The Sun. — London, England, 1853-08-30 00:00:00

ttbirb Nbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. BETTING AT MANCHESTER. (T HIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Little Davie. 9to 2 agst St. Andrew. 6to 1 agst Florist. BROCKLESBY HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Captain Cornish. LEAMINGTON STAKES. 13 to 2 agst Doubt (offered). 7 to 1 agst Scarecrow (offered). 12 to 1 agst Boarding School Miss (offered). GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Grapeshot (taken). 10 to 1 agst Florist (offered). 100 to 8 agst Heapy (offered). 100 to 8 agst Boarding School Miss (taken). 100 to 6 agst Newminster. LICHFIELD RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GOLD CUP. Whalebone Six ran. PLYMOUTH RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRADESMEN'S PLATE. UaVmina Czarina SALTRAM STAKES. Sleeping Partner........ idadame Wharton ••. Ferret Five ran. Won easy. CHELMSFORD RACES, (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MEMBERS' PLATE. Antigone Brunette 0 Seven ran. GALLYWOOD STAKES. Youthful Days.. Luxurious Miss Talbot Five ran. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, AUG. 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Alex ander, Lord Lovat, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Inverness, in the room of Francis William, Earl of Seafield, deceased. DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 29. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Birnie, Esq., to be Advocate-General for the territory of Western Australia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Joseph Hensley, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Edward Chapman, Esq., to be a member of the Council of Govern ment of the Island of Mauritius during the temporary ab sence of Dr. Harel, a Member of that Board. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Tons saint Rostant, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Trinidad during the temporary absence of William Burnley Hume, Esq., a Member of that Board. CROWN OFFICE, AUG. 29. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Dungarvan—John Francis M`Guire, of No, 4, Grenville-place, in the city of Cork. metre Auu. 30. Borough of Stamford—Robert Talbot Gascoigne Cecil, Esq., commonly called Lord Robert Talbot Gascoigne Cecil, of Hatfield House, in the county of Hertford, in the room of the Right Honourable John Charles Herries, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG 27. The Right Henourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a dispatch from her Majesty's Minister at Naples, en closing the Royal decree, of which a copy is subjoined, authorising the free importation of grain into the Neapo litan dominions until the end of the present year. By order, J. EMMERSON TEN ENT. (Copy.) NAPLES, AUG. 11. Ferdinand 11., by the grace of God, King of the King dom of the Two Sicilies, of Jerusalem, &c., Duke of Parma, Piacenza, Costro, &c.,jHereditary Grand Prince of Tuscany, &c., &c. Sze., on the proposition of our Ministers, Secretaries of State of the Finances and Affairs of Sicily, and of the Director of the Ministry of the Interior; having heard our ordinary Council of State, we have resolved to decree, and do decree as follows :- Art. 1. From this day, and through the whole of De cember of the present year, no Customs duty shall be levied upon the importation into our royal dominions be yond or within the Straits, of wheat, barley, oats, maize, pulse, and flour, the produce of foreign countries. Art. '2. Our Ministers, Secretaries of State of the Fi nances and Affairs of Sicily, the Director of the Ministry of the Interior, and our Lieutenant-General in the Domi nions beyondithe Straits, are charged with the execution of this decree. Ischia, Bth August, 1853. (Signed) FERDINAND. PIETRO D'URSO, . _ Minister of Finances. FERDINANDO TROJA, President of the Council of Minis ters, for the Minister of the Af fairs of Sicily, absent. S. MURENA, Director of the Ministry of the Interior. FERDINANDO TROJA, President of the Council of Mi nisters. BOATED OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, AUG. 27. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a dis patch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, in closing a notification, of which a copy is subjoined, pro hibiting the exportation of grain from the Lombardo- Venetian Provinces until further notice. By order, J. EMERSON TENNENT. (Copy.) NOTIFICATION. Owing to the rise in the price of grain, I have been in• duced to order that— 1. The exportation of every kind of grain, especially wheat, Indian corn, rye, oats, and their respective flours and pastes, is prohibited until further notice. 2. During the said prohibition, the control in conformity with the Customs regulation will be put in force. 3. Grain, flours, pastes, which may he seized in contra vention of this order, will, independently of the penalties i ncurred towa r d s the finance, be confiscated for the benefit of the poor of the parish where they were seized. 4. A. particular notification will be published as to the commerce of grain, flour, and pastes, with the Duchies of Modena and Parma, and also on the application of this order to the territory of the free port of Venice. From the I. R. General Military and Civil Government of the Lombard o -Venetian' Provinces. (Signed) RADETZKY. Monza, Aug. 4, 1853. COMMISSIONS SIGNED By LO RD - LIEUTENANTS. The Hon. Ashley George J o h n p Li eu tenant of Gloucestershire, July 29. to be Deputy Queen's Own Light Infantry R,,•ent Money to b e C a of Tower H ain . lets Militia—Lieutenant Georg e Henry thin, vice Sayer, who retires, retaining his rank Lientepn ant Charles Bruce to be Captain, vice Curtis, retaining his rank ;. Lieutenant Saint reti res , Hook to be Captain, vice Mortimer, wh o e r 33 . ll tler Frederick Ridge, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brash, per; meted, Aug. 16. Pro [This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 23d inst.] Middlesex Victoria Rifles —George Drummond, E sq. Duc de Melfort , to be M a j or ; William Whittaker, Es q.: to be Captain and Adjutant, Aug. 4. 4th or Duke of Lan caster ' s Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia —George Barlow, Gent., to be Ensign, Aug. 25. BANKRUPTS. - - Edmund Hayman Fowler, builder, Brovvnlow-road, Dal. aton, to surrender Sept. 7, at half.past eleven, and 0ct.13 at twelve, at the Court of Bankrutcy. urroußell, official as -i .si nn g, nee, Coleman-street -buildings ; Mg h, ew- Strd. John Scovell, fish salesman, St. George's-road and Bo tolph-lane, Sept. Sat half-past eleven, and Oct. 7at half past one. Whitmore official assignee, Basinghall-street, J. and S. Solomon, Fenchurch-street. James Kelly, tailor Baker's-row, Walworth, Sept. 7, at half-past twelve, and 'Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. Alfred Rogers, draper, Upper Marylebone-street, Mid cllesex, September 8, and October 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder maiturytaas; Sole , on Turnsr, and Tur'ner, Aldermanbury. Sept. 8, at j hairs", merchant, Broad-street-buildings, twelve, at the Court a Pact eleven, an d O c t. 14, a t h a lf-p as t assignee, Basinhall-st o r f t • Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official John Garcon, butche7 Cotterill Throgniorton-street. as Wool wi ch Sept. 8, and on Oc tober following, at half- past at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore assignee, Basinghall-street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. Wall Cross- i street, Lei- Thomas Shlton Catlin, tester, Sept. 9 and Oct. 7, groce r , atith 04333,in l in ot g t h in alu ghat is ; inct Court. Harris, official assign ° Hawker, Leicester. Joseph Fowler, grocer, Chestergate, Macclesfield, Ches. SPORTING NOTES. Last - week was a busy time amongst the "Minors :" none of the results are, however, calculated to exercise any important influence on events to come. Egham put forth remarkable strength, and, notwithstanding some untoward circumstances, most of my selections achieved success. For the Runnymede Stakes, I was first and second, with Abdullah and Puritan. Chelmsford has its meeting to-day and to-morrow, but the prospect of sport presents extraordinary short comings. There is plenty of money, but only very few horses are likely to run for it. It has been found neces sary to keep open most of the stakes until this evening. Garforth or Waverley ought to win the Chelmsford Stakes. Parr and his party are likely to have a "good time" at Plymouth. At Marlborough, for the Savernake Forest Stakes, I must take my chance with Ireland's Eye, Lima, and Sleeping Partner. Lincoln is likely to have some capital sport on Thursday and Friday. The prin cipal features are the Lincolnshire Handicap Stakes, the Granby Stakes, and the Brocklesby Stakes. With the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire Stakes in view few horses in handicaps at this advanced stage of the season are likely to " carry out" calculations based on previous performances. How many run merely to get the mea sure of others—a line by which to calculate the chances for greater events ? For the principal handicap our pick must be Hungerford and Mayday ; and for the Brocklesby Stakes I shall go for Lady Agnes. A FRESH MAN. Brighton, Tuesday morning. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAX. The following were the closing prices : LEAMINGTON STAKES. 6to 1 agst Scarecrow. 7to 1 agat Doubt. Bto 1 agst Tim Friar. ST. LEGER. Even agst West Australian. 9to 2 agst Sittingbourne (taken). 6to 1 agst Rataplan (taken). 7to 1 agst Cineas (offered). 10 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken and offered). CESAREWITCH STAKES. 1000 to 25 agst Defiance (taken)—(looo to 20 also laid). 1000 to 25 agst Boarding School Miss filly (taken) (1000 to 20 also laid). 1000 to 20 agst Newminster (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Scarecrow (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Torment (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Invasion (taken). 1000 to 20 agat Winter (taken)—(looo to 15 also laid). 1000 to 20 agst Little Harry (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Rosalba (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Pug Orrock (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Charley (1000 to 15 also laid). 1000 to 20 agst Songstress (taken), CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 1000 to 20 agst Invasion (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Pug Orrock (taken). 1000 to 15 each agst Peggy and Seahorse (taken). THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 25 to 1 agst Ruby (taken). 30 to 1 agst First Lord (taken), 33 to 1 agst Alembic (taken). 33 to 1 agst Papageno (taken). 50 to 1 agst Meteora (taken). DOMINO.—Mr. Fenning has sold this very promising two-yr-old colt, by Cowl, to Mr. J. Goodered for 800 sovs, He will, however, remain in Godding's stables. LICHFIELD RACES-YESTERDAY. The PRODUCE STAKES of 20 sovs., added to a sweep. stakes of 10 sovs. each. One mile. Mr. Flintoft's Whalebone, Bst 31b, (Wells) walked over. The STAFFORDSIIIRM STAKES of 20 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 15 sovs each. Ten forfeit, and 5 only if declared. The second horse to save his stake. One mile. Sir R. Peel's Liberty, 6yrs, 6st 71b (Ashman) 1 Mr. W. Oakley's Morning Star,llyrs, sst 121 b (Wilson) 2 Mr. W. T. Copeland's Director, 4yrs, fist 41b (Wells) 3 Mr. Mott's Goldfinder, syrs, Bst 71b (Marlow) 4 Won by a length and a half. The CHAMPAGNE STAKES of 40 sovs, added to a sweep- stakes of 10 sovs, each. For two-yrs-old, half forfeit. Mr. Copeland's Eva, 2ys, Bst 31b ...(G. Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Merry's The Mysterious Lady, 2yrs, Bst 31b (Wells) 2 Won by a length and a half. The ANSON STAKES of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 son each. Three forfeit. Heats, one mile. Mr. Shepherdson's Maid of Golbourne, 3yrs, 7st _.... 71b (A boy) 1 1 Mr. Merry's Mary Anne, 4yrs, Bst 71b (Marlow) 2 0 Firstheat won by a length. Second heat walked over Or. CRICKET. KENT v. SURREY. The match between these great cricketting counties was commenced yesterday at the Oval, where a large number of spectators assembled to witness the efforts of the contending parties. The innings of Kent yielded 59, with nine wickets down, and this was the position of the game when time was called, at which moment the general score bore this appearance :-- SURREY. _ First Innings. Mortlock, b Hinkly E. G. Hartnell, Esq., run out 2 Caesar, c Andrews, b Hinkly 27 Caffyn, c Clifford, b Willsher Brockwell, b Hinkly 7 Heath, b Hinkly H. Marshall, Esq., c and b Hinkly 8 C. A. Hoare, Esq., cW. Pilch, b Hinkly Bhe rmatt i Stephenson, not out 8 run out 0 Taylor, b Willsher 1 13 2,1-b 2 4 Total 92 KENT. Adams, 1 b w b Sherman ....................... 22 First Innings. Pilch, b Sherman W. S. Norton, Esq.: 1; iti c ;ii..";: i i .............. Willsher, st Stephenson, b caffy -- ............ ;. A. MYnn, Esq., c Stephens, nab" Sh . e . rma ..... n . .... C. L. Norman, Esq., b Sherm u .. ........... IT Pilch, c Hartnell, b Sherman .... 10 - Clifford, c Sherman, b . Brockwell ............... 1 c Caesar, b Brockwell ......................... ,-, . i J. Norton, Esq., not out not out .............................. 3 ...... 2 .............. Hw H in i . ll ko y i. e y r, ~ j L-b, 2 Total 60 The match was resumed at twelve this day. THE UNITED ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. THE MANCHESTER CLUB. This match was not played out, as the ." United Eleven" had to appear at Brighton a t the beginning of this week. The weather was unfavourable during the whole of the three days, and the Manchester men had not finished their first innings when the stumps were drawn on Saturday night. They were very much be hind-hand, and could not have won the game except by some extraordinary accident. ter, Sept. 16, and Oct. 7, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Lee, official assignee, Manchester ; Norris, Macclesfield. . Thomas Hutchings, shipowner, Park-street, Westmin ster, Sept. 10, at one, and Oct. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Linklater, Sise-lane. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of this day.) SUGAR.—To-day there was firmness in the market for West India sugar, and the pieces obtained were fully equal to those of Friday for both grocery and refining sorts. Demand was very good, and purchases are 973 hhds, in cluding at auction 255 hhds 59 tierces and 204 brls Bar badoes, which realised the full currency • fine yellow brought 38s to 38s 6d, good 36s 6 d to 37s 6d, low to mid 34s to 365, and fine brown 33s to 33s 6d per cwt. REFINED.—To-day refined sugar was in a firm posi tion, and many purchases were made in home-made goods. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius sugar was in ex cellent request, and realised full terms for all sorts. FOREIGN.—Of yellow Havannah, four cargoes afloat have been sold at 22s 6d to 23s 6d for numbers 121 to 131, one white 30s. Cocos.—To-day, at auction, 216 bags Trinidad sold at 34s to 39s Gd for low to fine red, and 21 bags 4 brls St. Vincent's, 30s 6d to 325. COFFEE.—To-day Native Ceylon was sought after, but stiffer rates being demanded, checked business. At auc tion the sound of 500 bags was taken in at 46s 6d to 47s for ord to good ord, damaged selling at 41s 6d to 465. TEA.—The terms taken for low to good ord are 10d to 11/, rather blackish leaf to blackish leaf 110 to is 00, strong to Pekoe sorts is ld to is Bd, and choice is 9d to 2s 2d per lb. Of fine sorts supply is decreasing. GINGER. —To-day the market was quiet, and at auction 157 cases Calicut sold at 52s to 59s for mid, being rather lower. RICE.—To -day East India rice was wanted, but stiffer rates being demanded, checked business. SALTPETRE. —To-day at auction 390 bags Calcutta were taken in at 29s for fine bold 41 per cent.; there were buyers Fine i — i nye T ceeel o al - 01 dtaaayt candle drtndh ratesdae y r e e at wtadlsale tallow swl t on e s eh s dsa s x db ; t i deo t e no2 m ndi entnrhteeri brisker spot, 0. the t, a t 28s per cwt. s i o L n e s . marketC O C l I I f N oWr E F. demand . o and at 518 for delivery. m a o d l e L , s. a — e d I n t r h a e p e up o i extensive ward ardmovement continues; i hv e a ue e s ; again sa been l es of brown at 39s Gd to 40s, pale 41s, and foreign 41s 6d to 425. For delivery many contracts have been concluded at simi lar terms. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Tats DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 16 braltar .............. Ditto, three months .. 11 17•3', Leghorn .............. 29 95 Rotterdam ............ 11 18 iGenoa ................ 25 40 Antwerp .. Brussels .. .. 25 20 ,Venice ................ Hamburgh ............ 13 6 Naples ................ 41N Altona ................ Palermo .............. 124% Paris ........... •• • .... 24 97% :atessina Ditto, three months 25 2° Lisbon ................ 53U Mar5ei11e5.............. 25 22% ' Oporto Bourdeaux ............ ;Rio Janeiro Frankfort-on. Maine .... 119%; Buenos Ayres.: Berlin ................ New York, 60 days' sight Vienna .. • 10 58 Philadelphia Trieste ............ •• .. 11 0 PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Petersburgh ..... • ...... Madrid ..-.. ............ 50 Cadiz .................. 