The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-10 00:00:00

MARKETS—This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale here, to-day, in somewhat improved condition. All breeds moved off heavily, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last of 2d. per 81bs. The show of sheep was moderate, and the mutton trade was very dull, at 2d. per 81bs. less money. The top figure was 6s. 2d. per Sibs. Very few lambs were on offer. Sales, however, progressed slowly, at barely late rates. Calves were in good supply, and sluggish request, on former terms. No quotable change took place in the value of pigs or milch cows. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s ds d Crae. At inf. beasts... 3 8 4 2 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 10 Second quality do ..4 4 4 8 Prime b'thdown u 0.6 0 6 2 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0 La - ge coarse calves.} 2 4 8 Prime Scuts. 5 .0 5 2 yy Prime small d0......4 10 5 2 Crse. and inf. shcep.4 24 8 I Large hugs ~..4 04 6 econd quality do —4 10 5 4 Small porkers 4 8 4 10 Lambs....6s Od to 7n Od. SuActing calves, 13s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s t 0 26s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Beasts Cows. Sheep and lambs Ca yes 6UO Pigs Beasts l ilf,o er ws l4O Sheep and lambs 9,500 Calves B5O Pigs 330 .-. . . 580 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat aro only moderate. Sales, however, progress slowly, as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 48 2d to 5s 8d ; lamb, 5s 4d to 6s 4d; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 8d to 58: 2d per 81b by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Aug. 9.—The supplies of fat stock were mo derate, and sales progressed slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 10d to 5s 6d; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s 4d; lamb, 68 Od to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 48 10d to sink the offal. RoxrFonD, Aug. 9.—Prime stock sold freely at very full Prices ; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s 6d; mutton, 4s 6d to 6s 4d; lamb, 6s Od to 78 ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81b. Suckling calves, 17s to 21s ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l7 to £2O each. HAY MARKETS Surrnmm.—Old Meadow hay, £5 Os Od to £5 15s Od ; new ditto, £4 153 to .£5,103 ; - old clover, £6 Os to £6 153 ; new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £lBs to £1 13s per load. A slow trade. CiiMBERTAND.—OId Meadow hay, £5 Os Od to £6 Os Od; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 15s ; old clover, £6 Os to £6 15s ; new ditto, £5 10s to £6,os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Supply moderate. WnrrncnApEL.--Old Meadowhay, £5 Os Od to £slss Od; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 10s; old clover, £6 Os to £7 Os ; new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade dull. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The directors of the Bank of England, after a very long deliberation this morning, have announced that the official minimum remains at 4 per cent. The lengthened discussion of the managers as to the propriety of a change, and the large number of persons who anxiously awaited the result, will sufficiently demonstrate the general expectation that existed as to an upward movement being made in the rate of discount. The demand for accommo dation during the early part of the morning was rather active, but the brokers required the full quotation of 4 per cent. for the best short dated paper. The supply of capital afloat is abundant for all the ordinary purposes of trade, and there is little doubt, now that a change has not been deemed necessary by the authorities, that bankers and others will relax their terms. The directors of the Agra and Masterman's Bank have declared an ad interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum (£1 ss. per share), with a bonus of 15s. per share, being together equal to 16 Per cent. per annum, or £2 per share for the half-1 year ended 30th June last. Negotiations have been opened in London with regard to the intended new Brazilian loan of £4,000,000. The French Mexican steamer, just arrived at St. Nazaire, has £lOO,OOO in dollars. It is stated that an agreement has been concluded, and a deposit of £30,000 paid, for the purchase of the property of the Alexandra Park Company. The Share List 'of the Menai Park and Hotel Company (Limited) will close on the 16th instant. The shares are quoted 11 4 prem. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1865. 1864 Groat Western ... £75,990 £76,057 North Western ... 127,856 123,627 gouth-Western ... 30 , 004 30 , 881 13,-' • -srighton 29,326 28,413 Aliand 52,326 51,307 South Eastern ... 31,652 30,498 Great Northern ... 40,302 37,076 Lancashire and Yorkshire 45,360 44,338 Bristol and Exeter ... 7,916 7,960 North Eastern 74,004 73,557 lianchestr - ••• ••• 1 Lincol: -aster Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,891 19,328 Great Eastern 36,682 36,393 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, show some fa vourable features. On the North-Western there is an increase of £4,229, on the Brighton of £913, on the Midland of £1,029, on the South-Eastern of £1,154, on the Great Northern of £3,226, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £1,022, on the North- Eastern of £447, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,563, and on the Great Eastern of £289 ; while the Great Western exhibits a decrease of £67, the South-Westeln of £877, and the Bristol and Exeter of £44. At the second ordinary general meeting to-day of the shareholders of the London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Ship Building Company the report stated that the accounts showed that, after Payment of all current expenses, including interest due on the balance of purchase money, reserving £6,320 for depreciation of buildings, machinery, &c., and writing off £l,OOO from preliminary ex penses, there remained, after deducting the interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum paid in February last, a net balance of profit amounting to £4,813 ss. 6d. Thi s b alance the directors recommend e d should be appropriated as follows : --Dividend of 6 per cent. pe: annum, and bonus of s s. per share, being at the rate of nearly 10 per cent., free of income tax, on the paid-up capital of the company, £3,143; income tax, £52 7s. Bd. ; leaving a balance of profit to be carried forward of £1,617 17s. 10d. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 90c. Inanimate. The English Stock Market has presented an ap pearance of inanimation, and even the announce ment that no alteration had been made in the rate of discount, failed to cause any fluctuation. Busi ness is very dull, and Consols are heavy 89* 1 for money, and " 894 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 ; Annui ties, 1885, 14 13-16 ; Exchequer Bills, par to 2s. and India 5 per Cents., 1044 105. The dealings in the Foreign Stocks have been few, and the changes that have occurred unimpor tant. Turkish Consolides are 49i a ; Mexican, ex all, 23*1; the New Loan, 22* 4 ; Greek, 20/ -*; Spaiah Passive, 281 ; Certificates, 131 ; Italian, ; and the Confederate Loan, 5 7. 4 . 4.ll.l erican Securities are dull and heavy. United "tea 5-20 Bonds are 681 I ; Erie shares, 56+ 4 ; and Illinois, 76,1 771. 