The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-13 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Although there is not a large demand for discount acc ommodation, and brokers are - abundantly sup- Plied with capital, the rates in the open market continue firm. For the best commercial paper 31,- ! ) er cent is the lowest, and only in exceptional cases la 3 .1 per cent, accepted. The Grand Trunk Railway Company have an aouneed the paynient of the interest on the Atlantic an d St. Lawrence Sterling Shares and Certificates co and after the 15th inst. An extraordinary general meeting of the share holders of the Russian Iron Works Company has lust been held. The proposition of the directors to alter the articles of association to meet the require- I n . ents of the Stock Exchange was agreed to. Much thfferen ce of opinion existed with reference to the en lirse that should be pursued respecting the carry ing on of the company. The Stock Exchange committee have passed the following resolution :—"That this committee, pend ing seripus discrepancies between the prospectus and the articles of association of the Glamorgan I ron and Coal Company (Limited), and also that there were very objectionable practices in the pro rhotion of the company and in the allotment of shares, decline to appoint a settling day." The report of the London Bank of Mexico and S outh America, to be presented on the 19th inst., recoxnmends an interim dividend for the half-year e nding 30th of June of 10s. per share, equal to about 9 per cent. per annum, leaving £14,856 to be carried forward. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to tenter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69 f. 27c. Firm. The English Stock Market has continued in a steady position. Prices show no material altera tion, and Consols remain at 894 j- for money, and 9 0 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced annuities are 88* s ; India 5 per Cents., 1051 ; 40 . Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1014 ; do. 4 per Cent. fonds, 255. prem ; and Bank of England Stock, 248. Foreign Stocks also exhibit firmness without any l raPortant alteration in prices. Turkish Consolides are 491 ; Mexican, 241 k ; the New Loan, 23,1 ; Greek, 20k 8 ; Spanish Passive, 298 308 ; the Certificates, 141 8 ; Italian, 65i ; and the Con federate Loan, 6 7. American Shares have not been dealt in to any great extent, but they generally maintain their f ormer values. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 681 Erie Shares, 551 ; and Illinois, 79+. In the Railway Share Market business has been inactive, and prices have shown little variation of importance. North-Eastern (Berwick) have de clined and North-Western ; while Great Eastern have advanced g, Metropolitan and South-Eastern 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained very dull, at about previous prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares in several instances are flatter. London and County have declined to 76 ; London Chartered of Australia, to 25 Hindostan, China, and Japan, to 201 ; and London Financial, to 23* Overend, Gurney, and Company, are quoted 3f f prem ; Atlantic Telegraph Shares, 2 21 per share ; and Trans atlantic Steamship Company, 2 21 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° rier Cent. Consols Do. Account, Oct. 10 6 per Cent. Reduced BBf i per Cent . BBf 1 1 41 W 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — Do. £5OO — Bank Do £lOO and £2OO of England Stock, 51 per Cent 248 ,Do Account ' — , INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, IA 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. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ Do. Bonds, £l,OOO - 25 Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — b razilian 5 per Cent Do. 4i per 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, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do, Account EQuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent 95 Do., Second Issue 951 Do. 1864 961 Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 21 Do Account 2ll 1 • Do. Coupons — ( "latemala 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Do. Account Do £B6 paid Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 711 Do 1865 Do Scrip, £671 paid Do 5 per Cent., 18 64 -uo. Scrip. £55 paid Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account — Do 1864 231 1 1)0 6 per Cent. An — ..Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — zaontevidean 6,:per Cent., £3O paid tioorish Imperial 5 per Cent . 1413 W rana& l4 i Do 2 per Cent 324 3 Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) ... Peruvian 44 per Cent Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (llribarren) — , Do 44 per Cent., 1862 '°rtuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 — Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 474 Do. Account "lissian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 9 per Cent., 1860 Do ricer Cent. i 862 93/ 4 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent , z Do Account ''Panish 3 per Cent Do Account — Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive BOl 30 Do Account ° banish Cert. of Coup not funded — „. Do Account l4/ I Ki'wedish 4 per Cent. Do Account ~„ per Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — , s o. 11 per Cent .uo 6 per Cent. 1862 Ro;Account Do £lOO Bonds 741 51 5 Do 6 p er 0ent.,1863 D O 5 per Cent. 1865 Do £lOO Bonds D° Scrip, £35 paid DO Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Ven ezuela 3 per Cent. — D O. 6 per Cent, 1862 — " 0 . Account Dividends on the above payable in London. k i t rian, 5 per Cent., En. 1 0 Florins r) fin, 44 p er cen t., Es. 25f. ttt s ch 24 per Cent., En. 12 Guil — F 4 ' 4 per Cent. Certificalms — i7 o o. 7 ll 4 Re cco n u te n s, t 44 per Cent. — Itadan Per Cent , 1861, Es. 251. — D o Account - * ' THREE O'CLOCK C onsols 894 4 Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day arket rather better. bales. Sales, probably 10,000 SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share' Railways. Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Brfstol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon...— Cornwall Do. A / A gets no div. Dee till6p.c.p.an.has B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wi stern Great Eastern, Ord. s Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock . • Do. B JO all 100 110 1(0 all all 93 95 1341 1351 5 6 Do. Few. is. at 25 pu Gt S. and W. of Ireland. Gt. Weste. n . S. Val. Rail gua. f)o. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxlord Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancishire &Yorkshire London and Blackwell Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid'and Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid. Gt. W., Ireland Do. shares 'did Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N:E purchasel Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling►. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock lio. Scot, Mid. stook Shrews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South E:-stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw3ll W.Hartlepool Har.&ll Do. A Irredeemable Do. A. redeemable tall all all 100 100 67 7 71 73 111 113 47 48 7 8 100 100 100 100 100 133 135 15.4 126 129 100 10 100 10 100 88 g 8 60 67 64 66 45 47 38 42 105 1 07 124 1211 88 90 103 105 3t 40 124 125 97 98 58 bBl Iss) 139 ii 128 3 1 1281 Si P 98 AO 60 62 r 7 Mt 1101 11l 68 63 103 104 361. 