The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-26 00:00:00

ITUVEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. _ . A quieter feeling is manifested in discount circles t „_ l3.ll aY• No one, or very few indeed, can entertain the idea that cheaper money will prevail for some ti Me, but the two very satisfactory returns issued teB Pectively by the Banks of England and France, bays imparted more confidence, and the future is ae lOrdsed with greater stability. The inquiry for acc ommodation has rot been more than the recent daily average. and 79 I Z. per cent. ore the rates still charged fur the best twee months securities. About £50,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday, The stoppage has been announced of Messrs. 'anther and Muller, of Mincing-lane, seed ac erchants. The weekly balance sheet of the Bank of Eng land contains some very encouraging alterations, al lowing the enhanced position which the establish 41ent is making. Annexed is our usual analysis— Active Circulation .. 220,510,650 Decrease 516,845 Adullion 12,831,751 Increase .. .. 205,992 Rest •• •• •• •• •• 3 , 643 , 527 Decrease 26,783 Public Deposits •• •• •• 5,288,725 lucrease .. 142,925 Other Deposits.. .. 13,714,161 ' Decrease .. 236,285 Seven Day and other Bills .. 536,398 Increase 9,751 Government Securities • • • • 10 , 797 , 095 Decrease .. • • 100,000 Other Securities .. • . 19,967,615 Decrease .. 633,226 Notes Unemployed .. 6,221,920 Increase .. 655,855 , The return from the Bank of France, published kat evening, shows soma very favourable altera tions. The cash in hand has been increased by £173,400, and the Treasury balances by X 186,700, ' w hile the bills discounted have been reduced by £418 ,000, the Rotes in circulation by £BO,OOO, the a dvances by £26,700, and the current accounts by £373,400. During the last few days there has been rather( le as .1 animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro m Il e° Markets. Sugars have barely sustained their la te advance; coffee, however, has been in fair de. m ead at full rates; while in tee, rice, fruit, and I Pices an average amount of business has been done at steady quotations. Tallow has remained with -1)tlt any material change as regards values. Two O'CLOCK. IQ Paris this day, accrading to Mr. Reuter's t elegra m , the French 3 per Cents. were 66t, 30e. Very littl e b us i ness h as been transacted in the st uck Exchange Securities to-day. In fact the sev eral departments look almost deserted, owing to th e t very general absence of members and specula tors. The Funds remain at former prices, but k ith .symptoms of depression. Consols for money er e 881 89k, and for the account, 891 1. The NEWi t Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 ; ," 2 4. per Cents., 1894, 72k; Exchequer Bills, 255. `c ) 15i. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents., 104 k. Foreign Stocks continue quiet, and exhibit very etittle el , eration of importance in values. Turkish t PEr Can a., 1962, are 691 701; do. Consolides, °1 3 1 ; Mexican , 28k a ; do. New, 25k 26 k; Greek, ` 1 2111; Spanish PaNstve, 3') ; do. Certificates, 1 34 ; Portuguese, 478 ; and the Confederate "" I°4ll , 77 79. In the Railway Share Market there has been a fi ery limited business, and prices have further given ; S Y. North-Western and North - Eastern have " e ctined ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s.; I Mi dland and Metropolitan each 152.; and Great eaters, 108. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue to be t " e gleeted, and show no material change in values. %Ilk and Miscellaneous Shares are also very d ull. Consolidated have declined to 10! ; Agra e nd Masterman, 138 ; European Bank, 13i ; South E astern, to 9; London Financial, to 24i; and () ie";*6 Financfd:e d'Egypt, to 4i 5. , BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. a -07ERNMENT FUNDS. Per Cent. Consols 3 tllO Account, Aug. 8 is Per Cent. Reduced Ne al 3 per Cent e lv 1894 21 .4 P 47 ° 5 per C e 1873 — 114 uities, 30 yrs , , expire .ith J an., 1880 — -( i fs () for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 'Jo (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Z 1 Mach, June. -c u l, tsquer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. 26 Do £5OO •. 15 1 3 Do £lOO and £2OO ... Ettlk England St; 51 per Ct. .... 244 Bo i Account.. 1 4 DiliN GOVERNMENT SECURITI.ES. ' l „ 4 Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1871.. • • -- 1 , 4 '0 Account ...... -- '`'° 5 per Cent. July, 1670 ...... 104 i • do Account .r, "0 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 - 1 ., Do Certificates ' l l , O Account ..... i . s .l -) 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — ' l i s i t ) 4f pet Cent . 1; 0 Eutaced Paper, 4 per Ct nt •-- DO 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — uo 51 per Cent., May, 1879 1)0 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 L , tionas t, Limo -- Bo under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ttlBtriart Bonds, 5 per Cent — t4zilian 5 per Cent " 0 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Flu Do 1863 -• • ne es Ayres 6 per Cent k.f . , ilian 6 per Cent, -- 0, 1 ; 0 41- per Cent t'', o ntliian 6 per Cent — . 4 t) a, 6 per Cent. t,." 0 5 per Cent, 1864 lllador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. -- D Provisonal Land Warrant ish 3 per Cent., 1825 - ~s . '" 5 per Cent, 1864 s Yptlau 7 per Cent.. q,! -)0 , Second Issue ' h ee l ( 5 pct. Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — ",, 0 Account "O Coupon ' - 1 ) 1 ., 0 Account • , — 11at• ernala 5 per Cent. uc 1839 a n d 1859 Italian d per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 721 -, exican 3 per Cent 1)0 Account , Do 1864 - 1, ,,0 French Scrip, Ex 25f 20c — -uo 6 p er Ceti . Anglo-French -- die „,, Ditto Scrip, £23 paid New Imperial 5 per Cent gew Granada — Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvihn 41 per Cent .. tio 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. -- Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account vortuzuese 3 per Cent., 1863 1 -)o Account .. 47i Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,' 3.. bbo Account 471 f "qxssian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St — D 0 4i, per Gait., 1 850 .. Do 1860 1 9,. 0 3 per Cent 1859 , s 1) 0 5 per Ce,nt, 18 62 '', o Anglo.. Dutch . ... — 13 Do Scrip, £4O paid............ 4t liuian 5 per Cent.......... 8 Do Account. - Panish 3 leer Cent DoAcco unt .................. New Deferred 1)0 Account , 0 a. 0/3: /WO ...................... 1.) ti " A , .;coant ....................... ' sv4 PEtnis'a Cert. of Coup not funded Do i ici3ount l3/ w,edi, 3h, 4 per Cent. - T ' , O Scrip, £6O paid ~,eki9.b. 6 per Cent. 1854 — , s 1 J(1 Account 9l , 4 - 4 ) 6 per Cent. 1858 - I' s () At.courit V s ° :t >IOU Bonds •,-,. 10 , i per Cent. 1862 "`-' 0 Account .. 70/ 691 " 0 £lOO Bonds.. — Do 1863 • -- Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent..... V e nexuela 3 per Cent. : Do. Account ,'-it i 6 per Cent., 1862 -„ u, ) A ccount - l ici &nip £45 paid A Dividends on the above payable in London ▪ I;ril,n, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. b e, 0 2 .ccount e :4 1 4k per Cent., Ex. 25f — 1 4cli 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Grail — /, 1)0 •41 per Cent. Cent., ' l , l la4i, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — 1, 1) 0 ' ccount 13lit r enc h , e;, 2 per Cent - i rr . ll l. , ian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. ' l le'-liaontese, 6 per Cent., Ex. 251 — TWO O'CLOCK, ale Money I)94ooQuuttost94.ll,witile.fitg, 8,94- SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Paid Closing Businesb faiu• Price. ; done. 86 IR6 127 6 7 32 84 16 1? 89 el 112 ill 47 48 7 74 131 133 1•.6 145 131 ti 33 po 92 691 116} cIGI 66 68 10?, IC3 40 42 116 116} 98 D 1 6$ C 6 1121 113, 136 133, 108 108 54i 55i 25 'c64 104 iC63 64 66 93 94 126 120 14 r• 75 76 104 11 126 130 39 41 67 59 85 17 87i 88i 101 103 7 8 374 384 10& 11} u 8 9 p 165 170 6 7 3 t pi 101 103 34 38 share Railways. 