett (Illoganl 30 79 81 1 East Clog, , au Gold Ltd 52. Id tar East Caradon ..... 114 ., 28 30 --East Cara Brea.... ... 3.4.(. 75 8 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk , 8.6.6 3t 31 Gram.d;St.AuDyn(Gwen ) .8 7 10 Great South Tolgus 17s 35 31 G. Wheal Vor (Reif:ton 40 61 75 Grenville 1.16. , 65 61 Remd's- Foot ....... ..• tlingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 2 Lady Berths. Ilfargaret (tiny Lelant. 9k 32 31 1.3.0 51 65 C l ar ke Valley.. ..*. . 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 25 It 2 0 New Setun N or th Downs .. . N.Wh'i Basset(lllo‘au 2.17. t 21 35 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey; 15 4 5 20 Vrovidence (Uny Lelnt ) 10.6.7 i 0 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer; It 415 425 S. Camn Brea (Illor,an).. 5.15.6 15 21 S.W heal Fran. (Mogan, 18.1.9 725 ,74 Stray Park ............ 28.9. 39 41 5 $ Lamar Silv.,k Lead Pilin. 45 1 i fin Crort .............. 9 215 225 ' West Basset (Illogan).. 15 115 125 WC: radon (Liskeard) 5 22 24 475 235 245 'West Satan ... .. ...an) 5t 60 65 • .. IWheal Basset (Mog ‘Theal Buller (Itedrutli) 5 15 5 0 Wheal Kitty(l.l.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLttd. ott ....... 2.10.8 21 3 -- Wheal Mary Ann ?Men.) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton ....... .. . 585 220 230 -1., heal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 15 17 Wheal Uni0n.......... 3.17 3i PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1, 1111 rd., 5 M anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln , 6 per c en t ., Manchester,pta. a a a r N s ES Buxton, FFa E on A cß i S asE E cno: D G( 1 iN A m r . I I Matlock,F l X 4ED RENTALS. 20 oyal Swedish San Paulo ;lieu,),' Ditto glia. 7 per cent Ag ., ul 9 La : V7 Al:eirSce'llt" T„,, 0 (Eta), 22k 1 ...01 min Savona, 21 wfrgES. FOREIGN United Mexican (WILL 6a & gra an JOINT-STOCK BANKS' d lJnited Servic) iperia JOttoman, 18 / e ( lira. , 121 L m ondo n oi nt btock, :+5 London and Westminster, 78i DOCKS. „..2) -.24 ...29 ....30 London, Gli Bombay Gas, MI SCELLANEOUS. G limited 2 / en. er(dit and 1. of London. inane, : Rm. , 3 Hudson a Bay, 2i London Gen, rm. Omnibus Company aim.), 11 I Peninsula and thiental 6 tearn, 78; RES FOR 1863. L OAM Stockton Oxford Lichfield Wordsley ........... Brecon ....... Richmond ............. Monmouth ....... Manchester Autumn. Newmarket Ist Oct. • Edinburgh, &c. Club. I BE R. Lincoln Autunin ........ 2 1 Kelso ................. 2 Gloucester ........... .. . 22 Newmarket Houghton 26 NoVEnBER* RACING PIXT' Am Reading Wenlock ..............14 York August ..........18 Plymouth ....20 SEPT. Devon and Exeter 1 Derby Summer Weymouth Kings Lynn .. Warwick 10 Leicester .... Doncaster OCT Coventry .............. 6 Bedford ................ Caledonian limit 7 vrraarket S. Q c . ....... 12 'Worcester 3 Shrewsbury IRISH. TENDER. Curragh ..... l Carlow ........ Jenkiwcown Park 23 Listow e ................ *2l Ctir rao OCTOBBIt. 20 t t t ttt ttttt tip,/ POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. INCAUTIOUS CONDUCT.—Marianne Masset, a French woman, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a watch and tilt en gold chains of the value of £l5 the property of M. Louis Ferry (trading in the house of Gibus) hatter, 16, Coventry-street. As well as our reporter could make out the case, the whole of the evidence and proceedings being in French, and no interpreter being called upon, it appeared that the pro secutor on Monday last having dined out and drank rather freely, met the prisoner and another female on his way home and took them home with him. The females left some time after, and the next morning prosecutor missed his watch and three chains of the value of £l5. Last evening he met the prisoner and gave her into custody, when she acknowledged to taking one chain, and the other female, who was not given into custody, stated that the prisoner had told her that she had sold the chain to a small jeweller in Great Pulteney-street for £l. The prisoner was remanded till this day week, Mr. Knox offering, however, to take bail in the sum of £5 for her ap pearance that day. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1563., THE NEW MEXICAN EMPIRE, The statement that the Mexican Empire, when reconstituted, is to arrange to pay to France within six years the cost of the war, and also the sums owing to private creditors, is probably merely the expression of a natural surmise. If it shall prove that France has succeeded in bringing the country to a state of order that will admit of its magnificent resources being developed, she will certainly be en titled to expect that the cost of that work—in which the commerce of the world is interested—should be repaid within a reasonable period, and six years must be regarded as a liberal construction of what is reasonable in such a case. With regard to the sums due to private French creditors, curiosity will be felt as to their nature and amount, in the face of the reports current as to the character of the Jecker claims ; while it is impossible also that some of the brigands who have each hitherto under the title of •' General" ravaged the country in the cause of the ecclesiastical party, and who have lately co operated with the French, may attempt to obtain heavy amounts by putting forward Frenchmen in their name. But all these matters will doubtless be brought by the French Government within the most moderate limits compatible with the peculiar bar gains in which they may have had their origin. The point to be kept in view in relation to the pecu niary claims in which Englishmen are interested is that there can, in justice, be no priority of payment to the creditors of any nationality. Every one must share, pro rata, and if the revenue of the country is unequal to the annual claims upon it either a loan must be raised to make 1113 what is wanted, or a percentage of the deficiency must be submitted to by all. With reference to the bond holders, indeed, this construction of the equity of the case concedes too much. Their lien upon the Customs is of course indefensible, but it has been too frequently the habit to speak of their claims as if they ought to be satisfied with the rigid payment of those (hem, whether the amount might be suffi • cient or otherwise to meet the interest accruing. Instead of this being the case, they hold a primary mortgage upon all the territory of the State, and are also, from the default of the Mexican Govern ment, by the non-fulfilment punctually of the last conversion, entitled to revert to the original