The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-06 00:00:00

14011-fie- MARKET AND CODIICSRCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'. A favourabl e f eeling is still exhibited in CLOCK monetary tihrcles. Tile directors o f th e B an k o f E ng l an d, at rat e • ir We eklY meeti ng thi s morn i ng, ma d e no site ..,ton in th e i r terms for discount, nor was any con. ata ered likely. Th e b ro k ers, however, are antici rtio g the event next week by already charging, ou. so me few instances 1 p -,per cent. less than the in v4 , eist minimum and ,as a consequence are attract f g the greater portion o f th e b us i ness b r ought ti 4 ° , 0 rward. Three m ont h s ' bill s o f t h e b est descrip o have been negotiable at 8:- 7- per cent. At the Bank yesterday there were no bullion opera tions of i mportance. the last to this to r a il way rece i p t s , ascer t a i ne d up - day, are in round figures as under : Gr ew ,r. 1864. 1863. .., t western 171,346 £66,056 t!:orth-Western colltll.. iptt,‘western ...... 23,351 22,298 k , ariv.n. ............. 2 00000000 8 'ti4 01 ................... ,seat th Eastern .... 13;teii.T.orthern . a kare and Yorkshire... 39,184 35,563 ...orttel and Exeter flatih.Eastern .!1 hester She 64,138 69,605 great Es3:ern ffield, and Li nco ln 18,848 17,756 35,831 34,013 These returns, when compared with the same Period of last year, are generally satisfactory. On 6 G reat West ern there i s an i ncrease o f £8,290, n -4 the n orth Western of £9,022, on the South NV'es tern of £3,616, on the Brighton of £1,053, on the Midland of £5,017, on the South Eastern of il : 69 ` ), on the G rea t N ort h ern o f £ 3,823, on th e —'neashire and Yorkshire of £3,621, on the Bristol 111 4 Exeter of £253,0n the North Eastern of £4,533, : 11 „ t he Man c h ester, S he ffi eld, and Lincoln of £ 1,092, " 44 °a the Great Eastern of £l,BlB. Two o'CLocK. 4 t the Paris Bourse this day, according to et itens telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were titleted 65f. 85c. to"ere has been a very trifling business transacted ' l4 3' in the Stock Exchange Markets, and prices ee°erall/ present anything but a firm appearance. re 4e F und s s h ow no tendency to recovery from the a e,,etiell of yesterday. Consols for money are HI t, " for the account 89k. The New Threes and i tli du eed Annuities are 861 a; India 5 per Cants., e' Bank Stock is 2384 249. 1 , 1 . the Foreign Market there has been a general -cnn e, and business is very dull. Turkish 6 per Cants,so4 1862 ; are 70} ; ditto Consolides, 49a P ' B reziean, 27k Greek, 221 23k; Bpanisk 8: 8 R -7 ., (31 3 4 a ; ditto Certificates, 138 8 ; Russian, T I C and the Conf e d e rate Loan, 61 63. ti n ,: li P le aa in the Rsi i way Share Market has con. ar ' 44 moderately active, bat in some instances prices e . S hade flatt er . G rea t E as t ern h ave i m p rove d a io ;)and Gr eat N orthern ss. ; wh i le G reat W estern n e improved improved as., North Western 155., d Midland 5 3 . 110 Fo reign and Colonial lines remain inactive at ab out fo rmer rates. For b e B ank and Mi sce ll a neous shares there has no ," „ ° lily a limi te d i nqu i ry, an d quota ti ons h ave Varied to any important extent. ra I RITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. n "°7zril'imENT FUNDS. . Per Cent. Consols aDo A c count, Oct 11 ~,per Cent. Reduced B6l 1 1, 4 4 9 ' 3 Per Cent. 1 1° 2 4 per Cent. Jan. 1891 4. ° 6 per Cent., Jan. 1873 • v°44oes, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth A ug . 1885... (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... 44, —49llier mare,. June. Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. D o £5OO ~,,, D o £lOO and £2OO D ° 2381 9 *jEtll k England Stk, 51 per Ct. Account v ND, ,, U ~.. Arld• ''U VERNMENT, SECURITIES. ,la Stock, 0i per Cent., April 1871 '° Acco , D o 5 411 104 k Do per Cent. July, 1870 ° 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do Certificates D°'lo Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) —l) 4i pei Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent ... . , 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 rzni6f per Cent. A ug 1879 — ''d o 4 per Cent. A.g. 1866 • • • • -- PORIIIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. tiLattian Bonds, 5 per Cent _ 14 1' 4 _ 111 E1n 5 per Cent 04i per Cent,, 1852-58-60 .. _ Bu enos D o 1863 _ Ayres 6 per Cent 1)0 A.c chi, "mu..., . l ati 6 per Cent. C o l oo4 f per Cent 0 , e,. Ululatl 6 per Cent Da'L'l2 6 per Cent. A, 6 D a • , Per uent. 1864 1A 1118 " 3 per Cent., 1825 ...J o 6 a per Cent, 1864 t a t e.w Consolidated, 1 per Cent — R ~ - rovisonal Land Warrant.. — I,YPtiall 7 per Cent 97 6 7 ,-"0, Second Issue 0,"0 4100 Bonds h eel t 6 per Cent. , 1824-5, ex-Coupons — D0"0 Accou Coupon s — 0 Account — titeinala 5 It per Cent. ro 183 9 and 1859 111,, i f t46 Per C en t.(M aremmana R a il way ) A men 3 p er C ent D 0 Account r. Do 1864.. —0 trench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c D o R _-, 1). . per Len _ t. A nglo-French .. .. die Itto Scrip, £33 paid tiloorish Imperial 5 per Cent .—. ew Granada — 1 : ) , 0 2 per Cent. — „"0 Deferred " 1 , 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) . __ _ "0 D ebentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 ?„,....DO. do Aug., 1866, — ' n '"nan. 41 per Cent D o — 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) ... a 1 1 ;I per Cent., 1862 P -? 4e401111t.... 7,‘lligues e 3 per Cent., 1853 Do" 0 Account — D 0 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, It Account '60„62;3.. 13' 4 ; 4 6 Per Cent., 1822, £ St B7 -,-,° %); per Cent 1850 .. Do " 1860 — D o 53 ,° 0 Cent 1859 ," 0 s pa r per Cent, 1862 4-,,,0 4knglo-Dutch Do c , • Pm sa rj . ?erIP, £55 paid inland per Cent 10 bo A.ccount 'llszieb.3 per Cent .„"0 Account — -"0 New Deferred Do Acc ount Do Passive Do Account t Panish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Do Account .. 13w edish, 4 per dent . T D o Scrip, £6O paid pm " r kleh 6 per Cent. 1854 ....0 Account u ° 6 Per Cent. 1858 681 9 ~,0 Account j i , C) £ICO Bonds .„'" 0 6 per Cent. 1862 7 0 1 i i i 4 "' ° Account 70i I D o - £lOO Bonds.. D 0 Do 1863 _ —,O Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... _ v l.lO 1863 Scrip, £4O paid e,tetuela 3 per Cent. .. 21 •"0 Account t° 6 1 p count er Cent., 1862 ,1,0 A c co unt '' 6 per Cent. , 1861 tuist.riM. Daniv, id 6 e p n e d r a Conentt., the above payable in London RI per Ex E . x. 2s l f o Florins. -- I) 1.,,,te1i. 2f4i pe r Cent Cent Ex. 12 Guil 6l ~ TID"0 4 per Cent. Certificates 96 1 1 E It entes, 2 per Cent. ° 4 ,-, 1 ' 441 , 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — ~, &t Account • 651 .•;,;111'rien Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct.Ex.ls. ' tohnontese, 5 per Cent Ex. 25f — o C on ols 11 Ioney TWO O'CLOCK 881 1 ° A ccra:int . 88 i I 8, 1 .. •••• D o ..,„ov ......... ." • Li. rverpool Cotton Market—This Days " mark e t closes with a more cheerful tone Slies probably 6,000 bales. _ --- SITING OFF A POLICEMAN'S EAR.-011 Saturday 11 _ 'Olt last Thomas Connor, an Irish navvy, was assaulting ; 11,1 Iiu .at Garston, near Liverpool, when Police-constable wall interfered end tried to induce him to go home. The 4brutal however, threw the officer down, and bit off a pieae bLwo inches by one inch from one of his ears. Connor was P u gin uay, Etztd r before the county magistrates at Liverpool on Mon- emanded till Saturday, SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. . Closing Business share Railways. Price. done. Wol., and S tr. Val. 3lythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 3ork and Bandon Jornwall Do A A gets no diN , Do. B 6pe.pan.hae been paid to B. Dublin do Belfast June. Dun.,Pcrth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Cilasg. and S. Western. JreatEastern, Ord. stii Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelanl Great Westerr Original Do Str.Val g . ua. Wto%:1; Do. South Wales .... Do. West Mid. —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire, Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. Si So'.th Western Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares.. Nfetropolitan Midland Do Birming. At Derby \lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares did Keirt North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwioi Do, G.N.E. purohast Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. . Do. Stook. t Darling. Do do 1855-58 Do do 1866-61 North London Do New Do New, 1884 North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. F., Aber. stock Do Soot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpooi Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines,Wok.,andWok Taff Va1e...... Do C Vale of Neath Waterford 8; Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har,dat, 82 14 122 122 6 7 31 33 16 17 85 87 105 107 441 4.1 GI 7i P 7 123 1374 1:-.43! . 