The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-02 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The rates for money in the general discount market remain firm, and a good inquiry has been experienced this morning. The demand will no doubt continue active till after the arrangements have been completed for the liquidation of the bills falling due on the 4th inst., when it is generally Considered that easier terms will prevail. Just now tho Bank of England is advancing money to the discount houses, and this description of business transacted by the authorities is presumed to be on a rather large scale. About £95,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. At the half -yearly meeting to-day of the Canada Agency Association, an interim dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum on the increased capital was recommended by the directors to be paid. The half-yearly meeting of the Railway Passengers Assurance Company was also held to-day, and in terest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum was pro- Posed to be paid. The revenue account for the past six months shows a total of £45,551, from which is deducted compensations, &c., &c., bricging the !Mount down to £21,280. Two o'CLocx. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68f 75c to 63f 65c—flat. English Securities this morning have lost the buoyancy they exhibited at the close yesterday evening. There is no doubt that the heaviness now witnessed is due to a few sales rather than to any other overt or unfavourable circumstances. In fact, everything tends to keep up prices, and to impart encouragement to speculators for a rise. Consols are 9 34 for money and the 9th inst.,' and 931 for the Bth proximo. The Reduced Annuities are firm at 92?., ex. dlr. ; and the New Threes are also steady at 92! §, ex. dir. ; the 5 per Cent. Annuities are buoyant at 109 ; but the 30 Years' Annuities are lower at HI; the 5 per Cent. India Loan remains at 1081 ; and the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 108. There is less annimation in the Foreign Market, but prices are generally well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1853, are 69 ex div. ; Ditto, 1862, 70,i 4 ; Ditto, Consolides, 521 4 ; Mexican, 39 . Greek, 371 !; Ditto, Coupons, 18 I ; Spanish Passive, 34:4- 351 ;Ditto, Certificates, 492- i; Italian, 72 ; Ditto, Maremmana Railway Loan, 80; Russian, 93; Egyptian, 1011 ex div. ; Peruvian, 871 ; and the Confederate Loan is 28 to 26 die. less the dividend. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little business transacted, and the variations in prices have not been important. North Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North Eastern (Leeds) have each improved about 55., while Great Eastern, Great Western, and Midland have declined 55., and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit to material change in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally ex hibit a firmer tone. City Bank realise 101 102; Imperial Ottoman, 19-i- a. International Financial shares are 101, General Credit and Finance, 4 ! ; and Hudso❑ Bay Company, 91, BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. P ank Stock 40 238 3 per C en t . R educed Annuities 92a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 p er C ent. Annuities New 31 p er C ent. Annuities .......... New 21 per Cent. Annuities... 5 per Cent. Annuities .............. 109 Aunuities, 30 yrs, ex pi re 6 th J an., 1880 .. . . —9 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 141 Ditto (Red. Sea Telegraph), A ug. 1908. India Stock .................. Ditto 5 pet Cent .................... 1081 3 / 4 Ditto Enfaced P a p er, 4 per Cent...... 98i Ditto 5 per Cent iitto 51 per Ce n t Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 -- Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Dtto Bonds £l,OOO . Ditto under £l,OOO Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Sept, 9 Lithe Stock fur Account, 5 per Cent — March, June, I 21 per Cent. 21 per Cent. Exchitequer Bills, £l,OOO Dto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 1tto 1859 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 1843 _Ditto 4f per Cent., 1852-58-60 B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) C hi lien 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. .. Sia 1 Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825 -- Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l6 i kl gYptian 7 pet Cent lolk 1 i Ditto, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account lB / 171 18 17/ Italian 5 per Cen.t.(Mareulmana Railway) 80 Mexican 3 per Cent . ... Ditto Account .......... Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred I), D ra it vi te an La 3 n p d e l r V u ar e r n a t n . ts (Hectares) .ditto Account iDitt o Dtto Al p o e u r nt 'B7i 81eent" 1862 Portugue se 3 p er C e nt., 1853 491 Ditto Account , Ditto 3 per Cent., 1806, '7,'9, 'GO, 62.. Ditto Account 5 4 0 1 , 5 1, 0 1 R ussian 5 per Cent., 1822 £ St Ditto 41 per Cent 18:50 • Ditto 3 - per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per C ent . 1862 S arinian. 5 per Cent bitto Amount B9l Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Passive .... Ditto - Ac count 35 41 5i Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Thtto Account. ........ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account ............ ........... 691 t Ditto, £lOO Bonds .................. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1.862 .............. Ditto Account ............ 70i Ditto 6 per Cent. 186 3, £ l9 168 8d pd. Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent. ..... Venezuela per . rat. ....... Ditto Account .... . ....................... -- I)itto 6 per Cent, ---- bitto per .................... 581 I Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f - Italian, 5 per C ent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 721 .IJitto Account 721 THREE O'CLOCK. 931 Consols, M oney 93i I Di tto Account ..... iiverpool Cotton Market—This Day. lilarket opened quiet. SAles, probably 6,00 or 7,000 bales. ........ , .....11, THE FLORIDA. ---We mentioned on Thtirsday last that her Majesty had, on the '6 addlesloop Geyser, Capt. Pt chell, prece,lin Pda,y,,l been despatched to the coast of the destructoi Ireland, with a viewgto of war Florida, ok after" the Confederate ship have been recorded. The protee td.oings of which off Kinsale of course, the object ra the Gig s e e i r o . n of British interests was, has been unsuccessful, inasinuchsar: sihssion, which, how ever , to Devonport, and reports that during he return e d yesterday Queenstown and the south-western Iriesrh brief cruise near and crew have seen nothi ng o f the Southerg e eoast her o ff icers r any information leading th eta to suppose tht:tnt nor any receiv e d was still in those waters. It may therefore be e Florid a that this " Will o' the Wisp"— lengthy accounts epfresumed doing at Bermuda are now reaching u s _h as sheeredwohtfose to other cruising ground, and will shortly t urn up where least expected and desired by the Federal trade rs . S ome discus sion had been excited at Bermuda by the fact th at on the arrival of the Florida at the harbour of St. Georg e in that island, on July 16, the ti7ed a. salute, which was returned by the English forts. This was construial by some into a tacit recognition of the independence of the South. A . strong Southern feeling seems to prevail in the island ; the harbour -is reported to be full of blockade runners, and a "considerable interchange a civilities has taken place be.. ti,v f e n the Confederate and the British officers," the former having been entertained' by the latter at their mess. The assistant paymaster of the Florida having died at the Fort, hfia remains were followed to the grave by a large concourse residents and others.— Western ..Iforring Aces. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Shan Railways Paid. Price. Business don , 100 _atlantic &St Lawrenei all 62 04" stk Bom.,Barodait.Centlne 100 1071 1084 1074 81 Gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New . . . 8 1 lI p 20 Do. E. Shares. 