The Sun. — London, England, 1865-09-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market is tolerably active, and al though bankers and brokers have a large supply of capital at their command, there is a determination to take the best bills at a lower price than 4 per cent. The accounts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the half-year ending 31st July last admit of the declaration of a dividend by the direc tors at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £3,205 to be carried forward. The diiectors of the Channel Steamship Company will close the list of applications on the 28th instant. It is intimated that the subscription lists of the Erie Loan will close to-morrow for London, and on Wednesday for the Continent. From the manufacturing districts the accounts during the past week have generally been of a very satisfactory character. The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield has continued season ably active ; while at Manchester enhanced prices have been current for both cloths and yarns, owing to an increased demand for exportation. The hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Nottingham have been busy ; and at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton a fair amount of business has been done in most departments. Two o'CLock. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f. 35c. Very little business has been negotiated in the Stock Exchange markets to-day, and prices, after showing firmness, have generally receded to former values. The funds have remained at about pre vious quotations, Consols for money being 89f ; for the account, 891 1. 'The New Threes and Re duced Annuities are 87f 1; Exchequer Bills, 3s. ; and India 5 Pei Colts, 105 1. The Foreign Stock Market is not very buoyant. Turkish Consolides are 49f ; Mexican, 25 k ; the New Loan, 24 ; Greek, 21 4 ; Spanish Pas sive, 30 ; the Certificates, 14i 15 ; Italian, 64/ 65 ; and the New Brazilian Scrip has advanced 21 3 prem. In the American Market prices have not much improved. United States Government 6 per Cent. 5-20 Bonds are 68i ; Erie Shares, 57i 58 ; and Illinois, 81 f. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued moderately active, and prices have remained without material alteration. Lancashire and York shire, Brighton, and South Eastern have each im proved ss. ; while Great Northern A Stock and North Eastern (Berwick) have each declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in moderate request at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have remained inactive. Alliance are quoted 311 32 ; English Joint-Stock, 11} ; London and County, 771 ; Union of London, 53f ; Electric Telegraph, 127 f ; Na tional Security, Company, 15f ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 15f i ; and Transatlantic Steamship Company, 2k 2! prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Oct. 10 i) per Cent. Reduced B7l 1 New 3 per Cent B7l 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. Do. £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO 1 3 dis Bank of England Stock, 54 per Cent shut . Do Account INDIAN GovERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Accouqt Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO ... Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS -ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent - - Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account B7 _ _ _ _ Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent — Do. 4* per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 96f } Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do .£B6 paid — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Alaremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, .£671 paid — Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 251 3.30 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Montovidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4l Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred , Do Land Warrants (Hectares) r eruvian 41 per Cent — Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 4k per Cent., 1862 , De. Account rortaguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, , Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9ll Do 4i. per Cent. 1850 . ...Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 - 0 0 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 92} Do 5 per Cent. 1864 954 S ardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account S panish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l4l Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do Account — 1 )% 4-i- per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account 941 Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 1 3 ,0 Account 741 4 ,0 £lOO Bonds ;.-,'o 6 per Cent., 1864 421 , 0 5 per Cent. 1865 'Jo .£1(0 Bands la DO Scrip, £3.5 paid v n 0 enezue Guarantee 3 per Cent. d, 4 per Cent D 1)0. Account s 6 p er C en t, 1864 4 2: Dividends on the above payable in London. Atijst • Il e ilail, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 1 3 D ti ,. l ' 4erEx. 0 0 0. 2 n, 1 per Ce ce nt., Ex. 12 Guil _ p,_ • 4 p er Cent. Certificates _ 44 1 . 0 ., , n o " Aontes, 41 per Cent. /taaia: Account Do 4 ; per Cent., 1861, Ex. 251. 0 0480 , s THREE O'CLOCK. D9i 0. Account L l i'verpool Cotton Market - this Day. 30Alarket continues very strong. Sales probably MO bales at 4 advance. Z - '• tiustave Dor4 has drawn two plates illustrat the lat e terrible accident to English mountaineers on ofht Cervin ; ono represents the triumphant completion befo4: fi rst part o f the task, the travellers arriving at the th e e untrodden summit of the mountain, and the second ara catastrophe. M. Dore has availed himself of all the hit s tnati e Povrer which he possesses to exhibit the imrnen ,44jorisfton..oakLuz and the corporeal littleness of the beings who bold and so dangerous a task.—Allten.ruin. 11ENRIErrA Slms was married last week.— ctiestea. --_. ~, -- _. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS; Share Railways. f raid. l Closing Business Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .. Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June &London, scrip Certi 0 •5 130 132 95 97 6 6 67 7' 71 73 6 4 6 4 110 111 48 19 8 9 1)0. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl. et No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DA stock 133 135 152 153 126 :29 Do. B itock Do. .N ew. Is. at 25 pni Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original I) . Ve.l. Rail gua. too. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 91 03 65/ oil 63 85 , 44 45 31 40 04 q)5 124 124 00 92 104 105 Si 401 5) 52 1244 25 96 97 581 8!)4 139 140. 3 k 1 1P 104 105 Do. Newpo, t Do. Tie- eford Lanc ;shire &Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Bri4h., & S Coast Lon., What., and Dover Do. Metrop. itx. A Lou. & ,North Western Lon. & South Western' 'Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Da Extension Metropolitan District Do do. do Do. wad :A.John'sW'd Do. £9 Share 1274 128 14 •24 91 99 Do. tiirmia.. it Derby %lid Kent _. No: th British Do. Ed., Pth ;Sr Dun., Nth. Eastern Berwick, Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle .... „ E4+ 631' :.0 111 112 68i 59i 104 105 Do. Stock. do Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. 