The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-11 00:00:00

O MARKET AND COMAIBILCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. di The small supp l y of capital EfiJat renders the T h e establishments very discreet as to the 1 3 , !Per they acc e pt , y all th and induces them to exact very Ji gh rates for e business they negotiate. In e l °nBc quenne of this disturbance there has been a enerai idea that the directors of the Bank of Eng land °lay be compelled to raise their official mini -01)"'l and the commercial community are therefore b r tft , il ' i rig all the accommodation they require. The ~;° ' ers aware of this anxiety on the part of the -fercantile civets are charging 91 99 per cent. for the be short dated bills. tL A furth er sum of L 120,000 in gold was taken into 4eTlia yesterday. • h e Bombay steamer, which leaves to-morrow Will take out only £42350. Llr is i4 g the last f ew d ays th ere h as b een very hi L , -e V lsi ness transacted in the Foreign and Colo 4-Induce M arkets, the state of the money e a atitet "Ting operated prejudicially on the general ndition of commercial affairs, Tea has been in moderate request, at about late rates, for superior grutillitiM while sugar has been dull without any 4i41 41 chan ge in prices. Coffee, rice, fruits, spices, tga4icii salt petre have remained at former rates, whil e °W has conti nue d at stea d y pr i ces f or b ot h pre t and forward delivery. Two O'CLOCK. // e 4 ,, t , the Paris B ourse thi s d a y, accor di ng t o or , "Let'a telegram, th e 3 p er C e nt. R e ntes we re , -Gted a . 40c. The English stock market to-day has continued s ymptoms of depression, and although no hii.uer alteration has occurred in prices, there is a r un : l3 g of general uneasiness consequent upon the e ; °11 , 1.8 of commercial failures. The quotations for 88;° 18 f or money are 871 88, and for the account e ~ 5` The New Threes and Reduced Annuities, dit B6 ; March E xc h equer Bill s , ll a to 6s ; June 2 63 4 . 1 9.; and Indian 5 per Cente., 103/ 104. th e Foreign market there has been very little 1 , ,, - ,T,Y 1011 , and prices have not varied materially. sei,; Bll 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 691, %; do. Con lues, , ; t Mexican, 258 26k ; do. New, 24k ; ti; e6 ' 22 ai; Spanish Passive, 30 1-; do. Cer fetes, 13 ,1 ; Portuguese, 46* i; and the Cone Berate 1 .050, 53 55. l et Meeting to-day of the creditors of Messrs di sal and Bullman, watch manufacturers and —°lld merchants, the balance-sheet, prepared by th eB : B ,, C . P. Kemp Ford and Co., accountants, a u e3 d - e ki that the liabilities represented £99,864175, t i e t he assets at £18,268 16s ld, leaving a defi eatti,.°7 of £81,596 Oa 11d. It was agreed that the l o be wound up in bankruptcy. fir mer t he Itii,way Share iklarka there has been a takv-Aer tone, Great Northern and Great Western %C. each improved £1; Metropolitan, 155.; Lan ti ult. () and Yorkshire, North Western, North , I 3,t k -rn (Berwick), and South Eastern, each 10s. 0 14 "e Fo reign and Colonial lines shows little t ti ge of importance. i lan 4lll and Miscellaneous shares are also at en 381,ced quotations. Alliance have risen to 368 anaa,.lreperial, to 30,1 31. Consolidated, to 9/ -1, 'London Financial, to 208 211, ALITIIIII FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. qOVRNMENT FUNDS. 87i 8 a r Cent. a Consols Br 4 ccot, N ov . 10 88 Is Per o C e un nt. R e d uced 8 6 4 6 ti e w 3 Per Cent. eW 2 per Cent. Jan. 1694 4.,° per Cent., Jan. 1873 gn u ; , , tes, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 ''° for 30 yrs, expire sth April,BBs — u° (Red Bea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — 1 "e E 0 1, c ltler Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. _ bo x,500 £lOO and £2OO - 4 .1i - ° ' A gland Stk, 51 per Ct. 236 5 7 iccount -4111 eog ov NmENT,.SECURITIES. I ndi a Ds to k G lO4 ER e ' r Cent., April 1874 104 34 ' l ' l ,o 6 per Cent. July, 1870 ."° 4 Per Cent., Oct, 1688 ~ Do Certificates .v:, Account '' - ' 0 1 per Cent , (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. b o 4 i., 1 pet Cent , ,0 lafaced Paper, 4 per Cent _ • t? 6 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 -.° 6 5 per Cent., May, 1879 - 1 -Jo ~ 4 per Cent Aug 1866 Do R . .1 • . N .-'olldBlll,ooo _ "0 4uder 41000 Amt • POAILIGIII FUNDS—ONE B D riala bonds ! 5 per Cent .. O'CLOCK. tizoniall 6 per cent..... 1)o41 Per Cent 1852-58-60 83 -lienlB63 - 1 , 08 Ayres 6 per, Cent 0.-,? Account ...• °:,Yan 6 per Cent. — col)0045. per Cent _ ei.i6 llll P o a 6 per Cent L o - 1 6 . per Cent. ..... ba to , Per Cent, 1864 - uo 8-, R D Peer Cent, 1664 actor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. _— t„,,°, i.ovisonal Land Warrant.. 954 G 1 G -gtiaa ?Per .Cent o s e ~ , 5100 tond Issue tt,,:u° Bonds `'ee ea-Coupons --- L I per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup _ 1)? Account .......... bu C° uPons ll kl ikc eotint 4),, - , 1 z,, ( 94 6 per Cent. - ItaiC,rd9 and 1859 k :t- 6 Per Ce t (Nlarenimana Railway) ex iea „ „ n ‘ ,. „ b o P ° Per Cent .... 26 4 "'ceoUnt .. b c, .... 241 D o 6 1864 die bitt o t er C ep'. Anglo-French 13i dis x d Tu r , „,- - criP, £33 paid 11.100;;'Verich Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c li e 84 Imperial 5 per Cent s v Gra — D ° nada ............. 28 I) . 2 per Cent. ••• • D o Deferred ........ —.. b° Land Warrants (Hectares) ° bebentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 _— Pe 13° do Aug., 1866 tbil'64h 44 per Cent . • -- t c r ! Per Cent. (Uribarren) b,' :l.# per Cent., 1862 Per;: kek gue eunt. ... b -ao 3 t -? per Cent., 1853 46 ~.so Aunt 4 °3 cco huo Ac c ou nt Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '60," 62,' — bL,411). 5 pe r Cent., 1822, £St — '4i per Cent., 1850 .. 824 0 o 1860 b t ' 4 3 per Cent 1859 .. Per Cent, ,° Anglo-Dutc:l862 -Dutch 862 i tr iJti Scrip, £55 pa id tiiinian 0 per Cent _ e n „° Account _ rah 3 per Cent 494 1,0 Account _D° New Deferred _ 1, 0 Account _ .... 0 .1, .IN assive 304 8 .uo Account ij llllBl l Cert. of Coup not funded 131 6 1i , 0 Account lj di°ll , 4 per Cent .. -- 1 3131 Tti o.Scrip, £6O paid 11 " 1 b Ac 6 pe r Cent. 1851 — ° t -' coun. Cent. 1858 ) 0 Account 68 3 5 1)0 £ lO O Bonds ...... b° 6 per Cent. 1862 ° £lOO Bonds.. 694 7 0 1863 —Do Qaratteed, 4 per Cent..... Ire'-'ll.O 1863 Scrip, £4O paid _ bne4Uela 3 per Cent. 21 1); ccount I ) ° Per Cent., 1862 554 I)°, (.;kccount .......... '' o ,,Per Con, , 1861 Ausltr.-uividends-on the above pa able in — London. li bk-i.. lan, 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. ....- 111,74,45 per Cent., Ex. 25f b, s - '..45 her Ce. Ex. 12 Guil — Pr e ,; 1 Per Cent. Certificates I to. ch Itentes 2 per Cent . .. P 11" " •. ' 5 francs — .Lo „' Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 2 ,ri, 'kee°llilt Pief_'.4l boliar Bonds, 41 per Ct. E x. 4 s . '"lt ese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 251 — 0 04 , t Ola more TWO O'CLOCK. y I kecol lnt ......... 884 4 Li- . ver pool Cotton Market— This Day, fibotltficet3.ooo Im (inlet. Small demand. Sales pro b a b ly s. d gY Y E RA'. OF A VETERAN JOURNALIST.— es Of g the remains of Captain Andrew Torrens, one Qelat 13..Qprineipal shareholders of, and for many year d s frreosmi th mi lla ger of, the G10.5e newspaper, were remove e ' of that journal for interment in Kensal-green o in er Y. lhe captain, ar who 76 years old, was former y Ittit„, cer the my, and was brother of the celebrated Qll Political teonomy, Colonel Torrena, F.R.S. SHARE MA RICE TS—Thia day. ORDINARY SIIAR,ES AND STOOKS. ihare Railways. I raid : Closing Business Price. done. Sir., Wol., and Str. Val. 3! ythe and Tyne. 3ristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Jorn 82 84 122 122 6 7 Jo A gets no div. Do. B till fSpe.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin ct Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. h;dinburgli & Glasgow. and S. Western 'GreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 31 83 16 17 85 87 105 107 44 4i Ditto East Anglian at , 4reatNorthot 'Scotland Great Northern Do A stook Do ti do Gt. S. ant W. et Trel,n.l Great Westerr,Original Do Str val 64 74 I'6 128 136 L.B 127 13...) 00 92 69 6J Do. South Wales .... Do. vi est LW. --oxion) Leo Newport Do Hereford Lancashire ez Yorkshire London and filaekwall Len., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, and Dov,r l Lon. & Nor'h Western Lon. & So'..th Western Man., Shef., a Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares... .. 