13.14. 1 et 10 Et st 60 11 20 11 ! Bir., Wol., and Str. IL:13111e and Tyne. :ost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co IBristol and Exeter Caledonian ICort and Bandon Cornwall Do A t 3 no di Do. B till fipc,p n.bar. bt , i2h paid to F. Dul , lln Olt fl Mat June. ;Duu., Pert Ab. Edinburgh & Glasgow. lasg. and S. Westerr..! GreatEaetern, Ord, sty P!.tt)A st I gi.;tAnglitiß ai St 1G rent Northot Scotlan.i st Great Northern st Do A stock st I Do Bdo st S. 50 , 1 W. of. Irelan; st !Great Western ........ st Str Val gua. stool st Lancwhize & Yorkshire at I.otzdon and Blackwati st Lou.,i Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover l st Lon. & North Western st Lon. & Scr.th Western , at Man., Shei., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 121 Do ii shares... st Metropolitan st Midland Do Ne 17 Do Birmirg. dz Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kerr t 10 Do Cray Line it North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee st Nth. Eastern—Berwick' 16 Do, G.N.E. purchase It Do Leeds It Do York 1.18.4 Do Carlisle North London , Do New North Staffbrdshire 'N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot N. E., Aber. stool Do Soot. Mid. stook Shrews, and Welchpooi Shropshire Union South Devon ' South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton 4t Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. ... ..... 12.10 Do B Do C 'Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford it Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dzlt West Midland—Oxiord Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH. POSSESSIONS. Closing • bare Railways Paid. Price. Business dont 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 58 60 sk j Bom.,Baroda&Cent Inc 101, 101 102 Gn. 5 per cent— ...... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.......—. 73 1 dis p 1,04 Buffalo and Laxellurou all o 51 10 Do. Preference ,00 Bulialo,Brant&Godriel: 10 ,, 75 so ( 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187.: 100 Do. do. July 1, 1870 100 75 £0 .00 Do. do. Juue 1, 18: 100 75 80 st Cleutta.&S.Eastn.i.Li!. 100 97 9) at Cape Town 2 Dock Sori; 100 94 96 took Illatitn. Bengal gu. Sp. • 100 102 104 stool bast Indian, gu. sp. c. toe 101 102 1015 20 Do. do. Ur , 0 104 1.13 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada lutr 19 2 , 100 Do. Ist Frei. Bonds in 71 73 100 Do. eio. clef erred. 100 Do. 'td Pref. Bonds al: 65 67 100 Do. do. dtlerl ed all 55 67 100 Do. 3d Pet stock 100 Do. do. deterred all 43 55 43 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto.A all 27 29 274 8 100 Do. do. deferred all 26 28 26 took Gt.lncliarerun.gua.sp.c 100 1(2 103 20 Do. New gua. sp. a l2 par li, Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 101 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 91 10 204 Do. New .. .. 18 101 105.; 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 81 91 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 d 4p stook Madras guar., sp. c. 10) 99i 1001 100 stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 93 95 stock Dc. 4,t do lOO 90 02 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 stook Nielb.Corp. ff p. o. Bnds lOO 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay all 58 (0 100 Do. 7p. 6. 51ortg. Bds all 80 Newßrunswioka Canda Class A and B. all 2 6 N.lll.C'daB pa let pt bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde (100 1001 1011 stock Do. Delhi I 1 ,1 4, 1 100 09) 1600 20 Do. d 0......• ' , Z 1 2 1d par st Do. Punjaub , -.11 all 93/ 1001 Do. Do. stook Do. Indus. St. Flo ) ) t IGO ,95 97 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ua.n.(iov. tSp.o.J &July 1577-61 ~ 100 96 00 961 Do. Ap. c. Feb.& Aug. 100 96 99 Do. ap. 6. Mar. (1; Sept. 100 08 102 Do. Ip. o. Jun.StJuly. 10s' 84 86 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 84 86 Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1873 100 10.4 106 Do.Ap .t Oat. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 109 111 - i Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 105 Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 104 107 - N.11G0v.6 p.c. J a.tJuly 100 97 100 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p v., 180 t 100 96 98 Do. sp. c.,18?1 to 1270 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 96 98 - 'New Zealand 0 p cent. 100 - 'NOT& Scotia Gov. 6p. c. i sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102 !Queensland Gcv. 6p, c. 100 101 104 IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 105 107 - Plo.Gov. 5 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - lo 6 p.c. An.&00.. 100 109 110 1094 BRITISH MINES. 2 (Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id liirord Amalgamated 30 82 Devon G. Con..,"favist ) 1 580 600 East Bassett(lllogan) 1 SO 08 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 274 284 East Carn Brea... ! 3.4.0 8 8t 7i F.. WI Russel (Tavietk.)' 8.13.0 5 54 Gam.3zSt.Auhyn(Gwen 584 5 7 Great South rfolgus 17e 2 24 (4. Wheal Voralelston 40 27 29 'Grenville n.16 ., 7 74 El erc4ret-Foot 8.12 38 40 I I ingston Downs 1 4.18.0 at 44 Lady Bertha Niargaret (Gny Lelant it; 8 10 14larke Valley.. Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim zi It le, New Setun lOl 75 85 -- North Downs 3 14 11 I N., Wll '1 Basset(' llo.ou 3.1.0 2.1 3 - ' tiorth Wheal Croity 2.0.9 3 31 Var Consols (S. Blaze). '..srovidenoe(Uny Lelut., 10.0.' 41 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, it 480 500 ia. Care Brea (Illoelin) —— - N.Wheal Fran. 18.18.9 424 471 Stray Park I rttruarSilv.& Lead .1111, 'fin Cron J 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l4 9 10 • W ration (Liskeard. 9 9 11 West Sato: Witco' Basset (111ogau!I 54 92 25 !1- ,v• heal Bulleratedrutit) 10 .0 25 - 11 heal Kitty (U.Lelani) 2.0.6 -- - !WhealLuch ott ...... 3.6. s 14 2 !Wheal MaryAnn , ,l'ilen ) 8 14 16 Wheal Oeton 585 210 215 Wheal Tretawney (Lis* 7 10 21 Wheal Union I 4 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent,q 114 Great Western, Birmingham gua. stook, 73 4 North Easter,. Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 321 LINES LEASED A FIXED RENTALS. Shrewsbury and Hereford, 134 FOREIGN RAILWAYS:. Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 111 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., 10} FOREIGN MINES DlOnt. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2i BANKS. A);ra and Masterman's (lim.), 138 , Alliance (limo. 61i t Bank of British Columbia, 10 Bank of Egypt, - 27 Bank of London. 16 1 Consolidated Bank, Um., 10: I European Bank, lirn., 13k Ditto (£5))), 8i Hindustan, china, and Japan (11m.),: Ditto, new, 20f imperial Bank (lim.). 351 Imperial Bank of :;hina, India,:and Japan, BM., gi Imperial Ottoman, 171 London Bank of hiexieo and S. America, Jim., 81 London and Brazilian (lira.), 48 London and County. 741 4 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 141 Merchant Bank, lira., 27i New South Wales, 45 South Eastern, ulna., 9 Union of Ireland, lint, 20 Union of Loadon,.s2h 1i DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 70 MISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, lien., Consolidated Discount, lien., 7 Credit Mobid , r, 11 Egyptian Com. and Trading, Km., 36. Financial Corporation, 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lien., 61 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 61 & International Financial society, Um., 96 Joint Stock Discount, lien., 7 Land Securities, Itm , 4 London Financial Association, lien., 2i/ London General Omnibus Company, 3. smith, Knight, and Co., lien., Societe Fina..ciere d' Egypte, lira., 5141 Universal Marine. Insurance, lien., 6 THE BANK NOTES EATEN BY A GOAT.