The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-12 00:00:00

ITY NEWS. SHARE

11101yEy mil

. CITY, Two o'CLocK.
Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets has been rather inactive during the last
day or two. Most of the principal staples, how-
ever, have supported former values. Teas at pub-
sale, brought fully late prices. Coffee has
unproved 6d. to is., and cocoa 2s. to 3s. per cwt.
Sugars, however, have been rather cheaper,
Particularly West India qualities. In the refined
market the trade have bought rather freely owing
to a Slight decline in prices. Rice has exhibited
rather more firmness, but little variation has taken
Place in the value of saltpetre and tallow. The
Public sales of foreign and colonial-wool have been
Well attended, and the prices exhibited at the com-
Menceinent of the series have been well maintained
for all descriptions.
The Liverpool Cotton" Market yesterday closed
quietly'
and 6,000 bales were sold at previous
values. In Railway Shares the transactions con-
tinued
on a limited scale, and prices exhibited a
further decline.
It is expected that the particulars of the New
Rossian Loan will be announced either to-morrow
or un
Monday, and the terms will probably be
sufßciently favourable to attract numerous sub-
scribers. The amount required is stated to be
£12,000,000, which it is proposed to raise on a 3
Per
lit stock.
-die recent reduction in the terms of discount at
the Bank of France, viz., from 4 to 31 per cent.,
Prepared those interested in the course of monetary
rail's for a favourable monthly balance-sheet, but
" resUlts, in most instances, have exceeded expec-
tation. According to telegraphic advices received
this morning the bullion is larger by £2,700,000
than at the corresponding date of the previous
I°ll3th, while the discount operations of the estab-
18anlent have been lesSenid during the same
Period by nearly £2,750,000. It appears, more-
er, that the advances. on securities have been
diminished to a still, mote important extent.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank of
1/I)gland yesterday. The bar -silver 'by' the last
Die dollars
v_elican packet has not yet been. disposed of, but
have been sold at ss. id. per oz., being
a; decline of ld. compared with. the price realised
°r the previous supply.
At the
Ri`special meeting this day of the Peel
er Land and Mineral Company, Mr. Hughes
Itu the chair, a resolution was passed for converting
Paid-up shares into a general stock, divisible
111ang the proprietors according to their respective
interests therein ; no transfer of any, fractional
Part 0.15 to be allowed.' Several other alterations
this'
'regulations were proposed in consequence of
14 consolidation, which were also agreed to unani-
Mousiy.
e dlll enline•of, abouta per cent. took place at the
ket 4,encenient of business this morning in the mar-
'or.Public Securities, which was attributed to
:e intelligence received from Parma. The forth-
:lining loans, however, no doubt assisted• to pro-
"tilis depression. At the present moment the
be. 'et shows increased depression, the Funds
cling nearly per cent. lower than at the
s° Yesterday afternoon. Consols, which have
been dealt in 95: 1, are now 95 to 951 for
at,,ll,°Y and 951 for the account. Bank Stock is
d 'auY at 223. The New 3 per Cents. and the Re-
riuBced remain at 95: ; India Loan Debentures
e‘, 58), at 941; and the Bonds at Bs. to 9s. dis. Ex-
4equer Bills are rather flatter at ' 235. to 275.
Prem.

IS DAY.)

conrrth. The transactions in the Foreign Stock Market
urku? ue On a moderate scale, and prices are steady.
72 1811 6 per Cents. are 84 to 831 ; ditto New,
_ to *7!/
but •-; and the 4 per Cents. remain at 1021.
111,-,e; '2l -per Cents. have declined to 64-1;
per-,-e8.71 is steady at 191 to 20i, and Spanish 3
9,-ents• at 44*. Peruvian 4-3- per Cents. are flat
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cenfs. at 71.
1.0,11 the Railway Share market there has been
ha aer more activity, and in some instances prices
ye slightly advanced. Edinburgh, Perth, and
Linde% London and Blackwall, North Western,
vsouth
4411-stern, and Stockton and Darlington, ad-
lasneed ss•_; South Devon, 10s. ; and Caledonian,
1/7.8* ; Brighton and Midland declined 55.; Great
eStern, 10S.; South Western and North Eastern
th'
13er'ivick), 15s;;. and. Great Northern,.Xl.
In the Foreig4X4ket Lombardo-Venetian Old
shares are flat,at 101, and the New at 101. Great
1,
11,10Enburt ire 61.
411 e Colonial lines also :show symptoms of depre-
f°ll. East Indian have receded to 99* 2 ; Great
tedian Peninsula to 971 ; Grand Trunk of Canada
-14-1; 341; and Great Western of Canada to 14i.
'Joint Stook Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
been in moderate request at about former rates.
Undo
and Westminster are dealt in at 491-1
1- rt-
i°4 of Australia at 48-a.. Canada Land are 108 ;
Electric
Telegliph, 104; 'Peninsular and Oriental
Steam'
77; and fled Sea Telegraph, 133.

