The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-11 00:00:00

'ONE Y 314 CITY .N ER'S. CITY, Two o'CLocK. During the last few days there has been less activity in the markets for foreign and colonial produce. Sugars maintained their previous values, and full prices were readily obtained for coffee. Rice has been dull, with a downward tendency in value. In fruit, saltpetre, and spices, only a limited business has been traisacted, without producing any material alteration in quotations. For tallow there has been a moderate inquiry for present de livery, at steady rates, and the tone of the market has been firmer ; and, notwithstanding the heavy arrivals, less disposition has been evinced on the part of holders to effect sales. P.Y.C., on the spot, and at three months, is quoted 525., and for speedy delivery 525. 9d. per cwt. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, a large amount of business was recorded, and prices exhibited a slight advance. The sales were esti• mated at 15,000 bales. Notice has been given by the Spanish Financial Commission that the auction of the Foreign Re deemable Debt will take place at Madrid on the 29th inst., for which purpose the Government have assigned 986,940 reals. The steamer Delta, which leaves to-morrow, wil take out .£3s,Boo—viz., £35,000 in gold to Born bay, and £BOO in gold to Alexandria. The only alteration in the Money Market is a slightly increased demand, which, however, has not been sufficient to create an active business. There is still only a limited enquiry for commercial pur poses; trade, altbugh presenting some indications of improvement, still being in a quiescent state. Bankers and brokers are negotiating first-class bills on lower terms, but they are exceedingly cautious, owing to the late failures, and the doubt still en ten ained respecting the stability of credit in certain departments of business. Owing to the limited demand for gold on Conti nental account the American and Australian re• mittances are mostly retained in this country, and frequent additions are consequently made to the stock of bullion in the Bank of England. A further parcel comprising about £64,000 was received there yesterday, and from the position of the ex changes it may be inferred that an important accu mulation will take place before the October divi dends become due, when a temporary reaction nay be expected from the usual increase in the circula tion of coin. There has been a very quiet market for Public Securities to-day, but the quotations have been well maintained. At first the tendency seemed un favourable, but rather more firmness is now exhi bited, Consols being 939 1 for money, and 931 for the account. The New 3 per Cents. are heavy at 931 ; India Stock is 210, and ditto New Loan is steady at 10373 d ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper at 96i ; and ditto 51 per Cent. has receded to 1021 ; and Exchequer Bills remain at par to 3s. prem. Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a mode rate extent, and prices show no material alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 73i 74 ; ditto New, 57/ ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. are steady at 87 1 ; Buenos Ayres have improved to 98 ; but Venezuelan 3 per Cents. are heavy at 23 ; and Mexican at 211 ; Chilian 42 per Cents. nre marked 821 ; and Porta guese, 431- 44. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are 1,; to 21 pm. ; the Thames and Mersey, 2 pm. ; and the Universal, 1 ; pm. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices of American Securities as follows : United States 6 per Cents.— . 1867-1868 Redeemable Prices— Do. 5 per Cent Bonds .. 1874 Maryla n d 5 per C t. Str. Bonds Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str Bonds Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock — Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 Pennsylvania 6 per Ct. Bonds 1877 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 Boston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds - Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. llinois Central 7 per Cent (Freelands) Do. shares, 80 dols. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent Do. do. shares New York Central 6 per Ct , not convertible... New York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 1857_59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct , 3d mortgage . New York and Erie 7 per Ct., convertible Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct , sinking fund 921 931 93 94 1875 89 90 1875 88 90 1860 92 93 16 15 die 1869 87 90 60 62 1883 1804 1883 83 85 1862 53 55 24 25 1875 The Railway Share Market has been moderately active ; prices, however, appear heavy. Caledo nian, London and Blackwall, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South-Eastern declined ss. Brighton, 15s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South-Western, advanced 55.; and Great Western, 10s. The Foreign lines continue depressed. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have receded to 101. In the Colonial Market Great Western of Canada have improved to 131, East Indian to 100, and Great Indian Peninsula to 964. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade firmer. London and Westminster realise 584 ; London and County, 351 ; Bank of Egypt, 201 ; Ottoman Bank, 17. Peel River Land have declined to 471, and Peninsula and Oriental Steam New Shares to 374 38. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consels Annuities New 3 pe r Cent. Annuities India Stock. .. • 216 Ditto 6 per Cent ... . - lO3l 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent..... - — Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto 5/ per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 96 Ditto, 1859 9 4 k Consol s f or Account, 11th Oct Exch equer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto Small .... par 3 p FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent. 1860 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent •••• ---- Ditto Account Chilian 6 per Cent — Ditto 4i per Cent B2f Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. — i)itto Account Spanish 3 per Cent.. Ditto New Deferred 3 per Cent Account 391 Ditto eassive 4 panish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 5/ Turkish 6 per C ent .. Ditto Accou n t 73 Ditto New Loan ... Venezuelan 3 per Cen t '" — Ditto Account .. . .. 23 Dividends on the above payable in London. C o nsols, Money ....... TWO O'CLOCK.93k 93 Ditto Account .................. 93i R AILWA Y ACCIDENTS.—The returns of railway accidents in the first h alf of t his year contrast favourably with some preceding years. The length of line open in the United Kingdom at the end of the first half of 1860 was 10,158 miles, and the returns are as follows :—Seven passen gers killed and 128 injured from causes beyond their own control, and two passengers killed and five injured owing to their own misconduct or want if caution. In Scotland not a passenger was hurt through watt of ca ution; in I re l an d three broke th e i r legs through getting into or out of trains in motion, and two were killed by falling fr om carrias. In Engla n d a passenger was killed at Weston- super -m i re while attempting to get into a train in motion, one at Hat field, w h en t h e tra i n " ran o ff the rails," and five at Totten. ham when the tyre of a wheel of the engine broke, and the ex goo got off the rails." Of passengers injured 40 were in excursion trains. With regard to railway servants and labourers it is lamentable to see that 120 less than 71 wer e killed, the great majority, it is stated, owing to their ow n want of caution ; but theirs is a perilous employment. Eleven persons were killed at level crossings. Trespassing upon railways seems to be a prevalent rashn ess ; it le d to the Heath of 26 persons in the first 2 6 wee ks of this year. Altogether the grand total is stated to be 119 persons and killed ,166 injured. So severe were the acciden ts that to every four persons injured there were three killed. PRICE OF GOLD.