The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: Notwithstanding the good supply of money on offer in the general discount market, the rates for short-dated paper continue at 71 and 72- per cent. The demand for aczommodation to-day has been of a moderate character, but the brokers, who do not believe in cheaper money, appear indisposed to enter largely into long transactions. In the Foreign E;etango yesterday afternoon there was no nnterial alteration. There were no bullion movements at the Bank yeoerday. At a meeting of creditors to-day of Messrs. Ford, Curtis, and Curtis, ship-provision merchants, eornmitee was appointed to investigate the ao• counts, and to report to an adjourned meeting, to be held on the 6:h of September, as to the best course to be adopted for realising the estate. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Woodward and Podmore will be held on Thursday nest. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £5ll on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. Aa inbtalment of £3 per share is payable on Thursday, the Ist September, on the scrip of the Soc'ete Generale do I'Empire Ottoman. Alerisrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have announced that they have received adv:ces from their agents in Venezuela, under date of the 9th inst., of their hav ing received the undermentioned collections on teccunt of 55 per cent. of the import duties assigned to the bondholders, viz., 1 week from Custom House of Puerta Cobello, 5,020 dole. 74c ; and two weeks from that of La Lusyra, 38,727 dole 83e; together 4 3,748 dole 57c. Messrs. Baring Brothers have also received the following remittances on account of New Grenada dividends, viz„ from the Custom House of Santa Alarts £1,793 4s 3d, and from San Jose de Cucuta £1,352 13s ld ; together £3,145 7s 4d. Messrs. taring Brothers have also received by this mail on account of Mexican dividends 61,479 dole 56c. Two O'CLOCK. A very unfavourable feeling still prevails in the figlish Stock Market, and the Funds are now at an exceedingly low price, Consols for money being 88 1, and for the account 888 I. There appears to be no valid reason why English Government secu rities should be at such rethiced figures. Political relations are satisfactory, and there is nothing to fear from monetary prospects. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87i 88 ; the Annuities, 18 73, 105 ; Exchequer Bills, 255. to 153. die. ; and India 5 per Cents., 1031 104. Very little fluctuation has occurred in the Foreign Market, and business is extremely dull. Turkish A Tvr Cents., 1862, are 701-, a; do. Consolides, 50-1 1 - Y)xican, 281 ; do. New, 251 26; Greek, 231 24 1; Ipanish Passive, 311, ; do. Certificates, 13 ! I; , ' '"us ,$• 85-1-tl ; and the Confederate Loan, 74 i 5 es r ' . v ...zilway , Share Market business has COn . •ather dull, but prices have not varied to hav e itwortant extent. Lancashire and Yorkshire Z 4 Ve • “ded about £l, and Great Eastern, and er, Sheffield, and London each 55.; while 41 orth I;:stern (York), have advanced 53. or The .sign and Colonial lines show little change rice. uE trik 'ld Miscellaneous shares are neglected, but r t 'ce° some instances are a ebade firmer. Lon °,l3. 47 Westminster realise 98 ; Imperial B ank, a ' Cedit Mobilier, 12 12; and Credit Foncier, 121 PI BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a ` ), -9.NMENT FUNDS. Per Ceei. Consols .. BB i i i 3 ~D 0 Aeount, Aug. 8 e °l ' „Cert. Reduced t, e `: '-',, Pe eiat. B7k 8 n .e„' , 4 i, pc. Cent. Jan. 1894 5 A —0 5 PelUent , Jan. 1873 n'lroauitic; 30 yrs . expire sth Jan., 1880 — 1) , , ° f °'3o yrs - , expire sth April, 1885 — Lo (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. E xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 Sc 31 per:Cent. Do £5OO n Do £lOO and £2OO ' IL "'- . . o4 and Stir, 51 per Ct. -Do ./V unt "- -1 0VERN MENT SECURITIES. In di' r 10} per Cent., April 1874 212 - 1 - 1 ° ' - nt I - ° , , Cent. July, 1870 .... ...... 104 k 32 4 " I S ° 4 -enunt —o .. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 —• -,., Do Certificates 1 - 10 Account 4 -'0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. 'Jo 4f per Cent _ 1,0,-,,..nrarnd Paper, 4 per Cent ... . Do 5 per )- m t., J an . 1872 b° ^- Do 4 nt. , f May 1879 D , , i . _. t., Aug. ISeb )00 D° 'lnder ,[,000.. -xA . 0 13.P..GN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. ntitran Botts, 5 per Brazilian b ier Cent D ,: ° ti 32:Tent.' 1852-58-60 -,- 8, .06 1863 .. (o, l los Ayres 6 per Cen' - .Luau 6 per Cent. —. t r ,", 0 41 per Cent -• L - t ltrobian 6 per Cent b7,/ , 3 per Cent. - t o „ 5 per Cent, 1864 r.toNew Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. . 1;),7), i r — ' rovisonal Land arrant.. •—• t4,h 3 per Cent., 1820 l', r o 4 per Cent, 1863 Y,,Ptian 7 per„Cent .. — (1 4- ' O , Second Issue t aelt 5 per Ccnt., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 2 31 I ' Et eiccount .... D . 'kuuous tri. count Uatel l , alas p . e . r .. I) 0 1 C ent. - It aii •° o9 and 1859 1%14j' s ,nr Cent.(Maremmana Railway) D o a ,! 3 per Cent .... ccotuat Do , 4 ° 1864 D o ' .ench Scrip, Ex. 251 20e.. — il:,) per Cent. Anglo-French Bl o `"c to Scrip, £23 paid tz e ° rish Imperial 5 per Cent ..,, 'a'ranada — - '., 0 2 per Cont. 4 'o Deterred li 1 , 0 Land 'Warrants (Hectares) -- o ' l Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — p Do do Aug., 1866 — erllY,.' an 41 per Cent . . ,D 0 2 per Cent. (Crribarren) .. .„ 4 - ) 0 4f per C en t., 1862 "0 Account u;;uese 3 per Cent., 1853 , s 'uo Account - uo ;i per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — 1.) - R account. ",-., e, '''hai. 5 per Cent., 1822, 4; St — JJO .1 per Cent., 1850 D .. 1860 •) 3 j° Per tilt 1859 . 5,5 1) 0 4 per C u t, 1862 Do ..kngio-D, tch 4., 1) 4 ° . 'Scrip, • paid - I)" 4t)San 6 Pei Cent t -0 Accoun. Pan.b.,n 3 1 1 R. -,_ ) , 0 Accou- •- 13 N - ew aferred • assl'i, : ', O ",ccoun -...:0 ass( ' b is, ° .count 3li `1 1 1 14 ,,ki Cert. of Coup not funded f 3,• •.-, A ccount l3a k wodis 11, 4 per Cent. T , DO - cr - 0 .?ip, £6O paid ~ Pill rki€ h 6 per Cent. I ` , -"D'i l i.„ 0 Account __.-- „'"' o '3 pot- Cent. 1858 ............'• • • , 2 " T ? Account .................. i • i -, uo £lOO Bonds .................... 7011 -,..°0 6 per Cont. 1862 ................ : 0 , ~,- ' ) 0 Account ..................... ,f lo t " 0 -.£loo Bonds ...!‘ .............. ' '' •ent Do 1 863 • ** .—. Do Duaramteed, 4 per Cetit. .......... 7 .... v e aezuela 3 per Cent. .. ......... 22i •Jo Account.... .. 1 ... • ...... . . bo Account - bo i, per C ent ., 1862 .......... "butichii 3;40 paid ais Dividends9ll the above payable in L.)11 , 1 on klistri ln , 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. 1 : 1 , 0 t iceoun'.). ,) ) ° gir.n. 4i p:.C.30,t., Ex. 25f ‘ ,1 .11 4 , , 24 L.w.r Jent., Ex. 12 Guil gi per Cent. Certificates %Than, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 trance — isRDo Account each Rentrs, 2 per Cent . 1 ,;tuvian Dollar Bonds, 4f p e r Ct. Ex. 4s. `ledmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 251...... THREE O'CLOCK, s asols Money bo Account..., ............... ..•• 88} 4 PCIVISIIMBNT BY WHlPPlNG.—Panithment by rhhsonerts ipping is ged on the incB. rease. Last year' the number of i flog was 38 Com xpriENTs BY COU NTY COURTS,..-.