The Sun. — London, England, 1851-08-18 00:00:00

A Stateolent and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock exhibited and sold in Stnithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Aug. 19, 1850, and this day, Monday, Aug. 18,1851. Per Blbs., to sink the ()Mils. Aug. 19, 1850. Au g .' 8,1851 s. d. s. d. S. b d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... 26t028 2 4 to 6 Second quality ditto ... 210 3 2 2 8 210 Prime large Oxen „ ... 3 4 3 6 3 0 3 2 Prime Scots, •c. .. 3 8 310 3 4 3 6 Coarse and inferior Sheep... ... 3 2 3 4 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto ... 3 6 3 82 10 3 0 Prime coarse-woolled ditto ... 310 4 0 3 2 3 6 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 4 0 4 2 3 8 310 Lambs... ... 3 8 4 t 3 10 410 Large coarse Calves .. 3 0 3 62 6 3 2 Prime small ditto ... ... 3 8 4 0 3 4 3 6 Large Hogs .. 3 2 3 6 ?, 6 3 2 Small Porkers ... 3 8 4 0 3 4 3 8 Beasts ... ... 3,701 4,267 Sheep and Lambs .. 21.,350 32,930 Calves ... 248 362 Pigs 200 SUPPLIES ox SALE, AUG. 20, 1849. Beasts, 4,257 ; Sheep and Lambs, 50,490; Calves, 212 ; Pigs, 225. AuG. 21, 848. Beasts, 3,5.0 ; Sheep and Lambs, 24,000; Calves, 345; Pigs, 225. NMV,TGATE AND LEADENNALL. Notwithstanding that the supplies of each kind cif moat on sale in these markets continue limiter ! , the general demand, owing to the hot weather, has ruled heavy. and prices have been with difficulty supported. About 3,000 carcasses of roreign meat have sold since Monday last. At per stone by the Carcase. a. d. to e. d. Bee I,lnferlor .. 2 0 2 4 middling .• 2 6 2 8 nimels•• -2 10 3 0 s. d. to 8. Mllttoll,ll3.fOriOr .. 2 4 2 8 mi-Idling ••2 10 3 4 _argil • • -- prime .... 3 6 3 8 ""--- prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork, large• ••• .... 2 6 3 4 V05t.............. 2 6 3 4 -- 5ma11........ 3 6 3 8 Lamb. 3s 6d t• 4s Bd. 33011011GH AND SPITA.LPIHLDS. These markets are very heav il y supplied with Pota toes +low Surrey, Kent, Essex, &c., in excellent condi tion. All kinds move off slowly, at from 21 15s to 31. 15s. per ton. Potatoes may now be purchased on the land at 50s per ton. 33013,0 UGH HOP MARKET. Very little change has taken place In our market. Fine Hops are selling at extreme quotations, but all other kinds command very little attention. The duty is called 85,0001. to 90,000/. A new pocket has arrived from Bait Peckham, in middling condition, and sold at 121 Per cwt. Mid and East Kent pockets, 90s to 1555; Weald of Kent ditte, 80s to 105 s; Sussex ditto, 84s to 96s per cwt. WOOL. The Colonial Wool sales were brought to a close on Friday. The total quantity sold was about 62.000 !Ales, 10,000 being on foreign account, at an advance In the quotations of from Id to lid per lb. The im ports have amounted to 11 bales from Dunkirk, 90 from Naples, 112 from Hamburgh. 1,173 from Sydney, 1 800 from Adelaide, 560 from Algoa Bay, and 180 from the Cape, By private contract we have no sellers cxcept at higher rates. The stock of Wool is now 25,000 Packages. TALLOW. Since Monday last a fair average amount of business has been doing in this market, both on the spot and fur forward delivery, at stationary prices. New P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 38s 6d, and old 37s 9d to . 38s per cwt. For delivery, during the last three months, the nearest quotation is 39s 6d. Town Tallow is selling at 37s per owt, net cash; rough fat, 2s Id per 81bs. 1847 1848. 1849 1850. 1 1851. AtOek this day ••• • • • 12,796 75 Od trice of Y. C. • • • • i to47s6d belivery last week • • 1,371 Ditto from June 1. • 11,'89 arrivals last week - • c,9 55 Unto from June 1 ... 15,386 15,357 25,275 44 Od 39e Od to 080 d to 3983 d 1 1,202 1,119 15,451 12,860 2,519 3,745 23,150 12,632 25,702 32,048 368 6d to 378 9d Os Od !t03 , 3 Od 1,638 1,292 13,131 14,341 1,,60 799 13,49 9,859 38s Od 395 Cd trice of Town ...... I 503 td 46s 6d 403 Od CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY OLD COURT. The August sessions were opened this morning before the Recorder, Aldermen Hunter, Challis, and Carden, the two Shei iffs, and the various other civic functionaries. The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 226 prisoners. The grand jury having been sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to charge them. He was lorry he could not congratulate them upon the lightness of the calendar. It was, however, a gratifying circum• stance that the calendar did not contain a single case of Murder, but at the same time it was a source of regret that it embraced many charges of injury to the person. He Was sorry to find that cases were on the increase in which Men were charged with violently ill-treating their wives. Two of the cases of that nature which were likely to come before them called for particular notice, because ie each the accused party appeared to have dose his best to become a murderer. In one case the destruction of life Was prevented by the intervention of third parties, and in the other it was saved through the merciful interposi tion of Divine Providence. These cases presented no legal difficulty, and it was, therefore, unnecessary for him to detain them with any lengthened observations upon this part of the calendar; but there was another case of manslaughter of a somewhat peculiar and unusual cha racter, which called for a little more consideration at his hands. It appeared from the depositions that a person named Stephens, who was not a medical man by profession, or authorised by the recognised authorities to practise medicine, was charged 'with having caused the death of a man by administer ing an injection. The accused in this instance was the agent of a medical man Nk ho treated his patients after a System of his own, and death it would seem took place While the party was undergoing the treatment which that system prescribed. Now there were three que,- time to be considered in this case, first, was the ad ministering of the medicine the act of the prisoner; secondly, did it cause or accelerate death; and thirdly, Was the medicine administered under such circum stances as to render the prisoner liable to the charge of manslaughter. Cases of this desc r ipt i o n ultd from time to time been a subject of considerable discussion, but it was agreed on all bands that it made no difference in the ca,e whether the ac cused party was a regularly authorised medical practi tioner or not. It was enough to constitute manslaughter that the party accused had failed in a case, where me dical aid was easily attainable, to bring reasonable and competent knowledge to the task which he had under taken, or to use the necessary care for ins urin g a cure. 4 ease was tried a short time ago before a Learned Judge, who expounded the law of the subject in a clear and explicit manner. In that case a man was charged with having caused the death of another °7 administering an unnecessary quantity of saorison's pills, and there it was held that the fact of the prisoner being a legal practitioner made no differ ence whatever in the complexion of the case, while the law was laid down to the jury in the manner which he had already explained to them. There was one other Case in the calendar which demanded one passing re mark on account of its charging an offence which, until recently,was unknown to the law. Two boys were charged Under an Ant of Parlidment which came into force on the 3d of July, with Navin; thrown stones upon one of the metropolitan railways, and if they should be satisfied that they threw the stones with a malicious nature, loch as to obstruct the progress or overturn 11 carriage, it would be their duty to send them for trial, but if, on; the other hand, it turned out that they did it for a mere frolic, then there would he an end of the matter. The Learned Recorder then tbstnissed them to their duties with his usual caution, that they should be exceedingly careful how they re- Ull-fled - true bills where there had been no inquiry be fore a magistrate. The grand jury then retired. GUILDRALL.-(THIS DAY.) /Vary Itfabkell was brou4ht before Mr. Alderman Wire, charged with illegally pawning four coats, en trusted to her by Mr. Kaye, of Aldersgate-street, to make up. The material had been sent to her a month ago, but not having bean returned at the proper time inquiry was blade, and the prisoner admitted having pawned them tow bitscross-street for 75., and gave up the.cluplicates. On bring called on for her defence, The prisoner said that the prosecutor owed her ls. Bd., 'ivhich he bad not paid her, Sind that being entirely with out money she had pawned the coats to keep herself tr( m s tarvation. In reply to Mr. Alderman Wire, the prisoner slid she *as paid 6d. for making each coat, which took her seven 'ours to finish, and out of this she was obliged to pry for the trimmings, which cost one penny. She bad give li eurity for the matetials, and her securities were quite re ady to take them out of pawn and restore them to the Prosecutor. Mr. Alderman WIRE said he thought the most merci -91 course would have bt,en to have applied to the secu 4iies iestead of bringing the poor woman up betore e owever, us Whitecross-street was not in the City th e ,! I ,ao was out of his juridiction and must be taken to hitecress-street, but he should advise the prosecutor 1 7 S ettle the affair in another manner. He himse lf (3 , 1 ,,1d take care that the money should be forthcomi n g . The parties left the court on this understanding, the poor woman full of protestations of gratitude. FRENCH PLAYS.—BENEFIT or M. CLOUP.