The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK, The money market shows no material alteration either with regard to the demand or the terms upon which it is supplied. Bankers and others require 4 per cent for the best bills, although occasional operations are reported at 3i per cent. The directors of Reuter"sTelegram Company have notified that, in accordance with a resolution passed at a special general meeting, they were em powered to issue debentures to the amount of £35,000, and that they are prepared to receive ap plication for the same, for the terms of two and four years, at the following rates of interest—:-two years, 5f per cent. per annum ; four years, 6 per cent. per annum. Tho debentures will be of three denomi nations, namely, £2O, £5O, and £lOO, and will have interest coupons attached, payable half-yearly on the Ist September and the Ist March in each year. It is stated that the contracts held by the Company with various parties in this country and abroad, and ranging over a period of five years, amount to more than the sum which it is now intended to borrow. The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited) are in receipt of advices from their agents, Messrs. H. L. Boulton and Co., dated La Guaira, July 25, 1865, of duties collected as follows, on account of the Venezuelan Six per Cent. Loan, 1864 :—Per statement No. 17, from Ciudad Bolivar, $951 50 ; No. 18, ditto, $12,243 90 ; No. 19, ditto, $264 ; No. 20, ditto, $997 50 ; No. 21, ditto, $282 50 ; No. 22, ditto, $3Bl ; No. 23, ditto, $4O ; No. 24, ditto, $12,274 81; No. 50, from Puerto Cabello, $13,848 78; No. 51. ditto, $4,618 65; No. 52, ditto, $22,585 83 ; No. 39, from La Guaira, $5,797 54 ; No. 40, ditto, $15,326 85 ; Total, $89,612 86. Two o'CLocK The English Stock Market exhibits considerable weakness, and Consols have declined to 891. 1 for money, and 891 s for the account. The yield of the harvest is not expected to be abundant, and the un favourable weather for getting in the crops tend to depreciate the value of all descriptions of negotiable property on the Stock Exchange. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 888 89k ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. dis. to 2s. prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 248 ; and India 5 per Cents., 104 g. In the Foreign Stock Market the tendency is also to lower values. Turkish Consolides are 48i 49 ; Mexcan, 228 ; New Loan, 21i a ; Greek, 20} ; Spanish Passive, 28i ; Certificates, 13k ; Italian, 63.1 8 ; and the Confederate Loan, 5 7. A few dealings have taken place in American securities, and the quotations indicate firmness. United States 5-20 bonds, 67 I ; Erie shares, 541 ; and Illinois, 761 The chief operations in the Railway Share Market to-day have been connected with the usual half monthly settlement, and prices have in several in stances shown less firmness. Great Easterns have declined 55., and Midland 155., while North East ern Leeds have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, without any material variation. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have also re mained inactive. London and Westminster have declined to 9 4.1, Alliance Bank to 28k. National Discount Company remain at 15f, and Royal Mail Steam at 115. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—Hop and Malt Exchange, 21 31 prem. ; Northern Assam Tea, par prem. ; Chubwa Tea, par 1 prem. ; Massa Carrara Marble, 11 2f prem. ; London bridge Land, f / prem. ; Downs Docks, 14 lf prem ; London Quays, 1 dis. par ; British India Trust and Agency Corporation, 1 1f prem. ; Overend, Gur ney, and Company, 2/ 3 prem. ; London Jute Works, 11 2 prem. ; New issue of 50,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlantic Telegraph Com pany, 20 21 dis. ; Wheal Penrose and Unity Mines, 1 prem. BRITISH ruips—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, Sept. 7 ... B9f t_Per Cent. Reduced B9* 81 9* New 3 per Cent' B9* .1 8i 91 4N ow 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities,3o yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, 'expire sth April, 1885 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 a 3} per Cent 2 dis 2 pm Do. £5OO Do. - 15 £lOO and Bank of England Stock, 5f per Cent 248 Do Account '— INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, Hi per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 4-} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 p er C en t.) Chilian 6 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 177-77, £25 paid — u anubian Principalities Do. Account ~, Do £B6 paid — 4 ' , Vad or New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — 'B"iptian 7 per Cent 9Bi 9 Do., Second Issue Do .£lOO Bonds .._ Do. 1864 931 f 4 Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account _ Do. Coupons Do. Account tvuatemala, 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £671 paid — dig Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid Jexican 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do 1864 2lf Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 461 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c 4,- outevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Net' Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 4} per Cent. Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds dis Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4} per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 47f •,., Do Account — Ausaian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 D o 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent 1862 ~D o 1864 tle Vinian 5 per Cent " 0 . Account S pan i sh 3 per Cent .., ) 0 New Deferred — Do Passive Do Account — Danish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Accou n t — S wedish 4 per Cent. f r Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Urltish 6 per Cent. 1854 931 Do Account -uo 6 per Cent. 1858 12. Act Do £lOO Bonds 11 per Cent uo 6 per Cent. 1862 D, O Account '0 £lOO Bonds . Do 6 per Cent., 1863 7O! : ° 5 per Cent. 1865 DoScrip, £35 paid vGuaranteed, 4 per Cent — euezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account D ,o. 6 per Cent, 1864 — -uo Account — 4t l Dividends on the above payable in London. b ei s trian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Ngiaa, 4} per cent., Ex. 251. te ll 2 1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 62 Free 4 Rentent. Certificates I) s, s, 4} per Cent. It a li 4 -coount _ .... 1)0 . Ac co:'' per Cent., 1861 , E x. 2 s f . unt m Co Dup: Account 8 TWO O'CLOCK. ° 891 I 89f i at elena, incess ►rning g met e last four wring t the , nday hay -1 ap has our I ier ut nt id at SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 100 100 100 100 100 OSSE Share! Railways. 13.14 Bt st at 60 20 10 10 ilir., Ltz str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon.. •-. Cornwall Do. A I A gets no div. Do till6p.c.p.an.has . B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun,.Pertb, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Ang I. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. B o Do. .New, Is. at 25 pn Gt S, and W. of Ireland' Gt. Weste , n D . S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxiord DO. Newport Do. nereford Lane ishire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares .. Metropolitan. Do. New ' Midland Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 4 shares 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 De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shrews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon Qouth E .stern rstaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath IWaterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool Har.& Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 100 {lOO 2 100 100 IT SECU: 96 98 95 97 t 8 100 83 81 82 64 103 105 106 108 108 110 106 108 1( 3 105 108 110 97 64 102 104 104 106 106 108 102 104 95 97 9) 101 93 95 90 01 102 104 83 85 sa too 101 iozil 1021 105 107 Ic4 lull 1101 s~iM INES. 94 10 25 27 560 580 1 18 10 12 13 6 61 21 2 10 11 31 II 2 4 194 201 If 34 35 2} 2i 40 42 2 2} 21 3 41 1 2; 1; 1 11 13 25 31 37/ 4.2.0 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 18.18.9 30.17.6 If I 1i 11 It 2 30 32 490 500 15 2) 13 15 161 171 64 71 8 100 75 8) 170 180 75 80 28 30 474 6i 16 3.12.8 8 584 7 4 6 200 205 17 18 201 331 I ADJOURNED INQUEST.---(THIS DAY.) The Coroner's inquiry into the circumstances connected with the deaths of William, Henry, and Alexander White, whose bodies were found dead in the Star Coffee-house, Red Lion-street, Holborn, was held this day. Mr. Smith, from the firm of Messrs. Gold and Son, attended to watch the case on the part of Stephen For wood, otherwise Ernest Southey, who now stands com mitted to Maidstone Gaol for trial, on the charge of wilful murder of Mrs. Forwood and her daughter, at Ramsgate, on the 10th inst. Dr. Anthony Roberts, of Lambs' Conduit-street, was the first witness examined. It will be recollected that a por tion of this witness's evidence was taken on Friday last, and this morning he continued his evidence by a descrip tion of the superficial appearance of the bodies of the three children when he was called on the discovery of the murders. Fourteen hours after death he commenced his post mortem examination. The witness then gave a technical description of the appearance of the intestines of the deceased children. Ho sent portions of the tongue, brain, heart, ee - c., of each of the three children to Dr. Harley for analysis. Dr. Harley, of 77, Harley-street, physician at University College Hospital, and one of the professors at the college, then read his report of analysis of the portions of the bodies of three children he had received from the last witness. It commenced by stating that, as it was said by Southey that he had used nicotine to produce the death of the children, that poison was sought for, but not discovered, but in all the experiments made unmistakable evidence of prussic acid was present in all three of the bodies, and no other poison. How the poison was administered it was impos sible to say, as there was no trace of the poison in the chalk mixture found in the bed-room of the eldest boy. With respect to the pungent odour prevailing in the bed-rooms, it arose from oil of copaiba having been intentionally or otherwise spilt in the room, perhaps with the intention of counteracting and destroying the smell of the essential oil of bitter almonds. He was of opinion that death arose from the mortal effects of a dose of prussic acid in each case, and the tests that had led him to that conclusion were those known as the iron test, and the sulphur, silver, and vapour tests. The witness then produced a number of test tubes, each containing a portion of the poisons taken from the bodies of the children. The Coroner asked if it could be ascertained how much poison was administered to each victim? Dr. Harley said he could not say with certainty, but in the bodies of the two youngest children he found quite sufficient to destroy three persons. He should say about a dessert spoonful was administered to the two little boys, and a table-spoonful to the eldest. He thought there had been a second dose given to two, as he found s portion of the poison unswallowod in the throats of Henry and Alex. White. The Coroner—l don't know that we can go any further in this case. The prisoner is at present detained in custody at Ramsgate, and I don't think we shall hare him before us until the proper authorities take steps to get him to London, which I belieTe is intended. The inquiry can now be closed or adjourned, whichever is thought desirable. Inspector Thompson hero informed the Coroner that a female named Petty, who had the youngest of Mrs. White'; children with her (a little girl of about five years of age), might be able to say something. The witness was accordingly examined. Sarah Petty, of 2, Cornelia-terrace, Battersea, then said —Southey came to her house in July last. About three weeks ago she saw Mrs. White in the Edgware-road, when she told her (witness) that she was going to Australia on the 24th. When Mr. Southey came to her house, he said to witness that if Mrs. White did not tell her where she was to be found some harm would come. He wished to get possession of the little girl. Mrs. White told her not to say anything about her to Southey, as, for the sake of her children, she wished to lead a better life, as she had quite done with him (Southey). Tho child was left with me by Mrs. White in July last. A Juror—Did he ask you to deliver up the child? Witness—No. Ho wished the child to go with him to buy some cakes. A Juror—She appeared afraid of him then ? Witness—Yes. The little girl was here placed before tho jury, but she was deemed too young to give evidence. Inspector Thompson, of the detective force, said the last witness gave him a letter unopened, addressed to Mrs. White. He opened it and read it. It urged Mrs. White to return to the writer Southey, as if she did not, some thing more terrible than she ever imagined would happen. A Juror—We ought to have that letter. Witness—lt can be produced, but not now, as I have given all the papers to the Commissioners of Police. Superintendent Searle, of the E division of police, said he had made inquiries at tho chemists in the neighbour hood of Holborn, and at bO9, kept by a Mr. Blaxall, he was informed that a man answering the description of Southey called on him on the Bth of August. He said he had a little boy who had been neglected, and that he had returned home with diarrhcea. He led the chemist to believe that ho was a medi cal man, and asked him to make him up a chalk mix ture. While this was being done, the man asked the wholesale price of Scheele's hydro-cyanic acid, but he did not get any of the poison from Mr. Blaxall's shop. It is, however, supposed that Southey had had poison in his pos session for some time. The Coroner said that was all that was known at pre sent. It would now be for the jury to decido whether they would return an open verdict, or adjourn for a lengthened period to see if it was possible to have the accused present. They had heard the opinion of Dr. Harley, and there could not be a doubt about the cause of death; but it was for the jury to decide the course to pursue. After a short discussion, the inquiry was adjourned for a fortnight. BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda. h Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. ke shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference et 1 20 20i 10 Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Calcutta & 8. E., lira Cape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p' East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East 'Alan gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Caned% Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist e'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr,f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock D. do. deterredT::: Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c 'Gt. South of India (lira gua. 5 per cent D 4f 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. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B ... . g.Bl.C'da, pc lat pf.bds Scinde .... Do. De1hi . ....... d Do. do Do. Puniaub Do.lnclus St Flo ' 4 I COLONIAL GO VERNMEN' IBritish Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872.-1 Can.GOv.6 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Capo G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent Nova Sofia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, is pril & Oct BRITI, Cam. Cousol. Gold, lim IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon asp Cam Brea East Grenville East Love:l E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Gr..at I; ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Herod's Foot ••.• tlingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley ilwyndy Iron Ore, Hui INanglles N evi . Se ton .Forth Downs North noskear Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr videnee Uny Imlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West I tassett (IL I ogan W. Caradon (L.skeard West Chi►erton %Vest Seton Wheal Bassett ( Mogan Wheal Buller (Redrutb Whea t Ludoott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal 100 100 100 100 100 I'ItEFERENCIC SHARES. Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln, 8 per cent., PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per oent. pi., Ditto, new 5 per cent., 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Midland Bradford Pref. stock, 931 FOREIGN RAILWAY& Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 San Paulo, lim., gun. 6 per cent., 171 FOREIGN MINES, Yudanamutana of S. Australia, UM, BANNS. Agra and Mesterman's, Um., 57} Alliance, tim.. 284 Anglo Austrian, 61 Bank of London.ll32 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 20 Consolidated Bank, lim., East London, lien., 5} European Bank, lien ., 111 Imperial Ottoman, 151 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 251 London and South African, 171 London and Westminster, 941 Provincial of Ireland, 86 Union of London, 53 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, B:per cent. gua., Berlin Water Works, lim.,: 114 Commercial Union, Insurance, 8 Credit Fonder and Mobilicr of England, 81 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Bm., 5* Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, ei per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 81i I London General Omnibus Company, 32 MI liwall Freehold Land and Dock, lim , Rhymney Iron, 39 Royal Mail Steam, 115 SUICIDE IN THE THAMES.—A respectably clad man, apparently about forty-five years of age, threw him self into the Thames from Westminster Bridge yesterday morning, and was drowned. The body was found near Whitehall, and was taken to St. Martin's dead-house to be owned, and for an inquest. The deceased had a small sum of money in his possession ; his linen is marked "R. Hall." GLASGOW, Aug. 12.—Yarns.--In the yarn-mar ket there has been an improvement on the dulness which formerly prevailed. With the increase of business doing, however, producers are demanding higher rates, the effect being the curtailment of operations. Iron.—Pig iron has drooped about 6d. per ton in course of the week, with out any more cogent reason than the general indisposition of speculators to operate, although the legitimate depart ments of the trade exhibit great activity, Warrants have ranged between 51g. 9d. to 544. 3d. cash—the latter the closing rate yesterday. G.M.8., No. 1, 555. ; No. 3, 545. ; No. 1 Goltness, 525. ; Gartalerrie, 51s. ; Calder, 565. Od. ; Glengarnock, 55's. 9d. Paid. / Closing I Business Price. done. 96 98 132 133 t 4 6 61 (6 16 17 90 02 100 111 47 4S 8 0 130 132 143 141 128 .32 E 7 V 9 65 65 63 65 43 45 40 45 C 5 107 120 93 94 106 LOS 39 11 1221 723 99i 10 63 64 133 134 3 l 129 129i 44p 1 100 lt2 52 53 24 15 111 112 87 69 101 lot 31} /Mt - 10 11 p 121 123 1i 2 p 77 79 114 12 148 152 57 5/ 61 63 56 58 80& 61i 9 10 151 156 3 !p 104 106 98 50 ,SIGNS. 57 59 101 102 i 41 3 44 41 9 10 99 101 70 75 100 102 1011 1021 103 104 ip 18 19 E 8 90 65 66 55 60 57 58 50 52 43 46 38 42 25 27 24 26 1024 1034 P 1 1 P 100 101 11/ 121 8 spil 0 92 82 84 1 4cl 101 102 95 97 81 911 66 68 82 84 99 4004 99} 100} 94 1004 1221 2 129 J j 81 .ITIES. rHE SUN, LONDO.N, TUESDAY EVEAING, AUGUST 15, 1165. The Holborn and Ramsgate Murders from disease, and that they should keep them sepa rate from other cattle for some time. The Attempted Murder at Chatham. Yesterday the prisoner John Currie, 36th company of Royal Engineers, who stands charged with having shot Major Francis Horatio do Vere, with the intention of kill ing him, was brought up before the magistrates at the Chatham Police-court for examination. The magistrates on the bench were the Rev. J. J. Marsham, chairman, and Mr. Thomas IL Baker. The prisoner, as already described, is a very young man, his age, as given by himself, being 19. During his brief examination and while before the magistrates he appeared to treat the matter with the u t mos t i n diff erence , and was, apparently, the only unconcerned spectator in the court. He is about sft. Bin. in height, and has a mild expression of countenance. Superintendent Everist said he charged the prisoner with having, with malice aforethought, fired a loaded rifle at Major Francis Horatio de Vero, at Brompton barracks, on Friday afternoon last, with intent to kill and murder him. Mr. Furrell, clerk to the magistrates, after reading over the charge to the prisoner, asked him if he had anything to say why he should not be remanded. Prisoner—No, sir, I have nothing to say. Mr. Marshara—Then you are remanded until Wednes day next. The prisoner was then immediately removed, the whole proceedings occupying but two or three minutes. Currie continues to display the same dogged demeanour which he has exhibited ever since the occurrence, and his only regret, from his frequent remarks to that effect, would appear to be that he did not succeed in his in tention to take Major De Vere's life, the one topic on which he continues to dilate being that officer's alleged "tyranny" towards him. The prisoner has been visited by his father, who occupies a respectable position in the neighbourhood of London, and in reply to his regrets to find him guilty of such a crime, he only answered that Major Do Vere did not deserve to live. From inquiries made yesterday afternoon it was stated that Major Do Yore was a trifle better, and from the fact of his having lingered so long hopes are entertained of 145 ultimate recovery. MARKETS--•This Day. HAY MARKETS SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £5 Os Cd to £5 15s Od ; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 lOs ; old clover, ..£6 Os to £6 15s ; new ditto, £5 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 13s per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £5 Os Od to £6 Os; new ditto, £4 15s to £5 lOs ; old clover, £6 Os to £7 Os ; new ditto, £5 lOs to £5 6s; and straw, £1 lOs to £llss per load. A fair demand. WHITSCHAPEL.—OId Meadow hay, £5 Os Od to £6 Os Od; now ditto, £4 15s to £5 10s; old clover, £6 Os to £6 15s ; new ditto, .£5 lOs to £6 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to .£1 13s per Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has remained very dull, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. SUGAR. —The market has remained very quiet, and prices have undergone no material alteration. CorrEE.—For superior descriptions of Plantation Ceylon there has been a moderate demand at steady rates. RICE.—The inquiries for East India have been more animated, and full rates have been demanded by holders. TALLow.