The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-23 00:00:00

EGRAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) INNKEEPERS PLATE. Thrash .. Ohms ..................... Two ran. ORDER OF RUNNING. 2 . o —lnnkeepers' Plate. 2 . 40 —Surrey and Middlesex Stakes. 3 . ls —King John Stakes. 3 . 50 —Runnymede Stakes. 4 . 3o —Railway Stakes. ARRIVALS. AnßlesA Co v -,, - 10: -- Y) Topsy, Frantic, Jouvence, Epaminandos, li u rt r ; - " . ' 411 1 Tremble, Tobolski, Abdallah, Monie Moses, 41.,'‘41; Northman, Victoritie, Acute Angle, Worthless, ittled gelding, Domino lEscalapius, Jullien, William 1 7 4 , 8 ) Sister to Incurable, Protest, Prologue, Oliver, 'tat, hareuse, Siege Provocation, Dear-me, La Bella, Ni Sweeth , .a i rt Ada, Lina, Inder, Antigone, taaise Richond, ' Mayfly , ' Lady Isabel, Mayday, Cotton Clia L Mas ella) f. by Touchstone out of Dexterous, No Brutuslle Olenaon, Assayer Strutaway, Diable Boiteux, Wingfield, Monk. RA DCLIFFE RACES. (THIS DAY.) (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 50 The Selling Stakes did not fill. St. ~.t , 1 u Stew tfeit: a. " 2 CuP--Captain Cornish and Patience paid St o . St. LATEST BETTING. FREE HANDICAP. Even on Gameboy filly. 2 to 1 agst Saguenay. 3 to 1 agst Sir Robert. STEWARDS' CUP. 2 to 1 agst Sir Robert. 2 to 1 agst St. Leon filly. 3 to 1 agst Surveyor. MANCHESTER CUP. 2to 1 agst St. Andrew. lad l. L ad • - -une only horses here at present are Missive THE CROPS. the reading over the accounts from different parts of 50 get ie -11 , nt rY as to the state of the crops, we find the 40 th e c - "' Inirport to be that, though the rain has retarded 25_ all y icTi-ripening and corn-gathering, it has not materi- 25 shi ze ll i l lred the crops, and that only a few days of sun- St. will be sufficient to bring them entirely . round. Bsl2t. t erie r whole, the weather appears to have considerably St, vi ent ' t Q turnips and potatoes, and though there . are 50 lattj ° 1 rumours as to disease being discovered in the 25 t vegetabl e no one can testify pers onall y to its 100 i, ea uouts. F rom C um berland we learn that the c ro p St t he t ub favourit e escu l en t i s s uperabundant, and that the 6 do u r is so large and healthy, that if the blight 25 In yet appear, it can do very littl e in j ur y . n gmod reaping has pretty generally commenced, a bee 4 111, many places in Scotland the sickle has St 4 080 . a ., Work. Wheat appears to have suffered r iatio ,' r ,ora the rain ; but the yield is not expected to be s °slow the average. Barley and oats are said to 1 g re ;. 4 . , good condition, and it is thought they will b e 1 vihr r in bulk than last year. The rain, however, to ell Set in last night and still continues with little in tornili;_siii", and without a gleam of sunshine, will tend 2, w:rourage the hopes of the farmers, and will still hich a reason for maintaining the present high prices, all are now beginning to complain. 271 E MOORS, FORESTS, AND FISHINOS. 'the te4oeventful " Twelfth" opened the grouse shooting t o . 4 . under very promising circumstances. The trieu s weather of the spring and summer left the th e B , l ll nusually numerous, strong, and healthy ; and in et : e eds of the first day of the shooting are in some in er a ces perhaps unparalleled. Moors which in for sp Y e ars yielded very indifferent sport, have suddenly ta t i o lg into importance ; and from every side the same and is borne to us—of capital sport, abundant game Boit splendid weather. The 12 th was r ather a hot and Th t Y day for the moors , an d was dazzlingly clear. e heathe r , the lochs and rivers , t he lichened crags, and t he bare mountain tops glistened p ainfull y in the ilaci °ll ded sunshine, and tempting as was the abun oblgame, half the sportsmen w ho took the moor were ged partially to succumb t o the g reat heat of the d ay, and the IL iendly shade of a birchwood or corrie °f game at least a couple of hours after noon. The number h ga ,, nl e bagged on the 12th must have been prodigious. z i .„ - country is delued with presents, and the price of --Dj u se, instead of being from about 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. a L l. ' as it has usually been at this early period of the k e ,7 41 , is now from 2s. to 3s. Gd. at the Invernes mar- V " On the 13th, we believe, no less than two large at e • L., and a mail coach, filled to over-flowing with game fo-,ltes, were unloaded at the Perth railway station, and N orth most part the boxes contained gr ouse from the Highlands. At Aberdeen, the importation of b e "uke was no formidable—great quantities having 4 1 . 1 sent by the day coaches from Inverness, Moray fro re, and the adjoining districts, and by the steamer Ili the extensive moors of Caithness. lii the forest deer-hunting has been we ll rewarded. The continued drought has, for the time, spoiled the angling of the nor'‘hern rivers, by stopping the water - r o P i es. Whilst last week any one who could handle a 5 w as almost sure of a'z, least two or three grilse in 7 1 1 t he course of a day's fishing, this week only the upper 6t 1) 4 °18 of the river can be successfu ll y fished. The same 14 a b.,; ," ease in most of the Hig hland rivers--there is ,9 ,ezndance of fish, and we only wai t a fresh of rain to -,'2uo t '' v e in full force the fine angli n g of this season. The r 6._ e Y seems to hold up better than most rivers in this St. l seaso n . M r . Gillmore Rothes, Mr. Powell, and 5 o i e l anglers, have bad good sport, an d the Banffshire d 'ncti mentions that Mr. Jackson, Craigellachie, had St. l ) tured, with his own rod, sixty salmon and g rilse, i Ul la three weeks, on the Aberlour fishings in the St. Pe Y.--Inverncss Courier. St, MARKET NE WS-(THIS DAY.) S a COLONIAL ar e u ,,, - . A - 11 . — The market is not active, and . the public sales St. of ''''lng off without particular animation. The quantity ~. British plantation landed last week, at the East and T . Wes,ll India Docks, was 430 hhds 50 tierces 139 barrels. ,l',: ti, e re were taken for home consumption, 1,830 hhds 199 St. tili7 es 6 83 barrels. The stock in the same places is 10,269 t. e a 1 707 tierces 3,257 barrels. off e6 7". — This article is firm, with a moderate quantity St. It u m g * lj - --- The quantity landed last week at the East and 5 ° W esth o India, Docks, was 195 puns. ; there were taken for ~. 21? h ag 215 puns 1 hhcls, and exported 118 puns T.,T; liltd e. l6. The stock in the same places is 8,605 puns 342 '-''' Rae to 1 E.—Bongal, 1,381 bags at auction, all sold at 13s. 6d l r ' - ,ls for good, being higher rates. 28‘: & „L'IPETRE.—At auction, 497 bags were taken in at „; • lt bd. to 29a for fine per cent. refraction. 94 "„ I crils , 27 cases nutmegs sold publicly at 3s 8d to 3s i • P , t 'j good, and 2s 6d to 2s 11d for mid,. Mace 7 cases. 1 ( .ng realised 2s 10,1 to 2s lid per lb. 52 4. "° • w•—P.Y.C., is 51s per cwt. on the spot, and town 1 ~,' 9d. _LE A. cr Q • -- This article is steady. Last week's deliveries in- e l m e d . S HAY MARKETS. Su — r ! , RFIELD.—OId meadow hay, 4 / 4 s to 51 10s ; (Iv y ditto, 2/ 10s to 4l Os ; old clover, Si Os to 61 Os ; new p j ,1 40 , 3/ lO s t o 4 l 1 5 s ; an d s t raw , 11 8s to 1/ 16s per load. "PIAY good, and trade dull. euX BERLAND.—OId meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 5/ 12s Od ; dri ditto, 2/ 15 s t o V, 4s ; old clover, 5/ Os to 6/ Os ; new .A . 7' °, 10s to 5/ O s ; and straw, 1/ lOs to 1 / 16s p er load. ull average supply, and a sluggish demand. WRI TECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 5l 10s; dVi.}to, 2/ lOs to 4/ Os ; old clover, 5 / Os to GI Os ; new rade T " d ' l Os to 5/ Os ; and straw , 1/ 8s to 1/ 16s per load. 11. T ti ortion of it, now sta- ,-L . , 7 t, 'lt STEAM-FLEET AT CORK.—We ‘"0 st eam-ileet, or a c onsiderable t p o Cork for a limited t " tioned at Spithead, will proceed understand that 25 September. The Firs ‘,. pelied about the third week in with Lord of the Admiralty will be vessel built for the L kubreia.----On Saturday, the first any, called the Magdalena Ste Navigation Con:ip ard of Messrs. the squadron. Estrella, Steam launched front the buildin g t l onnage is 57 3 ) Sarnuda Brothers, at Blackwall. and her engines are to be of 120 ho li r t s e b e r e p u ow um er e . r TussAup's EXHIBITION.—Among groups exhibited in this museum none_ numerous visi- _-_ at this moment more attention from the Emperor and 10 5 numerous royal. ...!rs than the group consisting of t that is dressed in a 20 e ap i p it e m a i r to attract press of the French. The Empress Majesty on 2200 inc-aimile of the bridal dress worn by her auspicious occasion, land the Emperor 20 111. in the costume of a Lieut.-General, decorated with cxc- 20 the Legion of Honour. They are both admirably cuted l ikenesses, and reflect much credit on the Y taste 20 g an d artistic skill of the Mess rs . T ussau d. the 2 ,,„ 0 , ri IiETROPOLITAINT IMPROVEMENTS.—By order of `-'°lnnaissioners for carrying out the Improvements in the hu! City cf London, a further portion of the houses in Hay street, Clerkenwell, are forthwith to be demolished, to eeniplete the direct line of communication from Rack- 20 fri ars -brid ge and Farringdon-street to Islington and the 10 being carried North ern R ailway terminus at King's-cross. The 5 long-talked -of w i dening of Fenchurch-street is at last 5 southcarried out, and the whole of the houses on the 10 side, extending f rom Mark-lane, crossing London 20 - treet andßailw a y- p l ace, up to Church-row, contiguous 20 100 he E ast India Company's warehouses, are being de- 20 ished for that purpose. A. great ninny houses are „ II "' being pulled down on the south Eagle- of Thread -16 needle-street, in Finch-lane, and SpreadcomL, to complete the approaches to the Royal Exchange, as also 20 in Dowgate-hill, to widen and improve that thorough- 10 fare. 20 lIRPRESENTATION OF STANFORD.