The Sun. — London, England, 1861-09-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET ND CiTI , NE W.S. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The directors of the Bank of England have an nounced a further decline in the minimum rate of discount—viz,, to. 31 per cent. This important measure was generally anticipated in consequence of the easiness and abundance of money, the large influx of gold, and the moderate character of the demands for commercial purposes. As accommo dation for some days past has been granted on first class bills as low as 3-4- per cent. in the open market, the continuance of the official quotation at 4 per cent. was altogether improbable, although the impression prevailed in some quarters that the authorities might have deferred the alteration in consequence of the decline in the Continental ex changes, and the prospect of the money market in France being unfavourably influenced by the exportation of gold for the purchase of grain to make up for the deficiency in the harvest. Only a small amount of gold, viz., £7,000, was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The Edinburgh, which left yesterday for New York, took out £l,OOO in specie. The Indus, for East India and China to-morrow, will convey £73,704, of which £14,000 is in gold, and the remainder in silver. A❑ extensive business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and American descriptions realised a further advance of id. per lb. The sales amounted to 30,000 bales. The reduction in the rate of discount has not led to any fluctuation in the English Stock Market, as it was generally anticipated by the specula tors. Consols, however, have continued firm, the latest prices being 93-1 for money, and 931 for the account. The transactions have been very dull, and the market consequently remains in an inactive state. The New Threes are firm at 91 -;-; the Reduced, at 91,1- ; Exchequer Bills, March, remain at 2s. dis. to 2s. prem. ; ditto, June, at 4s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 1031 i; and the New Scrip, 104. In the Foreign Market business has been mode rately active, and prices, in some instances, show an improvement. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 831 84 ; ditto 1858, 681,691 ; ditto £lOO Bonds are 701 ; Sardinian have advanced to 801 81; Brazilian 41 per Cents. to 91; Chilian 42 per Cents. to 831 ; and Dutch 2-1 per Cents. to 641 ; Venezuelan are flat at 20 1,; and Mexican at 231- The market for American Securities during the past week has shown symptoms of improvement. The following remarks are from the circular 'pub lished by Mr. E. F. Satterthwaite :—" The market in London for American Securities has improved considerably during the last few days, consequent upon the higher prices received from New York; in fact prices here depend at present entirely on those ruling in America. Considerable amounts of Stock and Bonds have been brought forward for sale, the chief part of which has been taken for shipment to America. Illinois Shares close steady at 381 to 371 and Erie Shares at 231 to 1." The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1861. 1860. Great Western ..X52,044 £50,380 North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern 28,050 31,406 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter . 7,175 7,317 North-Eastern .. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln South Wales Great Southern and Western, Ireland 8,947 8,413 Edinburgh and Glasgow 7,260 7,232 Glasgow and South Western 8,339 8,234 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada These returns show a further falling off in the receipts of most of the principal lines, particularly tliose in the manufacturing districts. On the South-Western there is a decrease of L 1,775 ; on the Brighton of £958 ; on the Midland of £2,587 ; on the South-Eastern of £1,946 ; on the Great Northern of £2,801; on the Lancashire and York shire of £2,083 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,714 ; the Grand Trunk of Canada of £1,741 ; and the Great Western of Canada of £1,387. On the Great Western, however, there is an increase of £1,664, and on the North• Western of £l,OOl. The dealings in the Railway Share Market were of a rather limited character ; a slight improve ment however, has taken place in prices. Lan cashire and Yorkshire and North Eastern (Ber wick), have improved 55.; Eastern Counties and Caledonian, 10s. ; and Great Westerns, 15s. South Westerns, however, declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have also been a shade firmer. South Austrian and Lombardo- Venetian brought . 171 ; Recife and San Francisco, 141; Bahia and San Francisco, 13 ; Grand Trunk of Canada have improved to 201; and East Indian have receded to 1011. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinued inactive, without any material alteration in prices. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 - per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9la i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94 i Annuities, 30 yrs, expire &th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5l India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. .. lO3l 1 Ditto Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. 961 Ditto 51 per Cent lO3l Console for Account, Oct. 10 .. 934 March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d 2pm 2 die 4pm D:; to £5OO .. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian, 5 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 .. 91 Chilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account New Cirenada Active, 81 per Cent. :•:ardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan 'Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchangel2 Guil. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93 I 1 Ditto Account MADAME FIND-GOLDSCHMIDT AND " LONDON OVER THE BORDER."—A, performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio of " Elijah" is announced to take place at Exeter hall, on Thursday, the 22d of October, which presents peculiar features of interest and attraction, both to the lovers of music of the highest class and to the humane'aud chari tably disposed. There exists on marshy ground on th e Essex shore of the Thames, about font miles from the General Post-office, a district, to which public attention was last year called, under the name of " Londoners over the Border." It has but lately been inhabited thickly, and owes its population almost entirely to the establishment of the Victoria Docks and sundry manufactories in the neighbour- , hood. The number of people at present resident in the pro posed new parish, whicb.includes North Woolwich, is about 7,000. The demaaid for labour is, by necessity, far from c onstant. The people ar e f requently le f t for very long periods without the means of subsistence from their own resources. When labour exists, the remuneration leaves no margin for saving. Hence, w h en the time of need comes, furniture and iclothing are so ld or pawned. Want, hanger, disease, and misery follow. Nearly four years ago, Mr. Herman Do uglas, a clergyman of the Church of England, whose private resources were sufficient to render him independent of the scanty stipend appended to this district, undertook its charge, and it is in aid of the charities and industrial institutions esta blished by this benevolent and energetic cler gymen that