The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-30 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AN f) COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Monetary affairs are assuming quite a different aspect from what they did a few days back. The limited business which has lately been in progress has lessened the number of commercial bills on Offer, and added to this the specie movement has taken a very favourable turn. Gold has been accumulating at the Bank, and the export demand for the Continent has fallen off to a comparatively trivial amount. Bankers and brokers have a large Surplus of cattle on offer, and have consequently been desirous of employing it in the business brought forward in the discount market at about 4 per cent. below the official minimum. The public perceiving this are in no hurry to place their bills, and are now holding over what paper they can till after the Bank Court shall have ad )(Awned to-morrow. • There was an influx of £69,000 in gold to the Bank yesterday. The directors of " Moore, M'Queen, and Com pany (Limited),, have declared an ad interim divi dend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, for the three months ending 30th June l ast, payable on and after the Ist September, at the London and County Bank, Hanover-square. The Board of Directors of the Delhi and London Bank (Limited) have declared an interim dividend of 9 per cent. per annum for the half-year ending 3 0th June, 1865. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. itentes were 6 8f. 55c. Flat. The satisfactory turn of the Money Market is in ducing more confidence, and securities at the Stock Exchange generally denote buoyancy. Nume rous dealings have taken place in the English Funds to-day, and Consols have risen to 89.1 for money and account, and for October, 90/. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 1 ; 'Exchequer Bills 3s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1054 ; and ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 109. In the Foreign Market an average business has been negotiated, and securities generally show an improvement. Turkish Consolides are 48t k ; Mexican, 231 1 ; the New Loan, 22/ 4 ; Greek, 204 I; Spanish Passive, 29/ 4 ; the Certificates, ; Italian, 641 4 ; and the Confederate Loan, 7 9. American Securities have also been in request. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 681 69 ; Erie Shares, 53 f ; and Illinois, 781 4. - In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been more active, and prices have, in most instances, _ S hown a further improvement. South Eastern, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Western have each improved ss. ; Metropolitan and Great East ern each 10s. ; and Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Western, each 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are in moderate request. Great Western of Canada have improved 1; Great Indian Peninsular, / ; and East Indian I. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in some in stances a shade firmer. London and County are *re at 77k, and London Financial, at 22i. The following, are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—The New Issue of 5 0,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlan tic Tele grap h , 21 21 per s h are ; N or th ern A ssam 4 . ,ea Company's Shares, / dis. f prem. ; Chubwa L ea 7 dis. I prem. ; London-bridge Land, 2 1 ; Albert-bridge, 1 11 prem. ; London Jute .14 " r ks, 1 prem. ; M'Queen Brothers, 1 2 prem. ; B. „ ° _, ll dft Quays, dis. par ; British India Trust rAgency Corporation, 1 lf prem. ; Overend, lul l% and Company, 3 31 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. a CIOVERNMENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols .t . )e. 1 :: : Cent. Reduce d , S e Sept. . 7 891 Ne w 3 per Cent B9l 1 1 .1 .1. 2 t per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A..._ -° ' Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — --..uuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 y rs, expire sth April, 1885 — t x / L ° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -- "'equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent — Do. £5OO 3 dis -1) °. £lOO and £ 2OO Beak of England Stock, 51 per Cent Do Account b,/:lN:_tiLiN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ‘ tia lL StOCk, 10i. C t April 1874 — D o per en , T 1 Account ""1-, ° • 6 Per Cent. July, 1870 •Jo• Account Do.bo. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 „ Certificates — '"' i , (:) . Effaced Paper 4 per Cent — ' * - I ,°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 "' I) . 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 lO9l PoDo. 4 pe ds, £l,OO r Cent., A D ug. 1866 — . Bon D o. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS -ONE O'CLOCK. „ 412 8trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Qrazilian 5 per Cent Do. 4i p er C en t., 1852-58-6 0 97 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) uhilian 6 per Cent Po. 41 per Cent C olombian,..„ 6 per Cent. %,..‘nba, 6 per Cent. 4-18, ,1115h 3 per Cent., 1825 'Jo. 4 per Cent., 1863 b b °. 6 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid D u bian Principalities ,iso. Account 4j° 06paid tctador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — I; ° Pt -, i Prow isional Land Warrant per Cent 0 1 Second Issue 9B Do * i 1864 951 1)0 £1 Creek 00 Bonds D O ° Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons --,c, Account 2Oll (11Z'' C coPons E o nlala 5 per Cent. ltiii„. * 18 , 33 and 1850 gi — D"' '' Per Cent (Maremmana Railway) c 1865 o 33 0 S crip, £671 paid — lj o c ,Per Cent., 1864 — lit e „ ; • *clip, £55 paid D 3cc per nt Cent 0. Aou _ , Do ..... 0 5 1864 _ b o Per Cent. Anglo-French 404,_Prench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c 5 o o ri t clean 6;per Cent, £3nto paid N ew u Im hal per Ce Gr ana r 1) 2 b ° Per Cent to Deferred pe4) l and Warrants (Hectares) I, I lan 41 per Cent 121°0 Sao 41 £45 paid, paid in Bonds b o A ", Per Cent. (Uribarren) I), '1 Per Cent., 1862 Purt,i 4 c count D o . 1 1 1 : le se 3 per Cent., 1853 I), 8 ?count '62, '3, 47 D Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, ' 6O , — Dl,-,-°. Account - I, B4 ian 5 per Cent, 1822, X St jj° 4 Per Cent 1850 57/ i)" ° Pei Cent. 1859 ,--0 i per Cent., 1860 92i i ."° 5 per Cent. 1862 _ s 1)0 5 per Cent 1864 _ I t ili sh 3 per Cent '''N° Account ___ ,--'0 New Deferred ___ 4.421 Account _ P 0 Passive _ 0 4-'0 Accouat e 'tbauish Cert. of Coup not funded Do A _ Ei . - ...CCOUnt _ odieh per Cent. T D , O A ccount D o pr-'. 4i per Cent. 864 ‘ • 1.4.4411 6 Per Cent 1854 941 4 - L.,, Account Ou 6 per Cent. 1 858 75 ° Account 81 Do 4100 I3onda D e 1, . 1)_•„ - ‘3 Per Cent 73 Do ° per Cent. 1862 73 1 1 4 31 -`-',„O A ccount uo £lOO Bonds D o 6 b per Cent, 1863 43} ° ° Per Cent. 1865 It 4E3_10.0 Bonds — 6 i dis .I) n' 11 1; X3o paid 1001- ir e ° •xiieranteed, 4 per Cent v e rse 3 per Cent Do A - D° • - Per Cent 1864 0. A ccount ......................... London. Dividend .......... above Ailat • 11„illall, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ..7 ._ - pa,yabla in Dutch per cen Ex. 25f. ___ uteh 2t per Cent.' 12 gull , x „ _ 1\1)0%4 per Cent Certificat _ 7,11011 Itentes, 41 per Cent. 1+ -Li° 40ecunt .... . . . . __.. 4Liss per Cent . ii . 4i .Ex 'Li. 1) () Ac peer 7.......:.....: T WO C ousol s T . 89 00. A ..................................... ? . ~91. l O'CL OC K . ,Lccount „ ... PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, Rm., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 102 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, 88 Midland, Wadi()ld Pref. Stock, 93 FORE) UN RAIL WAYS. Eastern of France, 20i N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 5 MU NIGN M DIE& Frontino and Bolivia Gold, Um., 3} BANKS. Anglo Egyptian, lira., 12i Bank of British Columbia, 23i Chartered , ‘ler. of India, London, and China, 18 9k Eng isle Joint Stock, lim. 12 European Bank, Um., 11 Imperial Ottoman. 