11118 i -fleas in the R a il wa y Sh are M ar k e t h as b een very dull, and prices generally show a further slight depression. North Eastern (Berwick) have receded 1; Midland, 10s. ; Metropolitan, ss. ; and Great Eastern and Great Western were each a shade Ratter. „ is ln the Foreign and Col on i a l li nes th ere i s l i ttle - "ange of i mpor t ance . G reat I nd i an Peninsula ha ve declined 15s. ; while Great Luxembourg have advanced s s . d ß ank and Miscellaneous shares have rem a i ne d acti ve, at steady rates. Union of London. are tlt at 53* ; City Bank at 104* 105* ; Alli ance an k at 29 ; European at 100 i ; Credit Foncier d Mobiler of England at 8* 1 ; Land Securities at 31 ; and Royal M a il St eam a t 1144. 2 of The following are the current quotations of some Is, / th r e Principal new undertakings :—llop and preen t Exchange, 3 3* p m . ; M arse illes Extension wa Y and Land C om p an y (Li m it e d), 14 2+ Le• ; Northern Assam Tea, par I prem. ; Chubwa d par prem. • Wh eal Penrose, I 1 prem. ; 1 14 13ri dge I-And, pm. ; Albert Bridge, 1 4 41 4 ~I ' ,ll ll, ; London Quays, * dis. t o p ar ; B r iti s h 4 44 and Agency Corporation, 1 1 prem. ; Massa Carrara Marble, 1 2 prem. ; Overend, Gu ney, and Company, 21 2k prem. ; London Jute Works, 1 1i prem. ; New issue of 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany, 2i 2/1 dis. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Sept. 7 a per Cent. Reduced B9l New 3 per Cent B9l 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs l4 13-16 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &- 31 per Cent par 2 dis 2 pm Do. £5OO 2 pm Do. £lOO and £2OO • — Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent 250 Do Account : INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do- Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. si. per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chili= 6 per Cent — Do. 41- per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Danish 8 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid Danubian Principalities Do. Account D0.£86paid,...„ — . Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent 9Bl 8 Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 941 f Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account 2Ol Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana. Railway) 701 Do 1865 - Do Scrip, £671 paid — die Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid M exican 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Do 1864 221 f 1 • - 1)o 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada — Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds — dis Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do If per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, . . . Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., J 859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do New Deferred — Do Passive — Do Account 2Bl _Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 49 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account 741 Do £lOO Bonds: BO Do. 1 per Cent — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 74 31 Do £lOO Bonds 73f i Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Scrip, £35 paid Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 — Do Account — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Routes, 44 per - Cent. Do Account - - - Italian C per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Do. Account In sday: )ck this lg, was s and a ntwerp, minus, g at a )rnw all, r, Lord John [on. Sir ; Lieut. ;hold of Esq., s Clerk nbridge t Marl- to the ided by honour photo icess of honour rince of Yacht up, the and the tor, tho nt at a York's Queen rself for the year ur dull- 3 some- ►ness at hope to It is, at Till stay )f these ry land, ttion of Is that, be again f. The Emma; ly inte- T report canners. ay that • of any ueen of Lem Sea gnified, young t in any a point it there polite- I on the a lady's ilty &s -hall five x to be of the indeed D darker scarcely popula nplying which to help ssion of ►ses two .s ; and s i m ple iletorial was the n black le Duke lg been End her ?anying , ra any [coming y, who, en, was l, filled of the he same 1, is the accom- rho was Le com- guished ay Miss >ir John one, the Major - S. Ran ad Mrs. ie Rev. itution, it, Mr. he phya present, capaci - besides Ey have le pre march- cs fel )ectater I train- he sous of mu' mrison, l which on, the ired on ill and Euclid/ , but a ivating in early sterdal ,n awn' which , YS) W°.° Queou delight ill, sasy ills, for 3. She mratioo stic ar t, Mrs• to take Is tered stealieg to gis'e rind , e Lora L e ; goo. ilaY" ;ERT by 01° geso l ; en tinenv ipos ibile us Intl. )r a 111$11 rp. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very steady. Sales, probably 10,000 bales. A MUNIFICENT GIFT.--Mr. William Ferguson, of the Stock Exchange, has presented to the National Life boat Institution £3OO, to pay the cost of a new lifeboat, which the institution is about to station at Kingsdown, opposite the south end of Goodwin Sands. Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson take considerable interest in the welfare of the Lifeboat Institution, and have expressed a hope that they may be enabled to collect among their friends and others the cost of another lifeboat. Last year Mr. W. N. Rudge, of the Stock Exchange, collected among the members of that establishment the liberal donation of £6lO in aid of the funds of the National Lifeboat Institution. ROYSTON AND HITCHIN RAILWAY.--At the half yearly meeting, held yesterday-forenoon, at the offices, 61 Gracechurch-street, Mr. J. C. Cobbold in the chair, it was resolved, " That a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, less income tax, and ld. per £6 ss. Stock, for ex penses of management, be declared upon the Royston, Hitchin, and Shepreth Consolidated Stock for the half-year ending August, 1865, and paid forthwith." Major Amsinck and Mr. John Phillips, the retiring directors, were re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the pro ceedings. THE ROAD MURDER.—A meeting of the Trow bridge magistrates has been held, at which a resolution was adopted, to the effect that it was desirable that some expression of sympathy should be offered to Elizabeth Gough, the nursemaid, who was at one time apprehended on the charge of having murdered Francis Saville Kent, and who has so long suffered under the injustice of being suspected. For five years the unfortunate young woman, though bearing the highest possible character, has been subject to the cruellest wrong in consequence of the posi tion in which she has been placed. The magistrates for the district of Trowbridge, near which place the murder was committed, have accordingfy determined to make a sub scription and present any sum that may be collected, as an assurance of their belief that she has been most unjustly accused. _ _ _ A letter from Bergerac, of the 6th, says :—" The inauguration of the Church of Notre Dame de Bergerac attracted within our walls an additional popula tion of from 25,000 to 30,000 souls. Such an influx was never seen here before. The Marquis de Lavalette, Mini ster of the Interior, was present, attended by the members of the now municipal council. The ceremony of conse cration was performed by Cardinal Donnet, Archbishop of Bordeaux, assisted by the Archbishops of Tours and Alby, and five other prelates. At vespers the Bishop of Tulle preached a sermon to an overflowing congregation. In the evening a grand dinner was given by the town to tho Minister, the Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux, and all the high ecclesiastical dignitaries present at the consecration. The town was splendidly illuminated at night. Two new bells have since been consecrated for the new church ; the largest weighs 2,255 kilos. (44 cwt.)" FIRE AT COLE GREEN.