The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-16 00:00:00

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols . SSI 74 8 Do Account, Oct. 11 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891... . — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. 25 D o £500 Do £lOO and 6200 Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. — Do Account INDILN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 212 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .... Do 4_per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do Certificates Do Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 4} pet Cent — Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 5i per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 1)J Bonds £l,OOO — Do under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852.58-60 - Do 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 921 Do Account..... . . Cbilian 6 per Cent. ... Do Colomb 4i ian 6 per per C Cent ..- C üba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent, 1864 — Danish 3 per Cent. 1825 Do 4 per Cent, 1863 Epador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — o, Pro v i sonal Lan d W arr ant.. Ugyptian 7 per * C ent 96 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 ] 72 Vexican 3 per Cent Do Account D o 1864 .... P 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c.. ..— Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada - Do 2 per Cent. — Do Deterred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Do do Aug., 1866 — Peruvian 41 per Cent Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 ** __ Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ..... Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62;3 — Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O Do 41 per Cent., 18.50 — Do 1850 — Do 3 per Cent 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £55 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account .Spanish 3 per Cent .Do Account Do N ew D eferred — Do Account -- Po Passive Do Acc oun t Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do A ccount Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Do rip, £6O paid -- P ill Turkis Sc h 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 --- Do Account De £lOO Bonds 1 )o 6 per Cent. 1862 . Do Account ,, 70/ Do £lOO Bonds 7O Do 1863 — Do Guaranteed, 4 p er C en t ..pc. 18 63 Scrip, £4O paid V utezuel a 3 per Cent. .. — Do Account Do A Doccount per Cen t., 1862 Do 6 per Cent., 1861 - Dividends on the above payable in London . Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian Do Account .... I 4i per Cent., Ex. 25f — -14 tob. 21 por Cent., Ex. 12 Gail Do 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do t F ranch Accou Itentnes '2 per Cent Per uvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. P iethnontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money le4o9ol4 Ut...(...lll.trittelit sett 88h I MONEY MARKET AND CORDIEECIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The progress of the Money Market continues very favourable. There is a plentiful supply of capital afloat, and as the demand for accommoda tion is moderate, the mercantile community have been enabled to negotiate short dated paper at 134 and Si per cent. The return issued last evening from the Bank of England is not unfavourable. The public balances show a good augmentation, while the other securi ties have not been increased to any considerable amount. The bullion, however, has been decreased, tut the reserve of notes show a large addition. Annexed are the particulars : Active Circulation Decrease .. Bullion Decrease .. Rest .. .. .. £20,809,865 .. .. .. 393,750 .. .. .. 12,9J5,511 64,936 .. 3,901,097 .. 21,827 .. 6,702,054 .. 679,681 .. 12,723,620 .. 180,465 .. 544,299 12,960 10,797,095 No alteration. ether Securities .. 20,487,579 increase 179,289 Notes Unemployed .. 6,391,000 Increase .. 323,970 The return issued by the Council of the Bank of France is of a very unfavourable nature, During the week an increase of £613,400 has taken place In the discounts, and of £376,000 in the notes In circulation, while there is a decrease of £306,700 in the bullion, and of £260,000 in the current accounts. _ .. • • - - Increase .. • • • ' Public Deposits .. • • I uorease .. • • • ' Other Deposits.. • • • ' Decrease .. • • ' ' Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. .. Government Securities A further sum of £175,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Bank of Frankfort has raised its rate of discount to 5k pow ^ l '" 4. _ - - The Etna, from New York, has brought £2,596. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been a very limited amount of business t 3 ausacted. Sugars have been at rather easier rates, while coffee has been dealt in at barely previous quotations. Rice, cocoa, fruit, spices, and tallow have each been in very moderate request, without, however, any ma terial changa to report as regards prices. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to si Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were quoted 65f. 95c. ex coupon. Offering heavy. The English Stocks Market has been subjEcted to slight depreciation in consequence of a few sales, I and general heaviness is apparent. The Funds k have receded * per cent., and Consols are 87i, 88 1 for money, and 88k, d for the account. at The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86Z ; June Exchequer Bills 25s to 183 die,; and India ei 5 per Cents., 1031, 1041. _ _ A general reaction from the advance which took 1 , place yesterday afternoon in the value of Foreign 1, Stocks is apparent to-day. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 703 ; ditto Consolides, 504 6; Mexican, 2 74 I; dato New, 251 ; Greek, 234 24 ; Spanish I Passive, 32 a ; ditto Certificates, 134 144 ; and the Confederate Loan, 82 84. et In the Railway Share Market there has been a g moderate amount of business transacted, and prices e l in some instances have slightly improved. Great Western have advanced 10s, Midland ss, and North Western 158; while South Western have declined 1 and South Eastern 4. 91 The Foreign and Colonial lines remain dull, 8 Without change as regards prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in fair I request, Alliance being dealt in at 52 53, City Bank at 120, Union of London at 524 53, General Credit at 63, and International Financial at 84 t. The shares s e of the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are quoted 24 4 prem. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. , share Railways. , p a i d. ; Closing 1 Business t Price. done. 13.14. oir., Wol., and Str. Val. al 1 at Slythe and Tyne. et 3ristol and Exeter st 3aledonian —. 100 123 k 1211 60 'ork and Bandon all 20 3ornwall all 6 7 10 00 A /A gets no diva till 6p c.p an. 11 as ; all 10 Do. B all been paid to B.! SO Oublin & Belfast June.) all 31 33 16 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 at lldinburgh & Glasgow.! 100 89 91 st Ilasg. and S. Wester-a; 100 106 108 st IrentEastern, Ord. stk 1 100 45 46 451 at Ditto A stock 1 100 -- st Ditto East Anglian at 100 61 71 st 3reatorthof cotland 100 st Ireat N Northern S ' 100 1 9 8 129 129 at Do A stock ' 100 138 139 at Do 11 do ' 100 127 131 at It. S. and W. of Irelan , l 100 90 92 et , 4reat Westerr,Original 100 671 68 1 68 4 8 at Do Str Val eits. stock 100 st Do. South Wales ..., ' CO - St Do. West alid. -Oxford 100 461 471 471 1 o Do Newport' 100 38 40 at Do Hereford; 100 100 Ib3 et Lancashire & Yorkshire' 160 114 1141 114 1 at London and Blackwalli 1 00 61 66 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast,' 100 102 103 102 i at Lou., Chat., and Dover: 100 39 41 st Lou. & North Western; 100 1101 1111 I'll i at Lon. & So'4th Western! 100 93 95 93 et Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln.' 100 6 1 621 631 60 Haryport and Carlisle. all 121 Do t shares... all et Metropolitan all 1041 ;05 101 5 at Midland at Do Birming. & Derbyl 100 98 100 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 26 Mid Kent ..,.. all et North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 t 6 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1041 :055 105/ 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 d at Do Leeds lOO 634 641 at Do York at Do Carlisle. ••. •• 35 Do. Stook. & Darling all 351 36/ 26 Do do 1855-58 l9 9 10 1 25 Do do 1880.61 at North London 10 Do New . ..... 10 Do New, 1804 . ...... at North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. IV. Junction all 101 11 at Scottish Central at Scot N. 12., Aber. stook] 100 et Do Scot. Mid. stook I 100 10 Shrews. and Welohpool I all -. It § } o7RlN;co r rir, ' 2 lOO 35 39 st South Eastern st- South Wales at S. York. and River Dun' 100 101 103 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok.! all 8 9 at Taff Vale ; 100 160 165 10 Do B , 8 5 6 10 Do C st Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 34 36 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R I 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Paid all Closing Price. 59 61 g9i 00i }die p 7i /4 75 SO 75 80 75 80 95 10) 1 , 3 95 ttlantio & St Lawrenc. tom.,Baroda&-Cent In( gu. 5 per oent.. •• • :0 Do. E. Shares... 104 3utlalo and Laae liuroi 10 Do. Preferunoe .