The Sun. — London, England, 1865-07-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is a little firmer this morning consequent upon the efflux of gold, and the altera tions, many of them of an unfavourable character, in the Bank return. The quotations, however, continue at 2i 3 per cent. The prospectus was issued a few days since of the General Exchange Bank, stating that it had acquired the Banking, Bullion, and Exchange business of the late London, Hamburg, and Conti nental Exchange Bank. The directors have now issued an amended prospectus, notifying the pur chase of the old and respectable tanking business of Messrs. Scicluna and Sons, of Malta, and also that of Messrs. Borg and Co.,'of Alexandria. The active partners of these respective firms will also join the Board. The Bank of France return is of an inarable character. The bullion has been decreased £910,000 ; while the notes in circulation have been increased £lO,OOO, the bills discounted £104,000, and the advances on stock £500,000. The Trea sury balance shows an augmentation of £96,000, and the current accounts have received an addition of £1 , 320 , 000. The directors of the London, Italian, and Adria tic Steam Navigation Company have notified that they will, distribute an interim dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending the 30th June last. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 62c. A very buoyant market has prevailed for the English Funds to-day, and an improvement of per cent. has taken place in Consols, which . are quoted 90 for money, and 90 for the account. The New Three per Cents. and Reduced Annuities are 891 ; Exchequer Bills, par to 4s. prem. ; and India 5 per Cents., 104 k t. • There have also been a few favourable alterations in Foreign Stocks. Turkish Consolides have ad vanced to 491 4 ; Mexican to 248 g ; the New Stock to 23 it, 4 ; Greek Bonds to 204 211; Spanish Passive are 294 2 ; the Certificates, 141 2 ; Italian, 6 38 64 ; and the Confederate Loan, 7 9. Ame rican Securities remain inactive ; United States 5-20 Bonds are 711 4 ; Erie shares, 541 4 ; and Illinois, 861 8. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued dull, and prices have, in some instances, shown less firmness. North Western have receded s s, Great Western and Midland each 10s., and Metropolitan 11. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, with out any material change to report in values. City Bank have improved to 1111 ; London Joint-stock are steady at 50 ; and General Credit 51 I. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :--New Issue of 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, a 1 pm. ; ,Northern Assam Tea, par pm. ; Chubwa Tea, 1 1 pm. ; Rus sian Iron, 8 10 pm. ; London Bridge Land, / 1 ; Albert Bridge, 1 11 pm. ; Grange Town Iron, 0 0 pm. ; Downs Dock, 1 1 pm. ; London, Greenwich, and Windsor Hotels, 11 2 pm. ; London Quays, 1 1 pm. ; British India and Trust Agency, 14 11 pm. ; Belgrave Mansions, par / s pin. ; Metro- Polls Sewage, 1/ 2 pm. ; Peruvian Railways, 3 4 Pra. ; Lion Brewery, 21 1 pm. ; Blakeley Ordnance, 3 i 31 pm. ; Hop and Malt Exchange, 11 2 pm. ; Burned's Banking, 1 1 pm. ; Dalbeattie and Kirk- Connell Granite, 2/ 8 pm. ; East London Railway par / pm.; L on d on an d M e di terranean 13 ank, 31 4 pm. ; Overend, Gurney, and Company (Limited), 21 21 pm. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. 3 Go ' rz numENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols Do. Account Aug. 8 901 i 0 per Cent. Reduced Cent' B9l 1 Newtri per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 4 ' o . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — A nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , Do (R e d S ea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Do ""'lchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 31 p er C en t. 1 3°. £5OO — Ba n k £lO and £2O of England Stock, 51 per Cent —par Do Account , INMAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. o,ilan Stock, IA per Cent., April 1874 — D°.Do, Account °. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 i, Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 A-Po. Certificates Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — O. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., Aug 1879 Do. 4 per Cent. Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO Pm FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent , Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. _ Cuba, 6 per Cent. D anish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — uan Do. 5 per Cent, 1773-77, £25 paid — übian Principalities Do. Account ,Do £B6 p a id . —_ Lc gador New Consolidat e d, 1 per C ent — 0., Provisional Land Warrant — •zg'yptian 7 per Cent 971 Do., S econ d I ssue — Do £lOO Bonds Do. cir D ee o k £loo Bonds 1864 94 13/ 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coup ons Do Account Do. Coupons ~ Do. Account Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £671 paid Do 5 per Cent., 1864 Do. Scrip, £55 paid Mexican 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c llontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) P eruvian 41 per Cont. • Do S cr i p, £45 pa id , pa id in Bonus— dis Do 3 per. Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4 1 per Cent., 1862 _ , Do. Account ` . °rtuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 DoAccount — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, 7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 471 I li Account 471 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 4i. per Cent., 1850 1)0 .1 1860 — Do 3 per Cent, 1859 " 0 5 per Cent 1862 Do 1 Sardinian 5 per Cen l t — 1864 941 . Do. Ac count * Panish 3 per Cent Do Account 4B} Do New Deferred Do Acco Do Pas s ive unt 394 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded _ Do Account — Swedish 4 per Cent. _ Do. 4 1 per C en t . 1 864 . Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 _ DoAccount Do A 6 per Cent. 1858 Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. 11 per Cent — 1 2 0 6 per Cent. 1862 - 72 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do -- dis ~ Scrip, £2O paid •'-'0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. 13 ,,°. 6 Per Cent, 1862 — 'Jo 6 per Cent., 1864 — Dividends on the above payable in London. tostrian, 5 per Cent., E x. 10 Fl or i ns I]," l g i an, 41 per cent., E x. 25f . Lath 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 I per C en t. C ert i f i cates — Italian f per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Acco un t Co nsols' Do. A R.Ceount 90} wovi -3 and bridge Nlarl- 'rince !, left ►orne, we in who aid to esday Deano early 'es Bnt Le St. ay in a race their week, prior iglas, Cold- m met publio Le new ourt of red to 1 upon doners ?olice &lder- of the a case se cir- ermen ecided ermen ,t they 3 new tubers idney, coons, r. Al a W. )rder, r. Al- Llder- Thos. A the 13. drove ;d by d Mr. tr. J. cl Mr. :r. T. [r. W. [r. W. Mr. J. r. W. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share/ Railways. i 3. ' 14 01., & btr. al Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A f - gets no div• Do. B 111 been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. 14.;. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northeri DJ. A stock • • Do. B Do. New; is. ::t 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original D S. Va.l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newpo. t PO. Hereford Lane ,shire &Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. f shares Metropolitan ..... Do. New Midland Do, Birmin.. & Derby . Mid. Gt. W., Ireland Do. shares Hid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ;it Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purehabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-58. - Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18c4 North Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock vo. Scot, Mid. st.mk Shrews Jr Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon 4 outh E. stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny' West Cornwill W.Hartlepool Har.