The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. ORDINARY SHAT CITY, Two o'CLocK The arrival of shipping from all quarters is still Share ' delayed by the continuance of north-easterly winds, 12.10 AMberg., Notting. Bost. and it is supposed that there is a larger fleet of home- 50 Belfast Eastern Junction) ward-bound vessels at the entrance of the Channel 13.14 Bir., V43T, d anl l it m r. e kli: ucti than has been known for many years. The Admiralty stock Bi j k i; I tua on c., and Chesh will probably send out steamers with water and r 5 Eaclicibur: Tyne provisions without further delay, to relieve the dis - Stock Bristol and xeter tressed, as, in consequence of their long detention Stock Caledonian ._ Stock Chester and Holyhead at sea, some of them have no doubt exhausted their 50 Cork and Bandon . 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage supplies. Conspicuous among the list of vessels 20 Cornwall overdue is the Agincourt, with £283,100, from Vic- 10 Do. A Do. B AunfiZsC.npoerdainv: 10 toria, which has already been out 116 days. Others, hasbeep pd.toß. however, have been equally retarded, 70 days 50 b)uubnl.,ii.,Learzabrt.juunn:. h aving in several instances been occupied in the Stock I Tt a s s t e A rn n,c,l o l o a n n ties Voyage from St. Helena. The cause of the delay is rel i c , Egt o ern Utd o ion A B Stock SO obvious that comparatively little anxiety is 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) felt among consignees, &c., and we s aLancashire believe East Kent underwriters, S tock believe the statement that the rate of insurance on T . 3o E g t Suffolk the Agincourt had risen to £5 ss. is erroneous, 30s. Stock Edinburg and Glasgow to 40s. still being the current quotations. A change Sr o ck Vodrittii.;llmahy,d&e Junction of wind, if only for a few days, would enable a Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn considerable number of ships to come in, including - 10 Great North of Scotland two or three from the antipodes with large amounts Stockoc Gratioo.rntnock of gold, which in the present state of the specie Stock _ Do. do. B Stock , , movement are awaited with some anxiety by spe- Stock oc tg e S a r :a r t W ru stn.,lreld, Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. e ulators and others. S 12 tock Irish South Eastern Accounts from Liverpool mention that the r l i a o n? r ag . A• s and Carlisle Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly , a nd p rices 1613 4 Do. New Thirds D &l ,Yigrhire tended upwards. The sales we re estimated at 816 Lancashirek 7 ,000 bales. The Railway Share Market presented 9 SO. West R iding Union shares a steady appearance, and quotati ons were unaltered. 20 Do . . Southport There There is very little activity in the Money Mar- 11.6.3 London oow and lss a t Blackwell. z,ss g. ket, the increased demand lately experienced Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.eoast Stock ho o nr i n g ll s orth Westn having partially subsided. It is stated, however, 12} that the commercial requirements of the country S t2osck I.Arry don && sgt e h r -Le e s te . Era becoming more extensive, although, as com- 25 L'derry & Enniskillen, P with periods of prosperity, they are still con- Sr o ck I ll e su t t r . p S o h i g. ,:i t Lincoln , siderably below the average. The Indian Loan stock Do . dltinr d ming. & Derby. has now been fully subscribed, and a large propor- 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) tion of the Turkish Loan has also been paid. The 1 2 6 5 0 I Ne o jcalt re a s nd Carlisle. removal of liabilities has; to some extent, relieved 25 i . i l & e ew w 'A. A 4 l )e :;: m & m .V l eref the market, and the result is a diminished inquiry, 20 Newt Warpt., & (def.)Roe. and a pause in the upward course of quotations. s r o ck t i t f t?, Counties Union. At present the public do not seem inclined to en- Stock North 1.1 Stock Nor.De ß v r .it i a s ii.&Dk. Stk. courage new undertakings unless of a superior ek Do .A Stk.— Arec.no div. class, with a high rate of interest secured. This Stock Dou.nVV?cg lasbeenpdß keeps in abeyance a variety of projects, the promot- stock k l'. D l o 0 r t c l i t o -E u ainc i te r e tc s k e ers of which have been waiting anxiously for some Stock Do. Leeds time past for a favourable opportunity to bringthem Stock Do. York forward. Several of the schemes lately introduced 10 I'LanTNystilo.'ellt lomnpetd have not been so well received as might have been 20 North Staffordshire , anticipated, which, together with the depreciated 20 i k zo o t:t s t- s w o e n s . ter . w n Junction value of many guaranteed securities at the Stock s i ok ? e x e fgf e d ; wor.,& Wolver. Exchange, will naturally have the effect of check- 20 Portsmouth ing this description of enterprise. The next Stock 10 L hY t i t n il eY Central financial operation will probably be the long ex- Stock Sc N.E., Aber. Shropshire . psi t ige o ut i lo d n . Stock Pected Chilian .Loan ; but as the amount is under Stockc 1°.,.c, u ttl i t i t v u o rn n e & Sheer. £1,500,000 it s influence upon the floating capital st o ck L it 4 °W awaiting employment will not be very im- Stock South-Eastern Portant. The delay in the negotiations arises from stock g o o u u t t h YO a r ts s .&Riv.Dun. the high price which the Chilian Commissioner, Ti Staines , Wok., & Wok Senor Ochogavia, asks for the 41 per cent. 25 Stockton & Darlington. 6toch, in which it is proposed to raise the 222 Do. r o. • 1 8. 8 g Hartlepool amount. It is; said that 90 for every £lOO Stock sc k Taff k 4 e al l e & Stock has been offered and refused, and it Do. Preference, No. 1 ll Te a l l t r t eek&Rail is presumed that arrangements are suspended 25 Vale I h ale o e f s i _ tin til fresh instructions . arrive from the Stock Waterford & Kilkenr Republic. Looking at the value a other 41 per 50 r es t7t o r r d nw & all umenek cent. securities, the offers made are certainly high 10 IT c - ,. eli . d Lon. Ar .k .n C o rL y P t ag i enou g h, notwithstanding the financial credit which 7 5 Do . .c. has been pd. to B p B Chili has enjoyed of late years. 10 West London About £68,000 in gold was taken into the Bank to Do. let Class to Do. 2d Class .... 01 England yesterday, being a portion of the re- mittance brought by the Lincolnshire. A very limited business has been recorded in the English funds to-day, speculative operations, as , well as bona fide dealings, being confined within very narrow limits. Consols have been 971 98 for money, and 98 to 98} for account ; but they have since improved to 98 981 and 981 / respectively. S, Bank Stock is marked 225 to 226 ; the New Three per Cents. and Reduced Annuities, 961 1 ; f the March Exchequer Bills, 335. to 365. prem. ; June ditto, 28s. to 31s. prem. The Bonds ditto are flat, at 1007. India Stock is 2271, and the Debentures 99:. A fair amount of business is recorded in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are rather g' higher. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 92 I 1 ; ditto Scrip, let issue, par to 1 prem; ditto, 2d issue,. 1 to 1 prem., being firmer. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., are 847 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 911; ditto Uribarren, 87 88 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 731 ditto Dollar Bonds, 831; Sardinian 5 per Cents, Railways, all all all all all 94 ii ; Dutch 21 per Cents., 661; and ditto 4 per Si Cents., 1001. s The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been extremely limited, but in several instances a slight improvement may be noticed in quotations. Caledonian and South-Westerns have 8 advanced ss. ; Great Westerns and North• Westerns, ss. ; and Great Northerns and Midlands, 105. ; Brighton have receded about ss. ; Eastern s Counties North British, and one or two others were g at previous rates. •In the Foreign and Colonial S; undertakings no material alteration took place 'n Prices. Great Luxembourg and Sambre and s' Meuse were a shade flatter. East Indian improved about 55., and Geelong and Melbourne declined ss. gi Eor Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares si t here was very little enquiry. London Joint- Stock have improved ss. ; London and Westminster declined ss. ; and Union of London, ss. ; Anglo ilexicau Mint have improved to 14}. Peel River s land brought 21 ; and Royal Mail Steam, 61. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. .Bank Stock . 3 ., Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 } f I . ?per Cent. Consols Annuities "' 3 per Cent. Annuities ,New 2/ per Cent. Annuities '''' °73 .g Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 1 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apr., 18&5.. 