The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-31 00:00:00

.........—' D und to is more [cations P ersons s man[. left in , an deu, she ls• MONEY MARKET- AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. Stir. IPaid RAILWAYS. hat the ibscrip- CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. es t ll 2, B ales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday wera __ated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,500 American wertaken for export and on speculation. The m arket,, e closed firmly, without alteration in prices. ~ . 1 ) 1 , sales comprised 50 Pernam and Maranham, at r t. to 6,d.; 30 Egyptian, at 6d. to 81d. ; 500 ri u ca r at, at 30. to CA. ,and the remainder Ame- T IL L' Railway Shares continue flat. „ The Produce Markets have opened very briskly It? week, and a large business has been done in Principal staples. The permission to import When into nearly all the Continental countries su stain the h arvest has proved deficient, will help Be, ,fine the p r i ce o f gra i n ; ot h erw i se th e pre ne weather would probably occasion a de 1-L_Live, especially as the Greek houses are known to holding,a f 3 tered into large contracts, and are only The steamer Arctic brings advices of the 20th ,nt. from New York. Th e stock market was rathery a little, but the pressure continued severe i n the discount market, and gloomy I'v:ol9.ints were received from the south and west, C rtic ularly from Phil a d e lphi a . Flour was in more I(' wand, and freight to Liverpool was 2s. 6d. to 2s. • per lb. th e 4rt y writing from St. Thomas, under date of 3d inst., states-: 14 7 6 brig Fashion t ouc hi ng off the port, enables me to e mention of an in surrec ti on among the negroes a t the to la w nd of Tortola. Several persons were killed, and the is e n b urnt. The whites are all fleeing, and our island "of refugees. The Danish Government have sent 111)_ soldiers to aid the whites. This is but the begin thhin_g„,2f What must eventually , and soon, be the result of e west India (British) Islands, when the negroes have is t he case voice i n th e G overnmen t, p ower , & c ., w hi c h ease in most of the smaller islands." F ront a ,.. the t enor o f t h e M ex i can a d v i ces, it wou ld appear that the question of an alliance with Spain 4,_,Beliously discussed, the object being protection a n.nst the U n it e d St a t es, as th oug h suc h an b,... l Znce could gi ve it. O ne f avora bl e course a dOPt e d alita Anna is his plan for hypothecating the lib,PertY of th e c h urc h f or 17,000,000 d o ll ar s. The ,7,rtal organs agree in lauding this scheme. statement that Col. Gadsden, the new Ame -7,11 Minister to Mexico, had been instructed to o',lent to th e re li nqu ishment of the Garay claim to th e right of way across the Isthmus of Tehuan ise:, is doubted in well-informed circles in Wash- V i n „) i 5 also the assertion that this government ro "filling to accept, as an equivalent, a free route railroad along the thirty-second parallel. The genera l impression is that the administration will a ' w ait le ct , e reception of the official information c.ol thp e ' bY the different parties engaged in exploring p r i country for a railroad route to the Pacific, tie t ° committing itself to any particular line, in the American or Mexican territory. i ll , Banker's Mag az ine, for September, in treat 14P' the increasing value of money, gives the foi l/1g as the principal causes : c‘ l et. The enormous ex t ens i on o f trade with Australia a s a d e tb a e lif a , d ,r i n a i c a ent colonies, the whole coast of the Pacific 2 , d. The disposition of the public to encourage vari eLasses of joint-stock enterprise, which has enabled i rul ators to bring forward schemes of every descrip uloeun. preyl, 3 d. The estimated deficiency of the harvest, the ap keeu„Bion that the relations between Russia and Tur tareefwelaperceovuenntt. the usual supplies coming forward from former country, and the large purchases of grain on 4 th. The increasing prosperity of our labouring po pulation,tog with the strikes, so universally pre tilt, to obtain higher rates of wages. 4: 4 4 enumerating these as the principal causes, others th - N but they are so closely identified with them, that i s eir co nsideration will, as a matter of course, proceed the°rdlnary connection with the topic. For instance— the et'estant sup foplr ies of specie being dispatched to India to, remittances China, occasioned by the momentous oevolution in that empire, and the general exports to „?),_arlY, Holland, &c." 4- ue rates at which bills on the Continent were .07 4 er clay negotiated here were much the same as 2 8 e previously paid—viz., Paris 25 17 to 20 ; —.Eiterdarn 11 171 to ; Hamburgh 13 51 to 6, al Trieste 10 56 to 59. Stocks are very dull and not quite so Qtr ßoo, , 111 price. The political intelligence is con n,7 e u as being particularly satisfactory, and the d ° l - , - ;? drawback is the state of the corn market an ro w - renewed rumour that the bank will to-mor th,., Put up the rate of discount in order to check th - grain speculation. It would appear, however, t e a t While the demand is large for food, there cannot t 411 1 ch danger of a serious revulsion, and those itPeculators who are weak, may soon be brought to ti 1 :: - Ind by a little scrutiny of their paper, without e c , necessity of inconveniencing the public at large. fortniols have been 98 to , for Transfer and 98 2 8, Account. Exchequer Bills are ls. discount to 101 13 j e lnium. The New 3i per Cents. have been g• Bank Stock is firm at 2281. 6 1 1 (Tej o . ea. ll 1 Securities continue very inactive. Mexi -13 Ja ends are quoted 26g to , being heavier. 94 . il ian Four-and-a-Hall per Cents. have realised 451 P ,s Portuguese Four per Cents. have been c tt an d Spanish Three per Cents. at 471. ar_ Stock is at 961, A, a slight decline. Dutch fo l t ir Per Cents. have been quoted 98i, about the iti l Z e r value, and Russian Five per Cents. have liaZ?ved to 119. The settlement of the account Th e without any incident. Gold Mi ne Shares have been flat. South l lusi. iatC tali an Land are a shade better. The Austra -1,23'1111s are in favour of buyers. azia'" Railway Share Market has been inactive, h ope Prices are no t b uo y an t. Norfolk, however, a m f urther advanced. French Shares are firm, Gr eat Indian Peninsular have risen again. 100 8i Aberdeen Ambg Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Birming. Wolverh & Stour Val!ey . to al) irators IS other 3 of the Birkenhd. L.;.ncsh. dz Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. IDo., ....... _ _ aisheS t w ay tn King his Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Oublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth&Aber d een Junction meen of sum of ,ributed hrzana , p li e d to Do. New...... East Anglian.... Do., (XlB E & H).... Eastern Counties..... Eastern Laion, A Stock 106 8A 1100- Do., B. Stock Do., New A. East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Glasgow& S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do. , B. Stock ...... . Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths ID a. , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern dap w as ,ut tha t biasing h of the ;s to the Ldrid in )erattut ig ; 11l Debt A O' SNOW) eats are for Ltou 3avaris, all 11 1.00 Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. 3`ilb. &Sthend. Lond. Bright & S. Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh.,M&B 0 London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do., £4O Lusndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lineln Do., Man. & Lin. Uu Midland gsnAl. St ateg y, ey on t he rOSS the t ails sh e P eeie. Bost° 100 42A 100 . 100 47:3 174 Do. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (I re.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. , Bury Extension. N wpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. Newry &Enniskillen, oNewry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor. Norfolk Northn. Counties Un, North British . North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred,, Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire.• North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central , Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bitmg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Si &sic._ Shrewsby. & Berefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min Do. Halves, . o. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Jun ic, fro 1 . "" l e d from 'ssed by Deratur© onl suu- he fe ver „ to the Lure of res s ' o i result dots. to 5 Ns'l lea : 34c. P -1 :. 74c•P e. Is. IW. ed in fight o 0 sti°' Orie 3 ' - 3 tO 1 1! pia ll l' s 1001111 100 3 100 100 100 100 1100 Do Stockton & Har.lepl. Thames Haven Dock, and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledn & Croydon York NewetL&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland `" . ' l " v ita d, s deco r ' Li sl3r ' to 70. with , 3 Irg) t3i 1 218. 100 20 11 § 100 0 .. t none . <I greib Of pto a n d ce, SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Agua Fria Anglo Californian Australasian i f - lip 11 - U Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria all 13.5 244 I Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at 25 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiadw Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Prof. 7i p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth. Lake Bathurst 30 20 1 40 Liberty Loncl,kCalifom. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita ........ Mexican &S. Americn New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New - - pa ( i i • d 7 9 3i 41 32 31 34 4d par 4 45xd 101 11 4 55 65 6 -- 7 i P' 21 14 16 P 2i 101 di *d par $ (I! 6 7 141. par -- A - id ! A Santiago de Cuba... South Australian... 2i 3 Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada (West Mariposa... 'Yuba. 3 2i 3/ 43 d — par 7 9 4 4a - g Ad (11 di B u ckgliamsh. L. &N.W. 103 105 SU N OFFIC E , Si x o ' Cl oc k. g t 0 o . 12 11 Clydesdale Jo. Caledon... 51i "o3i St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. , sp. cent Gt.Northn 150 152 CHELM SFORD RACES. 25 all Glstr.StDn.Fr Qt.Wesin. 32 33 (THIS DAY.) Railway do Berw.. .. 50 ... 1:1 Hull rtlP dr i . Selby. pk .d' Y Y k . dr . N N . lVe:d New. (THIS 110 —Mad a d • 1 2 00 5 aa a hi ll Do. i Shares. Do all 55 —s6x d x d (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 12 Do. 1 Shares. Do 27 —2Bx d 28 a d 12 . all Lon.drGreenw S.Eastern l4l —14 i PLATE. 20 all Do.Preferencepo - 26 27 Laseelles ................................... 1 ..................... St. 100 Lowestoft gr. Garforth ... ............ 9 4 per cent... Norfolk gt. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do .. _,.. 5 i all Aanch.Bxton. Ln.drk.ii TOWN pr., a.rF and Matlock & Midld 3 31 31 a d ' ' 50 all Middlesbro' dr Stckten & Luxurious .................................................... . 1 Redcar Darliiigt. ... Sophistry 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland... 105 i —lO6 k x d Four ran. 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 64 63xd x d CUP STAKES. 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do - ... Waverley ................... . 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... ..... ... ... 25 all Prest. &Wyre L. &Is ,W. Brunette &LndrYk ... ad a d 12i 14 Do. i Shares. Do —ad x d MARKS HALL STAKES. St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Noithn 148 150 Farmer's Boy .................. 1 .............................. St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do ..- ' l4B 150 Lady Isabel ................................................... 2 25 18g Shef. Roth. dr Lanc.Vh.dt Goole g. 5. p.c Yorkai • • ... - ••• 12 9i S. Stagordsh.. MrMOlO,l3 14 i d STATE OF TRADE. 50 all WearVateygr Stockt4.-A 6 per ceut ... Darling . ... _________._ 25 all Do Do '"•,) 31A 326 (Prone the M anc h ester Guard i an o f t hi s d a y.) St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westk 102 103 MANCHESTER, Aug. 30.—The want of animation which pervaded our market during the whole of last week has (Prom the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Aug. 30.—The want of animation which pervaded our market during the whole of last week has been more decided to-day. Prices of yarns of all descrip tions are somewhat in favour of the buyer, except 60's and upwards of first qu a liti es, an d d ou bl e d y arns , which l?aofn wsosimilar nhr maintain tirahrain t cd h o.t e uh i tn r eo n u o. detpa per ri6l.3l,6nsb'ss.t, to 36's o fb3e 2 6:l 4 ,nis ' ig, s s o n ea wy c i ofdlop.urs fully orhyi cght ; decline pheera p lwarp sebdr. in the same period. India yarns are dull, and in many instances a shade lower. In goods there is no particular change to notice ; 7-8 printers are in fair request at for mer prices, but 9-8 are not so much inquired for. Low jacconetts and inadapollams are steady in price : 40-inch shirtings, suitable for India and china, are still neglected, but prides are unchanged, the production of these goods being now much diminished. Long cloths, T cloths, and domestics are firm at former rates. ROCHDALE, Aug. 29.----There was a tolerably good de mand for pieces to-day, but few offered for sale, on account of the past week being the wakes, when the mills stop a few days. For kerseys higher prices have been asked and obtained, as well as for flannels of a coarser quality. Wool is firm, with an upward tendency. HALIFAX, Aug. 27.—With the exception of low mix tures, for which there is some little inquiry, the deMand for worsted goods is almost at a stand in our piece-ball. In yarns there is no change ; either as to demand or price ; and the wool market is quiet, at late quotations. BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 29.—The extraordinary demand, which it was easy to foresee would result from a long holding back on the part of purchasers, after being for a while retarded by the unsatisfactory prospect of foreign politics, has at length fully set in. Orders for all de scriptions of iron are abundant, and the inferior makers, who are not encumbered with arrears of old engage ments, are now obtaining the nominal prices to the full extent of their production ; being thus in a better posi tion than the leading houses of the trade. For rails, sheets, plates, and hoops, contracts are daily offered, with a willingness to submit to advanced charges ; but are refused even upon conditional terms, on ac count of the precarious supply of feul and labour, that renders either the time or cost of execution a matter of speculation. Nail rods also are again in good de mand, and the low quotations of quarter-day last have been amended. The accounts from all quarters are of a promising character, and indicate a renewed tendency to higher prices. In the pig market considerable business has latterly been done, and at somewhat better figures ; but it is a matter of remark that upon the whole Staffordshire pigs have not yet recovered their position equally with manufactured iron, or participated in the general improvement to the same extent as in the Scotch or other districts. A statement has been circulated that a further advance of 2s. per ton on coals has been de clared, but as regards this district it is ppremature. At present no general advance at the collieries has taken place, but the supply is continually lessening from the still rapid accumulation of water in the mines, and from other causes, while the demand is rather on the increase before the approach of the winter months, so that there seems every probability that higher figures will rule during the ensuing quarter. During the past week there has been a scarcity of tin in the market, which has oc casioned very serious inconvenience to the trade. All the metal warehouses have been cleared out, and many manufacturers in this town who have large orders on their books have not been able to obtain at any price a fourth of the quantity required. Last week there were no sales made except at such prices as might be here after decided upon at head-quarters, and this week a still further advance to 130 s. is threatened. Whether it is a bead fide scarcity, or an artificial one, such as existed a month ago, for the purpose of speculation, we are unable to ascertain ; but from whatever cause it proceeds, the injury to the manufacturers and their workmen is not less serious. The copper trade remains stationary. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. a/ List.) B $ (From the °fri Business done. 3 4 h 4k Stock 22 • • g t i 9 8 3 De Cent. Reduced Annuities 981 8 A 7 tl i 1i,,1',,-,ett. Consols Annuities 1.. 0 ,;)1 per Cent. Annuities lOll g 1 Pitt °, t il rolities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 11-16 '44\ b "u Years, Expire sth Jan., 1850 0 04 -- .. °11(1 8, Xl000 E for Account Bth September 9Bk ri i -eue clu Bills id. ~,,_ er , ..... . 