&lt. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .., 100 100 100 100 .100 100 10 100 10 100 100 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 66 I i i 1231 94! 4 107 g Si 124 100 61 504 135 1 €oj 781 Closing I Business Paid' ! Price. done. 401 la 40j I BRITISH P Atlantic It St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, A Cen.ln. Du. 5 per cent o. l' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Bnff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, .872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Calcutta & 8. E., lira a e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p' East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ?ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. ;3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt. South of India (lim gua. 5 per cent D per cent.... Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1373 Do. 5i do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B 1. ll I.C'da, pc lat pf. bds Scinde ... Do. Delhi .. ... Do. do Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St. Flo 96 98 131 133 ti 64 81 C 8 16 17 91 93 108 1 , 8 4gi 494 8 9 130 1:12 114 145 128 32 7 F 9 66} 661 64 66 46 48 45 48 105 106 12L 1221 93 95 107 109 40 11 1231 !24; 99 10 , 60 ,61 141 142 31 31p 135 134 104 106 53 54 24 15 111 112 68i 69i 103 104 37 38 gi IN i) 122 124 1 2 p 79 81 V/ 12 145 150 65 • 57 81 63 56 58 85 85; 9 10 156 159 3 f p 104 106 48 50 8t £4 SIONS. 57 59 102 103 pr p 4i 41 bi 9j 98 90 70 75 100 102 101; 103 103 104 1 , 1) 19 194 .€8 90 65 66 55 60 574 58i 50 52 45 45 43 45 27 a 26 t 7 103 104 i i P i 1 P 99 101 12 12i 8 8I•i 10 92 82 84 1 102 103 95 97 90 92 68 88 3 5 82 84 1001 101. 104 1014 100 i lo t i 92 94 fT SECU: 97 99 93 190 93 100 84 85 82 44 101 'lO3 105 107 108 1(8 108 110 102 104 108 110 102 104 104 106 106 108 102 104 96 98 9) 101 92 94 CO 91 102 104 83 85 98 100 1031 104 i 105 107 110 111 NES. 8 81 25 27 595 605 1 17 )9 126 136 6 66 21 10 11 21 31 if 2 4 20 21 11 31 32 2/ 2 3 1 1 41 f 43 21 3 26 3 51 51 26 16 16 18 35 45 13 15 11 11 21 3 32 35 490 500 15 2 1 13 15 16} 171 6 } 7t 8 10j 75 ) 180 190 8 ) 85 15 20 11 13 200 205 16i 176 On i 71 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, tto, 6 per cent. pf., 124 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent, Ditto. Corn. Fund stock 5 per cent., Midland Bradford Pref. stock, e2l FORERUN MINES, Alamillos, limited, 1 BANKS. Alliance, lim., 306 British North American, 451 City, 1111 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 18 176 Continental, lim., 20 European Bank, lim., 126 London and Brazilian (lim.), 43 London Joint Stock, to London and South-Western, lien., 21 Union of London, 52i MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lira., iiQ Ceylon Company, 9i Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 9 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim.. Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., Um., 6} International Financial society, lim., Interational Land Credit. lira.. s Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 781 London General Omnibus Company, Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, lira , 1 The Earl of Dunmore left town on Wednesday for his seat in Scotland, where he will entertain a large party during the shooting season next month. _ _ Lady Churchill has left the St. George's Hotel. Lady G. Somerset and Mr. Raglan Somerset have left Farrance's Hotel for Derbyshire. SERIOUS RIOTING IN BELFAST.—DubIin, Thurs day Morning. Great excitement prevailed in Belfast last night; Lancasters had to clear the streets. The arrangements of the military prevented serious en counters, but shots were fired ; and in the Pound the gas lamps could not be lighted. The police were driven out of it frequently. DEATH OF A COW FROM CRINOLINE.—A few days ago a cow belonging to Mr. Warmsley, residing in Y.onge-street, near Toronto, died from having attempted to swallow a piece of steel hoop, about ten inches long, which formed part of a lady's crinoline. The curved form of the st ee l prevented it from descending the gullet, where it lodged, and inflammation having ensued, death was the result.—Canada Farmer. RAILWAYS AROUND LONDON.—It is said that, in and around London, no less than about 120 miles of rail ways are in the course of construction, involving an eutlay o f 30 millions sterling at the ordinary rate of calculation. Great. Di OSSE COLONIAL GO VERN ME N' British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1572 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & D , ). 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e, Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. IQ7B Do. 188?, Mayls, Nov. it, Natal gov. a per cent N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.10 uly N. 5. W. Gov. 5 ire., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... ..- Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 18138-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, _Esprit & Oct BRITE Cam. Consol. (Aid, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara ct on ast Carn Brea Nast Grenville East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavlstk Gam. & StA übyn(Gwen., Great L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Fierod's Foot ...1 aingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, ha, Nangl les .. New Se ton North Downs.. North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illo,gan North Wheel Crotty Prosper United Pr.vidence Tiny Lalant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chirerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whew Ludoat Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Union 100 100 101 100 100 100 100 100 1(0 100 100 SCI M rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEMNG, ULY 14, 1865. THE GENERAL ELECTION. POLLING THIS DAY. (BY TELEGRAPH.) BANDON-10.30. Bernard Shaw BELFAST-10.30. Cairns Getty ... Hay ... DUNGARVAN-10.30. Barry . Palliser . KNARESBOROUGII-10.30. Wood Holden Collins Swart Horsfall Graves E wart Horsfall Graves Innes Kirk LIVERPOOL-10.30. NEWRY-10.30 638 617 523 103 74 2,076 1,501 1,476 ... 3,380 ... 2,782 ... 2,709 OXFORD UNIVERSITY-10.30. Heathcote ... ... ... ... Hardy ... ... ... Gladstone ... ... ... ... 772 443 431 DUMFRIES BOROUGHS. Ewart and Kennedy nominated yesterday. Poll ing going on to-day. SOMERSET (WEST). Hood and Langton returned. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. Foley and Foster returned. DAYS OF N . . July. ►MINATION. July. Kent (Ea,sternDivi sion) Clackmannanshire and Kinrossshire. 14 DAYS OF July. .—. . . POLLING. Ayr (District) Dumfries (District) 14 1 July. Staffordshire (Nort Division) POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SAD STORY WITH A GOOD END.