The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-12 00:00:00

in it to indicate the possession of unusual intellec
tual qualities.

Colonel Cluke is very tall, rising probably two
inches over six feet. He was attired much after
the manner of his chief. He is slender, has sandy
hair, and looks like a man of invincible determina-
tion. His countenance is not devoid of certain
savage lines, which correspond well with his bar-
barities as a leader.

The whole lot is a counter part of the squads we
have heretofore seen of tho same command. The
same motley dress and the same decorous behaviour
(no great merit in thelast trait) distinguish them.
Our advices from Nassau, N. 8., are to the 26th
ult.

The Union gunboat Tioga arrived at Nassau on
the 24th ult. from Key West, and having communi-
cated with W. C. Thompson, Esq., United States
Vice-Consul, left shortly afterwords.
The steamer Arabian, from Wilmington, N.C.,
arrived at Nassau on the 24th ult. The Arabian
had been detained by the rebel authorities at Wil-
mington on suspicion of her being owned in New
York ; but proof of British ownership having been
established she was allowed to proceed.

WASHINGTON, JULY 31.
The following was received today at the head.
quarters of the army :

"Department of the South, in the field,
Morris Island, S.C., July 23.
" Ahjor-General H. W. Halleck, General-in-Chie
United States Army, Washington, D.C.

" Sir,—My medical director in the field reports
an aggregate loss in killed and wounded in our
hands of 635. I judge there are 350 missing. The
losses cover the three actions of the 10th, 11th, and
16th inst. Many of the wounded will return to
duty in a week or ten days. The health of the
command is improving.

"Respectfully your obedient servant,
" Q. A. GILMORE,
"Brigadier-General Commanding."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW Y..RK, July 31, 6 p.m.
The money market continues as easy as could be
desired. Money is'offered in large amounts to the
leading brokers at 5 per cent., and at 6 the specu-
lators in light fabrics find no difficulty in getting
supplied. There is less caution than there was
some time ago in scrutinising margins ; •railway
stocks are improving in the opinion of bankers
as a collateral, and these which pay regular divi-
dends stand as high as any other class of securities,
Debt certificates are steady. Mercantile paper
continues to be quoted at 5 per cent. for strictly
prime names, and 5l to 6-1 for good mercantile
paper.

Gold advanced to-Jay to 1291, closing at 5 p.m.
at 129. Exchange sold at 1411 to 142 for bankers
bills. No special cause is assigned for the advance
in gold and bills, but it was evident some days
since, that unless we heard of the fall of Charleston
the tendency of the market would rather be toward
reaction after the recent heavy decline. There will
be a heavy specie export to-morrow.
The stock market opened weak this morning, and
there was rather a disposition to improve the reac-
tion by putting out some sellers' options. But at
the close of the first board the decline brought in
flesh buyers, and the market soon recovered
strength. At the first board Cumberland fell off
/ per cent.; Quicksilver, 1; New York Central,
1; Erie, 1/ ; Harlan, 2 ; Erie Preferred, 1; Hud-
son, 21 ; Reading, s ; Michigan Central, ; Southern
Old, 1k; Illinois Central, ; Cleveland and Pitts-
burg, 1; Galena, 3,1,; Terre Haute, ; Toledo, ;
Rock Island, 1; Fort Wagner, 1, &c., &c. State
Stocks were steady. Missouris 1 better. Govern-
ments were steady, without activity. After the
board there was a rally in the whole
market, and at the 1 p.m. call the transactions show
an advance on the active shares oti to 1 per cent.
all round. Erie sold at 103, against 1011 at the
first board. People who sold two mornings since
at 104, appear to be quite eager to•get in again at
the decline; no one seems to look for a reaction of
Ito 2 per cent. At the second board the upward
movement was continued, and the market be-
came very buoyant. The advance was re-
sisted by the regular bear operators, who
tried to hammer some of the leading fancies ;
but their efforts appeared to have no effect in check
ing the advance. While the existence of a bear
interest will naturally impart strength to the next
upward surge, Erie rose!. ; Central, ; Southerna ;
Fort Wagner, 1 ; Rock Island I, &c. Central was
especially strong, selling dividend off at 125/. It is
understood that a new party, with head-
quarters at Albany and Soratoga, has been
formed to put up the price of Central, and
operators, who are supposed to be in their
secrets, talk of an extra dividend, and 150 for the
stock. It ought to sell as high as Hudson River.
At the 4 p.m. call the market was very strong in-
deed. Few stocks were offered for sale, and every
one wanted to buy.
Cotton was in good demand, and 2,300 bales were
middlings.
reported sold at 61c. and 63c. for

