The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL. INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Indications of activity and firmness continue ap parent in the money market. The inquiry for dis count accommodation has been very large, and 4 per cent. has been the lowest quotation for the negotia tion of the best paper. A third dividend of 2s. 6d. is announced by the liquidators of the East of England Bank, making altogether 17s. 6d. in the pound, payable in Nor wich next week, and subsquently at the offices of Messrs. 13arding, Piellein, Whinney, a,nd Gibbons, Bank-buildings, City. . The London and Australian Agency Company, which proposes to facilitate the investment of English capital in Australia, and to assist generally in developing the resources of the country, has just been announced. Its business will consist chiefly in making advances to the pastoral tenants of the Crown lands and others, and by taking security on their stations, stock, freehold land, and wool, in ac cordance with the Mortgage and Lien Acts of the Colonial Legislatures ; in actingas agents for the sale of wool and other produce in Australia, or for its ship ment to England ; in effecting the sales of stations and stock, and in conducting a financial and general agency business. Operations will be commenced by taking over the business of Messrs. J. H. Clough and Co., of Melbourne, which has been established upwards of ten years. The purchase-money is to be paid half in shares and half in debentures, and th • business already secured will enable the company t o commence operations at once. Under the articles of association the qualification for each director is fixed at £4,000 at the least, to be held by him in his own right in the shares of this company. The nominal capital is to be £1,000,000, the first issue to comprise 30,000 shares of £2O each, which are quoted this morning on the Stock Exchange I to 1 prem. Two o'CLocic. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f. 35c. The Stock Exchange markets have been steadily supported, and, with the exception of a decline in the prices of the Funds, quotations generally show buoyancy. Consols have receded to 891 for money, and to 89; 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 898 ; An nuities (1885), 13 11-16ths ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. dis. to is. prem. ; India Stock, 216 218 ; ditto 5 Per Cents, 1058 I. Foreign Stocks have been active, and buoy ancy greatly prevails. Brazilian Scrip has further improved to 3 prem. Turkish Consolides are 49} ; Mexican ex all, 25 ; the New Loan, 24; 1 ; Greek, 20; 21; ; Spanish Passive, 30 + ; the Certificates, 14/1 ; Italian, 64! 65 ; and the Confederate Loan, 7 8. American Securities are also firm. United States 5-20 Bonds, 681 1; Erie Shares, 581 1; and Illinois, 81i 4. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, but prices are a shade firmer. Great Northern A Stock, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North-Western have each improved 55., and North British 10s. ; while Great Eastern and Great Western have each declined ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is no material change. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue very quiet, and prices are in several instances a shade flatter. London and Westminster have declined to 96j. ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China, to 261 ; and Royal Mail Steam, to 119 i. Atlantic Telegraph preference shares are quoted 1.1 2 per share ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 4i ; and Transatlantic Steamship Company, 2 2} prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Oct. 10 a per Cent. Reduced B 7l 1 4 New 3 per Cent 8 74 i 4 New 34 per Cent. Jan. 1894 941 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. , 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire *I. A nril,lBBs l3 1 in Do (rvuo..oco, 1 tsies.aph), Aug., ...0 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — --- Do. £5OO Do JlOO .41,1£900 1 3 dig 1 r m DitIIR or =wand Stock,'s4 per Cent shut Do Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10i per Cent., AprillB74 217 16 18 Do Account • Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO _ Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian -Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent. 99 I - 4 Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Do. 41- per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent 9ll 51 Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 951 61 Do .£lOO Bonds — Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account Do. Coupons Ltuatemala, 5 per Cent. Do .£B6 paid Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, .£671 paid Do 5 per Cent., 1864 D. Scrip, £55 paid Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 _ _ - Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 44 per Cent Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 — Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, ~ Do. Account — Muslim 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9l Do 44 per Cent. 1850 .. . . Do 3 pez Cent. 1859 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 — Do 5 per Cent. 1862 914 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 96 Bardinian 5 per Cent Do Account 'Panish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — ,„ Do Account °Danish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account — 'w. rs edish 4 per Cent. — 1, 0 Account ,DO. 4 1 p er C en t. 1864 —• Lurltish 6 per Cent. 1854 — "0 Account 95 Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 72} Do .6100 Bonds 77 Do. Iper Cent Do 6 p e r Cent. 1862 Do Account 741 4 i Do £lOO Bonds 75 Do 1:1 pe r Cent., 1864 — 9 5 Per Cent. 1865 1, 'Jo £1(0 Bands Po Scrip, £ 35 paid ~e , - , o uaanteed, 4 per Cent — Do.v uezuela 3 per Cont. — Account 6 per Cent, 1864 42 Ir r ,„ , Dividends on the above payable in London. i, ll en• Renter , 41 per Cent. If.,. -L-'O. Account 4. " 4/I Cent., 1861, Es. 25f. — Do Account 614 Cons o l s TWO O'CLOCK. .._ D o • ''' C COUla 89f 1 liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. arliet steady. Sales probably 20000 bales, Share► ! Railways. I Paid.! Closing 1 Business Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .. Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„rerth, & A b.Junc li.London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B stock Do. l‘ew, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. - Weste. n -Original Va►. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord Do. Newport Do. fte , eford Lanc (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 Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension.-- net ropolitan District. Do du. do Do. and John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby 'lid Kent North British 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. Jo. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock, o. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South E stern ltaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. -C - Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny W hi ha 1 West Cornw%ll SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrenc e. Qom., Baroda. Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. N' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff., Bran t, do Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta it S. E., Urn 'ape Town Sz Dock, gu 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do, East I❑dfan, gu. 5 p.e. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad 4 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W. s. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41. do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Kxtension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. St Hudson's isay.. N.Rl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs. &hide Do. Delhi l. Do. do Do. Puniaub j 3 ,!o Do.lndus St. Flo COLONIAL GO Mt British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1372.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 oo.Apl.BrOct . 1899-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 • Do. Jan.&July, 1690-9 1 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct, 11,00 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, v, p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. I'7B oc, 188?, May i 6. Nov_ no ik9s Feb. uz. u per cern 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.AsJul) S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1856 _ . Do: 5 r.c. t0.!8761 Do. 5 p.a. 1888 to 189.: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc .tia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 4ueensland Gov. 6 p. c J. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oat BRrrr Cam. Consol. cold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake wal Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon Easc Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. Wil. Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(Gwen. Gr, at L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheel Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Elerod's Foot .... M 2.1.0 2Ji 2.14.8 Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley nwyndy Iron Ore, New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (I llogan North Wheel Crofty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny Litlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) &nth Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. illlogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clugan, lim West hassett (IL togan W. Caradon (Lkskeard West C hi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setoff Whe,ti T,elawnev PREFERENCE 2311 A Its, Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 108 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., 101/ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. 13, 107 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 170 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, V Bahia bud San Francisco tli.n.) gua. 7 per cent , 143 Dutch Rhenish, 241 Great Luxembourg, la FottEIGN MINE& Don Pedro, North Del Rey, Frontino and Bolivia Uold, llm., 4/ Port Philip, 1 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, 1im.,11 BANKS. alliance, Rm.. 31; 2 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 20 is paid., 26; 28 Anglo Austrian, 6; Anglo Egyptian, hm., 131 4 Australasia, 75 Bank of British Columbia, 24; Bank of Egypt, 30; Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 261 East London, Um., 54 N:ng ish Joint Stock, lira., 111 Ilindustan, China, and Japan. ilrn., 21 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 14; London and Brazilian aim.), Ditto, new, 3 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 London and %1 estminster, 964 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., loi Provincial of Ireland, 841 Union of Australia, 651 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph. 8 per cent. gua., Canada Company, t 9 Commercial Union, Insurance. St Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 9} Discount Corporation. 16 East India Irrigation and Canal. 8f Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., 3} Fairb .irn Engineering, e l l Hudson's Bay, Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 71 International Contract, 51 I International Financial :-,ociety, lim., Joint Stock Discount. Dm.. 91 6 Interationall.and Credit, Rm., 71 tdras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (a11)„18f Mil'wall Freehold Land and Dock, lim , 31. north British and Mercantile Insurance, 18 Overend, Gurney, and Co., Bin., $ Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lim., 7 Ditto (all), 4} Royal Mail Stearn. 1191 THE ATLANTIC CABLE.---HALIFAX, Sept. 15. The British gun-boat Urgent, arrived at Halifax, reports that she passed the place where the Atlantic cable buoys were said to be locked, but saw nothing of them, and be lieves that they have drifted. HIGH PRICES—The South Australian Assembly have voted £5,000 to be used by the Government in tem porarily increasing the salaries or Government servants, whose incomes do not exceed £4OO a year. The grant is made in consequence of the unusually high prices of pro vial= and clvthiug•—Sautk Australian Reg seer. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A TROUBLESOME FELLOW IN A WORKHOUSE.--Samuel Withers, an inmate of the St. Martin's Workhouse, who has been a source of great trouble to the authorities, and has been several times charged with assaults, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Edward Barratt, an old and paralysed inmate of the workhouse. The complainant said that on Wednesday last he was laying the cloth on one of the tables for tea, the prisoner at the time sitting at another table writing. The prisoner looked savagely at him, and he said to the prisoner, You'll know me again," when the prisoner jumped up and struck him three times in the face, blackening both his eyes. Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired how it was that the prisoner was not chaiged before. Dack, the constable of St. Martin's Workhouse, said that on the complainant charging the prisoner with assault ing him the matter was put off for the board to decide w hether the prisoner should be charged or not, and at last they decided that he should be: The prisoner said the cloth was thrown over him and upset the ink on his writing, and that he acted on the im pule of the moment, but wAs sorry for it. If he was let off now he would leave the workhouse and never return. Another old man, and wooden-legged, Said the piisoner had threatened to serve him worse than he had served Barratt, and he went in fear of him, the prisoner being a very quarrelsome man. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a wonder how a parcel of men who were so unfortunate as to be shut up in a work house could not be comfortable together. He would corn mit the prisoner for seven days for the assault on Barratt, and order him to find bail to keep the peace towards the man who had lost his leg. 93 15 129 131 95 97 12 14 CI 6 67 7 71 73 94 96 6 4d 110 111 48 49 8 9 132 134 151 /5: 126 .29 01 93 65i 66 63 65 43 45 3i 40 iO4 1 06 121} 121; 60 92 105 107 33 40 5) 52 124 125 96 97 68 2,9 139 140 3; I; 111 p 11 101 105 127 1ki 1 12 9/ 99 64i -6 5 i 3 111 112 69 70 104 105 36i 374 10 114 p 118 120 1 11/ 1 16p 77 78 11 12 150 1M 130 82 57 59 814 82 84 S'à 150 155 3 !p 104 106 5) 52 ISIO.NS. 66 58 101 102 pr hp 6 5 9i 10i 75 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 1011 1021 104 105 i IP 19 20 89 91 65 67 63 68 55 58 60 63 44 46 38 42 27 18 25 17 101 105 I P P 101 102 11 14i 6} 6 d 5 D 8 85 67 1 4 d tO t 102 93 95 83 90 64 66 82 84 100 101 100 101 Is id 1001 1011 SECUR: 96 98 95 D 7 95 97 831 84 83 55 103 105 107 109 104) 10 5 105 107 931 911 1( 3 105 110 112 104 1(6 104 i(k3 1° 109 ,v. 102 104 96 98 9) 101 93 95 90 61 103 105 844 85j 98 100 102 103 106 108 100 110 [NESt 10 10i 18 19 560 580 4 1 21 26 11 12 5 6 21 31 1 14 15 21 3 2 4 201 211 11- 11 31 31 35 3n ? 