The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-22 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The specie movement continues to attract con siderable notice in financial circles. It is in fact the most important feature connected with mone tary affairs that has been exhibited for some time past, and it is likely to influence the general terms of discount accommodation. A re duction of 1 per cent. in the rate fixed by the Bank for the negotiation of the bills of the mercantile community is freely spoken of ; but as money is considered cheap enough already, for all business purposes, it can scarcely be said that much anxiety is felt upon the subject. Still, the progress of the market is watched with some curiosity by speculators, as well as those en gaged in commercial pursuits. Very little advan tage will be obtained by a further relaxation, for cheap money cannot force trade at the present time—a return of activity being contingent upon the recovery in the foreign and colonial markets, which are being gradually relieved from the excessive stocks of merchandise, occasioned by the reckless shipments before the late crisis. When these are removed, and room is made for fresh sup plies, then a stimulus will be given to our indus trial enterprise that must gradually bring about a restoration of prosperity throughout the United Kingdom. The movement at present is in its incipiency, bat a beneficial influence has already been experienced in the manufacturing districts, where the mills are now extensively worked and the operatives better employed. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday presented a very firm appearance, at former quotations. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. In Railway Shares the business was rather limited, but prices tended upwards. In the Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, there was no material alteration, except in the rate upon. Holland, which was rather lower. Yesterday about £65,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England. There is still a very limited demand for accom modetion, and the discount firms readily negotiate commercial bills at the current rates, which average about 24 per cent. for first-class bills. Towards the end. of the month there will, no doubt, be an in creased number of applications, but the commercial operations having been much curtailed, the pay ments of the 4th will not require a very large amount of capital. The price of gold is now 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris ; and it is also 3-10ths per cent. higher here than in Hamburg. Silver continues quiet, and there is very little business doing. Bars are quoted 51s. per ounce standard- An extraordinary meeting of the Ottoman Bank has just been held for the declaration of a dividend on account, and the presentation of a report from the directors. A. H. Layard, Esq., took the chair. The report alluded to the difficulties incurred by the Bank during the late financial crisis, and its gradual recovery from the effects of that period. Thera was every expectation that the part which this bank had taken in the New Turkish 6 per Cent. Loan would be highly beneficial to its interests. The balance to the credit of the profit and loss account of the 30th of June, including the balance brought forward, was £12,358 12s. 5d., the exchange being taken at 164 piastres per pound sterling. Looking at the present state of the Bank, and that of the current half-year, the direc tors had no hesitation in recommending a dividend on account of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. Some discussion took place, and the report was adopted. The English Funds . have not undergone any material variation, but they are decidedly flatter. This, however, can excite little surprise, consider ing the paucity of business. Consols are about 97 3-16ths s.l6ths for money, and 974, sellers, for the account. Speculation continues dull, and there is very little demand for investment. The New 21 per Cents. are marked 82 ; India Loan Debentures, 98a- 4, being firm ; ditto, 2d issue, 98 t; the March Exchequer Bills, 355. to 38s. prem. ; J . une ditto, 255. In the Foreign Stock Market business is mode rately active, and prices are quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents. were 96 1 ; ditto New Scrip, e h dis. ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1041 1; Mexican .3 per Cents., 22 ; Peruvian 43 per Cents., 91 1 ; ditto Dollar Bonds, 761; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 461 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1111 1; and Spanish Passive, 111. The Railway Share Market has been moderately active, but in most of the principal lines there is a tendency' towards a decline. Caledonians, Great Northern, Great Western, Brighton, North- Western, and South-Western have each re ceded about ss. Eastern Counties, and South-Eastern have improved about 10s. In the Foreign Market Paris and Lyons declined 55., and Northern of France 10s. The Colonial lines are flat. Grand Trunk of Canada declined about ss. ; Great Western of Canada and East Indian were at previous rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are very dull. Bank of Australasia have declined ss. ; London Joint Stock ss. ; Atlantic Telegraph Shares have receded to 300 and 320. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 24 per Cent. Annuities 82 India Stock Ditto Debentures 9Bl 1 Ditto ditto, 2d Issue Ditto Scrip, 2.d Issue Ditto Bonds, £l,000 Ditto under 21,000 Consols for Account March June. Exchequer Bills,. £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 35 2B Ditto £5OO. pm Ditto Small, 1 4 d. FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent . — Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Peruvian, 4} per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditt o Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent lllf 1 Ditto Account Ditto 4f per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent.... — Ditto Passive ..... Turkish, 6 per Cent. . Ditto Account Ditto'New Loan Scrip Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditt& Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 76f THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money. Ditto Account , 971 'ESTEILDAY. 11 161 11 19 11 19 25 421 25 421 13 81 25 20 25 421 25 45 1191 10 16 10 18 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.— . Amsterdam Ditto 3 Months. 11 18 Rotterdam — 11 18 Antwerp Brussels — 25 37 Hamburgh Paris Short. 25 15 Ditto Marseilles — 25 40 Frankfort on. Maine — "ll9 Vi enna Trieste -10 13 Petersburgh — Madrid . - - 34 8 41 Cadiz Leghorn..... — 29 95 Genoa. 25 55 Naples . 1421 Palermo . • — Me s sin a — 122 Lisbon Oporto" — 52 Rio Janeiro 6O days st. New York 25 60 40/ 123 123 52 52 • • Co's blg. house 6 0 d. Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 24 Bombay ditto Madras ditto 26 24 East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to the Bth inst. Bengal £1,201 5 0 Madras 0 000 0 0 Bombay --.....—. L 1,201 5 0 `Foreign Goldin Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 6 Oi VISIT OF LADY HAVELOCK TO LIVERPOOL.- Yesterday Lady Havelock, accompanied by her two daugh ters, and the brother of the late general, visited Liverpool, but as they travelled incog. their presence was not publicly known. Her ladyship, who was attired in muchurning is of tall stature, and her daughters very resemble the prints of their lamented and gallant father. Lady Havelock appeared to be ranch browned by the sun, owing, no doubt, to her residence in the East, and her late sojourn in GI trmany, where she was travelling when the death of her iisband reached ,England. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS D4Y). ORDINARY SHAIT.ES AND STOCK 1 • . . Closing I Business Share Railways. Paid . I Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 51 12.10 Amber g., Notting. Bost. ir . 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 1 it and Eastern Junction 10 61 IN 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all 9 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 7 / 7 1 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail: all 21 2 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 65 67 20 Dutch Rhenish 25 Blackburn all 10 1 11 1 6 Eastern of France ...... all 29 1 29 / 25 Blth and Tyne all 31 33 321 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p y 20 Great Central of 'Prance all '— Stock Bristol and txet, , r ....i 109 90 92 _ I i 20 Gm t. Luxe.. Con. Fh3 all 84 84 SA Stock Ca edonian ~ . 