The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, • TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is assuming a quieter appear ance, and there is a more plentiful supply of float ing capital at the disposal of • bankers and brokers. Almost full provision has now been made for to morrow —the 4th—and the rates show a lower ten dency. Bankers' short-dated acceptances are now taken at 4-I per cent., and first-class bills at 31 per cent. The gold taken to the Bank yesterday comprised £67,000 in bars and £6,000 in sovereigns. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Friday, the sth instant, a special settling day in the new issue of shares in the Consolidated Bank "to be officially marked." The Committee have also ordered the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax capital of the Great Northern Railway Company " to be officially quoted." In connection with the affairs of 0 verend, Gur ney, and Company, an application was yesterday made to Vice-Chancellor Stuart, at his chambers, by Mr. Clement Swanston, instructed by Messrs. Lewis and Lewis, acting on behalf of the Defence Association, to suspend the drawing up of the order to enforce the payment of the £lO call until after the vacation. The Vice-Chancellor, after the argu ments of counsel, granted the application, and sus pended the order until the 3d of November next, when tha liability of the alleged contributories will be argued. It is evident, therefore, by the present delay and the certainty of ulterior proceedings, that this important case will continue to engage public attention for a considerable time to come. It is rumoured that the Defence Association is making arrangements to commence an action against the directors to recover the money which the members have already lost. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse to-day, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were dealt in at 69f. 20c.—Heavy. Considerable dulness prevails in Stock Exchange circles, and the markets present a tendency to de pression. In the English Government department quotations have been steadily maintained, and Cons°ls are 891 1 for money and the 9th inst., and 891 4 for November. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 ; India 5 per Cents., 1 044105 ; and ditto 4 per Cents., 928. Some Foreign Stocks are slightly lower. Greek Bonds have receded 1 to 148 ; Mexican, Ito 161 1; Turkish 5 per Cents., / to 30/ 31; Spanish Passive, 1 to 224 23 ; the Certificates are 141 151 ; and Italian, 561 1 ; United States 5-20 Bonds have receded Ito 698 701; Erie shares, however, 1 Ito 51 52 ; and Illinois, / to 78 79. Atlantic and Great 'Western Debentures re main at 65 66 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 46 47. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive. London and County have receded to 62/ ; Consoli dated to 51; Oriental Bank Corporation are at 451 ; Anglo-American Telegraph at 164 17 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents. paid up 110 1121 ; Credit Fonder of England 44 4 ; Hudson's Bay Company -171 s ; and Telegraph Construction and Mainten ance 161 1. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have only been to a moderate extent, but prices in several instances are a shade firmer. Great Northern have advanced £2, Great Eastern 10s., and North Western ss. South Eastern, Midland, Lancashire and 'Yorkshire, and South Western, each main tained previous rates. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, at about previous values. Bahia and San Fran cisco are marked 13 131 ; •Dutch-Rhenish, 19; Grand Trunk of Canada, 191 4 1 ; Great Western of Canada, 131. FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cent. Consols 894 Do. A ccount, Oct. 9 B9+ 3 per Cent. Reduced i New 3 p er C ent 87+ 87+ + NOW 33 pe r C ent. Jan. 1894 - Do. 5 per Cent. J an . 1873 - Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs - Exch Do (Red S ea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 l9+ Do e quer Bills, £l,OOO , 3 & 4 per C ent. 2 1 d i s Do £5OO 3 pm B ank of En £lOO and £2OO - Do Accoun gland Stock, 5+ per Cent Shut. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10+ per Cent., AprillB74 - Do. Acc ount Do. 5 per Cent. Jul 18 Do. 4 per Cent., Oc t' 18 88 92+ Do. C ert i ficates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5+ per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 - Do. u n d er Do. Bonds,4 £l, per 000 Cent., £l,OOO - - Pm BRITISH FUNDS -CLOSING PRICES Argentine Republic, 6 per C en t., £l5 pd - m Austrian Bond; 5 per Cent, 1859 n Brazilia 5 per Cent Do. Loper Cent. , 1852-58-60 - Do. .7 1863 - , ' 1865 - 4)0 Account Do. £lOO Bonds 6Bl 9 B n o. Scrip, £65 paid - dis nenos Ayres 6 per Cent - Do £lOO Bonds D ... o 1 per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - __ uhilian 6 per Cent _ Do. 4i Per Cent Do. 6 per Cent DO Scrip, £75 paid __ pni Colombian 6 per Cent. _ ' Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 an P rinci _ palities - kvid l3 °. Account ..... : .......... ...... , 62+ or New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - 0.,_ Deferred .. Provisional Land Warrant ..... . ............ Egy D Do ptia' n 7 p er Cent - .. no., S econd I ssue - Do £lOO Bonds ............ 84+ f 87 Do. 1864 B2 1 Do £lOO Bonds . ... ..... - , B2 + DoDo. Government. Ra.ilWa.y Debentures 81+ 80} . £BO paid ......... .-. .. . ...... .. - dis Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons - DoDo. Account - bo. Coupons - . Account ItLtuatemala 5 per Cent e 1865 5 per Cent 1.865 - Me .P,o. Account .. _,.. -'"?* Marernmana Railway .................. ~.?,rlean 3 per Cent - v e. A ___ o . 161 87, - . 0 in .. ii3.4.i ....................... 12 i .. Do 6 per Cent. A.n 10-French Alontevidean 6.per Cent.g - ‘,/iloorish Imperial per per Cent A eW G ranada Do 2 per ce_: ............................ D o. Deform Cent Peruvian Land a - Warr▪ ants (Hectares) 5 per Cent '865 ~ Oo Account .. :,._ ”..ii ..4 -- roltouguese 3 per •• Cent." ..... .. ... - RuDI) 3 per Cent., 1 856, '7, '9, '6O, ' 62 , 4 3, - ssoiaAncscupuenrtcz. ... Cent 1 822, .£ St - . D 4/ per Cent. 1850 87 8 A Do per Cent., 1860 n -0 3 per Cent.lBs9 - D 05 5 D O 5 Per • Cent. 1862 .....891 90 Sardis Per Cent. 1864.....••...•••••••••••••• nian 5 Cent - Spanish..,o. Account - 3-uperCent• . - DoAccount - Do Account - Do Passive SDo Acciunt - panish Cert. of Coup n0.t..fun....d.e.a - - Do Account, .......... Swedish 4 per Cont. Do. 4} per Cent. 1864: ............."“"•••••• Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 - DDo. Account ............................... ' o 6 per Cent. 1858 -- DDo. Account ............................ : Doo £lOO Bon C ent. ds 1862 - • Do 6 per DoAccount £ 6 lOO Bonds -- per Cent, 1863 - Do 5 p er Cent., 1865, paid up ..... Scrip --. D o Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 - Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 .. . . ... 23 e Dutch 2+ per Osnt, Ex. 12 Gail Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . Italian French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f ..... - 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. - D o. Account - • THREE O'CLOCK. C9,nsolsA, Motley 4•'9, 4909144 ........ monettmtsso ..... 011 $ 89 ! 1 'his Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 1 Share/ Railways. Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Corn will Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. &London, Scrip Certi. IM. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D. A stock • •• Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pro GtS. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxiord Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby hid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern —Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase I Do. Leeds ..... Do. York DC.. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1884 5 Do. do. 18C6 . North Staffordshire . N. & S. W. Juncti on Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda. a Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 Calcutta & S. E., lim ,Jape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds , Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c tto. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o lit. South of India gua. 5 per cent Do. if per cent.... Do Great W's. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 00.56 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 41 do Do. Fifth Extension lielb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. t Hudson's Bay.. N. IMO da, 6pc lat pf. be, Scinde A Do. Delhi Do. do . . 0. Do. Puniaub.... 0 . Do.lndus &Allot 64 10 XOO 100 all 100 100 87 89 123 125 40 45 13 15 4 6 05 68 70 72 70 80 116 1:0 29 3) 5 6 15 117 125 127 VO 92 62 Gl BRITISH YOSSEI 36 38 33 3) 123 125 80 85 20 21 2 25 117 11l 82 84 64 60 127 128 2 3 p lot 11 92 91 121} i2lt, 1 2 p 90 i 2 41 43 0 22 103 104 64 56 93 100 Id Ip 4 76 L 3 76 80 60 65 100 102 99i /CO 99 101 20 22 86 89 56 68 48 52 50 55 45 50 40 t 5 34 3.1 25 27 24 26 106 107 1P 1P MENT SECUIi Paid.' Closing Business Price. done. 2O 3n 2' 117 1261 54 4 2 i 1241 4 83} 21 20 1 181 1 I 1 17 831 3 1281 8 Si 101 V3l 1214 6 14 3 1o; i 42} 66 1 51 I 9fli lt2i 1911 E 9 601 106& 4 ITl1~:s: COLONIAL GO VER. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1872. Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.4Sz July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept , Uo. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct, 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9! Do. '5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct:, 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 00. 1882, 51ay15, Nov. ,t Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal qov. 6 percent N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.Az.l uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,185e Do. 5 p.c. 18n to 187 e Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. ors sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-0 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. J'a & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITIS. Cam. Cousol• Gold, Um Chiverton I Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East earn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. Wil Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Isusy G. Wheal Vor Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Elingston Downs Margaret (Jny Lelant Nuke valley liwyndy Iron Ore, lim Nev Seton North Roskear N:Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence ,Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lint West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltakearcll West Chiverton West Seton. ........... Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheitl Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton .......... Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 2.1.0 29i 2.14. e 3f 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8.0 58 5.17.0 i ' 3 4 10 11 440 460 6 1 20 23 7 8 24 3 2 3 10 12 3/ 41 4 5 19 20 i 1 19 21 11 16 33 36 31 3:1 6 8 41 6 23 11d 35 45 2 4 I 1 27 30 325 375 t . li 14 to 11 13 3 5 1 2 8 10 63 67 140 150 85 95 23 26 7 9 '6O 1;0 9 11 rItERERENCE Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., 95 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 127 IC3 2i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland A and B £5 pf, 1031 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 82 Bahia and San Francine% lLn. , guk 7 per cent., 13A 13 Dutch Rhenish. 19 FOREIGN MINES. Capula Silver. limited, / I Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 3/ Cobre Copper, 4 General, 20 Panulcillo Copper. lim., 34 Pestarenna Gold, St. John del Rey, 11m., 474 8 BANKS. Bank of Queensland, lim, 4/ Consolidated Bank, lim., 5 / English and Swedish. lim., 13 121 Hindustan, China, and .Japan, Hui., 1 Imperial Ottoman, 91 London and River Plate, Ditto, issued at 1/ pm., 121 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 64 London Joint Stock, 43/ London and W estminster, 92 11 Merchant Bank, lim ., 17 National Provincial of England.:— Ditto. ed and 3d issue, 40 Oriental Bank Corporation, 451 Union of Australia. 47 Union of London, 45/ 6 Anglo-American TeBIISCELLANZOM ler a ph, 17 101 Atlantic Telegraph, 74. g 1 7 Dit 0, 8 per cant. , 1121 JO City of Moscow Gas, Um., i, Credit Fonder of Ent lance. Um.. 41 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, um., 1 Electric Telegraph, 136 44 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 13 Gen. Credit and Finance of L9nd3n, 41 Hudson's Bay. 1 71 International Financial Society, lim., 31 London District Telegraph Um. 1 London Financial Association , 10 8 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 3 Mauritius Land, Credit. and Agency, lira., Royal Mail Steam, 115 13 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, 1im.,...., Ditto (£l5), 161 Ili Admiral Fitzroy's system of storm warnings has, as everybody knows, signally failed, and a Royal Com mmission has stated thus much. But we aro no better off than we were before the commission was appointed. What can be more absurd than to station our meteorological ob servatory at Kew, and to issue warnings from thence, when the great majority of the storms that visit these islands come from the south-west ? It is as if a general, knowing the direction from which the enemy approached, were, in stead of advancing to meet him, to retire 300 miles to the rear, to await the news transmitted by a drummer boy that his position was being attacked We shall have no proper system of meteorological observation until we have sentries at the most advanced outpost, until, that is, we have an observatory on the south-west coast of Ireland.—Ease"n 40rnirty Armes V 69 too 102 34 36 9 10 p 120 125 1 2p 1 2p 71 73 114 118 152 156 75 /7 4t 43 05 66 8 9 14 115 2 3} ISIONS. 95 100 91 93 lit 14t 5i 3 d 91 93 83 85 11 Old 98 89 89 91 84 86 8 , 82 96 98 94 96 lf 1 41 95 .97 94 96 93 9r, 91 25 75 77 76 79 101 103 101 105 102 101 100 103 88 20 100 102 lus 1 7 102 104 103 105 101 103 1(3 105 97 100 90 i 2 90 92 90 95 86 87 92 04 79 81 02 91 91 93 105 107 100 108 SHARE Ii MINNS PIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1860. LAW INTR. This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Pepys.) • LET RE THE REV. R. LEE. This bankrupt was described as a clerk in hol3 orders, of Stepney, he being the rector of that parish, and to-day he came up for proof of debts and Choice of assignees. No accounts are yet filed, as the adjudication has been made on a cross petition, but the debts are not large. A day was named for next hearing. SIIOREDITCH COUNTY COURT. THE RIGHT OF A LANDLORD TO LOCK OUT HIS LODGER.