—On Saturday night at 11 o'clock a fire was discovered in Mr. Allen's barn at Cole Green Farm, near Panshanger. Five Irishmen were sleeping in the barn ; four of whom escaped, without any clothing, but one named Thomas Burke, from County Galway, in trying to go out by an end door came in contact with some threshing machinery, fell down and lost his life. His body was found at four o'clock on Sunday morning; but soon after a wall fell on it and fifteen persons had a very narrow escape ; when again recovered the skull was flattened, the ribs compressed, the legs and arms entirely gone, and but a very faint out line of a human trunk remained. The machine-barn, saw mills, and threshing-machine were burnt. The stables and dwelling-house escaped, owing to the exertions made with the Hertford fire-engine. There were seven loads of wheat straw in the barn where the fire first was seen, and the poor Irishnien lost all their harvest money, about £lO, which was in their clothes pockets. It is feared that the fire was wilful, and a man is in custody on suspicion.— Herts Guardian. Accounts from Mecklenburg-Schwerin, the flog ging State, as it is called by the Liberal journals of Germany, announce that this mode of punishment will be probably suppressed, at least for simple offences committed by the agricultural labourers on the seignorial estates. Tho greater part of the tribunals and police authorities decided in this sense, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, IEM LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.) IN RE T. W. BAKER.--CAUTION TO PRISONERS FOR DEBT. This bankrupt was described as a prisoner for debt, and he now applied to be released from custody. Mr. Bagley opposed on behalf of the Agra and Master man's Bank, who were creditors for £3,000. His Honour having ascertained that there were great ir regularities in the notices for this application, and com plaints as to the manner in which an order for adjourn ment had been obtained without the payment of the usual costs, said that the bankrupt must pay the costs before making any further application. Application refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CONVICTION OF A CONTRACTOR FOR CRUELTY. Mr. Joseph Pickett, a contractor, farmer, and cowkeeper, in an extensive way of business at Pond-street, Hampstead, ap peared on a summons obtained against him by Mr. Win. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, charging him with having caused a horse to be cruelly tortured ; and Edward Buzzell, a young man in his employ, was charged with working the horse while in an unfit state. Sell, ono of the officers of the Society, proved seeing Buzzell in charge of the horse, which had a large wound on the shoulder, with the saddle pressing into it. Buzzell said he had been waiting at the Thames embankment all the morning, but that ho was then going to take the horse home to Hampstead. Ho then brought Buzzell to the court, and the horse was taken to the Greenyard, and had remained there since Saturday last. Mr. Knox ordered Buzzell to be sworn, and he said he was in Pickett's service, and was ordered to take the horse to the Thames Embankment works every day, and he did so. He called his master's attention to the wound, and he gave him some stuff to dress it with. Mrs. Pickett, who attended for her husband, said the horse had been neglected through trouble with the cows. Mr. W. Love produced a list of convictions, r extending over a period of nine years, where foremen and carmen in Pickett's employ had been charged with torturing horses by working them, or causing them to be worked, in an unfit state, from raw wounds and other causes ; and he (Mr. Love) stated that Pickett had, excepting in one in stance, escaped conviction himself, the blame being sad dled on his servants, for whom he pays the fines. Mr. Knox said the cruelty connected with the works at the Thames Embankment was well known to everybody and this case was another example of it. He had had seve ral cases of cruelty beforo him of late, and he was sorry to say that the present case was as bad as any previous ono. He would discharge the lad Buzzell, as he did not think he was to blame in the matter. Ho should fine Pickett £5 and costs, or, in, default, a month's imprisonment. The officer of the society said Buzzell told him that he had to go from the Thames Embankment to Hampstead with a load four times a day. WESTMINSTER. POLICE VIGILANCE BADLY EXERCISED.—Henry Ward was charged with being disorderly at Pimlico last night. Geo. Langley, 304 B, said that at a quarter to eight last night he was in Eccleston-place, Pimlico, when ho saw the defendant and some other costermongers creating an obstruction with some barrows. They also went away with their barrows excepting the defendant, when they were told, but he refused, and was taken into custody. Mr. Arnold—Had the defendant a barrow? Policeman—No, your worship, he had not, but he would not go away when he was tJld. Mr. Arnold— What did he do ? Policeman—Ho was standing amongst the others, and when they all went away he wouldn't. Mr. Arnold—Why should he ? Policeman--Because he was told. Mr. Arnold—But why should ho be told ? As I under stand you, a numbor of oostermongers aro causing an ob struction with their barro , Ns in Eccleston-place ; you order them to go away, and they do, taking with them their barrows which caused the obstruction. Tho defendant had no barrow. Policeman—He caused a crowd to assemble. Mr. Arnold—How ? Policeman—Why, he got jawing with me instead of going away. He said ho should not go away because he was doing nothing. Mr. Arnold—He caused the crowd to assemble by enter ing into an altercation with you, because you asked him to go away and he considered he had a right to stop where he was. I don't see what the man has done to be locked up. He is discharged. APPALLING TRAGEDY. MURDER OF THREE CIIILDREN AND APPRE HENSION OF THE MURDERER. Yesterday the neighbourhood of Red Lion-square was thrown into a state of excitement, owing to a report, which proved but too true, that three children, brothers, had been found murdered at the Star Coffee-house and Hotel, in Red Lion-street, Holborn. _ On inquiries being made, it appeared that on Saturday last a respectably-dressed man called at the above hotel and inquired if three children could be accommodated with a bed for a few nights. Having boon informed that one room would be unoccupied, he said that the children were aged respectively six, eight, and 10 years, and the accommoda tion would be suitable. He called again on the Monday even ing with the three children and saw them to bed. He told the proprietor of the house that they were about to proceed to Australia, and the accommodation kindly afforded would only go over a few days. The next morning the children were downstairs by half-past 6, in the most cheerful mood, and stayed in the coffee-room until the arrival of the person who had brought them, which was before 8 o'clock. After breakfast he left, but returned at one o'clock, when the children dined ; and he again departed, saying he would see them in the evening. About six o'clock he came again, and the children partook of tea and bread and butter. He (their supposed guardian) then said that as they might be tiresome he would take them to bed, firstly, however, in quiring if another room could be provided, This was ac corded, when ha went upstairs and put' i the children to bed, the two younger in the room formerly occupied by them, and the oldest in the newly-appointed chamber. He then went out,saying