The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-05 00:00:00

CITY, Two o'CLocK. The general inquiry for discount accommodation, both in Lombard-street and at the Bank of Eng land, has abated, and the rates charged for negotia ting commercial paper are a shade easier in consequence. While the available supplies continue so abundant, any decidedly upward movement can scarcely be considered proba ble, particularly at a time when gold is accu mulating in the national establishment. The diminished inquiry which has succeeded the liqui dation of the engagements due yesterday, the 4th of the month, has stimulated competition, and first class bills, for which 21 per cent. was required a ' few days ago, are now discounted 1 to 1 per cent. lower. Should this easiness continue the Bank authorities will have some difficulty in keeping up their stock. Other transactions, especially in the loans granted on stock, where the transfer books remain closed, will soon be repaid. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a slight decline in the rate on Hamburgh. A further amount of nearly £60,000 was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The Tyne from the Brazils has been announced this morning with £19,658 in specie. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices remained without any important variation. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market the trans actions were of a very moderate character, and quotations tended downwards. The half-yearly meeting of proprietors of the Great Western Railway of Canada took place to day, Mr. Gill in the chair. The report stated that the income of the kalf-year was £64,499 17s. 3d., and the expenditure £48,126 17s. Bd., leaving a balance of £16,372 19s. 7d., from which a further deduction was made on account of the Desjardins accident, repairs of embankments, &c., leaving nnly a . net balance of £8,167 13s. ld., which it was recommended by the directors should be car ried to the next account. The falling off in the re ceipts was traced to the bad harvests in Canada, and to the depressed state of business. As the crops of the present year were abundant, and well secured, the directors hoped the current half year would show such an improvement as would in the and make up for the present deficiency. The re port was eventually adopted. The transactions in the market for public seen ritis to-day have been rather limited, the specula tive as well as the investing classes abstaining from active business. Still, values are firmly main tained, with occasional symptoms of buoyancy. Consols have been 951 96, but they have since re turned to their previous position, 95i for money and account. The receipt of higher prices from the Paris Bourse, where an improved feeling seems to prevail, has exercised a favourable influence. India Stock has improved to 219 ; ditto New, 5 per Cent., 1011 ; and ditto Scrip, to 1011 ; ditto Loan Debentures are steady at 951 ; and the Bonds at par; Exchequer Bills are firmer at 245. to 275. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is rather quiet, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 84 to 85 ; ditto New, 691 to 701 ; and the 4 per Cents. are flat at 1021 ; Dutch 21 per Cents, remain at 66 ; Mexican at 231 1 ; and Cbilian 6 per Cents. at 1031; and Spanish 3 per Cents. have advanced to 461 ; ditto Deferred are steady at 341. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been rather restricted, prices, however, have shown Blythe and Tyne 1f per an improving tendency in most instances—Cale- 0. pref. (issued at £5O) itk: Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock donians, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and York- 20 Do. do. do. Shares shire, Midland, and South-Easterns have advanced : 1 T) .1 0: sa o i . o 4 /o u n ar en a 4 r i e r ; i ce ° n 2 t 55.; Great Northern, and North-Eastern (Berwick) 64 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c brought former rat es . 20 Cornwall, 5 per cen t 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have Loct N.A . Class B A 6 7 p t 5p c been dealt i n t o a mo d erate extent. Dutch Rhenish Stock Do. g o. Class C 7 pc have declined to 10! ; Great Luxemburg, 7f, and St k N o . Coun. o Ex. 5 p ct. s k T ro o..; Antwerp and Rotterdam, 41. Grand Trunk of Stock Stock Do. astern New per ion cl. p S e t r ocdc Canada have improved to 39 and 391 ; Great stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares Western of Canada to 141 ; East India to 1001 to V o l Ecii'n o le r Wa u t,j u S n 4pc . D. 101. Stock Furness , 5 per c r en a t Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares have Stock Great Northern, sp. shown little variation of importance. City Bank Mock Do. 5 41 P ). R c e . d d m o."( 1 1 ° o" .Pm are steady at 63. Peel River Land have advanced 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm. to 54; South A ns t ra li an Land to 351 10 Gt. Nh. of S co tid, Ist pt., and Van Stock' Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 Diemen's Land to 151, 16. The Scrip of the Bur- p. ct. pref. Stock ... 50 rest West. (Berke and ham Brick Company have been dealt in at Itol, 1 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. prem. Stock Do. Redee ma bl e , 41 p Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. . Stock Do. sp. ot. Red eem . Pref. . :8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref Stock Do. Birming. guar. stock 264 Do. Chester guar.shares 134 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Stock Do.Barnsl.StXs 3slodpc Stock' Lon. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l Stock Do. pref., 5 p. a. ...N o . 2 Stock Do. Ne w gua., 6 p. ct Stook Do. do. 5 p. c . No. 4 3 Do. do. 4/ per c. shares Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs 12 Londondy.& Ennis Ish Stock Nlan.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et 6 Do. £6 Stock Do. 34 per cent. 12/ Nraryport & Car., 4 p.c 11 R1TISIff FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK , 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities India Stock Ditto, 1859, 6 per Cent. Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto Debent ures , 1858 - Ditto Ditto Bonds , £ 1,0 0 0 859 p 9 sa r/ Ditt ) und er £l , OOO par ( onsols for Account (O c t. 11) I xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 24 7 PRISES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT • ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian, 6 per Cent lO3/ x dj Moxican 3 per Cont. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent B4l Ditto New Loan Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Petch Exchanc, e , 12 Guil. 21 pe r Cent 66 Peruvian Dollal Bonds, 4± per Ct. E x . s 82/ TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9sf k Ditto Account (0ct.).... •. • INGENIOUS SWINDLERS.—On Wednesday several sharpers and swindlers paid Romford a visit, and some were pretty successful in their vooation. Mr. T. W. Brittain, of Dagenham, was relieved of £4B in an ingenious manner. It appears that as he came out of the London and County Bank he was met by two gentlemen who shook hands with and addressed him in a most friendly manner, inducing him to think they were intimate acquaintances. Whilst engaged in conversation another came up in the garb of a dealer, and said to the two, "Do you intend to purchase those beasts P" They replied, " No, it is too much." The as sumed dealer then told Mr. Brittain that he was sure he would buy them if he knew what they were ; then describ ing them, and the other saying that he did not require them all, induced Mr. Brittain to purchase with him. The sum was £4B, and Mr. Brittain was to draw a cheque for £24, but unthinkingly drew one for the whole amount. It was handed over to the supposed dealer and cashed, and as they walked up the street, the one who purchased said he would step into the public-house and draw Mr. B. a cheque for his nt, and the other said he would go and " draw the beasts." In two or three minutes they all " evaporated," and no clue has yet been obtained as to the direction of their flight. —Essex Herald. THE FORBES MACKENZIE ACT.