—The b epefit of M. Cloup, who has for such a length of time so at isfactorily performed the duties of regisseur of Mr. Mit chell's French theatre in St. James's-street, is fixed for b Wednesday next, the 20th instant, when we have no doub t tit that the many and great services rendered by M. Cloup, t° the lovers of the French drama in England, will be fit t; CIY remembered and rewarded. It is to M. Cloup that „ - l e are indebted for the original introduction of the r renc h p l ays in London; ano for more than forty years he has been Itzealous caterer for the public amusement in this metropolis. Many years he the sole manager of the French plays, and he was then for a a topsiderp , ble period joint manager with ai.'; late M. Laporte. For the last twelve years he has adinir ``ly performed the arduous duties of regisscur of Mr. Mit f;eire IS establishment, and no d übt the hahitues of this most ; ionabl e place of public amusement will testify their es e'rti for th e veteran Cloup by e xtending to him their patro nage on Wedne s d a y n i g ht. NEW Hops —A pocket of new hops was sent to market o n Thursday last, the growth of MW r. illiam 11 ' 11 14 , East Peckham ; it was picked from a very early Plant,e brought out by him about six years ago, but is rather unri pe. It was consigned to Messrs. J. T. and W. Noakes, t°l) factors, Boro ug h, an d so ld by them, at 10/.los. per cwt., Messrs. H. Rinunington, Tickell, and Co. cr A. RIVAL TO JENNY LIND .—Tne columns of burial journals ju s t now run over w lth excitement and en m in behalf of Mdlle. Wagner, who seems to be now e popular than e i t h er M dlle. Lowe or M dile. Lind were before el . . The b Olympia of Spontini, in which she will sing , is to e revw e d at Llan 11 Berlin, LL A . N that ELLY.—On Saturday evening last the town of Years, of in copse .7 was thrown into a most painful state of excitement raequence of the death, by drowning, on the sands near o'clock:sot:3i two little boys. aged respectively 10 and 13 of the Rev. D. Rees, Capel Alce. It was six had en they left home, and before seven the rumour wcutreachedi town that they were drowned, The event has g 499 14 Vier the Win'. ie. d. Margare t ' Tune; Jame s alton, all' a; Charles bile; gar' ; Jetnatoai ;haboe; W il li a ; Ana' 30 Zqote; Pe t : irk, left 61m lean it elOar August. °° New Brill). c'ete. Quebec' iro; Le° 3°/. Ed w ard, D if w a wa, NS, de Wolf , P , r aeoges , ditt k f o : t New yo a or ' t, B9PP°II of and frodo: unfleet Sao o verboar d ',:. 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Ras la rk tde deo actual °1 , d• 6 1 • 10 I tear •"' • •1 • - • sliceP 3 oned di tt° 3 0 0 t i l er, 0 0 f the w °°l 9 6 • " 3 4 14 sera •• • • 1 6 • 0 ling* • cET. ° ri o t !It I THE SUN, CO WES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, Arc. 17. GRAND MATCH FOR ALL NA LIONS. Fur ;he 100 Guinea Cup given by the Royal Yacht Squadron, to be sailed for by yachts of all nations on Friday next, the following yachts have entered: — Titania schooner, 100 tons—R. S:cphenson, Etq. Freck curter, 60 tons—W. Curling, Eq. Bacchante cutter, 80 tons—B. H. Jones, Esq. Fernande schooner, 127 tons—Major M. Martin Arrow cutter, 84 tons—Thomas Chqmberlayne, E3q. Volante, 48 tons—J. L. Craigie. Esq., Royal V.Y.C. Constance schooner, 218 tons—Marquis of Conyngham. Alarm cutter, 193 tons—Joseph Weld, Esq. America schooner, 176 tons—J. C. Stephens, Esq., New Yoik Yacht Club. Stella cutter, 65 tons—R. Frankland, Esq. Mona cutter, 82 tons, Lord A. Paget. Aurora cutter, 47 tons, Le Marchant Thomas, Esq. Gipsey Queen soh., 160 tons, Sir H. B. Hoghton, Bart. Wyvern schooner, 205 tons—Duke of Marlborough. lone schooner, 75 tons—Almon Hill, Esq. Eclipse cutter, 50 tons-11. Fearon, Esq. Beatrice schooner, 161 tons—Sir W. I'. Carew, Bart. Brilliant ship, 392 tons—G. H. Ackers, Esq. The yachts entered for the Queen's Cup, to be sailed for on Monday the 18Lh, we gave en Friday last, as also for Prince Albert's Cup on Wednesday. The R.Y.S. dinner is fixed for Tuesday, and the Ball and Subscrip tion Cup for Thursday. There are 50 yachts in this road stead, and their number is hourly increasing. The town is very full of company, and there are not more than half-a-dezm houses in the fashionable part of the town urlet. It is proposed to have a town regatta early in September. There are sailing•matches, balls, and dinners every day next week. The weather is very fine; a stiff breeze is only wanted to insure plenty of sport. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO LADY JoLLIFFE.—We ex tremely regret to state that as the lady of Sir W. Jolliffe, Bart., was stepping on shore from the barge of Capt. I. Lyons' yacht, she slipped and broke the cap of her knee. Her Ladyship was carried to her residence, and Drs. Davids and Heffmeister immediately called in, bat it is feared that it will be a long time before she will be able to walk again. THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.—The provisions of this Act have been extended to this town, including the Police Act and the Improvement of Towns Act. The first election of the local board was to have taken place on the 4th of September, but the time has been found too short to give the owners of property sufficient no tice, and it has become necessary to adjourn the election for a fortnight. In the midst of the bustle of the re gatta, it would have been the most inconvenient time in the hole year to have a co- tested election. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 16. Yesterday her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Alter t gave their annual fete in honour of the Prince's birthday, to the labourers and workpeople employed on the estate at Osborne; also to 130 seamen, buys, and Royal Marines of the Royal yachts, and to the Coast Guard men. The detachment of the 36th Regiment, quartered at East Cowes, was also included. A large tent, nearly 100 feet in length, gaily deco rat, d with laurel and flags, was erected on the occasion on the lawn near the house, opposite to which was pitched a marquee for her Majesty and the Royal Family, and tents fur the suite and the regimental bands. On each side of the Queen's marquee were erected flag-poles, on which were hoisted the Royal standard, and the stan dard of his Royal Highness. Dinner was provided tor 400 personF, and at three P.m. the bands of the Royal Marines and the 95th Regi ment havir.g arrived from Portsmouth, and the la bourers and others being assembled, seventy seamen of the Royal yacht, were marched to the Royal kitchen, and, together with her Majesty's servants, the whole preceded by the two bands playing the " Roast Beef of Uti England," carried the provisions to the tent in pro cession, her Majesty, his H yal Highness Prince Albert, th, Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the re mainder of the Royal Children standing in front of the hou, , e to witness it. The dinner having been placed on the tables and the party having taken their places , the Queen and Prince, accompanied by the whole of the Royal Family, and attended by the suite, proceeded to the tent, the bands playing ‘4 God save the Queen," and passed down between the tables. Grace was then said by Mr. Toward, her Majesty's bailiff, and the dinner commenced, which consisted of a plentiful supply of beet, mutton, and plum pudding, with strong ale. When the dinner was concluded, the usual loyal toasts having been drunk, her Majesty, his Royal High- ness, and the Royal Family, took their places in the marquee, and the rural sports commenced with a coun try dance. Cricket, foot-ball, races for prizes, and various amusements, were then carried on with great spirit until past seven o'clock, when her Majesty and the Royal Family retired, the bands again playing " God save the Queen." The Royal dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady Constance L. Gower, the E9rl of Desert, and the Hon. Colonel Phipps. The Marquis of Anglesey had the honour of being invited, but was suffering from indisposition. SUNDAY, AUG. 17. The Queen, the Prince, and the younger branches of the Royal Family, took their usual early walks and rides in the grounds yesterday. Her Majesty and his Roy at Highness, attended by the usual suite, lett Osborne at five o'clock, in au open char a-bane and four, to honour the bazaar held near Hyde in aid of the funds of the Isle of Wight Dispensary, with their presence, but were forced to return, owing to the unfavourable awe of the weather. The Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Constance L. Gower lett yesterday for London. Mr. B?cker was the only addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic —Week ending Aug. 16, 1851 ... £15,630 310 Traffic —Week ending Aug. 17, 1850 ... 13,166 210 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 106,054 17 4 Total of the half-) ear, to this date, 1850 ... :3,119 17 10 Total number of Passengers—Week ending Aug. 16, 1851 ... 115,636 Passengers £13,637 2 11 Goods ... ... 1,993 011 Total... ... £15,630 310 Total miles open, 1851, 173'%; ditto, 1850, 171 1 4. London Terminus, Aug. 18, 1851. Sir George Grey is so much better as to be able to take a short cruise, when it is hoped that the sea breeze and rest from his very onerous duties may restore him to his usual health. THE GREENWICH RAILWAY AND ITS REGULATIONS coustqueuce of the decision of Mr. Secker in Lord Ranelagh's case, the following notice has been posted up, by order of the directors of the South-Eastern Railway Com pany, at the Loudon and Greenwich stations :—" Notice.— To prevent conithion, tickets are available only for trains in which there is room, which is to be determined by the com pany's officers." VISIT or HER MAJESTY TO MANCHESTER.