—Esther Baker was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and disorderly. A constable of the E Division proved being called to the house in which the prisoner lived in Cleveland-street in consequence of her having assaulted her little girl with a poker. As she was very drunk and disorderly, ho took her into custody: A nice Hale girl, about 10 years of age, was sent for, and said the prisoner, who was her mother, had not assaulted her, and never did assault her, only when she was drunk. Mr. Knox asked her what her mother was, and she said "a milliner." The constable said she was a prostitute. The prisoner said she had two more children. Mr. Knox asked the prisoner if she would allow him to send the child to school, and to bo taken away from the scenes she was likely to witness. _ _ The prisoner said she would be glad to let her go. A person here stepped forward, and said he had only lodged three weeks in the house where the prisoner re sided, and there had been frequent scenes of violence with the prisoner and those she brought home. Last night the other lodgers were aroused by the prisoner belabouring her child with a poker, and the aid of the police was called in. The prisoner's language at times was abomin able. When the child was assaulted she made her escape in a state of nudity. On examining her that morning he found she had a bruise on her arm. The prisoner said sho had not got a poker in the place. The witness said that had it not been wrested from her grasp more serious injury would have been done. The prisoner retorted that the person was in the habit of illusing his child, which ho denied. Mr. Knox said he was told the prisoner was not only a drunkard, but a prostitute. He supposed she would not like her child to be brought up like her, and ultimately be ruined. The prisoner said she would not. Mr. Knox asked tho little girl whether she would like to go to school ? She replied in the negative. Mr. Knox (who Eves very anxious to do something, with the view of saving the child), said ho was very sorry, but that, perhaps, if she had a talk with her brother, she would change her mind. The little girl, after some conversation with her brother, consented to go to go school, and the prisoner promised to bring her to-morrow for that purpose, entering into her own recognisances to be of good behaviour. THAMES. SCANDALOUS CASE Of KIDNAPPING.—A young and re spectable Welch woman, named Ellen Williams, came before Mr. Partridge, with police-sergeant Cox, No. 45 K, who said she had been kidnapped by the female agent of an infamous house in the neighbourhood of Shadwell, and brought to London for the vilest of purposes. The young woman escaped from the house, and on Wednesday night slept on the timber in the London Dock. Yesterday even ing the young woman was seen by one of her countrymen, named Jenkins, seated on the step of a door, and sobbing loudly. Jenkins took pity on her, and procured a lodging for her in the house of a decent matron named Ann Parry, who was present. Mt s. Parry said she never saw the young woman until yesterday, and believed her to bo virtuous and respectable, and anxious to return to Wales. Mr. Partridge questioned the young woman at great length, and she said she was in service at Llanberris Inn, kept by Mr. William Matthews, in Llanberris, in Carnar vonshire. A London woman came there, and, on the pro mise of better wages and good treatment, induced her to leave the place and accompany her to Liverpool, where she borrowed all the, money she had in her possession, 18s. 6d., with which her fare was paid to London. On her arrival here she was taken to a small house in a narrow street, where white and black sailors were introduced to her, and she was solicited by the woman who brought her to London and the landlady of the house to yield to the solicitations of the rough men in the house, and threatened with violence if she did not be come as vile as the other women who frequented the house, and whom she soon discovered by their appearance, language, and conduct to be the lowest of their class. After enduring great indignity she escaped from the house, and escaped the ruin and the dreadful fate intended for her. She was told she must not be quiet in the house, but earn money for the landlady by sacrificing her virtue, hey modesty, and all that was due to a respectable woman. Mr. Partridge asked if the young woman's clothes were saved ? Cox replied that the clothes were at the Euston-square station, and the infamous wretch who brought the young woman to London had applied for the clothes and could not obtain them. Mr. Partridge was very glad to hear it. Ile inquired if the people who had been engaged in kidnapping the poor woman had been discovered. Cox said the young woman had given a description of the house and the street in which it was situated, but ho had not yet been able to discover it. The young woman pointed to the White Swan, a respectable public-house in high-street, Shadwell, where there was a large figure of a Swan over the door, and said the house to which she was taken was near the White Swan. Mr. Partridge gave directions to Cox to make further inquiries, to report to him the result, and to take care of the young woman. If Ellen Williams wished to return to Wales he would send her back at the expense of the poor box fund. WESTMINSTER. AN AREA SICEAK.—A man about 30 years of ago, of bad appearance, who gave the name of Michael Canea, was placed at the bar, charged with being found in the area of a gentleman's house for an unlawful purpose. Jane Cowley, servant at 73, Cleveland-street, Pimlico, said that on the previous evening she found the prisoner in her master's area, and had no doubt that he had been attempting something dishonest. She had occasion to go to the larder hastily, there found the prisoner by the side of it ; the door had been unfastened, and the larder was not as she had left it some time before. Prisoner—l remember, young woman, I asked you if you would be so kind as give me a little relief, and stood by your side. Witness—Yes, you stood by my side while I held you there. I caught hold of you, and then you promised, if I let you go, to wait while I went up and asked my mistress what I should do; and when I came back you wero gone, and I had to run down the street after you and collar you and bring you back ? Mr. Selfo—Did you do so? Witness—Yes ; and there's a woman next door to us says that a man like this tried to take some linen away from her; and he had unlocked and opened our larder door just as I came upon him. Prisoner—l'm a carpenter by trade, and I wanted a little money to get my tools out, and I just went into the area to ask for some assistance. Prisoner was remanded, Liverpool Cotton Market—Thus Day. Better feeling in market. Sales, 8,000 bales or more. A LADY SENTENCED TO PENAL SERVITUDE FOR FOR GERY.—Yesterday, at the Warwick Assizes, be fore Mr. Justice Blackburn, Hannah Maria Wedgwood, the wife of Mr. William Robert Wedgwood, of Greyshot Hall, Hampshire, was indicted for forging and uttering a promissory note for £lOOO, at Birmingham, on the 16th of May last. Mr. Kennedy prosecuted ; Mr. Sergeant O'Brien defended. The case for the prosecution was, that in 1861 the prisoner commenced negotiating loans with a Mr. Wil liams, solicitor, of Birmingham, after representing that her godmother, Miss Maria Jones, of Westfield Hall, Spilsby, had made a will bequeathing her £lO,OOO. In April, 1864, these loans amounted to the large sum of £11,650, the Apayment of which wits deferred, at the request of the prisoner, until 1865. In May, 1864, she negotiated, by correspondence through Mr. Williams a further loan of £lOOO, which was advanced by Mr. Holdsworthy, of Bir mingham, at 16 per cent. per annum. For this loan a promissory note was given as security, endorsed by Miss Jones and several other highly respectable persons. The whole of the transactions with Mr. Williams were con ducted by the prisoner by correspondence, and in all cases she represented that she was acting on behalf of some one else--Miss Jones, her sister, and others. The defence was that the prisoner had acted under the direction and in fluence of her husband. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and, in reply to the leaned judge, Mr. Williams stated that the total amount the prisoner had obtained by forgery was £12,000. She was sentenced to seven years' penal Aervitude. The Wimbledon Meeting for 1865. FOURTH DAY. The weather yesterday was by no means conducive to the comfort or favourable to high quality of shooting on the part of the Volunteers. The contest in which the greatest interest centred was that of the continuation of the first stage of the Queen's at 500 yards. The highest scores made compared unfavourably with the result of last year, when the highest mark obtained was 19. The follow ing is the detail of tho shooting : HIGHEST SCORES.