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

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. no Money Market continues to show signs of increasing easiness. The number of commercial bills now seeking negotiation is very limited, and as banker s and brokers have an abundant supply of floatin g capital at their disposal they are evincing a desire to employ it on terms about per cent. under the Bank rate. At the Stock Exchange money a ppears to b e i n goo d request, and loans from day to day on Government Securities are quoted 5 and 6 per cent. Friday, the funeral of Lord Palmerston, is to be observed with as much sympathy as possible for the noble lord's relatives and respect for the memory of t he great statesman, whose long life was one of labour for his country. The Stock Exchange is to be entirely closed, also the Royal Exchange, and most of the other public de partments. Arrangements are now being made by, Private city firms for the suspension of business generally, as far as practicable, which will thus evince the deep regard with which Lord Palmerston was entertained by all classes of persons, irrespec tive of party politics. The following official communication has been re ceived respecting Mexican Deferred Bonds : kressrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have this morning recei ve a a note from the Foreign-office, informing them that her Majesty's Minister in Mexico has received a de- Biateh from tho Imperial Mexican Government, dated 7th Bepteteber last, assuring him that within a few days the olairns of the Deferred bondholders would be arranged in a Ila ntler both honourable to itself and advantageous to the holders of the bonds. "Bi shopsgate-street, Oct. 24." For Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has been a fair inquiry. European have improved to 12 i ; London Bank of Mexico, to 15i ; and Scinde, Ptinjaub, and Delhi, to 61 ; London Joint Stock are flat at 501; 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 end, Gurney, and Company have improved to 20 20 1 1-; Allan's Transatlantic Telegraph Company are quoted .1 1 prem. ; Gale's Protected Gunpowder Company, 1 prem. ; Tasso Brazilian Gold Min ing Company, par I prem. ; and Transatlantic Steam Ship, par i prem. o O'. At the Pari s B ourse this morning, according to Reuter' s t e l egram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 6 8f. 05e. Opens flat. The English Stock Market opened to-day with an appearance of depression, and as sales prepon derated the funds receded. Subsequently, however, more firmness was to perceptible, and Consols advanced 89for money, and to 89} 4 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 k ; Exchequer Bills, March, ss. dis. ; New, 3s. to 7s. „blue India 5 per Cents., 1041 105; and B an k o f En g l and Stock, 248. ln the Foreign Stock Market lower prices gene rally prevail. Turkish Consolides are 481 ; • 63 254 i; do. New, 241 f ; Greek, 191 a ; Spanish ss ive, 2.8 i 29 ; th e Certificates, 141 ; Italian, 1 . ; the C on f e d erate L oan, 6 8 ; and Brazi 'lan Scrip, 2i prem. Araerican Securities have not been dealt in to a :large extent, and the market has indicated eakn ess• United St a t es ' G overnment 5-2 0 B onds e 63 4 ; Erie, 56 ; an d Illi no i s, 83 f 1-11 e dealings in th e R a il way Sh are M ar k et h ave been on a re s t r i cted scale, and prices have shown less No rthern Great E as t ern h ave d ec li ne d s s. ; G reat A Stock, North-Western, and North v- aste rn (Berwi c k), eac h 10 s ., an d L ancas hi re and .`°,xiskehire and Midland, each 11. he fo rmer F rateoreign and Colonial lines generally sustain s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 8 b e i C ° 6 7 n E t it . N C I" on N sToIY UNDS. B9i 8/ ? 4- ' O . Ac count, Nov. 8 891 1 ~Per Cent. Reduced B7l 1 New 2 per Cent B7l 1 f, ,, 2 I per Cent. Jan. 1894 4114%.5. per C. Jan. 1873 — mties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 D 0 I ) ; f or 30 yrs, expire sth April, 'lBB5 ' Cited Sea Telegraph), Aug, 190 a— - March Juno 5 dis Ezelbluer Bills, £1,000,3 &31 per Cent 5 dis 7 dis £5OO 7,.. , *Do 5 dis 3 dis B alk of D :XlOO and .£2OO iDO .ice,ontigultan..d Stock, 51 per Cent 248 biZIA-NT GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Doantock, 14 per Cent., AprillB74 Do Account DO. 45 peceore t nt. July, 1870 105 4 • 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 I) o. Certificate; D o , , • Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do.„'-'O. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 "„°- 5 1 per Cent. May 1879 . 4 per Cent. ' Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. A.ustrian Bonds, 5 p er C en t , 18 59 Brazilian 5 per Cent ___ .; De. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 „, Do. 1863 'Jo. Scrip, £l5 p a id B uenos Ayres 6 per C en t _ Do. Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.) 