The Sun. — London, England, 1853-09-09 00:00:00

MPI IP T fun c ibers ill cut 'amen Find o an all tIY 3 re soul '3 inst. io Frio, td Tena- ho had Belgian ; t he o f the 53-16' rsiOn Of prOteS' Nal B e fore, loue o4 , of tb a i : ithoug )r Li e g e le fetes te ! an- j t of v i s it ub Fren ch 1 by the o f 0 (5 On, t , li c i e ierS -Sir 11°' 3 ,.,, c 0r0 , ss, fr°'' os, 11. 4 for 74 . 3 ' e f t s for '' e we er, osco, Arri° 4 a r, tc , ill ho Os,co : bg. J 0 ,b5 511 ' Cola ° for t °DI Sitr re, fr°ll' qt. row 'f o r avb f f •O1 ), 'or ou"' e T• ' ' • a ris ° . r: D ° , ad 110 1 4 ,any been l ege' )0 131i t he n cler l ove" 110133 PriNERAL OP LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR CHARLES J. NAPIER. -. txt nenians of old were j us tl y reproac h e d f or the indifference they exhibited to their great men while living, and for the profuse adulation they u towed o n th e i r memories when dead. Judging _es ior history, however, one would think that in h e minds of those who served the State the latter quality m ade full amends for the former, and eer illy the re never was a time when heroes, legisla tners, politi cians, and phil oso ph ers were f oun d want henitogf w required b y th e ex i genc i es o f t h e ti mes, arse ead the arm i es, the Senate, and the popular eviamth_inenbolietse of the R epu bli c, content as i t seems ru poraneous obloquy, and looking with tideuc e to the award of a just posterity. The voices of the sons reversed the decision of the and el; and men in their old age saw with clear itit, undisturbed vision those virtues and lofty at _ u . tes to which they had been blinded by the at- Pa and jealousies of youth. We are not " A u, lit to draw any comparison between ancient - ,wlens and modern England, but sure it is, that as tar ° after star dies out from among that bright co constellation that has irradiated the paths of 0 , 111. n tlilY and navy in that " war of the ants" which sho o k th e civilised world, we act as Ithough we f e lt some regre t t h at w hi le i ts light was still left to us we did no t regar d it .'" greater attention, and pay it a tribute of loftier lL clunration. The peopl e , so l ong as it s b ra i ns are li vr r , bound up with cotton-twist, its h ear t s t u ff e d iazn calico, and its eyes blinded by steam, knows its reat taen by instinct, but too often the recognition made as i t b e h olds their funeral obsequies. War, n.t terribl e necessity which is co-existent with the wn ivi dualities of states and empires, and which is ily to be d estroyed by the obliteration of all the ??g,raphical definitions which mark their limits, is still the ultima ratio of nations, and he who can s t use the weapons of that dreadful and most _,C,nehant rhetoric, will so long be invested with the old heroic grandeur in the minds of his fellow-coun inen• We recognise in the warrior who vindicates lie_.,nenour or defends the liberties of his native one who m H eaven has g i fted w i t h spec i a l qua u'es for th e holiest of objects. Whether - he be ‘4chth ecl in the steel-plate of Sidney or the scarlet t °I . a Napier, we do homage to the generous con „lige) the chiv a l resque sp i r it, th e gran d an d simple them of those fulmina belli which have cleft 44 cation, etic fieryway through the enemies of our name ah and have broken down their legions pd turned the tide of victory around our banners. moment the people of Portsmouth heard of the overnent which wa s m a de to surround the simple 4251 u nostentatious funeral of the conqueror of ~,71 n de with some sort o f popu l ar sen ti men t, a n d t o re it a p u bli c character, wh i c h t h e w i s h es o f the ueeeased and of his friends seemed to forbid—at all " : e ats, to 4eprecate—they joined in it with the f or ine st entusiasm. It was no small matter Rl;s ogrt a number of people in "a nation of Pkeepere to give up their business for a day, a nd to forego all the pleasures and profits of the Biter, as a mar k o f re spect to the stern old aoldier, who was not much "in fashion " of late a a i's, and wh o oer t a i n ly was ne ver very popular r ang our enemies, or "the universal friends of inankind " eithe r at Manchester or in India. . g ut the town o f P or t smou th a cted warmly and l ' ea dilY the i ns t an t th a t th e officer comma nding Pe garrison a t th e ti me gave th em the initiative. te last ew of u s w h o were present at t h e funeral of h great Capt a i n i n S t. P au l' s at th e c l ose o fyear can forget th e " sensat i on " o f s y m pathy andre tPeet Which ran th roug h that vast multitude as they elleld th e veteran lieut.-general who had borne so dist inguished a share in the most daring and gal lant of the man daring and gallant actions em blazoned on the Y colours of our Peninsular regiments hobbling stiffly up the aisle, all seamed and scarred dot battered bbullet bayonet,. sword, and mus aet-butt, andbearing There about him the traces and Proof s of his long and desperate service. was a murmur at the moment—" There is Sir Charles Napier !" and as one saw that eagle face,. _that bold st p ron eye-..caught, in fact, the " aqui line" expression othe whole countenance — he felt there Was indeed a mighty man of battle" before h e il ina• The feeling that he was so indeed—that Was a great sol the dier people and an excellent citizen, no doubt prompted of Portsmouth to ob serve the day of his funeral with all honour, and It_ must besaid that they have kept it befittingly. For two hours before the cortege yesterday was ap pointed to pass nearly all the shops in the High-street and along_ the_ route to the burial-ground were closed, and all had their shutters up. - The inhabi• tants of the remoter parts of the town of Gosport, of the island of Southsea, and of villages and towns all along the coast, left their houses and poured into the streets, or procured seats in the windows of houses commanding the view. All along High atreet the houses were crowded from the ground to the roof, and in many instances, ind ee d, eve n th e .._nouse-tops were occupied by men and children. The ramparts - at theLandport, the Platform . Bat tery, and the ramp ar t s by th e b eac h, near th e church, Vera all covered by a dense mass of people. Pub licans and others hoisted flags half-mast high. In fact, but for the attire of the ladies in the windows and balconies, a s t ranger might easily have believed t hat the town was sharing in some great national e 'al a inity, or ke e pi ng a day of public humiliation, ~..1 d the sil ence o f th e so ldi er y w ho lined the streets, t -4d of the exp ec t an t thousands who thronged the h °l3t Paths, would in itself have gone far to justify la notion. Ihe troops who took part in the proceedings were Understood to be volunteers. No re pulsion of • z erY kind w as use d t o secure their attendance. ' i ost of th em came from Gosport, an d it is just Zoient to say th a t th e littl e t r ip to Ports m outh have c os t eac h o f th e p r i va tes nearly all, if no f or whole, available portion of his day's pay and 3,000 to the ferry ! And yet between 2,500 th erl of these much-abused and reviled privates of e tritish army who are called such , liard names Lt.ke inealy-mouthed " Congressers, made the 4Z:ince cheerfully to do honour to one whose great bv, 3 and name were known to most of them only n'eal'say Th • Phi ,e following is a copy of the garrison order lea was issued on the occasion : N; 34 the occasion of the funeral of the late t G h e e n n e o r n al . „ettlefiarles James Napier, G.C.8., to-morrow, by •\;'lvlisafoned officers and men not previously . directed tel ear lesda.y's orders will parade, under the s ir id c e ap a tain e (b atti llubaltern of the day, in full dress, with • Zang w ithout instruments), and line the streets from t lalf. Pot- gates to the Gar r ison Chapel, to be formed a t a at 1 o'clock p.m. atre:taoe outward as the procession passes down a t n he , followß. C ountermarch inwards, form fourdeep, the a breast in that order, re-forming afterwards on Aftt3.lernor's field before returning to their barracks. right ' le funeral service the Royal Artillery, with y t t hei . r . d ent