The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-23 00:00:00

J ~ , 43j 3 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuf*S. •iharel Railways. p aid. Closing Businese, Price. done. . Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do AI A pets no dii Do. B till 6p c.p an.har been paid to B. Dublin tt Belfast June. Dun.,Perthe z A b. June. ; ;Edinburgh & Glasgow.; ,Grlasg. and S. Western.' Great Eastern, Ord. stl; Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do ;Gt. S. ami W. of Irelan, I Great Western all all all 100 100 all 8 8i F} 8 85 87 120 12] at I Do Str Val gun. Sto6 St ;Lancashi.a, Y orkshir, at 'London and tilackwal, st Lon., Bright.,..t S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Doves st Lon. & Nor' h Western at Lon. & So*.th Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Dot shares at Metropolitan di Midland %.4.0 Do New Do Birming. Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid liert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwict Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New ,North StaflOrdshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpooi Shropshire Union ... • ;South Delon ( South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton te Darlington Do Do New, 2866 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do (Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.alt , West Midland -Oxford lio Newport Do Hereford 7i 8 30 (0 I6i 174 98 99 110 112 80} 611 491 60t t7i 125 126 127 128 1.4 186 100 it 2 1561 (6f 1124 113 73; 7 , 1 113 114 42 43 101 101 100; 101,! 141 45i 123 125 127 14 11p 1;6 43 54j (5/ 26 27 101 1014 67 68 68 881 117 12) 1 2 80 82 lit 123 125 14 16 101 103 50 52 31 941 OG 70 72 9J 101 9 :0 3(14 374 84 94 150 155 41 5 , 2/ 31 te _ _r, sass 159 162 26 28 43 44 39 41 105 107 13.14. , 4.13.4 12.10 51 soi 1 125 I 6 661 1123 1131 e 42 4 1o 1 4 I 101 i 7231 4i 127 f 7 58i 8 Fs 2 9J i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1863. 3 10NEY MARKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE o'CLocx. Bankers and bill-brokers are finding active em ployment f or t h e i r ava il a b le capital in the negotia tion of mercantile securities, for which 3i and 4 per cent continue the current terms. Affairs re main in precisely the s ame p os iti on , but there is still an imp ress i on t h at they w i ll assume a n easier aspect iu the course of a few weeks. There was no alteration of importance in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. The City of Baltimore has arrived from New Yolk with 559,698. T he application list of the Colombian Loan will be closed at 2 o'clock on Thursday next; the quo tation is Zto prem. Amongst the many hotel companies which have started into existence during the present year, that which, without question, will find the largeet amount of support is the Star and Gcrter Hotel Company, Richmond, Surrey. The object of the company is to purchase the interest of the present proprietors of the world-famous hotel on the summit of Rich mond-hill, and to enlarge and otherwise improve the property, so as to meet the increased and increas ing demand for hotel accommodation in one of the most lovely spots in England. The property is to be conveyed to the company as freehold, and con sequently will carry with i t t h e goodwill business and aristocratic connections which for years have rendered the Star and Garter famous both at home and abroad. Unlike most other companies, the shareholders will not in this instance have to wait for the erection and fitting up of the building from which they hope to derive their dividends, as the patronage at present enjoyed by the proprietors of the Star and Garter is quite sufficient to pay a handsome dividend upon any capital invested. Another great feature in the undertaking is that arrangements have been made with one of the Messrs. Ellis to act as managing director for two years, if it should be so required, and also that the name of Mr. Staples, of the Albion, Aldersgate-street, is to be found amongst the directors. As we have before remarked, the profits from the current business will allow of a good dividend upon t h e propose d out l ay; an d i t is not too much to anticipate that, on the completion of the contemplated alterations, the Star and Garter Motel will be found to be about one of the best constructed, best conducted, and most remunerative Joint-stock companies of the year 1863. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's tele the 3 per Cent. Rentes were at 67f. 70c. V ery dull. There is some depression to-day in the market for the English Funds, and business has been re markably dull. Consols are 93?,-, 8 for money, and 93 8 a for the account, showing a decline of per cent. The New 3 per Cents. and Reduced Annui -lil,B are 91 92 ; Exchequer Bills par to 3s. prem. ; India 6 per Cents. 1081 1; and the Enfaced do., 107/ 3 . Increased depression prevails in the Foreign Mar ket to-d a y, a general decline having taken place, and business is quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 70.1 e ; do., 1862, 711 ; do., Consolides, have de clined to 531 54; Mexican to 461 ; Greek to 37 6 38; do., Coapons, 18 I; Spanish Passive to 35 1 ; 36; do., Internal, to 3l ; (19., Certificates, to 14 t, ; New Granada are 17g ; do., 2 per Cents., 3 38 ; Russian, 932 ; Venezuelan, 61 1; Italian, 721 ; and the Confederate Loan, 31 to 29 dis. The operations in the Railway Share Market have again been very limited, and prices have exhibited a downward movement. Great Eastern and North Western have declined 55., and British and Exeter, and South Western, 10s. Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, have advanced Ss., and Metropolitan, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain inactive at almost previous quotations. Bank Shares continue in good demand, and in moat instances exhibit increased firmness as regards Prices. In the Miscellaneous Market there is little change to record. International Fintoacial are quoted 101 ; Hudson Bay, 9a ; General Credit, 4 i Si; and National Discount Co., 98 10. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ;lank Stock — u Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities N ew 3 per Cent. Annuities ' , ew 31 per Cent. Annuities ew 21 per Cent. Annuities — Per Cent. Annuities 40 nuttics, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock — Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl a 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO tank Stock for Account n ' o usols for Account, Oct. 8.. India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — 4 tchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2/ per Cent 2 3 pm par Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Atistrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. -- Ditto 1859 B razilian 5 ner Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....- Ditto 1843 ,Ditto 41 per Cent., 185 2 - 58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account .. 93 Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chi ban 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent. Aguish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825.. — D utch,.„ 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders " ( ''quador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — Ditto Provisonal Land Warrant — k'Vptian 7 pet Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account 3B/ 71 Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account lB4 18 Italian 5 per Cent.(Mareuunitna Railway) 811 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. 