The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-22 00:00:00

Er MA PITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The specie movement continues to attract con siderable notice in financial circles. It is in fact the most important feature connected with mone tary affairs that has been exhibited for some time past, and it is likely to influence the general terms of discount accommodation. A re duction of per cent. in the rate fixed by the Bank for the negotiation of the bills of the mercantile community is freely spoken of ; but as money is considered cheap enough already, for all business purposes, it can scarcely be lid that much anxiety is felt upon the subject. Still, the progress of the market is watched with some curiosity by speculators, as well as those en gaged in commercial pursuits. Very little advan tage will be obtained by a further relaxation, for cheap money cannot force trade at the present time—a return of activity being contingent upon the recovery in the foreign and colonial markets, which are being gradually relieved from the excessive stocks of merchandise, occasioned by the reckless shipments before the late crisis. When these are removed, and room is made for fresh sup- plies, then a stimulus will be given to our indus trial enterprise that must gradually bring about a restoration of prosperity throughout the United Kingdom. The movement at present is in its incipiency, but a beneficial influence has already been experienced in the manufacturing districts, where the mills are now extensively worked and the operatives better employed. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday presented a very firm appearance, at former quotations. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. In Railway Shares the business was rather limited, but prices tended upwards. In the Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, there was no material alteration, except in the rate upon Holland, which was rather lower. Yesterday about £65,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England. There is still a very limited demand for accom modation, and the discount firms readily negotiate commercial bills at the current rates, which average about 2 per cent. for first-class bills. Towards the end of the month there will, no doubt, be an in creased number of applications, but the commercial operations having been much curtailed, the pay ments of the 4th will not require a very large amount of capital. The price of gold is now 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris ; and it is also 3-10ths per cent. higher here than in Hamburg. Silver continues quiet, and there is very little buKiness doing. Bars are quoted 51s. per ounce standard. An extraordinary meeting of the Ottoman Bank has just been held for the declaration of a dividend on account, and the presentation of a report from the directors. A. H. Layard, Esq., took the chair. The report alluded to the difficulties incurred by the Bank during the late financial crisis, and its gradual recovery from the effects of that period. There was every expectation that the part which this bank had taken in the New Turkish 6 per Cent. Loan would be highly beneficial to its interests. The balance to the credit of the profit and loss account of the 30th of June, including the balance brought forward, was £12,358 12s. 5d., the exchange being taken at 164 piastres per pound sterling. Looking at the present state of the Bank, and that of the current half-year, the direc tors had no hesitation in recommending a dividend on account of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. Some discussion took place, and the report was adopted. The English Funds have not undergone any material variation, but they are decidedly flatter. This, however, can excite little surprise, consider ing the paucity of business. Consols are about 97 3-16ths s.l6ths for money, and 971„ sellers, for the account. Speculation continues dull, and there is very little demand for investment. The New 23- per Cents. are marked 82 ; India Loan Debentures, 98a 1, being firm ; ditto,2d issue, 98 i; the March Exchequer Bills, 355. to 38s. prem. ; June ditto, 255. • In the Foreign Stock Market business is mode rately active, and prices are quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents. were 96 4 ; ditto New Scrip, f-' dis. ; ditto 4 per Cents., •1041 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 22 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 91 ; ditto Dollar Bonds, 761 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 46'1; "Russian 5 per Cents., 1113 1; and Spanish Passive, 11. The Railway Share Market has been moderately active, but in most of the principal lines there is a tendency towards a decline. Caledonians, Great Northern, Great Western, Brighton, North- Western, and South-Western have each re ceded about .ss. Eastern Counties, and South-Eastcrns have improved about 10s. In the Foreign Market Paris and Lyons declined 55., and Northern of France 10s. The Colonial lines are flat. Grand Trunk of Canada declined about 68.; Great Western of Canada and East Indian 'were at previous rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very dull. Bank . of Australasia have declined ss. ; London Joint Stock ss. ; Atlantic Telegraph Shares have receded to 300 and 320. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 2% per Cent. Annuities India stock Ditto Debentures Ditto ditto, 2d Issue Consols for Acedunt 98' • 981 97j March J line. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid— 35 1 - .L --. Ditto Small, I . ld 35 8 1 25 PR . ICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Peruvian, 41 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Damian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lll4 1 Spanish 3 per Cent — Ditto Passive Turkish, 6 per Cent. , Ditto New Loan Scrip II- d `! Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. • Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per 6t: Ex. 4s. 76} TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 97 3-16 5-16 Ditto Account 97i—sellers. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTZnDAY. Am st erdam Ditto • 3 Months. 11 18 11 19 Rotterdam ll 18 11 19 Antwerp Brussels 25 371 25 42 Ramburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 40 25 4.5 Frankfort on Maine — 119 1191 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 314 3.5 Madrid Cadiz — 49 491 Leghorn — 29 95 30 Genoa — 25 66 25 60 Naples Palermo , --122- 123 Messina — 122 123 Lisbon Oporto' Rio Janeiro New York — E.I. Co's bls. nom bls. 600. Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 24 East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to the Bth inst. Bengal . £1,201 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Madras.. Bombay £1,201 5 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 01 A BON MOT FROM THE CALEDONIAN CANAL.— It gives us pleasure to state that the touring routes in the Highlands are extremely well frequented this season, and that wit and fashion are rife on the great canal. A party Were assembled on the paddle-deck of one of the steamers the other day, among whom were Earl Grey and a distin shed member of the English bar. After enjoying the beauty of the scenery and the pleasures of conversation for some time, the noble earl retreated from the chilly atmo sphere to the cabin, and while going down stairs it was observed by one of the party that a hole had been burned some means or other in the skirt of his lordship's coat. he barrister was asked whether Earl Grey smoked, and replied that he did not think that imbibing the sweets of th e weed was one of his lordship's enjoyments, but was curious to know why . such a question was asked. On being told of the suspicious hole in the coat, that learned gentleman said— Ah I the noble earl has probably sat down on one of his own speeches."