The Sun. — London, England, 1867-09-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INT.ELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOC K . In the discount market no alteration has taken place. The amount of business transacted has been limited, and the rates current for bills of the best description are unaltered. The sum of £25,000 in bar gold was taken to the bullion-office of the Bank of England yesterday. It is stated that the negotiation of the contem plated loan of £8,000,000 for the Hungarian Rail way has been entrusted to the Societe Generale of Paris, and that it is likely to be issued simulta neously in this country, Germany, and France. The Imperial Ottoman Bank has published the usual periodical statement of the amounts received on account of the Turkish Government. It appears that between July 7th and September 12th 680,000 liras were paid in to meet the half-yearly interest upon foreign loans and consolides. The screw steamer Newton, at Lisbon, for Liver pool, brings £15,000 from the River Plate and Brazils. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain firm at 251 26i, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds have advanced I, to 22k 23. Two O'CLOCK. According to Renter's telegram from Paris to. day, the French Rentes were 69f. 20c. Rather firm. The market for the English Funds exhibits ina nition, and prices remain without change of im portance. Consols for money are dealt in at 94f ; and for the account they are also quoted 941 1 j. The New Threes are 931 ; Reduced Annuities, 9 3k ;Exchequer Bills, 265. 30s. prem. for March ; India 5 per Cents., 113; ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 105 ; ditto 5i per Cents., 1091 10 ; £l,OOO Bonds, 68s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market there has been more movement in prices. Mexican have advanced to 15/ ; Greek /, to 13k 14 ; Italian /, to 48/ ; but Spanish Passive have declined 3-16ths, to 181 ; 19 ; Certificates /, to 16 I; and Turkish 5 per Cents. 1-16th, to 32 /. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been to a very limited extent, but prices generally show an upward movement. Metropolitan have improved k ; Caledonian, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Midland, and South Eastern each /, and Great Eastern, /; while Great Western, London, Chatham, and Dover, and North Western have each declined /. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive at about previous rates. Bank shares have remained in moderate request without any material change in values. Bank of Australasia have improved to 66k, and London and Westminster to 68k 68} ; Union of Australia are marked 47f ; and London Joint Stock, 364 4. The specie movements during the past week have been on a limited scale. The imports have amounted to about £164,278, including £48,000 from New York by the City of Boston, £9,000 by the Ger mania, and £l,OOO by the Cuba. The Ptolemy, from Rio de Janeiro, has brought £25,220, and the Newton £15,000. The Tanjore, from Alexandria, has arrived with £7,174 ; and about £23,884, chiefly in silver, has been re ceived from the Continent. The exports have been £1,007 to the West Indies, by the Atrato ; £39,105 to the East Indies and China, by the Bangalore ; and there have been remittances to the continent through private resources estimated at £76,578 ; the total amounting to £116,690. Miscellaneous and Finance shares are dull, and the few dealings entered into have been at about Previous rates. Anglo-American Telegraph are Marked 17i ; National Discount Company, 102. 11, and Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan, 724 73. American Securities have been buoyant. Union States 5-20 Bonds have advanced ,2k, to 73i ; Eric Shares, 1, to 41k 42f ; and Illinois, 4, to 77 78. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Business in the market has continued moderately Active, and prices generally show an upward ten dency. Annexed are the closing quotations : C hiverton Moor sf 51 North Treskerby Chontales Gold Clifford Amalgamate 7f 8 Providence Mines... 29 31 East Basset East Caradon 5l 51 South Frances East Russell East Wheal Grenville 2} 21 West Chiverton Great L axey l7l 181 West Seton l5O 160 Great Retallick Groat Wheal Vor ... 171 18 Wheal Chiverton ... Marko Valley -1 5f Wheal Grenville ... 27 29 North Croft) , BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per (Ant. Consols Uo. Ac coun t , O c t . 8 5 per Cent. Reduced 93} I- Now 3 per Cent 93} 1- lielv 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — 4 tinuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 . Do. fo r 30 yrs, exp i re s t h A pr il 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telehraph), Au.., 1908 — tarch Juno. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 2 per Ct 26 3C pm pin Do £5OO pm Pm Do. £lOO & £2OO pm Pm Sauk of England Stock, 4f per Cent Do. Account , INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I ndian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1 872 , lO5 Do. 5k per Cent., May 1879 lO9l 10 Do. 5 per Cont., MT. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. - 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Do Deb, 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING nucEs. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cont. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do( 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 "0 . 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account • 75 41 , Do. £lOO B on d s — asueaos Ayres 6 per Cent — per Cout. (Deferred 3 por Cent ) u tba, 6 per Cent. C,ilian 6 per Cent Do. 44 per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent., B •• . i ., l2° °-1 1867 ,''°.) Bcrip, £64 paid ",°-) 7. per Cent., 1866 0 ', o.) Scrip, £2O paid 6 , 0 rubian, 6 per Cent. 14 -lish 3 ner Cent., 1825 a' D inubian Principaities, 7 per Cent — D 0 8 per C en t., 1867 i .uador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — 4 gYptiani7 per Cent B5l Do. Second Issue — Do. £lOO Bonds Jo. Do. 1861 Do. £lOO Bonds 9O Do Government Railway _Debentures B7} 61 71 reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons o. Acunt — Du. Coupons — Q Do. Account attemala 5 por Cent .. — Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 — Do, Account Do. Itlaremmana Railway... — koxica L 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account , Dn. 1864 Bl . k 'o 6 per Cont. Anglo-French nonterid ealz 6 per Cent. . — .':1 (ish Imperial 5 per Cent ‘` o, v Granada „Do 3 per Can Vo. Deferred n 4 'o Land W arran ts (Hectares) ... -e ravia.n 5 per Cent., 1865 - -Do Account 654 4 Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarren) R° 4 •4 per Cent, 1862 1 , uo A.ccoant ° rt•llguese 3 por Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9;60,'2,'3 Do an ßus si 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 953 4 44 per Cent. 1850 1.) 0 44 per Cent., 1860 I) ° 3 per Cent., 1859 T , —no.o 5 per Cent, 1862 4 -' Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £ lOO Bonds BBl 1 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Do. 1 866 £lOO Bonds B Bl 1 Sardinian, S' per Cent — "31)Antsb. 