—The election of alO member for the borough of Stamford, in the room of 20 * .o, , r e • l on e i r y ries, took place in the Town Hall yesterday. F-)g candidate who solicited the suffrages of the - ?!etors was Lord Robert Gascoyne Cecil, second son o f 104 20 the Marquis of Salisbury. No other candidate being proposed, Lord Cecil was declared duly elected. The ( ( 1 noble lord then addressed the electors in a speech ex- 2 0 w r e e:s - ve of his political faith. The proceedings, which 20 -: of a mere formal character, then terminated. 20 -431 PRESENTATION OF SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE.—No op- 8 1 2 Position will be offered to the election of E. P. Shirley, 10 tsq. t , ho l m', '' B aPPly the vacancy in the representation of the 20 of I er a division of this county, caused by the elevation 10 •i4grCi Brooke to the peerage. 20 (151' 1 1 $3 -ilYDill ss'l ' c i. 0 - 's dl©' Liie.,,. 10 1 ' 'S boSO, Oa' f° ' ;f ir t re 1101 o neit c o wil l if col 3l ' ot) ocii e r clo e01°.019, ver). 01:1‘. nii3P r a her t 1 f ' 33 4 ' tee l teu tire ill ,oleo A 1 01" 01 , to iC eli t, D e l? 1 0 0 j )f • A° ' 4 CO ir Ford I. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BitITISH RAILWAYS. 1 raid .1 ranmsys. Closing Prices Yesterday. I Business done --- this day. St. 50 50 25 12) , a 121 x d 20 x d. St. 3,.2 St. St. a d 25 100 Aberdeen .... Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. all Binning. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ........ 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesh. & Birk. £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do., £20... ..... . ... 1.00 Bristol and Exeter 1.00 Caledonian.... . ... all Chester & Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass. 45 Dublin&BelfastJune. all DundeePerth&Aber deep Junction all Do. New ...... ..••• • • all East Anglian • all Do. , (£lB E& H) all Eastern Counties all E as t ern Union, A 5t0ck............ 100 Do., B. 5t0ck......... 81. Do., New A ...... ••• 100 East Lancashire . _ . East &West Ind. Dk all & Binnino. June—. 100 Edinburgh& Glasgow 12 Edinb. and &Peebles... 100 Edin. Prth. Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern Stk. 100 Do., A. Stock ......... 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. ) 100 Great Western .. .... 11 Irish South-Eastern a ll Lancaster & Carlisle 113 Do., Thirds .. ... . 100 Lancash.andY orksh. 16 Do. , Fifths . .... .. 11i Do. Wst.RidingUn. all Leeds Northern .- . . all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. all London & Blackwall 7 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Bright &S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn, 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lot.Sh. ,M&B 0 , 100 London andS. Westn. 42i Do., £5O • 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. &Ennisk. . 100 Manch.Shef.& Lincln a 48 Do., Man. Lin. Un. . 100 Midland . 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby ) 47: 1 1 Midld. G. West.(lre.) i 174 Do. Half Shares ) all Newcastle & Carlisle. 100 Newmarket .... Q Do., Bury Extension. i 174 Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. ) 7t, Newry &Enniskillen ) all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor ....... t. 100 Norfolk ..... • ... ••_-•• D 3 Northn.douniiesUn. t. 100 North British . ... ... 6 16 North Devon, No. 1. 6 112 Do., No. 2 .ferred . ......... 8 all Do., ADe . . 8 8 Do., B Guaranteed 0 172 North: Staffordshire.. 0 all North Western 0 10 N. &S. Westrn. June it. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton >t. 100 Scottish Central ;t. 100 Scottish Midland it. 100 Shrewsbury &Biimg. >t. 100 Do. L. &N. Western Guaranteed Si ask.- 10 8 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 263 all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; ......... all Do. Halveso. all Do. Oswestry 6i Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern.. all South Wales .... 15 S. Yrksh. & Riv.*Dur 5 Do.. ......... 16S- St oc kton & Hartlepl 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek 14 West Cornwall 21s. Wimbledn & Croydon 100 YorkNewetl.Bzßerw. 20 Do. Extensions 11q Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N.lslidland... ,E FEREN --- - St. 1100 Aberdeen s+. 1 100 Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. 100 Bris. &Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 00 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5A per cent 61 Cork &Bandonsip.c all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c. all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l all' Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St. all Eastern Union, Scrip' Guar. 6 per cent ... 100 East Lancash.6 p.cts. all Edinbrrth.&Dundee 5,A per cent. 100 Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent .00 Great Northn. sp. C DO Do. SP. c. Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem 7A Do. 4A p. c. Scrip all Gt,Southn.&Westm: (Ireland)Eighths) , 6 Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do.cov. red. 4A, p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 p.c.... 6 Lan. &York. F. £2Ol 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ...I 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c DO Do. Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852............... LOO Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 5 Loudon &S. Western Con. Thirds ......... . 10 Londonderry& Coler AShares ............. all Londy. & Ennis. A Sh, all ilan., Shef., & Lin. Shares, No. 1. .. all Do. New, £lO 3 Do. ,E 6 all Harypt .&Carl.4 p.c all Do. 4A per cent 8A Do LOU hid. Consol.6 p.c.St 1.00 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 5 Do. Pref. 4A per cent 6 Norfolk Extension... 100 Do. sp. c. Ext 100 Do. Guar. 5A per et 00 Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c DO North British ...... . all North Staffordshire. DO Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £l5, 6 p.c. 12 Do.. all Shrews. &Birm.N.G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon li Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) oZ £1 Os. 6d. .. 100 Do. 4i per cent. Pre. 0 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. 5 3 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 1. 100 York,Neweastle,and, Berwick ,4 p.c. Pref L 7 SDo 35 10 York&N.MidlandH and S. Purch 25i - -• 53/4 9t - 10.1 9 7 disl 20 - ^ 3l 2d 102 103 67 3 —67 i 214 22 19 201 4 - 5 Pi 8- 9 3t - 4 12i - 48 - s °„, 35 -0, ii 1: 74 52 - 72 - ii - 30 gi i 6 52 - . 54 ,„ 133 .Loo 113 115 89 89 1 71 7i 104 —lO7 17 —18 p 76 764 1 1 3 . 15 15 Btl Bii 1i —lipidl 102 —lO3 d 1112 112 1 lir 86 87 7 6d 6 5d 11 13 18 20 274 28i ... .. .d 72 - 40 - ... - •*' 55 - i - 3i - 28 - 81 - 51 - 3 -- _8 ... - 41 - 84 - 94 - 57 D . 3.}d 63 - 52 96 64 69 - 2i - i - ?g ;i5 - ]2; 26 2 - 8- 32 69 2 2 - 34 . - 10, 70i 7d 2d -- 60 E SHARES. 1103 - I 581 9i 19A A 6} 4 it la 14t LB,i .. --- .. - ... -- !par FOREIGN. \ 4 Antwerp&Rotterdam 3 Belgian Fa -stn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessa , all Charleroi& Erquelin. 10 Dijon and Besancon 8 Dutch Rhenish _ ... \ all East Indian 1 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Penins ula 10 Gd. Junet. of Prance all Gt,western of Canada Shares 3 Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c, prof 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. ...................... 3 Do. (Canal) ............ 1 4 Do. 6p. ct. 9 Lyons & Mediterran. Madras ................. all - Namur & Liege (with interest) ............. all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds all (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) all NorwcgianTrunkEref 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 PaxisCaen & Cherbrg 104 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 2 Sth-Eastrn. of France 6 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5A per c. Prof_ 10 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland' 9 Zealand, 103 i P —152 d 31 - 3 10 -11 13i - 14 , 8 - 9 10$ - - 10 1 A .49 151 )ar Ll 4 1 16 LlB 122 3:4 - 118 24 3 / 4 - 253/4 101 --10 i 174 13 14 15 par— P 2-- 26 110 --112 19i -20 A d 103 -- 105 5i -- 5g 1— 1 d 14 par 144 —15 A 2 3 p 24 lid 5 —53 p 11 2 2 p ip 24 2t 7i l d —21 p i - '36 i 36; 184 -- 494 -- 44 -- 39? , -- 41 20?; dis lot; 20 1 id THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1853. _—__ Leas ing Closing Price Business Shr. Paid P.ArovA-78. Compans. Yesterday. this day. ___ —.---- ---- St. 100 Buckghamshe...... L cGra . ti. & .: N ott W h..n: 103 1: — ....: 1 5 0 31 1 5 x x2d d x x d d St. 100 &Lincoln. gr. 60 25 aallll CGOlYlstpar.elcdeaDnitne.:,r. Gt.Westn. 32 33xd x d 100 all H r tlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway .. . ... & Berw.. _. ... 50 all Hull & Selby. Y.&N.Md. 113 114 allall Do. po. I g s y ha , a . r e s . . Do 56 —57 2512 i s Do 27i —28 i 12i all Lon.dtGreen Nv S.Eastern l4i 144 20 all Do.Preferenct: Do 26 27 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Nc.Tfolk St. 100 Do . 