127 ta...) 90 92 (Si , 46 47 35 40 9a lot 114 115 64 65 102 403 33 40 111 i 112 93 114 6ti (6 ugy 109 1291 130 99 .01 51 63 24 15 1051 iIDC4 611 651 931 941 125 130 S 5 86 9 10 r 7 8 120 125 1 11p 75 77 101 11 132 136 64 66 84 16 82 82i 8 9 160 165 34 lir 97 99 34 36 115 141 66 5} !OS 107 a 7 t 1; 112 11i 12b 103 f f 98i 130 j I I 30 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid. Closing Price. Railways ttlantie & St Lawreno tom.,Baroda&.Cent In Gu. 5 per °mt.... .• • • Do. E. 5hare5......... 3ullalo and Laaellurol Do. Preference ...• • ,iufralo,Brant,&tiodricl ) p. ot. Ws. Aug. 1, 187 Jo. do. July 1, 187 )o. do. June 1, 18; .;lcutta.&S.Eastn. (DI ape'rown Dock Son Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf itatetn. Bengal gu. a p. h;aat Indian. RM. 5 p. Do. do. J Ext.. • • ,3 rand Trunk of Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge ti per cent Do. Ist Prel...Boudt, Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d PI ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred..... Do. 4th I'ref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... ILlndiarentn.gua.sp.c Do. Ciu t. 5 per cent .. Do. New gut. 5 p. e.. It. South.of India(Lirn guaranteed 5 per oent. Do. 41 per cent.... • Do.. . . it. W. ot Canada Share Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Iladro guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. 0. Extenoiot Do. — • Do. Fifth Extension. vielb•Corp. 6 p. o. Bnd, Ilelb. & llobson's Bay. lewßrunswiok Cand, Class A and B. S. B.l.C'daB po Ist pt bd, kande ....... •• 1 . Do. ..... Do.ti Do. Punj nub Do. Indue.St. Floe) 56 68 94 tco, idle pr 0 5} 7i 84 of 101 92 94 100 101 100 101 19 19: 90 93 71 73 60 d 2 C 6 68 55 57 53 56 46 48 29 31 27 29 1(0 201 id pr id r 99 100 9.5 10 11 10/ 89 91 82 88 i d ) r 99i 1001 92 01 88 90 8 CO 3 6 80 83 99 ICO 98 100 id par 98 100 95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 ;att.toov.6p.o.Ja. &J ui: 1877-S1 100 90 93 Do. np. c. Feb. & Am. 10C 90 91 891 001 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 89 12 Do. tp. o. Jan.&July. 10i 79 8: 79 Do. 6 Inscribed stocl 100 78 81 ape G.llope, 6 p 0,187: 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Out. 188 1 100 107 109 Do. 189 100 iCB 110 109 )o. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 107 10) .leylon, Nov.lP6i, 6 p 100 102 105 1878, do. 100 lt9 112 Afturitins 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 103 Do. 1878 100 103 106 Do. tBB2 130 .03 105 fatal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 110 105 J.11.G0v.6 p.c. J a.&J 100 93 96 J. S.W. G ov. 5 p a., 18y. 100 97 99 Du. sp. c.,18i1 to tfit 100 95 97 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt 100 94 96 lew Zealand 6 p cent 100 93 102 'lava Scotia Gov. Bp. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 95 93 95 lueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 10) 102 1011 1 Aus Coy. 6 p.e.lE 68- 100 Do. 179 &u . i. ward Wu 105 107 Jio.Gov. 6 p•e. Ja.taJul) 100 - Do. io 6 p.c. An.&06%. 100 105 106., 1051 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 - ambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 Chiti er t on Jidloru Amalgamated.. 30 32 )(won G. Con.. (Taoist. 1 670 590 Drakewar s r:ast Bassett (Illogan) au 63 65 East Caradon 1.14 ., 26# 274 ':ast Carn Brea.. East Grenville 2.7.0. 74 71 East Lovell ....• •• • 4"lll,ussel cravistk 9.13. 44 5 inm.&St.Anbyn(Gwen 60 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 I's— ireat south ',Coigns.— 17s 2 24 I. Wheal Vor (I.lelston 40 30 51 Irenville . , lemd's-Foot ...... 9.13 88 4u Jingaton Downs 4.18.t 4 41 qargaret (Orly Lelaut >1 7 9 arke Valley 4 .Iyndv Iron Ore (Lim. 21 11 1 6 Nangiles lew Seton 2 14 75 85 6) • •'orth Downs 3 1 14 North Roskear 294 20 22 •.31 liaseet (I 3.1,6 11 24 Jorth Wheal Crotty . 2.8 0 31 4 Prosper United... • ... 7•1.'. 31 3 - rovideDCe(Uny Lelut. 10 G. 7 37 39 louthCaradon(St.Cleei 14 520 540 = Wheal Fran. (Illogai. 18.18.1 424 474 Stray Park kin Croft 9 18 19 Nest Basset (Illogan).. 14 8 9 V Ci radon (Liskeard 9 10 11 West Chiver: on West Soton Nhes.l Basset (Mogan 54 92 65 Wheal Buller(Redrutli, 10 17 19 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (Llen 8 14 16 Wheal Teton 584 205 215 Wheal Treiawney (Lis. 7# 19 21 Wheal Union 4 1 14 FREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 2, 101 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 1001 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, Ist guaranteed stock, 122 i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 4i per cent., 1858, 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 109 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco ,11. n.) gua. 7 per Dent., 15} Namur and Liege, gun. 6 per cent. pt., 19} Paris and Orleans, 324 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 FOII,EIGN Port Philip, / BANKS. Alliance (lira.), 44 3i Ditto, new, 42 3 Anglo Austrian, Anglo-Italian, Urn., 4 Bank of British Columbia, 16 Bank of Egypt,:27l Brnk of Wales, lim., 43k: Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 361 City, 116 Commerciallßank of India and the East, . _ Ditto, issued at 10:prn., of which 74 is pd ,15J Consolidated Bang, lira., 101 Continental, lira., 18} Eng►ish, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20t European Bank, lim., i 0 I Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), Ditto, new, 21:2 Imperial Bank (1im.).:1331 Imperial Bank of jhina, India, and Japan, Urn. 21 2 Imperial Ottoman, 16i Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 4; London 13. ink of Mexico and S. America,lim., 51 5 London and Brazilian aim.), 441 4 London and County, 70 1 London and 11 est►ninster, 951 4j► Merchant Bank, lira., 23; 4 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Rm.,' 211 Ditto (£10), 11 National Provincial:of England, Ditto, new, 421 Oriental Bang Corporation, 581 Provincial of Ireland, 901 Sclnde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Um., 12 !4; South Eastern, Bin., 61 - Standard of British South .Africa (lime), 231 Union of Australia, 52i Union of London, 52 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 67 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, lim., 3 --- Discount Corporation, 15 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lien., 2/ 3 Fore-street Warehouse, Urn., 9 Si Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61 a Llome and C ;lonial A ssurance, lim 5 lmperLd Mercantile Credit A sat), Urn., 71 International Financial ~'- o ciety, Jim., 61 9 THE SUN, 140NbON, TlitlitSDAY EVENINO-, OCTOBER 6, 1864. POLICE INTELL IGENCE.