—The Bank of France has just given its decision in the affair of the bank notes which were eaten by a goat some weeks back. With the fragments taken from the animal's stomach, it was found possible to form six I,oooof. notes, so that the' owner will only lose 4,000 f. out of the 10,000 f. which Were destroyed. EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH OF POTATOES.--A few d,tys ago, at Bradwell-hall, Cheshire, 53 yards of Sutton's improved ash leaf kidney potatoes, which had been planted la,t spring with 91 b of seed, were dug up, and pro duced 53411); and 26 yards of Sutton's racehorse (another uPw kind of kidney potatoes) produced 25211? from 61b of aovd, 100 all all all all 100 100 100 16.1&4 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Batore ➢Tr Registrar Hazlitt.) IN RE G. IT. CULLEN—RUINED BY A RAILWAY. This bankrupt was described as of the Duchess of Kent public-house, King•street, Ramsgate, licensed victualler, and this was a meeting for proof of debts and choice of asaignees. Me W. R. Buchanan, Basinghall-street, appeared to support the petition presented on behalf of the bankrupt, who attributes his failure ro the alterations aad increase of the Ramsgate pier dues, the opening of the new railway (London, Dover, and Chatham), which takes visitors in another direction to his house, and general badness of trade. The debts are about .09-1, and the principal creditors are Messrs Crump and Co., brewers, £592 unsecured. Messrs Crump proved their debt, which carried the choice, and Mr Crump was nominated assignee, but it was proposed that another creditor should be joined in the assignceship, as certain property had been seized not long before the bankruptcy. Mr. Buchanan objected on the ground that no reason had been shown for the necessity of such a coursa ; Mr Crump was a well known and highly-respectable man, and there was not the slightest reason to suppose that he would not see justice done to all the creditors. The learned Registrar said he would not decide the question, but leave it to the Commissioners. Mr Commissioner Fane was then applied to, and he con firmed the nomination of Mr Crump as the sole assignee, and Mr Buchanan was appointed solicitor to the estate. SHERIFF'S COURT, (Before S. Joyce, E6q.) LIABILITY OF ♦ GRANDFA.THEIL-HIGGINS V. BAILEY. Tins was an action to recover £3, balance of an account for the keep of two grandchildren. Mr Steadman appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Cook (instructed by Mr T. Beard), for defendant. There appeared to be considerable difficulty in the way of proving that defendant had made himself legally liable, but Mr Steadman said he should prove a promise to pay, His Honour ruled that a verbal promise to pay the debt of another would not be sufficient, Mr Look urged that it would be impossible for plaintiff o prove his case against defendant, who had little or nothing :o do in the matter. Mr Steadman called a witness who did not carry the case any furl her, and his Honour nomulted the plaintiff, giving defendant costs. BREACH OP WARRANTY.—CLAPHAM V. MARSHALL. This was an action to recover damages for breach of warranty in a watch. Mr Jones, for plaintiff, said that his client had purchased a watch at defendant's jewellery establishment at the West end. It was warranted in the usual terms, but plaintiff, after using it a short time, found it to be worthless. Under these circumstances, he came to this court. Plaintiff was called to prove the warranty. His Honour asked if anybody appeared for defendant, and was answered in the negative. Mr Jones—l have a witness here, a watchmaker, who will depose to the value. His Honour said that, as defendant did not attend to dispute the amount, there was no necessity to go any fur ther. Plaintiff would have a verdict, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW STREET; FURIOUS DRIVING IN A PUBLIC THOROUGIZFARE.—A man, named Brown, was placed at the bar on remand, charged with furious driving, and thereby causing personal injury to Mrs Fenwick. From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutor Mr Ralph Fenwick, an artist, residing in Regent-street, said he was driving his chaise along the Birdcage-walk, when the defendant, who was drunk at the time, drove his cart into collie on with the chaise, whereby Mr and Mrs Fen• wick, and their two children, were thrown into the road, the wheels of the defendant's cart passing over the lady's leg. She was very much injured, and had been unable to leave her bed since the accident. Mr Lewis, who appeared for the defendant, said, on the part of the defendant, he was prepared to make any reason able compensation. Mr. Vaughaa said it was a serious offence for a drunken man to drive a cart at a very furious rate through a public thoroughfare. He should not consent to any compromise in the case, as he should punish the prisoner for furious driving, and make him pay for the damage ho had done. Mr Lewis thought it would be satisfactory to all parties to have the matter settled at once, as the proceedings for the recovery of the money awarded for damage would have to be obtained through the instrumentality of the County Court, which would be attendant with trouble. Mr Vaughan said the Police Act gave him power to award " amends" to the prosecutor, and they could be en• forced without pnceeding in the County Court. He, there fore, fined the defendant 40s, or one month's imprisonment, for furious driving ; for the injury done to Mr Fenwick, ho should award £3 3s; and for the damage done to the chaise, £3 10a. Mr Burnaby, the chief clerk, asked defendant if he was prepared with the money ? Defendant replied he was not. - - - - - Mr Vaughan then directed that in the event of the de fendant not paying the "amends" ho had awarded a dis tress warrant should ba issued against the goods of the defendant. STEALING TRINKETS BY A JEWELLER'S SERVANT.-- Mary Ann Stanford, a respectable-looking servant girl, was charged with. stealing several brooches, rings, and other trinkets, to the value of £7 and upwards, from the shop of her employer, Mr James Jones, silversmith and jeweller, Lowther Arcade. John Laban, assistant to Mr Jones, stated that the pri soner had been in the prosecutor's service about a fortnight, and during that time several small articles had been missed. On the 23d inst. she went out, and on her return he noticed that she wore a silver brooch, which struck him as being very like one that he had noticed in the stock. He accordingly searched in the stock and found his suspicion confirmed, as the brooch in question was missing, On Thursday he asked her to let him look at the brooch, and she at once handed it to him, but as the box and glass had been removed he was unable positively to identify it. Still this very circumstance—the absence of the portion which could be identified—tended to strengthen his suspicion that she had stolen it from his master's stock, and that it was the one which he had missed. There had been a photograph in the box. He called in cue of the beadles of the arcade, and desired him to search the pri• soner's boxes. He did so, and found two brooches (one steel and the other silver), two gold rings, a pail' of gold ear-rings, a gold watch chain (with gold key, seal, and swivel), and several other articles, worth in all about 17. They were all tne property o f Mr Jones, and had been stolen from the stock. Semi of them still bore the private mark, but from others it had been removed. The prisoner said " I hope you won't giva me into cuatody." He, how ever desired the beadle to take her in charge. Thomas Scott, the beadle, confirmed Laban's statement as to the search, and added that he asked her what had become of the box of the first locket? She replied, " I took it out." The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr Vaughan committed her for trial. MA.RLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WIFE THROB OH JEALOUSY. —John Williams, a saadler, residing at No. 20, Brewer street, Golden-square, was charged before Mr Knox, by