—The . quotation of gold at Pa ris is about at p ar , an d th e short exchange on 25.15 per LI sterling. On comparing these rates with the En g lish Mint price of L 3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard sold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per London 2_nt, dearer in Paris thsal in - London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4251 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per LI sterling. Standard gold at the E ng li s h Mint price is therefore about 3-10ths per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of ex- PI Inge at New Y or k on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 110 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange i t is slightly in f avour o f E ng l an d ; an d, a fter making allow t,tece for charges of transport and difference of interest, _present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of g° lll front the United States. .ount of Birkin• s many which stories le found 11 done. aughan 3. on in 'here ix at than tied on. Ilts the r when ex turned arming a every snd her 'or two law for the quences s worth taining 7iew of which Pope. 'els was benefit s as to o those errand, lgerine on ntry, eadable urneys. nlivens the in percep- find a Mn the Chris by the is fair ok scencled Ind one in the to our a knife of the 102 104 86 87 SHARE. 'IS DA Y.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share, Railways. Paid. Closing Business done _ vrenc , all 83 90 B9 , nt Ind? 100 935 94i 04 B 16 11 11 d Boron' all 41 544 ......I all .. all 6 7 ;ciriCl 100 78 82 1, 1872 1, 1873 100 73 78 1, 1874 100 70 75 ' (Lim) 1. 30. 1 d 4p 'Lim.) 2s. Scrip 3s. 25 1/ d sp. c. 75 15 f d .. all sp, c 74 15 I}d p. c. 100 994 Ico4 100 ct..... 15 1 d 4 15 d mfr f s all 995 994 864 all 101 102 rne , 215 225 lon 6 100 ,nada 100 295 301 'ref all 89 91 895 90 entr all 55 57 55 {62 all 63 67 167 72 .sp.c i 100 90 97 961 1 1 . c 6' id 5 d 5 Lim)i ~.,. 2 144 cent ''''' cares all 131 131 135 18 71 744 with all 94 96 all 91 96 opt all 94 96 to all 90 n . a lOO 83 85 100 94 95 sion 100 87 89 10 14 15 d _ all nds lOO in& l e a lg all 5 7 1 .... 1 D. • • all 5 7 .... f tig 1( 7 )0 , 974 94 1 985 75 1 ca ci all - d r " 100 93 945 ?.c A 18 Ip.. 1 1 1 d N RAILWAYS. lain all 55 Si , lit ~ all A —p / P Si 5 i s ' 3 Lion all 5 1 ic.. all -- I lail all 25 2/ a •••• all , — 24 — 2 d I :. :: ' 15 I 4 31d .... all 245 254 p. c. 6 a all ace all a... all 6i. 75 g .... all ale, all d -.. all .... all ii ... all I , ... all ... all 75 85 111 ... all 195 204 t ... all 374 .SB5 ... 15 ref. all 8 84 t] ter. all 344 354 •.. all 54 55 P rn.) ... 13 25 25d 105 1, ... 14 ... all ... all 14 16 c ... all ... all d ... ail 51 6 9 .... all 85 84 85 1. c. 2 5 5d 1,31 tin 12 15 15 dst ... all 19 20 ... all 55 55 e.. all 94 95 o all 224 235 I Ln4 all S ... all ... 4 all 1 _ _ a • - 'all I -- 7,,,i i Closing gnsinea f r 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence I Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind °hard Railways. I ' ''' - Price. Done. stk Gu. 5 per D0t...... I lB Do, . .16, 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val.l all 8 81 50 Belfast and Ballymena I all - - 201 Do. New ' I stock Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 78 80 10 Do. Preference , ...... 25 Blackburn 100 { Buffalo,Brant,&Godricl 25 Blyth and Tyne all - - 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 61 7 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 stock ,Bristol and Exeter stock i Caledonian .. . . 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 50 Cork and Bandon all - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 20 ,Pork, Itlrock., t•Passacre all --- 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. C. 20 Do A (A gets no div. Cornwall . ~ • • 10 I , until 6p. p persn. all - - 20 Eastn. Bengau. sp. c stock East Indian, r),u. 5 p. c. 10 Do B all - - rhasbeen ti. toB 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... • 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Junc. all 75 8% 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentra stock !East Anolian lOO 165 17/ 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. stock Eastern Counties lOO 535 541 535 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. Geelong Corporation 6 stock 'Easter n U n i on, A stock 100 40 42 stook Do do Bd o 100 28 30 285 S sto. per cent. Bonds 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 84 - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 20 East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. 10 Do - - 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 81 82 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. stock Edin. Perth & Dundee FO SO 31 30 100 Do. do. 1867 .. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .. stock Furness - - took Gt.lndiaPenin. - ua.sp.c. stock Glass. and S. Western 100 107 109 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 Great Ntlin. of Scotland all - - 20 Gt. South.oflndia(Lim)l stock Great Northern lOO 115 116 guaranteed 5 per cent. stock no do A stock stock l r ?e, do B do W. stock Gt. R. & of Ireland 100 112 114 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with stock Great Western stock Do Str Val girl. stock 100 60 65 100 Do. do. '75 till '6O 12 Irish South-eastern .. all - - 100 Do. do. '73 without opt stock Lancashire & Yorkshir 100 in 1111 111 105 115 100 D o. 51 p. c. d o. ' 77 do • stock London and Blackwall 1 00 67 69 61 stock Madras, °mar., 41 p. o 1 stock Lon., Bright.. & s Coast 100 110 111 110 i stock Do. do. ' s per cent stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 47 49 stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 1 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1001 ,01 1005 20 Do. Fourth do 124 Do eighths - - 20 Do. d 0... .. - . ... 1 stock T.ond. & th. Western lOO 92 93 92 1 1 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Mids. 1 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - New Brunswick & Can& 25 L'derry & Ennisaillen all 101 11 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc stock Man. Shef. & Lin 010 50 Ma ryport and Carlisle all - - .. Do. do. Land d 0........ 124 Do do 4 shares all - - 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .• 10 Metropolitan 4 3 2 d .. Do. do. Land do. ...... ;took Midland . ;took Do mirming. & Derby 100 100 102 stock Scinde .......... .; 050 Mid. G. W. of Ireland all - - 20 Do. Punjaub .... 0 25 Do 4 shares all - - 20 Do. Do. ..... . :' , :i e? '5 Slid - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. 49. ' 10 Do, tray Line - - 20 St. A ndrews & Quebec A. ' 100 Newcastle and C trlisle all - - 10 [Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d — 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Roe. all - - FOREIGN Er? dock Norfolk ................ 100 55 57 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam 1 50 N hn. Counties Union.. 3 1 3 1 3% d „ 20 [Ardennes - - ... • • ..., 1 tock North British.. tock Vor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoc,'• 100 '- - 5 Belgian East. Junction I took D• A stk : A recs no d. 20 Beziers to Graissessac- f until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 - - tock Do B stock ....... 100 - - 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail t tock Nth. Eastern-Berwick 10 0 9 8 5 09 98 5 5 100 Copiabo ........&_. f 25 Dodo, G.N.E. pure': ase 16134 11 Id , d •• • 10 Ditto Extension ... f took no Leeds .... took Do Yoriz 20 Eastern of France _ _ c toot North London 9 . 1 6.4 North Staffordshire l7l 31 1 d 20 Do ßus. Guar.. do. p, c. a 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 9 1 0 20 Great Cent ra l o f F rance 0 1 2 Not. & Grantham Rail lO 6 65 I 20 Gt. Luxem., ('on. shs... f 10 Peebles .. •••••• • • • • • • all - - 20 Italian Junction .. .. a - Portsmouth - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale. o 10 Rhvmney ..... - - - 20 Lierre & Turnhout .. . a took Scottish Central took scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 - - 3 1 1 Maria Antonia •• • • a tock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 83 90 10 Do. New . took Shropshire Union . .... 100 50 52 50 20 Namur & Liege .... a . a 10 Sittin gbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 20 Do. 6p. C. Pref. •• • took South Devon - a took S , ,nith Eastern ........ 100 87 675 861 1 20 Do. New Shares . 1 took South Wales .......... 100 - - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. a took S. York. and River Dun 100 78 60 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. a 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok al: 6 8 20 Paris & Orleans.. _. • . a 25 Stockton & Darlington all 384 391 I Recife &S. Fran. (Perii) 25 Do do ll 8/ 9/ p 20 gua. 7p. ct. 1im...... 1 - Stockton & Hartlepool lei - - -20 Riga & Dunaburg.... - 1 lock Taff Vale . - ... - - 10 Rome & Frascati .... - a took Do Pref. No 1 - - 20 Royal Danish ..... ..... a 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 5 Royal Swedish ........ a 50 Ulster • • 25 Do .......... !10 Do _ : `ock Vale Of • Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 115 20 S.Aust&Lomb Venetin 1' ock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Southern of France.... a 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 85 West Flanders 20 West C. rnwall ........ all 65 71 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. a 20 West L0nd0n.......... all - - 20 W. & N.W. of France .. a 10 Do Ist class .. ..... all - - 23 iWestern of Austria.... 20 Do 2d class .. ...... all - - 20 tWestern of Switzerland a ock West Midland-Oxford 100 44 46 445 6 'Wiesbaden ...•.. . ... a 25 no, Newport all 101 11 6 iDo. 8 per cent. • Pre . f.:. • a 12/ Do. Hereford 115 25 11 d 20 Zealand .. • 4 - -- - - 124 stock stock stock stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock. 10.16.4 stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' ip a id . Closing Business Railways. Price. Done. stock stock stock 50 tock stock stock stock (dock stock stock stocK stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. td, 124 124. stock 111 stow" 124 124 stock stock stock 6 2g Share lliines, "TISII MINES. Paid, Closing I Business Price. Done. IA lire , ' Consols (Philack) 2.11.19 5 54 • 'British Iron i 16 1 2 Cliitord 1 205 215 !Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 430 440 'East Bassett (Illogan) I 30 1121 1171' East Caradon i 1.14.6 94 101 E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 11 114 r Gam.&St.Auhyn(Gwen ) 541 29 51 'Great South Tolgus... 17s 114 12 , G, Wheal Alfd. (Philacijl2.l3.9 14 14 G. Wheal Vor (Helston)i 9 4 4 4 I 'Grenville 5.14.6 24 24 Herod's- F00t.... Illingrston Downs 4.8.6 34 4 'Lady Bertha Mirgaret (Uny Lelant) 91 39 41 North Downs 24 31 4 'North Frances (Illogan) 11 21 31 N.Wh'l Basset (1110 an) 5s 41 51 . North Wheal 1 'rofty 9.18.9 8 9 Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 111 121 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 12s 14 14 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 295 310 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 34 24 24 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all 4 4 &Wheal Fran (Mogan) 18.1 , .9, 125 135 Stray Park 22.18.0 60 62 60 Tam.'" Silv.& Lead Min 44 21 21 Tin Croit 9 4/ 54 Vale of Towey (Caren) ,£s 6d 1 1 West Basset (Illogan) ll 17 18 'W. Caradon (Liskeard) 9 69 71 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 130 135 heal Buller (Redruth) 5 80 85 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 61 1/ 2/ Wheal Kitty (U.Lelan 1.7.2 14 15 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' 8 25 27 Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 51 24 26 FOREIGN MINES. Australian BonAccordCopper,Lim lss I d pr Brazil. Imp. (is. at .£ p)I 274 14 14 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lirril 15 27 28 Do. Land and 31ining•Co.i all Clarendon Cons.MinCol 4 dis. Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 4 1 Fortuna. General all 22 23 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 4 d d Kapunda (Limited) 1 111 p Linares all 104 11 ILusitanian 2 4d 4p Mariqui fa all 4 4 I N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 128.6 d. 1 4 d Pontgibaud Silver,Leadt I Mining and Smelt all 5 6 'Port Philip 1 4 Scottish Austen. (L.) los. 4 d 84 United Mexican .' all 1 21 Worthing (Limited) all 4 4 Do l9s. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 .113 116 Do. 6p. cent. 1878 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1883 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Am?. 100 110 112 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 110 112 r Do. 5 per cent lOO 1011 1024 / Do. Scrip 5O j N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 ,10511064 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct., 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 99 100 • IS Do. 5 p.c.,1888 &upwch/ 100 i 99 100 994 C , • _ _ 105 4 1 100 91i 90 5 .1 ' 28.2.8 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.JEL SD July Do. Bp. cent. 1878 Do. 6p. cent 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1883 Do. 6 p. a Feb. & Auk•. Do. 8 p. c. Mar. & Sept. ( Do. 5 per cent / Do. Scrip N.B.Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c. Ap. Oct N. S. W. Gov. sp. x,1866, Do. 5 p. c.. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwdg INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 S.Aug.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up Vic. Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock 102 i 100 4076 1086 100 103 110 100' - - 100 1001 1101 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. .fr, r 1 . - r ' THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY OVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1860. 111IDDLE.EX , `ESSIONS.—(7his Day.) (Before Mr. Payne.) John Beans pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a quantity of lead, the property of his muster. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, Theophilus Thomson was indicted for stealing a clock, the property of Mr. Cousins of George-street, Portman square. From the evidence it appeared the prisoner entered pro secutor's shop upon the pretext of soliciting orders for books, and on leaving ho had managed to secret the clock, but the theft was discovered. He dropped the property , on being taken into custody, and told the police it had been put into his hands to mind by a gentleman who was run ning away. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. Thomas Allright was indicted for stealing two silver watches from a dwelling house. The evidence proved that the prisoner entered the house by means of t skeleton key, and. then committed the rob bery. He was known to the police as an old offender and an associate of thieves, He was found guilty and sentenced to four years' penal servitude. James Beauley was also indicted for stealing a watch. In this instance the watch was snatched from the waist coat pocket of the prosecutor while he was 1 , oking at a temperance society procession passing through Charing lane on the 3d inst. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Three boys, named Bush, M'Grigor, and Dormand, were indicted for stealing a quantity of tobacco, the property of 111 rs. Weatherly, of Notting-hill. One of the boys, it appeared, entered the shop, and hav ing obtained possession of the property, threw it down in the street, when portions of it were seized by the other two boys, who both ran off with it in different directions. The jury found all three guilty. Judgment was deferred until some inquiry had been made about the prisoners by the police. DONCASTER RACES.—(This Day.) Catawba .. Doefoot LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] FITZWILLIAM STAKES. LATEST BETTING. ST. LEGER.. POLICE INTELLIG CE-( DAI .) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULTING A WITNESS PDX GIVING EVIDENCE.— Margaret Myers, a middle-aged female, was charged before Mr. Beadon with assaulting a fema',e named Ann Jones under the following circumstances The complainant said as ehe yeas leaving lkiessrs. Crosse and Blackwell's, Soho-square, where she was employed, the previous afternoon, the pris-oner, who had several com panions waiting for her, catr i e up to her aLd without saying a word struck her a severe blow in the face. Mr. Beadon asked th-3 complainant whether she had given the prisoner any provocation ? The complainant sa' i d she had not. She believed it was done because she b ad given evidence in a watch robbery in Albemarle-stree t. The prisoner had before called her a " lagger," (a nar A e applied to persons who give informa tion to the polir,e), because she had received a reward from the owner of t • he watch. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING -YESTERDAY. -_ESTERDAY. Mr. Beaden said had there been any reason to believe the prisoner was concerned in the robbery he would have punished her very severely. Prisoner said she had had a lot of drink, but didn't wish to annoy complainant. Mr. Beadon said she had done worse, she had struck the Co - mplainant, and he would order her to pay 20s. or 14 days, and he would advise her to take care what she was about. PORTLAND PLATE. 100 to 6 agst Fenella (taken) 20 to 1 agst Corona (taken) 20 to • 1 agst Fairwater (taken) 25 to 1 agst Astarte 25 to 1 apt Emily 25 to 1 agst Montebello (taken and offered) Amsterdam 1 Twilight Cronstadt 3 Eighteen ran. REVIVAL PLATE.: 1 Cramoaid Seventeen ran. DONCASTER PLATE. Donner and Blitz Heiress White, Rose .. Nine ran. TIE FOLLOWING HORSES HAVE PAID GORTIIIT.