96 461 i i 51 5 64 5 :1 6 1 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent ........ New Grenada l7a 4 Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred M * a i Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) l'errsian 3 per Cent. liitto 41 per Cent., 1862 — , Ditto Account rortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Acc0unt........ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856 , '7, ' 9 , ' 6O, 62 Ditto Account 41.188ian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent 1850.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. llitto . 5 per Cent, 1862 '44rdtruan 5 per Cent ............ • • D itto Account .................... Palish 3 per Cent „ litho Account ............ Ditto New Deferred ................ Ditto Account — Ditto Passive ( „Ditto Account " I Panish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 1)4 4) Account l4 13 14 Urkish 6 per C ent . 1854 _l4l a 4 1, Ditto Account.. i l) jtto 6 per Cent. 1858 Jitto Account • 701 4 Pitts, £l6O Bonds , P. ' itto 6 per Cent. 1862 4 0 Account Pitt( ) 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd — v_uitto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent m ezuola 3 per Cent. 1 1 ) !t to Account D itto 6 per Cent., 1862 iii tto Account 6l 4 4 D)3 ek. . Dividends on the above payable in London. '' l "' 41 per Cent. Ex. 25f. • _ bilt 21 pe r Cent., Ex. , 12 G u ll — p r ,, 0 4 per Cent. Certificates 14,; ne 1l rtentes, 3 per Cent., Ex, 25f — ' l4ll 5 per Cent , 1861, Ex. 23 francs -- i3itto Account . Czos, lloneY THREE O'CLOCK. 931 a Account ..... ... 93i 1' I' °l tTsmouTH, Tuesday, 6 p.m.—The weather has moderated to-day, but several heavy squalls have pagsed vv.er7 and the air has been cold, but tempered at intervals ni l sunshine. The barometer has stood at 29 deg. since 10 a f In o ,. T h' Proposed ascent of Mt. Convell in his balloon 0 1 :,:" the North -end Gardens has been again postponed usseldol " il ti; to the direction of the wind—W.N.W. At ri Thil 'is to ham just appeared Julius Tauseh's W I S hakespeare' s i , As you Like It" (" Was ihr o it.,,) BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ;hart Closing , Railways Paul. Price. Business don , _ 1 0 0 Itlantie &St Lawren cr all 60 42 61 j 1 itk Bom.,Baroda6c.Centlnc illls, 107 toN ICB 71 cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. • 71 14 111 - P zoi Buffalo and Lake Huron all 54 6 4 6 10 DioaPrerfaenret,B Preference 100 O p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1871 c z e o 0 .. rd . :01,1 8 9 , _ Bifllo,B iOO Do. do. July 1, Ib7:- 100 100 ,)o. do. June 1, 1,.-; 100 st Cleutta.&S.Eastrr.;Ll, , 100 1071 1681 st Cape Town e•.. Dock Seri} 100 107 109 1081 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. t 100 104 11u/ 110 91 stock East Indian. gm. sp. c. 10 0 108 2 9 1(8i a 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 11 18P 20 Do. do. H do. _ 10 1 1 1 11 , stock Grand Trunk of Canada tuu 201 21 100 Do. Ist Prot. Bonds.. all % 2 14 100 Do. uo. deterred...... all 59 01 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. all 66 48 67 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 51 63 23 2 1811, 1095 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock.., all 27 29 274 100100 Do. do. 3d lci e et f e . r s r t et .• a a t i l 36 7 1 11 8 9 44 ( 44 0 1 j 20 Do. New gua. 5p.0. • • 12 15 11 stock loo G dt deferred...... 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 15 pi t I stock Gt. South.of India (Lim; .;uaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 1074 . 10 9? 8/ 201 Gt. W. ot Canada Sha res all iO 4 ; 0 i 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 95 97 90 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 89 01 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 a p 25 stock Madras guar., SP.C. .. 100 10 7 8 stock Do. 11 p. o. Extension 100 1011 102 stock Dc. 4s d 0...... • . 100 18 HO 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Coro. p. c. Bnd,. 100 50 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 67 08 675 7 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Us. al, 20 Newßruuawick a Cana Class A and B. all 3 5 .N.ll.l.C'da6 pc Ist pl bdo 100 02 84 stoca Scinde (10u 107 108 1071 Do. Delhi st " ( Do. do I 'lOO 107 108 20 Do. Punjaub e, all gyp , sit Do. Do. •• •• ~ q, luu 107 108 .rock Do. Endus.St. Flo.) 100 102 164 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. on. op.e.J. - ; 1877-84 Do. op. c. Feb..; Aug lOU 101 ( 3 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept lOU ;u1 tea Do. p. c. Jan.&July. 100 91 03 91 1 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 i 0 02 'Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,187 100 108 11 0 Do.Ap Oct.& 1881 100 112 114 I Do. 189 ( 100 113 115 Do, Jan. & July, 1891.. 10u 11 3 .115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p t 100 113 M 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 Natal Gov. 0 per cent_ DO 110 112 IN.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.(2,1u1) 100 LOO 102 1004 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - IN. S. W. G ov. 6 p 3.,18 . 100 1004 1014 I Do. sp. 048,4 to Edl 100 1014 102. I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 102 163 1024 - INew Zealand 6 p cent. 100 lit 113 INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875..,.,,,, 10U 103 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 ;;1 113 ;6. Atis G 6 p.0. 1 678.45up.. 100 iII 113 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.,l4Jul) 100 108 110 io 6D.0 An. , 2oat lOO 314 11141 114 - - - BRITISH NIIN ES. 2 i Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 I 1(1 I Gliiiord Amalgamated.. 33 55 :Devon G. Cons. (Tavist„ 1 555 605 I East Bassett (Illoganh. 30 81 6 3 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. 5-d par East Caradon 2B 29 284 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 75 75 E. 1.5"1 Russel (Tavistk. I 8 6.6 3 5 3 1 Gatu.aSt.Aubyn(Gwen.j' (8 13 15 Great South Tolgus.... 178 45 43 45 G. Wheal Vor Rielston 40 9 10 94 Grenville .. • ......... 55 51 El erz...d's- Foot 8.12 18 10 Li ingston Downs 4. 8.0 2 21 - ; Lady Bertha ..... . ... 2.8 0 !Margaret (Coy Lelaut is/ 27 29 I M arke Valley. 4 31yudy Iron Ore (Lim 2: 14 2e. New Seton North Downs 24 11 2 -- N. 3Wti'i Basset (1110 4an 0.17.; 21 35 North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 4 41 Par Consols (St. Blazey I 14 4 5 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt., 10.0.7 12 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 415 425 S. Carn Brea. (Illogan).. 5.15.0 14 2 = Wheal Fran. allogan, -AI 60 05 Stray Park .. . ... ... .. 28.9. 37 39 5 famarSilv.& Lead Kin. 44 t fin Crott yl9l 201 West Basset (Illogan) ll 9 I° W C. radon (Liskeard, 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (11100 - ,an) 55 75 8.) Wheal ltuller(ltedruth) 5 25 30 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudi ott ........ 2.10.8 21 3 Wheal Mary Ann Pen.) 8 9 11 Wheal 3eton 5Bl 210 220 - wheal Tretawney (Lis.)l 7 16 18 IWheal Union ' 3.17 25 35 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 112 Ditto, No. 2,110 i Great aste, n, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 1304 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1144 15 144 Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 percent. pm., 1074 04 Ditto, 44 per cent, red. at 10 per cent. pm., 130} Ditto, 5 per cent., ditt 111 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 101 Midland 41 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 103 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. 