10 Italian Junction ....... 6 Stock Chester and Holyhead . 10) 31 .., 50 Cork and Bandon all '-20 Lake Constance & 'Zulu all ' 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 41 1 20 Lombardo Venetian... . 8 5 51 p 131 20 Cornwall all 4 5 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all -- A roves. no div 10 Do. A I `all 2 0 Lyons and Genova .... all 25 4 26 1 10 Do fall 33 1 Maria Antonia all ' B hasbeuntil6p.c.pen pder an. .toli. 20 Do. do. NeW 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 20 Namur and Liege all 25 Dun.,Perth,&.Abr.Junc. all 01 71 Stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Prof all 21 21 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 60 1 611 61 1 601 16. Northern of France ance .... all 39 39 391 20 Do. New Shares Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 46 48 10 Norwegian Trunk Prof all 9 10 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 5 3 1 d 2.5 East Kent all 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 34 1 341 341 4 Stock East Lancashire lOO 90 92 901 Ft) Paris and Orleans ...... all 56 57 20 East Suffolk all 20 f Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) 1 9 a gi t I P 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 631 041 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 10 Rome and Frascati .. St oc k Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 26i 27-1 .. all 20 Royal Danish all 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness 4 Do. 7 per cent. Prof. Stock Glasgow & South Westn. 100 90 92 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 20 Sambre and Disuse all 8- 8 81 St oc k Great Northern lOO 101 i 1021 102 11 2 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 9 91 St oc k Do. do. A Stock lOO 82 83 20 Southern of France .... all 23, 24 St oc k Do. do. B Stock lOO 127 129 84 West Flanders all 5 5 St o ck Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 10 0 102 103 103 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all ~ Q St oc k Great Western ' Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 54 06 20 Western of Austria .. . 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 12 Irish South Eastern all 6 Wiesbaden 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 86 89 164 Do. Thirds 20 Zealand all 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 12/ p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9I 95 16 Do. do. F 216 6 1 01d BRITISH POSSESSIONS. g Do. do. 29 shares 7 1 1 d 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 Closing Business 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwall all 5 1 61 at 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. St oc k Lon.,Brio - ,hton &S.Coast 10 0 1094 1101 1091 10 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all Stock London & North Westn. 100 90 904 90 4 1 Leased at 6 p er cent., 12/ Do. Eighths par a p Stock London& South-Westn. 100 91 95 9 4 1 gu. 5 percent 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all 18 Do all .181 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 par 1 p Stock Man., She., & Lincoln.. 100 341 35 18 Do. Do. B 41 par i p 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland lOO 9 6 4 97 961 1 201 Do. New l6l 131 121 d Stock Do. Birming. & Derby.. 100 68 70 100 i Buffelo,Brant.&Godrich 1 100 83 88 50 Mid. Gt. Wezt. (Ireland) all (6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1672 4 25 Do. 1 Shares all -- 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 78 82 100 Newtastle and Carlisle all 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1E74 100 75 80 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 9 11 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. p 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 -- - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all 20 Ca p e Town & Dock Scrip 2s. Stock Norfolk lOO 62 64 624 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. so North. Counties Union 3l 31 3 d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 1 11p 3 Stock North British lOO 56 561 5 61 4 171 Demerara St oc k Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk. 100 20 Eastern Bengal.gu..lp.c 5 par IP St oc k Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 10C} 1064 10 Ci i en 20 Do. C Shares all until 6p.c.hasbepdß 100 — Stock Do. B Stock lO3 20 Do. E Shares Est. 10 i lip 101 Stoc k North-Eastn.—Berw * ck 100 93 93 1 20 Do. Jubbulpore s ...... 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 11 1 d --. Stock Do. L e eds lOO 46 47 20 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. all 17 18 Sto c k Do. York lOO 74 74 1 74 Sto. f Geelong- Corporation 6 1 - —'loo St oc k North London lOO 100 102 / per cent. Fonds 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 37 39 28 74 81 7 i and City Junction.... es Is. ~ , 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 73 74 74 3 20 North Staffordshire.... 171 54 5 d 1, 4 I 100 Do. 6 per cent. Prof 6O 10 sd 20 North-Western 10 No. Br Sou. W. Junction all 71 8 1 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 ip 41 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 27 29 20 Do. do I 10 Peebles all 20 Gt Sof Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 ~. • • par . ip 20 Portsmouth l9 7 5 d guaranteed 5 percent. )"" 10 Rhymney •10 201 Gt. W. of Canada Share . . all 171 181 181 18 Stock Scottish Central lOO 113 115 201 Do. New Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 27 28 100 f Do. Bonds pay. ' 76, with 1 all 105 108 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 82 83 ( opt. till '6O Stock Shropshire Union lO 44 46 100 Do. do. '73 till 'CO all 105 108 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 3 2 d 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 104 106 Stock South Devon I C3 34 35 100 Do. 5-1 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 99 100 Stock South-Eastern IC3 7 1 72 "I 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 181 19 Stock South Wales 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 201 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. all 13 14 131 13 20 Do.! p. c. Extension.. 15 1 d 20 Do. do lB 7 5 d 20 Do. Third Ex. gua. s .p.c. 5 p 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 9 11 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock blelb. Co 25 Stockton & Darling ton. al l 35/ 30,1 rp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100' 25 Do. do. 185 4 221 Newßrunswick&Canda. I 20 25 Do. do. 18 55 _y.&an(m.g.pc 10 2 l i d Stockton & Hartlepool 161 Class ACapitl.Share.. Stock Taff Vale lOO . • Do. do. Land d 0... .. 1 Stock Do. Preference , No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 .. Do. do. Land d 0... 5 1 , Stock Vale of Neath lOO 88 93 20 f Northof India Tramroad 1 2s. St oo k Waterford & Kilkenny 100 ( Limited , Scrip I 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 Oude (Limited) 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all 20 Do. a f i, all i 201 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till d. to B . 2Q Do. New r. z 5 par 1p 6 7 p.c. has been p all 3 4/ c.), 20 Do. Punjaub 5 Do. B all 64 44 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. 6 17 5 par p5l 20 West London all 20 St. Andrews & Quebec 14. A 18 10 Do. Ist Class all 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 1p 20 Do. 2d Class BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. I Paid. I Closing] Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 9 10 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 455 465 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 85 90 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 14 15 G. Wheal Al4ll.(Pnillitck . ) 11.14.11 4 4 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 81 21 2 Lady Bertha lBs 641 1 North Frances (Illogan) 81 6 7 North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 9 10 N.Wh'i Basset (Illogan) nil. 4 5 I'ar Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 161 171 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. , 6s 1 14 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 400 410 - South C. Brea (Illogan). 2 3/ 41 S. Wheal Fran. kIllogan) 18.18.9190 200 5 Tamar Silver and Lead 10 M n ln ric in Co 4l Ti eo 1 / 9 31 31 31 UnitedMiues(Gwennap) 40 70 90 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d I 1 4 'West Basset (illogan).. 11 211 224 W. Caradon (Liekeard). 20 90 100 Wheal Basset (Illogan). 51 175 190 Wheal Buller (dedruth) 5 180 200 Wheal Edward (Cale.).. 