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

011zY MARKET AND tOXIIIMItCIA_Ta INTELLIGENCE, Th e CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. s a. mall supply of ca pit a l e fl aa t ren d ers th e 'lseeant establishments very discreet as to the 12 P er they accept, and i n d uces th em t o exac t very : I gh rates f or all the business they negotiate. In enacquence of this disturbance there has been a g e neral idea that the directors of the Bank of Eng tnalict easy be c ompe ll ed to raise their official mini on e + and the commercial community are therefore ta ming all th e accommo d at i on t h ey requ i re. Th e r° ' ,er a aware o f thi s anx i ety on t h e par t o f th e m"'"Qile clas ses are c h arg i ng 9; 9,1 per cent. for e beat short dated bills. the further sum of Z 120,000 i n go ld was taken int o 13auk yesterday. The Bombay steamer, w hi c h l eaves t o - morrow, Will tlke out only £42,350. i• "luri ng the last f ew d a y s th ere has been ve r y 11ttl e busine ss transacted in the Fore i gn and Colo- Zl4l Produce Alarkets, the state of the money e B L Ii , BI. , h aving operated prejudicially on the general mo derate of c ommerc i a l a ff a i rs, T ea h as b een i n ader a t e qualities, request, at a bout late rates, for superior while sugar has been dull without any material change in prices. Coffee, rice, fruits, spices, 1 :1 4 pd have remained at former rates, while 8 : 1 " / has continued at steady prices for both pre mid forward delivery. Two O'CLOCK. It 4l , the Paris B ourse this day, according to 11 `er'3 telegram , the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted l 65 f. 40e. : e English stock market to-day has continued fp B ,', sYmptoms of depression, and although no fett.eer alteration has occurred in prices, there is a 4 8 „, lin g of general uneasiness consequent upon the "' e ars of commercial failures. The quotations for 8(813sols for money are 871 88, and for the account pre R i ; The New Threes and Reduced Annuities, i; March Exchequer Bills, lls to 6s; June 1-° ' 25 3 die.; and Indian 5 per Cente., 1031 104. ( W e the For e i gn mar k e t t h ere h as b een ver y littl e ~Ta ti on, and p r i ces h ave not vari e d materially. lo i' lB ll 6 per C en t s ., 1862, are 691- ; do. Con. 0 ic lee. 49 ; M ex i can, 251 26k ; do. New, 24k 1; titr e h ' 22 a i; Spanish Passive, 30 ; do. Cer. , gee, 13 1 ; Portuguese, 461 -,1; and the Con. "d A er ate Loan, 53 55. je t a Meeting to-day of the creditors of Messrs diL lll4l and Bullman, watch manufacturers and Alm'ond merchants, the balance-sheet, prepared by ”eu C. F. Kemp Ford and Co., accountants, an that the liabilities represented L 99,864 17s, cle d . ‘ 4O assets a t £18,268 16s id, leaving a defi eettlfY of £81,596 O s 11d. It was agreed that the "3 be wound up in bankruptcy. In A r the Rahway Share Market there has been a titcler tone. Great Northern and Great Western n i : h e . e ach improv e d £1 ; M e t ro politan, 153,; Lan ,-",11.13 and Yorkshire, North Western, North -.B ` e ro (Ber w i c k) , an d S out h E astern , eac h 108. e h Th e Forei gn an d C o l on i a l li nes s h ows li tt l e t an g' of importance, h 4 a ck and Mi sce ll aneous s h ares are a l so at en 3814ced quotatiors. Alliance have risen to 361 th f,t Imperi a l, to 301. 31. Consolidated, to 91 2 1, .14 London Financial, to 20i 211. ra ..rrisa FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. mol t - 3 EltilliENT FUNDS. P,er Cent. Consols 881 Neeruo Account, Nov 10 .9ent. Reduced B6k / 6 86/ 6 N.."' 0 Per Cent. e t r 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 — A 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1873 — '',9atutles, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — L,O -00 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 I‘ ,— larch. Ju 25 ne. iklequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 &31 per Cent ll 6 0 £5OO I DO Th £lOO and £2OO 7- ringland Stk, 51 per Ct. 236 5 7 i'° AccOunt .. InT, I P I hal GOVERNMENTSECUnITIES. 1,-‘a Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1871 `,ro Account Dol'° 5 per Cent. Oct 1870 4 Per Cent., Oct, 1888 1 ., Do Certificates •",;0 Account Do 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ~ 4f pet ~4-) Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do° 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 — - 6 / per Cet., May, 1879 1)0 A 971 1 , -. per Cent. Aug. 1866 D° -11011de Z1,0(10 °Under 41,000 '''i t r i ,t ri!r i i . L . REIN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bonds er Cent — e l tian. 5 per Cent ° 4/ per Cent., 1352-68-60 13 I)° 83 nein, . 1863 D 0 co 6 per, Cent _ e-15 Account... . - V iall 6 Per Cent. e,7 04 1 Per Cent cubrabian 6 per Cent Do 6 per Cent. 6 ..... ... DEL t ,,,,- ,_ Per Cent, 1864 C 4 3 per Cent., 1825 Egli o 6 Per Cent 1864 b o ador N evi' Consolidated, 1 per Cent —l: , Provisonal L d Warrant — Optia ti 7 Cent an 951 6 A 6 I ) , c, per D 0 ', o.econd Issue Cireekt°o Bonds Do Per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — r, Acc ount 221 ' l3ll Pous — o A tilicit.'eCOAllt — 1),, -, , ta o „Ca 5 per Cent. I tqlf„„'' ° ° o and 1859 — kezi„''' °Per C ent,(Maremmana Railway) D O sa ti 3 per Cent 4 . h count .. 26 i 5 i .... I) ' 1864 Dts_iett6o Per Cent dis Anglo-French . *** 13 3 / 4 dis x d cr iP, £33 paid 13} die x d ilf",so 6."'rench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c li e 'Nth Imperial 5 per Cent TZ 's r anacia .. 28 Do 4 Per Cent. 1,0 beferred ........ 1)0'0 Land Warrants (Hectares) — Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — P 011171 . 00 866 do Aug., 1 • • • ij„ ; 111 4/ per Cent .. Do . Per Cent. (Crribarren) .. i) ° 4 i per Cent., 1862 p 0 Account. ... 141°7441-fese 3 per Cent., 1853 h o d per Cent 1556 '7 '9 '6O, 62,'3 — .., 0 A , •••. , f ) 461 It_ fxecount 11 8 , 81a11 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St 821 4 / per Cent 1850 D 0 ~ T, 1860 ij o ° 3, Per Cent 1859 87 61 t - ° Per Cent,:lB62 ..... 1-,,13 Anglo-Dutch sera 'lO Scrip £55 paid _ att S ' per Cent 11 B DR ° Account " 4a isti 3 per Cent bn h -- Account —6 New De ferred B w 1,0 Account 1,0 Passive b,,4-'0 Account 3 03 elnieh c e t o f Coup not funded .. 