The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELTE O'CLOCK. The change that came ever the aspect of monetary ffiirs yesterday has produced a very favourable one in the Money Market. The symptoms, which afore were hardly discernible, are making them elves felt in full force. Capital is not so abun ant, and the public aro not so eager to obtain ncr ommodation, lest higher rates should prevail. The )rokers have therefore been compelled to offer the onctssion of k per cent, by granting assistance on ho best bills at 81 per cent., but the boon is still oo small to induce the commercial classes to come or ward and ask for more aid than they immediately squire, A further sum of £25,000 in gold was taken into be Bank yesterday. Bu , iness i❑ the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has been very neetive. Sugars have declined about 6d per cwt., vhile the operations in tea have been limited at Lbout former rates. Coffee has been in moderate equest at steady prices, while in rice, fruit, salt )etre, and tallow, the dealings have shown no mate ial alteration as regards values. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap. minted Friday, 16th inst., a special sottling.day in he shares of the Maritime Credit Company Limited for transactions entered into on and after the 16th rune). To be marked in the twice a week list. It is notified that the lists for applications for 'hares to be allotted to the public in the Credit ?oncier and Mobilier of England will be closed on Saturday next, at 3 o'clock, for London, and on Slonday, the 19th instant, at 12 o'clock, for the wuntry. Two o'CLoor. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Eteuter , s telegram, the 3 per Cent. Bellies were luoted 66f. 75c. Little doing. Steadiness is now the characteristic of the Stock Exchange markets. The English Funds are being readily purchased, and there is consequently a daily idvance reported in the quotaticns. The improve.. went this morning has represented rather more than 2 per cent., Consols for money being 884 and For the account, 881 1. The Reduced Annuities and New Threes are 861 s ; Exchequer Bills, 255. lo ss. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents. 1031 104. There is no new feature in the Foreign market, ►nd business is dull. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, ire G 9 70 ; ditto Consolides, 50: 1; Mexican, 271- i; (lath New, 251 4; Greek, 24,1 d ; ditto Coupons, 101 11 ; Spanish Passive, 3l a j; ditto Certificates, 13i 14; Portuguese, 46Z 47; and the Confederate Loan, 811 82. In the Railway Share Market there has been rather less animation, and prices have shown a dight decline, South Eastern have receded 15s. ; :Treat Northern A Stock, London and Blackwall, Nrorth Western and Metropolitan, each 10s.; and treat Eastern and Brighton, ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit ittle change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue inactive, It about former quotations. SHARE NIARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share .0 Railways. p aid. l Closing Business Price. done. 13.14.111ir., Wol., and Str. Val. alt I at Blythe and Tyne. st 9ristol and Exeter too 83 05 8t Caledonian lOO 1231 1241 50 Cork and Bando n all 20 Cornwall all 6 7 6 , 10 Do A(A gets no Ol\ 10 Do. B till6p e.nan.ha, all been paid to 11. 50 ;Dublin & Belfast June. all 31 M 25 'Dun.,Perth,SfAb. June. all 16 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 89 91 at Glasg-. and S. Western. 100 1 118 110 st Great Eastern, Ord. sti. 100 'l5 46 953 I / at Ditto A. stook st Ditto EastAn , , , iian st 100 7 71 at GrefL.Northof Scotland 100 at Great. Northern. lOO i I'6 123 127 / at Do A stock at Do 13 do st IGt. S. :Ind W. of Ire l p.n 100 90 92 at jG real Westerr,Origivall 100 68 6:1 631 8 at Po Str Val von. reo,:k 160 at I Do. South Wales CO et 'Do. 11' tat -Oxford Wu 46 47 at Do NeNvort 100 38 90 at Do Hereford 100 100 1 , 3 et Lancashire A: - Yorkshire 100 1141 1151 1141 at :London aud Blackwall 100 64 66 64 at 'Lon., Briglit.,& S. Coast 100 101 103 10!1 21 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 39 41 at Lon. & North Western 100 1111 112 1111 st Lou. So•4th Western 100 93 65 931 at Han., Sint., 6: Lincoln. 100 64 65 61k 50 121 Illar Do k yport shares.. et Metropolitan all 105 106 105 4 1 5 at , Midland at Do Birratng. & Derby 100 99 11.1 50 Slid. G.. W. of Ireland all I 25 Do. shares 25 E - ert at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 103 25 16 at N ch. Eastern—Berwlet, 100 1011 iO5! 1011 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 st Do Leeds lOO 631 C4l at Do York at Do Carlisle lOO 25 Da. Stock. 6: Darling all 351 351 95 Do do 1855-58 19 9 10 / 25 IDo do 1860.61 at ;North - London 1 0 I Do icew 10 Do NCI; 1801. — at North Shlordshire 10 N. and S. W. J unction all 101 11 at Scottish Cer tral 100 130 135 132 k at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 et Do Scot- Mid. stook lOO 10 Shrews. ar.3 Welchpool all et !Shropsbtre Union 100 57 59 at ;South De 100 33 117 351 at (South Eastern I 100 8.1 821 82 et :South Wales et S. York. and River .Dun; 100 101 103 20 ,Staines,Wok.,andWok all 8 9 st 'Taff Vale.. • 100 1 100 165 10 Do B ;8 5 6 10 Do C...... I 3 3 4 t , at Vale of Neath ' 100 93 100 at Waterford & Kilkeuny, 100 at West Cornwall lOO 33 35 st IW. Hartlepool flar.&K ; 100 I - - 3hart 100 sk 20 20i 10 100 100 100 +teck stook stock 10 too stook BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 1 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Oct. 11 I per Cent. Reduced B6a 1 low 3 per Cent Slew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... une. " i .:schequer £l,ooo, 3& 31 per Cent. 5 die March. 2 J 0 25 dis Do 8i115,1',500 Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. - INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10) per Cent., April 1871 - Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1570 .... Do 4 per Cent., ()et, 1888 Do Certificates Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do 41 pet Cent. — Do Eufaced Paper, 4 per Cent Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 _ Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1860 Do Bonds £l,OOO Do under £l,OOO FOREIQN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do Do 41 pCent., er 1852-58-60 163 Bsi Buenos Ay res 6 per 8 Cent — Do Account.... Chilian 6 per Cent. Do 41 p er C entBl Colombian 6 per Cent _ Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent, 1864 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 4 per Cent, 1863 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent .— Do, Provisonal Land Warrant... Egyptian 7 per ,Cent .. Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 241.1 Do Account 4/ Do Coupo ns 2 10 i Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864 9 51 1 Do French Scrip, E.c. 25f 20c.. — Do 6 per Ccir. Anglo-French 'die Ditto Scrip, £23 p a id Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug,, 1866 — Peruvian 4/ per Cent .. no 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... — Do 4/ per Cent., 1562 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 -- Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 47 64 Do Account — Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ S' Do 41 per Cent., 1850 . D olB6o — 1)o 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 —, Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £4O paid 3) Pal Sarlinian 0 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Sp mish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account. Swedish, 4 per Cent — Do Scrip, £6O paid -- na P Turkish 6 p er C ent. 1854 I/o Account .. Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lO9 Bond s Do 6 per C en t. 1862 Do Account stock stock stook %took stook stock stock stock stook BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing silwaya Pale Prloe. 