--This day. THE EXPLOSION AT FRITH. INQUEST AT GUY'S HOSPITAL. The inquiry touching the death of James Eaves and Elizabeth Wright, who expired at Guy's Hospital from injuries sustained by this catastrophe, and an Italian named Morandi, who was killed by a train on the following evening, was opened at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Guy's Hospital, before Mr IV. Payne, the coroner for the city of London and borough of Southwark. Mr Poland, instructed by Messrs Tassel, appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of Messrs Hall and Co , the proprietors of one of the magazines. The jury having been sworn, The Coroner said that In two of the cases into which they had to inquire the deaths bad b en occasioned by the ex plosion at Erith, and the other person, an Italian, named Morandi, had been killed at the railway station on the fol lowing night. The jury has ing v:ewcd the bodies, which were lying in the deadhouse of the hospithl, The Coroner said that ha would first take the case of the Italian who was killed at the Erith station, Angelo Moreudi, egrd 24. Edward Fumage, porter on the Souih-E istern Railway, proved the confusion which prevailed on the occasion. Mr Tufford, station master at Erith, said that there were 740 persons upon the platform at the time in question, and one half of them had to be left behind. When the deceased was taken up he said "lam a dead man." Numbers had got on to the platform over the railings for a quarter of a mile on each side of the station. Many slipped or slided down an embankment 50 feet deep. Mr W. Osborn, Plumstead, said that he wes for three hours on the platform waiting to get up. At one time he saw six persons thrown down on the platform. The train came in with great care. There seemed to him to be ovor I,GOO persons on the platform. Mr Guiseppe Morandi, 72, Grange-street, Goswell-road, cabinet manufacturer. said that deceased was 21 years of age. He was a cabinet manufacturer. Mr Sidney Turner, house-surgeon, said that &cep geed was brought in at 12 30 on Monday morning with his thigh smashed and other injuries. He said he would sooner die than have his leg off, and he died in three-quarters of an hour. He said that he had been pushed down under the train by the crowd. Inspector Bell said that when the train was coming to the station it was necessary to telegraph to stop it 400 yards down the line, as such numbers had got on to the metals that hundreds of lives would have been lost if it came up; and even at that distance 30 persons were found en the rails when the engine pulled up. The Corone - : having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. The Coroner then proceeded to take the evidence in the other cases. Mr Wm. Hall, of Faversham, Kent, a gunpowder manu facturer, deposed—We had stores of powder, or a powder magazine, at Er ith. It is about 100 yards from the river. There is a tramway between it and the river, composed of wood, to prevent friction. The wheels of the carriage are made of gun metal. There was another magazine, about 200 or 300 yards from mine. There was a separate tramway to it. The explosion took plac3 on Saturday morning, at about a quarter before 7 o'clock. I was staying just below Ashford, which is a distance of about 50 miles from the scene of the accident. There had been two barges at our wharf, one of which belonged to us and the other to our manager. They arrived at about midday on Thursday. One of them had delivered a quantity of powder at Graves end, and the other, I suppoJe, was discharging into the magazine. I have been there when they have been unload. ing. The powder is in barrels, which are taken out of the barge by hand. One man handles a whole barrel. They were placed upon trucks and then carried into the magazine. The barrels are perfectly safe from leakage, being examined by the foreman of the coopers before they leave the cooperage, and then again by the foreman of the dusting house before they are filled. Ido not know how many barrels were being unloaded, Rayner, the storekeeper, would be at the maga zine to receive the barrels. They had begun to unload when this happened. Rayner is dead. He had two as s ist a nt s , who are both dead. The explosion destroyed the whole building. My barge was full, and the other had partly un loaded at Gravesend. I believe Jatnett was the captain of my barge, and Barber was his mate. They are both dead, Th e captain of the other barge was named John Gladson. He is also dead. Ido not know of any person now living who can throw any light upon the cause of the explosion. I am practically aware of the mode in which gunpowder is manufactured, having been at it forty years. It is com posed of saltpetre, brimstone, and charcoal. These articles are amalgamated at the amalgamating mills, as they are termed. The charges are mixed and placed on the runners, worked by steam. The Coroner—The object of the questions is to ascertain whe . her the articles might not be kept apart until they are wanted. Witness—lt w3ul3 be impossible, as the gases could not be fi med. Coroner—Does anything occur to you which would render explosions less probable ? Witness—No, We take every prccauticn. Coroner—You think that this did not arise from a con- tinuous train of powder from the barges to the magazine. If the magazines were further removed from the water would it bo safer I' Witness—l think not ; for the concussion would be suffi cient to explode it if it were at a much greater distance. By the Jury—The instant the concussion takes place the magazine opens, and the flash or spark immediately com municates. By Mr Poland—l pu.2hase,d at great expense the ground surrounding the building, in order that people should not be near the magazine. Rayner has been 12 years in my service, and I believe him to have been a careful, well conducted men. He lived in a detached cottage on my ground. All the men employed upon the premises wear slippers, which I procure for them in order that they shall not work with shoes made with nails. I have never had an explosion either at the magazines or barges. By the Jury—A fire is not allowed upon a loaded barge, even if the hatches are down. lam not aware that any of the men are accustomed to smoke. William Monk, foreman of Mr Hall's mills at Faversham, deposed—There were two men in the barge which I sent off filled with gunpowder in barrels on Monday. It was to be delivered at the magazine. O ne b arge was called the Har riott, and the other the Go o d D es i g a. A portion of the powder was to be delivered off Gravesend. I cannot s a y how the explosion took place. E very means is taken to prevent explosions. The materials which form guapowder.are all ground separately and mixed. Neither of the two articles used in the manufacture of gunpowder would explode with out the third. By Mr Poland—l have been at Faversham for 60 years. The men who had charge of the barges were very steady men, and had had charge of powder for years. There is a fireplace:in the cabin, which is divid-i from the hold by a wooden partition Fried with lead. By the Jury—The ramn nearly always take their food with them ready cooked. Police-sergeant Edward Cox, 15 R, deposed—l was at Erith police-station on Saturday morning when this hap pened. I heard a fear:al explosion, and upon going out at the back I saw a large volume of smoke arising. I imme diately supposed that one of the magazines had gone. I got medical assistance and went to the spot. I assisted in get ting the injured persons out of the ruins and sending them to the hospital. I also sent messengers to Woolwich, as I saw an opening in the river bank, I have heard that two men had been near the magazine with a barge loaded w ith gunpowder on the previous evening, but they went down the river. I have seen lighterman Grimes. wh o says that his back wal towards the magazine when he was suddenly struck in the back and knocked into the river ; hi s mate helped him into a boat, when he became insensible. It is not true that Grimes said that he saw something like a fl ish of lightning in the barge. He said that his mate (B ruce ) could tell more about it. Bruce lives at Perriwinkl e • s t reet, Ratcliff-cmss. I n spector Bell said that Grimes had given t wo or th ree diff ere nt accounts of the affair. explode Din all recalled,weapsontane ouy By the Jury—There are no nails in the ca s k s . Th e rolling and . deposed that gunpowder would not of a cask over bare gunpowder would not cause it to ignite, We have no reason to suppose that it was an incendiary act. From the appearance of the embankment I sho u ld say t h at the explosion first took place from the barge s . Inspector Bell recalled --I have seen Grimes, an d h e sa id that he was opposite the magazine in a Trinity lighter. He asked one of his men named Bruce to go down and get the hawser, when all at once he heard an explosion, and was immediately lifted up in the air to a distance of 30 yards, Ratcliffe, atcliffe, were sent for by and he then fell down in the water. I asked him whether he saw a flash, and he sai d that he had seen som ething like a flash of lightning in the water. The man Bruce and a comrade of his named Clarke, re deposed that on Saturday morning he w as on board the b allast lighter No. 32, in the river right ab reast of the Powder magazine. r erreddß e o r b o e t fo r Robert bhye Bruce,Sergeantcoroner. C