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 Do. 5 an Pri r ncipa Cent., lities 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Do Account — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — , De., Provisional Land W arrant R •gyptian 7 per Cent 95 D o., Second Is sue Do £lOO Bonds _ — Do. 1864 921 U re D o ks £ l OO Bonds D o account per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons —$ D 0• D e. Coup ons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. De £B6 aid , Do. 1839 and 1850 Do 1 • 4talian 86 5 per Cent (Maremniana Railway) 70 5 DO Scrip, £671 paid Mexica n 5 pe r C ent., 1864 ' L exical.' 3 per Cent 25 Do. Acc oun t •' Do 18 64 1)0 6 per Cent. An Do F rench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Montevidean Q per Cont., £3O paid Newlmperial 5 per Cent Do'New Granada Do 2 per Cent ........... . Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Ce n t ........• ___. Do. Account ............................. Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in 80nd5,,,,, Do 3 p er C en t . (U r ib arren) — , Do 4* per C ent., 1862 r ertsgues e 3 per Cent., 1853 - , D 0 3 per Cent., 1856 , '7 , '9 , '6O , '62 , '3 , ~, 'Jo. Accou n t Ali ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 1:) , ( ) 41 per Cent. 1850 . ", 3 4 i per Cent., 1860 • •L'.„o 3 pet Cent. 1859 — Do 5 per Cent. 1862 9ll 1 Bard " 5 per Cent. 1864 ini an 5 8 .Accoui lor Cent bc, . • 73 4 Pa T ., lll sh 3 per Cent 4)0 Account Po New Deferred ,s'ic-1-',O Account l Passive B '-'0 Accouut ......................... . ni,44i4 Cert. 0f .. (2 . 0 . 1„;p .. n .. ...... , 4 lie Account .. 141 'w.redibh r 11 ......... D°Tin': 4 1 per Cent 1864 ........ 'l ' is h 6. er Cent. 18 - 1 ......... -- Ace 0 6 °nut 911 1 ~ per Cent. 1858 "0 Account D 72 1 e £lOO Bonds . 06 , 4 per Cent per Cent. 1862 , ...,o Account ..... 751 / Do Bonds .......................... 1 i i r ,_ £lOO a i i T-2 oi per Cent., 1863 DO '-' Per Cent. 1865 .rso Xlt Bands 431 1 4 ..,() s crip £35 .. .. ~y ,ttee,.Cett.arinteed,l34alpder Cent — 1)0. 41! fa 3 per Cent. b_ . b , per Cent., 1862 ... rik). Account .... • 6 Jer Cent, 18 .... 6 lii v id • p;84,, , . ends on the above payable in London. ;, ,. t i r ' 4. ark 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins D utch:b l i Per cent., Ex — , 2 Per Cent., Ex ! 12 Guil - P-:" ° ' 41)er Cent. Certificates - trtili,... , cities 41 per Cent. . 4. , ;1 1 e h D7A0cep0eurn(;:(m.t....,.1..!.1._ , Ex. 25f. ...... TWO O'CLOCK, 89i .1. ...... elena, we to in cess ed by A her High , at -7 .athie. n and e yeS halt. )anied c , a nd Larket I left royal re for ppiS ViS' SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Paid.! Share' Railways. Price. done. Closing 1 Business 1311stol and Exeter Caledonian 02 04 Cambrian. Cork and Bandon. 94 96 12 14 6 6 67 7 ) 71 73 Cornwall. Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. I.London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. `? Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.,. A stock Do. B stock 109 111 46 47, 7 8 130 132 15) 151 Do. New, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D, , . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxtord Do. Newport Do. Ilereford Lane +shire &Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast. Lon., Chat, and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Nletropolitan Do. New 90 92 631 64, 61 63 42 44 36 39 104 1 06 122 i i2:l 89 91 104 106 38 10 50 52 124 k 32r 96 97 57i 1181 139 140 3 tip 1 4 1 11 ) 102 104 Do Extension...—. 'Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John' sW'd i Hid!and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. it Derby Bid Kent . North British 126} (261 1 16 2p 95 97 61+, Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun.' Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N •E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. it Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 .. Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central 8 30 . 110 111 68 69 103 1039 36 37 10 II p 118 120 li 12p li UP 75 76 10 11 148 152 IS 60 'Scot. N. E , Aber. stock I .o. Scot, Mid. stwk.. Shropshire Union .... South Devon South Eastern . Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whlteha 1 West Cornwall 60 62 57 69 80 61 84 94 148 12 BRITISH P Atlantic St. Lawrence Born., Baroda. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. to shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, do Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- ..... • . Calcutta & S. E., lim , _;ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 1 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. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c l'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 4. per cent . Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Do. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension 4elb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's say N. R 1. C' da, 6pc Ist pt. bs Scinde Do. Delhi 4 c3 Do. do Do. Puniaub o.z Do.lndus St,Flo; ) 4'4 COLONIAL GO PER: IBritish Columbia, 6 pert cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 g. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept' Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed ak Cape G.lE:rope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.& Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9. Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,,78 Do 1882, May 15, Nov. 41: Do. 1895, Feb. & Autr.. Natal , -;0v. 6 per cent.. N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 1876 Do. 5 j).C. 1888 to 189.? New Zealand, 6 p. cent, Do. S per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. C S. Aus.G ov. p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRIT I: Cam. Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford - Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Iliogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W't Russell (Tavlstk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L ocey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal 8u5y...., G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Ilerod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lirn New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr.vidence Uny Lvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park . ...... Tin Cr0ft................. Vigra and Clcgan, Btu West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Lnikeard West Chi verton ....... . ....... . West 5et0n............ Wheal Bassett 'Mogan !Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton .......... Wheal Trelawney (Lis. - 5 I p 103 105 51 62 IKONS. 68 60 101 102 id ip 51 5f 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 101 102 1031 1041 i IP 21 22 87 89 63 67 55 60 53 57 2 55 46 49 43 45 28 29 28 k 9 103 104 IP P 101 102 151 Ifii 5 41d 95 18 85 87 1 4d 100 102 93 95 88 90 64 66 82 8! 101 102 [Ol 102 is 100 101 IT SECUR: 94 96 93 85 93 95 81 83 81 83 103 105 107 109 106 10, 105 107 93i 9I 113 105 110 112 103 1(5 104 106 107 109 1(5 107 102 104 96 98 90 101 93 95 90 01 103 105 84} 84 09 101 102 103 106 108 105 106 II MINES. 9 10 184 191 560 680 4 1 21 26 94 104 5 i 21 V 15 16 24 3 2 4 21 22 14 2 4 41 334 84 21 3 39 41 44 5 11 31 41 21 1 35 40 10 12 1,1 32 34 430 450 3 31 12i 174 10 12 17 18 5 8 6 7 10 12 72 4 1 774] 165 175 75 80 26 28 4 6 155 115 18 19 t ' L LMFEREN(III: , BAKES. Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 44 per cent. pf. et. rd., 100 Ditto, 4, per cent. irred., 104 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, Bl6:per cent., 32 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Ilolyhead,:ss FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco kihn.) gus. 7 per cent., 141 Dutch Rhenish, 241 Eastern of France, 21 Great Luxembourg, 141 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 101 Western and North-Western of France, 202 FOREIGN MINES Cobre Copper, 23i Frontino anti 13 011Vitt Gold, lim., 3 2/ Port Philip,.l} Bt. John ael Itey, lim., 45} Agra and 3 BANKS. lasterman's lim., 571 Australasia. 71 , , Bank of British Columbia, 231 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 441 Brazilian and Portuguese, Rm., 9} Chartered Bank of India, Austra lia. and China, 241 Chartered tiler, of I n di a, London, and China, 50 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 32 Eng ish Joint Stock, lim. ' 121 European Bank, lira., 121 Imperial Ottoman, 161 Land:Mortgage Bank of India, London Bank of Mexico and S. America. lim., 151 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 26} London Joint Stock, 54 London and South African, 17} Metropolitan and Provincialißank, National Bank, 781 Oriental Banx Corporation. 51i Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Bin., 61 Union of Australia,:sli Union of Ireland, 17 Union of London, 5311 MISCELLANEOUS: Anglo-Mexican Mint, 171 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Bombay Gas, lim., Ditto. 