3usiness dont dc St Lawrene , all 59 61 rod 1.67.Cen t In, 100 100 101 )er ocnt. 71 dis p no Luse ff uloL all 0 SI eterunce .• all 7 i 8 3rattf,,k()3drini , 100 75 80 ds. Auh. 1,187: o. July 1, 187. 100 75 80 . June 1, l 8: 100 75 80 Fastn. !00 95 10) en J. Dock 6'3ri 100 93 95 'a 7 p.o. per. pf all engai g p. Wu 101 102 Ban. go. sr. c 100 10 901 100# 0. t.; all 191 1.01 0. II do. runt of Canath 100 19 10 191 t p. Mor' Bonds trge 6 per cent all 91 04 t're.. Bonds at, 71 73 deferred all 62 65 I'ref. Bonds all CO 68 .d e ferr ed..— ' all 55 57 f', el. stock all 50 55 • dele•red ' all 4a (8 a Pref. stc.:k 1 all 29 31 deferred.-- all 26 28 I'enin.gua.sp.e 100 101 102 101} :tv gull. sp. e l2 par tl.ef India(f steed 5 per cent 100 99 1(0 98 11 per cent lOO n— • t Canada Share all 91 10 'w •.. ...... 1•'73 wiZn't opt all 89 91. .o. do. '77-8.. - all 82 89 Iranch L!mi.ed 2 # d fp guar., sp. o. p. o. ExtenEio , 100 93 95 do lOO 89 01 fth Exi.er si on. 2 rp. 6p. o. Bnd, 100 Pobson's Bay. all !_8 CO .c. f.lortp7. lids. all rsvatoc ec Candi N. an d B. all E 5 it' 5p3 la. pt bdr 100 80 81 (100 99 1001 • • 'lOO 99f 1000 te ., 2 Id par jaub g all 98 100 ts. St. Pio.) cu 000 95 97 AL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Columbia, 6 pet Dec. 3 1872 lOO do. 1881 lOO r.et p.c.Ja. 01 3= 100 95 97 911 c. Yeb. AuF 100 S-5 97 9. Stu% is. Sept 100 93 97 D. C. .JO.v.S fuly 10C 82 84 83i 21i tifferii.v:cl stool 100 82 84 Dope, 6 p 0.187: 100 101 106 u•AT.) 64.00;; 188( o. 100 107 109 189 , 100 109 111 1. tit Jul?, 1891. 100 107 109 1 "" 878 , 6 n , 100 110 112 us 6 p.cent.lB73 100 101 104 1878 00 103 106 1882 104 101 103 k:vir. 6 per cont l.Ju 114 107 v. 6p c.Ja..tJul; 100 97 100 P . "P.& 00t 100 °I. 51 ) ;,,13.t. 100 97 99 r.0.. 1, 3‘110.!tqf 100 96 98 !0.,1889 hupwat 100 95 98 9511 6 :abed 6p cen; 100 :otia Gov. 6 p. c. nf,'„ 1875....,... 100 99 102 land Gcv. 6p. c. 100 100 103 100 l 100 36v.c.1670.& up.. 100 106 108 r. b p.c Ja.,tr.Jul} 100 6pct A ndaoot lOO 108 109 1081 Railr:ays Itlantio dc $t Lawrenc , 3om.,Barodt,t.(len t Gu. 5 per cent......... Do. E. 5uare5......... !Judah ant, Laxe f_ 4 toot Do. Preference .. .iutTato,drant,&()3driel , p. et. uds. Aug,. 1, 187: Do. do. July I, 187. fo. do. June 1, 187 . 10,utta.ifr S. Fasin. ~•1! 'apeTocvn ‘fc Dock 63ri Demera-a 7 p.o. per. pf Bengal ,a. 5 P. h:ast Indian. go. 5 r . c Do. c;d. G Eat..... Do. do. II do. .. *rand Trunk of Cann& Do. Equip. Morf - Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist ire.. Bonds. Do. do. deferred.... Do. 2d I'ref. Bonds. Do. do. deferred.- Do. 3d I', el. stock ... Do. do. dele*red..... Do. 4it Pref. stock... Do. do. :;t.lnatat'enin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua.s p. c It. South.ef Ind' a(f irn guaranteed 5 per Gent Do. 9 per cent Do ;t. W. of Canada Share. Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 wiVi't opt ')o. 64 p. o. do. '77-3.. •. Indian Branch Limi.ed Iladras, guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4f p. o. Extensio , Lc.44 Do. Fifth Exiersion. Ifelb.Corp. 6 r. 0. Buds & II o uson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. r.lortfv. Bds. ler, Blur iv. lcoc Clndi ClausAandl3. tl.(d'dp pz p , .bdt Soind.3 Do. Deltd I :)o. du...... Jo. Punjaub 1 1 Do. Do. Do. Indas.St. Plo ) BRITISH MINES. 2 ' 'arnbr ian Consol. Gold 1 1 I Chiverton iJiitlorcl Amalgamated.. 30 82 )evon G. Con.. (Taoist. 1 580 590 Drakewa1'5............ 2.1.0. 14 Eva Bassett (IllogaW.. 80 67 69 -- East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon . • 2.14.( 27 28 Carn Brea . 74 74 East Grenville 2.7.0. 74 8 East Lovell ... 2.13.6. 84 94 W'l Russel (Tavistk. 8.13. 5 54 Gam.tvlit.Aubyti(Gwen 604 5 7 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 3 reat South Tolgur.... as 2 24 1. \VII( al Vor (Itch ton) 10 28 29 ...... 13 88 40 iingston Downs 4.18.1 31 45 Lady Bertha ilargaret (Cny Lelant 91 7 9 arke Valley. 4;I vnilv Iron Oro (Lim. 2). 11 It: 18 27 ' 9 4ew Betun 214 75 85 orth Down*.., 3 15 14 North Roskear n'i innioet 31 .6 2 21 Forth Wh.-al Crotty Prosper United—. 7.1. e. 34 34 rovidenoe(Uny Lelui. 10.0.1 40 42 iouthCaradon(SLCleet 15 160 520 1 ran. (Mogan 18.18.9 425 474 eprk tin Croit Y 18 19 10 4 Nest Basset (Illogan) l4 8 9 -- ;V Cf radon (Lisktard 9 94 10 l ;Feet Stioa ;Vhettl Basset (111 c gan 54 92 45 89 Wheal B- , ller(Redruth 10 18 20 WhealLudeot. ...... , 3.5. F 14 2 IVileal MaryAnn;:den. 0 14 16 Wheal :.leton 584 205 215 Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 19 21 ;Vheal Union 4 14 2 PREFEREN , Great Northern, 5 per cent., Ditto, 41 per cent. red. at Ditto, 5 per cent., redeem Midland, Leicester and Hitch. . .................... • — Do £lOO Bonds 7O } o 1863 ......... . — Do Gua D ranteed, 4 per Cent.. .. Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 6 per Cent,, 1861 46 5 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account .. Belgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25f — Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail — Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do Account . French Itentes, 2 per Cent .. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. Pi edmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex, 25f — Console TWO O'CLOCK, Mon e 88i i Do Ac count y BBl 11 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Tone of the market unchanged, and very little doing. Sales probably 2,000 or 3,000 bales. A notice to navigators has been published by the harbour roaster of Santander, on the north coast of Spain, I sting that a bank his been formed on the shore of Punta', by the sand washed down by the River Cubes, The bank is declared to be very dangerous, as it stands in the way of vessels steeling for the entrance of the port. It extends for about 100 y ar d s t o the north of the shore of Puntal, and is from 45 to 60 yards wide from east to west, its form being eendeireular, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1864. The Prince and Princess of Wales in Denmark, COPENHAGEN, Thursday, Even if the Prince and Princess of,Wales had not arranged to pass a few days quietly at Fredensborg CastleAwhich lies about 27 miles from Copenhagen, the drenching showers that have fallen almost con tinually since their arrival in Denmark would put anything like sight-seeing out of the question. A heavy, soaking, n o i se l ess ra i n , such as English agriculturists would d e li g ht in, and to which the inhabitants apparently are well accustomed, for they walk about with or without umbrellas, en tirely disregarding it, covers the streets with little sheets of water that throb like pulses as they are beaten and swollen by further drops descending every moment. If a temporary cessation does take place and a ray of sunshine tempts the visitor half a street from his hotel, he speedily has occasion to desire his overcoat and his very strongest b.rots. DroskiLs, indeed, and even in some quarters omni buses running upon tramways, afford the means of locomotion under cover, but, as in all the northern cities, these have a place of their own, which must not be interfered with. At Fredensborg yesterday the birthday of the Queen of Denmark was privately, but not on that account the less warmly celebrated. At 12 o'clock all the principal personages resident in the Castle, and also the members cf the Corps Diplomatic:lnc, had the honour of being received and of tendering their congratulations. In the evening there was a dinner party, at which about 40 sat down to table. The circle included all the members of the Royal family at present staying . at Fredensborg to meet the Prince and Princess of Wales, Sir A. and Lady Paget, with Mr. Gosling and Mr. Scott, of the British Embassy, the immediate suite of their Royal Highnesses, the commander of the yacht Osborne, and the captains of her Majesty's steamers Aurora and Salamis. After dinner his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales proposed the health of the Queen of Denmark, and immediately afterwards the King of Danmark proposed that of her Majesty Queen Victoria. The company then separated, the remainder of the evening being spent in private. Owing partly to the very unfavourable state of the weather, and to the feet that communication with the capital by railway is still impeded, some uncertainty prevails as to the actual proceedings of the Royal party. It is probable that the Prince and Princess of Wales will remain at Fredensborg until the beginning of next week, and that they will then proceed to Bernstorff, which, before the King ascended the throne, constituted his family residence. This castle being much smaller than the one where they are now staying, the Prince and Princess will take with them only a portion of their suite ; but, on the other hand, its proximity to Copenhagen will afford opportunities for visiting many objects of interest with which the capital abounds. It is nearly certain that the Royal party, or at any rate the Prince of Wales, will visit Stock holm towards the end of the month, but the design at one time entertained of extending the tour so as to include Moscow and St. Petersburg has been abandoned, owing to the lateness of the season. The time of year is already advanced for Sweden, and a month later travelling in Russia would be at tended with extreme difficulties. Concerning the visit of the Prince and Princess to Copenhagen at the present moment public opinion has been a good deal divided. Naturally, when a nation undergoes humiliation and defeat, when it is conscious of outrages on the part of others and of some mistakes committed by itself, it is not in the mood for seeing anything coleur do rose. Whatever foundation there may have been for the expectations based on an English alliance, these expectations undoubtedly were entertained with a blind unques . tioning faith, and when these were disappointed the mortification was proportionately bitter. The signa ture of England to the treaty of 1852 was looked on as the one good name on the back of the bill which, if all others failed, was to secure performance of the contract. Since it has proved that this task was more than England could or would undertake, the Danish feeling towards that country and its people has, to say the least, cooled very sensibly. There are symptoms, however. that clearer views and wiser counsels are already beginning to resume their sway, and that the violent language indulged in recently by a section of the press finds no approval from the more enlightened portion of the commu nity. Dagbladet, the organ of the more influential Opposition, contrast the enthusiastic demonstra tions which took place before the departure of the Princess Alexandra, with the silent welcome that meets her as Princess of Wales, and sets itself to explain why there are now no fetes in her honour. It is not, Dugbladct says, that any less warm feels ings are entertained towards her personally, or that any doubt is felt of her affection for Denmark; but the displays when she was about to leave for Eng. land possessed a doubl e s i g nification. They were intended to celebrate not merely a personal but a national union. She returns at a moment when the nation is bent down beneath a great calamity, and when the hope that sustained it has been utterly shattered. There is no longer the capacity to re joice ; there are no roses to scatter before her, because they have all been strewn upon the tombs of those warriors who have fallen. Daybladel ex presses satisfaction at the presence of " the Eng. p t l o e their over v e r lish Crown Prince" as a guest in the country from D'ike' Nvii3ettlfore d o in g so, he which his wife was chosen, but says, " The Danes must still regard him as the representative of Great Britain, which abandoned them so much enemies, and allowed might right, though both seeing and condemning their faithless violence." Further on the same paper adds—" We cannot accord to th t r e a n na l his private B y rn _ patbies for the righteous cause of Denmark weight as we should do to those of a man in lest exalted position." This article reflects very faith fully the feeling here at the present moment. It is ore, it will be perceive -1, not written in a tone of personal unkindness, but rather of dissatisfaction with the policy which England thought it best to pursue. Years must elapse before that feeli ng wears away, and should there be any political party interested in its continuance it may be maintained who would mar by as was seen in the kin ily heart of the wel for come d o e f fi r n iltsei Elsinore, the e good But, nation underlies, and with opportunity will sur mount all international bitterness. In any case he the happiness in showing to of a young mother the people among the must introductioni ndeed be a :i nr politician political topic s whom her childhood was passed. the husband of her whose stay in choice and the first fruit with which that union has been blessed. Denmark rumour connected. the possibility of another Royal alliance with the • • reignin g f am il y , The Russian Grand Lindenchron presented to General e a very valuable memorial of the ' • gold snuffbox as aen visit. The whole of the Grand Duke's Staff were decorated by the has just taken his departure. King of Denmark. The Chevalier Irmanger has been appointed to act as equerry to the Prince of Wales during his stay. FRIDAY. Were it not for the time and outlay involved in a I favouritethe would un y field of visitsit t to ed t y h e b s o e o o n m e o r t a h e La w r h e g m i o a n r s o , travel than the now dusty tracks of Central Europe. A people honest and hospitable in the highest do. groe, a country interesting in itself, and to the very stones of which tradition clings with the richness and tenacity of moss—these, independent of the treasures of the capital, are a few of the attractions held out by Denmark. It is true that of late years Scandinavia at largo has been honoured by English• men with a degree of attention greater, perhaps, than was bestowed upon it at ;any time since the ninth century, when clergymen added to the Litany a special invocation for deliveranc e a furore Nor manor:mi. But in the stormy waters of the Baltio lies the great safeguard of the North from ever being vulgarised, as other parts of the Continent have been ; and her people, happily unaccustomed to be stared out of countenance, and not rendered callous by excursion trains, pride themselves, even in these days of gloom and national depression, on the goodwill and courtesy they show to strangers. Fancy a gentleman with a card entitling him to the I LONIAL GOVER: British Columbia, 6 pei cent., Dec. 3 1872.... Do. do. 1883.... tti.(:oy.6 p.c.Ja. aJ ui 1877. S. Do. A lb. C. I , 'eb.— At, Do. 6 I). e. Mar. Sept Do. E p. !uly . Do. 5 Inserii.v.cl stool ;ape P ope, 6 p 0.187. Do.Au &Oa. 188( Do. 189 , )o. Jan. tit 1891. 'ey!on, N0v.1878, 6 r , Ituritius 6 p.CClat. 1873 Do. 1878 Do. 1882 natal Goy. 6 per cont.. c.8.00v. 6p e.Ja..lc,Jul; Do. 6P. c.Ap. Oot Du. C. C..1 1 3/1 10 l 87( Do. E10.,1889 aupwa t ~ewZealard 6p ceu, NoTa Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. steriing„ 1875. ....... ,lueetasland (icy. 6 p. c. i.Aus G6p.e.1670.& up.. krio.Gov. p.e Ja..tr.July Da 10 6 p o. A p..1,00t... :i SHARES. 19 per cent. pm., 1001 Lble at 5 per cent., 1021 In 4 per ct., 91 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 06 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Preston and Wyre, 42} FOREIGN MINES, Linares, him, 5i United Mexican 11m), Yudananiutana of S. Australia, lim., 2} Alliance (Urn.), 51; 1 Ditto, new, 45j Anf. , :lo Austrian, 7a Bank of British Columbia, 17 Bank of London, 160 pa British and Californian, lim., 5a City, 116 17 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 Imperial Bank (lim.), Ditto, new, 25 Imperial Bank of china, India, and Japan, Urn, 41 Imperial Ottoman, 161 International B London B ink of Mexico and S. America, lim., 51 London and Brazilian (lim.), 47i London and County, 71i London Joint Stock, 441 51 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank,llm., 23 I Union of London, MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance 8 , Crystal Palace, 311 Ebbw Vale, 4f f Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 31 Electric Telegraph, 103 4 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, um. 6a a Hudson's Bay, 16f Imperi Mercantile Credit A sso., Him, 71 8 International Financial Society, lim.,LBf International Land Credit, lim., 6} Joint Stock Discount, lim., 61 London Financial Association, lim., 23 2} Ditto, new, 171 London General Omnibus Company, 2i 3 National Discount Company, lim., 13 Warrant linance,flim., 9i A melancholy accident occurred two days back at the residence of M. de Brujas, at Montlugon (Allier). The Count de Saint-Georges was on a visit at the house, and on mounting the staircase to retire to rest was leaning over the banister, when he lost his balance and fell forward, receiving fuch injuries that he expired in a few hours after. The count was aged 41 years, The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is quoted 278 to 280 per cent., and the pre mium on gold 157 to 1581 percent. Gold still 091311111011 to pe imported In very moderate quantities. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A TICKET-OF-LEAVE MAN AT WORK AGAIN.—TWO men, named William Steed and George Gavin, the former a ticket-of-leave man, wero charged with attempting to steal a watch of the value of £5, from the person of George Paddy, a bootmaker, of Hatwood-street, Camden Town. Henry Dawson, 301 A, while in company of Shrives, 526, last night, about 11 o'clock, saw the prisoners in the Haymarket. They walked as far as Charing-Cross, and stopped a gentleman and spoke to him. the gentleman walked on, and the prisoner then went back to where Daw son first saw them, and afterwards to Regent-street, when they stopped in front of the prosecutor, and asked him the way to Soho-square. Dawson walked towards the pri soners when he saw the prosecutor seize them and call out " Give me my watch—police." The prisoner Steed having while speaking to prosecutor drawn his watch out of his pocket. Dawson then took Steed into custody, and Gavin was taken by Shriver ; and while on the way to the station Steed, by a sudden jerk, released himself from the hold of Dodsworth, 333 A, to whom he had been given over, and struck him several violent blows in the mouth with his fist evidently with the intention of making his escape. Mr Tyrwhitt said he should send the prisoners for trial, and perhaps a bill might also be preferred against Steed for the assault. Steed, in a most impudent tone, said that perhaps he should havo to prefer e bill against the police. Mr Tyrw hitt asked the prisoners whether they wished to say anything ? Steed replied " It ain't no use." Mr Tyl whitt committed the prisoners for trial. Dawson said that Stead had undergone penal servitude and was at large on a ticket-of-leave. The prisoners, who are well dressed men, are, from their determined demeanour in court, evidently very dangerous fellows. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A CONFIDENTIAL SERVANT.—Reuben West, having thelmanagement of the business of Mr Edward Pratt, hatter, itc„ of 37, Old Bond street, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with stealing 80 hats and 4 umbrellas of the value of 450, the property of his employer. The evidence was far from perfect, and Mr Tyrwhitt re manded the prisoner for a week, and consented to take bail for the prisoner's future attendance. WESTMINSTER. A CHILD CUTTING HER THROAT,—A very comfortably clad, well-grown child, named Sarah Keefe, was charged with cutting her own throat with a razor. Mrs Ann Baldwin said that she lived at 0, Wimpole mews, Cavendish-square, and was at present taking charge of her sister's house, 29, Stanley-street, Pimlico, as she had gone with her husband into the country for a few days. The prisoner was their servant, and having heard that her aunt was gone out of town on Saturday, began crying about it, and nothing would pacify her. She was much distressed in mind apparently on both Sunday and yesterday morning, and declared that sho felt herself so miserable that she did not know what to do. Mr Salle—Did she say what made her feel so miserable? Witness—She said she was thinking about her dead mother, and now her aunt had gone away. Mr Selfe—When and how did she cut her throat ? Witness—Yesterday, at dinner-time, and with a razor. I heard her go upstairs just before, and I called her to come to her dinner, and receiving no answer I sent my little boy up. When ho got into her bedroom he saw her kneeling on the floor, with her head upon a chair, and the blood was oozing from her throat, which was cut. My little boy came down very much alarmed, and I sent immediately for a doctor. Witness was here so overcome that she fainted, and was obliged to be removed from the court, William King, 257 B, said that at half past four o'clock yesterday afternoon he was sent for to the house, and the two razors he produced were given to him. He found the child with her throat cut, and a doctor had been there and dressed it. Mr Selfc—Where has she since been ? Witness—After taking her to St George's Hospital I conveyed her to the workhouse, where they kept a watch over her unql this morning. Mr Selfe—Has the child neither father nor mother ? A private of the Fusileers said that her father and mother were both dead. Her father had been dead 10 years and the mother 2 years, the latter being deranged. Wit ness's aunt then took charge of the child and got her her present situation for her,food and clothing. Mr Selfe—What is her age ? Witness—Between 12 and 13. Mr Selfe—Let her be taken back to the workhouse for the present, and I should like to see the medical officer there when he has examined h(r. THAMES. ATTEMPTED HOUSE RO➢BERY ➢Y A TWEET OP LEAVE MAN IN SHADIVELL.—John Wilson, a ticket of leave man, was charged before Mr Paget with entering the house No. 52, High. street, for the purpose of committing a robbery. Sergeant Cox, K 45, stated that yesterday evening, in consequence of information, he wont to the house in ques tion, w ith another constable. When he got in he saw the prisoner, who instantly tried to conceal himself, Witness at the same time saw another man, who, upon observing witness, ran upstairs. He was followed by witness into a room. When he got into it he jumped through a window on to the roof of a shop, and then leaped off to the ground, a depth of about 20 feet. Witness went after him through the window, but no further. He then ran across a garden and was attacked by a dog. He. however, got away. The prisoner was taken into custody by another constable. Police-constable 4SB A, who took him into custody, pro duced several skeleton keys, a jemmy, a pallet, which were found on the prisoner. Mr Paget asked if the prisoner was known, when the constable stated that he was a ticket-of-leave man, and that he had received six years' penal servitude, and had only been out of prison two months. He believed it was the in tention of the prisoner to get into the rector's house, which is adjoining. The prisoner:was sent for three months to the Meuse of Correction, MARKETS—This Day, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 15s ; clover, £5 Os to £6 15s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade steady. CI73IItERL VND.—Meadow hay, £1 to £5 15s ; clover, £5 to £6 14 ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. A firm trade. WurrEcHAPEL,-111cadow hay, II to £5 153 ; clover, £5 to £6 1 s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. A steady demand. COLONIAL. TEA —There has been a fair inquiry for superior descrip tions of China at about previous rates. A small quantity will be offered at public sale to-day. COFFEE.—. The demand for colonial descriptions has been limited, and the few bargains entered into have been at slightly reduced prices. SUGAR.—The market has continued very dull, and a decline of Gd per cwt may be quoted in most descriptions. In the 11(fined Market lower quotations are also current. RICE —A moderate inquiry has prevailed for East India at about previous quotations, TALLow.—Business has remained very inactivo, and quotations are a shade flatter. P.Y.C. on the spot is quotod 435, last three months 42s DJ, and January to March, 44s to 44s 3d per cwt. Shocking Scene after the Execution at Leeds. We have learned from a sure source that a most shock ing scene occurred immediately after the drop fell. We have stated that a short time previous to the execution at tention was directed to the wound in Myers's throat, and one of the warders placed a small pleater upon it, Unfortunately this wrs not sufficient. A few days before the execution Myers alluded to the state of his throat, and said that if the executioner did not give him " another yard" of fall he shou'd not die, for he could breathe through the wound. He showed to the person he addressed that he could actually respire through the wound. The wound was in the middle of the throat, and the rope would necessarily come above it, so that there was imminent danger of a hor.ible scene unless the place wcs securely plastered over. The event showed that proper means had not been taken to obviate this danger. The fall did not dislocate the neck, because of his weight, but it was sufficiently violent to teer open the wound, end a dreadful scene ensw.d. After one or two movements Myers ceased apparent'y to stiuggle, end the attmtion of the executioner was directed to Sargisson, who struggled violently, and seemed to die very hard. But after a minute had elapsed it was seen that Myers was still alive, and that breathing was going on through the wound in the throat below the rope I The dread:al occurrence caused an overpowering feeling of horror, but after a consultation with the surgeon, steps worn taken which resulted in the eventful fulfilment of the sentence; but this was not ac complished until more than 20 minutes had expired after the drop fell I Whether sensibility remained in the body during the whole of that time, it is impossible for us to say. Certain, however, it is that the culprit breathed for that time, and that the hoarse sound of the air rushing into the lungs was distinctly audible. Most fortunate it was that the screen in front of the drop completely concealed the bodies from the sight of the enormous crowd. We shudder to think of what the consequences might have been if the populace had seen what took place behind the screen.-- Shegield Independent. We perceive that Messrs. Maxwell and Co., among other books, announce as in the press' The Doctor's Wife,' by Miss Braddon ; and a new novel, 'Barry O'Bryne,' by the author of St. Victor's Choice;' also a new work by Sir C. F. Lascelles Wraxall, ' Historic Bye. ways ;' as well as Royal Favourites,' by Sutherland Menzies, illustrated with photograph portraits ; The Bee Hunter,' by Gustave Aimard ; ' Eccentric Personages,' by William Russell, LL,D.; and ' Singed Moths,' by C. J. Collins, very last reserved seat in a crowded opera-house, and with the notes of the delicious overture to "Don Giovanni" floating through the half-open door, turn ing away from the party with which he was enter ing, voluntarily giving up 16 or 20 minutes to ex• plore ticket- offices in the neighbourhood, and finally disinterring the director from those mysterious re gions in which theatrical managers love to bury themselves, and all in order that two strangers who could not speak the language might be admitted to some plac3 where they could SC3 and hear well—to standing room even, in the absence of better ace commcdation. This ie not a solitary instance of exceptional courtesy ; it is one which from any Engiishman's experience might be multiplied inde finitely—the spirit dictating the action being emi nently characteristic of the people. It is the more on that account to be deplored that anything should have occurred to bring even a passing cloud be tween races equally priding themselves on good faith and the lull( st observance of the laws of hos pitality. It would b: difficult to state off-hand what it is that gives to the streets of Copenhagen an eepect different from that of almost every other Conti nental city, and yet the visitor walking or driving through them will be struck with innumerable ob jects es he peeve along. To begin with, there can be no such thing as street boys in Copenhagen, for flowers bloom in exposed places which in London would be scalped in the course of one afternoon. The Kongen's Nyetoro, or King's New Market, is the central point of the city; from this 12 of the principal areas diverge, and in the middle of the Toro stands an equestrian statue, round the base of which are beds of blooming flowers which, after such showers as those of the last few days, shed a perfectly delicious fragrance. Beyond a very , slight railing, altogether of an ornamental charac ter, there is nothing apparently to hinder any inhabi tant from collecting the materials for a bouquet ; not a policeman is in sight, not even a gardener with gold-laced hat. Apropos of policemen, it will no doubt be interesting to mention that the peculiar shaped casque which attracted so much notice when lately issued to the force in London exists in its integrity here in Denmark, with this exception, that the peal e back and front are of hard shining leather, and they exhibit no plaques of bronze or silver with the divisional numbers, but have such distinguishing marls as are considered necessary embro;dered on the felt itself. Whether the helmet originated in Denmark or in England is not clearly stated ; perhaps, as was said by an author when taxed with a direct plagiarism from Shak spere, " the same idea occurred to two men of genius." Thor waldsen's Museum is a point to which every one of eourse will direct his steps, and here again something out of the ordinary couese will be seen. To the museum externally a shape and colour are given designedly suggestive of an Egyp tian monument. The windows and doors all nar row towards the top, but the most remarkable feature is the series of paintings on a huge black ground that forms a belt round the exterior of the building. Groups of figures of the heroic size and dress:l in modern garments, a'most without ex ception of the dull brick-red or yellow ochre lines, are skilfully drawn in every attitude expressive of interest and delight at the arrival of Thorwaldsen and his works. The population seem to have put off in boats to obtain a better view, and one unhappy woman has fallen overboard in the confusion. This aquatic procession and the greetings extended to Thorwaldsen occupy one s'de of the museum. On the other walls the masterpieces of the great sculp tor are represented as in the act of being landed from a ship and carried to this building to be press rued, the idea, doubtless, having bean suggested by the Egyptian hieroglyphics exhibiting the mode in which the Pyramids were constructed. The incom prehensible point is that any artist competent to de lineate figures so well in an anatomical point of view should have selected such repulsive colcurs for his work ; they probably are to be accounted for by a_ little pardonable vanity on the part of the Danish artist who was the first to discover how to make de corations in coloured stucco. As regards the contents of the Museum the guide-books furnish abundant information, but visitors should by no means con sider that they have acquainted themselves with all that is worth seeing there till they have examined the private collection of pictures, which, perhaps, because they are modern, or because it is assumed that statuary only ought to be admired upon that spot, are passed over with a slighting notice. Thor waldsen, the son of the poor ship-carpenter from Iceland, who by his own achievements raised him■ self to such an eminence that he was buried with the highest honours the State could bestow, made the acquaintance, while a student at Rome, of number less men of genius like himself, most of whom he afterwards distanced in the race of life. Being in his turn enabled to become an encourager of art, he appears to have selected those paintings which yielded him the most gratification, regardless of the school to which they belonged, or of the names which might be appended to them: The collection affords a very good insight into the character and tastes of this great Danish artist, and to some ex tent explains the secret of the power which, with a very different and more unsympathetic material, his own productions have exercised in every country. No cue coming to Copenhagen should miss seeing these pictures. There are numberless other sights at Copenhagen distinct, probably, from anything of a similar kind elsewhere. The residents pride themselves uponwhat they call their " Moll." These are gardens wonder fully laid out, something after the manner of Cre morne, but on a better scale in every department, and with what forms in that case the one objectionable element most carefully eliminated. On fine evenings this is one of the most fashionable places of resort in Copenhagen. High and low mingle together with out the least constraint, and the gradations of society among this simple minded people are so well marked and so carefully observed that, although all meet here upon a level of (quality, any thing like uncom fortableness is entirely obviated, For those who can enjoy classical music there are orchestral per formances of considerable merit at fixed hours; for thce whose taste is less refined there are singing rooms in different quarters of the grounds, which any one can enter, the only fee being a collection made at intervals, when it is customary for each person to drop a piece of 4 skillinge, or about Id., into the plate, to reward the exertions of the voca lists. Many of the songs which are here stirs are national and patriotic ; some are given:in co - -time ; they are often such as the audience can and do join in ; in fact, if some of the enterprising caterers for the musical taste of the English public were to visit this part of the world they might discover some items in the programme which would bear transportation exceedingly well. Tivoli is further remarkable for its shooting gallery, certainly of a higher order than those sheet-iron telescopic ranges which wander from fair to fair in England, appearing in all their glory upon Derbysday. The marks to be aimed at include a whole aviary of birds, which fall from their perch when struck, and an eagle, life size, that when un touched is represented as soaring to the skies, but when struck in the vital part drops his head and wings, exhibiting a thorough dejected appearance. In like manner there is a target, which, by well arranged mechanism, brings out a gorgeous Chasseur to indicate when the beet hits are made. Then there is a Russian mountain, upon which adventurous spirits may make an essay in sleighing, a vehicle of this description being propelled with considerable force from one high tower to another over a succes sion of rapid rises and falls representing mounds of ice. Military music, bowling saloons, gymnastic exercises, ballet dancing, pantomimes, Sec., are in cluded in the nightly programme of Tivoli; and he must be hard to please who cannot select, from some one or other of the points which the payment of 1 mark (about 4d. English) places within his reach, some occupation or other to pass the evening. The strictest propriety reigns in every corner of the place; the moat respectable persons are to be met there with their families, and though unlimited op portunities for obtaining refreshment exist, no one appears to be excited or the worse for what he has taken. If any one goes specially to search for it, of course be will find that there is a dark side to the life of every great city ; but for all that appears upon the face of society here, Copenhagen might be a town of spotless virtue. It certainly is to be regretted that in a country of superior general morality like England the first thing that strikes a foreign eye should be the display of flaunting, unblushing vice. The price to be paid for the suppression of that evil may be too high. Perhaps we shall find out some of these days whether they do really " knanagri these things better on the continent." The Shakspere Commemoration, As ITSELF SARCASTICALLY COMMEMORATED SY A SATURDAY REVIEWER. Surely we have seen the last of it, exclaims our sardonic contemporary, who adds—To talk Shake spere on a Shakspere subject-- • • the times have b-en That when the brains were out the man would die, Azd ther3 rn end; but now they rise ag,•in With twenty mortal murders on their crow, , s. Twenty ! twice twenty times was the Sbakspere Tercentenary celebration done to death. Every art and device of mortal man combined to produce the terrible and ignominouFfiasco of this unlucky scheme. The two committees which quarrelled about the honour of inventing what was destined from the first to fail ; the secretaries who quarrelled with the committee, and the committee which disavowed the secretaries, and then disavowed and dissolved itself ; the somebody who affronted the late Mr. Thackeray, and the somebody who effronted Mr. Phelps, and the somebody who affronted Mr. Fechtcr, and the somebody who affronted Mr. Bellew, and Mr. Bel• kw who affronted everbody : the Memorial Com mittee which passed a solemn vote, "Agreed unani mously that we receive £30,000, to be furnished by public subscription ;" and the public who never would subscribe, thirty thousand shillings—the whole thing runs into a parody. This is the statue that the committee did not set up ; this is the actor that worried the committee; this is the parson that riled the actor that worried the committee, &c. &o. ad infinitum—and infinite series of blunders, break downs, quarrels, vanities, absurdities,extravagances. We thought that we had done with it. But it reappears. Even the dinner at Stratford, at which Lord Carlisle presided, was not the last of it—the dinner which was so bad that the excellent Viceroy has never recovered from it. Nor was the Prim rose-hill oak-planting the last of it, at which the Sbakspere worshippers and the Garibaldi worship pers, after the fashion of rival religionists, got to loggerheads. Ecce iterunz Mr Hepworth Dixon, who promised that the minutes of the Shakspere Memorial Committee should be deposited in the British Museum, but who will now be called upon, we fear, to deposit them in Basinghall-rtreet. At any rate, the Stratford Shakspearian Tercentenary Commemoration Committee is in a hopeless state of insolvency. Whether the two Committees—the London Committee and the Stratford Committee— ever coalesced, we are not quite sure. Nor are we cortain whether any Rump of the London Memo rial Committee survives to be roasted yet once more. We remember only that secession after secession, took place. We have an indistinct recollection that the Monumental Committee fell to pieces after a literary gentleman, without consulting the whole body, drew up the famous programme of a " monu ment embracing a statue" in " the style of the poet's period." Nor can we call to mind that the Memorial Committee, if it still exists, has ever pre sented a report, or told us how much of the £30,000 which it passed a resolution to receive has been re ceived. Indeed, as we are not aware whether the London Committee is alive or dead, hybernatmg or wstivating, releep or awake or on a journey, we desire to say nothing about it. It is only to be hoped that, when its day of account comes, the London Committee may present a better balance sheet than its Stratford brethren. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 13.—Wind this day at noon—South- East; fresh breeze and cloudy—a slight fall of rain during the morning. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Janet Cowper, from Manzanilla and New York. Sailed—Eliza, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 12. —Sailed—Roslyn Castle, for the Cape of Good Hope. KINGSTON, Sept. 12.—Wind N. W.—Arrived—Fawcett, from Quebec. - -.. MILFORD, Sept. 12.—Arrived—Witch of the Wave, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres. BRISTOL, Sept. 12.—Wind N,W.—Arrivod•—Tweed, from New York. CARDIFF, Sept. 12.—Arrived—Etherley, from Bilboa. Sailed—Hebe, for Rio Janeiro—Queen of the Fleet, for Boston. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 12.—Elide, from Christiania—Furet and Napoleon, from Gravolines. Arrived, Sept. 13.—Centurion, from Sydney—Litida, from Trinidad de Cuba—Hindostan, from Akyab—Chris tiania, from New York—Emily, from Rouen—Pag, from Guernsey—Mermaid, from Riga—Oak, from Caen ; Hiber nica, from Jamaica—Laurits, from Ystad—Polar Star, from Manzsnilla—Hoppell, from Norkoping—l'll Try, from Dantzic—Rival, from Riga—Dreadnought, from Colombo. Sailed, Sept. 12—Bridgetown, for Barbadoes—John Bar don, for Trinidad--Heath Bell, for Adelaide. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, Sept. 12—Constellation, from Quebec, for Hartle • pool—Alexandria, from Quebec, for London —Brenda, screw steamer, from London, for Malta—Seringapatam, from Cal cutta, for London—Reaiss, from Queenstown , for Alisa Saxon Ville, from New Y ork, for London—Pipe, from Porto Rico, for London—Cavalier, from London, for Bor deaux —Flora Minton, from Calcutta, for Londen—Sulen, from Shields, for Alexandria. DEATH ON THE TREADMlLL.—Yesterday after noon Dr. Lankester held an inquiry at the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, touching the death of George Williams, a black man, aged 67, who had been sentenced to 14 days imprisonment for an assault. Annette Williams, who said shelwes the wife of the deceased and had no home, stated, that her husband was a carpenter by trade, but tha' they used to get a precarious living by going about selling books which she bought in Paternoster-row. He was a run away slave, and was a very great drinker. He sometimes had palpitation of the heart, end complained of pains in the head. Henry Elymes said he was the master brushmen of the yard, and was attending at the bottom of the wheel last Friday, when deceased fell off. On going to him he heard the rattles in his throat, and he died immediately. The prisoner had to go on the wheel 15 minutes each turn, and deceased was on la's last turn when ho fell off, at half pas. t one. Th e deceased did not complain to him of being ill, end ho seemed to work at the wheel as well as any other won . Ho had been in the prison seven days, but ho had not b-en put to work on the wheel until the day on which he died. William Sm"cs, M.D., surgeon to the House of Correction, said the prisoner was admitted last Friday week, when he complained of his heart, on which he wes excused the wheel. He ordered that the prisoner should not bo put on the wheel on account of his feeble heart. Contrary to these instructions, he was placed on the wheel on Friday last. He was of opinion that the deceased died from the effects of an eflasion of blood on the brain. Wil liam Davie, the warder of the yard, said he had only held that position a few days, his predecessor having gone out on leave on the Sunday, end ho had not had time to exa m-re the books and sheets con'aining the directions, It wr a his duty to examine them, end he should have done so if he had had sufficient time. The prisoner was given over to him es a wheel man. The coroner having summed up, the jury returned as their verdict—" That the deceased died from the effuei3n of blood upon the brain, end expressed their opinion that the conduct of William Davie, the war der, in not examining the relieving sheet before sending the deceased to the wheel, was highly reprehensible." The coroner said he would report the result of the inquiry to t'ie Governor of the prison, HOLY SPIDERS FLY. —Although spiders are not provided wings, and consequently are incapable of flying, in the strict sense of the word, yet, by the aid of their silken filaments, numerous species, belonging to va• 'lolls genera, ere enabled to accomplish distant joie —leers through the atmosphere. These aerial excursions, which appear to result from an instinctive desire to migrate, are undertaken when the weather is bright and serene, parti cularly in autumn, both by adult and immature individuals, and are effected in the following manner. After climbing to the summits of different objects, they raise themselves still higher by straightening the limbs ; then elevating the abdomen by bringing it from the usual horizontal position into one almost perpendicular, they emit from the spin ners a small quantity of viscid fluid, which is drawn out into flue lines by the aecending current, occasiened by the rarefaction of the air contiguous to the heated ground. Against there lines the current of rarefied air impinges, till the animals, feeling themselves acted upon with sufficient force, quit their hold of the ob jects on which they stand, and mount aloft. • . • Thy manner in which the lines are carried out from a current of air appears to bo this. As a preparatory measure the spin ning mammulre aro brought into close contact, and viscid matter is omitted from the papillae ; they are then separat d by a lateral motion, which extends the viscid matter into fine filaments connecting the papillae ; on these filaments the current impinges, drawing thorn out to a length which ie reaulated by the will of the marital, and on the manimu!er being again brought together, the filaments coalesce and form a compoun d Blackwall a llistory •Spiders. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Dan DONCASTER RACES-THIS DAT. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH LATEST BETTING. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 7to 1 eget East Laneabbire Bto 8 agst Olivia (taken) 11 to 1 agst Einfreluche 11 to 1 agst Noelie ST. LEGER. 9to 1 agst Baragah (taken freely) No other change. Entries for the Fitzwilliam Stakes of 5 soya each, with 100 added, for all ages. One mile :—Adventurer, Sweet Jessie, Argonaut, Purity, Mongrel, Plover, Minnie, Gem of the Sea, Master Richard, Paris, Suburban, Strafford, Moulscy, Beaver, Twilight, Friday, Dubiety, Victorious, Clown, and Defy. Entries for Iler Majesty's Plata of 100 guineas. Two miles five furlongs :—Figaro, Light Bob, Caller Ou, East Lancashire, Alabama, Finesse, Merry Wife, Evelina, Ed ward the Confessor, and liippolyta. Entries for the Doncaster Cup for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Two miles five furlongs :--Clown, Finesse, Rapid Rhone, Noclie, Adventurer, Plover, Blue Mantle, Gemma, Gen. Peel, Caller Ou, liippol3-ta, Godivia, Baragah, Claremont, Edward the Confessor, East Lancashire, and Blair Athol. SPORTING NOTES. THE GREAT DONCASTER ST. LEGER. DONCASTER, Monday; Doncaster this year will be honoured with the presence of the heir to the throne of Italy, besides the usual gather ing of the elite of the aristocracy. The course is rather hard but otherwise in excellent condition. The two great cracks, Blair Athol and General Peel, arrived yesterday. A rush was immediately made to get a peep at their condition, but those who were so anxious wont away sorely disappointed, as they came in separate boxes made expressly for the pur pose. Both