201 Buffalo and Lase Huron ali 6 9 10 Do. Preterence all 74 84 100 /Butfalo,Brant,&Godrich too p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187): 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 - - 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 - - st , 31entta.;4S.1 , :astn. (Lin ; 100 1071 1081 at Cape Town it: Dock Scri,i 100 107 109 stock Fiastn. Bengal gu. 6p. c 100 109 110 1091 10 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1 08 1 . 9 108 1 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 19 lap 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 201 214 201 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 70 74 100 Do. no. deferred all 08 64 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. all 00 68 1 1 00 00 D po o . . all l 4 5 6 0 4 54 47 100 Do. do. del e rred...... all 36 58 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock.,. all 26 28 271 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 23 15 stock GtlndiaPenui.gua.sp.c 100 1081 luai 20 Do. Now gua. sp. 0... 12 1 141 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 1 14 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim) 20/ Gtg"."War.a o n t t c eLd a s ci p a e s r i c ia e r n e t E . 100 a11 10 10 7 9 1 ?0 8 9 204 Do. New 18 10 99 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 96 98 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 90 ;i2 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 9 4 p stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 107 is 8 stock Do. 49 p..e. Extension 100 1011 1024 stock De. 4,4 d 0........ 100 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock Melb.Cort.). 6p. o. Bnds. 100 - - 50 Melb. & liobson's Bay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. a nortg. Bds. alt - - 20 Newßr unswick Cands Class A. and B all 3 N.lll.C'daspclstpfbds 100 f 2 84 stock Soinde (100 1074 1084 ( Do. Delhi I • • ' 100 1 0 74 108 4 8 ' I Do. do ' 2 20 130. Punjaub cj: 1 all - st Do. Do. stock Do. Indus. St. Elo ) 000 103 105 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC U Kin KN. t)p.e.J a. ,Iril ul) - - 1877-84 - Do. sp. c. Feb. & Aui.: 100 102 104 - Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept 100 105 107 - Do. 5 I p. nscribed stock c. Jan.&July. 100 92 9 100 41 9 4 5 941 31 , - 'Cape allope. 6 p 100 108 110 - Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 - Do. 1891 100 113 115 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 115 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 11 5 - *Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 110 112 -- ,N.E.Gov. 6 p.c..1 a.sitJu4 100 104 105 1011 - I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - IN. S. W. G ov. 5 p 186( 100 1004 1014 - Do. sp. c.,lBti to lif 100 1014 102) - Do. d0.,1888 &upwd,s 100 102 103 1021 - INew Zealand 6p cent. 100 ill 113 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875. lOO 1041 105; - Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 1:1 113 - is. Aus (1tip.c.1873.& up.. 100 110 112 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julj 100 108 110 - Do. to 6 n.o. An.&oct.. 100 1131 114i 1 114 - - - - BRITISH MINES. 2 I Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 9 4cl - ; ulitiord Amalgamated.. - 34 36 - I Devon G. Cott.. (Tavist., 1 560 650 Bast Bassett (Illozan).. 30 79 81 , 1 East Clogau Gold. Ltd. 52. id Far - East Caradon ..... 1.14. ii 27 08 - East Cana Brea... 1 3.4.0 79 1 4 ;U rest; t d : t a o . t u r s t vo l s c oo e ' ( o rr l v u s . t . k . ' l l 8 1 6 7 . s 6 3 3 4 4 • .. ....... 8 4 . 0 12 e4 x 4 7 : 1 1 : G I L I al y en d n n y g d . v: y l ri lsl:i r e , . : o h; :ow 7164. :18' 58.0 271 5215: - Margaret (On . y ....... 2 4 : 8 0 5 * 4 6 4 4 N, M e a , r: s e e V tu a n it ....... 2 11 :0: o lo lrrrl y t ttr k e np h V a n :G r i c i°la : c levd d : ( al ; 4l6 :n Ct : s . y ri t ff °. : l c i(t e : :l 4 :n ue e t i ill .2 1 : 1. . 7 i 122: , 1 1 4 4 326- 3 i 1+ 410 420 - I d. Carn Brea 11 2 - Frau. (Mogan 18.15.9 55 65 - IS tray Park 28.9. 38 go 5 1 VainarSilv.di Lead Min 44 - rt Cro 194 204 - West Basset (Illivan) • • 1 101 111 - I W Cr radon (Liskearct 5 21 23 - I West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 65 70 - )Wheel Buller(Redruth) 5 35 45 - Wheal Kitty (G.Lelroit) 2.0.6 - WhealLcckott 12.10.8 3 34 es Wheel MaryAnn , ,Men ) 8 11 13 Wheal Seton . 584 1 215 225 sirhealTreiawney (Lis ) 7 15 17 , Wheal Union 3.17 2/ 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1,1103 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, • - Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 130 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 41 per cent. rd.. 1011 S. York. and River Dun, 5 per cent. gua., 2j 1 West Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stock, 1251 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &c., 45 per cent., 1858, 1021 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 107 i 7 Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 87 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. --- Lancaster and Carlisle, 2051 o on r e h o e n r , n i` i andlbu E f a , s a t e n r d n 6 5 0 p u e t h r e c e n n d N, 98 57 Midland, Bradford pre: stock, 961 Nottingham and Grantham R. C.. 06 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 9 Great Luxembourg, 144 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidln), 111 TSauria anti ( mpbreita:(das,aMlv),eo2un2sac,,2sss per cent. pf., 10 ban Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent. , South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 4 FOREIGN MITES. Cobre Copper, 31& General, 211 6 * Port Philip, 1# Val Nassau Gold, lim., li Yudanaututana of S. Australia (limA 31 3 i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool 36Ei Australasia, 77 Bank of Egypt, 27 6/ Bank of London, 131 Bank of Queensland (Urn), 13 Bank of New Zealand, !ICU Brazilian and Portugues?, lim., 4 41 4 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12/ Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 31 1 City, 10t 1 Consolidated Bank, 1im.,10; - Imperial Ottoman, 191 1 Loudon and Brazilian (lim.), 431 London and County, 49 81 London Joint Stock, :i5/ London and South African, 271 London and Westminster, 78 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.), 51 1 Standard of British South Africa (hmi), 20411 Union of London, :351 St. Katharine, 64 5 DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. An ;10 - Mexican Mint, lii Ceylon Company, 5i a Hp .. ., ,3.1....1 1 GEgen_YPetiraendit and min e Fin rcia an i li miaow a Bay, lli i i • 101 Internattonat Financial Society, 11M., Italian Irrigatio: (Canal Cavour), 4.t ~ n . %;i, - ,1 London ration ,Association, Lim, 1i,_ 2 14 ~ 2 ce and o atd n i c il , London General Oinnibita Company (1""" Oriental Inland Steam, lim., 41 Ott oman Gas li ra.) Pe ninsula and Orie 11 Ditto, new ,18ntal Steam, sot 1 Rio de J an Ditto (£4), eiro CI ty I mprovements, 111:11..-- 6i i t South Australian. Land, 331 )ceed or at SELICO pre r the Spain f the very A, a sty's Is on hness Por- The D the ender Duke luau, 3 left Blen acht. g the is un tin to omer- ) the ~ St. shire, SHARE MARKETS--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuR.S. 1 Share l Railways. I Price. 1 1 p a i d Closing Bu d s c i n n e. ess 13.14.1 Bir„ Vol., and Str. Val.! all 8 85 25 I Blythe and Tyne. 10 I Bost.,Sleat.,andllid.L;o all 81 81 at 'Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian lOO 1215 122 50 Cork and _Bandon all 20 Cornwal' 10 Do 1 , 1 „ . t il l] ~,.p trots e.p n a ° ,, l. C s I ? s t.i l 1 1 10 Do' " been paid to BI ) .:, 7 I 50 Dublin t Belfast June.' all .', 17 25 ,Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 18 ", at 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 055 WI at ItPaSg. and S. Western.! 