• •• • .lulTalo,BrantAGodricl I ip. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187 1)0. do. July 1, 187 )o. do. June 1, 18: it .Icutta.,t S. astn I, ftperrown Dock Sari )0 Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf Eck mssrn. Bengal gu. bp. Dok East Indian. gu. 5 p. c 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 20 Do. do. 11 do. .. Dek ,)rand Trunk of Cana& 0 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent DO Do. Ist r•rei. Bonds.. DO Do. do. deferred" • DO Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 3d PI cf. stock ... 00 Do. do. deferred...... DO Do. 4th Pref. stock... 00 Do. do. deferred...... ook 4t.lndlarentn.gua. s p.c 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. n... ook South.of India(Lim ICO 102 ggi 100 i lot VOi 191 20i 19 k 0 91 94 71 73 61 63 E 6 68 55 57 53 56 45 (8 29 31 26 28 100 i 101, par p 99 ICO guaranteed 5 per cent k Do, 4i per cent..... ;k D 0... It. W. ot Canada Share Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt 10 Do. at p. o. do. '77-8.. . ,0 Indian Branch Limited stook 91 10} 102 10} 89 91 82 81 d 99} 100. 93 95 89 01 . 3dadras. guar., b P. C. • • 3k Do. 4# p. o. Extenalw ok Dc. 14 d 0... ..... 0 Do. Fifth Extension. .ok vlelb.Corp. Ap. o. Bndt. .0 ilelb. & Hobson's Bay. )0 Do. 7 p.O. 31ortg. Bds. 10 lewßrunswtok cL Cand, !8 CO 61ass - i. and B. Ist pt bdt Soinde -• • • et Do. Delhi 1 pi DO. d ut . o:u . i) . • • ••• Do. Do. •• •• •• •• Sta lk Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 2 6 80 8i 99 100 98 100 6cl par 98 100 : - 101., 94 96 Business don, rpoi 941 5 101 1 , .01 991 100 30} 101 k 10 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 pct cent., Dec. 31, 1872 100 Do. do. 1883 100 0i(0v.6 p.c.Ja ui . 1877-St • 100 94 9 6 90 Do. ap. c. Feb. Auk 100 94 90 D 0.6 p. o. Mar. & Sept 100 94 96 Do. Ep. o. Jan.&July 10C 82 84 Do. 5 Inscribed stocl 100 82 84 'ape G.llope, 6 p o,187: 100 (04 106 Do.Ap &Oct, 1881 100 107 109 Do. 189 , 100 09 111 )o. Jan. & July, 1891. 100 107 10) 7eylon, N0v.1878, 6n , 100 1(9 112 11aurittus p.cent.lB73 100 ,01 104 Do. 1878 00 103 106 Do. 1882 104 104 103 natal GOV. 6 per cont lot) 04 107 i.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.daul) 100 96 99 Do. 6p. e. ®p. & Oot 100 S.W. (I ov. 5 p 0.,186 , 100 97 99 Du. sp. c.,1811 to 127 i 100 96 98 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt 100 95i 961 iew Zealand 6 p cent 100 goys Scotia Gov. 6 p. e. steriing, 1875 lOO 99 102 lueensland Gcv. Bp. c 100 99 102 104 i. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 106 108 10) —lo. Gov. p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 - Do. io 6 p.o. A.n.&00t.. 100 1081 109; 1(91 BRITISH MINES. 'ambrian Consol. Gold Chiverton ....... ..... jiitiora Amalgamated )evon G. Con.. (Tavist Drakewal's ....... . east lia.sett (Illogan) i:ast Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... Rst earn Brea East Grenville .. • East Lovell . ... W'l Russel avistk. am.&St. Autwn(Gwen Great Laxey, 11m...: I mat• South Tolgue ;. Wheal Vor (11elston irenville .. • ierod's-Foot ...... 2.1.0. 30 1.14.( 2.4.0 2.7.0. 8.13. 78 3 4.18,( 2.8. - - lingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelani darke Valley.. , Ivnciv Trott Ore (Lim. I.:i (~ sievibettm zorth Downs North Roskcar. NV u'► Itabeet(lllo4B.L forth Wheal Crofty . Prosper United...• 'rev ittenee ( Uny Lelnt. south Uaradon(St.Cleer i.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park Cin Croft Nest Basset (Illogan).. Ct radon (Liskeard West Soton Wheal Basset (Illogan Wheal Buller( itedruth WhealLudcott Wheat Mar yAnn (Lien Wheat 3eton . . Wheal Treiawney (Lis.. Wheal Union 20} 3 1 .6 2.8 0 7.1. e. 10.0. I 8.1 - 8. , 10.17. 3.5.1• I I _7 7i 30 :Q 580 590 3* 3 65 70 266 276 76 7t 76 8 9 10 46 6 5 7 15 15 2 24 29 sO 7 74 88 40 4 44 6 8 44 5 1* 27 : 9 75 85 1k 1t 21 23 It 2* 31 44 34 4 37 39 100 520 42k 474 28 30 18 19 8 9 11 11 105 215 92 95 17 19 14 2 14 16 205 215 19 21 11 PREFERENCE SIIAItES. Great Northern, 5 per cent.. 111 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 100 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 4, Ditto, 6 p r cent., 127 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pt., 18i FOREIGN RAILWAYS.' Bahia andiSan Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 15i Recife and San Francisca (lint.), gua. 7 per cent., Hi FOREIGN ALINES! Alamillos, limited, Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, 1 i Valli:alias= Gold, lira., 16 BANKS. Agra and M isterman's (lim.), 137 8 Alliance arm.). 53 2 Anglo Austrian, 71 1 Bank of London. 