The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The minimum of the Bank of England remains unaltered at 4 per cent. As already stated, that portion of the commercial community especially in terested in the affairs of the money market has found it necessary, during the past three days, to alter the opinion previously formed respecting an immediate advance in the rate of discount. With the disburse ment of the October dividends, and with the proba bility that the monetary requirements during the following week will not be extremely urgent, the course which the directors have followed, while it will not create any surprise, may be regardEd as indicative of a cautious and wise policy. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received by this mail on account of N9W Grenada dividends : —From the Custom-house of Barbacoas, £175 u s . 10d. ; from the San Jose de Cucuta, £95 14s. 2d. ; total, £271 7s. This is not the mail which brings the bulk of the remittances for these dividends. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'s agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for b 5 per cent. of the import duties for the two weeks from the Custom-house of La Guayra; 56,612 dols. No collection at Puerto Cabello advised by this mail. Intelligence has been received from Guayaquil that the Government of Ecuador has directed the suspension of the payment of the 25 per cent. of the duties of Customs appropropriated to the Foreign Debt, by an order from the Minister of Finance, dated Quito, Sept. 2. About £ll,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1863. 1862. Great Western £62,549 £63,569 North-Western South-Western Great Eastern Midland South-Eastern .. 25,459 27,397 Groat Northern .. I.ancashire and Yorkshire 34,074 32,050 North Eastern Bristol and Exeter Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,825 14,853 North British Edinburgh and Glasgow ... ... 8,466 8,438 These returns are generally of a satisfactory charac ter. On the North Western there is an increase of £4,297; on the South Western, of £124; on the Midland, of £1,921 ; on the Great Northern, of £2,626; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £2,024; on the North Eastern, of £3,831 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £1,972 ; and on the North British, of .£833. The Great Western, however, shows a decrease of £1,020; the Great Eastern, of £232; and the South Eastern, of £1,938, Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse to-day, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Renter were 67f. 50c. Heavy and inanimate, Au appearance of firmness pervades the market for English Stocks this morning, although very few and trifling are the movements. The con tinuance of the rate of discount at 4 per cent. has, no doubt, much contributed to this firmness. Consols are 93 i f for money,: and 93; 1 for the ac count. The New Threes are 911- 1, and the Re duced Annuities, 911 I ; Exchequer Bills are again par t o 3s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is steady at 1081 109 ; the 4 per Cents. do., 1001 1; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1074„ and the 5f do., 1161. With the exception of Greek, which have been further seriously depreciated, the Foreign Securi ties are generally firmer. Greek have declined 11 per cent., viz., to 31% ; and the Coupons are I lower, at 151. Mexican have risen t, viz., to 43 - I; Spanish Passive -1, to 351 the Certificates 1, to 14 i ; Turkish 6 per Cents. 1862, are 701 711 ; do., Consolides, 541 y ; Portuguese, 49 111; Italian, 721; Venezuelan, 611 62; and the Confederate Loan, 63 65 . Only a limited amount of business has been tran sacted to day in the Railway Share Market, and prices have, in some instances, exhibited increased heaviness. Great Western, North Western, and Midland have each receded 55., and Metropolitan, 10s. ; L ancas hi re an d Y or k s hi re, however, have Improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain inactive, without any particular change in value. Bank Shares have remained quiet. London and County realise 52 3 ; London and Westminster, 79 ; and Alliance of London and Liverpool have iO2- proved to 45 46 ; India Land Mortgage Bank shares are quoted 3-1 prem. ; Anglo-Austrian, to I prem. ; Imperial Privileged Austrian, 1, dis. .to prem. ; East London, l 4 2,1, prem. Business in the Miscellaneous Market continues inactive. Crystal Palace Stock realised 381 ; Lon don Financial, 14; General Credit, 61; and Dis count Corporation, 61 7.1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 34 per C en t . A nnu i ties Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1680 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2l India Stock Ditto 5 pee C ent lO9 81 4 per Cent • 1001 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. ..... Ditto 5 per Cent .................. 1 16 Ditto 54 per Cent .................. 116 t Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ • 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Aug. Ditto :ditto 1864 or 66 Bank Stock for Account .............. Consols for Account, Oct. 8 931 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent par Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto „,, ra . . Ditto 1859 .13 zilian 5 tier Cent 183 9 und 1859 Ditto '4 Danish , t Per Cent., 1852-58.60 Ditto 3—Per Cent., 1863 e e nt ,. ., 182.5. — —, Dutch, 21 per , Ex. 12 Guilders Egyptian Ditto Pro v i,„:" al Land Warrant — 7 per Cent lOO2 Ditto, Second Issue - — Equador New Co nsolidated, 1 per Cent — Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-s , l ex-eon/anis 32 1 1 Ditto Account ......... .. .. Ditto Coupons Ditto Account ls} t k Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 p , .3r Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent 1, f k:r 4 " 371 eanada 162 Ditto 2 per Cent. liitta Deferred ~,bitto Land W arran t s (H ec t ares ) — 4- et - avian 3 per Cent. 7.Jitto Account — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 — Ditto Account — ....Ditto 3 p er C ent.. 1859 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 49i 9 _ Ditto Account — LLucsian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St _ '.r.i• tarDcii,tto. at° 4k per Cent 1850.. Ditt o 1860 — 5 per Cent, 1862 ti tpt au 5 per Cent _ aptu t r is ° , Account '... 3 per Cent - : bitt o - Ditt o ' i l i.ceount .iltt,„ A ew Deferred . . Ditt o I,: e '° , lllt Ditto Acc"o ........... — Spanish ce r ° t 4r lt 351 i Ditto i teco • of Coup not funded — 1851 l4 Swedish, 4 1,44,,,t Turkish 6 Per ( rut Ditto A ccou4, llt. 911 22 Ditto 6 per 0 0n ; I itto Accou nt . - 1858 Ditto, 2100 13 0x ,: c i; .... . Ditto 6 per Cent. 18 : 62 Ditto Account ..... Ditto 6 per Cent. 186 i, .............. ........... 7 - 11 1) itto Guaranteed, 4 Vrinezuela 3 per Cent. Per Cent — 'Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ........... — Ditto Account ............. 611 61k 2 Dividends on the abovelrYable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex , Florins. 69i Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 01 1 2 Guil 14 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificate s French R eutes, 3 p er Ce n t., Ex. iii. .. - Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Es. 25 francs Ditto A.ccount 726 TWO O'CLOCK, Consolst Money Ditto Account , , Sharel Railways. Paid: Closing Business Price. done. SHARE MARKETS—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOLL6.9. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter „ , Caledonian ICork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A (Yn eno div 1 - till tlp e.p an.ha. Do. B been oaid to B. Dublin & Bel tast June. bun.,Per tb,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow., Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk 1 Ditto A stock i Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern...• • • • • Do A stock .......... Do B do Gt. S. anrt W. of Irela= Great Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashlte & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat, aid Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shet, & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birmina. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland ----- Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwica, Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecda Do I ork Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoat Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6taines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford k Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.clat West Midland -Oxford' Do Newport' Do Hereford' BRITISEI P Railways t antic & St Lawreno tiorn.,Barodatt.Cent Ina Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New .. Do. E. Shares Buffalo and Labe Huron Do. Preference ..•• • • Buffalo,BrantotGodrich p. ct bds. Aug. 1, 1872 1 Do. do. July 1, 187:i Do. do. June 1, 1871 Clcutta.& S. Eastn . (Liu.) Cape Town Dock Seri] Plastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. c East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fret'. Bonds.. Do. co. deterred...... Do. 2d Pref. BMWS.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 3d P ef. stock Do. do. deferred.... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenln.gua.sp.c Do. N ew gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. ot Canada Share Do. New ... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Endian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. It p. a: Extension De. 4* Do. Fifth Extension. 31013,C0rp. a p. o. Bnds. Helb. & ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. slortg. Bds. Newßr unswick a Canda Class A and B N.lU.C'das pc Ist pt bds Soinde .......... Do. Delhi rit Do. do Do. Punjaub :•. L d " Do. Do. ........ Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 8 81 __ -- 81 81 84 66 1181 119,1 7 7i 39 10 16 17 97 9) 108 110 51 62 48 49 8 10 125/ 126} 128 129 I:i4 136 100 102 C 5 654 110} 111 71 73 1111 112} 43) 44* 1021 103 101 1(2 46 47 130 131 128 14 96 98 551 651 26 18 101 k 104 57i 58 88 88i 117 12) 1 2 p 78 79 11i 11 124 126 44 46 100 102 60 62 326 33i 95i E 6 98 100 Oi 10 366 37j 8 94 u i 7/ 7 p 152 157 4/ 51 t• 2/ 3%p 86 00 165 175 26 28 131 301 1281 8 1011 d SSESSIONS. Paid: all 100 Closing Price. 62 64 - 1(61 107 i 1 p 1110 p 6 6i 8i 9} 116} 1071 1( 4 106 108 109 1074 1185 Iti, 22& 23 i 75 17 62 61 69 71 55 58 52 54 42 4E 10 32 25 27 108 109 lt hr 11 100 107 101 14 9 91 96 ,98 88 90 4 I lO6 107 P 101 102 48 100 58 59 S 5 82 84 1063 1071 106 107 4 0 tc6 107 102 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEb. tip.c.da 1877-84 .... lOO 103 105 1031 41 Do. 6p. c. Feb. .0 Aug 100 101 103 Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept. 100 tOt 103 Do. sp. c. Jan.&iuly. 100 92 04 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 'Cape G.Hope, by 0,187' 100 108 110 - Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 110 112 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 11i Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 197 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 119 112 N.B.Gov. p.o.Ja.&Jul3 100 101 105 • Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 1 00 I N.S. W. G or. 5 p 1.,180( 100 101 102 Du. sp. c.,18i Yto 1071 100 102 103 1021 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds leo 102 103 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 111 113 IS. Aus G6p.c. 1878 .& up lOO 112 114 I Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 108 110 'Do. to 6D.. An.&Oot.. 100 110 _llOll 110 a i BRITISH MI: 'Cambrian Consol. Gold ub Hord Amalgamated ()even G. Cons. (Tavist ; East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... East Cam Brea... E. W'i Russel (Tavistk., IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 'Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (11elston, IGrenville Herd's-Foot iiingston Downs Lady Bertha 'Margaret (Ilny Lelants )larke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N. WWI Basset (1110 4au, North Wheal Croity Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Lamar SilV.& Lead Min. fin Crort West Basset (Illogran) W Cf radon (Liskeard) West Seton ...... ...• • • Wheal Basset (Mogan), Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelnnt) l WhealLudcott Wheal hiaryAnn (Men ) Wheal Beton . . Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) Wheal Union 5474 521 2 2} 180 0b 2 00 21 23 21 3} GE SHAKES. in 4 per ct.. 91 LRES AND STOCKS. , 1054 cent. 2d pf., 74} p. Ext., 8,6 per cent., 102 i PREFEKEN Midland, Leicester and Hitch PREFERENCE SID Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf, London, Chatham, &c., 6 per ( London, Chatham, dm, Metro, Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 83 South pastern 5 per cent., 100; LINES LEASED A FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 44 per Cent., 92 RAenetiwteerpandansdanßlo,trtaenr Francisco m, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 Sambre and Meuse, 10/ San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), Turin and Savona, 3i Ditto (all), 16 Western and North-Western of France, 201 FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Austrfttia aim.), 3 JOINT-STOCK FUNKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 421 6 5 Ditto, new, 24} Brazil in and Portuguese, lira., 8/ Consolidated Bank, lim., 10i Hindustan, china, and Jp.pan (Um.), 27 Imperial Bank (lirn.), 2si Imperial Ottoman, Ifq London and Brazilian (lim.), 49i London and Coui!ity, 52i 3 2 London and Istc:rthern lOi London and Westminster, 79 National ot. Liverpool, limited, I6i ProyinciPA of Ireland, 92} Dit,*.o, new, 37 Scind.e, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.l, 61 South Australia, 41 DOCKS. London, 61 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 71 Crystal Palace, 38* Ditto, pref., 118 Crystal Palace, G per cent. perpetl. deb. 118 East India Irrigation and ijanal, 5* Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, Rm., 5} Gre*t Ship (lim.), lludson's Bay, 8f Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 4i Joint .stock Discount, 6* London leinan3ial Association, 11m., 14 Madras Irrigation and Canal, Royal Mail Steam, 75* The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of as 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling. z.,tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about G-10tbs per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York op Lgpclon for bills at 60 days' sight is 157 t o 1.57 i per cent., ainf the premium on gold is to 43i per cent,. At these rates there is very little profit on the importaflon of gold from the United States.. 441 1021 i 101} Business done 107 6j THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANSION HOUSE. ROBBERY BY A CLERK.