100 111 113 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 601 615 501 st Ditto A stock at Ditto Eastanglian at 100 241 151 s a t t G G r r e e a a t tN is 'o e r r t i t i l i o e t rn Se . o .. t . la . u .. d rg loo a t Do A s t oc k et Do U do 1 1 ' 3 2 2 5 6 4 1 1 2 34 5 at Gt. S. ant W. of irelane 100 98 (CO at Gnat Western at Do Str Val gma. stool: 100 — st Lancashi:e & Y or k s hir t 100 1113 113, 1121 513 at London and Blackwal , 100 74 7 at Lou., L'rig, , lll.,& S. Coast 100 113 115 1131 14 at Lon., Chat., and Doves 100 43 44 , 431 at Lon. & North Western 100 ' 101 1u11; 101 1 at Lon. & Scr.th Western 100 10i 1( 4 ' 1021 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 44 15 441 60 Maryport and Carlisle. all 12¢ Do t shares . all 10 Metropolitan all 121 121 121 st Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Binning:. & Derby 100 99 101 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 5 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 20 at Nth. Eastern—Berwlok 100 101 1011 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.9 d 0 at Do Leeds lOO 58 69 5S at Do York at Do Carlisle.. at 'North London 1 0 ; Do New '9.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 'N. and S. W. Junction all 114 121 st !Scottish Central et Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 46 47 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 100 102 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union at iSouth DCTOII lOO 30 12 at I South Eastern at'South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 101 103 20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 9 10 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 38 25 Do l7 9 10 s 25 Do New, 1860 8 7 1 8 5 P at Taff Vale... lOO 155 160 10 Do B 10 Do C 8 51 51 60 !Ulster 2 s s t Vale i) (*) .1 3 3 11 p all 12.101 Do ... . .... .. 1 • 2,0 5 04 B —_ 9 _9 - 1 p 88 s i ; t t ;Victoria Nv a tertb r s d t a e z . a i ll it P e l I T n i 100100 15_8 162 - a s at 1 11 1 ,... . e 6 1 t l a C r t o l r e n p w oo a i ll uar.ezit. 1 1 0 00 0 2_7 2_9 st 'West Midland -Oxford 100 I 46 17 st Do Newport 100 ; 39 41 st Do Ilereford 100 ' 104 106 TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDAESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, ism LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Befere Mr. Gibbons.) MODEL DISCOUNTING-MACE v. AIRMAN. This was an rction to recover a butcher's account, de fendant being a ship and insurance broker of the City and Highbury. Mr. Buchanan, for the plaintiff, called his client, who deposed to the supply of the various items, which he said had not been paid for. The goods were, except one live pig, delivered to defendant's house. Cross-examined by Mr. 0 vveu—l have had large orders from defendant for his ships, but I did ?ot give the meat to defendant as disccunt. _ _ A man who had formerly been in the service of plaintiff proved delivering some of the meat, and admitted that de fendant had paid for some of the meat. A former bill was presented to defendant receipted as discount upon the ships' accounts. Plaintiff—l never looked on this bill as discount. A debt collector proved that defendant had offered £3lox, Mr. Owen then called defendant, who said that he had paid some of the items, and the rest, except a pig, he looked upon as discount. A former bill had been settled in that way, and as to the pig plaintiff had had it back. It was explained that plaintiff had not received the pig which had been given to the man. His Honour did not approve of this new method of dis counting, and said that if Mr. Aiktnan was entitled to dis count on the ship's meat he should have taken it at the time. It would not do to set up a former transaction, and therefore plaintiff would have a verdict for the unpaid items with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROI7GILSTREET. GENTLEMEN AND THE POLICE —Three gentlemen, named George White Emley, of 5, West Brixton-road ; Ulysse Bassetti, Hertford House, Stoke Newington ; and William Jones, Neasdon Grange, Middlesex, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with behaving in a disorderly manner, and knocking at the doors of several houses in St. Martin's-court, without lawful excuse. Jones was further charged with breaking a lamp, the property of Mr. Wilson, billiard room proprietor, Leicester-square. The evidence of Costick, 81 C, and other constables, went to show that about half past one this morning the de fendants and some others were creating a great disturbance by shouting at the top of their voices in St. Martin's-court, and also by knocking at tho shutters and doors. They continued this conduct, notwithstanding they were cau tioned by the constable, till they got into Leicester-square, when Jones threw his umbrella at the lamp of Mr. Wilson, and broke it. Edward Moggett, billiard marker to Mr. Wilson, said the damage done to the lamp amounted to £lO, but Costick said he thought £5 would cover it, while the defendant Jones said he was told that 16s. would pay it. Emley called two witnesses—Mr.Edwd. Drew, of Hadin gay Villas, Tottenham, insurance broker, and Mr. Ed war d Rose Day, of 17, Shaftesbury - crescent, Vauxhall-bridge road, coal factor, and they both stated that although the re were several persons going along at the time, and th ere was some knocking at shutters and doors, Emley took no part in it. Costick said he was quite certain that Emley was amongst the persons, and had hold of Bassetti's arm. Emley said that he did not even know Bassetti. The witness Day said that he had been to supper with Drew, Emley, and Jones at Evan's Supper Rooms, Covent garden, and were on their return home at the time, and were in advance of the other persons who were knocking at the shutters. Bassetti said he knew nothing of the other defendants. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had a doubt about Emley having knocked at the shutters, and he should discharge him. He should fine Bassetti and Jones 20s each, or 14 days, and Jones would have also to pay 20s for the damage to the glass (that being the value, as sworn to by a gasfitter), and a fine of 6d, THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamship Poonah, Capt. J. S. Field, arrived at Southampton yester day, at 9 a.m., with the heavy portion of these mails in charge of Mr. A. Douglas, of the General Post-office. She brought 54 passengers (viz.. 18 first class, 24 second, two children, and 10 servants), including M. Blondin and two friends from Gibraltar. On freight she had four packages of specie, value £l,OOO sterling, 2,675 bales of silk, 15 bales of cotton, 4 boxes of valuables, and 200:packages of sundries. The Poonah left Alexandria on the 19th ult., Malta on the 23d, and Gibraltar on the 27th. Fine weather was expe rienced in the Mediterranean and on the coasts of Spain and Portugal; across the Bay of Biicay strong westerly winds and squally, with heavy swell, Passed the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Pens, with the outward mails of the 20th for the E Ist on the 26th, bound for Malta. The usual Egyptian fleet and the French frigate Perdrix were at Alexandria when the Poonah left that port. Her Majesty's ships Hiberni4, Malacca, Phoebe, Fox. hound, Psyche, and Cossack were at Malta on the 23d ult., and the Trident at Gibraltar on the 27th. The Spanish screw sloop, 2 guns, 130 horse power, was launched from the dockyard at Carthageno on the 17th ult., and would be towed thence to Barcelona to have her engines fitted. The Gerona frigate and Prosperidad sloop, on the stocks in the same arsenal, are progressing towards com pletion. The steam transport Alava, Commander V. Abial, from Havannah, with 745 troops for Cadiz, arrived at Vigo on the 16th ult., where she had to perform quarantine. The sailing corvette Ferrolano, 30, Capt. E. Acebal, from Car thagena, arrived at Cadiz on the 21st inst. ; the screw sloop Leon, 2. Lieut. Garcia de Tudela, from Barcelona, and the sloop Alerte. 