r j o w l. i n i n k 1 e his et s r evidence , eet It was about 20 minutes to s even o'clock, a nd ho noticed persons walking about cn t he barges alon g sid e the powder jetty, but he could not tell whether or not they wore un loading. Directly afterwards there was a great light all around the ballast lighter, and then ca me 'something like a volley of guns, and the brick s came flying into and about the lighter. He looked up and saw fragments of the buildings in the air overhead, and the rubbish began to splash in the water. There was a great smoke. He could not tell what first blew up. By the Jury—lie had not observed whether there was any smoke issuing from the barges as if cooking was going on, He had often seen the barge Good Design, and ho never saw the crew smoking. They were steady men, and used no bad language on the water. John Clarke gave similar evidence. lie did not see any • thing until there was a great light about his barge, and the bricks came flying through the sails. Grimes, who was on board, was lifted into the air, and he fell into the water. He had not much recollection now of what had happened. Mr Sidney Turner, house surgeon, baid that Elizabeth Wright was brought in dying from collapse, and she died in a few mintues. James Evans had his skull fractured and the right lobe of the brain lacerated. John Wright said that ho worked at Messrs Curtice's mills, which were about a quarter of a mile from Messrs Hill's, where his father lived. Curtiee's magazine had the windows blown in by the explosion. His father was killed in the magazine, and his sister was in bed at the time she received her injuries. Mrs Eaves identified the body of John Eaves as that of her husband. It was proved that Ewes was in a shed lent by Mr Silver to Mr Kayly's men at the time of the explosion, His coma rade, who was with him, was buried under some planks, which protected him from the bricks that foil upon and crushed deceased, The Coroner having bri-fly summed up, _ _ _ The jury, after along deliberation, returned the following special verdict :—" The jury find that the deceased persons died by accident through an explosion of gunpowder, but how the explosion took place there is no evidence to show, and the jury think that the practice of allowing stoves, or lights of any description, on board powder barges ought to bo discontinued." The inquiry then terminated. BOW STREET. SELLING WINE WITHOUT A LimiNsE.—Blase Rosetti, a wine merchant, carrying on business at bl, King-street, Regent-street, appeared to a summons charging him with selling wine without a license. Mr Dwelly, the solicitor to the Excise, said Mr Rosetti formerly took out a license for selling wine, which he allowed to expire, and, notwithstanding that fact, he con tinued to sell without having renewed his license to do so. An officer of the Excise entered Mr Rosotti's shop soon after his license had expired, and purchased a bottle of claret, and, having paid for it, he asked Mr Rosetti if he had a license. Mr Rosetti said he had had one, but he had not yet renewed it. The officer advised him at once to take out the license, which he did, but the present proceedings were instituted for the recovery of the penalty that had been incurred by Mr Rosetti, by selling wine between the expiration and the renewal of his license. The Board had consented to accept 103., instead of the full penalty; but Mr Rosetti, he be lieved, objected to this, b:lit ving he was justified in so doing, . . . . . . Mr Rosetti said, when the officer told him to take out his license he said no proceedings would be taken against him, He accordingly paid for a renewal of the license, yet he had been summoned to this court for the recovery of a penalty. He did not think the Excise ought to have taken any proceedings against him. Mr Henry—You are summoned for the fins you have incurred by selling wine during the time you had no license. The money you have paid is to enable you to sell for the 'uture. Mr Rosetti—Tbe cfficer toll me if I took out the license directly, I should not be proceeded against, Mr Dwelly said the Board of Exchequer had intimated that if Mr Rosetti would pay lOs all proceedings should be stayed. Mr Rosetti—That's all very well; but I d ,n't see that I ought to pay the 10e at all. Mr Henry—What is the amount of fine for selling wino without a license ? Mr Dwells--£2O. Mr Henry—l think, Mr Rocetti, you are very fortunate. If you don't accept the cffer, I shall have to hear the case, and, if proved, fine you £2O. I think you had better pay the 10a instead of finding fault. Mr Rosetti—Well, sir, if you think it is right I will pay he money. Mr Henry—lf you ask me, I don't think it is quite right. I think that if the case is proceeded with I shall have to fine you £2O. You had better pay the money instead of finding fault. _ _ Mr D welly said the board had determined not to entree the full penalty if the fine of 108. was paid. If that was agreed to by Mr Rosetti, the information upon which the summons was issued would be withdrawn. Ultimately Mr Rosetti paid the 108. and retired. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. OMNIBUS HORSES.—Edward Miller, a foreman in the employ of the London General Omnibus Company, ap peared before Mr. Tyrwhitt to answer the complaint of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of unlawfully causing and procuring to be cruelly ill-treated and tortured, two horses. Mr. Beard appeared for the defendant on the part of ths company. The horses, when brought to the front of the court for the inspection of the magistrate, were in a very bad condi dition. The evidence of Rutherford, one of the Society's officers, as to the condition of the horses, baying been read over, Rutherford said, in answer to Mr Beard, that he saw the defendant the following day, and he told him that the horses had been condemned, and ought not to have been s3nt out. Ho never had to find fault with the horses under the defendant's charge before. Turner, the driver of the horses, was called, and he said that when the horses were brought to the starting place be complained to the old man who brought them of their condi dition, but as the place was half a mile from the stable he was obliged to go with the horses, having no opportunity of changing them. The man, wh) was only on for the day, said he could not help it. In reply to Mr Beard, the witness said the horses had been stopped in their work to be inspected, as to whether they were fit for work any more or not. Mr Beard said it was to be regretted the horses were brought out, but it was from inadvertence and not inten • tion. The defendant had been forty years in charge of horses, and never complained of before. He hoped, as the defendant was no party to their being worked, the complaint would be dismissed; at the same time he (Mr Beard) would a imit the horses were unfit for work. The old man was called, and said it was through his mistake the horses were brought out. Mr Tyrw, hitt, in dismissing the complaint, said he was not at all sorry the defendant had been summoned, as it had been the means of an explanation being given, He was determined to put an end to the misery infl cted upon the poor things if possible, Mr Beard said the horses had been destroyed. Rutherford stated that that was the case. WHERE ARE VAGRANT GTRLS TO BE SENT F—A little girl, named Mary Meriority, wearing an apology for a dress, without covering to her head or shoes to her feet, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with begging in Regent street. The case having been proved by Emit Putsch, 339 A, Mr Tyrwhitt asked the child who sent her out. The child said she was sent out by her mother, who lived in Ship-yard, in the Strand. Mr Tyrwhitt said a good deal had been said by some persons as to the magistrates at the police-courts not doing their duty and sending these poor girls to institutions and reformatories ; but in spite of Mr Sydney Turner's report to Parliament, there was scarcely a place where they could be sent to without a sum of money or annuity was paid for them. Ile should discharge the poor child, there being more fault attaching to the mother than to her, but at the same time he would caution her not to go begging again. THAMES. AN EX-CABBY IN TROUBLE—CHARGE OF BIGAMY.