—Two cases were tried in the police-court, Edinburgh, on Friday, which il lustrates a peculiar oppressive feature in the Forbes Mac kenzie Act. One of the chief objects of the act was to sepa rate, so far as possible, the trade of the grocer or provision dealer from that of the publican ; and the license granted to the former class expressly prohibit the sale of exciseable liquors for consumption on the premises. In like manner the publican is restricted from selling groceries or provisions to be consumed off the premises. It so happens that these two clauses would, if enforced, completely extinguish the trade of the increasing class of keepers of restaurants and of refreshment rooms at railway stations and elsewhere. In Edinburgh the fashionable restaurateurs in some cases take out a "grocer and spirit dealer's" licence, but this prohibits them from selling a glass of wine at the counter ; others take out the publican's certificate, which prohibits them o oat selling a biscuit or b un t o an y one who does not choose t it on the p rem i ses. It i s a l most super fl uo us to saythat the Act is habitually transgressed on both sides, for, whatever kind of licence he holds, the restaurateur or confectioner n ili c c onstantly in the habit both of supplying wine to be drunk on the premises and of supplying baked meats and dressed provisions for consu m pti on o ff th e prem i ses . As the law stands, the purveyor of refreshments to a jury sitting in court, or to a dinner or supper party, is liable to prosecu tion if he takes the publican's or innkeeper's licence,— which li cence i s the only one compatible with the exercise of his ordinary business, The keeper of a licenced refresh ment room at a railway station, in like manner is liable prosecution for whatever he may sell to a passenger taking his purchase with him into the carriago. The present inquiry of the Royal Commission on the Licens ing System of Scotland has had one effect, in greatly stimu lating the police and other authorities to the enforcement of the act ; and, in order that the act might be tested in at! its bearings, the two cases referred to were brought before the Edinburgh Police -court on Friday. One was the case of Mr. David Doull, keeper of a first-class restaurant in Princes -street. Edinburgh, and the other was that of Mr. David Ridpath, the keeper of the North British Railway sta tion refreshment-room, and who h a pp ens t o b e one o f t h e co uncillors of th e city. Police constables and other wit nesses were called to prove the sale in the one case of some biscuits and tarts ; and, in the other of some muffins which were carried by the purchaser off the immediate premises. Tho presiding magistrate, Bailie Cassels, said he had no al ternative but to administer the law as it stood, however absurd and oppressive he felt it to be, and he imposed in each case the lowest penalty authorised by the statute, — namely, 2.55. Bailie Forrester, who was also present, strongly recommended the parties to bring their case before the Royal Commission being convinced that in any future legislation on the subject a grievance like the present could net be overlooked. The case will no doubt be brought be fore the Royal Commission (who are now in the north of Scotland) on their return to Edinburgh, where their inves tigation is to close. 100 100 100 100 all 51 61 99 101 110 113 105 108 111 113 110 112 126 128 82 84 90 92 73 75 112 114 117 119 110 112 104 106 84 86 97 99 88 90 89 91 100 102 91 101 17 18 75 4 06 73 19 20 94 10 1 41 156 139 141 84 94 [2l 123 r [39 141 103 104 ~i j P 93 95 Of cri 111 1138 140 100 10 9t 93 11107. E Y NEli Stock Stock 25 Stock) 10 r Stocky Do. 4Per cent... . 142 Do. Stock Nfld. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ci. Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 Stock Do. Leics. & Hit.pref. st. 10 Newport,Aber,&c.pret .5 ( p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.n m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh arcs Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB4f, Stock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North British, 5 per cent Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Stock Nth.Dev.Rall.& Dsk.Co. Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 Mo. York, H.& S. Purch 20 North Staffordshire ... Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lstg Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua Stock Do. Irredeem., 2 i gua Stock Do. 44 p.c. Db. stk. in perp 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 85 Scottish Central, new pt Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb Stock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Stock Do.Aberdeen.g - ua.6pc. Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Stock Do .44 per cent Stock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Stock Do. 44 per cent Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e 15 1)o. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.- 811 ARE ORDINARY SHA Railways. Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction Pelfast and Ballimena 3ir., Wol., and Str. Val Bin, La., and Ch. June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sletd. & Mid. Co un ! Bristol and Exeter ! Calec!onian Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,SiPassage' Cornwall Do. A rcves• no div. Do until6p.c.per an. • B hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßelf ast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian H: astern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock ' Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.ll3ds)i East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn 'Great North of Scotland ; Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock' Gt. South. & W stn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South- Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen. nan., Shef., & Lincoln lietropolitan nidland 'Do. Birming. & Derby. Nfld. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Nevkastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (cwt.)! Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British ,Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchasel Do. Leeds. Do. York North London North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles 20 !Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun, IStaines, Wok., & Wok.. Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 18M Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale I Do. Preference, No. 1 ITha mesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Victoria Station & Pim Waterford Jz Kilkenny tyVaterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. Do.A.--Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to 13 Do. B West London . Do. Ist Class... I Do. 2d Class . PREFEREN , :AttES. Share' Railways. ram Closing i Business Pad, Closing Done. 49 81 95 97 1 - 100 102 109 110 06 108 1 100 18.13.4. 90 92 96 97 I 1 Id p [23 125 [23 126 114 118 99 100 74 76 20 124 .18 122 104 11 234 24 tOI 103 101 103 28 29 32i .43i 32 33 51 5/I LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Bedford and 131etchley Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead Do. do. 54 p. ct. Do." do. 5 p. et. Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o E Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge Gls. Barr. kNeils,Drct all ILn& N.W 100 Ln& N.W 100 Do. 100 Do. 100 Do. 10 0 ICaledonin, all E.IU.&IIC; 100 IGt.North. 100 all E.Counta. 100 Cale:donin 100 'Do. all Gt. West all Yk.N.&l3r all 'Yk.N.Md. all 'Do. N 98 49 50 1123 127 113 115 ,102 104 16 17 143 145 Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby , Do. 4 Shares Do. Shares , I.ondon&Greenwich Do. Preference I 110 112 all ;Do. 100 S. East 100 'Do. 100 Peto &Co 100 Norfolk ) 100 Do. all LN W&M! 64 64-3 115 120 92 94 Lon.,Tilby.&Soutencl. , Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. Do. 6 per cent fanc.,Buxtn. & Matk Mid. Bradford PreterH 21 21 ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx ) guaranteed 5 p. c. j Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.4 Shep hrowsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire..! Wilts and Somerset..; Wimbledon& Croydn.! 100 IMidland . 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. all IDo. all IDo. all 'Do. all jDo. 100 Gt. North all I T Brassey . all 151‘Clean . I 100 'Gt. Weatl all ilatßrgtnl DOCKS. 96 98 } iP 56 58 932 ) I Closing Business [Paid Price. Doze. 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 , - 2 d 100 102 104 Railways. I p a i d. Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Share Docks. Stock Commercial Stock Do tperCent .Pref .?lin Stock 14lagt and West India Stock) London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria •......... 04 •••• •• 10 Do New! ...... imiaissio! 12. - 0 13.11 Stock stock Stock 50 20 20 10 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock] Stock S took Stock Stock Stock Stock 16f 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stoel 12i Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock .( THIS' DAY.) ND STOCKS. Cloxing Business Price. i 8 8, 77 79 121 6 8 98 100 88 89} 51 6? 74 " 1 15 55 56 35 39 25 27 77 79 271 271 96 98 !162 103 85 87 1130 132 106 108 63 63f 63 63f 1 197 200 16 17 p 16 17 p 95! 9 63 66 6-1 112 113 13 14 93 94 1 I d 9Si 94} 7 8 354 36 105 10& 84 86 6 i el 9f 104 56 58 34 Yd, 594 59i 8 9 31 33 13 15 115 117 25 26 80 82 AO de 5 1 61- 3ff 71 3 7# all all 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 all all all all all 100 34 100 100 181 100 100 109 74 100 all all all all all all all all Share Railways. Paid Closing 81181110131. I Price. Done. 100 Atlantic &Si Lawrence $ Leased at 6 per cent 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd a go. 5 percent 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 18 Do. Do. B 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron a] 204 Do. New a 10 Do. Preference too I Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 1 ii 6 p. ct. bds. 1 1 July-, 1872 j ' ;00 Do. do. 1873 10 90 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2f 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2i 20 Central Oude (Limited) 25.1 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 7, 174 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c I ;ock East Indian, fru. sp. c lO 20 Do. F Shares Ext 1 20 Do. J u bbul pore )0 D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 al 10 Do. 45 p. c. Debentrs. a 0 1G eelong - & Mel. gua.s p. c. a] , f ' Geelong* Corporation 6 1 1 , ( I per cent. Bonds 4 Grand Trunk of Canada 10 IDo. 6 per cent. P re f lO Do. 6 percent. Debentr al 'Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. . . a] Do. do.' 1867 Bl fk GLlndiapenin.gua.sp.e lOl ' Do. New, gua.s per cent ' Do. do ' f Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 2l cent. 4 guaranteed 5 per '-+ Gt.W. of Canada Shares al i Do. New f Do. Bonds pay. '76,with I a ( ept. till '6O ' Do. do. '73 till '6O 1 Do. do. '73 without opt a 1 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do )1( Madras, guar., 44 p. c l O, k Do. do. 5 per cent lO Do. 41 p. c. Extension lO Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. a] Do. Fourth do. Do. do. ir Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bends 10 Newßrunswick&Canda. { . Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc ~ Class ACapitl.Share ' Do. do. Land do [1 181 83 16,1 17 6 lf 1 d 9 If 1 d II 5} Sid 6 7 30. id p !s. 1i ld 11 d 1 d e l 100 101 ; lid Ijd 0 Do. do. B. Capital do. ) i Do. do. Land d 0... f i 51 10t!de_ (Limited) _ .. 211 Scinde si 4} a E t 20 Do. New ,g 1! 20 Do. Punjaub .., 0 ', 5 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo ta:," 1; 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip FOREIGN RAI: LO Antwerp & Rotterdam a !O Ardennes a Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 5 Belgian East. Junction a Beziers to Graissessac a 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail a 10 Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension !O Dutch Rhenish 9 Eastern of France 9 Euphrates Valley 2s 9 Grand Rue. Guar .5 p.c :0 Great Central of France al !O Gt. Luxem., Con. shs a] !O Italian Junction 1 9 Lake Constance & Bale a Lierre and Turnhout... a !O Lombardo Venetian.... 9 Ditto New 9 Lyons and Geneva t3i Maria Antonia a 10 Do. do. New 9 Namur and Liege a 9 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref a 16 Northern of France a !O Do. New Shares ,0 Norwegian Trunk Pref a] 9 Paris,Lyons, and Medit al A Paris and Orleans 9 Recife& S. Fran. (Peril ) 1 gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) .. !CI Riga and Dunaburg 1 9 Rome and Frascati 9 Royal Danish al 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. !O Sambre and Meuse al 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. !O ,Southern of France 8-2 West Flanders 10 Do. 5i p. c. Preference !O W. & N.W. of France al 9 Western of Austria :0 Western of Switzerland a] 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref.. al 10 Zealand COLONIAL GOVERNM: tare) Securities. Can.Gov.6 p.e Ja. & July 100 Do. 6 p.c. Irb.&Aug. 100 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 N. 8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 10C Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. o. Deb. 100 D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 100 Do.sp.cen. 1888 and up 100 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S:. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 I Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 Do. do. April & Oct. 100 61 1 99 100 11 119 20 DO 37 39 DO 92 94 ill 73 75 In 81 83 , 11 71 23 )0 97 974 I fdi ld di 144 144 15 et 6 d all 100 103 Lll 100 103 11 100 103 11 94 97 82 86 90 95 85 90 —d 11d 11 I - 51 ill- 6 - -d ill 18f 194 2 14 1d ; 1f 114 5 If 1 d F,WAY S. 4f 41 P d 1 11 l 1 1 21 21 tll I 1 d 15 41 31 (11 .11 261 271 Xll 71 71 t 6 - - ii - - al - - 8 - -p 8 21 21 11 81 8f [ll 19 20 tll 37 97} [2 p 11 9,, 10i 11 361 36, .11 55 S 7 13 2f 21 d 8 al 6/ 7 al 8 9.1 31 20 21 11 5i 6 11 9/ 10 11 23 24 6 SECURITIES. Ed .IClosing Prices. 113 114 111 113 111 113 111 113 100 101 100 101 100 101 1001 1001 i [O9 110 108 110 1108 109 109 e 10 1091 I Business Done. 1141 14 MISCELLANEOUS. Share) miscellaneous. I Business done I raid. Cplorsig.icen. ,0 (Atlantic Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural LO Australian Royal Mail . 0 Berlin Water Works i 0 British American Land i 0 Brit. & Irish Map:. TeLA l 0 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 !O Do. C )0 Canada Land. 10 Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim.) Cop.Min.otEng. &Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference Electric Telegraph - Do. New 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co !Co Gl. Iron ScrewCol.(Lim 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 1 Great Ship (Limited) !O Indian & Aust. Telegr 5 London District Telegr !'0 London Discount 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co !O Madras Irr. and Canal 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) 15 National Discount Co 10 Netherland/ Land Do 8 p.c. Pref.,i ss. at 1 die 30 N. lir. &NovaScotiaLan d 1 N. B. Australasian (Lim.) 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 10 Ditto B 10 Ditto C ock Peel River Land & Min 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 10 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 10 Rhymney Iron 5 Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim.) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. 1 Do. do Registered 10 iTr.& T.n.C0.0l ITpr. Can too Van nipmon'a T an.] 14i 15i 200 220 29 31 I f 4i 5 36 38 18 `4O 14i 154 1 109 114 8 9 24 25 li 11 5 5} 100 102 par 4 14 14 id par i Id p i lid i i 5 6 li 1 d & 1 4 1 i 111)i 50 53 75 80 9 11 22 23 1 P 6i 7 I 15 125 15 37 15 17: 1000 Stock' 100 100 100 100 Stool P gt I 2 931 1 4 1 s 105} i Ui d II 105 6 I ii 11 971 i 1 Stock Stock Stock 100 all all all 5 28/ ___ BRITISH MINES. Sharel Mines. Allred Consols (Philack) tO British Iron 10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (I110;4 - an) E. W'l Russl (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South To!tots.— . G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack)l G. Wheal Vor(Helston)' Lady Bertha Margaret (, ny Lelant) North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illop. - ,an), Par Consols (St. Blazy).' Providence (Uny Lelnt) Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.j SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) Smyth C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 1 5 Tamar Silver and Leadj 16 15i P a id . Closing I Bneinctie Price. Done. Mining Co LO Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cale.) Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) Wh'l Marylnn (Mexhe) Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.) 2.11.1 t) 6.17.0 51, 17s 12.1.8 9} 1.6.6. 10.6.7 10 7.9.4 nil. 11 10.6.7 31 4,4 42u 430 157 160 84 9 46 50 134 144 11 14 1 1 53 55 8i 9 64 8 9 12 13 43 46 230 235 18.18.0 12s 6d 1.7.2 145 155 31 31 4/ 5 14 20 21 1374 1425 165 175 80 90 11 1 11 12 33 35 275 285 4231 5 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7: ii 1 Bon AccordCoppe r ,Li m.l 15 8 1 1 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.)! 274 -- 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 11 • 12 5 Do. Land and 3lining - Co. , all 1 Clarendon Consols Min-, lug Co. of Jamaic a 1 1 —— d 40 Cobra Copper al j 47 49 Copiapo l6 71 81 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 4 2 Fortuna all 22134 2331 20 General 3 Linares a ll 11 12 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 11 ) 20 Poutg - ibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 7 8 5 'Port Philip 1 (Scottish Austral n . (L.) 1 4 d par 24 I.2.Bfillnited Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - - Share! Joint-St oc k Banks, Paid. Closing 1 Blaine*, price• I Do n e. - - 100 A gra&UnitedServiceßk 50 - 40 Australasia all 80 82 25 Bank of Egypt all 204 214 214 100 Bank of London 5O 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - 80 British North American all - 20 Ch td. Bank of India, &c 16 161 100 City p 50 02 04 63 100 , Colonial 25 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of TAndon 2O 19 21 20 Eng , Scot., & Aug. 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I am a nurse. On the 10th or 11th of September I was sent for to nurse a lady by Dr. Godfrey's assistant He accompanied me to the place I was to go to. It was at the school-house be hind Stepney Church. When I got there I found Dr. Godfrey, a lady, and Mr. Bonwell. The room was not furnished as a bed-room. It was an empty room, with a bed in it. It was made upon planks. A Juror—Planks ? Witness—l mean forms. There was neither chairs nor tables in the room. I have never before attended as nurse to a case of Dr. Godfrey's. I don't know the name of the lady. She was delivered of a male child on the Friday morning ; that was the morning following the night I went there. It was about 12 o'clock when I first arrived at the school-house. The assistant to Dr. Godfrey knocked at the door, and I was then let in. I don't think the child, when born, was full grown. Dr. Godfrey was present at the birth. Mr. Bonwell was down stairs. The mother had no milk for three days after the birth ; she did not suckle the baby at all. I remained at the school-house with the lady for twelve days. Dr. Godfrey attended as the medical man the whole of the time I was there. No one came to see the mother of the child during the time I was there but Dr. Godfrey, Mr. Bonwell of course was always coming in and out. Ho used to come every day. I left the schoolhouse on the twelfth day after I arrived. On the Tuesday week after the confinement I, the lady, and the infant left the schoolhouse and proceeded to an hotel over London -bridge. I don't recollect the name. I am sure I cannot remember it. It was about nine o'clock at night when we left. We went in a cab. The lady told the cab man where to drive to. When we got . to the hotel we found rooms had been taken for us. While we were there Dr. Godfrey continued to attend. I went on one occasion to fetch him. The child had everything in the way of _ nourishment that could be got. It had fresh milk as well as other things. It would not take its food from a spoon. I considered the child ailing from its birth. The child refused to take its milk from a bottle. This took place at the school house. The master (Mr. Bonwell) took the top of the bottle to see whether there was anything to prevent the milk coming out. Having found that there was nothing to impede the milk flowing, a second and third bottle was pro cured, but theibaby refused to take its food from either. We tried to feed it with a spoon but he seemed to have something in its throat that prevented its swallowing. No medicine was given as it could not swallow. Dr. Godfrey ordered chalk and magnesia, but the baby refused to take it. The child refused all kinds of nouishment. The child also refused its medicine, so it did not get any. The Coroner—How many days were you at the hotel ? Witness—l can't say. When the lady left the hotel I did not go with them. By them I mean Mr. Bonwell, the lady, and the baby. They went to the London-bridge station. I don't know where they went; I don't know which of the railways it was. I never expected to see them again; I however got a note requesting me to come imme diately to the hotel, and there I found the lady and baby very ill. When the child died it was three weeks and a day old. Dr. Godfrey was there on the Friday, but no person but the mother and myself was present when the child died, on Saturday morning at four o'clock. Coroner—Do you mean to say that all this time you did not learn the lady's name ? Witness—l do. I don't even know now. Coroner—Who paid you? 'Witness—Mr. Bonwell. Coroner—Did you give information that the birth of the child ought to be registered ? Witness—Yes. The birth of the child was registered at at a place over London-bridge. A Juror—That was the death. Was the birth of the child registered at the time it was born at the school-house 1 Witness—No. A Juror—You understand the difference between regis tering a birth and a death. Witness —Yes. A Juror—Then, was the birth of the child registered at Stepney ? Witness —No. Coroner—Do you know anything about the burial of the child ? Witdess—No ; I know nothing about it. I left the dead child at the hotel. Cross-examined by Mr. Best—The lady had a very bad confinement. There was a great deal of trouble taken to get life in the child. I declare to God there was as much care taken of the child as if it had been my own. The mother was very fond of the child. I thought she would go out of her mind when it died. A Juror—Did the mother have milk before the child died ? Witness—Yes ; but the child refused to take it. Elizabeth Bacon said—l live at 3, West-cottages, South end. lam not married. I got my living by hard work. No lady of the name of Yorath, between 12th and 29th of September, was living with me. I know nothing about such a lady. All I know is that Mr. Bonwell called on me, and asked me if any letters came for Miss Yorath to take them in. I did receive some, and posted them in directed envelopes. Mr. Bonwell directed the envelopes. A Juror—How were the envelopes directed? Witness—l don't recollect the address, further than that the letters were sent to Mr. Bonwell, Stepney. Emma Mitchell said I reside at the Sussex Hotel, Duke street, Southwark. I have charge of the upper part of the hotel. A gentleman of the name of Bonwell engaged a sleeping room there last Tuesday for a lady, nurse, and a baby. The gentleman told me it was his sister. The lady, nurse, and child came the same night. They remained till the following Saturday. They arrived about eight o'clock in the evening. I saw the child every day. It never seemed very lively ; it was quiet. It took the bottle freely, and quite enough nourishment for an infant of its age. I saw it fed with a spoon. I never saw the mother suckle the child. After the lady left she returned in a few days. The day after the child became poorly, on the Wednesday it became ill, and the doctor was sent for. It died on Satur day morning, the 3d September, at about 11 in the morn ing. A doctor attended deceased. I never saw the child take any medicine. I was not present when the child died. I saw it shortly after. The body was removed on Saturday evening by an undertaker, who brought a shell with him. I never heard that more than one doc tor attended. I never knew the name of the lady. Mr. Bonwell paid me. On the Wednesday after she left she called and asked me if her brother had called. Juror—Who did she mean by her brother ? Witness—Mr. Bonwell. Juror—Did Mr. Benwell ever sleep there ? Witness—Yes, one night. Juror—How do you know it was Mr. Bonwell ? Witness—Only by reading it in the papers. Coroner—That will not do. Have you seen the gentle• man here this morning ? Witness—Yes, I have seen him down stairs. Witness continued —I asked the doctor what was the matter with the child after it