-LEISt year there were 27,861 warrants of comm it men ts issued, and )688 persons actually committ e d t o pr i son . PEES IN VIE COUNTY C OURT S . —Th e 'a mou nt of tea received last year iu Cue county courts was £260,340. SHARD day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOILS. r'oslng Business Price. done. 86 $8 125 126 6 7 32 34 16 17 t3J Pi 14C. of 461 471 13' )31 1 , .6 I , IS 131 133 VO 1 1 2 63; 69 116 116 G 5 GT 10e (03 2.9 41 1154 /16 P 8 W Gi 66 107 208 131 k 132 1121 } 3 G B 3 8 1151 112} 111121 054 6 652 'o7f I 31a 2 106 IGB M 65} 25} 265 ICSI 1061 64 f 5 93 94 126 129 14p 75 77 I 1 125 130 57 59 85 87 811 851 101 103 7 8 86 37 10i 114 t b 9 ( 105 170 6 7 t 3 F 1, 36i 811 5i 6 101 103 31 35 SIONS. Clo,sing Price. 53 60— 101 102 dis p 5 71 81 75 80 75 60 75 80 97 90 94 96 102 104 101 /02 191 'Ali. 19/ 20} 19 2' 71 73 60 63 65 67 55 67 48 54 43 45 27 29 26 28 IC2 103 par Ij, 99 101 96 10 101 10i,; 8o 01 82 81 d fn 901 1001 93 95 89 01 ;58 LO 3 6 81 84 994 10} Vh 100) id per 94 1001 . 95 07 1012 Share. Railways. et 10 et et. 50 20 r k , A . A. frets no dig D o. B ti 11 c.p an. hat. (been paid to B. Oubiln & Belfast June. Dun.,BerthAAb. June. Edinburgh .Ir. Glasgow. Giasg. and S. West-zn.l dreatEastern, Ord. stti Ditto A stock Ditto EastAngllhn st rea.tNorthot Scotland -heat Torthern... Do A stock Do 13 do .at. S. an , f W. of Ircian: Great Western Do Str Val {qua.. Lancashire & rorkshir , London and Blackw4ll Lou., Lou., Lou. & Icr,rrh I'i! eaten, Lon. ".". So'.th Western Shef., & Lincolu :daryport and Carlisle ' Do shares lictropolitan liidland Do New Do Firming. & Derby Gt. W. of irelanz; Do. shares ltid Kent Do Cray Line North British /Min., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwicp• Do, G.N.E. purohas( 1)o Leeds Do York Do Carlisle : North London Do New .. North StaTorashire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stew, I Do Soot. Mid. stook I Shrews. and Welohpoo' Shropshire Union South Delon. ..... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dui: I Otaines,Wok.,andWok. Stootton & Darlingt lon ISIS it tr. 16.4 12.10 Do Do New, 186 G raff Vale.. . ....... Do Do C niter Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pin Waterford t Kilkenny West Cornwall VV. Hartlepool Har.&lt Wait Igidiand --Oxford Do Newport' Do licrelorct 100 , 100 7 100 , 100 100 i 100 t 100 I i 100 lair., WOl., and Str. Val . all 313 - the and Tyne. j all dristol and Ekttcr I 100 Caledonian Cora and Ilandon j a:1 Coran'all 1 all BRITISH POSSE Railways t inntio AL St Lawrenct 3om.,Barodat.Cent GU. 6 per cent — Do. New . Do. 11 1 ? Shares... tiuftalo and Lahe tiuror Do. Pretennee 13v.4 a o,brant,,tGodrich 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187: Do. do. July 1, 1.87 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Cleutta.&S.Eastn.( l . ll n Cape Town Dock Seri! Eaptn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..— Do. do. LI do. •. Grand Trunk of Canade DO. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonus. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d I'ref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... I t. Indiarenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua.s p. 0... Do. JanLary, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New . . • • Do. 6 P.C. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.. •. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. ..1 Do. 4f p. C. Extension De. 4* d 0...... • • Do. Fifth Extension. 11c1b.Corp. 6 p. 0. Buds. )lelb. dt llobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. rdortg. I3ds. NvwßrunsNviok t Candy. • and B. 121.(rds& pa Ist pt hcis Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjisub . . ' ti Do. Do. Do. Indua. St. Flo.) Sb arej Ivy Sk 1 20 !Co 1 100 100 Iteek Stook stook 100 100 100 100 stook stook stook dock stook 20 stook toch. stock. stock COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.v.J a. ,Jul) 1 1877-S4 100 96 179 961 7 Do. Ap. c. Feb. er Aug. 100 90 99 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 98 112 Do. p. c. Jan.&,July. 10C 84 86 ca. D pe o. G s .ll ln o s p e e r . il ii m p d c s , t l oc B7 /1 2 110000 10184- BlO5O Do.Ap Oct&. 1886 100 107 109 Do. 1801 100 169 111 loaf - Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 169 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 lAlauritlus 6 per cent lOO 103 105 101 3 !Natal Gov. 6 per cont 100 104 107 r. 'N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&July 100 97 100 ! Do. 6 p..c.Ap. Oct. 100 h. S.W. ov. 5 p c., 185' 100 97 99 Du. Sp. c.,lBit to 1570 100 96 98 97 I - Do. d0.,1838 &upwcts 100 95 93 96 .New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling', 1875 lOO 99 102 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 100 103 16.Aus G6p.c.1878. , t up lOO 106 108 IVIaGov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 1011 Do, to a o.c.AnALOct.. 100 109 110 ion BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 30 3 1 I 2 30 Ama l ga mated.. 1- Devon G. Cone.(Tavist.; 1 580 590 - ! d East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 67 69 - !A:ast Cicgau G old Ltd. 'East Caradon ...... 7.14.0 27 28 - Xast Cara Brea.. l3 4 0 71 71 LE. WI (tassel (Tavistk 8.13. C, 5 51 IGamASt.Aubyn(Gwen 581 5 7 Great South Tolgus 17s 2 27 21 G. Wheal Vor (Holston 40 28 'rlrenville 6.16 e 61 71 . ilerc•d%s-leoot ....... • 8.12 28 40 '- llingston Downs 4.18.0 341 Lady Bertha ..... . 2.8.6 7 9 - Afargaret (Guy ...... 91 Mi.r.ke Valley.. .... . 4.3 0 41 5 4 Slyndy Iron Ore (Lim.; 21 it 85 d _.New Setun 75 N or th Downs ........ 3 11 11 ilaseet(lll.o4an 3.1.0 2 21 North Wheal Crotty 2.0.9 3 3: Par Consols Blazey - Prov idence (Uny L e int.) 10.0.7 40 42 401 H- 3outhearadon(St.Cleer, 11 00 520 515 171 —— 1 3. Cant Brea (11logan) Fran. (Illwan; 18.18.9 421 471 ;Stray Park 30.17.0 28 39 - i r•onarSilv.l.-, Lead Min - rin Crort V )8 19 est Basset (Mogan) 11 8 9 • WCs radon (Liskeard 9 94 101 West Seton Wheal Basset ( M og an 5/ 92 V 5 Wheal Bul l er( lt e d ru th) 10 18 20 Wheal Kitty(U.Leiant) 2.0.6 Wheal Ludcott - Wheal Mary Ann (Men , b 14 16 I Wheal Lleton t 581 210 215 - IVitheal Treiawney (Lls.`l 7 lo 21 • Wheal Union i j 2 4 1/ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 3i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourk.r, 101 Namur and Liege, gun. 6 per cent. pf., 19 FOItEIGN Cape Copper, BANKS. Alliance ( 111 m). 57 Anglo AUSiriall, 3 Ii Anglo-Italian, 1im.,".5j Bank of Egypt.", 27/ Bank of New Zealand, 162 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 361 , Ditto, new, 38) Consolidated Bans, lim., 10i European Bank, lim., 131 14 Imperial Bank Ulm.). 36 / 5 Ditto, new, 24 Imnertal Bank of :3hina I , ndia,!and Japan, lira 6 International B ,nk, Um.lBl Land Mortgage Bank of Indio, lim., 5k London B,nk of Alexia) and S. America, Rm., 61 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 15 London and County, 73) 3 London and South African, 24 London and estminster, f 8 7 .81etropolitan and Provincial Bank, Bra., 25/ , Sande, Punjaub, and D'elhi, lira., 121 South Eastern, Jim., 9 Uhion of Australia, 521 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, Um. ; it City Offices, Contract corporation, lira., 2; 3 Credit F'oncier, l; 12.1 i ti 12 Credit Mobilier, 111 12 3 ; Crystal Palace, 33 East India Irrigation and Canal, 5 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lirn., 3; Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira.. F ; huperl.l Mercantile Credit Asso., lira. ' 8; I Loudon and Caledonian Marine, lim., 4; 5 Loudon Financial Association. lim., 2 F.; National Discount Company, lira., 13/ National Financial, lira., 5; Societe Finaticiere d'Egypte, lira., 4; Telegrat h Construe. arta Maintenance, Um., 3; ; SHIPPING-THIS DAY, + (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Aug. 30—Priscilla, trom Port Natal—P a ll as , fro ttred, Archangel; Isabella and Lernvig, from Taganrog— Riv a l, from Licata—Reliance, Triumph, Mellon, and Tutu,,, f ro m Guernsey—Sir W. Poultney, from Croustadt — chevalier, from Lisbon—Alexandria, from Yokohama. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passel —Gaza and Matilda, trom the west, for London— Arbutus, from Barbadoes, for London—Fort Regent and Marlborough, fr o m Calcutta, for London—Moffat, from the Cape of Guol Hope. for London—Victor, cf Sunderland, tram the west, for the north—Aphodis, from the north, for the west—TotpAiog, screw steamer, f:0111 London, for Ton ning, 25 15 The Tragedy in Hatton-Garden. CO RONER'S INQUEST-THIS DAY. This morning, Dr Lancaster ; the coroner for the central division of Middle:let, held an inquiry at the three Tuns Tavern, Cross-street, Hatton-garden, on the body of Eliza Wilkinson, who met her death on Monday last, under the circumstances already published in The Sun,. The jury having visited the body, Jane Freman said she resided at the White House, Sheppard's-bush, and was sister to the deceased. She was about 27 years of age, and was married to Henry Wilkinson, a stonemason, whose father kept the Reindeer, at Lincoln. They had been married 10 years, and there were two children living, one aged four, and the last about 12 months, They lived very happily together, but the deceased had told her eho had had words with her hue band, but witness told hor she believed one was as bad as the other. She was not in the habit et drinking, but the husband occasionally got intoxicated. He did not neglect his home, on the contrary he always acted with the greatest Madness to his wife. Chipperton said, I reside at Shrewsbury -cottage, Angel-lane, Hammersmith, farrier. I have known deceased and her husband about six months. I met them first at Shopherd's-bush. I met Wilkinson at that place on Sunday last about half-past two, We had some ale, and then I, 'Wilkinson, and his niece came to London. Whilst we were in the train Wilkinson invited me home to tea. I went and stopped in the house till six o'clock, during which we had one pot of ale. Wilkinson seemed to have had a little drop too much, but be was not intoxicated. The deceased and her husband seemed on excellent terms, as they were playing and chaffing together the whole of the afternoon. When I and the niece left Wilkinson and his wife accompanied us to the train. As we were early we stopped at a publichouse and got a pot of sixpenny ale. After that all four went to the station in Farringdon-street. We were all laughing and chaffing together. When the train came up we all shook hands together, 'Wilkinson kissed his wife's niece, and turned round and said to me, "Don't be jealous, old fellow---kiss my old woman," which I accordingly did. I one keeping company with the niece of the deceased. I never noticed anything strange in Wilkinson's manner when I kissed his wife, but she coloured up very much when he (Wilkinson) kissed her niece. I never saw him ill-treat her. Deceased was very jackass of her husband. She-had no oauee to be co. I and the niece went off in the train, and got to the sister's house at Sheppard's Bush at half-past 7, After we had been in the house about 20 minutes, Wilkinson came in. I asked him what brought him down so soon after us, and he said, "My old woman's been blowing me up, and I've come down to get out of the way." Wilkinson re• turned to London by the twenty minutes past ten train. He drank about three small glasses of rum, one of brandy and somo ale, He was intoxicated when he went away. He said nothing further about his wife than I have mentioned. I have heard that they have had quarrels. and once deceased pointed to her husband ' s LOSE - , which she said she had scratched. By a juror --I never knew the deceased kiss any other man but hor husband, and I should not have kissed her had the husband not told me to do so. Sarah Collier said,—l reside at No. 9, Cross-street. De ceased and his wife occupied the first fluor back-room. Daring the ten months I have known them, they fre quently quarrelled. Wilkinson got tipsy at least once a week. They only quarrelled when ho was so, and then elle never said anything to him if he was good-tempered. Last Sunday evening Wilkinson came in between six and seven o'clock and asked me if I had seen his wife. 1 told him I had not. About half-past seven a person came to me and told me a lady wanted to see me in Hatton-garden, When I went out I found it was deceased. She said, " Have you seen my husband, directly we came out of the station my husband struck me in the face." She then told me that he had kissed her niece, and that Chipperfieldihad kissed her, and that had led to the quarrel. She said, " I'm afraid to come in yet, as lam sure he will knock me abut. I will go to a friend's house and stop for two hours," At a quarter past 10 she again sent for me, and when she found her husband was not within she came into my room. She went and looked at her children, and then came out and went into bed with my aunt, to avoid meeting her husband until the morning. 'We slept quietly until about a quarter past 12 when I heard Wilkinson going up-stairs. He knocked at my door, and asked if his wife was in toy room. I told him she wus nor, and he then went to my aunt's room, and pushed the door open. In a few seconds 1 heard a noise as ot'a quarrel. He was using oaths. I went in, and there saw the deceased on the floor on her knees, and Wilkinson near her. He was using dreadful language, and I saw him strike her three times on the head with his fist. He then got up from a box on which he was sitting and kicked her in the stomach. The moment ha did it, deceased seemed very ill ; I asked her if he had hurt her, when she said, "I'm very bad, he has given ma my death blow." I held up her bead, and she vomited up a little blood. Directly Wilkizson saw this ho became altogether changed, and as sisted me to raise her up, 1 bathed her temples, and Wil kinson then assisted me to get her to her room. fle cried very much, and then he ran for a doctor. Mrs 'Wilkinson died within the hour after she had received the kick. By a Juror—They had had a quarrel on Friday night. Before he kicked her she said " For CiJd's sake, don't kb' me." Ho then said, " give it you, you —." She never spoke after she received the kick. Dr. Clarke, 115, Holborn-hull, said he had made a post mortem examination and found that death had been occa- sioned by hemorrhage, caused by a rupture of the spleen, The coroner said there could be no doubt of the cause of death, viz., the rupture of the spleen, and that injury had been produced by a blow. A juror said it was of the utmost importance that the accused man Wilkinson should be present while the c7I- deuce against him was being given. The Coroner entirely agreed with the juror. Ho found it would become necessary at that stage of the inquiry to adjourn until next Friday morning, and during that period he would communicate with Sir George Grey, in order it Possible to obtain the order of the Home Secretary for the prisoner's atterulanco at that inquiry. The jury and witnesses were then bound over to attend again next Friday. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before F. Gibbons, Esq.) A MAN COMPELLED TO PAY A DEBT HI DOES NOT OWE. JONES V. PINKING. This was a lodgment summons, and his honour put the usual questions to the defendant, who said he was not the person who owed the money. There must have been a mistake. His Honour said that whether there was a mistake or not defendant must pay. Defendant—l do not owe the money. His Honour—You must pay whether you owe the money or not. This is a claim for 15s. 4d., and it has been decided that/you must pay. Defendant--but I never of the matter before to-day. I was not served with the original summons, so I could not attend to it. His:Llonour said he could not help that, the defendantlhad not appeared on the original summons, and must go to prison for five days. The commitment would like in the office a week before it issued. Defendant very naturally declared that he would not pay, as he did not owe the money, and left the court complaining or the gross injustice of such a law. A COMMISSIONER FOR TAKING OATHS IN COMMON LAW. GAINSPOED AND OTHERS V. PHILLIPS. This was an action to recover £3lBs. 5d., for carpets, &c., supplied to defendant, who is an attorney, of 12, Abchurch lane, and &so is one of the Cornmis6ioners for taking oaths in Common Law. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WESTMINSTIig. A WOMAN ENDEAVOURING TO STRANGLE HERSELF iN A POLJOE L`TA-TlON.—Mary Ann Paget, a woman about 40 years of ego, was chatged with being drunk and incapable in the street. There was also a subseqtent charge against her for endeavouring to strangle herself in the police sta tion. John Boyle, 284 B, said that at half-past 1 o'clock this morning he found the defendant in St. George's-road, Pim lico, drunk and incapable, and took her to the station-house, where the charge being entered, she was locked up. Joseph Robes, 142 B, said defendant was brought in at half-past 1 o'clock. Shortly after she had several fits, and a doctor was salt for. Directly she saw him ,;he became very violent and jumped up prom the fl)or. 'Witness then conveyed her to a cell, when she suddeuly took off a gar ter, and placing it round her, while she pulled the ends with great torce. She NV.IR direcly afterwat ds found black in the face. An attendant w,:s left with her during the night to prevent a repetition of the offince. Mr Arml,:—Did the defendant say an), thing when you prevented her destroying heracli ? Mr Wray, for the plaintiffs, deposed to the goods having been supplied, and a promise to pay. His Honour found that no one appeared on behalf of the defendant, and the usual order was made. Witness—Ae said she would do it again. Air Arnold—Lid anything transpire as to (he cause? Witness—lt was stated that the defendant bad lived at 51-, Lillington-street, and that her husband had sold up her home and deserted her. Mr Arnold—l must remand her for a week. QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE DAHOMIAN SLAVE Glut.--(In speaking ot slavery, I cannot omit to mention the warm interest that our gracious Queen has evinced towards a liberated Dahomian slave girl. Some years since Commander Forbes, ot the Royal Navy, was sent to the savage ruler of that country for the purpose of trying to prevail on him to change his policy of government. The King was greatly impressed by the gentlemanly bear ing of the gallant officer, and as a token of his royal re gard for him, made him a present of a young Slave girl. Commander Forbes brought her to England in his ship the Bonetta, and had her christened by the name of Bonetta Forbes. When the Queen heard the strange and eventful history of the girl, she at once adopted her as a protegd, and had her educated at Melville Hospital at her own expense, and always took a deep interest in Miss Bonetta's welfare, even going so far as to have her occasionally at Court. When afterwards the young girl married Mr Davis, a coloured merchant, residing on the Gold Coast, the Queen took a most lively interest in the event, and made Miss Forbes several handsome wedding presents. I lately saw by a news paper that a further. mark of favour was conferred on Mrs Davis, who has given birth to a daughter to whom the Queen has stood godmother by proxy. At the same time the Queen presented to her godchild a beautiful gold cup, with a solver, knife, fork, and spoon, of the sameprecious metal, as a baptismal present. The cup and salver bear the following inscription—" To Victoria Davis, from her god. mother, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1863." Does not this incident speak volumes for the good ness of our beloved Queen, who amongst her multitudinous cares can still remember an African girl.-- Colburn's (hailed 80 vice Magazine. Nearly 10,000 elothworkere, at Biella, in Piedmont, are now on strike for a decrease in the hours of labour, and an increase of wages. This sus pension has lasted upwards of a fortnight, and Govern ment contractors are embarrassed, as they are unable to get their orders executed. The men are now at the end of their pecauiery resources, and will shortly be obliged to cede. A sum of .12,000 f has, however, just been received from Marseilles to be distributed among them, The local jour nals state that no one knows by whew this layaey had been sent, 1r SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1864. The Credit Foneier and Credit Mobilier Companies. Conjoint reports have been issued to the shareholders of tho Credit Foncier and Credit Mobilier Companies respect ing the regult of the operations since their establishment, and also the proposal for their amalgamation. The balance sheet of the Credit Foneier states that the total net profits from March last reach the num of £42,219 5a lid, equal to 180 per cent, per annum on the amount of capital called up. The directors prCpose this amount to be dealt with as fol lows :—To forming a reserve Tu4d, £20,000; paying a dividend and bonus of 12 per share, tz,:e of income-tax, (equal together to 84 per cent, per annum;, which al ill absorb £20,000; paying income-tax on dividen,.'• £500; the balance amounting to be carried forward 1;,719 5s 11d. The butanes sheet of the Credit Alobiliett from about the scene period giv,s the net prof ts at £42,614 lOs 2d, equal to 205 per cent, per annum on the amount of capital called up. The directors propcse this amount to be dealt with as follows :--'To forming a reserve fund, £20,060; to paying a eividend and bonus of £2 per share, free of income tn:q (equal together to 93 per cent. per annum), which will abs ab £2.0,000; to paying income tax on dividend, £.309 ; the balance, anie.untieg to £2,114 106 2d, to be carried forward. iThe new company is to be styled the Credit Fancier and Mobilier of England with a fixed capital of £2,000,000 in 100.000 shares of £2O each, which the directors propose is suing as follows, viz. :---20,000 shares will be issued at par to the holders of and in exchanso for the existing 10,000 Credit Fender and 10,000 Credit Mobilier shares-3 1 ,000 shares to be issued to the holders of the 10,000 Credit Fonder shares, being three new shares for one share now held in that company —which will be issued as follows, viz. ;—two of such shares at £2 13s 4d per share prem., and for every two shares so taken one additional shat e at par-30,000 shares to be issued to the holders of the 10,000 Credit Mobilier shares, being three new t hares for one share now held in that company, which will be ist:ted upon the same terms as to the holders of the 10,000 Credit Foe - Icier shares, v:z., two shares will be issued at £2 13s 4d pe; share premium, end for every two shares so taken one additional share at par—and the remaining 20,0 t 0 shares to be issued to the general public at £2l3s 4d per share pm. This issue will yield in premiums the sum of £160,000, which, with the £40,000 already put to the reserve fund from this half-year's profits, will malro that fund nmount to £200,000, or £2 per share on the whole 100,000 shares which will then have been issued. The instalments for pay ing up the new shares are arranged to extend over a period of seven months, so as to make the payments as little burdensome as possible; but as all the 100,000 shares will participate in the next dividend pro rata, according to the amount paid up, the option has been reserved to the share holders to pay op the instalments at any time, or at once, up to the £5 per share. The paid-up capital will then amount to £500,000, and the reserve fund to £200,000; and with this result the directors believe they are justified in anticipating that the influence of the new company will be materially augmented, MARLBOROUGII-STREET. STEALING MARKED MONEY.