he would shortly return, and again made his appearance at 9 o'clock. He asked for a candle to see that the children were all right, and after remaining upstairs a short time he left the house, saying that ho would return in the morning. He did not, however, make his appearance, and as the children were downstairs early the previous morn ing, some doubt existedas to whether they should be awak ened. Half-past 8 arrived, when ono of the chambermaids entered the first room in which the two younger children were in bed, and to her extreme horror found they were dead. She immediately raised an alarm, when the proprietor and others eutered'the room in which the eldest child had been placed, and there found that he also was in the sleep of death. Medical assistance and the police were instantly sulannoned, the surgeon firstly arriving, and upon his examination of the bodies pronounced life to have been extinct some hours, the limbs being perfectly rigid and cold. Mr. Superintendent Searle then set inquiries on foot, and ascertained that the man who had brought the children to the hotel appeared to be about 35 years of age. His height was about sft. 7in., and his complexion and hair were both dark. His eyes were dark grey, and he had no whiskers. He was not shaven and hada beard apparently of a few days' growth. He was dressed in dark clothes, and his waistcoat was buttoned up close. He had a black scarf, but altogether he had the appearance of faded gentility. The children when brought to the hotel were not well dressed, but their manners wore open and affable. They con versed with a waiting-boy, and said during tho conversation that the person who brought them there was not their father. They wore taken from their father either to go to school or abroad. On each occasion, when the suspected murderer left, he apologised for the trouble the children might cause, but was assured that they wore not at all in the way, which appeared to satisfy him. On each occasion he paid for the received requirements, and appeared to have some silver in his possession. The eldest deceased told the waiting boy that their father believed they were dead, but gave no reason for such an expression. They all ran on in simple, unconnected, and childish chattering, even up to the time that they were taken to their beds of death. A painful scene took place with the reputed father of the deceased children. He is a schoolmaster, living a short dis tance from the scene of death. Ho was fetched in a cab, and after looking at the deceased, one of whom had a smile upon his countenance, his feelings gave way, and with difficulty he was led downstairs. _ _ The history of the case is that for some considerable period the husband and wife have been separated owing to the latter's cohabitation with the now suspected murderer. The husband believed the children were not his, but still be performed a father's duty towards them. On the sepa ration, however, the children wore given up to the mother, but ultimately they wore returned to the husband. From some unexplained cause the three deceased were again given up by the sanction of the husband, under the impres sion that the absent wife, her paramour, and the children wore going to Australia. During yesterday afternoon two medical gentlemen were engaged making a post-mortem examination, but the result has not yet transpired. The stomachs, &e., it is under stood, will undergo chemical analysis. The report is, that chloroform was administered, under which suffocation was effected by covering the mouth and nostrils. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share/ Railways. 13.11 Btr., Str. Val. Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ( Cork and Bandon 96 18 132 133 Cornwall i,i 6j Do. A A • gets no div Do. B till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B, Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgo' Glasgcui.& S. Wcstern Great Eastern, Ord. s Lk. Do. E. Angl. st. No., Groat North of Scotland Great Northern D.,. A stock Do. B ,to Do. ' ew, Is. at 25 pn Gt S, and %V. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South %Vales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newpo, t Do. Hereford Lanc:ishire &Yorkshire L'ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western, Man., Shet., & Lincoln liaryport and Carlisle Do. t shares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and it Do, Birmin.. Js Derby) 0 Mid Gt. W.. Ireland 5 1)o. h shares Hid Kent it North British Do. Ed., Pth ;Ss Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. De. 4 , ). 18554,8 Do. do. 1860.61 North London .. Do. New Do. do. 1864. North Stafford Shire . N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t , o. Scot, Mid. stock h - ews do Welchpool 1 Shropshire Union South Devon Fouth Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw ill W.Hartlepool Han& Do. A irredeemable Do. 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Alliance, Um., 29 City, 5} '4: Consolidates Bank, lim., 10/ English, Sewell, and Australian Chartered, 21 European Bank, lim., li Imperial Ottoman, 15} National Provincial of Enaland, Ditto, d and „id issue, 44i Union of London, 53i MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, B,per cent. gua., 21 Commercial Union, Insurance, 7; Contract corporation, lira. , 2t Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 81 1 Ebbw Vale, 131 1 Gen. Credit and Finanae of London. lim.. 5i 11 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim., 61 International Financial t-ociety, aim., 51 6 Interational Land Credit. lim., 0) Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour ) , Ditto, ‘1 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 811 Land Securities, lun, 3, Ocean At arine Insurance), 2 3 1 renln-ula and Oriental Steam, 771 Itio de Janeii o Gas 'to Royal Mail Steam, 1141 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 6f DEATH OF THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF SIIAFTES BURY.—The death of the Dowager Countess of Shaftesbury, widow of the sixth and mother of the present Earl, was announced yesterday. Her ladyship, who was 91 years of age, was married to the late earl on the 10th of November, 1796. She was Lady Anne Spencer, fourth daughter of George, fourth Duke of Marlborough. By her ladyship's death many families of distinction will be placed in mourning; amongst others, those of the Earl of Gains borough, Sir Joseph Neeld, M.P., Mr. Corry, M.P., the Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl of Galloway, the Duke of Marlborough, and the Earl of Shaftesbury. Great THAMES. SINGULAR CASE THE IDLE APPRENTICE. - Alfred Maennedy Carty, an Irish lad about 19 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with unlawfully ab senting himself from the - 17 ,- v -I .* ILls_masters, Messrs. aruok.tailumd Abrahams, tobacconists and cigar makers, o; No. 37, High-street, Whitechapol. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, stated the case for the pro secution. The prisoner was an apprentice to the com plainants, and was bound by regular indentures and with out premium, on the 13th of January, 1863, for seven years. The prisoner was a lazy, insolent fellow, who had put his respectable employers at defiance. The prisoner was sen tenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour for absenting himself from his employers' factory in August last year, and since then had been .summoned for a similar offence and admonished. The prisoner had ab sented himself for 114 k days in the present year, or more than two-thirds of the whole time. Other apprentices, with this bad example before them, had acted in a very in subordinate manner, and absented themselves and spoiled their work, to the great loss and inconvenience of their employers. The prisoner had been 'learnt a good trade without a premium, and, now he was becoming useful, acted in this strange manner. He submitted that the prisoner ought to be 'punished to the utmost extent of the law as an example and warning to other apprentices in the service of the prosecutors. Mr. Lawrence Abrahams, a partner in tho house of Gluckstein and Co., confirmed the statement of his solici tor, and said that four other apprentices had lately run away and gone to Holland. The prisoner in defence said that he would not absent himself any more. He was very sorry for what he had done. He had been in the practice of getting up late, and as he lived a long way off he could not reach the cigar factory in time. Mr. Abrahams—Ho lives at Newport-market. We allow the apprentices until 9 o'clock in the morning to be in the workshops. His brother, who is a journeyman in our ser vice, comes in at half-past 8. Mr. Paget—How far is High-street, Whitechapel, from Newport-market ? Mr. Abrahams—About thrae miles. Mr. Charles Young—Half a mile less. There is no excuse for this lad not coming to hi s wor k 1141 d a y s in seven months. The prisoner said he would tako lodgings nearer to Whiteehapel next week. Mr. Paget said the prisoner was an idle apprentice, and was perfectly aware he 'was doing a very dishonest thing towards his employers. The prisoner had learnt a good business, and when he became useful and profitable to his masters he absented himself. It was es bad to do this as to steal money from his employers, who appeared to have acted very kindly and considerately towards him, allowing him until nine o'clock to reach the factory. He should have thought the apprentices at this season of the year would begin work at six. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one month. Mr. C. Young—The prisoner will have to work out the two months expended in prison and the Other days he has absented himself on the expiration of his apprenticeship. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND UPON THORLEY'S CONDIMENT.—" By its use the sheep improved in the most extraordinary degree, so much so, that after they had taken it three or four weeks, I really hardly knew them agaie."—T. BEALE BROWNE, Esq. " On my horso the effect was marvellous; with cows, pigs, and dogs, the same result."—Mr. li. COTTON. " I can un hesitatingly say that Lord Camoys has been satisfied with it, both in respect to young animals and those arriving at maturity."—Mr. BARKER' "My horses improved upon it db much that I was quite surprised."—Mr. CANTRELL. "I am satisfied that, apart from every other cause, the re covery of my sheep and lambs was due to the use of this condiment. Other condiments had not the effect Thorley's had. I have tried the food of other makers, and it failed completeLAD ly."—lkLuon 141.nrui. A Y ELECTIONEERING.--The Conservatives of North Wilts will surely succeed in returning two members at the - next election despite the " compact" which has handed over one of the seats to the Marquis of Ailes bury. In Lady Jenkinson, the wife of their defeated can didate, they seem to have a veritable Joan of Arc, whose ap pearance at the head of their forces will assuredly put their enemies to flight. This lady attended a banquet given the other day at Devizes to Sir George Jenkinson, and when her health had boon drunk she rose herself and made a speech, in the course of which she said she felt that it was most unusual for a lady to addr ess a meeti ng o f th a t kind, but it was also unusual for ladies to be invited to dinners given in honour of their husbands. She must admit that it was owing entirely to her husband's merits that she Nvay3 pre sent. As she had found him true, so would all of them. The day before yesterday was the 20th anniversary of her wedding day, and he had always followed the same uni form truthful course. She hoped that all the married ladies present would find, on the 20th anniversary of their wedding day that they had a husband who never, to their knowledge, swerved from the truth, however unpopular that truth was to make him — however much, in a worldly point of view, it was to his disadvantage, he would never swerve from it. From the time when she was three years old she lived among Conservatives in a Catholic country (Ireland), where party spirit ran very high. She had al ways heard that the Conservatives were the truest people in the world, and she always found it so. She thanked them for their bind reception, ANOTHER ACCOUNT A sensation, which it would be difficult to accurately describe, prevailed yesterday throughout the whole of the neighbourhood of Red Lion-square, Ilolborn, in conse quence of the following dreadful affair : From the particulars already obtained it appears that a man, named Ernest Southey, by profession a billiard marker, between 35 and 40 years of ago, had been liv ing with a married woman named White. This female was the same person who some time ago prosecuted the Earl Dudley for an assault upon her, full particulars of which appeared in this journal at the time. It seems that Mr. White had been separated from his wife for some time, and had become greatly reduced in his circumstances, and Southey undertook to take care of and provide for three of the children, all boys. He therefore took apartments at the Star Coffee-house, in Red Lion-street, and the boys, of the respective ages of six, eight, and ten years, were on Mon day taken to the above house. One was to sleep in No. 8 room and other two in No. 6. The unfortunate children slept in those rooms on Monday night, and on Tuesday Southey took them ont, as he said, for a walk in the park. He was away with them for the space of three or four hours when he brought them back to the before-named coffee house. That was about 9 o'clock at night. After seeing them into their beds ho locked the doors of their rooms, handed the keys to the servant, and said he should be back about 9 o'clock the following morning. From this time the children were not heard to make the least noise, such as screaming or even crying for assistance, but 9 o'clock having expired, and some hours having rolled away, the proprietor began to think that something wrong had taken place, and the police were called in, and under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Searle, the door of No. 8 was opened, when the elder boy was found lying in bed quite dead. Upon opening the door of No. 6, in which the two younger boys had been put to bed by Southey, they were also found dead. The appearances of the bodies clearly showed that they had died without much struggling, if any. That hypothesis is borne out to a great extent from the fact that the youngest child had firmly clenched in his hand a halfpenny. Medical assistance was at once sent for, and the three children were pronounced to have been dead some hours, and in the absence of an autopsy of the bodies, the prevailing opinion of the medical gentlemen is that the death of each was caused from the administration of prussic acid. Whether such was the case or not, will be fully in quired into and settled when the coroner's inquest is holden. Of course post mortem examinations will be made of each body. At 12 o'clock last night a reward of £lOO was offered for the apprehension of Southey by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The supposed murderer is thus described :—Age between 35 and 40 years; by profession a billiard marker ; height, 5 