The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-16 00:00:00

LoNEY la ARKET ta.~ L COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market there is no material change. The demand for accommodation is rather active, and the rates for the best bills are 31 4 per cent. There was a farther influx of gold,•arnounting to £lOl,OOO, at the Bank of England yesterday. The specie movements during the past week have been of an unimportant character. The imports have amounted to about £195,082, and the exports to £124,250. It has been notified that Mr. William Dent, sen., has joined the board of the Joint-Stock Discount Company as chairman. Notice has been given that the share list of the Redlands Estate Company will be closed on Wed -lesday next, the 20th instant. It is announced that the shares of the Worcester Coffee Company were all applied for and duly allotted. Two o'CLock. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f. 60c. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities, are 881 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. dis. to 2s. par ; India 5 per Cents. 1058 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1011 102. In the Foreign Market prices are steady and with out much alteration. Turkish Consolides are 491 50 ; Mexican, 241 ;Ithe New Loan, 23+ ; Greek, 211 ; Spanish Passive, 291 30+ ; Certificates, 14/ 15 ; and the Confederate Loan, 6 7. The market for American Stocks remains firm with very little alteration. United States Govern. ment 5-20 Bonds are. 68-1 ; Erie Shares, 58 and Illinois, 79f 80. In the Railway Share Market there has been a moderate amount of business transacted, and prices generally have remained steady. Lancashire and Yoekshire and North Eastern (Berwick) have each declined ss. ; and Metropolitan, 10s. ; while Caledonian have advanced f, and Great Eastern, Brighton, North Western, and South Eastern, each ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained at about previous prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. London and County are marked 77 ; Imperial Ottoman, 16 ; Alliance Bank, 321 4 ; Union of London, 53i 54; Joint-stock Discount, 9+ f ; London Financial, 23f ; and Overend, Gurney, and Com pany 10i 111. FOREIGN PITNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Oct. 10 a per Cent. Reduced BBl !- New 3 per Cent BB* 1 New 2* per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expi re sth AprilBBs l3l I Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 2 dis Do. X5OO 1 2 dis 2 pin Do . .£lOO and .£2OO Bank of England Stock, 5* per Cent Do Account ' INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, Di 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. 5+ per Cent., May 1879 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bond 5 per Cent, 1859 israzilian 5 per Cent _ Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 — Bu; ..tenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Chili= 6 Do 1 pe per Centr Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do. 44 r Cent 79 Colombian pe 6 per Cent. — enba, 6 per Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent, 1863 Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid uanubian Principalities Do. Account . trdor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ,„ 0., Provisional Land Warrant — •v.'gyptian 7 per Cent 95 Do Second issue Do £lOO Bonds 96 Do. 1864 961 i e ( +reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account 2ll Do. Coupons — Guatemala. 5 per Cent. — Do £B6 paid Do. 1839 an d 1850 , ' l talian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £671 paid — Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid 'kexican 3 per Cent Do. Account ,241 Do 1864 231 lio 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 5Ol Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e — o iatevideau 6,per Cent., X3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Nei. Granada — Do 2 per Cent 331 Do Deferred , Do Land W arrants (H ectares ) r eruvian . 4l per Cent — Do Scrip, X 45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portugu ese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account • — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, ~ Do. Account rtussian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St — 1 3 , 0 4-} per Cent. 1850 0 3 per Cent. 1859 -,.,'-' ." 13 14 per Cent., 1860 -,,,-"° per Cent. 1862 Po 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sar dinian 5 per Cent 0 DO Account "Panish 3 per Cent Do Account D 0 .-,L.,-) 0 New Deferred "Jo Account Do Passive — D o Account " b anish Cert. of Coup not funded — k Do Account — "W h edish 4 pe r C e nt. DO Account - r r ,'-'O. 41 pe r C en t. 1864 karlrish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 13 ,0 Account 724 4 1 ; 1 0 £lOO Bonds - u h o. 14 per Cent — DO 6 per Cent. 1862 ••• D o 4 ' Account — , 0 6 per Cent., 1863 — I ,'"° 5 per Cent. 1865 ,-"0 £lOO Bonds — ,i 0 Scrip, £35 paid y 4 - 1 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOO4 ehaezuela 3 per Cont. D ° •"" 6 per Cent, 1862 — °. Account Dividends on the above payable in London. iltlatrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins b el ßian, ti per cent., Ex. 25f. 11 ,teh 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — P,..::°. 4 per Cent. Certificates — D - cho Rentes, 44 per Cent. I tc . o . Account b ia ll E per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. 0 Account — e°4B ol TWO O'CLOCK. D 8 891 Gs• Account Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. I L • e market continues to improve, and the sales Gill Probably be 20,000 bales at a advance. I\i i , I3°I CCASTER AND TIIE ST. LEGER.—The Great N Phern and other railways having access to list Do n rried not loss than 50,000 passengers on Wednes- f I,, h 3 ; ei , and 65 special . besides the ordinary trains, all o In the were run in duplicate, wore despatched or arrived ta r , 6 course of the day.. The attendance was never . so de - a e , a s on this occasion. Th© harvest has been rich in ktitC ,or those of the inhabitants who lot their lodgings, IttntB reasons fa r as prices are concerned there have been abun anq : a suils for satisfaction. In many instances, £5O, £6O, s r -4 were p a id f or apartments d ur i ng th e races . Yest'RGULAII ACCIDENT AND FORTUNATE ESCAPE.— tizjercl'iT afternoon a youth who acted as potboy at the ell C al T avern, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, was ho use cleaning the windows of the third floor of that °llt E dr c i a" i mprudently stood on a mignionette box placed til ted en the sill of one them, when the box suddenly , 11 4teh r er, and he was prec i p it a t e d t o th e groun d. Fortu '4llp:' ‘ ll hi s descent hi s b o dy came acro s s the bar of the and r s t, on whi ch he hung suspended for a few moments a ?ith out el l he dropped on the pavement, strange to say alanniug havi ug sustained any material injury from his and rapid descent. SHARE 'his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. I raid. i Closing I Business Price. done. 'Vol.,Bir.. 85 Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall . Do A lets no div, Do: A ~till6p.c.p.an has 111 been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc.l 93 15 1351 136 6 6 67 7 9 71 73 Dun,.Perth, & b.Junc.l Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wcstern Great Eastern, Ord. 13 tk. 111 113 48 19 7 8 Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 Great North of Scotland. Great Northern DJ. A stock • • Do. B JO 133 135 151 152 126 :29 Do. New. is. at 25 pm GtS. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original 8. Val. Rail gua. 91 93 60k 67 ISO. AOath Wales . Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 64 66 45 47 38 42 105 107 1201 121; 85 91 103 105 33 40 124 325 97 98 8 Do. Newport I Do. Hereford....., Lai.