3d issue, 2* Ceylon Company, 301 Ditto, A shares, City of Moscow Gas, hm., 3i City Offices, lim., 61 Copper Miners of England, p l. 7 per cent., 13} , i Credit Foncier an d Mobi I ter of 14.ngl and , ill} d Credit h oner of Mauritius, Um„ 7/ Discount Corporation, 14} Egyptian Com and Trading, 11 111 ., 2} Fairb drn Engineering, 6i Financial Discount, lim., 6 ti Fore -street Warehouse, lim., 111 Gen. Credit an d F inance of London, Um, 6 Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira.. 7 1 1 International Financial society, lim., 6} 1 Joint Stock Discount, lim., London Financial Association, lim 22} Merchant Shipping, Rm., 9/ National Discount Company,' lim., 151 Ottoman Financial Association, lim., 9 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 20 Royal Mail Stearn, 1201 11 Scottish Australian Investment. lim.. 121 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance). Rm., 81 Trinidad Petroleum, lira., 52 Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, 51 Warraut_Finauce, Jim. , 8} 50 20 st st li.o 'OSSE 'ME N' 2.1.0 29i 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 li , 3.2.0' 18.18.9 35.15.6 rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, lEEE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE G. A. DE L. BIRCH. This bankrupt was described as of the Be►igal 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. Tho usual half-yearly general meeting of this company was hold at the London Tavern this day—Captain C. E. Mangles, chairman, presiding. _ The report, which has already been publ:shed, 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 one exception, there had been no loss of life, ships, or property. (Hear, limn) He was sure that fact would, as it should, 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. The insurance fund was in a very satis factory state, and the only debit was for the accident which occurred to the Seineby the breaking out of a fire on board last August. Mr. TUFNELL seconded the motion, which was unani mously adopted. The proceedings then terminated. WESTMINSTER. CHARGE OF STEALING AN APPLE, VALUE A PENNY.—AII 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 thteo yards and made her come back with her to the shop. She shut her in the private passage of the house while she sent for 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 the apple, and wanted me to let her go. George Stevens, 236 A, said he met the last witness bringing the prisoner towards the station. lie received her into her custody, when she offered to pay for the apple. _ _ _ Prisoner—l never said anything of the sort. Stevens—l found some money upon her and a basket. Air. Partridge—ls it a respectable address that prisoner has given? Stevens—lt is; but I have not had time to make in• quirics. Mr. Partridge—Prisoner is remanded for a week. 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 the dock and returned with a coil of rope, which he secreted about the boxes of sugar. He was about to drivA Away when Sim mono a.ti.anea 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 mo to wear it. (A laugh.) Mr. Paget—l asked you what you were. get your living ? The prisoner—l am a sailor. Mr. Paget— Where do you belong to ? Tho prisoner—l belong to Dublin. How do you Mr. Paget—You are sentenced to be imprisoned and kepi 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 the 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. Ho 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 the 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 the 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 lull prices. _ Good and fine malting barley rulod firm, at extromo 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. The market was scantily supplied with English qualities. Peas fully supported late rates. The supply on offer was very moderate. The flour trade ruled firm at full currencies. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch. 5 60 1150 850 140 720 Irish Foreign 660 850 45,730 1010 As. COMPARATITE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Oct. For the corresponding week 21, 1865. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 78,404-42 s Id l Wheat 75,364-38s 1 d Barley ..... ....46,447-30s 11d! Barley 52,471-29 s 11d Oats ~ 4,665-20s 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. WHITECIIAPEL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale. The trade is firm at tho annexed quotations : Beef, from 33 Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 38 10d to 5s 2d ; and pork, 4s 4d to 5s 10d per Blbs, 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 bo 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 Fer, 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 bo counteracted, and concludes that it must be by an irri tation produced generally on the whole surface of the skin. If the 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 mustP.id flour be added to the bath the effect will be instantaneous ; tho irritation will be 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 be 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 grim ; chloroform, 2 gins. 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 phonic 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 j water. IN RE J. STAPLES. This bankrupt was described as a patent medicine vendor, of Catherine-street, Strand, and to-day ho came up to pass his last examination and for tho order of discharge. The debts are £2,647, the deficiency being £2,500. The order was granted. CRIMINAL COURT.