The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-22 00:00:00

tis MONEY MARKET AN' , COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market continues in an easy and quiet condition. Very few bills are brought forward for negotiation, exemplifying in a great measure the little business that is in progress. There is plenty of capital on offer, but the brokers are still unwill ing actively to compete with the authorities, and the lowest rate out of doors is consequently only 3i per cent. The directors of the Dagenham (Thames) Dock Company have issued their report for the half-year, to be presented at the meeting of shareholders on the 23rd inst. They state that -the shares already taken up, together with the borrowing powers, are sufficient to enable the works to be carried on with - vigour. It is intended to advance the entrance of the docks so as to obtain a greater depth of water, which will enable the admission of vessels of greater tonnage at low water than was originally intended. A landing wharf is being constructed, and a con tract has been signed with the London and Tilbury Railway for a station at Dagenham. The committee of the Stock Exchange have this day ordered the shares of the Delhi Bank Corpora tion to be marked in the daily list, and those of the London and Southwark Insurance Corporation in the twice a week list. Two o'CLocx. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to neuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f. 17c. Quiet. When the Stock Exchange Markets opened this morning the department for English securities ex hibited activity, and a rise of about 1 per cent. took place in the Funds. Since then, however, the dealings have been very few, and a decline occurred of per cent., viz., to 89f 894, at which price Consols are now quoted for money and account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89i ; New 2i per Cents., 714 ; Exchequer Bills, ls. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 105 1; do. Enfaced 5 per Cent., 1001 ; do. 51 per Cents., 1091 ; do. 4 per Cent. Debentures, 99; ; and Bank of England Stock, 248 250. The Foreign Stock Market has been buoyant, and prices have generally been well maintained. Turkish Consolides are 48i- 9 ; Mexican, 231 ; the New Loan, 221 ; Greek, 201 8 ; Spanish Passive, 291 1; the Certificates, 148 8 ; Italian, 631 64 ; and the Confederate Loan, 6 8. American Securities are also well supported. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 684 69 ; Erie Shares, 53 53i ; Illinois, 781 784 ; Atlantic and Great Western Certificate of Debentures are 85: 1 1 86. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been moderately active, and prices in most instances exhibit increased firmness. Metropolitan have advanced 15s. ; Great Eastern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Midland each 10s. ; and Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western and South Eastern each ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, without material change in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in stances a shade firmer. London Bank of Mexico are dealt in at 101 ; London Joint-Stock, at 48 ; London and County, at 741 4 ; Crystal Palace Stock, at 391 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 9:1 10 1 _ 4 4' The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings : —The New Issue of 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlan tic Telegraph, 2 24 per share ; Northern Assam Tea Company's Shares, par prem. ; Chubwa Tea, par prem. ; London Bridge Land, 1 prem. ; Albert-bridge, 1 14- prem.; Massa Carrara Marble, 11 prem. ; Downs Docks, 11i prem ; London Quays, dis. par ; British India Trust and Agency- Corporation, 1 14 prem. ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 3 3i prem ; London Jute Works, 1 prem. ; M'Queen Brothers, 14 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Per Cent. Consols Do. Account, S e pt. 7 o per Cent. Reduced 89 4 New a pAr Cent . . New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 7ll Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 ti 31 per Cent — Do. £5OO — Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, Si per Cent 250 48 Do Account ! — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do- Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent, Jan. 1872 Do. si. per Cent., May 1879 lO9l Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 99/ Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Do. 4* 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 — D anubian Principalities Do. Account Do £B6 paid — Eluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — iio., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do. 1864 95 Do £lOO Bonds 94 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account 204 Do. Coupons (luatemala 5 per Cent. Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (3,laremmana Railway) 701 Do 1865 Do Scrip, £671 paid — D 5 per C en t., 1864 — ,_ . Scrip, £55 p a id - 3 1exican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 — 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 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portvuese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. A ccount Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do q per Cent., 1860 D~3 per Cent. 1859 , 5 r Cent. 1862 92 1 4 ' o 5 per pe Cent. 1864 95 11 S panish 3 per Cent Do Account D 0 New Deferred -lie Account Do P ass i ve — , Do Account ..., how , ISh Cert. of Coup not funded 8 wu t, :d i_ . A s.h74 °ll p n er t Cent. — °. li per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 -Poo Account 941 -,!-. 6 per Cent. 1858 aio Account 741 D 0 .£lOO Bor Do_ ii lids 1 per Cent — Do 6 Per Cent. 1862 73 1 -uo Account 731 Do £lOO Bonds . Po 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 Per Cent. 1865 -up £lOO Bonds - - dis Do £lOO Bonds £35 paid 99i /7,70 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent . liezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account 1:)° 6 Per Cent, 1864 — 11 4 Dividends on the above i t k' '' ' ll ati, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins _— payable in London. , ~elgian 41 per cent, Ex. 25f. " J 'ltch 21 per Cent Ex. 12 Gail 6l ~ 98f Frenchuo. 4 per Cent. CertificaLes ___ ~, Rentes, 41 per Cent. ~ -uo Account _ lalian per Cent. , 1861, Ex. 251. bo. Account De. S ept. Account 89 C°4Bol B TA 7,1- OiCLOCK. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Chester and Holyhead, 12:i Hull and Selby, 1(71 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. A ntwerp and Rotterdam. 10 Belgian Eastern Junction, If G rest Luxembourg, 15f San Paulo, liw., gua. 6 per cent., 17i FOREIGN MINE& Frontino and Bolivia Gold, Bra., 3} Waahoe Gold, lira., Ditto, (£3), 0 BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China,:2B} Colonial, lino., 411 2 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 22 Consolidated Bana, 1im..10 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 1 Imperia► Ottoman, 151 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira.. 4} London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Jim,, 10} London Chartered Bank of Australia, 211 London and County, 741 1 1 London Joint Stock, 48 London and 1% estminster, 95 Union of Australia, 531 Union of London, 531 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 } Credit Fonder and Mobilicr of Englauu, 81 Crystal Palace, 391 Ebbw Vale, 131 Egyptian Corn and Trading, lim., 31 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, ilrn., 51 Internatjonal Financial society, lim., London Financial Association, lim., 2tl London General Omnibus Company, 31 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 10 Penin-ula and Oriental Steam, 97.1, Royal Mail Stearn, 1171 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance),llni., Universal Marine. Insurance, lira., 51 THE APPETITE OF A Fisri.