The Sun. — London, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

rr abr filth, sur• :stian, the ince Leo- Secreta r Y remain at n for the -er-young )ease has bOnniere.' Iting the n to each d egress' exist 10 enium, a through- ny 80 -110 110 A to re" a 1)60 ° ton Pr orations' :t Was 3 it to 00 r in LoA w (Force ration of theatre. steerage brilliant •eet with 4 .7) is as de it one cent in gio liciousif averag°l ng the h forms. Irmalleeo a re" piecag England is calle d , tartan. he ha s Proule hus Well diseer °- r for it s an using• rreeablel are well .chestra• menti on graceful „g the perfe ct Fria ° tivatitig idsouie, r repra ;inating in ,. all Pl a y ed [arab/ 4 Scotell: A olll° Loyalty , Lst not )otWe ell makes an d Jr. J. endabl e 3 been piece° thberti 5 1 b ean ; ago °- n g 0 1 ' 4 )rilliant FreLiell a fait aay b i° ide this 7aise to w braYl erity tis Do s& La mil Crl A tele 'as cc ar o f the t. The pab l° 3 of 6 ' o ars 9 go• 's of t he at t he MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCI, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market shows no alteration of import ance, The supply of floating capital, although abundant for all present requirements, is not quite so large as it was a few days ago, and rates, there fore, are slightly tending higher, but still per cent. b elow the official minimum for the best short dated Paper. A further influx took place at the Bank of Eng land yesterday, amounting to £70,000 in bar gold and 11,000 soverigns. The coupons on t he New,York second Mortgage and the Pennsylvania and Ohio First Mortgage kids of the Atlantic and Great "Western Railway, due on the Ist prox., are payable on that date at the office of the company. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets d uring the last few days there has been rather more a nimation. Sugar has been in great demand, and late rates have been fully maintained. For coffee the inquiry has been to a fair extent, superior qua lity of Plantation Ceylon having sold readily at full prices. Rice has again been in active demand chiefly for exportation, and holders demand a fur ther s li g h t advance, wh i le i n tallow the dealings have been very restricted, without any material c hange as regards prices for either present or for- Ward delivery. It has been arranged to close the public sales of wool on Tuesday, the 25th, instead of the 26th lust,, as announced. Upon the whole, as the auc tions aro drawing to a close the competition has b ecome more animated for all descriptions. The demand is brisk for combing wools, of which there W ill be but few until the next March sales, and Prioes show, if anything, a further improvement. Two o'CLoCK. At the Paris Bourse to-day, acco r di ng t o R eu t er ' s telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were dealt in at 69 f- 25c. The English Stock Market, although extremely ,_' lll l has denoted firmness in prices. Business has • re very limited in consequence of the large num '. Der of the commercial classes who in the early part ° ,,, f September. are seeking recreation an the country. p'sonsols have not varied, the quotations being 89k 1 I °P money, and 89f f for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities were 86k 87 ; Bank °f England for account, 242 ; India 5 per Cents., ,I°4l 1; ditto Enfaced 5f per Cents., 105 ; and D ebentures, 1011. 'The prices of most of the principal Foreign S tocks are at a decline. Greek Bonds have receded to 1 5. ; Mexican, 4 to 16 I ; Spanish Passive, to 231 ; Certificates, 1 to 151 ; Italian, however, are firm at 56k, and the Brazilian Scrip at 4} 3f dis. Ataerican Securities are a little buoyant. United States 5-20 Bonds have advanced * to 721 f ; Erie Shares, fto 47f ; and Illinois 1 to 781 .1. The Atlantic and Great Western Railway De bentures are steady at 68 70, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 49 50. In the Railway Share Market only a moderate a mount of business has been transacted, but prices generally exhibit rather more firmness. Great Western, L ancas hi re an d Y or k s hi re , an d London Chatham, and Dover, have each improved 1, and G reat East ern , N or th W es t ern , Metropolitan, and South Eastern, each, f. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally exhibit tittle change of importance. bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain dull. Im- Pe e rial Ottoman are marked 91 10 ; London and °l lety, 64 ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 45 46 ; ' A u gio-American Telegraph are dealt in at 171 1; ' l3 tiantic Telegraph 8 per Cents paid up, at 1271 °. Telegraph Const ru ction and Maintenance at 1 8 18 1- ; and Hudson's Bay Company, at 17k, I. MUSK TUNDII—OffI O'CLOCK. , GOVERNMENT FUNDS. " Der Cent. Consols D o . 8 • Account, Oct. 9 B9l 1 ver Cent. Reduced B6l 7 ti e e w 3 per Cent B6} 7 r , w. al per Cent. Jan. 1894 A . "- 0 per Cont. Jan. 1873 00uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Lie. for 30 yrs, expire sth Aug., I:) ° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Ex 1. March. June. -e. equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — Do. .£5OO — 8 Do .£lOO and a h ll k of England Stock, 61 per Cent Shut 4-'0 Account 242 t„,, I NWAE GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. "'niall Stock, 10} per Cent., AprillB74 2ll "'h i) * 5 Per Cent. Oct' l870 11 - % 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ' - ' I ,O. Certificates " T‘ o• Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent ...'°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D A 1 ~ h ° -1 per Cent., May 1879 lO5 ~,0 . Deb sper Cent., Aug. 1873 " lOll „".130nd5,4 per Cent., .£l,OOO — Pol " 0 . under .£l,OOO dr Noitaiaor YIIIIDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4gentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm 4 1 ,.. • t r - olan Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 a zilian 5 per Cent D 0• do per Cent., 1852-58-60 . 1863 D O Do. 1865 ..-,0 Account 1 0 )0 ..£100 Bonds 1k en.% Ay r O . Scrip, es 6 0 D p r ai Cent — d o .£lOO B on d s pe oh ' 4 l n 1 per C en t. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) .04 6 per Cent " D,, (/ ' 4 1 per Cent — h 6 per Cent , 0 c‘ , - 00, Scrip, .£75 paid oZ:tibia l ' 6 per Cent. — D a „ a per Cent. D r ,, 3 per Cent., 1825 D a ..— pubian Principalities N o• Ccount D a de New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — I. ° • , Provisional Land Warrant — Deferred— rtian 7 per Cent. h °•l Second Issue "0 .£ lO O Bonds B9 h Do. 1864 'tic, .£ l OO Bonds B7l b ° Government Railway Debentures — . (ir :: 48 0 paid 0 6 ", s 5 er Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 1' Accou n t . i _ Coupons titiziT: Account hal i rilala 5 per Cent. 0 -4 Per Cent 1865 d'• Account lile k ?' /l aremmana Railway — be. Ace -e4O 3 P" e nt ount D uo 1864 — ) 4 0 ,., ° 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French )40-4evidean 6 per Cent. lief Imperial 5 per Cent ,p • 1v ._anaa . a l3l 14 _ r D 0 o 2 per Cent • Def • d Olre N til o Laud Warrants (Hectares) _ Dj i an 5 per Cent., 1865 b., Account j o j c i ) l per Cent. (U r iba r ren). . D o lt Per Cent, 1862 port4.-ecount b n Ilese 3 per Cent., 1853 13 - " Per Cent. 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 44 4480: Account ' 4 1— 4 ; 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St Do lt Per Cent. 1850 13 0 3 i - Per Cent., 1860 D o 5 Per Cent. 1859 — D o A Per Cent. 1862 9o} 'IN. " Per Cent. 1864 — D 114. 4'4 5 per Cent t °. .4k p aht , ceount . — A 121- O 'B l l 3 Per Cent D o eesunt Do "'eV' Deferred o A. bo I,!count ~„ D o i a asive cp,4.