will show over the course to-morrow. The following are the probable starters and jockeys expected to take part in the St. Leger, although several outsiders whose names have been scarcely mentioned may enter an appearance : Owners. Horses. Jockeys. Duke of Beaufort's ..Black Rook Fordhaui Mr Bowes's Baragah Ashman Mr Cartwright's Ely Castanet) Mr J. Day's Master Richard.. Judd Lord Glasgow's.. Strafford Doyle Lord Glasgow's General Peel .... Aldcroft or Wells Mr Naylor's Coast Guard ....Challoner Mr I'Anson's Blair Athol ...... J. Snowden Mr LaiindrA'a Miner J Oaborno Lord Stamford's ....Cambuscan Edwards Duke of St. Albans'.. Brindisi F. Adams Mr Pardoe's Knt. of Snowden ..Loat es Blair Athol, after his easy success in the Derby, is cer. tainly entitled to hold the premiership in the betting. His defeat by Miner, at York, was entirely owing to want of condition. Whether he wins or not I shah certainly expect to see him beat Miner. General Peel, from having won the Two Thousand Guineas, and afterwards running second for the Derby, has ever since the latter event been as good a favourite as Blair Athol, owing to his having gone into John Scott's stable to finish his preparation. In his raco for the Two Thousand there was no horse of any merit that he beat. But after the form that Scottish Chief showed at Ascot, his chance looks second to none. Lord Glasgow is one of the most honourable noblemen in connection with the turf, and his success would be hailed with the greatest satisfaction by all classes of the ring. It is said that Wells will have to mount on the General instead of Aldcroft, who, it was said, acted contrary to orders in the Great Epsom tourna ment, which gave rise to a serious difference between trainer, jockey, and master. The Miner, from having defeated Blair Athol at York, is now third favourite; but, as I have previously said, that running will no doubt be entirely upset on the present occasion. Baragah is the best of Mr Bowes's lot. His performances at Ascot, Goodwood, and Wolverhampton, where ho beat Ely, Historian, Holyfox, Tomato, and Lord Zotland (giving him 7lbs), certainly makes his chance look rosy. All sorts cf excuses have been made for Ely, but I have not the smallest doubt he was fairly defeated on his own merits. Taking his race with Ely into consideration, he certainly beat him easier than either Blair Athol or General Peel did in the Derby. He was stopped for two or three days in his work by a slight accident, but has since done excellent work, and looking as fresh as ever. Mostly all the bookmakers have laid heavily against him; and if he should pull through (with the exception of Ransloy and Spinks, and several of the old bookmakers), the "Ruins" will be scattered nearly as much as General Grant's Yankee forces were the other day by General Lee on the Weldon Railroad before Petersburg. Ely, as I have before said, will not reverse his position with either General Peel, Blair Athcl, or Baragah, but I shall expect him to turn the tables on the Miner. Master Ri_hard would have had a great chance if the distance had been half a mill shorter. Knight of Snowden was fourth in the Derby, but after the dressing Scottish Chief gave him, I do not think ho can better that performance, although he may run into a place. Cambuscan, about whom such a disturbance was made at Lord Stamford's sale, has, within the last week, come pro. minently into the quotations, but he cut up so wretchedly at Epsom, where he was supported for thousands, that I dare not repose that confidence in his chance I would other wise have done. Black Rock, Solon, and Vanquisher may help to swell the field, and that is all. Having now referred to those that are likely to take a prominent part in the race, I shall now attempt to forestall the judge in his decision by placing GENERAL PEEL, or BARA.GAII 1 BLAIR ATHOL 2 MINER The Handicap Sweepstakes, for two-yr-olds, should be won by Andax, and Trap has an outside chance for the Portland Plate. A FRESH MAN. Tit Tun'', Second Edition, Twopence, Wednesday, 6 a.m. St. Leger Prophecies I Latest by "Nimrod" and " Centaur." Something worth knowing for Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire by " Wanderer." Office, is, Red Lion-street, Holborn; Smith's Railway Bookstalls; Pub lishing Company, 147, Fleet. street. BERLIN, Sept. 12.—The sittings of the Confer ence between Austria and Prussia, in reference to the Customs Union, will be held in Prague. The exact date of their opetiing has, however, not yet been decided on. THE COLLEGE OP ORGANISTS.—PRIZE FOR ORGAN COMPOSITION.--Ia a letter to the Editor of the "Musical Standard," a correspondent, signing him self B. Limpus, hon. sec., and dating from Freemason's Hail, September 5, 1864, writes as follows : —" I am desired by the Council cf the College of Organists to ihform you that the prize of ten guineas offered for the best Organ Composition has been awarded, and to rt quest you will kindly insert in your next issue the umpire's report, a copy of which I enclose. The successful work posseses great merit, and its author proves to be Mr Hiles, of Manchester. It is a gratifying fact that the lato appeal to composers for the organ resulted in the production of several high class works, which are remarkable for superior writing, It would be satisfactory to the Council to learn the names of those competitors whose works have received honourable men tion; but, under conditions previously issued, they are only permitted to break the seal of the letter bearing the motto of the successful candidate. The sentences passed on the Polish ladies who have been so long in confinement at Posen have just been published. The Countess Ostrowska has been condemned to five years' imprisonment with irons—the Countess Wodzioka and Madame Zebrowska to 10 months of the same punishment—Mesdames Wilkoszewska and lining to six months—and Mesdames Alexandrowicz and Dymidowicz to four. All these have appealed. EXECUTION OF LATOTJR.—Ftnx, Sept. 12, — Latour was executed here to-day. Notwithstand'. ing the rain an immense crowd assembled to witness the execution. No priest accompan'ed Latour to the scaffold. He maintained a stubborn demeanour, and sang in a loud voice, to the air of the " Marseillaise," some verses com posed by himself, which have already been published by the newspaper. " General de Roon; Prussian Minister of War." says a letter from Chalons," on his recent visit to the camp, complimented Marshal de Mac Mahon on the precision and rapidity of the movements of the troops reviewed before him. I thank your Excellency,' replied the Marsha], ' for the approbation you express. Many of those soldiers are recruits of the reserve who have b enough training only three months, but in France that is long for the young soldiers to overtake their old comrades.' " A murder was committed at St. Etienne, near Nice, three days since, by a Piedmentese navvy muted Secondo, on the person of a fellow - cou ntr y men named Blanc, It appears that the two men having quarrelled over a game of morra, Blanc, in a passion, struck Secondo twice in the face, and the latter stabbed Blanc in the throat, severing the carotid artery and causing instant death. The murderer made his escape, and has not yet been traceed. Several of the French journals announce that by order of the Duke do Moray workmen aro employed in the palace of the Legislative Body erecting a tribune, placed FO as to enable the speakers to be heard distinctly from all parts of the assembly ; restoring the second row of gallery for spectators as it existed before 1851, and remedying tho system of lighting, which causes considerable inconveni ence to the deputies. A bear, Ns ounied a week ago during a hunt in the forest around the Abbey of Senanques, was found dead ' the day before yesterday at Tarandol (Drome), a distance of nearly 40 milts from the fir,,t-:idauled place,