The Sun. — London, England, 1866-08-14 00:00:00

XONEk MARKET AND CO MMERCIAL INTBLLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is but a comparatively slight demand for discount accommodation for commercial purposes, and with a perceptible increase in the supplies of floating capital at the command of the joint-stock ?auks the rate in the open money market is show ing a downward direction. For superior paper of short -date 81 or 9 per cent. is asked, and exceptional operations on lower terms have also been concluded. An encouraging feeling is apparent in consequence of the continued favourable tendency in the Paris exchanges and the large inflow of gold into the vaults of the Bank of England. The gold t a k en t o t h e B an k yes t er d ay repre sent ed £26,000 in bars, and 113,000 sovereigns. A second dividend of 2s. 6d. has been announced by the liquidator of the London, Ilamburgh, and. Con tinental Exchange Bank, making, with the pre -71014 dividend, 9s. 2d. in the pound. Two O'CLOCK. Accor ding to Reuter's telegram from Paris to the French Rentes were 68f. 90c. Rather 'rut. Very little business. The majority of the mercantile community can obtai n accommodation on terms, accidents excepted, ' c lew ' , the minimum of the Bank of England. Those who are carefully watching the progress of e ' r ents and co ll atera l i n fl uencesw ill no t b e surpr i se d ii t he bank directors lower their minimum next .Thursday, or within the next fortnight, without any Interference on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who is fully competent to deal with hall' question of finance. The manner in which r e has replied i n proper t erms t o th e proposi cHls that h ave b een ma d e b y var i ous depu tations„ introduced by mem bers of P ar li amen t has been most commendable, and there is every rea son to b e li eve t h at h e w ill treat t h e quest i on upon the principle of non-intervention, since every one unbi assed must perceive that affairs, checked though th ey may be, are returning to a healthy condition. , 4 few sale s t o rea li se pro fit s h ave cause d a decline f el Per cent. in the value of Consols, whi c h, there ,ere) are no w 87k for money, and 88/ 1 for the 6th proximo. Money being easier, and political t rcls Peets favourable, it is rather strange that more ° Yancy should not exist, but dullness and heavi ness may b e c hi e fl y a t tr ib u t e d to t h e li m i te d a t- I. lld anee of investors and speculato r s. The New Thr ees and Red uce d A nnu iti es are 86/ to 87 . ; Ex chequer Bill s, M arch, par ss. di s., J une, 3 s. prem . in dia , stock, 208 209 211 ; do. 5 per Cents., 102/ i 038 ; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 99 100 ; and 'l°. D ebentures, 1001. 2 10 important alteration has taken place in the 7 ee s of Foreign Stocks. Turkish 5 per Cents. a 6l e 26 k 1; Mexican, 16/ ; ditto New, 121 13 ; e ek) 111 ; C ou p ons , 41 ; S pan i s h P a ssive, 18/ b r s ; the Certificates, 13/ 14* ; a n d the Brazilian E rie 31 dis. United States 5-20 Bonds are 6888; 'tie shares, 421 ; and Illinois, 751 76. 0 4 the :Railway Share Market the transactions hav e v e been o n a li m i te d sca l e, ow i ng to t h e prepa rations ; in progress for the half-yearly settlement. it r ' e es) however, have generally shown a downward e ev eMent. G rea t E as t ern h ave d ec li ne d , Lan iphire and Y or k s hi re , L on d on , Ch at h am , and °v er, North W es t ern , M e t ro p o lit an , Midland, , South Eastern each 1, and Great Western /. v .The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, .r,thout any ma t er i a l c h ange t o repor t i n v a l ue . du l ' l ,, auk and Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares con ti nue v ery i'• Alliance have receded to 17/ 18 ; Bank of Australasia to 661 67; London and County to 611 ; °4 d°L l Joint-Stock to 41 ; Atlantic Telegraph are quoted 31 31 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 81 dis. ; and National Discount Cora "laY) at 7/ prem. „‘ 31 11TISII FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. , 'TON-ERNI/ENT FUNDS. "13 , -? 1. C ent. Consols tipueor•otenctO. Account, 9 B 7l - k I I 88 1 - i 86i 7ew 3 N per Cent B7 61- 13' 3 i per Cent. Jan. 1894... — ° 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities,f 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 D°• or 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ° cited Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Ex,t, March. June. D - ".equer Bill s , £l,OOO, 3 per Cent.... p ar 5 di s 3 pm o, £5OO 4 IP ° £lOO and £2OO D , of En g l an d St oc k , 5 p e r Cent — 0 Account — 1.,,,D li ~ I t i i --.-N ovERNMENT SECURITIES. 'an St ock, 10kper Cent., April 1874 209 11 8 4 1/3. Account D o . _ ount n ° 5 per Cent. Oct. 1870 b ° . 4 per Cent” Oct. 1888 B ° . 0. Certificates — B °. .:rtfaced Paper 4 per Cent 0. t g a per Cent., Jan. 1872 (:)...,_ _ r l - 't per Cent., May 1879 — D°-0. Deb 4 Cent., Aug. 1866 ..._ ~ per pm ;.;. bonds, £l,OOO ""e• under £l,OOO At4Bset, ir.nitainuive:ReoßnpdEusi,bGoliNe 6FPUeNr DCeSn—L'O£NIES pd L--714. . 1 1. 3. r. - N z oian 5 per Cen p:er Cent, 1859 ' O . 4-i. per Cent 1852-58-60 150. ~ 1863 70 --•1,',0 A D c O co . unt 1865 71 -"e• £lOO Bonds De _ . dis 8 a e 0 Se nP, £6O paid D 0 Ayres 6 per Cent 1,0 •£lOO Bonds — 11 t ) - ." 1 D f rred 3 per _ell , Ch o . Per Cent. ( e e /yin - n j) .o 0 per Cent D e. li Per Cent ° Per Cent — pm Col - ' e .riP, £75 paid ellirubian 6 per Cent. — Lavish%er Cent. , o 3 Per Cent., 1825 Da ' 5 Per Cent., 1864 . Ijllbiao Principalities Do ior New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — D o Pr ovisional Land Warrant — IS D eferred 8 ?) 0 1)t , i all 7 per C en t , Sec ond Issue •••,0 £lOO Bonds — Do De * 1864 — .£loo Bonds B5 D Government Railway Debentures (i e• £BO p a id — 77 dis r b ee _ ic . . 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ox Coupons ___— tte)• .P,A;ccount - 1 , • Coupon s .., 0. 4 -• t.„.., account I,4'.teulala 5 per Cont. kao,,, . n'''' o Per Cent 1865 i\--•0 Account ?l ea Marernmana, Railway — 'ean 3 per Cent ve• Account Do 1864 0 0 kl„, 6 per Cent. Anglo-French . )!Clevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid D 0 Imperial 5 per Cent 14,, - e Land Warrants (Hectares) '''''''' Granada D ' 1 , 0 2 per Cent e."O. Deferred B e 5 per Cent., 1865 `0 Account "jj ° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) ° 4 : 3 / 4 - Per Cent., 1862 t.,,.° Account tllgllese 3 per C nt 1853 IT 3 Per Cent., 1856, 6" '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 421 I._so: Account ••••• Do 'll. elan 5 P©r Cent., 1822, £ St A ... D ° I Per Cent. 1850 0 -' Per Cent., 1860 Do? 3 p e r Cent. 1859 0 0871 5 , Per Cent. 1862 ktr t :. Per Cent. 1864 0 -4 ml 5 per Cent Do. Account 36 i A Per Cent I) -- "ee'••unt oeNew Deferred — g e eount ... _ V'c' Do Pa SSiVO l9 Ace‘tat Illish 13} I). Cert. of Coup not funded • 131.eutliAccount ll tlO.ll 4 per Cent 11 tki sil l Per Cent. 1864 D o --A ' Per C ent. 1851 — IDo 6 " eoo unt , 13 0. At"" Cent. 1858 13, - 'ecoUt ' Cl°6 Bonds — Do 6 b Per Cent. 1862 tooe tecoooutnot.n..d; 4-21 gi 6 Per D o , Cent., 1863 b o u Per Cent. 1865, paid up Scrip 26} 0 Account ' Veiltelaer3Cent. Guaranteed — 1) 0 6 Per Cent. Per Cent., 186 9 0. Aeeo t 1)0, 6 un ..................... per Cent 1864 2Bk A tist .Di Cent on the above payablein London. i:t1011111, 5 Par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins .11)::n.itie46,:eir_ptieilirprec_zterteocensetn.t..E,Ex.x. 25f. ,aan 4 ___ .2 . Guil . _ ........ Do. A P u nt., 1861, Ex. 2of. ACeellta .. .................... C° a s 11801 s for Ditto 4:0_°111183' ................ ... .......... TW --- 0 O'CLOCK. 11 t Tning Legg. has )rtliera viii rc day h© N. 8., Nr stay- --e, ac C. 8., ;Laying Louisa square ;terday I,adies turday id the nbassy re left deline E din- :lotel, lkeith ) Duke en do ng the M.P. Agri and t were Lady Mr. ) f the er al- at 110 King, Wel them- t had that osition lieved nce of re en- st our ,hat at op eall mak cond.. t bulk I that rce to lieved which vt, the great ed in Aficer lueri- o the >lit of pre" I nca' a nt a ass of the canoe ►erbY 3eter'Al boneY daY, 010 of )ing." S RARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share ! Railways. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Closing Business Paid. , Price. done. Bristol auu Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc E.London, :,trip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl: st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 put GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Westein Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Ileretord Lancashire & Yorkshirt Landon and Blackwell Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover MetrOp. Ex. A Lun. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan"... Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Birmin.. (SL Derby riid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun th. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purehabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ...... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 1)o. Scot, Alia.otJelz Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BRITISH POSSE! 88 90 120 122 35 15 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 111 113 20 30 6 7 Ili tlB 123 i2l 91 93 52 42! 35 37 33 33 1231 121 83 85 W 20 117 )176 81 91 56 57 129 130 2 3 p, 106 101 i 69 91 lel 722 It 2 p 91 03 , 48 60 26 23 104 100 29 81 f 71 67 69 101 103 34 5.3 9 11 119 )21 1 2p 1 2p 75 77 108 112 150 154 73 76 45 47 66 67 76 86 14 145 2 32, 100 103 53 65 1 fi 4 iSIONS. Atlantic& St.Lawrcnce Rom., Baroda, Cen.ln. 63 65 93 100 41 Id ) 4 II 71 bi gu. 5 per cent.. Do. I' shares Buffalo .1z Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Godcrich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1....—. Calcutta & S. E., lira •Jape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 1 East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension G rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. lot Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c I'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent Do, 4) per cent Do Great Wt.s. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. e. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5 i do. pay. 1677-8.. 1 Indian Branch, limited' Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4) do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Rl. C da, 6pc la t pf. bs Scinde ..... 6 Do. Delhi Do. do 4 6 . Do. Puniaub...• Do.lndus St.Flot. 76 80 GO 85 100 102 99i ICO4 99 101 20 22 85 87 55 58 48 52 50 65 45 50 40 45 36 3J 24 26 24 26 105 106 6 1 p 1 p 98 100 91 93 141 14,1 1 5i S 91 93 83 85 1} 01(1 1 97 98 89 91 S 5 87 100 100 2 100 100 8; 82 96 97 96 97 1} 1d 95 96 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1:0 93 95 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 94 96 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 75 77 741 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 75 77 - Cape U.llope, 6 p.c.1873 100 99 101 Do.Apl.&oo, 1890-1900 100 102 101 - Do. do: I`,Bo-90 100 102 104 102 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 100 103 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 86 8) - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., 100 100 102 - Do. 1878, do lOO 105 1 7 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1 , 78 . - Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. ;I- 100 101 103 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Atm.. 100 103 105 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 97 100 - N. B.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J ulj 100 90 92 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t. 100 90 92 - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1870 100 90 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. 100 83 85 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 91 - Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 73 75 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 96 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 90 03 t 7 - 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 - Do. 1878 & upwards 1(.0 102 104 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 103 105 1021 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lint. 1 - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 6 7 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 410 430 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 - East Bassett (Illogan) 291 15 17 - East Caradon 2.14.6 7 8 - East Carn .43rea 34 1 - East Grenville - East Gunnislake 8.3.6 -- - - East Lovell 3.9.0 61 71 - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 - Gam.& StAubyn(G weu. 66 - - 4 Great L txey, limited., all 19 20 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 {ib - Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 1 - G. Wheal Vor (Heist •11 10 18 22 - Grenville 8.18.0 11 2 - Herod's Foot - Hingston Downs 5.10.6 31 3,1 - Margaret (tiny Lelant 13.17.6 4 6 - Clarke Valley 4.10.6 31 44 4 31wyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 21 lid - New Sewn - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassettallogan 1.4.0 - North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1.6 - Providence Uny Lelaut 10.6.7 20 25 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 325 a 75 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 14 2 - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 171 .t2l -- Stray Park 35.15.6 - - Tin Croft 9 9 11 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 3 5 - West Bassett (Mogan 1' 1 2 - W. Caradon (Llskeard 9 6 7 - West Chi verton ....... . 11 61 67 - West Seton. 471 105 115 - Wheal Bassett ( Illogau 51 80 85 - Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 10 15 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 is - Wheal Seton -. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 8 10 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS East Lincoln gua. 6 per cent., 120 FOREIGN RAIL WAYB. Antwerp and Rotterdam, pi G rea t Luxembourg, 12i FOREIGN MINED. St. John del Rey, Um., 46 BAN gB. lim.,' 1;1 18 Auglo Egyptian, lim., 9 Australasia, 67 61 Bank of Egypt, 29 British North American. - 47} Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 2 London and County, 61} London Joint Stock, 41 London and South-Western, lim., 17} London and ‘1 estminster, 904 Midland Bank, Urn. ' 17 Union of London, 433 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 66 7 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 14 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua. lim., 31 Ceylon Company, 9} Credit Fonder and alobilier of England, q Ebbw Vale, 121 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 31 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 101 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lira., 4 General Steam Navigation, 26 Hudson's Bay, 151 London Financial Association, lim., 911 National Discount tompany.ll2i Ocean Marine Insurance), Al Peninsula and Oriental Steam, -- Ditto, new, 501 Royal Mail Steam, 107 Scottish Australian Investment, Sm., 117 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, lim.,— Ditto (.Cl2), 131 The liquidators of the European Bank will be enabled to declare a dividend at the end of next month. THREE YOUNG MEN DROWNED IN THE ORWELL. —A painful affair happened on the river Orwell at Ipswich on Sunday evening, between eight and nine. A prrty of five—Charles Kirby, a waterman, William Podd and Partridge Podd (brothers), Herbert Berndt, and Samuel Barber, landlord of the Bee-Hive Tap, Ipswicli—had pullcd to the Ostrich, a pleasant river-side house. They stopped there but a short time, and had three pots of beer between them. With the evception of Partridge Podd the party started for home, and when off Hog Island, within hall a mile of the dock promenade at Ipswich, the boat, through Kirby's getting up, was upsept. Barber fortunately clung to the beat, and was rescued by a man named Churchman, on board the mud-engine not far off, and taken ashore ; the other three were drowned. Information was at once given of the accident ; and Podd's body was found between eight and nine yesterday morning, and the other two bodies a little later. Kirby leaves a wife and five children. _.. lOU et 1 20 ioi 100 1 100 100 100 all. 100 