The Sun. — London, England, 1866-09-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. No alteration has been made to-day in the Bank of England rate of discount. Five per cent., there fore, continues to be the minimum of the authorities, and 4 per cent. of the brokers in the open market. rhe demand is rather inactive at present, but it is likely to increase, owing to the bills which have been kept in reserve in case a downward movement had been adopted by the directors. The sum of £3,050 was taken to the bullion de partment of the Bank of England yesterday afternoon. We perceive that Mr. Edwin Utley, of 38, Thread needle-street, has again issued his cheap and useful little manual, entitled " London Banks, Credit, Dis count, and Finance Companies." As it seems a re liable compilation, and is at once portable and well arranged with regard to its contents, it may be safely recommended to capitalists and others. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under 1866. 1865. Great Western 78,861 76,369 North Western 123,466 123,581 South Western 28,534 29,522 Brighton Midland South Eastern 29,871 30,812 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 46,333 45,320 Bristol and Exeter 7,522 7,553 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 22.606 22,815 Great Eastern London, Chatham, and Dover 12,943 13,410 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are in some in stances of a rather unfavourable character. On the North-Western there is a decrease of £ll5, South-Western £9BB, South-Eastern £941, Great Northern £1,082, Matchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln £lO9, Great Eastern £921, and London, Chatham, and Dover £468 ; while the Great Western shows an increase of £2,492, Brighton £440, Midland £175, and Lancashire and York shire £1,013. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse to-day, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were dealt in at 69f. 35c. The English Stock Market has presented little feature of interest. The dealings have been limited, and quotations show no important change, Consols remaining at 891 for money, and 891 for the account. In all commercial quarters there is great dulness, and business for the moment appears Stagnant. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 861 87 ; Exchequer Bills, 2 dis. to 3 prem. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1041 /. Few changes of importance have taken place in the prices for Foreign Stocks. Greek Bonds' are 15 1 j. ; Spanish Passive, 22j 231; the Certificates, 15 1 ; Turkish 5 per Cents., 311 32 ; Mexican 16 1 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 4i 3} dis. American securities have been steadily supported. United States 5-20 Bonds are 721 ; Erie shares, 46 171 ; and Illinois, 781 1. The Atlantic and Great - Western Railway Debentures are 68 70, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 49 50. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued very dull, and; in several instances, prices are a shade flatter. Great Eastern and Midland have each declined 10s., and Lancashire and York shire, London, Chatham, and Dover, and Metro politan, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are very dull and without material change as regards values. Poi Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has Only been a moderate inquiry. Imperial Ottoman are marked of ; London and Westminster, 93 ; London and County, 631 ; and Union of London, 46 4 4 ; Anglo-American Telegraph remain at 161 17. 1 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents. paid up nave improved to 125 1271 ; and Hudson's Bay Company, to 17 4; Fore-street Warehouse are Illarked 11; and National Discount Company, 14. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols „ Do. Account, Oct. 9 B9f t.per Cent. Reduced 864 7 N ow' 3 per Cent B6l 7 Now' 31 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — A ▪ nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. fo r 30 yrs, exp i re sth A pr illBBs — le Do (Red Sea Tele gr aph), Au g ., 1908 — / 1 01 par Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 3 pm Do. £5OO — „ Do £lOO and £2OO I )auk of England Stock, 6} per Cent Shut Do Account. — .. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I Qtliati Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Account . 1 20. 5 per Cent. July 104 , 1870 1, 0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates .. — DO . Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — D o. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ,„,"0. Bonds,4 per C en t., £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Sentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm 13 113 trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 z 'azilian per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 ts Do. 1865 .'-', O Account 6B} 1 41 ,0. £lOO Bonds — t ib l-'O. Scrip, £65 paid 840 8 Ayres 6 per Cent D O ,; £lOO Bonds — t,_ . 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ' 4ll r N per Cent 4 , 0. 41 per Cent. — -0 ,0. 6 per Cent 0 1 ;0 Scrip, £75 pa id — pm D ° l o rcibian 6 per Cent. — D an a, 6 per Cent. ' T ,llish 3 p er C en t., 1825 4 ' o . 5 per Cent., 1864 41 1 , 0 bian Principalities . ▪ " 0 . Acc oun t V— ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 4) 1 , 0 ., Provisional Land Warrant t '-'0 Deferred qptian 7 per Cent nd Issue o., Seco 4 ' o £lOO Bonds — T , Do, 1864 B7 -,.;' 0 £lOO Bonds B7i -,;' ,3 0 . Government Railway Debentures — (4' • £BO paid — dis n ee k 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons . Tl -0 . Account - . l ',°. Coupons t t , -0 . Account it,telnala 5 per Cent. — . 1 ;a 1 1 5 per Cent 1865 '" 0 . Account ),t;°,• lilaremmena Railway b r ,i.eart 3 per Cent `-'°. Account D° 13, . 1864 l2 0„,,',, 6 Per Cent. An 10-French 2B evidean 6 per Cent. • — 4,o or ish Imperi a l 5 p er C en t • u,vs' Granada — 1)&10 Per Cent 1)0. Deferred p et 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) b lr viati 5 per Cent., 1865 D°. Account DO ~Per Cent. (Uribarren) ,_ t) ( , - . 1 Per Cent., 1862 t o , - Account — Dol t iaese 3 per Cent., 1853. c, Cent., Per 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62 t ,'3 -, . hits -...CCuillat 1) 8 , 14 1 1 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St BB} D ° A l per Cent. 1850 b t , ; Per Cent., 1860 b r ," u, Per Cent. 1859 i,, '', Per Cent. 1862 9O bar c h,,u, per Cent. 1864 — N'iatt 5 per Cent Bp, tk : Account .1)„ 8 A h 3 per Cent D- Now 4 410 w Deferred — Do Account .. ~ p„ A „ ii, A ‘..sotve RI p ail .. ( kee .se u t 23 D° A Cert. of Coup not funded — fies° Ace() di _, unt — t o su 4 per Cont. T • 41. urk is o Per Cont. 1864 no 6. 6 per Cent. 1854 — . „Per Cent. 1858 — D e•count Do s l op Bonds -,.,. DoA .r'r Cent. 1862 "Lceount 561 7/ Do . ElO O Bond s D O 6 Per Cent, 1863 Do Aper Cent, 1865, paid up Scrip — D o :: ount Pop , z ' Per Cent. Guaranteed 97 bo j e al a riper Cent. — D o ret l2} 1) Per Cent., 1862 o A ~ D o. a c count I ,Per Cent, 1864 — I,ll4ol"llridends on the above payable in London. b o : . k . Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ti e colint ' 43 01 TWO O'CLOCK. to ' Ae 8 1 Di count o -1- 89k 891 1 .. W.. mbr. Tuesday. id Princess yesterd with the. the Inver led visit Q f Dantle, ssY s : royal high." Aber gelLhe pec i a l train s .o—the Dee le inten t i on ether or Lot on Hotel h as 'lity is that ;e, and they r-bridge , system at o r be in renal' robin 080 of Ire l3l3Cl lied by the nilton, an d sgal Lodge, wri c kiosc, whero , ough a re ;ear Wood- lave Mad e their Be)z11 Dun robin there at the Prince $lO proper Wi ll -shire Orli ve arriirea inesday id left, Oa left 0.8 ad for thea tford, Sir ad the 10- the gu ests ani:l4'33. 