50 % 8arce10na.............. 38 3i IForeign Gold in Bus .f 3 17 9 iPortugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0% New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 5 2% TIHE SUN, LONDON, TrE!SDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1853. THE CORN TRADE. The corn trade throughout the kingdom last week experienced an unusual excitement. The favourable state of the weather at the beginning of harvest operations induced a belief that the crops, although deficient, would be gather , d in good con dition, and a considerable fall in the price of wheat was the consequence. A change however occurred in the weather, and alarming accounts of the want of grain in Italy, France, and other places, added to the ascertained indifferent yield of our own growth, caused the market quickly to recover itself, and prices last week ran up to an unprecedented extent, in some instances wheat fetching Bs. per quarter improvement in one week, and holders be ing careless of selling, unless at a far greater ad vance. At all the provincial markets—Liverpool, Gloucester, Nottingham, Worcester, and others— considerable excitement pervaded the trade, and at most of them a large business was done in wheat at an improvement of 3s. to 4s. on the previous market rates, and Flour at ls. to 2s. per barrel. At the markets nearer London, such as Colchester, Ipswich, and Woodbridge, wide prices were asked, which stopped business to a considerable extent. The transactions in floating grain during the week vere to a large extent, and very high rates were .xtid. All descriptions of spring corn met an ac tive demand, which was only controlled by the nigh prices demanded. The supplies into the various country markets appear to have been moderate, and the yield and quality of the new Wheat is worse spoken of. The supply of home grown Wheats fresh up to Mark-lane this morning was moderate, a small proportion only of which was new. The trade opened with excitement, but with no great willingness on .he part of the millers to accede to the prices tsked. English Wheat is about 4s. to ss. higher than on this day week, and foreign is ls. to 2s. higher for all descriptions. Oats are about 6d. higher. New Peas are 2s. dearer. We regret to hear, by the letters received to-day, that in some districts of England the wheat has been attacked rather extensively by a disease, the effect of which is to destroy the whole of the grain, and render it, according to chemical analysis, to which it has been subjected, positively poisonous. This disease has hitherto been confined to some few districts, and its appearance has been but seldom. As every thing relative to the probable yield of the present harvest is now of particular interest, the following abstract of returns on this subject will be useful THE WHEAT CROP IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. MORAY.— Near Forres wheat is far under an average. FORFARSHIRE.—Near Montrose wheat is under an average. In the Brechin district it is a poor crop ;at least one-fourth under an average. The temperature of the past fortnight has been high, being a godsend to the late wheats, of which there is abundance. Near krbroath wheat and barley are now above an average. FIFESHIRE.—In the south of the county wheat is under an average. General harvest about Ist Sep tember. MID-LOTHIAN.—Near Ratho the wheat crop is re ported as average. DIIMBARTON.—Wheat good, but little straw. LANARKSHIRE.—Near Hamilton wheat is reported as being under average. AYRSHIRE.—Near Ayr it has improved since last re port, though still late. SELKIRKSHIRE.—Near Galashiels it is but little grown but is under average. BERWICKSHIRE, GREENLAW.—Wheat not an average. DUMFRIESSHIRE, VALE OF ANNAN.—Wheat same as last report, under average, and of less extent than usual. WIGTON.—Near Stranraer wheats are improved since last report, and, with the fine weather, the quality is likely to be good. NORTH OF ENGLAND.--From the north we have in formation that the wheat crop has improved somewhat during the fine weather, and that while in Northumber land it must be considered under average, there are localities where it is " very good." YORKSHIRE.—The wheat crop is reported as light, but healthy ; very thin, small ears, and only half a crop, a somewhat earlier harvest than was expected. Near Leyburn ; average crop, and sample bold and good. Near Richmond ; on the whole under average, much of it spring sown, and will be late ripe. LANCASHIRE.—Thin and irregular ; various. DERBYSHIRE.—Good, but below average. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—Wheat, with fine weather, will be of good quality, but from the light crop, and one fourth less sown than usual, must be from one-fourth to one-third less than an average yield. One-fourth under average, and bad in quality. Near Clifton, it is reported to be average and of fair quality. LINCOLNSHIRE.—Near Peterborough wheat is re ported to be very good ; partially blighted. Harvest now general ; some wheat in stack. There is still a good deal of backward wheat that ripens very slowly. Near Long Sutton, straw is under average ; grain average, and very little mildew. Near Grimsby, wheats are cut ting up rather better than was expected ; not so heavy as the last two years, but still nearly an average. SHROPSHIRE.—Grain has ripened of late very fast. Harvest has commenced and will soon be general. What wheat has been cut comes off light. Near Bridge water, very deficient ; one-third below average. Near Ludlow, much under average. At Little Wenlock, about half a crop. STAFFORDSHIRE.--One-third under average. HEREFORDSHIRE.—Near Ross wheat is a fair average crop; not so much blighted as was at first apprehended —being cut unusually green. WORCESTERSHIRE.— Near Upon-on-Severn I have a less favourable opinion of many of the best and early planted wheats than I had, and am convinced wheat is full one-third short of average. WARWICKSHIRE--.Wheat one-third below average ; ripens very slowly ; complaints of blight ; very defi cient ; much under average. NORTHAMPTON.—No cause to alter the report on August 6. The crops of corn have ripened kindly, and the cutting of the corn is rapidly proceeding. HUNTINGDON.--Wheat, short breadth ; deficient plant, improved quality. CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—Near Chatteris the wheat crop is generally good, but not without a little blight and mil dew. Mr. Ruston's report of the period of harvest should have been printed 15th August, not end. SUFFOLK.—Near Woodbridge, on stiff soils, clay, or marsh. wheat is one-fourth deficient ; on loamy good al luvial soils it is 10 per cent, deficient ; and on sandy and light soils 20 per cent. below the average. ESSEX.—Wheat not an average. The threshing of new wheat falls very far short of the estimated yield. So inferior is the wheat on the heavy lands that great num bers of labourers who visit the hundreds of Essex at this period have suffered privation from non-employment. Under average, late and blighted ; best on light soils. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.—Wheat one-third under average. Winter wheats unquestionably attacked with red mag got ; spring sown appears healthy, but backward. OXFORDSHIRE.—Near Reading, wheat blighted, and not an average crop. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Near Cirencester, wheat very much improved. Near Bristol, barely an average crop, much is very thin on the ground ; cutting has com menced. Near Gloucester, wheat is improved since last report. MONMOUTH.—Wheat is partially blighted ; two-thirds of crops ; the spring -sown best. Near Abergavenny, crops have not in any way deteriorated since last re port. Near Uske, much improved with the fine wea ther, but does not promise an average yield, and there is nearly one-fourth less land under wheat this year. SOMERSET.—Much improved, but below average. Acreage of wheat unusually small, from the wet autumn. Early wheat deficient in the ear. BERKSHIRE, NEWBURY TO EAST RISLEY.—Wheat is under an average, but a good sample ; the seed time extended over five months, and the harvest will extend over six weeks. Crops various ; good quality, but F,liort in quantity. SURREY. --The wheat crop is generally good about Godalming. KENT.—Near St. Peter's, one-fifth under average. Near Dover, four bushels per acre under average. Near Wingham it is reported au not half an average crop. SIISSRX.—Near Chichester the wheat is better than was anticipated, but still under average. HAMPSHIRE.—As last report. Wheat cuts a very thin crop, worse than was anticipated ; quantity defi cient, quality good. DORSETSHIRE.—Wheat thin and blighted, very little cut. Near Dorchester, under average, and a little blighted. DEVONSHIRE.—At Tavistock, a fair crop, but injured by rust ; somewhat improved by the late fine weather, still under an average crop. Dartmoor, decidedly de ficient. Totnes, under average and much blighted. Kingsbridge, wheat crop far below an average. Credi ton : The early sown is a fair crop, the breadth very small ; the late sown very much blighted, and the general crop very far below an average. CORNWALL.—Near Holston, wheat crops are thin, and certainly under the average. Owing to the heavy autumnal rains a great quantity of land could not be put into wheat at all, and many acres were sown near the coast, with spring wheat, which promises better than the autumnal; but, on the whole, it is thought it will be a slight yield. Near Truro. below average. tubers sound. Edgeworthstown ; We never had a bet ter prospect of crops in this county, and, I may add, we have no disease in the potato crop. DUBLIN.