The Sun. — London, England, 1859-08-17 00:00:00

3201 V EY MARKET AND CITY NEPV.S. CITY, Two o'CLocx There is very little alteration to notice in con iciction with the money market. The demand in most quarters continues very quiet, and the rates remain without variation. The tendency is cer tainly not in an upward direction, although it was generally expected last week that the Bank minimum quotation would have been carried to 3 per cent., owing to the sudden demand which arose for accommodation. It appears, however, that many persons hastened to obtain assistance, under the impression that if they waited a few days, higher terms would bo en forced ; and the consequence is that the inquiry has sensibly abated, and the market again presents a quiet appearance. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon exhi bited an advance in the ratio on Amsterdam, the quotation for Hamburg, however, was rather lower. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The £llB,OOO by the South ampton, and the £90,000 by the African, however, have been taken for the Continent. In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday a moderate business was transacted, and 6,000 bales Were sold, at previous rates. The railway share Market closed with a more animated appearance, and prices were again rather higher. In the Foreign and Colonial produce markets business continues rather restricted ; purchasers Merely operate for immediate wants, but prices are generally well maintained. Sugar is dull, and a decline of 6d. per cwt. is reported. Rum and cocoa are steady, and plantation Ceylon coffee is in good demand at full rates. Tea is quiet, and for rice there is little inquiry at previous quotations. Saltpetre is in increased demand at former rates; and in tallow there is no alteration of importance. The sales of sugar and coffee now progressing are not very extensive, but a rather large quantity of spices is being disposed of by auction. The market for Public securities closed yesterday With a buoyant appearance, Consols being 952, but this morning diminished firmness has been recorded, the quotations having receded to 951 for Money and account. This unfavourable change is Mainly attributed to speculative rates, the effect of Which is seen in a decline of about 1 per cent. The bonafide operations have included a purchase of £5OOO Reduced Annuities for the Savings Banks. The New Shares are steady at 951 96, the Reduced Annuities at 951 Exchequer Bills at 26 premium, and Long Annuities at 11-16. Indian Loan Debenture (1858) have advanced to 951, and the Bonds to 9 discount. Business in - the Foreign Stock Market continues Moderately active, and prices are flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 811 to 821 ; ditto New 72 to 73 ; and the 4 per Cents. have advanced to 1021; Buenos Ayres Deferred to 181; Dutch 21 per Cents, to 651- 9 ; Venezuelan New 24 per Cents. to 28 1 2; Spanish 3 per Cents. are steady at 441 ; ditto Deferred is firm at 33, and the Passive at 9 11.:; Mexican remains at 20 1 6 Subscription lists have been opened by Messrs. Raphael and Sons, and by Messrs. Raatte, at Am sterdam, for the New Russian Loan. The Russian Loan is quoted 1 1 premium, and the Indian ditto 98 to 981. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been limited. In some instances, however, prices Show rather more firmness. Bristol and Exeter have improved 15s. ; Great Western and North Eastern (York), ss. ; and North Western, :11. ; South Western, Midland, and North Eastern (Ber wick), declined 55., and Great Northern, 10s. Th e Foreign and Colonial lines show little variation. Lombardo-Venetian old shares have declined to 101, and the new to 108 ; East Indian heavy at 100; Grand' Trunk of Canada, 341 35:; and Great Indian Peninsula, at 971. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are a Shade flatter. Bank of Australasia have declined 1 0 s. ; Oriental Bank, Ottoman Bank, and Union of London, realise about former rates. In the Miscellaneous Share Market Crystal Pa lace are strong at 19, and London Discount Com pany at 31. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING . PRICES. 2 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 951 / •,„.° Per Cent. Consols Annuities ;low 6 3 per Cent. Annuities "ng Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 ll-16 India Stock Ditto Debentures, 1858 95 / , itd to 9 Ditto, 1859 Bonds, " £l,OOO Ilia ) under £lOOO Co nsols for Account (Sept. 7). 1 x_:hequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 26 24 p FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. B razilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 941 B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent .. .. D itto Deferredl Grenada New Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 5 k per Cent. . Ditto Account i,_. . erurtan 41 per Cent — Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. '.. 80 . Ditto 3 per Cent. !Ditto Account Russian 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll2 S Panish y 3 p er Cent 442 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto Passive Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — V enezuelan Account 5 per Cent. Ditto Account ' 2B 1 I Dividends on the above payable in London. 1)11 tch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 651 Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 951 a Ditto Account SPORTING NOTES. EN ROUTE. Before starting to York I fulfil my promise of bri nging under notice the chances of the horses e ngaged in the Great Ebor Handicap. A rail- Way station is not, however, the most convenient Place for writing ; and what with the questions ) f . ( Inquisitive friends and the shouts of passengers, , 1 lon really bothered to give my notes proper form. have faith only in Starke, for no purpose can be Z erv ed in reserving him; and, if my information lio correct, the Courier can be the only animal that I s ‘ ,. likely to dispute the Yankee's success. ,; 4 apole on w ill b e wor th watching" for the Great nrkshire Stakes. A FRESH MAN. -1) -EVONP O.RT ELECTION.—(This Day.) STATE OF THE POLL [Buller's Committee.] HALF-PAST 9. Buller 315 •• •• .• Ferrand THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. • lighttexpo airs an rr, Aug. hazy we Wi at her. nd this day at noon, W. d dull SP-' ll- DB, Aug. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Abbyl&, from L A S tephens, N.B. - Haiti, from Aug Cayes ; Robert isillrd, from St. Jolin'sSailed—Seville, for Otago, ; Nil Desperandum , for Valparaiso. --.I.oncEsTER, Aug. 16.—Arrived—Ant, from Quebec. Niled . — Commerce, for Quebec. LlNlEnicx, Aug. 14.—Sailed—Comerton, for Quebec. S RIRLDS, Aug. 16.—Wind W.—Arrived—Amazon, from ,` lle bec. Sailed—George Hurlbert, for New York ; Reli cs, for Boston, U.S. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wi N/41.rived nd N.W. —Polly, from Shanghai; Hilton, from Bombay; Z Black, from Bonny ; Samuel Lawrence, from Mobile ; Z loty ers ' P r id e, from New Orleans ; Yewes, from Alex ndna ; Culloden, from St. John's, Nqw Brunswick ; - “ 1118 , from Archangel • Recruit, from Kooria Mooria. 13 r Hue Sailedlva, Aug. 16. -Marsala, —Maisals, for Torre del Mar ; Brazilian, . b t Aug. 17 —Enoch Talbot, for Boston ; Queen of h e Lakes, fo; Montreal ; Charlotte, for New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRA.PR.) DEAL, Wednesday Morning. r a bi d_ ,W.N.W, moderate. L o „ - A s seu tow.—Golden City, from Foo-chow-foo, for Ar -- "° 11 ; Resolute Liverpool tug, from west, for London; a • lParaiso, from London for Liverpool ; Favorite, from ▪ ondon, for Cardiff. _ 912 a the East K ent Railway Company i s h ence forth :!,) bePany designated the Lond on , Ch a th a m, and Dover Railway ', SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) INARY SHARES AND STOCKS. , ; Paid. Closing Business aaret Railways. I Price. 