—Henry Thornton Tubbs, of 10, Cornwall-villas, Dalston, clerk in the firm of Messrs. Dalgetty, merchants, Gresham-street, was placed before Aldermen Abbis and Hale, charged with stealing a letter containing four £5 Bank of England notes, the property of his employer. It appeared that the prisoner, who was highly respect ably connected, was a clerk in the house of Dalgetty and Cc., and in that capacity, on the 29th of September, he re ceived a cheque for £2O from the chief clerk, who was a relative of one of the firm, with directions to proceed to the Bank and get it changed for 4 £5 Bank of England notes, which, after having taken the numbers, he was to place in the letter and leave in the usual manner for postage. The letter never reached its destination, and this occasioned some inquiries to be made at the General Post-office, when an officer was instructed to investigate the matter. He inquired at several jewel lers shops in Cheapside as to whether any £5 notes had been taken, and he then discovered that three notes had been changed in payment for a watch and chain, a ring and pin, On arriving at Messrs. Dalgetty's, the prisoner was questioned about the letter. He said he did not post it him self, as it was not his duty to do so. He was then asked whether he had recently purchased a watch, &c., when he replied that he had, and upon being further questioned as to whether he had paid for them in notes, he replied that he had, and eventually confessed to the robbery. Mr. Decroz, chief clerk to Messrs. Dalgetty, said he directed the prisoner to proceed to the bank and get a cheque cashed for £2O, which he was directed to enclose in a letter, and send as directed, in the usual manner. He saw the letter afterwards, directed in the prisoner's handwriting. The letter never: reaching its destination, an inquiry was made respecting it. The prisoner denied all knowledge of it, after he had directed and left it for the porter to convey to the Post-office, The prisoner was not suspec'ed of the robbery, and remained in the employ of Messrs. Dalgetty till yesterday, when, in consequence of a communication from a detective officer, he was given into custody. The bank clerk proved the payment of the cheque for £2O in four five-pound nutes of the corresponding numbers to those produced by the police. _ George Russell said he was a detective dracer, and yes • terday he went to Messrs. Dalgetty's, and saw the prisoner in the presence of his master, who handed the witness a silver watch, a gold chain, a ring, and pin, and said the prisoner had given them to him, stating that they had been purchased with the stolen notes. He said to the prisoner, " You hear what your master says; is that true ?' to which ho replied "Yes." He was then taken into custody and charged with stealing a letter contain ing four five pound notes, the property of Messrs. Dalgetty and Co. _ _ _ The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and at the prosecutor's wish it was disposed of summarily. Alderman A bbiss sentenced him to four months' im prisonment with hard labour. h anded the bag of stolen wool to Vickers, who started off to Rosemary-lane, where there are so many receivers of stolen property. Mr. Prestige lost sight of Vickers in the lane, and immediately returned to the van, of which Gooch was in charge. Vickers soon returned with the bag empty. Mr. Prestige took it from him, and called the Police to arrest both men. Gooch was taken on the spot. Vickers eluded the search made after him until Tuesday last when he was taken into custody, by Uriah Haserly, police-constable of the H division. He (Mr. C. Young) should now make out a complete case against him, and asked the magistrate to commit the prisoner for trial. Several witnesses were called by Mr. Young, who clearly made out the case against Vickers. It was also proved that 19 bales and three bags of wool were put into Messrs. Seaward's Tan on the 13th of August in good order, and that the bag when seized by Mr. Prestige contained frag ments of wool. The prisoner, who conducted himself in a most impudent manner, and frequently contradicted and abused the wit nesses, said he was quite innocent. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial. MARKETS—Tins Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 41s Od ; barley, 34s 7d ; oats, 19s 4d ; rye, 318 6d ; beans, 37s Od; and peas, 36s 4d. THE SIX. WEEKS' ATERA.GES. - Wheat, 43s 4d ; barley, 35s Od; oats, 20s 7d; rye, 31s 10d; beans, 38s 7d; peas, 36s Bd. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAsTWEEx.—Wheat, 110,526; barley, 82,649 ; oats, 14,574; rye, 239; beans, 4,701; peas 1,974 quarters. The Livingston Expedition, In a letter to Sir R. Murchison, dated " Murchi son Cataracts (on the Shire), April 25," Dr. Living ston says—" With sorrow I have to communicate the sad intelligence that Mr. Richard Thornton died on the 21st current. He performed a most fatiguing journey from this to Tette and back again, and that seemed to use up all his strength, for, thereafter, he could make no exertion without pain ful exhaustion. His object was to connect his bearings of the hills at Tette (on the Zambesi) with the mountains hero. I knew nothing of his re solution till after he had left. He had resolved to go home after he had examined Z. Alba and the Melanje range, but on :he 11th he was troubled with diarrt' col, which ran on to dysentery and fever. We hoped to the last that his youth and unimpaired constitution would carry him through, as he had suffered comparatively littie from fever, but we were disappointe4'• An insidious delirium prevented us learning aught of his last wishes. All his papers, &c., were at once sealed up, and are sent home to his brother at Bradford. He is buried about 500 yards from the foot of the first cataract, and on the right bank of the Shire." After allud ing to the depopulation of the valley, and the pro bability of his being obliged to take to pieces the steamer, and screw her together, with the view of a sale,Dr. Livingstonthus concludes:—" Dr. Kirk and Mr. Charles Livingston now go home. The scene of desolation around us reacts on my health badly."— In a letter to the limes, Sir R. Murchison says : "Earnestly hoping that the great South African explorer may now come home to his motherless cbildren and numerous friends,' and not expose his valuable life to further risks, I must, in justice to the memory of young Richard Thornton, say a few words upon his labours, in anticipation of what may result from the publication of the papers he has left behind him. Educated in the Royal School of Mines, and greatly distinguished by the professors under whom he studied, he was much attracted by the ex ploits of Dr. Livingston, and, having volunteered to go out as the geologist and topographer of the second expedition of my eminent friend, I had no hesitation in recommending him for that purpose. After making plans and sketching maps of the banks of the Zambesi, illustrated by geological observations and sections, he quitted the Livingston expedition, and repaired eventually to Zanzibar, with a view a extending his surveys in equatorial Africa. There he fortunately met with the energetic Hanoverian traveller, the Baron C. von der Decken, with whom he passed into the mainland, and ascended theflanks of the lofty, snow-capped mountain Kilimanjara, making maps of this equatorial region, accompa nied by geological notes, At the close of that ad venture he wrote to me, unfolding the desire he felt to traverse Africa from east to west, and thus determine the true physical structure of the centre and flanks of the southern map of the great conti ❑ent. I❑ the meantime, returning to his original duties on the Zambesi, to correlate his observations in the two eastern regions which he had examined, he has fallen a victim to the treacherous climate, which had previously carried off, in too rapid suc cession, the good Bishop Mackenzie and his arch deacon, as well as the exemplary and devoted wife of Livingston." BOW-STREET. A SID CASE OF DESTITUTION.