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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 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 £26,421, 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'CLocic At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f. 20c. Firmer. The English Stock Market has been well sup ported to-day, and a more buoyant appearance has been perceptible. The Funds have improved upon Purchases for investment, and Consols are quoted 8 9i for money, and 891 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 891 ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. dis to par ; India 5 per Cents., 105 4; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 100 i. Foreign Stocks have been dealt in rather largely, and quotations are rather buoyant. Turkish Conso lides are 481 ; Mexican, 234- ; the New Loan, 22k ; Greek, 201 ; Spanish Passive, 291 1; the Certificates, 1411; Italian, 634 64 ; and the Con federate Loan, 6 8. The American market remains firm. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 69 a ; Erie Shares, 53 ; Illinois, 78k. In the Railway Share Market business has con tinued rather inactive, although prices in several instances indicate an improvement. Great Wes tern, North Western, Llanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln and South Eastern have each a d vance d 4- ; and Great Northern A Stock, 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia tion. Great Luxembourg are Great Western of Canada I, and Madras 5 per Cents. higher. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are rather flat. English, Scottish, and American Chartered have declined to 204 ; London and County are dealt in at 744 ; Hudson's Bay Company, at 154 ; and Royal Mail Steam, at 120. The following are the current quotations of some o f the principal new undertakings :—The New Issue of 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlan tic Telegraph, 2k 2/ per share ; Northern Assam Tea Company's Shares, par k prem. ; Chubwa Tea, par prem. ; London-bridge Land, k dis. Par ; Albert-bridge, 1 1i prem. ; London Jute - Works, 1 prem.; Downs Docks, 1 prem ; Londo n Quays, dis. par ; British India Trust and Agency Corporation, 1 14 prem. ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 3i 3f prem M`Queen Brothers, 1I 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Tier Cent. Consols Do. Account, Sept. 7 1 - ii New 21 per C en t. J an. 1894 89 ii ..... Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 _ Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. fo r 30 y rs, exp i re sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908. lchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 3i per Cent . Cent. 3 dis par Do. £5003 dis ~ Do. £lOO and £200 ''''aiik of England St oc k 5i per Cent Do Account , I 11, 1)1AN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. `ndian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — DO- Account C Do. Do. 5 per ent. July, 1870 Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 120- Certificates — •'-'0- Enf ace d P aper 4 per Cent DDo. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 °. 5 1 per Cent., M a y 1879 — D O. Bonds, 4 p £l,oer Cent., 00 Aug. 1866 — Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ti lls trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — r azilian 5 per Cent Do. 4i. per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 — 1311enos A . yres 6 per Cent _ ~,,D0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ,-.nilia.n 6 per Cent Do. 4.3. per Cent. Colombian 6 per Cent. Lu• ba, 6 p er C en t. . 1 -knish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent, 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid ` Danubian Principalities Do. A ccoun t Do xB6 ka id lador New Consolidated, 1 per Ce n t — • 0., P rov i s i ona l L an d W arrant R''Ptian 7 per Cent — 0., Second Issue 971 8 Do. 1864 9s± 1 4 Do £ lO O Bonds neek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons -ue Account 4 Do. Coupons 114 ternala 5 per Cent. —D o i t 1 . • 1839 and 1850 4 ' 1 ; 411 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 70+ 11 ...., 0 18 65 DO s • t i erip, £671 paid In° spar C £ 1864 ...., 1 . li e ,.crip, £55 paid I:l', c an. 3 per Cent .. Account Do 1864 22/ lj e 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French o French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — 11-entevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid 4 . 1 .00,-4, 1 . ..- ISr e - 4'.. , imperial 5 per Cent W G rana a a D o , 2 per Cent — D -1-)o Deferred p e ° Land Warrants (Hectares) — iZ i c ,ari . 4-1 per Cei.it paid in I, .?crip; £45 paid, paid in Bonds — 11 0 ° 0 Per Cent. (IJribarren) - n 4 per Cent., 186`2 Il i ;?.. Account ' Viguese 3 per Cent., 1853 h ° Account 11 E ° 3 perc ent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, I : ) ; Acct 11 8 ' 0 11 r Cent, 1822, £St per - G '"' h - - 1- per Cent. 1850 57f 7 E° 3 per Cent. 1859 D° 4 4 per Cent., 1860 921 I i - 1 1 ° 5 Per Cent. 1862 ''''':' 5 Per Cent. 1864 134 r, I lish 3 per Cent 47/ 3";° Account .1; . Nov, Deferred 39 4 +-Ye 4.00 t h... •-,....,..., passive 291 tit'u.Account D A 41:101811 Cert. of Coup not funded 14,„.---ecoluat h u ell 4 per Cent. -13 Account T D o 41 ..... ' ' s i, 2- Per Cent. 1864 lirki— u Cent. 1854 D o Per - - A ccount .b° 6 per C ent. 1858 / o ° o Acco 74 unt 79 D o 4„1.00 Bonds 12,0•11. per Cent 731 2/ D o u,, Per Cent. 1862 j) 1-ce-01.1nt D °lo o B ds on 734 i 44 _— Do Per Cent., 1863 b_ 0 Per Cent. 1865 44} 1:101 XlOO Bonds dis 1),„ g cr iP, .