3 per Cent — Do Acc , ,unt Do New Deferral — Do Account Do Passive 00 Accoaut D O n Cam. Cert. of Coup. not funded , -.Jo Account urkish. 6 per Cent., 1854 Do Account . 4)9 6 Pr. Cant, Za r a fl1;111111111111ii :tini - Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds.. Do. 1863 5l Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 . — DJ 4 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per - Cent., 1862 Do 6 por Cent. 1864 - Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrisu o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French licutes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Mirth 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. `251. Do. Account - 481 TWO O'CLOCK. 32k Consols, Money 941 Do. Account, Oct. 8. BUAIU LV3T—This Day. ORDINARY SHAT NS AND STLCKS ! Closing ! Buelnese Price. done. 82 11 107 109 35 15 3 6 73' 70 70 72 - 110 112 31,1 31i 4 6 16 8 Ilti 1 131 119 120 96 18 48 49 30 35 29 31 - - 127 r 8 5: 54 20 20, 13 16 114 U 5 8 64 48 50 121 la 112 113 87 20 122 123 87 89 32 31 105 10G 63 6t 96 68 331 /41 1 8i 9 0 11 116 f lip 64 66 109 112 55 67 43 45 70 71 8 10 143 148 7 0 i A I Rallw3ye. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon...—. Cornwall. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & Ab. June., London, bcrip Gerti.l Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Sootland Great Northern Do. A stock • • • Do. B stock _ _ Do. New,. is. at 25 ptpl CRS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire do Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. A Lon. di--North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She'. & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension. Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's %V Midland Do. 49 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid Kent ... North British Do. Ed., rth., & Dun.' Pith. I .. .astern—Berwick' Do. (i-.N•L purohase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ... Do. Stock.& Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1864 5 . . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. lc S. W. Junction Scottish Central scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., (lc Wok rail' Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall Share, 20 et et 100 COLOZILIL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Brltiah Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1672. ... Can.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.t July 1877-81 - p.O. 6 g. o. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. 0. Mar. .15 Sept Do. 5 p. c,. Jan. A July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope. 6 p. 0.1873 Do.Apl. & Oct , 1890-IVO O Do. do 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. syer cent. 15 April and Oct., 1900 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 ... Uo. 1882, Mayls, Nov. tb Do. 1895, Feb. .t Aug Natal cloy. 6 per cent N. B. G 0v.6 p.c.J a. iz.l my N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t) 1 Do. 3 p.c. 18;1 to 1 8 7,, Do. 5 j>.e. ISSB to 18 1 .5' New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scjtia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. 3. Aue.Ocv. 6 p,c. 18684' Do. 1878.°a upwards Vie,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.& July Do. do, A pril & Oct 100 101 1 98 IUO I 101 103 88 9 , .) 88 AO 104 106 106 107 104 106 104 105 D 4 116 102 104 109 11, 102 104 114 106 105 107 101 116 101 103 Icl 103 96 98 P 1 92 93 94 us Si 9 Ds 100 105 107 1124 1;34 BUOYS. .60 68 103 103 j P iP 4 41 5 0 68 71 65 65 99 101 100 IG2 1(9 110 17 18 80 85 50 ' 52 40 45 32 84 19 20 107 100 - 21, 100 SO i 92 91 15; 156 95 47 85 47 id 100 t lO2 93 95 S 9 91 83 85 100 101 1001 1011 i 99 100 85 87 11! 12 POSSES: Atlantic% & St.Lawrenoe Buroda. Ar.Cen.ln. gu..5 per cent... Do. / Minxes linfralo Lake Huron Do. Preference &Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 Caloutta & B. E., 13m Jai c Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East ladtan, gu. .5 p.o. Do. J EAasioi Grand Trunkot Caned% Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Prct. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. ad Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. lth Pret. stock Do. do. deterred .... tat. India Pen. gua. sp.e. co. Gus. 5 percent.. Do. New gtia. 5 p. o lit. South of India gua. 5 per bent Du. 41 per cent Do , treat Wee. of Canada Do. New Do. 6p. c 136,8. pay. 1873 Do. 64 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Brancb, limited, Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 9t do 80. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel.. Ilobson's Bay.. N. Itl.C'dtt, 6pc Ist pi. bs Scinde ..... Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Ponisub 1 Rus Do.lndus St.not BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved W'l Russell (Tavietk Gam.dr StAubyn(G wen. Great Laney, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Bucy I G. Wheal Vor Flerod's Foot: .... . {I ingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley ilwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Eaton North lloskear . N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper . • Providenee iUny Lelant Caradon (St. Cleer) ' South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vietand ()Logan; lint assett (I II ogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton ....... West Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller (lledruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawnev (Lis 2.1.0 291 2.14.1 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 11.2.0 58i 5.17.0 7 8 7 8 4:0 430 19 21 5 6 3 34 2 3 9 10 2 24 4 6 18 10 Is 10 h I 35 37 21 2/ 6 8 4} 51 21 14 40 60 5 7 3j 4 2 2a 29 3t 393 410 i 37j 42j 4 6 13 14 n 8 10 64 67 150 160 67i 72C 25 27 I I 10 18 105 115 7 9 ruitarBILENCE t3I7IARMS. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex.. No. 1, 77 Lancashire and Yorkshire , 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, 4i per cent., Blackburn pur.. 95 North Eastern, York, ii. a nd Selby purchase. 10i Stockton and Darlington B, 6 per cent., 31i Ditto, C, 6 per cent , 311 - - _ FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. B dila and San Francisco, thn., glut. 7 per Cent., 131 Dutch Rhenish, Ditto (all), 241 Great Luxembourg. 10i Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 3 7-16 a San Paulo, inn., gua. o per cent., 161 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15 BANNS: Agra, lim., A, 61 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 154 Australasia, C6l City, 13 Imperial Bank, Urn.. 19,1 imperial Ottoman, lim., Land Mortgage Bank of In dia, 1 London and Brazilian lini., 21 London Joint Stock, 361 London and Westminster, 63i Ditto, Scrip, 361 a 0 Midland Bank, lirn., Union of Australia, 474 Union of London, 374 74 MISCICLLANICOUB; Anglo-American Telegraph, Um., lla Bombay Gas, lim., 41 Credit fonder ot England, lim.. 3 4 a Home and C ilonial A ssurance,;3l Hudson's Bay, 151 Italian Irrigation (Canal Caiour), 3 1-15 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, rodent). 1,70, issued 90, 44 London Financial Association. 71 London General Omnibus Company, Urn, 2E Freehold Land and Dock, 43_5 Nr.tional Discount CornpanY. 