3 n 41 31 41 3 5 31 41 21 11, d 35 40 10. 12 1 1 .1 6 32 :s4 430 450 3 3/ 12} 174 It 17 18 6 8 6 7 S 10 7il 75 165 175 .75 80 26 28 4 6 195 200 17 18 65; I 5 1211 52; 12Ia 58i 1391 5j ►1,41 4 1271 1 OSSE 100 100 all 100 100 'MEN' 190 100 100 1.0 100 100 SUN;rHE - LONDON, TUESOAY EVENING, SEPTEMBE It 26 1865. WESTMINSTER. A QUEER CHARAcTE.a.James Wilson:a low-looking fellow, well-known as the associate of thieves and smash ers, was charged with being in enclosed premises for a felonious purpose. Police-constable 228 A said that on the previous even ing he was called to take prisoner, who had just climbed over a garden wall belonging to a house in Dean's-yard, Westminster. Mr. Samuel Poole, a sculptor, carrying on business with his father at Great Smith-jstreet, said that at 11.30 on Monday evening he saw prisoner climb over a wall be longing to Mr, Gullan and gave an alarm. The prisoner climbed over the wall again and endeavoured to escape, but he was secured. Dennis, the gaoler, said that a fortnight ago prisoner was charged with a similar offence, but discharged not known. Mr Inspector Starr, of the A division, said a few nights ago he found prisoner trying to open his window to open the door of his area. He got away, but witness found him again five minutes afterwards and took him to the station. No skeleton keys were found, and he gave an address. He was liberated, as he appeared to be drunk. The address was false. Next morning witness saw prisoner in company with a convicted felon in Orchard-street, Westminster. Prisoner gave the same false address, and pretended to know nothing of the affair. 1011 He was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour. 28k 041 5 k 144 if 12 11/ 911 5 101} 1001 ,ITIES. THAMES. ROBBING A. SAILOR.—Three women, named Mary Ann Cocklin, Johanna Reardon, and Ann Reardon, all well known thieves, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing 20 sovereigns from the person of Peter Jacob Bardrop. The prosecutor is a ship's carpenter, and belongs to a Glasgow ship called the Bertha, lying in the river, near London-bridge. Yesterday evening he met Cocklin and Reardon in Rateliff-highway, and he treated them to liquor at several public-houses, and afterwards accompanied them to the house of an old woman, named Simmons, No. 6, Blue-gate-fields, Shadwell, whore numberless robberies have been committed, and sailors have been badly mal treated. He had a pocket-book in his possession, which contained 20 sovereigns. Cocklin soon left him and went out of the room. He missed his pocket-book directly afterwards and made a noise about it. Reardon wanted to converse with him, and he told her ho did not want her company and would have his pocket-book and money. The old woman Simmons then came into the room and returned him his pocket-book. He opened it and found all the gold had been abstracted and only a small amount in silver left in it. He said you have picked out the 20 sovereigns and left the change. He went out and gave information to a police-constable named Isaac Pawsey, 485 K, who saw Cocklin and Reardon leaving the United States public house and took them into custody. He was con veying them to the station-house when Buckley came be hind them, and Reardon immediately handed two sove reigns and a half sovereign to her. Pawsley called out to Sergeant Proctor, No. 60 K, "Take that woman into cus tody." Buckley was taken with the £2O in gold upon her. It was stated by Donald MiCay, a police constable, No. 275 K, that Simmons had absconded, and that she had been committed for trial eight times for being concerned in the plunder of sailors, and had always escaped conviction. Mr. Bodkin, the Assistant-Judge, said her house ought to be indicted, and that she was the worst thief he had ever met with in the course of his judicial career. - - m - r. -.. -4..•-• M'Kay—The sailors go to sea before the trial, and she escapes. There is a woman outside the court who, I un derstand, has had £6 10s. of Barth'op'ei - money ; and old Mother Simmons has had £6 10s. more. She won't return until the sailor has gone to Sea. _ - • - The prisoners all declared their innocence ; and said, " We want it settled here." Mr. Paget said he should send the case to the sessions at once ; and if the grand jury were not discharged they could be tried at Clerkenwell to-morrow morning. 1091 1 The prisoners were committed for trial. SOUTHWARK. A HOPEFUL DAUGHTER.—Sarah Martin, a woman be between 30 and 40, was charged before Mr Woolrych with stealing plate and wearing apparel, the property of her landlady. _ . Margaret Richardson, the prosecutrix, said that yester day the prisoner, who lived with her at 59, Bland-street, Newington, took from the house in her presence a blanket and sheet, and had previously stolen the other articles, which she had pawned. Mr. Edson said the prisoner had been married to a re spectable man, who had held a situation under Govern ment, but was compelled to leave her in consequence of her habits of drunkenness. The prosecutrix, a very respectable old woman, eaid that she kept not only the prisoner, but her son and daughter, since she was deserted by her husband, about ten years since. The prisoner said that not only the articles in question, but everything in the house in the shape of furniture, bed clothes, &c., belonged to her, having been given to her by her husband previous to his desertion. The prosecutrix said there was no truth in that state ment, as she had purchased the articles as well as the other property in her house. Ann Sorrel, a servant of the prosecutrix, said she found the prisoner in the house of a neighbour yesterday in a state of drunkenness, and took from her pocket the pawn tickets produced. The prisoner was remanded for a week. Murder of a Sailor at Bristol. At the Bristol Council-house, on Saturday, a Manilla seaman, named Emmanuel Libano, serving on board the American ship Sanchisky, lying in CUmberland Basin, was brought before the sitting magistrates, charged with having that morning shot Alexander Richardson, a sailor on board the same vessel. The:prisoner is a ferocious-- looking youth, and when in court his face was nearly covered with blood and scars, indicating that he had recently been engaged in a desperate encounter. Mr. Williams (magistrates' clerk) ' said it was impossible to go into the case at present, as the wounded man had been removed to the infirmary, where the sur geons were at that moment endeavouring to extract the ball, and it was doubtful whether he would recover. Offing ton Liunekin, the master of the vessel, stated that he came into port on Thursda3•, and since that time there had been a great disturbance on the part of the crew, who had been drinking freely. Be had to come ashore that morning, and it was during hiS absenc3 that the occurrence took place. The mate, who hac: been left in charge, quitted the ship in order to get the assistance of the police, and before his re tnrn Richardson was shot. Mr. Thomas and Mr. Williams proceeded to the infirmary for the purpose of taking the deposition of Richardson, but on their arrival found that a number of medie,al officers were still endeavouring to ex tract the ball. They waited a considerable time, but it was found impossible to take the deposition in consequence of the man's exhauaed state. They accordingly returned to the Council-house, and heard sufficient evidence to justify them in remanding the prisoner. Louis Henry said—l am an American seaman on boardthe Sandusky, and came into this port on Thursday last. The prisoner