The Sun. — London, England, 1866-07-28 00:00:00

91;iiralw — ! )rs who the fort arly, to Bersag -1 be an to have soldiers is done, . There and 1 to post L uce to e h you. ►ing for made it have ; so , for cow- Le panic arriva middle Ls were ••••.......V. kr day. ,n with tanley. we out rincess in the drove iy and aranee .al es• e even ten ing rs liras men ; the rat.- the about Lg h to which 3etillg Hyde have )olicel given °pie. ;tidy° ,t the use of Rowe posed next .eting in all 3 e ales dr. J • LW.le) , if the with' e nrol F Mr• TONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL iiiiTtLLiti..tv:.ll. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market has only been moderately ac tive, as usual on Saturday. Some few bills, which were held over in case of a reduction on Thursday, have been brought forward for negotiation, and the rates have remained firm at Bto 10 per cent. For short -dated choice paper the quotations have been as much as one or two per cent. lower. The specie movement during the week has been of an extraordinary character. The imports have amounted to about 091,604, including arrivals from New York, Australia, the West Indies, and the Continent, while the exports have been chiefly to the Continent, through private sources, estimated at £909 , 805. The bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday afternoon were not of public interest. At the Union Bank of Australia yesterday the tenders for the balance of the Queensland Loan, £446,350, in 6 per cent. debentures, were opened, and £116,000 sold ; the remainder is for the present On sale at the maximum of £B5. A final call of £2 10s. has been made by the directors of the Great Western Railway of Canada upon the new shares, upon which £lB has been paid. The half-yearly dividend on the British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph Company's Shares has been de clared at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. The General Credit and Finance Company have announced an interim dividend of 2s. per share. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received, on account of the New Granada dividends, from the Custom-house at Santa Marta (which includes $16,420 from Rio Hacha) £3,356 12s. 2d. The East Indian Railway 'traffic receipts for the week ending 10th June, 1866, upon 1,1291 miles open—Coaching, £8,415 9s. 4d. ; merchan dise, £22,945 ss. ; total, £31,360 14s. 4d. Corre sponding week in previous year upon 1,105} miles open —Coaching, £10,879 12s. sd. ; merchandise, £15,177 ss. 6d. ; total, £24,056 17s. 11d. The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great Western Railway for the first week in July were $96,110, against $91,563 in the same period in 1865, which shows an increase of $4,547. Two O'CLOCK. Only a few transactions have taken place to-day in the British Funds, and there is a degree of steadi ness denoting confidence among investors and specu lators. Consols are at 881 } for money, and 88} for the account. The probable cessation of war on the Continent, and the prospect of easier money, are exercising a favourable influence. The firmness of the present Government also contributes to the stability of values. Business in the Foreign Stock Market has been rather dull, but prices generally have shown an upward tendency. Turkish 5 per Cents. have ad vanced Ito 274 281 ; Mexican, 1 to 171 ; Greek Bonds, 4to 11} 121 ; Spanish Passive, 1 to 20} 214 ; and the Certificates, I to 141 151, while the Italian Loan of 1861 has declined Ito 521 ; and the Brazilian Scrip, 1 to 3 21 discount. Business in the Railway Share Market has been v ery dull, and prices generally have shown a down ward movement. Metropolitan and North British have each declined 4, Brighton and North Western ea ch and Great Northern I. The Foreign and Colonial lines are flat. Grand Trunk of Canada have receded 1, to 201. B ank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet. Alliance is quoted 211 ; London Chartered of Australia, 22 1 ; Union of London, 451 ; Credit oncier an d M o bili er o f E ng l an d , 40 5 ; Atl an tic .V Telegraph Company, 38 4 ; and Telegraph Con struction and Mantenance Company, 12. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES ~ G OVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols • D o. Account, J u ly 10. u Per Cent. Reduced B7i 1 New 3 per Ce n t B7l 1 '\ w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 -- A per Cent. Jan. 1873 — a nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do, for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — - - - - ' March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cont. — Do. £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent — D 0 Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 0 rad ian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 22 Do. Acco un t D o. 5 p er C ent. J u l y, 1870 uo• 4 Do. C e rtifi cates er C Oct. 1888 Do.DoEnlaced Paper 4 per Cent — . 5 p er Cent, Jan. 1872 . 5 per C., May 1879 _ Do Do. D / eb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 . Bonds, £l,OOO — Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm Bra Aus zi tri anian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 l 5 per Cent — DO. 4 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do Do. 1865 1863 71 . / 2 D o Account — Do• £lOO Bonds die 8 • Scrip, £55 paid h ui : e i l e l' i ao:BlAyres n 6 d peer Cent O D° 1 per Cent. (D e f erre d 3 per C en t ) 4-'O. 4 6 per C en t — 1 per Ro• 6 per Cent Cent — O 1 ° 8e6 1 3 , £75 paid Cu b rnbian 6 per Cent. — ri a, ; 1 6 Per Cent. 'tsu 3 per Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities ~, Do• Ac count — lador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — D O ., Provi s i onal Land Warrant — K • o eferred g Y pti D an 7 per Cent B6l 1)0 -, Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds BB Do. 1864 B5/ Do £lOO Bonds — Do. D reek Do• Governent Railway Debentures. 81 U Do. £6O paidm 5 per Cent s ., 1824-5, ex C oupons die Account Do. Coupons Do. Account ttuatemala 5 per C en t. It 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account — Do. Maremmana Railway Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 l4/ Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French M ontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Do Land Warrants (Hectares) New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent~ 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3. 43/ Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B7/ Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Bardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive l9i 0 Do Account — 'Pauish Cert. of Coup not funded ll / Do Acc oun t — Swedish 4 per Cent. — ~.. Do. 4 per Cent. 1864 Do t ors 6 per Cent. 1854 B3l Account _ Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do £lOO Account £ l OO Bonds — 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account — Doßond s — 6 per Cent , 1863 — D ° 5 per Cent.,. 1865, paid up Scrip 27/ 8/ Do Account ._ Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuel 3 per Cent. — Ditto account — Po 6 per Cent., 1862 — 1)0. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 34/ Divideuas on the above payable in Lundoia. A.ustrisn, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 2) l3 `'igian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. D°utc ' 2 it per eAnt. Ex. 12 Gull, — Certificates ... ?reach Routes 3 per Cent. _ ittlia. 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2sf. •Dcs• Account • Ci ongols fo r money TWO O'CLOCK.BBi j;1 0. ACCOUnt, ........... • 88i i• • SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Hallways. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. p ail ! Closing Business I Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun,Perth, & A b.Junc &London, nerip Certi IJO. Glasgow & S. Western Great. Eastern, c ►rd. 80: Do. E. Angl: st. No. •? Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pu, GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxiord Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lanoashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., liritih.,& S Coast Lon., c hat., and Dovcr Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Sher., & Lincoln Metropolitan.. ..... Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and st. John's W'd Mid and Do. £9 Share DO, Birmin.. & Derby stid Kent .. North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. N th. Eastern—Berwici, Do. Ci.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 D0..c0. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Alia. stock Shropshire Union South Devon , outh E stern 4taines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH Atlantic&St.Lawrence I ► l Bona. Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. 1' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Vreterence B uff, Bran t, & G oderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- •••••• • • Calcutta & S. E., Bin a. e Town & Dock, gu Oemerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben. al, gu., 5 do East I..diati, gu. p.e.l Do. ,1 Extension .I ',rand Trunk of Canada, Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds' 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist -'ref. Bonds Do. do deferred „ Do. 2d 1;:i: Oncis: Do. do. dettrred Do. 3d Pref. stook... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 0. Gus. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. tit. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do 'rest W. s. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. e. Bds. pay 1873 uo. 5 3 do. pay. 1877-8.. 1 Indian Branch, limited, Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extensiou %lelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. Az Hudson's Bay N. Rl. C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs Scinde • Do. Delhi Do. do . tg Do. Puniaub... • Do.lndus St. Flo 90 92 122 124 15 15 13 15 4 8 87 70 70 72 112 114 C 9 30 5 6 121 123 129 131 53 34 34 123 :23i 92 9k 21 23 1184 119 92 'O3 58 60 131 ;32 2 3p H 138 90 Vsi 128 1/ 2 p 9a i 7 54 56 3 25 107 109 69 71 104 106 35 36 9 11 p 119 /21 1 2p 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 154 65 67 46 48 87 68 76 8 14 145 2 3 100 .04 53 65 694 G. ,SIONS. 62 54 93 100 4 44 76 Si 76 80 55 60 100 102 94 IGO* it& 101 if3i igi 85 87 67 tiO 58 55 5u 55 45 SO 40 45 37 41 25 27 23 25 105 1t , 7 f 11 t. 98 100 91 93 15k 151 5 91 9, 33 83 11 01,1 98 09 ?9 01 85 87 8 82 96 97 96 97 1 95 96 T S ECU. 02 94 93 95 91 96 75 77 75 77 99 131 102 104 10 104 100 103 86 8 - J 100 102 105 1.7 102 104 103 105 id fO3 163 105 97 100 90 in 90 92 90 05 83 R 5 92 94 73 75 94 96 90 93 102 ►O4 IC3 105 1034 22 3} II MINES. 8 7 5 7 425 445 * I 12 14 7 8 I 1 2 3 84 74 3 34 19 _0 18 22 1} 2 33 35 31 32 4 et 31 41 2i lid 35 45 2 4 t 1 20 25 325 375 174 t2k 9 11 nsi 5.17.0 3 5 1 2 6 7 65 70 lus 115 80 85 10 15 3 5 .45 155 8 10 FRKFERENCE SRA RES AND STOCKS Great Northern, 5 per cent., 112 hild Consolidated, 6 per cent . stock, Dirt°. Bristol and Bum., 6 per cent., 1291 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 78i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Hull and Selby, 110 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 13} South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15R f FintEIGN Cape Copper, lim.. 81 Don Pedro, Nunn Del Rey, par Port Philip,3 St. John ael Rey, lim., 43 BANKS Alliance, lim.. 2li 1 Australasia, 6 c 7} City, 10 Consolidated Bank, Um., 41 f Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 3i Imperial Bank, lim.. 25} imperial Ottoman, 8} London Chartered Bank of Australia, 221} London and estminster, 94} Midland Bank, lim., 17i National Provincial of England. Ditto, 2d and 3d issue, 40 391 Oriental Banx Corporation, 43 Union of London, 45} DOCKS. I. ondon and st. Katharine, 684 94 3116CICLLANBOUb. Anglo-American Telegraph, , 21 Ati ante relegrapti, li p,r cent . g - ua., 41 B. and I. M a _ ne tt ° T e l egra ph , lira., BO Ceylon Company, 91 Credit roncler and Hobilier of England, 41, 15 Crystal Palace, 37 Discount Corporation. 7 Egyptian £om. and Trading, 3i London Financial Association. Rm.. 13 Natal Lana and Colonization Co, lim, 2 Nr.tional Discount ompanY. 13 Oriental Inland steam, 1* Rio deJaneiro City Improvements, 214 Telegraph Constructkn and Maintenance, bm., Ditto (£l2), , 2 Waarrant Finance Em., 2/ Liverpool Cotton Market —'phis Day, Market ra th er b etter, an d t h e sales will pro , bably f oo t up 10,000 bales. A Frankfort letter, speaking of M. Charles de Rothschild, narrates the following :—" The celebrated capitalist waited on General de Manteuffel and said, ' We shall not pay. Pillage our cellars if you like, but you will not find there your 25 millions of florins. And, if you do so, I give you my word that I will cause all the signatures that I hold of the Prussian bankers to be protested, so that all your banks shall fail.' The general had some idea of having M. do Rothschild arrested, but did not carry out that noble design. M. de Rothschild left on the 24th for Paris with M. Salignac-F6alon, Minister of France." COLONIAL GOVERNME,) British Columbia, 6 perl cent., Dec. 31, 1372 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-b4 Do. . 6 5 p. c. Feb. & Aug p. c. Mar. & Sept 1)0. 5 p. o. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9, Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 i Do. 5 per cent. 15 April ana 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.e Do. 1878, do Stauritius, f, p. a, 1873, lan. and July Do. I - 78 /0. 1882, May i 5, Nov. • Do. 1895, Feb. & AuZ .Natal • ,ov. o per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July N. 8. W. Gov. 5 p c.,186n Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to 187,, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 ..iueensiand Gov. 6 p. c 0. Aua.Gov. 6 p,c 1868- Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, is pril & Oct BRITIS Cam. Consul. cold, Um. Chiverton Clifford A malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. iJrake walla.. East Bassett (Illogan) mast Caradon East, Cam Brea s.ast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Love,l E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Ur, at L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal ousy G. Wheal Vor Heist o Grenville Herod's Foot •••• llingston Downs Margaret Uny Lelant. Clarke Valley twyndy Iron Ore, Ne-v Se tun North Roskear V. Wh'l Bassett (Illogah North Whe.,l Crotty Prosper United ', Pr vidence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft 7igra and Clogan, lim West Kassett (Mogan W. Caradon (I ,, skeard West Chiverton ....... . West Setou Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth, Wheal Mary Ann (Men., Wheal Seton .......... Wheal Trelawney all 14.9.6 40 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.0 13.17.6 4.1“.4) I v;ii 181 4.4.0 2.13., 7.1. d 10.6.7 li 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 all 118 I 17i 93 131 29j 1001 21 101 98i 7f IT I li S. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1866. The Double Murder by a Mother in Somers Town. ADJOURNED INQUEST (THIS DAY.) This morning, at half-past ten, Dr. Lankester, the Cen tral Middlesex coroner, resumed the inquest, at the Rising Sun, 120, Euston-road, on the bodies of Emma and Agnes Butcher, who were drowned by their mother on the morn ing of Saturday last, at Mrs. Sophia Skudder's, a chand ler's shop, Wilstead-street, Somers-town. The inquest on Tuesday had been adjourned for the attendance of the mother, but this morning Inspector Fraser stated that the medical man certified that she was not in a fit state to be moved out of the house at present. The following certi ficate was then put in :—" This is to certify that Mary Butcher, aged 39, who is in this infirmary, has had a very bad night, and is not in a fit state this morning to attend the coroner's court.