The Express. — London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, Kerr. 27. The I"tihot o.terculy's steamer Dane arrived here t,..oJit and anchored is the Sound. A severe gale was 14-meg from the ilouth•weet, which mused her to lose one lo r .echoes inside Drake's Island. She afterwards ac. 4 ,-zel another, sal was tinall compelled to take refuge is Ow Itestcru Docks. .b, left Tal.lr Iluy no tbe _l.t, St. Ifelesa Mot ult. ; and asiau 1•iUl iu.i. briar 17,p sengurs wad • small crry hit for New Zen Lug uu the 1:0.6 of 1 •i~n•l. .1...t.ir1..0ce anionz tho 7.alu li.iffirs about the spaces. .1. to Oro huil nearly involved the colony is wwr with the natives. The Zulus had pLiiined an on a Liege sole into Natal in order to seize two v Znlii eliteft wh.. had taken refuge there. Timely ief.rrortion, however, reached the colonial authorities, and the trivile. at r..pe Town were at °nee sent up. This more. meat anti... the retires, who now say that as tuned a... serer iblenaed. The volunteer corps did garrison duty in Cape Town &arise the almrneu of the regular troops. Parliament es. prorosued on the Nth August. A pro. ryaad Tot e r•t 10,u010/. towards the suitport of the troops had been rejected I.y the te . ..gislative l'ouncil. An indignation meeting h of been held in consequence, at which resolutinos were preossl expressing the desire of the colony to make smote ciontributions towsrds its defences. An act howl been 'wised for the establixliment of • telegraph betsiwu Cape Town and the frontier to be subsidised by the government. The Asmenololy hid usaoimoualy 4leeided in favour of a fortnightly mail ~4 !Mauritius The uccurintion of No Mnu%s fatal by Adam Kok. had been the stihjoct .1 debatee in parliament. Nothing defl• site, however, r..ulted from the de ate, and the questioci is set aai.le for the present. Thiv was roesidered very in mrhats to the int.-rect. , of the country. The drought had II MilatOis Us.l copMti. r.oise had fallen. The prospect.. of the *exam wen , ..;msl. Itwinesv at the Cape was very dull. THE FOLIC'S COURTS. (THIS DAY.) MART.IIIIILOUGH-NTREET. A YlaNcll VA..A1.07111. Johan P 01.,. a Freechnian, awl whose Appearance was of thr moat NIIRuIY kind, was charged with legging. The peisceer appeared in the duck almed in • state of melds., having only past of a pair of truwiers and waistcoat the net ..f his person Nene mute hare, and hi. wretched appearaace waa mad.• still worse Iry the fact of his not liavin washed los shin for some tin. and Lavin • grisly learnt A cassidahle of the ; division proved seeing him standing the pf 01,10114 night in * i'ottoniuun•conrt-rosid, with a crowd of lemon. muiel huu , and then ...w lion receive money. Chief Clerk W. he dressed, or rather nudreased, as he appears now I '4,0•!.ttA1.• C til•OOOD, said 4591111 time bark a wait of clothe% wa• greet 4. bo, and the nett day be appeared in the mat ilepha•irle drew Mr. Alh.rt said th-re wa. so rs-ndon fur the man to go about is such a state, for be Mt certain any Frenchman would give him .oino clothes. Ile had no doubt the man mode it a ',mitt... obtain money from the public. Mr. Rendus said the hest charity would be to send the ',Weser to pot for a month. SOUTHWA R K . met time ~/ A DAILWAI PICKINA'KET. J. 45 Suer... a smirk active-looking young frilow, was doarged with attempting to pick the pockets of a female • eaknows, se the WAN Of the Berghton and Mouth-Coast Lantoo. bridge , mho with assaulting William Reed. The letter perm. mid be was a smith, sod melded at Ber teolevy. Oa the preview afternoon be was peoreeding up he Means ed the Brighton Railway, whim his attention was attracted to the persnoer stooling alongside a holy, and Irving some enspecies as to his movemeets, he watched him, and saw film put hin head into the lady's pocket and with draw it yaw Witness west immediately up to the lady, and lahresel bow what had occurred. when the prisoner Maul hies severely mad throw him against the railings of the huspitat, "shine( his. very much. Fortunately at that Sim as °Meer came upend took the prisceer into custody. The Magletrato asked if the lad loat anything Willows replied that set. He mowed the lady Ia the Koala Daniel Sewell, 177 M, an active detective ofEcer, ape. employed at the Mouth Enders Railway terminus, said his anemias era attracted to the primmer kicking and winking last witness. Ile went up and was informed that be had attempted to pick a lady's pocket. After sea sidserible residence he succeeded ro taking him into ems hay. Is his powismiou he found two empty purses and wow loom silver. Mr. Edwin, who appeared for the prisoner, said he was eotirely isnocent of the charge of attempting to pick pockets, and as for the assault on the +Anew% Reed, ho was 'truck Met, and he merely returned the blow. The Magistrate said he supposed the prisoner could give ante account of himself then! The primmer declined to do so. All he mid was, he came from Manchester a few days ago, and was waiting at the terminus for an omnibus. Irbe theMtrate bad no doubt as to e risoner's arms. noes, re agis fore be should commit him th forthree month■ as a rogue and vaphond. IRJOHTFUL ACCIDENT ST THE PALL OP A BRIDOI A r rosir. A serious accident, attended with loss of life, personal injury, and destruction of property, took place yesterlay (Friday) afternoon, at York. For the past eighteen mouth, • girder bridge had been in the course of erection to conoect the two sides of the river Ouse, at a point a short distance above the prmeot stop bridge, and thus to give facilities for nakieg an improved and direct approach from the railway station to the cathedral. The girders, which consist simply of one piece of lattice work, of wrought. iron plates, fastened together with bolts, and strangtheoed along the outside with moo plates of greater strength, were four in number, the two inner ones for the support of the carriage way being up to yesterday afternoon completed and lowered to their places, the midi of each