The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-19 00:00:00

come using Cry pter, er it ome, )use- VIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK A subsidised mail line between New York and Rio Janeiro is about to be established. Its title is to be the United States and Brazil Mail Steamship Com pany, and is to have an allowance from the Wash- ington Government of £30,000 per annum. The Stock Exchange committee have appointed Friday, 22d inst., a special settling day in the shares of the Cheshire Amalgamated Salt Works Company, Limited, which are not to be marked. It has been announced that the share list of the London Barge Building and Lighterage Company, Limited, will close for London and the country on the 21st inst. The directors of the Delhi and London Bank have resolved to issue 5,000 new shares to holders of old stock only, at half the current premium, in the proportion of one new for two old shares ; shares to be paid for as follows :—Sept. 30, £lO, including £5 premium ; Dec. 31, £7 10s. ; March 31, £7los. ; June 30, £5 ; being a total of £3O. All shares to be forfeited if the first call be not paid. All sub scriptions for shares to bear six per cent. interest, and if parties pay in full on Dec. 31 the security will be converted into stock, and bear dividends the same as the old' shares. The subscription list for the New Brazilian Loan closes this evening, and it is understood that the amount applied exceeds four times that to be allotted. The Scrip is quoted 2 prem. Two O'CLOCK, At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. ltentes were 68f. 75c. Flat. The English Stock Market has been dull, but quotations show no material alteration. The Funds continue steady, Consols being 89f I for money, and for the account 898 90 The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 888 1 ; New 2k per Cents., 718 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. dis. to 2s. prem ; and India 5 per Cents. 1058 f. In the Foreign Stock Market several important changes have taken place. Turkish Consolides have advanced to 50 1, Mexican, ex all, to 24 258, and the New Loan to 231 24 ; Greek Bonds are 21 1 ; Spanish Passive have receded to 29; 30, and the Certificates to 29i . 30 ; Italian are 658 I ; and the Confederate Loan, 6 7. American Securities are steady. United States 5-20 Bonds are 681 k ; Erie Shares, 578 588 ; Illinois, 84 f ; and Atlantic and Great Western Certificate of Debenture, 87k 88fr. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have only been to a moderate extent. A firmer tone, however, has prevailed. Great Eastern and North Western have each improved 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, and North British, each ss. ; Great Western have declined 10s., and South Eastern, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained very inactive, without any material alteration in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Lon don and Westminster have improved to 971 ; Im perial Alliance to 16 f ; Overland of India, Aus tralia, and China, to 27i ; Crystal Palace stock has declined to 38i ; Overend, Gurney, and Company are quoted 4 4 prem. ; Transatlantic Steam Ship, 2 prem. ; and Atlantic Telegraph Shares, 14 2 per share. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, Oct. 10 o per Cent. Reduced BBl. 8 New 3 per Cent B B4 8 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 7li Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, 41,000, 3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO 2 dis Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — 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. 54 per Cent., May 1879 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO — pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent 95 .. —._ Do. 41 pei• Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — 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, 42 5 paid Danubian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l2 Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 96 1 51 Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Co u p ons —} Do Account Do. Coupons Guatemala 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 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid Mexican 3 per Cent — Do. Account Do 1864 231 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Montevidean G a per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4j i Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvia n 4} per Cent Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4.-1 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account l'orhiguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St 9l Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 — Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 94 S ardinian 5 per Cent Do Account '''Panish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do,Account Do Passive. D nish Cert . o Account ' 1 of Coup not funded — A Do Account - Wedish 4 per Cent. l4l / uo Account. ,-1, i Do 41 per Cent. 1864 urksh 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account 9s} 41 Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account — 90 £lOO Bonds Do. 11 per Cent — DO 6 per Cent. 1862 Do A.ccut 7l 5 '' n ° 6 per Cent., 1863 751 - h . ' . CI 5 per Cent. 1865 . ''o 4100 Bonds 461 1 Do Scrip, £35 paid P L ezuela 3 per Cent. Do. 6 p er Cent, 1864 421 1* 2/ Acount A n ., Dividends on the above payable in Lond on . liZ lri all, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Dutgin• 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. D° , 2 1 Per Cent., En. 12 Guil 6ll to ' tr . Cent . Certificaies 97 rea c h bo Arme ntes, 4-} per Cent. — /ta„a:nount D° t per Cent., 1861, Lx. 25. f. Account 651 C 0 rigois THREE O'CLOCK. Do. ACOQUit B9l t 4 , olim; , ;;Himmmonmeolon 89# Capital is still in active demand in the discount market, preparations having now begun for the different commercial engagements due at the end of the quarter. The brokers charge fully 3i and 4 per cent. for the best paper, having only a week or so to run. At the Bank of England advances al4 also being applied for in anticipation of the dividends due next month. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share) !!! Railways. /p a i d. / Closing I Business Price. done. Blr.,Wol : , & Str. Val.. . . Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no div. Do. A B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & h b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. 1V« stern Great. Eastern, (trd. s t k. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 't Great north of Scotland Great Northern D. A stock • • Do. B .o Do. is. at 25 prr• GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste. n I) . S. Va). Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dovrr Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. 4 shares Metropolitan ..... Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin.. da Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 6 shares mid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. U.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. De. du. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ctntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stack * 4 h•ews & Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern . 4 taines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale or Neath Waterford k. Kilkenny West Cornw.dl W. Hartlepool Har &Et Do. A ►rredeemable Do. A. redeemable BRITIS H P Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. is shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buft,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. b Is. Aug'. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1',%4 Calcutta & E., Urn ate Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Ben al, gu , 5 do East L.diau, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkot Canadti Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds. 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist rref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prif. Bonds. Do. do. deferred ... Do. 2d Pref. stock.. 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.. D.j. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. rt Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B po Ist pf. bds Scindo Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub Do.lndus St. Flo 13.14 at at et 60 20 COLONIAL GO VERNM.EN British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p. c.Ja. it July _ 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Du. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 pr. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1590-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, May 5, Nov. h Natal 4-i ov. o per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18 - 1 to #87,) Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1894 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Au.s.Gov. 6 pm 1868-9 Do. 1878 & ..pwards . Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, pril & Oct BRIT I Cam Consul. 4old, liter Chivertun I.;lifford Devon G. Cone. (Tavist 1 )rakewalls i , ;ast Bassett (lllog,ani 'Last Cara on as tarn Brea least Geenville East Love .1 E. W'i Russell (Tavlstk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L , xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor Heist Grenvil.e Rerod's Foot •••• Ilingston ' , owns Margaret Uny Lelant Marke Valley ktwyndy Iron Ore, Nanglles New Seton North Downs North Roskear N.W h'l Bassett r I ilogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyLdant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park Tin Croft West I Bassett (II logan W. Caradon (I,skeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea. Ludeat Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Ti elawney (Lis Wheal Mai 1 1 3 11 2 30 82 470 490 15 2.) 13 15 174 184 6 7 9 10 70 75 165 175 75 80 271 324 47i 5i 16 3.12.8 8 58i 7 4 6 195 200 17 18 tt hal% LiEN d tiAttlGb. !onsolidated, 6 per cent. stook, tto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 132 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham 11. & Q, 91i FORM GN RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastern Junction, 1/ Dutch Rhenish. 24i Eastern of France, 21i Great Luxembourg, isj rot:tit:MN MINES. Don Pedro, North Del Rey, it i Frontino and Bolivia Gold, inn., 4I 5 BAZilita. Alliance, lim.. 321 Bank of London. 137 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 271 Chartered 4cr. of India, London, and China, 51} East London, lim., 5 i Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm,, Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto, new, 14} Imperial Bank, ilm.. 30 Imperial Ottoman, 16} Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London Bank of ilexico and S. America, lim., 14} London and County, 77 London Joint Stock, 51} London and %t estminster, 97} Merchant Bank, , im Midland Bank, Bin. ' IS} National Provincial of England. 154 New South Wales, 43} 3 Oriental Rana Corporation. s°.} South Australia, MI Union ot,London, 641 3} MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic T.elegrapb, 8 per cent. gus., it } 2 Bo bay Gas, iirn., A} t - anad.6 Company, 6' City of Moscow Gas, Ern , 4 City iifticeS, Lim., ci 7 Compa l u onyoefier and ub African Me i r u c i b rof cn ants t ,li g m l a . , n 3 l. 1 Credit9l. Credit Funnier of Mauritius, lim., 74 I Crystal Palace, 3i4} Ditto, Preference, 115 Crystal Palace, Ii per cent. perpetl. deb., 115 Discount Corporation. 15 East India Irrigation and Canal. 82 Egyptian Corn and Trading, hm., 3} Fore-street Warehouse, lira., Gen. Credit and Fi nance of London. Jim., (11 Home and donial t ssurance, Urn, Hudson's Bay. 16 Humber Iron Wo.ks ' 5 Imperial mercantile Credit A sso., lim.. 6 1 7 International Financial society, Lim., ei Joint Stock Discount.flim.. 9} London District Telegraph lim., 2 London Financial Association. Urn., 2 1 / London General Omnibus Company. 3} Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, lim , 31 National Discount ompany, Bra., 15 * National Provinc:al Marine, 11 Overeud, Gurney. and Co.. Jim.. 11} } lit Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 77 Smith, Knight, awl i 0} South African Mortgage and Investment, lim. , Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., tj Universal Marine. InsuranCe, Ma., 5} 'Van Diemen's Lilad, 8g Mid D. 100 100 100 100 ICO 811 bf 37t 4.2.0 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.9 30.17.6 rim SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19,. I.E€6 CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) MR. E. T. SMITH, OF CREMORNE, AND HIS SERVANTS. - ..... . Aaron Fisher, a respectable looking man, aged 31, de scribed as a clerk in tho employment of Mr. E. T. Smith, of Cremorne-gardens, was indicted for feloniously forging an endorsement to a cheque of Mr. Smith, for the payment of £25 4s. 6d., with intent to defraud. He was also in dicted on two charges of feloniously forging an endorse ment of two several cheques of Mr. Smith for the payment of £l2 10s. and £8 4s. Mr. Hemp, the Clerk of the Court, read the several in dictments to the prisoner, who pleaded guilty to them all. The prisoner was then ordered to be put bick for a time, A young man named Barnes, a member of Mr. Edward Tyrrell Smith's band at Cremorne, was then indicted for stealing certain lustres, the property of his employer. Mr. Pearce again prosecuted, and stated that the lustres were of foreign manufacture, and could not be matched in England. Mr. Pearce, the counsel for the prosecution, wished to call Fisher as a witness, but this was objected to. The Recorder said it was useless to go on with the case any further. The jury readily acquiesced in this suggestion, and re turned a verdict of " Not Guilty." Aaron Fisher was again placed in the dock, and Mr. Montague Williams, in an earnest and impressive speech, pleaded for mitigation of punishment. Mr. Smith they had been told was anxious not to press heavily upon him, and although he could not perhaps take him back into his service he would readily pay the expenses of his journey to some country where he might retrieve his character and enter upon a new course of life. He believed that when th'e prisoner signed the names of the tradesmen to the bills he was instructed to pay, he was not aware of the enormity of the offence he was committing. During the season im mense sums of money passed through his hands, and there were no previous cases of breach of trust against him. Ho had a wife and two children, and he (Mr. Williams) im plored the merciful consideration of the Court on his behalf. Mr. Pearce said that Mr. Smith had no doubt a high opinion of the prisoner, and was most anxious that the Court should deal with him leniently. Large sums of money had been entrusted to him, and the cases which had come -before the ,Court were the only ones against him. Mr. Smith was willing to pay the prisoner's expenses to America if he could be allowed to go there. The RECORDER said that must be a question for the Home-office. He had no discretion in the matter. Ad dressing the prisoner, he had been convicted of very seri ous offences, and he could not understand how a person who had 'arrived at his age could plead that he did not un derstand the enormity of the offence. He had been strongly recommended to mercy, but there were no circumstances of mitigation in evidence. The fact that he had been entrusted with large sums of money was rather an aggra vation of the offence. Mr. Smith had strongly recom mended him to mercy, and if it had not been for that re commendation he (the Recorder) should have sentenced him to penal servitude for several years. The sentence of the Court was that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a period of 18 calendar months. The Alleged Case of Child Murder at a Ladies' seminary. --..