The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-10 00:00:00

MARKETS—This Day. METROPOLITAN C LTTLE. _ There was about an average supply of beasts on sale here, to-day, in somewhat improved condition. All breeds moved off heavily, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last of 2d. per 81bs. The show of sheep was moderate, and the mutton trade was very dull, at 2d. per 8 1bs. less money. The top figure was 6s. 2d. per Sibs. Very few lambs were on offer. Sales, however, progressed at barely late rates. Calves were in good supply, and sluggish request, on former terms. No quotable change took place in the value of pigs or mulch cows. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 4 2 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 10 t , cond quality do ..4 4 4 8 Prime :.,'tlidown ro 6 0 6 2 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0 La ge coarse calves. 4 2 4 8 "'rime Scots, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Prime small d0......4 10 5 2 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 2 4 8 Large hugs 4 0 4 6 tecoud quality do ..4 10 5 4 z:mail porkers. 4 8 4 10 Lambs-68 . 0d to 7, Od. Fielding calves, 198 to 228 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 208 to 20s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. „ •cvs. . i4o Cows. Be asts 1,1:0 Beasts C ` WS.. and lambs 59,500 Sheep and lambs Calves t'tzs bso Ca yes 690 s3O Pigs — MEAT MARKETS. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL—The supplies of meat aro only moderate. Sales, however, progress slowly, as fol -1"78 :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 48 2d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 68 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81b by the carcase. SOUTH ALL, Aug. 9.—The supplies of fat stock were mo derate, and sales progressed slowly, as follows :—Beef, f rom 38 10d to 5s 6d; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s 4d ; lamb, 6 8 Od to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 48 10d to sink the offal. YOMFORD, Aug. 9.—Prime stock sold freely at very full ,Pnees ; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state. Beef, rem 3s 8d to 5s 6d; mutton, 4s 6d to 6s 4d; lamb, 6s Od to 78 Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81b. Suckling calves, 17s to 21s; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l7 to £2O each. HAY MARKETS SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £5 Os Od to £5 15s Od; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 10s ; old clover, £6 Os to £6158 ; new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £lBs to £1 13s per load. A slow trade. CIIMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £5 Os Od t y o £6 Os Od; new ditto, £4 155 to £5 15s ; old clover, £6 Os to £6 15s ; new ditto, £5 10s to .£6.os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Supply moderate. WIIITECHAPEL.—OId Meadowhay, £5 Os Od to £slss Od; new ditto, £4 155 to £5 10s; old clover, £ 6 Os to £ 7 Os ; new ditto, £slos to £6 68 ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trado dull. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The directors of the Bank of England, after a very long deliberation this morning, have announced that the official minimum remains at 4 per cent. The lengthened discussion of the managers as to the propriety of a change, and the large number of persons who anxiously awaited. the result, will sufficiently demonstrate the general expectation that existed as to an upward movement being made in the rate of discount. 'The demand for accommo dation during the early part of the morning was rather active, but the brokers required the full quotation of 4 per cent. for the best short dated Paper. The supply of capital afloat is abundant for all the ordinary purposes of trade, and there is little doubt, now that a change has not been deemed necessary by the authorities, that bankers and others will relax their terms. The directors of the Agra and Masterman's Bank have declared an ad interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum (£1 ss. per share), with a bonus of 15s. per share, being together equal to 16 Per cent. per annum, or £2 per share for the half sear ended 30th June last. Negotiations have been opened in London with regard to the intended new Brazilian loan of £4,000,000. The French Mexican steamer, just arrived at St. Nazaire, has £lOO,OOO in dollars. It is stated that an agreement has been concluded, and a deposit of £30,000 paid, for the purchase of the property of the Alexandra Park Company. The Share List of the Menai Park and Hotel Company (Limited) will close on the 16th instant. The shares are quoted 11 prem. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : Great Western North Western South-Western Brighton Midland 1865. 1864 ... ... ... £75,990 £76,057 ... ... ... 127,856 123,627 ... ... ... 30,004 30,881 ... ... ... 29,326 28,413 ... ... ... 52,326 51,307 Soniiitasiern 31,652 30,498 Great Northern ... 40,302 37,076 _Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 45,360 44,338 -Bristol and Exeter ••• 7,916 7,960 North Eastern ... 74,004 73,557 Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 20,891 19,828 Great Eastern "' 36,682 36,393 These returns, when compared with those of the Corresponding period of last year, show some fa vourable features. On the North-Western there 1 8 an increase of £4,229, on the Brighton of £913, en the Midland of £1,029, on the South-Eastern of £1,154, on the Great Northern of £3,226, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £1,022, on the North- Eastern of £447, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,563, and on the Great Eastern of .£289 ; while the Great Western exhibits a decrease of £67, the South-Western of £877, and the Bristol and Exeter of £44. At the second ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Ship Building Company the report stated that the accounts showed that, after payment of all current expenses, including interest due on the balance of purchase money, reserving £6,320 for depreciation of buildings, machinery, &e., and writing off £l,OOO from preliminary ex penses, there remained, after deducting the interim dividend at the rata of 6 per cent. per annum paid in February last, a net balance of profit amounting to £4,813 ss. 6d. This balance the directors recommended should be appropriated as follows : —Dividend of 6 per cent. pe: annum, and bonus of s s. per share, being at the rate of nearly 10 per cent., free of income tax, on the paid-up capital of the company, £8,143; income tax, £52 7s. Bd. ; l eaving a balance of profit to be carried forward of £1,617 170, 10d. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 90c. Inanimate. The English Stock Market has presented an ap pearance of inanimation, and even the announce ment that no alteration had been made in the rate of discount, failed to cause any fluctuation. Busi ness is very dull, and Consols are heavy 89k for money, and 891 s for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 894 ; Annui ties, 1885, 14 13-16 ; Exchequer Bills, par to 2s. and India 5 per Cents., 1041 105. The dealings in the Foreign Stocks have been few, and the changes that have occurred unimpor tant. Turkish Consolides are 49i a ; Mexican, ex all, 23i j; the New Loan, 22i 4 ; Greek, 20k *; Spanish Passive, 28k ; Certificates, 13k ; Italian, 63 ij ; and the Confederate Loan, 5 7. Alnerican Securities are dull and heavy. United States 5-20 Bonds are 68k k ; Erie shares, 56i ; and Illinois, 764 774. Business in the Railway Share Market has been v erY dull, and prices generally show a further slight depression. North Eastern (Berwick) have receded 1 ; Midland, 10s. ; Metropolitan, 55.; and Great Eastern and Great Western were each a shade flatter. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is little ch ange of importance. Great Indian Peninsula 'lave declined 15s. ; while Great Luxembourg have a dvanced ss. Bank and Miscellaneous shares have remained i nactive, at steady rates. Union of London are dealt in at 53i ; City Bank at 1041 1051; Alliance sa nk at 29 ; European at 1001; Credit Foncier an d Mobiler of England at 81 ; Land Securities at 3 1 ; and Royal Mail Steam at 1144. T he following are the current quotations of some 1 2f the principal new undertakings :—flop and Malt Exchange, 3 3i pm. ; Marseilles Extension Railway and Land Company (Limited), 14 24 ottl4,real• ; Northe r n A ssam T ea, par p rem . ; Chubwa e ci a, par prem. ; Whe a l Penrose, 1 prem. ; ndon ,12-, 1 Bridge L an d, pre pm. ; Albert Bridge, I nd; re. ; London Quays, dis. to par ; British la Trust and Agency Corporation, 1 11 prem. ; Massa Carrara Marble, 1 2 prem. ; Overend, Gur ney, and Company, 2f 21 prem. ; London Jute Works, 1 1i prem. ; New issue of 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany, 2i 2i dis. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Sept. 7 o per Cent. Reduced B9l New 3 per Cent B9l 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cont. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sthApril, 1885 l4 13-16 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent par 2 dis 2 pm Do. £5OO 2 pin Do. £lOO and £2OO ' — Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent 250 Do Account : — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cont., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont ) Chili= 6 per Cent — . Do. 4j- per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do. Account - Do .£B6 paid — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent 9Bl 8 Do., Second Issue 97/ Do £lOO Bonds 984 Do. 1864 944 1 4 Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account — Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 Minn 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 -- Do Scrip, £671 paid die Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid Mexican 3 per Cent. -• Do. Account Do 1864 221 1 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds dis Do 3 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 4 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 471 Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do New Deferred — Do Passive — Do Account 2Bl 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account 74/ 1 Do £lOO Bonds: BO Do. 11 per Cent — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds 74 31 Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Scrip, £35. paid Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Account , — Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 — Do Account — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 41 per Cent. Do Account Italian I,' per Cent., 1861, Ex. 251. — Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Do. Account E• r the :asst.°• }w ent >ssibla seutl' a wall Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very steady, Sales, probably 10,000 bales. A MUNIFICENT GIFT.--Mr. William Ferguson, of the Stock Exchange, has presented to the National Life boat Institution £3OO, to pay the cost of a new lifeboat, which the institution is about to station at Kingsdown, opposite the south end of Goodwin Sands. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson take considerable interest in the welfare of the Lifeboat Institution, and have expressed a hope that they may be enabled to collect among their friends and others the cost of another lifeboat. Last year Mr. W. N. Budge, of the Stock Exchange, collected among the members of that establishment the liberal donation of £6lO in aid of the funds of the National Lifeboat Institution. ROYSTON AND HITCHIN RAILWAY.—At the half yearly meeting, held yesterday forenoon, at the offices, 61 Gracechurch-street, Mr. J. C. Cobbold in the chair, it was resolved, " That a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, less income tax, and ld. per £6 ss. Stock, for ex penses of management, be declared upon the Royston, Hitchin, and Shepreth Consolidated Stock for the hall-year ending August, 1865, and paid forthwith." Major Amsinck and Mr. John Phillips, the retiring directors, were re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. THE ROAD MURDER.—A meeting of the Trow bridge magistrates has been held, at which a resolution was adopted, to the effect that it was desirable that some expression Of sympathy should be offered to Elizabeth Gough, the nursemaid, who was at one time apprehended on the charge of having murdered Francis Saville Kent, and who has so long suffered under the injustice of being suspected. For five years the unfortunate young woman, though bearing the highest possible character, has been subject to the cruellest wrong in consequence of the posi tion in which she has been placed. The magistrates for the district of Trowbridge, near which place the murder was committed, have accordingfy determined to make a sub scription and present any sum that may be collected, as an assurance of their belief that she has been most unjustly accused. _ _ _ A letter from Bergerac, of the 6th, says :—" The inauguration of the Church of Notre Dame de Bergerac attracted within our walls an additional popula tion of from 25,000 to 30,000 souls. Such an influx was never seen hero before. The Marquis do Lavalette, Mini ster of the Interior, was present, attended by the members of the new municipal council. The ceremony of conse cration was performed by Cardinal Bonnet, Archbishop of Bordeaux, assisted by the Archbishops of Tours and Alby, and five other prelates. At vespers the Bishop of Tulle preached a sermon to an overflowing congregation. In the evening a grand dinner was given by the town to the Minister, the Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux, and all the high ecclesiastical dignitaries present at the consecration. Tho town was splendidly illuminated at night. Two new bells have since been consecrated for the new church ; the largest weighs 2,255 kilos. (44 cwt.)" FIRE AT COLE GREEN.