- IMPORTANT CASE. - GODFREY Y. HUNT. This was an action to recover damages under somewhat novel circumstances, plaintiff being the landlord of No. 35, Cavendish-street, Horton, and defendant a lodger in the house. It appeared that the plaintiff had complained of a rob bery having been committed in his house, and he alleged that he gave his wife instructions to inform the lodgers that the door would be locked by a certain hour. Notwith standing this notice, defendant persisted in stopping out to an unreasonable hour, and upon a certain morning, at 2 o'clock, he disturbed the inmates of the house, by loudly knocking at the street door. Before any one could come to open the door he broke it open with great violence, and did considerable damage. At the first hear ing his Honour was of opinion that a landlord was not jus tified in locking out his tenant, but agreed to adjourn the case for the attendance of plaintiff's wife. Mrs. Godfrey now atended, and stated that she had in formed defendant's wife of the circumstances under which the door would be locked at a certain hour. She was quite sure that defendant's wife understood the matter fully. His Honour said that the evidence of the wife somewhat changed the aspect of the case. As she had sworn that a special notice had been given to the parties they were bound by it, and therefore the landlord was entitled to lock the door. The verdict would be for the plaintiff, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. SERIOUS CASE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—Two young men, of very respectable appearance, named Anderson and Good man, who had been twice remanded, were again placed at the bar, before Mr. Alderman Lusk, M.P., charged, the former with embezzling £144, the property of his em ployers, Messrs. Henderson, Constable, and Co., the well known extensive sugar dealers in the City, and the latter with feloniously receiving £BO of the same, knowing it to be stolen. It appeared that Anderson had been entrusted to collect the money in question from different persons with whom his employers had business dealings, and had signed re ceipts for the money which he had received. This was early last month, and shortly afterwards he disappeared, and his employers received a letter from him from Paris, in which he admitted that he had embezzled the money, stating that he had been induced to do so by the represen tation of a friend, who promised to obtain him a lucrative situation in the south of France if he could raise XlOO. He was arrested in Birmingham, with only a small portion of the money in his possession, which he delivered up to the officer. Goodman was a clerk in the office of a merchant, and was a friend of Anderson's, and gave information respect ing the money that had been deposited with him, which ultimately led to Anderson's apprehension. It appeared, however, that he had at first denied to the officers who had called on him having then in his possession any property of Anderson's, and that ho subsequently destroyed the notes, but gave the officers the numbers. He was admitted to bail on Saturday last, his employer becoming his security. Mr. Beard made a very strong appeal to the worthy al derman not to commit the prisoner Goodman for trial, as he had not been guilty, dwelling on the fact of the infor mation he had afforded the officer, and the character he had previously from his employer, who said he believed him incapable of receiving the money if he had even sus pected it had been stolen. He had been guilty, no doubt, of indiscretion, but not complicity in the offence of the other prisoner. Mr. Alderman Lusk remarked that Goodman had ori ginally made a false statement to the offices, and he would prefer to have a jury decide on the case. Both prisoners were then fully committed to take their trial at the Central Criminal Court, but Goodman was admitted to bail. BOW-STREET. Abraham Marks was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with being concerned in an extensive robbery o f silk of the value of £BOO. The prosecutor, Liefmann Schaap, said he arrived in this country a short time ago, and went to live at 37, Alfred-place, a house in tho occupation of the uncle of tho prisoner. Whilst there he received a quantity of silk, and shortly after it had been deposited in the house a great quantity of it was stolen. The prisoner slept in the back parlour. In cross-examination by Mr. Straight, who appeared for the prisoner, the prosecutor said he hack no occupation in London. He formerly carried on business at Arnheim, in Holland, in woollen goods. He also dealt in silk to a great extent. He left Arnheim about five weeks ago, be cause his business did not get on regularly ; he was a bankrupt, and came over here until his affairs were arranged, and then he intended to go back. He did not bring a large quantity of goods with him, but he had sent some over, but not a short time before his bankruptcy. The silks stolen came from Holland, and were sent over by Meyer, whose goods they were. Ho is a cabinetmaker, and lives in Arnheim, but the last time he had seen him was in the vicinity of the court. Mr. Lewis, who appeared for the prosecution, said he should like to know the exact course that was to be taken by the defence. Mr. Straight said it was exceedingly difficult at that moment to say the exact course, but as matters at present stood ho should endeavour to show that the silks had never been stolen, but had been disposed of by the witness, who was a defaulting bankrupt. Mr. Vaughan said the learned counsel was quite entitled to put any question which would tend to show that the prisoner had not stolen the silk. Mr. Straight wished to show that it was witness who was dealing fraudulently with the silk. Mr. Vaughan—According to the depositions the silk be longs to Meyer, who'ought to be called for the prosecu tion. Cross-examination continued—He could not state exactly the value of the goods he had in the house, but he believed they were worth about £1,400 or £1,600. He did not know they were worth £2,500. He had been advised to offer the prisoner £lOO if he told him where the goods were. He had not actually done so, but he had been ad vised to do so. He was in bed until half-past 10 on the morning following the robbery, but he did not hear any one move during the night. The goods were placed at the lower part of the house, but ho slept upstairs. Ho was in great terror at the discovery of the robbery. He ob served that a table-cloth in the prisoner's room had been removed and could not be found. Charles Cole, an errand-boy, employed at 37, Alfred place, said ho thought he told the prisoner that the silk was in the box marked No. 1. The prisoner made the in quiry before the box was opened. Mr. Ferguson opened the box, the prisoner being present. Some of the silk was taken out, but he could not say whether it was put back. It was about 12 o'clock at noon when the box was opened. Rosa Cohen said she was a servant residing at Mr. Marks, and was so on the night of the robbery. On that • day she fastened up the door. She placed a string in such a manner on the door that no person could force it open without breaking the string. Before she went to bed she asked the prisoner to call her at five o'clock the next morn ing, and he said it was time enough for any servant to get up at seven o'clock. She saw all the silk safe before she went to bed. She had the conversation with the prisoner about half-past ten in the evening. The prosecutor had gone to bed. She heard the prisoner come up to call Mr. Marks at six o'clock, and say thieves had been in the house, and had taken the silks and the table cover away. Cross-examined—Mr. Marks locked the front door, but she knew that before she went to bed all the doors were secure, and all the inmates had retired to rest. By Mr. Vaughan—The prisoner went to his bed about half-past ten. It was in the back parlour. She saw the cloth on the table after the prisoner's bed was made up on the sofa. Two men were at work painting the house out-: side, but none within. Only ono person came to open the box. All the persons who lodged in the house on the night of the robbery still remain there; none hare left. Police Constable 86 E, said on the morning of the 26th of Sept. he was on duty near Mr. Mark's house. He went up to the street door and found it open. He rang the bell, when the prisoner came to the door in his shirt. He (wit ness) then went into his room, and, on looking at his trousers, said he had lost three sovereigns. Downstairs he found a screwdriver and a pair of pincers. By Mr. Vaughan—Prisoner said he could not account for the door being open. He (prisoner) also made the re mark that the tablecloth had been taken away. Mr. Marks, the prisoner, and he (witness) went downstairs to see whe ther the silk was safe, when it was discovered that a large quantity of silk had been stolen. He noticed that the area door was wide open, and examined the place minutely and could not find marks of violence on any part of