The Sun. — London, England, 1861-08-13 00:00:00

3 It INS op. 11 IR. ,P C olll_ oneCri- „ 0 0 3ferred Poo to th e jli .tre , 6 cent t ile" 0 00 3d, for tha rforni erwa i e rp cite ar'Poo - unien• Dot r of the ig Of ban 0 0 Lereof b 1 pd' ieces, jec hp'o vien d ej9„ lsoP ro , Roya l ,. a bri wo t vitt). cladof this ree were e f s Age , es of 1 ‘ 1 ,7011 id the ep e ro i Tonal rsh i p of 14 r t ; :niphithe t io I traiDiog „Jog about r e .s to the 1 46 ,ogethe r e el to have e t i j i9 making „ v e4 L anifest °""t'lle ni g ht ° a to ce ustea le ,o Loyal I tel o nee of bc'er'o, Girded 0' refill iv + v hilf its a of th e s ic ' i j nter 11111 , 5 0 0 1 the vrtainii / ENG (d o 3 of beieg ;14 r to ono tar it ~q- fi t , c le a P resi rie ° ' roan P 0 3 a offic ere t a the g rs n i, 0 )f the ' 3l° s St'' ie parial gef to take 0-... 0 0 Vain eit h the ho 4 cases al ho 10, ure. .00P • o f the a ds ,ose ilso he ttltiO lii OLYERHA.MPTON RACES.—(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) -- CHILLINGTON STAKES. talivern e lSh • Ethel 2 Express .e 3 13. Six ran. NOZIEF 11ARITET AND CITY NEWS. 'to( F' CITY, Two o'CLocK. 2 During the last few days the transactions in the 2 1 1 F oreign 1 , ° reign and Colonial Produce Markets have not been of a very extensive character. In tea the 5L O perations have been sustained owing to the ap- stood preach of the public sales, which commence to-day. stool stc,i S ugars rema i ne d i n f a i r reques t, a t f u ll rates ; and g In the refined market the demand for home consump- !Arc' t i° ll was on the increase. Coffee continued dull, T oe / and price s h ave s li g htly g iven way in consequence 10 of the large quantity to be offered at public sale. 8 0 t C o ' C c T t Rice has been in active request, at full prices, and 10, a moderate business has been done in tallow for g s .r o c ci both - - deli stogy • present and future delivery. stock A fair am oun t o f business was reported in the stock L iverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were stock Well supported. The sales were 8,000 bales. stock About £BB,OOO in gold was sent into the Bank of s s tOcc. E ngland yesterday. stock stool' The Atrato has arrived from the West Indies stool 2( With £128,600 chiefly in silver. 21 Teleg rap hi c a d v i ces repor t th e d e parture of the stgp f l England, vessels with gold, from Australia f or h .r4 bgland, viz., the Kohinoor with £472, the Orwell s toc) w ith £155,036, and the Water Nymph with :g e l £203,072. 50 , A call of £2 per share, amounting to £ 260,000, ii become s due to-morrow on the Great Indian Penin 10 100 - solar Railway shares. 20 10 At the half-yearly meeting of the London and stock I , l , l4 ekwall Railway Co. held to-day, it was stated that stockice balance of profit available for distribution was stool £ 12 ,474 18s. 11d., from which it was resolved to stool oeclare a dividend at the rate of £2 15s. per cent. 80 4 Per annum. stool The demand for discount accommodation con - eoc tinue s steady, and the rates show no material 19 1 ' variation. Business in the market for Public Securities con tinues very dull, but notwithstanding the limited 2' Operations for transfer and on speculation, the stoe) quotations remain very firm. Consols for money s g r oo l are well maintained at 90,-1 I, and for the account stool 10 at Kt The New Threes and the Reduced are stool firm, at 90!1; Exchequer Bills, March, are 12s. ~2 0 5 0 dis. ; ditto June, ss. to 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock is :to/ 2351, being flat ; India New Loan Scrip is firm at st o ol 10q. 25 Very little alteration has occurred in Foreign 25 1 Securities, an d th e dealings have not exceeded the = c c] average. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 781 to 79; 25 ditto, 1858, 69 to 691; ditto £lOO Bonds have re- 12 2 t ceded to 71 ; Chilian are firm at 103 ; ditto 41- per stool Cents. at 82 ; Peruvian at 991; and the Uribarren st l o c ci are steady at 90. 50 20 In the railway share market bu siness has con- 20 tinned rather dull; in one or two instances, how- y, e ver, a slight improvement has taken place. stod Brighton and North-Eastern (Berwicks) have ad- sod vanced ss. ; Great Northern, 10s. ; and Great B e stoc Western, 15s. South-Western, North British, and South-Eastern have declined 55., and North- Western, 10s. The foreign and colonial undertakings have re. trained at about previous values. Grand Trunk o Canada, however, advanced abcut ss. Joint-stock Bank and miscellaneous shares have been exceedingly inactive. English, Scottish, and Bto Australian Chartered improved 55.; London and eta County declined 10s. sto BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank BRITISH 2351 :l e per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O/ 1 per Cent. Consols Annuities Nevi 3 per Cent. Annuities 9oa 1 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, ex pire sth April, 1885 l5 13..16 I I ndia Stock •••• Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 61 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto 1859 Consols for Account, Sept. 10 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent Mar. 2d. p. day. June 3/ p.ci Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d l2 dis 5 dis Ditto £5OO .. 2 die Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CL IO OCK. 3 Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto iti per • Cent. Peruvian 41 per Cent • . 99 1 Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred 4li Turkish 6 per Cent .. 781 i Ditto New Loan Ditto £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. Ditto Certificates. 4 per Cent. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 831 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money 9O/ 1 Ditto Account THE FEMALE BLONDIN. Considerable excitement prevailed yesterday after noon in the vicinity of Cremorne•gardens on account of the announcement that a lady calling herself the Female Blondin " was about to cross the river on a tight-rope extending from the gardens 8 . to a wharf at Battersea. Through some deficiency 2s in the guide-ropes, as they are called, the feat Was not completely accomplished, and when the of l ady, who had started from Battersea, had per- at formed four-fifths of her perilous journey, she was compelled to sit down, and ultimately descend into Et boat. The courage displayed under these trying ai circumstances created almost a greater amount of : I admiration than would have been produced had the Bi artist walked all the way from Battersea to Cre- Morne, and of her ability to perform the feat there si is not the slightest doubt. Both sides of the river :I' were densely thronged, and, though the perform ance was over at half-past seven, the roads leading to Cremorne were scarcely passable at nine o'clock on account of the returning crowds. The experi ment will be repeated on Monday next and the four following Mondays, when Mr. E. T. Smith will give as many special fetes. On the 27th inst. Mr. Adams, the secretary of Cremorne, whose indefati gable zeal and industry have proved eminently serviceable for th© last 10 years, will take his benefit. THE IVEAT.HE.R. ACTED TILL TO-MORROW OR NEXT DAY. North-west to north-east ; moderate. Northerly ; settled ; fine. North to west ; settled ; fine. Northerly, moderate ; cloudy. OLOGICAL REPORTS. - WEATHER EMT': North Britain . East Coast South Coast Ireland .. METE() This Day, Letween 8 and D. E. 31. D. F. C. LS. 9 a.m. ----_____ —.— —.— --- — -- Aberdeen ..... 29/1 56 55 W. S. W. 3 9 r. 2 Leith 29.7 59 56 W. 1 8 0. 1 Berwick 2 9 .77 60 58 N.N E. 119 r. 2 4.rdr ossan vortrii sh ... ... • 29'86 58 57 S.W . 2 2 b. 2 Shields Galw a y 2916 66 63 w. 2 5 c. Sc arborough 29/4 62 88 W. N. W. 3 6 c. 1 Live o l 29'86 62 58 N .W. 3 5 c. 2 Palencia •• • • Qu _ eenstown... 2913 59 58 W. 1 1 b. 1 x arinouth 29•80 68 67 W. 2 6 r. 3 Londonl, •• • • 29•88 65 59 W. 5 8 c. o ver 29'86 70 67 4r.ortstnouth W. 3 4 C. 2 P ortland I, , Yrnouth 1 --T—___ lza nce EXPLANA T I ON . — B. Barometer, corrected and reduced ca 2 , dog at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise etmolg about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. I Poseci thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for ejaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — re ercast ; (1# ulagnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. C 9 ). I. Initials :—b., blue sky ; c., clouds ( detached); atrated augments 4 ..g. (dull)ai • raingg ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., r:, ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter co (1 to 9). —thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb- A MONSTER BLOCK OF STONE.