-- Champagne Stakes—Pebble, Knight of the Thistle, Clarissa colt, Antwerp, Janus, Klarikoff, Imaus, Count Horne, Wing, Esther, and Isis. Glasgow stakes—Barb Pigeon, Miss Whip colt, and Royalist. Filly Stakes—Margaret, Coalition filly, The Nymph, Adrasta, Pardalote, and Lady Macdonald. Great Yorkshire liandicap—Underhand and Argosy. Revival Plate—Oldrninster, Annie de Clare, Amain, Damsel, Longshot, Weatherproof, Viscount Brig nail, Mentmore, North Lincoln, Bentinck, and Glen Stewart. Doncaster Plate—Sir William, Tyrant, Brown Holland, Horace, and Springe. 100 to 30 agst Sabreur (taken) 100 to 30 agst Thormanby (taken) 4to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 7to 1 agst Umpire (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst St. Albans (offered) 100 to 7 agst Sweetsauce (offered) 20 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered, take 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst High Treason (offered) 40 to 1 agst Winton (taken) 40 to 1 agst Wallace (taken) GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken freely) 7to 1 agst Wamba (taken in force) 9to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 100 to 8 agst Moorhen (taken) 100 to 8 agst Miss Digby (taken) The course is in splendid order, and there is a great in flux of visitors. The Racing Times says :—As might naturally be sup - posed, the great Doncaster St. Leger engrossed almost the entire attention of al , the sporting men in town. The settling of last week was comparatively insignifi cant, and added to which many members of both clubs and Tattersall's departed for the north by the 12 o'clock train, thus affording a poor opportunity to those remaining of doing much business, although, as they did not intend leaving until the five o'clock express, they indulged in the hope of being enabled to square some "bad uns" on their books, but the effort was futile. Several horses in the course of the morning were talked about, and their respective merits and demerits canvassed with a great degree of animation ; but notwithstanding the energy of both their supporters and opponents, their rela tive positions, as will be seen, were not materially affected. Several commissions (and heavy ones too), rein:Cued un executed, owing to the prices not being obtainable, to which the agents were restricted. But the St. Leger did not altogether take up the entire attention of the public, for several of the minor events were touched upon with some spirit, as will be seen below ; but although the quotations below would lead any one to sup pose that Fenella and Corona were backed to some ext unt still the investments were small in amount. The following prices will show the latest betting : GREAT ST. LEGER. 3to 1 agst Thormanby (taken and offered) 7 to 2 agst Sabreur 9to 2 agst Tho Wizard 7to 1 agst St. Albans (taken and offered) Bto 1 agst Umpire (taken) 100 to 7 agst Sweetsauce (taken) 25 to 1 agst Buccaneer (offered) 33 to 1 agst High Treason (taken) 33 to 1 agst Winton (taken) 1000 to 15 agst any other (offered) CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 4to 1 agst Lady Louisa (taken) sto 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) 6 to 1 agst Parasite (taken) YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 6 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Conscript (taken) 10 to 1 agst Miss Digby (taken) 12 to 1 agst Moorhen (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Bogle Hill (offered) 12 to 1 agst Gladiolus (taken) 100 to 6 agst Wamba Mlythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O (Iris. dr Exet.l p.ct.stock Do. dn. dn. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent ; Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.' ;Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. ;Cornwall. 5 per cent nun. Perth &Aber.Jun. ; F.Anzn.Class A 7 &sp.e. Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.., E. Conu. Ex. 5 p. 0, No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New Opel ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per c..nt. ; Edim&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. 2 - ua. S. & D. Pdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Fnrness, 5 per cent [Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c I NortiKra, 5 p. ct ; 'Do. s p.c.Redm.,lop.e.pm ; Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm; Gt. Nh. of Scotld. let pf'd Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) I 1 f p. et. prof. stock Great West. (Berke and [ Hants) Ext. sp. et Co. Redeemable,44 p.et. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do.. Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref: Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. (It. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. no d c sp. et. prof Do Birmmtruar. stock no. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. T,an.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (K Lan.) Brig. 5 pc.zn. No.l Po. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. Ermt. 6 p. C. Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4 On. do. 44 per cell'. .... Do. do. 44 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.kC.P.) Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '651 Lon. Chat. and Dover.. Lon. and N.W. Coy, and Nuneiton, 5 p. ct..... Lon. S. W, 7p. ct. stock Do. 4A per cent .. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. Londondy. & Cole. sh. Londony. & Ennis. 011 Van. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent 1)(7.. redeem. ti percent )rary ort & ,Car., 4 p. c , Do. 41 per cent Mid. Con. dir; c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. R p.c ' Do. 4# p. c. pref. stock 1 Do. with option till 1800, Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st.lB4t Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.slVay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British. 5 p. c. Do. New, xua..; p. Do. Bor.Vn. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rail. 35 Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds. 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarcers, 1848 Do. York, H. St S. Purch North Staffordshire Rh ymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed 4p.c. Ist is. - outh Wales, gua. 4 P.C. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 i). c. gua. Stock & Dar. A 5 p. c.. Do. B 6 Der cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd do Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxf Ist Guastk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1466 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d iq. Do. Hereford c 4 p.c. pf. 1103 105 WI 4fi2i4 51 99 101 114 115 107 110 110 112 109 111 123 125 81 83 112 114 90 ?2 79 80 103 105 120 122 115 120 109 112 104 106 84 86 97 09 99 101 89 91 90 92 101 103 91 lot 17 18 10a 11 75 77 20 204 10 10a 15 15 1137 139 115 117 115 117 138 143 115 117 102 104 '152 156 130 134 68 70 85 88 [l7 119 [s2i 157} 121 121. 126 128 69 1 71 1) 139 141 101 103 92 94 112 114 110 112 / 1/ p 91 93 97 99 1 /d *d *p 224 23* '122 124 'l3O •135 10 11 244 25 102 104 102 104 91 93 100 102 83 85 27 28 324 324 324 334 48 50 126 128 121 123 I. 10 125 124 14} 144 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways, I Leasing (Closing Business Paid., Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Blctchley Buckinghaknshire Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. ss} per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshirea.6 p.c. E.Union,Harwich She' Ln&N.W Lia &N.W 95 98 Do. s2i 53} Do 125 127 Do. Caledonia 102 104 E.U.&E C 15 16i Gt. North. 138 140 E.Counts.l 4 Do. Woodbridge . . Gls.Barr.& ICaledoninl Do. New.......... Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. Hull and Selby ...... Do. Shares ....... Do. I Shares ..... Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. London & Greenwich, Do. Preference .. • • • • D 0... IGt. West. IYk.N.S&TirI IYk.N. Md. o. Ln.,t N.W, Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent.... . Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer- IS. East... ence Stock • - Newnnarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. 5 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. Stares .. ..... A. Roystn.Hitch., & Shep Skrewsbry& Hereford Do. Do. South Stafrordshtre Wilts and Somerset wimbledon& Croydn 100 ID°. 100 'Peto &Co 100 Norfolk 100 Do. all LNIV&3I 100 IMidland 5. 5. 6 E.Counts' all Do. all Do. all Do. all Midland all L& NW I do L.Yk. all Do . 100 Gt.North.l 100 T.Brassey 1 all M'Clean.. 100 Gt. West. all LABrgtn S. * 1.2119 92 - 94' 7t 84 Share P 6 oks. P a id . @losing I pushing Price. v Done. 100 100 l'.)0 100 100 stock C0mmercia1........... stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.mii , stock East and West Indies stock London stock St. Katharine stock Southampton loo stock Vistoria SO DO New....