2, Lieut. S, Martinez, from Malaga, on the 21th. The steam transport San Quintin, 2,Commancler Don nesteve, left Cadiz on the 20th with troops for Havannah. The late Spanish Consul at Gibraltar, Don Mariano de la Roca, has been succeeded by Don Juan Antonia Arguch, who has entered upon his consular duties; the Spanish Vice- Consul, Don Joaquin Gonzalez Huet, who has occupied that post during the last 12 years, and been frequently in charge of the consulate, has been appointed Spanish Consul at Cardiff. Exchanges at Gibraltar were quoted as follows:—London, 90 days' date, 49i to 50 ; Paris, do., 5f 28c; Marseilles, do., 5f 29c ; Genoa, do., 5f 29c to 30c_; Madrid, 8 days' sight, par; Cadiz, do., par to f pm; Seville, do., par; Malaga, do., par to f pm ; Barcel , na, do., pm ; Almeria, do., t dis ; Valencia, do., par; Alicante, do., par. The following British merchant steamers had arrived out at Gibraltar :—August 20, the Morocco, Captain G. Lang lands, five de) s from Liverpool, for Genoa, &c., and the Windermere, Captain J. Barrett, 6i days from Cardiff; 21st, the Sydney Hall, Captain T. Waite, eight days from London, and 1k from Lisbon, for Tangier, &c., and the Crimean, Captain W. Bain, six days from Liverpool, for Palermo, &c.; 23d, the Britannia, Captaiu J. Mullett, 7i days from London, with Government stores, &a,, for Gib raltar; 24th, the Pera, Captain T. Jamieson, four (lays eight hours from Southampton, with mails for Malta and Alex andria; 25th, the Tom John Taylor, Captain E. Child, six days 16 hours from Cardiff; 26th, the Louisa Crawshay, Captain D. Miller, 26 days from Newcastle, and 2} from Lisbon, in ballast for Constantinople ; 27th, the Scotia, Cap tain E. Hanby, 12 days from London, for Malta and Con stantinople, The British schooner Cicerone, Captain J. Tolman, from Newport, with iron for Brindisi, arrived at Gibraltar on the 26th ult., with loss of main and foretopmasts, &c., and would repair damages before proceeding on her voyage. The following sailing vessels, with cargoes of coals, had also arrived out at Gibraltar :---From Liverpool—The schooner Philanthropist, E. Jones. From Newcastle—The brigantine Jessie, J. Williams. From Cardiff The schoorer Alert, W. Beauelark ; the brigantine Lady Port Hill, W. Curtis; the schooner Rosina, R. Rees; the bri gantine Lawriston, T. Clarke ; the schooner Emerald, J. Bovey ; the brig Grace, T. Williamson ; th e b r i g Runny mede, 11. Anderson ; and the brig John Wishart, J. Cruigs. The schooner Sarah, T. Cowling, with bar iron for Smyrna, from Cardiff, bad alio arrived. The schooner Picton, J. Jones, of Portmadoc, from Liver- Majestic, Owen Lloyd, o p f oo P l o f r o t r G mqd en oc o , a fr a o n m d C t a h r e d b iff ri t g o a r n N ti a n p e les, all well, were spoken on the 26th ult., under Cape Spartel, by the brigantine Lady Port Hill. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of home-grown wheat fresh up to our mar ket this morning were very moderate. Good and fine qua lities moved off steadily, and Monday's currency was well supported. The demand for inferior parcels was by no means active, yet no change took place in their value. There was a full average supply of foreign wheat on the stands. Iho amount of business transacted was very mo derate ; nevertheless, prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was small. Both new and old qualities, however, moved off slowly at late prices. Malt was in fair average demand at full prices. With oats the market was well supplied. Good and fine corn sold slowly at Monday's quotations, but that day's rates were difficult to obtain for inferior produce. No change took place in the value of beans and peas. The supplies on offer were small, yet the trade was very quiet. Both in English and foreign flour Eales progressed slowly at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English.. .... 1,070 I It.o 440 490 1ri5h....... ... N'oreign...... 8,130 2,040 -- I 6, 4 2 3 1 0 0 I 330 sks. Alarming Colliery Accident. NEWCASTLE•ON-TYNE, Monday Night.—lntelli gence has just been received of a most alarming accident having happened at Burradon about six miles from Newcastle, in which pit it will be recollected that about three years ago 90 men lost their lives by an explosion of fire damp. The pre sent accident resembles in its general features that of the Hartley calamity, but we hope without the fearful loss of life that then occurred. About one o'clock to-day, while the engine was working, the winding machine balance-weight became detached by some defect, came crashing down through the engine -house, smashed the machinery, and broke the two winding ropes. The two cages having thus nothing to hold them fell to the bottom, com plete!y cutting off all communication with the men below. There were between 100 and 200 men and boys down the pit tit the time. It the cages in falling have destroyed the bratticing, which can only be ascertained by inspection, for which no means at present exist, the peril of the men is fear ful to contemplate, as in that case the ventilation will be destroyed. Hopes, however, are entertained that all yet remains intact, and that the rescue of the men is only a question of time. Preparations are actively making to get the crab ready so as to reach them. There is a communication between this pit and the neighbouring one of Seghill, but before it can be made available substantial stone stoppings must be removed, and some degree of hesitation is felt as to touching them, as they play an important part in the ventilation of the mine. WESTMINSTER. AN OUTRAGEOUS CULPRIT.--Mary Rayan, a stout sturdy looking woman, was brought before the magistrate. Mr. Arnold, on looking at the charge-sheet, observed that the defendant appeared to have been a wholesale offen der, by the entry made against her. She was charged with being drunk, with breaking two panes of glass at a beer shop, with assaulting three constables, and wilfully break ing a window at the police-station. Mrs. Andrews, who keeps the Black Horse beer-shop, Oakham-street, Chelsea, said that yesterday afternoon the defendant came there intoxicated, and upon her refusal to give her any more drink, wilfully broke a pane of glass and rushed after her to attack her, but was prevented by a policeman. Police-constable Watts, a detective in plain clothes, said that he was at the house and endeavoured to restrain the defendant's violence. When given into his custody she assaulted him very violently, and threw herself down. A large crowd collected, and she was three times rescued from him, lie was much ill-treated, and there were others in custody for the part they had taken in the disturbance. Defendant was so violent that it required bur people to carry her until the stretcher could be procured. During which there were a groat many stones thrown at the police. Tw) other policemen proved that the defendant attacked them with great fury, and when she got to the station house she seized a jut, and th rew i t through a window into the inspector's room. Defendant said that she had been roughly handled, and pulled about without any provocation. M. Arnold—How do you get your living ? You are described on the sheet as a a servant. Defendant—l am. Mr. Arnold—ls anything known of her ? The gaoler—She has been before charged with violent conduct, and with other offences. Dannes (the gaoler)—She isttthief; and has been con victed. Mr. Arnold—Your conduct is more like a wild beast than a woman. You are committed fur two months, and will find bail in £lO for four months. TUAMES. APPLICATION FOR A PROTECTION ORDER. —Mrs. C. Cox, carrying on business at No. 82, St. George-street, applied to Mr. Woolrych for an order for the protection of her goods and chattles in consequence of her husband, James Charles Cox, having deserted her. soon after m arr i and - . The married life of Mrs. C ox h as b een a very unhappy o c o n m e nc . m Her ee d h h u i s s b a i n l n usageimomf o h r e a r age l, selfish, a n d b rutal fellow, only a fortnight aft er she g av e him her hand and heart' she was labouring under severe illness caused by his indiscre tions. He abandoned her repeatedly, and bat for her own integrity, industry, and indomitable perseverance, her husband's wishes that she would become a street walker would have been verified. Ho continued his brutality until sho caused him to be arrested and brought before Mr. Yardley at this court, and he was t h en b ound over, himself in £lO, and. two sureties of £2O eac h , to keep the peace and be of good behaviour towards her for two years. He soon after deserted her, and as she had acquired a little property by her own industry, she wished it to be protected from her husband's avarice. deMserrt.eWd h o e o r lrh asked the applicant when her husband Mrs. Cox —About seven years ago, to the best of my re collection. The last time . I saw him was on the day poace was proclaimed after the Russian war. --- - Mr. Woolrych could not recollect the day peace was pro claimed, and Mr. Bowdler, the second clerk, believed it was in 1857. A gentleman in court, who was appealed