The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL !.ziIELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is still very active, and the rate remains at per cent. for the best bills of short date. The termination of the quarter is bringing forward a large number of commercial bills, and the demand for accommodation will no doubt continue strong for a short time. The sum of £45,000 was forwarded to the Bank yesterday. The weekly return from the Bank of England is not satisfactory, and shows the necessity of the in crease in the value of money. Subjoined are the particulars ;. Active Circulation Increase Z 21,502,645 Bullion ... .183,590 ... 13,960,819 ... 259,023 ... 8,811,178 Decrease ... Rest ... ... ... ... Increase ... ~, Public Deposits ... ... ~, Increase ... Other Deposits ... ... Increase ... ~, .„ Seven Day and Other Bills ... ... Increase Government Securities ... ... ... 10,008 ... 7,330,010 ... 509,141 ... 13,789,628 ... 222,051 ... 530,883 ... 6,075 ~ 10,384,209 No alteration. ... 22,522,316 ... 1,189,888 ... 6,276,080 ... 396,730 Other Securities Increase Notes Unemployed Decrease The Bank of France returns present several very unfavourable alterations. The bullion has been reduced £288,000, the notes in circulation £250,000, the advances on stock £5,000, and the current accounts £552,000. The Treasury balances have been augmented £BBB,OOO, and the commer cial bills £470,000. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f. 42c. Finn. The English Stock Market has continued weak all day, and although no further alteration has taken place prices indicate flatness. Consols are 891 1 for money, and 891 k for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 1 ; Annui ties, 1885, 131; Exchequer Bills, ss. to is. dis. ; India 5 per Cents, 105 k ; do. Enfaced 4 per Cents. 89 ; do. 5 per Cent., 101 k ; do. 5k per Cents., 1081, do. Bonds, 20s. prem. Foreign Stocks continue well supported. Turkish Consolides are 49i 1 ; Mexican, 261 ; the New Loan, 251 k ; Greek, 20i 21 ; Spanish Passive, 291 3%; Certificates, 14:1 15 ; Italian, 64 1 ; the Confederate Loan, 7 8 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 34 k prem. • American Securities are buoyant. United States Goveinment 5-20 Bbfidi are 70k ; Erie Shares, 59f 60 ; and Illinois, 84 k. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on a very moderate scale, and prices have further declined. Metropolitan have receded £1; Great Eastern, Brighton, North Western, and - South Eastern each 10s. • and Great Weste r n, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained without change of importance. Great Western of Canada, however, have declined ; and East Indian Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet. Stan dard and British South Africa have improved to 16k, and Alliance Bank to 31f ; London Bank of Mexico are dealt in at 14 ; National Discount Com pany at 151; Discount Corporation at 15f ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 15f ; London and Australian Agency Company shares are quoted f 1 prem. ; and Transatlantic Steamship Company, par 1 prem. ; and Allan's Transatlantic Telegraph Company shares, 1 1f prem. BRITISH FUNDS-010 O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Qonsole Do. Account, Oct. 10 a per Cent. Reduced B7i i New 3 per Cui New 3} per Cemt. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l3l Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 5 1 dis Do. £5OO 5 1 die ~.. ~Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stook, ii per Cent shut Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10k per Cent., AprillB74 219 Do Account Do. 5 per. Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B9 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51- per Cent., May 1879 loB} Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO Do. under . .£l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent. Do. 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent 94 5 41 Do., Second Issue 9l Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 96 51 Do £lOO Bonds 961 6 Creek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account Do. Coupons Cxuatemala 5 per Cent. Do XB6 paid --- Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £67k ppid. Do 5 pe - r • Cent:, 1864 Do. Scrip, £55 paid Mexican 3 per Cent g a .Do. Account„ 27 61 71 7 Do 1864 2si 6 • Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French • Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c konteviclean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 44 per Cent • Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds — • Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 3 pei Cent. 1859 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 92 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account • Do Passive Do Account einnish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account uwedish 4 per Cent. Do Account Do. 4} per Cent. 1864 - T u rkish 6 per Cent. 1854 • Do Account 954 ' Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 72 Do £lOO Bonds , Do. 14 per Cent Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 741 1 : 1 0 £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1864 De 5 per Cent. 1865 Do £l6O Bands 44 45t Do Scrip, X. 35 paid Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent V enezuel a 3 per Cent. Do• Account T ‘ ' l °- 6 per Cent, 1864 A u . t, Dividends on the above payable in London. 13m 8 ! l a; 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins .., 13 - 8 111 '1,• 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. titch 2 1 c 2G 1 Per ent x 1 m 4 Fre nch • per Cent. Certific.u.es 97i Rentes, 44 per Cent. Account Dla por Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. A. r ccount C 4601 TWO O'CLOCK. Do. i A s 894 1 --ecotuat ' i verpool Cotton Market—This Day. Mar ket continues strong, at about id. ad vance *ales probably 10,000 bales or more. rtiE SUN, LONt)U IMLAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20 1 65. SHARE MAREETS—This day. i London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. 'Brititiol and - Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. • • • Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & Ab June. 1L London, t crip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. *2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Di. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt 6 and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste; n . S. V. Rail gua- Do. South %Vales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. :Newport Do. 13 e eford Lanc 'shire &Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., What„ and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex A Lou. & 'orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension Metropolitan District, Do do. _ do Do. and r t.John'sWid %lid and Do. Share Do, Birmin & Derby 'lid Kent No th British Do Ed., Pth Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N •E purcha.m. Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. :-tock.& Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 18r4 Do. o. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Coitral . Scot. N. E , Aber. stock po. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny W hi ha 1 West Cornw.ill ram/Closing 1 Business Price. done. 93 95 129 131 95 97 12 14 f 6 67 7 71 73' 94 06 6 4d 110 111 48 49 8 9 132 134 151 15Z 126 :1O 91 91 654 46 63 65 43 45 37 40 .04 , 06 121 1214 GO 92 105 107 33 40 51 53 la :24 96 97 58 39 139 14) 31 Sip 1 1 , 104 105 1261 127 16 2 97 99 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 64 65 .-;0 3. 