blikt_lr
.1511 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 UK Stock
....... ...
951 3 ip.err Cent Reduced.Annui. pies
951 I I
.i„.
~ out. Consols Annuities
951
1 .;`: 4 per Cent. Annuities
131lictLt014 -1-,St?ck
...
941
bit,. ''-',..,eeentures, 1858
8 6
..0 z 4000
95f
kl oxli,,sols ids, ccount (Sept. 7)
titillequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
Ditto ° tooOstnaii: .. ..........................
24 7 3
4 . .
''''lla]a 5 per Cent.
:4111:11.1itt: 8410 F FOREIGN FUNDS AT O N221404E37:033'CL0CK.
per Cent. 1852 94i
~I°B Ayres, 6 per Cent.
uitto Ace
71
Guatethay,,, °u-nt
::::;)iiiiit:lttoo-linA:4:P.ecto:peur:PCerti.ercnCte:l 2:
' 20 19i 201
"uvia
921
'1 lir ish ficpoellll t
!iitukish 3_
pee:
Ditto A r Cent.
44
1
Ditto Ace en
821
)).itto
No:Ill:IL:an
itto A.cco t
Diu el all
1021
° ,r.intranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable
f
-e'-,' Exchange, 1
12 Gui. 24- _ per Cent 641
in London.
thi
TWO O' CLOCK .
95 i
Consols Money
95i i
Ditto, Account

Lt i,.?,IANNING TILE NAVY.—The following is an ex-
s froin a letter.received from Calcutta, and which may
-,"aPs be of interest at the present time, when the ques-
t-4 as to manning the navy is under consideration. It
teetainly bears out the statement that sailors are (with
;48°11) discontented with the manner in. which they are
disc g from the navy :—" There is nothing doing
ilti.e- r ed.
As for sailors, they are going about the
N4,l,,eetsin hundreds actually starving, andand gettingwat tihehmey-
-11-,,:es into gaol for the sake of some rice .
bi• been discharged from the Naval Brigade, and cannot
°-",,441 eraployment."
'3OIIOAIS OF MACKEREL.—The shores of thneinpsritiesd-
t°l];"4"el, _ ys the Hereford Journal, have bee
other
kiintdQw2rxlerfiads shoals of mackerel and numerous
the --
rtt sh. At Porthcerry they were se numerous that
assEizt4:77Thears:ere obliged to use them for manure.
Joh '''s`'lTTloN AT DURHAM.—Yesterday morning,hlast
0 thoeWmithdeewr,ofwhhois wwatsfe,cosnuirviecretedd
thaettexetraine
nesnalt
:As isY of the law in front of the county prison at Durham.thts
ea, esqGwing the rapidity with which justic,e has in
the
11l s overtaken its victim, we may mention that o
asll, in
,g of Tuesday, July 19, Wilthew cut his wife's tnhroaast
t • she laY sleeping in bed • on Tuesday, the 26th, he w
ried before Baron Watson, and convicted ; and yesterday
til'l?ritiog he was publicly executed. The motive which the
:Isoner alleged for having committed the crime was that
his wife,, had proved unfaithful to him. During his trial
e 5 "meal:tour was calm and respectful, and since his con*
lieni?aation he had conducted himself with great propriety.
0, tols been most attentive to the ministrations of the
Oaplain, and has been very earnest in his devotions. He
his never questioned the justice of his sentence, but said
ha(lwlifeved was a woman of most irritable temper, and that he
s, _ unhappily with her for years. Wilthew was in
'tile 66th year of his age, and he met his fate with great for-
iltde and calmness He arose between 5 and 6 o'clock,
.ald' in company with. the chaplain, afterwards spent some
tilde •
t,, ~ in the chapel in devotional exercises. At 10 minutes
ti'i3O 0 clock Mr. W. Wooller, the under-sheriff, went into
No,,"_Prison and demanded the body of Wilthew. The pi.
ariTr Was informed that the hour of execution was at hand,
th,' centreession was formed with the condemned culprit in
~,,, the chaplain on one side, and the under-sheriff
~`, the ther. The governor of the prison, the deputy-
7rt lernor, the four sheriff's officers, and the three gaol olli-
t;;tis followed. On reaching the grand jury room, Askren,
in': executioner, performed the operation of pinion-
„ his arms. The chaplain read prayers. As
I,a°,i'l as the last stroke of eight had struck by the
i -B°ll clock, the prisoner walked out upon the plat-
the hang on:which the scaffold was erected, and was placed by htsejlangman beneath the drop. The preliminaries of ad-
were Dusting the rope and covering the face of the wretched man
h„ quickly performed, and within a minute afterwards
ol'iiwas a corpse. A slight quivering of the muscles was the
11,1,:ilt,33rilaign of life which Wilthew exhibited after the drop fell.
tion re were upwards of 5,000 people present at the execu-
'who conducted themselves in a most orderly manner,
~...8 er
vvauthoyneart
haiadfcaotme.mitted, nor displaying the slightest sym-

ORDINARY. SHARES AND STOCES.