10.1865 . North Staffordshire 361 37# 10 11 p 118 120 '2p 1 77 78 11 12 15') 151 60 62 N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ct ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. at Jck Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh E , stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath 57 59 816 82 86 96 150 155 3 4 p 104 106 Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Comw ill 5) 52 BRITISH P, Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, A Cen.ln. • gu. 5 per cent Do. k shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. L 872-- • ••••-• Calcutta & S. E., lien ' 'ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Icdian, gu.s p.c. Do J Eitensioti Grand Trunk ot Caned I, Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ✓ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. :41 Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gee. sp.c o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. a Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do reat 'Vs. of Canada„l DJ. New Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 o. 5. do. pay. 1877-8 1 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do po. 4.1? Do. Filth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. 111.C'da, ape BAIA be.' Scinde Do. Delhi I Do. do . Do. Punjaub.... Do. Indus St. Flo COLONIAL GO VEIC British Columbi a , 6 per cent., Dee. 31,1472.. 1 Can. G0v . .6 p. cja. & July 1877-z,4 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. 13 , . 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. o. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Jo.Apl.&ocl , 1890-1900 Do. do: ieBo-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 , Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct , 1:00 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1, . 78 00. 188'2, May 5, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Auz \ HARI i OV. a per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.luly N. S. W. Gov. 5 Ira., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18,,,1 to 187 t Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 Sew Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So tia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 ..,Lueensland Gov. 6 p. c 3. Aus.Gov. 6 pm 1888-9 Do. 1878 do upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja Sz July Do. do, A pril dr Oct :SSIONS. 56 58 101 102 pr p 4i 5 9 10 99 101 70 75 101 103 102 103 104 105 } ila 19 20 S 9 91 64 66 53 58 55 57 98 51 44 96 33 42 27 28 25 27 101 105 P P 101 102 11} 144 6} 6_:l 3 18 85 47 1 4d 101 102 93 85 S 3 00 61 46 82 84 100 101 100 101 6 id l 1004 1014 T S NCUR. 96 98 95 k 7 95 97 834 81 83 55 103 105 107 109 108 10 , 105 107 93} 915 13 105 110 112 104 1(6 103 i(8 107 tO9 1 5 107 102 104 96 98 9) 101 93 95 90 81 103 105 846 856 08 100 102 103 106 108 ICO 110 BRITE Cam. Consol. Cold, Um Chi verton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drakewalls East Bassett allogan) Nast Caradon East Carn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'i.Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StA übyn(Gwen. Great L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheel busy G. Wheal Vor tHeist , u GrenviLe Elerod's Foot •••• Ringston vowns Margaret Uny Lelant ilarke Valley nwyndy Iron Ore, llw New Sewn North Roskear N :WWI Bassettallogan North Whe,4l Crofty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny L•ilant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S uth Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. t 'Rogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clcgan, West iiassettallogan , W. Caradon (I,skeard West C h t rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setoa Whe,il Ts elawnev iH M 2.1.0 29i 2.14.0 3 f: 2..4.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 91 91 16 IV 560 580 21 26 11 12 5 6 21 : I I 14 i 5 2} 3 2 21 22 lj 31 32 35 3. 91 3 39 41 41 3f 4} 2; 1.6 35 40 10 12 I 32 : 1 .4 430 450 - 3 • 14 12; 170 1,. 12 17 18 5 8 6 7 10 74 75 165 175 75 80 26 28 .4 6 195 200 17 IS 1091 1 i'ttitarEitEMlN Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 107 Greet .les tern Ori,g. 4i per cent pl., uti North Eastern, 13 t r wick capital, 1. lANKS LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL* , Hull and Selby, 1( 8 Nottingham and Grantham B. & Q, 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastern Junction, If / Great Luxembourg. 15f South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 18} FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, North Del Rey, k Fortuna (lien.), 5k St. John del Rey, lira., 40 BANKS. Alliance, lim.. 31; 2 Ditto, issued at -20 pm., of which 20 is paid., 26 Bank of British Columbia. 241 Bank of New Zealand, 161 Chartered , tier. of India, London, and China, 52/ East London, lim., 51 Eng ish Joint Stock, I'm., 111 English. Scoich, and Australian Chartered, 211 European Bank, lira.. 121 Imperial Ottoman, 161 1 London Bank of klexi,o and S. America, lim., 141 1 London and County, 771 7 London Joint Stock, 50/ London and t► estminster, 97 Provincial of Ireland, 85 Union ot,London, 531 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, Um. h! Ceylon Company , City offices, lim., 6/ Credit Fonder and Mob!lier of England, 9! I Ebbw Vale, 14/ Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 31 Electric Telegraph, 127 i 7 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., el lmperid.l Mercantile credit Aliso., lim., 7 London Financial Association, link., 2:1 Madras Imgation and Canal, Ditto (all), 18/ Merchant Shipping, lira., 101 hiillwall Freehold Land anti Dock, lira , 3/ X .tional Discount company, Rm.. 15i Overend, Gurney, and Co., / Peel River Land and Mineral, 39 itti Rio de Janeiro City Improvrnenta, lim., (410 , 8 Roy al Mail Steam, 1201:2 ) The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about I per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.225 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £.3 178. 'cid. per ounce tor standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 1-16th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mart and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterna:. standard gold at the English Mint price ie, therefore, rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Ham burg. the nouree of exchange at New York on London for bills rt 60 days' sight is 1001 to 1091 per cent. At these rates there is no profit on the importa:ion of go'd from the United States rHE SUN, _LONDON, • MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1865. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Thero was more activity in the demand for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday. The amount of busi ness transacted, however, was but moderate, nevertheless, the best samples commanded in some instances rather more money: For most descriptions of spring corn the:trail• ruled quiet at about stationary prices. Flour was in but moderate request at late rates. On the Continent the wheat trade is quiet at about late prices. For spring corn there is only moderate demand at late rates. At Now York, both wheat and flour have, rea lised enban'ed rates ; resulting, however, from an exten sive home demand,.and not from an active export inquiry; the business doing for shipment, indeed, is small. There was a good arrival of English flour up to our market last week, but the receipts of wheat and spring corn were limited. The imports from abroadamounted to 31,717 quarters of wheat, 4,947 barley, 60,379 oats, 110 rye, 640 peas, 1,865 linseed, 15 rapeseed, 2,765 maize, 521 sundry seeds, and 590 sacks of flour. Fresh up to Mark-lane to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent were very moderate, and a portion of the supply was received in poor condition. For good and fine wheats there was a steady demand, and the rates of Mon day last were fully supported ; but for inferior home-grown wheats the trade was in a sluggish state, but without leading to any piobable change in prices from this day se'nnight. The general state of the English wheat, in fact, was devoid of activity, although there was certainly considerable firmness apparent as regards the best qualities of produce. The supply of American wheat on offer was decidedly limited, but the show of Russian produce on the stands was of considerable extent. Very little Dantzic wheat was on offer, the bulk of the week's arrivals having gone direct to millers' hands. The demand for most descriptions of foreign wheat ruled quiet. Last MJnday's currency, however, was well supported. Floating cargoes of wheat commanded more attention, at fully late rates. Spring corn afloat was firm in price. The market was scantily supplied with home-grown, and very moderately with foreign barley, yet the trade ruled quiet, on former terms. A parcel of fine Scotch barley was exhibited for sale, and was held at 425. per quarter. There was a steady demand for malt, resulting in toler ably extensive transactions, at full prices. With foreign oats the market was well supplied, but there was only a moderate supply of =home-grown qualities en'sale. The trade for most descriptions ruled steady, at late rates. Beans were in short supply, yet the demand for them ruled inactive, on former terms. There was an increased supply of peas on offer. The trade was quiet, yet prices ruled stationary. For English flour there was a fair demand, at full prices. Foreign sacks were steady in price ;• whilst the trade for barrels—owing to the limited supply on offer—ruled firm. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 34s to 42s Do., old 428 47s Do., white, old 5OB 54s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —B —s Do., new Talavera, new sos Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 3os Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 64s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l9s Cork, white 2os Scotch, Feeding l9s Beans—Tick 4os Pigeons .... 42s Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 3os Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 258 METROPOLITAN CATTLE, The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire comprise 1,100 head, from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 10 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 300 oxen and heifers. The arrivals of sheep from English counties were small; but there was a moderdte supply of Scotch and Irish breeds in the pens. The trade was firm, and last Monday's cur rency was well supported. The general top figure was 6s 8d per 81b. In some instances as much as 7s per 81b was realised. Calves wore in fair supply and steady request, at fully late rates. The top price was 5s Ed per 81b. The pork trade was firm, and higher prices were ob tained. There was a very largo supply of foreign stock on sale in our market to-day, of; but•middling quality. The trade was firm, and prices were rather higher than on Monday last. The supply of beasts from Normandy was received in good condition. Fresh up from our own grazing districts the average of beasts were small. From Scotland they amounted to only 10 head, but a tolerably good supply was received from Ireland. The quality of the stock generally was very middling. For the primest breeds there was a somewhat active inquiry, at 5s 4d, 5s 6d, and in some instances 5s 8d per filbs ; otherwise the beef trade ruled firm, and the quo tations were, in most transactions, 2d per 81bs higher than on Monday last. Per 81b to sink the offal. adad s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 4 2 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 2 Second quality do ..4 4 4 10 Prime o'thdown 60.6 4 6 8 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 4 Large coarse calves. 4 4 5 0 Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 4 5 8 Prime small d0......5 2 5 6 Crse. and int. alteep.4 6 5 0 Large hogs ....4 24 10 Second quality do ..5 2 5 8 Small porkers 5 0 5 6 - - - - • - - - Lambs....os Od to o.od. Suckling pains, 20s to 245; and quarter-old store pigs, 28s to 32s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 6,72 I Beasts 3 3*o • Cows. Cows. Sheep and lambs 32,140 Sheep and lambs ......18,23 0 Calves 324 Ca ves 315 eigs 440 Pigs 3O The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 22,578 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 22,421 ; in 1863, 17,372 ; in 1862, 13,477 ; in 1861, 11,763 ; in 1860, 8,672 ; and in 1859, 8,563 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 21 ... '22 Antwerp — ••• Boulogne 6 ... 385 Bremen 360 ... 262 Copenhagen.-- ... .. Dordt. Dunkirk Gothenburg 25 ... 20 ... ... 8 „. 60 Hamburg Harlingen 137 ... 1839 ... 103 ... 35 ... 172 Medemblik l9 ... 1162 ... -- ... ... Nieu Diepp Ostend Rotterdam 698 ... 5802 . ... 593 ... 242 Tonning 1747 ... 3200 ... 450 ... 1 ... Malmo 21 ... 22 •.. ••• Total 4376 ...17,799 ... 509 597 ...1808 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 4131 ... 15,031 ... 646 863 ...1753 1 1 8 8 6 6 4 3 2842 11,773 ... 549 ... 879 ...1329 1862 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Sept. 26, 1864, and this day, Monday, Sept. 25, 1865. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. Sept. 26, 1864. Sept. 25, 1865. s d s d s d_ -- a . d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 0 8 3 6to 4 2 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 5 0 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. .' 5 2" 5 4 510 6 2 Prime Southdown do 5 6 5 8 6 4 6 8 Lambs Large coarse calves 1 0 4 8 4 4 5 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 410 5 0 5 6 Beasts 6,930 5,720 Sheep 28,790 32,140 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Sept. 28, 1863.—Beasts, 7,060 sheep, 25,190—calves, 144—pigs, 450: Sept. 29, 1862—Beasts, 6,230 —sheep, 25,270—calv es , 187 —pigs, 510. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are but moderately supplied with town and country killed meat. The deinaud for most qualities rules steady, at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. a d s - d a d s d Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Interim' mutton.... 4 4 5 0 Middling do. 3 6 4 0 Middling mutton..s 2 5 6 Prime large do 4 2 4 .4 Prime do 5 8 6 0 erime small d0....4 6 4 8 Veal 4 4 5 4 Large pork 4 0 5 0 Small pork. 5 2 5 8 Lamb. Cs Od to Os ud. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of new hops on sale is tolerably large. In good and fine samples a fair business is doing ; but the trade for inferior, as well as old, qualities is dull. There was an increased importation into London, last week, the arrival from Ostend being 60 ; from Rotterdam, 5 ; from Dunkirk, 20; from Hamburg, 26 ; and from Antwerp, 81 bales. The prices current are as follows : New Mid and East Kents loss to 160 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex 77 Yearlings 9ss to 140 s 71 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale are tolerably large. Good and fine qualities are in steady demand, at from 80s. to 110 s. ; otherwise, the trade is dull, and prices ruleTas low as 40s. per ton. About 70 tons came to hand from Continental parts last week. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool are now concluded. Prices, on the whole, were fairly supported during their progress, notwithstanding State inferior woolr3 occasionally a slight depreciation, say of about d per lb., froM last series. The leading transactions were on the part of our own manufacturers, foreign buyers having operated to a very moderate extent. Privately the trade for English wool is firm, and - is decided in a healthy state. The business dono is of moderate extent. Last week's import vas only 286 bales from Port Philip. Current prices of English wool per lb. sd Fleeces—South DOwn hogas 1 8 Half-bred do 2 0 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 8f Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing d 1 9 2 1 2 Oi 1 9 2 0 1 11 2 0 SEEDS. Good and fine mustard iced continues firm, but in infe rior qualities little is doing. Tares are dull. Linseed and rapeseed rule firm. Gakesare in moderate demand at late rates. TALLOW. The tallow trade is firmer lo:da3 on rather higher terms- New P.Y.C. 