The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-20 00:00:00

MONEY DIAREBT AND CITY NEWA?.. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The inquiry for money is steadily maintained in the general discount market, where the rates charged for accommodation are rather firmer, being within per cent. of the Bank of England minimum. Although the supplies are still very liberal and the demand must still be considered moderate, it is pru bable that the quotations will remain steady, with occasional symptoms of an upward tendency when ever the applications for commercial purposes are stimulated. The Vanderbilt, from New York, has arrived this morning with £20,000 in specie. The advices from New York report a decline in the exchanges, viz., to 110. The demand for money was not quite so active, and the terms were rather easier. In the Stock market business con tinued rather quiet, and prices remained steady. The amount of specie in the City Banks, on the Ist inst., was only £3,851,823, being' a decrease, com pared with the previous return, of £280,262. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi ness was quiet, and 8,000 bales were sold at pre vious rates. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, and prices were without any important variation. There was a meeting of the Union Steamship Company to-day, at which a dividend of 265. per share for the half-year was proposed and agreed to. The net available balance on the year's operations vas stated to be £1,140 in favour of the company, after the extinguishment of a portion of the old debt. The half-yearly meeting of the Buffalo and Lake %Iron Railway Company was held to-day. In consequence of the long prevailing depression in Canada, the traffic of the half-year had not enabled the directors to propose a dividend ; on the con trary, the deficiency upon the half-year was £6,392 15s. 9d. The discussion was proceeding at the time of this despatch. There has been very little animation in the mar; ket for Public Securities to-day, and the quotations have been rather depressed. A few sales were effected soon after the commencement of business, and a decline of 1 per cent. took place in the quo tations: for transfer, Consols being 961 y for money, but they are now 962 1, being firmer, and the same for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are rather flatter, at 958 1. Bank Stock is steady, at 2211 to 223 ; India ditto has advanced to 222 ; ditto New is 1032 y ; ditto Scrip has receded to 1031 ; and the Debentures (1859) remain at 961 97 ; and the Bonds at 2s. to 4s. prem. Exchequer Bills are firm, at 28s. to 31s. prem. Only a very limited business has been transacted in Foreign Securities, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 to 801; ditto New, 6 81 to 691, Brazilian 5 per Cents. have receded to 1011 ; Mexican, to 222 ; Chilian 6 per Cents. are steady at 103 ; ditto 3 per Cents. are heavy at 73 ; but Venezuelan 21 per Cents. have im proved to 29. The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round numbers as under : 18.59. 1858. Great Western £33,938 £32,784 North-Western 83,364 72,839 South-Western Brighton 18,133 16,573 Midland South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Bristol and Exeter 7,695 6,947 M2.nchester, Sheffield,and Lincoln 11,270 9,985 Oxford, Worcester; and Wolverhampton. 5,190 4,658 North Stafford West Hartlepool Dublin and Wicklow 1,979 1,706 Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,411 6,160 Glasgow and South-Western Great Luxembourg 2,365 1,669 These returns, compared with those of the same Period of last year, show a most decided improve ment on most of the principal lines. On the Lon don -and North Western, it amounts to £10,525 ; on the South Western, to £2,219 ; on the Midland, 42,07 5 ; on the Great Northern, £2,832 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, to £3,238 ; on the North Eastern, to £3,261; on the Great Western, £1,154 ; the Brighton, £1,560 ; the South-Eastern, 4 .p 1,414 ; Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincoln, '1 28 5 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow £261; Glasgow and South-Western, £400; and Great Luxem bourg, £7Ol. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been on a rather moderate scale ; prices, how ever, have slightly improved, owing to the increase in the traffic returns. Great Western, North- Western, and South-Eastern advanced ss. ; Bristol an d Exeter, Eastern Counties, South-Western, and.. North-Easte rn (B erw i c k), 10s.; Alidlands declined 55., and London and Brighton 10s. The Foreig n un d erta ki ngs h ave s h own ver y little variation. Lombardo-Venetian are 121 ; Sambre and Meuse, 6 & ; and Bahia and San Francisco, 4 1 ; s"t I ndian remain fi rm at 1011 1; Great Indian Peninsula advanced to 971 ; Grand Trunk of Canada brought 381 to 39; and Great Western of C anada, 141. Joint -St oc k B ank and Miscellaneous Shares are steady at yerterday's closing quotations. London Chartered of Australia improved 55.; and Union o_ f Lond on ss: ; Electric Telegraph brought 102 1; Peel River L an d , 55 ; and Burham Brick and Til e C onapany's shares are dealt in at g to prem. BRIT ISR FUND LCD— OSING PRICES. Bank Stock 223 2 11 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9sf 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 961 a it New 3 per Cent. Annuities . 9sk i 6 per Cent. Annuities . . 111 a India Stock 1031 1 i i Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto, 1 859 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £1 000 .Consols fOr Account (Nov. 8) .Kxchequer Bills ' Xl ' 000 ' lfd 2B 31 lnitto £500 D itto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Chilian, 6 per Cent. lO3 x d D itto 3 per Cent. 73 k exiean 3 per Cent. Ditto Account P eruvian 4 3 / 4 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent. D itto Account lloooian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 3 per C en t., 1859 —l 4 i d Ditto Scrip, „Danish 3 per Cent. 46a I urkish 6 per Cent. • Ditto Account 1 791 80i xd Ditto New L oan Ditto Acco un t Venezuela 21 per Cent. D itto Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s B2l Dividends on the above payable in London. - THREE O'CLOCK Consols, Money 961 1 Ditto Account (Nov.) BIG BEN. riIECIS OF THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE, AND THAT IS TO TAKE PLACE, WITH REFER• XIiCE TO THE CRACKING OF BIG BEN. 1. Letter from Mr. E. B. Denison, stating that Mr. Mears made the bell with a flaw fraudulently concealed. 2. Letter from Mr. Mears, stating that this is a libel. 3 . Letter from Mr. E. B. Denison, stating that both Mr. Mears and the bell ar e cracked, and that Sir C. Barry 'Toiled the bell by hanging it badly. 4. Letter from Sir C. Barry, stating that he had nothing to do with hanging the bell. 6 . Letter from Mr. E. B. Denison, stating that he saw f ir,, C. Barry h ang i ng the b ell, and that he (Barry ) to ld hi m ( 'neon) that the bell deserved, to be hanged. , 6 . Lett er f rom Si r C. Barry, stating that he never saw the bell, and never heard the bell, and that he never saw or 'Poke to Mr. Denison in his life, and does not wish to ; also c ontradicting in general terms all the statements made, or likely to be made, by Mr. Denison in the present corres p3ndence. 7. Letter from a correspondent, asking who wasresponsible for the bell, and the hanginr , of it. 8 . Thr ee rep li es to Letter No. 7, viz.:— a. Letter from Mr. E. B. Denison, stating that Mears "did it all." b. Letter from Mr. Mears, stating that Mr. E. B. Denison was " entirely responsible." c. Letter from Sir C. Barry, stating that both Dent son and Mears were " jointly responsible." 8 9 . "Letter from Mr. E. B. Denison, stating that Sir C. arry " spoiled e ver ything," and th a t ho (D en i son) is not a fool." 10. Letter from Mr. Mears, controverting the latter state- Mont of Mr. Denison. 11. Letter from Mr. Jabez James, stating that the hammer was not muffled, and that if it had been the bell Would not have cracked. 12. Letter from Mr. E. B. Denison, stating that the hammer was muffled, and that if it had not been, the bell would not have cracked. 