1 - 31 I,_ r • 6 -'-',) Account ecti sil 4 C • .. b r , , per C e n t. Tum.".''crip, £6O paid — pm -,_,• 41 811 6 per Cent. 1854 — ''3o A.ccount ,° 6 per Cent. 1858 D 0 . 68 Account G £lOO Bonds . ...... . 72} ~,l i e 6 per Cent. 1862 ,"0 Account „. 691 i i 'l° £lOO Bonds.. 691 70 Do Do 1863 .. ;;10 Guaranteed 4 per Cent. 1j11863 Scrip, £4O paid ez uela 3 per Cent. IP Account ........ o G 1, per Cent., 1862 --'o Acco 1) 3 , un ' ,Per Cent., 1861 • • -114,, , -uividends on the above payable in London. ,1 1413 , 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. 1-1, ft', 41 ,1, 4 / per Cent., Ex. 25f... — F 4, - ; 4 2 Per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull — r e ,i" i ' s Per Cent. Certificates It 'llil i u• it , " l eg, 2 per Cent , D o ' u Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. A 4ceount ,!'llivian Doll 4.. tedr iit „,, ar Bonds, 41 per 25. x. 4s. _7 '" u se, per Cont., Ex. 25f esr, ot . s m THREE O'CLOCK. g AccoUnt 0o j 971, 8 ° 88A/ Id 'll7erpool Cotton Market—This Day, a bo4t 3,000 bal quiet.e Small demand. Sales probably s. 1: 7 , N , ---- --, day ri , 4 ' II AL OF A VETERAN JoURNALIST.—Yester- Of th °il ing the remains of Captain Andrew Torrens, one d, llt ° Principal s hareholders of, and for many years fromre ti q „ it tlia tlager of, the Globe newspaper, were removed ie n e,,,,',, ce of that journal for interment in Konsa -gr e ail ewer he captain, who was 7G years old, was formerly Wrier eer la the army, and was brother of the celebrated ' A Political too&orny, Coloael Torrens, ELS. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.- 100 - - ' Do. do. 1883.... 100 - &J ul: - 1877-89 Lou 90 93 91 - Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Au).. 100 89 91 - Do. Bp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 89 1)2 - Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. lOC 78 81 - Do. 6 Inscribed stool. 100 78 81 - .apeG.Hope, 6 p 0,187 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oot. 188( 100 tO7 100 - . Do. 180. 100 leB 110 - )o. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 107 104 - N0v.1885, 6p , 100 102 105 - Do. 1878, do. 100 t(9 112 Mauritius 6 p•Oent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 103 108 1882 100 tO3 105 natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 t'o 1(5 - p.o.J a..stJul.) 100 13 90 - Y. S. W. G ov. 5 p 3.,15^ : 1 100 07 99 - Du. sp. c.,1871 to 1..17, 100 05 97 Do. d0.,1888 & upwth 100 94 96 951 new Zealand 6 p cent 100 99 102 - 'ova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875. lOO 95 93 - /tieensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 100 102 - Aus Gov. 6 p.c.1168- 100 - Do. 176 dtuovardi... 100 105 107 vrte.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&Jul) 100 - - - 'Do. 10 6 p.c. Au..4.00t.. 100 108 105 1011 41 4 BRITISH. MINES. 2 ' !ainbrian Consol. Gold 1 5 1 - Chiverton 3 6 7 - ,;uliora Amalgamated. - 30 82 - )evan G. Cone. (Tavist. 1 570 590 - Drakewal's ...... 2.1.0. 1 1 - o;ast Bassett(lllogan).. 6u 03 65 - East Caradon 2.14., 265 275 - 41mA Carn 3.4.0 7 7, - East Grenville 2.7.0. 75 71 - East Lovell ........... 2.13.6. 75 89 - 14 , 'I Russel (Tavista. 1.13.. 45 6 inna.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 60 7 9 4 Great Law, all 15 15 - 'mat Soutu To i lfus... 17e 2 25 - I. Wheal Vor( ele,ton 40 30 31 - lrenville - lerod's-Foot , 8.13 38 40 - :lingaton Downs 4.18.! 4 45 - gargaret (Uny 5 7 9 - ilarke Valley. 4 tyndv Iron Ore (Lim. 25 15 Nangiles.. •... l9 25 :7 - Seton 2)4 75 85 - • jorth Downs.. . , 3 1 15 - North Roskear.. . 291 20 22 ~11 ICA Isas2et(lll.34 - au 3 1 , ..0 15 29 :orth Wheal Crotty . 2.8 0 35 4 - Prosper United.... ... 31 31 .•rovidencc (Ullyy Lelut. 10 6.7 37 39 - iouthCaradon(St.Cleei 19 .20 540 '.Wheal Fran. (.11logat, 1.3.15. t 33 :38 . , itray Park - in Cron 4 17 19 - Nest Basset (Mogan) l5 8 9 v C radon ILiskeard 9 51 6 - West Cliiver ton 1) 55 60 Selou - heel Basset (Mogan 55 92 95 - Buller(lledruth, 10 14 16 - ,WhealLudcott - heal Mary Ann (Llen 8 15 17 - Wheal Beton 585 2025 2075 heal Treiawney (Lis. 7 18 20 - Wheal Union 4 1 15 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOB.S. Share; Railways. i Paid. Sir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter ..• • ,Caledonian I Cork and Bandon Corn wal ets no div Do A - -cr Do. tillGpe.pan.htts been paid to B. Dublin Sz Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western.' Great Eastern Ord. stk Ditto A sto ck Ditto EastAnc,rlian st. GreatNorthof Scotland Great. Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of TrPlan , i Great Weatern,Orig - inal Do Str Val Q . ua. sto., I Do. South Wales .... Do. i'etit Mid. -Oxiori Newport Do Hereford, Lancashire Sr Yorkshire ' London and Blackwa!l Lon., liright.,& S. Coast' Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Noel Western Lon. & Str.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Mary - port and Carlisle. Do t shares Metropolitan Midland Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Keit t ... North British Edirt., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio). Do, G.N.E. purehas, Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stook. Az Darling Do do 1855-53 Do do IroC-61 [North London Do New Do New, 18f4. North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. 6t00!, Do Scot. , Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union . South South Eastern Staines,Wok.,andWok Taff Vale.. Do C • Vale of Neath Waterford It Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. BRITISH Rallwaym Itlantio & St lAwrene , ;ora.,Barodat.Cent In, On. 5 per cent Do. E. Shares Buffalo and LaKellurol Do. Preferonoe 3 ufralo,Brant,&Godriel 5 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, IS7 Do. do. July 1, 187. 50. do. June 1, 187 ileutta.&S.Eastn. (nu , )apeTown & Dock Sun Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf klak,tn. Bengal gu. h;aist Indian. en. sp. e Do. do. J Ext.. •• Grand Trunk of Cana+ Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. let ire', Booth.