The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-29 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—There has been a moderate business transacted,
and at public sale about 9,000 packages were offered, pre-
vioua prices being generally well sustained.
SUGAR.—The market has been more animated, and good
and fine West India descriptions have realised enhanced
prices. In the refined market a fair amount of business
has been done, at about former quotations, common lumps
being quoted 48s to 49s per cwt.
COFFEE,—A moderate amount of business has been done
in both Plantation and Native Ceylon, at fully late quota-
tions. Other qualities have remained in fair request, on
former terms.

RICE.—The market has been moderately active, and
prices have remained firm.
SALTPETRE.—A large business has been done, and good
and fine descriptions have ,dvanced fully 6d. per cwt.
TALLOW. —The market has continued dull, and quota
tions have exhibited no change of importance.
on the spot, is marked 48s, and spring delivery 49s 9d to
508 per cwt.

DEFEAT OF DEEEFoar.—In a four mile race at
Aberdeen, on Tuesday, Deerfoot, the Seneca Indian, was
defeated, Brighton coming in a good first, Mower second,
and DeerfootAird, The tinae was 21 Wu, 20 sec.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The last performance
of Verdi's brilliant and telling " Great International Ex-
hibition Cantata," with the magnificent solo by Madlle.
Titiens, and the powerful aid derived from 500 trained
voices, took place last evening at her ➢lajesty's Theatre.
The house was crowded in every part Signor Arditi's in-
comparable orchestra distinguished itself in a splendid per-
formance, between the acts of the opera, and as a sort of
preface to the :antata, of the overture to Rossini's cele-
brated " Guglielmo Tell." This the band played literally
to perfection, and it drew down an instant and unanimous
eiecore.
The Duke de Blacas has left Brown's Hotel for
Paris.

A HEAVY LOAD.—On Tuesday last a large block
of granite, no less than 30 feet in length, and weighing
about 35 tons, was conveyed by 40 horses, assisted by about
200 men, to the polishing works of Messrs. W. and J. Free-
man, of Penryn, from one of their quarries. Careful ar-
rangements were made on Monday week to bring this great
weight over the rough moors on to the hard road. This
was partially effected on that day, and last Monday the
stone was brought to the bottom of the first hill ready for
ulterior operations. EverT thing in the arrangements
seemed to be roost successful, the progress over difficult
hills both in ascent and descent was uninterrupted, and on
the arrival of the block at its destination in the town, all
the workmen of the firm and the inhabitants, of whom seve-
ral hundreds had assembled, joined in three hearty cheers.
This block is intruded to form the shaft of a memorial
column to be erected at Strathfieldsaye in honour of the late
Duke of Wellington, Messrs. Freeman having been in-
trusted by the present Duke with the execution of this
work, so far as the granite is concerned. The column will
be raised on a pedestal of still larger dimensions, supported
by three tiers of steps, each stone of which will be of great
size. The other parts of the design comprise mouldings in
polished granite, involving stones of nearly 100 superficial
feet. The whole will be surmounted by a bronze statt.e of j
the late Duke by Baron Marochetti,
LORD COCKBURN AND THE SHEPHERD.—Lord
Cockburn was once sitting on a hillside with a shepherd,
and observing the sheep reposing in the coldest situation,
he observed to him, " John, if I were a sheep, I would lie
on the other side of the hill." The shepherd answered,
4, Ay, my lord, but if ye had been a sheep ye would have
had mair sense."

