The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-03 00:00:00

MARKET ONEY AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELTE O'CLOCK. The general discount market presents a rather stringent aspect, the engagements of the 4th having to be arranged today. There is a pretty good sup ply of money, but brokers are unwilling to take in bills below the official minimum of 8 per cent. A further sum of £44,400 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon, although the rates were a trifle higher in a few instances. About £500,000 worth of the Mexican dollars by the last packet have been sold at ss. Cid. per ounce, showing a fall of lid. compared with the previous price. Since Monday last the imports of specie hale amounted to £1,719,251, and the exports to £71,410. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap. po?nted Tacsday next for a special settlement in the shares of the Ebbw Vale Company, for tranvia. tions entered into on and after the 22d July. Two CoLooic. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's' telegram, the French 3 per Cents. were 66f, 72c . Flat. The English Stock Market continues very flat' and sales for delivery continue to be made, which in addition to speculative operations for a decline, have produced an adverse effect upon quotations. Consols are 881 4 for money and the Bth, and 883.1 for,:October. The New Threes are 851 86k cx div., the Reduced, 861 ex div. ; Exchequer Bills, 30s. to 255. die. ; and June 5 per Cents., 1031 1; Bank Stock is 242. Foreign Stocks are dull and heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 1 ; do. Consolides, 50* ; Mexican, 281 ; do. New, 24 260 ; Greek, 231 241 ; Spanish Passive, 311 s ; do. Certificates, 14 ; Portuguese, 474 I; Italian, 661 4 ; Russian, Sit 881 ; and the Confederate Loan, 741 751. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been very restricted, and prices exhibited less firm ness. North Western have declined 55. ; Great Western, ss. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been very inactive at about previous prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in very limited r-quest. Alliance have receded to 51 ; London Joint Stock, to 43 ; London Financial to 231 ; while Credit Mobilier have improved to 13i ; and Credit Foncier to 131. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cont. Consols Do Account, Aug. 8 .... 3 per Cent. Reduced B6 i New 3 per C en t .... 85 1 6 i . New 2i per C en t. J an. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, e x pi re sth J an., 1880.. . — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per. Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £200 Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Do Account .......• INDIAN GOVERNMEN T SECURITIES. . India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874.... Do Account ........................ Do 5 per Cent. July, 1670 Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 Do Certificates Do Account .. Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do 4/ psi Cent. Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 18661 Do BondsXl,ooo 25 Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent Do Doer Cent., 1852-58-60 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Ac count...... Chilian 6 per Cent. Do 41 per Cent Colombian 6 Cuba, 6 per Centper Cent .. Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 4 per Cent, 1863 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. 121 Do, Provisonal Land Warrant.. Egyptian 7 per Sent 99 Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account •••• Do Coupons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account...... D 01864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c ••••• Do 6 per %;ent. Anglo-French .. die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid .... Moorish T aaperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do Z per Cent. Do beferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do D ebentures, —.bentures, 4 per Ct., A pr il 18 61 Ddo Peruvian 41 pe r Cent Aug., 1866 — Do 3 peer Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 PortUgi tose 3 per Cent., 1853 Do .A.o count Do a per Cent., , , , , 1856 '7 '9 '6O 62;3 — D o Account Rtuisian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9l Do 1 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch - D o Scrip, £4O paid Sat , lini an 6 per Cent p 1:o Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Pio Passive Do Account 311 1 S panish Cert. of C oup not funded Do, Account ...... Swedish, 4 per Cent "o Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 S.'Do Account.... Do 6 p er C ent. 1868 • ......... • DoDo Account £ l OO Bonds Do DoD6 per Cent. 1862 o Account ................... 70i £lOO Bonds.. . . 1863 . : Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... Venezuola 3 per C ent . Do A.ccount Do Account 47.......... Do,Ferip £45 paid ............... Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account ..................... D Belgian 4i per Cent., EL . ........... utch 2/ per Cent. Ex. 12 ....... Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent. , 1861, FAX ........ :26 francs.. Do Account ......... • .. French R entes, 2. per Ce .•' t .. ..... .... P eruvian Dollar Bondri, 41 per • CV.Ex. 4s s . -- , x. 25f ..... Piedmontese, 5 per Cent. E. March. June. WO O' CLOCK. 0011841 Money .................... T 881 .Acnount ..... . Do Oct. •• • • 88k 881 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, arket quiet . Sales probably 3,000 bales JJu ON GRAIN AT LIVERPOOL.--110 Mersey Docks and H'arbour Board decided yesterday to charge dock and town arbour on grain by weight instead of by measure after the lat September. A VICIOUS HORSE. --A coroner's inquest was con cluded at Cambridge on Monday on the body of M 947 Ann Papworth, aged 8 years. A man named Daul, a lighterrnan, Who plies on the Cam, was the owner of a large gray horse, which had a habit of viciously attacking any one who pasaed near him. On several occasions he he a l attacked and kicked at passers and one occasion of actual injury sustained was proved, in order to substantiate the fact that many warnings, orncial and otherwise, had been addressed to the owner of the horse that he should not pasture the horse on the common to the danger of passen gers. On Se.turday, the 20th inst., the little girl, Mary Ann Papworth., Was passing near to where the h orse was on the com mon, when it was seen to kick her. 2 he was picked up bleeding from her mouth and ears, and she died almost ghter against directly. The jury found a verdict of Manslau David haul, the owner of the horse, and he was committed for trial. Bail was taken. 741 E AGE OF CHIVALRY, —According to an ()facial document l ately printed, there was last year 13 , 1 47 assaults on women. co mmitted in E ng l and and Wales f or which the par ties were ch arge d b efore the magi strates., BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing She Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 atlantic &St Lawrence all 58 60 Sk 3 om.,l3aroda&Cent Inc 100 101 102 WU Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. E. Shares 7l 1 dis p 206 3udal° and Laiielluroi all 3 56 10 Do. Preference .... • all 71 81 100 duftalo,Brant,&Godricl 100 75 80 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1,18;: 100 Do. do. July 1, 187. 100 75 80 . 00 /o. do. June 1, 187 , 100 75 80 st , Jleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin. 100 97 99 031 qt !apeTown 1..• Dock Seri , lon 94 95 100 Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf all %took ti:astn. Bengal gu. ap. tee 102 104 Stook I,:ast Indian. gu. sp. c 10n 101 /02 1011 20 Do. do. G Est.—. all 191 201 20 Do. do. 11 do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada iW 19 20 1 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 924 1 charge 6 per cent all 91 93 100 Do. Ist rrel. Bonds aii 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred,.... all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 stook Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.o 100 102 103 104 2 0 Do. New g, ua. sp. e... 12 par ip stook Cit. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO stock Do 2 at/ Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 9?, 10 10 1 Do. New . . .