The Express. — London, England, 1867-10-14 00:00:00

*parting Intelligence. NOTE`; FROM NEWMARKET AND FUTURE EVENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXPRESS. Sot,—" Sir Joseph" has ousted " the plucky Marquis" from his position on the turf as the man of the slay ; Mr. Chaplin's colours have gone down fifty per cant. ire tke ietimatiou of those who began to think they were invincible ; and Fortune's wheel took such a strange turn altogether at Newmarket last week as to stamp the Seoond October Meeting one of the most eventful of the year. The hottest favourite that was ever made for the Cesarewitch failed to get even a "place," and another " mad".priced one, Lady Elizabeth. met with a similar fate in the Mid dle Park Plate, to the delight of those men of figures who stuck to their text, and accommodated the Marquis of Hastings on Mouthy night with the liberal odds of three to one that Illiukhoolie and his lady did not both bowl out the large fields of horses opposed to them. Careful punter), ' let alone reckless pluugers, had a dreadful time of it on the fatal heath ; and if the cold cruel rain that fell all Wednesday afternoon could have washed out the lines in a certain few " books " it would have cured many a heart-ache. Not a favourite won all day, and I should not like to have to count before breakfast the money dropped over the ladies, Elizabeth and Coventry, on the one race alone, except into my own coffers. One gentle man lost by the result a sum of money that would pay for the feeding of 3,000 poor devils for a twelvemonth ; and Sir Joseph Hawley and his friends are reported, on the other hand, Sobers landed as much as would have satisfied a Derby winner in days gone by. The Hermit division had it dreadfully " hot " over the Cesarewitch, as it must have cost a mint of mosey to briog Blinkhoolie to li to t, the highest odds offered at the break-up of the betting room over night about a colt that, as I remarked in my Lust, had not " the slightest chance to win a big handicap with 7st "on public form. My summing up, in fact, wan singularly aarmsis ; though when writing that if anything should beat Arnioarer, Blinkhoolie, Honesty, Julius, and 3lontgoubert (the first, fourth, and fifth), it would be a rank outsider, I must confess that the 1,000 to 5 Westwick, who got second, was not in my thoughts. Those discarded by me as second-raters Sealskin and Romping Girl, cut up such, great favourites as they were, and Julius carried out my expectations that be would beat all the public horses with a vengeance. Of course. everybody found out Lothario would have won had he started, when they saw a 3-yr-old with sat win, and his backers greatly deplored that Baron Rothschild was so poor a man, to which misfortune they attributed the horse's falling lame, as, had " the Baron" not been so anxious, they say, to find out what the hundred or two he bad on him was worth, by tering him once too often, all would have gone well. He may have done no better, however, than the other Newmarket pets, Blinkhoolie and Sealskin, if he had been ever so well, the trials of this pair beating his by many chalks, Mr. Chaplin's colt being nothing less than the equal of Hermit, according to some versions. This might be true, and then not good enough, if the pair were only tried a mile and a quarter, for Hermit must be " tons" worse now than when he ran at Doncaster, or Friponnier could not have given him the 141 b beating in the Select Stakes. The latter is certainly a most extra ordinary horse, but not more so than Julius, who proved those who looked so much at his Julie blood to be quite out of their reckoning when they supposed speed was his forte, as he ran the greatest glutton of the whole year, and did snore in his sixteenth race since the 22nd of April than on any previous occasion. lie won farther and easier than the Baron or Favath-a-Ballagh did with their big weights, and it would be quite an sweet were he now to meet Achievement over two miles, as he could do anything with Hermit now, and it is quite possible that his mishap at the last turn lost him the St. Leger. Ido not think so much of him for the Cambridgeshire, after Lady Elizabeth beat ing him for speed in their exciting match on Friday, allowing this defeat should not have occurred, it being the general opinion that had Daley come along with him down Bush-hill, as Challoner did in the Cesarewitch, when he bad all the best of it, he would have won a length. Fri ponnier is a more likely horse for the short spin, so far as capabilities go, the way Hermit ran with my fancied Longcbamps fur the Newmarket Derby, giving him a stone, maims the young Chevalier d'lndustrie's performance with him something wonderful. But his owner has openly expressed himself doubtful about risking each a valuable horse in the scrambling crowd that will meet for the last great handicap (barring the Liverpool Autumn Cup. per. hapax) of the season, at the same time that his case is not so hopeless as the market would indicate. His heavy weight is not a pound too much, and unless there is a good thing in one of the light or mid-weight brigade, be can beat all the three-year-olds. Valorous, Honesty, Dragon, and Wroughton are all supposed to be good, if wanted," and there is no question that Honesty ran quite forward enough in the Cesarewitch, lame as he was, to be worth backing. Should he stand it will take a good horse to beat him, only La Dauphine and Julius, of the other performers of Tuesday last, being worthy of much cool- deration ; but the Cambridgeshire is a very different race to the " Selzer," and will bring together a superior clam of horses, Lozenge, once such a flyer, being in at only 11b. more than La Dauphine, whilst Julius will be giving 21b and his year to the best-looking four-year-old there is on Newmszketheath, now the outsider Lancret. Viridis's triumph and Seville's defeat, and the in-and out running of Suffolk, helped to keep the game alive ; but I have only further to deal with the two-year-old per formances, the first of which that caused any com motion was Suffolk's defeat of Lennie in a DOI. plate on Monday, both this and the overthrow of Inspiration by Clernence just previously giving the gen tlemen a severe "facer." These disasters only portended the more serious one in the Middle Park Plate. Leamie's disgrace was not encouraging to the followers of Lady Coventry, although the stable depended more upon the latter lowing beaten a crack 3-sr-old like Pericles at even weights. This trial was considered too good to be true, as were likewise the stories of Lady Elizabeth being better than any old one John Day had got, including Lord Ronald, and both Rosicracian and Green Sleeve close to the 4-yr-old Xi. Nevertheless, when Lady Elizabeth ran so well with Julius these rumours began to look quite credible, and there can be no doubt the first flight in the Middle Perk Plate was composed of real " flyers," and that Sir Joseph Hawley ha, again got just such a team as he had a few years ago, when Teddington, Aphrodite, and the Ban in one season, and Beadsman Ltd Fitz-Roland in another were great cards. Blue Gown won the Cleerwell very easily, :sad further curried out my prediction by leaving the great Plate to his stable-companions Rosicrucian and Green Sleeve, notwithstanding one of the pair (and the winner) did stand at 50 to 1 up to the morning of the race. In endeavouring to show how the contest might result, a happier hit was made in my last than over the Cesarewiteh, as I left the Marquis of Hastings, Sir Joseph Hawley, and the Lady Coventry stable (first, sseond, third, and fifth) to fight it out, and " Sir Joseph," who supplied the first and second, was awarded the pre ference. Another Danebury reverse, the overthrow of the Earl by Ouragan, was also foretold • and it it gratifying t o me to rind, after hackers have had such a bad week, that my pen did not lead them into their troubles. Green Sleeve easily won the Prendergast when Virtue, St. Ro nan, and Suffolk were the beat she had to beat, the cherry jacket thus being victorious in the three principal two-year old events of the meeting. The last performanco of the filly looks almost as well as the first, eonsidering she beat Suffolk so far ; yet I should