—A little girl, about 12 years of age, named Mary Ann Leech, was charged before Mr. Hall with begging. One of the officers of the Mendicity Society said for the last two or three years he had known the child to be about the streets, but he had never seen her beg and follow people until yesterday, when he took her into custody. She ap peared very ill, and had scarcely any clothing on. He asked where she lived, when she told him her mother and father were both dead, and that ever since that she had had to walk about the streets, and sleep, and get a little to eat the best way she could. . Mr. Hall said it was a shocking thing to see a poor child in such a condition, and asked where she slept last night. The child said in Old Pye-street, Westminster. Some time ago a good lady took her to the workhouse, in York street, where they took her in, but turned her out the next morning. She had not a friend or relative in the world. She felt very sick and ill, having had nothing to eat for a long time. Mr. Hall then sent for the relicving-officer of the Strand Union, and having explained to him the circumstances of the case, he instantly took the child to the Union, in order that its pressing necessities might be immediately attended to, and some inquiry made into the real facts attending its expulsion. from the workhouse at Westminster. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DEFRAUDING WEST-END TRADESMEN.—WiIIiam H. Palmer, a young man, who was taken into custody at Guernsey, by Sergeant Joy 9 C, was charged before Mr. Knox, with obtaining some lace of the value of S 7 from Mr. Septimus Augustus Whitfield and others, laceman, of 142, New Bond-street, by fraudulent means. William Henry Painter, assistant to Messrs. Whitfield and Co, said that on the 27th of May last, the prisoner called and asked for some lace, stating that he was sent by Mr. Roche (a customer). He (witness) then communicated with Mr. Septimus Augustin Whitfield, one of the firm, who told him to let the prisoner have the lace, and he then gave him eight pieces of the value of £7, and the prisoner took it away with him and also the invoice. Mr. Knox said it would be necessary on another occasion to have Mr. Whitfield present, as it was Mr. Whitfield who had ordered the assistant to let the prisoner have the goods, believing that he came from Mr Roche. Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said that he received information in May last, that the prisoner had obtained goods from Messrs. Whitfield and Co., and other,West-end tradesmen, by frau dulent means. He traced the prisoner to Jersey and Guern soy, and on Monday last succeeded in apprehending him at the latter place. On telling the prisoner that he was a police officeroud that he had a warrant to take him into custody for defrauding Messrs. Whitfield and Co., and others, at the west end of the town, he replied, " Yes, it's all right, my name is Palmer. I certainly have done it, and it is all through horse-racing, for I have lost from five to seven hundred pounds in horse-racing. I was in hopes before this that I might have been enabled to pay all the tradesmen I have defrauded." Mr. Knox said he supposed some one from Mr. Roche would be in attendance. Sergeant Joy said there would be, and that there were several other cases against the prisoner. Mr, Knox remanded the prisoner. AviontEn CASE.—Elizabeth Hensley, fovmerly house keeper to Mr. Spode, of Rugeley, Staffordshire, was charged with obtaining money, and also endeavouring to obtain some curtains by false pretences from Messrs. Sewell and Cross, Compton House, Compton-street, Soho. Messrs. From Sewell the e v d and n n d c e c o r f oes Henry i c a p F p l e a a n r d e e d r s t , h w a t a r o e n h o t u h s e e m 9 t a to h n of June last the prisoner went to the shop in a state of great excitement and apparent grief, stating that she was house keeper, to Mr. Spode, of Rugeley, Staffordshire (a customer of the firm), and that she had been robbed of her purse on her arrival at the Loudon station of the Birmingham Rail way. As Mr. Spode was a customer of the house, Mr. Hubbard, one of the firm, asked th© prisoner, as she had no money, whether a sovereign would assist her, at the same time advising her to write to Mrs. Spode, acquainting her with her misfortune. The prisoner said 308. would be better, and the money being handed to her she then sat down and wrote a letter to Mrs. Spode, telling her of the misfortune she had met with, and begging Mrs. Spode to write to her by return of post. After borne conversation with the assis tants the prisoner suddenly recollected that Mrs. Spode had told her to select some curtains, and some being shown the prisoner, she chose curtains to the amount of £25, ordering them to be sent to Mrs. Spode. The goods were sent, and then the prisoner's fraud was discovered. Mr. Knox said there was no doubt that all the prisoner had said about the curtains was to cover the affair of the 30s. Mr. Sharratt, steward to Mr. Spode, said that the pri soner left Mr. Spode's service in April last year. Butcher, 137 C, deposed to taking the prisoner into cus tody at Birmingham yesterday, on her leaving the borough gaol, when she said she was sorry for what she had done. There was another charge against the prisoner for a similar offence at a fishmonger's in Oxford-street. Remanded. THAMES. CAUGHT AT LAST.—ROBBERY OF WOOL.—Henry Vickers, a carman, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing 14Ibs. of wool, the property of Messrs. Gooch and Cousens, wool-merchants and brokers, of London-wall. Mr, Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, which he said was one of a very important description. Robberies of goods in transit had been very common, and practised by carmen, lightermen, canal bargemen, and " T en by people on railways who had charge of valuable pro perty in transit, and it was absolutely necessary that every case should be prosecuted, and when a conviction took place severe exam pl es m ade. The prisoner was charged with acting i n concer t w ith a man named Gooch (no relation to either of the resp ectable prosecu tors) in cutting open bales of wool i n transit and stealing 14 lbs of wool valued at 14s. therefrom. The value of the wool was trifling, but it was of the highest im portance to the dock companies, ship owners, merchants, and traders, that such cases should be prosecuted. Gooch had already been convicted and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment and hard labour. On the 13th of August last the convict Gooch, who was then in the employ of Messrs. Samuel Seaward and Co„ town carmen in Cannon street, City, and the prisoner Vickers, who was what is called "an odd man" (assistant), were sent to the St. Katherine dock for a load of wool. While this van was loading, Mr. George Freeman, delivery foreman at one of the dock warehouses, who was in an upper floor, looked through a loop-hole and saw Gooch cut open a bale of wool which had just been lowered into his van, and take some out which he threw on to the ground. As fast as he did se Vickers picked up the wool and stuffed it into a bag, which he deposited under the tail end of the van. After he had done so Vickers took more wool out of another bale, threw it on the ground, and picked it up. The wool was forced into the same bag. When the van and horses were driven away Mr. George Prestige, clerk to Gooch and Consols, followed, and saw the v a n and horses stopped opposite the Crooked Billet public-house, on Tower-hill, where Gooch, the carman, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of beasts on offer here to .day as to number, but the general condition of the stock was inferior. Most breeds changed hands slowly, at about Monday's currency. The extreme rate was 6s per Blbs. The show of sheep was only moderate, and most breeds were in fair request, at about stationary prices. The best Downs sold at 5s 4d per 81bs. No quotable change took place in the value of calves, but the inquiry for them was inactive. For the time of year pigs met a dull sale, at late rates. Mulch COWS were almost nominal in value. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. e. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 IPrimecrs-wool d 0.4 8 5 0 Second quality do. 3 8 4 . 