l'esting on the Landport-gates ; the 35th egi . th erl „°ll e their left, on the south side of High - street , RoYal Marines and Artillery Company s Royal Gr.a.l4B:oB,aeaipre resting on the entrance gate to t t l / 41 7 i. a :a r ppi i: Fantnit : i :e Brigade, with their right on the Main_ ; then the 79th Regiment, on the north side of : o and 42d Re iment, with their left on the klft e -41 ' Guard ; each co g rps will extend in singlo file at aqua 4:46 42d unite with those of their right and left. Regiment will cross by the floating-bridge . ( 1na,.,..."0r before 1 o'clock, and the Royal Marines at T rPast m 413 40;7 ad ititatlt - S of each corps will attend the Town et'ave„ °l6 oe at 1 o'clock to-morrow, to receive and t_ pith other necessary instructions. t ig the ILa reference to the orders of yesterday (respec ti d tl arr angeme t f the funeral), officers will meet -ole re -euten ant-Go li v s ern o or and C o mmander-in-Chief t at A h ab it aa t 13t a i r r o a,t, k iptead of outside Landport-gates, es, ue re fait this order may appear , seemed to tittl e (eet f u ll_ y carried out, and punctual to the it d ime the measured tread of the soldiery la he )3 4 - " ° wn the streets and spreading their chrni teetd, attc l u s :on o s along the side of the causeway was on brought the people in renter masses ▪ I ,rot o cmne ciPal t horoughfare. Allalong High:street, Garrison Chapel to the Landport gates, 7:4 011 , e• re 48 . soon formed a living wall of regimental • ki e ',•Y In green and red and blue and white, with 48 14,° 1011 r c)f J erg ..facings and feathers brightening up ,13u relieving the sombre hues of the bank ralb er 118 at the rear. At the artillery barracks a sirs, naval and military officers in full uni 47serabled in order to join the procession .; and att e I nes G ra i l G a nes am and the Lords of the Admiralty The First at th e iboutwas eplace till the cortege arrived. dressed in a suit of mourning, eflaziecl he 4reval Lords were in uniform. They were v et c ers o f t , bY Commodore Schroeder and the to k ria ne Prussian. frigate Gefion and cor kuqhy au a rna, and by g. Vandenbergh, the Wasrespected prussian Consul at the ko rte, Who k rooll eral cortege left in his consular costume. The r _ the seat of the deceased General. It e4 xoataftZeir2 clock in a very quiet and unpretend foil 6 Plai n lne hearse and mourning coaches , r _ewi eD 3,Eld un ostentatious, nor was there any OlLuss-I,oZ.ci Private vehicles, but all along the idp er - i" oj the route, from the mansion to the lit lte, the °I Portsmouth, a distance of seven 11 4 ec vered e i c i )llll ,trY people had collected, and with taZ e cl, and 4 . l e ; a ° B waited till the carriages had te _ ov er t , en returned to their homesteads to e4 ro!o l the history of " the General," or ran 1 3 1 pageg. '7,1 8 to get another view of the sombre tpi tti la nd th e 11.1 e to wnspeople, too, poured out far N e s th e w in l, its of their moats and ditches to A t net , 'gut, and the testimony to their good %ut ', llv ersal. d the 0, clock the carriage cont a i n i ng th e ril°ll rning coaches arrived at Land- port, and the procession was then formed in the following order : The Masons of the Phoenix, Royal Sussex, and o Portsmouth Lodges. ri2 '74 The Mayor and Corporation of the borough of E, Portsmouth, in their robes, and with their 5* pq insignia of office. . . 0 Chariot with Dr._ E. J. Scott, Dr. Wilson, 2, al Mr. Davis, and Mr. Perry. g Undertakers—Messrs. Marvins. 0 a Mutes. HEARSE, Es; '8 Four Soldiers. Drawn by four Four Soldiers. . Horses. td M . v p 0 Charger with Trappings. (IQ Mourners. 'D''' - 6' u 2 Ist Carriage—Ladies of the family. i 2d Carriage—R. Napier, Esq., Lieut.-Colonel W. Napier, Major M.Murdo J. Napier, Esq. 3d Carriage—C. Napier, E sq . , Alcock, Mr. J. Alcock, Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier. 4th Carriage—The Earl of Ellenborough, Viscount Hardinge, Lieut.-General Sir W. Napier, P.. 4 Colonel Kennedy. 0 r,a .2 Rear-Admiral the Hon. 5 c o Major Travers. General Hunter. W. Grant, Esq. Sir Colin Campbell. Major-General Simpson. Carriage of the deceased. Lords of the Admiralty. Officers of the Navy and Army. Seamen and Marines' Orphan School. In this order they advanced down High-street. I The masons all in full mourning, the corporate officers in their robes, the hearse with nodding plumes, and the row of dark carriages, followed by the blaze of uniforms, had an effect all the more striking, perhaps, that no sound was audible save the tramp of feet and the grating roll of wheels, for "not a drum was heard—not a funeral note," save the slow booming of the deathbell, so that a wondrous silence remained over thewhole scene. Major Travers, one of the pallbearers, is the only officer who now remains alive of all who messed and lived and fought with the dead general in Spain, and it is somewhat noteworthy that the very battalions in which they both served should have furnished men to accom pany the funeral procession. Mr. Grant is an old personal friend of the deceased. Major-General Simpson, the Commandant of the town, was also an old friend of Sir C. Napier. The names of most the others mentioned above are tolerably well known to nearly all our countrymen. The charger of the late General, " Red Rover" — a handsome light bay—which bore him through many a hard day in India, followed the hearse, led by a groom, and decorated with military trappings, while the boots which had so often pressed his sides in the reconnoissance or the gallop hung dangling idly to the stirrup-leathers. As the officers and seamen passed, the soldiery closed in from the sides of the street, and formed a dense column across it, bringing up the rear of the procession, and closing it as though a rainbow had fallen from the clouds, so brilliant was the contrast of distinct colours fur nished by the various branches of the service thus brought together. The cortege took about 15 minutes to pass, and arrived at the entrance to the Garrison Chapel before 3 o'clock. Inside the humble walls which enclose the very humble and methodistical-looking building which serves as gar rison chapel, a great number of ladies and gentle men were assembled ; and outside the crowd was very dense. The coffin was removed from the hearse at the entrance of the churchyard, which is very plain and very scant in its proportions, and the chaplain of the garrison (Mr. Milner), meeting it there, proceeded to read the sublime funeral service of the Church. It was observed that the coffin was not highly decorated or over ornate. The inscription on it simply stated that Lieut.- General Sir C. J. Napier, C. 8., was born on such a day, and died on such another. On the lid were the General's hat, with plume, &c., of the deceased. There were two swords upon it also ; one of them was worn by the Gene ral for many years, and memorably in the last India campaign. The guard was torn up and bent backward towards the blade from the hilt. This was the work of a musket or ginjal ball at Hyder abad. The second was a sabre d'honneur, a very richly-mounted and handsome weapon, presented to the General by Lord Ellenborough when Governor-General of India. When the coffin was lowered into the gra ve—a plain bricked-up pit, some five or six feet deep, by the side of the path from the gate to the church —and the solemn words " Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," were pronounced, not a few of the old soldiers present were unable to restrain their emotion. As soon as the service was con cluded, Sir W. Napier, standing by the side of th e grave, turned round to the soldiers, who formed three sides of a square around it, and, as well as we could hear, said— " Soldiers! there lies one of the best men—the best soldiers—the best Christians—that ever lived! He served you faithfully, and you served him faithfully. God is just." The gallant officer could proceed no further. He had evidently intended to speak something at greater length, but was unable to command his words, and slowly and sadly the group around th e grave broke up, and the military filed away. The crowd gradually thinned, and at last nothing was to be seen in the churchyard but the men who were closing up the mortal resting-place of one of the noblest soldiers England ever sent forth to do her service. COWES, ISLE OF - WIGHT, Sept. 8. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS.—Sept. 2. Constance, schooner, R. C. Nay lor, Esq., from Mediterranean. 4. Fancy, schooner, Rev. R. P. Hartopp, Ireland and Plymouth ; Beatrix, do., Sir W. P. Carew, Bart., Western Ports. 7. Hornet, cutter, John Naylor, Esq., Weymouth. 8. Lotus, schooner, Marquis of Bath, West of Scotland. SAILINGS.—Sept. 3. Gloriana, schooner, J. Gee, Esq., for Hull, left for the season ; Camilla, do., J. E. W. Rolls, Esq., Portsmouth, to lay up. 5. Gondola, cutter, W. H. Woodhouse, Esq., Plymouth and Ireland. fi. Stella, cutter, R. Frankland, Esq., Cork ; Pandora, do., Capt. Smith Barry, Dublin and Scotland. 7. Kath leen, cutter, Viscount Bangar, Plymouth and Ireland. 8. Capricorn, schooner, Vice-Commodore C. LR. M. Talbot, Esq., Western Ports. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION.—AIarm, Petrel, Sultana, Aurora, Seagull, Intrepid, Coquette Titania, Fancy, Osprey, Hornet, Raven, Arrow, Lotus. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—A great number of workmen are employed laying down pipes between Cowes and Yarmouth for the telegraph wires to be placed in. DEATH FROM PRUSSIC AClD.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. NV. Baker concluded au inquiry at the Bromley Arms, Fairfield-row, Bow, respecting the death of Mr. John Andrew Wallace, aged 51, a surgeon of consider able practice at Carlisle-terrace, in the above road, who died from the effects of prussic acid. It appeared that in the course of the forenoon of Friday the wife of the deceased called upon Mr. Garman, a medical gentleman in the district, to attend her husband, and on reaching his residence Mr. Garman found him stretched in a chair in a kind of back kitchen, which he used as his dispensary, and where she stated she had found him. He was quite dead, and from the strong odour of prussic acid which pervaded the apartment, and the finding of a bottle which contained a few drops of that poison, it was believed he had committed suicide. To remove all doubt, however, a post mortem examination was made, assisted by Dr. Smythe, of Bow, and the result clearly proved previous anticipations. In conse quence of certain allegations which were made by one of the witnesses, to the effect that the de ceased's domestic happiness had been much dis turbed, the widow, Mrs. Wallace, was examined. She said that she last saw the deceased alive about half-past 11 on Friday morning in the dispensary. He seemed much depressed in spirits. She did not know that there was any prussic acid at all in the house, but he had told her often since their marriage that one of these odd days he would take some of that poison. That in duced her to believe that he meditated self-destruction. There was no person in the house but themselves. She left the dispensary to attend to some household work, and had not been away more than 10 minutes before she heard a strange gurgling noise. She called to him to know the cause, and, receiving no answer, went down and found him stretched back on a chair, gasping for breath. Thinking he was in a fit she applied some salts of ammonia to his nose, and, finding he did not recover, she went for Mr. Garman. She had no quarrel or dis- agreement with the deceased, and she slept with him at home on the previous night. She attributed his depressed state to embarrassed circumstances. The widow was questioned as to some rumours in the neigh bourhood. The coroner, however, interfered on the ground that the matter was irrelevant to the object of the inquiry. The residence of the deceased had been carefully examined, but no prussic acid could be dis covered, and what rendered the affair somewhat more mysterious was that the bottle was not of the character ,-generally used for its keep, being larger. It had been brought into the house a few days before by one of the children. In the absence of evidence as to how it was taken, the jury returned a verdict, to the effect that the deceased died from prussic acid, put how administered there was no evidence to show. GREAT FIRE AT BARNET.—Shortly after two o'clock yesterday morning a most awful conflagration took place on the estate of a gentleman named Smith, of Cobbett's Farm, Friern Barnet, Herts. The flames were first observed in one of the hayricks, of about 50 loads. An alarm was raised, and two or three small fire-engines, with that belonging to Barnet parish, were quickly on the spot. Their power was not sufficient to stay the progress of the flames, and the work of de struction extended to the outbuildings and other stacks. A mounted police-officer was dispatched to London, and instantly the Farringdon street Brigade were dis patched to the scene of disaster. By this time an im mense stock of hay and other property bad been con 'Pined ; but, with the assistance afforded the firemen, in ns oi u a n b d ou er t gg fi n vehours further danger ceased, with the to tal dest ruc ti on o f ou t-h ouses , ricks, live stock, &c. Insured in th e S un Fi re - o ffi c e. The cau se of fire investigation. TETE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SE,P7TEMBE4 9, 1853. SHARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. BRITISH RIILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. 25 -- 27 43 - 4i 93 - 10 10 8 d, 18 - 20 4- 3 d 4 64,E - 61 20 - 21 18 - 19 3 p 8i - 9 5 - 5 4 3 4 12i -- 47 - 49 33 - 35 70,- 71 7 73 27* -- ii 76 80 50 52 129 131 103 110 84 854 7 105 10 7 17 —lB p 724 724 51 51•1 34 3 ci 144 15 81 -- 8 1111 p 99 -- 10) 1081 -- 109 : 1 81 82 10 -- 9d 8 -- 7d 11 -- 13 18 -- 20 22 -- 24 651 - 664 37 - 39 , 55 58 i— # P 4 3d 2i - 3 8 84 53 52 31-3 d 31 —32 8— 10 14 2 7 74 5 • 4id 8-84 24 p 454 494 93 96 62 - 64 61 63, 67 -- 69 —1 di, 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 13i 14i 3t -- 30 18 -- 20 6 36 - 37 12. -13 A . --- ... 2i 31 15 - 151 1 8 - 84, 30 - 32 ' 9 - 10 67 - 68 ) 8 - 70 1 21 53 6 -54 i, BAILWITS. Buckghanash Clydesdalo Jc. E.Lincoln. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway !Hull di Selby.' Do. Shares. Do. t Shares. Lon. dz Greenw, Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. G per et Manch.Bxton and Matlock diddlesbro' dL Reclear Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp. c ?rest. Qz Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn. & Hit. Do.Shepth.St. l Shef. Roth. dt Goole g.5.p.c S. Statiordsh WearValloygt 6 per cent Do Wilts &Sornrst Agna Fria .... Anglo Califon dan .. Australasian ........ Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold ;British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at pm I Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Great Nugget Vein Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst.. Liberty Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita ........ I Meximn&S.Amerien New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. Now Sant!ago do Cuba South Australian Tin Croft . United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Yuba Leasing Compans L. &N.W CaMon... Gt. Northn Yk. Now. dr Berw Y.4N. Md Do Do S. Eastern ,Do Norfolk Do Lu.&N.W & Midld Stckton & Darlingt. Midland E. Count Do L. &I'. W (SiLn&Yk Do Gt.Northo Do Lancash.& Yorksh Mat Clean Stockt. & Darling Do 'Cit.Westu MINES. Closing Prices this day. 103 - 105 51i - 53 3 as 151 32 - 33 --11iid 55 27 -- 28 144 26 — 27 96 98xd 3 - 31 0 --- los 63 - 65 -- .•• ... lii - 149 147 - 149 i i :. i-d a - 32 101 - 103 lip - aka - _ d - d I dis— ar P d 7 9 - 4 2 3 32 34 d par 44 45 I iP 10i —11 i 55 65 6 7i p 21 14 16 li d P 2 d d d id xd 6 74 4t par !a® — i p 3 i 4 .1 I d— 'par r - A 3i 4 1 ---: (1 i i d i d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chr.O. Bak of Australia London and County) London Joint Stock.. Lond.andWestminst. NaLional Provincial of England Do. New Na:_onal of Ireland... Oriental Bank Cor. poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of Loudon , Union of Madrid 72 - 74 .. -- .. par— _i* .•. dis d— par • - lApi .. - ... ... - ... • ••• ~ -- ... 