—There is no appearance of disease among the potatoes ; the crop i a abundant, and of the best quality. CLARE.—Near Killaloe the potatoes are excellent, and no blight is seen except on leaf. GALWAY. —Potatoes good ; a little diseased. KING'S COUNTY.—Dr. Bewley, of Clare, informs us that the leaves of the potatoes are partially blighted, but the tubers are uninjured. LIMERICK.—The potatoes at present are very fine, but in some you can see traces of disease. WICKLOW.—BIight has appeared, but in mild form, the tubers in most cases being uninjured. BRAY.—The potatoes were never better; no:indication of disease. CARLOW.—The disease has appeared in some gardens, but in general the tubers are sound and abundant. TIPPERARY, CAlUR.—Potatoes very generally diseased in leaves, haulm, and tubers, but still growing. WEXFORD.—Potatoes growing very well; although the tops are diseased, they have done exceedingly well since last circular. KERRY, KENMARE.—Leaves of the potatoes blighted ; tubers sound ; best since 1845. CORK.—Potatoes a bulky crop; stalks generally black, but few of the roots as yet. The Gardeners' Chronicle of Saturday observes, with reference to the above returns, that— " The wheat crop in England, though somewhat im proved since the Ist August, is undoubtedly much under the average of the past few years. The potato crop in Ireland seems to be a bulky crop, and though increasingly affected by disease, bids fair to yield a large produce of healthy tubers. As regards the other crops, the returns received indicate, as those of three weeks ago did, that, excepting the northern counties of Scotland, the oat and barley crops promise a full average yield, which, taking into account their unusual extent, of course corresponds to an unusually large produce." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—A VEGETARIAN.—John Jas. Daw, the eccentric-looking young man, who described himself as a convert to the Jewish persuasion, and a strict fol lower of the doctrine preached by our Saviour, was brought up before Alderman Lawrence, having been re manded for the purpose of having the prison surgeon's opinion as to the state of his mind. The certificate from the assistant-surgeon of the prison of Newgate was handed in. That gentleman said he could not " detect anything in his manner to make him form the opinion that he is insane. His appearance is peculiar, and his habits singular, being a vegetarian ; beyond that he is rational, and gives plain and proper answers to any questions put to him." Alderman Lawrence said the prisoner had already been discharged from the alleged offence of illegal pawn ing, and there was no charge against him to detain him. The prisoner, who during his detention informed those about him that he had tasted nothing but apples and figs and pure water for the last two or three years, and gained great strength in consequence, was then dis charged. CLERKENWELL. A BRUTAL FATHER.—George Pearce, a tall, powerful man, was charged, at the in stance of the parish authorities of St. Luke's, with having exercised excessive cruelty towards George, aged 11, and Sophia Pearce, aged 5 years, his son and daughter. The children presented a most horrid ap pearance, especially the boy, who was one mass of cuts and bruises. It appeared that the prisoner is a labouring man, re siding at No. 1, Gee-street, St. Luke's. For a length of time past the lodgers in the house and the neighbour hood were annoyed by the cries and screams of the children, which left no doubt that they were most cruelly ill-treated, and induced them to give informa tion to Inspector Brennan, who, on proceeding to the house, found the children in a filthy wretched apart ment, in great pain, and naked, the clothes being locked up in a cupboard, where the eldest child was occasion ally confined. The children were taken to the work house. George Pearce, the son, said that his father was in the habit of beating him with a thick strap or belt, with a buckle at the end of it, and also with a carman's whip, both of which were produced. He was in the habit of strapping him on his naked flesh whilst he held his head between his knees, in order to prevent him calling out or making an alarm. The last time he beat him was on Thursday, the 25th inst., with the strap while he was naked. Inspector Brennan said the prisoner beat and kicked his little girl, who had marks of violence on her person. He had ascertained that when his wife was in her coffin she was covered with marks of violence. Some neighbours deposed that they were continually alarmed and annoyed by the screams and cries of the children. On remonstrating with him, the prisoner abused them, and said he would do what he liked with his own. Mr. Brennan said the prisoner had ill-used another of his children, which had to be taken into the " House of Occupation," and he now wanted to get rid of his other children. The prisoner did not deny having chastised the chil dren. The boy would not keep to his school, and taught his sister to tell lies. Mr. Corrie told him that such dreadful weapons were not proper to chastise such children with, nor was he justified in the infliction of such excessive violence to wards them, whatever their conduct might be. He (Mr. Corrie) would adjourn the case until the 16th of Septem ber next, when he should require his appearance before him to answer the charge, and he and the children would be properly watched by the officer and parish authorities. THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY.-Mr. David Crawcour, of Windsor-terrace, City-road, surgeon, charged with harbouring his son, Aaron Crawcour, whilst under the charge of felony, &c., appeared before Mr. Corrie for final examination, but no further evidence being offered against him, Mr. Corrie said that under these circumstances he should discharge the defendant, who was then liberated, and he left the court with his friends. _Henry Blanchett, alias Blanchard, and William Simp son, charged with the gold dust robbery, both stand committed for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.—HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Two determined-looking men, named William Main, alais Wilkinson, alias Darrant, and Samuel Bromley, both of whom were recognised by the police as notorious bur glars, were placed at the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with a daring highway robbery. The prosecutor, Mr. William Cecil, a retired publican, stated that, on the afternoon of Friday last, he had oc casion to call upon business, in the company of his bro ther-in-law, at a' public-house in Hare-street, Bethnal green, in the parlour of which they found the prisoners and several other men, who obtruded their conversation upon him, and havin g been drinking rather freely at the time, he was induced to treat them with liquor and other refreshments. After remaining for a considerable time in their company he proceeded to the bar for the pur pose of discharging his reckoning, and while doing so, imprudently exhibited several sovereigns in the presence of the prisoners and their companions. He then left the house with his brother-in-law, but they had only gone a short distance, and were walking arm-in-arm under one of the Arches of the Eastern Counties Railway, when they were suddenly overtaken by the prisoners and four other men, who dragged them asunder with great vio lence, and witness at that moment received a heavy blow on the face, which felled him to the ground and blackened his eye as it then appeared. Witness was unable to recover his feet from the stupifying effects of the blow, but he was forcibly raised up by two of the party, who held him fast whilst their confederates pro ceeded to rifle his pockets, from which they abstracted his watch and money, consisting of five or six sovereigns and a quantity of silver. After securing the booty, they dashed him to the ground with such violence that he be came totally insensible, and on recovering his conscious ness he found that the whole of his assailants had effected their escape. Mr. John Evans, the prosecutor's brother-in-law, who had also been knocked down and maltreated at the time referred to, fully confirmed the evidence of last witness, and positively identified the prisoners as having taken ' an active part in the robbery. Bullen, a detective officer of the H division, who succeeded in tracing the prisoners out, said they had been several times in custody, and were associated with one of the most desperate gangs in the neighbourhood of Whitechapel. The prisoners, who disclaimed all participation in the robbery, were ordered to be remanded for a week. LAMBETH.—CHARGE OF FORGERY AND FRAUD.