—W. F. Butt, M.R.C.S., Surgeon to the St. Pancras Infirmary, July 28, 1866." Inspector Fraser said that ho had himself seen the woman, who was very ill. John Brown said he was a carpenter, and lived at 67 Willstead-street. On Saturday morning he heard a groan ing in the back yard. He knew Mrs. Butcher, and ob served that she had changed her manners in the last week, being abrupt in her tone towards the lodgers. About half past six witness found her in the water-butt in a half sit ting posture, with the water up round her neck. He knocked a hole in the tub and let the water out, and ulti mately she was got out quite insensible. Margaret Brown, wife of last witness, said Mrs. Butcher had been very dull lately. On Saturday witness saw her after she had been taken out of the tub. On Monday wit ness saw Mrs. Butcher at the workhouse. She asked for her children, and said, " Where's the children ? I want to suckle the baby, you know it don't feed." She also said, " Bill tells me they are at their grandmother's," and wit ness said, " Yes, they were taken there on Satur day." Witness went into the room, and the chil dren were• found to be quite dead. The husband found the children dead and in the bed, and took the eldest out and carried the child about, saying, " Oh, my poor pretty angel, she's dead, she's dead." Wm. Butcher, the husband, said the children were in bed and asleep when he left. The Coroner put it to the jury to decide whether they would have any further adjournment, and to this the jury agreed, and an adjournment was decided on. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. ' COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde without Juries.) CLINTON V. CLINTON. In this case Lady Clinton obtained a divorce from Lord Thomas Clinton, brother of the late Duke of Newcastle, and alimony had been awarded her at the rate of £llO a year, the income of the husband being £4OO a year. Dr. Tristram, on the part of the petitioner, now applied for a suit of attachment against the respondent, who had not paid the alimony, and was at present in England. The Ceurt granted the writ. WHITE V. WHITE AND BROOKS, This was an undefended suit by the husband, who for merly carried on business as a surgeon in Charles-street, Haymarket, for a dissolution of marriage on account of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, a private in the Dragoon Guards. Mr. Inderwick was counsel for the petitioner. It appeared that the respondent was the daughter of an officer in the British army, and the marriage was solem nised in 1853,b0th t he parties being young at the time. There were three children issue of the marriage, and for some time the parties lived on good terms, but the respondent shortly became addicted to intemperance, and was in the habit of going to publichouses in the Haymarket and returning home drunk. Her conduct at last became so bad that the petitioner was compelled to separate from her, and provided her with respectable lodgings in April, 1863, but she did not remain there long, for the landlady could not put up with her intemperance. In the month of August, 1865, she went to her husband and demanded money. She was accompanied by a man, and was ulti mately traced to a lodging-house in Drury-lane, when she was discovered under circumstances that left no doubt of her criminality. The Court pronounced the decree nisi. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ---This Day. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FORGERY.— Richard Nott, an elderly man, who was arrested in Croydon, and who has been recently living in Princes-road, Notting-hill, was charged with forging a bill of exchange for the payment of £3O. Mr. James Scott, of the firm of Scott and Cook, leather merchants, 30, Minories, said he received a bill of exchange from the prisoner soon after it was drawn. It was dated the 16th of September, 1865, for £3O, and purported to be drawn by Mr. Nott on W. Esterbrook, of Taunton. It purported to be accepted by W. Esterbrook, and was in dorsed by the prisoner and by the firm of Scott and Cook. He paid the bill away in the regular course of business, and it was returned to him dishonoured. He sued Mr. Esterbrook, the alleged acceptor, who said the signature was a forgery. In cross-exami nation the witness said he did not know the prisoner was living at Princes-road, Notting-hill, since the bill was re turned to him. He would swear the bill was not in Ester brook's writing. The prisoner had said the acceptance was not in the handwriting of Esterbrook. He told the prisoner the acceptance was not in the handwriting of Esterbrook, and the prisoner said the acceptor was his first cousin, and had authorised him to sign his name to the bill. He was not aware that Mr. Esterbrook, of Tiverton, was the prisoner's cousin. The prisoner was remanded. MARKETS. --This Day. COVENT GARDEN. increased supplies of fruit are on sale, and the show of vegetables is somewhat extensive. The trade is steady at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 5s to 6s; grapes, 2s Gd to ss; cherries, Os 3d to Os 9d per lb ; apples, is Gd to 2s 6d ; gooseberries, 2s Od to 3s Od ; currents, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; plums, 3s Od to 3s Gd per half sieve ; strawberries, cd to 9d ; raspberries, 5d to 9d per punnet ; oranges, 8s to 14s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 8s per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; white do., 10d to is 6d; cauliflowers, is to 2s Gd; horseradish, 1s to 2s Od per doz heads; greens, 2s 6d to 3s Od; turnips, 2s to 2s Od ; carrots, 3s Gd to 4s Od ; onions, 9d to 1s Gd per dozen bunches ; cucumbers, 3d to is Od each • peas, Os 9d to 1s 3d ; French beans, 2s 6cl to 2s 6d per half sieve ; new potatoes, 8s to 14s per cwt ; cos lettuces, Gd to 10d per score, POULTRY. Geese, 4s Gd to Gs 6d; goslings, 5s 6d to 7s Od; ducks, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; ducklings, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is 3d to is 10d ; wild do, Os Od to Os Od ; pigeons , Gd to 8d each ; Surrey fowls, 9s to 12s ; do. chickens, 5 s Gd to 8s ; barn door fowls, 4s to Gs Od ; Guinea fowls, Os to Os per couple. English eggs, 8s 6d to 9s Od ; French do., Gs Od to 7s per 100. Fresh butter, is Od to is 2d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Od to Os Od per lb ; soles, 6d to 2s per pair ; cod Os to Os ; brill, 2s 6d to bs Od • mullets 4s Od to ós ; do re y s, Os Od to Os each ; turbot, 2s '6d to lOs each ; whitings, Gs to 12s ; haddocks, Gs to 18s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 108 to 12s per 120 ; mackerel, 30s to 40s per 120. NEWPORT. Par 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Gd to 5s Od Mutton 3s 6d to 5s 8 d I Veal 4s Od to 5s Od Pork Lamb, 5s 8d to 7s Od. WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by tho carcase. Beef 3s 6d to 5s Od Mutton ... Ss 8d to 5s 8d I Veal 4s Od to 5s Od Pork Lamb, 6s Od to 7s Od. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bd. to Bid. ; of household ditto, 611 to 7id. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 64 lbs, 21d to 3d ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 3i -d ;72 to 801bs, 3d to 3id ;80 to 881bs., 3id to 34d ; 88 to 961b5., 3id to 4d ; 96 to 1041b5., Od. t o Od. H orse hides, 9s to lOs Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s ; full, 7s Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; downs, Os Od to Os Od; lambs, 3s to 5s Od ; sh ear li ngs , 2 s 6d to 3s Od. . _ RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of the Hon. William John Vesy, for merly of Abbeyleix, in Queen's County, and late of Glandore House, Dublin, was proved, first in Dublin, under £4,000 personalty, and has only now been proved in this country, by the Hon. Isabella Elizabeth Vesy, the relict and sole executrix. The testator was the only brother of the present Vis count De Vesci, and died at the age of 57. His will bears date March 18, 1859. Ile has bequeathed the whole of his property to his wife for her own absolute use and benefit. The will of Robert Gardner, Esq., of Chaseley, near Manchester, and of Lytham, in Lanchashire, was proved in London on the 19th inst., by the executors and trustees namely, William At kinson, Esq., his brother-in-law, of Ashton Hayes, and Thomas Sebastian Bazley, Esq., his son-in-law, of Agden Hall, both in Cheshire. The personalty was sworn under £350,000. The will is dated June 22, 1857 ; and there are four codicils. After some inconsiderable legacies, the testator be queaths the greater portion of his valuable ware house property in Manchester, together with the sum of £lOO,OOO, to his grandchildren, Ellen Jero mina Josephine de Mendelsloh Gardner and Lucy Anne de Mendelsloh Gardner, the daughters of his late son, Richard Gardner, M.P. for Leicester, with remainder to their descendants. The residue, real and personal, is left in trust for his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Thos. S. Bazley, Esq., only son of Thomas Bazley, Esq., M.P. for Manchester. Mr. Gardner died a,t his residence, Lytham, on the 24th ult., at the advanced age of eighty-five. He was well known as an energetic and successful mer chant, both in London and in Manchester, and equally so as a prominent member of the Evangelical party. He was a liberal contributor, by personal efforts as well as by donations, to the cause of church exten sion, his last work having been the re-erection of St. Luke's Church, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Man chester. The will of Nathaniel Hartland, Esq., of The Oaklands, Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham, banker, was proved in the district registry at Glou cester, on the 2d inst., by Eliza Hartland, the widow, and F. D. Hartland, Esq., F.S.A., and E. Hart land, Esq., the sons, the executors. The personalty was sworn under £120,000. The testator executed his will Oct. 6, 1865, with two codicils, 19th and 28th of April last, and died the Bth of May follow ing, aged 75. He leaves his widow an immediate legacy of £5OO and all his plate, furniture, carriages, &c., and an annuity of £1,500, the principal from which this is to be derived to be at her disposal by will as far as £lO,OOO is concerned, and the remaining £20,000 to go into the residue. The Oaklands, with the whole of the freehold es tates, he leaves to his widow for her life, with suc cession to their eldest son, Frederick. To his son Ernest Hartland he leaves his copyhold estate at Leigh and a legacy of £4,000. To Alfred H. Hart land, £3,000, and Alfred Hartland, jun., £l,OOO ; to Theresa Gales Bold his property in Paragon buildings, Cheltenham; to Emily Rosa Banks and Anna Louisa Coulson each £1,000; to his sister, Sarah Lewis, £5OO ; to the British and Foreign Bible Society £5OO, and a further sum of £5OO to such societies as his wife may see fit. The re mainder of his property to be divided between his children, Frederick, Ernest, Theresa, Emily, and Anna, in equal proportions. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT—EXETER, July 27. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) MURDER. osaetge , the John Grant was indicted for the wilful murder of Philip Boobier, at Plymstock, on the 9th of June. Mr. Lopes and Mr. Clark were counsel for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Bere for the prisoner. I r a p w p a e s a ed p r f i r v o a m t e the tin opening h o R f e g c o t n u i n e n s e t I q that uart e r t e h d e n p e r i a r Plymouth.ofnm- son a T of h e d a e labour ceas ed n w g a s m a a n v little h o b o w y s s of e e p v l o e n y e y d e a o r n s the fortifications. The child was an unusually intelligent boy, and was a great favourite with the soldiers. He left his home about 8 o'clock on the evening of Saturday, the 9th of June, taking with him a book to read to Sergeant Parsons. About half-past 8 o'clock the prisoner and the boy went together to the camp, and they were afterwards seen going to a place where the soldiers were playing at pitch and toss. They left that place together in the direc tion of the spot where the body of the child was afterwards found, but as the ground they crossed was undulating they were soon lost sight of. About half an hour after that the prisoner was seen by a person named Atkins re turning, but without the child. Ho went to Atkins ;he appeared to be much agitated, and asked Atkins if there was any Dublin man who could fight or wrestle. At half-past nine the prisoner was seen crossing a hedge ; he had blood on his hand and cheek, and on his trousers. Nothing more was heard or seen of the prisoner until four o'clock the following morning. He was then coming from the rear of the officers' tents. The pri soner went into No. 7 tent. The mother of the child, intowh o t h h a e d t e b n e e t. n seekin g she s aid, , a , l O l n h g h G t r , a n f o t l 7 lo w w h e d e r t e h e haveprisoner left my lit n t w le wbh b lei o cr y he o ? hu ' e ' He said he had never seen the boy. Shortly afterward s th e father of the child came and asked sbGaertedannthait-weliamk pue hat ho had d one with h i s li tt l e b oy. The prisoner nothingse. had rr hebe enabout prisoner the all n c i child. i night, was afterwards na T df t h eh e re fatherw said ards he et taken he n asked had to the had becomeeguarid guard-room ,3f ; he for some time de n i e d an y k now l e d ge of the child, b ut after some time he said the boy had gone with him to wash, but he was s o dru n k h e cou ld no t t e ll what him. About 12 o'clock on Sunday the dead body of the child was found under a furze bush in a ditch, in the direction in which the prisoner and the child were seen going together on the previous evening. The body was stiff and cold. Mr. Wilson, asurgeon, was sent for, and he examined the body and found marks of severe contu sions on the face, the neck, and, chest; the tongue pro truded. Mr. Wilson was of opinion that the wounds could not have been caused by a fall or by accident, but must have been inflicted by some blunt instrument and by a repetition of blows ; no single blow could have caused the injuries. The prisoner was apprehended and was confined in a cell, and he then intimated a desire to make a state ment, and after being cautioned he said : "On the Saturday evening I was going down to bathe. I went across the ball-firing ground, and was told there were rabbits and I took up a stone and flung it at a rabbit, but accidentally struck the boy instead of the rabbit. The boy fell from place to place. I went to him and lifted him up, and put him on my knee for ten minutes. He then asked me to put him down, and I did so. He did not appear to be much l)urt. I Was going to lift him up again, but he said No. I went t o t h e camp. I then returne d , an d re mained with hi m till 3 o'clock, when he died. " Upon searching the spot near which the body was found there was a stick apparently concealed under some grass. The theory of the prosecution was that the prisoner left the camp with the child, took it to the ditch, and murdered it. That he then returned to the camp, but recollecting that he had left the body exposed, he went back again and put the child in a more secret sp o t. Th e pr i soner h a d i n his statement explicitly admitted that he had caused the ro o proved the byprisoner. several witnesses. The death of the child, and the only q ues ti on, th ere f ore , was w h e ther the jury believed the d ea th h a d b een cause d b y the wilful above or accidental facts Mr. Bere addre ssed the j ur y f or the prisoner, urging with great force the u tter want of motive for the act. Mr. Justice Blackburn having summed up, the jury re tired for an hour, a nd then fou nd the prisoner guilty, and w ere actp d he was sentenced t o death. STRIKE IN A LUNATIC ASYLUM.