19 1 11 Peninsula and Oriental steam, Ditto, now, 183 5 , 47 4 Ditto, new, 18 (7, 31 Viceroy of Egypt Submarine Telegraph, 08 5 (aiortgage) Lomb 73 24 1071 t 31} I 4FI i 531 Vg g 1 15 11} 44 91 1.25 1 41 51 1131 891 1221 3 091 9 109 81 91 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIN3, SEPFEMBER 2 1 , 1867 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY BY A WORKMAN AT THE REVOLVING SHUTTER WORKS.—George Moore, a carpenter, in the employ of Messrs. Clark and Co., of the self coiling revolving shutter works, Rathbone-place, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing some thumb-screw locks and other articles, the property of his employers. Mr. Froggatt, of Argyle-street, appeared for the prosecution, and in opening the case stated that there had been so many robberies at the works that the prosecutors felt bound to press the case with the utmost severity of the law. lie (Mr. Froggatt) would produce some evidence, and then ask for a remand. Mr. F. Grafton, the manager of the works, said that on the 12th September the prisoner obtained an order for two lever locks, and he had the locks for the business of the firm. The prisoner had no authority to sell the locks. He had ascertained that the prisoner had sold other articles belonging to the firm to different persons. The thumb-screws and other articles produced he identified as belong ing to the firm. In answer to the prisoner, Mr. Grafton said that he could positively identify some of the articles pro duced, as they were manufactured expressly for the firm by a Birmingham house. John Freeman, a spring maker in the employ of the prosecutors, identified some articles as their property. Mr. Russell, a baker, of Elgin-road, Maida-hill, proved purchasing two till locks of the prisoner for 4s. 6d. The prisoner was at work at his house, and said that the locks that the prosecutors were going to send him were of no use, and that he had two by him for sale which he had had by him ever since he was in business, and that they would suit him (witness) better. Police-constable Carter, 117 E, said that he apprehended the prisoner at No. 52, Exmouth street, Clerkenwell, and on .telling him the charge he said that the articles he was charged with stealing were his own property, and that the thumb-screws he picked up at a job. On searching the prisoner's place be found screws, pullies, and two models (pro duced), which the prisoner said were his own pro perty, but which had been identified by the witnesses as prosecutors' property. The prisoner admitted some small articles belonged to the prosecutors. The prisoner entered into a long statement, with a view of showing that the prosecution was one of a vindictive character. Mr. Knox remanded him. WESTMINSTER. A BENEFIT SOCIETY IN A PRISON.—A very respectable-looking young woman applied to Mr. Selfe for advice under the following circumstances. She had been a warder for 14 or 15 months at the House of Correction, Westminster. She had left through ill-health, and belonging to a benefit society in the prison she claimed £5, which she was en. titled to in sickness or old age. The committee refused to pay her, hence her application to the magistrate. On au officer being sent to the House of Correction, one of the warders said that two committee meetings had been held, and they had decided that she was not entitled to it, because she had not assigned ill-health as the cause of her resignation, and Dr. Lavies refused to certify that she was incapacitated for work, because he had recommended her as attendant to an invalid lady. Mr. Selfe said that in that case he could not assist her further. The Fenian Outrage in M 'Kloster. FURTHER ARRESTS.-THE CORONER'S INQUEST The excitement caused by this outrage has begun to abate, and the prevailing questions now are as to who is to blame, and whether the sending of 11 unarmed policemen with the van was a sufficient precaution. Unfortunately the most reliable in formation that a rescue was to be attempted did not reach the authorities till it was too late. Between Thursday afternoon, when the magis trates examined 30 prisoners at the City Pulice Court, and yesterday morning four more persons were apprehended. They gave the names of Hugh Foley, of the Royal *Marines, in Manchester on furlough, 28 years of age; Patrick Coffey, Bor.- sall-street, Hulme, 26 ; Patrick Toole, 'labourer, Stockport, 28 (apprehen led at Preston, on Thurs day) ; and Michael Kennedy, cane dresser, Cla rendon-street, fluhne, 28, im,y2rf ectly educated, in employ. They we re l oc ked up on Thursday night at . the Albert-st ree t p o lice station. Their removal in the van yesterday afternotn to the Police Court, and thence to the City . Gaol, under the escort of a troop of the Bth Hussars, though wit nessed by a large number of persons, did not pro duce anythinglike the excitement that was witnessed on Thursday. At the City Police Court, Mr. Fowler, the stipendiary magistrate, presided ; and there were several other magistrates present. A short time before the case was called cn, Mr. Fowler ordered that the galleries of the court, which were crowded with men of the lower class, should be cleared. When the prisoners were placed in the dock, Mr. Fowler asked Mr. Superintendent Gee if he had brought the prisoners up on the charge of taking part in the attack on the police.— Mr. Gee said he had. Mr. Fowler—Have you reasonable ground to expect that you can bring the charge home to them? Mr. Gee said that as re garded Foley, Coffey, and Kennedy he had no doubt , but the other prisoner, Toole, might be dis charged. Mr. Fowler said that upon that evidence he should remand three of the prisoners to Thurs day, the same day as the others. Toole was dis charged. The Coroner's inquest touching the death of Sergeant Brett was also opened yesterday, before Mr. E. Herford, at his offices in St. John-street. After the Jury had been sworn, the Coroner said that Brett's death ha I arisen out of the outrage near the City Gaol. He might state for the convenience of persons present that he did not intend to pro ceed with the examination of witnesses till the magistrates' inquiry, which was going on, was con cluded. That was a new arrangement, as to the ad vantages of which he would not speak. It was obviously better not to have anything like clashing or interference, and it was better also for the ac cused that they should not be prejudiced by any thing that might take place in their absence. At the close of the evidence which he proposed to take he thought it would be advisable to adjourn for three weeks, by which time the other tribunal would have completed its inquiry. The following witnesses were then examined :—Edward Brett said that the deceased was his brother. He lived in Wilson ' street, Oldham Road ; he was in his 52d year, and has left a wife and three children. Police-constable Shaw said he was on duty on the prison van on its way to the City Gaol on Wednesday afternoon. He sat•near the driver, by the side of an officer named Yarwood. As they approached the bridge which crosses Hyde Road, witness observed a number of men. The name of the person who was supposed to have shot the deceased was Allen. Witness had already identified him at the Police Court. He first ob served Allen before the van was stopped; in fact, he was the first man that witness saw, before the van got through the arch of the bridge. He had a revolver in his hand, and was upon the footpath. The van was stopped about 12 or 14 yards beyond the arch. Witness did not know that Brett was inside the vehicle ; he thought he was on the step behind. While the attack was being made, he first saw Brett upon the floor', after this door had been opened. While the door was being attacked a num ber of men got upon the roof of the vehicle, and others stood by with revolvers', defending those who were breaking in. Allen was one of the number ;he discharged his revolver more than once at the.police and the bystanders who showed any disposition to charge the mob._ He fired at wituess several times, when witness tried to induce people to inter fere. In firing at witness, Allen shot a man, named Sprosson in the foot.