to, said the event took place in 1355, and another gentleman said it was in 18,58. At last Mr. Bowdler, by referring to the histbry of the Russian war, ascertained that the Treaty of Peace was signed at Paris, Sunday, March 30, 1856, and ratifications exchanged at Paris, April 27, 1856. Mr. Cox then produced the certificate of her marriage at St. Dunstan's Church, Canterbury, and having sworn that she gave no cause for the abandonment of her by her husband, the protection order was made out, and signed by the magistrate, an t the applicant, who had been in continual dread of a visit from her spouse, left the court much more happy and contented than she hod en tered it. CRXELTT TO A HORSE. —Richard Brewer, a cab pro prietor, appeared before Mr. Woolrych charged with send ing out a poor old broken-down horse to be worked in a very unsound and unfit condition. The defendant's brother, Samuel Brewer, aged 18, and dwelling at No. 32, Hudson's Cottages, Old Ford, Bow, was fined 40a. on Monday. Stedman Nicholls, No. 433 repeated this morning the evidence he gave on Monday. He found a horse and cab unattended opposite a coffee-shop in the Milo end-road at half-past one o'clock on Monday morning. He was about to drive the horse and cab to the green yard when Samuel Brewer, the driver, came out of a coffee-shop. Nicholls called his attention to the horse, and said it was only fit for the knacker's yard. There were running sores on its knees, cud also on the shoulder under the collar. The animal could scarcely stand, and in very bad condition. The driver was not wearing any badge, but some hours afterwards a badge, No. 15,764, which, he said, belonged to his father, was found upon him, The defendant said he was not aware the horse w s uch a bad state, and that it was taken out of his stableas on n Sunday night contrary to his directions. Nicholls said the horse was driven about the streets of London three days in succession, before he saw it. Mr. Woolrych—How old is the horse? The defendant —Twelve years old, sir. I paid 'the fine out of my own pocket, and released iny brother on Moucly, This statement was confirmed, and Mr. Wcolrych said the horse ought not to have been sent out or driven in a cab at all in the state it was in. He should take into con sideration that the defendant had all eady paid 40s. for his driver, and impose upon him the mitigated penalty of 20s. only. MISS AMY SEDOWICK has been recently creating a furore at Margate; where, wo are sorry to hear that hor accomplished husband, Dr, W. B. Parkes, is now lying dangerously ill. BOROUGH HOP. Picking has made considerable progress this week, and the market is very quiet for all kinds of hops. A few par cels of new produce are on offer, for which the demand rules inactive at £5 to £7 per cwt. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on offer is only moderate, yet the trade rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; lamb, 4s 3d to 5s 4d; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 6EI to 4s 4d per 81bs. 1y the carcase. A RENOVATION OF JOHN LOCKE'S MONUMENT is now projected at the Church of High Laver, near Ongar, Essex, where he lies buried. The church being now in process of restoration, the rector is appealing for subscrip tions to repair the philosopher's tomb. RECOGNITION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES..— " Traveller" Writes to us as follows :—" Lord Pal merston was Foreign Minister when Eng;and recognised Belgium, which, it left to fight it out with Holland, would have been subjugated. Why, then, does not the Premier make his Foreign Secretary do his duty, and mete out the same measure to our kith and kin as the Belgians ? Is it that Earl Russell undique tutus, recalcitrat, and cares nothing for Lord Palmerston and his country, too intent in pushing the fortunes of his relatives, and forcing into retirement one cf the best of our diplomatists ? When Lord Palmerston's foresight recognised the Emperor of the French and the will of that nation, Earl Russell summarily dismissed him. Probably, though now a subaltern, he thinks he is potent enough to do so again ; but, if he tries it, he will find his mistake. Why does not Lord Palmer stone justly, as well as boldly, recognise Jefferson Davis and the will of the Southern people, as ho did that of the French ? Can it be that Earl Russell prevents him? The British empire favours the recognition of this gallant people." LAND TENURE IN PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND. — A correspondent, signing himself " Islander," writes A commission was appointed to settle this vexata questio, which gave their award in 1861, though the Duke of Newcastle has net yet ratified it. The Colonial office appointed one commission, the proprietors of the island a second, and the House of Assembly a third—non-residents, and having no interest in the matter—the duke expressing a hope that the whole should devote their efforts to framing such. recommendations as should be demanded by the equity of the case. The commission under the royal sign manual and signet was issued to our trusty and well-beloved John Hamilton Gray, Joseph Howe, and J. William Ritchie, our commissioners for inquiring into the said differences and adjusting the same on fair and equitable principles.' The islanders are most anxious that this award should be carried out." HEAVY STORMS IN THE NoRTII.--During Sunday night and Monday, in Melton, We have had nothing but cot.tinued falls of heavy rains, with thunder at night. The country is literally drenched, water standing every where. It is really pitiful to see the state of the crops in the fields; in some cases the sheaves have been wet for a week or more. Farmers, indeed, are begi nn i ng t o spea k o f sprouted corn. All harvesting is quite stopped, and it is stated that the storm has laid the ripe corn fiat on the ground in some parts, and must have done much damage. So heavy have the rains been that the streets have worn the aspect of rivers, and the rivers themselves show too plainly how general the rainfall has been. Although we have had much lightning, no accidents are reported. TRADE WITh VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.—The im ports into the port of Victoria in the first six mouths of 1803 amounted in value to 1,580,543 dots., an increase of 161,531 dots. over the corresponding period of 1862. 'The most interesting change is the marked increase of direct Britiah trade--an increase of 495,878 dole. over the first six months of 1862. CAPTURE OF A LUNATIC MURDEErR.—Sumo time ogo-tt wan named Braceford wade 1»s cane from the criminil lunatic asylum at BirMingham. Four years since be had been sentenced to death at Warwick Assizes for murdering a man named Sunderland, but medi cal testimony h av i n g pronounced him to be a lunatic, the sentence was revoked, and he was sent to the above-named , isyluru. As he was known to be a dangerous character, every exertion was made to recapture'him after his escape, but no clue to his whereabouts could be discovered until last Sunday, when he was apiTehended af - , a lodging-house in Drypool, Tiu:l, and duly forwarded to the asylum in Bir mingham. ". ANOTHER ACCOUNT. IYesterday rumours were in circulation of an alarm• ing colliery accident at Newcastle-on-Tyne, by which it was asserted the lives of 200 men and boys were placed in imminent peril. The report was correct, so far as the fact of the number of human beings mentioned having the ordinary channel of exit from the mine closed to them ; but at no period of the occurrence were any lives in danger, and we are now in a position to announce the safe arrival on the surface of all the persons who were in the mine at the time of the accident. The facts are as follows :—At one o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, a flat wire winding rope broke as some tubs of coal were being raised from the Barradon Colliery, some seven miles from New castle ; the sudden breakage of the rope caused one end of it to fail down the pit, whilst the other end flew upwards with great force, tear ing away the roof and a portion of the framework of the engine house, to the great danger of the brakeman, Moses Stewart. The men and boys of the pit having become aware that something