IA
A TRAIN OFF THE LlNE.—Yesterday an acci-
dent, which almost miraculously terminated without any
fatality, occurred on the Midland Railway, between
Nottingham and Derby. The 11 30 a.m. train for Scar-
borough left Nottingham at the usual time, and had
arrived within a mile of the new station at Trent, when,
owing to some mistake on the part of the pointsman, and
probably also to the excessive speed at which the train
was proceeding, the engine ran off the line. Fortunately
there were very few passengers in the train, and in the first
two or three carriages none at all. The engine -driver at
once shut off the steam when he perceived the accident, and
the train was stopped before any important damage was
done or any injuries received, with the exception of a con-
tused wound of no consequence inflicted on the stoker.
The Journal tie Toulouse mentions the arrest of
an individual accused of crimes which bear a strong
analogy to those perpetrated by the notorious Dumollard :
—For some time past complaints had been made of a roan
who occupied himself with engaging young females as ser li
-
vants for persons residing in the neighbourhood of Tou-
louse, under promise of getting them higher
wages than what they were before receiving.
140 females who consented to follow him to the
places he indicated were subjected to the grossest
indignities, and afterwards robbed of all the money
they possessed. A third, after proceeding with him
for some distance, turned back, refusing to follow him any
further. One of his victims recognised him two days ape
in the street, and he was arrested and taken before the Coin-
missarY of Police, where he avowed his guilt. The oan's ,
name is Riounie, a liberated convict, and under surveil-
lance.
While being taken to prison be attempted to escape
from the police agents by leaping over the bridge into the
river, but lie was secured before he could get over the
parapet.
Daring a thunderstorm Which burst over Nantes
struck the new to.
the lightrang the day before yesterday,
ham, manufactory now in court", of erection. A mason's
foreman named Ferrandeau w 5 killed on the spot, but the
workman to whom he was suing escaped with very slight
injurY•
THE CONDEMNED CONVICT MOORE.--Tbe exe-
cution of `Walker Moore, for the murder of his wife, will
take glace at Lanoster on Saturday next. The conduct
of the unhappy, man is much more decorous since his
trial, and he diligently attends to the exhortations of the
chaplain, the Rev. R. F. Smith. The prisoner now ed-
it:its that if lie had been as good a husband to the murdered
romats as she was a wife to him, he would have been
soared the fate in which he is now involved.
The terrible conflagration which occurred two
days since in the neighbourhood of the Brotteaux, at Lyons,
first began in the carriage-building establishment of MM.
Fallot and Robergeot, and owing to the combustible nature
of the stock, the flames spread with fearful rapidity, and
defied all the efforts of the firemen. Nearly the whole block
of houses adjoining the above premises was also burned
down, and more than eighty families, chiefly working
People, lost all they possessed. No life was lost, but several
persons were more or less injured in their efforts to sav©
the contents of the burning houses, The damage is
roughly estimated at 900,000 fr.

Reyal Carmarthen and Pembroke Artillery Militia—
John Richard Howell, Esq , to be Captain, vice Jones, re-
signed. Memorandum.—Her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to approve of the appointment by the Lord Lieute-
nant of the county of Pembroke, of James David Brown,
Esq., F.R.C.S., to be Surgeon in the Pembrokeshire Divi-
sion of the Carmarthen and Pembroke Regiment of Militia,
vice Thomas Durnayne, Esq., dec,ensed.
County of York—East and North Yorkshire Militia
Artillery—William Bain Hawksworth, Esq., to be Lieu-
tenant.

County of Renfrew-3d Renfrewshire Artillery Volun-
teer Corps—Second Lieutenant John Neill to be First
Lieutenant, vice McCalluni, resigned.
County of Somerset-18th Somersetshire Rifle Volunteer
Corps—Osborne Sheppard, Geut,, to be Ensign, vice Cook,
resigned.
County of Warwick-2d Regiment of Warwickshire
Militia—Lieutenant Benjamin Elliott Ogle to be Captain,
vice H. L. Freer, resigned.