2p 1 d MO ....................... 2p 1 d ....... B"iauaot tiL.11:0E.(:).; FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. bit:ll onds, 5 per Cent b't 811141 tildi! to New, 1 852, 4i per Cent 99i x d 4 ex l i a . 4 1/°4 do, 6 per Cent .. 105 bit call 3 Per Cent. "rt t° f() r the Account 261 x d 1/I,Bl3nese Bonds, 4 per Cent. ' , 41 44 13 "ds 5 Cent. i l i az , per %N al 4 Bonds, 5 per Cent 96s li 414 4, 13 3er Cent 47i - Commit teePCert. of Coup. not fun 64 P ° Dv. th bivklencla on the a b ove p a y a bl e i n L on d o n. u age, Aiitt,- 2i per Cent. ....... - 4 Per Cent. Certificates ... . THREE O'CLOCK. e°4 6018 1)14 ' SeP - ieinbel ........ ................ 99771 i d . tasetit widend declared v .es Navigation Corot- t per 14 a• gof the General Steam , , _, oi 10 per cen . Ptr Olar at the usual rat, allilnl. e, or terday at the ha , l a f n -y y ea w r a ly s 4 Ittel4 ..lie -*ATION TO AUSTRALIA.—The during colonies ey th e Pert weeondon for the Australian erous. Past k extremely Philp, colapri were again ex , s _ four to Port The departures from Nvith ed altogether 13 vessel tiey , ~i, aggregate burden of 1, ~ n ,49 9 tons , _ tons . ibba,,:tl To n aggregate burden t z 974 tons ; o burden of 1,018 t , f 417 °tie t,".,.:vn, with an aggregate three.ttowSoytdo tope,' Lialinceston of 352 tons ; and one to e. Z eala n d e to Swan River of 317 tons , capacity was cons _ of 63 ' Their total anfacture.d goodly 7 ' tons.. nts of m one t . o Adelaide o New hods '909 tons. The shipments firtnn_, continue large, and the rates -,. s, Daedalus .00 0 „ arrival of the h Yeßterti.tvriox OF SPECIE.—The and spilt Ala& racy from the west coast of Central of freight exhibit qiitin-le4, With nearly 300,000/., is a timely ,ipe,i,,,.the present demand for silver. Remittances taking lila c , - ‘ l2 ' wort parts of the continent are occurrence Al be continued to 1, '5ll ~o@atel.considerable scale, and an impression seems for ined that they are likely yet to " o t c ta cu n T lll e tin le. (l'orell, °vEItLAND MAIL. —The Peninsular and Oriental India t ieo va•llY'a stearn-shin Ripon left Malta on the after -14 Of the with' portion of the East ed 'Chin e 23d, the heavy Le r a,,,,,,, and Mediterranean mails, and is exp h ec i t n the ef'" 'NMthain t Saturday next. She will r g lt o • P "a o n I) aeka ° Wing cargo, viz., from China and India 732 2 ea ges of silks 6 cases of shawls, 1 box of gold dust, leells e a of tortoiseshell, 4 cases of gum mastic, and 43 n e , B a ° l ' Si'rldries -aild fr om Alexandria, 35 bales of cot - °ale, ',Packages' of elephants' teeth, 28 bales of flax, 1 of stidl' w ool, 10 cases of Opium, and 28 low les ' Th e • conveyed as foi 1, a „,....1., present mail has been qa:eilles t ‘ () ai e• i r°lll hong Kong to Ceylon, by the Singapore; packages htiq, 4 e Uta. to Suez, bv the Bentinek ; from A . lex k_;44 to Malta, by the 'Ripon ; and from Malta .to ' by the Valetta, all belonging to the Penin finin ~and Oriental Co mpany. The run of the Valetta Leit„"lalta to Marseilles was accomplished in 46 hours, Sbptta4 average of 141 knots an hour. ain 1, ,,. 5 1. 121G , Ro e CATHOLIC inIMAGES.The Queen of v ie • ' -4 ° latefy drys in th gave a rich . dress to the statue of the •n t Q e cathedral of Seville, has just presented the dr eas 1 ,7, 3 4 . v i°nr of the same church with a handsome Ivith (1 n 1 7 ," -- we, the former of cambric embroidered Them_Pearle, arid the latter of green velvet and gold. Ivitil' articles were Need on the statue of the child the Guth eoletunityPon the 15th inst., in presence of 14ot 4Zitica, by the Duke de Moutpeusier, in the v 13 4110011. 50 50 20 50 20 14 50 20 11A 101 8/2s, 6i 25 50 20 St. St. St. St. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing RAILWAYS. Compans. Closing Priee this day. Business this day. Business done this day. 25 -26 i 4i -- 9i - 104 9 7 disj 20 22 1 3i 2Ad 99 100 66 —66 i. 21 —21 i 19 14 3i - 0.131 8 - 9 --- - sf 5. 2 ,i 3i 4 134 —13 a 47 - 49 33 - ..• -- ••• 71 - 72 7Z :::- '74 27 -- - 29 81 - 82 52 54 ,133 - 132 110 - 112 86 - 87 7 - 74 105 - 107 17 -18 p 744- 75 5k - 15 -. 15i 8i -- 81 1 4 1044 --1014 d 110 -- 1104' 14 -- lip 1 -- lir 84 -- 85 8 -- 7d 7 -- 6d 11 -- 13 18 -- 20 26i -27 i 69 - 69 39 - 40 j ... "'" . 55 57 1 - 3 d 24- 8i 54 56 31 1 32 ... 33 nd 8 10di 14 2 1 7 74di 41- - 4'ol 84 9 1 14 241) BO - 51 95 - 97 63 - 65 C 4 - 66 69 71 1d 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 13i -- 14. 3i —3.>d 18 -- 20 69 -- 70 36 -- 37 1 12i— 14 26 - 28 21 - 24 15 Mil 8 - 8 1 1 32 - 33 9i- 10 68 69 8 - T. 2§ 2dl 574 -- 58 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 I D - St. all Do., No. 2,7 p. c... ••• ••• St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. u. St. 1(3 • - 105 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 !Caledonian £lO ......105 - 107 106 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... 19A -- 64 64 Cork&Bandon 53 p.c. id par 64 all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction....... 611 --6 i 33 all EastA nglian (.e 31s) 6 per cent. 4 44 5 all Do. (25) 7 per cent. 5 5 7 2 Do. (£7l7s) 7p. et.. lip all Eastern Counties Ex tension, sp. c. No.l 11 lip 6i all Do., No. 2 1 2 p 10 all Do., New 6p. c. St. 14 144 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent ... 211 211 St. 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts. ... 5 all Edinb•Prth.&Dundee 5i per cent St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western guar. 5 per cent St. 100 Great North" sp. c 126 127 126 St. 100 Do. sp• c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram 64 all Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths BA 811 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks dz Hants Ex. sp. c.) 6 74 St. 100 G. West. fixed 43 p c lO3 104 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, R d — 3 / 4 pm St. 100 Do., 6p. c., Stock l5O 152 St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c — St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St 50 all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 . St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c 50 5 London dr S. Western, Con. Thirds. 34 34 12i 12h LondondeiTy& Coler. Shares . 12i all Lundy. & Ennis. Sh 131 144 25 all Mauch. ,Shof. , &Lin., 4 Shares, No. 1 8 9 10 all Do. New, £lO l O 3 /4 - 104 10 3 / 4 6 3 Do., £6 124 , all Aarypt. &Carl. 4p. c. 12i all Do. .10 per cent. — p 101 Do.••• St. 100 Hid. Como'. 6 P.C. St. ... St. 100 Do. Cousol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 149 151 16i 5 Do. Pref. 44 per cent. par 1P St. 100 Norfolk Extension... 114 111 - x St. 100 Do. Pref. 5i per ct... 118 122 St. 'lOO Do. Way. Val. 5p c ..• St. 100 North British ll5 117 20 all North Staffordshire 24 254 St. 100 Oxford Worcester do Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. •• • ••• 15 15 Do 2l 21, 17 3 / 4 8 all Shrews& Birm. N. G ll/ ni 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 17 3 / 4 18 10 10 Do. 5 per cent — 25 all S o uth Devon l4 5 14 10 14 Do. New Par P 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 09.6 d. 251 261 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 19 20 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. id 21 St. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.e.Pref. 101 103 17 SDo . 25 10 York& N. Midland H & S. Purch par 4 p 103/4 FOREIGN. TO 5 'Antwrp &Rotterdam li lid 36 I 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. i 11 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13i —14 i 20 10 Dijon and Besagon 2 3ia 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 4i 5 p 25 20 1 Do. Extension 1 lip 5 all IGt. Indian Peninsula 2 —21 p 20 10 •Gd. Junct. of France 21 —24 p i i 20i 201 Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares i id 5 3 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 i i per cent. pref. 20 15 Luexembourg 10 10 Do. (Railway) 4 44 5 2Do 1 ---- 11 5 3 IDo. (Canal) 1 li 10 4 l i Do. 6p. cent. pref. ... ...d 20 9 Lyons & Mediterrau. .• ••. ... 3 2 3 0 2 7 , 4_ i.\ l4 l la a d ri t a 'as... .. Antonia ... ... -- 2 p 10 10 I Do. New 20 all Namur &iege (with interest 20 I , --all IDo. (ex interest) L 16 all ;Northern of France 351 .5t 9 35 i i 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds [fray.B.