be sorry to take any line from such an erratic gentleman as the latter, although, through Ouragan being before him, the form might be right, after the Earl's running with the pair. The latter did not come so well out of the meeting as he went in, the Frenchman's defeat on Friday making it bad for bile , and indirectly for Pace, the long way Court Mantle and Michael de Basco were beaten in the Middle Park Plate being another blow to the prestige of the pair. Pace actually found it bard to beat Athena when they met. and she was coughing so badly that she had not an effort left in her when meeting Indian Star on Fridsy. Still, the Marquis of Haatings's presumed Derby second string, the Earl, will make a great three•year-nld if he only fulfil the promise he mguntil he wan run off his legs, and while Lady Eliza possesses such a wayward temper, it will be as well to make safe on the colt for the Derby. Her ladyship was dreadfully fractious at the start for both her Tame, one only a match. As this is a fault it will never do to exhibit on the Derby day, 6to 1 must be a ridiculous price for her to stand at now, and alter " Sir Joseph" has won the Two Thousand, she is bound to recede, if not before. There is no saying that Resicrueimi and Green Sleeve did not give her such a beating on Wednesd.y last as would make up for the weight they were receiving, and had not the eolt changed his legs close at home, turd by a stumble brought limitable almost on to his neck, he might have won as easily as the Rake did a year ago. Should be meet Lady Elizabeth in the Troy Stakes, it will be aline trial between them, elicit Rosicrucian has to win the Criterion first, and when Le los done this, he will have to put up 21b. more extra weight than the Before, however, Newmarket will claim my prophetic thereyth , are four lay s ' racing tint at t et thro ug h , Cieu th amand an with the steeplechases at Ealing on Thursday and Friday, forming the chief " fixtures" of the current week. In the west there are many events to be decided it is out of my province to dismiss; and I shall confine myself to the following selection :—Gloucestershire Stakes at Chelten ham, Elegance or Steamboat; Hamilton Stakes, Contempt or Veda; County Cap, the Rescue. Herefordshire Stakes, Moose or Pearl Driver ; Shobdon Cup, Caithness or th e best of Wallow ' s. The other items completed are too much alike in character, or dependent on other matters, to claim attention. From the Scotch gathering there are only five stakes made up yet, and these T. Dawson can do almost as be likes with. Tbere is another "sporting" event of the week that I bad almost overluoked, the fight for the championship, and between two gentlemen one of whom was a hero in the last grand " no fight" that drove another nail into the coffin of the P. R.—and I grieve to think, into the coffin of Cie late lamented Mr. F. L. Dowling, who, as editor of Bell's Life, bad so often to brave the roughe.t of the rough when he bad to give a decision that was not palatable to the noble fol lowers of the " win" tie and wrangle principle. It was mediately after a stormy interview with one of the princi le in the coming tourney, and which was attended by a band of vicious ruffians who talked savagely of murder if a certain fiat were not given their way (and they were not 11111 m.. Ms.. IMlii..m. all on one aide), that 31r. Dowling, ailing at the time, was lain on a bed of sickness he was unable to leave for weeks ; and when the news of his death on Thursday last went abroad, I wonder what the tLoughts were of those who im i ght eunsaler they assisted in bringing about such a sad result A gentleman in every sense of the word, he was ill suited to meet the low and " respectable" roughs that infest the ring in our day ; but all the bullies, from White chapel or the Haymarket, could not alter his decisions, and the P.R., in its decade, has certainly lost one of the best friends it ever had in poor Frank Lewis Dowling.-1 a:u, &c., METEOR. late Entrlgignue. METROPOLITAN COUNTY COURTS. (Sitting days appointed for the present weak ) Btoonsituar, Portiand•road.-IVedues4ay, Ott. 16: Thursday. 17.; Friday, 111. MARTIADONZ, Marylebone•road.—Tuesday, Ott. 16 %Vadat... day, 16. WANDSWORTII, Southatreet —Tuesday, Oct. 15. CLIIIIIISNWILLL, Duncan-terrace.—Monday, Oct. 11: Tuesday, 16; Wednesday, 16; Thursday. 17 ; Friday, 18. Sitoaradvai, 01,1-streetroa4.-11 oaday, Oct. 1e: Tuesday, 13: Thursday 17. Bow, how.road—Tuesday, (At. I 5: Friday. IS. Sturrioraaa, Swan-street. —Wedueulay, Oct. 16; Thuralay,l7: Friday la. Lumen, Camberwell New-mad.—Tueaday, Oct. 15. —Wednesday, Oct. 16. WOotWiCH.—Thursday, Oct 17. (WY or Losoux, Oulldhall-buildlngs.—Thursday. Oct. 17: Friday, 18. --- THE POLICE COURT& DIANSJON-HOURS. Jones, 17, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with assaulting constable Wiseman, 8.19, and Thwaos Burton, 22 was charged with attempting to rescue him from custody. On Friday night, about ten o'clock, Wiseman was standing in Bishopagate-street talking to two other con stables, when the prisoners, who had been drinking, but knew perfectly well what they were about, came up in the direction of Sboreditch shouting and making a noise. One of them cried out, " Here are the bobbies en joying themselves," and as Jones was pushing past Wise man, who stood on the outside of the pavement, the con. stable told him to keep quiet or he should take him into custody, and gave him • shove with his cape. Jones thereupon tripped him up, threw him on his back, and kieked him. Barham attempted to throw one of the other constables to the ground, but did not succeed, and both of them were then taken into custody. Jones behaving in a very violent manner, and throwing Wiseman a second time on his back. On being asked if be had anything to say Jones inserted that he bad in the first instance been struck on the face by the constable, adding that three gentlemen who had seen the whole affair had promised to be in attendance to give evidence. Only one of the persons referred to appeared in court. He stated that the first thing he saw was the constable striking the prisoner Jones on the back of the neck with his cape. The cape on being thrown to another constable struck witness in the face. Jones and the constable then struggled together, and both fell to the ground. The Lord Slayer said he had no doubt an assault had been committed by the prisoners, and the sentence on each of them would therefore be twenty-one days' imprison ment. BOW-STREET. A gentleman, who stated that he was the proprietor of a small theatre, licensed by the Lord Chamberlain, applied to the magistrate for a summons against Mr. Woodier, the popular entertainer, and proprietor of the Polygraphic hall, King William-street, Strand, for letting that place for dramatic performances, the music license held by him giving him no such right. The applicant produced a copy of a prospectus of an amateur theatrical performance, to be held at the hall, and stated that be believed there was no money taken at the doors. Still, the tickets were sold for money, and that, he submitted, brought them within the scope of the law , for the act imposed penalties for taking money " directly or indirectly." Mr. Vaughan, after examining the prospectus, said it ap peared to him that these performances were got up not so much for the sake of profit as by way of adjunct to a set of dames for instruction in the dramatic art. He could quite understand that learners were willing to go to some little expense for the purpose of appearing before an audience, probably somewhat favourable, to practise their art and to acquire confidence, that they might afterwards be the better prepared to present themselves before the public on the regular stage. This, indeed, to judge from the prospectus , seemed to be the main and essential motive. It might be the case that • small number of tickets were sold to assist in paying expenses ; but he ?re turned the applicant would not contend that the persons who gave these entertainments made their living, or even derived or sought to derive any considerable profit from the keeping of a theatre. Such an opinion might perhaps be tenable if these performances had been periodical ; if they had been Gym night, or