'his !na tell in a st inn i9g6 mings, SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Railways. 'Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian ... Cambrian . . Cork and 8and0n...... 'Porn wall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc sl London, Scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Ang, 1. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland rcat Northern DJ. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pti GtS, and W. of Ireland 64. Western Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport 110. Lane oh ire & Yorkshire London and Illackwall Loa., Brigh.,ls S Coast 'Lon., Chat.., and Dover Do. Metrop. gx. A Lon. & North Wester!, Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension metropolitan District Do. do. do. _ Do. and at. John'sW'd Ilidiand Do. £9 Share. Do, Birmin.. & Derby 'lid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastorn—Berwich Do. G.N•E porch snt Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stack. & Darling.. Do. do. 1860-61 North Londou Do. do. 1864 Dc. uo. 1865 'Ncrth Staffordshire N. A; S. W. Junction C(utral Scot. N. ol stock Do. ;cot, Shropshire Union south Devon south E.,stern ~ taines, Wok., & ok rait Va'e Do C Dale of Neath Wa.er urd & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha Weal: Corrwell BnITISEt , SSE 87 81/ 128 12a 40 46 13 15 4 6 70 72 75 85 116 120 30 31 5 6 V 8 120 150 131 91 93 58 6) 55 60 37 39 31 30 121 125 8 ; 89 21 23 119 )20 81 16 58 9 128 129 2 3 p ioj 11 91 96 1221 1221 11 2 gz 44 49 52 2 2k 105 1,7 B 7 69 iOO 103 34 36 9 10 p 120 025 1 2p 1 2), 71 73 114 118 152 156 75 ;7 4; 15 70 71 8 9 14 145 2 3; 51 63 ,SIONS. Atlantic & St. Lawrence Flom, Baroda, . Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent........ Do. F 'shares ........ Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference ...... Buff.,Bran t, & Goderich 51 66 93 100 p 4 4i 711 20a 10 100 1 6 p.c. 1872-3- Calcutta & B. E., lira.. Jape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension .. (rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c...... Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do deferred f • • • 76 80 60 65 100 102 99} 1001 9g 101 20 22 86 F 9 56 68 48 52 50 65 45 60 40 65 34 3J 25 27 24 26 106 107 6 1p 1V De. 2d Pref. Bowie.. Du. do. deferred .... Do. 3d Pref. stook. • Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. Po. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Jt. South of India gua. 5 per cent if per cent.... Do Great Wes. of Canada.., Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. 1 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i•do Do. Fifth Extension Nielb. Cor. 6 p. c. Blida. 4el. & Hudson's Bay.. N. 81.C'da, 6pc letpf.ba Scinde .... .. I ~; Do. Delhi 1 `ri 4 VI 6 Do. do Do. Ponlaub o4. Do.lndus St.FloL b° COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 pert Cent., Deo. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.it July 1877-t34 Do. 6 g. a. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p, c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.& oet , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 i Do. Jan. &h.l uly, 1890-9. Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct., 1900... 'Ceylon, Nov. 1864, 6.p., . . 156. 187 s, do Alituritlus, R p. c, 18;3, Jan. and July Do. 1,•78 )6. 1882, May 15, Nov. .1 Do. 1895, Feb. Au Aug Vatal 'lov. d per ceut N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 186 t Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1871, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p. 0.1868-9 Do. 1878 dr upwards Vics,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, .9 pril Oct ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 30 291 58f i 128 j I 14 1221 }. 106 51 711 2 ! p.m j Closing Business --, Price. I done. 19 18119 i 181 BRITIS Cam. ConsoL Cold, lim, Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taxlst Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea Mast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy... G. Wheal Vor (Heist-. Grenville Elerod's Foot Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Sl arke Valley Vlwyndy Iron Ore, lira New Sewn ..... North Ros!rear ........ N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United........ Pravidenoe Unyl,lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. South Coadurrow ...... S.Wheal Iran. (Mogan Stray Park . ... ........ .......... Tin ......... Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (11togan W. Caradon (Loskeard West Chi verton ....... West Seton. .... .......... : Wheal Bassett Mogan' Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton .......... Wheal Trelawnev (Lis. il/ MINES. 2.1.0 291 2.14.1 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.10 10.3.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 3.2.0 18.18.0 35.15 61 58k 5.t7.0 5 6 11 13 440 460 4 1 20 23 7 8 21 3 2 3 10 12 31 41 19 20 i I 25 27 .1} 33 36 31 31 6 8 44 5 24 lid 35 45 2 4 I 1 27 30 325 375 14 16 11 13 5 1 8 :0 63 67 140 150 85 95 23 26 7 9 60 1:0 9 11 tt ItleE RAN ( 1 11: btiAltics. Great Northern, 5 per cent.,lrd. at 10 per cent. pm., 103 j 4 Gt. Western, South Wales, gua. - 4 1 per cent., 88 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 128 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland A and B X. 5 pf, 10 3 4 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall, 826 Manchester. Buxton, and Matlock, 81 Victoria Station and Pimlico, 170 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, -13 k South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 161 1 1'011.1411(4N MlNliitt. Chontales Goldtand Silver Mining, 3i Froatino and Isolivia Uold. lira., DOCKS. London and St. Katharine. 67 8 BANKS. Australasia, 68 7 Chartered Bank of India. Australia. and China. 18 Chartered crier. of India, London, and China, 37 i Consolidated Bank, lirn., 5j Imperial Ottoman, 101 London and County, 6 ti London and V% estminster, 93 Merchant Bank, lira., 17 Oriental Bank Corporation, 46 Union of London, 461 I MISCELLANEOUS: Anglo-American Telegraph, 17 ICI Atlantic Telegraph, 90 894 Ditto, 8 per cent., 126 74 Ceylon Company, Of City of Moscow Gas, lim., 11i Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 11 Gen. Credit and Finance of Low:lot:1.11m.. 4i Hudson's Bay, 17 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 34 Loudon Financial Association, lim., 12 Lon o.i and Provincial Marine, 21 Madras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto all), 181 Merchant Shipping. lim., 6i National Discount t ompany, 14 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mning, lim., 1 1 1 Royal Mall Steam, 114 eiete linanciere d'Egypte, lim.. 3 Submarine Telegraph, Ditto, Scrip. Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance lim, 7 Van Die Men's Land, 84 The Coblentz Gazette learns that the fortresses which were armed during the war will continue so provisionally. A few days since two men were sinking a well at Pradelles (Tarn), when they came upon a current of carbonic acid gas, and after some hours' attempts to burn it out, they thought they had succeeded when one of them descended, and the other, not ho :ring him, followed, and ho also was overcome by the noxious gas. A little boy who was on the spot gave the alarm, and successively three other men descended, but were raised almost insen sible, without being able to succour the first two. At last a fourth, named Jean Laprade, went down, and sent up the two insensible men before he re-ascended. Unhappily one of them was dead. 95 100 91 93 51 14 5 1 141 91 93 83 85 1 Op 98 99 P+9 91 84 86 8i 82 96 98 94 V 5 11 1 4 95 97 gMENT SECUI 04 96 93 91 94 96 77 79 - 75 79 101 103 10k 105 102 104 100 103 E 8 a 0 100 1‘ , 2 105 1 7 102 101 103 105 101 (03 163 105 97 100 93 92 90 92 90 95 86 87 92 91 70 81 92 94 01 93 105 107 106 108 10 I lon 1 ITI ES. 941 i 861 79f 60} I 71 I ME SON, LONDOIN, THUPSDA Y EVE.NING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1866. Terrible, Lily, and Margaretta Stevenson. The splice took about two hours to make on board the Medway, and at 3 p.m. (ship's time) she had ar rival in the harbour, and anchored opposite the Telegraph-house. The shore end was now passed to the boats of the Terrible, under the immediate saperintendence of Mr. Canning, chief engineer, Mr. Clifford, and Messrs. Temple and Loudons. Shortly after four o'clock it was landed amidst the enthur_iastic cheers of those who were gathered about the beach, a royal salute being fir-d by the Terrible, Lily, and Great Eastern. Passed up from the shore in the trench leading to the Tele graph house, the end was speedily handed into the instrument room and the connex'ons made. The cable crew were loud in their congratulations to their chief, Mr. Canning, and he and his able assistant, Mr. Clifford, had to submit to the process of being chaired around the large space adjoining the Telegraph-house, where the end was coiled. Mr. Field received a similar honour. The Governor, the Lord Bishop of Newfoundland, Mr. Gooch, Capt. Hamilton, Mr. Field, and Mr. Deane were in the operator's room, and the first message having been sent, and an answer received from Valentia, a load cheer was given by those assembled there, his Ex cellency and the Bishop saying a few words appro priate to the occasion. An address of congratula tion from the Commercial Society of St. John's was presented to Capt. Anderson, Mr. Canning, Mr. Gooch, Mr. Field, and the principal ex - cutive officers engaged in the cable expedition, to whicla'a suitable reply was given, and a large party of ladies and gentlemen were entertained on board the ship. All night Mr. Laws, of Mr. Latimer Clark's electrical staff, was engaged in testing the cable, Mr. Latimer Clark himself being similarly occupied at the Irish end. Mr. Gooch sent the following message to Lord Stanley :—" Mr. Gooch bas the pleasure to inform Lord Stanley that the cable of 1865 was recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic on the second of this month, and has been safely landed to-day in Heart's Content, the recovered cable being in the mo:t perfect condition. He also takes this opportunity of saying how much all men engaged on the undertaking were gratified on re cei dug a newspaper to-day to see the kind reference made to their efforts in her Majesty's speech on the closing of Parliament." Sunday, September 9.--Shortly after breakfast this morning, Mr. Gooch and Captain Hanflton went ashore to the Telegraph-house, and the t:st messages requ'red by the contract between the Anglo-American Telegraph Company and the Atlantic Telegraph Company were sent. This official act being completed, the line was formally handed over to the Anglo-American Telegraph Co_npany. The " Blue Peter" Wt 3 now sent up to the fore of the Great Eastern, and everything being in readin-2ss, Mr. Halpin was again seen on the bow saperiatending the weigh'ng of the anchor. But this time he was doomed to disappointment of a very pecu'iar k•tid. When the anchor stock came up to the sin race of the water, it was found to be minus tile anchor itself. So the big ship had loin quietly a " . night ia the harbour, where it blew half a gale of w:nd, and upon looking at her position, she cEd not appear to have shift:d a yard. The anchor was one of Tro'anan's. At 3 p.m. we were under weigh amidst the cheers of the Ter.ible and Medway re peated over and over again. Mr. Cyrus Field, on lea\ ing the ship for the latter ve-Ael, in which he goes to lay the cable ;rota Cape Ray to Cape North, was heartily cheered by the whole crew. There is eve_y probability of the weather being fine. All on board are looking forward with happiness and plea sure to meet their friends in England, and Eel proud in having been identified with an enterpr'se which will be ever memorable in the history of the world. Coroner's Inquest at Highgate—(This Day), This morning Dr. Lankester resumed the inquiry at the Angel Inn, Highgate, into the circumstances relating to the death of Mr. Richard Golding, aged 80, whose death, it was alleged, took place under such circumstances that it has led to the exhumation of the body, in order that a post mortem examination might be made. Francis Julia Southgate was recalled—She said deceased told her that before he went to bed, on the evening pre vious to his death, that he should take two pills. She saw a box containing, four pills that evening, and the next morning on looking at the box it only contained two. She did not know what became of the box containing the two remaining pills. The pills came from Dr. Part's. Ti•ero was also some medicine sent, but the deceased only took one dose of it after. (boss-examined by Mr. Beard—She considered that the pills came from Mr. Part, as ho was the medical man in attendance, and 'also because Mr. Golding told her Dr. Part had sent his medicines and his pills. Sho looked into the box by direction of the deceased. After the deceased took the medicine he became drowsy, and he only took one dose of it. She did not tell Dr. Part, or Mrs. Part of the effect of the medicine. She never told Mrs. Part that the deceased was better after taking the medicine. She told her that the deceased was better that day than ho had been. She should not have left Mr. Golding had she not believed he was much better. An angry discussion hero took place by Mr. Beard and the witness, which ended in a number of letters being read from witness to Dr. Part, and the doctor replying thereto, in both of which the most serious charges were made one against the other. By a Juror—Dr. Part only knew the deceased for about 48 hours before his death. The deceased had told her that he had seen Dr. Part but once before he attended him, and that was about 20 years ago, at the house of a friend. By a Juror—Previous to the death of the deceased he never expressed a wish to be buried in his trowsers. He always wished to be buried in a Christian-like way. Mr. Beard—Then you didn't know that Prince Albert was buried in his trousers ? Witness—No, I did not. Mrs. Todd, the landlady of the house in which the de ceased died, recalled—She said he appeared much better the morning he died. Ho tried to speak to her, but he could not do so. She gave deceased some cocoa, but he had great difficulty in swallowing it. He did not then appear to be drowsy. Professor Julian Edward Disbrowe Rodgers said—l have made an examination of the stomach, spleen, liver, and other portions of the intestines of the deceased. I first made a search for alkaloids, and I found a mere trace of morphia. I have made a special search for strychnine, and anything that would produce convulsions, without discover ing any trace. I have also made an examination for metallic poison ; and here I would say, as I am bound to speak the truth, that in the stomach I found a small quantity o arsenic. In the intestines 1 did not find a sufficient quan-f tity to say it was arsenic, and in the liver none. I need not say that the greatest care had been