—FIRST STAGE, QUEEN'S. - 500 Yards. Points. Sergeant A. Little, 3d Gloucester ... 18 Corporal Edwards, 11th Cornwall ... 18 Colour-Sergeant W. Hurst, Ist A. B. Flintshire 18 Ensign F. Jackson, Ist East York ... 13 Lieut. S. Walliker, Ist East York ... ••• ••• 18 Captain R. Morris, 9th Middlesex ..• ••• ••• 18 Private W. Getley, Ist Cheshire ••• ••• 17 Private F. T. Peach, 15th Lincoln ... ••• ... 17 Corporal W. H. Baillie, 15th Middlesex ... ••• 17 Private T. C. Dawson, 4th West York ... 17 Ensign Winn, Ist A. B. North York ... ... 17 Private Walker, Ist London... ••• ••• *** 17 Sergeant Wanostrocht, Ist London... ... 17 Sergeant Chambly, 37th Lancashire ... 17 Corporal R. Airey,- 3d Durham ••• ••• 17 Sergeant Winstanley, 40th Lancashire ... 17 Captain A. Mitchell, let Clackmannan ••• 17 Brigade-Major C. Roberts, 9th Norfolk ... 17 Ensign R. Harvey, 4th Derby ••• "• 17 Captain P. F. Simcoe, 6th Cornwall ..• 16 Sergeant J. M'Bean, 2d Elgin ••• •'' 16 Sergeant J. Mills, 14th Suffolk ... 16 Lieutenant A. Scott, 3d Renfrewshire 16 Colour-Sergeant M'lntyre, 3d Renfrewshire 16 Corporal E. B. Blackburn, Ist Oxford ... 16 Captain F. J. Haddon, I s t N o tt s ... ... 16 Private T. Avis, Ist D evon ... ... 16 Captain T. Millward, 17th W or cester ... 16 Sergeant W. Michie, 15th Middlesex ... 16 Sergeant Pattison, 19th Middlesex ... 16 Private Kirman, Hobart Town ... 16 Sergeant W. Agnew, 3d 'Wigton 16 Corporal H. Death, Gth Sussex ... 16 Sergeant Tory, 26th Middlesex ... 16 Corporal Ewen, 23d Middlesex 16 Private W. J. Mason, 22d Middlesex ... 16 Private T. Hall, let Salop ... Captain B. Farrer, 3d West Yorkshire ... Private W. Winn, let North York A.B. Sergeant A. M'Kersh, 6th North Yorkshire Private J. Ward, 6th East Yorkshire Private G. Hodgkins, Ist Surrey Private J. Ivory, 19th Middlesex Private G. James, 22d Middlesex Private C. F. Lowe, 22d Middlesex... Corporal B. Criddle, 22d Middlesex... Sergeant S. Montgomery, 30th Middlesex... Major S. Scott, 33d Lancashire Sergeant S. Mellor, 6th Lancashire .- 16 -. 16 .- 16 .- 16 -. 16 ... 16 .. 16 ... 16 ... 16 .- 16 -. 16 Lance-Corporal H. Fowkes, 6th Lancashire Sergeant J. Ogilbie, 26th Kent ... ... ... 16 Caitlin W. Davis, 7th Northampton ... 16 Private A. Bryan, 3d Leicestershire ... 16 Private R. Morris, 53d Lancashire 16 Private H. Parssons, lion. Artillery Company 16 Corporal Walters, Ist Edinburgh ... 16 The following is the result of the shooting yesterday for the Alexandra Prize : HIGHEST SCORES, FIRST STAGE, ALEXANDRA, 200 Yards. Sergeant W. Allen, 35th Somerset ~. ... ... 17 Private E. Ross, London Scottish ... 17 Corporal Little, West Middlesex ... 16 Sergeant J. Holmes, Ist Manchester ... 16 Private H. Fowkes, Ist Manchester.. : ... 16 Colour-Sergeant T. Rogers, 7th Northampton ... 16 Ensign J. Lockhart, 7th Ayr... 16 Private J, Milne, Perth ... Sergeant A. Plenderleith, Ist Peebles Colour-Sergeant W. Dore, 6th North York • Sergeant F. Blenkhorn, West York_ Sergeant J. W. Smith, West York Private T. C. Dawson, 4th York Corporal C. F. Wase, Cambridge University ... 16 Private C. B. Dyer, Cambridge University ... 16 Corporal H. Howell, 2d Carmarthen 16 Private A. Johnson, Ist East York..; 16 Corporal C. Taylor, 19th North York ... 16 Corporal J. Fraser, 7th Inverness ... 16 Corporal T. E. Putt, 10th Herts 16 Corporal A. Rumball, 3d Herts ... 16 Private E. Lawrence, 10th Gloucestershire 16 Captain A. Smith, Edinburgh Rifle Brigade 16 Corporal W. Brewis, 3d Durham 16 Colour-Sergeant W. Tates, 2d Derby 16 Private J. Cr. Anderson, 3d Devonshire ~. 16 Corporal C. Leah, 19th Cheshire ~. 16 Sergeant 0. Stark, Bristol Rifles ... 16 Major Lord Glentworth, Ist Glos. Artillery 16 Ensign G. Cartwright, 11th Lincoln ... 16 Corporal W. Newton, Bth Lincoln ... ... 16 Colour-Sergeant W. J. Smith, 2d Tower Hamlets 16 Sergeant W. J. King, Victories 16 Private T. J. Syer, London Rifle Brigade... ... 16 Sergeant H. J. Spurrill, 12th Kent ... 16 Private T. J. Grace, 3d Cinque Ports ... 16 Sergeant J. R. Mills, 14th Suffolk 16 Private J. Hoddinott, 25th Somerset 16 Lieutenant Cunningham, 18th Middlesex 16 Private J. Curtis, Ist Surrey 16 Private W. Porcher, 10th Gloucester 16 ... 16 ... 16 500 YARDS. Sergeant Kerr, London Scottish ... • *" , 17 Private - P. Pigou, 9th S urrey 7 Private W. Bustard, 20th Middlesex ••• 17 Private J. Adams, Ist Hereford ••• ••• , 17 Sergeant J. B. Phillip, 2d Mi ddlesex • 7 Sergeant J. Miller, 6th L.R.V. ••• "' 17 Corporal W. B. Leinster, 12th Stafford ... ••• 17 Sergeant T. Kirk, Ist East York ... 16 Sergeant J. M. Fren c h, I st W arw i c k ••• 16 Private S. Vale, Ist Warwick ... ••• "' 16 Private J. M. Harri s , 22d Surrey ••• '" 16 Colour-Sergeant A. Harmer, 11th Surrey ... 16 Sergeant J. R. Mills, 14th Suffolk ... ••• "' 16 Private C. Other, 12th W est York ... ••• "' 16 Lieutennnt W. H. Watson, 16th West York 16 Q Sergeantuarte r m H. a s t er -S Palmer,e rg .0 36th Woodcockstafford 3d W Lieutenant J. Frller, I s t Cambridge ••• Captain J. C. Bosanq ue t , 6 t h M onmou th ... 1 16 6 Corporal S. Penman, 3d D ur h am ... ••• "'l6 .e . s . t York .. . 1 1 6 6 Private W. Knox, 21st D ur h am •** 16 W. E. Metford ••• 16 Corporal G. Le a h, 19th Ch es hi re '" 16 Sergeant G. Snelus, Bth Cheshire ••• ••• 16 Private W. Jaffrey, 27th Cheshire ... ••• ••• 16 Lieutenant F. W. Emmett, 4th West York ... 16 C L o i e z e r n a S. Bland, h m 4 e t r, Ist North Cumberland York... 1 1 6 6 Sergeant C. Green, Ist Somersetshire 16 Corporal G. W. Webb, 2d Oxfordshire 16 Captain D. P. Webb, Ist Herefordshire 16 Sergeant Lunnun, Ist Bucks ... 16 Captain J. Fenton, 24th Lancashire ... 16 Colour-Sergeant T. Canavan, 40th Lancashire 16 Captain W. Davis, 7th Northampton 16 Sergeant H. C. Hurries, 23d Middlesex 16 Corporal J. Gane, 19th Middlesex ... 16 Private J. 0. Dawe, Ist Middlesex ... 16 Lieutenant C. H. Woodall, West London ... 16 Sergeant G. W. Kimble, 25th Kent... 16 Ensign G. Cartwright, 11th Lincolnshire 16 Private J. Meakin, 2d Derbyshire ... 16 Corporal G. Challoner, Ist West York 16 The Enfield Association Cup advanced another stage. It is open to all members of the association who have paid their subscription for the current year. The highest pos sible score is 40 marks, and last year the cup was won by Sergeant Aldridge of the Dorset Rifle; with 35 marks. This year Private Allen of the 18th Somerset made 84, scoring 17 at each of the ranges of 200 and 500 yards. The shooting yesterday gave the following results:— ENFIELD ASSOCIATION CUP. Highest Scores. 200 500 ya l r B ds.... ya i r 6 ds.lota 3 l 4 . e The f o ll o wing scores show the remai n d er o f the shoot ingltli 19 th Middlesex ~, CARBINE PRIZES, 1 5 0 AND 200 YARDS. Winners. n Morris, ilt l r o 27 y Points, Gunner P. Edwards 2 d L i ncoln Artillery, £2O 28 £lO 27 p Co ri r v p a o t r e al T T h i o t m co p m so b, r4 l 2 o d th c K um en b t e Art4 d l , l e Arte ry, Corporal Hoare, I st GloucesterAtAllery, 26 Sergeant C. R. Rodd , Ist Mi d d lesex Artillery, £5 26 Corporal Potter, 10 th K ent Artillery, £5 ... 26 Sergeant-Major W. C. Mack, let Norfolk Artil- lery, £ 5 ••• ••• ••• 26 Sergeant J. Slade, Ist Sussex Artillery, £5 26 Bombardier J. I.l‘Gregor, 4th Lancashire Artil- lery, £ 5 ... ••• ... ... ... ... 26 Sergeant-Major J. Tilfor, Ist Middlesex Artillery, £5 Gunner T. Meggy, Hon. Artillery Company, £3 25 Corporal Adams, 10th Kent Artillery, £3 25 Gunner J. Clark, Ist Stafford Artillery, £3 24 Gunner C. Reynolds, 2d East York Artillery, £3 24 Gunner E. J. Hansom, Ist Gloucester Artillery, £3 24 Sergeant J. Cocks, Ist Norfolk Artillery, £3 24 Corporal W. Codd, 2 d Lincol n Artillery, ... 