• 18 104 104 c 10 0 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 89 01 1 0 0 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8 all 82 84 10 Indian. Branch Limited 2 d fp stook lladras, guar., sp. o. stook Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 93 0 5 stook De. 44 do lOO 89 01 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stock ilelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds 100 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 CO 100 Do. 7p. O. Kortg. Bds. all 90 Newßruzswiok ffi Cando Class A and B all 3 5 Rl.C'das po Ist fbds 100 83 81 stock Soinde (100 996 1006 stock Do. Delhi... p 1 1 100 996 100 c 80 Do. ' rj . 2 Id par at Do. Ptuijaub , 1 all 936 1006 103 Do. Du. , stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1,100 95 97 954 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 lOO Do. do. 1883 lOO C ut; 1877-81 . Do. s p.c. Feb. Aug 100 96 99 Do. Ap. c.3lar. & Sept. 100 98 102 Do. 6p. o. Jan.&July. lOC 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 84 86 85 31 41 ;ape G.llope, 6 p c,187: 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 100 107 109 Do. 1891 100 109 11l Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 107 101 L;eylon, N0v.1878, 8 100 110 112 llaurititts b p.ceni.lB73 100 103 105 Do. Do . 1878 'OO 103 106 1882 104 101 13 Natal Gov. 6 per cent lou 144 107 N.8.G0v.6 a.&Jul, 100 97 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Doi. 100 S. W. G ov. 5 p 1,186, 100 97 99 Du. sp. c.,11371 to Ic7l 100 96 98 —. Do. d0.,1888 &upwcli 100 96 98 951 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 Nova Scotia G ov. 6p. c. sterling, 1 875 lOO 99 102 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 100 103 Aus Gdp.c.1878.4y up lOO 106 1 08 VIo.GOV, b p.c. Ja.aqul, 100 - Do, to 8 p.c. An..tOot.. 100 .09 110 IC9 1 BRITISH MINES. X Uambriau Consol. Gold 1 chilord Amalgamated ) 30 32 I Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) ' 1 580 590 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 67 69 I East Clogau Gold Ltd —d I East Car adon ...... 2.14.6 27 28 East Cam .... 3.4.0 74 7f —• (Tavistk ) 8.13.0 5 55 !Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ; 581 5 7 GreP:c South Tolgus 178 2 2i IG. Wheal Vor (Lielstot 40 27 28 27f 'Grenville .. [ lend's-Foot ...... 8.12 88 40 El ingston Downs 4.18.0 3/ 44 -- (Lady Bertha 'Margaret (tiny Lelant 95 7 9 'Matte Valley.. ..... . 4.30 15 5 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim., 24, 15 d— New Setun l9 , 75 85 -• North Downs 3 It 1t -- N.Wh'l Basset (111ozan, 3.1.0 2 25 I North Wheal Crafty 2.6.9 3 33 I Par Consols (St. Blaze) - i providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 !South Caradon(St.Cleer) it LOO 520 :3. Cam Brea (Illogan) — - IS.Wheal Fran. (1110gan,[18.18.9 425 475 Stray Park famar Silv.ec Lead Min — I fin Cron 9 18 19 West Basset (Mogan) l5 8 9 WCr radon (Liskeard) 9 91 101 West Seto-t - -Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 92 85 Wheal Buller(Bedruth) 10 18 20 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott 3.5.8 14 2 Wheal Mary Ann ;Um) 8 14 16 Wheal 3eton .l 585 210 215 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.). 7 19 21 Wheal Union I 4 l4 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 87 North Eastern, Cons. priff, 4 per cent.,7-- Ditto, 4y per cent red., Du PREFER.ENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, etc., Netrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 061 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 44 per Cent., Ditto, Corn. Fund stock, 5 per cent., 974 8 F ( :)RE/G3 RAILWAYS., Paris and Orle: t n s , 35 Ban Paulo gua. 7 per cent.;l4.: Ditto 'tall), 184 18 FOREIGN MLNES. Yqtiananautana of S. Australia, lim., Alliance BANKS. (111 n.). 531 4 1 Bank of British Columbia,"l6 1 Bank. of Queensland (lim), 18 Bank of Wales, lim., 171 Chartered kler. of India, London, and China, 64 31 Consolidated Bank, lira., 14 European Bank, lira., in Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 311 21 Ditto, new, I9j Imperial Bank of Nina, India,:and Japan, Imperial Ottoman, IQ Land Mortgaze Bank o 1 India, lira., 5/ 5 London awl. County, , London :Dint Stock ,! '21431 . 31 a e t re l,0 8 L a t i i I p e r a o n v d i n E c i x a c l h o a i n Ditto, ditto. 381 New South Wales, 45 1 South East ern, lim , 9 Union of Australia,. 521 1 Union of L0nd0n,.621 4 14 I Berlin Water Work M s, lSi CELLANEOUS. m.. Si City of Londo n Real Property, lim 1 City Offices, lim., 3 4 1 Continental Union Gas, lint., 8/ Credit l"oncier, 12i 0 131 Credit Mobiihr, 121 131 Crystal Palace, 33,1 Egyptian Coin. and Trading, 11m., 34 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., Home and C >lonial ssuralice, lim., 6 Hudson's Bay, 163 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asao., International Financial society, lim.. 9r it Joint Stock Discount, lim., 61 London Financial Association, Dm., 23a London General Omnibus Company, 3} Mauritius Land, Credit, and Agency, bin., 2 National Discount Company, lim., 131 North British and Mercantile Insurtnce, lim., 171 West India and Pacific Steam, lim., 91 At the !meeting of the General Omnibus Com pany, to be held on the 20th instant, a dividend and bonus equal to 61 per cent. per annum will be declared for the half-year ending June 30, and a sum of £4,990 Is, 10d, will be carried forward to the next account, SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Railways. Wol., and Str. Val. ti.ythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ......... Cork and Bknion Cornwall A nets no div Do. B Do A till 5p c.p an,has Dubml ben pnid to B. &p Belfast June. D un.,Perth,ArAb. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and 8. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stook 84 68 Ulf 1251 6 7 32 34 16 17 89 91 111 113 46} 47/ 7 7i P 9 131 141 14: 127 t3O 90 92 CBi 69 Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelrn Great Westerr,Original' Do Str Val nua. sta.:li! Do. South Wales Do. West Mid. -Oxford' Do Newport Do lierelord Lanoashite F Yorkshire London and lilackvvall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Len., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So'ith Western Man., Ski., Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do Binning. et Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 1154 116 65 67 102 tO3 40 42 112 i 1121 Vsi ¢6) 65 66 107 108 131} 131 k 101 1( 3 Do. a shares ttld Kert North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—BerwicK Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle D. Stook. & Darling Do do 1855-58 Do do 1861-61 61 65 25 25 1051 105 i 64 65 93 94 36 87 9 10 t 7i 8 i 4 , 123 126 6 li P !North London Do New Do Nevr, 1364 North Stanbrushire. IN. and S. W. Junction. 'Scottish Central 75 77 11 114 126 130 Soot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Soot:Mid. stock Shrews, and Welehpooi Shropshire Union I South South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Taff Va1e........„ Do B Do C Vale of Neath lWaterford & Kilkenny, West Cornwall W. Ilartlepool Har.&R .57 59 Z 4 16 83i 84 101 103 7 8 160 165 5 6 2 3 1.) 101 103 34 36 Paid. Closing 1 Business Price. I done. 46 i i i 6S f 104 401 112 A. 12 95/ 1351 1071 131 i 1 101 1051 ei 851 1 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before T. Gibbons, Esq.) MINTON V. CORN AND ANOTHER-PHOTOGRAPHING A BAILIFF-NOVEL IDEA. This was an action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of the defendants not pro perly teaching the plaintiff the business of a photographer, as agreed. When the case was originally tried before Mr Commissioner Kerr, it appeared that the plaintiff had paid a sum of money to the defendants, who are photographists in Fleet-street, to teach him the business, and he alleged that they had not properly endeavoured to do so, but had wasted his time and caused him to lose money. To this the defendants answered that plaintiff had no capacity, and that it was quite imp-..issible to teach him. The plaintiff replied that they did not know how to teach, being quite incapable themselves. Upon this the Judge asked who was the bailiff on the Fleet-street district, Bailiff—l am, sir. His Honour—Then go to the defendant's studio and have your portrait taken— (laughter)—and when it is produced here on the adjournment day I shall be able to see how far they can teach you, plaintiff. To-day both parties attended, and his Honour asked for the portrait. The defendants having produced it, his Honour said that there really could be no mistake about it. Mr Aikman (high bailiff) recommended the bailiff not to allow the portrait to be hung in Fleet-street, or he might find a difficulty in serving those wanted. Plaintiff complained of the injustice of trying his case by any suck standard as this. It was nothing to do with him, if defendants could take a portrait of a bailiff ; what he re quired was either to be taught the trade or have his money back. His Honour could only be bound by that which he found in the summons. The case was adjourned for the portrait of a bailiff, which, being produced, satisfied the Court. Defendants said that plaintiff could not be taught. Plaintiff still persisted that he was not fairly dealt by, and his honour nonsuited him, but without costs. Plaintiff nonsuited, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARKETS---This Day. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of the Right Hon. Anne Baroness Grenville, of Dropmore, near Boaconfield, Bucks, and of South-street, Park-lane, was proved in London, on the 4th ult., by the Hon. George M. Fortescue, the sole executor. The per sonalty was sworn under £25,000. Lady Grenville was the daughter of the first Lord Camelford (title extinct), and married, in 1792, the Right Hon. Wyndham Lord Gren ville (title also extinct), who died in 1864. Her ladyship died in June, having executed her will in 1857, bequeath ing an annuity of £5OO to Mary Phillimore, of Shiplake, daughter of Dr. Phillimore, and to other annuities of £2OO and £5O, as also an annuity of £5O to her housekeeper. Her freehold estates in Cornwall and Bucks her ladyship has devised to her executor, the said Hon. G. M. Fortescue, the nephew of her deceased husband, and has appointed him residuary legatee of her personal estate. The will of William Salt, Esq., banker, Lombard.street, and of Park-square, Regent's-park, formerly of Russell square, was proved in London by his relict, and the per sonalty sworn under £30,000. To his wife he has bequeathed an annuity of £6OO, chargeable upon his landed property, subject to which his several estates in Staffordshire are de vised to his four sons in certain proportions fully set forth in the will. He has also loft to his wife the residue of the personalty. To each of his four sisters legacies of £5OO are bequeathed, as also legacies to his nephews and nieces. To each of the clerks in his banking house a legacy of £5O; to the porter and housekeeper each £2O ; to the housemaid £10 ; and a like legacy of £lO to each of his own servants. To the Stafford Infirmary and the Northern Dispensary, Eas ton- square, each £2OO, free of legacy duty. The will of Henry Merceron, Esq., of Hackney-road, was proved in the London Court, under £140,000 per , sonalty, and probate granted to his relict and his daugh ter, EUzibeth Merceron, the joint acting executrixes and trustees. The will was made in 1858 and a codicil in 1863. To his relict he has bequeathed a life interest in £30,000, which, upon her decease, will fall into the residue left amongst his three daughters. To his son Joseph he leaves an annuity of £5OO ; and to his son Henry the estates, subject to tho said annuity and the wife's interest in the residence. Thera ate several legacies to hie relatives and friends, and bequests to the following institutions :—The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Christianity amongst the Jews, Enlargement of Churches, Education in the Principles of the Established Church, Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; the National School, St. John, Bethnal•green, and Bloomfield Educational Fund— each £lOO. To the Bread Charity, Bethnal-green, founded by his late father and Mr Inman, £2OO ; and a like sum to the eight almshouses in Bow-road founded by Mrs. Bowry) also to the charity founded by the late Mr Thomas Par minster in Bethnal-green, £lOO, the dividends to be given to the widows excluded from the almshouses by reason of the death of their respective husbands who were the occu piers ; to each boy in the school founded by the said Mr Parminster, £I, and to the Master £lo,—lllustrated London News, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE FIRE IN DEAN-STREET.—ASSAULT ON A CON STABLE.—Iieury Talbot, of 48, London-street, Fitzroy square, was charged before Mr Knox with behaving in a disorderly manner in Dean-street, Soho, and also with assaulting Police constable Edwards 124 C. Edwards said that about 1 o'clock that morning a fire broke out at a timber yard in Dean-street, Soho, and he was en gaged with a body of constables in keeping the crowd back. The prisoner came up and tried to force his way through the line of police, and refused to go back. He told the prisoner that no persons were allowed to pass, and the prisoner then seiz.ld him by the throat and created a good deal of confusion, and he was obliged to take him into custody. In answer to Mr Knox, the constable said the prisoner was not sober. The prisoner said he had an aunt living in the street, and he was anxious to get through the crowd. He did not re member striking the constable. Mr Knox remarked that the constable did not say he was struck. Prisoner said he was sorry for what had occurred. Mr Knox said the polico were employed at fires to keep order and assist the firemen, and if order was not kept ter rible things would happen. He should fine the prisoner Ns for assaulting the constable. WESTMINSTER. A CHOICE OP REFUGE PECULIARITY OF TASTE.— Mary Starmere, a tall young woman, was charged with being disorderly at the door of St. Luke's Workhouse, Chelsea, and wilfully demolishing a pane of plate glass value 163. George Blandford, the porter of the workhouse, said that last night the defendant came and requested to be admitted. He gave her an order for admission for the night, but she refused to accept it, Mr Arnold—What did she want then ? Witness—She wanted to be kept in the house'. She said she did not merely wish for the night's lodging, but re quired permanent maintenance there. Mr Arnold—What did sho say P Witness—She said she would either come in for good or go to prison and nothing else, and then she broke a large pane of glass. I produce a piece of it, it is half an inch thick. Mr Arnold—How did she possibly contrive to break such thick glass ? Witness—When she said she would take her choice and go to a prison, she went and got a brick, and then ham • mered at the glass until she broke it. Defendant said that she was ill, and wanted doctor's ad• vice, and the workhouse was the place she considered she ought to go to, although she admitted that she had lived a very profligate life, Mr Arnold—He offered you an order for admission then, and you should have taken it. What do you say to break ing the glass ? Defendant—l admit it. Mr Arnold—l shall commit you for 14 days. I would give you a longer period, but then you would have better food. With the 14 days you will only have bread and water. Defendant exclaimed (' I can do it on my head." THAMES. • HODUSSING AND ROBBING A SAILOR.—Sarah Williams and Caroline Penning, two bloated and dissipated women, were brought before Mr Paget charged with hocussing and robbing a sailor named William Youll. The prosecutor, a respectable man, said he was carpenter of the ship Wallisch in the West India Dock. He had his supper last night at the Leopard Coffee-house. Soon after wards he met Williams in the street, and was taken by her to a house in Philip-street, St. George-in-the-East. He saw Fenning there. A glass of ale was handed to him, and directly he swallowed it he became insensible. When he came to himself he was very ill and had no coat and waist coat. Both had been removed from his person, while he was insensible. They were new and worth D. Sulina Jennings, neodlewoman, said she lived in the house and saw the robbery committed. While the prose cutor was insensible Fenning took off his coat, put it under her cloak, and followed the other prisoner. The sailor was then "chucked" out of the house by Mrs. Wallis, the landlady. In answer to questions by Mr, Paget, the wit ness said she had only been in the house ten days. She was a shirtmaker, and worked for a woman named Miller. She was not an unfortunate girl. She told the police-constable of the robbery directly ho came on his beat. All the females in the house wanted to charge her with the rob bei y. George Coleman, No. 310 H, stated that the last witness informed him of the robbery. He went to No. 36, Devon shire-street, St. George's-in-the—East, where ho found both prisoners. Ho had not yet traced the clothes. There were a great many low brothels in Phillip.