died, but I got no satisfactory answer. The child was very young, and appeared healthy. When the doctor was sent for on the Wednesday, I saw the child the following day. It was very much convulsed. Warm milk was given to baby. Coroner—Did it take it? Witness—Yes. Coroner—Did you see the child on the Friday ? Witness—Yes, it was still convulsed. On the evening it appeared easier, but it died at 4 o'clock the next morning. I don't know whether the doctor attended on the Friday. I don't think the child was more drowsy the first week than other children, but the second week it appeared to sleep a great deal. When I saw it on Friday evening I did riot anticipate its death. Coroner—Then, as I understand you, the lady came to the hotel on Tuesday and left the following Saturday. She returned the next Monday and remained till the Saturday, and then again left. During the whole of that time do you mean to say that you did not learn the lady's name? Witness —Yes. As the child died on Saturday morning I asked Mr. Bonwell in the evening if he was going to re move the body. He said he had spoken to an undertaker about it. I don't know the undertaker's name. After the lady left the hotel for good, I found some stockings. There was a name on the stockings, but I can't remember whether it was Yorath. I will swear I cannot recollect. The mother seemed to feel the loss of her child. As far as I could see the infant appeared to receive every attention. Cross-examined by Mr. Best—l have not been speaking as a nurse. When Mr. Bonwell slept at the house, he oc cupied a different part of the house to the lady. When the undertaker was in the room I was not. I did not see the t b h o e d r y e . p u It i n i s ot the o t h e e u s l t i o d m s t c o r e g w e e t d down. t he bodies oMr.f persons Bonwell dyingva rs in not Frederick James Gant examined. He said—l am surgeon h s o le te e l p s t r n em th o e ve h d ou a s s e t s h o e on nig as u p t o h s e si c h hi le id d M ied r..Bonwell did to the Royal Free Hospital. I have made a post mortem examination of the body of a male child. It was in a shell. I found the body of a nine months' child, much corrupted lying on its were h d a o g n o l e o n d deal dis- decomposed, head e the tended. There were no external marks of violence. The body appeared emaciated, the limbs partic u l ar l y so. I rightthe side . t oton g ue g u e The protruding, face opened the body and removed the lungs and heart. They were fresh. I placed a portion of one lung in water and it floated, showing that the child had breathed. The lungs were quite healthy. The whole intestinal canal was a deep claret colour. I did not deem it right to open the intestines alone, and I suggested Dr. Letheby should be consulted. I placed the whole of the intestines of the body in a jar. On opening the head the brain flowed out. I sealed the jars and delivered them myself to Dr. Letheby. Cross-examined by Mr. Best—To the best of my belief the child is a nine months' child. There is not much differ euce between an eight or nine months' child. Eight months' 101 1001 934 9} 74 e Hi i 1 l 52 4 children very seldom live. They die very much more fre quently than nine months' children. Henry Letheby, Professor of Chemistry at the London Hospital, said—l received a sealed jar with certain contents from Dr. Gant on Monday, the 19th. I produce the seals on the jar. The seals having been identified, Dr. Letheby continued—The jars contained the heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, kidneys, and spleen. They were all carefully submitted to analysis. I found the heart and lungs healthy, weighing 850 grains. The liver was healthy, it weighed 600 grains. The intestines and stomach weighed only 480 grains. I first inflated the lungs to see if they were sound, and found they were so. I examined them when inflated for any signs of disease, but found none. I then opened the stomach ; it was quite empty, with the excep tion of a little red mucous matter which covered the inner coat. I opened the intestines, and found them nearly empty, except the lower part, in which there were 66 grain of matter somewhat fcecal, like that of a new born child. I submitted the intestines to examination by the microscope, and could not find the slightest trace of vegetable food or of fat which would indicate the presence of inilk. The con tents and tissues were then submitted to an analysis for organic poison, but without discovering any trace, and the general result of my investigation was that death arose from inanition, there being no signs of natural disease. Coroner—Do you think the child was a full-grown one ? Witness—Judging from my experience, I should think so. I don't speak positively to that, as I did not see the child. The child appeared to me to have been unable to swallow, or would not swallow. If the child could have swallowed, I think it could have taken sufficient food to maintain life. I cannot, however, speak positively on that point. Cross-examined by Mr. Best—Anything that prevented the child swallowing or prevented food from entering the stomach would cause death. If the child had taken food and vomited it back again the same result would follow. Mrs. Conder, the nurse, was recalled, and in answer to questions put to her by the coroner, said—The child after it took the slightest quantity of food always vomited. Misss Mitchell, recalled, and in answer to questions from the coroner, said—When I saw the child feed it retained the food it took on its stomach. I never heard of the child being sick. The Coroner said—l am afraid that we have now arrived at a point at which we must adjourn this inquiry, as Mr Ayres, the, undertaker, a material witness, and one who can explain how the two bodies got into the coffin, is not in attendance. He was duly summoned, but he has gone out of town. There is a person here, however, on the pa* of Mr. Ayres, to explain the cause of his absence. This person said that Mr. Ayres left town last night, on urgent business. He had gone into Hertfordshire. Mr. Best—l think, as he is not here, well knowing that his presence was absolutely necessary, he ought to be fined. The Coroner—l think, under all the circumstances, the inquiry had better be adjourned. Mr. Best—Will you examine Dr. Godfrey ? lle is in attendance. The Coroner--,Not at present. It is very much to be regretted that Mr. Ayres is not herejand that being so, I shall adjourn the inquiry until Friday morning next. The inquiry was accordingly adjourned. Mr. Inspector Whicher attended the inquiry on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, and Inspectors Griffin and Kerresby, of the district, were also in attendance. 77118 DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was shown hero this morning, and the general quality of the samples was inferior. The few fine wheats on offer sold steadily at full prices, but all other kinds were very dull at Monday's rates. There was no disposition shown to spbculate in foreign wheat, the supply of which was good, yet late rates were supported. Floating cargoes of grain were steady. Fine barley realised extreme rates, but light samples were a dull inquiry. There was a moderate inquiry for malt at previous prices. The oat trade was very firm, and prices were rather on ;he advance. Both beans and peas, except white qualities of the latter, were dull, but not cheaper. Flour sold on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK' Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats Flour. English s9o' 620 I 870 110. 1,430 Irish t Foreign 5,410 i 6,540 i 30 ( 230 sks I I —bh 1 BOROUGH HOP. rine new hops sell steadily, and prices have further ad vanoed. Other kinds are tolerably firm. Nothing doing in the duty. WHITECHAPEL. Prime meat sells steadily, at full quotations. Otherwise the trade is very inactive, at the following quotations : —Reef, from 38 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3e 44 to 4s 8d per 81b., by the carcase. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 161 11 16- 1 Antwerp Brussels — 25 271 25 35 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 32+ 25 40 Frankfort on Maine — 1171 1171 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 34 341 Madrid Cadiz —50 i Leghorn — 30 5 30 121 Genoa — 25 50 25 55 Naples Palermo — 1221 123 Messina — 123 1231 Lisbon - 52 Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — • • . • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. ii 17 9 Mexican Dollars „ Silver in Bars (St an d ar d) .... „ 0 0 0 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Oct. s.