The Sun. — London, England, 1865-08-25 00:00:00

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This has been an exceedingly dull day at the Stock Exchange, and the rain which has fallen within the last hour has evidently diminished the number of transactions within that time. The recovery, amounting to 3.16 per cent., established yesterday afte moon, has been well maintained, Consols now leaving off at 891 / for money, and at 89/ 4 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. dis ; and India 5 per Cents., 105 1. The Foreign Stock market has been well sup ported. Turkish Consolides are 481 f ; Mexican, 231 ; the New Loan, 221 k ; Greek Bonds, 201 ; Spanish Passive, 2911; Certificates, 141 1; Italian, 6 3i 611 ; and the Confederate Loan, 6 8. American securities have been extensively dealt in, and are very buoyant. United States 5-20 Bonds are 691 ; Erie Shares, 531 4 ; Illinois, 78 ; and Atlantic and Great Western Certificates of Deben tures, 851 861. Business in the Railway Share Market has been Moderately active, and prices have generally shown an upward move. Great Northern A Stock have advanced £2 ; Midland, 155., North Western and South Eastern each 10s., and Great Western, Lan cashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, and Metropoli tan, each ss. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there has been little little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in moderate request. Alliance are dealt in at 29 30 ; London and County at 75 ; Standard of British South Africa, at 131 ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. at 101 ; and Hudson's Bay Company, a t l si4. The following are the current quotations of some of the principal new undertakings :—The New Issue of 5 0,000 Preference Shares of £5 each of the Atlan tic Telegraph, 21 21 per share ; Northern Assain Tea Company's Shares, i dis. I prem. ; Chubwa Tea, dis. I prem. ; London-bridge Land, 2 dis. 1 dis• ; Albert-bridge, 1 14 prem. ; London Jute Works, 1 1 prem. ; M'Queen Brothers, 11 2 prem. ; London Quays, dis. par ; British India Trust and Agency Corporation, 1 prem. ; Overend, Gurney, and Company, 31 31 prem. BRITISH FU NDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Der Cent. Consols B9f f Do. Account. , Sept. 7 B9l 0 per Cent Reduced 9j I 1 8 ~,New 3 per Cent' B9f Ne w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 i Do. 5 p er C en t. J an. 1873 '`nlluities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DO2 for 30 yrs, expi re sth April, 1885 — , lie (R e d sea Telegraph), Aug., "'cliequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 ec hper Cent. Do. £5OO 3 dis D Do. £lOO an d £2OO `lank of England Stock, 5f per Cent 249} Do Account ' — /,12i:DIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. m,aian Stock, 10f per Cent., AprillB74 — D. Account r-,°. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 4 -',„ O . Account O. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates 0 . Enf ace d P aper 4 por C en t — O. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 1-I s'n ° ' 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — `' o . 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO 1)0 . under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. tillstrian Bond; 5 per Cent, 1859 razilian 5 per Cent D. 41 per Cent., 18 52-58-60 Do. 1863 —Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.) C hilian 6 per C en t — e Do. 4f per Cent dub°lenibian 6 per Cent. _ fial 6 per Cent. Inish 3 per Cent., 1825 '"„ 0 . 4 per Cent., 1863 13 ''''''. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid anubian Principalities 120. Account I ,:un £B6 paid —l,lntdor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — E ~'"0.2 Provisional Land Warrant — ''YPtian 7 per Cent — 1.1 0., Second Issue 9B I h_ Do. 1864 9s* I (in, £lOO Bonds h cc iE per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 4-'0 Account (~I'''/0. Coupons iteniala 5 per Cent. It °• 1839 and 1850 alien 6 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 78/ f 9 Lo 1865 11 0 R li t - ) ' t 'eriP, £671 paid — b o 0 Per Cent., 1864 — ke6tASlac c ri3 co Ppe u ' n 4r t sCsenritaid 1: , 3-1 1864 0 6 4- '' b , per Cent. Anglo-French — lio n ° , 4 ench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — koZervidean 6 p er C en t., £3O pa i d I ` , lB - ' lB ' w Q ll Imperial 5 per Cent 1)0 ranada D` Per Cent 0 Deferred Peric,}4.4and Warrants (Hectares) b u ',all 4 per Cent 13 - 0 - ‘4 c riP, i. 45 paid, paid in Bonds Da u Per Cent. (Uribarren) , D o . 1 Per Cent., 1862 ri c Do ' k..s'eenunt hes e 3 per Cent. 1853 1853 471 Do k eenunt . , Do , A Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, •tt4 .cxee — s6i 4 „ , oust D o , i 1 0 Per Cent., 1822, £ St D o p Per Cent. 1850 DCentD° ''l iPr Cent., 1859 D ° P e t., 1860 oPer Cent. 1862 92f r,.. I'4lll,i,irr Cent. 1864 951 Do Act 3 ant Cent DoD - kintit o "P't Deferred — D o A ccou n t 1)° A P a ssive — r'ai l i eh count Do A c e ert. of Coup not funded — Woeut , DDo A Per Cent. — ecou,, o . A i 4t, •—• ' IllitiBlll Per Cent. 186 4 1 - ) n A e ' Per Cent. 1854 93f D o c'elant Do Apr Cent.'lBsB Do count 74 b o 11" B onds Llo'6-2 Per Cent — Do 41)43r Per 1862 -9 1 3l .oo b oo o : GI ip,,,ee°o:ll3l:ll..laci. .. 1 ... .. 743 Do P6l. 431 ba £lOO 0 1865 8 „ B ent. nds 44 be ° "l , , -£35 .13.6 4 00e.zuleei3eir3: CI pera., lt e 4 pB p t6 e 2 r Cent — dis V e ° Guar". Paid 381 b ivi °ll , t ................................ il'astri an 5 "rids on the above payable in London. b ei gian, : II Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Do iit e h 2i p.ePrZtrnt., Ex. 25f. ::;;.eNnoc4h4ct)eco_nruntcetse:a4tn.itc.p,eeErrtxicfi. Cent. DO' _ 1411341 r . ................................ THREE. . . .: 6-- 4 o kcL 0 C E • Aclu tent., i 8.6. 1, Ex. . iii ..... C°D.4050.155ept...Acc.0..wa...t.................. 89i 40,596 ... 3,508,833 30,618 t 5,582243 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The feature most noticeable in the Money Market yesterday was a slight relaxation of the comparative stringency previously perceptible, and to-day there are further faint symptoms of easiness. The rates do not exhibit much alteration, bankers and bill brokers still proceeding with considerable caution. The returns issued by the Bank of France and the Bank of England are favourable, but the results they show are negatived to a large extent by the uncertainty felt with regard to the harvest, and the possibility of a large efflux of gold. On the Stock Exchange, where money is loanable from day to day, advances arc made on exceedingly favourable terms to those requiring accommodation. The return from the Bank of England shows an increase in the reserves of notes and bullion, and the alterations are generally considered satisfactory. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation ....£21,776,125 Decrease Bullion Increase Belt Decrease Public Deposits Increase ••• Other Deposits Decrease ••• ••• ••• Seven Day and Other Bills ... Decrease Government Securities ... ... ... je• Other Securities ••• ••• Decrease ..• ..• Notes Unemployed ••• ••• I ncrea se ••• 4.841 ••• SHARE 'his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. I Paid ' 1 Closing I Businasi Price. done. 1 14 Bir., & Str. Val al ;t Blyth and Tyne lth it Bristol and Exeter 1(1 ;t Caledonian lc( 0 96 98 0 133 i 134 , 11 - 11 6 6 A: 1 Cork and Bandon ;0 Cornwall . 1 0 0 D Do N . A B { A gets no div. 1 a till6p.c.p.an.has D. been paid to 11 it Dublin & Belfast June. al :5 Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. al It Edinburgh & Glasgow 10 :t Glasgow &S. Western 10 t Great Eastern, Ord. stk. ;0 , t Do. E. Angl. st. No. 't 10; t Great North of Scotland t Great Northern. 11 I 61 f 6 11 16 17 )0 109 111 10 46 47 10 7i 8 I t t I No ) : sotock:: )0 131 132 )0 147 118 ;0 128 :32 t Do. New, is. at 25 pat 41 ft GtS, and W. of Ireland 10 1 it Gt. Wcstc n Original 1 I It fl S. Val. Rail gua. VJI it Do. South Wales it Do. W. Mid.