—lfore activity has prevailed, and the opera rations for both present and forward delivery have been on a rather extensive. P. Y. C. on the spot is quoted 425. 9d. to 435., and last three months 435. Gd. to 435. Od. per cwt. --- A VETERAN.---On the 7th inst. an old man, named Alexander Aitken, died at No. 4, Chalmers'-build ings, Edinburgh, after haying seen an amount of service and taken part in a series of important engagements such as seldom falls to the lot of oven the longest-lived and most distinguished eodiers. Alexander Aitken enlisted in the 42d Highlanders in 1793 (72 years ago), and served with his regiment in Flanders when the English conquered Hol land. He afterwards served under Sir Ralph Abercromby in Egypt, and was present at Coru nna, F uentes d'Onor, Pyrene l es' at ero. i Nivelle, lo Ie Nive'Orthes, T ou l ouse, t h e Peninsula, and at irwas also at tho taking of the Island of Minorca, and at the tima of his death was supposed to have been the only non-commissioned officer who was present when Abercromby was carried off the field of battle. RENT. Several fresh cases of the murrain are reported to have occurred in the vicinity of Canterbury. The committee appointed at the meeting of East Kent farmers on Saturday have drawn up and forwarded to the Privy Council a memorial setting forth that all importation of cattle without due inspection being prohibited in the port of London, the county of Kent is in especial danger from the landing of diseased stock in the different ports throughout the coast, and that the existing state of the law does not give any power to stop the transit of diseased stock on the public roads, nor to any public market, whereby the disease is liable to be indefinitely spread, and praying that the same system of inspection be instituted at all ports on the Kentish seaboard ; that steps be immediately taken to stop as far as possible the progress of the disease, by prohibiting the landing or transit of any diseased cattle ; and that the committee be empowered, in co-operation with the Government inspection, to take any means they may consider desirable to stop the progress of the disease where already commenced. They have also appointed Messrs. Crowhurst, veterinary surgeons, of Canterbury, inspectors of stock for East Kent, but particularly the Canterbury district. Mr. Lord, veterinary surgeon to the Cavalry Depot, at the Canterbury Garrison, has suggested to the com mittee the propriety of establishing an hospital for diseased cattle, and, in the event of one being formed, is willing to render all the assistance in his power gratuitously. The committee are disposed to enter tain the suggestion if funds can be obtained. Mr. R. Fur]ey, secretary to the Ashford Cattle-market, has written to say that Mr. Fordham, veterinary surgeon, has been appointed to examine the stock sent for sale to that market. WARWICKSHIRE. A meeting, convened by the High Sheriff of War wickshire (Mr. H. T—Boultbee), on the requisition of the Earl of Warwick, Lord Leigh, and other landed proprietors, was held at the Judges' Lodg ings, Shire-hall, Warwick, yesterday, at 12 o'clock, for the purpose of taking immediate steps to pre vent the spread of the cattle plague. The High Sheriff presided. Lord LEIGH moved the first resolution, which was as follows :—" That this meeting considers it highly expedient to take most prompt and energetic steps to prevent the spread of the fatal epidemic through the stocks of this county." In the course of his remarks his lordship said that this question was of more importance at the present time than any other, both to producers of stock and consumers of meat. Fortunately, the disease had not yet come among them, but he had been informed on very good authority that it was in Leicestershire, and he had also heard from another quarter that it had reached Staffordshire, and he thought it was quite time to take measures which would be calculated to prevent its introduction info their own county. Mr. WISE, M.P., in seconding the above resolu tion, alluded to a somewhat similar outbreak among the cattle of this country which occurred 140 or 150 years ago. The mortality on that occasion was fearful, and yet, as they all knew, the facilities of communication between one part of the country and another were not to be compared with those exist ing in the present day. The railways and steam boats,. &c., which they now had acted as a means of spreading the disease which had unhappily appeared, and it behoved them to take every precaution to arrest it. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. A. W. PEEL, M.P., moved that a committee be appointed for the purpose of carrying out the objects of this meeting. In doing so .d .he remarked that he had just heard that the pl ague had made its appearance at West Bromwich. He commented szverely on the disgraceful manner in which cattle were placed in steamboats and railway trucks, for the purpose of transfer. He thought that disease was very often generated in consequence of the filthy state in which they were kept. Sir R. N. C. HAMILTON, K.C.8., in seconding this resolution, suggested that in all cases where cattle were sold certificates of health should be given, so that if the disease should break out it might be traced. After some discussion, the resolution was carried. Mr. DARWIN GALTON moved, and the Rev. H. MILLS seconded,—" That the chief constable be directed to instruct the police-constables under him to inform him of any case which came under their notice, and that the chief constable should at once communicate such information to the Central Com mittee." Some objections having been raised, Mr. GALTON withdrew his motion. Mr. STANLEY, veterinary surgeon, Leamington, moved—" That it is desirable that a County Asso ciation be formed for the insurance of owners and cattle from loss by any fatal, or infectious, or con tagious epidemic which might break out." Mr. HUNT, veterinary surgeon, seconded the above in an able speech, and it was unanimously carried. Honorary secretaries having been appointed, and other formal business gone through, the meeting was brought to a close by a vote of thanks to the High Sheriff being unanimously carried. NOTTINGHAM. At a meeting of the Nottingham Town Council yesterday Mr. Edwin Patchitt said that with respect to the great alarm existing in the country on account of the cattle plague, he had been requested to ask the Mayor to call a public meeting to meet the county magistrates at the Exchange Hall, on Satur day next, in order to form an association so as to more effectually restrain persons in possession of diseased cattle from disposing of them, and, under certain cir cumstances, to assist those who were unfortunate enough to have become possessed of animals suffer ing from disease in order to their being destroyed. The movement was originated by Mr. Paget, late member for the borough, a gentleman whose know ledge and experience eminently qualified him to in dicate the measures which should be taken. He thought the Council ought to be ready to join this movement. Alderman VICKERS said, as this was a subject of which time was of the greatest importance, he should move at once that the Sanitary Committee be autho rised at once to appoint a properly qualified person to inspect the cattle brought into the market,--The motion was carried, OXFORDSHIRE. Mr. W. M. F. Melba; High Sheriff of Oxford shire, has called a public meeting, in compliance with a requisition presented to him and signed by a large number of the principal landowners and agri