The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-09 00:00:00

•05.0.0 _ TREAT AL, HAY MARKET. Lessee. Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 45th time , a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE ; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. To be followed by the new Farce, EASY SHAVI N G: Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. HE DUKE'S MOT TO. JL HUNDREII AM) FORTY-EIGHTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. — Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, to commence with an Original 4ketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, iirden, Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter -past Eight, the Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Prologne, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G Jordan, J. Brougn am, H. ~Viddi...ombe, F. Charles, Garden, Raymond, Dawson Misses Carlotta Leclercq. Kate Terry, E. Cayenne, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining. THIS EVENING, the grand new Drama, entitled COURT AND CAMP : Messrs. G. Vining, C. Verner, H. Marston, Belmore, G. Murray. and Warde ; Miss Murray, Miss L. Laidlaw, and Miss Lydia Thompson. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. And followed by A CHARMING PAIR. Mr. Roxby, Mrs Mal ston, and Miss Jones. NET,W TEE AT.RE-R0 YAL, ADELPHL- Sole , Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRISH TIGER. - - After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptat!on of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole. R. Phillips, Stuart, Bilhngton. C. J. Smith; Mrs. Allred Mellon and Miss H. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. ssrs. Toole P. Bedtord, It. Phillips, EJ. bnrne, C. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, My WIFE'S SECOND FLOO R. Mr. Clifton. Followed by WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs. W. H. Swanborough. Parselle, Vol' sire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, Mandel's, and E. Bufton. After which. the Grea t Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE THIRTY-NINE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turn White, er, Danvers, Mesdames A d a Swanborough , Saunders , Button, and Hug hes. Commence at 7. riIHE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,' Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE. NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 9, 1863. TIIERItiONETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock Barometer-30.17. Wind—N.W. ; light, and fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rills DAY. —Morning, Bh. 14m.—Afternoon, Bh. 42m, To-monaow.-Morning, 9h. 17m.—Afternoon, 9h. 53m, ' 4 ,2 1 t o t , , 4, 0 11111,) LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1863. Mr. ROEBUCK'S visit to Fountainebleau was, be yond all question, a mistake. Of all Englishmen, he was one of the very last who ought to have sought an interview with the French EMPEROR. With hardly one iota more of delicacy could the member for Sheffield tarry thus in the anti-chamber of his MAJESTY, uninvited, waiting there the impe rial permission to have an audience with that foreign ruler he had so often reviled, with hardly one iota more of delicacy could Mr. ROEBUCK act thus, than could the member for Bridgewater himself, the scurrilous assailant of NAPOLEON 111., through his so-called History of the War in the Crimea. If Mr. KINGLAKE has written disgraceful personalities about the French EMPEROR, Mr. ROEBUCK has spoken others quite as disgraceful. Without preparing the way for his reception by his Imperial Majesty, by some indication of regret for words of wrath breathed against the EMPEROR, very publicly and very recently, by his Majesty's visitor at Fontaine bleau, Mr. ROEBUCK'S appearance there as a visitor (it is almost needless to say, unasked) was little less, in one very plain phrase, than an imper tinence. The interview itself, therefore, we would insist, was egregiously and obviously a mistake. But a still greater mistake was com mitted afterwards by Mr. ROEBUCK in the very tone and manner with which he related the cir cumstances of that interview to the British House of Commons. Her MAJESTY'S Ministers, many of them, at least, were there listening to him. Amongst them, upon the Treasury bench, sat the hon. gentleman, the Under-Secretary of State for, and, as such, the representative in that House of, the Foreign Department. Yet, in what tone was it that Mr. ROEBUCK, the self-appointed envoy, " most extraordinary," related the particulars of his eccentric mission to the Palace at Fontainebleau? With so arrogant an assumption of importance, that it implied the complete and absolute subor dination to himself, both of the Ministers of the Crown, here in England, and of the noble earl at Paris, Her MAJESTY'S Ambassador to the Court of the Tuileries ! According to Mr. ROEBUCK, he was " authorised" by " the great French ruler to say so-and-so to the House of Commons, in explanation of the opinions and of the policy of his Majesty, in reference to the Confederates. Intimating as plainly as language could possibly intimate anything, that he was simply repeating the very words uttered to himself by the French EMPEROR, Mr. ROEBUCK said, " Tell them that I think this, that, and the other ! Tell them that I have said to you such and such a thing in reference to this delicate and diffi cult question as to the recognition of the Southern States." In other words, " Tell them the House of Commons that I think and speak as I now explain to you, Mr. ROEBUCK ! that I actually do think upon this matter , I—the Emperor of the FRENCH !" Yet scarcely has the mem ber for Sheffield given this exceedingly circumstantial report of the proceedings of his interview with the French EMPEROR, when his Majesty the EMPEROR himself pats forth a positive declaration in the columns of the Moniteur, that during that interview his Majesty never once had authorised Mr. RGEBUCK to influence the opinions of the English House of Commons, in his Majesty's behalf, in any way whatsoever. We look forward with a certain natural, and surely a very reasonable, curiosity, to the explanations Mr. ROEBUCK or Mr. LINDSAY, his companion in the late unhappy expedition, may be prepared to offer, with a view to reconcile in some measure the now apparently quite irreconcilable discrepancies in the statements made, so very recently, here by Mr. ROEBUCK in the House of Commons, there by his Majesty the EM PEROR, in the columns of the Moniteur. Lord RAYNEAM moved the second reading of the Casual Poor Metropolis Bill last night, but unfortunately without success. One advantage obtained by the discussion was, that Mr. GILPIN said that the subject was under the consideration of the Poor Law Board at this moment, and that they were constantly obtaining additional information with regard to it. Lord RAYNHA3I therefore with drew his bill, at the same time expressing an earnest hope that early next session the Poor Law Board would A bring forward bill to effect the obje ct Ii had in view. The principle of Lord EASY' Raw % meamire was an admirable one, He truly stated that, " while it was said that all persons in destitution had a right, in this country, to claim relief, wherever they might be, the parochial authorities were enabled with impunity to violate the provisions of the law; and it appeared that the Poor Law Board could not cope with those authorities, when they refused to administer the relief which they were justly entitled to do." Surely this fact afforded a sufficient