was a cabin-boy on board the same vessel, which is now lying in Cumberland Basin. Since the vessel arrivedin port there has been some unpleasantness between him and the cook. This morning, at , 11 o'clock, when the captain was ashore, I was in the rigging at my work, tarring down, and saw the cook, whose name Ido not know, carrying a chair out of the cabin. I also saw the prisoner follow him and seize the chair; then a struggle between them -took place, the cook still having the chair. I came down out of the rigging, and then I heard the report of a pistol, and saw the cook fall back from out of the cabin, the prisoner, who held him with his hands and teeth, falling alongside of him. Inside the cabin door I saw a pistol, like the one produced, lying on the floor. The second mate seized hold of the prisoner, andpulled him away, and I then noticed that the cook had been shot in the left arm. The 'second mate secured the prisoner. The cook's wound was bound tip, and was taken to the infirmary. The prisoner is the person who caused the injury. The cap tain proved that the name of the cook steward was Alex ander Richardson. The prisoner was remanded for fur ther examination, the several witnesses being detained in the meantime at the central police station. The magis trates told the captain that he ought not to allow his men to have possession of arms, but he said h'e was unable to prevent it, and that they would secrete the arms if a search were made. The captain also said that he understood that the shot was fired to keer Richardson out of the cabin, and if that were so, in his opinion the prisoner was justified in firing it, Mr. Z. Eastman, the American consul, was pre sent to watch the proceedings. Whilst the examination was being made, Richardson died at the infirmary from loss of blood, the ball having severed one of the arteries, and the efforts made to extricate it having failed. Attempt to Murder. ---~-. A desperate attempt was made on Saturday in Leith Docks by an engineer nomad Isaac Beamish to murder Captain Luke Scott, inaer of the screw steamer Xantha, of Leith. Beamish, it appears, joined the Xantha in Lon don, under Captain Scott, in the beginning of August last. He did not give satisfaction, in consequence of which the captain reported him to the owners of the vessel. The Xantha arrived in Leith from London on Saturday week, and an investigation into the conduct of Beamish was made by the owners. The resu:t of theinquiry was that Beamish was paid off on the 19th by the captain in presence of the shipping master. Beamish, however, refused to accept the sum offered him, and threatened to take legal proceedings against the captain. With this view he put his case into the hands of a solicitor, vho succeeded so far as to induce the captain to offer terms which Beamish agreed to accept. On Saturday Beamish vent to a publichouso in Dock street, and sent for a cab. When the cab arrived he re quested the driver to tale him to the head of the West Pier, at the Victoria Dock. When they reached the pier he ordered the cabdriver to go to the Xantha and request the captain to come and speak to a gentleman in the cab The cabman went as requested, and the captain _came to the cab, thinking it was ono of his owners who wanted to see him ; he was abort to pass when Beamish ordered him to go into the cab, to drive to the solicittirs who had their case in hand. This the captain refused to do. Beamish then drew a revolver from his breast pocket, pointed it at Captain Scott, and again ordered him to go into the cab. Seeing he would not do so Beamish drew the trigger of the pistol -twice, but fortunately the weapon missed fire both times. The captain turned and ran down the pier pursued by his assailant, who fired the pistol at him The ball went whizting through the air close to a number of persons who W ar , " -vl.4flity, but it did not ntt any ow". Th. I.n Yuen returned to the cab, -and ordered the cabman to drive him -to Bernard-street. The man, much afraid at what he had seen, complied. Meantime a police constable hearing of- what had taken pliwu went up to the cabman and directed him to drive to the police-office. The constable walked alongside of the cab, not thinking it pro per to grapple alone with such a dangerous person as the occupant of the cab seemed to be. When they reached the Custom-house Beamish fired two shots from the windows of the cab, but appeared to intend no mischief at this time, for he pointed the pistol upwards. Detective constables Couts and Morgan at this time came forward. The latter endeavoured to take the pistol from Beamish, whe, how ever, leant back and pointed the pistol at him in such a threatening manner that the officer sprang back. A seaman named Mark Burk quickly entered the cab from the oppo site side to that at which Morgan was, with the intention of inducing Beamish to give up the revolver. Beamish pointed the pistol at him, and might have fired it, but Couts, on observing the danger of the young man, suddenly sprang forward and succeeded in wrenching the pistol from him. He was easily secured after, and lodged in the police-office. The pistol, a six-barrelled revolver, was loaded with powder and three bullets, and was capped. A quantity of powder, bullets, and caps were found iu Beamish's possession. It has been ascertained by the police that he had bought the pistol, powder, balls, and caps in Edinburgh on Saturday afternoon. He will bo brought before the police-court this morning. —Scotsman. MARKETS—This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, £4 5s to £5 15s; clover, Trade slow. £1 lOs to £1 18s per load. £4 15s to £6 15s ; and straw, CumsratLecro.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 15s; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os; and straw, £1 12s to £1 18s per load. A quiet trade. WHITECHAPEL. — IIeadow hay, £4 10s to £slss; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 17s per load. Trade slow. COLONIAL. TEL—There has been a moderate amount of business transacted, and prices have remained steady. SUGAR.--A good demand continues to prevail for West India, and holders demand fully late rates. In the refined market the dealings have been to a fair extent without any material alteration in values. COFFEE. —The demand for colonial descriptions has con tinued steady notwithstanding extensive arrivals, and late prices are well maintained. RICE. --Only limited dealings have been entered into, at about former rates. TALLOW. —The market has again been morn animated, and prices for both present and forward delivery tend up wards. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 46s 3d, October 465, and January to March 47s 9(I per cwt. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the Close of the market. _ s. d. South Hetton Camay and Duffryn. Wylam l6 9 Malting . . ............. 24 0 Tunstall • 18 6 Holywell Main .... . .... 16 9 Walls End Haswell., 2O 3 Hetton .. . ...... .. ... ... 20 3 Keno() East Hartlepool .. . ... 20 0 Wylam l6 9 South Kelloe ......... 19 6 Eden Main Heugh Hall ............ 19 6 l'ramwellgate lB 6 Staffordshire ...........:. 16 ,16 6 New Belmont l9 0 Hastings Hartley . .... 18 6 Caradoe l9 6 Hartlepool ............ 