11etropolitan %lid 47 CO 35 40 93 101 113 1131 C 5 67 102 103 33 40 102 1101 94 96 63 14 ]CG 307 mst f2l 99 101 Do Birming. & Dcrb; Ilid. Gt. W. of Ire:am-11 Do. shares ' Heat North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—BerwlJ., Do, G.N.E. purchas( Do Leeds 51 Z 3 24 '5 1054 106 i Do York Do Carllslc Do. Stock. /i Darling Do do 1855-58 Do do 16iG.61 North T ondon Do New 81i Gsi 93} 944 125 130 35 36 9 10 7 8 r 120 125 1 14p Do New, _lBt4 North Staerorciehire N. and S. W. Junotion Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook 75 77 101 )1 132 136 Do Soot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South ISouth Eastern Staines,Wok.,andWok Taff Va1e..... Do C ........ Vale of Neath 64 56 84 16 811 Fill 8 9 ICO 65 3} 4i 97 99 Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall 34 36 Ar. Hartlepool Har,tat. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shar Railways Paid. Price. Business don. 100 Mantic &St Lawrene , all 56 58 Sk Ilom.,Baroda&.Cent In, io , .00 tcl 1001 Gu. 5 per cent.. ..... 20 Do. E. Shares.. 204 , Julialo and Laxellurot all 41 51 10 Do. Preference ..... =LB 7 4 8 4 SOOI tuffalo,Brant,&GodriLl 10, i p. at. bds. Aug. 1,187 100 Do. do. July 1, 187 1 0 0 100 )o. do. June 1, lt•C 100 at leutta.&S.Eastn. (Li :, 100 93 103 at ;apeTown ct Dock San 100 92 94 100 Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf all stock 11:tustn. Bengal gu. *p. tuu 100 101 1034 Stook it;ast Indian, en. sp. 0 too 100 101 100 1 20 Do. do. J Ext 5 stock rlrand Trunk of Cana +: lOO. 19 194 1 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent all 93 93 100 Do. let rrer. Bona,— ail 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all CO 32 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 06 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 6 7 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred..... all 46 18 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock all 29 31 100 Do. do. deferred all 27 29 stool: Ut.lndla.Pentn.gua.sp.e 100 iCO 10' 20 Do. Gu!. 5 per cen' 20 Do. Newgua. sp. o 2 id 2 r stook It. South.of India (Liu: guaranteed 5 per cent 100 99 100 stock Do. 4/ per cent lOO stock Do. .. ... ...... 204 It. W. of Canada Share all 94 10 209 Do. New 18 11 104 ,, 100 110. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt all 89 91 100 'Jo. 54 p. o. do. '77-8 all 82 84 10 Lndian. Branch Limited 2 4 d I r stock Iladras. guar~ sp. o. stook Do. 1/ p. o. Extension 100 92 94 stock Do. 1.4 do ICO 88 93 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stock vlelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bncl , , 100 50 ',fella. & Hobson's Bay. all 8 CO 20 iewllrLlVswlokst Cana. Class A and 8.. . . ... . all 2 6 4.111.C'da6 pc Ist pt bd,- 100 80 83 stock .soinde .......... /100 99 100 1 stool Do. Delhi —. ..... gil't 100 98 100 20 1)o, d 0........... tit , 2 id par st Do. Punjaub ... 'a ,: :1:0 98 100 991 81 stock Do. indus.St.Floki u. 00C 05 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ,British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 lOO - -- Do. do. 1883 lOO - - ! i,,.( ior.6 p.e.Ja. &,.., un 1877-84 1:o. Ap. c. Feb. ez Aug. 100 90 91 Do. Bp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 89 12 Do. Ip. o. Jan.&July 10i 78 81 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 78 81 ;ape (I.Hope, 6 p 0,187: 100 101 106 Do.Ap &Oct. 188( 100 107 109 Do. 188 , 100 108 110 to. Jan. & July. 1891 lOO 107 101 :eylon, N0v.1F63, 6p , 100 102 105 Do. 1878, do 100 1.9 112 Anuritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 103 106 Do. 1882 130 03 105 •-•-• natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 i , ,0 106 ‘1.121.G0v. 6 p.0..1a.&Ju1) 100 93 96 —q, S. W. Gov. 5 p c.,18,„ 100 97 19 Du. sp. c.,lsii to 1871 100 95 97 Do. d0.,1888 &upwck 100 94 96 931 iew Zealand 6 p cent 100 91 102 ;ova Scotia Gov. 6p. ( sterling, 1875 lOO 95 93 ./ueensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 10J 102 i.Aus Cov. 6 p.c.1E68- 100 - - Do. 1.78 &uovard4 lOO ,105 107 Vial; ov. 0 p.o. Ja..tJul) 100 - - Do. io 6 p.a. An..1100t.. 100 104 105 1011 BRITISH MINES. 2 ;ambrian Consol. Gold 1 f 11 Chiverton 3 6 7 _.;.,liorti Amalgamated. 30 32 , evon (4. Con.. (Tavist 570 590 Drakewal . s ,ant. ilasBett (Mogan,— au 13 65 Caradon ..... t 14.1 264 274 st Cam 1 .4.' 7 71 East Grenville ... 2.7.0. 75 if East Lovell ... 2.13.6. 74 8j (TaVIS Lk. 5.13. 44 5 lam.eszSt.Aubyn(Gwen 60 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 Treat South T01gu.... 17r 2 2i L Wheal Voralelstoi, 10 30 31 ler:Ars-Foot nl3 38 40 ,lingston Downs 1.!8.4. 4 45 dargaret (Uny Lelan I 5 7 9 take Valley.. 4 tvndv Iron Oro (Lim. 14 I(; Nangiles....... .... 19 25 37 ‘iew bet...)n 214 75 85 —• , orth I)ovana 3 1 14 North Roskear.. . 291 20 22 3.1'.6 14 24 zorth Crofty . 2.80 34 4 Prosper United.... ... 7.1..'. 35 31 •rov (deuce (Uny Lelui. 10 6.7 37 39 iouthearadon(Bt.Cleez 13 10 540 i.W heal Fran. (Illogau 18.18.1 33 36_ 3tray Park Lin Croft U 17 19 ,Vest Basset (Mogan): 15 8 9 .V Cr radon (Liskeard 9 55 64 West Chiverton Nest 'Sown 4Thea.l. Basset (Mogan 55 92 A 5 Arheal Buller(Redruth, 10 14 16 vVheal Luck ott ,Vheal Mary Ann (Tilen 8 15 17 Wheal 3eton . . 681 2024 2074 viTheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 18 2u ,tiheal Union 4 1 14 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 73 tireat Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 1034 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1,109 Ditto 44 per cent., pf. at. red., 09 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent.,r_B9l Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 133 North Staffordshire, 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., Ditto, new o per cent pf., t LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottngham and Grantham R. & C., 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege gua. W. per annum, SI Recite and San Franciscs (Im.), gua. 7 per cent., 15k SanyaUlo (lim.),_gua. 7 per cent., 13i FOREIGN MINES, United Mexican Urn), 4} Yudananautana of S. Australia, Urn., BANKb. Alliance (11m.). 36 Si Ditto, new, 331 5 Anglo Austrian, Bank of British Columbia, 15 Bank of Egypt, 27 Bank of utago, lim., 3/ Brazil! in and Portuguese, lira., 121 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 34 Consolidated Bank, lim., 91 European Bank, 1im.491 Imperial Bank (lim.), 30 1 1 Imperial Ottoman, 15 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 91 London B.,nk of Alexia° and S. America,llim., 41:11 London and Brazilian dim.), 40 21 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 94 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, Jim., 111 if London and South African, 21 London and South-Western, 201 Merchant Bank, Jim., 21: Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 181 a Oriental Bank Corporation, 58 Union of London 50 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, Chi MISCELLANEOUS. Bolibay Gas, lira., 42 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Credit Fonder and Mobbi r of England, 7 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Ilm., 61 Hudson's Bay, 15 Imperi,l Mercantile Credit AM., lim., ei International Financial t'ociety, lim., 6} Joint Stock Discount, Urn., 5 4± London Financial Association, lien., 201 11 London Geutral Omnibus Company, 21 National Discount Company, Jim., North Br MAI and Mercantile I csurnace, lien., 181 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., bi Upper Assam Tea, Um., 5} 13.14, st at et 50 20 127 8 137/ a 69i I 113 a a I 1101 10 f 102 i 1061 7 1294 loq 611 81i f POLICE INTELLIGENCE,---This day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. "EMPLOYMENT OFFICES" AND THEIR PRACTICES.—A young woman, of respectable appearance, applied to Mr Tyrwhitt for his advice. She stated that seeing an adver tisement in a paper, to the effect that there were several situations vacant for young women, she applied at the ad dress, 96, Regent-street, an " Employment Office for Ladies," for a situation as lady's maid ; and, after paying a fee of ss, she was told there was a situation which would just suit her. An address in Cambridge-street, Hackney road, was given to her, and she was told to write to "A,8." She did so, but not receiving any answer, she went again to the office in Regent-street, and then an address, " 16, Watling-street," was given to her, the person at the office telling la.