—On Saturday night at 11 o'clock a fire was discovered in Mr. Allen's barn at Cole Green Far.n, near Panshanger. Five Irishmen were sleeping in the barn ; four of whom escaped, without any clothing, but one named Thomas Burke, from County Galway, in trying to go out by an end door came in contact with some threshing machinery, fell down and lost his life. His body was found at four o'clock on Sunday morning ; but soon after a wall fell on it and fifteen persons had a very narrow cseapo ; when again recovered the skull was flattened, the ribs compressed, the legs and arms entirely gone, and but a very faint out line of a human trunk remained. The machine-barn, saw mills, and threshing-machine were burnt. The stables and dwelling-house escaped, owing to the exertions made with the Hertford fire-engine. There were seven loads of wheat straw in the barn where the fire first was seen, and the poor Irishm en l os t a ll t h e i r h arves t mone y, about £lO, which was in their clothes pockets. It is feared that the fire was wilful, and a man is in custody on suspicion.— Hats Guardian. Accounts from MecklenburAchwerin, the flog ging State, as it is called by the Liberal journals of Germany, announce that this mode of punishment will be probably suppressed, at least for simple offences committed by the agricultural labourers on the seignorial, estates. The greater part of the tribunals and police authorities decided in this sense. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1F65, OSSE 100 { 100 2 100 100 ;MONS. 57 49 1011 102 i i ip 44 4f 9 10 99 101 70 75 100 102 101 k 102 j 1(3 104 iP 18 IV E 8 90 65 66 55 60 57 S 8 50 52 43 46 33 42 25 47 24 26 102 k IG3;, 1 tool loti 12 12} 8/ 0 $2 82 24 1 d 1011 1021 , 95 97 81 91 66 68 82 81 100 101 100 101 1 11 too 101 91 93 1011. 10.1 3 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.) IN RE I. W. BAKER.-CAUTION TO PRISONERS FOR DEBT. This bankrupt was described as a prisoner for debt, and ho now applied to be released from custody. Mr. Bagley opposed on behalf of the Agra and Master man's Bank, who were creditors for £3,000. His Honour having ascertained that there were great ir regularities in the notices for this application, and com plaints as to the manner in which an order for adjourn ment had been obtained without the payment of the usual costs, said that the bankrupt must pay the costs before making any further application. Application refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MAIZLBOROUGH-STREET. CONVICTION OF A CONTRACTOR FOR CRUELTY. - Mr. Joseph Pickett, a contractor, farmer, and cowkeeper, in an extensive way of business at Pond-street, Hampstead, ap peared on a summons obtained against him by Mr. Wm. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, charging him with having caused a horse to be cruelly tortured ; and Edward Buzzell, a young man in his employ, was charged with working the horse while in an unfit state. Sell, ono of the officers of the Society, proved seeing Buzzell in charge of the horse, which had a large wound on the shoulder, with the saddle pressing into it. Buzzell said he had been waiting at the Thames embankment all the morning, but that ho was then going to take the horse home to Hampstead. lie then brought Buzzell to the court, and the horse was taken to the Greenyard, and had remained there since Saturday last. Mr. Knox ordered Buzzed to be sworn, and he said he was in Pickett's service, and was ordered to take the horse to the Thames Embankment works every day, and he did so. He called his master's attention to the wound, and he gave him some stuff to dress it with. Mrs. Pickett, who attended for her husband, said the horse had been neglected through trouble with the cows. Mr. W. Love produced a list of convictions, extending over a period of nine years, where foremen and carmen in Pickett's employ had been charged with torturing horses by working them, or causing them to be worked, in an unfit state, from raw wounds and other causes ; and he (Mr. Love) stated that Pickett had, excepting in ono in stance, escaped conviction himself, the blame being sad dled on his servants, for whom he pays the fines. Mr. Knox said the cruelty connected with the works at the Thames Embankment was well known to everybody and this case was another example of it. He had had seve ral cases of cruelty before him of late, and he was sorry to say that the present case was as bad as any previous one. He would discharge the lad Buzzell, as he did not think he was to blame in the matter. He should fine Pickett £5 and costs, or, in default, a month's imprisonment. The officer of the society said Buzzell told him that ho had to go from the Thames Embankment to Hampstead with a load four times a day. WESTMINSTER. POLICE VIGILANCE BADLY EXERCISED.—Henry Ward was charged with being disorderly at Pimlico last night. Geo. Langley, 304 B, said that at a quarter to eight last night ho was in Eccleston-place, Pimlico, when he saw the defendant and some other costermongers creating an obstruction with some barrows. They also went away with their barrows excepting the defendant, when they were told, but he refused, and was taken into custody. Mr. Arnold—Had the defendant a barrow? Policeman—No, your worship, he had not, but he would not go away when he was told. Mr. Arnold— What did he do ? Policeman—He was standing amongst the others, and when they all went away he wouldn't. Mr. Arnold—Why should he ? Policeman—Because he was told. APPALLING TRAGEDY. MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN AND APPRE HENSION OF THE MURDERER. Yesterday the neighbourhood of Red Lion-square was thrown into a state of excitement, owing to a report, which proved but too true, that three children, brothers, had been found murdered at the Star Coffee-house and Hotel, in Red Lion-street, Holborn. On inquiries being made, it appeared that on Saturday last a respectably-dressed man called at the above hotel and inquired if three children could be accommodated with a bed for a few nights. Having been informed that one room would be unoccupied, he said that the children wero aged respectively six, eight, and 10 years, and the accommosla- . . _ tion would 133 suitable. He called again on the Monday even ing with the three children and saw them to bed. He told the proprietor of the house that they were about to proceed to Australia, and the accommodation kindly afforded would only go over a few days. The next morning the children were downstairs by half-past 6, in the most cheerful mood, and stayed in the coffee-room until the arrival of the person who had brought thorn, which was before 8 o'clock. After breakfast he loft, but returned at ono o'clock, when the children dined ; and he again departed, saying he would see them in the evening. About six o'clock he came again, and the children partook of tea and bread and butter. He (their supposed guardian) then said that as they might be tiresome he would take them to bed, firstly, however, in quiring if another room could be provided, This was ac corded, when he went upstairs and put;the children to bed, the two younger in the room formerly occupied by them, and the eldest in the newly-appointed chamber. He then went out,saying he would shortly return, and again made his appearance at 9 o'clock. He asked for a candle to see that the children were all right, and after remaining upstairs a short time he left the house, saying that