&Ams.Shs ]l4 —l4 14 k 10 all ;NorwegianTrnk. Pref 8i 9i 20 10 'Paris and Lyons lB -- 18ip 281 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 all Paris and Rouen 43 —44 39 20 all ;Paris and Strasbourg 381 —38 i 20 4 IParisCaen&Cherbrg. C,,i 56 101 1011 Quebec & Rieunond 14 1 d 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 all ;Sambre and Meuse 9l —si 9i 10 4 iDo. 5,i per cent. pref. .. ... 20 6 Southern of France 5 6 20 2s. Upper India Scrip 8i all West Flanders 4 -4 ; 10 10 Do. s i l, per c. Pref . ... ... 20 10 Western of France 9 --• 9i 10 2 West. of Switzerland id 20 9 New Zee1and ....,..... 2 . -• 24 41, THE SUN; LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1853 p3z0644,0„,44,..‘. tz' (41x. 4 :12 A i r) r: nlt -4 , kV SPURTING INTIILLIGENCE. CHELMSFORD RACES-TUESDAY. CRICKET. HOXTON AMATEURS v. HANWELL. These clubs played their return match yesterday, on the ground belonging to the Green Man, Ealing Dean, when the Amateurs were declared the winners with nine wickets to go down. The bowling of Messrs. Jordon, Manwaring, and Bancroft, on the part of the Amateurs, was very effective, as also that of Messrs. Parsons and Croft, on the part of Hanwell. THE TRIAL STAKES (in lieu of the Rylsnds Stakes, which did not fill) of 5 sous. each, with 25 added ; two-yr olds, sst 71b ; three, 7st ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. T.Y.C. 6 subs. Mr. Elwes's Lascelles, 3 yrs, 75t.., ...... (S. Steggles) 1 Mr. French's Monie Moses, 2 yrs, sst 71b..(Cresswell) 2 Mr. Darling's Youthful Days, 3 yrs, 7st (Garvey) 3 Won easily by two lergths. THE CHELMSFORD STAKES (handicap) of 15 sous, each, 10 ft, and only 2 if declared, &c., with 50 added ; the second to save his stake. About two miles. 38 subs, 28 of whom pay 2 sous. each. The highest weight accepting being Bst 41b, it was raised t; Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. Mr. Shafto's Garforth, 6 yrs, Bst 31b ...... (S. Rogers) 1 Mr. Land's Miss Talbot, 5 yrs, 6st 131b...(Land, jun.) 2 Mr. Barns's Waverley, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ...... (G. Mann) 3 Mr. Darling's Rough Robin, 3 yrs, sst 91b...(Garvey) 4 The following also ran :—Retail, Presto, Beverlac, and Brandford. Betting-5 to 2 agst Garforth, 3to 1 agst Retail, 4 to 1 agst Rough Robin, sto 1 agst Miss Talbot. Won in a canter by two lengths ; half a length between second and third ; Rough Robin a bad fourth; the others beaten off. Retail bolted at the lower turn, and did not pass the post. THE GALLEYWOOD STAKES of 3 sous. each, with 30 added, for three-yr-olds and upwa r d s . Optional selling weights, &c. About two miles. 5 subs. Mr. Darling's Youthful Days, 3 yrs, (301.), sst 41b (Garvey) 1 Mr. Reeve's Luxurious, 3 yrs (20/.), 4st 101 b (Creeswell) 2 Mr. Land's Miss Talbot, 5 yrs (201.), 6st 10Ib (Land, jun.) 3 Mr. Dilly's Dame Tattle, 4 yrs (201.), 6st...(Cowley) 4 Mr. Messer's Grasshopper, aged, (50/.), Bst 21b (Moon) 5 Betting4-Even on Miss Talbot, 5 to 2 agst Dame Tattle, 4to 1 agst Luxurious. Won easily by a length and a half; bad third. The winner was sold for 46 guineas. THE MEMBERS' PLATE was won at three heats, by Antigone, 5 yrs, 9st 41b, beating Mr, Land's Brunette (late Theorem), 5 yrs, 9st 21b, and 5 others. The weather was fine, attendance good, and the sport surpassed expectation. ' ~~ ',:,,,, Closing Prices this day. 94 661 21 13i I i 28 71 8212 54 3 8717 75i 41 Pm at 1.5 a i 1011 111 101 13i x d ad 85 69 i i 55i 4i 703 i 70 .bIINES . : JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 7B 79 78 40 all British Colonial Bank ... and Loau Company 50 all British N. American ... 62 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China p 25 5 Chrtd. link. of Asia. id par 100 25 Colonial 109 20 Commercial of Lond — 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd par— p 20 15 London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia - 3 p 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... 100 20 Lond.andWestminst — 383 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New ..• 50 22} National of Ireland... 25 all Oriental Bank Cor. poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 50 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co i d— par 25 25 South Australia 42 44 25 all Union of Australia 67 69 691 2A Do. New 7 8 50 10 Union of London 191 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 100 35 Australian Agricult. 34 36 20 8 Austraistacific.Mail 7i 10 6 A ustraln. Royal Mail ... b 0 38i Brit. American Land 65 68 663 5 1 Brit,. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co — 100 323 Canada Company 5 5 Crystal Palace —2 p 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France --- 1 p 20 1 Eastern Steam — 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel. 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 14 General Screw Steam ... 20 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 4 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 10 3 Netherlands Land . —}dxin 2 xin 1 all N. B. Australasian id A p 20 74 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 1 p 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam — I a ll Scot. Austral. Invest. 3.1 lip 21 1 Do. New Scrip — 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 38 37i I all Submarine Telegraph 100 283 Van Diemen's Land 163 173 173 16i LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Aug. 31.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W., light breeze, and fine, but cloudy at times. DEAL, Aug. 30.—Wind, W. Arrived from the River —Janet Wilson, for Kurrachee. Aug. 31(9 a.m.)—Wind, W.S.W., very fine. Anchored —Janet Wilson, from London, for Kurrachee ; Christina, London, for Galatz ; Dos Hermanos, London, for Cadlz ; Ameda, Newcastle, for Constantinople. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 30.—Wind, W. Sailed--Carnatic, New Zealand. TORBAY, Aug. 30.—Arrived—Wm. Ackers, from Lon don, for Australia. PooLE Aug. 30.—The Edward (French), Hartlepool to Nantes, foundered off the Wight on the 28th inst. ; crew sa,N ed, and landed here. FALMOUTH, Aug. 30.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Ar menius, Richibucto ; Intrepid, Labrador. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 31 (10.45 a.m.)—Wind, W., fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Portena, from New York; Grecian and, Prince de Joinville, St. Stevens, N.B. ; Medea and Wm Bateman, Quebec ; Rochelina, Naples; Corzo, Bilboa ; Wasp, St. John's, N.B. ; Lao, Alexandria ; Sophie Frederika, Cronstadt. Off Port—Clifton (barque), and General Wolfe and Sultan (ships). BRIDGEWATER, Aug. 29.—Wind, W. Arrived—Eliza beth, Quebec. SUNDERLAND, Aug. 30.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived — True Briton, Quebec. S HIELDS, Aug. 30. -Wind, W. Arrived—Lord Brougham, Quebec. BELFAST, Aug. 29.—The Therese, of Hensburg. London to Archangel, sprung a leak, and sunk on the Bth inst., in lat. 70, long. 13 ; crew saved. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 29.—Wind, N. Arrived- Wat tiga, from the Clyde, for New York, leaky ; Sultan, Callao, and sailed for Liverpool ; Petro, Cuba ; Statesman, Gaspe ; Petrel, Cardenas. Sailed—Highland Mary, for Monte Video ; Fidelity, Montreal.—The Energy, of and for Limerick, with 10 feet of water in her hold, was spoken by the Wattiga, Clyde to New York, which has put in here ; the Energy, however, arrived at Limerick on the 27th inst. DOUGLAS (Isle of Man), Aug. 29.—Wind, N.W. Ar rived—Shamrock, Whitehaven, for Cardiff, very leaky. DOUGLAS BAY, Aug. 29.—Arrived—Eleanor, Dalhousie, for Matyport. WissY, Aug. 25.—The Triumph, of Sunderland, got on shore on this island on the 13th inst., but gob off, after partly discharging, and must unload the remainder. NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—The Clarendon, Cardiff to San Francisco, put into Monte Video on the 24th June leaky, but will proceed in a few days. PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND, Aug. 13.—The Richmond, Newfoundland, for Sydney, C. 8., has been wrecked here ; crew saved. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat on sale in . o -day's market was very limited. Owing to the prevailing favourable weather for the crops, and the thin attendance of buyers, the business doing was comparatively small, at Monday's advance in the quotations. The imports of foreign wheat have been under 6,000 quarters. That article was in moderate request, at late currencies. Floating cargoes were hold firmly. With barley we were very scantily supplied. New English, chevalier, was worth 40s per qr. ; other kinds in proportion. The malt trade was firm, and prices were on the advance. Oats sold at extreme quotations. Beans and peas were firm. Flour moved off steadily, and the best town-made was worth 60s per 280 lbs. Fine American realised 32s per barrel. Wheat. 