The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-30 00:00:00

ONE - 7' MARKET • A COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Monetary affairs are assuming quite a different aspect from what they did a few days back. The limited business which has lately been in progress has lessened the number of commercial bills on offer, and added to this the specie movement has t aken a very favourable turn. Gold has been a ccumulating at the Bank, and the export demand for the Continent has fallen off to a comparatively trivial amount. Bankers and brokers have a large S urplus of cattle on offer, and have consequently been desirous of' employing it in the business brought forward in the discount market at about a per cent. below the official minimum. The public perceiving this are in no hurry to place their bills, and are now holding over what paper theY can till after the Bank Court shall have ad lnurned to-morrow. There was an influx of £69,000 in gold to the Bank yesterday. The directors of " Moore, M'Queen, and Com pany (Limited)" have declared an ad interim divi dend at th e ra t e o f 10 per cen t. p er annum , f ree of income tax, fo r th e th ree m onths ending 30th June ' 4O , payable on and after the Ist September, at the London and County Bank, Hanover-square. The Board of Directors of the Delhi and London Bank (Limited) have declared an interim dividend °f 9 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending 30th June, 1865. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, .the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f . 55 e. Flat. The satisfactory turn of the Money Market is inducing more confidence, and securities at the atock Exchange generally denote buoyancy. Nume rous dealings have taken place in the English Funds to-day, and Consols have risen to 894 for money and account, and for October, 90*. The Nei' Threes and - Reduced Annuities are 891 tachequer Bills 3s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1054 ; 4 11 d ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 109. In the Foreign Market an average business has been negotiated, and securities generally show an Improvement. Turkish Consolides are 481 ; Afexican, 231 ; the New Loan, 221 ; Greek, 20 + ; Spanish Passive, 29i 4 ; the Certificates, 14 1 ; Italian, 641 4 ; and the Confederate Loan, 7 9, American Securities have also been in request. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 684 69 ; Erie Shares, 53 ; and Illinois, 781 In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been more active, and prices have, in most instances, 811 °wn a further improvement. South Eastern, North Eastern (Berwick), and South "Western have e ach improved ss. ; Metropolitan and Great East era each 10s. ; and Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Western, each 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are in moderate request. Great Western of Canada have improved ; Great Indian Peninsular, 4 ; and East Indian I. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in- Stances a shade firmer. London and County are firm at 77k, and London Financial, at 22k. The following are the current quotations of some Of the principal new undertakings : —The New Issue °f 50 ,000 Preference Shares of each of the Atlan ,7 Teleg ra ph , 9 i21 per share; Northern Assam Tea Company's Shares, dis. prem. ; Chubwa Tea, dis. prem. ; London-bridge Land, 2 1 d L; Albert-bridge, 114 prem. ; London Jute ondonl prem. ; APQueen Brothers, 1 2 prem.; a ,, Quays, dis. par ; British India Trust Gin Agency Corporation, 1 1 prem. ; Overend, and Company, 3 3i prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 8 Der ORNMENTConsoIs FUNDS. GC en VE t. 'p• J3O. Account, Sept. 7 er Cent. Reduced B9l. ii e e w 3 per Cent B9l 1 I n w 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A -0 . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. N for 30 yrs, expire sth April,' 1885 — tv-uiso (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -e.4equer Bills, £l,OOO, Do, £5OO 3 & 34- per Cent. — 3 dis D o £lOO and £2OO Ba nk of England Stock, 5i per Cent — 11210 Account ' — b.LP:JUN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ",,,lati Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 .'-'l,O Account 105 i Do. 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 ;-0. A.ccount I '°. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 '",,0. Certificates .i.,&'o. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do'". 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 O• 5 i per May 1879 1094 P'-'O. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ e. Bonds, .£l,OOO _ Do.under £1 ,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4UStrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent 97 Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 h Do. 1863 -nUenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ch il D ian 6 o 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 p er C ent ) per Cent Do. 4i. per Cent C olombian 6 per Cent. t ab 5 6 per Cent. Danish per Cent., 1825 - 1 : ) .„0. 4 3 per Cent., 1863 D ' l3 . 5 per Cent 1773-77, .£25 paid — .1 -atubian Principalities .„Be. Account ue XB6 paid — '4l,lltulor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — D •ue., Provisional Land Warrant — I,Tptian 7 per Cent 9B " u ea Second Issue , Do. 1864 951 ,, D o .£lOO Bonds vre e k 5 D o A _ per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 204 4 Do Account tr. _ y Cou pons D o rnala 5 per Cent. i 1t , 4.839 and 1850 — t al l 5 per Cent (Maremmana, Railway) 0 1865 D D e Sc rip, £674 paid — b ° 5 per Cent. 1864 — 14 e ,,‘?' Scrip, £55 , paid Dlea.ll c 3 Per t Cent O. A c ~ D o 1864 — Do.ti b per Cent. Anglo-French — litr French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — kolat?Videau 6 ;perCent., £3O paid N °llBll D.ll rial 5 per Cent e lr Gra, r ne 2 )1 " r i ,Per Cent — D o ° ~-ueferr ed Per , t'alld Warrants (Hectares) is o 'art 44 pe r C en t D c o ) a ' e riP, £45 paid, paid in Bonds D o A ," Per Cent. (Uribarren) — P or Do - co 1 Pe unt r Cent., 1862 t Ac t:g li ese 3 per Cent., 1853 121, - , Accou nt — D o Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 4 4 7 7 , 1 kssi Account I), 4 A 11 , 1 5 per C en t ., 182 2, £ S t 9 31 0 0 Per Cent. 1850 D o 4' I Pei Omit. 1859 D o per Cent., 1860 D o '2 Per Cent 1862 . 924 i 3 Sp lto . ° Per Cent. 1864 — Dols: 3 Per Cent A ..cceunt D A-c ceunt be Passive ° Acc ou ta t ,i,„, nt _— S b o .e Cert. of Coup not funded — Nve c ti 4c ° o lint 144 I D o A sh 4 Per Cent D "'count rh 9. 41- -trkish,yer Cent. 1864 1:, A .' Per Cent. 1854 944 4 4 o- -,ccount 6 D o A Per Cent. 1858 .13 '' e ou/it 00.4100 Bonds D O O 6 1 i Per Cent .I], Per Cent 1862 Do fi e _ . D o ..tirunt Do 6 ° 130 nds D ° _ per Cent., 1863 — b` ° Per Cent. 1865 1)0 .000 Ponds 1865 ' • D o (I S rip. .£3a p a id 64 dis Ve "ruaranteed, 4 1001 nezu e l 4 per Cent a 3 per Cent. D o, 6 °B. A P er ueet, 1864 — - • e eelint Diva An et • l 'teeds on the above payable in London. 1 41 riati, 5 Per C • I) gian, 41 Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 14,1 1 ~ 2 - Per cent., Ex. 25f. D . ; 2 P e r Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — k.,,._._e, per Cent. Certifics,ies — 7 1 0 1! Relates, 41 per Cent. Ita:eoun ........ 1) `• Per Cent iiZ ... ... :. : ..... 64i i i °' 4ccount .. ..,........'... . Ex ... ....... THREE O'CLOCK. Ceplsoo.lB4cc.o..un...i 89 1 4 _ SHARE MARKETS---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. 1 Closing i Business Price. done. Share Railways, i 13.14 EA et st 50 20 De. do. 1855-58 Do. C Vale of Neath W.Hartlepool Ilar.&R. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. Viol., & str. Blyth and Tyne Bt istol and Exeter 7aleclontin .3ork and Bandon Corn w.ll )o. A A gets no div. Do • B ' llep.c . p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & b.Junc. Edinburg,ll & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, ( )rd. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. B Do. icew, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original . S. V.il. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Fo. He. eford Lanclshire & Yorkshire L , ndon and Blackwall Lon., 8ri , 411., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dov. r Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid? and Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid. Gt. W., Ireland Do. # shares Mid Kent North British _ _ Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun.' Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N*E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18(4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stick Shrews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South E.,stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw ill BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, Cen. In. u. 5 per cent.. Do. 1 shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do ['reference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c.bis.Aux.l, 872 Do. do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & E., Btu.. ape Town & Dock, gu. Ormerara, 7 p.c. per. p I , :ast. Ben_ al, gu , 5 do East I. gu. 5 p.c. Do .1 Etiteitstoti Grand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip. Aloft, Bond& 1 charge 6 p.c Do. !FA ref. Bonds Do do. clrferred _ Do. 2rl Pr. t. Itonds Do. do. (tett rred d Pref. stock Do. do. defer red Do. 4th Pre!. stock 1)o. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. n p. c t. South of (Wm gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do 4-mat W , s. of Canada.. D New Do. 6 p. c. Bd.. pay 1873 ..o. 5 , 60. pay. 1877-,.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do DO. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. New Brunswick & Can. Class A and B V.Dl.C'da,pclst pi. bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub O,O Do.lndus St Flo 96 18 134 135 6 61 (6 .6 17 109 111 46& 474 7} 8j 133 134 153 154 128 132 86 c 8 66} 661 63 65 45 47 40 45 e 5 1 07 1194 120 88 90 113 (05 3 127} 3271 9.) 10 67 E 8 135 i 134 3 ti p 1321 133 Lot IL3 56} 574 z 4 25 1121 1131, 69 70 105 106 37i 3S - -p 10 II p 121 123 14 2 p 76 78 11 12 150 154 58 60 55 57 81 82 8i 9e 155 158 3 4 p 106 108 49 M 127 i 99i 9 i ISIONS. 56 58 101 104 pr 4p 4 4.} 9 10 99 101 70 75 100 102 10 ti IC2i 103 104 IP 171 28, '8 90 64 66 5 6', 56 58 50 52 43 4.2 33 42 25 1.7 24 16 103 1(4 1 a P I 3 P 1001 1011 111. 12,4 81 81d, 82 64 1 d 101 102 95 97 9.) 92 64 66 82 84 100 101 100 101 d 100 101 1031 1 i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU. 'British Colurrpia,6 pert cent., Dec. 31, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-64 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D. , . 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p r. Inscribed sk Cape (.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 April dc vet. ItSbC)-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. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, May US, Nov. it, Natal qov. o per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 0.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18a to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Grov. 6 p.C.Ja &July Do. do, pril & Oct BRITE C c a h m i ---7— ve C rt o o n:ol. Gold, Um Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. Drake walls East Bassett (Mogan). • East Cara.' on as, Cam Brea East G:enville East Love ,1 E. W'i Russell (Tavistk G am. & StA uhyn(G - ,ven. Gr•ltt L .xcy, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor iHelst Grenvilie Herod's Foot Elim..;ston Downs Margaret lUny Lelant Marke Valley. vt wy tidy Iron Ore, lin, Nangi les .. New Seton North Downs North Itoskear N.Wh'l Bassett( II Logan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr vidence UnyLKlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park Tin Croft West iiassett (Illogan . W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett Illogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea Ludo, , tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Tr elawney (Lis Wheal Uni 97 98 95 97 98 100 84 85 82 S 4 103 105 100 toa 108 110 108 108 113 105 109 111 103 105 107 109 107 109 102 104 95 97 9) 101 93 95 90 01 103 105 85 86 98 100 102 103 106 108 IC9 110 INES. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, .te., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 102 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, 88 Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Eastern of France, 20i N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 5 Sambre and Meuse, 61 FOREIGN MINES. Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., 31 BANK b. Anglo Egyptian, lim., 121 Bank of British Columbia, 231 Chartered , 'ter. of India, London, and China, 48 9i Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 12 European Bank, Rm., 111 Imperial Ottoman, 151 1 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, -- Ditto. new, 13 London and County, 771 61 London Joint Stock, 471 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 51 National Provincial of England. -- Ditto, d and Id issue, 45 41 Provincial of Ireland, 851 fpfxDitto, new, 3, Union of London, 53} AIISCELLANICOUS. Canada Company,:s4 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, Si Fairb lirn Engineering, el Fore-street Warehouse, lira., ( Gen. Uredit and Finance of London, lira.. lt London General Omnibus Company, 3 Idielras Irr gation and Canal, Ditto (a11),11181 311liwall Freehold Land and Dock, lira, '22 Oriental Gas, A MISSIONARY CHAPLAINCr.—The Bishop of La buan has appointed the Rev. C. W. Hawkins, of St. Augus tine's College, Canterbury, to be a missionary to the Sibuan Dyaks, settled on the river Merdaug, a branch of the liver Sarawak. The Sibuans are ono branch of the great tribe of Sea Dyaks who some years ago were so troublesome to the commerce of the Eastern seas. The .Napoleonien of Aveyron states that during the ten days which have elapsed since the opening of the shooting season in the southern zone of France, the sportsmen of that department have been very successful Hares are numerous, and there is a great abundance of partridges. Quails are scarce in the neighbourhood of. Tarbes, but rather plentiful in the environs of Lourdes. The police of Montpellier have just arrested two Italians, named Achari and Frediani, who were suspected of uttering false coin. In their possession were found a considerable sum in good money, some valuable jewellery, and 28 counterfeit I.olr. pieces. Both have been committed for trial. :SII M. 2.1.0 30 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2..3.6 9.10.6 60t all 1.1.0 18.18.91 30.17.6 9 10 22 24 560 580 2 18 0 11} 12i 6 tb 21 2 10 11 31 41 2 4 19i 20} ji 2} 35 3 7 I 2i 40 4Z 2 2i 2t 3 41 42 2i 11 11 13 25 35 4 it 11 If 2 20 22 470 490 15 2' 13 15 174 18i 7; 10 12 75 8 ) 170 180 75 80 18 30 4 6 95 2CO 17 18 rilE SUN, LONDOIN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1F65, POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This Day. BOW-STREET ROBBERY BY A POTMAN.—Henry William Sledge, a potman, lately in the employ of Mr. Vass, landlord of the Goat Tavern, Chanie-street, Tottenham-court-road, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a cheque for .