he would return in the morning. He did not, however, make his appearance, and as tho children were downstairs early the previous morn ing, soma doubt exietedas to whether they should be awak ened. Half-past 8 arrived, when one of the chambermaids entered the first room in which the two younger children were in bed, and to her extreme horror found they were dead. She immediately raised an alarm, when the proprietor and others entered the room in which the eldest child had been placed, and there found that he also was in the sleep of death. Medical assistance and the police were instantly sutmmoned, the surgeon firstly arriving, and upon his examination of the bodies pronounced life to hare been extinct some hours, the limbs being perfectly rigid and cold. Mr. Superintendent Searle then set inquiries on foot, and ascertained that the man who had brought,the children to the hotel appeared to be about 35 years of ago. His height was about sft. 7in., and his complexion and hair were both dark. His eyes were dark grey, and he had no whiskers. He was not shaven and hada beard apparently of a few days' growth. He was dressed in dark clothes, and his waistcoat was buttoned up close. He had a black scarf, but altogether he had the appearance of faded gentility. The children when brought to the hotel were not well dressed, but their manners were open and affable. They con versed with a waiting-boy, and said during the conversation that the person who brought them there was not their father. They were taken from their father either to go to school or abroad. On each occasion, when the suspected murderer left, he apologised for the trouble the children might cause, but was assured that they were not at all in the way, which appeared to satisfy him. On each occasion he paid for the received requirements, and appeared to have some silver in his possession. The eldest deceased told the waiting boy that their father believed they were dead, but gave no reason for such an expression. They all ran ou in simile, unconnected, and childish chattering, even up to the time that they were taken to their beds of death. A painful scene took place with the reputed father of the deceased children. Ile is a schoolmaster, living a short dis tance from the scene of death. He was fetched in a cab, and after looking at the deceased, ono of whom had a smile upon his countenance, his feelings gave way, and with diffioulty he was led downstairs. The history of the case is that for some considerable period the husband and wife have been separated owing to the latter's cohabitation with the now suspected murderer. The husband believed the children were not his, but still le performed a father's duty towards them. On the sepa ration, however, the children were given up to the mother, but ultimately they were returned to the husband. From some unexplained cause the three deceased were again given up by the sanction of the husband, under the impres sion that the absent wife, her paramour, and the children were going to Australia. During yesterday afternoon two medical gentlemen were engaged making a post-mortem examination, but the result has not yet transpired. The stomachs, dm, it is under stood, will undergo chemical analysis. The report is, that chloroform was administered, under which suffocation was effected by covering the mouth and nostrils. SHARE MARKETS—This clay. Share' Railways. ' & Str. Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A A. gets no div. Do. B tillOp.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & a b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. lirt stern Great Eastern, Ord. sik. Do. E. Angl: st No. 't Great North of Scotland Great Norther a D A stock • . Do. II Do. :\ ew, ts. at 25 pe GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do W. Mid.— Ox:ord Do. Newpo - t Do. Hereford Lane shire &Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. # shares Metropolitan ..... Do. New Mid and _ . & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 6 shares %lid Kent No+th British Do. Ed., Pth ;St Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N'E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Lock. & D4rlhig,. Do. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 worth Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. bt ick shrews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon ~ o uth E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw ill %V. Hartlepool Har.&ll. Do. A Irredeemable.. Do. A. redeemable .. t 6i 61 E 6 16 17 00 92 109 111 47 43 8 9 100 100 I GO 100 'Co 131 132 113 111 12S 32 n cn 65 65) 63 E 5 43 45 40 15 105 1 07 113 120 93 H 106 108 39 11 12211 123 934 10 4 43 H 134 135 3k lip 134 1302 100 1(2 52 53 rl .5 111 112 68 70 10t 1(4 374 3 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 7 81j 2 P a id . ' Closing I BUSineBB r ce. done. 119 i 934 10 4t 123 2i 3 10.1 9:4 !:311 51 41 1( A 131 301 10'2 111} it i 681 ERITISII P Atlantic & S t.L awrence Som., Baroda.. l - Cen. In. gu.s per cent Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 _ _ . Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., Urn Cape Town & Dock, gu Demerara., 7 p.c. per. p' East. Bewail, gu ' 5 do East L.dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkot Canad Do. Equip. klort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Fr..f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 7d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c l'o. Gun. 5 ter cent Do. New gua. 5 p. 0 Gt. South of India (Lim gua. 5 per cent D 4.1 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada Da. New . • • Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 I to. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 . • Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4f do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension MOD. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B v. Itl.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scincle A Do. Delhi Do. do ' ; Do. Indus 96 18 132 133 10 11 121 123 1 2 p 78 76 14 12 143 152 67 5 61 03 58 60 84 8: 9 10 151 156 3 p 104 106 48 50 ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A sensation, which it would be difficult to accurately describe, prevailed yesterday throughout the whole of the neighbourhood of Red Lion-square, Holborn, in conse quence of the following dreadful affair : From the particulars already obtained it appears that a man, named Ernest Southey, by profession a billiard marker, between 35 and 40 years of ago, had been liv ing with a married woman named White. This female was the same person who some time ago prosecuted the Earl Dudley for an assault upon her, full particulars of which appeared in this journal at the time. It seems that Mr. White had been separated from his wife for some time, and had become greatly reduced in his circumstances; and Southey undertook to take care of and provide for three of the children, all boys. He therefore took apartments at the Star Coffee-house, in Red Lion-street, and the boys, of the respective ages of six, eight, and ten years, were on Mon day taken to the above house. One was to sleep