37 66 58 81 n 84 9 148 152 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 121 20/ 881 124 4 971 7 58i 134 9j 1101 10 11 i) 118 120 1i 2 p 76 78 it 12 150 154 60 62 81i 2 Pam Closing Business Price. done. 471 'Bl 7f 3 l 104 106 49 51 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 at [ Atlantic & St. Lawrence Som., Baroda, a Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. l shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1.874 Calcutta & S. E., lim ,:ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension 56 58 101 102 pr 4 p 44 9 10 Grand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ►'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent 99 101 70 75 100 102 101 i 102 i 1034 1041, 17 /8), Do. New pia. 5 p. c Gt. South of India Ohn gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wcs. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 tio. 5i do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4f do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's tray.. New Brunswick & Can Class A and B "7.ltl.C'da, pc Ist pi. bds Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do feh Do. Panjaub Do.lndus St Flo all 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 COLONIAL GO VERNMEN' British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31.1972.... Can.Gov.G p.c.Ja.it July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape .Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1888, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. Is7B Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. Natal Nov. o per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. da.J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 pm. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.— Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. la & July Do. do, a pril St Oct 100 100 100 100 100 BRIT :Sli M 101 } 9,8 90 64 66 55 60 55 57 50 52 4t 45 38 t 2 28 t 8 25 27 103} 10461 P 104 1 141 1 4 1 i Cam. Consol. Gold, lint Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) Last Caradon ast Carn Brea gest Grenville East Loved E. Russell (Tavistk G am. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L ocey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (lielst•'n Grenville Herod's Foot Ilingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley m wyndy Iron Ore, Nangi les .. New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N .Wh• 1 Bassett (I' Logan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (II Logan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West C hi ver ton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheat Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. Wheal Uni0n...... 97 981 95 97 98 100 84 854 82 S 4 103 105 106 108 108 110 106 108 1(3 105 100 111 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 IT SECUII Mid ( Di D] 103 105 107 09 107 109 102 104 96 98 9J 101 93 95 90 61 103 105 85 86 98 100 102 103 106 108 109 110 INES. ,ITIES. 371 4.2.0 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.9 30.17.6 3.12.81 8 81 20 22 560 580 24 1 26 11i 12i 51 61 2/ 2 10 11 i 2 1 1 21 22 1/ 11 35 86 21 40 42 31 4} 20 3 41 44 21 10 11 13 25 35 I 1 } It lf 11 2 30 32 470 490 15 20 13 15 174 18i 6 7 3 10 70 75 163 175 75 80 274 32 4 6 195 200 17 18 90J I 109} t'KEFERENUN btlAttEb lonsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, f to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent.,'l3l tto, 4i per cent. pt. stook rd., 99 PREFEKENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Northern, Boston and Sleaford fit per cent., 911 London, Brighton, Ate., 41 per cent., 1658, 98i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 92 FOREIGN' RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco t liin.) gua. 7 per cent., 15 FOREIGN MINICti, Cape Copper, lim., 11 Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., 3f Mariquita, i Washoe Gold, lim., Ditto, (£3), ; i BANKS. Agra and Misterman's, lim., 581 Alliance, lint.. 314 Bank of London. 136} Bank of Queensland, lim, 20 Chartered ql.er. of India, London. and China, 501 But London, lim.. 51 Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 11/ European Bank, lim., 12 Hindustan, China, and Japan. ilm., 201 Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lint., 44 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 14 1 London and Brazilian aim.). 45 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 131 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 25 London and County, 76 London Joint Stock, 501 1 London and 11 estminster, 97 6} Mercantile and Exchange, lim., Provincial of Ireland, 84 Scinde, Punjatin. and Delhi. Urn., 71 Standard of British South Africa, 15/ Union of. London, 54 1 DOCKS. East and %rest India, 1231 London and St. Katharine, 761 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Berlin Water Works, lira., 11: 80,,,bay Gas, lim., Ditto, 2d issue, 41 Canada company, 55 City Offices, lim., 6 51 Credit Fonder and 141obilier of England, 84 91 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim„ 7/ Crystal Palace, 39k 9 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lira., 34 k Egyptian Com and Trading, lira., 34 Fairb iirn Engineering, 6 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 9 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 5/ Home and ,lonial A saurance, lint, 31 Hudson's Bay, 11; Imperial mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 61 International Financial :-ociety, um., 61 . Interational Land Credit, Mu., 74 Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 9k London Financial Association. lim.. 231 31illwall Freehold Land and Dock, Rm.. 3* National Discount lornpany. lim., 151 / Ocean 31arine Insurance), 241 4 Overend, Gurney, and Co., ►ian., 10k Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 70 with, Knight, and Co., lim., 7 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENII\ G, SEPTEMBER 13, 1865. The Elopement of a Clergyman's Daughter with a Groom. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER THIS DAY. George Smith, who was charged with the abduc tion of Miss Crosse, daughter of the Rev. Robert Crosse, rector of Ockham, and who will become possessed of considerable property on attaining her majority, was brought before Mr. Ingham at the Wandsworth Police-court, this day, having been remanded from Wednesday last. The prisoner was liberated on bail, two substantial tradesmen in the neighbourhood having become security for his ap- pearance. From the romantic character of the case it natu rally excited much interest, and at an early hour the doors of the court were crowded by persons, amongst whom were several ladies, eager for ad mission ; but the court not being constructed with a view to " sensational cases " is of very limited dimensions, and hundreds were obliged to go away much disappointed. The young lady did not appear, and the prisoner became the great object of attraction to the crowd assembled outside the court, and was greeted with 'some favourable demonstrations, of which he ap peared to take no notice. Although short in stature his appearance generally is rather prepossessing, and presents nothing to indicate his menial capacity. Mr. E. D. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, attended on the part of the Rev. Mr. Crosse, and Mr. Haynes, jun., for the prisoner. Mr. Ingham inquired if any further evidence was to be adduced on the part of the complainant. Mr. Lovelace—No, sir ; there is no further prose cution of the case. Mr. Ingham—Let the prisoner be discharged. Mr. Haynes said that, as a matter of course, the money taken from the accused would be returned. The Magistrate replied in the affirmative. As the prisoner was about leaving the dock, Mr. Lewis said that he wished to make a few -ob servations on behalf of his reverend client. After the discovery of the young lady's elopement, Mr. Crosse immediately instituted inquiries, with a view to ascertain where she had gone, and all the circum stances connected with her departure from his roof. However, when he (the Rev. Mr. Crosse) heard the evidence given last Wednesday, he resolved to with draw from the further prosecution of the case. The young lady had returned to her home by her own consent, and with the exception of the indiscre tion of having eloped with Smith, there was no ground for imputing any impropriety to her, she being as virtuous as when she left her father's house. The prisoner then left the court and was loudly cheered by the crowd outside, who had been in formed of the result of the proceedings. It is rumoured in the neighbourhood that the young lady having expressed her determination to adhere to her lover, her father has consented to their marriage, which it is stated is to be solemnised at Wandsworth Church to-morrow morning. The Wealth of France. The following very able article we quote from the Herald of yesterday : The advent of Prince Louis Napoleon to political power in France spread universal disquietude amongst us—as well as amongst most other European nations—and this dread of the consequences which might ensue was by no means• allayed as he progressed step by step towards the attainment of the object of his ambition, until, by the al most unanimous will of the French people, he was placed in triumph upon the Imperial throne. It was feared that, smarting under the reminiscences of the deposition of the founder of his race, and anxious to consolidate his power by yielding to the wishes of a gallant nation panting for an opportunity to avenge past reverses, he should seek to wrest from their present possessors the territories torn from France by the Treaty of Vienna, and thus prove himself to be the inheritor of his uncle's policy and the redresser of his country's wrong. Few believed in the sincerity of the declaration, " L'Empire, c'est la )aix ;" but one consolation remained to those who dis- trusted his intentions, "he had not the funds necessary to embark in war," and capitalists smiled as they buttoned lair pockets, and declared that none should he get to carry out his aggressive projects. It was then the general conviction that money could only bo procured to the neces sary extent in England, and as those who could control its supply had determined to withhold it, it was hoped that the peace of Europe might be preserved from the lack of means to disturb it. When the Emperor, passing over the great capitalists whose trade it was to negotiate loans for the Powers who required them, determined to appeal _ _ _ directly to his people for pecuniary support, the project I was received with mocking incredulity by our men upon 'Change. The attempt to obtain any considerable sum from a nation composed of petty landholders, in which there were no great proprietors, and but comparatively few ex tensive merchants, must, according to them, as a matter of course, end in signal disappointment ; but the sagacious sovereign persevered; he knew, none better, the vast, though widely disseminated resources of his subjects ; he tapped the spring of national wealth, and it flowed in super abundance, for three times the amount required was in stantly subscribed by the middle and lowest classes of so ciety. This unexpected result was attributed by our wise acres to the intrigues of the French Government. The market was supposed to have been " rigged," and it was almost generally believed that the success achieved was more apparent than real, most of the applications for in vestment being set down as fictitious, while even those who believed in the reality of the offers considered the first loan as an experiment which could not be again re- peated. Two subsequent appeals, however, eventuating in tenders largely exceeding in amount those made on the first occasion, con vinced the most sceptical that money could be bound out of England. T hen the question arose as to the sources from whence it came ; and to this inquiry the recently published letters of our Special Correspondent travelling in France furnish, we think, a full and satisfactory reply. The advocate of farming on an extensive scale must be not a little surprised at his statements, although their truthfulness will be readily admitted by those who have resided for any time in France, and occupied themselves in investigating the condition of its inhabitants. Farm ing on a large scale, and on the most approved principles, may prove most remunerative to the individuals engaged in it. They, however, are but the few. And it may be fairly asked whether it tends to the general advantage thai those few should prosper, while the agents of their prosperity, their labourers, are steeped in ignorance and misery, or whether small holdings should become the rule, with their occupants, as is the case in France living in comfort, the national wealth being at the same time enormously increased by their industrious exer tions? When we find that our home growth of cereals, which in 1841 was sufficient to support 23,250,000 of our population, is now, with all the boasted modern improve ments in tillage, inadequate to the maintenance of 13,000,000, reduction has taken place in the amount wilea of c oarlrledsepsocndiripntigons of live stock, we may fearlessly assert that there is a progressive and rapid decline in our agricultural products, indicated but too truly by the re duction of the rural and the unnatural increase of the urban population, which, the moment a check is given to manu factures, becomes a burden on the land. On turning to the statistics of the Irish Registrar-General for 1864 we find that the number of horses in Ireland has di minished by no less than 50,000 within the last two years, while there was a deficit of 10,606 head of black cattle, and of 28,354 sheep in the stock brought for sale to the groat fair of Ballinasloe in 1864, as compared with those sent there in 1858. Whether a similar reduction has taken place in the number of live stock we cannot posi tively say from the want of official statistics, although the fact that one-half of the number of beasts now sold in the Metropolitan Cattle-market are returned as of foreign growth goes far to support the supposition that such is the case ; and while this is the condition of agriculture in Great Britain and Ireland under the boasted system of ex tensive holdings, we find that the cereal productions of the small holders in France have been doubled in amount during the last twenty years ; their black cattle being now more than double in number what they were forty years ago, and their sheep having increased by about five millions since 1852. That the French peasantry are content with their lot is made evident by their disinclina tion to emigrate even to Algeria, which lies at their very doors, although every inducement is held out to encourage them to do so. The secret of their prosperity and happi ness lies in the subdivision of land, which stimulates them to exertion in the hope of becoming proprietors ; and this grand object of their ambition they almost always attain, although as tenants they pay higher rents, hold under shorter leases, have less encouragement from their landlords than the farmer of any other country; and what no doubt would be by Irishmen considered more discouraging still is, that in one month after a half-year's rent falls due, and remains unpaid, they are liable to summary eviction, without any right of redemption, by the simple order of the justice of peace of the canton to which they belong, their cattle, crops, and furniture remaining in the hands of the proprie tor, to be sold by auction in discharge of their arrears. Those small proprietors whose value is so little appre ciated in this country from the veritable conservative power of France — as prou d o f th e i r p e tty and hard-won possessions as the long-descended baron is of his ances tral estates, and consisting, in a great proportion, of the annually discharged soldiers, who, while serving in the ranks, have received an education which enables them to appreciate the value of their social advantages ; deeply imbued with the imperishable renown of the First Empire, and having been many of them participators in the glory of the present one, they form the bulwark which will defend the Government of the people's choice against the assaults of Red Republicanism or the intrigues of Legitimacy, and, should need be, they would quickly teach those who sought to overthrow the Sovereign who has so signally benefitted themselves and their beloved country let Paris is no longer France. FAMOUS INHABITANTS OF SOUTHWIRK.