100 1231 ►9 i 19 117} 4 i 161 89 56 1291 9)/ 9 20/ 231 4i 105} THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1866. Central Criminal Court—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder,) THE CHARGE AGAINST THE CASHIER OF THE LEEDS BANE. An application was made on the part of Edward Green field, lately cashier in the Leeds Bank, for a postponement of the indictment against him until next session. The application was granted. FELONIOUS POSSESSION OF FORGED STAMPS. Charles Sitzler, was indicted for having in his possession a quantity of forged stamps. It appeared that a short time ago advertisements ap peared in the Manchester papers offering to lend trust money out at interest. An application was made by a person named Alker to the address stated, and in return he received an answer, signed 11. Canton, in forming him his terms, and also informing him that ho would be required to send £G for the first year's interest and Is. for the stamp, and, from circumstances that tran spired, it was believed that the whole proceeding was an ingenious contrivance to procure the advance of the inte rest without the slightest intention of the parties advertis ing transmitting the amount of the loan. Letters after wards appeared in the London papers of a similar nature, the address given being Charles-street, Hatton-garden, and about 80 letters were taken to that address. Throe letters miscarried, and on being opened at the Post-office it was discovered the promissory notes they contained had forged stamps upon them. The throe letters were taken to Charles-street, and the prisoner signed the receipt for them in the name of "H. Canton." The detective officers then went in and the prisoner denied that his name was Canton, but that he was authorised by that person to sign his name. When he was formally charged with having the forged stamps in his possession he denied all knowledge of the matter. He did not in any way attempt to account for the possession of the forged stamps, and no explanation as to how he got possession of them was given by the prisoner. Evidence having been adduced, Mr. Sleigh contended that there was no case to go to the jury. Mr. Poland contended that there was. The Recorder thought there was evidence sufficient to go to the jury. Mr. Poland then replied on the case, and The Recorder summed up the case to the jury, and said the question they had to determine was whether the pri soner was in possession of the forged_stamps, knowing them to be counterfeit. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Lewis then informed the Court that the prisoner had previously been convicted for attempting to obtain money by false pretences from a loan office, and on that occasion he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. _ _ The - Recorder told the prisoner he had been found guilty of a very serious offence, and, to deter others from a repe tition of it, he should sentence him to ton years' penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant). Thomas William Sidell pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with feloniously uttering a forged acceptance of a bill of exchange for the sum of £35, with intent to defraud. The Common Sergeant sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ROBBERY.—iIEARTLESS CON DUCT.—Frederick Augustus Wright, a young man, de scribed as an agent, of 61, Chester-street, Kennington-lane, was charged beforo Mr. Tyrwhitt on suspicion of stealing a lady's velvet jacket, a moire antique dress, and other pro perty, belonging to his brother, Mr. Thomas Travers Wright, a literary agent, residing at 60, Waterloo-place, Kennington-road. The prosecutor said that some time ago he was charged at that court with obtaining a mantle from Messrs. Swann and Edgar's by fraud, and was committed from that court. On the 25th of June the prisoner (his brother) came to him in prison, and from that day to the 28th July he obtained from Lis (prosecutor's) wife several sums of money, in all about £4. He entrusted the prisoner with a parcel containing a velvet jacket, a moire antique dress and the property to Mr. Oddy's in Argyle-street, to be delivered to Mr. Sayer, the solicitor engaged for him, and the prisoner took it there, but subsequently fetched it away, and he had seen nothing more of the property The prisoner had also, although he received the money for the purpose, failed to get his witnesses to character in attend ance on the trial. He (prosecutor), ho ivever, was dis charged. He had ascertained that the prisoner had. been using his cards for a most improper purpose, and he had received letters addressed to him but intended for the pri soner, from servants who complained of the prisoner rob bing them. To one female the prisoner had represented himself as a clerk in Somerset House with a salary of £9OO a year, and to another as possessed of £3OO a year, and he had offered both of them marriage. Mr. Oddy, refreshment-house keeper, of Argyle-street, said the prisoner brought a parcel to his house for Mr. Sayer, and subsequently sent a lad for it. Ho refused to give the lad the parcel and the prisoner came himself, and he gave him the parcel. The prosecutor said the prisoner, although married and having two children, was carrying on a correspondence with different females with the view to marriage. In one of the letters sent to a female was one of his (prosecutor's) cards which the prisoner was using, and round it was wrapped a piece of blue silk, sent as a specimen of the in tended wedding dress. Mr. Sayer said the parcel was intended for him to be handed over by agreement to Messrs. Swann and Edgar. The prisoner, when taken - into custody by Sergeant Cole, of the C division, was in company - with a young woman whose acquaintance he had formed in Hyde-park, and to whom he was paying his addresses. The follow ing is a specimen of the letter forwarded by the young woman:—" My own darling Sarah—l could no longer conceal the resolution which I have taken to love you all my life, and bear the character of your love eternally. I have three times attempted to give you a verbal relation of the contents of this note, but my poor heart has failed me. Darling, I am not precipi tate, nor would I desire your hand if your heart did not accompany it. I declare to you, with all the sincerity of a man of honour, that I have a most sincere passion for you, but I have seen gentlemen led such dances when they have given up their affections to the lovely tyrants of their hearts, and could not help themselves, that I had no courage to begin an address to you, of whose good sense and generosity I had, nevertheless, a good opinion.—Your lover for over, " FRANK." The prisoner was remanded. ROBBERY OF VALUABLE PROPERTY PROM A CAB.—Yes terday afternoon, while a gentleman was in the shop of Messrs. Godfrey and Cook, chemists, in Old Bond-street, a black leather bag, containing jewellery and other valuable property, which he had left in the cab which was waiting for him, was stolen. Amongst the articles in the bag were a brilliant diamond ring, in case, directed "Countess Amherst ;" a garnet necklet, directed " Mrs. Emma Barbara Percy ;" some bracelets, composed of an tique intaglios in various stones, directed "Mrs. Isabella Lockwood ;" some orders on Messrs. Hoare and Co., bankers, one for £5OO, to the credit of H. Day, Esq., and another for a similar amount to the credit of Lord James Murray, both signed Lord Powis and Sir Hugh Williams. The man who is supposed to have stolen the property is described as being about 30 years of age, tall, and wearing at the time a shabby suit of black clothes. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY. MEETING (THIS DAY). The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of this com pany was held at the London Tavern to-day—Mr. F. Macnaghten (deputy chairman) presiding. The report, which has been already published and cir culated among the shareholders, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said that the directors had much regret in not having been able to an nounce the payment of a dividend to the shareholders for the half-year ending the 30th June last before the 15th of the current month, but having received the rents payable from the Great Eastern Railway Company under the lease of their line, the dividend at the rate of Li 10s. per cent. per annum on the ordinary and preference stocks would then be received by the shareholders. The delay which had taken place was in no way attributable to any neglect on the part of the management. The directors were unable to lay before the shareholders a final statement of the out standing accounts up to the 31st December last, in conse quence Of the delays interposed by the Great Eastern, but ho believed a settlement would shortly take place. The management were iu possession of certain funds, but it was a question to whom they belonged, and therefore it would not be desirable to divide thorn amongst the share holders at present. Mr. MuttuAv inquired who the parties were claiming any right to the funds in question. The CHAIRMAN said there were different parties, but the Great Eastern was the principal. Mr. MIIRRAY—What is their claim ? The CHAIRMAN—There is no claim, but there is a matter of £4,000 in dispute. Mr. C. WATHAIf, a director, seconded the motion. Mr. JAGGENS, a shareholder, said that, in common with other shareholders, he felt some disappointment that the report had not given them some information as to the exact position in which they stood. They were not informed whether the accounts had been audited, and they did not know what was the outstanding account in the bank to the credit of the company. The CHAIRMAN said that their money was out at in terest, and not lying idle, and they would receive 6 per cont. on their deposit. Mr.:JAGGENS said that so far that was satisfactory. The amount that would be required to pay the last dividend would be about £14,000 less £5OO. He should like to know what was in the bank available for that purpose, for the balance should be much more than £15,0 00. Of course their stock R ould not go to the Great Eastern under the leasing powers. The CHAlRMAN—Certainly not. Mr. JAGGENS —The company had also had other pro perty, and it would bo extremely desirable if the chairman would give some further explanations. He should like to know what was the reason of the delay in the settlement of the accounts, and he drew attention to the fact that the chairman of the company (Mr. Daniells) had told them there were no debts owing by the company. Tho CHAIRMAN stated that there was about £ll,OOO in hand, which would not give more than a dividend of 31 per cent., but it would be very indiscreet to touch that amount until the affairs of the company were settled. After some further discussion the report was agreed to, and thanks were voted to the chairman, which terminated the proceedings. Two Infant Dromios. At Worship-street, John Harrison, 23, of Mill-row, Kingsland, toymaker, was on Friday charged befored Mr. Cooke with stealing a child, named Edward Corderoy, four years of age, and Charlotte Amey, 31, of Gower's-walk, Whitechapel, needlewoman, was charged with unlawfully possessing the child. Mrs. Leader, wife of a horsehair manufacturer, in Birdcage-walk, Hackney, who had a fine little boy in her arms, said the child's mother, Elizabeth Corderoy, was her sister, and a widow, who lost her hus band a year and ten months ago. She had had the care of the child, off and on, ever since it was born, but entirely so since its father's death, as its mother had now to be out all day at work at Homerton, and could not look to it. At 11 in the morning of that day week (Friday) the mother called to see her, and as the child cried after her, she told the prisoner Harrison, who had been five weeks in her husband's employment, and was going out on an errand, to take the child with him and buy it some sweetstuff. When he returned he quietly closed the gate after him, but he had no child, and on her asking him what he had done with it ho said first he had given it to his mother, and then that two women—one in black, and the other with an apron on like a servant—had suddenly crossed the road and claimed the child, and he had therefore given it up to there. The child had always called her mother, and she was so distracted at its loss that she had handbills printed de scribing its clothing, and offering a handsome reward for its restoration or discovery, and not only went to every workhouse and police-station after it, but to Waltham stow, where one child had been found, and to Islington, in the other direction, where the dead body of a child of the same age had been discovered, but all to no purpose. She could make nothing of what the prisoner told her, and she therefore insisted upon his going with her to the station, where ho again so contradicted himseli that Inspector Broad detained him, and witness charged him with stealing the child. A woman then came to her with one of the hand bills in her hand, and told her she thought she could help her to find the other woman and the child, though she did not know whore she lived. They wont with another woman through Winfield-street and Flower-and-Dean-street, in quiring at every house in each, and at last discovered the prisoner Amey in bed with the child in a miserable garret. The bed was without either sheets or blankets, and the pri soner was parted from the child with the greatest difficulty, and earnestly claimed it as her own, which it could not be. David Isted, 223 H, said he was told to make inquiries about the stolen child, and questioned Harrison. He de nied having done any harm to it, and said that while walk ing with it a young woman in black suddenly ran over to him, told him to stop a minute while she fetched its mother, and that then another woman, who claimed the child as hers, came over, took it up, and he lot them go away with it. On finding himself likely to bo detained he made several violent attempts to escape, but was pre vented. Mrs. Emily Rogers, of Hopetown, Bethnal-green, said her daughter, who was the woman in black described, came home and told her she had assisted Mrs. Amey in carrying her child on the Friday, and described its appear ance and clothing. On Wednesday night her husband came home, with a bill about a stolen child, and as she felt sure the one her daughter had helped to take away was the same, she and a Mrs. Rose told Mrs. Loader and helped to find it. The prisoner Amey assured the magistrate that the child in court was hers, and implored him to let her have it. Her husband had abandoned her for two years, and through his living with another woman she had not been able to see her child since Christmas, but she knew him at once when she met him. Mrs. Rogers said the pri soner had claimed the child in this earnest way all through, but she could swear it was not hers. She had seen the prisoner's child. Amey still cried and protested that the child was her own, and Mr. Cooke remanded both prisoners till yesterday, taking the female prisoner's own recognizances for her appearance. She now surrendered, and cried the whole morning till she was put in the dock when Ellen Rogers, the other woman's daughter, said the prisoner called on her mother on Friday and asked wit ness if she would show her where Pollard's-row was, as she wanted to find where her husband lived, and to get back hor child. Witness went with her, and on suddenly seeing a man (Harrison) with the child, she exclaimed, " That is my child; oh, get it for me," and the witness was convinced she entirely believed it was her child. The witness took it by the hand, and on the prisoner crossing and telling the man it was her child, ho simply said, " Oh, very well," and gave it up to her. The prisoner carried it in her arms, but was rather the worse for drink, and offered her sixpence if she would help hor with it, which she did as far as Whitechapel, for fear she might let it fall. Elizabeth Corderoy, the child's mother, identified it as hers, and said as hers was an out-of-door business, her sister always kept the child for her. Samuel Amey, the prisoner's husband, was here called in, and pro duced his child, which was placed on a bench beside the other child, and the extraordinary likeness in hair, eyes, shape [of face, and expression of the two children, who were total strangers to each other, struck every one with surprise. Mr. Cooke said it was certainly very strange, as the only difference he could see was a slight difference in height. The husband, who looked like a porter, picked out one child as his, and said the prisoner was its mother. He had been living separate from her for some time, and had had the care of the child himself, his wife not having seen it sinoe the end of last November. Mr. Cooke asked him why he did not live with his wife, and the man said, " Things did not agree with us, and I would not live with her, and took the child." The prisoner said—l do not want to expose my husband's conduct, nor do 1 wish to live with him, or have my child, but I do want to see it some times. I am satisfied now that the other child is not mine. Mr. Cooke said there was no charge sustainable against either prisoner, though the man's conduct was very improper. Ho discharged both. Mrs. Loader then took away one child, and the man Amey went away with the other. THE RESTUATION OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL.— The committee for conducting the restoration of Salisbury Cathedral met on Saturday last, under the pre siderey of the bishop of the diocese ; and it was announced that the works comprised in the first contract, and which had boon in progress for the last two years, had now been completed. A second contract has been entered into fur the restoration of the west front of the cathedral, and it is calculated that the new portion of the work will be com pleted by June, 1867. Tho work of strengthening the lantern walls of the tower—probably the most important of all—has been completed to the entire satisfaction of the architect, Mr. Gilbert Scott, as well as of Mr. Shields. If the funds found to be at the disposal of the committee will warrant such a step, it is next proposed to undertake the warming of the cathedral. The subscriptions originally promised amounted to £15,341 10s. 5d., and of this sum no less than £ll,lO has already boon received. WESTMINSTER. DON'T TRUST YOURSELF WITH MR. SPURGEON.—Mr. William Rose, a well-dressed man, was charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. The police stated that another person, Mr. Richard Spurgeon, had been charged at the same time as the de fendant, with being drunk and incapable of driving his horse and gig, but having been bailed had not yet appeared. Mr. Selfe told the constable to proceed with the caso against Rose. The officer said that last night he was on duty, near Bolgrave-place, when Mr. Spurgeon, through drunkenness, met with an accident, and they wore thrown out. As de fendant was much hurt apparently, and incapable, from drunkenness, he conveyed him to the station and_ locked him up. Mr. Selfe (to defendant)—What do you guy to Oda t Defendant - I deny the drunkenness, and I have got into this difficulty from foolishly accepting a lift from this gentleman. I met him, and he asked me in which direc tion I was going. I told him to Soho, and he said he should be most happy to give mo a lift, and unhappily I accepted it. When we got near the Grosvenor Hotel Mr. Spurgeon drove up against a four-wheel cab, and our gig was actually turned right over, and we were thrown some distance. The police accuse me of being drunk, but the fact really is that my senses were shook right out of me by the fall. I hardly knew where I was, and was a long while coming to myself. I am dreadfully shaken and bruised, and inikead of standing here I ought to be under goingun,a sabaeciuen t the examinati on of a medical man, for I may be much more injured th an is generally thought. Mr. Selfe.--You had b e tt er not trus t yourse lf w i th M r. Sp oa rg m eo r. n. sp Youargeo aredischarged. appearance he was sued 10s. THAMES. AFFRAY ON THE B LACRWALL RAILWAY.—John Shaw, shipwright, New-street, Mile-ead, was charged before Mr. Partridge with assaultin g a ticket collector at the Lime house station of the Blackwall Railway. The complainant said the prisoner went into a first-class carriage at the station, and he asked him to show his ticket. The prisoner, after some objections, produced a second class ticket, and was told that he must pay the difference between first and second class fares or leave the carriage. Tho prisoner, who was intoxicated, refused to do either, and abused him. Ile requested the prisoner to leave the train, and on his refusal removed him. The prisoner then conducted himself with great violence and used obscene language. After a severe struggle ho and others got the prisoner down stairs. They both fell and the prisoner kicked him on the mouth, a n d also pulled him by the hair of the head into the street. The train was detained, and the passengers much alarmed by the prisoner's misconduct. The prisoner made a rambling defence, and 'said he was first struck, which the complainant and his witnesses denied. Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was drunk, and that no person in any way inebriated ought to be permitted to travel on a railway under any circumstances whatever. Hollinghurst—Ho deceived the clerk in the pay-office, who did not observe he was tipsy. Mr. Partridge—lt is a gross case of assault and violence on tho part of the prisoner. I fine him 405., or one month's imprisonment. GROSS CRUELTY TO A HORSE.—William Smith, a green grocer, was charged by Mr. W. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with working a T pony in an unfit state. It appeared from the evid ence o f T ra i n, as we ll as Young, of the Royal Society, that the prisoner's pony was yoked to a cart heavily laden with vegetables. The ani mal was limping, and there was a bandage round its k nee s, w hich the officers removed. The - knees were b ro k en . Th e h arn ess passed on the top of the back, whi c h was sore, an d the withers flesh w° r on the knees, ollen an There was a good deal of proud they were in a shocking condition. Mr. Livingstone, chie f usher of the court, said the pony was in a very bad state , and not fit to be worked. The prisoner said that he did n ot understand much about es wa re horses, and that he was advised to work the pony, and said it would do it more good than allowing it to remain at home in the stable. Mr Partridge—Do you think it would do you any good to carry a load with a sore back, swollen withers, and broken knees? The Prisoner—No, sir; certainly not. Mr. Partridge —Then have a little mercy for a poor dumb animal. You ought to know better. The prisoner received a good character from a gentle man, who said Smith was a poor man. Mr. Partridge—l shall fine the prisoner 205., and I have to request the two officers, Francis and Young, to keep their eyes on this case. If the horse is worked again in this dreadful condition I will inflict a very heavy penalty. It is a very fit case for the Royal Society to bring under my notice. FEMALE BEAUTY. — Th e plainest face is redeemed by a lovely skin and colour; the most beautiful is not per fect without it. Paints and powders are absurd to the eyes of beholders, and deceive none but the silly wearers of those ruinous applications. A gentlewoman of rank, from philanthropic motives, is anxious to impart to every one of her sex, rich or poor, the moans of procuring the most beautiful natural complexion by wholesome, simple, effective, and inexpensive means.—Send stamped directed envelope for particulars to Mrs. GRANTLEY, 4, Connaught terrace, Hyde-park, London, W.