23 Private F. Died ericks, 2d Middlese x Artillery, £3 23 Corporal . Owen,J. Cmiinl,stlssttGaffloourdceAstrter Artillery, £3 23 Sergeant illery, £3 ... 23 "VOLUNTEER SERV ICE GAZETTE" PRIZE.— H IGIU ST SCORE-800 YARDS. Points Sergeant Lane, Ist Gloucester 21 Private H. J. Wood, 36th Middlesex 20 EXTRA PRIZES--Frasr SEnrEs—GUO YARDS. PRIZE-500 YARDS. ... ...Points. Private A ef p or n ds " h p ir ß e 16 Private Anderson, 30 th Cheshire .16 vDatAeIALdYamTNILsEt Herefords" The Horatio Ross Prize is one differing in its nature from any hitherto offered at Wiailbledon, and requires considerable exertion as well as Skill on the part of the competitor. The process is .as follows : Having fired at the target, he retires an runs round the post 50 yards off, carrying with him rifle, ammu nition, rod, and everything he makes us of in firing, loading when he likes, but not capping till he arrives at the firing point, from which, as soa n as he has delivered his next shot, he sets off again in a similar manner. Five minnutes are allowed for single barrels, only four for double-barrelled :rifles, but in either case the gun must be loaded fron the muzzle with a powder flask, and the object of the compe tition is to make as many marks as possible in the time, which is counted from the first shot. It would naturally be supposed that the conse quences of all this running must be to render the shooting very wild. The Earl of Aberdeen, how ever, in the course of his four minutes, ran 500 yards, fired 11 shots, and made 42 marks, or within two of the utmost maximum attainable from the same number of shots fired without changing posi tion or any pressure in point of time. The range at which the accident happened to markers on the previous day was reopened yesterday, Captain Drake having devised a system of falling boards or flaps, which open to allow the disc to pass, but close as soon as this is withdrawn, thereby stopping up the apertures through which the splashes succeeded in making their way. No new accidents we* re ported yesterday ; but towards evening a police constable,who had been stationed at one of the out posts, was found to be suffering from the effects of the exposure to the weather, and was taken to the hospital. MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day, were very moderate. The trade for all qualities ruled inactive, and prices had a downward tendency ; but, as compared with Monday, no quotable change took place. Selected wheats, indeed, wore tolerably firm in value. A moderate supply of foreign wheat was on the stands. The business transacted was somewhat restricted, yet Monday's currency was supported. Floating cargoes of graiu were in fair average request, at about previous rates. There was a fair supply of barley on offer. The trade was dull, and prices had a drooping tendency. A fair business was transacted in malt at late prices. A large supply of oats was on offer. The demand for most qualities was tolerably active at a decline of Gd per qr. from Monday. Beans and peas ruled firm at fully late rates. Flour was in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Seotch. 1,040. 7,150 890 420 Irish Foreign 25,230 52,460 50 sks. brls NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of town and country-killed meat on sale at these markots are moderate. For good and prime fresh qualities there is a steady demand at fully late rates ; otherwise, the trade is dull. Per 81b by the carcase. sdad Inferior beef 2 10 3 2 Middling do. 3 4 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Large pork... 3 8 4 0 Lamb, 5s 0, ad ad Inferior mutton 4 0 4 6 Middling mutton 4 8 5 2 Prime do 5 4 5 8 Veal 3 8 4 10 Small pork. 4 8 5 0 Id to 68,1 d. BOROUGH HOP. The accounts from most parts of the plantations con tinue favourable. Our market is still scantily supplied with produce, the trade for which, though far from active, rules firm at full currencies. Mid and East Kent lOOB to 190 s per Cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex Yearlings —B to —8 o.der hops —s to —s American —s - COLONIAL. TEA.— At the public sales of Assam and other Indian teas prices have generally been a shade flatter. SUGAR.—The market has been dull, but rates generally have been fairly maintained. In the refined department full rates are maintained; common lumps being quoted 42s 6d to 43s per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been only a moderate demand, although superior descriptions of colonial maintain previ ous rates. RICE.—The inquiries for home consumption hare been to a fair extent at about previous rates. TALLow.—There has boen a very limited inquiry for both present and forward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s. 6d., and last three months delivery, 425. 6d. per cwt. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day LoNnox, July 14.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, July 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cuthberts, from Quebec CARDIFF, July 13.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Stephan, from Rio Janeiro. DARTMOUTH, July 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—British Empire, for Quebec. Blum', July 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maxwell, from Africa. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, July 13—Ann Falkett, from Demerara. Arrived, July 14—Deliance and Durham, packet, from Guernsey. Bank of England Return.—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, July 12, 1865. PARTIKENT. ISSUE DE/ Notes issued ........L29,211,105, Government Debt X11,015,1(.0 Other Securities .. 3,634,000 Gold Coin Az Bullion 14,561,150 Silver Bullion .... £29 211,1501 £29,211,100 BANKING rroprietors' Capi tal £14,553.000 Rest Vublic Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- , EPA.RTMINT. 1 Government_ Sean- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,398,909 Other Securities 11,161.065 Notes Gold and Silver 973,316 Coin counts) 4,590,233 Other Deposits 10,229,215 Seven Day and other Bills 550,617 £3O, 351,435 £39,351,435 '. MILLER, Chief Cashier. July 13, 1885. The return issued by the Bank of England pre sents several important changes, owing, principally, to the repayment of advances and the distribution of the dividends. The following are the particulars : Active Circulation ... X 22,392,945 Increase 171,980 ••• •.• •.• ••• liecreaso• • • • • ... 15,534,466 • 538,793 Rest "• ••• ••• 8,428,340 Increase 138,243 Public Deposits 4,590,233 Decrease 4 , 758 , 434 Other Deposits ~. „. ... 16,229,245 Increase 1,785,910 Seven Day and Other Bills ... 550,617 Increase ••• ..• ••• ••• 53,966 Government Securities ... 10,398,9 09 Decrease ••• ••• ••• 969 Other Securities ••• 21,161, 005 2 068 573 Decrease , , 6,818,205 Notes Unemployed ••• 735,535 Decrease ... ••• ••• The application list of the Metropolis Sewage and Essex Reclamation Company will be closed on Tues day, the 18th inst., for London, and on Wednesday, the 19th, for the country. The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets during the last few days have not been very extensive. At the public sales of Indian teas prices were about 2d. to 3d. per lb. lower. Sugars, however, have maintained former rates, while there has been a fair inquiry for rice at steady prices. Tallow, however, has continued inactive without much variation in value. A BOON TO SMOKERS. —Various have been the ideas and ingenious the contrivances to arrive at a very simple result, viz., the nipping off the end of the cigar. All, however, have been found either too expen sive or useless, and the old plan, the penknife, or the more primitive means, the teeth, has been for some time the universal practice. But Mr. Butcher, of the Lyceum Por tico, has at last discovered the very thing that was wanted, and he has accordingly patented a " cigar nipper," both certain and simple in its operation, which, while it serves the very useful purpose of a ring for keys, can be made so ornamental that it may bo worn as a charm. That the nipper may become universally used, the price has been fixed so ridiculously low that he who can afford even two pence for a cigar will not find himself ruined by investing another penny in a cigar nipper. Bullion SERIOUS RIOT AT CHIPPENHAM. WINDSOR, Thursday Evening.