The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The discount market continues in a very quiet state, the inquiries for commercial purposes being unusually limited. The expectation of a decline in the Bank of England minimum induces the mer cantile public to defer their discount operations as much as possible until after the weekly meet ing of the directors. About £102,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The bar silver 133 , the last West India steamer has been disposed of at ss. Old. per oz, standard. The Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon exhibited a slight decline in the rates on Ham burgh, Paris, Frankfort, Vienna, and Trieste. Gold is now about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in .London than in Paris or Hamburg. The half year's interest on Victoria Government Debentures has been announced for payment. It has been notified by the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company that the half-yearly guaranteed interest, at the rate of 6 per cent., will be payable on and after the 10th proximo. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the demand continued active, and prices remained firm. The sales were 15,000 bales. The steamer Edinburgh, which left to-day for New .York, con veyed 13,000 bales of first-class American cotton on freight. It is expected that the Bank of England return to-morrow will show a large increase in the bullion, no less than £416,000 in gold having been taken into the establishment since the date of the previous balance-sheet. A further supply, it is expected, will be purchased by the authorities to-day. Rather more buoyancy prevailed this morning in the market for English securities, which was partly attributed to the impression that the minimum rate of discount will be reduced to-morrow (Thursday) to 31 per cent. The tendency of the Funds was also favourably influenced by the large quantities of gold daily taken into that esta blishment, while the absence of any circumstance was also considered a feature in favour of prices. A temporary demand for stock on speculative account under these circumstances produced a rise of -} per cent., but it has not been maintained, the quotations having receded to their previous level. Consols for money have been 931 1, but they are now 931 A ; for the account they have receded from 936 94 to 931 The New Threes are firm at 911 y ; the Reduced at 911 1; India Stock remains at 221; ditto 5 per Cents. at 1031 1 1 ; Exchequer Bills, June, are 4s. to 7s. prem. No important variation has taken place in Foreign Securities, and a fair amount of business is reported. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 831- 834 ; ditto 1858, 681 691 ; Mexican are flat at 231 a ; Spanish at 49i ; and Grenada Active 16k; Portu guese are firmer at 471 ; Italian 5 per Cents. at 704 ; and Venezuelan 3 per Cents. are steady at 20; Chilian 41 per Cents. have improved to 833. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been of a very moderate character, and prices have experienced a farther depression. Great Westerns, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick), have de clined ss. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire and North Westerns, 10s. ; South Westerns and South Easterns, howe-ier, have improved ss. For the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there was a fair demand at full prices. Lombardo- Venetian, San Paolo, Bahia, and San Francisco improved ss. ; and Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade firmer. London and Westminster realise 66,1 ; New South Wales, 35 ; Crystal Palace Stock 34 to 341. BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICE - 3 per Cent.:Reduced Annuities 9lf 1 i 3 per Cent. Conswls Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9lf i 1 I !ndia Stock .• Ditto 5 per Cent. limo Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto 1859 Bank Stock for Account 235 ur4.,,,t s for Account, Oct. 10 94 3/ India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d D , tte £5OO Ditto Small June. 47 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 4f per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account New firenada Active, 3t per Cent. Peruvian 4t per Cent .. Ditto (Uribarren), 4t per Cent. .. 95} • Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853 . — Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 18b6,'7,'9, and '6O — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822. £ St .. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859.. Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2sf. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93f Ditto Account The Courrier de Bayonne, of the 13th, says : The Prince Imperial took his first bath in the sea yesterday morning. He was accompanied by the Empress. A hatter of Biarritz, whose daughter was born on the same day as the Prince Imperial, recently received orders to attend at the Villa Eugenie to supply a hat for the young Prince. The Empress kindly inquired about her little goddaughter, and desired to see her. The little girl was accordingly the next day taken to the villa, and was there presented with a hand some bracelet, which will, no doubt, be carefully preser'ved as a souvenir of her august godmother. VISIT OF MR. S. LAING TO MANCHESTER.---The Right Hon. S. Laing, the Finance Minister to India, is about to visit Manchester before returning to that country to resume his official duties, to have an interview with the hamber of Commerce, the Cotton Supply Association, and the Cotton Company, with the view of ascertaining their opinions as to the best means her Majesty's Govern ment in India can adopt to meet the wishes and promote the interests of the cotton trade under existing circum stances, and to confer with them generally on the position of our commercial relations with that country. Mr. Laing visits Manchester, we understand, at the invitation of Mr. Bazley, M.P , and the conference will take place to-mor row, at the Town-hall. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—A most shocking oc currence took place in the county of Durham, at a farm house in a hamlet called Marwood, about a mile and a-half from Barnard Castle, on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gibson, a farmer, had gone from home for the day, leaving in the house a servant-man named Kidd, a youth about 14 named Lettle, and a servant girl named Middleton. A loaded gun had hung up in the kitchen, as is very usual in farmhouses about that part of the country, and the boy had got it down and pointed it at Kidd, who had threatened to thrash him if he did not put it away at once, and he went as if to put it in its proper place ; but the boy, instead of doing so, had renewed the cap on the gun, and went out into the yard where the girl Middleton was standing. He then de liberately pointed the gun at her and fired, the shot entering her side, an d killi ng h er on th e s p o t. Kidd, u p on hearin g the report, ran out, and found the girl lying in her blood, and immediately rode off to Barnard Castle for the police and surgeons. On their arrival they found that the girl was dead, and that the boy had fled. Steps, however, were taken for his capture, and he was apprehended during the night. A BLONDIN R IOT.