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The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-10

THE LONDON and EASTERN BANKING
CORPORATION.—EstabIshed January 1, 1854.
Head Office— 27, Cannon-street, City.
Hyde-park Branch-136, Westbourne-terrace.
The Hon. JOHN CADWALADER ERSKINE. Chairman.
JOHN CARNAC MORRIS, Esq., KR S., Deputy-Chairman.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS are opened in the usual manner with
approved parties, t fro per cent. interest being allowed on the minimum
monthly balance.

CALL ACCOUNT 4.—For sums deposited at ten days call five per
cent. interest is alle-ved ; this rate is regulated by the discount rate
of the Rank of Endand.

DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.— The field for employment of money
afforded by the Branches of this Bank in India enabb s the Corporation
to allow on deposits f r lengthened fixed periods very favourable rates
of interee. Deposits arc received for the stated periods of one,
hree, or five years certain at five per cent. per annum, paid half-
yearly. For these deposits receipts are given, made transferable if
desired.

JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager.
London, England, 1856-04-10

SCHW EP P'S MALVERN SELTZER
1,3 'WATER —Having lelsed the Holy Well Spring at Malvern,
renowned for its purity, J. S. and Co. can now produce a SELTZE
WATER with all the Chemical and Medicinal Properties which have
rendered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue mnnurac-
turhig SODA, ‘IAGNP.SIA, an.l POTASS WATERS and LEMON-
ADE, at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby.
Every Bottle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures.
London, England, 1856-04-10

PUBLICATIONS.

• NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR, OF "THE HEAD OF
THE FAMILY."
Just ready, in 3 vole.,
•
OHN -HALIFAX,. GENTLEMAN.
J u - the aufh^r of" The Read of the Family," " Olive," Sze.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.
London, England, 1856-04-10

STATE OB TRADE.—NOTTINGHAM, Wed esday.---Tbq
lace trade is in a very healthy condition. Manufacturer&
are very sanguine as to its future prospects, and are
busily engaged preparing for the expected demand. The
transactions this week are satisfactory, and as the spring
advances the demand will be more so. The operatives
are exceedingly well employed at good wages. In
hosiery the home demand is quiet, but as more genial
weather prevails we shall soon have a more active trade.
S ime buyers from the United States are in the market.
Raw material is still very dear, with little prospect of a
decline in price.

THE GREAT SHlP.—it the Liverpool town council
yesterday, Mr. Hodson, one of the members, stated that
he had recently had a conversation with Capt. Harrison,
commander of the leviathan ship which is being built at
the yard of Mr. Scott Russell, in reference to the accom-
modation to be provided for the Great Eastern at that
port. In his (Capt. Harrison's) opinion it would be quite
impossible to swing her in the Sloyne, the usual anchor-
age ground of the American steamers, as she would
there soap all the ropes that could be attached to her.
The accommodation suggested was a landing stage, to
which she could be moored. Mr. Robertson Gladstone
(brother of Mr. J. Ewart Gladstone), speaking as an ex-
tensive shipowner, expressed a belief that another vessel
would never be built of the same size ; and it was there-
fore scarcely expedient for the local authorities to pro-
vide special accommodation for the Great Eastern. Mr.
Tyrer (also a large shipowner) was of opinion that the
Great Eastern would ride safely at anchor in the river.
The subject then dropped.
London, England, 1856-04-10

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, April 6.—The following authentic in-
formation relative to the re-organisation of the
Danubian Principalities has been obtained. The
Moldavo-Wallachian question is not definitively
settled by the Treaty of Peace signed on the 30th
of March, but the " parties that have made peace"
have agreed to send a commission into the two
Principalities. On its arrival the commission will
proceed, to form two general Divans ; the one
for Wallachia, and the other for Moldavia,
whose members are to be elected by the people.
As soon as the Divans are duly formed they
will proceed to draw up new organic statutes,
and propose such reforms as may appear requisite
and desirable. When the project of the national
Divans is completed it will be sent to Constanti-
nople, and after having been revised by the repre-
sentatives of the Powers, the new constitution will
be granted to the Principalities by their Suzerain,
the Sultaii. It is not probable that Moldavia and
Wallachia will be united, but one of the duties of
the Commission will be to learn the wishes of the
people on the subject. After the internal affairs of
the Principalities have- been definitively settled,
and the new institutions established, Rospodari,
natives of the Danubian Principalities, will be
elected.
London, England, 1856-04-10

IR:ELAND..

-74 7 '-btjl3l,iikr, WEDNESDAY I.tpENTIITO.

The Special Commission will open to-day at
Cavan, for the trial of the persons charged -with
the murder of Miss Hinds, and to dispose _of seie-
ral Other serious cases. The JUdges are Chief
Justice Monahon and Mr. Justice' Moore. The
Attorney General prosecutes in person; and be will
be assisted by Mr. Jonathan Christiac, the Solici
tor-General. Great interest is felt in reference to
the murder case, as some strange revelatiOns are.'
expected, in, connection with the extent of the k
Ribaud conspiracy in the northern. counties. .
London, England, 1856-04-10

EPSOM RACES—(This Day.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

GREAT ME rROPOLITAN.

Winkfield

Thirteen ran.
CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
H.)spitality -
Fisherman
Eilermire
Twenty-five ran. Won by half. a-length.
RAILWAY PLATE.

Jane Shore
Hartley Back -
Professor Airy

- Nine rau.
TMYVEAR-OLD -STAKES.

„ .
Apathy
Tinwald
Cara Fatima
Thirteen ran.
INKERMAN PLATE.

Flacrow
King of Trump

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(This Evening.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR t)ok his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
London, England, 1856-04-10

LAW OF PARTNERSHIP.