-,eceunt — 8 .6 0 . Cert. of Coup not funded _ ~, eecount _ ,„t7 0 13 , 11 , 4 per Cent. _ tirk i 'l Per Cent. 1864 Dos' 6 Per Cent. 1854 — Do count _ . Per Cent. 1858 t,Account _ o i,„ Dog ( u o Bonds b o A Per Cent. 1862 D o '7.c., count s7+ GI 13 ""LOU Bonds 5B 7 Bo 1: b o 5 - Per Cent., 1863 _ D o Per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — ~.Do . tc o unt Te l% Per Cont. Guaranteed _ bo 'lel a• 3 Per Cent. b o A Per Cent., 186" Do. A ,,cceunt ',Per Cent, 1864 _ ,AtikitrLuividencts on the above payable in London. „oelkittlll, 6or Cent., Ex. 10 Florins "11te,„4,4i per cent., Ex. 25f. ItIblio".60-frrptiefir,Otonst. Ex. 12 Gull _ _ a), 5 La e L o. A Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ' ke coli — Cook,-.0 1e,4 , 3: TWO O'CLOCK. , Money 89i -1- 4k eectul& SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. I paid.! Closing I Business Price. I done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian GAM brian ... 87 8D 128 29 40 45 13 15 4 6 87 70 75 85 Cork and Bandon. Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. &London, bcrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. tk.' Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland, Great Northern 118 t 2 30 31 5 5 I 7 '2O 1;0 131 Do. A stock Do. B stock. Do. New, is. at 25 pni Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 91 93 69 6U 55 80 37 39 31 30 Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire 'L,indon and Blackwall Lon., Brig h., & S Coast. Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. Zr .North Western Lon. Zr South Western Man., Shel., Zr Lincoln ! Metropolitan—. ****** Do. New 125 12d 87 89 22 '4B 119 )20 Ezs LS :9 .30 13t• 2 3p 11 11a 91 96 Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. - do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Nlidiand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. Derby lid Kent . t 23 123 i )f 21. 93 J 5 North British 49 St Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. -Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N*E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... 2 21 IGS 1,7 67 69 (01 103 Do. Stock. & Darling. 34 S 6 Do. do. 1860-61 North London 9 10 p 120 d 25 Do. do. 1864 .... Do. do. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'raff Vale 1 2p 1 2p 71 73 112 116 152 156 75 ;7 44 *6 70 71 g 14 145 2 8 ; Do: Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha ► West Cornwall 51 63 BRIT'S H. I' OSSK ' Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 plc. 1872-3:f ....... Calcutta k S. E., lim Jape Town St Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Benval, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension f; rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred • • De. 2d Pr.. f. Bonds Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred ... • Do: 4th Fief.tiiock .. Do. do. deterred .... G t. India Pen. gua. sp.c. „_ „ 10. Gua. 5 per Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent Do. 4,t per cent Do Great Were. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Lids. pay. 1873 Do. 64 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O Do. 41 do Do. to do Do. Fifth Extension Nielb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. & Hudson's Bay.. N. Itl.C'da, 6pc Ist pt.bs. Scinde • • I Do. Delhi Do. do ti 4,1 Do: Puniaub.... Do.lndus St.Flot 100 100 100 all 100 100 COLONIAL GOTERNAIE British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1872. Can.Gov.6 p.c.J a. & July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Ja.n. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape U. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.& Oct 1890-190 0 Do. do: 188 0 - 9 ' Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.t Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and J uly Do. 1878 to. 1882, Mayl6, Nov ! , Do. 1895, Feb. £ Aug.. Natal .iov. 6 per cent.. N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t. Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 18711 Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 189! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scala Gov. 6 p. c ' sterling. 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. , 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. & J uly Do. do, April & Oct 190 100 100 140 100 100 BRIT'S Consol. Gold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East earn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam.at StA übyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited.. Great South Tolgus.... Great Wheal 8u5y..... G. Wheal Vor (11elst , bn Grenville II erod's Foot Elingsten Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley &iwyndy Iron Ore, lire New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illog - an Stray Park ... Tin Vig•ra and Clugan, lira West ttassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi verton ....... . West Seton- ..... . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis ISIONS. 61 66 0 100 id ip 4 44 74 84 76 80 60 65 100 102 Ina 1604 99 101 20 22 86 89 56 68 48 52 50 65 45 SO 40 45 36 3.1 25 27 24 26 106 107 6 1 P it 10 95 100 91 93 141 14/ 5i 3 4 91 93 83 A 5 1/ Op 98 09 89 01 84 86 8. g 2 96 98 94 96 1.. 95 97 T SECUIi 94 96 93 95 94 'ati 77 79 76 79 101 103 101 105 102 101 100 103 86 8) 100 102 105 1 7 102 104 103 105 101 103 103 105 97 100 90 92 90 92 90 95 83 85 92 Ot 79 81 91 96 90 93 _ - 105 107 - - ICB 108 PREFERENCE SHARER. Jnsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, tto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 128 Eastern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 10 pREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4} per cent, pr., ___ Ditto, new, 5 per cent., 1862, 74 London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 90 North LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Blackwall, 811 Nottingham and Grantham It. and C, 90i Vale of Neath,:loo BANKS: Bank of British Columbia. 17 e Consolidated Bank, lira., 5) English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 171 English and Swedish, lira., 111 Imperial Ottoman, 91 10 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 64 London Joint 5t00k,',43 London and South African, 13 London and 11 estminster, 93* Oriental Bang Corporation, 46 5 Union of Australia, 47 Union of London, 46 a DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 68 MISCICLLANICOUS; Anglo-American Telegraph, 171 1 Anglo-Mexican Mint. 101 Atlantic Telegraph, 891 9 Ditto, 8 per cent., 1271 30 Bombay Gas, lim. ' 41 3k Credit Fonder of Enviand, Urn , 5 41 Hudson's Bay, 171 International Financial Society, Um., 31 Italian Irrigation (Canal Caiour), Ditto, 8 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 34 London General Omnibus Company, lira, 31 Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, lim., 1 i National Discount t oznpany, z 4 anama, New Zealand, and Aus. R. Mail, 71 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, Ditto (£l5), 181 18 BISMARCK'S KING.—On the new coinage now being struck at the Mint of Berlin the Prussian King's head is surrounded with a laurel leaf— a decoration not to be found on Prussian coins since the days of Frederick the Great. OUR PRINCESS ALICE'S HUSBAND.--A rumour is afloat to the effect that the Grand Duke of Hesso pro posos to abdicate in favour of Prince Louis, the husband of Princess Alice. A shocking parricide is reported from Tournai. A man named MaiHet, some twenty years of age, having demanded some money from his mother, and being refused, seized a large stone, and striking her with it on the breast knocked her down and then boat in her skull. Ho was immediately arrested. NEW PEERS THAT ARE TO BE.