£25. Mr. Vass said the prisoner was a potman, in his service, and the end of last month he sent him out to get cash for a cheque for £25 on the London and Westminster Bank. He nover returned, and he had not seen him since that time until ho was in custody of the police. John E. Morris said prisoner came into Mr.Hazlewood's shop, in Tottenham-court-road, on July 29, and asked for change of the cheque in question for Mr. Vass. He asked for as much silver as could be spared. Witness gave him £5 in silver and £2O in gold. The cheque was afterwards paid into the London and County Bank in the ordi nary way of business. Police-constable 217 G said—About half-past 11 on Friday night last he heard the prisoner was in Old-street, and he went there and apprehended him. Ho told him he should take him into custody for stealing £2O from Mr. Vass, his master. He said he was very sorry, and that it was the first dishonest act he had ever committed. He further told him that when he had succeeded in getting the cheque changed into coin, he had a fit in the street, and afterwards he went into a public-house to get a glass of brandy as a restorative. While there he discovered that he had lost all his money except £2 3s. 6d. He took him to the station, and on searching him he only found one halfpenny. Mr. Vaughan asked whether the cheque was ready to be produced. Mr. Vass said he had not got it with him. It had, doubt less, gone back to Messrs. Eagles and Travers. He would, however, get it if it was required. Mr. Vaughan said it was the subject of the larceny, and it was of importance that it should be iu court. Mr. Vass said ho would have it in Court on Friday. Mr. Vaughan then remanded the prisoner until that day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE. — William Corcoran, of 45, Vine-street, Pimlico, a plasterer, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with being drunk, dis orderly, and using abusive language, with intent to produce a breach of the peace at the Princess's Theatre. Mr. Henry Webb, cheesemonger, of 29, Marlborough street, said that on the previous evening he went to the Princess's Theatre with his daughter, about 13 years of age. They had only been in the gallery a short time when the prisoner came in with a female. The prisoner and the female kept moving about, and threw some walnut shells amongst the audience and annoyed all the persons near them. He told the prisoner that he had better be quiet and sit down, and he sat down and then exclaimed in a fierce manner, " I have paid my shilling, and I'll have my shilling's worth." The piece then went on when prisoner stood up, and on being asked to sit down, he said he wanted to stand, and he would do so. He told the prisoner that he had annoyed persons all the evening, and the prisoner re plied, "I'll punch your jaw." He told the prisoner that he did not think he would, and ho then made use of a most disgusting expression—so disgusting, indeed, that persons cried out "Shame." He (Mr. Webb) then called for the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Mr. Mansfield said that when a ruffian like the prisoner misbehaved himself it was the duty of the authorities of a theatre to eject him at once. The complainant ought not to have been insulted and annoyed as he had been for even five minutes. Wm. Peacock, 37 A, said, on going to the gallery, he ouud the prisoner with his shirt sleeves tucked up, and on taking hold of him he made use of the most abusive language. He found that the prisoner was drunk, and on getting him outside he became very disorderly, and made use of disgusting language. He was engaged in the pit of the theatre at the time of the disturbance in the gallery, or would have interfered before. The prisoner said he might have used the bad language, but he was excited at the time. He was now sorry for it. Mr. Mansfield said the prisoner's conduct was abomin able, and he should commit him for seven days with hard labour. _ _ _ The prisoner asked that a fine might be imposed, but the magistrate refused tho application. TIIAMES. WIFE BETTERS.—Thomas Hawkes, a tall, strong, and powerful man, about 50 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with beating his wife, Ann, who com menced her evidence by requesting the magistrate to send her out of the country beyond the reach of her husband, whose brutality and general tyranny had exhausted her patience and forbearance. Mr. Paget said he had no power to comply with the woman's request. The complainant said her husband beat her last night. He kicked her and struck her on the head. He used very disgusting language before their children, and contami nated their morals. She was a pew-opener at St. Peter's Church, St. Peter's-road, Mile- end, and could obtain a good character from the late and present incumbent. She utbultl rather be sent abroad in the most menial capc...:4„, than live with her husband any longer. Police-sergeant Wissen, No. 1 K, stated that the com plainant was much ill used. Her pocket and dress were both cut, and her money had been taken away. The pri soner said he would be hung at Newgate for her, and at tempted to strike her in his presence. . . The prisoner said his wife was a person with great in firmity of temper, and would not give him money when he wanted it. She stopped out the whole of last Saturday night. The Wife—l did. I was afraid of my life. He was drunk. Mr. Paget said the prisoner was a brutal husband, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. Frederick Tabb, a cutter-out to a tailor, of No. 8, Bed ford-street, Stepney, was brought up on a warrant before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting his wife Eliza, a little careworn, sickly woman, with bruises on her face, neck, and arms. The prisoner was a perfect sample of a domestic tyrant, neglecting his wife and family, spending the greater part of his earnings at houses of public entertainment in the in dulgence of his own sensual gratifications, frequently beat ing his wife, and on many occasions literally knocking her into the street and closing his door upon her. There had been " scores of summonses" taken out against him for beating his wife, and she has as often forgiven him. On ono occasion only she prosecuted him, and he was sen tenced to seven days' imprisonment. On another occasion he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for assaulting a police-constable and rescuing a prisoner from his custody. On Friday night last, after the prisoner and his wife had partaken of a pint of beer with a young man, a visitor, she went to bed. The prisoner, who affected to be jealous of the young man, for which there was not the least pretence, dragged his wife from her bed, and beat her with his fists over the face and bosom, leaving the marks of his brutality on her person. Howland, 89 H, said he was an officer of the court. He arrested the prisoner, who said to his wife, a Eliza, do for give me, I will never do so again," to which his wife said, " No, I will not." There were grown-up children of the parties living. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour. Caution to Cigar Purchasers. At Bow-street Police-court, this morning, a man, named Thomas Kennedy, a paper-stainer, residing at 2S, Hadfield street, St. Luke's, was placed before Mr. Vaughan charged with endeavouring to obtain money by false pretences from several persons, by offering spurious cigars for sale, repre senting them to be genuine. Edward Gray, waiter at the Crown Tavern, Rupert street, said about twenty minutes to 1 o'clock this morning he met the prisoner in Oxford-street. He spoke to him, and shortly afterwards he produced something which had the appearance of Bengal cheroots in bundles of ten each, which he asked witness to purchase, saying that he should havo them for sixp3nce a bundle. He eventually offered three bundles for a shilling, and witness, thinking they must either have been stolen, or that the prisoner was attempting a fraud upon him, purchased the cigars for the purpose of giving information to the police, and imme diately afterwards he took one and broke in half, when he observed that they were made up of dried leaves, and brown paper. Ho at once told the prisoner he ought to be ashamed of himself to offer such things for sale, when he, finding that the prosecutor had discovered the nature of the fictitious cigars, gave him his money back again and walked away. He (witness) then met a constable and told him what the prisoner was about. Police-constable Moorcraft, 165 E, who wore the Eng lish, French, and Turkish Crimean medals, said that in consequence of what the last witness told him he watched the prisoner, whom be saw go up to three or four gentle men, and asked them to purchase cigars. He went up to him and took him into custody, and then found he had a lot of bundles of paper cigars in his possession. He heard the prisoner say to one of the persons to whom he offered the cigars that they were very good ones, and that they could not be produced