The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-16 00:00:00

nwn• roduc .fil the )f the For, ~ Sir ii--re , poet 3h lose sition• ;ertion ion, it oast of 'lOO - the much _was J. W Epp" r gor- 3 1011 7 EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been less activity, and in some instances prices have slightly declined. Tea has been exceedingly firm, but the inferior qualities of sugars have declined, and in the refined market lower rates have been current for dried goods. For coffee there has been a rather active enquiry, particularly for Plantation Ceylon, the finer descriptions of which brought high rates. In r ice there have been few transactions, and prices are unchanged. Currants have been in good de mand, and spices have been dealt in to a fair ex tent. Saltpetre has realized steady prices, but tal low has shown a downward tendency for present and forward deliveries. Accounts from Liverpool report that the cotton market yesterday continued very inactive, and prices remained without alteration. The sales were only 6,000 bales. In railway shares rather more animation prevailed, and quotations generally were firmer. A sum of £B,OOO was sent into the Bank of Eng land yesterday. The arrivals of specie this morning, include £159,182 by the Parana, from the West Indies; and £,4,200 by the Amazon, from Africa. The inquiry for money continues very moderate, and first-class bills are freely negotiated at 21 per cent. Owing to the diminished demand for accom modation, and the easier appearance of the market, the question of an immediate advance in the mini mum is no longer discussed. At the Stock Ex change loans are obtainable on favourable terms, and the settlement of the account in foreign stocks and railway shares has had very little effect upon the demand. The half-yearly meeting of the Blackwall Rail way Company has taken place to-day. The report showed a surplus on the revenue of the half-year of £19,109 15s. 9d., out of which the directors pro- Posed a dividend of £2 15s. per cent. per annum, equal to 2s. 9d. per share. The increase of the last over the corresponding six months traffic of 1858 Was £3,931 14s. 11d. The report was adopted. The transactions in the market for the Eng lish Securities to-day have been moderate, but a decided improvement has taken place, and the general tendency of values has been in an upward direction. The Funds have risen about I per Cent., Consols being 95! to 1 for money and account. One of the principal causes of this im provement was a purchase of £15,000 by the Government Broker for the Savings Banks. Busi ness generally is very dull, partly in consequence of the settlement in foreign stocks and railway shares. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities have advanced to 954 ; India Loan Debentures (1858), to 951 ; ditto (1859), to 941, ; but the Bonds re mained heavy, at 12 dis.; Bank Stock has im proved to 223 and 224; India ditto is steady, at 21 8 ; Exchequer Bills are 235. to 265. prem. ; the New Indian Loan is about 971 981. In the Foreign Stock Market business has been moderately active, and prices in most instances are firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents. being 83 to 85 ; ditto New Loan, 73 to 75 ; Mexican has advanced to 20z. ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. to 1031 1041 ; and ditto 41 per Cents. to 942- 95; Russian 41 per Cents. are steady, at 991 ; and Sardinian at 851. Spanish Certificates have receded to 4!, and the Venezuelan New 21 per Cents. to 271. The New Russian Loan is 1 to 1 prem. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been extremely limited; in some instances, however, a slight advance has taken place. Eastern Counties and South Western have im proved s s. ; Midland, and South Eastern, 10s. ; and Caledonian, 1/. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire and Brighton, declined ss. ; and Great Western, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been almost neglected. Lombardo-Venetian shares realise 101, ; and Great Luxembourg 6: ; East Indian have improved to 991 ; and Grand Trunk of Canada to 341 to 34 1 2 4. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are dull. Chartered of India, Australia and China, London and Westminster, and Ottoman Bank, have declined ss. ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam improved 10s. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 iper Cent. Reduced Annuities 9s} 1 I i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities I ndia Stock Ditto Debentures, 1858 951 5 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO llitt ) under £l,OOO Consols for Account (Sept. '7) r xchequer Bills, Ll 000 11d .. 23 6 r itto 5,500 - ' ' Ditto Small, lid. PRIeEB OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. i 'l'azilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 44 per Cent. 1858 95 4f Mexican 5 per Cent. .. Di tto Account I. ) ruvian 4/ pe r C en t 93 ~u ' u t higuese, 1853, 3 per Cent. &I. an, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — SaDitto 4} per Cent. ar,,,.• r—an, 5 per Cet B5l 'Vanish Cora. Cert. n of Coup. not funded 4l 'lurkish 6 per Cent B2 3/ Ditto New Loan Ditto Account .. 7 3 k Ir enezuelan 5 per Cent.' — Ditto Account ... • Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O' CL 0C K . Consols, Money 951 i, Ditto Account THIS LAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; new 1 ▪ 0 ., £3 15s to £4 4s ; old clover, £4 5s to £5 10s ; new do., £4 Os to £4 10s ; and straw, £1 10s to £2 Os per load. A fair demand, at late rates. CIYMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; new do. £3 15s to £4 4s ; old clover, £4 5 s t o £5 10 s ; new do., _44 Os to £4 10s; and straw, £1 103 to £ 2 O s p er l ea d. Trade s t ea d y. WHITE CHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s; , new do , ,£3 15s to £4 4s ; old clove' £4 Os to £5 105; oadew do., £4 Os to L 4 lOs ; an d straw, Ll 108 to £2 Os per L. A moderate inquiry, at our quotations. COLONIAL. TEA .—The market is very quiet. Prices, the p r i va t e market, continue very firm. however, in Sudan.—A very small quantity is announced for public sale during the week. British plantation continues at former value s but inferio r descriptions are a shade cheaper. In the refined market th ere has b een a very li m it e d in quiry for dried goods and prices are unaltered. COPFEE.—Plantation and native Ceylon have both been in good demand, at extreme rates. In the stocks on hand, compared with those of the same period of last year, there is a deficiency of about 2,100 tons. ItlcE.—A very limited amount of business has been transacted. Prices, however, have continued steady. FR UIT. -- Currants are in steady demand, at fully late quotations. SALTPETRE.—There has been rather more activity in the demand, and firm prices have been offered for all qualities. TA Ll"w•—The market continues very quiet, and prices are steady. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 555., and for last three months 558 6d per cwt. THIS DA Y'S SHIPPING. i• LO NDON, Aug 16. — Wind this day at noon, W.; dght airs an d fi ne. . C COW Aug ES A 15 in W d W .— Arrived—Neptune, from a llao. CLYDE, Aug. 15.—Wind W.—Arrived—Mohawk, from Quebec. Sailed.—Thalestus, for Demerara. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Wind W. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, August 1 5—Augusto, from Hamburg. KinA.rrived August 16—Vi rg i n i a, from Mauritius; Fores t f ro ' gl m New Orleans. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPTL.) DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W.N. W. Put Back and Anchored, Ang. 15—Gwalior, schooner, rorn the westward. The _Patric relates the following anecdote : ' A worthy cure of the environs of Paris entered the army in his youth, and was a Zouave in Africa in 1°42, where he distinguished himself by his bravery. On leaving the ser vice, he entered holy orders, and during the Crimean war he obtained permission to join his old regiment as chaplain. The Zonave-cure, as he was called in the army, visited the Camp of St. Maur on Saturday, and was soon recognised by his old companions in arms, who received him with every de monstration of joy. Come and see our colour,' said an old sergeant, ' your blessing will bring it success.' The priest was accordingly conducted to the colour, of which only a few glorious tatters remain. He knelt down, and after a short prayer rose and kissed the standard, his eyes overflowing with tears as he did so. The Zouaves stood round much affected by the sight. ' I see among you many Whom I remember in the Crimea, but none of my old com rades in Africa.' They died on th e fi eld of honour in Italy. The last fell at Solferino,' was the reply. Let us they pray all for t nelthem, my lads,' sa id t h e cure ; and accordingly the repose of their k round the colo ur and breathed a prayer for glorious companeions." SHAKE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SIIAIi Railways. 