—John Hawker, a boy in the employ of Messrs Passe) , and Co., military cap makers, No. 7, Great Newport-street, was charged before Mr Tyr whitt with steeling some marked money from the desk of his employers. From the evidence of Mr john Wright, foreman to the prosecutors, who stated that in consequence of money being missed almost daily for the past six weeks, he, on the pre vious night, marked 93 2d, and placed it in the till. On going to the premises that morning he missed all the money, and hearing that the prisoner, who was employed as errand boy, had come half-an-hour before his time, he asked him why he had done so, when he said he had woke earlier than usual. He then asked the prisoner what money he had about him, and he took from h;s pocket two sixpences, stating that that was ail he had, and on looking at them be (witness) found they were two he had marked overnight. He then sent for a constable, and gave the prisoner into custody, and on making a search the remainder of the marked money was found under some wood in the kitchen. The prisoner, who pleaded guilty, and said he took the money to buy a pair of boots, was committed far four months with hard labour. r COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE FOR ASSAULTING A LICENSED VICTUALLER.-Wm. Allen, 14, Prince's-row, Newport-market, was charged with assaulting Mr Thomas Lindfield, of the Queen's Head Tavern, 412, Oxford-street. Mr Lindfield said that on the previous night the prisoner and another man came into his house and called for some drink, hut seeing they were both drunk ho refused to serve them, and requested them to leave. The prisoner's com panion did so, but the prisoner refused, and on his (Mr Lindfield) putting him out of his house, so as to prevent a disturbance, the prisoner struck him a violent blow in the face and eye, and but for the interference of a neighbour, Schwabo, the prisoner no doubt would have inflicted serious injury upon him, he behaving in a very violent manner, and it requiring two constables to take him to the station. A constable proved seeing Mr Lindfield's face bleeding. Mr Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for a month, with hard labour, without tho option of paying a fine. THAMES. A NIGTIT SCENE IN POPLAR,—William Connor, a sea man, Richard Ward, workman, and Ann Hughes, a seam stress, who gave another name, last night were brought before Mr Paget, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting police constables in the execution of their duty. Last night, or rather his morning, at a few minutes past twelve o'clock, the prisoners came out of the Green Dragon publichouse in High-street, Poplar, and began shouting and bawling. They were desired by a police constable named Owen, No. 305 K, to move on and go home. Connor, who was mad with drink, began to pull off his guernsey shirt, and said he had lett his ship to have a spree, and would fight any one, or fight all the world. He was taken into custody by another constable, named Sorrell, No. 410 K, whom he kicked violently on the legs, and nearly disabled him. Sorrell took hitt staff from his case and gave Connor one blow, and succeeded in taking him into custody. George Osborne, No. 129 K, took Ward into custody, and the female said ho should not go, and pulled him away. A scene of great disorder ensued, and the screams and shouts of tho woman, who used very bad language, were frightful. At last, and with additional assistance, the prisoners were all secured. A crowd of `me persons assembled in the High-street, and the disorder was very great. Respectable and quiet inhabitants complained of the disturbance. Mr Paget said that Connor had seriously injured the constable he had kicked, and he should sentence him to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. Ho sentenced the woman Hughes to seven days' imprisonment and hard labour, and discharged 'Ward, who had not off,:red any re sistance to the police, MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. The amounts of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were but moderate. The demand, however, for all qualities ruled inactive, at Monday's quotations. The quality of the produes was very good. Most descriptions of Foreign wheat were in fair supply ; but the amount of business transacted in them was very moderate, at previous rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at previous quotations. Tho supply of barley on the stand was small. For all quotations, the trade was firm, and Monday's currency was well supported. The malt trade was quiet, on former terms. _ . With oats, the market was well supplied, and the trade for all quotations held somewhat active, at very full prices. Beans and peas were fi-m, at fully late rates. The demand for ilJur was steady, and prices ruled tolerably steady. ARRIVALS THIS wicEic. Wheat. Barley, Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,170 230 1,490 200 1,130 Irish Foreign 11,610 1,120 43,710 3,090 sks. 1,310 brls. BOROUGH HOP. Now hops are selling at £G to £9 per cwt. Last year's hops move off steadily, at full prices. Old hops dull. WIIITECHAPEL. Tho supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, at the alaucsed quotations :--- Beet; from 2s 10d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 81 to 4s 8d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 41 per Sibs by the carcase. GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—TLe seventy-ninth half-yearly meeting of the share holders in this company was held yesterday, at their offices, 71, Lornbard.street, John Wilkin, Esq., in the chair. The report of the directors, and a statement of the accounts for the half-year to the 30th June last, were read to the meet ing and unanimously adopted. The customary dividend of 14s per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum was declared, and the cordial thanks of the proprietor. were voted to the chairman and directors for their continual ex ertions in the management , of the company's affairs, after which the meeting separated. THE " INSPECTION" AT DEPOT.