—A huge block of ;"le, 26 feet long, 9 feet wide, and 6 inches t hick, was a days back ( says G a li gn ani) extracted from the quarries wßelsenhof,in Prussia, and dispatched to Br ussels. It b ei gha 303,5001b5. and was d r awn by 18 horses. The man t e ' a god with the (;onveyance was obliged to g ive securit y 1.; the any damage w hi c h m ight be occasioned to bridges e excessive weight of the stone. SIiARE iitARKET.-(TIIIS DAY). - - ORDINARY SIIAtEES AND STOCKS. 4 ,, Closing Business Railways. P a l" - Price. Done if) Belfast and Ballymena .14 Bir., C01.,1 and Str. Val. mk Birk., La., and Ch Juno. 7i 8i 84 85 Blytli and Tyne Bost. Sleat: and Mid.Co )01: Bristol and Exeter Or Caledonian [0 Carmarthen (' a niigar ;9 Cork and Bandon !O Cork, Blroek., tPassage l 0 Cornwall . . A nets • no div. E 0 Do A funtil6pc peran. 1° D° hasbeeni d.toß ;0 Dublin & Belfast June i Dun., Perth, &Ab. June :k East Anglian Or Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Dodo B do 1 1 ID Do Nw A, late EU3ds k !East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow ck Edin. Perth, & Dundee O Forth & Clyde Junctionl )I( Furness ck Glasg. and S. Western O Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern ck Do do A stock tck Do do B do lk Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern .• Lancashire & Yorkshire ock London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover ;k Lond. & Nth. Western ck Lond. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine 5 L'derry & Ennistallen 31c Man. Shot & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle t2i Do do shares 10 Metropolitan tic Midland .0. Do new ik Do Birming. & Derby 0 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 15 Do shares 15 Mid Kent. .... ••• • • • 10 Do, Cray Line 10 Newcastle and Carlisle 0 Newry & Armagh, def 10 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. ok Norfolk ..... • • , ck North British.. ick Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stocir lk Do k 3tk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 5k Do B stock ........ • • )1r Nth. Eastern —Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase `Or no Leeds •••• • • • •• • • ck Do York lc North London AO Do new ,164 North Staffordshire 10 N, and S. W. Junction lck Not. & G rantham Rail 10 Feebler • • to Portsmouth i 0 Rhymney , )ck Scottish Central >ck Scot N. E., Aber. stock )ck .- 150 Scot. Mid. stock ock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer ock South Devon •• • • 25 S.-Durham & Lanc.lln. ock South Eastern ...... ock South Wales ...... ock S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do do Do New (1860) !lc Taff Vale .....• ..•• •• •• Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rall i 0 Ulster .. •• 5 Do ....... 10 Do •• .- : .•• ,ck Vale of Neath 1 ,0 Victoria Sta. and Pim ! Waterford & Kilkenny, Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall !O INVest London ODo Ist class Do 2d class .. Westllaglepool Harter and Rail k West Midland—Oxford .!k Do. Newport, .11c Do. Hereford, 100 ll 100 ;1 100 t , 100 43 45 40 13 85 87 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. 'Tad Closing Busine. ss Price Done Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O all (iris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock 100 :0 Do. do. do. Shares ,ck Caledon £lO, 45 per 100 ek Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all !O Cornwall. 5 per cent. all 05 IDun.Pert h&Ab er .Jun all [4 IDo Ist Class Pref all ock lE.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 ock I Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO ock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO ock E. Conn. Ex. sp. G No.l 100 ock Do. do. No. 2 100 ock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 ock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 106 ock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 ock Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares 100 ock Do. 4p. c gun,. S. &D. 10( ock lEdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 10( stock 4'urness, 5 per cent .... 10( stock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c, 10( ek Great Northern, sp. ct. 10( ck ' l Co.sp.c.Redm.,lop.c.pm 10; ick Do. 45 p. c. do. do. I, 101 10 ;Do. sp.c. Redm. pc pm 8 , .0 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist p 0 al ck 5 C'a.Sn. & W (Ireland) ; 1 , p. ct. pref. stock O Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct. ,ek Lo . Redeemable, 44 p.ct. 10 ,ek Do. Redeemable, 4p. et 10 ock Do. Irredeemable, aO.. 10 ,ck Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref, 10 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. al O ,(it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. al ,0 IDo. do. sp. et. pref al )ck IDo Birmg.guar. stock IC !64 ;Do. Chester gua. shares a 13% I Do. do. do. 0 100. do. do. O ILan. & Carl. 45 pc. pref. C ,ck Lan.&York 6p. c. stock. 1( ,ek Do.Barnsl.stEs 3s 10d pc 1( ck Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) ck Lon.& Brig.s page. No 1 1 ( ck Do. sp. c. No. 2 11 ck Do. gua. 6p. c. ck Do. do. 5 jo. No. 411 .ek Do. do. 4 per cen l '. 11 5 Do. do. 4 p. c. shares.. f , ,ck Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 1 ,ck Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 1 ck Do.4p.c.S.(div.deftil '65) 1 ,ek Do. 4 per cent. Pref 1 ,ck Lon. Chat, and Dover 1 Do. W. /A rceiv. no div .0 Ex.A tile pcispd on Do. B B. & Brom ex. 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B ,ck Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. et I ,ck Lon. & S.W, 7p. et. stock I ,ek Do. 45 per cent 1 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 25. 6d..... ..... 25 Londondy. & Cole. ssh 25 Londony. & Ennis. sh I& Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et 6 Do. ..e6 )01c Do. 34 per cent ,0 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 25 Maryport & Car., 4p. c 128 Do. 45 per cent ock Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock ock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c ock Do. 45 p. 0. pref. stock 6 Do. 45 per cent ock Do. Leto, & Hit. pref. st. ck Norlik sp. c. Ex. st. 18461 , ck Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do 1847 ek Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlB47 ,ck North British, 5 p. 0. ,ck Do. New, gua. sp. o 01 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. ha; 01 Do. do. do I >t N th.Dev.Rail. & Dok.Co. at N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p.c. It Do. 45 pc. redeemable.. st Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. 17 Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 1 [0 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. I 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 25 Do. York, H. &S. Porch. 20 North Staffordshire.... 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 85 Scottish Central, new pt st Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. c. pref. stock.... st Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e. st Do. 7 p. 0. pref. stock 105. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent. .0. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 4'4 pet ; cent st Do. Fixed 4 a p.c. Ist is et South Wales, gua. 4 p.c st Do. 44 per cent. st Do. 5 per cent' st 5.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua 1 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. 0 25 Do. B 6 ner cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent st Watrf d & Kilkny, 6p. c st W.Mid Gua stk st Do. 2d do st Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. st Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pf 1866 st Do. till 1865, Ist is. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - - I Leasing Closing . Business Railways. I Fa"' Co.'s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all ,Ln &N.W Buoldnzhamehlre , 100 IDo ...•• . 94 96 Chester & Holyhead 100 D 0... ..... 52 53 Do. 5} percent 100 D 0....... 119 120 Do. 5 lOO I Do. .•• . . 109 111 Clydesdale Juno" lOO 'Caledon... 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val all .E.U.&E.O 15 16 E.Lincolnsh. g 6 per c ' ICO Gt. North. 132 134 E.Union,HarwichShs ' alt 'E.Counts.' 4 4f Do. Woodbridge.. 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils•Dra.' 100 Caledon.. Do. new .l 100 'Do.-- . Gloster & Dean Forest all 'Gt. West Hrtip'l Dock & Rail..' all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby. Yk.N. Md. Do. halves. Do. quarters ........1, all Do. Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c., 100 Ln&N.W London & Greenwich.' 