-- At eleven o'clock in the forenoon, Mr. William Carter, the coroner for East Surrey, resumed in the board-room of Camberwell workhouse the adjourned inquest respecting the circumstances attending the death of a newly born female child, the illegitimate offspring of Annie Booth, a servant employed by Miss Graffrey, the proprietress of a ladies' seminary at 487, Old Kent-road. The jury, after - hearing the evidence, returned a verdict of accidental death. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY FROM A LAUNDRESS'S CART—Charles Edwards, a young man, who has several times been in custody for felony, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a pair of moreen curtains from the cart of Mrs. Jane Forder, carrying on the business of a laundress at Dorset-place, Kensal-green. Mrs. Forder stated that while returning home in the cart last night with several baskets containing linen and other articles, some persons called out that the cart was being robbed, and on looking into the cart she missed a pair of moreen curtains, which she had fetched from Craven jlill-gardens at an earlier part of the evening. Shortly afterwards she saw the prisoner in the custody of a constable, and the curtains were given to her by a female who saw the prisoner take them horn the cart and picked them up. Police-constable 29 E proved seeing the prisoner take the curtains from the cart. The prisoner then started off and ran into his (the constable's) arms, at the same time throw ing away the curtains. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner that any previous con victions might bo proved. SOUTHWARK. ILLEGALLY TAKING INTO CUSTODY.—Henry Moore, a labouring man, was charged before Mr. Burcham t ith an assault on Henry Haycock, a ticket collector at the South- Eastern terminus, London-bridge. The complainant said that about a quarter past six last evening the prisoner and five or six men on the platform at the terminus, and ascertaining that they had no tickets, he desired them to leave. They refused to do so, and com menced making a noise, and when he endeavoured to re move the prisoner ho struck him on the head, after which he took him into custody. Mr. Burcham—What right had you to take him into custody ? You should have called a policeman. It was an illegal act, and I discharge the prisoner. The complainant, who had no idea that he had exceeded his functions, -appeared greatly astonished at the decision of the worthy magistrate. ASSAULT BY A WomAN.--LJohannah Sullivan, a middle aged woman, with a determined expression of countenance, was charged with assaulting Daniel Long. From the statement of complainant it appeared that he lived at Allen-court, Bermondsey, and the prisoner and her husband next door. About half-past 8 this morning, as he was going to his work, the prisoner came up to him with her husband, followed him, and struck him a violent blow in the mouth. The prisoner made a rambling statement, to the effect that the complainant and her husband had a fight last Saturday night, and that the complainant struck her last evening. She had not an opportunity of revenging herself upon him then. His wife was in the habit of tormenting her, and had done so very lately. Police constable 283 M deposed to having witnessed the assault on the complainant, and the magistrate sentenced her to pay a fine of 2s. Gd. BREAKING GLASS, &C.—William Parker, a working man, was placed at the bar under the following circumstances:— William Mitchell said that he was barman at a public house in the Old Kent-road, and yesterday evening the prisoner, accompanied by some other men, wanted to be served with liquor, which he refused. The prisoner then dashed his hand through a pane of glass. Police-constable, 35 M, said that when he attempted to remove the prisoner from the house he knocked him down and kicked him several times. The prisoner said that he had received a severe injury from a piece of wood falling on his head, and when he took a drop of drink he did not know what he did. He would never get drunk again. Mr. Burchain said he hoped he would keep his promise. He sentenced him to pay a fine of 12s. 6d. for what he had done at the public-house, or seven days, and for the assault on the policeman 205., or 21 days. WANDSWORTH. ALLEGED INFANTICIDE AND BURNING OF THE BODY. Fanny Knight, a genteel-looking young woman, was placed in the dock, before Mr. Ingham, charged with con cealing the birth of her illegitimate child. Police-constable Sapphill, 342 V, said,—From informa tion I received I went to No. 3, Penton-road, Nine Elms lane, yesterday, between 12 and 1 o'clock. I saw Mr. Knight, and I asked him if he had a female there. He said, " Yes, a daughter." I saw her, the prisoner, in the shop, and I questioned her as to whether she had ever given birth to a child, and she said "No." I asked herif there were any female lodgers in the house, and she said "Yes." I went upstairs, and from what I heard, I came down and told the prisoner she would have to go to the police-station with me and be examined by a doctor. She said, " Very well ; I'll do so." After we got outside the house she said, " I certainly gave birth to a child, and I would have told you in the first place if my father had not been present." I took her to Dr. Edmunds, in the Wandsworth-road, and he asked her how long ago.. She said, " About afortnight." Dr. Edmunds then said it was of no use to examine her, as it occurred so long ago, and he asked her the size of the child. She could not tell him, or whether the child was dead or alive. He asked her what she, had done with the body, and she said she had burnt it. She meant that she could not tell whether the child was born dead or alive. She said she had frights in the house on several occa sions, and she supposed they brought it on. I asked her whether she called in any one, and she said, " No, that she never let a medical man know about it." I asked her if any one was present, and she said, "No," and that she did not let a doctor or any one else know about it. I took her to the station. Mr. Ingham—Have you any question to ask the wii ness ? Prisoner (in a low voice)—No, sir. Mr. Ingham—ls there any other witness ? Constable—No, sir. _ _ The brother who was in court was appealed to by tho magistrate, but he had no evidence to give. Mr. Ingham remanded the prisoner until next Tuesday. The prisoner was removed crying. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company. The second half-yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the Oxford. The chairman of the company, Mr. Evan D . Jones, presided. Mr. PYNE, the secretary, having read the report, which has already appeared in The Sun, The CHAIRMAN rose to move its adoption by the meet ing. Ho said he could well congratulate the shareholders when the directors could show such a satisfactory report and balance-sheet as that now submitted for their approval. In taking charge of two such large estab lishments as the Oxford and Canterbury there would have been the greatest difficulty had it not been that for years prior to the property coming into their possession it had been so extremely well managed. The dividend that had been paid for the first half-year they (the directors) could well and conscientiously advise the meeting to again declare, viz., 10 per cent. per annum, with a bonus of 2s. per share, free of income tax . The gross receipts for the year had been £16,488, from 421,217 persons admitted, besides which there were other receipts of a sundry nature to the amount of £4OB lls. 6d., rent from sub-tenants, £137 18s., and £lOO for the rent of the entrance hall of the Canterbury. He thought it would be satisfactory for the meeting to know that they had paid £40,227 to Mr. Morton out of the origi nal sum agreed upon for the property, £2,000 of that amount having been taken out of their profits. (Hear, hear.) The balance available for appropriation is £4,240 Bs. 11d., which the directors recommended should be disposed of in the following manner ; the dividend would take £2,100 of the amount, it was then proposed to set aside £l,OOO towards the establishment of a reserve fund—(hear, hear) —and to carry the remaining £1,140 over to the next account. Their balances of cash were at the London and County Bank, £595 7s. ld. ; at ditto, Oxford-street, £1,060 is. id. ; total, £1,655 14s. 2d. Then the stock in hand was stated at £6,106 13s. Bd., but they had doubled the value of the stock in the cellars ; it was taken at cost price, and had been valued much too low. But this stock valued at £6,106 would produce an immense deal more when distributed in the hall for consumption ; it would then be worth nearly £12,000. The business done had been wonderfully good, but that, of course, was because the entertainment was good, as he felt certain there was no place in London that could equal the amusements presented every evening at the Oxford. They had vocalists of the highest order, an elegant and exquisite ballet, a talented musical conductor, and, above all and beyond all, an energetic and untiring general manager—these materials banded together produced an entertainment that could not be met with but at the Ox- ford. In proof of this he could safely assert that the Oxford was the resort of men of refined taste ; but, while he was so eulogistic on the west-end establishment, he must not forget the Canterbury, which was the great focus from which all the music halls in the metropolis emanated. The attendance there nightly was extraordinary, and on the evening of Saturday last, with the thermometer stand ing above summer heat, they had in that hall at least 1,100 persona. That spoke most satisfactorily for the entertain ments offered to the public there. The directors were quite alive to the important fact of keeping up the style of the amusement, which he felt satisfied all would at once concede to be elevating, improving, and proper. No exertion, he could assure the shareholders, would be spared to in crease their attractions, and thus a continued flow of novelty would be kept up, which could but result in the most pro fitable manner to the company. Reverting to the Oxford, there were certain improvements the directors intended to carry out. They intended to adorn the promenade, which had lately been added to that establishment,. with some beautiful paintings which Mr. Morton had most generously placed at their disposal. He could hardly trust himself to speak of Mr. Morton, fearing that he might be accused of fulsome flattery, but this he would say that Mr. Morton had met them in the most genorous spirit, and that kindly feeling for which he was so remarkable existed without the slightest abatement. He (the chairman) felt that his greatest desire and earnest wish was for the success and prosperity of the company. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WHITMORE had great pleasure in seconding the adoption of the report. The motion was carried unanimously. On the motion of Mr. ANDERSON, seconded by Mr. MArr. LAND, a dividend was declared at the rate of 10 per teat per annum for the half-year, with a bonus of 2s. per share free of income tax. The directors retiring by rotation were severally re elected, Messrs. Evan B. Jones and Mr. G. F. Anderson. The auditors were re-elected, and the remuneration of thirty guineas awarded them for their past services. The CHAIRMAN said there were officials connected with the company, to whom he wished the meeting to award their thanks—first of all, Mr. Charles Morton, the head and principal, he might say the very soul of the busi ness. In fact, no words could express the value of his ser vices, which never flagged, but, on the contrary, were much increased since the formation of the company. He was a man per se, and it was not probable that his like would be seen again. (Hear, hear.) Their secretary, Mr. Pyne, also was worthy of all confidence. He was most assiduous in the discharge of his duties—he possessed a clear head, and his accounts were faithfully kept, and he brought all matters carefully before the board—(hear, hear) ; and Mr. William Morton, the manager of the Can terbury Hall, was animated with but one desire, the success of the company. He, as chairman of the company, had great pleasure in moving a vote of thanks to those gentle men. Mr. ANDERSON felt the greatest pleasure in seconding such a proposal. The resolution was carried in a very enthusiastic man ner ; and a similar compliment having been paid to the chairman, the proceedings terminated. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. Market continues steady. Sales, 15,000 bales or more. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Sept. 19.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, Sept. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cronstadt, from St. Jago de Cuba. FALMOUTH, Sept. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived -Elizabeth Cushing, from Akyab. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.I GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. . _ _ Arrived, Sept. 18—Argo, from Dantsie ; Verotas, from Guernsey; Bradford, from Caen ; Elizabeth, from Dun kirk ; Sir R. Wallace, from Riga ; Parthenon, from Patras. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. In the Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has only been a moderate amount of business transacted. Tea has commanded full rates, while sugar and coffee have fully supported former values. Rice has been dull ; and in the tallow market there has been less deposits, although quo tations for both present and forward delivery remain without material change. RUMOURED DEATH OF DR. NORMAN MACLEOD._ On Saturday a rumour was current in Glasgow that the Rev. Dr. Macleod had been cut off suddenly by an apo plectic seizure while travelling in a railway carriage. The report was so circumstantial and so widely spread as to cause numerous inquiries to be made at the rev. gentle man's house relative to its correctness. We are happy to state that the rumour is utterly without foundation, and that Dr. Macleod was never in better health. How it originated under such circumstances is a mystery. The deep regret everywhere expressed concerning his reported demise must be gratifying to the rev. Dr., as showing him how much he is esteemed, while the promptitude with which its untruth was discovered prevented his modesty from being wounded by seeing a catalogue of his virtues figuring as the wind-up sketch of his life in the public journals. We learn, however, that more than one clergy man in the town, taken in by the hoax, incontinently went to work to improve the occasion, and entertained their con gregations with homilies on the uncertainty of human life, in which the loss which they believed the church had sus tained was to point the moral. Dr. M'Leod himself preached in the Barony C!iurch on Sunday.—North British Mail. DEATH OF MR. GEORGE LINLEY.—We regret to announce the death last Sunday of Mr. George Linley, who for half a century has been the most promi nent ballad writer of this country. A constitution natu rally vigorous, temperate habits, and an indomitable spirit carried him past the three score years and ten of the biblical average, and, till the last, ho enjoyed almost un interrupted health and the use of all his faculties, mental as well as physical. Mr. Linley, if he has not contributed to English literature or to English music a great poem or an enduring score, has at least been a pleasing and conse quently successful song writer. Out of the thousand and odd lyrics which he owned to having written or composed, many have, in their time and season, delighted firesides of English people at home and abroad. Of these are such ballads as "Little Nell," " Constance," " Thou art gone from my gaze," "Ever of thee," and very many more. He filled a particular place in the profession of song, which it is easier to determine than to assign to anybody else by way of successor; and his qualifications for this special place were a good general education, a facility of versify ing, and such a knowledge of music as was most useful in adaptation of foreign works or in preparing libretti for composers. As a private gentleman Mr. Linley was ex ceedingly popular, a favour no less accorded to his keen sarcastic humour than to his musical and poetical abili ties. If at any time this sarcastic humour, and an inherent dislike of what he considered to be humbug, carried him in his writings over the boundary of good taste, we are fain to forget it all now, in the more pleasing memory of many sweet lyrics which flowed from his hand and brain--songs and ballads which will be sung with pleasure and heard with delight when the recollection of George Linley as a man shall have long passed away.— The Orchestra. EXTENSIVE FIRE IN BRENTWOOD.— , yesterday morning, between two and three o'clock, a fire broke out in a lodging-house situate in Chapman's-alley, on the south side of the High-street, and near the centre of the town. A number of the lodgers had been regaling themselves, and it is thought that a bed caught fire from some one smoking in it. The inmates jumped out of the windows in a state of nudity. The flames quickly spread, and in a short time ten houses, the property of Mr. T. Larkin, were burnt down. it was with difficulty that the occupants escaped. The fire then seized the buildings opposite, burning down a granary containing 100 quarters of corn, several sheds, waggons, carts, piggeries, besides some poultry, the property of Mr. Charles Allen, baker and corn chandler. The flames then attacked the buildings in the occupation of Messrs. Bedwell and Hunt. There being a plentiful supply of water from the hydrants of the South Essex Waterworks, in about two hours the progress of the fire was stayed, but not until several buildings were pulled down. Most of the property was insured. A VETERAN. — Major-General Frederic Meade, of Belmont, county Cork, who died on the 12th inst. at St. Ann's-hill, in the same county, received his commission as ensign at the early age of 12 years. and served with the 88th Connaught Rangers in the Peninsula in the campaigns of 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814, including the battles of Fuentes d'Onor, siege of Badajoz in 1811, battle of Sala manca (wounded), siege and storming of Badajoz, passage of the Nivelle and Nive, battles of Orthes and Toulouse. In 1814 he accompanied his ragiment to America, and the following year joined the army Of occupation in France. In 1821 he embarked for India on the staff of Sir Thomas Beynell, and was at the siege and storming of Bhurtpore, for the capture of which fortress he received the rank of major. He had received the war medal with six clasps. To-day is the anniversary of the battl e o f t h e Alma. THAMES. SEAMEN ON SRORE.__James Lander, John Watson and Charles Smith, homeward bound seamen were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting several police constables. Yesterday evening lit e Kay, a police constable, No. 27 SK, was called to th e G un beerhouse, in High-street, Shadwell, and found all the prisoners, who were fighting in front of the counter, and shouting and swearing at the landlady who was on the top of her counter, armed with a stick with which she was striking at the seamen, and threaten ing to kill either of them who came over the counter. She said they had asked for lemonade and pepper mint, with which sho could not supply them. Lan der said he had lost his cap, and would not leave the house without it. M'Kay, who was very for bearing, persuaded the sailors to leave the house, and gave them the landlady's name and address. The prisoners then tuck up their sleeves, and endeavoured to force their way into the beerhouse. M'Kay prevented them. Lander hit him on the head, and Smith kicked him. A desperate affray then ensued, and Walker, Pawsey, and Fenge, con stables of the K division, who attempted to arrest the pri soner; were beaten. Lander seized Walker by the throat and received a blow from the constable's truncheon which forced him to let go. Smith was armed with a knife and a slug shot. He did not use either weapon, and both.were knocked out of his hand. Watson dealt Fenge a severe blow and knocked him down. A reinforcement of police now arrived from the King David-lane station, and the prisoners were secured. The prisoners said they were half seas over last night, and had lost all their money. Mackay said the prisoners wore not searched at the station-house, Mr. Paget said the prisoners were engaged in a very dis graceful disturbance. He should make a distinction with the prisoners. Two - of thena, Lander and Watson, had made use of no instruments, and for the assaults they committed he should sentence them each to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. Smith had brandished a knife and then a slug shot. Neither of those weapons had been used, but he should mark his sense of the pri soner's conduct in even producing such dangerous in struments, by doubling the punishment he inflicted on the other man. He sentenced Smith to be imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour. Smith—Give me six months at once, I will do it. The prisoners were in a jolly humour, and were re moved by the gaoler. THE MISSING INDIAN S TEADIERS.