Mr. Lowe's new bill on the law of partnership
has koeu printed to-day. It is unclogged by any
of those restrictive attempts to " protect" the in-
terests of creditors which, by discouraging the
exercise of vigilance, could operate only as a sti-
mulant to fraud and litigation, and comprises
simply the following provisions, giving freedom to
the public to lend money upon such terms as bor-
rower and lender may mutually deem expedient :
"Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating
to partnership : be it therefore enacted as follows :
"1. This act shall not apply to the business of a banker.
"2. The term trader' shall include any person, part.
nership, company, or body corporate carrying on any
trade, business, or undertaking.
"3. No person making a loan to any trader shall be
deemed to be a partner of, or to be subject to any liabi-
lities incurred by, such trader by reason only that be
receives as a compensation for such loan a portion of the
profits made in any business carried on by such trader.
" 4. No person, being an agent or servant or person
in the employ of any trader, shall be deemed to be a
partner of, or to be subject to any liabilities incurred
by, such trader by reason only that he receives as a re-
muneration for his services as such agent or servant a
portion.of the profits made in any business carried on
by such trader.

" 5. No person receiving by way of annuity or other-
wise any portion of the profits made by any trader in
his business shall by reason only of such receipt be
deemed to be a partner of, or to be subject to any Ha-
bilities incurred by, such trader."

THE BILETTING SYSTEM.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stn,—l was not aware that soldiers were billetted on
private families until reading the papers of this day.
What particularly struck nay attention was what Mr.
Ellice said about what he. called " little grievances."
Place a soldier in the midst of his family, and we should
then see whether he would really feel it to be a " little
grievance." The remarks of Lord Palmerston were also
worth attending to. According to him it would take
more than a ear to abate the nuisance. I would ad.
vise my Lord to remember the conduct of the House of
Commons a short time since, when the question was to
give the Gin and Beer peepie one hour more on Sunday
evening. TI at matter was considered so impoi tant that,
although the house had within a few dab s closed its
business, an act was framed and carried through both
Houses, and became the law of the land in a few days.
And so it would in the present case of billetting were
one or two of these little grievances placed within the
c;rcle of my Lord. Palmerkton's family, and those of the
homes of members of the House of Commons.— I am, &c.,
Church-street, Shvreditch, April 8. J. M.
London, England, 1856-04-10

FIR.F; INSURANCE COMPANIES.

The followingc, letter is understood to express the
feeling of all persons interested in the subject of
fire insurance with respect to the bill proposed by
the Chancellor of the Exchequer for preventing the
competition of foreign offices. The expectation is
that it will fall altogether short of its object, and
that a large portion of the business will be gradu-
ally transferred to foreign companies by means of
correspondence, in the manner at present adopted
for effecting marine insurances at Amsterdam and
Hamburg :
"Sir,—There is nothing in the bill now before Parlia-
ment relating to fire insurance duties to prevent any
persons or firms corresponding direct with any of the
foreign insurance companies, and effecting policies from
loss or damage by fire which would not be subject to the
duty, as if issued by an English office, or through any
representative of a foreign company in England.
" The third clause states that the duty shall oat nd to
and be payable and paid for and in respect of every in-
urance of property within the United Kingdom from
loss or damage by fire, whether the same shall be made
by any company or society within or out of the United
Kingdom, or whether the policy or ether instruments
relating to any such insurance shall be wade, signed, er
issued in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and whether
there shall be any such policy, instrument, or not.
"The bill does not say in what manner the duties on
insurances or policFes so effected are to be payable and
enforced. Is the insurer to be held personally liable for
the duty? and to whom liable? also what penalty for
non-payment of the duty ?—I remain, Sir, your obedient
servant,
"April 9. " INVESTIGATOR."
London, England, 1856-04-10

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
ANK AND BEAUTY;
or, The Young Baroness.

" The story of the Young Baroness is sure to be attractive to the
mass of novel readers."—LPerary Gazette.
1" Rank and Beluty' is a story of fashionable life, told by a man of
fashion, of taste, and of great literary attainments. It is a most
interesting novel." —Observer.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.
London, England, 1856-04-10

NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE.

The experiment of reviving the " legitimate " drama
in the east, which was commenced at this theatre in the
holyday week, has proved eminently successful.
The last revival is that of "Antony and Cleopatra,"
in which Miss Glyn sustains the part of the heroine
with her usual ability and success. Marc Antony is ex
ceedingly well played by Mr. Marston, who represents
with great force a gallant, genial nature, certain that he
is on the road to destruction, and recklessly, not blindly,
adhering to the fatal path.
The mist en scene of the piece is highly creditable to
the manager, Mr. Douglas ; indeed such hieroglyph-
spangled decorations would, 30 years ago, have been
looked upon as archaeological marvels at theatres of
much prouder pretensions than the National Standard.
London, England, 1856-04-10

No. 19,9161

PUBLIC,ATIONS.

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF 66 THE HEAD OF

THE FAMILY."
Just ready, In 3 vols.,
JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.
Ey the author of " The Head of the Family," " Stc.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.
London, England, 1856-04-10

ADELPIII THEATRE.

Last night a new two-act drama, entitled "Like and
Unlike," was pr4duced here. The plot of the drama is
exceedingly simple, and turns upon the exact similitude
of two sisters, one a sempstress, and the pattern of
modesty and simplicity ; the other a courtesan and
opera dancer. Mr. Harry Mowhray, a Yorkshire squire,
homilies acquainted with the French sempstrese, pro-
poses and is accepted, but at the same time the danseuse
Florette is exciting a sensation on the stage, and her
likeness to Lisette, the sempstress, is -o great, that Mr.
Peter Potter, a Manchester cotton spinner, who bad
dangled after Florette for months, declares Lisette to be
the danseuse, as does a dandyfied cousin of Mowbray's.
All this works on Mowbray's mini, who, on
the day intended for the marriage, convinced that
Lisette is no other than the danseuse, repudiates
the engagement. In the next act Florette ap.
pears ; she has by this time become the wife of a
German count. She turns out to be the sister of
Lisette, which last encounters Mowbray in her sister's
house, when the mistake is kept up, until by the vio-
lence of Mowbray Florette faints away, and Lisette
enters to clear her character. Tne two being together
under Mowbray's eyes, the mistake is cleared up, and
the pair made happy.
The parts of Lisette and Florette are both sustained
by Madame Celeste, and affords her ample scope to dis-
play those great ilities that she is acknowleged by
all to possess. Her changes from the different cha-
racters were remarkable, and elicited immense applause.
Mr. Webster, as Harry Mowbray, acluitted himself
to the admiration of the audience; and his portraiture
of the maddened lover was both natural and touching.
The other parts were capitally supported by Wright,
Paul Bedford, and Selby. The piece, which turned out'
a regular Adelphi bit, will attract all London to the
theatre.
London, England, 1856-04-10

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—{This Day.)