— William Hedger, a strange looking man, better known by the name of Cuffey, who was formerly a cab driver, and has been for the last three years hanging about the cab ranks, and getting his living in a very suspicious manner, was brought before Mr Paget charged with feloniously inter marrying with Hannah Seymour, his first wife being alive at the time. The prisoner is well known to the police. Some time ago he was in a public house opposite a cabstand in the East India-road, Limehouse, and a toll collector entered the house to obtain change for a sovereign. Ho had no sooner put down the piece of gold than the prisoner snatched it, and exclaimed " I shall go to the Opera with this." He hired a cab and did go to the Opera. The money was expended in one evening. The prisoner was afterwards convicted of the robbery, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, He was aow arraigned on a charge of bigamy. Susannah Miller, of No. 57, Featherstone-street, St Luke, straw bonnet maker, said that 19 years ago she saw the prisoner, her brother, and Maria Pillew standing at the altar of Bethnal-green Church. Tho clergyman pronounced them man and wife, and repeated the nuptial benediction. The prisoner lived with his wife for ten years afterwards. She was now in court. - _ The first and second wife here presented themselves, and the magistrate said ha could not hear the first and lawful wife, but he could receive the evidence of the second wife, who was no wife at all, legally speaking. Hannah Seymour, of 11, Ramsay-street, Bethnal-green, said she was married to the prisoner at St. Thomas's Church, adjoining the Thames Police Court, Stepney, on the Ist of February, 1858. During the seven years she had been married to him, he had been away from her three years. He was a very bad husband. Directly she heard he had another wife living, she gave him into custody. The prisoner said he had no defence to make. Mr Paget committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial, WESTMINSTER. DISTRESSING CASE OF SHOFLIFTING.—Mary Anne Reynolds and Jessie Godfrey, two very well dressed women, said to be the wives of respectable men, and the former of whom carried an infant, were placed at the bar charged with stealing a shawl, value £l. 58, from the shop of Mr Hill, 70, King's-road, Chelsea. Mr Hill said that they came in together yesterday after noon, and were known as customers against whom suspi cions of dishonesty were entertained. Prisoners were twenty minutes in the shop, during which time they were watched. They purchased a shawl for 18s 9d, and paid 3s of it, promising to bring the remainder. As they were about leaving the shop prosecutor asked them if they had any property of his about them that had not been paid for, and they replied, " No." He asked them if they had any objeo- Con to be searched, and they also replied no, and were taken up stairs, where a missing shawl was found. Reynolds at this point of the case fainted in the dock, and was carried out into the air. Restoratives having been applied, she was again brought before the magistrate, and exclaimed, "I am guilty. I took the shawl, but the wo man who was by ray side knew nothing about it till it was found." Miss Louisa Howard, shopwoman, said she watched the prisoners. She saw Reynolds fold the shawl up, at which time Godfrey was at another part of the shop. When God frey returned Reynolds took the shawl off the counter, Godfrey expressed her willingness to be searched, the other was not willing. The shawl which had been stolen was found under Reynolds's clothes, where it seemed it had been carefully pinned, as it took her some time to un fasten it. A. policeman proved that he was called to Wee the pri senors into custody. When he did so Godfrey declared her innocence. PriEoners were remanded till Monday. The Exhibition of the Industrial Arts at the Palace of Industry has just been opened, but the exhibitors are far from having completed the arrangement of their products, 45! 41 128; 8 1401 40 3) Business don. 29 3) 291 1011 ICOI 11 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—This Day, This being the day fixed upon for the renewal and grant ing of new licences the magistrates sat for the purpose of disposing of a great number of applications, With very few exceptions the whole of the licences granted last year were renewed, The renewal of a licence was in one instance objected to in consequence of applicant having permitted dancing in his house, his licence being solely for music. An Inspector of the H Division said the house, which was situated in Leman-street, Whitechapel, was now conducted in an orderly manner, and closed at proper hours. About three weeks ago a man was stabbed after leaving the house, and at the trial, which took place before Mr Bodkin, the Assistant-Judge, it transpired that dancing was permitted in the house although it was only licensed for music. Mr Bodkin desired that the fact might be iatimated to the magistrates when anApplication was made4or the renewal of the license. _ One of the magistrates on the bench said dancing was carried on in the house habitually. License refused. THE STRAND MUSIC HALL. The application of the directors for a license for music for new building will be taken to-morrow. 'WESTON'S RETREAT. The application of William James Kent, for a license for Weston's Retreat, will also be considered to-morrow. IAR4ETS---This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 39s 8d ; barley, 30s 11d ; oats, 20s 7d ; rye, 358 4d ; beans, 40s 4d ; and peas, 37s Id. THE SIR WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 418 7d ; barley, 3ls Id ; oats, 218 5d ; rye, 34s sd; beans, 40s Ild ; peas, 36s sd. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat, 101,769 ; barley, 41,276 ; oats, 8,368; rye, 487; beans, 3,662; peas, 1,585 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale here to-day, but the general quality of the stock was very mid dling. The beef trade was in a sluggish state at Monday's inquiry. The beet Scots realised 5s 4d per Blbs. We were but moderately supplied with sheep ; nevertheless, all breeds moved off slowly on former terms. The best old Downs sold at 5s 8d per 81bs. Calves were in short supply and good request at 4d per Sibs more money. The quotations ranged from 4s 4d to 5s 4d per 81be. Pigs were firm in price, but mulch cows were very dull. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. 8. d. a. d. s. d. e d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 2 5 4 Second quality do. 3 10 4 6 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 6 6 8 Prime large oxen 4 S 5 0 Largo orse. calves 4 4 6 0 Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 4 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Largo hogs 3 6 4 4 Second quality do. 4 8 5 0 Small porkers 4 6 4 10 Lambs....os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 18s to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ... . FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep ..... ... Calves Pigs — Cows Sheep Calves .. Figs . 410 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—There is a fair amount, of business doing in each kind of meat, as follows :—Beef. from 3s Od to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, OCt. s.—Prime beasts and sheep moved oft freely at very full prices; otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state. Beet, from 3s 64 to 5s 4d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RoMFORD, Oc'. s.—There was a moderate business doing, as follows :—Beaf, from 3s 4d to 5s 4d; mutton, 3s 10c1 to 5s 8d ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs ; suckling calves, 16s to 19s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and lunch cows, £l4 OR to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 8s ; clover, £4 lOs to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. A fair demand. _ _ ---- ------ CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 103; clover, £4 10s to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 148 per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL — Meadow hay, £3 15s to £5 8s ; clover, £4 15s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Supply only moderate. CAPTAIN SPEKE'S LAST LETTER.