20 0 St e art ' s ships . at market, 58 ; sold, 56. The of the Bank of B r iti s h C o l um bi a to the proprietors report opre tors has been issued. It states that tite directors have satisfaction in intimating that, after payingallc e h , and arges,deducting rebate of interest on bills not due, making ample provision for bad and doubtful debts, the undivided profits amount to £20,078, w hich the dir ec t ors propose to appro priate as follows, viz.: —£9,375 in payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum ; £7,000 to reserve fund, which will then amount to £20,000, leaving £3,703 to be carri\xl forward to the current half-year. During the last few days the dealings in the Foreign and. Colonial Produce Markets have been moderately active. Sugars have fully supported previous rates, while superior qualities of coffee have found ready buyers at, in some instances, a slight advance. Rice has been dull, and in tea there has not been much animation. Tallow, how ever, has again been in active request, at enhanced quotations for both present and forward delivery. AN AUSTRALIAN QUOTATION.—At a land sale held recently in Australia the place was so crowded and accommodation so difficult to be obtained that a charge of fps : was ma 4 for tlie pr;v,ego of sitting 41 a Vagatelle-roqpia. The Ruling Xing of Siam. During the reign of, the usurping sovereign, the legitimate heir (let him be honoured with all his titles) Phra Bard Somdetch Phra Paramendr Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klan Cha Tu Hua, provided for the safety of his person, seriously menaced, by withdrawing from the sphere of public observation, giving to himself the sacred character of a Buddhist priest, and taking possession of apartments in one of the %Vat or temples, which form the most prominent objects in all the towns of Siam, and especially in the city of Bangkok. He there devoted himself to profound study. He not only explored such litera ture as the ancient Siamese records preoeuted to him, but mastered the Sanskrit and the Pali lan guages ; of Latin he had acquired such a mastery, mainly by the aid of the Catholic bishop, that he was engaged while I was in Siam in writing his auto biography iu that language, and paid great atten tion to the English tongue, in which he was assisted by his intercourse with the Ame rican missionaries, who had maintained their ground in Bangkok and its neighbourhood, notwithstanding the persecutions and annoyances of the court. But his principal source of instruc tion was found in dictionaries, and his conversation was therefore much combined with words little used in ordinary colloquies. For example, he would use zenith and nadir in preference to north and south ; his collocation of words is not always grammatical, but he had always an expression at hand, though not in common use, by which he very distinctly conveyed his meaning. He reminded one of a man talking through the medium of a dead language, translating his thoughts from a language more familiar, but not thinking in the language which he spoke. On one occasion when I read an English address to him at the time of my formal official re ception, he sent for me to the interior of the palace, said he had understood perfectly every word but one, and of that word he asked an explanation. And this reminds me of one of those " touches of nature , which make the whole world kin." On my first public audience we passed through the centre of a large hall in which all the principal, nobles of the land, 'clad in garments of gold, lay on all fours prostrate with their faces nearly touching the ground, when a curtain was drawn, and from a raised tribune at the end of the hall appeared the king seated on his throne, clad in gorgeous apparel, a sceptre in his hand, a richly jewelled crown on his head, surrounded by " all the wealth of Ormus and of Ind." The ceremony over, he desired to see me in the interior of the pa lace in one of his private apartments. He sat there divested of every ornament, with no other garment than a shirt ; he held on his knee a little girl ab solutely naked, and with no adorning but a chaplet of fragrant white flowers round her head. He asked me to admire her beauty—she was his youngest born ; and here I may add that I received a letter not very long after informing me that since my de parture from Siam five children had been added to the royal race. " Plenty of royalty," was one of his Majesty's expressions. lii fact, he rejoiced in the possession of 300 wives and concubines, which he said was a very moderate number : his father had 700 for his portion. He laughed loudly on one occasion when I told him, that in England one wife was found all sufficient. He had a drama got up for our amusement, in which no less than a hun dred ladies of the court were engaged as actresses, under the discipline of an ugly old promptress, whose scoldings were sometimes louder than the music of the piece. The women were of every hue, from the snowy to the sable, and of every oriental race.—Sir John Bowring, in the Fortnightly Review. Shocking Fratricide in West Missouri. Two brothers, named John and Samuel M'Dowell, together with their sister Eliza, came to London (Missouri West) on September 2, to dispose of some produce and make some purchases, and on their return home the men became intoxicated. John's wife was away picking hops when her husband and his brother returned, and when she came back they were both standing in front of the shanty. They appeared to be very angry and high words were passing between them. John's wife let down the fence to get the cattle into the yard, when he interfered, telling her it was too late in the evening to let cowsin. She did so, however, and then fol lowing Samuel into the shanty, gave him his supper and began to churn. Just then her husband rushed in and angrily demanded why she had let the cows in at that time of night. Some hard words passed, and John struck his wife on the head with his clenched fist. This was what Samuel had antici pated, and to prevent which he had come that night to•his brother's house. At the sight of the stroke he entirely gave way to his passion, and rose hastily from the supper table and bounded with terrible ferocity upon his brother. With a heavy blow of his fist he sent him reeling to the floor, then fell upon him, and getting him jammed up behind the door, began to choke him by grasping him with his fingers at the throat. True to woman's instinct, Mrs. M'Dowell interfered to save her husband, begging Samuel in piteous accents to desist from violence towards him, offering to suffer any tortures he might inflict upon her rather than see him harmed. Samuel then allowed his brother to get up, ani the latter had no sooner gained his feet than he called for the axe. Samuel got it from him, and seizing it with the ferocity of a maniac, hurled it over his head and threatened to. chop down any one who would molest him. But, watching his opportunity, Samuel again seized his brother and forced him to the floor, and during the scuffle Mrs. M•Dowell recovered the axe and hid it away. Samuel then ran into a field and, stripped to the waist, he dared John to come and meet him in a fair and open fight. John again demanded the axe from his wife, but she stated that she did not know where it was. In a minute more the horrible tragedy was enacted. Seizinga stick which had been used to stir the fire, John rushed to meet his brother in deadly conflict. He made one bound to clear the fence and to get at his brother, but tripped and fell upon the ground. Samuel bounded upon him in an instant, and with great strength wrenched the weapon from his grasp, and as he lay partly stunned by the fall, and nearly mad with rage by the injuries already received, Samuel lifted the stick and struck him with all his might three heavy blows upon the head. At the second blow John's