LONDON, April 10.—Wind this day at noon, W.S.W.;
light breeze with occasional showers of rain.
PORTSMOUTH, April 9.—Wind W.—Arrived—Trent
(s. tpt. No. 91), from Malta, having in tow H.M. floating
battery Meteor.
PLYMOUTH, April 9.—The packet Dart, of Jersey, is
aground on the rocks at Cutwater, and fills with the tide.
FALMOUTH, April 9.—The ship Boomerang, of and for
Liverpool, from Mobile, was dismaeted in a hurricane,
and was abandoned, 27th March, in 41 N. long. 49, by the
crew, excepting the mate, carpenter, and four seamen, who
wore left on the wreck, unable to be rescued, by the He-
len R. Cooper, from New Orleans to Havre. Arrived—
Bangalor, from Moulmein and Mauritius ; Arno, Buenos
Ayres. Sailed—Prospero, for St. Thomas ; Ocean, New-
foundland.

JERSEY, April W.S.W.—Arrived—Charles,
from New York.

CARDIFF, April 9.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Meander,
for Monte Video.

WATERFORD, April B.—Wind S.S.W. —Arrived—Ca-
pella, from St John's, Newfoundlan.l.
SHIELDS, April 9.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed—Nieholas
Jane, for Canton ; Alabama, St. Stephen's, N.B.

(PER ELEOTBIO TELEGRAPILI
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Arrived—Courier (s.), from Jersey; Minerva, Shields;
Laura and Active, Newport ; Sportsman, Plymouth.
Sailed—Alliance (s.), for Havre ; Wonder (s.), Jersey ;
Le Coq, Cherbourg ; Sportsman and Alphea, Sunderland.
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Mcrning.

Wind S.E.
Arrived—Refuge, from New Orleans.
Sailed —Taurus (s.s.), for Constantinople ; Mary Woods,
Valparaiso ; Brazilian. Newfoundland ; Shark, Para ;
Owego, New York ; Heiu3dal, La Guayra ; Theodor Bell
rend, Dantzic • Penelope, Cape Verde ; Alcymone, Qaebec
Ellen Bates, 'Melbourne ; Scipio and Davidist Marys,
Newfoundland; Alice, Naples.
QUEENSTOWN, April 8.

Wind W.
Arrivod —Lamorna, from Norfolk.
Sailed—Sesostris, for Barcelona.
HOLYHEAD, April 9.

Wind, W.
Sailed—Pastinita, for Havannah.
(BY {suuniauiNt Asti tsRITLEIH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thurs.lay, 10.25
Wind W. ; tide 5 hour's ebb, fresh, with rain.
Arriveol—Doris, from New York; Providence, Guern-
sey ; John Spence, Demerara.
Sailed—Shelburne, for Jamaica ; Pearl, Montreal.
DEAL, Thursday, 10.16 a.m.

Wind W., fresh.
Passed—Storm Cloud and Jacob Badge, from Calcutta ;
Lotus, Tvinidad ; Juanita, Trieste ; John Spence, Deme•
rara ; Choice, Porto Rico; Pacific, Leghorn; Cataline,
Port Lonis—all for London.
Anchored—H.M. gunboat Mackerol, from River; John
Sidney, from Savannah, for Elsinore ; Agathe, front Bre-
men, for Newport; Siesson, from Hamburg, for Liverpool.

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London, England, 1856-08-14

EVitton

SUN OFFICE, Sevenlo'Clock.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADIAN.
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.
This day, at noon, the Montreal Ocean Steam-
Ship Company's screw-steamer Canadian, Captain
Ballantine, which left Quebec on the 2d instant,
under contract with her Majesty's Provincial
Government for conveyance of the mails, arrived in
the river. She brings, besides.the mails, 116 pas-
sengers, but no specie.
At the departure of the ship the Governor-Ge-
neral was expected at Quebec on the 3d inst., and
would meet on arrival an enthusiastic reception.
At New York, August 1, money was abundant,
at from 5 to 6 per cent.
Exchange on London, from 1091 to 2.
Stocks were steady.
Breadstuffs were dull.
The pro Vision market unsettled.
Freights unaltered.

APPOINTMENTS TO THE ARTILLERY
AND MILITARY ACADEMY.

List of successful Candidates for appointments t•
Provisional Commissions in the Royal Artillery,
and for admission to the Royal Military Aca-
demy, Woolwich, at the examination held at
King's College, on 30th June, and following
days :--

I.—PROVISIONAL COMMISSIONS.
Names. Places of Education. Marks.
Tarleton, Edward Delaval University of Dublin.. 5,594
Darwall, Henry Pountney Clare Hall, Cambridge 4,725
Cottingham, Edward R University of Dublin.. 4,633
Salmon, George Russ All Privately
Barrington, Joseph Thos... University of Dublin 3,730
Townsend, Nath. Win. 0... Trio. College, Cam...., 3,564
Auchinleck, John Claudius University of Dublin 3,534
Harvey, George Sheppard... Magdalen, Col. Cam 3,471
Kyle, Samuel C0tter......... University of Dublin.. 3,397
Maunsell, Wm. Stopford.... University of Dublin.. :4,322
Mitchell, Herbert Leonard.. University Col. Oxfd 3,166
London, England, 1856-08-14

MARLBORO UGH• STREET.

VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON A WoßiiiioUSX PORTER.—
, Hotiy Bancroft, aged 24, a casual pauper, was brought
befure Mr. Beadon, on a charge of committing an aggra-
vated assault upon Michael Fox, the gate porter, at St.
James's Workhouse, Poland-street, Oxford-street.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner on
the previous night was standing outside the door of the
casual ward of the workhouse with other paupers,
when he forced his way into the establishment, although
he was requested to keep back. The gate porter re•
monstrated with him, when he commenced fighting,
and in the struggle he tore off the cuff of the porter's
coat and struck him several times. A police constable
was cal!ed when the prisoner was removed to the station,
The prisoner had frequently made himself troublesome
at the gate, and although the master and other persons
had spoken to him kindly he would still act in defiance
of the Workhouse authorities.

Mr. Beadon (to the prisoner)—Weii, air, what have
you to say to such conduct ?

Prisoner—l was starving, and I was anxious to get
into the workhouse for food.

Mr. Beadon—lf you were destitute and hungry you
should have acted in a different way, and net force your
way into an establishment against the rules of the authc-

nt ies.

Privoner—l hope you le ill foro,ive me.
Mr. Beadon—No ; your conduct must be punished,
and I fine you 405., or in default you must go to the
110u,,e of Correctio❑ for ono month.
The prisoner not being able to get the money was
sent to prison.

FOREIGN PROSTITUTES AT TIIE WEST END.—This
morning Mr. Beadon was engaged for a considerable
time in hearing charges against a number of gaily
dressed prostitutes (who were chiefly German women)
for annoying gentlemen last night,
a in the Haymarket
nd Regent-street.

Latterly the nuisance has become so serious that
several raenalArs of Parliament have complained to the

Pot ce Commis,,doner3 at Scotland-yard, and accordingly
s number of additional constables have been placed on
duty to check the evil.

Mr. Deaden gave the prisoners a serious caution, and
discharged them, with the understanding that if they
were brought before him again they would be sent to

prison.
London, England, 1856-08-14

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEN.U,fIi AUGUST 14, 18t“;

LAM -7/7 Ti7Z.T 44-1
it _6S IN ri-1 -**4/

PARIS, THITR'.-DAY MORNING.

The Mon/tear announces that Marshal Peiissier
[l, by an Imperial decree, dated July 22, 1856,
named Duke of Malakhoff.

A law is to be prEsented to the Legislative Body
nor a grant of 100,000 f. a-year to accompany this

,i
Marshal Serrano has arrived at Bayonne.

MADRID, AUG. 13.

The Cazette publishes decrees naming M. Pa-
checo, Minister of Spain in London ; M. Souza,

at Turin.
M. Corradi, Spanish Minister in Portugal, has

resigned.
Some persons who .had been arrested at Barce-
lona have been condemned to the galleys or to
transportation to the colonies. The general dis-
arming of the national guard is everywhere being
carried on with the most perfect tranquillity. The
fears entertained of scarcity are gradually dimi-
nishing.

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Po st
(second edition), in his letter dated yesterday,
says :—" It was reported to-day in Paris that a
disturbance had taken place at Naples. The re-
port was got up for Bourse speculators. The
public should know that nothing of the sort is
likely to take place. A disturbance was attempted
to be created at Naples by the King's police a
few days since, and completely failed. All the
forts are in possession of the Swiss, and every
public building is loop-holed, in order that the
troops, sheltered, can fire on the people. In ad-
dition to this, cannon command the principal
streets. Those who talk about revolts in Naples
must be ignorant of the determination of the
people not to sacrifice themselves, and the impos-
sibility of any important revolt taking place in a
city garrisoned by faithful foreign troops, with
artillery commanding every point."

FRANCE.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
Marshal Serrano, the new Spanish Minister at
this Court, is expected here to-night.
The Moniteur publishes a decree opening to the
Minister of Finance an extraordinary credit of
522,019 fr. 83c. for the payment of the interest
and sinking fund of the share guaranteed by
France of the Greek loan of 1833.

Another Imperial decree orders that articles of
all kinds intended for the Belgian Exhibition will
be allowed to pass the frontier free of export duty,
and such articles as shall not have been sold in
Belgium will be readmitted without duty on pre-
sentation of the certificate delivered at the time
they were exported.
BOURSE, Aug, 13.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash. flr. e. End of Month
ti per Cents 94 GO —f. —o
.

:3-per Cents 7O 90 71 00
New Loan 7l

Bank Shares — Roman
Credit Alobilier 1,617 50 .ustrian
Belgian Fives 0:1i Spanish Threes —
eiodraontese(s)...::. 90 50 Home Debt ....,„., 39i
London, England, 1856-08-14

IL-ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY.

Place of Education. Marks.
Millar, Joseph Allan Queen's Coll. Belfast... 5,819
Nolan, Jon Philip .....
Hardiuge, Edward Pelham Do. 4,667
Stewart, Richard Warm Do. 4,019
Walsh, Edward
Davidson, Charles Richard King's Coll., London... 3,721
Walker, Edward James
tary Gram. School... 3,617
White, Thomas Pilkington. Privately 5,573
Bolland, George Herbert.... Gram. Sch., Clapham 3,518
Crawford, Charles
Gordon, Edward Smith Brighton College . ..... 3,438
Hamilton, Thos. Bramstone Privately 3,424
Le Grice, Frederick Sevaine Privately 3,199
Hozier, Henry Montague ... Edinburgh University 3,320
Vivian, Richd. Hy. Dansey Exeter Col., Oxford
Gallwey, Patk. Fitz-Gerald Catholic Univ.,Dublin 3,210
Lloyd, Francis Thomas Blackheath Poop. Sch. 3,166
Le Mesurier, F. Augustus RI. Naval Sc., N. Cross 3,116
Hollist, Edwd. Ommanney Privately 3,053
Strahan, George Cummino.. Marischal College
Hogg, John Roberts ..... .... King's Coll. School,
Aberdeen' 2.963
Fleay, Augustus Timewell King's Coll., London 2,924
Cruikahank, Alex. Ramsay Do, Do. 2,847
Gillies, George James
Sturt, Napier George
Owen, John ' RossAll School ..... .... 2,767
Ferguson, Chas. J. O'Neill University of Dublin 2,696
Cooke, James Robt. Davies Privately
Stratton, J. Heathfield ..... Brighton College 2,634
Melvills, Bruce Hall

TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.)