the proceeds of the performance here referred to are to be devoted. Madame Lind-Goldschmidt having w i th cha racteristic generosity offered her gratuitous services, it w as decided to give at Exeter Hall a performance of Mendels_ shon's " Elijah" on a grand scale, in which Madame Goldschmidt will sing the principal soprano part, the exe cution of which is by many considered her greatest achieve ment. Our great English tenor, Mr. Sims Reeves, has been engaged, being the first time in which these distin guished artists have sung together. Mr. Weiss and Miss Palmer will sing the bass and contralto parts. Mr. Otto GoldFchtnidt will be the director and conductor. We are happy to find Mr. and Madame Goldschmidt quitting their retirement, if only for a season. Few public characters have diffused more real intellectual enjoyment by their pro fessional ability or dispensed greater happiness and benefit by unostentatious generosity than Madame Goldschmidt, nee Jenny Lind, SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY). ---~-- )TZDI: , ARY SHAE.ES AND STOCKS. Shire Railways. Closing Business Price. raid. Done io beliast and Lailvmen L— 13.14 Bit, Wol , and I.tr. Val.f all 7 4 8 stock. Birk., La., and Ch Junc 100 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Boat, Sleaf. and Mid.Co i all 51 61 stock Bristol and Exact stock Caledonian l6O 105 1054 1054 1 ad 10 narmartl!en Card ,gar all 50 Cork and Bandon all -- 20 Cork, Wrack., &Passage all 2 0 Cirnwall all 5 6 to Do A. (A gets no div 10 Do until 6pc peran all rhasbeen d. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast June all 41 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June j all 10 101 100 17 18 ,1, .v 9 stock East Anglian 100 49 50 .c 504 stock Eastern Counties stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 42 44 stcox Do do Bdo 100 29 31 25 Do Nw A, late Ell3ds. 13 4 stock East Suffolk 89 91 87 4 stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 stock ll 105 107 100 -- stock Furness T E , o d r i n t &Clyh d, e JDundeen 100 l 2_91 _3O 29 stocklO Great ia sg 'Natnhdn S. of SWesternco 100 108 109 , stock Great Northern lOO 100 102 101} stock Do do A stock 100 129 131 stock Do do B do Scotland 100 stock It. S. &W. of Ireland 1100 103 105 stock Great Western ' . 100 70 70/ 701 1 stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 57 59 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1081 1081 1081 stock London and Blackwall 100 57 59 stock Lon., Bright.. &S Coast 1 100 114 116 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover' 100 48 50 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 93 4 9 31 93 4 stock Lond. & Sth. Western lOO 95 96 951 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 ~'derry & Enniskillen all 10 11 stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln lOO 45 47 46 50 Maryport and Carlisle i all 124 Do do 1 shares..., all— 10 Metropolitan 74 4 8 d stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new stock Do Pirming. & Derby 100 100 IC2 50 ?Dd. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do shares nil —' 'ts Mid Kent. 10 Do, Cray Line 100 :N ewcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 8 6 d 20 Newry. Warnpt. & Roe all stock Norfoll - stock North British lOO 62% 534 stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoci lOO stock D 4 stk ; A recs no d until flpch as beenpd.L' 1 0 0 • stock Do B stock .. _ 100 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1011 to 21 1024 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16 13 4 I %P ' • P stock Do Leeds stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 6 19.16 4 North Staffordshire l7l 4 4 4 1 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 10% stock Not &Grantham Rail lOO 813 90 1 0 Peebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- stock Scottish' Central stock Soot 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 & I,anc.Un 224 stock South Eastern ...... stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun 100 94 97 20 Staines, Wok,, and Wok; all 4 6 25 Stockton & Darlington all 38 19 25 Do do l3 8 9 p 211 25 Do New (1860) 3 5 6 p stock '1 ufVale 109 stock Do Pref: No 1 lOO 25 I' rmesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 50 Ulster •• 25 Do ...... 12 10 Do ; stock stale of Neath . lOO 88 90 10 Victor i a Sta. and Pim all 11/ 121 stoctc Waterford & Kilkenny' 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cm nwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class all 20 Do 2d class .. all stock Viresalartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO stock 'West Midland—Oxford 100 47 49 stock Do. Newport 100 43 15 stock Do. Hereford, 100 88 90 881 stock stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. ; 1 Closing Business Share Railways. IPald Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per' e. pref. (issued at £5 , all stock (iris. & Exet.4 p.ctstocl 100 ID 20 o. do. do. Shares stock , Caledon £10,41 percent 100 93 101 stock I Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 0 % ;Cork & Bando n , 5/ p. a all 1 20 'Cornwall. 5 per cent all '2O 21 6 % Dun.Perth&Aber.jun all 5} 0% 14 Do let Class Fret all , i ock , P l .Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 100 102 stock , Do. do. Class B 6 p.c lOO 110 115 stock , Do. do. Class C 7 p.c lOO 1 106 110 81ock E. Coun. E x . s p. e. N o. 1 100 'lO5 107 stock Do. do. No. •• 100 104 106 stock , Do. New 6 per et. stock. 100 121 123 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 108 80 82 -.rock Do. 5 per cent. 9,"uar... 1 100 stock lEdin.&Glas. sp.c. shares' 100 110 112 stock i Do. 4p. c gua. S. & 1). 100 190 92 stock ' %din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c 101 77 79 stock ; teurness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock . Glas.& S. West.g.a. spm 100 :3.'0: !Great Northern, sp. ct, 100 115 117 stock ro.sp.c.Redm.,lop.e.pm 100 109 111 stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. by c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 83 105 107 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pi' 511 stock 5 r.-lt.Sn. & W (Ireland) I 100 97 99 p. et ref. stock.— 10 Great Wes p t. (Berko an Hants) Ext. sp. et 6 ' stock Lo. Redeemabxe,4l p.m- 100 98 leo 981 stock Do. Redeemabte. Ip. ct. 100 88 90 stock Da Irredeemable, do.. 100 89 11 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prat 100 101 103 13 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 94 10 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh all 166 171 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 101 101 stock Do Birmg.zuar. stock lOO 73 75 26) Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 136 1)0. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. 1 all 15 151 100 ILan. & Carl. 41 pc. pref ! 5 0 stock ILan.&York 6p. e. stock lOO 134 136 stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc 100 stocit Do. 6 per c. (11. Lan.) stock Lon.& Brig.s pe.gii.No lOO 111 114 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 111 114 stock Do. gua. 6p. c. stock Do. do 5( e. No. i 100 111 114 stock Do. do. 4 per cent lOO 100 102 6 Do. do. 4 p. c. shares., all stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock. 100 { l5O 155 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 117 130 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '6s' 100 172 74 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO 90 91 stock I.on. Chat. and Dover lOO 95 96 , I Do.W. A reeiv. no div. 10 Ex.A til 6neis pd on all I Do. B B. & Brom ex. 511 10 Do. Metropolitan Ex B 3; iid p 3I stock f.on. and IN .W. Cov. and Nuneaton, sp. et lOO stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO I Is. 60. Do. (Prtsm: perpl inns. of 2s. 6d. 121 Londondy. & Cole. Ish all 12 1 Londony. & Ennis. Ish all 13% 14 131 stock Sian. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et 100 120 125 6 '4)0. £6 stock Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent, 5 1 1 p 121 7,l"aryport & Car., 4p. c all 126 Do. 41 per cent. 5ll stook \lid. Con. 6p c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 r..c 100 134 136 stock Do. 41 p. C. pref. stock lOO 'lOO 102 1001 6 Do. 41 per cent stock Do. Leis& Hit. pref. st 100 91 92 stock Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1840 100 stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 : stock North British, sp. a_ 100 1110 112 stock Do. New, gua. sp. a_ 11 I Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. s h s 5 ' 1 11 p 1) Do. do. do all st Nth.Dev.Rall. AL Dck.Co. 100 st N-East.Cons.Pret. 4p. c. 100 190 92 st Do. 41 pc. redeemable.. 100 ,99 101 at , Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. 100 101 103 17 : Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 3.13.4. p 1 p p 20 I Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 13 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 25 Do. York, . H. &S. Furth. 10 1 d }pp 20 North Staffordshire all 22 23 1 0 Rhymney Guaranteed. all 84 Scottish Central, new pt all st Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. a, pref. stock.... 100 st , Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c 100 st I Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 135 140 10s. ' South Devon, Ann. lOs all 10 101 10 1 Do. Fixed 41 per cent a ll r 1.0. 'south Eastern (Readintt Ann., 1.0.6) 4 st Do. 41 per cent. lOO 99 101 st , Do. Fixed 11p.c. Ist is , 100 199 101 I st 1 south Wales, p.; ua. 4 p.c.' 100 3 st ' Do. 41 per cent 1 100 97 99 3 at I Do. A per cent'. 1 100 st ' S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 83 86 - 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 1 all 127 28 27 a 25 Do. B 6 per cent all i 32 33 321 e 25 1 ) o. C 6 percent all 132 33 st Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. e lOO 45 48 8 at W.Mid -Oxf Ist Guastk 100 125 127 e st Do. 2d do ' 100 117 122 n st Do. Newport 5 p.o.ptred. 100 100 102 ' st Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pf 1866, 100 118 121 a st Do. till 1869; let is.l 100 117 120 120 LINES LEAS Railways. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln &N.W .. .. Bu3kinghamshire .... 100 Do 93 95 Chester & Holyhead... 100 D 0... . ' 521 631 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do ,119 121 Do. 5 „ 100 D 0... 1110 212 Clydesdale Juno lOO ,Caledon...qol 103 Colchester, Stour Val all . 1E.U.&E.0 16 1 7 E.Lincolnsh. g 6 per c ICO ' Gt. North. 133 135 E.Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts. 91 41 Do. Woodbridge... Gls.Barr.&Neila.Drct lOO Caledon... Do. new lOO Do. ...... Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby. all Yk.N. Md. Do. halves... all D 0..... . • Do. quarters........ all i Do.. ... • • Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c. 100 Ln&N.W. I London & Greenwich. 100 S.Eastern Lifs ti i c i o D rp n w we o os . Preference e m ils o6 t i n O i rp b k f e t U atrn, r g ße Y d u eu ' a & n:n . vty 4 S . : p .rx . e .c. -en i . .. : I . . l ll lo o oo o og I 1 D N P D eO O O t. r . °. f . ok k e .. 0 .. • sl nc.;Bxtn.,&Matlock all L NW&M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock _gua. 5 percent 5 ri orthn. &East " Do. 6p. c. IL -P. e. Do. Fixed ..•• • • • • North Wester P e " • • Do. i sh are ,, Boystn.HiM)i .... IL Shrewabry& iit She rd heP Do. do. r S.-Staffordshi re .. Wilts and Somerset ... • W11311)194911 &Croydn'. 109 111 1197 202 59 51 110 115 79 81 100 1. 5 5. Midland E.Counto Do.. Do. Do. Midland L&NWI & L.Yk. Do. 31 3i 93 95 IP 54 56 Gt. North. T.Brassey 15. 16 MPC o le . an... Gt. West. 14.4 BrE'93 130 132 118 122 1 lip 69 91 8 9 IED AT FIXED RENTALS. FaidtLeasing Closing ) ! Business CO. 's Price. I Done. 'EKE , ,LONI)ON, TRURSDAY EYENINCi, SEPTEW3 E 19. 1861. DONC2I STE R RA CRS.--(This Day.) EXECUTION OF NASTERSON. - _-~- • - (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SCRATCHINGS. (THIS DAY.) PORTLAND PLA'al.—Oxford, Phantom, Robin Hood, Baron Munchausen, Rariee f, Lopcatcher, Queen of Spain, Donner and Blitz, Petra, Joey Jones, Squire Percy, The Knave, Brassey, Antwerp, Babette f, Express, Vest colt, and Goldseeker. SWEEPSTAKES Or 10 SOVS.—Wimbledon, Breast Knot, Fanfare, Bolero, N)rth Star, Wingrave, and Hippodamia. EGLINTON STAK.IIS.—Robin Hood, Coulon, Neighbour, Vaga, f by Fazzoletto, Vancouver, and Ensign. CLEVELAND HANDICAP.—Cramond, Hetman, Wombat, Drone, Babette f, Donner and Blitz, Vancouver, and Betts. LATEST BETTING. DONCASTER CUt. 7to 4on Tie 'Wizard CESAREWITCH. 1000 to 70 agst Umpire (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Makeless filly (taken) 20 to 1 agst Paste (taken) 22 to 1 agst t.aire (taken) 40 to 1 agst Ivanhoff CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 100 to 6 agst Donner and Blitz (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gabriel d'Estrees (taken) 25 to 1 agst The Roe (taken) 100 to 3 agst Sporting Life (taken) 100 to 3 agst Artless (taken) 100 to 3 agst Claire (taken) 50 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken) 5000 to 100 agst tom Bowline (taken) DONCASTER, WEDNESDAY. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday two workmen nail:led Cave and Farrell were killed in consequence of the falling of a bridge in process of removal near the goods sta tion of the North Western Railway at Manchester. FIRE AND , LOSS OF LIFE.-A fire broke out yesterday in Crown-court, taascoyne-place, Bethnall-green. The entrance to the place was too narrow to admit the fire escape, and the result was that two children were burned to death, and a man named Raworth and his wife greatly injured. I hope the readers of The Sun followed my advice in backing Brown Stout to be last instead of first. He never took any part in the race, and had not Charlton stopped him he would have fallen with him, as this celebrated son of Sir John Barleycorn was seized with an attack of the " staggers," and he secured the exact place I assigned him —absolutely last. He walked in some time after the race, and had great difficulty in making his way through the crowd. A FRESH MAN. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST A CON TRACTOR.—On Sunday evening the dead body of a man named Edwards was found in a culvert on the banks of the Avon. An inquest was held, and the jury returned a ver dict of manslaughter against Mr. Adams, the contractor for the works, on the ground that the entrance to the cul vert was not properly protected. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTINGUISHING STREET LAMPS.—Two respectable looking lads, named George Thompson and Thos. Saunders, were charged by Sergeant Wlitts, E division, with extin guishing street lamps in' Cleveland-street. In answer to the charge, one lad said that he shook the pipe against the wall and the light went out, and believing that he had not done it he tried a second one, and that also went out. Mr. Mansfield fined them 10s. each. RELEASE OF MR. A. DE VlDlL.