The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-01 00:00:00

MARKET I ON Y AND COMMMUCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is an active demand for discount BCCOM• Modation today, at fully 0 per cent. About £102,000, in gold, was taken into the Bank yesterday. T here was a general advance in the foreign ex changes yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to 4687,000, and the exports to £163,775. _ T he failur e was announced yesterday of Messrs. E arly and S m i t h , wholesale clothiers, of Hounds ditch, with li a bi l i ties said to amount to £BO,OOO. The following is the circular issued to the creditors : 7, Walbrook, Lon Jon, Sept. 30. We h ave to inform you that Messrs. Early and Smith, of lloundaditch, expo r t c l ot hi ers, h ave b een compe ll e d t o sus ruid Payment. Thi s course h as b een ren d ere d necessary b y e recent failure of several firms, including that of the _Leed s Bank, with whom Messrs. Early and Smith have uad lar ge transaction s . The books have been placed in the 1141118 or Mess rs . Coleman , Turquand, Youngs, and Co., to pre pare a st a t ement of affairs, and in the meantime Messrs. We and S m i t h have to request your kind for b earance.— " e are Yours, J. and J. 11, LINYLATER and HACK-WOOD. Messrs. Hall and Jones, colonial brokers of Liverpool, have likewise suspended, with engage thetas said to reach £500,000. The following is the circular issued to the creditors : Liverpool, Sept., 1864. We deeply regret to inform you that, owing to the ex tremely depressed state of the produce markets and our conse quent inability to e ff e ct sales, we have been compelled suspend payment. t 14 ven at th e presen t l ow pr i ces o f genera l p ro d uce , an d aitl aß everything a t th e wor st, we estimate our assets at 178 6 d. in the po un d— b u t we en t er t a i n a confident h o p e that, with the forbearance of our friends, we shall be able to 11 `1 a larger dividend. Under these circumstances we trust that those friends W hose property we hold, and to whom we are under accept ance, will have no difficulty in renewing their bills until the Produce can be more favourably realised. In the meantime (acting under the advice of Messrs. Bateson and Co., solicitors), we have placed our books in the hands of Messrs. John Bewley and Son, accountants, 1711 0 will prepare a statement of our affairs, and as soon all this can be done, they will esll a meeting of our Creditors. HALL AND JONES. The stoppage has also been announced of Messrs. - W. T. Broom and Co., cotton and colonial produce 31 brokers, of Liverpool, with liabilities said to amount to 500,000. Two O'CLOCK. Less depression has been apparent to-day in the Market for the English Funds, and a better feeling 6 8 also prevailed in the Stock departments. Con " 18 improved at an early hour fully / per cent., and are The cow 88/ for money, and 88. 1 ) , for the account. RR New Thr ees are 851 86/ ; the Reduced 851-, ElohEquer Bills, March, lls to 4s dis.; do. Jane, 163 to 13s dis, ; and India 5 per Cents., 1032- A general upward movement has taken place lo values in the Foreign Market, and business is rather more animated. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69; t ; do. Consolides, 502 -2 ; Mexican, 26i 271; tOreels, 23 i Z ; Spanish P ass iv e , 31/ ; du. Certi. oltes, 13a i; and the Confederate Loan, 65 67. s A f irmer tone h as b een apparent i n t h e R a il way , I.l 're Mark e t t o- d ay, and several of the principal 'ices have realised enhanced rates. Great Northern A. Stock h ave i mproved 10s. ; Great Eastern and i6_ and South Eastern, hire each 15s ; Great Western, Lance- Yorkshire, North Western and Metropo litan, £1; and M'dland, £1 105. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without c hange of importance. B ank and Miscellaneous shares are in some in• stances also at enhanced values. Alliance have im. Proved to 42i, London Chartered of Australia to 2 , 4 ; Lond on and County have declined to 68 ; Lon (10.11 Financi a l h ave advanced to 21/; and National Discount Company, to 111. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ~ GOVERNMENT FUNDS. . Per Cent. Consols 3 Do Account Oct. 11 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. . . i t . .. New 2j Per Cent. . Ja ' n . .. 1891 _ . '-' Per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth J an. 1880 — Dopo for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Elelie quer Bills March. June. D o 15 13 , £l,OOO, 4 &31 per Cent. n 4 £5OO Do £IOO and £2OO Do Account L, ade). 41 . nux GOVERNMENT S ECURITIES . Do Acco Stock , 101 p er Cent., April 1874 2lOl unt Dos per C ent. July, 1870 lO3l 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 96 DDo Certificates oAccount — Do 1 per C ent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — 4i pet Cent . — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do D 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. o 41 per C ent., May, 1879 _ _ 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _ Du Bonds 1;1,000 Do under £l , O OO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do Loper Cent., 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 p _ . er Cent Do Account.... - - C hilian 6 per Cent. _ Do 41 per Cent _ Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 p er C ent. 1864 D anish 3 per Cent., 1825 1)0 5 p er C en t, 1861 B luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant.. Egyptian 7 per Cent 961 Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Co u p ons Do Ac coun t — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do Mexi ca 18 39 and 1859 • Italian n 3 5 per Cent Cent .(Maremmina Railway) per Do Account D o 1864 Do ',much Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Do 6 p er Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent ... -- :! A • • - New Granada ... ei-.....4• .... Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred ........ . ..• Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Do do Aug., 1866 — 1) • ~ ernvian n per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. DoDo 41 per Cent., 1862 Accotint Portuguese 3 Do Ac count per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent. ,1856,'7,'9, 1856, '7 ) '9, Do Ac count '60,fi2,'3 — Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St — D Do o Cent., 1'350 4 1 per , 160 , .. Do 3 p er Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch .... Do Scrip, £55 paid pm Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferr e d — Do Account Po Passive Do Account SP'inish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. Do Scrip, £6O p a id — pm T irkish 6 per C ent. 18 5 4 .. -- Do Account / i Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Acc oun t --. Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 pe r C ont. 1862 Do Acc ount .. 79 Do £lOO Bonds.. 691 Do 1863 .... Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... Venezuel a 3 per Cent. Do Account .. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 ................ Do Account ........................ 55a 5 Do 6 per Cent., 1864. ............ ... 441 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f.. -- Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil ..... .. Do 4 per Cent. d ....... Certificates .......... French Rente s , 2 per Cent..... ....... Italian, 5 per Cent. lB6l, Ex Do .account..... ..'25 francs.. ........... 66} Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 p er Ct. Ex. 4s. P.edmontese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 25f...... •• s .." • • "-• TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money 87 i t LhAcootuatomt tttttttt m ttttt Iv' 84 *AV ' SHARE MA EXETS —This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Litre Railways, Closing Paid. . noc. .14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all it Itlythe and Tyne. it Bristol and Exeter ..• • 100 it Caledonian 1 100 10 Cork and Bandon I a:1 0 Cornwall I all A gets, tro div, a l l l 0 Do A 10 Do. B till Op c.p an.has all been paid to B. 10 Dublin & Belfast Junc.l all 15 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno.' all it Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 it Glasg. and S. Western.' 