taken in preparing for the examination. I discovered the arsenic by Reinch's test. I made a special examination of the liver, and from finding arsenic absent 1 came to the conclusion that no quantity of it had been swallowed that could destroy life or shorten it for any length of time, for had that been the case I must have found it in the liver. Coroner—You are quite sure you found arsenic in the stomach ? Witness—Yes, quite sure. Coroner—Did you look for other poisons? Witness—Yes, and found none. Coroner—Have you formed an opinion as to the cause of death ? Witness —Yes. There is nothing inconsistent in a man so afflicted as deceased was with bronchitis. Convulsions sometimes precede death from bronchitis. The throwing up of the arms would be an effect to get air. Coroner—Whore do you think the arsenic came•from ? Witness—My impression is that there must have been an error in making of the medicine. Coroner—Yon don't think it was natural arsenic that was introduced after death ? Witness—No, or I should have discovered more of it. Coroner—Have you ever found any natural arsensic in a body ? Witness—No, never. Coroner—Do you know of any case of death from arsenic without vomiting ? Witness—Yes ; but then very large quantities had been takon. Coroner —Do you think that the arsenic could have been introduced as adulteration of food or medicine ? Witness—No. Coroner—How much morphia did you discover ? Witness—A very small quantity—very much less than the arsenic. It was merely a trace. Coroner—There could havo been no dose. Witness—Had there boon deceased would have remained drowsy to the end of life. A Juror—Do you think the arsonic you discovered could have been contained in the cocoa the deceased took a short time before his death. Witacss—No. Had it boon made in an enamelled sauce pan, that might possibly account for it. Mrs. Told was here itgain recalled, and in answer to the coroner, said she did not boil the cocoa in a saucepan. She made it first into a paste in a teacup, and then poured boil ing water upon it. A Juror—Are there not evaporative poisons ? • Witness—Yes; but from my examination I have seen nothing that could lead me to infer that poison of any kind had been taken. Mr. Beard—You are quite sure the copper you used in your experiments was pure. Witness—yes, quite. Dr. Part, at the termination of the evidence of Professor Rodgers, was examined, and said that his great endeavour was to alleviate the sufferings of Mr. Golding, who had been during his illness very much neglected. He denied ever using any persuasion to induce the deceased to make a will in his favour. The jury had not returned their verdict when we went to press. Central Criminal Court—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) THE ST. GILES'S MURDER. John Richard Jeffery, 31, tailor, was indicted for the wilful murder of his son, Richard Arthur Jeffery, on the 30th of July, in the parish of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields. 31r. - Poland and Mr. Besley prosecuted; and Mr. Daly and Mr. Straight defended the prisoner. Mr. Poland opened the case, and detailed the circum stances of the alleged murder. Winesses were then examined, whose evidence was nearly identical with that given recently at Bow-street Police-court, on the occasion of the prisoner being com mitted for trial. The circumstances then deposed to will be so frosh in the recollection of our readers that no reca pitulation of them is needed now. We shall publish the verdict in our late edition. Emily Bradbury was indicted for the manslaughter of Jane Edwards, wife of George Edwards, of Longford-road, Kentish Town, on the 3d of August. Mr. R. N. Phillipps appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Montagu Williams for the defence. It appeared from the evidence that on the 3rd of August last the prisoner and deceased, who were neighbours, had a dispute about some clothes which were hanging out to dry, in the course of which the prisoner seized a clothes prop, and " jammed " it at her eye, which it entered, inflicting a severe wound. The deceased was taken to Middlesex Hospital. and died there in a few days from its effects. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but: recommended her to mercy. Sentenced deferred. Yesterday afternoon the failure was announced of Prenichund Roychund, a large native merchant in Bombay. The amount of liabilities, it is said, will be very extensive. The stoppage has arisen from speculations in cotton. RAILWAYS I! ITALY. —There Will shortly be in working in Italy 5,23 k kilometres (I of a mile each) of railway. Besides the completion of the Venetian lines, which will be terminated in a few days as far as the borders of Illyria, and the 302 kilometres recently finished in the valley of the Tiber and the Arno, that is to eay, Ancona, Orte, and Monte-Varchi-Torricella, within two months there will be opened to the public 317 kilometres of new line, namely, those of Pay:a and Cremona, Brescia, Messina, and Catania, the comple tion of the Aretima and Ferrara and Rovigo, which includes the temporary bridge over the Po. Within a month Florence will be directly united by railway ; on the one side with Rime and Naples, and on the other with Venetia and the Frioul ; the working of the Italian railways will then begin to acquire a perfect organic character. They will have for basis two groat lines without inter:up tien ; the one, 1,080 kilometres in extent, wi'l traverse the peninsula from Udine to Naples by way of Padua, Ferrara, Podetta, Arezzo, Foligno, and Rome, and w:11 cross at the Bologna station the other line, 1,200 lelo metres long, and which already unites. Suza with Lecce by way of Turin, Alexandria, Piacenza, Modena, Rimini, Ancona, Bari, and Brindisi. At the same period it is ex pected that an impor:ant modification in the railway tariff will be adopted; the subject is already under consideration, and a long report on the subject has been drawn up MORE LAST WORDS.—Richard Baxter, the Non conformist minister, was born at Rawton, in Shrop shire, in 1615. When he lost his wife he published, for the edification of other pious Nonconformists, a "broad sheet," headed "Last Words of Mrs. Baxter." This "broad sheet," still extant, but very scarce, and dear to the heti-- of bibliomaniacs, had an immense sale, and tb very shortly afterwards, brought out a see" "broad sheet," headed, "More Last T"' Richard Baxter, unable to e- is —0 printer, and spurious . dards of Mrs. Baxter." ...aura this, then issued a small —se Assertion, "Mrs. Baxter did not handbill with the con fl say anything el. THE ATLANI IC CABLE of 1835. The following is the continuation and conclusion of the diary published in The Sun of September 10 : Monday, Sept. 3.