—Yesterday, Mr. Alfred De Vidil was released from Newgate. Beyond the confinement he has been subjected to no personal indignity, bat he appeared to be in ill-health. Several of the young gentleman's relations were in attendance to receive him on his discharge. The baron, his father, is still at Cold-bath fields, and is employed picking oakum, his age exempting him from the labour of the treadwheel. He conducts himself with apparent calmness and resignation, but he is subjected to precisely the same discipline, food and clothing as the other. criminals. VISIT TO ENGLAND OF THE SIAMESE AMBAS SADORS.—Phra nai Wai, the Second Siamese Ambassador, who in his social grade ranks higher than the first, and Naronwigit, the third, with five of their suite, lave paid a two days' visit to England. The visit was quite private, and, we beliefre, has not been noticed by the press. The ambassadors stayed at Morley's Hotel, and managed, during their brief excursion, to see several objects of interest. Their attention appears to have been especially attracted by the Arsenal at Woolwich.—London and China Tele graph. _ _ _ MAKING AWAY WITH WORK MATERIALS.—WiIIiam Davis, a shoemaker, was brought up and remanded, charged with making away with some materials entrusted to him to make up by Mr. Garner, bootmaker, of 368, Oxford-street. Mr. Garner said he had no doubt that if the prisoner was remanded other manufacturers would have charges against the prisoner, as he had found some materials at the pri soner's lodgings with different names on them. STEALING A REVOLVER.---W Norcott, 41, Grove street, Camden-town, was charged with stealing a revolver of the value of £3, the property of Mr. James Woodward, of 64, St. James's-street. Some evidence being given, Brown, 304 A, said he wished for a remand, as he believed there would be several other cases against the prisoner—one where he had stolen a rifle. The prisoner was remanded till Wednesday: ROBBING Ann Jackson, a yo un f or tunate, was charged with st ea li ng a purse 0 g A con tainingSTATlON-MASTER.--Mary the sum of £6105., the property of Mr. John Webber, Chegwidden, West Drayton, station-master. Mullord, the officer, said the prosecutor was in court but would not prosecute. girl would punish him M r f 0 . r M b a r n i n s g fi i e n l dg heraaidt h t h e r e e n ahnedhoped chargingh e her. The prisoner was then discharged, The exe6ution'of Peter Masterson, who was convicted at the last session of the Central Criminal Court, before Mi.. Justice Blackburn. of murder, took place this morning at Maidstone. The convict, it will be recollected, was a pri vate in the Royal Artillery, stationed at Woolwich. He was taken into custody by the picket for being drunk and disorderly in• the town, and brought to the guardroom, where the deceased, who was a sergeant in the same regiment, was engaged in the performance of his duty of entering the charges that were made against the different soldiers who had been misconducting themselves, and upon his asking the prisoner his name he made use of very bad language, and refused to tell him, and he was ordered to another part of the guardroom, appro priated to military offenders. Here he contrived to get possession of an iron bar that was used, as a poker, a very heavy and dangerous instru men t, and then made his way stealthily to the place where the sergeant was sitting, and while in the act of stooping forward, writing, be struck him a tremenlous blow on' the back of the head, which fractured his skull, and caused almost immediate death. Masterson was only 22 years old, an Irishman and a Ro man Catholic, and since he had been in Maidstone Gaol had been visited constantly by Father Emmanuel, a priest of that persuasion. The prisoner for a considerable time appeared very hardened, and not to entertain the least idea of the awful character of his crime or the dreadful sentence that awaited him, but upon being informed that the day was fixed for his execution, and there was no longer any hope for him in this world, he became slightly affected, and since then he appeared to be sensible of his awful position. _ ACCIDENT IN A BELFRY.—On Saturday evening while four men were employed in placing a new bell in the belfry of the established church at Pathhead, under the superintendence of the. Rev. Mr. Haxton, the tackle they were using gave way, and the bell, which weighs lOcwt., fell with a fearful crash, carrying away the floor of the belfry, on which Mr. Haxton was standing, and bearing him down to the gallery, eight feet under. The men em ployed with the tackle were standing on the gallery floor at the time, and were all more or less injured, but, fortu nately, no one happened to be immediately under the bell, which dashed through everything until it got to the ground. The injuries sustained by the parties were as fol lows :—Rev. Mr. Haxton, slightly bruised about the ankle ; William Samson, severely cut about the head by a part of the flooring ;„Andrew Scott also cut about the head ; John Hume, left leg broken, and severely shattered at the ankle, cut on the head, and badly bruised about the chest ; Mr. John Mitchell, engineer, who was on the top of the belfrey at the time of the accident, while sliding down a rope, missed his hold, and falling several feet had one of his legs severely bruised. Drs. Stoddart and Gray were soon in attendance, and the injured persons are now progressing favourably.—.Edinburgh Courant. FATAL OCCURRENCE AT MANCHESTER.—Yester day two men were killed by an accident at a goods station of the London and North-Western Railway, in Liverpool road, Manchester. This little station was originally the I passenger terminus of the Liverpool and. Manchester Rail way, and also the point of departure for travellers by rail from Manchester to the south, when their only existing steam route was over the Grand Junction line. Like all other terminal stations in Manchester, this one was erected high above the level of the streets, and the lino was ap proached from below by a steep inclined carriage -road sup ported on arches. The approach road and its arches are now in process of removal to make way for a new thorough fare that is being constructed by the municipal authorities, leading from Hampson-street, Salford, across the river Irwell, to• Water-street, Manchester. Tho arches were of brick and rather decayed. A portion had already been taken down, and yesterday morning, about half-past six o'clock, another portion fell in. Five labourers who were at work on the top fell also. Three of them were so fortunate as to escape unhurt, while the other two were entirely buried beneath the ruins. It required a quarter of an hour's excavation in the one case and half an hour in the other to disinter them. Both were found quite dead and much disfigured. The names of the deceased, who were young men, are John Cave and Lawrence Farrel. On the 9th inst., Frederick von Raumer, the his. tolian, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his connection with university education. The King of Prussia conferred upon him the Order of the Red Eagle of the Second Class, and the Queen presented him with a beautiful bronze vase ornamented with a portrait of Frederic the great. A WOMAN BURNT •TO DEATH IN A FIT.