-r it was a confectioner's, and that the situation was to attend to a luncheon bar. She said she would go there, but was told she must write. She, however, went to the place, and found that instead of the place being a con fectioner's, it was a coach-hoase, and two gentlemen she saw there told her they knew nothing of the matter or of the cillee. On going back again to the offi 'e she saw three or four females abou to enter, and she advised them not to do so. On demanding her 53 back it was refused. One of the females alluded to by the young woman also attended, she having been told to write to " A 8.," in Cambridge-street, Hackney-row, who wanted a house keeper. On going to the place she found it was a printing office, and a young man there told a person had asked that a letter, addressed to A. 13., might be taken in for him, as he had a housekeeper wbo wanted a situation. Mr Tyr whitt, after expressing the hope that publicity would be given to the matter, said ho would send an officer with the young woman and see if he could get her money back. Rosekilling, one of the warrant offinrs, subsequently re ported that ho went to 96, Regent-street, accompanied by the young woman, and a man there said he had never guaranteed the young woman any situation, and that if the receipt for the 5s was looked at that would be found to be the case. He (Rosekilling) asked the man if he intended to give up the ss, and he said he should not, as he acted on principle, and that they might do as they liked. Mr Tyrwhitt said it the young woman was sent to a place and there was no vacancy, it was a fraud. He would advise the young woman to apply to the County Court for a sum mons. The Late Gunpowder Explosion at Erith. ADJOURNED INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.) The adjourned inquest was resumed this morning by Mr Carttar, the Coroner, at the Avenue School-rooms, Erith. The first witness examined was Mr Frederick Albert Tipple, who said—l am a surgeon residing at Erith. On my arrival at the scene of the explosion the first I saw was Rayner—he was dead. The next I saw was Hubbard—he was alive. He was lying near the wreck of Silver's house- I don't think he had been moved, as he was lying in an in sensible state on his back. Ho did not appear to have re ceived any external injury, but on raising him up I found he had received an extensive fracture of the skull from which the brains were protruding. He lived two hours after ray arrival. I era still attending the boy Simms, but it is very doubtful whether he will recover. Walter Silver said.—l was in the outhouse of my residence at the moment of the explosion. I had been out about a quarter to six that morning, hut I had not been near the magazine. I saw there were two barges near Mr Hall', magi zibe, The first indication of the explosion I heard was a tremendous crack, and it appeared as if the whole root was lifted up. It seemed to me to come from the direction of Mr Hall's magazine. I cannot positively say where the explosion first occurred. lat first thought it might have been the explosion of half a pound of powder I tept in my own house. I was thinking for a moment when another cohesion occurred ; some more bricks came about me. Then followed another, and then all became d skness. I don't know whether I fell down. The first body I saw was that of Eliza 03borne, now dead, sic) resided with me. 1 am the manager of the Liverpool Comp iny, and I superin tended the business of the company. 11l y magazines had not been opened thatmorning. No one is admitted to the megazina except on business. Mr Hall's magazine was constructed exactly as our own. I believe there were seven men ordered to come to work that morning, but I had not seen any of them. By a Juror—Tho second explosion was the heaviest of the three. The first one was not very heavy, tho second was terrific, the third was not so loud; but I distinctly heard the three exploskns. The gunpowder was kept in barrels. Raynor and myself were like brothers. By the Coroncr—l don't know the maker of the barrels which contains the powder. They are made at the mills at Faversham. The letter put into my hand I believe to be in the handwriting of Raynor. By a Juror—The magazine is about 20 yards from the river, and about 100 feet between the two magazines. I believe our magazine was the last to explode. The Coroner said his great desire, in the first instance, was to discover the place at which the explosion at first commenced, and then having ascertained that they could take the evidence as to the mode of loading, unloading, and storing the powder. Having ascertained that from Mr Silver he would then retire, and at another part of the inquiry he would be recalled. Samuel Wm. Fletcher, aged 13, said—l rsside with Mr Silver. I got up about half-past five. I was at the back of the holm-, looking towards Erith, with the oows, when the explosion took place. I had not been to the river or the magazine. I first heard a man say " Oh." I saw the flash go from the barge to the magazine. I could see the sails, but not the barges. I then fell down. I did not hear the sound. I cannot say whether I got up or was picked up. When I came to myself Mr Raynor's magazine was in flames. The smoke had all gone away. By a Juror—l saw two barges lying off the magazine the evening before the explosion took place. One was at the end of the jetty, the other along side. I can't say from which of the barges the flash seemed to como from. I think it was Hubbard who called out " Oh." He was not engaged at either of the magazines. I saw him before the explosion. He was not smoking. By a Juror—l did not see smoke coming from the cabin of either of the barges the night before the explosion. We have boiled a kettle once for a barge men, but that's a long time ago. I never saw any men smoke in the barges. Thomas Richardson—l reside at Erith, and lam a fisherman. I was standing about 150 yards off the south shore in the stream when the explosion occurred. The first thing that called my attention to the barges was my son calling out to me that men were at work at the barges, and, therefore, it was getting late. I looked towards the jetty, and there 1 saw sou.e men on the barge, but I can't say how many. I then saw a great smoke and then a tremen dous explosion. I fancied it came from the barges. I felt little effect from the first shock, but the following one was terrific, I was struck by a steno and injured. The barge was greatly irj ared. When I recovered, I heard what I now believe to be cries for assistance from some persons in the water. I afterwards hatred to rescue ono of the poor fellows from the water. When I first looked towards the barges the smoke seemed to arise suddenly. The second shock seemed to lift the boat right out of the water. By a Juryman—Only a few seconds elapsed between the shocks. I did not see a large steamer going down the river at the time. I know that the steamers go very close to the river bank when passing the spot, but I did n'.t see any sailing down that morning. A steamer, I believe, passed atter the explosion, I did not see the vessel myself at all. Thomas Richards, aged 12, said—l was with my father on board his boat on the morning of the explosion. I saw two men at work on the jetty. They seemed to bo wheeling casks along in a truck. I told my fa:her it was getting late as men were at work. I next saw a great smoke at the stern of the bargs. I heard a great noiso and was forced into the cabin. I cannot recollect anything else. The firs thing I remember was my father getting into a beat to row down to the place near the explosion, The steamer I saw after the explosion was a middling sized boat. She was going along the north shore, By a Juror—The smoke I saw was black, and it seemed to come from the barge lying alongsiee the jetty, and not at the end. By Mr Poland—l was only frightened when I saw my father bleeding. I noticed the exact position of the barges at the j3tty—one was at the end, the other higher up along side. The smoke seemed to come from the end of the jetty, and directly I saw it I heard the noise. lam certain it seemed to come from the stern of the barge. The steamer I saw was going down with the tide away from London. I saw two men on the jetty, but I cannot say whether there were any men at work on the barges. I saw my father was hurt before I saw the steamer. Robert Bruce—l am a ballast man, and I was in a barge on the river fair abreast of Mr Hall's magazine. We were then well over to the south. Two men, named Clark and Grimes, were on board at the time. Grimes