111 112 69 70 104 105 36i 374 'Li 1 HS 20 lip 1 lip 71, 77, II 12 150 154 60 62 61 63 67 69 80 61 86 96 150 155 3 I p 101 106 47; I 5) 52 65 I 00; 105} 123 k 571 139 71 8 1 101 E 3 I 59 BO 1 79} BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence ' som.,Baroda„ Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. ke shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant&Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- , Calcutta & N. E., lice ape Town & Dock, gu I )emerara, 7 p.c. per. pi Nast Ben.ai, gu., 5 do East Lidian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist F'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c o. Gua. 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., New . Do. 6 p. c. 13d1. pay 1873 1 , 0. 5 , do. pay. 1877-s.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth I , :xtensiou Melb. Cor. 0 p. c. Bnds. Mel (t Hudson's day.. N.l3l.C'da,6pc lstpf.bs. cinde 't Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub 1 'Do.lndus St Nlo COLONIAL GO TER' British Columbia, 6 per] cent., Pea 31,1872. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.t July 1877-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug J. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00.5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 oo.Apl.4teci • 1390-1900 Do. do; 1,80-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and , 5 Uct, ic00... Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6 p Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 1881, Mayls, Nov. , t Do. 1895, Feb. & Natal .4ov. o per cent v. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J my N. :3. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1861 i Do. 5 p c. 18:1 to 187 f . Do. 5 p.. 1888 to 189: Sew Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent—. Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. 0 , sterling, 1875 queensland Gov. 6 p. C i. Aus.Gov. 8 p,c 18684 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, 9 pril & Oct SIONS. 69 61 100 102 *d ip 51 6 9i 10i 7i 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 101 i 101 104 105 I q1: 0 211 22 59 91 67 60 89 64 58 60 f 2 15 45 .4v 43 45 28 31 27 19 1011 1051 1 P 101 102 1:1 , 51 SI bpi 5 its 85 67 1 dd 101 102 93 95 83 90 84 R 6 82 84 101 102 LOt 102 4 I.ooi 1011 €0 101 k 2 1041 I 21} SECUR: 96 98 95 67 95 97 f-2 84 82 84 1443 165 107 109 106 10 105 107 93i 914 ► 3 105 110 112 104 t(6 108 tcB 107 109 1( 6 107 102 104 96 28 9) 101 93 95 90 61 103 105 841 861 99 101 102 103 106 108 108 110 BRIT II Alll. Uonsui. u old, inn Chiverton Clifford A malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon Eas c Cam Brea '(cast Grenville East Gunnislake.. 'ELIA Love.l. E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam. & StA übyn(G79Cll. Great L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist , in Grenvilie llerod's Foot .... aingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Seton North Roskear v.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. uth Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. ,Illogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Cl, gan, West , assett (Mogan .. W. Caradon (L skeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seto(' .... Who,' T elawnev • MR al X 2.1.0 25)4 2.14.6 [NES. 10 1: 18 19 560 580 1 21 26 11 12 5 , 6 :3} 1 14 15 24 3 2 4 204 21 2 n 15 36 24 3 39 41 4} 3 5 34 44 24 1 d 35 40 10 12 2. 49 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 3.2.0 18.18 0 35.15 6 32 P 4 430 45u 3 126 176 1.. 12 17 18 5 8 6 7 10 70 75 165 175 75 80 26 28 4 6 195 200 17 18 l'lttinflOttt:Nott; 64-lAtts,: , ':rest. Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. , 100 Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 96 Brest Western, 4 per cent. irred . 85A North Staffordshire, 2; lost 91 teoIiMIGN HAILWAYS. 'slits and San Francisco 11,n.) Rim. 7 per twit„ 111 South Austrian aid Lombardo Venetian, 18t DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 771 BAN lib. Albion, 8 Alli.uce. lira., 311 , t •• uwnh of Llgypt, UO Bank of London. 140 Brazil ,n and Portuguese, lim., chartered .ter. of India, London, and China, 603 Commercial Bank of India and the East, V} Consolidated Ban., lim., 10} Eng bill Join t Stock, lira., 114 Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4i London Bank of Mexico and S. America, III:n.0 4 London and County, 77 4 National of Liverpool, limited, 16} National Provincial of England, Ditto, d and .sd issue. 45 Provincial of Ireland, 8t Standard of British South Africa, lek Union of Australia, 642 5 Union ofiLondon, 532 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph. 8 per cent. gua., 11 City of Moscow Gas lim , 31 City Offices, lim., 61 Commercial Union, Insurance. 81 Credit Fonder and letobilier of liingiand,:,9l Discount Corporation. 151 Ebbw Vale, 141 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Sm. 6 Home and II lonial A ssurance. lim, iniperi,il Mercantile Credit A sso., inn.. 71 1 International Finanaial society, iim., 6/ Interational Land Credit. lira., 71 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 91 London and Caledonian garine, Urn., 5 1 N.tional _Discount ompany. lim., 151 Overend, Gurney, and Co., Jim., 151 Royal Mail Steam. 1191 Universal Marine. Insurance, Rm., 61 QUEEN DMA OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS:6.h- Queen Emma of Hawaii, accompanied by the Rev. V . . Ilaopili, her Majesty's chaplain, and other members of her suite, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning from Wy mering and London, having been the guest of the Rev. Mr. Nugee, vicar of Wymering, on the previous day. The Queen, on arriving at Portsmouth, proceeded to the resi dence of the mayor, Mr. R. W. Ford, whero she partook of luncheon with his worship and Mrs. Ford, After luncheon the Queen embarked on board her Majesty's steamer Pigmy, Master Commander Petch, from the Victoria Pier, and pro ceeded to the Isle of Wight, where it is her intention to re mail; for several days. To-day the Queen will be present at a public meeting in the Orangery of Steephill Castle, near Ventnor, in aid of the Sandwich Islands mission, the advocacy of which is understood to be the principal reason of Queen Eznma's present visit to this country.. Similar meetings are advertised to take place in the island at Freshwater and Byde. (MEETING (THIS DAY.) An adjourned general meeting of this company was held at the London-bridge Station, for the purpose of confirm ing an agreement for the purchase of the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway. Mr. Schuster, the chairman, presided. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that this meeting was adjourned from the 9th of duly last, and as tho lawyers had not been able to complete the docu ments which they were called on to confirm, it would be necessary to adjourn again until: the ith November next. The matter was not a very important one, but the confir mation of •it by the shareholders was requisite. -He adverted next to a statement made by the chairman of the South-Eastern at the last half-yearly meeting, reflecting on the conduct of himself and his colleagues. He was not in the habit of having papers read at their meetings respect ing attacks made by other companies, but he thought it right on the present occasion to submit to the meeting a paper which had been printed in reference to their proceedings. It was necessary they should be very exact in regard to these matters, and with respect to what occurred in Par liament, to enable them to come to a correct decision. (Hear hear.) The document, which was very lengthy, was then road and contained a denial of the charges made by the chair man of the South-Eastern against their company. The CHAIRMAN said he had nothing to add to the state ment contained in the paper, and, therefore, he should not offer any further observations. Mr. COLES CHILD said he was glad that the chairman had so fully vindicated himself and his colleagues from the charges which had been made against them. He was a large shareholder in the South-Eastern, and of course muck interested in what related to it, but he considered it was in the worst taste possible for Mr. Byng to throw out imputations on that company. There was an old and a true saying, namely, that persons who live in glass houses should not throw stones. The South Eastern accused the London and Brighton of endeavouring to infringe their rights ; but what was' the fact ? The South Eastern had been endeavouring to encroach on the territory of the London and Brighton ; and, in resisting that encroach ment,, the latter had been invariably successful. The speaker then went into some details confirmatory of his statement. On the motion of Mr. TIERAPATII, seconded by Mr. ADAMS, thanks were voted to the chairman and to the board of directors for their satisfactory conduct. The meeting then adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Gibbons.) GRIFFITHS V. JACKSON. This was an action in which the plaintiff, a Sheriffs' officer's man sought to recover 30s. for watching a prisoner for debt in defendant's sponging-house. Mr. Webster appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Buchanan re presenting the defendant, who is one of the sergeants-at arms to the Sheriffs of London. Plaintiff stated that defendant arrested a debtor, who preferred stopping at his lock-up to going to Whitecross Prison, and plaintiff was employed to watch him. Plain tiff watched five nights and one Sunday, the charge being ss. per night and ss. per Sunday. Mr. Buchanan asked plaintiff to do the job for a certain sum. Plaintiff:replied that he had not:Adding that he ought to be paid extra for the work. If he went into possossion he could get some sleep, but, of course, when he had to watch a debtor all night he must keep his eyes open. (Laughter.) Mr. Buchanan called defendant, who declared that it was a rule with sheriffs officers only to pay one guinea for a job of this kind. Mr. Webster said he had other evidence to show the custom, and witnesses deposed that it was the invariable rule for sheriff's lacers to pay ss. per night for watching a debtor. His Honour did not seo how he could resist plaintiff's case, but defendant applied for an adjournment, saying that he wauld subpoena all the sheriffs' officers in the City of London and the metropolis to prove his view of the custom. His Honour granted the adjournment. The Frightful Attempted Murder and Suicide in Westminster. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER THIS DAY. WESTMINSTER POLICE COURT.—It will be fresh in the recollection of our readers that on Tuesday, August 29, great excitement was caused in Westminster by the report that a labourer named O'Shaugnessy had, at 12 o'clock in the day, in Regent-street, Westminster, cut his wife's throat and then made a desperate attempt on his own life. This account was soon confirmed. The parties, who are of the sister country, had been walking the streets and quarrelling all the morning, the man being appa rently under the influence of liquor, and at 12 o'clock, while proceeding through Regent-street, a crowded thoroughfare at that time of the day, he suddenly drew a razor from his pocket, cut his wife's thrOat severely, and inflicted a wound on his own throat of such a nature that both were conveyed with all possible alacrity to the West minster Hospital in a very precarious condition, no hopes being entertained of the man's recovery for some days. The woman, who was not so severely injured, showed favourable symptoms soon after her admission to the hos pital, and, although the man became worse, after ten days he recovered, and was pronounced sufficiently convalescent to be brought up for examination to-day. On being placed in the dock, William O'Shaugnessy, the prisoner, whose neck was bandaged up, was very weak, but much stronger than his wife, whose throat was also bandaged up, and who could hardly speak, was then charged before Mr. Selfe with felo niously attempting to murder his wife, and also with felo niously attempting to commit suicide. Mary O'Shaugnessy—l live at 7, Lillington-street, Phn 7 lico. lam staying at Westminster Hospital. Sergeant Mason—They were living apart, and he was living at 7, Bridge-row. Witness—l was living at 142, Lillington-street, Pim- lico. He lived at Bridge-row. I have lived apart from him six years, and maintained myself. I had occasion to summon him here the fortnight after I left him: that was for threatening me, and he was bound to keep the peaco. Knowlaud, 141 K— He was not locked up. Witness—l saw him on the 29th August, a little after eight o'clock. He came to the room where I live. There was no one else there besides me. He wanted to come and live with me again, and I said he shouldn't. He insisted upon stopping, and then I left the room, and would not stop with him there. The people where I lived said he ought to be ashamed of himself. I left the room, and he came after me. Befere I went I threw some water in a pail over him. He stayed in the room about 10 minutes. I went down stairs the first time. He came twice. When he came back the second time I threw the water at him. I can't say what time ho came back about nine o'clock. When he came back he brought some boys to take the things out of my room. I loft the house altogether then, and I did not know what to do, because he followed me everywhere I went. I came down hero and asked for a summons, and he followed me into the court. I remember his speaking while I asked for the summons, and he was put out of court for making a disturbance at 10.30 by 263 A. I didn't get the summons, and went to the corner of the square (Vin cent-square) towards Regent-street, and he followed me. I slapped him in the face, I was so annoyed. He said he would pay her for that presently. He still followed me and put his two hands into his coat pockets. I have got nothing more to say. Mr. Selfe—Go on, please. Witness—l did not see anything. He passed his hand across my throat. I did not see what he had in his hand. He said something when he did it . , but I don't remember. When lie naa none iti ne sniriea ou his jacket, and said "I will do for myself now." I put my hands to my throat, and felt all blood. A woman put my clothes up above my neck and said she would stop the blood, and a man said he would strap up the wound, and they took me to the hospital. Mr. Selfe—Did he appear to you sober ? Witness—He was quite sober that morning. Mr. Selfe—Do you wish to ask your lo t a question ? Prisoner—No, your worship. Jemima Fulford, married, wife of George Fulford, 141, Regent-street, Westminster—l remember the morning of the 29th August. I was standing at my own door. Shortly before 12 I saw two people standing close by the railway talking, the last witness and prisoner. I went to go for an errand. I heard the woman say, "You nasty looking wretch !" and I looked round and passed on; and as I was coming back three minutes afterwards, about three or four yards off, I saw him take her as if he would give her a good shaking. I saw his hand at her throat and the blood spurting out ; and he immediately took hold of his own throat and said, " See, here's another!" and he had a razor in his hand. He walked along by the railings and cut his own throat, and sat on a door step. A