basis for the introduction of a new state of things. There is no reader of the Press throughout the country but must be continually shocked and indignant at the recurrence of distress cases being cruelly neglected. Often, indeed, the callous official has refused admittance to the dying, and it has been at the inquest on the unfortunate deceased that the truth has been elicited. Lord RAYNHAM said that in some cases starvation had resulted from the parish authorities neglecting to afford assistance in time. By the provisions of his mea sure the metropolis would be censtituted into one district for the purpose of relieving the casual poor, and the Poor Law Board " would have the power of compelling all Boards of Guardians, overseers, and other officers, by a writ of mandeamisutisntgo carry law. ” into effect the provis ions of the x " Thus," said the noble lord, " th o e o r r e be certainty aa certainty of proper rel ief to the pt d ra ther die in the streets than present many world , avail themselves of the law as it at present stood." One of the clauses provided that separate sleeping accommodation should be given to each person, as at present several of the wards were in a very dis graceful state. Also, another evil in the present system was that admission only took place at certain hours, and therefore the masters of workhouses were enabled to refuse relief in several cases. This he would rectify by arranging that all asylums for the relief of poor persons should be open at all hours day and night, and thtlt every person alleging destitution " should be ipso facto entitled to ad mission." Then, in order to prevent improper per sons taking advantage of the provisions of the bill, he should propose that the authorities might, when they considered it advisable, give to the parties who sought relief a task of work not exceeding eight hours. These arrangements appear very satisfactory, and if this measure had passed into law there would be less suffering among a class that is unfitted to bear it from many attendant circumstances, and there would be less " complaining in the streets," which surely would be a desirable consummation. But all these suggestions to improve the condition of the poor are always met by a torrent of remonstrance, and a host of objections start up on all sides. One would think, on hearing and perusing these countless difficulties in the way of doing good, that it would be better to give up the attempt altogether in despair. Such is the inference that the wise counsels of the astute in such matters leads us to infer is their secret meaning. Lord MARNEY, in " Sybil," in speaking of the inconvenient increase of the poor, declared with satisfaction, that " he built no cottages but destroy all I can," and this principle seems to actuate many who legislate or rather to refuse to legislate on workhouses. Such as they are, they are too good for their occupants, and it would be only encouraging vice and increas ing vagrancy to propose any remedial change. According to the objections urged last night by some who spoke after Lord RAYNHAM, it is impos sible to adopt a medium course ; either tramps and robbers are to be encouraged, or else the deserving poor must suffer. It is really unworthy of sensible persons to persist through prejudice in maintaining such a state of things. As the Government will not do anything themselves this session, they might at least have had the grace to be a little more encouraging to the private bills that some hon. members have proposed in desperation at the present sad state of things in many quarters. But inaction must be the order of the day, and the same fate at tended Lord RAYNHAM'S useful measure that await all attempts to lighten the bondage of the distressed needlewomen a few weeks ago. Then all proposals were met with scorn and ridicule. It would interfere with business, injure the pros pects of the employed, and produce countless evils. Really these wise people talk as if it were machines they were discussing, and not human creatures with the same feelings as themselves. Also our legislators should remember that, besides mercantile interests, Christian charity should in fluence such details. Only those who are actuated by a spirit of fair play in their dealing with those entrusted to their care will be enabled to render a satisfactory account of their actions when, as Miss MULOCH has foroibly expressed it, " the long day of life, with all its labour, is over for eternity." We are glad to see that, in spite of some opposi tion, the second reading of the Anchor and Chain Cables Bill was carried last night by a decisive majority. The common sense of the house at once perceived the desirability of the suggested measure, and the efficient protection it offered to life at sea. The great majority of shipowners, as we anticipated, have expressed their approval of the bill, and con sequently the complaints of undue interference with trade were little heeded. The name of its projector is a sufficient warrant that the bill is ssaTrhyerterewncohu ne ither a piece of superfl uous and uncalled-for trenching be on, said the l e g:slation, pr n iv o a r te an bu u si n n n e e s c s. e N d i e r t . aiisof LAIRD, no interference with trade. He pro posed that, after the I st of January next, all vesse l s registered should be required to have chains and anchors w hich had been properly t es t e d . He deprecated the threatened opposition of the Presi dent of the Board of Trade, and assured the house that he had reason to know that most of the ship owners of the country supported the measure. O n this point Mr. LAIRD may be allowed to speak w ith some confidence, and it is therefore surprising to find gentlemen reiterating the objection of injustice to the trade. If the members of the trade do not think so, why should other parties object oo their behalf ? Mr. CAVE, the seconder, very justly said that after a railway accident an inquiry was made as to the quality of the iron which had been used, but that this protection was impossible in th e case o f a l oss a t sea. What the result of such an i nquiry would be, could the dark waters give up th e i r prey, we may only too e asily guess from the startling fact that, of the chain cables tested at Liverpool, 82 per cent. have been found to be defective. It is idle, in the face of such evidence as this, for Mr. LINDSAY to say that it is the interest of shipowners to provide themselves with good anchors, and for Mr. GI B SON to object, The right on the ground of trouble and difficulty. hon. gentleman also said scornfully that this was a bill for coasters ; as if the lives of the crews of coas ters were of no importance. If the r i g h t hon. ge ntleman will take the trouble to exami ne the wreck chart and list of shipwrecks for any recent year, he will find the number of disasters to th e trading vessels on our coasts to be by no means in. significant, and it is no secret that they are gene rally very imperfectly fitted out. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, however, had anothLr answer for the President of the Board of Trade. He reminded him that in the terrible gale at Balaklava no less than 30 traneports were lost in consequence of defective anchors and cables, whereAb none of her THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING., JULY 9, 1863, MAJESTY'S ships were lost. Why should not the mercantile navy end the coasters enjoy the same protection as the vessels in her MAJESTY'S service and the emigrant ships ? What is possible for one is, undoubtedly, possible for all, and we advise our officials not to put a little trouble and expense in the balance against the protection of trade and the safety of the public. Among the most important and practical projects for developing the resources of our Indian Empire must, without doubt, be reckoned an improvement in the existing means of carriage and traffic. Sup posing that all the present obstacles in the way of obtaining land were to be suddenly removed, and that the cultivation of tea, coffee, sugar, and cotton fulfilled the most sanguine expectations, there I wou ld still be di ffi culties in the way of the mer chant, the trader, and the producer so long as the risk, delay, and expense attending the carriage of goods remained what it ia. Even Sir CHARLES WOOD recognises the advantages to be derived limpothe thoughfrowme r ehemiridaielwsaeynslibinleeso;f t w h i e sh c b om e u p o le u t l i d on ol o so f bt tance of an improved system of water communica tion throughout a country whose noble rivers offer every facility for extended canal works. Progress is, however, being made in more ways than one, and a design projected some time since, which has just been brought to completion, is likely to be of great service to Indian trade and commerce, while it brings relief to the crowded port of the City of Palaces. The late Lord DALHOUSIE, when Governor- General, was aware of the evils arising from the pressure on the port of Calcutta, and being desirous of improving matters, he laid down the plan of a new harbour at the Mutlah, another of the many mouths of the Ganges. This new port, which was styled by Lord CANNING the Birkenhead of Cal cutta, has been named Canningtown, in tribute to the services rendered by that lamented statesman to the internal administration of India. Since the scheme was first projected by Lord DALHOUSIE the shipping has more than doubled. The Mutlah river has been surveyed and buoyed, and a floating light ship stationed at the entrance; the usual Ad miralty chart has been prepared, and every ar rangement made for the accommodation of vessels. It is said that the dangers of the Hooghly are un known in the Mutlah, and that a steamvessel can always go up and down in a day. Vessels of the largest size will be able to lie alongside the jetty, and thus transfer their cargoes to trucks,which will take them to Calcutta—the new line having been just completed the whole distance. It is but 28 miles, so that the task was not a very formidable one; but the advantage■ which it will confer on Calcutta will be very great. Without any unne cessary delay, goods can be transmitted to and fro, embarked and disembarked, with that ease and rapidity so necessary to business transactions on a large scale. The enlargement and deepening of harbours and construction of new ports confers a lasting public benefit on any country, and the in habitants of India have cause to thank Lord DAL HOUSIE for the design. There is little doubt, judg ing from the rapid increase that bas already taken place in the shipping, that the new port will soon rival our English Birkenhead in activity and good service to its more important neighbour. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. RETJTER'S TELEGRAMS. COBURG. COBURG, JULY 9, 9 A,m, Baron Stockmar died last night. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. WARSAW, Jut 7. A Russian patrol is said to have taken from a traveller near Radomsk a large portion of the bonds and Imperials abstracted from the Treasury of Warsaw by order of the National Government. BROMBERG, JULY 9. Two small detachments of Russian troops have been forced to take refuge upon Prussian territory near Podwioz and Slupce. POSEN, JULY 9. Intelligence received here from Warsaw states that four Italians captured simultaneously with other insurgents, and condemned to death by court martial, have bad their sentences commuted by the Grand Duke Constantine to transportation, and will be sent out of the country by the earliest oppor tunity. RUSSIA. BERLIN, JULY 9. Private letters from St. Petersburg, dated the 7th inst., received here, state that the Council of the Empire will be reinforced by the addition of the marshals, of the nobility, and the burgomasters of St. Petersburg and Moscow. SPAIN.. MADRID, JULY 8. It is asserted that on the proposition of Senor Sierra, the reform in the tarif f s introduced by Senor Salaverria will be annulled. GREECE• ATHENS, JULY 6. The National Assembly has obtained the simul taneous removal of the troops of the two parties 'rom Athens. The City is again restored to tranquillity. PRANCE. PARIS, JULY 9. The rumour that the Emperor intends going to Cherbourg to hold a review of the fleet is without any foundation. The Moniteur of this morning pubiishes several appointments in the department of the Marine. BOURSE, July 8 . The market has been rather dull, buy pric es , which at the commencement of business slightly receded, have again recovered, and Threes, for the Account, are now unvaried at 68f. 60c. The Comp agnie Immobiliere is now amalga mated with that of the Ports de Marseil!e, shares of the former being required for one of the new Company. The Railway Share Market has been heavy, and some few of the lines at present show a slight decline. The market closed as fol- lows : it per Cent 5....... 96 90 Do. end month.... 97 10 3 per Cents ...... 68 50 Do. end month.... 68 60 Credit Mobilier....ll9o Do. end m0nth....1188 75 Bank Shares . ..... 3400 Credit F oncier ....1335 --- RA IL' Italian Loan 72 10 Do. end month 72 20 New ditto Do. end month 72 60 Russian Austrian Spaniel. Threes.,, Home Debt .. — 'A.YB. Cas. . Orleans lO2O h -- .. 1015 Account Northern 995 995 New ditto ..... • ...... • • Lyons and Mediterranean 1032 50 .. 1030 Geneva 467 50 .. 470 Southern 667 50 .. 667 50 Western Eastern Sardinian 415 412 50 Austrian UM' bard North of Spain Saragossa .. 696 25 696 25 Ditto to Barcelona .... 367 60 .. THE BACK DOOR.—An incident occurred on the arrival of the Prince at Mercers' -hall o for entrance e sshisa:a nf p tt s a: ta the l 2 w o e ' c ah l ra c i k g. nt w h he Cheap side, hnffiemeatmhipoae-il yesterday, causing some amusement among the autho r iti es a t the had p m a e n n y t , assembledwith e time C a t o u t r h t b e Prince was expected, the Master and Wardens of the co robes, and presenting rather an imposing appearance, side, with the /audible intention of giving his Royal Highness a reception befittin g his exalted rank, and there l they awaited his arrival. There is an obscure entrance to the hall from Ironmonger-lane, which is used on ordinary occ as i ons —th a t in Chearside b e i ng ava il a bl e on l y on high festivals—and it 80 happened that the Prince was driven down the lane to the side-door unperceived. On alighting there his Royal Highness was received by a very respectable old woman connected with the establish ment, and who happened to be waiting for some one else. To this good woman the Prince was extremely polite, and she in turn after her own manner vat; not the less so, though considerably disconcerted at the moment by an honour so unexp ected. His Royal Hi g hness, so greeted proceeded up stairs, followed by the gentlemen of his suite, and had nearly rea ched the hall before the M e r cers con gregated at the Cheapsido entrance heard of his arrival, and, it is needless to state, did what they could to rep air the mistake the mo ment they discovered it. The authori ties at the hall felt some shame that a guard of honour from the Honourable Artillery Company, which they had expected, and for which they had