rate of 5 per cent. at which the debt was contracted. Apart from a satisfactory settlement of the arrears of divi dend, they have also the right to exact immediate restitution of the £lOO,OOO cash stolen in 1861 from the British Legation, and which it may be supposed will necessarily be a preliminary of any recognition by England of the new order of affairs. As to the right of the French Government to reduce the Customs tariff, which is asserted in some quarters to be anaturel consequence of their stepping into the functions of the Mexican Government, the question is one that cannot be touched to the disadvantage of the bondholders. When the lien on the customs was given to the bondholders as security it was cal culated to yield a certain annual sum, and although the bondholders would have had no title to com plain if that sum should, through decay of trade or other casual circumstance, fail to be realised, they can insist that, if an alteration be made by the Go vernment to lessen the security thus hypothecated to them, the Government, unless the consent of the bondholders shall have been previously ob (Alined, are bound to provide some new security to make up a value equal to the difference they have thus occasioned. Under any other view, it is obvious that an hypothecation of customs does or any other sources of revenue would be worthless, since a State might hand them over to credulous creditors one day and repeal them en tirely on the next. On all these points, however, the course of the French Government is likely to be perfectly consistent with generally understood prin ciples. On public pecuniary matters there has never yet been any ground to question the liberality or good faith of the Emperor Napoleon, and the Mexican bondholders, who consist not merely of Eoglishmeu but of people of all nations, will pro bably be willing to facilitate the task of reconstruc tion now in hand, by manifesting confidence and a desire to prevent embarrassment by meeting as far possible all suggestions that may contribute to the common object. —limes' City Article. MR. ALEXANDER SMITH, in his new volume 01 poetical prose, called " Dreamthorp," has the fol. lowing charming reverie on visiting the old castle and shape] alluded to as being, perhaps, to a stranger, the points of attraction in Dreamthorp. Back from the houses is the lake, on the green sloping banks of which, with broken windows and tombs, the ruins stand. As it is noon, and the weather is warm, let us go and sit on a turret. Here, on these very steps, as old ballads tell, a queen sat once, day after day, looking southward for the light of returning spears. I bethink me that yesterday, no further gone, I went to visit a consumptive shoemaker ; seated here I can single out his very house, nay, the very window of the room in which he is lying. On that straw roof might the raven alight and flap his sable wings. There, at this moment, is the su preme tragedy being enacted. A woman is weeping there, and liftle children are looking on with a sore bewilderment. Before nightfall the poor peaked face of the bowed artisan will have gathered its ineffable peace, and the widow will be led away from the bedside by the tenderness of neigh bours, and the cries of the orphan brood will be stilled. And yet this present indubitable suffering and loss does not touch me like the sorrow of the woman of the ballad, the phantom probably of a minstrel's brain. The shoemaker will be forgotten—l shall be forgotten; and long after visitors will sit here and look out on the landscape and murmur the simple lines. Bui why do death and dying obtrude themselves at the present moment? On the turret opposite, about the distance of a gunshot, is as pretty a sight as eye could wish to see. Two yuung people, strangers apparently, have come to visit the ruin. _ Neither the ballad queen, nor the shoemaker down yonder, whose respirations are getting shorter and shorter, touches them in the least. They are merry and happy and the graybeard turret has not the heart to thrust a foolish moral upon them. They would not thank him if he did, I daresay. Perhaps they could not under s' and him. Time enough 1 Twenty years hence they will be able to sit down at his wet, and count griete with him, and tell him tale for tale. Human hearts get ruinous in so much less time than stone walls and towers. See, the young man has thrown himself down at the girl's feet on a little space of grass. In her scarlet cloak she looks like a blossom springing out of a crevice on the ruined steps. He gives her a flower, and she bows her face down over it almost to her knees. What did the flower say ? Is it to hide a blush? He looks delighted; and I almost fancy I see a proud colour on his brow. As I. gaze, these young people make me a perfect idyl. The generous, un grudging sun, the m3lanoholy ruin, decked, like mad Lear, with the fl ewers and ivies of forgetfulness and grief, and between them, sweet and evanescent, human truth and love I THE CASE OF MRS. M`LACTILAN.-official docu , meats have been published respecting the statements of the convict Jessie M'Lachlan. One of them relates to an interview between the prisoner and her agent on the 19th of June, in the presence of the Governor of the General Prison at Perth, where M‘Lachlau is confined. In the course of that interview the prisoner positively denied a conversation that she had previously had with her agent, in whioli she spoke of laudanum. When asked whether MI. Fleming was the guilty person, she said that "he did the act." On the following morning, the 20th, she ex pressed a wish to know why she had been questioned on the day before, and then told the Governor that she had spoken of laudanum to her agent. She had told him that she knew no mere of the murder than if he had placed a glass of laudanum " foreanent" her. Another document is a note by Miss Hislop, the scripture reader of the prison, of a conversation held by her with the prisoner. Miss Hislop says :—" I had visited the prisoner several times in my official capacity, but had never once alluded to her crime, but had spoken to her as I do to other prisoners, as being a lost sinner in the sight of God, On this occasion she referred to the crime with which she was charged, sne said her case was a very sad one. I said to her, 'You will have noticed that in all my dealings with you I have cam fully avoided speaking to you of your crime; but since you have mentioned it )ourself I shall let you know my mind on the subject. I believe you to be the guilty person, and to me you seem to have acted as