was steering. A large flash came all round the barge, then a shower of bricks followed, which knock :d me down. I saw a little boy aboard one of the barges before the explosion. I felt the second shock with.tho greatest intensity. I then heard Grimes cry, " Save me, save me." I saw him hold up his hand in the water amidst the smoke. I held him up and he was saved. I saw a large screw collier going down the river, but she took no notice of the explosion, and kept on her course. The barge was filled with brick, and 42 holes were knoclied in the mainsail. I don't know the name of the steamer. In sailing down the raver all vessels would have to pass very near the m agazine. I never saw a caution put up near to Erith magazine like there is at Put fleet. Thomas Robert Clarke, ballastman, said—l was on the same barge as Bruce. I was down in the hold. We were right abreast of the lower powder magazine, about 200 yards off. I first saw a flash all round the lighter, and then came a shower of br icks. I saw the steamer two or t hree minutes after. I did not hear the third shock. I was not injured at all. I saw some persons moving about on the barges of the jetty, but I can't say how many there were. The inquiry was proceeding wh en we wen t to press. SALMON FISFIING IN THE NORTIL—Sines the withdrawal of the nets, capital sport has been ob tained upon most of our northern rivers. As re gar d s the Ness, Sir Joseph Hawley has just left for the South, aft er a most successful season. Mr A. Denison is killing fi h Spoy has been yielding splendid almost every day, and a few have been caught occasionally by anglers during the past week. On Tuesday, the Mar quis of Blandford plied the water of Mr Baillie, of Lays. His lordship hooked several fish, but unfortunately heTmileost successful anglers who have fro larded none of the number. Monday next is the last daybt, sbaskets. t . he Among season. Capt a. Campbell ght have also and d A L i e r nn A o r x k , wri quented that river were Lady Alex. Gordon Lennox and Lord Francis Gordon Lennox, who fished the Gordon Castle met with capital sport on the same part of the river. On waters. and D n n Lord b a, Algernon ivl x a a x Gordon , Monday last, at Glentulchen, Mr Bass, M.P,, killed three salmon, and on the same water, the following day, a like number was captured by Dr Harrell : One of the fish caught by Mr Bass was a fine clean specimen of 181bs—he gave upwards of an hour and a q uarter's play before being landed, Major Water has had a few days good fishing on the Dave run, capturing several clean run salmon of from 171bs to 201bs each. On the Tay and Earn the fish aro very nume rous, and it has been noticed that they are betaking them selves to the spawning bed s much earlier than u sua l, S ome of the salmon caught on th e Earn weighed as high as 301 be. In most rivers grilse and sea trout are more than usually large and abundant, and should the spawning season prove favourable good fishing may be expected next year.—in vernass Courier. JAVANESE PRwINitChE; 'of linedold and silver ; and THE COSTUME OF A PRINCE.—His cjalootkhe,tanwilsesmobfrodidaerrk(dbwluiteh fivcjw:voerst underneath was a kind of waistcoat, of a lighter shade of blue, and, like an officer's shell jacket, but up to the throat with diamonds of the first water, His trousers were of black cloth, with a broad band of gold down each side, The batek which he wore over all was of a gaudy pattern, and was fastened to the waist by a very rich silk scarf, worked with gold, from which hung tassels of the same rich material. Into the folds of this were thrust two krisees one of which was sheathed in a scabbard of gold, minute]; carved and profusely ornamented with filigree work, and the other with a hilt of ivory, also exquisitely carved, and stud ded with diamonds, From his neck hung a massive gold chain of European workmanship, to which dangled a bunch of charms, some of which were little boxes containing per fumes and aromatic preparations,—Lifc in Java, by IV, IL Almeida. THE SUls, :LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1864. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Jonathan Cooper, a dock la bourer, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with violently assaulting Mary Boyd. The complainant, a widow about 30 years of age, stated that last night a wo.nan, with whom the prisoner was ac quainted, asked her for the loan of 4s. She was unable to comply with the request as she had no money, and had just put her children to bed without any food. The woman then called her vile names arid took a coat away. She went after her and was assaulted by the prisoner and others, who used vile language and threatened her life. She retreated to her own house, N 0.9, Cartwright-street, and a quantity of small stones were thrown at her window. The prisoner took up a brick and threw it at the window. It passed through a pane of glass, struck her on the chin, and inflicted a severe contusion. The brick then fell upon an afflicted child and injured it. The prisoner toJk up another brick, sent it through another pane of glass, and struck her on the shoulder. A third brick was thrown. It entered her room but did not strike her, The witness, who was in great pain, displayed the bruises on her chin and shoulder. The evidence of the prisoner was fully confirmed, and Mr Partridge said the prisoner was a savage and cowardly fellow, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. WESTMINSTER, DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE. - Edward Candace, a tall, powerful man, was charged with the following outrageous conduct : Mr James Watson, the proprietor of the Cheshire Cheese tavern, Grosvenor-street, Pimlico, said that at a little before six last night the defendant came to his house and made a disturbance. Complainant's attention was first directed to him LT finding that he had got a poor old man with a wooden leg down, and was taking Ira stink from him. When complainant interfered defendant seiz xl him by the throat with great violence, and made his cheek bleed, In the scuffl3 with defendant complainaLt lost a valuable breast-pin. Mr Arnold inquired whether the defendant had been drinking ? _ _ Complainant replied he did not exactly know. He was not served at all in his house. Michael Logan, a poor old man, with a wooden leg, said that defendant and his two companions came into the house where he had gone for some refreshment, and seized what he had for and drank it. They then asked him if he would treat them with some beer, and upon his refusal, the defendant struck him a violent blow in the eye, and followed it up by endeavouring to take his stick away from h:m. When defendant was given into custody he kicked witness in the stomnch on his way to the station. Police-constable 40 B proved that defendant committed the assault complained of, on his way to the station-house, upon the old man. Defendant denied the assaults, and said he was the ill used party. He was remanded. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE UNION.' A meeting of landowners and others locally interested was held at Sedbergh on Wednesday, to take into consideration this piojected line of railway; the Rev, G. Platt in the chair. After hearing the explanations of the solicitor and engi neer, the meeting unanimously passed a resolution in fa vour of the proposed railway and pledged itself to support the bill in Parliament. It was stated that many of the leading landowners along the proposed route had signified their approbation of the line, and in some instances had offered to take the value of their land in shares. The proposed line would commence by a junction with the Loudon and North-Western Railway at Sedbergh, and pass in an easterly direction through Garsdale and Wensleydale to the North-Eastern Railway at Leyburn. It was to be extended from the latter place, via Masham, to Melmerby junction. The length of the proposed line would be fifty miles, and the estimated cost was £125,000. It was stated that a return of £2O per mile per week would afford a divi dend of about £6 per cent , after allowing 50 per cent. for working expensei. SOUTH AUSTRIAN AND LOMBARDO• VENETIAN The total traffic receipts from the let of January to the 29th of September amounted on the South Austrian lines, 1,086 miles in length, to £1,517,561, and for the correspond ing period of 1863, on 1,082 miles, to £1,473,847, showing an increase of £43,714. The total receipts on the Lombardo- Venetian lines amounted, on 274 miles, to £283,236, against £269,116 on 257 miles, showing an increase of £14,120. The total receipts on the Central of Italy lines, 167 miles in length, amounted to £157,813, and for the corresponding period of 1863, on 145 miles, to £158,969, showing a de crease of £1,156. The aggregate receipts of the above lines amounted, on 1,527 miles, to £1,959,610, and for the cor responding period of 1863, on 1,484 miles, to £1,899,932, showing an increase of £59,678. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines, 1,335 miles in length, for the week ending the 17th of September, amounted—for local passengers to £6,979, for foreign pas sengers to £2,211, for emigrants to £lOO, for mails, &0., to £612, for local freight and live stock to £13,086, and for foreign freight and live stock to £2,433—t0ta1, £25,481, against £22,835 for the corresponding week of last year, showing an increase of £2,645, The total receipts from the Ist of July to the above date amounted to £248,113, and for the - same period last year to £209,616, allowing do in crease of £38,4,1, or 18.36 per cent. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 8s ; clover, £4 103 to SG 103 Od ; and straw, .£1 8s to £1 123 per load. A steady inquiry. CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £1 8s ; clover £l'los to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £lBs to £1 12s per load , An ac:ivo trade. WIIITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 8s ; clover, £4 1 s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. A firm demand. COLONIAL. TEA,—BusinePs has been very inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been at barely previous rates. SUGAR.—The market has continued dull, although prices of West India have been generally maintained. In the refined market fully late rates are obtained for dried goods. COFFEE.—There has been a moderate enquiry for colonial descriptions, without any material change as regards values. RlCE.—Business has remained very inactive, and the few transactions that have been reported were at about former rates. TALLow,—The market has remained without material change, both as regards demand and value. P.YC. on the spot is quoted 4Us. 61., 415.; last 3 months, 425. 61., 425. 9d.; and January to March delivery, 438, 3d, per cwt. COAL MARK ET. Moen of Coal per Ton at the dose of the market. s. d.l Walls End. Holywell l9 0 Lambert's West Hart- South Hetton 21 Tunetall Acorn Close ..20 0 Braddyll'a Hetton 20 9 Eden 20 0 East Hartlepool 21 3 Hotton 2l 6 25; solJ, 25, ley 19 3 Eden Main .....2U 3 Walls End. e1100.. Cassop .. 20 9 [ ships at market THE LATE MR GILES-PULLER, M.P.—A stained window to the memory of the late Mr Giles-Puller, M.P. for Hertfordshire, is to be placed in the parish church of &auxlon, liatiordshire. As the subscription was larger than was rt:quirecl for the purpose, the surplus is to be de voted to the enlargement of the High-cross Church schools. Bill Forgeries in Leeds. The disclosures which have recently been made with re gard to the forgeries of mercantile paper committed by the runaway Marsden, following close upon those of Aekroyd, who was convicted of forgery at last Leeds Assizes, gave rise to some very unpleasant doubts. It seems hardly possible —in fact it is utterly impossible—to believe that /slarsden's fabrication of bills was not known to several persons long before the stoppage of the Leeds Banking Company. There must have been men in the tcwn who knew well that Mars den was dealing in forged paper, and who yet held their peace and took no steps to follow up a clue which might have sopped his course some months before he found it necessary to fly the country. It is absurd to suppose he can have forged and uttered a thousand bills without the fact of his having done so becoming known to persons who, from motives of their own, winked at his proceedings, and who having eacsped loss themselves took no pains to bring the offender to jua` ice. We have been informed by those whore information upon such a matter is likely to be good, that if attorneys' and bill discounters' effects, bank parlours and merchants' counting houses could disclose th it secrets, we should hear strange tales of forged bills which never come out in courts of justice, and should learn that no felony is so frequently compounded as that of the for2.ery of a bill of exchange. The holder of such a bill, especially if it is of large amount, naturally wants his money, and if that is forthcoming, it is not, as ho conceives it, his b esiness to prosecute the in dorser for forgery. The banker to whom such a bill is presented for discount, and who knows that it is a forgery, merely shakes his head at it, and refuses, without assigning any reason, to take it over the counter. The professional bill disc unter will possibly take it without demur, if he thinks the forger's credit is not entirely exhausted, for he knows that he wig strain every nerve to meet that bill. The attorney in whose hands such a bill is placed by his client, with an intimation that it is a forgery, or at all events that there are great doubts about its genuineness, uses the threat of criminal proceedings merely as a means of getting the bill taken up. Now let us be distinctly understood. We do not mean to say that all attorneys, all bill discounters, all merchants, and all bankers are in the habit of thus dealing with forged paper coming under their notice. Nu doubt there are many men who, happily for themselves and the mercantile world, take a different view of their rights and du ies, and would no more think of allowing a forger to escape because they lost nothing by him than they would think of picking pockets or forging acceptances themselves. Unless, however, merchants and bankers are greatly belied there are not a few among them who regard forgery as a venial offence when it does not injure their own pockets, and who never think of prosecuting, on public grounds persons as to whose guilt they have no doubt. It i. possible, however, that the indisposition to take any steps with regard to the prosecution of offenders against the forgery laws may sometimes arise from more respectable causes than those which we have indicated. A banker or merchant may have strong suspicions as to the genuineness of paper presented to him, and yet those suspicions do not seem to him to be strong enough to warrant him in taking any other step than merely refusing it. Of course in such oases it would be absurd to say that he ought to take cri minal proceedings, or indeed that he would be justified in so doing. But he might at all events take steps to ascertain whether his suspicions were or were not well grounded, and act accordingly. There are channels well known to all per sons engaged in trade through which inquiries may be made with the utmost secresy, and with almost certainty as to their being followed by correct information. We believe upon very good authority, and if we are wrong we shall bo glad to be corrected and to find ourselves mistaken, that the forgery of negotiable instruments has very much increased within the last few years, and that the actual prosecutions for this offence represent a very small number of the forgeries actually committed. If this is the case it is disgraceful to the public morality, and must sap the very foundations of crodit. Every man engaged in trade is deeply interested in seeing to it that no mercantile forgery is allowed to pass unpunished, and that the forger should have no greater chance of escape than the thief or the mur derer. When this crime was punished with death there was some excuse for winking at its commission, as the penalty seemed out of proportion to the offence ; but prosecutions for it are now rarely foregone from humanitarian motives. The reason that the forger is not prosecuted now a days usually is that the person vi he ought to prosecute finds it to his individual pecuniary advantage to hold his tongue. We believe that all persons who have to do with nego tiable instruments, either as bankers or merchants, owe it to themselves and their fellows to guard their purity with the utmost vigilance. It is only fair to the courts of law to say that the forgery of such instruments is always regarded as a higher crime and is visited with a heavier punishment than other classes of forgery, as being a corruption of the functions of credit at their very source. It is in vain, how ever, for judges to disclaim against tho heinousness of the crime if it is not regarded with at least equal abhorrence by those whose interests it directly efficts, and if from merely selfish motives they decline to rut the criminal law in motion against it. And mercantile men ought to visit with the severest reprobation not merely the actual forgers and utterera, but those who knowingly stand by and see the offence committed, and yet make no effort whatever to punish it, either from love of their own ease or tenderness for their own pockets. Of course a man who actually compounds a felony by receiving the value of a forged bill as a consideration for foregoing a prosecutions brings himself within the lash of the criminal law. Such an offence, however, is difficult of proof; and there are many stages short of it which although not punishable by law ought to be severely dealt with by public opinion. and ought to operate as an immediate loss of standing and re putation in the mercantile world. Seeing a thief and being partaker with him does not seem to be a more grievous offence, and is certainly less injurious to the community than that of refraining from any motive whatever from the prosecution of a forger of bills.