13. Letter from the hands of the cloek, stating that the face is too big. 14. Letter from the face of the cicck, stating that the hands are too heavy.—Punch. STIABB MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) ,ES AND STOCKS. Paid. Crlorisoein.g 6 6} 8 84 77 78 lli 12i 6 8 08 100 921 03} 6 61 14 a 1 5 } 56 57 35 39 26 25 79 81 25 2Si 98 100 103 104 E 8 90 131 133 106 108 65 65} 55 60 195 200 154 1610 15i 164 p 971 03 66 67 112 114 14 15 961 96f 1 d 951 061 7/ 81 35 86 I 101 i 107 85 87 91 101 56 58 3 8d co" 61 91 91} 2 11 461 47/ 74! 751 105 107 4 4 d 8/ 9/ 34 3,5 13 15 ORDINARY SHA Share Railways: 12.10 I Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 50 Belfast and Ballymena 13.14 Bir., Rol., and Str. Val Stock Bir.. La.. and Ch. June 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost .Slefd.& Mid. Coun Stock Bristol and Exeter Stook Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, lllkrock,&Passage 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A(A roves. no div 10 Do. E until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.toß 60 Dublin andßelf ast June 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc StocV East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) Stock East Lancashire 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow Stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth Clyde Junction Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A. Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 161 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire Stock London and Blackwall. Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover Stock London & North Westn 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland Stock Do. Birming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. Shares 100 Newtastle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Herefd 10 Newry & Armagh (def. 20 Newry, Warpt., & Rog Stock Norfolk 50 North. Counties Union Stock North British Stock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk Stock Do. A Stk.—Arec.no div until 6p.c.haabeenpdß Stool: Do. B Stock Stock gorth-Eastn.—Berwick 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Stock Do. Leeds Stock Do. York Stock North London 20 North Staffordshire 10 No. & Son. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 ,Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer Stock South Devon Stock South-Eastern Stock South Wales Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do. do. 1855 25 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 111 . 3 Ulster 25 Do. 12 10 Do Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & Pim Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. 6 Do. A. —A recv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 5 Do. B 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class all all all all all PREFERENCE snARs, / Closing i on B: L ars Railways. Paid. Prioe. De. Business 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk: Bris. & Exet4p.ctStock 20 Do. do. do. Shares took Caledon £lO, 45 per cent 12.10 Do. Guar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent 61 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 6 p et. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... Stock Glas. &S West. cc a. spc. Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et. Stock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, let pf Stoc Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Jreat West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Stock Do. Redeemable, 45 pct. Stock Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Stock Do. Irredeemable, do ock Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. ,8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref toot Do. Binning. guar. stock 264 Do. Chester guar.shares 135 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. ;ock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock bock Do.Barnsl.StEs 3slCdpc took Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l bock Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 bock Do._New gua., 6 p. ct bock Do. do. 5 p. o. No. 4 8 Do. do. 45 per c. shares Lock Lon.& N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. took Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares 12 Londondy & Cole, 5 shs 12 Londondy.& Ennis ssh toe & Lin., 6 p. ct 6 Do. £6 Itock Do. per cent. 125 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent 2 I Do. ,ock Slid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock oc k Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et, ock Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 186 ,ock Do. Lela. & Hit.pref. st. LO NewportAber,&c.pret.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.n m LO Do. opt on p. c. with opn till 1866 ;ock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Lock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Lock Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 bock Do. Way.Val.Ex.SklB47 took North British, 5 per cent took Do. New, gua. 5 per cent took Nth. Dev. 'UM& D:k.Co. took N-East. irrecl. 4 p.c. Deb. bock Do. Ccnsol. Pref. 4 p. c. took Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. o. No. 1. 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 York, H.& S. Pura. /0 North Staffordshire . ,ock Ox. Wr. & Wol. ape. lstg uck Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... ock Do. Irredeem., 24 gua. ock Do. 45 p. c. Db. stk.in perp 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 85 Scottish Central, new pi bock Scottish N.-Eastern deb Lock Do. 35 per c. pref. stock Lock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Lock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 45 percent. L. 0.6. South Eastern (Rcading Ann., 1.0 6 ) ock Do .45 per cent ock Do. Fixed 45 p.c. lst is ock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c ,oek Do. 45 per cent ,ock S.-Yerkshire, 4 p.c. gue 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent. Lock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.. 95 97 [Ol 103 51 6 99 101 112 115 107 103 ill 113 110 112 126 128 82 84 90 92 74 75 .13 115 17 119 10 112 [O5 107 84 86 97 99 88 90 89 91 [OO 102 91 101 17 18 19 10i 73 75 19 20 91 10 14 15i 139 141 117 119 9 10 122 124 68 70i 40 142 103 104 94 95 9} 91 I'l 11 Mines. 1.7.2 TIII3 DAY.) .10 112 107 109 90 92 96 97 i 23 24 123 125 123 128 114 118 99 100 74 76 120 124 120 125 10i 11 st( Stl St( St( Sti 100 100 100 100 100 23 1 24i 103 104 1102 104 28 29 321 33 32 33 54 56 , . LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. FOREIGN MINES Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Do ne. 2O Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim 155 1 a 1 p . 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25 p.) 275 -•- Bedford and Bletchleyl all Ln & N.W .. .. 20 Do.St.Johudelßey,Lim. 15 101 111 11 Bukinhamshire ~.. 100 Ln& N.W i 7 99 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all - - Ch e ste r e& Holyhead.. 100 Do Do. do. 51 p. ct. .... 100 Do. 123 127 ing Co. of Jamaica ... #- - d Do. - do. sp. ct. Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin le3 1(5 103 - Cepiapo l6 8 } 9 Colchester, Stour Val all 'E. U.&E Cl 6 17 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all i E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.o 100 Gt. North. 11 0 1 43 2 Fortuna E Union,llarwichShs all E.Counts. - - 20 General all 24 20 Do. Woodbridge . . 100 d 3 Linares all 11 12 Gls.Barr.&Nells,Dra. 100 ,Caledonin - - 5 Lusitanian Do. New .... . ..... . 100 Do. - - 1 Mariquita all Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. - - 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 i p Hartlpool.Dclr.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br - - 20 Poutgibaud Silver, Lead) Mining and Smelt , all 6 7 Hull and Selby ...... all Yk.N.Md. 110 112 Do. 4 Shares ....... all Do. - .- 5 Port Philip Do. 1 Shares ....... all Do. - .... 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) 1 par Ip 1 London&Greenwich . 100 S. East... 64 66 28.2.81 United Mexican Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Sontend. 100 Peto &Co 92 94 031 Share Joint-Stock - k S s I . 'O.C P K aid .B .I ANKS. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk - - Do. 6 per cent ........ 