The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-14 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is a little firmer this morning, probably in consequence of the introduction of the new Brazilian Loan. The rates, however, show no apparent change, first-class bills being still nego tiated at 3-1 4 per cent. The new Brazilian 5 per Cent. Loan of £5,000,000 has been announced by the Messrs. Rothschild, and it has been received with much favour on the Stock Exchange, and the scrip is now quoted 1 12 prem. The price at which it is to be issued is 74 ; but, reckoning the discount on prepayments and the dividend due next March, the interest will amount to about £6 15s. The bonds are emitted in sums of £lOO, £5OO, and £l,OOO each, with coupons pay able in London or Amsterdam half-yearly. The loan is redeemable in 37 years by the operation of a sinking fund, and the list of applications is to be closed on Tuesday, the 19th inst. The Venezuela Six per Cent. Loan of 1864.—The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited) are in receipt of advices from their agents, Messrs. H. L. Boulton and Co., dated La Guaira, Aug. 25, 1865, of duties collected as follows, on ac count of the above loan :—Per statement, No. 43, from La Guaira, $10,105.93 ; per 'statement, No. 44, from La Guaira, $2,095.28 ; per statement, No. 55, from Puerto Cabello, $5,121.33 ; per statement, No. 56, from Puerto Cabello, $12,110.25 ; per statement, No. 25, from Ciudad Bolivar, $310.50 ; Per statement, No. 26, from Ciudad Boliva, $9,153.60; per statement, No. 27, from Ciudad Bolivar, $8,667.80 ;per statement, No. 28, from Ciudad Bolivar, $B6O ; per statement, No. 29, from Ciudad Bolivar, $4B ; total, $48,472.70. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Itentes were 69f. 60c. Firm. The English Stock Market has shown a slight variation in prices. During the earlier hours the Fluids receded about 1 per cent., but in sympathy With nearly all other descriptions of securities which have been buoyant all day. Consols improved to 8 91 for money, and to 891 90 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 1 ; th e 21 per Cents. (1894), 721; Exchequer Bills, 2s. to is. prem.; India 5 per Cents., 1051 ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1021. Foreign Stocks have been dealt in to a rather large extent, and nearly all the leading descriptions how an advance. Turkish Consolides are 498 50 ; Mexican, 241 1 ; the New Loan, 231 1; Greek, 211 ; Spanish Passive, 291 301; the Certifi cates, 141 8 ; Italian, 651; and the Confederate Loan, 6 7. American Securities remain at about former va lues. United States Government 5-20 Bonds 671 68 ; Erie Shares, 56 - a z ; and Illinois, 79k. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather inactive, although prices, generally, exhibit a slight improvement. Midland, Metropolitan, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, have each im proved ss. ; Great Western and Great Northern A Stock each 10s., and North-Western, 15s. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is no O. material change to note in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were in moderate request. London Joint Stock have improved to 54 57 ; London Bank of Mexico to 131 14 ; Alliance Bank to 32 4 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England to 9f 4 ; and London Finan cial to 23} f; Overend, Gurney, and Company, are quoted 34 1 preen ; Atlantic Telegraph Shares, 21} 4 per share ; and Transatlantic Steamship Com- Pany, 2+ 2f prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Oct. 10 6 per Cent. Reduced BB '4 i 3e, 3 per Cent, 29* - New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 721 -- Do. h pAr (lent. 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 2 dis 1 pm Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5i- per Cent Do Account ' — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I ndian 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. 5i per Cent., May 1879 — .7. Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS -ONE O'CLOCK. _ ... A ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 z razilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 1)0. 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per C en t Do. 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — uanubion Principalities Do. Account Equo.dor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ,„ Do., Provisional Land Warrant — 44 gYptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue 941 Do £lOO Bonds 9sf 5 „ Do. 1864 961. Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons • D 0 Account 214 Do:,. o. Coupons - v llatemala 5 per Cent. P 0486 paid i -Do. 1839 and 1850 .. i 'Vian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) a 1) 01865 LO Scrip, £671 paid Cent., 1864 — • 'Jo. Scrip, £55 paid 'Lexicon 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 231 D lio 6 pe r Cent. Anglo-French — Al o French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — uerdevidean 6,,per Cent., £3O paid ~.,'"Loorish Imperial 5 per Cent ' elr Granada l 4 ll 1 DO2 per Cent Deferred A , Do L an d W arran t s (H ec t ares ) 'e-uvian.4l per Cent .. — Do S cri p, gaa pales, r.id i n B on d s ID. 0 pc, Cent. (Uribar,.....) .... Do q per Cent., 1862 P bo. Account - 74 ° , r t 6 guese 3 per Cent., 1853 .t-;0 Account — D o 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, p no : A ccoun t '" llB ,,Egan 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St -1 - ) ,,0 41 per Cent. 1850 - r ,' - ' l3 3 pex Cent. 1859 Do 4i. per Cent., 1860 DOD° Per Cent. 1862 e 5 per Cent. 1864 at dinian 5 Cent Do per , - Account ', 4o iah 3 per Cent '' - ',, 0 Account -,' - ' 0 New Deferred '"0 Account D ° Passive 3Ol 131,c0 -Account t l ..ish Cert. of Coup not funded liv ',Account 4` 3 4 ' 8 . h 4 per Cent. D° Account Tu e .:. 4 1 Per Cent. 1864 o 'Llah 6 per Cent. 1854 D ° Account Do D un 6 Per Cent. 1858 Z Accot 12,,,: 1 1 . Per Cent D ' per Cent. 1862 b ° Account too £lO O Bonds 74f 751 4/ A D o Per Cent, 1863 — D ° o ,Per Cent. 1865 D o "'ill) Bonds 4G D o B el'iP £35 paid V Cluar, elie z ,„ nteed i 4 per Cent 1) 0. 6 " 0 3 per Cent. 13 0. A Per Cent, 186" `'eecunt 4,t'l . a l3l. vidends on the a b ove p a y a bl e i n L on d on. 8 Dinh, , A Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins .41 4 Per cent., Ex. 2sf. 10 /3 0. 47 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 62 re lao , ker Cent. Certificabes — 1:0 "41tentes, 41 per Cent. — Itali a , "c o Unt „ il ,i; ,„ 4, 0 A L'y'r uent., 1861, Ex. 251. o con n t - 4, 8018 TWO O'CLOCK. Dop 4c.c,.0..44...i ..... , 72i } ~._~ ar. onday esdaY time. tform Lord of the • from &vs ,ed by e, the )m of over, when !ss the mile ; after nitted they Her I most sub- rine° 11 his near SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share! Railways. 13.14 Wol., Sc btr. Val. Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 93 95 134 k 1351 Cork and Bandon. ICornwall... 6 8 gets no div. Do. A till6p.c.p.an.has Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun,.Perth, & A b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock • . Do. B o Do. New. is. at 25 pa GtS. and W. of Ireland ,Gt. Weste n 9 . 6. VII. Rail gua. Do. South %Vales .... Do. W. 111d.—Oxford Do. Newpo: t Lo. He eford Lane .shire& Yorkshire L ,ndon and Blackwell Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle 00. shares Metropolitan.... Mid and ... Do, Birmin ..45 Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 4 shares id Kent .. No th British Do. Ed., Pth , - St Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purch...r Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle .... Do. stock. & Darling. D. 