resting upon the stogie buttresses on each side of the river. Of the two lighter girdete, which were intended to form the outside of the footway, one was oomplated nosily fur lowering to He plsos yesterday afternoon. At a short time before 3 o'clock the task of taking away the supporta commend; this having to be performed by means of a hydraulic angles, which was placed under one sod. This having been dove, the works's, a large number of whom were engaged in the operation, were just in the act of lowering the end of the girder to its plea, when it, Verne unmeountable means, toppled over, and fell &Opt the nearest road girder. This, as before stated, Wag of oeseklerably greater itrvcith, and already resting is its bad, for • moment apparel as though it would mist the weight which had 1 . just been forced against it, but it also ultimately fell over against its fellow road order. This in its turn also fell against the repulsing outer foot-girder, which it forced over the side of the scaffolding into the river. Beside, the workmen imaged in the lowering of the foot-girder, there were also a large number working upon the other girders, and the consequence of the accident wee that two of the former citadel. were killed, the whole of three manta immediately engaged in the lowering nut having time to "-rape before the mass of iron mine down upon them. Three others also received serious injuring, awl had to be conveyed to the t' . rk County Hospital. The bulk of the nub ma i med upon and between the remaining girders had either time to eaape by ruuniug along tie planking to the end, or by jumping into the river. were, however, • number who were also thrown into the nerr, and though several were immediately afterwards rescued, it wee not known whether there were sot some who aught have fallen therein, and were coadned under the girder. The names of the killed ere--a youth about 17, aimed Richard Massey, mud a young man about 22 years of tge, named Joliu Maimed, the eon of • foreman in • Maw chest's manufactory. The injured are—a man oamd Coulter, mother named bearlove, and • third named Peckett. The scene immediately after the accident wan alumet in. describable ; what only • few minutes before had appeared to be a bridge in an arly.mord stage of completion, and which was to have been opeoed is a few mouths, was become a lorfect wreck ; three of the girded* being laid upon their atel the fourth bariag disappeared in the watar Ismaili. Of the massive gantry which had bees erected on eith e r side of the bridge, and upon the top of which the tvivelliog craned puled along, one side bad diesppeared. TL.. pales eaderseath the bridge and the various stays aad sq,ports is giddiest-lions, though apperystly of enormous unm,:th aad nobility , were broken is Mame like so many 'tot,, tad with these the surface of the Ouse was strewn it ill directiosui. A travelling ernes, which was being used sPa the patry at the time of the weident, came doers weed. • fearful climb, but fortunately did n t assist in the pemmial injury which essi the result of the t i ll le• other parted the fabric. The haishrewlth escapee were aumerous, Nod some el them of the mod remarkabie character. Mr. Moore, the ftervialemient of the works for Yews. Calvert, the cos. ec., though mimed in the placing of the girder, foe- Medal) escaped. Tao loss which hay bees sastaised it is impossible at temest to ertimate, though it may be recknoed by ttousande rim* and this, at s presumed, will fall upon Noun. Mr Newton has in the press " A History of lwreverns at Halieartrwinia, Calder, awd Braothiclie," .t"tJtlr molts of tbo espditios mit to Aria Minor by llajoutya govoraotoot is MIA no work will of mono Phaitnitod by diswinis of Yr. Nowtoe's interesting "%carrier. THE EXPRESS, SAT GTR DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1861. ELECTION of LoRD MAYOR.--(THIS DAY.) Vile afternoon, a coutmuu hall of the liverymen of the City of London was held at 1 o'clock at the Guildhall, to elect. Lord Mayor for the en►uing year. The hall nu nearly filled, the bulk of those assembled immediately in front of the platform evidently belonging to the middle elaases of society. Sir henry Aluggeridge, oo his first spleen's.' io the hall, was greeted with loud and reiterated cheers end cries of " Muggeridge for ever." There was some less vociferous cheerio; for the retiring( Lord Mayor. At the outset all t►e aldermen were present, expt Sir Peter Laurie and Sir Jumei Duke. The RPrOKDEII for the t'ity, who presided, in opening the prrnreediogn said that the aldermen would retire ill order to leave the liverymen free to exercise their rights. The 'dilemma having accordingly withdrawn, The rowurr,i ?SEW t V.CT then read a lint of the aldermen who had not nerved the office of Lord Mayor, commencing with the tame of Muggeridge, which again elicited much cheeriug. Mr. .1. Joxer, then came forward to address; the livery. He commenced by saviog that Lord Palmerston's govern ment LA three times endeavoured to take (ruin theni the right which they were assembled to exercise. (Oh, oh.) That government bad endeavoured to make the Lord Mayor the nominee of one hundred pemoos. A defence committee successfully resisted that attempt. There w as one alderman, and one only, who Resi►ted them. (Cries of " Who khe ':") His name was William Cubitt. (Cheers, cries of "question," "Time," and protracted uproar.) William Cubitt ' , teml by them, and saved them, and for .uch conduct they owed him a deep debt of gratitude. He concluded by nominating Alderman Cubitt for the mayor alty rot the ensuing year. Yr. KISAR:tn secooded the nomination of the present Lord Mayor, declaring that his sole object was to secure for the nest year a mayor who enjoyed the respect of the whole of the Livery. Mr. MRDWIN then nominated Sir Peter Laurie. (Loud cnes of "Oh, nh,' and continual interruption.) In doing that, he said, he was merely followiug preealente. It was absolutely nem-teary, be added, to send the