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred f.) t.lndtaPenin.ota.sp.; Do. Cu'.s per cent Do. New pia. 5 p. c t. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. 41 per cent Do ... It. W. of Canada Share. Do. New .. no. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-9 Indian Branch Limited Nladras guar., 5 p. o. Do. p. o. Extenaim De. 11 . Do. Fifth Extension. 41elb.Corp. ts p. o. Bud- Ilelb. & liobson's Bay. \rewßrunswiok et Cana. Class A. and B. NT. ill.C'dao pa lst f bd , 'kind e Do. Delhi Do. do • 1 ; 4 3 c Do. runianb •—• Do. indue.St. FlO9 b, Closing Business Prise. done. 82 0 122 122 6 . 7 31 33 16 17 Si 67 105 10' 131 44i 1 6 124 136 I`-'8 127 13 , i 8) 91 69 NI 47 40 35 40 93 DI 113 113 i 65 67 102 103 33 40 110 110; 04 86 63 G4i 106 07 ust )24 99 101 51 63 24 15 105 i 1061 64i 65} 046 054 125 130 65 36 0 10 I 7 8 r 118 123 L li p 75 77 10 11 132 136 54 66 34 16 811 61/ 8 9 160 165 31 44 p 97 99 33 35 PSSESSIONS. Closing Price. 55 57 00 [Ol idis pr 5} 7} 8a 95 101 V 2 04 100 101 100 191 19 20 90 93 71 73 CO 62 66 68 56 18 53 56 46 68 58 30 26 :8 ICO LO id pr id j r go 100 9i 10 11 10i 89 01 77 61 id Ir 99i 100 k 92 04 88 00 8 CO 3 80 83 99 ICO 98 100 3d par 98 100 95 97 991 i 103 991 8I PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 73 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 133 North Staffoi dshire, 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Astern 5 per cent. pf., Ditto, new 5 per cent pf., 81 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Nottngham and Grantham R. & C., 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, 8} Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 15 Ban,Paulo (lim.),:gua. 7 per cent., 131 FOIt,EIGN United Mexican Urn', 4i Tudanamutana of B. ' Australia, lim., lf BANKS. Alliance (lira.), 36 8i Ditto, new, 33f 5 Anglo Austrian, ,* f Bank of British Columbia, 15 Bank of Egypt, 27 Bank of Otago, lim., Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 12a Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 34 Consolidated Bank, Um., t European Bank, lim.49i Imperial Bank (lim.), 301 1 Imperial Ottoman, 15k Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4} London B tnk of Mexico and S. America,:lim., London and Brazilian (11m.), 40 22 Loudon, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 9i London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 1 London and South African, 21 London and South-Western, 201 Merchant Bank, lim., 212 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 181 Oriental Bunt Corporation, 68 Union of London 60 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 66 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 191 Berlin Water Works, lim., 82 Bombay Gas, lim., 42 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Credit Fonder and Mobiii , r of England, 72 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, limo., 62 6 Hudson's Bay, 15 1 Imperbil Mercantile Credit Asso., limo., 61 if International Financial t ociety, lim., 62 2 6 Joint Stock Discount. lint., 5 42 2 London Financial Association, lim., 202 12 201 London Gentral Omnibus Company, 22 atal Land and Consolidation t ompany, lim , 42 National Discount Company, lim., 1 2 2 North 11.iti,lt and Mercantile lim., 161 Thames and Mersey :Marine (Insurance), limo , 6a Universal Haria , % Insurance, Um., 52 Upptr Assaiu Tea, lim., 52 127 8 1371 4 6)1 113 i i I i 1021 39 Ito} 10 I 95 1061 7 61 1291 9 loot i 6I 95 8 1e I I Business dont POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. The Late Gunpowder ExplosiOn at Erith, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ADJOURNED INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.) "EMPLOYMENT OFFICES " AND THEIR PRACTICES --A young woman, of respectable appearance, applied to Mr Tyrwhitt for his advice. Sbe 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, Hacknsy road, was given to her, and she was told to write to "A,8." She did so, but not receiving any answer, she wont again to the office in Regent-street, and then an address, " 16, Watling-street,' was given to her, the person at the office telling her 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-house, and two gentlemen she saw there told her they knew nothing of the matter or of the c flice. On going back again to the offi 'e she saw three or fAir females abut', to enter, and she aavised them not to do so. On demanding her 5s back it was refused. One of the females alluded to by the young woman als) 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. 8., might be taken in for him, as ho had a housekeeper who wanted a situation. Mr Tyrwhitt, after expressing the hope that publicity would be given to the matter, said he would send an officer with the young woman and see if he could get her money back. 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. He did not appear to hare re ceived any external injury, but on raising him up I found ho had received an extensive fracture of the skull from which the brains were protruding. He lived two hours after my arrival. lam still attending the boy Simms, but it is very doubtful whether he will recover. Walter Silver said- —I was in the outhouse of my residence at the moment of the explosion. I had been out about a quarter to six that morning, but I had not been near the magazine. I saw there were two barges near Mr Hall's nag zinc, The first indication of the explosion I heard was ft tremendous crack, and it appeared as if the whole roof 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 kept in my own house. I was thinking for a moment when another explosion occurred ; some more bricks came about me. Then followed another, and then all became darkness. I don't know whether I fell down. The first body I saw was that of ElizA Osborne, now dead, she resided with me. 1 am the manager of the Liverpool Company, and I superin tended the business of the company. Ny magazines had not been opened that morning. No one is admitted to the magazine 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. Rosckilling, one of the warrant officers, subsequently re ported that he went to 96, Regent-street, accompanied by the young woman, and a