100 it Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 it Ditto A stock it Ditto East Anglian st 100 it GreatNorthof Scotland 100 it Great Northern... ' 100 it Do A stook ' 100 it Do B do 1 100 it Gt. S. and W. of Del an 1 100 it Great Westerr,Original 100 it Do Str Val tsua. stook( 100 it Do. South Wales CO it Do. West AWL -Oxtord 100 Do Newport 100 it Do Hereford 100 st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 it London and Blackwall 100 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 st Lon., Chat, and Doverj 100 at Lon. ck Nori - h Western 100 at Lon. & Scr.th Western 100 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. l 100 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all I2i Do 4 shares... , all at Metropolitan all at Midland at Do Birming. & Derby 100 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 26 Mid Kent .,.. all at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee' 100 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick) 100 26 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 at Do Leeds lOO at Do York at Do Carlisle lOO 26 Do. Stook. & Darling all 26 Do do 185548 19 26 Do do istiG..6l 12 st North London 1 0 Do New 10 Do Nor, 18( 1 4. st North Stailbrdshire • • 10 N. and S. W. Junction st Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. atooe l at Do Scot. Mid. stook 10 Shrews. and Welehpool; st Shropshire Union I st South Devon • • st South Eastern 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok at Taff Va1e..... 10 Do C st Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkenny at West Cornwall at W. Hartlepool Har. R 82 (4 120 121 6 7 31 33 16 17 86 88 105 10? 44 4 5 7 I'si 1261' 133) 13-4 127 t 3 90 92 01 601 45 .47 35 40 93 101 111 1111 61 65 102 (03 33 40 IfBl 1081 91 03 61i 100 104} )0541 IL6) r2tit 9t3 98 51 63 24 45 104.1 tOsi Railways Paid. 63i 61 9:4 934 0 Itlantio &St Lawrene. kna.,Baroda&Centlu. j Gu. 5 per cent Do. E. Shares... 04 inhale. and Lar.elluroi 0 Do. Preference iufralo,Brant,&Godriel i p. at. bds. Aug. 1,107 1 0 Do. do. July 1, 187 )o. do. Ju❑e 1, 187 It lcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lip 'apeTown & Dock Scri Demerara 7 p.o. per. pi , ek tt;astn. Bengal gu. 6 1'• )0k East Indian. pm. 5 p. C :0 Do. do. J Eat.... mit '3 rand Trunk of Ca❑a , t , Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent )0 Do. Ist frer. Bonds.. )0 Do. do. deferred...... 10 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. )0 Do. do. deferred...... )0 Do. 3d P. et. stock ... 35 36 9 10 t. 7 8 e 120 125 1 I} p 75 76 101 11 132 136 54 56 84 16 81 81; 8 9 160 ;65 3} 4! p 97 99 Closing Prioe. 56 58 On [CO, dis r r 41 51 71 81 10 Do. do. deferred..... 10 Do. 4th Pref. stook... )0 Do. do. delerred...... wk t. India Pentn.gua.sp.e !.0 D0.;,(311.. 5 per cm' .. 10 Do. New gua. 5 p. u.. >ok Jt. South.of India (LLD guaranteed 5 percent. stock Do. 1i per cent ...• stock Do sus it. W. of Canada Share, 104 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 witlet opt 100 Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.. 10 Endian Branch Limited stock Iladras guar., 5 p. 0. .• stook Do. 41 p. 0. Extension stock De. 44 do.-- • • 20 Do. Fifth Extension. stock delb.Corp. ap. o. Bndb 50 delb. & Hobson's Bay. 10 gevvßrusswlok ct Cand. Class A and B. N.Rl.C'da,6 pc lat pt bd' stock Scinde stock Jo. Delhi 10 Do. do •—• at Do. Puniaub .• p stout i)o. Induts•St.Flo , ) bit' 95 10) 92 94 100 101 100 101 19 19i all 100 1100 100 c 2 Xl , O uOO COLONIAL OOVERI British Columbia, 6 per, cent., Dec. 3!, 3872.... Do. do. 1883.... 1L1i07.6p.c..1a tt,J ut 1877-81 Do. n p. c. Feb. Do. 6 p. Sept Do. f p. o. Jan.&.July. Do. 5 Inscribed stow ape G.llope, 6 p 0,187. Do.Ap dz. Oct. 18S( Do. 1891 So. Jan. & July. 1891.. ;eylon, N0v.:563, 6 13 Do. 1878, do lauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 Do. 1878 ,882 Fatal Gov. 6 per cont. NI.B.Gov. 6 p.a.) u 1 q. S.W. Gov. 5 p 3.,18 , , Dv. 5 p. e.,lB'it to Id7i Do. d0.,1888 upwch Niew Zealand 6 p cent iova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. 2ueeneland Gcv. 6 p. c. A us C o v. 6 p.e.lf 68- Do. 1 70 .tui ward vrio.Gov. 6 p.o. J 10 6 p.o. AD.AtOot.. MEN 100 100 100 Lou 100 100 Business done. 431 i 93 93 71 73 CO 62 66 6S 55 57 53 50 90 18 28 30 27 29 ICO 301 id pr id 1 r 99 100 94 10 11 101 83 01 82 81 d it 99 100 92 94 88 90 8 CO 126 134 k 5 1121 I 1011 10944 a 92 4 6:I 3 6 80 83 99 ICO 98 100 id par 98 100 95 97 1055 5 I 1271 99 1051 V 76 51 81i f Business don, 100} 1001 1 1001 19f f 1001 I state. PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 89 1051 5 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per oent.f pt., 98 6i 7 LINES LEASED. AT:FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 111 Nottngham and Grantham R. & G, 901 1} Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1311 FOREIGN RAILWAYS.] Dutch Rhenish, 18i Ditto (all), 22i Great Luxembourg, 91 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 674 &4 BANKS. Agra and 151 Isterman's (lirn.), 128 Alliance (limo. 40 39 12) Ditto, new, 37 40j Anglo Austrian, 62 Anglo-Italian, lira., 4 Australasia, c6l Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 121 British and Californian, lira., n • Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 341 European Bank, urn., 9) Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 27 Ditto, new, 15 111 Imperial Bank (Lim.), 31 22 Imperial Ottoman, 151 16) Land Mortgage Bank,of India, lim., 4 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 5 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 4 London and County, 67 61 8 London Joint Stock, 43 11 London and South African, 221 London and South-Western, 201 London and 11 estminster, 1,31 Merchant Bank, lira., 23/ 3 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 18 New Zealand Bank Corporation. lim., 1) Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., loe South E stern, lim., 6 Standard of British South Africa (liras), Ditto (£25), 27 Union of Australia, 51 2 Union of London, 49 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, ISI Berlin Water Works, Urn., 71 Company of African Merchants, lim.;_2l Discount Corporation, 151 16 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., 21 Financial Corporation, Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 61 1 Gen. Credit and Finance 01 Loudon, lim., 61 6 1 Hudson's Bay, 15i / lmperiil Mercantile Credit A seo. ' him., 61 International Financial society, lim., 61 I Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 187 0 , issued 90 , 84 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 4 I National Discount Company, lint., 11 Otago and Southland layetitmeut, It was not until an express was dispatched from hie place that the Londoners could form any approximate dea of what had really taken place, and then they proceeded by rail or any other conveyance to Erith and Dartford— probably twice as many proceeded to the latter town, it being known that it was the great nucleus of powder manu facturers. - Upon reaching that spot of grouud upon which the Belvidere Gunpowder Magazine stands, known as the Belvidere Works, the work of devastation was apparent. Had an army entered the town and fired a park of artillery into the building, they could scarcely have been more riddled, and very likely not more people have BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I been injured. Adjoining the mile of Messrs Hall were two or three cot tages, occupied by those engaged on the works, the first of which Rayner, the foreman, lived in with his wife and family, and, unfortunately Rayner, is one of the persons killed by the calamity, Mrs Raynor and her daughter were in bed at the time, the father having gone to the mills, but so violent was the shock that the whole line of cottages were demolished, and the unfortunate occu pants were scattered in all directions. All of a sudden one magazine blow up, with a report—to use the hackneyed term of " like a park of artillery" would convey but a faint idea of the noise occasions)]. This was suc ceeded by another and still more violent shock, which levelled the next magazine partly on to the ground, and blew the tops and sides of the building high into the air. It now became manifest that a fearful amount of personal injury must have been inflicted upon many persons. The dust and smoke, after the lapse of three or four minutes, having cleared away, the spectacle that presented itself was awful, and can scarcely be described. A new building in course of construction for coma candle works, at which a numb r of men were employed, was literally shaken to its very foundations; the men were hurled in sundry direc tions, and a great many