The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-25 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money M ar k et continues to show signs of Increasing easiness. The number of commercial bills o how _ seek ing negotiation is very limited, and as ai&ers and broke rs h ave an a b un d an t supply of a ling capital at their disposal they are evincing desire to employ it on terms about per cent. ender the Bank rate. At the Stock Exchange money a ppears to b e i n good request, and loans from day 6 day on. Government Securities are quoted 5 and Per cent. obFriday, the funeral of Lord Palmerston, is to be _ s erved with as much sympathy as possible for the nrcble lord's relatives and respect for the memory of :e great statesman, whose long life was one of i s b °lir for his country. The Stock Exchange t to be en ti re l y c l osed, also t h e Roya l p: e i llan ge, and most of the other public de ments. Arrangements are now being made by Private city firms for the suspension of business e eileral lY, as far as p rac ti ca bl e , w hi c h will thus nee the deep regard with which Lord Palmerston ti cs en tertained by all classes of persons, irrespec- Y e of party politics. T he following official communication has been received respecting Mexican Deferred Bonds : "Ressr s . B aring Brothers and Co. have this morning receiv ed a n o t e from the Foreign-office, informing them a that her M a j esty ' s Minister in Mexico has received a de sPtch from the Imp erial Me_ An Government, dated 7th e' ePteraber l as t, as ring him t within a few days the ainis of th e Deferred bondholders °aid be arranged in na llaer b o th h onourable to itself and advantageous to the holder s of the bonds. "Bishopsgate-street, Oct. 24." Per Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has bee n a fair inquiry. European have improved to 121; London Bank of Mexico, to 151.; and Scinde, rutijaub, and Delhi, to 61 ; London Joint Stock are flat at 50i ; and Chartered of India, Australia, and China, at 24i ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are buoyant at 5 5-16 7-16 prem. ; Over did, Gurney, and Company have improved to 20 201; Allan's Transatlantic Telegraph Company are quoted 4 1 prem. ; Gale's Protected Gunpowder Company, 1 prem. ; Tasso Brazilian Gold Min log Company, par prem. ; and Transatlantio Steam Ship, par prem. Two . o'CLocir At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68 f. 0 5e. Opens flat. The English Stock Market opened to-day with an a ppearance of depressio n , an d as sa l es prepon derated the funds receded. Subsequently, however, firmness was perceptible, and Consols advanced he 89 i for money, and to 89f 1 for the account. New Thre es an d R e d uce d A n nuities are 87+ I ; d(.l,,.4ecluer Bills, March, ss. dis. ; New, 3s. to 7s. ; India 5 per C ents., 104 k 105 ; an d B an k o f .kdngland Stock, 248. 1 ,,„ 14 the Foreign Stock Market lower prices gene '4l prevail. Turkish Consolides are 48 + ; Mexi- L it ' 2s l ; do. New, 24+ k ; Greek, 19+ 4 ; Spanish C L ve, 24 29 ; the Certificates, 144- k ; Italian, ; the C on f e d erate L oan , 6 8 ; an d Brazi l; 2f prem. Atte er Man Securitie s h ave no t b een d ea lt i n t o Wa Y large extent, and the market has indicated a re ak ,, lle ss• United States' Government 5-20 Bonds ; Erie, 56 ; and Illinois, 83 f. b een in the Railway Share Market have Yuen a restricted scale, and prices have shown less N° SB * Great Eastern have declined ss. ; Great t Meru A Stock, North-Western, and North 1- 48 0 (Berwick), each 10s., and Lancashire and 1 , 1 '7 1 hi ro, and Midl an d, eac h £l. ' F °reign and C o l on i a l li nes generally sustain former rates. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. . QO'rpro,, UDe —,,,,MENT FUNDS. D 0 Cent. Consols 89 1 8i 1, 0 .ur Account, Noy. 8 B9l 1 ite ce.t.Reduced B7l 1 i New 3 per °eat B 7l 1 i 1 ° 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 o. 5 A ja ,„ .„ Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — 13 L - 111 " es i 30 Yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do u. ( f ft e r ,-, 3 ?„ Yrs, exptro' sth Aug, ' °ea yelegraph), Aug., 1908.. it - a - rch June Excheq er m" Do -11-- £ 1 ,000,3 /c3l per Cent 5 die 4 7 die 3 51 5 die Do X5OO Book of E 1 ,* 4100 and .£2OO ng and Stock, per Cent 248 Do A ccount ' _ li.rix o . ,-, Indian. "-CsVZR2SMENT SECURITIES. , Stock, 14 per Cent., AprillB74 — ::-',O Account Do. 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 • Account O. 4 D° , per Cent., per Oct. 1888 t Do•E ea ea D, • lafaCed Paper 4 per Cent — o: 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D °. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — O. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — °. Bonds, £l,OOO — 1)0 - Under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS -ONE O'CLOCK. AbUstrian Bonds, 5 per C ent, 18 59 l ' t azilian 5 per C en t _ Do . 4 } per Cent., 1852-58-60 . r, Do. 1863 B "0. Scrip, £l5 paid uneno s Ayres 6 per Cent — 1) 0 . Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 6 per Cent Do. q per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — • Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — enubian Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — " Principalities L , Do Account — • Q cluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do. Provisional Land Warrant — E gyptian 7 per Cent 95 Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds — „., Do. 1864 92* (.; "0 £lOO Bonds -t eek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Account -0 , 0 . Coupons , "0 Account `Auttemala 5 per Cent. — . 1)0 486 paid — 1 , "0. 18 39 and 1850 — "'Can 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 70 Do 1865 Do - 0 0 Scrip, £671 p a id , 5 per C ent., 1864 — exicon 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Angl o -F renc h Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c k ontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid koorish Imperial 5 per Cent ....... New Granada .. . ... Do 2 per Ce n t . Do Deferred .............. . ~ Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — t 'eruvian 41- per Cent Do. Account 12 '0 Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .„ Do 4i. per Cent., 1862 ' T liguese 3 per Cent., 1853 *3 per Cent. , 1856 , ' 7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, -1 ~,, "0. Account - ‘ ll „,ssin 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St D° q per Cent. 1850 . ‘ - ' l -, 4 1 Per Cent., 1860 Do '''° 1 pet Cent. 1859 -,-, 3 per Cent. 1862 9ll 1 I Bard' l ( 3 s per Cent. 1864 — _hn 5 per Cent .u o . ...ccount S p a nish 3 per Cent ,o.Account Do New Defoe.- _ ieferred 381 Do Account _ -Do Passive 291 I 8 i , Daisccount *** ' Cart f Coup not funded . 0 141 , Do Account _ 'Wedish 4 per Cent. ...„. r t , Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 `l4„,,kish 6 per Cent. 1854 91i 1 ",0 Account - o _o 6 per Cent. 1838 72 1 -u,,0 Account 'Jo £lOO Bonds D,o 11 per Cent ",-,° 6 per Cent. 1862 75 } 1 5 D o Account 5/ i i -uo £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent, 1863 43 2 i 31- ," 0 5 per Cent. 1865 43/ 1 4 -u,O Xl€o Bands Vo Scrip, 4:35 paid V Guar anteed, 4 per Ce n t , oneznela 3 per Cent. , 130 . 6 per Cent, 1862 "0: Account 37f 1) °. 6 per Ceni, . I.BEa t`lBDividends on the above payable in London. , t in, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins I , Nion, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. - untch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Dco4 per Cent. Certificates 1 alian 5 !len entos q per Cent. — r per Cent. ,1861 , E x. 25f. 1)0 Account 641 THREE O'CLOCK . D:. • Co nsols for !none- ,itto account 'Y 88i 9 88 i Share! 