^•+shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brun., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Wes:Zrn Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle shares Metropolitan.... Do. New Mid and 1381 139& si 1 p i 127 i 128 1 98 100 Do, tiirmin.. & Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. # shares Hid Kent Noy th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. 62 63 t 7 Iv 110 J 111 De. do. 1855-88 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Sh"ews do Welchpool Shropildre Union South Dec 'n 'South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw.ill Hartlepool Han& K Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable BRITISH P Atlantic &St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, 4 Cen.ln. gu.'s per cent.. Do. r shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff., Bran t, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1,1873 Do. do. Jude I, 1874 Calcutta 4t S. E., lim.. cape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pl East. Beneal, gu., 5 do East IL.clifty, gu. .5 p.c. Do .1 Eitensicui Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. 31ort, Bond. 1 charge 6 p.ct Do. tat rref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Prof. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pret. stook .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. I'o. Gua. 5 per Do. New gua. 5 p. c GI,. South of India (lim , gua. 5 per cent D 42 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Da 5 1 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B K. Bl.C'da, pc Ist pf .bds Scinde Do. Delhi d Do. do Do. Puniaub ) nn,. Do.lndus St Flo °I) 68 69 103 104 361 371 - -P 10 11 g 118 120 j Ift 2 p 76 78 11 12 150 151 I 60 82 58 58 82 83 8i 9i t5O 155 3 t p LO 106 49 51 SIONS. 66 68 101 102 pr 3p 4 4a 9 10 99 101 70 7,5 100 102 101 102/ 103& 10.1 11} 18, F 8 90 64 66 5i 60 55 57 50 52 42 45 38 42 23 48 25 27 1031 104 4, 1) P 100 101 121 81 ?id 2 14 83 85 1 4d 1001 1014 94 98 69 02 6f 66 82 84 100 101 100 101 6 id 100 101 r T S ECU 97 98 95 97 98 100 84 851 82 S 4 103 105 106 108 108 110 106 108 IC3 105 109 111 103 105 107 109 107 109 102 104 96 98 9/ 101 93 95 90 01 103 105 83 86 IC9 110 13.14 et of st 50 20 COLONIAL GO VERN ME N' 'British Columbia. 6 perj cent., Dec. 31, 1872 . . Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Jadt July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1)0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. Sr July. 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. ce, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.16 Natal goy. 6 per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja..kJ uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c d. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja Jz July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITII Cam Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caraiion as c Cam Brea East Grenville East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. G r,at L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (kielst , l3 Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret itTny Lelant Marke Valley atwyndy Iron Ore, liw Nangi les New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wherd Crofty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyLalant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park . Tin Croft 1 ti 1* 1f 1, 2 30 32 470 490 15 zi 13 15 171 184 6 7 10 70 75 165 175 75 80 27A 32i West itssett (Iliogan W. Caradun (14 tskeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth w hea Ludo,.tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton ,Wheal Trelawney (I.in Wheal Uni 3.12.8 8 584 7 4 6 195 200 i 7 18 rularNIMM - 114; tit - JAIME; North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 83 rItEFEKENCE sHAKES AND STOVII.n. Great Ea.torn 4k per cent. pr., Ditto, 5 per cent. pi., 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead,:ssl London Tilbury, and Southend, 102 3 FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Dutch 'Rhenish, 24,1 tireat Luxembourg, 15A Sambre and Meuse, 71 FOREIGN MINES, Frontino and t3olivia Gold, lim., 4i I Port Philip, li i Yudanaluutana of S. Australia, lim., 11 6 13A.NEEI. _ ___ Alliance, lira.. 32} 2 1 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 131 Bank of vtago, lira., 71 Bank of New Zealand. 161 Consolidated Bank, Um., 101 European Bank, Um., 12f 1 Imperial Ottoman, 16 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, 14: London and Brazilian (lira.), 44h London and Couuty, 77 London and Venezula, lira., 10 9 Merchant Bank, Bm., 28 South Australia, 34; Union of. London, ön 41: DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 774 MISCELLANEOUS. B. and I. Magnetic Telegraph, Um., 801:1 City of Moscow Gas, lim , 3t Credit Fonder and lliobilier of England, Ai a Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., lib/ Ebbw Vale, 1.4 ) - Fore-strtet Warehouse, Urn., Fi Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 6 k Humber Iron Works, 5} Imperial mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 7 61 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 91 Land Securities, Dm., 31 London Financial Association, M dras Irrigation and Canal, 14i National Discount I ompany, lim., 15 i ew Zealand Trust and Loan, lira., 21 Oriental Inland steam, 2 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 11} Peel River Land and Mineral, 4 Thames and Mersey Marine (insurance), lim,, 8 i Universal Marine, Insurance, Rm., 5 Upper Assam Tea, lim., Ditto (all), lei By advic.Ts from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per marl and the short exchange on London is 13.7 k per £1 stErlinv. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, nearly -iOths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1094 per cent. At these rates there is no prat en the importation of goad from the United States. 100 100 100 100 100 100 OSSE SH MINES. 8 81 20 22 560_ 680 2.1.0 30 2.14.43 3.4.0 2.7.0 2.43.6 9.10.6 60/ all 1.1.0 40 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 93 4.3.0 2$ 21i 37/ 4.2.0 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.9 30.17.6 EHE StTII LONDOJN, BATTIRDA7r - EVENING-, SEPTEMBER 16, 1i66 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Gibbons and a Jury.) A BAD CUSTOM IN NEWGATE MARKET. SKETCHLEY V. ELLIOTT.—This was a case in which the plaintiff, a salesman, of Newgate Market, sought to recover from defendant, a retail butcher, £1 13s. for some beef, Mr. Beard appearing for .the plaintiff, and Mr. B. J. Abbott representing defendant, who pleaded payment. This was a case which arose out of the custom pursues by the salesmen of Newgate Market of not giving a receipt when money is paid for meat. Upon a former occasion his Honour (Mr. Gibbons) declined to decide between the parties, as the plaintiff swore ho never received the money, and defendant as positively swore he had paid it. To-day Mr. Abbott examined the plaintiff as to the rule pursued in giving tickets. Plaintiff said that when a person had weekly credit, the custom was only to put on the ticket the weight and price of the meat, but when the customer was only casual, then the price was carried out. Plaintiff's brother said he was present when the defend ant was spoken to about the alleged non-payment, and defendant said he would see about it. Cleo. Larkin said that the meat was not paid for when taken away, and defendant asked if plaintiff would mind its being left till the morning. Defendant declared that heNiad paid for the meat at the time. The custom was when the meat was not paid for to give a ticket with only the weight and price, but when the money was paid the price was carried out. His Honour—Do you mean. to swear that you paid for this meat ? Defendant—l do. His Honour—ln what coins ? Defendant—One sovereign and a half sovereign in gold and three separate shillings. His Honour summed up after Mr. Beard had addressed the jury upon the evidence, and the jury found a verdict for the defendant. His Honour said he could not quarrel with their verdict, though it was a kind of case he certainly should not have decided himself. He did not think it was a case of hard swearing, but a mistake had occurred somewhere, and each party believed he was telling the truth. Verdict for defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-S TREE T. MR. TOMMEY.