The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-14 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Very little business has been transacted to-day hi the Discount Market, but the rates continue very firm. There was an influx of gold at the Bank yester. day of £66,000. The monopoly in the coal trade seems likely to be checked by the action of the " Joint Stock Coal Company (Limited)," which having raised its share capital by private circulation, is establishing coal depots in various parts of the metropolis. From the large amount of trade it is doing and the popular principles on which it is based it is anticipated to be a great success. The movements of the precious metals during the past week h ave b een on an extensive scale as regards the imports. Owing to large arrivals from America, the West Indies and Pacific, and Australia, they have amounted to about £611,149 ; while the exports have been to the extent of £156,669, chiefly , to Bombay and the Brazils. It has been announced that the subscription list of Allan's Transatlantic Telegraph Co. will close on Wednesday next, the 18th inst. The latest quo tations are II 2 prem. The second report of the directors of the Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England has been issued. It states that after paying all expenses the net profit available to 30th September last amounts to £180,805, out of which it is recommended to ca rry £30,000 to the dividend reserve fund, which will increase it to £lOO,OOO. This appro priation will leave £150,805, and a dividend is pro- Posed of 10s. per share (equal to 20 per cent. per a nnum) ; and in additton thereto 103. per share as a bonus, both free of income-tax, being together at the rate of 40 per cent. per annum, the same as distributed last half-Year. In order to extend the area of the company operations, it is resolved to increase the capital to the full amount, namely, £40,000,000, by the issue of 100,000 new shares, on which £5 per share only is intended to be called up. The emission is to take place as follows : 50,000 shares are to be offered to present shareholders, to be allotted in the proportion of one new share for every two shares held, and to be issued at a premium of £2 10s. per share ; the re maining 50,000 to be offered to the public at a pre mium of £3 10s. per share. Tw o'CLocK At the Pa r i s B ourse this morning,o according . to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. itentes were 6 7f. 90c. Quiet. Saturday, as usual, has been a dull one, as re gards the markets of the Stock Exchange. Con sols have recovered the i per cent. they lost yester- Y Owing to a few purchases ; foreign stocks are flat, through a paucity of dealing, while railway and miscellaneous are comparatively firm. In the Foreign Stock Market there has been very little animation. Turkish Consolides have receded to 48+ ; Mexican Stock, to 251 f ; do. New, to 241 k ; while the Italian Loan has improved to 64. Business in the Railway Share Market has been Very dull, and prices generally:exhibit little variation. Lancashire and Yorkshire have declined 55., and Great Western, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, at previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally show no material alteration in values. Overend, Gurney, and Co., are dealt in at 168 17k ; Merchants' Com pany shares are quoted 4 I prem. ; London and Australian Agency, f 1k prem. ; and Transatlantic Steam Ship, f 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, Nov. 8 B9i ° per C ent. Reduced 87`1 New 3 per Coat B7 * New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 A nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — D o (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Do Exche quer Bills, £l,OOO March J uno Do , 3 Cent Per l2 .£5OO 8 £lOO and £2OO Bauk of England Stock, 51 per Cent Do .Account . GOVERN . .......... 8. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent A ril 1874 217 Do .Account . 5 per Cent.. Z... 'OF lO4l 5 Do. per Do. 4 per Cent.,. ........... ***************** Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. lO 51 per Cent., May 1879 De. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO pm Do. under £l,OOO Pin FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 p er Cent 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent , Do. Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58- 60 . 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Ch n 6 per Cent Do. 4 per Cent C olombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 D an Doubian . 5 pePrincipr Cent. , aliti es 1773-77, £25 paid 74 Do Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 4 Do., Provisional Land Wa rran t g'ypti an 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO B on d s 941 Do. 1864 9of Do £lOO Bonds °reek 5 Do Account per Cents., 1824-5, ex C oupons 191 Do Coupons Do Account txuatemala 5 per Cent. Do £B6 paid Do 1839 and 1850 4ta liaa 5 per Cent osiaremmana Railway) D o 1865 Do Scrip, £67/ p a id e* sScriP , per Cent £55., 186 aid 4 ---. -e xlcan 3 per Cent Do. Account 1864 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c kAlontevidean 6 per Cent, £3O paid oorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada .. • DDo 2 per Cent o Deferred ... ... .. .... . Do Land Warrads (Hectares) Peruvian . 4/ per Cent ... _ .... ... .... Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds — Do 3 per Cent. — Do 4k per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 , 461 Do 3 p er C en t ., 1856 , '7 , Do. A ccount '9, '6O, '62, '3, 4 useian 5 per Cent., 1822, X St D o 4 D 1 per Cent. 1850 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Lo4l per C en t. , 1860 5 per Cent. 1862 DOe 5 per C en t . 1864 9l 90i Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account B un P a nteh 3 per Cent Do Account Po New Deferred 1)0 Account Do p ass i ve Do Accou n t 2Bf tibanish Cert. of Coup not funded l4l riDe Account 4 - t per Cent . T1. 1 , 0 ' 4 i' Per Cent. 1864 12---'Bll 6 per C en t. 18 54 ,c count Doo° A 6 per Cent. 18 58 A ccount .. D o £lOO Bonds jit Account. per Ce nt 4 Per Cent .. . jio n.t 186 . 2 ............ 74 1 .......... ..... £ lO O Bonds .. ° 6 per Cent., 1864 • . 75 1-, , e 5 Per Cent. 186 5 Iso XICO Bands 44-I•tic) Beri, .......................... D o G na g -T - 60 Paid D o peed, 4 per Cent D o 6 per Cent. Do. Am o nut., 186 i Do. 6 per -e nt, /le ads on the above Payable • London. Austrian, 5 r, r ,- 1211:1eulgitchanii4pei ‘deit:ltExx..2lsof Florins —. in — Do 4 en " , Ex. 12 Guil .. pr Per Cent. O ert - A Ouch ki ente . 4 , 1 calms Do. A ece ,.... - 2 Per Cent. ,s per"uote . Do Account ..... 1 861, Ex. 25f. CoDnaola 0...tt t. . .... .............................. 78O8i°9'°°LCK. ............................ 89i •Maft% iiwi, tulat hlands. i Thursday, ble weather, Id House on portunity of 3resting and slay af ter ess Helena, visited her t four miles spected the )f the finest Wednesday, lajesty and i IV Gregor, ioch of the It half-past of people, ler Majesty I gracefully to the Falls ,nd then to The royal elf-past six. re to drive linluig and erecting to DSoll.—Her , it is under ], on or about the Prince MS of Derby, inst. and on •erpool. le on Aug. highness was lay at either, Lrdo. town from idy Audrey last for the r Ann Duff, are enter- Newbury. 