the pre mises. There were no marks on tho wall of the back yard. Robert Carter, 117 E, said that last Wednesday morning about 11 o'clock the prisoner was given into his custody by the first witness. He told him he was charged with stealing a quantity of silk from the kitchen over which he (prisoner) slept. The prisoner said some one had stolen three sovereigns from his pocket and a table cloth from the room in which he slept while he was in bed. Ho denied all knowledge of the silk. On the way to the station-house he said "recollect one thing, it was brought from Holland on the cross ; I might as well have. it on the crosses them." Ho then said his poor old mother, if she knew he was locked up, would break her heart. Ur, Lewis said that WU 045 far as he could carry th© case that day, and he therefore had to ask fora remand until that day week. He should also oppose the applica tion to admit the prisoner to bail. Mr. Vaughan said as the case bad been materially strengthened he should refuse to accept bail for the pri soner's appearance. CHARGE OF PERJURY. —John. Edward Brasher, of 14, Portsdown-road, Maida-hill, appeared to answer a charge of making and swearing a fictitious deed of arrangement. The additional evidence offered to-day was that of a witness named William Courtney, a dealer in old clothes, residing in Union-place, Marylebone, who stated that he signed the deed in question for a debt of £365, although no debt whatever was due to him from the defendant. Ho did it because the defendant told him ho only wanted time in order to enable him to pay his creditors 20s. in the pound. He signed the deed at Mr. Brasher's office, but ho could not positively state that he was present at the time, but he believed he was. He got a bill for £65 at the time from the defendant, bnt he - returned it to Mrs. Brasher when she applied for it. He did not fill in the deed, but merely put his namo down as directed to oblige the defendant. Defendant told him that the reason he was compelled to prepare the deed was because he was being severely pressed by a gentleman named England. Evidence was then given to prove that the deed of ar rangement, containing other fictitious entries, besides that spoken to by the last witness, Courtney, was sworn to as true by the defendant before Mr. Johnson, of the Bank ruptcy Court. Mr. Vaughan fully committed the prisoner for trial, but accepted bail for his appearance at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY AT A RAILWAY STATION.—Edward Kelly, an Irish labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing 191bs. of copper, the property of the London and North Western Railway company, on their premises, Haydon-square, Minories. Mr. Henry Pusey, a shipper at the station of the -rail way company, saw the prisoner beating up some copper in the goods department, and after he had done so he put it under his coat and passed out of the gateway into the street. He was taken into custody by Mr. Pusey and Mack Perry, a foreman, and the copper taken from him. HO said a man in the wool department gave him the copper. It was valued at 7s. 6d. The prisoner, in defence, said he had the copper, but was given to hiM. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. IDLE PAUPERS.—Four casual paupers, named James Clark, aged 37, Edward Lawrence, 21, William Banson, 21; and Charles Skinner, 19, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with refusing to execute the task of work assigned to them in the workhouse of St. George-in-the- East, where they were provided each with a bed and the usual rations, and they refused to pick 21bs. of oakum each. They now said if the magistrate would permit them they would go back to the workhouse and finish the work assigned them. Mr. Paget—No, certainly not. You will go to the House of Correction and to hard labour for 14 days each. MARLBOROUGH STREET. EXTRAORDINARY ASSAULT ON A DOCTOR.—Sarah Knight and ,Caroline Galten, two unfortunates, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Dr. John Hamilton, of No. 404, Oxford -street. Dr. Hamilton said that about 10 o'clock last night, while leaving his house, smoking a cigar at the time, and not hiving quite closed his door, he saw the prisoners, one of them having her hair hanging all over her face coming along the street. One of the prisoners then came up to him and seized him round the waist. Hp told them to go away, and his hat was then knocked off. He stopped to pick it up and the prisoners flow at.him, struck him, scratched his face, tore his hair, pulled his coat sleeve off, and, in fact, behaved like two infuriated beasts. He ran into a neighbour's shop for protection, and afterwards went to his own house, and while waiting for the servant to open the door the prisoners came up and assailed him with a volley of the most disgusting abuse. The prisoners were kept away from him by several persons, and when a con stable came up he gave them into custody, the prisoner Knight having his coat sleeve in her hand. The damage done to his coat amounted to 10s. Mr. Frederick Brookes, artist, gave similar evidence. Wilson, 110 C, said that both prisoners had been drinking Inspector Bowles said that Knight had been tried for a murder in Barleycourt and acquitted ; she was committed for trial for wilful damage in Oxford-street, and sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment ; and she had been about a dozen times charged with disorderly conduct and assaults. The prisoners said they had been out drinking all day, and were drunk together. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was clear that Knight was one of the bad characters infesting London, and he should commit her for a month. The other prisoner would be committed for 14 days. HOBCRAFT T. DIXHEIMER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Your report of the above case, on the 26th ult., makes it appear that the defendant detained my Correggio for rent I owed to him. 1 beg to say that -I never had-any business with him ; never was his tenant, and never owed him anything. The facts are these. The person that cleaned the picture for me was his tenant, and the defendant detained my painting for a debt of his, I believe £l2, in preference to other security. It was this person that gave the evidence, and not me ;• hence the mistake your reporter has fallen into. Your correction of this error will oblige your obedient servant, Was. HOBCRAFT. Terrific Fire at the Hatcham Wax and Paraffins Works. Yesterday evening, about seven o'clock, a fire of a most destructive nature broke out at the Hatcham Wax and Paraffin°Works, the property of Messrs. Leech and Hatha way, situate at the bottom of James-street, Old Kent road, and alongside of the Surrey Canal. Shortly after the fire was discovered a column of flame, nearly 200 feet in height, shot forth, and lastednearly an hour, only being oc casionally broken by an explosion from the ignition of another quantity of paraffine, there being an extensive stock both of paraffin° and wax on the premises at the time. One of the explosions was of such a frightful kind, the flames spreading to such an extent that the crowd of persons assertibled in James-street ran in a frenzied manner a con siderable distance before they dared to stop, and several persons—there being a large number collected on the bank of the canal—jumped into the water, fearing the flames would roach them, but they were all got out in safety. About half-an-hour after the out break a small engine arrived, and after the lapse of another half-hour some of the land steam-engines arrived, and, having set to work in a most energetic man ner, succeeded in about three-quarters of an hour in ex tinguishing the fire. At one time there was great fear that a high shaft would fall, but fortunately it did not. Very little of the property was saved, and the loss to the proprietors of the place must be extensive. Considerable damage was done to adjoining property MARKETS.