12.10 Amber g., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Jut , fion Belfa?,.t and Baliymena Wol., and Mr. Val : Birk., Lane., and Chesil Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and holy head Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall A roves. no div Do. A until6p.c.per an , Do. B hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelfast June Dun., Perth, & Abr. June East Anglian 'Eastern Counties ' Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock I Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent I East Lancashire East Suffolk Do (Edinburg and Glasgow I Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction 'Furness Glasgow & South Westn IGreat North of Scotland, Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gna.Stk I 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 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast ILondon & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn , L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen.! Man., Shef., & Lincoln ! Metropolitan ' Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. 4 Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Iferefd ;Newry & Armagh (def.) INewry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk 'North. Counties Union iNorth British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß, Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick, Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction (North Staffordshire INorth-Western INo. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& 'Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scab. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock ;Shropshire Union Sittinbourne & Sheer South' Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun I Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk &Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class [tEs ANT) STOCKS. Paid. Cloning Price. 6 6} 7i 8i 75 77 11} 121 97 99 821 t 32?, 4i 6 8 9 14i 15 57 58 40 43 28 30 94 96 721 7:3 261 27 92 93 100 102 81 83 131 133 106 108 59 CO 55 60 87 90 12 13 p' 12 13 p 94i 95i d 65 67 1108 110 931 I/41 1i 11 d 921 931 5 7 35 36 'lo4} 1041 79 81 9 11 59 61 3l It d 57i 671 9t 914 1i id 44f 441 72 73 102 104 41 4} d 131 14/ 62 7 31 32 13 15 111 113 24 25 82 84 45 47 n 24d 44 46 734 744 61 63 60 64 8 11 36i 87i 6 6 34f 74 3 7} Rusiness 751 971 82! 3j 144 58 7i i Share 13.14 Stoek] Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock] 161 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 124 Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock 1 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock; Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock , Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock, Stock 16 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all ! PREFERENCE SHARES._ Share Railways. ' Blythe and Tyne 1( per, c. pref. (issued at £5O) Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stocle Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4i per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 5i pc I Do. do. 5 p. ct. ;Cork & Bandon, 5} p. c IDun.Perth,& Aber.Jun E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc ... • E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Do. do No.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lanc. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares, Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent ; glas. &S West. a. spe Great Northern, 5 p. cf ! Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf jGt. Sn.& w (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock reat West. (Berks and stook) Stock Stock Stock Stock Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. Do. Redeemable, 44 p et. I Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, d 0... Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. Stock 264 13} 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stoek Stock stock) 124 12 Stock 6 Stock 12i Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock 108. 10 1.0.6. shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock L on .&Brig.sPc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 P. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.& S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, I ate 3d shares Londondy & Cole, she Londondy.& Ennis, sh & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do. 4 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pref.s p.,c. redeem, at sp. a. m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p. c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Vitl.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 . 140. York, H.& S. Purchl North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lstg Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 4 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scott i sh Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent.l ,South Eastern (Reading _ _ Ann., 1.0 6 ) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Do Al per cent Do. Fixed 4& p.c : Ist is . 2 - '5 stoci. Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent - Closing Business Paid. Price. Done. all 1100 6 100 100 100 100 all LINES LEASED AT FIXE: Railways. Paid. REN' 'ALB. Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all ;Ln & Buckinghamshire 100 'Ln& N.W ClydesdaleJunction.' 100 Caledonin Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.e. 100 Gt. North. E Union JlarwichS hs. all E.Counts. Do. Woodbridge 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dr lOO Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares all Do. Do. Shares all Do. London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. Do. Barking Shares. all Do. L o westoft, gua. 4p. et'. 100 Norfolk . Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. lifanc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN w&3l Midsb.& Redcr,g.6p.c. all Stk.& Da Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Midland Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 5. 5.6. E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn. & Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. ... all Do. , Do. Fixed 5 per cent, all Do. L& N W Preston and Wyra. { all & Do. 4 Shares . .. .. A. all Do. Roystn,Hitch.,& .... 100 Gt. North. Shßoth.&Gol.p.;.sp.c. 18 11 6 Lan.& Shrowsbry& Hereford all T Bras soy South Staffordshire .. all ISl`Clean . Wear Valley, g. 6p. 6. all iltk.& Dar Do. do. .. . ....... ... all Do. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn.l all L.&Brgtn DOCKS• Share Docks. o.§ 100 1102 104 I 164 174 140 144 1 110 112 64 66 115 120 91 93 98 100 I if , 57 59 1139 142 90 92 8 9 I Paid Cl os ing Rueine®e Price. Done. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do4perCent.Pret.Min lOO Stock East and West India 1 100 Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO .... Stock Southampton .... 4 lOO Stock Victoria W Do New 0•190111......46! 11 NM 100 all all 100 100 100 all all lall all 101 i 101 i 594 I i 109 I 81 91 1 10 i 811 all 100 3} 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 23 ls. 174 all all 100 all 8 % 81 d 45 i 74 1 i 624 49 51 95 97 1103 105 51 61 99 101 112 117 107 111 !114 116 ,113 115 1129 131 ;81 83 'l4O 142 115 117 120 122 111 113 106 108 85 87 97 99 87 E 9 88 90 101 103 92 10} 17 18 10 10i 74 76 19 20 9 10 14 15 138 140 1 168 162 8 9 120 123 iP 86 68 139 141 104 106 iP 94• 96 9! 10 114 114 110 112 108 110 98 100 1 4p 224 d 234 124 126 123 125 99 101 72 74 120 124 118 122 1% 11 24 24? 104 106 104 106 28} 20a 34 35 47 53 CIUMIATAL COURT.-( THIS DA E) Share I Railways. raid. Closing j Business Price. , Done. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) TRIAL OF DR. SMETTIURST.—SECOND DAY. The trial of Dr. Smethurst, for the wilful murder of Miss Isabella Bankes, at Richmond, was resumed this morning by the examination of Dr. Julius. This gentleman's evi dence is so perfectly familar to the public that we abstain from re-publishing it. Sergeant Parry, for the prisoner, subjected the witness to a severe cross-examination, but nothing that materially altered his evidence in chief was elicited. At the close of which, Sergeant Parry said—You are, I presume, a doctor of medicine ? Witness—Yes. Sergeant Parry—ls yours a London degree ? Witness—No, it is not. 40 , Sergeant Parry—What is it then ? Witness—lt is that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Sergeant Parry—l did not know the Archbishop had the power of making a doctor of medicine. The Lord Chief Baron—Oh ! yes, he has. He can also make a master of arts. Sergeant Parry—Make me a master of arts F (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Baron—l did not say that. I said a master of arts. (Laughter.) . _ Sergeant Parry, to witness—Did you take, then, your degree as a mere matter of course ? Witness—No. The granting of such a degree by the archbishop is a very uncommon thing. Sergeant Parry—Are you a member of the College of Surgeons ? Witness—Yes. Sergeant Parry—l suppose you merely paid your fee and got your degree as a doctor of medicine, as a matter of course ? Witness—Oh, dear no ; I had to get two members of the College of Physicians, who had known me for a consider able period. They then certify that lam a proper person to receive such a degree, and it is then granted. Sergeant Parry—You got such a certificate, and then the degree followed ? Witness—Yes ; it merely entitles you to call yourself " doctor." That's all. The Lord Chief Baron—You are a member of the Col lege of Surgeons ? Witness—Yes, my lord ; and also a licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries. The next witness examined was Dr. Bird, the partner of Dr. Julius. This gentleman's evidence has also repeatedly been published. He was decidedly of opinion that the death of Miss Bankes was caused by the constant adminis • tration of a mineral poison in small doses. Sergeant Parry, in cross-examination—Did you form any decided opinion that this lady was the subject of slow arsenical poisoning before you were told so by Dr. Julius ? The Lord Chief Justice—He does not say so. He says he is of opinion that death was caused by the administra tion of a mineral poison in small doses. Arsenic or anti mony would produce the effect. Sergeant Parry, to witness—Well, have you formed an opinion that death was caused by arsenical poisoning ? -__. Witness—Yes, I have. Sergeant Parry—During your attendance on the lady, did you administer bismuth, ascetate of lead, and nitrate of silver ? Witness—Yes. [Dr. Bird, by reference to his book, ex plained the manner in which the medicines he supplied were mixed.] Sergeant, Parry—Have you not come to the unfavourable opinion you have expressed as to the cause of this lady's death partly from what you have observed and partly from from what Mr. Smethurst told you ? Witness—l have. The Lord Chief Baron—Did the symptoms as described to you by Dr. Smethurst differ from your own observation ? Witness—Not at all. The Lord Chief Baron—Did what the lady tell you her self agree with what you yourself saw ? Witness—Entirely. Mr. A. W. Caudle, assistant to Drs. Julius and Bird, was next examined byMr. Clark. He explained the different mixtures made up and sent to Miss Bankes. When he re ceived the prescription, directing him to mix two drops of prussic acid, of Scheele' strength to each dose of the mix ture, he thought it was rather a large quantity, and Dr. Julius being from home, he gave four drops of prussic acid of pharmacopic instead of two drops of Scheele's. The Lord Chief Baron—Why did you do that ? Witness—Because four drops of the pharmacopic prussic acid would be under the strength of two drops of Scheele's. [Mr. Caudle then explained the sealing up of the jars con taining the two evacuations given to him by Dr. Julius, to be sent to Mr. Buzzard, of Great Marlborough- street, London.] Mr. Clark—ln any one of the prescriptions you made up and sent to Miss Bankes, was there any arsenic, antimony, or bichlorake of mercury ? Witness—Most certainly not. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Parry--I do not think there is any difficulty in mixing nitrate of silver into pills. Mr. Julius, jun., proved taking tho bottles containing the evacuations to Mr. Buzzard's; and Catherine Murray, domestic servant to that gentleman, stated that she took them in and left them on the parlour table. Dr. Buzzard, surgeon, of Great Marlborough-street, said he took the bottles to Dr. Alfred Taylor, when the bottles were opened and a portion of their contents taken out for analysis. Mr. Barwell, assistant-surgeon at Charing-cross Hospi tal, stated the appearance of the body on a post-niortein examination. ILLNESS OF THE FOREMAN OF THE JURY. At three minutes to two o'clock the foreman of the jury was taken suddenly ill. Mr. Barwell, who happened to be giving his evidence at the time, instantly rendered him as sistance, and in a moment afterwards Drs. Todd and Cope land were in attendance. Brandy was administered, but the foreman fell back in a fainting fit. Dr. Smethurst watched the juryman with the greatest anxiety. At length it was found that the juryman was not in a position to pro ceed, and he was led out of court, and the trial, as a matter of course, was suspended. The Lord Chief Justice said he did not see the necessity of entering so minutely into the medical details and inti mated that the explanations given by the witness might have produced this lamentable effect upon the juror. He might have been affected by the very horror of the facts. After the lapse of about 20 minutes the juryman was brought back and the trial was resumed. He looked ex tremely ill, and it is very doubtful whether he will be able to last out during the day. Mr. Barwell was again placed in the box. The Lord Chief Baron—What is your opinion as to the cause of death ? Witness—That it arose from irritant poisons slowly ad- ministered. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON A RAILWAY.—On Sa turday night, as the mail train, which leavesthis; town at 7.5 p.m., was approaching Bradbury Station, the engine man observed a man walking along the line on the left r space iv e r between eeund ed his whistle, the up stead of stepping upon the down line he stepped upon the up line, on which the mail train was approaching him. The driver saw the danger, and did all he could to avert it, but and down and line ee ef manr e ihlseardilite, engine driver nine - d in a few seconds the engine had struck the unfortunate man and knocked him down. His head was almost taken off, and he died instantaneously. We understand he was a farmer, residing near Bradbury.—Newcastle Chronicle. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE FENCHURCH-STREET TERMINUS.—On Friday afternoon Mr. James Sandeman, aged 57, a gentleman well known in the wine trade, died at his residence, Fairfield-road, Bow, from the effects of an accident he met with at the Fenchurcb-street Railway Ter minus a short time since. He had ascended the steps leading to the platform in order to proceed by the train, when by some means his foot slipped, and he fell on to the line, his head striking the rails and the ash pan where the engine rests. He was picked up insensible, and never rallied. Several ribs on his right side were fractured. THE GREAT EASTERN.--We are informed that, instead of the Ist of September, the Great Eastern will start from the Thames on her trial trip on Monday next, the 22d inst. We are further informed that, instead of going out into the Atlantic, as orginally intended, she will proceed, first to Cherbourg, next to Portland, and then to various other parts off our own coasts. THE NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE GREAT EASTERN.—The nautical instruments for the Great Eastern which have just been completed by Mr. John Grey, of Liverpool, were publicly exhibited at the Exchange in that town yesterday. They consist of two large compasses, and a patent binacle, much above the ordinary size, and very neat in workmanship. In connection with the binacle is an apparatus 'for the adjustment of compasses, as sane tioned by the Board of Trade. THE EMPEROR AND ZOUAVE.