—On Tuesday morning, a Mr. Duggins, of 81, Lillington-street, Pimlico, on passing the house, No. 73, of the same street, occupied by Mr. Inns, cab proprietor, observed Mrs. Inns enveloped in flames in the area, and apparently in a semi insensible condition. He at once exclaimed, "You are all on fire ;" tO which she made no reply, but hastened away into the yard, followed by Mr. Duggins, who had climbed the iron railings and jumped into the area from a consider able height, and, with the assistance of another neighbour, smothered the smouldering embers of all that by this time remained of4er clothing. Her body was so frightfully burnt that she shortly afterwards expired. The deceased was aged 50, and subject to sudden attacks of epilepsy. ANOTHER DREADFUL FIRE.—A fire,unfortunately attended with fatal consequences, broke out yesterday morn ing, between 3 and 4 o'clock, in a small house situated at No. .4, Crown-court, Logerhead-street, Shoreditch. The discovery was made by an officer of the H division, who saw smoke issuing from the front room of the ground floor. He at once gave an alarm. After repeated knocking at the door he managed to arouse the inmates, consisting of 16 persons, the house being occupied by several poor families. The fire in the lower part of the house, however, was at this time so great that they were unable to descend The stairs. Some jumped out of the windows, and others were rescued by Eilbeck, the conductor of. he Royal Society's fire escape. Mr. Roworth, a box maker, his wife, and his daughter Sarah, were all severely, and, it is feared, fatally burnt before they could be got out of the building. They were at once removed to the hospital, where it was reported last evening they could not live the night out. Barton quickly attended with the parish engines, and was followed ' by four of the London Brigade under the personal superin tendence of Capt. Shaw, the newly appointed chief of the London Fire Establishment, and Mr. Midges, the foreman of the district. The firemen and parish engineer at once set to work, and they soon, with the aid of a good supply of water, furnished by the East London Company, managed to get the flames extinguished. The firemen then found a young girl named Martha burnt to death. She was only four and a half years of age. They next found her brother William, only seven months old, burnt to death. Thebodies were taken out, and given into the charge of Mr. Pouneeby, the Coroner's officer. The origin of the fire is not known with certainty ; but it is the prevailing opinion, that as the parents of the children came home in a state of intoxica tion, they must have dropped a light upon some boxes be longing to Mr. Roworth. None of the sufferers were :?-a. sured. THE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH DURHAM RAIL AY.—The adjourned inquest on the body of Robt. Aron, the engine-driver of the excursion train from Darlington to Windermere on the 29th ult., which ran off the line, concluded yesterday. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by the engine going off the rail, but they could not say what caused it to do so. The Coro ner told them that they ought to fix on the cause, but, after a long altercation, the Foreman said they did not wish to blame the company, so they could not agree as to the cause of the accident. The verdict was received and the jury discharged. THE WOODLANDS MURDER.—The murder of Sarah Watts, a confession of which has just been made by a soldier named Joseph Sear (as stated in The Sun), took place on the 25th of September, 1851, and not in August of that year, as stated by the prisoner. The coroner's jury on the occasion returned an open verdict, but subsequently three men, named Sparrow, Maggs, and Hurd, were appre hended, and the circumstantial evidence against them was so strong as to warrant their committal on the capital charge. They were tried at the following spring assizes for Somersetshire at Taunton, before Mr. Justice Erle, but were acquitted. The verdict was not received with satis faction at the time by the public, but, supposing the con fession just made by Sear to be true, it will prove the cor rectness of the decision at which the jury armed. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railway& tontic & St Lawrence licm.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 6u.5 per cent.. ...... Do, Do. I Buffalo and Labe Huron iDo. New . [Do. Preference 13uffalo,Brant4Godrich 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1872 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clentta.&S.Eastn. (Lin ) 1 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.)' Cape Town Sr. Dock Scril Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 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The complainant, whose mouth was cut, and her chin and face bruised, said that she went to the Watney Arms pub lic- house, in Watney-street, Commercial-road, in search of her husband, last night. The prisoner was there fighting with some men, who were frightfully cut about. She uttered some exclamation, and said " Oh, what a shocking thing it is," when the prisoner attacked her with great fury, knocked her down twice, and kicked her. She was in great pain all night, and the marks on her face were produced by the blows inflicted upon her. Another woman was also struck by the prisoner and knocked down by him. • The prisoner—Why, it was only three weeks ago I locked up a man myself for hitting a woman in a van. The pri soner then went on to state that he had to defend himself against several men who fastened a quarrel upon him and beat him. In the struggle the women came towards him and were shoved down by one person or other, and fell in the gutter. Robert Norreys, a seaman, stated that he saw the com plainant either struck or pushed down by the prisoner. Police-constable Drew, No. 68 K, said that he heard cries of murder this morning between 12 and 1 o'clock, and upon going to the Watney Arms he saw several men and women on the ground, and complainant was among them. Mr. Selfe—What is the prisoner ? Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said the prisoner was a pugilist. The prisoner—Yes, I knock men about, but I don't beat women. He then called George Crockett, who did not answer. Mr. Griffin—Crockett is also a pugilist. Thomas Sellons, an ex-publican and lodging• house keeper, was called by the prisoner, who said he was outside the Watney Arms and never saw the complainant pushed down. Mr. Selfe—The prisoner has ill used the complainant in a brutal manner and knocked her down. I fine the prisoner 40s. or three weeks imprisonment. THE WE ATHER. WEATHER EXPECTED TILL TO-MORROW OR North Britain Ireland East Coast NEXT DAY. Westerly to north; fine. South-westerly, moderate; showery. Fine, light, variable. Variable, moderate, fine. South England. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, t , etween 8 and B. lE. m. D. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. --j---- Nairn 30'09 51 49 S.S.W. 2 3 C. 2 Aberdeen 30.08 54 51 N.W. 2 6 m. 1 Leith. 1 3010 53 51 W. 1 7 1. 1 Berwick 130 . 10 s') 50 W. 2 9 0. 2 Ardrossan , 30.09 53 52 S.S.E. 2 3 b. 2 PortrDsh Shields ' 30•04 52 49 N.W. 3 3 c. 4 Galway 29•90 58 57 ' S. 4 9 r. 2 Scarborough 3o'l 54 52 IV. 2 1 b. 2 Liverpool 13 0 .15 52 5t S.S.E. 1 6 1. • 1 Valentia....: l 29•BB 159 58 S.S.E. 5 9 0. 4 Qucenstown 30.021. 