applied, was not in at tendance on the auspicious occasion. This civic force, perhaps the oldest Volunteer regiment in the kingdom— certainly in the city of London—dating back its origin, as it does, some centuries, is understood to claim as a right, in preference to any Volunteer corps of the present day, and even to regiments of the line, the privilege of acting as a body guard to any member of the royal family within the limits of the city. The corps has usually had for its com mander, in an honorary capacity at least, a member of the re i gn i ng family, His Royal Highness the late Prince Consort stood in that relation to the regiment, so did the late Duke of Sussex, and it is understood that the men composing it, about 900 strong, are desirous of enlisting the Prince of Wales as their chief. The band of the regi ment was in attendance yesterday at the reception of his Royal Highness, but how the corps forewent so favourable an opportunity of showing their loyalty is at present a mystery. As it was, a few policemen guarded the entrance to the hall. A GONDOLA. --It is very hot. By-and-by, a t sunset, the sea will be of a deep purple, the sky of an intense azure, but both are now as sheets of burnished gold. But lam as cool as a cucumber inside the gondola. The windows are slightly drawn on one side, and hot as is the sun, a cool breeze comes stealing through. Al I that breeze, how well I remember it a week afterwards at Milan, howling in the agonies of the toothache. The cabin of the gondola is a little black chamber with a high-coved ceilin in g. It is panelled w ith rich carved work. There is room t for three persons to sit at ease on the soft black leather cushions trimmed with black lambswool ; but I desire no company. There are a couple of mirrors in carved ebony frames, garnished with gilt bosses. The door is a wonder of carved work. There are arm-rests, and leg-rests, and every en ticement to be lazy. The transverse bench has a raised and sloping back, like an arm-chair, but the space between that and the tilt is covered only by the pendant portion of the black awning, which you can lift at will, to converse with the gondolier. In one instance only is the sable rule departed from. The carpet, which extends from stem to stern, is of a lively polychromatic pattern. In winter-time, of course, the cabin door is shut, the curtains are drawn, a false panel is inserted in the back, and all things are made snug and comfortable. I n summer, the black awnin g forms the most delightful of sun-shades. But why is it black? Tell me Venetian antiqua rians. Tell ma chatty correspondents of Notes and Queries. I was always given to understand that black absorbed heat, and that white was the only wear for hot climates. I stretched out my arm and touched the roof of the cabin, but it was cool. Do they put saturated felt, or wet cloths, between it and the awning ? Many travellers, on their first arrival in this enchanted town, and in their eager impatience to drink in its beauties, rush from the cabin, and sit or stand in the open, in the fore part of the boat, drinking up the glorious perspective which surrounds them. That I think is a mistake. The windows, the open doorway, form picture. frames, and in those frames are set, in gentle succession, all the marvellous pictures the world has been wondering at for centuries. There is the Grimani Palace, there the Vendramin, there the Dogana, there Santa Maria della Salute; there, by Jove I there's the Waite, which is not unlike the Burlington Arcade on arches. " Signor Antonio, many a time and oft—" but Signor Antonio politely asks me whether we shall turn back, and I say him yea, and bid him land me at the Mole. --.DiCkene " 4114 the Year Bound," ----,- It/ t Tat HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 8. The Queen walked and drove yesterday, attended by Viscountess Jocelyn. His Royal Highness Prince Leopold arrived at Osborne to-day from Windsor Castle. Bradshaw's Handbook to London. A sixpenny Bradshaw's handbook through " Lon don and its Environs," appearing rather late in the season, it is true, comes to hand, however, late though it is, most acceptably. It is an octavo pocket volume of less than a hundred pages ar ranged alphabetically. It is crammed full of infor mation ; and the information in every instance is given in so compact a form that it can be seized at a glance. By way of illustration as to the mere manner of this hand-book, we find, on turning to the letter P, for Piccadilly, that mention is made there thus briefly of " 94, Lord Pal merston's" ; "1, Stratton•-streeet, Miss Burdett Coutts" ; "46, The Albany, where Byron, Canning, Macaulay, and Bulwer Lytton have resided." A stranger, having provided himself with this sixpenny Alphabetical Hand-book through London and its Environs, will find himself supplied at pleasure with all the useful and interesting information he can possibly require. His pocket companion will prove to be the best cicerone he could have chosen through the metro polis and its neighbourhood. Fun—calls " Consoling News—A Rise in the Three per Cents." It defines " Kidnapping—A Sleeping Baby." It instances as " The Greatest Anomaly—Pleas in Law." It gives as an infallible receipt, "How to get into a Scrape—Shave with a Blunt Razor." THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT STREATHAM. —The adjourned inquest on the body of the en gine-driver, John Salmon, was resumed yesterday morn ing at St. Thomas's Hospital, before Mr. lir, Carter, coroner for Surrey. The coroner referred to the evidence taken on the previous occasion, which:-went to show that the train was moving much faster than usual. He also explained that Colonel Yolland had been sent down spe cially by the Government, and if necessity arose out of the former inquiry, orders would no doubt be giv , n. Even tually the jury returned an open verdict, as suggested by the coroner, viz., " That the deceased died from certain burns and scalds received on the 29th of May— but there was no positive evidence as to how those injuries were caused." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—Oa Saturday last a fire broke out in the village of Otterton (Devonshire), not far from the seat of Lady Rolle, and before it could be sub dued 15 farmhouses and labourers' cottages were consumed. A quantity of farm produce and household furniture was destroyed, but no lives were lost. THE LATE FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.—The cotton saved from the late fire in Water-street was sold yesterday by public auction, the quantity being very large, It wrs made up in 61 lots, which, at an average, sold at from £220 to £250 each. A very considerable quantity was sold in unbroken bales, and one of these the Egyptian classifi cation sold at from £32 to £39 per bale; the Brazilian at from £lO to £l2los. Of the lots, 47 were presumed to have realised an aggregate of about £lO,OOO, and the whole of the cotton is believed to have sold at about Is. per lb. LONDON A CENTURY AGO.