a guilty person throughout. You have been guilty of a deed for which you ought to have been hanged, as God has never repealed that law he gave, that blood should answer for blood, but by a very mysterious providence your life has been spared, and I would beseech you to make early and earnest application to Him whose blood cleanseth from all sin. She looked at me and said, 'Well, Aliss Ilislop, I am obliged to you for your honesty,' She sat silent for a minut e or so after this and then she said, I had as little thought of it h a lf an hour before I left my own house as you have at this moment.' I said I believed it was not a premeditated thing, but that one sin had led to soother till the deed w as committed. She said, I feel somet imes if as I could go through these s pri prison walls. I often th ink my mind will give wa began to tell me abo ut going out for some spirity, h s . tha s tni Fleming. I stopped he r , and ht at the request e over it, Sheed it was no use going it, as nothing she could say would alter about f t ter my opinion u it.' She immediately added, but Fleming is not a good man.' I said don't say he i s a - good man, but I believe him to in innocent of that crimes' WESTMINSTER. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT AT A TAVERN.—Patrick Malo ney, one of the Sappers and Miners, and Joseph Bowman, were charged with creating a great disturbance at the Duke of York tavern, N auxhall-bridge-road, assaulting the land. lord, some workmen who were employed there, and endea ♦oured to throttle a policeman. Mr. Peter Otguad, the proprietor of the tavern, said the defendants came to his house yesterday afternoon and went into the taproom. After a short time they began interfer ing with some workmen who were engaged in erecting a cistern, and the men appealed to him (complainant) for protection. He no sooner interfered in their behalf than one of the defendants struck him, and the other attempted to do so. he police were called, when Bowman, seizing him by the throat, nearly strangled him. After a great deal of persuasion and some force, they were got out of the house, and it was thought that there was an end to the matter, but they returned, renewed the disturbance, and put a stop to the business of the house. A plumber, engaged at the house, saidthat he was at work when Maloney suddenly seized him, and dragging him along, inquired whether he could wrestle, and then threw him down. A cripple, who was sitting in the taproom, said that he was seized and invited to wrestle, but was spared when he mentioned his infirmity. A:1 the defendants had to drink in the house was a pint of half-and-half. Joseph Williams, 80 B, said that he was seized so violently by the throat that he became insensible for the moment. _ _ _ W _ Defendants pleaded drunkenness, and entered into a denial of the charges against them, Bowman taking credit to himself for having behaved very well. Mr. Arnold said their conduct Wb.B outrageous and un provoked, and committed them for II days to the House of Correction. THAMES. DEFALCATIONS BY A RATE COLLECTOR.—George Bur rows, aged 59, was brought up on remand before Mr. Part ridge, charged with embezzling £325 Os. 2d., moneys of the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of Bromley, St. Leonard, Middlesex. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, con ducted the prosecution. The prisoner had been rate collector in Bromley for 23 years, and since the passing of Sir Benjamin Hail's Local Management Act, in 1855, has been collector of the poor general, lighting, and sewer rates. He was much respects° in the parish, in which he has carried:on business for nearly 40 years, and brought up a large family. The ratepayers will not be losers by the prisoner's defalcations, for the whole of the loss is made good by the European Assurance Society, with whom the prisoner had effected a policy of assurance, and who guaranteed the parish against all loss which might be occasioned by any irregularities or dishonesty of th prisoner. On the other band the European Assurance Society entered into a condition with the parochial autho rities that in the event of any defalcations on the part of the collector, he should be prosecuted at the expense of the parish. The prisoner returned an unusual number of persons to Mr. Dunstan, the vestry clerk of Bromley, on the 18th of June last, as nor ha ving paid their rates, ana Mr. Dunstan proceeded to make out summonses against them. Before they were issued he requested the prisoner to make out another return of persons who had paid their rates in the interim. Their numbers were so large that Mr. Dunstan's suspicions wero excited ; nearly one half returned on the 18th of June as being defaulters were returned on the 20th June as having paid their rates. Mr. Dunstan then sent for Mr. Burrows, and questioned him. He admitted he was behind in his accounts, and directly afterwards absconded. A reward of £lO was offered for his apprehension by the churchwardens and overseers of Brom ley, and while he was away an offer was made to the Euro pean Assurance Scciety to compromise the matter, which was instantly rejected, and the society, which has guaran teed the fidelity of an immense number of clerks, collectors, and servants in public and private establishmenis, deter mined on a prosecution. The prisoner, is carrying out his frauds, was guilty of great irregularities. He gave receipts for the poor-rate on the printed forms intended as receipts for the general lighting and sewer rates. He re turned the following among numerous other persons who had paid their rates when demanded as defaulters : Denton and Jutsum, £23 17s. 6d. ; Mr. Downam Wood house £l7 13s. 9dd. ; Mr. Peterkin, L 2 16s. 3d. ; and Mr. Richard Toal, 13s. These cases were selected for pro secution. Mr. Dunstan said that the collectors ought to pay the rates as last as they were collected to Messrs Currie and Co., bankers, of Cornhill, the treasurers of the parish. Nw collector was ever allowed to retain more than SIO in his possession. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial, and bail was again accepted. MARIO T S--This Day. MARIE-LANE. Fresh up to this morning's market a fair supply of new home-grown wheat was received, for the most part in fine condition. Milers, generally speaking, operated cautiously, at about Monday's currency. Red wheats realised 44s to 48s ; white, 48s to 538 ; and Talavera, 50s to 56s per quarter. There was a full average supply of wheat on offer, and the demand for all descriptions was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at about previous rates. The supply of barley was very moderate. The demand, however, ruled inactive, but no change took place in the currency. Malt changed hands slowly, at late rates. The supply of oats was somewhat extensive. All descrip tions met a slow sale, and prices were barely supported. Beans and peas were in slow request, yet no change took place in their value. Flour moved off slowly on former terms. The supply of barrels on offer was tolerably large. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English...... 1,010 10 I 1,910 1 120 280 1ri5..... h.. — ... 5,090 980 I -- 2 1 8 ,5 5T0 L1d2,1282-0 sacks BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is very moderate, and is chiefly confined to immediate wants. In prices, how ever, we have no change to report, The accounts from the plantations are, in several instances, favourable ; but, en poor soils, the crop will certainly be light. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is very moderate, and the trade rules firm at our quotations. ...25 ~..25 ~..27 ...31 Per 81b, by the carcase. d s d Ficlad Inferior beef .. 3 2 3 6 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Middling do. .. 3 8 3 10 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 yea 3 8 4 4 Do. small d 0... 40 4 2 Small pork 42 4 6 Large pork .... 3 4 3 10 Lamb .. 4 6 5 6 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 COLONIAL. TEA.--The market has been quiet, and prices have re mained with out c h ange of importance. Common congou S quoted 13d per lb. SUGAR.—A fair amount of business has been done in West India, and good grocery descriptions have realised full rates. In the refined market the demand for dried goods has been more active. COFFEE.—The operations in colonial qualities have been to an average exte n t. P lantation Ceylon has hilly sus tained precious quotations. RlCE.—Business has been dull, and there is no material alteration to report in values. TALLOW.—The market has been depressed for both pre sent future delivery. P.Y. C. on the spot is quoted 435, aLld and la three months, 45s to 45s 3d per cwt. at ot yiet, being and has THE THAMES EMBANKMENT is, prepared e thetropolitan requisiteH poaorwders, takenheena i t n l length armed Th ewitihesupplied with the needful funds, and Mr. Bazalgette having his plans and drawings, contractors are invited to to forward and tender for so much of the emoanktuent as lies between Westminster and 'Waterloo bridges, on the north side of the river. THE NATIONAL SHAKsPEARE COMMITTEE, the Atheneum informs us, is rapidly increasing i n strength. Air. Alfred Tennyson has accepted office as a Viee.President, and Sir Richardblem Kirby, C.B„ as one of the en and gentlemen have Treasurers. The following no The Duke of Cleve l an d , been added to the committee :—. Lord Houghton. Sir David Brewster, Al. Louis Gallait, Prof. Dingelstedt, the Rev. Henry Allen, Mr. Alderman Salornons, M.P., S. A. Hart, Esq., R. A., G. A. Sala, Esq., G eorge Dawson, M.A., J. L. Toole, Esq., and others. The y cirgarLization is extending into th e country, the colonies, and foreign lands. Our great prov incial towns should be stirring in this ma tt er . We have not yet h eard of any movement Manchester i n the ,in newspapers. Liverpool, aG,ll:goo:cobne: ond a few in letters temporary, will volunteer to begin ? THE TWELFTH, CRIEFF.—The shooting season opened under the most favourable circumstances. The morning was bright, clear, and frosty, and immediately after day break both hill and dale reverberated with the almost incessant discharge of guns. About 10 o'clock, how ever, the wind began to blow in strong gusts at in tervals, which continued the whole day, and ope rated in a great measure against successful shooting, and more especically on the hill tops. The Hon. J. C. Dun das was out on the Corriemuckloch Moors; Messrs. Lascellas and Oliver at Auchnafree ; Mr. George P. Gunnis and party at Fendsch ; Sir Hugh Hume Campbell at Monzie, which is among the best moors of Perthshire ; Messrs. Lumsden and Muir tested the best runs of Glenturret ; Mr. Walker and party were out at Lochearnhead ; and the Hon. Gilbert Heathcote, M.P., and Col. Tyrwhitt, on the Drummond Castle grounds. The sport generally was good, and seldom have grouse been so strong, healthy, and wild so early in the season, for the coveys rose at a great diitance, and were difficult to get within shot of. The boxes and hampers of game sent from the railway station to the south on Wed nesday aftern on were not so numerous as in some previous years, but the birds were never seen in better condition. The Hon. Gilbert Heathcote, M.P., shot, a few days ago, a fine fallow deer in the parks of Drummond Castle, and enjoyed good sport at wild duck shooting on Tuesday. The recent rains and warm weather have improved the broods of partridges, which are abundant on the hillsides and low-lying farms; and, in consequence of harvest being much earlier than last year, there never were better prospects of good partridge shooting. In the forests of Turlem and Glenartney deer are swarm ing, and in splendid condition, and royal heads pro mise to be unusually numerous this season. In ad dition to the sportsmen already arrived at Drum mond Castle, Earl Sefton and several others are expected. The whole of the extensive shooting grounds belonging to the Right Hon. Lord Wil loughby de Eresby will afford excellent sport this season. AUCIITERARDER.—The morning of the Twelfth dawned most auspiciously for the sportsman, the weather being most delightful. There was rather a severe frost during the night, which made the scent lie strong, and a gentle breeze which rose with daylight gave the dogs a wide range. A number of sportsmen were early out, and made good bags, the rsturns being from 15 to 25 brace to each gun, which is nearly double of what was killed last year. The result of this day's sport has generally exceeded expectations, and sportsmen find that there will re quire to be no delay as last year in consequence of the birds not being full sized. The birds are found not so wild as was anticipated, and much more easily approached than in former years. The fashion which used to prevail in favour of a heavy bag on the Twelfth has greatly abated, and on the lower Perthshire moors sportsmen content them selves with a moderate use of their guns. Most of the best moors on the Oclaill range have not yet been opened, and will not likely be so till the 20th. A CROCODILE HUNT. As we approached the river banks, a large crocodile hove in sight, floating down the stream