•street. The one, No. 13, where Youll was hocussed and poisoned, was the worst of the lot, The sailor was not inebriated when he saw him, but perfectly collected. Sailors were continually hocussed and plundered in the horrible houses in Phillip-street. He and other police-constables were continually warning sailors. They were picked up by such wretches as the prisoners, hocussed and robbed. Mr Paget said it was a fearful state of things that sailors should be plundered so shamefully. He was surprised the girl Jennings had retained her honesty in such a vile and low place. He remanded the prisoner for a week, CLOSE OF THE SALMON FISHERIES,—SaImon fishing for England and Wales, eteept by abglifig i has now closed. The fence time commenced on the same day that partridges came in season—on September 1. The fishings in the estuary of the Severn hams far exceeded anything ever remembered by the oldest inhabitant, taking the district from the mouth of the Wye up to Tewkesbury —i.e., as far as the tide extends. Above the tidal way, owing to the low state of the river nem the long drought, the fishinge have not been so good. The fishing in the tidal way is carried on by means of flied engines (putts, and putchers), draught nets, and lave nets—small nets used at the end of poles. One occupier of putohers in the estuary took at one tide upwards of a ton weight of salmon in his putchers, and a draught net fisher took upwards of 60 fish at one draught, weighing together between 5 and 6 cwt, So plentiful were the fish that recently the skilled mechanics at some tin works at Lydney, in Gloucester shire, all left their work to take to fishing with the lave net. The quantity of fish in the river, which were pre vented going upwards for Want of a " fresh" in the Severn, raised quite a furore of excitement along the banks of the river, The price at the water's edge at one time was as low as 4d. per lb., but this low rate soon induced a number at agents to arrive from different parts of the country, some as far off as Liverpool, when the price rose to 7d. A rail way runs on each side of the river between Gloucester and Bristol--viz., the South Wales on the one side, and Mid land on the other, so that fish could be conveniently de spatched to distant parts. The quantity of Severn salmon brought into Gloucester alone for many days was two tons a day. A good many fish have been destroyed by seine deleterious substance from chemical works near Glouces ter, which has been allowed to flow into the river. This and the extreme dryness of the season have deterred the fish from ascending; upwards, but there can be no doubt about the large increase of fish in the river this year, which may fairly be attributed to the operation of the Salmon Fisheries' Act, to carry out, the provisions of which an association, formed many years ago at Worcester, has been actively at work. A BIG FREIGHT.—W O noticed in a London paper lately that a steamer had carried from Southampton a two thousand ton fi eight, the largest ever carried from England. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's steamer Golden City left Panama on the 25th inst. with twenty-two hun dred tons of cargo and seven hundred tons of coal, besides carrying nearly seven hundred passengers, a nd having room fir as many more. What does England think of our Parl4u:a steamers F---Tanapw ;Star, COVENT GARDEN. Our market to-lay is moderately supplied with fruit and vegetables. On the whole, the trade is firm, at full prices. FRUIT. B. d. 8. 6. Pine apples 6 0 to 7 0 Foreign do., each 1 0 to 2 6 Grapes,per lb 2 6 to 5 0 Foreign do 0 0 to 0 0 Melons ... Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 3 to 2 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..10 0 to 14 0 Lemons, per 100 6 0 to 8 0 Gooseberries hi sved 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Mulberries,prpt 0 4to 0 6 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 Bto 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 6 Figs, per doz. • ... 0 oto 0 6 Peaches, per d 0... 3 0 to 10 0 Currants, per li.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per d(y. .. 2 6to 3 6 Greengages, pr do. 2 6to 3 6 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 oto 5 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 1 9to 4 0 ' 3 Hor s eradish, pdn 1 oto 1 ' , id ditto 0 oto 0 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 oto 0 0 I Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 2 0 I Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 90 oto 140 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 oto 0 c Turnips, dz bunch 2 6to 3 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 5 oto 6 OJJ Cos lett, score .. 10 oto 1 3 Cucumbers 0 4to 1 0 y Mint and savory.. 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas,ll.-sy. 0 0 to u 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 2 oto 2 6 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz.'ibn.. 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 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 0; Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 5s ed to 7s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os ; d uc k s , 2 s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits ' is Od to is 6d each; wild do., 10d to is ld ; pigeons, Os 5d to Os 8d each; Surrey fowls, lOs Od to 13s ; chickens, 8s Od to 10s Od; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; 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 4d per lb ; English eggs , 8s Od to Os Od ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od per 100 ; leverets, is 6d to 4s 6d ; grouse, 2s Gd to 3s Gd. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os lid to is ld ; trout, Od to Od; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os • pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Od per lb ; turbots, Od to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 10s Od ; brills, Os Od to Os Od; dorevs, 2s Od to 8s Od; 'lets, Os 6d to is 6d; lobsters, is to js:Od; crabs, is to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, is to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, 18s to 40s ; natives, 65s to 80s per bush, ; whitings, Gs Od to 12s; haddocks, 12s to 24s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s to 100 s per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beet from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, 06 Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 4d; and pork, Gd to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; veal, 3s 6d to 49 4d; and pork, 33 61 to 4s 8d per Blbs by the carcase. _ _ BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Gid to 7d , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to aid ; 641 b to 721 b, to 31d ; 72lb to 801 b, 3id to 4 d ; 80 1 b to 881 b, 4d to 41d ; 881 b to 961 b, Cid to sd; 961 b to 10411, —d to Od ; 1041 b to 1121b,—d to Horse hides, 108 04 to lls Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s Gd to Oi Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half-breds ' —s Od to —s Od ; Downs, 3s 6d to 5s 3d; lambs, 3s 6d to 7s Od; sheazlngs, 4s 9d to Os 3d. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 Os; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, £4 )s to £6 6s ; clover, £5 Os to £7 7s ; and straw, £1 8s io £1 129 per load. A steady demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £ 4 Os to £6 Os; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os; and straw, £1 8s ,o £1 12s per load. Trade steady. COAL M. Priors of Coal per Ton al 8. d. Holywell ..16 0 Byass's Bebside West Hartley . ... 18 3 Cowpen Hartley 18 6 Walker Primrose 13 3 Eden Main l7 6 North Felton Gas.... ~, 13 9 KET. the oleic of the market. Walls End. 8. e. Hartleioof East Hartlepool 18 9 South ifartlepool 18 0 South X.elloe 18 3 Heughliall 18 3 Hetton l9 0 Braddytl's Hetton 17 9 Bell t 17 0 South Itetton 19 0 )t, 25 ; sc,id. 25. Walls End. Tiaswell ...19 0 Ships at markt The New Patent Office.