15} London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto. new, 13 London and County, 771 01 London Joint Stock, 471 Mercantile and Exchange. lien., 51 National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and , d issue, 45 41 Provincial of Ireland, 85) Union of London, 531 MISCELLANEOUS. Canada Company, 54 Credit Foneier and Mobilier of England, Si Fairb iirn Eng,neering, i i Fore-strt et Warehouse, Gen. Credit and sluance of Loudon. Urn.. 51 London General Omnibus Company, 31 Madras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (a11),1181 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, lim I ..)riental Gas, Um., 54 COURSE OF EXCHANGE--Tuesday. Amsterdam Short. 11 181 11 101 Ditto 3 Months. 12 1 12 11 Rotterdam 25 55 Antwerp 25 50 Brussels 25 50 Hamburg Paris Short 25 27f 25 27 Ditto 3 Months. 25 42f 25 471 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1211 1211 Vienne, — 11 20 11 25 Trieste — 11 20 11 25 Petersburgh - 301 301 Berlin Madrid — 471 471 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Messina Genoa Naples — 25 57 25 62f Palermo Oporto — 51 # 511 Lisbon — 511 bli SHARE MARKETS—T his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid.' Closing i Business Price. ' done. Share! Railways. 18.14 et st et 50 20 Do. B ..o W.Hartlepool Har &EL Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. flir.. Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A gets no div, • A till6p.c.p.an.has D. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburqh & Glasgow Ilasgow & S. We stern Great Eastern, Ord. s( k. Do. E. Angl. st No. 9 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock • • Do. New. is. at 25 pa. Gt.% and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original 11 . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Vales Do W. Mid.— Oxl ord' Do. Newpo t Do. Ile , eford Lane +shire & Yorkshire Lindon and Blackwall Lon., Brih., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Davi r Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. # shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid"and Do, Birmin . & Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. h shares %l id Bent • North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. De. ‘l , . 1855-58 Do. do. 186041 North London Do. New Do. do. 1814 North Staffordshire N. & S. W Junction Scottish C ntral scot. N E Aber. stock o. Scot, Miii..t ck -h-ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw ill BRITISH P Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda. Cen. In. gm. 5 per cent.. Do. 1 , shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. Ws. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1,1574 Calcutta .15 s. E., lim.. 'ape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p! Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 no East I❑dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonda 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist "ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim , gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do po. 41.1 q Do. filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B v.ltl.C'da,pclstpf.bds Scindo Do. Delhi d Do. do Do. Punjaub 1 n Do.lndus St Flo " 96 18 133 i 134 . 5 6 61 C 6 16 17 100 111 46 47 7i 8; 132 131 152 k J+ls3! 128 .32 86 i 8 66 67 63 65 45 47 40 45 105 1 07 11 4 119 88 90 113 105 3i 10 1214 127 9$ 10. 67 L 8 134 135 S p 131 133 101 IC3 55} 16)' z 4 5 112 113 , 88 69 101 105 3? 3Si 10 11 j)1 121 123, 14 2p :8 78 11 12 143 152 58 bO 61 63 54 56 80 60 10 155 158 3 4p 106 108 49 51 ;SIONS. 56 68 101 102 iP 4 4 9 10 99 101 70 ;5 100 102 101 102 1(3 104 i in 18 19 E 8 90 64 68 5i 60 56 59 50 52 43 43 33 42 25 L 7 24 26 103 104 I ip 3p 1001 101} 11/ 12k 8i 810 s 0 92 82 84 1 6d 101 102 95 97 9 ) 92 63 85 82 84 v 9, 4004 994 1004 i9li Ito 4 1031 1 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU 'British Columbia.J3 pert cent., Dec. 31,1572 Can.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do*. 1 5.90- 1 Do. Jan. Le July, 1691. • Ceylon. Nov 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878. do Mauritius, n p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 1)o. 'BBl, May 5, Nov. ' Natal .ov. o per cent N. B.Gov. 6p. c.Ja. I uly N. $. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to iB7O Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. it per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18684 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. &July Do. do, z. pril .1; Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. ( • old, lira Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon a Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan►. • East Cara..on as c Uarn Brea last Grenville East L0ved......... .. E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist bn Grenville Herod's Foot .... flingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Starke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, llm Nangiles .. New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyLvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West I i asset t (Mogan W. Caradon ( L iskeard West Chi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth .rhea: Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Union 97 08 95 97 98 100 81 85 82 84 103 105 106 108 108 110 106 108 1 , 3 105 100 111 103 1(5 107 kO9 107 tO9 102 104 95 97 9) 101 93 95 90 91 102 104 86 86 98 100 10ii 102i1 105 107 IE4 itoal [NES. 9 10 25 2' 560 580 18 ,0 111 124 8 61 21 2 10 11 31 41 2 4 194 203 11 21 35 37 2 23 40 4 1 2 24 1 24 3 41 4 t 2} 14 11 13 25 35 i lt 11 11 2 30 22 470 490 15 2 ' 13 15 17i 18i 74 10 12 75 ) 170 180 75 80 28 30 4 6 200 205 17 18 Sll M li 1 18.18.9 30.17.6 ITIES. 1092 } i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1865. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. ROBBERY BY A POTMAN.—Henry William Sledge, a potman, lately in the employ of Mr. Vass, landlord of the Goat Tavern, Chenie-sfreet, Tottenham-court-road, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a cheque for £25. Mr. Vass said the prisoner was a potman, in his service, and the end of last month he sent him out to get cash for a cheque for £25 on the London and Westminster Bank. He never returned, and he had not seen him since that time until he was in custody of the police. John E. Morris said pisoner came into Mr.Hazlowood's shop, in Tottenham-court-road, on July 29, and asked for change of the cheque in question for Mr. Vass. He asked for as much silver as could be spared. Witness gave him £5 in silver and £2O in gold. The cheque was afterwards paid into the London and County Bank in the ordi nary way of business. Police-constable 217 G said—About half-past 11 on Friday night last ho heard the prisoner was in Old-street, and he wont there and apprehended him. He told him he should take him into custody for stealing £2O from Mr. Vass, his master. He said he was very sorry, and that it was the first dishonest act he had ever committed. He further told him that when he had succeeded in getting the cheque changed into coin, he had a fit in the street, and afterwards he went into a public-house to get a glass of brandy as a restorative. While there he discovered that he had lost all his money except £2 3s. 6d. He took him to the station, and on searching him he only found one halfpenny. _ _ _ _ _ _ . Mr. Vaughan asked whether the cheque was ready to be produced. Mr. Vass said he had not got it with him. It had, doubt less, gone back to Messrs. Eagles and Travers. Ile would, however, get it if it was required. Mr. Vaughan said it was the subject of the larceny, and it was of importance that it should be in court. Mr. Vass said he would have it in Court on Friday. Mr. Vaughan then remanded the prisoner until that day. Caution to Cigar Purchasers. At Bow-street Police-court, this morning, a man, named Thomas Kennedy, a paper-stainer, residing at 26, Hadfield street, St. Luke's, was placed before Mr. Vaughan charged with