—(Anw.) In the late riots at New Orleans 31 negroes and one white man were killed, and several wounded. Martial law was proclaimed, and continued for some time in force in the city. The Atlantic Telegraph informs us that General Sheridan has re-established martial law in the city, from which it would appear that disturbances bad recommenced. Revolving Ironclad Forts. The recent gunnery experiments upon the turret of the Royal Sovereign, and the recent engagement with the Spanish ironclad squadron at Callao, have proved almost beyond a doubt that the system of revolving turrets is one which merits great atten tion. Such being the case, it remains yet to be de termined whether the system cannot be developed on a much more extended scale than its most san guine supporters ever expected. A plan has been recently submitted to the authorities of the Admi ralty and War Department, which, although bold in idea to the very extreme, commends itself for its simplicity. It is proposed by a civil engineer in Portsmouth that revolving ironclad forts should be erected on the foundations now in course of con struction on the No Man's Land Shoal and the Spit and Horse Sands, the forts upon which are intended to defend the roadstead known as Spithead. It is perfectly clear that if three men can turn with ease one of the turrets of the Royal Sovereign, although weighing 130 tons, a revolving ironclad fort could be turned with equal ease by powerful hydraulic machinery, even though weighing as much as 4,000 or 5,000 tons. At all events, the scheme is worthy the consideration of the authorities, and might fairly be left to the Turret Committee, or to the chief en gineer at Portsmouth Dockyard, to report upon its practicability. It is proposed that the diameter of the forts should be 213 feet, being the same as that of the top ennrse of the prezcnt foundations, having a double curvilinear sectional form, such form being, it is believed, preferable to that of a quadrant, or _that of an angle of 45 degrees. The forts will have two tiers of 600-pounders mounted on an upper and lower tier, each containing 16 guns, or 32 in all, and will revolve on three lines of rails with conical wheels, the wheels themselves being connected in the most powerful manner with the platform above, which in reality will form the foundation upon which the whole of the ironclad superstructure of the fort will rest. The guns will stand immediately over the other upon an iron gallery, each two being separated from the others by iron divisions to avoid the possi bility of accidents. The approximate weights would be as follows : Tons. Wrought-iron casing Backing, framing, &c. 1,500 Thirty-two 600-pounders Total weight to be turned by hydraulic power 4,500 Ample space will be provided within the forts for barracks, magazines, &c., but it is intended that a staircase should be erected in the centre, with an ironclad look-out tower forming its roof. The time for providing ourselves with old-fashioned batteries is gone by. We must now avail ourselves of iron, steel, or if there be any other harder and more dur able metal known to keep out the ponderous shot and shell which are about to come into use.—Army and Navy Gazette. NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP.—It is officially announced that the Rev. Canon Eyre, of St. Mary's New castle-upon-Tyne, has been appointed Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle. He succeeds Bishop Hogarth, who died on the 7th of February last. The first pocket of new hops arrived at market this ramming. It was grown by Mr. George Austen, of Battle, Sussex, consigned to Messrs. W. Austen and Com pany, Borough, and bought by Messrs. Bakers, White, and Morgan, London-bridge, for Messrs. Squire and Tillyer, brewers, Uxbridge, at £l6 16s. per cwt. Yesterday afternoon a large number of English excursionists left London by special trains from Charing cross, London-bridge, Victoria, and Ludgate- h ill, for Paris via Dover and Calais, to attend the Emperor's fete s. A TYPEFOUNDERS' FEAST.—One of the most satisfactory assemblages that has taken place in this trade, since the afternoon when John Guttenburg, John Faust, and Peter Schafer, sat down to celebrate the casting of the first fusible type—for which the first found the brains of the inventor, the second the money and metal of the capitalist, and the third the skill of the craftsman — came off on Saturday at the Crystal Palace, when Messrs. Caslon and Co., on the 150th anniversary of their ancient firm—which originated typefounding in this country— summoned the hands in their employ to a feast in celebra tion of that event and of the recent reintegration of their business, after a disturbance by a dispute and strike that has only been put an end to by a determined intermission for quite throe months in supplying any orders to their connection, so overmastering the embarassment, which the leaders of the strike had reckoned upon as an irrefragable means for compelling them to succumb to the terms im posed by the union. There was, of course, much mutual congratulation, and Mr. Henry Caslon, who presided, men tioned the curious fact that matrices from punches originally cut by William Caslon in 1725 were now taken down for daily use after having been laid aside since 1772 as obso lete—nearly 50 years after their first invention—" for," said Mr. H. Caslon, " with the returning taste for the beautiful in form—a necessary consequence of the greater popularisation of art in our times—the ' old-faced type' had come to be regarded as the most elegant letters within the range of typography, tho call for them being so large that the house had a difficulty in keeping up with tho require ments of their customers." ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Last night at 11 o'clock, an accident, fortunately unattended with fatal results, took place at the Elephant and Castle station, when one train ran into another with considerable force. It appears that at the hour specified a train from Ludgate-hill was standing at the Metropolitan Extension platform at the Elephant and Castle station, setting down passengers, and awaiting the signal to proceed. The block system of telegraphic signalling is in use on this line, and iu the ordinary course no train would be allowed to leave the Borough-road station for the Elephant and Castle until the metals wore signalled from the latter place to be clear. But last night, from some cause not clearly explained, a passenger train left the Borough-road station and sighted the Elephant and Castle . train before the latter had moved. When the enginervr. saw the semaphore danger signal up he at once did his best to slacken speed, but a collision could not be avoided. The second train dashed into the stationary one with consider able force. The passengers were very much shaken, but no lives were lost. Central Criminal Court.—Aug. 13. OLD COURT. (A portion of the following appeared in our improssion of yesterday):— The August sessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this day at the Old Bailey before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs. The calendar contains a less number of prisoners for trial than usual, and the offences charged aro not of that heinous character which for the last few months have had to be disposed of by the court.. There are charges of wilful murder against a mother for attempting to drown her chil dren, and afterwards to commit suicide, in Somer's-town, but she is not in a state of body and mind to take her trial at the present sessions. The Recorder having charged the grand jury, the trials in a short time commenced. THE PERJURY BEFORE TILE MAIDSTONE ELECTION COM- MITTEE. Henry Chambers, blacksmith, was indicted for having committed wilful and corrupt perjury before a select com mittee of the House of Commons appointed to try the merits of a petition presented against the return of Messrs. Lee and Whatman at the last election for the borough. The Solicitor-Genecal and Mr. Poland prosecuted, and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. M. Williams defended the prisoner. The facts of the case, briefly related, are as follows : The prisoner is an elector for Maidstone, and shortly before the last election he was at the Sun public-house, where ho was introduced to Mr. Lee, one of the Liberal candidates About a week after prisoner alleged that he again met Mr. Lee, who ask e d hi m i f £2O or £3O would b e o f serv i ce to him ; he, however, said he should not under any cir cumstances vote for Lee and Whatman, as his views were entirely opposed to theirs. After this he alleged Mr. Whatman came to him as he was working at his forge, and the sum offered him was then increased from £2O or £3O, to £3O or £4O. He still refused, when Mr. Lee, who was with Mr. Whatman, toad his colleague to leave de fendant to him as he had had some conversation with him on a previous occasion, and that they perfectly understood each other. Defendant further alleged