name of some gentleman whom the Court of Aldermen would not choooe. Mr. J. YOUNii, in seconding the nomination, referred to the reelection of Sir John Key, when, he remarked, the l oonier alikniatem name was sent up. Mr. P.X. LAURIE said Le had come forward in conse quence of the nomination of his father, who would not con. sent to be an in.trument to deprive another of his right.. (Cheers.) lie was no party whatever to thin pro. reeding, he had never been consulted, and be took the earliest opportunity of setting himself right with his fellow citizens with regard to what he (Mr. Laurie) would call an unworthy proceeding. A letter was read from Sir Peter Laurie, dated Folkestone, September 211, iu which be protested against his nomination, and declared, that if elected, he would nut serve. The Common Crier then took the customary show Of hands. The first name submitted was that of the Lord Mayor, for which there was a considerable elevation of hands sad hats. The neat was that of Sir Peter Laurie, for whom the show was very small. The name of Sir Henry Muggeridge followed, and led to a very numerous display. Two or three hundred hands were held up for the electioa of Alderman Hale. The remainder of the alder. manic hat wee gone through merely as a matter of form. The COMMON Stiuratrr then announced the result in the following terms:-- Gentlemen, the sheriffs are of opinion that your choice this day has fallen upon Alderman Sir Henry Magpridge—(tremendous and long.xintinued cheering)--awl open the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. This result appeared to have been quite unexpected on both aides. After a short pause, Sheriff COCIIIMILL announced that a poll had been de manded for the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Sir Peter Laurie, and that it would be opened at three o'clock that afternoon, and remain open till four. The peal thus commenced will continue for seven days, sad emissiqueatly the election will Dos terminate until this day woe. The Court of Alderman will, of course, remain passive la tie matter in the interim Pench-coloared tale is very pretty, tr:mmed with white and black lace, disposed in hands on the bottom of the skirt, headed with a full ruching of white and black lace. The body is round, and low ila vierge, with two town of white and black lace. Spotted muslin* and tarlataues are in universal demand, Elegance in morning dress increavee daily ; the simple, pthered peignor is no looger allowed, but must be replaced be the csaaque, over a skirt of the same material. The choice is varied : a casaque, with a jaconet skirt, with nar row tucks and magnificent embroidery ; an embroidered muslin, with rich laces ; or the more simple skirt, edged with a broad black or red velvet, must be accompanied by the braided magus of black taffetas or whits quilting. Caps and bead-dresses have not greatly varied as yet. We have seen a very becoming cap of English lace, triruimal with a rose and long gr..ss. The rose is placed very high, and is without leaves. The stnngs ere of broad pink ribbon. Mem raps are , omposeil of white and black lace, mixed with ribbons and bowers ; and most young married ladies wear a white coiffure, however boautiful and luxuriaut their hair. It is quite the Lishion in full dress. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. tar rucnuo iILEGRA2.I.) MANCHESTER MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) LICENSED VICTUALLERS' HANDICAP. About one lac Willie Wright, Harriet, Deserter, Beverley, and Philomel ere here. STAMFORD HANDICAP. Three quarter, of a mile. Silkstooe, Miss Mary, Sir v./ Stafford, Captain Crow, end Forster are ham NORTHERN HANDICAP PLATE. One mile and a quarter. Oldminster. Maid of Che.terfield. Wynnstay. Sheffield, Bradfield, Dosfoot, Squire Peurse, North Lancashire, Pebble, Rats Avis, Harriet, and Deserter are here. SELLING STAKES. T.Y.C. Deserter, of Lyme, Cumber Laid, and Captain Crow are here. GRAND STAND PLATE. One mile. Rajah Brooke, Htirrllli, North Lancashire, Dubious, Miss Mary, Wanabeck, Deserter, sad D U are here. SCURRY HANDICAP. All are here. OTHER ARRlVAlA—Oidilmia and Fairy Kamm THE DECAY OF STONE AT THE NEW PALACE, WEsTHINOTEE. —Th is morning the report of the committee appointed by the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works and Buildings to inquire into this subject, was issued. The committee recommend that the architect of the Palace at Westminster, assisted by scientific chemists, should examine and record the actual state of the stone work of the building at the present moment ; that experi ments should be made by their direction, under various conditions of height, exposure, and aspect, with such pre servative materials and agents as the chemists may sug gest from time to time, and that researches should be coo. Canal into the effects of the various alkaline silicates, the phosphates, and other substances which have bees brought under the notice of the committee, or suggested ix Oet• many, France, or elsewhere ; that where decay WWI from damp, means should be taken to probs:t the stone, as has been before suggested ; that any stone extensively decayed should be removed and replaced ; but that in particular the earliest symptoms of decay should be carefully watched and examined, with the view to the application of some imme diate remedy. The committee believe that a very large portion of the stone in the Palace at Westminster is of a very durable nature, and they entertain a confident expee. tattoo that a remedy will soon be found to arrest or control the decay when it ha. unfortunately begun to appear. Colonel Dixon, C. 8., commanding the 9th depot battalion, Colchester Camp, has been attacked with partial paralysis, and fears are entertained that he will not again be able to resume his duties as commandant of the battalion, which is temporarily placed under the charge of Brevet Lieut.. CoL Lye. Strangely enough, Colonel Strut, C. 8., the com mandant of the