Inspector Wilson of the C Division, with feloniously cut ting and wounding his wife, Annie Williams, with intent to murder her. William Conquest, 169 C, deposed—While in Leicester square last night about half-past 10 o'clock I saw the pri soner and a female (the prisoner's wife) standing together near the Alhambra Palace. When I approached within a dozen yards of them I saw the prisoner go close up to the female and place his hand on hc. , r throat, as ii shaking her. Before I got close up the female extricated herself from the prisoner's grasp, and ran into the Sab:oniere Hotel. The prisoner ran after her, and caught her by the shawl just as she was in the doorway, and the shawl came off. I then followed the female into the hotel, and found that she had been stabbed in the neck. I then went into the smoking room of the hotel and took the prisoner, who had walked into the room, into custody. On the way to the station the prisoner said, " I am glad I have done it, and shall now die happy-1' Mr Knox—Was the prisoner in liquor ? Conquest—He was not—he was quite sober, Mr Knox— Was any knife found upon him at the station ? Conquest—Part of the blade of a knife or instrument was found on the pavement, ebout two yards from the entrance of the Sabloniere Hotel, by a young man, and handed to me. Mr Knox—Then you believe she was stabbed about that spot? Conquest-4 do, when the prisoner put his hands to the female's throat. On searching him at the station in Vine street, a ticket and a few other articles were found upon him. lie there said that he had had only one instrument upon him. Mr Knox—Did he say why he had done it? Conquest—He did not. • Mr Knox—On what part of the throat is the wound? Conquest—On the left side (near the jugular vein). Mr Knox—What became of the female ? Conquest—After the wound was dressed she was taken home in a cab. Inspector Wilson, C Division, said, last night about half past 10, I was in the reserve room at the Vine-street Police slation. I saw the prisoner holding up a locket (containing a prtrait of the prisoner, and having some blood upon it). ['he prisoner exclaimed, " This is my portrait—the portrait >f a man who has cut his wife's throat. See the blood on :ny hand ; I hope she is dead." There was blood at tilt .ime on the prisoner's hand. Sergeant Lees, 9 C, said, last night I went into tht. sabloniera Hotel, in colissquence of information given me. 1 there saw a female lying on a sera. She had a wound on :he left side of her neck. Shortly after a medical man 4ttendekl and partly dressed the wound, but subsequently the female's Ntherf Mr Cuteliffe, a mrgeon t residing at 10, King-street, Soho, attended and concluded the dressing, and then removed his daughter in a cab. This morning I found about 50 yards from the Sabloniere Hotel the handle of a knife or instrument with the piece of blade correspond ing with the other piece in it. It was on the ground oven which the prisoner passed on his way to the Vine-street station. Inspector 'Wilson handed to the magistrate the following certificate : " I hereby certify that Mrs Annie %Viliiama is incapabit of leaving her bed to attend the police-court, in consequence of an incise I wound in the throat, inflicted by her husband, John 'Williams, last night. " C. CUTCLIFFE, Surgeon, 10, King•atreet, Soho." Mr Knox remanded the prisoner for a week. The prisoner, who had put no q ues tions to any of the witnesses, made a remark on his b e i ng t a ken to the cell s , which leaves little doubt that jeakusy prompted him to attempt to take his wife's life. CHARGE OF ASSAULT AND I; onnEnY.—Three lads, named Thomas Henry Strod, Henry Arkell, and Thomas Evan Sterck, charged with ass a ul t i ng and robbing Mr George Parrock, engraver, of No. 27, Fitzroy .square, were again brought before Mr Knox. Mr Edward Dillon Lewis, from the office of Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-stre e t, appeared for the lads. The prosecutor stopped in Goodge-street, Tottenham court-road, to look at a man selling cheap jewellery, when an altercation arose between him aad Arkell and Strod ; Sterck and about 20 others took part in it. The prosecutor ran away, and afterwards found that he had been robbed of his watch and chain, of the value of £l5, but he was not able to say that any of the prisoners took his property. The lads were afterwards given into custody, and when at the court last week Lanehan, 41 E, stated that he knew Strod as the companion of young thieves nightly. Mr Knox re manded them. Mr Knox said that but for the fact that the police had stated that Strod was the companion of young thieves, he should have had no hesitation in discharging them. Mr Lewis said the boys' characters were at stake, and he should therefore ask the magistrat e to put the Lads back that he (Mr Lewis) might be in a condition to prove that, so far from any of the lads being the associates of thieves, as stated by the police, they were all in respectable situa tions. Company, by whom Strod is employed ; Mr Cole, French Suosequently, Mr Corry, foreman at polisher, Tottenham-court-yard, the the -E rated Bread employer of Arkell ; and Mr Cook, gold beater, 74, Hampstead-road, the em ployer of Sterck, attended, and gave the lads the best of. character. Mr Knox said he had no doubt that an altercation had taken place between the prosecutor and the lads at the bar, and that some pickpockets taking advantage of the con fusion, had robbed the prosecutor. After the character he had heard of the lads ho felt bound to discharge them, be lieving the prosecutor had told the truth, but that they had not robbed him. The lads were then discharged. THAMES. TOWER-lIILL TlllEVES.—Williain Thornton, a well known character, who belongs to a gang of thieves who are constantly preying on emigrants and other strangers on Tower-hill, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with stealing a gold pin from the person of Thomas Crolston, a young man. The prosecutor, a gentleman's servant out of place, and a stranger in the east, was in Thames -street yesterday evening when he was accosted by the prisoner and another man, who asked him if he wanted a lodging. He said, in reply, that he was in quest of one, and they took him to a publichouse on Tower-hill, where the prisoner called for a pint of beer, and asked prosecutor what sort of a lodging be required. The prosecutor said it must be a cheap oneas he had not much money. Tho prisoner said I will take you to a house where you can get a lodging for 3d. The prisoner's companion said if you are sh ort o f money you can sell that pin, and pointed to a gold one i n m y scar f. The prosecutor said, if you can get 7s. 6d. for it I will sell it. Ihe prisoner's companion then, "as quick as lightning" took the gold pin from the prosecutor and lett the house with it. The prosecutor was about to follow him, but the prisoner would not allow him to do so, and detained him. The prosecutor ultimately left the house with the prisoner and gave him into the custody of a City police-constable, named Thos. Hooper, No. 602. The:prisoner said he would find the man who had the pin, and took the constable to a barber's shop in Back Church-lane, St. George-in-the-East, where he asked for Macarthy. The barber replied he is in White chapel. Tho prisoner's companion could not be found. The prisoner gave an address which was unknown. It was stated that many similar robberies had been com mitted. The policeman Hooper had been the prisoner on Tower-hill and about the Ilercantile Marine Office for some time, Mr Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of home•-brown wheat on sale at Mark-lane to-day was moderate, and the quality of the produce was good. On the whole the trade ruled steady, at 1%11 quota tions. With most descriptions of foreign wheat the market was well supplied. Compared with Monday no charge took place in prices, and most qualities changed bands to a moderate extent. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at full currencies. The supply of barley on sale was vEry moderate. On the whole the trade ruled steady, at late quotations. Malt was in fair average request at late rates. The market was well supplied with oats, nevertheless, the trade ruled somewhat active at very fall prices. For beans and peas the trade ruled firm at quite previous rates. The flour trade was steady and prices ruled firm. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 1,550 130 1,310 1,960 1,130 Irish .. 1,220 Foreign 1,210 670 31,480 260 eke. 1,340 brls. The Negro under Federal Rule. The Index publishes the following letter :-- "New Orleans, Louisiana, July 30. "Sir,—That a boon ill-bestowed may become a curse rather than a blessing to the receiver is a fact of common ex perience. The boon in itself may be one of unmixed good, but the good to be derived from it must depend upon the Irne, manner, and conditi3ns of the bestowal, and the ability and desire of the recipient to make the most of his opportunity. It cannot be denied that in many philan thropic schemes zeal outruns discretion ; and. my own ob aervation in Louisiana has taught me that there is a mad, fanatical, hate-engendered philanthropy which works its will regardless of consequences. Ido not intend to discuss the question of slavery or the wisdom of emancipation—not even to expi ess an opinion on these points—but simply to speak of things as they are, deriving my facts solely from official documents or from my own observation. " The boon of freedom to the slave has turned to ashes in the first year of his emancipation, if we may trust the declarations of Federal efficials, those who lured him from his bondage with visions of liberty and social independence, and who now leave him to perish by the Dead Sea of dis appointment, to eat of its ashy fruit, to drink deep of its bitter waters, and to die. I said my facts were derived from observation and official documents. I have, however, concluded to rely solely upon the latter in this letter. I have now before me a copy of an official report from a special agent of the Plantation Bureau' of the Treasury Department, who was directed to examine and report the condition ef ' all abandoned plantations, or these worked by the Government in the parish of Iberville.' Let us hear what this Government agent has to say upon this subject, and then let the honest Abolitionists of England pronounce judgment upon the spurious philanthropy of their American brethren—' On visiting these places I found them in the most deplorable condition. On every plantation worked by the Government, or represented to be in possession of the Government, I found there had not been one day's work performed since the time of their occupation by Lieutenant Hanks's orders in June last to the day of my visit, with the single exception of the White Castle or Vaughan plantation. . . Not another will be able to turn out one hogshead of sugar or any other produce. In fact, I honestly declare that the management—if we can with propriety use that word—has been of the most reckless and abandoned cha racter, with a perfect indifference to the interests of the un fortunate negro, as well as the interest of the general Go vernment which, we have been told, sought the amelioration of those people. In fact it does appear that the agents or overseers placed in charge by Hanks considered they had no other duty to perform than to draw the rations for the dead as well as the living negroes, and their own salaries, and leave everything to run to ruin.' The agent goes on to say that ho returned sooner than he should have done, because he could not go on and complete his report with such desolation around me.' He found the sugar cane covered with the vine and other rank vegetation.' But let us hear what he says about the condition of the freed men.' The mortality that has taken place in these Government plantations is truly appalling. On the White Castle plantation, out of 300 placed there by Lieut. Hanks or Capt. Miller, there remained in Jan. last but 47 souls to tell the tale of woe. On the Belle Grove plantation there were placed by the same parties 325 negroes in June last (1863), 202 of these have died. On the Magnolia planta tion 250 Degrees were placed, of these 117 have died up to this date.' " The date of this report is omitted in my copy, but I know the agent made his inspection of these plantations in the spring of this year. " On the Richland plantation there were placed, as near as I can remember, 460. Of the number that died I could obtain no satisfactory information. I found only 192 in the place. On the Grove-place, Bayou Plaquemine, there were placed 300 negroes ; the mortality was so great that they had to be buried in trenches, and without coffins. On the Manocaux plantation 150 were placed, 100 have died. On the Old Hickory prantation there were placed, in June last, 413 negroes; of this number, up to the 11th inst., 343 have died ; of the remaining number 88 are lying sick in their quarters and 23 are in the hospital, no care being taken of them. On entering the hospital I found the number stated. In their midst lay the corpse of a woman who had died at three o'clock p.m. the day be fore. There were no Government overseer there, and had not been for three weeks bJore. The man Ely, who had been placed in charge by Lieut. Hanks, hadleft. He said he was going to New Orleans on business, and would be back in four days. He persuaded the negroes to let him have what little money they had to make purchases for them—he went off with three to four hundred dollars, and never returned. " ' The corpse of the woman lay on the bare floor, with a block of wood under her head, but no covering over her. The body bad begun to decompose, as the weather was ex ceedingly hot Humanity shudders when we think that in this room, and at the foot of the corpse, lay a woman who had been confined two days before. The child had died, and she herself was in the last stage of a fever of the most contagious character—two children with measles —a poor wretch breathing his last with typhoid fever, and in the next room a woman chained with an ox chain to the bars of the window, by her own eon, to prevent her from killing others about the place. On entering' the pesthouse the first salutation I heard was, Please, masse, for God'a sake, give me a drop of water I Ah, masse, we're dying, and not'ody to care for us.' I inquired if there had been no doctor to see them. The reply was that the doctor had been there two weeks before, and for the first time had left medicine, but as there was nobody there who could read (the prescription) it had not been given.' fi' There have been placed on the Miles Taylor plantation 1100 negroes in all, of whom but 278 remain. The numerous graves here disclose the last resting-place of the poor negro. You will perceive by the annexed document that I have made out a list of articles stolen, as well as of those carried off by order of some one unknown. You will also perceive that I prefer charges against the agents for drawing rations, clothing, wages, &c., for negroes long since dead. The Ventriss planation wag the last visited. I found no overseer there. Of the (38 negroes placed ;there by Lieut. Hanks only 112 are living. This place is a perfect wreck. There has never been any one in charge of the negroes, who have died without the least care, and after death been taken to the fields and left there—food for buz zards. Their skeletons prove the fact. " One of the stock phrases of the A merican press is, Comment is unnecessary.' In this instance comment is certainly unnecessary, and I shall attempt none. But, perhaps, the readers would like to know whether this report has yet been made public cu this side, and whether any action has been had upon it. This report yet sleeps in some pigeon-hole of the ' Plantation Bureau' of the Treasury department, and the agent who made it has. resigned his office in despair, as I understand, of any ame lioration of the wretched condition of these ' free Jrnen and women,' and in disgust at the utter callousness of his superior officers. "A CITIZEN OF NEW ORLEANS." F1ti,..5F1 FROM THE SOUTH.