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Largo erse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime Scots, etc. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 2 4 4 ez inf. sheep 3 6 4 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 24 6 ISmall porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. - - Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows l3O Sheep and lambs .... 2,220 Sheep and lambs Calves 3lO i l Pigs Pigs. 492 1 MEAT MARKETS. NE'WGATE AND LEADENDALL.— These market sate fairly supplied with meat, for which the demand rules inactive, as follows :-Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od, mutton, 3s Od to 48 4d ; lamb, 08 Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and pork, 3s Id to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTIIALL, Oct. 14.—The supplies of stock were season ably extensive, and the trade generally ruled inactive,:as follows :—Beet, from 3s 4d to 48 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; lamb, Os Od to Os 0c; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Oct. 14.—Our market was somewhat heavy; in prices, however, very little change took place. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 6d to 48 2d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs; suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20a to 268.; and milch cows, £l4 to £lB 5s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 14s per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—MewIow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; and straw, 73 to £1 14s per load. A moderate supply. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10a ; clover El Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade inactive. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quieter to-day. Sales, probably, about 8,000 to 10,000 bales. EXCURSIONS FROM FRANCE TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE and back in one day at this season of the year I It is a tremendous distance for a day's pleasure, but had it been mid June instead of October the idea would have been enticing to the novelty-hunting French. The LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON remarked that those who were fond of field sports, hunting, racing, and shooting, always made the best cavalry officers, as the pur suit of these manly exercises gave them activity, nerve, and quicksightedness, in addition to rendering them healthy, and capable of enduring great fatigue. The Dusseldorf Gazette announces tie receipt of a letter from the Count de Spee, councillor, acting in the absence of the sub-prefect, in which he says that, in consequence of the warning which was rendered necessary by the attitude taken by that journal, it has ceased to be the organ of official publications, and may now cease to send gratuitously to the various burgomasters the copies of each number which were hitherto obligatory. The Princess-Regent of Reuss-Greiz hasjust for bidden any kind of rejoicings within her princi pality in celebration of the anniversary of the battle of Leipsick. A committee had already been formed to deli berate on the details of the fete, when an ordinance ap peared forbidding in a most absolute manner the perform ance of any religious service, the firing of salvoes of artil lery, or the lighting of bonfires on the mountains on the occasion. • The Avvenire of Naples states that three priests were tried on the Bth instant at Salerno, on a charge of being abettors of brigands. Ono of the pri soners, named Alfonso Oristano, was condemned to hard labour for life ; the other t wo, Curtazzo and Do Marco, to 20 years of the same punishment. There is a lull in the Federal bombardment of Charleston. The silence of Gen. Gilmore's messen gers can be easily understood, as he is getting his heavy guns into position, and probably will not open fire until he believes that he can effectually overpower the Confederate batteries. But what means the quiet on board the Moni tors P Is it that they are unable to withstand the rattlinc , of the Confederate balls at close quarters ? In the absence of intelligence, we suspect that there is some such difficulty, for on the 'Weehawken's grounding under Fort Bl oultrie ' the whole of the Monitors were unable to keep the f i re o f t h e fort in check, so that —as the New York Times stated—the position of tar) grounded vessel had become perilous, until the new Ironsides, came to the rescue between 9 and 10 o'clock, continuing under fire till 2 p.m. This paper says that, but for the Ironsides, "it is not probable that the Weehawken could have been extricated from her perilous position. The other Monitors, while they fired as rapidly as they could, and with splendid effect, could not keep down the rebel fire. At the best they fired painfully slow, end every one knows it is the rapidity and continuity of file that tell against open works, or, indeed, works of any kind. One frigate like the Ironsides is worth a dozen Monitors. She was hit undoubtedly over 200 times." It should, however, be remembered that these Monitors are only large gunboats, and that the vessels of the Dictator class intended for sea-service are infinitely more formidable both for offence and defence, their guns being more numero us and powerful, and their turrets twice as large and massive; hence a shower of heavy missiles striking Against their outside would be scarcely felt by those within for the sharp shock communicated through the smaller Monitor turret would be inappreciable after passing through the denser iron mass of which the turrets of the Dictator class are composed. The Opinione of Turin gives the following par ticulars of the ordinary and extraordinary Italian Budget for 1864:` " The Minister of Finance, according to the law 1863, has presented to the of the 28th of July, r of Deputies the t a bl es President of the of the changes proposed for 1864. The budget proposed to the Parliame , nt for 1863 amounted for ordinary expen ses to i 72 ,419,000f r. , to wh i c h must be added 35,716,0 00 for th e i nterest of the loan issued, mak i ng a tot a l of 808,135,000 f. The Chamber re duced that a mount to 780,258,000 francs, or by about 271 millions, The Cham bar, in approving o f that Budget e ven f or 1864, imposed fresh sav in g s to doing d epr i ve the the amount of 900,000 francs, but did not b y so Mi nistry of the right of making ulterior propo sitions. The Ministry fulfilled the first part of its mandate by the Royal decree of the 30th of August, it now performs the second by Proposing other savint; for th e Bum of 19,605,000 fran ca , which fixes the total amount of the reductions indicated by the Ministry for 1864, to 24 , 5 00,000 fr. on the ordinary expenses, end will make en economy of more than 45 millions realised on those expenses in two years, without having i n any way in fringed on the organic laws. This result evidently shows that when the Minister of Finance an nounced the possibility of effecting an economy of 100 millions on the Budget peesented by his pre. decessors, he stated what was feasible. As to the extraordinary Budget, the sum of 190,380,000 for 1863 , which sum was francs was proposed reduced by the Parliament to 163,032,000 fr. The Budget for :1864 is now proposed at 124,106,000 f., and the Budget for that year presents. when compared with that voted for 1863, a saving of 63,430,000 fr,, and with that of 1862, 118,155,000 f. Letter from the Southern States. We have received a letter, dated Wilmington, September 11, from which we make the following extracts : " Railway transportation is exceedingly difficult to procure, the roads and rolling stock are in a most miserable condition, the greatest