13 , 71 London, Brighton , &c. , 4 4 per cent., 1853, 1024 Ditto, 861, 1021 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 841 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, °Li East Lin :oln, gua. 6 per cent.. 139 NorthLond n on,: e f s i t lb er u n, Tilbury, and Southend, 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and R'otterdam, 9R 4 Bahia and San Francisco (Wm) gua. 7 13": cent, 201 f Belgian Eastern Junction. 11 D N BRaecniDite, Ditto, new, Bee e n ah o i sl Rhenish,o tl Ayres i u e G i r o r si Southerne4 A t ir e s, ru a,.7 ( lira.) 3 4 (Treat Luxembourg, 144 per cent., 101 Sambre and Meus , 56 per cent. pf., 101 Francisco cu (lim.), gua, 7 per cent., 19 ew, 221 Turin and Savona, 3a).-7ip i er cent., 9f Western and North-Western of France, 214 FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, 4 Copiapo. limited, 81 Linares, 68 St. John del Rey (lim.), 51 U n ited Mexican 71 Yudanamutana of S. Australia (li m. ) , 21 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. &Mance B a nk of London and Liverpool (lira.), 401 11 101 Ditto,, 191 Australasia, 83 21 Ditto, new, 4t 1 391 Bank of Wales, lim. , Bankßank or L Q o u n ee d n o ,, n, 1,, 1 n 3 d 54 (11 9 .1), 154 is Chartered ßCßa'ntzrkit leoirfiidNae l pn : aiadrunZotfita- 3 n dr i t i Portuguese,it a sl , Australia, i t u' r ' all China, 'ti ngl n Chartered 'tier. of India , Lo ndon, an d China, es 70 7 g City, 118 Consolidated Bank, lin 1 , 101 1 4 English and Irish (11w.), 1 101 HEningdiiussht,aSnc, chinaoiclf, a,nadnAduistpraalina(nllino, Chartered,2Biis24 Imperial Ottoman, Wail London and Brazilian (aril , 5 . 1 te 2 , 6 5 1 1 501 1 50 1 501 L London Chartered ü ß h u :r n te o r s e A d yrßeasl,lkanodt Australia,River London and County, 494 5 9 London and Northern (Rm.), Oi Pla London and South African, 28 4 London and Westminster, 794 60 Mercantile and Exchange. Bin, ll National of Liverpool. limited, 14'L 15 Oriental Bank Corporation, 61 60 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim. ) , 6i South Australia, JOINT-STOCK BAN KS —[Continued.] Standard of British South Africa (limi), 231 2# Ditto, new, ri Union of Eng,land and France (lim.), OE9 Union of London, 40i MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., Ceylon Company, 51 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 4 Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, R., 5 1 Great Ship (lim.), Great Ship, Rm., 17i per cent. pf., 1 Hudson's Bay, s 1 Joint lnt k Discount,er us a t t o i c onal fi'inan 7 i cial l Society, Bin., 101 London African Trading, 6 for money London District Telegraph (1 m.), 11 London Financial Association, Um., In I National Discount Company. lira., io North British Australasian, 2 if Oriental Inland Steam, lim., 31 1 a Peel River Land and Mineral, 5u Royal Mail Steam, 71 2 A Cumberland Wrestling Match. Our earliest recollections of Cumberland:wrestling (says a writer in the _London Review) recall the famous champion, Richard Chapman, of Penrith; his young and sometimes successful opponent, Wil liam Jackson, of Kinneyside ; George Donaldson, the prince of light weights; the broad cheated and sinewy Robert Gordon; Thomas Donaldson, of Patterdale ; Isaac Woodend, John Selkirk, and Isaac Hodgson. No doubt wrestlers of equal science and stamina are to be found at the present day. Bat a sketch of the ring when Chapman's fame was at its zenith may be read with interest. Let us, then, suppose the ring to be pitched in some pic turesque spot in Lake-land. The day is hot, and the surrounding mountains present a hazy softness of outline. Thirty thousand spectators might see the sport from the rising ground which forms a natural amphitheatre on all sides. About three thousand people, mostly dalesmen, are in the booths, and lounging about the large and well-kept ring. The turf within the arena 'is soft, smooth, and elastic. The lots are drawn for the first round for wrestlers of any weight, in which not less than 124 men compete, It happens that in this round the champion has to try a fall with a mere tyro in the art. A well-set man in white begins to" peel," and all eyes are turned on Richard Chapman, of Penrith, the hero of a hundred victories. He might have stood to one of the ancient sculptors for a youthful Hercules. In height he is about five feet nine, his hair light-brown, his eye blue. His head is not large but well set; his neck is of bull-like strength. Those arms might have slain the Nemsean lion, if such a beast infested our happy land. Saw ye ever a leg so " clean," combining so much muscular strength with so much activity P The amateur is, perhaps, most struck with the back and loins, which have a round and compact appear ance which seems to render a complete grasp or hold exceedingly difficult, if not impossible. The simple and rather loutish country-fellow who has drawn the champion in the first round, walks into the ring with a mien of composed and decent despair. He has small affection for his task, but there would be want of pluck in succumbing even to this Iv doubtable opponent without trying a fall. The novice does not even take off his coat. They stand face to face and throw their arms around each other. They soon have hold, and soon the yokel is lifted off his feet by Chapman, in whose strong grasp he shakes like a reed. Vain is the quivering of those legs, for they may not touch the ground in the descent of the uplifted man ; or, if they do, they will be thrust from under him. He falls to the ground heavily, with something of a thud, and then picking himself up, walks sheepishly towards the ring, to lose himself in the crowd. Roughish work this, Master Richard Chapman I Thou haat a giant's strength, and dost, indeed, use it like a giant ! Surely, a less force would have sufficed to make yonder novice measure his length on the green turf. That fine, stout, good-humoured fel low, Selkirk, would have done his spiriting more gently. So would the Uivirstone champion of last year, sweet good-natured young William Jackson, Gordon, too, the broad-chested and sinewy, would have stolaed with his ear to the turf to break the force of a yokel's fall. Sometimes a picked wrestler may draw his match in the first round, but when the ring is large it is not until the third round that the weaker combatants are weeded out. Then the interest becomes intense. Two alone now remain to contend for the cham pion's belt—the redoubtable Chapman and young Will Jackson, who last year, at the Flan sports, floored Chapman and soma of the oldest and best wrestlers. He is very young—much younger than ho appears. His frame is that of a man of twenty eight or thirty, but he is said to be only eighteen. He stands 6 feet 1 inch. He has great breadth of shoulders, and a thin waist. He moves with care less and unconscious grace. Among a number of cheerful, good-humoured young dalesmen, he is the most prepossessing and best-natured. The enthu siasm in his favour mounts to fever-heat as the two men approach each other. They are well contrasted. Chapman's physique is more consolidated ; and the coolness and confidence of long experience give him an advantage which the greater height of Jackson appears by no means to counterbalance. Before they take hold, Chapman throws open his shirt, and displays a chest covered with folds and lines of flesh and sinew such as are seen in old statues of the " father of godsend men." The champion's friends say, indeed, that he has too much flesh upon him, which seems to be true. The younker is a good deal distressed by his six previous encounters with very tough wrestlers, and Chapman throws him very cleverly. Jackson seems a good deal dispirited at the loss of the first