Share Railways.
I !paid. Closing I Business
Price.
12.10 Alnoerg., .I.\ tiug. Bost.
and Eastern Juprdion 'lO 6 65
50 Belfaat and Ballymena all
13.14 Bin, Wol., and Str. Val all 74 85
Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh
Junction lOO 76 78
25 Blackburn
25 Myth and Tyne all
Stock Bristol and Exeter
Stock T'aledonian
Stock Chester and Holyhead 190
50 Cork and Bandon all
20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passagi all
20 Cornwall all 45 55
10. Do. A
A roves. no div. all
until6p.c.per an. tall
10 Do. B
hasbeen pd.toß.
50 Dublin andßelfastJunc. all
25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June all 8 9
Stock East Anglian lOO 145 15
Stock Eastern Counties lOO 565 574
Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 40 43
Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 28 30
25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 85
25 East Kent all 14 16
Stock East Lancashire lOO 94 96
20 ; East Suffolk all
10- Do
Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 725 735
*Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 251 26, 264
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all
Stock Furness: lOO
Stock Glasgow & Smith Westn lOO 92 93
10 Great North of Scotland all
Stock Great Northern lOO 100 102 1005 15
Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 82 84
Stock Do. 'do. B Stock lOO 131 133
Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 .. 107 109
Stock Great Western
Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 60
12 . Irish South Eastern all
50 Lancaster and Carlisle, all 85 90
161 p
p Do. Thirds
1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p
Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 941 95/ 955
16 Do. do. F, el 6 6 / 3 d
9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 /d
3 Do. West Riding Union 1
20 Do. Southport
Stock London and Blackwall all 65 67 654
• Do.Newiss.at .2.5105p.5h —
Stock Lon.,Brighton &S. Coast 100 109 111 1091
Stock London & North Westn 100 934 944 931 4
125 Do. Eighths
Stock London& South-Westn lOO 933 944 931 3
25 L'derry & Coleraine
25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 5 7
Stock Nan:, Shef., & Lincoln lOO 351 364
10 Metropolitan 3 d
Stock Midland ' 100 1101 105 1044
Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 79 81
50 . Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all i
25 Do. 3 Shares all
100 NeWcastle and Carlisle all
25 New., Aber., & Herald all 9 11
10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9
20 Newry, Warpt., & R' os all
Stock Norfolk lOO 60 62
50 North. Counties Union 33 34 8 d
Stock North British lOO 571 671
Stock Nor.Dev.Rall.&Dlc. Stk lOO
Stock bo.A Stk.— Arec.no div
until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100
Stock Do. B Stock lOO
Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick 100 915 92 91
25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 Id
Stock Do. Leeds lOO 444 45
Stock Do. York lOO 735 74
Stock North London lOO 102 104
10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd
and City Junction 23 is.
20 North Staffordshire 175 45 45 d 131
20 North-Western
10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all ' 6 8
Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 31 32
10 Peebles all
20 Portsmouth
10 RhYroney lO
Stock Scottish Central lOO 111 113
Stock Scot. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 245 254
Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 •82 81
Stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47
10 Sitting;bourne & Sheer all 35 24 d
Stock South Devon lOO 43 45 443
Stock South-Eastern lOO 735 745 741 4 5
Stock South Wales
20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 60 64
20 Do. do • 18
20 ,Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 11
25 Stockton & Darlington all 365 .175 374
25 Do. do. 1855 7
25 :Do. do. 1858 7
Stockton & Hartlepool 165
Stock Taff Vale lOO
Stock Do.'Preference, No. 1
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22
Stock Vale of Neath lO9 65 70
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 „ .
50 Waterford & Limerick all
20 West Cornwall
10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all
5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till
7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 33 31 31
5 Do. B all 75 71
20 West London all
10 Do. Ist Class all
20 Do. 2d Class -

Stock,
50 '
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock
25
Stock
!Stock
Stock

Stock

Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock
10
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock
25
Stock
Stock

Bedford and Bletehley'
Buckinghamshire
Clydesdale Junction i
Colchester, Stour Val
E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.e
E Union,HprwichShs
Do. Woodbridge
Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct.,
Do. New
Gloster& Dean Forest!
Hartloool.Dck.&Rail '
Hull and Selby
Do. Shares
o.
Shar
s
Lowestoft, 4p. ct
pLipj °o°ol
iTrianeri eecisenoh. u:: ee:c
king
'''''''''''
3Dioa.n6e.p.Bertixcetnnt.
&..
Midsh.& Redcr, g. 6 c.'
Mid.liradfortiPrf. Stk.'
Newmarkt.,BuryEx
guaranteed 5 p. C.
Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c.
Do. do. 6 per cent... •
Do. Fixed 5 per cent.
Preston and Wyro.
Do. Shares A
Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep
Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c.
Shrowsbry& Hereford
South Staffordshire
Wear Valley, g. 6p. C.
Do. do.

• all Ln & N.W
100 In & N.W
100 Caledonia,
all E.U.&E CI
100 Gt. North.
all ,E.Counts.
100
100 Caledonia
100 Do.
all Gt. West.
all Yk.N.&lir
all Yk.N.Md.
all •Do.
all ,
100 ISDo.. East
100 .Do.
100 ;Peto &Co
all Do.
100 'Norfolk
100 ,Do.
all ILN W&M
all Stk.& Da
100 ;Midland
5. 5. (I.lE.Counts
all Do.
all Do.
, all Do.
L&N W
all Is, Lsk. 5
all ;Do.
100 Gt. North
. 18 11 6,Lan.&Yk
I all iT Brassoy,
all IM 'Clean
all 19 tk.& Darl
I all Do.
. 100 Gt. West
. all L.&Brgtn

98 100
[lO2 104
16i 17i
1140 144
I -

2i 211

98 100
I IP
57 59

139 142

pm

9 10
10i 11

Wilts and Somerset..
Wimbledon& Croydn.