—The following is a copy of an unfinished letter which was found among the gallant and lamented gentleman's papers, and which, it is believed, contains the last words he ever wrote : " Neston Park, Comtism, Sept. 14.—Dear Mr Tinne,-1 have been delighted by seeing the way in which you have been handling the Nile question in the Times of the 12th. The ladies' accounts of the way they were treated by those ruffians up there is a perfect picture, as far as it goes, of the true state of the system practised in those lands. There is one other reason not alluded to which must have ope rated to thwart the ladies' designs—viz., the jealousy the traders are so susceptible to of any one prying into the nature of the country they have appropriated to them selves. Pray do keep working this subject, for no one can do it better than yourself. No doubt, indeed, a consul is much wanted in the Soudan; but then he should not be trader, for no one can trade honestly in those regions. have great fears about the fate of Baker. He ord e re d Petherick to piece a boat for him at Gondokor o this an d last year, The boat was there, and the mon with whom Baker went into the interior must have returned to tha t port, else we could not have hoard of Baker' s having gene to Unyoro. This being necessarily the case, how it that Baker did not send a line by them to is i Petherick, unless some foul play can answer the que s ti on ? F or the love of those you have lost, do bring retribution on the miscreants who occasioned it. There is no richer land in the world than the equatorial regions, and nothing more of importance to the interesis of Egypt, as well as our own merchants, than that of openinu up those lands to legitimate commerce." COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A SERVANT GIRL. At about a quarter-past 12 on Sunday morning last a bur glarious entrance was effected at the house of Mr Edward Wood, of Oakham. Mr Wood, who is in business in Dud ley, was staying at his business residence, and the house was left with only a servant girl and a younger son of the pro prietor. At the time abovementioned the girl, whose name is Hannah Langstone, was aroused by hearing a noise in the house. She at once got up and went down stairs, and found a man in the back kitchen with a side of bacon on his shoulders. She immediately caught hold of the bacon and took it from him and commenced calling for aid. The burglar attacked her, and while struggling with him, kicked her violently tea the right thigh, which is bruised and blackened severely. He ultimately made his escape through the kitchen window, which he had forced in obtain ing an entrance. The girl endeavoured to prevent his escape, but the man overpowered her and got away, without however taking any spoil. As soon as possible an alarm was raised and several neighbours came to the spot, but the man had succeeded in getting beyond pursuit. Besides the flitch of bacon. a ham was found cut ready for carrying away. Detective -sergeant Davies, cf the Dudley force, was called in, and his opinion is that the forcing of the window is not the work of a " regular hand." The girl is seriously but not dangerously hurt. Her courageous behaviour is a general topic of comment in the town, and we understand it is the intention of her employer to re ward her handsomely for plucky conduot.—Birmingham Gazette. At the Clerkenwell police-court yesterday a gerok tleman named Lloyd was charged with having got out of a train in motion on the Metropolitan Railway. The affair took place on the 10th of September. Mr Lloyd wanted to get out at King's Cross, but failed to do so before the door of the carriage in which he was riding was shut and the train in motion. He then opened the door and in sisted on getting out. The result was that he fell on to the line a little within the tunnel and was taken up for dead. Fortunately, however, he was only insensible, but was very seriously hurt. The magistrate yesterday fined him is. and costs, but the railway company declined to receive the costs. At the Middlesex Sessions yesterday a police constable named Gully was charged with assaulting a married woman named Gompertz. According to the statement for the prosecution Gully had behaved in a very coarse and brutal manner to Mrs Gompertz. It was allegtd for the prisoner, on the other hand, that ho had found her making a great row, and had taken her into custody, and that the charge against h im was an afterthought. The jury unlit not agree upon a verdict, and were discharged. DEATH OF THE FIRST NUTMEG PLANTER IN GRENADA. —Mr. Robert Kennedy, native of Perthshire, Scotland, who emigrated to Grenada in 1804, and subsequently introduced the nutmeg into that colony, expired in August last at the ripe age of 83. The nutmegs sent from the deceased gentleman's gardens at Bellevue carried the prize at the Great Exhibition of 1851. His grays lies between those of his wife and daughter, shadowed by the wide-spreading branches of his first planted nutmeg tree, in the midst of his plantations, where he had himself directed it should be.-2 lie Grocer. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BEDFORD RACES—WEDEsDAy. The Stratton Park Stakes of 30 guineas, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; c3rtain penalties and allowances; the winner to be sold for £l5O if demanded, &C. To start opposite the Stand and go once round. about one mile and a half. Mr C. Blanton's Goldylocks, 3 yrs, 7st 71b .... (Losites) 1 Mr F. Fisher's Trumpher, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ....(Hibberd) 2 Mr H. E. Jones's Zeloo, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b .. (11.eates) 3 The betting opened at 7 to 4 on Zeloo, but the shameful proceedings which followed quickly oozed out, and the book makers gradually increased their oppositi )n against her, until at the start any price might have been obtained, and those who fancied Goldylocks had not an opportunity of making investments, inasmuch as the fielders confined their speculations to Zeloo, against whom 10 to 1 was laid during the race. _ No description is necessary. Goldylocks was allowed to lead the whole dietance, and Zcloc, palpably pulled through out, finished last amidst ironical cheering. The winner w.ts not claimed. The Qqeen's Plate of 100 guineas, for 3-y -olds and upwards. Three miles. Mr George Bryan's Lady Hylda, 3 yrs, Rat 61b (Custance) 1 Lord St Vincent's East Lancashire, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Hibberd) 2 Mr Perry's Oldminster, 6 yrs, lOst (W. Bob ce) 3 Mr Barber's Donne Canne, 5 yrs, 9st 131 b (H. Grimshaw) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst East Lancashire, 2to 1 agst Lady Hylda, 100 to 30 agst Oldminater, 100 to 8 agst Donne Canae. Lady Hylda jumped away in front, but in a few strides East Lancashire took a clear lead, followed by Oldminster, Lady Hylda, and Donne Canne, :or three quarters of a mile, when Donne Canna tcok second place, and Lady Hylda brought up the rear. They ran without any noteworthy alteration till within three quarters of a mile from home. where Lady Hylda took se cond place, and waiting upon East Lancashire to the half distance, there passed him, and won by two lengths. Hal a length separated the second and third, and Donne Canne was a bad fourth. The Two-Year .01d Selling Stakes of 2$ soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each ; colts, Bst 10th ; fillies, Bst 7th; the winner to be sold for £5O, and if for less, cer- tain allowances. About half a mile. Mr Drewitt's Salliett (£25), 7st 11lb (carried 7st 121 b) (Fordham) 1 Mr Angell's Ethel (£25), 7st 111 b Mr Goowin's 13essy (£25), 7st 111 b (Loates) 3 The following also ran :—Dagon, Whisky, Vesta, Yel• low Jack filly, and Lancashire Witch. Betting-7 to 4 agst Bessy, sto 2 agst Ethel, sto 1 agst Salliett. Whisky, Bessy, and Dagon jumped away in front, Whisky leading slightly for 200 yards, after which Bessy took up the running, and carried it on into the straight where Ethel ran alongside Bessy, upon which the latter flew open mouthed at Ethel, the two cannoning, which let up Salliett, who maintained the lead to the end, and wc,n an excellent finish by a neck. A length and a half sepa rated the second and third ; Whisky was a bad fourth, Dagon was fifth, the Yellow Jack filly sixth, Vest seventh, and