—The Coroner : Did you see him fire any shot against the door of the van which you suppose went through ?—Witness : I saw him put the pistol delibe ra t e l y to the van ; I think it was the keyhole, but I cannot say positively whether it was that or the ventilator, which is about 6 or 8 inches above the lock.—The Coroner: Did he dis charge his revolver at the time?—Witness : Yes ; I heard the shot fired, an d di rec tly afterwards some one cried out, " He' s kill e d."—Tie Coroner : Who was that ?—Witness : I t appeare d to be a voice from the inside of the vehi c l e. Soon afterwards witness saw the door open and Brett on the fleas. After the mob leftthe vehicle Brett was found to be shot through the head, and unconscious. He was taken in a cab to the Royal Infirmary. The hatoduced was Brett's. The hole through th e b ac k w as caused by the bullet.—[The prod uc ti on o f t he hat seemed to un nerve the witness very considerably.]—A Jury man : Is it prob a bl e Allen k ne w that Brett was inside the vehicl e ? — w itness : I think he did, because some one cr i e d out "lie is inside the va n ." It was not usual t o p l ace an officer inside, except to hear occasionally w h at the pr i s oners said.—The Coroner : It would be better to leave that matter till afterwards. It would not affect the legal aspect of the case, because firing a bullet under such cir cumstances, and killi ng anybody, would be murder. There is no doubt of that.-91r. J. R. Woodcock said he was the hou se surgeon a t the Royal Infir mary. The deceased was admitted to that institu tion at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday. Witness saw him shortly afterwards ; he was unconscious, and remained so. He died at twenty-five minutes past five p.m. By the Coroner's order witness had made a post-nzortem examination of the body. He found a fracture in the roof of the right orbit, where the ball had entered the cavity of the skull, and a second fracture on the right side of the crown of the head, where the ball had passed out of the skull. There was extensive laceration of the brain between the two apertures., In witness's opinion death was caused by injury t o the brain through the passage of the bullet. The other half of the brain was perfectly healthy, and the organs were ge n erally healthy. The ball appeared to h ave b een No other evidence was t fi a r k e e d n at a a n n d angle n o u 4 i s r y d e l g y . a adjourned for three weeks. The van upon which the attack was made is at the Albert .street police station, and it shows fewer marks of violence than current report has hitherto stated. On the left side of the vehicle, which would correspond to the left side of the road going in the direction of the City Gaol, there is a bullet hole, not far from the driver's seat, and indicating that the shot had been fired at the policemen in front of the van. There are two other indentations on the same side of the vehicle, which may or may not h ave b een caused by bullets. The roof has been beaten in to the extent of about a yard, and in places the hole is four or six inches wile, but nowhere is it large enough to admit a person through. The most vio lence has been used towards the door. The panel has been beaten in, but there are no signs of bullet marks about the lock. Within the vehicle, on the under side of the roof, and in the direct lino of fire had anyone discharged a pistol through the venti lator, is a bullet mark, caused no doubt by the very ball that passed through Brett's head. The appearance of the van within is that of a long narrow corridor, with small wooden cells on each side. It has been ascertained that Brett was standing in this corridor with three or four female prisoners when the outrage took place. A small section of the ventilator was opened by the mob, who, seeing the officer inside, demanded the keys. It is said that Brett replied that he would not give them up, whatever might be the conse quences. A shot was then fired, and the poor fellow dropped upon the floor. The mob then demanded the kepi Amu the women in the corridor, and threatened them that if they did not give them up the women should be shot also. One of them then handed the keys to a man outside, the door was opened, and Brett rolled out. The local police have got the assistance of several inspectors from Scotland-yard, London, and a large number of supernumeraries are in plain clothes. The outskirts of Manchester and many houses in the city have been searched, and though these pro ceedings have not yet led to the capture of the two principal persons who are wanted, they have re realed the existence of more Fenians in the dis trict than was ever before suspected. The police arrangements are now as well as could be desired; and last evening three large cases of revolvers and ammunition arrrived at the Town Hall from Chester Castle. In the course of the night the welpons were issued to the police who are specially engaged in the Fenian search. Should any of the fugitives hereafter show any disposition to they may experience disagrecable treatment. On inquiry at the Royal Infirmary, last evening, we are informed that Sprossou, and the injured police officer, Bromley, were progressing very favourably. The other officer, Trueman, who re ceived some slight injury on the left side is also going on well. The funeral of Sergeant Brett will take place at the Harpurhey Cemetery, at three o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The police band and a large number of the force will be present. The following is a copy of a report which the Mayor will present to a special meeting of the City Council, to be held on Wednesday next : I regret having to report to the Council that on the after noon of 11'eduesday, the 18th inst., about 4 o'clock, a most daring and unprecedented outrage was per petrated in this city, by an attack upon the police van, whereby two Fenian prisoners, Kelly and Deasey, were rescued from the charge of the police, an old and valued officer, Sergeant Brett, was mur dered, and another policeman and a civilian were seriously wounded. The first intimation I received of the occurrence was a message from Superintendent Gee, in consequence of which I at once proceeded to the Town Hall. Up to