160 2 Bpnk of Wales, lira., 161 17 City, 120 Consolidated Bank, lira., 104 Continental, lira., 19 East London, lim., 6} English and Swedish, lira.. 15 European Bank, Urn., 121 1 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lina.), Ditto, new, Is 18 Imperial Bank (Um.), 35 Imperial Ottoman, 161 1 17 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 5 London Joint Stock, 451 London and South-Western, 23 Merchant Bank, lira., 23} 6 Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 131 13 Mei ropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 221 New Zealand Bank Corporation, lint, 1 Union of Australia, 525 Union of London, 53 2} 2 - - - _ DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 69 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, Rm., 10/ Canada Company, 70 City of London Real Property, lira., 2 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Continental Union Gas, lira., 81 Egyptian Com. and Trading, Inn., 31 Financial Corporation, Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 6 Gen. Credit and Financ e of .ondon, lirn.. 6i Imperial Mercantile Credit A no., lira., 71 Indian Carrying, lira., 111:1 Interna ti ona l Financial ;•ociety, 8: H Italian Irrigation (Canal Cayour, 51 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem.la7o, issued 90, 83j Joint Stock Discount, Bin., 6: Land Securities, Lm., 4: Madras Irrigation and Canal,: — Ditto (all), 19 Milwall Iron Works. .Q London Financial Association, lira., 23 National Financial, lin, 546 Ottoman Financial Association , 9} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 79} 6 0 Universal Marine, Insurance, Hu; 5 I THE SUN, LONDO', FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTIMBER 16, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. BOW-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY BY FALSE PRETENCES.—Augustine Wm. Beauclerk Butler, a young man of gentlemanly appearance, was brought up by warrant, charged with obtaining £2O by false pretences from John Wartou. The prosecutor said he lived at 26, Cambridge-terrace, Clapham-road, and was a clerk, On the 17th of Aug. last he was seeking employment, when in consequence of a letter ho received ho went to No. 2, Pump-court, Temple, that evening, and there he saw the prisoner, who repre sented himself to be the Rev. Augustine Beanderik But ler, that ho was rector of the Calvery Mission, and secretary to the St. James's College and Jerusalem Uni versity, and also a clergyman of the Church of Eng- Inda. He told hire (witness) he was in want of a clerk for the said society, and he (witness) offered his ser. vices in that capacity. No definite arrangement was come to on that occasion, but the next morning ho went to the same piece and there saw the prisoner. He then engaged himself to go as clerk at a salary of 460 per annum. On 19th Aug. he met the prisoner at the office of a solicitor at 27, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and after some conversation he signed an agreement, which he (prisoner) also signed. At the same time he paid the prisoner £2O, as security for the monies belonging to the said society, which he (prisoner) said would be passing every day through his hands, Tho agreement stated that he was to be paid his salary quarterly, and that same evening he entered on the duties of the office. He continued in the service until the 14th of September. On Friday last, however, he told defendant that he was not satisfied with his situation, and he wished to leave; and at the same time asked that the money he had lodged as deposit might be returned to him, and the agreement destroyed. Defendant said he would con sider about it, and he left the office, 2, Pump-court, and he (witness) had not seen him again until the present moment. He only received one week's salary, and two weeks were now duo to him. He (witness) parted with his money and signed the agreement, on the representations of the prisoner that he was a clergyman and secretary to the Cal very Mission, &e., named in the agreement. The prose cutor here produced the two letters written by the prisoner; the first one directed him to call at Pump-court respecting a situation, and the second one informed him that it was requisite he should attend and answer some questions, e Loune satistaetury, ne would have to deposit £2O preparatory to his entering on tun_ . . _ _ _ agreement was also put in as evidence. The prisoner here begged that:the case might be adjourned in'order that he might provide himself with legal assistance, as he had only just been taken into custody. He should then be able to show that the charge was entirely without foundation, and that he had adhered to his