'is quoted at 46s to 46s 3d per cwt. on the spot, 46s to 46s 3d foe October to December, and 47s tid for January to March delivery. Town tallow is selling at 46s 3d net cash. Rough fat commands 2s 4d per 81bs. Particulars. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. Stock this day............ 37,373 42,755 40,955 33,046 Prico of Y.O. 1 —s —s Od —s Od 46s 3d Delivery last week 1,614 1,787 1,705 2,216 Ditto from Juno 1 24,904 18,495 20,690 28,658 Arrival last week Ditto from Juno 1 23,965 23,503 16,624 28,221 Price of Town STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPED AT ST. PETERSBURG. 1865. 1864. 1863. Casks. Casks. Casks. Tallow' despatched from Cron stadt to Aug. 30, 0. S 23,516 10,068 31,146 In ships loading and lighters 17,552 11,975 9,754 Loaded off from St. Petersburg Sept. 1, 0. S. Loaded off from St. Petersburg after this date — 36,313 '35,044 Total at close of navigation.— 58,356 75,944 London ... 19,650 Liverpool ••• —.- Bristol Other English ports , Ireland _ Scotland B3B Germany 1,741 France 2BO 7,565 20,421 120 Total,. 160 8,204 1,509 23,516 10,068 31,146 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. I THE " SPECTATOR" ON LORD PALMERSTON AND MR. BRIGHT.—Mr. Bright's letter to Glasgow, de clining to speak there on Reform, expresses with his old force the intensity of Mr. Bright's antipathy to our aged Premier, the depth of silent wrath with which his whole nature is shaken when the image of Lord Palmerston crosses his ardent political dreams. " When the present Prime Minister leaves office," he writes, " no Ministry will be possible of the Liberal party which will not deal with the Re form question. I am not anxious that it should be dealt with during his official life, for he is the only man connected with the Liberal party who is at once both able and willing to betray it. One sen tence from his lips would have passed the bill of 1860, and that sentence he refused to utter. His col leagues preferred their places to their honour as public men, and they consented to the greatest poli tical fraud of our times rather than leave the Treasury bench even for a season. Happily, the question does not depend on the Prime Minister. He has never promoted its growth, and he cannot prevent its suc cess." And before concluding, he again speaks passionately of the " (legradation" of sitting as a supporter of an administration which " repudiates and has betrayed the first and greatest question or cause on which the whole policy of the Liberal party is founded." Lord Palmerston probably repays this " robust" political hatred with something of the flavour of artistocratic contempt. He told Mr. Cobden to "stick to his last," not to attempt general politics, especially the care of the navy ; and he no doubt feels towards Mr. Bright something of the hauteur of a Nicias towards a Cleon. Yet to the poli tical historian of our time both these men will be characteristic figures, fill of meaning and vigour, as different indeed in attitude and expression as can well be, but by no means engaged in that internecine conflict with each other in which Mr. Bright's ar dent and graphic imagination always represents them whenever the shadow of Lord Palmerston touches his shuddering mind. There are some men whose fancies always run on a duel—intellectual, social, or otherwise - - with some one haunting enemy whose existence mars their peace. And yet it does not really follow that they may not be, though working from totally different motives, working in great measure to the same result with their fancied antagonists. Mr. Bright is always fighting such a duel iu his mind - with Lord Palmerston. It is always a l'outrance ; he never fires his pistol in the air. As he rehearses the future in his speeches or writings, tie first thing of which he fiercely disencumbers tie present is the political pre sence of Lord Palmerston. Yet though they have little or nothing in common, there is almost as little of pure opposition in the objects for which Lord Palmerston and Mr. Bright have struggled. In genius, in unity of expression, in strength of feeling, in force of passion, in all that fits a man for a characteristic political portrait--to represent im pressively, that is, a single element in the political life of a nation—j Mr. Bright has vastly the advan tage of his greater antagonist. He is himself essen tially all that he represents, while Lord Palmerston, who represents much more than Mr. Bright, for the most part only represents it, and has not, could not have, lived it. Mr. Bright represents what little of the genius of true democracy there is now in England, as Lord Strafford represented the genius most opposed to it during = the time of Charles 1. A Vandyke would paint of Mr. Bright an historical picture never to be forgotten—the broad Saxon face asserting its plebeianism as a pri vilege in spite of the clear light of genius,' the smouldering fire just restrained sufficiently for the thinker to calculate the blow, the homely imagina tion disdaining subtleties but vivid with a sort of domestic light, the solid and heavy attitude planted as it were on the earth, but yet an attitude that suggests less resistance Shan aggression, the hand lifted to give weight to deeply meditated wrath, the lips formed to slow but weighty articulation, and sending forth their words like cannon balls— everything representative of the hostility to a do minant class, and of tiat sort of hostility which springs from feeling profoundly the superi ority of common home life, laborious in dustry, and domestb affections, over the shallower, less concentrated, less solidly rooted, more indolent, lacer, and more worldy wisdom, which he attributes to the aristocratic society sup plying the greater number of our rulers. Lord Palmerston is no doubt a great contrast to, but in no respect the antithesis of, Mr. Bright. You see at once indeed what is in him which concentrates on him so vividly the great democrat's wrath. In the first place, as we said, he has strongly marked that essential characteristic of a man of the world—the power of recognizing and making his easy bow to much which has no particular value to him, much which perhaps he may even dislike or despise. Cha racters like Mr. Bright's have a keen hatred to this knack of getting all the advantage, as it were, of re spect and admiration without feeling it. They call it levity, and no doubt to some extent it does indicate the absence of any strong discrimination between good and evil, right and wrong. - Then there is in Lord Palmerston, also conspicuous to discern, unaright.He would marked not only the pliancy of man of the world, but the complacency of a man at the of top the world ; and that, too, is insufferable to Mr. Bright. Then there is the strong common - place conventional manner, the habit of taking up hackneyed phrases that are in every one's mouth, and which have no impress of his own experience upon them, and this Mr. Bright regards as buckram. Finally, there is the powerful will, the strong jaw with its vivid lines, the dis tinctlyall expressing the for ce yearns to defeat. L whichcharacterord m Palmerston Mr. arßkrg t e and genius d i h a r b he i ac t so i o recognises s o ljs t l es ir. the n B d strongly scarcely be Prime Minister if he had. An English Minister, above all au English Minister who has passed through so many phases of government as L or d m ust have much o f t h e fl ex ibili ty of well as its tenaciou s roots. H e must b e t P h a e lm re e ed rst a o s n , well tempered to respect in political life much that he does not respect in his own heart. He must not identify himself too passionately with any political cause, or he will narrow his influence and perhaps also wear himself out. He must be shrewd and take things easily, without wanting strength, Lord Palmerston long ago expressed his contempt for the belief entertained by the stiff Tories " that the firm and steady determination of