—I have before me a map of old London drawn about the middle of the seventeenth century. It gives an excellent bird's. eye sur vey of the metropolis, which, comparatively speaking, forms a prolonged cluster of houses without any great depth, isolated warehouses lining the banks of the Thames a little below London-bridge, but scarcely extending beyond the Tower : trees, fields, and marsh stretch out towards the confines of Bow and Epping Forest. Windmills and farmhouses stud the country behind the Exchange and the Guildhall, whilst noblemen's and merchants' mansions peer above the trees which cover the slopes of Islington, Highgate, and Hampstead. The churches of St. Sepulchre's, St. Andrew's in Holborn, and St. Dun ' stan's, stand, as it were, on the verge of the City, whilst the Convent Garden, the New Exchange, Salisbury House, York House, Suffolk Reuse, and Whitehall may be said to have been entirely out in green fields. Bayard's Castle, a veritable fortress, with its own stairs leading down to the water-side, dips its stone feet in the very mud of ire. dark The Temple t h e Thames. The spot now known as B r i dge-street, Bl ac kfriars, is covcred by a cluster of sem i-d etac h e d , pent-roofed , woode n-framed b u il dings, such as we now see in remote villages mass nHampsh of red mple was g one lying' . huge, compact fromsombre the river, with a large lawn-lik e plea sure ground interve nin g . Essex House, Arund el House, cootevai l S omerse t House, the Sa vo y , Salisbur y Ho use , Durham House, York Hous e, Suffolk House, are veritable palaces, . . . Iyla e 0 the north shore to Charing Cross. n the opposite side of spanned by a single bridge, and the gardens of which extend, with slight interruption. along the river, which was then sp that bridge crowded with ta ll, stately structures, Win chester House, with its spaciou s fruit-gardens the a n lay d lawns-- a fit paradise for a prelate ; and a little to left, Sli a k - apeare's Theatre, the " Globe," — a classic and ever-memor able sp o t ; b e hi n d w hi c h rose another circul ar building where " b eare -b a yti ng " t oo k place. A few humble tene ments scattered along the bank of the strea m further on form the l ast vestige of b ui l d i ngs sou thward, and then all bec omes country aga i n ,—Once a Week. The comi ng will be celebrated on the 21st inst. at Donington Hall, Derbyshire, of age of the Marquis of Has tin g s inst., with great rejoicing. The festivities are expected to last for a week. His lordship is at present staying at Brighton. The Prince and Princess of Wales. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Lord Alfred Hervey, Lieut.-General Knollys, and Captain Grey, went yesterday morn ing to the hail of the Mercers' Company, in Cheap side, and received the freedom of the company. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales took a carriage drive. Mr. Henry Weigall has been honoured by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales with sittings for their portraits, to be engraved by Messrs. Colnaghi. His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Satur day next. The Duchess of Norfolk, Lord Edmund Fitzalan Howard, and the Ladies Ethelreda and Mary Fitzalan Howard have arrived at Brighton. The Duchess of Montrose had a dancing party Last evening at her grace's residence in Belgrave-square. The Duchess Dowager of Sutherland and Lord Albert Leveson Gower intend to leave for Paris in a short time, on their way to Vichy. . _ The Earl Russell is the Secretary of State who will accompany the Queen during her Majesty's forthcom ing visit to Germany. The Countess, accompanied by Vis __ _ count Aberley and Lady Georgiana Russell and family, leave for Scotland early in the ensuing month. _ _ _ The Earl and Countess Do Grey entertained the following at dinner yesterday evening at their mansion in Carlton-gardens :—The Earl and Countess of Derby, the Earl and Countess of Yarborough, the Earl and Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe, Lord and Lady Raglan, Lord Frederick Paulet, Lord and Lady Manners, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Lady A. Cooper, and Colonel Keppel. Vicount and Viconntess Castlerosse and family left town yesterday for Bray, County Dublin, whence they proceed to their charming residence at Killarney. Lady Constance Grosvenor received a smal _ _ party yesterday evening at her lady's residence at Prince's. gate. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Carleton and Miss Carleton have left town for the season. The Hon. Senator Hervey and Mrs. and the Misses Bervey have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P. and Lady Emily Peel entertained at dinner last evening, a their residence in Whitehall Gardens, the Prince and Princess de Frasso Dentice, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl Granville, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Caroline Villiers, Viscount and Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe and Hon. Miss Canning, Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Molesworth, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. Gladstone, the Right Hon. A. Brewster, Sir Edwin Landseer, Mr. Ferdinand de Rothschild, Mr. Cony Connellan, &C. Covers were laid for 22 persons. MADAME LIND-GOLDSCHMIDT.—Madame Lind Goldschmidt's appearances in public are now few and far between. But it is not so much on account of their rarity that the occasional reappearances of Madame Gold schmidt are " angelic," as for the merciful errand which usually prompts her to leave her retirement. Last night's performance of " L'Allegro" and " Il Penseroso," at St. James's Hall, was a repetition of the concert which was given on the Ist of May for the Hospital for Incurables. Madame Lind-Goldschwidt was ably supported by the same singers who co-operated with her at the first perform ance. Madame Lemmens-Sherrington particularly distin guished herself, fairly dividing the honours with Madame Goldschwidt herself. With the band no fault could be found, the accompaniments being throughout subdued with unusual success; the chorus-singers were also creditably efficient, and the general performance redounded to the credit of Mr. Otto Goldschmid t, the zealous conductor. M. THALBERG AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.--• Everything that the directors of the Crystal Palace have done this season in their musical arrangements, will have been surpassed by the engagement of M. Thalberg for their concert next Saturday. This renowned artist, whose name is a synonym for excellence in the mastery of the pianoforte, will take his farewell of a London public on the occasion to which we draw the notice of our readers ; and his recital of five of his most admired pieces has been decided on with a special purpose of doing full justice to the importance of the event. Added to the attraction of M, Thalberg's peculiar powers will be the vocalisation of Mdlle. Carlotta Patti, and we cannot doubt that, crowded as the concert-room of the Palace has been more than once this season, it will have yet greater demands on its space next Saturday. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. —Yesterday afternoon the annual meeting of the Royal Humane Society took place at the offices, 4, Trafalgar-square. The chair was occupied by Mr. B. Bond Cabbell. The report, which was adopted, showed that the receipts for the past half year, including a previous balance of £49 14s 6d, had been £779 lls 2d, and the expenditure £582 2s sd, leaving a balance of £197 8s 9d. The council awarded the society's medal to the following persons :—Maori Jack, who saved the life of Mr. Mitchell, and tried to save Mr. Rogers, whose boat was upset on Lake Whaleatip, New Zealand, on the 9th August, 1862. Mr. A. Maclean, who saved Mr. J. Davies, carried away by the current while bathing in the Buffalo River, King William's Town, Cape of Good Hope, on the 11th February, 1863. Lieut. G. A. Turner, her Majesty's 50th Regiment, who saved Lieut. R. W. White, and tried to save a boatman en Lake Tumbigam, near Trin comalie, Feb. 19, 1863, and Charles Murphy, who saved Margaret Fitzgerald, accidentally thrown into the river at Cork, May 3, 1863. Mr. Barker, the treasurer, in the course of a few remarks, observed that the increased balance in hand was due to their not having been any skating in the parks that year, and that otherwise they would have been in debt. An offer had been made by Sir Wm. Frazer to give a gold medal yearly to the best swimmer, and this generous offer had been accepted. The importance of swim ming was greatly felt by the council. He concluded by moving a resolution, having for its object the carrying out of Sir Wm. Frazer's offer. This having been seconded and carried, when it was stated by Mr. Young that Sir Wm. Frazer wished the competition to take place on the 22d inst between Hammersmith and Putney, the proceedings ter minated with thanks to the chairman. THE POLES AT WOOLWICH.