man there said he had never guaranteed the young woman any situat'on, and that if the receipt for the os 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 aud there was no vacancy, it was a fraud. He would advise the young woman to apply to the County Court for a sum mons. By a Juror—The second explosion was the heaviest of the three. The first one was not very heavy, the second was terrific, the third was not so loud; but I distinctly heard the three explosions. The gunpowder was kept in barrels. Raynor and myself were like brothers. By the Coroner—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 reside with Mr Silver. I got up about half-past five. I was at the back of the house, looking towards Erith, with the cows, 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 th e mag azine 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 come 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. Ho was not smoking. By a Juror—l did not see smoke comi ng f rom th e ca bi n 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 th e b arges . Th om as 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 I saw some 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 effcct from the first shock, but the following one was terrific. I was struck by a stone and injured. The barge was greatly injured. When I recovered, I heard what I now believe to be cries for assistance from some persons in the water. I afterwards helrel to rescue one of the poor fellows from the water. When I first looked towards the the water. By second s b h a o rg ok es s t e h e e m s o m d otkoelisfeterhoedhotuot r a i r g is h e t suddenly.out tof 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 clots to the river bank when passing the spot, but I did nr.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 beat on the morning of the explosion. I saw two men at work on the jetty. They seemed to be wheeling casks along in a truck. I told my father it was getting late as men were at work. I next saw a great smoke at the stern of the barge. I heard a great noise and was forced into the cabin. I cannot recollect anything else. The first thing I remember was my father getting into a boat 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 alongside the jetty, and not at the end. By Mr Poland— I was only frightened when I saw my father bleeding. I noticed the exact position of the bargee at the jetty—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 arty men at work on the barges. I saw try 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 knocked me down. I saw a little boy aboard one of the barges before the explosion. I felt the second shock with the 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 knocked in the mainsail. I don't know the name of the steamer. In sailing down the river all vessels would have to pass very near the magazine. I never saw a caution put up near to Erith magazine like there is at Purfleet. 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 cime a shower of bricks. I saw the steamer two or three 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 when we went to press. Course of Exchanges—This Days Amsterdam ........ Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto . . .......... 3 Months. 12 2 R o tt er dam .......... 12 2 12 2 Antwerp .. 25 82 i Brussels ........ .... 25 77i hamburg .......... '— 13 10 25 82i 3 Months. Short. 2 2 5 5 7 3 5 0 13 10 Paris Dit Ditto .. ...... . . . . . .25 40 25 821 Mar5ei11e5.......... 25 80 Frankfort on Maine.. —* 121 25 85 12 - 1211 21 Vienna ~.... 12 20 12 15 Trieste Petereburgh .. —* 28 1 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz — 47 47 k Lehorn _ 25 95 26 0 -- 26 0 Milan.... — 25 95 26 51 Genoa 25 95 26 0 ..- Naples .. 26 5 26 ~.. 0 Palermo 26 5 2 0 Messina t 51 26 5 Lisbon 61 it Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)...... per oz., £3 17 9 Silver in Bars (Standard).• 0 6 1 THE COSTUME or A JAVANESE PICINCE.—Hi3 jacket was of dark blue velvet, lined with golden cloth, and embroidered with II Jwers of gold an d s il ver ; an d underneath was a kind of waistcoat , of a li g ht er s h a d e o f blue, and, like an officer's shell ilcket, 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 bate* which he wore cver all was o f a gau d y pattern, and was fastened to the Mist by a very rich silk ecarf, worked with gold, from waiell hung tassels of the same rich material, Into the folds of this were thrust two krisses . one of which was sheathed in a scabbard of gold, minutely carved and profusely ornamented with filigree work, and the other with a hilt of ivory, al3o exquisitely carved, and stud ded with diamonds, From ;,is neck hung a massive gold chain of European workmanihip, to which dangled a bunch of oharms, some of which w:re little boxes containing per fumes and aromatic preparations.—Lifc in Java, by Ir. B. D' Almeida. HEALTH OF LORD CARLISLE.—The Earl or Car. lisle continues very prostrat) at his seat, Castle Howard, Mahon, His lordship's medcal attendants report, however, that there was throw hout tao whole of last week a regular improvement in his lordship's condition, and they are not without hopes that, with (Diet and retirement, hi. health way ha much restored. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 110 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 woman, with whom the prisoner wab 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 and 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, No. 