—At 9.15 a.m. yesterday, the splice having been made between the picked up and that in our main tank, the critical operation of slipping from the bow to the paying-out machinery aft was completed. It was an anxious time. As the first bight was let go eyes were strained to see the next drop clear, and so rapidly was the cable passed along the starboard side that one was °bated to run at a fast pace to see it go to the stern, and on to the paying out wheel. At 9.22 the paddles were started ahead, and we commenced to pay out in 1,900 fathoms. By noon we had paid out 28.96 miles, and were in lat. 51.56.20 N., long. 36.42 W., having given for slack 25.91 per cent. On receiving the Greenwich time direct—through the recovered cable —as formerly, Staff-Commander Moriarty found that the mean accumulc.ted error (in 25 days) of the re maining four chronometers, by Mr. Barraud, of Cornhill, required a correction of six-tenths of a second only. All went on well during the day, several messages were sent from the ship . to Eng land and Newfoundland, awl we got the current news from home. We learned after dinner that Captain Commerell had arrived in the Terrible at St. John's, at noon, and we were also informed by Mr. Kerr, commanding the Lily, that he and the Margaretta Stevenson would meet us at the ren dezvous at the entrance of Trinity Bay. Orders were sent to the agents, Brooking and Co., of St. John's, to bring stores for the Great Eastern to Heart's Content, and Mr. Wyatt, of that house, replies that he will be there on Saturday morning And so, being in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, we talked to Valentia, Valentia to Newfoundland, Newfoundland. to Valentia, and Valentia back to us, a distance of nearly 5,500 miles. Captain Anderson wants to know what sort of weather there is in Newfound land, and while sitting with Mr. Willoughby Smith, in the electrician's room, I saw the message sent to Heart's Content, via Valentia, and in less than 10 minutes the answer comes back, " Wind north, light breeze !" What will Lieutenant Maury say to a'l this ? For we hear that he has told the public that it is an impossibility to pick np the cable of 1865. What will Professor This and Dr. That and Philo sopher the Other say who have been shaking their wise heads for the last year ? Where are the ab struse calculations about the forces engaged in lift ing the cable? Where the theories about volcanic action in certain places well known to them at the bottsm of the Atlantic ocean? What about the cer tainty of the failure of gutta percha as an insulator ? Why, simply and - practically thi 3, the Atlantic Tele graph cable of 1865 has been picked up after a fortnight's hard work, and we aie sending and re ceiving messages through it. But now we have to try and finish the work by landingit at Heart's Con tent, and have to encounter all the difficulties inse parable from ocean cable laying. It was only this morning at 3 o'clock that we were reminded of our old enemy " Foulflake." A part in the coil brought away the next turn with it, but before it could get up in the " eye" it was held back by the watch in the tank. The order was given to stop the engines, but it was all right before the paddles and screw ceased to revolve. It is a curious coincidence that this occurred a'most at the precise spot where the cable was lost last year. It is blowing very strong from the E.N.E. with a heavy sea. Towards noon the glass was going up, and there is evidence that the wind is about to moderate. At noon to-day we were in lat. 51.34 N., long. 39.35 W., DR., having run up to the present time 117 miles from the splice, and paid out 134 miles of cable. Distance from Heart's Content 586 miles. Tuesday, Sept. 4.—ln the afternoon of yesterday the wind moderated. The ship has evidently been much affected by a strong current, carrying her to the N.E. The large percentage of slack can only be accounted for by the ship not having gone hercourse. Taking Capt. Anderson's observations we had paid out 32 per cent. of slack at 8 a.m. yesterday. The night passed very quietly, the wind having gone down completely. Our progress since noon yesterday to noon to-day, Capt. Moriarty having obtained sights, has been 109 miles. Course, N. 73 W., lat. 51. 2.26 N., long. 41.53 W.; 226 miles from splice, and 494.6 from Heart's Content. Depth, 2,424 fathoms. Friday, Sept. 7, Noon.---The progress of the ship and the paying out of the cable since Tuesday last have been in every way satisfactory. Last nights congratulatory telegram came to Mr. Cyrus Field from Mr. Low, president of the New York Chamber of Commerce, request i ng h i m t o sen d a message to be read at a meeting of that body held to-day. It was thought r i g h t to send a reply in the names of the directors' on board who have accompanied the expe dition. It was in the following words : "The under signed diresSors on board the Great Eastern send their greetings to the N ew York Chamber of Com merce, and take advantage of the success which has crowned the efforts of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company to recover the cable temporarily lest last year, to convey to them through it and the cable laid in July last the hope generally entertained thsoughout the United Kingdom that the telegraphic communication now established be that country and the United States will tend to promotepeace and harmony between them. (Signed) —Danl. Gooch, chairman of Great Ship Company and of Anglo-Americ an Company; Aug. T. Hamil ton, Cyrus W. Field, directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company and Anglo-American Tele graph Company.,, Tile Medway has just been despatched to look for the Terrible whom we expect in a few ho urs, as she left St. John's last night. The weather is ve r y fi ne, and the sea quite smo o th. We hope to b e we l l up the bay by 12 o'clock to-morrow. Saturday, Sept. 8.-.4t was not till 5 p.m. yester day that the signalman made out the smoke of the Terrible on the horizon, and on coming on deck after dinner we saw her plain enough, and close near her the Margaretta Stevenson. At 8 o'clock a boat was sent from the latter vessel with Mr. Kerr, R.N., who was to pilot us up the bay, and the Terrible sent a boat with our l etters which had arrived by the last mail. By 10 p.m. we saw the lights of Catalina and Bonavista, on the northern shore of the entrance to Trinity Bay, and Bacalieu on its southern side. It continued: calm all night. This morning a glorious sunrise welcomed us into Trinity Bay, whose broad waters were as still and placid as a lake ; and as the morning light became more distinct the whole cable squadron was well together. Her Ma jesty's ship Terrible, her Majesty' s s hip Lily, w i t h his Excellency the Governor of Newfoundland on board, the Medway, and the Margaret:7,a Stevenson, and the Hawk, formerly her Majesty's ship Plover, from St. John's, with a larg e party on board, joined the fleet, and we proceeded on until 6 o'clock unin terruptedly. At that hour the wheels of the Great Eastern were suddeniy stopp e d , the alarm of a fault in the cable having been mad e from the electrician ' s room. While a message fro m V alentia was be i ng received, the spot of light disappeared from the scale of the galvanometer, indicating " dead earth." cut immediately forward of the paying-out ma clhnisnterruyc,tiaounds were tcst speedily e clthrough wire leading to the testing-room ; the result of which was a given, and the cable was a declaration on Mr. Smith's part that the fault was not far off. He next tested the sea end, and very much to his own gratification as well as to the joy of every one on board ship, it was re pot ;Jed to be perfect. Valentia, upon being gave an immediate reply. Communication was now cableor ord er the t after tank, a n d i u a b ou t h a lf length of a spre e w ith anoth er an hour it was completed, and the ship on her wsy up Trinity Bay, Heart's Content being distant 13 miles. The discosery of this fault was instantane cus, and showed the great practical utility o: Mr. Willoughby Smith's new t esting arrangement, which has already been desermssi paddle-bo We went on paying out until 2 Greenwich time, or 10.45 ship's time, shortly afterwa r d s th e Terrible's * coats, under the ter command of Lieu - _..nt Curtis, First Lieutenant, a n d Lieutenant Asandell, were under the stern of the Great Eastern. The cable was then cut and handed