little boy picked up the razor and offered it to me. Mr. Charles Antonini—l was house-surgeon at West minster Hospital when she was brought in. She had a very largo wound, extending almost from ear to ear —only one wound. The windpipe was not severed or injured at all. She was very weak from loss of blood, and in a dan gerous state. It was not in the direction of the jugular vein, but, as it were, from jaw to jaw. I also saw the pri soner. He was brought in at the same time. His was the same kind of wound, but even more severe, deeper and longer in the same position. Both were in considerable danger, and the wounds, if not attended to, would have been fatal to life. He left this morning. I don't know whether he is going back. Arthur Mason, 10 B—l was on duty at the station about 12 o'clock. I heard of the occurrence and went to the spot, and found prisoner lying down; his neck had then been tied up. I assisted to take him to the Westminster Hospital. [The razor wits produced covered with blood.l Mr. Antonini —The wounds I saw might be produced by such an instrument as that. Mason—This morning I took him into custody. H e said he knew the charge against him. The depositions were ordered to be immediately pre pared for the prisoner's committal for trial. 20LICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day, BOW-STREET. SUSPICIOUS PERSONAGES.--Joseph Hodgin and William Marshott were charged with baing'found in the Charing cross Hotel, and with assaulting Tobey, a detective officer. Mr. Abrams appeared for the defence. Frances Bishop; 4 chambermaid at the hotel, said that about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon she was removing some goods from room 89, on the second floor, to room 87, when she saw Ilodgin .in room 88- standing by the door, and Marshott at 89. She told them the rooms were not theirs; and the only reply Made by one to the other was, " Come along." The' porters were in one of the rooms adjoining, and she called them to see the men down stairs. The prisoners heard her give the . direction to the parties. Mr..Abrams - aSked the witness if she - went into the rooms after they.left, 'and if she had missed anything. - - Witness replied that she did, but that - nothing was taken away. That circumstance did not allay her suspi cions, as she could not tell What property gentlemen who occupied the rooms might have left lying about. Thomas Allen, a porter, said he had occasion to go into one of the rooms, No. 87, and found it bolted inside. At the same time the last witness opened the door of 88, and the prisoners came out. [There is a door between the two rooms.] He asked them what they wanted, and they made no reply. From the appearance of the two men, he felt satisfied they had no business, and he immediately called the detective officer attached to the hotel, and when they saw witness speaking to the officer, they made their way quietly to the platform. Constable Tobey said ho was called by the last witness, and his attention was directed to the two prisoners, who were coming down the grand staircase, and immediately they saw he was watching them they made a dish at the side door, and attempted to make their escape. He pursued them, and succeeded in securing Hodgin, whom he took back to the hotel, where Marshott had been detained. Wit ness asked them if they had been in the hotel, and Marshott said, " Oh, yes, I and my friend have been in the coffee-room." On the way to the station Hodgin said to witness, " You've got me - tight, but what can you do ? The most you can do is to give a drag [a slang term for three months' imprisonment]." He then put his right hand into his coat pocket and took out a jemmy (a small crowbar), and said, "I'll monk your eye out." Witness struggled withthe prisoner and got the jemmy from him, but not before he struck him violently on the knee. At the station-house witness searched the prisoners, and on Hodgin he found some Austrian coins, a silk handkerchief, a knife, and 7s. 6d. in money. On Manshott he found a silk guard and an imitation gold chain, which was attached to a pocket comb in his waistcoat pocket, it hav ing the appearance of being the appendage of a watch. Maushott gave his address at Liverpool, and Hodgin said he hadn't any. Mr. Abrams—Was anything missed from the room? Witness—l cannot say. Inspector West said he had to apply for a remand, but Mr. Abrams objected to the detention of the prisoners, as there was no evidence against them. Mr. Vaugham differed from Mr. Abrams. The posses sion of the jemmy by Hodgin, and his energetic attempt to escape, were sources of great suspicion, and quite suf ficient of themselves to warrant their detention. The prisoners were then remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. OBTAINING GOODS BY MEAISS OF A FORGED ORDER.— John Watson, of No. 3, John's-place, Farm-street Mews, blacksmith, was charged befoin Mr. Knox pith obtaining some hair brushes, razors, &c.. from Mr. Thos. Douglas, hairdresser, No. 44, South Aulley-street, by means of a forged order. Mrs. Ann Douglas, wife of the prosecutor, said that be tween 9 and 10 o'clock on the morning of the 13th Sept. the prisoner, who was known to her, came into the shop and asked for some sponges, stating that it was for a gen tleman. She gave the prisoner a sponge of the value of 10s., and he left, but returned M a few hours, and said the sponge suited very well. He also stated that she had been very kind to his friends, and he wished to give them a turn, and that he had got a situation with a gentleman, at the same time handing her an order for goods purporting to be signed by Colonel J. C. Guisett, of the Albany. In payment for the goods the prisoner handed her a cheque for £3 4s. on the bank of Messrs. Glynn, Mills, and Co., and bearing the signature J. Guisett. The goods amounted to £1 155., and she handed the prisoner the balance of the cheque. On the 15th Sept. the prisoner called again and had more goods ; and on calling a third time for more goods suspicion was aroused. The goods were not de livered, and on the cheque being presented at the bankers, it was returned marked "No account." The police were then communicated with, and the cheque handed to a constable (Dawson, 301 A). Police-constable Henry Dawson, 301 A, said that about nine o'clock last night he went to No. 3, John's-place, Farm-street-mews, and on asking the prisoner if he was John Watson, he said, "No, he is upstairs—l'll call him," at the same time getting up to do so. He told theprisoner that he need not trouble himself to do so as he was the man he wanted. He then told the prisoner that he should take him into custody on the charge of obtaining goods by means of a forged ho made no reply. He afterwards presented the cheque at the bank, and it was marked "No account." The prisoner, who had no questions to ask, was remanded, THAMES. ALLEGED ABDUCTION OP A GlRL.