60 59 S. 5 5 c. 4 Yarmouth ' 3015 56 55 N. 2 1 b. 3 London 3OlB 54 50 N.W. 1 1 b. Dover 1 30.19163 58 N.W. 2 4 c. I l'ortsmouth , 30.23 58 56 N.E. 3 5 m. 1 Portland 130.17 56 54 S. 1 4 , in. 1 Plymouth I 3014 57 ,54 E. 3 51 f. 1 i enzance EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 (leg 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) ; 1., fog. ' • h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain; s., snow; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r.r., much rain. S. Sea disturb nco (1 to 9). ART IN THEORY AND PRACTICE.—Mr. F. Cross ley, M.P., in the course of his speech at the distribution of prizes at the Halifax School of Art last week, demurred to some of the " dogmas " taught by the South Kensington Department of Science and Art. He told of having paid a visit to the department there , an d seeing some of the carpets made by the firm with which ho was connected exposed to view, and portions of a pattern marked out, as " This is false art," "This scroll too big," &c. Yet the fact was that more pieces had been made from that pattern than perhaps any other. It was a favourite with the French, the Ameri cans, and with the English manufacturers. He was afraid that if the South Kensington department had to provide patterns for the carpet trade, instead of there being about 4,000 persons employed at Dean Clough Mills, there would not be more than 400. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—HOLYHEAD, Sept. 16. On Sunday last the brig Ann, of Plymouth, and schooner Bessy, of Peterhead, having anchored in an unsafe position near Holyhead, and the wind drifting from S.W. to N.W., and blowing a gale, they dragged their anchors until al most in the breakers off Penrhyn Point. 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Registered 5'3 1.1.11 d 281 94 105 1011 9D f Ilf all all 13; all all 13j f 1,'_ , .8. all all all all all 3.2.10 1 7.4.0 54/ 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.6 2 114 1.14.0 9.18.9 1 10.6.7 all lB.l' 261 9 44 138 6(1! 42 li 1.7.2 35 41 10 gi LITERATURE. BENTLEY'S STAND &RD NOVELS. The Semi-ilttacit , d Couple. By the Author of the " Setui-Detached House," This is the last addition to this series, and it is a very attractive volume for perusal. It does not certainly possess the charm that renders the' Semi- Detached House" so irresistible, and has gained for it such an extensive popularity ; but it is a very pleasing story. In its smart sketches we see society admirably delineated ; in its animated dialogues we meet with amusing illustrations of character; and in its descriptive scenes we feel that interest which always belongs to the natural and lite-like. The author of this work has a very clear insight into many of the most important phases of human dispositions ; and here and there, as the reader peruses these pages, he will find some individual stand out prominently who is a most apt repre sentation of a certain class. Thus, in Lady Port more we meet with a finished sketch of a flue lady, who is also most selfish and heartless. The manner in which she conducted herself - when on a visit at the house of the bride was most offensive. It is very satisfactory to find that this calculating woman at last overreached herself, and made a grand mis take in supposing Lord Teviot's case hopeless. Helen is a delightful heroine who gains upon the attention as we study her, and no one who watches her in her fitful path but will rejoice when the clouds are dispersed and the prospect of her career is as bright as it promised to be the day she left her father's house as a fair young bride, the envy and admiration of all her friends. Lord Teviot may convey a warning to the large class of well meaning persons who render those connected with them wretched in consequence of their jealousy and violent temper. Most fortunately for this mis guided couple they had real trouble to make them cast aside their imaginary griefs, and in the silent hours of reflection that are the inevitable portion of a long illness both to sufferers and watchers, they had time to think on their foolish conduct. Mrs. Douglas is a very amusing character, her shrewd remarks and sharp retorts foam one of the most entertaining features of the dialogue, and sne is a positive relief when she throws her forces of repartee against Lady Portmore. This artful woman met her match in the straightfor ward statements of her opponent, and the com pany in general coincided with the honest bluntness of Mrs. Douglas, rather than the inconsistent attestations of Lady Portmore. Altogther the reader will find some very entertaining sketches in these pages, and thus the appearance of this book among the series of standard novels connot but be attractive and prove popular. It forms the ninth volume in the list which comprises " The Semi-detached House," by the same author ; " The Ladies of Bever Hol low," and" Village Belles," by the author of " Mary Powell ;" " Rita," an autobiography, which is a very clever tale ; " Easton," by the Hon. Lena Eden, that attracted attention at its appearance ; The Season Ticket," that is of well-known merit in its peculiar style; Anthony Trollope's " Three Clerks" and " Quits," both of which have been extensively circulated reading communities, The Cook's Guide, and Housekeeper's and But ler's Assistant. By Charles Elme Francatelli, Author of the " Mcdern Cook." Bentley. This is a very useful work that affords a con siderable amount of information, and is written by a competent authority, the author having been a pupil of the celebrated Careme, seven years chef de cuisine to the Reform Club, and late Maitre d' Hotel and chief cook to her Majesty. This volume contains upwards of forty illustrations of the various dishes, Sze., mentioned in the course of the instructions. The work furnishs accounts of English and foreign cookery, instructions for pickling and preserving The art of confectionary ice-making, and the arrangements of deserts. Also a very desirable item is met with in directions for the preparation of proper diets for invalids. A variety of wine cups and epicurean salads, Ameri can drinks and summer beverages. It will thus be seen that there is ample store of knowledge im parted to those desirous of learning, and in the range of domestic study no branch is more useful than that of cookery. The most ignorant and inexperienced may thus inform themselves in these pages of the things they are deficient in, and by practice possess themselves of the desirable skill. There have been many works on cookery pub lished of late years, but this seems to be a supe rior sort, and to impart information on a more extended scale than is often met with in volumes of this description. This elegant book is there fore likely to be a favourite with many readers, as they are not likely to be disappointed at the intelligence they glean from its elaborate pages, which present a storehouse and treasury of all the good things that the imagination of the most in veterate epicure can devise, or tho most dainty of mortals can dream of. THE TR AG FD Y A7' FULTVO 0 D BARRACKS. PRESTON, WEDNESDAY. The jury at the adjourned inquest last night re turned a verdict of wilful murder against Patrick M'Cafferay, the soldier who shot Col. Crofton and Adjutant Hanham, The body of Col. Crofton was conveyed yesterday afternoon to the railway station en route to Leamington, where Sir Morgan Crofton, father of the deceased, resides, and where the in terment will take place. The mournful cavalcade left Fulwood barracks shortly before 5 