100 Do' - - Closing Business Manc.,Buxtn.& Matk. all LN Wilal 25 21 Mid. Bradford Prefer- . pm Prim. Done. ence Stock ........ 100 Midland . 97 99 971 Newmarkt.,TiuryEx 15.5. 6. E.Counts 1 1 p 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 69 71 guaranteed sp. c. 40 Australasia all - - 82 1 Nortlin. & Bash. 5 p.c all Do. 56 58 25 Bank of Egypt all 20i 211 Do. 'do. 6 per cent. ... all D 0....... - - 100 Sank of London 5O - - 48 Do. W e 5 per cent. all ,Do. - - 40 Brit. Col. Bk. Sr Loan Co all - - North Western all 'Midland .14 145 00 British North American all - - I.& N w 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &a 16 par 5 p Preston and Wpm. 1 all & risk. - - 100 City 5O 61 CO 65 Do. i Shares A. all Do. - - 100 Colonial Roystn.Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 138 140 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - Slirmxbry& Hereford 100 T 8ra14825 , 08 102 100 Commercial of L,nclon 2O 1) 21 South Staffordshire .. all M‘Cle.an . 101 105 20 Eng . Scot., & Aus. Ch all 161 161 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all - - Wilts and Somerset.. 100 ,Gt. West 92 94 Wimbledon& Croydn. all ,Gt. 75 85 20 Lon Ohar.llk.otAustraL all 215 22 22 1 I I 50 Loudon and County - - 301 50 London Joint Stock - - 31. DOCKS. - 100 London & Westmina ter. 20 - - -- 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 3: , - - 1 Closing BaSilleill 20 Do. new lO - Share Ik,oks. Paid Price. Done. 50 National Bank l a-25 - 235 S -- 20 New South Wales - - 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all - -- 405 Stock Commcrcial 1 s ~, oe k k D E a o s 4 t p a e n r Or d West t .p ce n t d .l% i a l I . n . - ) Stock 20 Ottoman Bank all 17 18 171 5 i - 100 Provincial of Ireland - - - 10 Do. New - - Stock London lOO - 70 25 South Australia - - ) Stock St. Katharine lOO - 25 Union of Australia all - Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria .. - t",O Union of London l2 275 285 275 0 10 0 102 104 __ 94 Do New 100 Unity Mutual 6O - - ...... .4.•....... :i 0 113 115 27 16 84 64 3; 2; d 46; 47; 774 78 73 75 62 65 6 8 35; 36; CL - 53. 544 58 t l 21 d par 63 5- 1 61 .1f II all 100 3i 100 100 163 100 100 1k 100 SI 100 all all all all }lOO 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 3 100 1 all fIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 18b9, LAW' INTE COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. The Court opened to-day after the vacation with three Commissioners on the rota—Commissioners Evans (senior), Fane, and Holroyd. (Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.' IN RE E. WHITE. This was a certificate meeting. The bankrupt was a Lady, a governess at Lewisham, but entered into a specula- tion with a lady to produce a transparent music notation, notation puzzles, and royal musical games. The accounts, by Messrs. Butler and Cannings, show—Debtor to credi tors, £747 ; to ditto, holding security, £876. The property was set down at £262, and the expenses had been very mo derate, and the losses were on realisation of property. His Honour granted an immediate certificate of the first (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE CLARKE. This bankrupt was described as of Newgate-street and Liverpool, foreign manufacturer, and to-day was appointed for his last examination. The case was gone into at con siderable length an application having been made for an adjournment sine die for fuller accounts. Tho bankrupt was called, and the examination was proceeding when we went to press. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE--IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.-NEWBERY V BIRNSTINGE. This was an action to recover £4, for that defendant did, on the 10th September last, beat and assault the plain tiff, whereby he sustained damages to the above amount This was a case of the greatest importance to railway tra vellers, and the assault arose out of a dispute concerning a certain seat in a railway carriage on the London, Brighton, and South-Eastern Railway. According to plaintiff's statement, he entered a railway carriage on the evening of the 10th September last. A parcel was on the seat and plaintiff removed it. Defendant then got in and said, "You've got my seat." Plain tiff replied, "Oh no ! it is not your seat." Upon this defendant seized plaintiff by the throat —striking him several blows—injuring his hat and tearing his coat. A policeman was called in and said defendant might be given into custody at Brighton. The damage done to the coat necessitated a new one. Cross-examined by Mr. Buchanan for the defendant—An apology was made and accepted. I did not agree to allow two gentlemen in the carriage to settle the matter. I sent in a bill for £2 10.. as soon a. I got the new coat. The police constable on the railway said he witnessed the assault. He would have taken defend int into custody had plaintiff charged him. His Honour—l recollect in the old stage coach days, when a gentleman put his coat on the seat it was deemed to be his —but I doubt whether a basket of potatoes could book a seat in a railway carriage. Mr. Buchanan then called defendent, who denied having seized Mr. Newbery by the throat, and said the coat was a very old one. Plaintiff—l only had it a month before. Defendant—That young man removed my parcel off the seat and took possession of the same,. I seized him by the coat to remove him, and his coat was slightly torn. I apologised, and said I would pay for the repairs. The case was referred to some gentlemen in the carriage, who said I was not justified. Mr. Middleton said he was one of the parties chosen to settle the matter. Witness told plaintiff he had no right to the seat. At the same time witness advised defendant to apologise, and pay the damage done to the coat. The decision of the referees was to be binding. Mr. Buchanan put it to his Honour whether the 108. GO. paid into court was not sufficient, and whether the decision of the referees should not settle the affair, as plaintiff agreed to leave the matter to them. His Honour—lt is an award without satisfaction, and not binding. As regards this case, defendant has committed an assault for which a jury would award 405., and I must do the same. As to the coat, defendant must pay of damages in all £3 10s., or £2 19s. 6d. above the sum paid into court. The liberty and person of the subject must be protected, and there is some doubt whether the seat was defendant' s . POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OP AN AFRlCAN.—Nioholas Seid ) a native of Bournous, Central Afric a , was c harged as _ __ follows : John Fisher, 334 A, said that about 2 the previous after noon he was called by the landlord of a public-house in Pall-mall, who said he had a black man in his house who had eaten two steaks, some chops, and drank two betties of stout, running up a bill of ss. for his meal. The prisoner immediately ran out of the house, got up on the back of a gentleman's carriage, and gave him a great deal of trouble. He got him as far as the Reform Club, when he refused to go any further, got a large mob round him, and refused to go, notwithstanding some gentlemen came up and persuaded him to go. He then became very violent, kicked him several times; and bit his hand. He was obliged to get three other constable to assist him in carrying the prisoner to the sta tion, where he became furious, and having assaulted ano ther constable was at length, to prevent further mischief, handcuffed. Prisoner said it was all true, and that he meant to pay the 58. Mr. Albert, the interpreter at the Court; said the prisoner, when young, was taken by a hostile tribe to the slave mar ket and sold there, and afterwards sent to Tripoli, where he escaped. Ile then went to Smyrna and Constantinople, where a young Russian prince took him into his service. He went with him to Russia, where he learnt the language, and travelled over Europe with the prince. On the 22d of August he was fined £lO, or four months' hard labour, for two savage assaults; but by the intercession of him (Mr. Albert) the prince forgave him, and on leaving London last week authorised him (Mr. Albert) to pay the fiae, and to give him £2 10s. to pay his passage to Paris, where the prince was willing to have him back into his service. The arrangements having been carried out the prisoner pro mised to go, but was now, having spent all his money, be fore his Worship. Fined 405., or 14 days. THAMES. A MOST INCORRIGIBLE JUVENILE OFFENDER.