90 92
$ 9

DOCKS

• ealle•
Share Docks.
I Paid
Stock Comthercial lOO
Stock Do4ppri;ent.Pref.Min lOO
Stock East and Weat India lOO
Cloning lusinDon
Stock London ...... :
Stocki'St. Katharine
Stock}Southampton
StocklVictoria .............. , 100 101 103
'2O Doi New •st ettiemaiour li ..'"

Share j Railwe ye.

not

201
,00 {
100
190 •

17}
20
Stock

100
20
Sto. i
Stock
100
100

20 {
20
20k

100
100
100
100

Stock

rg
8
,!4„.
gt P.
~bed A
Scrip

Atlantic & St Lawrence
Leased at 6 per cent
Bom..BarodfaiCent.lnd
gu. 5, per an t

I Closing I Business
!Paid* Price. Done.

1)0.
Addit. Capital A
Do. Do.
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Do. New
Buffalo,Brant.&atidrich
p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 187 c
Do. do. 1 Ju1y,.1873
Do.' do. 1 June, 18741
Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim.
Cape,Eastn. Prov. (L im.)
Cape Town & Dock Scrip
Central Oude (Limited)
Ceylon Guaranteed 6p .c.
Demerara
Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.o.
East Indian, c-u. sp. c...
Do. C Shares
Do. F Shares Ext
Do. Jubbulpore
D 0.4.1 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9
G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c.
Geelong Corporation 6
per cent. Bonds
Grand Trunk of Canada
Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay .'7B
Do. 6 per cent. Fret
Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c
Do. New, gua.s per cent
Do. do
Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip
guaranteed 5 per cent.
GS'. of Canada Shares
Do. New
Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
opt. till '6O
Do. do. '73 till '6O
Do. do. "/3 without opt
Do. p
dras. c. do. '77 do
Ma, guar., 4i p. c
Do. do. 5 per cent
Do. 41 p. c. Extension
Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c
Do. Fourth do.
Melb. Corp. ftp.c. Bonds
Newßrunswlck&Canda.
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc
Class ACapitl.Share
Do. do. Land do
Do. do. B. Capital do
Do. do. Land do
Northof India Tramroad
Limited, Scrip
Oude (Limited) ..
Scinde
Do.
,Do. New.
Do. Punjaub 1
Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,
,St. Andrews & Que'
Trinidad(Limited),

all
13i
all

16,
1100
100

11. .3.0.

2s. 6d,
all
100
all

79 81

all
311
} 100
101
all'
100
all

161 17

It d
1 lid
41 5 d
5f 6f d'

1 28.
all

all
all
all
all
all
all

Id i p

14 i d
99 100

41 par
di loot
19 20

34 35
71 73
91 93
97 98
d

I 11 ld
141 14f
1026 f 51 d
104
102 104
101 103
97 100
85 90

Ywi
C^

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orr '271

LAW IXTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

SECONDARIES' COURT.
(Before. Mr. Potter and a jury.)

SINGULAR STREET ACCIDENT-ABRAHAMS V. APPLEBY.
This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages (laid a,
£100) sustained_ by plaintiff, a dressmaker, under the fol-
lowing circumstances.

Mrs. Abraha'ms said that on the Bth December last she
was walking in Great Cromer-street. When passing de-
fendant's house witness stepped upon the round coal shoot.
The shoot sprang up went some yards into the street, and
witness's leg was so much injured that she was confined to
her bed for ten weeks, suffering much agony. During the
whole of those ten weeks witness (whose average earnings
are 255. per week) could not follow her ordinary occupation,
and was a severe sufferer in a pecuniary point of view.
Witness was much shaken by the shock, and her mind
slightly affected. Defendant keeps an oil shop.
The surgeon who attended plaintiff deposed that Mrs.
Abraham's leg was very much injured and the shin bone
exposed. She suffered from inflammatory fever for one
fortnight. Witness attended her for four months.
Defendant suffered judgment to go by default, and Mr.
Langford for plaintiff contended that these coal shoots
were illegal though connived at and tolerated. Ifparties would
have them they were bound to keep them secure, and if
through neglect parties were injured the owners of the
shoots must pay. In addition to plaintiff's personal loss
the d actor's bill was £l6 ls.

99} II

100
341 i
72 2
91
97

The learned Secondary said -the party did not wilfully
leave the shoot open, but it was left open and be was
answerable. The jury would say the amount of damage to
be awarded.

The jury found for plaintiff,:damages, £33 lOs ; being £l6
Ehe doctor's bill, and £5 for plaintiff's suffering, £l2 lOs
loss of time and money.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SINGULAR APPLICATION FOR PROTECTION.—A tall,
middle-aged man, stepping into the witness-box, said he
wanted his worship's advice.' He said—Five days after I
was married, your worship, my wife bit me through the
arm—

Mr. Bingham That is a strange way of showing
affection.
Applicant—lt was not affection, but because 1 made an
admission to her that I had a little family of three—the
youngest being about twelve. •
Mr. Bingham—You should have told her before you were
married.
Applicant—My dear, affectionate, and ancient friend—
(laughter)—l took the first favourable opportunity, but
she at once pitched into me, and, my dear sir, only just
look here—l'm bruised here, there, and everywhere, be-
hind and before, top and bottom. (Laughter.) I'm not
a " snob" or a tailor, that sits at his work all day, and can
hide his marks, but I'm a pen-dealer, and go into respec •
table shops; and (in a very appealing way), my dear sir,
look at me, see how disfigured I am. She has also de-
spatched one of my girls.
Mr. Bingham—what, killed her ? (Laughter.)
Applicant—Oh no, sent her away. She's caused my son
to enlist and made him lead another away.
Mr. Bingham--Sometimes these attacks are marks of
endearment, but I think not in this case, and I will'protect
you from your Amazonian rib. You can have a summons—
Applicant (interrupting)—Oh dear, it must be done at
once, my dear friend. I can't go.back.
Mr. Bingham—Then you can have a warrant.
Applicant (leaving the court)—Thank you, my dear'
friend.