---The Dundee Advertiser has a comical story about the inmates of the asylum at Murthly. The . male in ma t es are emp l oye d in the garden, and to do odd jobs a b out the premises. Re cently, however, ono o f t heir number found a newspaper giving an account of the Clyde strike. He read the news to his fellows, and they at once d ec i s i vely struck work. The efforts of the superintendent s were of no avail. At length Mr. M'lntosb , medical superintendent, on hearing how matters stood, went to the men and suggested they should send a deputation to address him on the subject. Immediately about half a dozen marched up to the doctor, stated their grievances at much length, and demanded more pay and shorter hours. The docto r sa id i t was perfectly true they had a great grievance of whi c h t o complain— provisions were high in price, and the hours of labour were by far too long in this warm weather, and then put his hand in his pocket and handed the d epu t at i on half-a-crown. This gave complete satisfaction. The dep u t a ti on re t urne d , informed their associ ates of thei r success, and the whole resumed work immediately. Though it might be expected the joke don't end here. The doctor happened to pass the men some hours later, when he Was accosted by the man to whom he handed the half crown. He took the doctor aside and told him in confidence, " They are a set of disagree able shields, and were quarrelin' and wr aug li n ' w h a s h u d it's _owing tTh t eh o urn t r h sod e ttit b on us o i f ne w s& hic o h f h su e p h p a l d y g h i a v v e: keep the half-croon. There back to you, d oc t or , t o keep it for us yoursel'." JA3IAICA. Thursday, Mr. Gilpin was unable to n o g bring been notice. lie has according l y given notice :o r T ues d a y next. inconlacsltudneidghotn HAY. SMITHFIELD. — OId meadow hay, £4 10s to £6 68 ; new do., £3 lOs to £4 15s ; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 6s Od ; new do., £3 12s to £5 Os ; old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. A good demand. WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 6s Od ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os ; old clove:, £5 5s to £7 Os Od ; new do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. Trade firm. THE KEEPERSHIP OF PRINTS, British Museum, says the Athenmunt of to-day, is not yet, we understand, filled up. It is Loped that the practice of Mr. Panizzi, in cases that were under his control, of selecting for promo tion men with peculiar knowledge, will be adopted in this instance, and that no considerations but those of fitness on the part of the candidate will affect the choico of a suc cessor to Mr. Carpenter. THE PRUSSIAN HEAD-QUARTERS.—The Chateau of Nikolsburg, where the King of Prussia has established his head-quarters, is all old possession of the Princess Dietrichstein, and belongs now to the second daughter of that princess, the Countess de Mensdorff-Pouilly. It i s one of the finest seats in Austria. It is situated on a height, and commands one of the most picturesque view s p oss ibl e to be seen. The apartment now occupied by the King of Prussia is the same that Napoleon I. used on the 9th De cember, 1805, after the battle of Austerlitz. THE BRAEMAR GATIIERING.—At the meeting of the Braemar Highland Society last week the secretary laid on the table letters from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Colonel Farquharson of Invercauld, suggesting that the annual competition and athletic games of th e Braemar Highland Society be held this season on Thurs day, the Gth of September. COMPLETION OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The following telegrams have been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), from Mr. R. A. Glass, managing director of the Telegraph Con struction and Maintenance Company (Limited) : VALENTIA, JULY 27. All right. VALENTIA, JULY 27 (Evening). Shore end landed and splice completed at 8.43. Messages of congratulation passing rapidly be tween Ireland and Newfoundland. Insulation and continuity perfect. Speed much increased since surplus cable has been cut off. VALENTIA, JULY 28. Following telegram received from Newfound land. Gooch to Glass. " Our shore end has just been laid, and a most perfect cable, under God's blessing, completes telegraphic communication between England and the Continent of America. I cannot find words to express my deep sense of the untiring zeal and the earnest and cheerful manner in which every one on board, from the highest to the lowest, has performed the anxious and arduous duties they, in their several departments, have had to perform. Their untiring energy and watchful care night and day, for the period of two weeks required to complete this work, can only be fully understood and appreciated by one who like myself has seen it. All have faithfully done their duty, and glory in their success, and join with me in hearty congratulations to our friends in England, who have in various ways laboured in carrying out this great work." On Monday, at the latest, it is expected that the wire will be opened to the public, and the messages sent exactly in the order of priority in which they are received. Applications for messages are already pouring in. On Tuesday Mr. Glass and the Knight of Kerry intend to entertain about 1,000 of the peasantry at a rural fete in honour of the occasion. The Countess (Maria) of Listowel has left Lon don for Convamore, Ireland. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Miles opened. Receipts. hallways. ....._....‘,...—___,_.____ --% 1866. 1865. 1886 1865 £ £ Belfast and N. Counties 9JI 99f 2,367 2.818 Belfast and County Down 49 49 931 765 Blyth and Tyne 36 36 2,781 2,507 Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter . 1214 1214 7,506 7,847 Caledonian, Scottish Central. 417 f 408 3 ,101 28,498 Cambrian Cockermoutli K & Penrlth .. 814 314 537 417 Cockermouth and Wurkin .. 9 9 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 5 , 24 434 Cork, Blaekrock, & Passage 64 f 4 832 243 Cork and Youghal Cornwall t 654, 654 2,014 4.4( 6 Deeside l7 17 489 58 i Do Extension _ . __ Dublin & .12 - elfast J unction 6 3. 63 - 1,497 1.637 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,103 2.198 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 106 4,1111 4,226 Forth and Clyde Junction /Furness, &o 5O 5 5, 22 4.471 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk~&E.Union Great Northern 422 401 39,9 A 38,975 Great North of Scotland 6B 53 1,767 1,9/5 Do Branches 42 4t 1,479 1, 10 (~ L. A ortitn. & Westn. (Irel.) B4l 711 528 510 It.Southn. & Westn.(lrbad.) 3871 1871 10,601 10,831 Great NVe.Aern 1292 1280 80,3.1 75,615 Hull & Llornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 2,042 2,975 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 49.422 45,404 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 189 231 Limerick and Foynes 261 26 162 183 Llanelly 461 48 585 77 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lund. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 272 25,562 24,897 London, Chatham, & Dover; i 1351 1271 1 13,97: 12,968 all Hetropolitan Extension 1 121 111 j 3,294 2.920 Do. Kent toast Lon.; Tilbury, & Southend alan.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9l 91 1,900 1,637 Haryport and Carlisle Iletr o p o litan Midland (incL N.-Western) 6771 6631 51,232 49,893 Hid land (It. Westn. of Irind 2601 2601 4.605 5,167 Honmouthsh. Rail. & Canal l4 44 2,787 2,871 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 11711 72,443 70,183 North London ll 9 4,768 2.382 SiOiiii gtalfordshire 258 258 8,287 8.382 Pembroke and Tenby l l 3 /4 11 3 / 4 1 5 152 Rhymney 22 191 1,120 1,163 Scottish North-Eastern ll3 138 6,t,45 6,314 Somerset and Dorset 6B 66 1.31 , 1 1,49 South Devon South-Eastern 315 808 29,:?81 24,13: Tall Vale 63 61 6,7, 4 g,859 Ulster Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 378 404 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1.509 1,5 q) W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 73) 672 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian _ B2B 828 33,755 37,454 Bahia and San Francisco 761 761 - Belgian Eastern J unction 26/ 261 3M 362 Bombay, Baroda, & Len. India 306 306 9,939 6,134 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 6,3 )9 5,763 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France - 1551 77,824 72,645 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 25,2 4 23,589 Great Central of Belgium 285 265 6,217 6,926 Great Indian l'eninsula 7014 590 20,618 22,877 Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,479 6.344 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 343 315 1 1 ,189 10.528 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 17,651 20,1 2 Northern of Canada .. Northern of France 764 724 83,4 6 62.576 Norwegian Trunk Ott o man Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 2006 20 6 146,8)8 13 5 ,',03 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1818 70.878 66068 Recife and San Francisco. &c 774 774 320 1,589 Scaide ll9 104 2,>• 62 936 Do. Punjab, dui 253 2.:3 2,171 1,12 3 South Austrian, &c .. . 