— Oxtord 1o( It ho. Newpo. t 10( It Do. Hereford 10( 86 c 8 68 67 63 65 44 16 40 45 105 1 07 1171 114 90 92 103 105 39 II 125 12 9) 10) 511 55 st Lanc4shire &Yorkshire 1C st London and Blackwali st Lon., Brih.,& S Coas IC st Lon., Chat., and Dave 10 st Lon. & North Western 10 st Lon. & South Western 10 st Man., Shet., & Lincoln 10 50 Maryport and Carlisle al 1 2 i Do. # shares st Metropolitan..... 10 Do. New st Mid'and 11 133 133 i 7 2} 1 p )0 130 131 )0 99 101 It I Do, Birmin Derby I 0 Gt. W.. Ireland s ;5 Do. a shares 5 Bid Kent it North British st Do. Ed., Pth :Az Dun. 10 st Nth. Eastern - Berwick 10 15 Do. G.N•E purchase 16.1 st Do. Leeds st Do. York lO st Do. Carlisle . . .... % 2 Do. Stock. & Darling. al De. do. 1855-58 2, %5 Do. do. 1860-61 to It North London 51 56 24 111 112 1.41 - 0 68 69 D 103 10! 11 374 3Si :1 —p 6 10 Il p :) 121 123 all [0 Do. New ....... l 0 Do. do. 18f.4 ....... It North Staffordshire . 1i 2 p 75 77 11 12 143 152 57 5, 10 N. &S. W. Junction all it Scottish Central 4t Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 it Do. Scot, Mid. st,,ck lO 10 Shrews & Welchpool al it Shropshire Union it South Devon It South Eastern ... 4 - .) 1 61 63 57 59 0 78 60 11 8 10 10 15r 157 3 3 4p 10 00 106 107 :0 Staines, Wok., & Wok a; ,t Taff Vale lO im Do. C it Vale of Neath it Waterford At Kilkenny it West Cornwill W.Hartlepool Har.&R it Do. A irredeemable_ 101 it Do. A redeemable 101 49 51 BRITISH P 00 Atlantic & St. Lawrence a, 8t Born., Baroda, k Cen.ln. 10 gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. b' shares £oi Buffalo & Lake Huron al' 10 Do. Preference al 50 ff, Bu Brant, dr Goderich * 6 p.c. bds. Au 1, 872 )0 Do. do. Jul g. yl, 1873 11 )0 Do. do. June 1, 1874 1i st Calcutta .1; S. E., Urn 1( st Cape Town AD Dock, gu IC )0 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: al at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 10 ;t East Ladian, gu. 5 p.c. 10 l() Do. J Extension 1, at Grand Trunk of Canada 101 10 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c al '0 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds a/ 100- Do. do. deferred at 100 Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds at 100 Do. do. deterred all 00 Do. Id Pref. stock al 00 Do. do. deferred al 00 Do. 4th Pref. stock al 00 Do. do. deterred al at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 104 20 to. Gua. 5 per cent I , 20 Do. New gua. sp. o st Gt. South of India (Ifm gua. 5 per cent st D at Do 41 per cent lO 20& Great Wes. of Canada., al 204 Do. New . CIO Do. 6p. C. This. pay. 1873 al DC Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 10 Indian Branch, limited at Madras, gua. 5 p.c 10( st Do. 4 do 10( it Do. 4i do lOl !O Do. Fifth Extension it 3lelb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 10 i 0 Mel. & Hudson's Bay a] :0 New Brunswick & Can Class A and B it NT.ltl.C'da, pc letpf.bds 10. it Scinde • ...... 1( it Do. Delhi 0 Do. do it Do. Puniaub it Do.lndus St Flo b.° I II COLONIAL GOVERNM British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 10 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 lO Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug le , 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 10 00, 5 p. o. Jan. & July 10 Do. 5 p e, Inscribed sk 10 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 10 1 , 0. April & Oct. 1880-1 10 Do. do; 1690-1 10 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lO Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c 10 Dn. 1878, do lO Mauritius, 8 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.16 10 Natal Gov. o per cent lO N. B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.Jauly 1 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 1, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 i is New Zealand, 6p. cent 1C Do. 6 per cent IC Nova Scutia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 l9 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lO S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 10 Do. 1878 Sz upwards 1( Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 10 Do. do, /3 pril & Oct lO BRITL 2 Cam. ConsoL G old, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls 2. East Bassett (Illogan) 3 East Caradon as t Carn Brea 3.4 East Grenville 2.7 East Love.' 2.1 E. W l l Russell (Tavlstk 9.1( Gam. & StA übyn(G wen . 61 4 Great L ocey, limited al, Great South Tolgus l.l G. Wheal Vor (Heist 41 Grenville 7.8 Herod's Foot Hingston Downs 4.1 Margaret lUny Lelant Marke Valley 4.: 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, lin, Nangi les .. New Se ton North Downs North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4. North Wheal Crotty 2.t -- Prosper United 7.1 Pr .vidence UnyL.lant 10. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1 Stray Park Tin Croft West Passett (Mogan W. Caradon (Dskeard 4 West Chiverton 1 West Seton 4 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 1 Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea, Ludoott 3. Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton ▪ Wheal T t clawney (Lis - Wheal 'Union.... ,SESSIONS. II I 57 50 101 102 2 11 4 n I 1 4 i 1 11 9 1 iuo O 99 101 O 70 75 [1 100 102 O 101 102 0 103 104 5 11P 0 18 19 11 F 8 90 11 64 66 11 55 60 11 56 58 11 50 52 II 43 46 11 33 42 11 25 17 11 24 Z 6 }0 103 104 14 I t p 4 100 101 il 11; 121 , 8 81 Sid 11 z 0 22 11 82 ti 4 2 1 ed )0 101 102 10 95 97 )0 9) 92 2 63 65 /3 82 84 IOC ) 99 4004 [OO Utq 1004 2 1 'OO 94 1(.)0i 00 - NT SECUR. 10 97 98 '0 95 97 1) 98 100 10 81 85 * 82 84 * 103 105 * 106 108 * 108 110 '0 106 108 PO 1( 3 105 * 109 111 )0 107 tO9 ►0 107 109 )0 102 104 )0 95 97 )0 9) 101 O 93 95 O 90 91 O 102 104 O 83 85 98 100 loli 10211 IC9i 114 SII MINES. 9 10 - 25 2 7 1 560 580 1.0 .. _I i.., 18 :0 [4.8 114 12! 1.0 6 66 7.0 21 2 13.6 10 11 0.6 31 4,1 10/ 2 4 11 194 20) 1.0 11 35 37 3.3 2 2i .13 40 42 18.0 2 21 94 21. 3 3.0 41 41 2, 26 16 !,11 11 13 1} 25 31 Pt 1, 3.0 It 11 1.6 If 2 /.6.7 30 32 11 470 490 18.9 15 20 17.6 13 15 9 171 18i 11 61 7, 9 10 12 11 75 8. 171 170 180 54 75 80 '6 28 30 81 4 6 iB4 200 205 7 17 13 rutIFEILEINUX btlAkCicb. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pt, 95i London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 112 Lancaster and Carlisle, 2126 London and Chatham, 46 per Cent., 9) Ditto. Com. Fund stock 5 per cent.lllol Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 91i FOREIGN RAIL WA Y Bahia and San Francisco t li.n.) gua. 7 per cent., 14 Dutch Rhenish, 231 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 20 FOREIGN MINJCB, Cobre Copper, 20} i Frontino and Bolivia Gold, Um., 31 I St. John del Key, lira., 40 BANKS. Alliance, lim.. 30 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 20 is paid., 23& Australasia. 77 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 24 1 Chartered Her. of India, London, and China, 16 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 221 European Bank, lim.. 11/ 11 Imperial Ottoman, 15/ I London Bank of Mexico and S. America, 11m., 131 3 London and County, 75 London and South African, 161 17 Midland Bank, Bro. ' 17 National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and 3d:issue, 44} National Bank, 94/ Provincial of Ireland, 851 South Australia, 331 Standard of British South Africa, 146 Union of Australia, 631 Union of London, 531 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 171 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 1 1 Ceylon Company, lu City of Moscow Gas, lim , 3 / Continental Union Gas, lim., 1(1 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of 14.ngland, 81 8 Crystal Palace, 3q Pairbairn Eng neering, 6 Fore-street Warehouse, lim. ' 91 Gcn. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay, 15: Interational Land Credit. lira., 7/ Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour ) , 12 Joint Stock Discount, Jim., 8 f London Financial Association. lim., 22 1 London General Omnibus Company, 3/ National Discount Company. lint, 15: f orth British and Mercantile Insurance, 171 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., tut : Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Um., 7f Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 524 Royal Mail Steam, 120 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., 24 Van Diemen's Land, 8/ Sheep and pigs are now imported into Southamp ton from France. The tails of the sheep trail on the ground. The pigs are of large size and have long and expansive ears, 46i 6 149 te; 651 a 104 1251 1331 1 1301 1 571 7 , 81 foi ITIES. W -- 0 1 05 The Tripl louthwark. CORONER'S INQUEST-THIS DAY. Tho coroner's inquiry into the circumstances connected with the murder of the three children by their mother, Esther Lack, was held to-day by Mr. Carter, the coroner for Surrey, at the Winchester Arms, Southwark-street. The witnesses examined were those who gave their tes timony at the Southwark Police-court on the occasion of the examination and committal of the prisoner for wilful murder by Mr. Bircham. The accused was not present at the inquiry. George Lack, son of the accused, said the deceased were his two sisters and brother, their ages being, Christopher aged nine, Eliza aged five, and Esther about two years. His father was the first person from whom he heard of the murder. He told him to go upstairs, and there he saw the children dead and his mother was standing over the bed. She had for the last seven years been subject to Severe illness, and at times her mind had been astray. In reply to the Coroner lie said he had never heard his mother utter dangerous threats towards her children. Richard Henry Gardener, son-in-law of the deceased, said he resided in the same house as the accused, Mrs. Lack, No. 10, Skin Market-place, and was awoke by his brother-in-law, who heard crying outside the door. He got up and asked what was the matter ? George Lack could not answer him. lie went into the front room first floor, and repeated his question, when the prisoner said (pointing to the dead children dying on the bed), " That's the matter." Their heads were nearly severed from their bodies. When he asked, " What she had done it for ?" Mrs. Lack said, "She did it because the children were poor and had no one to take care of them, it was better that they should be in heaven than knocking about the streets. She said she did not know she had murdered the children until she had killed the baby. By the Coroner—He had never hoard his mother-in-law threaten the children. He had heard her say that she wished they were somewhere else, but after that she would kiss them. Henry Pope, M 54, said he took the accused into custody. He found in the room the two razors produced. There was blood on the largest one. The accused said sho had killed the children with the largest one. These razors were then identified as belonging to the husband of the accused. Mr. Edward Hibberd, the surgeon who had examined the bodies, said death in each case had been caused by the wounds in the necks of the children. They wore so deep that the heads were nearly severed from the bodies. Great force must have been used in inflicting them. The razors shown me would produce the wounds. The Coroner—Do you think there was any struggle in either of the cases ? Witness.—No ; the great rush of air into the lungs would prevent the children crying out or struggling. Death must have been almost instantaneous. Constable Pearce, 7 M, said, when he went into the room he asked who did it. The accused said she knew quite well what she was about, and that she was then in custody for the murder of the three children. She said afterwards—" I woke up about three o'clock and got the razors. I came upstairs again, and first cut the throat of Christopher, then I went to the bed and cut the throat of Eliza, and then I cut the throat of the baby. On being asked what induced her to do such a shocking thing, she said she was going into Guy's Hospital, and she did not like to leave the children in the care of strangers. The Coroner said the jury having heard the evidence, it now became their duty to determine how the deaths had been caused. He would not stop to inquire whether the children could have inflicted the injuries themselves, be cause that was impossible. The evidence appeared to him so plain that there could not be any doubt as to who was the perpetrator of the murders, and they must not allow any sympathy to affect their verdict. if the mother was ever so mad, they must not take that into consideration, because they had no power to dis charge her. That matter rested with the superior courts. They had to return a simple verdict, and the evidence they had heard would, ho felt certain, enable them to decide the matter. One of the jury asked the constable whether he observed any blood about the person of the accused ? Pearce said her hands were completely covered with it. The jury then returned a verdict of wilful murder, in each case, against Esther Lack. The witnesses were then bound over to appear and give evidence against the prisoner at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. TEE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1865. MENTS. August 24, at 10 a.m. second to save his stake. About a mile and a half. 10 subs. Mr. Brayley's Endsleigh, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Cannon) 1 Capt. Gray's The Swift, 9st llb (P. Adams) 2 Betting-6 to 4 agst Endsleigh, who won after a good race by a short head. The Saltram Stakes (Handicap) of 15 SOTS each, 5 ft, and 3 if declared, with 100 added ; winners extra ; second saved his stake. About two miles. 23 subs ; 11 de clared. Mr. E. Brayley's Pearl Diver, 5 yrs, Bst 61b (in. 91b ex.) (Cannon) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Moose, 5 yrs, 9st llb (inc. 51b extra) (W. Boyce) 2 Captain King's Salpin c t es , 3 y rs , 7 s t 31b ( Storey)) 3 Mr. Carlile's Allow M e , 5 y rs , 7 s t 21b (Grey 4 Mr. E. Brayley's Pelios, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Murray) 5 Betting-6 to 4on Pearl Diver, 3to 1 agst Moose. Won by three-quarters of a length ; two lengths between second and third. First Year of the Second Plymouth Biennial Stakes of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; penalties and allow ances; second to save his stake. Straight half mile. 16 subs. Mr. J. B. Starkey's Kingsley, Bst 21b (J. Mann) 1 Mr. I. Woolcott's Ropley, Bst 21b (Dowling 2 Prince de Soltykoff's El Ole, Bst 101 b (W. Boyce) 3 Mr. E. Brayley's Exeter, B s t 51b (Cannon 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Kingsley, 2to 1 agst Ropley, and 4 to 1 each agst Exeter and El Ole. Won by three-quarters of a length ; a length between second and third ; a bad fourth. The Ladies' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with selling and other allowances. Three-quarters of a mile, in heats. Mr. W. Stabbings' The Roarer, 3 yrs, Bst_7lb (F. Adams) 1 1 Bavaria filly, fist 41b (Murra 2 3 Kathleen, ist 121 b (T Mann) 3 2 - - , - Betting-6 to 4 agst the Roarer, who won by a length ; a bad third. Deciding heat.—Betting-2 to 1 on The Roarer, who won easily by threelengths ; a bad third. The winner was bought in for 50 guineas. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE August 18, at 9 a.m., Nuneaton out of Chatsworth Stakes, Derby. August 19, at 9 a.m., Vicksburg and Caprice out of Yarmouth engagements, Exchequer and Tennyson out of Staffordshire Stakes, Lichfield, Ozone out of all engage ments ; after 6 p.m. all Count de Lagrange's horses, except Auguste, out of York engagements. August 21, at 9 a.m., Hadji's Daughter out of York and Yarmouth engagements, Coup d'Etat out of York engage ments, John Davis and Tippler out of Tradesmen's Plate, Derby ; at 2.17 p.m., Sacrilege out of Hunters' Stakes, Hereford ; at 4.30 p.m., Rosina, Queen Bee, and Katherine, out of Yarmouth engagements ; Queen of Holland, out of Nursery, York. August 22, at 9 a.m., Duke of York out of Convivial Stakes, Mother of Pearl out of Nursery, York, and Joco out of all handicaps for which the weights have appeared. August 23, at 1.30 p.m., colt by Vengeance out of Media., 2 yrs, out of all engagements, 1865 ; and after 9 p.m., Mountain Flower out of Uffington Handicap, Lam bourne. August 24, at 9 a.m., Lufra and King of Spades out o Lichfield engagements. :MBER MEETING. Sept. 5. • sovs each, with 100 added ; Two miles. Age st lb Redmire • 3 6 9 Fat Jack Nuneaton 4 6 9 Welbeck Verdant 3 6 8 Shakspere ' 4 6 6 Helen 4 6 5 Arkansas Farce 5 6 4 True Heart 5 6 4 The Guide 8 6 3 Harry Brailsford Grinder 3 6 3 Endsloigh 3 6 0 Elland The Pirate 3 5 12 Scheldt Threadbare Spring Gun Sidewind Defy Ascot 3 5 7 sous, the rest in specie, by ovs each. One mile. Age st lb Lady Bohun Tippler 5 10 0 Redoubt 3 10 0 Arkansas Principal Queen of Trumps 4 9 12 Effie Dean Swift Alice Lee 4 9 9 Viceroy 3 9 8 Zeloo 5 9 7 Nu 3 9 4 Ascot 3 8101 The Murder of Major De Vere. The coroner's inquest upon Major Francis De Vere was held yesterday at the Sun in the Wood Tavern, Chatham. The principal witness ex amined was Lieutenant George Durnford, who stated that the deceased was captain in the Royal Engineers and major in the British army. He was thirty-six years of age. He was standing near at the time and heard the shot, after which he saw the major fall. A sapper named Mason said the man who had fired the shot was in the house. He went to an upstairs front room, and there found Sapper John Currie of the Royal Engineers standing in the room by himself. There was a smell of burnt powder in the room. He said to him " Did you do this ?" and he replied, " Yes, sir." The other witnesses who were examined pre viously before the magistrates having given their evidence, the jury returned a verdict of wilful mur der against John Currie. REMOVAL OF THE BODY OF MAJOR DE VERE. At a quarter past 12 o'clock yesterday the mortal remains of Major Francis Horatio Do Vera were removed from Brompton Barracks to London, en route for Ireland, where tho body will be buried. It is, happily, but seldom that the last sad rites are paid to an officer of high rank under such awful circumstances, and the pomp and solemnity of a military funeral, such as took place yesterday, made a deep impression on the im mense concourse of spectators who thronged the streets through which the mournful procession passed. Shortly before 12 o'clock the bugle sounded for the men to muster who had been selected to take part in the procession, and they were on parade as the clock struck the hour of noon. The firing party of Sappers and Miners, 200 in number, were drawn up opposite the side of the square facing the house where the corpse lay. The splendid baud of the Engineers was on the left-hand side, and beyond them a large body of artillery and other soldiers. At least 150 officers were present from Chatham, Canterbury, Dover, &c., and the picturesqueness of the scene received a gratifying addition when 120 blue jackets from the Wellesley and other ships marched on to the ground to bear their testi mony of respect to one slaughtered with such bloodthirsty coolness. A gun, drawn by six horses, formed the fune ral car, and the union jack covered that part of it where the coffin was to rest, Quartermaster-Sergeant William Draycott and Gunner Jones sitting on the gun-carriage. Precisely at a quarter past 12, and while the jury wore de liberating upon their verdict, Col. Browne, C. 8., gave the word of command for the men to fall in, and the body was borne from the room where he had lived and died and placed on the gun carriage, the staff officers acting as pall-bearers being Major Kerr, Major (Dr.) Cockburn, Major Gervoise, and Major Gossett, and the procession moved in the fol lowing order from the parade ground through the magni ficent Crimean arch erected by the survivors to the me mory of those who fell iu the late Russian war, the streets of Brompton, and up the military road to the station of the London,Chatham, and Dover Railway. The firing party, about 200 in number, in open column of 24 file, with arms reversed, the band playing the Dead March in Saul, the Rev. Mr. Edgell and the Rev. Mr. Wetherall, military chaplains—the gun carrying the body in a plain black cloth hearse, with black nails, and a simple inscription on the plate. The coffin was covered with a rich black velvet pall, edged with whito silk, and the arms and accoutre ments of the deceased were placed thereon, his very nume rous glittering orders being disposed on a black velvet cushion at the head of the coffin. The three brothers of the deceased walked behind, and then came the horse of the deceased draped in black velvet, with white silk and crape, and led by two non-commissioned officers. Two captains follo wed, and then the "blue jackets." The other soldiers--the artillery—and then the officers in attend ance, completed the procession. Only one incident of special note occurred during the passing of the impressive carte ye, and that was the arrival of the orderly with the information of the result of the inquest, at the very instant the corpse of the murdered officer was passing the window whence the fatal shot was fired. In passing through the streets the greater number of the shops had their shutters up, and the private houses their blinds drawn down—a commendable mark of respect to the dead. On the ad vance guard of the firing party arriving at the station, they fell back to each side of the way, and the corpse was brought up to the side of the line, where Mr. Veal, the courteous and business-like station-master, had caused due preparations to be made, and the band playing Beethoven's " Sleepers awake !" the coffin was placed in the carriage prepared for its reception, and after a farewell glance at the last earthly receptacle of their brother soldier,with his glittering honours telling of noble deeds in his country's cause, the word to march was given by Colonel Browne The railway carriage was shunted from the gaze of the po-. pulace and forwarded to London with its sad contents in the course of the afternoon. THE " MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR" AT WINDSOR.—The owner of the clothes found under the railway arch at Windsor has been discovered, and no circumstance of suspicion is connected with either him or the garments. ROMAN CATHOLICS AT OXFORD. —The following Roman Catholics are at present on the books at Christ Church, Ox ford .—Mr. Thomas Weld-Blundell and Mr. Henry J. Stourton (gentlemen commoners), and Mr. H. G. Shea, son of the judge, and Mr. Christopher Talbot Rod_ ington, son of the late Sir Thomas N. Redinglon (com inoners.)— Guardian. SPORTI :GENCE YORK AUGUST MEETING-THURSDAY. The announcement that the Claxton case is to be re opened and gone into at Doncaster before the full com mittee of Tattersall's gate universal satisfaction last night. Public opinion has pronounced so unmistakably on the fallacy of the late decision that it is to be hoped one more consonant with the principles of common sense will be arrived at by the the proper tribunal. Tho break between Lord Glasgow and the Whitewall stable has formed another topic for the quidnuncs during the meeting. In consequence of the running of White Duck on Tuesday the Earl gave orders for the removal of his horses from John Scott's care, and they will go, we believe, to Tupgill for the present, to be trained by Tom Dawson. The chief events of the last day at York aro the Gim crack, the Great Yorkshire Stakes, and the Cup. The first named is interesting from its being the only mile course, with the exception of the Nursery at Goodwood, on which two-yr-olds meet to try their staying powers. Selim, un penalised, was the favourite, but ho proved a non-stayer, and the extra weight telling on Macdonald and Esca, Johnny Osborne brought out Lord of the Vale, and won a fine race from Split the Difference by a head. In the Colt Sapling Stakes they laid odds on Mr. Pitt, but Fordham hardly came soon enough, and failed to pass Blue Riband, a dead heat being the judge's award. The Great Yorkshire was a surprise for the supporters of Broomielaw-, on whom they laid odds, Klarinska, little fancied by her stable, win ning from start to finish, and in such hollow style that 12 to 1 was immediately taken about her for the St. Leger. Ely scared away all competitors for the Cup, and this handsome prize goes to swell the list of trophies already won for Mr. Cartwright by this great horse. The meeting has been most successful, and the weather everything that could be desired. The Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs cash, with 50 added, for 2-yr old colts, Oat; and fillies and geldings, Bst 101 b; with selling allowances. T.Y.C. 8 subs. Capt. Machell's King Fisher (.