—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 the wilful murder of her female infant child. The facts of this painful case have already appeared. It will be recollected that tho body of the child was found in one of the drawers of the prisoner's bedroom with an ex tensive wound on ono sicb of the neck. Mr. Ribton, instructed by Mr. Abrams, from the office of Mr. Goatley, ably defenCeed the prisoner, and said he 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 tiny would arrive. To enable them to come to such a conchsion, he need only recall to their recollection the prostrate and distressing state the prisoner must have been in whet the circumstance occurred. She was alone when the (welt 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 tm lacerated wound on the throat was produced—the childs head having been loft projecting outside the drawer before it was hastily closed. The me dical man was of opiniox 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 masks found upon the upper part of the body. He contended that the 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 fait confident they would acquit the prisoner of the capital diarge, and find her guilty of the misdemeanour of concealnent of birth. The learned Judge summed up the evidence, and told the jury that before theycould convict the prisoner of wil ful murder they,must have no doubt in their 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 ;o the character of the prisoner, and he had to inform the Court that her former employer had the highest opinion 01 her, and up to this charge her conduct had been irreproathable. Mr. Justice Keating semenced her to eighteen months' imprisonment. NEW COURT. (Before Mr Justice Pigott.) THE RVSSIAN NOTE FORGERIES. An application was mad e 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 is, 44d. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and previous con victions having been prored against the prisoner, the judge sentenced him to seen years' penal servitude, his lordship remarking that, larder the circumstances, the law allowed him no option in ao matter. THIRD COURT. (Before Commissioner Kerr.) James Watson was indeted for stealing a .£lO bank• note, the property of Marl Rarris, in her dwelling-house. The jury found the visoner guilty, and he was sen , tented to ono year's impriioament with hard labour, Thomas Brown, printer, was indicted for unlawfully attempting, - burglariously, to break and enter the dwelling house of Auguste Gagnire, 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 th( Recorder.) THE ROBBERY AT PII(FESSOR 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 he should postpone passing sextence until the other charge connected with the case was dsposed of, and, accordingly, this morning, IL Locke, landord of the Holyrood Palace public-house, in the Strand, urrendered to an indictment charging him with conspirin; with Spooner, Sellen, and Utton to obtain divers sumsof money with intent to de fraud. The clerks were in ,ho habit of frequenting the house kept by the defendaa, and he was in the habit of playing cards and changfig cheques for the prisoner Utton for comparatively larg ( sums, which, it was alleged, ho knew must have been disionestly come by. Serjeant Ballantine defenda Mr. Locke. (The case was not concluthi when we wont to press). Cow-house and Slauditer-house Licences. Yesterday the county maistrates acting for the Hol born Division hold their annul meeting, for the purpose of hearing applications for cowhouse and slaughter-house licences. Mr. 11. Priestman, the Government inspector, was pre sent by direction of the Homeoffice. Mr. Priestman reported thatho had inspected the places for which licences were asked, Ind he had no objection to make in any case, but simply ittended to furnish any in formation the Bench might rquire. Mr. Hopwood, the clerk of he Holborn Board of Works, said that his board had come b a resolution that they were of opinion that the time had come when the practice of having cow-houses within dilricts such as theirs should cease. Ile added that they cosidered that cows should be kept only under more natural conditions than could exist in connexion with cow -houses n crowded neighbourhoods. The board however, considding that the law at present permitted this state of things had not instructed him to oppose any application for a leence. Mr. Harrison, a solicitor, anl a member of the St. Giles' Board of Works, said, on behaf of himself and some other inhabitants of St. Giles, that trey believed that cow houses in that locality were great nuisances, and endangered the health of the district. He hell in his hand some memo randa upon the subject, whch had been made by Dr. Buchanan, the medical officer a: the district, who was a man high in his profession, and wlo had lately boon employed by the Government to report tpon the