3 receiving , wn yester- entertain- Reidhaven's h great fes 3auff, Inver- ave arrived the Ladies Ituart leave toun House, early in the lordship has 11-road, for a n a visit to ;at in York- wady Mary t to the Earl art., M.P., Ei from Dub a Geneva on to guard quested to he American g words : Isent to the be referred [Lich the two ers." These ice, since it L up by her cents which e claims for Le same cha- decision, It Loh Commis :laded from [ON COUN [led in the >treet Ward, Dornhill, by rook, by tho Leman-street tutuerously- Dr the elec- ere aro two L. Purssell, tud, and be e place. For , bn Land, of lidate, upon residents in able portion son has an sentation of r. Benjamin ate fur the CE 'WITH A ary elope ar Notting the county ay with the üblic-house, Dman's hus le what sal on intimate ;es tho hus her. A day al that she ds, and she Wednesday times to the her appear- now. The Stevenson, by her hus pretence of d left home ight. The i Mrs. Ste lothes had ,h the Wall it had hap . Wall had it was soon ;arch being ,ken away ren. Mrs. venson had )re than 10 rder to all ; the guar ; appoint a e and pay f the guar- I the duties ion are to me to time by the col icancies on g*ls parishes ler, among ,oke-upon rative, but establish ch an offi- —During )als from 2 tons in month of ;2 tons, as ionth, and ng and sa of a larger ho Italian dies took 3 for house paring for ast 43,883 •espondins wise were e previous Le decrease cruses. The 8,498 tons ' month of ',994 tons , Louth, and exportou us month :ent fuel• S HAAB 'his day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 1 Railways. I paid.l Closing I Business Price. done. Mato' and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, St A b.Juno kl. London, Dcrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D., A stock Do. B stock Do. New. ts. at 25 p ff Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western D S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. He! eford 92 H 126 127 95 97 12 14 5 6 67 71 71 73 94 95 6 5d 1(9 111 47 48 76 8i 130 132 118 15J Lancashire & Yorkshire LJndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan..... Do. New Do Extension Metropolitan District. Do _ do. _ do. Do. and t-,t. John'toW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. Derby Mid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle . . ... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junctio n Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Scot, bild.stack Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whit eha 1 West COrnw .ll BRITISH P, Atlantic & St. Lawrence Ilom., Baroda, Az Cen.ln. gu. 5 per milt.: Do. k' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron , Do i'reference --- Buff.,Bran t, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- .- • •••• • Calcutta & S. E., lim.. Cape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu., 5 do ' East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. let Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c I 'o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5$ do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4j do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Etl.C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi d Do. do Do. Pun iaub 1 Do.lndus St.Flot, "" This Day, COLONIAL GO YEW British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1572 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. a Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. to Sept c. Jan. & Do. 5 p p. e. In Juskly Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 thr.Apl. &Oct . 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct , 11,00 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, fi p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 188?, Mayls, Nov. ! Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal , 4ov. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. ul) N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 186 r Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1871 . Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189_ New Zealand, 6p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c e. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868. t Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. °p.c. Ja &July Do. do, pril & Oct.. BRITI Cam. ConsoL bi old, Um I Chiverton Clif f ord Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) I East Caradon East Cam Brea Mast Grenville East Gunnislake . East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavlstk Gam.da StA übyn(G wen. Gnat Locey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal 8u5y...,, G. Wheal Vor (llelst.)n Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Starke Valley Viwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Se ton North 'Roskear N.Wh' I Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty .. Prosper United.... Pr , videnee Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. South Condurrow ...... S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan i stray Park ......... 104 11 184 19, 56U 580 1 21 26 11 12 5t 6 21 3} 1 14 15 2i 3 2 .1 20i 21. 14 2 35 31 86 21 3 41 33 41 l I i 5 1 31 44 2i 1,(1 35 40 10 12 I 1 32 34 430 950 3 34 12f 17. 10 12 17 18 5 8 6 7 5 10 71 75 165 175 75 80 26 28 ... Tin - croft .. Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (Liskeard WeetChiverton ....... ... . West Beton. ... ..... Wheal Bassett Ill..ogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary An (Men. Wheal Seton ...v...... Wheal Trelawne ;Lis. 4 6 195 200 17 18 I'lladllelgßit'N(llg SMARMS. Great Western. West Midland. Newport peril, 6 per cent opt. till '66, 118 Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln, 6 per cent.. 122} North Staffordshire, 21} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 14 per cent. pi., Ditto, 5 p Cen.t.,i96i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. S. Yorkshire and River Dun, 1024 el) REI G N KAIL WAYB. Antwerp and Rotterdam, lc 1 t'Hhla and San Francisco gas.. 7 per cent., 141 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 17 e'd atElt.i.ti MIMIC& Cape Copper , Dm., 111 Cobre Copper. 20 Don Pedro. North Del Rey, I Frontino and tiolivia t,old. Inn., 3 4 ‘'alksizasea Gold, lim., 21 4 Washoe Gold, lint., Ditto, (a 4), 64 Tadanatuutana of S. Australia, lini:, 14 Alliance, Hai.. 311 BANKK A us tralasia. 72 Chartered Nler. of India, London, and China , 0 Commerdat Bank of India and the East, 34 Consolidated Bank, 11m.,10 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 214 imperial Ottoman, Is Land Mortgage Bank of India, London Bank ot London and River:Pla Mexicte,o and S. Ame rica, 1 1m., 14 Ditto, new, 1 34 London and County, 771 London Joint Stook, 508 Merchant Bank, urn , 26 Mercantile s outh v aln.adles, 4 Exchange, ii 54 New Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., Union of London, 54 31 DOCKS. London and St. Katbarine, 76 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., If Ceylon Company, 104 City of Moscow Gas, lim., 3 2 . Company of African Merchants, lint., City of Milan Improvements, RM., Ditto (all), 2 c E r b e b d w i t v ki a ' e l r 4 l and Mobilier of England, 94 1 0 4 Egyptian Com and Trading, Rm., 24 English and Australian Copper, 1 Financial Discount, lim., 51 6 Electric Telegraph, 127 Gen. Credit and i''inanve of London. 11m., 5, 6 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lint., 74 0 verend, Gurney, and Co., Jim., 1 71 International Financial society, him; 62 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1.70, issued 90, A statue has just been inaugurated at Brussels of M. Verhaegen, the deceased Grand Master of the Order of Freemasons in Belgium, and founder of the free university. It is of bronze, and is one of the most remarkable works of Geefs. The Princess of Schwarzenberg has arrived at the Hotel Bristol from London, en route for Vienna.— Lady Emily Peel has a li g ht e d a t the same house from Genova, returning to England. 91 93 64 64 63 65 42 44 37 10 04 106 120 j 121 88 90 IC4 105 37 39 51 53 123} 124} 95 96 67 18 1344 1394 3 Sip 1 lap 103 104 125 /25 1# 21 91 96 62 63 'll 31 109 110 68 69 1021 103 i 36 37 10 II p 118 120 1 3 1 lip 78 77 11 12 150 154 58 tO 60 6! 57 59 80 31 84 94 150 155 3 t p 103 105 s') 52 S lONS. 59 61 100 101 p 5 5 i / i 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 :5 101 103 101 102 102 103 21 22 90 92 69 71 60 64 59 61 2 55 4! 49 43 45 29 31 28 30 103 104 1p P 101 102 151 55} 5 4id 15 18 85 87 1 #d 101 102 93 95 83 90 64 66 82 81 Al 102 01 102 i id to% loti T SECUR: 95 97 95 97 95 97 82 81 82 S 4 103 105 107 109 106 10 105 107 104 1(6 106 (08 107 109 115 107 102 104 96 08 9) 101 93 95 90 81 103 105 848 8581 ran SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, lEEE LAW INT. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Gibbons.) WILSON T. JACKSON. This was a case in which the plaintiff, a sheriffs' officer's man in possession, sued defendant, one of the officers of the Sheriffs of London, to recover extra money for watching a prisoner for debt five nights, 'while the latter was confined in the defendant's lock-up. Upon the first hearing his Honour expressed an opinion that the charge was a rea sonable one, when defendant applied for an adjournment, in order that he might prove by the officers generally that such a claim was improper and never paid. Mr. Bennett, for the plaintiff, stated .he understood de fendant had thought better of the matter, and paid money 1481 I into court. Mr. Buchanan, for defendant, said the debt and costs were paid in. 641 1 31 His Honour remembered the case, and that defendant was to bring evidence to-day as to the custom. Mr. Bennett had been informed that defendant had con sulted a very experienced sheriffs' officer in the City, and learned that he had actually paid into court £1 too little. What was now required was costs for attorney and wit nesses in the first hearing. _ _ 1201 i 1281 f 4; 96 1251 i 109 i I Mr. Buchanan did not think that the court ought to allow costs, as the amount sued for was under £2. 