£3O), Bst ...(J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Giubelei's Naide (£3O), 7st 101 b (Clement) 2 Mr. Harker's Beechwood (£3O), Bst (Fordham) 3 Mr. Naylor's Saxon Beauty (.£3O), let 101 b (Challoner) 4 Mary Hill, Jura, and Blaekface also ran. Betting—Even on Naide, 9 to 2 agst King Fisher, and 10 to 1 agst any other. King Fisher, in company with Saxon Beauty, the fa vourite, and Beechwood, made the running to half-way in the distance, when Mr. Naylor's filly gate way, and Naide took her place, but failed to reach the leader, who won very easily by a length ; three lengths separated the second and third. Saxon Beauty was fourth, close up. Vary Hill was last. The winner was bought by Mr. Stephen son for 300 guineas. The Gimcrack Stakes of 10 sots each, with 100 added, for 2-yr-old colts, Bst 10lb ; and fillies, Bst 51b; win ners extra ; the second horse to receive 25 sovs out of the stakes, and the third to save a hi s s t a k e . O ne m il e. 28 subs. Mr. R. Cathcart's Lord of the Vale, Bst 101 b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Jackson's Split the Difference, Bst 101 b Doyle) 2 Lord Stamford's Esca, 9st 31b (inc 71b extra)...(Carroll) 3 Mr. Lincoln's Selim, Bst 101 b ..................... (Custance) 4 Mr. Pardoe's Macdonald, 9st 31b (inc 71b extra) (Loates) 5 Mr. W. Hudson's Lady Elizabeth. filly, Bst 51b (Wheatley) 6 Betting-6 to 4 agst Selim, 6to 1 eget Split the Difference, 5 to 1 agst Esca, and 7 to 1 agst Lord of the Vale. Macdonald was the first away, and made the running at a good pace, having Se lim, the Lady Elizabeth colt, and Split the Difference as his immediate followers, Lord of the Vale and Esca lying up. They ran in these positions to the T.Y.C. post, when the leader dropped back, leaving Se lim with a slight advantage, which he retained to the dis tance, when he in turn gave way to Split the Difference and Esca, who came on together to the enclosure, when Osborne brought up Lord of the Vale with a rush, and getting up to Mr. Jackson's colt at the Stand ho headed him in the next few strides and won a fine race by a head. Split the Differ ence was second, three lengths in advance of Esca; Selim a bad fourth. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sous each, 30 ft, for 2-yr old colts, Bst 10lb each. T.Y.C. 14 subs. Duke of Beaufort's Mr. Pitt, Bst 101 b (Fordham) f 1 Mr. R. Cathcart's Blue Ribald, Bst 101 b (Osborne) f 2 Betting-100 to 30 on Mr. Pitt. The non-favourite cut out the work to the half-way in the distance, when Mr. Pitt drew up, and, catching him in the stand, the pair finished a splendid race with a dead heat. Deciding Heat—Betting opened at 6 to 4 on Mr. Pitt and closed at even on Blue Riband, who took a slight lead to within 200 yards from home, where Fordham made his effort and landed Mr. Pitt in the last few strides by a head, after an exciting struggle. The Nursery Handicap Plate of 100 sovs each, for two-yr olds. Wfnners extra. T.Y.C., about five furlongs. Mr. Barber's Locket Lucy, by Tomboy or Commotion, 6st 91b (Ward) 1 Lord Exeter's Amazon, Gst 91b (Huxtable) 2 Mr. Johnstone's Rococ o , E s t 101 b (Cameron) it The following also ran :—Naide, Raunds, Black Prince, Limber Magna, Castanet, Blue Bell filly, Monitress, Grand Master, Violent, Jezebel, Lord Craven, and Pretty Queen. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Jezebel and Castanet, sto 1 agst Rococo, 100 to 8 each agst Amazon and Pretty Queen, 100 to 7 agst Lord Craven, 2f to 1 agst Locket Lucy, and 100 to 3 agst Monitress. A short delay, caused by the fractiousness of Locket Lucy, Castanet, and Naide, preceded the actual start, in which Castanet, in the centre, got away with a slight lead of Locket Lucy next the rails, and Jezebel on the extreme right, close in whose wake came Amazon, Naide, Moni tress, Black Prince, Rococo, and Raunds in close company to the road. Here Castanet disappeared from the front, and the running was then taken up by Locket Lucy, who, h a lf way down, was followed by Amazon and Rococo, but the two latter never had a chance of reaching Mr. Bar ber's filly, who won in a canter by three lengths. Amazon defeated Rococo by half a length for second ; a similar distance divided the latter from Naide. Castanet was fifth, Jezebel sixth, the Blue Bell filly seventh, and Raunds next. The last two were Violent and Grand Master, beaten off. The Twenty-third Year of the Great Yorkshire Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 100 added for the second horse ; for 3-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Sat 51b; winners extra. One mile and three-quarters. 75 subs. Mr. Bowes's Klarinska, Bst 51b (Challoner) 1 Mr. Chaplin's Broomielaw, Bst 101 b (Custanc e ) 2 Mr. Sutton' s Nightwatch, Bst 101 b (Th omas ) 3 Lord Conyngham and Olmar also ran. Betting -5 to 4on Broomielaw, sto 1 agst Olmar, 6to 1 agst Klarinska, 100 to 12 agst Nightwatch, and 100 to 6 against L or d C onyngham. Klarinska ju m p e d away with a clear lead of Olmar, the pair bein g a couple of lengths in advance of Broomielaw, Lord Conyngham and Nightwatch side by side bringingup the rear. As they neared the mile and a quarter post Lord Conyngham headed the favourite and followed Olmar into the straight, where the two last-named were beaten, leav ing Broomielaw in attendance upon Mr. Bowes's mare. At the distance Nightwatch reached the favourite, but neither of the two were enabled to reach the leader, who won in a canter by a length : a like distance separated the second and third ; a bad fourth. The winner was backed for the Leger after the race at 12 to 1. Th e First Year of the Twelfth Aske Produce Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b ; those got by untried stallions or out of untried mares allowed 31b, but only one allowance. T.Y.C. 3 subs. Lord Stamford's Esca, (31h), Bst 71b (Carroll) w.o. The Consolation Scramble of 50 soya, added to a handicap stakes of 5 sovs each. T.Y.C. Mr. Backhouse's Sylph, 2 yrs, Gst (Kenyon 1 Lord A. G. Lennox's Vabal a th us , 4 yrs, 7 st 101 b (Buck 2 Lord Westmoreland's Volupt as , 5 y rs, 7 s t 41b...(Morris 3 Major Stapylton's Sundeelah, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (lngham) 4 The following also ran : Skylark, Jack O'Lantern, Nem. Radcliffe, Auracaria, Gondola, Jupiter, Proserpine, Trea sure Trove, and Dart. Betting.-2 to 1 agst Vabalathus, sto 1 agst Voluptas, 6 to 1 agst Proserpine, 10 to 1 each agst Sylph and Nemo, and 100 to 7 agst Jupiter. Proserpine made the running, attended by Sylph, Vaba lathus, Voluptas, and Sundeolab, to the distance, where Sylph went to the front, and Proserpine declining, the former won cleverly by half a length, the same distance separating Vabalathus from Voluptas; Sundeelah was fourth, Proserpine fifth, Gondola sixth, and Dart and Araucaria the last two. The Members' Plate of 50 sovs, for 3 -yr-olds and upwards, weight for age, with maiden allowances. Three quar ters of a mile. Captain Machell's Effie, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b ...... (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Jackson's Jupiter, 3 yrs, 7st .... . .............. (Cannon) 2 Mr. C. Winteringham's Sweet Jessie, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Clarkson) 3 Lord Westmoreland's Cadogan, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Heartfield) 4 Mr. H. Thornton's Thordisa, 4 yrs, 9st llb (Martin) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Effie, sto 2 agst Cadogan, 4to 1 agst Sweet Jessie, and 5 to 1 agst Jupiter. The favourite jumped away with a clear lead, attended by Cadogan and Jupiter, was never headed, and won in a canter by three lengths ; Sweet Jessie a bad third. The York Cup, value 200 sovs, by subscription of 10 sous each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards, weight for age; winners extra, with maiden allowances. Two miles, over the Old Course. 