—Henry Nathan, a bootmaker, came before Mr. Partridge, and said that a girl, an orphan, was detained by a woman named Newman, of 5, Rodney-terrace, Bow-road, and he believed there was some foul play in the matter. He could not explain, in answer to the questions of the magistrate, in what the foul play consisted. The girl waS taken as a companion by his wife's sister, who would give no account of her, or say where she was to be found. Mr. Partridge said, if there was any suspicion of foul play, information should be at once given to the police at the nearest station-house, and inquiries made. If the girl was detained by any one against her will, a writ of habeas corpus from one of the , superior courts would compel the parties with whom she was staying to produce her, and explain the reasons for detaining her. It was a ease in which he (Mr. Partridge) could not interfere. The appli cant had better wait upon Inspector Kerresey at the Bow road station-house. CRUEL ROBBERY._Mary Ann Bennett, a most notorious thief, and well-known in the district by the inelegant soubriquet of " Cast Iron Poll," was charged with stealing £l7 19s. in gold from a poor woman, named Mary Ann Marshall, of No. 3, Hainswell-terraco, New-road, Ham mersmith. The prosecutrix is the wife of a sailor, and a very indus trious woman. Her husband has left her his half-pay allotment note, and she has been receiving her monthly money and hoarding it, but instead of investing it in a savings bank, where it would have been safe and accumu lating at interest, she carried it in her pocket and never went away from home without her gold. On Tuesday night last she was in a publichouse in Well-street, opposite the Sailors Home, and looking at a man playing a concer tina, when two girls of light reptte asked her to treat them with liquor, and she did so. Her refusal to do so a second time brought upon her their hostility, and they struck her. She returned the blows and fought with them. Prisoner interfered on behalf of the prosecutrix, and took her home to that infamous place Bluegate-fields, which has become proverbial for robberies and outrages. There were two other women in the room to which she was introduced. They all asked her for some drink, and when it was brought into the room, a glass of what appeared to be gin was given to Marshall, and she drank it. She had no sooner done so than she felt very ill and stupid, and threw herself on a bed. Her pocket, contain ing £l7 10s. in gold, was immediately cut from herNdress by the prisoner. She knew all that the infamous woman was doing, but was unable - to resist her. - The money was wrapped up in a white handk.mhief, with a green border to it. Mrs. Marshall was taken into the street again, and left there by the prisoner. She went into a public-house and partook of a bottle of ginger beer which revived her, and meeting with a sympathetic woman, to whom she re lated that she had been plundered of her gold and had no means of reaching Hammersmith, she was sheltered by her all night, and next morning th 3 case was put into the hands of the police. The prisoner was captured yester day, and it was proved that she had made several expen sive purchases since the robbery. Nathan Jones, 213 li, said the prisoner was a most desperate pperaotl., e l, character, and well fi - nown by the name of " Cast Iron William Walker, a police-constable, No. 488 K, produced -a largo and showy new dress and crinoline, which she had purchased since the robbery. He also put on the witness box a pair of handsome new Balaoral boots, with military heels. Tho prisoner—l have had those boots a week or more. The police made me walk here without boots. The prisoner was remanded for a week, and provided with a pair of very old boots for her feet, instead of the new ones which 0110 had only Worn a few hours. • S 0 U'IIINV-.4.RK. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—DanieI Sullivan, alias Collins, a ruffianly-looking fellow, who was brought up on remand, was charged with a most brutal assault on a man named Colston, who is at present lying 15 the hospital in a dan gerous state from the injuries he received from the prisoner. Mr. W. Crawley, proprietor of tae Swan and Sugarloaf publichouse, Dockhead, said that on the afternoon Of Tuesday Colston was in his house with a friend who came with him in a cab, and had some clink. There was some dispute about the cab far, and when Colston was leaving the house he was attacked in a sava ge manner by the pri soner, when he struck him and knocked him down, when he fell on his head. Remanded till Thursday next. STEAM-ENGINES EXPORTED. -,-From a return yes terday printed it appears that the declared value of steam engines exported in eight months, ended the 31st August, was £1,230,538, whist .098,125 sam6 period last year. LITERATURE. The Edinburgh Review. No. 219 The current number of the " Edinburgh" presents us with a pleasantly varied table of contents. It opens with a notice of Watson's " Life of Bishop Warburton," in which it is remarked that the lives of scholars usually present few incidents for either biographers or readers ; but this cannot be said of Warburton. Hisbiographer says of him :—"Though his writings produced no permanent effect either on literature or theology, yet the variety of the sub jects of which he treated, the display of intellectual energy in his pages, the number of eminent persons with whom he, was brought into contact, and the scornful defiance with which he answered all that Opposed him, render his life a career which cannot be surveyed without interest." The'life of Warbur ton, says the critic, is, on the whole, a disappointing one, and its close is profoundly saddening. His only child, a son of much promise, died prematurely, and thenceforth his interest in life was gone. His powers had for some time been failing him, and his grief put the finishing stroke. The last question which he asked, " Is my son real3y dead, or not ?" gives affecting evidence of the tenacity with which he still clung to the cherished memory. An essay on " Idiot Asylums," though unattractive in title, is full of most interesting reading. No work of charity or duty was longer neglected or more pain fully discouraging than this, and none has more richly repaid the labour spent on it. Many isolated at tempts to improve the condition of the idiot were made in this country prior to the organised and united efforts which resulted in the erection of the noble asylum which has produced so much good. In the year 1850 a number of benevolent persons resolved to institute an asylum, and hired Park-house, High gate, for the purpose. The first gatherings of the inmates at the openings presented such a terrible spectacle that, in the - words of the report, " some who witnessed the scene retired from it in disgust and others in despair." "It was," adds the same a authority, " spectaCle unique in itself, and not to be forgotten by any." In six months even a mar vellous change was produced by the new Mode of treatment, and all became order, obedience, and Cheerful occupation. Very soon the building became too small for the applicants, and it was resolved to establish a large national asylum. This pur-:. pose has been happily carried out at Earlswood, Redhill, where the most astonishing effects have been produced. One of the most remarkable cases was that of a boy who exhibited a striking talent for drawing, and whose pictures excited the admiration of no less eminent judges than Sir Edwin Landseer and the late Prince Consort. His Royal Highness could hardly believe that the artist whose works he admired could ever have been an idiot. He was told, in confirmation, that it was six months before he could be taught to know a dog's head from his tail ! The same boy has made a model of a Man-of: war, and several other inge nious works. He can also frame and glaze his own pictures, being one of the regular' carpenters. An other boy who, on entering the asylum, was so help less that he could not feed himself, is now an adept at making mats with fancy borders. • One of these matmakers lagged behind in one of the walks ; and when asked what he was doing, he replied, " I was thinking of a new pattern for my mat ;" an answer which, as the writer justly observes, shows the plea sure which useful work gave to the poor vacant mind. In many departments of industry the pupils excel, only they need