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; moderate breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 4.—Wind E.S. E .—Sailed—Fore - runner, for Madras. DUNDEE, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Danube, for Algoa Bay. FALMOUTH, Oct. s.—A rr i ve d—A n t on i a M ar i a, f rom Newcastle, for Leghorn —leaky and with part of cargo thrown overboard. PILL, Oct. 4 . —Wind W.—Sailed—E. C. Scranton, for New York. OFF PLYMOUTH, Oct. s.—Arrived--Newton, from Sierra Leone. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—H.M. corvette Bahiana. OFF DOVER, Oct. I.—Arrived—Maria Elizabeth, from Batavia. OFF HURST CASTLE, Oct. s.—Arrived —Tyne, steamer, from Brazils. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind N. Arrived—Branch, from Swansea ; Comet, from Sunder land; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin; Alliance, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—Victory, for Jersey ; Hullah, for Waterford ; Ceylon, steamer, for Alexandria; Bremen, and Hammonia, steamers, for New York ; Lady Eglinton, steamer, for London ; Jane, for Swansea. LivEurooL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived, Oct. 4—Ranee, from Calcutta; Peter Marcy, from New Orleans ; Helena, from Smyrna ; City of Nantes screw steamer, from Nantes; Phalanx, from Antwerp. Arrived, Oct. s—Mary Ann Folliat, and Black Eagle, from Bombay. Tam o'Shanter, for Bahia, put back leaky. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.; tide, 3 hour's ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, Oct. 4—Secret, from Antwerp; Nepaul, from Marseilles. Arrived, Oct. s—Trevemiea, from St. Petersburg ; Anna, from Archangel. Sailed, Oct. s—Boltivar, for Aspinwall; General Stricker, for Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Calm. Anchored—lmogen, from Landon, for St. Helena. The last Australian papers give a full account of the progress of New Zealand from a census just taken. Its totals appear insignificant, yet, compared with those of 1851, when the previous census was completed, they show an extraordinary rate of advance, which, in one or two generations, will, like the figures in c om p oun d i nterest, ex cite astonishment. The entire European population is only 61,199, or:less than the number recently grouped on one day in the Crystal Palace. Nevertheless, this shows an in crease of more than a hundred per cent, in seven years, and it is remarkable that one-half of the nutnber are what are legally termed "infants" —namely, below 21 years of age. Of the various provinces Auckland is the most populous, and Wellington the next, the respective numbers being 18,177 and 11,728. Then come Nelson, 9,272 ; Canterbury, 8,967 ; Otago, 6,944; and Hawkes Bay, 1,514. The disproportion be tween the numbers of males and females is great, but still not so serious as is sometimes the case in colonies, and it refers, moreover, chiefly to the original settlers, the young population being more equal. The males amount to 35,043, and the females to 26,156. The live stock in the colony in cludes 1,523,324 sheep, 137,204 cattle, 40,734 pigs 14,912 horses, and 11,797 goa t s, an d i s a b out five or mix times as great as in 1851. The quantity of land in use has ab gut quadrupled. In 1851 there were only 30,470 acres fenced in, or a little more than one acre per head of the population. Now the total is 235,541, or at the rate of about four acres. Owing to the scattered nature of the settlements, the intro duction of land or coast lines of telegraph appears an urgent want. This, however, has not yet been begun. With re gard to locomotion, the facilities for steamers between the principal points will probably for a long time obviate much of the necessity for.expenditure in railways or other roads. THAMES. THE RELIGIOUS DISSENSION'S IN ST. GEORGE'S-IN THE-EAST.-31r. Robert Rosier, a clothier, in St. George street, better known as Ratcliffe Highway, appeared before Mr. Yardley, on his recognisances, to answer a charge of being disorderly, and inciting a mob to commit a breach of the peace in Wellclose-square, opposite the Rev. Bryan King's mission church, on the evening of Sunday the 25th ultimo. The defendant in this case prosecuted Captain Savage Hall, of Carlisle-street, Soho, a few weeks since for assault ing him in the parish church of St. George's-in-the-East after the termination of one of the rector's tractarian ser vices. That prosecution was instituted by the churchwar dens, and Mr. Howell, the vestry clerk of St. George's, instructed Mr. Sleigh, the barrister, to support it. In the discussion that ensued upon the case it turned out that Captain Hall was a private friend of the rector's, and it was urged on his behalf that he only struck out with his umbrella to save the officiating clergyman and choristers from being injured by a disorderly mob in the church. Mr. Yardley advised an apology which had been ten dered, but not accepted at the station-house on the even ing of the disturbance. Mr. Joseph Smith, on the part of Captain Hall, tendered rather an equivocal apology, and there it is believed the matter would have ended, but Captain Hall afterwards wrote a letter to the editor of a morning paper, denying that he had apologised or meant to make an apology. The present charge against Mr. Rosier arose out of the disturb ance which occurred opposite the roctor's mission church of St. Saviour and St. Cross after the termination of divine service on the evening of the 25th ult. A police sergeLnt, named Barnes, 1011, swore Mr. Rosier was in the midst of a disorderly mob, hissing the Puseyite clergyman and choristers on their way from the church to the mission -house. Mr. Yardley was disposed to treat the mob as an unlaw ful assemblage collected for an illegal purpose, in which every one was liable to be indicted and put on his trial whether committing any overt act or not; and eventually said it would depend very much on the state of the parish on the forthcoming Sunday as to the course he should take in this case. Since the first hearing Mr. Rosier has addressed a letter to contemporary journals denying all participation in the disturbances in Wellclose-square, and imputing the prosecution to a conspiracy on the part of the Puseyites, who were determined to be revenged because he had prose cuted a leader of the rector's party for assaulting him in St. George's Church. While Mr. Yardley was disposing of the night charges, the court rapidly filled with people interested in the religious discussions of St. George's-in-the-East. After the last night charge was disposed of, Mr. Rosier surrendered at one o'clock. Mr. Joseph Smith appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Charles Young said he appeared for the defence, and that he was not acquainted with the evidence given on a former occasion. Mr. Yardley—Are things more quiet in the parish of St. George's? Mr. Young—They are, sir. Mr. Smith was glad to say that people were settling down into quietude in St. George's. Mr. Yardley—Will it be necessary to pursue this case ? Mr. Smith—l will leave it to you, sir. Mr. Yardley—l would rather it would be at your sug gestion. Mr. Smith—There is a case of spitting at a curate in the course of this disturbance. Mr. Yardley —The great object is to restore peace and quietude. We must do all we can in those cases to bring people to reason on one side and on the other. He hoped people knew the danger of going into crowds. Mr. Smith said his client would acquiesce in the sugges tion to withdraw the charge on Mr. Rosier consenting to be bound over to keep the peace. Mr. Yardley—A pure and simple withdrawal would be much better. After some discussion this was agreed upon, and Mr. Yardley said that if there was any more riot ing he should commit the offenders for trial if they were brought before him. He alluded to the Gor don riots of 1780, and said those times must not be revived in 1859, and that mob law must be put down and could not be tolerated in this country. He hoped this would be the last case of the kind he should hear of. Mr. Rosier was then discharged. NEW LIGHTHOUSE. —A new lighthouse is in course of erection near the India Arms, in Northfleet Hope, by the conservators of the Thames for the purpose of assisting the passage of the river at night. DIPHTH . ERIA.This for d m i s . e a A s e familyha s Canterbury in a v irulent ofapchpieldarreendhavine been swept away within the last few days, one child dying on Friday, one on Saturday, and the third on Sunday morning. THE PEIHO.