in No. 8 room and other two in No. 6. The unfortunate children slept in those rooms on Monday night, and on Tuesday Southey took them out, as he said, for a walk in the park. He was away with them for the space of three or four hours when he brought them back to the before-named coffee house. That was about 9 o'clock at night. After seeing them into their beds he locked the doors of their rooms, handed the keys to the servant, and said he should be back about 9 o'clock the following morning. From this time the children were not heard to make the least noise, such as screaming or even crying for assistance, bid 9 o'clock having expired, and some hours hating rolled away, the proprietor began to think that something wrong had taken place, and the police were called in, and under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Searle, the door of No. 8 was opened, when the elder boy was found lying in bed quite dead. Upon opening the door of No. 6, in which the two younger boys had been put to bed by Southey, they were also found dead. The appearances of the bodies clearly showed that they had died without much struggling, if any. That hypothesis is borne out to a great extent from the fact that the youngest child had firmly clenched in his hand a halfpenny. Medical assistance was at once sent for, and the three children were pronounced to have been dead some hours, and in the absence of an autopsy of the bodies, the prevailing opinion of the medical gentlemen is that the death of each was caused from the administration of prussic acid. Whether such was the case or not, will be fully in quired into and settled when the coroner's inquest is holden. Of course post mortem examinations will be made of each body. _ At 12 o'clock last night a reward of £lOO was offered for the apprehension of Southey by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The supposed murderer is thus described :—Age between 35 and 40 years; by profession a billiard marker ; height, 5 feet 7 inches ; dark hair; eyes dark grey ; no whiskers, but a beard of several days' growth ; dressed in dark clothes, and a vest buttoned up to the chin ; a black shabby-looking scarf. The moment the fearful news was communicated to Mr. Superintendent Searle he at once gave the necessary intel ligence to Sir Richard Mayne and also to Sir George Grey, and the former at once despatched Inspectors Williamson and Tanner, of the detective department, of Scotland-yard, in search of Southey. These officers had men placed on duty in plain clothes at nearly all the railway stations lead ing out of the great metropolis to apprehend Southey if ho could be seen, and it appears, no doubt, if he should make his appearance at any of the stations, especially on the Surrey side of the water, he will bo easily captured, as he was well kncwn in the neighbourhood of Putney and Wandsworth, where he held situations for several years, heing in the constant practice of betting on all great row ing matches and horse races. Ile is well known in betting circles, and therefore there is strong grounds for supposin g— especially after the handsome reward offered so soon by the Government, that the man suspected of committing such a heinous offence will be quickly in the hands of the police. Several of the betting men who attended the great row ing race on Tuesday, at Putney, state that they saw Southey on the towing path watching with the greatest anxiety the skill of Kelly and Chambers; if such bo correct it is not improbable that he is at present located in that district, and unless he should so disguise himself as to de ceive the police, he will be unable to leave London for any foreign place. If the suspected:murderer really did the deed of poisoning three innocent children, what could be his motive for so doing, unless it was to get rid of the expense of their k ee p ? Mrs. White, it seems, was not aware of anything that had taken place, and although a deal of secrecy is held by the police, it is stated that she was remarkably fond of the deceased, and probably at a future day may be ale to throw some light upon what at present appears a most un accountable tragedy. HALF-PAST TWELVE AT NIGHT.—The detectives of the the E, the P, and L divisions of police are watching each terminus of the different railways, watching every stranger who applies for conveyance, but up to this time no one has been apprehended. The scene when the Government reward was made public can hardly be described. FURTHER PARTICULARS.-(THIS DAY. Very little in addition to that which is already known of the particulars of this horrible tragedy has transpired. The Christian name of the eldest boy, aged ten, was Henry, the second, aged six, was Thomas, and the youngest, four years, was Alexan der, and their reputed father was a person named White, who carried on an academy at No. 4, 1 Featherstone-building, Holborn. The medical gentleman, sent for by Constable Knowles, E 100, who was called in by the pro prietor of the coffee-house immediately on the discovery of the deaths of the children, was Dr." Anthony Roberts, of Lamb's Conduit-street, but beyond ascertaining the fact that the children were dead, nothing up to the present time has been done. The report that a post nzortem examination of the bodies was made last evening is without foundation —nothing of the kind has yet taken place. Dr. Roberts found a small bottle containing apparently chalk mixture, in one of therooms, and this vas taken away for analyois, but nothing more has been done. The Coroner, on receiving notice of the murder, will certainly issue his order for a post nzortem examination of the three bodies, in order that no delay in the inquiry may take place. Dr. Lancaster will hold his investigation to-morrow, until which time all the information in the possession of the police will remain private. The Government reward of £lOO for the apprehen sion of Ernest Southey, the supposed murderer, was extensively posted in the metropolis this morning. LATEST PARTICULARS —APPREHENSION OF THE MURDERER. A telegram was received in London by the police authorities, shortly before two o'clock, announcing the apprehension of the supposed murderer, Ernest Southey, this morning, we believe, at Margate. Tho bare account of the fact is all that can be re lied on, although it is said Southey has been taken for murdering a woman and child with whom he was acquainted, in addition to the four little chil dren found poisoned in Red Lion-street. There can be no doubt as to the certainty of the capture of Southey, as the police removed the bills offering the £lOO reward on receipt of the above intelligence. Dreadful Death of a Lady through Crinoline, An inquiry was held by Mr. William Payne, the coroner for the City of London and the Borough of Southwark, at Guy's Hospital, on Tuesday night, respecting the death by fire of Miss Charlotte Hillier, aged 31 years. Mr. Joseph Squirrell, Portland-road, South Norwood, deposed—At 10 o'clock in the morning of Friday week I was speaking to a gentleman in Portland-terrace, South Norwood, when I heard loud screams proceeding from the house No. 7. In a