a superintendent. With this condition, they become admirable tailors, shoe makers, and carpenters. Some reclaimed idiots who have left the asylum earn five shillings a day as jour neymen carpenters. In the shoe-shop no one has been found able to cut out the shoe or measure the foot, but when this is done they can make them ex cellently. One boy at Earlswood can make 'a pair of bodts a day, and declares he could make seven pairs in six days if they would let him have his tea stronger. Many quaint sayings are heard by the visitors, and some of the inmates come up to the old Scotch notion of the " daft," or silly body, who was half a wit. One of them being reproved by the clergyman for inatten tion in church, replied, " If you had been looking at your own book you would not have seen me." The farm is another great source of delight, and to be employed upon it the height of ambitiOn. It is noticeable that these poor creatures never fail in care and kindness to the animals under their charge—a striking example to more highly-gifted beings. Now and then prizes have been gained at neighbouring shows by the Earlswood farm and garden produce, and great has been the joy thus occasioned. It is observed in this article that many persons going to the asylum fancy it is an abode of gloom and misery, and are astonished at the univer sal merriment. All these wonders are wrought by the happy system on which it is conducted, the un failing love and kindness with which the unhappy beings are treated instead of the former brute force. Judicious prowess and authority are exercised, but in a mild and soothing manner. The greatest care is paid to each individual case, and care for the mind is coupled with care for the body, for it must always be remembered in dealing with idiots that both body and mind are affected. The alternations of indus trial work, play, and lessons are constant, no em ployment being suffered to become wearisome. This hint, it is justly said, should be taken by the guar dians of healthy children as well. The - assiduous attention paid may be guessed by the fact that one boy, who was thought hopeless, was one day ob served playing with a straw by himself, and from that trifle his instructor had hope of him. The labour of love so zealously 'undertaken has been abundantly rewarded, and it is to be hoped that soon all these afflicted creatures may be brought under its influence, since something can be done to ameliorate the condition of the very lowest. An essay on " Early Italian Art" is full of interest of another kind, and the writer justly observes in treating of the difference between the various schools that there is an intolerance in matters Of art as in other things, and that neither painting nor poetry can be rightly understood unless the critic will take the trouble to enter into the spirit in which the artist painted and the poet wrote. " The Tunnel through the Alps" is discussed in an able paper, in which it' is justly ranked as one of the foremost among the " imperial works and worthy kings " which this engineering age has produced. In an essay on our relations with China and Japan, it is remarked that the worst danger with Wild; the European Powers have been menaced of late years in both these countries has been the anarchy and disorganisition in them which threatens to weaken treaties by leaving no central authority to hold responsible for their infraction. Mr. Swin- burne's " Atalanta in Calydon" receives well-de served praise ; and another critical notice is equally commendatory of Lady Duff Gordon's delightful " Letters from Egypt." The remaining articles would be, of course, incomplete without a political essay on the merits of Whiggism, but that does not diminish the characteristic interest and ability of the number. STATUES BY MR. NOBLE.—A statue of the late Sir James ll'Grigor, Bart, who was Director- General of the Army .Medical Department from 1815 to 1851, and who died in 1858, has just been placed in front of the new barracks at Chelsea, and will shortly be unco vered. It is the result of a public subscription, and has been done full justice to by the sculptor, Mr. Noble. Tho same artist has also nearly completed two other important works commemorative of the naval and military services, which will shortly see the light. First in molancholy in terest is the statue of Sir John Franklin, • the Arctic ex plorer, which has been commissioned by the Government, with the consent of the House of Commonsi and is intended to be placed in the garden behind the Athenaeum Club, in a position so as to face the west side of the United Service Club. The figure of the devoted hero, eight feet high, and clothed in the far-lined cloak appropriate to the bitter climate to which he succumbed, is manly in bearing ; the likeness is said to be admirable. The material is bronze, in which material also a small bas-relief will adorn one of the sides of the pedestal, , representing the' burial of the lamented explorer in his ice-bound grave. The other work to which we refer is the memorial to Sir James outram, destined for Westminster Abbey. It consists of a simple bust, with u tablet beneath, representing the meeting of Sir James Outram and Lord Clyde at Lucknow. On each side of the principal subjects are two figures, partly_seated, and very ably studied as to - character and, expression, of. native chiefs, two chieftains of the Seinde and Bhile tribes, mourning as for a departed fricl44, The whole is in marble,--Building 2rttg* 'ITIII/S. Important Meeting of Ironmasters• The preliminary meeting of the South Stafford stiire ironmasters for the current quarter was held yesterday at Birmingham. Most of the leading houses in the trade were represented. Major Thorneycroft, of the firm of Thorneycroft and Co., of Wolverhampton, presided. The reports made by individual firms throughout the district as to the general condition of the trade Werq satisfactory, and it was stated that there was a vast improvement in this respect since the last quarter day. So far as South Staffordshire is concerned there is a steadily increasing demand for the best brands of finished iron of all descriptions. And prices are firm. Pi g _ iron, too, is in good request at rates (for cer tain descriptions) fully half a crown in- advance of those of three months ago. A general feeling pre vailed that it would be imprudent to attempt to make any advance in the rates for manufactured iron, which now runs as follows :—Marked bars 10s.; best bars, £9 10s.; sheets, singles, £lO ; doubles, £ll 10s. ; angles, £8 ss. to '£9 ; nail sheets, £9 ; latten, £l3 ; rods, £8 10s.; hoops, £9 10s.; gas-strips, £810s.; Canada plates, £l3 ; best boiler plates, £lO ; common, £9 10s.; and other descriptions at proportionate rates. Some interest ing questions affecting the future of the trade were then discussed. The wages question and the tariff rates charged by the railway companies for carriage of iron to London were the Chief topics before the committee. %Vith regard to the former it will be remembered that at the recent conference of masters and men at Wolverhampton, it was stated that, notwithstanding the conventional usages of the trade sanctioned the payment to the workmen for puddling a shilling per ton for every £1 in the price of bars, the men were receiving 9s. 6d. per ton, whilst the maximum price of the best bars was only £8 10s. per ton. The, proposal of the masters was a sliding scare, with a mini mum rate of wages at the rate of Bs. per ton, how ever low the prices of manufactured iron might go, anka.maximum of 10s. 6d. per ton, no matter how high - the selling price ; and to this there was