51 31 34 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelawn 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'l Mary Ann (3lenhe 8 '42 44 Wh'i Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 24 25 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 Bon Acc3rdCopper,Lim. 108 p • 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 27 1 1 20 Do.St.Johudelßey,Lim. 15 10 1 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 14 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica... d 40 Cobre Copper all 36 38 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMouu.Cop.Ming.C, all 2 Fortuna 20 Gene: al all 19 201 3 Linares all 8 91 5 Lust anian 1 Mariquita all 1 1 New Granada all 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 30 Santis. ode Cuba l6/ 11 1 28.2.811 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Closing Business Share Securities. Paid. Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 115 116 1151 1 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 us 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 • 113 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1091 1101 1101 -- Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 100 101 1051 1 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable,lB7s 100 110 111 S.Aus.Gt.6pe..Tan&July 100 Vict*Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 Mr. Theidman; examined by Mr. Sleigh, said—l am a merchant, residing at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I have cor respondents at Wolgast, in Prussia. I have had business transactions with the prisoner. About the 12th of June I received a letter from the prisoner. I have not seen him write. Business Mr. Sleigh—l will prove the handwriting. Done. Frederick Kell—l am captain of the Arrow. I believe the signature of the letter to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. I have seen him write frequently. The letter was here read ; it asked for credit for a cargo of wheat. Mr. Theidman's examination continued—l answered the letter, and shortly after I received another letter from the prisoner, in which was indorsed a bill of lading. The document purported to be signed by Captain Kell, affirming that he had received on board his vessel a cargo of wheat from the prisoner consigned to Mr. Theidman. The six bills for £2,400 put into my hand are in the prisoner's handwriting. They were accepted by the Union Bank of London on my account. Cross-examined—l never asked the prisoner to tell me all about the forgery, as it would be better for him. I am sure I never did so. In the course of the conversation I had with the prisoner he said he had forged the document, and he was sorry for it. I knew him at one time to be a mer chant of great respectability at Wolgast. Captain Kell—l reside at Wolgast. lam master of the ship Arrow. The prisoner had formerly been part owner of the vessel. He had been in the habit of finding a cargo for her. In the spring I took a cargo of wheat to Scot land for him. I returned to Wolgast and found the prisoner there. I arrived at Wolgast in June and re mained there till July, when the Arrow sailed for Dantaic in ballast. She went on the voyage on my account. The prisoner asked me to wait for a cargo for Belgium, but I refused. The bills of lading put into my hands are not in my writing. I gave no directions to sign such bills, and I never had the cargo on board. Cross-examined by Mr. Robinson—l have signed a bill of lading before I received a cargo. Not more than once. I don't know whether the cargo was bought when I signed it. The cargo was put on board and delivered according to the terms of the bill of lading. The prisoner asked me two or three times to wait, before I sailed to Dantzic, for a cargo to Belgitun, but I refused. Mr. Cantor said—l am an interpreter. Jones, who ar rested the prisoner, could not speak the German language. I was with him when he took him into custody. When Jarvis told the prisoner he arrested him for forging a bill of lading, prisoner said, g 4 lam not the man." He afterwards said he hoped they would not hurt him, as he had a wife and child. He said he had no money, as he had paid his debts with it. Mr. Robinson contended that there had been no proof, of forging in this country, and, therefore, the case had Mr. Baron Watson—What with respect to the uttering ? Mr. Robinson said if it could not be proved that a docu ment was forged in this country, then there could be no offence committed in uttering it. Mr. Baron Watson—l differ with you entirely. I have no doubt on the subject. I think there is evidence that he uttered the instrument, knowing it to be forged. Mr. Robinson having addressed the jury for theprisoner, Mr. Baron Watson summed up the evidence. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(TMs Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CREATING A DISTURBANCE AT A THEATRE —jane Slm monds was placed at the bar, charged with creating a dis turbance at the Queen's Theatre, Tottenham-court-road, under the following circumstances _ _ Thomas Smith, a young man, said he was in the pit of the Queen's Theatre on the previous evening, and about 10, while the performances were going on, he saw the prisoner throw an apple on to the stage, which struck Mrs. Cowell, one of the actresses, and threw the whole place into confu sion, the performances in consequence coming to a atop. She seemed to have been drinking. In answer to the charge the prisoner said she did not mean it for Mrs. Cowell, but for some one else. She was not sober at the time. Mr. Beadon said she had no business to be in a state of intoxication in a place of public resort, and thrown an apple on the stage, whether it was intended for Mrs. Cowell or any one else. ASSAULT, AND STEALING A VALUABLE CARRIAGE DOG. —Caroline Leach and Margaret Davis were charged, the former with stealing a carriage dog, the property of Capt. Woodgate, and the latter with an assault. From the evidence of Hardwick, the keeper at Messrs. Laurie and Marners', carriage builders, Oxford-street, it ap peared that on the previous day two servants of Captain Woodgate were at the factory putting the horses to the carriage, the dog being with them, when it was suddenly missed, and he having made inquiries in the neighbourhood and gained access to the next house to that in which the prisoners lived, a brothel, he heard the bark of a dog proceed from the prisoners' house. He then went for a constable, and, on demanding the dog from the prisoner Leach, she refused to give it up, and the prisoner Davis made an attack on Hardwick, kicking him violently in a delicate part. The defence of the prisoner, through Mr. E. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, was that the dog had strayed into the prisoner (Leach's) home, and that Leach refused to give it up to any one but the right owner ; and not being satisfied that they had any right to it, she resisted its being taken away, but had no intention of stealing it ; and as to the assault, that was only done in Davis protecting her mistress, the witness Hardwick having struck her. Hardwick denied he had struck the female. Mr. Beadon said he should discharge Leach, but shOuld commit Davis for a month. A good deal of men iment was created by the witness, in the course of his evidence, stating that he had been told that the dog—a large handsome carriage dog—had been conveyed into the house under the female's petticoat. THAMES. A HORSE-DEALING : TRIcK.—Mr. Joseph Smith, solic tor, applied to Mr. Yardley for a s t rnmon; against a parson named Day for defrauding Mr. Salveson, a tradesman, under the following curious circumstances : Mr. Smith stated that his client, Mr. Salveson, had a pony to dispose of, and he agreed with a man named Day to exchange it for a horse, which appeared perfectly sound and free from blemish. On the following morning, when the horse was groomed and washed, it was found to be covered with sores, which had been inteniously painted over and concealed before the horse came into the possession of Mr. Salveson. His client attempted :to work the horse, and a constable stationed on the Brunswick Wharf, Blackwell, threatened to sum mon him to the police court if he did so, and the animal was driven to its stable. Mr. Salveson was now in possession of a wo rthless horse, covered with sores, and Day had obtained a valuable pony. Mr. Yardley—This is an attempt to make this court a tribunal to try a horse cause. Mr. Smith—With due submission to the Court, sir, I mean to say it is a kind of fraud to paint over the sores of a horse and pass it off as a sound one, IMr. Yardley—Yes, but there was an exchange. I think yon must take the case into the County Court, or into one of the superior courts at Westminster. If you make out the sores of the horse were paintod to conceal them, you will no doubt recover damages. I decline to grant a sum mons. Funrons Dniviso.