o'clock, but long before that time thousands of persons lined the way from the barracks to the railway station. The whole of the shops in Church-street and Fisher gate, through which the procession had to pass, were closed out of respect to the deceased and sym ' pathy with his friends on their sad bereavement. Every upper window was, however, crowded with spectators, and the demeangur of the vast crowd was remarkably orderly. The funeral procession left the barracks in the following order :—Detachments of the 55th, 41st, 10th, 29th, and 32d Regiments, with arms reversed. Then came the band of the 3d Royal Lancashire Mi litia, with drums muffled, playing " The Dead March in Saul." Immediately following was the corpse, enclosed in three coffins, borne on a gun carriage drawn by two black horses tandem, the horses being attended on each side by three dragoons cloaked. The coffin was shrouded in the regimental colours, and upon it were placed the sword, belt, sash, and shako of the deceased. The pall bearers were Col. W. Patten, M.P., aide-de-camp; Captain Clarke, 29th Regiment; Capt. Barlow, 10th Regi ment ; Capt. Bluett, Major Creagh, Capt. Kneebone, 29th Regiment; Capt. Smythe, and Mr. T. B. Ad dison. Immediately after the corpse came the colonel's charger, fully caparisoned, led by his groom. Across the saddle bow were slung the boots, spurs, and pistc.ls of deceased, the boots being re versed. Then followed the other officers of the de pot battalion and of the 13th Light Dragoons, in the order of seniority, juniors first, each wearing a crape band on the arm and a crape sash over the breast ; also Dr. Hammond. Dr. Clarke, Dr. Donald, Capt. Wilkins, barrackmaster ; Adj t. Lake, 3d Royal Lancashire Militia ; Rev. R. C. Stanley, chaplain to the barracks ' • Major Goodair and the officers of the 11th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers ; Major Birchall and the officers of the 21st Lancashire Artillery Vo lunteers ; the staff of the 3d Royal Lancashire Mili tia, a fatigue party of soldiers of the depot and the 11th Light Dragoons on foot. The following in scription was on the outer coffin, which was of oak : " Colonel Hugh Denis Crofton, eldest son of Sir Morgan George Crofton, Bart. Died Sept. 16, 1861, aged 47.'' The crowded streets and the respectful demeanour of the spectators, the closed shops, the slow and measured tread of the soldiers, the mournful strains of the band, the simplicity of the well-worn flag around the soldier's coffin, the riderless horse, and the remembrance of the cause of these sad trappings of woe, rendered the scene most affecting, and many of the spectators displayed considerable emotion. Just as the head of the cavalcade reached the House of Correction, above which floated a Jack half mast high, the jury returned into lue inquest-room, and the foreman was in the act ofdelivering their verdict when the strains of the band playing " the Dead March in Saul" were borne in by the wind through the open windows of the court. Most of the spec tators present were greatly affected, but the pri soner displayed no emotion, simply turning with a half smile upon the warder who had him in cus tody. Further to show the cailous nature of the man, we may state that near the close of the in quest yesterday, when the prisoner had been stand ing three hours, he was asked by the warder if he would sit down. He sullenly answered" I'll stand," and declined to accept any accommodation. Nearly two hours were occupied in the march from the barracks to the station, a little more than a mile. On reaching the station the procession passed through the west entrance, and the corpse was placed in the guard's van. At the station seve ral of the officers expressed their gratification at the marks of respect which had been paid,by the inha bitants of Preston to the memory of the deceased. Capt. Bluett, on behalf of the officers of the Depot, thanked Majors Goodair and Birchall for the at tendance of the Rifle and Artillery Volunteers. The procession returned to the barracks after deposit ing the corpse in the van, marching in quick time. The corpse left Presion by the 10 45 p.m. train last night, and will be interred at Leamington_ t sz c. day. Until the departure of the train a gear honour remained in charge of the van. The r e on this of Capt. Hauham will be escorted to the Atati afternoon, and will be forwarded for interment in the family vault at Wimborne j Dorsetshire, Both of the deceased officers were heirs to baro netcies. Colonel Crofton was the eldest son and heir of Sir Morgan George Crofton, Bart., of Mohill house, in the county of Leitrim, a branch of the house of Crofton, Baron Crofton in the Irish Peer age• He married in 1849 Georgiana Lucy, daughter of the Hon. Peter de Blaquiere, by whom he leaves a family of three children, the eldest of whom is in the eighth year of his age. The deceased had servcd in the army for upwards of 26 years, the whole, with the exception of.three years, in active service. Mrs. Crofton is now in Preston, but confined to her bed in consequence of the shock the awful tragedy has occasioned her. Captain Hanharn Was the third son of the late Rev. Sir James Hanham, of Dean's Court, Dorset shire, and brother and heir p resumpt i ve to the pre sent Baronet, Sir William Han ham. He entered the army in 1843 and received th e appo i ntment of Adjutant of the 11th Depot Batt a li on i n October, IS3G. He leaves a wife and four children to lament his untimely decease. ME BRITISH CHESS A sSoCIATION. On Saturday the annual meeting of the members of the • British Chess Association was held in the Lecture-hall of the Athena3um, Bristol, where there was a numerous atten dance, including Captain Kennedy, who presided, Mr. Hampton, Mr. G. Medley, Mr. Boden, Herr Lowenthal, Dr. Wilson, Herr Horwitz, Herr Kling, the Rev. W. Wayte, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Withers, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Cleland, Mr. Selkirk, Mr. Steele, Mr. Howard, Mr. Holloway, Mr. Berry, Mr. Powell, Mr. Ferriere, &e. The CHATRIIIAN, in introducing the business of the meet ing, said a suggestion had been thrown out that it would be advisable to hold the meeting of the association in Lon don next year, when the Great Exhibition would also be held there, and with that view he would propose—" That a provisional committee, consisting of Mr. A. Mongredion, chairman, Mr. G. Medley, Mr. Hampton, and Herr Lowen thal, with power tp add to their number, be appointed in London, to conduct the preliminary arrangements for the meeting next year, and also to consult as to the best means of placing the Chess Association on a more stable and per manent footing." (Hear, hear.) He thought it would be a most desirable thing to have a permanent working secre tary, and they should use their utmost efforts to get one, so as to place the association on the footing on which it ought to stand. (Applause.) He well knew the immense amount of trouble and correspondence which devolved upon the local committee, or upon the managing director : it was such that it was impossible for any single gentleman or committee to undertake. (Hear, hear.) At present, at each annual meeting of the association the committee had to be reconstructed, and such a state of things should not any longer be allowed to exist. (Applause.) Mr. Nu GENT briefly seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. G. MEDLEY, honorary