so many nights a week, or even once • week. This, however, did not appear to be the case. _ _ The applicant said that, without reference to the objects which the parties had in view, the mere act of taking money was illegal. He contended that selling tickets was "taking money." He should not have stirred in the mat ter, but be had a personal interest in it. He frequently let his own theatre for amateur performances, where money could be taken at the door legally, and according to his license. Rut if the proprietor or lessee of an unlicensed house could do substantially the same thing, merely evad ing the law by selling tickets instead of taking the money at the door, that would seriously interfere with his business. Mr. Vaughan said be would give due consideration to what the applicant bad said before deciding to grant or refuse a summons. Perhaps also it might be as well to afford Mr. Woodin an opportunity of offering any expla nation, which perh►ps might render a summons unne cessary. The applicant said he was in no hurry. If the learned magistrate would take the matter into oonaideration he could repeat the application on a future day. CLERKENWELL Jain Hertland Browse, aged 25, of 8, Brunswick-square, St. Pancras, a clerk in the London and County Bank, Islington, was charted before Mr. Barker with stealing 2001., the moneys of the directors of the London and County Bank, his employers, at the pariah of Clerkenwell. Mr. John Lewis, of Addisoombe, near Croydon, said--- lam the chief clerk of the branch of the London and County Bank, High-street, Islington. The prisoner has for several years been one of the cashiers of that branch. It was his duty to pay customers' cheques presented for pay ment over the counter, and to enter in a book the name of the customer, the amount of the cheque, and the mode in which it was paid. The prisoner was at the bank on Saturday, the 31st of August. I produce his pay-book of that day, and I found in his handwriting the fol lowing entries :—Klean, 701. and underneath are two dots, and carried out 2001. That entry is made, I should say, quite at the clean of the day's work. I was in charge on that day, the manager being absent. The pris oner ' s money was right, allowing the 2001., the amount of that entry. After the prisoner had made the entry in his book, it was his duty to put the vouchers on the file. Sometimes they are banded to the ledger clerk without being filed. The ledger clerk is the next person to the prisoner who would have anything to do with the paid cheques. Mr. Henry Francis Smith said—l reside at West Ham, Essex. lam ledger clerk at the Islington Branch of the London and County Bank. I was at my duty on the after noon of Saturday, the 31st of August. I posted on that afternoon the cheques that had been paid by the prisoner. Amongst the cheques I posted that afternoon there was no cheque for 2001. paid by Klean and Co. The prisoner, who treated the matter with the greatest indifference, said he had no questions to ask. Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner, and refused bail. THAMES. Caroline Day, aged 20 years, was brought up on remand before Mr. Benson, charged with wilful and corrupt perjury. On Wednesday last, the prisoner's sister, Martha Bur. ridge, a married woman, was the defendant, and Susan Smith of No. 56 Johnson-street, St. George's-its.the- East, wee the complainant on a summons heard in this court. Mrs. Bumdge was charged with knocking at Mrs. Smith's door, and abusing her on the 2nd of the present month ; and four witnesses clearly proved the case against Mrs. Burridge, who was tined 40s. and costs. The prisoner Day, however, swore that her sister, Mrs. Btu ridge, was not in Johnson-street at all on the day in question, and that she (Day) bad lint been there for three months. It was satisfactorily proved that Day and Berridge were both in Johnson-street on the 2nd of this month, and that Day took an active part in the outrage. Mr. Benson, on the tennination of the case, ordered Day to be taken into custody, and long investigations took place on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday the prisoner was again brought up. Mr. Pelham crossexamitted the witnesses, and urged the youth and inexperience of the prisoner, and that she bad no inserested motive to serve in stating what she bad done. Mr. Benson—Yes; to save her sister from a paltry penalty of 40s. The amount of perjury is quite horrifying, and can only be stopped by severe punishments. I shall commit the prisoner for trial. Mr. Pelham then tendered bail, and the magistrate agreed to accept the prisoner's father, the owner of six houses in Bale-street, Stepney, as surety to the extent of :ail. for his daughter's appearance at the sessions. THE CONDEMNED Musunsess.—There appears to be now very little doubt that the law will take its course on both the condemned murderers, John Wiggins and Louis Bordier, and it is understood that a communication has been made by the Home Secretary to the Society fur the Abolition of Capital Punishment, to the formal effect that he sees no circumstances connected with either of the cases that will justify • recommendation to the clemency of the crown. The Frenchman (Bordier) was visited on Thursday by his three children. The interview was of a very painful nature, and the prisoner was much affected. Wiggins still maintains that he is innocent of the murder of Agnes Oakes, and asserts, as before, that she committed suicide. The culprit was visited for the last time on Saturday by his parents. The exertions that have been made to procure a commutation of the sentence of death in his case have been fruitless, at least up to a late hour on Saturday night. No instructions had then reached any of the officials at the Home-office that the Secretary of State for the Home Department will interfere to prevent the sentence of the law being carried into effect in both cases as originally fixed, on the 15th. PARTIAL DLNTRUCTION OF A REFORMATORY BY FIRE.—The boys' reformatory at Netley, in the New Fo rest was partially destroyed by fire on Friday night. The boys bad gone to bed, and one of them looking through • ventilating grating in the ceiling saw that the roof was on fire. lie gave an alarm and all the inmates were enabled to escape. One wing and a Portion of the centre building were destroyed. The fire originated, it is believed, through the ignition of some timber work connected with a Bregiace. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1867. BETTING IN LONDON.-SATCRDAY. The muster at the clubs to-day was a very large one, and an extraordinary amount of betting took place on the Cambridgeshire. After a little beating about the bush it became obvious that Honesty was first favourite, offers against him for some time not exceeding Bto 1. Directly, however, an additional point was conceded, it was taken, and several other horses being backed in the interim, 10 to 1 was offered in two or three quarters, and to use a homely simile, backers were " ready to jump down their (the layers) throats ;" as a consequence the horse returned to his original price, and at the finish there was a manifest disinclination to lay at all. Meanwhile Julius gradually receded to 100 to 7, at which odds 500 to :15 was taken. One large speculator also offered ri " monkeys " against him with a run, which provoked another offer of two ponies to one that he would run. Fri ponnier held a somewhat indifferent position ; be was Nicked, it is true, several times, at 15 to 1 and 100 to 7, but Mime who supported him, by confining their invest ments to mall amounts, did not seem to repose any great amount of faith in their champion ; one gentleman offered to lay an even tenncr that he did not start, and at any rate this was not Friponnier's day. Beyond all question Wroughton was one of the moat genuinely supported horses that came into the betting ; the aggregate investments in his favour could not have been less than 500/. or 6001., and the pricestaken ranged from 20 to 1 to 15 to 1. At the open ing of business an offer was also made to accept 15 fifties about Wroughton and Gardevisure coupled. - But the lion of the day was decidedly Knight of the Garter, the firstsign of whose coming was in the taking of 1000 to 