The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

MlT___ - - i tNG TILE to increase e third Weel`, in the third mrdav, th e p week cov l temperatur:l ;5.5 deg. , 11ff effecte d, ended Ila n , a week. , .e number o' th last Week ast week pc :Teased they' ce after it a correctia ss of deaths? 1 severityl , its prinell° liseases, and other s , ,ht hisis an d • weeks sig; se referre d tnd 211; ° sthma, 9, Lisis is mor e reas till 1 0 166. Fic e . oldest Ni 9 st week, of r 15years,° he sub-d l s; very she' which W 0 768 girls, is iondon. us 18484 the meol l . is 29.535 111 ' i 9.27 in.! e week We' Sage of th e .ed by 311. ' are wai be' and O t ll !oldest, th e r 13.1 deg' of th e SunclA7 point 04 was ther e ' ras 9.3 deg' Dint temP e ' The 10 11 The niev , was 4 1 .." a e air. Til e , when 1 " dew on s r the pr: 31b. on the i'NCES. of the elf; Engla .o October. he Scotch age circu s ks enth y their re: ;illation a with IV _.,----' Decr'se' I---- __----- 24th ef t crease 0 and a de - L i n o•dora' , s Of th e tattoo :"'" 5505, 981 292,7 63 (,188, 74° C 9 75, 1 2 81 £336, 36 of Vl'g t , the 20t " )2,7 16 o f o Tease st Yea by t he the 23a 322, 87 ? 455,7 0- ,778, 640 previous ed with M NE I' • MAR AND CITY NEWS, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The inquiry for discount accommodation is very quiet, notwithstanding the low rates at which ac commodation can be obtained, and at the Bank of England few applicatioes are received, because first class paper oan be negotiated 4 to a- per cent. lower in the open market than at the national establish ment. In a few days, however, the demand may be stimulated, by the liquidation of the speculative accounts in foreign stocks and railway shares, as well as the preparations for the commercial en gagements of the 4th of the 'month ; but it is presumed that the effect will not be import. ant or permanent, the available supplies of capi tal being so largely in excess of the current requirements of trade or speculation. There is some probability of an extensive absorption for foreign loans, one or two having already been announced, while others are in course of arrange• ment, and, as they are likely to be supported, the drain which commenced with the Turkish Loan may be continued during the next few months. At present, however, tha contemplated projects arc not sufficient numerous to , justify the impression that the exportation of the precious metals for these purposes will direct the whole of the consignments likely to arrive from Australia and other sources. Although occasional fluctua tions may ensue, it is therefore imagined that the stock of bullion will be maintained at a high point for some time to come, and an impression also pre vails that money will continue at easy rates, until renewed activity is experienced in all departments of business. The silver market continues very quiet, but the decline in the China Exchanges, which is equal to about 2 per cen t at Shanghai, and 1 per cent at Hong Kong, wild, it is imagined, lead to increased remittances. The dollars by the last West India steamer have been sold at ss. Id. per ounce4and the bars at ss. 11d. per ounce standard. In the foreig: n exchanges yesterday, there was, in most instanet !s, a slight improvement ; Vienna and Trieste, ho` vever, were rather low. The Liverpoc , l Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and p rices were unaltered. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. In the Railway Share market vi !ry little business was transacted, and quotations s lightly receded. The India and . China mails reached Malta on the 23d inst., and ark expected on Monday morning. At the extraordinary meeting of the Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway Company, to-day, a resolution was pussed for reducing the capital to £250,000, the at nount upon which the Indian authorities has a! greed to guarantee 5 per cent. interest. The official returns relating to trade and navi gation for the tei t months ending Oct. 31, 1858, have just been put ►fished. From them it appears that the total decla - red value of the exports from the United Kingd om for the ten months was £96,579,126, again st £106,721,381 in the like period of 1857, sho'' ring a decrease of £10,142,155. The decrease is perceptible in coals and culm, china, earthenware, haberdashery and millinery, hardwares and cutlery, linen manufactures, iron, lead, salt, silk manufactures, thrown silk, soap, British spirits : , refined sugar, sheep and lamb's wool, and woollen tlnd worsted manufactures, but there is an increase in beer and ale, cotton manu factures and cotton yarn. The importation of the principal articles were large as regards brimstone, cocoa, coffee, wheat, oats, Indian corn, flour, raw cotton, fruit, hemp, spices, rum, sugar, tea, and tobacco, but they were s mailer in live animals, barley, provisions, saltpetre, ra►w silk, tallow, timber, wine, and sheep and lamb's wool. The shipping accounts show a slight increase in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign trade of the United Kb igdom for the entries in wards, but there is a decrease in the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade the tonnage em ployed has been rather less, for both the entrances inwards and the clearances outwards, compared with that of the same per' , .od of 1857. A heavy tone pervades the market for English Securities, in consequence of the decline in the Eastern exchanges and the introduction of new loans. Sales have been made to a small extent, but the transactions arc unimportant, and there is consequently very little fluctuation. Consols are about 984- 1 for money, and 981 for the 7th proximo. Purchases for invest ent are still conducted on an exceedingly limited stale. Bank Stock is marked 224+ ; the New Threes • and the Reduced,, 961 97 ; the New 21 per Cent. An nuities, 821 ; the June Exchequer Bills, 31s. to 345. prem. ; and the Bonds are steady at 1001. India Stock has been dealt in at 227 ; and ditto Bonds at 1 ls. to 14s. p rem. The transactions recorded in the Foreign Stock Market are limited, and prices in some instances exhibit a slig ht decline. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 92/ 2; ditto ;Scrip, Ist issue, d to -} dis. ; ditto, 2d issue, 2 4 prem., being heavy ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. are 10,3 ; ditto 4 7 2 - per Cents. (1858), 97-Z- 98 ; Equador New Consolidated, 161 17; Mexican, 201 . ; Belgian 41 per Cents., 100 i ; Austrian 5 per Cents., 84; and Peruvian 3 per Cents., 741. Business in, the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, and prices are flat, most of the princ.pal line 3 showing a decline of about / per cent. Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, Midland, and North British, have each declined about ss. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. ; and South Eastern, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial Lines have been in very limited request. Great Western of Canada have improved 55., and East Indian ss. ; Geelong, and Melbourne have declined ss. Joint Stock Bank Shares have been dealt in to a limited extent, and prices are rather firmer. City Bank have improved los. ; London and West minster, Os. In the Miscellaneous Market Canada land de clined about £2 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 155., and Royal Mail Steam have improved about ss. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96f7 64 7 64 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21- per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 1 3-16 India Stock Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account March June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 131 4 Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 3f per Cent. lOO4 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 9B 7i Equador New Consolidated Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. 