—Mr. Chichester O'Neill, of Shane's Castle, county. of Antrim, father of Mr. Edward O'Neill, M.P. for that county; Mr. MiClintock, of Drumcar, county of Louth ; and Sir W. Verner, Bart., MP. for the county Armagh, will probably be created British peers early iu the eusuiug year. Mid 100 7 100 all 100 109 100 16.13.4 11 MINES. : 8 1 SO 1 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 t 1 5 6 13 14 440 460 4 1 23 25 7 8 21 3 2 3 10 12 3f 41 10 20 I i 25 27 11 1 33 36 31 3 6 S 41 6 21 lid 35 45 2 4 24 26 325 375 1 ti 14 16 11 13 3 5 9 !l 03 67 140 150 85 95 23 26 5 7 165 175 9 11 THE SUN, LONDQN, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1866. Central Criminal Court—This Day. OLD COURT. ,(Before the Common Sergeant.) THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S. An application was made by Mr. Daly before the court this morning on the part of Jeffrey, the accused, for a post ponement of the trial to the next sessions. The Common Sergeant said the application should be made to-morrow, when the judgeswould be in attendance, more especially as the grand jury had not yet returned a true bill against the prisoner. The application, therefore, had better stand over. Shortly after the grand jury entered the court with a number of true bills,amongst which was one against Jeffrey for wilful murder. ➢ir. Daly, it is understood, will renew his application to-morrow morning. CHARGE OF BURGLARY-A KIND GRANDFATHER. John liarectt, 28, compositor, was indicted for feloni ously receiving a plated biscuit box, a cruet frame, three spoons, and other articles, the property of John Clark Marshman, well knowing the same to have been stolen. From the evidence it appeared that the residence of the prosecutor, who resided at Bickley Park, had been broken into, and tho prisoner was soon in Bishopsgate-street with ono of the articles in his possession under very suspicious circumstances. On being questioned he gave a very un satisfactory account of how he became possessed of the property, and ho was taken into custody. Some pawn brokers' tickets were found in the pockets of the prisoner, which wore found to relate to the other articles stolen from Mr. Marshman's house. On the close of the evidence the prisoner made a very original statement to the jury in his defence. He said—l was passing over London-bridge to work on Saturday morning, when two men came up to me, and one of them said, "Good morning, John," to which I said, " Good morning, but ycu've the advantage of me." The man in answer, said, "I'm your grandfather," when I answered, " Aro you ? Well, I didn't know it." The man said, " Oh, yes, I am, but I haven't seen you for seven years." I said, "I am glad to see you." (Laughter.) To which my grandfather said, " Como and take some refreshment, as I am going to Paris," and we all went to a public house, where we remained for over an hour. We then went. to the railway station to gether, and finding the train not going for some time we went and had some breakfast. While enjoying the repast my grandfather—(laughter)—said, "I should like to give you something to remember me by," and I said I should like to have something. (Laughter.) He said, "Do you want money ?" and I said " Yes ; but don't give me any, as if you do I shall spend it." He then took out a carpet bag from under the seat and said, " This teapot cost me .£5 10s., and I give it to you as a heirloom, so that you may keep it in the family to remember me by" (laughter), and I said " thank you, I will." He then said to the young man who was with him, "you have a lot of things you don't want, they'll only be a trouble to you to take them to Paris ; you might let my young relative have them cheap ;" and then the young man took out another bag and showed me a pot and some towels and a number of other things, and he offered to sell them to mo for a pound. I told him I had'nt got a pound and that I had onlylss., but if he would wait until the evening when I got my money I'd give him a pound for them as they were worth it. He agreed to take the 155., as they were going away, and then I saw them safe off. (Laughter.) I thought I'd go down to Kingsland and see my aunt—(loud laughter)—and show how kind her brother had been to me—(repeated laughter)—but she was'nt at home, and as it came on to rain, and I had'nt got any money, I went and pawned some of the things for 6s. 6d. (Laughter.) I then went and had some dinner, and went home to Lambeth. After dinner I thought I'd go and see my aunt again—(laughter)—and so I took the tea-pot under my arm, wrapt up in one of the cloths, and as I was going down Bishopsgate-street I met one of my aunt's lodgers—(laughter) —and I asked if my aunt was at home, and ho said no, and so I thought I wouldn't go ; and as it came on to rain again —it poured very hard—l stood up under a gateway, and just as I was doing so a gentleman tumbled in after me, right on to my heels; and ho said it's very wet, sir ; and I said, yes, it is. He said, what have you got under your arm? I am a police officer. I said, a pot ; and he said, where did you get it from ? I told him my grandfather gave it to me. He said, your account is not satisfactory, and he took me to the station. That's all I've got to say about it. The Common Serjeant, in summing up, pointed out the difference between the statement made by the prisoner according to the version of the police-officer, and his pre sent defence, which, if the jury believed, they would give a verdict accordingly. _ _ _ The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the Common Serjeant sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment with Lard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. STEALING LEAD.—William Price, Richard Stock, and John Brown, were charged, the first with stealing 331bs of lead, and the others , e ith aiding him in the same. Prom the evidence of police-constable 909, one of the City police, it appeared that about half-past eight last even ing ho was standing at the door of his place in Baker's buildings, Bishopsgato-street Without, when ho saw the prisoners loitering about, and his suspicions being aroused he spoke to Price, who had a bundle tied in an apron. He opened the bundle and discovered the lead, which Price said he had found on a dungheap. With the assistance o f his brother officers the prisoners were taken to the station. They wore not known to the police. He compared the lead with some that was in the house of a gentleman in the neighbourhood, and found that it had been stolen from these premises. Price and Stock, who were in the employment of an ironmonger, received an excellent character from him, and he appealed to the Lord Mayor to deal leniently with them, adding that he was willing to take them into his service again. A gentleman, named Simmons, said he lived in the neighbourhood of Baker's-buildings, which had been taken by the Great Eastern Railway Company, and from which a number of persons had been recently ejected. Brown was in his employment about a week, but he took him without any character. The gentleman to whom the load was supposed to be long not being in attendance, the prisoners were remanded. A gentleman, who did not give his name, said he lived in tho neighbourhood, and that the building had become a regular nuisance since the premises had become vacant. Idle and ill-conducted boys used to get into the houses, light fires there, and cause great annoyance to the peace able inhabitants. RATE DEFAULTERS.