culturists of the county, to consider the propriety of presenting a loyal address to her Majesty, beseech ing her to give orders for all possible measures to be taken to check the cattle disease, as far as may be, and also praying her, if the present laws are insuffi cient, to take such immediate steps as may he needed to remedy the defect. The meeting is to be held At the County-hall, Oxford, on Saturday next,the 19th inst. 13ERWICK. A meeting of the farmers residing in the neigh bourhood of Berwick was held in the Corn Ex change of that town on Saturday, to consider what measures i:hould, be adopted to prevent the spread of the cattle disease. The meeting was largely attended by farmers—Mr. J. Wilson, of Edington Mains, occupied the chair. Mr. GLENDINING reported a conversation he had had with M. Superintendent List of the Berwick shire County Constabulary. Mr. List suggested a committee should be formed with a paid secretary, and that its meetings should be held at Dunse; that small committees should be elected in each parish, and that the duty of such committees should be to obtain all the information they could as to cattle coming into the district, to see they were not dis eased, and to watch over them for some time. Mr. List would order the county police to watch all the railway stations, and give information to the com mittee of cattle coming into the district. He would ascertain where they had conic from, and for whom they were consigned. Mr. List also suggested that a circular should be sent to all the dealers and breeders of cattle in the neighbourhood, warning them to see that the cattle they purchased were free The CHAIRMAN thought that the suggestions of Mr, List were very valuable, and would prove of great benefit to the farmers. Mr. M'GALL suggested that a mutual assurance society should be formed among the farmers for the purpose of compensating those who might lose their cattle through the plague ; but as a meeting had to be held at Dunse on Tuesday it was thought better not to discuss the question till then. A great deal of conversation ensued as to the pro priety of taking immediate steps, and the conclusion come to was that a deputation should attend the meeting at Dunse on Tuesday, to confer with the farmers who would there assemble ; and that the chairman should write to the chairman of the Cham ber of Commerce at their meeting in Edinburgh, suggesting to them the necessity of writing to the Home Secretary, calling upon him either to prevent the importation of foreign cattle into the country or to put a quarantine upon all vessels coming into this country with cattle. The motion was unanimously agreed to, and the meeting shortly afterwards sepa rated. There will be a very strong opposition in Newcastle and the mining and manufacturing districts of Northumberland and the North to any attempt to prohibit foreign cattle from being imported into the Tyne. Considerable numbers are brought in weekly, and they have had a tendency to check the advance of prices at the cattle market, which were rapidly putting it out of the power of large sections of the working classes of purchasing animal food. Very great care is being taken by the municipal officers and the Custom-house authorities that no diseased cattle be landed, and down to the present time foreign cattle have been brought to the Tyne free from disease and in good condition. THE BRAZILS. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) RIO DE JANEIRO, JULY 25. Exchange on London, 23i to 23.1 ; on Paris, 400 to 405. Coffee, good first, 7,500 to 7,600 reis. Shipments of coffee since the departure of last mail, 49_632 bags, of which 17,131 were for the Channel. Stock, 80,000 bags. Freights, 47f to 55. BAHIA, JULY 29. Exchange on London, 24k. Sugars, brown, 2,400 to 2,800 reis. Cotton, 14,700 to 15,000 reis. PERNAMBUCO, AUG. 1. Exchange on London, 24} to 241. Sugars— whites, 4,000 to 4,100 reis; browns, 2,000 reis. Cotton, 18,000 to 18,200 reis. The Douro arrived here on the 28th ult., and sailed the same evening for Bahia. LISBON, AUG 14. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Estramadure, with the Brazil mails, arrived here this evenin:. THE STATE OF WARSAW. WARSAW, AUG. 11. The Journal de Varsovie publishes the follow- ing :-- " The Hotel de l'Europe, in this city, which was confiscated by the State during the disturbances of 1863 in consequence of the murder of Dr. Bartholdi, will be given up to its proprietor on the Ist of October, by order of his Excellency Count Berg, Lieutenant of the Kingdom. " Owing to another order of his Excellency, the convents of Warsaw will be evacuated by the troops which were cantoned in them during the insurrec tion. These two measures show that the affairs of the Kingdom of Poland are in the best course, and are taking a thoroughly pacific turn." CRIMINAL COURT.—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) A gentlemanly-looking foreigner, named Lafaucade, sur rendered to an indictment, charging him with having cow mitted perjury at a trial iu one of the superior courts of Westminster, in which a Madame Valentine was a claimant for some - valuable securities, and in which the defendant gave strong evidence adverse to her claim. The trial was of a very complicated character, and will not conclude, it is expected, before late at night. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Frank Lancing Martin was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering an order for the delivery of a blank cheque, with intent to defraud the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. The prisoner, it appeared, engaged a boy to go to the Bank of England to obtain a blank cheque, representing it to be for Messrs. Gosling & Co., which was untrue. Brett, the officer on duty at the bank, saw tho boy enter, and having made some inquiries of him, the cheque was delivered to him, and when he arrived outside the bank the prisoner came up, took the paper from him, and then Brett took him into custody. The prisoner, it was discovered, had ordered a large quantity of clothes from several tailors iu the City, and had resided at two or three hotels, each of which he had kit without paying his bill. Tho Common Sergeant told him it was a very serious offence, and it was fortunato he did not carry his design fully into operation. Had he done so he would most un doubtedly have been sentenced to penal servitude. He then sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. The trial of Robert Waters, late steward of the Earl of Shaftesbury, has been postponed until the October sessions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. WESTMINSTER. THE BALLOON ASCENT AT CREIKORNE.-Arthur Lovejoy a carman, was charged with being drunk, and endangering the lives of persons near Cremorne gardens, and violently assaulting the police. At seven o'clock last evening, while a large number of persons were waiting in the neighbourhood of Cremorne for the balloon ascent, the defendant drove a cart reck lessly down Cremorne-lane, to their imminent danger. He was so drunk that he repeatedly fell about the cart, and only had one rein to drive with. He, of course, had no control over the horse. Police-constable Manley, 347, on observing his condition, stopped the horse, and took the defendant into custody. Accused, who is a very tall, 'powerful man, immediately seized the constable and twice threw him over his shoulders, from the effects of which he spat blood during the whole night. On his way to the station defendant resisted violently and kicked the constable, and on his way to the station seized a two-pound weight and was about to throw it at him, when ho was prevented by a bystander. He was violent to other constables who came to Manley's assistance. _ _ Defendant said that he met with some friends who had treated him to drink until he hardly knew what occurred. He considered his friends had been his enemies in giving him the drink. Mr. Arnold thought ho was his own enemy in taking it. His conduct had been fraught with danger to the public, and when apprehended he had committad a violent assault, aggravated by his seizing the weight to throw at the officer. Committed to hard labour for a month, and to find bail for three months. ACCIDENT TO Mn. MONK, M.P.