6 p er ct... Do .. — Q all Manch.Bxton. Lu.&I,,T.W. and Matlock & Midld. 3 31,. 50 all Middleabro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. ... —xd x d 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midlan d ... 108 IC9 50 all Northern and E as ternsp.c. E. Count.. 6,5 67 66,;, 50 all Do. 6 per ct Do ......... ... •• • 50 all Do. Fi x edsp.c Do ... ..... ... ... 25 all Prest. &Wyre L. &Lu&Yk ... ..• 121 111 Do. i Shares. Do . . ... ._ • . . St. 100 R oys tn.&llit. Gt.Northn 148 —lsoxd x d St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do ..... .. . . 1 48 —lsoxd x d 25 18a Slaef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g. 5. p . c Yorksh.. . • - - ... 12 96 S. Staftordsh- MO/Mean . 1./ i d 50 all WearVallerigr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darling. ... —x d x d 25 all Do.. .-- ....... Do .-..•. .. St. 100 Wilts&So mrst Gt. West 31i —32 A d n. 102 —lO3l MINES. all A g ua Fria ... ........ all Anglo Californian 2 Australasian 5 Australian all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold all Ave Maria all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 13.5 British Iron 24i Brazilianlmp.(issued —v - at £5 pm all Do. Comes & Culada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co all General all G r eat Nugget Vein all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst.. all Liberty ............... all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co 1 all M ar iguita 9 Mexicau&S.Americn. all New Granada all Nouveau Monde 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New Santiago de Cuba all South Australian , 7 Tin Croft . all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa all Yuba JOINT-STOC. all Australasia all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company all British N. American 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. 25 Colonial .. ........... 20 Commercial of Lond 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd 15 London Chr;,d. Bnk of Australia 20 London and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond.andWestminst 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22 National of Ireland all Oriental Bank Cor. poration 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 RoyalAustraln. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co 25 South Australia all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 Union of London . 1 all Union of Madrid I lip i— i P 1d par ri -- 2 1 _ 1 i d t d dis— par i— i d 7 9 3/ 4 1 26 3 tt 326 334 d par -- id 55 loi -- -- 65 11 P 6 -- 7i PI - 14 - 16 201 i': l - Idl td— par d par 6. 7 - P fi d P I'd— par r - 9 4 R d dd K BANKS. .. ... I 1P d _. par .•• . ••• par— LP 2i-- 3p --- ... ... . -••••• ••• ••• .. - •. 50i- 51. ... - • i a— par 44 46 71 72 8 8i .. - • •e• .."..". MISCELLANEOTJS. 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 35 Australian Agricult. 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 6 Australia. Royal Mail 38a Brit. American Land 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 32i Canada Company 5 Crystal Palace 2 Crystal Pal. of France 1 Eastern Steam 1 Electric Tel. of Irel 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 14 General Screw Steam 5 Irish Beetroot Sugar 4 Magdalena St. Navig. all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Land all N. B. Australasian... 7 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 25 Do. do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam.... all Scot. Austral. Invest. Do. New Scrip 25 South Austral. Land all Submarine Telegraph 28i Van Diemen's Lane., 35 ::: 37 100 20 10 50 ..• -- ••• 64 - 67 15 20 20 20 - 11 - 2 p A-- p ... -- • ••• ••• 4 d ar par p .1 = iipl .•• - ••• li - 21”..(1 6 77 ii --- 3-6 foi - .L- - ii LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TRIS DA Y.) LONDON, Aug. 23.---Wind this day at Noon, N.E., and cloudy. DEAL, Aug. 22.—Wind, S. Arrived—J. G. Costa, River St. Lawrence. Arrived from the River—William Ackers, for Port Philip ; Apollo, Grenada ; Ocean Queen, New Aork ; Orestes, Odessa ; Conte Valisivene, Constan tinople. Sailed—Prince of Wales, Sydney, N.S.W. Aug. 23 (9.40 a.m.—Per Elec. Tel.)—Wind, N.E., strong, with rain. Passed—St. Michael, from Newcastle, for Naples ; William Hitching, London, for Havre. Sailed — Apollo, from Hartlepool, for Demerara ; William Ackers, Henry Gillespie, Southern Cross, Orestes, and Prince of Wales, with the whole of the outward bound, except the Margaret, for Madras, and the Australia, for Rio Janeiro. Remain—Achilles and John Costa, both for the river. Car- SHIELDS, Aug. 22.—Wind, W. Arrived—Edina, thagena. Sailed—Sagitharius, Constantinople. HULL, Aug. 22.—Wind, W. Arrived—Swallen, Alex andria ; Tina, Abo ; Augusta, Quebec ; Necken, Wasa. Sailed—Hans, Christina ; Stafford, Riga ; China, Abo. GRIMSBY, Aug. 22.—Arrived—Lucia, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 23 ( 10 . 45 a.m.)—Wind, N., moderate and fine. Arrived—William Tapscott, from New York; Emma Watts, from New Orlean l s Offta—frßij om ou, Quebec. schooner. A rr i v ed at Beaumaris, Aug. 22—nfan, FLEETWOOD, Aug. 22. Arrrived— Maranham, and Grenville Bay, Quebec. MILFORD, Aug. 22.—Wind, S.W. to S.E. Arrived — Pedestrian, Liverpool, for St. John's, leaky, having been struck by a heavy sea off Cape Clear ; Marchioness of Breadalbane, Matanzas. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 22.—wina,w. Arrived —Priscilla, Sierra Leone. Sailed—H.M.S. Prince Regent, H.M.S. Queen, H.M.S. Sidon, H.M.S.Valorous, H.M.S.Amphion, H.M.S. Leopard, and H.M.S. Vulture, cruising. FALMOUTH, Aug. 22.—Wind, N., light. Arrived — Jane Lowden, Quebec ; Volumina, Taganrog ; Hope, Odessa ; Louise, Salonica ; Perlin, Alexandria Queen of the Tyne, Taganrog ; Angelina, Varna. Sailed.—Alchy mist, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Aug. 21.---Arrived—Frederick, Taima goncha ; Herald, Nicaragua ; Neptune, Quebec. Sailed — Thomas, Quebec. BRISTOL, Aug. 22.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Jenny, Tobaga ; Nancy, Miramichi ; Ashley, and Java, Quebec. Sailed —Singapore, New York; Barbara, and Batanga, Africa ; Countess of Mulgrave, Ocean Queen, and Sarah and Emma, Quebec. JERSEY, Aug. 21.—Wind, E. Arrived—Beluz, La bradore. SWANSEA, Aug. 22. Wind, E. Arrived—Jane Mor • rison, St. Andrew's, N.B. ; Elizabeth, Quebec. —f from macorrespondentletter has received forwarded yesterday every confidence in the source of IR remark that if the writing fromnhh i s as S s t the following JOHNrrinformationeel aa n E b I H N e e b x K ne u t l h r st i N a pa w c extract spoken e mayn t it is strange that no pub licity has been given to the affair by the authorities of the Admiralty :—"Near Bellmullet, Aug. 15, 1853. You will have heard, no doubt, that a poor woman picked up a bottle close to this place, containing a letter from Sir John Franklin, dated May last, stating that he is prevented by the natives from leaving an island he is now on ; the officer of the Coast Guard forwarded it to the Admiralty, and has just heard that the writing is that of Sir John, so there is yet a chance of his being saved."—Liverpool Mail. CAPTAIN J. R. SCOTT.—We understand that the good fortune of Captain J. R. Scott, late of the 4th Dragoon Guards, to which we have before adverted, continued in a remarkable degree during meeting last week at Good wood, Captain Scott having won 13,0001. upon Adine on the Goodwood Stakes, 3,000/. upon Marsyas on the North and South of England Produce, and 3,0001. on Cobnut in another sweepstakes.—United Service Gazette. ANOTHER ROYAL RESIDENCE.—We understand that his Royal Highness Prince Albert is negotiating for the purchase or rental of a magnificent building, the pro perty of Mr. Child, the banker. It is situated on an eminence between St. John's-wood and Highgate, sur rounded with luxuriant woodland, meadow, pasture, and arable land, and commands extensive views of the beau tiful scenery in and around the metropolis. It is in tended, we believe, as an occasional residence or "nur sery" for the Royal children. CHARGE AGAINST MR. NORMAN with the transaction, and immediately repudiated all connexion with the party in question. In order to con vict the defendant of the charge that had been at tempted to be brought against him there must be sub stantial evidence adduced to establish that which was essential to a prima facie case in matters of this de scription—namely, that the defendant had been a will ing party and had assented to the proposition of the person whose name had not transpired. In this in stance Mr. Wilkinson had not acceded to such a pro position, but, on the contrary, his learned friend, Mr. Clarkson, had felt himself compelled to admit that the result of the alleged negotiation had been highly credit able to the character and honourable feelings of the defendant, who, the moment he saw that anything un fair or illegal was about to be practised, felt it his duty to withdraw altogether from any further participation in the matter. Looking at the charge in a mere tech nical point or view, he (Mr. Bodkin) submitted that the Lord Mayor had no jurisdiction over the al leged offence, as no evidence had been adduced with reference to the spot in which the conversa tions between the unknown party and the de fendant had taken place, such conversations might have