'MENT SECUR: 05 97 93 15 93 95 81 83 81 53 103 - 105 107 109 106 10 , 105 107 93} 9I 1 , 3 105 110 112 103 116 104 106 107 109 I's 07 102 104 96 98 9) 101 93 95 90 01 103 105 84i 84 99 101 102 103 106 108 105 100 9 10 18i 19; 560 SSO 21 23 9} 10i tri 13 16 2. 3 2 4 20 21 )4 2 4 44 34i :5i 21 3 3U 41 4i ft 3 5 3 3i 2i 1 4 ct 35 40 10 12 111 32 F 4 430 450 3 34 12} 176 10 12 17 18 5 8 6 7 10 12 7211 77} 165 175 75 80 26 28 4 6 195 115 18 19 1 - "KEIrE HEN (IN /3 LIAIUGS. Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di t to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., =Ditto, 4 per cent. pt. st. rd., 100 Ditto, 44 per cent. irred., 1001 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B;6:per cent., 32 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and llolyhead,:ss FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco kliin.) gus. 7 per cent., 1 4 i Dutch Rhenish, 241 Eastern of France, 21 lireat Luxembourg, 141 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 10b Western and North-Western of France, 201 - FOREIGN MINES, Cobre Copper, 231 Frontino and isolivia Gold, lira., 3 21 Port Philip, I} St. John del key, Um., 45i BAN FC Et,,• Agra and Masterman's, Urn 5 7 1 • Australasia, 71 Bank of British Columbia, 23/ Bank of Victoria, Australia, 441 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 91 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 24/ Chartered l ler. of India, London, and China, 50 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 32 Eng ish Joint Stock, lim. 12/ European Bank, 1im.,121; Imperial Ottoman, 16/ Land:Mortgage Bank of India, lien„ London Think of Mexico and S. America. I im., 151 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 London Joint Stock, 54 h L i o e n tr d o o p n ol a i n ta d n S a o n u d th p A ro f v ri i c n a c n, iai l ß 7l ank, 14 National dank, 78/ Oriental Bank Corporation. 51; dcinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi, lim., 61 Union of A ustralia,:s4l Union of Ireland, 17 Union of London, 53} DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, ;,76 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, la Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gun., 21 Bombay Gas, lira., Ditto, 3d h:sue, 21 Ceylon Company, :Ok Ditto, A shares, 2 1 City of Moscow Gas, Inn., 31 City OfEces, lira. , 61 1 Continental Union Gas, lint, Ditto (all), 20 9 CreditereditFonderof m and baluorbillifues, im r o u tE . 7 7 1 1an d, 101 1 Discount Corporation, 141 Egyptian Corn and Trading, lim., 21 Fairb iirn Engineering, 6i Financial Discount, lim., 6 i Fore - street Warehouse, lim. ' 11/ 1 Gen. Credit an d Finance of London, BM, 6 Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso.,lim.. 71 1 International Financial Society, lim., 6} 1 Joint Stock Discount, Um., 81 1 London Financial Association, lira, 22/ Merchant Shipping, lim., 9/ National Discount company. lira., 15k Ottoman Financial Association, lim., 9 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 20 Royal Mail Steam,l2o 1/ South African Mortgage and Investment, lim., l; 2 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lien., 9 SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Exeter . !BM?, ol and Caledonian Cambrian • • • Cork and 8and0n..... Cornwall. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. o.London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. •? Great Korth of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. is. at 25 pn GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original I) S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Ostoro Do. Newport. Do. Hereford Lanc(shire &Yorkshire London and Blackman Lon., Bri h., & S Coast Lon., ('hat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lou. & North Western Lou. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do - Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby mid Kent I North British Do. Ed., Pth ;At Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ...... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bora., Baroda..t. Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. N' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. ;87 2 -3-t Calcutta & S. E., lim Cape Town & Dock, gu• Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pf East. 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 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c l'o. Gus, 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent DJ. 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. C. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 50 do. pay. 1877-8.. Endian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i~ do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Hay.. N. 111.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. . be. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do cti Do. Puniaub 1 Do.lndus COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia,6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.l¢ July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. a. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 , Do.Apl. & Oct 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9: Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Slauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1678 no. 1882, Mayls, Nov.:' , Do. 1805, Feb. Aug Natal ';ov. 6 per cent N. B.W. Gov. 5 ire., 186 t Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 z New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. e , 1 S. Aus.Gov. 6 pm 1868-9 Do. 1878 & up wards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. ja & July Do. do, April & Oct EMI Cam. Consol. cold, Um Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavat Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East LoveAl E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L otey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Herod's Foot •••• llingston Downs Margaret (Tiny Lelant Marke Valley lliwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Providence Uny L,I an t S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Ci Ran, lim West I cassett (Mogan W. Caradun skeard West C hi verton ....... West Seton Wheal Bassett ( Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis - I p a i d. l Closing I Business Price. done. 92 94 94 96 12 14 6 6 67 7) 71 73 86 d 109 111 46i 47 , 7 8 130 1: 1 2 148 150 1491 1 9 90 92 631 61 61 63 43 f 5 36 39 !04 'O6 1211 12ei 89 9 , 104 1(6 38 10 50 62 1241 124 j 9r► 97 67i HI 13811 130 3} It, 1 4 1 11 104 104 1 4& 124 1; 9 ;05 41 124' 133 81 126} 1261 14 21 96 98 61i (L?, • 8 30 • 110 111 68 69 103 103 i 36 37 10 11 p 118 120 ii 12P i lip 75 76 10 11 148 152 5? 60 60 6! 57 59 80 61 8i 9i 148 152 3 103 105 59 62 ISIONS. 68 60 101 102 id 5i 5 i 10 11 73 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 101 102 1031 1041 iP 21 22, 87 89 83 67 55 60 53 67 2 55 45 49 43 45 28 29 28 `,9 103 104 IP P 101 102 151 41 , 1 PE 18 85 87 1 6d 100 102 93 95 SS 90 64 66 82 84 101 102 101 102 4 id 100 101 1 101 i I 126 f 7 di 96k 1101 68i 1031x} 3:9-1 OSSE, I'HE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, IEEr:. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, WESTMINSTER. CifAllGE OF STEALING AN APPLE, VALUE A PENNY.