—The barracks were on a hill commanding the town, which had been fashioned irresolutely into a sort of fort—and when the KM was shining, little lengths of scarlet ribbon were seen to unwind themselves on the walls, like a cheerful edging to a dull grey surtout, attended also by lively drumming, and the winding of trumpets. In this sort of clumsily dis guised reformatory, the soldiers took their punishment, were drilled, snapped at with words of command, and, above all, " inspected." Which dreadful operation war now just being performed. It was a depot, and samples of several regiments were herded together for training and exer cise. Major-General Shortall had been down, a gaunt, red oheeked man, with what used to be termed the mutton-chop whisker, and who was determined to do his all to save the service from the destruction to which it was hurrying —by keeping his upper lip clean and bare. The men had been scrubbed, pipeclayed, French polished, burnished, holy. stoned even ; had been reviled and sworn into perfect cleanliness, before General Shortall was taken down the ranks. With a scowl of distrust, as though each private was busy hiding some breakage or stain, and might, after all, skilfully evade detection of his crime, the general walked down by a row of chests and faces, pried into but tons, twitched open cartouche-boxes, and pulled at straps sourly, then walked up a row of backs, poked, probed as it he were making a surgical examination, and finished off a line with an air of disappointment. Colonels and captains walked with him in agitation. In the evening General Shortall was to dine with the mess; so also, was Sir Charles Longman, the gencrio territorial person of quality, and one or two gentlemen. It was a sort of little festival. The general, in a grudging sort of fashion, had alloweo some commendation to be wrung from him, in which the words " efficient" and "soldier-like" were distinguishable. So there was a weight of care off the minds of the superior j officers, Like two kings at a conference, Sir Charles Long. man and General Shortall met on the rug, as at a free town.. Colonel Benbow presented them to each other. The general said ho had known a Longman in "my old regi ment" in Jamaica, and Sir Charles, promptly fixing his glass in position, and painfully investigating the general all over, said, doubtfully, " that he—er—didn't know." They went into dinner then, in a sort of clanking procession.— "Never Forgottm," in Charles i .l.lickeos's the Year &owl." STATE OP TRADE. MANCHESTER, Aug. 30.—The market has been very firm. A fair business has been done in ship ping yarns, but it falls short of what had been an ticipated after receipt of the very favourable tele grams to hand here yesterday from the East. There has been a good deal of enquiry for yarns suitable to India, it is true, but it has not led to much hue ness. A little business•has been doing for Germany and also for the markets of the Levant. Although the market for these yarns is not so brisk as it was hoped it would be, yet a wrong impression might be conveyed if it was not stated that it has recovered &good deal from the extreme depression felt at the commencement of last week. The market for home trade yarns is also a good deal steadier to-day, and there has been rather more business than could be effected last week, but spinners are rather free sel lers at about last week's terms. Sellers say, though things are better than last week, still there is not a good business going on—people do not buy freely. Spinners have been offering yarn rather freely, and it is thought this may be a reason why buyers hold back. Sellers in the cloth market are a good deal disappointed, like those in the yarn-market, that the India telegrams received yesterday have not produced a better effect. The advices were so decidedly better that they were in hopes buyers here would be induced to enter the market more freely, but this has not been the case. Buyers are not only quiet, but F cern indisposed to make offers to any extent. Some little business has been done in light T , cloths, shirtings, and madapollams, chiefly for Bombay, to meet immediate require ments; but there has been no general desire to buy manifested, and ofErs that have bEcn made, as a rule, were at prices too low to ba accepted by manufac• turers, who still hold pretty firmly to their quota tions. The general feeling of the market to-day shows some little improvement, and some sales have been made for various quarters, but they have been small. The aggregate business of the day has been considerable in arn )unt, and the improvement in P • rices very small. As a rule, the prices of cloth may be quoted as about in the same position as last week. LEEDS, 30th.—There has been a numerous attend ance in the cloth halls to-day, though only little business has been done. To some extent buyers' operations are prevented by the scarcity of some kinds of goods. Superfine plain cloths can scarcely be met with, and the best unions are so rarely offered that there are cases in which an advance of 6d and 6/cl per yard has been gladly given. . As to wools and blacks and blues, the dearth is such that ac tuilly goods of that description have been bought in the West of England to enable merchants here to supply orders of pressing importance which had been received. Of seal skins, black and brown, therelia likewise by far too small a quantity to en enable buyers to enter into transactions with conff- deuce. The demand for moll goods is not by any means exhausted, but the manufacturers regard the fall trade as over, so far as they are concerned, and will make no more such heavy cloths except to special order. Their occupation now is principally the preparations of samples for the spring trade, and already sample ends in some variety have been for warded to the merchants. , It appears quite evident that fancy diagonals in mixtures for mantles will occupy a prominent position in the trade of the next season. For men's wear there are out different pat terns of fancy coatings, but it is the opinion of come potent persons that more plain goods will be worn next spring than anything else, notwithstanding that they will be extremely dear, both because the raw material has commanded the highest prices at the sales, which close tomorrow, and because indi go•is an :important article in the dyeing process, which has greatly increased in in ice. There have been some deliveries to-day of double milled wit neys, pilots, &c., from the White Cloth-hall, bat - the demand for winter goods will now gradually be come extinguished. NOTTINGHAM, 30th.—Business was quiet at this exchange hall to-day, and there was only a small attendance. The improved advises from Liverpool caused sellers to ask full rates for lace yarns, but only few transactions were effected. Hosiery yarns met a quiet sale, and previous rates were for t he most part made. In silks not much change to note. Brown nets a slow sale, ut about previous prices. ROCHDALE, 29th.—There ITBS a good market :0-day for flannels, and the manufacturers are able secure the full prices of last week. The greatest lemand is for middle and low qualities, of which here is little gook in the hands of producers. The manufacturers of both plain and fancy goods are fully employed. Yorkshire goods sell well, but the high prices demanded rather check sales. wool trade is active, and prices very firm. The local THE RELATIONS BETWEEN SPAIN AND ITALY.— A Turin letter of the 25th says:—" Within the last few weeks the relations between Spain and Italy have assumed a more friendly character. You are aware that the two Governments have each a charge d'affaires, who constantly maintains cffieial intercourse with the court t o which he is accredited. Not long since a consular agent o f the Kingdom of Italy, in a small town in Spain, thought proper to put over his door the words Italian Consulate,' instead of Consulate of King Victor Em manuel.'. The Spanish f.,onservative party were greatly irritated by this change, and a complaint was addressed to Queen Isabella's Government. Some rigorous measure was expected, and certain parties did all they could to pro voke it, but the Spanish Ministry gave proofs of its tole rant spirit by taking no notice of the affair, and the in scription put up by the consul still remains. This fact, though of little importance in itself, noverthless indicates friendly dispositions on the part of the Spanish Govern ment." TRIAL TRIP OF A STEAM RAM.—We learn by electric telegraph that an unofficial trial trip of the Scorpion, one of the Birkenhead rams, was made yesterday. The speed attained was about 12 knots an hour. She answered her helm splendidly. The resulte are considered exceedingly satisigetorb Ihtsin see done IRELAND, 14 -. SIIING WITHIN THE LIMITS.