18/ India Stock 'Ditto Debentures 99/ Ditto Bonds, £l,000 Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account 9Bl March June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &111.. 36 36) 28 Ditto Smilll 1Id. Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent .... 1001 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian, 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858,0 per Cent. 97 Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent . 84 Equador New Consolidated Ditto Provisional Land Warrant 4l Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian, 42 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto (Uribarren), 4} per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Sardinian, 5 per Cent. 941 i i I Spanish 3 per Cent — Ditto Passive Turkish, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account • " . 922 Ditto New Loan Scrip — Ditto Account Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 41 per Cent. Ex. 25f 96f. 871 c. k us trian, 10 Gu. A 5 per Cent. butch Exchange, 12. Guil. 22 per Cent 661 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4 2 per Ct. Ex. 4s 83 2 43 THREE O'CLOCK Consols, Money Ditto Account 9BC 1 A DROMEDARY FOR HOLYROOD PARK.—The officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the Y Field Battery of Royal Artillery, commanded by Major Yelver itoa, before leaving Leith ort for India, offered for her Ma jesty's acceptance a fine drome dar y , which they captured from the Russians, and brought home with them from the Crimea. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to 'ac alpt the animal, and to order that it be kept at HOlyrood. We believe it is in beautiful condition, and very tame.— , Scotsman. „„NW " D IGGINGS " IN AIISTRALIA.—" There are new diggings sprung up at the Fitzroy River, Port -14 "tia, which is on the northern boundary of Moreton Bay, drat are causing immense excitement here. T he p rincipal diggings are surface. By to-day's paper, which I send you, Y o u will perceive that a 121 b. nuggetlas been found, toge ther with 5000 z., by one party. Sydney, we expect, will ° 0 .013. be deserted. It is confidently asserted by parties cog 11_arit of the locale that the extent of goldfield in that dis- tet is over 100 miles in circumference. IV, T. is going next week, if possible. From private letters received in Alley (some of which I have seen) it is stated that per "'mot can obtain as an average from 15s. to £1 a day within E l l foot to a foot and a half from the top of the soil This is brought exaggeration. ,A.t the outset a small coasting schooner „r,c.flight down 80oz., which caused the first excitement. niy.the s t eamers, small coasting vessels, &c., are engaged Nv K ing _passengers, freight, &c., up there, and, no doubt, e shall have hundreds flocking from Melbourne. It is r eported that it will prove the richest goldfield in New ..._ °l4ll Wales. The above intelligence you may safely corn vunicate to all inquirers."—Extract from a letter dated Sydney, Sept. 11. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) 6 6i 3 .4 tea Scrip 17 18 37 39 75 77 12 10c1 211 211 P par 18 f 18 4 21 2 4 d tOS 108 tOS 106 105 107 99 1 100 11 1 18 20 a 20 !IP 2 4 3d 21 24 P par p p►ar ES AND STOCKS. Paid Closing Price. ei 61 a a C 6 68 10i 111 31 33 92 84 84 1 85 36 38 4/1 - 5 7 8 16 17 6.2 63 44 46 29 31 11 12 93 95 84 88 35 36 - - 974 98 68 70 10 11 9 11 33 34 63 cyli 261 27 90 92 10 101 [O6 1061 91 92 [3O 132 [53 031 1041 1 541 55 57 11 12 p 11 12 p 951 951 1 Old f d 5 1 61 Lll 112 90 90i , It 93 91 63 65 34 3d ssi so WI 93 1 1 d 40 47} 75 76} 101 103 4 41 d 11 12 7 S 27 29 110 112 27 28 82 84 43 44 4 2d 354 365 74 75 75 77 12 14 6 4 i 92 94 106 s Butginege Done. 85 4} 20 12 101 i t , ti 4 4 Bri ttery serve f Ar esty's from Engi- Mid route, r, Tat 179th l ee ,_ any of d bat coun- twab- Regi 20th esty's ar the 1, and s may de. hahje •road), mence 3tober. vill be Major mcers, regi hrown ;ed. A Lt that rithout of the strong) ners as 3hahj e rtillery of Ben- , to re- Horse th two (Cawn rse Ar- troops Dur able, to ountry, d 2,000 accord- Islands, 37,796; ; Cepha females, nte, 161 I; stran 5, males, iaca, 44 Cerigo, , 5,991; ;, males, being a pulation f which 7,989 sunsuits. is 5,363, wage► -for do 6d. per xtent of are, and Indian 5 acres ; ; ; vines, c, 1,849 625,406 res, and of crops , 59,817 197,926 ;7,6001b.; barrels ; 36,2121 b.; '0 horned The ave ion were flour per shel, 9s. ; sheep, 3h ; milk, 6d. ; salt [b. ; beef, . per lb. ; lb.; salt, wad, Bd. , er dozen. .Customs, ► duties, £13797 8 . List (Lord establish ,du cation , 311aneous , of vessels 437,071 and ex hools and [.s, 6,024 olars ; to ntributed tary eon private to of these expendi- on sale ill I we bad l'' ;els were a irge--veil . Floating Cher kind.; ; but row lo; but Ile otations. Flour 1520 1 1 680 slf.. bi, 3 the trade 1 4d ; lamb , 2s 6d to 40 full priceo n FridaY A G ran t and sgow,, W. stories r„ - 1 amage wll , cted on the e n 400 and ;lit by till° THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1858. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(TEIS DAY.) Share` Railways. Paid. Closing i Business Price. Done. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) APPEAL.-STEEL V. STEEL. O Antwerp & Rotterdam :0 Ardennes 1 ,0 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 5 Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessao. 5 Carmeaux 3rfino & Rail 10 • Dutch Rhenish 6 Eastern of France 10 Euphrates Valley 10 Great Central of France 10 Gt. Luxem., Con. [0 Italian Junction 10 Lake Constance & Dale :0- Lierre and Turnhout 10 Lombardo Venetian 10 Lucca &Pistoja, sp.e.pf 10 Lyons and Geneva I3k Maria Antonia 10 Do. do. New 10 Namur and Liege 10 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref [6 Northern of France XI Do. New Shares tO Norwegian Trunk Pref 10 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 10 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. 10 Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (fern ) gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) 10 Riga and Dunaburg l 0 Rome and Frascati 10 Royal Danish 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 10 Sambre and Meuse 10 Do. 5i per cent. Pref. 10 Southern of France 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 5i p. c. Preference 10 W. & N.W. of France tO Western of Austria tO Western of Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand 5} 51 par P p 1 lt 9 1 2 : I IA 28 24- This was an appeal from a decision of Mr. Commissioner Perry, of the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy, re fusing a certificate to the bankrupt, Mr. Steel, a timber merchant and shipowner, in Liverpool. Mr. Bacon, Q.C., and Mr. Deighton supported the ap peal; Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and Mr. Aspinal appeared for the assignee. At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel their lord ships delivered judgment. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner were decidedly of opinion that the bankrupt was not entitled to any certificate whatever, on the ground of fraud, conspiracy, and deception, in granting, accepting, and discounting accommodation bills with Mr. Lord, in the name of the firm of Messrs. Hallet and Com pany, which were not authorised by, or known to, Messrs. Hallet and Company, before Mr. Lord absconded from 7 8 41 41 p 1 25 26 sk 91 214 22 39/ 40} si 9i 3 1 d 34& 351 5 56 id 1 d Liverpool. Their lordships refused the certificate absolutely, and also refused the petition, with costs. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Frendergest, Q.C.) 7i 8 9 23 23 24 25 ILLNESS OP A SUITOR - IMPORTANT QUESTION.-WEL- RENSII V. CROWDEN. Mr. Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, appeared for the plaintiff. On the part of defen cant, it was urged that the cause should be adjourned until a witness (defendant's partner), who was labouring under a complication of ills, could attend. Mr. Buchanan said that the witness in question had been examined once, and he did not think would be again re quired Defendant could assure his Honour that the absent per son was required. A note was handed up to his Honour, which stated that a number of defendant's family, and he himself, were suffer ing from an attack of illness, and his Honour thought he should grant the adjournment. Mr. Buchanan—We are quite prepared to go on. I have brought all our witnesses with us, and if the case is to be adjourned we should have costs. His Honour—No ; I cannot grant costs ; you know, Mr. Buchanan, the circumstances are without the witness's control. We cannot grant costs. It is the act of God. WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT. FORGED NOTES-IMPORTANT CASE-SAMUELS V. THE COMMERCIAL GAS COMPANY. Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff. The action was brought to recover the sum of £5 good and lawful money, in lieu of a forged £5 note taken from one of defendant's collectors. Plaintiff stated that the collector in question called for his account, £3 10s., and plaintiff paid him a £2O notes and received in return with the other change the counterfeit a note, the subject of the present action. That forged note was paid to a person named Abrahams, and by him paid into his banker's. It was returned from the Bank of England marked forged. The collector said that he did not give plaintiff the note in question. Plaintiff paid him by cheque, and received the balance in gold and -silver. There was no name of the collector on the back. A gentleman named Bumpstead, clerk in the Bank of England, was called, and proved that the note was a forged one. Mr. Beard said, upon the evidence adduced, the prepon derance was in favour of his client, and he should hwie a verdict. _ _ _ onour said plaintiff had sworn positively that he took the note from defendant's collector, who in the hurry of business might have omitted to put his name on. the back. _ _ WEEK. STATUE TO DR. ISAAC BARROW. Yesterday afternoon the companion statue to Lord Bacon and Sir Isaac Newton was erected in the ante-hall to the chapel of Trinity College, Cam bridge. For some time past the choice of a subject had puzzled not only Trinity College, but the Uni versity generally; and it was not until after much piquant but friendly controversy that the point was settled by a majority of votes of the Fellows of Trinity College in favour of the celebrated Dr. Isaac Barrow. The person to whom the idea of the statue first occurred, and who is the donor of it, was the Marquis of Lansdowne—himself a mem ber of Trinity College, who, when on visits to the present Master of Trinity, and cherishing affection ate remembrances of his college life, frequently noticed the fact that the niche in the ante-hall, cor responding to that in which the statue of Lord Bacon is placed, required filling up, in order to complete the triangle which should be formed with the figure of Sir Isaac Newton, at the other extre mity of the hall. The noble marquis proposed to become the donor of the statue, but modestly left th selection of the subject of it to the college. An amusing rivalry, therefore, sprang up as to the worthy upon whom the choice should fall, and for a time" Shall Cromwell have a statue ?" was a question easy of solution in Cambridge, com pared with the settlement of the claims of others of the illustrious dead. The great name of Milton suggested itself to many, but then it was remem bered that the poet was of Christ's, and not of Trinity. Lord Macaulay, it is said, suggested the celebrated Dr. Bentley, whose claims might have been indisputable but for certain 'conflicts into which that eminent divine had entered even with Trinity College itself. Past generations of Fellows of Trinity' had not forgotten that when Dr. Bentley, a " Milian," had been nominated by the Crown to the Mastership of Trinity, they disputed a sup posed interference with their privileges, and that Dr. Bentley, when denied entrance at the college gates, actually scaled the walls and made good his right by stratagem. Other names were freely can vassed, but unsuccessfully until, at the suggestion mainly, we believe, of Professor Sedgwick, the Vice-Master of Trinity, a majority of votes were obtained for the name of Dr. Barrow as one less likely than any other to challenge any feelings of university etiquette or punctilio. The commission for a statue was given to Mr. Matthew Noble, and he certainly has succeeded in producing a statue which will bear the test of criticism as compared with the two principal statues with which it is to be in company. The statue of Lord Bacon is in imitation of the one in St. Michael's Church, St. Alban's. It was begun by Chantry and finished by Weekes, and bears the noble inscription which is upon the original statue. This was presented to Trinity College by D. Whewell in 1845. The statue of Sir Isaac Newton, by Roubilliac, at the other end of the hall, is a constant object of admi ration, and it is said that the likeness is the most perfect that is extant in sculpture. The statue of Dr. Barrow, which, like that of Lord Bacon, is in a sitting posture, is executed in the finest Carrara marble, which stands out like the driven snow in comparison with the other statues, busts, and mural monuments in the hall, to which time has given a dingy look. There is a fine academic air about the figure, which admirably comports with the classical associations of the place. Dr. Barrow is represented with a pair of compasses in one hand, denoting his mathematical predilections, and a volume of ser mons in the other, suggestive of his celebrity as a divine, and more particularly of the copiousness and luxuriance of his style in this class of compo sition. From the causes we have named the erec tion of the statue has occasioned no little stir in the University, and, indeed, among the townspeople. Throughout the afternoon considerable numbers of the authorities, Fellows and others, of Trinity and the other colleges, have visited the ante-hall, to revive old memories of the distinguished scholar and mathematician, and pass judgment upon the statue as a work of art. Dr. Whewell, we believe, has undertaken to supply the inscription, and the Marquis of Lansdowne is shortly expected on a visit to that gentleman to view the statue in its resting place. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE (From the Registrar-General's Report.) Under the influence of cold air and fogs the mor• tality has much increased. The deaths registered in London were in the two previous weeks 1,133 and 1,217 ; in the last week ending Saturday, Nov. 13, they rose to 1,349. In those three weeks the mean weekly temperature has constantly fallen, and having been 51 deg. in the third week of October, it was only 39 deg. last week. The weather was cold even for the second week of November, and on the last five nights the thermometer fell below the freezing point of water. In the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week 'was 1,050, but as the deaths that are now returned occurred in a population that has increased, they should be compared with the average when the lat ter is raised in proportion to the increase, a correc tion by which it becomes 1,155. The comparison shows that the deaths of last week were more nu merous, to the extent of nearly 200, than they would have been if the average rate of mortality for the same season had prevailed. If the deaths of last week had been according to the rate of•mortality that prevails in autumn in the healthiest country districts of England, they would have been 770 ; and the greater part of the excess above this limit which the return exhibits, amounting to 579, is therefore to be re ferred to causes that are only or chiefly found in operation in London and other city populations. A certain number of the 579 persons died from the unusual cold ; and a certain number, though less, would have died in the country, from the same cause. In comparing the results of the last two weeks theincrease of mortality is found chiefly amongst young and old persons, the deaths of the former class having risen from 677 to 766, and those of the latter from 211 to 237. The increase is found also under most of the general heads under which the causes of death arc arranged, but chiefly in diseases of the respiratory organs, which were fatal in the two weeks in 250 and 312 cases respectively. Phthisis in the tubercular order decreased from 141 to 131. Scarlatina is still very fatal. The deaths from it last week were 145, which is nearly double the cor rected average for ten corresponding weeks. The north districts, in which nearly a third of the deaths from it_ occurred, continue to suffer most. Nine teen fatal cases are retu rued in the Pancras district, six in the sub-district of Bow, and six in that of Kennington (Ist part). The deaths from small-pox have increased from 3 to 15, of which eight occurred in the Small-pox Hospital, Islington, to which many patients are brought from country parts. Last week the births of 910 boys and 904 girls, in all 1,814 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1,547. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.062 in. The mean daily reading was about 30 in. till Fri day. The barometrical readings varied from 30.34 in. to 29.31 in. The mean temperature of the week was 39.0 deg., which is 5.3 deg. below the average of the same week ill 43 years (as determined by Mr.lGlaisher). The mean daily temperatuee was below the average throughout the week, and on Wednesday the extent of depression was 9.7 deg. The thermometer in the shade fell from 50.5 deg., its highest point which was attained ou Sunday, to 26.8 deg. on Wednesday, its lowest p oint in the week. Its entire range was 23.7 deg. ; the mean daily range was 15.6 deg. The difference between the mean dewpoint temperat ure and air temperature was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 84. The mean tempera ture of the water of the Thames was 15.8 , deg.,. or Th about 7 deg. higher than that of the air. e wind blew on the first three days from the north, after wards from the south-west and east. Dense fog prevailed on the night of Wednesday. No rain was ... measured by the gauge. of -111, FORGERY OF AUSTRIAN BANK-NOTES. The Suisse of Berne announces that the police of Saint Gall have just made a very important capture in the person of a native of Baden, who has just returned from New York with an American passport. He was arrested a charge of issu ing false Austrian paper money. being searched there were found on him bank notes of all comitries, which, it appears, were intended to serve as specimens for carrying on a manufacture of forged notes in America o mplin a large scale. A man residi n g at Ronianshorn; who is id in the affair, has been also arrested. POISONED LOZENGES.—It is stated in a commu nication from a firm of wholesale con f ec tioners, that the adulterating a rticle called daft, duck, stuff, derby, plaster, or by some more classically named terra alba, is used in the manufacture of lozenges to the alarming extent of 25 to 35 per cent. This article is very injurious to the system, being indissoluble ; it precipitates in the body and forms stone, especially if taken in large quantities, as in the case with the lozenges that caused this calamity. It is used in the cheap lozenges which are largely consumed by children. Its existence may be ascertained by dissolving time of the lozenges in a wiue.glass of water, when the terra alba will precipitate to the bottom of the glass ; and precisely in the same manner will a large proportion remain in the body, producing gravel or stone. The temptation to use it arises from the following facts :-1. It makes the lozenge much harder and whiter. 2. It enables the manufacturer to sell a cheaper article than h is nei g hbour who conscientiously re fuses to use it. 3. The price. Terra alba may be at 7s. per cwt. or less , w hile the p rice of fine powdered r)cured sugar prices allows 635. per cwt. ; th e g reat difference in the above *ices allows a larger profit to the dishonest manufacturer. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 95 11 Share Railways. 111 i I I 931 1 00 Atlantic &St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. 18 Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd gu. 5 percent 18 Do 1 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 18 Do. Do. W Buffalo and Lake Huron zoi Do. New 100 35 1 I 974 18 Bulfalo,Brant.&Godrieli 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Capc,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 7} Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c ock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c * Do. C Shares O Do. E Shares Ext O Do. Jubbulpore O Do.4i p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 O G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. e. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds ock Grand Trunk of Canada )0 Do. 6 pm. Deben.,pay.'7Bi 00 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 1 20 Gt. In diaPenin.gua.sp.c 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent 20 Do. do all 100 34 100 100 Paid. 100 100 100 1613 4 £3 ls 174 all all 100 all all all 221 7 161 100 100 100 100 all all all 55 11 92f d 12} 12 ( Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.--Scrip ▪ t guaranteed 5 per cent. 01 5 Gt.W. of Canada Shares ODo. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O O Do. do. '73 till '6O O Do. do. '73 without opt O Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do '0 Madras, guar., 45 p. c 9 Do. do. 5 per cent O Do. 41 p. c. Extension 9 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c O Do. Fourth do. ock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry. Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do !CI Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land do !c , c Northof India Tramroad I Limited, Scrip !‘? Oude (Limited) Scinde !O Do. K 1 Do. New Ko Do. Punjaub No Do. Indus. St. Flo., .!0 St. Andrews Sc Quel LO Trinidad(Limited) 44 all 161 100 100 100 1. 3.0. 2s. 6d. 1 2 all 5 100 all all all 100 100 all Closing Price. lid ip 7i t 8 PI 13 121 80 85 77 80 74 77 i 10 1 2s. all 1 all all all all all all Business Done. par lip LO7 1075 181 18 51 10Y4 i i 1 11)1 37 76 21f }}pm 201 1 iö IDo. idefiis 1 all I - - I • PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. Cl os ing Business Closing 1 Business 1 Share' Railways. I Paid' Price. Done. Share Mines. Paid' Prise. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 11 per c. pref. (issued at 250) all 49 51 - Alfred Consols (Philaok) 2.11.10 7 8 74 1 Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 96 98 20 pritish Iron 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - - Condurrow (Camborne). 20 60 60 Siack Caledon 210, 41 per cent 100 102 101 70 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 450 460 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 - - • - East Bassett (Mogan). 30 95 105 Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 - - - Great South Tolgue.. -17 s 134 1 Stock Do. do. sp. ct - - - G.Whcal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.14.11 2 2 k Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c all - - - G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 84 4 1 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 54 6 4 - Lady Bertha 18s 6d 1 11 Stoc E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 - - - North Frances (Illogan) 84 6 7 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 113 117 - North Wheal Crofty... 7.9.4 34 41 Stock Do. do. Class C7pe _ _ 100 109 113 - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 7 8 71 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 100 114 116 1151 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 164 171 Stock Do. do - N 0.2 100 112 114 l - Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock 100 128 130 130 -- Sortridge Cons. 31in.Co. 6s l Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ot. 100 82 81 - SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 24 100 410 Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - -• South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 3 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all - - - S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 229 240 Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 71 4 72 4 Mining Co .fi 44 1 1 Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - 10 Tin Croft Stock Glas. &S West.: a. spc. 100 109 111 - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 55 65 Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 120 122 121 - Vale of Tow eyy (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 4 Stock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 113 - West Basset (Illogan) l4 22 23 Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. - W. Caradon (Liskeard). 20 105 115 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 6O • 65 67 66 - Wheal Basset (Mogan). 51 205 215 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf all 114 11/ - Wheal Buller (Zedruth) 5 180 200 Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 100 _ - - Wheal Edwa. it (Cals.). 