frightfully injured. What has become of the other inhabitants of the work men's cottages is at present unknown, but up to 1 o'clock eight of the sufferers had been received at Guy's Hospital, were their wounds were immediately attended to by Mr Siiney Turner, the house surgeon,whose efforts to alleviate the agony of the sufferers were most praiseworthy. Not withstanding every exertion, Elizabeth Wright, who had sustained a compound comminuted fracture of the skull, and other extensive injuries, died shortly after her admis sion to the hospital. The following aro the names of the persons now under surgical care at Guy's Hospital : James Eves, fracture of the skull and ribs. In a dying Edward Singleton, fracture of the arm. Rebecca Wright, fracture of the collar bone and severe contusions. Mary York, fracture of the thigh. Minnic York, very severe bruises and burns. Harriet Rayner, fracture and severe internal injury—not likely to recover. Dinah Rayner, severe contusions. Elizabeth Osborn, contusion and burns. Tho amount of powder exploded is very uncertain ; rumour puts it down at between 80 and 90 tons, but persons acquainted with the works say that is an enormous exagge ration, as not more than 9 or 10 tons were stored in the 94f mills. A correspondent writes :—" Miss Sallie M. Mon• roe, of New Britain, Chen ango County, a practising physician of the hydropathic school, has permanently adopted the masculine attire—not merely bloomer's, but the veritable dress of a gentleman, from hats to boots. Miss Monroe, who makes a fine-looking cavalier, either on horse back or en foot, usually wears a blue coat and buff waistcoat, with plaib flat gilt buttons, blue trousers, boots and hat, all good cut. She is a young lady of irreproachable character, skilful in her profession, bravo, energetic, ambitious, and eminently self-reliant. —Now York Home Journal. DEFENCES OF TILE MERSEY.—The Mersey Dock Board agreed, at their meeting yesterday, to adopt the suggestion of the Government authorities for the removal of the fort at present being constructed near the landmarks at Bootle to a site still further north, at the extremity of the dock estate. The Government will be wholly reimbursed by the Dock Board for the expense incurred—viz., £3,500. The chairman of the Works Committee, in alluding to the subject at the meelng of the Board yesterday, explained that the engineer of the Board had been rather too candid in divulging that the site of the fort at Bootle was of great importance to the Dock estate. The Government, there fore, were under the idea that the Board would only be too glad to bear the expense of the removal. POACHING AFFRAY, NEAR KIRKELAM..-011 Sun. day morning, about two o'clock, James Barnes, Luke Kirby, and Ellis Kirby, gamekeepers to Mr A, L. Birley, siiw seven or eight men in the act of setting nets and driving hares on land belonging to Mrs Alice Maisel!, at Creales Moor Side, near Kirkham. Oa approaching the men two showed fight, and six ran away. The poachers taken were Cumming Hall and Thomas Sharpies. Hall struck Ellis Kirby with his stick, and knocked him down. Then a regular fight ensued. Both poachers had their right arms broken, and were sadly bruised and disfigured all over the body. They were sad spectacles when brought before the Bench on Monday. They were each committed for three months. Baton do Fabrics, Minister Plenipotentiary for Saxony at Brussels, had an adience of King Leopold two days back to present his credentials. John Downing, a lad, 15 years of age, died in the United Hospital, at Bath, on Saturday, while under the influence of chloroform, which had been administered with a view to a surgical operation. A loyal woman has written an able paper on the crisis, in which she protests against killing off all the men. She says : —" I do not believe in fighting for the country and the flag to the last man ; and it seems to me anybody is an idiot who talks such nonsense. What would the country be to me or any other woman if the 'last man' was gone?"—Netv York paper. " There are now (says the Union) i❑ France six Cardinals, 15 archbishops, 69 bishops, 155 vicars-general, 660 canons, 3,39 G cures, 29,630 officiating priests, 10,000 supernumerary ditto, 30,000 seminarists, and 50,000 per sons b e longing to different religious orders." •fIE FRENCH POST -OFFICE AIITHORITIES.—The Post-office authorities have issued a public notice that the postal convention between France and Italy relative to money orders cause into operation yesterday, and that henceforth orders payable in Italy, for any sum not exceed ing 20uf., may be obtained at all the principal post-offices in France and Algeria. The charge is 20c, per 10f. or frac tion of 10f. A letter from Mont-de-Marsan (Landes) men tins that a fire-ball of the size of a bomb burst near that town. at about noon, two days back, with a detonation equal to a simultaneous discharge of several pieces of artil lery. Its direction was nearly north to south, The exhibition of the various paintings sent in for the competition for the Grand ,Prize of Rome was opened yesterday at the Boole des Beaux Arts. The com petitors, ten in number, had for subject :—" Romer in the Islancbt of Scyros. Three young shepherds, after having called away their dogs, who were about to attack him, are receiving him with respect and admiration." The grand prize was awarded to M. Maillard, pupil of Messrs. Cog niet, Gorgnu and Lqemlein. The Council-General of the Bank of France has given notice that an ex'raordinary division of 35f per share will be made, on and after the 10th October, of the reserves made in 1801 and 1851, with a view to the eventualities which the liquidation of the affair of Constantinople then presoated, T SECURITIES. 92 94 92 91 9: 91 81 83 80 83 104 106 107 109 108 110 107 101 MI 105 lt9 112 191 104 103 106 ,03 105 ICO 1t 94 97 97 99 95 47 04 96 9) 102 97 100 10) 102 105 107 ,08 109 BRITISH MI: 2 —ambrian Consol. Gold Chiverton morel Amalgamated.. )(wen G. Con..(Tavlst. - Drakewars.•••;. •• - iia6e3ett(lllogs.n).. - 'Cast Caradou ...... - , :ast Carn 8rea........ - East Grenville East Lovell ...„„..... 1 , 1"1 Russel (Tavlstk. 3am.ezSt.itubyn(Owen 4 Great Laxey, 3teat South Tolgue 3. Wheal Vor(llelstoi. irenvllle... er:JINs- ot 'lingston Downs...., dargaret (tiny Lelaut larKe Valley.. lyndv Iron Oro (Lim. Nangiles........ ....... dew Setup %crth ...... North Roskear.. ...... Li Basset (1110 Jorth Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... •rov ',Jenne ( U ny Lelnt. ou th Caradon(St.Cleer Wheal Fran. (Mogan 3tray Park fin Crort Vest Basset (Illogan).. • V Cf radon (Liskeard West Chiver ton West Liston •Vheol Basset (Illogan ,Vheal Buller(ltedruth WhealLudcott ,Vheal Mary Ann ( s rden. Wheal Teton +VhealTrelawney (Lis. Wheal Union 2.1.0. :.14., 2.7.0. 2.13.6. 13. 78 • nl3 . t. 18.. u 214 3 29} 3.1..6 ?.8 0 10 6.7 9.1. i t0.17.f THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1, 1864, AWFUL POWDER EXPLOSION—This day. Loss of Life, and Fifty or Sixty Persons Severely Injured. 'his morning, shortly before seven o'clock, an explosion —which shook the metropolis from its centre to its outskirts and caused the utmost consternation— occurred at the Powder Mils of Messrs. John Hall and Son, situated at Erith Marshes. The explosion, unfortunately, has been attended with loss of life and serious injury to upwards of 50 or GO persons. In London the general opinion was that the violent con cussion heard—the breaking in of shutters, the smashing of glass, the rattlin'g of chairs, tables, and even bedsteads was caused by the gas works having exploded in the Old Kent-road, for windows and doors were shattered in the districts of the Rosemary Branch, at Peckham. The glasses at the Waterloo Arms Tavern, George-street, Cam berwell, wrre sent dancing about, and the tables and chairs in the Father Red Cap, at Camberwell-park, were forced round the large club room. The inmates of the Anchor of Hope, in Southampton-stteet, were terribly frightened, it being apprehended that the building was falling. Every house in Camberwell-grove, stretching a distance on each side of the road nearly half a mile in length, was shaken, shutters forced down, dc). The same effects were experienced at Stoke Newington, six miles further north wards. At Blackheath, the front of the premises of Mr. Tripp present a picture that could only be caused by a fire, or some violent explosion within the building. Most of the houses from this spot to Dartford, are also more or less injured. People flocked from their houses and made towards gas-works and firework factories, but they were unable to learn the least intelligence a.; to the locale of the disaster, and many contented themselves by concluding that this island had been visited by the shock of an earth quake, and they Expressed their thankfulness that their houses had not been swallowed up. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This day. MARKETS--This Day. WESTMINSTER. CONCEALMENT OP BIRTH.—EIIen Fisher, a domestic servant, was charged with concealing the birth of her illegitimate female child on the 10th of September, at 25, Hill-street, Knightsbridge, where she was in service. Police-constable Samuel Belchamber, 35 B, proved that he attended an inquOst on the 13th September on the body of a female child at the Prince of Orange, Artillery-row, Westmiaster. The jury returned a verdict of death by suffue-Ation, whether wilful or not there was no evidence to show. Prisoner was not present. _ Miss Emma Gosden, a schoolmistress, of 25, Hill-street, Knightsbridge, said that the prisoner was in her a rvice, and on the morning of the 10th ult. she was called up at 4 o'clock by the prisoner, who was lying on her bed ap parently in great pain. Witness sent for her mother after attending to her. Mrs Fanny Gosden said that at a quarter to nine on the morning in question she arrived at the house and found prisoner as described. After questioning her as to how she felt, prisoner said she had got the diarrl, ea I, and felt very bad. Witness sent for her medical gentleman, and about 'll o'clock he arrived. Just before he came witness went to a table drawer, and as the doctor knocked at the door she saw something like flash in the drawer, and on taking out a bundle found it to contain a female child. Witness was much frightened, and said, " Oh, Ellen, you wicked girl, what have you done ?" Witness never had the slightest notion that sh 3 was going to be confined. She had known her for a long time, and she had been in the service of an other daughter. Witness found no preparation of baby linen, Ste., and when charged with being the mother she denied it, and said she knew nothing about it. The medical gentleman asked for the body, and she fetched it. Mrs Harvey Sewell said that she lodged in the same house, and had noticed for some time past the prisoner's appearance, but did not venture to speak of it for fear of a mistake. She did not speak to the prisoner about it. 'Wit ness saw the dead body of the child. Dr Matthew Baines, surgeon, of 54, Thurloe-square, said that he was fetched to the prisoner, and found her in great pain. The after-birth had not been removed, and that was the cause of her pain. She denied the parentage of the child, and witness examined her. He asked to see the child, and found it to be the body of a full-grown female child. Witness could not account fur the cause of death. A medical gentleman gave evidence at the inquest, but witness was not present. He looked at the child and examined it when brought to him in the house, and found the umbili cal cord snapped off. There were no marks of violence on the child. Witness was not prepared to answer any ques tions as to whether the child was born alive or not, and wag not summoned to the inquest, It might have been killed by the manner in which the cloth was tied which contained the body. Prisoner had no questions to ask, and she was remanded for the attendance of Mr DAvis, of Warwick-square, the surgeon who was at the inquest, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ALLEGED STABEING.--The two German bakers, named Webber and Wiener, charged with stabbing a female named Jane Humphreys, the wife of a tailor living at 9, Iteevee mews, Grosvenor-square, were again brought before Mr Tyrwhitt for final examination. Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prisoners. The ev:dence taken on the last occasion went to show that the prosecu'rix was asked by one of the men where there was a coffee-shop. She told them she did not know, and then one of them knocked her down, after abusing her, and both fell on her, and when she got up she found the back of her head saturated with blood, and believed she had been stabbed, Mr White, surgeon, Middlesex Hospital, said that the injury the prosecutrix had received could not have been done with a knife as supposed, them being no cut in the bonnet, but most probably with the prosecutrix's head com ing in contact with the kerb of the pavement. Mr Lewis addressed the magistrate at some length, and called several witnesses, one of whom, a licensed victualler, said that on the night in question the prosecutrix, who had been drinking, came into his house and complained that a female had knocked her down and hurt her head. Some of the other witnesses stated that the prisoners were not the men who knocked the prosecutrix down. - Mr Tyrwhitt said he could not decide the case himself, and should send it to the sessions.. The prisoners were then committed for trial ; Mr Tyr whitt, on the application of Mr Lewis, consenting to take bail in £5O for each prisoner. THAMES, FIRE AT A PAWNBUOKEICS.—IMMENSE DISTRESS.— Mr French, of the firm of French and Ogilvie, pawn brokers, in High-street, Poplar, who have been frequently summoned to this court for irregularities in the conduct of their business, and have been frequently censured by the magistrates, appeared before Mr Paget to answer a chargo of detaining a bed which had been pawned, and after the principal sum thereon and the interest had been tendered. The premises 3f the defendants were destroyed by fire on the night of Saturday the 233. of April last, s 'on after the termination of business, and the greater portion of their stock in trade and an immense quantity of articles in pawn of every description destroyed. A. good deal of misery, loss, and inconvenience to the poor of the district was the result of this conflagration. Numerous applications for summonses to enforce compensation or restitution of goods have been made to the magistrates. Af lw summonses have been granted, and in these cases where French and Ogilvie stated that the goods claimed were destroyed by fire, the summonses were dismissed. In other cases, where goods were proved to be in existence after the fire, orders were made to compensate the owners. Elizabeth Baker, the wife of a labourer, said she pawned the bad for 13s. on the 11th of March. She went to the defendant's shop for her bed about three weeks or a month after the fire. Mr Ogilvie assured her the bed was not burnt—it was safe—and asked her if she would redeem it. She w.s not prepared to do so then. A s econd time she was as sured the bed was in existence, She went a few days a g o to the defendants' shop to red eem th e bed, and tendered the principal and interest. Sh e was then informed the bed was destroyed in the fire. Mr French said pawnbrokers were no t liable to make compensation for losses by fi re on their premises. Mr Paget said he kn ew t h at , an d had already decided so in another case, but here the bed vras saved. It was in existence after the fire. _ _ Mr French said that was not so. A few beds were par tially saved and kept as long as possible. They were so decomposed, and became such a nuisance that the Poplar Board of Works ordered tbeir removal. The complainant said the bed cost her £3 10s. They had ,hree years before distress compelled them to part with Mr Paget said all the conversations about the bed were with Mr Ogilvie, who ought to have been present, and not his partner. lie should value the bed at £2 10s, from which ho should deduct 14s 6d for principal and interest. lie ordered the defondants to restore the bed or pay £1 5s 63, and 2s costs to the complainant. LONGEVITY IN SOUTH EsSEl.—During the six months from October, 1863, to April, 1864, 22 adults died in the union house of Orsett, whose united ages amounted to 1,721 years, giving an average life of 78 years and three months to each. Of the 22, 13 were males, 9 females —one man dying at 90 from a broken thigh. We believe such a fact to be almost u nprecedented, The T lo h ,b e aau only other other death was one infant. Orsett lie s on the table land fac i ng Gravesetd. The soil is in general gravel and chalk, with a portion of clay land. A DUEL AT PESTIL—The Wanderer of Vien na says:--" A duel has just taken place at Pesth between M. Severe agßy7wiehsekn the i,pin fo c i: ip m a e l r e r d e i c to e r iv o e f d th h e is .P a e d s v t e i iv s the forehead and died instantaneously. The deceased was only 26 years of a g e. The q uarrel, which has terminated so fatally, commenced three years ago from the most trifling cause," SUICIDE OF A YOUNG GIRL IN THE REGENT'S CANAL.