100 S.Eastern Do. Preference 100 ',Do Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end 100 Peto &Co Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 1 100 'Norfolk Do. 6 per cent , 100 ,Do. Mnc., Bxtn.,&Matlockl all IL NW&M Mid. Bradford Prefer- ence Stock • Newmarkt,BuryEx. j gua. 5 percent.... 5 Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. c. Do. 6p. c. Do. Fixed 5 p. North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A. Roystn. tch., &Sh ep Shrewsbry& Hereford Do. do. S. - Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset -1 Wimbledon iicroydn. Midland.. E.Counts. IDo.. ...... IDo. ...... Do. . ..... Midland iLlz NW dti L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. T.Brassey, I Do. M'Clean... IGt. West. , L. 4 Brea 54 6i 914 926 101 Mil 5 6 42 44 84 9 164 174 44 474 39 41 27 29 86 87 27 28 105 106 132 134 105 106 93 95 129 131 104 106 664 67 58 62 lot not 50 62 it 116 47 60 911 921 94 95 104 114 44 44} 4 9d 1 1221 1221 i li p 94 go 8 6d 66 68 61i 62 1041 to 5 92i 93 95 97 41 4i 1 1 10a 11 86 88 115 117 35 36 88 90 45 47 33 40 8O 811 64 66 14 96 4 7 391 401 91 10 p 6 1 6 1 1) 554 56 2i 3 p d )17. In 12 51 6i 106 94 8 noi I I 101 10( 115 eta 92 1 i 11 94i 67 11 441 i 122-1 i P Isi 62 If I 21 21 104# 121 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 sq. a I 100 all 100 all all all all 101 103 20 21 5i 6} 99 101 108 112 105 108 105 107 105 107 122 124 78 80 109 111 90 92 75 77 115 117 110 112 102 104 ilO6 108 97 99 95 97 87 90 87 8) 100 102 94 10 164 174 10i 101 75 77 204 214 104 101 151 151 112 114 112 114 134 137 112 114 99 101 148 153 125 153 71 74 94 97 131 14 [2O 125 it it' 65 70 1 IF 132 134 102 103 91 93 .10 112 LOB 110 1 I}p 91 93 101 103 101 103 i /p d 22 2: 132 134 10 10! 23 237 97 99 97 99 98 100 83 86 26% 27i 31 321 314 321 45 48 124 126 119 121 100 103 120 123 ,115 117 1001 1 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 112 114 191 196 59 61 1 112 117 j 83 86 Sf 3 93 95 I I P 66 57 15t !131 133 118 122 1 10' S 8 90 bi 9i THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1861. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—IThis Day.) COURT OF BANKRUFEY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fne.) THE COMMISSIONER ' S LETTER TO LORD lALMERSTON ON THE BANURUHTCY AND INSOLVE/CY BILL. His Honour having announced yesterday his intention to read to-day a letter he had written to he Right Hon. Lord Palmerston, on the subject of the New Eankruptcy and Insolvency Law, and soliciting the attendance of mem bers of the bar, press, and ethers interested, the court was crowded to excess before 12 o'clock, although an hour pre viously it was generally understood that his Honour had, for reasons he would explain, deferred the reading. His Honour was in attendance before the time appointed, and on the arrival of Mr. Bayley, to whom he had ad dressed himself on the previous day, briefly addressed the gentlemen of the bar, &c., and now said that since he last mentioned the subject he had had a conversation with a gentleman, upon whose judgment he placed the greatest confidence, and, in deferenceto his opinion, he should post pone the reading of the letter until; the re-assembling of the legal world after the holidays. Those gentlemen, therefore, who were there in anticipation of hearing the letter read would, he was sure, be disap pointed; but disappointed only for a short time, for after the vacation he should certainly read the letter. He ex pressed his regret that he hod caused the disappointment. The Court gradually assumed its usual state of confasion of tongues and voices generally experienced in these courts. The cases were few and briefly disposed of. A certificate meeting was held in the matter of William Broddon, coal merchant, of the Holloway Coal Station Depot. The accounts by Mr. F. B. Smart, Basinghall street, shows—Dr. to Cr., £678 ; assets about sufficient to pay expenses. His Honour granted a cerificate of the third class. IN RE TA.LLIS. This bankrupt, Lucenda 'Ulla, described as of Warwick square, &c., bookseller, applied for her certificate. The accounts by Mr. Jamas Hutton, of Moorgate-street, shows—Dr. to Cr., £1,706 ; to ditto holding security, £986. Creditor—good debts, £258; doubtful, £27; pro perty, £164; property in the hands of creditors, £521; deficiency, Ist Jan., 1860, £1,581. _ _ _ His Honour granted an immediate certificate of the third class. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THREATENING TO STAB A CONSTABLE AND A LAND LORD.— Phoebe Ricktts, a well-dressed female, was charged as follows : George Mott, 97 C, said—Last night I was in Grosvenor market, and was called by Mr. Camfield, a builder, to the prisoner, who was making a great disturbance. I asked her to go in -doors, and as she would not I was obliged to take her into custody, when she took out a pair of scissors and threatened to stab me, and struck me several times. Mr. Wm. Camfield, builder, of Grosvenor-market, said the prisoner caused a great disturbance, broke the panels of the door, and also threatened to stab him with a pair of scissors, and then struck him in the eye. She had been drinking. _ _ . Prisoner said she only broke the panels of the door to get at her husband, who had locked her out. _ _ _ ... Mr. Mansfield said of course he would do that if she got drunk, and fined her 20s. or 21 days. _ ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.—Henry Covey, a rough looking fellow, was charged with stealing some money from the person of Elizabeth Whitehead. The prosecutrix, who is an " unfortunate," went into the Black Horse public-house, Jermyn-street, with a com panion, and undid her pocket handkerchief, in which was wrapped some money, nearly a pound, when the prisoner made a snatch at it and made to the door. The prosecu trix's companion seized him and asked him to give the money back, when he struck her a severe blow on the eye. He was, however, secured and handed over to the police by one of the hackney carriage attendants, having thrown the money to his companions. _ Mr. Metcalfe—You heard them ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Mansfield said it was a most outrageous, ruffianly robbery of these poor creatures, and committed the prisoner for trial, ordering the constable to make inquiries whether the prisoner had been previously convicted. THE BETTING IN BRIDE-LANE. GUILDHALL POLICE-COURT (THIS DAY), Mr. Thomas Newcome, Philip Powter, Charles Wales, Alfred Scarratt, and John Valentine Stanley were sum moned before Sir James Duke, at the instance of the City Solicitor of the City Police, for obstructing one of the high ways of the City of London—viz., Bride-lane—and thereby creating a nuisance. The latter two, Valentine and Stan ley, did not answer. Mr. Sleigh said he appeared there that day, instructed by the City Solicitor, to charge the defendants with obstruct ing one of the highways in the City, thereby im peding one of the public thoroughfareswand therefore causing a nuisance. The defendants, in company with many others, were in the habit of assem bling in Bride-lane for the purpose of betting on horse racing, but the proceedings were not instituted against them for carrying on their occupation as betting men be cause this was a free country and any one had the right to do whatever he pleased providing he did not break the law. The obstruction would have been the same had the defen dants assembled for the purpose of disseminating useful information on politics, temperance, or religion, therefore, the profession of the defendants would not act as a prejudice against them on the present occasion. The learned gentleman then cited several cases as precedents and amongst these one of them by Lord Tenterden, who decided that any person collecting together a crowd of persons, to the annoyance of his neigh bour, was guilty of creating a nuisance. Another instance of a prosecution for obstructing the highway, was that of a person named Carlyle, in Fleet-street, in which a convic- tion took place. He was not instructed to use harsh lan guage because the gentlemen summoned chose to engage in the speculation of horse-racing, they had a perfect right to enter into any profession they pleased. He would have rejected any instructions to use language prejudicial to the defendants as persons of respectability i but the point he had to submitt was that the defendants by causing a great num ber of persons to assemble in Bride-lane, did create a nui sance. He therefore on the present occasion proposed to call 1>;,,a;.