in the shops for double the price. The prisoner said he was very sorry, but he did not think he was doing wrong in offering the things for sale. Mr. Vaughan said he did not believe him. He had some doubts about a jury convicting for "endeavouring" to obtain money by false pretences, and as the charge of actually obtaining the money had been condoned by the return of the shilling to the witness Gray, he should dis charge the prisoner, but he cau ti on ed him against coming to that court again, for if he had esoaped bringing himself within the pale of the law on the present occasion he might not be so successful the next. The fictitious cigars he should order to be retained and destroyed. The prisoner then left the dock in a remarkably speedy manner. The Great Western Railway. -4 The directors of this company will recommend to the proprietors the following dividends for the six months ending the 31st July, 1865 :-- Great Western original stock, at the rate of £2 per cent. per annum. Great Western (West Midland—Oxford) ordinary stock, at the rate of £1 2s. 6d. per cent. per annum. Great Western (West Midland—Newport) ordinary stock, at the rate of 17s. 6d. per cent. per annum. Great Western (*West Midland—Hereford) ordinary stock, at the rate of £5 par cent. per annum. Great Western (South Wales) ordinary stock, at the rate of 3i per cent. per annum. Carrying forward a balance of about £12,000. if rightful Accident and Loss of Life at the Thames Embankment.—This Day. Between the hours of six and seven o'clock the greatest excitement was caused among the inhabitants of White hall, owing to a tremendous noise, similar to an explosion having taken place. It was soon discovered that one of the steam portable travelling engines used by Mr. Fur ness for forming a portion of the embankment had fallen off the gantries behind the caisons in front of the river, and also a piece of stone weighing over three tons ; and, what was worse, a man named Thomas Loyde was literally crushed to death. It appears that whilst the unfortunate man was raising the block of stone, and when near the top of the "jib," it slapped a little out of the chain, 'and caused the engine to cant, and it then fell on to the piles and cross beams, crush ing them to pieces, and the engine and the stone and the poor man descended into the shallow water on the north side of the embankment. Every person near ran to the spot to render assistance, but a considerable time elapsed before the unfortunate man could be extricated, for the engine was broken to pieces, and the great weight of the stone required the aid of another engine to re move them. The poor fellow was at length got out and taken to the Westminster Hospital, when it was found that life was quite extinct. Although another powerful steam engine has been employed, only the jib and a pair of wheels have yet been drawn up, the remainder of the engine still remaining in the water. The accident is attributed to the fact of the engine not having been lashed to the gantries. The Attempted Suicide and Murder in Westminster. Yesterday afternoon, a man named Shaughnessy, a mason attempted to murder his wife in Regent-street, Pimlico, by eutting her throat with a razor. He inflicted a severe wound upon her, and afterwards attempted to kill himself by cutting his throat. Fortunately he was successful in neither attempt. The wound inflicted on his own person is the most Ekely to prove fatal. The poiice have the matter in hand. LATEST PARTICULARS. The man William Shaughnessy recovered sensibility last night at ten o'clock. He said to the nurse, who had charge of him in the ward at Westminster Hospital, " I did not intend to kill my wife when I struck at her with the razor, but I did mean tv do for myself." He made no state ment as to what circumstances had induced him to commit suicide. The authorities at the hospital, when they were informed of the statement made by the self-injured man, instantly communicated with the police in order that they might send a constable to remain with him during the night. He is at present under the care of Mr. Antonini, the house-surgeon. The wound in the wretched man's throat is seven inches wide ; but the gash, although it extends from ear to ear, has not injured either the wind pipe or the jugular vein. It is thought probable that he will live for at least 24 hours. The injuries to the throat of the wife are almost iden tical to those of her husband, but there is no danger of her immediate death. The wounds were inflicted with a razor. The cause of the quarrel which terminated so seri ously is stated to be a refusal on the part of the wife to give up to the care of her husband his son, a boy aged ten years. Frequent quarrels had taken place between them before ; and yesterday, at the time of the shocking occurrence, they were returning from the police-court, where the magistrate had been trying to bring about a reconciliation between them. The man, whose age is 47, had been married to his wife, whose age is 45, several years. They have five children—three boys and two girls —and they lived at 142, Lillington-street. The man has a very determined and ferocious appearance. On inquiring at Westminster Hospital, this morning, our reporter learnt that both the man Shaughnessy and his wife were progressing favourably, considering the nature of their wounds, though of course no definite opinion can bo formed as to the result—but the very worst is to be feared. WESTMINSTER. HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.—Thomas Rush, a low-looking fellow, was charged with highway robbery and violence. Mr. Henry Jeffeley, a gentleman residing at 52, Glou cester-street, proved that at about half -past four on Tues day afternoon he was in Patrick-street, when a man sud denly seized his Albert chain from behind with groat violence. The man was on the right side of him, and held him back to the fence. After a smart struggle he got the chain in his right hand and hold it up, so that witness could not get hold of it. lie then shifted the chain from the right hand to the left, and tried to get the watch, worth twenty guineas, but it was secured in the pocket, and only broke the swivel away. Witness then caught him by the collar and held him at arm's length. The man then struck him violently, which caused his face to bleed. Witness then shifted his umbrella to effectually secure the man, but he effected his escape from towards Stratton-ground, witness pursuing and calling " Stop thief," to which no one paid attention. The man then turned to go down a low court called Pear-street, leading to Duck-lane, but as he turned he slipped up and fell on the kerb-stone ; ho then got up again, and ran down tho court. A man got out of his way to let him pass, and then barred the entrance, so that prosecutor could not go down. Information was given, and prisoner was taken. Prosecutor was sure he was the man. Alfred Newton, a lad, proved that to the best of his be lief, prisoner was the man who fell down, as he saw him fall at his feet. Sergeant Buckley, 17 B, proved apprehending prisoner in rye -street, Westminster, when he said nothing to the charge. He had suffered penal servitude, and been con victed for a month for au assault. Prisoner denied the charge, and made a very able de• fence for a man of his class, but He was remanded till Saturday. THE MURDERER KlNG.—Laurence King will, it appears, be hung on the Gth of September for the murder of Lieut. Clutterbuck, of the sth Fusiliers. The Attorney- General has refused to sanction the application for the writ of error, on the ground of the challenge to the array of jurors.—Sanders' News Letter. THE SUSPECTED MURDER IN EDINBURGH.