—An exceedingly respectable-looking woman, who gave the name of Frances Woodthorpe, was placed in the felon's dock charged with stealing an apple, value a penny. The mother of Mrs. Mayan, a greengrocer in Rochester row, said that this morning she was in the back part of the shop when she saw the prisoner approach the front, take the apple in question from a basket and place it under her mantle ; having done so she walked away. Witness overtook her after she had proceeded three yards and made her come back with her to the shop. She shut her in the private passage of the house while she sentlor a policeman, and the prisoner then endeavoured to make her escape. Mr. Partridge—She was walking away when you over took her ? Witness—She was. Mr. Partridge—Did you find the apple ? Witness—Yes. I lifted up her mantle and took the apple from under it. Mr. Partridge—Did she say anything ? Witness—She offered to pay for tho apple, and wanted me to let her go. George Stevens,.236 A, said he met the last witness bringing the prisoner towards the station. He received her into her custody, when she offered to pay for the apple. Prisoner—l never said anything of the sort. S tovens—l found some money upon her and a basket. Mr. Partridge—ls it a respectable address that prisoner has given ? Stevens—lt is ; but I have not had time to make in quiries. Mr. Partridge—Prisoner is remanded for a week. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE G. A. DE L. BIRCH. This bankrupt was described as of tho Bengal police corps and Bury-street, St. James's, and to-day was ap pointed for the last examination and order of discharge. No accounts being filed the case was adjourned. Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. MEETING THIS DAY. The usual half-yearly general meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern this day—Captain C. E. Mangles, chairman, presiding. The report, which has already been published, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption and that of the statement of accounts, said that the directors met the shareholders of the company, on the present occasion, with great pleasure, as it afforded them an opportunity not only of declaring an increased dividend, but of rendering an account of their stewardship. It was with great pleasure that the directors had to announce that during the last half year, with ono exception, there had been no loss of life, ships, or property. (Hear, hear.) He was sure that fact would, as it shoull, afford the shareholders great satisfaction, and that satisfaction would be received with additional pleasure, as it enabled the executive to declare an increase in the dividend. Com paring the accounts for the last half year with the preced ing period of the year 1864, it would be found that there was an increase in the receipts, and the deficiency that was shown in our former source of revenue arose from a dis continuance in the temporary arrangement for the Honduras service, in consequence of which the Government subsidy had been withdrawn, and the shipment of treasure from England and Brazil, which in the first half-year of 1864 was unusually large. However, in all the items under the head of passage money there had been an increase. He was satisfied that the financial statement submitted to the meeting would be approved by the shareholders. Tho insurance fund was in a very satis factory state, and the only debit was for the accident which occurred to the Seine, by the breaking out of a fire on board last August. Mr. TrFNELL 6oconded the motion, which was unani mously adopted. The proceedings then terminated. THAMES. ROBBERY IN THE EAST INDIA DOCK.—Charles Moore, a carman, in the employ of Mr. Farrclough, a respectable and well-known carrier, in St. George-in-the-East, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a coil of ship's rope, valued at 55., the property of the East and West India Dock Company. Yesterday afternoon, a day watchman named Simmons saw the prisoner in the East India Dock with a van laden with square boxes of sugar. The horses and van pulled up, and the prisoner went to another part of tho dock and returned with a coil of rope, which he secreted about the boxes of sugar. He was about to drive away when Sim mons detained him, and took possession of the coil of rope. Mr. Paget asked the prisoner what he had to say to this charge ? The Prisoner—l will leave it all to you. Mr. Paget—Have you no explanation to make about this. The Prisoner—l picked up the rope by the side of a pile of wood in the dock. . __ •. _ _ Mr. Paget—You are sentenced to two months' imprison ment and hard labour. _ _ _ IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—James Murphy, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a coat, the property of Henry Vukbrandt, the owner of a refreshment house in Ship-alley, Wellclose-square. On Monday night the prisoner and two other sailors partook of supper at the prosecutor's establishment. There was a coat on a table in the room, which the prosecutor had just thrown off on a table in the room when the sailor s entered. It was missing after they left. Last night the prosecutor saw the prisoner in a public house called the Red Lion, in Whitechapel, and wearing the stolen coat. He gave the prisoner into custody, and the police soon de prived him of the coat. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Paget—What are you ? The prisoner—A Scotchman gave me the coat and told me to wear it. (A laugh.) Mr. Paget—l asked you what you were. How do you get your living ? The prisoner—l am a sailor. Mr. Paget— Where do you belong to ? The prisoner—l belong to Dublin. Mr. Paget—You are sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three months for stealing the coat. Destructive Fire at Stepney and Loss of Life.—Distressing Scene.—This Day. This morning, between the hours of three and four o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out on the extensive premises of Mr. W. 0. Bryan, clothier and boarding-house keeper, No. 23, Stepney-causeway, Commercial-road East. The premises in question contains 12 rooms, and at the time of the outbreak were fully occupied, the inmates being sound asleep, and the policeman who discovered it had great difficulty in arousing them, and sent off for tho Royal Society's escape, which promptly arrived, with Conductor Hardway, who placed his escape against the burning building, and ascended his escape and endeavoured to enter the burning house, when the flames rushed out of the windows and set fire to his escape. He again and again tried to enter the building, but was beaten back. The steam fire-engines of Messrs. Shand, Mason, and Co. were shortly on tho spot, and got to work with a good supply of water, but the house was entirely gutted. _ Engineer Perdue, as soon as the ruins were sufficiently cooled, went in search of the missing female, Mary Smith, aged 17 years, servant of Mr. Bryson, and found her burnt to death. A shell was procured, and she was conveyed to the dead-house to await an inquest. The cause of the calamity is unknown. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale at Mark-lane to day was very moderate. The trade, both as regards red and white samples, was firm, and Monday's currency waswell supported. A fair clearance of tho stands was effected a the close of business. With foreign wheat the market was tolerably well sup plied. The amount of business was moderate, at fully late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at very full prices. Good and fine malting barley ruled firm, at extreme rates ; but inferior barley moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. The malt trade was steady and ruled firm. Oats were in good supply. Most qualities were in steady request at fully the late advance in the quotations. Beans were very firm, and prices were rather on the ad vance. Tho market was scantily supplied with English qualities. Peas fully supported late rates. The supply on offer was very moderate. Tho flour trade ruled firm at full currencies. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 560 115 U 350 140 720 Irish Foreign 660 850 45,730 1010 sky, COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Oct. I For the corresponding week 21, 1865. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 78,404-42$ 1d Wheat 75,364-38s ld Barley ..... ....46,447-305 lld Barley 52,471-29 s 11d Oats BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops are firm in price, but the trade for inferior qualities is dull, with a downward tendency in value. WHITECHAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale. The trade is firm at the annexed quotations Beef, from Be Od to 48 8d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 4s 4d to 58 10d per Sibs, by the carcase. " THE WORLD OF MAGIC."—The boys of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, by the kind permission of Colonel Adams, acting commander, will be present at the performances at the Great St. James's Hall, on Satur day afternoon. Professor Anderson has arranged a special representation for the occasion. The boys will be accom panied by their band, who will perform several pieces arranged expressly for them by Mr. J. L. Wilson, band master. CHOLERA.—In a very able article on the present epidemic, published in the Avenir de l' lodure de Ter, a medical journal, Dr. Belouino gives some excellent advice regarding the frigid period of cholera. Starting from the fact that, when that stage begins, the digestive organs suddenly cease to absorb, and, on the contrary, begin to attract, as if by suction, all the serum of the blood, the writer proceeds to examine how this may be counteracted, and concludes that it must be by an irri tation produced generally on the whole surface of the skin. If tho patient be put into a bath of water only, however hot it may be, it will fail to produce the desired effect ; but if a pound of mustard flour be added to the bath the effect will be instantaneous ; the irritation will bo such that, although the patient will complain of it, it will save his life by producing a profuse perspiration, which will effectually draw all the serum from the digestive organs. A better effect will be produced if, instead of mustard, a pound of sub-carbonate of soda and 25 gms (one-twentieth of a pound) of essence of turpentine bo triturated to gether and then put into the bath. When the process of irritation is going on, the patient should take inter nally a teaspoonful of the following potions :—Pep permint water, 100 gms ; syrup of gum, 30 gms ; sulphuric ether, 2 gins. ; chloroform, 2 gms. To be shaken well every time it is to be administered. Dr. Belouino, in adverting to the apparent connection there sometimes appears to exist between cholera and typhus fever, also states that he has obtained great benefit in certain cases from phonic acid, the antiseptic qualities of which are well known. His formula in typhus fever is—one part of phenic acid in 100 parts of distilled water, a teaspoonful to be administered three times a day, while the body is to be rapidly sponged over morning and evening with a lotion composed _of four parts of phonic acid in 1,000 parts of water. IN RE J. STAPLES. This bankrupt was described as a patent medicine vendor, of Catherine-street, Strand, and to-day he came up to pass his last examination and for the order of discharge. The debts are £2,647, the deficiency being £2,500. The order was granted. CRIMINAL COl - JRT,—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER. Amelia Sutherwood, 22, late a chambermaid at the Charing-cross Hotel, was indicted for tho wilful murder of her female infant child. _ The facts of this painful case have already appeared. It will be recollected that the body of the child was found in one of the drawers of the prisoner's bedroom with an ex tensive wound on one side of the neck. Mr. Ribton, instructed by Mr. Abrams, from the office of Mr. Goatley, ably defended the prisoner, and said ho felt certain, as reasonable men, he need not address the jury at any great length, because the charge of wilful murder had, according to his view, failed. There could be no disguis ing the fact that concealment of birth had been committed by the prisoner, and he felt certain that that would be the conclusion at which they would arrive. To enable them to come to such a conclusion, he need only recall to their recollection the prostrate and distressing state the prisoner must have been in when the circumstance occurred. She was alone when the event occurred, and in her agony, not knowing where to conceal the body of her prematurely still-born infant, she placed the body in one of the drawers, in the closing of which the lacerated wound on the throat was produced—the child's head having been loft projecting outside the drawer before it was hastily closed. The me dical man was of opinion that that wound might have been been caused in the way he had described;; besides which various other circumstances, which he need not repeat, would produce the marks found upon the upper part of the body. He contondea that fhe Child never had a sepa rate existence from the mother, and the medical man could not undertake to swear that it had. Under all the circum stances of the case, he felt confident they would acquit the prisoner of the capital charge, and find her guilty of the misdemeanour of concealment of birth. The learned Judge summed up the evidence, and told tho jury that before they could convict the prisoner of wil ful murder they must have no doubt in thoir minds that the infant had a separate existence from the mother. The jury retired, and after an absence of ten minutes returned into court with a verdict of not guilty of murder, but guilty of concealment of birth. Inspector Brennan, of the F division of police, said he had made inquiry relative to the character of the prisoner, and he had to inform the Court that her former employer had the highest opinion of her, and up to this charge her conduct had been irreproachable. Mr. Justice Keating sentenced her to eighteen months' imprisonment. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Pigott.) THE RUSSIAN NOTE FORGERIES. Au application was made to his lordship to postpone the trial of the six prisoners indicted for being concerned in the offence until next session. The learned Judge granted the application. George Dean, 27, labourer, was indicted for robbing Thomas Ladd of the sum of 4id. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and previous con victions having been proved against the prisoner, the judge sentenced him to seven years' penal servitude, his lordship remarking that, under the circumstances, the law allowed him no option in the matter. THIRD COURT. (Before Commissioner Kerr.) James Watson was indicted for stealing a £lO bank note, the property of Mary Harris, in her dwelling-house. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to one year's imprisonment with hard labour. Thomas Brown, printer, was indicted for unlawfully attempting, burglariously, to break and enter the dwelling house of Auguste Gagniere, with intent to steal therein, and also for having in his possession by night, and without lawful excuse, an implement of housebreaking. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. FOURTH COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE ROBBERY AT PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY'S. The three clerks lately in the employ of Professor Hol loway, viz., Robert Spooner, Charles Utton, and Thomas Sellen having been found guilty of stealing various sums of money and postage stamps, his lordship intimated that ho should postpone passing sentence until the other charge connected with the case was disposed of, and, accordingly, this morning, H. Locke, landlord of the Holyrood Palace public-house, in the Strand, surrendered to an indictment charging him with conspiring with Spooner, Sellen, and Utton to obtain divers sums of money with intent to de fraud. The clerks were in the habit of frequenting the house kept by the defendant, and ho was in the habit of playing cards and changing cheques for ,the prisoner Utton for comparatively large sums, which, it was alleged, he knew must have been dishonestly come by. Serjeant Ballantine defended Mr. Locke. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The three convicted prisoners were not sentenced at the rising of the Court. Cow-house and Slaughter-house Licences• Yesterday the county magistrates acting for the Hol born Division held their annual meeting, for the purpose of hearing applications for cow-house and slaughter-house licences. Mr. H. Priestman, the Government inspector, was pre sent by direction of the Honie-office. Mr. Priestman reported that he had inspected the places for which licences were asked, and he had no objection to make in any case, but simply attended to furnish any in formation the Bench might require. Mr. Hopwood, the clerk of the Holborn Board of Works, said that his board had come to a resolution that they wore of opinion that the time had come when the practice of having cow-houses within districts such as theirs should cease. He added that they considered that cows should be kept only under more natural conditions than could exist in connexion with cow-houses in crowded neighbourhoods. Tho board however, considering that the law at present permitted this state of things, had not instructed him to oppose any application for a licence. Mr. Harrison, a solicitor, and a member of the St. Giles , Board of Works, said, on behalf of himself and some other inhabitants of St. Giles, that they believed that cow houses in that locality were great nuisances, and endangered the health of the district. He held in his hand some memo randa upon the subject, which had been made by Dr. Buchanan, the medical officer of the district, who was a man high in his profession, and who had lately been employed by the Government to report upon the outbreak of yellow fever at Swansea. The doctor said that all the cowsheds but one were in the most crowded parts of the district, where the population was 400 per acre. The death-rate there was about 30 per 1,000, and in many years was above 40, mainly in consequence of overcrowding and impurity of air. Cow-houses, even when conducted in obedience to the regulations, could not be other than a source of serious im purity of air in such a district, and the cattle plague had had its head-quarters in the London sheds, and had com mitted greater proportionate ravages there than in the country. London derived fully half its supply of milk, and Liverpool its whole supply, from the country, so that there would be no practical difficulty in abolishing the London sheds. Mr. Adams, a magistrate, said it seemed to him that it was for the Legislature to determine whether cow-houses in London should be done away with ; but that whilst the present law remained, it was the duty of the Bench to license those cow-houses in which the regulations laid down were complied with. Mr. Delano, a cowkeePer, complained that no notice had boon given of this attempt to deprive them all of their licences. If the Legislature thought fit they would remove cowhouses from towns, and would no doubt consider what compensation should be awarded to those cowkeepers who had laid out their money in order to comply with the ex isting law. He submitted that, at all events, the Bench would not deprive them of their property in the way which had been s ggestod. There were 49 applications for cowhouse licences for the whole of the division, and all but one who applied had their licences granted. In ono instance the application was post poned;for a month to give time for certain works to be done, and in another cas3 it was intimated that the licence would bo continued for this year only, and in the meantime the applicant must find more suitable premises. About 40 slaughter-house licences Were granted without opposition. The magistrates of the St. James's Division hold a similar meeting. For the last two years they have refused to licence any cow-houses within their division, but it was reported that those who were formerly licensed in Soho parish had continued to keep cows, and now applied that the licences should be regranted. The Bench declined to grant this application, and some discussion took place, which resulted in Mr. Lewis, the clerk to the Strand District Board of Works, saying that he believed that ho could pledge himself that his board would now take steps to punish any person who kept cows in an unlicensed shed. Several slaughter-bouse licences were granted, but the chairman intimated that they would probably grant no such license next year, therefore the parties in' 'rested had butter act• upon this waruiDg. THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION. The following appears in the New York papers : " The extraordinary statement made by C. F. Hall, from Hudson's Bay, which has been published in the papers, will be widely circulated all over the civilised world. Therefore, with your kind permis sion, I will make a few remarks on the subject. It is well known that I have devoted the last 15 years of my life to the closest study of the Franklin mystery, and have been several hundred miles be yond Hall, and within 300 miles of the locality of the missing navigators. I have also thrice attempted new expeditions of relief, at ruinous cost to myself. Consequently, I am entitled to some credit when I assert what I am about to do. " I had partly expected Mr. Hall would have returned this fall, and I kept silent during his ab sence ; but as he now sends a statement which can not fail to electrify the minds of all friends of the lost expedition, I feel bound to openly express my doubts of the whole affair. The report is too sensational and too vague ; and though I find the Evening Post has paraded it with high eulogistic matter, all the while knowing that Hall's doings are simply working upon my brains, and following up my plans long ago marked down and in his posses sion, I still must urge upon the public great caution in the matter. Indeed his whole statement is but an almost literal reading of my published ideas in 1860. A pamphlet issued by me in the British Association [for the Advancement of Science con tains essentially what he now puts forth, especially as to Crozier and the locality of Neitchillee. If, therefore, his statement is true, it gives to me a gift of something like extraordinary second sight. "Before Hall's departure last year a letter of mine appeared in the press (about June 7) far stronger than anything I say now. Moreover, I ap pealed to his committee to investigate before any body of scientific men the whole of what he said he had done. No notice was taken. He himself never would meet a public inquiry, but took his departure, not issuing the work he has claimed to be the author of, though written by me, until he had gone. " Mr. Hall seems to be remarkable for making great discoveries—though with no white man's testi mony to back him—where previous voyagers of ex perience and well-known fame had failed. His " Frobisher Discoveries," and now the Franklin mys tery, seem more than singular when submitted to the calm test of a close analytical examination, particu larly when his statements closely duplicate what others have long before printed, and his footsteps cover the exact ground of such an experienced Arctic tra veller as Dr. Rae, in 1854. It is possible he may be correct, and it will be a proud day for me to find that, after so many years' labour and such an ex penditure in the cause, all my reasoning, my argu ments, and ideas were literally correct. But how can I be otherwise than doubtful of everything