feet 7 inches ; dark hair; eyes dark grey ; no whiskers, but a beard of several days' growth ; dressed in dark clothes, and a vest buttoned up to the chin ; a black shabby-looking scarf. The moment the fearful news was communicated to Mr. Superintendent Searle he at once gave the necessary intel ligence to Six Richard Mayne and also to Sir George Grey, and the former at once despatched Inspectors Williamson and Tanner, of the detective department, of Scotland -yard, in search of Southey. These officers had men placed on duty in plain clothes at nearly all the railway stations load ing out of the great metropolis to apprehend Southey if he could be seen, and it appears, no doubt, if he should make his appearance at any of the stations, es pecially on the Surrey aide of the water, ho will be easily c a p tured, as he was well known in the neighbourhood of Putney and Wandsworth, where he held situations for several years, being in the constant practice of betting on all great row ing matches and horse races. Ile is well known in betting circles, and therefore there is strong grounds for supposing— especially after the handsome reward offered so soon by the Government, that the man suspected of committing such a heinous offence will be quickly in the hands of the police. Several of the betting men who attended the great row ing race on Tuesday, at Putney, state that they sa w Southey on the towing path watching with the greatest anxiety the skill of Kelly and Chambers ; if such be correct it is not improbable that he is at present located in that district, and unless he should so disguise himself as to de ceive the police, he will be unable to leave London for any foreign place. If the suspected:murderer really did the deed of poisoning three innocent children, what could be his motive for so doing, unless it was to get rid of the expense of their keep ? Mrs. White, it seems, was not aware of anything that had taken place, and although a deal of secrecy *held by the police, it is stated that she was remarkably fond of the deceased, and probably at a future day may be able to throw some light upon what at present appears a most un accountable tragedy. HALT-PAST TWELVE AT NIGHT.—The detectives of the A, the E, the P, and L divisions of police are watching each terminus of the different railways, watching every stranger who applies for conveyance, but up to this time no one has been apprehended. The scene when the Government reward was made public can hardly be described. FURTHER PARTICULARS.-(THIS DAY.) Very little in addition to that which is already known of the particulars of this horrible tragedy has transpired. The Christian name of the eldest boy, aged ten, was Henry, the second, aged six, was Thomas, and the youngest, four years, was Alexan der, and their reputed father was a person named White, who carried on an academy at No. 4, F eatherstone -buildings, Holborn. The medical gentleman, sent for by Constable Knowles, E 100, who was called in by the pro f; rietor of the coffee-house immediately on the discovery of the deaths of the children, was Dr. Anthony Roberts, of Lamb's Conduit-street, but beyond sicertaining the fact that the children were dead, nothing up to the present time has been done. The report that a post nzortem examination of the bodies was made last evening is without foundation —nothing of the kind has yet taken place. Di. Roberts found a small bottle containing apparently chalk mixture, in one of the rooms, and this was taken away for analysis, but nothing more has been done. The Coroner, on receiving notice Of the murder, will certainly issue his order for a post inortern examination of the three bodies, in order that no delay in the inquiry may take place. Dr. Lancaster will hold his investigation to-morrow, until which time all the information in the possession of the police will remain private. The Government reward of £lOO for the apprehen sion of Ernest Southey, the supposed murderer, w as ex tensively posted in the metropolis this morning. I LATEST PARTICULARS-APPREHENSION OF THE MURDERER. A telegram was received in London by the police authorities, shortly before two o'clock, announcing the apprehension of the supposed murderer, Ernest Southey, this morning, we believe, at Margate. The bare account of the fact is all that can be re lied on, although it is said Southey has been taken for murdering a woman and child with whom he was acquainted, in addition to the four little chil dren found poisoned in Red Lion-street. There can be no doubt as to the certainty of the capture of Southey, as the police removed the bills offering the £lOO reward on receipt of the above intelligence. Dreadful Death of a Lady through Crinoline, An inquiry was held by Mr. William Payne, the coroner for the City of London and the Borough of Southwark, at Guy's Hospital, on Tuesday night, respecting the death by fire of Miss Charlotte Hillier, aged 31 years. Mr. Joseph Squirrel], Portland-road, South Norwood, deposed—At 10 o'clock in the morning of Friday week I was speaking to a gentleman in Portland-terrace, South Norwood, when I heard loud screams proceeding from the house No. 7. In a short time afterwards a child of about four years of age came to the front door, and, holding up both hands, screamed loUdly. I rushed to the house, and upon running up the steps I saw a lady walking about the hall in a mass of red and white fire. The child ran into the house before me, and caught hold of the lady by the left leg. I rushed forward and seized hold of the child and drew it towards the street door, lest she should catch firo. I then caught hold of the lady by the shoulders, and attempted to throw her on the floor. Sho turned round quickly and threw her arms about me, and in an instant I was covered with flame. All I could see was her eyes staring wildly at me. I at last got her down upon the floor, and I held her on the ground, face downwards, for the purpose of preventing the fire injuring her on the front of her body. She was quite sensible, and kept calling out to me to save her. I tried to tear the burning dress off, but it only came away in fragments. While I was so en gaged the little girl came back and sat on her feet, crying. I caught hold of the child and threw it into the room next to me. Mr. Todd, the gentleman whom I had left outsido, then entered along with several others, and assisted me in extinguishing the fire. When I succeeded in tearing off the burning clothes, tho poor lady was so dreadfully burnt that her flesh was the colour of chocolate. She was at once conveyed to the Croydon Infirmary, and thence (at her own request) to Guy's Hospital. If I had not en tered the house at the time I did the little girl would inevitably have been burned to death as well as the de ceased. The deceased informed me that she had only been in the house a few days ; that she was an intimate friend of the family, and had comedown in consequence of the death of Mrs. Solly to look after the house and children. On the morning she was burnt she had just put on her largo crino line, in order to go out for a walk, and while she was near the fire-place, dressing the little child, a spark flew out of the grate and set her in a blaze. She said that she was afraid to throw herself on the ground, as only the children were in the house, and she imagined that she might be burnt to a cinder before they could bring assistance. She ran out into the garden, but no ono being there to help her she ran back again. The more fitlft enckavnuria_ _rub_ her dress the more it blazed up. When I saw her she was in ono white flame. She afterwards thanked me for what I had done, And said, "A thousand thanks—l am dying; pray for me." The witness was himself seriously burnt during his struggle to throw deceased down and extinguish the flames. Mr. J. Todd,Harrington-road, Norwood, said that when he saw the deceased and last witness they were both nearly hidden by the flames. Mr. Cooley, the house surgeon, said that deceased died on Saturday from her injuries. She said to him, "It was all through my crinoline." The Coroner having remarked upon the melancholy nature of the case, the jury returned a verdict of "Acci dental death by fire through wearing crinoline." BOILER EXPLOSlON.