—James and Elizabeth Norman, man and wife, each about 30 years of age, were brought before Mr. Yardley charged with being drunk and disorderly and furiously driving a horse and cart in High-street, White chapel. Police-constable 122 11, stated that last night he saw the prisoners with a horse and cart--;the man had hold of the reins, and the woman was flogging the horse with a whip. They drove along the crowded street in a most reckless manner. The prisoners were both drunk and incapable of managing the horse they were driving. He took them into custody, and they made a good deal of noise. The male prisoner said he was very sorry, indeed, that he had been guilty of drunkenness, and was still more sorry that his wife was in the same position as himself. They met a few friends yesterday and took a drop too much. Mr. Yardley—l would have allowed You both to depart if you had not presumed to drive a horse and cart whi7e you were drunk. The woman, your wife, appears to 1 e thoroughly ashamed of herself, and I do not wonder at if. the may go, but I shall fine you, the husband, os, for being drunk and disorderly PREFERENCE SHARES. Share I Railways. p a id I Closing Business Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O) all 49 51 ..-- Alfred Consols (Philaek) 2.11.10 9 10 1 Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 94 96 20 British Iron 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 Condurrow (Camborne). 20 50 60 tock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 100 102 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 455 465 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7.10 - - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 85 90 Stock Chester & Holylid, 51 pc 100 -- Great South Tolgus.... 17s 14 15 Stock Do. do. sp. ct. sl Cork & Bandon, 5! p. c all —G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 81 21 2 64 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 51 6 Lady Bertha lBs 6d / Stock B.Ango. Class A 7 & spc 100 North Frances (Illogan) 81 6 7 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... 100 110 114 North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 9 10 Stcck Do. do. Class C 7 pc .... 100 • • 102 105 104 Basset (Mogan) nil. 4 5 Stock E. Conn. Ex. 5 p ct. No. l 100 114 116 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 161 171 Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 112 114 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 129 131 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. , 6s 1 11 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. 100 80 82 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 ,400 410 Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO -- South C. Brea (Illogan). 2 31 41 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 190 200 Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pa. 100 69 71 Mining Co 4l 1 1 Stock Furnecs, 5 per cent .... 100 10 Tin Croft 9 31 3 31 Stock Glas. StS West ga. 5 pc. 100 UnitedMiues(Gwennap) 40 70 90 Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 119 121 Vale of Towey (Corm.) 12s 6d 1 1 4 Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.e.pm 100 110 112 'West Basset (illogan) l/ 21/ 224 Stock Do. 41 P. o. do. do. - 100 Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm. 60 63 65 Wheal Basset (Illogan). 51 175 190 10 Gt. Nli. of Seotld, Ist tot all 114 111 Wheal Buller ( itedruth) 5 180 200 Gt.Su.& W (Ireland) 4 1 10 0 _ Wheal Edward (Cals.).. 51 31 31 _ Stock p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Lot West. .Berke and 6 • - Wh'l Mary Ann (31enhe , 8' 42 44 Ilants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Steck Do. Redeemable, 4,1 pet lOO 91 93 St o ck Do. Redeemable , 4 p. et I C) 82 84 FOREIGN MINES. Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref lOO 96 98 90 20 Australian 8 Do. arm. Pref. Shares all 991 1 Bon AccordCopper,Litn. 108 1 p • 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.e.pf. 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £s p .) 27 1 1} shares 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 91 10 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 11 21 Stock Do.Birming. guar. stock 100 68 70 1 Clarendon Consols Min -261 Do. Chester guanshares all 18 19 ing Co. of Jamaica... i —-- d 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 139 141 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.o Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No. l 100 -- 2 Fortuna Stock Do. pref., sp. e. ...No. i. 100 20 Gene: al all 19 201 Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct... 100 3 Linares all 8 91 Stock Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 5 Lusitanian Stock Lon. &N.W .Cov.&Nun- 1 Mariquita all 1 eatou, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock. 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead late 3d shares lOO 158 163 Mining and Smelt.... all 4 6 Philip 12k Londondy & Cole, 1 she. all 5 Por t 12 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. all 30 Santirgo de Cuba l6l 1 1 stoe Do Man. £ ,S 6 h., & Lin., 6p. ct. 10 0 44 118 120 P 28.2.811 United Mexican 1 6 . I I . , Stock Do. 31 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR ITIES. Do. 4 per cent .. 121 Cloeng Business , Do. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et lOO 139 141 Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 101 103 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 115 116 1151 1 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 1p 31 Do. 6 p.e.Fb.&Aug. 100 us 115 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. 100 -92 94 NewportAber, &c.pref.s 1 all Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 • 113 N.8.G0v.6p.e. Ja. &July 100. 1091 1101 1101 10 Ip. c. redeem, at sp. e. pm' -- Do. 6 p.e.Ap. & Oct. 100 10 Do. Pe et, 6p. c. with N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 100 101 . 104 1 option till 1866 all 111 111 10 Norfolk Dep. 4 p.e.shares .all 8} 94 . NovaSeotiaGov.6 .c. St. p Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 110 111 Stock Do. ss. c. Ext. Stock,lBl6 100 S.Aus.Gt6pc..Tan&July 100 Stock Do. sp. e.Pref. do. 1847 100 Stock Do. ay. il.Ex.Sk 1847 100 Viet*Gov.6p.e.Jan&July 1 00 Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 07 109 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 . Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dek.Co. 100 St oc k N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 Sh are Closing Business Sl7k Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 961 971 Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done. Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. C. No. 1 l3 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 . 9 - _ 100 Agra&UniteclServiceßk 50 -- 25 Do. York, H. &S. Punch . 10 1 dis par 0/ 40 Australasia all 90 92 911 1 20 North Staffordshire .... all 23 24 25 Bank of Egypt all 231 24xd 421 Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. Gpe. Ist g 100 117 119 100 Bank of London 5O 45 47 46 Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua .. 100 _ 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db.stkin peril 100 98 100 50 British North American all 57 59 81 Scottish Central, new pi all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 31 21d Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 100 City 5O _ Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 74 76 I£o Colonial - Stock Do.Aberdeen.p,va.6pe. 100 122 124 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all Stock Do. 7p. e. pref. stock. 100 125 128 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 21 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 101 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 161 17 xd 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 201 at Ann., 1.0.6.) all 231 241 50 London and County . 20 27 27 Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 100 102 50 London Joint Stock ... 10 31 32 31 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is 100 99 101 100 London & Westminster. 20 46 47 4C 1 Stock Do. New do., 2d issue: 100 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 Stock South Wales, gun. 4 p.c. 100 20 DO. new lO Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO 50 National Bank 25 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gas. all . 