20k ' Peruvian 4k per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 62• Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Scrip Ditto Account .. I dis par • Dividends on the above payable in London. kustrian, 10 Gu. £, 5 per Cent. Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f lOO4 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account THE SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S CATIIE DRAL.—We are desired to state that the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's propose to open the cathedral for special even ing services, as an experiment, from Advent Sunday, N ov . 28, to Easter in the following year. The service will com mence at seven o'clock. The public will be admitted at the two western side doors from the area facing Ludgate-hill. The north door will be closed in order to give a fair trial to the warming process, not yet completed. The south door will be open to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and the authorities of the City, the clergy of the cathedral, and the committee, with tickets. The choir will be admitted, with tickets, at the south-eastern postern door, opposite Wat ling-street. The sermon on the 28th November will be preached by the Lord Bishop of London, that on the sth December by the Dean of St. Paul's. THE OLD LUCKNOW GARRlSON.—Yesterday even ing the anniversary of the relief of the beleaguered city of Lucknow, by General Havelock, was cel e b ra td by the sur viving officers of the garrison by a banquet in the Pink Room at the London Tavern. Covers were laid for thirty-six. The famous plateaux from the Polignac collection occupied the centre, and along the sides, at intervals, were arranged the unique Stowe claret cup, and the Louis Quinze fountains, with several rare reliques of the Cellini period. The chair was taken by Majo r -G enera l Si r T. Inglis ' K.C.B. supported by Majors it. P. A n d erson , Boileau, Lawrence, Forster, and Denning ; Captains liar man) Fletcher, Waterman, and Ruggles, &o, port.) • - SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Vaibrays. Paid. Closing Price. Business Done. Aiaerg., /rotting. Bost. , rand Eastern Junction ie.elfast and Ballymena Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesil Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian• Chester and Holyh2ad Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall A rcves. no div Do. A until6p.c.per an Do. B hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßellast Jur c Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furpess Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lrekl) 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. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport ' London and Blackwall £slosp.sh ILon..Bri7liton &S.Coast 'London & North Westn iDo. ILondon& South-Westn. L'i.erry & Coleraine L'd2rry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropol.tan Midland Do. Binning. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Nev.tastlo and Carlisle New., Aber., & llerefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & nos Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dcv.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hast eenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwicl Do. do. G.N.E.Purchr se Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolyer Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stoe' ,Do. Scottish Mid. Stock I Shropshire Union iSittingbourne & ;South Devon I 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 ThamesHavenDk&Rall Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodly.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class.... Do. 2d Class CI Of 71 71 66 68 10} 114 29 31 92 94 851 861 36 37 44 41 7 8 16 17 62 63 44 46 29 31 11 12 93 95 64 65 264 27 90 92 10 1N 107 107)! 23 95 130 132 103 104 53 54i 55 57 84 88 11 12 p 11 12 p 951 951 1 00 1 I d 6} 111 112 90 911 11 If 93 91 dl 3.5 i 361 - -d 971 98} 69 71 11 12 63 65 3f 3d 5c4 NI 9,2 i 93 . 1 . . 4 di 461 47 75i 76 [O2 103 41d llf 12 if 8: 27 29 7 5d 110 112 27 28 83 85 43 44 4 2d 354 364 7 , !4 751 72 74 12 14 9 11 32i 334 6 64 3 3 64 61 [ARES, 6 1 Share, 12.10 13.14 Stoek all all all all all 25 Blythe and 'I yne 11 per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Brig. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares tockCaledon £lO, 41 per cent 12.10 IDo. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stcck;Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc Stock;Do. do. 5 p. ct. 65 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 65 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc StockiDo. do. Class B 6 pc StcAIDo. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per Stock E.lst Lime. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jon. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stc2k Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stc 'klEurness, 5 per cent Sto2kGlas. &S West P• 5 Pc Stc?k,Great Northern, 5 p. Stc 21c, Do. 5 pc Ledm.,lop.c.pm Stock'Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 tDo..ip.c. Redm.,s'pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotid, lat Stock Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct !Do.. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct Redecm.Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. We ;t. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares IDo. do. do 'Do. do. do. I Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock I Lon.& Brig.spc. g - u. No.l iDo. pref., 5 p. c. ....No. 2 iDo. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. VP. Cov. &Nur - eaton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londoncly & Cole, shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et Do. £6 Do. 35 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock IDo. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norrolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 1 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British. 5 per cent IDo. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.ltail. &Dfk.Co. IN-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. IDo. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 IDo. York, 11. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire ,Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua .. Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pc ,Scottish N.-Ea s t ern d e b l Do. 31 pe r c . p re f . s t oc k) Do .Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. o. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 45 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .45 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 45 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c ' Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.- Railways. I paid, Closing "`" Price. 49 51 96 98 103 105 a 6 112 115 109 113 114 116 112 114 129 131 82 84 714 724 109 111 120 122 112 113 104 106 64 66 101 11} 95 97 85 E 7 87 89 98 100 10 104 16 17 10 10 72 74 18 19 9 9f 134 144 142 144 119 121 160 165 119 121 i ip 68 72 'l4l 143 102 104 95 1 O P' 91 9; 114 111 9 10 108 110 99 100 4 dis p I ip d 231 241 120 122 99 101 10 101 241 25 102 104 102 104 24 29 321 33i 41 44 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Leasing Closing D w a ne ., am I Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley' Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. ETTnion,HarwichShs. Do. Ifoodbridgre Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Ha rtlpool.Dck.