2.10 Anf)erg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Jupt ion 10 6-1 el 6 1 4 50 'Aelfast and Ballymena all 1.14 Bin, Wol., and t.. , ;tr. Val all 71 Si tod Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 76 78 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all ock Bristol and Exeter ock Caledonian ock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all • ?0 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all .?0 Cornwall all 41 51 [0 Do. A A roves. no div I all [0 Do. B until6p.c.per an. all hasbeen pd.toß. i 0 Dublin andßelfast June. all 15 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June all 8 9 ic't East Anglian lOO 144 15 ick Eastern Counties lOO 5 7 58 57 1 4 i >ck Eastern Union A Stock 100 40 43 >ck Do. do. B Stock 100 27 29 S Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 8/ 5 East Kent all — ck East Lancashire lOO 94 96 0 East Suffolk 0 Do - ick Edinburg and Glasgow 1 100 724 27734 , ck Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 00 265 El Forth & Clyde Junction all )ck Furness rek Glasgow & South Westn lOO 92 93 ) Great North of Scotland all ,ck Great Northern lOO 100 102 101 ck Do. do. A Stock lOO 81 83 ck Do. do. B Stock lOO 131 133 ck Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 103 105 ck Great Western ck Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 100 55 60 Irish South Eastern all „,., ~—„ a , 1 Lancaster and Carlisle all V '' Va " 4 Do. Thirds 14 Do. New Thirds lir 13 14 p 95 ck Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 65 4 Do. do. F £l6 8 i i d Do. do. £9 shares 7 i 5 d Do. West Riding Union 5 Do. Southport k London and Blackwall all 65 6 7 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh — 108 . inn k Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 LL , - , „--,'.: , ;lc London & North Westn 100 wl v` l l ula 1I 2 1 Do. Eighths 1 74 14 15 i k London& South-Westn lOO 91 915 91 1 L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen all 5 7 ~.. k Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 35 36 '''a Metropolitan 3 d k Midland lOO 105 1055 1054 5 k Do. Binning. & Derby. 100 81 83 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all Do. 1 Shares all Nevfeastle and Carlisle all New., Aber., & Herefd all 9 11 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all k Norfolk lOO 60 62 North. Counties Union 3l 34 1 d r North British lOO 575 874 c NonDev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO -- c Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 k Do. B Stock lOO 5,,1 ~—•— 89 i a k North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 80 1 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 1 d d k Do. Leeds lOO 43 44 I; Do. York lOO 714 714 714 4 4 k North London lOO 102 104 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd • and City Junction £3 ls. North Staffordshire ln. 4 41 d 12 rn 4 North-Weste No. & Sou. W. Junction all 6 7 1 c Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 31 32 Peebles all Portsmouth Rhymney lO 10 112 : Scottish Central lOO 1 : South. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 24 25 Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 81 63 Shropshire Union lOO 45 7 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 31 21 d South Devon lOO 4 6 451 South-Eastern lOO 74 75 7 4 / i : South Wales South Yorks . & Riv. Dun all 60 64 Do. do lB Staines, Wok., & Wek all 8 11 Stockton & Darlington all 3 5 36 Do. do. 1855 7 Do. do. 1858 7 Stockton & Hartlepool 16/ Taff Vale lOO Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 Vale of Neath lOO Waterford & Kilkenny 100 Waterford & Limerick all West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 31 34 Do. B all 75 74 West London all Do. Ist Class all Do. 2d Class all IDo. 2d Class . PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk 'Eris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock, 20 Do. do. do. Shares gtcek l Caledon £lO, 45 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 55 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. 6' 'Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c Dun. Perth, & Aber. Jun Sto 6 e l k E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pe Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pet. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Was. &S West. 9: a. spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et Stock Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm pc Stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pi Stockj Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock 50 rest West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.et Do. Redeemable, 45 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 'Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 ILon.& N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.et. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 she. Londondy.& Ennis 5 sh. Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et. Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock.. I Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. NewportAber,&c.pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n Do. Perpet, 6 p. e. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p. c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rall.&ll l Uk.Co. 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 Do. York, H.& S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua. Do. 45 p.c. Db.stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 35 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 103. Do. Fixed 45 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .45 per cent Do. Fixed 15 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.o Do. 45 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua St o ckton and Dar. 5 p.e 1 Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 26 13k 20 Stock Stock, Stock' Stock Stook' Stock Stocki 124 12 Stock Stock 124 12 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock ) Stock Stock St/ Stock Stock Stock all 1100 Stock :Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 100 100 100 all 251 2,5 Stock, . all 100 10u 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. Paid Closing Business / Price. Done. Share 12.10 13.14 Stod Stock Stock Stock StocV Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock 49 51 95 97 1103 105 51 el 99 101 112 117 1107 111 1114 116 113 115 129 131 81 83 140 142 115 117 120 122 111 113 106 108 86 88 97 99 87 E 9 88 90 101 103 9/ 101 17 18 91 101 72 74 19 20 9 10 14 151 138 190 1155 160 8 9 120 123 I P 66 68 139 141 104 106 IP 94 96 9/ 10 114 11, 1110 112 108 110 96 98 1 il") 3d p 224 23i 122 124 99 101 72 74 120 124 118 122 loi 11 24t 241 104 100 104 106 28 29 33 34 47 63 Share, LINES LEASED AT FIXED REN' Railways. I Paid. Leasing Co.'s. Closing Price. Bedford and Bletehley l all Ln & N.W Buckinghamshire 100 'Ln& N.Wi 99 101 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledonia 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c 100 'Gt.North. 140 145 E Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. Do. Woodbridge , 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils, l Drct 1 100 Caledonin Do. New 1100 !Do. Gloster& Dean Forest all 'Gt. West Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all IYk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. hares all Do. Do. S S hares all Do. London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. Do. Barking Shares all Do. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct lOO Norfolk , cent lOO I TU W&M 3, D r o a . n o c. p , Midsb.& Reda, g.6p.c. .61 Stk.& Da B er ux ce t u n t . Mid.BradfordP rf. Stk. ...00 Midland Newma rkt.,BuryEx 5. 5.6. E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. c. c. Do. do. 6 per cent. .• . all Do. N or th n .& Eastn. 5 p. all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all w Preston and Wye. all szryk. Do. Shares ' . .. A. all Do. R .. oystn,Hitch.,& .... 100 Gt. North. Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1811 6 Lan.& Yk Shrewsbry& Hereford all T Brasscy South Staffordshire .. all Vtk. M'Cleanar . Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all & D Do. do. - Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtn leB 110 64 C 6 115 120 91 93 2i 21, 98 100 i kA 57 59 1138 140 94 10 loa 11 90 7 92 4 81 Docks. lOCKS Share Stock Commercial lOO -.. Stock Do 4 perCent.Prer.Min lOO .-. Stock East and West India lOO -- Stock London lOO -- Stock St. Katharine lOO .-- Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria 10 ,no New ..............P 1$ Closing I Business I Paid price. Done. Business Done. 98i 9i PM ~~ri THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENINC4, AUGUST 1 17, 1859. BUITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Business Share Railways. Paid. Price. Doug. Atlantic & St Lawrence' Leased at 6 per cent.. !Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd Tall 1 13i all 79 81 16 17 gu. 5 percent Do Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Iluron Do. New Baffalo,Brant&Godrich ' 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1871 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta. & S. E as trn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scr►p Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D0.4:1 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp. e Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do 11 11 d 4 sdi 5f 6id; id i p 1; ; d 99 100 d par 99i IUN 19 20 34 30 71 73 91 93 97 98 t Idi Gt.S.of Ind. Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares 1} id 14 6 i 14A [ Do. New Do.. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do.''73 till '6O Do. do. "I 3 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4} p. C Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. By. &Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land d 0... Northoflndia Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde 4.3 Do. : :02 Do. New Do. Punjaub at Do. Indus. St. Flo. „,° A ' St. Andrews & Quebec ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 102 104 102 104 101 103 97 100 85 90 88 90 181 19Id 1} 1 d - -d —d —d, 191 14 1} d' 11 1 d 1i 1 d FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardonnes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France . Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout... Lombardo Venetian.... Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans ...... Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) ... Riga and Dunaburg.... Rome and Frascati .... Royal Danish ---- Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. 5,) per cent. Pref. ... Southern of France .... West Flanders Do. 5 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVERI, Securities. 100 100 100 10C 100 106 41 4i P # 1 1 d 2 24 2 5 5 1 d 0 61 2 1 2fpl 8k 5 19 20 36i 37} - - P 9 10 341 341. 53 55 3 21 d 6 64 8# 9# 20 21 51 6 9# 10 21 22& 'MEET SECURITIES. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. 1121 1131 110 112 113 115 1091,1104 94 94 1091 1101 108 110 1121 1 i i Can.Gov.6p.c Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c. b. &Aug. Do. 6 p.c.3lr. & Sep. N.8.G0v.6 p. c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. C. Deb. Nova ScotiaGov.6 p.c. S Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July ,AILWAY S. MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantle Tel. (Limited) Australian Agriculture! Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at 25 dis British American Land Brit. & Irish Mae,.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 7i 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 Do do Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss. at idis N.BL&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares — Peel River Land & Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do. do Registered Tr.& 1.n.C0.0f Ilpr. Can. Van THemon's Lan all all all 15a. all all raid. Closing 1 1 Zusinees done Price. I 134 144 200 22;) 28 29 2 3 30 38 19 21 14 15 107 111 8 9 24 25 4 " 5 1101 104 t it i If lid 4 5 q 111 d i I I i 14 i A i P 24 I 76 78 9 11 4 11 3 21 22 , 6 6, 1 49 51 120 130 35 37 i 1 I 71 1 a 9 BRITISH MINES. Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron i Condurrow (Camborne) 'Devon G. Cons. ((Taoist ) East Bassett (Mogan) IE. Russl (Tavistk ) Great South Tolgus.. G.Wheal G. Wheal Vor(lfelston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan Par Consols (St. Blaxyi Porkellis Unit. (Wend. Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St. Cleer) South C. Brea( Mogan). S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskeard). Wheal Basset (Mogan). Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cale.).. Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant Wh'l Mary Ann (Meahe Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.i 91 18s 6dl Si 7.9.4 nil. 18.18.91 12e 6d 54 1.7.2 P a id . 1 Closing Business Price. Done. 4i 511 1 2 1 435 445 170 175 114 9 14 1} 1 1.1 1 lf 6 7 7 8 7} 81 12 1 1240_ 250 160 2} 170 2t, 2i 21 4i 41 21 22 130 135 180 190 85 95 1i 2 12 14 36 38 27 29 2(4 74 THIIII) EDITION• SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock, C.RI.3IINAL COURT.-( THIS DAY.) (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) TRIAL OF DR. SMETHURST.—THIRD DAY. The trial was resumed at nine o'clock this morning. Dr. Alfred Suxine Taylor, examined by Mr. Bodkin, said—l am Professor of Chemistry at Guy's Hospital, and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Royal Society. I have had a large experience for many years. On Sunday, May 1, Mr. Buzzard called on me about one o'clock, at my private residence. He brought with him a parcel wrapped in paper. He told me that it contained two bottles, and I ascertained that it did so. I only looked at one bottle, marked No. 2. It was sealed with a Turkish seal. In consequence of a communication made to me by Mr. Buzzard, I consented to examine one of the bottles. I took out the bottle which came first, and that was No. 2. The bottle was opened and two drachms of its contents poured out. I applied a process in the first in • stance. The apparatus consisted of copper wire, muriatic acid, distilled water, and an ordinary test-tube. The acid and water were boiled. I had ascertained that the vessels in which I tested were perfectly clean. On applying the process I found that a metallic substance of a greyish colour was attached to the wire. That indicated arsenic, or mercury. On obtaining that deposit I proceeded no fur ther at that time. I then desired to have the authority of a magistrate for proceeding with the analysis. The bottle No. 2 was re-sealed by Mr. Buzzard in my presence, and taken away by him ; he also took away the bottle No. 1. After Mr. Buzzard had left I proceeded to examine the contents. Application had been made to me in reference to the life of the lady, and I was told that it had reference to a living lady ; so, although it was Sunday, I pro ceeded with the investigation. I continued my experiments by boiling copper gauze. I applied the gauze, and then examined it, and saw a substance closely resembling me talic arsenia. I then obtained crystals from the gauze and tubes. I had not the slightest doubt that the tubes con tained arsenic. [The tubes were handed to the Lord Chief Baron, who said he saw. the crystals.] I examined the crystals by the microscope, and having tested them further, obtained prOof that it was really arsenic. On the evening of the same day Mr. Buzzard came back, and brought back both bottles, with a letter from Mr. Penrhyn, the ma gistrate, authorising me to proceed further with the analy sis. On the following morning I finished the examination of No. 2. After that, having taken two ounces of the liquid, I made a further examination of it by the same process, thoroughly to satisfy myself about the arsenic, and I found I was correct. I obtained drops on a larger scale. I came to the conclusion that there was less than a quarter of a grain of arsenic in the whole of the four ounces which I tried I made a subsequent analysis and I found copper, a mere trace, just enough to say that there was copper. There was no trace of antimony, mercury, or bismuth. It was the copper pill which the deceased took which probably caused the copper I found. The process I used would have detected