58 7i Mr. Bennett reminded the court that there had been a great fight to establish the principle in this case, and as an attorney appeared for defendant costs ought to be allowed. His Honour thought that, considering the nature of the claim, an attorney ought to be allowed, and ordered de fendant to pay the costs of the attorney and two witnesses, the verdict being entered for plaintiff. 104 f 1 3 I 83} 6 POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day, BOW-STREET. Two men named Chappel and Wooler were placed at the bar, charged with robbing their employer. Mr. Haydon said he was a builder, residing at Hackney. He had some work going on in one of the courts leading out of the Strand, and the prisoners were in his employ. He had lately missed a great quantity of material, and from circumstances that had transpired he gave the prisoners into custody. A workman in the employ of the prosecutor, said he saw the two men carrying away three boards. He told Mr. Haydon about the matter Mr. Haydon said the police had found some boards, which were his proporty, but it was not the wood he had recently lost. That which he charged the men with steal ing was worth at least 15s. William Goslee said he was a carpenter, and carried on business in Bedfordbury. On Tuesday evening, on his return from work, he found three large boards placed outside his shop. The two prisoners came to him and said there was some stuff outside which they did not want. He told them he would go and look at it, and found there were four deal planks, and he questioned them as to their right to the property, and they both told him it s was all right, that it was their own property. They did not make a charge, but he (witness) told them he would give them ss. for it, which they took, and went away. Mr. Burnaby (the chief clerk)—Don't you know the boards were worth more than that. The prosecutor values them at 15s. Witness—The wood found at my place is not the pro. petty the prisoners are charged with stealing. Mr. Haydon—That is so. The wood produced is an ad. ditional robbery. Mr. Flowers—Do you wish I should deal with the case, or that it should be sent to the sessions ? Mr. Ilaydon=—l leave it entirely in the hands of tho Court. Chappel was my foreman ; he had charge of my keys, and ho has shamefully robbed me ; notwithstanding, I don't wish to take the matter out of your worship's hands. Both prisoners pleaded guilty. Mr. Flowers—l have some doubt whether I ought not to send the case for trial. You, Chappel, it appears, held a place of trust, and it was your duty to protect the pro perty of your employer, and not to rob him. I therefore sentence you to six months' imprisonment; and you, Wooler, I sentence to four months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. MARL BOROUGH-S TREET. STEALING PORTMANTEAUS.—Edward Woodhouse, the young man charged with stealing portmanteaus from General Farris and Mr. Holland, M.P., was again brought before Mr. Knox, he having been remanded twice for the attendance of an American lady lammed Aspinwall, now travelling in Scotland,who was robbed of her portmanteau and contents, of the value of £2OO, at Armfield's Hotel, Finsbury. Sergeant Thomas Shillingford, of the C division, in formed the magistrate that Mrs. .Aspinwall was not in attendance. Mr. Knox said, that being the case the prisoner would be committed to the Central Criminal Court for trial, not for stealing the portmanteaus of General Farris and Mr. Holland, but for obtaining them by means of forged orders. WESTMINSTER. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—Mary O'Hara, a powerful looking woman, about 30 years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with cutting a watch from the pocket of Walter Platt, of 22, Ponsonby-terrace, Vauxhall-bridge road, in a very dexterous manner. The prosecutor said that he went last night to spend the evening with a friend in Hanover-street, Pimlico, and was returning through Besborough-gardens between 11 and 12 o'clock when he was accosted by the prisoner, who made some inquiry of him, at the same time approaching close to him. He answered her and turned away, but within a minute discovered that he had lost his watch, which had been attached to a guard chain round his neck. He im mediately turned round and seized the prisoner, when she screamed violently. The police came and she was given into custody, but the watch, which was worth £5, was not recovered. Mr. Selfe—What opportunity had she of getting rid of the watch ? Prosecutor—When she addressed me I observed she left some other person, and when she screamed out " Murder," two or three persons, who were evidently acquainted with her, came up and remained by her side for a minute, and then suddenly disappeared. William Hayson, 267 B, said ho heard a call of "Police,' , and found the prisoner secured by the prosecutor. The latter was perfectly sober, and charged her with stealing the watch. Mr. Selfe—Did you see any person near her at the time you came up ? Policeman—Yes, after I heard the cry, and as I ap proached where the prosecutor and prisoner were standing I heard the exclamation, "Look out, here's the stop" (po liceman), and a man and a woman ran away towards Vauxhall Bridge. Prosecutor's coat was produced, which bore the appear. ance of having been cut with a sharp instrument. Mr. Selfe—What is known of the prisoner ? Davies, the gaoler—She is connected with a very bad gang of thieves in the neighbourhood. _ Prisoner said that she did not touch the watch. She was remanded till Thursday. MARYLEBONE. A SHAM DETECTIVE.—Timothy Desmond was charged with falsely representing himself to be a policeman. Wm. Bell, of Cirencester-street, Paddington, draper, said that shortly after 1 this morning he was on Paddington green, talking to a female whom he knew, when the priso ner came up and asked what they were doing tlibre and what they were talking about. He told him to mind his own business, when he (prisoner) said he was a policeman and should take him into custody. Prisoner lifted his arm up as if about to strike him, when he (witness) seized him by the wrist and said if he was a policeman he must come to the station-house and prove it. With assistance he was got to the otation-house, where his statement was found to be falSe. Prisoner—l said if I was a policeman I would take you. Mr. Mansfield said (after looking at the Act)—lt seemed to be a stupid interference on the part of the prisoner with other people. There was not enough to justify him in convicting, so the prisoner must be discharged. THE CATTLE Pi AGITE.—John Ward, a cowkeeper of College-street, North, Camden Town, was summoned for unlawfully removing two cows suffering from the plague from his shed, without having first obtained the order of Mr. Priostman, the Government Inspector. Mr. Ricketts defended the prosecution. The case was proved, and Mr. Mansfield fined the de fendant £lO and costs. THAMES. ROBBERIES BY AN APPRENTICE.---JoSeph Broom, an ap prentice, aged 18, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged before Mr. Paget charged with stealing twelve iron rods and other property belonging to Mr. Henry Boyle, machi nist and engineer, in the Mile-end -road. The prisoner is in the fourth year of his apprenticeship, and £2O was paid to Mr. Boyle as a premium. The pro secutor had missed a large quantity of valuable tools, materials used in the trade, carrots which he had stored, and other property. His suspicions were directed towards the prisoner, and a police constable named Carter, No. 78 K, was employed to detect him. Last night Carter was concealed on the prosecutor's factory, and at a late hour saw the prisoner crossing the yard. Carter stopped him as he was leaving the shop, and said there is something that does not belong to you in your possession. The prisoner said, No, there is not. Carter searched him and found two iron rods upon him. The prisoner handed the constable another rod. Carter searched him again, and took from him a carrot, which he Mr. Boyle identified by the initials A. C. he had cut on the top of the vegetable. Carter then searched the prisoner's dwelling, and found nine other iron rods, a metal pattern, and some wood, all belonging to Mr. Boyle. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, made an eloquent and fe e li ng address on his behalf. lle asked tho magistrate to co , ..tvict the boy of unlawful possession, only that he mi ght be restored to soc i ety aga i n an d reclaimed. A ceinTictiou for larceny would ruin a young and very thoughtless lad for ever. He then called witnesses as to character. _ _ Mr. Paget said he had not the power or the inclination to act as Mr. Young desired. The prisoner had been robbing his master a long time, and the punishment must be a substantial one. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four calendar months. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The show of fruit, as well as that of vegetables, was, for the time of year, good. On the whole the trade was steady, as follows : FRUIT—Pine apples, is to 8s; hot house grapes, 2s 6d to 6s; foreign do, 9d to is 6d; filberts, is to is 3d per lb; plums, 3s to 3s 6d ; damsons, 3s to 4s 6d ; apples, is 6d to 2s 6d ; pears, is 6d to 4s pr half sieve ; lemons, 3s 6d to 8s ; oranges, 14s to 16s ; walnuts, is to 2s Gd per 100. VEGE TABLES — Cauliflowers, is to 2s ; red cabbages, Is Gd to 3s 6d ; white do., 9d to is Gd; celery, 8d to Is 9d ; horseradish, 9d to 2s per doz heads ' • greens, 3s to 3s 6d ; cucumbers, 3d t o i s eac h ; French beans, is Gd to 2s per half sieve. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 ss; clover, £5 5s to 16 6s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 13s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 103; clover £5 5s to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 14s per load. An active demand WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 ss; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per load. Trade slow. 1 ) 017LTIIY. Turkey poults, 4s to 8s ; Geese 5s 6d to 8a Od each ; ducks, 2s Od t o 3 s Od ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 9d ; wild do., is to is 3d; pigeons, 6d to 9d each; partridges, 1s to is 9d; hares, 3s to 4s; leverets, 3s to 4s; grouse, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; Surrey fowls, lOs to 12s ; do. chickens, Gs to 9s ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 6s per couple. English eggs, 10s to Os ; French do, 7s 6d to 8s per 100 ; Ostend fresh butter, is 2d to is 3d ; English, is 2d to is 5d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. ----- ----- Eels, 10d to is per lb. ; soles, ls to 28 6d por pair • cod, 7s Od to 18s ; brill; 5s Od to 108 Od; mullets, is to is 0(1; turbot, 6s Od to 20s ; lobsters, is to 4s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d each ; whiti ngs, 4 8 to 68; h a dd ocks, 8s to 10s per dozen ; common oysters, 16s to 40s ; natives, 105 s to 126 s per bushel ; herrings, 8s to lOs ; mackerel, Os por 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 8d ; veal, 4s 01 to 5s Od; and pork, 4s Od to 6s Od per Blbs by the carcase. WIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 48 4d to 5s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 01; and pork, 4s Od to Gs Od per Blbs, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from 7d. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 51-d. to 6id. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 61 ibs, 3d to 31d. ; 64 to 72 lbs, to aid ; 72 to 80Ibs, 3kd to 3f,d ; 80 to 881bs., 31d to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d. to 41d. ; 96 to 1041b5., 4id. to 4jd. Horse hides, Os to 10s Od ; calf ski ns (li ght), 2s to 48; ull, 68 6d ; polled sheep, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; half-bred; 6s Od to 6s 9d ; downs, 4s 6d to 5s 3d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Death of Mr. Rae of the Zambesi Expe dition. We regret to announce to-day the death of Mr. Rae, C.E., one of the members of Dr. Livingstone's exploring party in Africa, who expired under very melancholy circumstances in Glasgow on Wednes day. The deceased gentleman, who had been for some time at Zanzibar, arrived in this country on Monday week, and arrangements had been made that during his present visit he should be married to a daughter of the late Mr. Walter Dalgleish, Holyleo, Selkirkshire. Up till Tuesday, which had been fixed for the marriage, the deceased was in apparently perfectly good health, but about noon of that day he complained of pain in the stomach. The symptoms, however, were not such as to cause any alarm, and the marriage ceremony took place at 3 o'clock. Mr. Rae, shortly after the marriage, seemed to be getting worse, and was put to bed. His illness was accom panied with insensibility in the evening ; in the morning consciousness returned, but unfortunately there was no recovery from his illness, as he died about noon on Wednesday. Mr. Rae worked in early youth with a millwright in Perth. He subse quently completed his appretticeship as an engineer with Mr. Caird, the eminent shipbuilder on the Cljde. He afterwards entered the employment of Messrs. Todd and Macgregcr, Glasgow. He was engaged in the French service in one of the trans ports employed during the Russian war, and he was at one time, we believe, wrecked off Cadiz. In 1858 he joined the expedition to the Zambesi, under the command of Dr. Livingstone. In 1860 he returned to this country to superintend the construction of the Lady Nyassa, which it may be remembered was built in sections, and was intended to be put on the Lake of Nyassa. He gave an interesting account of a shipwreck which occurred on his passage home. He sailed from Zanzibar on the 30th of August, 1860, in the Guide, sailing from Salem. The ship's company consisted of 20 Americans; and three Spanish ladies and himself were passengers on board. On the 4th of September, about midnight, the vessel struck, and went ashore at Rass Haffoon, near the Gulf of Aden. On the following morning they were able to reach the shore, but they were plundered of nearly everything they possessed by the natives. For several days they went about in search of water. Five of the crew who left their companions for that purpose never returned, and were afterwards found to have been murdered. Their sufferings at this time were indescribable, their tongues perfectly parched, and their voices so much altered that they could scarcely understand what each other said. They ultimately resolved to kill the captain's dog, which accompanied them from the ship, and Mr. Rae states that he put a small piece of the flesh over his lips to keep them moist, they being severely cracked and very painful. The party on the fifth day returned to the ship. They were visited by the chief's “head man" from the interior, who on learning that there was an Eng lishman in the party, said he had his orders from his Sultan, if there was any English, to protect them until the arrival of the chief. The chief ar rived in five or six days, and through his kindness Mr. Rae was despatched with the ladies in an open boat to Makullah. Here, by the liberality of the Sultan, he was provided with another boat, which reached Aden on the 25th October, 1860, and from thence he secured passages enabling him to arrive at Southampton the 17th November following. Mr. Rae was a gentleman of amiable and kindly dispo sition, and was much beloved and respected by all who knew him. He died at the early age of 32. Edinburgh Evening Courant. SOMETHING LIKE A SHOT.