—Mr. Tommey, an old man, once a soldier, afterwards a hotel keeper in Ireland, but now reduced to a state of penury, waited upon Mr. Knox to receive £1 which had been subscribed for him by two persons who had read a statement of his case in a morning paper, and also to ask the magistrate's advice. Mr. Tommey said he wished to ask his worship's advice how he was to proceed to get justice done him, as he had tried year after year and could get no redress, being a poor man. He had appealed to the House of Lords against an unjust decree of the Court of Chnncery in Ireland, made by Sir Edward Sugden, and a decision was given in his favour, but subsequently that decision was reversed byLord Cranwcrth. Mr. Knox—You say there has been an unjust decree of the Court of Chancery. How can an humble police magis trate assist you ? I know nothing of Chancery law, and how do you suppose I can assist you ? I have not an atom of power to assist you. Mr. Tommey then retired, remarking as he did so that his worship would probably have the matter before him in another form, for he was determined to take some means of getting redress for the injustice done him. NEW FRENCH IRONCLADS. A correspondent of the Patric (just returned from attending the fetes at Cherbourg and Portsmouth, and who has all his impressions of the French and English ironclad squadrons fresh upon him) writes as follows : " The cupola ships of the English are well known. The cupolas, which we have had occasion to see and describe, are round iron towers, intended to protect the guns of the ironclad ships. They turn by means of mechanism tolerably simple of itself, but which, in certain cases, may be entirely paralysed. These cupolas, or towers, have another inconvenience— that of overloading the vessels, and of depriving them, as in the case of the Royal Sovereign, of their sea-going qualities. In France we have been very circumspect with regard to this curious invention, and facts now prove us in the right. While reject ing the system of towers, observation and study have not been neglected, and a very ingenious conception has at last been arrived at and will be carried out in the Jeanne d'Acre and the Atalanta. In each of these two corvettes, which will be 68 metres in length (220 feet), there will be constructed a central fort, formidably protected by means of a system of cuirass and revetment such as no projectile will be able to pierce. This central fort is to receive all the artillery of the ship, which will not be numerous, and will consist entirely of heavy guns mounted on siliding carriages, and so constructed as to be able to deliver a plunging fire. This system appears extremely ingenious. It has -all the advantage of the cupola without its inconveniences. The two cor vettes just commenced at Cherbourg are intended, like the Belliqueuse (just launched at Toulon), to carry the flag of admirals commanding distant stations. They will have a very powerful artillery, excellent internal arrangements, the smallest possible draught of water, and are thus calculated to render great service. They constitute the first application of the cuirass to ordinary navigation. In shape they will be slender and graceful. The spur at their prow will act not only as an arm in war time, but also as an instrument for the acceleration of their speed. It has been remarked that the spur of iron-clads ought, by its way of dividing the water, to assist their progress. We understand that special experiments will be made with respect to this. Besides these corvettes other vessels are to be forthwith laid down at Cherbourg. Among them are named three ironclad guardacostas, in the style of the Taureau, which the port of Toulon has just turned out. They are to be called the Belier (ram), the Boule Dogue and the Cerberus. We are not yet acquainted with the plans of these special ships,but, according to what we hear, they are very remark able, and will perfectly comply with the conditions of the programme decided upon for the defence of our coasts and ports. It is also said that the cuirassed frigate Suffrene will be turned over to Cherbourg. This new fighting ship, which is much spoken of, will be subjected, it is said, to numerous improvements. It is evident that the greatest acti vity reigns in our arsenals, and that our navy con tinually seeks and strives after progress. In about two years the magnificent programme of the Em peror will be attained, and France will possess the elements of a fighting fleet worthy of her greatness and her destinies. The creation of that fleet, con structed in barely ten years, will be one of the greatest services that has been rendered to the country. But it must be kept up ; it must unceas ingly be maintained upon a level with the progress of science in the art of war, and that will be a new work, a new mission, of which our navy will show itself in all respects worthy." The Davenport Brothers outdone i;y Ro the Conjuror. The latter (that is, Robin the conjuror) has been performing the feats of the Davenport Brothers, only without the help of spirits. He shut himself up in a wardrobe on the stage of his little theatre, bound hand and foot, and having with him various musical instruments, and, according to the evidence of eye-witnesses, accomplished all the prodigies the Davenports have been in the habit of doing. Then he repeated the performance with the doors of the wardrobe open, and the effect, judging by the fol lowing extract from an account given in the Ga zette de France, was most ludicrous : " The thing, at first seemingly inexplicable, is in fact easily explained. The cord with which the medium who is shut up in the wardrobe is bound is 14 metres long ; it is a common rope, but skilfully knotted round the arms and legs of the patient, it undoes itself, no matter the art of those who make use of it, by means of an adroit com bination, the result of much trouble and pains ; once free, the medium has arms and legs at his disposal, and pro ceeds to make the various strange noises, the sighs, the rattling, all the infernal din, in short, spoken of by those who have seen the Brothers Davenport. Like them, he puts his hands through the little hole in the wardrobe, and even throws through that same opening weights of 201 b. and fragments of his broken orchestra. All that, when the doors are shut, produces an illusion, but when they are open the impression is quite different ; the blows of the medium, striking right and left upon his in struments, excite peals of laughter, and the amusement of the audience reaches its climax when he is seen, after hav ing untied himself, to re-entwine himself with his chains of cord without the assistance of any other person, and ap pears in his wardrobe completely bound, as at the begin ning of the experiment." The Davenports, after performing at Genevilliers, in the suburbs of Paris, have transferred themselves to the Salle Herz. It may be doubted whether they will find many followers, or make much money, in this unbelieving capital, and with the competition of clever corjurors bent