this time I was quite unaware that the custody of the prisoners was attended with any unusual risk or danger, or that any attempt at rescue was to be apprehended. A telegram from the Home Office reached me at ten minutes past five p.m., containing suggestions for the safe custody of the prisoners, and had this warning been received by me in sufficient time, effective measures of precaution would, I feel sure, have been adopted. A telegram to a like effect from the authorities in Dublin was also received at the Town Hall about three hours after the outrage. The most prompt and energetic measures were at once taken by the police for the capture of the two Fenian prisoners and the persons concerned in the attack upon the police van ; and, although at present I am unable to report the recapture of Kelly and Deasy, yet I have satisfaction in informing the Council that no less than 32 persons supposed to have been con cerned in the outrage are now in the hands of the police. The Home Office, in reply to a telegram sent by me, authorised the offer of a reward of £3OO for the recapture of the two Fenian prisoners. On behalf of the Corporation I offered a reward of £2OO for the apprehension of the parties concerned in the murder of the police constable and riot. Under the circumstances, I had no hesitation in requesting the assistance of the military for the purpose of escorting and guarding the prisoners now in custody. I have also considered it my duty to apply to the Secretary of State for the Home Department for permission to arm any police en gaged on service of danger, and the council will learn with satisfaction that such permission, to gether with a supply of arms and ammunition, has been promptly granted.—R. NEILL, Mayor." It will be seen from the above report that there is no truth whatever in the rumours that the local autho rities had timely intimation of an intended attempt to rescue Kelly and Deasey. This (Saturday) morning, the city magistrates arc to meet at 10 o'clock for the purpose of adopting measures for a more permanent defence of the City Gaol. The building is at present occupied by a strong guard of infantry. Up to midnight there had been no further arrests. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE Yesterday a general court-martial, of which (Jul. R. 11. Crofton, R.A., was president, assembled at Chatham for the trial of two prisoners, b 3 order of Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge. Col. Lay c, deputy judge-advocate for the district, officiated at both trials. The first prisoner was Sapper William Thompson, Royal Engineers, charged with grossly insubordinate conduct on the sentence of a court martial, which had previously tried him, being read out in his presence before the troops on the parade ground, the prisoner on that occasion having as sailed Capt. and Adjt. F. A. Marindiu in the most violent terms. The Court found the prisoner " Guilty," but the sentence will not be known until it has been submitted to her Majesty for approval. The Court then proceeded with the trial of Private Michael Nash, Ist battalion Bth Regiment, charged with having written and forwarded a letter to Lieut.-Col. W. Rickman, commanding the second depot battalion at Chatham Garrison, complaining that while a patient in Fort Pitt hospital from chronic rheumatism in one of his feet Staff-Surg. P. A. M‘Dermott accused him of malingering, and ordered his removal to Fort Clarence Military Pri son, there to undergo the term of imprisonment awarded him by a battalion court-martial. He also accused the staff surgeon of shaking his fist in his face while in bed in the hospital, and directing his removal on an ambulance waggon to Fort Clarence Prison, to which he was sent. The only witness examined yesterday in support of the prosecution was Lieut.-Col. Rickman, who produced the pri soner's letter, and also Surg. M'Dermott's letter, denying most of the prisoner's statements. Lieut.- Col. Rickman was cross-examined at great length by the prisoner, and at 4 o'clock the Court ad journed till to-day. A court-martial was held yesterday on board the flag-ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the trial of Mr. J. Rogers, supernumerary engineer on board her Majesty's troopship Urgent, on a charge of drunkenness. The prisoner pleaded " Guilty," and, having been previously convicted for a similar offence, the Court sentenced him to be dismissed her Majesty's service. The Court was composed of Capt. F. B. P. Seymour, C. 8., of the Victory, president ; Capt. G. Hancock, of the Duke of Wellington; Capt. M. S. Nolloth,• of the St. George ; Capt. Henry Boys, of the Warrior; Capt. John C. Soady, of the Serapis ; and Capt. Henry Phelps, of the Orontes. The men who came from China in her Majesty's troopship Urgent were paid off at Portsmouth. They were the crews of the Adventure, the Bustard, the Banterer, the Grasshopper, the Haughty, the Slaney, the Havoc, and the Vigilant. The ships having been recommissioned, remained on the sta tion. The men were granted six weeks' leave. The Urgent troopship, Capt. S. Henderson, was taken into dock at Portsmouth yesterday for neces sary survey and repairs previous to further troop service. Quartermaster Woon, of the Woolwich division Royal Marines Light Infantry, recently promoted, was on Thursday evening entertained by the com mandant and officers of the division to dinner. Quartermaster Woon's service in the corps extends over a period of upwards of 23 years, including the Arctic expedition, in which he volunteered, in search of Sir J. Franklin, and also the expedition in China under Sir James Hope. The last of the Abyssinian stores were yesterday despatched from Woolwich Arsenal, with the ex ception of the pack saddles and the two mountain batteries in progress of completion. The stores, consisting of 400 Maltese carts, wheels, and cases of harness (13 bargeloads), are now lying alongside the huge steamships Queen of the South, Mauritius, and the Golden Fleece in the Victoria Docks, await ing the opportunity for being hoisted on board. The three hospital ships now being fitted out at Dept ford are also receiving the last of their stores. The steam storeship Lord Paumure, Master Com mander Spriddel, has taken her departure from Woolwich ArSenal, laden with 4 14-ton guns, 18 wrought-iron carriages, and slides, 450 300-pounder shell boxes, and various other stores for Portsmouth. The following prouletionfi and appointments in the Royal Marines were yesterday announced at Wool wich :—Lieut. and Adjt. W. H. Poyntz to be Second Capt., vice Conner, resigned ; Lieut. William Henry M'Cheane to increased pay of 6s. 6d. per day (ac cording to the new standard), vice Poyntz.. Major Ellis, of the Chatham division, is under orders to take his departure on the Ist proximo on recruiting service in London, to relieve Capt. H. G. Elliot. HOUSES OF PARLI.IIIIEA7. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE TIMMS Sir,--As Itlr. Pugin has challenged me in the Times to answer a question he has twice put to me, you will, no doubt, allow me to observe that the controversy has long since assumed a shape and dimensions that render it utterly unfit to be carried on in newspapers. But if Mr. Pugin will bring his case before any impartial tribunal, competent to hear and determine it, he shall have from me, who alone can give it, the whole history of Sir Charles Barry's designs, from their conception to . their com pletion, and he may. then cross-examine me at his pleasure. As my statement might not be thought conclusive unless given entire, and it would then, in readable type, occupy at least one page of your journal, I must, - for the - present, decline to answer any ques tions ➢lr. Pugin may wish to put to me. But he must forgive me for saying that his enthusiastic attempts, laudable if founded on facts, to exalt the fame of his father, remind me of those marvellous " restorations" which, iu my student days, were in vogue among young French architects—imaginative youths, who, from a few scattered stones, would restore an Acropolis.--I am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN L. WOLFE. Sept. 20. MARYLE BONE. ROBBERY FROM A CAB.-40/111 Bennet was charged with attempting to steal a trunk and a paper parcel from the roof of a cab. John Lane stated that he was a builder, and was proceeding from the Waterloo-station along Baker street, when he was stopped by a constable, who said he had seen a man attempting to steal the trunk. The paper parcel had been broken open, but nothing was missed. The prisoner was captured about 50 yards off, He was remanded. THAMES. A TERRIBLE TIIIEF.—John Williams, well known as a notorious and desperate thief, was charged le fore Mr. Benson with stealing a purse from a young woman on Tower-hill. The complainant, Sarah Anne Rumbles, was passing over Tower-hill when she was told she had lost her purse, a gentleman when pursuing a thief who had attempted to take his friend's watch having seen him throw the purse on to the glacis round the Tower. There was only a postage stamp in it. He was committed for trial. MARKETS.---This day. COVENT GARDEN. FRUlT—Apples ' 4s Od to 8s Od ; walnuts, lOs to 20s per bushel; apricots, Os to Os; Sgs, is to 3s; nectarines, 38 to 6s; pears, 2s to 3s p er d ozen ; gra p es , i s 6d t o 3 s ; pine apples, 2s 6d to 4s per lb.; lemons, lOs to 14s; oranges, 14s to 20s per 100. VEGETABLES—Artichokes, 2s Od to 4s; cabbages, is 3d to 2s; cauliflowers, 3s to 6s per dozen ; celery, is to is 6d ; horseradish, 3s to bs Od por bundle; carrots, Gd to 8d; herbs, 2d to 4d; parsley, 2d to 4d ; turnips, 4d to Gd por bunch ; lettuce; is to is 6d ; endive 2s Od to 3s per score; onions, 4s to ss; spinach, 2s to 3s per bushel; potatoes, 808 to 1358 por ton. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Boef 3s 2d to 4s Gd i Veal Mutton... 3s 2d to 4s Gd f Pork WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef Bs 2d to 4s 6d Veal Mutton ... Bs 2d to 4a 6d Pork HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 3d to 31d ; 64 to 721bs, 3id to 31d ; 72 to 80 3jd to 4d ; 80 to 881bs., 4d to 4id ; 88 to 961b5., 4i -d to 5d ; 961bs to 1041bs, 5d to 514. Horse hides, 9s 6d to 10s 6d ; calf ski ns (li g h t ) , 2 s Od to 4 s; f u ll, 7s Od ; sheepskins, polled 3s 9d to 4s 3d, downs 3s Od to 3s 6d, lambs 3s Od to 4s Od. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9ld to 10d. ; of household ditto, 7d. to 9d. per 41bs loaf. HAY. SMITHFIELD—Moadow hay, £2 15s Od to £4 ss; clove; £3 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. A fair supply. CUMBERLAND—Mehdow hay, £2 158 Od to £4 7s 6d; clover, £3 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 16s Od to £2 2s per load. A moderate demand. WHITECHAPEL—Moadow hay, £3 Os Od. to £4 108 Od; clover, £3 Os to £5 15s 01; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. A good trade. LIVERPOOL COTTON .111ARKET—TMs Day. ,The market opens quiet, but steady. Sales pro bably 10,000 or 12,000 bales. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Sept. 20.—We have had a quieter market since Tuesday, and to-day there is less doing both in cloth and yarn. A good many contracts were given out for fabrics suitable to the market of India and China a week or two ago, and most of these extend into October ; so that among this class of goods there is less pressure to sell. Shippi ng and home-trade yarns have been rather easier to buy to-day where spinners are not engaged, but have only been dealt in to a limited extent. Manu facturers out of contract are more easy to deal with than others, and cloth generally is getting again a little irregular as to prices. A telegram from Cal cutta to the 16th inst. quotes Manchester goods lower, with less doing. LEICESTER, 20m.—Thera has been a slight im provement in the orders for plain worsted goods. Buyers exhibit more disposition to effect purohases, but a determination to give very much lower prices. More has been done in plain yarns ; still many spin ners complain of the great falling off in the number of orders compared with this time last year. The trade in fancy yarns has been very restricted, and orders for goods come to hand but slowly. All ma terials show no change in price. The business done in cotton articles at llinckley still continues active, and there was not a large, but a general inquiry for lamb's wool hose and half hose. There is no revival in the demand for lambs' wool shirts or pantaloons. Wools remain very quiet. Fine wools are most in request, and move off at late currencies. The elastic webbing trade is still only moderately employed, and at some of the factories short time is resorted to ; but the boot and shoe houses continue brisk, and re port an improved inquiry for machine-sewn things. Materials are firm in price, the demand, if anything, causing an upward tendency, TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—One fact is worth a thousaiia assertions. Mr. E. M. Barry ventures to declare: that I have " enough to do to contradict my own witnesses." Will he now kindly specify who my witnesses are, and on what points I called them ? After your direct invitation (which referred as much to Mr. Barry as to myself) to propose some plan for meeting the existing and growing difficulties of the Houses of Parliament, it is certainly.strange that Mr. Barry, who has had an entire session to prepare his suggestions, did not at once bring forward the general outline of his ideas, and so relieve the minds not only of the members of the House of Com mons, but also of the country at large. Mr. Barry makes but one objection to my scheme, and it can hardly be called a grave one ; for it is, to use his own words, "an obvious absurdity." He bases his ob jection on the fact that the " courts are already too small." I do not suppose Mr. Barry requires me to tell him that any uncovered court is too small in this climate which is less than two acres in extent ; but with regard to the courts at Westminster, there they are, and we have to make the best use we can of them. It can scarcely be said that we are doing this when we retain close corridors so packed that every one jostles every one else, and where both breath ing room and space generally would be of the greatest service, not only to the occupants of the corridors, but also to those in the committee-rooms. In the face of these essential requirements it is hard L to see