—Jacob Hodges, a boy aged 14, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing 3s. 6d., the moneys of John Wilson, his master. The prisoner had only been in the service el the prose cutor, a pastry cook of No. 7, Patriot-street, St. George-in the East, for five days, and he then broke open a box be longing to his master. It contained 3s. 6d., which the boy abstracted, and then ran away. He was soon apprehended by police-constable Child, No. 193 11. Ho said he had spent the money. Child said the prisoner had been a thief for many years, and had robbed several masters. Your worship, continued the witness, convicted him four years ago for stealing Bs. from his parent's landlady iu Denmark-street, Rateliff•highway, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. After that he had a similar sentence for stealing a sheet in Charlotte-court, Whitechapel. His next conviction was at Worship-street, for stealing 145., and he wits sent to a refuge in Commer cial-street, from which he made his escape ; and, lastly, he was summarily convicted as a juvenile offender, and sen tenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour. He has been in custody on other occasions. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the constable had not stated all the prisoner's convictions, for he had bezn in the City prisons unknown to the metropolitan police. Mr. Yardley—He appears to be a most incorrigible young thief, and we must send him to a reformatory from which he cannot escape. The mother of the prisoner, who was deeply affected, said her husband was a journeyman bricklayer, and his earnings were only lsg. per week. Her buy was a person of roving habits, and had made her very unhappy. She had 321 three other children to look after. Th e p r i so ner had been at school, and could read nicely, and write a little. Mr. Yardley—Do you wish me to dispose of the case The Mother—For Heaven's sake do something with him, or ho will come to utter ruin. Mr. Yardley—You don't wish me to commit him for 11 trial ? _ _ The Mother—No, sir ; dispose of him as you like. Mr. Yardley—Then I sentence him to one month's im prisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction, and after his imprisonmsat to be detained five years in the Reformatory School ship Cornwall, off Purficet. They will make something of the prisoner there. THE CAPTURE OF THE NANA.—Tt is high time, indeed, that the telegram should announce the capture of the man who of all men who ever existed has done most despite to England. It seems almost impossible that the slaughterer of English women and infants should still lire to renew his defiance to our arms. Yet so it is—he that more than two years ago deluged Cawnpore with English blood is still a king, still the leader of a host, still mocks at and insults the power which so long ago menaced him with instant vengeance, still has with him English cap tives, and still fosters and builds up the hop es of all who hate the English name. We must be pardon ed if we think the triumphs of our armies are shorn of half their brilliance so long as the Nana survives, and we may be sure this, too, is the universal thought of the natives of India. It may be said, however, that it is easy to censure ; not so to point out what should be done. Look back to the Afghan war. When post Mahomed, a far more formidable antagonist than the Nana, fled from Cabool, more decisive measures were un • dertaken against him. A body of cavalry were selected for the pursuit, led by the Bayard of India, James Outram. Had it not been for the treachery of Haji Khan, the pur suit would have been successful. A similar exploit might be attempted now, with far greater prospect of success. y t , e t a e r G i a o ocrkt Cross t r o e t g regi ment The fastnesses of Nepaul are no t such that a fugitive could eas ily extricate himself from them, and to fly further east un th de a r t ta c k li i n n. who infantry, a l n e t a r d y s , would them suffice c t e h f e o r troops the ckadende d a c t at h amid the ea the snows of the lyr • Nana, would a bane Himalayas.dtoa hasteniit hthousandotuos thousand poundspa i i nt o Pro mise two lakhs to the troop or company th a t takes b the m oifl en ce t r o w f him now will soon be scattered to the winds, and their chief slain or a prisoner. The capture of Nana thus achieved, would do as much to the prestige of England as the ap pearance of a fresh army in the field.—Homeward October 17, FOREIGN SHARPERS. A short time back the Paris Constitutionne/ gave a full detail of the system pursued by a number of foreign sharpers who take offices in London, and, styling themselves a firm, the title of which is ge nerally compounded of familiar mercantile names, send orders to continental manufacturers, giving at the same time references to some other fictitious establishment in London which purports to carry on the business of bankers. If further testimony is demanded they usually send bills for the amount of the required rods drawn on some leading Lon don bank, which are, of course, dishonoured on presentation ; but which, meanwhile, often put the manufacturer off his guard, especially in small pro vincial districts. In this manner all kinds of arti cles are obtained, some of them of the most ludi crous description when viewed as subjects of im portation into this country, and occasional instances have occurred where the parties have felt so flat tered at finding a demand for their goods spring ing up on the part of great mercantile establish ments in London that they have actually trans mitted more than the quantity ordered, in the hope that their new customers would honour them by pushing its consumption. Notwithstanding this exposure, it is said they are actively coatinuing their operations, and with the amount of careless ness and ignorance prevailing it seems impossible to prevent them from finding victims. The Vienna Presse a few weeks back contained the following, which appears to be one of their newest produc tions. In this case, however, our Post-office might, perhaps, do something. Letters are requested to be addressed to the Continental Trade Company, London, through the manager, John Ellis. No Mr. John Ellis, answering this description is to be found in the Directory, and if such letters were re tained until the applicant caused himself to be re spectably identified, not only would the scheme be rendered difficult, but means would be gained of assisting the police in case of future inquiries : "The Continental Trade Company, London, begs to inform the public that it is authorised by some shareholders to extend the advance of £200,000 to be made to well-established merchants and others, either by open credit or per endorsement, to the amount of £1,000,000 sterling, at the rate of 5 per cent. interest (besides our com mission). For the greater facility of the public also good foreign bills, their own acceptances, insurance policies, delivery contracts, and other valuable documents, as -well as other perbonal securities, will be accepted as guarantees. " The company, as hitherto, undertakes the agency of patents from all countries, and makes ad vances in cash on patents in order to carry them out. " The further industrial pursuife of the company will be published in our advertisements in the Vienna Presse, as well as in all other Continental newspapers of importance. " Letters please address, prepaid, fo the Conti nental Trade Company, London. The manager, John Ellis." MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS FATHER IN THE ISLE OF MAN. On Sunday week the body of a female child, aged two years and six months, was discovered floating in the milldam adjacent to the vicarage, at the vil lage of Kirk Onchan, in the Isle of Man. When taken out of the water the corpse had a hood, or casing boniet, covering tho face, and tied tightly by the string being passed round the back of the head, and brought in a knot under the ear. A severe wound was also discovered on one of the temples, in which blood and water were visible. The corpse was subsequently identified as that of the daughter of a tailor named James Kewley, who lives separate from his wife, the latter residing in England. From further in formation there was a very strong suspicion that an atrocious murder had been :committed by the father of the innocent child, which was made all but conclusive by the fact that Kewley had left the island. It appears that four months ago he left the child to be nursed by a Mrs. Creer, with whom it remained up to Tuesday night, Sept. 27, when it was taken away by its murderous parent. On Saturday fortnight Kewley was 14.5. 