—On Thurs da y ni g ht an i nquest was held on the body of a g irl named Maria Turner, aged 15 years, a a . H e cause d the cana l to be dragged, and the deceased was brou g ht up quite dead. There was no eviden ce as to when or why the deceased morning he found a l w ho committed suicid e in the Regent ' s Canal. Benjamin C crinoline, reag h ' o 3 5c31 N, d cloak bonnets that n o ga n ns idaSnadtu_rrY hair pin on the b an k o f th e o d Regent's Canal, n comm itt e d suicide, and the j ur y return ed a verdict of found dead in the Regent' s Canal. MR. JACOB BELL'S BEQUEST TO THE NATION.— Sir,—Mr. Jacob Bell, who died five or six years ago, bequeathed a few dne pictures to the National Gallery, among which were " The Maid and the Magpie," by Sir Ed win Landseer, R.A. ; " The Derby Day," by W. P. Frith, R.A. ; "The florae Fair," by Mad lle. Rosa Bonheur. It was understood that the above were retained for the pur pose of engraving. The engravings from them have long since been published, so that there appears no valid reason why they should not now appear in the national collection. The original " Horse Fair" was said to have been sold in the United States, and that the late Mr Bell's picture was a reduction by the fair artist. But such a reduction has been exhibited at the Canterbury Hall and in the City. Recently I heard in Paris that Madlle. Bonheur was now painting this subject for the National Gallery. Perhaps I was misinformed. —Correspondent of the Budder. ALLEGED BRUTAL MURDER OF A BOY.-0a Thursday afternoon, shortly after three o'clock, a brutal murder was perpetrated at Alveston, near Stratford on-Avon. It eppears, from such information as we have been able to collect, that a boy named Bayliss, about 10 years of age, was stabbed through the neck with a stable fork by a man named John 'Wagstaff, a groom in the em• ploy of Mr J. Townsend, of Alveston House. After com mitting the deed, the accused, who is only about 18 years of age, absconded, end was traced in the company of some women at Warwick. It is rumoured that the boy refused to have some gin, which Wagstaff wished to give him, and that he stabbed him without receiving any provocation.— , Birmingham Gazate, _ _ _ COVENT GARDEN. Our market is seasonably well supplied with fruit and vegetables. The trade on the whole rules firm, as follows : FRUIT. a. d. a. d. Pine apples 6 0 to 6 0 Foreign do., each 1 6 to 2 6 Grapes,per lb 2 0 to 6 0 Foreign do ... 1 0 to 1 6 Melons 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 apples, per ht-sv. 1 3 to 2 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..10 0 to 14 0 Lemons, per 100 5 0 to 8 0 Gooseberries hf sve 0 to 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 e. d. s d Mulberries,prpt 0 4to 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, punt) oto 0 6 Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 6 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, per d 0... 3 0 to 10 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 0 to 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 2 6to 3 Greengages, pr do. 2 6to 3 0 VEGETALLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 o to 0 0 ,v Cabbae, pr doz 1 oto 3 0' Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 0 It 'id ditto 2 otc 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 oto 0 0 i Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 3 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 2 0 I Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 3 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 83 oto 20 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 3 6to 4 6! Cos lett, score .. 10 oto 1 0 Cucumbers 0 4 to 1 6 1 Mint and savory..o oto 0 C Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz bnds 0 oto 0 3 Green peas, ti.-sv. 0 0 to 0 0, Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Wrench beans,h.s. 1 6to 2 0 ) Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 C Onions, doz. bn.. 1 oto 2 0) Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0' Asparag - us„,pr do. 0 0 to 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0 Scakale, ptil bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od; geese, 6s 6d to 8s Od each; goPlings, 4s to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 3d ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od; rabbits, is 6d to 2s Od each; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s ; chickens, is Od to 8s Od ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, is Od to 2s ; woodcocks, Os to Os Od ; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, Ss Od to 9s Od ; French do., 7s Od to 7s Gd per 109 ; leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, 4s 03 to 5s Od. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, Is Od to is 6d ; trout, Od to Od ; eels, 8d to 10d prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 28 6d to lOs Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od; doreys, 2s Od to 3s 6d; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, is Od to ss; crabs, is to 4s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 6d to 5s Od per pair ; common oysters, 18s to 40s ; natives, 60s to 81s per bush. ; whitings, 3s Od to 10s; haddocks, 6s to 158 ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s to --8 per 120 ; fresh herrings, 8s to Os per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 3s to 4s 4cl; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 8,1 to 4i 81; and pork, 3s 6d to 5s per 81bs by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 08 Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, as 6d to 5s Od per Blbs, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6id. to 7d , of household do., 6d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 30 ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 41d ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 5s 3d to 6s 3d ; half-breds, 4s 4d to 58 0d; Downs, 3s 9d to 4s 4d; lambs, 3s 6d to is Od. HAY MARKETS. --- SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 108 to £5 58; clover £4 103 to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 123 per load Trade dull. CUMRERLAND.-111eadow hay, £3 103 to £5 103; clover 10s to £6 108 6,1; and straw, £lBs to £1 12s per load A slow trade. WHITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 lOs to £5 5s ; clover, £4 10s to £5 10s; and straw, £l. Ss to I 12s per load. De mand inactive. Extraordinary Case of Mistaken Identity. One of the most singular cases of mistaken identity that has been recorded of late years was the subject of a magis terial investigation at the Melksham Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, having ham adjourned from a previous day A respectable man, named Henry Colbourne, was charged with assaulting a young man named Leo and his mother, about 10 o'clock on the night of Aug. 24, in the yard of the Royal Oak Inn, Melksham. There was some dispute b3tween the assailant and the assailed respecting the pas sage to the yard being blocked up by the vehicle of the latter, the former being thereby prevented from driving through. From words they came to blows, and the assailant used his whip and whip handle very freely on young Lee, and also struck his mother, finally driving away. The assault was witnessed by a large number of persons, some of whom had intimately known Mr. , Colborne for terms of 20 years, 18 years, 29 years, and 10 years respectively. These and several other witnesses, swore positively to the identity of Mr Colbourn@ as the assailant, and described how they called to him by name, during the progress of the assault to desist. No evidence could have been stronger or more consistent. On the part of the defence there were called Mr George Prit.thard , yeoman—Mr John Thomas, yeoman—Mr Samuel Moore, yeoman—Mr David Clarke, yeoman-31r John Gunetone, builder—and Eli Camery, who clearly proved and accounted for Mr ,Colb urne's presence from nine o'clock p,m., un til:a quarter to eleven on the night of the assault, giving particulars which it was impossible to dispute. These wi'nestes were severely cross-examined, but