fall, but he comes bravely to the scratch. After a good deal of delay in taking hold, the young wrestler, by a prodigious effort, and without himself falling, throws Chapman fairly on his back and along his full length. The shouts are deafening, and the hopes of Jackson's friends revive. Wrestling, like everything else, has its light and shade. The uninitiated may not be aware that taking hold—" takin' baud," in the Cumberland dialect—is more than halt the battle; and the delay which sometimes takes place between first-rate wrestlers, before this important preliminary can be adjusted, occasionally detracts from the pleasure of a great match. In the third fall, which is to deter mine the championship, caution becomes the order of the day, and is carried perhaps to an unfair and vexatious point by the older wrestler. Jackson is evidently at'raid of his opponent; and Chapman has just had such a taste of Jackson's gripe and length of reach, that ho is determined to have the superiority of the hold, if he must wait all day for it. The patience of a wrestling ring is shown in waiting nearly an hour while the combatants ad just their hold for this last fall. Jackson complains that Chapman will not take a fair hold, and certes the Patterdale hero seems to insist upon such a grasp as leaves his taller opponent the least possible play of his anus. Jackson at length putts on his coat, and declares that he will not wrestle with Chapman. .He is persuaded by the judges to make another trial, but with no better success. All this time Jackson is getting weaker, for the process of taking hold is more exhausting than it would ap pear to thecasualobserver. Refreshment in the way of drink is frequently brought to the combatants while thus employed, and a good deal of laughter is occasioned by Jackson's nonchalance in leaving his antagonist to go and eat a pie at the booth. The pie is eaten and Jackson returns. There is reason to think that Cnapman's "little game" has succeeded —that Jackson has lost patience and is reckless. They pass their arms over each other's back, and now they have hold ! They instantly start into a state of intense muscular activity—always an attrac tive sight even in the lower animals. It is this which gives its fascination to a dog-fight, a coursing match, or a horse-race. In the present case the element of human interest comes in, and gives an additional charm to the contest. They endeavour by turns to lilt, to trip, and to topple each other o‘er. A gallant struggle takes place, but Chapman has the best " hand," and, when both parties have hold, neither is allowed to relinquish it, but must stand or fall by the strength of his grip. This trial is the best of three falls, and Chapman, having won the first and third, is declared the winner of the silver cup. The " royal burgh of Linlithgow, as a body cor porate and politic," appears iu the list of bankrupts pub lished in the last Edinburgh Gazette. METAL COFFINS.--A contemporary, in speaking of a newly-invented "metallic burial ease," says it is fast coming into fashion, and is highly recommended by those who have used it CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,--This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER. The trial of Sarah Emily Mitchell, who was indicted for the wilful murder of her infant child, was, on the applica tion of Mr. Clarke, postponed till next session. BURGLARY. John Williams pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with burglary. It appeared that the prisoner had been discovered in the house of Mr, Ferris, at Islington, about two o'clock in the morning, and a quantity of property had been made up for removal but not taken away. Nothing was known of the prisoner by the police. Mr. Justice Byles said there were circumstances con nected with this case which differed from those generally before the court. Tinder all the circumstances, he should sentence the prisoner to six months' imprisonment with bald labour. [On hearing the sentence, a person in the court gave a sort of low whistle to attract the attention of the prisoner, and then hurriedly left the court, exclaiming, "Good-bye, Jack!"] NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE CHARGE OF ENLISTING FOR THE POLES. Alfred Styles surrendered to his bail to answer the charge of having induced one John Gregory to enlist as a soldier for a foreign Power (to wit, Poland), without the leave and license of her Majesty the Queen. Mr. Poland appeared for the Russian Government, and Mr. Gifford for the defendant. The Clerk of Arraigns—;Having heard the charge against you, how do you plead ? Defendant, in a firm voice—Guilty. Mr. Poland said he had been instructed in the present case to prosecute on the part of the Russian Government. The defendant, it became known, had engaged offices in Buckingham-street, Strand, for the purpose of enlisting young men to proceed to Poland and take part there in opposing the Russian Government. fhe manner in which he proceeded was shortly as follows:—He caused an adver tisement to be inserted in one of the daily papers, offering employment to young men. Of course such an announce ment attracted general attention, and when the applicants for employment went to the 'dice they became aware that the object of the advertisement was to ob tain soldiers for Poland. Amongst the applicants were two persons who, on becoming aware of the object of the defendant, immediately communicated with the Russian consul, and an application was made to a magistrate to grant a warrant for the apprehension of the defendant for an infringement of the Act of Parliament. On the officer proceeding to Buckingham -street he found the defendant in the office, with a book before him, from which it appeared that he had obtained about 250 persons to join. On being informed by the officer that he held a warrant for his apprehension, the defendant replied that h e laws dnoti England, knowtha but, if it that he was doing anything contrary t o th e owas so, he would give it up. The whole of the books, papers, Sr,c., found at his office were taken possession of, and after an examination at Bow-street police-court he was committed for trial, On behalf of the Russian Government, if it met with the sanc tion of the court, he proposed that the defendant should be called upon to enter into recognisances to appear when called upon for judgment, but if he did not continue his enlisting he would hear no more of the matter. Mr. Giffard said he had simply to say that his client en listed these persons under the impression that he was not transgressing the law. He had held a commission in her Majesty's service, and also in that of General Garibaldi, and believing the cause of Poland a good one, and that he was guilty of no moral wrong in supporting it, he felt so interested that he bad no hesitation in perilling his life in' the enterprise. It was true he was morally wrong in acting contrary to the law ; but it might be a question whether he had committed a crima. The Recorder said it was desirable that the law on the point should be generally known, and this case would have the effect of making it so. The defendant, therefore, would have to enter into his own recognisances in the sum of £l O O to appear for judgment when called upon. The necessary arrangements having been made, the de fendant quitted the court with his friends. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) THE SCENE BETWEEN THE COMMON SERGEANT AND MR. RIBTON. In the course of the trial, yesterday evening, of Flynn, Cassidy, and Miles, for wilfully assaulting George Smith of the It division of police in the execution of his duty, when Mr. Ribtou was addressing the jury for the prisoner Flynn in rather a loud tone, the Common Sergeant interrupted him, on the ground that the unseemly and loud voice in which the counsel was speaking could be heard outside the court by the witnesses or the prisoners who had not then been examined. Upon this a very angry discussion arose, and the Common Sergeant ultimately refused to hear anything urther from Mr. Itibton, and suddenly ad journed the court. This morning the prisoners were again placed at the bar. Mr. ltibton, in addressing the court, said he hoped his lordship would allow him before the business proceeded to make a few observations in reference to that which took place yestei day, and, in the first instance, he had to say that he never had any intention to say any thing disrespectful to the learned judge, but in justice to himself he was bound to say that in the whole course of the proceeding there was no intention in the slightest de gree to say anything which could be personally unpleasant. As far as regarded other matters, he begged to repeat that he was instructed by one of the most respectable attorneys in Woolwich, and from these instructions he be lieved he had a substantive answer to the charge, and he entirely was led into some excitement in the mode of addressing the jury and might have been betrayed into using language that might savour of being disrespect ful to the Court. He could assure his lordship that it was not his intention to have said anything personally offensive, and he trusted that the present explanation would be deemed satisfactory. The Common Sergeant said he was quite satisfied with the explanation, as it was the tone of voice rather than the observation which appeared disrespectful. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE HAYMARKET.—ALLEGED A SSAULT.—Catherine Willis, a smartly dressed young female, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Mr. Albert Herbert Lewis, sur geon, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, but staying at present at 20, Newman-street, Oxford-street, The complainant said—l was in the Haymarket last night. Ido not know what time it was, but I think it was half•past one, when the defendant scratched my face. I met her at Bignell's, a place where, when I was a student, I was in the habit of visiting. She said she knew me. She annoyed my friend, and I rent my friend horn in a cab, and then she scratched my face. Mr. Knox—Had you been drinking ? Complainant—Oh, I was not drunk. Defendant—Did you not strike me? Complainant—No. Benjamin Jeffrey, 201 C, said—About three this morning I heard a female calling " Police," and the complainant said he hqd been assaulted, and seeing marks on his face I took the defendant into custody. Complainant—Oh, look at my pocket handkerchief. Defendant—He struck me twice, and I called for the police. Mr. Knox—lt certainly strikes me as remarkable if the defendant had not been struck, that she could call for the police. I think, Mr. Lewis, that now you are no longer a student you had better keep from the Haymarket. I think you brought it all on yourself, and that you did strike the young woman, and I shall, therefore, discharge her. SYSTEMATIC THIEVES.—A THIEVING FAMILY.—Mary Ann Larkin and Caroline Larkin, sisters, the latter only having come out of prison yesterday morning, were charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a shawl of the value of 16s. from the shop of Mr. Fred. Augustus Penny, linendraper, 10 and 11, Walker's-court, Soho, and a piece of cotton print, of the value of 4s. 6c1., from the shop of Mr. James Horne, linendraper, 5, Little Pulteney-street, Soho. Elizabeth Jane Bowen, assistant to Mr. Penny, deposed that, about one o'clock yesterday, she saw the two prisoners in the lobby of the shop. The prisoners left, and she went upstairs, and on her return to the shop, in about twenty minutes, the prisoners came back again, at the same time a woman entering the shop and asking to be shown a bonnet. While showing the woman the bonnet she observed the prisoner Caroline take down a black and white shepherd's plaid shawl of the value of 165., and on her (witness) going for assistance they got away. As the woman bargaining about the bonnet denied all knowledge of the prisoner she was allowed to go. Last evening about 8 o'clock she was called to the shop of Mr. Horne, and saw the prisoners, and identified them as the women who stole the shawl from her employer's shop. John Henry Somers, assistant to Mr. Horne, said that having been informed yesterday evening about half-past 7 that a female had taken a piece of cotton print, he went in search of her, and had nearly given up the search when a boy informed him that Mary Ann Larkin had the print under her shawl, and on going out he secured her, took it from her, and took her into the shop. The prisoner Caro line then bounced in, and said, "Oh my dear sister 1 She did not steal it; I stole it." A crowd collected, and in con sequence information got to Mr. Penny's assistant, and on her arriving she identified the women as those who had taken her shawl, and they were then given into custody. Charles Palmer, a boy, living in Hopkins-street, proved seeing the prisoners and another woman talking together, and seeing the print under Mary Anne Larkin's arm. He gave information to the witness Somers. Patrick Winter, 321 A, proved taking the prisoners into custody, and said that the prisoner Caroline had a fit and was obliged to be taken to the workhouse. The prisoner Caroline said her sister knew nothing about the print. Mr. Knox—And yet it was found under her shawl? Sergeant Brown, 5 C, said the prisoner Caroline was com mitted on the 29th of July last for two months for stealing 69 yards of print from Mr. Home's shop, and only came out yesterday. They belonged to a thieving family. Committed for trial. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.276 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of &: 17 s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.i.r that gold is about 6-10ths per cent. dealer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 42.5 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.6} per £1 sterling. -tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 142} per cent., and the premium on golu is 29 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE FUNERAL of the late Mr. Charles Robert Cockerel), late President of the Royal Academy, and archi tect of the Bank of England, will take place at St. Paul's Cathedral onNThursday:next. There will be a full choral service on the occasion at 12 p.m. Mr. Cockerell was for some years architect at St. Paul's. With the consent of the Dean and Chapter, Mr. Ilaward, of Old Quebec-street, has made arrangements for a full and impressive cere monial. A curious incident occurred at Potsdam, at the time of the visit of the members of the Statistical Congress. Among the persons who were walking in the gardens of the Palace of Sans-Souci was a Prussian officer, who entered into conversation with an English savant. The latter, after a time, could not avoid expressing his surprise at finding a Prussian officer speak English so well. The officer replied that there was nothing astonishing in that fact, as his wife and his mother-in-law were both English. " Might I venture to inquire the name of your mother-in law ?" said the English savant. " Queen Victoria," re plied the officer, who was no other than the Crown Prince of Prussia. Loss OF THREE LIVES IN THE MERSEY.