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 uo. Scot, Mid. stick Shrews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon youth E .stern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw 01 N.Hartlepool HarAlt. Do. A Irredeemable.. Do. A. redeemable .. 67 7^ 71 73 111 113 47 48 7 8 100 100 100 100 Ito 133 135 1495 13 126 129 100 10 16 10 1;0 86 48 661 67 64 65 45 17 38 42 V 5 07 1201 121 88 90 1(3 106 34 40 124 325 97 08 68 58? 1984 13 9: 3 l2Bl S* i2Bl 98 ILO 60 62 1101 111 E 8 63 103 104 26i 374 10 li i) 118 120 1 2 p 76 78 11 12 150 151 60 62 56 58 81 62 84 Sio 148 152 3 E p 104 106 49 51 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 661 i 124} i 971 i 139 } 8, 127} 8 I p a i d. l Closing I Business Price. done. BRITISH P Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,. gu. 5 per cent... Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Auz. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June I, 1674 Calcutta & b. E., Um ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, East. 8en..,a1, gu., 5 do East L•gia!), gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist t'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref.' s took Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 'o. Gua. 5 per Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. Soul h of India(lun gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do great W a. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. lids. pay 1873 Po. 5, do. pay. 1877-r,.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4/ do. Do. 4i do Do. fifth Extension IWelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's isay.. New Brunswick & Can.l Class A and B V. 111.C'da, pc lstpf. bds Scinde Do. Delhi d Do. do ../t s ' Do. Pun iaub.... Do.lndus St Flo " ISIONS. 56 58 101 102 pr p 4 44 9 10 99 101 70 75 100 102 101 i 1021 103 i 1041 "11 ) 171 S 8 90 64 66 55 60 55 57 50 52 4 45 33 42 26 IS 25 f 7 1031 1041 P P 100 101 12/ 121 8k 70 83 5 1 4c4 100 i 104, 94 96 84 02 64 66 82 81 100 101 .00 lot I 1100 101 d 1041 i IT SECU. 97 98 95 97 98 100 81 851 -az U 103 105 106 108 108 110 106 108 1(3 105 100 111 103 105 107 10J 107 LO9 102 104 96 98 9) 101 93 95 90 91 103 105 85 86 98 100 102 103 106 108 IC9 110 :INES. 8 84 20 22 560 580 1 1 24 26 5 Ili 12i i ( 21 2 10 11 31 2 41 21 22 11 11 35 So 1 2§ 40 4t 24 3 4i 1 8 41 21 14 11 13 25 33 It it 1/ 2 30 470 490 15 20 13 15 171 18i 6 7 S 10 70 75 185 175 75 80 274 324 4 6 193 200 :7 18 COLONIAL GOVERN bilk; N ,'British Columbia, 6 perj cent., Dec. 31, 1572 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. & July is 0 inacriveo - iok Cape G.Hope. 8 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do; 1.890-i Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 15 Natal goy. is per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876 bi): 6 p.a iisi to 189th New Zealand, 6 p. cen t Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So •tie Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 „ Queensland Gov. 6 p. c. Aus.Gov. 8 p.c Do. 1878 & upwa tds . Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, a pril & Oct BRITI Cam Consok. Cold, lim Chiverton Clifford t.malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakew Ails East Wassett (Mogan/. • East Clara,ton as (, 'tarn Brea 11 Grenville E rot Love 11 WI Russell (Tavlstk 'Gam .& StA übyn(G wen. Ur .at L.xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Helot ~n Grenvil:e Herod's Foot .... Ringston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley vt wy udy Iron Ore, lira Nangiles New Sewn North Downs North Roskear .Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr ,videnee UnyL lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West liassett (Illozan W. Caradon ( L skeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth w hea Ludo tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Setou ,Wheel Trelawney Wherd Uni rcN:lr'l~:lLLNt N: SkIALI.Zo. Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 74 I'REFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &c., 4 per cent., 1860, 85 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, - Ditto, 5 per cent., 111. London and Chatham, 5 per p Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund stock er cent., 103 RE] GN RAILWAYS. nntrth ithenteb, 1141 FOREIGN MINNS Washoe Gold, lira., Ditto, (£3), "ii BANKS. Alliance, lirn.. 34 12 Bank or Queensland, lien, 192 20 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 271 f City, 112 Nuropean Bank, lira,, 12 Imperial Bank, lirn.. 1 6 lonian, Ditto. new, 5 London 13,nk of 3Texico and S. America, 11m.,13* London and Brazilian (111314, Ditto, new, 3i London Joint Stock, 50j London and %1 estminster, 961 Standard of British South Africa, 151 - - MISCELLAN Us. City of Milan Improvements, lira., 71 City of Moscow Gas, lira., 3i Ebbw Vale, 1 31 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 9 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 6 Joint Stock Discount, lira.. 9 N4tional Dircount Company, lint., Itf Oriental Inland steam, 1i Overend, Gurney, and Co., Um., 10; THE IRISHREGISTRAR-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 2/0 per cent. The deaths were 2.31 per cent, in England, 2.23 in Scotland, only 1.68 in Ire 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 the north-eastern division, to only one in 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. The marriage -rate, on the other hand, in the first quarter of the year in 1865 (to which the returns relate) was 0.73 in England, and 0.85 in Ireland. This very high rate in Ireland was owing to the custom which prevails among the Roman Catholics of celebrating a large portion of the marriages of the year before the commencement of Lent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING GENTLEMEN'S PORTMANTEAUS FROM PRIVATE LODGING-HOUSES.—Edward Woodhouse, alias " Land," alias " Captain Harper," a young man of respectable ap pearance, and who refused his address, was charged be fore Mr. Knox by Sergeant Shillingford, 4 C, with stealing a portmanteau and other articles of the value of £l6, the property of Mr. Edward Holland, M.P., residing at No. 7, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, and the prisoner was further charged with stealing from No. 34, Sackville-street, a portmanteau and other articles, the property of Colonel Farris. Harriett Coles, cook to Mr. Chandler, the keeper of private lodging-houses at 34, Sackville-street, and 16 and 17, Pall-mall, said on or about the 10th of July a cabman drove up to No. 34, Sackville-street, and handed me the following note : " 16 and 17 Pall-mall—The colonel has been taken seriously ill in the street, and has been brought in here by a gentleman. The doctor says wo are not to remove him to Sackville-street, but to put him to bed at once. He wants his luggage brought down at once. You must therefore put his things together, and give them to the cabman to bring them down. "MRS. CHANDELLER." The name was spelt incorrectly. I gave the cabman the portmanteau, which was full, and a railway rug with a. strap round it. Charles Dunn, errand boy in Mr. Chandler's employ--I was present when the portmanteau was given to the cab man. I was afterwards in Piccadilly, and saw the cab going along with a man sitting on the box, and lam almost certain the prisoner is the man. I had seen him at the house three or four times before, as he came after a situation. Prisoner—What time in the day was it when the lug gage was given up ? Witness—la the evening. Prisoner—Are you quite sure it was me on the cab ? Witness—l believe it was you, but lam not quite