—Mr. Adam Leding ghraomu,se thatgamekeeper lv erwere to upon the Lesmurdie last, discharged his double-barrelledoor; Simeon I ei gu r, r:vahtilae largeout shooting upon flyingmikrpd. a. s t him, andi this co b u r n o t u y g , h u t upon Thursday ive eut ellrrlarge pack of grouse flying in ug w h o a r m e i , loading n aft t e h r e o phaisssfionwgliiniigm oth barrels among them act and brought down thus killing hi all at the - two phofeetedheie,sicsrhanawurgmaenbceo:trbh. strong • direction ; and while they dis chargesl2 out o f r their fine, number, plump, grouse, making a hit in grouse-shooting that probably has no parallel in the annals of sport, more especially at this 'season of the year, when the grouse have such a coating of feathers upon their bodies as greatly defends them from the s hot. -- -Banishire Journal. [A DVERTI SEUENT.] -Du B-rry's d e li c i ous and hcalth restoring Revalent". Arabica Food, whi ch oontiins three cost tin. in nourishmentesthoetherremedies, nerv. s, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshi ng s l eep, func tional regularity. and energy to the most di sor d ered or en feebled, removing speedily and effectually indig es ti on (dys pepsia), habitual constipation , diarrhcmi, Immorrhoids, liver med ies, the best meat, sav es fit ty t i mes its perfect digestion, strong of restores t compl‘ kits, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ear , rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neu ralgia, irritahility, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitst on, heart burn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, na sea, and sickness, sinking fits, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, inci pient consumption, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains at the pit of the stomach, between the shoulders, &c. Certi ficate No. 29,410. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. ; Dr Harvey ; Dr Wurzer ; Dr Shorland ; Dr Campbell. We quote a few out of the 62,0 0 cures :-Cure No. 57,314. Tittenson I cannot express my gratitude for the benefit I have derived from Du Barry's food. My ap petite is perfectly restored, the pains in my leg, back, and chest are quite gone, and I am fast gaining strength and flesh. Mrs A. Owen.-Cure No. 51,812. Miss Virginia Zegucrs, cured of consumptio n, a f ter her medical advisers abandoned all hopes of recovery.- Cure No. 99,832. 01 fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, mivotuness, asthma, cough, cons tipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness a t the stomach, a , . d vomiting. Maria Joly, Wortham, Liug, near Dies, Norfolk.-Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Harts, of extreme nervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; 51b., its. ; 121 b., 125.; Alb. 405.-Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 8, King William-street ; likewi e at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside; 49, Bishopsgate stre.t Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; 33), Strand 54, Upper Baker-street ; 1 03 , Tottenham-court-road ; 96, Upper-st:eet, Islington, N.; Garvey, Notting-hill; Close Brothers, 6i, High-street; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's -wcod, London ; and all respectable grocers anti che mists,-Beware of spurious imitations. Fatal Boa' Demerara. LOSS OF ENGLISH OFFICERS AND OTHER GENTLEMEN. The West Indian mail brings the news of a de plorable accident in Demerara. The following account of the disaster appears in the Creole of Georgetown (Sept 20) :—" The amusements and gaieties which have prevailed in town since the com mencement of last week in connection with the visit of the Barbadoes cricketers have been brought to a sudden and calamitous termination. It will be remem bered that an announcement had been made of a trip in the steamer to the penal settlement, in order to afford thegentlemen from Barbadoes an opportunity of viewing the fine scenery of the Essequibo river dis trict. The steamer Berbice left this 'river on Mon day morning, with a party of 39, composed of the Barbadoes Eleven, several gentlemen of this city, and some 17 officers of the Aurora and Steady, on board, reaching the settlement on the afternoon of the same day. Yesterday the party, after visiting Mr. Fausett's wood-cutting establishment, prepared to shoot the rapid (Castabuk). The arrangements were made under the directions of Mr. Comptroller Bagot. But it appears that his prudent instructions were not obeyed, and one of the most lamentable accidents that it has ever been our sad task to record has followed. There were two boats used for the purpose of shooting the rapid. One of them was the Lady Wodehouse, belonging to the penal settlement, and capable, as Mr. Bagot knew, of carrying with safety only 14 persons ; but, we understand, while attention was turned away parties crowded into her to the number of 19. The first boat succeeded in shooting the rapid without any accident, but the Lady Wodehouse, which fol lowed, was observed in. her descent to broach to, it is supposed from the paddle of the steersman catch ing into a crevice of the rock, and in an instant shs was capsized and the 21 persons were strug gling for their lives. In a stream like that, the water dashing over a precipice at the rate of some ten miles an hour, it may well be supposed that even an expert and powerful swimmer has but a poor chance for life, especially as when the accident occurred they were under the tent of the boat. Nevertheless, some of the parties struck out man fully, while their friends in the other boat were com pelled to witness their struggles .without being able to rescue them. Five of the gentlemen and two of the boatmen were drowned. The names of the gentlemen are—Captain Beresford, the son-in-law of his excellency the governor ; Mr. R. D. Stewart, partner in the firm of Messrs. S. A. Harvey and Co. ; Mr. Rowley, second engineer of her Majesty's ship Steady; Mr. Lionel Parks, of the Post-office, Barbadoes Eleven; and Mr. Christie, of the George town Post-office. The others were saved either by swimming or by being dashed on the rock. Mr. Frederick Smith, the captain of the Barbadoes Eleven, swam boldly for some time, and was after wards picked up, apparently dead, but has since been revived. Mr. Stewart, also, who was a good swimmer, struck out manfully for some time, but unfortunately exhausted himself swimming against the current. ALL ENGLAND PLOUGHING MATCHES.—The rain which has fallen has put the ground into a much more suitable state for these contests. Three matches have come off this reek—viz., at Evercreoch, Somerset; Long Sutton, Lincolnshire; and Tenbury, Worcestershire. The two former were attended by both the Howards and the Ransomes, but the latter did not compete at Tenbury. The three prizes were all carried off by the Bedford firm. At Tenbury, for the first time this season, the dynamome ter was applied, when the draught of the competing ploughs was found to vary as much as 70 per cent., the prize implement of Messrs. Howard being the lightest in draught by upwards of 20 per cent. THE AMERICAN SPIRITUALISTS IN TROUBLE.— The New York papers print the decision of Judge Hall, of the United States District Court at Buffalo, in the appeal in the Colchester case. Colchester, as previously stated, was fined forty dollars and the costs of suit for practising the profession of spiritualist, or juggler, with out having taken out a licence under the Internal Revenue Laws, and this was now confirmed. The Judge, in the course of his judgment, said :—" The per formances of the defendant were claimed by him to be the exercise of the alleged powers and capacities of the so.-called spiritual mediums—a numerous class of persons, many of whom were within the reach of a subpcena, and could bo easily found. If the defendant and those spiritual mediums are not impostors who practise upon the credu lity of the's° who patronise them, the most obvious and direct mode of proving the defence set up was to put these so-called mediums upon the stand to attest under the solemnity and responsibilities of an oath, the fact that they do receive communications from some spiritual and other supernatural or unknown source in answer to questions of whose contents they are themselves ignorant ; that they do what the defendant did without any sleight of hand per formance, and do not willingly deceive and delude those who consult them. It might well be supposed that this class of persons, who it was said by the de fendant's counsel were as conscientious and confi dent in their belief of the truth of their professions as were those martyrs who have suffered at the stake, in at testation of the sincerity of their religious belief, would gladly embrace an opportunity to prove, upon a judicial trial, the sincerity and truth of the pretension; if such proof could be made. That no ono of this class of persons was called upon the stand, or volunteered his testimony upon this trial, probably the first widely advertised oppor tunity of removing this vexed question of the truth of their