PENSIONS FOR DISTINCTION IN LITERATURE
AND SCIENCE.—}Ier Majesty has been graciously pleased
to grant a pension of £7O a-year to Mr. Joshua Alder.
" ATHENS,ON THE SPREE," as the Prussians like
to call Berlin, has about a dozen daily papers, with from
6,000 to 20,000 subscribers. There are in Germany, ac-
cording to a recent return, 1,221 newspapers, of which no
less than 249 are dailies.

WHAT NEXT ? Not satisfied, apparently, in the
" Show" way, with going to " the demnition bow-
wows,' as Mr. Mantalini has it, nor with tho announcement
of a coming " cat show," Londoners have it now actually
announced to them that at an early date a prize show of
London costermongers' donkeys will be held, with a view
to the encouragement of humane owners among the poor
and the well-being of that useful and too often misused
animal.

CHARLES DICKENS'S ACCOUNT OF A FOUR-
PENNY HALFPENNY DINN,ER.—It had just struck
twelve, and a quick succession of faces had already begun
to appear at a little window in the wall of the partitioned
apace where I sat looking over the books. Within this little
window, like a pay-box at a theatre, a neat and brisk young
woman presided to take money and issue tickets. Every one
coming in must take a ticket. Either the fourpence-half-
penny ticket for the upper room (the most popular ticket, I
think), or a penny ticket for a bowl of soup, or as many
penny tickets as he or she chose to buy. For three penny
tickets one had quite a wide range of choice. A plate of
cold beef and potatoes; or a plate of cold nam and pota-
toes; or a plate of hot minced beef and potatoes; or a
bowl of soup, bread and cheese,' and a plate of plum
pudding. Touching what they should have, some customers
on taking their seats fell into a reverie—became mildly dis-
tracted—postponed decision, and said in bewilderment, they
would think of it. One old man I noticed when I sat
among the tables in the lower room who was startled by the
bill of fare, and sat contemplating it as if it were something
of a ghostly nature. The decision of the boys was as rapid
as their execution, and always included pudding. There
were several women among the diners, and several clerks
and shopmen. There were carpenters and painters from
neighbouring buildings under repair, and there were nautical
men, and there were, as one diner observed to me, "some of
most sorts." Some were solitary, some came two together,
sour dined in parties of three or four, or six. The latter
talked together, but assuredly no one was louder than at
my club in Pall-Mall. One young fellow whistled in rather
a shrill manner while he waited for his dinner, but I was
gratified to observe that he did so in evident defiance of my
uncommercial individuality. Quite agreeing with him, on
consideration, that I had no business to be there, unless I
dined like the rest, I "went in," as the phrase is, for
fourpence-halfpenny. Ihe rapidity with which every new
comer got served, was remarkable ; and the dexterity with
which the waitresses (quite new to the art a month before)
disclmrged their duty, was as agreeable to see, as the neat
smartness with which they wore their dress and had dressed
their hair. If I seldom saw better waiting, so I certtialy
never ate better meat, potatoes, or pudding, And the soup
was an honest and stout soup, with rice and barley in it,
and "little matters for the teeth to touch," as had been ob-
served to me by my friend below stairs already quoted.
The dinner-service, too, was neither conspicuously hideous
for high art nor for low art, but was of a pleasant and pure
appearance. Concerning the viands and their cookery, one
last remark. I dined at my club in Pali-Mall aforesaid, a
few
days
afterwards, for exactly twelve times the money,
and not half as well. The company thickened after one
o'clock struck, and changed pretty quickly.--le'ron tlic stew
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