—That the great William Shakspere lived near the Bear-garden ' in 1596 is asserted by Malone from a paper in his posses sion. Another document, belonging to Mr. Collier, affords evidence that he continued to reside in Southwark to the year 1608. And a note taken from the poor's-book of St. Saviour, at the date a April 6, 1609, states him to have been then assessed to their relief at 6d. weekly, the highest sum of any one in the Clink Liberty. On Dec. 31, 1607, a brother, Edmund Shakspere, was buried in the church. It is probable that our great poet and dramatist retired to his native place about 1611 or 1612, not long after the production of his last play. On Bankside lived Beaumont and Fletcher. They lived together, and composed their celebrated joint productions. "Both bachelors lay together, and had ono wench in the house between them. There was the same clothes, cloke, &c., for them." Old Wit, in Shadwell's ;Bury Fair, is made to say, " I knew my friend Fletcher, and his maid Juan well. I shall never forget him. I have supped with him at his house on the Bankside. Ile loved a fat loin of pork of all things in the world."—South London Chronicle. The Fire and Loss of Life in London-road. ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST.—THIS DAY. This forenoon . Mr. W. J. Payne, deputy-coroner for Southwark and London, resumed in the board room of St. George's Workhouse, Mint-street, Southwark, the adjourned inquiry respecting the death of Jane Nathan, aged six years, the daughter of a furniture dealer and pic ture gallery proprietor of the London-road, who perished in the dreadful fire that occurred in her parents' premises, forming two large houses in the London-road. It will be remembered that the inquest was opened this day week, but owing to the absence of several important witnesses the inquiry was adjourned until this day, in or der to complete the evidence, the coroner remarking on the former occasion that the whole of the witnesses who had been in attendance could give no evidence respecting the fire, whereas those who knew all about the case were not present. As on the former occasion, the inquiry created great interest, and Mr. Inspector Baddeley and Mr. Inspector Havard, of the Royal Society for the Pro tection of Life from Fire, attended to watch the case on behalf of that society. Mr. Inspector Young also was pre sent on behalf of the police authorities. After some little delay the jury reassembled and answered to their names. The learned Deputy Coroner addressed them, and remarked it would have been unwise on his part to have received any verdict from them at their last sitting, for, in point of fact, the evidence amounted to nothing. lie was in hopes that the full complement of witnesses would be in attendance this morning, so that the time they would have to lose would be very short. The following witnesses were then called, and, after being sworn, deposed as under : Samuel Nathan said that he recollected the night of the fire, between 8 o'clock and half-past. His father was out at the time, and his mother went out after him with his aunt, two sisters, and his grandmother, leaving witness, a little brother and sister playing about, and three or four children in bed up stairs. The last persons who left the house were his mother and aunt. When the fire broke out he was at the door, which was open. He discovered, whilst he stood there, smoke coming from the back part of the premises, apparently from the picture-room. lie at once ran for the fire-escape, The family had been sitting in the picture-gallery that night. Gas was burned there. The burners were about five feet from the ceiling, in the centre of the gallery. One of those Burners was lighted that night. His mother sent his little sister up to get her bonnet from her room at the top of the house be fore she went out. There was only a little fire in the grate in the kitchen on that night. He did not know what time the sisters went to bed. He believed that the fire commenced in the Picture Gallery, which was also stored with furniture, but there was neither paint, oil, or turpen tine in the place, and nothing that was likely to cause a fire to break out spontaneously. Mr. Lewis, who attended on behalf of Mr. Nathan, to watch the case, cross-examined the witness, and elicited from him that the pictures in the gallery were worth £1,400 or £1,500, and they were not insured. Sarah Nathan said that she was 14 years of age, and on the Sunday that the fire took place she was down stairs. Her aunt had her bonnet on before she went out, but not her mother, and at her request she went upstairs and fetched her bonnet. The gas was alight in that room at the time, and she had to pass the picture gallery in getting to her mother's room. Her father had gone out at that time. She did not touch the gas-pipe or burner. She did not know what part of the house was burning, but there was some black fire on the staircase. By a Juror—She smelt no escepe of gas on the Sunday night. Her mother lighted the gas up stairs, and her father lit the one in the picture gallery. Some further evidence having been given, The jury decided upon finishing the case, and they re turned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally burned to death by the fire, but how the said fire occurred there was no evidence to prove. SHOCKING DEATH. This morning, Mr. William Cartter, the Surrey coroner, held an inquest at the King's Arms Tavern, Lambeth, on the body of James Mathew, aged thirty- 61b years, a sawyer. William Thomson said that the deceased was working in the saw mills of Messrs. Gordon and Co., in the Commer cial-road, Lambeth. The deceased, whilst standing on a platform near the main shaft, the band having been taken off the drum, witness was going to put it on the loose pullery, but the deceased put it on the drawing pullery. Witness, upon feeling a motion of the planks, looked round and saw the deceased going round the shaft, at the top of which were iron girders, and his legs struck against them as he went round. The mill was stopped immediately by the engine -driver, and the other men went to him. When he was taken up he found that he had been struck by the band of the grindstone, which was three inches wide. On Saturday last he was in the act of putting in a veneer knife when the strap of the grindstone caught him. His clothes wore torn off his body. It appeared to him that the strap had seized hold of his head, and then twisted his body round. Thomas Spencer, a deal porter, said that he worked at the same mills, and was there last Saturday. He knew the deceased, and saw him at work that day. He heard an alarm, and he ran into the mill, and saw the deceased going round the shaft. He ran up to the shaft and found the band twisted round his neck very tight. He was then removed, and all his clothes being taken from his body; both his legs were completely torn from his body. Both his arms were hanging by a piece of flesh, and his neck broken. The deceased was quite sober. The coroner then summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and the proceedings terminated. MISS BATEMAN AT LIVERPOOL.