pretensions from the regions of dreamy speculation and dogmatic assertion, and bringing it to a legal and public trial in the mode and upon the evidence to which, after all, the world's experience wo are still obliged to resort for the determination of all questions of fact in which the liberties and lives of our people depend—is a circ nnstance of much significance and weight, upon the question of the guilt or innocence of the defendant. Not only the pecuniary in terests, and perhaps the personal liberty of the defendant, but the interest and reputation of all the so-called spiritual mediums, were involved in this question ; and yet not one of those persons who, upon their own knowledge, could have given direct and important testimony, was placed upon the stand, and the defendant's defence was suffered to rest mainly upon the efforts of his able counsel and the proof by those who had consulted him that he had re turned pertinent answers to their questions, and showing their writing upon his arm without their being able to dis cover the manner in which he learned the nature of the questions, or that there was any sleight of hand used in his performances. To deceive the eye, to perform tricks with such surprising skill and rapidity as to prevent his manner of proceeding from being discovered, is the ordinary skill of a juggler; and the proof given was not sufficient to shake the confidence of the jury in the case made by the prosecution. In short, the affirmation proof of the defend ant's guilt was very strong, if not absolutely conclusive ; the defence set up required the jury to disregard the mason and experience upon which we are accustomed to rely as citizens and as jurors; and the unsatisfactory character of the defendant's proof, and the failure to resort to the most obvious and direct mode of disposing of the case made by the prosecution, left the jury no alternative, for they could not resist their conviction of the defendant's guilt. In conclusion, the judgment of the court is that the indict ment in this case is sufficient ; that the defendant was legally tried and properly convicted; and that sentence must follow the conviction." MOVING PHOTOGRAPHS. —Many years ago M. Plateau invented a curious apparatus, called the phenakistoscope, in which, on viewing throUgh a slit the figures drawn in a circle on the revolving disk, we seethem moving, playing at leap-frog, and performing all kinds of antics: a phenomenon owing to that peculiar property of the retina which consists in retaining for a short time the im pression or sensation of the image which has struck it. M. Claudet, in endeavouring to combine the effects of the tf phenakistoscope us mt woas obtaining i fk :t ee h reeoa t s h cch o op s efiiog figure effect; ce t c h to e ;mi l blpuesl illusion ni e toe r gn e o ai se noccdfeerptemead, certain has _ a f the desired solution, but still highly remark a bl e. fi l Suppose hit itis t boxers,wo n opponent, and d e zp o re o s t e h n e t r e d f n i n t t h hact e e not of preparing ofstriking the blow. These are only the extreme positions of the act of pugilism, but if the eye perceives the first, and imme diately afterwards the second, the mind completes the action and we see the pugilist actually hit the blow. To attain this result M. Claudet has arranged a stereoscope in such a manner that by means of a slide with ono hole, he can, by moving it rapidly in a reciprocating hori zontal direction, shut ono lens while the other remains open; and in continuing that notion, while one eye sees one of the two pictures, the second eye cannot see the other picture. Now, if before the sensation of one eye is exhausted the slide shuts the lens and opens the other, a new impression is produced on the retina, and we have an interrupted sensation of vision, as if the object had moved before us; and if a sufficient number of pic tures represent that object in the various consecutive positions it has assumed during several stages of its motion, we experience on the retina the same sensation we have when we see the object itsself while moving. More- over we see the object without difference or interruption, whether by the right or the left eye ; and wo cannot even distinguish which is the eye that has had the perception. M. Claudet can employ eight different photographs repre senting as many different stages of the action, by arrang ing them en the four faces of two cubes revolving together on a common axis parallel to those faces, and in that way the illusion is complete. 'OSSEI luo 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 MEN' ITIES. .SII 1021 1 NE S. 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 204.0 8.3.6 3.0.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Lifeboat Services, BARMOUTII, WALES (Friday Night). At 10 o'clock this morning a large ship was seen to strike on St. Patrick's Causeway some miles off this place. Tho lifeboat of the National Institution was immediately launched and put off with the view of rendering assistance to the ship. After the vessel had remained about twenty minutes on the rocks, the ship fortunately got off and pro ceeded on her voyage down Channel. BALLYCOTTON, IRELAND, Oct. 12. A ship having been observed in Ballycotton Bay in distress (reports the Roy. D. O'Sullwan), the lifeboat of the National Institution was launched as soon as practicable, and proceeded to her assistance. She remained by the vessel all night, as the crew feared they would be com pelled to abandon her before morning. However by that time the ship had come %to a place of safety. UNITED STATES' CROPS.—The Hon. Isaac Newton, Commissioner of Agriculture, has authorised the following statement as to the condition of the crops on the Ist of Sep tember. The quality of the wheat crop is not good, espe cially in the Western States, where it was affected by blight and rust, as well as by the wet weather during the harvest. Of the old wheat on hand, there is not as much as supposed in the hands of the farmers. The oat crop received no great deal of injury from the wet weather, and it may be regarded as one of the largest oat crop ever raised in the country. The injury to the hay in the west was very great, in the east it received but little damage from wet weather. Generally the quality is good, except in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri. The corn 'crop, owing to the continued heat andmoisture of the weather. has escaped material injury. In the west it may be regarded as the greatest crop yet raised in the loyal States. The condition of the tobacco crop was favourable, the weather helping it very much, but the amount planted is less than last year. Sorghum, like the corn crop, is excellent. Buckwheat, if not injured by a premature frost, will be good. Potatoes— In many localities there were indications of th 3 rot, and in some places the crop was much injured by it. The continued hot and moist weather since the Ist of September occasions apprehensions that this disease may prove very injurious, but still the yield may be good, as the amount planted was so much greater than usual. In all the States except New York hops have ripened well, but in that State the crop has sustained an injury of 41, tenths from lice; the crop is therefore injured seriously, for in 1860 New York produced 9,750,0001 b. of the 11,000,0001b.raised in the whole country. Roots and gardens were never better. Every State returns a decrease in the number of fattening hogs. The general decrease is about 1-10th from the number last year. So far as returns were published of the number packed last year in the West, it was 2,422,779. A tenth decrease on this number would be 242,277. Letters accompanying the re turns of correspondents indicate that the hogs are younger and smaller than usual, but in good condition.—New York Times. DISCOVERY OF A PIECE OF FOSSIL IVORY IN A CAVERN IN PERIGORD BEARING A REPRESENTATION OF A MAMMOTH.