—A telegram was received this afternoon, a few minutes before five o'clock, at the Infantry Barracks, Sheet-street, Windsor, from Chippenham, Wilts, stating that there was a serious riot in that town, and that the authorities urgently required the aid of the military. Colonel Heneage loft at once by an express train on the Great Western lino, taking with him 50 men, each having had served out to him GO rounds of ball cartridge. It Was reported here that the rioters had set the town on fire. • 104 2 11/ 12 Si ITIES. 210 111 The Valley of Cashmere• _ (From a Correspondent of the Times.) SRISUGG May 26 You will, no d ou b t, bo glad to hear the true lTß, account . of the little disturbance which we had here about a fortnight ago. Everybody you meet has something to say about it, but few know really what has happened. In a country whore, from the Maharajah downwards, every native thinks it to be to his interest to mislead the European or to prevent n h o i s t a w c c o e a s s e e t o o u nauthentic e i o n e f e o u r r m r e a n t i c o o n c , of n o c u i d e may in e i v m e a r y g n r e e s p t h e a c t t with one another. Besides, information often filters through questionable channels to the English visitors of Cashmere. Some have implicit trust in their khupsumahs (butlers) ; others repose confidence in thepolitical wisdom of the boat men who paddle them up and down this delightful country of streams, rivers, lakes, and pools, or hear the words of truth and soberness from the lips of some fair but frail Cashmere beauty. As to the agents of the British Govern ment, who are to give and should be supposed to possess ac curate information as to what is going on, they are, especi ally if they are "swells," so overwhelmed with acts of kindness by the Maharajah and his Ministers, so much "feted," that it is not to be wondered at that they leave Srinuggur with the impression "that the Rajah is one of the most enlightened Oriental princes ;" that he is much misun derstood ; that he has of course the good of his country at heart, but cannot do everything in one day. Indeed only the person who has a thorough knowledge (unfortunately only to be got through experience) of all the revolting intricacies of Oriental cunning, of its almost unfathomable duplicity of the heartless and shortsighted selfishness of native rulers, and the absolute demoralisation of the ruled, is competent to take the right course for inquiring into the course of events which take place around him. "Mais revenons nos moutons." The mutiny was perfectly spontaneous. The people who took part in it were driven to it by the artifi cial condition of starvation in which it is the good pleasure of this worst of all governments to keep them. To understand this you must know that everything in Cashmere, either by assumed right or by direct spoliation, is the private property of the Maharajah. He is the absolute proprietor of the lives and property of his subjects. It is from him that they have to bay their own produce, and on that he levies enormous taxes. In ordinary times, when the ruler is just, or already saturated with the gains of ex actions, he is content to appropriate—say, talking of the produce of the land, one-half, and to levy taxes to the amount of 30 and 40 per cent. on the remainder. The pre sent Maharajah is scarcely satisfied with this, or, at any rate, if ho is his officials are not. The people of this country mainly live on rice. Well, this rice is accumulated by the Rajah, and sold to his subjects. This year its price is trebled, the ostensible cause of this circuumstance being the influx of visitors (who are comparatively very few) ; its real cause the insatiable avarice of the Government. The people unable to pay this price—and the difference of the present price and that of the two preceding years—have to live on grass and roots. Driven by hunger, a mob as sembled in the streets of Srinuggur, and, although un armed (which the Maharajah takes good care they shall be) threatened by their numbers to become dangerous. They shouted for food, and it is said menaced one of the Ministers of the ill-advised Rajah. In reply his highness's sepoys were let loose on them, cut down a few, and drove the crowd on to one of the bridges which connect the seve ral parts of this sham Venice. The bridge broke down, we must charitably suppose accidentally, by the weight of the people on it, and about 36 persons were drowned. It is said that the sepoys tried to save them, and also that they pushed back into the water those who endeavoured to gain the shorn. I will you leave to judge which of . the two ac counts is likely to be the correct one. For the edification of the European visitors a story was subsequently got up, in which this petty outbreak was ascribed to the shawlmakers striking for higher wages (they have about ss. a month left, after deduction of taxes), and a reduction of the scandalous price at which rico is sold. All I can say is this, that to induce the timid Cashmerian (and of all the races that I have seen the Cashmiri is deci dedly the most timid) to express his dissatisfaction in a public manner, the cup, even of oriental tyranny, must have been overflowing. Happily the outbreak to which this letter refers took place at the beginning of the "season," 'when some Europeans were present, and it is probably due to their presence that in order to prevent further outbreaks and thus draw their attention to hie misrule, a few conces sions were made or, rather, promised by the Maharajah. In the winter, when the snow obstructs the passes and Euro peans aro politely turned out of Cashmere nothing inter feres with the patriarchial government of his Highness. The taxes are levied or, rather, robbed from the defenceless population ; one or the other of the few who, in spite of the vexatious imposts by which trade is fettered, have grown wealthy, is seized on some frivolous pretext, thrown into prison, where he may be tortured, and from which ho is only released on payment of a considerable sum to the Ex chequer ; people are beaten, tortured, and, I fully believe, whenever disaffection is spreading in any district, espe cially a mountainous one, decimated without mercy or ap peal. Whether the late outbreak is the precursor of many others, or merely one of a number of which the British Government is kept in ignorance, is of course difficult to say. It is, however, certain that on one question—that of the trade of Cashmere—our Government should take a de cided stand. We should interfere, and that at once, on be half of our merchants of India, whose prosperity is strongly affected by the unwise restrictions and the heavy duties which the Maharajah puts on trade. Already the commercial intercourse between India, Cashmere, and the adjoini4ig countries (tributary or independent of the latter) has within the last three or four years sunk to one- third of what it was before. To give you an idea of what our worthy feu datory, the Rajah oVashmere, thinks proper to inflict on commerce, I will quote fi om a minute of Sir R. Montgo mery, the late Governor of the Punjab, dated Jan., 1863. The rates are those levied on goods exported from the Pun jab to Cashmere by the Jumna and Bannihal road, which are considerably lower than those levied on any