like a log of wood. Our position was most favourable to send an arrow rattling through his scales, and my young Nimrod lost no time in improving the opportunity. Stepping a few paces in ad- Vacs, and bending gracefully over the precipice, he let fly at the reptile's head his slender,yellow reed, .?or eleracion, viz., shooting the arrow up into the air at an angle of 45, which, causes it to descend with great force upon the object, after describing an arc of a circle in the manner of a bomb-shell, Although the distance was fully 300 paces,the arrow struck the mark with the precision of a rifle ball. A violent plunge of the huge reptile was my first intimation that the trial had been successful, and in a moment after I perceived the golden reed, now attached to him, skimming swiftly over the water. We hastened for the canoe, and immediately gave chase up the stream, as the crocodile had taken that direction. We were rapidly gaining upon him, when alarmed at the sound of the paddles, he sunk in very deep water, as was indicated by the reed. This circumstance rendered it impossible to employ our harpoon. We tried in vain to start him; he stuck to the muddy bottom, whence neither pulls nor curses could move him. We hoped that in time he would come to the surface to breathe, and then we might strike him with a harpoon; but in this we were equally disappointed. After waiting for him two hours, we gave him up, along with the arrow head sticking in his own. I made various other attempts to secure a ape• cimen, but with no better result, as the river was yet too high to sound for them. While in tt►is place, I was told several incidents in relation to the cunning and instinct of these saurians, one of which appeared to me most remark. able in an animal of the reptile tribe. The ferryman here possessed at one time a great many goats. One day, he per ceived that several of them had disappeared, and not being able to account for it in any other way, he at once laid the blame on the hated crocodiles, although these creatures sel- dom carry their attacks beyond their own elemem. His sus . . picions, he discovered in the end, were well founded, having witnessed the destruction of one of his goats in a very sin- gular manner. It appears that a crocodile had in some mys terious way discovered that goats delight in jumping from place to place, but more especially from rocks or mounds. Rocks, however, being rather scarce in the country, their treacherous enemy undertook to gratify their taste for this innocent pastime, and at the same time cater to his own. Approaching the water's edge to within a few feet from the bank, he swelled out his back in such a manner as gave it the appearance of a small island or promontory. The stupid goats preceiving this, varied their gambols by jump ing from the secure places on shore upon the seeming island, which they, however, never reached, for the croco dile, tossing up his head at the right instant, received them into his open jaws, and swallowed them without difficulty. . . . No person can venture near the water without danger from their attacks, being so treacherous that they approach their intended victim near enough to strike him with their powerful tails before he is even aware of their proximity. The bubbling sound of a gourd being filled in the water by some imprudent person specially attracts them. To obviate this danger, a calabash bowl, with a long wooden handle, is usually employed for the purpose; yet even this is not unfrequontly snatched from the hands of the water-carrier. If by accident a human being falls a prey to this tyrant of the river, the reptile is then calla cebado, which appellation implies everything that is bold, ferocious, and treacherous in an animal of the species, as from that time they not only waylay persons, but fellow them in the canoes, in hopes of again securing this dainty morsel. There are, however, men bold enough to meet the enemy face to face in his own element, The man who makes up his mind to this encounter is well aware that this must be a conflict to the death for one of the an tagonists. The ferryman related to us a feat of gallantry worthy of a better cause, performed here by a Llanero with one of these monsters. The man was on his way to San Jaime on a pressing errand. Being in haste to get there the same day, he would not wait for the canoe to be brought to him, but prepared to swim across, assisted by his horse. lie had already secured his saddle and clothes upon his head, as is usual upon smiler occasions, when the ferryman cried out to him to beware of a caitnan cebado, then lurking near the pass, urging upon him, at the same time, to wait for the canoe. Scorning this advice, the Llanero replied, with characteristic pride, " Let him come ; I was never yet afraid of man or beast." Then laying aside a part of his ponderous equipment, he placed his two-edged dagger be tween his teeth, and plunged fearlessly into the river. He had not proceeded far when the monster rose, and made quickly towards him. The ferryman crossed himself de voutly, and muttered the holy invocation of .7esus, Maria y Josh ! fearing fcr the life, and above all, for the toll of the imprudent traveller. In the meantime the swimmer con tinued gliding through the water towards the approaching crocodile. Aware of the impossibility of striking his ad versary a mortal blow unless he could reach the armpit, he awaited the moment when the reptile should attack him to throw his saddle at him. This he accomplished so success fully that the crocodile, doubtless imagining it to be some sort of good eating, jumped partly out of the water to catch it. Instantly the Llanero plunged his dagger up to the very hilt in the fatal spot. A hoarse grunt and a tremendous splash showed that the blow was mortal, for the ferocious monster sunk beneath the waves to rise no more. Proud of this achievement, and scorning the tardy assistance of the ferryman, who offered to pick him up in his canoe, he waved his bloody dagger in the air, exclaiming, as he did 80, " Is there no other about here?" and then turning, he swam leisurely back to take his horse across. The cainoero who related this adventure then added, " So delighted was I on that occasion that I killed my fattest hen to treat the man to a good sancocho, for the mina= had devoured all my goats. " — Wild 'Scenes. By Don Ramon Eacz. MEANING OF NAMES AMONG THE GREEKS. —Philip, lover of horny ; Alexander, helper of men; and Arethusa, virtuous; among the Latins Agricola, Husbandman; Valerius, healthy; and Clemens, merciful ; and among