into his charge to pass to the Medwlty, on boa-d of which was coiled the shofe end. The big ship, hav- ing now completed her work, steamed slowly into tho harbour of Heart's Content, fol!owed by the The Atlantic Tele,graph Expedition. LivEr.PooL, Wednesday Night. The Atlantic Teleg:aph e::pcscr tion is a thing of the past. aim good it his accomplished ''v after it; but its ex'stence as a separate entity is at an end, and its chief actors are al7ea ly d'itributed over the countiy. Capt. Anderson brought the Great Erstcrn from Crookhaven "by the lead," and timed her val off Holyhmd to a couple of minutes of her sight ing its light. She reached her mooring-ground be tween 9 and 10 this morning, and in less than an hour afterwards patted company with some of her chief guests. Departures have continued rapid'y through the day, and at this time Mr. Gooch is in Berkshire, Professor Thomson in Scotland, Mr. Can ning and Mr. IVilloughby Smith in London, and Mr. J. Deane and Capt. Hamilton on their way thither. Mr. Clifford remains at Liverpool until to-morrow, and Captain Anderson is expect - d on shore this evening. To-morrow the cable hands and a great portion of the crew rre to be paid off, from £B,OOO to £9,000 being disbursed in theprocess ; after which the Great Eastern will be probably handed over to the painters and cleaners, while the several directors settle upon her future use. The Chamber of Com merce here had determined to invite the chiefs of the enterprise to a banquet, and a deputation was, it was said, to have waited on them to-day ; but a strong poise of custom-house officers, who rigidly examined all luggage about to leave the ship, was the only visitation made before the party broke up, and however full of hospitable, good intentions Liverpool may have been, it is certain the Great Eastern has been allowed to glide quietly up the Merzey to her re3ting-place without the slightest demonstration in her favour. This morning at 5 a.m. a small party consisting of Mr. Barber, one of the principal proprietors of the greatship ; Mr. Yates, her secretary; Mr. Shuter, the Telegraph Construction secretary ; the bearer of a special despatch from Mr. Glass, and half a dozen other gentlemen left in the steam tug Victoria to meet the Great Eastern. By ha'f-past seven they were on board exchaug . ng congratulations and hear ing the news. So quietly was, this done, that Mr. Canning and others were still in their cabins, and unaware that a tag was in sight, when the sounds of hearty congratulation told them of the arrival of their friends. Mr. Glass's letter was addressed to the practical scientific men on board, and the follow ing reply was sent : Great Eastern, Liverpool, Sept,. 19. Dear S'r,—ln acknowledging your k;nd congia,ulations Nye must ask you to share ov. - : gratification at the success we have.a...compl 4 .shed. The electric dOrnmu lication between Etrope and Ame- rico, now harpily secr-ed, is the ripened fruit of yes of costly experimenal:b* Ig, during which your special know ledge, wade experience, and unflinching confidence, have largely con' iibuted the peifoctfon oe the work; and the expeditions both of this year and last have been greatly indebted to your encou:agement and care. We heartily reciprocate,your good wishes, and fer rently hopo your health may be speedy restored, and that you may enjoy wish us for many years the honours legitimately pertaining to this gratifying success.—We are, dear sj yours faithfully, SAMUEL C.O , Ni NINO, WILLOL - GH 3Y SMITH, JAM-1S ANDERSON, WILLIAM THOMSON. HENRY CLIFFORD, B. A. GlaLs, Ezci. It will be seen from Mr. Deane's diary that a fault was discovered in the cable of 1865 when the ship was some dozen miles from Heart's Content at termination of the second laying. The rapid detec- tion and remedy of this faulprOvedMr.lVi'loughby Smith's invention to possess all the merits claimed for it ; while the character of the injury, and the shape of the bit of broken wire inflicting it , were prec - sely similar to those of last year. The 'Outside of the cable had nothing to betray the existence of the fav't. It was smoo:,11 to the touch and uniform to the eye; even where the peccant piece of vi!re lurked, and the coil containing it has lain untouched in the Great Eastern . .ank ever since it was placed there last year. Repeated electrical tests have proved the cable to be absolutely perfect during this t:me ; and the broken wire only became an active instead of a passive instrument of evil within a few minute 3 of its d'scovery. The explanation of this apparent anomaly is, that the wire, which is shorp as a needle at one end, had not pierced through the gutty percha coating to the copper conductor, and was so laid that its head did not penetrate the manilla-twist outer covering. So long as the thinnest steatuni of gotta percha rema'ns inta between the assail;ng iron and the all-important copper-w7re, insulation is preserved; but when by the foots':eps of the cable-men, or i 4 the sbi'ting the cable, the guLa percha was pierced, au electrical "fault" was the instantaneous consequence, The result satisfac ' toril y proved the exquisite sensitiveness of the electri cal instruments, and Mr. Canning retains the ble mished part of the cable, with the wire still sticking in it, for comparison with the " faults" cut out last year. Whether these injuries have been malicious, or whether the cable of 1865 was loss carefully watched than its successor, and more prone to acci dents, is a point which it would be unprofitable to discuss. The staff themselves are divided in opinion, and this morning, a few minutes after I had learnt from one eminent man on board that " the last fault set at rest the question of malice, and proved the in juries to have been accidental." I was told by an other, and even more eminent Man, that the shape of the wire and its position proved beyond a doubt that th , 3 flaw made by it, as well as those of last yea-, were the base haucuwork of some cable assassin. Another point eagerly discussed on board is the piece of granite brought up by the grapnel from the Atlantic's bottom. It is quite clear that this was not broken by a larger mass by the irons, but was lying loosely, and was so caught in the iutentices of the claws. For it was not brought up by what we may ca'l the grip of the grapnel, but was jammed between two of its claws, much as a grapest one oc casionally sticks in the teeth. It is. moreover, com paratively smooth and polished, as if by the action of the sea, and in no ono part shows such a surface as might be looked for in a recently fractured rock. One authority pronounces it to be Labrador granite, and Mr. Clifford, who was in command during the watch in which it was brought to the suilace, and who retains possession of the stone, proposra to sub mit it to the Geological Society for a trustworthy opinion as to its character. Th at suc h a s t one s h ou ld come from what is officially certified as a sand and ooze bottom suggc3ts doubts as to the present method of sounding being well adapted to it - 3 purpose. Those'interested in submarine telegraphy maintain that it _should be literally more sweeping than at present, and be made to testa larger surface than is ever done now. There is no sort of doubt that the Great Eastern, when picking up the broken cable of last year, encountered rough and broken ground, where the chart had led her to expect sand and ooze, and this fact alone, now that cable-laying in ocean depths promises to become an every-day matter, seriously impairs the value of the Government soundings. One