agreement. If he bad been content to wait, the £2O would have been duly returned to him. He would undertake that it should be paid to him to-day or to-morrow. Mr Vaughan—But you are charged with having falsely represented yourself to be a clergyman of the Church of England and connected with the Calvery Mission, upon which representation the money was advanced to you. Prisoner—l am aware of that, but I shall be able to meet the charge. _ . . Mr Vaughan—Do you wish to ask the witness any questions ? Prisoner—No ; I prefer waiting till my solicitor is pre sent, and then the whole affair shall be explained. Mr Vaughan—Then I will remand the case for a week, but you will be retained in custody. Prisoner—Oh, of course. The prisoner, who suffered from an impediment in his speech, and could speak with much d.iiiculty, was then removed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TORTURING A MORSE,—William Harris, a coal dealer, living at 5, Boundary-row, Shoreditch, was charged be fore Mr. Knox, by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly ill-treating and torturing a horse, by working it while in an unfit state. Dobie, one of the officers of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said, about nine o'clock that morning he was in Pall Mall when he saw defendant pass with a horse attached to a van. On examining the horse he found that it was dead lame, the tendons of the near hind leg being drawn up in consequence of an old sprain. The horse was quite unfit for work. Mr Knox—There is no doubt about that. I have seen the horse. Dobie said the defendant had been to Pall-mall to deliver a quantity of coals. The defendant said he was the owner of the horse, and obliged to work it, as he had seven children. Mr Knox—lf you had 17 children that is no reason why you should torture the horse by working it in such a state. It is a scandal to work the horse at all. The defendant said the horse was a good one only a little stiff. Mr Knox—Are you willing to have the horse destroyed f The defendant said he would agree to anything. Mr Knox—The officer of the society will go with you, and if the horse is destroyed there will be an end of the matter. THAMES. A WOULD BE ASSASSIN.—James Williams, a powerful young man, was charged betore Mr Paget with threatening the life of Mr Levy, landlord of the Kettledrum, St George- street. Complainant said that on the pro vious day the prisoner and another came into his house and ordered two glasses of brandy and water, which the prisoner objected to pay for, and said that he did not care a for any one. He also observed that he would gouge out the eye of any one who interfered with him. He became so violent that com • plainant was unable to carry on his business. After a little while he got in the street, and with his clenched fist broke a pane of glass, and exclaimed, " There you —, take that," and ran away. He came back again, when the com plainant told him he did not wish to charge him if he went away quietly. Be did so, but soon after returned. On seeing him, some one in the crowd exclaimed, " Take care, he has got a knife." Complainant then went in doors for . a poker. He returned with it, and then he found him in custody. Mr Paget—Did you see the knife, Complainant—l did not, sir. A neighbour stated that he saw a knife in the hand of Lhe prisoner, and told complainant to be careful. He tried to induce prisoner to leave. Prisoner, who was not sober, said that complainant had got his coat, and would not give it him as ho had broken a pane of glass and owed for two glasses of brandy and water. Ho then told the prisoner to call the next morning when ho was sober. Police-constable Andrews, H 38, produced the knife (a jack clasp knife, such as is used by sailors). He said he heard the cries of " Police—murder 1" When near the prisoner he observed him sharpening a knife upon the kerb. When he saw witness he desisted, and r ut the knife in his pocket. Witness took him into custody. The prisoner was committed. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Thq arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were moderate. For all qualities the demand ruled inactive at Monday's currency. There was a full average supply of foreign wheat on the stands. The trade for most descriptions was in a sluggish state, yet no material change took place in the quotations, Floating cargoes of grain wore in slow request at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was but moderate. The trade, however, was dull, and prices had a downward ten dency. The malt trade was dull, at barely late rates. With oats, the market was well supplied. Nearly all qualities moved off slowly, at rather low prices. For beans and peas tie trade was film, at full currencies. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS wumc... Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2,1200 610 1,830 1,4`,.- 0 410 Irish Foreign 27,300 5,360 27,740 550 ticks. 36,720 brls. The New Tariff and Cost of Living in the Federal States. (From i)'e .11'ew fork Tribune.) A large proportion cf the articles we eat, drink, and wear are of foreign growth or manufacture, and for these we are now required to pay enormous prices in our currency, both on account of the high tariff and the high price of gold as compared with paper money. Tea pays 25 cents per lb ; sugar from 3 to 5 cents per lb ; molasses, 8 cents per gallon ; cinnamon, 30 cents per lb ; lemons, oranges, pine -apples, &c. 25 per cent ; nutmegs, 50 cents per lb ; mace, 40 cents per lb ; pimento and pepper un ground, 15 cents per lb ; and ground, 18 cents per lb ; salt, in sacks, &J. 24 cents per 100 lb ; and in bulk 18 cents per 1001 b ; sardines and anchovies, 50 per cent ad valorem; ginger, preserved, 50 per cent; jellies, 50 per cent ; and rice, when cleaned, 2L cents pe. lb. With gold at 250, the rates of some of the more prornirene of the above articles are nearly as follows, in currency —Tea pays about 63 cents per 10, sugar 8 to 13 cents per lb, molasses 20 cents per gallon, pep per 38 cents per lb, salt 61 cents per 1C033. Before the war, the sum now paid for duty alone on many a: tides would have sufficed for their entire purchase, including the duties then paid. Wo find that woollen cloths, woollen shawls, and all manufactures of wool of every description, which are not otherwise provided for, pay a duty of 21 cents per lb, and in addition thereto 40 per coat ad valorem; but if such goods are valued at over 2 dols. per square yard they must pay in addition to the above five per cent. Flannels, uncoloured, w va h l e u n ed co a lo t:: rd 0e: &0., entsoruleassenptesrpseqrulabr,eaynacird3,spay 24 cents per lb, and 30 per cent, an d if va l ue d above 3) cents, and p caw cm. Silk. flannel s pay 50 per cen t ; woollen er hceantst ad ,l 24 cents per lb, and 35 per cent ; R oollen yarn, valued at 50 cents and not over 1 dol. per lb, 20 cents per lb, and 25 per cent ; valued above that, 5 per cent additional. Ready made clothing and wearing apparel of wool, 24 cents per lb, and 40 per cent ; blankets of wool, 12 cents per lb, and 20 per cent, and 24 cents per lb, and 25 per cent, accord ing to value. Balmorals, 24 cents per lb and 35 per cent; woollen and worsted dress goods, 80., from 4 cents per square yard and 25 per cent to 6 cents and 30 per cent; the same coloured or printed, from 4 cents and 30 per cent, to 6 cents and 35 per cent. Shirts, drawers, and hosiery, of wool, 20 cents per lb and 30 per cent. Spool cotton, 6 cents per dozen spools, containing on each spool not exceeding 100 yards of thread, and in addition 30 per cent; exceeding 100 yards, for every additional 100 . _ of 100 yards, 6 cents per dozen and 30 per cent ; cotton shirts and drawers, woven or made on frames, and cot ton hosiery, 35 per cent, cotton velvet, 35 per cent; braids lace, &c. 35 per cent ; linens, valued at 30 cents or less per square yard, 35 per cent; valuel above 33 cents, 40 per cent ; sewing silk is the gum or purified, 40 per cent ; silk vestings, shawls, handkerchiefs, veils, shirts, drawers, &c. 60 per cent. Congress imposed heavy taxes on articles of luxury. both of home and foreign manufacture. Liquors, and other articles, the importation of which in most cases is un necessary, and tends only to impoverish the country with out any compensating advantages, are subject to the highest duties. Brandy of first proof is to pay an import duty of 2 dole. 60e per gallon, and higher proofs to pay in proportion; while other spirits, made from grain, &c., are to pay, for first proof, 2 dole, per gallon ; cordials, &c., pay 2 dole, per gallon; wines, valued at not over 50 cents per gallon, 20 cents per gallon, and in addition 25 per cent ; valued at over 50 cents and not over 1 dol. per gal lon, 50 cents per gallon and 25 per cent; valued at over 1 dol. per gallon, 1 dol. pex gallon and 25 per cent ad valo rem ; other spirituous liquors, 100 per cent, ; ale, porter, and beer, in bottles, 35 cents per gallon ; otherwise than in bottles, 20 cents per gallon; cigars of all kinds valued at 15 dole or loss per 1,000, 75 cents per lb and 20 per cent. valued at over 15 Idols and not over 40 dols per 1,000, 1 dell 25c per lb and 30 per cent. ; valued at over 30 dol and not over 45 dols per 1,000, 2 