£35 paid Ir e - `-nlarsoteed, 4 per Cent — liezuela 3 1) 0. . e per Cent. be.. Ac ount 4EI I 6 per Cent, 1861 A tist . Dividends on the above payable in London. Bei ilitn, per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins - 33 (I ia 4 ' 4 } Per cent Ex. 25 L tteohp per Cent., ' Lc. 12 Gu ll 614 1,44., „per Cent Certificates 67f 50c cu lientes, 41 per Cent. 1,a1.0 Account -- 0. ei Per Acc oun t a nt.,ll6l, EE. a 634 to ogol s ....... 1 be. sepi: ............ ................. 8 , 4 4 ............................. 11 ... R E B E , 4 O'CLOCK. IdiVe o --- • t This Day. rpol Cotton Marks 000 bal e .._...._____— 8 kark s et quiet, and the sales will probably foot up ). 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 38 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. fat Ljesty's th her . 21. 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Only p the ir for the e rittq a g Of 9 SHARE MARKETS--This day. Share/ Railways. Bir., Wol. & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no div, till6p.c.p.an.has 111.0%. been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Pcrth, & A b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. •t Great North of Scotland Great Northers D A stock Do. B dO Do. New. is. at 25 pa, Gt S. and IV. of Ireland Gt. Western Original . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxiord Do. Newpo, t Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coas Lon., Chat., and Dove Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan.... Do. New Midland Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Noi th British Do. Ed., Pth ,:& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchabe Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock.& Darling D. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 .. North Staffordshire _ . N. & S. W. Junction . Scottish G.ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stick . 4 11 , ews Wcichpool Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern italnes, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale or Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw W.Hartlepool Han& EL Do. A irredeemable ; Do. A redeemable all 100 1( 0 110 all all 1 all all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 'Co ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 149 8 i 664 I A i SO Ff. L2si ii 5 i 966 55 1 6 134 3 & ) 79. ) IPaid.l Cp r f ee in . g I Business BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence I Born.,Baroda..v Cen.ln (u. 5 per cent Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference f Buff.,Brant, & Goderich I 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta dc t. E., Rm 'ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p! Mast. Beir 4 al, gu ' 5 do East If, chat), gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extcnsion Grand Trunk of Canach Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist eref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d PAL Bonds Do. do. deft rred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred .. Do. 4th Pret. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. Gua. 5 per cent.. Po. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India (11m., gua. 5 per cent D 4} per cent Do ...... Great Wes. of Canada Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. Si do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4f do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B pc Ist pf bds Scindc .. • .... Do. De1hi . ,,,,,. d Do. do ti Do. Puniaub..., Eus Do. Indus St. Flo " 96 98 1331 134, 6 6 61 66 16 17 HO 111 46 47 74 83 131 132 147 148 128 L 32 86 F 8 66 67 63 65 41 16 40 15 105 (07 1171 11 4 OD 92 103 105 39 11 125 32 91 101 Oli 55 133 133 i 2} S p 130 131 99 101 51 58 z 4 16 111 112 68 6 103 104 37 331 10 11p 121 123 1i 2 is), 75 77 11 12 143 152 57 5 61 63 57 59 78 SO 8 10 L 5, 157 3 (p, LO6 107 19 51 ,SIGNS. 57 AO 101 102 i io II 41 9 19 99 101 70 75 100 102 101 102 IC3 104 i ill) 18 Pi E 8 90 64 66 5i 60 56 58 50 52 43 46 38 42 25 17 24 26 1 1 103 104 2P 2P 104 101 i 11/ 12k 8 i Sid 0 92 82 84 1 4d 101 102 95 97 9i 92 63 65 82 81 99 4 ‘ooa 991 1001 hoi *1 T SECU. 97 98 95 97 98 100 84 85 82 84 103 105 106 108 108 110 106 108 It 3 105 109 111 103 105 107 tOR 107 109 102 104 95 97 91 101 93 95 90 91 102 104 83 85 [NES. 9 10 25 27 560 580 COLONIAL GOVERNMEN' British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 187744 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1 )0.5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p inscribed sk Cape G. Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 Du. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: 1690-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p, c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, May 15, N0v..6 Natal qov. o per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. dp.l uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c. 18:1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18n84' Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, ,spril & Oct BRIT II C= Consol. Gold, Um IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett allogan) East Cara,lon lot Carn Brea East Grenville East Loved • • • E. W'i Russell (Tavlstk Gam .& StA übyn(G wen. Gr. at L , xey, limited.. Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Vor Grenvil.e Herod's Foot Hingston I:owns Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, lie, Nang( les .. New - Seton North Downs.. North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (II logan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Pr. vidence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Lq3keard West C hi rer ton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Butler (Redruth Whea Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal I 1 it 13 11 11 2 SO 52 470 490 15 2' 13 15 171 18! 