—feeds liferoury. The Great Strike of Colliers. Yesterday the largest meeting which has been yet held of the colliers on strike in South Staffordshire took place at Bilston. Detachments of men marched into the town from Wsdnesbury, Great Bridge, Tipton, Dudley, Oldbury, and Brierly Hill, each headed by bands of music and men carry ing mottoed banners. They were followed by armed police men until by the time the meeting commenced the police men in the town numbered 150 sabres. At the meeting there were perhaps 8,000 persons, nearly all of them miners. The speakers complained of alleged interference by the police authorities, and said they should bring such :,, ter f e . rence before the constituted authorities, for the men on strike were peaceable and loyal subjects for her Z_lr‘jesly, and wculd allow no one to tempt them to break the peace. may, however, state the alleged interference coe , sis tr]. nEVe of the refusal of Major M'Knight, th e d eputy c hi ef constable of Staffordshire, to allow the b en d s to play to and fro ' on the high road near to the collieries where miners are at work, such movements by the men who are out being in tended to draw out the men who hive resumed work. Lord Leigh's offers were again severely strictured,and clergymen and others who had counselled a return to work on mas ters' terms, were censured as friends only of the wealthy. Efforts made on the previous night by individual employers to secure some arrangement between themselves and the leaders of the strike were described; and the determination repeated that henceforth no communications, with such an object in view, shall take place between representatives of the two contending sides. It was repeated that the masters were quite able to give the rise, and that they were only contending for the subjection of the men. Central points in the district were announced, at which bands of men were to meet on the morrow (this) morning, to beat the drums at half-past four in the morning, to "draw out the black legs," Tho Chairman announced that pecuniary help and expres sions of sympathy had been received from the Birmingham branch of the Amalgamated Engineers, whose secretary had also been instructed by the lodge to write to the general secretary with a view to a grant from the general fund. The Birmingham Lodge had also formed itself into a committee to procure help from other sources. At the close of the meeting, a resolution was unanimously come to that the strike should be continued till the masters gave them "their wages." The eighty Lancers, who aro in barracks in Birmingham, have for some time bean kept " saddled-up," ready to ride into the black country at a moment's notice, and a number of the volunteers have been kept under arms in Bingley Hall ready for any emergency to which the colliers' strike might give rise in Birmingham, where there is a strong sympathy with the colliers amongst all classes,and where a rumour had got afloat that the colliers intended to march into the town in vast numbers with anything but a peace able intention. Yesterday the leaders of the movement received an official communication from the Mayor of Birmingham, in answer to a formal application which the colliers had made to his worship desiring permission to hold a meeting in the out skirts of the town, and in which his worship states his rea son for refusing to comply with such application. During the whole of the strike the Earl of Dudley has had one or his collieries (lliruley Collier) at work by men who had accepted the reduced wages; but the workmen have been subjected to much teunting and intimidation, Yesterday the cottage of ono of these workmen, named Jos. Roberts, who lives at Gornal Wood, was partially destroyed, and his own life, and that also of all his familly, attempted by one of those dastardly trade outrages which are un happily so notorious in workmen's disputes in Sheffield. At an early hour in the morning Roberts, who was sleep ing with his wife and children in the top storey of his dwelling, was aroused by something like a heavily-loaded can having been thrust through the window of the bed room in which they were all lying, and almost immo diately afterwards a terrible explosion happened, which blew cif the roof of the house. Assistance was soon forth coming, when it was found all the sleepers bad experienced aeProvidential escape.% They were all uninjured. This is the first colliers' strike during which this class of outrage has been committed in this district; but the one of yester day is the third crime of the kind which has been com mitted here during the present movement. No detection has yet taken place in either instance, but the police autho rities are making every effort to secure the arrest of the (iLmierb. The Fatal Accident at London Bridge Station . Last evening, Mr W. Payne, coroner for Southwark, he an inquiry at Guy's Hospital respecting the deaths of twc ) men, George Start and James May; who were cut to piece' last Saturday morning, near the London-bridge Station o f the South-Eastern Railway. J. Ashton, engine driver, said—On Saturday morning ht, was bringing up the Hastings express train, due at London,- bridge at 11 15, When within 500 yards of the station, the. train was switched off the main up-line on to the Croydon up-line, which is within 2ft 4in of the parapet. Just at that moment he saw the two deceased between the metals and the wall. He reversed the engine and put on the breaks, but the train was on them in a moment. One of them looked at witness, and caught hold of the other to pull him out of the way, when they were struck by the buffer-beam which projected over the metals. Witness saw them spin ning round between the carriage and the wall for the whole length of the train. There was not room for tiny person to stand between the wall and the pr - jections of the train —there could be no escape from such a position. James Elwards and John Baggy described the fearial state in which they fund the two deceased on the line, May had been crushed against the wail for a distance of 100 yards from where the train first struck him, and a trace of blood along the parapet was distinctly visible. He was cut to pieces. Start was not so badly crushed, and he lived two hours. They had been employed to post bills of the "Route to Paris" on a board over the parapet at the viaduct, and to enable them to stand on the parapet they had a small ladder with them. Trains were passing the spot every three or four minutes, and it was not possible to tell until the train was within 60 yards of where they stood whether it would continue on the main up line or come in next the wall on to the Croydon up line. Mr May, inspector of the South-Eastern Company's ad vertising department, said that the deceased were employed in the engineer's yard, and he directed them to paste the bills because they knew all about the trains, If they had commenced their work at 6 o'clock they could have had it all over by 9, before the heavy traffic commenced, but they deferred the business too late. The Coroner having summed up, Thejury returned a verdict that the deceasel were kind accidentally while pasting bills on the South-Eastern line, and the jury recommended that all bills should in future be pasted before 8 o'clock in the morning, and that no adver tising boards should be erected