sure. ' Sergeant Shillingford, 4 C—Yesterday I saw the prisoner in Cheapside, and followed him to a pawnbroker's in Theobald's-road, where I saw him take a pencil-case out of his pocket. I saw him receive a duplicate from the pawnbroker, and afterwards redeem a silk dress. The prisoner then left, and I followed him to Lambs' Conduit street, where I saw him tie up the parcel and thou go into the Working Men's Reading-rooms in the street and come out with a portmanteau. I asked him where he got the portmanteau from, and he said, "from the reading-rooms." He also said it was his property. I then took him back and asked the proprietor of the place if the portmanteau was the prisoner's, and he said it was, and that it came to the house by the Parcels' Delivery cart. On the port manteau was a lable written—" John Land, 11, Lambs' Conduit-street ; to be left at the luggage-station, King's cross, till called for." The portmanteau has on it the initials "E. H." Those initials corresponding with those on the one stolen frour Mr. Holland, M.P., by means of the following letter : "Reform Club. " Madame,—l received a telegram last night froro. Brighton, announcing the death of my sister, whi eh has brought me to town so early this morning. I am going to Brighton by the early train, and will ri A ura to London on Thursday morning. If any letters shou ld come please send them to me, Marine Hotel, B r i g ht on, and please to give the cabman my luggage as quicskly as you can, and oblige yours, respectfully, "Hou AND, M.P." Directed 7, Suffolk-street. (The letter we ,s cer t a i n l y i n its appearance not such a one as a person l itould expect t o receive from a member of Parliament.) The Sergeant, in continuation, said--I charged him with stealing the portmanteaus from Suffolk -street and Sackville-street, and then took him into. custody. In two purses which I found in his possession I found several duplicates for silk, silk dresses, coats, earrings, and a brooch, and also upon him a gold watch and hair guard. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, at the same time de siring the sergeant to endeavour to trace out the cabman, that he might appear as a witnefl.s. Late L MEETING THIS DAY. rin Su , LONIiON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, lEEE, EAIVIC OF ENGLAND. The royal yacht Osborne, Commander d'Arcy, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Woolwich, having been in attendance on the Prince and Princess of Wales. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands' steam sloop-of-war Watergeus, Capt. Geerling, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from New York. She subse quently went into the harbour, as she will require to be docked to make good some defects in her machi nery. Capt. Geerling landed in the afternoon, and, accompanied by the vice-consul (Chevalier Vanden berg), paid his respects to the naval and military authorities. The Terpsichore, 18, attached to the sailing re serve in Chatham harbour, is to have the whale of her useful fittings and stores removed, preparatory to being sold out of the service. The Cornwallis, 60, 1,800 tons, 200-horse power, having had the whole of her machinery and engines removed, and her upper deck taken off, has been re moved out of dock at Sheerness, and is now moored off the entrance to the steam basin, near the jetty, where it is intendea to sink her, in order to lengthen the dockyard jetty, by which additional facilities will be obtained for docking and undocking ships. The screw gun vessel Griffin, 5, 80-horse power, attached to the third division of the Chatham steam reserve, has been placed in dock, where she is under going a very complete repair. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Arethusa, 35 guns, 3,141 tons, 500-horse power, Capt. R. J. J.G. Macdonald, made final trial of her machinery at the measured mile, off Maplin Sands, yesterday, before her departure from Sheerness for foreign service. It will be remembered that on several previous oc casions the Arethusa had been out for trial, but that owing to some supposed leakage or defect in the surface condensing tubes satisfactory results had not been obtained. These condensing tubes, which are upwards of six miles in length, and con sist of more than 2,500 tubes, were originally secured to the tube plates by indiarubber washers placed round the tube, and in a recess in the tube plate. From the action of accumulated grease, or some other cause, the indiarubber washers had be come defective, and allowed an air leakage into the condenser, owing to which a proper vacuum could not be obtained. Since the last trial of the vessel, on the 11th of August last, the indiarubber washers have been removed, and the tube ends secured with stuffing boxes and tape packing, and from the working of the machinery during the trial yester day there is every reason to believe that the con nexions are perfectly tight, and likely to remain so. The detention of the Arethusa at Sheerness has not been in consequence of the results of the late fire which occurred on board, the damage from which was made good in three days at a cost of a few pounds, but has arisen from the fact that for each of nearly 5,000 stuffing boxes, a screw had to be tapped into the tube plates, and screwed glands and tape packings made. On the trial, yesterday, it was found that the machinery worked very satisfactorily, there being an entire absence of priming and hot bearings. The vessel left the harbour about 7 30 a.m., the draught of water being 21ft. forward, and 23ft. 6in. aft, and her load on the safety-valve 251 b. Captain Randolph, of the Sheerness Steam Reserve, super intended the trial and had command of the vessel; Mr. Matthews, of the firm of Messrs. John Penn and Sons, the makers of the engines, was in attendance to watch the results of the alterations on behalf of the firm. The engines were in charge of Mr. George Tucker, Inspector of Machinery Afloat, at Sheerness, and Mr. Fabian, chief engineer of the ship, together with Mr. Dinnen, Inspector of Machinery, specially in attendance from the Admiralty. Six runs were made on the measured mile with the following result : First run, smin. 58 sec., averaging 10.651 knots per hour; second run, 6 min. 47 secs., averaging 8.845 knots ; third run, 5 min. 53 secs., aver aging 10.843 knots ; fourth run, 6 min. 20 secs., averaging 9.396 ; fifth run, 5 min. 44 secs., aver aging 10.465 knots ; sixth run, 6 min. 10 secs., averaging 9.737 knots. The mean speed of the ship was 10 knots per hour ; revolution of engines, 65 ; pressure of steam, 25 ; vacuum, 26i. The circle was turned in 8 min. 2 sec., the angle made by the helm being 21 deg. to port, and the diameter of the circle 600 yards. The engines worked throughout a period of eight hours, with perfect ease and smoothness ; and it is thought by the officials that when the bottom of the vessel is cleansed from marine accumulation a still more sa tisfactory working of the ship will be obtained. The troops in Woolwich garrison yesterday as sembled at an early hour and commenced their march to Dartford-heath at 7 a.m., taking various routes as arranged by their commanding officers. The B Brigade Royal Horse Artillery marching by the Herbert-road, Plumstead-common, Bostall-hill, Bexley-heath, and Crayford ; the C Brigade Royal Horse Artillery by the Lower-road, along the Arsenal wall, turning off at the right of Bostall heath, tkc. ; the field batteries, the 4th and Depot Brigades by the Dover-road, Bexley-heath, &c. The Riding Establishment Commissariat Corps and Military Train also marched by the Dover-road, the ,Riding EstablishmtVtireeping 500 yards in advance. The inf,:i-,try column, consisting of the sth Brigade ttoyal Artillery, and the division of Royal Marines, took the route over Shooter's-hill, through Crown woods and Bexley. On their arrival at the heath a company of Royal Artillery and a company of Royal Marines were detached off for picket duty. They were divided into three reliefs, and were extended in line of double sentries, and videttes were de tached from the Riding Establishment to watch over the line of pickets. Several hundred tents were pitched with extraordinary expedition. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, accompanied by Major Elphinstone, C. 8., honoured Gen. Warde with his presence, and partook of refreshments in the head quarters' marquee, at which Mrs. Warde presided. On account of the heat of the weather, knapsacks were ordered to be left in garrison. The march was intended as a substitute for the ordinary drills, and was looked upon by officers and men as a healthful recreation. The various sites for the encampment were judiciously allotted by Captain Naugle, Deputy-Assist.-Quartermaster General, who was mainly asisted in the arrange ments of the camps by Dr. White and the me dical officers in attendance. Fifteen rounds o: Naval and Military Intelligence. HALP-YEARLY MEETING—(THIS DAY). The ordinary half -yearly meeting of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England was held this day in the Bank Parlour. Henry Launcelot Holland, Esq., the gover nor, presided. The GOVERNOR said he had to acquaint the Court that that was one of the quarterly general courts appointed by the charter, and that it was also one of the half-yearly general courts arpointed by the 13th bye-law of the com pany.for the making of a dividend ; that the net profits for the half:year ending 6th August last were £704,269 4s. 6d, making the amount of the rest on that day £ 3 ,A3,945 38. id., and that after provid ing a dividend of 5 per cent., the rest would be £3,006,295 35. ld. The court therefore proposed that a half-yearly dividend of interest and profits be made on the 10th of August next of £5 per cent., without deduc tion on account of income-tax. He said he was quite satisfied that most of those present must have been pre parad for a smaller dividend than the last, but he felt cer tain that thetproprietors would be quite satisfied with the result of the half-year. He therefore moved that the divi dend for the half-year be at the rate of 5 per cent. without deduction. The resolution, having been seconded, was carried unanimously. I The GOVERROR uaid th e di v idend war ran t s wou ld b e payable on the 11th of October next. Mr. 31°31 " said, before the business terminated, he should like to make. a few observations. Last year some of those present would recollect that he asked a question, whether:. the directors intended to allow interest . ; on dep o s i ts, and the Governor said the mat ter was under c :onaideration, but the directors had not made up their male on the matter. There was now an other matter whi .ch deserted some attention, and that was the state of ,tb .e dsbenture debt of the railway com panies. It,, was said out of doors that the directors of ;.Ake Bank of England were holders of debenture debt t o th e amount of £8,000,000 in some of ti A ra i lwa _ companies. If the Bank h a d ' m y used the poi anT-circum &stances he hoped the matter would r ece i ve ' Rer they had, h e should like to kn ow . U n d er attiti+oNip t , : -. • The 4( tvERNon, in reply, said the hon. proprietor must have mi Junderstood the observations of his predecessor in office. What was said was that the matter was every now and thrill pressed upon their attention ; that they were fully a mike to the importance of the subject, but that they were 'not then prepared to take action in the matter. Such an ar romgement iufoited a much wider sphere than many pers ens imagined 1' There was no saying what turn banking mi',ght take, but for the present the bank directors were lir A prepared to allow interest on deposits. With respect y the other subject alluded to by the hon. gentleman, he 'sad to inform him that the Bank certainly held a certain amount of the debt of some of the railway companies, but the figures he had mentioned were considerably beyond the amount in possession of the Bank. The debentures held by them were those only of the best companies. The direc tors did not go into loans with railway companies or any body else without a clear examination of the titles and securities, and, in acting for themselves in such matters, the directors were only acting for the body of the general proprietors. With respect to the state of the debenture debt of railways, he thought that a question for the House of Commons, not the Bank of England. He might, how ever, before resuming his seat, inform the hon. gentleman that he had greatly overstated the amount held ; half the amount he had mentioned would be nearer the mark. Mr. MoxoN said he should like to know whether the Bank held any of the Great Eastern debt ? The GOVERNOR said they did, but it was not of large amount. The amount of debt held by the Bank in the whole would amount to about 5.4,000,000 amongst 15 or 16 of the railway companies, but there was no very large sum in either of them. Mr. CAVE moved, and Mr. BO'TLEY seconded, a vote of thanks to the governor and directors for their exertions during the past half-year. The GOVERNOR having acknowledged the compliment the meeting terminated. ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY, An extraordinary meeting of the directors and share holders of the Atlantic Telegraph Company was held this day, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of reporting to the shareholders the present position of the undertak ing, and the measures recommended by the board for the resuscitation of the Company's existing cable in connec tion with the manufacture and submersion of a second cable. The Secretary having read the report, which has already appeared in The Sun, The CHAIRMAN, in his opening remarks, referred to the present position of the company, and said that the inten tion, in the first instance, was to raise certain capital upon certain terms; but instead of that they intended oc +4.‘,--.ureccurs, &id to leave th e question of the merely to ask the, sharehr,lelpr,,t.,_,...hr e the report terms upon which the new capital should be raised for further consideration of a meeting to be held next month. All that was now sought to be done was to let the public see that the directors were not idle, that they were not beaten down, that they were not discouraged, and were as earnest as ever in their desire to see their great object accomplished. (Hear, hear.) The company had surmounted many difficulties, but now, he was happy to say, the greatest unanimity pre vailed, and that every person connected with the company desired to complete the work which had the universal sup port of the English people. The failure of the last attempt was now a matter of history, and he would let byegones b and iu p re f erence to dwell i ng upon that he w %hat the n ew contract entered into by the company would prov e as h i ghly beneficial to the company a sad s : h e onourable, and th e sp i r it e d company that under took its was m g a took its construction. The hon. chairman then went on to state that the various objections against the lay ing of . a telegraph h a d all been proved to be groundless. They had proved that it was possible to lay a cable the entire length. That was proved in 1858, yet notwithstanding that he believed there were some who still believed that no message ever was transmitted from