Lancashire Witch last. The winner was bought by Mr C. Rayner for 180 guineas, and goes into Peter Price's stables at Newmarket. The Hunters' Stakes of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; selling and other allowances : gentlemen ride's; professionals 61b extra. About a mile. Mr W. Fellowes's Vision,4 yrs (Zso),9st llb (car 9st 41b) (Mr IV. Devill) 1 Mr F. G. Hobson's Brother Sam, 4 yrs (£5O), Ost llb (Owner) 2 Betting-4 to lon Vision, who took up the running after going a few hundred yards, held the lead to the end, and won by 30 lengths. The winner was not claimed. The Scurry Handicap of 40 sow, added to a handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, 3 ft, for 3-yr-olds and up wards; winners extra. About half a mile. Mr Lincoln's Light, 3 yrs, Bst 41b (Fordham) 1 Mr R. Drewitt's Colleen, 3 yrs, Est Wlb (Loates) 2 Mr Naylor's Concordia, 3 yrs, 7st (G. Sayers) 3 The following also ran :—Lady Derby, Walpole, Bonnie Glen, Zara, Garotter, and Don't Come Late. Betting—loo to 30 agst Garotter, 11 to 2 each agst Light and Lady Derby, 6 to 1 (at first 3 to /) agst Concordia— .7 to 1 agst Don't Come Late, 10 to 1 each agst Bonnie Glen and Colleen. After numerous failures Garotter led for a quarter of a mile, when Colleen took up the running and carried it on to the distance, where she was headed by Light, who won by half a length. Two lengths between second and third; Bonnie Glen was fourth, Concordia fifth, and Don't Come Late last. LATEST BETTING, CESIREVITCH STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) Bto 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 9to 1 agst Thalestris (taken) 10 to 1 agst Calista colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lady Hylda (taken freely) 33 to 1 agat Alabama (taken) 100 to 1 agst Welcome (offered) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 20 to 1 agat Prince Plausible (taken) 33 to 1 aget The Giant (taken) EDINBURGH AND LO THIANS' CLUB MEETING. WEDNESDAY. Volunteer Stakes. Gagons Queen of Crystal se 2 Yeomanry Cavalry Handicap. Mystery Adrift Ten ran. Lothians Handicap. . Moose Honest John Auld Reekie Stakes. Reviver Ostentation Buccleuch Handicap _ Weatherwise .. 1 Newchurch 2 Curious Charge of Perjury. Yesterday the Brighton borough magistrates, consisting of Mr Brigden (mayor), Mr A. Bigge (stipendiary), Mr Montagu Scott, Mr Cordy Burrows, and Mr Hollis, were engaged the whole day in investigating a curious charge of perjury preferred against a tradesman. The party charged is Mr Henry Mowbray, auctioneer and estate agent, on the Grand Parade, and also agent to the Railway Passengers Insurance Company. The prosecutor is Mr Samuel Thorncroft, assistant overseer of Brighton, and registrar a births, marriages, and deaths for St. Peter's district in that town. It appeared that on the 20th August Mr Mowbray called on Mr Thorncroft, at the parochial office, at the b Atom of Church-street, and asked Mr Thorn croft to insure with him, and that a conversation ensued, which resulted in Mr Thorncroft agreeing to insure for £250 the expense of which'would be £l. In payment Mr 'Thorncroft drew a cheque on the London and Ceunty Bank, and took from Mr Mowbray a receipt for £l. A few days afterwards, on looking at the counterfoil in his cheque-book, he found a memorandum that the cm responding cheque was £5, and this he immediately corrected to £l, but when he received his bank book at the end of the month be found that he was debited £5 in the name of Mowbray. Finding that he had thus inadvertently drawn a cheque for £5 instead of £l, he sent for Mr mowbray, and asked:for the restoration of the £4. Mr Mowbray replied that when Mr Thorncroft paid him the SI he said he never drew cheques for so small an amount as £l, and that he consequently drew a cheque for £5, receiving from him (Mr Mowbray) the £4 balance. This Mr Thorncroft denied. Ile doolarel that he never received the £4, and that ho said nothing whatever as to not drawing small cheques. In fact, the very next cheque that he drew was for £l. The parties being unable to agree upon the facts, Mr Thorncroft sued in the county court for the Li a fortnight since, when both parties swore to what is mentioned above, Mr Thorncroft support ing his version of the transaction by the evidence of Mr Underwood, the deputy assistant overseer, and a clerk named Carpenter, both of whom denied that any coin passed on the occasion in question. The judge of the county court (Mr Farmer) gave a verdict for the plaintiff, Mr Thorn croft, ordering the immediate restoration of the £4 by Mr Mowbray. Since that time Mr:Mowbray had in converea don charged Mr Thorncroft with perjury; and Mr Thorn croft replied by summoning him before the magistrates and charging the perjury on the other side. Mr A. T. Mills, of Brighton, conducted the prosecution; Mr J. G, Langham, of Uckfield, was engaged for the defence. Mr Ewen Evershed, the registrar of the county court, and Mr Woo Mem, the usher of the court, produced the record of the case, and gave evidence of the defendant having sworn that he handed the four sovereigns to Mr Thorncroft. Mr Thorncroft himself was examined, and having detailed all the circumstances of the case reiterated his averment that no money passed. He was cleverly cross examined by Mr Langham. Mr Underwood and the boy Carpenter gave evidence in corroboration. They did not see Mr Mowbray give Mr Thorncroft the four sovereigns, although they wore in a position to see that took place. Mr Longhorn, in a powerful address, urged that it was far more probable that Mr Thorncroft's memory failed, than that Mr Mowbray had committed deliberate and wilful per jury. Mr Mowbray came from Leicester, where ho had been guardian and vice - chairman of the board of guardians; and when he left Leicester his townsmen presented him ith a pica of plate. He proposed to call 25 witnesses, who would give him the highest pc ssible character. The magi strates, after a sitting of six hours, decided on committing Mr Mowbray for trial, but admitted h im to bail, himself in £lOO, and two sureties in £5O each. MADLLE. LINAS MARTONELLE.—This distin guished Spanish soprano (who achieved great success, together with her sister, Maine. Emma, at the concerts of the nobility in London duriag the last season and also at Barcelona in the spring) is likely, it is said, to be amongst the debutantes at the Italian opera in Paris next season, S PaRTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day, CITY BETTING,—This DAY. CESAREWITCII. 610 1 aget Gratitude (taken) 7to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 9to 1 aget Thalestris (taken) 10 to 1 apt Calista colt (taken) 16 to 1 agst Lady Hylda (taken) 22 to 1 agst Beatrix (taken) 25 to 1 agst Planet (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Suspicion (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lady Francis (taken) 35 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brewer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cathearal (taken) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 18 to 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tattoo (offered) 20 to 1 agst Muezzin (offered) 22 to 1 agst Stoekinger (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bnyard (rakes and offered) SHIPPING -THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. G.--Wind this day at noon—. Nort h strong breeze and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 6,—Wind S.E.—Arrivod--, t h er and Sophie, from Bahia for Hamburg—Romanla, from Sulit l a for Kirkaldy. PILL, Sept. 4.—Wind N , N.E.—Sailed—ltalia, f ar Akyttb. CLYDE, Sept. s.—Wind E.—Sailed—Caledonia, screw steamer, for New York. NEWPORT, Oct. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived--Fido, from Belfast, for St. Thomas. Sailed—Albion, for St. Thomas —Premier, for Ziwaga. SWANSEA, Oct, 4.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Menry Bath, from Caldera. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 6—Margareta, from Gothenburg—John Muers, from Cronstadt. Sailed, Oct. 6—Wild Duck, for Wellington—Faith, for Guernsey—Concordia, for Boulogne. DEAL, Thursday Morning. No arrivals. Sailed —St. Colombo, for the eastward—and Victoria, for London. Mr Charles Jerom March, of the Western Circuit has been appointed Recorder of Barnstaple and Bideford in the place of Mr James Arthur Yonge, deceased. " The Franciscan Order" (says the Monde) which has been eo happily re-established in France, and which increases in number every year, now reckons 200,000 men and 300,000 sisters, including the Tertiares. It pos sesses 251 provinces and 26,003 convents, of which five are in Palestine and 30 in Turkey. It has given to the Church seven Popes and 3,000 bishops. More than 80 Emperors and Empresses, Kings and Queens have been admitted into the Order, which has moreover the glory of having furnished 3,000 saints or beautified persons, among whom were 1,700 martyrs." MUTINY IN THE MERSEY.—Yesterday an Ame rican packet, the City of Brooklyn, commanded by Captain Gaen Commis, which left the Mersey the same morning, put back into the river and signalled for the police. An inspector and four men went aboard, and the captain then gave 12 of the crew of 29 into custody, charged with refusing to obey orders. One of their number, Andrew Petersen, a Dane, was also charged with having stabbed the third mate, Jas. Johnson, in the thigh with a pocket knife. It appeared that Petersen refused to obey an order of the second mate, and on the third mate enforcing it Petersen threw him down and stabbed him. The men were all new hands, unknown to the (facers. THE MISSING YOUNG CHORISTER BELONGING TO ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.—Upon instituting in quiries yesterday morning at the Vicar's Choralof St. Paul's Cathedral, we were informed, notwithstanding the informa tion given to all the inspectors of the metropolitan police of the disappearance of young King, one of the youthful choristers, and the offer by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paal's of a reward of £lO for any information as to what may have become of him, not the slightest clue had been obtained up to 11 o'clock. It appears he was present at the morning service on Saturday last, since which time neither hls family nor his friends have heard anything of him. Many rumours are aflaat as to his supposed abduci tion, and as he was a lad of great talent and promise in his profession, it is conjectured that he has been induced to leave London by other than disinterested parties. Tho occurrence has occasioned great grief on the part of his friends and the authorities connected with the Cathedral. HOUNDS IN THE 17TH CENTURY.—One of the earliest packs of foxhounds on record was that kept by the then Lord Arundell of Wardour, between the years 1690 and 1700; and the family are in possession of memo randa proving that they occasionally hunted them from Wardour Castle, in Wiltshire, and at Braemore, near Salisbury, now the seat of Sir Edward Hulse, but then the occasional residence of Lord Arundel!. These hounds were kept by the Arundeils until about the year 1745, when the sixth Lord Arundell died. After his decease they were kept by his nephew, the Earl of Castlehaven, by whom and his successor they were hunted until the death of the last Ear of that name, about the ,ear 1782. The pack was then sold to the celebrated Mr Hugo Meynell, of Quornodon-hall, Leicestershire; and it is probable that they contributed largely to the establishment of that gentleman's foxhunting fame, and have been the progenitors of some of the Quern, hounds of the present day.—Once a Week. ELOPEMENT.—In the neighbourhood of the Great Heath of Maryboreugh lived a well-to-do farmer, named Mr O'K--. The beauty of his daughter, Miss L. O'K--, was,•we believe, an object of much ad miration, especially to those who, conjecturing the capabi lities of her father's purse, knew that all her recommenda tionswere not comprised in the mere transitory attractions of personal charms. An individual, whose business it was to teach the young idea how to shoot, was himself shot by Cupid. Carried away by the loveliness of the fair Mis O'K--, he resolved in turn to carry her away, which re solution he put into action on the night of Friday, the 231 ult., when. both of them took French leave of-the Heath, and subsequently the train from Portarlington. Their whereabouts at present we do not know,—Lein,ter Express. ANOTHER GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AND Hors BIBLE DEATIL—An inquest was held on Saturday at the White Hart Inn, Catsfield, by Mr Kell, coroner, re specting the death of Wm. Wait, through an explosion at Messrs Lawrence and Sons' gunpowder mills, Battle, Sus sex, which occurred on the previous Thursday. The de ceased had been in the employ of the firm 30 years, and of 29th of September was engaged with another man tamed John Chapman in putting down some flooring in one o f tde press-houses. Orders had been given that the building should be well watered, so that any stray gun powder which might have escaped in the manufacture should he rendered uninflemmable ; but this necessary precaution appears cnly to have been partially carried out. Chapman in pressing up one of the joists used a cross steal matlock, instead of as he should have done a wooden lever, which was the cause of the explosion, as the instrument came in contact with a nail or some thing else, causing a spark and igniting the gun powder underneath the flooring which escaped through the crevices. Chapman was blown on to the Brooks, a distance of three or four rods, receiving extensive injuries, and is still lingering. The poor man Watt was hurled on to the bank of the river, and was severely burnt on the surface, and injured in nearly every part of his body, and notwith standing the treatment el Mr Cruickshank, the surgeon, expired on the following night. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." A blind gipsy and his wife were arrested two days since at Moyvilliers (Oise) on a charge of child stealing. When they 'resented their papers to the mayor of the town he perceived that only two children were mentioned, whereas it was found that they had three with them. The mayor communicated the fact to the gendarmery, who interrogated the old gipsies and the children, One of the latter, a girl seven years of age, said that her name was Sidonie Debert, and that the gypsies had picked her up in one of the streets of Lisle and brought her away in their cart, The gypsies were in consequence lodged in prison at Compeigne, and measures have been taken to restore the child to her parents. The marriage of M. d'Erlanger with Marie. Slidell, daughter of the representative, in France, of the Southern States of America, took place yesterday in the church of St. Pierre at Chaillot. The witnesses of the bridegroom were M. Mocquard, Senator and Secretary to the Emperor, and (he Marquis de Beaumont ; and those of the bride, Mr Mason, Envoy of the Confederate States a London, and M. Corbin. It transpired yesterday afternoon that Mr Aaron. Salomons, wareh ouseman, of Old Change, had suspended business, owing to the discJvery of con siderable forgeries committed by his confidential clerk, cashier, and manager, named Thornely, Tne aggregate sum embezzled is stated at £40,000, and as the delinquent has gone to America, and has lost nearly the whole amount by speculatEn in mining shares, &73., very little of it is likely to be recovered. The bankers of the firm cffered every assistance, but Mr S xlonaons not knowing his position, very pru dently resolved to stay his operations at Once and ascertain his real position, Subjoined is the cir cular isated to the creditors : No. 16, King-street, Cheapside, London, Oct. 5, 1861. Gentlemen, —Mr A. Salomons, of Old Change, ware houseman, having this day discovered that his confidenti.il clerk and cashier has forged bills to a considerable amount, and also abstracted moneys from the house, is advised by his principal creditors at once to have his affairs investi gated ; and we beg to inform you that the books have been placed in our hands for that purpose. A general meeting of the creditors will be convened at the earliest possible moment, and in the meantime your indul gence is craved,—We are, gentlemen, your obedient ser vants, LADBUnY, COLLISON, and VINEY. Pria 13.14. Shim so 1 zo 10 Rtpok gook stook 10 stook stock stock 20 20i stook stook stook stock stook stock stock 10( 10 all all tOi all all all all all 100 (100 100 2 . 1 0 'lOO 69 I 1011 1 gn i