—SoyeraI persons were fined diffe rent sums, or sentenced to short terms of imprisonment for non-payment of rates. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE BITER BlT.—Thomas Ever, cook, was charged be fore Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a jar from the shop of Mr. Banger, shell fishmonger, Oxford-street. The prisoner was seen by W. Hills, City policeman, who happened to be passing, to go up to Mr. Banger's window, and take up what no doubt he supposed to be a jar of anchovy paste, and put it into his pocket. The pri soner, however, made a mistake, for in consequence of Mr. Bangor having been several times robbed he had taken the precaution to place some empty jars in his window with the view of saving the full ones. . Mr. Banger stated that his object was not so much to punish the prisoner as to caution others. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for seven days. fined the prisoner 40s. for each assault, and in default 14 days' imprisonment, the sentences to be consecutive. The prisoner —I can't pay .£6. Mr.-Partridge—Then you must go to prison for 42 days Naval and Military Intelligence. A Horse Guards' order was yesterday received at Chatham directing the 24th company of Royal En gineers to be held in readiness to embark at Graves end on board the chartered troopship Merchantman, which has been taken up for the conveyance of the company to the Cape of Good Hope, to relieve one of the companies of that corps whose period 'of colonial service has expired. The 21th company will be augmented to 100 men of all ranks from the depot companies at headquarters, Chatham. The order also directs a small detachment of 23d company of Royal Engineers, together with a draught of the Ist battalion of the 10th Regiment, consisting of 45 men of all ranks, to embark for the Cape of Good Hope in the same vessel, to join the service .companies of that corps. The officers placed under orders to embark with the above troops are Captain Richard Buller), Lieut. Walter St. George Berke, and Lieut. W. F. Richardson, Royal Engineers; and Ensign James Woolcott Lang, Ist battalion 10th Regimeat. The detachments are to be in readiness to embark at Gravesend on the 21st inst., should the vessel be ready to receive them on board by that date. The sloop-corvette Reindeer, 7, 200-horse power, fitting for commission at Chatham, is ordered to have an armament consisting of one ordnance wrought-iron 7-inch muzzle-loading pivot gun, two 61-pounder muzzle-loading pivot guns, and four ordinary slide guns and wrought-iron carriages. She wall also carry one 9-pounder breech-loading Armstrong tided guu and one 6-pounder smooth bore brass gun for boat and field sm vice. Her proportion of shot and shell w'll consist of 120 com mon 7-inch, 480 64-pounder, and 90 9-pounder segment shells, empty ; 70 7-inch common, 240 64-pounder, and 70 9-pounder Armstrong shells, filled; and 30 9-pounder and 96 6-pouude7 solid shot for her boat guns. Mr. J. F. Barnaby, attached to the Draughts man's Department at Chatham dockyard, has been selected by the Adm:ralty to superintend . the manu facture of the iron beams for the Blanche, 4, 1,268 tons, 350 horse power, building at Chatham, at the Butterby works. The masts and gear for the Blanche are to be made at Chatham. • A site near tie redoubt on Mount Wise, Devon pot t, has been selected on which to erect a statue of the late Lord Seaton—labourers are at work clear ing out the foundation. The screw steam gunvessol Dapper (tender to the Britannia), from Dartmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, and returned to Dartmouth on Friday. The armoar-plated screw steamship Ocean, 23, left Plymouth on Thursday to join the Channel Squadron at Portland. About 200 artisans and labourers were entered in the Devonport dockyard on Thursday for service to the close of the financial year. The armour-plated screw steamship Zealous, 20, at Devonpert, was put in commission on Thursday for service probably in the Pacific. The armour-plated screw steamship Lord War den, 20, was placed on Friday in No. 3 dock in Keyham steam-yard to have her bottom cleaned and valves overhauled. The screw steam storesbip Industry, Staff-Com mander E. C. Youel, from Woolwich for Ascension and Rio, arrived on Friday at Plymouth to embark stores. Professor Anderson's Conundi dm Contest. This " event" came off at the Mechanics' Hall, Nottingham, on Friday evening, before a crowded audience and under the patronage of Sir Robert and Lady Clifton, who honoured the entertainment with their presence. The first part of the programme was confined to the Professor's performances of legerdemain (several new and astonishing tricks being introduced), and to an exhibition of Miss Anderson's wonderful powers of memory. The second part was devoted to the adjudication of the prizes for the best and the worst conundrum. Ac cording to the conditions of this contest, a jury of thirteen was selected by the audience, and after the gentlemen had taken their seats the Professor put it to them whether any of them were authors of, or interested iu, competing conundrums. A solemn looking man, in a wide-awake hat, who had caused considerable merriment by his pertinacity to form one of the jury, and who founded his claim to the position upon the ground that he was the " represen tative of the working classes," hereupon said that he was " slightly interested." The Professor accordingly requested him to retire; but so anxious was the repre sentative of the working classes to take part in the deci sion of the prizes that he at once offered to retract his statement, which, of course, he was not allowed to do, and he was declared disqualified. Before descending the platform, however, he was led by a singular freak of anomaly to make a short speech to the effect that he was convinced that truth would always prevail, and in order to show, as he said, that he bore no animosity towards his fellow jury men, he shook hands with them all round. The working classes having found another and a less eccentric representative, Mr. Belk, one of the jury, proposed that Mr. Steegman should be foreman, and the motion, having been seconded by a gentle man in a white apron neatly rolled round his waist, was duly carried. Miss Anderson then read the list of selected conundrums, which the professor had divided into the following sections :—Anderson and Association-al Conundrums ; section B.—Bad Conundrums ; section C.— Cliftonian Conundrums; section D.—Doubtful Conundrums ; section E. —Excruciating Conundrums ; section F.—Funny Conundrums ; section G.—Good Conundrums. At the conclusion, Mr. Anderson intimated that it was open to any one who had sent in a conundrum which had not been read to request that his or her composition might be submitted to the jury, whereupon a number of gentlemen, who evidently considered that " The Brains of Nottingham" was an incomplete work, rose and propounded divers queries, which to our mind certainly came within the jurisdiction of section E, " the excruciating." At last the jury were enabled to retireto consider their verdict ; in the meantime Miss Flora Anderson sang " Macgregor's Gathering," the solemn-looking representative of the working classes above-men tioned diverted the audience with a singular speech from the platform, and Mr. Wardle gave a comic disquisition upon music. In about three-quarters of an hour the jury re-appeared, looking as grave as if their deliberations had been one of life or death, and amid a silence as breathless as that which pre vails when a criminal is about to be condemned to the full penalty of the law; the foreman announced that it had been decided that conundrum No. 105 was the best. It was as follows :—Why does Not-1 tingham show more partiality for the rifle than any other town? Because it has an Enfield for the Town Clerk, and a Ball for the Mayor. The author, however, it was found on the vouchers being produced, had not complied with the con ditions by omitting to send his name ; and the jury had to make another selection. The second verdict was in favour of No. 170:—Why is the Corporation of Nottingham better armed than any other corporation in Eng land ?