)0: rer:rt.

and Elder.

TUE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EvP,NING, AUGUST 12, 1859.

LIrEL :T uRE.

island itself which has received the successiVe de-
signations of,Juana, Ferdinand, Santiago,-and Ave
Maria . from. its rulers, should. still preserve its
Indian name of Cuba. On. arriving at an hotel in
company with some other paSsengers the author
complains of the' feeling of. discouragement which a
traveller uriacenstomed to the tropics eperienceTS•
froni the Lindifferenee- and want of attention
.of
every one about. At length he learns, from
Spanish lad in charge of one part .of the' establish-
ment.; that. i` things whiclfwe cannot do withoirt
We must go out of the house to findiand those 'which
we can do:without we must dispense with." • On
this hint the travellers'act; and uniting their scraps
of information contrive as best they can.' :While in
Havana he sees a melancholy sight— • '
Saturday, February 19.—There are streaks of a clear
.dawn; it is,nearly Six o'clock; `the cocks are crowing, and
the driunS'and:trumpets sounding. We have been told ol
sea-baths, cut in the rock, near the, Punta, at the foot of our
Pasco. I walk down, under trees, towards the Presidio.
What is this 'clanking sound ? Can it be cavalry marching
on foot, their sabres rattling on the pavenient ? No ; it
comes from that crowd of poor-looking creatures who are
forming in files in front of the Presidio. It. is , the chain-
gang I Poor wretches ! I come nearer to them, and wait
until they are formed and numbered and Marched off.
Each man has 'an iron band rivetted round his ankle,
and another round his waist; and the chain is fastened,'
one end into each 'of- these bands, and dangles be-
' tween them, clanking with every movement. This leaves
the wearers free to,use their arms, and, indeed, their whole
body, it being only a weight and a badge and a note for
discovery, from which they cannot rid themselves. It is
kept on them dayand night—working, eating, •ei sleeping.
In some cases, two are chained together. They have passed
their night in the Presi io (the great priSon and garrison),
and are marshalled for their day's toil in the public streets
and on the public works, in the heat of the mi..' ' They
look thormighly wretched. Can any of these be.polititid
offenders? It is said that' Carlists, fremnOld Spain, worked
in this gang. Sentence to, the Chain-gang in summer, in
the case of a foreigner, must be nearly certaindeath.
He visited. many .plantations, and acquired much
information respecting them. Oil one large sugar
plantation he conversed with the-engineer, who
told him that the crop' this year was. a favourable
one, which would yield in well-managed planta-
tions . a net interest of from 15 to,2s.per cent. on
. the investment ;• birt the risks are great, as the
cane-fields are liable to fires, which spread with
great rapidity and are difficult to extinguish. Last
year Mr. C--, the owner of this plantation, lost
7,000:dols, in a few hours by fire,. and 12,000 dots.
in a few days by cholera among the negroes.- Mr.
Dana.gives an interesting description of the sugar
culture and cane crushing. Labour is so valuable
in Cuba that a citizen will give four hundred dol-
lars for the chance of enforcing eight years labour,
from a Coolie, who. is bound for.that period, and
to whom he is obliged to pay four dollars a month,
though the Coolies hold suicide to be a virtue, and
if subjected to • corporal punishment frequently
escape from their troubles in that fashion. Mr.
Dana gives a fearful picture of the' Grand Carpel of
Havana. He stiys that no man whose notions are'
derived from an English or American penitentiary
of the last fifty years, can form an idea of the great
Cuban prison. It would, of course, be impossible
to write. of Cuba without treating of the slave
trade, and consequently Mr.. Dana • gives us full
particulars of the general management. He advises
the-visitor to trust neither to anecdotes or general