occurred in the City or might have occurred out of the kingdom, and until satisfactory proof was given of the particular locality where the alleged negotiation was said to have been carried on a party could not be in dicted for an offence said to have been committed in the city of London which might in reality have been com mitted in some other part of the country. The learned counsel submitted that in the first place, upon the evi dence as it at present stood, there was no charge for the defendant to euswe --no proof whatever, on the part of the prosecutors, of any corrupt contract or agree ment or conspiracy; that even if there were a scintilla of proof of this fact there was no evidence to show that the magistrate had jurisdiction to put the defendant on his trial. He apprehended that the law was very clear as applicable to the present case. Mr. Wilkinson was living within his lordship's jurisdiction, and such being the case his lordship had the power of calling him be fore him at any time, and if those who had now preferred a criminal charge against another found it an infirmity in their case—that making it out with all the power and influence which they possessed, and the means and dili gence which they had been able to employ, they had yet failed in showing where the offence was committed, it was a natural consequence that the defendant ought to be acquitted. His lordship would not impose upon a citizen of London the necessity of appearing before the Central Criminal Court to answer a charge which had not been made out, which could not on the present evi dence be substantiated, particularly in the case of a de fendant who was always to be found at any time ready to answer any charge which either the East India Com pany or any body else might have to prefer against him- Mr. Clarkson, in reply, observed that his learned friend kid studiously forborne any reference to the sta tute under which his lordship had granted the summons, because he must have known that the words of the act were so strong with regard to negotiations commenced, proceeded with, and concluded, that it was impossible for any one to shut his eyes to the fact of the merits of the case being altogether with the pai;tie3 for whom he Vilr. Clarkson) had the honour to appear. On the ap plication for the summonses, the Lord Mayor had been abundantly satisfied of there being a sufficiently prima facie case to warrant his calling upon the defendant to Clarkson)t horoughly ub m confirmedt t e d tahpapte this b , i f j o e r w e f h the m, case and h by the additional evidence which had now been g iven on oath, by the only witness whom the East India Com pany had it in their power to cal l. It had been clearl y proved that a negotiation had bee n be g un and p roceeded o i mast e (M o r . with by the defendant and a person w hom the witness did not choose to name, and it had only been broken o ff because the defendant Mr. Norman Wilkinson did not choose to pledge himself to a false declaration, he having said to his friend with whom he was in treaty—how is it possible I can sign such a declaration, when you know I have agreed to give a consideration. The Lord Mayor, it was to be borne in mind, was not sit ting to try this case, but had simply to determine whether sufficient grounds had been stated to in duce him to send it for adjudication before a supe rior tribunal. The learned counsel continued—Al though upon the last occasion I asked the witness, Mr. Wilkinson, whether he had learnt from his brother where these conversations took place, and he said he had not, I am perfectly satisfied that your lordship will not allow a grave offence of this sort to be disposed of upon a technical objection. If you hold the defendant to bail to appear at the Central Criminal Court, where is the mischief or the breach of the law ? lam quite sure that if your lordship feels there has been a wrong done, and that wrong is attempted to be supported by the circumstance of Mr. Wilkinson refusing to detail the whole truth, which he has the power of doing, that your lordship will not put an end to this case on any technicality, but will hold the defendant to bail if you agree with me that there has been a contravention of the statute. The Lord Mayor (after consultation with the City Solicitor and Mr. Goodman, the Chief Clerk)—l think that the subject brought before me is of so much im portance to the public, to the East India Company, and to all the parties affected, and necessarily my know ledge must be so imperfect, and my experience so limited upon a subject of this description, that it would be more consonant to the ends of justice that I should defer expressing any opinion until I have carefully gone over the evidence. Under these circumstances, and in order to enable me to consider the technical objections which have been advanced by the learned counsel on either side, I will postpone my decision to a future day. Mr. Clarkson—l may as wall state at once, that what ever may be the result of your lordship's decision, I shall be under the painfal necessity, supposing the mat ter to stand as it doe,a now, of applying to your worship to commit Mr. Wainson. WILKINSON. Mr. Norman Wilkinson, 9, Threadneedle-street, share lealer, appeared before the Lord Mayor, at the Man sion-house, yesterday, upon a summons issued at, the instance of the East India Company, to answer the charge of having unlawfully bargained with a person, w hose name is unknown, for the purchase of an office in the gift of the East India Company, contrary to the statute. -- - -------- Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Messrs. Lawfcr.rd, solici tors to the East India Company, appeared for the prose cution ; Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Hawkins, instructed by Messrs. Burchell, attended for the defence. The City Solicitor attended as adviser of the Lord Mayor. The justice-room was crowded with gentlemen con nected with the East India-house, and with members of the Stock Exchange, and merchants. Mr. Clarkson, in a lengthened statement, recapitu lated the details which he entered into upon th e occasion of applying for the summons on the 9th inst., and hav ing put in evidence some correspondence between the secretary to the East India Company and the defendant, in which the latter declined to give up the naane of the person with whom it was alleged he had been, in treaty for the cadetship in question, proceeded to call Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, the hon. member for Lambeth,, and bro ther of the defendant, who underwent a precis , 3ly similar course of examination to that to which he was originally subjected, with the exception that he was now sworn. At the conclusion of the hon. member's examination in chief, the following questions were put to hint by Mr. Clarkson—Do you know the person whom your brother named to you as the party with whom he had been in treaty ? Mr. Wilkinson—Yes, I do. Mr. Clarkson—What was his name? Mr. Wilkinson—l decline to give you the name, and I wish to state to the court why I think I am justified in sod oing Mr. Bodkin objected to any reasons given by the wit ness for his refusal being entered upon the deposition s. Mr. Clarkson insisted upon whatever was uttere d b y the witness being made part of the depositions. The Lord Mayor said h e thought that the reas ons of the witness ought to be recorded. Mr. Wilkinson—l decline to answer the question put to me, because as I am advised and believe there is no proper foundation for this charge, and consequently no proper foundation for this question. I have every dis position to give every information in my power upon the charge attempted to be laid u p on my br other, but I cons ider that this question fo rms n o part of that harge, and is not within the scope of the evidence which I have sworn to give. Mr. Clarkson then applied for permission to cross examine Mr. Wilkinson, on the ground that he was an unwilling and hostile witness, which request, after being strenuously opposed on the part of Mr. Bodkin was ultimately acceded to, but which failed to elicit anything further than had already. been stated by the hon. mem ber in his previous examination. Cross-examined by Mr. Bodkin—Can you charge your recollection with the distinct words used by your brother in any one of the conversations about which you have been examined? Mr. Wilkinson—No , I cannot. Mr. Bodkin—Did you in the first instance learn fro, your brother that a friend of his had presented him with an appointment for his son 1 Mr. Wilkinson—Was going to present him. Mr. Bodkin—And had offered it ? Mr. Wilkinson—So I underetood ; that was my first impression. Mr. Bodkin—Without any mention whatever of any consideration of any kind ? Mr. Wilkinson—Not at that time. r h . e ß in odk ferr in e l u a r s bg lingua tith e g h e e r o fafterwardsy theol d was that M talking with that some money was expected, did he also tell you that he had taken the advice of a friend, who d told him that such a transaction was ? fromW Bodkin—When n t h y e o Mr. Wilkinson—No, not at the first ; that was at the second occasion. Mr. Bodkin—Did he soon afterwards tell you 80 ? Mr. Wilkinson—Some little time after that he told me so. Mr. Bodkin—He told you that he had spoken to a friend, who told him that if he agreed to such a proposi tion it would be illegal ? Mr. Wilkinson—Yes, something to that effect ; that lie had better take care what he was about, for he was doing something that was wrong. Mr. Bodkin—Did he tell you that that friend informed him that if he inquired at the India House he would see the declaration that was required to be made, and which would of itself show the illegality of such a transaction ? Mr. Wilkinson —Something to that effect. He told me that there would be a paper to be signed. Mr. Bodkin--Did he tell you that he went to the India House and saw the form, the declaration ? Mr. Wilkinson —I do not know that he did. Mr. Bodkin—Did he tell you that he saw the form of the declaration ? Mr. Wilkinson—l understood him that he had seen a paper, or that his friend had told him that there was a paper. Mr. Bodkin—That he had seen it l Mr. Wilkinson—l understood that he had seen it. Mr. Bodkin—Did he tell you that that form of de. claration satisfied him of the illegality of such a trans action, and that he would have nothing more to do with Mr. Wilkinson—Yes. Mr. Bodkin—Did he ever tell you that he had ever agreed with this party to give a sum of money for the office in question, or entered into any treaty of that kind ? Mr. Wilkinson—No, he did not. Mr. Bodkin—Now, you have said something about a commission in the army; did your brother tell you that his private opinion was that such an appointment might be sold as a commission in the army ? Mr. 