—The labrum is a fish mentioned by Pliny, and rather vaguely described as a kind of ravenous fish, seeing that every fish is by nature utterly and entirely ravenous. Tho elegant trout who flies in the wildest terror if you show the tip of your nose, will eat nearly his own weight of bleak and dace on a hot still June evening. A pike has been known to rush at a fish well-nigh the size of himself, and even to dash at a mule's nose ! I have known a fishing-frog lose its life in an insane attempt t o swa ll ow a woo d en scoop, t h e pro prietor of which o bj ec t e d t o th e proceeding. It is b ut a short time since an account appeared in the Times of a fish which had swallowed, among other matters, two biokon bottles, a quart pot, a sheep's head, a triangular piece of earthenware, and a lobster, while in its liver the spine of a skate was comfortably embedded !—Dickens's "All the Year Ronnd." SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share/ Railways. 13.14 Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth end Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A gets no div. • Do till6p.c.p.an.has B ' been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Jung. Dun,.Perth, & b.J unc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. W stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. K Angl. st No. •? Great North of Scotland Great Northern D. , . A stock Do. B ,:o Do. :New, ts. at 25 ply GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n S. VAL Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. MM.—Oxford Do. New po Do. lle jford ........ Lanc tshire &Yorkshire Landon and Blackwali Lon., Bri:fh.,& S Coast Lon., I 'hat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle u6.i shares Metropolitan. Do. New Midiand Do, Dirmin it Derby, Mid Gt. W.. Ireland' Do. 6 shares %lid Kent North British _ _ _ Do. Ed., Pth Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. (I.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle . . ... Do. Stock. & Darling. Ds. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 ... North Staffordshire N. &S. W. Junction 1 Scottish C, ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stock 4 11 , ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon south E .stern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'raff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenni West Cornwill W.Hartlepool Har.&R 1 1)o. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 96 98 133; 134; ti 8! 61 (6 :6 17 109 111 46 47 7i 8 100 100 100 100 ICO 131 132 147 ;98 128 .32 86 48 66 67 63 65 41 16 40 15 C 5 1 07 117 i 11 4 9t 92 103 105 39 II 125 12 9.1 10 54/1 551 133 1331 2/ S p 1361 1311 1 99 101 54 55 24 5 110 i 1111 67 60 103 101 37i 3; - -P 10 11 p 121 123 1 2 p 75 77 llf 121, 148 152 57 A) 61 63 55 67 80 61 9 10 15F 157 3 !p 106 107 49 51 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 16.} 6 87 861 1 is IEI 01 3) 125 1 1 P9l 56 51 L 331 } 4 131 } Paid.' C i lo r EL e ing i Business - 80 79t 801 BRITISH P Atlantic& St.Lawrence l Born.,Barocia, ic Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. le shares Buffalo ‘t Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June ), 1-674 Calcutta & r•‘. E., Um ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben . al, gu, 5 do East I. Man, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist '-ref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Do. do. deterred 1)o. Sd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Fret. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (tim out. 5 per cent D.,. 41 per cent 'great W a. of Canada Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 14). 5, do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B 1. C'da, pc let pf. bele Scinde Do. Delhi ...... 1 1-4 d Do. do .......... . Do. Puniaub.... 45 Do.lndua St Flo 6° SSIONS. 57 59 101 102 41 91 9 lt) 99 101 70 75 100 102 101 102 113 104 I if) 18 19 PO 65 66 55 60 57 $8 50 52 43 46 38 42 25 27 24 26 103 104 .} p 2P 1001 1011 11; 12k 8} 81 , 1 112 82 64 1 4 d 101 102 95 97 89 91 66 68 82 84 991 10041 991 100,1 93i 1U 0& SECUR 96 98 95 07 100 83 85 82 94 103 105 106 108 108 110 106 108 1( 3 105 108 110 103 105 107 if:n 107 109 103 105 95 97 99 101 93 95 90 91 102 10-1 83 85 98 100 10ii 20216, 105 107 10i 114 SH MINES. 9 10 25 2' 560 580 1 18 .0 114 124 6 6s 21 2 10 11 31 1 2 4 394 204 If 35 37 24 S 2y 40 42 2 24 2E 3 41 41 2Y 11 13 25 3i 4 1, 1t 11 11 2 PO 32 470 490 15 2' 13 15 161 17i 6i 74 10 12 75 8 170 180 75 80 28 30 4 6 200 206 17 18 COLONIAL GOVERNMEN' British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31.1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6 g. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1872 lit, April &. - oat. 1880-4 Do. do; 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, May t 5, Nov. Natal qov. o per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.le.l uly N. S.W. Gov. 6 p*c., 1866 Do. 5 p c. 18;1 to 1876 • Do. 5 j).c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Sc•,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 dz upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRIT." Cam Consul. Uold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake wal Is East Bassett allogan) East Caration as t earn Brea East Grenville Eat-t Love.l E. W'l Russell (Tavistk G am. & StA übyn(G wen. Gr. at L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor Heist. Grenvil,e Ilerod's Foot ilingaton riowns Margaret (Uny Lelant Merke Valley ti►wyndy Iron Ore, liw Nang' lea New Setun North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyLdant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West t , assett (Mogan W. Caradon (L skeard West C hi vcrton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Butler (Redruth %vhea Ludo;.tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Wheed Tf elawney ;Lis. Wheal Uni 103; 4 31 14j ITIES. 2.1.0 30 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2..3.