--The latest ad vices received at Lloyd's relative to the missing Indian steamers are from Hong Kong, and dated July 21. The Azof steamer, which was despatched in search of the mis sing Peninsular and Oriental steamer Corea, has returned being able to g l ean th e s li g ht es t tidings from there is no doubt en t er t a i ne d b u t that she of aewtwher f founderedate and without ina typhoon with all hands. About 120 people are supposed to have perished in her. The steamer was not insured. The Chanticleer steamer is be lieved to have foundered in the same typhoon with all on board. She belonged to a private fi rm at Hong Kong, and was nearly 600 tons register, with 90 horse-power. The other steamers, Lalla Rookh and Fohkien, are both lost. The Fohkien left Shanghae on June 13, having a valuable passengers. About 24 hours encountered a thick mist. afterca Thisrg o c o ho n enr b t i o ns a au r i edl sailing including n o crtl the ed length 2oo moe of time, time, when, on its lifting, those on board saw to their horror an ironbound coast ahead, 200 ft. high, on which the vessel was steaming at a rate of about 12 miles an hour. The captain endeavoured to savo the ship, but she ran on and came w i t h grea t f orce against the rocks, knocking the bows in and tearing them into splinters. The steamer was well provided with beats, and they just escaped from the wreck in time, as within 20 minutes from the time that the vessel struck the bows were under water; in fad, nearly the whol e vesse l w as sunk except the afterpart, which was kept afloat a while longer, Until the weight of water burst in the after.water-tight bulkhead, and she sunk in 10 to 20 fathoms water. The stoma and her carp aro tho Gity_ftm £60,000. The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation . of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four months ending the 19th August These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 16th of August (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : July 22, Aug i 9, 1665. 1865. llncrease.,Deorease. , Bank of England Private Banks Joint-stock Banks.. Total in England Scotland Ireland United Kingdom. 21,9',3,518 22, 17 8,741 13 5 ,106 2,882, 93' 2,843,13 i - 2,7;,9,16t, 2,743,203 - 27,634,803 27,770,078 135,t75 II 4,371,737: 4,349,6.9 - 5,718,127 , 6,664,0131 - 37,724,967 37,7433,760: 58,793 38,962 10,v59 22,' 63 64,4 t 4 And as compared with the month ending the 20th of August, 1864, the above returns show an increase of £446,170 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £1,005,538 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks are below their fixed issue ... .£1,346,020 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue 478,054 Total below fixed issue in England ~. £1,824,074 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,600,398 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue ... 690,481 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 16th of August was £14,341,313, being a decrease of £1,433,377, as compared with the previous month, and an increase of £1,538,862 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 19th of August :-- Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... £2,394,656 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,040,184 £4,434,840 Being a decrease of £51,895 as compared with the pre- Tious return, and an increase of £267,664 when compared with the corresponding period last year. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, .£4 15s to £5 15s; clover, £5 to £6 15s ; and straw, £llos to £1 18s per load. Trade quiet. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 Os Od; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os; and straw, £1 12s to £2 Os per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £5 15s; clover, £5 Os to £6 15s ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load. Trade quiet. COLONIAL. TEA.-T he operations •have only been to a moderate extent, except in the new season's crop, which has brought full rates. About 16,000 packages of China are announced for disposal at the public sales, which commence to-day. SUGAIL—The market has remained rather quiet, although holders demand fully previous rates. In the re fined department business has been active, and, in some instances, enhanced prices have been current. COFFEE.—The demand for Plantation Ceylon has con tinued good, and prices are well supported. Only a mode rate quantity is announced for public sale during the week. Bia.—Business has remained very dull, and prices are nominally unaltered. TALLOW.—There is very little business going forward and quotations for both present and forward deli'rery re main steady. MORISON'S PILLS or THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, EUSTON -ROAD, LONDON.—AII persons Should know that the above medicine can be sent by post on receipt of 30 postage stamps for two Dome, Nos. 1 and 2, 13jd. site. --j44;lirgrglolBVst.3 93 95 131 133 6 6 67 7 71. 73 110 111 48 49 7i 81 133 135 152 153 126 :29 91 93 66 46, 63 65 45 47 33 40 103 103 121 f 121! 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Mr. Jones's Truant, 5 yrs, lOst 51b (Mr. Edwards) 1 Mr. A. E. Williams's Garus, aged, 10st 91b (Owner) 2 Mr. J. Turner's Reinfrid, 3 yrs, lOst 71b (Rudd) 3 Mr. Melbourne's Laura Dear, aged, lOst 31b (Mr. R. Treen) 4 Betting—Even on Garus, 6 to 4 agst Reinfrid, and 2 to 1 agst Truant, who mado all the running, and won in a can ter by two lengths, bad third. The winner was objected to, as was also Gams, the second horse, for being in forfeit list. The matter stands over for the adjudication of the stewards this day (Tuesday). The Beaufort Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, for 2-year-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b ; winners extra; maiden allowances. Three-quarters of a mile. 19 subs. Lord Coventry's Cotillon, Bst 711 i (J. Adams) 1 Lord Uxbridge's Life Guardsman, Bst 121 b (in. 31b ex.) (Custancl 2 Mr. F. 11Jwland's Nine of Diamonds, B st 41 b(in. 31 b ex. (Godding 3 The following also ran :—Bitter Sweet, Beckhampton, and Mother-o'-Pearl. A good start was effected, and Mother-o'-Pearl led to the far turn, where she bolted, taking Beckhampton and Bitter Sweet out, when Cotillon took up the running, and won in a canter by six lengths; a bad third. A Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; two year olds 7st, three Bst 81b, four 9st 91b, five and upwards 10st. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. G. C. Morgan's Melbourne Mary, 3 yrs, 7st slb (£2O) (G. Sopp) 1 Mr. Wadlow's Danaus, 4 yrs, Bst 131 b (40) (Rudd) 2 Mr. J. Thomas's Eugenie, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (20) (Gray) 3 Betting-6 to 4on Danaus, and 2tol on Eugenie. Won by a neck ; a bad third. The winner was bought in for Bii s. The Second Year of the Brecon Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, with 40 added for foals of 1862 ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings Bst 71b ; penalties and allowances. One mile and a half. 17 subs. Mr. W. Owen's Filbert, Bst 101 b (J. Goater) 1 Mr J. F. Rowland's Desiree, Bst 41b (J. Adams) 0 Both raced all the way together at a good pace, but Filbert came away at the distance and won cleverly by two lengths. Match—Mr. Perry's Pixie (late Turn and Go) by Vander decken—Harriott, aged (Mr. Ilolford, jun.), beat Mr. A. E. %V illiams's Bellhanger (Owner.) Betting-5 to 2 agst Bell hanger. Pixie made all the running and won in a canter. The Breconshire Stakes (handicap) of 10 sous each, h ft, with 50 added; winners extra. Two miles. 