—The Cornier des Vosges has the following :—" A. few days ago a Zouave, named Galmiche, of the village of Ormont, fifteen years in the service, and who has taken part in twenty-eight cam paigns, was trudging along the road from Eprinal to Re miremont, with a stick in bis hand plucked from a tree, and only thirteen sous in his pocket. He was on the way to rejoin his regiment in Africa, and though the distance was great and the weather hot, he was lighthearted and roared a patriotic song. Presently he heard the crack of a postilion's whip, and a few seconds after a car riage came up. In the carriage was the Em peror, and not without emotion the Zouave gave his Majesty the military salute. The Emperor had the carriage sopped, and asked him, Where are you going, my frien?" To Africa, Sire 1' Were you with us in Italy ?" Do not mention it, Si re , y ou make my heart ache! I was ill, taking the waters ; but I was wounded in the Crimea, and I have heard that the Austrians were so well handled in Italy that the presence of your poor servant was not necessary I" Your journey is a difficult one to make in this hot weather I" Sire, it is not so hot as it was at Solferino l' The Emperor smiled, and slipping two pieces of 20fr. into the man's hand, wished him a good journey, and drove off. The Zouave in his delight exclaimed, What a capital bottle of wine I will drink to-night to the health of the Emperor.' " EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE.—On Friday last a child six years of age, playing near a well in the parish of West Lulworth, slipped, as it is supp ose d, an d fell with the r ope and bucket through the opening. The alarm being given by a neighbour, and another rope procured, a man named James Baker at once commenced the perilous descent, and after a painful delay of nearly ten minutes, occasioned by the necessity which occurred of lengthening the rope, appeared in safety at the well's mouth with the child, whom he had found when he reached him sustaining himself by the bucket in the water. Every attention was paid imme diately to the little sufferer, who, though much exhausted, appeared to have received only a few bruises of no serious importance. When we mention that he fell a depth of nearly 90 feet his preservation must be cons idered as most wonderful. But for the courage and promptitude of James Baker, which merits the highest praise the result would doubtless have been the reverse of that which it is our pleasure to record.—Salisbury Journal. YN,T t - - THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 185). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(21118 DAY.) CAUTION TO EMPLOYERS.-A young man, who gate the name of Thomaa Henry Jenkins, was placed at the bar charged with stealing ribbons to the value of 10s. and a cambric handkerchief and a collar under the following cir cumstances : It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Garmeson, linen draper, 133, Tottenham-court. road, took the prisoner (who said he came from Liverpool) into his employ, without any character, on Friday last. Last evening the prisoner asked a fellow-assistant for a pinch of snuff. This party gave him his box, which he kept in his possession; and before the hour of closing, and without leave, he left the shop and returned at 11 o'clock at night in a state of intoxi cation. Mr. Garmeson sent the assistant to the pri soner, who was helplessly drunk in the kitchen, to ask to make out his account and leave the place. The assistant could not get any sense into the prisoner, and upon putting his hand into his pocket for his snuff box he found a small paper which contained the above articles. Prisoner had entered Mr. Garmeson's employ in the name of Norton, and had also gone in the name of Parkins amongst the other shopmen, of whom there were a great many in Mr. Garmeson's employ. After hearing the evidence, Mr. Beadon said Mr. Garmeson's conduct in taking a man into his employ with out previous inquiry into character was a premium for crime. He ought to have found out the prisoner's character before and not after this occurrence. If theft had not been found out in the fortunate man ner that it was other young men in the establishment might have been continually suspected. It was quite Mr. ' Garmeson's own fault that he had been robbed. Prisoner, who pleaded guilty, was then committed to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction. HAYMARKET FROLICS.—William Elliott and John Hayes, both gentlemanly looking persons, were charged with creating a disturbance in the Haymarket. Gordon, 336 A, said that at a little after five this morn ing he was on duty in the Haymarket, when he saw the two prisoners surrounded by a crowd of cabmen and prosti tutes, playing at single stick. He went up and remon strated with them upon their conduct, when Haynes struck him with the stick, but he believed not intentional. Both prisoners' hats had been run away with by the cabman and prostitutes, and he had great difficulty in getting them back. Haynes said, in reply to the charge, that himself and Elliot were most particular friends,, and they were merely playing at single-stick out of fu; and for the sake of a joke. Mr. Beadon advised , them to leave off joking in such a way as this, and fined them ss. each. 100 18 18 20 20 100 I 100 190 Stock Sto. f Stock 100 100 20 I 2 2 4 100 1 100 100 100 stock 'Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd go. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron i Do. New B Oral o, Brant. & G odrieh 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 18721 Do. do. 1 July, 18731 Do. do. 1 June, 18741 Cleutta. &S. Eastrn. Lim., Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.), Cape Town & Dock Scrip, .Central Oude (Limited), Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.e 1 Demerara Eastern Bengal.cm.sp.e , !East Indian, pu 5 p. I Do. C Shares Do. F Shares Ext , Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Geelong& Mel. gua.s p. c.: ;Geelong Corporation 61 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada, Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B; iDo. 6 per cent. Pref G t. Ind' aPenin gua.sp e. Do. New, gua.s per cent.; Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares, Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'l3 without opt ,Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do !Madras, guar., 44 p. Do. do. 5 per cent., Do. 41 p. c. Extension 1 Do. Third Ex. g - ua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. IMelb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g,•.6pc Class ACapitl. Share . , Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do , (Do. do. Land do 1 iNorthof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip lOude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. tiD7l iSt. Andrews & Quebec AI ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 181 190 1i 1 d - -al —d 1 9 } 14 1 d 1 1 d 1 1 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 r Antwerp & Rotterdam! all 41 44 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Linh7p.c 3 14 d 5 Belgian East. Junction all , f 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 24 20 , Dutch Rhenish 6 I Eastern of France all 25 26 254 20 !Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 ( Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. els_ all 64 6f 64 10 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 24 2fp 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.f all 20 Lyons and Geneva 334 Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 84 81 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 19 20 16 , Northern of France 20 I Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 Ottoman. :ma. 6 per cent 7 - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 1341 35 20 Paris and Orleans all 51 66 20 Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.)l gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 4 10 Rome and Frascati all 20 Royal Danish all 6 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse ' all 6 64 10 ,Do. 54 per cent. Pref. 20 !Southern of France 81 'West Flanders 10 IDo. 54 p. c. Preference 20 IW. & N.W. of France all 214 224 22 20 Western of Austria .. 