--A Polish force, comprising about 100 officers and privates, who were disembarked at Woolwich from the Swedish Government steam-vessel Oradd, are still quartered in the town, anxiously awaiting an opportunity of joining their country men in arms against Russia. From a statement made by one of the officers in command, it appears that about three months since the s t eam er Ward Jackson, which was subsequently pursued by a Russian cruiser and compelled to enter the port of Malmoa, where the men were detained for several weeks by the Swedish authorities, being allowed to retain their uni forms, but their arms and all warlike munitions were taken from them. Another vessel was afterwards char tered with a view of conveying the force to a point on the Russian frontier, favourable for landing and reach ing the insurgents, but on nearing the coast a storm arose, and a boat containing 32 of the men was upset and 24 were drowned. Finding it impossible to effect a landing at this point, and the ship being disabled, the remainder of the force rowed to Gothland, where they were again taken prisoners by order of the Swedish Go vernment, which, fearing the wrath of the Czar, ultimately forwarded them to the Thames on board a man-of-war steam-vessel. The whole of the force was well treated by the Swedish authorities ; and the men are now receiving a daily allowance from the London Polish Committee, seve ral leading members of which are frequently at Woolwich. " CHURCH AND CHAPEL." By the author of "No Church," " Owen : a Waif," &c.—This story is very ex citing, full of sensation, yet clearly written, with a set purpose, by an able hand. There are two champions, both earnest men, who support episcopacy and dissent; and, be sides these combative pastors, we have the pleasure of meeting with several members of their creed, high and low, among whom the puritanical Susan Bayford and the gentle but too wavering Amy are drawn with felicitous skill. The whole story is full of vivid interest; the reader is fascinated by its charming details, and his mind is exercised by the contest between principle and i nc li na ti on , un til th e right prevails over the wrorg."— Court Journal. PLUCK !—Capt. Robert Adair, during the battle of Waterloo, received a wound in the thigh which made amputation necessary. The surgeon, whose name was Gilder, was performing the operation with difficulty, his instruments being blunted by over-use, when Adair calmed and encouraged him by a regimental joke—" Take your time, Mr. Carver," Burges, of the same regiea-nt, after undergoing amputation of a leg upon the field, refused to have soldiers called to carry him to the cart, saying— "l will hop to it;" which he did. This feat is better at tested, if somewhat less sur, , rising , than th e on e mentioned by Lamartine who states that •‘ Gen. Lescure , having re ceived six sabre wounds, dismounts from his horse, whilst his dragoons are rallying for a fresh charge, has his arm amputated and the blood stanched, remounts his horse, and charges with them." Even this French general, however, must yield the palm of pluck and endurance to a crusading ancestor of the Percivals, who (according to the late Mr. Henry Drummond), "having lost a leg in an engagement in Palestine, co ntinued, notwithstanding , on horseback till helost his armalso, and then stiilremaineel some time in his seat, holding the briale with his teeth, till he fell from loss of blood." THE FORTIP: T SPITHEAD, Whoever consults the plans of the proposed forti fications at Spithead cannot fail to be struck with the remarkable similarity as to size of works and position in the Channel which, when complete, these defences will have to the forts and batteries which now protect the harbour of Charleston from the sea. The physical conformation of the two harbours is almost identical. Forts Moultrie and Sumter occupy on either side of the channel leading up to Charleston the same relative poßitions and distances apart which the seaforts which it isintended to build on the Horse Sand and No-man's-land will occupy in the channel at Spithead leadingup to Portsmouth. If the reader, looking at the map of the English harbour, can imagine the forts of the inner 'ine completed on the Sturbridge Sand and Gilkicker Point, and suppose Charleston built round the site of the Block House battery and Clarence-yard, he will have a most perfect idea of the exact position with regard to its approaches and sea defences in which the Confederate stronghold stands. Not only is the similarity perfect as to the outline of the har bour and shore, but the reseml,lance is almost lite rally accurate as to distances. Thus the channel between Moultrie and Sumter is 1,900 yards, and the channel between the intended forts on the Horse; Sand and No-man's-land is 2,000 yards. Charleston is distant from Moultrie and Sumter 6,500 yards, and Portsmouth will be distant from the sea forts we have spoken of 7,500 yards; in this respect certainly possessing an advantage of no small importance over its Ameri can prototype. But,as the Federals know to their cost, there is only one side from which Charleston can be attacked with any hope of success, which is from the sea, and it is on this side, therefore, that its great strength and defences lie ; and here the dissimilarity between Portsmouth and Charleston begins, for Portsmouth is almost undefended from the sea, while on the land side, the point it is least likely to be attacked from, it has been made un commonly strong, and from Fortsdown-hill to Southsea-common bas been made into what the Americans call their over armed frigates—a box of guns. We have, in fact, committed a mistake which is by no means uncommon in the fortifications of this and other countries too,—we have double locked and barred the tack door, but left the front one open. The fortifications at Spitheod and the Needles propose to remedy this rather important defect, and if the contemplated works are built the Solent and Portsmouth harbour will be like Cher- bourg or Portland—the very last places where an enemy's fleet, whether f.ron or timber,' would ever think of forcing an entrance. With the forts which it is intended to build, and supplemented as it is intended to supplement them, with floating iron clad batteries, the Needles and Spithead would be as invulnerable as Gibraltar itself. In considering the question of sea defences it must never be forgotten that neither ships nor forts are of themselves sufficient, and that, to make a perfect defence, it is necessary that each should be there to support the other. With floating batteries alone the enemy never loses the hope of being able by a successful stratagem to withdraw them from the point where he really