EBOR HANDICAP.
9 to 2 agst Coroner (taken)

ST. LEGER.
5 to 2 agst Ellington (offered)
3to 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken)
DERBY.
15 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken)
London, England, 1856-08-14

OUR HAl2l7.gSr DIFFICULTIES.

The following letter has been addressed to a contem-

porary :
Sir,--Within the las(' fortnight my attention has been
forcibly drawn to the dh.sculty in which our farmers are
placed by the want of han, is to get in the bountiful corn
ha; vest with which we haire been favoured—a difficulty
which bas been increased by the rapidity with which the
harvest has become ripe at n larly the same time all over
the kingdom.
Calamities ending in good, o which it is not here ne-
cessary to refer, have material; '37 diminished the army of
itinerant Irish reapers, on who. v, in similar straits, our
farmers have been in the habi t of relying ever since
:steam boats and railroads brou: the cost and time of
tras elfin down to a minimum., In Englar.d floating
rural labour has within the last few. years been absorbed
by emigration, by the prosperf-4 of our ri.tkifactures
and camtinerce, and recently b 7 the necessary increase
of our army. The consequence of this doubly diminished
supply is that the price of harvi ist lablar has risen until
the farmers outbid railway con' ractors, and we find our.
selves c9mpelled to suspend, for the present, the execu-
ti'n of all but very pressing pu ilia works.
" Navvi. s" who were earion g from 4s 3d to 4s 6d a-
day have left us because they can .rare more atharvesting.
To attempt to keep them from t i work on which so much
national prosperity depends by father increasing their
wages,would have been-very sh cart-eighted
Under these c:rcunistance.4 I venture to suggest that
our Government might wisely i: a Rate the example of the
French in times of harvest elm a gency, and permit the
soldiers of regiments statimied ; rural districts to earn
wages by helping to get its um. Such assistance,
rendered immediately, vreseid sass 3 an incalculable a moun t
of national wealth, be gratefully received by our agri-
culturists, and, I venture to thin 'r, would not be more
injurious to the discipline of the British than of the
French. soldier.—l am, &c., S. MoBTON PETO.
Kensington Palace gardens, Aug:, 13.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SH. CLING DAY.--Yesterday
the admissions on payment wer. 16,551 ; ditto by season
tickets, 495; total visitors, 7,01
London, England, 1856-08-14

RAILWAYS-PCB CASH.

fr. c. fr. ft
Orleans ......... ...... 1,420 Western 975 50
NTorthern
Lyons... ... 1,437 50 New Ditto
Niediterranean 1,835 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva Bl5 Teste
Cette .. BlO Austrian Corn. B9O
London, England, 1856-08-14

SOUTHWARK.

ItOBEERY BY A TICKET-OF•LEAVE COI VlCT.—Edivard
Davis, a miserable-looking man, a ticket-of-leave con-
vict, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with
stealing a brush from the shop of Mr. Chubb, Queen
street, Southwark, under the following melancholy cir-
cumstances :

A lad in the employ of the prosecutor said that he 83W
the prisoner enter the shop on the previous afternoon
and take a brush off the counter. He did not attempt
to go away, but waited until a constable came and took
him into custody.

The prisoner told a most pitiable tale, stating that he
was utterly starved. He had been in his youth in good
circumstances, but unf.rtunately he got into bad com-
pany and robbed his employer. Ha was punished fur
that and lost his character. Afterwards he plunged
further into crime, and was tried at the Newington Ses-
,ion on the 25th of October, and sentenced to seven
years' transportation. He was sent to Millbank prison,
where he buffered greatly for more than twelve months ;
and at the expiration of that time he was conveyed to
the Hulks at Portsmouth, where he fared very well and
was not hard worked. Owing to his exemplary conduct
he received from the Secretary of State a ticket of leave
on the 22d of November, 1855. He was furnished
with a little money, and made his way to Lon-
lon. in search of employment, but, owing to his
former conduct, every one turned his back on him. He
was a marked man, and even in walking the streets was
pointed out as a ticket of leave convict, and no one
would employ him. Since then he had been in a state
of starvation, and would gladly return to the hulks
sooner than suffer as he had done. In fact he had com-
mitted the present offence to get sent back, and he
hoped his worship would commit him.

The constable who apprehended him said he knew
the prisoner formerly as a respectable young man, and
he knew him now to be in great distress. He had called
upon the inspector a few days ago with a view of giving
himself up as ho had no means of subsistence, but the
inspector could not detain him unless he committed some
crime. Witness addtAl that he never saw a fellow•crea•
tore in such a deplorable condition as the prisoner.
Mr. Combe advised him to be remanded for the usual
documents to be produced, preparatory to his being
committed to the sessions.
London, England, 1856-08-14

DUBLIN, AuQ. 12.

We had an extremely depressed market to-day. Th•
prices of Friday were generally maintained for wheat and
for the best samples of oats, but inferior qualities of the
latter were 6,1 cheaper. Several samples of new oats,
bere, and rapeseed appeared, the quality and condition
good. The oats were taken at 13s to 16s, here at 18s to 19s,
and rapeseed at 303 to 345. Indian corn only saleable in
mere retail at about last day's rates.
White wheat, 403 Od to 42s ; red ditto, 36s Od to 39s Od ;
barley, —s Od to —s Od ; oats, 14s 61 to 16s 61; rapese(
30s Od to 34s 01 per brl ; oatmeal, 14s Gd to 16s 01 ; bakers
dour. 23s Od to 27s Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 28s 61 to 30., 6d
per4Bo 1134

COAL MARKET
Prices 0 Coal per ton g

C.—AUGUST 13.
the close of the ntarket.