—Because it's got a " Ball" for its Mayor, and an " Enfield" for its Town Clerk. The jury had, in the first instance, decided that the worst conundrum was No. 9 ;—Why is a swallow like a German stove ?—When it's a crooked flue (flew) ; and the author of it was announced to be Sir Robert Clifton ; but the manuscript it was discovered was in the handwriting of Miss Anderson, and it did not bear the name of the hon. baronet. Miss Ander son explained that the original was accidentally destroyed ; but the audience was unanimous in de claring that it ought to be rejected, and rejected it was. The jury had, therefore, a second time to consider their fat, which was ultimately pronounced for No. 5 :—When is a conundrum not a conun drum ?—When it . is not. The winners were Mr. Grundy, Sneiton (the best), and Mrs. Smith, Bruns wick-villas (the worst) ; but neither of_the indivi duals in question were in attendance, and I r. Anderson, in accordance with his declare d intention in such case, handed the prizes to the foreman to be realised for the benefit of the local charities, which, perhaps, was about the best result that the " sand papering" of the brains of Nottingham could have produced. The entertainment d i d n ot con clude till midnight—Nottingham Guardian. WESTMINSTER. TIMOWING MUD INTO Tlir THAMES.—John Cockerell and Frederick Cooper, navvies, and Edward Oliver, a lighterman, of 40, Salisbury-street, Bermondsey, were charged, under the. 20th and 21st Victoria, the Thames Conservancy Act, 1837, with throwing mud into the River Thames. Inspector Fricker, of the Thames Police, said that from information received on the Monday evening he wont in a boat, with two constables, up the river, and when off Cremorne saw a barge drifting down in charge of Oliver. He heard the splash of something being thrown into the Thames, and went alongside the barge. He saw the two navvies throwing mud overboard. She had contained 25 tons of mud, which had been taken from a dock just above Waterloo-bridge, arid all had been thrown into tho river but about a ton. The prisoners inculpated another, and Oliver said he had been employed by a contractor named Fitz, of Cherry-garden-street. This was not the first load of mud that had been disposed of in this way. Oliver had no defence ; he had been employed to take it to Wandsworth, but missed the tide. The other prisoners pleaded ignorance of the law. Mr. Selfe said it was the most outrageous thing he had heard for a long time, and having pointed out that they were liable to a £2O penalty, fined tho two "navvies" ss. each, and Oliver £s—in default of distress, seven days' and one mouth's imprisonment. THAMES. EXPENSIVE AMUSEMENT.—James Cooke, a stoker, em ployed on one of the river steamers, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with assaulting three police con stables. Last night the prisoner was given into tho custody of Braybrook, a police-constable, No. 92 H,ffor assaulting a man with wham he had been drinking, and whose nose was bleeding at the time. Ho made a Tiolent assault on Braybrook, and a severe struggle took place. A second constable, named Smith, of the K division, soon arrived, and he was also struck and knocked down. A third con stable arrived, and he was felled. When ho got up the prisoner was so very savage and desperate that he took out his staff and disabled him, by striking him several times on the arms. The united exertions of the three constables and others were requested to convey him to the station house. Mr. Partridge said he was very glad the prisoner had not boon struck on the head by the police-constable, who was quite justified in using his staff after the prisoner had acted so violently, and committed three assaults in addi tion to the ono for which ho was given into custody. lie MABYLEBONE. A CRUEL HUSBAND.—OIiver Tomlin, a powerful man, living at 36, Upper Carlisle-street, Marylebone, was charged with committing a violent assault upon Elizabeth, his wife. Prosecutrix, whose bead and face was nearly covered with wounds, and who appeared to be in a very weak con dition, said for a long time sho had been subjected to a course of ill-treatment from her husband. Last Saturday night he returned from his work, when, from some Un explained cause, he commenced abusing her, and continued doing so, almost without intermission, the whole of Satur day night and Sunday. At 3 o'clock yesterday morning ho pulled her out of bed, and for upwards of an hour he beat her about the head, face, and body, with his clenched fist, swearing all the time that he would murder her. Ho then knelt on ber body, and pulling her right hand to his mouth he knawed at it, and ultimately made his teeth meet through her hand. Her cries alarmed a police constable, who took the prisoner into custody. A number of witnesses were called, who proved that the prisoner was in the habit of brutally illtreating his wife. The prisoner said his wife was in the habit of remain ing out all night drinking with strangers. Mr. Mansfield sent him to hard labour at the House of Correction for one month. MARKETS.—This Day. HAY. SminrilELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 38; clover £5 Os Od to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 Hs to £2 5s por load. Trade slow. CUMBERLANIL—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 8s Od; clover, £5 Os to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 58 per load. Demand inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 5s ; clover. £5 Os Od to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 5s per load. A limited inquiry. COLONIAL. TEA.• - There has been very little business transacted, the trade having postponed their operations until the public sales, which commence to-day. SuoAn.—There has been a good demand, and late prices are well sustained for West India produce. In the Refined Market a fair amount of business has been done at fully pre vious quotations. COFFEE.—There has been a good demand for all descrip tions of Ceylon produce, and Plantation of superior quality has sold readily at full rates. RicE.—The demand has continued active for cleared descriptions, and holders in some instances demand a further slight advance. TALLOW.—The Tallow Market has been dull during the week ; the arrival and delivery on contracts of a small amount of tallow have caused prices to give way; 455. 3d. would have been accepted at on; time for the last three months. Towards the close, however, thero was rather more steadiness, but with little business doing. Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. Market opens very strong. Sales, probably 15,000 or 20,000 bales. Thuggism in New Zealand. The greatest excitement has been created in this province by the arrest of a gang of four men, who, with other accomplices who have, it is supposed, gone to Australia, have evidently for a length of time been committing robberies on the West Coast gold fields, and in the course of their career have committed upwards of 30 atrocious and cold-blooded murders. The suspicions of Mr. Jervis, innkeeper at Canvas Town—which had been aroused by the disappearance of four persons, all residing at Deep Creek, named Felix Matthiew, hotel-keeper ; John Kempthorne, storekeeper ; Jas. Pontius, miner; and J. Dudley, storekeeper —were directed towards a party of four strangers who put up at his house and left shortly Lefore the unfortunate victims started for Nelson on the 12th of June, with a pack-horse and considerable property in goods and money with them, where they never arrived. Mr. Jervis tracked them on their way until he lest all clue, and then com municated with the police. General suspicion was roused, and large parties volunteered to search the &strict, highly to their credit declining the rewards offered by the relatives of the murdered men. The gang suspected by Mr. Jeri is, who when they were at Canva3Town were almost destitute, were arrested at Nelson, pretending to be unknown to each other, flush of money, having purchased now clothes and most suspiciously having all shaved off their beards and moustaches. Their names are Richard Burgess, alias Hall ; Thos. Kelly, alias Hannan, alias Noon ; Thomas, alias John Joseph Sullivan ; and William, alias Phil Levy. Thomas Sullivan had, strangely enough, assumed the name of John Joseph Sullivan, a man wanted by the Otago police, on his arrival in the colony about three months ago, indicating that the gang had connexions in Australia, where, in deed, they had been long known as most desperate characters. After their arrest Sullivan made a con fession, azknowlldgir g that the gang had not only waylaid and mu r d ere d the four men above-men tioned, but also Mr. Dobson, jun., the Government Surveyor of Canterbury, and a pedlar, named Jas. Battle, all of whose bodes had beef recovered from his information ; but he also stated that they had in their cups bragged of many other " exploits" of the like character which they had committed previous to his joining them ; and there is too much reason to fear that these revelations fall short of the actual facts, for the sudden disappearance of a great many persons at different times fearfully harmonises with the man's statements, and many of the circumstances narrated by him are corroborated by the evidence of other parties. Mr. Dobson was garotted on the most scientific prin ciples, and so were James Dudley and Battle, show ing that some of the gang were such proficients in this fatal art that in ono case the medical man could assign no cause of death except a slight congestion of the brain and lungs, but not of itself sufficient to account for stran gu l at i on in the total absence of any external violence beyond a slight mark of pressure on and displacement of the apple of the throat. Kelly, or Noon, had been tried for murder at the Ovens, in Victoria, in 1853, for which his brother was hanged. Burgess had been mate to the notorious Capt. Mel ville, and was known to be the most daring but cool and cautious desperado in Australia. Levy had kept a shanty on the banks of the Molyneux, in Otago, and the number of bodies of persons found drowned in crossing that stream had excited the suspicions of the police, but no proof was ever brought against him. In fact, the career of the gang would fill a Volume. Ii addition to these murders they had been watching Mr. Yates, the gold buyer of the Bank of New South Wales in Otago, but he escaped their attentions. It is also proved that they carried strych nine, with the diabolic object of poisoning any party too numerous for attack by joining with them and seizing the opportunity of drugging their liquor at any resting place. At the time of their arrest they had p come Bank of New South Wales, and one of them was on the Australiathepurpose of robbing the to obtain reinforce ments ments and appliances. They had fully reconnoitred the fremiEes, and their plan was for one to go in and see the manager just before oin t t of e goingN n l Nelson o to for the closing hour, and whilst he was engaged the rest were to rush in, close the doors (which would not then excite at tention), overpower the clerks, and murder them all. One body was to be buried, in the hope that it would be thought he had done the deed and escaped by steamer to Australia, as they intended to do, having laid their plans accordingly. The con fession of Sullivan was fully corroborated by the discovery of the bodies just as he indicated, the strychnine which was concealed as he declared, and the evidence of many witnesses, which, put together, makes a most extraordinary chain of evidence, suffi cient to have convicted them without Sullivan's con fession, but unimpeachable with it. They had been committed, and would probably be tried at a special commission in September. — Australlga and New Zealand Gazette. As- A ori c g o in rre o s f po th n i d s e b n it t o s f u F g r g e e n s c t h s slang. " I was looking over an old a nno t a t e d copy o f t h e Satires of Boileau, and in the thi r d , where a dinner borelise?o3vießrEedß Tl?h-e -tha h - e l'U has Vir di invites an [unwilling friendto ditio with him, ho holds out, amongst other inducements— Moliere avec Tartuffo y doit jouer son role, Et Lambert, qui plus est, ra'a donn6 sa parole. The friend laughingly replies, Quoi ! Lambert ? And the other rejoins, Oui, Lambert! 3 domain. C'est assez. So that this joke about Lambert is as old the time of Boileau. 125 I 22 f 22 j 1211 20 f 84 5 Ini 10; 1231 $ 701 70 If I 1011 2 211 'TIES. AGRIC UL T URAL PROSPECTS. The week opened with a tolerably fine day, but at night some heavy rain fell, with the wind from the S.S.E. Monday morning was wet, with showers in the forenoon, and accounts from the midland and northern counties were very disastrous as to the state of the crops. Tuesday was a very showery day, with strong breezes from the S.W. ; thermometer 58 degrees in the morning, and 62 at mid-day ; barometer as low as 29.6 inches ; and our advises were most unfavourable. From the West Riding of Yorkshire it was stated :—" Since Friday, the wea ther has been vei l , unsettled, with rain more or less daily. Sunday and Monday were fine and breezy, but with heavy rain in the nights following. To-day smart showers have fa"en ; but there is a brisk wind. Every wet day '4 now a very serious matter to the farmers, and the corn trade seems now to be good. Let us hope that Providence wi" soon favour us with a change, so long desired. No carting as yet done in this neighbourhood." From Lincoln shire :—" The weather in this part of the country gets worse daily; and there is no mistake now about the matter, that serious injury and loss are being caused by wet. In many fields the barley is grow ing at the bands of the sheaves; and the colour of the grain is damaged, so much so, that iF it is ever got dry, maltsters will not like the sample. In the northern part of Lincolnshire, two-thirds of the corn are yet in the fields, and on the heavy soil the cart ing it away be a work of difficulty." In Lanca shire, all work was suspended Wiud S.W., quite a gale, the barometer being very low." From the northern part of Suffolk : " The weather continues most unfavourable for the latter harvest, and a large breadth of barley is still unsecured. The crops of both wheat and barley are badly reported of in the y :old." On Wednesday the weather was fine up to 1 p.m., but afterwards- showery, and no harvest work could be accomplished. From the west coast of Scotland it was remarked : " We have again had much rain, but