—The authorities aro busy making investigations into the cause of the death of James Kelly, who was supposed to have been murdered in Edinburgh on Saturday. The post mortem examination of the deceased took place ou Satur day by Dr. Littlejohn, and though the result has not been made known, it is stated that death resulted from suffo cation ; and considering he had of late been drinking heavily, and the posture in which he had been found, it is not improbable that may have been the cause. The Great Eastern Railway. The scrutineers yesterday stated the result of Sergeant Gazelee's amendment for the appointment of a committee of investigation into the company's affairs, which the directors opposed. The result of the poll was, according to the decision of the 'scrutineers, in favour of the appoint ment of the committee. The following gentlemen were then appointed to form the committee :—Messrs. Turner, George Smith, W. A. Ballantine, Bevis, and Gregg. The chairman of the board of directors said every facility would be given to the committee. Books and papers would un reservedly be placed before the committee. Liverpool Cotton Market -This Day. Market opens very strong. Sales, 15,000 or 20,000 bales.. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Aug. 80.—Wind this clay at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CARDIFF, Aug. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Octuvia, from Nazaire. OFF SCILLY, Aug. 28.—Arrived—Columbus, from New York. FALMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Aurora, for Plymouth. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived—Euxine, steamer, from Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Norfolk, for Melbourne. _ nal - HEAD, Aug. '20.:- - Wind S.W.—Arrived—Arcturnis, from Rio Janeiro. LONDONDERRY, Aug. 28 . —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Prince Consort, from Callao. BRISTOL, Aug. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Adelaide, from Mazatlan. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 29.—Lady Douglas, from Jamaica; Har riet, from Pomeron. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored—Calypso, from Jamaica, for London. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1i per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.2211 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-ICths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The nourse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 to 109 per cent. At these rates there is no profit on the importation of go'd from the United States. By advic:a from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per marl and the short exchange on London is 13.7 i per £1 skein,, standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefere, about 3-10 tbs per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. It is announced that a call of £4 per share has this day been made on the shares of Overend, Gur ney, and Company (Limited), payable on 22nd of September next, at the banking house of Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Twells, and Company. The Paris Savings Bank received during the fort night ending the 28th inst. deposits amounting to 616,749 fr., and reimbursed the sum of 647,623 fr. The payments made into the Caisse de Retraites for the aged during the same period formed a total of 77,483 fr. DESTRUCTION OF LIBRARIES DURING THE AMERI CAN WAIL—The valuable Oriental library and collections of Di. W. B. Hodgson, of Savannah, a distinguished scholar and well known for his researches in African and other languages, was destroyed during Sherman's march through South Carolina. That of Mr. W. Gilmore Simms, the novelist, near Charleston, consisting of nearly 11,000 volumes, shared the same fate.—Triiker's Oriental and American Literary Record. gc Fires," says a Warsaw letter, " continue . in Poland. Up to the present time, 27 communes have become a prey to the flames. It is evident that those disasters are not the effect of chance, for almost every time that they have occurred letters announcing the fact had been previously circulated. The conflagrations always commence in the Jews' quarter, and the houses of those unfortunate persons are always the first to suffer. The in habitants, reduced to misery, all leave for Warsaw. The Government sends to the localities moveaLle columns which arrest many individuals, but have not yet been able to secure a single guilty person." ALLEGED MURDER AT WOOLWICH.--An inquest was held yesterday at Woolwich, before Mr. Carttar, on the body of Wm Courderoy, aged 43, captain of a sailing vessel, and living at 21, Parish-street, Southwark. It ap peared that on Friday morning a boy named James Evans, of 5, Rodney-street, Woolwich , seeing a fi s h i n t h e T hames (a common occurrence since the London sewage has been diverted), was in the act of wading to get at it, when he stumbled over the body of the deceased, who was l as t seen alive near the spot at one o'clock the sane morning, in company with two girls and a man, alleged to be George Dickenson, of Queen's-court, Horselydown, the mate, who had been employed by the deceased for three weeks, and who, it seems, thought the deceased had a or £9 on him ; but according to his wife's statement he couli not have had more than 30s. When the body was found the deceased's watch and money were gone. The watch, it Vas found, had been pledged by the mate, who had made contradictory statements as to where he and the deceased wire during the four or five hours preceding one o'clock. The deceased's hat was found dry on shore, and marks of a hlow were said to be discernible on his temples. The coroner adjourned the inquiry for a post-mortem examination to be made. JOHN BRIGHT'S SPIRIT * UNBURDENED. Mr. Bright, in a note to J. E. Fulton and Co:, 4f Boston, ac knowledging the receipt of a volume of " Sermons on Mr. Lincoln's Death," says:—" I feel much hapAer now than I did a year ago, for your great war was a nat burden on my spirit. I think all men should feel thankful to God that it is ended, and that the main causeof it is ended with it. Hanceforth you are a free people, and a great future is opening to you." The Scotsman says:—Mr. Henry Jame; Moncreiff , is likely to be appointed an advocate-depute a vacancy having occurred by the appointment of Mr. A:am Gifford, late senior depute, to the Sheriffship of Orkney and Shet land. CRYSTAL PALACE.— ONE SHILLING ay, Tues day, Aug. 29.—Admissions on payment, 28 1 71 .; ditto by season tickets, 3,762—t0tal visitors, 32,472. The Road Murder. The following appeal in behalf of Elizabeth Gough has very recently been issued. We give it verbatinz The voluntary confession of Miss Constance Sent, that she, and she alone, committed this crime, having completely removed the suspicions which attached to Elizabeth Gough, the nursemaid, that she was in some way implicated in the matter, it has been suggested that some compensation should be made to her for the anxiety, annoyance, and trials she has undergone. Elizabeth Gough bore her troubles with patient resignation, in the hope that time would explain the mysterious occurrence. That time has now arrived, and, after five years of unjust aspersion, her innocence has been clearly and legally established. The sympathy of the public, especially of that portion which so strongly condemned her, is respectfully solicited to make some reparation for what she has suffered, and to offer her a token of regret for the injustice that was done her. 12_1" v lug UM It 1.,116t at y corm' MUM on her cha racter being completely cleared. The following gentlemen will superintend the arrange ments :—The Hon. Mr. Justice Haliburton, Gordon House, Isleworth (since dead, on Sunday last) ; William T. Far nell, Esq., Isleworth ; J. W. Stapleton, Esq., Trowbridge, Wilts; Horatio G. Day, Esq., Isleworth, Treasurer; Hickson Briggs, Esq., Isleworth, Hon. Secretary. Contributions will be received by the Treasurer or the Hon. Sec. ; and by Messrs. Twining, bankers, 215, Strand, London. An acknowledgment of their receipt will be announced on the list being closed. Action for Breach of Promise. A jury was empannelled on Monday at York, before the deputy-sheriff, to assess the damage in a case of breach of promise of marriage. Isabella Boocock, the plaintiff, who is 26 years of age, is the only daughter of Mr. John Boo cock, of Skipton-in-Craven, bootmaker. The defendant, Mr. Joseph Cullingworth, is 29 years old, resides at Hol beck, near Leeds, and is the manager of