short time afterwards a child of about four years of age came to the front door, and, holding up both hands, screamed loudly. I rushed to the house, and upon running up the steps I saw a lady walking about the hall in a mass of red and white fire. The child ran into the house before me, and - caught hold of the lady by the loft leg. I rushed forward and seized hold of the child and drew it towards the street door, lest she should catch fire. I then caught hold of the lady by the shoulders, and attempted to throw her on the floor. Sho turned round quickly and threw her arms about me, and in an instant I was covered with flame. All I could see was her eyes staring wildly at me. I at last got her down upon the floor, and I held her on the ground, face downwards, for the purpose of preventing the fire injuring her on the front of her body. She was quite sensible, and kept calling out to me to save her. I tried to tear the burning dress off, but it only came away in fragments. While I was so en gaged the little girl came back and sat on her feet, crying. I caught hold of the child and three it into the room next to me. Mr. Todd, the gentleman whom I had left outside, then entered along with several others, and assisted me in extinguishing the fire. When I succeeded in tearing off the burning clothes, the poor lady was so dreadfully burnt that her flesh was the colour of chocolate. She was at once.eonveyed to the Croydon Infirmary, and thence (at her own request) to Guy's Hospital. If I had not en tered the house at the time I did the little girl would inevitably have been burned to death as well as the de ceased. Tho deceased informed me that she had only been in the house a few days ; that she was an intimate friend of the family, and had come down in consequence of tho death of Mrs. Solly to look after the house and children. On the morning she was burnt she had just put on her large crino line, in order to go' out for a walk, and while she was near the fire-place, dressing the little child, a spark flew out of the grate and set her in a blaze. She said that she was afraid to throw herself on the ground, as only the children were in the house, and she imagined that she might be burnt to a cinder before they could bring assistance. She ran out into the garden, but no one being there to helpher she ran back again. The more she endeavoured to rub her dress the more it blazed up. When I saw her she was in one white flame. She afterwards thanked me for what I had done, and said, "A thousand thanks—l am dying; pray for me." The witness was himself seriously burnt during his struggle to throw deceased down and extinguish the flames. Mr. J. Todd, Harrington-road, Norwood, said that when ho saw the deceased and last witness they were both nearly hidden by the flames. Mr. Cooley, the house surgeon, said that deceased died on Saturday from her injuries. She said to him, "It was all through my crinoline." The Coroner having remarked upon the melancholy nature of the case, the jury returned a verdict of "Acci dental death by fire through wearing crinoline." BOILER EXPLOSION. —Yesterday Mr. Humphrey, Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry at the London Hospital relative to the explosion of a boiler on the pre mises of the Iron Shipbuilding Company, at Millwall, by which Thomas Hayes, 22, and John Wood, 53, were killed, and some other men injured. Mr. Humphreys, of the firm of Humphreys and Morgan, instructed by Messrs. Edwards, solicitors for the Shipbuilding Company, appeared on be half of the company. §amuel Caler said that on the morn ing of the 31st of July, at six o'clock, the boiler suddenly blew up. The two deceased men were at some distance, but the steam got at them and scalded them all over. Mr. Hosking, superintendent engineer of the works, said. that the exploded boiler was made on the premises three years and a half ago, and had been repaired at Easter, and ex amined and found sound at Whitsuntide. It was a Cornish boiler. The plate that burst had been inserted new at Easter. The pressure for working was 451 b., but it could have been increased to 651 b. with safety. There was a proper supply of water in the boiler at the time of the acci dent. He could only account for the explosion by suppos ing that there was some hidden defect in the iron phlte. After hearing a great deal of further evidence, which threw no light upon the cause of the accident, the coroner ad journed the case to enable an independent scientific witness to examine the exploded boiler. ATTEMPT TO DROWN A DOCTOR. —On Monday evening a diabolical act was perpetrated at West Hartlepool. As Dr. Oldham a medical man, was walking from that place to Old Hartlepool, the dock gates being Open, he had occasion to go by the dock ferry which crosses the Jackson dock. He was standing at the be dge o f the dock waititla for the boat when lie was seized y two ri quay was seven ' ruffians, named Bartholomew Roney An d Owen Curran who threw him bodiLy into the water. f e T t. he l q feet high, and the depth Of water 19 feet. sank'ho twic unfortunate gentleman, being quite unable to some timber, and on rising for the third time he clutched was then dragged out. The miscreants escaped at the time, but were sooa after followed and taken into custody. Dr. Oldham was carried home, where ho remains in a very feeble state. Tho fellows were brought before the magis trates, S. Robinson , Es q ., and T. Richardson, Esq., and, in consequence of the doctor being too ill to attend, they were remanded till Saturday. THE MOORS AND FORESTS OF PERTHSHIRE.—The heather on the earlier hills is nearly in full bloom, and has a magnificent appearance. Gamekeepers are out daily, and they state that the grouse have not been so well grown or so numerous as they are at present for years. Large coveys have been risen. Great preparations are making at some of the lodges for opening the season with éclat. We understand that part of the shootings upon the estate of Perth have been let. There are not bettor stocked moors than these in Perthshire ; and as they have been preserved with the greatest care, and are now in the hands of tenants for the first time within the memory of man, splendid sport will be bad. The tenants, so far as we have heard, are Lord Ravensworth, Mr. C. Peel, of Manchester, and Mr. Dewhurst, of Aberuchill. We do not know whe ther the forest of Cilonartney has yet been let. The shoot ings extend over numerous parishes, and are about 70,000 acres in extent. A good portion of moor land is still in the market, but will no doubt be picked up within the next few days.—Perthshire Courier. THE MOORS AND FORESTS IN THE WEST HIGH LANDS.