their evidence was not in the least shaken or impaired. Mr Smith, who appeared for the defendant, then put a singular witness into the box, a Mr G. J. Day, and re quested him to tell tho magistrate what he knew of the matter. Mr Day then proceeded to say—About ten o'clock on the night in question I came into the town in my trap and drove into Mr Whale's yard at the Oak. As I went into the yard some man took my horse by the head and begaa striking it. I asked him what he did it for, and told him to get out of the way. I gave him a cut with the whip. He pulled off his coat and offered to fight. I up with my fist and knocked him down. Robert Carpenter came up and said, "Cousin Colbourne, if you strike that man again I will knock your brains out." The parties then went down the yard towards the house, and I went with my trap into the upper yard. I staid a little time, and then left. Mr Colbourne was not there. No one struck a blow but myself. I have come forward vo:untarily, that an innocent man should not suffer for what I did myself. I had no rest about it, and I came and told Mr Colbourne this morning that I was the man who did it. The bench and bar having sufficiently marvelled at the extraordinary nature of the case, the summons agaiast Mr Colbourne was dismissed. THE CROPS IN AMERICA,—A mass of informa tion as to the crops of the Northern and Western States and the Canadas, has been collected. On the whole, there are good crops the country through. The dry season has had its effect, but not to the extent of destroying har vests in many places, nor even of reducing them below the average. In New York State, for instance, the crop of wheat is estimated at from one sixth to one half less than usual in eight or ten counties, while in the remainder it is a full average crop or more. Corn is much worse in proportion — the proportions in fact being about reversed, so that in not more than eleven counties does the yield come up to the average. In one, Chautauqua, it is one fifth more, In all the rest, it is from one tenth to two thirds less than the average. Oats, again, do even worse than this, but their deficiency is partly balanced by a full average crop of rye. Hay is at least one third less than usual. Penn sylvania reports 42 counties, in which the yieLi. of wheat is from one sixth to one half le ss than usual ; the quality, bow s ever, even where the crop is small, being for the moat part good. Corn is about the same, oats much better, rye almost everywhere an average crop. The West, while it does not rejoice in one of those magnificent harvest s which exceed all estimate and expectation, yields so bountifully as to put at rest all apprehension of anything like a abort crop, and of scarcity even for the unusual needs of such a year as this. The great diminution of labour, and the general drought of three months duration, have not sufficed to reduce the crop below a fair average. In Illinois, wheat varies a good deal of different counties—in some is a fourth larger than usual, in a few is less, in many is about as usual. "In the southern part of the state," says the report, " winter wheat looks good; spring wheat throughout the state is a little below the average. Corn promises well all over the state until it reaches points 200 miles south of Chicago. Crop of oats larger." In Ohio, wheat is below the average; corn rather better ; oats decidedly a better crop than usual. In Michigan it is known that many crops were burned, so that the average yield is considerably reduced. lowa has suffered less from drouth than most of the states. Not a single county is reported as growing a less than average crop of cheat, corn, oats, or rye, while in many the yield is very large in deed, and the quality also frequently beyond the usual stan dard. Potatoes, in this state, have done not quite so well, but hay is in no case below, and in many countries is above, the ordinary crop. In Indiana, wheat is one fourth less than usual in Allen county, but everywhere else is stated to be up to or beyond the average. _Corn does not quite so well, nor the other crops. Kentucky has half a crop of wheat, full average of corn, and oats and hay. " Tobacco has suf fered in Southern Kentucky, owing to disturbances, but along the Ohio River the crop will be more than last year. Dealers estimate the whole crop of the state from one quar ter to one halt that of last year; but much depends on sub sequent weather before its nnturity." Wisconsin has pretty fair crops throughout—something below the average, but of good and often extra quality, though the drouth see ms to have prevailed unremittingly.—New York Daunts. A CHILD.CARRIED OFF BY A PIG.--The Cromarty correspondent of the John o'Groat Journal statts that on Tuesday last a pig, droves of which are continually roaming about the Fishertown of Cromarty, attacked a child of about two years of age, and, catching its left hand in its mouth, made off, dragging the child along after it. Hearing the little creature's screams, two men bolted in pursuit, and, laying hold of the pig, they found it necessary to administer a series of kicks before the brute would let go. Fortunately tlo cuild wail Rot seriously hurt. PUGILISM. (From Bell's Life.) JOE COBURN AND JEM MACE. We are now on the eve of this important match, which, as our readers are aware, is fixed to come off on Tuesday, October 4, in Ireland, within 100 miles of Dublin, for £1,000; and as it is now known that both men are in the Emerald Isle and close handy to the starting place, the doubts long existing as to the probabilities of a mill appear to have vanished, and the encounter is beginning to excite some thing like genuine interest. The toss for choice of place we stated in our last was won by Mr E. James, of the 11 - eu, York Clipper, on behalf of Joe Coburn, and it was tlnn arranged that Joe Ehotod send a notice yesterday, s e p , sl ,- ber 30, to Jem Mace, at Mr Woodruffu's, Carob:idge Arms, Inland Bridge, of the appointed rend, zvous. this condi tion was duly complied with, Jem sending a trust worthy agent to receive the necessary office, not deem ing it prudent t> show himself publicly is the Irish capital. The secret was of course only imparted to Jem's agent, and will not be publicly known until the latest minute on Mon - day, Oct. 3. for reasons best known to those acquainted with the activity of the Irish constabulary. We shall net be transgressing the rules of caution, however, by stating that the soart will be an unusually early one—that thejour ney will extend as nearly as possible to the full 100 miles — and that due care will be taken by the managers of the trip to secure the comfort and convenience of travellers. Joe Coburn has been training under the watchful eye of Cusack, a few miles from his native town of Limerick, and is represented by his friends to be wall up to the mark, and, although making no outward demonstrations of con fidence, seems to regard the forthcoming mill with an amount of sang froid that shows he is not fearful of disgracing his country, We have, of course, heard many rumours that he has taken no great amount of work, and has not put that restraint upon his appetite that is reqoired for fit training ; but to these we have turned a deaf ear, treat ing them as the idle gossip of those who N% ish to shine out as more knowing than their neighbours. Joe's own friends assure us they are satisfied, and that is sufficient for us. His weight, we are told, will be very little over eleven stone. In age he will have the advantage of Mace, being still under thirty, while the ex-Champion is thirty-four. We do not suppose he will appear in Dublin at all previous to the mill, and this course Mace informs us will also be adopted by him, so as to avoid all unnecessary risk. Jem Mace has been under the care of Alf Milner of Sheffield, first at Newmarket and subsequently near Liverpool, from whence ho paid a flying visit to Doncaster, and, as we are credibly informed, disposed of no less than 300 colours, receiving the quid pro quo on the spot, instead of, as is the custom, giving the handkerchief on the usual terms—viz., a guinea if he won, or nothing if he lost. If this be the case, Master Jem may be congratulated on having done a very fair stroke of business, and that, too, without any risk of interfering with his training, which his backers inform us he never neglected for a day. In the early part of the present week he and his Mentor went to