—This Day. MARICLANh. The supply of home-grown wheat on sale here to-day was very moderate. The trade for good and fine dry qua lities ruled firm at quite Monday's currency; otherwise, the market was quiet at late rates. There was a good supply of foreign wheat on offer. Most descriptions were in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain ruled firm at fully late rates. The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. The trade, generally speaking, was quiet ; but good and fine malting produce was held at high rates. The malt trade was very firm at fully Monday's cur rency. Oats were in moderato supply, and steady request at the prices of Monday. Beans and peas ruled firm, and changed hands at fully late rates. There was a fair demand for flour at full quotations. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 540 450 290 220 Irish — 500 • Foreign 17,280 1,880 15,010 2,580 sks. 1,100 brls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Sept. For the corresponding week 29, 1866. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 83,748-51s 5d Wheat 73,888-40s 10d Barley 25,338-40 s id I Barley ..... ....19,910-29s lld Oats 4,222-24s 3d, Oats .......... 7,132-20 s 2d BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a firm trade for hops, at fully late rates. Mid and East Keats 135 s to 230 s per cwt Weald of Kents 135 s to 190 s ~ Sussex 120 s to 175 s ~ Yearlings loos to 140 s ~ Old Hops WHITECHAPEL. The demand for meat rules steady, at about previous quotations : Por 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 10d to 4s 8d I Mutton ... 3s 8d to 5s 2d Veal 4s Od to 5s 4d 1 Pork At the ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the Bank of British Columbia, the report presented stated that after paying all charges, deducting rebate of interest on bills not due, the undivided profits amounted to £11,544 14s. Id., which the directors recommended to be appropriated as follows:—£B,94o in payment of a dividend at the rate of six per annum ; £2,000 to reserve fund, which fund, after making deductions of £21,200 for bad debts, will have a balance to its credit of £20,000, leaving the sum of £604 IGs. Id, to be carried forward to currents balf-year, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON AUTUMN MEETING—TUESDAY. Stewards : Marquis of Hastings, Earl of Stamford and Warrington, George Payne, Esq., and George Bryan, Esq. Handicappers : Messrs. Weatherby. Judge : Mr. Clark. Clerk of the Scales: Mr. Manning. Starter: Mr. M‘George. Clerk of the Course : Mr. T. Marshall. The experiment to hold a meeting at Northampton in the Bedford week was tried yesterday with but moderate success, for although" a good programme was issued, the racing was indifferent and uninteresting, and the fields small. The meeting is a speculation of some of the inha bitants of the town, and although the management is en trusted to the same efficient staff of officials that have been identified with the Spring Meeting, the race committee have no monetary interest whatever in the affair. The ring was only moderately attended, but the Stand was well patronised, although th roug h ou t th e a ft ernoon there was an absence of exciting features, speculation on the Cesare witch and Cambridgeshire being unimportant. Racing commenced at two o'clock with the Edon Handicap, seven only of the nineteen animals coloured on the card going to the post. Immediately the betting opened Novice was made favourite, 5 to 2 being eventually taken, but Vigi lant, who made his first appearance this season, and having a long way the best of the weights, got well off, and won as ho liked from Venturesome and Cedric, the latter conceding to him no less than 401 b. Sir Charles Rushout obtained the barren honour of a place with Moonbeam, who carried the top 'weight for the succeeding event, the Two Year Old Handi-, cap, and her impost did not stall-off the " talent," who : remembering her recent form, took 5 to 2 about her readily. She failed, however, to concede a stone and a half to Stokeley, who, it will be remembered, beat a large field at Odiham. The Cottesbrooke Welter Cup, reduced to a match between Little Ellen and Wild Dove, also went to the representative of Mr. Brayley, who thus carried off two races in succession. The principal event of the meeting —the Autumn Handicap—followed, the absentees from the ten "coloured" being Breadalbane, Provisor, and Drum. Pintail had rather an attractive aspect with 7st 131 b, but it was zeported that she was not up to the mark, and, at the close, Langham, who only received 41b for the two years, was quite as good a favourite. Among the other competitors was Plutus, but as was the case at Newmarket in the October Handicap he could not stay, and the two "pots" were easily upset by Miss Harriette, who won over this course in the spring. The remainder of the races fell through, and during the intervals there were some betting on the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, the feature of the betting on the first event being the advance of Lee turer, who was freely supported down to 30 to 1. Pin tail's wretched performance had a somewhat prejudicial ef fect on 'Jollity, against whom 14 to 1 was offered, but Bradamante was not affected in the slightest degree by the . • . ..: • _ _ . . . indifferent form displayed by her stable companion, and, although not supported, at 9 to 1 she was remarkably firm, backers offering to accept a shade over those odds to large sums. Proserpine, who came with such startling rapidity into a prominent position in the quotations on Monday, maintained her place at 12 to 1. The remainder of the transactions require no comment, the list of the quotations ,appended to the day's running at once indicating the amount of business transacted. Subjoined aro details of the racing : The ECTON PLATE of 50 sovs (Handicap); winners after Sept. 27 (at 10 a.m.) 71b extra; about five furlongs, straight. Mr. T. Golby's Vigilant, by Vedette—Corbeau, 4 yrs, 7st (H. Clark) 1 Mr. Hodgman's Venturesome, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Heartfield) 2 Sir C. Rushout's Cedric, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Walters) 3 Mr. Pryor's Novice, 3 yrs, 85t.......... (Loates 4 Sir H. de Trafford's Gundrede, 3 yrs, Est 131b...(Carver 5 Mr. G. Angell's Lady Valentine, 4 yrs, Gst 91b...(Parry 6 Mr. W. G. Craven's Skiff, 5 yrs, 7st 11Ib (Kenyon 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Novice, 4to 1 agst Skiff, sto 1 each agst Venturesome and Vigilant, and 6 to 1 agst Cedric. After a trifling delay at the post, the lot got well away, Vigilant making play with a clear lead of Skiff and Cedric, Venturesome heading the remainder to the brow of the hill, where Skiff dropped away, and Venturesome improved his position, but Vigilant, gradually increasing the lead, won easily by five lengths from Venturesome, who de feated Cedric about a length for second place ; Novice was fourth; Lady Valentine and Skiff, head and head, were next, and Gundrede last. The Two-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; winners after Sept. 27 (at 10 a.m.) 51b extra ; half a mile; 19 subs. Mr. Brayley's br c Stokely, by Voltigeur—Madame CliNuot, 7st 31b (Murray) 1 Sir C. Rushout's b f Moonbeam, Bst 101 b (J. Adams 2 Mr. G. Anc , ell's br f Canard, Bst 21b ( P a r r y) 3 Mr. J. Hanks's ch c Alcazar, 7st 81b (Clement 0 Mr. IL E. Walker's br c General Kmety, 7st 21b (Clark) 0 Mr. Partner's ch c Glengarnock, Est 121 b (J. Giaham 0 Mr. G. llodgman's brf Variation, Est 121 b (Bartholomew 0 Mr. Hidson's b f Miss Calthorps, Est 91b (Sanderson 0 Mr. J. Nightingall's br c by Vedette—Testy, 6st 91b (Wyatt) 0 Mr. J. Foy's br f Changeable, Est 51b (J. Thompson) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Moonbeam, 4to 1 agst Changeable, 6 to 1 each agst Stokeley and Variation, and 7 to 1 agst General Kmety. Several breaks-away