upon explaining the true na ture of their spiritual exercise. Voluntary Efforts Needed to obtain Sanitary improvements. The following able letter appears in the Builder of to-day : Eleven years have elapsed since I addressed you upo n the subject of the preventive measures required to be re cognised and adopted against the spread of cholera and kindred diseases. I then submitted a report of the labours of the Local Board of Health for the parochial district of Regent-square Church, St. Pancras, during the year 1854. Whether or not the suggestions contained in that report and noticed several times in your journal, have been acted upon elsewhere, I cannot say, but my experience has since confirmed me in the opinion I then held previous to the passing of the bills presented to Parliament by Sir Benja min Hall—viz., that no Acts of Parliament are ever likely to render individual exertion unnecessary. Local self-government has many advantages ; but it has also its disadvantages, and one of the chief is the difficulty of finding a vestry willing to augment the taxes of the parish by adopting sanitary measures of a preventive cha racter. The most that is commonly done, is the reception of th e complaints of the ratepayers, and requiring the abatement of the nuisance complained or; though sometimes, unless the matter is followed up by the complainant, the Sanitary Committee ceases to interest itself in the matter, and the guilty parties effect a compromise,—at least as much con sideration being shown for the pocket of the owner as the health of the occupier and the public generally. Fevers still exist, generating and fostering disease ; sometimes through the ignorance of the people themselves, and sometimes from the apathy of the authorities and the indisposition of intelligent individuals to act as informers. Consequently, notwithstanding successive sanitary Acts of Parliament, there seems to be still the same want which was felt by the Incumbent and Committee of Regent square Church during the cholera of 1854, viz., a want of some well-informed person or persons, backed by an in dependent and public-spirited committee, whose business it should be to discover and report the nuisances existing in the district, that they may be referred to the action of the constituted local authorities in the event of their obn tinuance after a proper notice to remove them. In the experience of the Regent-square Board it was found to be unnecessary to do more than to serve a notice upon offending parties, pointing out the nuisance, and re quiring its removal in accordance with the provisions of the sanitary Acts of Parliament ; while many were glad to en gage the services of the inspector to superintend the works required to be done, and thanked the Board for its valuable suggestions. Just as there are district visitors among the poor at tached to every church, so there might be a sanitary com mittee and a paid inspector, who should be under the direction of an honorary consulting architect or surveyor upon the plan adopted at Regent-square Church. EDWARD C. BOBINS. The Forests of Scotland, (From the Inverness Courier.) Some very fine stags have been " accounted for" since , ur last. The heaviest of which we have heard fell to the Strathconan party, Mr. Leigh and his sons—weight 19 stone. The head was a particularly fine one of 13 tines. On Saturday they had three stags, averaging 16 stone ; and on Monday two stags, weighing respectively 14 stone and 15 stone. Lord Dacre and his friends at Strathvaich have had good sport. Since the 20th of August they have killed 32 stags with good clean heads, and weighing from 14 to 16 stone each. Of these, 22 fell to Lord Dacre's own rifle. Sir Arthur Chichester had 10 stags, up to the end of last week, at Glenelg. Mr. Bristow and party at Glenquoich, 16 stags. At Lochinver, Mr. A. Smith secured a very fine head last week; and at Lairg, Mr. Hopwood, M.P., two good heads. At Balmacaan, on the sth, the Hon. Wm. Stuart went out stalking, and shot one stag. On the 6th, Hugh R. Hughes, Esq., went out stalking, and got two stags. On the 7th, the Marquis of Ailsa went out early to the forest, and got one stag. In the afternoon, the Earl of Sefield and party had a drive, and got 3 stags. On the 7th, the Earl of Seafield shot a particu larly fine fallow buck. Same day, 13 brace grouse, 5 brace black-game, 7 hares, 1 snipe, fell to two guns. Lord H. Bentinck has left Inchroryfor Laggan Forest. His lordship, on the 4th inst., killed 2 stags ; on the sth, 2 stags ; and on the 6th, 1 stag. The Earl of Fife, on Tuesday week, went out deer-stalking in the Mar Forest and killed a splendid stag. On Wednesday, another very handsome and beauti ful stag fell to his rifle. The Hon. G. S. Duff, on Friday last, was out for a brief interval in the Altonower Forest, when a couple of fine stags fell to his rifle. The Banfshire Journal notices a roe hunt at Advie :—On Friday last, Mr. Munn, accompanied by a number of tenants in the district, and the party from Tulchan Lodge, had a day's roe-hunting in the Knockfrink plantation. After beating for some time with good success, the party resorted to an elevated spot on the margin of the wood, where they met with a kind reception from Mr. and Mrs. Munn, and found an excellent luncheon spread "among the bonnie blooming heather." Mr. Bass, M.P., in proposing the health of Mr. and Mrs. Munn, expressed a wish, which was heartily concurred in by all present, that they may long be spared, and may often return to visit the Highlands. After ample justice had been done to the luncheon, the party re turned with new vigour to the chase, which they continued till about five in the afternoon, when, on reviewing the work of the day, they found the result to be as follows :- 7 roe deer, 21 hares, and 2 brace black game. The Perthshire Advertiser mentions some good partridge shooting ;—On Saturday a party of four guns succeeded, in the course of six hours, in bagging 65 brace of partridges and 27 hares. On a single farm on the banks of the Earn two gentlemen shot, in the afternoon, 221 brace of partridges and a number of hares. The coveys are unusually numer ous, and the birds have seldom been in better condition; and as the fields are in the course of being rapidly cleared of grain, sportsmen will soon get full freedom at partridge shooting. MRS. MOORE'S FUNERAL—The grave which contains all that remains of Tom Moore was opened on Friday last, to receive "the last rose of the poet's glo rious summer"—she of whom he was so justly proud during the heyday of life, and whose loveliness and gentleness were ever uppermost in his thoughts. Moore married her in 1811, and her history is summed up in this one phrase — that she was the delight of his life ! And well might she have been. A more amiable, gentle, kind-hearted creature never lived than Mrs. Moore. The sorrows of life had, 'alas! fallen upon her in her latter days. Deprived of all that was dear to her—of her husband, the joy of her life— of all her children—she had (as she calmly observed, shortly before her death) nothing to live for in this world; and for years past she had been preparing herself for that better land, to which all her thoughts were directed. The poet's grave in Branham churchyard has thus closed over the last of Moore's family. As a last 'act of respect to the memory of Moore, the Marquis of Lansdowne was present at the funeral, with Mr. Merewether, Capt. Meredith, and Mr. W. Murray (Mrs. Moore's nephew, and only surviving relative). To Mr. Murray descends whatever property may be left ; but it cannot be much, as the principal por tion of Mrs. Moore's income was derived from a pension granted to her by the country since her husband's death, and nearly all the furniture and relics which Sloperton Cottage contained, are " ticketed " as gifts to old friends and faithful dependants. There will consequently be no sale ; indeed it was Mrs. Moore's special direction that there should be none. Sloperton Cottage is now the pro perty of Major Spicer of Spye Park.