—It 1. stated hi Manchester, on authority, that it is the in ention of her Majesty to pay a visit to the Earl of Ellesmere, at Wore ley Hall, on her return from Scotland. This purposed sisit is, it is said, connected with the opening of St. George's Hall, in Liverpool. This will be the first visit of her Majesty to the capital of the manufacturing districts. ST JAMES'S PARK.—The water in the enclosure of St. James's Park is almost in a putrid state, green and thick as it it were a common pond, and it is said that at night a very nasty smell arises from it. The water is sup plied from the Chelsea Water Works, but in consequence of the enclosure being upwards of five feet lower than the Thames at high water, it is very difficult to let it out but at very low tides. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT AT Irswlcu. —Maria Cage, who was left for execution at the late assizes for poisoning her husband, at Stonham Aspal, will not undergo the extreme penalty of the law until to-morrow. It was arranged to have taken place to-day, but Calcraft having an engagement of the same nature at Norwich, the high sheriff delayed the execution, in order that that functionary- might officiate. We have not heard that she has made any confes sion of her guilt. APPROPRIATION OF THE FUNDS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—The gossip of the transept on Saturday ran upon a .umour which will probably take the public by sur prise. The calculation at present is that the receipts of the Exhibition by the time it closes will amount to about 400,0001. Ot this immense sum, one-half, it is calculated, will defray all the charges connected with the building, and the Governme n t sa y t o this sum only have the Commis sioners any cl a i m , and that the surplus belongs to them. The precedent of Mr. Pitt, who, when hard pressed during the war, appropriated without ceremony some 80,0 0/., sub scribed by the Custom-house and Excise clerks, for a super annuation fund, has, it is said, been brought forward in sup pi u o r r t t h o e f r th a i d s v a a r n ra ta n g g e em of en :e , t w tin h g ich at rietstistheur g v e e d x e w d i l q l u h e a s t v i e o the n of %hat is to be done with the surplus_ It would probably puzzle the legal authorities to say to whom the balance really belongs, but we doubt whether the country would be quite satisfied with this method of cutting the Gordian knot. —Advertiser. Lord and Lady Palmerston entertained at din ner on Saturday, at Carlton-gardens, the French Ambas sador and the Countess W alewski, M. Leon Faucher (Mi nister of the Interior of the French Republic), and Madame Leon Faucher, the 1 uchess of Bedford, the k arl of Clarendon, the Baron de Cetto, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Lord and Lady Jocelyn, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Monckton blilnes, the Hon. Mr. Craven, and Dr. Holland. Lady Palmerston received a select party in the evening. VISITORS TO WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.—The fol lowing is a return of the number of foreigners who visited Woolwich Dockyard in the week ending August 16, 1851 —French, 357 ; Prussians, 199; Belgian, 100; Netherlands, 21 ; Bavarians, 26 ; Hanoverians, IS ; Austrians, 22 ; Saxons, 22; Viennes, 19; Swiss, 14 ; Wurtemburg, 10 ; Germans, 2 ; Sardinians, 15 ; and Americans, 6—making a total of 831. The number of British subjects who have visited the dockyard from the Ist to the 16th of August was 27,398 ; and including the foreigners, giving all average of upwards of 2,000 visitors daily. It is said that Sir Culling Eardley Smith, of Belvedere House, Erith, has invited a great number of foreigners to view his fine collection of paintings and beautiful grounds. At the Mary lebone vestry, on Saturday, a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., aed Lord Dudley Stuart, the representatives of the borough, thanking them for the zealous discharge of their duties dur ing the past session of Parliament. THE LATE CASE OF KIDNAPPING A CHILD AT PLYMOUTH.—The Rev. G. lladow, whose name was at tached to the handbill relating to the abstraction of the child 01 Mrs. Jerningham from St. Andrew's Chapel, Plymouth, has received the following from Mr. Jerningham :—" Sir, I have seen a handbill, the object of which I can well under stand, with regard to the missing of a boy from your church at Ply - mouth on Sunday last. I beg leave to inform you that a fuels boy with the name inserted in the bill, and an swering exactly the description, is at present with me, and that inasmuch as he is my son I intend to keep him.—l am, [ sir, your Qbedient Servant, FEED, JERNINCiIIA/C LON DON, INDIA AND CHINA. (From the Times.) We have received our usual letters and papers by the overland mail. The dates of this intelligence are—Hong Kong, June 23 ; Singapore, July 1 ; Calcutta, July 2 ; Bombay, July 5 ; and Madras, July 9. The following is the letter from our correspondent at Bombay : " The event of the fortnight has been the unex pected arrival on the 2d of July of the mails which left London on the evening of the 7th of June ; allowing for difference of longitude, the passage of the mails only occupied 24 days and 20 hours. This is the quickest that has been made as yet, but it is still a great deal slower than it might be, and pro bably will be a few years hence. Sea-going steamers are now built on the Dublin and Holyhead line, for example, to keep up an average speed in all weathers of more than double that of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's contract. Had we steamers like the Banshee between Trieste and Alexandria, and between Suez and Bombay, were the Egyptian rail way completed, and the land transit on the Trieste route as much accelerated as it is capable of being, there is little doubt that the mails might be carried from London to Bombay in 16 days. " The Hon. Company's steamer Sesostris, which left Bombay with the English mails on the 7th of June, was, owing to her old and ricketty state, unable to make head against the monsoon. She put back, and when last heard of was at the Point de Galle, in Cey lon ! The mails she carries will be a month overdue on their arrival in England. The Peninsula and Oriental Company are about to run steamers from Bombay to Suez on alternate months. This will be a great accommodation to us, the freight and passage money charged by the Government steamers being greatly more, and the accommodation infinitely worse, than is the case with the Peninsula and Orien tal Company's steamers. " Letters from the Northern Punjaub state that the passes to Cashmere are closed, and that a dis turbance and extensive mutiny of troops are reported to have taken place in Gholab Singh's dominions, in which four British officers have lost their lives. The latter portion of this report is considered highly im probable. A terrible accident occurred on the 14th of June at Gobindpore, 70 prisoners en route to Ha zarebang had been halted there and chained together in a hut for the night ; the hut accidentally took fire, and five only are stated to have escaped with life. With the numerous instances the Government have before them of men being burnt to death under simi lar circumstances, there ought to be rules laid down for securing prisoners under such circumstances in a manner that would allow them a chance of life in case of fire. " One of the two prisoners charged with having set fire to the late ship Ariel has been found guilty, but is not yet sentenced ; it is to be regretted that the case is one of circumstantial evidence only, and that the evidence appears scarcely sufficient to jus tify the judge in making so severe an example of the convict as the frequency of the crime renders desirable. " The ship Parsee Merchant was lost on the coast of Orissa on the 19th of June. The crew were all saved by a pilot brig, which was luckily close to her when she struck. On the 13th of June the Belgian ship Philomene was totally lost in the Hooghly. The crew were saved by the Andrew Henderson. The ship Chebar also was lost off the coast of Batavia on the 12 ch of May. " The commander of the East India Company's late steamer Falkland has been tried by court- martial for her loss, and fully acquitted. " Accounts from the territories state that the Arabs have been of late committing murders by wholesale ; there is nothing unusual in the cause or manner of these occurrences, nor of their consequences, for the Nizam is powerless, and the Arabs enjoy their usurped possessions without mo lestation.' Gang-robberies are increasing in fre quency all over the country. It is generally re ported that orders from the Court of Directors to the Governor-General have been at last received by the Resident at Hyderabad, Deccan, to take and keep possession of certain parts of the Nizam's dominions unlEss he repays at once the moneys due to the Go vernment of India, amounting to upwards of 80 lacs of rupees, with interest at 6 per cent. The districts of country about to be absorbed are, it is said, all those on the other side of the Kishna river, Bachore, and Neildroog, besides Berar. The first will be under the superintendence of Captain Taylor, the second under Captain Bullock, and the last under Mr. Digh ton, who once managed the Warrungal districts. Should the Nizam not pay down the money, which it is said he has the means of doing, we may take it for granted that the districts mentioned will be held for some time at least; and in the meantime no doubt there will be some very active employment for a part of the cavalry and infantry branches of the service. " Mr. F. Ayrton, late of the Bombay Artillery, has been appointed secretary to the Pacha of Egypt. " The Bombay criminal sessions commence to-day. The calendar is very heavy. The monsoon promises to be an unusually favourable one—most of the tanks are already full. Lord Falkland and the Commander in-Chief are at Poona': with their respective follow ings."rhe New Small Cause Act is about to come into operation. Business is very dull, as is usually the case during the monsoon." CHINA. HONG KONG, JUNE 23.