outbreak of yellow fever at Swansea. The doctor said that all the cowsheds but one wore in the most crowded parts of the district, where the population was 401 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, oven 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 proportionme 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 ii seemed to him that it was for the Legislature to daternaino 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 cowkooPer, complained that no notice had been 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. Ile submitted that, at all events, the Bench would not deprive them of their property in the way which had been suggested. There worn 49 applications for cowhouso 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 caso it was intimated that the licence would be continued for thie year only, and in the meantime the applicant must find more suitable premises. About 40 slaughter-houea licences were granted without opposition. The magistrates of the St. James's Division held 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 regrantod. 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 ho 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-house licences were granted, but the chairman intimated that they would probably grant no such license next year, therefore the parties interested had better act upon this warning. 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 month 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 [eft Maurigy'S Hotel for Stockholm. The Duke and Duchess of Newcastle and family are expected to leave Clumber Park, Notts, in the course of tho ensuing month for the Continent, as the noble duke and duchess intend to pass thewinter in the south of France. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough will receive a distinguislvid 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. The lordship came of age 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-Edgcumbe 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 had no parallel for the last 50 years. Between Belford 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 the 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 Attonburn, 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 Laugh 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 of Duncanhaugh-mill hay been carried away, and considerable damage done to Clif ton Haugh, the water altering its course several times before it arrived at the Yetholm stone bridge—ono 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 one half of the wooden bridge at Yetholm Mains has been carried off, while the ford there is all but impassable. It is a very curious but hitherto unexplaiubd 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. 1 44 1224 9 105 121 I f 96} 136 81 1261 7 4 1101 6S 10 :I I .319 i 104 41 1011 4 1 1011 t ITIES. 1051 I 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. Walsho, Q.C., and Mr. Phillips (instructed by Mr. F. 'Tierney), appeared for the defendant. From the opening statements on the side of the plaintiff, 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 ago, and the defendant—a gentleman of means and independence, standing high in his pi ofession—at once commenced to pay her attentions. He 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 Deur Mrs. Blakeney,—l think we were all in high temper this'inorning, 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 Blakenoy still, if she wishes it, shall be my wife. Enough for the pros - mt.-4 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 Maiy,—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. Como 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 tho 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 aro 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 hero with me, and I am to dine on board at tho Warrior's mess to-morrow.—Your own "HARRY." Miss Blakeney returned to Ireland, and the usual atten tions of an accepted suitor were shown to her by the de fendant. In October the 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 were 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 we have great fun. Write to me, love. How is my intended mother in-law ? Givo 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. " llniti y." In December he returned to Dublin, but his manner was entirely changed towards plaintiff. On the 22d of that month he 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 ono.—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 tho 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 tho legal proceedings were commenced. Mrs. Margaret Blakeney, 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 Gd. 