1798 1646 77,302 68,072 tiouthern of France 950 823 30,403 30,178 Victoria Welland 25 25 1,176 4 9 West & N-Wn. of France Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Aug. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet ..... Aug. 5. Ditto, by French packet . Aug. 22 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. _Aug. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou ihampton..Aug 3 . Ditto, * via Marseilles July 28 l'aikland Islands Gibraltar, via southacopton July 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton... Aug. 3. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. July - 28 Ditto, via Ramillies Aug. 6 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .. July.2B. Ditto, via Marseilles July 28. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles Aug 13 Newfoundland •... ..... Aug. 1. Portugal .. ....,Aug 5. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Aug. 1. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton. Ditto, via Cork Ditto, ay Canadian packet, via Londonderry ...July 27. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tcneriffe ..Aug. 10 , West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and . . Honduras) July 30 Cuba and Illexioo Bermuda, vla Halifax .Aug. 1. Bahamas, via New York Aug 15. ,A PARALLEL.—For the following capital skit on the Reform League Deputation (a jeu d'esprit very much in the style of the Owl) we are indebted to the Pall Mall Gazette of last evening : —Consequent on the recep tion of the deputation from the Reform League which recently waited on the Home Secretary, an influential body of gentlemen representing the principal burglars working in and near the metropolis sought an interview yesterday with the right hon. gentleman. The interview was readily accorded, although no appointment had been previously made. The deputation was most affably received, and pro ceeded to explain that their feelings were much outraged by the presence of police on duty in the various thoroughfares, and that if they were permitted to ply their trade without in terference all risk of a collision would be avoided and a very great diminution would be at once apparent in the number of annual convictions. The right hon. gentleman said in reply that he felt the force of the argument, and would bring the question to the notice of the Cabinet whether it would not be expedient to withdraw the police force entirely. The question of the disbandment of the force and the substitu tion of the parties represented by the deputation must re main for future consideration. One of the deputation said that they were much interested in the fate of some of the " lambs" who had been convicted on the evidence of the police of various alleged offences on the nights of the 23d and 24th inst., and who, having been sentenced to imprisonment without the alternative of a fine, were now undergoing their sentence. The right hon. gentleman, with tears in his eyes, at once said that he would move her most gracious Majesty, whose sympathies with the cause of order and with misfortune were well known, to grant her gracious pardon to all these ill-used individuals, and volunteered to consult the law officers of the Crown whe ther the police, on whose evidence they were condemned, could not be imprisoned in their stead. In reply to another inquiry he said that he doubted w hether any avetion_awonue,ls lie against the surgeon who dressed Sir Y wounds. The deputation t hen withdrew, satisfied with the result of their interv i e w and the courtesy of their re ception. The Connecticut House of Representatives on the 27th ult. concurred with the Senate in the ratification of the Constitutional Amendment. The citizens fired a hun ched guns in honour of the occasion. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT I THIRD EDITION. HOUSE OF LORDS.-LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed:— Burntisland Harbour and Dock, Newport Railway, Caledo nian Railway (Edinburgh Station), Bo'ness and Grange mouth Railway, Halesowen and Bromsgrove Railway, Glasgow Corp oration Water, Glasgow Bridges, St. Martin's in-the-Filds Workhouse, &c., Rebuilding, and South- Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Railways. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocE. TAT TERSALLS'—This Evenin GOODWOOD STAKES. 55 to 20 agst Black Prince (taken): 3to 1 agst Special (taken and offered) 9to 2 agst llidia colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Act ea (taken, with a start) 1000 to 20 agst Forester and Slender (coupled, taken GOODWOOD CUP, 5 to 2 agst Tourmalin (taken) 4to 1 agst The Duke (taken) 10 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Cambusean (taken) 100 to 7 agst Windham (taken) 100 to 6 agst Corsair (offered) STEWARDS' CUP. Bto 1 on the field (offered) THE DERBY. 15 to lon the field (offered) 500 to 25 agst Hermit (taken) All Count Batthyany's and Captain 11. Cooper's homes are struck out of their Goodwood, Brighton, and Lewes engagements ; and Special and Flying Jib out of the Stewards' Cup. II Re Galantuomo is disqualified for Stewards' Cup, and all bets declared off. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This 'Da VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—Tr.is DAY. GOODWOOD STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Black Prince (taken) 3to 1 agst Special (taken) 9to 2 agst Midia colt (taken) 100 to 7 bar three (offered) STEWARDS' CUP. Bto 1 agst Mrs. Stratton (taken) 14 to 1 agst Norwood (taken) 14 to 1 agst Gretna (taken) 14 to 1 agst Cedric (taken) 100 to 6 agst Sultan (taken) 20 to 1 agst Nu (taken) 30 to 1 agst Plutus (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 3to 1 agst Tourtnalin (taken) 7to 2 agst Duke (taken) 10 to 1 agst Windham (taken) We extract the following from the Chicago Tribune:—The Peoria Transcript received a visit, a few days since, from Mr. Gennert, of Ch a t sworth. He speaks enthusiastically of the Beet Sugar M anu f acturing Company of that place. The company have six h un d red acres of beets growing this year. They look finely, many of th em at this time being three inches in length. They have re ceived no injury by the weather, and promise a large har vest. They estimate the crop at ten tons to the acre, whi c h would yield full one million pounds of sugar. The ma chinery of the company is all new, was brought from Ger many, and is in the most perfect order. They will com mence operations about the Ist of October. If this enter.. prise proves a success—of which there is not much doubt —the business will be sure to spread with rapidity through the State and North-West. It is stated that on the:recent up-trip of the Ms-. sissippi steamer Golden Eagle the mate found a large fuse shell in the coal, which had it been undiscovered and thrown into the fire would have resulted disastrously. Some steamboatmen are of opinion that a great many of the late disasters have been caused by placing shells in the coal. The St. Louis papers believe there is some reason for this view, from the fact that the Atlantic and Missis sippi Steamship line have been sufferers so much of late from explosions and fires. A BALLOON ADVENT URE.