antimony, bismuth, copper or mercury if it had been there. I examined the organic matter of bottle No. 2, by the microscope, and found it to consist of fibrous matter and feculent matter—food mixed with bile and blood. Having examined the evacuation I come to the conclusion that it was that of a person suffering from the administration of arsenic. I examined the contents of No. 1 the next morning. It merely contained biliary matter, with mucas, and no metallic matter at all. On Thursday, the sth May, I received a parcel from Inspector M'lntyre and a jar sealed up. That was found afterwards to contain a portion of the viscera—the stomach unopened, the spleen, the large and small intestines, the liver, part of the msophagus or pullet, and the items: On the 7th of May I received a bottle con taining the two kidneys, and a small bottle containing blood; 'said to have been taken from the heart. I also received from M'lntyre a number of medicine bottles, pill boxes, and other articles, making a total number of Avienty-eight. ' Others followed on the 18th of May, chiefly medicines supplied from the surgery. I examined the contents of all those 28 bottles and packages. I first ex amined the uterus which was in an impregnated state, then the oesophagus, of which only a portion was sent. It indi cated irritation in the throat. There was no arsenic or antimony in the throat. (The witness was entering with great minuteness into a description of tho state of the various parts, when the Lord Chief Baron checked him and desired him to confine himself to what bore on the case.) The smaller part of the middle intestines contained the largest portion of antimony. There was antimony above and below, and some was found in the emeum. I found some in the kidney. There were traces of it in the blood from the heart, and some in the blood from the urine. I was assisted by Dr. Odling, and we calcu lated that the whole quantity of antimony found did not ex- ceod half a grain. In the cmcum, besides the presence of antimony, I found that it was ulcerated, and the small members nearly destroyed throughout. The large intestines were ulegated more or less throughout. The most remark able appearance was the almost total destruction of the liv ing membrane. The blood in the stomach indicated some great cause of irritation. I next proceeded to examine the contents of certain pill boxes which I received on the 7th of May from Mr. M'lntyre. I was informed what they con tained, and I found the statements made to me were correct. There were four copper pills, one of which was taken for analysis. The Lord Chief Baron—What do you mean by copper pills ? Witness—Pills containing sulphate of copper with pow dered opium. In the wadding taken from one of the boxes I found the slightest trace of a white powder, which might have been mercury, silver, or bismuth. I then examined a large number of bottles and powders. There were two bottles of bismuth. One was unopened, and the other had about an ounce and a half taken from it. In other bottles I found prussic acid, sulphuric acid, quinine, and other ;hings which corresponded with what I had been told. I also examined some sugar and tapioca brought me by the inspector, but I found nothing in it. The Lord Chief Baron (to Mr. Bodkin)—ls it necessary that I should take that down ? Witness continued—This bottle, No. 5, was brought to me by Mr. M'lntyre. I found it to contain 355 grains of chlorate of potash, of the sort used in making explosive mixtures and percussion caps. Bottle 21 corresponded with another containing a genuine mixture. It contained about one half of water of a saline taste. I had half of it boiled and tested by Reinsch's process. I found on testing it that the copper was immediately de stroyed, and I thought I detected arsenic. I then put the bottle aside, thinking there was some thing remarkable about it, and wishing to have the assistance of another chemist. Dr. Odling and myself afterwards examined it, and found that there was neither arsenic nor antimony. The arsenic which I thought I saw had come from the copper gauze, which being destroyed, the arsenic was set free. Chlorate of potash is a saline mixture and slightly diuretic. I have heard the evidence given in this case as to'the symptoms under which this lady laboured, the remedies applied, and the result of the post mortem examination. Taking the whole of the circum stances into consideration I can ascribeher death to nothing but the action of the irritant poisons. Cross•-examined by Sergeant Parry—l have been exa mined several times in this case —twice before the magis trate and once before the coroner. I found traces of arsenic in bottle No. 2. I always reckoned it less than the sixth part of a grain. I u . sed copper gauze for my test, and also copper foil and wire. It was the same as I used for testing bottle 21. I tested the copper before my experi ments. In testing the contents of bottle 21 I found that I deposited the arsenic on the copper wire myself, but I must say that that bottle was.the only one that contained chlorate of potash, and the effect of that was to destroy the test. Dr. Odling made an examination of bottle 21, and he came to the same conclusion as myself, that arsenic was present. We afterwards discovered that we were both wrong, and that no arsenic was present. I did on my oath state that I discovered arsenic in bottle 21 before the coroner more than once. I was wrong. I have had the wire in my possession for 14 years, I have used portions of the wire before for tests, and shall do so again, but I will take care to see there is no chlorate of potash in that which I shall be called upon to test. The deposition of Dr. Taylor before the Coroner, at the inquest held at Richmond, was then read, in which he stated that he had examined the whole of the bottles, and with the exception of that numbered 21 no traces of arsenic were found, but in that bottle the poison was present, and that it was so mixed that it might be swallowed without the slightest knowledge of its deadly nature. The deposition taken before the magistrate was then read, in which Dr. Taylor stated that the death of the lady was caused by the administration of small dozes of irritant poison. Cross-examined—At the time I gave my evidence before the magistrates I firmly believed that arsenic was present in bottle 21, and that it had been placed there by some body else, and not by the test I myself applied. I first discovered my mistake about the arsenic in bottle 21 about the 7th of June. Dr. Odling took some of the liquid soon after to make an independent test. We both, in com pany with Professor Brand, made another examination of the contents of bottle 21. We used two teaspoonfuls of the mixture in using Marsh's test, and one to Reinche's test. It was then discovered arsenic was not present. In the case of Mr. Wooler, who was tried in 1855 for the murder of his wife by slow poison, I went down to give evidence by order of the Government. There was no doubt then about arsenic being present. It was found in the tissues and all parts of the body. The Lord Chief Baron—Are you, brother Parry, seeking to prove that the witness made a blunder in that case Sergeant Parry—Oh,no, mylord ; Dr. Taylor has frankly admitted the blunder he made in this case. lam now about to examine him upon another point. Cross-examination continued—ln the case of Mrs. Wooler I did not examine the stomach. I did not see it at all. As a result of a slow arsenical poisoning all the roots of the vessels would be gorged with blood ; so it was in this case. Sergeant Parry—l wish you would merely answer my question. Witness—l wish to state the whole truth. Sergeant Parry—l asked you a question, and you an met it, saying at the same time "so it was in this case." The Lord Chief Baron—l think Dr. Taylor was p sr fectly right in giving the answer he did. Cross-examination continued—A hacking cough is a ae of the symptoms of arsenical poisoning where there is irritt tion of the throat. Mucous is always increased by the ad ministration of