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. The 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 daughter, 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, Lewever, managed to get his hand partially freed froin Selina also the embrace, and fired over his should er, but , strange a m issed, t enoughaisnt her t r o desperate man h c to o is ul s s d a h y o n u o l t d t h e i r. get ss ho t hiseot ali n armß l a t c hford , fr t i ak h e aim releas ov e e d r Medland, and rushed out o f the kitchen with her mother. The third siste r , J ane, h owever, 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 sinters 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. Ile 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 stitches and 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 le d out of court, the prisoner piteously and frantically b egged that f she might remain, so that he could see her if but for a o v minutes. Mr. The surgaon, W.C. Northey, deposed to the fact that Miss Elizabeth Blatchford had been shot on the left side of her head by a conical bullet. Three of the bullets had boon 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. The 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. lie wished that Elizabeth was dead, for then he should die happy. The prisoner was then committed for trial at the Easter Assizes. SPORTING INTELLIGENOE—This Day, NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES. Orloff Lady Kingliorn 2 Discretion Six ran. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Miss Lavinia colt Polly Hopkins - 2 Knight of St. MiChael 3 Eleven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SON'S. Dawdle Reindeer Jezabel 1 3 Six ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Catapulta Brenta, 9 a 2 Thirteen ran. FRIDAY. Acceptances for the Nursery Stakes (Free Handicap) of 25 BOPS each, for two-yr-olds. D. 31., 7 furlongs 210 yards. FIRST CLASS. Bt lb • Grey Stocking 8 10 Staghound L m aa r fu d tan , 8 9 Victoria 8 7 Jezebel ••• 8 8 3 0 I K na e s n k il e w to o:t ai h aici . British Tar ... ... 87 132 B Gold lae : : o n o R S ll ll l i e t e d n er ßegan SECOND CLASS. at lb I Mount Palatine 8 10 Lothario 7 6 Queen Mary 7 5 Diadem ... 7 1I Strathfieldsaye ... 6 12 Giralda 6 12 Chicken Hazard ... 6 5 The above are all at isTh.7...ricot. st lb ... 7 12 ... 7 11 ••• 7 16 • 7 9 •.• 7 7 ▪ 7 6 ••• 7 5 et ]b Tormentor ... Jura 6 3 El Ole 6 2 Miss Haworth 6 1 Lady Vane ... 6 1 Drum ... 5 13 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 b.W.—Sailed—Astrea, for Monte Video. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrincl—Oriental, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Oct. 24.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—lneas, for Valparaiso. CLYDE, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrivod—Hanco Groja, from Bnenos Ayres. BRISTOL, Oct. 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Felice, from Parana. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GrtAvEsEsn, Wedneiday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 24.—Bertha, steamer, from Christiania. 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, barque, from Cuba, for London ; Von Engler, from Dantsic, for Brest (has lost her deck load and boat in the North Bea.) Passed—Mercury, screw steamer, from Patras, for Lon don ; Hector, of Poole, and Livonia, of Jersey, from the west, for the north. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening Amsterdam Short. 11 19} 12 0} Ditto 8 Months. 12 2k 12 2k Rotterdam Antwerp - 25 60 25 67* Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 22* 25 32* Ditto 3 Mouths. 25 57* 25 62* Marseilles Frankfort on the MaMa 121 1 121* Vienna — 11 1/f 11 22i Trieste — 11 15 11 22* Petersburgh Berlin ••: •.• Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Messina Genoa Naples Palermo Oporto Lisbon 47/ ... 471 47k 48-ii -25 r 2/ 25 771 25 72 25 771. 25 72/ 25 72f 25 771 25 77/ 25 72! 25 774- 4 25 721 25 77/ 514 511 51f 51 Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Receipts. ~___.......‘,.......---,___ -a - 1865. 1861. 1805 1864 .6 6 Belfast and N. Counties 9/1 991 2,087 1.017 Belfast and Couuty Down l4l 4b4 653 593 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,119 1,937 Brecon and Merthyr . ... 