—BIRMINGHAM, Tuesday. — About 20,000 persons of the better class assembled at As ton park yesterday to witness Blondin's second ascent. The " hero of Niagara" was advertised to cook an omelette on the rope, and to carry a man over. The former feat he was unable to accomplish, as his cooking a ppa r atus on the way, but the second he acco mp li shed safely, was lost and with it terminated a performance of an h our ' s d e • Order was well preserved with i n the enclosure ofi4lenj- park, but there was a tremendou s crus h outside the entrance, which the staff of policemen were utt erly inadeq ua t e to quell. A mob of " roughs" a ttempted to force a passage thr oug h th e turnstiles at the gates just as it was growing dark, an d being repulsed by the police, who were mounted, th ey broke down the r alings and fences and set fire to them, and, arming themselves with stones and bludgeons, com menced a violent attack upon the police. Several of the constables were severely wounded on their heads and faces by the contact of sharp stones, and a valuable horse, ridden by a policeman, had its leg broken, and was obliged to be shot. Finding his force utterly incompetent to suppress the riot, Inspector Wilson, the officer in charge, despatched a messenger into the town for reinforcements, and Superintendent Legget, in the absence of the chief, sent down by omnibus and train a large number of hastily - collected policemen to the scene of the riot. A large num ber of the ringleaders were subsequently captured, and the injuries of the wounded policemen were promptly attended to ; four of them are very seriously hurt. Seven of the leader 8 in the riot were taken before the county magistrates At Ashton to-day and remanded, SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways . paht I C pr los te i e n . g I Business 50 Beliast and Ballymena ; all 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Vald all 74 8 stock Birk., La., and Ch Juno 100 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 54 64 stock Bristol and Exeter , lOO 92 94 stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen k Cardigat, all -- 50 Cork and Ban don all -- 2 0Cork, DoA I ( ll A rock., Passage all 20 Cornwall ... 10 Do B all 5 6 10 I all . r hasbeen toB un t g i l e 6 is p ( n p o e r d a i n v 50 Dublin & Belfast. June all 41 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno all 10 104 stock East Anglian* lOO 17 18 stock Eastern Counties lOO 49 50 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 42 44 stcog Do do Bdo 1 00 2 9 31 26 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 1 00 59 91 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 294 30 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 100 stock Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 105 107 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all 10 108 109 108 stock Great Northern 100 100 102 1014 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 103 105 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 57 69 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1084 1084 1084 7; 81 stock London and Blackwall 1 0 0 I 57 69 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 114 116 114 4 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 48 60 stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 931 934 93 4 41 stook Lond. & nth. Western loe 95 06 95 4 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 10 11 stock Man. Shef. & 100 45 47 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan 74 4 d 1214 4, „ stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new stock Do nirming. & Derby, 100 100 102 60 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares el t 5 Mid Kent. all 10 Do, C ray Line . . all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all —.- 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. 9 8 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros. all stock Norfolk. stock North British 100 624 631 stock N'or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoc4 100 stock D , k stk ; A revs nod. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock ... 100 • stock Nth. Eastern — Berwick, 100 1014 1024 102 14 24 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase'l6l34 f 42 stock Do Leeds .............. 100 604 6 1 ..' stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 5 1 9.164 North staffordshire l7l 4/ 4 13 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 104 stock Not. & Grantham Rail lOO 88 90 10 feebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 38 39 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 95 97 stock Shropshire Union." lOO 44 46 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all stock South Devon 25 S.-Durham & Lane. Un 221 stock South Eastern 100 79 791 79 4 1 stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun i 100 94 97 20 Staines, Wok,. and TFoki all. 4 6 25 Stockton & Darlington all 38 39 •,.'5 Do do 8 9 p 25 Do New (1860) l 3p 3 5 6 lO4 stock ail Vale I 100 stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 tirmesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 50 Ulster .. 25 Du 12 10 Do ... ! 2 d p stock Vale olNeath 10 Victor inSta. and Pim— , all 114 121 StOCK Water', urd & Kilkenny l 100 50 Waterfot d A Limerick 1 all 20 West (.3 ,, t nwall ' all 6 61 20 West L0nd0n...... 10 Do Ist °lass 20 Do 2d class .. . all stock Westll artlepool Harbr, and Rail lOO stock West Midland—Oxford 100 47 49 stock Do. Newport 100 43 45 stock Do. Hereford 100 88 90 89 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Paid Closing I Business Price. Done. Irtlythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 rsri s. & Exet.4 p.ct.stoc Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,44 percent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. a No.l I Do. do. No. - IDa New 6 pet et stock. !Eastern Union,4 per et. I Do. 5 per cent. guar... 14:din.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. Wistg.a. 5 p.c, Greht Northern, 5 p. ct: Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm pt. Nh. of Scotld. ist pf 1 5 Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 1 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berke an Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct to. Redeemab‘e, 44 p.ct Do. Redeemabte. p. et Du Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.et Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares lit. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 44 p c. pret Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnel.stLs 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.` , Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do 51) c. No.l Do. do. 4 per cent Do. do. 4 p. a shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.deftil '6s' Do. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat. and Dover I Do.W. A rceiv. no div Ex.A tilfip cis pd on Do. B B. t Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. & S. W, 7 p. at. stock Do. 45 per cent . . Do. (Prtam. perpl anus. of 2s. 6d. Londondy. & Cole. a sh I.ondony. & Ennis. 4 sh Stan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent 'Jarynort & Car., 4 p. e. Do. 44 per cent Mid. C'on. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 r...e Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. 45 per cent Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. VW I Do. 54 p. a Pref. do 1847 Do.SW ay. Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. a Do. New, gua. S p. c Do. Bor. Ctn. g. pf. she Do. do. do Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dck.Co N-East Cons.Pret 4 p. c Do. 45 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi, Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. a pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,g-ua.6p c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock I. South Devon, Ann. 10s Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed I ap.c. Ist is. south Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent. Do. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. a gun Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 ner cent Do. C 6 per cent Witted & Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxt let Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 paptred. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. 09 101 20 21 5f et 100 102 'llO 115 105 110 1105 107 1104 108 1 121 123 80 82 110 112 90 92 77 79 115 117 109 111 101 103 'lO5 107 97 99 98 ICO 88 90 • 89 /11 101 103 9e 10 16i 176 10} 10f 73 75 20 21 10 106 15 151 134 136 111 114 !111 114 136 138 111 114 100 102 150 155 127 130 ?2 74 90 91 95 96 id p 13} 14 120 125 65 20 11,1 134 136 100 102 91 92 110 112 119 111 1 131 90 92 99 101 101 103 P iP 1 d ip 22 23 135 140 10 10i 24 23/ 99 101 99 101 97 99 83 86 27 28 32 33 32 33 45 48 125 127 117 122 100 102 118 121 117 120 12 10 stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co.'s ' Price. Done. Bedford and Bletehley Buckinghamshire Cheater & Holyhead... Do. 5i percent Do. 5 „ Ln &N. Do Caledon E.U.Sr E. C ,Gt. North. E.Counts.' 93 95 54 63i 119 121 1110 112 1101 103 16 17 133 135 41 41 1 Clydesdale Jimc ...... Colchester, Stour Val.' E.Lincolnsh. g ti per e. E.Union,HarwichShs. — no. Woodbridge....i Gls.Barr.&Neila.Dret. Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest, Hrtip'l Dock Az Rail.. Hull apclSelby Caledon 1)0. !Gt. ,Yk.N.&l3r Yk.N. Md. Do. ;Do. iLnSzN.W S.Eastern IDo ... Peto &Co. Norfolk IDo. IL NWJM 109 111 Do. halves.. Do. quartera........l Lanc.&Carl. qua. 5 p.c. London & Greenwich. 197 202 59 CA 110 115 79 81 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end Lowestoft gua. 4 p c• • Do. t per cent Wm, Bxtn.,&Matlock l Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Ne wmarkt,BuryEx. 1 gua. 5 percent.... ) Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. c. Do. 6p. c. ....... Do. Fixed 5 . p. c.... • North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. 6 Shares ...... A. Rnystn. Hi tch., & Sitep SUrewsbry& Hereford Do. do. S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset. wimbledou &croydn; E. Counts IDo Do. Do. I Midland IL& NW 1 ' L.Yk. Do. t.Nor t IT.Brassey Do. I M'Clean... 1 Gt. West. ,L.dtßreu 3} 31 93 95 i IP 54 56 153 16 130 132 118 122 1 lip 89 91 9 9 100 5. 5 6- all all all all 100 100 1 all 100 all THE SUN, - LONDON, VirEDNE SD A.Y EVENING, S E PTE MB E R 18, 1861. Share( (Business done LAW INTELLIGENCE—r This Day .1 COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) THI RD -,EDITIO N. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. 100 stk 100 100 100 174 20 stock i IP 19i 20 d 1011 1026 99 101 100 101 99 100 19} 20} 63 56 56 60 35 38 40 44 38 34 32 34 99 100 d 90 1 VI 20 His Honour was the "sitting Commissioner," and the cases heard during the morning were audit meetings, except DONCASTER RA CEB.—(This Day.) IN RE J. lIEARN. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) This bankrupt was described as of Margate-street, Dover, draper, and now applied for his certificate, The accounts, by Messrs. Robinson, Nicholls, and Co., Old Jewry Cham bers, shows a capital, on the 3d May, 1859, of £2OO ; debts to the bankrupt, £793 ; property given up, £lB2 ; profits, £316 ; losses, £337 ; trade expenses, £314 ; house expenses, £450. 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock 98 99 it Pt Of 11i 8 08 89 92 87 69 97i 98i 90 92 5 7 99 1 I stock 4 6 101 102 fd i d d 95 97 $ Id 141 ft 19i stock RAIL WAYS. Algerian .• • Antwerp c Rotterdam Ardennes ........... all all 13i all all 6 6} -P II 9k 10k Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.o.l Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Coplap° ............... Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ 4 36 11 1d 236 241 Eastern of France Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. e Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction .. Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva. Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares 8 9 8 81 191 204 884 394 Norwegian Trunk Pref. Parfs,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans 'Recife & S. Fran. (fern ) gua. 7 p. ct. Riga & Di unaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, a. 7p. c S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flandern Do. 54p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Westrrn of Austria.- West,rn of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand 6 U 131 f 8/ 9 18.8. all all all all all 84 94 40 41 55 57 5 4 d 51 6 4 f 4 If 1 25 26i 7 91 7 1 1 0 21i 22& 3 4 1 I la j 355 360 774 824 26 27 31 31 11 13 31 g 7f 17.6 15 all Tr all all 1 10s. all all pr ip 394 40 1 .1 3i d. 37 6 8 11 22 24 } I iP 17 8 I} p 1 iP i I id 2 4 id p 5i li 6 i i 5 1 i His Honour granted a second-class certificate. WHAT IS A REASONABLE PROPOSITION UNDER THE PRIVATE ARRANGEMENT ACT ? In a case under the Private Arrangement Act a proposi tion was made to set aside £lOO out of the salary which the petitimer would receive from a Government office. The offer had been accepted by the creditors, subject to the ap proval of the Court. His Honour said that the proposition was not such a reasonable offer that the Court could sanction it. There was a mere promise to pay—a kind of I 0 U—and the schedule showed a number of broken promises to pay, to the butcher, baker, and so on. He could not sanction the arrangement, but if the petitioner could obtain satisfactory guarantees the case might be mentioned again. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a Corpmon Jury.) NOBLE V. VINCE.-THE LAW AS TO STAMPED RECEIPTS. This was an action to recover £8 for a machine for cut ting splints for lucifer matches, Mr. Day, instructed by Mr. De Medina, appearing for the plaintiff, and Mr. Joyce for the defendant. According to the plaintiff's case, Noble, who is a working engineer, of Bethnal-green, was called upon by one Gardiner (servant to the defendant), to make a machine for cutting wood for matches. The machine was put in hand, and upon plaintiff's refusal to go on without money, Vince, the defendant, called and paid 10s., and upon its delivery promised 30s. more. Subsequently the machine was delivered, and the defendant repudiated the transaction, and said, "It had been made for Gardiner." Plaintiff, however, had not trusted Gardiner, and indeed, in giving defendant a receipt for £2, signed one " Received from Mr. Vince, for steel cutting machine £2. Upon the question of a stamp on the receipt, which was not produced the learned counsel were at issue. Mr. Joyce contended that it was the duty of the person receiving the money to give the stamp, and Mr. Day urging that the taker of the receipt ought to provide the stamp. The learned Secondary said that it was the duty of the receiver of the money to spoil the stamp, but he would not decide who ought to pro vide it. For the defence it was urged that Gardiner alone was re sponsible, and in the absence of the stamp receipt, there was no proof that the receipt was given in Vince's name. It was also stated that Gardiner was the inventor of the machine, and at the time it was ordered was not in de fendant's service at all. This case seemed likely to occupy the jury for some time, as nearly every question was objected to and argued upon. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) BOW-STREET. Ann Norris was charged with being drunk and dis orderly. Police-constable, 27 F, said, last evening he was on duty in Drury-lane when he saw the prisoner creating a distur bance in front of a public-house. As she would not leave the place he was compelled to take her into custody. He knew her to have been frequently in prison. Norris—Well, if I can't go any where else, what of it ? The bad living there has brought me down very much. But I was not making a disturbance as you say I was. I went into the public-house to ask for a glass of water, and they took a penny for it. I was not going to pay a penny for a glass of water, so I said I would either have my money back or the value of it. Police-constable—She has only just come out of prison, your worship, where she has been for the last 14 days. Inspector Witham—She was here, your worship, four times last month. night for doing no thing.PHs Mr. Henry—Why don't you go to the w or kh ouse ; th ey o nle haver l' ve been been t treated ated very locked u are bound to relieve you there if you are destitute. Prisoner—l had been there last night, but they would not take me in. Mr. Henry—Perhaps you were drunk when you applied ? Prisoner—No, I was not. How could I get drunk on a penny and a glass of water ? Constable—l saw her about half-past three in the after • nooa, and then she was getting drunk. Prisoner—Ab, you may think so ; but I sometimes look stupid through want. Mr. Henry—l must hear what they say about you at the workhouse. The porter of St. Martin's Workhouse said the prisoner had been in and out the house more than 40 times. When she was in she was always treated kindly. She was set to do trifling things, by which she gets extras, and she might be very comfortable if she choose. When she ap plied last night she was very drunk, and was told it was against the regulations: to admit drunken people. She is well known in the parish, and the moment she takes her discharge from the workhouse she goes round begging of the charitable inhabitants. When she is in the house and engaged in doing any kind of work she gets a meat dinner and a pint of porter every day, besides her tea and break fast. Frequently quantities of postage stamps are sent her, and she might live very well if she would but give up the drink. Mr. Henry--I think sympathy seems thrown on her. I shall send her back to the workhouse, and if she asks for her discharge within the next three months she shall be brought here, and then I shall send her to prison for the offence she has now committed. Prisoner—Well, if I must go to the workhouse, I must. She was then taken to the workhouse by the constable. MARLBOROUGH-STREET, WHIT IS GLANDERS ?—An old man named Richard Rockley, in the employ of Wm. Try, a carrier, of Rick mansworth, Herts, was charged by Mr. Wm. Love, supe rintending officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, under the following circumstances : Guest, one of the officers of the Royal Society, said he was passing through Waterloo-place, when he saw the prisoner driving a wretched .looking horse in a cart laden with articles. Observing that the horse was very restless ho lifted up the saddle, and found a wound the size of the palm of his hand, and the saddle was sticking to it. The horse appeared to be in great pain. He (Guest) also be lieved the horse was affected with glanders. Mr. Beadon said if the horse had the glanders it ought to be destroyed at once. Mr. Love said there were symptoms of glanders, but he would not hazard an opinion as to whether the horse was really glandered, as it was a disease in which the most eminent veterinary surgeons were often mislead by outward appearances. He (Mr. Love) had instructed the officer to bring the horse in front of the court for his worship to examine it. Mr. Beadon, having examined the horse, said it was suffering from a severe cold, and from the appearance of it, unless great care was taken, it would in all probability re solve itself into glanders. In other respects the horse was certainly unfit to work. Mr. Love said the owner of the horse was in court, and it was not the first time he had been at the police-court under similar circumstances, as he and his family had been under the notice of the society's officers owing to the bad horses they kept. Mr. Beadon said as the driver of the horse was before him, he must deal with the case against him, and ordered him to pay 55., or seven days. As to the owner, he would recommend him to be careful with this horse and all others in his possession, as if he was found working a glandered horse it would go hard with him. Try paid the fine and left the court hastily. THE WE AMER. 'ECTED TILL TO-MORROW OR NEXT DAY. Fine, moderate, variable, . . Westerly, moderate, variable. Light, variable, fine. Similar ; northerly breezes. ,OLOGICAL REPORTS. ST. LEGER. Caller Ou Kettledrum Kildonan Janus ~, Eighteen. ran. Won by a head; bad third. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Virgilius North Pole spark Four ran. STAND PLATE. Black Lilly 1 Maid oj the Mist.. 2 Bernice Twelve ran. MUNICIPAL STAKES. Brown Bess colt _ SERIOUS INCREASE OF INFANTILE MORTALITY IN LONDON, At a meeting of the representative vestry of th e parish of Paddington, which was held yesterday morning in the Vestry-Hall, Paddington-green, under the presidency of Lieut.-Col. Worthy, special attention was called by Dr. J. 13. Sanderson, the medical officer of health, in a report to be printed and circulated by the board, to the enormous contingent which this parish had contributed an nually during the 'past five years to the general infancy. To of deaths by the mortality of early To prove this he exhibited a table which illustrated it in a striking manner. It showed that out of no less than 733 infants under three months of age that had died in Paddington an equal number had lost their lives from violence as from small-pox, measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, erysipel as, and fever, put together, making 5.6 per cent. of the total mortality under that age (exclusive of 40 other deaths from doubtful causes), which constituted 12.1 per cent. of the total mortality of the parish. Only a small number of these fell victims to the so called diseases of infancy, comparatively few even of diarrfilpa, but another large proportion of com plaints which, he asserted, might be best grouped together, as being all of them dependent on impaired or disordered nutrition, determined mainly, even in this somewhat aristocratic parish, by overcrowding. The learned doctor then proceeded to illustrate, by facts already published, the pernicious influence exercised by overcrowded dwellings in the first few months of infantile life, and he thought the most striking was cne set forth by Mr. Simon, who stated that in 17,650 children born in the Dublin Lying-in-Hospital, when the hospital was unven tilated, 2,944 (17.0 per cent.) died within the first fortnight of their life ; by far the greater number of these deaths being preceded by convulsions ; among 16,654 infants born after the wards had been ventilated only 286 died (1.7 per cent.), so that the general mortality had been reduced to one-tenth of what it was, and the mortality under