The Dennes of Danndelyonn. By Mrs. Charles J'.
Proby. 3 vols. Smith and Elder.
This is a' story of domestic'life, and, on the whole,
it is a very readable novel. The tale is told by one
.of a family of orphans, who are left to the' care of
some relations—the three sisters being taken by
their uncle to his .country. house. • Without any-
thing remarkable occurring, the book is full of
events ; and towards the conclusion there are some
powerful descriptions given of the' many troubles
that befall the two families who were united as
one. The uncle of the heroine, Sophie, is over-
whelmed with misfortune, and the effects that are
thus produced seem more striking among his adopted
than his real family. Angelica, the eldest, decides
on making a rich marriage. Sir Brutus Bouverie
was sincerely attached to her, but it was not in his
power to make her life contented, still less happy.
There was a sad end to. poor Angelica's brilliant
prospects, and her sudden death cast a gloom over
the circle before she had been able to put into prac-
tice any of her schemes for their benefit. Florence,'
the second sister, was attached to a poor curate,
which caused great annoyance to- her aunt Barbara.;
but when affairs grew so bad, her uncle Denne
allowed her to fulfil her engagement; and a small
living having been procured, it was hoped that one
out of the afflicted circle was satisfactorily settled.
But'through bad management Florence's home was
as uncomfortable as could well be imagined. The
picture drawn of its disarrangements and miseries,
on the occasion of a visit from Sophie, is very well
done, and the prototype of " Whirlingham" may be
found in many a distracted household. The au-
thoress appears to advantage in her details of
domestic infelicity ; as " Freshfield, the mansion of
Sir Brutus, discloses an equally graphic sketch of
gilded misery ; and the wretched Angelica fur-
nishes a striking warning to these who marry for
gold, from whatever motive they may be induced
to do so. The most pleasing of the characters are
Sophie and her cousin Eric. The latter is sUperior
to the rest of his family, being gifted with a
talent for painting, which he turns to account
in the dark days that come upon Daundelyonn.
Sophie is a charming girl, full of consideration for
others, and endowed with a spirit to resist minor
troubles, and an energy to endure great trials. She
was the hope of all, ever appealed to in perplexity,
and relied on in danger. Her career was singularly
trying from the period of her entering into society
till the conclusion of these records it was one series
of pecuniary embarrassments, home troubleS; and
other calamities, she was better fitted than eihter
of her sisters to struggle in the battle of life, for
instead of sinking under the pressure as they did,
she rose to meet the emergency with a courage that
would not quail, and with a trust in better times,
that enabled her to come out of the contest more
than conqueror. The story is told in a genuine
manner, and the various incidents are recorded With
skill and exactitude. The misfortunes of the master
of Danndelyonn, in being driven from his old in-
heritance, are touchingly narrated, and although
such a calamity as this is " the tale, the truth of
every day," the agony of such a farewell, and the
desolation of such, a departure seem to strike the
reader as forcibly,' as if related for the first time.
The book contains some passages which are rather
exaggerated; on.. the subject of .clairvoyanee, as.
Sophie several times sees•the forms of her relations
who appear mysteriously before her, and some days
after she hears of their death. „'This, will
,please
some wonder-seeking readers, but the subject is too
often introduced. It is not likely that this novel
will be otherwise than attractive, as without being
anything extraordinary, it contains some scenes of
exciting interest, and has passages that are written
with power. If it is a first work it is a very suc-.
cessfuliendeavour, and, at any. rate, it is aa.agree.
able addition to the world of fiction.

statements, fOr - he says there is no end to both
state►tient and anecdote on each side. If he can-

T 1 e Story of Catvnlpor~. By Captain Mowbray
Thomson, one of the only two 'survivors from
the Cawnpore garrison. Bentley.

A mournful interest is attached to this work, and
it possesses a claim on the attention from the fact
of its author having been an eye-witness of the
fearful scenes he describes. The lapse' of time
since the awful events that are here recorded took
place may have subdued in some degree the first
frenzied excitement that the recital awakened, but
it can never efface the recollections that are aroused
by the mention of the very name of the place
which witnessed one of the most frightful scenes
that the. malice of mortal cruelty ever devised.
Captain Thompson observes, in the preface, that so
many conflicting statements have been Made con-
cerning the events that took place, that he feels it
incumbent upon him to present the public with his
own recollections. He also desires to refute the

not beta full and lengthened ,personal experience,

he lied better trust to reasonable deductions froui
established facts. The established facts are that

false charges that were made in some obscure jour-
nals in India, of a want of courage in the defenders
of the garrison. The other survivor has not been
able to render any assistance to his friend in the
task of compiling these records, and therefore this
work is described by the author as from first to
last "an effort of memory." It is eminently to his
credit that he should have acquitted himself of this
task in so admirable a manner. There are many
who will feel deeply indebted to Capt. Thomson
for thus affordingthem the opportunity of perusing
an authentic account of so important an occurrence.
The descriptions of the escape of the fortunate few
—four in number at first, but two have since died
—is very exciting. Assailed by a mob of sepoys,
they took refuge in a temple, which the mob sur-
rounded, and having piled up faggots at the en-
trance, they cut off their retreat. The following
passage records one of the most striking escapes
that has ever occurred in the annals of warfare
When the pile of faggots had reached the doorway, or
nearly so, they sot them on fire, expecting to suffocate us ;
but a strong breeze kindly sent the great body of the smoke
away from the interior of the temple. Fearing that the
suffocating sultry atmosphere would bo soon insupportable,
I proposed to the men to sell their lives as dearly as possi-
ble; but we stood until the wood had sunk down into a
pile of embers, and we began to hope that we might brave
out their torture till night (apparently the only friend left
us) would let us get out for food and attempted escape. But'
their next expedient compelled an evacuation; for they
brought bags of gunpowder, and threw them upon the red-
hot ashes. Delay would have been certain suffocation—so
out we rushed. The burning' wood terribly marred our
bare feet, but it was no time to think of trifles. Jumping
the parapet, we were in the thick of the rabble' in an in-
stant ; we fired a volley, and ran a-muck with the. bayonet.
Seven of our number succeeded in reaching the bank of the
.river, and we first threw in our guns and then ourselves.
The weight of ammunition we had in: our pouches carried
us under the water ; while we were thus submerged, we
escaped the first volley that they fired. We slipped off the
belts, rose again, and swam ; and by the time they had
loaded a second time, there were only heads for
them to aim at. I turned round, and saw the banks of the
river thronged with the black• multitude, yelling, howling,
and firing at us ; while others of their party rifled the
bodies of the six poor fellows we left behind. Presently
two more were shot in the head; and ono private, ityan,
almost sinking from exhaustion, swam into a sandbank and
was knocked on the head by two or three ruffians waiting
to receive him. These villians had first promised Lieu-
tenant Delafosse and private Murphy that if they would
come to the shore they should be' protected, and have food
given to them. They were so much inclined to yield that
they made towards , the bank, but suddenly and wisely
altered their determination. Infuriated with disappoint-
ment, one of them threw his club at Delafosse ; but in the
height of his energy lost his balance and fell into deep
water; the other aimed at Murphy, and struck him on the
head. For two or three hours we continued swimming';
often Changing our position, and the "current helping our
progress. At length our pursuers gave up the chase ; a
sower on horseback was the last we saw of them."