—The mail steamer reached :his on the 12th, bringing advices from England to the 24th of April. It is satisfactory to be able to state that the sick ness among the troops continues to decrease, and that the present state of the hospital forms a gratifying contrast to what it was this time last year. This, no doubt, is attributable to the arrangements made by General Jervois, and to the change of system and treatment on the part of the medical staff. The Samarang, with a detachment of the 59th Regiment, with four officers and 155 men, arrived here on the 17th. On the 28th of last month her Majesty's screw steamer Reynard left this for England, but with orders first to accompany her Majesty'a brig Pilot to the Prate Shoals, about 160 miles from this, to assist in the rescue of part of the crew of the brig Velo cipede, intelligence having been received of the wreck of that vessel. These shoals have been surveyed, but no accurate knowledge has been obtained of the strength and irregularity of the currents prevailing there. During the night of the 30th, while the great est vigilance was exercised, and when, according to all their different means of reckoning, it was supposed that they were at least 30 miles from the shoals, the point of danger, the Reynard struck. The sea was smooth, the water deep, and nothing gave the slightest indication of the proximity of danger. All endeavours to get the vessel off failed, and the wind getting up, with a heavy sea, the vessel soon became bilged and a perfect wreck. Captain, officers, and crew saved nothing. They passed one night on a raft, and the following day reached the island, and, with the crew of the Velocipede, all got safely on board the Pilot, which vessel also barely escaped being carried on the shoals. Great sympathy is felt for the able and zealous commander of the Reynard, Captain Cracroft, who, after frequenting all places on the coast of difficult navigation, and moving about with his vessel more than any other of her Majesty's vessels have been called upon to do, has met with this misfortune while engaged on this last service—one of humanity, but of unusual danger. We have had occasion before to call the atten tion of the Admiralty to the description of vessel most suitable for the protection of commerce in China. We know of none more so than a screw propeller, such as the Reynard, enabling her from her draught of water to reach the factories at Canton, and with her auxiliary power to render ser vices which no sailing vessel can perform. Notwith standing this, we believe her expenditure of coal since she was in commission has not exceeded 260 tons, a quantity that other steamers would consume in a week. Three sailors, who left in the ship Larpent from Liverpool last year, arrived lately at Shanghai from the island of Formosa. They relate the account of the wreck of the vessel there in September last. On reaching the shore officers and crew were attacked by the natives, and there is too much reason to believe that all on board, with the exception of the three by name Berries, Blake, and Hill, were murdered by the natives. Those saved are indebted for their lives to an old Chinaman who took them in and protected them, and afterwards, with the assistance of a Chinese mandarin, got them on board a vessel passing near the coast. A subscription for the China man has been collected at Shanghai, and her Majesty's steamer Salamander has been sent with it to Formosa, and no doubt with the thanks of our Government to the mandarin for his humane and laudable conduct. The accounts from the disturbed districts near Canton continue equally alarming. Of new congou 45 chops have arrived at Canton, among which, however, there are only a few as yet of the fine chops. From the samples that have been given out it is the general opinion that the quality is inferior to that of the tea of last season. The total export from this country to Great Britain is now nearly 63,000,0001 b. against 54,000,0001 b. last year. No correct estimate can be formed of the quantity smuggled from Shanghai. To the United States about 27,700,0001 b. against 21,290,0001 b. last year have gone forward, the excess being in black tea. To the Continent of Europe 2,447,0001 b., and to the Australian colonies 1,213,0001 b. have been shipped, nicking the total export to all parts this year 94,360,0001 b. To the expert of silk only about 200 bales have $o he afdded this month, and the excess compered with this period last 3 -- ear is now only 2,596 bales and 1,182 cases. Our dates from Shanghai are to the 7th instant. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Erin arrived here on the 26th of last month from Calcutta, and it is understood that in future we may expect a steamer from that place. An arrangement will no doubt he made fur the transmission of the bi monthly moil from England by that opportunity. In Ilarbour—Tier Majesty's ship Cleopatra ; at Whampoa, her Majesty's brig Pilot; at Canton, the steamer Pnlegethon ;- at Shanghai, her Majesty's brig Context ; her Majesty's steamer Salamander gone to Formoa. In the China waters the United States corvette Marion and Saratoga; French corvette Ca pricieuse, lately returned from visiting the ports on the coast; Portuguese corvette Don Joao; Spanish corvette V. de Bilboa, the latter repairing. Our latest dates from England are April 24th ; America, April Bth ; Calcutta, May 10th ; Bombay, May 17th ; Singapore, June sth ; Sydney, March 6th; Manilla, June 4th ; Shanghai, June 7th. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA. _ _ _ (Per Overland Price Current, July 2.) The mail, per Ilindostau, arrived on the 28th inst., bringing London dates to the 24th of May, with market reports of a less satisfactory nature than generally ex pected on the strength of the tenor of the advices by the previous Bombay dispatch, which disappointment seems to be strongly felt, and may therefore exercise some corresponding effect on the prevailing rates of our staples. The shortness of time elapsed since these ad vices are to hand, further curtailed by yesterday's inter vention of a native holiday, has not admitted of the de velopment in the direction above pointed to, and it re mains conscquf ntly for us only to state that our export market has since our last issue continued in that state of reluctant activity which the fretful uncertainty of mercantile home affairs, coupled with the discouraging high position of our leading staples, as compared with their realheable value on the other side, are prone to engender, and that prices have not suffered any material change, though holders have generally evinced more in clination to meet offers on the previous easiest terms. Our import market for cotton goods has generally been in a most deplorable state of depression. Within the last fortnight sales have been made to a larger ex tent, but unfortunately without any improvement in value. Holders are, with few exceptions, anxious sellers, and the advices received by the last mail of the state of the cotton market at home will not tend to allay this feeling. Stocks are generally heavy, and the imports exceed deliveries. The large quantities of partially damaged goods thrown upon the market through the medium of public auctions have also had an injurious effect upon private sales. All these unfavourable in fluences combine to give a constant downward tendency to prices, and the only remedy we can see for this state of affairs is a reduction in the exports from home, a con summation, however, we fear not to be looked for im mediately, at all events in respect to the heavier staples, after the tall which has taken place at home in the value of the raw material. A larger quantity than usual of grey shirtings have changed hands but at a further de cline in value. White skirtings have also sold fairly, at a reduction of 2a. to 4a. per piece. More has been done in white figured skirtings, but at a lower value. Cam brics and mulls are dull, with very heavy stocks. Ma -1 dapollams have given way about la. Jaconets, both grey and white, have sold extensively at a decline of la. to 2a. Lappets aro almost unsaleable. The Rangoon sort of book muslins have sold largely, but without any im provement. Mull-mulls are again lower. Turkey red goods remain much depressed, but lately dealers have .vinced more inclination to notice them. A large business has been done in pr . nts and chintzes. The holders of mule twist generally disptay much anxiety to realize, and the market for this important staple is in a very lamentable position. Prices are lower than we have ever known them to be before. Tutesey red ) arn has gone down 6p. to 9p. per lb.; green, 3p. to 6p.; and orange is unsaleable. Some sates of copper ere reported much about previous value. Iron is in very faint inquiry. A sale of 2,200 mds. pig lead has been made at 5-11 to 5-13. 