-. g over of the defendants to meet the charge at the Sessions. Constable Trim 20, said, on 6th May last I was ap pointed to do duty with another constable (Hooper) in Bride-lane. I had done duty there for eight months pre vious. I know the whole of the defendants. I first saw Scarratt in Bride-lane on the 4th of July. On the 6th of May, at noon, I saw Newcome, Powter, and Wales, in Bride-lane. There were a great many persons round each of them. They were all separated from each other. The lane was occupied from about 10 yards from Fleet .street to the bottom by the defendants and the persons around them. I have seen as many as 20 persons round each defendant at a time. I have seen as many as 400 persons in the lane, and I should think there was that number present on the day I have mentioned The defendants were standing there with them betting. Bets were very often made by parties around them. Examination continued—They moved on when I told them, but the crowd followed them. They did not stand still in opposition to what I said. As the defendants moved the crowd followed, but they did not leave the lane. When they made their entries in their books I saw them do so sometimes standing and sometimes walking. Mr. Sleigh—Was the public thoroughfare obstructed ? Witness—lt was. Mr. Sleigh—So much so as to be difficult for passengers who passed through? Witness—Yes. Very much near the steps at the back of the church. The defendants usually remained in the lane from twelve to two. On Tuesday, the 7th of May, I saw Newcome, Powter, and Wales in the lane. There were others in the lane on that day. I should think on that occasion there were about 500 persons present. The defendants were making bets and talking to people. From about a quarter to one till half-past the crowd" is the greatest, so as to make it very difficult for passengers to pass through at all. We shall continue the report in our late edition. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid. 57 61 91 95 6 7 75 80 65 70 6i 70 4i slt C losing Price. 4i 5 d 1.1 li d id pr 19 Did 99} 100 97 99 99 100 99 100 18 19 58 50 32 33 95 OG lid 1 93 95 (1 9; 10; I.of 10i 94 96 86 98 83 65 934 94i 66 88 5 7 4 6 99 100 lid 1d d 90 92 d ,AILWAYS. all all 13i all all 51 51 — P 11 lad i i 10 11 4 3i 21 21 22i 234 7f 7k 8 81 19 20 38 39 81, D 4 39i 40i 55 67 61 6,1 5i 6 8f 8f 2 lt , 2 1 24 25 61 6f 9} 91 201 214 share Railways. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrencel c c Bom„Baroda&.Cent Ind ( ' Gu. 5 per cent.. ...... 18 Do, Do. B O Buffalo and L axe Huron ;06 ' !Do. New O Do. Preference . • • • • • 10 I Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 )0 Do. do. July 1, 1873 )0 Do. do. June 1, 1874 5 Cleutra.&s.Eastn. (Lim) !O Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) :0 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 9 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c l7i Demerara 9 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c ock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 9 Do. F Shares Ext .9 Do. Jubbulpore ) 0 Do. ii p c. Debcntrs )0 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 )0 Do. 1865-1870 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 10 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 9 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct 9 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr 10 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 10 Do. do. 1867 9 Do. do. 1872 wit Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. O Do. New ,o - ua. 5 p. c wk Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. ;0 Do. do. 0 Gt. W. of Canada Shares o i Do. New .. ....... O Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. O Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do O Do. 56 p. c. do. '7B do lck Madras guar., 41 p. C Eck Do. do. 5 per cent ck Do. 41 p. o. Extension :0 Do. 5 lck Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. O Newßrunswick et Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital. Share Do. do. Land d 0........ O Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land d 0....... Oude (Limited) ........ 1 oak Scinde .. .. .. .. .. ,i 9 Do. Punjaub .. cs O Do. Do. ........ ,4 0 . OE Do. Indus. St. Flo. . ! ?„,g , , LO'Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN :0 Algerian O Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes........ •• • • • !O Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 5 Belgian East. Junction !O Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Nine & Bail Copiapo ................I I _ il.tstrion io Dutch Rhenish ..... . !CI Eastern of France .... !O Grand Rus Guar. 6p. c. Do. do._ 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. ails -20 Italian Junction .... • • 20 Lierre tiz Turnhout 20 Lyons & Geneva. .... • • 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France.- 16 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. 20 l'aris,Lyons, & Mediter. 20 Paris & Orleans.... •• • • 20 1 Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) ,zua. 7 p. ct. .• 20 Riga & Dunaburg 20 Royal Danish 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 5i per cent. Pref 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p.c. 20 S.Aust.ezLomb Venetin 20 Southern of France.... !O S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 8, West Flandern l 0 Do. 5i p. c. Preference.. tO W. & N.W. of France .. :0 Western of Austria.... tO Western of Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden ...... 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref.... W ! Zealand . BRITIS Alfred Consols (Philack) 0 ; British Iron Clifford - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) - 'East Bassett (Illogan) - 'East Caradon ..... - E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) i - Great South Tolgus 1 - G.Wheal Alfd. (Phil ack), - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) , - Grenville - Herod's- Foot - i Hingston Downs Lady Bertha - Inargaret (Uny Lelant) - INorth Downs - North Frances (Mogan); - N.Wh'l Basset (1110 „ran) - 'North Wheal Crotty .. - ,Par Consols ( St. Blazey) :0 I Providence (Uny Lelnt.) - Sortridge Cons. Min.Co - 'South Caradon(St Cleer) d - IS. Cam Brea (Illogan)., I 1 IS. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. - IS.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)1 IStray Park 5 [Tamar SilvA Lead Mim i 10 Tin Crott Vale of Towey (Cum )! I West Basset (Illogan) ' IW. Caradon (Liskeard): IWest Seton • ' - Wheal Basset (Illogan) I {Wheal Buller (Redruth) - Wheal Edward (Cals.), {Wheal Kitty (U.Lelanff - Wheal Mary.A.nn(Men.) ! Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)! FOREIGI 3.2.10, 2.14.6 7.4.0 54/ 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.61 1.10.61 9 2i 114 1.14.0 9.18.9 10.9.7 1} 5.9.0 all 18.1826/.91 13e 6cl 1.7.2 ES. 1} li 1 z 345 355 75 78 24 24i 3 3i 12 14 3 3i NES. 20 i Australian 1 'BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 d 6 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 15 345 855 5 ;Do.Land and Mining Co. all ' 15 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. ; dia. 40 ICobre Copper I all 36 38 ,Copiapo l6 6 8 1 DunDloun.Cop.Ming.Co ail I 1 2 Fortuna. all 2 25 20 G e neral all 22 24 2 IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 5 5 p 15 15 IKapunda (Limited) 1 1 15 p 3 Linares all 65 75 5 Lusitanian 2 I Id 1 IMariquitiL all I I 1 , N.RhlneCopof S.Aus.L 5 5 5d 20 Il'ontglbaud Silver,Lead Minin and Smelt all 2 4 5 Port Ph ilip 1 1 15 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los, ed p 2111.811 United Mexican . 1 Wor s t p ing (Limited).... j all JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 86 88 40 I Australasia all 62 64 25 IBank of Egypt all 195 205 100 Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 1 5d 50 British North American all 52 53 20 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 205 25 ICh.Mer. of In. Loll& Ch. all 132 34 100 City ... 50 1 72 74 . 100 Colonial .. ........ 26 37 39 201.1 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 'Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot, & Aus. Ch.. all 165 17 16/ 20 Gen. Bk .01 Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 22 5 23 5 23 20 I Do. new lO 2 25 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO 25 2 100 London & Westminster 20 66 67 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 —•-• 20 IDo. new l2 50 'National Bank 26 'New South Wales.-- all 25 'Orient. B. Corporation . all 49 50 20 'Ottoman Bank .. all 18 19 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 10 Do. new 25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia ....I all 38 40 50 Union of London 100 Unity Mutual.. .. 