—On Saturday morning, about half-past ten o'clock, whilst the Isle of Man steamer Graefell was proceeding from her auchorage in the Gouge to the north landing stage she came into collision and sunk the flat Mary Agnes almost immediately. Owing to the watchfulness and gallantry of a boat's crew of the ironclad Warrior, Captain Barlow and his crew were saved; but unfortunately, Mrs. Barlow, the wife of the captain, her child, and a Miss Macquiness, were drowned. Much indignation—and very just indignation too —has been caused by the evident recklessness and stupidity of those in charge of the Graefell, who after the collision exhibited only a lazy attempt to save those in the water ; indeed so little heed did Captain Kerrnode and the crew of the Graefell take of this catastrophe that the steamer went to sea, her captain exhibiting a rare callousness as to the fate of those on board the flat. DESCENT INTO A MINE EY LADIES.—On Friday last a large party of ladies and gentlemen, at pre sent the guests of Sir William Call, Bart., at Wbiteford park, near Callington, visited, in company with Sir William and Lady Call, the New Wheal Maria mine. So vivid an interest did they manifest in the undertaking, that, equip ping themselves in garments provided for the occasion, the most enterprising of them descended into the bowels of the earth, consisting of Lady Call and Mrs. Jones, of Pantaglas; Messrs. Boscawen, Somerset, Collins, Uniacke, and Hasler& They were lustily cheered on making their reappearance on terra firma, and the courage and intrepidity displayed by those ladies will long be the theme of enthusiastic admira tion among the miners of Weal Maria.--Plymouth Western. News. HORACE VERNET AND ARY SCHEFFER PROMOTED TO THE LOUVRE.—From the Luxembourg Gallery of Mo dern Art the works of Horace Vernet and Ary Scheffer are now being removed; the decease of both painters having rendered their •works admissible to the Louvre, where their finest productions in the hands of the French Govtrurlieut are to be placed. THAMES. DEFACING A SOVEREIGN.—ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF A LINENDRAPER.—A respectable young woman named Hag gerty, dwelling with her husband at 8, Dorset-street, Rat - cliff, applied to Mr. Partridge for a summons against a linendraper, named Read, carrying on business in the Commercial-road East, a short distance from the George. The applicant stated that she went to Read's linendrapery establishment and made a purchase yesterday morning, and tendered in payment a good sovereign, which was accepted by the shopman who waited upon her, and he gave her sil ver for it, deducting, of course, the value of the articles purchased. In the afternoon she went to the shop again with her sister-in-law, to buy mourning, and one of Read's shopman returned her the sovereign paid in the morning, and said it was a bad one. The shopman also demanded 20s. for it, which she gave him. Mr. Partridge —Why did you do that if it was a good sovereign ? Mrs. Haggerty said she was very much frightened when she was informed the sovereign was a counterfeit one. She had since taken the sovereign to a jeweller, who pronounced it to be a good one. Mr. Prevost, the landlord of the Lamb public-house, in Dorset-street, natcliff, also pronounced the sovereign to be a good one. She could not pass the sovereign to any one, because ib was cut and defaced. She then handed the mutilated sovereign to the magistrate, who examined it, and said it was undoubtedly a good one, H e asked who had cut and Lent the sovereign. Mrs. Haggerty—lt was done at the linen draper's shop. It was perfect when I delivered it to the shopman yesterday morning. He returned it to me cut and bent as you see it, your worship. Mr. Partridge said it was illegal to deface the current coin of the realm. Ha would advise the applicant to bring an action against the linen draper in the County Court. It was not a case in which he could interfere. The father-in-law of the applicant was killed last week on board ship in the St. Katherine's dock, and she went to Read's shop with her sister-in-law to buy mournings. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of home-grown wheat on sale here, to-day, was moderate. The trade for all qualities ruled inactive, at Monday's decline in the currency of 2s. per quarter. There was a full average show of foreign wheat on the stands. Both American and Continental descriptions sold heavily, and late rates were with difficulty supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at about previous quotations. The supply of barley was by no means extensive, yet the trade ruled inactive at drooping prices. There was rather less doing in malt at about previous rates. The trade for oats was in a sleggish state at Monday's decline in prices. The show of samples was large. In the value of beans and peas no material change took place. The demand for them, however, was by no means active. Flour was in slow request at about Monday's currency, ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat Barlei. Oats . 0 Flout. English." 420 I 160 I 1,310 I 4OO Irish.. Foreign...— 6,580 1,210 5 ,630 590 sks. 4,370 brls. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is somewhat active, and prices have an upward tendency. The advance, however, is mostly con fined to good and fine samples. WHITECUAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules inactive as follows: Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d , and pork, 3s Gd to 4s Gd per 81bs by the carcase. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Sept. 23—Wind this day at noon—Weaterly ; moderate breeze, and showery weather. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 22.—Arrived — Netherlands, from Akyab; Ghanghis Phelen, from London for Quebec, with pumps choked, and other damage; Willie Ridley, from Manzanillo. EARTmouTH, Sept. 22.—Arrived—prince Alfred, from Rangoon. BEAumims, Sept. 22.—Arrived—John Henry, from PorGaud, U.S. HOLYHEAD, Sept. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Vigo, from the Clyde for the Cape of Good Hope. _ _ TRooN, Sept. 23.—Sailed--Silver Bar, for St. John's, N. 8.; Freedon Wilson, for Demerara. COWES, Sept. 22.—Wind N. W.—Arrived—Helvetia, from Callao ; Blackwall, from London for Sydney ; Braba, from Paraiba. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 22--Itilie.man, from Sydney ; Wilton and Sydney, from Jamaica ; Julia, from Brussels; Eagle, from Antwerp; Melingue, from Caen; Edouard, from Punta Arenas. Arrived, bept. 23 —Jane and Esther, from Guernsey ; Falcon, from Algoa Bay ; Cleopatra, from Barbados ; Johnny Boy, from Jersey; Nereo, from Oporto; Confi dence and Thomas Dunham, from New York; Gertrude, from Mauritius, DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed— Whitehaven, strew steamer, from Jamaica ; Albyno Ilse, from Cuba; Early Morn, and Reform, from Algoa Bay; Speedwell, from Jamaica; Balniguinth, from Kurrachee; Vanter Ship, from Calcutta; Nursery Packet, trom Surinam ; Marquis of Londonderry, from Snanghai ; Frank, front Boston ; Poictiers, from Kurrachee—all for London; Glide, of Poole, from the west, for the north ; Parthenon, screw steamer, from London, for Trieste; Delta, screw steamer, from Loudon, for Bordeaux; Aggri pani, from Bahia, for London. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Advancing. Sales, 15,000 bales or more. Im ports, 19,351; previously, 33,199. M. Meyerbeer is re?iding at Dieppe for the bene fit of his hcalth, which is greatly restored since his arrival. MY FIRST FUNERAL ! Described by Charles Dickensin the New Number of the , Uncommercial," as a tt en d e d b y hi mse lf w h en age d Seven or Eight. As it were—Little David Copperfield in attendance at the funeral of poor Peggotty's deceased husband, the late Barkis, then—"just gone out with the tide 1" VERY COMFORTABLY BURIED !