480 ARRIVALS MS WEER. Barley. I Malt. 20 I 630 English .. Irish • • Foreign .. Oats. 110 300 4,950 Flour. s'eo 5,00 I 3,650 200 sks 1,660 brl WHITECHAPEL. The general demand was tolerably firm, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; pork, 35 Od to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is confined to imme diate wants. In prices no change has taken place. Duty, 160,000/. LICHFIELD RACES.—YzennDAY. The GOLD CUP of 50 soya., in specie, given by the mem bers for the city, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 10 sows each, half forfeit. One mile. Mr. Burton's Whalebone, 3yrs, 7st 21b (Wells) 1 Mr. Merry's Sally, 4yrs, Bst (Knott) 2 Lord Ribblesdale's Knight of the Whistle, 3 yrs, let 121 b , (Ashmall) 3 The following also ran—Priam the Third, Director, Farewell, The Morning S tar. Won by a head, a head between second and third. A FREE HANDICAP of 30 sovs, added to a sweepsta k es of 10 sovs each, half forfeit. One mile. Mr. Merry's Sally, 4yrs, 7st . (Wilson) 1 Mr. Wiggin's Forester, aged, 7st 101 b .... ..... (Wells) 2 Mr. Shelmerdine's Morning Star, 4yrs, ast 71b (Ashman) 3 Won by a length. The QUEEN'S PLATE of 100 guineas. Two miles. Mr. Taylor's Knight Errant, 3yrs, Bst 21b (Ashman) 1 Mr. Merry's Mary Anne, 4yrs, 9st 41b ......(Mar10w) 2 Mr. Shepherdsou's Pastry Cook, 3 Y/s, Bst 21b As 1 1 (Measham) 3 The following also ran — Spr in g , Dic k Turpin. Won by half a length, hea d between second and third. The SELLING STAKES of 20 sovs, added t o a sweepstake s of 3 sovs each. Hea ts . O ne mile. ), 4yrs, 7 s t A m ir r2 .. lb C p ur a li w n s g o 's n, L s ad l y thu in rie l l Va (l it o io7 .), (24s y i. rs, Bst 01b (Measham) 2 0 Won by half a length. Second heat walked over. PLYMOUTH RACES-YESTERDAY. TRADESMEN'S PLAT, Catharina Czarina SALTRAM STAKES Sleeping Partner Madame Wharton Ferret Five ran. Won easy. ECCLES RACES - YESTERDAY. TRAFFORD PARK STAKES. True Girl GRAND STAND PLATE. Misfortune ..., 1 NATAL COAL.--A prospectus has been issued of the Cape of Good Hope, and Natal Coal and General Mi n ing Company, in 60,000 shares of 1/. each. The chief object is to open up the supply of coal known to exist at Natal, with a view to its consumption by the various steamships calling at the Cape, especially in co nnex i on with the trade to Australia. SUICIDE IN A POLICE STATlON.—Yesterday evening I , an inquest was taken by Mr. Bedford on the body of Edward Beck, aged 37, an omnibus conductor, who committed suicide in a cell of the Vine-street station of the C division of police, with an iron tip of his boot heel. It appeared that the deceased was addicted to excessive drinking, and that he left his situation as a conductor about a fortnight ago. He frequently suffered from severe pains in his head, the effects of his intemperate habits, and of a sunstroke he received when in India. About half-past 3 o'clock on Sunday morning he was observed by a policeman in Jermyn-street, who took him into custody as a suspected person, on which charge he was locked up at the station-house, Vine-street, Pic cadilly, and about 5 o'clock in the afternoon he was in his cell in a sitting posture, having his arm in the pan of the water-closet, and it was discovered he had cut a vein in the left arm, which had been done by the sharp edge of an iron tip he had wrenched from the heel of his boot. Deceased was attended by a surgeon, who ad vised his removal to St. George's Hospital, but he died before his admission into that institution. Mr. Hast ings, house surgeon, said that deceased died from loss of blood, having cut an artery. Verdict, "Temporary insanity." THE LATE CASE OF SHOOTING IN BERMONDSEY.—It is said that Mr. Stevens, whose death was caused by one of his tenants shooting him in the street, was the pos sessor of very considerable property in the parish. The perpetrator of the crime has not yet been apprehended ; and it is feared that serious consequences will result to Mrs. Lawrence from the shock occasioned to her by her husband's dreadful act, as she is very far advanced in pregnancy. PAGE-GREEN, TOTTENHAM.—The thirteenth purchase of the Conservative Land Society, and the fifth estate in Middlesex, has just been made at Page-green, Tot tenham, near the Seven Sisters'-road, Stamford-hill, close to the railway station. This new property is situated near the Markfield estate, which was recently sold at such a large profit. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday morning a fearful, and it is feared fatal accident, attended by the loss of at least two lives, occurred at the Euston-square terminus of the London and North-Western Railway under the following cir cumstances :—Several workmen were engaged on diffe rent portions of the rails close to the station, and just as the half-past 6 down-train was on the point of starting seven or eight men were in the act of carrying across the line close to the terminus a long portion of an iron rail, at the very moment that the engine which accompanied the train emerged from the engine -shed. The men imagined that they could effect their transit before the engine arrived where they were engaged. The result, however, unfortunately proved that they were wrong in their calculation, for before they could clear the rails the engine came up, striking the iron rail that they were carrying, and knocking the men about right and left. Notwithstanding this frightful collision four of the men succeeded in getting out of the way of the engine, while two others, named Edmund Woodland and Abel Robertson, were not so fortunate, the engine and tender having p asse d over them. They were in stantly picked up bleeding and insensible, and conveyed to the University College Hospital. In addition to serious internal injuries, Woodland's shoulder and ankle were dislocated. Robertson, besides many internal wounds, suffered frightfully about the back and head. How the other men escaped comparatively uninjured was almost miraculous. Had the engine been going at a rapid pace the whole body of workmen engaged at this point would have been inevitably killed. No hopes of the recovery of the wounded men are entertained. SINGULAR AFFRAY AT GARELOCH-HEAD.—On Sunday week the usually quiet watering-place of Gareloch-head, in Dumbartonshire, was the scene of an extraordinary disturbance, caused by an attempt on the part of the servants of Sir J. Colquhoun, aided by the police and others, to resist the landing of the passengers from a Glasgow steam-boat called the Emperor. It appears that great dissatisfaction had been created in the minds of many of the inhabitants by this steam-boat plying to and from Gareloch-head and other watering-places on Sunday; and Sir J. Colquhoun, sympathising with this feeling, resolved, if possible, to prevent the disembarcation of the passengers on that day, basing his right to do so on the ground that the landing pier was his private pro- ' perty, Accordingly when the Emperor reached the pier on Sunday forenoon it was found that a strong barricade, composed of barrels, herring-boxes, and large pieces of wood, surmounted by a heavy gangway, completely blocked up the passage to the shore, while before and behind it a numerous body of gamekeepers, gillies, and others, including some policemen, were stationed, to repel the passengers should they attempt to effect a landing . This at tempt the passengers were not slow in making. A rush was made from the steamer, and, notwithstanding the free use of bludgeons and other weapons by the party on shore, a large body of passengers got a footing on the pier, took the barricade by storm) threw the materials into the sea, and, having beaten back their opponents, secured an easy passage to the shore. The scuffle, though brief, appears to have been rather fierce, and some hard blows were dealt on both sides. Having gained their object, the passengers set about enjoying themselves in a harmless way, and at the end of two hours returned to the steamer, which they were allowed to enter, through the pier, without molestation, and were soon on their way again to Glasgow. It appears that the title of Sir J. Colquhoun to the propietary of the pier is questioned, and that the affair is to be fol lowed up by an appeal to the law courts. The Criminal Tribunal of