47 - 49 ... - . i d— par 40 42 62 a 6i 74 Business this day. MARKET 17E WS-(THIS DAY.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CORN' EXCHANGE. To-day's market was 'more extensively supplied with English wheat than fqr a ome time past. A portion of the supply was composed of he refuse of Monday. Owing to the larger imports from s 'broad, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, and, in somm e instances,' prices were from is to 2s per quarter lower t.l tan on Monday. Upwards of 77,000 cola rters of foreign wheat have come to hand—that article very dull, and rather lower to purchase. Floating ca rg' .ies off Falmouth were held at full prices. Barley—the show of v ihich was but moderate—moved off steadily, at full pric cs trade , rus,lepdeadsu:al,nadt flout were r quarter inm l o e d ss er m ate oney. There was a fair inqu di y for malt, at extreme rates. The show of foreign o a,l was immense-116,180 quarters having arrived this we e: k, chiefly from Archangel. The Beaus, request, at full quotations. AR ur rALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. B arley. I Malt. 4,350 80 4,320 120 77,0L0 G, 870 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. Oath Flour. 2,040 3.070 1,060 116,180 3Ml'. r.'IIFIELD. To-day's market w: Ls tolerably well, but not to say ex tensively, supplied w ith I easts, the general quality o f which was inferior. (1n tho whole, thO beef trade ruled steady, at Monday's q notations. The primest Scots were worth 4s. 6d. per Sibs. Prime Down sheep were scarce, and quite as dear as last week. All other kinds moved off slowly, at barely statior.ary prices. The Lamb trade was heavy, but no further decline was submitted to in the currency. Calves—the supply of which was good—net a dull inquiry, at barely late rates. Pigs sold steadily, on former terms. TATTERSALT:'S—TwuRsDAy. A number of subscribers having left town to "assist " at Chatham races, the room was only thinly attended, and very little progress was made in settling the War wick accounts and in comparing bets on the St Lerzer. Business was altogether remarkably slow. ST. Lin ma.—The favourite was backed for 500/. in one bet at evens, and two bets of 50/, each were also booked ; at the close he appeared to have, slightly, the call. 7t02 in fifties taken about Sittingbourne ; 7to 1 to a small amount about the Reiver, and afterwards offered. Rataplan's price was merely nominal. Cineas not named. CESAREWITCH.—LittIe Harry's performance at War wick brought King Pepin very prominently into notice for this event. He was backed for some money at prices ranging from 20 to 16 to I—the last bet laid was 1.000 to 60. 1,000 to 50 was taken about Torment, and afterwards offered. 1,000 to 30 taken four times about Garforth. 1,000 to 33, and 750 to 25 about In dian Warrior ; 1,000 to 25 and 1,000 to 30 about Ner vous. THE DERBY. —Tom (late Mountain Hawk), reported to have won the Anglesey Stakes at the Curragh, was introduced into the "price current" at 50 to 1, taken. Closing prices : CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Tadcaster (taken). GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Haco (7 to 1 taken). 10 to 1 agst Friday (taken). 12 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 15 to 1 agst Hungerford (taken). 20 to 1 agst Harbinger (taken). ST. LEGER. Even on West Australian (taken). 7to 2 agst Sittingbourne (taken). 7to 1 agst The Reiver (taken and offered). 7to 1 agst Rataplan (offered). CESAREWITCH STAKES. 15 to 1 agst King Pepin (taken 16 to 1). 20 to 1 agst Torment (taken and offered). 30 to 1 agst Indian Warrior (taken). 33 to 1 agst Garforth (taken). 33 to 1 agst Nervous (taken). 33 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). 50 to 1 agst Constantine (taken). 50 to 1 agst Mistletoe (taken). By an error in transcribing, Torment was returned in the quotations from Warwick yesterday at 30 to 1, in stead of 20 to 1, taken to a good deal of money. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 33 to 1 agst Seahorse (taken). 40 to 1 agst Haco (taken). 50 to 1 agst Mistletoe (taken). THE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Marley Hill (taken.) 30 to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 33 to 1 agst Marsyas (taken). 50 to 1 agst Tom, late Mountain Hawk (taken). The Room will be opened on Saturday for the pur pose of comparing bets on the Doncaster events, and for the despatch of business in general. COUNTY STAKES, WARWICK.—The objection raised against Conmore was not valid ; the amount of the stakes won by him at Yarmouth being under 1001. ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. THURSDAY. _ MAIDEN PLATE of 40/, was won at two heats by Ho thorpe, 6 yrs, fist (Sly), beating the Arrow, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Cliff), Recruit, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (Juggard), Mr. Em tnerson's Don John filly, 3 yrs, 7st 111 b (Collins), and three others. VISITORS' and TRADESMEN'S PLATE of 50 sovs., added to a handicap of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, the forfeits to go to the second horse. For 3-yrs•old and upwards. Win ners extra. One mile and a half. (24 subs., four of whom pay 2 sovs. each.) Mr. Land's Odiham, by Pantaloon, 5 yrs, Bst 71b _ (H. May) 1 Captain D'Arcy's The Chase, 4 yrs , 6st 111 b ' ('W. May) 2 Mr. J. Dawson's Jack Leeming, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b (Barker) 3 The following also ran :—Sleeping Partner, Hothorpe, Honesty, Lady Blanche, Bradford, Will Watch. Betting :-3 to 1 agst Sleeping Partner, 4 to 1 agst Odiham, sto 1 agst Honesty. A capital race from the half distance with the three placed. Won by a neck—a head only between second and third—the others beaten off. The winner pulled up lame. Early in the race, Bradford came into collision with Lady Blanche, and his jockey was thrown ; Bradford then bolting down the course, knocked down a woman and child, who were much injured. ROCKINGHAM STAKES of 3 soya. each, with 40 added, were won at two heats by Sir J. V. Shelley's Herbert, aged (1001.), Bst 21b (Sly), beating Miss Jemima, 4 yrs (1001.), 7st 91b (Wakefield) ; The Marchioness, aged (1001.), Bst 21b (Hornsby), and two others. The winner was claimed. SPECULATION PLATE of 251., added to a sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. The second to save his stake. Once round. Mr. J. Dawson's Economy, 5 yrs (401.), Bst 41b (Barker) 1 Mr. Stoven's The Assayer, 2 yrs (401.), 4st 121 b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Smith's Isabella, 4 yrs (401.), 7st 121 b (11. May) 3 The following also ran : Jullien, Salopian, and So phistry. Betting : Even and 6 to 5 agst Economy, who was post-entered, 5 to 2 agst Assayer, 4 to 1 agst Sophistry. Won by half a length. Bad third. The others beaten off. The winner was sold for 65 guineas. MEDWAY STAKES of 2 sovs. each, with 25 added by W. Smith, Esq., M. P. ; for 3-yrs-old and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. The second to save his stake. Once round and a distance. Mr. C. Dilly's Luxurious, 3 yrs (501.), 6st 21b . _ - . (Fordham) 1 Lord Clifden's Warbler, 3 yrs (751.), 6st 101 b (Tovey) 2 Mr. Balchin's Fame, 4 yrs (501.), 7st 31b (Hiett) 3 The following also ran : Friendless Boy, Jullien, and Glazebrook. ' Mr. Land's Mustang went to the post, but did not get off. Betting : Even on Warbler, 4to 1 agst Luxurious. Won by a head. Bad third. CIIRRA.GH SEPTEMBER MEETING. WEDNESDAY. WELLINGTON STAKES, 30 sous, h ft. New Three-year old Course. Mr. Murphy's bl f Twig, by Launcelot, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (E. Keegan) 1 Lord Waterford's ch c April Fool, 3 yrs, ist 101 b (D. Doyle) 2 SELLING STAKES of 5 sovs, p p, 25 sovs added, for two yr-ohls ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 81b. Lord Conyngham's br f Ben Heder, by Crozier, (301.) Est 101 b, and 21b extra (Conolly) 1 Mr. Neilson's ch f Bondmaid (501.) 7st 31h (T. Harrison.) 2 Lord Waterford's ch f by Coranna, out of Elf (mare un) (J. Wynne) 3 HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of 100 gs., for horses, &c. ; weight for age; three-yr-olds, 9st 91b; four, lOst 111 b; five, list 41b ; six and aged, li s t 71b ; 31b allowei to mares and geldings. Two miles. Mr. Rynd's br c Crusader, by Crozier, 3 yrs (E. Keegan) 1 Mr. Harrison's ch m Chaseway, 5 yrs ...