arsenic. lam not acquainted with per uliar cases of dysentery. A cold clamminess of the ski nis a symptom of antimonial poisoning. By the Lord Chief Baron—ln all my experience, which extends over 29 years, I never met with chlorate or.. potash in connection with arsenic. The Lord Chief Baron—Then when chlorate rif potash is not present the copper test is always correct. Witness—Always. Sergeant Ballantine—Have you examined the four speci mens of medicine obtained from Dr. Julius's, viz. bismuth, nitrate of silver, sulphate of copper, and acetate of lead Witness—Yes. In ten grains of the sulphate of copper I found traces of arsenic. Lord Chief Baron—Did you find antirctony among either of them? . Witness—No, my lord. Sergeant Parry—What test did you use ? Witness—Marsh's. Sergeant Parry—ln point of fact, is not arsenic some times found in bismuth ? Witness—Yes. Dr. Odling, examined by Sergeant Ballantino—l am a professor of practical chemistry at Guy's Hospital. I have made several examinations in conjunction with Dr. Taylor. I concur in all the evidence. lam satisfied that antimony was present in the body of the deceased. Sergeant Baltantine—You have the evidence in this case ? Witness—l have. Sergeant Ballantine—Have you formed an opinion as to the cause of death? Witness—l have. Sergeant Ballantine—What opinion have you formed ? Witness—That death was caused by irritant poison. Sergeant Ballantine—ls there any form in natural dis ease to which you can attribute death ? Witness—Not to my knowledge. Professor Brand—l was requested to examine a portion of the liquid that had been in the possession of Dr. Taylor to ascertain whether arsenic was present. I made that analysis. There was no arsenic present. Chlorate of potash would dissolve copper. The circumstance that occurred in Dr. Taylor's experiments does not shake my faith in Renish's test. Mrs. Smith, of Rifle-terrace, recalled and said the pri soner left her house on Saturday the - 11th of December. She could not say where he was on the 9th or 10th, whether he was at home or not on those days. Dr. Julius was also recalled, and said that when Dr. Smethurst was before the magistrate he said that if there were any metallic substances found they must have been contained in the medicines that came from his (Dr. Julius's) shop. This was the case for the prosecution. The Court then adjourned for refreshment; on the learned Judge resuming his seat on the bench, Mr. Sergeant Parry rose to address the jury for the pri soner. He commenced by saying that after the protracted agony of a double trial, and a sensibility that prejudice was being accumulated against him by the lapse of time, the prisoner bad now an opportunity of making his defence to this charge. In the position he then occupied he was fear ful that he should inadequately discharge his duty, but he relied upon the assistance of all in acquitting himself of his painful duty. The jury he was then addressing was the only tribunal that could sit in judgment upon the life of a human being. To no other civil institution was ac corded that fearful power, and he had to call upon them to exercise that important duty, and in doing so he felt they would act under a strong sense and an earnest desire to come to a right conclusion. The importance of the con clusion to which they must come was one of the highest, because if they pronounced the word guilty, they would pronounce a doom which was inevitable, and from which there was no appeal. The jury had the power of saying to the gentleman at the bar, you shall live or die; and such being so, he felt that atwhatever result they might arrive it would not be come to before they had given everything the utmost consideration, with a full sense of the paramount im portance of the decision towards the prisoner. The charge against the prisoner was that of murder—murder of the most hideous form; but he contended that the evidence as it stood could enable them to come to no such conclusion, but, on the contrary, he thought, the only result they could arrive at, after giving it their utmost consideration, was that the charge had not been proven. It had been proved that Dr. Smethurst had committed an act for which there was no justification, he alluded to the marriage with the deceased lady, and they afterwards went to live together, and the first they heard of them was, that they went to live together as man and wife. The first thing that the sister heard of the circumstance was the letter of the 9th of Jan., but in. which there was not one word of complaint against the priscmer, - but on the contrary it was in terms which was calculated to show that they were living together in comparative happiness. It was at Alma Villa's that it was imputed that Dr. Smethurst deprived the deceased lady of life. Now, how was that proved. It had been said that Dr. Smethurst intended to return to his wife, and that he never intended his connection with Miss Bankes was to be a permanent one, but was that so. He agreed to allow his wife so much a week, but there was not the slightest expression that could induce the belief that he intended ever to re-unite himself to the old lady, so he thought that the jury would be per fectly of opinion that the marriage with Miss Bankes was to be a permanent one. He denied that the letter found upon the person of the prisoner, addressed to his first wife, proved that the marriage with Miss Bankes was to be merely a temporary attachment. It had been asserted that Dr. Smethurst had inveigled Miss Bankes away, and that he avoided all publicity, but there was no pretence for this, for it came out that he visited London two or three times a week, and that the landlady at each house at Richmond was in constant attendance on Miss Bankes. The whole conduct of Dr. Smethurst showed a pure motive as well as the utmost affection for the deceased. Every do • 1 mestic office was performed by Dr. Smethurst, and he denied that there was ever the slightest attempts at con cealment made by the prisoner. Every small act had been turned against him for the purpose of proving that he had in one instance put poison in the soup, and when that was taken out of the room the sister of deceased said she heard him stir it round ; but did not she say that she heard the key turn in the secretary outside the door ? Then another charge made against him was that he had refused to have a nurse when he had a considerable sum of money in his possession, on the ground that he could not afford it; but the evidence did not bear out such an assertion, as Mrs. Wheatley distinctly said Mr. Smethurst never said anything to her about not being able to afford one ; and yet for the purpose of strengthening this case, which, if true, would be one unparalleled in the his tory of crime, all .sorts of suggestions had been made— great reliance having been placed upon the fact that prussic acid was given. Why, it was constantly adminis tered to the most delicate women at the most delicate period of life. Then with respect to the will mad e by the deceased, undoubtedly it was greatly to the the interest of the prisoner that the lady should live, and it could not be used against the prisoner to his detriment, because it was as much Missßankes's act as the prisoner's— just as much her act as that of her marriage. He had gone through the whole of the conduct of the prisoner, and it was for the jury to act on it, but he thought that the very most they could say would be, that there was a suspicion ; but it was not upon suspicion that they could act. -They must have proof—proof as clear as daylight, before they could arrive at such a conclusion, or a 'verdict in favour of the prisoner must be given. He could net for a moment believe that the jury would imagine that such horrible conduct as that imputed to the prisoner had been committed without it was proved plainly—much more plainly than had been done by the prosecution—and beyond the possibility of doubt. Turning to the conduct of the prisoner when additional medical assistance was required he denied that he had any