to-day is more promising." From Norfolk : " We hitve much rain this week, with a small offer of grain." From the East Riding of Yorkshire : " Weather very wet, and our farmers complain bitterly of the serious damage alreadyldone to the outstanding crops." Thursday was mostly fine, scarcely any rain falling?, and some can.) ng of damp grain was proceeded with. From Essex it was stated : "A great deal of corn carted to-day, and in better condition than during the last fortnight ; the barley has lost its colour, and w ill be unfit for malting purposes, and the quality of the new wheat is much complained of." From Buckinghamshire : •‘ Weather is very unsettled still, and corn in the fields, say oats and barley, very much sprouted." From Worcestershire : " Continued wet, night and day, has now done irreparable damage to the greater portion of the new crops previously unse cured, white wheat and barley suffering most from sprout. In this district there still remains a large quantity in the fields, while further north a very small portion only is housed." From Suffolk, near the coast : " We have had a wet gloomy week, but yesterday and to-day were fine nearly throughout. Harvest in this immecl;ate district is almost con cluded, but on ou-.. heal f lands quite ono fourth of the barley is still abroad." On Friday morning early the weather was very wet, but from 9 a.m. until the afternoon it held up, when showers again fell. Our advises from North Lincolnshire stated : " Weather is fair ; we have neither wind nor sun, both of which are necessary to put the corn in good condition. The quality of the wheat is mostly good, and where stacked before the rain, will come out, if allowed time to dry in the stack, a good sample. That g 0 ..: in now is stained and sprouted. A few samples of barleyappeared to-day, dark and damp." In Yorkshire the wheat is much grown in the sheaves, and from the East Riding it is written : " The weather continues mo,,t unfavourable for the harvest operations. Much grain remains iu the fields, and the quality and condition must be greatly deterioratal." From the West Riding : " Since Tuesday the weather has been somewhat better ; rather showery, but with more wind, which will do good if it does not shake out the gain where stand ing uncut." Another account from the same quar ter says : " With the exception of 'Wednesday, we have had another week of most unfavourable wea ther, and it is quite clear that unless an immecl'ate and permanent change takes place, our Yorkshire crop will be beyond recovery." Saturday was a fine autumnal morning, clear and breezy up to three p.m., when it became showery, and from that hour carting and carrying was suspended for the re mainder of the day. On the whole the weather has not been quite so disastrous during this as last week, and from the anxiety of the farmers to secure some thing or other whenever a few horrs of dry weather occurred, some amount has gone up in poor condi tion. This, of course, will have to be kept in the stack until the frosts of winter or spring winds have dried it, and rendered the sample fit for the market and use of the millers.—Mark-lane Express. The Cotton Crop of America. With reference to the growing crop of cotton in America, the c'-cular of Messrs. Neill Brothers and Co., coraains the following " Since our last circular we have received from England a synopsis of the report of Dr. Forbes, which has, doubtless, been read extensively, and may have produced some effect on the markets of Europe. That portion of the public who are in terested in the cotton question, must, however, by this time, have learned to distrust the judgments of special reporters, coming from a distance, with out knowledge either of the country, the plant, or the people, and will refer to two'or three extraor dinary sources of information last year which did not supply any very reliable forecasts. Yet last year the facts lay, as it were, on the surface, one would suppose the bales had only to be counted, and the information in the case of the estimate of 1,300,000 bales, published by the Treasury depart ment, was supplied by a vast body of subordinates, resident in all parts of the South, and instructed to inquire and report, and, in another case, by a party who spent months in making, what he called, a census of the cotton bales,' but only managed to count about half of them. This year the task is infinitely more difficult, for the cotton had to be grown, we may almost say, after Dr. Forbes first came here ; and vicissitudes of weather in this crop produce such rapid changes, and so much depends on the date of frost and the weather in August, September, October, and, in late crops, even of November and December, that we do not hesitate to say that perfect weather up to Christmas, telling over the area then planted, has, in some former years, added to the crop fully as much, above its promise in July, as the whole amount Dr. Forbes now estimates for the whole country. We mention this merely to show the influ ence of the weather in fall and winter on late crops. Dr. Forbes asserts that in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee the ' desolation from the war was found to be complete.' We have before us, hoover, from a Jackson (Mississippi) newspaper the report of the Cotton-grow ing Association ' of that place, which has b een organised for the purpose of learn ing the condition of affairs in and gives the particulars of 323 plan em ployed 7,624 hands in 1860, and nolv es employ 3,495 ho State that, taking in cotton growing. This report states as this State the whole country on the same planters who d a e v s e olated), the crop (which Dr. Forbes thinks 150,000 should be 1,700,000, and bales, leaving only th:tc)of Mississippi 400,000 bales (according to Dr. Louisiana, Arkansas, and Ten nessee—thel •nchestimate needs no absurdity of w F.) to be grown i n com ment. There are complaints of worms from several counties in Alabama, of a late date, to which we alluded last week. Elsewhere the worms do not spread, and from Texas and Georgia the accounts are quite flattering. The middle States had been suffering for want of rain, but our correspondent in Georgia reports genial showers. We must again caution our friends against being led away by esti mates formed at this time, no matter from what source or authority they come. A correct estimate now is totally impossible, and any figures now put forth are mere guess work—they may be ever so honest, but cannot be reliable." TAT TE RSALL'S.__ Last CE SA RE WITCH. 100 to 15 agst Potomac (offered) 15 to 1 agst Lothario (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mathilde (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Ethelred (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Regalia, (taken) 100 to 3 agst Abergeldie (taken) 50 to 1 agst Surney (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Phi'bsopher (taken) 1000 to 15 agst La Favorite (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 6 agst Thalia (offered) 25 to 1 agst Scarborough (taken) 1000 to 30 agst -Moldavia (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Abergehlie (taken) DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Master Butterfly (taken) 50 to 1 agst Owen Glondower (taken) FRENCII lIORSES IN THE AUTUMN HANDICAPS. The fo"owing is a list of horses in the French stables engaged in the Cesareci :tch and Cambridgesh'e Stakos, with their weights and trainers : In the Cosotev,:teh- Gontran, 4 yrs, Bst 61b; Mathilde, 4 yrs, Est 1 Olb ; and Gentille Dame, 3 y.:s, 5 st 71b, trained by C. Pratt, La Morlaye. Fidelite, 5 y:s, Bst; and Mats more, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b, trained by T. Ca-ter, jun., Chantilly; La Favot;te, 3 yrs, Est 4'b, trained by T. Cat;:er, Com piegne ; The Squ'-e, 3 y:s, 6st 81b, trained in Belgium. In the Cambridgesh°••c —Sultan, 4 yrs, 9st ; and Gen tmu, 4 yrs, Bst 31b, trained by C. Pratt; Billet-Donk, 4 yrs, 7st 71b, t-a'ned by T. Cal.er, jun., Chantilly; AM davlt, 5 y:s, 7st 71b; and litoile Plante, 3 yrs, 7st 41b, trained b: J. Baldriel - Chantilly ; Flevrette, 3 yrs, Est' 121 b, trained by T. Ca: .or, Compiegne; The Squi-o, 3 yrs 6st 121 b, trained in Belgium; Charnotte, 3 yrs, sst 71b, trained by C. Hayhoo, Chantilly. TURF AGENCY OFFICE, 100, JERMIN-STREET, ST. JAMES'S, LONDON. 