had gone wrong, at once assembled at the bottom of the shaft, where, in consequence of the accident, there were no immediate means of bringing them to the surface. They were not, however, in the least de gree liable to be made the victims of a catastrophe similar to that which befel the unfortunate men and boys who were so completely shut up in the Hartley Colliery some eighteen months ago. The Barradon Colliery has not only two shafts, but is also in connection with the workings of the Seg hill Colliery, so that even had one of the shafts been blocked up there would have been ample means of exit for the men. As it happened, the second shaft of the colliery was undergoing some repairs, and was not in a fit state for immediate use. The work ings of the Seghill Colliery were still, however, available, and in this direction the men and boys in the pit were led by the backoverman, Mr. Weather ley. Mr. Kellet, the resident viewer at the colliery, had proceeded in the same direction as soon as he heard of the accident, and made arrangements for getting the men to the surface through the Seghill shaft. Parties of men at once commenced ascend ing, and by five o'clock in the afternoon the entire body had been taken from the workings without the slightest injury to life or limb. The usual exag gerated reports got into circulation on the first news of the accident, and for a considerable time the greatest a'arm and agitation prevailed in New castle, where it was believed a heavy loss of life had taken place. Happily, however, such was not the case, and from the first the iescue of the men and boys in the pit resolved itself into a mere question of time. On the breaking of the wire rope four tubs laden with coal fell down the shaft, but it is not thought that they could have done any material damage to the bratticing, or sides of the shaft. An inspection, however, will decide this point. ILL-TREATMENT OF A CHILD. Last evening Mr. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, con cluded an inquiry, which had been five times adjourned. at the Chequers Inn, Eltham, on the body of Augusta Con stantia Engleheart, aged four years and nine months, who, it was alleged, had died from ill-treatment. The evidence taken was very conflicting. It appeared that on the even ing of Friday, the 31st July, Dr, King, of Eltham, was called to the house of the parents of the deceased, who was suffering from injuries to the head, and dying. Death en sued on the following morning. One of the witnesses exa • mined, Jane Maynard, 'servant to Mrs. Engleheart, said that the child had been put into a cold bath on the day pre ceding its death, because of its dirty habits. When taken out of the bath it had a spoonful of cod-liver oil, some of which fell over the shoulder of the child, and was washed off by the mother holding the deceased under a pump in the kitchen, and pumping water upon it. The servant also stated that the mother had, about a fortnight previously, compelled the deceased to swallow four chilies, and that two or three days before her death the child had said that a tooth had been knocked down her throat by her mother. The latter, it was said, was in the constant habit of beating the deceased with a thick cane, used as a walking stick. Mrs. Engleheart, on being sworn, said that the deceased was naturally very weak, of a peevish disposition, and of dirty habits. A former medical attendant had advised the cold bath, with salt, to be used, and on the child being taken from the bath, and some of the cod-liver-oil administered falling on her shoulder, she held it under the pump while the servant pumped the water to wash the oil away, not more then a tumbler full of water being obtained by pumping. She then carried the child upstairs, but seeing it shivered she was about to take it downstairs, where her dress caught in the bolt of the gate at the top of the stairs, causing her to let the deceased fall over the banisters on the steps, and to roll nearly to the bottom. She denied being in the habit, or indeed ever beating the deceased with the cane as alleged, and explained the accusation of causing the child to swallow chilies by saying that while emptying sums pickles the de ceased took one and swallowed it, and put a second chili in its mouth, but after holding it in its mouth she spat it out. She also said that on picking the child up after the fall she called the servant, but received no answer, owing to her hav ing left the kitchen to empty the bath which had been used, and she immediately sent the servant to neighbours for as sistance and a medical man. The medical evidence was to the effect that death had resulted from concussion to the brain, caused either by a blow or a fall, and which, also, might have been occasioned by the head of the child being knocked against the stone sink when in the act of being pumped upon. Louisa Alvis, who had lived in service with the parents at Bermondsey, while stating that the deceased was very often beaten, said that the correction never took place except when the child had been in fault. Two of the neighbours who were called in deposed that the mother first told them she was fearful she had kept the child too long in the cold bath, and it was not until some minutes afterwards that she suggested that the injuries had been occasioned by her having let the child fall over the stair banisters. The Coroner summed up at very great length, and the jury ) after an absence of three-quarters of an hour, returned an unanimous verdict of manslaughter against Helen Hannah Margaret Engleheart, the mother, who was thereupon com mitted, on the Coroner's warrant, to take her trial at the next old Bailey Sessions. Substantial bail was tendered and accepted for her appearance. ENCLCSURE OF WANDSWORTH-COMMON.-- - UP" wards of 200 ratepayers have signed a memori al to Earl Spencer, in whi c h they say :—"That during the past few years enclosures to the extent of upwards of 100 acres have taken place on Wandsworth-cat-anion, and that some of these enclosures have been effected by private individuals; that within the last few months an enclosure to the extent of eight acres has been effected by the Brighton Railway Company, a footpath has been stopped, and this has taken away a pleasant and much frequented part of the common. That for centuries the parishioners and their funilies have enjoyed undisturbed the healthy walks on -Wandsworth common, and the cnbtom of years, right or wrong, h as given them an apparen t ri g ht to this enjoyment. Your memorialists view these encroachments with deep sorrow that and regret, and if pe rmitted to go on they must at no dis tant period lead to the entire extinction of Wandsworth common. Your m emorialists, therefore, humbl y pray your Lordship w ould Le p leased to exert ycur izfla u n ee t o preserve to the public those privileges which have been en., joyed from time immemorial, end to institute such inquiries their eu children, to t the h w ith reference to enclosures not sanctioned by your lordship e yre and v al'sand apublic,sw ltehaed inhabitants s Battersea,pecied continuance of these rights they have s 0 long and so freely evjoyed,". POISONING BY MISTAKE. Yesterday an adjourned inquest was held at the Britannia Inn, Moxley, near Wolverhampton, by Mr. Hooper, coroner, on the body of John Albert Vann, aged six years, the eon of an iron-roller. The evidence showed that on the evening of that day week the child complained of a pain in the bowels, and his sister was sent to a neighbouring druggist, named Woolley, for a pennyworth of tincture of rhubarb. The medicine, which was about a tea spoonful, was administered, and the child was put to bed. Whilst taking it the child complained that it was very bitter. In about two hours and a half after the child was put to bed his mother heard a moaning noise, and upon going up stairs found the child lying upon his left side, stiff and insensible, and with his eyes fixed. In about a quarter of an hour he said—" Oh, mamma, I am so giddy, I can not see you. It is what the man sent that has made me so. Oh, mamma, I shall die; and if I do, you hang that man." He was very drowsy, and gasped for breath, and again said—" Oh, mamma, I thought I was dying then ; and if I do you hang the