wife ran up, threw her self between the two men, and implored. Samuel, in the name of God, to spare her husband. The wife lifted him up gently, and seeing, by the moon's bright rays, his upturned eyes and ashy counte nance, and feeling that his pulse had ceased to throb, turned upon Samuel M'Dowell and charged him with killing her husband.. The, death of his brother did not appear to disturb him much. He 14 out in the bush all night, - like' a hunted felon, every moment expecting the officers of justice upon his track, and the fear of detection,, instead of nerving him to elude pursuit, seemed to paralyse his energies. On Sunday afternoon an inquest was held on the murdered man by Coroner Flock, when all who had any knowledge of the circumstances were thoroughly examined touching the matter. Dr. Moore, of London, made a post mortenz examination of the body, and said that de ceased had sustained a great many hurts and bruises in all parts of his body. The heaviest blows, he stated, were inflicted on the mouth and nose. The skull was not fractured, but death resulted from concussion, which produced a rupture of the blood vessels of the brain. The prisoner was committed to take his trial. With regard to the wool trade, Messrs. Charles Balme and Co., in their usual circular, make the following reference to the auctions not concluded:— " The continued active state of trade in the woollen districts enabled our buyers to dispose largely of their purchases in the June series, and they came prepared to operate freely in these sales at former rates, notwithstanding that so lar g e a quantity was again brought forward, and it must be taken as a strong proof of the stability of the trade that nearly 300,000 bales have been sold within the past four months at firm prices." The telegrams from Greece state that the Govern mebt has contracted a new loan for a small amount with the lonian Bank. - It is to bear 7 per cent. in terest, and will be reimbursed in the course of 15 years. 1011 5 WANDS WORTH. DISTURBING A BURGLAR—SINGULAR APPREIIENSION.— John Martin, aged 58 years, who was described as a labourer, with no home, was brought before Mr. Ingham for re-examination on a charge of burglary and robbery. Ellen Kearsley said—l live at No. 1, Edward's-cottages, Sheepcot-lane, Battersea, with my father, who is an engi neer. The prisoner is a stranger to me. Between three and four o'clock on the morning of tho 17th inst., hearing footsteps in the lane, I got up and gave an alarm. On going down stairs I found both the back parlour and the kitchen windows open, which were nearly closed the night previous when we went to bed. I missed several articles of linen from the parlour and others from the kitchen. Outside the window in the garden I found four shirts, two coats, three waistcoats, and other articles made up into a bundle, as if to be carried 'off. Our garden adjoins a field with low paling between. The coat the prisoner now wears was left behind at our house, and a box of lucifer matches was in one of the pocket's. • - • - Police-constable Wright, 294 V, said—On the morning of the 17th inst., about a quarter past three o'clock, I saw the prisoner . at Battersea-bridge toll-gate, going towards Chelsea. Seeing the end of a towel sticking out of his pocket, I asked him what he had. He replied, "Nothing but this towel." I felt about him, and inside his waiscoat I found a petticoat and a chemise. I asked him how he came by them, and he replied, " I know best abolit that." I then took him to the station. The articles found upon the prisoner were identified by Miss Kearsley. It also appeared that the prisoner was wearing a coat belonging to Mr. Kearsley when appre hended by the constable, and at the station he exchanged it for his own. Mr. Ingham inquired whether the prisoner was known to the police ? The constable Wright said he was not. Mr. Ingham then committed him to take his trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. As an indication of the unusual mildness of the season, a few ripe strawberries were to be seen a few days ago on a fruit stand in St. Nicholas-street, Aberdeen,grown in a garden at Canal-road, where a second crop of this fruit has formed. THE VALUABLE RECTORY OF WELWYN, Hertford shire (famous as the benefice held by Dr. Young, of the "Night Thoughts"), is placed at the disposal of All Souls College, Oxford, by the death of the Rev. Sir Brooke William Robert Boothby, aged 56. It is worth £750, with a population of 1,600. Sir Brooke was born in 1809, and succeeded as tenth baronet in 1846. He was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford ; 8.A., 1820; MA., and Fellow of All Souls, 1832. Having held from 1846 the living of Elmley, Kent, he became in 1852 rector of Welwyn, and married Martha Serena, daughter of the Rev. C.. Boothby. Ho is succeeded by his son Brooke, born in 1846. The baronetage was craated in 1680. The Risks of Swiss Hotels• Most people who visit Switzerland go up the Righi, but few Englishmen follow my example of staying there for a fortnight. It would be impos sible to remain so long at the hotel on the summit, where they do not want you to remain, and where the daily change of 200 visitors would be a source of constant irritation ; so I distributed my time between the hotel, or rather pension on the Rigid Scheldeck, 5,400 feet high, which is much frequented by Swiss of the middle class, and a similar establishment oat the Kaltbad, 4,727 feet, which is filled during, the season chiefly with aristo cratic Germans. . . . Before the present erec tion was made, the Kaltbad hotel was of wood; and the last time that it was IJurned down the fire spread so rapidly that a lady who was in a bath at the time was obliged to escape in a sheet—lo s i ng not only the clothes in her rooms, but also every article of • dress she had just been wearing As nothing was saved from the conflagration, the other ladies could not help her, so she had to be put in a chair and carried down the Righi iu her African costume, as was related to me by a Zurich Professor, who himself witnessed the scene. The wonder is that these wooden hotels in the Alps are not burned down even oftener than they are, con sidering the amount of smokieg that goes on inthem, the number of travellers they frequently contain, the dryness of the resiny pinewood, and the winds which blow about. It is also a mystery how people are saved when a fire occurs, for no means of escape appear to be provided. Even these Alpine hostel ries have sometimes a fourth storey ; and when you are put up there to sleep it becomes a curious sub ject of speculation as to what effect your head will have upon the stones below the window should a fire break out during the night. You begin to consider whether that German professor, who smoked his huge pipe intermittingly all the evening, smokes in his bed also ; and you give undue attention to the inci dental statement of the lady who mentioned that she could never sleep without a light in her room. In these trying circumstances I always consoled myself with recalling the story of the member of the Alpine Club, who is said last year to have fallen 60 feet upon his head upon some rocks, and to have injured the rocks very much indeed, with out himself suffering serious damage. I always went to sleep, determined to become a member of that club as soon as possible ; and I think it must have been this story which led me to the insanity of making ascents in the high Alps, which I suppose qualify for being an M. A. C. Another drawback con nectedwith the timber hotels is, that they form a spe cies of Dionysius ear. You may not be informed of what goes on through the entire house ; but if your ears are of no ordinary acoustic power, it is difficult to escape hearing, so long as slumber does not kiss your drooping lids, a good deal of what may be going on in the room above you, and the room beneath you, and the room on either side. To many this is not pleasant ; and if given to speaking while asleep, the impressions which you convey to timid persons in the neighbouring apartments will not only cause them a great deal of unnecessary anxiety, but may suggest to their minds an exaggerated and extremely damaging impression of your own life and character. From one neighbouring coffer-like chamber I could not help hearing the warning de livered in English in a feminine voice, "Tow, William, you must not speak in your sleep ; everything you say will be overheard." And it is very easy uttering such warnings, but of what avail are they when the man has passed into slumber ?