40 twice. He was then backed several times in rapid succession, the last bet being 2000 to 100, and in the aggregate he was supported to win all 15,000/. Actsea was made the medium of several quiet investments at 18 to 1, and 1000 to 70 " with a start," was takes twice. Lozenge and Valorous also bad friends, who booked 1000 to 40, :",00 to 20, and some smaller bets. Blinkhoolie had a most unhealthy appearance—be started at 100 to g taken, and gradually declined to 25 to 1, being laid against to lose • total of between 7,0001. and MOW. Four horses, namely, Linnet, Ammunition, Arruourer ' and Nu. were each backed to • limited extent at 49 to 1, but these odds were forthcoming at the close. For the remainder the quotations will speak. The Derby was mentioned occasionally, but beyond au offer to take 1000 to 30 about Blue Gown there is nothing to record. Appended are the prices at the close: CAMBRIDOFSII IRK 9to 1 imst Honesty (t) 40 to 1 tong Ammunition (1 100 to 7 Julius t) and WV 15 to 1 Wroughton (t! 40 to 1 lAnaret o) 15 to 1 Friponnier (td; 1000 to 20 Monarch of the Glen (off) 18 to 1 Atlas (t) 1000 1000 to 15 The Priest ,t) to 70 with • 1000 to 15 Dukeof York t) start (t) 1000 to 15 Attack colt') 18 to 1 Knialit of the 1000 to 10 Grey Stocking Garter') 'ti 1000 to 40 Lozenge 4) 1000 to 10 Friday (t) 1000 to 40 Valorous ,t) 1000 to (0 Jasper ) 25 to 1 1111nkboolie (t 1000 to 10 Duchess (off, 0 awl off) 1000 to p 40 to 1 No t uvula) 1000 to 10 Moldavia (off, 40 to 1 Armourer I.t t 1000 to 51 off 1000 to 10 Vigorous ;off) 1000 to 25 aad , Mr. Naylor's lot t) 40 to 1 Baron Rothschild's lot (off) 5 to 3 Honesty 1. 2. 3 ,off) r. to 1 Wroughton L 2. S (1) Even on Vriponnier not running (off) 2 to 1 ou Julius running off) DEBBY. to 1 alit Blue Gown (off, t 1000 to 30) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-SATURDAY. CAMBR/11018HIRK 10 to 1 agst Honesty f) I 20 to 1 apt Lozenge (off, 100 to 8 Jahns (off) WO to 9 Knight of the 109 to 7 Yriponnler (If) Garter (t 1 100 to 6 Wroughtsg(tll 25 to I Valorous oft 20 to 1 Ades 3) 100 to lADauphine,t) 20 to 1 Blinkboolla (81000 to 10 Harry Bridle and 011) . ford t) MOM anti /Unitary. PORTSMOUTH, Our. 13. The Osborne, steam yacht, Commander John D'Arey, sailed from Portsmouth yestenlay morning for Antwerp, to embark the Prince and Princess of Wales, to mite to London. The Himalaya, iron screw troop ship, Captain Shut* B. Piers, is hourly expected to arrive at Portsmouth from Canada, with the second battalion of the 23th Regiment. The Tamar, iron screw troop ship, Captain Francis W. Sullivan, C. 8., is expected to sail from Portsmouth to-day for Hong Kong with supernumeraries. Tho Medusa, steam vessel, Staff Commander Thomas Potter, arrived at l'ortamonth on Saturday from Port land, with the Actroon hospital ship in tow. The Viper, iron screw gunboat, Commander Henry E. Crozier, went out of harbour on Friday, for experimental trial at the measured mile in Stole's Bay ; and the Waterwitch, 2, iron hydraulic screw gunboat, on Saturday. CHATHAM, OCT. 13. A general order, issued by command of the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., has been received at this garrison, in which an amended code of rules and regulations is laid down for granting leave of absence to officers and men attached to home stations. Under this order the leaves of absence are to commence on the 15th October and terminate on the 14th March, on which date all officers and soldiers are to be present with their respective regiments and depots. At least one field-officer, one half of the captains, and one half of the subaltern officers are always to be present. Ko officer is to quit the United Kingdom without having first received her Majesty's spoci."-il permission, according to the regulation on that head. The proportion of non-cunimisaioned officers, trumpters, drummers, and privates to whom furloughs may be granted, is not to exceed 12 per cent. of corps of all arms. Commanding officers of regiments returning from India and China may exercise liberal discretion in granting furloughs to soldiers who came home with their corps. ADMIRALTY, OCT. I2.—APPOINTMENTS. Lieu tenants George S. Parker, to the Royal Adelaide ; Lyne dock N. Moncrieff and Renshaw Russell, to the Excellent, for study. The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered the following ships t be surveyed :—The Mira Flores for Val paraiso ; the Devonshire, for Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope ; the Marli, for Ascension ; the Dilbhur, for Kur rachee; the Countess of Russell, for Kurrachee ; the ship Copenhagen has been accepted. They also notified for tenders for the conveyance of telegraph and signalling ap paratus to Alexandria. FURTHER EXPERIMENTR WITH THE MACKAY Gt r c. —The experiments with the Mackay Windage Gun, which were commenced on Thursday last on the Crosby Shore, near Liverpool, were continued on Friday. The first shot fired was from the 6-inch gun against the Agincourt target, the bolt weighing 821 be. of steel, made by Messrs. Firth and Co., of Sheffield. with 251 bu of powder. The bolt cut a hole clean through the front of the target, and tearing teak backing, akin, and all, was picked up 88 yards beyond, while a large piece of the target, weighing about 3851 be., was found at a distance of 290 yards beyond the target. The next shot was of the same character with a similar charge of powder, fired at the 8-inch solid plate. The plate was not quite firm and gave a little. The bolt, however, penetrated fully seven-eights, and the plate was bulged and cracked from top to bottom. The result of these experiment, shows that with such a gun as the Mackay Windage gam, a spherical shot of 681b5., with a charge of only 141bs. or lfilbs. of powder, can be sent through a 5-inch plate, und a 8-inch bolt with a similar charge through the Agincourt target. It is to be hoped that the attention of the government will be drawn to these fasts. The experiments were witnessed by Major Klerker, of the Swedish government and other gentlemen. DESPATCH OF BOMBAY MAILS-SOUTHAMPTON, Ocr. 12, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Sumatra, Captain Browne, sailed this afternoon with mans for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden, Bombay, and Upper Bengal. She took out 137 passengers, and on freight a general cargo, including 4301. in sove reigns, 8031. in jewellery, and valuables 1,0001. A CHILD ATTACKED BY RATS.--On Friday even ing, Mr. O'Brien, residing at No. 27, Wellington-street (the lower portion of which house, and also of the next house, is occupied by Messrs. Mart and Co., typsfounders), was sitting at supper with Mn.. O'Brien, when piercing cries were heard from the nursery, which is on the top Boor. Mr. O'Brien hurried to the spot and found the youngest child,a little girl of 15 months, had been attacked by several rats. Upon his entering the room with a light they leaped from the bed and escaped. The poor child had been horribly gnawed about the bead and arm. Pass ing out upon the lobby to call his dog, which was in the next room, Mr. O'Brien saw a swarm of rats mountiog the stairs, not at all daunted by his appearance or by the light. The dog, however, speedily put them to Bight. The poor child's arm was much swollen and discoloured. She was at once removed to King's College Hospital. It is feared that amputation may be necessary. ROYAL FREE ROAPITAL, GRAYS-INNROAD.