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 18.189 30.17.6 rim SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1E65. The Extraordinary Charge against Mr. Sprague. __ ._.v MANSION-HOUSE-THIS DAY. To-day Charles Gordon Sprague, the surgeon, who was recently tried and acquitted on an indictment charging him with administering poison to Sarah Chalker, his mother-in-law, with intent to murder her, at the Exeter Assizes, was placed before the Lord Mayor charged with committing a heinous offence on Hannah Hart, servant to Mr. Jenkins, surgeon, of 22, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch street. It was proved on the first examination, which took place last Monday, that the prisoner had only been in Mr. Jenkins's service two days when he committed the offence with which he was charged, having left Devonshire shortly after his trial at Exeter. To-day Hannah Hart was recalled, and her former exa mination, in which she stated that the prisoner had admi nistered to her brandy and medicine, having been • read over to het, Mr. Maynard, who attended for the prisoner, put some questons to her in cross-examination, in answer to which she said she had gone upstairs to lay down as she was suffering from faintness. She did not speak of it to the prisoner. She had not taken any spirits during the morn ing. She had written 'a note to the prisoner asking his permission to go out to a concert on Saturday. The pri soner gave no answer. The note was written on pink paper, and she sent it to the prisoner by the boy. The order she expected for the concert did not come, so she did not go out. She pulled the blinds down before she laid down. She did not know when they were drawn up. After the prisoner had committed the offence he went out for about an hour. She went mid fetched a policeman. While she was out she did not taste any spirits, neither did she meet a friend. She had known the witness Pye, the errand boy, about two months. She was not intimate with him, nor had she spoken to him about the matter. The boy Pye, in addition to his evidence, said when ho went upstairs to Hannah Hart's room, he found his door locked—the prisoner, however, answered from the inside. When the prisoner left witness went into the room, and saw that Hannah's dress was very much disordered. He wrote the note for her, as she could not write. Sho had not to his knowledge had any spirits that morning. Ho did not hear her cry or make any noise. Had she done so ho thought ho must have heard it. When we bathed her head she did not complain of any ill-treament. The evidence of Mr. Hun:Thies, of Trinity-square, surgeon, was next read. It went to show that he had examined her person, and was of opinion that the offence had been committed. The absence of marks of violence was no proof that the offence had not been perpetrated. The Lord Mayor—Do you think that anything thrown over the girl would produce the marks on her neck— chloroform, for instance ? Witness—No, I should say not. If it had the faco would also have been excoriated as well as the neck. Mr. Howell, who prosecuted, said that was all the evi dence ho had to produce. He contended it was quite suffi cient to enable the magistrate to commit the prisoner for trial. Mr. Maynard did not think the evidence at all justified such a course. The Lord Mayor—l shall most certainly commit the prisoner for trial. I must also say that I never saw a witness give evidence in a more truthful and unhesitating manner than the young woman had done. I shall most decidedly commit the prisoner for trial. Mr. Maynard—Then I shall, on the part of the prisoner, reserve any observations on the case until the trial takes place before a jury. The Lord Mayor—You can do so, if you please. My duty is quite clear. The prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate for trial for the capital offence. The prisoner was then removed from the dock by the jaoler. During the examination he treated the matter with the coolest indifference, and when it was intimated that he was fully committed for trial, he merely gage a smile, and left the court apparently rather amused than otherwise at the proceedings. Closing Ceremony of the West London Industrial Exhibition• The closing of this most interesting exhibition took place last night at the Floral Hall, Covent garden, under circumstances equally as imposi ng as the opening, and was attended by thousands of the labouring classes, with their wives and children. The proceedings commenced at half-past 7 o'clock by an overture on the grand organ from " Semira mide," by Mr. Augustus L. Tamplin ; and next followed the " Old Hundredth Psalm," by the choir which was given by 200 voices with great effect. The duet, "Si mami Anoor," from " Tro vatore," was next sung by Mr. Denbigh Newton and Miss Newton, and loudly applauded. After this performance came an aria called "Le Parlete," by Mdlle. Lucy Franklein, which was very warmly encored. Mr. and Madame Weiss were also 'loudly encored in the " Lucia" of Donizetti, so well known to the musical world; and the aria, " Hear me, Israel," by Mendelssohn, was given with great force by Miss Annette Hirst, accompanied on the organ by S. C. Hirst, organist, of Dundee. When we mention that the vocal performers were Madame Weiss, Miss Annette Hirst, Miss Berry, Miss New ton, Mdlle. Lucy Franklein, and Miss Rose Hersee, Mr. W. H. Weiss, and Mr. Denbigh Newton ; and that the instrumental performers were, on the piano, M. Hoyte, violin, Mr. V. Collins, and the grand organ, Mr. Augustus L. Tamplin, it can easily be supposed that the concert was a grand success. After the musical performances terminated. J. A. NICOLAY, Esq., the chairman of the com mittee, came forward to present their report, and complained in very strong terms of the conduct pur sued towards them by the Duke of Bedford. The name of Russell (he said) had been always asso ciated in English history with everything that was great ; but it had in later times, he deeply regretted to say, become greatly degenerated. In the case of the West London Exhibition a deputation was formed to wait on his grace, but he refused to see them, although he (Mr. Nicolay) had no hesitation in saying that if they had applied to the noble Premier, or any member of her Majesty's Govern ment, they would have been kindly and courteously received. Everything was done by the manager to comply with the regulations and wishes promulgated from the office• of the Duke of Bedford. The organ which Mr. Bennington gave fer the amusement of the visitors was prohibited from being played upon after a certain hour ; and thus the guarantors, in conse quence of this cold water thrown on the exhibition by the Duke of Bedford and his agents, had become liable for a considerable sum of money. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer, who had been and was the workman's friend, was invited to attend that evening to close the exhibition, but unfortunately his public engagements and other circumstances prevented him, and they thus lost the most valuable assistance. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Morrell (the secretary) was then called on to read the report, but the task was assigned in conse quence of stronger lungs to The Rev. Mr.THORPE.—The report stated that unfortunately the exhibition had failed, and that the receipts, as compared with the expenditure, ex hibited a very considerable deficiency. The Floral Hall was engaged for May, June, and July for £l,OOO, and a fourth part of the receipts were to be given to Mr. Gye, but, unhappily, they gave him a power to interfere with the charges of admission, and they believed that his insisting on a charge of one shilling, instead of sixpence, did great mischief. (Hear, hear.) The result was, that the number of exhibitors was 1,092; the number of visitors who paid, 84,253, up to Saturday night last; the amount of money received, £1,407 Bs. 7d. ; the receipts from all sources were £l,BOO ; while the expenditure was upwards of £3,000. The report expressed a wish that the guarantors would be paid their money, and concluded by thanking the chairman, secre tary, and other officers of the exhibition for the manner in which they discharged their duties. The grand Hallelujah Chorus, in " The Messiah," was next sung by the London Choral Union, and, after other musical performances, the proceedings concluded with the National Anthem. The conductor of the London Choral Union, Mr. C. J. llarjeth, deserved a great 'deal of credit for the manner in which he conducted the performances. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market continues steady. Sales, probably 10,000 bales or more. During the last few days there has been very little business transacted in the foreign and colonial produce markets. Sugar has in some instances been rather cheaper, while coffee has been in very mode rate request, at barely previous rates. Tea has been neglected, while in tallow the operations have been rather increasing, and prices for both present and forward delivery have tended upwards, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE COLONEL AND THE CABMAN.—John Maxwell, a cab driver, was summoned before Mr. Knox for assaulting Col. John Constantine Stanley, of No. 40, Bruton-street. Col. Stanley said that on Saturday week he was crossing to Arlington-street with a friend. Ho had an umbrella up and on the defendant coming along he raised it up, and then, on the pavement, defendant struck the umbrella with his whip. On stopping the defendant he said that he (the colonel) had struck his horse. The defendant asked whether he struck the umbrella intentionally, and the colonel said be did. The defendant said that he intended to strike his horse, and not the umbrella. Mi. Alfred Burton, of 13, Dover-street, said ho was with Col. Stanley at the time. The colonel might have raised his "umbrella so that it might have touched the horse's head, upon which the defendant struck the umbrella. In answer to the defendant, the witness said he believed it was done intentionally. Col. Stanley said the defendant used a sort of threat, but afterwards said as a justification that he (the colonel) struck the horse first. Tho defendant said he had tho wife of a major in his cab at tho time. He called to the gentleman, and as soon as he saw him coming up the umbrella was raised and struck his horse's head. Hackney-carriage attendant No. 34 said the gentleman asked him to get the defendant's number, and he did so ; and the cabman said the gentleman had struck his horse with his umbrella. The gentleman then said the de fendant had struck his u mbrella. Mr. Knox said it wawa very light matter, and he should dismisi the summons. Double Murder at Batley. Late on Saturday evening the town of Batley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, was the scene of a hor rible tragedy, ending in the murder of two women and the attempted suicide of the murderer. A young man named Eli Sykes, about 19 years old, living at Batley Carr, and a member of the Dewsbury Rifle Corps, returned to Batley on Saturday evening, from a battalion drill at Drighlington. For some time past he has been paying addresses to a young woman named Hannah Brook, but recently shehas discarded him for another suitor from Wakefield. When he reached Batley on Saturday evening Sykes went to Brook's house, where he found Miss Brook and her mother, Sarah, at home. He demanded to know from the daughter whether she would accept him, and in reply she and her mother told him to go away, as they did not want to have anything to do with him ; and the daughter also added that if he did not go away she would make him. He said he would not go, and told her that he had seen her with another man. She replied that she would have no more to do with him, and he might as well " take himself away." Hardly had the words passed her lips when he took up the rifle which he had brought with him and struck her on the head with the butt end of the weapon, using such force as to knock her from her chair and to break the stock of the rifle. She screamed out " Murder," and Sykes then pulled out his bayonet and stabbed her eiglit times in the breast and other parts of the body ; but not instantly killing her. The mother seeing the murderous assault on her daugh ter, rushed forward to protect her, when Sykes turned round upon the Mother and stabbed her with the bayonet in the breast, and followed up his bloody work by inflicting six more fearful gashes upon her. The shrieks of the two women attracted the attention of two men, named Joseph Peace and William Farrell, who on entering the dwelling found the women lying on the floor weltering in their blood, and Sykes in the act of attempting to com mit suicide by stabbing himself in the neck with the bayonet. Peace instantly snatched the weapon from him, and in doing so narrowly escaped being stabbed himself, owing to the determined resistance made by Sykes. Information was immediately for warded to Police Sergeant English, who arrived at the place in a few minutes. He found the two women on the point of death, and Sykes apparently in a dangerous state, as the blcod was streaming profusely from wounds in his throat. Mr. Bayldon, surgeon, was sent for, but before his arrival both the women bad died. Mr. Bayldon found that the removal of Sykes might be safely ventured upon, and the assistance of other police having been ob tained, Sykes was placed in a conveyance and taken to the lock-up at Dewsbury, where he was imme diately attended to by Dr. W. N. Thornton. His wounds are not likely to be fatal, for the windpipe and large arteries of the neck are uninjured. The murdered woman Sarah Sykes was about 63 years of age, and lived upon the income derived from a small property near Batley. Her daughter lived with her, but obtained a livelihood by weaving at the Alex andra Mill, at Batley. The murderer had been for two years a member of the Dewsbury Rifle Corps, and had made himself conspicuous by his regular attendance at drill. Yesterday (Sunday) morning he had sufficiently recovered to be able to converse. He stated that he considerad himself fully justified in all that he had done, and was per fectly satisfied now that he had had his revenge. The girl and her mother, he said, " had brought it all upon themselves." His father visited him in the course of the day, and a very affecting interview took place. Afterwards the prisoner recovered his usual indifference. The murders have created the most intense excitement in the district, and the , lock-up and the house in which the crime was com mitted were yesterday visited by crowds of people. The Cattle Plague. The following circular has been issued :- 44 THE PAYMENT OF INSPECTORS. " Whitehall; Aug., 1865. " am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the -, and to inform you that the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury will sanction the payment to inspectors, appointed under the authority of the ordez of the Lords of the Privy Council, dated 11th of August, 18,5, in districts infected with the ' Cattle Plague,' of the sum of £1 Is. for each day that they are actually engaged in the performance of the duties required of them by the said order, with travelling expenses at a rate not exceeding 3d. a mile each way. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THAMES. SINGULAR CASE OF .A.;;;;;;LA middle-aged, Irish couple named Daniel and Ellen Sullivan, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with violently assaulting 'Wil liam Hammond, a bricklayer's labourer. The story related by the complainant, whose eye was blackened and face swollen, was that he was seated out side his own door in Gregory's-rents, Bluegate-fields, Shadwell, last evening, when the male prisoner, who was drunk and noisy, asked him to shake hands. He refused to do so, and told him not fo come near him, and that he did not want to associate with him. Daniel Sullivan abused him and left him. Soon afterwards, while he was inside his house, singing a song and amusing his wife and children the prisoners burst opan the door of his room and entered. Both attacked complainant, the wife seizing him by the hair of the head and pummelling him, while the husband struck him on the eye with his fist and blackened it. The son of the prisoners, a boy 7 years of age, was standing by, and after David Sullivan threw the complainant on the floor ho called to the boy to rip open the complainant. After some more scuffling and fighting the complainant got away and called the police, who took the prisoners into custody. Maria Hammond, the complainant's wife, was called, and her evidence was very different from her husband's She said the black eye was inflicted with a tin can outside the house, and that the boy called out, "I have a knife shall I rip him open." Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, said the complainant ob tained his black eye on Wednesday while on strike, and that he struck the first blow yesterday, and there was a regular fight. Mr. Paget said the law enabled him to swear the com plainant and his wife, but not the defendant and his wife. The complainant said the black eye was inflicted inside the house by Daniel Sullivan with his fist. Mrs. Ham mond said the blow was inflicted outside tho house with a tin can. There were other discrepancies, and probably both statements were falsehoods. He discharged the prisoners. WESTMINSTER. CRUEL ROBBERY OF A POOR WIDOW.—John Edwards was charged with literally stripping a furnished apartment he had rented of a poor widow, and unlawfully disposing of the property. Ann Edmerton, a widow woman, residing at 51, West bourne-street, Pimlico, said that she got hor living by letting furnished apartments. At the end of last autumn the prisoner and a person represented to be his wife came to lodge with prosecutrix, and suddenly absconded in November last, leaving the place stripped of all the portable articles, of linen, dm, and a letter enclosing sixteen pawn brokers' tickets of her goods, informing her that after Christ mas, when he got some employment, he would come and redeem the things. She never saw nor heard any news of the prisoner until she met him in the neighbourhood of Burton-crescent and gave him into custody. Prisoner said he had intended to do what was right if he had had time, but he was given into custody. Mr. Arnold said he thought that this was a very cruel robbery. There was no excuse for such conduct as he had been guilty of. He had pawned the poor woman's things and absconded with the proceeds in November, and nothing was heard of him until he was found by chance near Burton-crescent. There was no appearance of honesty about that. Had there been he would have gone to the poor woman and done something to show it. Prisoner said he pawned the things to pay the rent. Mr. Arnold asked whether he owed any rent at the time he absconded. The poor woman replied 12s. Prisoner observed he thought it hard he should have been given into custody when his intentions were honest. Mr. Arnold said he thought the very contrary, and he must say that there was generally much kind feeling in persons of the prosecutrix's description to those who were poor, but he had used her ill. 11e was remanded for a week. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Old Meadow hay, £5 lOs Od to £6 Os Od; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 lOs • old clover, £6 5s to £6 158 ; now ditto, £5 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, .£1 8s to £1 12s per load. A short supply. " CUMBERLAND. —Old Meadow hay, £5 10s Od to £6 Os; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 15s • old clover, £6 5s to £6 15 8; new ditto, £5 lO s t o £6 Os; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. Trade st ea d y. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £slos to £6 Os Od; new ditto, Li 158 to £5 lOs; cld clover, £6 5s to £7 Os ; new ditto, £5 lO s t o £6 6s ;and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. A fair demand. COLONIAL. TEA. —The mar k et has c ontinued very quiet, and prices have remained unaltered. A small quantity of Assam will be offered to-day at public auction. SUCAR.—Busiuess has continued very quiet, and the few dealings reported have been at barely previous rates. Refidyned goods, how ever, continue i n moderate request, at stea rates. COFFEE.—There has been only a moderate inquiry, and prices have remained without material alteration. RICE.— Only a limited amount of business has been transacted, consequent upon the high prices demanded by holders. The stocks on hand, however, are rather large. TALLOW.—The market has shown considerable anima tion, and prices for both present and forward delivery are well maintained. P.Y.C. old, on the spot is mark e d 44 5 , and . new 44s 6d to 44 s 9d ; and last three months 45 s p er wt COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. South Hatton ......., S. d. 8 . ( 1 . . 20 0 Heugh Hall Hastings Hartley...,,, 17 3 Northumberl'd Main l4 0 Byass's Bebside West South Kelloo Hartley l7 3 Cassop Walls End Haswell... 20 0 Walls End Byron Hatton Lyons lB 3 Pensher Primrose ... 18 9 Hettor 18 3 Eden Main Braddyell's Hutton.... 19 0 Caradoe • l9 6 Kelloe ••• East Hartlepool Russell's Hetton 19 0 Tunstall Hartlepool Kepier Grange .lB '9" Ellison Steam 15 6 Ships at market, 101; sold, 93. Advices from India state that at Calcutta quite a satisfactory change has taken place in commercial affairs, especially for manufactured goods. The report of the directors of the Buenos Ayres of ag the Government d th y of the line, after Great Southern Railway Company, to b e p resente d at the ensuing meeting of shareholders, s t a t es th at the works of the railway are fast appr oac hi ng com pletion, as will be seen from the engi neer ' s report. There has been some question as t o a par ti a l opening of the line, in order to s a ti s f y certa i n local interests, but the directors retai n th e op i n i on expressed in a circular issued to the sh are h o ld ers on the 27th March last, viz., that the o p en i ng o f t h e line should be delayed until the works are en to receive traffic undergoing h i n r rd e o l e y i ri completed,throughout gt tt hiieinspection en ns pt a i er n : : i ol length n e sur veyors. This opening may be looked for about the beginning of October. The rapid progress of the works has necessarily required equally rapid calls on the shareholders until the full amount of £2O per share has thus been called up. The direc tors are now issuing to the public the £lOO,OOO debenture bonds to complete_ the required capital. They have reason to . hope that th e ent i re amoun t enabled to close the construction accou nt simul taneously with the opening of the line, or very soon after. CHOKED WITH A PIECE OF STOLEN BACON.