that Mr. Lee told him he was a great fool for re fusing, and that when he left he slipped a small packet into his (defendant's) pocket, Which on :examination he found to be two sovereigns, and which he supp ose d was given to him to spend in drink. He did not vote for Messrs. Lee and Whatman, but for their opponents, the Conservative candidates. This was the nature of the evidence given by the defendant before the. Election Cora mitten, but both Mr. Leo and Mr. Whatman declared that there was not one word of truth in the whole statement ; that, in fact, it was one tissue of falsehood from beginning to end. The committee eventually decided that Messrs Lee and Whatman had been duly elected, and they also reported that Chambers had been guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and the present trial was the result of such a representation. Messrs. Lee and Whatman, the sitting members, both attended as witnesses at the court this morning, and re peated that there was not the slightest truth in the asser tions of the prisoner. Mr. Sleigh, for the defendant, addressed the jury, and said ho should call before them witnesses who saw the members going to prisoner's forge on the evening the pri soner asserted they did, but that he could not of course go further than that. Mr. Hawkins said he resided at Maidstone, and recol lected the last election quite well. He recollected at the election time, while he was sitting at a public-house at Maidstone one evening, seeing Mr. Lee and Mr. Whatman coming out of Chambers's forge in Pudding-lane. Mr. Brown called his attention to the fact. By the Solicitor-General—He was engaged on the side of the opponents of Messrs. Lee and Whatman during the late election. He was in London during the trial of the petition the first two days, on one of which Chambers was examined. He did not know that Chambers was to be examined, but he learned that fact after. He did not go up to London to give evidence on the petition, but only because he took an interest in it. He did not attend to the evidence because he had nothing to do with the proceedings. He had no other business in London except taking an interest in the proceedings. He was in the room when Chambers was examined, but not during the whole of the time. He was against the petition being pre sented, but it was a matter of perfect indifference to him how the matter went. He was paid for the services ho rendered to the Conservative candidates at the late election. He was an inspector of voters, and he got a guinea for his services. There were other inspectors as well as himself ; they also got a guinea. He followed no occupation at present; he lived upon his property. Fifteen years ago he was articled to the law. He could not veture to swear it was not later than six o'clock in the evening when he saw Messrs. Lee and Whatman coming from the forge. He had already sworn it was later than seven. He had spoken to Mr. Goodwin, the solicitor for the petitioner, but only casually. It had nothing to do with the evidence. Ho would not swear before the trial of the petitioner commenced ho did not talk to Mr. Good win on the matter. He would not swear there were not five people in the forge. He would Lot swear there were not six. He could'nt say possibly how many there were. He did not know what evidence was to be offered with the exception of t 1 at of a person named Kirby. When the petition was going on he first mentioned tivit which ho had spoken to-day relative to Messrs. Lee and Whatman coming from Chambers's forge. He told them that he thought he had seen to the best of his belief Mr. Lee and Mr. Whatman coming out of Chambers's forge. He could only go the length of saying this to the best of his belief ; he would not go further than that. He first mentioned the fact of seeing Messrs. Lee and Whatman leave the forge to three or four friends in the course of a casual conversation. Be-examined by Mr. Sleigh.—He had no doubt the two persons he saw coming out of Chambers's forge were Messrs. Leo and Whatman. He was not in the committee room five minutes whi'e Chambers was under examination. He read the evidence given by Messrs. Lee and Whatman on its publication in Maidstone. Joseph Brown said he recollected about eight or nine days before the election he was in Pudding-lane, and he there saw Messrs. Lee and Whatman between eight and nine in the evening. He saw them go into Chambers's forge ; ho knew the gentlemen perfectly. He afterwards went to Smith's beershop in Pudding-lane, just opposite Chambers's forge. He saw Hawkins there, and he had a conversation with him. He had to pass the forgo to got to the public-house, and he there saw Messrs. Lee and Whatman. About five nights before the election he saw Messrs. Lee and Whatman in Chambers's forgo talk ing to them. He had no doubt about the two persons he saw being Messrs. Lee and Whatman. By the Solicitor-General—H e did not take much in terest in the election, neither did he come to town during the trial of the petition. Hawkins was going home with him when they saw Messrs. Lee and Whatman, and he (wit nes,s) said to Hawkins " They are working that man's in side out." (Laughter.) He could not say how long this second occasion of seeing them was before the nomination day. It might be four or five days, but he could not be positive. He could not say when ho first mentioned the matter, but ho told Mr. Goodwin, and it might be a week ago. He, however, had mentioned the matter to other persons, but ho could not say to whom or when. The forge was open to the street ; a ny person could see who was in the place if ho wished, and took the trouble to walk by. He would undertake to say it was later than eight o'clock when ho saw Messrs. Lee and Whatman in Pudding-lane. He and Hawkins had come up from Maidstone together, and had been in company up to the present time ; but the nature of the evidence which they were going to give that day never formed the subject of conversation. Re-examined by Mr. Sleigh—lt was after Chambers's evidenco and Messrs. Lee and Whatman's denial had been published in the newspapers that the matter became the public talk in Maidstone. lio took part in the general conversation like other persons. William Diproso said he saw Messrs. Lee and Whatman go into Chambers's forge four or five days before the elec tion. Eliza Harris also stated that she saw the two members go to Chambers's forge four or fiTo days before the elec tion. Mr. Denton, a solicitor engaged in the prosecution of the petition, said when he heard the nature of the evidence to be given by the defendant, he cautioned him as to the con sequences of his being wrong in his facts, tolling him that he would most certainly be prosecuted for perjury if the matter was denied by Messrs. Leo and Whatman. Mr. Sleigh then addressed the jury on the evidence ho adduced, and contended that the prosecution had alto gether failed to make out a case against the prisoner. The Solicitor-General, in replying to the whole case, put it to the jury whether gentlemen holding the position of Messrs. Lee andWhatman would wilfully come into that court and, in order to obtain a conviction, state that whic h they knew to be false. The Recorder summed up the case, and re t ur ned a Tho jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, verdict of Not Guilty. simple reason command In all our Colonies, American seed for vegetables, fruits, and flowers, are eagerly sought,. and always t c h o a m t m ex ai p l e d ri t e h n e ce h h i gashesshtoPwrnicetheeprrtohdeuscr best. There are are no people who better under stand the value of l a bour, and to expend labou r i n a wo rthless result is considered a rank heresy in the country. The action of the Legislature materially aids the producer. Congress, by a recently enacted The l3 11r ella purchase o f law, a ppropriated $60,000 for t . he o n ls e r d er to se su ed ch s seeds g b e u t t a io h n le, is a c n o d n fi fi a c n er d ea d l i , s v tr e i as are rare be made a nd uncommon, or such as c an pro fitable by frequent changes more from country to another. Also $1.4,000 for the one part of the propa gation and distribution of plants, cuttings, shrubs, which are and to be restricted adapted to general to such as are cultivation, and general intereststo promote the of horticulture throughout th e -u • nited States. and agriculture TATTERSALLS'—Last Evening. EBOR HANDICAP. Bto lon the field (offered) ST. LEGER. 