—On the 31st October last Captai.l Hubbard, of the 89th United States coloured troops, resident in this county, was caught by a prowling band near 1,... , t0n itouge in Louisiana. Nothing . a nd he has been mourned as was ever learned of his fao.when he presented hire_ d ea d, until Tuesday evening e, having just accom self to astonished acquaintance s he : terrible captivity, plished his escape from a nine months : Georgia 11e was imprisoned for several months in C:anawbi, Ala.. barna, but in May was transferred to Macon, whence he escaped on the 15th of last month (July). Con cerning the state of feeling in the South, the testimony ~'f ono who has observed with a keen intelligence recognis able by any who converse with him, is worth having, lie says that the masses of the Southern people have lost not one jot of heart, hope, confidence, or resolution. If anything, they are more sanguine of success than ever. They regard their independence as already achieved, and do not dream of peace exbept upon its recognition. The great rock upon which they lean is the expectation of Lincoln's defeat in the coming election. They look for that as the end of their struggle. They are possessed with the idea that it is Lincoln who is tyrannically determined upon forcing them back into the Union, and not the people of the North, an d that they have only to hold out through Lincoln's term to be secure of their independence—believing that the peace party is greatly in the majority, and that Lincoln is sure to be defeated. That is the common and inspiring f ee l_ leg, as Captain Hubbard found, everywhere ; although h e reports more Unionism still existing in the South, manifest ing itself in kindness to prisoners and in help towards their liberation, than is generally suspected.—.Bufalo Express. THE WEATHER IN NoRTHUAIBERLAND.—A storm warning reached the Northumberland seaport on Tuesday evening that a gale might be expected from the northward, but for two days before there had been a heavy sea upon the coast, with the wind from the N.E. Oa Tues day night the wind blew half a gale from the N.E., and some heavy showers of rain fell ; but on Wednesday, though the air was cold, the weather was improving, and in the even ing the herring boats were getting ready to proceed to sea. So far the herring tithing has been moderate off the coast of Northumberland, some beats paying well, others doing nothing. The harvest on the coast of Northumberland is going on briskly, reaping machines being very much in re quest this year. The wheat crop looks like an average. But the farmers will suffor a great deal from the burnt-up condition of the pastures and the comparative failure of the turnip crop. THE MURDER IN MAYO.—REPRIEVE OF THE CONVICT. —DUBLIN, Thursday.—At the last Mayo Assizes Michael Monism was indicted with Michael Clark for the wilful murder of Lawrence Conlan, at Castlebar, in July of the previous year. The deceased was a member of the constabulary, and was returning home from the house of a friend in Castlebar on the 22d of July, 1863, when he was overtaken by the prisoners, who brutally and wantonly murdered him by kicking him iu the street and stabbing him in the neck with a knife. Morrison was found guilty, with a recommendation to mercy, but Baron Deasy sentenced him to be hanged this day. The recommendation with which the jury accompanied their verdict has been favou rably considered by the Castle authorities, and the result is that the convict has bear ordered to be rtprie'yed, BOROUGH HOP. Last year's hops continue in steady request, at fully late rates. The supply of new produc e b roug ht forward within the last few days has found buyers a t f ro m £7 to £3 10s per cwt. For old hops the trade is in a s l ug gish state, at about previous rates. NE W GATE AND LEADENIIALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. For good and prime qualities there is a steady demand, at tall prices; otherwise, the trad e i s quiet, at our quotations : Per 81b. by the carcase. edsd inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 liiddling do. .. 3 6 3 10 Erime largo do. 4 0 4 2 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 adad Middlingmutton 4 2 4 6 Prim e do 4 6 4 8 Veal. Small pork Lamb BANK OF PRANCE. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PARIS, A ugust 25. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week, together wit', - -..., the corresponding figures of the previous account :-- AUGUST 25. AUGUST 18. DR. f• c. f. 0 . Capital of the 8ank...... 182,500,000 182,500,000 14 22,105,750 14 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9,1857) 5 0 ,3 5,765 32 5,126,1 7lt ac 3. decu . d . r. . picrr . oc . pd . ei . rtt . oy : 2 64 2 u , ,,0 1: : 5 0,0 , ,, 7 : 5 06 : 15 Reserve in the Bank and 61,400,089 79 111,077,386 20 : 5,290,677 16 Reserveitsbraninchiuens 4,000,003 Notes in circulation .. . ... 757,100,726 ._ 769,096,125 Bank notes to order and re ceiptg payable at sight.. 2,0 , J , 5 . ,936 28,669,631 ...... Dividends payable ...... 1 , 911 ) 0 79 75 2,240,824 n Treasury Discounts and sundry Current abcrcaonucnht_sb—anPksa ri s .. .. 1 2 0 5 4 :9 4 '4 : 9 62 ...... 7 5 311 3 interests .......••• 8 ) , 9 2 86 7,848,640 17 Re-discounts of the last 588 735 six montha ............ 2, „, , 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 4 .............. 14,270,025 75 14,947,085 26 ___. 1,210,442 91,401 77 ,424 83 1,216,8 931 02 k s ::: : 3 2 2 9 3 2: 7 1 4 3 8 7 ; 4 5 4 0 0 2 41. 321,793, 14,825,429 85 15,158,629 85 CR. Cash in hand and branch banks ...... . ......... 230,595,809 40 276,200,182 91 Commercial bills overdue 327,027 97 1,075,097 95 Commercial bills discouLted not yet b t d ra u n e e . h . •.b . a . Li . 305,316,363 Advances on deposits of bullion .............. Do. branch banks.... 3,328,000 ..... 3,831,700 Advances on Frenchpublic securities .. . . ........ 15,953,200 Do, branch-banks... • 8,848,250 -- Advances on railway shares 2 and gdebentures ........ D o . branch-banks—.. 18,139,560 —1 8 , 669,6 w ......dv a nces on Credit Fon - 7,849,900 —. 27,692,600 A der Bonds .... 409,200 Do. branch-banks .... 331,600 Advances to the State , (C onve n. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve .... 12,980,750 14 1 2,980,759 14 Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the 8,363,652 Bank . Landed property, branches E x p e nses of management 953,329 15 Sundries 16,042,800 - 9,164,150 - 400.000 - 360,800 - 100 ,000,000 - 8,3.53,452 - 713,400 44 2,296,903 65 1,210,442, 424 83 1 , 21 6,391,401 77 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council of State, Governor of the Banls, AD. VTJITRY. LARGE OTTER IN THE RIVER DEE.—A few days since, Mr B. Yates, one of Col. Biddulph's gamekeepers, shot a magnificent otter on the Dee, a short distance below Newbridge. It appears that Mr Yates saw two of these animals disporting themselves in the stream, and succeeded in shooting one, which proved to be a female, and mea sured 311 sin in length from nose to tail, The oth.m, sup pond to bo the, male, MAU off'. 