- The North Riding coronar lately held an inquest on the body of an old n amed John W alton, who was em ployed to carry refreshments to a sho o ti ng party, and on his way took a slice of bacon and tried t o swa ll ow it. Th e bacon stuck in his throat and killed him. Ito was found (L , ,ad on the road, THE MURDERER'S CONFESSION. Yesterday morning the young man, Eli Sykes, who is in custody for murdering two women at Batley, was taken before the local magistrates. He appeared in plain clothes, some of his comrades having waited upon him on Sunday and induced him to exchange the uniform he wore at the time of the murders—and which was blood-stained—for the ordinary dress of a civilian. He was formally charged with the wilful murder of Sarah Brook and Hannah Brook at Batley, on the 19th instant. Mr. Atkinson, solicitor, of Dewsbury, was present to watch the case on behalf of the relatives of the murdered women. The first witnea. namp4. was William Fawcett, who said—About five minutes past eleven o'clock I was in Huline-street, when I heard a cry of " Murder." I ran out, met Joseph Peace, and we ran into Brook's house together. The prisoner was there, and had his bayonet in this way—(showing the manner in which he was probing at his throat). As we went to him he struck at Peace, and the weapon passed through his coat. I seized him behind, and got it from him. Then we threw him down, got his belt off, and placed him on a chair till Sergeant English came. Mrs. Brook was at the door bleeding when I went in, and the younger woman was standing by the bedside bleeding from the mouth. The prisoner was standing before her. I never saw him strike at the two women who are murdered. The old woman was shouting "Murder ; oh, he is murdering our Hannah." The young woman asked for a drink of water when they laid her on the bed. She lived, I believe, about five minutes after I entered the house. She was stabbed through her clothes in the breast, and she was also bleed ing from the mouth and from a stab on the cheek. The older woman was placed on the bed shortly afterwards, and it was said that she was dead. Police-constable Murray said—On Saturday night, be tween 11 and 12 o'clock, I want to Hulme-street, Batley, to the house of Sarah Brook. I saw Sarah Brook and her daughter, Hannah Brook, laid dead in bed. The prisoner was laid on the floor. He did not speak until after his wounds were dressed by Mr. Bayldou. When the wounds were dressed we put him in a cart and took him to the Dewsbury lockup. He was sensible enough, but did not speak. Mr. Bayldon, when he examined the wounds, said there was nothing dangerous about them. At the lockup, Superintendent Martin cautioned the prisoner not to speak. About ten minutes after Mr. Martin left the pri soner made a statement, after I had cautioned him that what he said would be given in evidence before the magis trates. He said, "I feel easier and better satisfied in my own mind now that I have done than I did before I had done it. I was with this young woman on Monday night at Batley, and we were on good terms. I wont on Saturday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, to her mother's house. Her mother and her began calling me, and told me to go away, as they did not want me there. Hannah. sat down on a chair and began singing, and it aggravated me. I struck her with the butt-end of my gun, and she cried, Oh, Eli, let me alone and I will go with you.' I pulled my bayonet out of my sheath and ran it into her. Her mother got up out of bed and tried to prevent me, and I ran my bayonet into her. I have told her many a time I would have my revenge, and I have got it now, that is all."—Mr. Greenwood (to the prisoner) : Do you wish to ask the policeman anything as to that statement? The Prisoner : Yes ; he says that was all I said to him. I told him when I got into the house they began calling me, and I asked her if she would ever go with me again. She said "No," and 1 asked her if she was going with another young man, and she said she was.—lnspector Lee said : A friend of the prisoner's, named Sales, came to see him yesterday. The prisoner had his rifle uniform on, and Sales went to fetch him a suit of clothes to put on in place of his rifle clothe; which were covered with blood. After the conversation about the clothing, the friend said to him, " Eli, this is a very bad job."—Witness (Murray) : I heard him say that. The prisoner said, "I could not help it. lam easier and better satisfied in my mind than before 1 had done it ;" and he went on talking, and said what had happened inside. He said, " When I was in the house, the mother and daughter began calling me, and said they would not have me there." He asked her was she not going with another "chap." Superintendent Martin—A Wakefield "chap," I understood. Witness—He said " I asked her if she was going with another chap, and if it was a man from Wakefield ; and she said Yes.' She told me she would go with any man she liked, and if I would not go away she would make me. She then sat down on a chair and began singing." Inspector Lee said that the young woman had received seven stabs, and there were eight on the old one.— Murray continued—His friend asked him if he was drunk when he did it, and he said, " No, I had had nothing to drink." The prisoner, who, it was stated, was out of danger, was remanded to Saturday. The inquest was opened at eleven o'clock yesterday forenoon, at the White Hart Inn, before 'Mr. 0. Jewison. Several witnesses were examined ; and it was proved that the prisoner had a short time ago threatened he would either have Hannah Brook or no one else should have her. He had also told ono of his sweetheart's brothers that he could scarcely bear the idea of Hannah rejecting his offer. The brother attempted to console him, saying he would be sure to find some female who would accept him. The ac cused was not present at the inquest, which was adjourned to Monday. SIX SUS OF CHILDREN.—There is a family in Detroit of quite unusual_ composition. The father and mother have each been married three times, and have had children by each marriage ; and all are now living happily together under one roof—six sets of children.—American Paper. NEWTOASTLE-ON-TYNE. Every precaution is being adopted at this port to prevent any diseased cattle from being brought into it. The steamers belonging to the Tyne Steam Shipping Company, which bring foreign stock from the continent to the Tyne, are put into a thoroughly good condition before they are put on board of them. Before the cattle are shipped, the holds of their Hamburg steamers are floored off with 40 or 50 tons of sand for the beasts to stand on, and are sent on board under the inspection of medical officers, with plenty of hay, &c., for their consumption during the passage. The captains and crews look after the animals, and if the weather be at all favourable the ports are opened in the ship's side, the hatches taken off, and windsails are put down the holds for pur poses of efficient ventilation. The Rotterdam cattle are sent across in charge of men employed by the exporters. Sheep are carried on the half-deck, and sometimes, if numerous, and the weather is fine, on the deck. On lading the cattle are carefully ex amined by the Customs veterinary surgeon, Mr. Wilkinson and his assistant. The cattle are landed singly, and are examined as they come out. It is a rare circumstance for any to be stopped. Up to the present time none have been stopped for anything resembling the new epidemic, only for the. mouth and-foot disease. The North-Eastern Company have taken special pains to thoroughly cleanse the trucks that are used on their line for the transmission of cattle to and from our market. NORTH LANCASHIRE. A meeting of the members of the Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society and other persons interested in agriculture was held at Preston on Saturday afternoon, " in order to take into conside ration what precautionary measures should be adopted in reference to the alarming progress of the cattle murrain." The chair was occupied by the Mayor of Preston. Colonel WILSON PATTEN, M.P., remarked that at two agricultural meetings in North Lancashire he had stated that the subject of the