—Glasgow Morning Journal LIIARE JL Railways. Arnhem, Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction', Belfast and Ballymena ' Wol., and Sir. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction Blackburn Bluth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do A A rcves. no div Do. B . . - dnteup.c.per an. h a sbeen ;pd. toB. Dublin ft ndpelfast June. Dun.,Perth o k Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Ste* Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(IO.E.UCds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glawzow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Juncton Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of ScotlaLf` Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lrc:e Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New. Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. 20 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at 2510sp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast London & North Westn. Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland • Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. i Shares Nensastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) 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.—Berwich Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles 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. Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854 Do. • do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 IThamesHavenDk&R ail ''ale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class.... Do. 2cl Class ORDINARY SHAITES A Share 12.10 13.14 Stock StOck; Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock , Stock Stock all all 221 7 161 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. !Paid. I Cri°riscelu.g Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.et. Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 41 per cent Do. Quer. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 5. pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Dun. Perthot Aber.J en. E.Ang.l. Class A 7& spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coen. Ex. 5 pet. No.l Do. do. N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. East Lanc. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Glas. West. ga. spc Great Northern, 5 p. et Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm..s pc. pm Gt. N h. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great we:.t. (Bel k 4 ai:d' Hants) Ext. 5 pet. . Do. Redeemable, 41 pet . Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemable, do. . Do. sp. ct. Redeem.PrCf. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock shares Do: do. 5 p. ct. pref Do.llirming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do 3: : do Do.do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brt;.spc.gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et o. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p ; ct. Lon. &S. W," 7 p. ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 3- per cent. Maryport & ('ar., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent... Do. MM. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&liir.6p.ct Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock IDo. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & llit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 10 ." Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Steck,lB46 Stock Do. 54 p. c. l'ref. do. 1847 Stock 1)o. way.V:.:.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock North British, 5 percent Stock Do. New, au& 5 per cent Stock N th.Dev.Rail.& Dck.Co. Stock N-East. irrcd. 4 p.c. Deb. Stock Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. I. 124 Do. do. Quarters,lB46 25 Do. York, 11. &S. I'urch. 20 North Staffordshire Stock Ox. ii r. & Wol. ape. lst g Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua. Stock Do. 4 & p.c. Db. stk.in perp 84 Scottish Central, new pi Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb Stock . Do. 3& per c. pref. stock 110 114 102 105 114 116 112 114 129 131 80 62 69 71 119 121 110 112 104 106 63 65 111 111 all 1100 100 160 100 103 all 91 93 82 84 83 85 96 98 9 94 16 17 9, 10 08 70 18 19 9 Ai 131 14i 139 141 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock Stock Stock 1168 163 12 12 Stock 118 120 65 70 Stock) Stockl Stock , Sock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock StoCk, 25 ) 25 [Stock 139 141 101 103 - _j _ip 02 - Of 111 91 107 109 90 97i dig par 23 24 117 119 98 100 Do.Atierdecit.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. 74 76 122 124 125 128 10 let South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4 3 / 4 percent. South Eastern (Beading Ann., 1 0 6) Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent Do. Fixed 4 3 / 4 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 24 issue ,South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent ,S:-Yorkshire, 4'p.c. Stockt. n and Dar. 5 p.c. Do. 6 per cent ,Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 24 244 100 102 99 101 28 29 32i 331 38 43 Business Done. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. pa ,,,. Leasing Closing llnsiness Railways. l" Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction Colchtster, Stour Val. E.Lincolnsbire.g.fp.c. E Union,HarwichSlis. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool• Dek• &Rail. Ilnll and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. a Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. et Do. 6 per cent Mane.,Buxtn. & Matk sfidsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk 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. a Shares Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shfßoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. flh raw sbry& Hereford South Staffordshire . Wear Valley, g. 6 p.c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn Share Die. Stock Commercial St ock l Do 4 per C ent .Pref. Min Stock East and West India•• • Stock London Stock St. Kat'unine Stock Southampton Stock Victori 20 PQ NOW e • amils.wass4 Ln k N.W Ln & N.W, Caledontn: E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Connts. Caledonin Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&l3r Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N W & L.Yk. ) D 0....... Gt.Norill . . Lan.& Yk T Brassey M'Clcan . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. IL.&Brgtn DOCKS. 98 100 103 105 16 18 14 4 3 145 41 lios in 13 14 237 247 94 96 96 98 i 4p 57 59 1139 141 9 9 % 14 90 92 8 9 'Paid. 100 100 100 1613 41 £3 ls, 174 all all 49 51 94 96 1100 102 5} 6 Paid doming Business Price. Dunks. 100 100 100 100 100 - 100 ff 100 100 - 10! 10 i P too CRIMINAL COURT-(T.11 - 1$ DAT) Share' Railways. Paid. Price : i Closing Business Done. OLD COURT. INQUIRY-•(THIS DAY.) Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes • Bali.&S.Fran:,Lim.7p,c. BelOan East. Junction Demers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. elts Italian Jimction Lake Constance & Yale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 57.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia 5 .1 (Before Mr. Baron Watson and Mr. Justice Hill.) - . - PI ar 24 2 4 3 294 30 FORGING A BILT, OF LADING. Otto Frederick Hoineyer, a foreigner, whose case was postponed from last session, was indicted for forging and uttering a receipt for'goods, viz., a bill, of lading. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Robinson. Mr. Bodkin said the offence With which the prisoner stood charged was one of great importance to commercial men. It was the forging and uttering of documents whfeh purported to be a bill of lading. It appears that the prisoner is a native of Prussia, and had, previous to the commission -- -p 81 81 5 511,1 254 264 Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk I'ref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans 9k 91 39211 21a 1 391 of the offence with which he stood charged, traded with a gentleman named Theidman, 'at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In June last Mr. Theidman received a letter from the pr;- ioncr, telling him he had shipped a cargo of wheat, and had enclosed in that letter 'the bill of lading signed by Captain Kell. The document affirmed that the cargo of wheat had been received on board ship. Mr. Theidman, in consequence of this, communicated with the prisoner, and the result was that the prisoner drew from the Union Bank of London £2,400 upon bills of exchange, solely upon the statement that the bill of lading which Mr. Theidman had received was a genuine document ; it, however, turned out to be a forgery. Captain Kell, who would be called before the jury, would state that ho knew nothing of the matter. - 9 — IO P 3 Id 34f 34f 56 57 i i P Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. 54 per cent. Pref. Southern of-France West Flanders 9 9 23, 7 , 24 5 • 5 9 • 9 25} 26 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref.. Zealand..... Mr. Theidman, examined by Mr. Sleigh, said--I am a merchant, residing at .Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I have cor respondents at Wolgast, in Prussia. I have had business transactions with the ptisoner. About the 12th of June I received a letter from the prisoner. I have not aeon him write. Mr. Sleigh—l will prove the handwriting. Frederick Kell—l am captain of the Arrow. I believe the signature of the letter to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. I have seen him write frequently. The letter was here read ; it asked for credit for a cargo of wheat. Mr. Theidman's examination continued—l answered the letter, and shortly after I received another letter from the prisoner, in which was indorsed a bill of lading. The document purported to be signed by Captain-Kell, affirming that he had received on board his vessel a cargo of wheat from the prisoner consigned to Mr. Theidman. The six bills for £2,400 put into my hand are in the prisoner's handwriting. Theriveris rieepfe'd by the Union Bank of London on my account. Cross-examined—l never asked the prisoner to tell me all about the forgery, as it would:be better for him. lam sure I never did so. In the course of the conversation I had with the prisoner he said he had forged the document, and he was sorry for it. I knew him at one time to be a mer chant of great respectability at Wolgast. _ - Captain Kell—l reside at Wolgast. lam master of the ship Arrow. The prisoner had formerly been part owner of the vessel. Ho had been in the habit of finding a cargo for hor. In the spring I took a cargo of wheat to Scot land for him. I returned to Wolgast and found the prisoner there. I arrived at Wolgast in June and re mained there till July, when the Arrow sailed for Dantzic in ballast. She went on the voyage on my account. The prisoner asked me to 'wait for a cargo for Belgium, but I refused. The bills of lading put into my hands are not in my writing. I gave no directions to sign such bills, and I never had the cargo on board. Cross-examined by Mr. Robinson—l have signed a bill of lading before I received a cargo. Not more than once. I don't know whether the cargo was bought when I signed it. The cargo was put on board and delivered according to the terms of the bill of lading. The prisoner asked me two or three times to wait, before I sailed to Dantzic, for a cargo to Belgium, but I refused. Mr. Cantor said—l am an interpreter. Jones, who ar rested the prisoner, could not speak the German language. I was with him when he took him into custody. When Jarvis told the prisoner he arrested him for forging a bill of lading, prisoner said, lam not the man." He afterwa r d s said he hoped they would not hurt him, as he had a wife and child. He said he had no money, as he had paid his debts with it. Mr. Robinson contended that there had been no proof of forging in this country, and, therefore, the case had failed. Mr. Baron Watson —What with respect to the u tt er i ng ? Mr. Robinson said if it cou ld not bo proved that a docu ment was forged in this country, then there could be no offence committed in uttering it. Mr. Baron Watson —I differ with you entirely. I have no doubt on the subject. I think there is evidence that he uttered the instrument, knowing it to be forged. Mr. Robinson having addressed the jury for theprisoner, Mr. Baron Watson summed up the evidence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(TMs Day.) rnE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1858. The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the stores and clothing depots at Weedon, Wool wich, and the Tower, resumed their investigations this day, in No. 11 Committee Room of the House of Commons. Mr. Selfe, the magistrate of the Thames Police, occupied the chair; the Commissioners present were Mr. Turner, M.P. for Manchester, and Col. French, of the War-office. The first witness examined this morning was Mr. Gilpin, of the firm of Gilpin and Co., Northumber land-street, army contractors. He said—l am the head of the firm. We have been in the habit of taking army oontracts—not army accoutremen is—no greatcoats. We have been contractors under the old and new system. We have had less since the trade was thrown open. We have had some militia clothing but nothing like the orders we received. In the year 1856, finding it was impossible to act honestly to the Government, we gave up the contracts. We should have had to grind the :poor to make the prices pay. In July and September we had three contracts, one of them was for making for the medical staffcorps cloth ing, we wished to furnish the cloth as under the old system but we did not do so. In Oct., 1857, we had a contract of 10,000 yards of drummers' red. It was subjected to in spection. We have had a contract with Government for the clothing of 20 regiments. 'We have supplied the gar ment for five of them at the establishment in Mark-lane. We have had no occasion to call upon manufacturers to take back cloth which the Government had rejected. If the cloth is passed, I consider the responsibility of the manu facturer ceases. I have nothing specially to complain about goods having been returned for trifling faults. I have nothing to complain about delay in getting our bills paid. We have been threatened with fines lately. I have never found that bribery prevailed at Weedon. I have heard it rumoured, but I don't know of my own knowledge. I have no reason to complain. I cannot refer you to anybody who could give information on the point. I have not troubled myself much about machines for testing cloth. Our profits under the new system, are considerably less than under the old, because we get our payments earlier. That is the only thing that has occasioned us any loss. The interest of the money being less, and this causes our receipts to be less. Since the throwing open of the trade the pro fits are less. The public, therefore, get the ad vantage. I think that if the Government kept large stores of clothing it would be highly detrimental. It would get moth-eaten and worthless. I