—A correspondent of the Perthshire Courier writes :—" Having had an opportunity during the last seven days of coming into contact with numbers of game keepers and shepherds on various shooting ranges in the western districts of Perthshire, Dumbartonshire, and on the most important game districts in Argyllshire, we find that they are almost unanimous in declaring that the game in these extensive districts were never more plentiful, or the sportsman's-prospects more cheering. The coveys of grouse are both numerous and large, and several of the keepers allege that in (their districts the birds were as strong on the wing a fortnight ago as they have been for some seasons on the 12th of August. Black game is plen.. tiful in some districts, while in other places a scarcity exists." TRIPLE BIRTIL—The wife of John Dayes, a jour neyman cooper, residing at 14, Nelson-street, Stepney, was on the 26th ult. safely delivered of three children—one boy and two girls. Tho circumstance having been communi cated to her Majesty the usual royal bounty of £3 has been received for the benefit of the poor woman by the clergy man of fit. Philip's, Stepney. The children are all living. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. --4.-- _ ET ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Aug.9.—lsabella Blyth, from Mauritius; British Trident, from Calcutta; Crutchless, from Antigua; Maiden Bower, from Smyrna; Cedar, frum Jamaica. Arrived, Aug. 10.—Active, from Dunkirk; Kingston, from Bathurst. Sailed, August 9 —Geo. Thompson, for Port Phillip ; Dunbar Castle, for Calcutta. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed.—Ticto, for Kurrachee ; Stella, screw steamer, for Bordeaux; Hellenic, screw steamer, for Malta—all from London. Passed, in tow.—Countess Russell, for Bombay; Dunbar Castle, for Calcutta —both from London. A letter from Zermatt of the 2d, in the Courrier de says The brother of lord F r an c i s D oug l as (the Lyon, Marquis m arquis of Queensberry probably is meant) has come hero for the purpose of discovering his remains ; he has offered a large sum to any ono who can find the body. Last night he started alma for the Matterhorn, and would probably have been killed had not two guides been sent in quest of him." DEATH OF THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF SHAFTES BURY.—The death of the Dowager Countess of Shaftesbury, widow of the sixth and mother of the present Earl, was announced yesterday. Her ladyship, who was 91 years of age, was married to the late earl on the 10th of November, 1796. She was Lady Anne Spencer, fourth daughter of George, fourth Duko of Marlborough. By her ladyship's death many families of distinction will be placed in mourning; amongst others, those of the Earl of Gains borough, Sir JOseph Neeld, M.P., Mr. Corry, M.P., the Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl of Galloway, the Duke of Marlborough, and the 80 - 4 M Shaftesbury. 1021 3 10 1 091 100 111 :001 1100 ' COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1372 100 - - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-14 Do. 6 /3. c. Feb. & Aug luo 99 101 •••• DO.sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 9 100 sp. c. Jan. & July 100 F3l 814 84 31 Do. 5 p Inscribed ek 100 82 S 4 Cape G.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 115 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 106 108 Do. do: 1190-1 100 ICS 110 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 106 108 Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6p. c 100 1.3 105 Do. 1878, do lOO 108 110 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.478 too 104 tO6 Do. 1882, May(s, N0v..1. 10) 106 108 Natal Gov. a per cent lOO 102 104 N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 95 97 97 N. S. W. 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Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 811 Land Securities,l.m , 3 L on don Financial Association, 11m.. 2i Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, lim , I National Discount Company, Um., 151 / Ocean Marine Insurance), 231 1 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Ditto (all), 41 Penin ula and Oriental Steam, 772 Itio de Janeiro Gas, 20 Royal Mail Steam, 1141 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7} Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 61 Mr. Arnold—But why should he be told ? As I under stand you, a number of costermongers are causing an ob struction with their barrows in Eccleston-place ; you order 12 them to go away, and they do, taking with them their barrows which caused the obstruction. The defendant 8.3 had no barrow. 101 Policeman—lle caused a crowd to assemble. Mr. Arnold—Hour ? Policeman—Why, he got jawing with me instead of going away. He said ho should not go away because he was doing nothing. Mr. Arnold—He caused the crowd to assemble by enter ing into an altercation with you, because you asked him to go away and he considered he had a right to stop where he was. I don't see what the man has done to bo locked up. He is discharged. THAMES. SINGULAR CASE TIIE IDLE APPRENTICE. - Alfred M`Kennedy Carty, an Irish lad about 19 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with unlawfully ab senting himself from the service of his masters, Messrs. Gluokstein and Abrahams, tobacconists and cigar makers, of No. 37, High-street, Whitechapel. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, stated the case for the pro secution. The prisoner was an apprentice to the com plainants, and was bound by regular indentures and with out premium, on the 13th of January, 1863, for seven years. The prisoner was a lazy, insolent fellow, who had put his respectable employers at defiance. The prisoner was sen tenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour for absenting himself from his employers' factory in August last year, and since then had been summoned for a similar offence and admonished. The prisoner had ab sented himself for 114 k days in the present year, or more than two-thirds of the whole time. Other apprentices, with this bad example before them, had acted in a very in subordinate manner, and absented themselves and spoiled their work, to the great loss and inconvenience of their employers. The prisoner had been learnt a good trade without a premium, and, now he was becoming useful, acted in this strange manner. He submitted that the prisoner ought to be punished to the utmost extent of the law as an example and warning to other apprentices in the service of the prosecutors. Mr. Lawrence Abrahams, a partner in tho house of Gluckstein and Co., confirmed the statement of his solici tor, and said that four other apprentices had lately run away and gone to Holland. The prisoner in defence said that he would not absent himself any more. He was very sorry for what he had done. He had been in the practice of getting up late, and as ho lived a long way off ho could not reach the cigar factory in time. Mr. Abrahams—He lives at Newport-market. We allow tho apprentices until 9 o'clock in the morning to be in the workshops. His brother, who is a journeyman in our ser vice, comes in at half-past 8. Mr. Paget—How far is High-street, Whitechapel, from Newport-market ? Mr. Abrahams—About three miles. Mr. Charles Young --Half a mile less. There is no excuse for this lad not coming to his work 114} days in seven months. The prisoner said he would take lodgings nearer to Whitechapel next week. Mr. Paget said the prisoner was an idle apprentice, and was perfectly aware he "was doing a very dishonest thing towards his employers. The prisoner had learnt a good business, and when! he became useful and profitable to his masters he absented himself. It was as bad to do this as to steal money from his employers, who appeared to have acted very kindly and considerately towards him, allowing him until nine o'clock to reach the factory. He should have thought the apprentices at this season of the year would begin work at six. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month. Mr. C. Young—The prisoner will have to work out the two months expended in prison and the othor days he has absented himself on the expiration of his apprenticeship. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND UPON THORLEY'S CONDIMENT.—" By its use the sheep improved in the most extraordinary degree, so much so, that after they had taken it three or four weeks, I really hardly knew them again."---T. BEALE BROWNE, Esq. "On my horse the effect was marvellous; with cows, pigs, and dogs, the same result."—Mr. H . CoTToN. i 4 I can un hesitatingly say that Lord Camoys has been satisfied with it, both in respect to young animals and those arriving at maturity."—Mr. BARKER. "My horses improved upon it so much that I was quite surprised."—Mr. CANTRELL. " I am satisfied that, apart from every other cause, the re covery of my s h e ep and lambs w as d ue t o th e use o f th i s condiment. Other condiments had not the effect Thorley's had. I have tried the food of other makers, and it failed completely."--41AJoit MUNN. A LADY ELECTIONEERING.--The Conservatives of North Wilts will surely succeed in returning two members at the next election despite the "compact" which has handed over one of the seats to the Marquis of Ailes bury. In Lady Jenkinson, the wife of their defeated can didate, they seem to have a veritable Joan of Arc, whose ap pearance at the bead of their forces will assuredly put their enemies to flight. This lady attended a banquet given the other day at Devizes to Sir George Jenkinson, and when her health had been drunk she rose herself and made a speech, in the course of which she said she felt that it was most unusual for a lady to address a meeting of that kind, but it was also unusual for ladies to be invited to dinners given in honour of their husbands. She must admit that it was owing entirely to her husband's merits that she was pre sent. As she had found him true, so would all of them. The day before yesterday was the 20th anniversary of her wedding day, and he bad always followed the same uni form truthful course. She hoped that all the married ladies present would find, on the 20th anniversary of their wedding day that they had a husband who never, to their knowledge, swerved from the truth, however unpopular that truth was to make him—however much, in a worldly point of view, it was to his disadvantage, he would never swerve from it. From the time when she was three years old she lived among Conservatives in a Catholic country (Ireland), where party spirit ran very high. She had al ways heard that the Conservatives were the truest people in the world, and she always found it so. She thanked them for their kind reception. 651 5 MIR 1 EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Day. READ TG RACES -THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. EAST HAMPSTEAD STAKES. Crisis Jane Shore Czarina Eight ran. S TeWARDS' PLATE. La'y Valentine Pearl Diver Overture • Thirteen ran. KINGSMEADOW STAKES. Seven ran. READING STAKES Nine ran. LADIES' PLATE. Four ran. BERKSHIRE STAKES. Eight ran. NURSERY PLATE. Fifteen rau. Nemo Mongrel Roarer Qui Vive Gladiator Squire Vicksburg Teddy ....... Merry Lass. Pearl Diver Defy Dr. Swislitail Retrousse Mazurka Sharper FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CLocK. AQUATICS. THAMES NATIONAL REGATTA. The sixth regatta under the management of the Thames Subscription Club took place this after noon. The entries for the various races were un usually attractive, amongst them being several of the most celebrated rowers. The sculling race had amongst the entries the names of Henry Kelly, the champion of the Thames, and Chambers, the ex champion, but the former did not row. The fol lowing is the result of the racing up to the hour of going to press : SCULLING. Open to the World. Ist prize, £2O ; 2d do., £lO ; 3d do., £5 ; 4th do., £3. The first boat in each trial heat will row in the grand heat. FIRST HEAT. G. Cannon, Blackwall J. Clasper. Newcastle (Pink and White) 2 SECOND HEAT. R. Chambers, Newcastle (Black) 1 J. Sadler, Putney (Blue) 2 THIRD HEAT. T. Wise, Hammersmith (Yellow and White) 1 E. Eagers, Chelsea ... (White) 2 FOURTII HEAT. R. Cooper, Newcastle (Green and White) 1 J. Heath, Greenwich (Green) 2 WATERMEN'S APPRENTICES. Open to Apprentices from Oxford to Gravesend, in clusive. Ist Prize, Coat, Silver Badge, Freedom of the Thames, and £2 ; 2d do. £5 ; 3d do. .£3 ; 4th do. £l. FIRST HEAT. J. Callas, Richmond A Iles, Kew W. Hoare, Hammersmith J. Coxen, Twickenham (White) 1 (Black) 2 (Red) 0 (Pin ) ) 0 SECOND HEAT. W. Sawyer, Teddington (Black and white) 1 W. Dolwyn, Westminster (Green) 2 W. Sadler, Putney THIRD HEAT. R. Pick, Thames Bank (Blue and White) 1. W. Spencer, Chelsea (Pink and White) 0 F. Phelps, Putney (Green and White) 0 FOURTH ILEAT. J. Biffen, Hammersmith (Blue) 1 C. Taylor, Westminster (Red and White) 0 S. Tagg, Moulsey (Yellow and White) 0 CIIAMAION FOUR-OAR RACE. (Open to the World.) _ Sons of the Thames Crew (Pink) —F. Kilsby, 0. Barge House ; R. Cook, Oxford ; G. Cannon, Blackwall ; J. Sadler, Putney, stroke ; W. Peters, cox. Pride of the Thames Crew (Blue)-11. Harris, Tedding ton ; T. Hoare, Hammersmitb ; J. W. Tagg, Mous- ley ; G. liammerton, Kingston, stroke ; B. lammer- stun, cox v Pride of the Tyno Crew (Yellow)—R. Cooper, New castle ; W. Matfin, Newcastle ; J. Percy. Newcastle ; T. Matfin, Newcastle, stroke ; T. Harrison, cox Colleen Bawn Crew (Black)—M. Addy, Manchester ; R • Addy, Manchester; G. Williamson, Manchester; S Butler, Manchester, stroke ; W. Denvill, cox 0 It will be very late before the final heats are decided. BANK OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) PARIS, AUG. 10. The return of the Bank of France for the we e k ending to-day shows the following changes as compared with the previous account : INCREASE. Treasury balance DECREASE. Cash -10 Bills discounted -5 Advances Notes - Current accounts Bank of England Return,•--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and. Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Aug. 9, 1865. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes 18atted ......E27,935,060 £27 . 995,0601 oprietors' Capi tal £14,553.000 lt.c st chile Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- counts) 5,264,739 Other Deposits 14,6:8,181 Seven Day and other Bills 553,527 £33,577,326 V Aug. 10, 1805. Government Debt £11,015,1(0 Other Securities .. 3A4,900 Gold Coin. Bullion 13,315,(60 Sliver Bullion .... rEPARTMENT. Government Seen- ritics (including Dead WeightAn- £27,9.11,0, 0 nutty) £10.P84,209 Other Securities 21,30,857 Notes Gold and Silver b 75,330 1 Coin £33,5i7,326 '. 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