10 subs. Mr. Cartwright's Ely, Bst 121 b (inc 71b ex) (Custance) w.o, PLYMOUTH RACES.—TurnspAy. The United Service Plate (Handicap) of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with 30 added; winners extra; gentlemen riders; jockeys 71b extra. One mile and a half. 7 subs. Mr. Brayley's Antoinette, 4 yrs, lOst 71b (Capt. Holloway) 1 Mr. Hex's Ace of Trumps, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (Mr. Wickham) 2 Mr. Stebbingrs The Roarer, 3 yrs, lOst 51b (in 71b ex) (F. Adams) 3 Mr. Collins's Broadway, 5 yrs, 10st 101 b (car lOst 121 b) (Owner) 4 Betting-2 to lon Antoinette. Won by three quarters of a length ; four lengths between second and third ; a bad fourth. Second Year of the Plymouth Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 added ; for 3-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bet 711); penalties and allowances ; WARWICK SEPT. Tuesday, The Leamington Stakes of 2; winners extra. Age st lb Caller Ou East Lancashire Moulsey 4 8 2 Scamauder Suspicion Pearl Diver Da]by 4 7 10 Fantail Prince Plausible 5 T 8 Hollyfox Claxton 4 7 6 Lady Hylda Redcap ' Dr. Syntax Dunkeld 5 7 2 Buckfoot Stanton a 7 0 Emblem a 7 0 Joco Bradamante Auditor 3 6 11 Alabama The Welter Cup, value 100 subscription of 15 so Ago st lb : Union Jack Warrior a 11 10 Twilight Raglan The Plover The Beadle General Hess a 10 10 Charming Woman 5 10 9 Jupon 4 10 8 Belle of the Ball Cadeau Glendusk Auditor 3 10 5 Trap Weights published on AQUATICS. SAILING BARGE REGATTA. THE CHAMPION RACE. • The sailing barge race on the 15th inst. for a number of valuable prizes both to owners and crews was but the fore runner of a contest appointed for next Tuesday, which is to decide the championship both of topsail and stump barges. In the regattas which have hitherto occurred only one race in each class has taken place during the season, and the present addition emanates from Mr. Harry Dodd, the originator of those contests, who has expended a large sum of money in promoting the regatta, and who on this occasion not only gives a £2O cup for the topsail barges, but also a handsome flag to each class to denote the champion ship of the Thames and Medway. The competitors in the championship race are the three first of each class in the re gatta of the 15th, as follows : TOPSAIL BARGES. Tons. 1. Agnes 2. Matilda and Amy... 90 3. Surprise Besides the cup given by Mr. Dodd, the committee of the Thames and Medway Bargeowners' Association give other good prizes to the crews. STUMP BARGES. Tons. 1. Elizabeth 2. Maria 3. Charles In this class the committee give a £2O cup and other prizes to the crews. The course will be from Erith to the Nore light and back, weather permitting ; if not, the course may be shortened by the officer in command, Commodore Harrison, of the Prince of Wales Yacht Club. The barges will be started in two tiers, No. 1 in each class being to the southward. The Elfin and other steamers will leave the Swan Pier at 8 o'clock, to convey subscribers and friends to witness the race. The Yorkshire Salmon Fisheries. On Wednesday a meeting of owners of rivers and salmon fisheries in Yorkshire was held in the Guildhall, York, for the purpose of considering tho Salmon Fisheries Amend ment Act passed last session, and to take steps for carry ing it into operation. Mr. C. W. Strickland was called to the chair. Mr. FENNELL, the chief inspector of fisheries, alluded to the fine rivers existing in Yorkshire for the production of salmon, but said there were a great many impediments upon them. The object of the pr e s en t ac t was to ra i se ' unds for the protection of the fish, and first of all to eroc - - - ladders, and that boards of conservators should be ap pointed by the magistrates to take the management of the rivers, to collect funds, and to apply them to the objects for which they were intended. He was bound to say that in no part of England were the impediments for the ascent of the fish up the rivers so formidable as in Yorkshire. Ho believed that a good deal of apathy and discouragement had arisen from the amount of work to be done ; but if this act was brought into operation he thought it would to a great extent get rid of those diffi culties. It was for their consideration, but he believed that each of the rivers should be managed by a separate board. It was at his suggestion that the 19th clause was inserted in the act providing that the Home Secre tary may define the limits of the estuary, form it into a separate district, and place it within the juris- I diction of ono or more of the boards having jurisdic- Lion over the salmon rivers flowing into the estuary, or place such district under the jurisdiction of a board com posed of representatives from the other boards, and may require such board to pay a certain proportion of the license duties received by them to any other boards. He thought the Act ought to be brought into force in York shire. After some conversation it was resolved that in the opinion of the meeting it was desirable that a board of conservators be formed for the estuaries of the rivers Humber, Ouse, and Trent ; and that steps be taken to have an application made to the several quarter sessions for them to make arrangements for can ping out the pro visions of the Act of 28 and 29 Viet., c. 121, for this pur pose. It was also resolved that it was desirable that boards of conservators for the several rivers running into these estuaries should also be formed as soon as possible, and that the secretary be requested to enter into com munication with the proprietors on these several rivers for that purpose. THE GREAT FAIR OF NIJNI-NOVOGOROD.-A letter from Nijni-Novogord, Russia, mentions that the great trading and pleasure fair in that place is now open. The price of cotton, which had fallen sensibly at the end of the American war, and again risen at tho death of President Lincoln, is, nevertheless, at 20 por cont. below the rates of last year. Terrific Storm at Dalston. Last night, the enormous masses of heavy thunder clouds broke with terrific violence at Daliton, causing a great destruction of property. The lightning was very severe, and the flashes followed one after the other in rapid succession. The church of St. Mark, Ridley-road, sustained great injury in consequence of its being struck by the electric fluid. A portion of the roof was destroyed, and the interior of the church did not escape without serious damage. The storm of thunder and lightning was increased by the springing up of a strong wind,- which damaged a number of large trees, and the tops of many private dwellings had portions torn away by the violence of the hurricane. it was at one time rumoured that two or three lives had been lost by lightning, but happily the report proved without foundation. All Newington and the surrounding neighbourhood did not escape the violence of the storm, although the damage done was as nothing compared with the ravages it committed at Dalston. Lynch Law at Wandsworth.