—This talented lady is now fulfilling a farewell engagement at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, with great success. Her imper sonation of Bianca in Dean Milman's tragedy of "Fazio' has charmed the immense audiences that have nightly' assembled since the commencement of the engagement. Miss Bateman has also appeared as Pauline in the " Lady of Lyons," with the same amount of success. The German newspapers state that the interview between the King of Prussia and Queen Victoria at Darmstadt lasted only half an hour. THE POTATO DISEASE.—There appears to be a great deal of disease in the potatoes grown in some dis tricts this year. One of the salesmen of Farringdon Mar ket states that he has been obliged to throw away over 30 bushels of potatoes within a week, the whole of them being too bad even for the pigs. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, DONCASTER RACES.—TUESDAY. The story of Doncaster bids fair this year to be a thrice told one. Each recurring anniversary has, indeed, for some time been only a repetition in the ascending scale of the success of the great northern meeting now rapidly approaching the completion of a century of existence. We have almost exhausted our phrases of commendation, and the " glories" of Doncaster have culminated to their highest. This year, indeed, bade fair to be tame and flat in comparison with previous ones, for Gladiateur seemed invincible, and'the Leger only a question of health. Un fortunately, however, within the last few days " a sensa tion" we could well have spared has been introduced in the shape of an objection made by Mr. Graham, the owner of Regalia, against the French horse on the score of his age. It is to be much regretted that this gentleman pos sessed no friends whose advice might have prevented him taking this most ill-judged step. Passing over for a mo ment the gross insult offered to the Count de Lagrange, the ill-feeling it was calculated to excite among French men in general was much to be deprecated. However, we have been spared the scandal by the firmness of the stewards. These gentlemen refused to entertain Mr. Graham's objection unless he could show them some grounds for it. This, we need scatcely say, he was un able to do, so the objection falls to the ground, and all we have to record is the universally expressed indignation at Mr. Graham's conduct. The ground is hard, as was toe b expected, but few of the Leger candidates who took their early gallops this morning seemed affected by it. Archimedes looked and went as well as anything there, though on Saturday he was friendless at Albert-gate, and no one expected his return to favour last night at Doncaster. The Duke also has come again in great force, and displaced Regalia as second favourite for the Leger. The first day's racing has the Great Yorkshire Handicap and the Champagne as its special items of interest, and to them we shall confine our few remarks. The former race brought out a good field of 15 runners, the favourites, John Davis and Elland, finishing first and second, though the Danebury horse was six lengths before Elland, and his easy success still further brought The Duke into favour for to-morrow's event. The Champagne, after a splendid finish between Lord Lyon, the heavily-backed Derby colt, and Redan, resulted in a dead heat. The hour at which we are compelled to despatch our parcel prevents us giving further particulars. The Fitzwilliam Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for all ages. Weight for age. Winners extra. The second to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes. One mile. 12 subs. Colonel Baffle's Master Richard, 4 yrs, 9st 21b (Fordham 1 Sir Joseph Hawley's Argonaut, G yrs, lOst (in 71b extra (Wells 2 Mr. W. Morris's Ambition, 2 yrs, sst 111 b ...(Goodwin 3 The following also ran :—Broomielaw, Nutrition, Lord Douglas, Retrousse, and Miss Williams. Betting-9 to 4 agst Argonaut, 9to 2 agst Master Richard, 5 to 1 agst Ambition, 7 to 1 agst Miss Williams, 8 to 1 agst Broomielaw, and 9 to 1 agst Retrousse. One failure preceded the actual start, in which the fa vourite, on the in side, made play, closely attended by Ambition, Broomielaw, and Miss Williams, Nutrition, and Master Richard lying off, with Retrousse last. They ran thus for a quarter of a mile, when Miss Williams, in com pany with Ambition, came on in advance to the distance, where Mr. Jackson's filly was beaten. The two-yr-old was then joined by Argonaut next the rails, and Master Richard on her right. From this point the three came on nearly abreast to the enclosure, where Master Richard came out and won in a canter by five lengths. Ambi tion finished a bad third ; Broomielaw and Nutrition, side by side, were the next two ; Miss Williams was sixth, close up with whom was Lord Douglas. Retrousse was last throughout. The Glasgow Stakes of 30 sovs each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b each. Red Hcuse in. 14 subs. Lord Stamford's Chibisa, Bst 101 b .................. (Carroll) 1 Lord Glasgow's Rapid Rhone's dam c, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 Betting-4 to lon Chibisa, who waited upon the non favourite to the commencement of the enclosure, where he came out and won very cleverly by a neck. The Filly Stakes of 30 soya each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-old fillies Bst 101 b each. Red House in. 17 subs. Mr. Johnstone's Sister to Cambuscan ......... (Challoner 1 Mr. Saxon's Miss Harriette (Clement 2 Mr. R. Kelso's Gretna (Goater 3 The following also ran :—Bretna, Hebe, Equivoque, and Valeria. Betting-5 to 4on Gretna, sto 1 agst Miss Harriette, and 10 to 1 agst Sister to Cambuscan. Hebe, lying wide of her horses on the right, was the first away, and came on in advance to the bend, where she dropped back, and the running was then taken up by the favourite next the rails, closely attended by Bretna, Miss Harriette, Valeria, and Sister to Cambuscan, to the Stand, where Gretna was beaten, leaving Miss Harriette in front, but the latter was headed, half a dozen strides from the chair, by Sister to Canabuscan, who won very cleverly by three parts of a length. Miss Harriette defeated Gretna by half a length for second ; Bretna was fourth, Valeria fifth, Equivoque sixth, and Hebe last. The Revival Plate of 100 sovs, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with maiden allowances. Winners extra. Red House in. Mr. Johnstone's Rococo, 2 yrs, Est 91b (Cameron) 1 Marquis of Hastings's Attraction, 4 yrs, 9st (Fordham) 2 Mr. Craggs na Edith of Lorn, 2 yrs, Est 101 b ( H. Covey) 3 Queen of Trumps also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Queen of Trumps, 2to 1 agst Attrac tion, and 8 to 1 agst Rococo. The favourite on the in side jumped away in advance of Attraction, the pair being several lengths in advance of Edith of Lorn, Rococo lying off. They ran thus to the bend into the straight, when Queen of Trumps was beaten, leaving Attraction with the lead, which she retained to half way in the distance, when Rococo came through his horses and won in a canter by throe lengths; a bad third. Queen of Trumps was pulled up in front of the Stand and did not pass the post. The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs each, 15 ft., and sif declared, with 200 sovs added; winners extra. The second horse to receive 50 sovs. St. Leger course. 