The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AN 0 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is for the moment assuming an easier tendency. The directors of the Bank of England have not made any alteration in the rate of discount, and a more favourable feeling prevails. The quotations for the best bills are 3i 4 per cent., and exceptional operations are reported at 34 per cent. The committee of the Stock Exchange have appointed Monday, 28th inst., a• special settling day in the B shares of . the Northern Assam Tea Company (Limited) ; and Friday, Ist September, a special settling day in the shares of Barneds' Banking Company (Limited), both of which are to be marked. The report of the English and Swedish Bank Which has been issued to the shareholders, states that the accounts for the half year ending 30th June last show a gross profit, including a sum of £2,224 brought forward from the previous account, of £ 2 6,421, which, after paying current expenses, and deducting rebate of interest, &c., leaves a balance of £14,156. Out of this sum the directors have declared an interim dividend of Bs. per share, free of income tax, carrying forward a balance of £6,238 to the next account. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 6 81 20c. Firmer. The English Stock Market has been well sup- Ported to-day, and a more buoyant appearance has been perceptible. The Funds h,ave improved upon Purchases for investment, and Consols are quoted 89 1 - ci for money, and 89/ for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89i 89i ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. dis to par ; India 5 per Cents., 105 4 ; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 100 i. Poreign Stocks have been dealt in rather largely, and quotations are rather buoyant. Turkish Conso lides are 481 1; Mexican, 231 ; the New Loan, 22 1 1 ; Greek, 201 1 ; Spanish Passive, 291 1; the Certificates, 14i 8 ; Italian, 631 64 ; and the Con federate Loan, 6 8. The American market remains firm. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 69 -I ; Erie Shares, 53 ; Illinois, 74. In the Railway Share Market business has con tinued rather inactive, although prices in several instances indicate an improvement. Great Wes tern, North Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and ancoln, and South Eastern have each advanced * ; a nd Great Northern A Stock, 1. t. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia tion, Great Luxembourg are 8, Great Western of Ca nada 1, and Madras 5 per Cents. 1 higher. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are rather flat. En glish, Scottish, and American Chartered have "eolined to 201 ; London and County are dealt in at 741 ; Hudson's Bay Company, at 151 and 4 oYal Mail Steam, at 120. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—The New Issue 4 . 3 :' 50 ,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlan ,,,"° Telegraph, 2* 21 per share ; Northern Assam Te a Company's Shares, par f prem. ; Chubwa Par , par * p rem . ; L on d on -b r id ge L an d, dis. Albert-bridge, 1 1+ prem. ; London Jute wor ks, 1 prem. ; Downs Docks, 11* prem ; Lo a ndon Quay s , dis. par ; British India Trust fi n d Agency Corporation, 1 11 prem. ; Overend, roey, and• Company, 31 3-1 prem ; M'Queen ' br others, 11 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GovEnx3mxt FuNDs. 0 Der Cent. Consols Do. Acco unt, Sept 7 ° per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent 8899 1 I fr New 2i. per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — A nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. f or 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — $ chequer Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Do. Bills, £1,000,-8 &3i per,Cent 3 die par £5OO 3 dis il DO, £lOO and £200 - ank of England Stock, Si- per Cent Pe Account ~IDIAN .GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1- ' 413 -Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 — Do- Account 11 . ° ' 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do A.ccount c '. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 -,-,°. Certificates — D•uo. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — o_ 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 -,-,°- 5 1- per Cent., May 1879 — Do.' -'0. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 . Bonds, £l,OOO _ DO . under £l,OOO 1,,,, FOREIGN FUNDS -ONE O'CLOCK. Ir't'riaz n n Bonds, 5 per C en t, 1859 r a, 5 per Cent uo. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 t„ Do. 1863 ",,ellos Ayres 6 per Cent — i „, 4 " 0 . 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ".u.,„lan. 6 per Cent ~-0 0 . 41 per Cent voloznbian 6 per Cent. C h i tha l 6 per Cent. "aaish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 ' h Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-7 • 7, £25 paid ... .. . 'anubian Principalities D 0• A c count Do £B6 paid nnador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — E D ei, Provisional Land Warrant 7Ptiau 7 per Cent O. Second Issue /, Do. 1864 951. I ( 1 4 -'0 £lOO Bonds l ij ek 5 Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons „e Account — t. 'Jo. Coupons — toteniala 5 per Cent. 1ta1i'2 .8 , 39 and 1850 00186 i) per Cent (Maremmana. Railway) 5 1) 0 s . b o e rg; .£67i paid B o Per Cent, 1864 7 sit„i' 'criP, £55 paid ' ij c an• 3 per Cent °. Account Do 1864 221 I t, ) ° 5 per Cent. Anglo-French ett,videan 6 per Cent., £.30 paid °h, :111.TID:00,(14,52::IrepeaefilieurnarrelCPlledrialSen Scrip, ii:PEexr .C2esnft2oc Pep 1, an d W arran t s (H ectares ) vian 41 per Cent 8 0 0 8 crip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds h_ 3 Per Cent. (Uribarren) '"u t , 4} per Cent., 1862 11 0 ",,e- Account b";/ , tguese 3 per Cent., 1853 1. ) - Account • 1) --° 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 11,,I°: Account ZTan per Cent., 1822, £St D 4 1 per Cent. 1850 bu o 3 Per Cent. 1859 b o 9 Per Cent., 1860 b o ‘-' Per Cent. 1862 92i I ani 5 Per Cent. 1864 D .rh c 3 per Do Cent Ac ount b° N ew Def erre d 47f 1.-,° Acco nrit 39 -.J o - r , - -- ~, I), wive — %11,,, i 1",-ceount B 'T Cert. of Coup not funded B We c' e, e cennt — 121,,",i 4 4 per Cent. — 1) - Account T °. i nrki os r Cent.. 1864 Doo i` A" e'connt ° Per Cent. 1854 - • D o A Per Cent. 1858 — b o - int 74 11, •ElOO Bonds 1) 6 2 Per Cent D ° A Per Cent. 1862 731 2/ D °- ' e connt ° 41 00 11- - ID% o 5 6 Bonds D ppeettent., 1863 Do 4 10 „ „out. 1865 -uo $e Y Bond r x l-1 1 3 _! X:3 od 5 p ' elle- „ 44a1t0: pa id dis 73f 1 41 _ - 4 per Cent tr il e l 4 3 per oent. _ ,e. Account Do. ft 41f • - Der Cent, 1864 ~,. ..A tistiin p .h ivi (lends on the above payable in London. ksei • --, '.) Per Cent, Ex. 10 Florins _ Dutch g l all, 41 per cent E x . 25f. 21 0 •' 12 Gail 6l; t o. 4 Per ent„ Ex. Pr e „ , _Per Cent. Certificates 67f 50c -el, ante 41 Cnt Do e' per e • 411,, c ount e', : ... T\ " 41 t• per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. 4,0. Account °°4 SOlB TWO O'CLOCK. Do ' i 5e.., .. L A: .. B9 Pccount ii.verpool Cotton Market—This Day. ,000 b kark al e t es quiet, and t h e sales will probably foot up .. rner, Ting ) time with" 0, but y are a it per- Court le, are ul ob ipable Si nc e )ended But iad uo feWe r town ; )es the taken SHARE MARKETS----This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. IPaid.l Closing I Business Price. done. ir., Wol. ' & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A lA. gets no div. • Do. B till6p e.