•..oaaa••••' 2 id .p 100 Agra& anitedService Bk 50 79 81 791 40 Australasia all 25 Bank of Egypt all 20 201 201 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 11 11 50 131 iti sh North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 201 21 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 32 14 100 City 100 Colonial ................28 36 37 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London . 20 20 21 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. -all 15 161 15 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 231 24 50 London and County .. 20 351 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 100 London & Westminster 20 58 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new l2 281 50 National Bank 20 New South Wales.— all 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank all 16/ 171 17 100 Provmdal of Ireland 10 Do. new.. 25 South Australia 25 Union of A ustralia 50 Union o London l2 100 Unity Mutual.— .• • • 60 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 261 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 5 50 British American Land 40 30 32 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 35 37 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 19 21 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 12 14 32/ Canada. Land all 114 117 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sraltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference stock Do. 6p. c. Pet :)et. Deben. 100 106 108 stock Electric Telegraph 100 100 03 25 Do. New l5 id 1p 5 English & Aus. Copper all 2 2 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 Do. 171 pet Preference 1 1 1 * 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 2 20 London Discount (Lim.) 5 11 11d 4 L.G. Omnibus)Co. (Lim.) all 11 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 11 21 10 Ifediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 a 14 d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 lid 10 Netherlands Land all 1 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. all 1 1 100 N.llr.&NovaScotiaLand BO 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all I 1 ; 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 150. pr 10 Orintlin.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C stock Peellt.Lnd.SrMin.(Lim ) 100 47 50 474 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 25 121 135 p SS 74 20 "tedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.c all 174 18* 50 Rh ymney Iron 15 Do. New all . 55 64 100 Royal Mail Steam stock S i c o o u t t . h A A u s u t s l t n r . a l l ra y n . ( a n i rn d ) l a oo ll 1 3 22 2 1 3 25 4 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Itt,gistered 10 Do. an 6 1 6 1 20 rr. & Ln. Co.ofUpr.uan. 5 190 Van Diemen's Land 281 9 10 THAMES. THE•BUROLARIES IN WH IT ECHAPEL.—Thomas Ryan, of no fixed residence, was charged before Mr. Selfe with being on the roof of the premises of Mr. Home, Leman street, Whitechapel, supposed for the purpose of committing a felony. The prosecutor stated that about two o'clock that morn ing while in bed he heard some one trying his bedroom door. He got up and put a chair against it, upon haying done which the prisoner ran away. His wife called out "Police," and upon her looking out of a window she saw a policeman on the roof of the house. The prisoner was afterwards taken into custody. In answer to Mr. Selfe, prosecutor stated that the police got into the house by a window adjoining the roof of the water-closet, which he believed had been left open. Mr. Mitchell, the vestry clerk, of Whitechalel, said that in consequence of the complaints of burglaries in that parish, he was directed to prosecute in all charges of bur glary. He should, therefore, in this case ask for his com mittal on the charge of burglary. Mr. Selfe observed that in this case there did not appear to be any breaking entry which constituted a burglary, as he had entered by the window, which was open. Two policemen H 136 and 159 proved having seen the prisoner loitering about near the house of the prosecutor. He was watched, and went down Nelson-street, a thorough fare close by, when they lost sight of him. In a few mi nutes after he was heard walking along the roof, and he dropped from the roof close by where H 136 was standing. He was taken into custody after a violent struggle. The prisoners was sent for three months to the House of Correction. ALEXANDER DUMAS.—A witty writer who, under the nom de guerre of Lucien Duval, furnishes'the weekly Parisian chronicle to the new journal La Nouvelle, thus bewails the dullness of the time :—" The dead season is not yet near its end. All the world ii everywhere, ex cept at Paris ; chroniclers are in a state of despair, and find not the smallest novelty wherewith to furnish forth their feuilletons. Even the Neapolitan Revolution supplies only incidents that have been foreseen ; a str ng desire not to fight appears to be the chief characteristic of the situation. M. Alexandre Dumas, pere, himself gives no signs of life. Silence on the part of such a man always indicates a very strained position. It is said that his son has gone to join him. Of those two men the most paternal in his conduct is not the one you would suppose. People do say that the arrival of the younger has sufficed to put to flight a cer tain Galatea of whom the papers have taken much more notice than was reasonable. The two Dumas are summoned, it is said, to edit a Garibaldian journal, under a title which was, a very long time ago, that of the Constitutionnel, the Independant. A great deal will be said in it about M. Dumas, pers; more than one ingenious allusion will be made to his high birth, as well as to the immense influence he possesses over the minds of nations." FRENCH NATIONAL SHOOTING COMPETITION.— The Moniteur, in its non-official section, announces that the Emperor has authorised the establishment of a national tir, or shooting competition, the project of which has been pre paring at the Ministry of War since the month of January last. It will take place in the wood of Vincennes, and will commence annually at the period of the fetes of the 15th of August. This year, by exception, it will open on the 30th of September. Numerous workmen are now getting the ground ready. There will be 44 targets, to which French men and foreigners will alike be admitted with all sorts of arms (armes de guerre, de chase, et de precision) ; six other targets will be reserved for the National Guard and the army, two others for pistol-shooting, and two for bow and arrow. There will be a grand prize of 10,000 f. ; the list of the other prizes will be immediately published, as well as that of private individuals, intended to increase the number of prizes and to encourage so eminently patriotic an iusti tution. THE ORLEANS RAILWAY COMPANY.—This com pany is avtively engaged in executing another railway from Paris to Tours, through Chateauclun, Vendome, and Cha teau Renault. On Saturday the chief engineer laid out the ground at Chateau Renault for the terminus. The follow ing are some details relative to the magnificent iron bridge thrown over the river Garonne at Bordeaux to unite the Orleans with the Bordeaux and Cette Railway :—The dif ficulty consisted in giving a passage to a locomotive over a river 500 metres wide, subject to the double influence of a direct current of nearly three metres the second, and a re flux, which is perceptible as far as Laugon, 10 leagues above Bordeaux. The depth of the river is from Bto 12 metres. The works were begun in May, 1858, and completed towards the end of August last, a period of two years and three months. To judge of the merit of the work, it must be recollected that the celebrated stone bridge at Bordeaux cost 20,000,000 f., and took a period of 11 years for its con struction, while the new bridge cost but 3,000,000 f. A GRATEFUL OFFERING.—A benevolent lady, observing a few days ago the excellent style with which the Lytham lifeboat on the Lancashire coast was launched and proceeded off on her quarterly exercise, decided on pre senting to the National Lifeboat Institution £lOO in testi mony of her appreciation of the institution's philanthropic objects. During last winter the Lytham lifeboat was in strumental in gales of wind in saving life from the follow ing wrecks :—Schooner E. D., of Salcombe, 5 men ' • brigan tine Robert and H enr y, o f D un d a lk, 6 men; from the brigantine Hannah Jane, of London, 7 men ; and from the brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth, 8 men and a boy— making a total of 27 shipwrecked persons rescued by this valuable lifeboat from a watery grave. The lifeboat was also put off and assisted in bringing safely into port two disabled vessels, with their valuable cargoes, besides having gone off once or twice in reply to signals of distress from ships. The neighbouring lifeboat at Fleetwood has also been, during the present year, the means of saving 11 per sons in very heavy storms from the wrecked vessels Jane Roper, of Ulverstone, Ann Mitchell, of Montrose, and the Catherine, of Newry. THE THREE CURSES OF COMMON SCHOOLS.