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref.— I I all — 20 Zealand I all I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Prices. Done. Paid. Closing Business Can.Gov.6p.c Ja.& July 100 112 113 1121 Do. 6p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 110 112 Do. 6p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1094 1104 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 984 994 NovaScot4aGov.6 p.c. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1094 1104 - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 108 110 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. paid. Closing business done Price. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlautie Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at R 5 die British American Land Brit. & Irish Matf.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C 100 ,Canada Land Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim.) Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 71 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop. St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) Gl. Iron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land 0 IDo do 13 144 200 220 28 29 4 I 2 3 36 38 19 21 14 15 107 111 8 9 24 25 4 li 1104 106 , $ 1i 1 d lf It Do 8 p.c.Pref.,i ss. at idle. N. Br. &NovaScotiaL and N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. A ustrin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& 1.n.C0.0f Upr. Can Vim 7)ipmwn'■ T.and 4 5 li li d * I 1 I id ip 21 2t 76 78 9 11 22 2 2 P 4 6 7 49 51 125 135 35 87 / 1 / 1 R 9 Share' 1000 BRITISH MINES Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack)! British Iron Condurrow (Camborne). Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) East Bassett (Mogan). E. WI Russl (Tavistk.) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(Helston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan Par Consols (St. Blaxy Porkellts Unit. (Wend. Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 18001 C. Brea( Illogan). ,S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) iTamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 'Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant)' Wh'l Mary Ann (Meahe) VVh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 2.11.10 6.11.0 17s 11.18.6 9k 18s 6d 84 7.9.4 nil. 18.18.91 123 6d 54 1.7.2 5 a 1 2 435 445 170 175 9 / 1 10 131 13 } 1 lA 1 11 1 1 6 7 7 8 7 4 84 12 13 240 250 2} 21 160 170 2k 21 4,1 41 211 22i 130 135 175 185 85 95 1 2 9 10 35 37 27 29 FOREIGN MINES P a id . Closing Bu s Inez s Price. Done. Australian Bon .NecordCopper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... Cobra Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna, General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and smelt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican 3 5 0 28.2.81 i 4 id *P 10 11 41 43 8 9 21 25 23 24 105 115 d i iP 3i 41 1k 11 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - Business losing Share) Joint-Stock Bank s . Paid. - Cprice:- Dane. - 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 71 73 10 Australasia all - - 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 100 rank of London 6O - - 211 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - 50 British North American all - - 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 12 Id 1 p 161 I 100 City 5O 62 61 . 100 Colonial 25 - -- 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - 100 Commercial of Lyndon 2O 18 20 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch en 151 161 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 201 211 50 Loudon and County - 50 London Joint Stock - - 100 London & Westminster 2O - - 491 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 - - 20 Do. new lO - - 50 National Bank 25 - - 20 New South Wales - - 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all - - 3 1 i mi. 20 Ottoman Bank a ll 191 19 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all - - 25 South Australia - - 25 Do. New - - 25 !Union of Aust ra li a all 251 2f 25 Do. New 2O - - 50 Union of London lO - - 100 Unity Mutual Go - - 100 I Westera Bk of London! 60 - - d all 13i all 161 1 100 1. SAL 2s. 6d. 7 i all 79 81 161 17 11 11 (1 d 45 5 d 55 60 Id f p ld 1; ; d 99 100 1- i 991 100 i 19 20 34 35 71 73 91 93 96f 97f I f li Id 141 14f 1 6 i s id 102 104 1 102 104 101 103 97 100 85 90 89 91 THAMES. INDUCING SEAMEN TO DESERT FROM THE ROYAL NAVY.—William Kretschmere, a young man, a native of Germany, and waiter at a coffee-shop, of No. 8, St. George street, alias Ratcliff-highway, appeared before Mr. Selfe, to answer two summonses which charged him with " un lawfully persuading James Gray and Frederick Alfred, persons in her Majesty's Navy, to desert and improperly absent themselves from their duty in the ship Imperieuse, belonging to her Majesty," by which he had rendered him self liable to a penalty of £2O, or imprisonment and hard labour, not exceeding six months in each case. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, Arbour-square, Stepney, defended the accused party. Mr. West, a barrister, instructed by the Admiralty soli citor, said the prosecution was directed by the Lords of the Admiralty, and it was of the highest possible importance that the law should be made known, and that persons who tampered with seamen in our navy should be punished. Gray and Alfred, the seamen who were asked by the de fendant to desert from the Royal Navy, were examined at great length. It appeared that on the Ist of the present month they had leave to go on shore at Portsmouth. Thek leave of absence expired on the sth. They came to London and saw the defendant, who told them they could make a good thing of it, and that he could ship them on board an I Austrian barque. They agreed on the solicitation of the defendant to abandon the Royal Navy. The defendant provided them with a lodging, and afterwards said he could not ship them in the Austrian barque but would provide them with berths on board an American ship bound to Australia. The defendant also promised them one or two months wages in advance, but did not mention the rate of wages. They were taken ono evening to an American shipping office, kept by a person named Moss Phillips, in Ratcliffe. Tbey were not shipped in consequence of the lateness of the hour, and were told to call again, but on the following day they were appre hended as deserters, and sent on board the Crocodile, re ceiving ship, off the Tower. Alfred, who was whiskerlois, also deposed that he had a very large pair of whiskers, and the defendant advised him to have them shaved off to prevent identification. Gray, who was a shaver, exterminated his whiskers. In cross-examination by Mr. Young, the witnesses said they came on shore at Portsmouth to have a spree, and were drunk in that town, and were also intoxicated every day they were in London. Edward Cray, a clerk employed by Moss Phillips, an agent for American ships, said the defendant brought Gray and Alfred to his master's shop, and said, " Can you ship these two men ? I want to get them away in an American ship as soon as possible." He told the defendant it was too late, and that he must come next day and ho would then ship them. Mr. Young, in an able address, contended that the sailors, who were continually drunk while on shore, could not be depended upon, and that the defendant was not aware they belonged to the Royal Navy when he introduced them to the American shipping office. Mr. Selfe was of opinion the case was clearly made out against the defendant, who had been unwisely and illegally interfering with two of our sailors, and inducing them to leave the service of their country. He fined the defendant £2O in each case, and in default of payment, sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. THE NEW COPPER COINAGE. (From, the Derbyshire Courier.) A' measure has been introduced in the House of Commons, by Mr. Gladstone, for a new copper coinage. It appears that the presentcopper coinage consists chiefly of coins defaced, and injured by wear and tear, of foreign coins, and of counterfeits. Only 15 per cent. of the copper coinage is since 1852. From examinations made in the large towns it