Holyhead, and thence on Wednesday they proceeded to Ireland, taking up their quarters at an hotel a few miles from Dublin, where Jem has been putting on the finishing touch. He writes word that ho never felt so well in his life, and has no fears as to the result. His weight at present he says is list 51b, some 51b more than ho ever weighed before when fully trained. This we should say is rather too heavy, but doubt. less his trainer is the best judge. We have heard but little betting in this country, and so far as we can learn, apecu. lation is equally dull on the other side. £7O to £lO on Mace was offered at Newmarket on Thursday in the Rooms, but the offers did not elicit a rase. Similar odds have been offered in Dubin with a like result. As to the ways and means of getting to the fight, we advise our friends to leave at the latest by the ‘• Wild Irish Express," as it is called, on Mon day morning, and arrive in Dublin the same evening, where they can obtain the requisite tip at MrWoodrufL's,Cambrid ge Arms, Island Bridge, or e, a benefit at the Prince of Wales Theatre, advertised by Nat Langham in another column. Harry Brunton, of the George and Dragon, Beech-street, Barbican, and Nat Langham, of the Mitre, St. Martin's lane, have promised to telegraph the fixture to their respec tive houses, as has also Alfred Milner, of the Punch Bawl, Spring-street, Sheffield (Mace's trainer), but of course they can only afford similar information to that now tendered, As touohing any arrangements for ring keeping we can hold out no hopes of assistance. It would be impossible to take over a number of members of the Association on spec, as their expenses would have to be defrayed out of the funds, and the chances of recouping the amount so expended would be small indeed, and we can only hope that those members of the P. R who may bo present w:11, for the sake of their own body and for their own reputation, use their personal influence to promote order and fair play. The usages of the P.R. are almost unknown in the sister isle, and it cannot therefore be supposed that the inner ring will bo respected without some exertion being made by the habitues to ensure such a result. This alone can be attained by persuas:on and remonstrance, violence and threats being utterly out of the question. Paddy, when he sees a thing in the right way, has quite as great a love of fair play and manliness as any one else, and we feel assured that on this occasion there is every disposition to have the contest fairly fought out. Joe Coburn has thrown himself into the hands of his countrymen in search of fair play, and Jan Mace is not behind hand in showing confidence in those from whom on all previous occasions he has received nothing but kindness. The latest intelligence we have received from Dublin is to the effect that a place of fighting has been satisfactorily arranged, and that the conveyance thereto will be of a special nature, which, as we have above stated, will not be made known till late on Monday. The only point now to be got over is the selection of a referee—a task which, we fear, will be attended with some difff ulty. The articles pro vide that the men or their representatives are to meet on Monday to agree mutually on some person to undertake this unwelcome office—but unfortunately no provision is made for his selection should the meeting to agree termi nate in an agreement to differ. As to this let us Lope for the best, and trust that, should harmony be established, the person honoured with selection will prove competent to his duties, and discharge them fearlessly, will full re • Bard to the rules of the Ring, and without favour ar affec don towards either side. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. [ways. Miles Opened. Receipts. 1864. 1863. 2,129 2.0 1 732 C 29 1,065 1, , M7 7,2)1 1,05 J 20,05 t 17.82 L 1, c ' 21 1,5U9 121 i 1:62i 390 372 174 2,4 4. 5 432 1,701 1.8k2 '3 3 314 1,518 1,461 1,661 1,621 271 120 2,843 2,233 3,135 2,854 9,04 8,451 31,5`:9 33,616 36,641. 34,50 3,718 1,614 5,2 723 10,703 10,3::8 72,81? 66,818 374 1,741 1,599 ;2,101 Lao 1,607 1,614 2,930 139 40,328 56,780 295 Z,3 260 2 3 C2l 6:9 112,133 166,8.9 1,977 1,105 27,433 23,1 , 73 23,211 20,111 7,667 Cl9l 2,150 1,3.0 18, 50 17 663 1,661 1,125 1,417 1,3;9 2,270 1,713 49,412 16,720 4,883 4,829 1,656 1.660 2,670 2,761 23;04 21,944 64,584 58,710 3,16) 9,110 8,372: 925 9:4 6,813 6,069 5,629 6,598 919 75) 4,251 3,953 30,436 29,b88 5,510 5,992 2,392 2,275 224 222 2,773 2.409 bag 442 1,502 IA 6 919 910 6,007 4.881 570 (52 3,012 9t9 920 sel 10,283 30,170 311 360 &Si 1,511 1,6 1 6,608 4,116 6,618 5,1163 1,312 1,416 7D,208 66,768 25,5(6 ' 93 5,K50 - 7,551 4,221 5,034 4.041. 481. 5 51 13,(37 12,50 i,,32 4. 25 20,200 21, 332 1,23 1,2 , 2 83,444 81,480 1,42 6 1,174 481 17t3 1401 77i 105 I , WI 080 105 143,719 116,631 74,899 72,413 677 472 t 5,041 57,973 3 ~251 33,373 7,699 8,31 V 1804. 1803. Belfast and N. CountieS ..... . 136 Belfast and County Down. •.. 19 Blyth and Tyne . . ........... . 28 Bristol and Exeter ........... 121 1 Caledonian .................. 2621 Cambrian . . . ............. 91 Cockermouth.& Workington.. 81 Cork and Bandon ............ 20 Cork, Blackrock, &Passage... 61 Cork and Youghal • .... 321 Cornwall 651 Deeside l7 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 D u blin and Drogheda 75 D u blin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Weald 9ll Furness, &o 50 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union 663 Great Northern lB7 Great North of Scotland . t. Northn. & Westn. (lrel.) 7ll 'lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3B7i Great Western Hull and Hurnsea l3 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno lO6l Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 Irish North-Western 145 Kent Coast 4l Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 Limerick and Ennis... Limerick and Foynes 461261 Elanelly 71 London & North-Western London an d Blackwall st & South-Western 1638 London Joutn rond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2671 tonZl. Chatham, & Dover 72 1 Do. metb :nolitan Extension 111 Man.,S haikuLinooinsh 242,4 . Manch. S.J un.i - Ahr 'ncham • • 9 Maryport and Carlisle ... 28 Metropolitan . 31 Midland N.-Western) ;:!1- Midland Gt.Westn. of hind 262 Monkiand 71 Monmouthsh. RaiL & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth a nd Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 1095 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Ithymney l9l Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset O6 South Devon •••• • 751 South-Eastern 3OB Taff Vale 67 Ulster lO6l Vale of Clwyd . lO Vale of Neath 431 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 271 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&liail 621 W' haven, Cleator,& Egrmnt lO Whitehaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 26t Bombay, Baroda, & ten. India 185 1 Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 Dutch Rhenish loBk Eastern Bengal Eastern of France East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1335 Great Central of Belgium lBl Great Indian Peninsula 5 3 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Aiicant Northern of Canada ... Northern of France 697 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 Paris and Orleans lBl4 Pernambuco 771 Scinde.... lO South Austrian . ...... 1627 Southecn of France Victorian .. 4. 177960 Hi 351} 116? 1061 1 9} 145 10 895; 46i 1234 bi 451 i 2611 74 1011 242 t 31 841 2591 713 11 5831 no 3 252 19 113 1,?8 75i 805 1051 185} 185 1081 110 1302 0331 1334 THE ALHAMBRA.—The lease of this hall was advertised to be sold, by auction, yesterday, at Garraway's. At the time of sale it was announced that it had been sold by private contraot. Mr A. G. Foley, 0 50, Lime stree t the putchasor. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. GREECE. Our correspondent at Athens, says the Presse, informs us that the article of the Constitution mkt. tine to Ihe nomination of members of the Cabinet has been modified. For the future the King may choose as Ministers persons who do not belong to tke Assembly. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—TLis Day. -.~- CITY BETTING.—Tnis DAY. crsAnEwiTcli STAKES. 