endeavouring to obtain money by false pretences from several persons, by offering spurious cigars for sale, repre senting them to be genuine. Edward Gray, waiter at the Crown Tavern, Rupert street, said about twenty minutes to 1 o'clock this morning he met the prisoner in Oxford-street. He spoke to him, and shortly afterwards he produced something which had the appearance of Bengal cheroots in bundles of ten each, which he asked witness to purchase, saying that he should have them for sixpence a bundle. He eventually offered three bundles for a shilling, and witness, thinking they must either have been stolen, or that the prisoner was attempting a fraud upon him, purchased the cigars for the purpose of giving information to the police, and imme diately afterwards he took one and broke in half, when he observed that they were made up of dried leaves, and brown paper. He at once told the prisoner he ought to be ashamed of himself to offer such things for sale, when he, finding that the prosecutor had discovered the nature of the fictitious cigars, gave him his money back again and walked away. He (witness) then met a constable and told him what the prisoner was about. Police-constable Moorcraft, 165 E, who wore the Eng lish, French, and Turkish Crimean medals, Bahl that in consequence of what the last witness told him he watched the prisoner, whom he saw go up to three or four gentle men, and asked them to purchase cigars. He went up to him and took him into custody, and then found he had a lot of bundles of paper cigars in his possession. He heard the prisoner say to one of the persons to whom he offered the cigars that they were very good ones, and that they could not be produced in the shops for double the price. The prisoner said ho was very sorry, but he did not think he was doing wrong in offering the things for sale. Mr. Vaughan said ho did not believe him. He had some doubts about a jury convicting for "endeavouring" to obtain money by false pretences, and as the charge of actually obtaining the money had been condoned by the return of the shilling to the witness Gray, he should dis charge the prisoner, but he cautioned him against coming to that court again, for if he had escaped bringing himself within the pale of the law on the present occasion he might not be so successful the next. The fictitious cigars he should order to be retained and destroyed. The prisoner then left the dock in a remarkably speedy manner. The Great Western Railway. -+-- The directors of this company will recommend to the proprietors the following dividends for the six months ending the 31st July, 1865 : Great Western original stock, at the rate of £2 per cent. per annum. _ Great Western (West Midland—Oxford) ordinary stock, at the rate of £1 2s. 6d. per cent. per annum. Great Western (West Midland—Newport) ordinary stock, at the rate of 17s. 6d. per cent, per annum. Great Western (West Midland—Hereford) ordinary stock, at the rate of £5 per cent. per annum. Great Western (South Wales) ordinary stock, at the rate of 31 per cent. per annum. Carrying forward a balance of about £12,000. The Great Eastern Railway. The scrutineers yesterday stated the result of Sergeant Gazelee's amendment for the appointment of a committee of investigation into the company's affairs, which the directors opposed. The result of the poll was, according to the decision of the scrutineers, in favour of the appoint ment of the committee. The following gentlemen were then appointed to form the committee :—Messrs. Turner, George Smith, W. A. Ballantine, Bevis, and Gregg. The chairman of the board of directors said every facility would be given to the committee. Books and papers would un reservedly be placed before the committee. Frightful Accident and Loss of Life at the Thames Embankment.—This Day, Betwoen the hours of six and seven o'clock the greatest excitement was caused among the inhabitants of White hall, owing to a tremendous noise, similar to an explosion having taken place. It was soon discovered that one of the steam portable travelling engines used by Mr. Fur ness for forming a portion of the embankment had fallen off the gantries behind the caisons in front of the river, and also a piece of stone weighing over three tons ; and, what was worse, a man named Thomas Loyde was literally crushed to death. It appears that whilst the unfortunate man was raising the block of stone, and when near the top of the "jib," it slapped a little out of the chain, and caused the engine to cant, and it then fell on to tho piles and cross beams, crush ing them to pieces, and the engine and the stone and the poor man descended into the shallow water on the north side of the embankment. Every person near ran to the spot to lender assistance, but a considerable time elapsed before the unfortunate man could be extricated, for the engine was broken to pieces, and the great weight of the stone required the aid of another engine to re move them. The poor fellow was at length got out and taken to the Westminster Hospital, when it was found that life was quite extinct. Although another powerful steam engine has been employed, only the jib and a pair of wheels have yet been drawn up, the remainder of the engine still remaining in the water. The accident is attributed to the fact of the engine not having been lashed to the gantries. The Attempted Suicide and Murder in Westminster. Yesterday afternoon, a man named Shaughnessy, a mason attempted to murder his wife in Regent-street, Pimlico, by eutting her throat with a razor. He inflicted a severe wound upon her, and afterwards attempted to kill himself by cutting his throat. Fortunately he was successful in neither attempt. The wound inflicted on his own person is the most likely to prove fatal. The podce have the matter in hand. LATEST PARTICULARS. The man William Shaughnessy recovered [sensibility last night at ten o'clock. He said to the nurse, who had charge of him in the ward at Westminster Hospital, "1 did not intend to kill my wife when I struck at her with the razor, but I did mean to do for myself." He made no state ment as to what circumstances had induced him to commit suicide. The authorities at the hospital, when they were informed of the statement made by the self-injured man, instantly communicated with the police in order that they might send a constable to remain with him during the night. He is at present under the care of Mr. Antonini, the house-surgeon. The wound in the wretched man's throat is seven inches wide ; but the gash, although it extends from ear to ear, has not injured either the wind pipe or the jugular vein. It is thought probable that he will live for at least 24 hours. The injuries to the throat of the wife are almost iden tical to those of her husband, but there is no danger of her immediate death. The wounds were inflicted with a razor. The cause of the quarrel which terminated so seri ously is stated to be a refusal on the part of the wife to give up to the care of her husband his son, a boy aged ten years. Frequent quarrels had taken place between them before ; and yesterday, at the time of the shocking occurrence, they were returning from the police-court, where the magistrate had been trying to bring about a reconciliation between them. The man, whose age is 47, had been married to his wife, who's° age is 45, several years. They have five children—three boys and two girls —and they lived at 142, Lillington-street. The man has a very determined and ferocious appearance. On inquiring at Westminster Hospital, this morning, our reporter learnt that both the man Shaughnessy and his wife were progressing favourably, considering the nature of their wounds, though of course no definite opinion can be formed as to the result—but the very worst is to be feared. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT THE PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— William Corcoran, of 45, Vine-street, Pimlico, a plasterer, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with being drunk, clis- Orderly, and using abusive language, with intent to produce a breach of the peace at the Princess's Theatre. Mr. Henry Webb, cheesemonger, of 29, Marlborough street, said that on the previous evening he went to the Princess's Theatre with his daughter, about 13 years of age. They had only been in the gallery a short time when the prisoner came in with a female. The prisoner and the female kept moving about, and threw some walnut shells amongst the audience and annoyed all the persons near them. He told the prisoner that he had better be quiet and sit clown, and he sat down and then exclaimed in a fierce manner, " I have paid my shilling, and I'll have my shilling's worth." The piece then went on when prisoner stood up, and on being asked to sit down, he said ho wanted to stand, and he would do so. He told the prisoner that he had annoyed persons all the evening, and the prisoner re plied, "I'll punch your jaw." He told the prisoner that he did not think he would, and ho then made use of a most disgusting expression—so disgusting, indeed, that persons cried out "Shame." He (Mr. Webb) then called for the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Mr. Mansfield said that when a ruffian like the prisoner misbehaved himself it was the duty of the authorities of a theatre to eject him at once. The complainant ought not to have been insulted and annoyed as he had been for even five minutes. Wm. Peacock, 37 A, said, on going to the gallery, he ound the prisoner with his shirt sleeves tucked up, and on taking hold of him he made use of the most abusive language. He found that the prisoner was drunk, and on getting him outside he became very disorderly, and made use of disgusting language. He was engaged in the pit of the theatre at the time of the disturbance in the gallery, or would have interfered before. The prisoner said he might have used the bad language, but he was excited at the time. He was now sorry for it. Mr. Mansfield said the prisoner's conduct was abomin able, and he should commit him for seven days with hard labour. The prisoner asked that a fine might be imposed, but the magistrate refused the application. THAMES. WIFE BEATERS.—Thomas Hawker, a tall, strong, and powerful man, about 50 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with beating his wife, Ann, who com menced her evidence by requesting the magistrate to send her out of the country beyond the reach of her husband, whose brutality and general tyranny had exhausted her patience and forbearance. Mr. Paget said he had no power to comply with the woman's request. The complainant said her husband beat her last night. He kicked her and struck her on the head. He used very disgusting language before their children, and contami nated their morals. She was a pew-opener at St. Peter's Church, St. Peter's-road, Mile-end, and could obtain a good character from the late and present incumbent. bhe would rather be sent abroad in the most menial capacity than live with her husband any longer. Police-sergeant Wissen, No. K, stated that the com plainant was much ill used. Her pocket and dress were both cut, and her money had been taken away. The pri soner said he would be hung at Newgate for her, and at tempted to strike her in his presence. The prisoner said his wife was a person with great in firmity of temper, and would not give him money when he wanted it. She stopped out the whole of last Saturday night. The Wife—l did. I was afraid of my life. He was drunk. Mr. Paget said the prisoner was a brutal husband, and sentenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. Frederick Tabb, a cutter-out to a tailor, of No. 8, Bed ford-street, Stepney, was brought up on a warrant before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting his wife Eliza, a little careworn, sickly woman, with bruises on her face, neck, and arms. The prisoner was a perfect sample of a domestic tyrant, neglecting his wife and family, spending the greater part of his earnings at houses of public entertainment in the in dulgence of his own sensual gratifications, frequently beat ing his wife, and on many occasions literally knocking her into the street and closing his door upon her. There had been " scores of summonses" taken out against him for beating his wife, and she has as often forgiven him. On one occasion only she prosecuted him, and he was sen tenced to seven days' imprisonment. On another occasion he was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for assaulting a police-constable and rescuing a prisoner from his custody. On Friday night last, after the prisoner and his wife had partaken of a pint of beer with a young man, a visitor, she went to bed. The prisoner, who affected to be jealous of the young man, for which there was not the least pretence, dragged his wife from her bed, and beat her with his fists over the face and bosom, leaving the marks of his brutality on her person. Howland, 89 H, said he was an officer of the court. He arrested the prisoner, who said to his wife, " Eliza, do for give me, I will never do so again," to which his wife said, "No, I will not." There were grown-up children of the parties living. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months, and kept to hard labour. WESTMINSTER. HIGHWAY ROIThERY WITH VIOLENCE.—Thomas Rush, a low-looking fellow, was charged with highway robbery and violence. Mr. Henry Jeffel ey, a gentleman residing at 52, Glou cester-street, proved that at about half -past four on Tues day afternoon he was in Patrick-street, when a man sud denly seized his Albert chain from behind with great violence. The man was on the right side of him, and held him back to the fence. After a smart struggle he got the chain in his right hand and held it up, so that witness could not get hold of it. He then shifted the chain from the right hand to the left, and tried to get the watch, worth twenty guineas, but it was secured in the pocket, and only broke the swivel away. Witness then caught him by the collar and held him at arm's length. The man then struck him violently, which caused hi s face to bleed. Witness then shifted his umbrella to effectually secure the man, but he effected his escape from towards Stratton-ground, witness pursuing and calling " Stop thief," to which no one paid attention. The man then turned to go down a low court called Pear-street, leading to Duck-lane, but as ho turned he slipped up and fell on the kerb-stone ; he then got up again, and ran down the court. A man got out of his way to let him pass, and then barred the entrance, so that prosecutor could not go down. Information was given, and prisoner was taken. Prosecutor was sure he was the man. Alfred Newton, a lad, proved that to the best of his be lief, prisoner was the man who fell down, as he saw him fall at his feet. Sergeant Buckley, 17 B, proved apprehending prisoner in Pye-street, Westminster, when he said nothing to the charge. He had suffered penal servitude, and been con ♦icted for a month for an assault. Prisoner denied the charge, and made a very able de fence for a man of his class, but He was remanded till Saturday. TIIE MURDERER KlNG.—Laurence King will, it appears, be hung on the 6th of September for the murder of Lieut. Clutterbuck, of the sth Fusiliers. The Attorney- General has refused to sanction the application for the writ of error, on the ground of the challenge to the array of jurors.—Sunders' News Letter. THE SUSPECTED MURDER IN EDINBURGH.—The authorities are busy making investigations into the cause of the death of James Kelly, who was supposed to have been murdered in Edinburgh on Saturday. The post mortem examination of the deceased took place on Satur day by Dr. Littlejohn, and though the result has not been made known, it is stated that death resulted from suffo cation ; and considering ho had of late been drinking heavily, and the posture in which he had been found, it is not improbable that may have been the cause. Liverpool Cotton Market—Thus Day. Market opens very strong. Sales, 15,000 or 20,000 bales.. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Aug. 30.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CARDIFF, Aug. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Octavia, rrom Nazaire. ' OFF SCILLY, Aug. 28.—Arrived—Columbus, from New York. FALMOUTH, Aug. 29.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Aurora, for Plymouth. SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived—Euxine, steamer, from Alexandria. PLYMOUTH, Aug. £9.—Wind for Melbourne. HOLYHEAD, Aug. 29.—Wind S.W.—Ar#v@d-r-Areturnis, from Rio Janoiro. LONDONDERRY, Aug. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Prince Consort, from Callao. BRISTOL, Aug. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrivod—Adolaide, from Mazatlan. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 29.—Lady Douglas, from Jamaica; Har riet, from Pomeron. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored—Calypso, from Jamaica, for London. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 11 per mills pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.22 i per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of L• 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-IGthe per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. The mune of exchange at New York on London for bills et 60 days' sight is 109 to 109 t per cent. At these rates there is no profit on the importation of god from the United States. By adviocs from Hamburg the Mice of gold is 428 per marl and the short exchange on London is 13.71 per £1 stall n . Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 3-10 tbs per cent_ dearer in London thin in Hamburg. It is announced that a call of £4 per share has this day been made on the shares of Overend, Gur ney, and Company (Limited), payable on 22nd of September next, at the banking house of Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Twells, and Company. The Paris Savings Bank received during the fort night ending the 28th inst. deposits amounting to 616,749 fr., and reimbursed the sum of 647,623 fr. The payments made into the Caisse de Retraites for the aged during the same period formed a total of 77,483 fr. DESTRUCTION OF LIBRARIES DURING THE AMERI CAN WAIL—The valuable Oriental library and collections of Dr. W. B. Hodgson, of Savannah, a distinguished scholar and well known for his researches in African and other languages, was destroyed during Sherman's march through South Carolina. That of Mr. W. Gilmore Simms, the novelist, near Charleston, consisting of nearly 11,000 volumes, shared the same fate.—Triilmer's Oriental and American Literary Record. ct Fires," says a Warsaw letter, " continue in Poland. Up to the present time, 27 communes have become a prey to the flames. It is evident that those disasters are not the effect of chance, for almost every time that they have occurred letters announcing the fact had been previously circulated. The conflagrations always commence in the Jews' quarter, and the houses of those unfortunate persons are always the first to suffer. The in habitants, reduced to misery, all leave for Warsaw. The Government sends to the localities moveable columns which arrest many individuals, but have not yet been able to secure a single guilty person." ALLEGED MURDER AT WOGLIVICH.—An inquest was held yesterday at Woolwich,before Mr. Carttar, on the body of Wm Courderoy, aged 43, captain of a sailing vessel, and living at 21, Parish - street, Southwark. It ap peared that on Friday morning a boy named James Evans, of 5, Rodney-street, Woolwich, seeing a fish in th e Th ames (a common occurrence since the London sewage has been diverted), was in the act of wadingto get at it, w h en h e stumbled over the body of the deceased, who was last seen alive near the spot at one o'clock the same morning, in company with two girls and a man , alleged to be George Dickenson, of Queen's-court, Horselydown, the mate, who had been employed by the deceased for three weeks, and who, it seems, thought the deceasedhad £8 or £9 on him ; but according to his wife's statement he could not have had more than 30s. When the body wa found the deceased's watch and money were gone. The watch, it was found, had been pledged by the mate, who hid made contradictory statements as to where he and the &teased were during the four or five hours preceding one O'clock. The deceased's hat was found dry on shore, and marks of a blow were said to be discernible on his temples. The coroner adjourned the inquiry for a post-mortem exarkiwt tion to be made. JOHN BRI GHT'S SPIRIT UNBURDENED. -- Bright, in a note to J. E. Fulton and Co., of Boston, ac knowledging the receipt of a volume of " Sermons on Mr. Lincoln's Death," says:—" I feel ntuch happier now than I did a year ago, for your great war Was a great burden on my spirit. I think all men should feel thankful to God that it is ended, and that the min cause of it is ended with it. Henceforth you are a fret people, and a great future is opening to you." The Scotsman says:—Mr. Hairy James Moncreiff is likely to be appointed an advocate-depute, a vacancy having occurred by the appointmelt of Mr. Adam Gifford, late senior depute, to the Sheriffslip of Orkney and Shet land. CRYSTAL PALACE.— ONE 41ILLING DAY, Tues day, Aug. 29.—Admissions on paxnent, 28,710 ; ditto .by season tickets, 3,762—t0tal visitors, 32,472. The Road Murder. The following appeal in behalf of Elizabeth Gough has very recently been issued. We give it verbatim : The voluntary confession of Miss Constance Kent, that she, and she alone, committed this crime, having completely removed the suspicions which attached to Elizabeth Gough, the nursemaid, that she was in some way implicated in the matter, it has been suggested that some compensation should be made to her for the anxiety, annoyance, and trials she has undergone. Elizabeth Gough bore her troubles with patient resignation, in the hope that time would explain the mysterious occurrence. That time has now arrived, and, after five years of unjust aspersion, her innocence has been clearly and legally established. The sympathy of the public, especially of that portion which so strongly condemned her, is respectfully solicited to make some reparation for what she has suffered, and to offer her a token of regret for the injustice that was done her, by giving her a "congratulatory contribution' on her cha racter being completely cleared. The following gentlemen will superintend the arrange ments :—The Hon. Mr. Justice Haliburton, Gordon House, Isleworth (since dead, on Sunday last) ; William T. Far nell, Esq., Isleworth ; J. W. Stapleton, Esq., Trowbridge, Wilts; Horatio G. Day, Esq., Isleworth, Treasurer ; Hickson Briggs, Esq., Isleworth, Hon. Secretary. Contributions will be received by the Treasurer or the lion. Sec. ; and by Messrs. Twining, bankers, 215, Strand, London. An acknowledgment of their receipt will be announced on the list being closed. Action for Breach of Promise. A jury was empannelled on Monday at York, before the deputy-sheriff, to assess the damage in a case of breach of promise of marriage. Isabella Boocock, the plaintiff, who is 26 years of age, is the only daughter of Mr. John Boo cock, of Skipton-in-Craven, bootmaker. The defendant, Mr. Joseph Cullingworth, is 29 years old, resides at Hol beck, near Leeds, and is the manager of the Co-operative Flour Mill there. He had not pleaded to the action brought against him by the plaintiff, and consequently the jury had merely to assess the damages between the parties. Their intimacy commenced in 1852, and they were both Wesleyan Sunday-school teachers. The defendant, having seduced the plaintiff, promised to marry her, and the licence for the marriage was actually taken out, but, from some cause or other, the defendant refused to carry out his contract of marriage. In a letter from Deepcar Mills, near Sheffield, dated the 4th of May, 1857, the defendant addressed the plaintiff as "My dear Bell," and stated he certainly