one special head, that of convulsions, to 1.68. He (Dr. Sander son) said in London the air of the dwellings of the poor was subject to contamination of this kind, not only by overcrowding,strictly so called, but by the ex halations frefromthr lungs and s ki n o f an i ma l s. Thou sands of familieslived in rooms over stables,a practice which he contended to be a very fruitful source of infantile disease. Dr. Gairdner, of Edinburgh, had concluded, from a large statistical inquiry, that the variations of infantile mortality could not be accounted for, either by destitution or by the preva lence of local conditions unfavourable to health; and that in the metropolis it was not only the over crowded districts of the east which were fatal to children, but that in St. George's, Hanover-square, which until recently enjoyed the lowest general death rate in London, the infantile death rate was enormous—higher than that of the Strand district or Stepney, and about equal to those of Shoreditch, Bermondsey, and Lambeth. In explanation of so surprising a result, he (Dr. Sanderson) suggested that a large proportion of the ; oor of the western dis tricts inhabited stable dwellings, and were therefore subject to the diseases arising therefrom; but on the other hand, he considered the inhabitants of the west-end houses were more:favourably circum stanced than those of the courts and alleys of the older districts, not only as regarded general drainage and airiness, but in the absence of those evils which resulted from destitution. In addition to those evils he thought the infantile population was sub ject to other causes of unhealthiness, rather moral than physical, and the large number of instances that stood in the register as the causes of death, and besides these the numerous cases of infanticide for which no motive could be ascertainel, and probably none existed except recklessness—all strengthened the suspicion suggested by Mr. Gairdner's statis tical inquiry, or, at all events, they pointed to the existence of evils much deeper than those of over crowding and bad drainage. TITHES LEVIED ON THIEVES.—The arrest of a numerous band of thieves in Paris has led to the discovery of a new category of malefactors, who contrive to lead a free and easy life by levying a kind of black mail on thieves and swindlers. These men, who are called fleurs, and always go well dressed, are perfectly familiar with the habits and slang of the various categories of malefactors. Their mode of proceeding is to watch any thief or swindler whom they see about to exercise his craft, and as soon as he has suc ceeded in his attempt, to demand a share to the amount of 15 per cent., under threat of delivering him up to the police. The thieves for some time strove hard to get rid of these parasites, who lived in clover at their expense, and without incurring any great risk. Several of .them have, however, just been arrested, in consequence of disclosures made by the band of thieves recently captured. UNITED STATES GENERALS.—Major-Generals M' Clellan, Fremont, and Hallock, who have been appointed to that rank in the regular army, were all formerly officers of the army—two of them, Generals M' Clellan and Hallock, are West Point graduates, and were foremost in their class. Gen. Fremont achieved a reputation for himself as . a cavalry officer upon the plains and in frequent engagements with Indians. The four Major-Generals for volunteers are Hunter, Dix, Banks, and Butler. Gen. Hunter is a gra duate of West Point, and was appointed from the regular army. Gen. Dix has served in our army under Gen. Scott ; while Generals Banks and Butler were appointed from civil life, and have been universally approved. These Generals have already made evident not only administrative but military talent that has attracted to them the attention of the nation. The brilliant administrative ability mani fested by General Banks, as Speaker of the House of Re presentatives and \ Governor of the State of Massachusetts, was but an earnest of what is promised in his military career. Brigadier-Generals Mansfield, M'Douall, Megs, Anderson, Ripley, Rosencranz, and Thomas, are all gra duates of TA est Point, and were all distinguishel in their classes. Thirty-six of the 51 Brigadier-Generals appointed are West Point graduates; two others were officers of the regular army, and still four others served with distinction as volunteers in the Mexican war. There are only 12 of the Brigadiers who have not had the advantage of either military education or actual experience in the art of war.— New York _Herald. FUNERAL OF THE LATE BEN CAUNT.—The remains of the late Ben Caunt, of St. Martin's-lane, London, were conveyed through Nottingham on Saturday last, on their way to Hucknall Torkard churchyard, the birth-place and burial place of Ben Caunt and his wife, who was a Miss Butler. The funeral cortege on its arrival in Nottingham proceeded up Wheeler-gate and across the Market-place, on its way to Hucknall Torkard. The mourners consisted of Mr. Caunt (deceased's only surviving son), Robt. Caunt (Ben's brother), Miss Caunt (his daughter), and• Miss But ler. Bendigo, ex-champion of England, with whom Caunt had fought two battles, joined them at the station, ani ap peared much affected. Very large concourses of people assembled to see the funeral (roughly estimated at 2,000). The grave in which Ben's last remains were deposited is next to that in which Mrs. Caunt, his late wife, was buried. On Sunday, a sermon touching on the burial was preached in the morning by the Rev. Mr. Jackson, and by the Rev. Mr. Jackson, jun., in the afternoon. Mr. Caunt and his uncle attended both services. Caunt's death was by no means a sudden one. On the contrary, he had been con fined to his bed for five days previous to his death. Nearly six months ago, in a row in which he was compelled to in terfere, one of his knuckles was put out or splintered, and from that time he gradually sank until the time of his death. A SAD CONCLUSION TO A LOVE STORY.—Charles Ross, a young man who has been for some time keeper of a salt store in Perth, was to have been married yesterday. He had been bred a gardener, and was above a year ago em ployed as such in a gentleman's place in the north of Eng land, where he contracted an intimacy with the laundress, who is daughter to a gamekeeper near Wooler. After a lengthened and seemingly affectionate correspondence, they mutually agreed upon being married forthwith, and ac cordingly were proclaimed with that view in Perth on the Ist instant. They met by arrangement in Edinburgh on Friday last, when Charles's father, who usually resides in Prestonpans, and his sister, who is at service in Fife, and was to act as bridesmaid, were requested to be present. It would appear that the bride-elect being dissatisfied with the proposal that she and Charles should content them selves with temporary quarters until they could find, or justifiably rent, a house for themselves, upbraided her be trothed with bringing her away from her friends to a land of strangers, and somewhat passionately refused to take him for better for worse—tearing at the same time the pro clamation lines from his hands, that he might have no far ther claim, as she said, upon her. They, however, afterwards appear to have so far made up matters, and left for Perth in the course of the evening, with a view, as was thought , to be married there, if the lodgings that h a d been pro vided, and other