51 21 8 Stock p. ct. pref. Stock - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelanti 1.7.2 8 9 50 Irest West. (Berks and 6 -- - - Wh'lMaryAnn (Menhe 8 45 47 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct... . - Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk. 44 25 27 Stock Do. Redeemable, 44 p ot. 100 95 97 • Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 85 87 FOREIGN MINES Stock Do. Irredeemable, do lOO 87 89 88 Stock Do. sp. ct. Redeem. Pref lOO 98 100 99 20 Australian 74 i 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 104 1 Bon AccordCopper,Llm. 108 I P 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25 p.) 27 1 1 shares all 18 17 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 8 9 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref all 10 101 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 14 21 Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 7 2 74 1 Cl arendon Consols Min -263 Do. Chester guar.shares all 18 19 ing Co. of Jamaica ... I - --d 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. - Copiapo l6 11 13 • Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 141 143 1 Dun oun.Cop.Ming.Co :all i Stock Lon.&Brig•.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - 2 F ortuna 1 21 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 20 General all 20 2 Stock Do. New gua., 6p. et... 100 - - 3 Linares all . 9 Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 - - 6 L usitanian Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun- 1 Mariquita all 1 eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 1 N.R hineCo p .of S.Aus.L 10 1p late 3d shares lOO 169 165 28 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs all - - Mining and Smelt.... all 41 5 1 12 3 Londondy.& Ennis 4sh all - - 5 Port Phili p . 1 Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., Op. ct. 100 120 122 30 Santiago de Cuba - 161 1 1 6 Do. 26 44 4 41) 28.2.81 United Mexican Stock Do. 31 per cent. 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all -- - 124 I Do. 4 per cent... COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. all - - Do. - - Share Securities. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock - - Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 141 143 Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 104 103 21 Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 116 117 1161 1 1 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 ip - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 11 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 95 97 - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 10 l NewportAber,&c. pref.s 1 all , i 91 95 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Jo. &July 100 1134 1141 p. c. redeem, at sp.c.pm j - -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. &Oct. 100 - - 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1001 101 i option till 1866 all 114 114 111 - NovaScotiaGov. 6 p.c. St. 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p. c. shares all 9 10 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 112 1 113 1 113 1 `Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 100 - - - S.Aus.Gt6Pc.Jan&July 100 113 115 Stock Do. 5. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - -- Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 112 114 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - Stock North British. 5 per cent 100 108 110 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dek.Co. 100 - - Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Shar e C p lo ri s c in e. D o n e . Closing Badness Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 1 00 99 100 J o i n t-Stock Banks. Paid. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 l3 - - 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 - 100 Agra&UnltedServiceßk 50 - - 25 Do. York, H. &S. Porch lO 4d 4p 10 40 Australasia all 88 90 91 904 20 North Staffordshire . . all 231 244 24 25 Bank of Egypt all 254 251 Stock Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Is . ig 100 120 122 1211 100 Bank of Londou 5O 46 47 Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua lOO - - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all - - Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stkin perp 100 99 101 - 50 British North American all 60 61 si Scottish Central, new pi all - - 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 a 24d 7/ 1 Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - 100 City 5O 59 61 Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 190 Colonial Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. 100 - - 20.11 Co lo Bank of Canada all - - 22 Stock Do. 7p. C. pref. stock. 100 - -. 100 Commercial of London 2O 19 21 191 109. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 10/ 10/ 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 164 17 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. all - - 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - . South Eastern 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 214 2 2 1.0.6 Ann., 1.0 6) (Reading all 241 244 50 London and County Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 102 104 50 London Joint Stock ... 10 31 32 32 14 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is c Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - - 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - Sto c k Stok South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO - _ 20 Do. new lO - - 'Stock Do. 41 pe rs, cent lOO 00 Nationil Bank 25 - - 20 New South Wales 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gun. all - - 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 29 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 36 38 23 324 334 20 Ottoman Bank all 194 094 225550 UnionDl j o n . io N a e oo w ff AL 100 Provincial of Ireland 6 per cent. - Stock WaDtoe.rf6oprder&cenKtilkenny, 25 South Australia 2.5 Do. New - 174 - - • LINES LEASED AT FINED RENTALS. 1.100 Unity Mutual u on st d r o a n lia all 56 58 20 55 57 10 234 244 234 •RailWaY B * 1 • Co.'s. Price. 55 Pa i d Leasing Closing Bir o in ne r 100 Western Bk of London) 60 19 17 d ___------_ Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W - - shari Miscellaneous.' Buckinghamshire lOO Ln & N.W 99 100 MISCELLANEOUS. I p aid. l Closing Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledonin 103 105 (L n il l i in te t i). 7 all al Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 17 19 171 Busbies§ done E.Lincolnshire,g.Gp.c. 100 Gt. North. 141 143 1000 10 A A n ua gl u o t tl rr ex e r . a _ - • Priee. EUnion,HarwichShs. all E.Counts. 4 41- Do. Woodbridge . 100 - - 330 14 360 16 144 Gls.llarr.&Neils,Drcl. 100 Caledonin - - Do. New lOO Do. - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 34 35 Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. - - 10 Australian Royal Mail . an I 1 Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br - - 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 4 . Hull and Selby - Do. 4 Shares all Do. - - 50 British American Land 40 -.2 - Do. 1 Shares all Do. - - 50 Brit. & Irish 3#lax.Tel.A. all 40 42 2 L on don&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 92 95 100 Canada 324 114 118 10 C Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. - - kan.lslands Tet.(Lim.) all tit 101 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk .. - - St oc k Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 24 28 Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. - - 25 Do. preference 74 per ct all 24 26 c Man,Buxtn. & Matk all LN W&M 24 2 1 5 Crystal Palace c. Midsb.eder, g.6p.c. all Stk.& Dar --- - 5 Do. Preference all 5 5 & R Mid.BradrordPri. Stk. 100 Midland .98 100 Newinarkt.,BuryEx 1 Steck Electric Telegraph lOO 113 115 guaranteed sp.c. j I. 5.6. E.Counts. 1 4 p 5 Eng. & Aud. Cop.St.Co all 1 15 Northn.& East n:5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. . . all Do. 2 4 21 21 Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. - _ - Preston and (Pyre. 1 all 1- ' 3 ` N W 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - & L.Yk. 1 20 London Discount ...... 5 11 1; d - all Do. 4 Shares A. all Do. 4 Lond.Gen. Omni bus Co. all 11 1; - Roysta,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. No rth. 141 143 10 Mediter. Elect ric Tele g . - _ Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sP.e. 1811 O'Lan tYk 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 71 74 Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Brassey 91 94 9 I 25 National Di soount C 0... 5 ; 4 d South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean . 10 10 4 10 Netherlands Laud ..... 1 2 - - W e ar Valley, g,. 6p. c. all Stk.& Dar - -- 10 Do do .. . ... . ........... all Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West 92 93 9'21 100 N.Br.&NovaScoti aLand 80 15 13 Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtn 8 9 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 i 20 North of Europe Steam all ----- DOCKS . -- ------7- -- ---_ 1 Do. New Shares .... . .. 15s. 1 dig par Share Decks. I Paid Closing Boldness Price. Docks. 