&Rall Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. I Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking; Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et Do. 6 per cent 3fanc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c Mid.BradrordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares ......A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn Docks. Stock Commercial Stock Do 4 per Cent . Pref . Min Stock East and West India Stock London StocklSt. Katharine Stock , Southampton StocklVictoria 20 Do New ........ Ln & N.W .Ln & N.W I Caledonin i E.IJ.kE Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledonia Do. Gt. West Yk.N.kßr Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N W 1 & L.Yk. Do. IGt.North. , Lan.& Yk I T Brassey IVl'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West L.&Brgtn DOCKS. I 99 100 'lO2 104 ! 17 19 141 143 4 41 1110 112 65 67i 1174122 92 95 98 100 i ir 57 59 , 1141 143 10 lo w } 92 93 8 e I CI I Paid j44 4 _ _ . g I Dusinesa Docka. - 03 102 k 100 100 100 100 100 100 .- 100 101 103 1 8 VI Share! Stock; Stock S;T7.,kl Stock Stock; 261 1 13i 20 Stock! Stock S.ocki Stock Stock Stock Stock! 121 121 1 Stocks Stock 12i 1 9 i1 Stoec Stock Stock Stock] Stoc Stock ) ; Stock Stock Stock Stocki Stock Stock' Stock, Stock) Stock Stc* Stclk Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock 20 25 1 25 Stock] 107} } Ml 3 l 95 1 i I 91 901 6 354 98 3 631 56 * 6 92} d 461 7 100 100 ICO '.613 4 £3 ls. 17i all all 100 all 74} } all an 224 7 lef 100 Business Done. all 1100 6 100 100 100 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. '` .. "1 1111 P , _ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1858. FOREIGN. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DA Y.) Share! Railways. , I Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) IN RE THE HAMPSTEAD RAILWAY COMPANY-PETITION 51 51 —P par p 9 10 2 21 21 f 238 id FOR JUDGMENT. His Honour, the Master - of the Rolls, in delivering judg ment, said—l have taken time to consider this case, and on reading over carefully the evidence laid before me, I am of opinion that the value of the park taken by the company must be taken as property in possession. I fully admit the principle of those cases referred to in the arguments,—that where there is a reversion taken by a company the person entitled to take the reversion would only be entitled to take so much as would fairly correspond to the value given. They would be entitled to receive that as full compensation of the value of the property taken at the time. It - would be the full and absolute value of the property taken, but this is not a case of that description. I have now looked through the evidence and examined the agreement that wax, entered into, and I find that the preperty taken by the company was let out for building purposes on building leases, and therefore it must be treated as the property of a party in possession, and that the Dean and Chapter of Westminster is entitled to the dividends or value of the property taken as parties in possession. I have looked into all the cases on the subject, and I do not think they are of a different description from the case I have stated. 71 8 41 4f pl 241 251 91 91 21 22 39 40/ P / 9/ 3 d 35 35} 55 56 d 7/ 9 9 23 2 5 1 91 24 25 Judgment in favour of the Dean and Chapter of West. minter, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE TILE PLUMSTEAD, &C., PURE WATER COMPANY. To-day was appointed for hearing a petition to wind up the affairs of this company, but the solicitor to the petition said he was not in a position to proceed, as there was an other petition in Chancery, and it was therefore desirable that the hearing should be adjourned without a day, with liberty to apply when prepared. The application was granted. The petition was very lengthy, but, as the merits were not gone into, publication of the charges would be prema ture. THE NATIONAL DEODORISING COMPANY. An audit meeting was held in this case. The assets were only £l7O, and the costs of the official liquidation His Honour remarked on the expenses of so small an estate, but ultimately the'accounts were passed. The learned Judge having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter." THIS DAY'S MARKETS. and Crown on the 15th September. I saw the deceased come in. She remained there about an hour and ten minutes. I saw the prisoner there. When she left she was not drunk. She and two of us had three pots of beer. lam sure she had nothing else. When she left lam sure she was sober. Examined by Mr. Sleigh—l knew the deceased. She had not been in that public-house since the 30th of March. By Barod Bramwell—She did not drink the same quan tity of beer as the men. She only took a sup now and then. The magistrate's clerk said—l accompanied Mr. Paynter to the hospital on the 16th. I took down the words of the deceased. She said, " I don't know how I got hurt. I think I got out of the window. Pray don't hurt him. His mother has been here and told me he is nearly out of his mind." The surgeon of the Westminster Hospital described the injuries sustained by the deceased. When the unfortunate woman was in the hospital on the 18th she said she thought she had got out of window. She afterwards said, " Isaac Bandy pushed me out; I know it was him. Before he pushed me out he struck me on the head with a poker. I think I opened the window to call out." The woman was perfectly conscious that she was dying. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—Whenever the deceased was left alone for any short time after her admission to the hospital to the time of her death, she relapsed into a state of stupor. By Baron Bramwell—l think the deceased was perfectly conscious when she made the statement I have alluded to. Mrs. Heath said—The deceased was my daughter. When I saw her in the hospital she was perfectly sensible, and she thought she would never recover. On the Sunday previous to her death she told me the prisoner struck her on the head twice with the poker. The police-constable who took the prisoner into custody, said, when he did so, Harmond said, " It's a serious job, and I must suffer for it." George Winstone—l am a shoemaker. I live in New Tothill-street. On the day following the occurrence I was in Rochester-row police cell on suspicion of being a deserter. The matter was investigated, and I was discharged. While I was in the cell the prisoner was brought there. In a few minutes afterwards Harmond asked what I was there for, and I told him on suspicion of enlisting for a soldier. I asked him what he was in for, and he said, "Mine is a much more serious offence, and I expect it'll turn out a bad job." I asked him what it might be. He replied, "Have you net heard yet ?" I said, " No, I was locked up all last night." He said, " What I not about the woman that was thrown out of the window." He then said, " I had been out working for my living ; when I returned home I found my wife was out. I went to look after her, and I found her drunk. I remonstrated with her for being drunk, and then we had some words together, and she called me a foul name. This exasperated me, so that I hit her upen the head with a poker. I locked the door and put the key in my pocket. The window was up, it being warm weather, and the bed stead, which was a French one, reached within three inches and a half of the window sill. She flew to this win dow, and called out Murder !' and Police 1' I was exasperated at that, and gave her a push. She being a weighty woman, out she went. (Sensation in court.) I had no intention of throwing her out—it was the spirit of the moment." The police came to the cell and took the pri soner out, and he was away about an hour. On