would not like to keep a large stock. Another thing is the patterns might alter. We are never sure of that for a moment. I differ from Captain Gordon, if he says it is advisable to keep up a large store of clothing. I think it very unfair to give the old houses short notices of contracts. I think if lamto be employed in 1859 that I ought to have notice in January. By Mr. Turner—lt is a benefit to manufacturers to have early notice of being required. Wool manufacturers would supply the material at a cheaper rate. If I received due notice I should supply the articles required cheaper—that is, if I received due notice. The Government would reap an advantage also. I have bought Oxford grey, but never under price. I have bought cloth which I afterwards found out had been rejected, as the Governmenr mark was on it. It was about two years ago. I did not buy it of the Go vernment. By Mr. Selfe—There are constantly large sales of Go vernment articles at the Tower. I cannot recollect how much of this rejected cloth was bought. My partner, Mr. Tanner, will be able to furnish the dates and particulars. By Mr. Turner—The rejected cloth was made up for the militia clothing, and for regiments going out suddenly not subject to inspection. Mr. Turner—Do you know the difference of price paid ? Mr. Gilpin—l really don't ;my partner knows more about that than I do. Mr. Selfe—We will keep this subject as distinct as pos sible. We should like to have your partner in attendance, it is necessary that this cloth should be traced. Mr. Gilpin—l will write to him to-night. By Mr. Selfe—l think there ought to be an appeal from the decisions of the inspectors when they condemn goods, because we don't know who the inspectors are, or whether they are good judges of the article. I don't think things ought to be condemned as a whole without appeal. The person for such a post should be a competent judge. It mattered very little whether he was a Govern ment officer or not. I never found a Government inspector incompetent: We have had very little to do with them, but we shall have more this year. By Mr. Turner—l should not like to do business with a large wholesale house on the same terms as Government, if they rejected goods without appeal. By Colonel French—l never under the old system heard of collusion between the colonels when they had the sup plying of their regiments and the clothier. By Mr. Turner—l don't think Government could ever successfully manufacture any article in competition with private individuals. (Laughter.) Mr. Bonneau, of the War-office, examined by Mr. Selfe —We shall be able to get the ledgers ready for the accountants of the commission on Friday. Until the stock of good th, - - - Lat remain on hand is compared with the sums in the books we cannot bring the ledgers to a satisfactory state. Commissary-General Adams has been engaged in this busi neaa for the last twe months. Mr. Turner—You will see that Mr. Jay, our accountant, has proper accommodation during his examination of the books, as he will represent the commission. Witness—Yes. Mr. Hunt, examined by Mr. Selfe—We carry on business as tunnufacturers of army cloth. We have been it the habit of furnishing army cloth to the clothiers under the old sys tem. We have also supplied cloth at Weedon in very large. quantities. We have had no reason to complain of the severity of the • inspection. Our rejections at the commencement of 1856 and 1857, were rather large, but since that time not near so largo There have been cases in which cloth has been !finally rejected, from causes that could not be repaired. I have never been to Weedon ; but one of our clerks has been there. He saw Mr. Elliott about some rejected cloths, some were put in order and sent back. I have no complaint to make of the inspectors. Our con tracts were by tender. We have been fortunate. I think our cloth has always been superior to the patterns. The patterns now in use I believe to be mostly ours. I have no reason to doubt the competency of the inspectors. By Mr. Turner—The only thing we had to do with the cloth when it was sent back was to repress it. I have never seen the inspectors at our own place. I know of a machine for testing cloth. There is no shoddy in the cloth supplied by us to Government. We have those machines on our premises. The two shoddy machines cost us—one £4O and the other M. I don't know of any corruption existing at Weedon. On the part of our house, I deny it altogether. A manufacturer—Mr. Oliver Bird—told me that something of the sort existed, but merely as gossip. Our clerk did not buy the shoddy machine when he visited Weedon. It was bought subsequently. We have bought another machine of Mr Hebden's for folding and weighing cloths. It is a very useful one, and will no doubt come into general use. By Mr. Selfe—We have no cause to complain of our re jections.' iWe have had none of any moment. We have never complained of delay in the inspection of our goods. By Colonel French—We were accepted as contractors by Mr. Howell. After the goods aro passed and we get an intimation from the Accountant-General's-office that the amount will be paid. By Mr. Turner—We don't frequently enter into compe tition with the Yorkshire manufacturers. By Mr. Solfe—Our prices are about the same since open competition, but the quality of the goods is a little lower. Mr. Webb, of Coleman-street, woollen manufacturer, was under examination when the committee adjourned. THE STORE AND Cif; OTHING DEPOTS AT WE EDON. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CREATING A DISTURBANCZ AT AIREATRI3.--Jatle mondS was placed at the bar, charged with creating a dis turbance at the Queen's Theatre, Tottenham-court-road, under the following circumstances : Thomas Smith, a young man, said De was in the pit of the Queen's Theatre on the previous evening, and about 10, while the performances were going on, he saw the prisoner throw an apple on to the stage, which struck Mrs. Cowell, one of the actresses, and threw the whole place into confu sion, the performances in consequence coming to a stop. She seemed to have been drinking, In answer to the charge the prisoner said she did not mean it for Mrs. Cowell, but for some one else. She was not sober at the time. Mr. Boadon said she had no business to be in a state of intoxication in a place of public resort, and thrown an apple on the stage, whether it was intended for Mrs. Cowell or any one else. ASSAULT, AND STEALING A 'VALUABLE CARRIAGE DOG. —Caroline Leach and Margaret Davis were charged, the former with stealing a carriage dog, the property of Capt. Woodgate, and the latter with an assault. From the evidence of Hardwick, — tiekeeper at Messrs. Laurie and Manners', carriage builders, Oxford-street, it ap peared that on the previous day two servants of Captain Woodgate were at the factory putting the horses to the carriage, the dog being with them, when it was suddenly missed, and he having made inqUiries in the neighbourhood and gained access to the next house to that in which the prisoners lived, a brothel, he heard the bark of a dog proceed from the prisoners' house. He then went for a constable, and, on demanding the dog from the prisoner Leach, she refused to give it up, and the prisoner Davis made an attack on Hardwick, kicking him violently in a delicate part. The defence of the prisoner, through Mr. E. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, was that the dog had strayed into the prisoner (Leach's) home, and that Leach refused to give it up to any one but the right owner ; and not being satisfied that they had any right to it, she resisted its being taken away, but had no intention of stealing it ; and as to the assault, that was only done in Davis protecting her mistress, the witness Hardwick having struck her. Hardwick denied he had struck the female. Mr. Beadon said he should discharge Leach, but should commit Davis for a month. A good deal of merriment was created by the witness, in the course of his evidence, stating that he had been told that the dog—a large handsome carriage dog—had been conveyed into the house under the female's petticoat, THAMES. A HORSE-DEALING TRICE. —Mr. Joseph Smith, solici tor, applied to Mr. Yardley for a summons against a person na med Day for defrauding Mr. Salveson, a tradesman, under the following curious eirettnpst a n e ea ' Mr. Smith stated that his Client, Mr. Salveson, had a pony to dispose of, and he agreed with a man named Day to exchange it for a horse, which appeared perfectly sound and free from blemish. On the following morning, when the horse was groomed and washed, it was found to be covered with sores, which had been ingeni ous l y pa i nted over and concealed before the horse came into the possession of Mr. Salveson. liis client attempted :to work the horse, and a constable stationed on the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, threatened to min _ mon him to the police court if he did so, and the animal was driven to its stable. Mr. Salvoson was now in possession of a worthless horse, covered with sores, and Day had obtained a valuable pony. Mr. Yardley—This is an attempt to make this court a tribunal to try a horse cause. Mr. Smith—With due submission to the Court, sir, I mean to say it is a kind of fraud to paint over the sores of a horse and pass it off as a sound one. xcb.ange. I thi n k County Court, or into on e pin Yardley—Yes, but there was an o you must take the case into the of the superior courts at Westminster. If you make out the sores of the horse were painted to conceal them, you will no doubt recover damages. I decline to gra n t a sum mons. Funtous DRIVING.—James and Elizabeth Norman, man and wife, each about 30 years of age, wore brought before Mr. Yardley charged with being drunk and disorderly and furiously driving a horse arid cart in High-street, White chapel. Police-constable 122 H, stated that last night he saw the prisoners with a horse and cart—the man had hold of the reins, and the woman was flogging the horse with a whip. They drove along the crowded street in a most reckless manner. The prisoners were both drunk and incapable of managing the horse they were driving. Re took them into custody, and they made a good deal of noise. The male prisoner said he was very sorry, indeed, that he had been guilty of drunkenness, and was still more sorry that his wife was in the same position as himself. They met a few friends yesterday and took a drop too much. Mr. Yardley—l would have allowed you both to depart if you had not presumed to drive a horse and cart while you were drunk. The woman, your wife, appears to be thoroughly ashamed of herself, and I do not wonder at it. She may go, but I shall fine you, the husband, 58, for beinr, dnuik and disorderly SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY, CESAILEWITCII STAKES. 100 to 8 agst Prioress (taken) 15 to 1 agst Roman Candle (offered) 16 to 1 agst Rocket (taken) 18 to 1 agst Underhand (taken) 20 to 1 agst Warlock (taken) 20 to 1 agst Happy Land (taken) 20 to 1 agat English Rose (taken) 2.5 to 1 agst Grand Secret (taken) 2.5 to 1 agst Fadladeen (taken) 30 to 1 agat Poodle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Queen Bess (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 10 to lon the field (offered) 100 to 21 agst Ignoramus (taken) NEWMARKET FIRST The Eastern Counties Railws OCTOBER MEETING. ty Handicap. T.Y.C. 61 sube. Age st lb Theodora 5 9 7 Stork 5 9 0 Malacca Glenmasson New Brighton - _ Age st lb Yeller Gal 3 7 0 Schismatic 3 7 0 Simpleton Go-a-head 3 6 13 Gin 3 6 13 Grand Secret 3 6 12 Grand Duchess 3 6 12 The Peer Babylon 4 6 10 Folly Johnson Maggie Lauder 3 6 8 Gourd 3 6 7 Lilydale 3 6 6 Colt by Collingwood, • out of Sneer Soothsayer 3 6 5 Excelsior Lord Berkeley Yorkshireman Frederick Dumfries ' 3 6 0 Mimosa Dejanim 3 5 12 Freemason 3 5 12 Melibceus Beacon sclay, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. Peter Fla 5 8 5 Sweet William Loyola Mentmore The Poacher a 8 0 Sly Fellow 5 7 13 Supple Jack Hesperithusa 3 7 9 King of Sardinia The Farmer's Son 3 7 7 Physician Star of the East 3 7 6 Abron 3 7 6 Lord of Lorn 3 7 6 Antinous Polly Peachum 3 7 4 Orchehill Orianda Tricolor My Niece Thornhill Weights published Tue. BOTTLE FOUND IN LEITH ROADS.—On Sunday afternoon a bottle, corked and sealed down, was discovered floating in Leith Roads, off the W es t Pi er . When opened it was found to contain the following note, written with a black lead pencil on a slip of paper, which had evidently-been torn out of a pocket-book :—« The brig Robert Gunn, of. New castle, sprung a leak o u t o f s i g ht o f l an d; N o h o p e s. Don't know where we are. A ugus t 16,1868, Pl ease take thi s t o the nearest newspaper office." !HS DAY). .ND STOCKS, Closing I Business Price. Done. 61 61 7} 7 .65 67 11 12 31 33 90 92 851 851 34 36 4 5 43 7; 16 17' 61 62 46 48 31 33 90 92 64 61, 261 27! 90 92 10 16 101 i 1021 82 83 127 129 102 103 501 51 54 56 86 89 11 1. 4 4 p 914 941 114 124 p 1 Old }d ii 61 109 i 101 90 901 14 d 91 95 341 351 - -d 96 97 C 8 70 9 11 82 01 3 1 3 d 5.51 561 92, 931 46 47 d. 73, 74} [OO 102 si 5 d 8 9 7 4 8 1 27 29 113 115 27 28 82 83 44 46 3 2 d' 34 35 71 72 754 76.} 13 14 7 5d 9 11 35 364 102 2 103 0 1 604 3 34 6 1 61 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. lAtlanticA St Lawrence Leased at f per cent.. Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lndj tru. 5 percent Do Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant&G odrich 6 p. et. Ms. .1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn:LiM. Cape,E a stn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.e. Demerara • Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares E::t all A f) l , par i p par . 1 r) par * p 6i 74 13 120 83 88 78 82 75 80 Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel. gua.sp. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. G t. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New, gua.s per cent. Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.--Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New I IIP Do. Bonds pay. '76,witl opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O par ip 106} 1m Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 44 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.FiLand(Lim.),l.6pc Class ACapitl.Share.. Do. do. Land do. . Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land d 0... Nortbof India Tramroad i*p~ Limited. Scrip Oude (Limited) , Scinde Do. Do. New d Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. ac °' St. Andrews & Quebec A ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip Railways. I Paid. Closing Business rnee. Done. MIN: I Paid. 2.11.10 17s 11.14 81 .11 18s 6d 7.9.4 nil. Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack: British Iron Condurrow (Camborne). Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) East Bassett (Illogan). Great South Tolgus G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(lIeltdon) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) Par Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) Sortrid , ze Cons. Min. Co. Southearadon (St. Cleer) South C. Brea (Mogan). S. 