a few men in power could bear down the opinions of the many, and stifle the feelings of mankind," and he has certainly always been on his guard against that error bowing quite as cheerfully " to the (as recently) they aopppithneaoresd oofppothseedmtaonyre"whenform, as he did more than thirty years ago when they were in favour of it. Something of flavourlessness, something of indif ference to personal convictions, must mark a man who can represent a composite public opinion like that of England, and represent it in the most dif ferent phases of political feeling. It is the privi lege—if it be a privilege, and in some sense it is— of representing only a strong and homogeneous but rather narrow class feeling, - as does Ur. Bright, • that you can take the whole of its natural creed into you heart of hearts, till it kindles the thoughts, passions, and sentiments into one white glow of cdn viction. No such privilege—so far as it is a privi lege—can be enjoyed by a popular Prime Minister who has shared for two complete generations in the Government of England. THE " EXAMINER'S" PANEGYRIC ONMR. DISRAELI. —What is Mr. Disraeli about? Is he stripping him self of his Toryism, and about to return to the Radicalism of his younger days, as the French say we do to our first loves ? Certainly never was any thing less Conservative than his speech at the meet ing of the Bucks AgriMtural Association. Ile began with a sort of defiance , for what else is it to tell a meeting of farmers th harvest. is a fair one? In such company there is never a good harvest, and it is insult to speak of such a thi lit. Since the beginning of things did ever mortal farmer satisfy the desires of his heart in respect of crops? Is there not always something to complain of, some pestilent fly in the pot of oint ment ? If the crops be abundant, prices are low in consequence, and it is hardly worth while to gather in the crops. If they be scanty, high prices will never compensate the deficiency in quantity. So, like a blow to the face of the meeting was Mr. Disraeli's assertion that the harvest is a fair harvest. " Hear, hear," cried the farmers in astonishment and anger, and " No, no." They expected the usual condolence, and they were offered congratulation ! But Mr. Dis raeli was nothing daunted. He stuck to it that the harvest was fair, and took his stand upon the wheat stacked while the weather was fine. But not to go too far at once, he made a little concession as to bar ley, and adorned it in this fashion of the finest word painting, " I admit that the brightness of our bar ley was tarnished by the gusts and showers. That was a misfortune ;" and then he proceeded, in this provoking language, to show that the misfortune of tarnished brightness of barley was compensated by the good done to theroot crops. Now the agricultural mind abhors the saying about ill winds doing good, for what farmer is to be reconciled to an ill wind " tar nishing the brightness of his barley" by reflecting on what it may be doing for root crops. Sufficient for the wind is the evil thereof, and it is a condition of the agricultural mind to refuse comfort. It dwells upon its disappointments and griefs, and will not look beyond them. Or if it casts its eyes upon its roots, it says, " What avails it that these roots are refreshed and invigorated by gusts and showers, if those gusts and showers have tarnished the bright ness of barley." And upon this thought the agri cultural mind sobs aloud. Having affronted the meeting, as we have said, Mr. Disraeli proceeded to reproac Bucks with its backwardness just as if pro gress was to be preached by the Conservative leader. The Royal Bucks Association was the oldest agricul tural society, but it had never grown, never expanded, and was in its infancy in its old age. "It worked well in its generation," says Mr. Disraeli, but it has not kept pace with the age, and has contented itself with pottering over small local concerns, giving leatner breeches to labourers who have reared a score of children without parochial aid, and such encouragements to virtue, rather than to cultivation. But it was when he came to the virtues of competi tion that Mr. Disraeli threw off all disguise, and broke all terms with the meetirg by expounding the great free-trade principle. Look, abroad, he says, enlarge your views, see what others are doing, and profit by the example and rivalry. All this is the A B Cof the free-trade lesson, and as Bucks is to Britain so is Britain to all the rest of the world, from unrestricted intercourse and competition with which it derives its immense advantages. Mr. Dis raeli wisely deprecates drawing conclusions from a contracted area of observation, •and still more to be deprecated is drawing supplies fiom a limited field, which the protective system proposed. What Cob den taught 30 years back Mr. Disraeli teaches now in Bucks, but beginning at the ' beginning, as is necessary with suc pupils, for whose weak diges tions strong meats are not fitted. Commencing. however, with the transcendent virtues of competi tion, which Mr. Disraeli so well recommends, all the rest comes easily. Altogether Mr. Disraeli made an extremely good speech, sensible through out, and candid. THE REFORM LEAGUE.—The executive committee of the above League met at their rooms, 8, Adel phi-terrace, Strand, on Friday evening last, Edmond Beale, Esq., president, in the chair. The minutes, of the previous meeting having been confirmed, together with the weekly accounts of income and expenditure, the secre tary read correspondence from Glasgow, Halifax, Newark, Nottingham, and other places. Reports of meetings were then given as follows :—Mr. Baxter Langley reported the meeting held in Cubitt Town, isle cf Dogs, in which lo cality the reform element seems very strong and enthusi astic. The Secretary reported the opening of a now branch at Heston, and the probability of great success in that lo cality from the earue stness and intelligence of its promcters The President and Mr. George Odger reported the success of their mission to Grantham, and the earnestness of the men in that district. The: secretary also reported the opening of a new branch in Halifax, with most favourable prospects for a thoroughly successful winter's campaign. Some remarks having been made in reference to Mr. Bright's letter to the reformers of Glasgow ; the council deprecated the delay advised in that letter, such policy had already produced injurious results to the Reform cause, and it was humiliating to the country to make a national cause dependent upon the caprice of Lord Palmer ston, or any other individual. The programme of the con ference was then submitted for reconsideration, and, after some further revision, adjourned till next meeting. Captain Dresser Rogers, and Messrs. John R. Taylor and De Gruyther were added to the financial committee. After some further business the meeting separated. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY.—A frightful crime was committed at Hartshorn's Tavern, near Dedham Court house, Boston, on the Ist inst. The Boston 1 - Jerald thus describes the tragedy :—" The victims were Dr. Carlos Markon and Cora Marston, his daughter, and the mur deress was Mrs. Susannah Marston, his wife. For several years Mrs. Ma rston had been in feeble health, and some five weeks since she recovered from an attack of the measles, which apparently left her in a more prostrate mental condition than before. On Wednesday she was much prostrated and absent-minded—did not appear to know where she was, and indulged in strange incohe rent utterances. • On Thursday she appeared batter, but presented a wild and haggard look. About three days previously she manifested a desire to possess her husband's revolver, and it was feared she might destroy her own life. Hence the doctor placed the weapon in his trunk, hav ing first drawn the charges. Miss May, an invalid resident in the house, states that on Thursday night Mrs. Marston came to her room late about a disturbance which a cat be low stairs was creating, and that she (Mrs. M.) said some thing about killing him before morning.' This remark as alarmed Miss May that when the doctor visited her to leave her medicine or instructions still later at night, she told him of his wife's remark, and he replied ha was going to bed and would lock his door. Whether he did this or not is not known, as no one now living saw him alive subsequently. Miss May now dropped asleep. About 2 o'clock she says she was awakened by a noise which seemed to her like scuffling, and a fall overhead. She presently heard the report of a pistol, and comprehending the position of affairs at once she inune diatel arose, and crossing one or two apartments passed to the foot of She stairs in the front entry. Here, being afraid to go upstairs, she called loudly two or three times to the doctor, but from him she received no response, for at that time he was probably still in death. Mrs. Marston, however, appeared at the head of the stairs without alight, and in a firm calm tone ordered Miss May to go to her room and remain quiet under the penalty of having her brains blown out. The frightened girl, after hastily throwing on her clothing, went out in quest of help. She first met a Mrs. Hartshorn,who resided in the other part of the house, and who had also heard the noise, and they together wont after some of the neighbours. Before they left the house two additional shots were heard, and ere they returned two others, accompanied with groans. Having procured the assistance of two or three men, they returned to the house. The party went upstairs and first visited Dr. Marston's chamber. On the bed lay the doctor upon his back; and restsng upon one arm, which was par tiall3 round her neck, while her head reclined upon his shoulder, lay the body of Mrs. Marston. Both were dead ; . and the revolver was found in the bed. The room of Cora, the daughter, was next visited. Cora lay upon the door near her bed, her face turned downwards, her clothing saturated with blood, and her face discoloured with it. A very strong odour of chloroform pervaded the house, and a 3oz. bottle, nearly empty, was found. It was clear that the murderess had used it to stupify her victims before finally taking their lives. The doctor had received one shot through the lungs, Mrs. Marston one through the :chest and one through the heart, and the little girl one in the back and one in the head." Disappearance of some old customs once more honoured among us in the observance than the breach. There is no disguising the matter, says the Queen, that this is avery fast and material ago, and that many things are gradually disappearing which some would have willingly preserved. How many satires keep Christmas now in the manner-so admirably described by the author of "Brace bridge Hall." Who burns the yule log now In how many halls of our gentry is the centre-dance danced ? How many young ladies aro there who would not shriek at mention of the mistletoe? Who "takes wine together" now —that old, old custom, which afforded to many an adversary in a hot quarrel the opportunity . of grace fully holding forth the olive branch of peace ? Alack, the day ! These and many other grand old customs have di sa ppeared, or aro fast disappearing, like the costumes, into the limbo of the past ! The last blow to those who aro Conservatively-minded with regard to these old bulwarks of nationality, these symptoms of na tional. peculiarities, was perhaps the dreadful announcement which has now become so common, of "no cards." Well might our valued correspondent R. B. ask wittily and pungently, "What next ? No cards ! No wedding cake ! uo wedding! no nothing 48& f I 34 1511 I 65; 651 12 I I 1055 6 5 124 1 v 6 384 1391 121 I 6} 641 (91 104 i ,IT I S. The Supposed Murder of a Young Lady by her Lover. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. SALISBURY, Monday. There was no evidence offered before the magistrates this morning against Storer, the young man charged with having poisoned the young lady, the prosecution relying on the verdict of manslaughter by the coroner's jury. The charge against him was consequently dismissed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--Mis Day. - BOW-STEEET. Frederick Rogers, a well-dressed, respectable-looking young man, was placed at the bar on remand charged with uttering counterfeit coin. At about twelve o'clock on Thursday night the pri soner entered the. Sir John Falstaff in Drydges-street, Covent-garden, and ordered a glass of ale, in payment of Which he tendered a bad halfcrown. Mr. Roberts, the land lord, at once detected it. The prisoner said ho had taken it with other change at Chatham. He paid for the ale with a good halfcrown and Mr. Roberts detained the bad one. When he left Mr. Roberts followed and watched him, ac companied by Hines, a constable in plain clothes, whom he met in Drury-lane. They saw the prisoner go up to a lamp in Castle-street, Long-acre, and examine his money, after which he went to the Eagle beer- shop in Endell-street, where he tendered another bad half- crown; but Mr. Payne, the landlord, being forewarned by Mr. Roberts and Hine, detained the coin and gave him in custody. At the station house he described himself as a tailor, and said he lived at Chatham. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STONE THROWING IN KENSINGTON GARDENS, HYDE ',ARK.—John Mullis, a young man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with throwing stones and damaging the trees in Kensington Gardens. Henry Topp, park constable No. 44, said that on Satur day afternoon he saw the defendant throwing stones at the chestnut trees in Kensington Gardens and a younger brother picking up the chestnuts as they were knocked off. Ho then took the defendant into custody, there having been great complaints of stone throwing in the gardens. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the defendant was old enough to know better, and asked the amount of the damage done. The constable said about half a crown. - The defendant said he only did it to please a younger brother. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that immense sums were paid to keep up the gardens and to preserve the tree; and a lot of idle, mischievous persons would clear the gardens in a week, doing more mischief in a short time than years would re pair. He should order the defendant to pay 2s. Gd. for the damage, and a fine of 55., or seven days in default. Wm. 3d.iles, a lad, was charged by Brambleby, park constable 36, with throwing stones and damaging the trees in the gardens. The defendant was ordered to pay the damage 2s. 6d., and a fine of ss. or 7 days. Henry" Gardner and Henry Wyatt, two boys, • were charged by park-constable Pritchett, a similar offence, and ordered to pay 2s. 6d. each for the damage, and a fine of 6d. each. Alfred Simmons, a young man, was also charged. The case was proved by Brambleby. The defendant said he did not know tho rules of the gardens. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered the defendant to pay 2s. 6d. for damage, and a fine of ss. George Amery and Thos. Cheney, two boys, were charged byJohn Browning, a park constable, with throw ing stones in Hyde-park, and having proved the case, Mr . Tyrwhitt fined the boys ss. each or 7 days. Thos. Allen, Edward Cowie, and James Bullock were also charged with throwing stones near the Broad Walk in Kensington Gardens, the object of the boys being to get across. In this case there was more than usual danger, there being a number of children in perambulators and playing about at the time. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the boys ss. each or 7 days, and said that if the stone-throwing did not cease, the fines would be considerably higher. MORE STONE THROWING—COMPLAINT OF THE INHABI TANTS.