County of Durham-4th Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps
—Wm. Culley Stobart to Le Lieutenant, Robert Marley to
be Ensign, George Canney to be Assistant-Surgeon. 17th
Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps John Davison to be Lieu-
tenant. Memorandum—Her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to accept the resignation of the Commission held by
Honorary Assist.-Surgeon Davison in this corps.
County of Denbigh-3d Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer
Corps—John Meredith Williams, Gent., to be Ensign.
Memorandum—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased
to accept the resignation of the Commission held by
Ensign Meilir Owen.
County of Lancashire—The Liverpool Rifle Volunteer
Brigade, or sth Lancashire Volunteer Corps—William
Digby Smith, Gent., to be Ensign. Memorandum—Her
Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the resigna-
tion of the Commissions held by the following officers,
viz.:—Ensign Edward Scott, in the 21st Lancashire Rifle
Volunteer Corps; Major William Borlase Willock, and
Ensign Edmund Lindley Grundy, and James Leming,
in the 2nd Manchester, or 28th Lancashire Rifle Volun-
teer Corps; and Captain Thomas Brakell, and Lieutenant
Ferguson Mason in the 80th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer
Corps. _ _ .

MEMORANDI7II.-Ist Midlothian Rifle Volunteer Corps
—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept the
resignation of the Commissions held by Captain John
Colquhouu and Ensign Robert Miller Breckin in the above
corps.

BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im-
portance which appeared in the Gaze. to :
John Carter, plumber, Whitcombe-street, Middlesex
William Luff, house decorator, Eaton-square, Middlesex
Charles Kf4l, saddler, Walthamstow
Thomas William W hite, accountant, Richmond
Thomas Collier, tailor, Stratford, Essex
Jacob Birkett, hotel keeper, Liverpool
William Jenkinson, baker, Manchester
James Atkinson, ship broker, Newcastle• upon-Tyne
John Bird Pringle, coal dealer, North Shields
Chas. Viner, contractor, Gosport
Frederick S. Jackson, ship owner, Cornhill
Jas. Birchall, builder, Ashton, Lancaster
Joseph Edwards, watchmaker, Plymouth
Charles S. Gough, attorney, Longford
Edwin Orphin, builder, Harwich
Abraham Coutts, paper maker, Chelmsford
John Chapman, veterinary surgeon, Lincolnshire
Samuel Charles, grocer, Portsea
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
William Wilson Colligan, surgeon, Johnstone
George Rintoul, commission merchant, Glasgow
John Durward, grain merchant, Glasgow
carries Thubrow, railway contractor, Banff
George Irons, farmer, Diumbeltie, Perthshire

AVERAGE PRICE OF SIJ GAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made.in the week ending Aug. 26, 1862,
exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain --

Per.
From the British possessions in America 225.. cwt
3/d.
Aparitius ......
price of the foregoing
VVast Indies .....
Average

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Thrs DAY.
AoSterdaln Short. 11 151 11 16
Ditto 3 Months. 11 18} 11 181
Rotterdam — 11 18 11 181
Antwerp .........
Brussels — 25 45 25 60
Hamburgh — 13 8 13 8j
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 1191 1191
Vienna . 13 20 13 30
Trieste

Petersburgh

Berlin -
Madrid

Cadiz

49k
55

49
491
2}

Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
N aples
Palermo ..
Messina
Lisbon

25
25 55
25 55
391
118
118
52!
52i

25
25 62k
26 60
39t
1184
118

Oporto — 51__ J3i
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars ....................
Silver in Bars (Standard) .................... 0 0 0
South American Doubloons

rs
numbered 53,923, comprising 46,143 payments :
THE INTEENATIONAT:EIHIBITION.—Th
yesterday e visitors
shilling-day tickets, 912; and season tickets 6,568. The
Prince de Joinville and party, and the Duchess of We'.
lington were among the company.
CAPTURE OF A SHAH AT CiimpsELTOWN.—On
Monday morning Mr. James Rae, residing at the Pangs
Machrahanish Bay, about six miles from Campbeltown,
caught a large shark in one of his salmon nets. The shark
measured 8 feet in length by 5 feet in girth, and its weight
was supposed to be about 5 cwt. The next was very much
damaged by the monster, which was ultimately brought OR
shore by the aid of four men.—Masgow Here?.