cattle disease should be discussed under two heads—first of all, as to what power or means they had of avoiding the disease altogether in that part of the country ; and, in the next place, as to the mode of dealing with it, if it should unhappily come among them. He was very much afraid from what he had heard that day that the disease had already got near them—too near; for he had been told that one case of disease had occurred at Hornby, about seven miles north of Lancaster. Relative to the means to prevent the spread of the disease, he did not think they could do a great deal, but they should all do what they could in the matter. Her Majesty's Government had authorised the appointment of inspectors for each petty sessional division, and he thought a request should go from that meeting to the magistrates of such divisions in North Lancashire, desiring them to appoint inspectors without loss of time. The Go vernment had also authorised the payment of a guinea per day and travelling expenses to inspec tors in any districts where the disease had appeared ; but if inspectors were not appointed before the disease actually broke out, a great deal of time might be lost before they would be ready for duty. The best course to adopt, would be to be ready with inspectors previously appointed the moment the disease appeared in any district. In the next place, he thought that that meeting, which was an influential one, should send a sort of recom mendation to the farmers of each district, call ing their special attention to the disease, and suggesting that they should take some active measures in their own localities forprotection against disease. He did not believe they could force people to take such steps ; but they might suggest them. He thought that if they undertook to protect the whole of the county they would fail. It would be too large for them. He had read all the discussions which had taken place in regard to the disease, and the general feeling seemed to be that if a very large district were taken in hand by one body they would fail. Prior to reading those discussions he had held an opinion just the reverse, and had thought that the larger the district taken in hand the better it would be. He, however, had altered his mind on the subject. If they could establish some society , for the whole of North Lancashire—if all the far mers within the division combined—the loss upon each would be less than if the society were smaller, but then the difficulty was in getting all to consi der the matter properly. Several parties did not look upon the disease with sufficient %Jarm, while others viewed it with too much. Combinations established within the bounds of each union would, he thought, be large enough. On the motion of the hon. and gallant colonel, a resolution recommending the organisation of a sys tem of mutual protection was subsequently adopted. Similar meetings continue to be held throughout the country, and applications are being made daily to the magistrates to sanction the appointment of local inspectors. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TAT TERSALLS'—YEsTERDAL EISOR HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Claremont (taken) 9 to 2 agst Guide (taken) 6to 1 agst Nemo (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Hollyfox (offered, take 8 to 1) 10 to 4 agst Ladylda (offered, take 12 to 1) ST. LEGER. 6 to 5 agst Gladiateur (taken) Bto 1 agst Regalia (taken) DE MY. 109 to 6 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Auguste (taken) 30 to 1 agst Beelzebub (taken) 33 to 1 agst Redan (taken) 50 to 1 agst Messmate (taken) 50 to 1 egst Bribery colt (taken) Naval and Military intelligence. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, accompanied by Major Elphiustone, R.A., rode down to Wool wich from Greenwich-park yesterday morning, and embarked on board the Admiralty yacht Vivid, Staff-Commander Timothy W. Sullivan. The Prince, who is about to rejoin the Queen in Ger many, was received in Woolwich dockyard on his arrival by Commodore Superintendent Dunlop, Commander Towsey, and Dr. Doraville, Com mander and Staff-Surg, of the flagship Fisgard, and embarked at 12 o'clock, the vessel taking her depar ture shortly afterwards for Antwerp. Staff-Commander Henry A. Moriarty, who has been doing duty in the Great Eastern during her late expedition in the Atlantic, yesterday returned to Woolwich and resumed his command of the steam store ship Fox. The Caroline has also re tnrned to Woolwich, and has taken up her berth at Mr. Henley's wharf at North Woolwich, in readi ness to receive a cargo of telegraphic cable. The works are now in full operation, about 300 men, it is stated, being employed incessantly in relays, night and day. The freight ship John Bull, laden with army stores from the London. Docks, having shipped powder off Gravesend, yesterday sailed for Mon treal, Toronto, and Quebec. A large quantity of cargo intended for the John Bull, but found to be in excess of her accommodation, still remains at Woolwich, consisting of pug-mills, multi-boring machinery, &c., for the Royal Engineer depart ments in Canada. The Silver Craig yesterday shipped a number of war stores from Woolwich Arsenal for transport to Valparaiso, and the Lord Panmure yesterday com pleted her shipment of cargo for Portsmouth, con sisting of shot, shell, guns, timber, &c., among which were the two experimental guns, converted by Major Palliser for trial on board the gunnery ship Excellent. The paddlewheel steamer Dee, 230-horse power, Master Commander G. Raymond, has arrived in Chatham harbour from the westward with stores for the service of the dockyard. The Urgent, screw troopship, Capt. Samuel Hen derson, under orders to sail from Portsmouth for Halifax, will, for some time after arrival at the latter port, be employed in the relief of;troops be tween the West India Islands and the coast of Africa. She will probably not sail from Portsmouth before the 24th inst. The Octavia, 34, screw wooden frigate, Captain C. F. Hillyar, went into Portsmouth Harbour yes terday, from Spithead, to make good defects prior to sailing for the East Indies, where Capt. Hillyar hoists a Commodore's broad pennant as second in command. The mechanics employed on the ironclad frigate Bellerophon, 16, 1,000-horse power (nominal), fit ting in dry dock at Chatham, have recommenced working additional hours, in order to hasten forward the completion of that vessel, which, according to existing orders, is to be ready for undocking by the 16th of September, when she will immediately make her first official trial of her machinery. There is com paratively little remaining to be effected in the way of plating the Bellerophon with her six-inch and other armour plates, nearly the whole of which have been fixed, and the principal efforts of the me chanics are now directed to the completion of the ponderous reconnoitring tower now being erected amidships, immediately abaft the mainmast, the eight-inch plates, with which it will be covered, being now in the factory undergoing the bending process, to fit them for the exterior of the tower. The machinery, invented by Mr. E. J. Reed, for training the 300-pounder Armstrong guns intended to be mounted in the Bellerophon's gun battery, as well as one of the 300-pounders, remain on the main deck in order to enable the Lords of the Ad miralty to witness the working of the invention, with a view to its general adoption for training each of the large guns which that frigate will carry. The screw steamship Blenheim, GO, Capt. Thos. H. Mason, which has been doing duty for some time in the service at Pembroke, arrived yesterday (Mon day) morning, under jury gear, at Plymouth, in tow of the paddle-wheel steam frigate Gladiator, 6, Capt. Elphinstone D'O. D'A. Aplin. The officers and crew of the Blenheim will be transferred to the screw steamship Revenge, which, after being tho roughly repaired, was removed on Friday, the 4th inst., from No. 1 dock in Keyham steam yard into the south basin, where she is receiving her iron masts and gear, and may be ready in October. Until recently the Revenge bore the flag of Admiral Yelverton in the Mediterranean. The new iron screw steamship Agincourt, 26, from Birkenhead, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Saturday. She carries 6,621 tons, and has engines of 1,350 -horse power. Her chief engineer, Mr. James Paterson, is borne on the books of the guard ship of steam reserve Indus, Capt. William Edmon stone, C. 8., in Hamoaze. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Captain T. B. Lethbridge, will sail from Portsmouth on the 28th inst. for Quebec, with the following troops, calling in at a western port on her way down channel to fill up numbers :---30th Regiment, 4 officers, 129 men, 2 soldiers' wives, 6 soldiers' children ; 4th battalion 60th Regiment, 2 officers and 64 men, 1 officer's wife and female servant ; Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, 1 officer, 211 men, 3 soldiers' wives, and 3 children ; 4th battalion Rifle Brigade, 3 offi cers, 30 men, 1 officer's wife and child and servant, 1 soldier's wife and child. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander W. H. Jones Byrom, to the Vigilant, vice Hobson, invalided ; Lieut. George Stratton, to tha Dauntless ; James Harry, master to the Fisgard, for Spiteful ; James Her wood, chief engineer, to the Asia, for service in the Caesar, vice Marshall ; Peter Hutchison, engineer, to the Frederick William, for tenders ; Charles Platt, engineer, to the Himalaya, vice Hutchison ; and John Dyson, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Frederick William, for tenders. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.. Aug. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12, Brazil and Cape Verde,. by British pan., et Sept. 4. Ditto, by French packet Aug. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and ,t Helena— Aug. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou hampton Aug. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 26 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via 50uthampt0n.......... Aug 18. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.— Aug. is. Ditto, via 31areilles ....... India (Bombay), via Southampton. .....Aug. 19. 7:2 11 . . AASS Au ppg: 242 3 15 0 : 1 • Mauritius, via Southampton Sept. ia ia 4. Portug aliw D Dni °iiituttttntoood,: Newfoundland l i a v ar a r Bs t : e ll : i h ee shi p . to Lisbon .. n " y United states and British North America, ty Bri tish packet Aug. 21. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton • Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry...lug. 'ZS West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and T,neriife lO. West Indies and Pacific (exceptßalia Las, Cuba, . Aug. 28 - and Mexico Sept. 13 Bahamas, via. New fork . Bermuda. ditto Aug. 30. Cuba and Mexico DORSETSI,IIE FOLK LORE.--. 1 saw in a cottage the other day a..very small toy-loaf hanging over the chimney-piece ; and, on good inquiry, I was told that it had been baked on Good Friday, and if it were carefully preserved, would prevent the good wife's bread from being "reamy," i.e., stringy during the whole year.—Xote,3 Queries. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRMIL GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 21.—Sovents, from Kathammarsoick ; Industry and Elizabeth, both from Dantzic ; Enda, from Christiania. Arrived, Aug. 22.—Fille de Air, from Havanna. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. No arrivals. Sailed.--james Shephard, for Shanghai. THE CONVICT PRISON AT Wroma.—Last week Mr. C. J. Woods, the coroner for the western divi sion of the county, held an inquest at the oonvict prison, Knap Hill, on the bodies of three convicts. The cases of themselves were simple enough, and it was clear to all that the three men had died from natural causes ; but the inves tigation was a veryprotracted one and lastedupwards of five hours. It was evidently the intention of the coroner to bring before the jury the entire system Carried' out in'the prison, and to make them acquainted with the exact manner in which convicts were treated. This course was most pro bably adopted in consequence of the very startling statements made by a convict named Jarvis, who was convicted at the present Croydon Assizes of stabbing a Scripture reader at Campbell), (Ray. the prison. The govern o r (Capta i n Warren), the surgeon (Dr. assistant-surgeonte), with (r. other Bla k officerse r ), andthe chaplain Mr . Blath way several • convicts, were summoned as witnesses, and exa mined on the different points mentioned by Jarvis, and in no instance was anything adduced which corroborated a single particle of his extraordinary story. The bill of fare for each day was submitted to the jury, and excited their astonishment, clearly evidencing that the convicts fared better than the hard-working men outside the walls ; whilst the dietary of the poor in the different unions is not more than half as substantial. The dietary for sick convicts is exceedingly liberal, and they are allowed comforts which men in a respectable condition in society scarcely expect to enjoy, including, for example, steaks, chops, jellies, wines, and other luxuries. When in the re fractory cells convicts are expected to reply to the warder every three hours, and if they do not give some reply to his summons they are visited by two warders. This is adopted in consequence of the prevalence of suicides amongst the refractory gaol-birds. Of the abominable offences so frequently alluded to by Jarvis, it appears that there is only one case on the prison records. Tho impression which existed in the minds of the whole of the jury appeared to be that the convicts were too well treated by half, and that they fared much better than the mechanics and labourers who contribute to maintain these gentry in idleness. The jury returned a verdict of "Died from natural causes" in each of the cases alluded to, and they were then discharged. The knife which Jarvis used against the Scripture reader is preserved at the prison, and instead of its being the small instrument described by him, it has a blade of more than four inches in length. We aro informed that the directors of the prison have been carrying out a strict investigation in consequence of the sLi,tainent of Jarvis, and that they have arrived at the conclusion that the chargeS he male were totally unfounded.— West Surrey Times. COLLIERIES IN GREAT BRITAIN. --There are, it appears, 3,220 collieries in Great Britain, and the number of men employed last year was 307,542. It a- of n at ;hers the the ), to and vita- irg. ying it at ithe hess aeen the left fired vay will tho left join WD. 3ton :!Ott 3rth. on will :or ; to the ing ill at- ats by its ct. ad OSSE all 10) 100 {lOO 2 100 100 100 iOO 101 100 100 7.8.3 8.13 1.18. b 94 4.3.0 2t 211 4:11 37/ 4.2.0 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.12.8 8 38} 12 i 841 I 1021 1091 f