---Choice of Site for it. (From the Law Times of to•day.) The block of buildings bounded by Southampton-build ings, Chancery-lane, Cursitor-street and Tooke's-court, and principally occupied by old and dilapidated houses, has been fixed upon by a select committee of the House of Commons as one of two preferable sites for the Patent-office, library and museum. The other adjoins the Chancery-lane block, and extends to the north side of the Record-cffice. A plain argument in favour of either site is the plan for concentrating the law courts between Carey-street and the Strand. The committee considers that the necessity for increased accom modation in respect of the Patent-ofice and library is most urgent, as it appears, from evidence taken before the committee, that the want of such accommodation is so much felt as to prejudice the due administration of the patent law. The place now used in South • ampton-buildings for the inspection of specifications and drawings is little better than a dark passage in which there is barely standing room. The present library is of impaired utility, from its crowded state and want of suffi cient attendants. The books are stowed away in a number of small rooms, or closets, some on floors, some on tables, some in passages, and some on shelves ; while the store rooms are so overloaded that the floors have already sunk, and the surveyor of the Board of Works has refused to allow them to be loaded any more fo r fear they should break down. The museum, too, at Ken sington is too much crowded for classification or inspection FY visitors. The cost of the Chancery-lane block would be £205,000 ; the funds for the site and building are to be supplied from the surplus fees. It appears that the surplus of receipts beyond b m y e t arn A p c ts2o4 up to the end ofratent Law Amend expenditure, in the balance of accounts of the fees p a y able , under Bs 2 has the amounted provisions to o x f the 3 186'2, and that the surplus for the year 1863, of which the accounts have not yet been published, i s estimated to amount to £37,000, making up, to the end of last year, a total sur plus revenue of £210,044. This surplus has gone to in crease the public revenue. The committee considers that the object of the fees was to provide for the proper working of the Act, and is of opinion that for the future the annual surplus revenue should be so applied to the extent which may be necessary. An annual surplus of £37,000 represents a pretty little capital of £1,200,000, if such a sum were borrowed on Go vernment security. The whole estimate Pr the Law Courts, including the site and approaches, is only' a million and a half. IVG Would propose, then, if i t woud not involve any spoliation, liation that when the Patent-office and Law C ourts schemes again ..Z)me together under thenotice of Parlia ment, the expediency of an amalgamation might be con sidered, to ease the pressure o n the Chancery funds. No one can deny, when a single I, 2tent of ctse this ye a r has occu pied thirty days sittings' . one of the Vice- Chancellors, that the Patent-office and the Co Chancellors, of Chan cery are under mutual obigations. Since the report of the Select Committee was me de, a large portion of the Chancery-lane block towards Cursitor street is in course of demolition for the Purpose of widening that street and of building offices and chambers. The cost of this site will, therefore, in all probability be increased. How THE LORD ri tovon ov PERTH WAS KNIGHTED. —Probably the fellow citizens and country friends of Lord Provost Boss <re taken by d touching him with r.:: e naked blade, first on the le ft then sur prise when, immediately a fter the unveilingthe statue, the Queen, borrowing a sw ord from ocieral Grey, ‘.,rdered his lordship to kneel down , an ehoUlder, and thee on the right, ordered him to rise tap" Sir David ROM" The newly-created knight hireael l was not much less surprised than any who witnessed the imposing ceremonial. No id about doubt, as we stated last we ek, the Co tirt Journal bad gos sp such an honour being in reserve had no intimation of it till w ithin half-an-hour or less of its being conferred upon him. When the processi on for ut our the Lordpro probability eat of but his lordship himself was formed at the general station, and just before it started, Sir Geo. Grey, aceotuPanied by the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, called on the Lord Provost in his carriage, and asked his Christian name. " David," says his lordship ; " because," said Sir George, " the queen intends to confer upon you the honour of knighthood." His lordship said he hoped not; whereupon Sir George replied, " there must be no refusal," and went and took his place in the proces sion. It was like her NajestY. She meant to honour, through its chief magistrate, our ancient city, and so ordered it that her purpose could not be thwarted. The citizens of Perth, we ha7o no doubt, will duly appreciate the honour conferred Upon them through Sir David Ross; and as for Sir David hitbeelf; Sr° have only to wish that; he may long worthily enjoy dig honour conferred upon him by his Sov ereign,—Per tirshire Acitcrtimr. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Ito Majesty'e Emigration Commissionerg have given notice of their intention to receive tenders on Thursday next, the Bth inst., for a ship to convey emigrants to Sydney, Ne, South Wales. The ship is to be prepared for the reception of her passengers on such day between the 10th and 17th of October as the Commissioners may name, and if not already furnished with a water -distilling apparatus, must be supplied with the necessary fuel for working a new apporatus, to be placed on board by the Commissioners. DEATH FROM A WASP STING.—A little boy, named Poole, residing with his parents at Upton, St. Leonard's, was last week stung between the fingers by a wasp. His mother adopted the usual homely remedies, but he remained ill during the night, and died the next morning, having previously to being stung enjoyed excel lent healh. Extensive Thefts from a Warehouse. At the Manchester City Police-court, on Thursday, Jas. Rodd and Jane Thomas were charged with committing ex tensive thefts from Messrs. Heugh, Balfour, and Co.'s ware house, Portland-street. Rodd had been an engineer in the employ of the firm ; Thomas had been in the same employ but she left and separated from her husband, who is still engaged at the warehouse. She has since been living with Rodd. The prosecutors have missed between £5OO and £6OO worth of stock from their warehouse during the last 15 or 16 months. In August, suspicion fell upon the prisoners ; Rodd was apprehended on the charge of inciting one of the young men in the warehouse to rob his employ era. In spector Shandley went to Rodd's lodgings, in Hulme, and afterwards took the prisoner with him to 63, William-street, Ardwick, where Thomas lodged, and where Rodd often visited her. Under the bed in that house he found, in a box which Rodd said was his, but of which Thomas had the key, upwards of 809 Havana cigars. As many es 1,500 cigars had been missed from the warehouse. The partners imported cigars last autumn, which were divided between them. The residue of Mr Balfour's portien was taken, and the cigars found by Shandley resembled, in size and quality of tobacco, those remaining in Mr Heugh's possession, as proved by Mr Pierce, tobacconist, Dude-buildings. Shand ley also found in Thomas's boxes, at Ardwick, some spools of cotton, a piece of calico, two pieces of muslin, and a vast number of ether articles. Thomas said she know nothing of these things, and turning to the other prisoner asked him to speak for her, and to prevent her getting into tro.uble ; but he also said he knew nothing about the things. They were taken into custody. Shandley also found the following letters which it was stated were in Rodd's writing, and ad dressed to Thomas, whilst she was at Halifax ; _ Manchester, January 8,1864. My dear Miss Dean,—l was verry glad to hear from you this morning & of your safte journey but sorry that your could is so bad, lam happy to here that you have found an happiti.s & I would advise you to make the best of it & use it well now you have it. You did not tell what sort of work you had, but do not truble you► self about it as wether you work or not you shall never want wile I can help you. The best advise I can give you is to heat well sl.Jep well & laugh well, leave dull care for those that like it. The time passes dull with me now I have not you but I look forward to better times & all else we whant that is each others com pany. So cheare up my dear & think not of the past but as a dream. Their hath been but little said in this place about it yet but there is a detective watching me & all I do but you know that an old bird is not to be caught by chaff. The one speaketh kindly to me ; ho hath asked me if I knew where you are & hath promised me all sorts of things to find you but I will not take. A cornieh lad is not so green as be caul by either bobby or old nick. I expect a bother every day but I fear not now you are out of the way. Please to write on the same day as this was written & keep quiet yourself.