Granada, in Spain, has just been occupied several days in trying a priest named Jose de Ruiz Aguilera, charged with the cure of the parish of Quentar, for the murder of his curate Jose Vilches. It was proved that the accused had entertained strong animosity against his curate, owing to a quarrel having taken place between them so far back as eleven years ago ; and that in July last he fired a pistol point blank at him as he was returning to the church, in his ecclesi astical robes from a funeral. The tribunal condemned him to death. That the British army has lost in Sir Charles Napier one of its best and most distinguished soldiers, is what none would deny and few require to be told. To services of extraordinary severity and duration he added a character without a mili tary blemish. For sixty years, and in all quarters of the globe, he was a good officer or a successful commander ; nor would it be easy, even in his nu merous campaigns, to discover an instance in which his professional duties were either ill-discharged or unfortunately conducted. His reputation had commenced before the Peninsular war began, while, so recent were his latest services, that they are still the subject of current discussion. Through out this remarkable career his actions were charac terised by traits long reputed to be common to all the members of his family. Courage amounting to recklessness, invincible energy, originality of idea, and enthusiastic devotion to his profession, distinguished his conduct on all occasions ; and, on reading the hazards to which he exposed his life, it seems difficult to conceive how it could have been protracted so long. In the desperate battle of Corunna, after receiving five wounds in the action, he was *thy rescued from death by the generosity of a French drummer and the marked kindness of Marshal Soult—a circumstance which contributed, no doubt, to the chivalrous partiality with which the great enemy of England was after wards regarded by more than one soldier of the name of Napier. At one conjuncture of the war Soult dispatched a particular message to say that he intended to pay Major Napier's regiment a visit. The corps was drawn out accordingly in its best array, and the French retired from the encounter with little reason to think lightly of the interview they had bespoken. After such encomiums as these, it may seem hard to imagine in what Sir Charles Napier's services may have fallen short of absolute excellence, for a soldier can scarcely be more than brave, ingenious, and successful. Yet there are few officers in the army whose achievements have been more acrimo niously controverted than his, or whose general merits have been more frequently brought under discussion, and the difficulty of reviewing these incidents is increased by the fact that they are still fresh in the minds of all. Sir Charles conquered, administered, and settled an Eastern province as large as a European kingdom ; but his conquest was decried, and even his justice called in ques tion. Later still he quitted an honourable retire ment to accept a post of enormous responsibility at an hour of extreme peril ; but his sacrifice even in this respect was lightly esteemed and not gene rously rewarded. Among soldiers themselves there may not impossibly be found two opinions upon his deserts, though upon the whole it is in the army that his merits will receive the fullest acknowledgments, as it is there certainly that his failings should be regarded with the greatest in dulgence. We may say, indeed, that his defects became visible in proportion as he was called upon to apply the talents and experience of a military capacity to the more ordinary exigencies of life. We do not mean to imply, as our own opinion, that he was incapable of public adminis tration ; on the contrary, we think that both in the lonian Islands and in Scinde he gave evidence not only of vigorous resolution, but of clear and comprehensive views. We doubt whether any civilian could have been found to govern the coun try of the Ameers, as it came into his hands, with greater economy or success than he exhibited him self. His fault was that he carried a military spirit into every transaction, and conducted all proceedings with the blunt decisive bearing of a soldier. In the controversies which this habit could not fail to create he was hasty and violent, extend ing little consideration to his opponents, and putting few restrictions on his language. On many, per haps on most occasions, he had right on his side, and that he always believed so is what may be safely inferred from his known integrity and honour ; but he rarely made allowance for those differences of opinion which must necessarily exist, and was too apt to regard disinterested opposition as a per sonal affront. The inevitable consequence was the formation of two parties, one of which inflexibly adhered to his side, while the other not only at tacked his admitted failings, but depreciated with out scruple his best services, and cast unwarrant able imputations on his motives. A signal illustration of these remarks is found in his Indian career. As a soldier, Sir Charles Napier was not less successful in the East than any of those commanders whose names have been associated with Oriental triumphs. He was proof against the influence of climate, the seductions of luxury, the cajolery of native, courts, and the temptations of an Eastern cam paign. He not only won great victories, but he suffered no reverses._ He. as never overreached, outnumbered, or overcome, and he won his way against numerical odds as great as those encoun tered by Lake or Wellesley. He did even more, for, after destroying the enemy in pitched battles, he succeeded in stifling the last sparks of insurrec tion among the scattered tribes of an almost inac cessible district. No foe once prostrated by his sword has ever risen again. Yet, with all this mi litary excellence, Sir Charles wss exposed to re monstrances as serious as if he had been suffering defeat or endangering the army committed to his care. He could not keep on terms with his em ployers. Provoked, not unreasonably, by the pre tensions of civilians, he was induced to disparage the entire civil service, and in the irritation occa sioned by opposition to his will he unhesitatingly assailed the whole Government of India. The East India Company was naturally indisposed to submit to reprimands from a servant of its own, however distinguished, and to such a height was the displea sure of the Directors carried, that when our whole Indian empire appeared to be in jeopardy, and when Sir Charles Napier was called upon by com mon consent as the man to save it, it was under stood that the Government of the Company ac tually hesitated at accepting so distasteful a de liverer. On this occasion, as on some others of his life, the course of events ran somewhat unfortunately. The battle which he was dispatched to fight, and which he would undoubtedly have won, was fought and won before his arrival, and he found before him nothing but a field of service in which, whatever might have been his abstract capacities, the risk of offence was too great to be escaped. At neither of our struggles with the Sikhs was it Sir Charles Napier's lot to be present, and he missed therefore those opportunities which in the case of others brought such honourable rewards. More than one soldier has been raised to the peerage whose services, on an impartial estimate, must needs be pronounced inferior to those we have been recording. The " fortune of war " is a phrase which may be variously understood. In one sense Sir Charles was unquestionably a fortunate soldier, for he accomplised a distinguished career with brilliant success, and with no disaster. In another point of view, however, he was less favoured by circumstances, for he never obtained one of those critical chances which are held to culminate a life of service. In 1846, while holding an independent command, he missed the decisive battle of Sobraon ; and, in 1849, a victory which might have crowned his hopes was anticipated at Goojerat by the Com mander he was sent to supersede. Notwithstanding defects which it was impossible to disguise, we cannot doubt that the general sen timents of the country and the army will be honourable to the veteran now departed. He was, beyond dispute , an excellent soldier and a rare public servant. As a regimental officer, in spite of occasional caprices, he was esteemed by his com rades in arms, respected by his men, and honoured by all for those military accomplishments which soldiers never fail to appreciate. That every force under Sir Charles Napier's command would be led straight to the enemy was perfectly known, and that it would be conducted to victory was never doubted. For a military reputation this was suf ficient ; and when it is added that his difficulties were not unfrequently incurred in upholding p u a n id de t rs o to his od a gainst all opposition what he believ e d t o b e the rights of the service, it will be readil y how sincere a regard may now be memory. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The hand of Time has done its work once more. and another name has been added to the list of the illustrious dead. There is something almost ap palling in the havoc which the present year is making in the ranks of our great men. " How fast has brother followed brother From sunshine to the sunless land !" Scarcely a week ago we recorded the death of two eminent military and naval captains, the com panions of Wellington and Nelson. We have now to mourn the departure of a still greater man. Napier sleeps by the side of Saltoun and Cockburn. Born about the same .year, the deceased hero and Lord Saltoun, with many others scarcely less distinguished, entered the army at the same time, and fought under the same banners ; and, having reached the natural limit of life, they now fall, as they once stood— together. Strange to say, the lives of many of our great generals have been almost as measured as a soldier's step. To the heroes of Waterioo and the Peninsula, who have outlived the perils of the field, death has come almost instantaneously—swift and sudden as a musket ball. Few of them have suffered any gradual breaking up of the physical system—any painful or humiliating decay of the faculties. This is as it should he. There is some thing melancholy in the sight of a veteran, whom neither lead nor steel could daunt, crippled by gout, or bowed down by paralysis • and we cannot but rejoice that such men should die as they have lived, erect and unbroken. Next to the Duke of Wellington, there was none among our military worthies so well known to his countrymen as Sir Charles Napier. Few who wit nessed the scene will have forgotten how, on the day of the Wellington funeral, conspicuous even amongst that illustrious band, he advanced--with bowed head, anl with slow, but scarcely tottering, step—to gaze upon the coffin of his great com mander. His individual deeds of daring have be come more familiar to us than, perhaps, those of any of his contemporaries. His courage, re sembling rather that of a knight-errant than of a modern general, had in it something startling and romantic which peculiarly captivated the imagination. His love of personal danger, in deed, knew no bounds. As a subaltern in the Peninsula, he was always found where the fire was thickest and hottest. By a series of mira culous escapes, and with the aid of an extraordi nary constitution, he survived upwards of twenty wounds, and twice as many pitched engagements. His brother tells us that at Corunna he was seen advancing over broken ground, followed only by four men, to the capture of a French gun, until, pierced by five wounds, he was saved from death by the humanity of a French drummer. But it was in India that he earned his fame as one of the greatest generals of the day. His victories over the Belooches in Scinde were won in defiance of as vast a disparity of numbers as signalised the tri umphs of Marathon or Arbela. At Meeanee, he defeated thirty thousand men with something un der two thousand English and Sepoys ; and the victory over Shere Mahomed, and the capture of Hyderabad, were achieved with five thousand men, against nearly six times that number. But Napier although a brave soldier, was not a foolhardy com mander. He had much in him of the diplomatist as well as of the general. His negotiations with the chieftains of Scinde were carried through with consummate skill, and the wily Ameers found that they were opposed to a foe who could not only beat them in the field, but outwit them in negotiation. He saw through their machinations and conspira cies with au eagle's glance ; and when at last he drove them to "a terrible warfare," it was, as he himself said, because they would not content them selves with an honest policy. his long-flowing f a tur es sternhahair, Rembrandt's portraits. Simple and austere in his r t a h ant e dh r Likeeeh, rather a hh s icasln lll evah t much la c o h rel tha t .slxhrpl his aspect was wild and st r a nge , raens andreminded his e s 3re white, one of the finest o f own habits, he disdained luxurious self-indulgence in others, and never could be made to see that a soldier wanted any baggage beyond a " clean shirt, a change of shoes, and a piece of soap." His lan guage was characteristically graphic and forcible. His addresses to his troops were not inflated decla mations about military honour and glory, but prac tically matter-of-fact directions for the use of the musket or the formation of a column. He never turned aside from a word, if he thought it expres sive ; and many amusing anecdotes are told of his plain-spokenness, as that of the Duke of Welling ton, both in public and private life. In one of his general orders, we find him telling his officers, that " Gentlemen, as well as beggars, if they like, may ride to the devil when they get on horseback ;" and that, " without obedience, an army becomes a mob, a cantonment a bear-garden." In another, he informs them that " thc reviews which the Com mander-in-Chief makes of the troops are not to be taken as so many chips in porridge.' " His mind was as versatile as it was powerful, and there are passages in his dispatches and other compositions which indicate that, had lie not been engrossed by the more practical business of a sol dier's life, he might have attained to something of his brother's excellence as a military historian. Nor was Sir Charles Napier less great as an administra tor than as a commander. During his residence in India, he corrected innumerable abuses. " There never," said Lord Ellenborough, " has been, is or will be, any name in S c i u d e so grea t as Sir Charles Napier's, for his is the only name associated with. justice." He was, perhaps, the most zealous mili tary reformer in the army ; and although bred in an old-fashioned school, having served his first campaign in Ireland during the rebellion, he was not a man of antiquated prejudices, or of a narrow or bigoted mind. We cannot more fitly sum up his character as a general than in the emphatic testimony which, on a memorable occasion, the Duke of Wellington bore to his merits—" Either 4, you must go to India, or I must." The death of such a man, even though bowed down with years, cannot but be felt as a national loss. Already, when we look round at the vacant spaces which the past year has made in the ranks of our counsellors and defenders, we cannot help involuntarily exclaiming, " Who are to rise up in their places ?" There is something melancholy in the thought that, of the links which bound us to an age of action, of danger, and of glory, scarcely one remains. What a crowd of old associations passed away with Wellington alone ! Of that dauntless band, once so compact, which, having survived the storm that laid low their compeers, met, year after year, to commemorate the 18th of June, how small a portion remains ! The chasm which separates us from the past is widening every day—a younger generation has succeeded to the heroes of Saragossa and Badajos. A few years more, and Waterloo and Trafalgar, now so fresh and real even to ourselves, will have become part of an order of things which has passed away —as much matter of history as Cressy, or Agincourt, or Blenheim. BARRACKS FOR INFANTRY. —An officer has been en gaged at Ipswich, by order of Government, in selecting a proper site for the erection of infantry barracks, which, it is said, will shortly be commenced. Accommodation will be required for 1000 men.