his return he said, " I have been to Westminster Hospital to hear my wife's deposition taken," and then repeated a great many of the facts that have been given in evidence. Mr. Sleigh then subjected this witness to a severe cross examination, during which he elicited that eight years ago he had been in custody on a charge of felony. Baron Bramwell—When a man has been convicted of a crime, and for eight years afterwards has conducted him self in a proper and respectable manner, I think it quite sufficient to guarantee him a character for trustworthiness. If the learned counsel does not intend to go to the jury upon the point of disbelief of the witness, I think that to rake up matters which had taken place eight years ago is a great and needless cruelty. (Cries of " Bravo," which were instantly repressed by the officers of the court.) Mr. Sleigh—l consider I have a right to make the in quiries I have done. It is not in my instructions to throw any discredit on the witness's testimony. The learned gentleman then, in a very able speech, proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner, strongly pointing out the doubtful nature of the prisoner's intention. The learned judge then sentenced him to penal servitude for life. [Antwerp k. Rotterdam. 'Ardennes 11011.&S.Fron.j.im.7p.c. Belgian East. Jun3tion Beziers to G-raissessac iCarrneaux Miro & 'Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Fiance I.7.tmlirates Valle i Creat Centl•al of France Lutz an.. Con. sits lialian Jurction L Cons tanee & 14a'a 1 L:erre and Tarnhou'z Lombardo Vette ;;.r Lre2a.. '.oj a, 5 p.c.') Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonic Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Northern of France Do. New Shales No: vegian Trunk Pre o,,toman gun. 6 per cent Par; , .;,Lyons. and Medit. Paris anu Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Rilz•a, 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 Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiest aden Do 8 per mut. Pref Zealand BRITISH POSSESSIONS. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. TILE LONDON GENERAL 'OMNIBUS COMPANY-COVINGTON V. MACNAMARA AND °TILERS. Mr. Beard appeared for the defendants. The action was brought to recover damages for an injury done to plaintiff's 'bus in the Kingsland-road, on the 21st of October ultimo. To prove his case plaintiff called his coachman, con ductor, and a passenger and police-constable, who deposed that on the day in question plaintiff's and defendants' 'busses were travelling the same way. Defendants' coach man drew to the off side, and upon plaintiff trying to pass in the rear defendant pulled across it with his wheel, cut plaintiff's horse's shoulder, and ilijured the 'bus. Mr. Beard said this was a case peculiarly calling for both sides to be heard. In the present action he was able to call most respectable witnesses, who would prove, beyond a doubt, that the entire fault lay with plaintiff's coachman, who endeavoured to pass defendants' bus at a gallop on the near side when there was not room. To rebut the evidence adduced for plaintiff, Mr. Beard called two passengers, who said that the injury occurred entirely from plaintiff's coach man endeavouring to pass when there was no room. His Honour said, on the face of the evidence he should find for defendant, whose witnesses had given their evi dence with a truthful demeanour, not to be questioned. He could not doubt their evidence. He could not say he was satisfied with that of plaintiff's coachman. Judgment for defendants, with costs. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Baron Bramwell and Justice Hill.) THE CASE OF OLIVER. William Lemon Oliver, stockbroker, was placed at the bar and pleaded Guilty. The indictment charged that he being a broker, and entrusted with security for the sum of £6,000, with certain directions to apply the same, did un lawfully convert to his own use part thereof, to wit, the sum of £1,610 ; and that he did unlwfully transfer and con vert to his own use certain valuable securities entrusted to him for safe custody; also that he feloniously uttered a forged cheque purporting to be a transfer of 100 £5 shares in the stock of the Crystal Palace Company. THE ALLEGED MURDER IN WESTMINSTER. Isaac Harmand was indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah FarrPll. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh defended. Mr. Bodkin, in stating the case to the jury, said the trial of the case had been postponed last session, on account of the absence of a female whose evidence was very material; but notwithstanding the greatest exertion, the police had been unable to discover her. But they had found out a very important witness, whom in the course of the trial ho should place before them. This witness's name was Winstone, and it appeared that when the constable went to the public-house to seek for information relative to the missing. female. Winstone said to him " Aint you the constable who took the man out of the cell at the police court," and he replied, " Yes." Winston° then said, " I was the man who was in the same cell with the prisoner all the night of the 15th of September, and he told me all about it. I was in custody for desertion. The reason the witness was not produced at court before the magistrate was, that he was not discovered until after the prisoner's committal. The learned gentleman then called the following witnesses: William Henry Mawby.—l lately [resided at 5, York street, Westminster. I occupied the second-floor. I know the prisoner at the bar. I have heard him called out of doors, "Bandy." There was a female who lived with him as his wife. They occupied a back room on the same floor. I recollect the prisoner coming home on the 15th of Sep tember and asking Mrs. Clarke for his wife. She told him she was from home. He then said, " When she came home he would do for her, that he would stick a knife into her." He appeared to be have been drinking. He broke a quantity of crockery. After he had laid on the bed for a short time his wife re turned, and he got up and said be would do for her, and took up a knife. She ran down stairs and out of the house. He remained in the room a short time after, she left and then went out. About 10 o'clock at night they both re turned, and I heard the prisoner say to the woman— " You've had a fair turn with me to-day, and now it's my turn." I heard the woman say, "Pray let me out," and he replied, " No. Now I have got you I'll do for you." I then heard the window open. I heard the prisoner then say, "You're out of the window and I'm off." I went into the passage and saw the prisoner running down stairs. Mr. Seaton stopped him, and he said, "My wife's jumped out of the window." He asked him why he allowed her to do so, and he made no reply. We went into the yard, which belonged to a coach factory, and was not connected with the house No. 5, and there found the woman lying in a state of insensibility. I have frequently heard the pri soner threaten the woman. There was scarcely a night that he did not quarrel with her. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—l never heard the woman make the slightest reply to the prisoner when he threatened her. On the contrary, she always took up her work, and sat outside on the stairs until he was quiet before she re turned to the room. I only knew the deceased as a' lodger in the house. I never spoke to her. Lucy Ann Mawby—l am the wife of the last witness. I remember the prisoner coming home about five o'clock in the evening. I heard him and his wife quarrelling. They went out, and returned about 10 o'clock. I heard them go into their room, and afterwards heard the door locked. I heard the woman ask the prisoner to let her out. Ile replied, "No ; now I've got you I'll do for you." I heard the window open, and then I heard the prisoner go down stairs, at the same time saying, "I'm off." I never heard the deceased use bad language. James Seatcn—l resided in the first floor of No. 5, York street, on the 18th of Sept. I recollect the night of the oc currence. I saw the prisoner come down stairs. I asked him where he was going, and he said his wife had jumped out of the window. I asked why he allowed her to do so, but he made no reply, but kept going downstairs. I told him I should go with him. We went into the back yard, and there we found the poor woman. The prisoner made no attempt to lift her up, and another person present called him a scoundrel, but he made no reply. I should think he was quite sober. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—lt was not evident that the prisoner had been drinking. He did not appear to me to be labouring under the influence of liquor. William James—l formerly resided at No. 5, York-street, Westminster, I occupied a room on the first floor. I recollect the night of Sept. 15. About ten o'clock I heard the prisoner and the deceased returned, and I heard her say " Is that you Mrs. Seaton, we're all drunk to-night." They then went into their room, and I immediately afterwards heard the noise of scuffling. After a few minutes the noise ceased and instantly Mrs. Ward gave the alarm, saying " That fellow has thrown his wife out of window." I opened my door, and saw that Mr. Seaton was quite close to Lim. I accused him of throwing his wife out of window, and he said, "How could I throw her out of the window." I then said why did you not protect her, and he replied, " Oh,—give her a leg up." He did not say he had given her a leg up. When I saw the body of the unfortunate woman, I said this woman has never thrown herself out of window ; if she had done so she would be in a very different position io that in which she was. On the prisoner being accused of the act he said, " He know a little of the law, and they could all go and be d—d. He did not appear to me to have been drinking. Mathilda Almand—l reside at 2, Queen-square-place, which is at the back of York-street. On the night of the 15th of September, I heard a heavy fall, and I went to the window to see what it was, when I saw the prisoner at the window of the opposite house with a candle in his hand. He said, "There's a woman in the yard, and she's dead. She fell out of this window." William 'laths, a coal-porter, said—l was. at th 8030 CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up, to-day, the arrivals of English wheat:were 'very limited, and, as a good clearance of the stands was effected on Monday, the show of samples was small. For most kinds there was a fair inquiry, at full prices. The business transacted, however, was trifling. The imports of foreign wheat are only 2,230 quarters nevertheless, there was no disposition shown on the part of the millers to operate, .and the quotations were next to nominal. In floating cargoes of grain very few transactions took place. _ _ _ - Fine malting barley supported previous rates, but other kinds were inactive, on former terms. Oats were firm, and quite as dear as on Monday. Beans, peas, and flour were f/ from active, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour English 960 I 280 j 350 ' 1,410 j 710 Irish Foreign 2,230 12,280 12,360 40 skw bls IVHITECHAPEL. For each kind of meat we had a fair demand as follows : Beef, from 2s Gd to 4s 4d , mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 2s 6d to Is Od per 81b. BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine new hops are in fair request, at full prices. All other kinds rule heavy, at barely late rates. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 24.—Wind this day at noon, E. ; moderate breeze, and very severe frost. CLYDE, Nov. 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Caesar (steamer), from Havannah; Corra Linn, from New • York. DARTMOUTH Nov. 23.—Wind E.—Arrived—Andro mache, from Callao. POOLE, Nov. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Mary, for Tobago. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Change, from Quebec. CROOKHAVEN, Nov. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Forest Queen, from Rio Janeiro. SWANSEA, Nov. 23.—Wind E.—Arrived—Diana, from the Cape of Good Hope. FLEETWOOD, Nov. 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Kate and Ann, from Matanzas. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.N.E. Arrived, Nov. 22—Hamburg, steamer, from Spanish ports ; Wellington, from London ; Slate, from Middles borough; Tybro, and President, from Neath ; Gazelle, Ally, Commerce, Effort, George, and Marquess Bute, from Sunderland • Liberty, from Waterford; Nova Pluta, from Bargos ; Wonder, and South-Western, steamers, from Jersey; James Canada, steamer, from Cardiff; Pearce, and Bessie, from Havre; Gipsy, from Newport. Arrived, Nov. 23—Ceres, steamer, from Dublin ; Alli ance, steamer, from Havre ; Mermaid, from Newport. Sailed, Nov. 22—Clara, for Sunderland ; Vestal, fo r Newport; Dispatch, and Atalana, steamers, tar Jersey ; Havre, steamer, for Havre. Sailed, Nov. 23—Ceres. steamer, for London, LlvEurooL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, Nov. 23—Bellona, and Breeze, from Remme ; Gambia, from Huelva; Adelgunde, fromollambro ; Staad, from Harlem. Arrived, Nov. 24—Maria, from Gioja. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind E.S.E. ' • tide, low water; clody. Arrived, Nov. 23—Thundersall, from Sarpsberg. Arrived, Nov. 24—Helechina, from Aalborg ; Charles Jackson, from Callao ; Emperor, from Rouen • Tertius, from Dunkirk ; Dido, from Saltd:illam ; John 'Wray, from Rouen ; Mowe, steamer, from Bremen; Herko Prins, from Gottonburg. Sailed, Nov. 24.—Metropolis, steamer, for Guernsey ; Albion, steamer, for Boulogne ; Rhine, steamer, for Ant werp ; Holland, for Ostend ; Concordia, steamer, for Rot terdam ; Sir E. Banks, for Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. S.E., moderate. Passed.—Bora, from London, for Cardiff ; Sylvia, from Sheerness, for Carthagena. CONVOCATION OF THE PROVINCE OF YORK.—The Hon. and Very Rey. the Dean of York (acting as the Com missioner of the Archbishop of York), and the Rev. Canon Harcourt, accompanied by the deputy registrar and the se cretary to the Archbishop, after divine service in the Cathedral at Ycrk on Friday morning last, proceeded to the Chapter-house of that place, where Her Majesty's writ of prorogation was read, after which the Dean prorogued the meeting of the Convocation of the Province of York until the 14th of January next. A PETRIFIED WIFE.—A few days since a gen tleman residing in Rising Sun, Indiana, who had married a second time, wished to remove the b od y of his wife to a new cemetery. Preparations were made to that effect, and labourers opened the grave in the usual manner ; but when they reached the coffin they could not lift it, so great was the weight. After obtaining c onsiderable assist ance, however, the men succeeded in raising the coffin from the tomb They then could not resist the temptation of peering into the coffin, and learning the reason for its un usual weight, andlound, instead of the remains of a corpse, a stone figure, the exact counterpart of the woman who had died. This strange story soon spread, and hundreds and thousands of persons were present to seethe strange spec tacle. The husband took the body of his departed spouse home, and has it there now, where it is visited by hundreds of the curious and scientific. The body seems to have been petrified, and to have become a perfect stone woman. The probability is that the body has become adipocere, and will, before long, melt or crumble,—Cincinati Inquirer. Share Atlantic k St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd D ; 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron _ Do. New Buffalo, Brant. &Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug.., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Ben gal.u.sp. c. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelont; Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt. Indiarenin. gua. sp. c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do all 9 all par }pi 'Gt.S.of guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 w;thout opt Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Meth. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&(3anda. Ry.SLL and(Lim.)g. 6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Sciude Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo be,:;" St. Andrews & Quebec A, Trinidad(Limited) Script ig P ta 71 7f P 131 13 d 80 85 77 80 74 77 —p par ip 107} 1071 1 lip' 17' 18 38 39 7891 80 9` , 21t 214 IP p par ip 181 21 8 , 1 I di 10 2 5 108 106 108 106 107 Di 100 18 181 20 2 0 1 Id k d Ipl 2 10 4 3d 1 lip 211 211 i I P par i p par } p Par ip Railways. !raid. Closin,g Business Price.: Done. 4. all 161 100 100 100 1. 3.0. 20. 6d. 2 all 5 100 all all all }lOO BRITISH HINES. Sarel Mines. Pau Clueing Business Price. Done. • Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 61 71 20 pritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 450 460 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 105 110 Great South Tolgue.. 175 131 14 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillaci . ) 11.14.11 21 3 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 8: f 1 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 6 7 North Wheal Crafty 7.9.4 31 41 N.Wlfl Basset (Illogan) nil. 7 8 Par Consols (St. Blaxv) 11 161 171 16/ Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s / SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 21 40 5 415 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 3 S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 220 240 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l f 1 10 Tin Croft 9 31 31 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 70 80 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 4 f West Basset (Illogan) ll 22 23 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 110 120 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5l 210 220 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 180 200 Wheal Edward (Cal s.) 5l 21 3 Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 46 47 Wh't Trelawney (Lisk.) 4/ 26 28 • FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Boa AccordCopper,Lim lOs I P 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 1' 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 8 9 5 Do. Land and Mining Co all 11 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 36 37 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 G"neral all 20 21 3 Linares all 81 9 5 Lulitanian 1 Ms riquita all 1 1 New Granada all 4 1 N.RhineCop.of S.A us .L 10 'I p 20 Poutgibaud Silver, Lead Minin?. and Smelt all 4 51 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiasro de Cuba l6} 1 1 1 28.2.81 'United Mexican all 21 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1151 1171 1161 116 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.11.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1131 1141 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 101/ 1021 1021 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. red•rmable, 1875 100 1121 1131 1131 S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jar &July 100 113 115 VictGov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 112 114 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing 1 B Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. usbies' Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all 25 Bank of Egypt all 254 261 26 100 Bank of London 5O 49 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 30 British North American all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 3 21d 100 City 5O 60 62 621 100 Colonial 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all 22 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 164 17 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 22 221 221 1 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 60 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 20 Do. new lO SG National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 20 Ottoman Bank all 191 191 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all 25 South Australia 2.5 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all 574 25 Do. New 2O 661 50 Union of London lO 100 Unity Mutual 55 100 Western Bk of London 50 20 18 d Sharel Miscella n eous.3llSC L L AZI Paid. U c S i . • sing 1000251100 Australian Berlin s g t l r o a - 1 11 1 f a e n x A i cga Agricultural a . lantis a T t e e l r . ( i L vo im rk i s ted .. ) 31 0 2:3 034 10 Australian Royal Mail ail 10 Do New, issued at 25 (Its 3 50 British American Land 40 50 Brit. & Irish MazTei.A. all 40 42 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 19 21 20 Do C . 100 Canada 324 110 115 110 10 Ckan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 91 101 Stock Cop.l'ilin.ofEng.&Striltg all 25 Do. Preference 74 per et all 24 26 5 Crystal I'alace. 5 Do. Pre fi trence 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2 Stock Electric Telegraph .. . 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all I 11 10 Europ. & Ind.Junet.Tel los. 2 24 2 9 0 G E l u . r l ° r P oni A cr in ew .S C tm ol . . ( ( i Llm n l 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 20 London Discount 5 11 d 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg a ll _ 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 74 8 25 National Discount Co 5 I d 10 Netherlands Land 6 10 Do do all 1 2 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaL and 80 15 18 1 N.B. Australasian (Lim.) all ; 5 Do 8 p.c. Pref.,iss. at 1 dis. all 11 11 20 North of Europe Steam all _ 1 Oriental Gas 1 14 1 Do. New Shares lss. is par all9ll P rice. 10 :11481neini dons 5 Peel River Land & Min. all 24 3 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 8,5 87 851 50 Do. New .. ... .. " 20 Red Sea & .... Telegr 2 1 ip 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 7 74 100 Royal Mail Steam . 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 11 1 1 1 1 25 South Australian Land all 38 39 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all 1 11 1 Do. do Registered . . 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can 5 100 Van Diesnan'a Land _m 281. 11 13 Et. ioo t 100 100 17 i 20 Stock] Sto. 1 Stock 100 100 20is 0 1 100 100 100 100 1071 79 82 21j Pm la 1 2u. all all all all all all ;". ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY A crowded meeting of this society was held on Monday evening at Burlington-house, Sir R. I. Murchison, president, in the chair. Amongst those present were the Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington, the Earl of Albermarle, Lord A. Churchill, Sir T. Fre mantle, Sir C. Nicholson, Sir J. Sheil, Sir J. Login, Admirals Sir T. Herbert and R. Fitzroy, Generals Phillips and Alexander, the Right Hon. J. Wort ley, M.P., the Hon. A. Kinuaird, M.P., Mr. Joseph Locke, M.P., Mr. J. A. Warre, M.P., Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P.; Captains Sir E. Belcher, W. H. Hall, Byron Drury, R. Barnett, ani E. 