speed attain able is 14 or 15 miles an hour, and the filthy state of thase cars set aside for passengers is perfectly distressing to our sense of order. How I sigh for the luxury of even a second-class carriage in one of our English railroads, and to travel at the rate of 30 or 40 miles per hour, free from any apprehension of approaching danger. Here the case is very different; an ordinary individual like myself is kept in one continued fever of excitement, caused by breaking axles, running off tracks, and inse cure trestle work. And then as to the oasis for travellers, the fond-houses (I can't designate them by the name of refreshment-rooms). I believe the name they generally go by here are "snack-houses." My only injunction to the unsuspicious is never to be tempted to taste a viand but that which is in some recognisable form. " I have now been in the Confederacy some months, and have had ample opportunity of form ing an estimate of these devoted people; and the more I see of them the more fully persuaded am I that the object for which they are heroically strug gling will eventually decide itself in their favour. The difficulties and disadvantages under which they labour no one, except those who have witnessed it, can form the faintest idea of. You read and hear a great deal about the subject, but in order to arrive at anything like an opinion you must be amongst and converse with them. On one thing are they united—a unison which no private or political vari ance can ever mar ; and that is, a thorough and implacable hatred to the Yankee, which will take ages, if ever, to bury all trace of. " I heard an instance of the humanity of these same Christianising Abolitionists the other day, in Charleston, from the lips of one of the niggers captured during the assault on battery Wagner, on the 18th July. When the regiment to which he belonged was ordered to advance and storm the works, the men faltered, which the commanding general observed. At the conclusion of an exhor tation that they would conduct themselves as became men with the free African blood coursing in their veins, as a parting piece of information he said, ' Remember there are 5,000 bayonets behind you.' The judicious motive of that arrangement elicited the encomiums of the people of Charleston at the time; for, as they observed, a nigger serves to stop a bullet as well as any white man. The recent re verses which the Confederates have sustained has brought some of the noblest traits in their character into view. Simultaneous with the fall of Vicksburg came the news of the defeat of Lee's plans in Penn• Sylvania, and a threatened attack on the port of Charleston ; but instead of deponding, the people are as buoyant as ever, and as fully determined to seal with their blood, if necessary, their devotion to the cause."—Manchester Guardian. EXETER HALL.—The National Choral Society announce the commencement of their new season, on Wednesday, Nov. 25, when Handol's Oratorio, "Judas Maccabmus," will be performed with a band and chorus of 700. Mr. Sims Reeves has been engaged for the ten sub scription concerts to be given by this society, during the forthcoming season. Mr. S antle y will also sing in" Judas Maccabseus." Conductor Mr. G. W. Martin. STEALING MONEY. CURIOUS CHARGE OF FELONY, —Yesterday, at Manchester, a respect ably dressed woman, named Mary Knowles, residing at Bolton, was charged with stealing a purse containing 12, from Mary Henson. The prosecutrix stated that about three weeks ago the prisoner came to her shop, at Gerald street, Pendleton, and produced a grocer's pass-book, and asked if it was hers. She replied that it was not, but that she would be more likely to find an owner for it than the prisoner, and she then left it with her. The prisoner asked if she would make a cup of tea for her and a friend, who, it was subsequently found, was her eon. The prosecu trix said that she did not generally make tea for strangers. but would do so to oblige her. They ha d tea, and after re maining some time they left. After the prisoner and her son were gone, the prosecutrix missed her purse, which she believed she had in her pocket, and immediately instituted inquiries respecting the pr i son er. ller reside h nce was iascer tained, and a police constable apprehended er. She mme diately produced a puree, hich she gave to the police con stable, and which contained a sum of money of the same amount as that which the prosecutrix had missed. She said that after leaving the proaccutrix's house she found, on arriving at the railway station, sho had another purse besides her own in her pocket, and she did not know to whom it belonged.—The prisoner stated that she was a rag dealer at Bolton, and her husband, who was a mechanic, had been in his present situation 14 years. Her son was also a mechanic, filling a respectable situation. She came to Manchester to make some purchases, and in the course of the day she visited 20 or 30 shops. When s he got to the railway station she found a second purse, which was very like her own, in her pocket, and not know ing from what shop she had taken it in mistake, she kept the purse and its contents unbroken until sense inquiry should be made about it. When she came to Manchester she was provided with £lO, and therefore she did not want mo ney. Mr. Trafford said he did not believe that a purse could have walked from one person's pocket to another without fingers, and he should, therefore commit the pri soner for trial, The late Marshal Count d'Ornano. In our yesterday's impression appeared a brief telegraphic despatch —" Marshal d'Ornano is dead." The late distinguished Marshal Philip An tony, Count d'Ornano, was not one of the great Napoleon's marshals, but he was the last surviving general of division ; and furthermore, he had the honour of being allied to the imperial house. Mar shal d'Ornano was burn at Ajaccio, in the island of Corsica, on the 17th of January, 1784, so that he was in his 80th year. He was the son of Louis d'Ornano, colonel of the Natioral Guard of Corsica, by one Isabella Bonaparte. At the age of sixteen he was appointed sub-lieutenant in the 9th Dra goons, served in the war in Italy, was aide-de-camp to General Leclerc at the expedition to St. Domingo, and was confirmed in his rank of captain given him for his bravery by General Berthi er. He was ap pointed commander of the Corsican Chasseurs, and seized several cannon at Austerlitz, D,cember 2, 1805; distinguished himself at the storming of Lubeck and at Jena (1806), and was nominated colonel and commander of the 25th Dragoons. Holding this rank he served in Prussia, in Poland, in Spain, in Portugal, and was repeatedly mentioned in despatches, Ia 1809 the colonel was remarkable for his exploit in forcing his passage of the river towards Alba-da-Tornes, near Salamanca, when his prowess enabled Gen. Keller mann to gain an easy victory over the Spanish forces. He increased his fame at Ciudad Rodrigo, and at Fuentes D'Onor charged the cavalry with such ardour and intrepidity that he was named on the spot general of brigade. As general in command of the brigade of light cavalry, in the unlucky expe dition to Russia, Gen. d'Ornano specially distin guished himself at the passageof Niemen, at Mohi tow, and at Ostrowna, in 1812. After the battle of Moskowa he was named general of division. When in command of the 7th Regiment of cavalry, he bore the brunt of the attack of Hetman Platow, at the head of 10,000 men. Under Ney he did good ser vice, especially at Maloi Jaroslavitz (Oct. 4, 1812), where with 17,000 men he beat back 80,000 of the enemy with such energy and spirit that the Em peror Napoleon, when going over the field of battle on the morrow of the fight, did not hesitate to award the honours of the battle to