within at least 200 yards of a switching junction, Lord Enfield, M.P., and Mr. Lindsay, EP., at Uxbridge. Lord Enfield and Mr. Lindsay, M.P., were among the speakers at the annual dinner of Coe Middlesex Agricul tural Society, which took plae 3 at Uxbridge on Friday. Lord Enfield defended the foreign policy of the Government— especially with regard to the American and Dano-German wars. With regard to domestic affairs, it had been said by a high authority that they would do well to " rest and be thankful." That came well from an old veteran who had borne himself nobly in many a well-fought political field ; but with regard to those younger men, who had yet their pc litical spurs to win, he thought they ought to have another watchword, "Move with the times." (Cheers) If they looked around them, they saw that in Parliament they had yet much work to do. In the state of their laws, and in many other matters to which he need not particularly allude, there was a wide field for their exertions. Everything in the material and physical world was advancing, and daily pro ducing new fields for honourable effort and employment, and they could not, therefore, sit with their hands folded and say that al legislators their labour was at an end ; on the contrary, he believed that before them they had a great Tuture, and if they again conferred upon him the honour of being one of their representatives, he would over be animated with a warm desire to pursue the path of peace, I progress, and improvement in all matters which affected the prosperity of the country.—Mr Lindsay said he agreed with his noble friend that their wisest course was not to interfere in the American contest. Mediation would be useless, and he had never advocated mediation, much less interference, but had always been an humble, earnest advocate of peace. He had looked upon this vain and wicked war with hornr and disgust. (Hear.) Ho agreed with the statesmen of England when they pronounced through Mr Gladstone that the Southern people, both in the management of their internal affairs, and in the defence of their liberties and their homes, were a nation. The ma jority of the people of England felt that they were a nation able to defend themselves against the masses of the North ; and he thought it was their duty, not to interfere, not to mediate, but to advise their Sovereign, in the exercise of for just prerogative, to receive at her Court the representa • tive of a people who had shown themselves, in every sense of the word, a nation. (Hear.) The other Great Powers of Europe were willing to follow their example, and he be lieved that the moral ff_ct of recognition would have stayed the dreadful war. The Northern Government, through Mr Seward, had now avowed that the restoration of the Union, and not the extinction of the iniquitous sys tem of slavery, was the object of the war ; and if England and the other Powers of Europe hal recognised the South, and thus shows that they believed the restoration of the Union to be vain, the moral effect on the people of the Nor h would most likely have been such as to stay this desollting war. England had great interest in seeing the people of America great, prosperous, and industrious; and he feared that the policy which had been adopted by those who had the destinies of England in their hands had been a mis taken one. There now prevailed in the North an exasre rated feeling against England ; and if in connection with their American colonies, they got into trouble with the North, they had lost the warm hearts, if not the material aid, of the South. (Bear, hear.) HEALTH OF LORD CARLISLE.—The Earl of Care lisle continues very prostrate at his seat, Castle Howard, Melton. Hic lordship's medical attendants report, however, tl.at th3re was throughout the whole of last week a regular improvement in his lordship's condition, and they are not without hopes that, with quiet and retirement, his health may be much restored. FRIGTITFUL FALL OVER A BRIDGE.-A van con• taining two persons was crossing the bridge at Airdrie a few days ago, when it came into violent contact with the parapet. The occupants of the vehicle were thrown over the bridge, falling a distance of some 30 feet into the rocky bed of the river below, which, unfortunately, was at th) time almost free of water. They were fol:owed by the horse and machine. Singularly enough the Tr fell on its feet, e•ad wes led home afterwer is apparent;_ - .0: much the worse of the accident. It was net so with the 41, n, ciao of whom was picked up insensible from external and inter nal injuries, and carried into an apartment adjei2ing t store, and the other had his jawbone broken, and a number cf teeth knccked out, but wee in a condition to be carried h o me. Hopes cf the recovery of the lat ter are entertained, bat the life of the former is despaired of. 5 THE "BLACK BALL" SHlPS.—Advices havo been received in advance of the Australian mail, per telegram from Sucz, of the arrivals of the ships Southern Empire, Captain Reeves, and the Royal Dane, Captain L. Davies, both from Liverpool, at Melbourne, the Royal Albert, Captain Davis, from London, at Sydney ; the Young Australian, Captain C. Grey, from London, the Fusiliers, Captain D. Carvosse, fram London, and the Sultana, Captain 11. Williams, from Liverpool, all cat Brisbane, Moreton By. And of the sailing of the ships, the Matilda, Captain Stevenson, the Southern Empire, Captain Reeves, and the Dul:a of Newcastle, C:.ptoin M'Kenzie, all from Melbourne. NATIONAL EXIIIBITIONS.—TIin returns of the number of visitors to national institutions give the following results for these 11, which we place in order ac cording to the extent to which they attract the public : South Kensington Museum, National Gallery, British Museum, Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace, Houses of Parliament, the Tower, Windsor Castle, Museum of Prac tical Geology, National Portrait Gallery, Sane Museum. In 1861 they were visited by 2,845,445 persons; in 1862, the Exhibition year, by 4,641,770 ; in 1863, with a sort of reaction in sight-seeing, by only 2,656,773. But the South Kensington Museum and Hampton Court Palace h .d more visitors in 1863 than in IS6I. NUMBER OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE.—The Inland Revenue returns show that the number of bill stamps used by the public is constantly increasing, In the financial year 1861-62 the number issued from the Stamp-office was 5,397,195, and in the next year, 1862-53, 5,531,488. This is exclusive of foreign bills. 1,795,187 stamps for foreign bills were sold in the year 1861-62, and 1.951,602 in the year 1862-63. In this latter year stamps were sold for 6,740 inland bills, and 4,288 foreign, to be drawn for upwards of £4,000 each. There is no return as yet of the number of bill stamps sold in the year 1863-64, but it must be very large, for the stamp duty received from them was more by 15 per cont. than in the year 1862-63. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.—WOOLWICH, Oct. 10.— fhe police are now engaged endeavouring to dia. cover the perpetrator of a vile attempt to kill or injure some persons connected with the Gun Factories' department of the Royal Arsenal; It appears that a few days since a set of drawers was removed from another department to the clerks' offices at the Royal Gun Factories, and one of the compartments was opened with some difficulty, when it was found to be filled with powder and ball cartridge, a flint-lock pistol, loaded and primed, being placed in such a manner that a slight concussion would have caused it to explode and the ammunition to become ignited. Fortunately the pistol did not explode. and the object of the miscreant was defeated. It is suspected that the attempt was made by one of the emplo3 es at the department who has recently been discharged. THE EXPLOSION NEAR ERlTH.—Anoiher death has resulted from the recent explosion at Belvedere. Yes terday the girl Elizabeth Oborn expired in Guy's Hos pital from serious wounds on the head and arms which she received from the falling debris after the explosion. Her case was almost hopeless from the first. The death of this sufferer makes the total number of lives lost by the late calamity 12. The rest of the wounded in Guy's Hospital are reported to be in a fair way towards ultimate recovery. Mr Sidney Turner, the house surgeon, is of opini ,n that some of them will be in a condition to leave the hospital this vet.k. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. 