a request by the representatives of the puddlers for a uniform rate of 9s. 6d. or 10s., irrespective of the market value of finished iron. The committee now considered the whole subject, and, after a long dis cussion, it was ultimately postponed for a formal resolution, which was stated would be sent by the men on the 30th inst. This resolution will be com municated- to the masters of the Wolverhampton district, from whom the above proposal emanated, wtthout the approbation of the whole trade. The committee then went into the qu'stion of the rates charged by the various railway companies for the freightage of iron from this district to London in comparison with the tariff of similar merchandise fram other great centres of industry throughout the kingdom. A long report was read, in which seve ral serious discrepancies in the rates were pointed out greatly to the disadvantage of this district. Wolverhampton being taken as the starting point in their calculation, it was found that the fate per ton for bar iron from that town to London-126 miles—was 17s. 6d. per ton ; from Wolverhampton to Cardiff, also 126 miles, the charge was 9s. 2d. ; from Wolverhampton to Glasgow, 275 miles, the charge was 20s. per ton, being only 2s. 6d. more than was charged for the 126 miles between Wol verhampton and London. From North Stafford shire to London the rates are the same as those from South Staffordshire, although the distance from North Staffordshire is much greater than from South Staffordshire ; but from North Staffordshire to Liverpool the charge is only ss. per ton. The Mid dlesborough ironmasters can send a ton of iron to London, some 300 miles, for 18s. 6d. ; while from Milton, 235 miles, the charge is 11s. These discre pancies were strongly denounced by the ironmasters present, and it was suggested that a committee should be appointed to lay the whole subject in a paper before the railway companies, and that the committee be empowered to consider and report on the best means of redressing these grievances. In the course of the discussion a proposition was received from an influential company, offering to construct a barge canal which should convey iron from the South Staffordshire and Eadt - Worcester shire iron-making district at the uniform rate of 10s. per ton. The Fenian Movement. The Freeman's Journal of yesterday says :—" From the subjoined extracts from the columns of some of our southern contemporaries, it will be seen that the ' raid' among the Fenians has not terminated, nor has the vigilance of the government nor the activity of its officials abated. Cork still continues to occupy an undesirable pre-eminence in the affair—a fact which is, of course, to be attributed to the circum stance of a number of the homeward American mails calling at Queenstown, and in the majority of those arrivals arrests have taken place. The City of Manchester arrived in the harbour about one o'clock on Tuesday morning, and the passengers landed were, as has been the case for the last week or two, closely searched by a large force of police. A num ber of revolvers, &c., were seized, and one of the passengers, Chas. H. O'Riordan, was arrested, the police having found on his person documents which they consider to be of a treasonable nature. He states that he had served as a captain in the Federal army, and had, before the breaking out of the Ame rican war, been an officer in her Majesty's 10th Hussars. He was lodged in the Queenstown Bride well until the authorities in Dublin shall be com municated with. The captures among the military down south also continue. The Examiner of Wed nesday evening tells us' that on Monday a sergeant of the 2d Queen's was arrested at Cork barracks, and two non-commissioned officers of the 99th, sta tioned at Buttevant, were likewise placed in custody, all on the charge of being connected in some manner with the Fenian movement. Other arrests have taken place in different parts of the county Cork, the parti culars of which we give below. We may here state, in reference to a paragraph which we transferred to our columns the other day from those of a Cork paper, that we understand there is no .foundation for the rumour that the Government have resolved on holding a special commission at Cork for the trial of the prisoners. Yesterday passed over without any addition having been made to the number of the Dublin prisoners, and indeed it would seem that the attention of the authorities was now centred on Cork. The Herald of that city informs us that several members of the police force, disguised by wearing civilians' clothes, have arrived from Dublin. They bring with them, it is said, documents which will lead to further arrests in Cork. In the lodging houses where they remain, observes our informant, during their stay, it is remarked that they are strangely silent, and exhibit the strongest dislike to entering into conversation relative to the all-en grossing topic of the day." The election of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year took place to-day in the Guildhall, when Alderman Phillips was selected for the office. FOREIGN POTATOES.—It iss a u p e d pears from that in eight a ightmonths cwts. of potatoes were import e d , Parlia mentary docum ye e s ia r t s y B7,4 teLla3 of the present previous year. G in EO th n e GE against 8 s t v 4 0 2 R 7 D , 0 4 A 3 B c o w u t T s . CRUIKSHA~g, Political caricature, indeed, George Cruikshank practised but a few years; perhaps he had hardly gall enough in his nature to relish even the harmless personalities of such an art; though the changes and extravagances, or, as he named them, the " monstrosities " of fashion supplied him with subjects for some time longer. It is impossible to have been happier than he was in his portrayal of the rapid and fantastic alterations of dress that milliners and tailors devised for the perplexity of their customers in his early manhood ; from long waists to short waists, from tight sleeves to gigots, which might well have held a leg of mutton, or bishop sleeves, which by themselves might have furnished materials for a chapter; from Oldenburg bonnets, like a kitchen coal-scuttle, to flat-brimmed hats, which looked as if their model had been formed in the frying-pan. It must be added that, as wo may judge from other pro ducts of his pencil, if the male sex are, as they are wont to boast, less whimsical in their changes of attire, it is since Cruikshank's day that they have learnt that wisdom. Cer tainly, unless the artist allowed himself an unusual license of exaggeration, man ; with his head firmly held in its posi tion by his buckram cravat six inches high, cut almost in two at the waist by stays, with padded hips, and padded shoulders, tightly laced up, tightly strapped down, had but litt!ft cause to laush at his fair sister,—Once a week. 1 . 2 ..........0 SPORTING I NTELLIGENCE—Thus Day, NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SWEEPSTAKES OP 30 SOVS. N©w Victoria. Messagora HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. T. Y. C. Crossbow Troublesome 2 Jack o'Lautern Ten imn. OCTOBER HANDICAP. Crisis 1 King Charming Ackw0rtir........................................................... Twelvo ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. La Mutt Balsam Bird of Eve Four ran. CESAREW ITCH. 20 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken) MARKETS—This Day. --.-- --...