-At the ordinary quarterly meeting of the general committee of the Roy.d Free Hospital, held on Thursday last, Dr. Rickards, of Cavendish•street, Portleml.place, was elected physician to the hospital. Dr. H. G. Wright, of the Samaritan Hospital, and Dr. Leered, of the :stoat Northern, were among the selected candidates. The Foresters have just presented 58/., the pro ceeds of a fete, to the committee of the Great Northern Hospital, Ciledonisa-road, N., in aid of the new buildings for additional free beds for the sick poor. THE PENIANS AT MANCHESTER. On Saturday four men who had been appre hended at Liverpool, at a late hour the previous night, were brought up at the City Police Court, before Mr. Fowler, stipendiary magistrate. The Mayor of Man chester, Mr. H. L. Trafford, stipendiary of Salford, and Mr. B. St. J. B. Joule, occupied seats on the bench. Mr. W. I'. Roberts, solicitor, who appeared for the prisoners, said that he would not be ready to go on with the Can' till Monday. and asked for a remand till that day. The prisoners gave the names of William Joseph Brophy, Patrick M'Donougb, James O'Brien Chambers, and John Loneogan. Mr. Superintendent Maybury said that the four prisoners bad been brought from Liverpool at mid night, charged with being concerned in the rescue of prisoners from the van on the 18th of last month. At present the police were not prepared to go into the evi dence against them. They had evidence to identify Chambers, and there was also evidence against Brophy. From inquiries which the police had made regarding the other two prisoners they would not offer evidence against them. Mr. Fowler—You have no reason to believe that you will get evidence against them? Mr. Maybury—No, from what we have heard this morning. Mr. Fowler— Then you do not ask for • remand against them'? Mr. Maybury—No. Mr. Fowler—Against the others you believe you will be able to produce evidence hereafter ? Even if that were not so, their solicitor had applied for • remand. They are, therefore, remanded till Monday. M`Donough and L oneugan were then discharged, and Chambers and Brophy remanded in custody. Another outrage of a grave character is reported to have occurred last Wednesday, but it has not yet been traced to a Fenian source. It was an attempt to shoot Mr. John Heywood, bookseller and publisher, of Deansgate. Mr. Heywood resides at Stretford, and was riding into Man cheater in an open carriage with a friend, at eight o'clock, , his usual hour, on N% ednesday morning, when they , were fired at near the Northumberland Arms Hotel, Ches ter-road, by a man who stood on the footpath. The horse shied at the noise of the report, but Mr. Heywood soon brought him up, and on looking back saw the man run ning away. He describes him as wearing clothes like those of a brickmaker. Mr. Heywood is publisher of • journal called the Free Lance, which contained an article while the late Trades Outrages Commission was sitting, entitled the " Manchester Broadhead'," and the article is said to have stung the brickmakers severely, so that some of them spoke of being revenged. It is surmised that Mr. Heywood, in default of the writer of the article being discovered, was marked for a victim, but in fact I nothing is positively known connecting the outrage either with Fenianism or the brickmakers. So far the man lea escaped detection. THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. The report of the directors, together with state ments of account for the half-year ending June 30th, have just been issued. The board of directors, as constituted by the " Arrangement Act," which received the royal assent on the 20th of August last, desire, in the first in stance, so explain why those documents are issued at the present tune instead of in August last es heretofore. The act shove mentioned places in abeyance the former powers of the shareholders in general meeting., and directs that separate general meetings of the shareholders and mortga gees shall be held half-yearly in the last weeks in February and August. As the royal assent was not given to the act until 20th August, and as the Companies' Clauses Conso lidation Act requires fourteen days previous notice of meet ings to be given by advertisement, it was not possible to hold a legally constituted meeting in August last, after the 1 passing of the act. Aa the term mortgagees" occurs very frequently in the " Arrangement Act" and in this report, it is stated that under the denomination of mortgagees as I defined by the act, are included not only the holders of debentures and debenture stock, but also of any rent , charge, shares, or stock entitled to rank in priority to or lon a par with any debentures of the com pany ; but as regards the right of voting, until it shall be determined by the court that the holders of any shares or stock in any rent-charge, or of any other shares or stocks, are included in the word mortgagee, such holden shall vote as shareholders and not as mortga gees. By the " Arrangement Act" the former board of direction was dissolved, and the management of the com pany was vested in a board consisting of four mortgage directors to represent the mortgagees and four share di. rectors to represent the shareholders. Three of each class of directors are named in the act, which directs that the fourth share director shall be elected by the shareholder', and the fourth mortgage director bythe mortgagees, within two months from the passing of the act. Availing them selves of the necessity for calling meetings for the pur pose of the elections above referred to, the directors take the opportunity of issuing • report and statements of account, and will be glad to furnish at the above-mentioned meetings any information or explana tions which may be required to supplement or explain the statements contained in such report and accounts. The board especially congratulate both shareholders and mortgagees that the act contains various provisions by which the enormous mass of litigation, in which the com pany has lately been involved, will be very materially mitigated and suspended. The receivers appointed by the Court of Chancery are discharged by the act, and the com pany is now able to manage its affairs without the expense and delay of constant application to the court. With certain inevitable exceptions, no actions, suits, or other proceedings against the company, in respect of liabilities existing at the passing of the act, are to be continued or commenced for a period of ten years, without special leave of the Court of Chancery. Facilities are given for obtain ing, in as luminary and inexpensive a manner as possible, judicial decisions on various matters, which, but for such facilities, would involve the com pany and its various classes of shareholders and mortgagees in protracted and expensive law proceedings. The act also empowers the creation of several new classes of cap ital. The fi rst in priority of these classes, viz., the " A debenture stock, may, with the consent of the mort gagees, have priority over mortgages i but in order to give validity to such consent the act requires that an applies tion in • form specified in the act, and accompanied by certain. clauses of the sat, shall be transmitted to the mortgagee& As the clauses above referred to afford much important information with regard to the financial provi sions of the act, the directors transmit herewith a copy of such clauses to the shareholders and mortgagees, and will take a future opportunity of making the mortgagees' assent to the issue of the debenture stock. The directors will, on or after 30th October, be prepared to issue deferred divi dend warrants for arrears of interest to 30th June last ; or they will, at the option of the debenture holder, issue the amount in "B " debenture stock. In the caste of de bentures having interest coupons attached, the overdue coupons will have to be left at the offices of the company, or transmitted by post to the secretary ; 14 clear days after the receipt of such coupons, the deferred dividend warrants, or " B" debenture stock, as the case may be, will be ready for delivery. The holders of debentures whose coupons are exhausted are reeuested to send the numbers and amount of their debentures to the secretary, who will, after four teen clear days, be prepared to hand them the deferred dividend warrants or "B" debenture stock. The board of directors, as now constituted, having so recently entered upon their duties, and not being primarily responsible for the accounts sent with the report, forbear, at the present time, from entering into say details with reference to Each accounts, or to the circumstances and prospects of the company, and the mode and extent in which the recent legislation may be expected to afford relief to the company. They cannot, however, forbear from expressing their satis faction at the considerably increased traffic of the company, which, though doubtless in some measure of an exceptional nature, and attributable to the French Exhibition, yet is of such • nature and extent as to show that the line is growing in favour, and that the safety, comfort, and regu larity with which the traffic is conducted, is daily becoming appreciated by the public. The accounts have been prepared in the form adopted by the committee of investigation, and must be understood to be without pre judice to the right, of all parties interested, and to all , questions which have arisen or may arise between the 1 dif ferent sections of the company. The gross receipts for the half-year amounted to =JO/. 