'Wheal Fran. (Illogan), Tamar Silver and Lead! Minim Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Cann.) West Basset (illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskeard). Wheal Basset (Mogan). ♦V heal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cats.).. neal My (U. Lelant) W '1 Ma ryA nn (Menhe) Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.)i 17 18 37 34 73 7 10 bd 21i 211 par }R I 171 181 2i 2d, 'lO5 108 105 108 101 100 99 100 18 19l zol P, 2 4 3d ~ #P. p s par . 1 ; Ipar p par ip Closing 1 Business Price. Done. 9 10 50 21. 6O 455 465 85 90 14 15 4 41 21 2 6 7 9 10 4 5 164 174 1 If l 400 410 1 q i 190 200 3 1 3 1 70 90 1 214 221 90 100 175 190 'lBO 200 3 9 3 1 41 43 23 li P 11 36 38 11 13 4 4 -91 T SECURITIES. Closing Business Prices. Done. 115! f 115 116 113 115 113 115 1091 1101 99 1091 noi aNKs. 113 114 100,1 I icri i Closing I Business Share) Joint-Stock Banks. IPaid. re m. Done. 100 Agra&UnitcdServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all 91 93 914 25 Bank of Egypt all 234 24xd 100 Bunk of London 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 50 British North American all 57 59 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 34 2:d 100 City 5O 100 Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100' Commercial of London 2O 20 21 20 Eng., Scot., Aus. Ch 'all 164 17 xd 20 Gen. 8k..0f Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.lik.ofAustral. all 20 21 50 London and County 20 27 2 271 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 454 4 6 4 4C 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank b 25 20 New South Waleff 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 37 38 20 Ottoman Bank all: 184 19 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 - Do. New all • -- 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 55 56 25 Do. New 2O 49 51 50 Union of London lO 24 25 100 Unity Mutual 55 • - 100 Western Bk of London 50 19 17 d MISCELLANEOUS. Share) Miscellaneous.: Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . 1 Berlin Water Works I lDo New, issued at £5 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag. Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1802 Do. C Canada Chan . Islands Tel.(Lim ) Cop. Min . ofEng. smitg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop. St.( e. Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. Europ. &Am. Stm.(Lim.) GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim.) Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg hied. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p. c. Pref. ,iss. at 1 di s N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N. B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Do New Rh Iron Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Serip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Nan Ldeunira Laud IP _ Pald'l Closing Business dale Price. 13 14-4 300 3.50 34 36 1 1+ 4 :4 14 VO 300 41 43 19 21 13 15 ,117 120 24 28 25 27 11 1 41 2 2 109 112 1 2 24 3 11 1 2 1 d 2f f 71 71 1 Of d, 1 2 1/ 1i 15 18 1 821 's 88pa r 3 4 8 9 p 2t P 6 7 60 62 11 11 38_ 40 i 1.1 --_ 10 12 Share 1091 i 10 90 1 94 i 4 NI 1001 100 100 171 20 Stock Sto. Stool: 100 100 2 201 100 1 100 100 100 Stock Share! 30 5 28.2.81, Share Stock Steckl all all 100 190 all. 18.18.91 12s 64 1.7.2 5 i FOREIGN MIN: Australian Bon AenrdCopper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (is. at fa p.) Do.St.Johndelliey,Lim. Do. Land and 3liningCo. Clarendon Consols Min-' I inn Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMEN' Securities. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.3lr. & Sep. N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. Nova ScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&Julyi JOINT-STOCK B. Paid. 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all all Ma. all all all all 6 All all sii 104 1 t 101 74 34 74 84 Isl 11 THE LATE 'EENWICFL ADJOURNED INQUEST.-FURTHER SUS PICOUS DISCLOSURES. __ Yesterlay afternoon at three o'clock, Mr. C. J. I Carttar, coroner for West Kent, resumed the inquiry at the Globe Tavern, Greenwich, relative 'to the fatal fire which took place on the premises of Mr. Roper, corn-chandler, Royal-hill, Greenwich, on the morning of the 12th inst. In consequence of the suspicious circumstances which have transpired as to the origin of the fire, the utmost excitement pre vails on the subject, and the room was densely crowded with respectable inhabitants of the locality. Mr. Ingle, solicitor, of Hibernia Chambers, Lon don-bridge, attended to watch the case on the part of Mr. Roper, and requested permission to cross examine the witnesses. The Coroner—You arc perfectly aware that this is a court of inquiry only ; it is not a court of accu sation, and does not become so until a verdict is given accusing some person. At present no person is directly accused. I shall proceed in the usual course to examine evidence as to the origin of the catastrophe, but I shall offer no impediment to a full investigation. The following witnesses were then examined : Richard Pidder, an engineer in the service of the Phoenix Gas Company, deposed he examined Mr. Roper's premises after the fire, and found that the main tap which supplied the house with gas was turned on full. The handle of the tap had been taken off and was found amongst the ruins. A Juryman—Mr. Roper distinctly stated in his evidence that he turned the gas three-pares off be fore he went to bed. Mrs. Cowell, Church-street, Deptford, was exa mined, and admitted receiving at her house numer ous articles—comprising china, lamps, books, &c.— the property of Mr. Roper. Police-inspector Geo. Wilson, R division, pro duced a list of these articles, which he had found at the house of the last witness. The property was placed in a room for his inspection. At 12 o'clock on the previous night witness went to the house of Mrs. Cook to make inquiries respecting a writing desk belonging to her brother, Mr. Roper, and which had been sent from his premises on the Sa turday before the fire. Mrs. Cook strongly denied having received the desk, but on being pressed ad mitted that she had done so, and had given the desk to her next door neighbour to take care of. Witness aroused the person referred to, who was in bed, and obtained possession of the desk. A young man, named John Abbott, residing in the house of Mrs. Cowell, was examined at some length, and evidently evaded many direct questions. He admitted he had, at the request of Mr. Roper, re moved three papier mache trays from Mr. R oper ' s house to Deptf or d two days previousto the fire. He was present at Mr. Cowell's house on the Monday following the fire, when the claim upon the Kent Fire Insurance Company was made out. A letter had been received from Mr. George Allwright, of Lewisham-road, offering to make out the claim, and this was done in the presence of witness and Mr Roper, who observed to Mr. Allwright that when he insured the property an inventory was made out. By the Coroner—l knew that items were entered on the claim for property consisting of articles of furniture which had been removed from Mr. Roper's premises, and were at that time in Mrs. Cowell's house. I was a novice at these things, and did not know that it was wrong. Mr. George Allwright, appraiser, of Lewisham road, Greenwich, proved making out a claim for Mr. Roper upon the Kent Fire Insurance Company. He entered the various items of furniture, &c., at the dictation of Mr. Roper, who was assisted by the witness Abbott. A copy of the claim was here produced, and the amount of loss was laid at 483—the insurance of stock-in-trade, fixtures, and furniture having been effected at Christmas last for £3OO. Eliza Cowell, sister to Mrs. Roper, deposed she visited Mr. Roper's house on the