9.—The late central Progrossista Committee, considering that the policy of absten. tion does not appear any longer necessary at the approaching elections, has convoked a general meeting of the party for the 16th. Queen Christina will leave for the Asturias on the 1311. FORTING IN TE LLIGENCE. —This Day, NEWMARKET RACES—Turs DAY. (fly ELECTUIC TELEGRAPH.) CESARE WITCH. THALESTRIS GRATITUDE 1 Twenty-ni ne ran. ROYAL STAKES. Breeze .................. Hengist HANLICAP 5WEEP5TAKE5.................. 2 Umpire .. Lyra . Six ran. TOWN PLATE. Buckfoot .. 1 Vanessa I.IIATCHES. Catalogue beat La llachante. Lady Florenc3 boat lianlem. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CESAREIVITCII. 100 to 30 agst Mail Train (taken) 6to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 9to 1 agst Calista colt (taken) 9to 1 agst Charmian (taken) No other charge. .HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. CES IREWlTCll.—Stockowner, Baldwin, Ed ward the Con fessor, Figaro, Asteroid, Weatherbow, filithfield, Giant, Ethelred, Carisbrook, Accident, Scamander, Fantail, Ban dage, Summerside, Retainer, Lady Francee filly, Donne Canne, Myrtle, Morocco, Catch•'em Alive, Welcome, Y. Rapid, Melrose, Beatrice, Muezzin, Signalman, Rambler, Reserve, Barbadoes, Quarantine, Iphigenia. Atherstone's dam colt, Nemo, Fanfreluche, Sk€ ffiogton, Bachettina, and Clown. CLEARWELL STAKES.—Enchantress, Olive, Tilt, Under Play, Munehausen, Longdown, Hydaspes Thalassius, Gar devisure, Ratcatcher's Daughter, Lord of Eltham, Chester field, Sans mes, Anadyomene, Cheverette, Moscowa, Lady Florence, Pilgrim, Giraffe colt, and Il Reguilatum, Failures in the City. The suspension was announced yesterday of Mr Edward L9zird, of Moorgate•street, exchange broker, 8c,?.., largely connected with Paris. His liabilities are estimated at £500,000, and the direct commitments £200,000, the greater portion of which—probably £l2o,ooo—is covered by Indian cotton documents. The £300,000 is his liability on the endorsement of bills which are expected to run off in due course, and the liquiiation altogether is likely to be favourable. Subjoined is the circular issued to the creditors : Sir,—l regret to inform you that, foreseeing difficulties in reimbursing bills of exchange negotiated by me, I have this day, in the interest of my creditors, temporarily sus pended payment. I have not the slightest doubt but that my liquidation will p-ova favourable; in the meantime I have to request your kind forbearance. My books will be at ones placed in the hands of Messrs Kemp, Ford, and Co., accountants, who will convene a meeting of my creditors without the least possible delay.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., ED. LAZARD. 11, Moorgate-street, Oct. 10. From the subjoined circular it will also be seen that Messrs. Weber and Biddulph, merchants, of Pailpot-lane, have suspended payment : Sir,—We have to inf,rm you that Messrs Weber and Bicldulph, of Philpot-lane, have been compelled to suspend payment. This course hes been rendered necessary by the succession of failures of their correspondents on the Conti nent. The books have been placed in the hands of Messrs Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., to prepare a state ment of affairs, and in the meantime Messrs Weber and Bidtlulph have to request your kind forbearance.— We are Sir, sours, &3., J. AND J. H. LINILATER AND HACKWOOD. 7, Walbrook, London, Oct, 10. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. 11.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Ocr. Id.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Burean, from Monte Video. OFF PORTLAND, Oct, 9.—Arrived—St. Dunstan, from London for Adelaide. OFF NOLINT'S BAY, Oct. 11,—Arrived—Isabella Blythe from Mauritius—Georgia, from Monto Video for Havre— Elizabeth, from New York for Antwerp. TnooN, Oat. 11.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Enterprise, from Valparaiso. CARDIFF, Oct. 9.—Wind Ee— Arrived—Helen, from Jamaica. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. ArrivoJ, Oct. 10—Rovers, from Archangel—James and Eleerz, from Cronstadt—Josephine, from Landscrona— Norden, from Beory—Donina Kertina, from Randers-- Jane Cerne, from Stockholm—Ann Jones, from Dantz!c—. Veritar, from Guernsey. Arriied, Oct. 11—May, from Gothenburg. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Off Dovor—Hercules, from Quebec, for London. Passed—Mane.lto, for Algoa Bay—Cid, screw steamer, for Bilboa—both from London—Otherwiso, from SJields, for Rio Janeiro. A NLIV ARM OF WAR.—Let me inform the A.ln::rnlty of a new arm which in extremity—for °therm ite it would be the sacrifice of too many combatants —may be used in naval warfare. But perhaps Lord C. Paget may find some difficulty in securing its adoption. A small privateer with 40 or 50 men, having on board some hives full of bees, was pursued by a Turkish galley manned by 500 seamen and soldiers. As soon as the latter camo alongside the crew of the privateer mounted the rigging with their hives and hurled them down on the deck of the galley. The Turks, astonished at this novel mode of war tare, and unable to defend themselves from the stings of the enraged bees, became so terrified that th'y thought of no thing but hew to escape their fury, white the crew of the small vessel, defended by masks and gloves ; flew upon their enemies sword in hand, and captured the vessel almost without resistance. But, as many of my correspondents are clergymen, I can recommend to the ministers of Belfast an admirable prescription for the extreme case of a Belfast mob sacking their rectories and manses. The Mayor of Belfast also might take it into his grave consideration, should the citzons, instead of trying to convert each other by arguments or Scripture, have recourse to those fashion able weapons which they lately wielded with so much effect. During the confusion occasioned by a time of war a mob of peasants, assembling in Hohnstein, in Thuringia, attempted to pillage the house of the parish minister, who, having in vain employed all his eloquence to dissuade them from their design, ordered his domestics to fetch his beehives, and threw them in !he middle of the furious mob. The effect was what might be expected—they were imme diately put to flight, and happy to escape unstung.— Beekeeping, by the Imes " Beemaster." THE KING OF DAHOME'S SPOUSES.—A throng of unarmed women, the royal spouses, sat in a semicircle behind the Kivg under the same thatch, the warrioresscs being on stools, or at squat outside, and through the open entrance slave girls peeped at the proceeding. I regret to say that not a pretty face appeared, Must of the " fair sea" had sooty skins, and the few browns showed negro features. They atoned for this homeliness by an ex treme devotion to their lord and master. Woman's position on earth, say Easterns, is to look up to somebody, and these certainly do, so far, their duty. It is no wonder that the King of Dahome's soul, like my "Lord Keeper's," lodges well. If perspiration appears upon the royal brow it is in stantly removed with the softest cloth by the gentlest hands; if the royal dress be disarranged, it is ut once adjusted; if the royal lips move, a plated spittoon, which Mr Norris wrote, was gold, held by ono of the wives, is moved within convenien t distance ; if the Kin g sneezes, all present t o uch the ground with thei r fo r e h e a d s ; if he drinks, ever y li p u tt e rs en exclamation of blessing. T h e intense p ers onal venera ti o n reminded me of the accounts of Mahomened the a p os tle and of his followers lett by con t e m porary writers. But without analysing too far, I suspect that in Dshome it is rather the principle than the person that is respected, the despotism more than the despot, the turban rath er than the wearer; that were the King to be succeeded on the morrow, the same semi-idolatry would be heaped upon his successor. However that may be, the Dahcman King must only condescend to live, all, save what must necessarily be done by himself, is dune for him. Such a life appears wearisome ; but lings are unlike common men, and the ways of princes are mysteries to the multitude. To this exceeding care only can b e a tt r ib u t e d the protracted reigns of a dynasty whose eight members have sat upon the throne 252 years, thus rivalling the seven Roman monarchs whose rule extended over nearly the same period, and has caused them to be held fabulous or typical,—Burton's lliis- L'ioti Eifrig of Dahme.