occurred, but even tually tho flag fell to a good start, Stokeley getting away in front ; but in a few strides Changeable took up the run ning, closely attended by Moonbeam, Stokely, General Kmety, and Canard, and in this order they ran to the brow of the hill, where Moonbeam, on the inside, joined the leader. At the half-distance Stokeley headed Moonbeam and Changeable, and coming away about 200 yards from home won cleverly by a length ; about a neck divided second and third, the Testy colt was fourth, Changeable colt, close up, fifth, General Kmety sixth, Variation seventh, Alcazar eighth, and Miss Calthorpe and Glen garnock last. The COTTESBROOKE WELTER HANDICAP of 10 soya each, 3 ft, with 40 added ; gentlemen riders, professionals 41b extra ; winners after Sept. 27 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra ; once round ; 3 subs. Mr. Brayley's br f Wild Dove, by Wild Dayrell—Maud, 3 yrs, list (inc. 71b ex.) (Cannon) 1 Mr. P. Merton's ch f Little Ellen, 4 yrs, lOst 131 b (in. 71b ox.) (Payne) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Wild Dove, who made play through out, and won'in a canter by a length. AUTUMN HANDICAP of 100 sovs, added to a Handicap of 15 sows each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; winners of any handicap after Sept. 20 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra ; the second to save his stake ; a mile and a quarter ; 16 subs, 6 of whom declared. Mr. Pryor's Miss Harriette, by Lanlbton—Waterwitch, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Forster) 1 Mr. M. Dennett's Langham, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (C a n non ) 2 Mr. Treen's D ue t, 3 yrs, E st (IL Clark) 3 Mr. Payne's Pintail, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Challoner) 4 Mr. Hidson's Edgbaston, 3 yrs, Est 91b (carried Est 71b (Murray) 5 Mr. E. Phillips's Arkansas, 4 yrs 7st 101 b (Carver) 6 Count F. de Lagrange's Plutus, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (in 71b ex) (Barker) 7 Betting-3 to 1 each agst Langham and Pintail, 4to 1 agst Duet, 100 to 15 each agst Plutus and Miss Harriette, and 8 to 1 agst any other. Mr. M'George succeeded in despatching the seven on pretty equal terms, Pintail tak ing a slight lead of Miss Harriette for the first hundred yards, when the last mentioned took up the running, closely attended by Edgbaston, Pintail going on third, Plu tus next, and Langham bringing up the rear. Approach ing the half-mile post, Edgbaston drew up to Miss Har riette, Pintail being about two lengths in the rear of the pair for a short distance, when bhe was passed by Plutus, Arkansas at the same time dropping into the rear. Making the turn for home Langham and Duet improved their respective positions, and Plutus fell back beaten. When fairly in the straight Miss Harriette increased her lead, and, coming away, won easily by six lengths from Langham. Duet was a bad third, Pintail was fourth, Edgbastoa fifth, Arkansas sixth. Plutus did not pass the post. The WoorroN PARK FREE HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; tho winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; winners after Sept. 27 (at 10 a.m.) 51b extra; one mile. Mr. G. Angell's Black Prince, by Knight of Kars—Black Cotton, 3yrs, Est 21b (Sayers) w.o. A MAIDEN PLATE of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each; two year olds 6st 71b, three Bst 91b, four 9st 91b, five, six, and aged 9st 121 b ; three quarte r s o f a ___ _ _ _ mile. Was declared void. The SELLING STAKES of 3 sous each, with 25 added; two year olds 7st 101 b, three 9st 31b, four lOst 31b, five and upwards 10st 51b, mares and geldings allowed 3lb ; mai dens allowed 61b ; winners this year 51b extra ; the winner to be sold for 80 sovs ; if entered for 60 sous allowed 41b, 40 91b, 20 181bs ; about three quarters of a mile. Did not fill. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CESAREWITCH. 9to 1 agst Bradamante 12 to 1 agst Jollity 12 to 1 agst Proserpine 14 to 1 agst Dubiety 20 to 1 agst Lecturer 33 to 1 agst Rama 33 to 1 agst Regalia The Nord states that a royal decree will shortly be published appointing Earl Spencer, Lord Elcho, and Commander Colville, Commanders of the Order of Leopold. The Brussels journals mention that the Count de Flandre has gone through Germany to the Lake of Como, where he will await the Empress Charlotte, his sister, coming from Rome, to escort her to Brussels. During the month of August the railway between Warsaw and Vienna conveyed 61,221 passengers, 38,000 ponds (331bs. each) of luggage, 1,713,549 of merchandise, 1,299,097 of coal, and 3,852 horses or head of cattle. The Warsaw and Bromberg railway in the same period carried 21,181 passengers, 10,377 ponds of luggage, 104,890 of merchandise, 511,456 of coal, and 2,691 horses or head of cattle. The Warsaw and Lodzi railway conveyed 6,899 passengers and 56,006 ,ponds of unrcllandiso, The Common Kingfisher, (From Routiedge's Illustrated Natural Ilistory.) [CONCLUDED]. The nest of the Kingfisher has long been known to con sist of the bones, scales, and other indigestible portions of the food, which are ejected from the mouth in "castings," like those of the hawk or owl ; but until Mr. Gould recently procured a perfect Kingfisher's nest, its shape and the manner of construction were entirely unknown. His ac count of its discovery, and the ingenious manner in which it was procured, is so interesting that it must be given in his own words. " Ornithologists aro divided in opinion as to whether the fish-bones found in the cavity in which the Kingfisher deposits its eggs are to be considered in the light of a nest, or as merely the castings from the bird during the period of incubation. Some are disposed to consider these bones as entirely the castings and faeces of the young brood of the year before they quit the nest, and that the same hole being frequented for a succession of years, a great mass is at length formed; while others believe that they are deposited by the parents as a platform for the eggs, constituting, in fact, a nest ; in which latter view I fully concur, and the following aro my reasons for so doing:— " On the 18th of the past month of April, during one of my fishing excursions on the Thames, I saw a hole in a precipitous bank, which I felt assured was a nesting-place of the Kingfisher, and on passing a spare top of my fly rod to the extremity of the hole, a distance of nearly three fed, I brought out some freshly-cast bones of fish, con vincing me that I was right in my surmise. On a sub sequent day, the 9th of May, I again visited the spot with a spade, and after removing nearly two foot square of the turf, dug down to the nest without disturbing the entrance hole or the passage which led to it. Here I found four eggs placed on the usual layer of fish-bones ; all of these I removed with care, and then filled up the hole, beating the earth down as hard as the bank itself, and replacing the sod on the top in order that barge-horses passing to and fro might not put a foot in the hole. A fortnight afterwards the bird was seen to leave the hole again, and my suspicion was awakened that she had taken to her old breeding-quarters a second time. " The first opportunity I had of again visiting the place, which was exactly twenty-one days from the date of my former exploration and taking the eggs, 1 again! passed the top of my fiy-rod up the hole, and found not only that the hole was of the former length, but that the female was within. I then took a largo mass of cotton wool from my collecting-box, and stuffed it to the extremity of the hole, in order to preserve the eggs and nest from damage during my again laying it open from above. On removing the sod and digging down as before, I came upon the cotton wool, and beneath it a well-formed nest of fish bones, the size of a small saucer, the walls of which were fully half an inch thick, together with eight beautiful eggs