—Yesterday Mr. Humphrey, Middlesex coroner, held an inquiry at the London Hospital relative to the explosion of a boiler on the pre mises of the Iron Shipbuilding Company, at Millwall, by which Thomas Hayes, 22, and John Wood, 53, were killed, and some other men injured. Mr. Humphreys, of the firm of Humphreys and Morgan, instructed by Messrs. Edwards, solicitors for the Shipbuilding Company, appeared on be half of the company. Samuel Caler said that on the morn ing of the 31st of July, at six o'clock, the boiler suddenly blew up. The two deceased men ware at some distance, but the steam got at them and scalded them all over. Mr. Hocking, superintendent engineer of the works, said that the exploded boiler was made on the premises three years and a half ago, 'and had been repaired at Easter, and ex amined and found sound at Whitsuntide. It was a Cornish boiler. The plate that burst had been inserted new at Easter. The pressure for working was 451 b., but it could have been increased to 651 b. with safety. There was a proper supply of water in the boiler at the time of the acci dent. Ile could only account for the explosion by suppos ing that there was some hidden defect in the iron plate. After hearing a great deal of further evidence, which threw no light upon the cause of the accident, the coroner ad journed the case to enable an independent scientific witness to examine the exploded boiler. ATTEMPT TO DROWN A DOCTOR.—On Monday evening a diabolical act was perpetrated at West Hartlepool. As Dr. Oldham a medical man, was being open, that place to Old Hartl e p ool, the dock g ates open, ho had occasion to go by the dock ferry which crosses tho edge of the the Jackson dock. He was standing dock waiting for the boat when ho was seized by two Irish ruffians, named Bartholomew Roney and Owen Curran, who threw him bodily into the water. The quay was seven feet high, and the depth of water 19 feet. The unfortunate gentleman, being quite una ble to swim, sank twice ; and on rising for the third time he clutched some timber, and was then dragged out. The miscreants escaped at the time, but were soon after followed and taken into custody. Dr. Oldham was carried home, where he remains in a very feeble state. The fellows were brought before ,the magis trates, S. Robinson, Esq., and T. Richardson, Esq., and, in consequence of the doctor being too ill to attend, they were remanded till Saturday. THE MOORS AND FORESTS Or PERTHSHIRE.—The heather on the earlier hills is nearly in full bloom, and has a magnificent appearance. Gamekeepers aro out' daily, and they state that the grouse have not been Po well grown oy so numerous as they are at present for years. Large coveys have been risen. Great preparations are making at some of the lodges for opening the season with eclat. Wo understand that part of the shootings upon the estate of Perth have been let. There are not better stocked moors than' these in Perthshire ; and as they have been preserved with the greatest care, and are now in the hands of tenants for the first time within the memory of man, splendid sport will be had. The tenants, so far as we have heard, are Lord Ravensworth, Mr. C. Peel, of Manchester, and Mr. Dewhurst, of Aberuchill. We do not know whe ther the forest of Glenartney has yet been let. The shoot ings extend over numerous parishes, and are about 70,000 acres in extent. A good portion of moor land is still in the market, but will no doubt bo picked up within the next few days.—Perthshire Courier. THE MOORS AND FORESTS IN THE WEST HIGH LANDS.—A correspondent of the Perthshire Courier writes Having had an opportunity during the last seven days of coming into contact with numbers of game keepers and shepherds on various shooting ranges in the western districts of Perthshire, Dumbartonshire, and on the most important game districts in Argyllshire, we find that they are almost unanimous in declaring that the game in these extensive districts were never more plentiful, or the sportsman's prospects more cheering. The coveys of grouse are both numerous and large, and several of the keepers allege that in (their districts the birds were as strong on the wing a fortnight ago as they have been for some seasons on the 12th of August. Black game is plen• tiful in some districts, while in other places a scarcity exists." TRIPLE BIRTH.—The wife of John Dayes, a jour neyman cooper, residing at 14, Nelson-street, Stepney, was on the 26th ult. safely delivered of three children—one boy and two girls. s The circumstance having been communi cated to her Majesty the usual royal bounty of .£.3 has been received for the benefit of the poor woman by tho clergy man 91 St, nap's, Stepney. The children are all liviPg. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE—This Day. o 8 10 100 I ICO 100 201 204 100 lOC OSSE, 104 10; , } 3 10(1 100 1 READING RACES -THIS DAT. EAST HAMPSTEAD STARES. Crisis Jane Shore Czarina 1 Eight mu. Latest from re: sirs. A letter from Tehuran, dated July 2, in th e Levant Herald says : Astrabad, the frontier town between Persia anti Turco mania, within a short distance of the Caspian and Ashurada, and hitherto very scantily provided with troops, has just had three regiments of cavalry sent to it as a protection against the raids of the Turcomans. Tho town is frequently visited by the hordes, and has recently suffered severely from their depredations. To put an end to these, three crack regiments have had their last year's pay cleared off—a great novelty in this service, where one month's pay out of 12 is considered first-rate treatment—and been despatched, in excellent spirits in consequence, to deal with these modern Parthians.- The scene of the last engagements with them—in nearly all of which they have been defeated by the Government troops under Mahmoud Khau-Kajar—was between Astrabad and the river Attruck to the north. These noniale enemies are not, however, the only ones who are causing anxiety to the Shah and his Ministers. The Russians have recently seized the Persian island of Ashmurada, in the Caspian, and have established on it a rendezvous f or their ships of war, and an arsenal for the repair of th e i r Caspian fleet, and for the manufacture of fire-arms. Since the Treaty of Turcornan-tchai the Persian Government has been unable to keep vessels above the size of afishing-boat on the waters of the Caspian. This fr'esh aggression places them more than ever at the mercy of their s Muscovite neighbours in this direction. The Teheran Gazette announces, that E.irl Russell has directed Mr. Alison to notify to all the Persian provinces to send, if they wish, specimens of the arts and manufac tures peculiar to each district to the Bombay Exhibition, which is to be held in 1866. In consequence of this invi tation Khorasan will, it is expected, be represented by its far-famed sword-blades, in the construction of which, it is said, some silver is introduced, which renders them of special hardness, and occasions their peculiar, bell-like