— At the opening of St. Edmund Day and Sunday Schools, Salisbury, last week, the Rev. Prebendary Fane took occa sion to observe, that the greatest impediment in the way of popular education was the irregularity of the children's attendance. On entering school the teacher had constantly to ask, " Wnere is John Brown ?" " 0, he's gone with his fa. her's dinner." " And where is Mary Smith ?" "0, she's holding the baby." " And where is James Smith ?" "0, he ain't got no boots." These were the three great curses with which a teacher had to contend. This state ment was received with some laughter, but its truth ap peared to be admitted by all that had practical experience of the matter. The schools in question, which are in the decorative Gothic style, and will accommodate 500 children, have cost £4,500. Their inauguration .by the Bishop of the diocese was an occasion of great local festivity. The Italie Nouvelle of Milan states that the two campf of 60,000 men concentrated at Arezzo and Rimini are to he under the direct orders of King Victor Emmanuel. THE BAKERS' MOVEMENT.—The master bakers of Cork have not only resolved against yielding to the demand of the operatives on the subject of night work, but have de clined to enter into any communication with them on the sub • ject or to listen to the reasons which they were ready to urge in support of their demand. Such a resolution, to say the least of it, appears ill-advised. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THIS WERE. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The deaths in London declined to 937 in the week that ended August 25th ; they rose to 1,018 in the week that ended last Saturday. If 1,287 deaths from cholera, that occurred in the 35th week of 1854, are withdrawn from the returns to be com pared, it will be found that the average number of deaths, in the weeks corresponding with last week, of the years 1850-9 was 1,045; and this average, corrected for increase of population, becomes 1,149. Hence it appears that the public health is now comparatively good; for the deaths were fewer by 141 than they would have been under the average rate of mortality as calculated for the end of August. The births last week exceeded the deaths in the same time by 831. Small-pox continues to exhibit a low mortality; last week the deaths from it were 7, which is the ave rage number for the last six weeks. Diarrhoea was fatal in 91 cases ; the average of corresponding weeks in the last ten years, corrected for increase of population, is 173. Of the 91 all except 7 occurred to children. There were also 5 deaths from cholera or choleraic diarrhoea, all with one exception amongst infants. • A gardener, aged 61 years, died at 17, Lavender-road, Battersea, of " cholera (6 days), consecutive fever (5 days)." The deaths from measles were 43, of which 3 occurred in St. Mary, Paddington, 3 in Belgrave sub-district, 3 in the Hackney-road sub district, 3 in St. Mary (St. George-in-the-East), and 3in Bow. Scarlatina was fatal in 37 cases, 6 of which were in Poplar. A boy, aged 8 months, died of acute eczema ; a young woman of chlorosis. A laundress died in the Paddington Workhouse of "fever and diarrhoea following cold and destitution." A widow died at the age of 94 years. A child was scalded by overturning a can of hot water. Three infants were suffocated in bed. A labourer, aged 42 years, was suffocated in the cabin of a barge in the Lon - don Docks. A boy died at the age of 15 weeks of " idiocy from birth ; atrophy." He was one of ten children born of health) parents in the country; six of these died of brain disease in infancy; three (of whom two survive) grew up idiots ; one is quite healthy. Last week the births of 944 boys and 905 girls, in all 1,849 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59 the average number was 1,586. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.537 in. The readings fell from 29.75 in. on Monday, to 29.19 in. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 58 . 0 deg., which is 1.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The thermometer in the shade rose to 70 deg. on Sunday, and fell to 46.7 deg. Saturday. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 23.3 deg. The mean daily range was 17.4 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5 9 deg., showing the amount of dryness in the air. The mean degree of humidity was 82, complete saturation being represented by . 100. The wind blew from the south-west. Rain fell to the amount of 0.81 in., most of it on Monday and Tuesday. It fell on every day . except Frday ; heavily for 35 minutes on the evening of Saturday, when there was considerable electrical disturbancs. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 60.4 deg. MR. EDWIN JAMES.—The trip of Mr. E. James to Southern Italy continues to occupy the attention of some foreign journals, which, in spite of the co ntradictions that have reached them from your side of the Channel, persist in believing that he has gone on a mission from the British Government to Garibaldi. I would call it a secret mission ' but somebody or other has taken care it should. not be that. The Hord entertains no doubt on the subject, because cer tains as Paris and Turin pape rs have g i ven precise d etail to what the member for M ar y lebono is to sa y to the Dicta ssteesdsilo in the fogs of i 4 instructions tor, what hopes he is to hold oat, and what a dvice and as surance he is to give. W herever Mr. Ja mes goes a con viction seems to speed th at he is no ordi nary traveller, gone in quest of a little sunshine aifateartrua W e stminster, but an e missar y that may influence t he destinies of Italy. He had had scarcely passe d through Paris when the announcement of his em bassyin a favoured appears , with circumst antial details, wee kly periodical, and the other Paris papers have hardly done copying and comme nting upon thi s w h en the pest from Piedmont b rin g s us Turin j ournals bigwith similar minformation.aoyemaOnanteedmfirgahmt has almostha es Imagine that an odour of ip person of the honourable and l earn ed gentleman, who diplomacy Garibaldi all he has to say, probably by this time told 1110 112 1 207 210 61 63 115 120 921 934 3 31 95 97 iP 55 57 14i 15 1135 136 1102 105 ADULTERATION OF FOOD. A circula.r just issued by Messrs. Joseph Travers and Sons contains the following letter from Dr. Hassan on the precautions to oe taken by trades men to avoid offen against the recent Act for preventing the adulteration of articles of food or drink : " The Adulteration of Food and Drink Bill hav ing at length become iaw, it behoves manufacturers and traders to consider how best to secure them selves under its provisions. " By the Act it is rendered illegal— " 1. To sell any article of food or drink with which, to the knowledge of the seller, any ingre dient or material injurious to health has been mixed. " 2. To sell as pure or unadulterated any article of food or drink which is adulterated or not pure. " The punishment for the first offence consists in the infliction of a fine not exceeding £5, while for subsequent offences it is rendered lawful for the justices to cause the offender's name, place of abode, and offence to be made public. " It is clear, therefore, that the sale of adulterated articles of consumption, whether with or without the knowledge of the seller, should be carefully avoided. But how, it will be asked, is this object to be accomplished ? " It is necessary, in the first place, that manu facturers should take steps to ascertain that all articles sold or used by them are pure. This, inas much as most of their commodities are in the n au ral or raw state, it is not difficult in general to do, but, where a doubt exists, the manufacturer might secure himself by requiring from the vendor a gua rantee of purity. The retailer, on his part, might protect him self by the observance of the following simple pre cautions : " Thus, he should never purchase manufactured articles below the prime cost of the constituent in gredients. " He should require, in all cases, a guarantee of purity from the manufacturer, and, in order to fix the responsibility still more upon him, I would advise that the retailer