—Extraordi- nary Scene• Last evening it was my good or ill fortune to witness an extraordinary scene on the borders of the Black Sea. On the banks of this not very pellucid lake, the scene last evening was of the quietest description. Gentle nursery maids led forth their interesting charges to enjoy the odour of duckweed which arose from the lonely mere. Wands worth-conamon was beautiful under the placid influences of sunset. But in midst of this general tranquillity there oc curred a strife of elements which reminded one of the battles of the ancient megalotheria in their homes of mud. As a peaceful preliminary to the strife I noticed a lady descend from a cab, displaying in her right hand a white handkercdief. She looked wonderingly about for a few minutes. Presently a gentleman repeated the signal of peace ; and then, having pocketed his handker chief, he walked forward to the lady, and shook her warmly by the hand. It was a singular but not an extra ordinary meeting; and I was about once more to dwell in mild contemplation on the beauties of wood and lake, when I observed the gentleman lead the lady in a very affectionate manner towards a seat which was separated from the pond by only a very narrow bank. Nor was them much unusual in this occurrence ; but no sooner had they prepared to seat themselves than th lady in a very wonderful way abruptly left her companion and ran off, while the gentleman was seized by two rough-looking men, who forthwith had the assurance to lug him down to the banks of the lake and chuck him into its waters. Suddenly the delightful stillness of the Black Sea was broken by a series of the most heartrending shrieks ; and the gentleman was seen to wallow out on all fours from the plain of mud in a very deplorable condition. When at last he emerged he presented one of the most unhappy spectacles that ever a gazer witnessed. He glistened from head to foot with mud like an enormous boa-constrictor; his coat was rent across ; his hat was smashed ; while his face revealed the most hideous mass of mud that ever made a human being look like a chimpanzee. Immediately the scene of this extraordinary dip, which boat all to pieces the " header" in the Colleen Bawn, was the pole whither everybody on the common was attracted; and it seemed as though the miserable experimenter on this new sensation-scene was well known to most Wands- worthians, for he underwent a singular amount of hooting as he shuffled off. But these expressions of public disap proval were redoubled. They increased to groans, to wild cries; they took visible form in sundry showers of inodo rous eggs ; and, finally, the uphappy gentleman made a humbling appeal to his feet, and ran off as swiftly as they could carry him. I was about to transfer to my pocket-book the closing lines of a sonnet on "Solitude in Wandsworth" when this untimely provocation occurred ; and I forthwith found it imperative to run along with the crowd that was now collecting in wake of the ducked one. Opposite a large public house (which shall be mentioned in my sonnet) the stranger turned upon his assailants, and singling out one of them, knocked off his hat, and finally closed with him. Several of the crowd were about to help their comrade when the English love of justice intervened, and a loud cry of "One to one" was raised. One to one it was, though I do not consider that principle applies to cases in which the one is covered with mud and the other is a decently dressed Englishman. The gentleman attacked suffered more from mud than blows, though his scarf and collar were torn open. His clothes received a faint lithographic impression of the Black Sea, and his face presented a faithful photograph thereof. Finally the man who had been ducked backed off, and took refuge in the tavern already mentioned, in front of which assembled a crowd of natives to discuss the mat ter. From these people I received, in snatches, the follow ing details, which may or may not be true, and which, if libellous, are to bo attributed solely to the Dogberries in question. A foreign nobleman, whom I shall call Count Caskowhisky, and who is reputed to be d escen d e d f rom th e C as k owhiskies who invaded Bavaria in 1649, has for some time been in the habit of inveigling into a correspondence young ladies desirous of being wedded; and it is alleged that in not a few instances these foolish girls have been made to pay the penalty of their folly by being forced to contribute to the count's yearly income under fear of an exposure. Hitherto the count has been slippery, and eluded convic tion. But more recently a gentleman in Wandsworth thought fit to reply to one of the advertisements put forth by Count Caskowhisky, and succeeded in enticing the count into a correspondence. The letters, lam told, are sufficiently warm on both sides. Clorinda is gush ing ; Philander is recklessly pious. Clorinda talks of the dreams of her youth ; Philander . displays his knowledge of Scripture and swears by it. Philander, in fact, ndulges in what is called by the ugly name of blasphemy, and as Clorinda represents herself as being possessed of £3OO a-year, Philander is more than ordi narily violent in demonstrations of his passion. Finally, so the story runs, a meeting was arranged on Wands worth-common ; and a married lady, who volunteered to become a weapon of punishment on behalf of her suf fering sisters, undertook to personate Clorinda. Hence the scene which . disturbed my poetic reveries; and which raised such commotion last evening in the peace ful neighbourhood of Wandsworth. I fear the pro ceedings were altogether very unjustifiable. Doubtless revenge is a rude sort of justice; but it is a form of justice which is not quite in accordance with the modern law of Great Britain. While, therefore, I lift hands in horror at the suilunary vengeance taken by the Wandsworthians, I venture to lay before your readers such details as came under the observation of an eye-witness.—Correspondent of I Star. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Aug. 25.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderato breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Noda, from Newcastle for the Dardanelles, having been in col lision. Etutounr, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Celeste, for London. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Margaret, for Bahia; John Nicholson, for Calcutta; Santond, for Conte Video. OFF SALCOMBE, Aug. 21.—Arrived—Forfar, from the West Indies. _ BRIDGEWATER, Aug. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Hauwell, from Richibucto. NEWPORT, Aug. 24.—Wind TV.—Sailed —Young Eagle, from Monte Video. Bank of England Return . —Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending ISSUE DEP Notes issued ........£27,920,7751 ho Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 1865. PARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,1i0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,270,775 Silver Bullion .... .027,929,775 BANKING 11 427,9.0,775 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Publiolleposits (in eluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- ' • - ;.:PARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead WeightAn nutty) £10,384,209 Other Securities 21,113,929 Notes Gold and Silver 050,351 Coln counts) .......... ,58, Other Dcposits.... 14,714, 243 85 Seven Day and other Bills ...... 534,481 k35,89:!,142 W. MILLER, Chief Cashier. £33,93,142 Aug. 24, 1865. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Sept. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British pao.et Sept. 4. Ditto, by French packet Sept. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Sept. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou hampton Sept. 1. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. 20 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton A ug. 25. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Eept. 1. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Aug. 25. Ditto, via Marseilles Aug. —. Mauritius, via Southampton Sept. 10. Ditto, via Marseire4... ...................... Sept. 4. ....... . . ..... : .. .. . . . . . SAug. epi. 8 4 0 . Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp ton .• • Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Aug. 25. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Aug. 28 Bahamas, via; New Y 0rk,..... - THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, PLYMOUTH RACES—Tars DAY. PLYMOUTH PLATE, Allow Me Antoinette Rosette Lady Overton Roarer Ambrose filly Gem of the Sea Kathleen Pearl Diver.. BTONEHOUSE PLATE, CORNWALL STAKES. HER 3IAJESTY'S VASE. Nip Seven-and-a-Half Lady Overton COUNTY MEMBERS' PLATE. Roarer Antoinette Broadway LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. BOARD OF TRADE WHITEHALL, Auo. 21. Tho Right Hon. the Lords of tho Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch f rom h er Majesty's Consul at Odessa, transmitting the following quarantine regulations which have been imposed by the Governor of that port upon vessels coming from Alexan dria and the Bosphorus : Vessels having performed five days quarantine in the Dardanelles, and not having had any case o f c h o l era on board during their voyage, will not be subject to quaran tine at Odessa. _ _ Vessels on board of which cases of cholera have taken place during the voyage will be subjected to ten days' observation, and if the cholera makes its appearance in the Dardanelles or at Constantinople all ships coming through the Bosphorus will be subjected to ten days ob servation. AUGUST 22. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at St. Petersburgh, containing an announcement that the reduced duty of 30 kopecks per pood on rags exported by the Custom-houses on the Western Land Frontier extended to the Kingdom of Poland. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 23. Lieut. Godolphin James Burslem has been this day pro moted to the rank of Retired Commander, under Orders in Council of Aug. 1, 1860, and July 9, 1864. BANKRUPTS. That portion of the " Gazette" containing the Bank rupts had not arrived when we went to press. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-Friday. -4. -- Amsterdam Short. 11 181 Ditto 3 Months. 12 1 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 52f Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 45 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 121} Vienna, — 11 20 Trieste — 11 20 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Messina Genoa Naples Palermo Oporto Lisbon 11 19 12 12 25 57k 25 57k 13 10fr 25 27k 25 50 25 5 121/ 11 27k 11 27k 30/ 47/ 47f 25 621 25 62k 25 62k 25 62! 25 62 25 62 511 47 1 25 25 57! 25 571 25 57i 25 57* 25 571- 511 51f ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN AT LLANDUDNO.—A sad accident occurred to a clergyman, named the Rev. J. H. Ferres, on Monday. He was walking along the path which goes round the Great Orme's Head, when somehow, it is supposed, he missed his footing, as be was found in sensible, lying on the rocks close to the sea. Luckily the tide was going out at the time, or he would have been washed away. The unfortunate gentleman was taken to the nearest hotel, where he is still lying in a very danger ous state. It is feared that the internal injuries received will prove fatal. The rev. gentleman is about 28 years of age. How CRIME IS INVESTIGATED IN SCOTLAND.—The first and most conspicuous defect is the want of pub licity. All the preliminary investigations, or, as they aro technically called, precognitions, are conducted with the profound secrecy of the Inquisition. The examinations at the instance of the fiscal before the sheriff are secret, the deliberations of the Crown counsel on the matters sub mitted to them are secret. If no trial ensues the public do not hear a word of the case. This practice may prevent the exposure to obloquy of persons taken up on a false charge, but, on the other hand, it gives the officials concerned a for midable degree of power—the power of improperly conceal ing offences and circumstances which the public are en titled to know something about, and the discussion of which would be in various ways useful. As an aggravation of this privacy, the accused, or suspected person, on being taken up, is not allowed the benefit of legal advice. He is subjected to repeated examinations without tho aid of a soli citor, or the comfort of public sympathy. lam not aware that the authorities use their power oppressively. That would be against the genius of the people ; and anything like wanton tyranny would be sure to meet with public re probation. But a thing may be wrong in principle and in convenient in practice without being a downright atrocity. Admitting, for the sake of argument, that fiscals, sheriffs, and Crown counsel are alike discreet and scrupulous, they undoubtedly wield a power which is contrary to the principles of civil liberty. These blots on the Scottish system are signally observable in the case of inquests. There is no coroner's inquest—that is, no public investigation as regards a sudden or suspicious death—in Scotland. The town or county fiscal, acting as coroner, in stitutes a private inquiry, and the result is submitted to Crown counsel for orders. In other words, all the deaths occurring under suspicious or flagrantly criminal circum stances have to be reported to two or three gentlemen of the law seated privately in an apartment in Edinburgh ; and, as far as any one can understand, th ese sa i d gentlemen are authorised to do as they like. They may indulgently consign the whole thing to oblivion, or they may bring it above board, seemingly on their own responsibility, which is a good deal like no responsibility at all. Would the English, with their love of publicity and fair play, submit to this lino of procedure ? Would they agree to allow the entire preliminary investigation of homicide to be carried on secretly by local authorities, and the final decision as to whether there should be a trial or not to be also settled secretly by a mysterious conclave—a kind of Star Chamber —at Westminster ? I greatly mistake their character if they would endure anything of the sort. The Scotch sys- tem may be paternal, as some aro pleased to call it, but it has not the smack of the Anglo-Saxon freedom. It does not seem logical to say that two processes directly the op posite of each other, and operating in the same country, can both be right. If the plan of investigating charges of crime in open court in England be right, the plan of making the same species of investigations secretly in Scotland must be wrong; and vice versa. We of course all know how in consistencies and stupidities are tolerated, and even thought respectable from long usage. One,however, fails to see why with the universal jumble of interests and feelings in this United Kingdom of ours, there should continue to be such a diversity of legal institutes and customs in London and Edinburgh. According to the Scottish procedure, on inquests especially, the law officers of the Crown do themselves less than justice. They ne cessarily are obliged to decide on the narrow grounds presented by the papers transmitted to them, instead of that wider ground which would be offered by a public inquest, when all and sundry knowing anything of the matter would be able to come forward with their evidence. The comparative value of publicity and secrecy may be judged from certain cases reported in the news- papers. A house in London takes fire, and two or three unfortunate inmates are burnt to death. Immediately, what with coroners' inquests, and examinations before ma gistrates in open court, with a crowd of reporters for the press taking notes, the whole community, as it were, are taken into counsel. Every one has a scrap of evidence bearing on the — catastrophe hastens to give it; at all events, the truth comes out somehow, and the ends of justice are satisfactorily served. Mark the contrast. A house takes fire (or tumbles down) in Edinburgh ; and there is loss of life at which all are horrified. But it is against rule to make a public inquiry. The only information afforded is that " an investigation is going ou by the proper authori ties ;" with which gracious intimation people aro bound to be satisfied, and ten to one they never hoar any moro about it. Fortnightly Review. The following advertisement appears in the Elber feld Gazette :—" To-day, about 1 o'clock in the afternoon, my dear wife Catherine, born at Elberding, was happily confined of two girls and a boy. Barely ten months ago she had twins, making five children in one year.—Elber fold, August 11, 1865." . _ . A CAKE OF GOLD.—A very splendid cake_ f gold got from the Prince Alfred Company's claim, Vic toria Reef, Bendigo, will be exhibited in the window of Messrs. BaiHie and Butters's office, Collins-street-west, during the next day or two. It weighs close on 1,2000 z., and its value is nearly £s,ooo.—Melbouro paper. -- WY." have lef t 71 of oting amily ming Lord on X ouse, Cla- 6 few have from Lton, P . for ;liter Har last ~eutf3 is iveV rtoPP tan the eiter 10th v ase, r the .1 of rpo ts, from 1031 t 103} lOC I 1021 I 1091