—lpswich, Express. THE MURDER BY A SPANISH TRAMP. - Miguel Yzquierdo, the Spaniard who is charged with the mur■ der of a boy named George Scales, at Smaliford, near Hatfield, underwent an examination at the county gaol, Hertford, on Saturday before Mr. T. Mills, M.P., and other magistrates. Senor S. Steel, connected with the Spanish Consulate, attended to watch the proceedings and to act act as interpreter, the prisoner having but an im perfect knowledge of the English language. He ap pears to have been accustomed to deeds of violence. He was one of the Carlist guerilla bands in Catalonia, and took part in the recent rev o l u ti ons i n I ta l y an d F rance. Since his arrival in this country he wandered about as a tramp, committing trifling thefts. The deceased boy was a kind of watcher, and his body was discovered in a barley field, shockingly bruised and mutilated, death being caused by a fearful blow which fractured the skull near the occipital bone. The arms of the lad bore nu merous bruises, evidently inflicted by some heavy blud geon. The accused was apprehended near the spot, and he admitted having struck the boy, but only in self defence, as he was afraid of being shot by him. It is thought that the deceased detected the prisoner in com mitting some illegal act, and that to escape the conse aqtuteancckes. if T a h p e p r r e e i hen, is li d t t e l d e d m o u a b d t e t b h u e t m w u b rd at er h o e us ro a b n b d ed fa t tal he deceased after the murder was perpetrated. Some of the property was found upon him, as also som e f oo d which he had stolen from a neighbouring house on the night previous to the murder. The magi s t ra t es f u ll y c ommitted the prisoner for trial on the charge of wilful murder at the next assizes. BRUTAL TREATMENT OF A SLAVE.--We grieve, for the honour of our town, to have to record an inh uman outrage practised on the body of an old negro of this place, named Johnson, the slave of Charles Hines, by Hines himself, which resulted in death. The negro was nearly 90 years of age, and universally venerated for his soberness and honesty, as well as for his revolutionary reminiscences. The monster-master, taking umbrage at some petty offence, deliberately whipped, stamped, and kicked him to death on Saturday last. The fellow feigned sickness, as m supposed, to cover a design of escape, and even had the blasphemous hardihood to affect a fear of immediate death, and to go through the funereal farce of making a public will. Officer Kener left two deputies in guard at his residence till Monday, when the body of the negro was disinterred, and an in quest held over it by the coroner. The unanimous ver ' diet of the jury—several physicians who were present also assenting—was that he died from the effects of the blows and kicks he had received from his master. Persons who witnessed the examination say that the sight was sickening, his whole back cut and bruised into a jelly, and the lower part of his body nearly kicked to pieces. Immediately after the inquest the m onst:r . was taken to gaol. Let him go down to fame handii -11 , 73 . 11 with Legree—a hideous verification of that horrible villain.—Carrolton (Louisiana) Star. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. On Sunday evening after dinner, a commercial traveller and his wife, both fo gfeueallTinegal, t r h ei e g e n ff ers ee , t r o e f s w i l n ie g h i w n as lod to gi e n x g e s ite at is ß t e h lf e as la t, dy ba d dee a p of jealousy. The gentleman threw htihmes house,eonlf a having sofa, and fell into a sleep, and the lady left first her gold to note, hand which jewellesrhyee . Theft o , n p o t r etable, woman with y. e. s p h a e ir t e h d r t e o w P h r e i r n s c e e lf 's , aDsodcfkr,olaubowuhtienhinheero rescueelock, iwnasto almostwhich miraculous. Three boys had been in a boat down the river, and were returning, when a cry was raised of a body in the water. They pulled to the place indicated, and one of them succeeded in securing a hold of the poor woman's dress, and with great difficulty she was taken out. She was quite insensible, and it was the general opinion that she was dead. She was immediately con veyed by one of the constables, aided by others, to the general hospital, where proper means were adopted to resuscitate her, and fortunately with effect. Her hus band had been searching for her through the town, im mediately on his reading her note, but in vain. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA. — A.dvices by the overland mail mention that the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's screw steamer Formosa, when a few miles to the southward of Bombay, met with a disastrous accident. She was struck by a sea with terrific violence, which, carrying all before it, caused the deaths of four of the native crew, and seriously injured the officer of the watch. The ship, however, sustained no important damage. (..: 1 HANWELL. -- - First Innings. --- Second Innings. Haffenden, c Millard, b Ban- b Manwaring 0 croft Carter, 1 b w Croft, b Bancroft O c Loveday, b Man waring 4 0 b Jordon. ... ._ Atley, b Jordon waring 4 Parsons, b Bancroft Webbin, b Bancroft 2 sby Scales 0 Abbot, not out l4 c Jelly, b Jordon ... 2 Tyrrell, b Bancroft 2 not out Bolt, run out Tomkins, b Jordon 2 b Manwaring 2 Hitchcock, b Manwaring 2 run out 2 Lb I, wides 8 Total ' 46 Total 3l ROXTON AMATEURS. First Innings. Second Innings. Scales, run out 4 Freer, b Haffenden 2 Manwaring, run out . 2 Jordon, b Croft l9 Bancroft, b Parsons Jelly, c Tomkins, b Parsons Marriner, b Parsons ....... 8 J. Loveday, Esq., 1 b w Millard, run out F. Collins, Esq., b Parsons 0 b Parsons 2 4 Corporal Cook, not out Leg byes 1, byes 3, wiles 14 18 Total 69 Total g KENT V. SURREY.--This great match was resumed yesterday at the Oval, where again a large number of spectators assembled to see what was done by the an tagonistic parties. Mr. Norton and Hinkly, who carried ou their bats on Monday evening, again went to the wickets, and before the former was removed he had in creased his score from 3 to 15, whilst the latter did the like from 2 to 13, and shouldered his bat upon his col league being caught. The total of the Kent innings was thus 83, or 9 less only than that of their opponents —a close match. Surrey then entered upon their second innings, and occupied the remainder of the day ; but during that time there was a beautiful display of cricket. The score at the close of the day stood thus :—Surrey— First innings, 92 ; second innings, 109. Kent, 83. THE COUNTY OF SUSSEX V. NOTTINGHAN.—This match was opened at Brighton on Monday. We subjoin the result of the day's play :—Sussex, first innings, 68 ; Nottingham, 83. The match was resumed yesterday. KINGSTON V. REGENT'S-PARK.—This was the return match, and was played yesterday on Mr. Mitchellson's ground, Cricketers, Kingston. Nothing more than the score tells is needful to remark, if we except the singular circumstance that, in the first innings of Kingston. Bentley secured 3 wickets in 3 successive balls, and that in that of the Regent's-park, Grossmith secured 8 wickets from his own bowling. On both sides the fielding was excellent. The match was won by Kingston by 61 on the first innings. At the conclusion of the match, Mr. Crouch presented the Kingston Club with two of Calde court's best bats, a set of stumps, and two of Dark's balls, as a testimony of his approval of their general good conduct, and judicious management of the matches played during the season. The result of the day's play was as follows :—Regent's-park—First innings, 25. Kingston—First innings, 92 L second innings, 101. NORTH FINSBURY CLUB V. BRIXTON HAND-IN-HAND. —The return match between eleven gentlemen of the North Finsbury Club and eleven gentlemen of the Hand in-Hand Club, Brixton-hill, was played on the ground adjoining the Northampton Arms, Lower-road, Isling ton, on Monday. The result was thus :—Finsbury— First innings, 20 ; second innings, 60. Brixton-hill— First innings, 30,.; second innings, 55. SYDENHAM V. ST. JOHN'S, WESTMINSTER.—This was a match played at Vincent-square, for the benefit of Charles Bentley, the bowler, and the appeal was most liberally responded to, upwards of 500 persons being present, and the play being of such a nature as to meet with the warmest approval. We subjoin the score : St. John's—First innings, 45; second innings, 47. Sydenham—First innings, 38. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE.— The public subscription on behalf of the widows and orphans of the sufferers at the late accident amounts to upwards of 7001. The above subscription is inde pendent of the one raised through the instrumentality of Mr. Thos. Nunn, the landlord of the Crystal Tower, Norwood. DEATH OF LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR CHAS. JAMES NAPIER. (From the Times.) ~: