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trifling matters of detail, particularly in our failings, the resemblance becomes almost amusing. Before coming to . these, I have to remark that we are neither of us a n a ti on of diplomatists. Ido not think that we have as a nation ever taken kindly to the craft. I do not venture to say whether that which is deficient in us is a less or a gain, but whether loss or gain the Danes aro not more successful than we are, They cherish their personal independence in the same way as we do—their thoughts are outspoken— their press is free—a spy is a thing as unknown to them as it is to us—you scarcely meet a policeman in the streets, and if you do he has nothing in common with the self important sergeant-de-villa whom we in England so much dislike; even the guards on the railway are "good fellows," and not overclad in their own importance; and wherever you go you feel that this fresh exhilarating northern air was not made to be breathed by men living under the terrors of a petty officialism. Then as to our failings in common. Their cooking is of the same unartistic kind as our own, and as far removed from French. refinements ; their shops, like our own— though a change begins to take place in England in this respect —are wanting in the brilliancy and arrangement, -which with other nations so success:ully attract the travel ling moths as they flutter about the continent. Indeed their character is like our own northern island, with its wealth deeply buried in it for those who care to pierce be low, and etaler, or the art of display, is not an instinct born with the Dane. There is also a want of method and management with them, as notwithstanding our great 'workshops and manufactories, and mercantile combina tions, I shall always contend that there is with us, and from the administration of a fleet down to that of an hotel I look - .upon both nations as equally unsuccessful; though how much of the blame in some of these matters is to be laid on the shoulders of constitutional government I do not take on myself to decide. In a word, neither Danes nor Eng lishmen have been born diplomatists, or cooks, or haber dashers ; but they both have a share of sound qualities, and not least amongst them a healthy love of individual Teodoro, which takes little account of any inconsistencies or inconvenience which may belong to it. The people of Denmark evidently Nvou the heart and captivated the imagination of the youthful traveller—witness the closing passage of this his very interesting tribute to them : I hevo read of an Arcadia, but I never thought to have set my foot within it. In all soberness of speech, the vir tues and happiness of this country would lead mo to give this name to it, were it not that in the very moment in which I first discover the picture, there is a dark eurtain which seems to be descending and blotting all out. I have read of a "patriot-army," of peasants, and ploughmen, and fishermen fighting for their country, and burying the care of self, and home, and family, in that deeper love; but ex cept in my dreams, I never thought to have seen what I may imagined from my school books. As I write, I feel that there is a bitter irony laughing through my words. My Arcadia is a prey to Uhlans and to Croats ; my patriot army stands on the eve of a trial— where perhaps the highest science and the fullest resources of war could not save them. Can I accredit them with either? can I hope Lhat we still Eve in days, in which Pat'.iot armies gain victories, and repulse the host of count lefs it vaders ? Dark as are the clouds, and cruel as is the game which is being played out, however chances may fall, and whether I succeed in persuading you or not, I am determined to remain constant to my own belief, that I have both visited Arcadia, and seen a patriot army. Do you blame me in this 19th century for cherishing two such illusions, if illusions they are ? Among the many books recently published on Denmark and the Danes Mr. Auberon Herbert's "Letters may take high rank with the most in tern g. MAGAZINE -DAY, BLACKWOOD.—The story of the " Chronicles of Carlingferd" is brought to a conclusion in this soonth's number, and the result at last arrived at is so far satisfactory. This story would have been better had it been more concentrated and the minor details not so elaborately dwelt upon. At the same time, it well sustains the author's previous reputation as a novelist, end brings before us some very well-defined cha racters. One feels a sort of satisfaction in Frank Went worth sue seeding to the Rectory of Carlingford, and thus becoming independent of his family, who did not use him well by any means . There is much in this si mp l e record of every day events to attract attention and interest. The writer has considerable power in de lineating character; and the petty jealousies, the small -vexations, and the minute cares of daily life are all naturally put before us, The trifles that make the sum of human things are too often neglected by the narrator of existence in fictitious tales, and this conduces greatly to the unreality which. we often witness in works of a really superior charac ter in other respects. Cornelius O'Dowd continues his varied criticisms on divers subjects. The smartness and repartee which are so distinctly visible in this writer's pro duction, make their perusal a source of great entertainment, and car mot fail to prove attractive to the reader, no matter what his special tastes may be. Tony Butler is more eventful in this instalment than it has been hitherto, for the hero enters the duties of his mission, and fails most eleregiously at the first start. The consequences of his eenlucky adventure are not yet disclosed to us, but the great ignorance displayed by Tony is really surprising. However, it is by these absurd blunders, and great want of perspicuity, that so many serious mistakes occur; and the manner in which Il`Ciieleey contrives to possess himself of the despatch bag is very ingenious. " The Alphabetical,," is the title of a paper which is curious enough in its way, It alludes to that class of' works whose contents are arranged • according to the letter of the alphabet. It is observed that thits belontes to modern times, and that simple as it now RE ems to our accustomed eyes, "Rome could no more pro duce such an article than she could print it if it were made." We meet with some instructive and interesting passages in this article which may give some valuable hints to those who study and compile to a great extent. It is mentioned that it is an error to imagine that only new works of refer ence are valuable, the old aro often more fitted to the nature of the task before us. " Letters from the Principalities" concern Prince Couze's coup d'elat. Some of the details of this personage are very ludicrous; he has changed his Cabinet t wenty times in five years, and the Chamber three times, bemuse they had the impertinence to ask for a budget. " The City of Gold" contains some very wise re flections on the subject of the present system. It is thus forcibly argued. " When the usual supply of gold is tem porarily diminished, why should our usual credit system be restricted in proportion and totally suspended? Of what use is credit, but to take the place of payments in coin ? Was it not for this purpose, and for this alone, that credit and paper money we re a d opted ?" These are truth s th a t must, one day be acknowledged. DUBLIN,-_'l Ydxley and its Neighbourhood" in this number partakes of tho sensational style, for a ome fearful events aro recorded therein, and the 'story is evidently approaching a climax. Lizette is a pleasing girl, but rather too tame and yielding for the circumstances in which she was placed. Lady Bend gives a good representation of what a girl ro ay become who makes a wretched marriage in order to obtain rank and wealth, " September —a Day by the Sea," is pleasing sketch of holiday making, which may tempt nearly to follow the advice here tendered, and betake them selves to the seaside. " Maud Ruthyn and Uncle Silas" is continued at some length, It is one of those intricate and elaborate narratives in which the author excels, and it reveals sore a painful phases of life to the notice of the reader. "Irish Das-n on Die-oenology and Fairy Ekez , th Lore" presents seine entertaining es, and forma an agreeable variety to the general run of topics discussed in periodicals. Many readers be glad of this opportunity of extending their knowledge on this attractive subject, which is here discussed in an in teresting form. "A Triad of French Writers" brings foreign literature to view ; and it is a good feature in this magazine that it endeavours to put before us a glimpse at other ataininents than those achieved at home. Charles de Bernard is one here cited, and his observed that of those called to their account during the last half century, there are few blessed with such abilities, M. Edmund Abchet and Madame Gasparin are the others chosen for notice in this portion of the foreign criticism. " Galleng-a's Invasion of Denmark" is a very readable article ; and although all re lation to that unhappy war possesses a painful assoc i a ti on, still most readers will be glad to hav e an opportunity of informing themselves thereupon. The feeling that should exist in the perusal is well particularised here. It is said that the work concludes with days of mourning. W e feel the same disappointment as when the novelist gives the victory i n th e b attle of life to the unprincipled, and when th e v i r t uous retire from the stage in tears, and foul wrong prosprirs." There aro some verses met with which diversify the contents and add attraction to the perusal of the znagaz'.ne. They are entitled "Rabelais' Feast," and "The Bragundy Flask." FRA,SER.—Fraser this month is hardly up to its usual standard. We have a very lengthened article of Dr. Newman's " Apologia," a second paper on the Report of the Commission on Public Schools, a nd a second part also of "N ) iplotnati o otes on D pl ornacy and History," a ll somewhat solid reading. 'Then th ere is an essay on th e d uties of a parish priest, and eaamination into the " Phil osop h y of the Poor Laws," by Mise FranceseCobb e , so that he who seeks for the plea sent and discursive reading usually so plentifully found month look elsewhe re , bn the drab -lo ured leaves. roust assuredly this Our old friend, the " Campaigner at Home," comes, it is true, as a seasonable change, and the continuation of " Gilbert Rugge,,, indicates two or three passible romances, but the whole character of No. 417 is certainly not lively, treading, indeed, on the heels of dul ness. Several of the articles are sensible and to the pur pose, however, and Miss Cobb°, who Lae tackled a some what raduous subject, is well wet th hearing upon our Poor law system. She ie disappointed, as well she may be, at the Report of the Committee on Poor Relief, which leaves many evils untouched, and asks very justly how it can be expected that busy shopkeepers and farmers meeting for a ft. , / hours once 4 week, can efficiently regulate the affairs of THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 18647 twenty-two instimeions of a totally different character, yet this is the task which the guardians of every large Union actually undertake. Miss Cobb° is well acquainted with her subject, which she has studied not only theoretically, but practically, and her comments upon the system, its physical and moral Effects, and the improvements of which it is capable, are very well worth consideration. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY,—The record of the strange and varied fortunes of John Law, of the Mississippi scheme, is in this number brought to a conclusion. Mr Ainsworth retains him as a hero to the end, not abandoning him in his hour of did comfiture, after the fashion of more worldly admirers. " The Summer Tour or Signor Tomkins" nar rates sundry wonderful adventures which befell that worthy on the excursion to the Lessalbo and on other occasions. " Our Own Correspondent" continues his or her account of il winter in Washington, giving a pleasant insight into Ante: lean life. It is curious, while the whole land is torn and desolated by the terrible and protracted struggle, to read of Al.'s and the dqnsanios of mock statuary and tableaux virante. " A B at the Barrier" is an amuPing anecdote of a mal-ehtendu that ended pleasantly; while "Seven Years at the Opera" is a paper founded on a recent French work which is worth reading. " The Corsair's Bride" is concluded in the same serio-comic fashion which has already entertained its readers; while for more solid articles we have an essay by Francis Jacox, called "Side-wind Sallies of Spleen," and a notice of the memoirs of an almost forgotten diplomatist who in his time played a busy part. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY.—Mrs Bushby com mences a new story entitled "Woodbury" in this Part, so that the lovers of fiction have little to com plain of, since "The glut" and " Strathmore" are still proceeding. The latter story is original and striking, although somewhat diffuse and exaggerated in style. The present chapters are among the most powerful that the author has given us, and seem to indicate a possi bility of his getting beyond his ordinary circle of passionate impulse and fashionable cynicism, "Cotton Possibilities," by Alexander Andrews, discusses a very weighty question, one which happily is on the road to a favourable solution. Mr Francis Jacox meets us here again with an essay that commends itself to the industrious artist of " Shadows," for it chronicles sundry instances, real and fictitious, of the "British Affinities of the Human. Face Divine." One o f the most interesting articles in the number, however, is that on the correspondence of the unfortunate Marie Antoniette, which gives copious extracts from her familiar correspon dence, unveiling the secret unhappiness of the palace and the diadem. Cyrus Redding contributes an article on " Prussia and her Antecedents," in which he does not spare that unscrupulous and aggressive power. "Prussia," ho says, "in her past and present history, reminds us of the Psalmist's query—' Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea mighty in power?' Such dispensations are puzzling to our humanity in relation to national as well as to indi viduel action." The conclusion of the melancholy story of " The Young Officer in India" is the first part of a detailed account of the story of Hofer, the Tyrolese patriot, which is very different from the generally received versions. TEMPLE BAR.—" The Doctor's Wife" is con tinued, and Mrs Gilbert is turning over a new leaf all of a sudden and tries to be good ; she does net succeed very well though in her crude efforts. Isabel Gilbert was not devoid of good influences, although she appeared to all intents and purposes as if she did not care for appearances, and was almost reckless in her demeanour. Something mysterious will in all probability occur in the next number of this story, as the closing chapter is called by the significant title of "The First Whisper of the Storm," "The Streets of the World," by G. Sala, presents us this month with an inte resting sketch. "Boulogne, the Rue de I'Ecu" is the one chosen for present discussion, and the theme is a peculiar one. The street has changed its name of late years out of deferer ce to one who once played a strange part in that town, and now occupies a distinguished position in the world. The exile Louis Napoleon, and his Majesty the Emperor, as two very different personages, paid visits to Boulogne. They have been cleverly sketched here and male , may be attracted by the graphic details put before them. " Oh, but the times were rarely changed I Into the town whence he had been haled away, the butt of fish women, the vagabond bondsman, the awful example of re fractory gamins —he the most refractory among them all— he came now a conqueror, and more than a king. His legions, mustering their tens of thousands, were encamped upon the heights around. He who had been so near the halter could not bestow the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour on whomsoever he chose." "Towns on the Avon'' is a very charming sketch of beautiful places, written by one who evidently enters eon amore into his subject. It is sometimes surprising to think how many travel far and wide to survey the splendours of soenery, while the beauties of their own land are left unexplored. The remarks on vari ous topics are worth noticing. One is concerning Kenil worth Castle, where the porter "dwarfs one's ideas by clamouring for coppers. The land, I suppose is his lord ship's, dut the castle belongs to Sir Walter Scott and the British nation." "Broken to Harness" becomes very ex citing in this portion, and several schemes are progressing in various quarters that promise speedily to become exciting. " Penal Legislation" is a paper which takes rather a depre ciatory view of the bill passed last session relative to these matters, but does not na)ke out a very good case in its cen soriousness. " Paid in Full" is continued, and various dis comfitures arise to several characters in the story. These are amusingly told, and especially the disappointment that occurs in the representation of Horace's play. This latter individual does not improve upon acquaintance by any means, and his behaviour to his wife is most unsuitable. " Weeds before Widowhood" is a peculiar tale, that exhibits some ingenuity on the part of the writer, but does not seem very probable. "The Dance of Death as a Mystery" is a peculiar sketch, that will very likely attract some readers by its quaintness, and contains some accounts of bygone oustoms that are curious to dwell upon. It is said that the "popularity of the 'Dance of Death,' setting forth death as dancing with persons of every age, rank, and condition, and dragging all inevitably after it, was so great in the fifteenth century that tho subject was treated, and in some places may dill be found existing, on the walls of cloisters and cathedrals, and other hely buildings, in all parts of civilised Europe." MACMILLAN.— It is something new to find the vexed question of Schleswig-Holstein, which. has puzzled statesmen, perplexed diplomatists, and irri tated politicians of every degree, raised into the domain of poetry, with which questions of German genealogy and Prussian greed would seem at first sight to have little to do. Yet this is the onerous duty fafthfully discharged by Professor Max Muller, who exa mines into the language and poetry of the world famous Duchies. The editor continues his retrospective pictures of " Dead. Men whom I have Known," giving in this in stalment his recollections of Dr Chalmers in middle life. Henry Kingsley continues his story of "The Hillyars and the Eurtons," which, whatever its defects in an artistic point of view, cannot possibly be said to lack incident or animation. The chapters before us throw a light on the dark days of Sir George Hillyar's early history, and indicate the possibility of better times for Erne. " Girls' Soho ils," by Archibald Madam, of the Oxford Gymnasium, commends itself to the notice of parents and teachers. It is written in a clear simple style, showing the great injury to health which results from the regular practice of schools, the want of free active exercise for the growing limbs, the monotony of the food, the bad apportionment of the hours, &c. The deficiency of exercise is, however, to his mind the chief evil. Girls, he says, grow as rapidly as boys. " The laws of their development are the same—there is no single reason why they should be denied their share in this all important agent of health, yet the idea of making any provision for its em ployment, nay, the idea of employing it at all, seems never to have been contemplated. The two and two walk is the sole and single form of exercise that appears ever to have presented itself as being necessary or even de sirable. Can we wonder, then, that the hollow chest and twisted spine are so sadly frequent ? Is it strange that so few grow to womanhood either healthy er graceful. Is it not rather a matter of wonder that any should do so at all ? He advocates the introduction of playgrounds, with the use of such feminine games and sports as ball and battle door, grass hoops, skipping-ropes, and other pastimes, which might call the young frame a little more into action than the stiff and measured two and two walk. Those who ad mire eccentricities of dialect may turn to " At the Door," a Dorsetshire poem, and they who are interested in the for tunes of Colin Campbell will find the tenth part of " Son of the Soil" not inferior to its predecessors. THE ST. JAMES'S.—The second instalment of the indefatigable Miss Braddon's new story of " Only a Clod" opens this number, and introduces us to Francis Tredethlyn, now converted into an esquire and owner of his grim old uncle's estate. Curiously enough, too, the wheel of fortune brings him under the magic in fluence of fair Maude Hillary, the ladylove of his quondam master, Harcourt Lowther. The plot is as yet, of course, undeveloped ; but it is easy to see that these three charac ters, end little Susan Tredethlyn, the old man's disin herited child, will form the chief centre of interest. "The Dipplebury Scandal" is brought to a somewhat unsatisfac tory conclusion, inasmuch as the rogue of the piece escapes with a handsome fortune. It need not, however, be cen sured for improbability on that ground. The storytellers have yet another corner of the number in the continuation of " Working in the Dark," by Paul Feval, author of " The Duke's Motto," and in the narrative of a practical joke, which ended somewhat unpropitiously, to judge from its title, " How I lost my uncle's fortune." Dr Seoffern con tributes a carefully written paper tee Hydrophobia, em bodying a good deal of useful information ; and the " Queen's Messenger " tells us the details of the overland route to Constantinople. "Looking into Futurity" reveals some of the wizard's secrets; and " Tentatives by the Laureate" is a somewhat severe criticism of the new volume of poems. LONDON SOCIETY.—The discomforts of life in the moors are vividly described by an adventurous damsel who determined to view everything through a romantic medium, has ventured into their wilds. " The Gre%t Prize" is rsn anitrattted story of a French Lottery-, and consists mainly of the recital of a lucky escape from some desperate and ingenious robbers. We have an agreeable paper setting forth the attractions of archery, which is nowbecomieg one of the fashionable pas• times, with mote rensOn than paan3' other devices for killing time. " The Tale of a Chivalrous Life" tells the story of the good knight, sans pear a sans reproche, flap Chevalier Bayard, and a paper entitled " Gossip for the Holidays" mixes anecdote, incident, and illustration in the most hete rogeneous fashion, There is a long instalment of the prin cipal story, " The Ordeal for Wives," whieh chronicles strange changes. Mrs Tudor dies, and Thither rleming, after breaking off her engagement with her returned love, spends a dreary year at her quiet country home, and finally starts in the world once more as nursery governess to the step-child of Milly Dashwood. There are several other papers of varying merits, with lively verses, and the usual complement of graceful and spirited illustrations, TIIE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—A plentifal supply of light reading is, as usual, to be found in this magazine, and its readers cannot certainly quarrel ‘Niila the liberality of the banquet provided for them. The singular story of "singed Moths" in continued, and the instalment strips the fair Mary of her temporary dignity as Indian Princess and ends the earthly career of the ambitious sheriff. "Barry O'Byrne" is the most conspicuous among the tales, and proceeds in its author's accustomed manner. 'We have another Ame rican love story, founded on the incidents of the war, a Greek tale, a on Hand Magic, an account of the burning of an East Indianian, and numerous other articles. „ Tom Engledue's Adventures" is a light and amusing sketch, and "Remarkable Cases of Obesity" is the title of a paper which describes some cases that m'ght puzzle Mr Banting. GOOD WORDS.—We have here, as usual, a variety of pleasant reading, interspersed with serious re flections and adorned with numerous woodcuts. The story of " Oswald Cray," by the popular authoress of East Lynne," is continued with spirit, and records in this part the crash of the mining speculation. More trouble is in store for poor Lara in consequence, and it remains to be seen how the foolish and reckless young couple will meet the storm. Paterfamilias wisely suggests that the same grounds which served for Mr Bass's Bill against the organ-grinders will apply a prohibitory Act against smoking. The Rev. W. Houghton furnishes an interesting- and learned paper on the sense of hearing iu animals, and shows us how marvellously "Nature's chil dren all receive her care." "From Saturday to Monday" is a pleasantly written paper, a tribute, which the reader may take for granted when he sees the well-known initials A. K. H. B, at the end of it. Isaac Taylor contributes an article on the " Wheat Harvest and its Interpretation," which we may be sure is a profitable one. Mr Gosso con tinues his " Year at the Shore." Other papers of interest are to be found in the number. THE BOY'S OWN MAGAZINE. Beeton.—The style and character of this magazine is very good, and well adapted to entertain and interest boys. One of the best things in the number is ''Ensign M'K.mna and the Victoria Croas," which as a page out of real actual every day history will attract its readers far more than the most thrilling narrative of bygone days. " Ensign" INl‘Elenna was raised to that position from the ranks in re cognition of the signal services for which he also obtained the Victoria Cross. The incident will be fresh in the me mory of those who have followed the course of events in New Zealand, and deserves to be told afresh to those who have not heard the full particulars. Another paper of a very different character, but which is well worth reading never theless, is an essay on " Training," by Westhall, the noted pedestrian. It is satisfactory to find it is well and simply written, clear and to the point without any circumlocution or attempted fine writing.. It is a sensible treatise on a very sensible matter--one only too much neglected in the edu cation of our youth, EVERY BOY'S MAGAZINE. THE BOY'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—Boys are rich in serial literature de vised especially for their benefit. Both these little miscellanies are entertaining and exciting, with a due ad mixture of that " sensation" element, which even boys in the present day cannot do without. THE BRITISH • ARMY AND NAVY REVIEW. No. lll.—The third number of this new and clever magezine is the best that has yet appeared. It is well written and varied in its contents, while its tone is high spirited and independent, not fearing to regard the public service above the prejudice of cliques and the interests of ptaties. The third chapter of" Lee's Second Year of Campaigns in Defence of Richmond," treats of the closing day of Gettysburg, re marking that the incidents of the battle deserve close and attentive study. " The Navy as it should be" is an excel lent paper. The writer strongly recommends what we have always advocated—the substitution of a permanent board at the Admiralty instead of the appointments chang ing with every fresh Government. Why sh uld the Admi • ratty be affected by poliiical changes more than the Horse Guards? Why should a civilian bo placed at the head of so responsible a board ? Assuredly it is not that naval science requires less professional skill or knowledge than military. But au generally is the office left in the hands of a landsman that during the present century only three naval officers have held the post of Firbt Lord, and these for very brief periods. The account of the singuiar and varied life of Thomas Keith, a private in the 78th Highlanders, who became Aga of the Mamelukes and Governor of Medina, is full of interest, It is from the pen of James Grant, author of "The Romance of War," of which romance this strange and eventful life may certainly be said to fill a chapter. "Fortification and its Uses" is the title of a paper specially addressed to the Volunteers, but very well worth reading by unprofessional wen. The account of Vauban, the great military engineer, is interesting. An amusing anecdote told in the course of it shows how "great events from little causes spring." It was a maxim of Vauban's that in defending a city no means of embarrassing the besieger should be despised. In support of this theory, he told of the successful defenoe of the town of Chatte on the Moselle, when the struggle between be sieged and besiegers was very severe, and a terrible breach was made in the wall. The defenders of the town flung into the breach four or five hives of bees that were at hand, " which, being enraged at finding themselves so treated, attacked the besiegers, and stung them so violently that they were forced to give up and retire into the trenches, where the bees followed them with such invincible obsti. nacy that the trenches were deserted for several days, dur ing which time the defenders repaired the breach, and made preparation for sustaining a second assault more advan tageously than the first, and they were well resolved to re sort again to the same expedient, and this was the lea3t important cause of the siege being raised." Let us hope, concludes the writer quoting this story, that if any foreign enemy should land on our shores we may repulse them with as stinging a remembrance of their defeat, "The Indian Medical Bill" of Sir Charles Wood is examined at some length, and _censured with all the severity which it de serves. KA,NT , S MODE or LIFE.-1( int lived in a modest and retired house, in a quiet street behind the old palace. Every morning, winter and summer, the old so dier, who was his servant, came into his bedroom at five minutes to five, and said "It is time." The philosopher rose instantly, dressed with wonderful rapidity, and by five was seated at his breakfast table, where he drank ono or two cups of tea—nothing more—smoked a pipe and collected his ideas for the work of the day. Atseven he went out for lectures, and on returning sot to work till a quarter to one, Precisely at the quarter he dressed for dinner, took a glass of wine to excite his appetite, and was ready for the guests whom he had invited. He never dined alone and always breakfasted alone. Dinner was the time when he liked to receive his friends. At his breakfast he was so much ac customed to solitude that when once a friend dropped in at that hour and asked to share his meal, Kant was embar rassed, and ended by asking his friend to sit where he could not see him, saying that for more than half a century he had never seen a soul near him while he drank his tea in the morning. But at dinner he could not bear to be left to himself. He always took care to invite some of his friends beforehand, and one day when none of them could come he sent his servant into the street to pick up the first passer by and bring him in to dinner. He could not bear to be kept waiting. For this reason ho detested ceremony at table, and the most agreeable of his guests was the ono who took a dish without offering it to others, so that the turn of the host came the more qaickly, It must be re membered that Kant had eaten nothing all the morning and had been working steadily. Dinner lasted two hours or more, and was a very pleasant meal, the great metaphysi cian talking in a simple and popular style on all subjects of the day, especially on politics, of which ho was a diligent reader, His passion for them was such that he sometimes flung himself eagerly on the newspapers in the morning, which one would have thought a profanation. For his study was a sanctuary, sacred to intellectual labours, en I nothing mundane was ev. r heard iu it. Not till the guests had quitted the study and entered the dining room did Kant relax his philosophic gravity. After dinner he took his regular walk up and down a small alley of limes, which is called the Philosopher's Alley. His walk was always solitary, except on rainy and threatening days, when his servant followed him " with an umbrella under his arm, and with a restless and vigilant look, an exact image of Providence." Kant had two reasons for walking alone; he wanted to think, and he did not want to open his mouth. He fhought that by breathing through his nose the air would be admitted gradually to his lungs, and that he had less risk of taking cold, On coming home he read the papers. In the evening he made notes for lectures the next day, of for his writings, read and meditated on what he read, writing down any ideas that struck him. At ten he went to bed ; a quarter of an hour before retiring he suspended all occupations, and cleared his mind of all thoughts that might prevent him sleeping. His bedroom was never heated, its windows were always kept shut sum mer and winter, and the lights were excluded as carefully as the air,— Corititill Naga ins for September. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: The weekly meeting of the Bank of England directors has broken up without any change in the charge for dis count having been made. The result was anticipated as much from the unconcernedness with which the subjeot was watched either by brokers or the public generally, as from the supposed future action of the market. The commercial community are now only barely supplying themselves with accommodation, and although there is not the least pressure, the rates remain firm at 7a , 1 for the best bills. The Bank of England authorities yesterday purchased £225,000 in gold, forming a portion of the recent supply by the West India packet, The Bonk ct Amsterdam has raised its rate of discount from 41 to 5 per cent. - - 'I he last week's railway accounts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as ander *:- 1864. 1863. Great Western Sorth-Western .... 118,026 108,382 South- Western • ... Brighton . Aidland South Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 45,247 39,030 Bristol and Exeter North Eastern 67,370 60,675 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln '8,806 16,340 Great Eastern London, Chatham, and Dover These returns are, in most instances, of a very favourable character when compared with those of the same period of last year. On the Great Western there is an increase of £1,204, on the North Western of £9,644 on the South Western of £1,729, on the Brighton of £2,132, on the Mid land of £3,891, on the South Eastern of £877, on the Great Northern of £2,075, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,211, on the Bristol and Exeter of £3Bl, on the North Eastern of £6,695, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln of £2,466, on the Great Eastern of £1,227, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,854. Two o'CLocK. The French Rentes in Paris this morning, according to Mr Reuter's telegram, were tur ()Howe :—Three per Cent. Rentes, 6(if. 37e. Great dullness continues to prevail in the English Stock Market, and a few sales early in the morning caused a de cline of 1 per cent. A rally, however, afterwards occurred, and the Funds regained their previous loss. Consols are 881 1 for Money, and 881 for the Account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 1 ; India Five per Cents., 1031 104; ditto 4 per Cents., 984; and the Bonds 25 dis. In the Foreign Market there is very little animation and fluctuation. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, arc 70 ; do., Consolidei, 50a ; Mexican, 281 ; do. New, 26 ; Greek, 241 1 ; Spanish Passive, 311 ; do. Certificates, 131 ; Portuguese, 47 1 ; and the Confederate Loan, 74 75 ex all. In the Railway Share Market there has been rather more activity, and prices generally show an improvement. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North Eastern (Berwick), have each advanced 6s. ; Great Western, Metropolitan, and Midland, each 103. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Western, each 53. The Foreign and Colonial lines continued very dull at previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous shares remained inactive. London and South African have receded to 231, Interna tional to 181, City Bank realise 124 127, Union of Aus tralia 52, Crystal Palace Stock 34, and London Financial 241. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 8 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent Yew 2i per Cent. Jan. 189.1 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 lO5 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire .sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. &schequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 3} per. Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Sank England Stlr, 51 per Ct. Do Account. . -- INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874., 212 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 _ Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 9Bl Do Certificates Do Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 41 pea Cent. .. Do Minced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... Do 5} per Cent., May, 1879 .. Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866_: — Do lionds.El,000 Do under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. A.astrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent .......... Do 4f per Cent., 1852-58-60 .. Do 1863 3uenos Ayres 6 per Cent ;hilian 6 per Cent. Do 41 per Cent Oolombian 6 per Gent -- Cuba, 6 per Cent. - Do 5 per Cent, 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.... — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant .......• Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 4 per Cent, 1863 Egyptian 7 per - Cent.. 9 9/ Do, Second Issue • 931 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons • Do Account Do Coupons Do Account.... .• . Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 (talian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana itailvi'aY) &lexican 3 per Cent c u h nt scri 1 ) 13 o o F A r c e c n o Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French....... die Moorish Imperial 1:1 5 , Ditto Scrip, £23 paid ....... : _llk New Granada .......... Do 2 per Cent. Do Deterred 7 .......... Do Land Warrants (liectares).. ...... Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 18 61 . • Do do Aug., 1866.... Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 2 per Cent. (Uribarren)... ....... , Do 41 per Cent,, 1862 .............. Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... --- Do Account per Ex. Cent t2O. .......................... 21,68! Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3•• 471 Do Account .......... 471 i Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9Ol Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 .. Do 6 per Cent, 1862 BBl Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid ...... ---- pm Sariinian 6 per Cent - Do Account..... — Spanish 3 per Cent 'Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Pa save Do Ac aunt a Spanish Cert. of Coup no t funded ri Do Acc0unt.......... Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid --- pm rurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 1)o Account Do 6 per Cent. 1853 Do Amount ........................ 691 I Do £lOO Bonds .................... _ Do 6 per Cent. 1862 • • ...... Do Accountccount .................... • . Do £lOO Bonds.. .................. 7Ji D o 1863 : ............ -- Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.• • Venezuela 3 per Colt. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 - ..-, • - Do Account - .................... Florins, -- Do Scrip £45 paid ........... tius to a D n i , vi S de p n e d r s nentth.,o aEb:.velopa Do Account ........................ Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f•........ 99+ Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Uttil ........ 61$ Do 4 per Cent. Certificates .......... 98a Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, EL 25 francs.. -- Do Account French Rented, 2 per Cent. ........ Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4 per Ct. Fa. 4s. Pielnontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money Do Account ...... BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES ANI; 5T0011.5. share Railways. paid .1 Closing Business Yrioe. i done. 13.14. Bir,. Vol., and Str. Val . Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,andblid.tio. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets tit. div Do. .B i b ti e l e l n 6p p e a .p id an t . o h; Dublin & Belfast June.' Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno, Edinburgh A Glasgow. tila.sg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern.. ..... Do .A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Grer.t Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright. 