one race, having.all power in its hands, holds an
inferior-race in slaverY;''that this bondage exists
in cities, in populous neighbourhoods, and in re-
mote distriets; that the owners are human beings
of tropical races; that the slaves are htinian beings
just emerging from barbarism, and that no small
• part of this power is.exercised by a lose-lived and.
low-minded. class,nf intermediate agents. ''What
is likely to be the. effect on all the parties to this
system, judging from all we know of human
nature ?" The descriptions of the scenery, the
voyage, and all tbC little incidents of travel, are
written with force and spirit. We commend this
volume to the notice of those who wish to acquaint
themselves with the mysteries of sugar plantations
and life in the tropics.

111AJO.R • RJ-10DES' CURVILINEAR

To Cuba and Back. By R. N. Dana, jun., author
of " Two Years before the Mast," &c. Smith

This account of a vacation voyage by the author
of " Two Years before the Mast," is likely to
attract many readers. He gives a clear and well
written account of his residence in the island, and
of his impressions of the people and system of go-
vernment. In the first chapter some of his old
recollections of a naval life are evident.

TENTS.

(From the United Service Gazette.)
Two of these tents have been pitched in front of
the Garrison' Hospital at Chatham,.for the purpose
of testing their durability and adaptation to mili-
tary uses ; • one is called the hospital, and the other
a field tent. The hospital tent is 30 feet long, 15
wide, and 10 high, and can conveniently accommo-
date twenty patients. It has the form of a long
oval, and when the patients lie down on each side
of the tent, there is sufficient space left in the
middle for a passage ; it is occupied by invalids and
they speak very highly of it. The atmosphere is
pure and wholesome, and although the heat has been
excessive, the tent has been cool and comfortable.
The tents differ essentially in their construction
from the Line-encampment tents; the principal
support does not consist in the tent poles, but in
ribs, the upper parts of which are flexible, thus
forming a vaulted frame, over which the covering
is placed. The manner of pitching is this : a ground
line is laid down, giving tlre.bare plan of the tent.
It is provided with eyes. or openings; through
which the bottom ends'of the ribs are passed on
being fixed into the earth—the upper parts of the
ribs are then inserted into the hollows of a head-
piece bent towards each other, and being thus
secured,,the frame-work of the tent is ready. After
fastening of the storm lines, the entire tent is corn=
plete ; since the tent has been up, it has been well
tried by three storms, violent in their character, the
wind blowing strong gales. The tent has withstood
the blaSig admirably, and the inmates felt no
effects from the rain or lightning and thunder. The
interior of the tent has been perfectly dry, and as
the tent has a vaulted roof there is no lodgment for
any water.' Major-General Eyre, and other officers
belonging to the garrison
.have .visited the tents,
and Dr. Andrew Maclean, Surgeon .Major Ist Depot
Battalion, who has paid much attention to them,
has reported very favourably of their merits to the
Inspector-General of HOSpitals, J. R. Taylbr, C.B.
There is 'another, advantage. in these tents; they
contain an arni-rack, composed of two short.ropes
(each about six inches in length), having a loop a.nd
wooden toggel or pin at alternate ends ; these ropes
are fixed' tti the canvas sides 'of the tent at about
three feet, off the ground, but at the juncture of that
part of the 'canvas which touches the ribs, so that
by placing the butt-end of two, muskets on the inside
curtain .at, or close against the butt-end of the rib
which has been forced into the ground, and by cir-
culating round tho top end of the barrels the two
short ropes, and ,then fastening the latter, the mus-
kets are securely and handily placed upright
against the sides of the tent. • The accoutrements
can be hung over the 'ropes, between the 'Canvas of
the tents and the barrels of-the muskets. The out-
side covering of these tents is ofunbleached cotton.
There is another canvas covering inside, blue and
white striped, the ingress of heat and cold is by,
these means very much moderated. In the upper
part of ' the ark there are ventilating holes, which
can be opened' and closed at pleasure ; by these
ineans the atmosphere of the tent can be kept per-
fectly pure; indeed, the tents are spoken very highly
of, on every ground, and have particularly elicited
-the encomiums of officers conversant with camping
of troops. Owing to the large expanse of the inte-
rior and head room, soldiers can stand upright in
the Rhodes' tents, which is more than can be done
in any others. We are glad to see that the highly
respectable houses of S. W. Silver and Co., Corn-
hill, and Isaac, Campbell, and Co., the army
clothiers, have taken upon themselves the wholesale
manufacture of these tents, and there can be no doubt
that they willsoon supersede all other kinds.
It is the intention of the authorities to practise
the whole of the troops in Dublin in camp life and
field drill as much as possible during the present
season. The 2d battalion of the Scots Fusilier
Guards marched from the Curragh Camp on Mon-
day into the country, where they were to remain
in the new (French style of) tents'
red'abrrA second
for three
days, and afterwards return to ca p. Monday,
and regiment
e on adopt
until all
are thesame plan next
practised.