should sell all manufactured articles in packages bearing upon them the names of the manufacturer. Further, I recommend that a warranty of purity be printed upon the wrapper of every parcel of manufactured goods sold. This warranty would give the public confidence, because it is not probable that any one would use it as a cover for adulteration, and there is no doubt but that all warranted articles would meet with a more ready sale than those not warranted. I see no objection to manufacturers and retailers supporting their own warranty by the testimony, in the form of certificates, of scientific persons of ability and reputation. " If the precautions here suggested were observed., there would be but little fear o 4 any proceedings being taken against any manufacturers or retail dealers under the provisions of the bill recently enacted for preventing the adulteration of articles of food and drink." The same circular also contains a number of re ports from English counties regarding the prospects of the harvest. There are six from the Northern counties, 31 from the Midland, and 15 from the Southern. They indicate, on the whole, that wheat will be a full average and of fine quality, and also that the crops of barley and oats will be satisfac tory, although the results in those cases are less uniform than in that of wheat. In many districts the yield of beans seem likely to be the best ever known. With respect to beet and turnips the ac counts are less encouraging, and potatoes are de scribed from all parts to be extremely had. Two instances, however, are mentioned from Somerset of farms which have been entirely free from the dis ease. In both cases a large quantity of lime was laid on the land before planting. One of Messrs. Travers's correspondents refers to the crop this sea son in Canada. "In a letter," he says, "from my brother in Canada West the harvest there is stated to be extraordinary ; the barns which usually con tain all the produce are already filled, while only half is gathered in." DEATH FROM CJILOROFORY. A most extraordinary and painful circumstance occurred to a patient named Carrell, at the Northampton Infirmary on Wednesday, from the administration of chloroform. Deceased had been lodging in Commercial-street, and went to the infirmary on Saturday with the determination of having a tumour taken out of his back, which had caused him annoyance for several years, and which be had been informed would some day prove fatal if allowed to take its own course. This had been repeatedly pressed upon deceased by his fellow workmen, at Mr. Mulliner's, coach-builder. Under these impressions the poor man went to the infir mary, where he was dieted until Wednesday morning, and then taken to the operating room, for the purpose of having the tumour extracted. 1)r. Gray and Dr. Mash were present, to whom deceased expressed a wish that chloroform might be administered before the operation com menced. Dr. Mash did not think it necessary to use chloroform, and therefore explained to Carrell the nature of the operation, telling him that it would not be very painful nor very dangerous, but deceased still persisted in his wish. Dr. Mash therefore con sulted Dr. Ashdown (as is usual) and requested that gentleman to examine the deceased to ascertain if he was able to bear the effects of chloroform. Dr. Ashdown said there was no danger, and accordingly the house-doctor, Mr. Gray, was instructed to admi nister the anaesthetic, which he did; the chloroform being given on a handkerchief. Tts effects were soon visible upon deceased, who duly became insen sible, without anything unusual being observed, although strictly noticed. On removing him into a proper position for performing the operation it was observed that his countenance was very much changed. The suspicions of the operators were at once aroused, and immediate steps were taken for bringing the man to his senses again, instead of commencing their surgical operation. Water and other restoratives were resorted to, but all to no purpose. Artificial breathing was then tried, but this, too, was unavailing, and after an hour's futile endeavours at restoration, the deceased was re luctantly given up as lost. An inquest was held at the Infirmary, on Thursday, before E. P. Hicks, Esq., county coroner (acting for J. Becke, Esq.), and a respectable jury, on the body.----Mary Carrell was the first to be examined, and said the deceased was her husband. His name was Patrick Carrell, a coach-smith. He was 42 years of ago. He had perceived the tumour about nine years ago, and often talked of having it taken out. It originated through a blow inflicted by a police man at Liverpool, when the deceased was under the influence of drink. He tiad only been in Northampton since March last. (The unfortunate woman was in tears, and appeared deeply affected.) Drs. Gray, Mash, and Ashdown were examined, all of whom stated that they had known patients to inhale double the quantity of chloroform that had been administered to deceased without any dan gerous effects resulting from its use. Every precaution had been used by them in this as in former cases, and it had been administered to hun dreds with perfect success. They could not account_ten for this unusual occurrence, but had no heal:Vets in saying that deceased had died through the of chloroform. A post mortem examination had of been made by Drs. Mash and Gray, presence the medical staff, and it appeared in h that deceasedestu eis brain, had been a man given to drinki m eg u t c h h a c b o it u s dg . u r s e e t d u returned a brain, heart, and lungs were very chloro form ury, without any consultaiioena, ver dict,," That deceased's death was form duly administered. They also begged to state that in their opinion the surgeons were entirely free frrnn blame in the matter,_ as it appeared to ha t , a n them that the proper beencaution hadwhen administering the c hloroform. —Northampton Press. vas DAY'S SiappiNG. DON, Sept. 11.—Wind this d a y at noon—North- Easterly;; fresh breeze, and fine weather. OFF THE WIGHT, Sept. 10— Arrived—Edmund, from New Orleans for Brem en . PLYMOUTH, Sept. 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Ann Warren, from Dordt. LONDONDERRYy, Sept. 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived— North American, screw steamer, from Quebec ; left on the Ist Sept. DEAL, Sept. 1 0—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Adventure, from Sierra Leone. SOTJTHAMPTON, Sept. 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived— Indus, screw steamer, from Alexandria; Oneida, steamer, from the West Indies. BRIDPoRT, Sept. 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Johanna, from Arch.ngel. FALMOUTH, Sept. 10.—Wind E.—Sailed—Mount Sinai, for New Ross. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Wind E, Arrived—Mary Coles, from Port Talbot; Oberon, from Liba ; Halcyon, from Plymouth ; Fellowship, from Sea ham ; Indus, steamer, from Alexandria • Havre, steamer, from Havre; Courier, steamer, from Jersey; Charlotte, from Guernsey ; A. S. Ormsted, from Harsens. Sailed—Oak, for Cork ; Oneida, steamer, for Rio Janeiro; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre ; Georges, for Cherbourg. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind E.N.E. ; fresh and fine. Arrived, Sept. 10—St. Huron, from Pillan ; Amen, fr(.421 Cronstadt ; Novena, from Archangel; Maria, from Nestroi.d. Arrived, Sept. 11—Wilhelmina, from Wismar; M ears, from Hooksil; Catharina, from Worcum; Eagle' from Memel. DEATH OF A PRISONER IN THE CLERKEN WELL HOUSE OF CORRECTION. AN ADJOURNED INQUIRY. Yesterday, Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Mid dlesex, opened an inquiry in the Clerkenwell House of Correction, on the body of Joseph Scott, 22 years ' of age, who was del ained in the above-mentioned prison, on a sentence of a month's hard labour, con sequent on a committal for gambling. Mrs. Rosetta Scutt, of Branch-hill, Hampstead, said-1 am the mother of the deceased. He has been suffering for the last two years under disease of the heart, and has consequently been unable to bring in a penny. I saw him this day (Monday) week, when he told me he had been pretty well attended to in the prison, and made no coin- - plaint against any one. He had been in the prison three weeks and a day, and at the time I sa" him he was in the infirmary. He had a bad cough, and spat blood, and for two years had been ill. not His time of release was u p l as t S a t ur d ay , an d I expected now to h ave h a d h i m at home. He was guilty of the charge f or w hi c h h e was pun i s h e d. fir. William Smith, infirmary deputy-surgeon, said—Th