8. d.
Tanfield Moor Butes 14 6
Elolywell l7 6
Walker Primrose l4 0
Hetton West Hartley l7 0
Byass's West Hartley l9 6
Wallsend, Sze.
Whitworth l6 9
Riddell l6 9
Lambton lB 6
Russell's Raton 18 3
Plummer
Woodhouse Close 16 6
Birchgrovo Graigola 22 6
Ships at market... 5

Wallsend, &c.

11.
rlosforth . 16 9
Tees l9 0
Hartlepool lB 9
Eden Main l7 9
Bell's Primroso l4 0
Hetton Lyons Main II 6
South Hartlepool lB 0
Haswell 19 0
South Hetton 18 9
Kelloe 18 0
Thorp l7 9
Kepier Grainy) .lB 6
i 7 I Sold

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.
London, England, 1856-08-14

DIED.

On the 12th inst., Mrs. Weston Parry, aged 31.
On the 11th inst., at Gaddesby Hall, Leicestershire, Mime
Ayre, aged 72.
On th 11th inst., at Boulogne-sur-mer, Arthur Fisher
Fisher Tompson, aged 38.
On the 12th inst.;at the Spa, Gloucester, James Robert
Wemyss, second son of the late Major Francis Wemyss,
aged 42.
On the 9th inst., Henry Deacon, Esq., of Portsmouth,
aged 61.
On the fith inst., at Violet Cottage, Bothwell, James
Johnston, Esq., engineer, a native of Falkirk, N.B. and
late of the Colpino Iron Works, Russia. On the outbreak
of the recent war ho was offered the chief engineership of
the navy and works at Cronstadt, by the late Emperor
Nicholas, but, with the spirit of a true patriot, he rejected
the lucrative office rather than appear in opposition to the
interests of his native country.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG/
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No•
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, in the county
of Middleoz, Thursday, August 11,1856.
London, England, 1856-08-14

JOINT-SITOI

11 4,,t0mr..,a;,,,
12i Hank of Egypt
50 Bank of London
all in. Col. isk.&Ln. C
all tritish N. America,
5 Chartd. Bank of As,
6 ChM. link. of India,
Australia, & Chin
50 City
25 Colonial
20 Commercial of Lond
all Eng.% ot. &Ans. Cht.
Lond. Chart. Bk. o,
Australia . ........... .
15 Ditto New
20 teendon and County:
50 Lnd. &E. Bnkg. Corp
10 London Joint Stock.
10 London and Paris._
20 Lond. & Westminste
35 Vational Pro.cf Eng
10 Do. New
224 lationa 1 of Bank ...
all l'ew South Waier....
all Oriental Bank )f

Corpors.tion-
-10 Ottoman Bank
25 ?rovincial of Irelan,
all i)o. Now
1 1 A.ns B&GoIm Cs
50 Royal British.
all 4,nth ALE tralia
all Union of AuEtralia
2i Do. New
10 Union of London
50 , ffeatern Bk of Lond
London, England, 1856-08-14

EAST LANCASHIRE.

The half yearly meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at Bury, Mr. Dugdale presiding.
Au abstract of the half-yearly report and statement
of accounts has already appeared in The Sun.
The CHAIIIIIAN, after a few remarks, moved the adop-
tion of the report.

The report was carried unanimously, as was also a re•
solution declaring the guaranteed dividends on the pre-
ference stock of the company, and a dividend of 4 per
cent. per annum on the ordinary stock—all payable on
the 27th inst.

The meeting was then made special, and the directors
were authorised to convert the debenture debt, or an:v
pars, of it, into perpetual annuities of the company, at a
rate not exceeding 4 per c3nt. per annum.

The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to
he directors.

STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON.
The half-yearly meeting of thii company was held yes-
terday at Darlington, Mr. T. Meynell in the chair.
The report of the directors (an abstract of which ap-
peared in The Sun) was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the r4ort,
which was carried unanimously, and dividends of 5 per
cent. on preference shares, 6 per cent. on Wear Va
and Redcars, and 9 per cent. on ordinary shares were
declared.

A. vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro-
ceedings.

BRADFORD, WAKEFIELD, AND LEEDS.

The half-yearly meeting.nf this company was held yes-
terday at Bradford. Mr. Firth presided.
Mr. Burnside, the secretary, having read the report,
an abstract of which has appeared in Me Sun,

The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said that the
construction of the line was progressing in a most satis-
factory manner, and he had reason to believe that it
would be randy for opening in April next year. He had
uo doubt that when the line got into operation the share-
holders would be in the receipt of a very satisfactory di-
vidend.

Mr. BARFF seconded the adoption of the report, which
was agreed to. '

On the motion of the CILIILIMAN, the directors were
authorised to borrow the whole or any part of 60,000/.,
at such times and on such terms as they may think fit.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the pro-
ceedings.
London, England, 1856-08-14

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES IN CHANCERY'.

AMAZON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—A call of 11.
per share has been rna on all the shareholders in this
abortive company, to pay off its debts and liabilities, the
list of contributories liable having been settled by the
Master in Chancery.
PARENTAL ENDOWMENT ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The
affairs of this company are to be wound up, and credi-
tors are called in to prove their claims.
HULL GLASS COMPANY.--This company, established
for the manufacture of glass, and which failed in doing
so, at Hull. is about to be completely wound up, after
being in Chancery undergoing that process since April,
1850, the date of the order to wind up.