20 New South Wales 25 1 Stocktsn and Dar. 5 p.c. all 28 29 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 37 39 38 25 $ Do. 6 par cent 23 321 331 20 Ottoman Bank all: 181 19 181 :Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 Provincial of Ireland 6 per cent. - 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 25 ' Union of Australia all 55 57 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Do. New 2O 49 51 --_ ~,, Leasing Closing Business 50 Union of London lO 24 25 244 1 Railways. A """ Co.'s. Pri c e. Done. 100 Unity Mutual 55 100 Western Bk of London 50 19 17 d 1 al iaaaao oil" 12209454111:211:5124 Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W - - Buckinghamshire .... IC3 Ln & N.W 98 100 MISCELLANEOUS. • Clydesdale Junction. 100 Caledonia 103 105 Closing Colchester, Stour Val . all E.I.L&E Cl 6 18 Share Miscellaneous. Paid.l Business done Price. E.Linc,olnshire,g.6p.c. 100 GI - North. 143 145 E Union,HarwichSha. all E.Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge . 100 ..... - - 10 Angle-Mexican Mint .. all 13; 11; 1000215200 Australian DD Atlantic o9.N ue:; Tel: issued( 1., Agricultural i m t it s e (Limited). i ) . s a 1 1 9 13 3 34 1_0 330 3_5 . 344 320 300 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drc . t . . 100 Caledonia - - 10 Australian Royal 3 sp l iejl a r i l l ctat . Do. New • 100 Do - - Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West- - - Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br -- - 10 Berlin Water Works ~. all 24 3; Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares all Do. - - 50 British American Land 40 - Do. 4 Shares all Do.. - - 50 Brit. & Irish Max.Tel.A. all 41 43 p. C. till 1862.. all 19 21 London&Greenwich . all S. East... 13 14 10 C anada Tel.(Lim.) Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. 01 96 100 Canada St 2 o s ck C Do op . . i 3 , t r i e n ie o r fE en n ee g. 7 .l 32; 117 120 Do. Barking:Shares.. all Do - - Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk . , - - Do. 6 per cent lOO Do' - Mane.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&3I 21 24 5 Crystal Palace 3lidsb.& Redcr,g.6p.c. all Stk.& Dar - - . 5 Do. Preference Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 5 1 . 00 5.6. M E. i c d o la u n n d t; 9 4 6 98 4 p 20 Eastern Steam Stock Electric Telegraph all 2 21 Newmarkt.,BuryEx 4111.:01; guaranteed sp. c. 5 Eug. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. 'all 1 1; lout Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. - 11 do. 6 per cent. ... all Do. ")o. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do - 20 GLlron ScrewCoL(Lim.) all - - 00. L& N W I 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - _ Preston and Wyre. t all & L.Yk. ) - 20 London Discount 5 11 11 d Do. 4 Shares ...... A. "all Do. 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 24 22 Ilitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 139 141 139 41 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg all - _ Rovstn, Slif.Rotlt.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1811 6 Lan.& Yk - _ 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 74 7; 25 National Discount Co 5 ; 0f d 11 M'Clean .9; 10; 10 Netherlands Land 6 - Ssallarotri esbtraylorldlzeirderfeor.d. a all T Bras e} 9 6 4 y , g. 0 ro. c. all Stk.& Dar _ 10 Do do all 1 2 G p t o .. West. 90 92 5 Do 8 p.c. Pref. ,iss. at 1 dis all 11 1; 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 18 L.&Brgtn 8 9 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 4 4 i I I D w V V : a i lin . l trsbraloena.ddi:ol.ae.4. im c “ e r . r o . s;e , d i a . . ... 1 a a 00 1 1 : 20 North of Europe Steam all 2 3 all 1 DOCKS. - 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. I( is par I Paid Closing 1 Business 5 Peel River Land & Min. all 24 24 Share Docks. Price . Docks. 50 Pen. & Oriental. Steam. all 81 86 86 50 Do. New .. .... . . 20 Red Sea & .... Telegr. 2 ; IP Stock Commercial .. . ......... 100 - 50 Rhymuey Iron Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref. 100 15 Do. New ... Stock East and. West India... 100 - 126 100 Mail . Steam 2 . Stock London ............... 100 - 10 i 1 Roy a l Aus trin.lnv.(Lim ) all 1; qII Stock St. Katharine .......... 100 - 25 South Australian Land. • all 38 44) Stock Southampton ......... , 100 - 1 Submarine 'Teleg. Serip. all ; 1 Stock Victoria ............... 100 100 102 102 1 Do. do Registered . . ' 20 Do New .............. II.! 16 id i I 20 ITr.& Lu.Co.of Upr. Can. 5 - - , 100 IVan Diemen's Laud , , 28e 10 12 . THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAYMIVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1858. FOREIGN. CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY) Share! Railways. Paid Closing I Business . Price. Done. OLD COURT. INQUIRY-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Baron Watson and Mr. Justice Hill.) FORGING A BILL OF LADING. Otto Frederick Homeyer, a foreigner, whose case was postponed from last session, was indicted for forging and uttering a receipt for goods, viz., a bill of lading. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Sleigh Ipp.ftred for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended 1-3,- Mr. Robinson. Mr. Bodkin said the offence with which the prisoner stood charged was one of great importance to commercial men. It was the forging and uttering of documents which purported to be a bill of lading. It appears that the prisoner is a native of Prussia, and had, previous to the commission of the offence with which he stood charged, traded with a gentleman named Theidman, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In June last Mr. Theidman received a letter from the pri soner, telling him he had shipped a cargo of wheat, and had enclosed in that letter the bill of lading signed by Captain Kell. The document affirmed that the cargo of wheat had been received on board ship. Mr. Theidman, in consequence of this, communicated with the prisoner, and the result was that the prisoner drew from the Union Bank of London £2,400 upon bills of exchange, solely upon the statement that the bill of lading which Mr. Theidman had received was a genuine document ; it, however, turned out to be a forgery. Captain Kell, who would be called before the jury, would state that he knew nothing of the matter. i ltn examined this morning was THE STORE AND CLOTHING DEPOTS AT WEEDON. The Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the stores and clothing depots at Weedon, Wool wich, and the Tower, resumed their investigations this day, in No. 11 Committee Room of the House of Commons. Mr. Selfe, the magistrate of the Thames Police, occupied the chair ; the Commissioners present were Mr. Turner, 111.P..f0r Manchester, and Col. French, of the War-office. The fit--t Mr. Gilpin, of the firm of Cfl in acrd C.,.. t iiiir land-street, army contractors. He said—l am the head of the firm. We have been in the habit of taking army contracts—not army accoutrements—no greatcoats. We have been contractors under the old and new system. We have had less since the trade was thrown open. We have had some militia clothing but nothing like the orders we received. In the year 1856, finding it was impossible to act honestly to the Government, we gave up the contracts. We should have had to grind the 'poor to make the prices pay. In July and September we had three contracts, one of them was for making for the medical staffcorps cloth ing, we wished to furnish the cloth as undGr the old system but we did not do so. In Oct., 1857, we had a contract of 10,000 yards of drummers' red. It was subjected to in spection. We have had a contract with Government for the clothing of 20 regiments. We have supplied the gar , ment for five of them at the establishment in Mark-lane. We have had no occasion to call upon manufacturers to take back cloth which the. Government had rejected. If the I cloth is passed, I consider the responsibility of the manu facturer ceases. I have nothing specially to complain about goods having been returned for trifling faults. I have nothing to complain about delay in getting our bills paid. We have been threatened with fines lately. I have never found that bribery prevailed at Weedon. I have heard it rumoured, but I don't know of my own knowledge. I have no reason• to complain. I cannot refer you to anybody who could give information on the point. I have not troubled myself much about machines for testing