6d. in arrears, and on that night Mr. Creer went to him about payment, on which 'Cowley said he would fetch the child away on the Tuesday following, in order, as he then alleged, to take it to some of his father's friends on the north side of the island, who, he said, would take care of it without charge. About eight o'clock on the Tuesday night Kewley accordingly went for the child, and when Mrs. Creer had dressed it he took it away. Kewley went again to Creer's house on the night folio wing for the remainder of the child's clothes which he took away in a trunk. He then appeared to be confused and hurried. On that occasion Mrs. Creer asked him if the child was longing for her, when he replied that it was quite well, and appeared " quite at home," There is no doubt that the child was murdered on the Tuesday night, immediately after it was taken from Mrs. Creer's. The wound in the temple is stated by the doctor to have been the cause of the child's death, and he thought it to have been given by a hammer or a stone. An inquest was held on Wednesday, before the High Bailiff of Douglas, when a verdict of "Wilful Murder" was returned against Kewley, the father of the child. The murderer must have deliberately planned the foul deed, as he had an excuse prepared to account for his leaving the island ; he told Mrs. Creer that. he had a running in his neck, and waq going to a doctor in England to get it cured.—Cumberland Pacquet. Share 1 Railways. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent 8 Bom.,Baroda& Centind gu. 5 per cent 8 Do. Addit. Capital A 8 Do. Do. B ..01 Buffalo and Lake Huron tOi Do. New .0 Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873' Do. do. 1 June, 1874 5 IClcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) 0 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.e. .7i Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.g - u.sp.c. ;ock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Do. 41 p. c. Debentrs. G eelong& gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 percent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 ' Gt.lndiaPenin.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 ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O . Do. do. 'l3 without opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do .. sock Madras, guar., 4 p. e. 'ck Do. do. 5 per cent. Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. Do. Fourth di Do. do. :ock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bends Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.StLand(Lim.)g.6pe Class ACapitl.share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land do O Oude (Limited) O Scinde d 43 O Do. New g O Do. Punjaub O Do. Indus. St. Flo. En, e ,‘ l ' .0 St. Andrews & Quebec A 0 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip Paid. Closing ! Businoss I Price. Done. all sil 6 82 84 94 95 ,zt 1 11 d 1 11 5 5i all li 100 6 7 11. 3 0. }d mar 2s. 6d, 7i all 5 100 1i 1 d all all all 100 100 100 all all all 100 1014 16241 4d hp id nPi }2III 5 5 99a 100 19 20 99 1 38 39 92 94 73 75 82 84 72 74 98 99 1 d, if 11d 141 147 61 61d 98 102 98 102 98 102 94 97 84 86 39 Si 82} 2 971 $ 8j 1001 £•9 91 94 96 1 1 I 10 20 1 lid 11 Id 115 1 It 4 31 191 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 41 20 Ardennes all p 20 Itah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7kl.c 5 a l 41 I 5 Belgian East. Junction all 26 Beziers to Graissessac all 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 2} 100 Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 41 4 d 101 20 Eastern of France all 261 271 20 Euphrates Valley 27. p 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 6 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. fills all 71 74 20 Italian Juuetion 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian ' 8 —pi 124 20 Ditto New 8 2 24 20 Lyons and Geneva all 33} Maria Antonia all 10 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 81 84 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 19 20 16" Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 36 311 20 Paris and Orleans 20 Recife& S. Fran. (Fern ) 13 21 d 101 gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 8 10 Rome and Frascati - -20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all 64 61 61 10 Do. 54 per eent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . all 94 101 20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 Western of Austria .. . ' 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand ' all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid. Closing Business Share Securities. Primes. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c Ja. & July 100 1141 115/ 1141 154 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 112 114 Do. 6 & Sep. 100 112 114 N.8.G0v.6p.e. Ja. &July 10C 112 113 113 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 IN. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 109 ICO 102 Do 5p.cen.1871 to 19741 100 100 102 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 100 101 1001 1 NovaScoMaGov.6 p.c. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1104 1111 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 111 113 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 Do. do. April & Oct. 109 104 1094 1091 9 MISCELLAISEOUS. 1 Paid. Closing Stillness dons Share MiscellaneOuS. 10 A.nglo-Mexican Mint .. all 144 154 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 210 250 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 31 10 kustralian Royal Mail . all 1 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 41 51 5 50 British American Land 41, 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 36 38 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 10 20 Do. C • all 141 154 100 Canada Land 324 111 115 40 Chan.lalands Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9 Stock Cop.Min.otEng.&Sinitg all 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all 244 25 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference all 4 6 5 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 101 103 102 1 25 Do. New 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St Co. all 1 14 14 20 GLlron Screweol.(Lim all 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 Great Ship (Limited).. all ' 1 4 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. 5 London Dist, i,.t Telegr 1 1 f d 20 London Discount 5 11 d 4 Cond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 14 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 1 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 51 6 25 National Discount Co 5 1 4d 4} 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at idle. all 1 1 100 N. Bn&NovaScotiaLand 80 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all 4 1 1 Oriental Gas 11 1 Do. New Shares lss. p 10 Orient). In. Steam, A 6 -- 10 Ditto B 10 Ditto C 2s. - - stock Peel River Land & Min. 100 53 56 55 6 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 76 78 50 Do. New l5 9 11 24 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 15 1 fp 1 51 1 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 6 7 100 Royal Mail Steam 6o— Btoek Seot.Austrin.in..