other battalion, has been attacked with serious Ulnas at Dover. The command of the 10th batta lion has been ghosted to Major West. It is with much regret that we (A rno, and Navy Oa-ette) hear of the serious illness of the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C. 8., Governor of Chelsea Hospital. Few odious now alive Lave seen such long and varied active service as Sir Edward, dating so far back as the capture of the West ladiao Islands in 1796. Two good-eurviue pensions of 1001. a year each have been placed at the disposal of hie Royal Rieman the General Cummawling-in.Chief by the death of General Dennis Herbert. The Army awl Nary Gazette says :—" We hear a whisper, at present faint and low, yet menacing, of which we feel bound to take some notice. It Is not a whisper of alarm, inspired by apprehensions of external dangers. It has nothing to do with a ' panic like that which foreign journalists choose to describe an the normal condition of England. It comes from within, and threatens to sap the base of our new system of national defence. It is in every sense the whisper of a faction. We are told that the ex cellence of some battalions of volunteers, and the greet nominal effective of the whole body, are to be used as argu ments next session, perhaps before the session, for a reduc tion of the regular army." The Warrior, annOrdiug to present arrangements, will be undocked at Portsmouth oa Thursday next. Her bottom is now receiving the outer coat of Hay's compost. tine, and the workmen of the Thames Iron `.Shipbuilding Company are busily engaged in fixing the screw rivet* in the plates where the launching cleat. have been taken off. Judging by the number of people who go to visit the ship, who are freely admitted on board by the authorities while she is in dock, the interest she has excited since her arrival at the port is daily inersasing. She bee cut into her mid ship blocks under her keel loins two inches—much less than had been anticipated from her enormous weight—nearly 9,000 tau Mears. Saunders and Otley Lava in the preen a work by Lord Robert Montagu, M.P., on " The Revel►tion of the Church and State, and the Nature and Mete of the Established Religion." The Grand Duke Constantine of Ruaeia and the Grand Duchess have arrived at Biosterd House, near Ryde. The Grand Duke's household im served frau the cuisine of the Pier Hotel, Ryde. The Grad Duke would have preferred as abode near the Ryde pier, but the private and extensive Kenton at Bleated House was an attraction fur the Grand Duchess. Hyde ap pears to be a very favourite spot for distinguished ltuadan families. Vontoor is for the American upper ten thousand. . . . . . _ The trial trip of the Lady of the Lake, a new Southampton and Isle of Wight steamer, took place yesterday. Amongst the persons invited by the proprietors of the new boat to witness the trial trip were the mayor and corporation of the town, for whom a banquet was provided on board. The Lady of the Lake, like its sister steamer the Lord of the Isles, is built after the model of American river steamers, with saloons on deck. The farm between Southampton and the Isle of Wight have been reduced, and a coasider able increase to the passenger traffic is the result. There are now nearly a dozen steamers employed in runaing between Southampton and the Isle of Wight DETERMINED SETrIDE AT HAMPSTEAD HEATH.— ' This morning at $ o'clock, a man mimed Barton, while pissing a pond on Hampstead-heath, known as the " Leg of Mutton Pond," and which is near the spot where the lete Mr. Sadlier poisoned himself, found a man's bat, and from some recent foot- mar k s on t h e s i de of the poor'. he con chided some one wax in the writer. No accordingly gave information to Mr. Inspector Webb, of the S division, at the Hampstead Police-station, when the drags were imam diately sent, wheo, after being used for some time, the body of a man was found. Dr. Brown, of Heath .street. who h ad been called by the police, was present when the body was found, and examined it, but although the bony was warm, life was quite extinct. The body wall taken on a stretcher to the ilead.honse, New End, Herniate's!, and information forwarded to the coroner. Soon after the body arrived at the dead-hous e it wee identi fi ed as that of John Hesketh, aged CZ, of No. m ore plate, Hampstead, which resi dence he left this ing, but without the slightest idea being entertained by his friends that he contemplated suicide. Wisseen.—Tau IR/VER.—It is now several years since our river presented so animated en appearance ea during the past week. Every day there have been arrivals of ships from foreign ports laden with timber •, and at the time we write the harbour appears to be quite full of vessels. It is next to impossible to end a labourer unemployed, snot some of the ships cannot atprosent be unload e d , ow i ng to the scarcity of p o rt ers . An immense quantity of wheat has this week been shipped for France, and some s hip s o f nearly four hoodred tOO % b ur d en have been taken tip for the maw and are sow loading. This is a pleasant state of ' S * e' which we hope will continue.—Casibridge lade pc t. M 20 ea. et. SHARE LIST 8.-{THIS DAY.) Two o'Cules. The railway share market to-day is inactive and Ihmvy. A fall of 4to # per cent. has taken place in Great Western, London and North Western, Mid land, and Lancashire and Yorkshire stocks. Other descriptions are less affected. The settlement engages some attention. London and North Western stock is now quoted 911 to 924 • Great Western, 68 to • Midland, 124/ to 1; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1041 to 1 ; South Eastern, 78 to 1 ; Caledonian, 1031 to ; and Eastern Counties, 52 to I. %his and Dutch Rhenish railway shares are steady. Other foreign lines are very quiet. ilAut/IMIlf *WM AND eluLtas. aitsusrsta f mss prices Sale, Soils/ yeeteru 1 y. I to 1 PAL aU P.tru.., oLtStourVel 100 , flirk.,lau.,&ChsaJnee ,▪ Blackburn all Milhaud Tsui 011 I: .440 O. al oar 40 XL O 100 &idol and &aim 100 ;Caledonian all I Cork and Banded all CirnwaU ▪ iDo. • Ano dlr. =NI all:1/o. 8 (p.c.lipaidtoll all 'Dublin ant. &utast eue. all 'Mud., Perth, & Abd.Ja. 100 Last Augliar. 