160 — COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Goir. p.c.J a. &July I 1877-9 lOO 106 109 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2, 100 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.' 100 105 107 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 ICB 110 Do. 5 per cent lOO 98 99 981 Cape G.llope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 107 109 Do. 1890; 100 107 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1045 1055 ' Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.l 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,18661 100 975 984 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876, 100 974 985 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwds' 100 97 985 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.' sterling*, 1875. lOO 1015 1054 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO - IVic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja&July 100 I- Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 1055 106 1051 6 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Prefillin 1 100 stock East and West India 1 100 115 118 stock kondon lOO 52 61 524 31 3 stock ISt. Katharine. lOO 62 64 stock Southampton lOO stock ;Victoria ....... 100 93 96 20 IDol New . 2 I 4 d MISCELLANEOUS. 10w A An ti g a l n o t - i b e i n ex . i m ea l n . a_ll 1 1 : 4 4 1 2 4 4 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 30 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 41 44 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 30 35 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 10 13 324 Canada Land all 105 107 1 0 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. at. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 105 20 E.lndia Irrig - n. & Canal 1 pr IP I[4 st. Electric Telegraph 100 95 98 25 Do. New l5 5 English &Aus. Copper all 34 3,1 15 Gen. Steam Navigati. m 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all /ij 1 Do. 174 pct Preference all I 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 31 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all I l lt 20 Madras Irr. a n d C anal 1 2 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Li m ) all 3 4 25 National Die. Co. (Lim ) 5 11 1 d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 04d 10 Netherlands Land . . . all 5 Do.B p.C.Pref..i ss.atl .... all 1 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 5 10 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 4 11 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). a ll 1 It 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). 15s. 114 11 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 8 st. Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 69 71 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Setaln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 18 19 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 18 15 Do. New all 5 54 00 Royal Mail Steam 6O 49 51 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 123 128 25 South Australian Land all 32 24 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do tall 4 i 6 1 10 Trust rlas and Agency ot Austia (11m)Ist is., 1 pr p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of 11pr. Can. 5 5 11. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 id pr too Van Diemen'e Laud 281 81 Insinees done THAMES. A FINE SPECIMEN or A CAE-HORSE.-Wm. Hearn, a cab-driver, appeared before Mr. Woolrych, to answer a summons taken out by Mr. Willilm Clatworthy, Inspector of Public Carriages and Horses, who said ho found tho defendant's horse and cab on the rank on Tower-hill. The horse was very weak, and there was a large sore on the right shoulder. It was not fit to be worked. Mr. Arthur Cherry, veterinary-surgeon, said the poor cab-horse was brought to him. It was very lame and very weak. There ware sores on its withers, and it was alto gether in a very sorry condition. Mr. Woolrych—How old is the horse ? Mr. Cherry—Probably 20 years old. Mr. Woolyrch (surprised)---Twenty years old I And what is this poor horse fitted for ? Mr. Cherry—For the knacker's yard. It is certainly not fit to work in a cab, and it ought not to have been at work at all. Mr. Woolrych-1 think not, indeed. The cabman made an apology for his horse. He was very sorry, indeed. He did not know the animal was BO bad as it was represented to be. Mr. Woolrych said it was most scandalous to work a horse in such a deplorable condition in a public vehicle. He was very glad there was such an officer as Mr. Clat worthy to look after cab horses. He fined the defendant 15s. and costs. VHS DAPS MAREETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od ; new do., £2s Os to £4 Os ; old clover do., £3 lOs to £l3 Os ; lead. Trade dull. new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to £1 125 per CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os ; ROW do., £2 Os to £4 Os : old Clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os ; new do., £3 lOs to £5 Os; and straw A slow demand. £1 4s to £1 12s per load. WHITECHAPEL. — OId Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os Od; new do., £2 Os to £4 Os ; old clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od; new do., £3 108 to £5 Os , and straw. £l4s to £1 12s per load. Both hay and straw changed hands slowly, at our quotations. ..------. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been dealers and others waiting the result of the public sales which commence to day. SUGAR. —Only a limited amount of business has been transacted ; good and fine qualities, however, have fully maintained previous values. In the refined market a fair business has been done chiefly for home consumption at full prices. COFFEE.—The operations have been restricted owing to the large quantity announced for public competition during the next few days, and quotations are a shade flatter. RICE.—A considerable amount of business has been done in good and fine qualities, and prices have shown an upward tendency. SALTPETRE.—There has been a steady demand at about previous The market h as b een rat h er ac ti ve , an d a fair amount un rma. t t.e— o s fbusiness has been done for both present and forward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot, 465. 6d. ; last three months, 475. ; and January to March, 465. 6d. per cwt. THE PEN.RHYN SLATE QUARRY. On Saturday morning one of the workmen in this quarry met with a most frightful death. A num ber of men had been working at a rock two ter races above where this unfortunate man was in the habit of working, and they had driven rock-wedges or iron bars into a slit of the rock, but, finding that these wedges told very perceptibly upon the rock, they desisted, intending to throw it down when the other quarrymen were at breakfast and out of danger. It appears that the layers are vertical in this part of the quarry, and whether the workmen had miscalculated the power of the wedges upon the rock, or whether other causes of which they were not cognisant operated upon them, the mass and hardly could the was usualperceived w ar nn g n t of dangergiv e w ey given before an immense , piece of rock fell, which, passing one terrace, lighted upon the next below it, where several men were busily engaged. Being taken so unexpectedly the means of escape were in a manner cut off. One block of stone, probably five tons in weight, struck a poor man down, shattering him in a most awful manner ; his heart was found entire about five yards from the body, and when seen first actually palpitated ; an arm likewise was literally cut off and thrown from the body. His shattered frame presented a most awful spectacle. A little lad who was working about three yards from the deceased, escaped in a miraculous manner. Seeing the rock falling he attempted to escape, but before he had taken two steps ho fell, and there he lay amid the falling stones, sustaining no further injury than that occasioned by the fall. Another person stood uninjured on the very edge of the same terrace; a small stone woul.d have been sufficient to hurl him over the precipice, • but providentially they all passed him. An eye -witness of this fearful occur rence says that so convinced was he of the deaths of many that he shuddered and closed his eyes, but opened them to see the blond o f th e d eceas ed de scending like rain upon the terrace of rock below. Three men who were suspended by ropes were in the most imminent danger; fragments of the ro' fell over their heads, and had the ropes by whic they hung been cut by the falling rock their deaths, in all probability, would have f o ll owe d, they being suspended at about 10 yards. The deceased was a native of Denbighsh ire. Happily he was unmar ried. He was about 45 years old. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ELECTION. MR. CHEETHAM AT GOLBORNE. Last evening, Mr. Cheetham addressed the elec tors of Ashton-in-Mackerfield, Golborne, Colcheth, Kenyon, Haydock, and Lowton, at Golborne. In a capacious bowling-green connected with the New Inn, the local committee had construted a hustings for the accommodation of the speakers ; and there was a good muster of the supporters of the hon. candidate. Mr. Cheetham was accompanied by Mark Philips, and there were present Messrs. S. Maeand, Jabez Johnson, Joseph Knott, Thomas Kirkpatrick, Caleb Wright, T. L. Travers, J. Hol land, J. Unsworth, J. Standring, R. Greenough, Walker, &c.—Mr. M'Keand was voted to the chair and commenced the business by introducing Mr. Mark Philips to the meeting. Mr. Philips said that Mr. Cheetham had already served the county well for a long period, and had a strong claim upon the electors, now they had acquired the right of electing a third member. There was not a single Liberal elector who must not have thought himself somewhat disgraced at the result of the last election in Lancashire, the nest of free trade. Mr. Cheetham always gallantly stuck to his colours, and it was rather too much of Mr. Turner to come for ward and claim credit for measures in obtaining which Mr. Cheetham and his friends had borne the burden and heat of the day. When they had to fight for free trade Mr. Turner was in the ranks of their opponents, and it was a shabby pretext to come for ward now as a free trader, and he (Mr. Philips) was persuaded that the electors would not be led away with such chaff. (Laughter.) Mr. Cheetham had devoted much of his time to the subject of the cotton supply, in which it was true he was himself personally interested, but so was every man, woman, and child in the country—(hear, hear)—and he for one did not wish to stand by and hear another claim an equal right to gratitude when Mr. Cheetham had laboured so long in so important a cause. He (Mr. Philips) did not know whether he was called a Radical. He did not care much indeed what he was called. (Laughter,) But he wanted to see things go a little quicker than Mr. Turner and his friends, and he did not feel in the slightest degree alarmed that Mr. Cheetham would displace the political machinery ; and, therefore, he thought the interests of the county safe in his hands. The Tories often made a great push at elections, and claimed to be as good as their opponents ; but old birds were not to be caught with such chaff. (Laughter.) The polling day was close at hand, and he called upon them to show then that they appre ciated those who had worked hard in the cause of advancement. Mr. Cheetham was not the sort of man who wanted to put a rope to the steeple of the church to pull it down, any more than he would wish to pull down his neighbour's mill. He was not the man to interfere in any respect with other peoples' religion, and would have every man enjoy his own opinions politically and religiously. (Cheers.) He (Mr. Philips) hoped to have the honour of seconding Mr. Cheetham's nomination on the hustings, at Newton-le-Willows, on Wednes day, and he should take the opportunity of asking Mr. Turner and his friends whether they would faithfully promise to allow every elector to vote without exercising any undue influence. If they would not do that, let the voter have the pro tection of the ballot. (Cheers.) He recommended Mr. Cheetham as an honest man, as a sound politi cian, and as one capable of serving the constituency honestly and faithfully. (Cheers.) —Mr. Cheetham , on coming forward, was loudly cheered. He said the two parties who were conte stin g this election were widely distinct from eac h other, and their principles were clearly defined. One was the party of progress, and the other the party of obstruction. The party with which he was identified had ever been in favour of advancement, and the result had proved that they were right. They had the ad missions of their opponents that on the subjects of free trade and reform the course eagerly contended for by the Liberal party was the correct one, But now Mr. Turner asked them to forget the past, and accept . his promises for the future, Mr, Turner claimed to be an authority on the subject of the cotton supply, because he had been in India and America for the purpose of selling calicoes. (Laughter.) But he never heard of Mr. Turner in connection with the ques tion of cotton supply before that election, and he never heard of him when representations were made to the Indian Government to induce them to abandon the unwise measure of imposing a duty of 10 per cent. on all goods imported from England. (Cheers.) At the conclusion of Mr. Cheetham's address, a resolution approving of his principles, and pledging the meeting to support him at the coming election, was proposed by Mr. Jos. KNOTT, and seconded by Mr. T. L. TRAVERS.—Mr: J. Walker, of Liverpool, also addressed the meeting, and the resolution was unanimously passed : Mr. Turner, yesterday, addressed a publie meet ' ing at Ormskirk. BANKS STRAIT.—It is estimated that upwards of 1,000,000 tons of British shipping passed annually through Banka Strait, the new channel lately discovered by Mr. W. Stanton, master and commander of her Majesty's surveying resod Saracen, in going to 044 returning from china. 100} i 1811 051 9i 941 /100 15 all 100 1 18.8. all all all all all THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S REPORT. It takes the Registrar-General's office a year and a-half to analyse the registration results of a year, the consequence of which is that we have now, in the middle of 1861, the report of 1859 laid before us. Whether this could be done more quickly or not 1 we will not inquire at present ; but we may remark 1 that a year and a-half's interval rather takes away from the freshness of the facts. As the latest sum mary, however, of , the great facts of human life upon the area of England and Wales, the present report has a claim upon our attention; and it exhi bits some valuable results. Marriage comes first in the Registrar-General's list, andit would appear that the Established Church still continues the great tyer of the marriage knot. Of 167,700 marriages, 136,000 were performed in churches, 10,800 in Superintendent Registrars'- offices, the rest in Dissenting and Roman Catholic chapels. This return of marriages includes a special class of unions, called in registration language " re-marriages," singled out for special statistics of its own, which are intended, we presume, to con stitute a basis of hope for the forlor n and nesolate, and may certainly be consulted with as much ad vantage as the Sortes Virgilianee as a ground of calculation. It may be interesting to know that of " re-married" persons, 8,000 widowers married-10 use again the accurate language of the Registration office—" the same number of widows," while 7,000 bachelors and widows, and 15,000 spinsters and widowers, fill up the remaining space of the "re marriage" department—a numerical proportion which some may think indicative of unfairness, and too suggestive of the side on which the initiative lies in this important step. . Marriage statistics in volve another and a very distinct item of statistics, at first sight rather foreign to this department, and which one would not naturally have looked to find in it—we mean educational statistics., It is curious that the marriage registers supply almost the only definite piece of statistics we h a ve relating to the state of adult education in the country, showing the extent to which the education in th e p arish school has been a reality, and has been kept up after leaving school. The married couples h ave to sign their names—a severe test. Of 335,000 nearly 108,000, or 32 per cent., signed with mar ks —a number which is not equally divided between the two sexes—the women w ho do not write being to the men in the proportion of 37 to 26 per cent. This is an improvement, however, upon the mar riage registers of twenty years ago, when 32 per cent. of the men and 48 per cent. of the women were unable to sign their names, though it is not, at the same time, so much of an improvement as one might have expected with the growth of a whole fresh generation. We come now to the births, and after we have heard the agreeable news—now made somewhat stale by the census—that they were 34,000 above the births of the year before, we come