sound on being shuck. Ispahau and Resht, so celebrated for their table covers in silk, and the former also for its carpets, will, it is said, send some fine specimens for ex hibition. A line of telegraph is about to be constructed between Teheran and Meshed, which latter town is considered by the Mussulmans even more sacred than Kerb:leh or Shah Abdul-Azim. It is understood that the line will be con structed by the English staff now in the country. It is, however, doubtful if it will be left undisturbed by the Turcomans, who especially infest this' part of Khorasan. On the existing lines the Morse instruments are, I learn, to be substituted for Wheatstone's. They will first be tried on the line between this and Trabeeze. One will be placed as an experiment in the head office here and another at Casbin, distant about 100 miles, to see whether they can be efficiently worked by the native manipulators. The main difference in the two instruments is, as your readers may be aware, that by those of Morse 30 words can be received per minute, and by Wheatstone's only 15. By the former also a person can receive both_ by ear and paper. Tho adoption of the new instrument shows at least a desire on the part of the Government to go ahead, which is a hopeful sign, and as such deserves mention. The Teheran paper, Ruz-Nama, states that great fears of a famine are entertained at Shiraz, in consequence of an almost total want of rain during the months of April and May ; since then, however, there has been plenty of rain at Jacht-Junchir, or Persepolis, distant a couple of stages from Shiraz. Largo flights of locusts have also made their appearance, and have committed great havoc in these dis tricts. To cap these Shiraz misfortunes a shock of earth quake has visited the town, doing considerable damage. At Muserata, near Kerman, the shock was still more violent and mischievous in its resulf , a. From Herat there is news of 500 mounted Turcomans having passed from the Cabul side of the latter principality and pillaged Khaf, a town of considerable importance, which is situate at the extreme end of Whorasan, and on the main road from Teheran to Herat and the Punjab. A force of 300 Sarbars belonging to Shah-ul-Mulk was imme diately sent after them to Jhaui. The raiders fled, but were dyer-taken, and many of them captured and beheaded ou the spot. Tho heads, as usual, were publicly exhibited on poles in the most conspicuous part of Khaf. The Persians Continued the pursuit the next day, but finding that the Turcomans had thrown their booty into the river Poole milan, near Herat, they abandoned the chase. Foreign Mail Packet List. ...._______ MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Aug 18. Ditto, via Marseilles int. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pa:. et Sept_ 1. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good [Lope, Ascension, and •t, lit lena Aug. zl. China, Penang. and Singspure. via Sou !tampion Aug. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 12 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Sz;uthamdtou....Aug. —. Ditto, via Marseilles India (ikanbay), via Southampton. Ditto, via Marseilles Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Mansell ei... .. Newfoundland ., . ....Aug. 16. Portugal . Sept. . Ditter,rby privat e s hi p t o Li s b on United states and British North America, ty Bri tish packet Aug. 10. - Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ten . Ditto. Aria Cork •Ditto, by Canadian packet, via I,,, ndunderry Aug. 11. West Ccast of Africa. Madeira, and T. uerilre due, 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Bahamas, via New York. Aug. 16 Bermuda, ditto Aug. 30 Cuba and Mexico SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRATIL GRAVESEND, TillMiday Morning. Arrived, Aug.9.—lsabella Blyth, from Mauritius; British Trident, from Calcutta; Crutchless, from Antigua; Maiden Bower, from Smyrna; Cedar, from Jamaica. Arrived, Aug. 10.—Activo, ho fr n o ip n s i on D , Dunkirk; Kingston, Phillip;ko; Kingston, from Bathurst. Sailed, August 9 — Geo. T Dunbar Castle, for Calcutta. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed.—Ticto, for Kurrachee ; Stella, screw steamer, for Bordeaux; Hellonis, screw steamer, for Malta—all from London. Passed, in tow.—Countess Russell, for Bombay; Dunbar Castle, for Calcutta—both from London. GOLD MINES OF VIRGINIA.—A Richmond paper publishes the following extract of a letter from Goochland county :—" Those who returned from the wars too late to put in crops, are very busy washing gold from the branches and mines. I suppose there are 2,000 miners at work getting gold in Goochland and Louisa counties. They average two pennyweights a day to each miner. I have heard that they are working in Buckingham, Cul pepper, Fluvanna, and other counties. The gold mines have never been fully developed. Tho quartz mines aro large and vory rich, and would pay well, but not a singlo quartz mill is working in the gold districts. In a few places some are working with stones and iron mortars, and in that rude way are doing very well. There will be a brighter dawn upon the mining districts of Virginia be fore fall." THE MATTERHORN.—It may be roughly described as an irregular five-sided pyramid, crowned by a block like an oblong ridge-roof cottage. It stands at an angle in the lino of the watershed of the Pennine Alps, and is the sixth summit in Europe, being 14,705 feet above the sea. On the west it is buttressed by a huge ridge, which joins it, like a curtain wall between two towers, to the peak of the Dont d'Herens (13,714 feet); on the north it overhangs the Zmutt glacier, and the valley of Zermatt (Nicolai Thal) ; on the south of the head of the Val Tournanche ; on the east is the great plateau, from 10 to 11 thousand feet in height, connecting it with the•Breithom and the rest of the Monte Rosa range. Of the five edges, or aretes, as they aro tech nically called, of the pyramid, ono falls rapidly down to the ridge running towards the Dont d'Horens ; the next (going northwards) soon terminates in tremendous precipices over the Zmutt glacier ; the end of the third is the Hornli, a well-known excursion for visitors from Zermatt ; the fourth comes down to the plateau in the direction of the St. Theo dule Bass ; and the fifth, the least defined, is an offshoot from the first, a little below the foot of the groat house like block, and falls down towards the Val Tournanche.—Oace a Week. A letter from Zermatt of the 2d, in the Courrier de Lyon, says :—,, The brother of Lord Francis Douglas (the Marquis of Queensberry probably is meant) has come here for the purpose of discovering his remains ; he has offered a large sum to any one who can find the body. Last night he started alone for the Matterhorn, and would probably have been killed had not two guides been sent in quest of him." —• A Two HEADED CAT.—A remarkable case of lusus nature' occurred last week. A cat belonging to Mr: Walker, cooper, Drysdale-street, gave birth to five kittens. One of them had two heads closely joined together, there being, however, only three eyes. Two were in their natural places of both respective heads, and the third was situated at the juncture of the heads. The poor creature had the usual number of feet, and was sent off to be stuffed for preservation shortly after the birth.—Alloa Advertiser. The journals of Rome mention•that three manu factories of base coin have been discovered in that city, and that 17 men have been arrested as implicated in the mat ter. A large number of counterfeit Spanish Viastres heti previously been 31 eirculAiou.