5 Peel River Land & Min . all 21 32; 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 85 87 --------- 5O Do. New 220 Red Sea & Ind. Tehgr 1 1 p Stock Commercial .. , ......... 100 "- 50 Rhymney Iron Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min. 100 - 15 Do. New 67} 61 Stock East and West India... 100 - 123 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O Stock London ... . ............ 100 - 1 Scot. Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 1/ 38 311 Stock St. Katharine.......... 100 - 93 25 South Australian Land. all 9 Stock Southampton .......... 100 - 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 4 1 Stock Victoria co Do New lB 14 iPi w Pr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. 5 - - 51 100 ,Van Diemen's Land .. 286, 11 12 Verdict for the plaintiff, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(2'his Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAPTURE OF NOTORIOUS FOREIGN THIEVES.—Three foreigners, named Theodore Vincent, Joseph Terion, and John Desire, were charged with stealing a parcel of vain able boolsa from the shop, andl the property of, Mr. Wm. Boone, bookseller, 29, New Bond-street. Horsey, 224 A, said that on the previous evening, about six o'clock, he saw the three prisoners in New Bond-street, Tirion having a cloak and something under it, both of which he passed to one of the others, and they all three then went into the Globe public-house, in South Molton street, and on his looking through the window he saw them sitting at a table examining some large books, now pro duced. Two of the prisoners afterwards having exchanged a part of their attire, they all throe came out, and having seen him, started off into Oxford-street, walking very, sharply. He followed and took Desire into custody on suspicion of stealing the books, and on asking what he had got, he said, " Ne,or book—me take to Baptist Noel." Seeing that they were• not new books, he took them into custody. Mr. William Boone, the prosecutor, said the books pro-. duced were his property and were taken from his shop, where they were placed tied up in a parcel. Two of the prisoners (Tirion and Deeiri) had been in his shop early in the evening and asked for a French dictionary, and he (prosecutor) had occasion to go to the extreme end of his shop, and thus afforded an opportunity for the books to be taken. Mr. Albert, having read over to the prisoners the evidence in French, the prisoners through him said they had nothing to say. Sergeant Rogers, of the C division, was in attendance to prove convictions against some of the prisoners. The prisoners were remanded till Wednesday next, when they will be committed for trial. Terion has suffered 12 months' imprisonment , for a rob bery at a jeweller's shop, on which occasion he threw snuff into the eyes of the prosecutor, Mr. Jacobs, of Pimlico, besides other terms of imprisonment. Desire has also only just come out of prison. It is expected that other charges will be preferred against them. THAMES: ROBBERY ON SOARD SHlP.—Michael Watson, the chief mate of the ship Ceres, lying at Pickle Herring-stairs, Horsleydowp, and nephew of Mrs. Robinson, of Sunder land, the owner of the ship, and connected with respectable families, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with breaking open a desk in the cabin of the vessel, and stealing £29 in gold therefrom. It appeared from the evidence that Captain Wm. Catch pole, the master of the Ceres, left the vessel yesterday morning on business, and upon his return in the evening, at half-past 6 o'clock, he found the prisoner was gone, and upon going into his cabin, discoiTred that his desk had been broken open, and all the money, 28 sovereigns and two half-sovereigns, abstracted. The captain quickly directed the whole of his crew to proceed in various directions in search of the prisoner, and in the course of the same night the carpenter, cook, and a seaman belonging to the Ceres found him in the Gun-Boat beer -shop in High-street, Shadwell, very tipsy and lying with his head upon a table in the kitchen. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Michael Cook, the landlord of the Gun-Boat—who will described by Mr. Yardley "to have acted very properly, and with as much care as honesty"—that the prisoner wss a schoolfellow of his 18 years ago, and he had seen him very frequently since. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was with a girl at the Bell, in Ratcliffe-highway, and she took his watch from him and suspended it to her own neck. On leaving the Bell they went to another public-house; and then came to the Gun-Boat. The girl said the prisoner had a deal of money about him, and he insisted upon the prisoner, who was very tipsy, giving it up to him. The prisoner did so, and the money, 26 sovereigns and two half sovereigns, was counted out upon a table. The prisoner then went to sleep, and upon the crew of the Ceres arriving at the house and giving information of the robbery, he took the prisoner to the station-house. Mr. Cook previously searched his pockets and took from them 18s. more, so that only £1 12s. was lost to the prosecutor. The priconer, who pleaded guilty, hung down his head and said he was very sorry for what he had done, he was intoxicated when he committed the robbery or he should not haverdone so. Mr. Yardley, after enlarging on the fearful effects of drunkenness, convicted the prisoner of larceny, and sen tenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. SINGULAR CHARGE OF Rol:limn - Jr.—On Friday last a person named Isaac Brewer was charged at the Thames Police Court, with stealing a hat-box, the property of Samuel Marks, who had been formerly prisoner's employer Mr. Lewis-appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Beard, Basinghall-street, for the prisoner. It was shown that prisoner, a most respectable man, was now in the service of a rival house. Mr. Beard proved that ,the hat-box had first been bor. rowed and then given. The Magistrate said no man in his senses could suppose prisoner stole the box, and he would be discharged. It was mentioned that an action for false imprisonment would be brought. THE WEATHER IN THE CHANNEL, &C.—DOVER, Tuesday, 7 p.m.—The weather moderated this morning ; but it now blows a sharp, biting wind from the east. The mail packet Alliance with two mails left for Calais at 6 a.m., and the mail packet Queen with two mails arrived from Calais at 7 40 a.m., and took her departure this afternoon at the usual hour with the French mails. The Prince Frederick Williansarrived with the mails twin Ostend this morning at 4 o'clock, but was not let into harbour until 6.30. No mail for the North of Europe via Ostend sine.) Saturday night, for the Belgian Government mail packet that ran to the leeward yesterday morning and landed he r mails at Newhaven has not come up to - Dover vet. The Prince Frederick William goes with the mail to Ostend to night at the usual hour. Her Majesty's steam yacht B lack Eagle, Master Commander Petley, arrived here to-day in readiness to embark to-morrow his Royal Highnessl . the Prince of Wales for Ostend. His Excellency Lord Bloomfield will cross over to Calais to - morrow morning by special packet en route to Berlin. 711 9 I 40 / 221 all all 9 4 all all 8 7k THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. SHREWSBURY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE HURDLE RACE. Two miles and a quarter. Relapse .. 