—Devizes Gazette. MORISON'S PILLS OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, EUSTON -ROAD, LONDON.—AII persons should know that the above medicine can be sent by post an receipt of 30 postage stamps for two boxes, Nos. 1 and 2,134 d, size, --EAdvertisement.) WESTMINSTER. THROWING A TEAPOT OF BOILING WATER IN A WOMAN'S FACE.—Margaret Purcell, a woman about 35 years of age, was charged with seriously injuring another woman by throwing a teapot full of boiling water in her face. Ellen Maloy, the prosecutrix, said that she lodged in the same house as the prisoner, 8, Clifford-street, Pimlico. Prisoner, who was under the influence of liquor last night, conducted herself offensively there to the prosecutrix, but she paid no attention to it. At eight o'clock this morning prosecutrix, having filled her teapot with boiling water, and placed it before the fire, when prisoner entered the room, and, tucking up her sleeves, challenged her to fight. She refused, and was pursuing her usual household em ployment, when prisoner rushed to the fireplace, and seiz ing the teapot, threw it in her face, and hurt her very much. Mr. Arnold—How did you get the wound you have on your forehead? Prosecutrix—That was done with the teapot, which, being earthernware, was broken by the force with which it was thrown. All the boiling water was scattered about. A great quantity of it scalded my face, as you see, and my little children, who were near, were placed in great danger . Mr. Arnold—What is the cause of her ill-feeling toward s you ? Prosecutrix—l cannot tell you. I have never given her any offence of any sort, unless it is that I do not associate with her. I don't like either her conduct or her language. Prisoner, in excuse for her conduct, alleged that the pro secutrix insulted her, first, and threw some water over her. Mrs. Froud, another lodger in the house, fully confirmed the statement of the prosecutrix. She was present when the tea pot was thrown, and it broke all to pieces by striking against prosecutrix's head. John Skinner, 265 B, said he was called to Clifford's row, and found prosecutrix bleeding very much from the face, besides being scalded. He took prisoner into custody. Mr. Arnold—Did she then complain that prosecutrix had struck her or thrown any water over her ? Policeman—She did not. A Sergeant—At the station she was also examined, and proved that prisoner never made any complaint of ill-treat ment when locked up, and that her dress was not wet, such as it would have been if water had been thrown over her. Prisoner was remanded for a week. Bail was refused. MARYLEBONE. A NEW WORD FOR THE I , A(TDICTIONARY.—CaIob Thompson, of 11, Robert-street, klampstead-road, gold refiner, was charged as under : Thomas Goach, brakesman on the Metropolitan Railway, said it was part of his duty to see that all the passengers left the train. On the arrival of the 10.28 train last night at the Bishop's-road station ho looked into one of the car riages and saw the prisoner asleep. He aroused him, and the prisoner for his pains knocked him down. Prisoner tried to "green him." Mr. Yardley--What ? Witness—The prisoner tried to " green him." Mr. Yardley said he had had a deal of experience, but he certainly could not toll the meaning of being "greened." Was there any one in court who could enlighten him ? Witness—Why, prisoner tried to murder and throttle him. Mr. Yardley—That's " greening," is it ? Witness continued—He called for assistance, when Stevens, a porter, came up, and in the struggle he (pri soner) tore his trowsers. He was locked up. Prisoner now expressed his sorrow, and said he would pay for whatever mischief he had done. Mr. Yardley said he would impose a fine of 405., but if he would pay is. 6d., the amount of damage done to the trow sers, and a penalty of 205., he could go. This latter the prisoner assented to, paid the amount, and left. THAMES. A VALUABLE HAM.—Robert Cook, aged 18, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a ham, weighing 281b5., and valued at 355., the property of Mr. Robert Ford, ham and beef dealer, of No. 3, East India Dock-road. Yesteran , truck-lona of “real York hams' , arrived opposite the shop of Mr. Ford, and white tliey were being delivered the prisoner selected one of the finest and ran away with it. He was pursued by Mr. Ford and by Stedman Nicholls, a police-constable, No. 433 K, and, find ing the ham retarded his flight, he dt . opped it and increased his pace. He was overtaken by Nicholls, to whom he said " It's a good job I ant taken.' The prisoner had nothing to say, and Mr. Paget com mitted him for trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Sept. 15. WANDSWORTII.—George Sevefield, who described himself as a ballad-singer, was charged before Mr. Day man with being drunk and causing a crowd to assemble in the High-street of Wandsworth. Police-constable Bellow, 336 V, said at seven o'clock on Thursday evening he was on duty in the High-street, of Wandsworth, where he found the prisoner drunk and singing a ballad. Witness requested him to go away, but he refused, and said he would be locked up. Inspector Lovelace informed the magistrate that the pri soner was surrounded by several hundred persons, who were all more or less excited on account of the *edding in the morning between Miss Crosse and George Smith, and the object of taking the man to the station was to pre vent a disturbance. Mr. Dayman said the latter part of the song was rather coarse, but he supposed it suited the tastes of the persons who bought it. Payne, one of the officers of the court, said the prisoner was in company of two other persons, who joined in the singing. Mr. Dayman remarked that the town was quite in an uproar on Thursday, and it was oven difficult to reach the court. The prisoner was then fined is. for being drunk. Inspector Lovelace—l have Mr. and Mrs. Smith down stairs. Mr. Dayman—l hope they are not charged ? Inspector Lovelace—No, sir. The object of the visit to the station was to have the property in the possession of the police formally handed over to them. It would appear that the newly-married couple returned to the house of Mr. George on the evening of the marriage. A scene of great disorder ensued among the " roughs" of Wandsworth, and the police had great difficulty to preserve the peace. 48i / 8 15J 2 66j i I 1(4 1211 904 104 e 124 k 5 42 5, 971 59 81 1401 40 631 4 3i 1111 11 81i & ITIES. 