(Lim ) 100 115 125 25 South Australian Land all 35 87 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip all 4 1 1 Do. do Registered all 1 1 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr. Can 5 lee Van Diempwa Land 151 # # 15 # BRITISH MINES. Shire' Alfred Consols (Yid lack 0 British Iron .0 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) Clifford East Bal.'sett (Mogan) E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Given ) Great South TOIEr,US , 6 -. . Wheal Alfd. (Phill Rol G. Wheal Vor (flelston • Grenville Herod's-Foot r ady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Downs North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) ••• Par Consols (St. Blazy). Providence (tiny Lelnt) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 'SouthCaradon(St.Cleee Sot , th C. Brea( Mogan) S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 6 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co .0 Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Caren ) West Basset (Illogan) West Seton W. eftradon (Liskeard). Wheal Basset (Mogan). Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.). • Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant Wh' I Mary Ann (Meathe Trelawney (Lick. Paid \ Closing i Business Price. Done. 2.11.11 15 1 41 120 425 285 205 165 175 81 01 45 48 131 14 1 If 1 31 4 174 181 15 1 8 12 13 6 61 71 0 8i 11 12 50 55 I 230 235 6.17.0 17s 12.1.8 7.9.4' nil. 11 10.6.7 18.18.91 128 6d 14 474 10 24 3 135 145 21 20 21 380 390 1474 1524 185 105 90 100 14 11 11 12 32 34 274 28i 1.6. K 10.6.7 THIS DAY' g SHIPPING. Loynow, Oct. 20.—Wind this day at noon, Westerly; light breeze, and cloudy at times. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 19.—Sailed—Batavia, screw steamer, for New York. NEWrORT, Oct. 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Vestal, from Kurrachee. Sailed—Flying Fish, for Gibraltar; Albus, for St. Thomas. CARDIFF, Oct. 19.—Wind W.—Sailed—Pandemie, for Bilboa. SWANSEA, Oct. 19.—Wind S.E—Arrived—Fanny, from Bilboa. QUEENSTOWN, OCt. 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— Amphitrite, from Honduras; Robina, from Akyab ; Naomi, from Iquique ; City of Baltimore, screw steamer, from New York. OFF COWES, Oct. 20.—Arrived—Vanderbilt, screw steamer, from New York. OFF DARTMOUTH, Oct. 18.—Arrived—Glengarry, from Akyab for Havre. CnoOKHAVEN, Oct. 18.— Wind E.S.E.—Arrived— Alontesey, from Savannah. Put back—lndia, for Quebec, from the banks of Newfoundland, leaky. COWES, Oct. 19.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Arago, steamer, from Havre, and left for New York. STn,omNEss, Oct. 18.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Ran gomese, from Liverpool for Riga; had been 12 clays off the coast. NEW Yonx, Oct. 7.—Arrived—Fulton, steamer, from Cowes ; had very heavy weather. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 19.—The cargo of the Codrington, steamer. is nearly all out. It blew heavily last night from the westward, and the damages are feared to be more serious than anticipated; still hopes are entertained of get ting her off. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind E. Arrived, Oct. 19—Dove, from Swansea; Despatch, steamer, from Jersey; Edith, from Llanelly. Arrived, Oct. 20—Atalanta, steamer, and Alliance, from Jersey. Sailed, Oct. 19—La Reine Blanche, for Cardiff; Mentor, for Sunderland ; Courier and South-Western, steamers, for Jersey ; Union, for Poole; Laurie, for Sunderland ; Fire fly, fer Cardiff; Alliance, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N. Arrived, Oct. 19—Foxhound, from Smyrna; Marsala, from Sines; Leta, from Madeira; Gordon, from Jersey; Flora, from Constantinople ; Hamburg, screw steamer, from Bordeaux. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPR.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W ; tido second hours' ebb ; weather fine. Arrived—Flying Fish, from Xebea ; Augusta Aurora, from Akyab ; Code, from Riga; Earl of Auckland, from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, from Antwerp. Sailed—Orient, fur Algoa, DEAL, Ba. y Thursday Morning. Wind W.N.W., moderate. Passed—Cinthia, from Newcastle, for Morseilles ; Con eurrent, from Newcastle, for Tries& ; Liria Frederickne, from Newcastle, for Hong Kong; Sophia, from Sundswall, for St. Nazaire ; H.M.S. Locust, from west, for river; Pil grim, from London, for London , ladioluLisbon; ondon, for Melbourne ; Hermine, from for Dover Castle, from Melbourne ; Transit, from Dartmouth ; Secret, from Denia ; Belle of the Ocean, from Quebec; Lady Westmoreland, from Singapore ; Prince Arthur, from Hudson's Bay ; Mauritius screw steamer, from Patras ; Cavalier, from Quebec; Anna, from Odessa; Emma, schooner, from Buenos Ayres ; Catherine Anderson, from Leghorn—all for London. Anchored —Malaga, from Sunderland, for Aden ; Isis, from Sunderland, for Penang. TRIPLE MUIMEIL—The inhabitants of the vil lage of St. Syr-au-Mont-d'Or (Rhone) were thrown into consternation three days back by the discovery of a triple murder, the victims being three females, grandmother, daughter, and granddaughtr. The widow Desfarges, aged about 65, with her daughter named Gayet, also a widow, and the daughter of the latter, a girl about 13 years of age, lived together ; and one morning the neighbours were sur prised at seeing none of the family moving. It was at first supposed they were gone to Lyons on business. But when the next day came and the house remained closed, the authorities were informed of the fact, and the house was entered. The first object seen was the body of Mme. Desfarges lying on the floor with the head nearly severed from the body. A few steps farther on lay her daughter, also dead from wounds about the head and neck, and near her lay the dead body of the girl, murdered in the same manner. The two younger victims had also been shame fully ill-used. It is supposed that the crimes were perpe trated. two nights before during a violent thunderstorm, one of the neighbours having heard what she thought to be groans between eight and nine o'clock. The murdered family possessed considerable property and were very cha ritable. As the drawers and cupboards had been rifled it is supposed that robbery was the primary object of the murderers. The authorities have commenced an active investigation. 100 I 100 02i si 1 190 Cu I ro 20 3? 56 100 26 100 20 28 i i 104 89 132 k 6 5 i i 5 I 20i 16; p 100 15i p 100 98 Stoe 113 stool t 20 20 961}16}} 20 20 96 I St, 104 1 71 7 VI 911 1 i d I 28 31 i I 2‘ I 20 27 I 2:0 471 61 20 331 78} 8 i 47 6 14 131 2i I 11 71 I 20 I 20 L i I Sit 117 k 105 .14 i class. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'clock. TATTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING.) There was a very thin attendance this afternoon, and very little betting. CAMI3RIDGESHIRE STAKES. Bto 1 agst Honey (taken) Bto 1 agst Artless (offered) 10 to 1 agst North Lincoln (offered) 100 to 7 agst Mazzini (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lady Alice 100 to 6 agst Petra (take 20 to 1) 100 to 6 agst Ambush (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Mutineer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Broadlands (taken) 33 to 1 agst Sam Spode (offered) 50 to 1 agst Geologie (taken) _IPSWICH RACES-(THIS DAY.) WELTER CUP. Commodore. Pactolus ... 2 Three ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. _ Clio __. Colt by Hermit NURSERY HANDICAP. Dapple Codicil 2 Six ran. CUP STAKES. Delusion Commodore Two ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Newcastle Catherine .. Borderer ..... Thrt_ , ran. KELSO RACES.-(TIIIS DAY.) [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRXPII.I BORDER HANDICAP. Nucleus Hamlet Peggy Taft Nine SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOT'S. Ripon Harebell Interest . ........ Seven ran EXTRAORDINARY CASE. On Saturday morning last, the coroner, Mr. Rut ter, received information that a man had been found drowned at Mode Wheel, on the river Irwell, in the township of Pendlebury, in the borough of Salford. On going to take the inquest in the afternoon, the body appeared to be that of a man about 50 or GO years of age. From the evidence it appeared that a man named Yates, employed at the Mode Wheel Works, dis covered the body in a nearly erect position at half past six that morning, in the sluice leading from the river Irwell. With the assistance of a man named James Moyles, he got the body out of the water, and conveyed it to the Swan Inn, Pendle bury, where it lay until Satutdar night. Mary Gorten, who keeps a beer-shop near the Swan Inn, stated that on Friday afternoon this man came to her house, and remained from three o'clock until five. He appeared perfectly sober. During the time he remained he asked for a glass of beer and a pipe of tobacco, and had four glasses in all, for which he paid 6d. Before leaving, he inquired of her at what time the gates of the lodge leading to Mode Wheel were closed for the night. She inquired whether he was going to Manchester, when he replied, " No, to Throstle Nest." The witness said " he appeared to be upset in his mind," and she had no further conversation with im. He was a stranger to her before this. 