other road, as the Rajah is anxious to make Jumna the most important place in his territories, to which it is less entitled than almost any other town or village in his domains. The Jumna and Bannihal road is the worst of those conduct ing into Cashmere. "Percentages of duty—Sugar, 126 ; molasses, 150 ; coarse sugar, 100 ; tea, 78 ; spices, &c., 19 to 200 ; pewter, 104 ; iron, 90 ; broad cloth, 29, Stc." Sugar is one of the most favourite articles of consumption in this country, where confectionery is made oven of the reeds that grow on the river side. The lowest taxed goods are " flowered piece goods," which pay a little over 8 per cent. Anything that tho people are really in want of is taxed extravagantly. The same goods have to pay taxes as high as those quoted on the Ladakh frontier, which is within the Maharajah's ter ritory. To all this must be added the potty exactions of the officials all over Cashmere and in Ladakh, who plunder the merchant on their own account, and to give presents to the Maharajah or his Ministers by means of legal con trivances. _ --- • It is, therefore, not to be wondered at that English com merce can at present not compete with that of Russia in Central Asia, to which Cashmere is the most direct route. Indeed the greatmystery which hangs over Central Asiais mainly due to the stupidity and rapaciousness of the Maha rajah, or rather to our own folly i n not compelling him to open his country to commerce and civilisation. Had we done so we should be able to exercise a pressure on Cabul, and the trade of the Punjab with Central Asia would have received an immense development. Cabul, Bokhara, Khokan, Tartary, would have become an area of friendly commercial rivalry between England and Russia, and net, what unfortunately it is becoming now, a hotbed of intrigues dangerous to the peaceful maintenance of our rule in India. I am not a Russophobist, but no man in his senses can contemplate with indifference the immense s t r ides which Russia has latel y been making in th direc tion of Hindustan. People in England may say what they like, and fancy their Eastern possessions secure in the bra very, the public spirit, and the wisdomof those it sends out to govern them. I deliberately affirm that the whole of Central Asia is directly, and to a small extent indirectly, under the influence of Russia, and owing to the short sightedness of the " rest and be thankful policy," we have taken ni srctanlo advantage step which in c c o e u u l n d t ies u in e u w s h i a e n h y B political i n o fi r u c e o n m c ()- could easily reign supreme. Some, indeed most, of ourgoods could undersell those of Russia in the great marts of Russia. The mission which some time ago was to have proceeded from the Punjab to Yarkand would have conferred incalcul able benefits on British commerce, had the Supreme Go vernment not at once stopped it. The marauding tribes between Leh and Yarkand might have been subsidised, an agent (agsakal,"greybeard")appointed to watch over Indian commerce at Yarkand ; invaluable scientific, linguistic, and historical information would have been obtained, and the fact of our political existence would have been rendered pa tent to the races inhabiting those immense regions. It is idle to weigh against these considerations the dangers to life which the members of the proposed mission might have run at the hands of robbers infesting the roads between Ladak and Yarkand. Hundreds of native merchants cross the roads every year, and as the mission would have been under the especial protection either of our own feudatory, the Maharajah of Cashmere, or of that of the Khan of Khokan, who invited it, and was ready to give every pledge to the British Government of its safe arrival and return — had the members of the mission, in spite of these precau tions, been assassinated by some band of robbers, our Government could not possibly have been involved in war, as there would have been no Government to go to war with. One thing is quite clear. We must either annex Cashmere in order to have a safe frontier against Russia and a secure and untrammelled commerce with Central Asia, or force the Maharajah to open his country unreservedlyto Europeans, to give access to every information, topographi cale and political, which we m a y desire, and to n a d bo . li r idi cu l o usly extravagant taxat ion on exports a impor th ts. In the interests of civilization ho should also bo compelled to govern his subjects in a more merciful and, above all, regularnaanner ; to levy his taxes more in money than kind, and to establish the equality before the law of the oppressed Mussulmans with the ruling Hindoos. The prayer of every Cashmere is that the " sahibs" would take the country from the Maharajah. At any rate, with the outposts of Russia almost opposite Gilghit, with every information pertina ciously kept from us by the Rajah under a false show of readiness to give it, we shall, I trust, better ourselves and an oppressed race by creating a strong frontier in an acces sible, defensible, and civilized Cashmere. Rusiia is 700 miles nearer Hindustan than in 1859 ; we must come to some understanding with that Power, and, if practicable, establish friendly commercial and pOlitical relations with her. If this is not done Thibet and Cashmere will be come Russian provinces,. as the whole of Central Asia is already practically. Probably, even Russian civilisation, associated though it be with the massacres in Poland. Sibe ria, the knout, and a quasi -Oriental despotism that has at command all the mechanical appliances of the 19th century and none of its spirit, .is better than no civilisation at all. If we do not-force our feudatory to do what ho ought to do we shall. lose India. In diplomacy we are generally no match for Russia; Cashmere will intrigue with that power till she becomes a slave to it. If we are to have a strong frontier we can only have it now. In a few years, perhaps months, it will be too late. Above all, lot us not dependon information given to us by natives, even if they be our own agents. It is absurd to suppose that a native will re fuse a judicious bribe, come from what quarter it may. Let us have European agents throughout the length and breadth of Cashmere and Thibet. It is only in the posses sion of a strong frontier, a flourishing commerce, and a liberal Government that we can afford to have a powerful but comparatively barbarous neighbuur at almost the very doors of Hindustan. --- SPIRT' OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TlMES.—Yesterday the electoral contest in the boroughs was virtually decided, and it will no doubt prove to have been the most hotly fought day of hours, lvarious candidates. the h o turns pe a the campai gn . H e must b e a strangely apathetic person who c an re f ra i n f rom i nteresting himself int e an e l p t o h l e l by at f t a hs t ue e ec o e f ss ithee respec tive ri The n o d f fefortunerfears state of conceivedt partisans through these fallacious indications, and then the final delight or gloom as the numbers up to 4 o'clock are brought, make indifference almost impossible. Yesterday there was a dreadful list of casualties. The calculations were baffled in several instn aces. On the day, how ever, there was a gain to the Liberals. As might be expected, it is generally in the populous and wealthy boroughs that the Liberals have prevailed, while the gains of the Conservatives are, for the most part, .in those which are small in population or under some local influence. Though there are some losses to regret, there are many reasons for encouragement as to the constitution of the new House of Commons. Not only have seats been gained for the party of progress, but several men have been elected who are likely to bring originality and independence of judgment into that