e d eceased entered the prison on the 13th ult., and was admitted t o th e i n fi rmary on t h e 31st ult. Hi s time was on t pneumonia l e previous and s day,welup in u g n Saturday last, hut he di e d He had been suff e rin g f rom of the legs. He had not been put on the wheel. The mother—He had been p ut on the whe e l Witness—He might have been for an hour or two in the morning. The Coroner—Are we to interpret the sentence of hard labour, to servitude on the wheel. Witness—Yes, if of suitable ag e . The mother (to the Conn, r)—H ave you, sir, not seen Some letters? The Coroner—That will be attended to. Witn;;;;itinued—On the 14th ult. the de ceased complained of a pain in the side, and an i n _ quirt' was made as to whether he worked on the wheel, and I believe he did so for an hour before breakfast. The wheel did not work every day. The Coroner—Under what disease was the de ceased suffering? Witness—lnflammation of the lungs and air passages. He had also swelling of the legs. He was allowed, as may be seen by the book, gin, arrowroot, barley water, and sherry. The Coroner (to the mother)—Was your son of intemperate habits ? The mother— No, sir ; very temperate and steady. He took a little gin and water, which was advised by the doctor. Witness—He was getting better under the treat ment, and when I saw him, some days before he died, he appeared to be getting well. However, a relapse came on, and he died. I fully believed he would have been discharged from the prison. At the time of his entry there was no distinct report entered outside as to his being unfit for labour. The mother— Ah, that cell caused his death. Witness--The cell, why it is perfectly dry. The mother—We have had good proof that he was put on the mill. The Coroner—W' by did you not go before a ma gistrate and complain, which you might have done? The mother—l did not know what to d.. A Juryman —Cannot we see the warder who was in charge of the deceased ? The Coroner—You shall see all. Witness continued—The warder is not now in the way. Il e h as gone t o hi s di nner, b ut he shall be instantly sent for. A juryrnan—Whs the deceased put upon tie wheel or not? Witness—lf on the wheel at all, it would . not be m ore t h an ha f-an-hour. A juror—What, after being ill, and reported as such ? Witness—l never knew that the wheel was injurious—it was a matter of exercise. The mother here made use of some explanations respecting the treatment of her son, which the coro ner considered necessary to suppress, informing her that if she made such observations, she would have to leave the room, as they had only to deal with facts. The Coroner (to witness)—'Then this mill torture was exercised for half an hour? Witness—lf excused from the wheel, it would be put down by Mr. Wakefield. The Coroner—You see, gentlemen, in this case no post-mortem examination has been made, the notice referring to the death being such that it was deemed unnece.sary. That, however, must now be done. A Juror—l should like to hear what the warder has to say. The Coroner—We must have more valuable tes timony than that of the warder ; for if he has done anything wrong, were he here, we could not expect him to criminate himself. At this point of the inquiry the Coroner re quested the court to be cleared of strangers, during whose absence letters were read showing the state of the deceased on his entry to the prison, and his innocence of the offence for which be has suffered. After which, it was decided that a post-mortem examination should be made, and three gentle men were named, residing outside the prison, one of whom should perform the same. On the re-opening of the court the announce ment of an adjournment was made. FOREST OF BONDY. About the time, and even since the time, when Bagshot and Hounslow and Wimbledon were unsafe travelling at nights, the Forest of Bondy, at a short three leagues from Paris, was proverbial as the haunt of robbers. The French highwayman of 50 or 100 years ago does not seem to have enjoyed that romantic prestige attached to certain renowned English knights of the road. One does not read of him careering, in gallant attire and mounted on a first-rate " bit of blood," along the crown of the causeway, and, single-handed, by the terror of his name as much as by his means of offence, levying blackmail on a whole coachload of travellers. No picturesque traditions attach to him of ladies losing their hearts at the same time as their purses, or sav ing their jewels on the easy condition of stepping a minuet with him on the high road. His modes' oporandi was different ; he looked to substantial gains rather than to a chivalrous reputation, and bequeathed few materials to the pens of a French Bulwer or Ainsworth, While his English contemporary was the hero of a district and the admiration of the fair, was sung in popular ballads, s and almost pitied when a rope put a period to o _ l a a lventures, he lay in wait at the corner dr f than wood, and thought far more of plunder of generosity or fame. Of the woodsiebrated than quented not one has been more recesses he found that of Bondy. In its dense vicinityr was long or i et 'o d t e h ß is o d n a d y y , e he fre quented and impunity, and avoided by all who had auffheintt to say that you find yourself that you have fallen is equivalent to deelaring n w a t h e o d ibny sort o f c utthroat terror hung g r h t t h o e r oeuxttlearwmsi among thieves. around the place long ts i o ile l e it s i e f . fested it had been . e ndarmes—just as the prosaic justice and theg 19th century is f civilisation of the of the fast sweeping the last vestiges romance A put to at g ance of robbery. away The • heaths and commons over which a Duval, a Turpin, and a Paul Clifford pranced in the days of our anc estors are now secure and cockneyfied, and one would as soon expect to be stopped and robbed in Hyde-park on a summer afternoon as sight in of Hounslow villas and of blue -coated police. And so we learn, without surprise, that Bondy has had its day, and is coming to the auctioneer's hammer and the woodman's axe. It is a Crown land, and is about to be divided (as was lately done with the park of Neuilly) into a vast number of small lots, to be sold to the highest bidder. It is computed that it will make 15,000 to 18,000 lots of the size proposed, and the first of these will be sold in a few days. Some portions of Neuilly park have sold very well, at the rate, I have been informed, of 20,000 f. the acre. The greater distance of Bondy Forest from Paris renders it improbable that it will realise such high prices ; but it seems expected that it will find a ready sale at fair rates. The large timber, of which there is a good deal, will be re ' moved, but the brushwood, I understand, will be left for the purchasers. The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of £1,787; and the South Eastern an in crease of £1,120. There was an active demand yesterday for the 5 per cent, preference stock of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, which rose about 3 per cent., closing at 901 to 91±. THE CORNISH FISHERIES.—At New Quay, Corn wall,on the the the pilchards have made their appearance in great abundance. The fishermen have all _hfr ag ° ismay alert, and a successful season is anticipated. x AcLapptsi.aE:liNeaswPand At ut the drift the seines have not taken many fish as boats have been bringing in from 1,000 to shire, in PARTRIDOR SHOOTING.—In Nottinghamst A week of the sports consequence of the wet weather, the Bret immediate neigh ing campaign has been a failure. In ' orting season has been Y°31;000 per boat. bourhood of Nottingham, the P ° i m possible to shoot in the deferred for a fortnight, it being standing corn. CUlt t „ proceeded to Manchester from SIONISTS FROM MANCHESTER. re ous to been accepted. -Unfortunately his leaving again at five o'clock in o clock Yesterday GAniß Liverpool, and P viersona had offered themselves as ex in the afternoon 47 p ursionists to c th e re is a aeat wan t of funds to e qu i p the party. of silve r ,lead , The discovery: n "tish Columbia, reoed in the American advices of in — n • stated to have yesterday, us , been made on the Lower Frazer d also further River, au in the interior. The silver ore is Alin a l ie ged to contain 5 per cent, of silver, and mines of copper ~ blocks too large for removal,"' and equal to those on Lake Superior, are also described. In succeeding accounts these statements will perhaps dwindle to the point at which it is " doubtful if the lodes will pay for working." tut pot ild ur 8k stock stock stock 10s, stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 100 100 100 all all a S I