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 96 98 13.3 j 134 5 6 — LO. E. Angl: st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D ). A stock Do. 13 .o Do. :Sew. is. at 25 pa. Gt S. and IV. of Ireland Gt. `Neste n -Original . S. V4 l . Itafi gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newpo(t Do. Hereford Lanc,ishire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coas Lon., Chat., and Dave Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. # shares Metropolitan.. Do. New Mid'and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 6 shares %lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,•& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 gorth Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock , o. Scot, Mid. stick .;hrews & Welchpool Shropshire Union iouth Devon south E stern italnes, Wok., d; Wok Taff Vale Do. C ...„. Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool Han& Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 1 BRITISH P Atlantic 4t S t.Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, k Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. JP shares Buffalo tt Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, do Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Calcutta & h. E., Urn ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East ladiau, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk or Can ad a Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ►'ref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... Do. Ed Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 0. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. Sout h of India (hm gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great Was. of Canada.. DJ. New Do. Bp. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 5) do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Filth ICxtension nelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. hlel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B 1. It I. C' da, pc Ist pf.bds Scindc ...... Do. Delhi ...... g.l d Do. do .. Do. Puniaub.... Do. Indus St 1 4 '10 b 4 61 E 6 16 17 109 111 46 47 7i 84 131 132 147 148 128 .32 86 t 8 66 67 63 65 44 46 40 45 ,05 1 07 1171 11 , 90 92 103 105 39 II 1?5 52 1 9.) 505 441 551 133 1331 2t S 130 131 99 101 54 56 z 4 ,5 111 112 68 60 103 104 37& 336 10 11 121 123 14 2p 75 77 It .12 143 152 57 5) 6t 63 57 59 78 SO 8 10 15 i 157 3 4p 106 107 49 51 ,SIONS. 57 69 101 10? in 4i 41 9 10 99 101 70 ;5 100 102 10t 102 103 104 i 8p 18 19 88 90 64 66 5i 60 55 58 50 52 43 46 33 42 25 17 24 26 103 104 i 1p i 2P 1001 1011 11; 12k 81 811 0 92 82 84 1 id 101 102 95 97 91 92 63 65 82 81 c 491 4001 991 1001 1 931 lbOj 13.14 et st et 60 20 10 10 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU. (British Columbia, 6 perj cent., Dem 31, 1472: - . ! .1 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July l 1877-e4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & D t. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p o. Inscribed sk Cape. G. Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do, 178 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov.. 1) Natal per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 189! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 pm 1868-1, Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.la & July Do. do, a pril & Oct BRITL Cam. Coneol. 6 old, lira IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. Cravat Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Carailon asc Carn Brea East Grenville East Love.l B. W't Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Grcat L ‘xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Elerod's Foot •••• Ilingston Downs Margaret ilJny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, liw I Nang( les .. N ew - Se ton North Downs North Roskear v.Wh'l Bassett (I flogan North Whe4l Crotty Prosper Pr vidence UnyLvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft West 1 4 asset t (Illogan W. Caradon (Lkskeard West Chi mann West Seton . Wheal Bassett 'lllogan I Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea Ludoutt 1_ Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Wheal Trelawney (Lis 'Wheal 97 98 95 97 98 100 84 85 82 34 103 105 106 108 ICB 110 108 108 1(3 105 100 111 103 1( 5 107 jO9 107 109 102 104 95 97 91 101 93 95 90 91 102 104 83 85 98 100 1011 102 i 105 107 ICfli 114 INES. 9 10 25 2 7 580 680 PREFERENCE SHARES In, Brighton. &c., 4± per cent., at°, new, 4) per cent., 1863, 98i AND sTou XB. .1858, 984 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 214 FORM GN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 231 (ireat Luxembourg, 151 1 leo IGN MINE& Frontino and Bolivia Gold, Dm., 31 General, 2.1 Washoe Gold, lim., Ditto, (£3), 6 BANKS. Agra and Illssterman's, lira., 56} Alliance, 29} Ditto. issued at 20 pm., of which 20 is paid., 24 Australasia, 761 English,- Scorch. and Australian Chartered, 201 Imperial Ottoman, 151 London and County, 74 London and %1 estminster, i 5 5 Standard of British South Africa, 14 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. - gua., 21 f Ceylon Company, Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Credit fonder and Mob].lier of 14..ngland, Egyptian Com. and Trading, Urn., Fairbairn Engineering, 6 Hudson's Bay, 15, f Interational A.and credit, Um., G. Joint Stock Discount. lim., 8 London Financial Association, lim., 22 M dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all); 19 Ottoman Gas, Um., 41 4 Overend, Gurney, and Co., 11m., 1017 f Royal Mail Stearo. 120 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Sept. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12, Brazil and Cape Verds. by British pao• et Sept. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, an d St. Helena Sept. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou hampton Sept. 1 Ditto, via Marseilles ... Aug. 26 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Sept. 1. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Aug. 25. Ditto, via vl arse' lles Aug. --. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e . Sept. 4. Newfoundland Portugal • • • . ..... .....Sept. 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet ... ...Aug. 30. Londc Di 100 too 100 100 'Co 149 8 00 $ 39 FI 125/ g 5 & 984 551 6 134 3 i 1791 I t OSSE, 102 Lai i 1031 i IT ILLS. ESH M 1 tt it 11 2 20 32 470 490 15 2 13 15 171 18: 61 7 10 12 75 170 180 75 80 28 30 4 6 200 205 17 18 THE SUB, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI/k G , A UGtTST 24, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Pepys.) IN RE GIRARDOT. This bankrupt was described as an artist of 38, Glou cester-road, Regent's-park, to-day being appointed for the first meeting. The amount of debts already filed is abort £5OO, and the bankruptcy is ascribed to insufficiency of income. Various debts were proved. No day named for nest meeting. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. F. Gibbons.) BETTING AND BOOTS.-NOVEL APPLICATION OF THE LAW.- MARTIN V. READER. This was an action to recover 255. for a pair of boots, and defendant, for whom Mr. Buchanan appeared, disputed his liability, and pleaded as a set-off that the boots were made for him to settle a betting transaction. Plaintiff proved supplying the goods. Mr. Buchanan—l believe you have had betting trans actions with the defendant ? Plaintiff—Yes. I had a bet with him upon the lasi Derby, and I lost it. . . Defendant—And the boots were made for me to settle it. Plaintiff—But you have lost £3 to me since then. Mr. Buchanan—You cannot go into that. His Honour ruled that the defence was a good one, and nonsuited the plaintiff, with costs. THE HERB DOCTOR AND THE CABMAN.