—On 21st August last M. Milne Edwards communicated a letter from M. Lartet to the Academy of Sciences of France, on the discovery (May, 1864), in the ossiferous deposit of La Madelaine, of fragments of a plate of ivory, upon the surface of which rude lines of the figure of some animal had been cut. The late Dr. Falconer, who was present with M. Lartet and Christy when the drawing was found, at once recognised the head to be that of an elephant, and, from a number of lines on the neck, that it was intended to represent an elephant with a long mane—in fact, the "mammoth." As a figure of this interesting relic has not yet been published, it wouid be unwise to pronounce finall upon its authenticity; but we have the favourable opinio of MM. Lartet, Milne-Edwards, Quatrefages, Desnoyers, and of our own distinguished countryman, the late Dr. Hugh Falconer, and Mr. A. W. Franks, President of the Society of Antiquaries (who have seen and examined it.) The importance of this positive evidence of the contem poraneity of man with the mammoth in the south of France cannot, we think, be too highly estimated. Nu merous carvings on bone and horn, accurately representing the reindeer, musk-ox, horse, and other animals, found in these same caverns of Dordogne, afford ample proof of the artistic skill of these ancient people, and of their ability to represent the wild animals with which they were familiar inthe chase. It is extremely improbable that they would have drawn an elephant from imagination; holy much more inprobable that they should, Without knowing the mammoth, have depicted not only his general form, but represented him as a hairy beast with a thick mane !—as described by M.,Adams in 1799, from the specimen found imbedded in ice at the mouth of the Lena in Siberia, some of the long hair of which may be seen in the British Museum.—Geological Magazine. DEATH OF A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH.—This once most popular comic favourite of the London Music Halls died on Tuesday morning last, the 10th inst., at the early age of 36. Although afflicted since June, 1863, with total blindness, caused by partial paralysis - of the brain, through over study and exertion in his profession, andsub ject at times to severe fits of an epileptic nature, his demise was very sudden and unexpected, he having been in pretty good heal th,and sang before the public at the Bedford Music Hall (where he was, through the kindness of Mr. Thorn ton, the proprietor, fulfilling a trial engagement to see whether he would be enabled to carry on his profession) so late as the Thursday previous. He first appeared at Wilton's Music Hall as a Negro singer in 1833, remaining there for a period of five years, since which time he has been in various engagements at every music hall in the metropolis, and his name will be associated with " the Oxford" for having sung the first comic at that establish- ment. During his affliction he received the greatest marks of sympathy and substantial benefits at the hands of his brothor and sister professionals, all of whom will hear of his premature decease with sorrow and regret. Ile will bo buried at Finchley Cemetery, 3 p.m., on Monday next, and leaves a widow and son to lament his loss. THE WHITE HART LNN, SOUTHWARK.—The old inns which have long characterised Southwark can scarcely hope to keep their place much longer. The large area they occupy in the shape of courts surrounded by buildings, with land at its present value, is too tempting a bait to owners and speculators to be resisted. The •Tabard— Chaucer's Tabard—as we said was about to be the case some months ago, has been sold, and is probably doomed . . . to give way to modern buildings. The White Hart Inn, close by it, has been partly demolished within the last few weeks, and on the south side of the yard new buildings are being erected. The White H a rt was th e h ea d q uarters of _ . ._ _ _ Jack Cade when he held London, briefly, in the reign of Henry VI. Shakspere makes S him say, "Rath my sword, therefore, broke through London gates that you should Leave me at the White Hart in Southwark ?" The late Mr. 0. R. Corner quotes a contemporary account of some of Cade's doings in Southwark, and " The Chronicle of the Grey Friars" records that—" At the Whyt Harts in South- warke one Hawaydyne of Sent Martyns, was beheddyd." Jack Cade's Inn, however, was burnt down in the great firo that consumed about 600 houses in Southwark in the year 1676, but was rebuilt soon after on that model of the old one. It was in the present inn yard that Mr. Sam Weller was first introduced to an admiring pub: lic.—Builder. USEFUL RESIDUES.—A singular instance of the advantages which may result from an intelligent application of the principles of chemistry in the manufac ture of various substances on a large scale may bo seen in a paper recently presented to the Academy of Sciences by M. Kopp. Chloride of lime is prepared for the trade by exposing slacked lime thinly spread upon hurdles to the action of a current of chlorine evolved from black oxide of manganese treated with hydrochloric acid. The liquid and acid residues of this process flow, according to M. Kopp's system, into large basins, where they find a sufficient quan tity of the refuse of raw soda to destroy the chlorine existing in the free state, and to reduce tho per-chloride and sesquichloride of iron and manganese, also contained in the residues, to the state of protochlorides by depriving them of a part of their chlorine. This leads to the preci pitation of sulphur derived from the refuse of soda, and the evolution of a small quantity of sulphuretted hydrogen, which is brought into contact with hydrate of oxide of iron in order to be absorbed by it. The liquid has now lost its chlorine, but it is still acid ; and in this state it is led off into a special apparatus, where it finds a fresh quantity of soda refuse. Tho saturation which ensues causes the development of a large quan- tity of sulphuretted hydrogen, which is burnt so as to yield at pleasure either sulphur and water or sulphur ous gas and water. The changes which take place in conse quence of this arrangement are-1, that of sulphuret of lime into quicklime and hysulphuret of lime ; 2, of the latter into hyposulphite of lime ; 3, of this into a mixture of sulphite of lime and sulphur; and 4, of the sulphite into sulphate, while the free sulphur trans forms a new quantity of sulphuret of lime into bisul phuret. From the heaps of refuse derived from these various reactions, and exposed to the lixiviating influence of rain, there flows a yellowish or orange-coloured brine, which is highly alkaline and sulphurous, containing various polysulphurets and hyposulphites of lime and soda in dis solution. This liquid, which is hurtful both to plants and animals, and had hitherto never been turned t o account, is M. K o pp to the op en a i r in shallow vessels, spontaneously absorb s th e oxygen of the air e w x h p e o r s e e d i t by s during summer ; or else he heats it with sulphurous gas, in either way obtaining neutral precipitates of chlorides of manganese and iron, or polysulphurets to be applied to the manufacture of sulphuric acid, The cotton market continues very firm at har dening prices. Sales, probably 20,000 bales or more. DuNBAn, N. 8., (Friday Night). Mr. Hume, Lloyd's agent at this place, reports :—" I have just time to say that the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution on this station has been the means of saving five men from a vessel wrecked this morning." This boat is the gift of Lady Cuningharn-Fairli e to the institution, and it is named the," Wallace," after the well known patriot and hero of Scotland. LONDON GLZETTE—Last Evening, WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give o r d ers for the appoi n t men t o f Richard Wood, Esq., her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in the Regency of Tunis, and Edward Walter Bonham, Esq., her Majesty's Consul- General at Naples, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 12. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan. Richardson Francis as Vice-Consul at S wansea for his Majesty the Emperor of Mexico. TY, . 10. Sub - Lieutenan ADMlßA ts Verney L Loyett OCT Cameron, and henry Stokes Hutchings to be Lieutenant. John Wray, Esq., has been this day promoted to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet. Dr. John Wilson Elliott has been this day promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and. Fleets on the Retired List. The undermentioned officers have been this day pro moted to the rank of First Class Assistant Engineers in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Aug. 28, 1865 : Messrs. Henry George Haward, Peter Colquhoun, William Fletcher Cole, and John Green. OCTOBER 11. Sub-Lieutenant George Robert Thornhill to be Lieute nant, with seniority of uth November, 1864; Sub-Lieute nant Charles Alfred Blake to be Lieutenant, with seniority of 18th September, 1865. Mr. Thomas Summers (B) has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her M a j esty ' s Fleet, with senio rity of 2d October, 1865. OCTOBER 12. Walter Frederick Cope Bartlett, Esq., has been this day with seniority of rith June, omoted to the rank of Sur lBgeon6s. in her Majesty's Fleet, COURSE OF EXCHANGE--Last Evening Amsterdam Short. 