—The Itioniteur de la Flotte gives the following details relative to the branches of the Peiho : The province of the Pe-tchi-li, situated on the exten sive bay of that name, to the south of the great wall, has been increased during the last few years by a portion of Mandchourie. Itslength is now about 500 kilo. (iths of a mile each), and its breadth 350. The name it bears may be translated by the words Province of the Northern Court.' It is divided into 11 departments, subdivided into arrondis sements and districts. The roads, the fortifications and the defences i n thi s province are kept in good condition, which is explained by the fact that it contains Pekin, the capital of the empire. The province is traversed by a large navigable river, the now celebrated Peiho. This river rises in the Khingtan mountains, crosses Mon golia, enters the province of Pe-tchi-li, where it divides itself into branches, which fall into the gulf above-named at about 80 kilometres one from the other. The principal branch is the Peiho ; the other arm is little known, and only stands in the charts of the Chinese pilots. The Peiho passes within twenty-four kilometres of Pekin, and at the part of it nearest to the capital is built the fort Toung. From that fort to the town of Tien-Sing, a distance of 36 kilometres, the communication is by a canal having only a depth of about five Let. Long flat-bot tomed junks are used on it, which are drawn by oxen along a towing path, similar to to the mode adopted in Europe. From Tien-Sing to the mouth of the river the Pei ho becomes deeper, and it may be remembered that at the time of the expedition under the com mand of Admiral Rigault de Genouilly, first class gun boats were able to ascend as far as that town, but cor vettes and even steam advice boats were compelled to remain outside the point of Taku, in the Bay of Pe-tchi li. The other arm, called Ki-Tcheou-yun-he, is situated more to the north. Corvettes and steam advice boats can ascend it as far as the town of Nin-ho-fou, but after that place the river becomes wider, but shallower, and can on ly b e b navio-ated on a ki n d o f raft. This route for arri v i ng a t th e capital is less direct and more difficult than by Tien-Sing on the Peiho branch, but the latter is considered by the Court of Pekin as a strategical road, which is interdicted to foreigners." The statements relative tothe closing of the Kew pleasure-grounds on the last day of September have been construed into a closing of the entire establish ment, which has never been contemplated. The Botanic Garden constitutes one portion of the royal grounds of Kew. It comprises 75 acres, includes all the plant-houses, and is separated by a light wire fence from the pleasure-ground. It is accessible to the public every day (Good Friday alone excepted) from 1 o'clock (2 o'clock on Sundays) till sunset throughout the year. " The pleasure-grounds," writes Sir W. J. Hooker, the director," is an adjacent part of the demesn e—a richly• wooded park, bordered on one side by the Thames, consisting of nearly 250 acres, and now, by recent planting, constituting a noble arboretum of all trees and shrubs that will bear our favoured climate, and intersected with exten sive and well-kept walks. A lake of five acres with islands, is forming, and a new conservatory, or win ter garden of uprecedented size, for tender trees and shrubs (rhododendrons, camelias, &c.) is sanc tioned and provided for by the crown. This build ing will be erected by Mr. Decimus Burton, the architect of the palm-house, and is to be commenced forthwith. This fine piece of ground, possessing no particular attraction in winter, nor much shelter in bad weather, has not hitherto warranted the cost of gate-keepers, &c., necessary for the admission of visitors at that season. The expressed wish of the public has, however, been considered by the First Commissioner of Works, and I am instructed by that gentleman to keep open the pleasure grounds during the present month of October. There are three entrances to the pleasure grounds from the public road :—first by the Brentford gate ; second and third by the Lion and Unicorn gates on the Richmond road. The entrance to the Botanic Garden is open daily, and during the period when the public have access to the pleasure grounds there are communications by four gates between these grounds and the Botanic Garden. In addi tion to the autumnal beauty displayed by the foliage of such a vast variety of shrubs and trees as are to be found in Kew Gardens, very many attractive plants are now in flower; the principal of which are a noble specimen of the cocoa coronatt or Bra zilian palm, now producing its blossoms in the house of palms. Near house No. 7is a fine tuft of pampas grass, from the lower slopes of the Andes, now also producing its beautiful flowers, which are from nine to eleven feet in height. The Victoria house or tropical aquarium demands the special attention of visitors, everything in it being at the climax of its beauty; the sides and roof of this lovely little temple of Flora are festooned and garlanded with leaves, flowers and fruits of gor geous exotic beauty. Another aloe is about to flower ; it is appropriately placed in the great palm stove or conservatory. THE AURORA BOREALIS. M. Fournet has addressed a paper to the Aca ' demy of Sciences on the aurora borealis which ex cited such general attention about a month ago. His object is to compare the phenomena which ac companied it in different parts of Europe, on or about the 29th of August last, with those which were re marked daring the fine aurora of November 17, 1848. In the former case its influence would seem to have been felt several days before its apparition. Thus, on the 24th, a violent storm broke over Gratz, in Styria. On the following night Port Louis, in the depart ment of Morbihan, was visited by westerly winds, with thunder ; while squalls were general on the French Atlantic coast. On the 25th, strong winds from the S. and S.W. prevailed at Lyons, carrying with them the heavy clouds which were to close the hot season by their rains. Storms ravaged the Pyrenean regions of Miranda, Tarbes, Mont-de-Marsan, and Auch on the 26th. On the same day a water-spout from the S.W. spread de vastation around St. Andre (Eure). On the 27th the wind had subsided, but the rain fell in torrents at Lyons, and there was stormy weather at Bayonne, with lightning. On the 28th M. Fournet, being at Montrotier, near Lyons, was unable to take the bearings of certain peaks in the neighbourhood with his pocket compass, and in the evening the sky was charged with electricity. During the night there was a terrible hurricane at London, the lightning having the violet hue which characterised the north and north-west border of the aurora. Storms con tinued to rage on that and the following day in the region of the Pyrenees, at Luz and St. Sauveur. On the 29th there were sudden showers with long flashes of lightning near Lyons; there was a furious storm at Avigncn ; the first snows appeared on the Alps of the Grisons, and there was incessant light ning at Algiers. On the 30th it rained at Lyons ; a northwester caused a hailstorm at Fecamp, the hailstones being of the size of hazel-nuts the 31st was squally, and the Ist of September was ushered in at Ouistrehem (Calvados) with a furious sea. All these phenomena, it must be remarked, coincided with the effects of electricity remarked on the teleg ra phi c li nes, and which have already been described. Another circum stance of the note w as th a t th e aurora seemed to shift its position in the direction of the wind, from west to east. Comparing all these phenomena will the aurora of Nov. 17, 1848, it appears that on the day before the general direction of the wind was west, occasionally inclining south or north. On the 17th there was rather a calm, rain and snow, however, falling incessantly at Berlin. The 18th was about the same, but winds generally blowing from the west, and squalls commenced on the 19th and 20th, at Lyons, Havre, Margate, and Portsmouth. Violent storms raged in the Channel on the 21st, 22d, and 23d ; also at Lyons, Cette, Montpelier, Toulon, and Marseilles. Moreover a quantity of falling stars were observed on the l 7th at Pisa and St. Laurent du Pont (Drome), and two fireballs were seen at Dole. At Paris M. Coulvier Gravier observed some falling stars on the 29th August last. M. Fournier, after remarking on the coincidence of stormy weather with both auroras, concludes with an opinion that the falling stars move in the direction of the upper current of the atmosphere, and that the aurora borealis also seems to obey a similar impulse in moving from west to east. THE MUTINY IN THE GREAT EASTERN.