secretary of the London Chess Club, proposed, " That Captain Kennedy be elected one of the vice-presidents of the Chess Association. (Cheers.) Mr. BODEN seconded the proposition, which was carried by acclamation. UMr. Hampton having been re .elected treasurer, Herr LOWENTHAL proposed the appointment of a com mittee to decide on the' merits of the problems which had been sent in, and which of them was entitled to the prizes. They had received 136 of these, and they would form a very interesting feature in the forthcoming Book of the Con gress. He moved that Herr Kling, Mr. G. Medley, and Mr. Thomas Sutherland be elected a committee for the pur pose, and the Rev. W. Wayte as umpire. (Cheers.) Mr. MEDLEY begged that his name might be withdrawn, and he would suggest the addition, in his stead, of a mem ber of his club—a gentleman who was most expert in solv ing problems—Mr. Henry Waite, treasurer of the London Chess Club. Herr LOWENTHAL agrced to the alteration. Mr. HAMPTON seconded the resolution, and it was car ried nem. con. Mr. NUGENT moved that a vote of thanks be passel to their managing director, Herr Lowenthal—(applause)— and in doing so alluded in most flattering terms to that gentleman's exertions on behalf of the association. The CHAIRMAN said he had much pleasure in seconding that their hearty and best thanks be given to Herr Lowen thal for all the trouble and labour he had been put to—it was impossible to estimate it. Herr LOWENTHAL, in returning thanks, said his work had been quite a work of love. The Rev. W. WAYTE said it gave him the greatest plea sure to move a vote of thanks to Captain Kennedy for his conduct in the chair on that occasion, and he would extend it not merely to that meeting, but to his conduct through out the whole of the proceedings of the congress, which bad very much gratified all the chess players, as well as the other visitors. (Cheers.) Captain KENNEDY returned thanks, and observed that although it was generally said that they were an irritable race, yet he knew of no reason why chess players should not be good friends with each other. (Hear, hear.) Dr. WILSON said he wished to draw the attention of the meeting to the match between Paulson and Kolisch. Ho wanted to know what arrangements, if any, had been made for the conclusion of the tournament. Some conversation on the subject ensued, and it was ar ranged that if possible Dr. Wilson should play the winner on Monday, -and that afterwards the third round, with Mr. Boden, should be played in London, at the rooms of the St. George's and London Chess Clubs alternately. The meeting then separated. On Saturday morning the third, and, as it turned out, concluding game in the match between Herr Paulsen and Herr Kolisch commenced, and excited the utmost interest. The latter had the first move, and chivalrously challenged his opponent to an Evan's gambit, which was accepted. As soon as the news of this reached the other chess players, there was an instant rush to witness the great contest, and immense excitement prevailed, as it was evident that now was the decisive time, that Paulsen would either win or lose. The game as it proceeded was anxiously scrutinised by the bystanders, and Paulsen's 13th move was the subject of much discussion, which was increased still more by his 14th, affording as they did such a seeming opportunity for the first player to organise an attack. The excitement reached its height on the American player making his 18th and 19th moves, it being generally supposed that he had made a miscalculation, and was about to lose. A few more moves, however, showed the depth and foresight of Herr Paulsen, his opponent, having been compelled to take the pawn, being laid open to a strong attack. All saw it was now or never —if Paulsen's calculations were wrong ho must lose, but if they were right he would win. The position of the game was sot up on several boards in the room, and numberless were the variations tried by the strong players who were looking on, but nothing satisfactory could be ascertained. A few moves more decided the matter. Kolhch never played better, but the position was against him, and he lost the " exchange." Unfortunately, on the 28th move, he made an oversight, and then resigned ; his game, however, in any case, could not have been saved. Paulsen's play was magnificent ; no finer game, we believe having ever been played. On Herr Kolisch announcing that he resigned, a burst of applause resounded throughout the room, and all the gen tlemen present warmly shook hands with Herr Paulsen, congratulating him on his success. He received his honours with great modesty, and to look at him one would not have imagined that he had just achieved a victory which will stamp him at once as decidedly one of the best players in Europe. IBIS DAPS SKIPPING. LONDON, Sept. 19.—Wind this day at noon—West• South-Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. NEVPORT, Sept. 18.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—J. M'ln tyre, for Halifax, U.S. DUBLIN, Sept. 18.—Wind S.—Arrived—Ann Eliza, from Halifax, U.S. - - - CARDIFF, Sept. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived—Carl, from Oneiga. Sailed—Maseppa, from St. Paul de Loaudo Jeannie d'An, from St. Thomas's. CHATHAM, Sept. 18.—Wind N.W.--Arrived—Madras, from Quebec. COWES, Sept. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Fulton, steamer, from Havre, and left for Now York. DEAL, Sept. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Western, steamer, from the River, and sailed for Melbourne. LIVERPOOL, Sept, 18.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Edin burgh, screw steamer, for New York, with £l,OOO, and 1,200 bales of cotton. BRIDGEWATER, Sept. 18.—Wind S.—Arrived—Union, from Quebec. CROOKRATEN, Sept. 16.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived— Euphrates, from Antwerp for Quebec, with pumps choked and ballast shifted. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Minerva and Wensleydale, from Sunderland ; Princess Charlotte and Southampton, steamers, from Antwerp; Bessie and Annie, from Seaham. Sailed—Nancy, for Sunderland. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 18—Trittinof, from Landvig ; Ida" in n : from Porszrund ; Charlotte, from Libau • Sundswell ; Lourvaina, from Rustersul , aolezaba, _ t. Swartwick ; Three Lovers, from Malmo • 'Ant•Krnaettrau, from Petersbat g ; Leo, from Kongelf ; Anna ' Ma Albion, from Row,n • Isabella and Mary, from Dantzia ; ;Harmonus, Guernsey ; Martin Fr:edrick, from Times A elina, from Falcon from irna ' -ng from Holmstaco ; Satellite, Cimbritsham ; Adolph, from fwm o S 7 ' GAeafahuss • Eliza and Anna, ld ;' Marshall, from Cronstadt ; Metterettemp, from from AG $8 ; Elbe, from Quebec. from Nykiobing ; Margare t,— from Riga ; Charles from IN tcwerte , Senai Perfect, C Y lo e use ung n ' from Aalborg ; Fide- Jane, Arrived, Sept. 19.—Mary fon,. Gefle; Au -T gi l •.:sta, from Crons ' tadt, from N . ykiobing ; Friendship, from Leghorn ; es ikr n a rl oah ; , lia, from Dram ; Jam from Havre . AfrnomneCvaeenlitd; eEenttaid,Heinri, freSarafEledm—denCkNteset,Ptunforeierceira. %hi, Thursday MorrEing. Anohored—Rothoy, from Lo'adon, for San Francisco ; Orissa, from Sunderland, for U 0 ngkong. Passed—lronsides, from Loud on, for New York. Passed, Sept. 18 (supposed),— .American Convosti from New York, for London, ;pt ial ous en Lan Dn -I.re .nd 1101 711