cloth. Our profits under the new system, are considerably less than under the old, because we get our payments earlier. That is the only thing that has occasioned us any loss. The interest of the money being less, and this causes our receipts to be less. Since the throwing open of the trade the pro fits are less. The public, therefore, get the ad- vantage. I think that if the Government kept large stores of clothing it would be highly detrimental. It would get moth-eaten and worthless. I would not like to keep a large stock. Another thing is the patterns might alter. We are never sure of that for a moment. I differ from Captain Gordon, if he says it is advisable to keep up a large store of clothing. I think it very unfair to give the old houses short notices of contracts. I think if lamto be employed in 1859 that I ought to have notice in January. By Mr. Turner—lt is a benefit to manufacturers to have early notice of being required. Wool manufacturers would supply the material at a cheaper rate. If I received due notice I should supply the articles required cheaper--that irif I received due notice. The Government would reap an advantage also. I have bought Oxford grey, but never under price. I have bought cloth which I afterwards found out had been rejected, as the Govermmenr mark was on it. It was about two years ago. I did not buy it of the Go vernment. _ _ • ___ By Mr. Selfe—There are constantly large sales of Go vernment articles at the Tower. I cannot recollect how much of this rejected cloth was bought. My partner, Mr. Tanner, will be able to furnish the dates and particulars. By Mr. Turner—The rejected cloth was made up for the militia clothing, and for regiments going out suddenly not subject to inspection. Mr. Turner—Do you know the difference of price paid ? Mr. Gilpin—l really don't ;my partner knows more about that than I do. Mr. Selfe—We will keep this subject as distinct as pos sible. We should like to have your partner in attendance, it is necessary that this cloth should be traced. Mr. Gilpin—l will write to him to-night. By Mr. Selfe—l think there ought to be an appeal from the decisions of the inspectors when they condemn goods, because we don't know who the inspectors are, or whether they are good judges of the article. I don't think things ought to be condemned as a whole without appeal. The person for such a post should be a competent judge. It mattered very little whether he was a Govern ment officer or not. I never found a Government inspector incompetent. We have had very little to do with them, but we shall have more this year. By Mr. Turner—l should not like to do business with a large wholesale house on the same terms as Government, if they rejected goods without appeal. By Colonel French—l never under the old system heard of collusion between tho colonels when they had the sup plying of their regiments and the clothier. By Mr. Turner—l don't think Government could ever successfully manufacture any article in competition with private individuals. (Laughter.) Mr. Bonneau, of the War-office, examined by Mr. Scife —We shall be able to get the ledgers ready for the accountants of the commission on Friday. Until the stock of good that remain on hand is compared with the sums in the books we cannot bring the ledgers to a satisfactory state. Commissary-General Adams has been engaged in this busi ness for the last two months. Mr. Turner—You will see that Mr. Jay, our accountant, ha's proper accommodation during his examination of the books, as he will represent the commission. Witness—Yes. Mr. Hunt, examined by Mr. Selfe—We carry on business as manufacturers of army cloth. We have been it the habit of furnishing army cloth to the clothiers under the old sys tem. We have also supplied cloth at Weedon in very large. quantities. We have had no reason to complain of the severity of the inspection. Our rejections at the commencement of 1856 and 1857, were rather large, but since that time not near so large There have been cases in which ' cloth has been :finally rejected, from causes that could not be repaired. I have never been to Weedon ; but one of our clerks has been there. He saw Mr. Elliott about some rejected cloths, some were put in order and sent back. I have no complaint to make of the inspectors. Our con tracts were by tender. We have been fortunate. I think our cloth has always been superior to the patterns. The patterns now in use I believe to be mostly ours. I have no reason to doubt the competency of the inspectors. By Mr. Turner—The only thing we had to do with the cloth when it was sent back was to repress it. I have never seen the inspectors-at our own place. I know of a machine for testing cloth. There is no shoddy in the cloth supplied by us to Government. We have those machines on our. premises. The two shoddy machines cost us—one £4O and the other £6. I don't know of any corruption existing at Weedon. On the part of our house, I deny it altogether. A manufacturer—Mr. Oliver Bird—told me that something of the sort existed, but merely as gossip. Our clerk did not buy the shoddy machine when he visited Weedon. It was bought subsequently. We have bought another machine of Mr Hebden's for folding and weighing cloths. It is a very useful one, and will no doubt come into general use. By Mr. Selfe—We have no cause to complain of our re jections.' We have had none of any moment. We have never complained of delay in the inspection of our goods. By Colonel French—We were accepted as contractors by Mr. Howell. After the goods are passed and we get an Intimation from the Accountant-General's-office that the amount will be paid. By Mr. Turner—We don't frequently enter into compe tition with the Yorkshire manufacturers. By Mr. Selfe—Our prices are about the same since open competition, but the quality of the goods is a little lower. Mr. Webb, of Coleman-street, woollen manufacturer, was under examination when the committee adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY. CES.UtEWITCII STAKES. 100 to 8 agst Prioress (taken) 15 to 1 agst Roman Candle (offered) 16 to 1 apt Rocket (taken) 18 to 1 agst Underhand (taken) 20 to 1 agst Warlock (taken) 20 to 1 agst Happy Land (taken) 20 to 1 agst English Rose (taken) 25 to 1 agst Grand Secret (taken) 25 to 1 agst Fadladeen (taken) 30 to 1 agst Poodle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Queen Bess (taken) CAMERIDGESIIIRE. 10 to lon the field (offered) • 100 to 2j agst Ignoramus (taken) NEWMARKET FIRST The Eastern Counties Railws Age st lb Theodora Stork Malacca Glenmasson New Brighton Peter Flat 5 8 5 Sweet William Loyola Mentmore The Poacher a 8 0 1 Sly Fellow. 5 7 13 Supple Jack Hesperith.usa King of Sardinia The Farmer's Son 3 7 7 Physician Star of the East.. Ali•on 3 7 6 Lord of Lorn 3 7 6 Antinons Pelly Peachum 3 7 4 0 rchehill 3 7 3 Orianda Tricolor My Niece Thornhill Weights published Tue OCTOBER MEETING: - - - - - Ly Handicap. T.Y.C. 51 subs. Age st lb Yaller 3 7 0 Schismatic 3 7 0 Simpleton Go-a-head 3 6 13 Gin 3 6 13 Grand Secret 3 6 12 Grand Duchess 3 6 12 The Peer Babylon 4 6 10 Folly Johnson 3 6 9 Maggie Lander 3 6 8 Gourd 3 6 7 Lilydalo 3 6 6 Colt by Colling wood, out of Sneer 3 6 6 Soothsayer 3 6 5 Excelsior Lord Berkeley Yorkshireman Frederick Dumfries 1 Mimosa 3 5 13 1 Dejanira 3 5 12 I Freemason 3 5 12 I Melibo3ns Beacon ;sday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m.. BOTTLE FOUND IN LEITH ROADS.—OIt Sunday afternoon a bottle, corked and sealed down,. ryas discovered floating in Leith Roads, off the West Pies When opened it was found to contain the following note„ written with a black lead pencil on a slip of paper, which had evidently been torn out of a pocket-book :—" The brig Robert Gunn, of New castle, sprung a leak out of sight of land. No hopes. Don't know'where we are. Allaust 16, 1858. Please talre this to the nearest newspaper office.' THE LATE FIRE AT GREENWICH, ADJOURNED INQUEST.