'Wilmot, R.N.; Cols. Everest and Sotheby, &c. Sir J. Pakington, Mr. J. Locke, M.P., Mr. Ald. Rose, and Mr. E. Beldam, were presented upon their election as Fel lows of the Society. Lord Ashburton, Viscount Cran bourne, Lord Skelmersdale, Sir Alexander Ban nerman, Captain Charles D. !Cameron, Vice-Consul at Radout Kale ; Captain Hammel J. Strutt, Cap tain the Hon. Sudeley C. G. H. Tracy, the Rev. Richard Leah, 8.A., and Messrs. James Barrett, John Botterill, Francis W. Davis, R.N., John Donne, Edward J. Hawker, David Kaye, Joseph Mayer, James Pincott, H. Birch Reynardson, J. Northcote Ryder, and Theodore Uzielli were elected Fellows. The papers read were :-1. "Notes, Geographical and Commercial, on the Gul of Pecheli and the Peiho River," by Captain S. Osborn, R.N., F.R.G.S., her Majesty's ship Furious. The first portion of the paper bore reference chiefly to the geographical and commer cial aspects of the countries passed in the journey from Shanghai to the Gulf of Pecheli, her Majesty's ship Furious having been one of the ships that accompanied Lord Elgin in his journey up the Great Canal to Tien-sin, where the late treaty was signed. The author dwells upon the rapid strides Shanghai has made during the last 16 years, on its favourable position and climate, and its extensive import and export trade, amounting to nearly £27,000,000, Various causes have combined to force the old canal traffic between Northern and Southern China into a coasting trade—such as the rebellion in the valley of the Yang-tse-Keang, the occupa tion of Tching-Keang-foo, and to the change in the course of the Yellow River. After describing the shoals which run out from the Shantung coast, Capt. Osborn urges the necessity of an active nautical sur vey, which he considers ought not to be confined to British surveyors, and remarks that all the many mil lions worth of property carried to and fro on the coasts and on the rivers are indebted for safety to the charts of English officers. The second portion of the paper referred to the Gulf of Pecheli and the Peiho river. The author remarked upon the secure anchorage in the Min-tao Straits, affording a gene ral rendezvous for the trading junks, and furnished a description of the anchorage off the Peiho River. The Peiho has its source in the highlands not far from Pekin, and runs for the greater portion of its tortuous course through a level country, the velocity of its stream, rather than the volume of its waters having scoured out a narrow bed in the stiff clay which forms the substratum of the plain of Chi-le. This scouring force, however, becomes so weakened as it approaches the sea, owing to the low level of the shores allow. ing a constant overflow, that, instead of cutting a 12 feet channel straight out into the Gulf of Pe cheli, the depth of the river suddenly decreases, and the river discharges itself over an area of several miles in extent. The author notices particularly the altered course of the Yellow River, which empties itself in the gulf 200 miles north of its original mouth; and the mud banks that were forming there, threatening to block up the navigation of the river to Pekin. The paper contained some observations upon the direction of the tides, and character of the country in ascending the Peiho, with a descrip tion of the towns, the customs of the inhabitants, and on various other subjects. Capt. W. H. Hall, R.N., and Mr. Lockhart corroborated Capt. Osborn's statements respecting Shanghai and the altered course of the Yellow River, which confirmed the account given by Mr. Lockhart in a paper he had read before the society last session, and which was printed in the " Proceedings" and copies sent out to Lord Elgin and other authorities on the China station. The second paper read was "On the Search of Leichardt and the Australian Desert," by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, of Sydney, F.R.G.S. The meeting then adjourned to December 13th. THE FIRE AT DOS-ABATE. Saunders furnishes detailed particulars of this calamitous fire, and adds that Mr. Mill does not believe it to have been the work of an incendiary. His neighbours do not, however, agree with him in this opinion. The account runs thus : " A fire of a most alarming nature, resulting in the destruction of one of the most extensive and model-like farmsteads in the county of Dublin, and entailing considerable loss of property, took place last night in the haggard of Mr. John Mill of the townland of Corballis, parish of Donabate, within half a mile (on the sea side) of the railway line be tween Dublin and Drogheda, and about a mile southward of Donabate station. The residence of Mr. Mill, with the capacious out-offices connected with the haggard and farm, were built upon the rising ground immediately adjoining the estuary of Malahide, on the north side, where was also erected a remarkably fine thrashing mill, worked by steam. On my arrival at the haggard and farm-yard to-day the scene which presented itself was one of desolation and ruin—the spacious hag gard was thickly strewn over with the debris of burned corn, in which were embedded, in every directioa, numerous broken implements and frag ments of machinery ; while the bared and blackened walls of the barn, engine -house, and other ranges of out-offices too plainly indicated that the devour ing flameshadmade merciless ravages in and around the buildings. The following particulars I have ga thered from Mr. Mill and other parties on the ground, who had been eye-witnesses of the devas tation during the night.• It appears that about eight o'clock on Friday night the first alarm was given, when it was observed that a rick of hay (about 30 tons), standing near the extreme north end of the :haggard, and piles of straw which covered mangel and potato pits in the same locality, were in a blaze. Immediately afterwards the flames spread with extraordinary and fearful rapidity to some cow houses attached to the barn, thence to the barn, which was in compartments, adjoining which was the engine-house of the thrashing ma chine which also caught fire, and again communi cated with a splendid range of stonebuilt offices, used for stall feeding, and measuring some 80 feet in . length. Simultaneously with the burning , of the outhouses the flames from the vast hay-rick communicated also with the large stacks of wheat. oats, barley, &c., which stood promiscuously around and in less than an hour's time the entire—number ing nine stacks—were enveloped in one terrific blaze, sufficient to strike ',the stoutest heart with awe ; while thereflection of the flames illumined the heavens for miles around. It was astonishing to ob. serve with what fleetness the fire reached from the north to the south extreme:of this large and well stocked haggard ; but this is accounted for from the unusual aridity of corn, hay, and straw, farmers having declared that for some 30 years past hag gard stacks have not been half so free from moisture, or so parched up, as at present. The roofs and inte rior of the buildings were soon demolished, while the corn stacks all appeared doomed to irretrievable destruction, notwithstanding the most vigorous ex ertions on the part of each and all who attended to render every assistance in their poNver, with a view of saving the property , and arresting the progress of the flames, The Donabate constabulary, under Constable oclair, were soon on the ground. There were also pr esent the Swords police, und er the command of Sub-Inspector M. B. Kelly, and Head.constable Johnston and party from Malahide barracks. All the farmers in the neighbourhood, with their assistants, also attended, including Mr. Marks, of Beaverstown, Mr. Martin, of Balcarrick, &c. The tenants and labourers of Mr. Chas. Cobbc, j.p., D.L., of Newbridge-house ' Donabate (the proprie-or of the townland), w ith Mr. Wm. Don gall at their head, rendered valuable assistance, as