the Co-operative Flour Mill there. He had not pleaded to the action brought against him by the plaintiff, and consequently the jury had merely to assess the damages between the parties. Their intimacy commenced in 1852, and they were both Wesleyan Sunday-school teachers. The defendant, having seduced the plaintiff, promised to marry her, and the licence for the marriage was actually taken out, but, from some cause or other, the defendant refused to carry out his contract of marriage. In a letter from Deepcar Mills, near Sheffield, dated the 4th of May, 1857, the defendant addressed the plaintiff as " My dear Bell," and stated he certainly did not think she was in " that situation," or he should have long ago saved her and himself the disgrace in which they had been so unfortunately plunged, but he urged her to keep up her spirits, as she was not the first that this had befallen by far." He could recompense her for all, and he suggested she should leave Skipton and go to Bradford, get her cousin to obtain a licence, and they would be married. He stated he could not think of going to S--, or he should be mobbed or something worse. He also expressed the hope that "thee and me may be as happy as the day is long." A letter of the same date was sent to the plaintiff's father by the defendant, who said that the contents of his (Mr. Boocock's) note had thrown him into an:awful fever, and he was not fit for anything. He never thought it would be his lot to bring such trouble and disgrace on any one, but this was brought about by their Saturday gin drinking and company. He then says—" lam wholly to blame." Do not, for heaven's sake, scold Bell, for I ought to have taught her different, and not been her ruin ; but I do crave your forgiveness, and hope sincerely to be forgiven from another source. What you think it most expedient to to be done I will at once do. I will promise you sincerely that I will make amends for the injury done to your daughter." Writing from Sheffield on May 7, 1857, the defendant informed the plaintiff's father that he could make inquiries about the licence when he thought proper. A marriage license was taken out by the plaintiff ; but on May 13 the defendant, writing from the Pack Horse In; Stockport, to plaintiff's father, said that he should not at present be allied to his daughter. His sister had told him that Mrs. B— said to her, when on a visit to Skipton, that his daughter (the plaintiff) had not been right since her return from Bradford the last time she was visiting there, and he (Mr. Boocock) well knew she was "gadding" up and down the country with a gentleman out of that neighbourhood, and he could say that he (the defendant) should not like the idea of having to stand father for some one else. He well knew he (the father) could make him life.pa y but ne h d e e n w i e o d u l t d h t, r t a t t h h e e r r e d h o a e d o b t e h e a n n b e thatuncomfortablekind a f :y r between them which had brought the plaintiff into disgrace, and he offered to pay the expenses in connection with the licence, &c. In another letter, written at Stockport on May 15 to Mr. Boocock by the defendant, he said he would write to him when he landed, and if he found his daughter and her child an encumbrance he was to send defendant word to that effect, and he would keep them for him. Had he married her he would not of (have) lived with her, because this was a plot to ruin him, but it would be a failure, for he was innocent, and that was not what he (the father) could of (have) said had he been tempted as he had been. However, he was not allied to any one, and he did not in tend to be. Mr. Granger addressed the jury in mitigation of damages, and dwelt particularly on the fact that nearly eight years had been allowed to elapse before any proceed ings were taken by the plaintiff. The last letter which had been read, accusing the plaintiff of "gadding" about, was the secret of the marriage with the defendant not taking place ; and Mr. Granger submitted that the proper course to have taken would have been to have applied to theme gistrates for an order of affiliation. He had never heard of a breach of promise case patched up as this had been after eight years had been allowed to elapse, and he thought it should }fie looked at suspiciously. The jury assessed the damages at £45. The subscription list of the Birmingham Vulcan Foundry, Engineering, and Railway Plant Company will close on Saturday, 2nd September, for London, and on Monday, the 4th, for the country. .ITIES. 1093}h9 Comparative Healthiness of London Suburbs (From an Appeadis to the New Edition of Dr. Sigismund Sutro's •‘ Spas of Germany,") The following short hints on the altitude and soil of the various parts of the metropolis may afford some guidance in this respect. A line drawn from Hendon, in the north-west, to East Wickham, in the south-east, shows us, first, in the western portion of Hendon, an altitude of 220 ft. over high-water mark, and a superstratum of gravel over the London clay. The other parts are devoid of gravel. To the left of this line the altitude gradually diminishes, in the direction of the river Brent, to 90ft. above Willesden, and then increases again to 146 north-east of Willesden, 120 east, 158 and 140 south-east. Passing the North-Western Railway, we de scend from 120 to 100 feet at the Paddington Canal, to 80 at the north, 60 at the south of Wormwood Scrubs, then we descend to 30 and 20—all on clay soil. Proceeding still southward, we meet with brick-earth as superstructure, surrounded in the form of an island by a strip of gravel, bordered by Notting Hill on the east (lying mostly on clay), and Hammersmith on the south (built on gravel); If we take up our original line, and journey from Hendon towards Hampstead, the ground (clay) lowers first, and then rises again to 430 feet at Hampstead Hill, which has a su perstratum of Bagshot sand ; we then gradually descend to 80 feet at Hampstead Road, to 60 at Gray's-inn Road, all clay soil, till the line intersects the eastern portion of Hol born-hill, which is built on gravel. The line then passes through Cheapside (48ft. high, built, like the whole city on brick-earth); crosses St. Paul's Cathedral (412 ft. high); and on proceeding to the river passes over gravel soil, which encircles the city, extending on the south to the riser, on the east as far as East India Docks, on the north east along the Mile-end-road, not quite to the Regent's Canal (whence a strip of brick-earth stretches as far as Victoria-park); on the north, from Bishopsgate-street (in clusive) to Finsbury, City-road, and Islington ; on the west, not quite to Farringdon-street. The line crosses the river (clay soil) obliquely over London-bridge ; proceeds through Bermondsey (below high-water mark, built on gravel), this side to the Green wich Railway ; then passes through Deptford (gravel), over the river Ravensboume, and arrives at Greenwich (20ft. high), possessing siliceous sands as far as the Ob servatory (210 ft. high), and pebble beds afterwards; then the line crosses Blackheath (130 to 100 ft. high), pebble bed ; then passes over clay soil to Shooter's-hill (412 ft high, with a superstratum of gravel at the top); the line descends then again on clay, to 300, 200, 180 ft. high, and arrives at East Wickham (pebble bed, 150 ft. high.) All through London the clay rests on a bed of chalk. Among the suburbs on the north side of the Thames Brompton enjoys the mildest and most equable winter climate. Built on gravel, with a moderate elevation of 20ft. between Chelsea (loft.) on the south, and Kensing ton (40 to 60ft.) on the north, it is somewhat protected against north winds, without being so enclosed as to pre vent evaporation or free circulation of the atmosphere. Its northern neighbour, Kensington (from 40 to 60ft.) has a border of brick-earth on the south ; then clay, more to the north ; then gravel. It has great advantages in the numerous trees and open squares ; but as it partly rests on the slope of a hill—for the ground rises towards the north west (Notting-hill) to 125 ft., and towards the north (Bays water) to 80ft.