appears that one-third of the coin is below its legal state. " The whole value of the copper coin age," says Mr. Gladstone, "is £BOO,OOO, and the quantity of copper is 3,530 tons. Taking the copper at £lO7 10s. the ton, the actual value is only £379,000, so that the copper coin is a pure token, the intrinsic value being less than one-nalf of the nominal or apparent value." The French have recently issued a coinage of a bronze metal, which is in appearance, in durability, in lightness, and size, much more convenient than their old and greatly effaced and battered copper. The demand for this new coin by the public has increased 50 per cent., but nevertheless the French Government has derived a profit of nearly £500,000, after paying all expenses, by the substitution of this new coin. Mr. Gladstone proposes to issue a bronze coinage, similar to that in use in Nova Scotia and Canada, and he expects that a considerable profit will accrue in this country, after paying all expenses, by the substitution of the new bronze token for the copper penny. We believe this move of Mr. Gladstone to be in the right direction. The present copper penny pretends to be of intrinsic value, but is, as Mr. Gladstone observes, a pure token. The new bronze penny will be a pure token, and it will bear what it is on its face and in appearance. The use of money is to provide a medium for the exchange of commodities, and a legal means of dis charging indebtedness, and paying taxes. Former attempts to supply a copper coinage have in a great measure failed ; for no sooner did the price of copper rise above that at which the coinage was calculated, than the coins were withdrawn from circulation and melted down. The bronze coins will be liable to no such objection ; they will be intrinsically only about one-half of their nominal value, and will, therefore, not be melted or ex ported, but will continue to discharge the function of money for which they will be made. This is an entire departure from the bullionist principle that money should possess intrinsic valve. It is true that the silver coinage is about 7 per cent. below its intrinsic value, and to that circumstance we are indebted for the retention of our silver money at home, and for its not being melted. But this new bronze coinage will go much farther; it will pos sess but one-half of its nominal value, and be a mere token. The defect of our gold coinage is that being of intrinsic value, therefore it is liable to be exported- and melted, and Peel's system makes the whole of our circulating medium, bank notes, as well as the commerc'al money of the country— namely, cheques and bills of exchange, depend on this gold basis, which is constantly liable to be greatly contracted by . exportation. Hence com mercial depression, panics, ruin, and distress. These things this country has been content to endure for the last 40 years in support of the bullionist theory that money should possess intrinsic value. And merely in support of an abstract theory, for prac tically whenever a severe drain of bullion takes place, as in 1825, 1847, and 1857, the Bank is em powered to issue paper money without the neces sary amount of gold in its coffers to ensure con vertibility, and thus maintain the principle of the intrinsic value of the bank note, the supposed representative of the sovereign. A chapel, lately occupied by a congregation of Independents, in Wilson-street, Drury-lane, at the back of St. Martin's Hall, has been purchased for £1,600 by a Catholic gentleman, and presented by him to the diocese. It is speedily to be opened under the patronage of our Lady of Dolours and St. Charles Borromeo.—Weekly Register. SPORTING NOTES. THE YORK GATHERING. Racing men displayed much alacrity in quitti ng L on d on for York. They :, pect a great meeting at the city of un known a/lE.:pity, and they believe that they will recover much of their recent losses. The' programme certainly' presents an extraordinary array of stakes, and ifspecula tion be languid, money-, and not opportunity, wilt be the' cause. Still the old betting spirit seems' to have departed from the Ring, and the "Phantom Bookmakers" ailapven afraid of th e i r own s h a d ows. It . would be f.lisurd to state that Summerside would win the Third !Bien i nial Stakes, b ecause , as H am l e t wou ld s I y, it "needs no ghost t o t e ll us th at. " B u t a d ou b ex i sts respecting her runn i ng, an d i f she b e reserved f r the Leger, John Scott w ill carry off the stake with either Gamester or Phantom. I The remarks which I have penned .respecting Sulumer side apply to all her engagements at York, and I amithere fore compelled to place her chance out of- consideration for every race for which she may be engaged. I must, there fore, look to Yellow. Rose to win the Yorkshire Oaks. For the Convivial Stakes, I have received a favciurable report of the Rap, and if a "darkie" wins I shall 'expect him to pull through. For the Chesterfield Handicap I shall stand upon Hare foot and Bankrupt. To-morrow I shall discuss the chances for the Ebor Handicap. A FRESH MAN. ARRIVALS AT YORK Hepatica, Grenadier, Lord Milton, Vesta, Merrimac, Maid of Derwent, Layton, Flash-in-Pan, Restes, Starke, Grand Mistress, High Treason, Olympias, The Dove, Qui Vive, Leprochaun, Etoile du Nord, Polianthus, Sabreur Vanquisher, Volatile, Lanchester, and. Whitehouse. Stock Stock Share! all all 1100 100 all 100 all 1 2a. all all all all all all all 100 110 all all all 15s. all all 99 I 3411 THE NAVY. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, Privice Arthur, and the Princesses . Alice and Helena, the suite in attendance, together with Sir Geo. Corneceill Lewis, landed at Osborne yesterday morning from the Victoria and Albert Royal yacht about 9 o'cl'ck, on her Majesty's return from the Channel Islands. The Emerald frigate, with the Osborne, Dasher, Fairy, &c. arrived in Cowes-roads shortly afterwards.. The Royal squadron brought up in Yarmouth-roads on Friday evening, as stated. in The Sun of yesterday, and sailed early the fol lowing morning for the Channel Islands, arriving at St. Helier's, Jersey, about 9 a.m. Her Majesty, with the Prince Consort, Royal family, and suite, landed at St. Helier's, and drove across to Goree, the Royal squadron steaming round to the latter port, where her Majesty re-embarked about 7 p.m. The squadron remained at anchor all that night, getting under weigh the following morning, and arriving at Guernsey about noon, where her Ma jesty landed at St. Helier's, and remained on shore about three hours. Her Majesty was received with the greatest enthusiasm on both the islands. The squadron weighed in the evening for Alderney, where they anchored for the night, leaving a ga i n early yesterday morning on their return for Os borne, The Emerald and Dasher were despatched on their return some time before the remainder of the squadron. Sir G. C. Lewis landed at Portsmouth from Os borne at 3.30 p.m. Capt. John Borlase, C. 8., took up his commission yesterday, at Portsmouth, as the future captain of the Dauntless. The ship will never be manned by volunteers until it is stated explicitly where she will be stationed during her commission. She re• tains her officers and crew, who will not turn over to the Pearl with Capt. dmonstone, as has been stated. Cart. (W.) Edmonstone (late of the Dauntless) hoisted the pendant yesterday on board the Pearl, 21, screw corvette, now under repairs in No. 1 dock at Portsmouth. The Pearl is a remarkably flue vessel of her class, and will no doubt soon get manned. She is expected to relieve the Vesuvius, carrying the broad pendant of Commodore C. Wise, on the coast of Africa. The Vulcan, screw troopship, Corn. Strode, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday„ and after trying her machinery down the West Chan nel (contractor's trial), returned to moorings in the harbour. The Sidon, 22, paddle, Capt. Crawford, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Spithead, exchanging the customary salutes with the Victory flagship. Admiral Sir Ch tries Napier proceeded to Spithead in the ship, and afterwards paid a visit to the Grand Duke Constantine at Ryde. The Simoon, screw troopship, Commander J. M. Cooke, refitting at Portsmouth, is expected to be out of the hands of the shipwrights and factory hands by the 10th proximo. Tie whole of the crew to a man have rejoined from their leave of absence. The captain's coxwain, George Moore, received yesterday, through the hands of Capt. Cooke. the Royal Humane Society's medal for sav ing life on two occasions,—that of a soldier who jumped over board in Trincomalee while in a state of insanity, and that of a midshipman who was seized with cramp while bathing at Bombay. On one of the occasions the water was swarming with sharks. A portion of the Channel fleet is expected to pro ceed on a cruise in the Channel in a few days. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : —Lieut. Walter. J. H. Grubbe, to the Pearl; W. B. Blaney, assistant paymaster, to the Cossack ; and W. P. Albin, clerk, to the Nile. WOOLWICH, AUG. 15. EXPERIMENTS AT THE DOCKYARD.—This night, from 8 until 10 o'clock, a series of interesting ex periments were carried out in the Thames, opposite the Dockyard and Royal Arsenal, for the purpose of testing an invention of M. Ferdinand Silas, a French gentleman, showing the practicability of floating lights, which may be used as signals, or for purposes of destruction. Commodore Superin tendent J. R. Drummond, accompanied by the inventor and numerous scientific gentlemen, and officers cf the Dockyard, embarked on board the Bustler steam vessel, from which the combustible material was thrown into the water, and a most intense illumination was the result, the fire floating about a quarter of a mile, and even passing under the water without being extinguished. THE ARMY. A partial review of the troops in Portsmouth garrison took place on Southsea Common yesterday, preparatory to the weekly brigading on a more extensive scale, which will be commenced about the 18th inst. Under the application of the new system of flog ging on con v i c ti on o f a ll cases of desertion, the " Black Monday," which some time ago obtained its denomination in the Artillery Garrison, Wool wich, has b een rev i ve d w i t h increase d seve rity. For several weeks past each successive Monday has been ushered in by " punishment parade," and the corporal punishment of some three or four men. Yesterday various detachments of the batteries belonging to the depot brigade of the Royal Artillery were mustered at six am., and were marched to the Riding-house establishment to witness the flogging of six men, mostly recruits, who have recently joined the brigade, and have since deserted. For this crime they were adjudged by regimental and district courts-martial to receive 50 lashes, and t i suffer a term of imprisonment of from 50 to 100 days in Fort Clarence or some other of her Majesty's gaols. A man belonging to the Ist Garrison Brigade, named Michael Crofton, who only enlisted about three weeks ago, has been ar rested in a course of nightly depredations and plundering, commencing from the first night of his admission into the corps. It appears that the sys tem he pursued was that of a well practised hand, and that it was commenced shortly after his enlist ment. One night he succeeded in robbing a ser geant of £l5, with which he got successfully off, and did not make his appearance afterwards in the daytime, but after nightfall he was in the habit of repairing to the barracks, which he had made him self well acquainted with, and after undressing himself in the corridors and passages leading to the sleeping-rooms, he stole softly in, and made himself master of whatever money or portable articles he could. On the last occasion, however, having been accosted by the sentry on attempting to pass the gate, he was unable to give a satisfactory reply, and was marched to the guard-room under arrest. During his examination he treated the matter with much apathy and carelessness, informing his com manding officer that he was a ticket-of-leave con vict, and had \ no fear of military regulations. The list of prisoners now under confinement in the cells of the Artillery Barracks is unusually long arti of them will be tried by garrison their crimes being held to be beyond theu r many jurisdic tion of the minor regimental and district courts. A SERVANT GIRL COMMITTED FOR CHILD MURDER.—Mary Ann Gibbons, a girl of 15, was charged before the Liverpool magistrates yesterday with the wilful murder of a little boy 4} years of age, belonging to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, of Conway-street, Everton. Thompson is an officer in the local police, and the prisoner lived at his house as a servant. On the 21st July the litthi boy was missed, and late the same night his body was feu d floating in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, about two lies from Thompson's house. The case was brought befo the coro neru in a day or two afterwards and Gibbons stl, v b er_ t after hearing the evidence the jury returned an open diet. Subsequent investigations, however, e t!Y h m e s i t tt resulted in the discovery of a number ( . 4 . Ar which tend to show that, either as a ri .P nel circum- Gibbons took part in destroying the child. tOday, and, stances were detailed before the magistrates I o an agent, t d s for trial at the though the prisoner will be assizes, a formal adjournment w c as om made m until next day. OUR NAVAL DEFENCES: A few, weeks ago we - witnessed with what sur prising facility and precision, in obedience to a 'single -mandate simultaneously despatched by tele graph to eaeh of the five- great maritime stations of France, ten thousand trained seamen and practised gunners were sent on, board such of the vessels then lying en commission de port as it was to advance to the condition, technically termed com mission de 'rode. The whole operation was com pleted in fourteen days, and the disarmament of rthes e vessels would merely imply a return to their status quo. With us, such au , achievement as the former would have entailed an expenditure of £lOO,OOO in bounties in the first -instance, and about half as much, more for the cost of the outfit of the men ; but instead of raising the required number in a fortnight, we should probably have had to wait upwards of two months, and then, instead of obtaining disciplined crews and useful men, out of a far larger maritimetpopulation than our neighbours possess, we should have had to accept the'services of ,a large proportion of sailors whose education as man of-war's men must have commenced from the date of their being taken into the employ of the Queen. It is ridiculous to rely u, on any of the existing sys tems as at present organised for obtaining- sufficient crews for our men-of-war if they have at any time to be manned with rapidity ; ,and it is as well that the fact should be generally known. Admitting, as we must, that as matters-at present stand it is impossible. for us to vie with France in her capacity to find adequate crews for all the ships she may be desirous of commissioning at one time, let us now glance at the relative positions of the two countries in other particulars. Few of our readers are perhaps aware that the amount of dockyard area of France exceeds that of England by no less than 283 acres—the aggregate area of all the, dockyards of England being but 582 acres, while those of France extend over 865 acres. It is true that in docks we are better off, for we possess 32 to their 17 ; but then, again, they are constructing seven, while we are only building two. The whole of the building-slits at our naval yards amounts but.tol4, nor have we any more in, progress ; while on the other side of the Channel there are 73 slips complete, and for the most part occupied by vessels on the stocks, and three, new slips are rapidly approaching completion. They are thus apportioned :—Cherbourg, with 258 acres of dock yard area (inclusive of victualling-yards and gun wharves), has 12 slips ; Brest, with 131 acres, has alsO'l2. Lorient, with 106 acres, has 16 finished, and two building; Rochefort (132 acres), 13 com plete, and one in progress; while Toulon, with 240 acres of dockyard, possesses the greatest building accommodation, Lamely, 20 slips. SincelBs2 France has increased her steam line of-battle ships from two to 40, of which five are at present on the stocks and four in process of con version. During the same period England has added thirty-three to the number-,she previously possessed of vessels of the above class. The num bers were seventeen, and are