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 took 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 OIITRAGE. - 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 by finding that he had got a poor old man with a wooden leg down, and was taking his stick from him. When complainant interfered defendant seizA him by the throat with great violence, and made his cheek bleed, In the scab with defendant complainant lost a valuable breast-pin. Mr Arnold inquired whether the defendant had been drinking ? Complainant replied he did not exactly know. Ile was not served at all in his house. Michael Logan, a poor old man, with a wooden leg, said that defendant and hie two companions came into the house where he had gone for some refreshment, and seized what he had called 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 him. When (1( fdndant was given into custody he ticked witnees in the stomach 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. lie 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 projected 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 London and North-Western Railway at Sedbergh, and pass in an easterly direction through Garsdale and Wensleydale to the North•E astern Railway at Leyburn. It was to be extended from the latter place, via Masher)), 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 60 per cent, for working expenseA. SOUTH AUSTRIAN AND LOMBARDO VENETIAN The total trafflo receipts from the Ist of January to the 29th of S3ptember amounted on the South Austrian lines, 1,086 miles in length, to £1,517,561, aad for the correspond ing period of 1863, on 1,082 miles, to £1,473,847, showing au 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 do 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, sao.. to Vl2, for local freight and live stock to £13,056, and for foreign freight and live stock to 4433—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, showing an in crease of £38,4:1, or 18'36 per cent. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 8s ; clover, lOs to £6 10a Od; and straw, £1 8s to 12s per load. A steady inquiry. CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 lss to £4 8s; clover, LVIOs to £6 tOs Od ; and straw, £lBs to £1 12s per load An active trade. WHITECIIAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 8s ; clover, £4 Isto £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to 12s per load. A firm demand. COLONIAL. TEAL—Business has been very inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been at barely previous rates. SUGAR.—Tho market has continued dull, although prices of West India have been generally maintained. In the refined rcarket fully late rates are obtained for dried goods. COFFEE.—There has been a moderate enquiry for colonial descriptions, without any mitterial 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. 6d., 418.; last 3 months, 425. 61., 425. 93. ; and Januat y to March delivery, 435. 3d, per cwt. COAL MARKET. Moen of Coal per 'ton at the clove of the market. e. d. Walls End. llolywell Lambert's West Hart- P. South Hetton 21 6 Tunstall Acorn Close ..20 0 Braddyll's lletton 20 9 Eden 20 0 East Hartlepool 21 3 Hetton 2l G 25; sold, 2.5, ley 19 3 &ion Main 2O 3 Wall&Ent K olloe ......20 6 Caseop 20 9 Ships at marke 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 Standon, Hertfordshire. As the subscription was larger than was required for the purpose, the surplus is to IA) de votod to the onlatgeuciat of the High-eroa Church chool6, Bill Forgeries in Leeds. The disclosures which have recently been made la:ith re gard to the forgeries of mercantile paper committed 14" the runaway Meriden, following close upon those of Ackley) d, who was convicted of forgery at last Leeds Assizes, gave :fee to some very unpleasant doubts. It seems hardly possible —in fact it is utterly impossible—to believe that Marsden'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 town 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 eso.ped loss themselves took no pains to bring the offinder to justice. We have been informed by those whose information upon such a matter is likely to be good, that if attorneys' and bill discounters' °flees, bank parlours and merchants' counting houses could disclose th-ir 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 forgery 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 he conceives it, his business 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 hia head at it, and refuses, without assigning any reason, to take it over the counter. The professional bill disc einter will possibly take it without demur, if he thinks the forger's credit is not entirely exhausted, for he knows that he will 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 ns be distinctly understood. WO 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. No doubt there are many men who, happily for themselves and the mercantile world, take a different view of their rights and &ivies, 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 3 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 s:em to him to be strong enough to warrant him in taking any other step than merely refusing it. Of course in such cases it would be absurd to say that he ought to take cri minal proceedings, or indeed that he would be justified in ea 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 bo 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 be 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 credit. 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 'who 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 the heinousness of the crime if it is not regarded with at least equal abhorrence by those whose interests it directly affects, and if from merely selfish motives they decline to put the criminal law in motion against it. And mercantile men ought to visit with the severest reprobation not merely the actual forgers and utterors, 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 aro 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.—Leeds hferoury. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPAIN. Oct. Di m DPtID, 9.—The late central Progressista Commit tee, considering that the policy of absten tion does 1:ot 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 13,h. 