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LOCUS. Pal 78 II so - pm tit. Commercial 100 KDa4p. of Poet Mira 100 4t teat and Meallndia 100 1 d:o 121 IL Landon 100 10 62 IL ea Katharine 100 : 63 6; It. itouthszap4ma et '4 , letoria Kb iDe. hew I V : I id ; 09—ildb, RANI , U• ASO NI KM SS MU 140 0,060 IS UM* IS MN 110 %MO N is mei u6', skint no WO Am so I * o NON 1:0 %MO 10 ASSO 20 12,000 *OOO (0 00,700 60 10,000 0 60,000 100 10,000 100 I 26,060 20 20,000 60 25,000 It 5),400 26 2Z.,000 20 20,000 100 16,002' 26 60,000 26 00,060 10 LON, 100 FASHIONS FOR ocroesa. (From Le Met.) Winter materials may not yet be brought pro mieently forward, but our various manufacturers are busily engaged in preparing many attractive novelties. At present we are fully occupied with costumes for the mid seseen, which are necessarily usually simple. The Mown_ bliss, a woollen material, etrouger than the poll de c.hilvre, is making heel( of no little importance for ntglige costume. The taffetas are being trimmed with velvet. Seaside morn ing dresses are often of alpaca, or dark clear-coloured fou lard. Violet alpaca is very recherché this Mason ; dresses of this material are generally made plain, or trimmed simply with white and violet-checked ribbons, or white, and any other colour the dress may be of. Muslims, gazes de soils, grenadine*, kr., are beginning to be worn only in the even ing. Poplins are now reeking their appearance for walking dress. Amoog the owning walking drones may be seen the silk sad woollen poplins, with patterns in velvet ; the robe mandarins, of woollen terry velvet, with Chinese patterns, in bright colours, on a ground of grey or black. There is also the taffetas rpingle d'autonine iu large check or squares, on a pound covered with small coloured flowers. The droguet Byzantin, with small spot. of white on coloured or black ground, is also in vogue. Then comes the charming collection of checked taffetas, for dinner dress, In the new and striking sheik of coral and white, white sad blue , white and amethyst, and white lied maize. The plai n taffetas antiques, of laurel green, Russian leather, and other dark colours, are employed for the robes Intperatrice, or redingotes with pistols to match. The vogue for Zoomsas is far from becoming extinct; there is an eeemeniical reason which proves greatly in their favour. For instance, skirts that would otherwise be rejected have a very good effect when accompanied br the coquette vest Zouave, and an elegant chemisette ; but. setting aside the question of economy, 'hie loose jacket, in which one is as entirely at ease as when dressed in a robe. dschambre, is so convenient, that it will be difficult alto gether to discard it. Velvet, moire, cloth, taffetas and cachemire, ars all employed for the Zouave. Some persons prefer the waistcoat to the loose bouffant. chemisette. The waistcoat is generally made of the same material as the Zouave; but the white quilting, trimmed with narrow em broidered frills, appears preferable. The form of bonnets remains almost stationary, and will continue, with but slight modifications, until the winter season seta ia. Hata are universally worn at the seaside, sad is the country. We have seen some beautiful models. The Brunswick is a sort of bell, bent ou the 'ides, and has obtained a great emcees this ymir, although to us it appears lees bewaring than sissy others. It i. made of Leghorn, edged with black velvet, with a bead of the WEN round the head, and a bouquet of field-flowers in front, with lope fulia a ro , falling on either side like the ends of a flat bow. A small bouquet is placed inside, rather high ea the forehead. The Tudor of black atm+, with a small tail behind. edged with black tatfeta4 ribbon, and trimmed behind with a Imp bow of broad ribbon, the male falling over the back. A small beach of feathers oruerneeta the trout, from which floats a long sky-blue feather. The chapeau Amazone, of white straw ; the edge is deep, very much turned back, and covered with black• velvet. A long feather is planed negligently on the Ida; the top part of the feather is curled, the tip is knotted, and heap low over the shoulder. A small bouquet of black feathers, fastened with a white aigrette, is placed half concealed under the long feathers in front ; a gauze or hoe veil, edged with broad velvet, is often fastened on the edge of We hat. Hate of rice stew are trimmed with ornaments of Italian straw, and white andblackfestbers ; =imam' black Wisp, and bouquets of eglantine inside. Bonnets preserve much of the summer trimming sad shapes; we must, however, allow that the materiel is slightly changing; taffetas is used io lieu of light straws sued amps, he. The shades fur this meson commeuce with grave, fakery, sad Sellealso. hall-dreme at the watering-places, or in the country, ans sselegset as winter costume, with the exception of diamoeds sad other precious stooar—although those are to Le seen oe the occasion of a ball given in oelebratiou of a maniage. The fashion has made white almost the uniform for even. mg dresses. Robes of tulle, embroidered muslin, terlatane. game de Cbambery,or gaze de Lyons, which, although only se imitation of the former, is fresher and cleurer. &ens of oar leading house.' make the hies on these dresses of the same material, which sometimes sustain the sipper Bounce ; at others, are thrown carelessly at intervals over the whole. Ribbon bows and flowers are also used. The psis de t'bambery, with coloured stripes, white puns. covered with coloured stars or spots, and embroidered mos lie, are much in vogue for young ladies. JOUR no ea BANC& Agra and U. Sir. Bank ltudralada Bank of Bank of to i v.. Bank of Turkey lititfah N. Annwlea :Chart. Bank of India, I Australia, and China. Owlet, Marc. of lndy Lon., and Chios ' Colonial I Com. of Gina& ..... Com. ot London leap SootakAusLChart.L ICI. Bank of 8 wltaseland. lon. Ch. Bank of dada Do. New 'London and County Loudon Joint Steel Lawn ..t south anima Lou. and Westminster Tat. ?roe. of Zugland Do. New hathmal Bank New Sooth Wain lOriental Bank oarpon ,Ottoman Bank 'Prorinc!al of Ireland Booth Australia .Union of Australia . Union of London Unity %leaf 66 OS 66 67 $1 n N 58 i 1 %Us 62 116 •! TO Ti IT SO 17 in : Asir 14i.,771 $4 36 bui bl i 174 184 54e .. 