—Blackwood. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Sept. 26.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy in the morning. ___ _ CARDIFF, Sept. 25.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Betty, for Shanghai; Athens, for Monte Video ; W. H. Jenkins, for Rio Janeiro. Lou..Asir, Sept. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Alolphus, for Manilla. Suni.ns, Sept. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Magnolese, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, Sept. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived -Carl, from St. Thomas for Hamburg. NEWHAVEN, Sept.: 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lewes, from Gurracha. PLYmouni, Sept. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gosforth, from London for Adelaide. PENZANCE, Sept. 24.—Wind E.—Arrived—Denie, from Pernambuco for Hamburg-. CLYDE, Sept. 23.—Winir guson, from Ifavannali. FORTSMOUTH, Sept. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—R. Wylie, from Richibucto for Grimsby. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 25—Fire Queen, steamer, from Archangel. Arrived, Sept. 26—Hellenas, from Patras. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. No arrivals. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Oct. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pao..et Oct. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. 22 China, Penang. and Singapore. via Sou hampton—Oet. 2 Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 26 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton— Oct. 2. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Sept. 25. Ditto, via Marseilles .. Sept. —. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via 3larseil e! Oct. 4. Newfoundland Portugal 0ct...... ..... 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British Norili America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Sept. 29. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Oct. 11. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Sept. 23. Bahamas, via New Y ork. Oct. 11. Bermuda, ditto Sept. 27. Cuba and Mexico The Committee of the Stock Exchange have passed the following resolution :—" That pending an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the General Estates Company, the buying to be sus pended." In the Paris corn market last week business was rather brisk, with an upward tendency in prices. The four marks of flour were quoted 50c. higher, at 501. 25c. the 157 kilos. ; wheat was unvaried at 28f. the 120 kilos. ; and rye at 16f. the 115 kilos. ; barley advanced 50c. to 17f. the 100 kilos. ; and oats 75c., to 19f. the 100 kilos. At the last cattle market at Seeaux, oxen sold at lf. 20c. to lf. - 50c. the kilo.; cows, at 88c. to if. 36c. ; calves, at lf. 36c. to if. 75c.; and sheep, at if.lBc. to lf. 50c. At Poissy the prices were if. 15c. to lf. 44c. ; 82c. to lf. 32c. ; lf. 34c. to if. 70c. ; and lf. 20c. to lf. 52c. respectively. A CASE OF CONSCIENCE.—A remarkable in stance of the irresistible power which conscience has over some men, who, having once committed a crime, can find no rest until they have unburdened their minds by a full confession, was brought to light the other day in the court-martial of a soldier at Portsmouth. In 1861 a colour-sergeant belonging to the 87th Irish Fusiliers deserted, and what became of him nobody ever knew. He had been nineteen years in the service, and up to the time of his desertion had been a remarkably steady and well-conducted man—his name being quite unknown to the defaulter's sheet. He was consequently much re spected by both the officers and men of his regiment. No motive whatever could be discovered for the step he had taken. Being pay-sergeant, his accounts were of course examined to see whether he was influenced by pecu niary difficulties. Not only was his cash found free from arrears, but there was even an excess of £4 to his credit. Nothing more was heard of him till about a couple of weeks ago, when he walked into the headquarters of his regiment, in the uniform of a lieutenant in the Federal army, and gave himself up as a deserter. During his ser vice with the Yankees he had been in twenty-six general engagements, besides numerous skirmishes, and had re ceived seven wounds, some of them severe. All this time he says ho never had a day's peace of mind. The shame of de sertion haunted him continually. The fear, too, lest by any accident his cash accounts had been found wanting ever so little gave him no rest. He imagined everyb o dy knew he was a deserter, and despised him accordingly. This tor t ur ing thought harassed him day and night, till, unable to endure it longer, ho obtained his discharge from the Federal service and took ship for England, solely with the intention of giving himself up. The finding of the court martial was that he should suffer 84 days' imprisonment; but the sentence was subsequently remitted, with the ex ception of 28 days. The unfortunate man, of course, loses the pension which two years more service with his old regiment would have entitled him to. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. Lizard Lytham Vixen NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. • THE TRIAL STAKES. 1. , ...................... 3 Six ran. GRAND DUKE MICHAEL_ STAKES. Longdown Zambesi 1 2 Contract I 1,1 N DICAP T.Y.C. Lady de Verge indigestion Wild Thyme Five rau 4, .... 3 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL'S —LAST EVENING. GREAT EASTERN HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Cadeau (offered, take 9to I) 12 to 1 agst Acolyte (taken) CESAREWITCX. 20 to 1 agst Morris Dancor (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Alabama (taken) 25 to 1 agst Nuneaton (taken) 50 to 1 agst Nukuhova (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 40 to 1 agst D a li an° (taken) The Derby not mentioned. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-3101;mM EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP. 9to 1 agst Cadoau (taken) 10 to 1 agst Vanderveldo (taken) 100 to 7 agst Acolyte (taken) , 100 to 6 agst Gemma (taken) 100 to 6 agst Thallasins (taken) 25 to 11 agst Dawdle (taken) CESAREWITCH. 100 to 8 agst Privateer (taken) 20 to 1 bar one (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 25 to 1 on the field LATEST SCRATCHINGS. GREAT EASTERN llANnicAr.-LJohn Davis, Attraction, Gardevisure, Claremont, Soumise, Lord Douglas, Belle of the Ball, Tennyson, May Bloom, Vandervelde, Charity, Antimacassar, Jezebel, Swordsman, Reginalla, II Re Galan tuomo, Tibia, Nip, Thalassius, Troubadour, Diomed, Va balathus, and Peeress. _ SIXTEENTH TRlENNlAL.