'Wilkinson—No ;I do not remember that he did. Mr. Bodkin—Now, with the exception of what you have told us, do you know from your brother of any b arga i n whatever, or any treaty for this appointment ? Mr. Wilkinson—Nothing more than what I have DEATII OF SIR GEORGE COCKBURN. One of the oldest officers in the British service has quitted this world, having lived with so much honour and worn so many distinctions that his name has long been venerated. in every circle of society where political consistency and professional emi nence are rewarded with esteem, affection, and fame. Sir George died on the 19th of this month, at Leamington, in the 82d year of his age. From that excellent and elaborate work O'Byrne's Natal Biography, wo give underneath an outline of the life and services of Sir George Cockburn, and to this statement nothing need he added so far as re lates to his career afloat ; and oven the concluding paragraph of Mr. O'Byrne's interesting notice sup plies a summary of his Parliamentary life. Still, the habitués of the Rouse of Commons remember something more of Sir George ; it is not forgotten that even among legislators he displayed knowledge and talents l oeyond the limits of his profession. During 14 years he had a seat in Parliament, re presentiiig in the course of that period Portsmouth, Weobly, Plymouth, and Ripon. For 17 years he had a seat at the Board of Admiralty, and was the Parliamentary organ of that department throughout a great part of that period. When the head of the board happens to be a peer, and the secretary a gentleman of no great experience, the Parliamen tary duties of the Admiralty necessarily devolve upon the senior naval lord. It is well known that Mr. John Wilson Croker, so celebrated as a secre tary to the board, had retired from public life long before the last accession to power of Sir Robert Peel ; but Sir George Cockburn held in that Government the responsible position of senior naval lord, discharging all its functions, especi ally those of a Parliamentary character, with great credit to himself and to his Mimsterial chief. His name will descend to posterity not only as a man who in his time, and according to his degree, held an important rank among the lawgivers of England, but as a man associated with Nelson—often in victory, never in defeat ; as a man who frequently overcame not only a European enemy, but contended successfully with American seamanship and valour. The resto ration of peace, in 1815, naturally excited in his mind a wish for that continued enjoyment of do mestic happiness to whicb, sailors rarely attain, and probably at the same time called forth that honour able desire of civil distinction which was gratified by Parliamentary success, and adorned with official dignity. In the early part of the peace, however, important professional duties devolved on him, for he was appointed to a command at the Cape, and he conveyed Bonaparte to St. Helena. To say that his public life has been consistent, is to assert that which no one doubts. It will be as readily admitted that his professional career commanded the gratitude of his country and excited the ad be - ration of his brethren in a rms ; but it may not be extensively known, though it is quite as true, f that in all the relations of of f ici al and private e he enjoyed the esteem and re g ard of the society n which men of his eminent reputation are u , su y o d be found. The following is r. O'Byrne B sprite and complete summary of Sir George Cockburn's career 00 The Ri g ht Hon. Sir George Cockburn, born in Lon don, is second son of the late Sir Jame . s Cockburn, Bart., M.P. for Peebles. by his second wife, Augusta Anne, , daughter of the Rev. Francis Ayscoug D.D., Dean of Bristol and Preceptor to King Geo . rge 111. H_ _e is brother I of Major-General the present Sir James Cockburn, Bart., G.C.H., who formerly held in succession the aments of Under -Secretary of State, Governor and CommCmmander in-Chief of Ctuncoa, Governor of the Bermudas, and Pay m ter of the Royal Marines ; also of the Rev. Willi am Cockburn, Dean of York, who married Elizabeth, sister of the Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, Bart, M.P., and of his Excel lency Alexr. Cockburn, Envoy ExtraordinFyand Minister Plenipotentiary at Columbia. Sir George is grand nephew of the first Lord Lyttelton, and cousin of the present Rear-Admiral John Ayscough. This officer entered the navy March 12, .1781, .as captain's servant (under L t o a r i d n the auspnincenns A a d f m ri i g ra a l te s , S t ir hen Jos e h n u m a na ß an o d w e l d ey by a nc d a Hood), Bartholomew Samuel Rowley. His name was afterwards p borne on the books of the William and Mary yacht, but he did not go to sea until 1786, in the course of which and of the following year we find him cruising on the home sta tion, in the Termagant, 18, Captain Rowley Bulteol. In January, 1788, he joined the Ariel, 14, Captain Robert Moorsom, with whom he sailed for the East Indies, where for several mon ths he was v ery profitably employed in sur veying. Returning home, in 1791, with the same officer, in the Princess Royal, Indianian, Mr. Cockburn next served in the Channel and Mediterranean, as midshipman and master's mate of the Hebe, 38, Captain Alexander g o od ; and Romney, 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Samuel Cranston Goodall. Having passed his examination, June 3,179 1 , he was appointed in 1792 Acting Lieutenant the read, 32, CaTtAiii 'amp William Augwitua Cortew, stated. Re-examined by Mr. Clarkson—Can you tell us the name of the friend of whom you have spoken as haYlng put your brother on his guard ? Mr. Wilkinson—No ; I cannot. Mr. Clarkson — Have you never heard hi s name ? Mr. Wilkinson—l may have heard his name bro ther may have mentioned his name to me, but cannot rem ember. ; my Mr. Clarkson—Endeavour to recollect, and tell me whether you are prepared to swear that you do not know. You say that you may have heard. Mr. Wilkinson—l should be very sorry t o mislead you. I might mention one, two, or three names, and not the right one ; it may have been one or two persons, but I do not know who it was. Mr. Clarkson — Did he mention the name o f one or two persons ? Mr. Wilkinson — l have no doubt he did •I do not know why he should not, but I do not remember. Mr. Clarkson—Has not this matter interested you, and have you not been endeavouring to recollect the circumstance ? Mr. Wilkinson—No, I confess I thought it exceed ingly immaterial as to who it was who told him that fact. Mr; Clarkson—However you mean to state upon your oath tat you positively do not know who it was ? Mr Wilkihnson—l positively do not k no w who it was. I might make a guess. Mr. Clarkson — Tell me whom you guess it was. Mr. Wilkinson — No , I will not ; that is the reason why I will not mention it. Mr. Clarkson — Do you believe that you r ecollect the name Mr. Wilkinson—No; I do not think I do. Mr. Clarkson—Have you any doubt that he men• tioned his name to you ? Mr. Wilkinson — I dar e s ay he did ; I have no doubt he did ; because we are in th 3 habit of mentioning the names of our friends to one another. Mr. Clarkson —Do you mean to pledge your oath that you do not believe you know that person? Mr. Wilkinson—l do not know him. I believe I may have heard his name. I may have been told. it was one person or another. My brother has a great many friends. I should be very happy to tell you. I cannot have any possible reason for concealing it. Mr. Clarkson —Do you believe that you know who it was? Mr. Wilkinson —I believe that Ido not know who it was. I might mention a person's name, and. I might be wrong. Mr. Clarkson —Have you heard the name of that person since the last examination I Mr. Wilkinson — No. Mr. Clarkson —Have you seen that person since the last examination Mr. Wilkinson — No. Mr. Clarkson —Have you seen the person whose name you refuse to give me, who proposed to your brother to procure him this appointment, since the last examina tion Mr. Wilkinson —No. Mr. Clarkson —Have you heard from him ? Mr. Wilkinson — No. Mr. Clarkson —Have you written to him ? Mr. Wilkinson—No, I have had no sort o f commun i ca tion with him—that is the shortest way. Mr. Clarkson (addressing the Lord Mayor) —I have now to apply to your lordship that Mr. Wilkinson, for his contempt of this court in contumaciously and wilfully refusing to answer this question, without for ust ex cuse, be committed by your lordship's warrant seven days. Mr. Bodkin inquired whether his friend, Mr. Clark son, had any further evidence to offer against the de fendant ? Mr. Clarkson replied he had no further evidence to offer at present, and that he called upon the court to order the defendant to enter into sureties to answer any charge that might be preferred against him on the part of the East India Company at the Central Criminal Court. Mr. Bodkin then addressed the bench at very con siderable length, and submitted that his learned friend, on the part of the prosecution, had not made out any case which would justify his lordship in holding the defendant to bail. The utmost that had been attempted to be proved against the defendant was, that a certain party whose name had not t rans p ired, had offered to procure him an appointment for a member of his family in the gift of the East India Company. It had been distinctly stated that the party who had made that offer was not a member of the Court of Directors, or in any way con cerned in the administration of the affairs of the com pany, and that as soon as Mr. Norman Wilkinson be came satisfied of the illegality of trafficking in any appointment within the gift of the company, he at once l abandoned all mention of having anything further to do non, 50, and President, 52, commanded in chief on the North America and West India station from December 6, 1832, until February , 1836. Since the latter date he has not been afloat. His advancement to the rank of full Ad miral took place January 10, 1837. Sir Georg e Cock ur n was nominated a G.C.8., with riditional armorial bear ings indicative of his important services, February, 1818; was elected a F.R.S., December 21, 1820, and first obtained a seat in Parliament, for Portsmouth, in 1818. R e was next elected, in March, 1820, for the borough of Weobly ; was returned for Plymouth, in 1826 ; and since October, 1841, has held a seat for Ripon. On March 25, 1818, he became a Lord of the Admiralty, to which office he was re. appointed September 17, 1828. He obtained a seat at the board as first naval lord in October, 1841, but retired on the dissolution of Sir Robert Peel's Government in the summer of 1846. On April 5, 1821, he was also appointed Major-General of Marines; and on April 30, 1827, a privy councillor. In the latter capacity Sir George attended the funeral of Ki ng Willi am IV. He married his cousin, Miss Mary Cockburn." and on January 27, 1793, was confirmed in the Orestes, 18, Captain Lord Augustus Fitzroy. On April 28, following, , he became' isth lieutenant of th e Britannia, 100, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral William Hotham, but removed in June, as taa st). to the Victory, 100, flag-ship, off Toul on , of his patron, Lord Hood, from which, on t' attaining, in quick rotation, the post of Fi rs t Lieutenant, he was pro moted to the command, October 11, in Xe n sa year, of the Speedy, sloop. As a reward for his skill aa n i l si 3 persever ance in maintaining the blockade of Genoa, during a ggale which dispersed every other ship of a squadron stationed off that port, Captain Cockburn was appointed, January 20, 1794, Acting-Captain of the Inconstant, 36, and on the 20th of the following month was officially posted into the Me leager, 32, which latter frigate he commanded in the hos tilities against Corsica, and as one of Hotham's repeaters in the actions of March 14 and July 13,1795. He was after wards employed for 12 months in vigorous co-operatiox with the Austrian troops in Piedmont, and during that period obtained the hearty acknowledgments of the im mortal Nelson for his conspicuous zeal, ability, and courage on various occasions, but more especially for the great support and assistance he afforded that hero in running in under the batteries of Larma, on May 31, 1796, and cap turing six of the enemy's armed vessels. Being transferred, August 19, following, to the command of the Minerve, of 42 guns and 286 men, Captain Cockburn, who remained in that ship until paid off in February, 1802, continued to pursue his gallant career with intense ardour, either con ducting in person or assuming a prominent part in a train of the most important achievements. He was first em ployed in blockading ' Leghorn • and, on next hoisting the broad pendant of ommodore Nelson, again acquired the admiration of the latter for his conduct at the capture and defeat, while proceeding from Gibraltar to Elba, and in presence of the Spanish fleet, of the Sabina, of 40, and the Matilda, of 34 guns, December 20, 1796. The former ship struck her colours after a combat of three hours, and a loss, out of 286 men, of 14 killed and 44 wounded; the other was compelled to wear and haul off at the close of a sharp action of half an hour, the collective loss of the Minerve on both occasions amounting to 7 men killed and 44 wounded. Captain Cockburn, who had previously as sisted in destroying l'Etonnant, national corvette, of 18 guns, next took the privateer Maria, of 6 guns and 68 men; and, after witnessing the evacuation of Porto Ferrajo, bore a very active part in the battle off Cape St. Vincent, Feb ruary 14, 1797. He also brought out from under the severe fire of two strong batteries on Grand Canary Island the Marseillaise, a French letter-of-marque of 24 gun On the night of November 5, in the same year, while the Minerve was lying stripped in the mole of the dockyard of Gibraltar, we again find our intrepid captain attracting the official notice of his superiors by a signal exploit he performed in putting off with only three gunboats to the protection of a convoy which had been observed to be baffled by light and contrary winds near the Spanish shore, whence it was threatened by a flotilla of 30 of the enemy's gunboats. By pulling directly between the in shore part of the convoy and the position occupied by the Spaniards, he successfully checked their career, and, by his spirited exertions, kept them at bay during the whole night, and until the merchantmen had reached their an chorage. In April, 1798, the Minerve returned to Eng land to refit, but towards the close of the year she again sailed for the Mediterranean, where Capt. Cockburn con tinued to be employed on various important services, fre quently in command' f a small squadron, until the conclu sion of the war. Among other operations, he joined in the hostilities against Malta-was in company with the Eme rald at the taking of La Caroline privateer of 16 guns and 90 men-witnessed Lord Keith's capture of three frigates and two brigs under Rear-Admiral Peree, June 19, 1799- took, during the year 1803, the three privateers, Le Furet, La Mouche, and La Vengeance, carrying altogether 49 guns and 357 men-made prize, February 11, 1801, of a Danish man-of-war brig-and in September following, captured and destroyed the Success, of 32, and Bravoure, of 42 guns. Assuming command July 12, 1803, of the Phaeton, 38, the subject of this memoir, after serving for some time off Havre de Grace with a squadron of frigates under his orders, took out Mr. Merry, the British Minis ter Plenipotentiary, to the United States, and thence pro ceeded to India with the first instalment of a sumof money which it had been arranged should be paid by the Govern ment of the latter as a compensation for the losses sus tained by the Loyalists in the first establishment of Ame rican independence. He was subsequently employed in blockading the Isle of France, where he frequently came into warm collision with the enemy's batteries ; and on eventually exchanging, June 5, 1805, into the Howe, re turned to England with the Marquis of Wellesley, then Governor-General of India. Captain Cockburn, whose succeeding appointments were July 1, 1806, and March 10 and 25, 1808, to the Captain, .Aboukir, and Pompee, 74's, was next present, in the first-named ship, at the capture, by a squadron under Sir Thomas Louis, of Le President, French frigate of 44 guns, September 22, 1806. On his passage to the West Indies in the Pompee, he captured Le Pilade, corvette, of 16 guns and 109 men ; and being intrusted by Sir Alexander Cochrane, on his arrival on that station, with the management of the naval operations on shore in the attack on Martinique, he hoisted a broad pendant, and by his exertions, which were unremitting and beyond praise, greatly contributed to the reduction of the island. The enemy offering to capitulate on Feb ruary 24, 1809, Commodore Cockburn, with Generals Provost and Maitland, was directed to meet the French commissioners to settle the terms, and under their signa tures Martinique became a British colony. For his ser vices on this occasion the commodore was personally thanked by both Houses of Parliament, and appointed captain of the port of St. Piorre. Removing in March to the Belleisle, 74, he returned to Europe in charge of the ships taken at Martinique, and of the surrendered ' governor and garrison, and soon after his arrival in Eng land was ordered to accompany