10 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Black Rock, 4 yrs, Bst 4 1b...(Cannon) 1 Mr. G. Holford's Dick Turpin, 6 yrs, Bst 41b..(J. Adams) 2 Mr. J. Turner's Knave of Trumps, 6 yrs, Bst (Rudd) 3 Mr. E. Brayley's Pelios, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (J. Goater) 4 Mr. F. Morgan's Isle of Man, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ...(G. Sopp) 0 All gottoff well together, Dick Turpin making the running at a good pace, followed by Knave of Trumps and Black Rock. The two ran together to the distance, where Black Rock came away and won easily by half a length ; bad third, Pelios fourth. Isle of Man did not pass the post. A Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; three-year olds 9st 21b, four lOst 41b, five llst, six and aged 11s1 41b ; winners extra. Two miles, over six flights o. hurdles. Mr. Halford's Loveletter, 3 yrs, 9st 101 b (Owner) 1 Mr. Turner's Ajax, 3 yrs, 9st 21b (Hardcastle) 2 Betting-2 to lon Loveletter, who won by two lengths. BETTING AT MANCHESTER: MONDAY. This being considered settling day for Doncaster there was a good muster of members at the Subscription Rooms. There was no particular feature that came under our notice worthy of comment, but in the evening £4,600 to £lOO was taken about Lord Lyon for the Derby. The taker was willing to go on, but the highest offer was 14 to I. Quotations : CESAIIZWITCH. 100 to 7 agst Privateer (taken) 100 to 6 agst Nuneaton (taken) 20 to 1 agst Morris Dancer (offered) 25 to 1 agst John Davis (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Union Jack (offered) 100 to 3 agst Alabama (taken freely) 100 to 3 agst Solon (taken) 100 to 3 agst Farce (offered) 40 to 1 agst Grinder (offered) 50 to 1 agst Salpinctes (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE STASES. 25 to 1 agst Custard Castle (offered) 200 to 7 agst Soumise (taken and wanted) 50 to 1 agst Lady Egidia (taken) DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken and wanted) Agricultural Prospects. The week opened with a fine breezy day, almost approaching to a gale, from S.S.W. Monday was dull and warm with not so much sun, when a great breadth of corn was secured in the north in the finest condition possible. On Tuesday the atmo sphere was close, wind N.E. to N., thermometer 72 deg., barometer 30.20 in. In the West Riding of Yorkshire harvest has ended, and there will be some as good wheat and barley as in any county this year, although with a variety of quality in either grain. From Sunderland the accounts on that day stated :—" With the exception of some rain which fell on Saturday night, the weather has been fine and hot since our last report, and if it continues as at present, the harvest in. this district will be secured in about ten days. The wind during the week has been N.W. to S.W." We did not expect so much time would be required to complete har vest in that county, although there, as well as in Cumberland, this is alWays late. From Lancashire it was stated :—" The weather hasbeen oppressively and unusually hot during the last ten days, allow ing the northern harvest to be gathered in much better than in the southern and midland counties." Wednesday was a hot and muggy day, with very little sun, but the thermometer and barometer both very high, giving no intimation of an immediate change. From the east of Scotland it was remarked: —" Another week of most seasonable weather has enabled the farmers in this district to complete har vest in fine order." Still, from the samples of wheat exhibited at Edinburgh there will be a great differ ence in quality, as prices ranged from 335. to 435. per quarter ; whilst with a large supply of new barley, all appeared to have been affected in colour by the previous weather, althoughultimately secured in good condition. Prices had a wide range here also, from 245. to 335. per quarter ; though the weight will be excellent, with some up to 561bs. to 571bs. per imperial bushel, and our maltsters will no doubt be steady buyers. Some of the Scotch oats will be 431b5., in fine condition, and of a tolerably good colour and dry. From the west coast of Scot land it was stated :—" We have had another week of fine weather." From Norfolk our advices say:— " The weather the past week has been exceedingly hot, with light winds from the S.W. The Potato disease has shown itself in this district, and the turnip crop is reported to be suffering badly from mildew." Thursday was another hot day, sunny and breezy ; wind N.E., ther mometer 75 deg., barometer 30.20 inches. Our S u ffolk letters from near the coast state :--" We have had a week of Indian temperature, but it has not improved the condition of our wheat; the samples shown here to-day were the worst quality and con dition ever remembered, and but a very chance lot fit for our millers, who were the only buyers." From the interior of Suffolk it was written ;--" The weather has continued bright and unusually hot for the season. The cutting of the second crop of grass proves very satisfactory." From the East Riding of Yorkshire :—" The weather since our last has been exceedingly hot, and most of the corn in this district is now secured; that portion recently gathered must be in fine condition, owing to the extreme heat ; and the northern harvestislikelyt a o prove much superior, both as regards quality an condition, to both the southern and midland coun ties." Friday proved another hot d ay ; but there is not much harvest work left t o fi n i s h up anywhere. Saturday was close and h o t , w i t h the h thermometer up to 75 degree s , b arometer 30.12 inches, e slightly r falling, wind nor th- west; w hil st a change does not seem far distant in the weather, clouds gathering in the southern hemisphere. There are some unfavour able reports about the turnip crop, mildew being very visible in many counties ; so that the intense heat of this month has not suited that plant. Farmers now anxiously await rain, which would soften the hard ground and assist them in ploughing for the autumn seed time. The varieties of seed will be obtainable in one part or other of the United King dom ; but the southern samples will not shine, and from the north we must look for more assistance than customary in this way. Orders should now be given to secure the choicest qualities possible, and allow of time for procuring them from a distance.— Marl: Lane Express. SNUFFING IN SCOTLAND.—We are informed upon the most competent authority that during the last two years the practice of snuff-giving has been discontinued in Scot land to an almost incredible extent, and continues rapidly to diminish. The aggregate orders taken for the supply of the retail shops by several travellers do not now come up to the " lines" formerly booked with Ns. by one good UQUlNl—Altiaur,y4 Corot THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Da: BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA.PII, CANTERBURY RACES-THIS DAY, £4O PLATE. Pap005e................................................................ 1 Lovelace Ethelred . .................................................... .; Four ran. ... NURSERY lIANDICAP. Indian Star May Queen Varnish Four ran. RICHMOND RACES—Tins DAY. EASBY STAKES. Czar Ilawkswell Credulity__ skylark Lozenge Sundeelah Four ran. CUP. SOUTHALL DACES—This DAL TRADESMEN'S PLATE. Jassy Annington Four ran. NURSERY. Hopbinefilly Arethusa Trump ''''''''''''''''''' •.