—My first funeral, a fair representative funeral after its kind, was that of the husband of a married servant, once my nurse. She married for money. Sally Flanders, after a year or two of matrimony, became the relict of Flanders, a small masterebuilder ; and either she or Flanders had done me the honour to express a desire that I should " follow." I may have been .seven or eieht years old ;—young enough, certainly, to feel rather alarmed by the expression, as not know ing where the invitation was held to terminate, and how far I was expected to follow the deceased Flanders. Consent being given by the heads of houses, I was jobbed up into what was pronounced at home decent mourning (comprehending some body else's shirt, unless my memory deceives me), and was admonished that if, when the funeral was in action, I put my hands in my pockets, or took my eyes out of my pocket handkerchief, I was per sonally lost, and my family disgraced. On the eventful day, having tried to get myself into a disastrous frame of mind, and having formed a very poor opinion of myself because I couldn't cry, I repaired to Sally's. Sally was an excellent creature, and had been a good wife to old Flanders, but the moment I saw her I knew she was not in her own real natural state. She formed a sort of Coat of Arms, grouped with a smelling-bottle, a handkerchief, an orange, a bottle of vinegar, Flanders's sister, her own sister, Flan ders's brother's wife, and two neighbouring gossips —all in mourning, and all ready to hold her when ever she fainted. At sight of poor little me she became much agitated (agitating me much more), and having exclaimed, " 0 here's dear Master Un commercial!" became hysterical, and swooned as if I had been the death of her. An affecting scene followed, during which I was handed about and poked at by various people, as if I were the bottle of salts. Reviving a little, she embraced me, said, " You knew him well, dear Master Uncommercial, and he knew you ;" and fainted again : which, as the rest of the Coat of Arms soothingly said, "done her credit." No ee, I knew that she needn't have fainted unless she liked, and that she wouldn't have fainted unless it had been expected of her, quite as well as I know it at this day. It made me feel un comfortable, and hypocritical besides. I was not sure but that it might be manners in me to faint next, and I resolved to keep my eye on Flanders's uncle, and if I saw any signs of his going in that direction, to go too, politely. But Flanders's uncle (who was a weak little old retail grocer) had only one idea, which was that we all wanted tea, and he handed us cups of tea all round, incessantly, whether we refused or not, There was a young nephew of Flanders's present, to whom Flanders, it was rumoured, had left 19 guineas. He drank all the tea that was offered him, this nephew—amounting, I should say, to several quarts—and ate as much plum cake as he could possibly come by; but he felt it to be decent mourning that he should now and then stop in the midst of a lump of cake, and appear to forget that his mouth was full, in the contemplation of his uncle's memory. I felt all this to be the fault of the undertaker, who was handing us gloves on a tea tray as if they were muffins, and tying us into cloaks (mine had to be pined up all round, it was so long for me), because I knew that he was mak ing game. So when we had got out into the streets, and I constantly disarranged the procession by tumbling on the people before me because my handkerchief blinded my eyes, and tripping up the people behind me because my cloak was so long, I felt that we were all making game. I was truly sorry for Flanders, but I knew that was no reason why we should be trying (the women with their heads in hoods like coal scuttles with the black side outward) to keep step with a man in a scarf, carry ing a thing like a mourning spy glass, which he was going to open presently and sweep the horizon with. I knew that we should not have been speaking in one particular key note struck by the undertaker, if he had not been making game. Even in our faces we were every one of us as like the undertaker as if we had been his own family, and I perceived that this could not have happened unless we had been making game. When we returned to Sally's, it was all of a piece. The continued impossibility of getting on without plum-cake ; the ceremonious apparition of a pair of decanters containing port and sherry and cork; Sally's sister at the tearable, clinking the best crockery and shaking her head mournfully every time she looked down into the teapot, as if it were the tomb; the Coat of Arms again, and Sally as before ; lastly, the words of consolation administered to Sally when it was considered right that she should " come round nicely :" which were, that the deceased had had " as comfor-ta-ble a fu-ne•ral as comfortable could be !" Other funerals have I seen with grown-up oyes, since that day, of which the burden has been the same childish burden. Making game. Real effitetion, real grief and solemnity, have been outraged, and the funeral has been " per formed." The waste for which the funeral customs of many tribes of savages are conspicuous, has at tended these civilised obsequies ; and once, and twice, have I wished in my soul that if the waste must be, they would let the undertaker bury the money, and let me bury the friend. A FINE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAL—Mr. Morrill, of Headington Hill, Oxford, died on Satur day week last. He was for many years master of a pack of harriers, and afterwards hunted the old Berkshire country with a splendid pack of foxhounds. He was a thorough good sportsman, an excellent horseman, a most hospitable man, a truly liberal landlord, and a kind friend. In his social and domestic character his conduct was irreproach able. Mr. Morrell met with an accident more than a year age, which brought on a serious illness. He and Lord William Lennox were driving in the former's open oarriage near the fatal Clayton tunnel at Brighton, when they met a lady and a gentleman being run away with in a pony carriage. Mr. Morrell immediately ordered his coachman to turn, and trot steadily on after the runaway vehicle. After going about half a mile, they overtook it, and, finding the pony, which had been stepped, was trying to "nego tiate a bull-fincher," as Melton men call it, Mr. Morrell and his companion descended from the carriage to assist the lady out. After walking a few paces, Mr. Morrell fell on his hands and knees, accounting for tho fall by saying that he felt that his legs, having been wrapped up in a railway rug, became what is usually called "asleep." After assist ing the lady and gentleman, arranging the harness, and offering them a seat in his carriage, Mr. Morrell complained that he had hurt his right leg, about an inch below the knee. Lord William took him to a cottage, obtained a sponge, washed the wound, which was about the size of a florin, and both drove home in excellent spirits. Little was thought of the accident ; but, in a few days, carbuncles showed them selves, and the wounded part became greatly inflamed. Mr. Burrows, of Brighton, than whom a more talented surgeon does not exist, was called in, and, with great care and skill, so far brought about a recovery that Mr. Morrell was en abled to return to Headington Hill by the Ist of October. During that month, though lame, Mr. Morrell was able to enjoy coursing and shooting to a small extent. The