—James Pemberton, a lad living at 21, George-street, Grosvenor-square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with throwing stones in Hart-street, Grosvenor-square. Joseph Soper, 150 C, said that about 7 o'clock on Satur day evening he saw the defendant in Hart-street, Grosvenor square, throwing stones, and he took him into custody. Inspector Harrison said there had been great complaints from the inhabitants of Hart and Duke-streets of boys throwing stones and dirt into their shops, not fewer than 30 having sent a petition to the station. Some of the in habitants were in attendance to speak to his worship on the subject. Mr. E. W. Burden, chemist, 38, Duke-street, Grosvenor square, then made a statement as to the intolerable nuisance the inhabitants of Duke-street suffered from a parcel of lads throwing stones and dirt into their shops, producing at the same time several stones and a piece of iron which had been thrown into his own shop. Mr. Burden also stated that the street was made a play-ground of on week days, stones, &c., being thrown, and boys run ning in and out of the shops, and on Sundays made a race ground. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was quite clear there must have been a great nuisance, or the inhabitants would not have complained to the police as they had. He should fine the defendant 205., or 14 days, and if there were any more charges of the kind the fines would be much heavier. SOUTHWARK. YOUNG THIEVES.—WiIIiam Harvey and Thomas Col lins, two boys, were charged before Mr. Woolyrch with endeavouring to pick pockets. Policemanl93M said that on Saturday night, about a quarter to one o'clock, he saw the prisoners together in Short-street, New-cut, and very industrious in putting their hands into the pockets of some men that were loiter ing about. The elder prisoner was the most active, and the plan adopted was for him to thrust his hand into the pocket, while the younger one stood close to him, ready to run off with the booty. It did not appear that they had been successful during the quarter of an hour that he was watching their movements before he took them into custody. The magistrate dismissed the prisoners with a caution. TURFED OUT AT AN EARLY AGE.—Sarah Harrington, a ,young girl between 15 and 16, and her brother, aged six, were brought before the magistrate charged with being found in a piece of enclosed ground the night previous. The girl, in reply to the magistrate, said that she had been in service for a year and a half, and left because her mistress did not require her any longer. She was after wards employed at hopping, and last Tuesday she left Chatham, in consequence of her father, a labourer in the docks, saying that he would not support her any longer, as she was over 14. Her brother followed her, because he knew that she had a few half-pence in her pocket, and they were two days coming to London. They had been in the workhouse, and had no means of support. The Magistrate directed that the young unfortunates should be sent back to Chatham. THAMES. FLINGING STONES ON THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY. — Richard Seeley, a lad employed in attending boats on the canal, was charged before Mr. Paget with throwing stones on the Blackwall Railway, near to the Limohouse station. The evidence showed that on the previous night a porter was lighting the signal lamps, when he heard some person flinging stones on the line. He went towards the bridge, and on looking over it he observed the prisoner and some other lads fling stones to the bridge. He called out to them and asked them to desist. They did not, when, as they continued throwing stones, he gave information to a con stable, who took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Paget (to the porter)—Did he throw stones at you ? Witness—No, sir. He was the most active of all the boys, which was the reason of his being taken into custody. Mr. Paget—Are you sure he is the same boy ? Witness—l am, sir. Mr. Paget—lt is a most dangerous practice, and I am determined to do all in my power to stop it. An inspector stated that there were constant complaints of boys throwing stones on the railway. The prisoner was fined 405., or in default 14 days. ANNOYING PASSENGERS ON THE NORTHLONDON RAILWAY. —Chas. Chell was charged with annoying passengers. Policeman Squire, 44 K, stated that on the previous evening he was at the Bow Station when the prisoner ap plied for a ticket. Witness, seeing he was tipsy, refused to let him have one. He then became very violent and made use of most disgusting language. It was so bad that wit ness was obliged to take him into custody. The evidence having been corroborated, Mr. Paget observed that the railway authorities bad acted very properly in not allowing the prisoner to go by the train, he boing drunk, and fined him 405., or in default 14 days. DISEASES.—There seems to be quite a mania just now about diseases in everything. Besides the potato disease and the cattle disease, we hear numerous rumours of disease among poultry, disease among pigs, and lastly, disease among bares. Our Ross-shire contemporary on Tuesday had the following :—" It is said that a number of hares have been found dead on the Ardgowan estate from some yet unknown disease. Their bodies were emaciated." We have seen several reports as to serious disease amongst poultry, and newspaper paragraphs are quite rife in regard to disease amongst pigs in Ireland.—Elgin Courant. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—A munificent contribution of £lOO to the funds of this charity has been made by Mr. George Homer, of Solihull, near Birmingham, through Dr. Parkes, Professor of Military Ilygeine at Net ley, formerly Professor of Clinical Medicine to University College and Hospital. The annual subscription of 10 guineas of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been received from General Knollys. Mr. Thos. Boucher, of Belsize-park, Hampstead, has sent a donation of 10 guineas, and Mr. Jeremiah Greatorex, of Cleveland-square, one of 20 guineas. ...., SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BETTING AT THE VICTORIA CLUB. EASTERN COUNTIES HANDICAP. 9to 1 agst Cadeau (taken) 11 to 1 agst Vandervelde 120 to 1 agst Genima 20 to. 1 agst Wild Agnes 25 to 1 agst Audax (taken) 25 to 1 agst Salpinctes 33 to 1 agst Lord Douglas CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 1 agst Soumise (offered) CESAREWITCH. 11 to 1 agst Privateer 16 to 1 agst Morris Dancer 20 to 1 agst Alabama 20 to 1 agst Nuneaton (offered) 30 to 1 agst John Davis (taken) 40 to - 1 agst Breeze (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lansdown (taken) 66 to 1 agst Fantail 66 to 1 agst Union Jack 100 to 1 agst Solon 100 to 1 agst Chimney Sweep RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. OCTO: WEIL Bedford ..................... 3 Caledonian Aunt and Edinburgh ............... 4 Northallerton ........... 6 Newmarket 2d pct.. .... . ' 9 Perth ........................ 12 Leek West Drayton Kelso Newmarket Ho. 23 Worcester Autumn The Claxton Case• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SI7N. Sea—Now that the Cl ax t on case is finally settled and all correspondence expected t o cease, will you permit me to say a few words on it. At the commencement of the discussion, I explained in a note to the editor of the Globe, which he did not think proper to allude to in any of his articles, that the Newcastle case was decided by a majority of the committee of Tattersall's, who are the lawmakers rni betting ; consequently it became the law, and must remain so, whether good or bad, until a majority of the said com mittee think proper to alter it. This was well known at the time to all the members of the sporting press, who had not a word to say in opposition to it, nor yet when it governed the Starlightand other cases ; and why they should consider this decision so outrageous certainly re quires some explanation from them, as Claxton was once in the race, but Newcastle and Starlight never were. —.1 am, Sir, yours, &c., As OLD TURFITE. September 23, 1865. Attempted Extortion by a Newspaper. -40.- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—An application was made on Tuesday to Mr. Burcham, the sitting magistrate at the Southwark Police court, for a summons against parties representing a journal styled the Joint-Stock Reporter and Insurance Review, for a very disgraceful attempt to extort money from the National Horse Insurance Company. Will you permit me to say that this occasional periodical was set on foot about a year ago, and presented in title— though in no other respect —so glaring an imitation of the journal devoted to public companies and joint-stock enterprise, which I had the honour of establishing nearly 20 years ago—namely, The Reporter; or the London Mone tary Times—that I have striven, but in vain, to discover the parties implicated, in order that I might endeavour to restrain the issue of the journal by injunction. No sooner did I warn one printer of the obvious illegality of the pub lication than the imprint and place of publication were changed. Not having seen the periodical for some months I naturally reckoned that its normal maleficent mode of action had at length, and most justly, brought it to grief. But your police reports of to-day exhibit the reverse, and also the dastardly means by which the plagiarists have managed, up to the present time, to keep their print afloat. My connection with the metropolitan press as reporter, editor, and newspaper proprietor for over 23 years, and the fair chaiacter I hope I have earned, in that long period, as an honest newspaper writer, and a straightforward man of business, would, I hope, lead those who know me, and especially the liberal supporters of my journal, to ignore the possibility of my being guilty of such rascality as that imputed to the defendents, but, sir, The Re porter, or the London Monetary Times, is a class journal, and the general public may by accident get impressed with the belief that the journal, which I have striven hard, from first to last, to conduct with honour and independence, is the one indicated. For instance, it is well known that the Royal British Bank owed its down fall to the criticisms that appeared in our columns. The fact, too, of the contiguity of the offices of the two journals may not unlikely favour this erroneous impression. Will you, therefore, out of courtesy, permit this explana tion to appear in your next issue, and thus render simple justice to your faithful and obedient servant, J. IRVING SCOTT. The Reporter; or, the London Monetary Times Office, Fleet-street. Sept 20, 1865. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Sept. 25.—Wind this day at noon.—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy in the morning. FORTSMOUTH, Sept. 24.—Wind S .W.—Arrive R. Wylie, from Richioucio for Grimsby. FALMOUTH, Sept. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived -Carl, from St. Thomas for Hamburg. CLYDE, Sept. 24.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Brenda, for Demerara. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Comorn, from Calcutta; Victory, from New York; Red Jacket, from Calcutta. BRISTOL, Sept. 24.—Wind E.—Arrived —San Pietro, from New York. LAMLASH, Sept. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—A/olphus, for Manilla. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gosforth, from London for Adelaide. CARDIFF, Sept. 23.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Mary Ray_ mond, for Baltimore. _ _ WIUTEHAVEN, Sept. 22.—Wind SM.—Arrived—Bea trice, from Quebec. _ [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.I GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 24—Kanistane, from Aarhuns ; Princess Royal, from Antwerp ; Sophia, from Trinidad. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—Mary Stenhouse, from London, for Bombay ; Sensation, from London, for Bayonne ; Mary, from New York, for Rotterdam; City of Montreal, from New York, for London ; Ellora, screw steamer, from Montreal, for London ; Stentor, barque, from the north, for the west ; Tecunseh, from Shields, for Copenhagen ; Sarah Metcalfe, from Dover, for Shields. SLIPS OF THE PEN.—Thackeray seems to have had an intense dislike to the trouble of revision, for his popular works, especially those published periodi cally, abound in trivial mistakes, arising from haste, forgetfulness, and want of care. The novelist mortally wounds an old lady with a candle instead cf a candlestick, and afterwards attributes her death to a stone staircase. Newcome senior is colonel and major at ono and the same time; Jack Belsize is Jack on one page, and Charles on another ; M rs . Raymond Gra , introduced as Emily, is suddenly rechristened Fanny; and Philip Fermor on one occasion becomes trans formed into the author's old hero, Clive. With respect to the last mentioned gentleman, author and artist seem to have differed, for while Mr. Thackeray jests about Clive's beautiful whiskers and handsome moustaches, Mr. Doyle persists to the end in denying young Newcome's au author possession o is f sho d. t s h a o tir e i e t a o l k e u n p s o o n f man his o own I p t r i u s d n u o e t t i o u f u t 3 e n ; that Charles Dickens has contrived to be so. Describing the old inns of the Borough, in his "Pickwick Papers," he s taircases s re t a h s e e y s awreidreeenropulgab and galleries,ces,with antiquated enoughp passages, g and fur nish material for a hundred ghost-stories, supposing we should ever be reduced to the lamentable necessity of inventing any.' How little could,Boz have anticipatedcertain charming Christmas books witching the world a few years later! So also "American Notes," Mr. Jefferson Brick and the transatlantic Eden lay unsuspected in the future, when he made Old Weller suggest Mr. Pickwick's absconding to America till Dodson and Fogg were hung, and then re turning to his native land and writing ' a book about the 'Merricans as 'ill pay all his expenses and more, if he blows 'em up enough !"- -Chambera's Journal. A VERY INTERESTING TRIAL OF RIFLED ARMS nor accordingone t O o f thoeurliCoeckalonnicial ,smGagoavzeinron,ma the ts Rifle ek Range,place Woolwich Arsenal, on the 7th September, in the presence of Major Bagley, R.E., the Military Commissioner for the Colony, and o therofficers. The rifles, which were selected by chance out of 1,000 arms, were in pattern precisely similar to that known as the " Oval-bore Sap per Rifl e ," except that the mountings are of iron instead of brass, and the calibre of the minor axis is .585 to suit the .5 50.ammuuition ; ratio of spiral, one turn in 36in. The range chosen was 1,000 yards. Each rifle was fitted into the machine rest and fired without altering the elevation or direction of tho rest. Diagrams of 20 shots with each rifle were taken. These diagrams are really so extraordinary that we have great pleasure in giving to them the publicity they de serve. Tho rifles were " Lancasters." oval-bore, the bore being .565, quantity of powder 24 drams, R.F.G. The bullets. The bullets were .55 boxwood plug, and the lubrication wax. The cartridges were rolled one cut outside, and the rifles were fired from a fixed rest. The hits made were 20, the misses 0 with each rifle ; total, 100 rounds, the range being 1,000 yards. The deviations were as follow :—N o. 1 rifle, mum absolute deviation, 80.35 in. ; No. 2 rifle, 28.35 in.; No. 3 rifle, 33.15 in. ; No. 4 rifle, 26 in. ; and No. 5 rifle gave a I mean absolute deviation of b 0.5 in. 100 st i 20 20i 10 100 1 'OSSR 'MEN 190 100 100 F 0 100 100 5 1 I 1011 1 191 lli 1 1011 la a 97 f