upon a regis tration result which contradicts the general law of the excess of female over male births. The prepon derance was on the other side of the scale in 1859, the boys being nearly 22 to 21 girls. But the next piece of statistics is the more important one which arrests the eye of the watcher of national morality almost before any other disclosure of the registra tion tables. As the marriage regist er has its educa tional results, so the register of births has its moral. It exhibits for 1859 the blot of a 6 percentage of births, or lin 15, out of wedlock. It is unnecessary to comment on a fact upon which everybody will make the same remarks, and those, of course, very trite ones. If recourse is had to the common weapon of recrimination, we believe it could be shown that many countries have worse figures than these; but this is a most unsatisfactory line to take. A low standard once fixed in any large class on this sub ject has a very strong tendency to maintain itself, from the simple circumstance that the culprits keep one another in countenance, and are, in fact, too many for any social ban to operate upon. But, though the respectable poor cannot wholly excom municate, as the rich do, they have a certain power in their hands, and it always makes a difference if a woman has not been unimpeachably correct. The ravages of diphtheria occupy the same place in the Registration Report of 1859 that the plague or sweating sickness would have occupied in a registration report of three or four centuries back, had such official papers f hen been issued ; and we may congratulate ourselves that we have such a reduced and softened visitant when the modern plague does visit us in the shape of some epidemic with a new name labelled on it by the doctors. The Report contrasts the statistics of disease, so far as we are possessed of them, centuries back with those of the present day. It takes 100,000 people of the London of 1660-79, and compares them with the same number of 1859. The same number pre sents at the two different dates respectively 357 and 42 annual deaths by smallpox; 759 and 227 by fever, ague, scarlatina, quinsy, and croup ; 1,079 and 611 by oonsumption and diseases of the breath ing organs ; 763 and 8 by dysentery ; 142 and 2 by scurvy ; 298 and 26 by dropsy ; 1,175 and 136 children's deaths- from convulsions and teething, and 86 and 17 women's deaths in childbearing. Ail this decrease in the modern figures is over and above the decrease which we gain when we count the deaths of the Great Plague. In one article, however,—that of diseases of the brain, apoplexy, paralysis, epilepsy,—the older figures have the ad vantage of the later, being 57 then to 151 now, Some forms of violent death, too, are more nume rous now than then, especially deaths from fire, which are 13 at the present date to 3 at the former date. The opposite element, however, restores the balance, cases of drowning being 10 now to 20 then. "The supply of food, and particularly of vegetable and fresh animal food, in certain seasons of the year was defective, so that a large portion of the population became scorbutic. The houses were nearly as close and dirty as the houses now are in Constantinople and Cairo; the water supply was imperfect. Parasitic insects .and diseases of the skin betrayed its impurities. The dirt of the houses struck foreigners, the sewers were imperfect, and the soil gave off marsh malaria." It is deserving of notice that the only form of disease which has gained ground in the country is that connected with the head, which exceeds now by nearly 3 to 1 the amount of the same form of disease at the former date, as the figures above show. This is, per haps, the result of the very civilization and mental growth to which we are indebted for the improve ments in every other sanitary quarter. There is one sure martyr to all great advance and improve ment, and that is the head ; for nothing of this sort can go on without that prime mover and sustainer. He might complain a great deal more fairly than any other of the remonstrant parts of the body in the old fable. We owe everything to him, and he has to work hard that the rest of the body may gain all kinds of new facilities, remedies, and pre. ventives.— Times. le VHS DAY'S SKIPPING. LONDON, Aug. 13.—Wind this day at noon—Westerly ; light breeze, and fine weather, but cloudy, with a slight fall of rain in the morning. FALMOUTH, Aug. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jenny, from Rio Janeiro; Elizabeth, from Havannah for Ham -13=4. QUEENSTOWN ' Aug. 12.—Wind S.W. — Arriv ed— A r abia, steamer, from New York. PILL, Aug. 12.—Wind N.W.—Sailed —Statesman, for St. John's, N.B. ; June, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Osborne, from Plymouth. Sailed—Delia, for Quebec. FALMOUTH, Aug 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Recom pense, from Buenos Ayres. NEWPORT, Aug. 12.—Wind W.—Sailed—Mary, for St. Thomas. KINGROAD, Aug. 12.—Wind W.—Arrived—Triumph, from Montreal. CHATHAM, Aug. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wood stock, from Richibucto, SOUTHA.IIPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Teutonia, steamer, from Hamburg ; Atrato, steamer, from St. Thomas ; Pet, from Newcastle ; John Clements, Edward Barnett, Flora and Letitia, from Sun derland; Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—La Poule, for Cherbourg. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, T ues day Morning. Arrived—Eliza, from St. Vincent ; Fredericka, from Cronstadt ; Obin, from Taganrog; Christian Elizabeth, from Aalborg; Victor Appoline, from Zante ; Odin, f rom Odessa ; Aurora, from Gefle ; daroline, from Archangel Isabella, from Dunkirk ; Soren Winkle, from Archangel ; American Eagle, from New York. Anchored.—Caroline for H p a E vanna AL, Algoa Bay ; Maria , for'Nantes—all from London. Tuesday ;irllunornteeirn,gf.or Passed.—Her Majesty's ship Dee, from Woolwich, for the West. The Adelgunda , . from Bremen, for Liverpool, was in col lision with a brig off Dover on the 12th ; sustained damage, and will proceed to Ramsgate for repairs. We are requested to announce that a marriage is anged to take pl a ce between Viscount Clifden and Miss arr ß. Seymour, daughter of Lady Augusta Seymour. Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby have left town for Grimbthorpe, Lincolnshire. MILITARY SAYINGS-BANKS. — The annual account issued by the War-office shows that the number of deposi tors were 13,916 on the 31st of March, 1860—an increase of no less than 3,773 over the previous year. The deposits re ceived during the year amounted to £163,492, and the with drawals to £116,394. THE MERCHANT SERVICE.—The 20,119 British vessels, exclusive of river steamers, employed in our home and foreign trade in the year 1860 (tonnage 4,251,739), not including repeated voy a ges , were manned by 191,888 per sons. The masters were 20,296 in n um ber ; 21,0 M ; petty officers, 13 , 264 ; A. B. seamen, 62,737; °' 8 ' seamen, 17,514; apprentices 23,041. the mates, .~w~ SHOCKING MURDEI? AT ;ROME. FROME, MONDAY. This neighbourhood, which during the past twelve months has been so fraught with deeds of blood, is again the scene of a murder of a cold blooded, deliberate, and determined character. The deed was committed late on Saturday night, but it was far in the day yesterday before particulars became generally known. No investigation has as yet, of course, taken place, but we believe the fol lowing details will be found correct in the main : About a week ago three labourers, named Byard Greenland, Uriah Greenland, and Wm. Millgrove, left their home in the rural village of Buckland Dinham, about three miles from Frome, with the purpose of seeking work in Wiltshire during the corn harvest. They found employment in the neighbourhood of Warminster, and there they stayed until Saturday last, when all three started for their homes. They reached Frome in the even ing, and visited two or throe public-houses before they resumed their homeward walk. Soon after eleven o'clock they left the town, all being sober, , and apparently quite friendly. They had not pro ceeded far on the road to Buckland, when a slight dispute commenced about the division of the money, Byard Greenland, as leader of the company, having been paid the whole of the sum for their work. His companions were somewhat displeased at his delaying a settlement—hence the origin of the altercation, which, however, was of no very un friendly character. Byard said Uriah had damaged a gun of his, and he should deduct eighteenpence from his share. Uriah said that, however that