—On Saturday, at twelve c:clock, in the Townhall, Berwick, before the M a y or an d i e rr Alderman Fleming, Pierre Malfoison, No. 652, and Riti iJarie Nakire, No. 767, French fishermen, from Boulogne, wer,e charged by Alfred Frederick Mares caux, commander of le,er Mejesty's gunboat Louisa, with having fished, contrary to the statute, within three miles of the English coast. He sate:—l was cruising last night along the noast from Holy Island 4. - o Berwick. About half past two o'clock I saw a number of ,French boats fishing within the limits among the English mes. At that time it was quite moonlight. I boarded the boats of the prisoners, and there being too heavy a sea to tuw them in I took the captains out. The crew were in the act of hauling their nets; they said that owing to the wind and darkness of the night they were driven in. The wind would drive them in a little, but not to the extent they were; the sea would, if anything, carry them out. He generally made an allowance for the wind. Geo. Maxwell, pilot, Holy Island, said on Friday evening he saw a number of French fishing boats in the bay. Two were boarded, the bearings were taken, and the boats were found to be within the three miles. The tide was half flood. The prisoners were each fined £3, which was paid. Tuesday morning, before Mr Alderman Fleming and Robert Thompson, Esq., Captain Marescourt, of H.M. gunboat Louisa, charged Deforge Joan Baptiste, Fo. 762 ; Ramez Jacques Francois, No. 749 ; and Leerivain Augustin, No. 707; all from Boulogne, with fishing within the limits on Monday night. He was cruising on Monday evening between Berwick and Emanuel Head and Holy Island. He towed three French boats out of the line. There were about 80 French fishing boats lying about with their heads towards the shore. About 11 o'clock he came across the boats of the three defendants, and found they were within a mile of the shore. At that time it was moonlight. The wind was such that they might have easily got out ; but instead of doing so they kept the heads of the boats inwards. Several boats, when they saw him, tacked about. This was, he said, a most deliberate case of illegal fishing, for they ran as it mere right under his nose. He further stated that ho would likely be before the fishery commissioners next year, and he would most certainly state that the present panishment was not adequate to repress illegal fishing. There was no use, he considered, having a law, unless it was upheld. The pilot, George Markwell, gave confirma tory evidence, stating that at the time the prisoners were caught he could see twelve miles along the coast. The magistrates fined the prisoners cash £lO, or in default of payment to be kept in custody till their beats would be brought in, which would then be detained for fourteen days, The Bench were of opinion that the ends of justice were not attained by merely fining thew, as one night's fishing, they remarked, would cover two or three yeers' lines; and in future :Iley determined to detain their boats. The money was pail in this case, and the prisoners were discharged.— _Dem ick Warder. BIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED.—We understand that the Racoon, with Prince Alfred and the Duke of Itoxburghe on board, has arrived at Ice land. The prince will make a few visits and return early in September to this country. His It9yal highness, who is an expert angler, killoa 62 salmon. during his short stay in Norway in the Duke of Itozburghe's fishicg waters. The first afternoon he killed 4ix fish, and on the following days eighteen salmon each day, and on the fourth day, after going a little further up the water ho killed twenty salmon. All of them were large fish, weighing from 6.bs to 271bs each.—. Edinburgh Courant. TEE HOUSE OF COMMONEI.—A SKETCH.—By half-past four the House has sacrificed eupugh to the:decent fiction of private legislation. The time for pub lic business has arrived, and the seats begin to fill rapidly. The Ministers arrive to submit themselves to the batteryof questions by which their constitutional responsibility ie supposed to be carried opt. Of late this has been the moat exciting period of a House pf Commons' sitting. The se curity of Ministers has depenJed on the skill with which they have been able to keep their secrets from the Opposi tion, and the hopes of the Opposition bay° turned upon the possibility of luring or taunting the Ministers into some in cautious revelations of their misdeeds. The portion of public business at half-past four has consequently taken the form of a sharp tournament of question seed answer, in which a good deal of ingenuity is sometimes cisplayed. Each Minister has his own peculiar mode of parzying the thrusts which are pointed at him. Mr. Layer. el gets angry and• stands upon his dignity, which is un doubtedly the worst plan. Mr. Milner Gibson says some thing wholly beside the question, and at the same time smiles in so bewitching a manner that a questioner who shall attempt to pursue his inquiry would feel himself the most brutal of mankind. Mr. Gladstone plunges into a labyrinth of words, through which his listeners despairingly give up all attempts to follow him—AA when the torrent stops he leaves them so bewildered and dazed that they are fain to abandon all further questions till their intellects have been tranquillised by a few minutes' repose. But Lord Palmerston is by far the greatest master of the foil. A keen perception of what the point really is—a firm deter mination not to seem to see it—and an audacity in making bad jokes, and returning impertinent answeis, which often, often as the exhibition of it has been repeated, seems every time to take the House by surprise as a refreshing novelty, all these qualities constitute him the moat perfect adept in the use of language upon Talleyrand's principles that, the present generation has witnessed. It is a game in which the Opposition very seldom win.— Quarterly Review. CRACOW FROM R.OSCIUSZKO S MOUND.—To see Cracow to the greatest advantage, you must climb to the top of Kosciuezko's mound, two English miles with out the walls. You then discover that the city is built at the spot where the two rivers, the Rudawa and the. Vi stula, converge, and that a range of wooded hills, terminat ing in the mound on which you are standing, runs up into the triangle formed by the convergence of the two rivers. This mound, raised by patriotic hands in memory of their greatest national hero, was ruthlessly seized upon by the Austrians and converted into a fortress when they violated the treaty of Vienna by destroying the liberties cf Cracow, which, by the stipulations of that treaty, was to re main a free town far ever. The traveller who has taken the trouble to mount to the top of the mound has but to look around him and he will at once see that the Aus trians have not been idle since IE4B, As the Russians have rendered the citadel at Warsaw impregnable, and the Prussians have done the same by Posen, it would appear that Austria is bent on turning Cracow to the same account. It will be many years before the works are anything like finished, and, until their completion, Cracow is any day at the mercy of the Russians pouring in through the gates of Michalowice on the top of yonder hill, and less than five English miles distant, Im mediately in front of the spectator is spread out the picturesque old city, out of the centre of which, as from a forest of churches, raises itself up majestically the castle hill, with its roj al residence and cathedral, big with the memories of Poland's departed glory. Now, the Pule who Auld visit the tombs of S Kosciuzko, and Poniatowsky, or would go to worship in his own cathedral, is only admitted at certa n hours of the day by a little wicket gate in the fortifications, and has to thread his way through frowning cannon, which command the approaches. When the national feeling is thus cruelly wounded, is it I wonderful that the Pars should be disaatisfied with the Austrian Government P During the 15 years which have elapsed since they laid violent hands upon Cracow, I would defy the Austrians to point to a public work of theirs which had fur its object the development-of the material resources of the country. The railvdy which connects Cracow with Lemberg, and that now in ccurre of construction from Lemberg to Czanowi z, in the Bukowina, is the work of Prince Sapieha, to whom the province of Galicia owes what little commercial prosperity it can boast of. Were the Austrians driven across the Carpathians to-morrow, the only trace they would leave behind of their occupation of the country would be a few dozen glaring red brick forts in a more or less forward state of . preparition.