objection to the uncle of the deceased lady visiting her. He was not the objecting party, and his letter proved that the reason he was not sent 'for was solely the wish of Miss Bankes, that at least, for some time, none of the male members of her family might by possibility become acquainted with the position she was in with the prisoner. The conduct of the prisoner, so far froxi proving that a crime had been com mitted, clearly showed that such was not the fact. Passing to the medical evidence, it was stated that the state of the lady was caused by the administration of an irritant poison such as antimony and arsenic ; but had one witness shown that he had ever had in his possession any thing of so deadly a nature as arsenic or antimony. Cer tainly not. And then, with respect to the stupid and igno rant theory that chloride of potash had been used to carry off the poison after it had been administered—if it had ever been administered—he believed the evidence that he should place before them would totally explode, if it had not already been exploded, such an utter absurdity, which was only the imagination of a fertile brain to account for the absence of poison. Again, it was tried to be sustained that during the time between the pri soner'sfirstbeing accused of the crime and taken into custody he had ample time to destroy everything that would prove the truth of such, but did the evidence warrant such a state • ment. Referring to Dr. Taylor's evidence the learned counsel dwelt in strong terms upon the mistake made in the analysis of the bottle containing chlorate of potash, and said that in the event of such a mistake not being found out, an innocent man might have been sent to the scaffold and suffered an ignominious death. Under such circumstances he thought that the duty of Dr. Taylor in the present case was to get up and withdraw the whole of it, but he would not do that, and he (Sergeant Parry) there fore called upon the jury to reject Dr. Taylor's evidence as utterly worthless. He should call before them witnesses to prove that bismuthand greypowder both contained arsenic. Such being the case that would account for the traces of arsenic found in the body of the deceased, and this being so, there was abundant evidence to p,he that both those medicines had been sent from the shop of Dr. Julius. The learned counsel then deseribed-fhe nature.of the evidence he in tended to call, and concluded by an eloquent appeal to the jury, stating that he thought they would agree with him that the case for the prosecution had entirely failed, and that the result of such an agreement would be a verdict of acquittal. [The learned counsel occupied nearly three hours in the delivery of his speech, during the whole of which time the prisoner scarcely 'took his eyes off the jury for'an instant.] The following wi s 1 asses were then called for the defence : Benjamin Ward Richardson, examined by Mr. Giffard, said-1 cm a doctor of medicine, a licentiate of the College of Physicians, and Professor of Pathology in the Grosvenor School of Medicine. I obtained Astley Cooper's prize, and I am the author of several works on medical jurisprudence. I have been in court, and the symptoms detailed of the death of the deceased are, in my opinion, nut in the main consis tent with arsenical poisoning. The Lord, Chief Baron—Nor antimonial poisoning ? Witness--No. The Lord Chief Baron—Nor with both together? Witness —No. In the case of Miss Bankes there were symptoms absent which would be present in a case of arseni cal poisoning. There was also an absence of those nervous symptoms which peculiarly characterise arsenical poisoning. Those symptoms are tremor of the limbs—suppressed con vulsion. , I don't believe it possible that all these symptoms could be absent in a case of arsenical poisoning. The post mortin, examination, taken altogether, is not in my opinion consistent with arsenical poisoning. In my opinion it is quite impossible for a person to be poisoned with arsenic without its being found in the tissues. It would not mat ter what way the arsenic was introduced, traces of it would always be found. I made experi ments on the 26th of May and the 2d of June last, with respect to arsenic. The first experiment was made out of philosophical curiosity, and not with reference to the prisoner. I made my experiments in the presence of Dr. Webb In one of the experiments we took a large dog and daily gave it arsenious acid and chlorate of potash. I gave the latter in such doses as to ensure diuretic action. I gave small doses for 18 days, three times a day, with food ; 18 grains of arsenious and 365 grains of chlorate of potash. Sometimes the animal could not take its food, and then 1 decreased the dose. I then killed the animal, and on ex amining it I found arsenic in the liver,' slight traces in the spleen and in the kidneys. The greatest - part was in the liver. The Lord Chief Baron—You must have expected that when you went on giving arsenic and then suddenly stopped ? Witness—l thought the chlorate would have been eliminated. The Lord Chief Baron—Then it was eliminated ? Witness—No. I would add that in the dog there was intense ulceration in the stomach, and in the lower part of the alimentary canal. The Lord Chief Baron. —How much arsenic did you find ? Witness—l cannot gay. The Lord Chief Baron —Can you venture to say you found a grain ? Witness—No, I cannot. The Lord Chief Baron—Can, you venture to say half a grain ? Witness—Really, my lord, I cannot say. The Lord Chief Baron—Can you venture to say you found a quarter of a grain ? Witness—Yes, my lord. I think I can venture to say I found a quarter of a grain. There was vomiting and purging. The Lord Chief Baron—The result of your experiments proves that chlorate of potash does not eliminate all the arsenic, and it also results that after 18 grains of arsenic had been given in 16 days, only a quarter of a grain was discovered in the body after death. Witness—Yes. I made other experiments with two dogs, which I gave alternate doses of arsenic and antimony on alternate days, giving chlorate to one and not to the other. I discovered arsenic in the body of each. I have heard the symptoms presented in the case of Miss Bankes, and they were not, in his opinion, recnncileable with slow antimonial poisoning. I have made other experiments with— The Lord Chief Baron—l don't think any experiments made since the 9th of May can be considered, with reference to this case, part of the general body of medical knowledge. Witness continued—l consider, from what I have heard, that Miss Bankes would be a likely person to be subject to dysentery. I have analysed bismuth. The result of my experiment is that every specimen in London contained arsenic. Mr. Gifford—As a matter of chemical science, are you aware that arsenic is to be found in bismuth ? The Lord Chief Baron—ln what quantities ? Witness—lt varies very much. The Lord Chief Baron—What are the limits P Witness—The largest quantity I know of is half a grain to the ounce. I have had a patient to whom I have ad: ministered 2as much as five grains three times a day for six days. I analysed the urine and found arsenic. The Lord Chief Baron—How much ? Witness—l cannot say—there was the fiftieth part of a grain. Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—Did you give the bismuth with respect to this case ? Witness—l began my experiments on the dog on the 26th of May. It was merely tosee whether chlorate would pass off the arsenic. I had seen the report of the case in the papers, and read Dr. Taylor's evidence. I did not communicate the result of the experiments to the prisoner or his solicitor. Mr. Ballantine—How, then, did you become connected with the case ? Witness—Mr. Humphries, the solicitor, called upon me. Mr. Ballantine—Without your communicating with any person ? Witness—My experiments were known to two or three collegians. _ Mr. Ballantine—You were examined on Palmer's trial ? Witness—l came to give my opinion that death was occasioned by angina pectoris, and not strychnia. I merely gave a similar case to that of Cook's, and argued that Cook might have died of angina pectoris. It is true that I gave an opinion that Cook's symptoms were those of angina pectoris, as given by all the best authors, and that they were more consistent with that disease than with death by strychnia. I don't dispute that I want to support the theory of death by angina pectoris. I have been consulted in one other criminal case, but I was not called. [At the conclusion of this witness's evidence the trial was adjourned till to-morrow.] YORK RACES. (This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ZETLAND HANDICAP. Kestrel Springwell Lady Kingston Bilberry .... Olympias Maid of Mist 2 Fifteen ran. YORKSHIRE OAKS. Seven ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Newcastle Fisherman. Six ran. JUVENILE STAKES. Trovatore.... Substraetion Grenadier... BIENNIAL STAKES. Volatile .. Gamester. CONVIVIAL STAKES. Cramond . Restes . Thormanby Thirteen ran. Arrived—Peeress, Slave, and Courier. LATEST BETTING. EBOR HANDICAP. 10 to 3 agst Volatile (taken) 4to 1 agst Starke (taken) 5 1 agst Peeress (taken) Bto 1 agst Courier (taken) Bto 1 agst Archduchess (taken) Bto 1 agst Underhand (taken) FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT ADMIRALTY, AUG. 15. NAVAL KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty do hereby give notice to such Lieutenants in her Majesty's Navy as are desirous of being recommended for the appointment of Naval Knight of Windsor, under the will of the late Samuel Travers, Esq., that they must apply at this office, on or before the 26th Sept. next, when they will be in formed of the nature of the certificates and testimonials which are required to show that they come within the mean ing of the said will, which expresses that they " are to be superannuated -or disabled Lieutenants of Eliglish men of war," and shall be single men withoechildren, in clined to lead a virtuous, studious, and devout life, to be removed if they give occasion for scandal. C. .PAGET. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Samuel Farnan, colonial broker, Mincing-lane City. Samuel Longden, groce r, C h esterfield Derbyshire. 2 2 01 0 100 { 100 190 17i 20 S took Sto. I Stock 100 100 20 M 100 1 Stock 12.11.19 6.11.0 17s 11.18.8 FOREIGN MINES 1 20 Australian 1 Bon AcoordCcppar,Lim I lOs 1 1 P 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp )1 27 - - 20 Do.St.Johndentey,Lim l5 10 11 5 Do. Land and Minnie° all - - 1 Clarendon Consols Min - - d ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper al 41 43 - Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 23 24 3 Linares all 101 111 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 4 1 1 New Granada all - - 1' N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 4pll 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 1 4 5 5 Port Philip 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 - 28.2.81 United Mexican all 11 11 + JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing 1 Business Share Joint Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßki 50 71 73 40 Australasia all -- - 89 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 22 100 IPank of London 5O - - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all - - 50 British North American all - - 54 20 Chtd. Bank of India, Ste 12 par 4 p 100 City 5O 62 64 100 Colonial 25 - -- 311 2).11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - 100 Commercial of Landon 2O 18 20 20 Eng , Scot., & Aus. Ch all 151 151 151 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - ' 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 201 211 50 London and County - - 29 50 London Joint Stock - - 100 London & Westminster 2O - - 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - 20 Do. new lO - - 50 National Bank - 25 - - 20 New S Aith Wales - - 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation a ll ll - - 39 1 20 Ottoman Bank a 18/ 191 19 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all - - 25 South Australia - - 25 Do. New ..tai . . , - 25 Union of A ustralia all - - 48 2,5 Do. New 50 Unioll Of LPl)clon 100 Unity Mutual .. ".. . „ go _ _ 100 Western Bk of London 50 - - d 1 161 1 100 100 1, LO. 2s. 6d. 74 all 5 100 all all all }lOO 4 100 09/ Ail 5 971 i 141 i I 1 2s. all lall all all all all all ) 15 r all 14 107 8 BANKRUPTS. Frederick Crockford, commission agent, St. James's street, to surrend er Aug. 26, at one, and Sept. 23, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Hyde, ship broker, Liverpool, Aug. 26, at twelve, and Sept. 16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Adolph Manheim, boot and shoe manufacturer, Fore street, Cripplegate, Aug. 25, at half-p as t twelve, and Sept. 23, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abel Hinchcliffe,printer, Sheffield, Aug. 27 and Oct. 1, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. James Cutmore, broker, Ware, Hertfordshire, Aug. 26, at twelve, and Sept. 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Clayton and Benjamin Lockwood, silk spinners, Rastrick, Yorkshire, Aug. 29, and Sept. 23, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. James William Pressey, printer. Luton, Bedfordshire, Aug. 25, at t we l ve, and Sept. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ephraim Prance and Hemy France, woollen manufac turers, Linthwaite, Y or k s hi re , Aug. 29 and sept. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Thomas Peters, robemaker, Cambrid ge, Aug. 26, and Sept. 30, a t t wo, at t h e C ourt o f Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Ritchie, wine and spirit merchant, Glasgow. Thomas Queenan, grocer, Perth. George Mackay, ironmonger, Keith. REALTEE OF LONDON DU.RI2iTG 2111? WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The returns of London for last week exhibit a further, though not an important, decrease on those of the previous week. The deaths in the week that ended last Saturday were 1,296. In the 10 years 1849-58 the average. number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,241 ; but, as the deaths now returned occurred in a population which has increased, they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase— namely, with 1,365. From this comparison it ap pears that the deaths returned for last week were less by 69 than the number which the average rate of mortality for the second week of August would have produced. It should be observed, however, that the facts on which the calculation is based are derived in part from two weeks, in 1848 and 18M respectively, when cholera was epidemic ; and in making the above comparison this circumstance should not be forgotten. The public health is far from being in a satisfactory condition. The deaths from diarrhoea., which were in the three previous weeks successively 415, 382, and 312, were last week 296. In the 10 weeks of 1849-58, corresponding with last week, the average number (corrected) was 189. Of the 296 deaths, 90 occurred in the East districts, in which division the disease still appears to be most prevalent. Taking London generally, the sub-districts • where fatal cases of diarrheea were recorded last week in greatest num bers are Belgrave, which returns 7, Rectory Mary lebone, also 7, Regent's-park,9, Haggerstone west 6, Hackney -road 6, Bethnal-green-town 7, Mile end Old-town, west and east sub-districts, 15 ; Poplar 3, and • Battersea 5 , . In addition to the deaths from diarrhoea, 22 are referred tolcholera, ", choleraic,•diMrheoz," •-&e. , A woman, aged 37 years, died at 34, Upper Rosoman-street, of " cho lera biliosa," after live days' illness; a man, aged 50 years, at 7, Ebenezer-buildings, Holton, of " cholera morbus." A mate; aged 32 years, died on the 4th of Au gus t in the 'Dreadnought Hos pital-ship of " cholera ;" and seaman belong ing to the General Steam Navigation Company, aged. 31 years, on July 30, is supposed also to have died of cholera, in a boat near the same Hospital-ship. All the 22 deaths from cholera oc curred4o children, except 8; one was that of a boy at Hampstead, aged 3 years, who died on the 10th inst. of Asiatic cholera," after ; •.ll hours' illness. Two persons died from want of ! the necessaries of life. Scarlatina was fatal in 49 eases, and diptheria in 18. Last week the births of 907 boys and 855 girls, in all 1,762 children, were registered in London. In the ten.corresponding weeks of ;tom years 1849- 58 the average number was 1,500.