By night, I walk deck for a couple of hours with the
young captain. After due inquiries about his family in
Georgia, and due remembrance of those of his mother's
line whom we loved, and the public honoured, before the
grave or the sea' closed over them, the fascinating topic
of the navy, the frigates and the line-of-battle ships and
little sloops, the storms, and wrecks, and sea-fights till up
the time. He loves the navy still, and has left it with re-
gret; but the navy does not love her sons as they love her.
On the quarter-deck at 15, the first in rank of his year,
favoured by his commanders, with service in the best ves-
sels, making the great fleet cruise under Morris, taking
part in the actions of the Naval Brigade on shore in Cali-
fornia, serving on the Coast Survey, a Man of science as
well as a sailor,—yet what is there before him, or those
like him, in our navy ? The best must continue a subal-
tern, a lieutenant, until he is grey. At fifty, he may be
entitled to his first command, and that of a class below a
frigate ; and if he survives the African fevers and the Isth-
mus fevers, and the perils of the sea, he may totter on the
quarter-deck of a line-of-battle ship when his skill is out
of date, and his capacity for further command problemati-
cal. And whatever may be the gallantry of the merit of
his service, though he may cut off his right hand or pluck
out his eye for the country's honour, the navy can give him
no promotion, not even a barren title of brevet, nor n badge
of recognition of merit, though it be but a star, or a half
yard of blue ribbon. The most meritorious officers receive
large offers from civil life; and then, it is home, family,
society, education of children, and pecuniary competency on
the one side, and on the other, only the navy, less and less
Attractive as middle life draws on.

On Tuesday Mdlle. Guarducci was married at
the church of the Immaculate Conception, Dublin, to the
eldest son of the Duke de Cirella of Naples, and the same
evening took the leading part in "La Favorita " at the
Theatre Royal. Mdlle. Titiens was the principal brides-
maid at the marriage•
THE MAIL SERVICE.--According to a Post-office
notice issued yesterday, mails for Australia, New Zealand,
Mauritius, Mauritius, Bombay, America, Newfoundland, and. Bermuda,
will be made up in the General Post-office
ft oor r-ad,
..1 I am eNr ie elva
Canada, on Tuesda for the W Indies, Pacific,
Portugal, and America, on Wednesday; fo A t . Spain,
Zealand, Mauritius, and Bombay, on Thursdayrl;eB
Alexandria,
naduldaldfaintaei,doFrin
thdeay,
2;otahndinfsotr. Cmailusttfa,roCmhitnhaz
Pacific and West Indies are due at the General Post-office
on Tuesday; from Canada, next Wednesday; from Ame-
rica, China, Calcutta, Alexandria and Malta, on Thurs-
day; and from Bombay, Alexandria, and Malta on Friday.
.andis
The Ripon is to take out the Bombay,
ttolictiakAerioeuit
the
ee
uniteciinstant
of this morning, and the steamer America and Australian mails
mail of this evening; the Indian
Cana-
dian mail of the 16th
theY o rlk7 tan. d SBIC
bSotaatredsfmoraNil
eowf
ticr mails are to be made up on
Etna too morrow ; for. New
York to
, t
otob abe
BC iatvya or
ifa,WQ
anElllthine ItBli, i
Gibraltar, on the 20thnt• ; for
g 911 on the 1701 inst., and by the steamer
Gibreltar, by the steamer
steanier,Minho instant ; for Gibraltar, Genoa, and
Leghorn, by the
osteamer Boetia to-day i for Lisbon, by the
dor, and Ca 4t4
1713111114. f"
Lisbon, Cadiz, Moaa••
for'Malt ojni oon,
Canary Islandi, y the steamer Amazont Sept. 1;
p e, bv the steamer Mieun, on
the 17th inst. • adfiltre !tea 'er Van-lase-us, on the 27th
inst., and for Melbourne and Newm Zealand by the steamer
Royal Bride, on the 25th hut,

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The curious old buildings and narrow streets and
the strange vehicles which greet him on his arrival,
are described. The stately Spanish titles over the
little shops por mayor y rnenor give him, he tells
us, a, Gil-Blas-Don•Quixote feeling. The Cubans
have a taste for grandiloquent names. They name
the shops after the sun, moon, and stars, after gods
and goddesses, fruits and flowers. The wards of
jails and hospitals are each known by some desig-
natiOn, and even the twelve guns in the Mons are
called after the :AgoAles. Every town has the
name of some saint or sacred subject. The full
title of Havana in honour of Columbus is San
Cristabal de la Habana. It is curious that the