— Joseph Rottenstein who turns out to be a German im postor, and has been frequently before the Hon. G. C. Norton on charges of forgery and fraud, was again placed at the bar before the same magistrate for final examination. Litutenant-Colonel Daniel Ihasz, aide-de-camp to M. Kossuth, was present, and Mr. NV. Pearce, barrister, attended for the accused. Wood, the constable, who had the case in hand, and by whose active exertions much of the sham character of the prisoner has been brought to light, informed the magistrate, that he was prepared with witnesses, whose testimony would remove all doubt with regard to the prisoner's assuming a name and character to which he had not the slightest pretensions whatever. There was, in attendance, one witness, who knew the person of Joseph Rottenstein perfectly well, and was present when that person received from the hands of M. Kossuth the certificate produced, and which had been used by the prisoner for begging purposes. He then called— Louis Lovenski, who deposed, that he formerly be longed to the Commissariat department of the Hunga rian army under Kossuth, and knew Joseph Rotten stein very well. He first knew him as a private indi vidual in Hungary, and subsequently when in the army of independence, in the 62nd or 72nd regiment, he thought it was. In the month of Septembr last year he (witness) accidentally met Rottenstein at the house of a barber, to whose shop he went to shave, and at that time he had but just come from Hungary, having escaped from prison. He was at the time in a state of great distress, and witness assisted him as well as his means enabled him, and subsequently accompanied him to the house of M. Kossuth, when he received from that gentleman the certificate produced. He afterwards accompanied Rottenstein to the residence of Lord Dudley Stuart, when Rottenstein received from that nobleman one sovereign towards his support. Mr. Norton—ls that person (pointing to the pri soner) at all like the Rottenstein you have been speak ing about ? Witness (indignantly).—Never. No more alike than day and night. Mr. Pearce—May there not have been other Joseph Rottensteins besides the person you have been represent. ing ? Witness—Not as Hungarian exiles. Mr. Pearce—When had you seen this Rottenstein before the time you met him at the barber's shop ? Witness—ln the year 1847, at Pesth. Mr. Pearce—And you are sure he belonged to the 62nd or 72nd regiment ? Witness—Yes, I think so. Mr. Norton—You have stated that Rottenstein, in your presence, received a sovereign from Lord Dudley Stuart. Was that sovereign entered on the certificate ? Witness —Yes, sir ; but the entry, as I now see, was altered from one to four pounds, and this was the only subscription entered on the certificate when I last saw it, but there are several others now. Mr. Pearce —Pray, Mr. Lovinski, what d o you d o yourself for your living, besides taking these petitions and letters about ? Witness—l am a commercial traveller, and dispose of fancy stationery. The witness, in answer to some further questions, said that soon after he relieved Rottenstein he saw him very well dressed, with a watch and chain, and fine rings on. He was a fine young man, with a military bearing, and stood nearly, if not quite, six feet high. When he called on M. Kossuth, Rottenstein was lame from the effects of a wound in his leg, and had also a wound on the back of his head. A female, at whose house Joseph Rottenstein lodged, deposed that ther e was no t the slightest similarity be tween that person and the prisoner. Wood, the constable, here informed the magistrate that on Friday last he called at the New City Prison, at Holloway, in company with Colonel Ihasz, the gen tleman then present, and there saw Joseph Rottenstein undergoi ng t we l ve mon th s ' i m p r i s onment, t . o which he had been sentenced in April last, for s tealing a watch from a house at which he lodged in the Minories.. Co lonel Ihasz, on seeing him, at once recognised Mai a$ the person who was described in and received the certi ficate from M. Kossuth, in September last. Colonel Ihasz was here sworn, and fully corroborated the constable's statement. Mr. Pearce here said, that the evidence, coming from such unexceptionable authority, was so conclusive and convincing that he could not think of taking up the further ! time of the court in contending against it, and should not therefore make any further observation. Mr. Norton remarked, that it must be quite apparent to any one who had heard the evidence adduced on that day, that the prisoner, instead of being the brave soldier whom he personated, was but a low contemptible knave. It was impossible to conceive infamy of a more haze or contemptible character than that of which the wretched prisoner had been guilty. In the first place, he had pos sessed himself, by the most dishonourable and dishonest means—in fact, he had stolen it—of the discharge of his countryman Becker ; and in order that he might continue to keep this paper for begging purposes, had maliciously committed an act of forgery, with the view of entrapping him, Becker, into a criminal offence, and thereby get him out of the way. In the next place, he had by equally dishonest means possessed himself of the certificates granted to a brave man, who, whatever his faults might have been was a brave Hungarian soldier, for begging purposes, and with the view of im posing on the benevolent ; and conduct like this could not be too stronly deprecated. When he (Mr. Norton) had first seen the prisoner, his impression was that he was not the gallant Hungarian soldier he represented himself to be, but, on the contrary, that he was some paltry German tailor, and this impression he believed to be the correct one. There was one good, however, which he, Mr. Norton, hoped would result to the pub lic from the present inquiry, and it was this, that it will show that there are a class of foreigners like the prisoner, not only living well, but revelling in dissipation at its expense, and he sincerely hoped it would have the very desirable effect of putting the benevolent upon their guard, and induce them to make the necessary inquiries into the characters of the applicants for their bounty and the objects upon which they bestow them. In con , elusion, the magistrate, addressing the prisoner, ob served that there was a clear charge of forgery esta blished against him in uttering a pawnbroker's duplicate, and on this charge lie should send him before a jury had it not been that an important and necessary witness was at present in France, and in his absence a conviction would be doubtful. There were two other charges against the prisoner of obtaining money under false pre tences, but on those there was only one in which he, Mr. Norton, had jurisdiction, and that was for obtain ing from the Duke of Cambridge a sovereign by means of fraud. For this offence he should send hun to the House of Correction for the longest period the law en abled him, namely, three months. And he should re commend the officer in the case, as soon as the three months were up, to take prisoner before the Lord Mayor, and charge him with receiving money from the American Consul, in the City, by fraud. In the mean time, lie (Mr. Norton) would see if he could not get toe case of forgery in a form to be sent before a jury, for he could not conceive a worse offence than that of which the prisoner had been guilty. Mr. Pearce assured the court that the pertinacity with which the prisoner had urged his perfect title to the name and rank he assumed, was such as to whully mislead him and the gentleman by whom he was in structed. Mr. Norton remarked that the accused had exhibited more impudence than he ever recollected to have seen displayed, and it was almost a pity that Mr. Pearce should have wasted so much talent on him. ~..,............. The prisoner was then removed from the bar to the strong-room, where he was soon visited by a common prostitute, with whom he lived up to the time of his apprehension. WEST-END OF LONDON AND CRYSTAL PALACE. The first half-yearly general meeting of the share holders in this company was held yesterday at the com pany's offices, 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge ; Mr. Thomas, deputy chairman, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they had obtained their act of Parliament for which they were mainly indebted to the exertions of their excellent chairman, Mr. Geach. The report of the directors was as follows : "The West-end of London and Crystal Palace Rail way commences on the Surrey side of the new bridge now constructing across the Thames, between Battersea and Pimlico, and, passing under the South-Western Railway, runs along the south side of the latter up to Wandsworth-common, where it forms a junction with the Southampton main line, and crossing the common, traverses the districts of Balham, Tooting, Streatham, and Norwood, entering the grounds of the Crystal Pa lace by a tunnel, where a joint station will receive the traffic carried on this and the Brighton Crystal Branch. Passing thence, the line runs down to the Brighton Railway, effecting a