-FURTHER SUS- PICIOUS DISCLOSURES. Yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, resumed the inquiry at the Globe Tavern, Greenwich, relative to the fatal fire which took place on the premises of Mr. Roper, corn-chandler, Royal-hill, Greenwich, on the morning of the 12th inst. In eonse(ittc.noo 01 th z tl• A hi,l3. Itavo to the urigii We fliv, LL, CT , Clicilit.:lll. pre vails on the subject, and the room was densely crowded with respectable inhabitants of the locality. Mr. Ingle, solicitor, of Hibernia Chambers, Lon don-bridge, attended to watch the case on the part of Mr. Roper, and requested permission to cross examine the witnesses. The Coroner—You are perfectly aware that this is a court of inquiry only ; it is not a court of accu sation, and does not become so until a verdict is given accusing some person. At present no person is directly accused. I shall proceed in the usual course to examine evidence as to the origin of the catastrophe, but I shall offer no impediment to a full investigation. The following witnesses were then examined : Richard Pidder, an engineer in the service of the Phcenix Gas Company, deposed he examined Mr. Roper's premises after the fire, and found that the main tap which supplied the house with gas was turned on full. The handle of the tap had been taken off and was found amongst the ruins. A Juryman—Mr. Roper distinctly stated in his evidence that he turned the gas three-parts off be fore he went to bed. Mrs. Cowell, Church-street, Deptford, was exa mined, and admitted receiving at her house numer ous articles—comprising china, lamps, books, &c.— the property of Mr. Roper. Police-inspector Geo. Wilson, R division, pro duced a list of these articles, which he had found at the house of the last witness. The property was placed in a room for his inspection.. At 12 o'clock on the previous night witness went to the house of Mrs. Cook to make inquiries respecting a writing desk belonging to her brother, Mr. Roper, and which had been sent from his premises on the Sa turday before the fire. Mrs. Cook strongly denied having received the desk, but on being pressed ad mitted that she had done so, and had given the desk to her next door neighbour to take care of. Witness aroused the person referred to, who was in bed, and obtained possession of the desk. A young man, named John Abbott, residing in the house of Mrs. Cowell, was examined at some length, and evidently evaded many direct questions. He admitted he had, at the request of Mr. Roper, re moved three papier mache trays from Mr. Roper's house to Deptford two days previous to the fire. He was present at Mr. Cowell's house on the Monday following the fire, when the claim upon the Kent Fire Insurance Company was made out. A letter had been received from Mr. George Allwright, of Lewisham-road, offering to make out the claim, and this was done in the presence of witness and Mr. Roper, who observed to Mr. Allwright that when he insured the property an inventory was made out. By the Coroner—l knew that items were entered on the claim for property consisting of articles of furniture which had been removed from Mr. Roper's premises, and were at that time in Mrs. Cowell's house. I was a novice at these things, and did not know that it was wrong. Mr. George Allwright, appraiser, of Lewisham road, Greenwich, proved making out a claim for Mr. Roper upon the Kent Fire Insurance Company. He entered the various items of furniture, &c., at the dictation of Mr. Roper, who was assisted by the witness Abbott. A copy of the claim was here produced, and the amount of loss was laid at £4B3—the insurance of stock-in-trade, fixtures, and furniture having been effected at Christmas last for £3OO. Eliza Cowell, sister to Mrs. Roper, deposed she visited Mr. Roper's house on the Saturday night previous to the fire in company with Mr. Abbott. On leaving they took nothing away with them. The Coroner—Why, Abbott told the jury that on leaving the home he took three trays with him. Witness—He must have been mistaken. Knew Mr. Roper's female servant. On the evening of the Saturday previous to the fire she brought a writing desk' to my mother's house. On the Wednesday and Thursday previous Mr. Roper's shopboy brought two boxes filled with china. Two moderator lamps and other articles were also brought from Mr. Roper's house. All these articles were placed in the front room last night for the inspector of police to take an inventory. By Mr. Ingle—l have heard - my brother-in-law (Mr. Roger) say that he had let his business, and had received a deposit, and he wished my mother to take care of a portion of his furniture, which he was afraid might be broken by moving. After the examination of other evidence of a cor roborative nature, _ _ Mr. Ingle said he proposed to call Mr. Roper, who was able to explain the matter. The Coroner—l must repeat that no person is at present accused. I shall not object to the exami nation of Mr. Roper. Mr. Ingle—lt is true that no person is accused at present. But we know what the effect of this inquiry is. We cannot avoid reading this evidence in the public papers. Mr. Richard Roper was then examined by . Mr. Ingle, and deposed—He had instructed Mr. Sains bury, a house agent in London, to dispose of his business, which had been advertised without suc cess. n the Tuesdayrprel ions to the fire a man, who had the appearance of a farm bailiff, called and inspected the premises, and witness asked £l5O for the good-will and fixtures. Ultimately a bargain was struck for £l3O, and it was agreed that the man should take possession of the premises on Tuesday, the 14th inst., which was the Tuesday following the fire. o written agreement was made, but witness asked the man for a deposit, and he replied that he was in London on business when he heard that the shop was to be disposed of, and thought he would go down and inspect it. The man then gave witness two sovereigns as an assur ance of good faith, and said that he would come and pay the remainder on Monday or Tuesday. He did not give witness his name or address. The Coroner—And when you received the two sovereigns did you not give Lim a receipt ? Do you mean to say that you did not ascertain his name at all? Witness—l did not, as I did not look upon the two sovereigns as a deposit. The witness was then examined relative to making out his claim on the insurance company, and stated that he gave Mr. Allwright a list of the articles which were entered in the inventory when the furniture was insured. He admitted removing a quantity of furniture a few days before the fire. Mr. Ingle applied for an adjournment of the case, as he had several witnesses to call who would mate rially alter its present aspect. The inquest was adjourned at a late hour. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Sopt. 22.—Wind this day at noon, S.E.; light breeze and cloudy. FALMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Asia, from Pernambuco. SHOREHAM, Sept. 21.—Wind E.—Arrived—Maria, from Quebec. CARDIFF, Sept. 21.—Wind E.—Sailod—Hinkley, for St. Thomas; Therese, for Port do Gallo; Empire, for Gib raltar. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— Lavinia, from Quebec for Waterford. PORTSMOUTH Sept. 21.—Wind S . S.E.—Sail e d—Lady J o celyn (s), for 'Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind E.—Arrived—City of the Sultan, from Buenos Ayres ; Clontarf, from London for New Zealand Heatherbell, from London, and sailed ' for Melbourne • Nimroud, from London for Melbourne. SWANSEA, Sept. 21.-IVind for Caldera. SUNDERLAND, Sept. 21.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived — Wild Irish Girl, from Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.E.; heavy rains during the ni g ht, with a little thunder and lightening. Arrived—Argo, steamer, from Havre; L'Etoile, from Carentan. Sailed—liammonia, steamer, for Now York; Camden, for Port Talbot. LIVERVOOL, 'Wednesday Morning. 'Wind S.E. Arrived, Sept. 21—Patience, from Manzanilla ; Yes per, from Marseilles. (BY SUBMARIN AND BRITISH YE/X(3IIMM ) ernAvESETID, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. ; tide hours' flood; weather fine. Arrived, Sept. 21—Rose, from Bruges; Halfden, from Archangel. Arrived, Sept. 22—Stag, from Bruges ; Schofield, from Dantzic. Sailed, Rept. 22—Lord J. Russell, for Dunkirk; Ade laide, fol. Adelaide. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. 'Wind S.E., fresh and fine. Passed, Sept. 21—Rosa D' Italia, from Haitlepool for Genoa. THE, FerE ov THE TELEGRAPH.—The renowned " Irish ratriotH," John Mitchdl, who panted so ardently for ." a Southern. plantation. of fat negroes," in Ins Southern eft=n, carts the Atlantic cable the " thrice-accursed tele graph," and sars, "to us the most exhilarating eircum : stan;e connected with the great event of the age, is, that it can easily be rufned," No doubt it is a great terror to rogues. But as ;Tchn. will not be likely to flee to Great Br.tain when he tvi-..,Ms a second escape from justice, we do not see why he ~ s ho aid entertain such a bitter,hatred for tit telegapli, ?i o:it Daily ddeertim • THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LEICESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (My TFLEGRAPIt. ;I~C 1 9 liedgetopper Three ran. TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES. Ardour Castaside filly Four ran. 2 Rio Mimosa Pactolus LEICESTERSHIRE HANDICAP. .. 