com ing from the mere unsupported assertion of one who can give to the world, and receive credit for as his own, without the slightest acknowledgment to the real author, a book, maps, charts, and scientific papers sent to the geographical societies, written and compiled—partly from his voluminous but irregular journals, and partly from private manuscripts of my own, by—Yours respectfully, " W. BARKER SNOW, Commander, in 1861, of the Arctic discovery yacht Endea vour, and author of ' Voyages in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas.' " Nyack, N.Y,, Oct. 2, 1865." The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Thursday, the 26th of October, a special settling day in the shares of the San Pedro del Monte Silver Mining Company ; and Thursday, the 2d November, in the Six per Cent. Guaranteed Preference Stock of the Scottish Australian Invest ment Company. The committee have also ordered the shares of the Oriental Commercial Bank to be officially quoted. The amount of £45,000 in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. The traffic receipts of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway for September were $677,625, against $446,044 in the corresponding mouth of last year, showing an increase of $231,581. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess Bernstorff and family are expected to return to the Prussian Embassy next week from St. Leonard's-on- Sea. _ _ _ His Excellency the Hon. G. S. S. Jerningham has left liaurigy's Hotel for Stockholm. The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and family are expected to leave Clumber Park, Notts, in the course of the ensuing month for the Continent, as the noble duke and duchess intend to pass the winter in the.south of France. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough will receive a distinguished party, at Blenheim Palace, during next week. The festivities to take place are to be in cele bration of the Marquis of Blandford attaining his majority. His lordship came of ago in May last, but circumstances rendered it necessary to postpone the rejoicings till the autumn. The Duke of Devonshire is surrounded by a select party at Chatsworth. The Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl and Countess of Mount-Edgcumba and family, and the Countess of Durham, have arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. FLOOD ON THE BOWMONT.—The heavy rain from the north-east which fell on Tuesday last raised the water of Bowmont to a height which has bad no parallel for the last 50 years. Between Belfor d Yetholm Mains the flood has done an immense amount of damage to public and private property. That hitherto vulnerable point known as the Belford Scaur has stood t he test, and remains intact, the road trustees having a number of years ago, at the suggestion of Mr. Brown, their surveyor, placed the whole breadth of the road on the solid rock. Immediately be low this the water has broken into the haugh and carried away part of the fence, and overflowed the road. Lower down, and near to Attouburn, the read for upwards of 50 yards has been completely swept away, and part of Clif toncote Haugh has been carried off, the water then making a semicircle back to its old course to Atton burn-bridge. Below this, the haugh has been damaged considerably, and the wooden bridge at Woodside has been carried away; while during the flood the stacks in the farmyard of Mr. Young, Woodside, which is at least 400 yards off the banks of the Bowmont, were two feet deep in water. Part of the cauld o f D uncan h aug h -m i ll has been carried away, and considerable damage done to Clif ton Haugh, the water altering its course several times before it arrived at th e Y e th o l m stone bridge—one of three arches. Here it has also changed its course a little as it passes through the arches. Below this considerable mis chief has been done, and ono half of the wooden bridge at Yetholm Mains has b een carr i e d o ff, w hil e the ford there is all but impassable. It is a very curious but hitherto unexplained phenomenon that this water always rises more rapidly and to a greater height, and commits the greatest havoc, with a wind and rain from the east and north-east than from any other quarter.—Kelso Mail. " MEHEMET THE KURD, AND OTHER TALES, FROM EASTERN SOURCES," is the title of a new collection of Eas tern tales of the same description as those in the "Arabian Nights," which will shortly be published by Messrs. Bell and Daldy. 104 4} 101 i 4 ITIES. 901 1051 i 5 An Irish Breach of Promise Case. DAMAGES LAID AT £5,000. On Monday, in the Dublin Court of Common Pleas, be fore the Chief Justice and a special . jury, Miss Mary Blakeney sought to recover £5,000 damages from Mr. H. S. Byrne, an engineer, for alleged breach of promise of marriage. Mr. Butt, Q.C., Mr. Jordan, and Mr. Oliver Bourke (in structed by Mr. Kelly), were counsel for the plaintiff ; Sergeant Armstrong, Mr. J. E. Walshe, Q.C., and Mr. Phillips (instructed by Mr. F. Tierney), appeared for the defendant. From the opening statements on the , side of the pl a i n tiff , it appeared that Miss Blakeney is a 'young lady of respectable family, and of good education and prepossess ing appearance.. In November, 1862, she met the defend ant at a ball in Dublin, she being then 19 years of age, and the defendant—a gentleman of means and independence, standing high in his pi ofession—at once commenced to pay her attentions. Ho was subsequently accepted as her suitor, and in August, 1863, made a proposal of marriage, which was accepted by Miss Blakney, with the consent of her mother. Two days after this formal acceptance defendant astonished Miss and Mrs. Blackeney by informing them that he could not keep his promise, as his mother would not give her consent to the marriage. On the evening of the day on which this occurrence took place, the defend ant wrote the following letter:— " My Dear Mrs. Blakeney,—l think we were all in high temper this morning, and did not look at the matter in a true light. Now, I think that if this little storm with my mother blows over—as I think it will—all will be right yet. Suppose we wait a day or so. Do not, madame, think I in any way wish a stop put to our proceeding. No ; for if I find my mother not coming round, I shall take my stand, and Miss Blakeney still, if she wishes it, shall be my wife. Enough for the present.—l am, yours most truly, " HENRY G. BYRNE." On the let of September, 1863, Miss Blakeney went to England, and on the 20th of December the defendant addressed the following letter to her : "My dearest Mary,—l called to your mamma's to-day and she gave me your address in England. Come home and all will be settled to our most perfect satisfaction. Your mother told me you loved me at first sight at the ball. I must confess that, like the lamps that lit the shrine of Kildare, the fire from your black eyes flashed on me and lighted the way to love. Come o'er the sea, Maiden, to me,' as our enchanted poet, Moore, pens it ; and when I have you near me, love will spring up, and sunshine shall glad our future days. Do not stay, love ! Come to your own Harry, and let us dream away the happy days destined, in God's holy will, to smooth our way. I shall try.to invent every art to make your future life a joyful and happy one; and, my Mary, let us not look into the dark future, but with a manly heart grasp the present. Come, my dearest, and let us drink across the charming cup that is handed out to us. It is late, love, so adieu !