-j -t• 0, METROPOLITAN WATERS IN JULY, 1859. The waters supplied by . the Thames ,companies, according to the analysis of Dr. Robert Dundas Thomson, F.R.S., of St. Thomas's. Hospital,. con tained in July less foreign matter than they have held in solution, since 18M, when those procured above Teddington Lock were distingnished by even a smaller amount of impurity. They , aflbrd a striking contrast with the Thames water at Lon don-bridge, which is added for the sake of com parison. Last year the Thames, water at the same locality contained 88.8 deg. of impurity and 10.24 deg. of organic impurity, with 1 grain'of carbo nate of ammonia per gallon, derived from the ani mal matter in the sewage. In the past mouth the amount of the same salt was .72 grains. The smell of the river has been distinguishable at even a greater distance than last year, but subsides with the temperature. The composition of one of the unhealthy surface wells is also appended:— Total impurity Organic im per gallon. purity. grs. or deg. grs. or deg. 0•0 01 Distilled 'Water Loch Katrine water, new supply to Glasgow • Thames water at London-bridge Aldgate pump THAMES COlurAmEs. Chelsea Southwark 159.20 49.12 0.80 1 6.80 13.94 1518 1416 WOO 1510 15'72 Lambeth Grand Junction West Middlesex OTHER COMPANIES, New River East London Kent • 14 • GO 16 . 36 21.68 The table is read thus : Loch Katrine water con tains in the gallon 2.18 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of which •8 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal origin. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.796 in. The barometer rose from 29.64 on Monday to 29.90 in. on Thursday, being the lowest and highest readings respectively in the week. The mean temperature of the week was 63.9 degrees, which is 2.1 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest point attained by the thermometer in the sun was 101 deg. on Friday. The highest point attained by the thermometer in the shade was 81 deg., which was read both on M on d ay an d F r id ay. The lowest point was 51.5 deg. on Friday. The entire range of the temperature of the air on that day, and also in the week, was therefore 29.5 deg. The mean daily range was 18.4 deg. The diffe rence between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperatnre was 7.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 77. The mean tempera ture of the water of the Thames was 67.1 deg., which exceeds that of the air by 3.2 deg. On the first two days and the last two the wind blew chiefly from the south-west ; in the middle of the week it was in the north east and north. Rain fell to the amount of 0.28 in., most of which was mea sured on Wednesday. STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS, AUG 16.—The tone of the woollen cloth trade continues firm, and the general aspect of busi ness is satisfactory. The warehouses are doing a fair trade, and in the manufacturing districts em ployment is plentiful. Orders are being renewed, and there is every prospect of considerable activity for some time to come. The cloth-halls this morn ing were not so numerously attended as on the last few market days, and the transactions were only on a moderate scale. Stocks, however, are exceed ingly low, and the manufacturers are principally engaged in making deliveries direct to the ware houses. The prices of wool continue without change. MANCHESTER, AUG. 16.—We have a quiet market for all kinds of yarn, except fine counts and 16's to 24's water-twist for China. A very consider able business has been done for China since this day week, and the position of Bolton spinnings from 60's to 200's, used by the Yorkshire trade and for the lace business is one of moderate. activity, with advancing prices. Home trade yarns of the lower to medium counts are in less demand and rather easier in price, 40's mule being heavier in the market than for some time past. Bundle yarn of mule or water, of the same numbers, are scarcely so much affected in price as cops and warps, and German qualities are firm. Descrip tions suited to the India trade and for export to the Mediterranean quiet. For India and Germany prices are not affected, because, though business is quieter, the spinners of these goods are well under engagements and not seeking fresh orders. In the cloth-market the principal change to notice is in India fabrics, which may be quoted 1 d. to 3d. per piece lower. At this reduction sellers have done business, and would be able to effect large sales if there were any , stocks to meet the demand. The market, however, is bare, and, as many of our manufacturers are still under contract at last prices, they are not competitors for business at a lower rate of prices. There is no change, nominally, in the price or position of cloths for the home trade, but still, with a large branch of our business like that for India suffering to some extent under a de pression in value, of an theun favourablehe otr influenceusiess n in India branches. Messrs. is perienced i n most John Slagg and Co. report :—.The b small scale, the offers in a reduction, to which manufac gmooosdts cases continues being o at n a v manufac turers are not at present disposed narrower submit. s Print ingor sof cloths, maddapolams, and the shirtings are still ine goodm d dem and at full ra tes. For other sorts th e is l ess active than t hasd been for the last few weeks, but there is no change in prices. EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. — The experiments which tookplace off the dockyard c'n Mon day night in order to test M. Ferdinand Salis's indestruc tible fire have been reported as most successful, and t ienafptohr taat to the naval service. The iorincipal v invention is to enable the crew of a boat et vessel obtain or of an enemy information as to the position of the chemicallic composition which dur ing a period of warfare. The a nd the ignition, i c s on p ta ro i v jl i s de th d e w e i l t e h m causes and a strong tubes,ents o is attached in ti n to , which h iff Boat of wood. Contact with water attachedfightetlhbeytubes. means l e ' f h a e a re p p p e a , r w at i u ll s, e b n e a i b n l g e at distance of hlf y ofth a e lights was attached to pr to eed a s b f o r a o t m o r o nvee ofs and at half-past 10 o'clock on Monday those s o a n 'ta t r e d f t d o u the Fisgard, fla g-ship, 'at five o'clo c ksreeebiiiistytmecntel night and was found burning on Tuculay morning. HOP I N TELLIGENCE.—KENT.---Our reports I gene rally.speak of the great improvement which has takes a place in the appearance of most of the plantations since I he late rains, though in many parts the cold nights have 'had the effect of checking the burr, which is longer than . .usual in coming into hop. On dry soils, whereihe bine was begin _ fl ing to look Biddy and the leaves to turn yellow, the moi i ture has been very beneficial; but on helviengro.unds, C/ 7 warm weather is now again much wanted.: ''S'hould favou c able weather ensue, picking is expected to be'ken oral abo ut the Ist September. From Canterbury we are informed tt At the burr lingers more than ordinarily, and that. there it , ; a little mould at places which is likely to be increased by v 'et windy weather. Some of the grounds in the imme A li e , to vicinity of Canterbury are now quite out in hop ; a.r. A th e prospect of a crop is a good one.—South-Eastern Cdr oett,. 4 Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 16-1 1613 4 Stock Stock Stock Stock 124 Stock Stock' 10 Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock 'Stock Stock Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock) Stock Stock Stock 'ALS. Sharel 1000 Stock Stock Share)