8,400 nods. speller have also been placed at 6-6 to 6-14. On the eve of the departure of the last mail the rate of exchange took a turn in favour of sellers, and the bulk of transactions in first class credit and document bills has been done at 2.1 for the former, and 2-1-1 for the latter. We have beard of some sales at 2-0 i for credit, 2.1 k fur document, but these have not been to aray extent. The Company still maintain their rate, and remittances from home are consequently still very limited. The position of our Money Market has continued to develop an inereaiing demand for accommodation, and less inclination to meet it freely, yet bank rates of dis count are unchang(d. Freights are again rather stiffer, owing to some par tial demand for shipments in time for the mail, but the business transacted is but limited, and expectations con tinue directed towards a slight decline. MONDAY EVENING-, BOMBAY MARKETS, FROM JUNE 25 TO JULY 4, INCLUSIVE. BOMBAY, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 4.—Money con. tinues to become more plentiful, and the banks have re duced their rates of discount and interest 1 p r cent. al round. The value of Government and other securities has not as yet risen, but the abundance of money and absence of trade employment for it must soon have that effect. The current quotations are—New Fives, 1051; Sicca Fives, RS; Company's Fours, 92k; Sicca Fours, 96,e; Transfer Loan, 1161; Bank of Bombay Shares, 23 per cent. premium ; Oriental Bank, 151 per cent. dis count; Commercial Bank, 10 per cent, discount; Agra Bank par. The Bombay Bunk has just declared a divi dend at the rate of 6 j per cent. per annum. Our last dispatch having left so recently as the 25th ultimo, we have little to add to our report of that date. Our import and export markets remain without any material alteration, and the transactions have been very trifling. The season continues favourable, and !heac coun,s of the weather received fro m some of the districts mention that rain had fallen pretty generally in the in terior, and that the bowing of the monsoon crops was being proceeded with. Cotton Piece Goods—Grey shirtings continue to be in some inquiry, and sales of 9,526 pieces are reported. We notice some transactions in Turkey red goods of low quality, and a sale of 1,000 pieces T. B. mulls at sr. 9s. per piece. All other goods are dull of sale in consequence of the coasting and inland traffic being sus pended during the monsoon. Cotton Yarn—A sale of 40 bales water twist 3001 b. each, No. 20, has been made at 7ja. per lb., and another of 6,0001 b. orange yarn, No. 40 (in 400 bales) at ilia. Metals—The only transactions we have heard of are 50 cwt. of white lead at 9r. per cwt. and 4 cases Lamitta gold at 2r. 2ia. per corge. Spirits— l'here have been sales of 18 hogsheads brandy at 2r. 6a. to 2r. 12a. per gallon. A sale of 300 dozen Holland's gin at Sr. per dozen, and another of 90 dozen Kilder's ditto at 12r. per dozen are reported. Wine—Sales of 20 hogsheads and 26 quarter casks of sherry at 250 r. /ter butt of 130 gallons have been made. Beer—The dealers are actively engaged getting de livery of their recent large purchases of Allsopp, and the only fresh sales made since o u r last are in small quantities at 70r. per hogshead. Quotations as at our last. We notice a sale of 50 hogsheads W. Younger's, and one of 50 hogsheads Sawer Boolwar's beer at 85r. per hogshead. Spirits of Turpentine—A sale of 2,000 gallons at Ir. 3a. per gallon has been effected. Exports—Cotton Wool—The only sales that have transpired since our last are the following:-4 00 bales Dhollera at 92r., 200 bales ditto at 99r., and 150 candies Mangarole at 79r. per candy all round. Freights—The port continues to be abundantly sup plied with tonnage. Quotations to London are 2/. 15s. per ton; to Liverpool, 21, ss. to 21. 12s. 6d. per ton; Clyde (nominal), 11. 15s. per ton; and to China, 14r. to 15r. per candy. Exchange—The rate on London has receded, and first-class paper may now be quoted at 2s. to 2s. Oid. for six months' sight bills; at tare. months the rate is Is, 11.1. to is. lied. per rupee. CANTON MARKET REPORT. HONG KoNG, JUNE 23.—The anxiety on the part of some holders to dispose of their late importations has led to a decline in the principal articles of import. Cotton—ln consequence of heavy imports prices have declined. Bombay is quoted, To. 7.3 to Ts. 85; Bengal, Ts. 7.7 to 'l's. 8.7; Madras, Ts. 7.9. to Ts. 8.7; West ern, Ts. 6to 'l's. 6.6. The sales are estimated at 17,000 bales. Stock, 35,000 bales, against 17,000 last year. Cotton Yarn—For the middling descriptions our last quotations are maintained, but the inferior and good qualities show a decline. Nos. 16.24. 27 dolls. to 28} dulls.; Nos. 28.32, 30 dolls. to 31} dolls.; Nos. 38.42, 32 dolls. to 34 dolls. Long Cloths —Owing to the eagerness of holders to quit, prices are lower. Greys are quoted 1.90 to 2 85; whites, 1 doll. 75c. to 2 dolls. 95c. The sales of both descriptions have been about 33,000 pieces. Woollens—Quotations are the same as last month, for Sp. stripes assorted being 85c. to 95c.; long ells, 6 dolls. 60c. to 6 dolls. 90c.; scarlet, 6 dolls. 95c. to 7 dolls. 35c. Sales difficult to effect. Iron—There have been heavy imports, and prices have declined. Rod quoted 2 dolls. .2o 2 dolls. ; d 6oc. bar, 2 dolls. 10c. to 2 dolls. 15c.; round, dolls. 70c. to 4 o. loc.; hoop, 2 dolls. 80c. tar 3 dolls. 10c. Tin plates, 8; i 1 dolls. ge stock. Cochineal-85 dolls. to 120 dolls. Turkey Opium—First quality quoted nominally at 360 dolls. Tea—The business done during the month has been confined chiefly to green tea. Only one chop of congou has been sold. About 95 c ho p s of new congou have arrived, but few musters have been shown. As to the price likely to rule for the fine teas it is yet too soon to express an opinion. and probably there will be some delay before the market is o pened. Exchange on England, first class, paper. 4s. 8),(1. to 4i. 9d., and a small amount at 4& Vld.• ' on India, -Com pany's accepted bills. 224 r. per 100 dolls. Freights— 3/. to 2/. 10s. Clippers with the first may get 4/. ss. Our advices from Shanghai are to the 7th inst. There had been a good amount of business done in imports, but at rather lower prices for moat articles. The only transactions in exports are purchases of a few parcels of silk, Tea—No transactions. blusters of the new tea had been received. No price had yet been named for them. Silk—The purchases were about 250 bales, for which former quotations were paid. The new crop is favour ably reported on, and said to be in excess of last season. Longel..ths— The infvrior qualities were in little de mand. For the better descriptions of both white and gray there was some inquiry. Grays quoted 1,85 day. AUGUST 18, to 3.05 dolls,; whiteg, 190 dolls. to 2.90 dolls. The sales are o,stimated at about 100,C00 pieces. Sp. Stripes—Difficult of sale; quoted 9S to 1.05 dolls. Exchange—On England, first class hill:, 43.qc.1. to 4-i. 7d. On India, for Companl's accepted bilis, re. 220 to 222 p. 100 dolls. Freights—Nominal. It was expected that vessels taking the first of the new produce would get about 4/. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrivals from Great Britain—At Hong-Kong, June 6, Roman, from London; Juno 10, Patna, from Liver, pool; Juno 11, Euphrates, from Liverpool; June 12 Cheapside, from London; Juno 14, Argonaut, from London; June 17, Samarang, from London; Juno 18, Maggie, from Liverpool. At Shanghai, May 29, Duilius, from Liverpool. Departures to Great Britain—From Hong-Kong, May 28, Bentinek, to London; June 14, Hindoo, to London; Juno 20, Charles (American), to London. AI►IERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.—This morning, at three o'clock, the United States steam-ship Atlantic, Capt. West, arrived in the Mersey from New York direct, with the usual mails from the United States and the British provinces, and having on board 52 passengers (among whom are Signor Belletti and M. Benedict), and 110,000 dollars in specie on freight. On her outward passage the Atlantic arrived at her wharf in New York about six o'clock on Sunday morning, August 3, making the passage_ from Liverpool in 10 days and 18 hours. The British steamer Niagara arrived at New York on Thursday, July 31, at half-past four o'clock, P.M, after a passage of over 12 days. The steamer Europa arrived at Halifax at a quarter past eight o'clock on Monday morning, August 4, and at Boston on Tuesday afternoon, August 5, between five and six o'clock. At the same hour that the Atlantic left the port of New York the British steam-ship America, Captain Shannon, was to leave Boston. It was anticipated that the Atlantic would arrive first, as the result has proved. The news by this arrival is of greater importance than we have lately received, not only on account of the excitement relative to the Cuban insurrection, but also intelligence from California, via Chagres and Jamaica, that the city of San Francisco had, for the sixth time in its short history, been the scene of a terrible conflagration, some particulars of which will be found below ; the property destroyed is said to have been worth three millions of dollars, and several lives were lost. It is believed to have beon caused by in cendiaries. From British America we learn that no progress had been made in the Canadian Legislature toward the settlement of the reciprocity question. The Go vernment still refuses to concede the navigation of the St. Lawrence to foreign vessels, until it obtains an equivalent from the Uaited States. A proposal was made in the Assembly last week to open the St. Law rence to the vessels of all nations, but it was opposed by the Government. A motion against removing the seat of government to Quebec until after the expira tion of four years from the time of its removal to Toronto, has been negatived in the llouse, by a