—Your own " HARRY." In another letter, which he wrote on the 28th of Septem ber, he said : • "Dearest Mary,—l got the ' Think of me' marker, and was so pleased, my dear. I wish you were here, as the fleet are all at anchor in the bay, looking most splendid and imposing. There will be a ball, dinner, and fete for the officers. They have all sworn to take an Irish wife home, and if you were here you might make a conquest. By the bye, the day before yesterday I was nearly lost. We went to see the fleet, and on our return it began to blow so hard that our small boat was nearly filled. Only I was at the helm all was up. We had two ladies on board, but they lay down at the bottom of the yacht in a state of utter prostration. Well, my love, how are you getting on ? I think before our mar riage I shall visit some friends in England, and get up my health and spirits. My mother leaves us odd yet. Enough for the present. Two of the ship's officers breakfasted here with me, and I am to dine on board at the Warrior's mess to-morrow.--Your own "HAItRY." Miss Blakeney returned to Ireland, and the usual atten tions of an accepted suitor were shown to her by the de fendant. In October tho defendant had to go to London on professional business, and from there addressed the fol lowing letters to the plaintiff : " Dear Love—l called the evening I was going, and you wore out. I left some snipe from my own gun, and hoped you liked it. lam in good society here ; dined yesterday with the mess of the London Volunteers—great fun, and nice fellows. There is an officer of the 6th Regiment of Inniskilling Dragoons stopping with me here, and wo have great fun. Write to me, love. How is my intended mother in-law ? Give her my love. Ever your own " HARRY." "My dearest Mary,—l have just a moment to say lam quite recovered. Would you like to come to Russia ? I am looking after an appointment to that region, and am off to the Treasury at one o'clock. I will write again and be back as soon as I can. " HARRY." In December ho returned to Dublin, but his manner was entirely changed towards plaintiff. On the 22d of that month ho addressed the following letter to her mother : " My dear Mrs. Blakeney,—l am sorry to say my mother's conduct has been so extremely strange of late that I am in a perfect chaos of doubt if ever she will come and live with me again. This makes me most discontented and unhappy, and has put me to many pecuniary losses which I cannot well got out of at present. I have not seen her for months, and now at this festive season of Christmas I had thought some change might have taken place, but there is none, and I must candidly tell you with such coolness and my circumstances in life being so unsettled, I could never think of getting married. Again, our profession has gone to the winds. The Board of Works, drainage, rail ways, &c., have vanished like last year's grass, and there is very little work doing. Could I get married, then, in the face of such a situation ? It would entail bitterness to both parties, and bring my wife to a family too cold to receive her. This I cannot do, and must abandon the idea altogether. I got two kind letters from Miss Blakeney, but in fact had no reply to make, as I could make no favourable one.—With best regards to her, I am faithfully yours, " H. G. BYRNE." Mrs. Blakeney at once returned his presents, and all intercourse was broken off for the time. Mr. Byrne's mother died on the 11th of January, 1864, and the great alleged obstacle to the match was thus removed. Defen dant then renewed his attentions to plaintiff, but again cooled. After this the legal proceedings were commenced. Mrs. Margaret Blakeuey, the mother of the plaintiff, having been examined, Sergeant Armstrong addressed the jury for the defendant, and said that the defendant's mother had always been opposed to the marriage, thinking that he should get money, and that his income was not at all such as it was repre sented. After a brief deliberation the jury returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff of .£5OO damages and 6d. costs. Wholesale Attempt at Murder and Suicide. The magistrates at Tavistock were engaged on Monday in the investigation of one of the most determined attempts at the murder of a whole household that has ever been re corded. Tho prisoner, John Medland, fired at no less than four persons, and then cut his own throat. The complain ant is Elizabeth Blatchford, and is one of three extremely handsome daughters of Mr. James Blatchford, of Moor town. The prisoner, who had formerly assisted on the farm, was spending the day there on Tuesday, and about 5 o'clock, when Miss Blatchford was blowing the kitchen fire, the prisoner stepped up behind her and deliberately shot at her from a six-barrelled revolver. Mrs. Blatchford, hearing the report, rushed into the kitchen, and found the prisoner standing near her ditughter, who had fallen to the floor, with a pistol close to her ear. She said, " You villain, what are you about ?" and prisoner replied, "I'll have you too," and put the muzzle to her face. At this moment Selina, another daughter who had heard the report, came in, and clasped her arms firmly round Medland, thereby saving her mother's life, for the ball passed close by her mother's face and entered the wall beyond her. Medland, however, managed to get his hand partially freed from in sto desperate the embrace, and fired over his sho u ld er, b ut, strange his o o t o o u say, this shoulder.o t t h i g s e t shot an Selina arm s ß high teh missed, fe r a enough h the e takeaim over Medland, and r us h e d oat o f the kitchen with frighhet; releasedmother. The third sister, J ane, however, hurried in and raised her sister Elizabeth, who lay bleeding on the ground. They both tried to escape, but both fell when near the door, for Medland had fired off a fourth barrel. The young ladies, however, sprang from the floor, and hurried into an adjoin ing field, where their sisters and mother were detaining their father lest he too might be shot at. While alone in the kitchen, however, Medland secured a butcher's knife, and with it cut his throat, dividing the small arteries and the windpipe in two places. He rushed out with his bleed ing throat, and when the gashes, after his capture by Mr. Blatchford and his son, had been dressed, he tore open the stitchesand tried to bleed himself to death. At the hearing before the magistrates a most painful scene took place. The prisoner declared that Elizabeth Blatchford loved him and that he should have been happy but for the pride of her family. The young lady gave her evidence with re luctance, and when at its close she was led out of court, the prisoner piteously and frantically bogged that she might remain, so that ho could see her if but for a few minutes. Yl; Theee of the bullet s edeneposhseodt on to thethe fact lef t side daTet Miss s h : ies Elizabeth r. a. Blatchford. W conical C . No hadbullet. e had been found, but the fourth was missing, and he was not certain that it was not still lodged in her head. There was also a hole through her dress, and a severe contusion upon her side, occasioned, he believed, by another bullet. Tho prisoner, after being cautioned, said that he loved his "dear Elizabeth ;" that she and he were watched, and finding that she cried about it, he could bear it no longer. Four shots were fired, he said, but two were intended for her and the remaining two for himself. Ile wished that Elizabeth was dead, for then ho should die happy. The prisoner was then committed for trial at the East , * Assizes. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—Tius DAT. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. OPTIONAL SELLING. STAKES. Orloff Lady Kinghorn Discretion 1 Six ran. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE Miss Lavinia colt Polly Perkins Knight of St. Michael Eleven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOB'S. Dawdle .. Reindeer . Jezabel Six rau. IIANDICAP PLATE. Catapulta 1 Brenta Thirteen ran. GLASGOW STAKES. Monarch of the Glen Gunlock ........................................................ Beelzebub 3 SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 BOYS. Maid of Masham filly Equivoquo Four ran. £5O PLATE. Moulsey 1 Shaksiero SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Ulphus 1 Kinghorn 2 Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOW. Lord Ronald Convent Eight ran. FRIDAY. Acceptances for the Nursery Stakes (Free Handicap) of 25 BOYS each, for two-yr-olds. D. 11., 7 furlongs 210 yards. , FIRST CLASS. et lb Grey Stocking 8 10 S taghound Malinda 8 9 Victoria ••• La Muta 8 7 Jezebel Helen Regan colt 8 3 I Kenilworth British 'Tar ... 8 2 Gold Pen Slender ... 8 0 Hasketon Maid Hebo 7 13 Blaekface • SECOND CLASS. at lb Mount Palatine ... 8 10 Tormentor .. Lothario 7 6 Jura ... Queen Mary ... ... 7 5 El Ole Diadem ... ... 7 1 I Miss Haworth Strathfieldsaye ... 6 12 Lady Van e Giralda .., 6 12 I Drum Chicken Hazard ... 6 5 The above are all at Newi st lb ... 7 12 ... 7 11 ... 7 10 ... 7 9 ... 7 7 ... 7 6 ... 7 5 et lb 6 ... 6 3 ... 2 ... 6 1 ... 6 1 5 13 :arket. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Oct. 25.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; rather fresh breeze and fine weather, but cloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Her Ma, jesty's ship Osborne, for Antwerp. CARDIFF, Oct. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Astrea, for Monte Video. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Oriontal, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Oct. 24.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—lncas, for Valparaiso. CLYDE, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Banco Groja, from Bnenos Ayres. BRISTOL, Oct. 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Felice, from Parana. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1 GRITEUND, Wedneiday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 24.—Bertha, steamer, from Uhristiania. Arrived, Oct. 25.—Napoleon, steamer, from Gravelines; Holland, steamer, from Ostend. Sailed, Oct. 25.—Triton, steamer, from Boulogne ; Bel gian, steamer, for Ostend ; Lord John Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored—Empress, barquo, from Cuba, for London ; Von Engler, from Dantzic, for Brest (has lost her deck load and boat in the North Sea.) Passed—Mercury, screw steamer, from Patras, for Lon don • Hector, of Poole, and Li vonia , o f J erse y, f rom th e west, for the north. ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A DOG AND A BURGLAR.— Several most daring burglaries have been recently committed at Pemberton, Orrell, and Upholland, three out townships lying to the south-west of Wigan. On Saturday morning week there is no doubt an attempt was made to break into the Upholland parish church, and shortly after wards the provision shop of Mrs. Birch, in the same village, was broken into, and some goods and provisions carried off. On the following Monday the Wesleyan Chapel was entered, the missionary box forced open, and the contents abstracted. On Wednesday night the Orrell railway station was broken into by means of the slide window of the ticket office; several bags were ripped open, but an attempt to force the safe in the office failed, although a sledge hammer brought from the line had evidently been used. The same night the premises of a shopkeeper, named Scrivener, at Upholland, were entered by a window which had been left unfastened, but the burglars were disturbed by a boy who was passing, and who, seeing a light, raised an alarm. The drawers had all been opened, and their con tents scattered about, but a sum of £2 12s. was left behind by the thieves in their haste to escape. On Sunday morning last an attempt was made to enter tho house of a farmer and beerhouse keeper, named William Liptrop, residing at Orroll, near the village:of Lamber head Green, but a dog kept by the family completely dis comfited the gang. Tho dog slept at the door of the bed room of the sons of the farmer, and about 3 o'clock on Sun day morning it awakened the young men by barking and scratching at the door of a small pantry on the ground floor. The sons descended and opened the door when the dog rushed in and seized by the waistcoat a man who was making his exit by the open window, and as the sone were following, a pistol, evidently loaded with shot, was fired oitherat the dog or at them, and they in consequence hastily retired. The dog, however, stuck fast, and though one or two burglars outside were pulling against the animal, no doubt the man would have been secured but the vest gave way, the dog lost his hold, and ere he could again seize the thief the ruffian had escaped through the window. The dog would have followed but ho was held back by the inmates, who wore afraid lost the burglars who had shown that they were possessed of fire arms, should destroy him. A couple of police constables, who heard the report of the pistol, were on the spot in a few moments, but the thieves had vanished in the fog and darkness. Information was at once conveyed to the police-office at Pemberton ; and, as it was believed that the burglars had come from Wigan, an extra staff of constables was placed on duty, so a s if poss ibl e to inter thiteoibr inre,sturLna.neAbEonudts,sixoon'cltohcke a road man from was c d e is P c t ov th e e re m d ° a n t Orrell to Wigan, without a waistcoat, and as he could give no satisfactory account of himself lto was taken into custody. A DARING BURGLAR AT HUDDERSFIELD.—Yee. terday, at the Huddersfield Police-court, Henry Beaumont, millwright, was charged with burglary. It appeared that the prisoner wont to Andrew Thornton, smith, of New-street, Paddock, and got him to construct a machine which he said was for the purpose of screwing up beams, and which is on the principle of a screw-jack. Ho made a drawing with dimensions for Thornton to work to, and said the machine was for his mast er, and if it suited thirty or forty more would be wanted. Thornton finished it at half-past eight on the evening of Thursday, the 19th instant, and at half-past eleve n the same night Beaumont was seen using it for the purpose of forcing open the door leading into the shop o f Mr. Hirst, pawnbroker, Buxton-road, the door opening into a passage about 3ft 6m wide, and being situated about four yards from the main. street. The man had ono end of the machine against th e wall, and the other agai nst the door which he was forcing locked p o charge open by means of a p owerful screw, when Mr. Ba gs h aw, who lives on the prem ises, disturbed him, and afte r a c h ase machine hther waseeh hours after Beaumont n a o f got possession captured o In ma a of the b urg lary. He was committed for trial a t th e assizes. On Tuesday, the 24 th inst., her Serene Highness the Princess Louise Augusta, of Schleswig-Holstein, only d aug hter of the late Prin ce of Schleswig-Holstein-Neer; w as married at St. Geor ge ' s, Hanover-square, to the Prince Michel Vlangali-Handjeri son of his Excellency the C ce cillor d'Etat, Geo rge Vlaniali' andgrandson °ll the Prince - Alexander Handjdri, ex-Hospodar of Moldavia. The ser vice was performed by the Rev. Llewelvn Davies, Maryle bone, and the bride was given away by her brother, his Serene Highness the Prince Frederic of Schleswig-Holstein. Only a few intimate friends were present at the ceremony, as, in consequence of the recent family affiction, by the death of the bride's father, no general invitations were issued. The happy couple left town for Folkestone, en route for their chateau, Manerbe, in Normandy. The Bishop of Ely has presented the Rev. 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