—Bullock's Polish ,~yel knces. DUBLTN, Aug. 30. A most brutal and unprovoked murder was com mitted in Omagh on Saturday evening last. The vie• tim is Mr J. M'Cressan, a solicitor of considerable repute in the county of Donegal. The circumstances are as follows :—At the last Omagh Assizes Mr MaCrossa.n was solicitor for the plaintiff in the case of Doyle v. %FLoughlin, coach builder. It was the only record at last assizes. A verdict of £8 damages and GI. costs was found for the plaintiff. M'Loughlin, the defendant, not paying . the damages and coats, an ezecution was brought against him, and the Glib-sheriff. Mr C. M 'Crossan, Irat,".er of the aiaceased, RIO on Saturclaylast about to precaed with the eizecution. MaLoughlia resisted, and his clue, which is situated io Viatica street, (a th© sheriff a n d hi s b a i l i t f s. cootah, shut rip reaistance was offercd, against the approach of The sheriff, seeing that aawalr the advice of his brother, who went t o hi m , r , . L and while speaking to the sut'aa heriff en the stre e t at MaLoughlin'a house, an iron rot', 5 feat 8 incbea in length, having a hook with a bao at the point, was thrust by MaLoughlin out of the window on the upper story, and pludged into the throat cf Mr M'Crosssn, liftirg him off the ground, and idnicting a dreadful wound. The carotid artery was cut, and the blood gushed out in prda'asion. All the remedies which medical skill could devise were applied. During the night, and up to Sunday afternoon, some hopes, though faint, were entertained of his recovery, but about 1 o'clock p.m. he fainted, and a change for the worse set in, w hich became snore serious, until he finally expired, after intense suffer ing, at 5 o'clock yesterday morning. A report of the brutal outrage was at once conveyed to the con stabulary, three of whom were quickly at the scene of the unfortunate occurrence. Constable M'Caugban immediately ascended the window, forced his way into the house, and arrested APLoughlin. .y- ~.~. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. Bi'ORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Days - - STOCKTON RACES-TIIIS DAY. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) WYNYARD PLATE. East Lynn Voluptas 2 Lozenge , 3 Eight ran. lIARDWICKE STAKES. Wild Agnew St _Magnus ..... Lord Cunyng;-,ani 3 . Four ran. NORTHERN ET LEGER. Claremont Revival .. Cathedral • I , lv uun. LAMB TON PLATE SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCE. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, DERBY RACES—Tuts DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Umpire .. FAT BUCK STAKES. Black Rock .... Tippler Disappointment Five ran. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Arkansus. Lady Egidia Attache Dead heat betwceu first and second. TRADESMANS' PLATE. e ...... .. t Fantail Lady Evelyn filly .... Cutaway .. a Three ran, L IUNBRIDGE RACES—This DAY. SOUTH EASTERN PLATE. Rosoneath ... . Blanche of Lancaster Batsman 3 Ten ran. FOURTH EDITION SUN OFFICE, HALF PAST SEVEN O'CLOCTi. SPORTING INTELLIGiNCE—This Day. STOCKTON RACES—Tars DAY. SELLING PLATE. Secret Treesure .. Eola 2 JUVENILE STAKES. Anonyms ... , 0 1 Sweet Jessie.. 0 2, Nine ran. DERBY RACES—TmsDAT. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Lady Egidia 0 1 Arkansas 0 2 Attache . 3 Three ran, DERWENT STAKES. Sty-gm 1 Roulette London .. 3 Three ran. NURSERY STA.KES. Aline .. Lansdown 2 Salocn 3 Tllr=e ran. GRAND STAND Prescription .. 1 Crytheia 2 Zara "" Fcur ran. EXETER RACES—Tars DAY, ROUGEMONT STAKES. namav,us Bessie Jessie 3 Four ran. SELLING STAKES. Rosette Corset Avoneliffe - 3 DEVON CLUB STAKES. Belle of the Vale Pelio3 Jack in the Box 1.. •; COUNTY CUP. Brindisi 1 Blondin Oldminster MAMHEAD STARES. Moetissima filly •. Slirapnell ...... 3 Six :a:. NURSERY HANDICAP. EnclalEigh Sv; ift; Tring TUNBRIDGE RACES—Tun DAY. SELLING PLATE. Neilgherry .. Catenus Michael Greve 2 3 even ran. VOLUNTEER CUP. Drargery Stirrington . 2 Milton 3 SELLING HANDICAP. Corinthian Tom Harvest Moon 2 lloiace Walpole ... '; Four ran. NURSERY PLATE. Corporal Tri m I Maud 3 Sister to Lavender Four ran. MID-KENT STAKES, Vigil Wild Huntress . Confederalist Maneliester Betting —Yesterday. There was only a small attendance at the rooms to-day, and business was exceedingly tame. The only horses in request for the St Leger were Baragah and Ely, both of whom were supported at 100 to 7 and 100 to 6 respectively, Fur the Derby, 20 "ponies" were taken about Breadalbane, and 50 to 1 in hundreds about Brown Dayrell. DONCASTER ST LEGER: sto 2 agst General Peel (offered) sto 2 agst Blair Athol {offered) 10 to 1 agst Miner (offered) 100 to 7 agst Baragah (taken) 100 to 6 eget Ely (taken) 25 to 1 agst Me.ster Richard (offered) 33 to 1 agst Breeze (offered, take 40) THE DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Breputbane (taken) 60 to 1 agst Brown Dayrell (taken) ----- PILCHARDS.—Some of the Cornish boats made large catches during the past week, but, on the whole, the fishery was not so satisfactory as in the five or six preceding weeks. On Sunday about 300 hogsheads were caught by the Love, Union, and Miners , seines at Perran porth, making- a total of 1,500 hogsheads taken within a few days. Tho fish were very fine, and there not being sufficient means ler curing, a large quantity was sold for manure at a nominal price. A good sale has alsa taken place at 2a. 31, to 2s. 6d, per basket.ti 000 The Perthleven driving boats averaged each a bolt , , reat pilchards per night throughout the week, d a cou g ntry quantity of which was sold to metropi!itan L. an d was left buyers at Is, 4d. to Is. 61. per 120; a Ii" B' , in several for bulking. Tho drift boats at Fowe.Y h b e r s o " I, s ei ne boats were thousand fish per boat every night, b ut . . 1 ;,,, at m evag i ese y very unsuccessful. There W 413 no . a l fis es o b n account of the on Monday or Tuesday with weather, but a large quantity from the land. Three on Tuesday night about ono w ile on Saturday; one caught seines were shot at Gorran , : 1 z3d fish. The catches by the t o il f i e le i7l i c n hards was discovered about 40 mairids of awe 'beak showed a great falling off Mount s Bay boats Long. The drift boats , . sines did not 2. 2d. to 000 to 4,000 fi ne fish; price .. en nightly frown 1 ' • need on Monday, and 120. The seines commenced three to f a r t hSTll7s49b.roug The h some of the boats took lr !trhoLwth. 2e. 4e. per all thepEu are now in so. . Oppressor Olurar ..... Inca . Sovvn ran. THIRD ''ON Paid. all icy all 100 ( 100 100 2 all 1 - 1% 54 i 26 100 5,1 64} 931 I 1001 If