end to end of the cable. He could only say he should be happy to show such persons at least 60 messages were received before the communication ceased. We shall give the result of the meeting in a later tlitition. Attempted Murder of a Man by his Wife, last night considerable excitement was caused in the immediate neighbourhood of the Whitechapel-road, in consequence of a report being raised that a man had been murdered by his wif e in one of those mi sera bl e courts which abound in th at great thoroughfare. Upon making inquiries it was ascertained that a man named Coombes had a quarrel with his wifo respecting some domestic difference, and, during the affray, the woman stabbed her husband in the head. The aid of the police having been obtained, the man, who was bleed ing profusely from the head, was taken to the London Hospital, where the injuries were strapped, and the police were ordered to take him quietly home, but to the no small astonishment of all the crowd that had assembled outside the gates of the hospital, the man suddenly darted across the road between several vehicles passing at the time, and could not be found, Whither the injury to his hpad had caused a fit of ani Hum, or whether he wanted to shield his 7.1 e from punishment by keeping out of the way, is at present unknown. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day Market firm. Sales, p;obably 10,000 bales. ammunition per man and ten rounds per gun having been issued ou their departure, a well-sustained con- test with an imaginary foe commenced on the heath AN AWKWARD AFFRAY. —It was discovered on Sunday last that, during the previous night, the vinery of H. Lisle, Esq., in Bailiffgate, Alnwick, had been entered and robbed by some persons unknown. The police authorities were informed of the circumstance, and accordingly on Monday night, Police-sergeant Stuart and Police-constable Stevenson went to the place to make observations as to the manner in which it would most readily be entered by depredators, intending also to make some stay, as it was considered not improbable that the thieves might return. It was about 11 o'clock; there was as yet no moonlight ; and the shadow of the surrounding trees added to the darkness which pre vailed. The policemen stationed themselves about fifteen yards apart, and had not waited long when they heard the footsteps of two men ascending the steps that led from the lower garden. The man who was in advance struck Stevenson a blow on the arm with a heavy stick ; the second man, who was also provided with a stick, fol lowed up the attack by knocking him down with a stroke on the head. The policeman, thus taken at a disadvantage, struggled gallantly with his assailant. He caught hold of the second man's stick, and the two rolled over each other, each striving to get possession of it. Sergeant Stuart at the same time came up and closed with the other man. The struggle in this case was equally des perate. Stuart was severely injured; he received three scalp wounds, besides several contusions on other parts of his body. Ho would, in all probability, have received even worse injuries had not Stevenson, who had at length wrested' the stick from his antagonist, and effectually disabled him with a tremendous blow on the head, came to his superior's assistance. And now at length Stuart recog nised in his antagonist no midnight thief, but Mr. Lisle's head" gardener, who in turn discovered that the unknown individual whom under a mistaken impression he had so fiercely assaulted was one familiarly known to him ; nor could they have faildio recognise each other but for the darkness of the night. The other man proved to be an assistant of the gardener's. They had been watching, like the police, for the reappearance of the nocturnal plunderers, and thus the mistake of the two parties of watchers had been mutual. The wounds of the police-sergeant and the gardener's assistant are Waferttmately most ''sovere.-- Northern Exprese. at 6 o'clock, and was kept up for an hour with much vigour, the extent of the heath admitting of the complete details of a warm skirmish. The troops returned to quarters at Woolwich at 9 o'clock. Inspector-General of Hospitals, John Forrest, M.D., C. 8., died at 10, Queen's-parade, Bath, on the 10th inst., agst 61 years. Dr. Forrest, who was an honorary physician to the Queen, entered the army Nov. 10, 1825, and served in the expedition against the Rajah of Kolapore, in 1827 ;he wasalso employed during the expedition against the insur gent Boers beyond the Orange river in 1845 ; and in the Kaffir war of 1846, for which he received a medal. He was in medical charge of the 3d division of the Eastern army at Gallipoli and Bulgaria, and ac companied the expedition to the Crimea in Sept. 1854, and was present at the affair at Bulgarnac, capture of Balaklava, battles of the Alma and Inkerman, and siege of Sebastopol, and was noticed inlord Rag lan's despatch after Inkerman "for his able exertions as deserving to be most honourably mentioned." He was rewarded with the medal with three clasps, made a C. 8., and received the fourth-class order of the Medjidie. He became Inspector-General Dec. 31, 1858, and was stationed at Malta until Dec., 1861. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander Morgan Suisse, to the Helicon ; Lieut. Howard Kerr was appointed to command the Cockchafer when that ship is recom missioned in China; the name of the ship was inad vertently omitted at the time ; Lieut. Henry G. Stephens, to the Orontes ; Lieut. Thomas W. Chapman, to the Revenge ; Chas. J. Bigley, master, to the Helicon ; Charles G. Johnston, master, to the Indus, for service in the Lord Clyde ; James D. Willshire, master, to the Medusa ; Francis A. Brookes and Barrington H. Chevalier, midship men, to the Victoria ; Arthur M. corrie, midship man, to the Terrible; James E. C. Goodrich, midshipman, to the Achilles ; Cecil F. Foley and Fredk. Beauclerk, midshipmen, to the Caledonia ; G. H. C. M'Arthur, naval cadet, to the Hector ; G. P. Henderson, naval cadet, to the Royal Oak ; H. C. Dawson and P. A. C. de Crespigny, naval cadets, to the Victoria; F. H. Barnet, naval cadet, to the Achilles; A. K. Woodrom and W. L. Bifield, naval cadets, to the Formidable; E. C. Holkirk, naval cadet, to the Terrible; H. S. Mills, naval cadet, to the Arethusa; W. W. H. Revett, naval cadet, to the Prince Consort; W. M'C. Maturin, naval cadet, to the Caledonia; Dr. W. H. Lloyd, surgeon, to the Excellent; E. R. J. Williams, second master, to the Caledonia; W. A. Inman, assist. -paymaster, addi tional, to the Princess Royal; John Roberts, Wm. Hardie, and R. Taylor, chief engineers; 11. Payne, Jas. Ellis, Joseph C. Gray, Jas. W. Hewitt, G. Millis, Joseph J. Blunden, S. M'Calluin, Wm. C. P. Jones, Win. Owen, and Win. Herd, engineers; John Jefferies, John Ferguson (B), R. 11. Cooper, G. Thompson, A. Long, Jas. Croll, G. J. Barker, Wm. Jones, T. G. Woodfield, D. M'Veau, R. B. Nicol son, and F. T. Russell, first-class assist.-engineers; R. J. P. Jones, W. J. Fellowes, Jas. A. Cooke, John 11. Willis, and R. Burridge, second-class as sist.-engineers; G. T. Stronach, Wm. Annan, and H. C. Cocking, acting second-class assist-engineers, additional, to the Princess Royal, for disposal; Wm. R. Henry, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Hector; G. Treves, chief engineer, additional, to the Asia for the Euryalus; .E. Clements, chief engineer, to the Indus for the Satellite; T. E. Miller and D. P. Steddy, engineers, to the Helicon; L. J. Croome, engineer, to the CuMberland for the Pigeon; F. M. C. Richards, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Heli con; and G. F.lient, clerk, to the Donegal. Terrible Colliery Accident at Wigan—Eight Persons Killed. - - - ~.