62 subs, 35 of whom declared. Mr. Hugh Smith's John Davis, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Jackson's Elland, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Cameron 2 Mr. J. Scott no. Claremont, 4 yrs, Bst lib (Challoner 3 The following also ran :—Moulsey, Ackworth, Gratitude, Empress of India, Nightwatch, Nemo, Brindisi, Swords man, La Fortune, Rinaldo, Lazoretto, and Buckfoot. Betting-7 to 2 agst John Davis,loo to 15 agst Elland, 9 to 1 agst Hippolyta, 10 to 2 agst Claremont, 11 to 1 agst Buckfoot, 100 to 8 each agst Moulsey and Nemo, 100 to 9 agst Gratitude, and 21 to 1 agst Ackworth. The start was delayed some time through the fractiousness of Empress of India, who repeatedly broke away. When the flag was lowered Swordsman jumped away with a clear lead, but before they had proceeded many strides he was headed by Ackworth, who, evidently for the purpose of serving the favourite, went on with the running at a strong pace, Swordsman lying second, with Nightwatcli, Empress of India, Elland, Hippolyta, and Moulsey in a body at their heels. To these succeeded Claremont, Buckfoot, Brindisi, and Lazoretto, and several lengths in their rear were Ri naldo, La Fortune, and Gratitude. Passing the Intake Farm, Ackworth improved his lead, but on crossing the road the leaders got upon closer terms. With the excep tion of the French representative, Nemo, the former of these struck into the heels of something, which brought both the filly and her rider to the ground, fortunately without injury to either. Passing the rifle-butts, John Davis, with Claremont at his girths, drew up to the Baron's filly, and followed the leaders round the Red-house turn, where Swot dsman gave evidence of defeat, and when fairly in the straight he dropped back, leaving John Davis and Claremont in attendance upon Ackworth, close in whose rear came Hippolyta, Elland, and Moulsey. At the dis tance Ackworth was beaten, followed in a few strides fur ther by the Baron's filly. Elland at the same time joined the leaders, and half way down appeared to have the best of it, but Fordham immediately after called upon the leader, who shot out and won in a canter by half a dozen lengths. There were three lengths between the second and third, a similar distance separated the third and fourth, Nemo was fifth, Ackworth sixth, and Nightwatch next. The last lot were Swordsman, Empress of India, Lazoretto, and Ri naldo. The Champagne Stakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 2-yr olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 81b. The second horse saved his stake. Red-house in. 49 subs. Lord St. Vincent's Redan, Bst 101 b .......(J... Grlmshaw Mr. R. Sutton's Lord Lyon, B st 101 b ............ (Osborne Baron Rothschild's Robin Mood, B s t 101 b ......... (Daley J. Mr. Watts's Strathconan, B st 101 b ............ Snowden 4 The following also ran :--Mount Palatine, Sans Si, Vespasian, Mineral, Bayonette, The Primate, Sealskin, Gladiator, and Chibisa. Betting-4 to 1 each agst Lord Lyon and Primate, 10 to 1 each agst Mount Palatine, Redan, Robin Hood, and Strathconan, 100 to 6 agst Chibisa, 20 to 1 agst Sans Si. Redan, with Strathconan on his left, was first away, and with Mount Palatine, Robin Hood, and Lord Lyon in at tendance came on slightly in advance of Chibisa. Sans Si, Primate, and Bayonette to the half way in the distance, where Lord Lyon came up on the right of his horses, and caught Redan at the enclosure, the pair finishing a splendid race home, the favourite getting up in the last stride and finished with a tlead heat. Robin Hood finished third, two lengths in the rear, Strathconan was fourth, half a length behind Baron Rothschild's colt, Mount Palatine fifth, Chibisa sixth, and Bayonette and Sealskin, side by side, next ; then came Vespasian, Primate, and Mineral pulling up. Gladiator, who broke a blood-vessel, fell on nearing the stand, but before so doing Fordham dismounted. Deciding Heat—The stakes were divided, and Redan walked over. The Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-year-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. T.Y.C. 8 subs. Marquis of Hasting's Sisyphus, 3 yrs, Bst, £4O (Fordham) 1 Mr. J. Stephenson's King Fisher, 2 yrs, 6st, £4O aleartfield) 2 Mr. W. G. Craven's Cobweb, 3 yrs, 7st 1 11 b, £ 4O (Morris) 3 The following also ran :—Trap, Rama, and Elastic. • Betting-6 to 4 agst Rama, 4to 1 Sisyphus, and sto 1 each agst King Fisher and Trap. King Fisher cut out the work, attended by the favourite and Cobweb, to the distance, when Sisyphus took a clear T HE SOUTHERN EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES, The plant for the use of the southern embankment of the Thames is being landed at the wharf adjoining Westminster -bridge from the Crossness Works, which are now completed. Extensive premises are being erected on the ground for the convenience of the works, which will be commenced forthwith. It is intended to widen the narrow part of the Thames near Vauxhall, which is known as the Gorge, by the removal of the whole of Upper Fore-street, to which it runs parallel. CAPTURE OF THE REV. MR.MORTON.—The Rev, Mr. Morton, lately one of Ignatius's " monks," and who, under pretence of being a regularly ordained clergy man, obtained the post of curate of St. Martin's, Worcester, and who whilst in Worcester was unmasked, was appre hended on Saturday night in Birkenhead. When he left Worcester the delinquent took away with him a gold watch and chain, which he had obtained by fraud from of Worcester, and upon that IYesterday Police-constable Whitehouse, Worcester police, was despatched to c3Bhiirrall.krigetßenehkhhoeeeruarsdwa:att'soofgarotpehlpcede rseinivheietnhthde goldsmith, prisoner, who will be brought before the Worcester magistrates to-morrow. A reward of .£5 had been offered for the apprehension of the prisoner. —Birmingham Gazette of Monday. THE MATE OF A VESSEL BURNT •TO DEATH. — Early on Friday morning a fire was discovered in the after cabin of the brigantine William, a collier lying at the Commercial 'Wharf, West Cowes. The crew were im mediately roused, and the vessel, being on the outside, was I soon hauled off into the river. The flames were subdued in about half an hour, when the cabin was entered, and it was then found that the mate, James Penfold, had been burnt to death. An inquest was held the same day, when it appeared that he returned on board between twelve and one o'clock on Friday morning partially intoxica ted. He asked some of the crew who were on deck for tob acco, but they did not give him any, and he went below, w here the y observed that he wanted the candle and some supper. There is little doubt that he accidentally set fire to his cabin, as shortly afterwards smoke came up the hatchway. The sailors attempted to descend in search of him, bui were driven back by the smoke. A verdict of accidents: death was returned. 100 101 12; 81 no 2 1+ 83 05 1 4d 1001 1011 94 98 83 92 61 66 82 84 .00 101 .00 101 4 d M 101 lead, and with King Fisher finished a good race home, the former winning a fine race by a head; a bad third. Tho winner was bought in for 120 guineas. _ The Doncaster Plate (handicap) of 100 gOvs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. One mile. Major Stapylton's Red Earl, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Cameron 1 Mr. W. Robinson's Molly Carew, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Butters 2 Mr. G. Bryan's Jack o'Lantern, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (J. Grunshaw 3 The following also ran :—Littlo Gentleman, Auditor, Siva, Cadiz, Kapunda,' Dinette, Roderick Random, and Pas d'Extase. Betting-2 to 1 agst Jack o'Lantern, sto 1 agst Siva, 6 to 1 agst Molly Carew, and 9 to 1 each agst Red Earl and Roderick Random. Bed Earl made all the running, in company with the favourite and Molly Carew, and won in a canter by three lengths; a neck between the second and third; Siva was fourth, and Auditor fifth. MIDNIGHT BETTING. ST. LEGER. 6to 4 on Gladiateur 4to 1 agst The Duke (taken freely) 15 to 2 agst Regalia (taken) 20 to 1 agst Klarinska (taken) 20 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken) 25 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken) 500 to 200 on Gladiateur and The Duke coupled (taken) CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 40 agst Chimney Sweep (taken) 500 to 15 agst Deliane (taken) 40 to 1 agst Solon (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Count Cavour (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Emblematic (taken) DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Rustic (taken) MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. The trade, both for red and white qualities, ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations. Some of the new wheats were received in fair condition. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. Most descriptions were in slow request, at the recent de cline in prices. Floating cargoes of wheat were dull, at Monday's cur rency. Spring corn, afloat, fairly supported previous rates. Barley was in short supply. The trade, however, was very quiet, on former terms. The malt trade was quiet, at about stationary prices. The supply of oats on sale was tolerably large. For most qualities there was a fair demand, at full quotations. Beans were in slow request, at late rates. For peas the trade was dull, and prices had a downward tendency. Most descriptions of flour moved off slowly, at about Monday's currency. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 760 420 1,160 50 1190 Irish Foreign 7,380 3,400 13,540 250 sks. brls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Sept. For the corresponding week 9, 1865. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 60,834-46 s Od Wheat 52,427-42s 3d Barley ..... .... 3,072-31 s 2d Barley 2,175-318 H Oats BOROUGH HOP. The supply of new hops on sale is moderate. Tho rade is slow, at about previous quotations. WHITECHAPEL. The trade is firm for good and prime meat, as follows : —Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d ; veal, 4503 to 5s Od; and pork, 38 8d to 5s 2d per 81b8 by the carcase. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—Sept, 11. The September sessions for criminal business were con tinued to-day at Clerkenwell before Mr. Serjeant Dowling, sitting for the Assistant-Judge ; Mr. J. Payne, Deputy Assistant-Judge ; Sir James Tyler, Dr. Jervis, Mr. Good hart, Mr. Tewart, and Mr. W. P. Bodkin, justices. Mary Holden, 2`2, was charged with stealing several sums of money belonging to Henry Harris, her master. Mr. Sleigh prosecuted ; Mr. Daly defended the prisoner. The wife of the prosecutor lived at 49, Duke-street, Man chester-square, and she had a sum of money in a chest in the back parlour, of which the housekeeper kept the key. There was another key of the chest in a wardrobe, and money having been lost she accused the prisoner of taking the key and so gaining access to the chest. The wardrobe was found locked and the prisoner denied the charge. The jury found a verdict of not guilty. John Follett, captain of a barge, was indicted for steal ing a quantity of lead, the property of Messrs. Cubitt's, builders. Mr. Richard Harris prosecuted; Mr. Montagu Williams defended. _ . It appears that the prisoner was the principal person on board the barge in question, and that the key of the fore hold in which the lead was found was kept in the cabin, to which others had access besides himself. Three men were on board at the time, but as soon as the lead was discovered made their escape, although Sollett ordered that no one should leave the barge. There was no evidence to show that Konett knew any thing of the lead being in the hold, and a verdict of not guilty was taken. (Before Mr. Payne.) William Thompson and William Welch were charged with attempting to break into the house of Mr. James Mapleson. Mr. Collins prosecuted; Mr. Horry d e fended Welch. The prosecutor, the lessee of her Majesty's Theatre, re sides at 3, Park-village East, and on the night of the 2d of September the prosecutor's brother-in-law was aroused by some noise at his window. He jumped up and struck at the prisoner Welch through the window. The prisoners at that time escaped, but were subsequently apprehended at some distance from the house, Welch without hat or boots. The premises were searched, and a pair of boots and two hats were found on the lawn. Welch, on being taken to the station, immediately claimed the boots as his own, and they were given to him. The jury found the prisoners guilty. There were ten previous convictions proved against Welch. The Deputy Assistant-Judge sentenced them each to two years' hard labour. Robert M‘Lean, a sailor, was indicted for unlawfully and maliciously wounding John Wright. Mr. Richard Harris conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Collins defended the prisoner. It appeared that M'Lean, his brother, and a woman were in the Royal Pavilion publichouse, kVauxhall-road, on the night of the 26th of August, when a dispute arose respect ing the breaking of a drinking glas s. The potboy of the house accused prisoner's brother of having done it ; the landlord and barman proceeded to clear the house, and it seemed that after the prisoner was outside the act was com mitted with which he was charged. Thore was a struggl to get in again, andthe prisoner struck at the barman, soon after which the latter found that he was wounded. The defence was that the wound was of so slight a nature that any edged instrument, as the door latch or the buckle of the prisoner's belt, might have inflicted it. Mr. Antonini, the house-surgeon of Westminster Hospi tal, said the wound might have been occasioned by any sharp instrument, and was a mere scratch. The jury, after deliberation, found the prisoner guilty of a common assault, and he was sentenced to a fine of £3. The next sessions commence on the 25th inst. THE OPERA HOUSES.--" Every one will be glad to hear," says the Athenaeum, " that the project of making a gigantic speculation by uniting our two foreign operatic theatres—the result of which would have been fatal to art, in every sense of the word—has come to nothing." BOY'S PLAY SIXTY YEARS AGO.—The school was not without its recommendations, but the teaching was carried on at one house, while we were domiciled and were fed (under contract) at another. But unfortunately our master fell in love with the daughter of the Apiarian. She was no favourite, and the rude rustics sometimes in quired of the enamcured minister, "How's Miss Saucer eyes ?" I remember a dreadful burst of indignation when one of his own congregation put to him the question ; but the "love-affair" did undoubtedly tend to the neglect of the duties of the school. The boys were hypercritical ; on one occasion, when the master did not make his ap pearance at the proper time, they blackened all the desks with ink, and when he entered and inquired what it meant, a boy had the boldness, the effrontery, to say— " They have gone into mourning for your absence, sir! " Another time a still graver practical joke gave a more emphatic lessen to the teacher. He was, as usual, non inventus—" gone a courting." Under the s choolroom was a cellar, to which you descended by a dark steep flight of stairs. In the centre w as a pump, used to sup ply the wants of the house, and in one corner a heap of coals for winter use. To the cellar the boys re treated. They cut off the t wo bottom steps, and pumped and pumped till there was a foot or two of water in the cellar. They then ensconced themselves on the coal-heap, and waited for the master's return. He cam e at last : it wa s ni g ht ; found the school vacant, and, hearing a noise below, seized a candle and dashed down the staircase ; he of course fell face foremost into the water, which was thoroughly saturated with coal dust. The candle was extinguished ; the boys escaped in the darkness, and left their drenched, disordered, and dismayed master to recover himself and reach the upper regions as best he could. He had his revenge, as far as a good flogging of the whole school could give it, but I thought the boys almost enjoyed the castigation, and con soled themselves with having had the best of the sport. — Dickens's " All the Year Rated." THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. DONCASTER RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MUNICIPAL STAKES. Gunlock Sans Si Toxopholite colt HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Crown Prince Alberta Lady Elizabeth filly Twenty-sit ran. ST• LEGE 3• Count F. de Lagrange's Gladiateur, by Monarque—Miss Gladiator, Bst 101 b (IL Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Cookson's Regalia, Bst 51b (J. Osborne) 2 Lord Stamford's Archimedes, Bst'lolb (Carrel) 3 Mr. Blacoe's Barbarossa, Bst 101 b (Metcalf) 0 Mr. H. Chaplin's Breadalbane, Bst 101 b (Custanco) 0 Mr. J. Newton's Zambezi, Bst 101 b (Edwards) 0 Mr. Haig's Dux, Bst 101 b (G. Noble) 0 Marquis of Hasting's The Duke, Bst 101 b (Fordham) 0 Mr. Bowes's Klarinska., Bst 51b (Challoner) 0 Captain Gray's Heir-at-Law, Bst 101 b (J. Grimshaw) 0 Mr. W. Sadler's Walcot, Bst 10lb (J. Goater) 0 Major Stapylton's Red Earl, Bst 101 b :J. Snowden) 0 Mr. R. Tattersall's Peeress, Bst 51b (Clement) 0 Lord Glasgow's Sister to Ascham, Bst 51b ...