junction with it at the Norwood station. Forming thus, as it does, the West-end feeder to the Crystal Palace, the West-end branch and termi nus to the Brighton and South-Eastern lines, the only link between the two great southern systems and the channel by which any western communication between the railways north and south of the Thames (certain to be one day made), must pass, this railway cannot fail to become one of the most remunerative and valuable lines, not only in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, but in the whole of England. As regards its position with the great companies on either side, the bill was bill was obtained so late in the session that there has not been time to enter into any definite arrangements. The directors may, however, state that the Brighton Company are fully sensible of the advantages of the West•end terminu,, afforded them by this line, and there is every prospect of a most beneficial arrangement with them, and they hope with the South-Eastern also. With the South-Western this company are not upon absolute terms of hostility, ; but the directors feel after the opposition made to the bill in Parliament by that company, that the first overtures should not be made by them. A very short time will, therefore, suffice to place this line in a position of the utmost ad vantage to themselves and beneficial to other com panies." The honourable gentleman went on to say that an agreement had been entered into by the directors of this company and those of the Crystal Palace Company, subject to the approval of the proprietors, by which it is provided that the Crystal Palace Company shall fix the rate at which tickets shall be issued, including ad mission to the palace and transport by the railway, the proceeds of which shall be divided in the proportion of four-sevenths to the Crystal Palace Company, and three sevenths to the railway company ; and as the railway company are about to expend a large capital, on the faith of the traffic which will be brought to the palace, it is further stipulated—as a security to them against the risk of the Crystal Palace Company fixing rates so extremely low as to leave them without any adequate remuneration—that the proportion assigned to the rail way company under this division shall not be less than Bd. for each passenger to and from the palace. The financial statement to the 29th of August showed that the receipts had amounted to 35,9311. 13s. 4d., in cluding the first instalment of 11. per share ; and the expenses—of law, parliamentary, engineering, and other charges—to 4,2081. 6s. ; leaving an unexpended balance of 31,7231. 12s. 10d, The outstanding debts of the company amounted to 4,1891. 135., and the preliminary expenses to 8,2201. The meeting having expressed approval of the chair man's statement, the following gentlemen were elected directors of the company : Mr. Geach, M.P., Mr. W. H. Thomas, Mr. B. Drew, Mr. F. Fuller, Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. C. J. Rich, Mr. R. Till, Mr. J. Treadwell, Major Tyndale, and Mr. C. J. Webb. The salary of the secretary was then fixed at 3001. a year, and the business terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. STORM IN THE PERSIAN GULP.-DESTRUO- TION OF SHIRR Z. A Calcutta paper publishes the following interesting news from the Persian Gulf. It was brought by the brig Euphrates : On the 4th May, about an hour and a half before sunrise, the city of Shiraz was destroyed by an earth quake, 10,000 people killed. At the same time it was felt slightly at Bushire. The Euphrates, working up the Gulf at this time, experienced for the five days fol lowing very unsettled weather, the sky every night pre senting a wild and gloomy appearance, with sudden squalls and vivid lightning, unusual at that time of year. _. . "The Euphrates left the Gulf on the Ist of July ; the month of June had been hotter than the oldest inhabi tant had ever experienced; much fever prevailed. News had just reached Bushire that the cholera was raging in Teheran and the upper provinces of Persia, and the na tives apprehended a trying season in the dismal regions of the Persian Gulf. "Bushire has been newly fortified, and a large force was on its way to garrison the town. "The expedition meditated against the dominions of the Imaum of Muscat, by the Great Wahabee chief, had been abandoned through the influence of Sheikh Janoon of Abothubhee. The governor of Muscat has paid a tribute of 80,000 dole. to the Wahabee chief. " On May 1, the Euphrates, when abuut half way up the Gulf, fell in with the schooner Apprentice, of Lon don; bound to Bussora ; out seven months and five days. From death and sickness there was but one sea man to work the vessel. The Euphrates lent them an officer and a party of men to take her to Bushire. " In the beginning of June the Hon. Company's bri gantine Tigris seized a bungolow belonging to Bahreyn, from the Red Sea, with a Georgian slave, sent as a pre sent to the brother of the Sheikh of Bahreyn. She was provided with a pass from Captain Haines, political agent at Aden. The man in charge of the female pur chased two slaves with her money of Makulla, and on I hat account the boat was seized. " The Sheikh of Lingo had seized thirty-six slaves ; twenty-one of these have been brought down in the tured two slave bungalows Euphrates Thec o w n i s t t h a n o c t s h e h r a s d fr c o a m p Bushire. belonging to Soor, when cruising off Ras-el-had ; one the ship Bu was shire swaihdiltsot thhaeveEluop,horoao dollars teswa on boa was in ini‘iusc rd. Muscat shire Merchant arrived from Bushire, which port she left on the 29th June. " She brought intelligence that the Jangistooneys forced their way into Bushire, with the view of liberating their chieftain, Baukur Khan, who bad for some time been imprisoned there. The Surbaz, however, forced them to retreat without having accomplished their object. " The weather was intensely hot in Muscat. The Euphrates left Muscat on the 10th July." MID-WESTERN RAILWAY.—This company, whose bill was thrown out during the session, are returning 30s. per share to the shareholders out of the original 21. deposit. THE POTATO CROP IN IRELAND. DONEGAL.—The: potatoes are excellent. TYRONE.—NeaI : Omagh the potatotes are good in quality, and there is no blight. LEITRIM.—The blight is partially on the haulm, but has not yet reacht .ed the tubers. ARMAGII.—Th e potato leaves are generally blighted, and a few of the roots are diseased, and of course more may be expected , to go. COUNTY Dow s. Dromore : Disease decidedly estab lished, b u t prof iressing slowly. Com b er : L arge l y cul tivated thi s ye ar and very fine. Disease has been slowly progr ess i ng B i MNAGELi good deal, I , -' , rt the tubers are as yet but little affected. nce the let. The foliage has suffered a Near ins 13°r— erry • Some symptoms of disease appearing Roscow on the leave" • better. Nt blight • ' ing X.---Near Ballibay the potatoes are all good, IP . the stalks, but the tubers are remarkably the . cr op . s. . diseas e in stalks up to the 20th August, and 41: M . — Carrick-on-Shannon : Potatoes never ill be fully perfect on the 15th September, be no blight. Potatoes, g ta P t i o a e rl Z v d er o y ne goo mo d n ; th earlier than usual. Roscommon : LONfa ORD. -- Gremard : im•vehs beginning to bloteh ; THE GRAIN TRADE OF 1853-4. ( From the Toronto Daily Leader, August 10.) The wheat harvest of Canada is so far secured that adverse weather could not operate much injury to that crop, That the crop will be a full average one in point of yield to the area sown there is no room to doubt ; and as little is there that the breadth of land under wheat this year was greater than on any previous oc casion. With us it is not as with an old country, which in any particular year, may sow more or less by accident : we are every year steadily increasing the area of arable land, and with it the produc tion of wheat. Consumption lags far behind pro duction ; and, as a matter of course, we are every year adding to the amount of our exports. To afford a market for the increased productions not only of Canada but of other countries, it is necessary that there should be an increased consumption in the coun try that furnishes the market for those productions. And, in point of fact, we find the consumption of Eng land keeping pace with the increased production of other parts of the world. By a return just laid before the House of Commons, it appears that the average quan tity of wheat and flour imported into England from 1828 to 1850 was 1,902,650 qrs. The period embraces two years, 1849 and 1850, when wheat was admitted duty free, and one when its admission was admitted duty free, the famine year of 1847. If these three years were taken out of the account, the average importation during that period of restricted trade would be much less than stated. In each of the years of 1849 and 1850 the importa tion was more than double the average from 1828 to 1850, being