Saturday night previous to the fire in company with Mr. Abbott. OIL leaving they took nothing away with them. The Coroner—Why, Abbott told the jury that on leaving the house he took three trays with him. Witness—He must have been mistaken. Knew Mr. Roper's female servant. On the evening of the Saturday previous to the fire she brought a writing desk to my mother's house. On the Wednesday and Thursday previous Mr. R oper's shopboy brought two boxes filled with china. Two moderator lamps and other articles were also brought from Mr. Roper's house. All these articles were placed in the front room last night for the inspector of police to take an inventory. By Mr. Ingle—l have heard my brother-in-law (Mr. Roger) say that he had let his business, and had received a deposit, and he wished my mother to take care of a portion of his furniture, which he was afraid might be broken by moving. After the examination of other evidence of a cor roborative nature, Mr. Ingle said he proposed to call Mr. Roper, who was able to explain the matter. The Coroner—l must repeat that no person is at present ac-•u ed. I shall not object to the exami nation of Mr. Roper. Mr. Ingle—lt is true that no person is accused at present. But we know what the effect of this inquiry is. We cannot avoid reading this evidence in the public papers. Mr. Richard Roper was then examined by Mr. Ingle, and deposed—He had instructed Mr. Sains bury, a house agent in London, to dispose of his business, which had been advertised without suc cess. On the Tuesday previous to the fire a man, who had the appearance of a farm bailiff, called and inspected the premises, and witness asked £l5O for the good-will and fixtures. Ultimately a bargain was struck for £l3O, and it was agreed that the man should take possession of the premises on Tuesday, the 14th inst., which was the Tuesday following the fire. No written agreement was made, but witness asked the man for a deposit, and he replied that he was in London on business when he heard that the shop was to be disposed of, and thought he would go down and inspect it. The man then gave witness two sovereigns as an assur ance of good faith, and said that he would come and pay the remainder on Monday or Tuesday. He did not give witness his name or address. The Coroner—And when you received the two sovereigns did you not give him a receipt ? Do you mean to say that you did not ascertain his name at all ? Witness—l did not, as I did not look upon the two sovereigns as a deposit. The witness was then examined relative to making out his claim on the insurance company, and stated that he gave Mr. Allwright a list of the articles which were entered in the inventory when the furniture was insured. He admitted removing a quantity of furniture a few days before the fire. Mr. Ingle applied for an adjournment of the case, as he had several witnesses to call who would mate rially alter its present aspect. The inquest was adjourned at a late hour. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Sept. 22.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; light breeze and cloudy. FALMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Asia, from Pernambuco. SHOREHAM, Sept. 21.—Wind E.—Arrived—Maria, from Quebec. CARDmr, Sept. 21.—Wind E.—Sailed—Hinkley, for St. Thomas ; Therese, for Port de Galle ; Empire, for Gib raltar. QuEENSTOWN, Sept. 20.—Wind Lavinia, from Quebec for Waterford. PORTSMOUTH ' Sept. 21.—Wind S.S.E.—Sailed—Lady Jocelyn (a), for Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind E.—Arrived—City of the Sultan, from Buenos Ayres ; Clouted, from London for New Zealand ; Heatherbell, from London, and sailed for Melbourne ' • Nimroud, from London for Melbour ne . SWANSEA, Sept. 21.—Wind N.E.—Sailed.—Simena, for Caldera. SUNDERLAND, Sept. 21.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived Wild Irish Girl, from Quebec. LAMLASI{, Sept. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Gi ant ' s Cause way, for Melbourne. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed— Indus (s), for Alexandria. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTITAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.E.- heavy rains d ur i n g th e n i g ht, w i t h a little thunder and lightening. Arrived—Argo, steamer, from Havre; L'Etoile, from Carentan. Sailed—llammonia, steamer, for New York ; Camden, for Port Talbot. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E.S.E. Arrived, Sept. 21—Patience, from Manzanilla ; Ves per, from Marseilles. Sailed, Sept. 20—Cairo, screw steamer, for Alexandria; Warner, for Kiel ; Idea, for Bordeaux. (Br SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind E.; tide 11 hours' flood; weather fi ne . Arrived, Sept. 21—Rose, from Bruges; Halfdear, from Archangel. Arrived, Sept. 22—Stag, from Bruges; Schofield, from Dantzic. Sailed, Sept. 22—Lord J. Russell, for Dunkirk ; Ade laide, for Adelaide. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.E., fresh and fine. Passed, Sept. 21—Rosa D'ltalia, from Hartlepool for Genoa. Anehored—Prineess Royal, from Rio,Grande, for Hull. John's ' • Stirlingshire for Trinidad ; Palestine, for New York; Icathmine, fo:-Ferel—all. from - London; - Osborne House, from Hartlepool, for Men; Equator, from London, fig Wellington, Now.Zoaland. BRITISH ASSOCIATIO2I: LEEDS, MONDAY AFTERNOON. As has been already announced, the 28th annual meeting of the British Association for the Advance ment of Science will be held in Leeds this week. The first general meeting will be held on Wednes day evening, when the opening address will be de livered by Professor Owen. The sectional meetings will commence on the following (Thursday) mornin. The whole of the sectional meetings will be held in different apartments of the Town-hall, the general and aggregate meetings being held in the large hall of that building. From the names of the distin guished parties who have promised to attend, and the authors and subjects of the chief papers to be read, there is every reason to believe that the anni versary will be a very successful one. The first list of arrivals will not be published till Thursday morn ing ; but besides Professor Owen, the president elect, the following have promised to attend :—Sir David Brewster, Professor Faraday, Sir Roderick Murchison, Dr. Whewell, Professor Wheatstone, Professor Airy, Sir Wm. Hamilton, Sir B. Brodie, Robert Stephenson, M.P., Gen. Chesney, Mr. Hop kins, Mr. Darwin, Gen. Sabine, Professor Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. W. Fairbairn. Mr. James Nasmyth, Rev. W. V. Harcourt, Sir William Jar dine, Professor Baden Powell, Professor Volcker,. Dr. Alison, Rev. Dr. Booth, Dr. Lloyd, Earl Brown= low, the Earl of Carlisle, Earl Enniskillen, Lord Monteagle, Lord Goderich, Lord Wrottesley, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, Mr. Robert Chambers, Dr. Lan kester, 111 r. W. Lassell, Mr. Baines, M.P., Mr. R. M. Milnes M.P., Colonel Sykes, M.P., M r. J. G. Marshall, Mr. Sopwith, Mr. Newmarch, Professor Cairnes, Dr. Hamel, member of the Imperial Aca demy of Science, St. Petersburg, Rev. Dr. Hook, Mr. W. Beckett, Mr. H. M. Ineram. Professor Phillips, assistant-general secretary, and the Le e d s Local ommittee, with a numerous staff, are now busy in the Town-hall making the arrangements for this great gathering of sarans as complete as possible. The Leeds Mercury of yesterday says : " The communications to the various sections, of which a large number have already been announced, embrace not only the most recent points of research which are interesting to philosophers, but also sub jects of universal interest and of the greatest prac tical