2 Nine ran, Arrived—Topsail, Lass of Richmond Hill, Argosy, Chantress, Cripplegate, Katharine Log,ie, Ladywell, and Big Esperanza. BRITISH ASSOCIATION. LEEDS, MONDAY AFTERNOON. As has been already announced, the 28th annual meeting of the British Association for the Advance ment of Science will be held in Leeds this week. The first general meeting will be held on Wednes day evening, when the opening address will be de livered by Professor Owen. The sectional meetings will commence on the following (Thursda3 . -) morning. The whole of the sectional meetings will be held in different apartments of the Town-hall, the general and aggregate meetings being held in the large hall of that building. From the names of the distin guished parties who have promised to attend, and the authors and subjects of the chief papers to be read, there is every reason to believe that the anni versary will be a very successful one. The first list of arrivals will not be published till Thursday morn ing ; but besides Professor Owen, the president elect, the following have promised to attend :—Sir David Brewster, Professor Faraday, Sir Roderick Murchison, Dr. Whewell, Professor Wheatstone, Professor Airy, Sir Wm. Hamilton, Sir B. Brodie, Robert Stephenson, M.P., Gen. Chesney, Mr. Hop kins, Mr. Darwin, Gen. Sabine, Professor Phillips, Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. W. Fairbairn, Mr. James Nasmyth, Rev. W. V. Harcourt, Sir William Jar dine, Professor Baden Powell, Professor Volcker, Dr. Alison, Rev. Dr. Booth, Dr. Lloyd, Earl Brown low, the Earl of Carlisle, Earl Enniskillen, Lord Monteagle, Lord Goderich, Lord Wrottesley, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, Mr. Robert Chambers; Dr. Lan kester, Mr. W. Lassell, Mr. Baines, M.P. Mr. R. M. Milnes, M.P., Colonel Sykes, M.P., Mr. J. G. Marshall, Mr. Sopwith, Mr. Newmarch, Professor Cairnes, Dr. Hamel, member of the Imperial Aca demy of Science, St. Petersburg, Rev. Dr. Hook, Mr. W. Beckett, Mr. 11. M. Ineram. Professor Phillips, assistant-general secretary, and the Leeds Local Committee, with a numerous staff, are now busy in the Town-hall making the arrangements for this great gathering of savato as complete as possible. The Leeds Mercury of yesterday says :--v " The communications to the various sections, of which a large number have already been announced, embrace not only the most recent points of research which are interesting to philosophers, but also sub jects of universal interest and of the greatest prac tical importance. We trust none will suppose that only abstruse papers, unintelligible to the general mind, are brought before the sections. No doubt a large number of the communications presented will deal with difficult problems in abstract science, but a large proportion of the papers, especially in some of the sections, will be such as cannot fail to be deeply interesting to every intelligent man or woman. It is right, too, that we should recognise the value of the more abstruse researches, which, though at first they may seem not to connect them selves with any practical result, so often lead to the most important applications. Who would have thought that when Oersted, by a very simple appa ratus, exhibited the true relation between elec tricity and magnetism, his little bit of copper wire over a small compass box would one day be magni fied into the Transatlantic Telegraph ? Or, again, who could have foreseen that the discovery of the fact that muriate of silver is blackened by exposure to light would lead to all the marvels of photo graphy and the stereoscope ? Among the commu nications already promised we may direct attention to a paper by Sir David Brewster, entitled Addi tional Contributions on the Structure and rune, tions of the Eye,' as an example of curious re search. Of more general interest—indeed, of interest to all—will be Professor B. Powell's ' Re- port on Falling Stars and Meteors ;' and Mr. 'Whitehousc's Notes on the Atlantic Telegraph.' " In the Chemical Section an account is expected from the Rev. W. V. Harcourt of some new kinds of glass for optical purposes ; and from Dr. Edward Smith a communication on the quantity of carbonic acid gas in the air ; while our townsman, Mr. Huggon, will present a Report on the alkaline waters Of Leeds.' "In the Geological Department, Principal Daw- son (of Canada) will bring forward some New observations on vegetable structures found in coal and Mr. Clifton Sorby (of Sheffield), some examples of his ingenious researches into the minute structure of rocks and minerals. Mr. Bailey will have a paper On the Fossil Ferns of the Carboniferous Series,' and there will be various communications on the position of the ironstones in the Yorkshire and other coal fields. "In the Natural History Section, Sir John Richardson will offer some observations On the Fishes of the Lake District ;' Mr. Alder and the Rev. Thomas Hincks, 8.A., will make contributions to the history of the beautiful tribe of zoophytes ; and several reports on the results of dredging for the discovery of new animals, will be presented by some of the zealous Irish naturalists. We may also specify a paper by Tegelmeier On the For. mation of the Cells of Bees.' " The Physiological .sub-section will no doubt be strongly supported by the medical profession, which numbers so many eminent members in Leeds. " In the section of Ethnology and Geography a large amount of generally interesting . matter may be expected, and we ma's direct special attention to the opening addreSs of its president, Sir Roderick Murchison, which will probably be a popular in troduction to the business of the section. " In the section of Statistics and Social Science reports on some of the trades of Leeds will be brought forward, and many important social ques tions will be discussed. The president, Mr. E. Baines, will present a report ou the woollen trade of this town. _ _ _ " For the Mechanical Section—in which Leeds may be supposed to be peculiarly interested—com munications have been promised by Mr. Crosskill, On machinery for reaping corn s ; by Mr. T. W. Leather, On the flow of water in some of our Yorkshire rivers and streams ;' and by Mr. Whit worth, 'On recent improvements in railway signals.' Mr. J. Kitson, jun., will also report from statistics, &c., of the iron trade. " We give the foregoing as a sample, to show the rich variety of interest which the sectional business will offer.' THIS DA I S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to-day were very limited, but several of Monday's unsold samples were on offer. Although the supply was very moderate, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in value. In foreign wheat, the show of which was on the increase, so little was doing that the quotations were almost nominal. In floating cargoes of grain very little was passing. Fine barley and malt sold steadily, other kinds slowly, at late rates. Owing to an immense influx of foreign oats, 72,390 qrs, the oat trade was heavy, and pikes gave way 6d per quarter. Beans and peas were a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. The flour trade was dull, at barely Monday's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley 850 . 1 410 English Irish Foreign Malt. Oats. Flour i 870 230 1 620 1,530 i -- 72,390 I 140 taw. I 6,090 blo. WHITECHAPEL. Our market is fairly supplied with each kind of meat, which moves off slowly, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s Od to 48 6d per 81b. BOROUGII HOP. The supply of new hops is exten 100ssive, ana fair Yearling average business is doing at from 60s to pert wt. and old hops rule nominal. Duty, £270,000. News reaches Gibraltar now in. two days Trani Enabind, by means of the electric telegraph through France and Spain. DOG SHOT BY A CHILD.—A few days since the children of N. Morris, Esq., of Warrens Gill, Edenbridge, and those of Dr. Morris, who is now staying at the resi dence of his relative, were walking in the grounds, accom panied by three servants, when they met one of the game keepers; named Dench. The keeper sat down, and laid his gun behind him, when one of the children took it up, un perceived, and fired it off at a pointer dog, killing the animal on the spot. The report greatly alarmed the whole party, and it is very providential that none of them were a , there VPI - 0 nine or ten of them all grouper ether.—KentishGa - zette. - • -