11 181 11 ipi Ditto 3 Months. 12 2 12 2fr Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 60 25 70 Brussels Hamburg Paris Ditto 3 Months. 25 57* 25 67* Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1211 121* Viennh, Trieste — 11 22* 11 27* Petersburgh - 291 30* Berlin ••• Madrid — 47} 47} Cadiz Leghorn Milan Messina Genoa — 25 75 '25 80 Naples — 25 73 25 80 Palermo Oporto — 51 1 51* Lisbon — 54 61i. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. LONDON, Oct. 14.—Wind this day at noon—South. Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 13.—Wind S.W.—Sailed --Her Ma jesty's ship Fox, for the westward ; her Majesty's ship Scorpion, for Cowes. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Atrato, steamer, from the West Indies. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 13.—Wind IS.W.—Sailed—S wiftsuro, for Melbume. QuE ENSTW ah O N i. , a Oct. 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Morni ng Star,f rom B a hia. FALMOUTH, Oct. 13.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Captain. Hawthorn, for Boston. OFF FALMOUTH, Oct. 13.—Wind W.—Arrived—China, from Rangoon. SWANSEA Oct. 12.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Richmond, from Buctouche. YOUGHAL, Oct. 13.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Goorgo and Philip, from Quebec. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.' GRAVESEND, Saturday Homing. Wind S.W.; fine. Arrived, Oct. 13.—Amiable, from Leghorn ; Victoria, from Guernsey ; Magician, from Santa Anna ; Gem of the Nith, from Algoa Bay ; Olive Branch, from Colombo ; Odin, from Quebec. Arrived, Oct. 14.—Syria, from Barbadoes ; Jane Porter, from Calcutta ; Ocean Bi ide, from Guernsey ; Interna tional, from Teneriffe ; John Hellman, from Demerara Elizabeth, from Bathurst. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, in tow—Mutlah, from Mauritius, for London. Passed—Balcombe, from London for Jamaica ; Wave Queen, from London for East London ; Plover, from Lon don for Barbadoos. Sailed, the whole of the outward-bound, this morning. Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting. BIRMINGHAM, Thursday Evening. The great meeting of the ironmasters of this district, and of others interested in the trade, was held in the Town-hall here to-day. There was a very numerous attendance, in cluding the representatives of Liverpool and other shipping houses, and of those who are connected with the trade in other districts. The amount of business transacted was not large, but it was confidently stated that there were more buyers than sellers in the hall, and that, so far, it was a satisfactory quarter-day. The fact is that all the principal makers having a good supply of orders on their books are not at present anxious about others ; they are content that prices should be firm, as is undoubtedly the case ; and in that condition of the trade consumers are not eager buyers much beyond the limits of their immediate requirements. A very cheerful feeling prevailed up to the close of the meeting, notwithstanding the fact cf the quantity of iron sold having been moderate ; but there was a general concur rence of opinion that prices will be well maintained through the quarter for all the best brands of finished iron. At the Bromford and other works there are orders coming in from America, of something like the character they were prior to the war. The North Staffordshire members who were present at the meeting reported a very considerable demand on account of the States ; at one of the works the orders in at this mo ment aro larger than they have been, put together, for two years. Sush of the North Staffordshire men as wore corn_ polled to drop the price when the trade was extremely dull have now put it up ss. per ton. This must not be regarded as an advance, but as a rise under the precise circumstances stated. The judiciousness of this proceeding was a little caviled at to-day, but one thing is certain, that, coupled with the pressure of orders in North Staffordshire, it has given a lift to the trade in this locality. SCOTCH BULLS.--Two operatives were conversing the other day about a fine cemetery recently made in one of the most flourishing of our Border towns. One of them, with whom the "newfangled graveyard " was evidently no favourite, boldly, but amusingly, expressed his aversion to it in the remark, " I'll rather dee than be buried in sic a place !" With equal disregard of the logic of facts, his com panion, who held an exactly opposite opinion of the ceme tery, retorted, " 'Peel, if I'm spared in life an' health, I'll gang naewhero else !" Edinburgh. Courant. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—LIMERICK , Wednesday.-- Intelligence has been received of a murderous attempt made by Mr. Henry Bevan, at Camass, near Bruff, to take the life of his brother, Mr. William Bevan, J.P. yesterday, by shooting him with a pistol, the contents of which lodged in his head, behind the right ear, It appears that the wounded man only returned from Paris on Monday, and last evening, while walking with his brother-in-law (Mr. Hunt) Mr. Bevan also joined them. They had not pro ceeded far on the road when the latter called Mr. William &wan aside, and made an application for money to effect some private purpose to which he was adverse. Having been refused, he deliberately took a revolver from his pocket and shot his brother. The sufferer continues in a precarious state. His assailant is in custody at Bruff.— Dublin Express. DEATH OF A WATERLOO VETERAN.—Captain Crawf3rd, of Warkworth, formerly of the 2d Dra goons, or Royal Scots Greys, expired at Liverpool a few days since. This gallant officer was ono of the best cavalry soldiers in the British army, and had seen, when he retired on half-pay in 1849, 50 years' service in the above famous regiment, having girded himself with the soldier's harness e when but a stripling. He was nominated adjutant on the field of Waterloo, and delighted to tell of the d ashing style in which the lamented Hamilton led th e Gre ys into action in the celebrated charge that helpedto w t urn the tide of ü battle on the memorable 18 th of Tune. One of the mo s t graceful and touching comp liments ever a ccorded to an officer was paid to Captain Crawfo rd by his old reg i ment Edinburgh. dr and saluted The whole of the Greyswhen last mar c q h u e a d r td George-square, into ere opposite the house in which the gallant captain was a guest, him with duo military honour. GIANTS.—There is but little material to fill up the history of a gigantology between the men of renown and the giants of romance. The gentle giants shared the fate of all outgrown superstition s . They were shunned, however, before tliey were laughed at. They were still dreaded before they were exhibited as shows. They did not begin to lose caste until they gave over living in castles. A giant, who could take Salisbury Plain in six strides, and regardless of rinderpest, devour a herd of oxen for break-- test—who kept a lovely lady a prisoner, and made her cook stray human visitors for his supper—this was a description of creature still likely to cause some little sensation, in his own neighbourhood, at all events. But a giant in a cara van was quite another matter. Instead of ramping and 'aging about the country, he was uncomfortably jolted along country lanes in what used to be irreverently called a travelling tea kettle ; ho was never let out during th e d d o l f s e s h t e d t h ; e h a o t t r was c a t s i o n a s f ra o f f d t o h " fe his owner, s n ' or h , o v u e l r d y becom e likely beaten by his wife (if he had one), and at night he slept on a bunker full of boa-constrictors, when n o t kept awake by the scratching of the armadillo.—The Reader. A little fellow, four years of age, was poisoned in Manchester, on Tuesday, by drinking the contents of a medicine bottle of which he accidentally got hold. 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100