now fifty, including ten building and seven converting. ))uring the period of seven years, then, intervening between 1852-59, France has acquired five more, screw line of-battle ships than England. Besides these, she has four iron-plated frigates, all nearly finished ; she has inc rease d the number' of her screw and paddle frigates,from 21 to 46, Englandlaving only advanced in that respect from 22 to 34. The pre ponderance of this useful class of vessel on the part of our rivals may prove a serious disadvantage to us in case of war, as it would give our opponents great facilities in harassing-the commerce of the Country. It is true that under the head of steam corvettes or sloops we now have 82, or 23 more than w e cou ld muster in 1852. The French at the same time have but twenty-t« o, nine less than they possessed seven years ago. Of screw gun vessels and other small craft of that description we .have 53, the French 93 ; and 162 gunboats to their 28. Our Whole avail able steam navy, indeed, amounts at the present time to 464, just 200 more than that of the Vrench. We have, however, had of late quite- sufficient evi dence of their resources and capabilities to see that, should they find themselves deficient in any parti cular on the outbreak of hostilities, or sooner, they would speedily supply the want. We are in pos session of documents which show the extent of their prospective naval outlay for the neat eleven years, and it must be borne in .mind that the disarmament of which so much has of late been said will cause no retrenchment nor diminution of the expenditure proposed by the Minister of Marine three years ago. The avowed intention of the Go vernment is to raise the number of the more im portant classes of steam men-of-war to 150 ; of steam transports to 72; and at the same time to complete the construction in the different naval ports of the dry docks and other works indispensable for the maintenance of the new steam fleet. To meet this outlay it was proposed that from 1858 to 1871 the yearly grants for materials, labour, new works re pairs, &c., sho u ld b e ra i se d t o £2 ,600,000 sterling. Lt was estimated that £1,920,000 of this amount would be absorbed " in the annual consumption of the steam navy, upon works of maintenance, and the renewal of existing materials," the remaining £680,000 being left to cover the increase of the fleet and the extension of the naval establishments. It appears, therefore, that the gross sum to be provided by 1871 to the latter purpose will be little short of nine millions, while the grant of £2,600,000 for the next eleven years will amount to £28,600,000. In the year 1858-59 the amount of the Parliamentary grants here for the same services in the Navy Esti mates, including £757,000 (in the Army Estimates) for naval ordnance and ammunition, was £3,754,000, or £1,154,000 more than the increased annual grants proposed by France for the next eleven years. The French calculations were based upon a return to the peace establishment of 1852, when France had 175 ships in commission and 25,016 seamen afloat, whereas in April last she had 152 vessels commissioned, with 25,600 men on board. The position of this country is, however, very different, and although the sums voted in our navy estimates for labour and materials are more than those expended in France, owing to the greater number of ships which England has occa sion to keep in commission, as also to the higher cost of both materials and labour here, we have a much smaller proportionate surplus available for new ships. From these and other obvious consi derations it will be seen that in order to maintain a naval force adequate to the requirements of this country even in time of peace, if not to keep pace with our energEtic neighbours, we must lay our ac count for no inconsiderable annual augmentation of our expenditure, not only for sea wages in conse quence of the growing necessity for engineer s at high rates of pay, but also to defray the costthe increased number of seamen " borne, as well of as for the purchase of naval stores, the construction of larger docks, of more extensive steam factories, and the costly repairs which all steam vessels have from time to time to undergo. In fine, in the conclud ing words of a committee appointed by the Trea sury to investigate the subject we have here been discussing, " The progress which France has made, and may hereafter make, in the formation of a steam navy, is a consideration which cannot be overlooked in determining the amount of our future naval expenditure."—Daily News. Wouics.• -On Saturday morning an explosion o f fi re -d amp, EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP AT THE T REDEGAR caused by the incautious use of the naked light, occurred at colliery No. 8 of these works. There had been a fall on the Friday at the part of the pit where the accident occurred, and a quantity of explosive gas had consequently accumu lated. On Saturday morning two of the miners, named Williams and BArtey, went t o wor k , carrying -with them a naked candle, and the exposed light had no sooner come in contact with the inflammable gas than an alarming explo sion took place, by which both of the men were burnt in a dreadful manner. Surgical assistance was procured for them with all possible despatch ; and it is hoped that their lives may be spared, but they were both greatly injured. FIRE AT WOODFORD.—At six o'clock on Sunday, the neighbourhood of Woodford was thrown into a state of alarm by the outbreak of a fire on a portion of the farm of Mr. M'Namara, the well known contractor and manager of the London General Omnibus Company. The fire con tinued unchecked for above twohours, from the fact of only one engine, that of Woodford parish, being present. Tele graphs were, however, forwarded toLondon, and about eight o'clock one of th e b r i ga d e arr i ved, by which time the barn, cottage, sheds, and two of the stacks were entirely consumed. Had there been much wind the houses en the opposite side of the lane must have shared a similar fate, but, fortunately that was not the case. As darkness closed in upon the sur rounding scene the flames became visible for miles. The fire continued burning all night, and the loss occasioned by it will, we Understand, fall on the Royal Exchange office., SEDUCTION AND SUICIDE.—A well - dress u e r a . young woman was observed by a policeman earlyn Satur day n h e is ar ßus M p a i l e d i e o n n - 8 1 . an H e e . morning on the towing-path of the R e gent'sarouLla part i n Lower-street, of the river near the Old Thatched Hou a s t e, r. e The constable Islington, when she plunged into the t , w but the unfortunate as quickly as possible reached thersepo - d, the depth of the river young creature had then disappeared, watched til eag i t h a e d r on progressofher a s l i ln as er that Quite extinct. It has and the body recovered,but life the deceased was Miss Caroline at this part being nearly been since ascertained that _ six fee t• drags were obtained Holliday, aged 16. d. the affair took place at the Lord. circumstances atten di ng the a road, before Mr. Wakley. Mrs. yesterday evening an inquiry into the Nelson Tavern, yoll who was deeply affected, deposed that ter Y '-street, Maids-hill. Her husband was Exeter-street, and then out of town. The deceased commercial traveller, . A yo ungest daughter , she was a 11 we - educated and was her unhappily, about last Easter she had be amiable gal, but, i acquainted with a young man, of good family, named she MarY re A sid n e n d e i H n W' i gte t vhc, under the promise of marriage, had ruined her. He had since slighted her, which preyed greatly upon her mind, and for ollid some weeks before the commission of the rashht act she was dreadfully depressed, and constantly in tears; (The poor mother was here so overcome with grief that she was obliged to be carried from the room.) The jury, after commenting upon the truly melancholy natir c e of the case, returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity...". THE CROPS IN SCOTLAND.--arhe cerea crops ia. Scotland are light, and will be rather below tin average" but the quality promises to be very fine. HI - Arveat has com menced in some of the earlier districts,, The Potato crop is good, and quite free of disease. I 2i al 9 91 101 11 11. 9 1