'One of the jury remarked, that if it was the per son he supposed, he knew him well. His name was Henry Stokes; but though he was known by this name he was not a man, and his proper name was Harriet Stokes. She had assumed the name and garb of a man for a great number of years, and had served an apprenticeship as a bricksetter, after wards working as a journeyman, and then for several years in business, having constructed many of the warehouses, chapels, and dwelling-houses in the neighbourhood of Manchester, the last work being the erection of a factory chimney for Mr. Simpson. The Coroner then directed two women to exa mine the body .who came back tittering, saying it was true ; it was the body of a woman. Harriet Taylor, who lives in the neighbourhood, said she knew Stokes well. He was a bricksetter. The proper name was Hairiet Stokes, but he went by the name of Harry Stokes. Some years ago Stokes married a woman in Manchester. They lived together as man and wife, and kept a beer shop, in Quay-street, Manchester. Several of the jury recollected the case, and that ballads were composed and sung in the streets on its being known that the supposed man was a woman. The verdict was " Found drowned. Supposed suicide." Since the inquest we have ascertained from in quiries that it is stated that about 25 years ago this woman was married to a female, who made com plaint that her husband was not a man, and left her in consequence. EUROPEAN MISSIONS TO CHINA. The following are some details relative to the first European missions to China : As far back as 1314 John of Monte-Corvino went to China, accompanied by a Franciscan monk. They established an archbishopric entitled Khan Balikh. But from that period there is no record of relations between Western Europe and China until 1521, when the Portuguese missionary Pirez went to Pekin ; he was there cast into prison, and it is believed executed. The Jesuits appeared there about the same time, the first of them being Francis de Xavier, who died in 1552, and who has since been canonised. Fathers Valignan, Roger, Pasio, and Ricci continued his enterprise. The latter resolved to try to influence the minds of the Chinese by means of science, and in 1600 he was permitted to offer a clock to the Emperor. His Majesty in return showed him great favour, and numerous conversions were the consequence. The successor of Father Ricci, Father Scholl, was nominated Director of Celestial Affairs,' and became the particular friend of the Emperor. By . his influence a Catholic col lege, a school for training priests, convents, and churches were established ; but after a while a persecution broke out, and he was put to death. Towards the end of the 17th century, a number of Jesuits were sent as missionat ies from France, by Colbert and Father de la Chaise, the minister and confessor of Louis XIV. Two of these ec clesiastics, Fathers Premare and Gaubil, became mandarins of the first class, and wrote works which are still regarded as part of the classical literature of China. The success of the mission was con siderable ; but it did not produce any effect on in ternational relations. At length the Dominicans sent out missions, and unfortunately they tried to supplant the Jesuits. They began by attacking the indulgence which the latter ha shown to certain semi-idolatrous usages of the Chinese, and the Je suits retorted. The conflicts of the two parties created a reaction against Christianity, and (in 1723) it was proscribed, and a persecution was commenced. Some missionaries remained at Pekin as men of science, but they had to preach in secrecy, and the Chinese Church was virtually anni hilated. With respect to the embassies, the first sent to the Chinese was by the Dutch in 1656; the Ambassadors, Goyer and Keyser by name, were received with considerable pomp at Pekin, but were subjected to humiliating formalities and de lays, and obtained almost nothing except the per mission for 20 Dutchmen to visit Pekin every eight years—a permission, however, accompanied by the declaration that the Dutch would give pleasure by staying away. A second embassy from the Dutch went to Pekin in 1667, but without obtaining more success. Russia sent one in 1693 and another in 1720; they were subjected to long delays and humi liating formalities, but were entertained at feasts and in hunting parties, and ended by obtaining a treaty for making exchanges on the northern f rati fier, and establishing au entrepot at IK iakta. The Pope, in his turn, sent an embassy in 1721, and the Portuguese One iu 1753, but neither obtained any thing. The first appearance of the English was made in 1792, which completed the list in the eighteenth century. The embassies sent since then have been described at considerable length and generally known." The receipts of the Zollvertin during the first six months of the present year • were 11,495,000 dollars ( 1,650,003), against 13,268,003 dollars (X 1,900,000) in the sank period of 1658. The falling off is at tributable to the stagnation of commerce caused by the war in Italy. The principal decrease in the impel ta was in raw sugar, iron, both manufactured and unmanufac tured, coffee, and unbleached cotton goods. The impDrta tion of unmanufactured tobacco has increased rather largely. MIXING IT Ur.—A clergyman, who was reading to his congregation a chapter in Genesis, found the last sentence to be—" And the Lord gave unto Adam a wife." Turning over two leaves together, ho found written, and read, in an audible voice—" And she was pitched without and within." He had unhappily got into a description of Noah's arl. SUNDAY TB. IMERS-TOIVA Yesterday, at the weekly meeting of the Repre sentative Vestry of St. Pancras, held at the Vestry Hall, Camden-town, Mr. Churchwarden Cameron in the chair, the subject of the disgraceful proceed. ings at the Sunday market in Somers-town was again brought under consideration by the receipt of the following communication from the Police Commissioners:— "Metropolitan Police-office, Whitehall-place, Oct. 18, 1859. " have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th inst., stating that the nuisance caused by coster mongers and' others trading on Sundays with barrows, trucks, &c., in Chapel-street, and other streets in Somers town, has once more been brought under the notice of the vestry of St. Pancras, and/hey reiterate their request that instructions may be given to the police to remove all trucks and barrows, and to prevent the loitering and congregating of persons ' and the obstructions of the roadways and pave ments in Somers-town on Sundays. I have to acquaint you, in reply, that the Brill market having been held for many years in Somers-town, the police cannot interfere to suppress it unless they do so altogether. The parochial an thorities, however, have full power to summon for any in fringement of the law; they can, therefore, if they think proper, take the initiative in the matter, and summon the parties causing obstruction on Sundays, in which case the police will render them such assistance as is in their power. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " Wm. C. HARRIS, Assistant Commissioner. " F. Plaw, Esq., Vestry-clerk, St. Pancras." DOUGLAS said this was an evasion on the Part of the Police Commissioners to shift the respon sibility from themselves. (Hear, hear.) What were the police for unless to remove nuisances which were a public disgrace and scandal, and in terfered with iho comfort of the public ? The state ment as to the Brill market was a subterfuge. Mr. Ross thought the best plan was for that Board to see what they could do themselves to stop this crying evil, although he believed the magis trates were leagued with the police to support these disgraceful Sunday desecrations. He was much struck, a few days ago, in reading the proceedings taken in Bermondsey to put down Sunday trading, where the magistrate appeared to exercise all the ingenuity he possessed to defeat the information. If the Police Commissioners would not, however, do their duty, they must see what they could do themselves. Mr. BRETTINGIIAM designated the communica tion as a shuffing letter, and said if these infamies took place in St. James's, or aristocratic parts, the police would soon interfere to put them down. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN qiit,ted the parish solicitor's (Mr. Cooper's) opinion, that under the police act the police have express powers to remove all trucks and barrows, and this power they constantly exer cise in other streets. His advice was that they should apply again to the commissioners to exer cise the powers vested by law in the police, and if they refuse to act, to memorialise the Secret try of State. After some discussion it was resolved to refer the subject to the Works Committee to remove the stalls on Sundays, under the advice of the solicitor to the parish. OUR REPULSE AT THE PEIHO. (From the Chinese Telegraph.) We now proceed to notice the diplomatic part of this lamentable affair, which was in charge of Mr. Bruce, on the part of the British Goxernment, and Mons. Bourboulon, on the part of the French ; we cannot, however, detach any responsibility or blame front the former, in consequence of the presence of the 'latter, sowing that Mons. Bourboulon could not, witlk the small farce at his command, do otherwise than follow Mr. II ruec's steps. His conduct, however, does imt seem to have satisfied the French Govern ment, as they are superseding him. It appears that on tl:eir arrival at the mouth cf the Peiho they found the river as we have described, andgno commissioner or mandarin appointed to ex pkin the reason. The inference to be drawn from this being pretty evident, viz., that it was not in tended to allow the fleet to pass them, until instruc tions to that effect were received, and the officer deputed by the admiral to request the removal of the stakes was distinctly informed- that no mandarins were in that locality, and none nearer than Tientsin, distant 63 miles ; this was intended to imply that a reply must be obtained from there before anything could be done. Mr. Bruce, however, would not wait, andeon June 21, barely three days after his arriv:el, he handed the matter over to the admiral, instructed him to clear the way, and to convey him to Tientsin, and by this premature act, of course, committed himself to a state of war, at the very critical moment it was above all desirable not to do so. Every expedient should have been resorted to to avoid a collision, and waiting a reply from Tien tsin was about the least he should have done. Sup posing he had gained Pekin by force of arms, could it be reasonably expected that the Emperor would in an amicable manner ratify a treaty, after such proceedings. Why, a moment's consideration would dictate that such a state of anarchy and fright would prevail at Pekin, that the Emperor would certainly take flight, and quit the capital for his summer re sidence, 120 miles farther north, leaving Mr. Bruce to his own reflections that such a possibility did not occur to him while at Taku. 'Who ever heard of a plenipotentiary, bearing a treaty of amity and peace, advancing on a capital for its ratification at the point of te bayonet P Had the fleet succeeded in passing the barriers, it would not, in all probability, have reached Pekin, judging from the capabilities of the Taku Forts. It may, in this light, be consi dered providential that the vessels did not advance farther than they did, or not a soul might have been left to tell the tale. 'We do not mean to say that an attack would not ultimately have been found neces sary and justifiable, we only condemn the precipi tate manner in which the attack under notice was determined on ; and on that point there can hardly be two opinions. The American Minister is reported to have reached Pekin on June 24, but no positive confirmation of this had reached either Shanghai or Hong Kong at the latest dates, nor of the true manner in which he was conveyed there, and received by the Court. So long as he gets there, and procures a ratification of his treaty, he will satisfy his Government and American vanity, that he has proved a smarter Minister than the French and English ambassadors. The despatches of Mr. Bruce demonstrate most clearly his leading error to be, the assumption of a policy analogous to that followed by his brother, Lord Elgin ; the one arriving in China at a time when the British forces had already been in colli sion with the Chinese—in fact, in a state of war ; the other, the bearer of a treaty of amity and peace, which he should have used every effort to have ob tained the ratification of, and failing which ho should have applied to the Home Government for instructions. We deny that his first instructions left no other course but to commit us again to a war with China in the precipitate manner he did. Trade must now be paralysed, and the indemnity to our merchants for the last war, now standing nearly thr .:e years, thrown hopelessly out of reach by ano ther war. Had he waited instructions from home, the Chinese would probably have been induced to avoid the calamities of another war, and we should have escaped the irretrievable damage to 'our pres tige by the defeat at Taku, and the hard fate of the "464 killed and wounded." On the subsequent acts of Mr. Bruce we commented in our last number, and quite certain are we that each succeeding mail from China will show fresh evidence of his greit error. A SHERIFF-OFFICER BEATEN AND MADE TO B URN HIS WARRANT. The John 0' Groat Journal reports that a sheriff officer from Wick, Sinclair Millar, was lately out rageously assaulted and compelled; in order to escape with his life, to burn a warrant which he had gone to the west of Sutherlandshire to serve. The party against whom these aggressive measures were taken was a George Morrison, who had been committed for trial for an assault at the inn of Dunn, while on his way home from the Wick fishing, but libe'rated on bail. The trial was to take atplace sdont ot olhlriise appear.kr on Friday s i dence,Lloacsht,haisnhdarAdli,ltloarsuhmadmopnro:leoerdrei On arriving, he saw the purport of his visit was suspected by Morrison and his neighbours, and that parties of whom he sought information as to where Morrison stayed were endeavouring to mislead him by denying that I e resided while he (tie officer) had suspected he did. Millar popped into the house, however, and found three young men there, one with a club and another with an old scythe. lie left his missive, 'however, and returned to the inn where he had lodged the previous night at Ithico nieh, but had been there only a short time when, looking out at the w indow, he espied several per sons close by, and among them ore whom be recog nised as having been among those in Morrison's house. Anticipating a row, he went out alonc , with his witnesses to remonstrate with the people, and in order to save breakage of furniture, if any dis, turbanen was to take place. One immediately laid hands on Mr. Millar, threatening to kill him, and struck him with a stone on the head, inflicting a severe injury, while next,• the officer was knocked down, dragged along, and kicked, he crying out not to kill him outright. They then offered terms, proposing he should get off withott further injury if he would return to Lochinshard and burn the _ warrant. There being no alternative he could do. ingly committed to the fl ames. On nothing bat agree, and the documentmwr.asi‘nicienoairis return to Wick an inquiry w as made into the cir cll rds reported to the sheriff at Dorooeb , who have to deal with it, I: the outrage committed in Suther landshire. t e h aN c i a i s ) b g b e e i e beinga ft . eir have a l :a ' g ch Str t o a d. lolle le nt all/8