4 S. Coast Lou., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Noel Western Lcn. & Sty.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do New 88 48 126 126 6 7 32 34 16 17 8) 111 113 46} 47j 7 7i ITO 131 1423 143) 127 130 to 92 C 8 69 116 116) 65 67 10t (03 39 41 112 i 113 15i CO 6J t 6 Do Firming. & Derby lIId. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares 511,; Kest ... _ Do u .av Line North Brit: 4 h Edi n . Dundee Nth. karstern—bco , Do, G.N.E. puroh.lse Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle I I North London 107 108 1311 1321 101 1(3 4.16.4 Do New North Sintrordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot. N. K, Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales • S. York. and River Dun 6taines, Wok. ,andWo k. Stockton & Darlington Do - 54i 65} , 25 26 106 107 64 CS 93 94 12.10 123 126 4 16 :5 7 11 11 4 126 lb.) 67 59 S 4 16 81i 841 1 101 103 , 1 7 8 136 37 101 111 8 9 e 165 170 1 6 7 3 E p Do New, 18& - - Taff Vale.. ..•••..••... Do B ..• Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath IVictoria sta. and Pim Waterford tt Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.Alt 'West Midland --Oxford lio Newport Do Hereford - -f 101 113 at 36 130 1424 3 128 69} 9 1161 k 103 40 113 k 121 131 95} 6 51 651 6 5,i 104 n 81 1324 12 2 103 64 9 3} 851 8 5 k f 5 41 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing .bare antiwar( Feld. Price. Business done 100 xtlantio &St Lawren' ' all 58 60 Sk Bom.,Baroda&.Centlnd 100 101 102 1014 Gu. 5 per oent. • 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. 74 I dig p 204 Bultalo and Lakelluron all n 4 10 Do. Preference . 74 84 100 5 nuffalo,BrantotGodrici 100 75 so ( 6p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187'. 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:. 100 75 10 :00 Do. do. June 1, 11574 100 :5 80 st Clcutta.N.S.Eastn. (Lin, 100 97 93 st Cape Town Dock Serif 100 94 06 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. p. 100 102 104 Stook East Indian. gu. sp. 100 101 102 1011 / 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 20 In 201 20 Do. do. II do. .. 20 191 204 stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 2 . .) 100 Do. Ist I'ref. Bonds.. all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred.— all CO 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... all 48 5c 100 Do. do. deferred...—. all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28 stook Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.o 100 102 103 102/ SO Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 par 4p Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 90 101 100 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 94 10 204 Do. New . 18 101 1046 74 100 Do. 6 o . t. all 89 01 100 Do. 54 p p. c. 7 do. i 77-8... p , all 82 81 10 fndian. Branch Limited 2 4 d stook Sladras, guar., sp. o. 100 994 1006 stook Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 93 05 stock Dc.44 .. 100 89 91 SO Do. Fifth Extt:lsion. 2 stock gelb.Corp. 6p. o. Iblds. 100 50 gelb. & Ilobson's Bay, all 58 CO 160 Do. 7p. C. Hoeg. Bds.l all SO Newßruuswtok Cand Class A and B. N.lll.C'da6 po Ist pi bds 100 80 St stock Soinde (100 994 1004 stock Do. Delhi I ~I•J 100 994 1600 100 *0 Do. do '4 g 2 ed par at Do. Punjaub all 94 100 i Do. Do. ,. •• tig - stook Do. Indus.St Flo.) 100 195 97 stook COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. c.n.Gov. 6 p.o.J a. .11.1 u 1) 1877-81 ... 100 96 99 Do. 6p. c. Feb. tt Aug. 100 t 6 90 Do. op. 9.31ar.,15 flept. 100 98 102 Do. 6p. o. Jan.Mtn.7. 10C 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stook 100 8 4 8 6 Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1873 10,:: 104 106 Do.Ap 4500 t. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189 t, 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 107 10) 100 g3 112 100 103 - Natal Gov. 6 per cont 100 104 107 N.13.G0v:6 p.0..16.&Ju1y 100 97 100 Do. 6p. edip. & OoL. 100 N. S. W. Gov. 5p ^.,186t 100 97 99 Du. 6p. c. , 18'1 to .1.87 f 100 96 98 981 6 Do. d0.,1888 ,tupwds 100 96 98 - iNew Zealand 6 p cent. 100 INoya Scotia Gov. 6 o. sterling„ 1875 lOO 9 102 ( Queensland Gcv. p. c :00 1 9 00 103 i. And G6p.0.1673.4 up iou 1106 1 0 8 - IVlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 t .7„ . AA , O . IDo. io p.m A.n.At00t,... 100 09 "V BRITISH MINES. 11;ambrian Consol. Gold ~ ;11tiord Amalgamated.. Devon G. Con,.. (Tavist.) S.;ast Bassett (Illogan).. , ;ast Clogau Gold Ltd. East Car adon ...... . East Cara Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk., I GamntSt.Aunyn(Gwen Great South Tolgus.... EQ. Wheal Vor (Helston jGrenville .• ilemd's-Foot ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant SI arke Valley.. llyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' New Seton North Downs Basset(lllo,ran North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze): Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer, ;S. Cant Brea (Illogan) Wheal Fran. (I llogan:' !Stray Park ,i Lamar Silv.& Lead Min. ! Lin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W, C: radon (Liskeard , West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan Wheal Bulleratedrutlf; Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) Wheal Ludcott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal 3eton . Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)' Wheal Union i i 30 32 SEO 590 07 69 27 28 7} 71 5 5i 5 7 2 24 27 28 01 7! E 8 40 4.1 10.0.7 li BARS ,30.17.6 2.0.6 3.5.tf 68i 1 7 4 3' 2 i 7 9 41 5 li A d 75 85 li 1f 2 24 3 33 40 42 LOO 520 421 4711 28 20 78 19 8 9 91 101 215 220 92 95 18 20 ii 2 14 16 210 215 19 21 1e 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 4y per cent., MS. 97 i Ditto, 4, per cent., 1801, O London and S.-Western 4# per cent., 99i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Great Eas tan, Woodbridge Ext. 4 per cent., 83 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco t han.) gut, 7 per cent., 161 Belgian Eastern Junction, 1i Dutch Rhenish, 18! Great Luxembourg, lot Paris and Orleans, 35! Ban Paulo (Urn.), gua. 7 per cent.,'_l4l: Ditto, (all), 18i 18 I FOREIGN MINTS. Cape Copper, lirn., io: Cobre Copper. 31 United Mexican lima, 54 6 BANKS. Agra and 31 isterman's (lim.), Ditto, new, issued:at 30 pm., 63 Alliance (Limo. 57 6 Ditto, new, 61 Bank of London. 164 Bank of Wales, lim., 171 Brazilian and Portuguese, Rm., 121 City,ll26i 5} 7 4 Consolidated Bank, Rm.; 10t European Bank, Urn., 14k 14 Hindustan, faina, and Japan (lim.), 33 Ditto, new, 204 Imperial Bank of Ohina, India,:and Japan, l int. 61 8 Imperial Ottoman, 171 International B auk, lint., 181 Laud Mort,gage Bank of India, Sm., 51 London and County, 733 London and South African, 231 Mercantile and Exchanw,e. lim., 14; Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lint., 251 5 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Rm., 121 Union of Australia, 52 6 Union of London, 51 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 191 Credit Fonder, 12. Credit Mobid , r, 121 12 Crystal Palace, 34 Discount Corporation,ll9l Egyptian Com. and Trading, lint., 36 Fore-street Warehouse, lint., (if # - Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lint., 51 1-1 Humber Iron Works, 31 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lint., 84 Joint Stock Discount. lint.. 7 London Financial Association, lint., 211 Ditto, new, 181 London Lieneral Omnibus Company, 31 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lint., 7 Warrant Finance, Jim., 5 / WOMEN IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.--.The Toronto Leader says :—" Among the wounded Confederate prisoners taken by Sherman at Atlanta were two women. The sex of one was discovered during the amputation of her leg. The other was mortally wounded through the breast by a grape shot.'! SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CL, BMTING INTELLIGENCE,--This day, STOCKTON RACES-TUIS DAY. (13y ELECTRIC TELEGRATII3) CLARET STAKES. Old plunge Girl.. Erin-go - Bragh ........ Lord in- Waiting Four ran. GARBUTT NURSERY HANDICAP. Brown Bread Catalogue Lady Sykes Twelve ran. CORPORATION PLATE. Vuluptas Garotter Huntsman's Daughter.. Seven ran. EIGHTH BIENNIAL STAKES. Wild Agnes Olmar Lalla Roan Eight ran. SELLING STAKES. Woodbine' Chelmsford 2 Tabitha Bramble STOCKTON CUP. Bandarilla Molly Carew Old Orange Girl Five ran. MIDDLESBItO' HANDICAP. Clown Little Ductless Alice Six ran. WEYMOUTH RACES-TRH DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Pekoe Mountain Doe .. 