4s. 7d., and have been earned upon the several divisions of railways, owned or worked by the company' as under :--The general under taking, including the Sheerness and Sevenosks branches, 140,7821. 9s. ; the Metropolitan Extensions. MAIO/. 7s. 2.1.; the City lines, 11,303/. Bs. Id. ; the Kent Coast Rail way, 12,047/. 18s. 7d. ; the Crystal Palace and South London Junction Railway, 4,879/. Is. 9d.—total, 227,523/. 4s. 7d. The working expens e s properly attributed in the half year to the working of the various sections has been : Per cent. of Receipts. The general undertaking L 91,805 18 7 equal to Q.S. 2 The Metropolitan Extension 43,1317 12 11 „ 74. 5 The City Linea 5,981 1 „ St 9 The Kent Coast Kall „ way 11,432 910 $ The Crystal Palace and nputh 6,319 16 11 129.53 L 159.2413 19 11 e 9 .99 In addition to the accounts usually submitted to the pro prietors, the directors on this occasion submit au aggre gate account of the revenue and expenditure of all the lines worked by the company, with abstract, of the prin cipal items therein. The railway receipts show an increase of 6,061/. Os. ld., and the working expenses • decrease of 5,43 W. 1.. 3d., upon those for the corresponding period of 1866. In the past half year 5,780,389 passengers were carried, being 878,945 more than in the corresponding period of 1866. The Receipts of the steam boat■ for the half year have been 38,2241. 4a. 9d., showing an increase of 6,9011. 16s. 2d. Theexpenditure has been 27,448/. 2s. 9d., which include. • charge of 4,000/. on account of depreci►- tion and insurance fund. MrPROPOLITAN FR HOSPITAL, DIYONSHIRE MQUARI, CITT.—The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending Oet. 12 was—Medical, 851; sur gical, 644 ; total, 1,495 ; of which 702 were new caste. HEALTH RESTORED BY HII HARRY'S FOOD TO THE 'foram, nerves, lungs, and liver of old and young. curing dyspepsia (indigestion', constipation, (Burbank acidity, head ache, neuralgia, hys teri a, palpitation, sleeplessness, debility wasting, cough. asthma, evers, consumption, low spirits. 110,0611 annual cures which had resided all main's, including that of his Holiness tits Pope—Tins, at is. ; lib. , 2s. : itib., Us. ; da.—Du Dairy and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at Si. Oraceehnrch-strut: 4. ChMlelds ; p and 160 , W 014411 ' 044 ; sod all pecan and chsailats.-lAdvsdiassmat-) MARKETS, HARDWAKE.—TlissiNi.nsm, Ocr. 12.—The trade o' this town is rclorted of more favourably ; in the source of the week orders have been given out by the factors, and manufacturers generally are better engaged than for some time past. Amongst the moat important branches in which an improvement has now been experienced are gene ral brass foundry, the electro and other plating trades, tin lalate wares, and some other of the metal trades. The mp and chandelier makers report business dull, as com pared with what is usually experienced at this time of the year. The foreign trade continues quiet as a rule the merchants are giving out their orders spiringly, and there is not much prospect of any reaction. The - American trade is extremely dull ; to South America and Canada a fair amount is being done. The ironmasters' meetings concluded to-day at Dudley, but the business transacted there was nominal. COTTON.—Liszaroos., Oct 12.—Good market at Ad. to Id. per lb. advance in American. Estimated sales to-day 18,000 bales, including 7,000 speculation and export. 6 000 American, sd. to 100. ; 1,000 Perlman, Ste., Rd. to Id. ; 100 Ilaceio and Bahia, 71d. to 80.; 200 Rio, 7f d. to 8 d. ; 500 Egyptian, 60. to 12d. ; 10,050 Surat, 40. to 7 d. ; Bengal, Scinde, be., 40. to sd. ; 100 Peru, Bd. to 9d. Fair Dhollersh, 511. ; fair Oomrawuttee, ; fair Broach, 61. ; fair Bengal. ; fair Egyptian, 90. fair Pernam, 8;d. ; middling Boweds, 90. ; middling Orleans, 80. COTTON GOODS.—Mmicliesrsii, Ocr. 12.—The mar ket for (sloth and yarn has continued to droop throughout the week, and though the change of values from day to day has been imperceptible it has been equal to a decline of rather over Jd. per lb. as compared with this day week. Home-trade yarns have sold moderately where sellers have been willing at once to meet the views of buyers, but the demand for shipping qualities has been languid. For cloth, business has been done in shirting; mulls, and jaceonets, but buyers are careful to give orders where the goods are not in stock only under conditions securing an early delivery. Printing cloths are dull, though hardly so difficult to move as they have been. For domestics, T cloths, and long cloths (and especially for the makes of them suitable to the home trade) only a limited business is reported, the home-trade houses still pursuing • cautious policy. WOOLLEI.I.—Loins, Ocr. 12.—There baa not been a large attendance of buyers at the cloth halls this morning. The foggy state of the atmosphere has greatly retarded the sale of goods which would otherwise have taken place, and the amount of business tranaacted has oonaequently been small. Tweeds have engaged the most attention in the coloured ball, though the parcels which have changed hands have not been numeroua but simply in clues of actual necessity, as from the darkness in the market the examination of this clam especially has been difficult. A few trauaactions in coatings have also taken place, but not to say large amount. In the white cloth hall inquiries have again been mostly for beavers in plain and mixture colours. Witneys in the lower qualities have changed hands to a small amount. The demand for hairlista in some quarters been tolerably good, though the total amount transferred has not been satisfactory; and the same caution that was exercised in the coloured hall has been manifest in this. WOOL AND WORSTED.—DIADFORD, Ocr. 12.—The tone of the English wool market during the week has been exceedingly depressed. Buyers are quite indifferent as to business, and many staplers show more anxiety to sell. Quotations are consequently very irregular. Some favou rite sorts, which are in alight demand, lose little or nothing in value, while coarse descriptions, for which there is no demand, suffer a marked decline. There seems, notwithstanding, to be no desire on the - of part t.. country dealers topress their woolon the market, and prior consequently suffer no abatement there. The position at the stapler is one of difficulty. If he sells at • sacrifice, as he must do, if be press sales, be cannot replace with any prospect of securing a profit. The same torpor charac terises both yarns and pieces. In the former branch, both export and home merchants operate to • very small extent. Spinners in many instances have adopted short time. Prices have a downward tendency, some sorts being fully • halfpenny per pound cheaper than last week. The piece trade is slack for all quarters, home as well as abroad. Production is being considerably reduced ; yet stocks are accumulating and prices are declining. CORN.-Camiernoe, Ocr. 12.-Wheat was 2s. to 4s. dearer ; for millers' wheat and for seed higher prices were made. Wheat. 665. to 765. for red. Barley, 425. to 465. Beans, 48s. to 50s. Oats, 265. to 34.. CARLISLE, Ocr. 12.-The market was more excited this morning than it has been for many . years. There was • good supply of wheat, and with a b r is k demand prices ran up to an advance of Is. to 2s. • bushel upon the high rates of last week, seed samples realising still higher figures. There was • small supply of oat, and fair of barley, selling at an advance of from 6d. to Is. per busheL Priem :- Wheat, white, new, 255. to 30s. ; ditto old. 28e. to 30s. ; ditto, red, new, 255. to 295. • ditto, old, 2fie. to 29e. ; barley, new, 13s. 6d. to 15s. ; oats, old potato, 13s. to 145.; ditto new, its. to lls. per Carlisle bushel. The peke of flour was advanced 3d. per stone, quotations being from 2s. 10d. to 3e. ld. ; oatmeal, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d ; ryemeal and barleymeal, la. Gd. COLCHESTER, Ocr. 12.