A letter in Le Nord says : —" The bridge over the Vis-
tula is being constructed with prodigious activity, and
it is hoped the works will be completed by the autumn
of 1857. The expense of construction, estimated in the
first instance at seven millions of dollars, will probably
reach nine millions, but the Chambers will not refuse
to sanction this excess. The bridge once finished will
raise to its full importance the Berlin railway to Ko-
nigsberg, which will shortly be extended and join the
line from St. Petersburg to Warsaw."
TELE NEW MARRIAGE ACT.—An act was passed at the
end of the late session to "Amend the Provisions of the
Marriage and Registration Acts." The recited acts are
the 6th and 7th Win. IV., c. 85, and the Ist Viet., c. 22.
There are 26 sections in the act, and several schedules
annexed. The new act is to come into operation on the
Ist of January next. It is provided that no notice of a
marriage is to be read or published before the poor-law
guardians, or to be transmitted to the clerk of the
guardians. Every notice of marriage is to be accom-
panied by a solemn declaration by one of the parties,
that there is no lawful hindrance to such marriage. All
persons making wilfully false declarations are to suffer
the penalty of perjury. A notice of marriage without
licence is to be affixed to the superintendent's office,
but notice of a marriage by licence is not to be sus-
pended. After severai provisions on the same subject,
there is one to the effect that after a marriage at a registry
office the parties may have performed the service of the
church or persuasion to which they belong, but no core-
!irony is to take place at the registry office. Further
the act provides that Quakers or Jets may have licences
for the solemnisation of marriages. A Superintendent
Registrar may grant a licence for marriage to be solemn-
nised in registered buildings out of the district wherein
the parties reside. The act is not to extend to Ireland
or Scotland unless expresslretated in the provisions with
respect to the residences of parties and their marriage
under the recited acts, amtendod by the present new law,
London, England, 1856-08-14

MANCHESTER, AUGUST 13.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was not doing muck
business today, but prices were well supported. North
Staffords, 4 1146 d. x d.—Leeds, 97i—Londons, 1071—
Sheffields, 34h I—Midlands, 83i—North British, 9h
South Eastern and Dovers, 221—Preston and Wyres,
47.
London, England, 1856-08-14

BOW STREET.

UTTERING COUNTERFEIT COlN.—This morning, a
costermonger, named Sinith,, was placed at the bar be-
fore Mr. Henry, charged with uttering a counterfeit
crown piece, with intent to defraud Mr. Reynolds, a
market gardener.
Mr. Reynolds stated that he resided at Crayford, and
regularly attended Covent-garden Market as a whole-
sale salesman. For some time past, owing to defective
vision, he had been the victim of a gang of thieves who,
knowing his eyesight to be bad, took advantage of the
circumitanee to pass counterfeit coin in payment of the
goods they purchased of him. Last Tuesday morning
he took six bad half-crowns, and wios also robbed of a
seive of currants,—a man having paid for one and re-
moving two Feivee. This morning the prisoner pur-
chased some potatoes of him an) gave him the counter-
feit crown piece. His porter, Ncrman, called his atten-
tion to the money after the man had quitted the stand,
and on examination it was discovered to be bad. The
prisoner was pursued and taken into. custody.

Prisoner.—When you took the money you put it into
your pocket. You ought to have looked at it before
that. I deny that I gave you a bad crown-piece. Why
did you not look at the money before
~vou put it in your
pocket ?

Mr. Reynolds.—You see my eyesight is not so good
as it used to be, and that's the reason you take advan-
tage of me. But I told you this morning it would'nt
do any longer, and I am determined to have you pun-
ished. The silver I had in my pocket wass all in shil-
lings and sixpences, and this was the only crown-piece
I had taken during the morning.
Mr. Henry to the Prisoner.—Where do you reside
Prisoner.—ln Mint-street.
Mr. Henry.—Then, you pass the Borough-tnarket to
come to Govent-garden. How is that ?
Prisoner—We buy things cheaper in Covent-garden.
Mr. Reynolds (with a knowing wink)—Of course you
can of me. (Laughter.) But it won't do any lon:;er.
Norman, the porter, to Mr. Reynolds, stated that
this morning he observed the prisoner give his master a
five-shilling piece, and as he was putting it into his
pocket he caught sight of it, and instantly raid it was a
bad one. Lie followed the prisoner and brought him
back to Mr. Reynolds.

Mr. Henry—l hear you have frequent cases of taking
bad money ?

Witness—Yes, your worship ; and it causes a deal of
trouble. Mr. Reynolds sends the silver to the pawn-
bro'cers to be exchanged for gold, and they sometimes
tell me from the frequency of counterfeit coin being
found amongst it that it looked as if we made our dvrn
money. ( Laughter.)
Mr. Henry remanded the prisoner for a week, and
ordered the Mint solicitor to be acquainted with the

case.

This morning, Pinker :on, the lodging•house keeper,
who stands charged with having a quantity of stolen
property in his possession, was admitted to bail. Him-
self in the sum of 2001., and two sureties of 1001. each.
London, England, 1856-08-14

MIDLAND.

- - - ------ -
The directors report to the 25th half-yearly
general
meeting of the. proprietors of this railway, to
)0 held on

the 20th, that "they have again the satisfaction of an-
nouncing a large increase in the traffic of the railway,
which for the hall year ending the 301,h June last shows
an increase over that of the corresponding half-year of
1855, as follows - Coaching, 633/, 7s. 2d. ; merchandise)
41,88 L/ 14s. 103. ; mineralP, 11,5931. Cs. 53. ; cattle,
1,0581. 19s. 10d.; total, 55,1711. Bs. 3d. The balance
avai!able for dividend is 242,197/. 15s. 7d., of which
33,8021. 18s. 63. is carried from the previous half-year,
and 208,3941. 17s. ld. arises from the traffic of the half-
year ending 30th June last. The directors propose the pay-
ment of the following dividend, less income tax, on the
13t Sept. next, viz.:-21. upon each 1001. consolidated
stock ; 1/ 6s. 3d. on each 100/. consolidated Birmingham
and Derby stock ; Zll. on each 1001.censolidated preferen-
tial stock ; 31. upon 'each 1001. consolidated Erewash
Valley stock ; 21. ss, upon each 1001. consolidated 41/.
per cent. preferential stock ; 7s. 63. upon each 161. 13,.
41. share, being half a year's interest at 41 per cent. ;
21. upon each 1001. consolidated Leicester and Hitoin
preferential stock ; 21. upon each 1001, paid on account
of Si. shares ; which will.leave a balance of 3,5391. 15s.
31. to be carried to the account of the current ball-year."