0} 7., 10 12 75 8 170 180 75 80 28 30 3.12.81 8 584 4 6 200 205 17 18 ILEFERENON suAßlcs. London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1. 107} London and N.Western, Bedford and Cambridge, 90 South Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.6), 23 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &c., , h per cent., 1858, 981 Ditto, new, 1863, 981 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 214 Midland, Bradfoid Pref. Stock, 93 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Dutch Rhenish, 23i Great Luxembourg, 151 4 FOREIGN MINES, Frontino and Bolivia Gold, Um., 3} General, 22. Waahoe Gold, lim., Ditto, (.£3), 6 BANKS. Agra and Misterman's, Urn., 561 Albion, 6/ I alliance, 2 6} Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 20 is paid., 221 Si Australasia, 761 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and Chins,. 241 4 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 22/ Consolidated Bank, lim., 10 / English, Scoich, and Australian Chartered, 20/ European Bank, Um., 11 Imperial Ottoman, 15} lonian, 26/ London and County, 74/ London and South African, 17 London and 11 estminster, 951 5 National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and id issue, 444 Standard of British South Africa, 11 Ditto, issued at 6 pm., 21 Union of Australia, 154 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 I Ceylon Company, it Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of kngland. East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim., 4 Egyptian Corn and Trading, ban., 31 i Pair)) iirn Engineering, 6 Hudson's Bay, 15, Interational wand Credit. lirn.. 6} Joint Stock Discount, Urn.. 8 London Financial Association, Urn., 22 dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 19 Ottoman Gas, lim., Overeud, Gurney, and Co., lim., ICI . I Royal Mail Stearn, 120 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., 1/ FATAL COAL PIT ACCIDENT.—EarIy on Tuesday morning a collier, named George R. Shaw, was crushed to death in the Brarahill coal pit, at Clifton. Deceased was at work, when a large quantity of stones and earth fell upon him. lie was dead before assistance could be rendered. OSSE 103 f } ,ITIES. 100 100 101 100 100 1021 109} :su M. 2.1.0 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 602 all 1.1.0 8.13 4.3.6 371 4.2.0 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.9 30.17.6 3C 81 THE SUB, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEINIt G, A UGUST 24, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. The Dreadful Tragedy in Southwark. COURT OP 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 about .000, and the bankruptcy is ascribed to insufficiency of income. Various debts were proved. No day named for next meeting. The dreadful tragedy which was enacted yester day morning at No. 10, Skin Market-place, Bank side, 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, aro 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. _ _ 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 bad 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 wore 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 CAEMAN.-FAIRFLELD V. The inquest will be held to-morrow (Friday). 11013 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 eyes ya o en u s g r nn w gd e w l t l o - i t t h r w a d printsa l w i t aa t n l yed the p p h a r t t ti m e o r r g re e as you oh y us ruo to r b bookstalls us hile For all that, however, though the modern style of travelling allows us to see as little of the world as the bags and portmanteaus that follow us in the trucks, there is no doubt but the road has an 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--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 com mis - 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 facd of a MitiisteliPl6iliotentiary. 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 athis 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 brouglit me to travel twice on successive Sundays on the line between Frankfort and Barn berg, and I may well say that I have, on those days, learnt to know by sight three-fourths of the Fran conian people. Such multitud es as I saw gathered -Ars Bc e h c a . f a e rneb certainlyurg , Wurtz burg, not t lets of thei r respect i ve ettetthe door of th e i r cat h edrals together at the stations o -np f f a ttboo t u rw n m bge a 's mass-entime Schweinfurt, o dt r ha ey v nsnLploaeir a market-place . 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 of ter. 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- 'an abandon, what a depth c ent' affectionatewhat an expansion of ' of imperturbable good nature in this charming Teu tonic race ! Here are whole rows of genuine feelings, enj oy m m l e a n t t 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 down from yonder second-class carriage. There is a clamour of voices, a smacking o f ki sses , 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, bewigged and spectacled, bow-. ing and swaying, with hats down to the Found, ' , 1 THIPD FI)ITION 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 ! Independent of the pleasure of loco motion and change of air, the good German has SUN OFFICE,' 7 o'CLocl. ,SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. YORK RACES —This DAY. TYRO STARES: Kingfish©r Naiad 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 are sitting eaters and standing eaters ; there are peripatetic eaters, customers for the milch-brod and gain/an, 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. Seven ran. GIMCRACK STAKES, Lord of the Vale.. Split the Difference Esca Six ran. SAPLING STAKES. 