circumstances connected with the young man's employment, met with his betrothed's satisfaction. Such would seem not to have been the case, as Charles wrote to his father, who is presently employed as a joiner in town, that he was in a very miserable state of mind, and all because of his own dear Anne, who would not listen to reason. He added that he did not know what to do. or what was to become of him ; but that wherever his body was found there would be a note in his pocket containing his address in Perth. On Wednesday be appears to have so far changed his (Lind ; and, taking the train from Perth to Edinburgh, wrote another brief note, while crossing from Burntisland, to his father, saying that his body would likely be found near Prestonpans, as he still was in a moat miserable state of mind, all because of his dearest Anne, whom he still very heartily forgave, and hoped that all his family would do so too. Both notes were posted together to his father's tem porary address in Edinburgh. Meanwhile the young man took the afternoon train to Prestonpans ; and on arriving at his father's residence there, threw himself on the bed, making some incoherent observations expressive of his 3x • treme grief at what had befallen him. Although a medical man was sent for, who administered something in the hope of securing relief, poor Charles died within less thany u lun under strong suspicions of having taken opium e e la w " — 1 utterance to excess, begging with almost his last intell i that his sister should wear the !jag Anne.— Rd Courant. th a t wasgirabeant for his BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid. 58 82 98 99 6 7 75 80 65 70 65 70 4,/ 5/ Closing Price. d Railways. kilantic & St Lawrene,e Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huronl IDo. New IDo. Preference Buffalo,Brant,ctGodrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do..luny 1, 1874 Clcutta. &S. Eas tn. (Li ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 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Clarendon Cons.MinCo Cobre Copper 'Coplap° . I DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co 1 2 20 2 ;Fortuna. ;General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda ;Linares Lusitanian Mariquita N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 'Pongibaud §ilver,Lead Mining and Smelt 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.).. 131.81 United Mexican . 1 Worthing (Limited).... I Do — CORPORATION P LATE. Cosmopolite Brilliant . Longshot ___ Nine ran, QUEEN'S PLAI E. Avalanche .. Crusade Bivouac Three ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKE. My Partner Genealogie Humphrey . Fifteen ran. LATEST BETTING. CESIREIVITCH. STAKES. 100 to 6 agst Paste (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rapparee (taken) 25 to 1 agst Emperor (taken) 25 to 1 agst The Roe (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 25 to 1 agst Donner-und-Blitz (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Buckstone 16 to 1 agst Marquis 50 to 1 agt.t Spite (to money) 66 to 1 agst Campbell 66 to 1 agst Hopbine colt THE FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION AT BOTHERHITIZE. This dreadful calamity has been up to the present time attended with the loss of ten lives. The premises occupy a large area on that portion of the waterside which is known as Cuckold's Point, opposite to the Limehouse entrance of the West India Docks, and about half a mile from the Commercial Dock pier. The boiler and engine house stood on the river side of the mills, parallel with the wharf, and contained two long boilers of 50-horse power each, laid in massive brickwork. Only one boiler had been at work during the day, and it appears that about the same time the night men came on, 6 o'clock, a defect was noticed in a joint of the feed-pipe to the engine. The engine-driver, Thomas Wild, at once sent for Thomas Spinks, an engine -fitter living in the neighbour: hood, who was uaually employed by the firm to make good the defects, at the same time turning the steam off the boiler. It would seem, however, that the driver, acting under the impression, probably, that the joint would speedily be re paired, had omitted to "draw" the furnace, as a quantity of fire is stated to have been in it. The fitter arrived, and, with the driver, proceeded down to the engine-room and commenced their work ; but finding that they required assistance, they communicated with one of the officials, and the whole of the labourers who had just come on were sent to their aid. Six of the men were desired to sup port the pipe which ran across the roof, while Spinks and Wild went on with repairing the joint. There was also in the engine -room Mr. Alfred Duvrensart, nephew of the members of the firm, and Alec Burk, the foreman, who were looking on. There had been three or four other labourers in the chamber, but their services not being im mediately required, they had only left a few minutes before the explosion took place. The engine room was a small brick chamber, about Bft. by 12, at the basement of the mills. A g'ance at the boiler too clearly showed that some portion of it exploded, and had sprung forward from its bed of brickwork four or five feet, and that the inner part of the boiler with the massive iron bars of the furnace and other plates had been blown out direct at the poor fellows who were at work only some four or five feet in front. Of the 10 unhappy creatures who were in this chamber not one escaped. The names of the persons killed are Mr. Alfred Duvren sart, aged 18, nephew to Messrs. Badart ; Samuel Wild, 34, engine.driver ; Tbomas Spinks, 24, engine fitter; Jas. Keeley, 45, labourer; and Patrick Cauty, 16, labourer ; the foreman, Alec Bark ; Charles Macarthy, 15, labourer; James Gailly, 17, labourer; Juhn Burk, 26; and Davis, 17. The boiler is what is termed a Cornish boiler, and has not been in nee any length of time. It is said the pressure at which it had been worked during the day was from 401 b to 50Ib the square inch. considerably below that at which it had been worked, while it had been tested to a pressure equal to 1001 b. The coroner's inquiry commenced this morning before Mr. Carttar, but it is expected that the investigation will be adjourned to admit of an examination of the remains of the boiler by competent parties. The persons, perhaps, who could have given some ex planation, viz., the engineer and his assistant, are unfortu nately amongst those who have perished by the explosion. THIS DAY'S SIIIP.PING. LONDON, Sept. 18.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, but cloudy in the morning. FALMOUTH, Sept. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Return, from Havannah. DUBLIN, Sept. 17.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Arbitration, for \1 iramichi. KINGROID, Sept. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Ann Eliza, from Halifax. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Mary Savoyer, from Wilmington ; Star of India, from Dundee for Bombay. CARDIFF, Sept. 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Ammerland, for Shanghai; Athos, for Pernambuco; Calmuck, for New York. NEWPORT, Sept. 17.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Lucie, Christopher, Rosine, Cyclope, Speculant, and Barney, for St. Thomas's. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Edward Jones, from Waterford ; Atalanta, steamer, from Jersey ; Lady Constance, from Sunderland. Sailed—Firefly, steamer, for Cardiff. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 17—Anna Adamson, from Moulmein; Orwell, from Melbourne ; Constance, from Barbados ; Carl Frederick, from Dantsic ; Hohenzollen, from Cronstadt; St. Johannes, from Sundswall ; Syren, from Dttntsic ; Fortuna. from Malmo • Ocean Child, from Cronstadt; Nina, from St. Anna ; Aurora, from Nevis ; Homer, from Lagos ; Gefron, from Sundawall ; lack Eagle, from Pug wash; Emilie from Archangel; Hendrick, from Freda rickatadt ; Sir Chas. Forbes, from Montreal ; Luzon, from Cardena ; Mary Stewart, from Bjorneborg ; Perseverance, from Medemblick ; Flora, from Kongelf ; Sarah Claudina, from Riga; G. B. Lamas, from New York; Victoria, from Onega ; Johanna, from Riga; Queen, from Boulogne. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Ann. of Middleborough, from the Mediter ranean, for London; Florida, ship, from Hartlepool, for Genoa. Aneckheden, from the Baltic, for Rochester, blown in the North Sea, and landed pilot. Sailed—The homeward bound, for their destination. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.—M. Leverrier read a paper on the nomenclature of the small planets. Astronomers have hitherto :been in the habit of giving each of the telescopic planets a name, such as Flora, Vesta, Doris, &c. M. Leverrier asks whether it would not be better to mark them with the number denoting the order of their discovery, and add to this the nape of the disco verer, thus, for instance--(8) Hind, (40) Goldschmidt, (68) Gasparis, &c. This system of nomenclature had been ob jected to by Mr. Hind, on the ground that astronomers would be confused by the juxtaposition of numbers and names ; M. Leverrier, on the other hand, in defence of his plan, asks whether astronomers believe that the number of small planets is limited, or the contrary ? If limited the present system may be persisted in; but if unlimited, it must in the end be abandoned, and in that case the sooner the better. M. Biot communicated two letters from M. Valz, honorary director of the Observatory at Marseilles, in which he repeats his assertions that the earth passed through the comet's tail on the 30th of June last, and in support of this opinion computes the position of the tail, the situation of the earth, &c. It is a curious fact that on such a mathe matical questiou as the inclination of a comet's tail, and the position of that body and the earth at a given moment, there should be two, and even three, opinions ; for our readers must recollect that Messrs. Hind, Liais, and Valz all admit that the comet's tail swept the earth, but neither agree as to the hour or the day ; while M. Leverrier has cast great doubts upon the occurrence. REPRESENTATION OF PLY MOUTH.--We have rea son to believe that the announcement that Mr. Earle was about to offer himself as a candidate for Plymouth was in correct. Mr. Earle was invited to come forward, but de clined the honour of representing his party on the present occasion. WRECK.--The Census, of Sunderland, from Schiedam, Evans, master, sunk yesterday off Dover. The crew were all saved by the Carlos, and lodged at the Sailors' Home. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 84 86 40 !Australasia all 166 68 671 61 25 I Bank of Egypt all 120 21 100 'Bank of London ..... 20 Bank of Turkey 3 4 Id 50 British North American all 5 56 54 1 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 20 201 20 25 'Ch.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all -- 321 i 100 !City 100 Colonial ........ ...• ... 25 37 39 381 20'11 'Com. Bank of Cana da.. all I 100 Commercial of London . 20 I 20 ! Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 116/ 171 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all ! 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 24 241 20 ! Do. new lO 3 31 50 !London and County 50 London Joint Stock I 10 311 321 20 , London and S. African lO *r 100 !London & Westminster 20 60 / e7 654 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 12 -- 20 Do. new .... 50 National i3anic ...... 26 New South Wales all 34 36 35 25 Orient. B. 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Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea l eve l ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew -point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ' • h., hail ; 1., li g h tning ; m., misty (hazy) , 0./ overcast (dull) , r., rain ; s,, snow • t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—th us, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ,nce (1 to 9). CRYSTAL PALACE.— One Snilling Day, Tuesday, Sept. 1 7.—Admissions on payment, 21,763; ditto by season tickets, 2,963; total visitors, 27,726. STATUS OF SCOTTISH BISHOPS IN ENGLAND. IDr. Travers Twiss, vicar-general of the province of Canterbury, and judge of the Consistory Court of the diocese of London, has just given an important opinion as affecting the position of bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland in this country. For some time past Dr. Trower, who was consecrated Bishop of Glasgow in 1848, but resigned that ap pointment in 1859, and some months ago was ap pointed to the sub-deanery of Exeter Cathedral — has been exercising episcopal functions in the dio cese—consecrating churches, confirming, &c. The followin g points were submitted to Dr. Twiss :-1. Whether an English bishop can lawfully appoint, as his coadjutor, a bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church to perform episcopal and spiritual functions li n England, as to consecrate churches and hold con firmations ? Whether, under the 60th canon of the English Church, power to confirm can be delegated at all ? Must not the rite be performed personally by the bishop of the diocese in which the confirma tion is held, or by his suffragan lawfully appointed Or is there any statutable provision enabling him to delegate that function or to appoint a coadjutor for any spiritual purpose ? 3. Especially, does the restricted power to officiate in English churches, given to bishops and presbyters of the Episcopal Church in Scotland by the Act of 3d and 4th Victoria, c. 33, extend to the performance of episcopal functions at all ? The permissive words, applying alike to bishops and priests, are—" To perform Divine service and preach and administer the sacraments." Are not these words satisfied by the performance of priestly as distinct from episcopal functions ? - And must not the terms " Divine Service" and " Sacraments" as used in the act, be construed to answer to the Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, " excluding other rites and ceremonies of the Church, and the form or manner of making, ordaining," &c., which is the full title of our Eng lisn Service-book? If the enabling words of this act can be construed to extend to confirmation, why not to ordination also ? Would not a Scottish bishop be subject to the penalty of £5O under the section sof the act for holding a confirmation or performing any episcopal functions? 