—l am ever yours yours roost afectionately, JOHN TRELAWNET. My dear Jenny,—As soon as you receive this go to the station and enquire fora parcel addressed to Mrs Tielawney, Halifax, to be left at the Halifax Station until called for, carriage paid. You had better take a cab as the parcel is heavy. There are 9 dozen of lents for those that want them. You can sell them at 5s per dozen, the cost 4s 61, but the cost something in sending. Sell them all. I have sent some cambrics for you. There is 18 yards of fine cault brics, also some seweing cotton. Do not let any one see that until you see me again, so you will take the cambric and cotton away. As I have not seen Mrs P. yet I shall send again praps to-morrow—you had better prepare to come at a short notice. She promised to see me on Tuesday. I hope she well. I trust you are well. Good by. J. T. These letters induced Shandley to pay a visit to Halifax to make further inquiries, and there he succeeded in tracing a large quantify of the missing property to the possession of the prisoner. Ho also ascertained from Mrs Walmsley, with whom Thomas had been lodging at Ard wick, that Rodd had frequently visited her, and that par cels had been brought there for her by a porter named Cousins, who said that he had received them from Mr Rodd at Heugh and Balfour's warehouse. One night Mrs Walmsley heard Rodd and Thomas tearing up something, and the next morning she saw Thomas put some ends of calico, like the piece produced in Court, into the fire. It was ascertained that early in January the prisoner went to lodge with Mrs Gibson, near Halifax, and told her that she was a single woman, and her name was Mary Jane Dean. On Easter Sunday Rodd visited her there, said his name was Jas. Troia wney, and that he was married to the prisoner. At Whitsuntide he again came, and afterwards Thomas showed Mrs Gibson two dozen of calico, which she said he had brought her. Thomas went to Man chester several times. About four weeks ago Rodd again visited Thomas at Mrs. Gibson's, and brought a parcel containing white and grey calico, lace, and cotton spools. Mrs. Gibson bought a dozen of calico from the prisoner Thomas, and some of the cotton spools. On the 16th of August a parcel of goods arrived at Mrs Gibson's house. She had previously received a letter from Thomas, directing her to go to the railway station for the parcel which was to - 'ain dresses and calico, the former to be sold at Ga 6d per dreb :. and the latter at 6id per yard. The parcel con tains what N.. -as stated in the letter. Most of the article s which the prisms ers had disposed off at Halifax had been re covered, and were pi. Auced in court. Rodd had told Mrs , inted with merchants and menu- Gibson that he was Up, cost price, and could sell them facturers, and got articles at . the articles produced were very cheap. It was stated that 141 1 and that they never d such as the prosecutors kept in stoc.,* sold any of them by retail. The cotton al. ho were madesupplied by Messrs. J. and J. Clarke, of Paisley, Ns : 1 1 0 never . of the s am e len g ths for an y other house. The st.:all piece Ines and calico I,, r o d u ced was manufactured b y Messrs. same Co. o f y or k.,_qtreet, Manchester, who never made the Lind of articles t . C.r any other house except the prosecutor and never sold any ,9 1 it in this country but exported it to , Madras. The muslin N;as supplied by Auld and Co. of Glasgow, who supplied no oilier firm in Manchester except the prosecutors with it. The tb:pe traced to the prisoners and produced was such as was supplied by a Glasg° t w ha h t ou th e e only to the prosecutors. It was stated, however, cotton spools and tape must have been taken from a depart ment in which 130 females were e m p lo y ed, and that the stock was so large that a small quantity would not be missed. The prisoners were committed for trial, Rodd for s tealing, and Thomas for receiving the goods knowing them to have been stolen. A GENUINE AFTER-DINNER SPEECH.—At Co- Tentry, on Wednesday night, Mr. Treherne ad dressed his constituents from the balcony of the King's Head Hotel, There was a very limited audience. The principal burden of his speech was the accomplishments of his parrot. He said he had been " accused before of teach ing his parrot blasphemy. Now, his parrot had not the strong feelings which ho had, but he was an uncommon strong hand at biting, which be was not, but ho could hit pretty hard, too, when put to the proof. (Laughter.) He was happy to say that that unfortunate parrot, which was 61'ought up in blasphemy, now most distinctly repeated God save the Queen'—a sentiment which he was sure they would all re-echo. Ile (Mr. Treherne) was a great admirer of Garibaldi, and his parrot said Viva Garibaldi.' But he was happy to say that among his new accomplish ments he had not forgotten that which nature taught him, ' Damn the Whigs. Great lemghter.) A Chesterfield paper says :—" We regret to hear of the serious indisposition of Mr W. P. ..Chornhill, M.P. for North Derbyshire. The hon. g entleman, who 'is now on the Continent, will not, we understand, under any circum stances, allow himself to be again nominated to represent his prescalt cvustitutucy," An Interview with President Davis, The Atlantic Monthly, in an article in the Septetr tbt r number, gives a narrative of Col. Jaques's into: "view wit, h President Davis, which took place some time ago, eriitint a good deal of curiosity at the time. The narrath Te is from the pen of J. R. Gilmore, a companion of Colonel Jaques. The substance of the communications between the Presi dent and the two negotiators was made public at tl le time, but the following extract will give a better idea of t he pro posals discussed : " Suppose," said Col. Jacques, " the two Gover am tints agree to something like this :—To go to the people with I;wo propositions—say peace, with disunion and Southern in le pendence, as your proposition, and peace, with n.nion, emancipation, no confiscaton, and universal araiicsi y, as ours. Let the citizens of all the United States (as they existed before the war) vote `Yes' or ' No' on thet a two propositions at a special election, within 60 days. If f, majority votes disunion, our Government to be bound Ly it,, and to let you go in peace ; if a majority votes union, yours; to be bound by it, and to stay in peace. The two Govern-_ monts can contract in this way, and the people, though. constitutionally unable to decide on peace or war, can ekett, which of the two propositions shall govern their rulers. Let Lee and Grant meanwhile agree to an armistice. Thia would sheath the sword ; and if once sheathed would never again be drawn by this generation." " The plan is altogether impracticabre. If the South were only one State it might work ; but, as it is, if one Southern State objected to emancipation, it would nullify the whole thing, for you are aware the people of Virginia cannot vote slavery out of South Carolina, nor the people of South Carolina vote it out of Virginia." " But three-fourths of the States can ea eeni the consti tution. Let it be done in that way, iu any way, so that it be done by the people. I am not a statesman or a poli tician, and I do not know just now how such a plan could be carried out; but you get the idea—that the people shall decide the question." "That the majority shall decide it, you metal. We se ceded to rid ourselves of the rule of the majority, and this would subject us to it again." "But the majority must rule finally, either with bullets or ballots." "I am not so sure of that, Neither current events nor history show that the majority rules, or ever did rule. The contrary, I think, is true. Why, sir, the man who should go before the Southern people with such a proposi tion, with any proposition which implied that the North was to have a voice in