respectively 4,802,475 qrs. and 4,830,263 qrs. But if we would obtain a correct idea of the in creasing capacity of England as a consumer of bread stuffs, we must look to the importations of 1851 and 1852. In the former year the quantity was 5,340,412 qrs, and in the latter 6,089,606. It is well understood that the breadth of land under wheat in England is this year much less than the average. Taking this circum stance in connection with the progressive increase of importation since the establishment of free trade, it will hardly be an extravagant estimate that England will require to import before the harvest of 1854 about 8,000,000 qrs. of wheat. Nor do we know any reason to conclude that the supply will not be equal to the de mand. At the ordinary rate of increase, Canada will, this year, export 2,750,000 bushels of wheat more than in 1852 ; making a total export of that article of 8,250,000 bushels, or more than one-eighth part of all that England will require. Our export of wheat, at the ordinary rate of increase, will this year be equal to half the yearly average quan tity imported into England from 1828 to 1850. In 1858 our export will, at the present rate of progress, be equal in quantity to all the wheat and flour annually im ported into England for a period of 23 years, com mencing with 1828. It thus appears that if England's power of consump tion had remained at the point it stood at before the reduction of free trade, the production of wheat could never have reached its present point. There would have been too limited a market to stimulate production ; for where there is not the demand, the supply will not be forthcoming. As it is, consumption treads very closely on the heels of production, and every branch of industry thus receives a continuous stimulus. Of the wheat exporting countries the United States is one that does not now increase its exports of that pro duct ; and no augmented supplies can, under ordinary circumstances, be looked for with any certainty to that quarter. Experience has shown that unless stimulated by famine prices, the United States will not send to the English market more than its ordinary quantity of about 11,000,000 bushels of wheat. Of the greater quantity which England will require this year, it is not likely that the United States will contribute any portion above its usual amount. The wheat harvest in that country is generally believed to be a fair average one, but no more is claimed for it. The increased demand of England for breadstuffs has been supplied during the last four years without any additional exports from the United States ; and there is reason to believe that this may occur again during the present year. It is from other countries than the United States that the extra supplies are to be ex pected ; and if the increased production in Canada, Wal lachia, Moldavia, Egypt, and New Russia, be equal to the increased demand, there is no reason to expect that wheat will reach any exorbitant figure before the har vest of 1854. What is certain is, that the increased production of these countries has so far been equal to the demand ; and it is believed that this year they have had a greater breadth of land under crop than in any of the last four years, during which there has been so great an increase both in the demand and production of bread stuffs. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES. The following is a list of the sentences passed during the recent sittings of this Court : Death recorded—John Gardener, James Upson. Transportation for life—James Neale. Ten Years—Joseph Perry, Joseph Dunn, Frederick Guard, Benjamin Henry Hollyoak, Richard Hooper. Seven Years—John Bennett, G. Burden, Richard Neenam, William Emery, John Welch, James Daniels, Samuel Greenwood, Thomas Lewis, Joseph Hollyoak, Ellen Brennan, John Brown, George Roles, John Noc ton, Ellen M`Namara, John Morley, James Wilson, Wm. Lee, John Cook. Imprisonment for Two Years—John Daley. Eighteen Months—Philip Howell, James Cray. Fifteen Months—James Lane, George Wicks. Twelve Months—John Bourmont, John Jenkins, John Line, Paul Vaillant, Joseph Ball, James Ri chard Johnston, Frederick White, John Wright, Caleb Wil liam Elliott, John Long, Charles Baring, Henrietta Barrett, George Clarke, Henry Josephs, John M'Nelly, James Driscoll, George Bryant, Susan Jones, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Henry Thomas, Jeremiah Sullivan, James Bacon, Joseph Prime, Edward Fentiman, Frederick Bassett, Martha Johnson, Sarah Thompson, Charles Tucker, John Edwin Lucey, John Jolley, Thomas Coo per, John Myers, Edward Hewitt; Thomas James Meikle. Nine Months—John Brown. Eight Months—John Auguste Lebat, Henry Wil liam Goulding. Six Months—Thomas Brannan, Sarah Pullen, Daniel Murphy, James Burls, Mark Lewis ' John Walker, John Johnson, John Jones, John Smith, William Hawkes, George Hall, Thomas Jones, John Newman, Spurling Olding, John Taylor, Mary Bryant, Frederick Moss, George Miller, William Priestley, Mary Grieff, William Durant, Emma Durant, Emma Grey, Johanna Connor, Elizabeth Smith, Emma Stevenson, Joseph Redgrave, Robert Goodrich. Tour Months—William Carter, James Crawley, Henry Purkiss, John O'Brien, Jonathan Johnson, James Moore, Thcmas Hall, Thomas Berry, and Charles Kceffler. Three Months—William Thompson, Thomas Bollen, Jan Porter, Jaques Trailoux, Jane Morris, George Burchall, and Mark Dymond. Two Months—Guillaume Carle Theophile Sane, and Frederick William Lawday. One Month and under—Charles Frederick Henry Thompson, Rosetta Johnson, Jeremiah Madden, Louisa Yates. Acquittals—Charles Carter, Edwin Bishop, Richard Adams, Godfrey Jewell, Charles York, Gabriel Martel, Abraham Arman, and Henry Akers, John Lacey, Louis Lefevre, Edward Raynaud, William Munday, Joseph Hartley, Richard Murphy, Ann Sullivan, Thomas Garaett, William James, _ Ann Harris, Alexander M`Dougall, Job Coleman, Margaretßurke, Ellen Royal, Henry Hall, Edward Foskett, Vassilio Triantafilen, James Kelsey, John Davis, Charles Harris, John Crutch. Remands until next Session---Thomas James Par ker, Richard Sadlier, Matthew Evans. Judgment Respited—Catherine Harris. Admitted Evidence—John Coghlan. The total number of prisoners in gaol at the commence ment of the present session, were :—Under sentence of transportation, men 9, women 11 ; imprisonment, men 12, women 8 ; for trial, men 125, women 25, total, 190. The Courts sit again Sept. 19. POPULATION AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.—Yes terday a return to the House of Commons was published respecting the population and members of Parliament returned for cities and boroughs in England and Wales, and Scotland. It appears that in England there are 99 boroughs and towns containing 5,000 inhabitants and upwards not returning any members, and in Scotland there are 10. In some places in England the towns not returning members have considerably beyond 5,000 in habitants. SALE OF CURIOSITIES AND ANTIQUES.—At a sale by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, last week, a lock of Newton's hair sold for 15s. ; and a drawing, by Napo leon, when student at the Polytechnic, representing an attack of artillery, for 61. 120. SIIIPPI.VO INTELLIGVTCE. C USTOM-HOUSE--A UG. 29. r ENTERED Iv AL,,,s.-1 tw ;icanitiilaveatt, irOln S ash' .. wick ; liron Prinz Froderich, Husum ; tanzas ; Clipper, Mogadore ; Winteren Skelliftea ; Ar e ,, P d : Jamaica ; Elizabeth, Quebec • Stevens', Cronstadt; .i . ' 1 St. John's, New Brunswick; Sophie, Gene. Illi. Lyon, Jamaica and Madeira ; Mystery, Taa e g u ; n a 1, tehrity, do. ; Mayflower, Nevis ; Ida, Riga ; Freu, e ,L A -e ; Jane WO , PM Trinidad ; Mary Rowe, Buenos Avres; R i g a 1 3 "`'"" Galarin, Ojorto; Tropic. Ba,r i ,adoes-; Egham,Cadiz; triesici Ceylon ; Ysabel Segunda, Cadiz ; Ann Rankin, Quebec, Catalina, Fomenta, Cuba ; Giacomo, Ancona 141 U%, Christianstadt ; Ernst Moritz Arndt, New Orley Voyager, Jamaica ; Eos, Point de Galle_?* SPrite; JO rog ; Nordstjernen, Rothan • Auiphrite, St. J0hn 6, ,.„1, 's I aldina, Palermo and Marsala ; Kingslook, St: ,"; n i,s ' Newfoundland, Princess Louisa, Leghorn ; ,As' a TCal• Union, and Buonaventura, Graam, Madeira 311 go.; cutta ; Haidee, Jamaica ; Edward Sawle, Malsg'' s e t Orestes, Madras ; Nephew, Cain ; Prince Albert,,i,; Helene, -"' 1 York ; Gezusters, Ball, Archangel ; Screams, Madras ; Eten, Oporto 7 I,]tnily, Triote:. et, fot ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADIN ;.--Tho rablil,trsi; Teneriffe and Grand Caulry ; laCtry, Corfu and - Margaret, Rouen ; Hirondelle, Jieloourne. QUARA \TINE NOTICE. ~., port MALAGA, AuG. 19. —The Board of Health at tu? m oo has re-established the quarantine of 3 days observatTo all vessels proceeding from ports within the Britisll LIVERPOOL, AUG. 29. _ it i l loss The Northwak arrived at this por t from Picton, " of topmasts, heads of , gain and mizen masts, &'„ 4 9,. r iditin O r CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—Tbe 2....' vans. Cherbourg ; Azeer, Nantes ; William I V ' lloso Queen, Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta ;, re on d Bilboa ; Janet Wilson, Kurraehee ; Antjo, Elsitroles; Riga; Thomas Arbuthnot, Sydney, Nov S°l t tto Marcheona Catharine, Konigsberg ; Victoria, u." • VESSELS SPOKEN WITS. S•W */ 231 The Enterprise, Liverpool to Sydney, N. • ' 11, ~ t" lat. 21 N. long. 23 W. The Ch d° Harold, Liverpoo l to Port f'hiliP , M let. 3 N. iong. 20 W. The Zooloo, New York to Hobar t Town, lat. 2 5 S ' l4. 