(Harrison) 2 Lord Waterford's b h Bellewstown, 5 yrs (James Doyle) 3 Won by three parts of a length. SECOND CLASS OF THE STEWARDS' STAKES, 10 sovs. each, with 30 sovs added, for two-yr-olds • colts, Bst 41b ; fillies, Bst; 31b allowed to untried stallions or mares ; 51b to both. The winner of the Anglesey Stakes 71b extra. Anglesey Post. Mr. Watt's ch c Paddy Heffran (Foley) 1 Mr. E. Orford's br c Banathath (mare un) (E. Kegan) 2 DONCASTER R, WEIGHTS for the STAN Yrs st lb Gladiole 6 8 11 Maidstone Maid of Team Valley a 8 7 Calot Snowdon Dunhill 3 8 6 Billy Richardson 4 8 4 Sir Robert (h b) 6 8 2 Kiteflyer Antigone Abdallah Chedder 3 7 12 Farmer's Boy 4 7 12 Solyman 4 7 11 Humphrey 6 7 11 Beau Brummell Corybantes 3 7 9 Chilton Friday Alfred the Great 4 7 4 - Ugly Buck (g) 3 7 4 Thrush Ann Eliza Catherine Parr 3 7 2 .CES—TUESDAT. ) PLATE. One mile. Yrs st lb The Puritan The Proctor Bracey Maid of Golborne 3 6 12 Whalebone 3 6 11 Pastrycook 3 611 Tested 4 6 11 Nightshade 3 6 11 Placid 3 6 11 Lord Lieutenant 3 6 11 Killarney Risk (h b).......,, 6 6 9 Tavistock Miss Agnes Cassio Miss Fortune , 4 6 6 Slang ............... 6 6 6 Patience ............ 3 6 5 Goldfringe ....... 4 6 2 Lady Flora ...... 3 5 12 John Bull 3 5 6 Dressmaker ... Apricot (g) 3 5 2 Rattlecap INTERFERENCE WITH THE PRICES OF GRAIN AND BREAD IN FRANCE. (From the Times.) The French Government appears already to have discovered some of the mischievous consequences of its interference with the supply of corn and the sale of bread, for the hfoniteur has been made to declare that it is absolutely false that the Govern ment was about to make purchases of corn. Un fortunately, very few days have elapsed since its semi-official organs laid claim to credit for a decla ration that prices would not rise, because large quantities of wheat had already been ordered in the Mediterranean, and the Government was said to be engaged in making further purchases. The con sequence of this information, whether true or false, was, that the orders of the private houses in the French corn trade were to a large extent counter manded, and the natural channels of supply were stopped. Meanwhile, purchases to a very large amount had undoubtedly been made in England, in the Baltic, and probably in the Levant, for the French market, and, from the manner in which these orders were given, we venture toaffirm that they did not proceed from the ordinary houses of business. On the contrary, these orders were despatched to foreign markets with so little care and forethought that they produced the effect of a panic, and prices rose everywhere in a sin g l e week, as we sa w a t Mark-lane, about 20 per cent. There seems to be very little doubt that the French demand was the cause of this abrupt augmenation, for, although the prospects of our own harvest have not mate rially changed in the last ten days, no further rise has taken place since the French orders have been executed. Those persons, whoever they may be, who have participated in this speculation have therefore thrown away a good deal of money very absurdly. They have bought up corn in foreign markets at the highest price it has reached for several years, and this has been done at a time when the French markets were either considerably depressed, or interrupted altogether, by the uncer tainty thrown on the future value of the grain. At Rambouillet, fir instance, and other places in the neighbourhood of Paris, wheat has fallen in the last week about 4 francs a hectolitre, which is between 6s. and Th. a quarter, and in many pro vincial markets no sales could be effected at all. So that not only has the French farmer been more exposed in this emergency to unrestricted com petition, but foreign grain has been bought up at unusually high prices, to be sold, if it suits the holders, at a loss, in order to keep down the legi timate price of native produce in their own markets. That is certainly a very ludicrous example of the shifts to which the partisans of a protective system may be driven by fear of the consequences of their own restrictive laws, and if all public discussion were not extinguished in France, the agricultural interest might fairly com plain that it is not allowed to compete, even on fair terms, with its neighbours. In his anxiety to secure the rem frumentariam of Paris, Louis Na poleon would play a very shabby trick to his prin cipal supporters in the rural population by running up corn abroad and depressing it at home. But, as his Government has once attempted to make the prices of corn and bread depend on its own will and pleasure, and not on the laws of trade, it is impossible that the producers and holders of these commodities throughout the country should feel any confidence in their future position. To pre vent a man from selling the produce of his labour and his field at its current value is as gross an interference with the rights of property as the Socialists have ever recommended ; and, although all protective systems of import duties are de signed to raise prices by artificial means, it is a new sign of extravagance and delusion to use arti ficial means to depress them. The sound principle is that, supposing a scarcity to exist, it is only by higher prices that the necessary supplies can be obtained, and it is fortunate for a wealthy country like France that she can command them with tolerable certainty by paying for them ; but by no artifice can she obtain more where there is less, or make that cheap which is naturally dear. These remarks apply to the general supply of corn with which the French Government now de clares, we know not with what sincerity, that it does not propose to interfere. But it unquestion ably has interfered with the price of bread, and that in the most inconsistent and reprehensible manner. The Echo Agricole, which is the organ of the French corn-market, states that the order fix ing the price of the quartern loaf is merely a Pari sian measure, not intended to affect the country at large. But already it has been found necessary to extend it to Versailles and the environs of Paris ; and it may be anticipated that the populace of all the great towns in France will resist paying a higher price for their loaf than that fixed by the Emperor for the advantage of the capital. Some refractory bakers have already been arrested, but incarceration will not induce a whole class of tradesmen to sell below cost price. Bakers in a time of scarcity are entitled to the peculiar protec tion of a wise Government, because the populace generally attributes the necessary augmentation in the price of bread to a wrong cause, and not unfrequently vents its resentment on the unoffending man of dough. But the late mea sure of Louis Napoleon renders the bakers in the provinces peculiarly obnoxious to - popular suspicion, because they must continue to sell their bread dearer than bread is sold at in Paris. Hence the intimidation of the people will attempt to do in the provinces what the intimidation of the Government has done in the capital ; and if this course be persisted in, and prices remain high, th e public tranquillity will probably be disturbed. Another inconvenience has arisen from this mea sure by its effect on the dealings of the baking trade with the miller. The practice in France is, that the miller supplies flour to the baker at a price varying from 8 to 12 per cent. below the fixed price of bread. But since the price of bread has been fixed by the Government not at, but below, the value of the article, leaving the baker to receive compensation from the Treasury when he can get it, the millers naturally refuse to supply flour on these reduced conditions, and the bakers are unable to purchase flour at a price which they cannot reco ver from their customers. If the price of bread is 121 per cent. below what it ought to be, that amount more than absorbs tho whole profit of the baker; ho therefore would work at a loss, and consequently he will cease on such conditions