the expedition to the Scheldt. Thither proceeding, he took command with his pendant in the Plover, of a division of the British flotilla, consisting of sloops of war,bomb-ships, brigs,and gunboats ; and i taking up a most judicious position near the south-east end of Flushing, continued to bombard that town until the French commandant signified his intention to surrender, when, with an officer from the army, he entered blind folded into the fortress, and finally arranged the terms of capitulation. On the retreat of the British down the Scheldt, he subsequently took the post of honour, and formed the rear-guard, on which occasion the Plover was the last vessel to leave the river, checking by her fire the pursuit of the enemy. The Belleisle, of which ship Cap tain Cockburn, had resumed command, being paid off in Oct., 1809, he next in Feb., 1810, joined the Implacable, 74, and was invested with the conduct of the naval part of an expedition having for its object thel , beration of Ferdinand VII. of Spain from his confinement at Valencay. He afterwards proceeded to Cadizjwith the flag of Sir Richard Keats, and effectually co-operated in the defence of the place, particularly by the able and cheerful assistance he afforded with two brigs and some armed boats in an at tempt to dislodge a French force at Moguer, to the north ward of the town. Towards the close of 1810 he safely es corted two Spanish !'.ne-of-battle ships of 120 guns each, to the Havannah, after which he proceeded to Vera Cruz, and thence to Cadiz with 2,000,00 dollars. Arriving in England early in 1811, on board the Druid, 32, Captain Cockburn was, by the Admiralty, again appointed a com modore, November 26, and directed to hoist his broad pendant on board the Grampus, 50. About the same pe riod he was selected to act as joint commissioner with Mr. T. Sydenham and Mr. J. P. Morier, for the purpose of effecting a reconciliation between Spain and her Transeatf - lantic colonies. The scheme , however , in consequenc o the narrow-minded policy pursued by the Spanish Cortes, proving abortive, the commodore, after proceeding as far as Cadiz, returned home, and August 12, 1812, was pro moted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, previously to which he had been appointed, August 1, 1811, a Colonel of Ma rines. He soon, with his flag in the Marlborough, 74, again sailed for Cadiz, in order to assume the command of the B:itish squadron employed in its defence, but the siege having been raised prior to his arrival, he was ordered to North America, where hostilities had been recently dc- NOUVEAU MONDE COMPANY. -The following memo &area against Great Britain. We have now arrived at randum has been received by this company :-" The an era in the history of the distinguished subject of Nouveau Monde Company have received advices from our memoir which, for brilliancy of achievement, has their superintendent in California, dated Mount Ophir, rarely been equalled. The dashing exploits, indeed, July 9. The reports of the proceedings at the mines for which have perpetuated the name of Cockburn crowd the month of June show the progress that has been upon our attention in such rapid succession, that, made during that time, which is very encouraging. The anxious as we are to chronicle every occurrence lodes continue to increase in size witho ut an y exce p tion, at all invested with interest, we fear that in what we yet have to recount we must content ourselves with a state- and the quality of the q uartz veins is as promising as ment of the chief of those gallant performances, which, by ever. At the Reduction Works the machiner y enforcing on the enemy a proper respect for the British for grinding and amalgamating is in a forward flag, in the end induced them to long for peace. Arriving state, and, though several unavoidable draw in the Chesapeake, on March 3, 1813, the Rear-Admiral backs have taken place, he now expresses his con commenced a deiultory mode of warfare by clearing the fidence that they will be ready to commence opera river James of its vessels, and carrying consternation into tions without further delay. He also encloses the cer the heart of Virginia. He next penetrated to the upper tificate of assay made by Messrs. Wass, Moliter, and. part of Elk River, at the very head of the Chesapeake Co., of San Francisco , of som e crushed q uartz from the waters, landed and partly destroyed th e town of Havre de r Pine-tree SeSt, taken from an average of 14 tons, which Grace, together with a battery and cannon foundry, near yielded at the rate of $135 or 27/. of gold to the ton. These despatches are accompanied by a report on the the entrance of the Susquehanna ; and, proceeding up the Sassafras River with all the boats of h;s squadron on May 6, succeeded, after routing a body of about 400 men, who mines furnished by him to the Merced Mining Company, had opened on them a fire from an entrenched position on at their request, from May 1, 1852 to May 31, 1853, the two opposite banks of the river, in demolishing the and which will be printed for the information of share settlements of Georgetown and Frederickstown. On June holders and ready for distribution at the offices of the company in the course of the week." THE SMYTH FORGERY CA.SE.-The extraordinary 26 he further co-operated with Sir Sidney Beckwith in l th te e tempt at obtaining possession of estates in Gloucester attack upon Hampton -and, shifting his flag on July at the Sceptre, 74, assisted, in the course of that month, at shire and Somerset, worth nearly 30,0001. a year, con coast capture of Ocrukoke and Portsmouth Islands, on the of North Carolina, possessing himself at the same time of the Anaconda , o f 20, and Atlas, of 12 guns. He t 1 ' nues a fruitful source of discussion, and fresh revela next, on the morning of July 5, with a mere handful of tions continue, to be made as to the life of the claimant, men, made himself master of Kent Island, in the Chem, Dr. Smith, alias Provis, or, as he calls himself, " Sir peake ;to which bay, after visiting Bermuda, he ulti- Richard Hugh Smyth." The prisoner is confined in a matuly returned i n 1814, on board the Albion, 74. In separate cell in Gloucest er C oun ty P r i son , an d occupies h July of the lat ter y ear Rear-Admiral Cockburn entered occasionally with w r iti ng . He declines to re the Potomac, and, ascending that river, frequently landed cei ve the prison diet, and his meals are supplied to him at the head of about 500 seamen and marines-sometimes by his wife, or, as he calls her, " Lady Smyth." He i n Maryland on the one side, and sometimes in Virginia dia.. refuses to attend Divine service in the prison chapel, o n the other - and , overrunning both province s to the resents himself as a Unitarian. He has retained tends of ten miles from the water's edge, destroyed all the and rep military posts and stores to be met with in the whole the services of a Gloucester attorney to prepare his de of that extensive range of country, and captured and fence for his trial, which will not take place until April shipped off several guns, stores of tobacco, flour, and other next. articles, but not, however, without frequently coming pr (- into severe contact with the enemy. He ROME, AUG. 13.-The Pope has consented to the ceeded with his boats up the Pretuxent in modification of the oath to be taken by the bishops in quest uyex erful flotilla under the orders of Commodore , of ay Barney, at length, on the 22d of August, discovered the e- au- Holland, and he has decided that these prelates may in his search near Pig Point, but such terror did his object of future take the oath of fidelity, in civil matters, to the King and to the laws of the country. sence excite that the Americans instantly set fire vetorYtphreeir vessels, all of which, except one, blew up. In pursuance of a PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. -THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITIES.-The following provision in bold plan which he had formed, the Rear-Admiral, joiningof Parliament,will prevent the an army of 4,000 men under M ' a new act borough, now advanced Exchequer for Major-General Ross, a t M a ri- recurrence of 16 days' polling, as took place in the elec the United States itself, wh' h upon Washington, the capital of tion of the present Chancellor of the de main. Reaching Blad b ' - • • for e ither of the Univer le he honed to take bv a coup Oxford University •-" At any election of a member or ens urg on the 24th of the same members to serve in Parliament month, the British encountered the enemy's army, of sities of Oxford and Cambridge, the polling shall not about 8,000 strong, which, days at the most, Sunday, g, firmly posted, was continue for more than five attacked and completely routed. Thus Denman,SEAT IN Good Friday, and Ascension-day being encouraged, the victorious troops pushed forward without . loss of time, and Christmas-day, Goo on the same evening entered Washington. The whole of excluded." D of E L Nm or AN d 's that night and of the following day were devoted to the n Saturday information was received of work of destruction ; and by the evening of the 25th, when DERBYSHIRE. -On DARING BURGLARY a A t T o L e o s ß e Da seat the British commenced their retreat,public pr operty to the a most daring burglarY . n Derbyshire, where property and cash value of between 2,000,0001. and 3,000,0001. sterling