-FAIRFIELD V. JACKSON. This was an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff, who describes himself as Pro fessor Fairfield, in consequence of his box of medicines being upset on Holborn-hill by defendant's cab. Plaintiff stated that he was an herb doctor, and a few days ago his boy was on Holbon-hill with a box of medi cines on a truck. The driver of defendant's cab came along and negligently knocking against the truck, turned the box into the road, the result being that all the drugs were spoilt. His Honour asked if plaintiff had a list of the items, and plaintiff produced some papers which caused considerable merriment in Court. The list of pills and bottles was of itself sufficient to provoke laughter, and more so that the plaintiff said it was very wet on the day of the accident, and the pills were all spoilt. Ono of the items was a bottle containing worms ; and plaintiff said no doubt it appeared very funny, but both bottle and worms cost time and money. The bottle was broken and the worms lost. Defendant's driver denied that he had caused the da mage, but, after the evidence of a police sergeant, his Honour found a verdict for the plaintiff for a less sum than was originally claimed. Verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARL BOROUGH-S TREE T. ROBBERIES AT COFFEE-HOUSES.—John Wieland, a re spectably-dressed man, was charged with stealing some jewellery and wearing apparel, of the value of £2O, the property of Mr. Robert Wren, coffee-house keeper, of No. 30, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital. From the evidence, it appeared that on the night of the 4th inst. the prisoner took lodgings at Mr. Wren's, and left the following morning. Shortly after he left Mr. Wren missed from a room on the second floor, next that in which the prisoner slept, a quantity of jewellery and wear ing apparel, of the value of £2O. Nothing was heard of the prisoner till several mornings after, when Morrow, 135 E, met him in the Euston-road with a black leather bag in his hand. He asked the prisoner where he got the bag from, and, not being satisfied with his answers, took him to the station, when a number of duplicates, some of them relating to property belonging to Mr. Wren, were found in his possession. Inspector Garforth, E division, asked for a remand, stating that there were several other cases against the pri soner for robbing coffee-house keepers in different parts of London under exactly similar circumstances. The prisoner, who is said to be respectably connected, was remanded till Wednesday. The Dreadful Tragedy in Southwark. The dreadful tragedy which was enacted yester day morning' at No. 10; Skin Market-place, Bank bide, has excited the morbid taste of the public to , view the scene of death. This morning the house, situated in a set of labyrinthan courts, was sur rounded, the various groups of persons entering into and discussing the circumstances of the frightful event ; and when the street-door perchance was opened for the admission or exit of any person a movement was made to run into the house of sorrow, where the unhappy father, his son George, and a police constable were seated. The bodies of the un fortunate children remain in the position as left by Dr. Hibberd after his examination. The father and son, as may be expected, are in deep grief at the untimely bereavement which they have experienced, the father hoping that the Almighty will pardon his poor afflicted wife for the dreadful acts which she has committed. The general opinion is that through long suffering, since the death of her three children at a single birth, had impaired her mind, increased also by the fear that her surviving youngest child would be neglected owing to the wish that she (the mother) should go into an hospital. One of the children was in a very precarious state of health, and this appeared to affect her considerably. She appears resigned and calm in Horsemonger-lane Gaol, and has a religious tendency. John Lack, the father, being a poor man, but much respected for his integrity and sobriety, has caused some friends to take up his case with the view to a subscription to provide funds for the necessary interment of his deceased children, he being in low circumstances, and only his weekly wages as a waterman to depend on. There can be no doubt that the innocent children were deprived of life during sleep, as no sounds were heard by the married sister of the deceased, who was sleeping in an adjoining room ; neither was anything heard by the brother, George, who was sleeping in a chair awaiting his father to send him to call persons to their daily avocations. The inquest will be held to-morrow (Friday). Holy day Makers. (From the Correspondent of the Times). KISSINGEN, AUG. 21. - - I travelled on the Rhine with a party of Spaniards, companions whom chance and the guard had given me in my carriage—a set of amiable young men, who appeared somewhat green in their travels, and fell into perfect raptures at every new object before them—the row of lofty hotels at Bonn, the pano rama of the Seven Mountains across the river, the leafy, lowly isle of Nonneworth, the overhanging forests of Stoltzenfels. Still, what threw them into the greatest paroxysms of delight were the railway stations. " Aydemi ! que tan bonitas son las estaciones! Mire usted ! que bonita !" And there was no resisting their enthusiasm. Out I must, with my head at the window, in ecstatic sympathy with their almost childish admiration. Then I fell back, musing within myself,—" Yet a few years more of this railway movement and the stations will be all that a traveller will have a chance to see of the countries he is hurrying through ; in which case, certainly the lines on both banks of the Rhine, and those in Switzerland and Savoy, will afford the greatest treat ; with their picturesque chalets, their neat beechen outbuildings, their rosy arbours, their sweet profusion of flowers." By all means embellish the road, since we must needs live on the road ; and since our progress is so slow, since our stoppages at every station are so unconscionably long, by all means let us have your well-trained little parterres, your bookstalls o h y a e n s gin an g d the ph ottiomgeraypohus,rotbo us s as o t f our f For all that, however, though the modern style w to ith wh p il ri e nt a s w a a n y d w us in the trucks, there is no doubt but the road has an a o s f t t h ra e v h e a llin gs g an a d ll p oN o v r s tm u a s n t t o oa s u e s e as tha li t tt f l o e ll o o f the world in terest of its own. Of the country itself, of its vary ing landscapes, of the monuments of man's genius, gray castles, lofty minsters, quaint mediaeval town halls, we only catch occasional, hasty, and imper fect glimpses. The great historic river, the forest, the vineyard, the mountain, which dissolve be fore us as scenes in a, kaleidoscope- 7 -the journey is but a dream, and when we wake up at our inn late at night, leaves our mind as complete a blank as if we had never stirred from home. But the people, at least, are on the road ; whole nations on the road, and they are nowhere to be seen to greater advantage. Their peculiar traits of character are nowhere to be studied with greater profit than on the road. On that point, no doubt, the railway has an immense advantage over any of the old-fashioned modes of travelling ; for in days of yore you either posted with Princes, or trudged along on foot with students and apprentices, or were shut up in a dili gence with commis -voyageurs, but the railway is a mighty omnibus, gathering together all sorts and conditions of men —a Noah's ark, with men and cattle stowed together within one plank. We have not, indeed, yet in the train itself come to the happy promiscuousness of the American car, but on the platform, at least, we are on the footing of perfect republican equality ; a drover on the platform may jostle his way through a bevy of duchesses, and a knapsack-laden bursch may puff his cigar-smoke into the very face of a Minister Plenipotentiary. Well, I confess, when in the humour, I have been greatly entertained by a survey from my carriage window of the crowds swarming and elbowing each other on a railway platform. There is a day espe cially in Germany when the whole population are mustering on the road, and that day—tell it not in North Britain—is Sunday, The time was even within my recollection when the well-to-do German burgher seemed rooted to the spot where he grew, when he plodded at . .his work for six days in the week, and aspired to no greater outing on the seventh day than a stroll to the nearest kneipe, half a mile or so out of town, whither he of an afternoon trudged on foot, with wife and children at his heels, and sat out in the air to indulge in the homely luxury of his vier-uhn-broil. Nous avons changi tout cela. Hans is a thriving fellow, now-a-days ; he has found out new ways of enjoying as well as of making money ; and, in the summer months, at least, he is sure to invest a florin in his railway ticket as your cockney is in his trip to Margate, or his fare to Richmond. Chance brought me to travel twice on successive Sundays on the line between Frankfort and Bam berg, and I may well say that I have, on those days, learnt to know by sight three-fourths of the npfleac' &c., are certa i n l y not t o be of their respecti ve Fran conian people. Such multitudes as I saw gath ere d together at the stations of As chaffenburg, Wurtz burg, seen hw ine in theurt , m Lai market-places towns on fair day, nor at the door of their cathedrals Scf e t e at mass-time or vespers. What all these good people are moving about for it would be difficult to guess, unless they are, most of them, acting in obedience to that primitive law of mankind which bids us do as others do. It is all the people of Wurtzburg going out to call upon all the people of Aschaffen , burg ; and, in return, all the Aschaffenburgers pay ing the same compliment to the Wurtzburgers. And oh! the noise of their greetings, the singing out, the beckoning, the telegraphing with uplifted arms, the din, the hubbub, the peal of bells, the whistling of en gines, the banging of doors, the call after children lost in the crowd, the shouting after passengers tarrying to light their cigars or taking the wrong train. We are made to stay for 10 to 20 minutes at each sta tion, and ample room is afforded for the study of faces, of manners and dresses, for the picking up of scraps of desultory talk. What an amount of inno cent, genuine enjoyment, what an expansion of affectionate feelings, what an abandon, r, hat a depth of imperturbable good nature in thin charming Teu tonic race ! Here are whole rows of girls, half dozens of grown-up sisters of one family, all dressed in the same ample muslin folds, fresh and neat, with the same ostrich feathers, the same streaming ribands, the same profusion of chestnut back hair, the same pink chubby cheeks, the same cherry mouths all agape for their half-dozen cousins who are just stepping dowel from yonder second-class carriage. There is a clamour of voices, a smacking of kisses, a falling into each other's arms, a raising of hands to heaven, a rushing about, a demonstrative pantomime, un rivalled by any exhibition on the stage. After them come their elders, b ew igged and spectacled, bow ing. and swaying, with hats down to the ground, calling each other by long names and titles, with Achs and Gottlobs, and a thousand exclamations, as if the world were coming to an end. And, with all this, great earnestness, considerable appa rent confusion, but not hurry. The German allows himself time for everything. There is nothing in him of English headlong impetuosity, of French excitement, of Italian fidgetiness. The pipe forbids 1 Independent of the pleasure of loco motion and change of air, the good German has only two objects in view when out on a pleasure trip—eating and smoking. These are indulgencies within reach at home, you will say ; but they are no less the beginning and end of all out-door en joyment. The tables are laid at every restauration or buffet, at every station, and .every table is crowded morning, noon, and evening. There arc sitting eaters and standing eaters ; there are peripatetic eaters, customers for the mikh-broil and schinken, for the Bayerische bier, and greenish Schwetchen and Mirabellen that are handed round by itinerant vendors. Whether a German can con trive to eat, drink, and smoke all at the same time, I am hardly prepared to say ; but to judge from the atmosphere of the platforms, the waiting and re freshment rooms, one would say that the pipe is not put out from the beginning of a meal to its end. I came to this place last evening in the dark, posting for about two hours from Schweinfurth. It is pouring with rain all this morning, and I have hardly ventured out yet. It does not take many hours' observation, however, to become aware that one comes here into a different atmosphere from what one has left behind at the baths round the Taunus. Along the road you meet monks, and see houses with madonnas banging out at the corners in glass cases. The rustic . dwellings are made of mud and timber, and Kissingen itself boasts no gas. The landscape along the road up to this spot is bare, a succession of flat hills. Round here are wooded hills of loftier pretensions, as-far as the lowering weather allows me to judge, than the Taunus ridges at Homburg or Wiesbiden. There never come any great crowds to Kissingen, however ; and what came this year are already in a great measure dispersed. The fact is that Kissingen is not to be reached by railway within 15 miles, and the King of Bavaria, all honour to him, allows no gambling-tables. What difference rouge-et-noir will make in a place of this kind may be gathered from the fact that, while I was 23,999 in the list of Kur gaste at Wiesbaden, poor Kissingen only musters from 5,000 to 6,000 in a year, notwithstanding the queens and empresses who occasionally grace it with their august presence. Out of 6,352 strangers who have come in this year, only 200 are English. The place seems to be more favoured by the Rus sians, who muster at this season 627. The greatest frequenters of these baths are, however, the Prus sians, who are no less than 1,925 this year, out numbering even the 1,055 native Bavarians. It is well to observe, however, that Kissingen is away from all the main routes of travel, and has no such cities within reach as Frankfort or 111ayence, send ing forth their thousands daily upon Homburg or Wiesbaden. The chances are that the company here is more " select," as it is called, and the absence of the croupier, and of some of his fair associates, makes it, as one would fain say, " more respectable." The guide-books do not hesitate in . voting poor Kissingen " dull ;" but I reserve my judgment till the weather allows me to see a little more of it. Our Immense Number of Novelists. It is almost impossible, says a writer in the Times of yesterday, to keep up with the novelists, and ever as we return to this species of literature we are more and