26 W , JuIY 5, let, 4 5 The Arabia, of Bristol, for Aus tralia, lon.. 1$ Tie George, brigantine, Am erica to LOnd00) Mg' lat. 48 N. long. 17 W. -.maw... AIAIIKETS• CHEMISFORD--..A_UG. 26. _tie The unfavourable state of the weather for ha r °, * : I? present crop caused a consi,lerable advance inol,S 0 0 two picked samples fetching 678, tions for wheat, fully 5s to 6s per qr. being obtaiuroi the prices of last week. A few lots of new vib e s i o odi ° 1 te t'AiOd new red. Spring corn of all sorts firm st la 7 ° n o or to to Prices to-day were as follow sagoNilir white , t 65s Pd, new 00s to 008, lold 44' s ' -egli/u— -• rec , 00s • barley,2 - ' 21s to 278; malt, 56s to 60s ; chevalier, hipo% 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 328 to 37s ; v'e, r boiling 39s to 42s ; dun, nw, 31s to 35s ; begg'tos7o. to 37s ; Harrow ticks, 33s to 398; gazsg 3n, ` ivs and 586 sos obt . g COLCHESTER —AUG. 27 ,..." ru led b i ie h :( A short supply of wheat, for which 0 10 ;0 say 4s to 6s per qr. over last week's rates. ce os,bil '' new barley made 40s per qr a nd the no P ri r A° e for new winter beans. Peas 2s per qr. dear, rain has fallen since Thursday. The yield more deficient than was calculated upon 6030 6° te, best* Prices to-dAy were as follow :—Whea t ' 25 peV' red, 54s to 62s ; barley, 28s to 34s ; oats, L- 03 1 0 - 425; Mazagan, 36s to 38s; middle and Oa ' l°B white, 44s to 46s ; grey, 38s to 40s. Official Statement of the Q uan tities of Co rny g 13° in the port of Lond on , f ro m the follo--;w.n the . ?2d to the 27th August, both inclusive' s c :j - 19 435 560 2691 1031 Colchester Harwich _ Leigh Mahlon__ L 67 1 - ~.! 324 10901 6 14 KIRKCALDY—AUG. 27 %, ~hot, 1 0 0 Here, to-day, we had a good supplY (" lost ;„ ( oe, sold quickly at an advance of 3s per clq of 0„00" rates. Of oats a small supply, which sc" . ' higher. Only two small parcels of old b al ' ed at market. 7 a 0 ,1 Wheat. Barley. 05 ° 5 3t5 0 . 1 I - Oil First Second I Third s3s Od OOs Od 210 ato 356 Oatmeal, per bag of 2SOlbs imperial, 316° COAL MARK' Prices of Coal per ton at t ET—Atra. the _..4etl" he close of to gp ..•••• Lambton.•••" .... • ,ad Peusher ....• Russell's fie' Stewart's •• ..... Whitwell ..... Cassop ........... lieugh Kelloe . ..... •••"4 South flartleP°`' 0 ,19 South Kelloe W hitworth• • " " 19 Tees . ... Pease's ' W es t "':;010..11 Bi rc h g rove 0 ' 14 4 1- srtl e ffil Derweutwate.,Lrtlel Grey's West s. d. Buddle W. Hartley ......21 6 H01ywe11... 17 - ..... —......21 0 Howard's les . Hartley Netherton 21 6 Willington Hartley 2O 6 Longridge's Wst Hartley 23 New Tanfield 17 fi Tanfield Moor l7 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 3 Townley 19 0' Walker Primrose lB (1 Wylam °0 Wallsend, Zze. __ Gibson __ 20 0 Gosforth 0 0 0 Harton 2O 0 Brach4ll 22 0 Hetton 02 6 Ship at market lE ISold . ........... Gelw (N signifies that the mails are sent from , "1 by the night—and Mby the morning -disPate';" SEABORNE MAIM. (Is signines tnat the mails are sent from -- - 1 , .i _., by the night—and M by the morning --disPa tc fro Iwo bat Day when made uP roll A, COUNTRIES. Australia ,A A i m m mp a c e err r ti l i c ecca a at ( : 1 3 (b } by : y l i yi r aiut United.p s a so e t u : s t h): Stated . . 11E i v n oeffi G ryc e e n ; eral wort - etch $O7 ..----.- .-- erpoo i ••• packet) ..........N,Sept. 6 :1id.°a.ncy.1.°..n.....**. I:1; AO 10 • 0 bil'eXP Cl° n isek .. .. .. .. .. NAug. 30 .. •••• • • • • -4°°'l3- to , % - • - st at: ala i ' s ' 1 i tha n° .. r , ampton) ..........M Sept. 4 • • .• ••• • " s. no p or '''. Ditto (via Marseilles) N Sept. 8 ........ ••• - I 4 1 4 Ditto (via Cape of Good! Atitil ,• doe 0 pTres I, •• st 4 Hope) ••• • • • ......N Sept. 14.. •••• • • " - oat t PlYf ° • • •,;$eP I Africa ( West Coast) .. N August •?8 .. ••• • •• Doper _,' to- , Alexandria.. .... .... N 8,9, 24, & 30 of rn • c do . "' too 8' 1 1 ;4 Alexandria ..........M , 4th & 20th of Mon. o ° oo ,lo 0 , 4 - 0 0, , 0 Bahamas ..... ...... 3,1 2nd of the month' r , 4 ' ) o ,•er ••;;00 o et. 1 0 1 Belgium .... .. Brazil ..............31 9th of the month.. , 00 thlu; • 0 Buenos Ayres.. .. .. M 9th of the month.• .„.. 0 101 1 ,,, :. pt. Cape of Good Hone ..N , l4th of the Month . '_- - -aotl'" . PlY`" o at ' 0.1 Cape of Good hope ..N, ,„, vo lo ~,,t......0 Cape de Verds ....Nll4th of the Enonth• i ' ' , „ ri,; : ip, Ceylon (see India) i rlY M°o o 7. f t° o t. . Ceylon .. .. .. .... .... Nll4th of the month; 4out ll3 . ploPr A 0 Channel Isles .. - Of 4 Chi1i................ M '..d & 17th of nionuil ...• s et,o9 China (see India) , 'Dover ' o ;pto (l Ifi , Constantinople ......N :7,8,17,21,8:27 of M• 1 60o apt . „ 41 Constantinople ...... ..14th & 20th of Inowl Do ver •' . ,rpri wont. of Europe M & N Twice daily .• • • •• I no ' .et •';rr . , 3d i Egypt (see India) France ........ m & N Twice daily.. • • • • . - ., o thaar 1 40 rt.'9 1 Gibraltar ..........M,4, 7, 17, 20.27 an]. „too l ;',,„e0 , 1 Greece (see India) I - tbS lT ''' •1 1- I 'oo son ~ • sel , Greytown ..........Ml2nd & 17th of mon: 1, - o odon ip 'oo o 04, 0 •1 Ha mburgh .. .... ....NI Tuesday & Frlda3:l soo thit ~... a pt. 4 flavannah .. .. .. .. M '2nd ot the monT txpo dol s i rept ortr 6e pt• 1 Holland ............M WednesdaY ec g$ . soa p _..10 Sep t ' i Honduras ....... .. 111117th of the month. ~ r soto w. .. ee l. India (vlaSoutliampt.)Ml4th & 20th of moT , Do per •• 4 In 11a (via Marseilles)3l,Bth& 21th of Monti , d ..1 60 t. 0 lonian Isles (see India)" . 0 0 1yV i ptOn 40'0 30m00fi:,,.• coriyurea2o:_ j i b pt.o : o : rep ri ), 4 l Ireland . .... .. M &N 1 Twice daily ••• • • soutb so ptOl i i tti' Lisbon ..............3117, 9, 17, & 28 or T.._ cot o _,, .8 Mauritius alaal a u d tatr e ai i t t (i a .us.es .. e . (. 81 .. e . zed ... i.i.andi .. ) ;;. 11 :9 t h of the Moll!! i ny olOP" pp' Madeira ........ si lAug 28.• •• •• " ." 0 ..... , . poVe r "‘ • P s ' 1 Mauritiu.s ........N :l7 l4 'i th 'i o 9 ft 2hge Mexico . Sew Granada . :. .. _ M 12d & 17 th of nion. , variotiO Port.,,. 4e pt. l Naples . ... . NMs2thndvotfht2hsethnloortentehll" s P o e u v t er io „...• . p . t: 1 pt : New Zealand.... .. By private shiP • • i Do ver .. o ioll ,a . ' Papal States ... N tlllsth72tshtolitofaimonoono.'srolopllthf,,,i)..oo.:l::: Peninsula m 7th I 7th2Bthofm?ell ~.,0 0t bt i rt x •• : I. Peru Port Natal ..........Nl4th of the na __ Dover .. _ ....._ 41 ) Sicily .. Nlsthl sth2sthotnwi4 „ o ver • ~toP . et ) Pion I , T v u en c e . z . 2 . , , ia :i . :::: : ;:: :: :mN 125dtb&151t712025thototnlinoloithn• ' soothe" ~ 1 Van Diemen . 'sLand (see Australia) ... ...... . i non••••1 West Indies .• .• Ml2d& litho` M s°Utb al' : ili e '4 4l° llll(lii r ' _ tb ...he .el e eil l i ol OP o tile t di e t f i l i i l . s°l o ption_ aue al l ' --.-e 0 V ..--- ..4 -,-. a ins ll. P,, f (1 70„1 1 ELECTION OF A REPRESENTAT— - c on * r F on Friday, the royal proclamation, dp 00 a erj the peers of Scotland to meet in 1101YrInAtille:,J1ro day, 7th September, to choose a roPr,esid was i" Scotland, in room of the Earl of Sea n° c i ptirl iti , the usual solemnities , by the heralds and / their full official costume. ronthe26thEls.t., aOti3FIL-RlynTligen:rib'e-vill% st, Mrs. William 1:11' P tter6e9 l omfoelvnu n zii the 27th inst. at 9, Marlborengl"ll" 0 wood, the wife of Lionel Skipwitlip 14(1. ~./ 0 n t l e tl h h s i :e em E 2 2 6 B sc ai thun i i n ini s irs t et . On the 23d inst ., aOtFFAortnilt-11:::e., the f.ii'l fi t j ; ti• . T n shi- re ' IBatrooßkasr.l°w-hall' -'3-ca 0 11/ 1 son of Charles Mills . , Esq., of aEC:CwlC;ei:d:oluf°llrDdrilf7st°lll:lB:4lll4lll." to the Lady Louisa Isabella Lascelles, el' 41 the Earl of Harewood. rh i ltlo On the 25th iust , at Hayes, giatilese%) 0000 Esq., of No. 9, Eus.ton-square, to Gra ce ' of Daniel Wilshire, Esq., of Sar a ' A j 6 1 i DiED. ~inolir, Wt , i On the 25th, at Way, Thanet, Franci! "o.otreet, ~1 On the 23d inst. at 4, Upper Virellingt° 0001;06, Mr. Henry Southern, aged 53. , st oton On the 24th inst., Mr. George Frani'. o otbi 27, Bedford-place, KOLlSillgtO. ~ a or e 0 On the 25th inst t M d n Collee, 131e'ci‘' ...",,,/o, Henry Gibbons, Esq., aged 85. _,--0(Pli: ------- '------3ftrill)° 1 1 r iP,,P LONDON : Printed tend Published by otfice,,o" osftrNanod.,llln2,thSetrprnecd,inper:nottert,h:tsaiv,toy./nio sbe '- Middlosoz, Tucsdah August ao, 1553. * When any of these dates ,1 1 o dispatehe I on the day witli the e 3 Southampton), and thefollowing Malta, both of Wh ic day preceding. _. ' _,..~ 0 'se, 1 1 41 tit°' 4 4 let