to purchase flour at all. If the Government is prepared to indemnify the baker for the loss on his bread, that indemnity must find its way to the miller for the loss on his flour, and again to the grower of corn for the loss on his wheat. But the corn-grower and the miller are not, as the Guild of Bakers are, under the control of the police of Paris, and consequently they will either hold back their supplies or seek a freer market ; the consequence of which must be that Paris will be worse off than any part of the country where the maximum has not been intro duced. A more complete redttctio ad absurdum of a fallacy in political economy we never remember ; and this occurs in France, the country in which M. de Turgot wrote his memorable Letters on Grain, so long ago that hi s exce ll ent precepts and sound principles have had time to be forgotten. We suspect that Louis Napoleon's conversion to the doctrines of free trade, and his knowledge of the subject, very nearly resemble the Christianity of Tae-ping-wang, the head of the Chinese insur gents. He may have got by heart the command ments of Adam Smith and some of the precepts of the late Mr. Porter ; but on any critical emergency the old Imperialist superstitions have their way, and he has recourse to an expedient which even his uncle would hardly have ventured upon, and which a Minister like Count Mollien would never have allowed Napoleon I. to commit. STATUE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL IN WESTMINSTBE ABBEY.—On Wednesday Gibson's statue of the late Sir Robert Peel was erected in the north transept of West minster Abbey, under the superintendence of the sculptor himself, who has recently arrived in England from Rome. The statue was sculptured at Rome ;it is of pure white marble, and stands upon an elegant pedes tal of blue veined marble ; it is of the life size, and draped with the classical toga. The likeness is admir able, and the attitude highly expressive, representing Sir Robert Peel in the act of addressing the Senate, and marking an emphasis by the pressure of The palm of the left hand with a scroll which he holds in his right hand. SUICIDE BY A Boy.—A boy, about 14 years of age, named Edward Mortimer, res iding with his father, a tradesmen in St. Paul's, Exeter, committed suicide on Monday morning last. On the previous day the father of the deceased gave him some money to pay a three weeks' milk score, and after the person had called for bh money his sister noticed that be bad still some pence in his possession, and informed his mother-in-law of the circumstance. The latter made some inquiries of the lad as to how he came gill, and expressed herself to the effect that she believed he had told her an untruth, telling him the truth would come out on the following morning ; he immediately left the room, and in half an hour afterwards the boy was found suspended to the bed-post by his silk neckerchief, quite dead. THE GREAT RAILWAY BRIDGE AT CARMARTHEN. The middle of the present month has been named as th period when the railway bridge, now in the course of formation on the South \ V pt a hl l ae e t s ffoar l e l m : e t. h a a t Tt Cht the e r ma pTeoc r lv t ivi h ei a e y n n. , z w i D i ll ogf this sr e s a t d ru y c f t o u r re th a e rises sliding from a tidal river it became necessary to plan a bridge which should admit the transit of vessels, hence the bridge will have two openings, one of 55 feet and the other of feet. The larger portion will be drawn up a slight inclin of the rails, and then, by its own weight, fall into plac again. The bridge cannot be finished before the middle of October. The telegraphic communication between London and Perth was completed on Saturday evening. THURSDAY. WEIGHTS for the TWO-YEAR-OLD SWEEPSTAKES. Red House in. st lb Domino 8 7 Wild Huntsman 8 7 Queen's Own Astolfo 7 12 Miss Castling colt New Warrior Welham Trump Queen 7 7 Kennyside Hero 7 5 Little Gerrad 7 4 I Loretta (late Jessa- . st lb Rosaline Basquine Victorine 6 13 Mary The Jewess..... 6 12 Commodore Charley 6 10 Adelaide Sister of Mercy 6 6 Boddicote Topsy Little Jem Polly Burns 6 0 Sister to Countess of mine) Vixen Langley Jetty Treffz 7 0 Burlington BRITISH MUSEUM — Yesterday the library of the British Museum, which has been closed for a week, Was re-opened to persons having the privilege of admission, and will remain open during the present and succeedmg month from the hours of nine a.m. to five p.m: The department of the Museum allotted to antiquities and curiosities will be re-opened to-day, the hours of admis sion being from ten to five o'clock. RAlLweits. I Aberdeen . . ;h Ambg. Noting. ' Bost . & Eastn. June Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Va11ey..... .. .. Birkenhd. Iranes . az Cheshire Juliet_ Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £2O- ......... Bristol &Exeter...... Caledonian. Chester & Caledonian Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJuue. Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New ......... ... . . East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. & H.) East el n . Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh I Do., d 0... Do., B. & C.. East Lancashire . . East & West Ind. bk. & Birming. June Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dundet Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) Great Western Ifosh South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do. , Thirds...." .- ..• Lancash. diYorkshir , Do., Fifths Do., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &So utlypt. London & Blackwall Lend. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. JCL Sh „M&B C London & S. Western Do., £5O. ..... ......... Do., £40........ Eindndrry. &Coleraine Lndudrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland . 2 . Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares ... Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmark et 184 100 Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.AbergAHtfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint Qc Rostrevor Norfolk.... ....... Do., New Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l 'Do., No. 2...... Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. dti Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South IST Y orksh. River Dun Do.. .......... Stockton & Hartlepl Thgvp3 Haven Dock ant Va'a of Loath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall Wmbledon &Croydon Woodford York Newctl. &Berw Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland PREFERENCE SHARES lAberdeen I 00 'Do., No. 2, 7 p C... Bris. dr Ex. 4 p. e. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledonian £lO ...... Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 5. per cent... Corkdrl3andonsi p.c. Dundee PerthdrAber deen Junction....... EastA nglian 10s) 6 per cent .... . . Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2.. ...... Do., New 6 p. c. • St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent EastLancash. 6 p.cts Edinb.Prth.&Dundee sAper cent Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Ncfrthr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. , Redeem. , at 10 p. c. pram. Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4A p c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Po. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 . . . ... Do. New Guar. 6 p.c London & S.Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler 5hare5......... Londy. do Ennis. A Sb Manch.,Shef., di Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do., £6 ...... Marypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4A per cent Do ...... Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol do Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4A per cent Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 5 per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British .. . .. North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c Do Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. Now S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p. e. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.e.