man." Mr. Woolley was sent for, and, pre scribing an emetic, said the vomiting that would follow was to be kept up, and the child prevented from continuing asleep. When he was shown the cup in which the supposed tincture had been served, and told that he had sold laud anum instead of tincture of rhubarb, he said he must confess there was a little laudanum in it. The emetic acted, and an officious woman threw away the product. The child grew worse, and at four on Wednesday morning, when the child was dying, Mr. Larkin, surgeon, of Bilston, applied the tube of the stomach-pump, but the warm water injected returned uncoloured, and in five minutes the child was a corpse. Mr. A. W. Latham made a post mortem examination of the budy. He found very large quantities of blood in the organs of the brain, and the hired generally in a very fluid state. The stomach was empty. There was no trace of poison in it, but all the vital organs of the system were healthy. He was of opinion that death had resulted from some narcotic poison. The child who had been sent for the tincture of rhubarb pointed out the bottle,from which she had been served, and said that the medicine had been given her from that bottle only. This bottle proved to be one in which laudanum had been kept. The Coroner, in addressing the jury, remarked upon this part of the evidence in connection with the admission of Mr. Woolley, that there was a little laudanum in the medicine that had been in the cup, and said that if any portion was laudanum it was all laudanum. It was a misfortune that the con tents of the stomach, before the emetic was admin istered, had not been preserved ; nevertheless, such were the evidences on the body that the surgeon had come to the conclusion that the child had been poisoned. After the jury had deliberated, and the public were re-admitted to the inquest room, the coroner, addressing Woolley, who had a solicitor with him, said the jury had found a verdict to the effect that there was no direct evidence to show the cause of the deceased's death. Both the jury and himself felt that the medical evidence had, to a certain extent, failed. But there was no doubt in the minds of the jury or in his own mind that this child had died from having had poison administered to him that had been sold by him (Woolley) for the tincture of rhubarb. Had the vomit been preserved there would have been no legal doubt in the minds of the jury, and then he (Woolley) would have occupied a different position; but inasmuch as it had been thrown away, and the medical evidence had in con sequence not been of sufficient strength to justify a verdict of manslaughter, a legal doubt had been occasioned, and, acting upon his instructions, the jury had given him (Woolley) the benefit of that doubt. He had, howover, to caution him in their names; and to remark upon the very serious conse quences which might result from a repetition of such conduct. In the event of another accident happening through Mr. Woolley's dispensing, this case would be remembered. He was sorry, he must add, to find, from inquiries he had made since last Friday, that this was not the first time he had sold prison by mistake. He should like the public to know clearly and distinctly that the poison had been sold by him in mistake, and he trusted that the cen sure he was then called upon to administer would exercise a salutary influence on his (Woolley's) mind, so that consequences of a more serious nature might not hereafter follow in that locality from the use of drugs which he (Woolley) might dispense. " There is no doubt whatever (concluded the coro ner) that this child has been lost by the poison, but the jury give you the benefit of the partial failure of the medical evidence. Do consider that you are very seriously to blame, and that you deserve the reprimand that I have now given." Mr. Woolley, who is a young man, apparently about 25 years of age, who has been an articled apprentice to a sur geon, was very much affected during the delivery of the coroner's reprimand, and, burying hie face in his handkerchief, gave free vent to his tears. How the Emperor Nicholas said Prayers at Warsaw. At the head of each regiment is an altar—a priest before it—and, at the instant the Emperor kneels, each individual of the countless mass upon the plain prostrates himself. The electrical effect of the thousands who throng the space before at St. Peter's at Rome, when the papal head of the Catholic Church stretches forth his hand to bless the world from the balcony at Easter, ie as nothing to that produced by this movement of an army, at the moment that the head of the so-called orthodox Greek Church himself, kneels before the altar of his faith. It has a staggering and bewildering effect. The Greek priests have begun the service in the chapel pavilion. Although every head is bowed in seeming devotion, no one appears more absorbed in the exercise of his religious duties than the emperor. But, from time to time, he gently turns his head to glance at the line of guards to the right and the left ; and it is easy to see, that there is more of act ing than reality in the attitude he assumes. 'This is the first time I have seen the Emperor Nicholas. I had several opportunities, during my stay in Warsaw, and in after years, to look upon that face again. I cannot but feel that the portraits I have seen have never done justice to his extraordinary beauty. His form, tall beyond that of coletnon men, seems perfect in its symmetry. lie looks a living copy of the Apollo Belvedere. In after yeas his legs shrank f,om their full proportions as his body swelled. Now he appears faultless in modelling of limb. The face is one of classical beauty. The features are of the purest regularity. I stand long where I can study his profile. His high forehead bestows a look of power and intellect. No wonder that his personalty should have inspired feelings of m i n gled admiration, reverence, and awe, or that his people should have looked upon him, alternately, as a beneficent or an avenging spirit. The ex pression of the face—afterwards seen under various aspects—is calm, very calm, far too calm for real beauty : and so it remains, even when the lips smile with so much grace and blandness. But what ehietly mars the expression of the face is that cold, chilly, frosty, blue eye, which have called " m il d. " If it really beothers a smild as moonbeams" it must be those moonbeams which glance sharply and cuttingly upon the ice-blocks of the Neva. The Emperor Nicholas is said to have been a man of strong family affection, and, in moments of festive relaxation, of "infinite jest." But surely that eye must have frozen all warmth of love, and given to the joke the air of chil ling irony. His movements , as he shortly rases, are full of admi rable di g nit y , and even of grace, spite of the tight prison of uniform. The prestige he influenced was naturally great. Nature had vied with destiny to place him on a lofty pinnicle. -But was that uncommon form to represent the type of an Archangel or a Lucifer ? The service in the chapel-pavilion is concluded. The emperor rises from his kneeling position. At the same moment, the th i c k groups of officers on the steps, the overwhelm ing m asses of men upon the plain, rise also. This s i m ultaneous movem ent h as an effect upon the ner vous system, still more exciting and inspiring than that of the prostration. The emperor now turns, faces the plain, and bows several times, with a wave of the hand, to the army below, to the assembled people ar ound.—Dickens' "All the Year R•und." MR. SCHOLEFIELD, M.P., ON THE AMERICAN WAR.--Mr. Seholefield, member for Birmingham, dined with the Birmingham Retail Brewers Protection So ciety last week, and acknowledged the toast of "the borough members." He said that the principal point on which he and his colleague in the representation (air. Bright) dif fered was with respect to the Americancivil war, Mr. Bright looking upon it probably as a war for the emancipation of the slaves. Ho thought that when an impartial history came to be written of that conflict, it must be stated to be, on the part of the North, as against the South, the most cruel and causeless war that was ever waged by a powerful against a weaker nation. He believed when men talked of emancipating the slaws by force of arms they talked of that which was the most difficult measure of emancipation that could possibly be. He was as favourably disposed towards emancipation es Mr. Bright. He hated slavery as much as any man in the world could hate it, but he believed from the bottom of his heart that slavery was not to be abolished by force of arms. It must be abolished by the same moans which we in this country employed in our own colonies, by remonstrances and by put!ing our hands in our p-ekcts to compensate these whom we had induced by our own laws to consider slaves, as tluir property. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 oCLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.--Thfs Days DERBY RACES—Ting DAY, lOC ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TRIAL STAKES. Clown Lord Zetland CHESTERFIELD STAKES. Greenland Loafcr .... Garotter Four ran. NURSERY PLATE. Little Swage t Rothschild Redcap 2 a Six ran. DERWENT STAKES. Mousley Disdain 2 Six ran. TRADESMAN'S PLATE. Tippler Jack'. Alive 2 Warhorse Five ran. NURSERY PLATE. Izaak Walton ... ................ .. Hebern 1................ 2 Agatha ............ 3 Fir© ran. GRAND STAND PLATE. East Sheen ...... 1 Gipsy Girl Five ran. GRAND STAND PLATE—Paddy O'Rourke has not paid forfeit. ST. LEGER. sto 1 agst Lord Clifden (offered) sto 1 agst Ranger (offered) 6to 1 agst Queen Bertha (taken) 13 to 1 agst Avenger (offered) 14 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (offered) 33 to 1 agst Mogador (taken) 33 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken) THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. EXETER RACES.—Tms DAY. DEVON AND EXETER STAKES. Heber Barmaid Souveraine MAMHEAD STAKES. Outlaw 1 Agatha Moastissima filly Five ran. COUNTY CUP. Cachuca Golden Dust .• • 4.• FAT BUCK STAKES. Middlewatch . 1 Summersault Golden Drop ... •• 3 HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Lady di Vergy The Dictator 2 Barmaid 3 Five ran. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Sept. 2.—Wind this day at noon—South ; light breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 2.--Wind W.S.W.—Arrived-- Stephen and Elizabeth, from Sunderland for Bilboa. HULL, Aug. 31.—Wind S.W. — Arrived—Vorwach, from Quebec. STOCKTON, Aug. 31.—Wind N.W,—Arrived—Mary Mitcham, from Quebec. CARDIFF, Aug. 31.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Char. lotte Harrison, front Quebec. Sailed—Audenevary, for Cochin. PLYMOUTH, Sept. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jessie Boyle, from Quebec. lba,iwroL, Sept. I.—Wind W.—Arrived—Lord Stanley, from Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Sept. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maria, from Montreal. BELZAST, Aug. 31.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Palmyra, from New York. GALWAY, Sept. I.—Wind W., strong gale.—Sailed... Advocate, steamer, for St. John's, Newfoundland. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Goschen, from New York, for London; Dawn of Day, for St. John's; Cella, screw steamer, for Havre; Tonning, screw steamer, for Oporto; Main Bolt, for Quebec—all from London St. Oliff, barque, and Hannah and Bertha, barque, from New York, for London ; Eleanor, of Yarmouth, from the north, for the west. Anchored—Eleanor, for Port Natal; Wabeno, for Mira. michi—both from London. ANTIQUITY OF FLAX.—The culture and manu facture of flax is of very ancient date, as we all know; and as a proof of its having often cccupied a pro minent place in the world's industry, I point to many allu sions made to it both in sacred and profane history : for instance, Joshua's two spies were hid under the stalks of flax; and in confirmation also of the fact that in bygone ages it had attained to great p3rfection—in reference to the linens found encircling the mummies taken from the cata combs of Egypt—it has been said that nothing could exceed their texture and beauty of workmanship, so far at least as could be judged from specimens preserved from these relics. It has also been said that these fabrics would stand comparison with many similar productions of the present day ; but that I will not go into. But one thing we know, these ancient manufacturers did not live in times of rail ways and telegraphs, and on that account we readily ad mit the fact, for do not the natives of India and China in their own peculiar style excel in many things where nicety and delicacy of touch is required P But we in these days of steam and strong competition must have i t done cheap and quick by machinery, in large qua ntities, and often at the sa crifice of good workmanship. There is no branch of our national industry that is not more or less affected by this prevailing spirit. Notwithstanding this railway mode of doing business, I make bold to affirm that in the Interna tional Exhibition of 1862 there were exhibited specimens of yarns and linens that might from time immemorial chal lenge the world. I refer more particularly to the Dunferm line and Belfast cases, In one case especially, Richard Bell and Co.'s, were some wet spun yarns as fine as what is termed in the trade 520 lea ; but it will make it more un derstood when I say that 11b. weight of that yarn would extend to the incredible length of 89 miles.—lithberd's Gardener's Magazine. EXTRAORDINARY EFFECTS FROM SLEEPING IN THE MOONSHINE.—A little boy, aged 13, named Henry Lowry, residing near Peckham. rye, was, on Tues day night, expelled his home by his mother, for some trifling misdemeanour ; he at once ran to a corn-field, close by, and. on lying down fell asleep. (It will be remembered. that it was a most beautiful moonlight night. lie slept throughout the night. Some labourers on their way to work, seeing the lad apparently asleep, roused him. On the boy opening his eyes he declared he could not see. He was conveyed home, and from thence to an ocular institution, where the medical gentlemen affirmed that the loss of sight resulted from sleeping in the moon shine. He is totally blind, and few hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery. BREACH OF PRlVlLEGE.—Yesterday, -at the Judges' Chambers, Mr. Justice Byles decided an important question as to a breach of privilege which had been before him on two former occasions. A person had been made bankrupt, and was arrested for debt as he was returning from a police-court, where ho had attended as a prosecutor. Ho had not his protection with him at the time, and therefore could not produce it to the officer. Mr. Justico Byles said he was of opinion that there had been a breach of privilege in arresting a person returning from a police-court, and therefore it was nob necessary to consider the question as to the bankrupt. His lordship ordered the discharge, and payment to the defendant of 40s. costs, on the undertaking not to bring any action for the arrest against the sheriff of Middlesex or the creditor. THE SALMON FISHERIES Ire DEVONSHIRE.—The salmon fishing season having closed, it is gratifying to state that in the various Devonshire streams there has been a marked increase iu the quantity of salmon taken this season as compared with the past. The poachers are vigilantly watched, and in several instances convictions have taken place. In the North of Devon especially, sal mon have been plentiful and cheap. At Bideford and Ap ple(lore prime fish have been selling at 9d. per lb. In a few years it is not unlikely tla it alma' in the North of Dawn will be sold at 6d. per lb. A MONUMENT to the late Admiral Sir Charles Napier has been at length erected at Portsea. It is a simple column, surmounted by a li o n, with his paw on a shot. A medalion profile of th e admiral faces the approach from th e dockyard, and the monument cannot fail to be observed by seamen who hold the memory of the gallant Charley in veneration, T I . avre, orial Mr. town sage, 2d at d.P., ;rday, :ret " just r who Lord :have annel .fe, at [t is II of eS, S rding CHM-. Ilion. wn su eaten ;ible. trea ich it those essly lielly ori iture• )then labia so as orical ; this t rma- Lcing lan• Dar- m r- s for ifter pars used the had at loor. I re- Own ,ame nte- ter — with and and 007. 11114 rder by der for Ho- I of )n'l3 D 1330 n. of iere of was irds Y~