did also Mr. Mill himself, and every one connected with the farm. I have been informed that there was not to be seen an idle or unwilling person in the haggard throughout, and that such were the exertions of the police and peasantry—so intrepid and reckless—that it is nothing short of providen tial that no accident occurred to life or limb. How ever, such was the mastery which the fire obtained, that no appliances at their command could rescue the buildings enumerated, and which are now laid waste. They were supplied with water from a pump in the farm-yard, and from the estuary close by. They succeeded in saving the dwelling-house and stables, and also a quantity of the corn. I understand that one of the servant girls assisted like a heroine in entering the cow-houses, and after disconnecting the chains or ropes with which the cattle were bound to their cribs, drove them out upon the farm at an early stage of the fire, so that all the live stock are saved. The barn, with its contents, is burned, and the offices met a like fate. Everything belonging to the steam-thrashing mill, except the engine and boiler, shared the destruction. The tall brick chimney, however, still nobly stands its ground in the midst of the devastation. The fine rick of hay, like the corn stacks, is in smouldering ruins. Some mangel, potato, and turnip piles, are partially burned. Mr. Mill estimates the damage of all between .EI,OOO and £1,200 ; but it is a for tunate circumstance for him that the entire is in sured. He has no particular reason to suppose that the bunting was the work of an incendiary, or the result of malice. In consequence of the imperfect manner in which his grain cropswere cut, he threat ened to introduce reaping machines on his farm at eno time. He is spoken of here as amost generous and;charitable person, and a good ncighbour,who has ever shown a desire to make all about him comfort able. I understand that he has reared two orphan families, after the death of their parents, until they were able to earn a livelihood for themselves. He appears to have the esteem of all classes in the dis trict. A very remarkable coincidence has been spoken off here to-day, that two valuable farm steads have been burned down this week—one at Corballis, in the county Meath (Mr. Taylor's), and the present burning at Corballis, in the county of Dublin. The farms are 16 miles apart." STRANGE STORY. An account, it may be remembered, was given in September of a very curious affair having oc curred at Calais. A young man of gentlemanly appearance arrived in that town to embark for England, but being prevented doing so by want of a passport, spent several days in the place under the surveillance of the police. He then obtained permission to go into an excursion steamer to Ramsgate on promise of returning in the evening, and, as there was a good deal of mystery about him, a police-officer was, unknown to him, charged to watch over him. During his absence at Ramsgate orders arrived from Paris by telegraph to arrest him on the charge of having attempted to commit a murder and robbery in the department of the Seine-et-Marne, and the moment he landed he was arrested. Having been conveyed to the office of the commissary of police, he jumped through a window, took to flight, and attempted to commit suicide by leaping into one of the docks, but was rescued when half-drowned. This man, whose name is Pesty, was afterwards given up to the authorities of the Siene et-Marne, and the day before yesterday he was brought to trial before the Court of Assizes of the department on the charge of attempted murder and robbery. The case excited great interest. The prisoner, who seemed much affected, said, in answer to questions put to him, that he was 24 years of age, and a farmer of Beaune-la-Rollande, in the Loiret. The following singular facts were then stated :—A shepherd, named Masson, was in the evening of the Ist Sept. last driving a flock of 250 sheep from Bransles to a place beyond Nemours. At some elistancefrom the latter town he was overtaken by a man in a light cart, who, putting his horse into a walk, expressed admiration of his flock and got into conversation with him. Having ascertained the direction which he was going, the stranger drove on to Nemours, andafter the shepherdhad reaehed that town again overtook him in his cart, and descending from the vehicle began chatting with him. After a while, on passing through a wood, he suddenly drew a double-barrelled pistol from his pocket and discharged it at the shepherd, wounding him in the head with the ball of one barrel, and in the neck with that of the other, after which he beat him about the head with the butt-end of the pistol. The shepherd fell bathed in blood, and his assailant thinking he was dead dragged him into the wood. The man then examinedthe shepherd, as if to make sure that he was dead, fired his pistol again at him, wounded him again, and left him. The shep herd remained senseless some time, and when he recovered he found his flock had disappecred, that his dog was by his side lickinghis wounds. lie managed to get to the nearest farmhouse, stated what had occurred, and had his wounds dressed. The gendarmes immediately made a search after the assailant, and had little difficulty in finding wh i p he was. They learned that a man whose appear ance corresponded exactly with the description which the shepherd gave of him, had, a few hours after the attempted murder, arrived at a place called Chateau-Landon with a flock of 250 sheep, and had there placed them under the care of one Lejeune, shepherd to Pesty, jun., of Beaune-la-Rol lande, who was driving a flock of 100 sheep from Bransles for his master. This Lejeune was found at Beaune-la-Rollande with the 250 sheep, and he stated that it was his master himself, young Pesty, who had confided them to him. He aided that Pesty, on arriving at the village, had joined him, and remarked—" I shall get into trouble about those 250 sheep ; they are stolen, and the shepherd who was driving them has been murdered !" Lejeune further stated that Pesty made a similar statement to his (Pesty's) father, on which the latter, with great emotion, cried out, " If it be you who have committed the crime, the best thing you can do is to kill yourself!" On that young Pesty at once took to flight, and was no more heard of by his own people until after his arrest at Calais. The shepherd recovered from his wounds, and his recovery was mainly owing to the dog having licked them. After that incident Pesty was confronted with Masson, and the latter distinctly recognised him. Pesty himself, after some vain denials, admitted his guilt, and also that he had deliberately premedi tated the murder of the shepherd. This man was, of course, the principal witness against him, and he created some sensation after giving his evidence by remarking, "It is a sad thing to say that a fellow creature attempted to take away my life, and that a poor dog was the principal means of saving me !" Pesty's crime, it was stated to the court, is perfectly inexplicable, inasmuch as he is the son of a most respectable man of good property, was in comfort able circumstances himself at the time the crime was perpetrated, married to a charming young wo man of 19 years of age, is the father of a child still in the cradle, and had received a good education. It appears, however, that last year he was tried for stealing 19 sheep, but was acquitted. The jury declared the man guilty with extenuating circum stances, and the Court condemned him to hard labour for life, also to pay 6,000 f. damages to the shepherd.—Galignani. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. 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