--- An appalling colliery catastrophe, by which eight men and boys were deprived of life with only a few seconds' warning, occurred late on Tuesday afternoon, at the Cali fornia pit, situated at Pennington-green, between three and four miles from Wigan. The colliery forms part of the extensive works of the Kirkless Hall Coal and Iron Company. It has been in existence for a considerable time, and though only one seam—the Arley Mine, is worked, the yearly " out-put" has been for many years as great as at any pit in the Wigan coal-field ; while the accidents, and particularly those of a fatal character, have been re markably few in proportion to the number of men employed. When the pit is in full work, between 300 and 400 colliers and drawers are engaged ; but on Tuesday morning only 277 lamps were given out on the pit-bank, the reason being that the previous Saturday was " pay Saturday ;" Monday consequently was " play Monday ;" and on Tues day, when the fortnight's work is commenced, the whole of the men are never ready to begin their labour. On Tuesday two full hours are seldom made, and though the men descended the pit at the usual hour in the morning, the operation of winding them up the shaft began soon after 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At a quarter to four about 100 of the men had been con veyed safely to the surface, and eight more colliers and drawbrs were placed safely in the upper portion of the two decker cage by the hooker-on to ascend the shaft, a dis tance of about 315 yards. The cage was within about 45 yards of the top, 2i strokes of the engine, when suddenly, and from some cause at present totally unexplained, the rope slipped off the cone-shaped drum on to the shaft ; and, though the engine was immediately checked, the cage fell down the pit, snapping the steel wire in two like a thread, and then dashing along with its living freight at a fearful rate to the bottom, a fall of fully 270 yards. The work men at the pit eye had fortunately sufficient time to get out of the way of the cage, which, moving with extraordinary velocity, crashed through the boarding which covered the dib-hole, and was hidden in the seven feet of water which it contained. For a short time the utmost con sternation prevailed, but those, on charge on the pit bank wore not long in making preparations to learn the extent of the disaster. The capstan was soon in order, and about five o'clock four men, named James Smallshaw, Roger Taylor, Peter Heyes, and Daniel Higson, were lowered in a basket by its means. They found the shaft had been very slightly injured, for the cage had been held in its po sition by the rods and the rope, some hundred yards of which it had taken with it in its fall, and had lodged safely on the top of the ascending cage. Considerable damage had of course been done at the bottom, but the workmen who had been waiting to ascend were safe, though much alarmed. There was not the slightest possibility that any one of the eight men in the dib-hole could be alive, and it was deemed the wisest course, as the rope on other side of the shaft was uninjured, to proceed with the windiuts up of the 160 men who were still in the pit. The news of the accident was soon disseminated for miles round, and a constant stream of relatives and friends of the men employed was quickly moving to the pit from every direction. Of the 100 who had been drawn up some had not reached home, while of course it was impossible to say on the pit-bank who were the 8 out of the 160 down whose lives had thus been sacrificed. Whilst, therefore, all of the great crowd which soon assembled had good reason to hope that their friends had escaped, still there could be nothing like certainty, and it was most affecting to see the eager glances of anxious watchers at the black faces of each party of workmen as the cage reached the surface, and to notice the hearty welcome which was ac corded to some few of the latest arrivals, who were received as if they had risen from the dead. _ At 20 minutes past six, after the cage had made about 20 journeys, all the living were out of the pit, and then, under the direction of Mr. Samuel Lancaster, who was assisted by the undorlooker of the pit, preparations were made for the recovery of the bodies. The cage was soon fastened to the strong capstan-rope, and in 20 minutes it was easily raised out of the dib-hole. It was completely smashed, and the bodies, all of which were inside, were fearfully crushed, though all were identified without difficulty, as in only one case was there any con siderable disfigurement of the features. The bodies were carefully wrapped up at the bottom and sent up in couples to the top, where carts were in readiness to convey them to the Running Horse Inn, Aspull, there to await the coroner's inquest. The names of the deceased are as under :—James Ramsdale, 23, Hindley, collier, single ; John Dunn, 18, Hindley, drawer, single ; George Ingham, 19, Hindley drawer, single ; John Holland, 20, Ince, collier, single ; William Bradshaw, 18, Hindley, drawer, single ; Robert Fletcher, 12, New Springs, pony driver ; Robert Eatock, 46, Hindley, collier, married and six children ; Edward Anderton, 27, Ince, collier, married and two children. The cause of the accident rests at present unexplained, but some light may perhaps be thrown upon it at the in quest, which will probably be opened to-day. The rope, which was of steel, and about 3 4 3 inches in circumference, had been on the drum since the 13th of May, and was in good working order. It was calculated to resist a strain of 10 or 12 tons, but this, of course, would be nothing com pared with the force of the jerk by which it was broken. The drum was of conical shape, and the slipping of the rope which caused the accident would be a circumstance very similar to the slipping of a lad's string when he winds his peg-top. The Government inspector, Mr. P. lligson, paid a visit to the pit and examined the machinery yesterday. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up :o this day are in round figures as under : Great Western ... North Western South-Western Brighton Midland South Eastern Great Northern THAIAES. CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—JuIia M'Kay, a pale-faced, wretched -looking woman, 'about 30 years of age, of No. 2, Turner-street, Commercial-road, was brought before Mr. Paget on a charge of crtting and wounding Jane Smith, a married woman, of 6, Robert's-place, Commercial road. The complainant, a little, slender woman, in a very weakly condition s said—She was married, and had been out nearly the whole of yesterday, drinking with the pri soner. In the evening she went home with the prisoner, and had a Taarrel with another female. The prisoner in terfered, and they scuffled together. She recol lected nothing more until she • found herself in the London Hospital, bleeding from a wound on the head, and under the care of a surgeon. She was stabbed on the head, and lost a good deal of blood. Mr. Paget asked if there were any witnesses in attend ance who saw the wound inflicted ? James Loker, 344 K, who had charge of the case, said more than one person saw the prisoner use a knife. He put in a medical certificate, which stated that the prosecu triii was treateu lor a 1ww....t - ca - 0‘ci,717. Mr. Paget said that the witnesses must be produced, and the case further inquired into. He remanded the prisoner. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE-CONSTABLE. —A man, named Thomas Marshall, a deal porter, who appeared to have been terribly punished, applied to Mr. Paget for a summons against a police-constable of the K division, who assaulted him last night in Three Colt-street, opposite the end of Limehouse parish church. There was a large surgical plaister on the top of the complainant's head, and he had lost a good deal of blood. He said he went into Five Bells public-house in Three Colt-street last night at nine o'clock. He went off to sleep and at ten minutes past twelve o'clock Mr. Wright, the landlord of the Five Bells, woke him up, and said, "Now, York (his nick name), you must leave," and on his refusal to do so called in a police constable, who struck him on the tip of the nose, hit him in the arm and nearly broke it, and then struck him on the head with his truncheon. He received a dreadful wound, and the people who looked out of the windows called out " Shame !" Mr. Paget—Why did he do this? Applicant—The constable was drunk. I went to the station this morning and could not see the constable. Mr. Paget—Do you know his nama ? Applicant—l do not, but I have his number. Mr. Paget—The men are paraded when they come off duty. Mr. Livingston—Yes, sir, and before they go on:duty. Mr. Paget addressed Police Sergeant Manning, No. 15 X, who was acting as inspector for the day, and directed him to assist the applicant in ascertaining the name of the con stable on the beat, and the name of the constable who was alleged to have beaten the complainant. He supposed there would not be any difficulty in the matter ? Manning—None, sir, if he has mentioned the right hour and place. Mr. Paget would grant a summons; and he directed Manning to request the attendance of the inspector who saw the constables on parade last night and who paraded them when they came off duty this morning. SOI7THWARK. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.—Anelderly female, named Eliza Mason, was charged before Mr. Burcham with com mitting an assault on Ann Nightingale. The complainant, a respectable-louking woman, stated that she was a widow, and that she had for a considerable time been subjected to annoyance from the conduct of the prisoner, who lived in her neighbourhood, the Westminster road, and who had become jealous of her from an unfounded suspicion of an intrigue between her and her (prisoner's' ) husband. She had occasion to bring heZ before the court for assaulting her previT;,Sly, and the present offence of which she o ::Anplained was com mitted on the 19th of last mr..xth. She was going along Joinder-row, Westmins.ter-road, when the prisoner came up to her, and, w- i . 4 .:nout the slightest provocation, struck her three or 'four times, and she also threatened to ado for hers" She was in fear that the prisoner would do her some serious bodily injury. The prisoner said that - on the evening in question she 88. w the complainant and her husband walking arm-in-arm, and that, overcome by her feelings, she shook the former. Her grounds of suspicion of an improper connexion be tween the complainant and her husband were not un founded. Mr. Burcham said that when she was before the Court on the last occasion the complainant was stated to be a very respectable person, and it appeared that there was no ground for the prisoner's jealousy. . - Mr. Edwins, the chief clerk, said there was no doubt the prisoner was not legally married to the person she called her husband, and she had been before the court charged with bigamy. The prisoner was ordered to find a security in £lO for good behaviour for one month, which, not being forth coming, she was locked up. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE POLICE-CELL —Jane Smith, a dissipated-looking woman, was charged with attempting to commit suicide. Police-constable 82 If said that the prisoner was brought to the station last night on a charge of being drunk and incapable, and was locked up. About one o'clock this morning he went into her cell, and found her lying on the floor in a state of insensibilty, and black in the face. A string was tied tightly round her throat, and unless she had received prompt attention she must have been suffocated. The prisoner expressed great regret for what she had done, and, on her promising not to repeat the offence, she was discharged. On Tuesday Mr. IV. H. Gladstone, M.P., gave a treat to the villagers of Hawarden, amounting to 1,100 per sons, as an acknowledgment of the reception which was given to him on his arriving at Hawarden on the day he was elected to Parliament. Tea was provided for the young in the flower garden on the terrace opposite the Castle, and dinner was served to the adults in a spacious pavilion. The Chancellor of the Exchequer presided, and Sir Stephen Glynne occupied the vice chair. The streets of the village were decorated with arches and evergreens, and the day was observed as a general ,holiday. ,ITIA'S. 1865. 1864. ... £77,825 £75,130 123,420 ... 28,864 ... 26,174 ... 53,937 31,489 -1 115,509 27,853 23,489 51,419 29,374 Lancashire and ferkshie. 447 4 7, 0, 79 1 02 4 82 9 4 3 71 8 : , 48 2 7, 8 90 9 Bristol and Exet er North Eastern 73 295 701 Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln 20 ' 460 1 9 , 03 Great Eastern 'ie •• 36,534 3 3 , 363 London, Chatham, Vover 13,980 12,213 eThersepo esrendin returns, when compared with those of the or g period of last year, are in most in stances of a very favourable character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £2,691; on the North Western of £7,911 ; on the South Western of £1,011; on Brighton of £2,685 ; on the Midland of £2,518 ; on the South Eastern of £2,115 ; on the Great Northern of £1,860 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,032 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £229 ; on the North Eastern of £3,157 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,425 ; on the Great Eastern of £3,171; and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,767. THE NEW LAW COURTS.—The "late" Insolvent Debtors' Court has been fitted up for the,. commis sioners appointed by her Majesty to " advise and report" on the erection of the new law courts and their accommo dation and internal arrangement. The place is ready for the reception of the commissioners, and about the end of the long vacation the first meeting will be held. The matters to be advised and reported upon will be divers and important, both as to the extent of the site and the ex pected outlay. The commissioners are to consist of three officers of the Court of Chancery. The judges of the various courts and the legal profession are to be fully re presented. The first question to be solved by the commis sioners will be as - to the site—the displacement of some hundreds if not thousands of persons—and then the ques tion to be considered will be whether the outlay will exceed the amount provided. 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 on receipt of 30 postage stamps for two bout, NOD. 1 and 2,13#d. size. A.dvortiqement SHIPPING INTELLIGEPTOE—This day. LONDON, Sept. 14.—Wind this day at noon--South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, Sept. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Canadian Lass, from Huelva. SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 13.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—New York, steamer, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 12.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ann, for Rio Janeiro ; Fatima, for Jamaica. •PLYMOUTH, Sept. 13.—Wind W.—Arrived---St. Vincent, from London for Adelaide. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 14—Countess of Lonsdale, steamer, from Hamburg ; Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp ; Britannia, steamer, from Cadiz. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Clothilda, screw steamer, from London, for Denia ; Catharina Agatha, from London, for the West. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Sept. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Oct. 4. Ditto, by French packet . Sept. 22. Cape of Good Hope, A scension, and 6t Helena... .Sept. 21. Penang,ChinDaitto,viam arseilles and Sin ga p Jre, via Sou. hampton..Sept. 18. Sept. 12 Falkland Islands ................. Gibraltar, via 50uthampt0n.......... . India via Southampton..., Eept. iB. Ditto, ar7edilCiee ).lon, s _ Sept. 12. India Sept. 25. Ditto, via Attarseitles . Sept. 15. (t C lI :, (Bombay), via ü b t a t y a) , ill ) via Southampton. Mauritius, via Southampton Oct. 10. Ditto, via Marseil ei... . Oct. 4. Newfoundland , Sept. 11. Portugal . • • • Oct. 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.Un t ted States and British North America, by Bri- tish packet Ditto. by United States packet. via Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cs,rk Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Sept. 13 West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Oct. 11. Questions which naturally occur to an INFANTRY OFFICER—WHOSE MIND HAS BEEN OPENED BY A RESIDENCE AT ALDERSHOT—ON LOOKING AT HIMSELF IN A GLASS, WHEN DRESSED IN UNIFORM. 1. Will the British officer ever be properly dressed? 2. Will it be in the present reign ? 3. Will it be in the time of the reigning Horse Guards ? 4. Will it be in my time ? 5. Will it be in the time of the present generation? G. Why do not the authorities adopt some of the many clever, practical, and useful suggestions made through the columns of the Army and Navy Gazette? 7. Do the Clothing Board study the Army and Navy Gazette 2' 8. Are the present Clothing Board capable of producing a handsome and serviceable uniform ? 9. Are they men of taste ?—and who are their tailors ? 10. Is it contrary to " Itegulations"to dress an infantry officer in a handsome soldierlike costume ? 11. Why should he be badly dressed, in a stiff, ugly, uncomfortable uniform? 12. Why do I always look such an ass in uniform ? Am I an ass ?—or is it the uniform which does it ? 13. Why is not the vile, ugly, buttony, mean-looking, uncomfortable blue coat discarded at once ? 14. Why are not all the Staff made to wear it, if they think it soldierlike or sightly ? 15. Why is it that the Staff do not wear any of the objectionable parts of Infantry uniform—such as ugly caps and hats, ugly coats, useless scabbards, &c. ? 16. Why are the Guards allowed to discard all the ugly and objectionable articles of Infantry uniform? 17. Have the Line a fair chance, beside the Guards, when they are so badly dressed ? 18. Why should not the Line be well dressed ? They pay for their uniform; and would they grudge paying for a decent uniform ? 19. Why should the Guards be allowed, with extra and unaccountable ranks, to supersede the Line ? 20. Is it really because they are better dressed ? 21. If not, is there any other good reason for such super cession ? 22. Will the Guards' extra ranks survive another war ? 23. Why should the Infantry officer be dawdled with a peak to his very plain forage cap ? 24. Does it improve the Foot officer's appearance ? 25. Have officers weaker eyes than the men ? 26. Why might they not have a neat handsome cap with out a peak ? 27. Who took all the badges of the forage caps ? 28. Was that a good move ? 29. Was reducing all regiments to a common denomina tion, and destroying esprit-de-corps, a good more? 30. Why should not the present sash be discarded ? It has been tried for 11 years, and it is a failure. It does not contrast well with scarlet. It is always catching in every thing, and no one likes it. Why, not, therefore, get rid of it ? 31. Why not return to the old Light Infantry sash, which was the best and prettiest ever worn ? 3 2. Why not have a silk one for parades and hack duties; a gold one for balls and show ? Would it not set off the plain tunic ? 33. Would anybody object to pay for the alteration? 34. When will the present vile leather scabbards, which are always falling to pieces, be discarded for steel scabbards like those worn by the Guards ? 35. is it because the Line do all the hard work that they are to have the most useless scabbards for their swords ? 36. Why is not the rank of Infantry officers marked by embroidered sleeves ? 37. Why are the old-fashioned footmanlike cuffs and buttons retained for Infantry only ? 38. Why do not the Infantry mounted officers carry sabretaches for carrying papers in? 39. Why do not mounted officers carry their cloaks rolled over their holsters in heavy marching order? 40. Why do not the other officers carry their escarp6s in marching order ? 41.lbiTe lthys ? do not all officers carry field- g lass es , with white 42. Is it because everybody sees how necessary it is ? 43. Why is the collar not c ut s q uare again, and stiffened with leather to save stocks ? 44. Who introduced the cut-away collar, and what Li the advantage of it ? 45. Why should Infantry have trousers of two colours? Why not stick to blue, which is the best ? 46. Will anything ever bo done with the irrepressible chaco to make it look decent ? 47. Why not make it of white leather or cloth ; it would look infinitely better, and bo cooler to the head, and easily cleaned ? 48. Why has not the soldier got a loose blue or red blouse for fatigue duties ? 49. Are tight trousers and jackets nice things to work in? 60. Are any of these suggeitions worthy of attention ? 51. If so, why not gratify the Army by carrying out the good ones ? 52. Will Infantry officers kindly set upon any man who grumbles at expense, when the object is to improve their appearance, and give the Infantry a wally handsome, soldierlike, and serviceable dress ?—Army and Nary Gazette. 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 nlaiteedd b : y ‘ t ‘ ho On c T o h un ur f s e d s a s y of la G st iff th or e d, Co w un ho te i s s s s o ta f y A in ir g li a e t , c a c o c r o t a m e p h ;- , set out in a pony-carriage and pair, with a p os tilli on, to pay s w to h G ol l e aM w Mi sy: tChaesthtswehiot iS wh a ie mi h le th l e on m g, a rd ro a visit to Lady Glammis. On en t er i ng the avenue leading a de des fe ce ll ntthe 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 G ifford still sitting in the carriage. Fortunately at the door was Lord Strathmore's carriage, i n which his lordship was sitting, on the point of starting for a drive, accompanied by his medical attendant Mr. Faxon. 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. STATUE OF THE LATE EARL OF EGLLNTON.—The memorial of " the good earl" is about to leave the hands of the artist, and will, in all probability, be placed upon its pedestal and publicly inaugurated iu the last week of the present month, or early in October. The site chosen for its erection is at the west end of Wellington-square, Ayr, in front of the County-buildings. An accident occurred a few days back on the railroad from Maestricht to Landau, Belgium, at a short distance from the latter place. The train of travellers came suddenly upon a goods train which was standing across the line, the i . ongineer not having been able, by reason of a curve, to perceive the obstacle in time to apply the brake effectually. The goods train was literally cut in two; but the travellers in the other carriages escaped with onlya few bruises and contusions. ....... ncess [sited Hon• ma mail. ke of ndoil by at ;s 7 in- Ross- Ladf nter emu', mon ness- Hon. 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