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch. 116 - 10.51 i:661 19 - 20 6k-- 6 3i 5 - 5.41 - - lip 14 - lip 14k -14 i 20i lii -: i'6 11.10 - 112 8i - - 103 —lO4 pd —fpm 150 152 3 - 3i 10 - 11 13i -14. i - 10i -10 i - Pi 147 149 id -- 113 —115 k 117 120 ; 115 - 117 24i - 25i1 10 24! --114 17i —17 i 1p 14 15 par— -251 - 264 19 20 4cl 99 102 5 54 id i PI Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon and Besnon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. prof Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New (Namur & Liege (with interest IDo. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ams.Shs.] NorwegianTruk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg' 'Paris Caen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. pref Southern of France (Upper India Scrip West Flanders iDo. 5 per c. Pref, . 'Western of France West. of Switzerland New Zealand.,,,, ,IGN. lt -- -- 1 d -- 14 -- 2. 21 -- 2fd 41 4ip p 2i -- Z a p P 1 -- -- id 4 61 -- -- 11 - I . = liPl 6k- 71 34 : 34 14 - 144 17i -- 1 71 j 49 -- 51 43i - 444 37 -37 i 4 - 5 204 - 21,E . 8 1 1 - 9i 41- 1.1 4 D 4 - 41'1 2 - 24 25 25 St. 50 11i 100 100 42 100 all 100 100 100 100 100 20 50 20 10 11i 100 191 13 121 341 71. 80 796 506 1 130 29 85 41 5 Pm I i 10i 14.1 1.07 i 6 n7l 221 661515ixd 5150 j x d 93A 6:3 62A 1 66# 7i 36i 6 x d x d 3 ad 67i 7 x 4 _ ad 8H id 54 3i ad 37 i 6/ * pm Par 11A 100 100 188 all all all all all 13.5 24i 50 50 100 100 40 E 3 i MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 100 35 Australian Agricult. 31 33 20 8 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 6 Australn. Royal Mail 50 384 Brit. American Land 65 67 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smer. - 3. and Reduction Co 100 324 Canada Company 5 5 Crystal Pa'ace 1- IIP 6 11 4 2 Crystal Pal, of France _ _ 1p 2/ 20 1 • Eastern Steam .. 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat, 20 14 General Screw Steam 20 5 Iris% Beetroot Suga; 20 4 llagdalena St. Nav - 7,. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel _ 10 3 Netherlands Land --dxin sin 1 all N. B. A astrelasian 4 (l pal 20 74 Nrth.o._luropeS;,eam 5 all ?eel Rr. Ld, & Minrl. • p 51 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 76 5 50 25 Do. do 2 all Portland Iron Co •:• --- •.:. 100 60 R . oyal Mail Steam .. • ...• 724 2 I all Scot. Austral. In ves t, —1 i p 1 Do. New Sarin 25 25 South Austral. Lang 3 4 35 4 1 all Submarine Telegraph _ 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 1 . 6 - 17 164 SHIPPING RETURNS. The shipping returns of the Board of Trade for the month ending the sth of August continue to show a very considerable increase in the general amount of tonnage employed, the demand for shipments to Australia, cou pled with the requirements of the corn trade, having caused a demand for every vessel, British or foreign, that could be secured. Subjoined are the general totals of entries and clear ances : Entered inwards-- TONNAGE FOR MONTH ENDING AUG. 5. 1851. 1852. 1853. British vessels. 539,753 451,420 492,278 United States' vessels. 93,671 72,632 122 , 059 Other countries 220,234 215,953 278,646 853 ,658 740,005 892,983 The clearances outward were -1851. 1852. 1853. British vessels 382,766 411,607 461,026 United States' vessels 77,441 85,439 90 , 2 69 Other countries 172,502 158,305 194,272 632,709 655,351 745,567 With regard to the coasting trade the tonnage entered inwards was 1,058,617 in the month ending August 5, 1851; 1,074,434 in 1852 ; and 1,099,663 in 1853. The clearances outward were-1,179,789 in August, 1851 ; 1,142,241 in 1852; and 1,170,091 in 1853. THE STRIKES. obtained, up to THE LIGHTERMEN'S STRIKE.—The dispute between masters posi tively the master and journeymen lightermen h;asanadt 3s.len g6tdh . terminated, the journeymen to a certain extent gaining their demand, viz. :-55. for Sunday's work, the pre jobbers, and v il i )r ou n s ig p h a t y w in n e r n k t , h b a ni v i i 3 n g g ia b . m ee n n re o t n h ly an 2 t s h . e 6 y d n . and yester day strike. The final settlement of the question was teod l.fondon was somewhat refusing s d i delayed y t e nd concedei in Cs. consequence pnr o d f a t y h the men 4s. for night work • the men, however, ultimately con sented he to nn f in or m eg e o rni t a h l ' at tra p ffi ar: of nf tthheeir port t ma n n f resumed. i n THE t eCARPENT ER'S Higgins,STIiI li E . o — f T s h t e a n w g ahtoel,e at t f work at Guards,Marlborough snm - e house, raet. h n S i is t e . Chancery-lane, have struck work in consequence of their demand for an advance of 6d. per day not hav ing been complied with., jaanindes'Bthe THE BRICKLAYERS' STRIKE.--The men in the em ploy of Myers and Lucas are still on strike. On Wed nesday night au aggregate meeting of the trade was held in the Druid-ball, Skinner-street, Snow-hill, at which it was unanimously resolved to support all strikes in the metropolis, until the advance of 6d. per day was permanently recognised. THE WIGAN COLLIERS.—Since Christmas it is said that the colliers at Wigan have had three advances of wages, equal to 15 per cent. each time, or 45 in the aggregate. We now learn that they have made a further demand for 15 per cent., making a total advance of 60, and have given notice of a strike on the 14th inst. if the demand be not complied with. The coal own ers , the largest of whom are the Bad of Balcarres and the Ince hall Company, are fettered a good deal by their contracts in the large towns ; but we are told that two of the largest consumers, the gas companies at Manchester and Liverpool, have promised to aid them all in their power, so that there is a disposition this time to resist the demand. There was to be a meeting of masters yester day on the subject. LAND TAX REDEMPTION ACT AMENDMENT.—An act passed on the 20th ult. (16 and 17 Vict., cap. 117), re stricts the redemption and purchase of the land-tax in Great Britain to persons having an estate, or interest in the lauds whereon such tax is charged. The land tax redeemed is to merge in the estate. 1101 ad 55 a d ad Much cows ruled dull, at from 141. 10s. to 191. each, in cluding their small calf.. _ Per 81bn to sink the offals. s.d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 0 to. .3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 2, Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 310 Second quality . ..4 0 4 4. Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 Lambs.. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .:::::. :::::- • • T ,158 Sheep and Lambs .. • • •• ...12 .000 Calves . .. • • .........., 482 NEWGAVE ANL The general demaod :rul , quotations : s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 0 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 8 Large hogs 3 4 310 Small porkers 4 0 4 6 Sucklingcalves ..21 0 27 11 Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 Is 6d to 5s 6d. FOREIGN BUMS. Beasts— •• •• ... 3SO Sheep.• • • • • • • • Calves..... .. • • ...... • • 310 LEADENHALL. Ki steady, at the following Per 81bs* by s. d. s. s. d. s. d. Beet'inferior 210 3 i s Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 4 3 5 Do., middling 3 8 4 4 Do., prime largo .3 8 310 j Do, prime 4 8 5 0 Do., do. small —.3 10 4 0 Veal 3 8 4 S Pork, largo 3 4 3 10 J Pork, small 4 0 4 8 Lambs 4e 6d to 5s 6d. BOROUGH SDP. the carcase. A now pocket from Kent has been disposed of at 131. 13s per cwt. There is an improved demand for most kinds of hops at full prices. The plantation accounts are not very favourable, and the duty is called to-day 155,C00/. Mid and East Kent pockets 128 s to 180 s • Weald of Kent ditto, 115 s to 130 s ; and Sussex ditto, 1.123 to 124 s per cwt. COLONIAL. SIM-AlL—The demand has not been quite so active for British Plantation, and prices have scarcely been main tained at the previous range. Still holders have not gene rally pressed sales. Demarara at auction brought 34s to 40s for low to fine crystallised. East India.—Mauritius pri vately has not been much dealt in. The brown and common sorts have been scarcely so high. Good and fine yellow went at ns 6d to 375, low to mid at 33s to 3E3, and mid to brown at 30s C I to 33s by auction . Bengal publicly brought 38s to 39s for good and very good white Benares, and 34s to 36s 6d for mid to good yellow. Penang realised 30s to3ls. The grocery and white Bengal descriptions have been in re quest. Foreign.