vote of 48 to 12. It is considered certain that the removal will take place during the present season. Mac kenzie's Bill for the election of sheriffs, and Ross's Bill for disqualifying persons from sitting in the Le gislative Assembly who may hereafter bo guilty of treason, have both been thrown out. The accounts from the southern states report that great excitement prevails on account of the Cuban insurrection. Several volunteers were said to have left Savannah for Cardenas. One thousand men had sailed from New Orleans for the same destination. Two steamers have been purchased by the Cubans and their friends in New Orleans, where it is cur rently believed they will obtain possession of the island in the present struggle. A large number of persons in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and other southern states, are preparing to give their personal aid to the Cuban revolutionists. We learn from Cin cinnati that large bodies of young men in that vicinity are waiting for an opportunity to join the same standard. The President exerts the utmost vigilance for the prevention of any overt acts on the part of the Americans against the Government of Spain ; but the zeal of private adventurers cannot be repressed by the action of public authorities. The news of the insurrection at Puerto Principe arrived at St. Jago de Cuba on the 9th of July, but the accounts were vague and unsatisfactory. An ex press arrived on the morning of the 11th, with dis patches to the Governor, stating that Las Tunas was threatened with an attack from the insurgents, and that they bad seized upon the funds of the Treasury. In the afternoon of the same day the Governor, General Manzano, started for Las Tunas with a body of troops. The revolutionists at St. Jago number, at least, 500 men, well armed with muskets and other weapons, and supplied with ammunition. The feeling in favour of freedom was general, and the young men of the first families were on the side of the Patriots. Our last advices from Havannab, by telegraph from New Orleans, state that Trinidad and Villa Clara had taken side with the insurgents against the Govern ment. The Virginia State Convention for the revision of the constitution have reported an amended form of that instrument, which is to be submitted to the de cision of the people on the 23d of October next. The new constitution is highly democratic in its cha racter, surpassing in that respect any previous funda mental law of the ancient commonwealth. Every free white male citizen of the age of 21 years is to enjoy the right of suffrage, without regard to property qualifications. The judges of the several courts are to be elected by the people, and may be removed for cause by the Legislature. At the same time the pro visions of the new constitution for the maintenance of slavery are of quite a stringent character. On the outward passage of the Atlantic, when only two days from Liverpool, one of the passengers, for merly a merchant of high renown in Boston, com mitted suicide by shooting himself. It is stated that the unfortunate man was labouring under delirium tremens, brought on by excessive drinking. Captain Hovey, of the packet-ship Devonshire, which arrived in New York on the 3d instant, re ports that there was no sickness among his passengers (emigrants) on the voyage out, except one man, who, it appears, came on board affected with the small pox. As soon as this circumstance became known to the captain, the patient was placed in the stern-boat, hanging at the davits, several feet from the ship. Over the boat a tent was erected covered with tar paulins. Here the patient was nursed, and attended by the physician and officers of the ship. He is now quite well, and he never left his romantic domicile during the whole course of the passage. This timely precaution taken by Captain Hovey prevented the disease from affecting any of the other passengers. CALIFORNIA. The United States' steam-ship Empire City, from Chagres, July 25, and Kingston, Jamaica, July 30, with over a million and a half in gold dust, and be tween 300 and 400 Californians as passengers, arrived in New York on the morning of the Gth inst. The Empire City left at Chagres the steam-ships Georgia and Prometheus, awaiting the arrival of the steamers Isthmus and Union, neither of which had reached Panama on the morning of the 23d ult., but were hourly expected. From the files of California papers we extract the following details of the sixth terrible fire in San Francisco : Another great conflagration has laid in ruins a large portion of our city. At about the hour of eleven o'clock on the morning of June 22, just as the church bells were announcing the hour for the assemblage of the various religious congregations, the citizens were alarmed by the teartul alarm of fire pealing from the fire bells. At first little apprehension seemed to be felt, and it appeared but the effort of a moment to extin guish the flames; but on account of the perfectly dry state of the buildings of which our city is composed, and the high winds that prevail at this season, the commu nication of the destructive element was rapid, and soon became uncontrollable. The extent of the burnt district includes thirteen squares and parts of five other squares, situated between Powell and Sansome, and Broadway and Clay. THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE. The faets, so far as they are known and we could gather them, are substantially these:—The fire origi nated in a two-story framehouse, near the corner of Powell and Pacific-streets, occupied by Mr. De Lessert, as a residence, in which there was neither fireplace, chimney, or stove. No person was in the house at the time of the alarm, except the servant of Mr. Do Lessen, who was not aware of the fire until apprised by the alarm outside. The only house adjacent was a low wooden house on the eastern side of it, which is believed to have been unoccupied. Charles S. Lyons was found burned to death on Jackson-street, between Dupont and Kearney streets. No particulars could be ascertained concerning the man ner of his death. The Coroner will hold an inquest upon the body to. day. Mr. Bach, of the firm of Bacb, Bennett, and Co., was burned to death in the effort to save his store-room. George Hubbard, a native of Scotland, about 40 years of age, who had been confined to his bed in a house in Jackson-street for eight days past, expired while being emoved to the Piazza. EVENTS SINCE THE EA ME R. IN SAILG OF THE LAST ST (From the Alta California, July 1.) In the city of Sono ra a worthy citizen , Captain Snow, having been brutally murdered, and two of the assassins having been taken a few da y s afterwards, were tried and and buried in the grave which A terrible row o ccurred at a new town calle d Moloney, t h h u e n y g had by t d h n e g P f n o P r li t i h a e n i e ; victim. near Carson's diggings, about twe abandoned w omen, in which one or two Americans and three or four Mexicans wero A marauding party of twelve men, commanded by a Captain Irving, were all killed by the Indians of the I Gunnlia tribe, near Los Angeles. They deserved their ' fate. A great many Mormons, from the Salt Lake Valley, had arrived in the Los Angeles The division of the Indian commission, under Colonel Barbour, has come to a standstill at Los Angeles for want of funds. Dr. Wozencroft is progressing with his division at his own expense. The two men, Watkins and Brier, have been tried on the charge of burglary—robbing Colonel Stevenson'a safe—and found guilty; the first sentenced to ten, and the other to five years' imprisonment. A party of nine men, under Captain Fitzpatrick, have been cut off by the Indians, and, as is supposed, all mur dered, at Rogue River. The details will be found in our columns. There is a prospect that Mr. Hottaling's proposition for supplying the city with salt water will soon be com menced. A party which left Trinidad to explore the Shasta country had arrived at Trinidad. A shocking affair occurred in this city on the night of the great fire. Lewis Pollock was shot dead by Samue Gallagher, having teen provoked from his bed and killed while undressed. _ _ _ Our city is being built up again very fast—some 200 buildings having been erected and many of them finished during the past week. A horrible murder was perpetrated at Sonora last Friday, by persons who took offinee at an article pub lished in the Sonora Herald. They repaired to the editor, Dr. Gunu's room, dragged him from his bed, shot him through the head, killed two other persons con nected with the of f ice, and wounded or killed three or four other persons who went to their assistance. There has been a quartz mining convention held in Mariposa country, at which some very important reso lutions were adopted. FURTHER FROM CALIFORNIA —GREAT FIRE— INCENDIARIES ARRESTED—LWS OF LIFE. NEW ORLEANS, Aua. 2.—The recent conflagration in San Francisco laid the heart of the city in ashes. The blocks bounded by Montgomery-street, Dupont-street, Washington-street, and Merchant-street, are a heap of ruins. The loss is variously estimated at from 2,000,000 to 5,000,000, but it is impossible to tell with any degree of certainty what the amount of the loss really is. The fire was the work of incendiaries, who have been arrested by the vigilance committee. Their fate may easily be surmised. Many lives are said to have been lost by this terrible fire, which, coming so closely on the heels of that from which the city had not yet recovered, inflicts a severe blow on the prosperity of the inhabitants. Active preparations are going on for rebuilding the new burnt district, and several substantial structures aro already in process of erection. Lynch law continues to prevail. The agricultural prospects in California are favourable. The report from the mine are conflicting, but gene rally they are favourable. The quartz diggings yield well. The Indian troubles continue. In the San Francisco market flour was quiet and steady. Coffee dull. In cement and bricks a fair busi ness doing. Sugars were lower. Provisions were quiet. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, AUG. s.—The stock market has been very much depressed during the past week in conse quence of the stringency in the money market, but ap peared to rally a little to-day. Government Securities and State Stocks have remained quiet. There has been a much better feeling exhibited in all moneyed transactions to-day, and confidence in promi nent securities appear to be somewhat restored. Sales of mercantile paper have been more freely made than for several days past, although the rates are higher than have been known for some years. The demand fur specio for export has ceased. Nothing has yet been en gaged to go by the steamers of any consequence. The low rates of foreign exchange dispel all tear of renewal of the drain upon the banks for the precious metals ; and a few arrivals from California will soon replenish their vaults, as a great many have overrated the ship ments of specie as compared with the receipts. The demand for foreign exchange has not been ac tive, owing probably to the scarcity of money. We quote :—London, 109 to 110 ; Paris, 5.11 i to 5.124 ; Amsterdam, 41-1 to 41i ; Hamburgh, 36 to 36i ; Bre men, 78+ to 7Eq. FRElGHTS.—Shippers were St 11 inclined to wait for private advices due by the Europa. For flour, Is. was offered and 131 demanded. 5,000 bushels of grain were taken at 4d. in bulk. Cotton ranged from 4s to 4s. 6d. per bale. There was no change to London or Havre. The barque Vernon was sold for the whaling business at 10,000 dollars, and the ship Sea for 20,000 dollars for the same business. Shippers to California were disposed to wait later news, due by the Chagres steamers, before doing much. NEW YORK TRADE REPORT. ' TUESDAY, AUG. 5, SIX P.M.—Ashes have remained firm, with sales of 150 barrels, at dolls. 5 550, and pots at dolls. 5 064. Beeswax—An additional lot of I,Boolbs. yellow west ern realized 26e., cash. Breadstuffs—ln domestic flour there was an extensive trade drive❑ since our former summary, but quotations were net sustained. The day's operations comprised about 15,000 barrels, uuinspected, at dolls. 3 to dolls. 3 50; sour, at dolls. 3 44 to dolls. 3 68; superfine, No. 2, at dolls. 3 62 to dolls. 3 75; mixed to good western, at dolls. 3 94 to dolls. 4; ordinary to straight State and round hoop Chio, at dolls. 4 to dolls. 4 06k; pure Genesee, at dolls. 4 06 to 4 lti; fancy Ohio, at dolls. 4 18 to dolls. 4 37; fancy Genesee and extra Ohio, at dolls. 4 31 to dolls. 4 94; and extra Genesee, at dolls. 495 to dolls. 6. Canadian ruled lower. Cotton—The market is better supplied than before the arrival of the Europa's news, and prices have receded somewhat, with a business under 600 bales. Our quo tations, however, are nominal on several styles. Iron—Since Saturday, pig has been extremely quiet, though holders were generally firm. The total quan tity purchased was not over 150 tons Scotch, at dolls. lb 75 to 19 75, cash and six months. Bar has not varied materially for a length of time, the nominal value being dolls. 34 per ton. Other kinds were equally inanimate and depressed. Oils—ln linseed there was considerable doing, at steady figures; 3,000 gallons American and English, from store, brought 73 to 74c., and 10,000 ditto of the latter were said to have been sold from the dock at 73c. cash. Whale was on the advance; selected readily brought 47c. in lots, and shipping was held at 45 to 46c. Sweet has shown a fair degree of animation, with out any new feature in price; 200 baskets (quarts) fetched dolls. 2 62i, and 100 ditto (2 docen pints) dolls. 3 87k. Provisions—ln pork we have not observed any special variation; the business was entirely retail; and reached probably 200 bbls new mess, at dolls. 14 87i ' old at dolls. 14 31i; new prime at dolls. 1 3 , and old at dolls. 12 37. Beef exhibited more buoyancy, 500 bbls mess having changed hands at dolls. 8 75 to dolls. 11, and prime at dolls. 5 to dolls. 6. Spirits—American whisky was very heavy and nomi nal, only a few small sales, and Ohio having been effected at 231 c. to 241 c. cash. Foreign liquors were in moderate request, and we heard of 10 half-pipes Cognac being purchased at 1 doll. 95c. to 2 dolls. 37ic.; and five Rochelle at 1 doll. 15c. Tallow—A further sale of 5,0001 b. city rendered was made this morning at 7c. cash. Market steady. Tobacco.—Within the last three days the operations have not exceeded 30 hogsheads Kentucky at 7c. to 9c.; 31 bales ditto, stems, at 1 doll, per 100 lb. cash; 5 cases Ohio seed leaf at 18c.; 53 bales Savannah at 24e. to 25c.; and 6 packages Ambalema at 12c. The inquiry has been very light at feeble rates. i TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS. 1 NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 2.—The sales of cotton to day have been 700 bales. Prices have undergone no change since the receipt of the Niagara's news. NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 4.—Cotton is in fair de mand; sales to-day 2,600 bales, at sc. for ordinary North Alabama; middling is scarce, and quoted at 71e. in this evening's list. Prime yellow corn is at 60c. to 62c. The Atlantic's news was received at noon to-day. _ CHARLESTON, AUGUST 4, 1851.—Cotton i 3 quiet; sales amount to 232 bales, at sc. to Bc. NORFOLK, AUGUST 4, 1851.—Corn is depressed; good yellow sells at 50c. R. 0. hhd. staves are 26. BALTIMORE, Atro. 5, 1851.—Sales were made to-day of 440 bbla. lloward-street flour at 4 dolls., and 1,000 City-mills at the same figure. Corn-5,000 bushels prime wheat sold at 63c., and yellow at 59c. to 60c. 140 hhds. Porto Rico sugar fetched sic. to Sic. Molasses —llO hhds. Porto Rico sold at 18tc. to 19c/. ARRIVAL OF TIIE AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, TEN O'CLOCK, A.M. The British and Royal mail steamship America has just arrived from Boston and Halifax. She brings 45 passengers, and 50,000 dolls. in specie. The advices from New York are brought down to the 7th instant, by electric telegraph, via Halifax. These are confined to commercial reports, with the exception of another arrival from California bringing two million dollars of gold dust. The ac counts from the mines were as encouraging as ever. In cotton there was no alteration in p r i ce , but there was an increased disposition to buy. Flour and grain were dull at late quot a ti ons . Bloney was more plentiful, and the market for stocks and securities better. THE CAPE MAIL.—PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY -- 13 The General Steam Screw Shipping Company's sh w ip ..h mo m sp ai o ls r in ', Captain Hall, sailed yesterday afternoon,` intent, c harge of Commander oo'ridge, for Leone, and the Cape of Good H o pe. SheS has a s V a i n fall een 4 cargo Si er r o a W of mixed British manufact ure d goo ds, and ta kes passengers for an d Mrs. Wyse, and Sierra Leone—Dire. Major Shaw, and Master James and Mi ss Mr. Ritchie; for the Cape — lll r,l B ll. B. Johnson, Mr. R. B. Kennedy, Ensign Burrows, r. Di Gregor, Lieutenant Turner, Lieutenant Adambs,l%lDi 45th Regiment, and the Rev. appointed Admiralty Chap- Williams, Ensign Willoughby. and tamely, Bosphorus conveys to the Cape a John Jenkins, lady, Chap lain at Simon's Bay. large quantity of med icines for the troops. D AN GEROUS STATE OF A RAILW AY T UNNEL.—On Monday evening, a s the mail train was p ast i ng through the tunnels between Teignrnouth and Dawli s h , a large stone or the carriao. in which pi ece of rock fell on ctihteizreonosfwofere sweltering . N It 12 is , said some t e n of our unhappy among a t h e m were a good deal di scomposed for a moment, Dawlish, an d on arriving at Mr. Bl organ , the act i ve superin tendent, was informed of what had occurred. The South Devon directorate have frequently had their attention soli cited to this very dangerous portion of their line, but it still remains in a very unsatisfactory state.—Exeter Gazette. Mr. William Ayshford Sanford is appointed Colo nial Secretary for Western Australia, in the room of Mr. i MOM Falconer, resigned. ~--- 1851. S__ I 1 iv LITERATURE. THE SIEGE QE DAMASCUS. I? A'isbct. This is an historical romance of the seventh c ttiris?- describing the siege and capture of Damascus bitliaaeli-i.;al. Arabs whom that wealthy and flourishing peoiAttl • 11.;f1,7 despised and ridiculed. The great object of the writer seems to be to show the great amount of wickedness that existed among the monks and prelates of that time and country. But he has in some points al lowed his hatred of hypocrisy and idolatry to urge him to make no distinctions, and to attribute to all I countries and all creeds those evils which existed in one particular church. It is also somewhat singular, that while the author cannot con demn too strongly the idolatry and superstition of the people in respect of the monks, he in variably suffers the predictions of the astrologer Pane to be fulfilled, and even writes as if he believed his arts had occasioned the various events that con firm his prophecies. The hero, Jonas, though a power ful and courageous character, is not to be admired or imitated in his conduct. He is at first a wavering and theoretical Christian. Then, urged by mingled feelings of love, hatred, and indignation, he becomes a Moslem and renegade, then, disgusted with the world, he retires from it to a quiet and secluded valley, and finally becomes fire -worshipper ! Such a vacillating line of conduct is scarcely worthy of so patriotic end generous a dispcsitiou. The various events and characters are well described, and display • considerable knowledge of the age and country and the habit! of the Arabs and Damascenes. V 7%).