did not think she was in " that situation," or he should have long ago saved her and himself the disgrace in which they had been so unfortunately plunged, but he urged her to keep up her spirits, as she was not the first that this had befallen by far." He could recompense her for all, and he suggested she should leave Skipton and go to Bradford, get her cousin to obtain a licence, and they would be married. He stated he could not think of going to S , or he should be mobbed or something worse. He also expressed the hope that "thee and me may be as happy as the day is long." A letter of the same date was sent to the plaintiff's father by the defendant, who said that the contents of his (Mr. Boocock's) note had thrown him into anawful fever, and he was not fit for anything. He never thought it would be his lot to bring such trouble and disgrace on any one, but this was brought about by their Saturday gin drinking and company. He them says—" lam wholly to blame." Do not, for heaven's sake;-scold Bell, for I ought to have taught her different, and not been her ruin ; but I do crave your forgiveness, and hope sincerely to be forgiven from another source. What you think it most expedient to to be done I will at once do. I will promise you sincerely that I will make amends for the injury done to your daughter." Writing from Sheffield on May 7, 1857, the defendant informed the plaintiff's father that ho could make inquiries about the licence when he thought proper. A marriage license was taken out by the plaintiff ; but on May 13 the defendant, writing from the Pack Horse Inn, Stockport, to plaintiff's father, said that he should not at present be allied to his daughter. His sister had told him that Mrs. B— said to her, when on a visit to Skipton, that his daughter (the plaintiff) had not been right since her return from Bradford the last time she was visiting there, and he (Mr. Boocock) well knew she was "gadding" up and down the country with a gentleman o ut of that neighbourhood, and he could say that he (the defendant) should not like the idea of having to stand father for some one else. Ho well knew he (the father) could make him pay, but he ratherhdeenwieodutldhat there do uncomfortable for life. between them which had brought the p laintiff into dis g race, had s obeen than 1) e that and he offered to pay the expenses in connection with the licence, &c. In another letter, written at Stockport on May 15 to Mr. Boocock by the defendant, he said he would write to him when ho landed, and if he found his daughter and her child an encumbrance he was to send defendant word to that effect, and he would keep them for him. Had he married her he would not of (have) lived with her, because this was a plot to ruin him, but it would bo a failure, for he was innocent, and that was not what he (the father) could of (have) said had he been tempted as ho had been. However, he was not allied to any one, and he did not in tend to be. Mr. Granger addressed the jury in mitigation of damages, and dwelt particularly on the fact that nearly eight years had been allowed to elapse before any proceed ings were taken by the plaintiff. The last letter which had been read, accusing the plaintiff of "gadding" about, was the secret of the marriage with the defendant not taking place ; and Mr. Granger submitted that the proper course to have taken would have been to have applied to the ma gistrates for an order of affiliation. He had never heard of a breach of promise case patched up as this had been after eight years had been allowed to elapse, and he thought it should be looked at suspiciously. The jury assessed the damages at £45. The subscription list of the Birmingham Vulcan Foundry, Engineering, and Railway Plant Company will doss on Saturday, 2nd September, for London, and on Monday, the 4th, for the country. THE MURDERS IN HOLBORN. The •following appeared in our third edition of last evening : The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances attend ing the deaths of the three children who were discovered murdered at the Star Coffee House, Red Lion-street, Holborn, on the 9th inst., was resumed this afternoon by Dr. Hardwick, the deputy-coroner, at the Board-room of St. Andrew's Workhouse. The accused, Stephen Forward, alias Earnest Southey, is now at Sandwich Goal, he having been committed there, it will be recollected, for the murder of his wife and child at Ramsgate. He was therefore not present at the in quiry. - Mr. Smith, a barrister, was present to watch the case on behalf of Southey. Dr. Hardwick, in re-opening the proceedings, said Dr. Lankester had been in communication with the Secretary of State for the purpose of having the prisoner present at the inquiry. He bad, however, failed, but if the jury would wait a few minutes Dr. Lankester would be present and explain to them how matters stood. . _ _ In a few minutes after this announcement Dr. Lankester entered the room, and iufbrmed the jury that ho had seen the Under Secretary of State relative to the attendance of Southey, but there were such difficulties in the way that that was impossible. The Coroner at Ramsgate had com mitted the man Forward for trial for wilful murder, and hence arose the difficulty. Had the Coroner adjourned the investigation no difficulty would have existed, but by his precipitous proceedings he had prevented the London jury having him before them. Nothing short of a special act of Parliament now would effect that object, because no power existed to remove a prisoner from a part to which he had been committed on a charge of wilful murder to another court for examination. The prisoner had made a voluntary confession, and therefore he did not think there was any fear of miscarriage of justice in the case. If the prisoner should by any possibility escape the one charge ho would be tried on the other; but if, on the other hand, he was tried and sentenced to be hung for the murders committed in Ramsgate, there would be no neces sity of proceeding with the London charges.: The following evidence was then taken : Head-Constable Livid; of the Ramsgato police, said — On the morning of the 10th of August I apprehended a person who then gave his name Stephen Forward, but ho said he had lately gone by the name of Walter Southey. He was brought to the police-station at Ramsgate on a charge of murdering his wife and child in that town. While there, immediately after his arrival, he asked if I had had a communication from Sir Richaid Mayne respect ing the death of three children. I replied, "No, but I might have." He then said he wished to make a statement, but he was not then sufficiently collected. I left him for about an hour, and in passing down the High-street I saw a placard relative to the death of three children. I after wards learned that a man named Southey was accused of murdering his three children. 