4. Would a clergyman, declining to present candidates for con firmation, when a Scotch bishop is delegated to per form the rite, be liable to ecclesiastical censure for canonical disobedience ? That England is very jealous of recognising Scotch episcopacy is apparent from the statute-book, and no marvel considering its early history. See 10th Anne, c. 7 ; 21st George IL, c. 34 ; and 32d George 111., c. 63 ; be sides 3d. and 4th Vic., c. 33, already specially referred to. It is observable, moreover, that in the statutes deal ing with the discharge of episcopal functions in England the legislature is careful to use express and distinct terms. See 26th George 111., c. 84, sec. 3 ; 6th and 7th Vict., c. 62 ; 15th and 16th Vict., c. 52. Dr. Twiss replies as follows :—" 1. I am of opinion that a bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church can not be lawfully appointed coadjutor of a bishop of the United Church of England and Ireland. 2. I am of opinion that a bishop of the united church of England and Ireland may commission another bishop who is not disqualified by the law of the land to hold confirmations within his diocese, notwith standing anything in the 60th canon. lam of opi nion that the power given to bishops and priests of the episcopal church of Scotland under 3d and 4th Vic., c. 33, to perform Divine Service and to preach and administer the sacraments, does not extend to the exercise of episcopal functions in an. English diocese. I think that a Scotch bishop exer cising episcopal functions in an English diocese would be subject to the penalty imposed by 3d and. 4th Vict., c. 33, sec. 5. I think a minister of the Church of England would not be liable to ecclesias tical censure for canonical disobedience if he were to omit to present any candidates for confirmation by a Scotch bishop under the circumstances stated." CO,IIMUNICATION TVITH FRANCE. With a view to the enlarged continental traffic of the second Exhibition year, the South-Eastern Railway Company are developing their over•sea communications. Early this month a new service was opened between Dover and Ostend, giving direct communication with Belgium, Holland, and Germany, and yesterday (Tuesday) a new fast steamer, the Victoria, made her first voyage from Folkestone to Boulogne and back in the extraordi narily brief periods of 1 hour and 34 minutes and 1 hour and 33 minutes respectively, or at the rate of 20 miles per hour. In the voyage over she encoun tered an adverse sea, but only once or twice shipped any water. On the return voyage a strong north wind was dead ahead of her. In fine weather, therefore, she may be expected to do the 30 miles, which is probably the course of the passenger steamers, in 1 hour and 20 minutes. The present advertised time of the company's boats is 2 hours and 10 minutes; but with such wind and sea as yesterday the ordinary boats would probably take 10 or 15 minutes longer. The saving in time by the Victoria over the boats hitherto used may therefore be reckoned at three-quarters of an hour —a consideration of much importance to timid voyageurs, and not without its advantages to all whose business or pleasure calls them to encoun ter a sea voyage. The Victoria is much larger than any of the other South-Eastern boats—so long, in deed, that she can scarcely turn in the river oppo site the Boulogne Customhouse, and her internal accommodations are in consequence superior. The engines, which are by Messrs. Penn, of Green wich, are oscillating, of 220-horse power, and gave 39t- revolutions per minute going over, and 381 on the return voyage, with a scarcely perceptible vibration to the ship. Capt. Paul, late of the Lord Warden, has been promoted to the command of the Victoria, and Mr. Rennie, who has also been many years in the company's service,is the chief engineer. On her return trip the Victoria brought 350 pas sengers. Capt. Boxer, R.N., the company's super intendent at Folkestone, Mr. Samuda, and Mr. Penn, were on board watching the working of the vessel, and we believe we are correct in saying that all parties concerned were highly satisfied with the result. She is considered to be the fastest steamer afloat, having beaten the Leinster, an Irish boat having that credit hitherto, by seven minutes in the 84 miles from Gmvesend to Folkestone. A sister boat to the Victoria has been built by Messrs. Samuelson, of Hull, but has not yet come into the company's hands. She will be named the Eugenie. and will be placed on the same station. PRUSSIAN MILITARY MANOUVR.ES. The operations of the Bth Army Corps against a supposed enemy took place on the morning of the 14th inst., in the neighbourhood of Kirdorf. His Majesty arrived about 11 o'clock, dressed in the uniform of the King's Hussar Regiment, and cor dially saluted the troops, who, on the preceding day, had performed the manoeuvres entirely to his Majesty's satisfaction. The Queen was on the ground in a carriage; but the Crown Princess ap peared on horseback, accompanied by a lady of honour. All the other members of the royal family and the foreign dignitaries whose names have been already mentioned were in the suite of the King. The operations commenced by the vanguard, con sisting of three regiments, being placed in two lines near Kirdorf, and to these were added three regi ments of cavalry. The cavalry opened the attack by some skirmishing manoeuvres, and after several attacks and firing several volleys, they made a rear ward movement, during which the main body of the army corps, drawn forward by a feint, advanced towards the heights of Millendorf and Etchendorf. During this offensive movement the advanced guard formed themselves into a reserve. The advantages of cavalry were particularly manifest during these operations by the manner in which the light cavalry made the attack at the commencement, and by the attack of the reserve regiments just before the close of the day. The King a movements of the troo psnd ahuisrisntgafftfhoellowwheodlettptitmhee occupied, and were on the ground until two 'o'clock. Fortunately the weather cleared up just as the manoeuvres began ; but some of the men, who in the morning had marched from distant quarters, were drenched with rain. The health of the troops is said to be most satisfactory, however, and the field hospital established at Bergheim contains but few patients. Only two deaths have occurred since the men have been assembled, and accidents have been rare. Further manoeuvres of both army corps against each other were to take place on Monday, and there was to be a bivouac of four days' duration. Through the concentration of so many troops, amounting to about 50,000 men (as each army corps in the Prussian service com prises 25,000 troops), and particularly as the m h o : are drawn closer together, the villages in been neighbourhood of the field of operations have so crowded that in one small place. containin g less than 90 houses, 600 men and 5 0 hor ses on are quartered. The manoeuvres wil l termi na te nt Friday next. THE PRESTON TRAGEDY.—The inquest was re sumed yesterday at three o'clock. At the conclusion of the evidence the jury, after a few minutes deliberation, returned a ver di c t of .‘ Wilful inure4er against Patrick MacCafferay.' The prisoner was comm4ltted on the Coroner's warrant, to take his trial at the neat Liverpool assizes, which Will be opened in December neat. On being removed he skipped up the steps leading from the Governor's office, and seemed a ltogether quite nn.toncernecl. _Twenty thoushnd muskats sold by Prussia to the United States of America have been supplied depot of Stettin, au e l. are now being removed to Hamburg for shipment. ' • / 4 lis do ier as to ted Lity rer- Dad ind prd. nce 3rn- nai -1 qf sera, hey Der r of SO ?.ads rtn ular ther n it; It in The the fol- 1 ark. a:nd ope. ber and. ucAtt o uld over reat be .8 of ling nad, n as dif- rues. 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