—A Frenchman, named Buislay, ascended in a balloon from New York on the 4th inst., and in the course of his flight performed sundry trapeze feats. By and by a heavy rainstorm came on, and the balloon began to descend. It soon became apparent to Monsieur Buislay that he had lost all control of his appa ratus, and that he must look to his individual safety when nearing the earth again. Most fortunately for him, the storm was driving him over the surface of the Hudson river in a northerly direction. Fearing the balloon would strike the water and entangle him in its meshes, he, when sixty feet in the air, sprang from the trapeze, cleaving the air like a rocket in his descent, and striking the water feet foremost disappeared beneath the surface. This involun tary bath was taken near the Jersey shore, and was wit nessed by several persons who were sailing near the spot. Some of these hastened toward the place, but others, less humane, proceeded on their way, apparently not caring for the life of a human being. Young Buislay, on coming to the surface, after his first plunge, being a fine swimmer as well as gymnast, struck out manfully for the New York shore. The wind and tide proved almost too much for him, however, and had not Mr. Kiator, of the Clare mont Garden, reached him as soon as he did, he must have been drowned. Mr. Kiator, on first seeing the difficulty in which the balloonist was placed, had hastened to launch his boat, and be ready to render such assistance as might be required. When he reached young Buislay that gentle man was nearly exhausted, by his efforts at both flying and swimming. He was taken to the shore, and a few drops of stimulating beverage served to restore him to his acrobatic self. Efforts were at once made to secure the unruly balloon, which had meantime quietly descended into the river, and the monster was finally landed, wet and obstinate, but uninjured.—New York Times. TERRIBLE AFFAIR IN ARKANSAS.—On Satur day, the 2nd inst., a man arrived in Fayetteville in the stage, and informed the Sheriff and two other persons that there were four men who would be in town shortly from Missouri, who had killed an old man, robbed a store and grocery, and that ho had raised a company and pursued them, but failing to overtake them, he had taken the stage and come on ahead. Pretty soon the four men came into town, got off their horses, hitched them, and one went into the store of Mr. Stone, and the three others wen into a grocery to take a drink. Before they had time to take a drink, the sheriff, clerk of the court, Mr. Reed, Mr. Wing, postmaster, and Colonel Gunter, went into the grocery to arrest them. Mr. Wing said to them, " Gentlemen, you may consider yourselves prisoners." With that one of the men called out to the others to " shuck themselves," and with that each of them drew two revolvers, and com menced firing. Mr. Wing, the postmaster, was shot dead, and the man who came in pursuit was shot under the chin in the throat, and he died in a few minutes ; and Colonel Gunter was shot in the arm, shatter ing the hone. The three men retreated out of the door, still firing as they went out; and by this time the citizens had collected, and an attempt was made to arrest the desperadoes, but as they were armed, and most of the citizens were not, they all made their escape. A posse of men immediately started in pursuit of them. They found one of the men sitting leaning against a tree, having been shot through the abdomen. The party told him they would bring him an ambulance and take him to town, but when they re turned they found him dead, he having cut his throat and stabbed himself in several places. The other three men were heard of in the neighbourhood of Elm Spring, one being badly wounded in the knee. Our informant did not state who bhot these desperadoes, but we presume some of the party must have been armed, and fired on them, or perhaps some of the citizens fired as they were retreating. Colonel Gunter's arm is shattered below the elbow, and it is thought will have to be amputated.—For t Smith herald, June 12. THE ROUND TABLE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.--The reign of Edward 111. is one of the most important in respee to the history of Windsor, a large part of the existing castlef having been built at that period. The extent of surv te ey an o d the Castle in the first year of this reign is a very minute important document, lately brought to o l m ig t ht. a ccount r of and o the iin equally ßound o importantwer,which oc u w m a e s n e t n i t s f the rel y builder' s much altered in appearance, from George IV. This d by Mr. Wyatville under he superpose d T the eighteenth year of this reign, andtshteillrem additional ins , t h s o t u o g r y h 'antes in the times the Round Table; an it is evident that the tower was built to same accounts,r h o e m ßA Ot u h n e r galleries on which this building is sometimes calle d d f t d are still remaining, and the general disposition hold the table. The was place of the apartment where the knights dined on St. George's is well seen from the summit of the Round Tower. day w peocwUr "a11:1 The tables of those days were seldom more than a few planks in width, and the guests sat round on one side, the other being open for the service of the attendants. The centre of this great round table then was designed for the latter purpose, and was open to the air, a passage communi cating on a level from this central space to the kitchen on the top of the middle gate, which has thus acquired the title of the " Kitchen Tower." The tower and table were erected in 10 months, the greatest haste being made in order that the new order of knights might dine at it on St. George's -day following its erection. Holinshed, in his " Chronicle," makes much of this round table as a great stroke of policy for attracting the free knights from all parts of Europe to take service under the English Crown and the King of France, Philip de Valois, wasso jealous of it that he would not allow the French knights to accept the invitation, and ordered another round table to be made in imitation of that of the King of Eugland.—Builder. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day LONDON, July 28.—Wind this day at noon —South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, July 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Helen from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, July 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Carthage, from Rangoon. CLYDE, July 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—St. Patrick from Montreal. POLITICAL MEETINGS. Lord SHAFTESBURY brought under the considera tion of the house the circumstances connected with the late attempted demonstration in Hyde-park, and suggested that there should be an alteration in the existing regulations respecting public meetings for politi cal purposes. He thought it was desirable that there should be an address to the Crown on the subject, requesting her Majesty to take such measures as would enable the public to have spaces in the metropolis where they could discuss political subjects without in terruption on the part of the police authorities, ex cept where the public peace was endangered. He had the intention of moving the address of the description to which he referred previous to the circumstances that had arisen in respect to Hyde Park. It might be said that the people could assemble at Primrose-hill, but he reminded the house that that right had been disputed. He expressed a hope that the noble lord at the head of the Government would see the necessity of taking some action iu reference to this important subject. The Earl of DERBY said that he acceded to the views of the noble earl (Shaftesbury) as to the necessity of taking some steps in reference to this subject, for the principle involved was one of the greatest publicsim portance, but he trusted that the noble lord would not say an ything more on the subject at present. Lord SHAFTESBURY said he would not ask the noble earl to make such a statement. Lord REDESDALE did not consider that Hyde Park was a proper place for political meetings. STANDING ORDERS. Lord ItEDESDALE proposed a series of amendments, the objects of which were to afford increased facilities in the raising of capital, and the carrying out of the con struction of railways and other important undertakings. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAsT EVENING. The SPEAKER, took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. _• _ _ The Lords' amendments to tho following bills were considered and agreed to :—Brecon and Llandovery Junc tion Railway, Great Western Railway, Greenock and Shaws Water, Greenock Water, Northampton and Ban bury Junction Railway, North Western and Charing-cross Railway, Tamar, Kit Hill, and Callington Railway, and Vale of Crickhowell Railway. CASHEL JUNCTION RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, the order referring the Cashel Junction Railway Bill to the examiners of peti tions for private bills was read and discharged, and the bill was withdrawn. THE DIFFERENCES WITH AMERICA. A petition was presented from Newcastle, praying that the differences btween this country and America should be referred to arbitration. LADY SLANEY'S TRUST (ESTATE) BILL. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSFER, the standing orders were suspended in respect to this bill, which was read a second time, and that it be an instruction to the committee of selection to appoint the committee on the bill to meet on Monday next if thought proper to do so. MARKET BOSWORTH SCHOOL. A motion similar to the preceding was agreed to in re gard to this bill. SUPPLY-THE STATUE TO THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. On the bringing up of the report of supply in respect to the estimates agreed to last night, Mr. MONS drew attention to the sum of £50,000 for the national memorial to the late Prince Consort. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the contracts for the construction of the proposed statue had been entered into by the late Lord Palmerston. It would not be fair to the contractors to break faith with them in consequence of the death of Lord Palmerston. It was agreed. also that some gun metal should be sup plied to the sculptor, and the vote was agreed to last night. The report was then agreed to. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Aberdeen Provisional Order Confirmation, Inclosure (No. 2), and Parishes (Scotland) (1814) Amendment. The Railway Companies Securities Bill went through committee, and the house resumed. The Reformatory Schools (Recommitted) Bill went into committee. The amendments on the Railway Companies Securities Bill were considered and agreed to. • REFORMATORY SCHOOLS BILL. Clauses 1 to 9 wore agreed to. Ou clause 10, Mr. POWELL moved the omission of that part of the clause relating to the authority of the Homo Secretary. The amendment was negatived, on a division, by 48 to 22. Clause 11 was amended and agreed to. On clause 12, Mr. WHALLEY moved an amendment to the effect that the religion of the children should be held to be the same as that of the parents, on the ground that Roman Catholic priests in large towns made a practice to visit workmen's homes, and sometimes with the consent of the parents and sometimes without, subjecting the children to the rite of baptism. The amendment was negatived without a division. Mr. O'REILLY proposed au amendment to the effect that the managers of every school should, on receiving a youthful offender into their custody, enter his name, and also his religious persuasion, in a book to be kept for that purpose. The motion was negatived by 38 to 27. An amendment was agreed to, on the motion of Mr. PowELL, making it lawful on the representation of the parent or nearest adult relative of any offender, for a minister of the religious persuasion of such offender to visit the school for the purpose of affording religious assistance and instruction, subject to the approval of the Home Secretary. The clause as amended was agreed to. Clause 13 was agreed to without discussion. Progress was then reported, and the house adjourned at a few minutes, to 4 o'clock. Lord J. MANNERS, in answer to a question of Mr. POWELL, said that the first thing to be done with the ra vages recently committed in Hyde Park was to repair th e m ; but the source from which the money for that pur pose was to be obtained would have to be considered by the Government. Lord STANLEY, replying to an inquiry of Mr. Oliphant, stated that the armistice between the Prussians and Austrians had been prolonged ; but he was not in formed of the purport of the preliminaries of peace alleged to have been signed by the parties. Mr. D. GRIFFITH called the attention of the President of the Board of Trade to the present system of voting in public companies, by which shareholders whose occupa tion, convenience, or sex prevented them from attending public meetings or polls, had no means of voting except by proxy before they were aware of what was likely to happen at any meeting of the company. Sir S. NORTHCOTE admitted that the question was deserving of consideration, and thanked the hon. member for directing his attention to it. The present system of voting in public companies was open to many objections ; but it was easier to point them out than to apply a re medy. Ho cordially desired to co-operate with Mr. Grif fith to put the matter on a more satisfactory footing, and he hoped in another year something would be done to ac complish that object. The O'CONOR DON directed attention to the treatment of emigrants on board the steamers plying between Liver pool and New York, and to the great prevalence of cholera during the last three mmonths on board many of those vessels. Mr. ADDERLEY remarked that the emigrants who had suffered from cholera on board ships clearing out of the port of Liverpool were for the most part from Holland and Germany, and in all probability predisposed to the malady which had subsequently attacked them. As far as he was aware, the provisions of the Passenger Act had been complied with. Mr. MAGUIRE said that, on the contrary, the provi sions of the act were notoriously evaded, and mentioned Messrs. Wigram's ship the London as having been allowed to go to sea without proper inspection. Mr. GREAVES observed that Liverpool shipowners were perfectly willing that the provision made ,by them for the health and comfort of emigrants should be sub mitted to the most searching investigation. was The Railways (Ireland) Temporary Advanoef its es Bill passed through committee, afte r ex p lanation s opera tion, and a careful consideration of its c lause • also ; to an t d wO o'clOck. thrTohughLeaonnidniedittEees.tates Court (Ireland) Bill passed i s n t u a g t e e s T O t h h e e h r ü b u i l s l e s went adjournedthro through a s twentyimi ALARMING FlRE.—This morning, between the hours of one h and two o' clock, a consequences fire t t o h o a k t at place one in a time threa t en ed very premises belonging to Mr. F or d , b ut let out largeto range workshops f and cowsheds, situate at No. 12, Chenies mews, Tottenham-court-road. The fire was discovered by police-constable 142, of the E division, who at once raised an alarm and sent of for proper assistance. Con ductors Rummens and Arnold promptly attended with the Royal Society's fire-escapes, followed by two of Shand, Mason, and Co.'s land steamers, two manual engines, and three salvage carriages. Plenty of the Grand Junction Company's water was procured, and the firemen under the direction of Mr. J. Jerrard, with the aid of hand pumps, managed to confine the flames to the first floor, used as a cabinetmaker& factory. The origin of the fire is unknown. large fleet lace. fort f the sec- Shill irt in '1 Id 3 Ids I the sai d 010 too 1 , SSE 100 100 2 100 100 2.1.0 2 i 4 2.1.0 2,4:0 8.3., 3.9.0 10.8., 90 1 122 2 I 121 2 ►29 Si 124} 81 1 125 i 7 68 9 1 51 , rs. ~, Li 1 `;~"~.