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

CHELTENHAM, AUG. 12.

Mr. Grove, F.R.S., delivered &lecture last evening at
the CollegAo a numerous assembly of the members of the
13:itish Association " Oa Correlation of Physical Science."
The business of most of the sections was brought to a
close about 4 o'clock to-day. The attendance ha all the
sections during this meeting has been very large ; the most
attractive sections being C and E, which have been full
every day, the ladies forming considerably the larger por-
tion of the audience in these departments.
London, England, 1856-08-14

JOINT STOCK COMPANIES IN CHANCERI.

AMAZON LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.—A call of 1/.
per share has been made on all the shareholders in this
abortive company, to pay off its debts and liabilities, the
list of contributorie3. liable having been settled by the
Master in Chancery.
PARENTAL ENDOWMENT ASSURANCE COMPANY.—The
affairs of this company are to be wound up, and credi-
tors are called in to prove their claims.
HULL GLASS COMPANY.--This company, established
for the manufacture of glass, and which failed in doing
so, at Hull, is about to be completely wound up, after
being in Chancery undergoing that process since April,
1850, the date of the order to wind up.

A letter in Le Nord says : —" The bridge over the Vis-
tula is being constructed with prodigious activity, and
it is hoped the works will be completed by the autumn
of 1857. The expense of construction, estimated in the
first instance at seven millions of dollars, will probably
reach nine millions, but the Chambers will not refuse
to sanction this excess. The bridge once finished will
raise to its full importance the Berlin railway to Ko-
nigsberg, which will shortly be extended and join the
line from St. Petersburg to Warsaw."
THE NEW MARRIAGE ACT.—An act was passed at the
end of the late session to "Amend the Provisions of the
Marriage and Registration Acts." The recited acts are
the 6th and 7th Wm. Iy., c. 85, and the let Vict., c. 22.
There are 26 sections in the act, and several schedules
annexed. The new act is to come into operation on the
Ist of January next. It is provided that no notice of a
marriage is to be read or published before the poor-law
guardians, or to be transmitted to the clerk of the
guardians. Every notice of marriage is to be accom
panted by a solemn declaration by one of the parties,
that there is no lawful hindrance to such marriage. All
persons making wilfully false declarations are to suffer
the penalty of perjury. A notice of marriage without
licence is to be affixed to the superintendent's office,
but notice of a marriage by licence is not to be sus
pended. After reverat provisions on the same subject,
there is one to the effect that after a marriage at a registry
office the patties may have performed the service of the
church or persuasion to which they belong, but no cere
mony is to take place at the revistry office. Further
ge:ws niay have licenc. A Superintendent
,
tthetahcet
solemnisation
t (-20 uf a
iknearrsr
ar j
Registrar ray grant a licence for marriage to be solem
nixed in registered buildings out of the district wherein
the parties reside. The act is not to extend to Ireland
or Scotland unless expressly stated in the provisions with
respect to the residences of parties and their marriage
under the recited acts, amended by the present new Jaw,
London, England, 1856-08-14

Country Markets.

EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—AUG. 12.
There were in the market to-day 12 Backe oatmeal, each
weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 495. 61

EDINBTJhUH HAY AND STRAW MARKET-
AUG. 12.

Supplies of all kinds these last six days large.
Oat straw, from 9s 6d to 14s Od per kemple of 16 stones
trot); wheat do., Os Od to 12s 6d; barley do., 109 Od. t lls
Od. Hay from is to 15d.

DALKEITH MEAL

MARKET-AuG. 4

There were in the market to
- bag barleymeal. Sales dul

-cle.y 11 bags of oatmeal and
11.

Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs I First. I Second. I Third.
imperial
-

Barleymeal, per ditto -s Od }—s OilPeasemeal, per ditto
Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Oki
Pot-barley, per ditto
London, England, 1856-08-14

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

VIOLENT ASSAULT UPON A WORKHOUSE PORTER.—
Henry Bancroft, aged 24, a casual pauper, was brought
before Mr. Beadon, on a charge of committing an aggra-
vated assault upon Michael Fox, the gate porter, at St.
James's Workhouse, Poland-street, Oxford-street.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner on
the previous night was standing outside the door of the
casual ward of the workhouse with other paupers,
when he forced his way into the establishment, although
he was requested to keep back. The gate porter re•
monstrated with him, when he commenced fighting,
and in the struggle he tore off the cuff of the porter's
coat and struck him several times. A police constable
was called when the prisoner was removed to the stltion,
The prisoner had frequently made himself troublesome
at the gate, and although the master and other persons
had spoken to him kindly he would still act in defiance
of the Workhouse author

Mr. BeadcT (to the prisoner)—WeP, sir, what have
you to say to such conduct ?
Prisoner-1 was starving, and I was anxious to get
into the workhouse for food.

Mr. Beadon—lf you were destitute and hungry you
should have acted in a different way, and net force your
way into an establishment against the rules of the autho-
rities.

Prisoner—l hope you will for4ive me.
Mr. Beadon•—No ; your conduct must be punished,
and I fine you 403., or iu default you must go to the
House of Correction for one month.
The prisoner not being able to get the money was
sent to prison.

FOREIGN PROSTITUTES 4.T THE WEST END.—This
morning Mr. Beadon was engaged for a considerable
time in hearing charges against a number of gaily -
dressed prostitutes (aho were chiefly German women)
for annoying gentlemen last night, in the Haymarket
and Regent-street.
Latterly the nuisance has become so serious that
mural Lamborn of rarliar out have comploig4 tv the

Pol co Commißsionen at Scotland-yard, and accordingly
a number of additiJinal constables have been placed on
duty to check the evil.

Mr. Beadon gave the prisoners a serious caution, and,
discharged thew, with the understanding that if they
were brought before him again they would be sent to