the Celtic nations, Howell, lordly; Arthur, great; and Caradoc, beloved. There are plenty of Leonards, Leanders, and Leopolds from the lion ; Everards and Offas, from the boar; Ursulas and Bernardo, from the bear, Latin and Teutonic; Arnolds and Ernests, from the eagle; and Ophelias, nosalinds, and Omara, from the ser pent; to say nothing of the Roses, Violets, Margarets,and Pearls, named from flowers and ge ms. Ishmael means heard of God; Artemidorus, gift of -4rtenius ; Jovianus, belay Trig to juP;4O. Thorgilel ; and Gcrdiva, gift of ed, THE BAD EARL. On the 84th of May, 1784, he was raised to the titles of Baron Lowther, Kendal, and Burgh (the latter title derived from a place in Cumberland), Viscount Lonsdale and Lowther, and Earl of Lone dale; and on October 10th, 1797, he was created Baron and Viscount Lowther of Whitehaven, with a collateral remainder of these titles to the heirs male of the body of his cousin, the Rev. Sir Wm. Lowther, of Swillington, Baronet. In 1761 he married a daughter of the celebrated Earl of Bute, the favourite of George mother, and died May 24, 1802, without issue. In him the Low ther peculiarities culminated in an eccentricity which almost approached to madness. Of a gloomy and morose disposition, full of evil tempers and great ideas, he was known throughout Westmoreland and Cum berland as the "Bad Earl." De Quinceyrelates how he used to drive through small towns in which every face was grave from dread of his oppressive temper, and the people of his estates felt his arrival as those of a guilty town might feel that of an exe cutioner. He used to exhibit his contempt for form by driving about in an old neglected carriage with untrimmed horses, and allowing droves of wild horses to thunder about his park. He seldom went to London, but even there his haughty temper displayed itself, and he actually left an estate to his successor as a re ward for standing as second in a duel no one else would take up. His carriage had been stopped by an cfficer in command of a party ap pointed to keep Piccadilly clear for the atten dants on a great levee, and he actually challenged the officer, who insisted on doing his duty in spite of the remonstrant's rank. There was, however, a sentimental side to the character of this gloomy earl. "He loved with passionate fervour a fine young woman, of humble parentage, in a Cumberland farmhouse. Her he had persuaded to leave her father, and put herself under his protection. Whilst yet young and beau tiful she died; Lord Lonsdale's sorrow was pro found—he caused her to ba embalmed, a glass was placed over her features," and at intervals he paid visits to " this sad memorial of his former happi ness." He resisted the payment of all bills on principle, nearly ruining the Wordsworths, among others, and the first task of his successor was to remedy the many acts of injustice of which his cousin's half-lunatic, half-imperial mind—the man offered to give and maintain a seventy-four for a war which he disapproved—had induced him to commit. The memoirs of his day are full of the strange acts of the Bad Earl.—The Spectator's paper on " The Lowthers." AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 13. The Great Eastern arrived here at 6 a.m. R le embarked passengers and the latest telegrams and proceeded for New York at 2.30 p.m. all well, Weather fine. The West India, Central America, and Pacific Mails, SOUTHAMPTON, AUG. 13. The Royal Mail steamship Seine, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 115 passen gers, 1,168,560 dole. in specie, and a cargo of 2,000 packages. The hostilities between the States of Guatemala and Nicaragua, on one side, and Salvador and Hon duras, on the other, were approaching a conclusion, through the success of the former States. General Carrera, President of Guatemala, at last accounts, had possession of Santa Anna and Son sonate, chief towns of Salvador. The overthrow of President Burros, of Salvador, is also announced. Chili and Bolivia were preparing to fight for possession of the Megillones rocks and the Ataca nia desert. Trade in Chili was quiet. The news from the West Indian Islands is unim portant. Bank of England Return —Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to . the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the wee k ending on Wednesday, the 12th day of Augubt, 163 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. 'Antes issued .......£28,824,020 Government Debt L 11,015 ICO Other Securities .. 3.634 ' . 1fr00 6 old Coin St Bullion 14,1749'4 ` Silver Bullion .... ___.' --- X 28,824,920 £28,824,920 33A1 4 1HENG DEPARTMENT. eroprietors' Capi- Government Scen tal £14.553,0001 rides (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nutty) £11,0F8,426 eluding Exche- Other Securities 17,172,407 I quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver 1:355,803 missioners of Na- Coln tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 5,574,863 Other Deposits 13,578,338 Seven Day and other Bills 676,083 August 13,1863. £37,990,537 M. : X 37.990,637 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON Aug. 14.—Wind at Noon, S.-E.; moderate ) and very fine. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived—Flora, from Odense; Viard, from Sundswall; Providence. from Dram • Albion, from ,Gefle ; Fumf broders from Carolinstiel ; Coquette, from Riga. steamer, for Bilboa ; Sir Robert Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—John Bull, for Quebec : Lamonella, for Ben. muda ; Medusa, for East Loudon; Norma, screw steamer, for Genoa—all from London. Anchored—Vriendship, Dutch barque, from West, for East. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE NESS SALMON FISHINGS.—The Inverness Courier recores a strange scene which occurred a few days ago at the Ness salmon fisheries :—" Literally hundreds of fish came surging up in shoals, and wriggled with difficulty over the fords. Troops of excited boys lunged after them through the shallows, pelting them, driving them back, and causing dire consternation among the poor fish. On the ford below Holm Mills a monster salmon showed himself leading up a great shoal of lesser fish. His dimensions as he splashed about in the shallow water, turning on his deep silvery side to lessen the difficulty of findik.g water, could not escape notice, and two or three lads rushed into the water to give chase. The monarch tried hard to effect the ascent, and his scaly followers for a moment re- mained quiet to watch the result. But the enemy was too active and too formidable—he turned tail and floundered away down the stream, never halting until he found him- self safe in Macintyre's Pool. His flock was scattered, some rushing to the right and some to the left, the greater part finding their way upwards, but many re turning to the safe haven which they had so recently left. The strange fact is that all this time the river had not undergone the slightest change. It was lower and clearer than it has been almost in the memory of man; not a drop of rain had fallen for weeks. But a change was im pending, and we presume that the salmon knew it. Within 4 hours thunder showers were pouring down torrents on hills of Glengarry and Lochness, and no doubt the fish were impatient for the slightest hint or premonition that up stream there would shortly be water enough to cevu their nakedness." THE DEAD ALIVE.