(H. Covey) 0 Betting at starting-6 to 4on Gladiateur, 4to I;agst The Duke, 8 to 1 agst Regalia, 12 to 1 agst Klarinska, 25 to 1 agst Archimedes, 30 to 1 agst Breadalbane, 50 to 1 agst Zambesi, and 50 to 1 agst Peeress. Won by three lengths, two lengths and a half between second and third. CORPORATION PLATE. 1 Muezzin Holstein Thallasius Ten ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Repulse King Hal Broomielaw Eight rail. FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE . , HALF-PAST 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, DONCASTER RACES-THIS DAY. QUEEN'S PLATE. « - .0. STAND PLATE. Ackworth Kilkenny Salliet ~ Gulnara . 0 Fifteou ran. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE — This day. LONDON, Sept. 13.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CARDIFF, Sept. 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—liilio, for St. Thomas. CLYDE, Sept. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Annie, from Pomaron. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Tas mania, steamer, from the West Indies. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 12.—Wind SW.—Sailed—ffer Ma jesty's ships Edgar, Black Prince, Achilles, Defence, and Prince Consort, all for Queenstown. GLOUCESTER, Sept. 10.—Wind W.—Arrived—lndustry, from Taganrog. BRISTOL, Sept. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sayage, from Rio Grande. OFF THE START, Sept. 12.—Arrived—Transatlantic, from Port Philip. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 12.—Wind W.—Arrived—Soultridge, 'rom Lisbon. SWANSEA, Sept. 12—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Rebecca, for Teneriffe. LAMLASII, Sept. 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed--Tasmanian, (3,r Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ann, for Rio Janeiro ; Fatima, for Jamaica. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 13—Holland, steamer, from Ostend ; Batavier, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Flandre, steamer, from Dunkirk ; Mario, steamer, from Stettin ; Queen, steamer, from Lisbon; Cologne, steamer, from Rotterdam. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Antonia Von Clere, from Leith, for Constanti nople ; Caroline (ship), from Saguenay, for London. Anchored—Flying Fish, from London, for Barbadoes. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton..... Sept. 18. Brazil and V: p :l v ar e r d i s l , l7 y British pactet ...... Ditto, by French packet Cape Of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... Sept. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Sou:hampton Sept. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles . . ....Sept. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton. Sept. 25 Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 10. Mauritius, via Southampton ..................... oet. to. Ditto, via 3larseil e 3 .......................... () ct. 1 . Newfoundland .......................... •• • Sept 11 . ......... Oct. 4. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ....................... Sept. 21. Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton ...... ...................... Ditto, via C0rk....... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Sept . -13. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Oct. 11. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Sept. 13. Bahamas, via New Y ork. Oct. 11 . Bermuda, ditto Sept. 27. Cuba and Mexico Sept. 28. A COMIC CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.-TWO men were lately overheard talking of the forthcom ing visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Kelso, an event in which they appeared to take the greatest interest. "Wha's comin' wi' them?" inquired one. "Eh, man," re plied his companion, "a michty lot o' the 'stoekracy! For yin, ther's to be the Duke o' Cornwall, an' I'm tauld that the Duke o' Rothesay's comin' tae, baith fu' kizzics o' the Prince himsel', wha's hardly ever separate frac) them, folk say !—Kelso Mail. COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORKS ON THE NEW METROPOLITAN (UNDERGROUND) EXTENSlON.—Yesterday the works for the extension and widening of the Metro politan (Underground) Railway were simultaneously com menced at the following points, viz. :—Coppice-row, Ray street, Bowling-green-lane, Baker-street, and Margaret street. A shaft is being sunk at the end of Exmouth street, opposite Cobham-row, for the construction of the tunnel, which is intended to extend from Ray-street to Guildford-street East ; that portion of the line extending thence to Baker-street, at the end of Bagnigge-wells-road, will be formed by a deep cutting. It is estimated that fsom 40,000 to 50,000 have died from cholera in Constantinople and the neighbouring villages, during the last two months. ADVANCE IN STREET ARCRITECTURE.—Every where we behold piles of warehouses that have the dignity of palaces ; individual traders even mock the greatest of guilds and corporations in the splendid edifices they rear for the purposes of trade, and the prevailing architectural tastes are sound, and in a century hence, if London lasts so long, the fine frontages now in course of erection will please the eye, because, for the most part they are really beautiful, and things beautiful are a joy for ever. West minster Abbey was always beautiful, and the headquarters of the Horse Guards were always hideous. Those who build awnedl wood,g i vet b o l o p Po s s o t r e a r i i n t sy into t feast of imperishableuty i flowers,n brick a a n n d d utter stone and wood, blo s soming into imperishable low e rs , and utter ing in graceful lines the permanence of all true principles of design and decoration, for principles are as eternal as the mind which appreciates them. Those who build badly tell posterity that once upon a time there were men who pretended to be exponents of art, but really were expon ents only of their own ignorance, and shameless perverters of the plainest teachings of nature. It is a matter for gene ral congratulation, that art is asserting her place and her rights amongst the agencies of true civilisation, and the re sult is, that recent changes in the architecture of the City are all creditable to an age and a place which have the ad vantages of wealth and power, and which make pretensions to a capability for advancement. On the site of the old Flower Pot, in Bishopsgate, there is now being reared a pile ieh,f or grandeur of design an d rich ness o f of buildings p ro bably rank highest in impor tancedecoration, will in the whole of London City. It is not, therefore, for destruction solely that the razers are at work.—City Press. By adricts from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.7 k per £1 st(rline. • Sandard gold at the English Mint price is., therefore, marly 2-tlothe per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. is . { J I .'° 0 0 tied eas' lod Der