importance. We trust none will suppose that only abstruse papers, unintelligible to the general mind, are brought before the sections. No doubt a large number of the communications presented will deal with difficult problems in abstract science, but a large proportion of the papers, especially in some of the sections, will be such as cannot fail to be deeply interesting to every intelligent man or woman. It is right, too, that we should recognise the value of the more abstruse researches, which, though at first they may seem not to connect them selves with any practical result, so often lead to the most important applications. Who would have thought that when Oersted, by a very simple appa ratus, exhibited the true relation between elec tricity and magnetism, his little bit of copper wire over a small compass box would one day be magni fied into the Transatlantic Telegraph ? Or, again, who could have foreseen that the discovery of the fact that muriate of silver is blackened by exposure to light would lead to all the marvels of photo graphy and the stereoeope ? Among the commu nications already promised we may direct attention in a paper by Sir David Brewster, entitled Addi tional Contributions on the Structure and Func tions of the Eye,' as an example of curious re search. Of more general interest —indeed, of interest to be Professor B. Powell's Re port on Fallinr , Stars and Meteors ;' a n d M r . 'Whitehouse's ' Notes on the Atlantic Telegraph.' " In the Chemical Section an account is expected from the Rev. W. V. Harcourt of some new kind, of glass for optical purposes ; and from Dr. Edward Smith a communication on the quantity of carbonic acid gas in the air ; while our townsman, Mr. Huggon, will present a ' Report on the alkaline waters of Leeds' "In the Geological Department, Principal Daw son (of Canada) will bring forward some ' New observations on vegetable structures found in coal e and Mr. Clifton Sorby (of Sheffield), some examples of his ingenious researches into the minute structure of rocks and minerals. Mr. Bailey will have a paper On the Fossil Ferns of the Carboniferous Series,' and there will be various communications on the position of the ironstones in the Yorkshire and other coal fields. "In the Natural History Section, Sir John Richardson will offer some observations On the Fishes of the Lake District ;' Mr. Alder and . the Rev. Thomas Hincks, 8.A., will make contributions to the history of the beautiful tribe of zoophytes ; and several reports on the results of dredging for the discovery of new animals, will be presented by some of the zealous Irish naturalists. We may also specify a paper by Tegelmeier ' On the For mation of the Cells of Bees. " The Physiological sub-section will no doubt be strongly supported by the medical profession, which numbers so many eminent members in Leeds. " In the section of Ethnology and Geography a large amount of generally intere s ting ma tt er ma y be expected, and we may direct special attention to the opening address of its president, Sir Roderick Murchison, which will probably be a popular in troduction to the business of the section. " In the section of Statistics and Social Science reports on some of the trades of Leeds will be brought forward, and many important social ques tions will be discussed. The president, Mr. E. Baines, will present a report on the woollen trade of this town. _ " For the Mechanical Section—in which Leeds may be supposes to be peculiarly interested—com munications have been promised by Mr. Crosskill, On machinery for reaping corn ; ' by Mr. T. W. Leather, 'On the flow of water in some of _ our Yorkshire rivers and streams ;' and by 3lr. Whit worth, 'On recent improvements in railway signals.' Mr. J. Kitson, jun., will also report from statistics, &c., of the iron trade. " We give the foregoing as a sample, to show the rich variety of interest which the sectional business will offer. 6 THIS DAY YS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to-day were very limited, but, several of Monday's unsold samples were on offer. Although the supply was very moderate, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in value. In foreign wheat, the show of which was on the increase, so little was doing that the quotations were almost nominal. In floating cargoes of grain very little was passing. Fine barley and malt sold steadily, other kind's slowly, at late rates. Owing to an immense influx of foreign oats, 72,390 qrs, the oat trade was heavy, and prices Faye way 6cl per quarter. Beans and peas were a slow tuqt , try, but not cheaper. The flour trade was dull, at barely Monday's currency. ARRITALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour Engl , Ai B5O 410 870 230 620 Irish - -- 1,630 1 1 Foreigo. 6,090 his. WHITECHAPEL. Our market is fairly supplied with each kind of meat, wli 4 ch moves off slowly, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3* 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s Od to 4s id per ?lb. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of new hops is extensive, and a fair average business is doing at from 60s to 100 s per cwt. Yearling and old hops rule nominal. Duty, £270,000. - - News reaches Gibraltar now in two days from England, by means of the electric telegraph through France and Spain. VISIT OF LADY HAVELOCK TO LIVERPOOL. — Yesterday Lady Havelock, accompanied by her two daugh ters, and the brother of the late general, visited Liverpool, but as they travelled ineog. their presence was not publicly known. Her ladyship, who was attired in deep mourning, is of tall stature, and her daughters very much resemble the prints of their lamented and gallant father. Lady Havelock appeared to be much browned by the sun, owing,- no doubt, to her residence in the East, and her late sojourn in Germany, where she was travelling , when th e d eat h o f her husband reached England. THE FOE OF THE TELEGRAPH.--The renowned " Irish Patriot," John Mitchell, who panted so ardently for " a Southern plantation of fat negroes," in his Southern Citizen, calls the Atlantic ca bl e t h e "- thrim-accursed tele graph," and says, "to us the most exhilarating circum stance connected with th e great event of the age, is, that it can easily be rui ne d . " N o doubt it is a great terror .to rogues. But as John will not be likely to flee to Great Britain when he wishes a second escape from justice, wo do not see why he should entertain such a bitter hatred for the telegraph.—Detroit Daily Adrertiser HAVELOCK AND lIIS SOLDIERS.—" After the battle of Buiserat Gunge, our General passed down the narrow street, thronged with wearied soldiers. They, on observing him, cried out . :—' Clear the way for the Gene ral !' To this ho instantly made answer You have done that well already.' Never was compliiiient more happily timed, or more warmly appreciated they were literally transported with delight, .prazze, be i the soldier's coveted reward and best stimulant. Despite . his reserved mannir, no man is more capable Of conciliating, I had almost said compelling, regard than Gen: Havelock." —Major North's Journal of an English Opel. in India. DOG SHOT BY A CHILD.—A few days since the children of N. Morris, Esq., of Warrens Gill, Edenb r id ge, and those of Dr. Morris, who is now staying at the resi dence of his relative, were walking in the Bounds, accom panied by three servants, when they met one of the game keepers, named Dench. The keeper sat down, and laid his gun behind him, when one of the children took it up, un perceived, and tired it otf at a pointer dog, killing the animal on the spot. 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