5 to 4 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 3to 1 agst Rustic (taken) 30 to 1 agst Podargus (taken) DERBY. 100 to 8 agst D'Estournel (taken) 15 to 1 agst Marksman (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rake (taken) 22 to 1 agst Hermit (taken) 33 to 1 agst Cerfvolant (taken) 50 to 1 agst Pedagogue (taken) 50 to 1 agst Bumbastes (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. AUG UST. Egham l4 I Plymouth Wolverhampton l4 Lichfield Stockton l5 1 Tunbridge 2g Oxford l6 1 Yarmouth • 28 Hastings 9l Derby Summer 29 York August 2l Weymouth 29 Dover 9 , Baden Baden 3l SEPTEMBER. Warwick September 4 Monmouth I Leicester 6 Manchester Autumn. Doncaster ii I Brecon l7 Canterbury lB Richmond 25 Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall Lanark 2B OCTOBER. Northampton 2 Newmarket2d October... 8 Lothians' Racing Club 3 Hereford • • Ryl. Cal. Hunt and Kelso 3 Newmarket Houghton ... 22 Bedford 4 NOVEMBER. Lincoln Liverpool IRISH RACING FIXTURES. SEPTEMBER. Curragh 4, 5, 6 OCTOBER. Curragh 16., 17 18 FRENCH RACING FIXTURES. AUGUST. Moulins Cherbourg l9 Tarbes l9, 2 2 Le Mans l9 Blois 2G, 28 1 Baden-Baden 3l SEPTEMBER.; Baden-Baden 3 , 5 , 7 1 Varis (Autumn) ...... 23, 30 Chantilly MARKE TS. —This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £4 15s to £5 158 ; new do., £3 lOs to £4 10s ; old clover, £5 lOs to £6 15s Od ; now• do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ' • and straw, .£2 Os to .£2 lOs per l oad, A moderate demand. OUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4 158 - to £5 15s Od ; new do., £3 lOs to £4 15s Od ; old clover, £5 lOs to £6lss new do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. Trade firm. WEUTECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 15s to £5 15s Od; new do., £3 12s to £ 5 Os ; old clover, £5 lOs to ..£6 15s Od new do., £4 4s to £5 lOs ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 lOs per load. A fair inquiry. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been very dull, and prices for Uhbia, produce are unaltered. A small quantity of Assam is an nounced for public competition to-day, and full rates are expected to be realised. St GAIL—The market has remained rather quiet, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. Refined goods are dull and a shade cheaper. COFFEE.—There has been a good demand for both Plantation and Native Ceylon, and superior qualities have commanded full rates. RICE. —A moderate business has been done, chiefly in cleared descriptions, and late rates have been well main tained. SALTPETRE.—There have been no sales of importance —quotations for British refined being unaltered. _._ TALLOW—Tho tallow market was firmer on Saturday for forward periods of delivery, the improved deliveries encouraging buyers, and the political aspect of the conti nent being regarded as more favourable than adverse to the article. From Petersburgh the shipment is 13.038 against 8,570 last year, the market fiat, and exchange had declined to 281 I. To-day the market is well supported ; on the spot there is no further change, but for Oct. to Dec. higher prices aro demanded, the market closing—. spot new, 44s 6d ; 1865, Y.C., 44s ; Sept., 44s 9d to 45s ; Oct. to Dec., 45s Gd, buyers ; Dec., 46s 6d ; Odessa sheep, 44s 6d ; Australian beef, 43s 6d ; fine South American, 455, Ist pipes ; town tallow, 43s 3d, nett cash ; cocoa-nut oil is firm ; Cochin, 53s to 53s Gd ; Ceylon, 45s to 45s Gd. N o Sydney offering. Palm oil firm, 41s ; fine Lagos palm oil, 38s 6d. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens very steady. Sales probably 8,000 bales or more. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE---This Day. LONDON, Aug. 14.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and rune weather, but rather cloudy. QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Royal William, from Demerara ; Boreas, from New York ; Eme.. rald, from Sulina. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Forde landet, for Quebec. BRISTOL, Aug. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—N. B. del Carmen, from Havannah. FALMOUTH, Aug. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Zaid Holland, from Akyab. CLYDE, Aug. 12. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—San Giovi, from Odessa. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. I.3—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John Davison, from Shields for Genoa, making water and with damage. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 13.--Baltic, from Dunkirk; Skondda and Wilholmina, from St. Petersburg; Fingal, from Cronstadt. Arrived, Aug. 14.—Alma, from Uleaborg ; Sally, from Malmo; Ardis, from Hamburg ; Rixtine, from Emden; Costa Rica Packet, from Punta Arenas ; Cosmopolitan, steamer, from Hamburg ; Cologne, steamer, from Bou logne. Sailed, Aug. 14—Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, Aug. 13—Aurora, screw steamer, from London, for Genoa ; Lewes, from Newcastle, for Lisbon. Passed, Aug. 14.—Phillippine, barque, from the West ; Merchantman, from Bombay (in tow); Enmore, from Bar badoes—all for London ; Queen of the Seas, from Pomeran, for Newcastle; Champion, of Shoreham, from the West, for the North. Cholera Relief Committee at the Mansion.. House, In the course of the proceedings on Saturday the following circular, addressed by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Il r estminster to the Catholic clergy in the poorer parts of the metropolis on Friday last, was read : "Rev. and dear Sir —As'i t B, iB Yo o l u ic r -p d la u c t e, t W., Aug. k 10.. sion for the possible spread of cholera am y on o m m u a s, ° I pwrouvld suggest to you to apply, without delay, to the local autho rities, parochial, sanitary, or otherwise, in your district, for admission to any committee or board which may bo formed for the relief of the cholera sick; and also to adopt, as far as possible, the same modes of p roceeding, and to join in making a collection to be added to any genorsl fund. For this purpose it will be advisable to invite the assist ance of the laymen in your mission. aAßny:A h ir idr ch e b n ish bx .p in o g f I l v ef e t st o n ip n h s a t n e s ni b " I would request you also to atiasde tyaouprreuvtemaotsatllinwflaukeinncog, 1 to hasten the burial of the dead; or assembling at funerals of more than the number of per sons who may be properly o!. actually required. "In the event of chl ß e e r i a, ie b ve e ni so o g e s w d ay as s t y o o s uairid affectionate ti t o h n e a ir te na s m erv es anantdiznage Christ, . "Commending you and your flock to the goodness of our Heavenly T h e e:t e v o lle m nEl M 'F i Y t a te tEb e neW a r, ppeared entirely to approve sugge stions contained in Dr. Manning's circular. The following notice has been posted in the Stock Exchange :—" The Bank of England will be pre pared to pay the drawn bonds of the Turkish Guaranteed Loan on and after the 14th inst., with interest at the rate of 10 per cent. from the Ist August." In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets duringthelast few days there has been an absence of animation consequent upon the continued high rate of discount. Only a small quantity of sugar has changed hands at about previous rates, while for coffee there has been a fair demand, and superior qualities have brought full rates. Rice has also been more inquired for, and a fair business has beat done in tallow without any material change to re port in quotations for either present or forward de livery. At a meeting held to-day of the shareholders of the London and South-Western Bank, the report stated there was an available balance of £7,088, and a dividend was recommended at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, which will leave £l,OBB to be carried forward. The deposits of customers, &c., amount to £443,056, and the liabilities on accept ances to £18,560, . i .. IMMIII, ar 521 I 1211 1 101} 661 6 !