anni versary of his marriage day and Christmas were kept up in the old English way, and every hope was entertained that, before the spring set in, he would be able to attend Epsom and Ascot. With his usual liberality, he invited a party to Salt Hill for the Ascot meeting, but was unable to accom pany them to the racos. He then returned home, more unfavourable symptoms showed themselves, and, after a lingering illness, he expired on Saturday, the 12th instant. Mr, Morrell leaves a widow and one child to mourn his loss ; but the loss will not be confined to his relatives ; every one, high and low, in the county of Oxford, will deeply lament the death of one who had so endeared him self to all classes. The Rev. D. Everett, Mr. Morrell's brother-in-law, remained with him during his illness to the last moment. It was only about a fortnight before Mr. Morrell's death that he expressed a wish to see his old huntsman, Clark, who now lives with the Duke of Beau fort. Clark lost no time in going over to Headington, but his former master was too ill to see him; and he returned to Badminton, sad and sorrowful at the idea that never more would he behold one of the kindest employers and best huntsmen in England. Mr. Morrell's exploits in the hunt ing-field, we are reminded by the Court Journal, were re corded last November by his friend, Lord Wm. Lennox, in the " Sporting Review and Magazine." NEW TENOR AND NEW BARITONE,—M. Bataille, a baritone of good promise, has appeared in " Le Caid," at the Opera Comique. M. Pilo, a young tenor, has made a good appearance in Mehul's " Joseph," at the Theatre Lyr ique. MADAME VIARDOT, we understand, is coming to London early next year, to give some performances of Gluck's "Orpheus," SECOND EDITI6TV-. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 o'CrocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) RICHMOND RACES—Tins DAY. i ---... _---_-. 'WRIGHT STAKES Saragossa Harvest Mell Gondola Six ra.n. BURTON HANDICAP. Newmarket Fanfaron 2 .• Four ran. QUEEN'S PLATE. Caller Ou Alice 1 Unfashionable 8eauty ........ """"""""""" 3 Four ran. ZETLAND PLATE. Lady Louisa Who's-Who ...................................... Miss Armstrong .......................... Eight ran. TM'; EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--This Day, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TUNBRIDGE RACES-THIS DAY. SOUTH-EASTERN PLATE. Margery Rubild 2 Seven ran. MID KENT STAKES. Gibraltar _ _____ . Ba liverne 1 2 Lavender . 3 Six ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES, Fletton 1 Maubourquet ............ 3 Peru Four ran. NURSERY HANDICAP. Stainley Elise Eight ran. YARMOUTH RACES—Tms DAY. MEMBERS' PLATE. Polonaise Whitebait INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Xurullo Zora 2 Pretty Bird . VICTORIA GARDEN STAKES. Baron of A von Supple .......... 2 Sanita IiANDICAP. Supple 1 Pounee ... Whitebait 3 GRAND STAND PLATE. Equinox Baron of Avon 2 Oneida GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. A meeting of East Anglian shareholders in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern —Mr. Goodson in the chair. Mr. Owen, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was called for the purpose of carrying out the wishes of many proprietors of East Anglian stock, and he would. call upon Mr. L. Simpson, one of the represe4ta tives of East Anglian interests at the Board of the Great Eastern Company, to explain the business to them. Mr. L. SIMPSON said the meeting was held for the purpose of exercising certain provisions in the Great Eastern Act of 1863, by which the East Anglian proprietors were authorised to separate their stock in two parts, with a view to meet the wishes of two classes of shareholders. They pro. posed to convert one portion, or 20 per cent. of it into a 5 per cent. stock, which would be bought by trustees and others as a first-class security, and the other portion of the stock, 80 per cent. into a separate stock of a speculative character,which would take the contingent dividend to which the East Anglian stock was entitled. He thought the division of the stock into two denominations as proposed would be found an unmixed good. They had been supported in that view by proprietors holding £500,000 of the stock of the company, or about one-halfof the whole amount of it, who had intrusted him with their proxies. He had no doubt they woull find that their stock divided would be more valuable than in one. He then moved a formal resolution, in pursuance of the powara of the Great Eastern Railway Act, 1863, authorising the East Anglian stock to be divided into No. 1 stock of £206,721, entitled to a fixed dividend of 5 per cent. per annum, and No. 2 stock of £826,825 entitled to a dividend equivalent to one-half of the dividend in excess of 3 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the Great Eastern Company which in any half year might be declared on that stock. Mr. ITERAPATII seconded the motion. Mr. WILKINSON said he intended to second the motion, and to state that it would be better for all parties if the East Anglian A, B, and C preference stocks were consolidated into one preference stock. Mr. HERAPATH explained that the East Anglian proprietors were entitled under the amalgamation to 1 per cent. on their original stock of £1,033,546, and also to two-fifths of the excess of dividend over 3 per cent. per annum that might be declared in any half year on the ordinary stock of the Great Eastern Company. He thought the present a much simpler plan by consolidating the one per cent. portion into one-fifth of the amount, namely, £206,721, and making it a 5 per cent. stock. The contingent dividend being confined to the other four-fifths of the original stock, or £826,825, the result to the holders with respect to dividend was precisely the same. Mr. SHAW, the other representative of the East Anglian at the Great Eastern Board, said, with re gard to the observations of Mr. Wilkinson, that however desirable it might be to consolidate the A, B, and C preference shares of the East Anglian, it could not be done under the Act without the assent of all the proprietors. The resolution before the meeting would require the assent of three fourths of the shareholders represented at the meet ing. The Great Eastern Board had cheerfully as sented to the proposition, which would do no harm to them, but would be a great advantage to the East Anglian proprietors. Mr. COXHEAD could not see any advantage from the proposed change. The present stock would now realise 27, and he wanted to know what the contingent stock would be worth when separated from it. He thought it a very injudicious proceed ing, and would vote against the motion. Mr. SHAW said the stock was at 24 and 24 before, but since it had risen to 27; the difference was the present value of the contingent right, but when the stock was divided he expected that the price of the two taken together would be 30. After some further observations, the resolution was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings con cluded with votes of thanks to the chairman for presiding, and to Mr. Simpson and Mr. Shaw, the representatives of the East Anglian at the Board, for their valuable cervices. NOTTINGHAM, Sept. 22.—There was a fair demand for lace yarns to-day, and a further rise in prices took place. For hosiery yarns the demand was not so brisk, but the extreme rates of Friday week were fully maintained. Silks steady. Owing to the recent advance in the price of cotton brown nets have been put up 10 to 15 per cult. by the makers, but this stops business. 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