more impressed with a sense of its enormous bulk. The mass of fiction out of which the critic has to choose is one of the most curious sights in literature. We are so accustomed to the innumerable crowds of novels and novelists that K e scarcely take note of them, like the man who could not see the wood for the trees. We mark a good novel here and there, as the man in the wood might have marked a fine tree ; but we take little account of the prodigious growth on every side of novels on every possible subject, written by every possible sort of person. We invite our readers to, a simple calculation, so that they may for themselves form some idea of this prodigious fertility of story telling. Let them begin with the novels which appear in parts. First, we have Mr. Dickens and Mr. Trollope, each publishing a novel in monthly num bers. Then in each of the magazines there are one or two novels published by instalments. The last number of Blackwood's Magazine has por tions of no less than three different tales. The Cornhill has always two stories in progress ; Macmillan and Temple Bar have the same ; the Shilling, the New Monthly, Bentley, and the Dublin University have two also ; Fraser has one, if not more ; the Fortnightly Review starts with one ; All the Year Round, Once a Week, Good Words, Chambers's Journal, each have one ; and there is a host of other periodicals, known to us chiefly through the advertisements—London Society, the Englishman's Magazine, and the rest—which in every issue put forth a novel or two. Every month there appears an instalment of more than 30, nearer 50, novels. And then in addition we have to count up the novels that are issued complete. We are much within the mark when we say that the publishing houses of Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, Chapman and Hall, Smith and Elder, Richard Bentley, Maxwell and Co., Tinsley Brothers, send out annually about a dozen each. Some among them issue double that number. Nor is this all: there are houses, like those of the Messrs. Blackwood, the Messrs. Long man, and Mr. Macmillan, which, although they are not so prolific in novels as those we have men-- tioned, yet do not neglect this species of literature, and annually make one or two additions to the vast stock. Yet, again, there are publishers like Mr. Booth, Mr. Sampson Low, Mr. Skeet, and Mr. Newby, who have each a special position in the world of novels, and who each go to increase the array of fictions. STATE OF TRADE .CARDIFF, Aug. 22.—The prevalence of unfavourable weather has slightly checked trade at the docks, but within the last day or two things are beginning to right them selves again. The stem has not been an open one for some weeks, whioh shows that business upon the whole is pretty active. The ironworks of Merthyr and Aberdare are well employed, and there is no scarcity of Orders experienced. Puddled iron is still unusually firm, and it will take a few weeks regular working before stocks are completelyreple nished, the same having been materially reduced owing to the effect of the late hot season. Rails aro in good demand, and American specifications are gradually incraasing in number and quantity. Quotations average from £7 to £7 10s. per ton at the works. Bars and other descriptions also command a full average inquiry. Continental buyers of steam coal are purchasing considerably, and merchants re port that there is a pretty good demand. The Birkenhead and London markets continue to take increased quantities. Prices are fairly maintained. The Lantwit and Rhondda Valley house-coal collieries are not in many instances on full time, owing to the falling off in the local and inland sale. The other branches of trade are in about the same state as last week. LEICESTER, 23d.—There is a seasonable amount of business doing in hosiery. Plain goods are in request, and there is a fair demand for fancy articles. Manufacturers continue to be well engaged with orders on hand, nothing being made for stock. In the country districts business re mains healthy. Worsted yarns are firm and high in price, and spinners are well employed. Cotton yarns are also dear. There is a shade more inquiry for wools, and high prices are quoted. NOTTINGHAM, 23d.—The lace trade remains, nn the whole, quiet, and there has not been much doing in any branch during the past few days, except, perhaps, in black silk laces, for which there is yet a fair demand. The silk mech lin trade is still quiet, and there is nothing doing in quil liege. The cotton lace trade is flat. Vely little is doing in either plain or fancy goods. The hosiery trade con tinues buoyant. There is a full average amount of busi ness doing in most branches, and the workpeople continue well and fully employed. Manufacturers have orders on hand, ani no stocks whatever are created. A MAN BLINDED BY SULPHURIC ACID.—A fiendish assault was perpetrated by a wife upon her hus band at Hebburn a few days ago. Margaret Surgen and her husband had been living unhappily together for some weeks. The latter had been unmanly enough to beat his spouse, but she retaliated in a fearful manner by throwing sulphuric acid in his face, which completely burnt out one eye, and so injured the other as to render it probable that he will be e tirely blind.—Sunderland Herald. THAMES. STEALING COFFEE IN THE ST. KATHERINE DOCK. —Thos Hunt, a labourer, who appeared to be in very good condi tion, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing 191 b. of raw coffee, the property of the London and St. Katherine Dock Company. _ . _ Thomas Foreland, a dock constable, stated that the pri soner was leaving the St. Katherine-dock at the Nightin gale-lane gateway this morning, and he thought he was more bulky than he ought to be. He stopped the prisoner and searched him, and found coffee secreted about his legs, arms, and body—in fact, the prisoner was coffee all over, and the concealment was very artfully arranged. The witness then produced a bag containing 191 b. of clean coffee, and, in answer to questions by the magistrate, said that the prisoner told him he found the coffee on the deck of a ship. He believed that the coffee came out of one of the warehouses in the dock. Mr. J. P. Mumford, superintendent of the Dock Company's own police, said that IGlbs. of coffee were found concealed on another man as he was leaving the Dock on Monday, and he was convicted of the offence. The prisoner said he was starving, and had a wife and family to maintain. He was in want of bread, and his children were in a sad condition. Mr. Paget believed the prisoner was a regular thief. He convicted him of the unlawful possession of the coffee, and sentenced him to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. SUSPECTED CHILD MURDER.--Thomas Aldridge, about 27 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with unlawfully aiding and abetting in the concealment of the birth of a male child, suspected to have been murdered by its mother, Mary Palmer, alias Gillings, late servant at the house of Mr. Watts, the White Swan Tavern, at the corner of the Commercial-road and White Horse-street, near the Stepney railway station. It appeared from the statement of Chandler, a police constable, 117 H, that the body of a male child was found in the house, 19, White Bear-court, Leman-street, White chapel. It was left there in the form of a parcel, and wrapt in paper. Chandler discovered that a woman—Mary Palmer, alias Gillings, who had been for a long time servant at the White Swan—had given birth to the child. She is a single woman. A medical gentleman named Budgett was of opinion the child was suffocated. Palmer was arrested on Tuesday night,and is under police surveillance at the work house in Ratcliff. The prisoner was manager at the White Swan. He called upon a woman named Elizabeth Chap man yesterday morning, and requested her to fetch some dirty linen from the White Swan. He pOintod out the linen to her. The things were in water and in a pail and a foot pan. The water was discoloured with blood. He said Mary had given birth to a baby, and he was very much upset. Mrs. Chapman took the clothes away. In answer to Mr. Charles Young, the witness said the prisoner observed to her " A very shocking affair has hap pened since Mary was speaking to you last night." The prisoner was remanded for a week. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1865. Great Western £76,089 £76,4 186413 North Western ... ... •.. ... 123,738 116,564 South-Western ... 30,392 28,768 Brighton ••• ... 25,694 23,876 Midland ... 51,234 49,574 South Eastern ... ••• ... 28,957 28,397 Great Northern ... ... 38,534 33,411 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 46926 46,818 Bristol and Exeter ... ... 8,073 7,551 North Eastern ... ... 75285 72,736 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20 , 142. 18,544 Great Eastern ... 33,566 31,966 London, Chatham, and Dover... 14,328 13,115 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are, in most in stances, of a favourable character. On the North Western there is an increase of £7,174; South Western, £1,624 ; Brighton, £l,BlB ; Midland, £1,660 ; South Eastern, £560 ; Great Northern, £5,123 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £lOB ; Bristol and Exeter, £522 ; North Eastern, £2,549 ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1,598 ; Great Eastern, £1,600 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, £1,213. The Great Western, however, shows a decrease of £324. A report has been issued by the directors of the West London Wharves and Warehouses Company, which states that the main works have not yet been commenced, the directors having had under their most serious consideration the feasibility of acquiring a wider extent of river frontage for the accommodation of the traffic, which, if proper facilities were offered, might be made available at once, so as to produce an immediate revenue, with out waiting for the completion of the entire system of docks, as originally contemplated. With this object in view, the directors have for some time past been in negotiation with the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company for the purchase of a slip of land belonging to that company between their filter beds and the river, which has a direct river frontage of about 1,200 feet; and they now report that they have concluded an agreement for the absolute purchase of that slip, together with the parts included in their Parliamentary powers, which will not only save the company from the costly proceedings under their compulsory powers, but will enable them to acquire a total extent of direct river frontage exceeding 1,700 feet, which they could not otherwise have obtained. The in terest guaranteed of 7 per cent. will be payable on and after Sept. 30. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING—THIS DAY. The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of the directors and shareholders was held to-day at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. In consequence of the quarrel between the direc tors and Captain Jervis, the nature of which the railway world is now so well acquainted, there was a numerous attendance of shareholders. The direc tors having taken their seats without any particular demonstration of any kind, ➢Sr. GODSON, the chairman of the board of direc tors, in moving the adoption of the report, said he was quite aware of the interest attaching to their proceedings that day ; and as the report, which had been placed in the hands of every one, he would at once proceed to make a few observations, in moving its adoption by the meeting. The number of passengers on th e i r line, during the last half year, had not been so large as might have been ; but the directors could not con trol the weather ; and as their new lines had not been fully devoloped, it would be unwise to look upon the circumstance in any other light but of an exceptional character. It was with very great pleasure that the directors had succeeded in their negotiations with another company—(hear, hear) — and as it would result of their possessing a metro politan station. (Hear, hear.) With re spect to another portion of this enter prise, viz., the steam communication, he was not one of those who expected such great returns as had been looked for by other parties ; however, he had great pleasure in informing the meeting that the steam communication at the pre sent time yielded a clear profit of £2OO a week. (Hear, hear.) He hoped that the basis of an arrangement might shortly be entered into, with a large and powerful company, although it was but fair to say that the company in question was at the moment adverse to such a proposition. With re spect to the dividend, there was a sum of 44 odd thousand pounds, and it would be for the meeting to decide whether that should be reserved over to the next half-year, or distribute it pro rata as soon as possible. He did not think the company had been fairly treated by some parties, the more so as if the accounts of other railway companies were looked into they would not be thought to be in such a questionable state of affairs. the directors had, he would admit, been led into error because money was cheap, but it was by mere accident, and nothing more. (Oh, oh.) He was as anxious as any man for the integrity of the company, because his friends and relatives held one-fifteenth of the debenture debt. The honour of the directors had never been im peached. (Oh, oh.) After a few other observations, he concluded by formally moving the adoption of the report. Mr. ANDERSON seconded the motion. Mr. JOHNSON said he put it to the directors whether they, as gentlemen, would consent to sit at the board with certain charges hang ing over their heads. (Hear, hear.) He implored the meeting not to come to any hasty conclusion which they would afterwards have cause to regret. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe that if a com mittee was agreed to anything of a fraudulent nature would be discovered ; but that there had been great errors he certainly believed. He thought the best thing the directors could do was to frankly admit that they had been led into error. The meeting had power to amend it, and he hoped it would be done, because, if it was persisted in, the preference de benture holders would be greatly injured. He then moved an amendment to the effect that the com pany would refrain from any extension of capital, or leasing or enlarging their liabilities, and that the directors for the future would be animated by that policy. Serjeant GAZELEE—I wish, before I make any observations, to ask the following question—Will the directors assent to a committee of investiga tion? As gentlemen they ought to ask such an inquiry almost on their knees. I wish a straight forward answer, yes or no, to a straightforward question. The CHAIRMAN—It is not customary. (Uproar.) A SHAREHOLDER—Never mind custom. Give an answer to the question. (Uproar.) The CHAIRMAN—I will read to the meeting the decision of the directors with respect to the matter. Th• hon. gentleman then commenced reading a paper beginning "In deciding not to acquiesce in the proposal for a committee of inquiry—[here such a great uproar arose that the remainder of the state- meat was inaudible.] We however, caught the concluding sentence, which was to the effect that the directors did not think any further investigation of the charges made by Captain Jervis than the replies given quite un necessary. (Uproar.) The chairman told , the meeting they had received such a vast number of proxies that they intended to persevere in their determination. Sergeant GAZELEE said he was surprised at the audacity of the directors. (Cheers and uproar.) He would make one to form any agitation to upset such a decision. (Great uproar.) The proxies forwarded to the directors had been given under a misunderstanding. [We will give the result of the meeting in our late edition.] AUSTRALIA. REUTER'S TELEGRAM. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 23. The Swiftsure, from Melbourne, passed up Channel late last night. She brings 70,000 oz. of gold and 265 passengers. On the 6th ult. she spoke the steamship St. Thom, from Liverpool, bound to St. Thomas. THE LATE GENERAL SIR FREDERICK STOVIN, G.C.8., K.C.M.G.—This gallant officer was born in 1783. He obtained an ensigncy without purchase in the 52d Regiment on the 22d of March, 1800, and proceeded to Ferrol, Cadiz, and thence to Lisbon. In July, 1803, he was appointed to the 28th Regiment, and went to Ireland in October. In January, 1805, ho was appointed brigade-major at Fermoy, and in July and August was with an encampment of 25,000 men on the Curragh, under Lord Cathcart. In October, 1807, he wont to Copenhagen, and marched, 1808, with Sir John Moore to Gottenburg. He was at the battle of Corunna on the 16th of January, 1809. In Juno, 1809, he was aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Mackenzie Fraser, and proceeded to Walcheren. He embarked for Gibraltar in January, 1810, with the 28th Regiment, and when Tarifa was occupied by British troops in April he was sent as second in command. He embarked for Por tugal, July, 1811, with detachments, and was appointed aide-de-camp to Sir T. Picton in October. He was pre sent, January 17, 1812, at the siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo, and on the 6th and 7th of April at the capture of Badajoz, and received brevet of major. He was at the battle of Salamanca July 22, and at the battle of Vittoria, June 21; 1813. Subsequently he sawmuch service in Spain and at New siege and Orleans, w h ere h e was present at the g se and was wounded in the neck. He was appointed deputy adjutant -general Oct. 25, re-embarked on 18th Jan., 1815, landed at Isle Dauphin, and received the news of his ap pointment as K.C.B. He invested Fort Bayer, which sur rendered Feb. 14, returned to England Juno 1, and was immediately appointed to Sir Thomas Picton's staff, but having been ordered to Dublin on special service he was prevented from being present at Waterloo. Having filled various offices in the colonies and at home, in 1835 ho accompanied Prince Alfred to Geneva as superintendent of his studies. In 1859, finding his health begin to fail, he resigned his place at Court, was invested with the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Bath in 1860, and on March 31 in the same year was appointed extra groom in waiting to her Majesty. Sir F. Stovin married Elizabeth Anne, youngest daughter of Sir Sitwell Sitwell, of Renishaw, Derbyshire, who died, without issue, in 1858. KILLING A WIFE BY KNOCKING HER UNDER A RAILWAY TRAIN.—At the Liverpool coroner's court yesterday a verdict of manslaughter was found against a man named William Foran, for falling his wife, Catherine Foran. The man, who is a badge porter, lived with his wife in a court in Chadwick-street, and both were much addicted to drinking. When drunk they frequently quar relled, and the man often struck his wife. On Tuesday they were in Chadwick-street together, and both drunk. A short time before the occurrence that led to her death, he had threatened to give her her death-blow that night. They went along the street, and a train of heavy waggonsthe ro cssed the street on the Yorkshire and Lan cashire Rail way Company's line. A railwa y p orter, seeing that woman was unsteady, laid hold of her and held her ; but the husband struck her a violent blow and knocked her under the trucks. The wheels passed over her breast and neck and killed her on the spot. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. TYRO STAKES. Kingfisher Naide Seven ran. GIMCRACK STAKES Lord of the Vale Split the Difference Esca Six ran. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. YORK RACES -THIS DAY. I , ................. RACING .FIXTURES 'FUR 1865, SEPTEMBEIL Warwick 5 Cheadle Totness and _Bridgetown 6 King's Lynn 6 Leicester 7 Dover 7 Hereford 7 Bridgewater Doncaster Brecon lB RichniOnd Canterbur:, l9 Hendon (W,•lsh Harp) .21 Monm ,, u• 2l Ilaueli,s;(•r Newmarket I st Oct 26 Walsall Lanark OCTO Bedford Caledonian Hunt and Edinburgh . 4 Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Perth Leek West Drayton Kelso Newmarket Ho. AL Worcester Autumn 3l Ltncoln Autumn ... N0TE ...... 2 Liverpool Autumn . Shrewsbury ..... ............... 13 [BER. Warwickshire and Leam ington Hunt AQUATICS. PLYMOpTILTyIviIIotTRTER, Wednesday, 10 p.m. Yesterday, the first day of the regatta, the racing was unimportant, as the weather was very calm, and none of the large yachts had arrived from Torquay. During the night there was much rain, and all day there has been a stiff breeze from the south-west, with heavy squalls occa sionally. In the afternoon a small boat in the Sound carried away her mast, and the Royal Mail, a large boat, put about to assist her. In jibing, being under a press of canvas, she capsized and went down. Mr. Frederick Pridham, jun., solicitor, was picked up by a gig from the Prussian corvette Nymphe, Captain llenk. Mr. C. Whipple, jun., surgeon, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Cheetham, of the Land Transport Corps, were conveyed on board the Prussian gunboat Delphin, Captain Kuhn. The boatman, John Burt, was rescued by an English schooner. Mr. Cheetham died on board the gunboat ; the others have been brought ashore. The schooners' prizes—£2s and £lo—sailed for to-day, were won by the Intrigue and the Gertrudo. For the cup given by the Prince of Wales there is a dis pute between the cutters Vampire and Laura. Pearse's prize was carried off by tho Vespa. The cutter Pearl was first in the Mosquito fleet. The winner of the cutters' prize for £6O is undecided. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF GAS AT LIVERPOOL. --The directors of the Liverpool United Gas Company have determined to reduce the price of gas in the town to 3s. per 1,000 feet, and ix the suburbs to 3s. 4d. FATAL COAL PIT ACCIDENT.--Early on Tuesday morning a collier, named George R. Shaw, was crushed to death in the Bramhill coal pit, at Clifton. Deceased was at work, when a large quantity of stones and earth fell upon him. He was dead before assistance could be rendered. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—At the last sitting M. Elie De Beaumont produced a letter from Professor Zantedeschi, in which the latter vindicated his claith to priority in starting the idea of the application of the elec tric telegraph to meteorology. It appears, from official letters quoted by him, that he had proposed the organisa tion of meteorological observations along all the tele graphic lines of the Austrian monarchy as early as Oct., 1849. M. De Paravey wrote to say that the execution of certain works of .public utility had exercised an in jurious effect on the composition of the Eaux Bonnes (Basses-Pyrenees), which now had lost all their baregino, supposed bythe writer to be the active principle of these springs. A letter was received from M. Emile Duchmine, describing what he calls an "electric buoy" applicable to many marine purposes. This buoy contains a little cylin der of coal, a small plate of zinc, and a bit of cork; this combination, when thrown into the sea, will produce an electric current sufficiently strong to make a bell ring, whereby signals might be transmitted. Some time ago a communication had been received from the Abbe Delpy, announcing his intention of competing for the Breo.nt prize on the plea of his having discovered a remedy for impetigines, without saying what it was composed of, only saying it was liquid sulphur. The Academy having informed him that it would not take any notice whatever of secret remedies, the Abbe now wrote to say that he did not consider his remedy a secret ono, and that he would divulge it, but only in case the Academy should judge it worthy of a prize under the Breant will. After some dis cussion, the Academy resolved to maintain its rule.—A paper by Dr. Koeberle on ovariotomy was presented by Dr. Rayer. On this paper, which treated of the extirpation of an immense tumour, weighing about 601 b., M. Thenard remarked that he knew the lady of Strasburg who had un dergone this terrrible operation, and that six weeks after wards he was astonished to find her up and in perfect health ; the practitioners who had been present at the ope ration had assured him that it was a case in which death appeared inevitable.—Galignani. How CRIME IS INVESTIGATED IN SCOTLAND.—The first and most conspicuous defect is the want of pub licity. All the preliminary investigations, or, as they are technically called, precognitions, are conducted with the profound secrecy of the Inquisition. The examinations at the instance of the .fiscal before the sheriff are secret, the deliberations of the Crown counsel on the matters sub mitted to them are secret. If no trial ensues tho public do not hear a word of the case. This practice may prevent the exposure to obloquy of persons taken up on a false charge, but, on the other hand, it gives the officials concerned a for midable degree of power—the power of improperly conceal big offences and circumstances which the rublic are en titled to know something about, and the discussion of which would be in various ways useful. As an aggravation of this privacy, the accused, or suspected person, on being taken up, is not allowed the benefit of legal advice. He is subjected to repeated examinations without the aid of a soli citor, or the comfort of public sympathy. lam not aware that the authorities use their power oppressively. That would be against the genius of the people ; and anything like wanton tyranny would be surd to meet with public re probation. But a thing may be wrong in principle and in convenient in practice without being a downright atrocity. Admitting, for the sake of argument, that fiscal; sheriffs, and Crown counsel are alike discreet and scrupulous, they undoubtedly wield a power which is contrary to the principles of civil liberty. These blots on the Scottish system are signally observable in the case of inquests. There is no coroner's inquest—that is, no public investigation as regards a sudden or suspicious death—in Scotland. The town or county fiscal, acting as coroner, in stitutes a private inquiry, and the result is submitted to Crown counsel for orders. In other words, all the deaths occurring under suspicious or flagrantly criminal circum stances have to be reported to two or three gentlemen of the law seated privately in an apartment in Edinburgh ; and, as far as any one can understand, these said gentlemen are authorised to do as they like. They may indulgently consign the whole thing to oblivion, or they may bring it above board, seemingly on their own responsibility, which is a good deal like no responsibility at all. Would the English, with their love of publicity and fair play, submit to this lino of procedure ? Would they agree to allow the entire preliminary investigation of homicide to be carried on secretly by local authorities, and the final decision as to whether there should be a trial or not to be also settled secretly by a mysterious conclave—a kind of Star Chamber —at Westminster ? I greatly mistake their character if they would endure anything of the sort. The Scotch sys tem may be paternal, as some are pleased to call it, but it has not the smack of the Anglo-Saxon freedom. It does not seem logical to say that two processes directly the op posite of each other, and operating in the same country, can both be right. If the plan of investigating charges of crime in open court in England be right, the plan of making the same species of investigations secretly in Scotland must be wrong ; and vice versa. We of course all know how in consistencies and stupidities are tolerated, and even thought respectable from long usage. One,however, fails to see why with the universal jumble of interests and feelings in this United Kingdom of ours, there should continue to be such a diversity of legal institutes and customs in London and Edinburgh. According to the Scottish procedure, on inquests especially, the law officers of the Crown 'do themselves less than justice. They ne cessarily are obliged to decide on the narrow grounds presented by the papers transmitted to them, instead of that wider ground which would be offered by a public inquest, when all and sundry knowing anything of the matter would ba able to como forward with their evidence. The comparative value of publicity and secrecy may be judged from certain cases reported in the news papers. A house in London takes fire, and two or three unfortunate inmates are burnt to death. Immediately, w h a t with coroners' inquests, and exami na ti ons b e f ore ma gopnenotceos,urtt,helviwthhoalecrowd of reporters for the community, as it were, i g ,r is e t s r s at t e a s k in in are taken into counsel. Every one has a scrap of evidence bearing on the catastrophe hastens to give it; at all events, the truth comes out somehow, and the ends of justice are satisfactorily served. Mark the contrast. A house takes fire (or tumbles doWn) in Edinburgh ; and there is 1.):.:J of life at which all are horrified. But it is against rule to make a public inquiry. The only information afforded is that " an investigation is going on by the proper authori ties ;" with which gracious intimation people are bound to be satisfied, and ten to one they never hear any more about it. —Fortnightly Review. The quotation of gold at Parts is about It per mille pm., I,nd the short exchange on London is 2.•.22l per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 lis. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.o s that gold is nearly 2-itths per cent. dearer in London titan in Paris. - ,c) Df Mn e, le at ;al ell nt TO ,th all te- her ice, rser ;e a be- PPY linos er of giVO 2t of por ting ruc -1 the itself Bally entre rious good inite light icen id of was siting ailed ;harp erect Ott 10 rhich , and using Lnt of d the r two - COll - social iness, fter a siting radon, `~' 10 100 1 100 100 100 { 100 2 100 100 100 100 10) 100 100 190 100 100 110 100 100 2.1.0 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.'3.6 0.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 4.3.6 371 4.2.0 2.8.0 7.1.6 10 1 6..7 j 18.18.9 30.17.6 3.12.8 8 584 7 1011 951 10C} 1091