-The supply of wheat at to-day's market was large, and farmers succeeded in realising an advance of 3s. per qr. upon last week's quotation,. The show of barley wee good and sales were effected to • fair extent from lc to 2s. on late rates. Beans and peas were scarce, and likewise enhanced the same rise as barley. OVILDFORD, OCT. 12.-There was a very large quantity of wheat, and • fair sprinkling of other rain at our market to-day. Choice samples of wheat were u. request for seed, and an advance of from 4s. to is. per qr. was obtained upon such sorts ; middling parcels were from 2s. to 4s. dearer. Barley and other spring corn tending upwards Wheat, 645. to 90s. Barley, 40e. to 46e. Oats, 255. to 33a. Peas, 421. to 465. Beans, 465. to 52e. HERTFORD, OCT. 12.-A good supply of new wheat to-day. Trade was not brisk at first, but there was a good demand later on, and prices are again Is. to 2s. per qr. (pay la. 6d. per load) higher. Barley made fully last week's prices. Oats ready sale and rather scarce. Beans and pas the same. Wheat, red, 40s. to 445. per load ; fine to 46e. ; white runs, 425. to 46a. ; fine to 495. Barley, malting, per qr., 38s. to 48s. Oats, 264. to 30s. ; fine old, 345. Beans, 245. to 325. par load. LEICESTER, Ocr. 12.-At to-day's corn market there was a tolerable show of wheat for the time of the year, and the condition of the grain was pretty fair. The inquiry was firm, and business was done at • rise of ss. per quarter. New white made 745. to 80e.; new red, 675. to 725.; old white, 72. to 795.; old red, 68r. to 735. per 36 stone. The supply of barley was by no means abun dant, and there was a steady inquiry. Higher rates were asked, and this checked business, but sellers easily made ls. per quarter above recent currencies. Malting, 40e. to 461. per quarter ; griuding, 380. to 40s. per 30 atone. Oats came to hand sparingly, and the tone of the trade was of a healthy character, prices being fully Is. per quarter higher than on the week preceding . Old, 345. to Ms.; new, this. to 33a. per 24 stone. The supply of beam was only middling, and a fair consumptive demand was experienced at a rise of about la. par quarter on last week's rates. Samples mold at 475. to 52a. per 38 stone. Fur peas extreme rates were obtained. Fine flour, 55e. to 575.; seconds, 50s. to :/.2s. per 20 stone. NKWCANTI.I.ON•TTNF, Ocr. 12.—At our market tide morning we had a large supply of wheat from the growers, neither the condition nor quality equal to the first samples ..hown, and having scarcely anything offering from the stands a clearance was very early effected, at an advance of :is. to Is. per qr. upon the rates of this day se'nnight. Farmers' red commanding from 60s. to 78a. ; one extra sample reaching 60.., weighing 661 b. per bushel naturally, the market clocin; very strong. Flour was in steady request, but the high pretensions of sellers had the effect of checking the demand. Malting barley wanted. Malt unchanged. Beans and peas Is. to 2s. dearer, 50a. per 5041 b. having been paid for the latter in retail. Oats quite as dear, demand nut so active as during the week. Nonwicn, Ocr. 12.—The supply of wheat was not so liberal at this market to-day, and prices for the best description again ruled dearer to the extent ofabout 3a. per qr. This, however, restricted business. With an increased supply, the barley trade took an upward movement, and the best malting qualities must be quoted Is. to 2s. per qr. dearer ; other sorts also had an upward tendency. In oats, beans and peas little doing. Having had seasetiable rains for the past week or two, farmers are now busily engaged in preparing their land for the autumnal sowing. White wheat (weighing 611ba. to 631164,75 a. to 78e. ; r e d ditto (weighing 611ba. to 631 be.) 66a. to 72a. ; beet melting barley (weighicg 53Ibe. to :Albs.) 42a. to 445. ; MIL ditto, (weighing 52Ibs. to 531b5.) 41, to 43a. ; distilling ditto, (weighing 49th.. to 511ba.) 36e. to 38s. per qr. Flour, Ms. per sack. Averages :—What, 3,2248 qrs 635. 7d. ; barley, 2,676 qrs., 41s. 4d. ; oats, 20 qrs., 30a. (I d. NCITINGHAN, OCT. 12.—There was • limited supply of wheat at our corn market to-day, and some samples of good quality came to hand. The demand was more active, and an advance of 4s. to ha. per quarter was obtained. Old white sorts ranged from 76e. to z.ls. ' • old red, 70e. to 7:h.; new white, 765. to Ma. ; new red. 68a. to 74e. per 16 atone. Of barley • tolerable quantity came to hand, and there was a good demand. A fair clearance was effected, and sales were made for fine worts at an advance of fully Is. per quarter ; other kinds were also dearer. Malting, 41s. to 48e. per quarter ; grin4ing, 395. to 41s. per 30 stone. We had a steady demand for oats, the supply of which was limited, and buyers were compelled to pay an advance of le. to 2e. per quarter on the currencies of the week pre vious. Old, 325. to 365. ; new, 28s. to 325. per 24 stone. Of beans the supply was small, and the tone of the trade was firm at rather over former prices—old, 445. to 52a. per 38 Moo.. Peas were very dear; supply short. Super flour, 555. to 58e. ; fine, 51s. to 535. per sack. ----- PrrEßßoannat, OCT. I.l.—We were fairly supplied with wheat here to-day. Prices ruled high ; some tine wheat made IsOs., and the same parties gave 745. to 765. for our beet red wheat. Barley was ls. to a. per qr. dearer. Scarcely • ample of oats showing. READING, Ocr. 11—Thin day there was but • small attendance at the eon market, and a short supply of all kinds of grain at higLer prices than were obtained last week. EOCHE4TER, OCT. 12.—Best kinds of wheat were in rather better supply at our corn markets, while there em more disposition evinced by millers and the trade gene. rally to operate. Superior kinds of new white and red wheats were in active demand, choice samples of both of which realising a further advance of 2s. to :is. per qr while for a few extra fi ne samples an advance of fully 4: - per qr. was obtained. The terms for best white wheat are Os. to 745., and for a few extra superior lots 745. to 791. per qr. ; secondary white, 675. to 705., and inferior, i4a. to 675. per qr. ; best red wheat, 6641. to 71s. ; secondary, 65... to 68s. ; and damp and inferior, 61s. to tlre. per qr. There wa s a moderate supply of samples of foreign wheats, best i.orth• country samples realising a further advance of 2*. per ir. The flour trade was again active, and with a fair inquiry, chiefly for best lots a further improvement of l a per sack is to be noted. With a rather more active demand for barley, prioes are 6d. to Is. per qr. higher for both malting and grinding lots. Malt firm, and in steady de. mend. Oats are in request, and choice old lota com mand 6d. to Is. per qr. more money, best sorts fetching m high as 30s. to 33. per qr. Other kinds of corn firm at slightly improved rates, with a steady consumptive i n . quu7. The weather has been exceedingly favourable for all outdoor farming operations. Wisarcn, OCT. 12.--We have a smaller supply of grain to-day than usual, owing to a large show of mustard The farmers commenced asking such prices as the buyer' could not give ; hence little business was done, at 2s. to 3s. per gr. over last week's rates. The yield of wh e . i t i s not a full average, but by no means so deficient as repre. seated. Spring corn of all kinds dearer. _ - WORCESTER, OCT. 12.—At this day's market there was a large supply of English wheat, which sold at an advance of 24. to 3a. per qr. Barley le. to 2s. higher. Oats 6d. dearer. Peas and beans Is. to 2s. per qr. Your, Ocr. 12.—There was a limited supply of wheat at to-day's corn market, and the attendance of the trade was good. The bulk of the samples were of the new crop. Buyers purchased freely, and were compelled to pay 4a. per qr. more money than last week. Prices for white ports were from 70e. to 74. ; for red, 675. to 72a. per qr. of 36 atone. The show of burley was small, and a fair demand took place ; consequently higher rates were tried for, and sellers succeeded in making prices 2e, per qr. is their favour ; malting sold at 38e. to 425. per qr. ; grind. tog, 37e. to 38s. per 30 stone. There was a steady demand for oats, and buyers were only able to supply their require. manta at fully Is. per qr. more money than heretofore ; new, 265. to 30s. per 24 stone. Beane were in tolerable request, and business was transacted at rather improved rates—namely, 44e. to 48e. per :Itt atone. Malt, Ws. to 685.; rye, 4'2a. per qr. Flour, 502. to file, per sack of 280Ibe. Warnarosui, Ocr. 12.