—Mr. Nash applied to Mr. Justice Byles at Chambers, yesterday, for a writ of certiorari to bring up the conviction of Francis Johnson, who was sentenced to one month's imprisonmentin Dorchester gaol for refusing to clean the deck s on Sun day, and also for a writ of habeas corpus to bring up the prisoner. He submitted various objections to the COlric; tion on the face of it, and also that the refusal to w_oF.k. on the Sabbath was not an offence, being within I,ltreprohibi work specified in the statute of Ch arles. After some dis cussion, his lordship granted or ders for the writs, so t ha t the questions might be so lemnl y argued. POLICE IN7' ELL IGENCE., THIS DA Y.) GUILDHALL. HUGHES, THE ABSCONDING BANKRUPT.—This morning David Hughes, the absconding bankrupt, was again placed at the bar, charged with absconding and defrauding his creditors. The case was proceeding when we went to press, MA RLBOROUGH -STREET. SCANDALOUS CONDUCT OF A CAB -DRIVER.—JOIIII Hill, a big, rough-looking fellow, described as a cab-driver, was charged by Mr. Wm. Love, chief constable of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with being drunk and cruelly torturing a horse. Mr. Love said that morning he was passing by Wood stock-street, where he saw a horse and cab, the only one on the stand, and observed the horse biting at its knees, liftinL . - : first one leg, then the other, and evidently in great agony. He examined its legs and found that both knees 'were broken shockingly, and presenting a ghastly , _‘.. - ypearance, blood issuing from them. The horse wiks; covered with dirt, and much ill-Used. Upon maki•l s inquiry lie found the priso ner in a coffee-house ("lose by quite drunk. The prisoner admitted he lcict the horse out nearly 12 hours, and abu. ed Wilt ('sir. Love) for interfering. He (Mr. Love) then sent for a constable, and the prisoner got on his cab and drove off down Oxford -street so drunk that he rolled about on the box, and on arriving in the Regent Circus drove across an omnibus, impeding the traffic and blocking up the road for some time. He had also strong reason to believe the horse had been kept without food all night, as it ate ravenously some dirty hay lying in the street, the nose- bag being quite empty, and he therefore ordered the horse to be well fed at once. Charles Baker, of Providence-yard, Vauxhall-road, the owner of the eab, said it was taken out by the regular driver in a perfectly sound condition, kept out many hours beyond its time, and seriously ill-used. The proper driver of the cab said ho left the horse in charge of a man while he went into a public house, and when he came out the horse and cab were gone. The prisoner said same one asked him to drive them somewhere, and he stopped at several publio houses, and had a drop too much. Mr. Beadon said the proper driver's conduct was very re prehensible, and that of the prisoner scandalous and dis graceful, and for which ho would be committed to the House of Correction for two months with hard labour. CRUEL DESERTION OF AN INFANT.—Jane Johnson, a young woman, was charged with deserting hor male infant, one month old, under the following. circumstances : Mr. Bowman, relieving officer of St. Martin's, attended to watch the case on the part of that parish, to which the infant had been left chargeable. From the evidence of Michael Brennan, porter of St. Martin's Workhouse, it appeared that at half-past nine on the night of the 27th of September, he was informed that a male infant was lying on the steps of the register office at tached to the workhouse, and it was at once taken in and properly attended to: Last night the prisoner came to the house drank, and asked if they knew anything of a child left on the door -step. He took her in to the matron, who asked her what she knew of the child, but she refused to give any information, but demanded to see the child, and said if they did not let her see it she would go to the police court. She was then taken into custody. A nurse from St. Martin's Workhouse produced the in fant, and the prisoner assumed excessive affection towards it, calling it her "poor dear child ;" and in defence said, when she left St. Giles's Workhouse, where she was con fined, she gave it to a woman to hold, and though she made inquiries could not find it again. The prisoner, who conducted herself in a very impudent manner, was remanded. HOP INTELLIGENCE. Within the last few days there has been a favour able change in the weather. This may permit some hops to be picked which otherwise would not have been worth taking. It appears, however, that an anticipation which we expressed some weeks ago has been realised, and that the hops in East Kent are turning very black at the core. The pick ing in this district will terminate in the course of the next few days. In the neighbourhood of Seven oaks, and also in East Sussex, we hear that there are a great many hops still to be picked, which will hardly be got is under ten days or a fortnight. In Sussex a good many pieces will not be picked if there is any more unfavourable weather. The same may be said of the Weald. Generally in Sussex and Mid Kent the hops come down well as to quan tity, and the quality is not so much deteriorated as might have been expected. THE PRICE OF HOPS.—It appears that the brewers and merchants still desperately pursue their game. Their agents have within the last few days exhausted all their ingenuity to counteract the effect of the statements which have been niade in our columns, and to beat down prices. The factors have been going about with the story that Mr. Bass has made up his misd not to buy a hop as long as present prices are adhered to, and that he means to go to Bavaria. One of our able cor respondents on this subject says that Mr. Bass has distinctly stated that he would never go abroad while he could get East Kent hops. But suppose he had said the reverse and stuck to it, what would it matter except to his customers? Does any planter believe for a moment that East Kent hops will not fetch their price this year ? He need have no fear. There is an unlimited market for fine hops, if the planters will only now stand together, and secure it. If the half-dozen great brewers Will not buy, there are a thousand small brewers who will, and the only difference will be that the planter will get a fair price for his i.roduce, and the consumption of bitter beer will greatly increase, because the public will get it cheaper. But the truth is th it the great brewers must buy, and they know it. We are glad to learn by one of the letters we publish to-day that the brewers throughout the country are fast becoming alive to their own in terest, and are securing choice growths of hops without troubling the merchants. This is good news. The merchants have pursued their ingeni ous system of trade long enough, and if they do not see the propriety of changing it altogether, we should be extremely gratified to see them retire upon their enormcus fortunes. For our own part we have greater confidence that fine growths of hops will reach higher prices than at present, and that those who do not buy now will have to give those higher prices. All depends upon the firm ness of the planters at this juncture.—Kentish Gazette. HEW GARDENS. Share Paid. .ES A: 89 4 ,1 11 72 103 44 89f If di 45 72 [O5 d 24 d 48 774 72 1021 63 12 7 411 7j 1261 14 10 11& f • , r?9r , kir ron - ir 1 • - • e" IrliE MTN, LONDON, WEDNESDA.V" 1. - ?,v EN IN 0, OCTOBER 5, .1859