and the old female herself. This nest and eggs I re moved with the greatest care, and I now have the pleasure of exhibiting it to the Society, before its transmission to the British Museum ; the proper resting-place of so inter eating a bird's nest. The mass of bones then, weighing 700 grains, had been cast up and deposited by the bird, or the bird and its mate, besides the unusual number of eight eggs, in the short space of twenty-one days. " To gain anything like an approximate idea of the number of fish that had been taken to form this xiiss, the skeleton of a minnow, their usual food, must be carefully made and weighed, and this I may probably do upon some future occasion. I think we may now conclude, from what I have adduced, that the bird purposely deposits these bones as a nest ; and nothing can be better adapted, as a platform, to defend the eggs from the damp earth." Tho Kingfisher, if unmolested, soon learns to be fami liar with man, and has no hesitation in carrying on the daily affairs of its life without heeding the near presence of a human observer. I have known a Kingfisher to sit upon a projecting stone that 6?erhung a stream running at the foot of a garden, and to permit the owners of the garden to watch its proceedings without exhibiting any alarm. If managed properly, this interesting bird will so far extend its confidence to man as to become partially domesticated, speedily rivalling the robin or the sparrow in the bold familiarity of its manners. One such bird, that was tamed by a friend, owed its domestication to the loss of its parents. TIMID EDMON. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This NORTHAMPTON RACES—TIIIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ITAWSLEY PLATE. The FAWSLEY PLATE of 100 sovs (Handicap); winners after Sept. 27 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra. One Mile. Mr. G. Angell's Nukuheva (Sayers) 1 Mr. E. Phillips's Wave (Carver) 2 Betting-7 to 4on the winner. Won easily. NURSERY PLATE. The ITARLESTON NURSERY PLATE of 100 BOYS, added to a Handicap of 3 sovs each 3 ft (to the fund), for two year olds ; winners of any race after Sept. 27 (at ton a.m.) of the value of 100 sovs 31b, of two of 100 each or one of 200 51b, of 300 71b extra; the second to save his stake; Spencer Plate Course. Count F. de Lagrange's Atalante (Grimshaw) 1. Mr. R. Porter's Zest (Gordey) 2 Mr. Beadman's aggravator (Clements) 3 Jeannie Deans, Rescue, Stokeley, Killaloe, General Kinety, Milan, Topsail c, and Venom also ran. Betting -3 to 1 agst Atalante, 5 to 1 agst Zest, 6 to 1 each atst .Ag gravator, Stokeley, Rescue, and Milan. Won 'by ten lengths; two lengths between second and third. FLYING STAKES. The AUTUMN FLYING STAKES (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with 40 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners once after Sept. 27 (at ten a.m.) 71b, twice or a stake amounting to 200 soya 101 b extra; Althorp Park Stakes Course ; 12 subs. Cranbury Zisca . Cedric . 3 Five ran. Objection overruled. CORPORATION PLATE, The CORPORATION PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 soya each, 1 ft (to the fund); winners after Sept 27 (at ten a.m.) 511) extra. Spencer Plate Course. 49 subs. Rustic Beauty ... 1 Tragedy Vigilant ___ _ Won by two lengths. CASTLE PLATE. The CASTLE SELLING PLATE Of 30 sovs ; two year old 7st 31b, three 9st 11b, four 9st 121 b, five 10st, six and aged lOst 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 21b ; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b, 75 101 b, 50 141 b, 30 211 b ; half a mile, straight. Mineral Veni Anatomist ...... 1 ............ 2 Five ran. a CORINTHIAN PLATE. The CORINTHIAN PLATE of 40 sovs(Handicap) ; gentlemen riders, professionals 41b extra ; winners of any handicap after Sept. 27 (at ten a.m.) 51b extra; the winner of the Cottesbrooke Welter Handicap at this meeting slb over and above any other penalty ; one mile. Nukuheva ..... , 1 Little Ellen .............. 2 TWO-YEAR-OLD PLATE. The Two YEAR OLD SELLING STARES of 5 soya each, with 30 added ; colts Bst 101 b. fillies Bst 71b ; winners before starting 41b extra ; maidens having started twice and not won allowed 51b, thrice 71b ; the winner to be sold for 80 sovs ; Althorp Park Stakes Course. Tribute filly •••• . Testy colt Colenso a Eight ran. KELSO .RACES—Tms DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Rhymer Paxton 2 Honestish _ a Seven ran. CALEDONIAN HANDICAP. Holstein Dart 2 Miss Haworth INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Murillo 1 Cottago Girl Four Pan. Won by a length. CALEDONIAN ST. LEGER. • Retrousse 1 Lady V ane 2 Honesty Won by half a length. PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES. Nightwatch 1 Dermot Asthore 2 Six ran. Won easy. TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, JERMYN-STREET, ST. JAMES'S, LONDON. MR. SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter sall's) be"s, to inform the racing publi c h o w ill execute COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the prin cipal races throughout the year. For further particulars and prices see advertisement in The Sportsman newspaper every TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY. Price Current published DAILY, and forwarded on receipt of stamped directed envelope. Post-office Orders to be made payable at the Piccadilly or St. James's street offices, and cheques to be crossed the "London and Westminster Bank." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Oct. 3.—Wind this day at noon—North Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 2—Alborg, from Wyborg ; Picton, Ellen Marshall, Niels Ebbesen, Alexander,. Philia, and Caroline, —all from Cronstadt ; Marcur, from Wismar. Arrived, Oct. 3 —Union, from Prederickstadt ; Dawn, from Gronstadt ; Svea, from Svartwick ; Amarante, from Dantsic ; Perseverance, from Medemblik ; Cambridgeshire, steamer, from Gronstadt; Orion, from Rotterdam; Rhine, steamer, from Ostend. Sailed, Oct. 3—Maria Pia, steamer, for Lisbon. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed the back of the Goodwin en the 2a—Wendelina Ltomenda, from Rotterdam, for Ancona. Passed—Corelan, barque, from Sundswall for Dartmouth. The general commercial movement in Rhenish Bavaria during the year 1865 presents very favour able results. Although at that period the treaties with the Zollverein were too recent to permit of their effects being judged, the Chamber of Com meace in the Palatinate shows that far from justi fying the fears which had been conceived, the new stipulations have developed the relations and created reciprocal advantages which will be one uf da a appreciated. Several branches of manufactures, those of linen and leather especially, have attainedy more ctures, a very remarkable degree of prosperity. That pro gress appears to have improved the condition of the poor. Thus the number of pe ons who were re ceiving public relief ten 9 a go was 24,723, a n d has now decreased to 19,2 73 , a lthou g h the popula tion in Bavaria has augme n ted as elsewhere. The have declared liquidatorsc European Bank (Limit e d) the European of 3s. 4d. in the po un d to the creditors, an d they believe they will be i n a position make another payment at the end of th e y e ar. The liabilities, which at the time o f t h e ared fire o t f divi stoppage we re, including endorsement s , a b out £2,700,000, are now not more than £600,000. The latest American invention is a machine for ruling paper by electricity. been splendid n d d a i y a - ERETER, MONDAY, OaCistne.dcl.o.nb—yseTtah!:insineheha:obfitants, being ( ifflroe:tt, rejoicing o f i e c e i n t g l oihnmEpxuert purchased s i t ta s hned t r a te h n i te s y p ir o ban g t a i n g s, carriage thr oug h the principal The nci tMheaAynorcieanntdorCdoorr of Fo rester; poration,th and other bodi es t ook part in the procession, wh ich was v. s draw olu t u n s t e c o o n ! witnessed by upwards of 