1(0 to 15 agst Ttalestris (taken and offered) 10J to 12 agst Calista colt (taken) 10 to I apt Mail Train (taken and offend) 100 to 8 agst Gratitude (taken and off red) 25 to 1 agst Suspicion (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Beatrix (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Alabama (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tattoo (offered) 33 to 1 agst Fanfreluche (offered) 40 to 1 agst Lady Frances filly (taken) 40 to 1 agst Myrtle (taken) 60 to 1 agst Welcome (taken) 5) to 1 agst Carisbrook CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 16 to 1 agst Brick (taken) 20 to 1 agst Stockinger (taken) 21 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken) 25 to 1 agst Prince Plaukiblo LONDON GAZETTE---Last Evening, WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 29. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Colonel Godfrey Thomas Greene, late Director of Engineering and Architectural Works under the Board of Admiralty, to be an °Hillary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 17. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Captain Richard Francis Burton, now her Majesty's Consul at Fernando Po, to be her Majesty's Consul at Santos. _ SEPT. 23. The Queen has been pleased fo approve of Mr B. Cramer as Consul to Belize for his Majesty the King of Prussia. ADMIRALTY, SEPT. ?9, With reference to the Supplement of the London Ga zette of the 12th July, 1861, the following officers have been allowed to assume, from the Ist July last, the ranks expressed against their names, without increase of half pay : Commanders on Retired List, to be Retired Captains— Sir William Cunningham Cavendish Dalyell, Bart., Henry Parker, Edward Littlehales, Edward Herbert Kenney , Henry John W, S. P. Gallwey, Alexander Collingwood Thomas Dickson, John Charles Pitman, John Currie By non, Thomas Woodgate, John James Robinson, William Salmon Cooper, Richard Wilson Pelly, Montagu Thomas, Francis Philip Egerton, Jacob Sankey, George Sprigg, John Viner Willyams, Lewis De Tessier Prevost, Langton Browell, Charles Randle Egerton, Right Honourable Mark, Earl of Antrim, Charles Evelyn Rowley, Henry Samuel Hunt Boyse, Frederick Thomas Barnard Hankey, Thomas Maitland Rodney, William George Maude (B), Henry Byng, Robert Dash% ood Fowler, William Barrie, Richard Roger Western (B), George Curtis Adams. David Adye Buchan, Walter Need, and Lauchlan Lellirigham Mac kinnon. Lieutenants on Reserved List, to be Retired Commanders —William Henry Boyce, Henry Cranmer March Phillirps, John Todd, Thomas Dutton, John Church, James Richard Denyer, Henry Perin Steele, Charles Scott Jackeon, Joseph Fauriel Barrett, George Garvey, Richard Weatherley, William Congdon, James Savage, Peter Petrie, John Sampson Jago, Hanry Weston Tomkins, William Sweet ing, Daniel M'Nealo Beatty, Charles Beamish Ware, Charles March, William Cole, John Radcliffe, William Ryder, George Pew, Simon Taylor Ogilvie, Edward Aitchison, Elliott Morres, Robert Justice, Chas. Parker (B), Robert Hodder, Lew:s 1). Mitchell, Wm. 11. Dwarris, Charles Carpenter, Sir W. Hanham, Bart, John Brett ere, Thomas Hillerdson Butted, Marcus Worsley, Henry Hope Johnstone, David Henry Watson, Hon. George Francis Colley, Charles Gosset, John Geddes, Richard Sadleir, Hugh Hav kshaw, Hon, Granville Liudley Ryder, Willfain Lowry, John Wainwright, Francis Robert Dashwood, Frederick Abraham Smith, Augustus George Barrette, Charles Mallard, Sampson Edwards, William Henry Martin, I;3tewart Nash Inglis, Thomas Hardy, William Forsyth Smith, William Mansell, Conway Richard Dodds, John Septimus Roe, Thomas Richmond, Thomas Richard Frampion, Charles Wyndham Rawdon, James Liddell, Leven C. F. Walker, Charles IL Ackerley, Henry Asser Corneck, John Henderson (D), Charles Branu, Patrick Kerr, Joseph. Grote, William Henry Geary, Henry Fortescue, Francis Took, James Ogilvy D dgleish, Charles Caley, Robert Kennedy Thomson, Chas. Blatchley, William Nelson Griffith, John de Courcy Dashwood, Henry Amsinck, Joseph Frank Torupson, Charles Garrett, J , lia Markham, Charles Robert Dashwood, James Saumsrez J plason, Henry Knolles, Robert Campbell, Thomas Eyre Hodder, Giibert.Francis Dawson, Thomas Lyell, Edmund Long Eve, William Yuuug Gil!, James Murray Pentland, George Manning, Thomas Cobb, F. Henry Le lelesurier, Richard John Marsh, Charles Henry Price, Thos. Eyton, William Burt (A), William C. Simmons, William Squire, James Thompson, George Hingston, William Dent Dent, Archibald Bryan Mehcux, William Wright, Sir Henry Sacheverel Wilmot, Bart, George Benjamin Bunbury, William Wooldridge, William Charles Webber, John Sibly, Francis Wall Justice, Joseph Aug. Witham Hill, William Hornby, William Breeden, Edward Kelly (B), Nicholas Evans, Windham Berkeley Portman, Poulton Williams, James Boulton, Garret Rufus Taylor Disney, Edmund Pope, Edwin Lipscombe, Jeffrey Hale, John Tom, Widiam Lewis (B), Edward Harvey, William Candler, Robert Larnport Pergelly, Richard Edward Cumberland, Wm. H. Shaw(B), Peter Belches, John Lethbridge, Thos. MeGowan, Thomas Jones (C), James Broornan, George Wo:d Webber, Charles Hopkins (B), John Walker (B), James Campbell, (A), George Vaughan Hart, John Watson Wakefield, Henry Towry White, Thos. Atkinson Butler, John Burrough, William Henry Riall, Robert Arnyett Newman, Pearson Foote, Lundy Dickinson, Jas. Clewlow Perry, John Lascelles, Edward Bevan, John Gustavus Crosbie, Spencer Drake, Samuel Sawbridge, Chas. William Henry Gage Fitzroy, James Tuner, Michael Turner, Richard Estes Rogers, William Hubbard (B), Thomas Burton Maynard. Lieutenants on Retired List, to be Retired Commanders —John Pollard, William Fitzwilliam Wentworth, Thomas Williams (B), John Henry, William Francis Young, John Ludlow Nelson Seeley, Willoughby Shortland, Sir John Heron Maxwell, Bert., Frederick J. F, Henslow, George Sherbrooke Airey, Honourable John O'Grady, James Campbell Hamilton, Honourable Robert Le Poer Trench, Henry John Harvey, Augustus Frederick James Bowen, Henry Thomas Laye, Hawkins G. Ayscough, N. Norway, William Austin, Whaley Armitage, Charles Bamber Warren, Benjam i n Sharpe, Charles Richard Marcuard, Arthur Burrard Kingston, George Henry Charleton Sun derland, John Blackinore, Charles Bullen, John Horatio Woolward, Algernon Stewart Austen, Alexander John Smith, Augustus C. Murray, Benjamin Francis Helpman, Joseph Nourse, Edgar Stade, George Baring Browne Collier, Peter Alexander Halkett, Sir Augustus Frederick Webster, Bert., Lewis Roper Fitzinaurice, mad Robert William Henry Herbert, Course of Exchange,—Yesterday, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. 12 2} Antwerp — 12 77} Brussels — 25 77/ Hamburg Paris . Ditto Marseilles ....... Frankfort on Maine — 1201 Vienna .. — 12 5 Trieste Petersburgh .. 291 Berlin — -- Madrid Cadiz - - 47a 474 Leghorn — 25 921 25 971 I 1 Milan .... Genoa — 25 9J 26 0 Naples Palermo — 25 95 26 0 Messina .. — 25 95 26 0 Lisbon - 51 51k Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Stanbtd)......per oz., £3 17 9 Silver in Bars (Standard).. 0 0 0 12 191 12 3j 12 z 3 25 821 25 82} 13 10 25 371 25 80 25 82} 121 _ _ 12 13 12 13 29i SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. I.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate brecza and flue weather, but rather cloudy. BRISTOL, Sept. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sidonian, from Onega. FALMOUTH, Sept. 30.—Wind N,—Arrivel—Canaan, from Manilla. DARTMOUTH, Sept. 30.—Wind E.—Sailed—Hespon a, for Shanghai. OPT FALMOUTH, Sept. 30.—Arrived—Cheviot, from Madras. CARDIFF, Sept. 30,—Arrived —South Devon, from Bilb a. ""OFF QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 30.—Arrived—Viola, from bloulmein —Florence, from Buenos Ayres, short of provi sions—both for Liverpool. WARRENPOINT, Sept. 30.—Arrived—Alexandria Law vich, from New York. According to telegrams received yesterday after., noon, the exchange at Calcutta, on the Bth ultimo, was 2s lid, showing a change; at Bombay, on the same day, 2s lid, or Id lower; at Canton, on the 26th August, 4s 91d, or id lower; and at Shanghai, on the 21st August, 6 3 9d, being 2/d lower. REMOVAL OF TUE LIVERPOOL OBSERVATORY. — Notwithstanding the representations made by astronomers, including the Astronomer Royal and a large number of persons interested in meteorological observations, the Mer sey Dock Board decided yesterday to remove the Observa tory from the Princes's Dock, Liverpool, to Bidston Hill, in Cheshire. There has been for many years a lighthouse on Bidston Hill, and the position commands extensive views seaward, as well as over the Cheshire district, and includes the ehtuaries of both the Mersey and the Dee.