Assembly. One of the most satisfactory elections of yester day is, we think, that of Sir John Acton, for Bridgnorth. It has been long a reproach to Eng land and Scotland, and a ground for Roman Catho lics at home and abroad to deny the religious libera lity of the two countries, that no one who professes the unpopular faith could obtain a seat in Great Britain. Only ono Catholic was returned to the late Parliament by an English constituency, and he re presented not an open constituency, but the Duke of Norfolk's borough of Arundel. So positive has been this exclusion that the advocates of a repre sentation of minorities have given it as an instance of the grievances they would remedy, and have said, plausibly, though incorrectly, that the English Ro man Catholics have not been represented at all. It is satisfactory to find that religious zeal does not in all cases urge the British elector to vote against a Papist. The Bridgnorth people in returning Sir John Acton have not only shown themselves superior to the prejudice that has hitherto prevailed, but they have placed in the House an accomplished man and one of the most thoughtful and judicious among the members of his Church. It is by such displays of liberality on the part of Protestants that the in tolerance of the extreme Catholics is best disarmed. The votes of two little constituencies have banished _ _ Mr. Malins and Mr. Denman from Parliament. Though from a party point of view there is neither loss nor gain, since these two learned gentlemen balance each other, we cannot but regret their exclusion from the new House of Com mons. At Mallow Mr. Longfield is overthrown by Mr. Sergeant Sullivan, and the Liberals gain a seat. At Hull, Warwick, Frome, Wareham, and Colchester there is also a seat gained. At Gran tham, Northallerton, Cricklade, and Abingdon the Tories have inflicted a loss on the Government. But the most important elections yesterday were those of Manchester, Leeds, and Edinburgh. At Manchester there were four candidates, of whom Mr. Bazley was certain to be re-elected, the real contest lying be tween the other three. Mr. Jacob Bright had been brought to the borough as the representative of the extreme Liberals, and for that reason was obnoxious to the Conservative part of the electors, who, though they did not think it possible to bring in one of their own men, yet determined to select the least objec tionable of their opponents. Their choice fell on Mr. James, who has accordingly been elected with Mr. Bazley. At Edinburgh Mr. Black has expiated his speech against Reform by losing his seat. There, two Whigs, the Lord Advocate and Mr. Black, were opposed to two advanced Liberals, and the two parties now share the representation, Mr. M'Laren and the Lord Advocate being returned. At Leeds Messrs. Beecroft and Baines are again returned. Lord Amberley's aspirations are for the present checked, and it is to be hoped that before he again' presents himself to a constituency he M ill acquire a little more of the modesty which is one of the graces regretted to that a of youth. A s L ee d s i s one o f t h e few f i rst-class towns which ret urn a C onservat i ve member, and as it was determined stronger tthe e t o oppose bce hrLiberal m pll interestsil champion n . B . e cvr were f m t, a i t y , n i is repeat to in trustedbethat there is every reason for the supporters of the present Government to be satisfied with the result of the elections as hitherto ascertained. The Libe rals have a decided balance of gain, and where they have lost it has generally been through bad tactics, and especially through their common fault of divid ing their party by a plurality of candidates. They have always been less under discipline than their opponents, who are accustomed to make up for their weakness , by an elaborate organization. But with all the fickleness of Liberal constituencies and the habit of visiting their representatives with the severest punishment for trivial backslidings the best Liberal members have kept their places, and will assemble in the next Parliament reinforced by a band of able men. It would, indeed, have been a disgrace to the Liberal cause if such a man as Mr. Roebuck had been driven from Sheffield after hav ing represented it with honesty and ability so many years. He and several others have been threatened, but when the time came the good sense and good feeling of the constituents forbade them to execute the injustice with which they had been menaced. POST.--When Lord Palmerston told the electors of Tiverton that the Government of which he is the chief had honourably and faithfully performed the duties which the Sovereign and Parliament had confided to their hands, he in the tersest language stated the real grounds on which not only he but his several supporters now claimed the suffrages of the electors of the United Kingdom. It is, indeed, seldom that a Prime Minister, when a member of the Lower House of Parliament, is enabled to meet his constituents under circumstances more favour able than those under which Lord Palmerston pre sented himself to the electors of Tiverton. It is not in many countries that the head of the Govern ment is called upon to enter into competition with any comer who may choose to enter the lists in order to secure the right of • being heard in Parliament ; and the contest between Lord Palmerston, Mr. Walrond, a political opponent, and Mr. Denman, a former colleague, for the two scats in Tiverton, fur nishes a picture which is in itself singularly charac teristic of our institutions. That Lord Palmerston, whose name as Prime Minister of Queen Victoria is world-renowned, should be a member of the Lower and not of the Upper House, and should on a dissolution of Parliament be compelled like the most unknown aspirant for Parliamentary honours to solicit the saffrages of a number of townsmen, must strike the majority of foreigners with great surprise. But so it is. Lord Palmer ston took his place the day before yesterday on the hustings at Tiverton with nothing but his own merits to recommend him, and unaided by any of dt that e. official intervention which in other countries i similar circumstances would unquestionably aibt of his y Dave been employed to prevent even the possibility so pleased, rejection. Had the electors of 'Tiverton ert a ci t e bottom the Premier would have been place unless unless th more for instead of the top of the poll , oafodsome other tunate in seeking the favo ur consti tuency, Lord Pahnerston wou ld be excluded from the House of Commons. Satisfied, however, with the policy pursued by th e ir late representative, and d ou btless proud o f the privilege of sending to Par liament the first English statesman of the present d a y, the men of Tiverton placed Lord Palmerston in the van of his competitors. It is now nearly 30 year s sinc e an election has been contested in this borough, and the relative strength of the two poli tical parties seems to have been but imperfectly understood. Mr. Walrond ventured in the Conser vative interest to seek one of the vacant seats, and has been successful. At the close of the poll he was found three votes ahead of Mr. Denman, Lord Palrnerston's colleague iu the late Parliament ; and, as the result of the Tiverton election, one seat is consequently lost to the Government. The return by a constituency of two representatives belonging to different political parties is by some looked upon as almost tantamount to disfranchisement ; but that the borough which sends to Parliament the Prime Minister of England, and chief of the Liberal pLartyci should have paired him off with a follower of or Derby, is, to say the least of it, an event as singular as it has been unexpected. Tr held Pay a I. De ; and Esq., klfrol Ir. J. Mr. ;and :r. 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