determining the domestic relations of the South, could not live hero a day. He would be hanged to the first tree, withunt judge or jury." " Allow me to doubt that. I think it more likely he would be hanged if he let the Southern people know the majority couldn't rule," I replied, smiling. "I have no fear of that," rejoined Mr. Davis, also smiling good humouredly. " I give you leave to proclaim it from every housetop in the South." "But, seriously, sir, you let the majority rule in a single State, why.not let it rule in the whole country ?" " Because the States are independent and sovereign, the country is not. It is only a Confederation of States; or rather it was; it is now two confederations." " Then we are not a people—we are only a political part nership ?" "That is all." "Your very name, sir, United States,' implies that," said Mr Benjamin. "But toll me, are the terms you have named—emancipation, no confiscation, and universal am nesty—the terms which Mr Lincoln authorised you to offer us ?" "No, sir; blr Lincoln did not authorise me to offer you any terms. But I think both he and the Northern people, for the sake of peace, would assent to some such conditions." " They are very generous," replied Mr Davis, for the first time during the interview showing some angry feeling, " but amnesty applies to criminals. We have committed no crime. Confiscation is of no account unless you can enforce it, And emancipation I You have already emancipated nearly 2,000,000 of our slaves, and if you will take care of them you may emancipate the rest. I had a few when the war began. I was of some use to them ; they never were of any to mc. Against their will you emancipated' them, and you may emancipate' every negro in the Confederacy, but it will be free. We will govern ourselves. We will do it ;if we have to see every Southern plantation sacked, and every Southern city in flames." "I see, Mr Davis, it is useless to continue this conver sation," I replied, and you will pardon us if we have seemed to press our views with too much pertinacity. We love the old flag, and that must be our apology for intruding upon you at all," As we were leaving the room Mr. Davis said, "Say to Mr. Lincoln from me that I shall at auy time be pleased to receive proposals for peace on the basis of our independence It will be useless to approach me with any other." When we went out Mr, Benjamin called Judge Ould, who had been waiting during the whole interview—two hours at the other end of the hall, and we passed down the stairway together, as I put my arm within that of the judge, he said to me," Well, what is the result ? " "No thing but war—war to the knife." "Ephraim is joined to his idols—let him alone," added the colonel, solemnly. Milton's House in Barbican, This interesting relic of the poet Milton is now being taken down to make way for the extension of the Metropo litan Railway from the Victoria-street station to Finsbury circus, and probably within the next few days will have altogether disappeared. Of late years such parts of the house as remained intact—namely, the study, the school rcom, end the kitchen—have been used for mercantile pur poses, and the part of it which faces Barbican has long been a dyer's shop. It is known as No. 17 in the street, and is situated a few paces from the north-east corner of Alders gate-street on the eight hand, leading towards Finsbury square. It was here that Milton resided just prior to his becoming Latin secretary to Cromwell, and about the time of his re3onciliation with his first wife, Mary Powell. He was then about 37 years of age. "About this time (1645)," wrote Dr. Johnson in his memoir of the poet, "he had taken a large house in Barbican for the reception of scholars —but the numerous relations of his wife, to whom he generously granted a refuge for a while,occupied his rooms. In time, however, they went away, and the house again, said his nephew Philips, now looked like a house of the Muses only,though the accession of scholars was not great." The schoolroom and study were a good way back from the present line of the street, and were probably selected by Milton on that acconnt, as he had previously chosen a house in Aldersgate-street, as Johnson tells us, at the upper end of a passage, that he might avoid the noise. It is likely b have been a house situate in a garden, of which there were many handsome ones at that time in the parish of Cripplegate, in which it stood. All that remains of it now are detached portions of the oak panelling with which the schoolroom and study were lined, and remnants of latticed windows, the walls being nearly razed to the ground. In taking down the building a small coffin was found embedded in one of the walls, containing what is said to be the skeleton cf a monkey in perfect preservation. BY an agreeable coincidence, while the house of the p oet of "Paradise Lost" is being destroyed in a utilit arian a g e, t h e venerable church of St. Giles, Crippleete, hard by, in which his remains are interred, is undergoing a partial res toration. It is a very venerable and interesting fabric, being upwards of 750 years old, baying been founded in 1090 by Alfrane, the first master of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and dedicated to St Giles, Abbot of Nimes, in France. Besides b e i ng the burialplace of Milton, it has a historic interest as the church in which the marriage of Oliver Cromwell was solemnised, and in which the remains of Fox, the martyro. logist, Speed, and many other worthies are interred. There, too, the burial of Defoe is registered, although he was not interred in the church or the adjacent cemetery, but in the neighbourhood, Tho original structure was at first small, but was at different times greatly enlarged, until at length, in 1545, it was casually destroyed by fire. The present edi fice was then erected, and escaped the great fire of London in 160. It is therefore among the oldest of the churches in the city of London, and is celebrated not more for the ashes of distinguished persons which repose within its walls as for itself, being a fine specimen of Gothic architec ture, richly adorned with monuments and many memorials of antiquity, furnished with a peal of not less than 14 of the finest bells, to which are attached a set of chimes which play every third:hour and vary every day. It has been recently decorated with some handsome stained glass windows, the gifts of old parishioners. In the adjacent cemetery are me mo fine remains of the old wall of London, and part of an and,ent bastion. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, &pt. 3.—Wind, at Noon, S.W.; moderate breeze and fine, CARDIFF, Sept., 2—Arrived—Angelo Carolina, for Bilboa. Sailed_ Monastery, for New York. OFF HARTLEPOOL, Sept. 2—Sailed—Alexander IL, for Gibraltar. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH GRANESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 2.—East Lothian, from Mauritius; Thornborough and Hannah, from Guernsey—Sharoes Rose, from Cronstadt. Sailed, Sept. 3.—Velocity, steamer, for Calais—Damas cus, for Sydney—Allred Ray, for Port, Natal—lndownity, for Melbourne--Neva, for Ilalifax—Concordia, steamer, for Boulogne, Dm, Saturday Morning-. Passed—Seaton, screw steamer, from Suudeaaud, for Bordeaux. Sailed—Cid, screw steamer, for Bilboa. LATEST MODE OF TAKING SALMON. --- One evening last week Mr M'Laren, head fores ter, Inverceuld Forest, while on his way hom e, along with a few of the ghillies, observed a beautiful salmon lying in the pool below the bridge of Dee. In short he casually observed " llow would it do to try a shot at the finny creature ?'' and suiting the action to the word, he immediately lifted his rifle and fired from the top of the parapet, a distance of at least 60 feet, exclusive of five feet of water in which the abject of his aim lay. The result was, a fine fish of something over idib weight turned up Tate dtad,—Dundee awe SPORTING INTELLIGENCE This Day, CITY BETTING-SATURDAY. ST, LEGER. 5 to 2 agst General Peel (taken and offered) 3 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered, 100 to 30 taken) 19 to 2 agst Miner (taken) 100 to 7 agst Baragah (offered) 18 to 1 agst Master Richard (taken) 30 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) 40 to 1 age Breeze (offer.ed) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, • - WEYMOUTH RACES—FRIDAY. The Nursery Stakes (Handicap) of 40 soya, for 2-yr-olds. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr Brayley's Endsleigh, let 101 b (including 51b extra) Mr Walter' s L a tit u d e, 7 st 121 b (Cannon) I (Pearson) 2 Mr W. Day's Cramp, 7st 61b (Dowling) 3 Fille du Regiment, Sister Mary, Tring, Camelia, and Rosette also ran. Betting -6 to 4 agst Endsleigh, 2to 1 agat Latitude, Gto 1 egst Tring, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by a head, the same between second and third. File du Regiment and Sister Mary bolted. A Selling Stakes of 3 sows each, with 20 added ; weight for age, with selling allowances. Half a mile. Prince D. Soltykoffs Rapid, 2 yrs, sst 121 b (C. Page) 1 Mr Brayley's \Vee Aggie, 3 yrs, Bst Ilb ...I\lr . (Cannon) Shrimpton's Diploma, 3 yrs, 7st 41b .. .. (Arnull) Betting-5 to 4on Diploma, even on • Wee Aggie, 3 to, 1 agat Rapid. Won by a head, a neck between second and third. The winner was bought by Mr Domone for 45 g u i neas. Her Majesty's Plato of 100 guineas. Two miles. D M u r k P e e o r t ry' st s . oldm Albans'i ns t i3 er t , i ri 6 d 8 yrs, 3 9 y s r t , 12 8 1 s b t 7 . i . 6 A n d?, Mr Brayloj'a Pelios, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Cannon) 3 Mountain Doe also ran. Betting-5 to 4on Oldminster, 6to 4 agst Brindisi, sto 1 agat Pelios. Won by a length, a neck botween second and third— Mountain Doe tailed off. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sous each, with 20 added; winners extra. Three-qaarters of a mile. Mr George's Rosette (h b), 2 yrs, Gst 2lb .... (G. Sopp) 1 Mr Brayley's Wee Aggie, 3 yrs, 7st 10Ib .... (Cannon) II: Mr Howard's Deanna, 2 yrs, oat 101 b (Scorey) Betting—Even on Deanna, 6 to 4 agst Rosette, 3 to. 1 agst Weo Aggie. Won by two lengths. Deanna bolted. • The winner was bought by Mr Dowding for 62 guir4ea6, BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY, There was a good attendance at the Subscription-rooms to-day, and a fair amount of speculation on the St Leger was transacted; but the business did not indicate any alte ration in the relative positions of the candidates. Pnr• the Derby, 10 to 1 was taken in hundreds about Ostreger, and 40 to 1 was taken to £5O about the Wizard's dam colt. Closing prices : DONCASTER ST LEGER. sto 2 agst General Peel (taken and offered) sto 2 agst Blair Athol (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Miner (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agat Baragah (offered) 100 to 6 agat Ely (offered) 25 to 1 agst Master Richard (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Claremont (offered) 50 to 1 agat Plon (taken) THE DERBY, 16 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Wizard's darn colt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Brown Dayrell (offered) LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, AUG. 31. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M Thomas Kirkpatrick as Consul of Nassau, New Providence, for the United States of America. ADMIRALTY, AUG. 31. Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant Albert Higman to be Captain, vice Noott, who retiree—Second Lieaitenant Jasper Nicolls Harrison to be First Lieuteneut, vice Higman, promoted, AUG. 30. The following promotions have been made :—Mr Michael Harris to be Acting Engineer, with seniority of 24th May, 1864—Mr Thomas Goldsmith Woodfield to be First Class Assistant-Engineer, with seniority of 2d August, 1864 Mr John William Owen to be First Class Assistaut-Engi. neer, with seniority of 2d August, 1861—Mr Hugh Bur-. stow to be First Class Assistant-Engineer, with seniority of 3d August, 1864—Mr Robert Bruce Nicholson, and Mr James Watson 'Watson to be First Class Assit.tant-Engi users, with seniority of 24th August, 1864—Mr Thomas Henry 'lizard to be Master in the Royal Navy, with seniority of 11th June, 1864. AUGUST 31. The following promotions have been made : Lieutenant the Hon. Frederick William Charteris to be Commander. Sub-Lieutenants Henry Coey Kane, Edmund George Bourke, and Henry Rose to be Lieutenants. Sub-Lieutenant Richard Benyon Croft to be Lieutenant, confirming a commission given by Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief on the North Ama rica and West India station, with seniority from 2d August, 1861. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im. portance in the Gazette : John Delany, merchant, Islington Alfred Lion, commission merchant, Old Broad•street J ohn Ogden, cotton spinner, Oldham Charles Hunt, brass caster, Birmingham James T. Richards, grocer, Dalston Thomas Slatford, builder, Holloway John R. Cain, hosier, Leicester Frederick Spurr, hosier, Nottingham Auguste Daniel, water and electro gilder, Frith street s Soho Henty A. Ringo, grocer, Ipswich William Stein, baker, Shevills-buildings, Mile End Robert B. Howard, dealer in curiosities, Migh Holborn Thomas Pool, jun., bricklayer, Harrow Wm. Kaye, builder, Sutton- street, Soho BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Charles Bird, chemist, Worcester Matthew Porter, beer seller, Baycliffe John Roberts, land surveyor, Merionetb. SCO ICH BANKRUPTS. J. and J. Martin, grocers, Glasgow James Murdoch, grocer, Glasgow William Robertson, plumber, Leith John Fitziimions, fishmonger, Edinburgh Course of Exchange,---Yesterday, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 If 12 1: Antwerp - 25 65 25 70 Brussels — 25 65 25 70 Hamburgh 25 25 61 13 oi Paris ... Short. 25 30 Ditto .......... Marseilles Frankfort on Maine.. 1204 120 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 31 311 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leg horn Milan 25 75 25 80 25 77. 25 82f Genoa Naples Palermo 25 77i 25 824 25 774 25 82i 25 774 25 80 Messina — 25 77i 25 80 Lisbon Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ..per oz., £3 17 9 Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 Of BERNE, Sept. 2.—The election of M. Cheneviere to the Geneva Council of State was declared valid by the Federal Council to-day. Geneva is quiet. A GENTLEMAN ATTACKED BY BEES.—Oa Thurs. , day, while Dr. Bonthron, of West Linton, Peebles' shire, was being driven along the road leading from Gar vald to the railway station at Dolphinton, he was attacked by a swarm of bees, apparently newly " cast off," and so severely stung on the face and head as to be unable to attend to his duties for the present. His face and head be came dreadfully swollen and disfigured an hour or two afterwards, the eyes being firmly closed, and the face and throat greatly swollen and discoloured,while a considerable amount of fever has set in from the effects of the poison— in fact, but for the precautions taken, it is probable that the case would have proved fatal. The driver of the vehicle was also stung cn several parts of the head and neck, and only escaped further mischief by a timely use of whip and rein. The queen bee of the cast must have flown directly on Dr Bonthron's head, from the instantaneousness with which he was perfectly covered by the bees ; and it is sup posed that the motion of the vehicle mast have irritated the insects to use their stings. upwards of 30 bee-stings were taken out of Dr Bonthron's face, neck, and head,— Scotsmen, AMERICAN WHEAT CROP.—Th e Ci nc i nna ti Ga. :ette gives the "summing up of the wheat harvest" as follows : —Minnesota, an increase of 2,800,000 bushels ; NVinconein. one-third of an average crop; lowa, a de ficiency of about 1,100,000 bushels ; Illinois, two-thirds of an average crop, or a deficiency of 600,000 bushels. But the /Vc.to York World represents that the deficiency of wheat and Indian corn will be very great, and that the loss upon all crops in the Stites this year, comparing it with a year of good harvests, may reach 175,000,000 dole. MAKING HER FORTUNE.—A celebrated Russian countess appears decidedly to have got the clue to the art of winning at roulette ; she is to be seen every day, and from morning till night, seated at the Baden-Baden table, where she wins fabulous sums of money. GOLDSMITH'S GREEN ARBOUR-COURT, says the Athenceunt, will soon belong only to memory, and pilgrims will look in vain for the old " Breakneck-steps" by which the court was gained on the west side, and which marked a portion of the steep face of old London-wall. THE COST OF THE ERECTIoN OF THE ENORMOUS HOTEL AT CHARING-CROSS TERMINT:3, ROW in course of completion, is above £120,000, A sum of £20,000 is allotted t:of furnishing the hotel. Share t 3.111.