1 Wee Willie Boadicea Three ran. GRAND ANNUAL STEEPLECHASE. Four Miles. Escape Greyling .. Brompton Eight ran. THE FOREGATE STAKES. Clemanthe Tiara Clapham Eight ran. STEWARD'S CUP. English Rose. 1 Broadlands 2 Mitraille Eight ran. THE MURDER AT THE BRIDGE OF EARN. The Edinburgh High Court of Justiciary resumed its sittings on Monday, for the purpose of taking up the case of Alexander Murray, charged with the murder of his grandmother. On the bench wore the Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Ardmillan, and Lord Neaves. The prisoner is a young man, 23 years of age, by profession a sailor. The murder he is charged with was committed at the Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, the residence of his grandmother, at whose house he had gone to stay a few days after his voyage, and before starting on his next. His vessel arrived at Greenock in the early part of the week, and on Thursday, the 19th August, he arrived at his grand mother's house. Then he was the worse of liquor, and stated, in reply to a question, that he had been drinking very hard for two days previous. On the Saturday afternoon, while apparently suffering under an attack of delirum tremens, he seized a common dinner knife, and stabbed his grandmother in the throat. She died almost immediately, and for this murder he was to-day called upon to answer. The Lord Advocate, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. Blackburn, advocate depute, conducted the prosecution. The defence was sustained by Mr. George Young and Mr. Alexander Moncrieff. The Prisoner, in answer to the charge, pleaded not guilty, and it was specially alleged on his behalf that the offence was committed while he was under the influence of insanity. Several medical witnesses for the defence were accommodated with seats in the court, and pro vision was also made for medical witnesses retained by the Crown. The principal witness was Isabella Campbell, daughter of the murdered woman, and aunt of the prisoner, who said—When prisoner arrived at our house from Greenock he was in a state of delirium tremens, from drink. He was very violent and restless in the house. He remained mostly in the house on the day of the murder. I heard a noise in the back bed-room where my mother and the prisoner were. I heard screams. I went to the tack bed-room, and saw my mother lying on the floor. The prisoner was above my mother, striking her on the head. Her feet were near the door, and her head away from me as I went in. The prisoner's back was towards me. I caught hold of the prisoner, and tried to pull him off my mother. He knocked me down. He pulled me down in the scuffle. I don't remember whether he threw me down on the top of my mother, but it was near her. He struck me repeatedly when I was down. I managed to get up, and cried for assistance as loud as I could. I heard my mother say he had cut her throat, and I observed that there was blood. My mother was covered with blood, and blood ran on the floor. I raised her up, and attempted to take her into the next room. 04e of the maids came, in answer to my call, and helped me to take out my mother. I had her out in the lobby, when the pri soner seized her and knocked her down again. He struck her several times with his hands, and knelt down on his knees beside her, and struck her on the head. I pulled him away again, pushed him out at the front door into the road, and locked the door. I returned to my mother. She was still alive, but died almost immediately. Tire Court adjourned the trial till Tuesday. The prisoner sat the whole day with his head drooping and turned to the side away from the jury, and looking very abject and melancholy. THE WESTERN BANK. A meeting to consider the best mode of relieving the sufferers by the recent bank failures was held yesterday in the Lord Provost's Chambers, Ediit burgh. Mr. Charles Cowan, M.P., and afterwards the Lord Provost, presided. Mr. Kenneth Mac- kenzie reported that after considerable discussion as to the propriety of calling a meeting for the purpose of augmenting the subscriptions, it had been resolved that two gentlemen should proceed to Glasgow to get the opinions of the committee there. Mr. Bryson and himself thereupon waited upon the Glasgow committee, and that committee strongly advised them to take means to get up a public meeting in Edinburgh, as they believed it would have a better effect than if it was to take place in Glasgow. He thought a public meeting would bring a much larger, subscription than they could otherwise obtain.—Dean Ramsay said that he knew there were certain parties who objected to subscribing for purposes of this kind. An idea had got into people's minds that all the subscriptions would go to law expenses, and there were others who objected to subscribe to such an object because the shareholders had invested their money in the Western Bank for the purpose of increasing their own incomes ; but he could not agree with any of these objections. — Mr. Cowan said he had occasion to hear a good deal stated in the way of objections—for instance, that this was a commercial calamity which people had brought on themselves by desiring to obtain a high rate of dividend. He had no sympathy with those feelings. He thought that every one who had been preserved from being involved in such a loss should be called upon to some extent to miti gate that loss. However large a sum might be raised by the benevolence of the public, it would go but a very small way to mitigate the distress that befallen a large number of the unfortunate share holders. After considerable discussion as to the desirability of calling a public meeting, a committee was appointed to consider the subject, and to report to a future meeting. The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the Lord Provost.—Scotsman. CITY SEWERS. Yesterday the commissioners assembled at Guild hall, for the despatch of business—Deputy Christie in the chair. ILLUMINATING POWER AND CHEMICAL QUALITY OF THE GREAT CENTRAL GAS. Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of health for the City of London, presented his report on the illumi nating power and chemical quality of the gas sup plied by the Great Central Gas Company during the last three months, and, as the result of 130 experiments made in accordance with the instructions of the act of parliament, the illu minating power has been equal to that of 13.25 sperm candles, or 15.16 wax of 120 grains con sumption. This is a satisfactory result, for it shows that the illuminating power has been a little more than 26 per cent. over the standard of the act of parliament. The chemical quality has also been good, for the gas has been remarkably free from ammonia and sulphuretted hydrogen. SANITARY STATE OF THE CITY. Dr. Lethebv handed in the following report :-- " The inspector's returns, which are before you, relate to 282 houses that have been inspected since the last meeting of the court, and I submit a list of 29 places that require your orders for sanitary improvement in various particulars of cleansing, draining, and water supply. I also submit a cer tificate for the registration of a house (No. 8) in Golden-lane, as a common nightly lodging-house. The mortality returns for the last fortnight are much in excess of those for the preceding weekF, and of the average for this season of the year. Th 3 total number of deaths 'is 132 , the average for the corresponding periods of the last two years being 121. The excess in the mortality has chiefly been among infants, for there were 69 deaths among children of less than five years of age, and the dis eases which have been unusually fatal to them are whooping-cough, measles, and scarlet fever. The cold weather has also produced a high mortality from affections of the respiratory system. In the course of the fortnight there have been 21 deaths from• bronchitis, 13 from pneumonia, and 12 from phthisis. There have also been seven deaths from fever. seven from scarlatina, two from smallpox, eight from whooping-cough, ten from measles, and five from croup and diphtheria. "The number of births in the fortnight was 141, of which 66 were males, and 75 were females. PARLIAMENTARY STATISTICS. A Parliamentary document was published 3res terday, consisting of reports received from British. Secretaries of Embassy and Legation on the manu factures and commerce of the countries in which they reside. These have been furnished in confor mity with a request issued by Lord Clarendon at the beginning of last year, with the view of encou raging the junior members of the diplomatic service to turn to account the opportunities of observation afforded them. The consuls at the outports of fo- reign countries already send periodical statements, but it was considered that valuable opportunities of a more general character would present themselves to her Majesty's diplomatic servants residing atthe various capitals where the course and motives of the commercial legislation of each country would be more apparent. The dates at which the reports are recommended to be made are the Ist of January and the Ist of July of each year, and they are in all cases to be handed to the head of the Embassy, who is expected to transmit them, with any additions of his own, to the Government. The present publi cation contains 13 reports all from European coun tries. The first is on Sardinia, from Mr. Erskine, at Turin. • Statistics in that country are not much cul tivated, but Mr. Erskine has compiled a number of tables and collected many facts with regard to its general industry which possess much interest. There is likewise a summary of the railway under takings of the State, with a description of the efforts in progress for tunnelling Mont Cenis. Also full particulars of the State debt up