suggestion, jeatingly made, is that the bit of granite is, after all, part of the spare bal last of some ship; and that its appearance in the grapnel is no proof of similar stones being plentiful at the bottom. It is interesting to know that a couple of hours after the splice of the picked-up cable was effected the weather became unfavourable, and that its recovery might have been indefinitely delayed had it not taken place when it d'd. The Great Eastern came back with some two thousand tons of coal on board, so that the search might have continued some time longer ; but all agree that both in weather, in the change from one part of the line to another eighty miles from it, and in the final triumph, the soundest skill and judgment waited upon good fortune. One day during the seyrch Mr. Canning was startled by Captain Alm:arty quietly whispering, " I'm sorry to disappoint you ; but what you're doing now's no use." A strong current had set in, and the buoys placed to mark the cab's for grappling had drifted 17 miles, and on observa tions being taken the Great E..stern was shows to be this &stance from what she was vaguely seeking. The announcement of this mishap was of course fol lowed by an instant change of spo', and vdd-d one more illustration of the extreme delicacy of the work. When all was succes.3fully accomp"shed, and the great ship wr.s homeward bound, the prevelcnt light-hearteduc3s found vent in private theatrie^ l s, and a po'nted burlcque by M 7. J. C. Deane and Mr. Poore was written, lithographal, and act d on board. " Coutentina" was the title of this produc tion, and the whole streng of the company was en listed to inure its success. The jokes and arts at the peculiaritie3 of the leading people on board were plentiful and humorous, and the following extracts show the character of the songs : Air—'Let the toast pegs." Here's to the Cable of dea7 Here's to the one s'ity-five, sir, That wo left in the sea in a cr'tic .1 state, For which we intend to go dive, s:r. Churus—Let the toast pass, Long He to our Glas7, His cables are good, be they hemp, wire, or uass. The picking up itself was complimentei thus :- Air, 95. The grapp”ng rop3 at length has come, Windirg slowly round the drum; And on its end as I'm a'ive, Hangs the rope of '63. For Anderson who guides the ship, Let's shout and cheer with a hip, hip, hip. Mol'ar.',,y, too, who straight did dive, At the dear old rope of '65. Experience has done the t-ick, And solved the question double quick. What pleasure Canning must derive, From a sight of the rope of '65. The Bishop of Newfoundland joined the party at NewfounTand, and arrived here in the Great Eastern. Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. The market opens quiet, but steady. Sales, pro bably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. The biddings for bills on India took place yes terday at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were—to Calcutta, 27,30,000 rupees; and to Bombay, 1,20,000 rupees. The minimum price was fixed at ls. 100. on Calcutta and Madras, and is. 10/d. on Bombay. Tenders at Is. 10id. on Calcutta and Madras, and at Is. Ilid. on Bombay w;11 receive in full. THE POTATO DISEASE. --We regret to find that the potato disease is making sad ravages in the counties of Oxford and Berks. In the immediate vicinity of Oxford on some soils more than halt are bad, and there is scarcely a plot but what is more or less infected. Ono gardener states that, instead of having 30 sacks as ho relied on, he does not now expect to have more than ten sacks of good ones. WRECK OF A FRENCII VESSEL.—Ainfeat its rfu height lg i a h le t raged on the coast of Jersey on Sunday, beg a in the aftsraoon. Between four and five o'clock a Frenchg vessel, the Mario et Bet.he, of Croislc,-laden with wheat, from St. Maio for Havre, was caught in th e f ury of the gale when off the Corbiere Rock. The captain, being un acquainted with the locality, att em pt e d to pass between the Pignonnet Rock and Noirmont Point, a dangerous passage, and ran the vessel on to the rocks. Sho soon came off, however, and sank in deep water. The crew took to their boat, and fortunately succeeded in effecting a safe landing at St.. Aubin's. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA.—The traffic receipts on this company's lines for the week end ing the Ist inst. amounted, for local passengers, to £7,373 ; for foreign passengers to £4,357, for emigrants to £345, for mails, &c., to £1,007, for local freight and live stock to £12,464, and for foreign freight and live stock to £2,223 ; total, £27,769; against £27,467 for the corresponding week last year, showing an increase of £302. The total receipts from Ist of July to the above date amounted to £233,820, and for the same period last year to £225,596, showing an increase of £8,224. THE INUNDATION OF DOCK WORKS AT HULL.— The damage to the works of the nbw west dock at Hull, by the bursting of an embankment, is not so great as was first anticipated. The accident was caused principally, as by tho starting of a spring beneath the em bitainsktabeei d' n i° jlt is now said that the aperture in the embank ment can be closed in three weeks or a month. Should this bo done the works will be greatly delayed, as every tido which enters the dock works from the Humber will leave a thick deposit of mud, which will, of course, have to be dug out by hand. The loss to the dock company by the delay of the works will not, of course, be so large as stated. . ASSISTANT CLERKS IN THE NAVY.—At the quar terly examination of candidates for appointments as assis tant clerks in her Majesty's navy, held on board the Vic tory, at Portsmouth, during the past week, Mr. Henry A. Malaher passed 2nd in order of merit out of 24 candidates who presented themselves for examination. Mr. Malaher went up direct from the Royal Asylum of St. Anne's So ciety's School, Brixton-hill, where he was entirely edu cated. A crime was committed last week in the barrack of Bourg Leopold (Brussels). A corporal and three lancers, all of them drunk, who had been arrested for destroying the decorations for the King's fete, murdered, a. gendarme. Count Karolyi has arrived at the Hotel Bristol 'rom Vienna, on his way to Biarritz. Count Gat ,esehi has also arrived at the same hotel from Flo- rence. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Da BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. HAMPTON RACES —Tins DAY. NURSERY HANDICAP. The HAMPTON NURSERY PLATE of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 10 sovs each, 3 ft (to tho fund); winners of any race after Sept. 14 (at ten a.m.) of the valuo of 100 sovs 31b, of two of 100 each, or one of 2001 b 51b, of 300 together or separate 7th extra ; the second to save his stake; three-quarters of a mile. Merry Monarch Vice Versa ............................................................ ...... 1 Donnie Doon Six ran. Won by a neck. MONNIOUTH RACES-TIIIS DAY, BEAUFORT BIENNIAL. Sweet Anne w. MONMOUTH BIENNIAL. Codicil colt W. o. HEN DON R WES-THIS DAY. TWO-YR-OLD STAKES. Elburg .. Battleaxo Three ran. HARP STAKES. Silver Tale Finale .. Triumph rl'o,n ran. 3 TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, JERMYN-STREET, ST. JAMES'S, LQNDON. NU. SYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter sall's) begs to inform the racing public he will execu e COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the prin cip-1 races throughout the yea...