—it must be exposed to greater vicissitudes of temperature than Brompton; still it would be a more desirable residence for the whole year, especially the eastern and western part, than Brompton, which is too relaxing in summer. Bayswater, and particularly that part intersected by Queen's-road, enjoys the advantage of a moderately high elevation (80 ft.), and of being partly built on gravel soil. The air is bracing in summer, and not too bleak in winter, as the ground, though a little lower on the clayey West bourne-grove (60 ft.), exhibits some eminences further north, and higher hills still more northerly. Regent's park, though somewhat more elevated, from 80 ft. to 206 (at Primrose-hill), is built on clay, and lying on a decli vity of the hill, the moisture will be more apt to be retained on the ground, evaporation being further somewhat impeded through the steep northern hills. The climate will, there fore, be mild in winter, but somewhat relaxing in summer. St. John's Wood (from 140 to 160 ft. high), also built on clay, has a bleaker climate in winter, being more ex posed to vicissitudes of temperature, with the disadvantage of retaining moisture longer than gravelly soil would; whilst the neighbouring Hampstead heights, on the north east, afford only partial protection against northerly winds. In summer, however, it is a very desirable residence. Hampstead Hill (430 feet) and Highgate Hill (412 feet high), both having siliceous sands of the Bagshot series as a superstratum, whilst the other gravelly soil mentioned is only composed of drift, gravel, and sand, are vary bracing, and would be extremely well adapted for sanitaria, to admit convalescents after severe and exhausting disease. Three or four weeks spent there would probably have a more restora tive effect than double the time at the ordinary home. But, of course, for a winter residence both places are too bleak and might, by the vicissitudes of temperature, produce bronchial and pulmonary as well as rheumatic diseases, whenever a predisposition exists to these ailments. In the north-east, Dalston and the southern part of Hackney are built on gravel, and have a moderate eleva iinn of 411 fpat ? L.- in n4.-een, somewhat less relaxing in summer than Brompton. That portion of Hackney surrounding London-fields is more humid and relaxing than the eastern and northern part. Victoria-park, built on gravel,with the exception of a strip of brick earth at the south-western termination, is not very elevated, having an altitude of 40 min. at the western fron tier, and of 20 min. where it approaches Bow (built on gra vel), at the south-eastern frontier. It is therefore very mild, but too relaxing in hot summers. North of Kingsland Railway Station, till near Stoke Newington, the houses are built on brick earth, and enjoy an elevation of 60 feet (this includes part of West Hackney). Stamford-hill (97 feet high), in the north, to 80 feet towards Upper Clapton, is built on gravel, and also the contiguous portion of Lower Clapton. It has a very bracing and salubrious climate, Stoke Newington (80 feet), built on clay, lies on a some what sloping ground, from west to east, as the north western Highgate hills gradually descend towards Stoke Newington. The latter, therefores, shares some of the advantages belonging to Regent's-park. Highbury, situated to the south and west of Stoke New ington is built on a ground rising to 132 ft. (Highbury-place and hill), with strong clays in the west, and brick-earth in the east : from here the ground gently slants again to 120 and 100 ft. The climate thus partakes of a bracing and mild character, the altitude allowing a free circulation of the at mosphere ; and though the ground would absorb moisture more readily if it was gravel, the eminence on which it stands, with the sloping circumference, favours evaporation. West Ham, east of Bow (built on gravel), borders on a bed of peat and alluvium, which stretches from the north western part of the River Lee, along the Leyton, Hackney, and Plaistow marshes, and extends beyond Barking Level, with an altitude of only 10ft. in the north, and diminishing towards the south. Walthamstow, north- east of Stamford-hill, rises from 80 to 100 ft. with clay soil, except the centre, which consists of gravel. Snaresbrook, fits eastern neighbour, enjoys an altitude of 100 ft., with the advantage of a gravelly soil. The ground slants to the south (80 to 60ft.). Wanstead.. Stratford, north-east of Bow, with an altitude of 20 to 10ft. ; West Ham to its south, Plaistow to the south of the lat ter, East Ham to the east, and Barking still more easterly ; all lie on gravel soil, with a low elevation, and exposed somewhat to the neighbouring marshy exhalations. As regards the more distant western suburbs, Hammersmith hes partly on gravel, towards the south, and on brick-earth in the northern part (loft.), which soil extends to Shep herd's-bush, and considerably beyond Uxbridge-road ; Chiswick, west of Hammersmith, is built on brick earth, and likewise Fulham. Being contiguous to the Thames, they have a very slight elevation; but the Thames becom ing a pure river through t he deviation of the sewage by means of the stupendous main drainage works lately ac complished, the freshness imparted to the air by the rapid course of a tidal stream will afford somo compensation for the deficient altitude. South of the Thames we have Barnes, built on brick earth, rising towards the south to 20ft. (gravel soil) on the common. Putney-heath, rising towards the south-east to 163 ft., with gravelly soil, surrounded by sandy clays. Put ney, south of Fulham, gravel soil (20ft.) Wandsworth, to the east, same soil, with an altitude rising to 60ft., inter sected by the river Wandle; the common to the south-east on gravel soil, surrounded by clay, rising from 40 to 93ft. Battersea-fields, south of Chelsea, on brick-earth. Clap ham, on gravel soil, rising southward from 20 to 60ft., and to 93ft. (Clapham-common). Camberwell, to the east, gravel soil, 10 to 20ft., then rising southward on sandy clays to 40 60, 80, and 130 ft., with Peckham, on sand and mottled clay to the east, 20ft. high, separated by shelly clays from the southern Peckham Rye, rising from 20 to 40ft., and posses sing soil of striped sand, with a southern border of pebble bed; moreover, rising ground towards the east from 60 to 184ft.(Nunhead, Telegraph-hill, Hatch= on sandy clay), and towards the south from GO to 80,100, and 160 to 284 ft. in the south-east (Forest-hill) built on clay, and also towards the west, from 60 or 80 feet (Denmark-hill rising to 130 feet, with gravel in the centre and clay at the circumference), afford an excellent protection against north-eastern, south eastern, and south-western winds. This confirms the popular belief in its salubrity for persons affected with bronchial irritation or incipient phthisis. According to the above geological characteristics, it must prove especially useful, as a summer residence, in cases of profuse bronchial secretion, whilst in severe winters, and where the cough exhibits a dry and irritative character, Brompton would deserve the preference. REVISING BARRISTERS.—Mr. Charles Evans, of the Norfolk circuit, has been appointed to revise the list of voters for the borough of Cambridge.. Mr. Samuel Cross Fish has been appointed revising barrister for the Northern division, and Mr. William Mawdesley Best for the Southern division, of the county of Essex. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. —•A notice has been placed outside the British Museum gates, by order of the trustees, announcing the closing of all the departments from tho Ist to the 7th of September, both inclusive. For the next two months after the re-opening the museum will be closed at five, instead of six, as in June, July, and August. . . THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocs. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE—This Tay. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. DERBY RACES-THIS DAY. BRETBY STAKES. Panacea W.O. FAT BUCK STAKES. Lady Bohun General Hess Blackrock A dead heat between the first two. TU.NBRIDGE RACES—TiIIs DAY. NURSERY STAKES. Domino Hasketon Maid St. Albans . Eight ran. EXETER RACES-THIS DAY. ROUGEMONT STAKES. Fairy Land Shrapuell Audax . - I• U MAMHEAD STAKES. Langham.. Beelzebub .......... Magician ............. 2 3 Pour ran. The above are the only telegrams received up to the hour of going to press. We shall give a complete list in a lattr edition. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This ray, VICTORIA CLUB BETTING. There was no alteration in the market prices of the horses already quoted for the St. Leger at the club this day. THE CLAXTON CASE. There can be no doubt now about the backers of Suspicion getting their money, as Admiral Rous was led to support the claims of Claxton from false information supplied him by Mr. E. Parr. It is with pleasure we quote the following letter which the gallant Admiral has addressed this morning to the Times : TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The evidence Lord St. Vincent has given in his letter of the 23d against the claim of Mr. E. Parr, alias Betts, to start Claxton for the Huntingdon Stakes, has cut the ground from under my feet. I imagined that Mr. E. Parr had some legal proof that ho was entitled to run his horse. I discover now it was an imposition. I therefore own myself in error, and I am very sorry for having given you the trouble of publishing my letter last week.—l am, sir, sour obedient servant, Aug. 28. It. J. Rous. Valuation of Life Liabilities• A pamphlet on the subject of the valuation of the Life Liabilities of the Royal Insurance Com pany has lately appeared, which, while modestly termed by the author an Appendix to the Report, as the actuary to the directors of that company, has, in truth, a much wider interest. In this able publication, of about 50 pages, not merely are the results of the business of the particular company disclosed, with an entire absence of reserve which is worthy of imitation by every other life office, brit the object of the talented author appears to have been so to bring down to the level of the unprofessional mind the abstruse science of the application of vital statistics to life insurance, that the intelligent reader may follow every step in ascertaining the liabilities, and the application of the profits resulting from the business of a great and leading life insurance company. It is satisfactory to add that the particular business which forms the theme of this work ap pears to have been most gratifying in its results, as is sufficiently evidenced by the following ex tract from its pages:— " The statement of accounts for the last twenty years shows, as a final result, the entire accumula tion of funds on the life assurance branch to be, on the 31st Dec., 1864 £571,046 11 1. " The amount required to be re tained to accumulate at three per scut. iuterest tO meet the liabilities of the company, as shown by the laborious calcula tions above described, is 402,087 16 10 " The amount of profit on the last five years is, therefore 168,958 14 3 Sufficient, even though the interest of money should only be three per cent., to provide a reversionary bonus of £2 per cent. per annum, to be added to the original sum assured of every participating policy effected previously to the Ist January, 1863, and . . existing on the I s t J anuar y, 1865, f or eac h entire year that it had been in existence since the last appropriation of bonus." Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Sept. IS. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 1L Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Sept. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and at. Helena Sept. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Sept. 1. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12, Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton _ . , . India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Sept. 1. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Sept. 12. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 4. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles. Sept. 4. Newfoundland 4 1 Sept. 13. Portugal . ..Sept. 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon .. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton _ . Ditto, via Cork . •• • Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Sept. 1. west Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept. 10. west Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Sept. —. Bahamas, via New York. Sept. 13 Bermuda, ditto Sept. 27. Cuba and Mexico Aug. THE WOLVERHAMPTON MURDER.—The prisoner, Charles Christopher Robinson, has broken the silence which he had hitherto maintained. Lying in a private ward that had been specially prepared for him in the South Staffordshire Hospital, he asked the officer who is placed to guard him if Harriet (the murdered woman) was dead. The officer replied that she was. At this the murderer ap peared somewhat distressed; but he followed up the inquiry by asking, " What was done with the 18s. 6d. ?" referring to the money that, at the time of his arrest, was taken out of his trousers pockets. Afterwards he went off to sleep. On awaking another officer was on duty by his bed. To him he said, " How is Harriet ?" The officer, not know ing what had been said by the other policeman, replied, " She is better." " You tell a different tale from the other man" (remarked Robinson) ; "he said she was dead." He was then again told that the girl was dead. Robinson then said, "I did not know what I was about when I did it ; I loved her as I do my own life." Having said this he re sumed his former quietude. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The Shipping Gazette says the announcement made by the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, that it is not their inten tion to renew their attempt to recover the cable this year, is considered by the underwriters interested equivalent to a total loss, and they have settled with the insurers. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. — A t the last sitting a paper was received from M. Souv iren, who proposes a method for producing ozone i n sufficient quan tity to act as a preservative against cholera. Our readers will remember that in a recent article of ours we recom mended a similar course. Another paper was sent in by Dr. Burg, who advocates copper as a preservative from the same disease.—M. Guerin-Meneville communicated certain researches of his on the nature of the wood of the ailan thus or Japan varnish-tree, the leaves of which, our readers are aware, constitute the natural food of a species of silkworm. It appears that this wood, far from being soft and of no use, is on the contrary exceedingly serviceable. M. liaoulx, a civil engineer, finds it superior to oak and even to elm, which is preferred by wheel wrights on account of its strength and flexibility. The density of the wood of the ailanthus is 0.713, against 0.604 of elm, and 0.751 of oak ; its tenacity is repre sented by 32, while that of elm is 24, and that of oak only 19 ; and its flexibility is 0.033, that of elm being 0.023, and of oak 0.027. It takes polish very well, and though very hard it does not spoil the carpenter's tooks.—M. Coul vier-Gravier sent in his list of the shooting stars ob served during the 9th, 10th, and 11th inst., this being one of the periods of the year in which the phenomenon in question is most frequent. The average maxi mum was 58 per hour ; the real maximum, 75 per hour, occurring on the 10th. On the 16th the average fell to 15 per hour; on the sth it was 20. The phenomenon has be , en on the de crease since 1864, and accordingly this year there has been a diminution of five shooting stars per hour q =pared with the numbers marked last year. rl )1. R.,t, Ole the 110 - 017 100 100 100 100 100 'OSSK 100 {lOO 2 100 100 100 too loa 100 100 190 100 100 t 0 100 100 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 9i 4.3.0 374 4.2.0 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.12.81 461 I 1631 561 1121 I 81 1 1031 i j 1: '•