• :; The above are the only telegrams received up to the hour of going to press. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. The Inman steamer City of Washington, from New York on the 9th inst., arrived at Queenstown to-day (Sept. 19), with 203 passengers and 216,600 dols. in specie. She landed 31 passengers and 10 sacks of mails, and proceeded for Liverpool at 1.20 p.m. LONDON GAZET fE—This Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 4. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint tho Hon. Thomas George Grosvenor, now Attache to her Ma jesty's Legation at Washington, to be a Third Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. , SEPT. 18. The Queen has WHITEHALL been pleased to grant unto the Rev. Robert Payne Smith, M.A., the office and place of Regius Professor of Divinity in the University or Oxford, toge ther with the place and dignity of a Canon of the Cathe dral Church of Christ, in the said University, properly be longing to the Regius Professor of Divinity in the said University, void by the promotion of Dr. Wm. Jacobson to the see of Chester. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 19. 32d Regiment of Foot—Major-General William George Gold to be Colonel, vice General the Right Hon. Sir George Brown, G.C.8., deceased. 42d Regiment of Foot— General Sir James Frederick Love, G.C.8., from the 57th Foot, to be Colonel, vice General Sir James Forgusson, G.C.8., deceased. 57th Regiment of Foot—General Charles Richard Fox to be Colonel, vice General Sir James Frederick Love, G.C.8., transferred to the 43d Foot. Rifle Brigade—Field-Marshal the Right Honourable Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.8., to be Colonel-in-Chief, vice General the Right Honourable Sir George Brown, G.C.8., deceased. BREvET.—Captain Edmund Henry Lenon, 67th Foot, to be Major. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Lieutenant Francis Wil liam Braithwaite Gattey, from 9th Foot, Acting Deputy- Assistant Commissary-General, to be Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General; Lieutenant George Morris Street, from 37th Foot, Acting Deputy-Assistant Commissary- General, to be Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 15. Edward Charles Taylor Youel, Esq., has this day been womoted to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Neat. SEPT. 16. Sub-Lieutenant Alfred Thomas Bagge to be Lieutenant, with seniority of Juno 16, 1865. Mr. Wm. AP/caught has this day been promoted to the rank of First-Class Assistant Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Aug. 28, 1865. SEPT. iB. Sub-Lieutenants Augustus Hill Burgess Bradshaw, Thomas Edward Miller, Herbert Ward Dowding, Henry Eardley Maclean, James Bridgeham Haye, Robert Wilbra ham Stopford, Clement La Primandaye, Richard Bate Wil kinson, Philip Nathaniel Tyrwhitt, Robert Barton, and Henry Studdy, to be Lieutenants. Acting Sub-Lieutenants Alan Brodrick Thomas and James Henry Butt to be Acting Lieutenants. The following notice is substituted for that which ap peared in the Gazette of the loth instant:— Rear-Admirals—The Hon. Plantagenet Pierrepoint Cary, Robert Craigie, and John Bunch Bonnemaison Mliardy, on the Reserved List, to be Vice-Admirals on the same list. Captain William John Cavendish Clifford, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral in her Majesty's Fleet. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of Commercial importance in the Gazette : Richard William Webb, attorney, Jewry-street Edmund Peel, peat fuel manufacturer, Macclesfield William Rymill, carrier, Walworth Smith Misting, wine merchant, Clapham -road Richard Lavender, gold beater, South Hoz-nsey Thomas Carter Winter, tailor, Clapham Anthony M. Harrison, cheesemonger, Lambeth Robert Harman, photographer, Deptford William Tebbitt, financial agent, City James Reader, fruit salesman, Borough Market John Newman, leather dresser, Bermondsey William Robinson, smith, Southampton COURSE OF EXCHAN GE--This Evening Amsterdam Short. 11 181 Ditto 3 Months. 12 ii 191 A , Rotterdam 12 i l Antwerp — 25 50 25 55 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 20 13 10i Ditto 3 Months. 25 45 25 30 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 25 5U Vienna l2Ol. 120 7 Trieste — 11 17k g 11 •91 Petersburgh 11 22i Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Messina Genoa Naples Palermo Oporto Lisbon ..... 47t 4 . 8 . -47 i 471- - 2 's7i 25 62} - 25 55 25 60 - 25 55 25 60 - 25 571 25 t 2 - 25 57i 25 624 - 25 574 25 624 - 51! 511/ - 511 slt Mr. Bright on Reform. GLASGOW, Monday. Mr. Bright writes declining to address a Reform meeting in Glasgow. If he speaks in one place he must speak in others, and he is unable to undergo the fatigues of a great agitation. He expresses faith in the triumph of Reform, but says it should be postponed till the close of the official life of Lord Palmerston, the only man connected with the s L e i n b te e r n a c l e p f a r r o tr n able a h n e d sa w y ing t sl would o betrayhav have ra i t. Onepassed e bill of 1860, but he refused to utter it. FUNERAL OF A MILITARY KNlGHT.—Yesterday (Monday) Captain Hollingsworth, the late military knight of Windsor, was buried with military honours in the catacombs connected with St. George's Chapel. Tho procession proceeded from the residence of the late knight, in the lower foundation of the castle, to the chapel, in the following order :—The corps of drums and fifes of the 2d Battalion of Grenadier Guards, playing the " Dead March in Saul ;" a firing party of 100 rank and file, under the com mand of Capt. Blundall, Lieut. Lord George Pratt, and Liout. B. Dawson. The coffin was carried by sis. privates of the Guards, and the pall borne by four military knights, followed by relatives of the deceased and the rest of the knights. On passing the guard-room to the chapel, the castle guard turned out and presented arms. At the con clusion of the burial service the coffin was lowered into its last resting-place, and three volleys were fired over the grave. - A NEW EMPLOYMENT FOR SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.—In consequence of a strike of hop-pickers at Strood a large number of soldiers have been obtained by two large hop-growers there to pick their hops quickly, as otherwise the crop would be rendered valueless. About 150 men of the depot _battalions stationed at Chatham, and nearly 100 Royal Marines, with a number of soldiers' wives and children, are now engaged picking the hops on the grounds of these growers. DESPATCIL OF THE WEST INDIA MAILS.—SOUTII AMPTON, Sept. 18.—The Royal Mail Company's steamer Seine, Captain Revett sailed this afternoon with the fortnightly mails for the British and Foreign West Indies, the Pacific, California, Central America, &c. She took out 155 passengers, English specie, £5OO ; 4.378 ; French jewellery, £2,143 ; inicloaver, vslue 4100 ; and a general cargo of French and F o nglieh yaerchaadice. Amongst the passengers by the Seine are Captains Paul and Francis, for Greytown ; Rev. Mr. Gribbell, for Calon ; Dr. Cameron, for Demerara ; and the AOY, iibrker ! for AzitiFik ught t re mam 'ence the -to ttion ;one, nesis and n of the .......,...1 ............ and cess and nau 70, don ;er .ty by Ll iiS 10 too 1,10 OSSE: all 100 100 {lOO 2 1 100 100 100 tOO 10. , 100 100 190 100 100 10 100 100 2.1.0 1 2.14.6 3.4.0 2.7.0 2..3.6 9.10.6 60i all 1.1.0 7.8:3 &13 4.18.0 4.3.6 10if } 11 131 9( f Z 6 f