61 61 3,048 784 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1214 6,580 6,827 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB 408 27.945 26,285 Cambrian Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 31i - 323 - Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9 - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 433 430 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6} 81 195 203 Cork and Youghal 654 326 625 508 Cornwall 1 654 1,761 1.713 Deeside l7 17 430 1:49 Dublin & DelfastJtmctiOn 63 63 1,666 1,443 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,986 1.829 Dublin and Meath Dub. &Wicklow and Wexld lO6 914 3,4i7 2,813 Forth and Clyde Junction - Furness, &a 5O 5f 3,316 3,176 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E. Union Great Northern 404 855 39,363 39,939 Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,754 1,5r3 Gt. Northn. & Westn. (IreL) 7ll 711 663 505 Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3874 8874 9,881 8 882 Great Western l2BO 1255 76,193 74,701 Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 2,058 1,v65 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 40,070 36,022 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 215 208 Limerick and Foynes 264 264 101 148 Llanelly 461 464 773 700 1 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 64 2,056 1,852 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &8. Coast 2911 2674 23,616 22,296 London, Chatham ' & Dover; f 134 121 1 11,2.3 9,556 all Metropolitan Extension 112 111 j 2,310 1,700 Do. Kent Coast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend blan.,Sheflield. & Lincolnsh ,313 18,940 Mauch. S.J un.& Altrincham.. 9t q 1,313 1,314 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,295 1.433 Metropolitan Midland (incL N.-Western).. 6774 6151 50,703 49,747 Midland Gt. Wes tn. of I rind... 2601 2601 6,001 4,702 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal.. 14 14 2,632 2,716 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 12066 North London 9 North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby ll4 Rhymney ... .. 19/ Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset oa South Devon .... South-Eastern ........ 315 Taff Vale ........ ..........- 6l Ulster lO5l Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO Whitchaven Junction l3 Whitehaven &Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 264 Bombay, Baroda, & (.'en. India 306 Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France .. 1176 Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 Great Central of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 590 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 683 Northern of Canada Northern of France 728 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1967 Paris and Orleans 1616 Recife and San Francisco. &c 774 Sande lO5 Do. Punjab, &c 253 South Austrian, &c ...... Southern of France 123 Victoria Welland West &N- Wn. of France Et ailwayit. 656 k 116u1 25,976 24,523 73,2,0 Od 257 [3,435 3.140 8,085 6.422 )1 159 1,071 98.1 6,110 6,085 1,910 915 1.502 1,231 27,991 27,104 5,511 5,384 2,691 2,478 180 193 593 468 1,603 1,119 656 671 9 68 928 916 860 79i 806 1661 10 823 12,325 42,006 761 357 263 264 455 402 184 3,060 ;1,736 169 9,( 36 6,7 1(8f ?,039 N 507 1448 82,052 62,820 110 1,789 r,039 1066 23,553 16,729 1335 3E 854 24.544 261 6,871 5,763 553 14,076 11,032 131 6,871 4. 991 79 635 562 4 65 0 3 984 5 4 6 1 1 92 8 76 2 :4 0 0 2 956 7325 1 62 1 21 2 01 55 9 1 8 7 0 452 44 1, 00 1,241 481 994 619 1784 148,520 142,990 161* 78,345 72.661 774 801 626 105 823 999 32 962 269 1527 58,224 59,052; 770 30,201 28,1 2 196 10,208 8.21 1 25 1,232 477 95) 61,992 55,618 On Tuesday, the 24th inst., her Serene Highness the Princess Louise Augusta of Sch leswig-Holstein, only daughter of the late Prince of Schl esw i g -Holstein-Neer, was married at St. George's, Hanover-square, to the Prince Michel Vlangali-Handieri, son of his Excellency the Coun cillor and grandson of the Prince Alexander(rEta Georgeandji, V e oder of Moldavia. The ser vice was performed by the Rev. Llewelyn Davies, Maryle bone, and the bride was given away by her brother, hie 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 b r id e ' s f ather, no general invitat i ons were issued. The happy couple left town for Folkestone, en route for their chateau, Manerbo, in Normandy. The Bishop of Ely has presented the Rev. John Saul Howson, D.D., of Trinity College, Cambridge, princi pal of the Liverpool College, to the vicarage of Littleport, near Ely, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev Edward Bowyer, Sparke, M.A. " Crockford's Clerical Directory" gives the annual value of the living at £2,035. Dr. Howson is the bishop's examining chaplain. an ß d y t a n d e v s ic i t io s r f t ro e m xo H ha a n m g b e u o rg n tr on p d r o ice n of gold 13.6 p is er 42 . lpr a m ni art ,. Standard gold at the Engli.h Mint price is, there 'o re, at about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills bt am of go'd from the is fk a m United da ys' s Sa s tl i a g it h eps t r. o is fit to o l to 110 im pe p r o ce rt n a t At these rates there - ar. leut . isle. 24. with (Lt 5 away the ucted been high- or Of 0 his just sador it his e will Ls tlio f o rth force) Aiat rthies tory.. Lord 31 St• f the those ri oils mar- orn -11 b° ;sea' the gor the cl 1)1 free 3iglA d in t ier for t tWa rriO ° t he DPI 100 100 100 all 100 100 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 IC2 11 1011 1051 90 i i 1021 I , ;