means to strike his blow, and we know how terribly successful these ruses de guerre often are. But forts are not to be blinded, or cajoled, or threatened from their posi tions. There they are, a standing menace, always ready for action, the strength of each of which to their last gun and charge of shot must be considered and provided for in the event of an attack. It may be said that it is possible to run past them on a dark, thick night, but, to say nothing of steaming full speed down a dangerous narrow channel in a dark, thick night, the auxiliary floating batteries inside the forts destroy the last chance of success in this desperate risk. In the attack on Charleston the Confederate iron-clads moored inside the forts never fired a shot, the whole work was left to the forts, and the batteries were only expected to sink or capture at their ease any crippled craft that might run the fiery gauntlet between Moultrie and Sumter. Defences such as these—that is, forts and iron batteries—appear to be wanted at Spit head, but it is not nearly so open as the Needles' passage, which is a kind of backway into Portsmouth, of which an enemy would not be slow or unwilling to take advantage. At present there is at the Needles' passage nothing that could really stop a well-found iron-clad frigate bent on forcing its way. The Victoria battery, a weak, open, brick casemate work, mounting some 30 guns, has artillery enough to do it ; but the place in which the guns stand would, unfortunately, almost crumble about the heads of its defenders on receiv ing a concentrated broadside, while Hurst Castle, on the opposite shore, would be a mere shambles to those who tried to fight with such defences as it now possesses. The defences with which it is proposed to close this weakest part of our coast-line are a series of scattered batteries on the Needles' shore placed at high elevations, at points where the channel is narrowest, and where, from the turnings, an enemy's fleet would have to move with slowness and caution, and to pay as much attention to the passage she was in as to the batteries which de fended it. One of these batteries is to be on the Needles' Point itself, and to mount eight heavy guns ; another on Hatherwood Point, 1,200 yards distant, to mount eight more; and a third on the next point, 10 more—all within such a distance as would enable them to converge or cross their fires. Cliff end is to have a casemate work, to mount 30 of the heaviest ordnance, with earth works for 25 guns more above it-65 heavy guns in all; while the Victoria battery, on Sconce Point, above, is to have its brick casemates faced with granite or four-inch iron. On the opposite shore the old feudal pile of Hurst Castle is to be used merely as a magazine, but on the shore-line, both above and below it, are to be erected a massive double tier of casemate granite batteries, the lower tier mounting 50 guns, laid a Fleur d'eau, like the batteries of the Dardanelles, to hit vessels on the water-line—the upper tier about 50 feet from the water, and carrying the same number ot guns of the same calibre—that is to say, the heaviest that our advancing knowledge of artil lery will then enable us to construct. Above this, again, will probably be another line of guns in em brasures, so that the entire range of defences on both sides of the Needles' passage will amount, at the lowest, to 250 guns, of which at least 100 will be always able to concentrate their fire on a ship in whatever part of the channel she may be steaming. Such a number of guns firing into one vessel would be, one would think, enough to stop anything that could float, though it does not come quite up to the French standard of what the defensive strength should be to make batteries invulnerable. Batteries have been built in and round the harbour ot Cher bourg till that great series of fortifications now mounts upwards of 1,300 guns, of which 300 can always be directed on an attacking force, come from what quarter it may. The narrowness and intri cacy of the Needles' passage, however, give its works a great advantage, as floating batteries could be moored midway, and between them and the shore booms laid and nets stretched to stop the way and foul the screws of enemies' vessels when under the very guns of our forts. At Spithead the shore-line on either side is far too distant to allow batteries erected on the mainland to interfere with the entrance of ships, armed or unarmed. But, as if to compensate for this important deficiency, Nature has placed two shoals, one on either side, at the very entrance to the channel—the Horse Shoal on the right, and No-man's-land Shoal on the left. The first is a bank of the hardestshingle, capable, if need be , of supporting a mountain. , rh lastnarred is even better adapted to our purposes, for there, under a slight layer of sand, is a smooth, level slab of rock of great size. On these two points it is proposed to build two circular granite forts, almost precisely similar in height and diameter to the circuiar fort that is now being erected at the end or head of the great breakwater at Portland. Each of these forts is to be 200 feet in diameter, 70 f ee t high above the water, and to mount 90 of the heaviest guns. The two lower tiers of guns are to be in casemates, the upper in the embrasures made of iron, covered in p'rtly from above. As the dis tance between these forts is only 2,000 yards, ayes eel keeping the mid-channel must pass within 1,000 yards' distance from each of them, or exactly the distance at which the experiments at Sbneburyness tend to prove the fire of large vied ordnance would be most effective. But, in case of a serious attack being contemplated on our dockyard and arsenal at Portsmouth, the mid-channel would not be left open, but, like the channel of the Needles' passage, would be clogged with rope nets moored between and stopped with chain booms, or, best of all, with vessels moored stem and stern and chained together, leaving open only a channel close in front of the guns of each fort, round which the floating batteries could be moored in a curved line, so that the enemy would have to endure the discharge of both bat teries and forts. Supposing it possible that vessels, iron or steel, or anything could pass these forts and batteries, and yet be able to float, they would still have to encounter another circular fort similar to those they had passed, which is to be erected on Sturbridge Sand, and to cross fire with the for mid able batteries to be built on Gilkicker Point. There would in fact be a second line of defence, and as strong as the first. It is very probable, however, that an enemy who had succeeded in passing the first would not care to attack the second, but be glad enough to remain in the open water between the two, and from there throw shells into the dock yard, or at least into the harbour before it ; but where fire from ships could reach Portsmouth dock yard.or harbour the defences, such as they are, would at least be able to reply again. But to these rather doubtful defences it is not intended to trust much. The distance between the No-man and Horse forts and that at Sturbridge is 4,500 yards--not so far but that all three might converge their fire upon vessels in the space of open water we have spoken of as between the first and second lines. But to make assurance doubly sure, it is intended to con struct on Puckpool, Soatlasea, and Gilkicker Point three mortar batteries, each to mount at least 30 mortars of the largest kind, and all so placed as to be able to drop their shells in every and any part of the open water in which the enemies' ships could lie. It must not be forgotten that the deck is the vulnerable part of an iron frigate, and that no fri gate could float at sea with an iron deck thick enough to keep out a 13-inch shell coming down from a height of 2,000 feet. With these works and the moored and steaming floating batteries around them such as Sir John Hay recommended, our greatest national arsenal and dockyard would be perfectly safe against the world. As it is now, it is absointel defenceless, and at the mercy of the first ironclad which should be sent against it as an er.emy. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening. The quarterly assemblies of the ironmasters of this dis trict commenced in this town this afternoon. The attend ance was unusually small ; several of the leading members of the trade were absent, and the few present who were consumers or interested with that class showed little dispo sition to do business, the consequence was that a quieter quarter day has seldom been experienced. Everything was reserved for the Birmingham meeting, which takes place to-morrow (Thursday). The prevailing opinion to. day was that the trade is, if any thing, rather better than it was prior to the preliminary meeting, but that there is no approach to animation, and that business is kept down and in an unsettled state by rea son of the puddle's' strike, which discourages consumers from sending orders into South Staffordshire from the un certainty as to the time at which they may be executed. No doubt some such operation as this is in force, and the trade here has suffered very materially, possibly permanently, from the cause now referred to. As to the " strike," there does not appear to be much prospect of its terminating, though what purpose the men serve by holding out it is difficult to say, as the masters are not likely to yield any thing while the price of all descriptions of iron remains as low as it now is. American agents have been over induc ing the men to go over to the States, and wonderful pro mises have, it is said, been made to such of them as have evinced any willingness to assent. A few have done so, to experience, most likely, hereafter more than the usual amount of disappointment and regrets. The only fear is that ,he most mischievous will stay at home, for it is quite certain that but for a few of that class the strike would have been over long ago. The prircipal transactions reported to-day were in bars and sheets, but the demand is so slack that there are com paratively few makers who are obtaining the trade prices. Pig-iron is in moderate demand. The number of furnaces in blast is less than it was three months since, but prices have rather retrograded. The general trade of the district is pretty good, the ton nages on the Old Canal being well maintained. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 46s lld ; barley, 30s 9kl ; oate, 23s lid ; rye, 320 lld ; beans, 39s 6d; and peas, 38s Od. THE SIX. WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 46s 9d; barley, 31s 9d ; oats, 23s Od ; rye, 34s 9d; beans, 39s 8d ; peas, 36s 11d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 66,191; barley, 785; oats, 3,405; rye, 46; beans, 1,920; peas, 170 qrs. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. To-day's market was fairly supplied with beasts, in but middling condition. All beasts met a dull inquiry at Mon day's decline in the quotations. The top figure for Scots was ss. per Blbs. The show of sheep was moderately ex tensive, and the mutton trade was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. The best downs sold at ss. 2d. per Sibs. Good and prime lambs sold freely, at extreme currencies. Inferior lambs were dull at late rates. Calves moved off heavily, at 2d. per 81bs less money, owing to the large number on offer. Prices ranged from 3s. to 4s. per 81bs. Pigs and milch cows were very dull at last week's prices. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 Pi 5 0 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Pme. S'thdown d 0.5 0 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Largo orse. calves 3 6 4 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 4 4 8 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs, Os 4d to 6s 4d. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FORBIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... Cows 140 ; Sheep and lambs .... 1,800 Sheep and lambs .. 10,800 l Calves ............., 680 Calves 670 l Pigs Pigs. 350 1 MEAT MARKETS. NEVGA.TE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat to-day are moderate, and the demand is heavy, as folloNi 8: Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d , mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 4a 8d to 5s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 48 4cl; and pork, 38 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, July B.—Beasts moved off heavily, at re duced currencies. Other kinds of stock were inactive, but not cheaper, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 68 Od ; lamb, os Od to 6s Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 8d to 48 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, July B.—The beef trade was heavy, on lower terms ; otherwise, the market was inactive, as follows: Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; lamb, 55 Od to 6s Od , veal, 4s Od to 48 6d ; pork, 38 8d to 45 6d per Blbs ; suckling calves, 12s to 195; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and mulch cows, 114 to £lB each. HAY MARK ZTS. SMITHFIELD. Old Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 15s ; new do., £3 to £4 ; old clover, £4 Os to £6 6s ; new do., £3 10s to £4 15s; and straw, 8s to £1 16s per load. Prices steady. CVMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £3 12s to £4 15s ; new do., £3 Os to £4 Os; old Jove' , £4 10s to 1:6 6s ; new do., 10s to £4 15s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Supply limited. WHITECHAPEL —Old Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 15s; new do , £3 Os to £4 Os; old clover, £4 lOs to £6 6s; new do , £3los to £4 158; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A fair demand. COAL Al Pr►oes of Coal per Ton at A th it e liE clou T. e of the market. s. d. Walls End. Elena Hall 15 9 South Hetton 17 3 Hartlepool.. l6 6 Trimdon Hartlepool 16 6 South Hartlepool 15 3 l(eiloe East Hartlepool 16 9 South Kelloe l5 9 Tunstail Haswell l7 3 Riddell .... 15 0 it, 38 ; sold, 21. Davison's West Hart- ley.. l5 3 West Wylarn. Carway and DuiTryn Malting , 19 6 Edon Main...—. 15 3 West Hartley 15 3 North Pelson Gas 13 3 Cowpen Hartley 15 3 Holywell l5 6 Hastings Hartley l5 3 Ships at mark, s. d. PETROLEUM.—One of the most valuable veins of petroleum yet discovered was lately struck on the Farrell farm, Old Creek, Verango county, Pennsylvania. The well commenced flowing on Saturday last, the oil spouting up to a height of 50 feet, with a roar like a hurri cane, and escaping at the rate of 2,000 barrels per day. A stop-cock was g t on after much trouble, and the flow can now be regulated to suit the demand. Another flowing well in the vicinity was so affected by the opening of the new well that its yield decreased over three hundred barrels per day. The Farrell well, which is about 450 feet deep, was at last accounts flowing steadily at the rate of 1,200 barrels a day. ibis, even at the moderate prices ruling at the wells, would yield the owners 3,600 dollars a day.— AmericanpaPer• T stan 'was sup] if e' El CCO '1 to t par but nat 9'4 T 1 ea