-. For further particulars and Flees see advet usement in The Sporthizan newspaper eve y TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATURDAY. -co Carrent puoli4ed DAILY, and forwarded on receipt of -.am oed d'ected ens elope. - office Orders to be made payable at the Piccadilly or S.. James's street offi es, aid cheques to be crossed the "Lonuou and Westminster 8a.11,-.." S HIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, LONDON, Sept. 20.—Wind this day at noon— South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Agin court, from London for Kurrachee; Water Nymph, from London for. Southland, N.Z. CARDIFF, Sept. 19.—Wind W.—Sailed—Bell of Devon, `or Monte Video. FALmourtr, Sept. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Mary Jane, from Labrador. TROON, Sept. 20.—Wind. S.W.—Arrived—Cecilian, from Londonderry. LAMLASH, Sept. 19.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Endora, for Bombay. HOLYHEAD, Sept. 19.—Wind Dent, from Liverpool for Africa ; Agra, from Liverpool for New York. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 19—British Crown, from Cockanada ; Sharon's Rose, from Cronstadt ; Dora, from Colombo; Eider, steamer, from Hamburg. Arrived, Sept. 20 —Panther, steamer, from Boulogne ; Seine and Tamise, steamer, from Paris; Furet, from Grave lines; Congo, from Manilla; Ceylon, from Riga; Princess Royal, from Cronstadt; Christiana Matilda, from Dantsic. Sailed °eta, steamer, for Konigsberg; Olivia, steamer, for Dantsic. DEAL, hursday Morning. Passed—Black Prince from China, for London. Anchored.—Commodore, from Liverpool, for Cape Coast Castle; has been supplied with an anchor and 15 fathoms clain, to replace others lost. James, of Teignmouth, from Sunderland, for Portsmouth ; has been supplied with an anchor and GO fathoms chain, to replace others lost. Eliza Laing, from Sunderland, for Galle ; has been supplied with an anchor and GO fathoms chain, to replace others lost. The Ocean Bride, bark, from Shields., for Alexandria, passed the back of the Goodwin. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Sept. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Oct. It Brazil and Cape Verds, by British:packe.t. ..... ..• oct. 4. Dia°, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. !z7. Ulna, Penang, and Sing 'pore, via Southampton—Sept 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Soutinuppton Sept. 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton— Scpt. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Sept. 1.7. . - - Ditto, via ilarseilles Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 21. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil.e4 Oct. 74 Newfoundland _ .... Sept. 6. Portugal . Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United states and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ~Sept. 21. Vet Coact of Africa, Madeira, and T,lneriffe ....Oct. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas amd Madurai) ............. ............ Sept. 28 Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via Halifax Baham,..s, via New York. Oct. 38. SIR S. BAKER ON MR. EYRE.—Sir Samuel Baker, the well-known traveller, writes to the Times in de fence of Mr. Eyro. He says :—" In times of great danger and excitement, not only in the instance of Jamaica, but on all occasions where brute force is resorted to, acts are committed that will not bear the calm scrutiny of those who judge the events far from the actual scene and in perfect safety; but such events aro seldom or never paraded before the public for the purpose of defaming a man who has conscientiously acted for the best under the most trying circumstances, and who is considered by those most capable of judging (the English in- J M a r m . a E ica yre hy di a d habitants of Jamaica) to have saved the colony. From stern i twha white n w bi eitvaen those ttsh ot'ft who would have excited the population, as Gordon, and which prevented the general organisation of the negroes throughout the island It was necessary to paralyse the outbreak at one blow. Legal or illegal, it was life or death. A severity that would have been ridiculous towards a white population was the only course to crush a rising of the blacks. This many people in England will not understand ; it is the popular belief that the negro differs from us only in the colour of the skin; the tiger and the horse are not more widely different in their natures. I do not pretend to assume that the execution of Gordon was legal, neither do I attempt to justify certain acts com mitted in great excitement during the operation of martial law ; but I contend that during a struggle for life and death the acts of individuals should not bo scrutinised with undue severity, still less should the Governor of the colony, who has established martial law as the law,' bo held responsible for the verdicts of courts-martial, or for the individual acts of the military. The removal of Mr. Eyro is a hard example ; let us hope it is simply pre forma to uphold the actual letter of the law, and that his future prospect may be less dark than the g overnment of a black population ; but it is hardly possible to disconnect tho dismissal of Governor Eyro from an insult to the whole of her Majesty's forces that were engaged during the re bellion, as every act complained of was committed under the operation of military law. Deplorable as those acts were, if contrary to the law of England, they were, nevertheless, justified by the dire necessity of the occa sion. I should not have made these remarks had Mr. Eyre been solely in the hands of the Government ; but as an Englishman I cannot refrain from calling for fair play' when I see a section of our countrymen so un-Eaglish as to 'hit a man when he is down.' The removal of Mr. Eyre from his post was a blow that has been keenly felt by all u k r ei a l sl_ lb rallyeu rn who knew and admired his chara c t er, b ut the cowardly a nd uncalled-for attacks mad e upon him since his return toEnglanwd,it‘hvhehnisevpGeorstiy position, Fawkes - burnin g will spirit inagro m u ua nd tha h him a have sym pathiseddiphilanthropistsf o fe f re e nt h:r c k la e s n s w t e o n the Green. I am not a subscriber to the Eyre Defence and Aid Fund,' as I cannot believe that any class of Englishmen will commit themselves to an attack so degrading and contemptible as the criminal prosecution threatened against Mr. Eyro ; but should such a vindictive course cf persecution be possible, I shall immediately, with doubtless many thousand others, add my name to the list of his supporters." In another part of his letter, Sir Samuel says :—" I believe the negro to have little in common with the white man beyond the simple instincts of human nature. There is a limit to his intellectual capacity, so rapidly attained that at the age of 14 the mind has reached the maximum of its power. As the intelligence of animals is developed at an h e s wi t i s er h a ni g i e t: than that of a human being, but quickly s Indolence is a beyond which it cannot proceed, negro inferior to that of the white ni Unless subjected so a i t :t e h a ; ind of the vice inherited by the entire negro race . they will relapse into the natural and if left to themselves matter in what country they may savaged= of Africa, no to conditions that necessitate labour they will . avoid work be placed." • Th e sanitary report fro m Marseilles g i ves on the 15th 27 deaths, 10 f rom cholera ; on the 16 th, up to two o'clock, 21 deaths, 6 from cholera. More than £200,000 has been received by the liquidators of Overend, Gurney, and Co., on account o f the £lO call now in course of payment. I. Share 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100