2 Antonia SWEEPSTAKES. Anti-Macassar .. Fille du Regiment DERBY RACES—This DAY. BRETBY STAKES. Lady Egidia DONNINGTON PLATE. Belle of the Ball 1 Warrior Only these two ran—the added money was given. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Zara Lansdown Llangollen .. Pupil MOIRA HANDICAP. Black Rock Trumps Lllangollen Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market unchanged. Sales probably 4,000 or 3,000 bales. A CIIILD SATED BY A DOG,—At Ipswich last week a little boy, four years of age, fell into the river near Mr. Fison'i m 11. A gentleman, Mr. Shipston, fortunately passed immediately afterwards, and sent his retriever dog into the water after the child. The sagacious animal in stantly plunged in, seized the boy by the dress, and drew him ashore, where he was restored to anitua.ion by the attentions of Mr. Shipston, CHATSWORTH STAKES. Black Rock Wildman Little Savage Tipp1er......... c MEMBER'S PLATE. Roulette_ 1 Stygne THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. The Explosion on the North London Railway. Dr Lankester resumed the adjourned inquest on the body of the stoker, whose death was occasioned by the explosion of the locomotive engine on the North London Railway. The jury having inspected the wreck of the locomotive at the company's works, at Bow, _ _ _ .. .. Captain Tyler, of the Board of Trade, was examined at great length, the effect of his evidence being that the ex plosion was owing to a weakening in the bolts and stays of the engine. In answer to Mr Sleigh, who appeared for the company, Capt. Tyler said it was impossible by visible inspection to detect the defects in the stays of the engine which caused the accident, except there were either leakage or bulging. The Coroner said the jury would now deliberate on their verdict. They would of course consider whether there had been any laxity of inspection, and if they should be of that opinion they would of course say so. Captain Tyler had said that it would be impossible by visible inspection to detect the defect that caused the accident; but if the jury thought that there should be more attention paid to the examination of the state of the locomotives they could express that opinion in their verdict. No criminal act had been committed, as no law had been broken ; but it there had been an act stating that a certain thing should be done, and the provisions of the act had not been complied with, than there could be a verdict of manslaughter returned against some party; as it was, such was not the case. He felt certain that any re commendation the jury might feel it their duty to attach to their verdict would be given the greatest consideration to by the London Railway Company. The jury then retired to consider their verdict, and after an absence of about 40 minutes returned to the inquest room. The Foreman read the verdict, which began by stating that Davis met with his death in con& game of the ex plosion of the fire box of No. 6 engine. _ - The Coroner—That is accidental death. Several persons exclaimed, " No, no," and one said, " The foreman has the report, and ho ought not to be in terrupted." _ _ _ The Coroner—That must be loft to me. Tho Foreman added that in the opinion of the jury the rivet-heads ought to have been more frequently examined, when there were such evident signs of weakness. Tao coroner—Then your verdict is accidental death, with recoOmendations to be sent to the directors. Several gb .ntlemen said the word "accidental" was not in the verdict. The Coroner— You don't say it was not accidental surely. . . A Juror—We purposely leave that an open question. . . The Coroner—The det.th must have been natural, acci dental, or violent, What tie you say it was ? A Jnror—We say nothing about it. We purposely left it open, in order that, it pressed upon us, we might retire to reconsider the matter. _ . The Coroner—You had better retire and bring in a ver dict of manslaughter against the company. Mr 61eigh said, perhaps the jury would pardon him, but what he supposed they intended t o convey was that ther e was no evidence to of blame to any parti cu l ar indi vidual.a verdict of accid en t a l d ea th, A Juror—lf we bring in are the company liablo for the consequences. Coroner—Yes , certainly. The company will be civilly responsible. A Juror—l don't see how we can come to the conclusion that the death was accidental, when we are of opinion that it arose from the neglect of proper care. The Coroner said ho was only anxious that a verdict should be returned which would be effective. He thought it best the jury should return such a verdict as would en able a jury to convict, and not one upon which they must acquit. A Juror—Before we again leave this room I should like to know whether we are bound to return either a verdict of accidental death or manslaughter ? The Coroner—Yes, you must one or the other, and name the parties whom you consider responsible. A Juror—l think we ought to be bound by Johnson's Dictionary. What is his meaning of the word " Acci dent ?'' The Coroner—That may do very well, but in this:country we go by common sense. The jury then again retired,and after a short absence re turned to the inquest loom, when The Coroner asked if they were agreed ? The Foreman said their verdict was, that the death of the man William Davis arose from fracture of the base of the skull, and that that fracture was caused by the explo sion of No. 6 engine on the North London Railway on the 16th of August last, and also that the death arose from mi 3a dventure. The jury appended two resolutions to their verdict, one specifying that there had not been proper care in the eaa•• urination of the locomotive, and the other that some more effectual steps be taken for the future. The Coroner, foreman, and jurors then signed the ver dict and resolutions, and a copy was ordered to be trans mitted to the directors of the North London Railway Com pany. The proceedings then terminatel. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, PLYmorrit, Thurclay, 10 A.m. Her Majesty's iron screw steamship Warrior, 40, Captain the lion. Arthur A. Cochrane , from Torbay, anived in the Sound early this morning. She is n ow receiving coal, and, being detached from the Channel sq uadron, is a pp ointed to sail at noon for Gibraltar, wher e it is probabl e s h e w ill continue for the remainder of her time. She was commis sioned in August, 1861. Last night the second officer of the Spanish schooner Sirens, Captain Attends, arrived here from Tor Point. He reports that the schooner was of at.d from Tarragona, in ballast, bound to Norway. On Monday night, between 10 and 11 o'clock, she was run down and sunk by a steam ship, name unknown. Three of the crew hot on board the steamer. The other four escaped in the rongboat, landed in Whiteeend Bey, and walked toter Point, LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE T. E. MARSHLAND. This was an application for release from custody. The debtor is a Major in the Derby Militia, a member of the Junior United Service Club, It appeared that he was arrested about six weeks since, and executed a deed, in which he covenantal to pay his creditors 20s in the pound, by instalments. The debts are about £2,000, and most of the creditors assented to the deed, but Mr. Phelps appeared for the County Bank, and other creditors, who dissented on the ground that it did not give equal rights to all the creditors, but His Honour decided in favour of the validity of the decd. The bankrupt was then examined concerning some alkaline works, with which he had been connected in Battersea, The else was adjourned until to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. - -41. THAMESt A VERY BAD DADGlLTEll.—Catherine Cordell, a young woman, was charged with stealing a coat, a shawl, anrt a petticoat, valued in all at 255., the property of her parents. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Shee, the mc , ,her o f the prisoner, that she lett the prisoner and another daughter at home, while she was at work in the rc,arket gardens, in Essex. The old woman, on returning from her work, missed the articles named above, which her ungrate ful daughters had stolen and Pawned. On the pr soner being taken in custody by Henry Hayward, No. 401 K, she stated that she sent her sister to pawn two of the articles and went to a pawnbroker's shop with the third. The old woman was represented to be a sober, industrious woman. Her daughters, on the contrary, were idle and dissipated, and her sons preferred to live on their parent'f 4 industry. The articles pawned were produced and identified, and the prisoner, who made no defence, was committed for trial. A NEW DoDnE,--Ann Rogers, a very old thief, who said she was 50 years of age, and looked like one of 70, Was charged with stealing three-halfpence from William Rew, a seaman of No. 7, Umberstono street, St. Georgen.in-the east. The complainant, a very respectable and steady roan, was on his way home last night, and saw the prisoner appa.. rently in great distress, and much agitated, seated on a door step. She called out " Protect me, sir, I have been insulted." Ho offered to escort her along the road, and she proceeded a few yards leaning on his arm, when she gave unmistakable indica , ions of her calling by asking him to treat him at the publichouse they were approaching. Ha refused, and she then asked him to accompany her to her: lodgings. He said "No, I will not. I have a wife of u.y own at home." He was preparing to leave her, when bho put one of her hands in his pocket, from which she took three halfpence. It was all the money he had. He called the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The money was found upon her. The case was clearly made out, and the prisoner was committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING MONEY BY MEANS 01' FICTITIOUS 011EQUES.—George Arthur, a young man, described as an auctioneer, charged with obtaining money by means 04 fictitious cheques, was again brought before Mr Knox. Mr Wyatt, of Harper.btreet, defended the prisoner, A barman to Mr Weller, licensed victualler, of Charlotte street, Fitzroy-square, proved cashing a cheque on Messrs Serle, Low, and Co,'s bank, Leicester-square, believing the prisoner's statement that he resided at No. 91, Charlotte street, the persons in which house were customers ; and David George Nurse, clerk to Mr Richards, auctioneer, of 91, Charlotte •stieet, proved cashing a cheque for the pri.• soner—'one of . the cheques being for £3 10s., the other for 15s. A clerk in Messrs Serle, Low, and Co.'s bank said no persons of the name on the cheques had accounts at their bank. Mr Nurse said ho lost his L 3 10s, but he did not wish. to press the case owing to the prisoner's wife and family. Mr Knox said he had received a letter stating that the prisoner had passed a false cheque at Birmingham. The case, as it stood at present, was one of false pretence, and something more. The evidence for the Bank showeci that there was no person of the name on the cheque, and that amounted to a case of uttering a forged cheque. The Clerk from Messrs. Series' bank said, the prisoner, he believed, once had an account at their bank, and it was by that means the prisoner, no doubt, became possessed of the cheque-book. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner, against whom, it was said, several other charges will be preferred. MARYLEBONE, A SHERIFF'S SEXTANTS OUT FOR AN AlRlNG.—Bon jamia Ward, a coachman in the service of Mr. Under Sheriff Gammon, was charged with being drunk and inca pable of taking care of the carriage and horses. It appeared that yesterday morning police constable William Hammond, 373 A, was called to the Boundary road, St. John's-wood, where he saw the prisoner, who was very drunk. The two fore wheels of his carriage were knocked off. .He had run against a four wheel cab, and knocked off the two hind wheels. Both vehicles were otherwise very much damaged. Inside of the carriage were the cook and housemaid, whom the prisoner had taken out for an airing. They were both the worse for liquor. He locked the prisoner up. The cabman was about to give evidence, when Mr. Mansfield—The injuries done to the cab mast be subject to proceedings in another court. Prisoner, in reply to his worship, said he was sorry. Mr. Mansfield—l can only deal with this case under the Police Act, and the punishment that I am empowered to award under it is too little for an offence of this kind. There must be a fine of 40s. or in default he must be com mitted for one month with hard labour in the House of Correction. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 4?s M ; barley, 29s Id ; oats, 226 . 0 d ; rye, 32s 8d ; beans, 41s ld ; and peas, 35s 6d. ThE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 43s 3d ; barley, 28s 2d ; oats, 22s 2d ; rye, 32s 4d ; beans, 39s 5d ; peas, 355 95. ENGLISH. GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 51,986 ; barley, 2,399 ; oats, 7,223; rye, 250; beans, 2,391; peas, 688 quarters. NETROPoLiTAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of beasts on offer here to-day, but the general quality of the stock was inferior. Prime Scots, &c., moved off steadily at full prices. Other breezes were very dull, and the quotations had a drooping tendency, We were fairly supplied with sheep, which met a dull sale at, in some instances, reduced currencies. The top figure was 5s 4d per 81bs. The few lambs in the pens sold at mutton prices, the lamb season being over. Calves were very dull, and 4d per Sibs lower. The supply was large. Prime small pigs were firm at full quotations, but largo hogs and milch cows were heavy. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. a. d. s. d. a. d. a. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 0 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 Pine, S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 10 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 4 Prime Scots, at c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 6 4 8 Small porkers..., 4 2 4 8 Lambs.. ..5s 4d to Ga 4d. Suckling calves, 16s to 22s and quarter-old store pigs, Ws to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows l3O i Sheep and lambs .... 3,300 Sheep and lambs.'... 9,2 W ! Calves . . 610 Calves Pigs. 3501 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATB AND LEADENTIALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand is steady , as follows :—Be ef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3 s 8 d to 4 s 8 d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od 9 • veal, 3s Gd to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3 s 4 d to 48 8 d per 81b8 by the carcase. SoirruALL, August 31.—Prime stock was in fair request at full prices. Otherwise, the trade ruled heavy on lower terms. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to Os 4d ; lamp, Os Od to 6s Od; veal, 3 s 8 d to 4 s 6 d; and pork, 3a 6d Os Od to 4s Gd per Blbs, to sink the offal. ItOMFoRD, August 31. The suppalsyfoolflowstsolt iivevi7, good„ and sales progressed slowly, from 3s 6d to 6s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 6s 4d ; lamb, to Os Od ; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; 38 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs; suckling calves, 14s to 198 ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and witch cows, ill Os to £lB Os each. RAY MARKETS. yt £4 Os to £6 Os; clover, £5 and straw, 8s to £1 12a per load. A fai r O cum wenf•AND.--Mearlow hay, £4 Cs to £ 6 6 s ; clover, Os s r rdtueonra . s x. d . Meadow ha £5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12a per load. Trade firm, WHITECIIIPEL —Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 Os; clover, g 5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 Si to £1 12a per load. Sadply moderate. COAL MARKET. Prime of Coal per Ton at the olose of the market. s. d. Hastings Hartley Pi 3 Holywell l6 U W a lker Prinirose 13 3. Edell 11.1 din. ...... l7 6' North Paton. Uras..„ _ 4 13. 9 F. e • Walls End. East Hartlepool 18 9 South Hartlepool.-- 18 0 South lielloe 18 3 Eteug - la Lail is 3 lletton l) 0 Walls End. Brsddy'd's H0tr0u.....17 9 Turistall .... illaswell ...19 0 ! comb lletton 19 0 Caradoe lB 6 Cassop Pensher Primrose 17 6 i Wharnelifle . 1 ...W 3 James .. 16 9 aipe at market, 21; eol,i, 21.