- NEW MUSIC. 1. invitation a la Valse ; 2. Chanson di Ete—Not turno, pour le ...Pianoforte. Jejferys, Soho.square; 3. Morceau de a nicert, Capriccio pour le Piano forte. Wessel and Co. John Rogers. Composed by' The " Invitation" is for Ned after the model of \Veber's celebrated work. It c, lmmenees with a grace ful and flowing cantabile, irr three-quarter time, leading to a waltz, which, w h i le distinguished by , fresh and sparkling melody, and scholarly modula tions, is worked up with musicianv skill. It can acarely fail to becom e popular. The " Notturno" and " Capriccio" offer some diffi culties, which demand an executant like Air. Rogers himself to do them justice. The first (" Chanson d'Ete") opens with an elaborate and spirited prelude, which introduces us to a melody of peculiar grace and freshness—first accompanied by skipping chords, then varied for the left hand alone, and conauding with a resume of the opening movement. The " Moreeau de Concert" affords an ,example of skilful and effective part writing ; like the former compositions, it is distinguished by melodNms and captivating themes, the harmonic treatment o: which shows a Beethovenish tendency, highly creditable to Mr. Rogers' taste. These works, each differing in style, are developed with the skill of a zealous ,And , talented artist. SPORTING NOTES• No. CVIII. YORK AUGUST MEETING. THE GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES, &c. " In every rustling wind the victor hear, And Marlborough Buck in every contest fear." ApinsoN's Campaign (slightly altereti). TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. em enabled to speak more positively this morning with regard to the starters for the Ebor Handi cap; they will number from ten to twelve, and are the following:—Maid of Masham, Clothworker, The Italian, Lady Ilylda, Champion, Nancy (d), Haricot, Hunger ford, Candlewick, Aristos, and one or two others. It is my opinion that if they all run, the leaders in the fray will be The Dalian, Nancy,Maid of Masham, and Haricot, the first and last of these, the former as being the money horse, the latter as being the best " in," for choice; the two mares, as a matter of course, close up. It ought to be borne in mind by dabblers in the odds that when The Italian met " the crack" (Nancy) in the Chester Cup fray, he gave her for the year 351bs, and more than that, was not then thoroughly himself, yet was well up at the finish; he has to concede a very dif ferent weight now, only Sibs, consequently as he is in :first-rate fettle, ought to be the winner, or very close upon the victor's heels. Haricot's nume rous performances as a three-years-old were decidedly superior, winning, as she did, in nearly every in stance ; this year, as yet, she has not done anything worth recording. The Maid of Masham,.with the stiff weight of Bst 71b up, I expect to see in the third position; she may get nearer, or, perhaps, compass the winning feat; if she accomplish this, she will in truth prove herself a clipper and no mistake. The Slashing Nancy is surrounded by so much mystery that I have nought to say concerning her; I fancy, however, at the weight, if she starts, it will only be to be beaten for the first time this year. Friday's list leads off with the Consolation Scramble Stakes, which, with the Members' and her Majesty's Plates, have yet to close. Sir Rowland Troachard and Balsamo will fight out the Bramham Park Stakes, the former, in all probability, just get ting the best at the finish. The field for the Great Yorkshire Stakes of 10 sovs , with 100 added, for three yrs old, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b, one mile esad three-quarters, now in its ninth year, may possibly he composed of the following :—Ariosto, Azeth, The Barr (d), Black Doctor (d), emus (d), Marlborough Buck, Nancy, Neasham, Newminster (d), and Crookshanke. Ariosto, I fancy, requires a shorter course to display his abilities upon; Azeth and The Ban, at the best, are but second-rate cattle. The Black Doctor I have heard nothing about of late; the distance would suit him ad mirably, but I'm afraid he would not fancy the weight. Ccreus is to be tried in the race for the Ebor St. Leger on Wednesday; if becomes off victorious there, it is just pos sible he may "run up" for this stake. The Marlborough Buck, backed by the Venison and Defence blood flowing through his veins, is the most mischievous looking horse in the race, and, if they mean him, I have not the slightest hesitation in awarding him the palm of victory. Pompey's daughter, Nancy, with 51b allowed her for sex, ought to be somewhere near the front, but to my eye will not turn out to be the winner. The speedy son of Hetman Platoff and Wasp is much fancied in the north and also in the City, and immense sums have been in vested on his chance, but.without I am sorely deceived, at the best he will have to be contented with " playing second fiddle." Crookshank's chance requires no consideration; and Newminster is by no manner of means a certain starter, or he would have disposed of the lot, perhaps, with the exception of The Buck, in the most cavalier style imaginable. If he runs take care of him, and keep him on the right side of the book. Not taking Newminster's chance into consideration, I should place the others thus— THE MARLBOROUGH BUCK ... 1 NEASHAM ••• ... 2 NANCY or ARIOSTO The Gimcrack Stakes depend so much on the result of the Prince of Wales's Stakes that I shall postpone my remarks on this particular stake to Thursday next, merely observing meanwhile, that the Bird-on-the-wing and Agnes Wickfield look the most attractive at the present moment. Speculation on the Ebor Handicap, Great Yorkshire Stakes, and St. Leger, has been very brisk since Saturday morning, and has led t o severa l changes` of importance, especially in Hernandez and Newminster for the St. Leger, Maid of Masham for the Ebor Handi cap, and Marlborough Buck for the Great Yorkshire Stakes. The market this morning is uncommonly firm for the favourites, but very queer for the outsiders. The following are the latest quotations:—Dundas Stakes —3 to 1 on the field; 5 to 1 agst Crookakanks; 10 to 1 agst Oxford Blue. Ebor St. Leger—Eren on Newminster; 3 to 1 agst Confessor; 6 to 1 eget Cnas. Prince of Wales's Stakes-2 to lon the field. York shire Oaks-3 to 1 agst Tightwaist, 4to 1 taken; 7 to 2 agat Unity; 4 to 1 ogst Nrivandi4re; 5 to 1 eget Iris; Bto 1 agst Brehm. Confidence, I believe, does pot run. Ebor Handicap- 3 to 1 agst Nancy (nomin.al); 5 to 1 agst Maid of Masham; 7 to 1 agst The Italian; 7 to 1 agat Hungerford; 10 to 1 agst Haricot; 10 to ag'S Champion, take 12 to 1. Chesterfield Handicap -- 2 to I agst Vanguard, take 5 to 2; 3 to 1 agst Prince Carts!loo colt; 6 to 1 agst Melody; 12 to 1 agst (Wort Bluei 100 Soya Plate-4 to lon the field. Co„un t s' P to 1 agst King of Trumps; 5 to 1 agst r-4" named. G reat York Cup—Clincher fancied, bnt no price name _ Yorkshire Stakes-2 to 1 agst The Marlboro ugh Buck; 6to each agst 3 to 1 each agst Neasham and Nancy; Ariosto and Newminster. ?rtoes2t agst st L u eg e e r r ß — sn 4 d t c o z l ; l l a 4 ga to a Newminster, 9 to 2 taken; 1 agat Hothorpe. I a m, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF . Aug. 18, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. IN L ATEST BETTING IN TOWN. EBOR HiNDICA.P. 3 to 1 o pt Mr. Martinson's Nancy = 1:3 to to 1 2 agar tt Mr. Mr. meWrikatira h a er:: l M ta a l i ia d n of Mash to 1 agst Mr. Morris's Rungerford GREAT YORKSHIRE STARES. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Clark's Marlborough Beak 3 to 1 agst Mr. hlartinson's Nancy 3 to 1 agst Mr. Wilkinson's Newham ST. LEGER. 9 to 2 agst Mr. A. Nichol's Newminster 9 to 2 agst Lord Enfield's Hernandez for oioo L i olrcß o i l.; bblesdale has purchased Colonel Peers stud notwithstanding the change of ownership, the public sale of the first portion will take place this day. HENLEY-oN-LsamEs.--There is no longer any doubt that the potato blight of former years has this season appeared in various parts of this district; crops that a abort time since were quite free from any appearance of blight, are now unquestionably tainted, although is most instances only in the leaves of the plant; but should the loss not exceed 0 mo derate per-centage, the larger proportion of land planted, and the prolific yield of the present year, will prevent any deficiency being experienced in this useful edible. CHURCH RATES.—A very numerousr.rneeting of the ratepayers of the parish of St. Mary•le-Strand was eld on Saturday, in the Vestry-room, for the pur pose of making a church-rate, and on other business; Arr. Churchwarden Hughes in the chair. Mr. Glenny proposed that the church— wardens be allowed 300 1 . for the necessar y repairs of the church, and that a rate of le. 3d. be allowed. Mr. Pearce having seconded the motion, Mr. Valentine proposed, as an amendment, a rate of la, which, having been seconded, was put and carried. We observe that Captain J. Estridge has been con firmed in the appointment of garrison engineer and civil arc hitect at the Bombay presidency, vice Crawford, *ppplute4 superintending euigneer, railway department. .~~-~ - 3 ~~~. , __~__