30,000 persons. On the conclu sion of the procession the lifeboat was formally presented by the Mayor to the National Lifeboat Institution. Mr. Lewis, the secretary of tho society, on behalf of its com mittee, accepted the magnificent gift in appropriate terms. The Mayoress then named the lifeboat, which was immedi ately after launched into the Exo, where its self-righting and other qualities were under the superintendence of Captain J. R. Ward, R.N., the inspector of lifeboats of the institution, tested by the crew, who on this occasion were man of war's men, and who had been sent specially for this launch. The whole proceedings appeared to give the greatest pleasure to the vast multitude who witnessed them. A public dinner at the Clarence Hotel, and a ball in the Royal Public Rooms, took place this evening in cel! - bration of an occasion which will long be remembered in Exeter. The lifeboat is to bo sent in a day or so to Brix ham, where it will be permanently located, and w h ere ar rangements have also been made to give it a hearty recep . tion by the fishermen and others. GUSTAVE DORt'S DRAWINGS for the illustration of Milton's "Paradise Lost" are now all complele, and wilt shortly appear in a folio volume from the press of Messrs Cassell, Potter, and Galpin. Da. PUSEY is about to follow up his celebrated "Eirenicon,' by another volume, which will shortly ap pear, entitled, " Cannot Rome Give Authoritative Expla nations which the English Church can Accept ?" M. ALEXANDRE DUMAS the elder, it is said, is about to become the editor of the paper, Les Nouvelle% irk which he iuteudo giving a sequel to " Xonto Cluisto," • Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. The market opens strong. Sales probably 20,000 bales. There has been an extraordinary catch of pilchards in Mount's Bay during the last few days. A large " school" was discovered on Saturday stretching from St. Michael's Mount to Penzance Pier. The owners of one net realised five hundred hogsheads, which would make a million and a quarter fish. On Saturday Mounts Bay presented a very busy scene, the continual arrival of large boats laden with fish, the shovelling them out into baskets, and the carrying of these off to the cellars where the fish are cured, kept a largo number of people in a state of activity and excitement. The bulk of the fish is sent to the Mediterranean, Wesleyan Cornwall supplying "Rome with its chief diet.—Westirn Morning News HOP -PICKING IN KENT.—Hop-picking is so far completed in the district surrounding Maidstone that the South-Eastern Railway Company have commenced run ning their special trains for the conveyance of pickers back to London. On Saturday about 2,000 were despatched, and on Sunday 2,200. On Monday only 500 were sent from Maidstone, but each day the numbers will increase as the work is completed. A gentleman in the neighbour hood has visited 29 districts, and he gives the average growth of hops at 61 cwt. per acre, and states the quality to be excellent. The health of the district has again im proved, there having been but two deitths from cholera during the week. There have been 23 new attacks and 28 recoveries. Several vendors of stale fish were on Mon day brought before the county magistrates. The offenders had made themselves liable to a penalty of £2O, under the Diseases Prevention Act, for each fish offered for sale. The magistrates sentenced each defendant to a month's imprisonment. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL—The new Holborn Theatre, the youngest and by no means one of the largest of our metropolitan temples of the drama, may certainly be considered one of the best arranged and most comfort able. In this respect its youth is in its favour, the great improvements achieved during the last few years in the science of ventilation having been brought to bear with admirable effect. As a general rule, oven the handsomest and best ventilated theatres are anything but pleasing to the sense of smell ; a fact easily understood when we bear in mind that such is the entire absence of windows in the great majority, that even at midday rehearsals the scanty gleam of daylight has to be freely eked out with gas before the performers can see their way in safety about the stage. Mr. Sefton Parry, the enterprising proprietor of the new theatre, has at all events steered clear of this error, and his stage in the daytimeds as light as any ordinary draw ing-room, whilst a full number of windows, supple mented by an ample provision of other means of ven tilation, affords so abundant a supply of fresh air, that we may fairly expect the theatre to continue throughout its career as fresh and sweet as at the present moment. Great attention has also been paid to the comfort of its visitors in other respects. The stalls are softly-cushioned arm chairs of really luxurious dimensions—the most comfort able, in fact, of any theatre in London ; and all other parts of the house are in their degree equally well provided. The fittings also have all been completed in the most complete and thorough style, and with a total dis regard of cost ; therein affording a strong con trast to the prevailing style of theatrical work manship, wherein such parts as are to be in any way hidden from public view are usually run up with a single eye to the most extreme economy. In arrangement this theatre follows to some extent the French method, the dress circle projecting, as at the Adelphi, in a balcony. The "slips" also are, as will be seen from the sketch oposite, divided off into private boxes. Among the principal members of the company may be noticed Mr. Parry himself, a first-rate artist in eccentric comedy ; Mr. Belmore, the rising young actor who achieved such a startling success in the charac ter of Softy in "Aurora Floyd;" and Messrs. Vollaire, Garden, and G. F. Neville. Among the ladies, Miss Char lottes Saunders, a well-known and favourite actress;o Jane Burke, an American celebrity from Wallat, h .k n ' s the atre nand New York; Mrs. Raymond; and Miss F. Johnston Bessie Foote.—Autumn Edition of the "Brown r g a very b y e a ni d a rn k i e r t:b n l o ° MUNDKN'SDromio was no doubt performance. To this actor, although part, it will mention of his appearance in this farce," ho writes, be remembered that Lamb has unaccompanied as ' essays. "In the "Munden stands out as sing ourd described him as the Sergeant Talf high farce what Kern- Hogarth. Mr. s being in devoted particular ono of his " Elie The lines of the two artists, he Tlikheerper.eisdci.ng u p ble was in high tragoclY tly distinct ; but he discovered the grotesque °f most classical of act g o r r a s: d a admitted, were suffieion ; the same directness of purpose, the same elements inofbosatohirrld, the same concentration of power, same singleness f inflexible manner, the same s casing tatue sterling, almost adamantine, in . the same iron f gesture, movement, and attitude. of his grotesque characters. . . the fi b x : s il h l i ss : t w ne o to n huir d . er-working face be any of its most Whenamaz inglie varieties, it looks as if the picture were carved out from a rock by nature in a sportive vein, and might last for ever. . . . His most fantastical gestures are the grand ideal of farce. . His expressions of feeling and bursts of enthusiasm are among the most genuine which we have ever felt. Munden was a pupil of Shuter ; but he surpassed his preceptor in variety. His Old Dorn ton, in " The Road to Ruin," of which character he was the original representative, exhibited a pathetic power rare among comic actors. Though often wildly extravagant in farce, his performances in high comedy were accounted natural and artistic, while marked with a forcible indivi duality.—Onee a Week. The vine harvest is expected to be a bad one all over Italy. The production has been small, and the oidium has committed ravages among the grapes \ylliai ale coming tQ maturity, 190 100 100 1(0 100 100