—There has been an inquiry for cargoes afloat. At auction Cuba realised 31s 6d to 38s for low brown to good yellow. Pernambuco sold publicly at 31s 6d. to 33s for ord to good brown. Porto Rico realised 36s Gd to 41s for mid grey to fine bright grocery. Ha vannah partly sold at 34s to 36s 6d for mid brown to mid yellow. COFFEE.—TIIO market has been very active, and again at advancing prices. Native Ceylon has been sold at 47s 6d to 48s. Plantation went at 54s 6d to 61s for fine ord to low mid. The latest sales have been at 58s 6d to 64s 6d for f fine ord, small to gootl mid bold corory up to 70s and 71s 6d for peo.ber.y. Triage, 48s to 545. Mocha, mid to good clean garbled, brought 668 6d ; triage, 48s to 55s ; and black, 32a to 36s 6d. Foreign is wanted, and is scarce SPICEEL—Pimento has seen in strong demand and prices have been hardening. White pepper has been firm, choice has been sold at 2s 9d to 2s 11d for ord pale, and Jamaica ginger at 42s to 55s for ord to mid. RlCE.—There has been less doing. Moulmein 10,228 bags was taken in at high pricer, mid to good Arracan kind 10s Gd to lls Bengal has been taken in at 14 s. COTTON.—There has been rather' a firmer market and with more doing. TEA.—This article has been flat, and has not improved since the public sales. SALTPETRE.—BengaI 5 per cent. refraction has been taken at 28s. TALLOW.— P.Y.C. is firm at 52s on the spot. GREEN FRUIT.—A livelier character exists in the mar ket ; some parcels of Grapes, per " Tagus" steamer, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, realised prices pro portionate to quality. No improvement in the lemon trade, the cold weather having checked the sale. Barcelona nuts have advanced to 45s per bag, the new crop of which will be short ; and the disease in Spanish and Lisbon grapes is further confirmed by the last packet. MExreo.—The commercial advices from Mexico give a favourable account of the peaceful condition of the country as regards the supp,ression of internal intrigues, although, in other respects, there are no signs of improve ment. Considering the shortnt •ss of the interval since Santa Anna's return to power, th e wa y in which he has re-established that kind of order which results from terror is said to be most remarkable. Every r)! - ovince appears nce, and it is ,that peculiar o to s e h r a v v e d e art which he posseses of making his countryme:l , been reduced e f dhuec had t any n y implicit b o e b y e on i I i tempo rarily respect his will, he might secure the regeneration of the Republic. The sordid and ignorant adventuCers, however, by whom he is surrounded destroy all hope of any permanent results, even if the alliance which is be ing cultivated with the priests were not a sufficient in dication of his hostility to any real progress. The recent project of a national bank, after exciting great discus sion, had ended in total failure, chiefly owing to the opposition of the Finance Minister, who subsequently brought forward a measure of his own, which had to be discarded as totally impracticable. One feature of it in volved the favourite principle of Mexican financiers— namely, the suspension of every kind of payment, in order to give the Government time "to restore the national credit." Smuggling continues unchecked, but in this respect great complaints are made of the com manders of the English vessels on the Pacific coast, who are alleged to connive in the most notorious manner for the evasion of the export duty on bullion. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ON THE CONTINENT. —During several d tys of last week a conference has been sitting at Hesse Homburg, in Germany, and has resulted in the formation of a provisional committee for the protection of religious liberty. The meeting was attended by a deputation from the Protestant Alliance, consisting of the Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr. M'Gregor (the secretary), and Mr. Oliphant; a deputation from the English branch of the Evangelical Alliance, consisting of Sir Culling Eardley, Mr. Brooke, and Dr. Blackwood, clergymen and members of the committee, and Dr. Steane, one of the secretaries ; a deputati on from the French Evan gelical Alliance, including Messrs. Frederic and Adolphe Monod, and Dr. Cooke ; a deputation from Switzerland, including the President of the Evangelical Alliance of Geneva and others ; Professor Tholuck, who attended at the request of the President of the German Kirchentag, and other gentlemen from Germany. Letters of ad herence were also received from Holland, Sweden, and Italy, though deputations were unable to attend.. A basis of action was unanimously agreed upon, including a declaration of the right of all men to the free exercise of conscience, restricted only by the demands of public order and of morality. A provisional committee was appointed, of which the English brethren were consti tuted the executive sub-committee, and arrangements were made for the devel o p men t of lans and increase of numbers during the next few months, with the intention of holding a more numerous assembly on the continent in 1854. BARNET FAlL—This important cattle fair, the largest in England, terminated on Wednesday, greatly to the satisfaction of a l arge c l ass o f sa l e smen-vho succeeded in disposing of nearly the whole of their live stock. The grazing beasts alone were estimated by competent judges at 40,000 head—every description of which, from the tiny Scot to the large Lincoln, were sold in rapid succession each day, at prices unequalled for many years. And so great was the demand that several lots ware sold two or three times at considerable profit to the re-seller. Milch and in-calf cows and heifers were in great demand, at extraordinarily high prices. Horses of all sorts and ponies were seldom if ever known to be so dear. Alto gether this was one of the best selling fairs ever known at Barnet. DEATH OF A LUNATIC BY FlRE.—Between seven and eight o'clock on Wednesday morning the inmates of St. Peter's Hospital, Bristol, were alarmed by an outcry from the female lunatics' ward. On inquiry it turned out ' that the clothes of one of the female lunatics had, by some means caught fire. The event caused great con sternation in the ward, which was heightened by the fact that the doors were locked, and the poor creature unable to get out, or any immediate assistance rendered her. The nurse who had possession of the keys was not, it appears, up at the time, but she quickly appeared, half-dressed, with the keys, and having entered the ward the woman on fire was soon stripped of her clothes, though not before she received some severe burns. She was promptly attended by the house surgeon, but the injury she received was such that she lingered in the greatest agony till yesterday, when death put a period to her sufferings. At an inquest held yesterday it ap peared that her name was Caroline Gwillam, and that she had been an inmate of the lunatic asylum for twenty nine years. When asked how the accident happened, the deceased said she wanted to burn the house and herself to, and that she set herself on fire with a lucifer match. The jury returned a verdict to that effect. DARING ESCAPE. —As the steamer Baron was sailing down the Clyde on Saturda y last, a man suddenly sprang h pra i n g g e into the river. H e struck out for the shore, which n i was n g. He h reached in safety. li a emkperoeveper proved to on a charge °he , a pr r ge f p being conveyed to Dum bar ton in custody of a constable, accompanied bya . handcuffed, gamekeeper, but th e i rons had been re moved a d f, leti r e afew minutes, at his urgent request, until he should retire. Then it was that he seized upon a favour able moment to effect his escape. It i s no t k nown f, whether he has been recaptured. 0 lig bt A. fro-- lolu: , that 10 6 12A 121 10 25 10 1.0.6 100 all 100 5 100 all 100 6 100 100 all all 10ii 100 100 100 1(10 100 100 all 100 297 10 all 10 20 10 20 110 f 1021 24i i li 8i I 34U i 27/1 i