why Mr. Barry should declaim so loudly against the " diminution of the courts," especially when he, himself, in disparaging my scheme, admits ' that my suggestions are almost identical with those made by himself and others to the committee of the House of Commons. Now, as none of my sugges tions can be carried out without encroaching more or less into some of the courts, and since Mr. Barry's ideas are "identical" with mine, it would appear that Mr. Barry himself has been guilty of the "obvious absurdity" which he imputes to me. I have yet to learn, however, for what rea sons the present courts are to be considered so much too small that any purpose which they now serve should be allowed to outweigh the immense advan tages to be obtained by the alterations I suggested. It cannot be for the sake of the milkman or baker, who pay their daily visits to the Speaker's and Librarian's lodgings, nor of the occasional broughams which convey diners to or from the same localities, nor of the solitary policemen who per ambulate the purlieus of the deseitcd courts i❑ un disturbed serenity. Mr. E. M. Barry, as usual, has made a strong assertion without advancing any proof. Allow me to say that all that I have pro posed could be accomplished without curtailing the lower portions of the principal courts by a single foot. It was also somewhat startling to be told, with re ference to Westminster -bridge, that the province of the architect was assumed by the engineer, and vice versa ; for according to Mr. Barry's own statement, Sir Charles decided the height and width of the road way, while Mr. Page, the engineer, took upon him self the designing of the externals, including the celebrated ballusters, lamps, Sze. This declaration, however, is rather an unfortunate one. By it Mr. E. M. Barry, while tacitly admitting the force of my adverse criticism, endeavours to shift the discredit of the performance on to Mr. Page, and at the same time affords a rather powerful proof that Sir Charles Barry did after all " adopt other people's ideas," and burden himself with the authorship of other men's productions ; for Sir Charles himself informed me, in his own office at Westminster, that "he had every reason to hope that the appearance of the Palace would be immensely improved when the new bridge, which he had designed and was being car • vied out by Mr. Page, should replace the old one." Mr. E. M. Barry does not attempt either to disprove any of my assertions or to defend his own work. I may take the liberty of reminding him, however, that a case must be thoroughly desperate when it becomes incapable of defence. Surely, light and other conveniences appertaining to the clerk's and librarian's residences have not been wil fully sacrificed—the external effect of Palace-yard absolutely ruined, and our greatest national build ing burlesqued and ridiculed, without there existing some reasons to make the mutilations that have been perpetrated of less importance than the supposed conveniences that have been gained by their per petration. It is obvious to all beholders that the atmospheric dilapidation of the last 30 years is a mere joke iu comparison with the wholesale de struction which has been purposely effected during the past 12 months. And what end or purpose has it served ? It cannot be excused on the ground of utility alone, for a low level cloister would have an swered every requirement equally well, terminating, as it would have done, at the foot of a staircase com municating directly with the House. It is, perhaps, intended to be an exhibition of how thoroughly the Messrs. Barry, during their sojourn in their father's office, from 1812 to 1860, made themselves acquainted with, and learnt to apply and develop° the principles on which the original designs were based. If so, myself, in common with the general public, must be pardoned if we scarcely think the result a success.--I am, sir, your obedient servant, E. WELBY PUGIN. The Grange, Ramsgate, Sept. 20. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE TIDIES. Sir,—As the article in the Times of this day, headed " The Wreck of the Surat," may be read by many persons who did not observe the telegram I had the satisfaction to forward to you on the evening of the 16th instant, and which appeared on the following day, stating that this vessel had arrived at Suez in tow of the Madras, I would now beg permission to confirm that announcement, and to add that the Surat was placed in the dry dock at that port on the 18th inst,—l atn, sir, your obe dient servant., C. W. HOWELL, See. Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany, offices, 122, LeadenhaL-street, Sept. 21. PROPOSED NEW RACES.—The gentry and farmers living in the neighbourhood of Gravesend and Meopham, in Kent, on Wednesday, the 25th, are about to try the experiment of an annual flat and hurdle race in their dis trict. It will take place on Coverstone Green, a spot situated about half a mile from Ileopham, and will con sist of Trial Stakes; Hunters' Stakes of 15 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of ono sov ; Inkeepere'.Plate of 10 sot's, entrance 10s each ; Hurdle Lace of 15 sous, Sweepstakes of 2 covs, County .1- 1 1 ate, Ladies' Plato, and Consolation Scramble. Meopham is accessible from Loudon by rail on the London, Chatham, and Dover. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This; Day VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.—Tnis DAY: About a usual Saturday muster, the business ' transacted being comparatively unimportant. The Great Eastern Handicap was just touched upon the appended list of horses being each backed for however mere nominal prices. Both the favourites for the Oesarewitch are in healthy request, at their quoted prices, while the Maid of Masham filly found good support at 1C to 1. The most noteworthy feature was a renewed disposition to back Artnourer, twenty fifties not being for booming, though to a smaller amount the price was obtainable. A mystery seemed still to surround the Fin don division, more particularly as frequent offers were made to back Proserpine. The transactions which came under uotica will be found below : GREAT EASTERN lIANDICAP. 20 to 1 ng:it llowit Palatine (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bisinark (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mistleto e (tak, 3li ) 20 to 1 agst Longbow c (taken) 20 to 1 agst Little Rover (taken) 20 to 1 agst Sir Oliver (taken) CESAREIVITCII. 100 to 12 agst Honesty (taken) 11 to 1 agst Blinkhoolio (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Maid of Masham filly (taken) 100 to 6 agst Lothario (offered, take 20 to 1) 16 to 1 agst Etoile Filento (offered, take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Armourer (taken and wanted) 25 to 1 agst Thalia (offered, take 1,000 to 30) 25 to 1 agst Potomac (taken) 33 to 1 agst Proserpine (offered, take 40 to 1) 33 to 1 agst King's Cross (offered) 33 to 1 agst Tormentor (offered) 40 to 1 agst Priority (offered) 40 to 1 agst Romping Girl (offered, tako Nto 1) 50 to 1 agst Minster (offered) 1000 to 20 agst Sportsman (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Lizard (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Grand Cross (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 6 agst Gardevisnre (offered, take 20 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Julius (offered, take 33 to 1)i 40 to 1 agst uippia (wanted) JOHN STIRK 23, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND, Fpc,:‘',•utes Oommissions on all the races to any amount. The full market odds laid. Price list daily. TUE ABYSSINIAN CAP LIVES. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) ADEN, Sept. 12. Intelligence received here from Abyssinia an nounces that tho captives were at Magdalla on the 27th July. The camp of the Emperor Theodore was at Debra Tabor on the 11th July. The surrounding - country was in a disturbed condition. The rainy season had commenced. SUPPING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. LONDOX, Sept. 21.--Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. NEWPORT, Sept. 20.—Wind N.—Arrived—White Eagle, from London for Shanghai. Sailed—ltionkchoster, for Hong Kong. LIVERPOOL, Sept. 19. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Nil Desperandum, from Rio Grande; City of Boston, screw steamer, from New York. Sailed—City of Antwerp, screw steamer, for Now York; Avalanche, for Jamaica. Sept. 20.—Arrived—Belle, from St. John's, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, Sept. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived —Hello, from Rangoon for Hamburg; John Robinson, from Odessa for Granton. CLYDE, Sept. 21.—Wind N. W.—Arrired—Zotland, from Liverpool for Quebec. (By Telegraph.) GRATESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Sept- 20—Taurus, steamer, from Tonning. Arrived, Sept. 21—Eider, steamer, from Tunning ; Re becca, for Cronstadt; Anna Gesina, from St. Petersburg; Belgium, steamer, from Ostend ; Moselle, steamer, from Antwerp; Victor, steamer, from Brussels; Swan, steamer, from Cronstadt ; Opattier, from Bjornoborg. Sailed—Normandie, steamer, for Daukirk ; Panther, steamer, far Thulogne ; Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning. No arrivals. LONDON GAZE r rE.—LAs r EVE:TING. FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 19. The Queen has boon graciously pleased to appoint George Buckley Mathew, Esq., C. 8., now her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo. tentiary to the Emperor of Brazil. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 19. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend George Macdonald to the church and parish of Eddrachills, in the presbytery of Tongue, and county of Sutherland, vacant by the death of the Reverend James Stewart, late Minister thereof. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 16. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Sergeant-Major John Noon to be Quartermaster, vice Scott, to retired half-Pay;, Sergeant Richard Halting to be Quartermaster, vice Pritchett, whose period of Staff Service has expired ; Lieutenant and Adjutant sVilliain Henry Poyutz to be Second Captain, vice Connor, resigned. _ . _ . SEPT. 14. The following promotions have this day taken place in her Majesty's Fleet :—Commanders —W. IL Blake, A. J. Lines, T. B. M. Sullivan, T. A. de Wahl, M. S. L. Peile, J. 0. Hopkins, to be Captains. Lieutenants—E. IL Wil kinson,l'. P. Luxmoore, A. R. Tinklar, A. Eaton, E. St. J. Garforth, B. W. Bax, F. 11. Hastings, and the Ron. V. A. Montagu, to be Commanders. SEPT. 19. _ The undermentioned Officers have this day been pro moted to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 20th August, 1867 : —John Parsons, Esq., John Patrick Dillon, Esq., William Barnard Calver, Eiq., Phillip Going, E3q.,James Hooper Kerr, Es., Wil liam Land Scarnell, Esq. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Last EveAng. Amsterdam Short. 11 191-, Ditto 3 Alunths.l2 Of Rotterdam _9l. 32 0 12 11 12 1i 25 45 25 45 13 101 25 25 25 40 25 421 1201 12 6 - 4 f 12 62k 62i 6 27f 401- Antwerp — 25 42} Brussels — 25 42f Hamburg - Paris Short 25 17* Ditto 3 Mouths. 25 35 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 Tienna — 12 Sif 12 57i 32 6 27 48k 4VI 27 40 27 40 27 40 27 40 27 40 27 40 - 511 -51 i riesto Petersburgn. Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto 44 27 bU 27 bU 27 50 27 5U 27 50 27 50 SHORT-SIGHTED CHILDREN.—A curious work has been published at Breslau lately by Dr. Hermann Cohn, giving the result of an examination of the eyes of 10,0 ;0 school children. The proportion of short-sighted children was 17.1 per cent., or 1,730 among 10,000. No village chil dren were found so defective until they had been some titre at school—at least half a year. There were in proportion four times as many short-sighted children in the town (Breslau) as in the country, and shortsightedness increased generally with the demands made upon the children. Dr. Cohn at tributes the evil in a great measure to the bad construction of school benches, which forces the children to read with their books close before their eyes, and with their heads held downwards. The obstinate adherence to the ancient Gothic character in printing and writing, to which Eng lishmen aro generally inclined to attribute the prevailing near-sightedness of Germans, is not alluded to by Dr. Cohn. Medical Times and Gmette. PARTRIDGE SIIGOTING.—WC boar from Scotland that partridge shooting has generally been exceedingly good. The birds, though very numerous, are unusually small in size, but in a short time most of the grain fields will be completely cleared, and if the present favourable state of the weather continues, wo may anticipate still better shooting as the birds grow stronger upon the wing. thethe averageu u u: be of o f old pre oe b d i in rd g et y k W e il a e le r h s d . e t a h r T is f i r l o i s s m et m t: a o a l y e l q u i s r u i d s f r e a t r e i nrasbsonic at m e asure from s.i many of . the broods being very young. The old birds rising first are pretty sure to be knocked over; but there appears to be a larger proportion of old birds killed than this supposi tion will satisfactorily account for. Land and Water. TILE SCOTTISH Moons.—The accounts we con tinue to receive from several of the Perthshire moors are of the most variable description in regard to the prevalence of disease among grouse. It must be remembered that on a largo portion of the most important and best moors of the county there has been no shooting this season, and in con sequence of the grounds not being tested the real state of the birds in regard to the distemper is not known. It seems, however, that on the extensive tract of moorland on the north side of Loch Tay the distemper has been sportsmen wreialiingd dh fromiaf4v? uc,, rt, enjoyed ie, tu igoe good A o l o vb e d i t r ih s p ieftne o rii r gait; nt;vdibiiscusuhteitoummt g . sae grouse r y i n s tei e hub t es h e a t ne e: nl e na clnowlae, malady ry moors ay trifling in its ravages compared with other districts, aril fatal least i B n o i p ts er ro c s e u n i t t . s, of so t . h n e m b cl i t r, s is o ou other moors, formerly well stocked, hot a t i ng l e grouse i has ecu left, —Law/ anti Wafer. 104 10 100 t 120 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 15 100 100 101 i 99 87i 8 94i 5 16j 15 14 1 ~~