3IRSYDNEY SMITH (Member of Tatter .sail's) begs to inform the racing public he will execute COMMISSIONS (by letter only) on all the prin cipal races throughout the year. For further particulars and prices see advertisement in The Sportsman newspaper every TUESDAY, THURSDAY. and SATURDAY. Price Current published DAILY, and forwarded on receipt of -stamped directed envelope. Post-office Orders to _be made _payable'at the Piccadilly or St. James's street offices, and cheques to be crossed the Loudon and Westminster Bank." PUGILISM. lIEENAN AND MORRISSEY. The New Tur4; Clipper gives tho following conversation betwoen Hoe nan and Morrissey: Morrissey—Well, John, do you think you are able to fight again? Heenan—Yes ; I think I can lick any man in the world, and right on this floor. Mon'ssey—l think so, too, John ; and am willing to back you against any man in the world. If you will corns with me to Paris next spr7ug, I wi►_l put ups2o,ooo in gold that you can lick Mace, King, O'Baldwin, or anybody N England or any other country. lleenan—What's all this mean ? Moirissey Why, that I would rather have yor.: friendship than any other living being. I have always been aga'ust, you unto now, and so long as I was y ou couldn't win a fight. Heenan—Didn't I win the fight with Sayers ? Morrissey—Yes ; you won it three or for times, and if I'd been with you they would have had to give you that money. Ileeuan—How about the fight with King ? Morrissey—l knew that you couldn't win that, for received letters from parties over there long before it ever camo off. "A little fur :.her colloquy took place, Morrissey speaking out candidly, and giving the grounds whereon he knew how the machine was working, and satisfying Heenan more than ever that something was wrong when he fought King." AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. (Via Greencastle.) _. Nkw YORK, Sept. 8 (Morning). . _ . _ President Johnson received an enthusiastic re ception in Chicago. No offensive demonstration occurred. He afterwards left for St. Louis. The Philadelphia Rad'cal Convention has issued an address denounCrig President Johnson, and de claring that his policy wrought the most deplorable consequences, morally, socially, and politically, throughout the Soul, and expressing a hope for the success of the Rad'eal cause at the ballot box. Resolutions .were adopted in favour of the re storation of all States to the Union under the con ditions proposed by Congress. Several members of the Convention repudiated negro suffrage ; the Convention, however, adjourned, after adopting a report in favour of negro suffrage. The New York Republican State Convention has nominated Governor Fenton for the Governorship. The President in his journey through Illinois was several times insulted by the Radical crowds assembled at the railway stations. It is asserted in official circles at New Orleans that the Emperor Maximilian had arranged for an early departure from Mexico some weeks ago, but the French refused to permit him to leave then ; he would, however, shortly depart for Europe. It is reported that the delegates of the Fenian Congress now being held at Troy had determined to reinvade Canada. The public debt of the United States on the Ist inst. was 2,730 millions, and the coin in the Treasury was 132 million dollars. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (Morning). Advices from Matamoras to the 2d inst. state that Juarez has refused to recognise Cavajal Canoles, and has appointed General Tasselu Governor of Tamaulapas. General Cortivas also claims the governorship. It is rumoured that the French have re-captured Tam deo. S HIPPING INTELL IGEN CE---This Day. LONDON, Sept. IB.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but railer cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived—William Le Lacheur, from Landau. TORBAY, Sept. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ensland, from Cape Haiternen. FALatotTn, Sept. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Thetis, from Porto Plato. CARDIFF, Sept. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Jupiter, for Monte Video. CLYDE, Sept. 17.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Simonds, for Quebec. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 18—Baltic, steamer, from Dunkirk; Forth, steamer, from Aalboi g. Sailed, Sept. 18—Souvenir, 73z steamer, for Caen. .sx, Tuesday Morning. Passed in tow—Wave Queen, from Rangoon for Loudon. the KeSeplelirsFipfioEfDtEheßTCK ManuscriptsillADparthe h ß aß ritish r e M s g u e n e e u ci m . H e has been connected with the Museum since 1826. It is believed ho will bo succeeded by Mr. Edward Bond, the keeper of the Egerton MSS. TILE MONUMENT TO SAYERS, the boxer, is com pleted, according to Bell's Dye., and from a column of the Times, which announces more pacific matches and engage, men ts than those in which the valiant Torn took a leadi ng put, we g ather, says the London Review, that his daughter nasbe enlistments f ne Mrs. Hensley. The the foreign legion of Mexico continue. The Phare de la Loire states that 130 men front Aix arrived at Brest on Monday last, and the next day wore embarked n board the transport Rhone. The revenue prod uce d b y the railways of the United Kingdom is nearly £50,000,000 a year. The yearly r ovonae of tho London General Omnibus Company is about '.£500,000. made‘' A LisrtT mEnmauseas f WARD," whose comic writings have will a s m ho il r iz t t ly r i d u ett E dl n h g i l s a e u x d p : ie i n t c h es a a s m lo o n n g been in Am er i ca, the Mormons, a t th e E gyptian Hall, Mr. y.Hewill Piccadilly. ° occupy the ro om hi t h erto used by ArthurSketc hley " Artemus Ward's" fellow-traveller, Mr. Hingston, now the manage r o f the Margate Hall-by-the-Sea, will lend his aid to ma nage the out-door business of the great comic genius of the United States. SPEED OF FRENCH RAILwAYs.—The Anglo-Indian mail is conveyed from Calais to Marseilles at the rate of more than a mile a minute. The distance is 863 kilometres (5-Bths of a mile each), and the time occupied 8 hours 38 minutes, which gives C2i miles per hour.—Galignani. NEWSPAPERS.—De Tocqueville on his work on America gives this forcible s ketch :—" A newspaper can drop the same thought into a thousand minds at the same moment. A newspaper is au adviser who does not requir to be sought, but who comes to you of his own accord, and talks to you briefly every day of common weal without distracting your private affairs. Newspapers, therefore, become more necessary in proportion as men become more equal, and individuals moro to be feared. To suppose that they only serve to proteetfreedo c mw s z u l i ( o lb ,, e , to diminish th e ir importance ; they maintain iyili 05 to JP 1%4' th t ls) to to ao,t,e oi l° ~ .., C. too st 1 20e 10 100 1 584 5.17.0 1071 I 141 1 98} i 912 2 IC7I