might be, it was no reason that Millgrove should not be paid his share. Upon this all three laid down their scythes upon the road, being about half a mile from the town. Millgrove, who has furnished these particulars, supposes the scythes were laid down for the purpose of then and there dividing the money. It would appear, however, that this was not the intention of Byard Greenland, for he at once rose his arm, and directly afterwards Uriah fell, exclaiming, " Oh, Bill ! he has hit his knife into I." Millgrove immediately assisted the fallen man, and when car rying him to the bank on the road side said to Byard, " Thee hast done 'un." Byard said, " Thee can't swear that Bill." Millgrove replied, " I can." When Millgrove had placed the fallen man on the bank, both he and Byard went forward to the turnpike gate, which was only about 100 yards in front of them. Millgrove told Gane, the gatekeeper, of what had occurred, and Gane recommended him to run into the town and procure medical assistance. Mill grove did so. Byard, meanwhile, told Gane that Uriah had ran against his scythe, and that it was in. that way he got hurt. He at the same time told Gane to take possession of his scythe, and see if there was blood upon it. He then proceeded on the Buckland-road, and it was afterwards ascertained that he went into the cottage of his nephew, to whose wife he repeated the story he had told the gatekeeper, and afterwards, at another house, he made the same statement. _ . . In about half an - hour Millgrove returned with Mr. Mallam, a surgeon, but upon their arrival the unfortunate man was quite dead. Mr. Mallam, Ou finding this, despatched Mil!grove back to Frome to inform the police, and also prevailed on another man who happened to be passing at the time to ride to Buckland, and give information to Millward, the police-officer stationed there, and to request him to secure the person of Byard Greenland. Mr. Mallam at length procured assistance, and the body of the ill-fated man was conveyed to a. neighbouring beerhouse, and upon examination Mr. Mallam found that:a wound had been inflicted upon the left breast, above the sixth rib, and that the heart had been penetrated. Death must have been. almost instantaneous. In consequence of the information Police-constable Ward received from Mr. Mallam's messenger, he proceeded to Byard Greenland's house, and found him there changing his clothes, evidently with the intention of escaping. He was taken into custody, but the examination of his clothes showed little or no trace of the bloody deed he had perpetrated. The Greenlands are distinctly related, and the motive for this most deliberate crime appears to bo that Uriah had procured a warrant against Byard, and that the latter became aware of the circum stance. There is evidence to prove that he has fre quently threatened to stab the deceased. The prisoner is a very giant in height and strength. He has a wife and eight children. The deceased leaves a widow who is enceinte, and one child. The knife, a dagger-shaped instrument with a spring, which the prisoner purchased only a fort night ago, has not yet been found. The prisoner is to be brought up for examination to-day. THIRD.CLASS PASSENGERS. (From the Spectator.) There is one master principle of finance which railway directors have yet to learn, and that is that five farthings are worth more than a penny. Once thoroughly aware of this fact, they might possibly be induced to desist from the warfare they have been accustomed to wage against their unlucky third-class passengers. There are signs indeed abroad of an inclination to strike a truce, but the terms as yet offered still fall short of the concessions essential to an enduring amity. They have given up stifling all their third-class passengers. A large proportion are still condemned to travel in huge black boxes, with port-holes for windows, closed by a bit of board, without light, ven tilation, air, or the chance of enjoying the prospect. Most of the wretched travellers are still huddled into these dens, men and women, drunk and sober, tipsy roughs and decent servant girls, all together, with an overflowing surplus of sickly-faced babies between, are all told to sit on benches ranged round the wooden cell, all sloping towards the centre, down which runs a fifth bench, so close to the others, that the weary victims sit knee to knee, and as close as sprats in a barrel. These carriages are still the majority, but they are never replaced, and a third class passenger who is very lucky, or very impertinent, may succeed in getting a carriage not built on purpose to torture. A separate carriage for nursing mothers, or for women generally, must of course be given up, as . tend ing to foster those notions of comfort and decency it is the object of third-class arrangements to destroy. But the new third-class vans have glass windows, and some times a ventilator abov e ; the seats are fairly arranged, and they do not all slope downwards ; and if there were any attempt to afford a light, and risen, when drunk to the blasphemous stage, were refused admittance, and the guard were forbidden to' shove women in by the shoulders, and were dismissed when he used his boots as a means of propulsion, and some rule was enforced with regard to luggage, and a small section of the staff were directed to attend to the third-class carriages, those conveyances might, to people of hardy habits and large physique, be rendered almost endurable. Nobody would travel in them who could help it, b u t th en no b o dy would dread such a journey as much as a tolerable severe wound, or a short attack of fever. This concession once made the way might be open to consider the essential prelimi naries to a lasting treaty of peace. The Parliamentary passenger pays a pen n y a m ile, or about nine times the price charged for his own weight in goods. He cannot, it is true, be packed quite so close, nor can he be attacked in uncovered vans ; but then, on the other side, he does his own porterage, and costs nothing for delivery beyond the station. On the London and Brighton Railway there runs every Sunday during the summer a train which covers a hundred miles for a half-crown fare. This is at the rato of a third of a penny a mile, a just rate when compared with goods, and this train is e xceedingly profitable. Why te should not the fare be permanently fixed at that ra The directors will say the trains can be only filled h once a week, but that is, we believe, a delusion. Thro f ug pas like sengers can only afford one day, but . the mass o few p y d t a he wo asm rki sil n ea g ". not four times for once, but forty times. man would travel, has anything Reduce the t t h h e os c a ha w r h g o e t d o es a ir f e ar t t o hin be g acarnirillect oat well-to-do classes would s pread throng e . lower also, as their more. The habit of locorcotion which has sp h rea t d h through the and they are six times as numerous principle that for tunate rivals. In one country . only a fair experiment .been made in cheap fares. The Go- GI cost of t ee foefreelntedniast started from lower r fr t o h m an the th walk ing, w hi c h, as a native wears no shoe leather, appeared an absurdly low standard. It has, however, been ' reached. In Bengal the regular charge Is three miles for a pennYs at which rate the carriages are filled to suffocation, and Ithierardnl: the expenses less than 50 per cent. on the receipts, which again yield a dividend of upwards of 13 per cent. This rate, however is still too high, and the directors of the Bo m b ay line ' have added a fourth class, travelling, we beli eve , six miles for a penny. This is cheaper than w a lki ng, the cost of food during the time lost being mor e th an th e ra il wa y fare. T he rate instantly doubled the total traffic, and though we have not yet seen the return of receipts, it must show an increase over in creased expense of at least 30 per cent. It is in a similar reducti on we fi rm ly believe, that the hope of the railway future is to be found. The companies have satisfied the middle class without redeeming their finances, and it re mains only to content the people. Low fares, pleasant accommodation, a nd reasonable hours, will a ttract a class before whom the present rate of passengers will seem but an i ns ignificant item. His Majesty the King of Sweden arrived at Os borne last evening on a visit to her Majesty. Her Majesty the Prince Consort, on b oar d th e Victoria and. Al b e rt, Queen and his Royal Highne ss the with the Em era ld, 51, scre w, Capt. A. Cumuli:4, in attenda nce , steamed out to meet and welcome the King.