—N0 foreign arrival. to report, and receipt' of home grain small. The demand since this day se'nnight has been on a very fair scale, looking at the further advanced rates required by ostlers ; purchasers certainly take barely sufficient to supply their most prem. in wants, bat at a trifle under the present currency con. siderable quantities of foreign produce could be sold. Wheat—The only description of foreign at present en sale is Taganrog, which is held for 395. Irish, very little at market, for this time of yesr,and all prime samples readily picked up at 2s. 6d. to 3a. advance. Barley — For a fi ne lot of malting 225. was paid this morning. Grindinit s e , oz : mends a similar enhancement—viz., is. 6d. per Black Oats—Several good-sized parcels found buyers the past few days at an improvement of a full Is. per barrel. Indian corn has gone up Is. per barrel. Forosian brought 98s. in quantity. Flour again es. per sack higher. Imports this week :—Wheat, R 7 qrs. ; /lour. lIR sacks. Exports this week :—Oats, 9,9T3 ; barley, 1,478 ; flour, 599 ; oatmeal, 132 sacks. TRAFFIC lIXI'IJRNS. Mee ha- Mir- Total, Total, IMILWATIL open. anger& chandler. 18C7. lee& Week ending Sept X. a a C 6 Detroit and liGweekee.... 1011 —9,24 l Week ending Sept IT. Greet Western of Qi• nada . 346 --.— 15,.574 ICON QUEENSTOWN, Of-r. 13. The Cunard extra steamer Tarifa, from New York, arrived here at 11 am. to-day, with 120 passengers. After landing 37 of them and her despatches, she proceeded immediately for Liver pool—all well. The United States war steamer Shamrock has left Southampton Water for Bordeaux. The Ticonderoga is hourly expected at Southampton from Havre. Admiral Farragut will shortly review the United States European squadron at Lisbon. COLLISION ON THE GREAT WKSITERN RAILWAY. —Early onSaturday, morning a serious accident fortunately unattended by loss of life, happened on the Great Western Railway between Shrewsbury and Chester. Shortly after midnight an empty coal train bound for the adjacent tol- Berke stopped at Roasett for the purpose of being shunted. The train - being of great length it was divided in two parts, and while the engine was awsy with the first portion the tail end of the train was left standing on the main up. line. At this moment a heavily laden goods train cans :p front Chester, and the driver, t of the presence f the waggons on the line beforetir n proceeded at full weed, and before he could avert the collision the engine struck the van of the and train with such force as to drive it high over the hindermost waggons, which were also heaped one on top of the other. The guard of the coal train was fortunately in front with the other portion of his train, and thus escaped all injury. Both lines were completely blocked, and from the hour at which the accident hap pened very little could be done towards clearing a way ; but at an early hour in the morning a large gang of men arrived, and before nine o'clock the down line was cleared, and the officials in a position to work the traffic by the single line. This course was necessarily adopted all throughout the day, up trains being shunted on to the down line before reaching Roesett, and proceeding thereon to the junction, where they were aga i n shunted on to the up line. Considerable delay was occasioned to the ordinary traffic, Saturday's trains reaching London and the inter mediate stations on the up route from b.df.an-hour to three-quarters of an hour behind time. It is stated as in dicating the canes of the accident that the night was dark and densely foggy, so much so that the driver ci the goods train could not see a yard before him. _ _ THE CITY WAITERS.--On Saturday evening well•attended meeting of waiters was held at Shaftes bury Aldersgate•street, in furtherance of the object of the City Waiters' Provident and Protection Society. Mr. Richardson presided. The chairman said it was calculated that there were 8,000 waiters in London ; and a few months ago the society was started for the purpose of establishing, on a broad and comprehensive ,ysteni, are vident and protection society, to make provision for waiters in time of sickness, old age, and death ; to give counsel and advice in time of difficulty ; to protect the members as well as the employers; and to provide the public with a respectable class of professional waiters. Mr. J. Bennett, C.C., was the president of the society. Mr. J. Wilford, the hon. secretary, said that since the last meeting the code of rules decided upon had been submitted to Mr. Tidd Pratt, who had certified them, and the society was now duly enrolled. He was glad to say that the support the movement had received was very gratifying; and, although it had only been started three months, it had already done some good. It was intended in a few days to call another general meeting ie of the body to ratify the rules. A resolution was pledging the meeting to support the society • an several members having been enrolled, the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. •ir rt LLow AY's OINTMENT AND tAd erseme2l.—Ho Puts.—The benell effects of these remetlie, upon all the Matinees which arise from varying temperatures are a matter of worWwWe notoriety. Sore throat, inflamed tonsils. relaxed avula, hvarseilesa rowans Phlegm, and other throat dialculties are dissipated by rubbig Holloway's Ointment briskly twiee a day upon the neck and s hest. In MI stages ontarrh. ehnutic cough-sheering and ShOrt WIN of breath, the ointment exercises • rpecifte power In remedying and remot lug all irritation and all tendency to Inflammation of the mucous lining of the throat. and also in its extension through the windpip. Hit bnet• chit! tubes. The W consequences springioa from negle.ted inlets may be readily met and easily carnivore,' to these wand*, remedies. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. ISFJ . L6LEY.—October 10, the wife of J. N. 8ea1 , 1.1, of Bnropton, . of son. weir (ctober 11, at Curzon.street. Mayfair, the wife of Mr. J. East. onion. . HARDlNG.—October 11, at Bedfoni-place, Chiphaat-rise, Mrs. W. Hardin a, of a aon. Hopg—ro e tober 10, at Rock Home, Bath, the rife of W. C. Hope. Emu, of a Fon. SOLOMON.—Oetoher 10. et Bettlnge, Horne Bay, the site of W. S, Solomon, Kul., of a son. WARREN.—oetober 10, at Lanedown.ereseent,l.l.otenhara, the wife of It. Warren, ray., of a son and heir. XARRIAGES. 13:1D017,—TAYLOR—Oetoher 10, at St. 'Mar) f. Bathwich, by the Rev. rector of Chtlwatal, th, key.. F. 1, if. Ldßes. L. Marg aret Laura, daughter of W. r. Taylor, k:0 4 ., r.s.. of Frenc ay, Gloucestershire. 1111.04. K C.—TROLLOPL—October 10. at Leasiarlisio Church. ly the L. v. F. rahner, Richard Lewir, eon of N; C. ftrooke. hurt., to Mary Once, daughter of the Von. L frollope, rector of Learingham. , SPANTON—BATPX—October 10, at Pt Jame , '.., Croydon, by the Rey. W. 11. Perkins, Ineumientof ebild's.ldll, Middlesex. W. D. spanton, of Hanley, StaffordNre, to Ellen Victolia. &twiner of the late W. Bates, Evi . formerly of Liverpool. DEATH& FAI'LIiNER —October 9. at tit. Leonard's-0u st.l. Catherine Sarah Fanny, daughter of the bite Rev. W. L. Faulkner. d Hampstead. aged FAKKELL.—October C. at Yertion-square Fail, Dublin, Mar. Caret. the widow of the late T. Farrell, Esti LlNTON.—October 9, at Lodge-plaue, St. JtiniS wood, Jolts Adelina, wife of W. Linton. Uq. IlllNHALL7Oetober 8, at Uplauda. Feeler, Elizabeth l) Anti . _ Munhall. of Guist, Norfolk, Wed PALANQUE --Ottoher 9, at but Villas, Hounslow, Marius George. son of J. A. Palanune, Esq., aged 17. BPILSTED.—October 8, at the Rectory, Kelghley, Ruth aced, aged fM. Mated sad Published by WIUZA* KING BALPA of No. it I.l.oberdutniet, to the City ed Laudon, Prieto . , el the Aim... is 1.. m A:dui/est. to the Product of Whaeffisfo , o fivorALT. OcruaLl 14. VAL I A ~~ p , - "a