had Stoney Middleton, , been demolished. Throughout every detail of this splen - of the value of more than 5001. was stolen. Amongst did achievement Rear-Admiral Cockburn displayed h is the articles was the massive gold box presented by the wonted ability and judgment, and, it is needless to add, corpo ra tion of London , and containing the freedom of obtained the high eulogium of Sir Alexander Cochrane the city, and a pair of gold candlesticks which had been and Major-General Ross. Landing again on September presented to his lordship by her Majesty. The burglary 12 near the mouth of the Petapsco, he joined next in a was effected either on Wednesday night or Thursday descent on Baltimore, during their prottless advance on morning, and the thieves not only took the 'cash-box, which place the British lost their general and defeated a i s i . b u t some gold and silver ; and a handsome gold watch, strong body of the enemy. After con ductin g many °t hey which was in one of his lordship's waistcoats, was taken operations on the southern coast of the United States, t t of also. Amongst the list of the property stolen furnished where he kept the inhabitants in a constant s a e to the po l i c e • alarm, and occupied the town of St. Mary, the Rear- is a gold box of the value of 1001., contain- Admiral, who had been created a 5.C.8., January 2, ing the coronation medals of George IV., William IV., 1815, ultimately, on being informed of the cessation vea of and Queen Victoria. It is said a clue has been obtained hostilities, returned to Spithead, w here e he Noarrthiumberlaynd, to the guilty p ar ti e s. Hoisting his flag subsequently in th Helena, and being PAUPERISM IN BID:MS.-The poorhouse of the Wins -74, as commander-in-chief at _St. a arts, who had re- low Union was erected for 250 inmates. It has con selected to convey Napoleon B 9 th n at P island, Sir George `tamed 270 residents ; but now, for the 17 parishes in cently surrendered himself, to Plymouth, and on the union, there are but forty inmates, and there has not Cockburn, on August 8, sailed from h October 16 landed his important charge at t e place of his Theme March been an able-bodied pauper in the house. destination. Re was superseded, however, in June, 181.6, xpenses have decreased to a similar extent. Some by Sir Pulteney Malcolm ; and, returning home, struck of the parishes formerlz paid 20s. in the pound on the his flag in the following August. Becoming a Vice-Admiral assessment, and now e average of the onion is about August 12, 1819, he afterwards=, with his flag in this Ver. pa in the pound. FRIGHTFUL DISASTERS AT SEA. By the Australian mail we are n put in possession of three m gr o a s n t t s s e h ri ip ou b s o l u o n s d se t s o at N s e e w a, z tw en o la by d, fir n e n , d on t e being an emi steamer, which wa s wrec k e d on the coast e between third p a r e g r e t Philip and Sydney, when between forty and fifty unfortu nraatnetcrsheaiptuwreass t who he m w ah er n e r n o e n t board shah, p e c r a i sh t e . d. Minter,T he e e e m i ni - g mander, which left Lond on i n th e earlyP part of Janu ar y passengers for New Zealand, with about one hundred for the colony. Se was a well-fou n d vessel of some 600 tons, and belonging to a C a ptai n Meeking, hneer former captain. It appears that the v o y age was safe enough until the 18th of April, when the ship was some thousand miles to the southward of the Cape, being in lat. 4 3 deg. 3 Osec., long. 116 deg. 10 sec. E. About neon smoke was observed to be issuing from the forehold. It was quickly ascertained that the ship was on fire, and every effort was made to reach and subdue it. All the exertions of the crew failed in suppressing it, and the general impression was that it had originated from spontaneous combustion in the lower part of the hold. The position of those on board the burn ing vessel then became most trying. Passengers and crew were all got on deck, and the hatches battened down, in the hope that the flames would be smothered. At this period, a vessel, which subsequently turned out to be the Helen, on a voyage from the Mauritius to Hobart Town, providentially appeared in sight, and observedthe signal of distress of Nlahomet Shah. She bore down towards her, and la'A by her for two days and nights. On the night of the 19th it was quite evident that the fire was fast extending over the whole cargo, and it was resolved to send the passengers on board the Helen. The boats were lowered, and they were all got safely off, the crew quickly following. Not a vestige of their baggage could be saved. The flames had penetrated the cabin, and all approach below was cut off. The Helen laid off the burning ship for several hours, and at midnight all was completely enveloped in flames. The crew of the Helen did all they could to alleviate the sufferings of the pas sengers ; but, unfortunately, their provisions were not adequate to meet the demand. To add to their mis fortune, the voyage to the port to which she was bound, Hobart Town, was a tedious one, and their rations were reduced to v er y littl e f oo d , and half a p i n t o f w ater a day. Had they been kept at sea much longer, starva tion would have set in. The Mahomed Shah was laden with a general cargo of merchandise. Both were iensffTeenrhteesdeother.fthe fire unfortunate owratsutnhe Englishateshi ship which e su lv ff i e n r o e h d es f t r e o r mth r e . n Curry, master. She had sailed f rom M e lb ourne on the m 14th May, for Newcastle, New South W a l es. On thefollowing morning the wind blew very heavily from the S.W., but moderating the captain directed some o f th e men to go below to secure the stores from rolling about. When the hands came up one of them was noticed to have a naked lighted candle in his hand. In the course of ten minutes some smoke wrs seen coming up the after hatchway. The sore-room was then discovered to be on fire, and the crew became so confased and alarmed, that they r ould scarcely be induced to act in suppressing the flames. The ship speedily became ignited from one end to the other, the masts falling over the sides. The men took to the boat at an early stage of the conflagration, and it would seem that they la boured under an impression that a quantity of gunpow der was on board, which was not the fact. The captain and officers were preserved. The ill-fated steamer was the Monumental City, a large sized ship, of 1,000 tons. She had arrived at Melbourne with a large number of passengers from the United States, and having di..charged many of them at that port, she left for Sydney, several of the colonists taking a passage in her. She sailed from Port Philip on the 15th of May, and then had every indication of a rapid and pleesant trip. It is statrd that she hugged the I coast too closely during the night. She was progressing through the water at the rate of 12 knots an hour, when she went upon a form'dable reef of rocks in Malaquotta Bay. A scene of the most painful consternation en sued. As the morning advanced, a terrible gale sprung up, and the heavy bumping of the ship on the reef soon caused her to make considerable water. The engine fires were extinguished, and the prospect of all was most alarming. The first boat which was lowered was dashed to pieces ; the second met with a similar fate, and the third drifted away. The only chance of escape now let; for the unhappy crea tures was by the life-boat. It was got to the bow, and a seaman named Plummer jumped into it, and, with a rope attached, it was allowed to drill to the rocks, but the rope broke, and all chance was then cut off. As a last effort another line was fixed to a spar, which floated within reach of the noble fellow on the rocks. A hawser was then got off to the rock, and by means of it 54 souls were rescued from a watery grave. Many a poor fellow was washed off the hawser, and perished in the sea. Then came the last scene of all. The billows were running mountains high and breaking over the ship, the quarter-deck was separated from the fore-deck, then another sea sprt the forecastle, and no thing remained of the Monumental City but the float ing timber which covered the water. Those who were saved were looking intently on the group clustered on the wreck, when it suddenly disappeared in a few seconds, with its .living burden of men, women, and thech i l d b r r e e n a , k w e r h s o w an er d e t s h ee e n n f lo o s r t a for moment ever. strugglin g a a m v o e n s g . tige remained, and out of 86 souls who sailed from tnn atelyMelbourne, perished. 54 only reachedhe survivors obtained land, a a ns u dp p 3 l 2y oufnpforo-r -hnsithnlnd was reached, when they had been thrown. In the i e e ri e u s rs on e the ef a i s f l e a w n d dayson h the which the authorities took charge o f them. Most of the bodies of the sufferers were thrown u p on the island before the sur vivors left, which they interred. Amongst the passengers who perished were Mr. Wire stockbroker, of Glasgow ; Mr. and Mrs. Stutts and child, - Mrs. Wilson, William O'Gorman, Charles Ilopcott, Mr. Peter Stobell, Captain White, and Mr. S. Porter. The loss of the Monumental City will exceed 30,0001. 67 7 13i 13 76 i 1121 11i 12} ad x d ad 86 7 120 728 2 3 30 20 1 40 30 1 10 28i 121 711 361 7 1 20 xa 553 100 100 2 - x d ad I deal 44i 4 xd ieg fa LISt Ni ble Fol ps 21. 15 3d 133 a 89 a 2p lip 15 1291 11311 1p Si 25 100 100 20