PrinceEngene and Gen. d'Ornano. The general was left for dead on Vae fatal field of Krasnoi, and owed his life to the de votion of his men, and to the kindly attentions of the Emperor himself, who nominated him when re covered, Jan. 21, 1813, Commander of the Imperial Dragoons, at whose head he served in Saxony against the coalesced forces of Russia and Prussia. On the death of Bessieres, the general was ap pointed general of the cavalry of the Guard, and was at the battles of Dresden, Bautzen, Leipsig, and Hanau. In January, 1814, ho took the corn mandership-in-chief of all the troops of the Imperial Guard—cavalry, infantry, and artillery ; he helped to defend Paris, but not all his devotion could save the fall of the Empire. Under the first Restoration we find him in command of a regiment of dragoons of the Guard, then called the " royal" corps. During the memorable Hundred Days he took ser vice again under his old chief, but a severe wound prevented him from being at Waterloo. After this battle, General d'Ornano was arrested during the trial of Marshal Ney, and conducted a l'abbaye. Two years later he was set at liberty, but his relation to the Bonaparte family caused en forced retirement for some time at Brussels. In 1828 after his return home he was appointed inspec tor of cavalry and president of the committee which I determined the admissions to St. Cyr. In 1830 he received the command of the 4th military division ; with great energy and tact he managed to put a stop at once to the emeute in the western part of France in 1832. Loris Philippe, in return for his services, gave him a peerage. After the revolution of 1848 the count refused the command of the 14th military division, and retired into private life. But he was returned to the constituent and legislative assembly for the department of the Indre-et-Loire, and held moderate views. He was appointed Senator, Jan. 20, 1852; Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, on 13th August following; Governor of the Invalides on March 24, 1853; and Marshal of France, after 50 years' service, on April 2, 1861. He was ap pointed one of the executors of the first Napoleon's will, and received his baton when, as Governor of the Invalides, he received the ashes of that per sonage on their being transferred from the Chapel of St. Jerome to the granite tomb in the Invalidts. As guardian of the holy tomb, the Governor of the Invalides holds a high position, and the office is one of those most coveted by French generals. The veteran marshal expired on Monday, after a brief illness. His Majesty the Emperor took th e greatest interest in the health of his high-minded friend and relative. He went to the Hotel des In valides a day or two back, and was received by the son of the marshal, Rodolphe Count d'O tranto. The d y i ng marshal kissed his Majesty's hand, and thanked the Emperor for coming and paying him that farewell visit. "For, sire," said he, "we shall not meet again except in haven. The Emperor, much moved, replied—" I shall not say farewell, but au revolt • I shall come again soon." The Arch bishop of Paris administered the last sacraments to the marshal, and he died in peace, and without much pain. He married, in 1816, the Countess Leczynska , widow of the Count Anastase de Colonne Walewski (mother of Count Walewski), and by her, who died ,prematurely in December, 1817, he had issue a son, Rodolphe Auguste Count d'Ornano, born at Liege, in June, 1817. This son was educated at the Col lege of Louis le Grand, and at a s chool preparatory to the College of Saint Cyr. At 18 he was attached to the French Legation at Dresden; but his inti macy with Prince Louis Napoleon, which after wards was of service to him under the second Empire, caused him to be relieved, under Louis Philippe, from his diplomatic functions. He retired to Touraine, and published " Les Tourangelles," "Les Napoleoniennes," " Les Echos d'Espagne," and other works, had a considerable share in " I es Francais peints par eux memes," and became a member of several learned societies. He subse quently travelled in Corsica, Italy, and S witzeriand, and visited at Arenenberg the present French Em peror, then in exile. He was appointed Prefect of the Yonne in 1851 ; was appointed representative of the department iu the Corps LC!gislatif a short time afterwards, and became subsequently Chamber lain and Master of the Ceremonies to the Emperor. He was strongly in opposition to the stockjobbing scandals of 1857, in spite of his position at Court. He is an officer of the Legion of Honour, and has received the Order of Malta. His work of 1860, "On the Administration of the Empire," is a mas terly one, and had a great sale. He married in 1845 a daughter of the Marquis Vorger d'Argenson. Napoleon d'Ornano, a cousin of Count Rodolphe's, was an officer of the 3d Dragoons, joined Louis Na poleon in England, was tried by the Peers, and im prisoned at Doullens, and died Inspector of the I Imperial Palace at Vic-sur-Aisne Dec. 2, 1859. METROPOLITAN MAIN DRAINAGE.—If we ob serve a contour map of London, we shall see the irregularities and undulations of its surface are not alto gether devoid of a certain method and order, and in the main resolve themselves into the general valley of the Thames, like the sloping sides of a double roof to wards a central gutter. It is evident that, if we allow the sewage to flow laterally down from the highest slopes into a central main drain, running through the entire length and median line of the metropolis like en under-ground river parallel with the Thames, we should require a culvert of enormous size, to provide not only for the sewage, but the rain-fall of the whole district, and that the hydraulic pressure upon the masonry of the culverts would be of the highest tension, while the liability to accident would be of the most risky character. The more, then, we can divide a district, the smaller the streams of sewage the drains will have to carry, and the less the danger from sudden floods when there are several channels for the NN eters to run off by. Hence the principle of intercepting drainage. If we wished to stop the run of water from our roofs into the central gully, two or three smaller gutters placed more or less diagonally along their sides would arrest at intervals the water flowing down their slopes, and convey that which fell on the different areas, thus isolated from eaah other, in separate streams t o i n to the streets. On the lik e the head of the " down pipe " principle the main drainage of the metropolis consists of intercepting sewers at various levels, so that instead of one great drain for the whole region,: there are nr, lea than six chief lines of sewers; or, rather, there are two distinct drainage works, or three mainlines each ;One system drain ing all the district s north of the Thames, t he other all those on the south tide of the river.—Top*i. ,s'c l e t ice Review. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o' CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. 73Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SOT'S. Onesander Light Bob HANDICAP PLATE. Revolver .. 1 Birthday ... . Eleven ran. FREE HANDICAP. -- Newmarket Lady Louisa Five ran. MATCH—Attraction beat Liston. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. . . Ostentation _ . _ 1 Norroy 2 ECOND EDITATON. Seven ran. RUNNING MATCH, 100 YARDS, FOR 500 SOVS. This sporting match, made some time back between Captain Machell and Mr. Chadwick, to run 100 yards, took place this morning at 10 a.m., over a selected portion of ground on the Bury road, opposite Mr. Dawson's residence Both gentlemen had undergone a severe preparation for the contest. Captain Machell won easily, and was the favourite, at 5 to 2, which odds had been laid to a largo amount. Terrific Explosion at the Chartered Gas Works at Westminster. SEVERAL PERSONS SERIOUSLY BtInNED. This (Thursday) forenoon the inhabitants of the Horse ferry-road were thrown into a state of the most painful ex citement owing to a loud and rumbling noise proceeding from the immense pile of premises known as the Chartered Gas Works, situate in the before-named thoroughfare. In an instant hundreds of the inhabitants rushed out of their houses in Marsham-street, the main road, and also in Medway-street, the houses in each street being in such proximity to the factory that the residents were appre hensive that their habitations would be blown down, as it was imagined that some of the immense gas-holders, which tower high above the surrounding dwellings, would blow up. Fortunately such did not occur, but the circumstances attending the affair are of a most lamentable nature, and it is feared that the injuries received by some of the workmen employed by the com pany will disable them from resuming their emplcyment for a considerable time, and in two or three cases it is expected that they cannot recover from the burns they have received. On inquiry made at the works it was with great diffi culty that any information as to the cause of the disaster could be obtained, but one of the men employed on the works stated that whilst the work people were engaged putting down a new pipe in the yard, or repairing it, a largo plug suddenly flew out and allowed the gas to rush out in immense volumes, to the extent of several thousand cubic feet per second, In the space of a minute cr so a great number of the raen became encircled in fire, their clothing becoming ignited, and the flames attacking their arms and faces with full vigour. Several men rushed to the works and turned off the gas, end the poor fellows were extricated, and the fire about their clothes was extin guished. Mr. Pearce, surgeon, and other medical gentle men, attended, but eight or nine of the poor fellows were so frightfully burned that they were obliged to be removed to the Westminster Hospital, where everything was done for them that humanity or surgical skill could devise, but they still remain in a precarious state. Whether the pipe had been bladdered or not is not known. This pipe, it seems, leads to the retort-house, and hence the violence of the ex. plosion. SHIPPING—This Day, LONDON, Oct. 15.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sedulens i from Taganrog. HOLYHEAD, Oct. 14.—Wind:variable.—Arrived—Atna. zone, from Liverpool for Curacoa. Sailed—Elizabeth, for Halifax. CARDIFF, Oct. 11.—Wind S.W.—Sedled—Rickard, foz, Shanghai. COWES, Oct. 14.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—John, from Swansea for Havre, leaky. SWANSEA, Oct. 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Mangostoen, for Cuba. MILFORD, Oct. 14.—Wind S.—Arrived—Bella Leondra l from New York. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 14—Argo, from Dantzic ; Clara Manning, from Memel; Four Brothers, fro m Groningen; Helena, from Cimbrilsham ; Celicia, from Honkleur. Arrived, Oct. 15—Victoria, from Aarhuus ; Hendricka Margareta, from St. Petersburg; Ellen and Agenorm, from CroListadt ; Maria, from Gottenburg. DitAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Her Majesty's ship Dee, from the west f or t h e river ; Jovenner, trona Shadao for London; ..enebia, for Port Natal; Bidaoa, for Bilboa ; Nautilus, tor Bermuda; Lady f or Calcutta—all from London. Tow—Rambler, from Calcutta for London; rass Iseldelviinlle Melville, Eli za , from London tor Para. Anchored —The Venus, of Guernsey, from Gottenburg for New Zealand. Sailed —The Chanticleer , screw steamer , Pole Star, Lady M e lville, Lady Raglan, and Black Prince, with te out. ward bound. LIFEBOAT SBRVICES.--DUNDEE, Oct. 13.—The Italian schooner Giulia, of Palermo, bound from Cronstadt to Dundee, with a cargo of flax, got on shore at the entrance of the Tay. It was blowing hard from S,E. at the time, with a heavy sea running. The signals of dis tress of the vessel having been observed, the Dundee steamer Samson immediately proceeded down the river with a crew for the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution sta tioned at Buddon Ness. After arriving at the vessel in dis tress a warp was brought by the lifeboat from her to the steamer. The schooner was soon afterwards towed off the dangerous lea shore, and she and her crew of ten men brought to a place of safety. LORD LOVAINE, who has been draining Dowal tan Loch, between Wigtown and Fort William, has found traces of lacustrine habitations in the bed of the loch. Ar tificial islands appear to have been made by means of stones mixed with fern and other branches, bows of trees, and other timber rudely worked. Piles have also been found, and many teeth and other bones of animals ; a bronze vessel, earthenware articles, a small granite quern, beads, frag ments of armlets, and other relics. No distinct remains of dwellings have yet been found, and no tool or weapon of any kind. JOHN BUNYAN'S FLUTE !—The flute with which John Banyan beguiled the tediousness of his captive hours is now in the possession of Mr. Howell, tailor, Gains - borough. In appearance it is not unlike the leg of a stool —out of which, it is said, Banyan, while in prison, manu factured it. When the turnkey, attracted by the sound of music, entered his cell, the flute was replaced e a the stool, and by this means detection was avoided. VIOLENT STORM.—Truro, Tuer.day A fternoon.— Last night various parts of Cornwa ll were visited by one of the fiercest gales of wind that are remembered to have prevailed during a long period. A stiff breeze com.. menced in the morning, and gradually developed itself int o perfect hurricane. Rain, too, poured down in torrents. Wuis morning the weather is calmer, although we have had a high wind, in addition to rain, and heavy peals of thun der. Reports from various quarters speak of considerable damage to house property that has been effected. At 235 Reports from p.m. the wind appears to be again rising, Falmouth state that her Majesty's ship Russell, GO guns, Commander Grrenfell, was driven from her moorings acroee the bars, where she now remains. The practice of spoiling such fine frigates as the Narcissus, Sutlej, Bacchante, Forte, and Euryalus, by encumbering them with poops, is most objectionable, as all officers who have served in them within the tropics will testify. Tho efficiency of the ships s man-of-war is seriously interfered with, While the ventilation so necessary to crews in hot latitudes is sadly impeded, to the detriment of the health of a large portion of the ships' companies. We are glad to find that so roomy a ve ssel as the Dun can is to be selected as the future flags h i pin the West Indies, and we would suggest that two deckers—like, for instance, the Princess Royal an d conqueror—should be fixed upon to Proceed to the Cape and Brazils, to relieve at the proper time the Narcissus and Forte.—As my and Navy Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER,—About one nod. Thy Warwick-street, yesterday mornin g Ca pt. Usher, R.N., re siding was aceidnta:lyenta:ly droNT and his brother, Colonel Usher, o f Lee Park, I3lackheatb, had been on board a steamer, moored iac-tairn ee t, near LOlldoll.bridgP, to see some friends, end on leaving they either overbalanced themselves or slipped from the plank they were crossing to get on shore, and were both precipitated into the river. Although assistance was promptly rendered, Capt. Usher was unfortunately drowned. The colonel saved himself by swimming ashore. THE NEW WEST PIER, BRIGHTON, will be 40 feet wide instead of 10 feet 6 inches, as at present. 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