—The ligaro-Programme re lates that M. Clair-Benie, who formerly played the part of the Monstre at the Ambigu. and who has been of late residing at AsniZ;res, fell ill last week, and to all ap pearance died, a fact which was legally attested with all the due form. The day of the interment arrived, and when the pergolas who placed the corpse in the coffin were about to perform that duty, they were astonished to hear a deep sigh proceed from the body, followed by the words —" Ah mon Dieu I" M. Clair-Beni6.had awakened from a lethargy, and is now getting better. DUBLIN BAY AND THE CHANNEL FLEET.—AU Irish correspondent sends us the following :—lt would be only fair that the fleet which was anchored seve ral days in the roadstead of the Forth, giving such enjoy ment to the Scotch metropolis and Leith, should visit Dub lin Bay and Kingston, the artificial harbour being able to hold all except the Warrior and Black Prince, which could safely anchor in the Bay. Surely the Irish and the Irish metropolis are deserving of the same courtesy from the Admiralty. The fleet should visit Berry, Beltest, Dublin, and Cork. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO UPSET A RAILWAY TRAIN.—On Tuesday night last a diabolical attempt was made to upset a passenger train on the North Kent R a il wa y, between the Woolwich Dockyard and Royal Arsenal Stations. It appears that the passenger train leaving London-bridse Station at 10 p.m. proceeded as usual until its arrival at a spot about midway between the two Woolwich stations and the rear of the houses in Puwis-street. A severe shock was here felt, end the con cussion was so great that in several cases crockery ware, e ce., was thrown off shelves in the houses ad jacent. Much alarm prevailed, and it was at first thought that the engine had left the line, but, found r, whicht have had been evi dently f or tunately, it continu e d it s progress in safety. On subse quent examination r a os la t r o g t e formed the apigeacet of 2 o timber, placed across the metals, but, fortunately, it was completely severed by the wheels of the locomotive, otherwise a fearful accident might have resulted. Inspector Linnell, of the R. police division has taken prompt measures to obtein a clue to the offender. IRISH EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.—We observe that large numbers are still leaving this country for Ame rica, notwithstanding the disturbed state of society beyond the Atlantic. The opening of the Galway line, it is thought, will give a great impetus to emigration, while the reduction in the fares of the Cunard line has tempted many to leave the old country and try their fortunes elsewhere, Western Star. CORONERS' REVELATIONS.—Daring the last year 20,591 inquests were held in England-14,198 on males and 643 on females. There were 221 verdicts of murder; 207 of manslaughter; 1,284 of suicide; 2,429 of found dead ; 157 of death ftom want, cold, and exposure. 6,002 inquests were held cn children under seven years of age, and of these 1,107 were on illegitimate children; 3,239 inquests were held on children not more than a year old, of whom 859 were illegitimate. Verd.cts of wiltul murder were returned in 124 inquests, more than half of which related to children. A FEMALE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL.—" Among the Mexican prisoners who have arrived in France," says the Siecle, "is ono particularly worthy of notice—a young Indian female, aged 23, who was lieutenant-colonel in the regiment of Zacatecas. She has in the space of seven years gained all her grades at the point of the sword. When her husband was called on to serve, she followed the army, and having distinguished herself in battle received the rank of sub-lieutenant, Her husband was killed in the • affair of Guadeloupe, on the SthMay, 1862, and her bravery on that occasion obtained her the rank of second in com mand of a regiment, at the head of which she rendered her• self conspicuous in the defence of Puebla. She was most expert in the use of the sword, and her soldiers almost con ordered her as a supernatural being. After the surrender of Puebla, she was taken to Vera Cruz, and arrived at Brest on board the Rhone transport. Her order for em barcation stated her rank, and gave her a right to a seat at the table of the superior officers. She possesses a pleasing physiognomy, but her manners are rather masculine." STATISTICS OF DRUNKENNESS.--la the year end, ing at Michaelmas last 94,908 persons-260 a day --were proceeded against before justices in England for drunkenness, or for being drunk and disorderly, and 63,255 of them were convicted. The great "majority were only hued, but above 7,000 were committed to prison. The re turns show a great increase ever the previous year, for only 82,196 were then charged with drunkenness, and only 51,123 convicted. Of the persons thus charged in the last year 22,560 were females, and more than 10,000 women were convicted for being drunk. Coroners' inquests in the year 1862 found 211 verdicts of deaths from exce;,t)i drinkips-115 zu:a and 66 women thus ended their de:',o, The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about / per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per Ll sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 123 17s. WO. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. .13y advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 5-10 the per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. THE Kreuz Zeitung is described by the Spectator as the largest-sized of all Berlin newspapers, being of about the same shape as the London Observer, and printed on better material than all the rest of its contem poraries. It has also the advantage over them in paint of literature, being at this moment the most readable journal in tho kingdom. Though high conservative, its tone is of the most lively, and there are flashes of humour in it worthy of Punch. At present it is the only Zeitung which indulges in the luxury of political leader a, which, if they are not distinguished for elt gance of style, deserve praise for brevity of diction. The .Kreuz Zeitung approves of the doings of Herr von Bismark; but by no means fawns upon the r re miel,but merely patronises him with an air of benign grace. It is easy to read between the lines of every number the ever recurring phrase, " You, Bismark, are intrinsically a fool, a mere Landjunker, anl a tool of that parvenu Napoleon ; but we will make use of you to the best of our power, and while doing so will .at you on the back," The following is a sample in the best manner of the Kreuz Zeitung, being the concluding part of a leader on the Polish war of inde pendence which appeared last Sunday :—" The struggle in Poland is but a repetition of the old battle fought in the valley of Rephidim. He will be the conqueror in whose favour hands are uplifted by Aaron and Hur ; he who fights with holy arms for holy goods." See Exodus, c. 17. The Kreuz Zeitung is fond of quoting Scripture, and more than once has compared Napoleon 111. to Amalek. With regard to the wine supply and the vintage of the present year, it appears from a communica tion from a well-informed correspondent that the sanguine expectations of an abundant vintage, which the spring gave promise of, are doomed to disappointment as regards some of our principal wine sources, from the long continu ance of scorching heats ; these have been perhaps the most severe in Spain. The report from Xerez de le. Frontrera is, that "the scarcity of rain since the spring and some strokes of oidium have much crimpled and paralysed the growth of the fruit; and again, the constancy of Afri ca n easterly wind and the intense heat have parched and burned up great quantities, so that the premised abun dance is converted into what can now be but a scanty vint age for 1863." DEMOLITION OF BLACKFRIARS PlM—Yester day morning a large body of workmen commenced the demolition of the steam-boat pier at Blackfriars—one of the most convenient on the Middlesex side of the river— in order to make room for the bridge which the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company are making over . . _ the Thames, and the road which they intend to continue across Ludgato•hill. At the time the men left off work in the evening nearly half the pier was gone, and by the time the present week closes it will have disappeared altogether. Prior to next Spring a new pier will have been erected near the same spot to meet the convenience of steam-boat pas sengers, and to afford a direct communication with. the Farringdon station of the Metropolitan Railway. THE VORACITY OF THE LlKE—as described b) Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell in his recent work called the "Angler-Naturalist" His informant in regard to the following incident being the father of the boy thus attacked by the pike :—" One of my sons, aged fifteen, went with three other boys to bathe in Inglemere Pond, near Ascot race-course, in June, 1856; he walked gently into the water to about the depth of 4 feet, when he spread out his hands to attempt to swim; instantly a large fish came up and took his hand into his mouth at far up as the wrist, but, finding he could not swallow it, relinquished his hold, and the boy, turning round, prepared for a hasty re treat out of the pond ; his companions, who saw it, also scrambled out of the pond as fast as possible. MY \ son had scarcely turned himself round when the fish came up behind him and immediately seized his other hand, crosswise, inflicting some very deep wounds on the back of it; the boy raised his first bitten, and still bleeding, arm, and struck the monster a hard blow on the head, when the fish disappeared. The other boys assisted him to dress, bound up hie hand with their handkerchiefs, and brought him home. We took him down to Mr. Brown, surgeon, who dressed seven wounds in one hand ; and so great was the pain the next day, that the lad fainted twice; the little finger was bitten through the nail, and it was more than six weeks before it was well. The nail came off, and the scar remains to this day, A few days after this occur • ranee, one of the woodmen was walking by the side of the pond, when he saw something white floating. A man, who was passing on horseback, rode in, and found it to be a large pike in a dying state; he twisted his whip round it and brought it to shore. Myself and my son w ere imme diately sent for to look at it, when the boy at once recog nised his antagonist. The fish appeared to have been a long time in the agonies of death, and the body was very lean and curved like a bow. It measured 41 inches, ana died next day, and, I believe, was taken to the Castle at Windsor.' There can be no doubt (Mr. Wright adds) that this fish was in a state of complete starvation.lt well fed, it is probable it might have weighed from 30 to 40 lb." DANGER OF CHILDREN PLAYING WITH LUCIFER MITCILES.—On Wednesday firemen on duty at the Crystal Palace were called to extinguish a fire raging in the grounds of Mr. D. Child, a carman, situate in the lied-road, Gipsy Hill, Upper Norwood. The engines were drawn out of the Palace and taken to the spot, when it was found that some children whilst playing with lucifer matches had set firo to a stack of hay. The firemen, however, managed to confine the fire to only one stack. Mr. Child was not insured. BOAT RACE FOR £3oo.—The pair-oar race be tween Henry Clasper and Geo. Strong and Matthew and James Taylor, carne off on Tuesday, on the Tyne, and was won by the Taylors by four lengths. The stakes were L5O aside, the course from the High Level Bridge to the Mea dows Rouse, a distance of one dud three-quarter miles. The Press of Vienna characterises in severe terms the unwillingness of Prussia to attend at Frankton and signalises that course as a fresh effect of the Unfortunate duality which e.Litts in Germany : " Prussia bisinarkised," it says "is opposed to any federal reform, and with the view of leaving the door open to the restricted Germany-party, King William refutes to be present. How could a President of the Council who deprives his country of the Constitution which it possessed, and who declared that if Austria did Lot withdraw from Germany Prussia would unite with the Emperor Napoleon and thrust her out of doors, reply etherwite to the Aus trian iivittition?''