—Rigolboche, Figaro, Idle Girl, Anna, Abbot, Menace, Baragah, Ely, Auricula, Hollyfox, Myrtilus, Alcyone, Revival, Bandarilla, Sir Roger, Valiant, Skeffington, Hymettus, Mirage, Peon, Bucken lam, and Leybourne. HOPEFUL STAKES.—Lass of Gowrie, Lady Bank, Saxon Beauty, War, Penelope, Plotwell, Vagabonde, Florida, Adelina, St. Sophia, Duke of York, Osiris, Schoolboy, Mary Hill, and Conservative. GRAND DUKE MICHAEL STAKES—AII have paid forfeit but the following :—Contract, Zambesi, Liddington, and Longdowu. SCRATCHINGS AT TATTERSALL'S. The following scratchings were affixed to the notice board at Tattersall's on Monday afternoon : GREAT EASTERN HANDlCAP.—Antimacassar, Vander velde, II Re Galantuomo, Tennyson, Gardevisure, Jezebel, Belle of the Ball, and Charity. OCTOBER HANDlCAP.—Exchequer, Chimney Sweep, Furze Chat, Moose, Sandal, Nuneaton, Ethelred, and Charity. All Lord Zetland's, Prince do Soltikoff's, and Mr. S. Thellussen's horses are struck out of their engagements in the Newmarket First October Meeting. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 25. The Poonah, with the Bombay mail, arrived here at 6 a.m. to-day. The mail leaves for London at 11.30 a.m. Passengers and ship in quarantine for 52 hours. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. hllles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1864. 18( 5 1861 Z £ _ _ _ 1865. 99i 2,094 1.757 4 671 537 28 2,2(►8 2,034 E 9 1,t54 ;73 1211 7,55 t 7.178 408 27,518 2693.) 121 8,4 8 2,287 Belfast and N. Counties 9)f Belfast and County Down 4ll Blyth and Tyne .. 28 Brecon aud Merthyr Bristol and Exeter l2li Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB Cambrian l3l Cock ermouth K & Penrlth Cockermouth and \V Orkin Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 654 Deeside . 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 Dublin and Drpgheda ...... .., zp, 13:tkii - &Wrca.37uand Wix . ;ci: 106 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, Ste 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 404 Great North of Scotland 991 tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 1 LSoutlin. & Westn.(lrlnd.) B S 7I Great. Western l2BO Hull & Hornsea Highland .. .............. Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire& Yorkshire 403 Limerick and Ennis 24f Limerick aud loynes 264 Llanelly 464 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall bi London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 271 London, Chatham, & Dover; f 134 all Nletiopolitan Extension ( 12 Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend ilan.,Sheflielcl. & Lincolnsh .. 2161 Rauch. S.. Jun.& Altrincham.. !ft liaryport and Carlisle 2B 31etropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6721 Ilidland Gt.West.n. of [rind— 2601 llonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dark 11944 1169,E 75,:14 70.488 North London 9 v 13,584 3.189 North Staffordshire 258 238 ;8,400 8.437 Pembroke and Tenby lli 114 163 131 481 9 338 346 20 423 368 f 247 202 324 649 671 634 1,913 1.908 17 46J 4-7 63 1 ,7 0 1.100 2 464 91i 3, 94 2,955 30 362 :52 5) 3,670 3.333 149 1).493 9,489 663 35,677 34,018 365 45,383 11,495 991 2,704 3,073 711 627 523 181 10.7.8 8 671 1236 76,3.9 71,610 13 191 210 246 5,103 4,565 145 2,02.) 1,679 903 45,320 42,190 241 201 163 26} 151 112 461 7G3 7;1 201 3,)7 2 1271 f 1 0,466 113 3 3) 1 9 bp 2,143 1,1110 454; 211,523 26,•,37 267/ 26,340 23,101 121 13,4 0 11,41 llf 5 2,630 2,110 27 3,260 2,:,00 421 2,576 2,192 236 22,8'5 21,263 vi 1,602 1,130 28 1,666 1,530 2, 41 21.8 6 3 11 55,060 62, , 280 260/ 5,023 4,603 44 2,831 2,110 WHAT TO DO WITH SIX HUNDRED A YEAR.--I am the victim of a noble discontent. lam am ambitious man. Possessed of talents above the average, but rendered infructuous through a certain difficulty of ascertaining in what direction they lie, 1 find myself condemned to an in significance abhorrent to my soul. Were I rich, old fel low, all would be well. My abilities would at once com mand the respect they deserve. But here again I fail. I emgoslitttelme bparirzraesesifnegfo.rtulnew'siwehhfetell,vs erei x h p u r n a d e r t c d a b a l y e e t a o r have six hundred a year. Di sgus ti ng income ! Of all the P i: d th dlin toss up with the blind goddess whether it should be six thousand or nothing ! You're for ever dodging about the tail of it, neither actually out of debt nor plunging honestly into it. In embracing solitude, I resign all the dreams of love and ambition. I owe nothing. My very tailor is paid. Disarmed, stingless, ho melts into the common herd, and is forgotten. My frame will be covered by two gowns —my other needs by thirty pounds a year. The residue of my property will accumulate, so as to form a fund which after my decease, will be devoted to the outfit, biennially, of six hermits, of disappointed views, but irreproachable character. You will allpw me to name you as one of the trustees."—Dickens's "All the Year Round." BRUTAL CONDUCT TO A lIORSE.—At the Petty sessions, Dunmow, yesterday, before Mr. J. M. Wilson (chairman), Mr. E. Childs, Mr. J. W.Williams, an d the Rev. Mr. West, WM. Laundrum and Charles Willis were charged by the secretary to the. Royal Society for tho Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with torturing a horse on the 22d ult. Mr. Colam stated that on the said day the s d e f e ndants were engaged carting bri c k s n ear Felstead, and i n crossing a field the wheels o f th e cart got embedded in Alonosneoyeaerathb,ya thisnd the th horse was re defendants ulnfaahblteedtosdomraewsttrhaelmy and placed it under the belly of the horse, which though it caused fearful injuries, failed to cause the poor animal to move the load. Witnesses having deposed to the foregoing facts, Mr. Young, veterinary surgeon, was called to prove the extent of the injuries, and from his evidence it ap peared the wretched brute was covered with blisters over the entire length of the belly, each of which measured the size of a hen's egg, and the private parts were swollen to five times their n atural size. Mr. Colam having pressed for heavy penalties, the chairman said there could be no excuse for the brutality which had been proved. Even if the horse had jibbed, as the defendants alleged, such horrible inhu manity could not be tolerated. Everyone knew that kind ness alone would cure jibbing. He should commit Laun drum, the elder defendant, to prison for three months' hard labour, and Willis (the youth) for one month. ELECTION EXPENSES.—The liberal expenses at the late Liverpool election are published this (Tuesday) morn ing. Mr. Ewart lost his seat at a cost of £2,765 17s. 11d. and Messrs. Horsfall and Graves (Conservatives) won theirs at a cost of 43,237 3s. Gd. We have not yet been able to obtain the liberal statement of South Lancashire, but the Conservative spent about £B,OOO. At Birkenhead Mr. Laird wou his seat with an expenditure of £1,274; and Mr. Jack son lost at a cost of £1,968. SEIZURE OF A LARGE QUANTITY OF AMMUNITION. —On Sunday the steamer Collins, Capt. Williamson, ar rived in the Mersey from St. Nazare. She was yesterday seized by the Customs authorities because her manifest did not include a large portion of her cargo. The search of the officers resulted in the discovery of 120 tons of shot and s h e ll, of which there was no mention made in her papers. She remains in the hands of the Customs authorities, who await Government instructions. 20i 10 100 1