5621 25 6 Commercial Men and Commercial Inns. " A Young Commercial" keeps up the ball in our leading contemporary by a letter of his as follows : " Sir,—A few days since you gave insertion to a letter copied from the Liverpool Mercury, on com mercial men and commercial inns, and I shall feel obliged if you will kindly favour me with a little of your valuable space for a word or two on the same subject. " I appeal to you, sir, because the Times is read in every commercial-room in England ; in het, commercial men swear by the Times ; they read it, and very often little else. Their opinions on passing events are taken from the Times, and with them what the Times says must be right. I, therefore, believe that if I can but obtain your aid in the cause I have at heart, I shall succeed in getting rid of one of the greatest curses from which we commercial men suffer. "It will be readily understood that I refer to the drinking system of the commercial-room, or rather to the system of a certain number of men who are fond of intoxicating drinks compelling others to drink who are not so much in love with it as themselves. The system is this. At from one to half-past we sit down to dinner, and the Presi dent asks the question, "What wine shall I order, gentlemen ?" The reply is generally port or sherry, and very often both. He then orders a quan tity, equal to a pint for each person, over which, with a deal of bowing and scraping and ridiculous toasts, we manage to waste from one to two hours of the most valuable part of the day. " But it is not so much the waste of time and money that I complain of as the effect of .this vile system on ourselves. I have been 'on the road' now for about six years, and I have seen enough of it to make any thoughtful man sad. Here is the history of many of us, as even in my short experi ence I have seen. A young man has just finished his apprenticeship, and, being a good salesman and a smart young fellow, he is put on as a traveller. Of course as an apprentice he has not been a very large customer to the wine merchant ; he may have had a glass or two allowed him on Sunday after noon, and very lucky lie thought himself if he got that ; but now he finds that he must drink a pint of wine (or what by way of compliment is called wine) in the middle of the day, and the result is soon told ; he gets to like it, and can't do without it. If he is not a strong-minded man the habit grows on him, until sooner or later it ends in the " drunkard's grave." But if, on the other hand, he sees the evil of the system, and tries to avoid it by dining alone, or in any other way possible, he then becomes a ' black sheep,' a mean fellow, and is sneered at and treated accordingly —not an easy thing for a young man to bear from those older than himself. "lam tnld that, iv ere it not for the wine consumed, the commercial-room would not pay the landlord ; but this appears to me to be the landlord's business and not mine. If such be the case, then by all means let him alter his prices, so as to make it pay. The usual plan with business men is to charge a profit on each article they sell, and it seems ridicu lous to suppose that we are charged less than cost price for the accommodation afforded us in order that we may consume sufficient wine to make the landlord's business remunerative ; or, in other words, we are to sacrifice our health a n d h a ppi ness , and oftentimes our lives into the bargain, for the benefit of the landlord's pocket. I have also heard it argued that the wine system keeps up the character of the commercial-room (which in one sense it does with a vengeance), makes it select, &c.; but this is such pure nonsense that I shall not further notice it. "It is computed that at the present time there arc about 20,000 commercial travellers in Great Britain, and it is on their behalf, and on behalf of all those who are near and dear to them, that I ask the pen. Y ou h ave a l rea d y rection, and from what n a i s a si d s e ta a n c n e lo o v f e y i o n u t i: h p e o r N i s g re i i i i t u di l I know of the influence of the Times in the com mercial-room I will venture to assert that if you will but follow this matter up the evil complain of will cease, and you will have earned the lasting gratitude of thousands of your fellow-countrymen." CRICKET.—The return match between the trades men of St. James's and the " C" or St. J ame s's Division of Police, took place on Frid a y a t th e Et on a nd Middlesex Ground, Primrose-hill, when, as on the prior occasion, the police wero far too good for the tradesmen — the bowling of Rosekelly and Weller being so dead on the sport that the tradesmen had no chance. The band of the C Division attended, and their playing was much admired by a large number of persons present. At th e conc l us i on of the match the score stood as follows :—Tradesmen, Ist and 2d innings, 56 ; Police, Ist innings, 138. Musical Zchoes from " The Orchestra." Miss Josephine Sherrington, a younger sister of Mdme. Lemmens, made her debut yesterday at Weymouth in a tournge conducted by M. Lemmens, and in which her elder sister also sang. Our debutante has been musically edu cated in Germany —is a soprano of the finest and sweetest kind—and has already won happy omen from all who have heard her in private circles. Jullien will open at her Majesty's in promenade con certs de suite. Afterwards —towards the end of October that is—Mr. lklapleson will give a bye season of Italian opera for a few weeks with his regular company, strengthened, we hear, by Grisi and Mario. Mr. Benedict is at work on a grand opera for the Ger man stage, founded on the exquisite psychological story of Schiller, the "Ghost Seer." Pauline Lucca, the person able, the wayward, is kept in eye —or, rather, in ear—for the heroine's role. Mr. Boucicault, they say, is makin g (lucky man !) .Zioo a week in droits d'auteur by " Arrah na Pogue." His right for America is secured by working en collaboration with a Yankee who thus secures the copyright there. Is this not a wrinkle for musical composers ? Enlist a Salem Scudder or Phineas B. Green, to help Balfe with his " Satanella," or Wallace with his " Lurline"—and se cure to these splendid fellows some share of the lucre which at present Yankee impressarii have all to them-. selves. Ballet —no great operas being forthcoming till the "Romeo and Juliet" of Gounod—is to be again made a great feature of in Paris. We learn from a private source that the veteran St. Georges is at work sketching our Byron's " Don Juan," to be so interpreted, to the music of no less than three French composers, whose names have not transpired. Private intelligence from Fano, we regret to say, tells us that poor Giuglini is given up. All hope is gone. A monument in memory of Madame Pasta is about to be erected at Como by the musical society of that town. Me Colliery Accident near Wigan• The inquest on the bodies of the eight men who were so suddenly swept into eternity at the Kirkless Hall Company's California pit, Pennington-green, on Tuesday afternoon last, was held on Thursday, at the Running Horses, Aspull, before Mr. Rutter, district coroner. The bodies, enclosed in neat coffin; provided by the firm, lay in an adjoining out house, and round the inn were gathered a large number of the friends andrelatives of deceased. The Government in spector, P. Higson, Esq., was present, as well as Mr. Pickard, miners' agent, and two representatives of the firm. The evidence showed the facts already stated in our oolumns to be quite correct. They were simply that the rope slipped off the drum, fell between two eccentrics on the drum shaft, and was thore cut. The cage then fell down the pit, and the eight men were killed. As to the cause of this slipping, neither the mechanical engineer of the firm, Mr. P. John son, nor the Government inspector could offer any decio sive opinion. Mr. Johnson thought it probable that when the engine-driver took the steam off the engine, the cage then being close to the top, the power might be taken off the drum, and the rope might raise itself and recoil a little, and then it must necessarily come off. _ _ Mr. Higson said that when he examined the pit he found the pulley pointed to the centre of the coil of rope, where as, in his opinton, it ought to range with the top coil on the drura, so as to pull the rope up, and not down. If the pulley was in that position on the previous Tuesday, that would account for the accident. It transpired that Mr. Higson paid a 'visit to the pit only a day or two before the accident, and expressed an opinion that the angle of inclination of the cone of the drum was too acute, and the proprietors had agreed to alter it. Pre parations were making to carry out the recommendation when the catastrophe occurred. A plan was produced at the inquest showing how much the drum was to be flattened, and showing that the flange which prevents the rope at the small end of the cone from slipping would be raised from 31 to 10 inches. The men would not be allowed to work again till this had been done. The jury then returned a verdict of "Accidental death.' SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Sept. 16.