691 81 9 Si 114 151 40} I 1 116 654 5 111 13 135 i t 87 i i } i New Zealand Superstition. Reference has been made to the singular fanati cism of certain of the Wanganui tribes, who have embraced a most absurd superstitious belief. It was these fanatics who so rashly resolved to attack the Wanganui settlement, and who were so severely beaten by the natives under Pehi. The following is an account of this absurd superstition—On the occa sion of the fight at Bauahu, Capt. Lloyd's blood was drunk by the natives who killed him, and after having finished their orgies they cut off his head and buried it. Next night the archangel Gabriel is said to have appeared to those who had partaken of the blood and desired them to disinter the head and dry it in the old Maori fashion, in order that the I captain's spirit, speaking through the head, might become the medium of communication between the Almighty and mankind, and be carried through the island as a banner under which a crusade agaiast the pakehas was to he preached. This was accord ingly done, and the head is asserted to have sp o k en and propounded the new creed, as well as appointed 'fa Uu, of Nyatiraanui, Hepanaia, of Taranaki, and Matene Rangitauira, of Wanganui, as its chief priests. The following are the principal articles of the new faith—lts proletsors were to be called " Pai maire" (good and peaceable), and the word " hou," pronounced short like barking of a dog, was to be their sacred watchword, the rapid utterance of which would ward off all danger, even to the extent of causing edged weapons to glance from their bodies in battle, and bullets aimed at them to change their course and rise in the air. The prose lytes were to be initiated by drinking water in which the head had been dipped, or which had been poured over the head, and took an oath to destroy every white person, without any distinction of age or sex, till all are killed or driven from the land. The professors of the new faith were to be under the special protection of the Virgin Mary, who would be personally present among them; and they were to be assisted in their task of driving out the pakeha by the Archangel Gabriel and hosts of angels, anil as soon as the task was completed these heavenly messengers were to teach them all arts and sciences known to theEuro peens. The professors would be enabled to learn English or any other foreign language perfectly in one lesson by observing certain forms—namely, standing for a given time in a certain position under a flag of a peculiar colour and pattern, hoisted on a flagstaff of certain dimensions. The priests claimed to have acquired this power, and Matene lately, when at Waitotara, got possession of apiece of newspaper in which some article purchased in town was wrapped, and pretended to read it aloud in English and afterwards to translate it, and. per formed the cheat so adroitly that one of the Waitoa tara assessors present, a very intelligent native, who from his boyhood has had intercourse with Euro peans, was deceived into becoming a convert, and has since been deprived of his office in consequence. All the European creeds were to be regarded as false and done away with. All Bibles and other books relating to them were destroyed ; the obser vance of the Sabbath was to cease, all days being regarded as holy, and marriage and its obligations were to be dispensed with, in order that the race of believers might increase the faster, and become as the sand of the sea in multitude. The fact that the extraordinary powers promised have not been con ferred was accounted for by its being necessary that the head should first visit the whole island. How far the professors of the new creed and its priests have been self deluded it is hard to say; but the death of two out of the three leaders (Hepanaia, at Sentry Hill, and Mateue, at Moutoa; may cause the delusion to die out. Nevertheless the import ance of seizing Captain Lloyd's head is obvious as Use may still be made of it for mischievous pur- , poses by any native possessing ventriloquial powers. Nero Zealand paper. The Factory Act in the Potteries. A meeting of the manufacturers of the Stafford shire Potteries, called by the Chamber of Commerce, was held at Stoke.on-Trent on Monday afternoon, " to meet Mr, Baker, the inspector of factorice, ap pointed by Government for this district, and cooler with him as to the rules and regulations to be adopted for carrying out the provisions" of the Factory Acts Extension Bill. Between 60 and 60 manufacturers, representing most of the firms in the district, were present. Mr. M. D. Hollis occupied the chair during the earlier part of the meeting, and, on his leaving, his place was taken by Mr. E. Wedgwood, of Tunstall. Mr. Baker was introduced to the meeting, and explained the principal provisions of the Act, after which he an swered a number of questions put to him as to the intentions and operations of certain clauses, and ex. pressed his views on the best mode of carrying them out, and the character of the regulations he recom mended to be adopted. In the course of conversa tion several questions of importance were raised and talked in a candid and impartial spirit, and though some little objection was urged to the principle of the measure, the unanimous wish of the meeting ap. peered to be to ascertain the beat mode of carrying out its provisions is a manner which would be eatie. factory to all parties: Mr. Baker expressed his confidence that the manufacturers of the district would work amicably together when they came to know each other. In reference to the medical examination of children employed in the manufac tories on, their commencing to work, required by the Act, Mr. Baker recommended that the Pot teries should be divided into five districts, with a surgeon appointed in each to make periodical examinations of such children at the manufac tories, and ascertain their fitness for work other wise. In respect to the rules and regulations to be made under the act, he suggested that the ope rative potters should have a hand in framing them in conjunction with the manufacturers, so that there should be no risk of unfairness to either party. In reply ,to a question as to who would provide schools for children under the half-time I system, Mr Baker said be supposed schools were already provided. It was remarked in reply to this that the schools in the district were already full—and it was further said that the teachers and children of many of the present schools would ob. •e, to receiving half-time teachers and children in y the i r ,- t ehools, especially in their working dress. i‘lr Bake suggested that the half-time :children Could of h change :heir dress, but it was replied that y ham no other clothes than those they worked hoped, however l that means tem in. It was maa er this difficulty and some others whichb be fo u nwere get n r g o ; -; Among the questions put to Mr Baker, was one as to whether china was included in the operations of the act. Mr Baker replied that it was; it came under the general term earthenware. Mr Baker announce-A that he should appoint a sub-inspector for the distr:ct, who who would report to him week by week. Mr Baker expressed a desire to do all he could to make the new measure agreeable to the district, but, at the same time, stated that he should not overlook any infractions of the law. He left the meeting before it was concluded, and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to him for his lucid and satisfactory expla nation of the act, and the information he had given. A committee was appointed by the meeting to draw up rules and regulations, with authority to receive any communication from and grant an interview with representatives of the operative potters on the subject. The committee consisted of about 30 gen tlemen, representing equally all the towns of the district.—Birminghane Maly Post. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Last evening Mr Payne, the city coroner, held nn inquest at St. Barth°lo meves Hospital respecting the death of Robert Enrington, aged 26 years, who had been a foreman of bricklayers in the employ of Mr Kelk, the contractor for the construction of the Finsbury extension of the Metropolitan Railway. J ames Budd said that on Wednesday last the deceased was stand ing on a scaffold plank at the old Smithfield market cutting of the new railway. He was giving some directions to the men, who were at work several feet beneath him, when he attempted to reach one of the pulleys for hauling up the bricks. He lost his balance, and came with great force to the ground at the bottom cf the cutting. Ho fell among the men, but fortunately none of them were injured. Mr Stone, house surgeon, said that tha deceased's spine was fractured, and he had received severe internal injuries, li e died on Thursday urrning, The jury teturned a verdict of degth, SECOND ITTIOTV. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 o'CLocx. ITALY. TURIN, Aug. 26.—Within the last few days numerous arrests and demiciliary visits have been made in the Venetian Provinces and at Trent in the Tyrol. The police authorities are very active. Great alsrm exists amongst the population. The Opinione denies the rumour that a marriage has been arranged between Prince Humbert and Princess Murat. Tae submersion of the telvizraphie cable between Otranto aad Valonn has cltnmeneed. AMERICA. [REUTER'S TELEG[AM.] ARRIVAL OF THE ST. DAVID. ( Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, AUG. 12, Evening. Ofßcial Confederate despatches from Mobile, dated Bth inst., state :—lt is painfully humiliating to announce the shameful surrender or Fort Gaines by Colonel Anderson. Colonel Anderson comtnu. nicated with the enemy by a flag of truce, with out the conment of G ene ral Page, who inqui re d b y signal what hi s rail - pose was, but received no answer. General Page telegraphed " hold your fort," and immediately visited Fort Gaines, vvnen be found that Colonel Anderson was on board the Federal fleet arrangin g a c apitulation. The General left orders for Colonel Anderson, ou re turning, not to surrender the • forr, and relieved him of his command. Fort Morg an signalled this morning, but received no answer, exce pt the hoist- Gaines. Colonel Anderson's conduct i 8 pronounce d ing of the Federal flag over the r an 3 Parts of Fort inexplicable and shameful. The Confederates evacuated and blew ' 2 1 3 Fort Powell on the 7th inst. The whole Confederate fleet, except one vessel, is sunk ; beached, or captured. General Sheridan's forces are moving up the Shenandoah Valley against the Confederates. General Averill's success at Moorfield, Virginia., is confirmed. The Federal loss during Stoneman's raid is reported to be 1,000 men. Mr. Stanton has not resigned, as was stated by the New York Herald and 21'eto York limes. The Governor of Pennsylvania has recommended the Legislature to make an appropriation to equip 15,000 militia for the special defence of the State. An enormous mass meeting has been held at New York to nominate General M‘Clellan far the Presidency. Tne New ork Herald estimates that 100,000 persons were present. Resolutions were passed denouncing Mr. Lincoln's policy, and recommending M'Cleilan's nomination on a Consti tutional platform. A Confederate privateer is reported GO miles south-east of Sandy Hook. She has captured a pilot-boat. Gold, 155 per cent. premium. The Persia has arrived out. Bank of England Beturn.•—Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to t cap. ',32. for the week ending of Aug. 1564: he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, on Wednesday, the 24th day ISSUE DEF Notes issued .......X26.732,570 'ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,90 ti Gold Coin & Bullion 12,02,574 Silver Bath= X 26,732,570 £26,732,570 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in eluding Exche quer, Saviq's' ' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- , EPARTMENT. wernment_ Secu- Riles (including . Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,74,095 Other Securities 30,967,6 Notes Gold and Silver 749,1t1 Coln counts) 5.283,752 Other Deposits 13,714,161 SCtiell Day and other Bills 530,303 ',7,733,511 S '37,735,811 MILLER, Chief Caahicr, Aug. n, IS6I. Fearful Collision in the Swiu. Early on Wednesday morning a very fearful col lision took piece in the S win, near the Maplin Sands, a few miles below the Nore, between the John Fenwick and Amity, screw steamships, which resulted in the sinking of the latter vessel, and the loss of Captain Witherwick, the commander. The John Fenwick was on a voyage from the North to London, coal laden, and the Amity was in bal. last, proceeding to the Tyne from the Thames. Both ships were powerful vessels and had been same time employed on the north coast. The collision took place about a mile from the Maplin light, which bore N.E.; the tide was making with rather a strong sea on. The vessels came together with great force, the Amity being struck on the starboard side, just before the look-out bridge. Ii; was immediately dis covered that the middle compartment was filling, and the unfortunate commander, Captain Wither - wick, at once resolved to run her on the Maplin Sands in order to prevent her sinking in deep water. He accordingly made for the sand and she groueded forward. The Joha Fenwick followed her and anchored a short distance from the sand in order to be in attendance to save the crew. Some of the hands of the Amity went on board the John Fen wick, and others took to a boat which wes hanging astern of the disabled vessel. Captain Witherwiek, the mate, and some of the engineers remained on board in order to see what would become of her and whether there.would he any chance of repairing the damage and floating her. About halt-past three o'clock, alter she had been on the sand two or three hours, the stern was seen to gradually dis. appear under water and the steamer apparently slid off the sand and went down in several fathoms. The captain and mate were in the cabin et the time arranging some papers, end succeeded in get ting out, and with the others who were on board ran up the wiz mmast rigging, but the ill-fated master, it is thought, failed iu escaping from the cabin, and must so have been drowned. The boats from the John Fenwick were immediately put cff and rescued those who were clinging to the rigging of the top. mast of the sunken vessel. The men who were in the boat astern of the Amity per ceiving the stern sinking, called out to the captain and his companion to lose no time in leaving as the vessel was going down, and the boat was only cast off at the last moment. The John Fenwick, after all hope was given up of sav ing the captain, proceeded on her voyage np the Thames. The sunken steamer lies close to the edge of the Maplin Sands, and divers are to be sent do w a with the view of finding the body of the captain, and to ascertain the condition of the ship. The deceased officer, who was much respected in el le trade, had in his possession when ho perished a gold watch and chain, and more than £2O in gold. in the course of the morning several luggers from the Comae, Southend, and other places along the coast came of to the wreck for the purpose of seeing what they could pick up. It is stated that both steamers exhibited the usual lights, and that the collision arose from some mistake as to the course fl iei of the vessels should have pursued. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady. Sales probably 5,000 balm SHIPPING-THIS DA.g, LoNnoN, Aug. 26.—Wind at noon, S.W., fresh braze, and cloudy at times. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRApii,) GII.AVESEND, Friday ---Dol Morning. Arrived, Aug. 25, —Dolphin, from C u ba—Perle, from Riga—Santia, from Nord Schleasbe-oaribaldi, from Sulina—Ernilie, f rom G ron i ngen —liiErstine. fitockholtu—Prinz 0 9p i lr, from Quebec—ltegulsr, ;rum from Arch- Bioneborg—Shearwater, from liost,.6.—Emanue;, from angel—Pmidon from Oport:o—jarkt, from Gottenburg— Ma:nal, from Guernsey—Juno, from Wyborg--L' tura, from Archangel --Elizabeth liarriscn, fr.mr Zsulina—Stratb don, from Syd ney —D u blin Lass. from o,..or:o—Ellen, from Guern "Y r -Ast re , from Prince 11.1 ward a Island ...Aurora, tram Alt:nein—Mystery, from A rchan g el. Sailed, Aug. 'lu—Emma (screw steam,:r), for Christiana. ' Dr.tL, Friday Koraing. 1 PasFed-I, uro ps, of Exeter, from th,o N.:7lb, for tho 1 West. 1 ~5,3i1 , 04-14 7 ,Urar for AIPt4d.,AM,