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 hanging 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 Wiesbaden. 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 . Mayence, 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. Mr. Pitt Blue Riband NURSERY HANDICAP. ................... 0 1 ................... 0 2 Locket Lucy Amazon Rococo Fifteen ran. GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES. Klarinska Broomielaw.. Nightwatch.., Five ra u. ASKE PRODUCE STAKES. 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 w 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 thdhbveLs 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.—Tho 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 are in good demand, and American specifications are gradually increasing 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 m ar k e t s con ti nue t o t a k e i ncre ased quantities. Prices are fairly maintained. The Lantwit and Rhondda Valley house-coal collieries are not in many instances on inland sale. time, owin g t o th e f a lli ng off in the local and sale. The other branches of trade are in about the same state as last week. LEICESTER, 231—There is a seasonable amount of business doing in hosiery. Plain goods are in requ es t , 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, on 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 lings. The cotton lace trade is flat. Very 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. Esca.. CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE, Sylph Vabalathus Voluptas Fourteen ran. MEMBERS' PLATE. W.O. Effie 1 Jupiter 2 Five ran. YORK CUP. Ely LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. ST. LEGER. 11 to 8 agst Gladiateur (taken) 7to 1 agst The Duke (taken) Bto 1 agst Regalia (taken) 10 to 1 agst Klarinska (taken) 10 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) PLYMOUTH RACES—Tins DAY. UNITED SERVICE PLATE. Antoinette Ace of Trumps Roarer Broadway FIRST BIENNIAL STAKES. Endsleigh - Swift SALTRAM STAKES. Pearl Diver Moose Salpinctes Five ran. SECOND BIENNIAL STAKES. Kingsley Ropley El Ole 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; Mr. 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 their 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 negociations 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 alight 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. Ihe 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. (Heal:, 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, their liabilities, and that th e o r leasing or enlargi ng 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 CIIAIRMAN—I will read to the meeting the decision of the directors with respect to the matter. The 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- ment was inaudible.] We however, caught the concluding sentence, which was to the effect that the directors did not think any 'urther 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 de termination. 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 proxies s uch a decision. (Great uproar.) The forwarded to the directors had been given under a misunderstanding. He put it to the meeting whether, under such circumstances, they were jus tified in using them to stifle inquiry. (Hear, hear, ..•••••••=.l and uproar.) He should move as an amendment to the resolution of the Chairman—That a com mittee of investigation be appointed. (Loud cheers and confusion.) The amendment was seconded, after which a very angry discussion arose between the supporters of the board and those who disapproved of their conduct. Capt. JERVIS defended the course he had taken, and condemned generally the conduct of the direc tors in making the bargain they had done. The CHAIRMAN, in reply, said that Captain Jervis was himself a. party to the issuing the 5 per of which he now so greatly disapproved. Captain JERVIS denied that it was so. The CHAIRMAN said he was quite warranted in making the statement he had. With respect to the charges made against the directors-(Here the confusion was again renewed, and the chairman said, as the meeting felt indisposed to hear him, he would at once put the amendment. The amendment of Sergeant Gazelee was then carried by an immense majority. A poll was then demanded on the part of the directors, it being intimated that the proxies in the possession of the board would be used. It was then arranged that the poll should open at once, which was done, and the meeting was then adjourned until Tuesday next. The report of the directors therefore yet remains to receive the approval of the shareholders. london, Chatham, and rover Railway. - -- - MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly general meeting of this company was held to-day at the Grosvenor Hotel, Victoria Station; Lord Sondes, the chairman of the company, presiding. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that he had only a few observation s to offer The traffic certainly was not as large as they had reason to expect, which was owing to two causes. In the first place, the works at the Victoria Station were not complete, which occasioned much inconvenience to the public, and much loss to the company. The next and most im portant cause was the want of the completion of the link lino with the Metropolitan extension line. They had been prepared to effect their junction with the Metropolitan line and to run into their station, but the Metropolitan were not ready to receive them, and would not be able to do so before the Ist of November next. But, notwithstanding the drawbacks the company had sustained, their traffic had increased to a considerable 3 I extent. The report was then adopted. The Murder of Major De Vere. The coroner's inquest upon Major Francis De Vere was held to-day at the Sun in the Wood Tavern, Chatham. The principal witness ex amined was Lieutenant George Durnford, who stated that the deceased was captain in the Royal Engineers and major in the British army. He was thirty-six years of age. He was standing near at the time and heard the shot, after which he saw the major fall. A sapper named Mason said the man who had fired the shot was in the house. He went to an upstairs front room, and there found Sapper John Currie of the Royal Engineers standing in the room by himself. There was a smell of burnt powder in the room. He said to him " Did you do this ?" and he replied, " Yes, sir." The other witnesses who were examined yes terday before 'the magistrates having given their evidence, the jury returned a verdict of wilful mur der against John Currie. Bank of England Return.•—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to t' cap. 32, for the week ending IBSUS DEI Notes issued ........X27,9=0,775, she Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1865. P RTMEN T. .£27,920,775; BANKING D eioprietors' Capi-____ Government Debt £11,015,1( 0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,270,775 Silver .... f 27,9 0,775 „ - - , EPARTUSTIT. Government Secu rities (including Dead NV eightAn milt)/ £10,384,209 Other Securities 21,413,9.9 Notes Gold and silver 930,35 t Coin tai £14.553.000 st Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis- miasioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 5,58?,243 Other Deposits 14,714,565 6even Day and other Bills 534,431 £35,E93,142 I IY, ► 438,893,142 % MILLER, Chief Cashier. Aug. 24, 1865. AQUATICS. PLYMOUTII REGATTA. PLYMOUTH, 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 Henk. Mr. 0. Whipple, jun., surgeon, Mr. Glyn, Mr. Courtney, and Mr. Cheatham, of the Land Transport Corps, were conveyed on board the Prussian gunboat Delphin, Captain Kuhn. Th e boatman, John Burt, was rescued by an English schooner. Mr. Cheetham died on board the gunboat ; the others have been brmght ashore. _ _ _ Theichooners' prizes—X2s and LW—sailed for to-day, were Won by the Intrigue and - the Gertrude. 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 the Vespa. The cutter Pearl was first in the Mosquito fleet. The *inner of the cutters' prize for £6O is undecided. 1 COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. —A serious collision took place on the Great Northern Railway, this morning, near Potter's-bar station. The night mail train from Edinburgh ran into a "muck" train which had been but imperfectly shunted. None of the travellers by the mail were injured, although some of them were very much frightened. 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, he was appointed brigade-major at Fermoy, and in July and August was with an encampment of 25,000 men on the Curmgh, 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 June, 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 For- 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 saw much service in Spain and at New Orleans, where he was present at the siege 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 June 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 he accompanied Prince Alfred to Genev a as superintendent of his studies. In 1859, finding his health begin to fail, he resigned his place at Court, was invested with the insi gn i a oftlieGrand Cross of the Bath in 1860, and on March 31 in the same year was appointed extra groom i n wa iti ng liSitwell ozfabeßethnisAhnanwe: a d j a e u s g ty h . ter Sir f F. Sir r to s v it in married Derbyshire, who died, with ou t i ssue, in 1858. youngestt to her 3f 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 killing 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 waggons crossed the street on the Yorkshire and Lancashire Rail way Company's line. A railway porter, seeing that the woman was unsteady, laid hold of her and helu but her; the husband struck her a violent blow and knocked her under the trucks. The wheels passed over her breast ant neck and killed her on the spot. 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. One 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. MARLBOROUGH-STREET„ ROBBERIES AT ,COFFEE-HOUSES.—John m Wi e l an d , a re spectably-dressed an, 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, neat 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. Ile asked tho 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. 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. lie 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 161bs. 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. Ho convicted him of tho 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 11, 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 of the work house in Ratcliff. Tho 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 pointed 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. 1864 Great Western ... x 76,089 ,E 76,413 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 ... 46,926 46,818 Bristol and Exeter ... 8,073 7,551 North Eastern ... ••• 75,285 72,736 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,142 18,544 Great Eastern ... 33,566 31,966 London, Chatham, and Doyer... 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. ~,,, 100 {lOO 2 100 100 1011 1 951 10C} 102 1031 i 12}