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, Sept. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nueva En gracia, from Trinidad de Cuba. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 14.—Wind W.—Arrived—Advance, from Prince Edward's Island Sailed—St. Vincent, for Adelaide. CA.RDIFF, Sept. 15.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Monitor, for Buenos Ayres; Rising Dawn, for Baltimore; G. A. Bonar, for Portland. SUNDERLAND, Sept. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Robins, from Quebec. FLYMOUTH, Sept. D.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Anu Taylor, for Salina. Hikßwicar, Sept. 15—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Lucknow, for Singapore. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 1 5.—Arrived—Maria, from Rio Janeiro. COWES, Sept. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Borussia, screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Ham burg. Hula, Sept. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Annie M. Palmer, from Richibucto. Lemiasir, Sept. 15.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Black Prince, for Monte Video. TRoox, Sept. 16.—Wind S.W.—Sailed--Annie, for Havannah. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 15— Anglia, from Jacobstadt ; Clarissa, from Cronstadt. Arrived, Sept: 16—Phcenix and Apollo, from Corsoer ; Henriette, from Bjornborg. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Adria, screw steamer, from the Mediterranean, for London; Emerald, from Sunderland, for Shanghai. Passed in tow — Transatlantic,, from Melbourne, for London. The following Letter appeared in the Morning Post, of the 11th inst. : THE WINE QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE " MORNING POST." Sir,—As light, pure, and natural wines have for some time past attracted much attention, we take the liberty of forwarding to you a dock sample of a pure unbranded wine, the produce of Spain ; it has, as you will observe, all the characteristics of Chablis, and might properly be called " Spanish Chablis." We have at present a quantity equal to about 700 dozen, but we are endeavouring to make ar rangements with our Spanish Mends for regular shipments of similar quality to sell in this country, at about 16s. per dozen, the price of the present parcel. We may add that this wine comes in at the shilling duty, and that it has never before been sold to the public in its natural state ; but we purpose placing it in precisely the same category as all our other light wines, and to sell it only in the same pure state as received from Spain. The following figures will show the progress made in the consumption of light wines since the alteration of the duty by Mr. Gladstone. For the seven months, ended July 31, there was duty paid on wines imported from France in the undermentioned years, viz. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1,142,364 gals. 1,360,464 gals. 1,494,148 gals. while the average on the whole 12 months in the years 1857-9 was only 630,101 gals. There is also a large increase in Hungarian and other light wines. The interest we have taken in the introduction of light pure wines into this country, and the mention of our house by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House of Com mons, will, we trust, induce you to give this a place in your columns.—We are, sir, your obedient servants, H. R. Wl:Mums AND CO. Crosby Hall, 32, Bishopsgate-street Within, London, Sept. 9. A CATHOLIC CHURCH DESTROYED.—The Roman .Catholic Cathedral (St. Mary's) at Sydney was destroyed by fire on the night of Friday, June 30. The conflagration was the largest and most disastrous that has ever occurred in that city. The loss is estimated at £50,000. The only part of the edifice saved is the belfry tower. The cathedral contained several fine pictures by the old masters. One, representing the death of St. Benedict, was valued at £l,OOO. The organ cost upwards of £2,000. The only things preserved were the chalices, vestments, and reBords. The cause of the disaster is unknown. The foundation stone of the cathedral was laid in 1829, and the building was consecrated about six years afterwards. An influen tial meeting in aid of the rebuilding of the cathedral was held at Sydney on the 6th inst.; the subscriptions towards the object already amount to £12,000. SINGULAR AFFILIATION CASE.—THE EVIDENCE OF MUTES.—On Saturday, at the Carlisle Police court, an old man, a paralytic named Richard Porthouse, aged 78, by trade a baker, and living in St. Cuthbert's-lane, was summoned for the support of the illegitimate child of Jane Elliot, a woman quite dumb and in other respects not quite wens sang, of which illegitimate child he was alleged to be the father. It was a most curious case, for not only is the old man paralysed in his limbs, but the woman could not tender evidence on account of her own infirmity. She cannot read nor write, nor use the dumb signals. Her sis ter offered to interpret her gesticulations, but the magis trates ruled they must have viva voce evidence,and therefore the case must be dismissed.—Carlisle Examiner. DEATH OF A MILITARY KNIGHT OF WINDSOR.- A vacancy has occurred in the Military Knights' Founda tion at Windsor Castle, by the death, on Thursday last, of Captain Hollingsworth, a veteran Knight, aged 78. The quotation of gold at Paris is about I per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.22 i per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £.3 178. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-loths p.r cent. dearer in London than in Paris. THIRD EDITi SUN OFFICE, 6 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Bay. -0- CANTERBURY MEETING.—SErr. 19 AND 20. The East Kent Handicap of 10 sous. each, 5 ft. The highest weight accepting being Bst, 91b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Age. st. lb. Age. st. lb. Suspicion 4. 8 12 Olivia, ... 4 7 3 Lucky Star ... 48 8 Shakespeare ... 47 1 Dr. Syntax 5 8 8 Budworth ... 5 6 13 Claxton ... 4 8 3 Surney (in. 71b ex) 3 6 8 Turcos 5 7 10 Jeannette 4 6 3 Ellangowan ... 6 7 5 Eth e l re d ... 3 6 1 Jessie ... .. 47 5 Ba.squine ... 35 10 The Welter Cup (handicap) value 50 sous (the surplus in. specie) by subscription of 5 soya each, 2 ft to the fund, • with 30 sous added. Stockinger Deerfoot Claxton Turcos Boleno Pixie ' Olivia Jessie Zeloo Age st lb • 6 11 12/Budworth ... 5 11 5 Chelmsford ... 4 10 12 Surrey ... 5 10 10 Jeannette • 310 7 ; Rogue ... • 410 5 'Ferdinand ... • 410 4 Target • 410 4 Verdant ~.510 2 Age st lb ... 5 10 2_ • 310 0 • 3 9 12' ... 4 9 7 ... a 9 7 ... 4 9 4 ... 3 9 0 ~. pays ft. N] The Memb er ' s PIateR ICHMO of 50 Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, Windham Age st lb ••• 4 9 2 Sundeelah ••• 4 9 0 Summerside ..• 5 8 0 Marin ska ... 3 7 Poetess ... 4 7 8 Brindisi ... 4 7 6 Elland ...3 7 3 Exceller 3 7 2 Holstein 3 7 2 Gondola 4 7 2 ... 4 6 13 Gayous MissileSyren 4 6 12 Missile 3 6 12 The Richmond Cup (handicap Age st. lb. Kilkenny ... 5 9 0 Sundeelah 4 9 0 Tottenham ... 4 8 6 Skylark ... 4 8 2 Lozenge ... 3 7 10 Elland ... 3 7 2 Gondola ... ... 4 7 0 Roderick Random 3 7 0 Harry Brailsford ... 3 6 12 West Burton ... 5 611 Meyerbeer ... a 6 10 Cripple ... ...4 6 9 The Belsay Castle Nursery Handicap of 130 soya for two-yr-olds only. st lb Honesty .. 8 10 Split the Difference 8 2 Penhill • „. 8 0 Balsam ▪ 7 12 Lady Vane 7 12 Czar •• ••• 712 Rauuds ••• ... 