1 returned to the police office at Ramsgate, and had Forward, alias Southey, brought to the justice room. His real name is Forward. He was born within half a mile of Ramsgate. He was supplied with paper, pen, and ink. I then told him that, in addi tion to the charge of murdering his wife and children, I also charged him with the murder of three children at Starr's Coffee-house, Red Lion-street, Holborn. He said it was on that subject that he wished to write a communi cation, and wished that it might be sent by telegraph to Sir R. Mayne. I left him writing for more than an hour. He was then brought before the magistrates, and remanded on the Ram . sgate charge. He applied to the justices for leave to read the paper he had written in open court. He was duly warned not to read it, but he did so. I now put into the court the two papers written by Forward. A Juror—Can you swear they are in the handwriting of the prisoner? Witness—l gave him some paper like it. I was away from him about an hour, and when I returned he handed the two papers to me. A juror —Then you did not see him write them ? Witness—No ; but I have no doubt they are in For ward's handwriting. He had no other means of getting any writing paper except that which I gave him. Dr. Lankester—You have no doubt about tho papers being written by Southey ? Witness—None whatever. Dr. Lankester—That is quite sufficient. You can read them. The papers were then read by Mr. Levick. They have already appeared in The Sun. The writing was to the effect that he had murdered his three children in Holborn, but that he charged the consequences of it upon other parties. The witness said he had received a letter from the pri soner, written since he had been in Sandwich Gaol, com plaining of the retention of a photograph of a lady. The letter was signed Southey, altos Stephen Forward. A Juror—ls it the portrait of the woman murdered ? Witness—No. I have also had a letter from him relative to a card plate. I have had a card struck from it. I pro duce it. The card simply bore the name, " Ernest W. Southey." Mr. Smith—Have you had any other written communi cation from Forward since the imprisonment of Southey ? Witness—None whatever. The photograph was here banded to the jury, and was identified as that of Mrs. White. Mr. Levick—l also took a paper from Southey's waist coat pocket, which 1 will read if the jury should think it desirable. The witness then read the letter in question. It was addressed to Mr. Powell, cf the Worcester police, telling him to inform the Earl of Dudley that he was under obli gations to the writer for the preservation of his life, but that the obligation to protect him any further was removed. The letter was dated July, 1864. Arthur S. Blaxall said—l reside at 309, High Holborn. On the morning of the Bth of August the man Southey came and asked me to make him up a bottle of chalk mix ture, stating that it was for a child of eight years of age who had been staying with some friends for three weeks and had been fearfully neglected. While I was mixing the mixture he asked me the wholesale price of Scheele's hydrocyanic acid. I told him about Bs. a pound. He did not get any from my shop. The Coroner asked if it had been discovered where the poison had been purchased ? Superintendent Searle—Nearly every chemist's shop in London has been visited, but we can get no clue about the purchase of poison. Mr. Smith—You don't know the man who purchased the chalk mixture actually to be the man Southey ? Witness—l believe him to be so from the description of the prisoner given by the police, and the fact that the bottle of chalk mixture was found in the house where the children were murdered. The Deputy Coroner thought there was quite sufficient evidence before the Court to enable the jury to return a verdict. Mr. Smith said ho had a letter from Southey, stating that he utterly repudiates the murder in Holborn, and that he was very anxious to attend the inquiry in London, and give his version of the affair. He did not think that the paper put amounted to a confession, as he stated in it that he utterly repudiated the charge of murder. He thought it highly desirable that the prison er ought to be present. Dr. Lankester—That cannot be done without an act of Parliament. A Juror—Then we ought to have one. Dr. Lankester—You will have to keep your verdict open, then, until the meeting of Parliament. The man Southey is perfectly secure. If he escaped on the Ramsgate charge, he will be tried for the Holborn murders. The Deputy-Coroner said, if an adjournment was agreed to, it would be merely kee p ing up a sensation matter with out advancing public business. He thought the jury were quite in a position to return a verdict. A juror thought, to get over the point of identification, that if the person who gave the children into the custody of Southey was sent down to Ramsgate to see the prisoner the matter would be at once settled. Dr. Lankester—The evidence, according to my view, is overwhelming. There cannot be a doubt in the matter. Southey admits the murder in one sense, but denies it on other and higher grounds. The jury then retired to consider the verdict, and after a short absence returned with a verdict of Wilful Murder in. each case against Ernest Southey, alias Forward. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Sept. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Sept. 4. Ditto, by French packet Sept. 22 . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Sept. 1 . Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton sept. 1. Ditto, via Marseilles . ....Sept. 1. India (Bombay), via Southampton. Sept. 12. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 4 . Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e Sept. 4. Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... .. • United Mates and British North America, by Bri tish packet ..........5ept. 7. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Sept. 1 West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Tencriffe Sept. 10 West Indies and Pacific (except Bahax as, Cuba, and Mexico ................ ........ Sept. Bahamas, via New York. Sept. 13 Bermuda, ditto Sept. 27 . Cuba and Mexico Aug. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.--The ,Shipping Gazette says the announcement made by the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, that it is not their inten tion to renew their attempt to recover the cablo this year, is considered by the underwriters interested equivalent to a total loss, and they have settled with the insurers. : I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Days VICTORIA CLUB BETTING. There was no alteration in the market prices of the horses already quoted for the St. Leger at the club this day. THE CLAXTON CASE. There can be no doubt now about the backers of Suspicion getting their money, as Admiral Rous was led to support the claims of Claxton from false information supplied him by Mr. E. Parr. It is with pleasure we quote the following letter which the gallant Admiral has addressed this morning to the Tin:es TO THE EDITOR OP TIIE TIMES. Sir,—The evidence Lord St. Vincint has given in his letter of the 23d against the claim of Mr. E. Parr, alias Botts, to start Claxton for the Iluuting,don Stakes, has cut the ground from under my feet. 1 imagined that Mr. E. Parr had some legal proof that he was entitled to run Lis horse. I discover now it was an imposition. I therefore own myself in error, and I am very sorry for having given you the trouble of publishing my letter last week.—l am, sir, 3 . our obedient servant, Aug. 28. 11. J. Boys. LONDON GAZET AM—Last Evening, BOARD OF TRADE WHITEHALL, AUG. 25. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received. from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affaires, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Florence, reporting that vessels from the ports of the Italian Continent, which may proceed to the Italian Islands, are subjected to a quaran tine of seven days. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a d es p a t c h f rom h er Majesty's Consul-General at Naples, stating that quaran tine has been established at that port on all vessels coming from Egypt and the Levant generally, with the exception of Greece ' • also on all vessels comi ng f rom M alta, Gibral tar, and Spanish and French ports on the Mediterranean. ADMIRALTY, Aug. 25. Mr. Charles Francis Hulford has this day been promoted to the rank of First Class Assistant Engineer in her Ma jesty's Fleet, with seniority of 23rd August, 1865. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial importance in the Gazette : George Howard, shoemaker, Hornsey Joseph Tilley, publican, Rotherhithe Joseph Oxford, mason, Grosvenor-street, Brixton Hugh Aldridge, builder, Paddington Charles Preston, attorney, Great Tower-street. Benjamin Strutton, licensed victualler, Charterhouse lane. John R. Preston, Upper Eaton-street Joseph Grocott, tailor, Stoke-upon-Trent E. S. Jones, clothier, Newport Wm. Lidgey, grocer, Redruth Robert James Kingston Ines, ' general dealer, Ken nington. Samuel Thomas Isaac, ship's steward, Poplar. Richard V. Houssart, builder's clerk, Hackney • Thomas Croft, licensed victualler, Woodford, Essex BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Charles James Sharood, clerk, Hampstead-road. George James St. John Bashford, ship-broker, Leaden - hall-street, City. Arthur Bastow, worsted manufacturer, Bradford. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Niles Opened. Receipts. Railways. •-___..........___ -., 1865. 1864. ~" 1865 1864 E E Belfast and N. Counties 9)l 99 ;2,2 5 2.018 Belfast and Comity Down 49 49 921 783 myth and Tyne 2B 28 2,494 2,396 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 121 3 / 4 8, ,, 74 7,552 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB 408 2S 177 27,541 Cambrian l3) 121 2,70) •2,061 Coc••ermouth K & Penrlth 3ll - 617 - Cockermonth and Workin 9 9 350 312 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 374 357 Cork, Illackrock, & Passage 64 14 220 k 53 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 2 . , 651 654 1,801 2.027 Deeside l7 17 577 532 Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,921 2.014 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,:)20 2.284 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid lO6 911 3,986 3,751 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern.Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 404 365 34,534 33,411 Great North of Scotland 99 99 0,591 3,263 ul. Nortlin. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 441 465 lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3871 38-4 9,471 8 356 Great Western l2BO 1236 76,090 76,413 Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish Isiorth-Western 145 145 1,956 1,6.8 Lancashire& Yorkshire 4.3 403 46,926 46,818 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 183 203 Limerick and Foynes 261 261 111 114 Llanelly 464 4 .4 701 7;io Llynvi Valley 0 1 434 441 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 5/ 2,190 2,140 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast... 272 2674 25.691 23 876 London, Chat ham, & Dover ; f 134 127 1 14,328 13.1 . 6 all Metropolitan Extension tl2 111 i 2,7 0 2,500 Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheflield,& Lincoinsh .. 2464 2 6 20, '42 18,514 Blanch. S. J un.& Altrincham.. 91 91 1123 1,487 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 5721 651 51,234 40.574 Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2601 2601 5. 02 4.732 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 4l 14 2,939 2,:03 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 11915 1164 7'4245 72,735 North London 9 9 3,596 3,337 North Staffordshire 258 258 8,2:33 1.044 Pembroke and Tenby lli 114 179 172 Sco y tti m Rhney 14)4 1 1,136 948 sh North-Eastern l3B 138 6,900 6,685 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,131 988 South Devon South-Eastern 3OB 306 28,957 28,397 Taff Vale 6l 61 6,703 5,527 Ulster 1054 1051 2,660 2.531 Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 5.3 442 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 3,870 1,536 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 654 693 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 974 1.( 69 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 879 987 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 33,351 35,053 Bahia and San Francisco 7 6 11 76/ '422 '327 Belgian Eastern J unction— 261 26,1 335 319 Bombay, Baroda,& C•en. India 300 1851 5,975 3, , x9 Detroit and .111ilwaukie lB9 189 7,334 4,4.6 Dutch Rhenish Eastern o 1 France Eastern Bengal East Indian 1,567 Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1.335 26 110 20,557 Great Central of Belgium 295 295 7,018 5,999 Great Indian Peninsula 590 5534 15, 7 43 6,706 Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,713 4.726 Great Southeen of India Great Western of Canada 345 3:5 12,500 9,806 Madras Madrid, Saragossa diAlicant 6B) 650 19,724 18 638 Northern of Canada ... ..... Northern of France Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1 1 16 9 7 ( 6 2 150 7 8 1 1 36 7 7 0 8 1 2 91 3 1 1 3 8 6 7 10 1 , 71;1 5) 135 6 6 9 ;5 4 1 6 1j Paris and Orleans Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 774 Sc nde Do. Punjab, &c 253 South Austrian, &o 6BB :353 Southern of France e23 770 32,115 31;158 Victoria West Welland. 0 225 1 95 1 61 1 9 :32922567 1 17 E 0 3: :8 : 92 1 6 1 19 2 41 5 1 9- 13 :: 66 5 5 4. 2 7:8587 The Temple Church, which is undergoing a tho rough cleansing, is to be re-opened for divine service on Sunday, the Ist of October. --- ANOTHER FATAL ALPINE ACCIDENT.—An acci dent of the same distressing character as that upon the Matterhorn occurred on the Swiss Alps, on Wednesday last. A Herr Hopfner, from Dresden, attempted the ascent of the Ditlis at Engeiberg, with a guide, when both unfor tunately perished. The bodies were recovered the evening before last and brought into Engelberg. THE WOLVERHAMP TON MURD ER. —The prisoner, Charles Christopher Robinson, has broken the silence which he had hitherto maintained. Lying in a private ward that had been specially prepared for him in the South Staffordshire Hospital, he asked the officer who is placed to guard him if Harriet (the murdered woman) was dead. The officer replied that she was. At this the murderer ap peared somewhat distressed; but he followed up the inquiry by asking, "What was done with the 18s. 6d. ?" referring to the money that, at the time of his arrest, was taken out of his trousers pockets. Afterwards he went off to sleep. On awaking another officer was on duty by his bed. To him he said, " How is Harriet ?" The officer, not know ing what had been said by the other policeman, replied, "She is better." "You tell a different tale from the other man" (remarked Robinson) ; "he said she was dead." He was then again told that the girl was dead. Robinson then said, " 1 did not know what I was about when I did it ; I loved her as I do my own life." Having said this ho re sumed his former quietude. FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. --At the last sitting a paper was received from M. Souviren, who proposes a method for producing ozone in sufficient quan titywil to l r e a m c t e m a s b a e r p r t e h s a e t r v i a n t i v a e recenta g ai against rt c h l o e le o r f a o . u O s Our re aders recom mended a similar course. Another paper was sent in by Dr. Burq, who advocates copper as a preservative from the same disease.—M. Guerin-Meneville communicated certain researches of his on the nature of the wood of the ailan thus or Japan varnish-tree, the leaves of which, our readers are a ware, constitute the natural food of a' species of silkworm. It appears that this wood, far from being soft and of no use, is on the contrary exceedingly serviceable. M. Raoulx, a civil engineer, finds it superior to oak and even to elm, which is preferred by wheel wrights on account of its strength and flexibility. The density of the wood of the ailanthus is 0.713, against 0.604 of elm, and 0 . 751 of oak ; its tenacity is repre sented by 32, while that of elm is 24, and that of oak only 19 ; and its flexibility is 0.033, that of elm being 0.023, and of oak 0.027. It takes polish very well, and though very hard it does no t s p o il the carpenter's tools.—M. Coul vier-Gravier sent in his list of the shooting stars ob served during the 9th, 10th, and 11th inst., this being one of the periods of the year in which the phenomenon in question is most frequent. The average maximum was 58 per hour ; the real maximum, 75 per hour, occurring on the 10th. On the 16th the average fell to 15 per hour; on the sth it was 20. The phenomenon has been on the de crease since 1864, and accordingly this year there has been a diminution of five shooting stars per hour compared with the numbers marked htEt year. 100 st I 20 204 10 100 1 OSSK all 10J 100 1 100 1 f 20 100 1 190 100 100 10 100 100 37, 4.2.0 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.1x.81 G6l 1122 69i 81 8 If I 44 I 1531 127 1 991 1031 i `,~_..