to the Ist of Jan., 1857, when it amounted to £27,000,000. On Belgium the report is from Sir T. W. Waller, and states that the foreign trade of the country has nearly doubled itself in the last ten years, the im ports in 1855 having reached £27,160,000. Of Bavaria it is stated by Mr. Bonar that so rare and imperfect is the statistical information imparted by the Government that it is' next to impossible to obtain, otherwise than by personal observation, detailed and accurate knowledge of its annual foreign commerce. In various parts of the country coal has lately been discovered in veins promising to be of considerable extent and of ex cellent quality. This may give an impulse to trade, a costly wood fuel, or an inferior peat turf, having hitherto been alone used. A very full and favour able account of the commercial progress of Switzer land is given by Mr. Herries. Some of the figures are striking-, and the general prosperity is attri buted to free-trade principles, coupled with political liberty. The falling off of the soldier traffic, which in former times drew away a large portion of the population from industrial pursuits, is oited among the minor causes of advancement. The present value of British exports to Switzerland, which mostly take place through France, is roughly esti mated at £2,400,000. More business is supposed to have been done of late years by Switzerland with the United States than with any other country, and the crisis at New York last autumn was conse quently severely felt. In railways the country is behind most others, and the lines that exist are are "not greatly to be admired." The total of nomi nal capital thus invested is about £12,000,000, of which a large proportion is foreign, the Paris Credit Mobilier being a great holder. In telegraphs there has been much more progress, and the charges for internal messages are extraordinarily low, amount ing only to 2s. 6d. for 100 words, irrespective of distance. The report of Mr. Howard, the Secre tary of Embassy in France, relates exclusively to the silk trade of Lyons. From Denmark Mr. Orme describes a steady improvement which has been going on during the last ten years. assisted by the breaking down of old restrictions. In a report from Frankfort it is mentioned by Mr. Edwardes that a company formed in that city about four years ago for preserving and compressing vegetables for naval, military, and other purposes, has met with singular success. It was established with a capital of only £lO,OOO, and is now doing much business with almost every part of the world. The first year it made a return of 13 per cent.; the second, in consequence of enlargements, it paid only 8 per cent., but then advanced to 15 :pep cent. It began by employing six work-people, and has at present 120. From Prussia Lord A. Loftus gives encouraging prospects, her progress being partly due to the growth of intelligence and scien tific knowledge among the mannfacturing classes, owing to increased facilities of communication with foreign countries, and to the great development of the iron and mining interests. It is believed, moreover, that publie feeling is working towards a greater development of the principle of free trade.: From Vienna Mr. Elliot sends a report, in which he traces the causes of the low rank held by Austria, with her population of 38,000,000 among commercial nations, to the system of " guilds and trades" having been one of the principal. Much general information is alsq given. As regards Russia, Mr. Fane has.traws: nutted an elaborate review of the progress qf he* commerce for 30 years up to 1853, at which, date, owing to the confusion created by the war, the sta. tistical tables became for a certain period almost valueless. The slow development of Russian com merce, looking at the fact of the population num bering 60,000,000, Mr. Fane attributes to serf labour, defective means of transport, and vicious legislation, coupled with the low social status of the merchant. Each of these, however, is in progre of amelioration,:the first of the recent edicts decree: ing the gradual emancipation of the serfs tho second by the projected system of railways ' • anti the third by the tariff of 1857. Of the general coin. mercial system of Turkey an analysis is furnished by Mr. Alison. The advantages derived by that country from her system of virtual free trade are shown to be greatly counteracted by the pernicious duties levied on the transmission of goods from mit province to another. The fact is that no prodnq: tion of the soil or manufactures of Turkey can be transported by sea between any two towns with out paying 13 per cent. on being shipped and 1 per cent. on being sold for consumption, while as regards the tributary provinces an average duty of 15 per cent. is levied on goods merely passing and repassing the frontier. As the country is totally devoid of roads, the tax on sea carriage virtually applies to the only means of cheap transport at command. It is also shown that as re spects all the ordinary methods of collecting revenue those of Turkey arc the most wasteful and barbarous. The absence of roads, canals, or railways is, how ever, the grand evil that explains the low rate of progress the nation has hitherto made, " compared with other producing countries possessed of far inferior natural facilities for the production of raw produce in excess of -the wants of the country itself." A paper from Mr. Grey gives, in connexion with details of the commerce of Sweden, a narrative of the distress which fell upon the trade of that country last autumn, and some useful remarks on her rather tardy railway legislation. The final document is from Mr. Paget, on Portugal, and here, again, we have a repetition of the story always heard in countries where the people look to the Government to do everything, that the want of roads and transport is creating universal impoverishment. From this cause there is a con stant emigration to Brazil. "At present," it is said, "there is barely sufficient corn grown to supply the wants of the population, for the reason that, owing to the want of roads and the impracti cability or expense of transport, the fanner merely cultivates sufficient land to supply his own imme diate neighbourhood, anything beyond that remain ing a dead loss upon his hand." Finally, it is to be remarked that the whole of the reports thus re ferred to will be found to contain interesting in formation, stated in a clear and unpretending manner, and that the volume is a creditable speci men of the ability of our young diplomatic officers to handle commercial and financial topics. UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. OXFORD, m 0 n N d o a v y . I n 6 e . x In a convocation to be holden on the 22d inst., at ten o'clock, the name of Mr. Francis Kewley, M.A., of Jesus College, - whose nomination to the office of Moderator in Schola Literarum Grwcarum et Latinarum, has been approved i by congregation, will b e submitted to the the Whereas Mr. St evens , o f H o l y llth n e le 9 s . seefor about five years of th e l an d i n the w P e Parks belonging in rever s i on t o th e U n i vers it y , h as lib era lly i given up the immediate possession of one acre of laud at the north of the Museum, to the University, in a convocation to be holden on Thursday next, the 18th instant, at two o'clock, it will be proposed that the Museum delegacy be empowered to plant the said acre of laud out of the funds voted for laying out the ground adjoining the Museum. In the same convocation the names of the follow ing gentlemen who have been nominated to c ecd to the office of select preacher at Michaelmas, 1859, will be submitted to the house, viz. :—Thc Rev. Francis K. Leighton, D.D., Wardell of All Souls College ; the Rev. J. Shergold Boone, M.A., Christ Church ; the Rev. William Ifedley, M.A., Univer sity College ; the Rev. Charles P. Chretien, Oriel College ; the Rev. William Ince, M.A., Exeter College. Members of convocation are informed that a copy of the general accounts of the university from Nov. 6, 1857, to Nov. 6, 1858, is now deposited in the registrar's room for their inspection, by the authority of the delegates of accounts. F.JEITNE, Vice-Chancellor. FIRST PUBLIC ExAMINATIoN.—The Junior Proc tor, the Rev. Charles W. Heaton, M.A., of Pembroke College, has this day issued the names of the can didates for the first public examination under moderators, arranged in alphabetical order, and numbering 18-1. - •"N pro- s in run t at roop field pa orse ma) ; 36th 3 to eing The now un sary dory ~ re two From ttry : ched riga ttion ; de ttery Ps 7th ►res); N)ot; Hers,