710 Vulture ••• 7 5 Claros ..• 7 5 Bob Chambers ... 7 3 Credulity ... ... 7 0 Wild Beauty ... Amazon -SEPT./ 19. sovs, added to a Handicap 2 ft; for all ages. One mile. Age st lb Breffni ... ..3 6 12 Huntsman'sDaugh"r 3 6 7 White Rose ... 3 6 7 Curtain Lecture ... 3 6 7 Light Heart ... 36 7 Strong Beer ... 36 4 Poodle ... 3 6 4 Hawksw ell ... 2 6 0 Limber Magna ... 2 5 13 Inheritress ... 2 5 7 My Mary Little John ::: g} pay plate) of 50 sovs for all ages- e s At. lb. Fair Melr ose ... g 3 6 7 Huntsman's Daug hter 5 6 7 Lady Sykes ... 3 6 6 Risk ... ... 3 6 5 Curtain Lecture ... 3 6 5 Balsam ... ... 2 6 2 Deerhound ... 3 6 0 Arabia ... 3 6 0 Three per Cent ... 2 6 0 Full Bloom ... 2 5 7 st lb Ilawkswen ... 7 0 Jezebel Murillo 713 Dart 6 10 Amoris Avis ... 6 10 Full Bloom ... ... 6 9 Chessman ... ••• 6 8 Gelert ... 6 8 Globule's dam filly 6 7 Yuba DAM • 6 7 Aldcroft ▪ 4 Blackface .... 6 2 Pretty Queen ... .. 6 2 ... 7 0 ... 7 0 The Zetland Plate (handle !ap) of 50 sovs, for all ages. Age st lb Kilkenny ... ... 5 9 0 Sundeelah ... 4 9 0 Effie 4 8 6 Gaily 5 8 6 Skylark .. ... 4 8 4 Summerside ... 5 8 0 Durham 4 7 12 The Count 4 7 4 Gayous 4 7 0 Missile 3 6 11 Huntsman's Daugh ter 5 6 5 Risk ... 3 6 4 Nolly Gray ... 3 6 4 Age st lb Three per Cent ... 2 6 0 Arabia ... 3 6 0 Bob Chambers ... 2 512 Lady Vane ... 2 5 12 Duchess of Wel- lington ... 2 5 10 Miss Haworth ... 2 510 Polly ... ... 2 5 10 El Cid ... 2 5 8 Yuba Dam_ 2 5 7 Treasure Trove ... 2 5 7 Murillo 2 5 7 Full Bloom ... 2 5 7 MANCHESTER MEETING, SEPT. 22. The Manchester Cup (handicap) of 100 sovs, added to a, sweepstake of 7 sovs each, 3 ft, for three-yr-olds and up wards. One mile and a half. Age st lb. Moulsey 4 9 4 Windham ... 4 8 9 Twilight ... a 8 8 Blithfield ... 5 8 8 Lucky Star ... 4 8 0 Fisherman's Daug. 4 6 13 Success ... ... 3 6 13 Nemo ... 4 6 12 Changeable ... 4 6 11 Donne Canne 6 6 10 Siva 4 6 10 Age st lb. Elland 3 6 9 Edinburgh... ... 3 6 9 Dean Swift ... 4 6 8 Barter ... ... 5 6 4 Harry Brailsford ... 3 6 4 The Lizard ... 3 6 4 Zenobia ... 3 6 2 East Lynn... ... 3 6 0 Missile ... 3 5 9 Jupiter ~ . 3 5 7 BETTING AT THE VICTORIA CLUB CESAREWITCH. 100 to 6 agst Nuneaton 100 to 6 agst Morris Dancer 20 to 1 agst John Davis , 1000 to 60 agst Privateer Very little betting. Nothing done but the above. THE CELEBRATED PIANIST LISZT is said to be com posing a new oratorio, entitled " St. Etienne," for the coronation of the Emperor of Austria as King of Hungary. —The Reader. Lord and Lady Wharneliffe have been enter taining a large party at Wortley Hall, near Sheffield, during he week, for the Doncaster race meeting. Among the corn pany staying with the noble lord and lady were—Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Countess of Chesterfield, the. IDowager Lady Wharncliffe, Lord and Lady Emily Scott; Lord Loughborough, Colonel Hon. Richard and Mrs. Cur- . zon, Hon. Egremont and Mrs. Lascelles, lion. James F. Stuart Wortley, Major Clerke, RE., Mr. H. Chaplin, Mr!, C. Mills, &c. " THE IRISH REGISTRAR- GENERAL'S REPORT.—The returns made by the Registrar-General for Ireland continue to be remarkable. We have already given the figures ; we state now the comparative results. In the second quarter of the present year the annual ratio of births to population, as enumerated at the last census in 1861, was as follows:--In England, 3.84 per cent. ; in Scotland, 3.96 per cent.; in Ireland, only 2.70 per cent. The deaths were 2.31 per cent. in England, 2.23 in Scotland, only 1.68 in Ire-. . . __ I land. The returns mark the diminution of population in Ireland since 1861, but allowance must be made also for imperfection of registration at present. The birth-rate in Ireland is returned as varying from one in 32 on the popu.. lation of 1861 in tho north-eastern division, to only on e i n 44 in the western ; and the death-rate from one in 50 in the eastern division, and one in 51 in the north-eastern, to one in 77 in the western li . rnel T anE h nd e slwanasd, marriage-rate, clavrinndgo.tBos o ti n hn e t he Ireland. custom other hand, in the first quarter of the year in 1865 (t o which the sotenoginnthe Roman C a th o li cs of celebrating alTrvelhhtauiircsgrnhaveryreturnsr portionev relate)ha gls high as of vrmaa the marriages of the year before the commencement of Lent. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE CALEDONIAN RAIL WAY NEAR CA RNWATH—Yesterday morning, the 1.40 goods train from Edinburgh to Glasgow ran off the line near Ampherlaw siding, situated about a quarter of a mile to th e eastward of Carnwath station. The result of the accident was very serious in damage to the line, to rolling stock, and to the goods in the train, though fortu nately no accident to person was sustained by any one on the train. Nearly half-a-mile of the road was torn up; and fifty yards of the embankment—which is about half-a-dozen feet high at the place were thrown down. Fifteen waggons went over the embank ment, and their contents were thrown out into the adjoining field, a heterogeneous mixture of bean; wheat, oil, grease, and furniture. The loss to the company will be very large, as the goods were mostly valuable. A large force of men were put upon the line early in the morning, and continued at work during the day, but at dusk their labour was not more than half-finished, and it is not anticipated that the road will be re-laid and opened for traffic until this afternoon. Yesterday the ordinary traffic) was worked for nearly a mile to the eastward of Carnwath on the single line, and the arrangement was carried out so efficiently that there was no detention of any trains. The cause of the accident cannot be clearly ascertained, but it is believed that it was occasioned by a large pair of smith's bellows, which were in a truck near the centre of the train, falling off, and disturbing the wheels.—Scotsman. THE ACCIDENT TO THE COUNTESS OF AIRLIE.—A correspondent furnishes us with the following cor rect account of the accident to the Countess of Airlie, re specting which many exaggerated versions have been circu lated : "On Thursday last the Countess of Airlie, accompa nied by the Countess of Gifford, who is staying at Cortachy, set out in a pony-carriage and pair, with a postillion, to pay a visit to Lady Glammis. On entering the avenue leading to Glammis Castle, which is a mile long, and a descent the whole way, the horse on which the man rode fell sud denly, throwing its rider, and before he could recover his feet both horses started off towards the castle, at a pace which grew every instant more alarming. The Countess of Airlie attempted to get over the back of the carriage, but in doing so some part of her dress caught on the iron work, and she was not only thrown heavily to the ground, but was dragged some distance. Excepting some very severe contusions, her ladyship most fortunately escaped all serious injury, and is, we are happy to say, nearly re covered from an accident which might have proved fatal, The horses continued their mad career towards the house, with the Countess of Gifford still sitting in the carriage. Fortunately at the door was Lord Strathmore's carriage, in which his lordship was sitting, on the point of starting for a drive, accompanied by his medical attendant Mr. Foxon. The doctor, seeing the state of the case, courageously rushed to the head of the horses, and with some difficulty succeeded in stopping them, and Lady Gifford escaped without injury. The Countess of Airlie was immediately put to bed, and after spending the night at Glammis Castle, was sufficiently recovered next day to return home. _„ e. n le by eir ,t -n, 201 10 100 100 100 204 20 iOO 100 all 104 100 100 2 100 100 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 41 I 9 lini 1011 26j 7 109}