—We regret to hear that our respected representative, 0. J. Monk, Esq., has sustained a serious accident by falling through two skylights. One rib was broken and several severe bruises inflicted. Happily ho was not seriously out by the glass, and his escape may be considere d a most providential one. He is now fast recovering.—Gloucester Journal. During the last few days there has been very little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have remained inactive at the late decline. For coffee there has been only a mo derate inquiry, and prices remain without change. Rico has been in good demand at enhanced rates ; while business in the tallow market has continued moderately active, and quotations for both present and forward delivery remain exceedingly firm. Tho Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Friday, the 18th inst., a special settling day in the shares of the Belgrave Mansions Com pany (Limited), and in the scrip of the East Lon don Railway, the former to be marked in the twice a-week list, and the latter in the daily list, £2O paid and £lO paid. The General Credit and Finance Company have intimated that the conversion and unification of the internal debts of the Ottoman Empire will be car ried on at Constantinople by the soci6W G6n6rale de l'Empire Ottoman. Volunteer Review at Manchester, On S Saturday afternoon the volunteers of this city and the neighbourhood were reviewed upon the Manchester race ground by Col. Erskine, Inspector-General of Volunteers. The very unfavourable state of the weather was the cause of general regret among those interested in the success of everything connected with the volunteer movement. Be fore noon heavy rainclouds gathered overhead, and in the afternoon drizzling showers fell continuously, so that at 4 o'clock, when the review should have commenced, the race ground was very wet and uncomfortable. Under such de pressing circumstances, the stands afforded ample shelter, but in these most of the seats were bare. Notwithstanding the smart rain which came down in the course of the in spection, a crowd occupied the approaches to the course, and watched the evolutions throughout. The artillery with four field pieces were the first to arrive. They were fol lowed by the Light Horse Volunteers, whose scarlet dresses presented a very pretty appearance. The other corps en tered the field in time to receive the reviewing officer at half past 5 o'clock. Tho whole force assembled on the ground numbered 3,629 officers and men, and these were resolved into three brigades, as follows : FIRST BRIGADE. tat M.R.V. Lieut.-Col. Loyd ; officers, 25 ; sergeant; 34; buglers, 50; rank and file, 320—total, 429. Bth L.R.C. (Bury and Heywood), Major Price; officers, 14 2 sergeants, 21; buglers, 46 ; rank and file, 248 ; total, • 329. 24th L.R.V. (Rochdale), Major Fishwicko ; officers, 9 ; sergeants, 20; burglars, 19 ; rank and file, 232 ; total, 280. SECOND BRIGADE. 7th L.A.B. (Ashton and Oldham), Lieut.-Colonel Mel lor ; officers, 21; sergeants, 31; buglers, 47 ; rank and file, 330 ; total, 429. 2d M.R.V. Major Scott ; officers, 27 ; sergeants, 60 ; buglers, 53 ; rank and file, 364 ; total, 501. THIRD BRIGADE. 3d M.R.V. Captain Clark; officers, 28; sergeants, 48; buglers, 56 ; rank and file, 366 ; total, 498. 4th L.A.B. (Worsley, Swinton, Leigh, Atherton, and Farnworth), Lieut.-Colonel Mather; officers, 16; sergeants, 16 ; buglers 40 ; rank and file, 250 ; total, 332. 56th L.R.V. (Salford), Major Barrett; officers, 14; ser geants, 34 ; bugler; 49 ; rank and file, 260 ; total, 357. Besides the above, there were the 19th Lancashire Artil lery, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Mawson, with 27 officers, 27 sergeants, 35 bugler; 335 rank and file, making a total of 424. The Ist Lancashire Light Horse, under Captain Turner's command, with 4 officers, 5 ser geants, 14 bugler; 24 rank and file ; total, 47. Grand total, 3,629. The first brigade was under the command of Lieut.- Colonel Hutchinson, the second was commanded by Lieut.- Colonel Cunliffe, and the third by Lieut.-Colonel Egerton. Colonel Erskine's staff included Major Marshall, of the 3d Cheshire Battalion ; Lieut.-Colonel Bruce, assistant inspector of volunteers for Lancashire ; Lieut. Kearaley, Captain Baird, and Major Preston. The reviewing officormade the preliminary inspection of the front and roar of the force drawn up in line, and then took up a position at the flag staff. Here that severe test of military discipline, the marching past, took place. The Light Horse led the van, and passed in gallant style. Ono or more companions of the Artillery battalion were out of step with the band. A portion of the Ist Manchester was also at fault in this respect, although the whole regiment marched in good line. The 24th Regiment marched well, considering the number of recruits ; the dressing of the second company was good. The Oldham mon, in the 7th Administrative Battalion, also included several young soldiers, but they acquitted themselves remarkably well. The 2d Manchester did not get much credit. The Ist company had a bad line ; the other marched on the whole well. The 3d Manchester took the palm. Every com pany in it marched very well. In nearly every case the dressing was excellent. The fifth company had, beyond doubt, tho best line. The 4th Administration Battalion did not pass pass muster so wall as the rest. Three com panies of the Salford Regiment marched very creditably, the sth taking the precedence. After the marching past, the force proceeded to the Broughton end of the course and there formed three lines in contiguous columns. This done, the Light Horse and Artillery covered the front, the Artillery firing. The Ist Manchester, as the right battalion of the first brigade, covered the front in light infantry order. Next, the Artil lery by the flank; and the division, advancing in echelon of battalion from the right, formed square, and received the cavalry with a terrific fire. The skirmishers retired by the right. In order to relieve the first line, the third brigade deployed and commenced firing. The division, covered by the 3d Manchester, changed front to the loft. The skir mishers retired, and the line opened fire, being flanked right and left by the Artillery. The line made a dashing charge, and this brought the movements to a close. All the move ments wore well directed and controlled by a regard to the position of the spectators. Commencing at the Broughton end of the course the evolutions extended gradually, so that the final charge could take place in front of the grand stand, and thus be witnessed by every spectator. Although the evolutions did not represent anything like a sham fight, where their general connection and completeness might be detected by an ordinary 'Spectator, yet so well were the movements concerted, and such were the inevitable din and tthimonr of the guns and rifles, that at least the