20 i a 1111 41 lii ai 381 - In MINES.-(THIS DAY.) 24 Two o'CLovit. The mining market to-day is quiet and in active. There is no change of much importance in prima North Basset shares are rather flatter, at 7} to 8. East Caradon are quoted 262 to 27 ; Marie Valley, lOL to f ; Wheal Basset, 84 to 86 ; East Basset, 72 to 74 ; and Hingston Downs, 3: to }. In foreign mining shares the only alteration is a rise in United Mexican, which arc marked 6 and 4. In colonial mining shares there is no move ment. • The Swiftgure ha% brought 65 tons of copper ore for the Gre►t Northern Mining Company of South Australia. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS TALLOW MARKET .—(THIS DAT.) The market in steady ; prioes are quoted as follows Town tallow, 481. 3d., net cash ; Petersburg Y.C., on the spot, sew, 44e. 9d ; ditto old, 475. 3d. ; October to December. 48s. 6J. ; January to March, 499.. 3d. to 499 a. 6d. MAZY= AvzaAon.—Town tallow, 50e. 9d. ; fat by ditto, 2+- 6141. ; yellow RUS4IIII, 50s. Od. ; melted rough stuff, 365. Od.; ditto, 20s. W. ; tallow gray is, 18s. ; good dregs. Ti. SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Mears. Davis aod Co. report trade at the following prior meadow hay, 80.. to 90s. ; superior ditto. 955. to 105 s. ; inferior ditto, 40s. to 555. ; clover, old, 90.. to 120.. ; ditto, new, second cut, 80s. to 108 a. ; straw, Ns. to 345. COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.) The supply of both vegetables and fruit centinnes good. Apples &ad pears are plentiful, and the same may be said of grapes, pine apples, and melons. Peas are getting scares. Of beans there is still a fair supply. For potatoes markets are Leavy • prices rather lower than list week. Cucumbers are abu ndant, and the same may be said of tomatoes, which are large and excellent. Cut flowers chiefly consist of orchids, dahlias, asters, violets, mignonette, heaths, and roses. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will make their ap pearance at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, on Monday, sad resale for ten night.. Messrs. Sauget are in treaty with Mr. Batty for a lease of Astley's Amphitheatre, and if satisfactorily coo. chided will commence the season early in November. MaxORIAL TO LOCIES.—We are glad to find that the project of erecting • memorial bast of John Locke, as • companion to that of Robert Blake, is progressing favourably. Mr. Arthur Kinglake is at energetic work with the subscription list. A model has base prepared by Mr. E. G. Papworth, under the eyes of Mr. Bally. Rou bilisc's fine bust being used as the groundwork, though it has not been slavishly followed in the expression. The result is satisfactory. We particularly notice that, while the lineament@ and characteristics of the face have been well preserved, that suggestion of pain which is seen in so many portraits of Locke—particularly in the Oxford portrait—has been got rid of —greatl, to the bust's advantage and the spectator • pleasure. Mr. Locke King, the descendant of the philosopher, ex -1 preemie himself highly satisfied. Somersetshire will have some right to feel proud of its heroes and of its public spirit. In the last century, some members of the Royal Society originated a subscription for a monument to LoCke in St. Paul's Cathedral ; but from lack of interest or energy, ' the undertakiug failed. It does not appear likely that the present project can fell.—Athematic Holottnr,E Leriin'xew&—Late on Saturday I evening last, Inspectar Smith, of Solihull, a village in Warwickshire, received information that strong suspicions were entertained against a woman residing at Elmdon Heath of having given birth to an illegitimate child and de stroyed it. Early on Sunday morning Le went to the house oseapied by Louisa Bobbins and her grandmother, Sarah Hobbies, the parties suspected. There (he found a male child, quite dead, and partially burnt. Inspector Smith then removed the mother (Louisa Hobbins) and the body of the child to the Solihull Union Workhouse and the grand mother (Sarah Hobbies) to the police s tation-house. An inquest was held on the laxly of the child on Monday, be fore Mr. Hunt, coroner for the district. Smith said he had questioned the old woman, and she had told him that having brought down the baby and laid it before the fire, a coal bad fallen on it and burnt it. Mr. Lowe, surgeon, said—l am clearly of opinion the child was born alive, but I cannot may bow long it lived. lam rather of opinion that the immediate cause of death was stcangulatioo immediately f ollowing the infliction of the barns Ss Elvin, a labourer, deposed—l live at Elmdon Heath, and on Saturday, about • quarter past two, I was at work about forty-five yards from Hobbins's house, and I smelt a very bad smell, which appeared to come from Hob bins's. There were several others at work with me, and also smelt it. There were one or two other witnesses in at tendance, but the coroner did not think their evidence of any importance. He carefully summed up, sad the fury having consulted for a few manatee, returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against both Sarah and Louisa Bobbins, who were then committed, upon the coroner's warrant, to take their trials upon the capital charge at the next War wick Assizes. Feelings of intense indigution were ex preened by the public in the neighbourhood against the pri soners for their brutal and inhuman oonduct.