- ,0-. , .......... I MARE-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of the home grown wheat were very moderate. For most qualities there was a steady demand, and prices ruled firm. With foreign wheat the market was moderately supplied. About an average business was transacted, and Monday's currency was well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand at fully late rates. With barley the market was very Moderately supplied. There was no activity in the trade, yet prices ruled firm. Malt was in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Oats were in good supply. Good and fine samples moved off steadily at full quotations ; otherwise, trado was dull. For beans and peas the trade was quiet on former terms. Flour was in fair average request at full currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 3030 140 9 GO 240 1610 Irish Foreign 12,210 6,890 32,120 80 sks. 4770 bls. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale are only moderate. Thol trade is firm at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. sd s d Inferior beef 3 2 :4 6 Middling do. 3 8 4 2 Prime lar4e do 4 4 4 6 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Large pork 4 0 5 0 Lamb, Os 0 ad 8 id Inferlir mution 4 4 5 0 Middling mutton-5 z 5 8 Pr►me do 5 10 6 2 Veal 4 6 5 J Small pork. , 5 2 5 0 Id to Os ud. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is well supplied with new hops. Most de scriptions are in good request at our quotations. Yearling and old hops may be considered steady. New Mid and East Kents loss to 160 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex 77 Yearlings 9ss to 1408 COLONIAL. TEA. —Business has remained very quiet, and prices show no material change. SUGAR.—A large amount of business has been done in West India descriptions at barely the late advance. In the refined market common lumps are quoted 445. to 445. 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—The dealings have been to a fair extent in both plantation and native Ceylon, and full prices have been readily obtained for superior descriptions. RlCE.—There has been little inquiry, and the few par cels disposed of have brought about previous prices. TALLOW.—The operations have been to a moderate ex tent without any material change in quotations for both present and forivard delivery, P.Y.C. on the spot being marked 465., December, 475. 6d 475. 9d. per cwt. Bank of England Return,---Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending ie Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1865. ABTMENT. IBBUE DEP Notes issued .......X27,7i8,725, Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.631,K0 Gold Coin & Bul li on 13,121'4,725 Silver Bullion .... £27 778,725 X27,' 78,723 EPARTMENT. 1 Government Seen- rities (including Dead IN eig h LA n - nui ty) £10,384.200 Other Securities L4622,316 Notes Gold and ilver 832,V4 Coin FORBES, Deputy Cashier. BANKING D oprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 itest l'oblic Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 7,330, 0 ,0 Uthat,beposi 13,744628 Seven Day and •;other Bills 554,183 £40,0.4,69) Sept. 25, 1865. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Sept. 29.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy in the morning. CARDIFF, Sept. 28.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Tomado, for Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Bridge water, from China. SUNDERLAND, Sept. 28.—Wind S.W.—.Arrived—Dol phin, from --. CLYDE, Sept. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Virginia, ri-orn Mauritius. QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 28.—Wind E.—Arrived—Alexia, from Mazagan. Sailed—Earl Russell, and Bayswater, for Moreton Bay. FALMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind W.—Arrived -Dresden, from Trinidad de Cuba. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.' GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 28.—St. Johanna, from Skelleftea ; Valen cia, from Denia ; Constantia, from Renneby ; Carrier, from Antwerp. Arrived, Sept. 29.—Serist, from Dunkirk ; Traveller, from Cronstadt ; Margaret Matilda, from Groningen ; Nelson, Anniversary, and Plato, from Cronsta,dt ; Comet, from Engelhohn ; Jane MacDonald, from Suudswall ; Norden, from Gefle ; Tiger, from Tonning. Sailed, Sept. 29—Velasquez, steamer, for Bilboa. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed.—Seaton, from Sunderland, for Bordeaux; Gloria, Russian bark, from the North, for the west; Atlanta ) from Shields for Alexandria. The progress of business in the Mincing-lane markets during the past few days has been ani mated. Sugars have been largely dealt in at en hanced prices, for coffee there has been a fair in quiry at full prices ; but rice, fruit, and spices have been depressed. Tallow has continued on moderato demand at steady rates for both present and for ward delivery. A BEE INITASION.—A good deal of amusement has been afforded to the people of Oban during the last eight days by an extraordinary exhibition of the thievish propensities of the bees of the neighbourhood. It appears that on Thursday week a newly-hived flock of Dr. Oummiu's friends, headed by their queen, entered the shop of Mr. Black, fruiterer, where they proceeded to regale themselves on the dainties lying so temptingly exposed. 'With a total disregard to the laws of mum et tuum, they sucked the sweets of all that was suckable, and spoiled a good deal more than they sucked. Mr Black, however, anxious to have a select and numerous custom, had not bargained for a queen and a few thousands of su bj ects, a nd did not appreciate the free and easy way in which his goods were hrndled, and more especially as "n 3 d . Th e returns " was an axiom upon 'which his customers rt into r fa eg it u il i f s u it ll i y on ac b t u e t Without honey was lying lying before them, and the bees appre ciated to the full the delightful delicacy. The boxes were covered, hidden, removed to the most secret recesses of the shop, but in vain. The bees found them out, and tucked in with the most extraordinary avidity. They defied all efforts to eject them, and at the same time prevented more honest customers from entering the shop. At length, when it was seen that there was no probability of the o f their own accord, stringent flock leaving measures were adopted. The services of two men were called in, who commenced to remove the goods out of the shop. Not withstanding this, the queen and her followers continued to cling to the spot hallowed by such sweet recollections ; and it was only when that fatal enemy of the bee tribe, the dreaded brimstone, Mingled with chloroform, was intro duced, that the marauders succumbed—the queen bravely dying amid her devoted followers. The bees, however, had held poisession for 36 hours, and had shown an ex ample which others were not slow to follow. The fore noon after the suffocation, a fresh relay of bees paid Mr. Black a visit diving the warm hours of the day, leaving in the evening, or whenever they had filled their honey bags. Others succeeded as soon as the first visitors left, rendering it impossible for people to enter the shop during several hours each day. All the bees in the neighbourhood seemed to have received the hint, and particular directions as to the locality of Mr. Black's premises, which still continue to be the favourite resort of all the bees about Oban. The wasps have oven discovered the scent, and have put in a most respectable 'appearanee, mingling with their more valuable sisters as though they were bees of the most un impeachable character. It is due to the thieves, however, to state that they keep their stings faithfully sheathed, and have never lost their amiable temper.--Gicagow Morning Jounial, et 20 20& 10 100 1 OSSE, 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 Elm 2 100 100 ,MEN' 190 100 100 1f 0 100 100 15 14/