imagery of war was strikingly represented. The day's work was well done. The men seemed to forget the wetness of the ground and to enjoy the mimic warfare. A few mistakes were made in the course of the review, caused principally by misinterpreta tion of the words of command. In the volley firing, the 2d Manchester were especially steady and uniform, and in this respect they excelled the rest of the volunteers. The review over, Col. Erskine addressed the officers and men. He said he could not allow the force he had had the honour of reviewing that day to be dismissed without expressing his thanks for the opportunity which had been afiorded him of testing the ability of the Lancashire volun teers to move in the field. A gathering of that description could not be effected without entailing the sacrifice of many valuable hours on the part of those who had been engaged in it, and therefore he felt that he was only doing them jus tice by acknowledging that sacrifice. At the same time, he ventured to think that such a gathering did not take place without some attendant advantage to the corps which took part in it, for it ought to be remembered that when several battalions met together for the purpose of moving in con cert, the lessons taught on the parade ground and in the drill field became much more intelligible than if individual training was confined to battalions and companies. Yet this did not imply that attendance at reviews superseded the necessity of attending to ordinary drills and parades. If these were •neglected, it would be impossible to pre serve that efficiency which thuLaneashire volunteers had already acquired. He would, therefore, remind them of the desirablenes of continuing stedfast in their attention to ordinary drills and parades. He would not detain the force by commenting upon any of the movements that had taken place. Suffice it to say that generally he had been very well pleased with what he had witnessed. There were some little faults in the marching past, attributable to the officers commanding companies not observing their covering ; but with that and some other exception; he had to express his entire approbation of everything that had been done upon the field that day.—This finished the review. Later in the evening Col. Erskine and several officers 0 1. f the line were entertained at dinner at the Q ueen 's Hote Col. Egerton presided. He proposed the health of reMajorr- General Sir Sidney Cotton and other office rs of th force present. The toast was cordially ackno wledgede la by Major Gen. Cotton, who gave the health of Egerton saidol. Egerton and his brother officers. In responding, Col. c that the Lancashire volunteer officers still fe e strongest n itt e h t e ureof tke interest in the movement. Considering the organisations of their companies, the money they spent in the cause generally, those officers had in their conduct done honour to the country. (Ap plause.) in the movement wou ld not diminish The interest Lancashire, the officers who belonged to the v ol unteer service i n nor did he believe it would diminish among officers in any other part of England. speaking for his own regiment, he had now a better class of men than he could command at the commencement of the movement. There was now a greater facility in getting troops, a good class of men came to drill, the volunteer cause was doing very well, and ho hoped it would continue to do so. (Applause.) The review that clay had bcen honoured by the presence and command of the Inspector-General of Volunteers. (Applause.) For that honour, voluntarily conferred, the Lancashire volun teers owed a great debt of gratitude to Col. Erskine,whose health he would now propose. Col. Erskine, who was heartily greeted, said that although the review had taken place under somewhat adverse circumstances, he congra tulated those who had taken part in it upon the result of his inspection. He was exceedingly pleased with what he bad seen in the field. A few mistakes were made, but that was the case with all volunteers. The movements gene rally were very well performed, the appearance of the troops left nothing to be desired, and all the battalions turned out in a Oitart and soldierlike way. What was the moral to be extracted from what he had witnessed ? It was just this :—That a convincing proof had been afforded of the falsity of what for many years had prevailed among the nations of Europe. Napoleon said that we wore a nation of shopkeepers, and clearly meant when he said so, that owing to the English people being devoted in a great measure to the pursuits of commerce and manufac ture; the military spirit was either extinguished or had never existed. It was really very strange that Napoleon should ever have given utterance to such an opinion as that, because it would be impossible for him to effac e e ments his memory the recollections of the gallant achiev of the English army and navy. until the present time, he would never h t a h v e e Had Nap venturedole on li V t e c d nation which reproach with apathy in military pursu had come forward voluntarily to def end it t s e. it in s il e i h ta o ry res s i pir h i e t never would have branded with au wall 1 the English people, who had ired a permanent and solid military organisation, and This ac:ivere now in a very for populous county, more than ward state of efficiency. T any other county in Eng land , . furnished a clear proof that devotion to mercantile pursuits was not at all incompatible with the existence of an ardent military spirit. (Hear.) That day's review , for instance, had taken p ince upo n ground surrounded in every direction by a forest of chim neys and other unmistakable evidences of a district which supplied the whole h abitable world with manufactures; and principthallye large military force inspected th ere, composed of men engaged in those manufactures, or in kindred pursuits, hail turned out is a most soldierlike and efficient way, and had executed a series of manoeuvres in the most creditable (style. This was not all ; many would recollect that, at the, great review at Hyde -park in 1864, in the presence of the Heir Apparent of the Throne, some of the finest battalions paraded there were sent from Man chester. (Applause.) Thus, it had been clearly shown that the volunte , :,re of this county were able to stand the test of a comparison with the elite of the citizen army of which they formed a part. With all his heart he wished that success might attend the Lancashire volunteers in all time to come. (Applause.) The health of Colonel Bruce, assistant inspector of vo lunteers, was zioxt given and acknowledged. Other toasts followed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALLS'—LasT EVENING, EBOR HANDICAP. 7to 1 agst Rollyfox (taken) ST. LEGER. Even agst Gladiateur (offered) Bto 1 agst Regalia (taken) 9to 1 agst The Duke (taken) 10 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken) 20 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (wanted) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Student (off., take 10 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 40 to 1 agst Magician (taken and offered) 50 to 1 asst Bribery colt (taken) 66 to 1 agst Messinate (taken) 66 to 1 agst Darling's dam c' taken) The disputed race for the 1i. ,-, :ntingdonshire Stakes was the great topic of conversation this afternoon. The stew ards of the meeting decided that the stakes should be wthe sec on d horse, it having been a pro a v r e d d eci to that Claxton, Suspicion, atonoho came in first, had been struck out of his engagements on the let of August, and consequently could not legally be considered as in the race. The question of bets was gone into this afternoon by two of the committee of Tattersalls', and the following extra ordinary decision arrived at : "HUNTINGDON STAKES. " Tatter-sells', Aug. 14. " With regard to bets on the above race, we declare that Claxton must be considered the winner. " I'VEST3tORXLAND. " GEORGE PAYNE." The grounds on which the committee have thus adju dicated we are at a loss to conjecture. The Huntingdon stewards decided that Claxton was not in the race—in point of fact, had no existence, and should not have been allowed to run, and the Tattersalls' committee have declared him the winner! The good racing law that stakes and bets should go together seems to have been ignored on this occasion. RADCLIFFE RACES—MONDAY. The Bury Plate of 40 sous (handicap), for all ages ; win nors extra. About three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Drake's Worthless, 4 yrs, Bst 61b (W. White) 1 Mr. T. Cliff's Alice Lee, 4 yrs, ist 131 b (Maidmont) 2 Mr. Barber's Cutaway, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Ward) 3 Wallet and Desdemona also ran. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Wallet and Alice Lea, sto 2 agst Cutaway, 4 to 1 agst Worthless. Won by three-quarters of a length ; a length between second and third, and a head between third and fourth. The Radcliffe Plate (handicap) of 50 sous, for all ages ; winners extra. About half a mile. Mr. Handley's Viola, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (Maidment) 1 Mr. Drake's Worthless, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (W. White) 2 Mr. W. Phillips's Jolly Boy, 2 yrs, 6st 41b ...(Hoystoad) 3 Rose of Denmark and Bismarck also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Worthless, sto 2 agst Viola, 3to 1 agst Bismarck. Won by a neck ; a length and a half between second and third. The Wilton Cup (handicap) of 100 sovs, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 Boys each, 3 ft ; second to save his stake ; winners extra. About one mile and a half. Mr. Goodlass's Empress of India, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (Martin) 1 Mr. G. W. Morris's Club Queen, 3 yis, sst 131 b (Challoner) 2 Mr. Barber's Helen, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (Ward) 3 Lord Westmoreland' s O r l o ff , 3 yrs s st 71b (Kenyon) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Helen, 2to 1 agst Orloff, 5 t 0,2 agst Empress of India, 5 to 1 agst Club Queen. Won by a length ; a neck between second and third. The Heaton Park Handicap of 5 cove each, with 30 added; winners extra. About one mile. Mr. T. Cliff's The Lizard, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Kenyon) 1 Mr. Redhead's My M ary, 6 yrs, Bst bib (Clarkson) 2 Betting opened at 2 to 1 on My Mary, but closed at 6 to 5 on Lizard. Won by a short head. The Selling Handicap of 5 sons each, with 25 added ; winners extra. One mile 240 yards. Mr. T. Griffiths' Rose of Denmark, 3 yrs, Bst (11. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Smith's Desmond, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (Lomas) 2 Mr. J. Foy's Bismarck, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b (11. Sharp) 3 Betting-7 to 4on Rose of Denmark, 9to 4 apt Bis-• marck. b j threo lengths between second and third. The winner was not sold. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LospoN, Aug. 16—Wind at Noon, S.W. ; steady breeze and hazy. FALMOUTH, Aug. 14—Arrived—Holsatia, from Rio Janeiro ; Dogie, from Taganrog. OFF DARTMOUTH, Aug. 14—ArriTed—liontzuoroucy, from London. OFF PLYMOUTH, Aug. 14—Arrived—British Constitu tion, from Calcutta. CARDIFF, Aug. ii—sailed—lTanhoe, Madras; Highland Chief, }lout', Video. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. -- GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 15.—Fanny Jinkings, from St. gift's , Alphion, from Porto Rico ; James Cuckow, from Bilboa Lord Hartington, from Tunis ; Dunmore, f rom Penang ; Fronkina Hillechiena, from Engelholm ; Corsair's Bride, from Ceylon • Jacolina, from Oporto ; Ann Rendle, from St. Mitt's ; Hardengor, from Gefle ; Semper Fideles, from De merara ; Willie and Ettie, from Prince Islands. Sailed, 14th.—Felia, for Cetta ; Vesper, for Amsterdam ; Lady Raglan, for Cronstadt ; Wolf's Cove, for Quebec ; Prince of Wales, for Demerara. - - - - DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, 14th.—W. 8. Lindsay and J. L. Hull, both from west for London. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton.• • • •Aug. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British paohet Sept 1. Ditto, by French packet apinea7frGenooadngll, anopde,sAinscgeanpsoiroen: v a i ld s t: u . : ll h am ::: Ditto, via Marseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton . ..,,,Aug 22. P . n . 11 .. n .. •.. ..A. A1t ug uugg ... 12 1 8 2 1.. . ..... A ug.lB. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Aug. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles •• • • . Aug. 19. India (Bombay), via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles . ......Aug. 19. Mauritius, via Southampton Sept. 10. Ditto, via Marseilles Newfoundland' Portugal .. •• • Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Aug. 16. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londondcrry Aug. 18. West Ccast of Africa. Madeira, and T,neriffe Sept. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Aug. 14. Bahamas, via New York. Aug. H. Bermuda, ditto Aug. 30. Cuba and Mexico Aug. x 9. BRUMMAGEM POETRY.—At a concert at Bir mingham on Tuesday evening, Signor Donati sang a song which began with the following remarkable couplet : " Alen of honour, station, income, Sing a dirge to Abraham Lincoln (I)" The poot and composer is said to have been a Dir. Charles Blamphin. SWANSEA SAVINGS -BANK.—During the half-year ending the 20th of May last this bank received in deposits £22,319 19s. 7d., also interest from National Debt office £2,851 18s. 2d., and transfers from other savings banks, .£lB 10s. 4d. The repayments to depositors reached £19,661 18s. 6d, and the transfers to Post-office and other savings-banks only amounted to £320 9s. 3d., which shows that confidence is felt in the management and stability of the old bank. The expenses of managem ent for the half year were £ 237, and the balances on the 20th of May stood as follows :—lnvested in National Debt, £179,553 17s. 10d.; separate surplus fund, £ 1,700 ; G lamorganshire Banking Company, £1,738 738 Bs. 9d., making a total of £182,992 Gs. 7d. as compared with £177,987 7s. 11d. on the 20th of Novem being an increase of £3,004 18s. Bd. beri 64 'iIBE,CHELTENHASI ELECTION MURDER.—The trial of John Thomas Glass, for the murder of William Syne, at the Cheltenham election, took place at the Gloucestershire assizes, yesterday. The jury found a verdict of manslaughter. The learned judge said ho de ferred to their verdict, and was bound to deal with it as a case of manslaughter. It was, however, a most aggra vated one. He sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' penal servitude. _ _ --- • ---- SHORT AND SWEET.—The following letter from Lord Glasgow appears in the Ayr Observer of Tuesday last :—" llawkhead, August 3.—Sir, -1n the Ayr Observer of Tuesday last I have seen a letter from some person whom you call your special correspondent,' in which some remarks are made regarding me. I have, therefore, to inform you your correspondent is an impertinent liar, as there is not a word of truth in what he has written.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, GLASGOW."