—Birmitighast Journal. DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER NEAR BECCLES. —The Mao village of Taft Moak', about three miles from Became, was this morning (Thursday) thrown into • state of peat alarm, in consequence of a young man named Martin Pearce having attempted to murder his mother. Pearce, who is • single man, resides with his mother at her farm, and having had some altercation with her upon family matters, vowed with an imprecation that he would murder her rind dedmy the premises. He left the room. and his mother immediately locked the door. Peirce then fetched his gun and proceeded to the apartment in which his mother bad secured herself. Finding the door fastened, Pearce fired through the keyhole. A female Nernst. observing his conduct, had warned her mistress of his intentions, by which means Mrs. Pearce was enabled, by shifting her position, to escape uninjured. A policeman was immediately sent for, but Pearce absconded snit pro ceeded to Yarmouth. In the afternoon he returned by traits to Bexley, at which station the police apprehended him, and conveyed him to Loddon, where he awaits his exemination.—ltorfolk New. IMPROVEMENT OP DOMERTIC SERVANTA—A cor respondent informs us (says the StAfordshi re Ad n rtiser) theta number of Indies Nodding in the neighbourhood of Bishop's Oflley have been in the habit of visitincr f. , r some years at etch other's houses alternately, and uniting their efforts in raisingmoney to he given as mires to those do. meetic enemas who have resided the longest and conducted themselves in their respective situations with the greatest propriety. The last meeting, which was a very agreeable ore, was held on Tuesday last at the house of Mr. Heath. Our mrresponelent thine* that this is an example worthy of imitation ; and if it would tend, in the slightest degree, to the improvement of • proverbially troublesome class of the community, no doubt it is. An awful explosion occurred on Thursday morn ing early, at a colliery near HolywelL The particulars of the catastrophe, and especially its origin, were only imper fectly known when our Information was despatched ; but there was little mom to doubt that ten men had been killed. Of these, five dead bodies had been actually recovered from the pit, but the stifling gases resulting from the ex plosion prevented a search for the rest. —.Manclurfcr Gate rdiqn. TRAIMPIC REMPTI4.—Tho traffic receipts of rail ways in the United Kingdom for the week ending Sept. 21, amounted to 577,565/., and for the correspooding weak of last year to 562,1351. ; showing an increase of 15,4301. The gross receipt, of the eight railways having their termini in the metropolis amounted to 270.34 g., and for ' the corresponding week of 1860 to 258,7481., show ing an increase of 11,600/. The increase oo the Eastern Counties Burney amounted to 3,124/. ; on the Grant Northern to 6,1 W. • on the Great We stern to 1,5061.; on the London, Brighton, and South Coast to 6891. • and on the London awl South Western to 1,x351 . — total , 13,109/. But from this mast be deducted 4501., the decrease on the London and North. Western Mt on the London and Blackwell, and 966/. on the S outh Eastern, together 1,5091., leaving the increase, as above, 11,6001. The receipt. on the other lines in the United Kingdom amounted to 307,217/. and for the corresponding w ee k of Lot year to :363.3 87/., showing an increase of 3.6301., which, added to the Menem on the metropolitan lines, makes the total increase 15,4301. as compared with the cor responding week of 1860. MONEY NARK ET-'THIS DJ I.) Two o'CLocc. The funds are heavy to-day, owing to re newed sales, combined with the unfavour able aspect of financial affairs in France. Consols have fallen nearly per cent. The depression has been chiefly observable during the last hour. English railway stocks, in which the settlement will be completed on Monday, are likewise flat. The only animation is still is foreign stocks, particularly Mexican, which con tinues in favour. The India Five per Cents. are rather weaker. Consols an dß...daily marked 93, I, and 921 for money, and 93a and I for the amount. The present quotatiAus are 921 to 1 for money, and 921 to 93 for the 10th of October. The official business report is as follows :—Three per Cents. Reduced. 901, 91k,, 91 ; New Three per Cents., 91k, }, 91 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1031, ; ditto, for account, 10871 ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, Oct., 1863, 981,11; ditto Bonds, 9s. prom. ; Five per Cent. " enfaced rupee paper, 96 ; ditto Fire-and-a-Half per Cents., 104 ; Exchequer Bilk, March, 3a. prem., is. dia.,: ditto, June, ss. prem. Mexican Bonds experienced a fresh rise at the commencement of business this morning, being first marked 274, but the last trans actions recorded are at 26& and 27, some realisations haling been effected. Buenos Ayres bonds continue in demand. The Turkish Luau of 1858, after being marked 70, has relapsed to yesterday's closing quotation-694 to The loan of 1854 remains steady, at 854 to M. Sales are recorded as follows :—Breziliau Four-and s-114f per Cents., 1860, 914 ; Buenos Ayres Six per Cents., for account, 92; Chilian Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 844 ; Dutch Four Cent. Certifi cates, 1014 ; Italian Five per Cents., 704 (exchange 2Zfr.) ; Mexican Three per Cents., 274, 27, 4 ; ditto, for account, 274, 4,4, 26i, 27 ; New Granada Active, 174 ,, ; Peruvian Three per Cents., 834 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 1853, small, 474, 48 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99f ; Spanish Pa.sive, 17 ; the Committee's Certificates, 6, 51; Turkish Six per Cents., 1854, for account, 86 ; ditto Six per Ceuta, 1868, 694, 4, 4 ; ditto, for account, 694, 70, 691; ditto 1001. Bonds, 704; Venezuela Three per Cents., for account, 20g. HALr-rAsT Two o'Cioct. Consols are quoted 9n to 93 for money, ant 93 to i for the amount, showing an improvement of i per cent. compared with the prices current at 2 o'clock. There was a decided increase yesterday in the de mand for money in commercial channels. Some effect is produced by the approach of the end of the quarter. Preparations are also being made foe the bills maturing in the first week in October. In. Lombard-street yesterday the rates for good bills have advanced to 3to per cent. A fair amount of business was carried to the Bank of England. In the Stock Exchange there was also a better demand. Loans on English government securities were obtainable at 3 per cent., but for a month onwards the terms were 3} to 4. Gold to the amount of 43,0001. was purchased by the Bank yesterday. The telegrams announce a rise in the New York exchange to 109}. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon shows& but a slight reduction, considering the disproportion which exists between the value of money here and that current ou the Continent. Subjoined is our usual list : Amsterdam, 3 months, 12.04 to 1; ditto, 3 days, 11.111/ to 194 ; Itottertlam, 3 months, 12.04 to 1 ; Antwerp, 3 months, 25.674 to 721 ; Hamburg, ms. beam, 3 moot*, 13.94 to 10 ; Paris, )3days, 25.40 to 74 ; ditto, 3 mouths, 2.5.70 to 5 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine, 3 months, 1194 to f ; Petersburg (per rouble), 3 mcntbs, 3.3 to 4 ; Vienna. eff. 80., 3 months, 13.90 to Ws ; Trieste, et'. So., 3 mouth,. 13.90 to 95 ; Madrid, 3 months, 484 to ; Cadis, 3 mouths. 484 to 4; Leghorn, 3 months, 25.80 to 5 ; Genoa, 3 months, 25.75 to 80 ; Alike, 3 months, 25.75 to 80; Naples. 3 months, 394 to I ; Palermo, 3 months, 1184 to Messina, 3 mouths, 1184 to 4 ; Lisbon, 110 days, 524 to j; Oporto, 90 days, 624 to 3. Undiminished firmness prevailed yesterday in the Liverpool cotton market. The day's sales comprised 20,000 bales, and those of the week have reached no less than 172,380. The bills of Messrs. Raphael, Gardiner, and Co., East India merchants, have been returned, but their liabilities are stated to be rather limited. A settlement has been made in the affairs of Mr. Augustus Cooper, whose failure on the Stock Exchange was announced a week or two since. Mr. J. S. Cooper, the father, has made an arrangement which has been accepted by the cre ditors, and upon which they give an unconditional release. With regard to the financial arrangements of the Federal government, Messrs. Peyton and Wain wright, of New York, remark as follows: The subscriptions to the new issue of 7.30 per coat. Trea sury eons from private individuals continue to locresse. The daily apphatttous nor from 500,000 dole. to over 1,0‘..9,000 dole. The New lurk banks have now paid into the treasury on account of their allotment 16,000,000 dole, and the private subscriptions to date amount to nearly 8,000,000 dole. The recent delinquencies of letter-carriers have excited not a little anxiety amongst the mercantile and banking community in the City. Subjoine d is one of the lettere that have reached us on the subject : TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXPRESH. S!r,—ln the movements that, of late, have taken place is regard to the remuneration of the men employed in the Post.oftice, it is to be feared that too little concern be. been felt by the general public ; but the case that has jest transpired may. probably, excite some movement, on the ground of commercial safety amongst the hankers, mer chants, and traders of the City of London especially, whose interests and tlut of their friends are evidently in peril from the present arrangements ot the Ceram' Post-odice. Pullen 's detection has but just taken place, although for several mouths numerous complaints had been made by Lombard-street and other firms of letters that had been sent not rea.hing them ; and elm° the culprit is dime. revel, from 1,400 to I.Nai letters see &tied in hiss posers,. elan ; but how many had been rifled of his contents pre viously, it is, of course, impossible to know. It is, I consi&r, somewhat strange that the culprit should have been so long undetected ; but it is • muck gmver matter that there should not be more prudent lovaagenieuts mole, and that so young a person should be entrusted with the delivery of letters and remitteuces to such an importaat district, which should ouly be wadded to men who have been long in the service, and of tried in tNrity ; awl who should, moreover, be adequately paid, an ii - deel, should all who are employed in the conveyance, the .ortiu,,;, or the delivery of letters at every kind through the Pos , ottioe. . . . • if the parliament were sitting, it would, perhaps, not be unsuitable or inopportune to have the subject, which is of national importAnor, adverted to; but, as it is not now sit. ting, it is to be hoped that steps may be immediately takers to ealeavour to avoid the now almost constant purlotoing of letters, as shown in the numerous eases which have occurred of late, and made known through the newspaper:. Sept. 21i. S. The Gwettd specie statement for the week end ing Wedueeih►y last gives the following totals, viz. :—lmpor-4 of gold, 396,830/. ; exports of gold, 77,0824 ; imports of silver, 19,3 W. ; eaports of silver, 513,0L1i1. FRIDAY Evesuce. Consols, wltielt closed •vesterday (after official hours) at 93 for the 10th Oct., opened this morning at 933 to 3, and doled at 933, " buyers." Fur money the last price was 934 to 4. The official business report is as fell,ws :—Three per Cent. Consols for money, 93, 3, 93 ; ditto for amount (10th Oct.), 93,1, 3, 3 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 91, 90L 914 ; - New Three per Cents., 91, 3,90 k, 911, 91, : India Five per Cent. stock, 103 k. 3, 4, ?, ; ditto, Scrip, 103 fi ditto, Four per Ceut. beZhnitures, April, 1864, 983, The India Five 'we Ceuta. were inquired for and firm. Thu stock closed at 1033 to 3 far the account, a:icl the scrip at 1033 to I. The March Exch.. pier Bills were quoted 2s. din. to 2s. prem., and the June ss. to Bs. prem. 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