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 Wednesbury, 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 interfe rence before the constituted authorities, for the men on strike were peaceable and loyal subjects for her Majesty, and would allow no one to tempt them to break th e peace. We may, however, state the alleged interference consisted only of the retusal of Mejor Mtlinight, the deputy chief constable of Staffordshire, to allow the bends 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 have 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 obj •ct 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. Centrai ieoints in the district were announced, at which bands of men wets: to meet on the morrow (this) morning, to beat the drums at half-past four in the morning, to "draw out the black legs." The le hairman 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 are in barracks in Birmingham, have for some time been 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 ono of his collieries (Hirnley Collier) at work by men who had accepted the reduced wages; but the woelensen have been subjected to much taunting 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 bis 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 wero all lying, and almost immes diately afterwards a terrible ext)losion happened, which blow off the roof of the house. Assistance was soon forth coming, when it was found all the Tleepere had experienced aeProvideratial 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 effendere. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. ( Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, OCT. 1, Morning. Giant reports yesterday afternoon that Warren had attacked and carried the enemy's line on the extreme right, capturing a number of prisoners. He immediately prepared to follow up his successes. General Meade moved from his loft this morn ing and carried the enemy's_line near Poplar Grove. A report from General Butler announces that an assault by the enemy in three columns yesterday afternoon, near Chapin's Farm, had been repulsed. Secretary Staunton reports that no news had been received from Sheridan since Sunday: The Southern papers contain a report that She. ridan attacked Early on Monday at Broom Gap, and was repulsed, whereupon Early assumed the offensive, and drove Sheridan back six miles to Port Republic, and it was believed across the Shenandoah River at that point. Forrest reported from Fayetteville that he was moving his whole force to Chattanooga Railroad, and all bridges between Athens and Pulaski had been destroyed for 30 miles. Forrest also reports that he had captured 1,300 prisoners, two guns,! and a large quantity of stores at Athens. Rousseau is at Tallahooma. No communication has boon reoeived from Nash ville south of Mucfree3boro. Around Irontown, Arcadia, and Potosi, in Mis souri, Price is doing considerable damage. The City of London and Borussia take 420,000 dollars. The Sixonia was intercepted at Cape Rice. NEW YORK OCT. 1, Afternoon. Unofficial despatches from the army report an action on the north side of the James River, with very successful tresults, Fort Morris, Chapin's Bluff, and six other strong earthworks, together with 16 guns and 500 prisoners being captured. Birney has gained an important positiun on the Newmarket Road, seriously menacing Richmond. Oa Thursday the Feder tls were within five miles of Richmond. General Burnham was killed. One division of the 18[1 corps suffered severely. Sheridan reports on Thursday that he pursued Early to Port Republic, and his cavalry destroyed much property at Stanton and Waynesboro'. Early's army is reported to be demoralised. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money easy. Gold, 909 prem. Stocks depressed. New York Centrals, 1131. Illinois, 116, Erie, 908. 520 Bonds, 1076, Cotton inactive. Middling Upland, 120 to 125. Flour, wheat, and corn heavy. Pravisions dull. Coffee and sugar quiet. Molasses inactive. Petroleum crude, 39. Refined, 63, SAN DOMINGO. Advices received here from Havana report that negotiations are progressing at San Domingo for the settlement of the nbellion in that island. CANADA. QUEBEC, OCT. 1. The Governor of Canada has summoned the Colonial Governors to a Conference, to be held at Quebec on the 10th inst., for the purpose of arrang ing the constitution of the British Provinces. The Canadian steamer Hibernian, from Quebec on the tat inst., arrived at Greeneastlo shortly after noon to-day. SPAIN. MADRID, OCT. 10. To•day being the anniversary of the Queen's birthday, a reception was held at the Palace, and a review took place. All officers of the army and navy have been promoted a step. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 27. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Elwin Henry Egerton, Eeq,, now Attaché to her Majesty's Em bassy at Berlin, to be a Third Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. FOREIGN OFFICE, OCT. 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr Daniel Wienholt as Consul at Brisbane, Moreton Bay, and Ipswich, Australia, for his Majesty the King of Hanover. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr Ar mand Itanniger as Consul at Brisbane for his Royal High ness the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Den Guillermo Cruickshank as Consul at Glasgow for the K:- public of Chile. WAR-OFFICE, PALL MALL, OCT. 11. 4th Regiment of Hussars—Capt. John Warden M'Ferlan, from the Military Train, to be Captain, vice Wentworth, who exchanges. 13th Hussars—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Francis Johnson, M. 8., to be assistant-surgeon, vice Lancelot Armstrong, M.D,, promoted on the Staff. Royal Artillery—Second Captain and Adjutant Edward Simeon to be Captain, vice William Morton Gowan, de ceased—the promotion of Second Captain H. Locke Jones has been antedated to the 15th July—Second Cap tain John Andrew Price to be Captain vice Constantine Lemon Hotham M'Ternan,deceased—Lieutenant Edward Christian Griffin to be Second Captain, vice Simeon — Lieutenant Edward Egan to be S.:43°nd Captain, vice Price—Gentleman Cadet Chas. Brenton Wickham, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant,vice Griffin —Gentleman Cadet John Duncan Cameron, from the Royal Military Academy, to bo Lieutenant, vice Egan —Second Captain George Edwin Maule to be Adjutant, vice Schreiber, who resigns the Adjutancy only. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcot Henderson, on the Seconded List, has been per mitted to retire upon half-pay—Second Captain and Adjutant Charles Elwin Harvey to be Captain, vice Walker, placed on the Supernumerary List—Second k ,2ntain and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Charles George Gordon: from the Seconded List, to be Second Captain, vice Harvt.: 7— Second Captain Richard Harrison to be Adjutant. vice Second Captain Harvey, promoted. . Military 'Train—cap,!ain William Digby Wentworth, from the 4th Hussars, to be Captain Vice M'Farlan, who exchanges—George Mati;2lew Richmond, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Gregory Joseph Butler, transferred to the 90th TOot. 2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Chcslp.; Abney Blyth to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gleo. - ge Tumor, de- ceased. 9th Foot—Lieutenant Frank Creasman Clarke i from the 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hathway, who ex changes. 10th Foot--Lieutenant Clifton de Ncufville Orr Sicckwei: to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Rudkin Vigors, who retires—Ensign John Smith O'Brien Blake to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stockwell—Joseph Hamil ton Hodgson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blake. 11th Foot—Lieutenant George Theobald to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Roper Deere Tyler, who had resigned the appointment previously to his retire- ment from the service. 12th Foot—Lieutenant Simon Bagge Triphook to be In structor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant W. H. Crawhill, attached to the Commissariat. 14th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Le Breton Butler to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant John Glancy, promoted. 16th Foot—Lieutenant Magens James,Caulfield Browne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Crawley, who re tires—Ensign George Lurrell Skinner to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brown—Gentleman Cadet Norton Charles Martolli, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George Berrell Skinner. 17th Foot—Lieutenant David Frederick Allen to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Henry Hawley Smart, who re tires—Lieut. George Augustus Crickett to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Henry, who retires—Ensign Robert Kiero Watson, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Allen —Ensign William Nogg Itolph to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Crickett—Rubert Travers Stowe' t, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice James Doughy Stewart, transferred to the 86th Fuot—Richard Henry Whittington, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Watson—Henry Maxwell Newell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rolph. 24th Foot—Alfred Crofton French, Gent., to b© Ensign, by purchase, vice John Beresford Hammond, transferred to the 76th Foot. 25th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Poll Height= to bo Ad jutant, vice Lieutenant J. C. Thompson, who resigns the appoint ment. 26th Foot—Captain and Brevet Major Edward Lister Green, from Adjutant of a depot battalion, to be Captain, vice Nortbey, who exchanges. 31st Foot—Edwin Robert Taylor Maeefield to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Dane Parsons, deceased.. 45 , h Foot—Captein Henry Mathew, from 85.1 Foot, to be Captain, vice Cueens, who exchanges. 47th Foot —Henry Tichborne Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gerald Garth Colletou Gambier, who retires. 59ihiFoot—The 1103. Ailey Webb Feusouty to be Ensign, by purchase, vice James Crum, who re. tires. 62d Foot—Lieutenant William Hawkins Hathway, from 9th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice F. C. Clerks, who ex changes—Staff Assistant Surgeon John Mackenzie, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Sydney Alder, who exchanges. 63d Foot—Ensign Henry Christopher Thomas Beadnell to bs Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George R. Byron, who retires—Frederick W. Day, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beadnell. 76th Foot—Ensign Johnßeresford Hammond,from the 24th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Charles Hi!grove R. Gusset, who retires. 85th Foot—Captain George Weir Covens, from 45th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mathew, who exchanges. h Foot-L'-Eusign James Douglas Stewart, from the 17th Foot, to bo Ensign, vice John Griffith Wynn Griffith, who retires. 90th Foot—Ensign Duncan Maclachlan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice 1). J. Boileau, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 31 June, 1861, has been cancelled—. Ensign G regory Joseph Buller, troth the Military Train, to be Ensign, vice Despreaux John Boileau, deceased. lay West India Regiment—Ensign Charles Jones Lucius Hill to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Arthur F. Covens, deceased. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign Duncan Tylden Chisholm to be L,eutenanr, without purchase—E ns i gn Ch ar l es Frederick William Moir to be Lieutenant, without pug chase. 4th West Indic Regiment-=Lieutenant John Croly 'to b 3 Captain, without purchase, vice George Thorne, deceased—Ensign William L aw B rockman to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Croly—Ensign Charlte Thomas Doorly, horn the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase—Ensign James F. Hopkins, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. sth West India Regiment—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Henry Gallen has been perrion. r mitted to r e ti re from the service by the sale of his Commission. Royal Malta Fencible Artillery—Captain Guiseppe Sesino, with local and temporary rank, has been permitted tet retire upon full pay. DEPOT BATTALION,—Capt. Gee. Wilbraham Ist9rtheY, from the 26th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Captain and Brevet-Major G:een, who exchanges. MEDICAL DEPAILTMENT. Staff Surgeon Major Richard Coffin Elliot, C.B , to be Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals. Assistant Surgeon Lancelot Armstrong, M.D , from 13th Hussars, to be Staff Surgeon, vice Henry Franklin, deceased. Assistant Surgeon Sydney Alder, from the 62d Foot, to be Staff Assistant Surgeon, vice John Mackenzie, M.D. who exchanges. BREVET. Major-General Sir Richard James Dacres, K.C.8., from the supernumerary list, to be Major-General on the fixed establishment of General Officers, vice Major-General Henry Pester, retired upon full pay. Colonel Commandant John Mitchell, retired full pay Royal Marine Light Infantry, the honorary rank of Major- General, under her Majesty's Order in council of 13th November. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Sawyer, Gth Dragoon Guards, having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858. Second Captain Gordon Douglas Pritchard, Royal En gineers, to be Major in the Army. Second Captain Richard Harrison, Royal Engineers, to be Major in the Army. Second Captain Stephen Henry Edward Chamier, Royal (late Madras) Artillery, to be Major in the Army. Captain Guiseppe Sesino (from local and temporary rank), retired upon full pay of the Royal Malta Fencible Artillery, to have the honorary rank of Major. MEMORANDUM —Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson, half pay late Royal Engineers, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission, under the conditions of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of Feb. 15, 1861. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 7. The undermentioned Officers have been this day pro moted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet -- Mr Adolphus Andrews (Acting), Mr Stephen Judd, Mr Leonard Backler, Mr Edward Keen (Acting),:and Mr Wm. Alponzo Houghton (Acting). ADMIRALTY, OCT. 10. James Dundas Milne, Esq., has been placed on the list of Staff Commanders on Reserved Half Pay, with seniority from 9th inst. The undermentioned Officers have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Engineer First Class : Mr James Fraser, with seniority from 27th September. Mr William S:amer Thompson, with seniori:y from 27th September. Mr George Williamson (B), with seniority from 3d October. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Thomas Hancox, slater, Liverpool Richard Davis, joiner, Manchester Henry Wheeldon, baker, Gloucester John Jones, butcher, Cardiff John Burgess, grocer, Brighton Lyon Lewine, merchant, Love-lane, Cheapside Thomas Tucker, greengrocer, Paddington Richard Linnell, dairyman, Poplar George Kellam, Builder, St. John's-wood Thomas Piper, printer, Paternoster-row Henry J. BAjemann and George S. Betjemann, picture dealers, Oxford-street BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Hartman and Newlands, merchants, Liverpool SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James Rennie, grocer, Glasgow Charles John Raeburn, pastry baker, Glasgow James Miller, glazier, Glasgow Agnes Bell, grocer, Duntocber S PORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—Tnzs DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CIiSA.RE WITCH. THALESTRIS GRATITUDE ACKWORTH • 3 Twenty-nine ran. Won by a head; three parts of a length between second and third. ROYAL STAKES. Breeze Hengist . . _ HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Umpire Lyra Six ran, TOWN PLATE. Buckfoot Vanessa .... MATCHES. Catalogue beat La Machante. Lady Florence beat Haarlem. SELLING HANDICAP. Sister to Knave of Trumps .• 1 Zora 2 Kathleen __ Nine ran. CLEARWELL STAKES. Gladiateur Joker Thirteen ran. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE• MENTS. CESAREWITCII,—Stockowner, Baldwin, Edward the Con fessor, Figaro, Asteroid, Weatherbow, Blithfield, Giant, Ethelred, Carisbrook, Accident, Scamander, Fantail, Ban dage, Summerside, Retainer, Lady Francee filly, Donna Canne, Myrtle, Morocco, Catch-'em Alive, Welcome, Y. Rapid, Melrose, Beatrice, Muezzin, Signalman, Rambler, Reserve, Barbadoes, Quarantine, Iphigenia. Atherstone's dam colt, Nemo, Fanfreluche, Skaffington, Barchettina, and Clown. CLEARWELL STAKES.—Enchantress, Olive, Tilt, Under Play, Munchausen, Longdown, Hydaspe., Thalassius, Gar devisurc, Ratcatcher's Daughter, Lord of Either's, Chester field, Sans mes, Anaclyomene, Cheverette, Moscowa, Lady Florence, Pilgrim, Giraffe colt, and Il Reguilatum, SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. 11.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, bat rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Oe'. 10,—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Bureau, from Monte Video. Orr POUTLiND, Oct. 9.—Arrived—St. Dunstan, from London for Adelaide. Orr MOUNT'S Bit, Oct. 11.—Arrived—Isabella Blyth, from Mauritius—Georgia, from Monto Video for Havre— Eliz•ibeth, from New York for Antwerp. TRooN, Oct. 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Enterprise, from Valparaiso. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) CiRAYESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 10—Rovers, from Archangel—James and Eleerz, from Cronstadt—Josephine, from Landecrona— Norden, from Beory—Donina kertina, from Randers— Jane Cerne, from Stockholm—Ann Jones, from Dantsic--• Veritar, from Guernsey. Arrived, Oct. 11—May, from Gothenhurg. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Off Dover—Hercules, from Quebec, for London. Passed—Manait°, for Algoa Bay—Cid, screw steamer, for Bilboa—both from London—Otherwise, from Safeids, for Rio Janeiro. NATIONAL EIRIBITIONS.—The 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 publics : 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 2,845,415 persons; in 1862 t h e Exhibition year, by 4,641,770 ; F in 1863, with a sort of re action in sight-seeing, by only 2,66,773. But the South Kensington Museum and Hampton Court Palace h d more visitors in 1863 than in 1861. Tug ExrLosiort NEAP. E RlTH. — Another death has resulted from the recent explosion at Belvedere. Yes terday the girl Elizabeth o,lborn expired in Guy's Hos pital from serious wounds tin the betitl and arms which she received from the falling del,d'is tiler 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 Gay's Hospital are reported to be is 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 tido wetk. 13.14. 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