dole per lb and 50 per cent.; valued at over 45 dole per 1,000, 3 dols per lb and 60 per cent, ; snuff 50 cents per lb ; tobacco in lest' 35 cents per lb, and manufactured 50 cents per lb; almonds 6 cents per lb, and when shelled 10 cents per lb, opium 2 dole 50c per lb, and when prepared for smoking 100 per cent. ; pipes, meer schaum, etc., 1 dol 500 per gross, and 75 per cent. ; dia monds and other precious stones, not set, 10 per cent. Iron in its various forms is subject to many different rates of duty. Steel is also pretty heavily taxed. On glass, too, we find a number of different rates. Those interested in these articles will find it more profitable to consult the law in its details than to obtain their information from a news paper article, necessarily limited. Gutta percha pays 40 per cant, Carpets are used in every family, and when our readers glance at the following high rates of duty they will readily discern how it is that they now command such enor mous high prices. Wilton, Saxony, and Aubusson, Ax minster, patent velvet, and tapestry, velvet carpets, Brus sels carpets wrought by the Jacquard machine, and all medallion or whole carpets, valued at 1 dol 25c or under per square yard, 70c per square yard ; valued at over 1 dol 25c per square yard, 89c per square yard ; ingrain and three-ply carpets, 40c per square yard. Watches of geld or silver, of which we formerly imported large numbers from England, Switzradand, and oth r countries, are now to pay 25 per cent, ad valorem; palm leaf fans pay lc each; soap, fancy, perfumed, honey, transparent, and all descriptions of toilet and shaving soap, 10c per lb and 25 per cent ; soap, not otherwise provided for, lc per lb, and in addition thereto 30 per cent. ; starch made of potatoes or corn, to per lb and 20 per cent. ; starch made of rice or any other material, 3c per lb and 20 per cent. If any of our readers not familiar with finances has glanced over the above statistics, and still fails to see why some of the articles of most universal consumption command the prices that they do, we will endeavour to make the matter more clear by taking an example. Take the ar ticle of spool cotton, which every lady in the land uses to greater or less extent. Each consumer has been surprised to find the spools which formerly cost four cents now com manding from 15 to 20. The value of a dozen spools in England is, we believe, about 2s or say 48 cents of our gold currency. Now if gold is valued at 255 in comparison with paper money we find that if paid for in our money a dozen would cost in England over 1 dol. 22c. The duty on tole dozen, when brought i nto the U n it e d States, is about 27 cents more in gold, or a b out 69 cen ts in currency, making the cost to the import er i n t h e U n it e d States, exclusive of charges, freight, com m i ss i on, Sze. about I do l . Ole, or about 16 cents per spool. The new tariff law p rov id es t h a t a ll goods which may be in the public stores or b an d e d ware houses on the day the act went into effect shall be subject to no other duty upon the entry thereof for consumption than if the some were imported respectively after that day. It also defines what is meant by the " of such goods on shipb oar d at t h e l as t place of shipment to of of goo d s . It is to be the actual valu e the United States, and i s t o b e asce rtained by adding to the vales of such goods at th e place o f growth, production, or manufacture, the cost o f transpor tation, shipment , and trans-shipment, with all the expenses in cluded, from the place of growth, producti on , or m anufacture, whether by land or water, to the vess e l i n w hi c h shipment is made to the United States, the value of the sack, box, or covering of any kind in which such goods are contained, commission at the usual rate, in no ease less than 2} per cent., brokerage, and all export duties, together with all costs and charges paid or incurred for placing said goods on shipboard, and all other proper charges specified by law. An important pro vision iu regard to goods which pay a specific duty is the following :—" That on and after January 1, 1865, the in• voices of all goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the United States shall be made out in the weights or measures of the country or place from which the importations shall be made, and shall contain a true statement of the actaal weights or measures of such goods, wares, and merchandise, without any respect to the weights or measures of the United States. Under the operation of such a law as the present tariff, American manuf actures cannot but be largel y d eveloped: The price of all foreign goods and manufactures is m a d e eo high to the consu mer b y the rate of duty imposed, and by the necessity of payingin gold, while all other goods are bought and sold with paper money as the basis of t ra d e, that American manufac t u rers are doubly incited to increase their hough t aro he net ta facilities and business. T imposed on home he nea es man ufactures are heavy, t Dods. y BO great as those imposed on forms g las t week l tried a Spahi named TRIAL OF A DESERTEL—The military tribunal i deserted in presence of the rebels and fought against the French troops. of Oran (Algeria) last Avhimlrtesian well at Mau- In April last a detach:einit a c ocmiam b rgae nd .o e f . d t h r b a a y v i :Liout, Marsot, eenntg,ineer Lieut. w Marsot h ar h so is t consisting of 15 men of t f h ro e m lst Tia a r t e ta ti llon o o n f t African h g eth e 9th prisoner infantry, a soldier of the waggon . natives, l b i:t• a rlinenad detachment, an e l assistant, Mohamed wweirtehofeocuurpied in revolt of the Arabs having been e ab l lra - o G rum e g t hi o nt u gt t o : ,et the 4 : O r. lasen7fputoeiill e began to fear an attack, and, as a convoy of provisions w hi c h was expected on the following day di d not make its ap pearance, he determined to fall back on Tiaret, seeing that his rations were exhausted, and his men had but little ammunition left. Ile therefore raised his camp in the even ing and marched all night towards Tiara. In the morning the lieutenant found that the four Arabs under the prisoner's orders had deserted, and at 5 o' , elock he s aw 200 A ra bs drawn up to oppose his passage.rho prisoner Mahomed immediately galloped off to yen them, threw off his French uniform cloak, and led the rebels to attack the detachment he had just deserted. Lieut. Marsot formed his handful of men into a square and repelled the aggressors, Ile then resumed his march, but Was harrassed for seven hours by the :Arabs, who at last retired. It appears that the prisoner, finding hi s treachery frustrated by the bravery of the detachment, rode on to Ti are t , an d i n f orme d the military authorities of Lieutenant Marsot's danger. A strong detachment was instantly sent to hi s a id, a nd met him at some distance from 1 laret. • rhe prisoner was then placed under arrest and ordered for trial. In court the prisoner pretended that he had left the detachment to obtain succour from Tiaret, and had not joined the rebels, but the soldiers of the detachment preyed that he was the foremost among their assailants, and that they saw him fire at them repeatedly. The Tribunal unanimously declared the priso ner guilty, and sentenced him to be shot, after previously undergoing military degradation, 'Fbo execution is to take place at Mascara, NEW GATE AND LEADENIIALL. But moderate supplies of meat continuo on sale at these markets. For nearly all qualities, the trade rules firm, at fully late rates. Per Sib. by the carcase. stied sided Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 4 2 4 6 diddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Prime largo do. 3 10 4 0 Veal. Do. small do. .. 4 '2 4 4 Small pork ~ .. 4 4 4 8 Large pork .... 3 6 4 2 Lamb lutbrior mutton. 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English hops on sale is tolerably large, but the quality and colour of the produce vary consider• ably. For good and fine samples, there is a fair demand, at full pikes ; otherwise, the trrdo is by no means active Annexed are the quotations per cwt. New Mid and East Kent pocket ll2s to 180 s New Weald of Kent 9os to 130 a New Sussex Yearlings old New Bavarians loos to 140 a COLONIAL. TEA—The market has remained very quiet, and the few dealings entered into have been at about former rates. SUGAR—Business has been very dull, and a further slight decline has taken place in prices. Common lumps are inactive, and quoted 47s per cwt. COFFEE—A moderate amount of business has been transacted in colonial descriptions at slightly reduced quo tations. RICE—Gor;cl and superir description of East India have been in fair demand at about former values. TALLOW—The market has continued dull, and prices have shown a further down ward movement for both present and forward delivery. Health of the Army Abroad. The returns which have been issued from the Army Medi cal Department relating to the health of the army in 1862, are not quite complete in so far as regards the European regiments in India in that year. The general abstracts, however, include all but one regiment, and present this very encouraging result : —Admissions into hospital, 1,736 per 1,000 of mean strength; deaths, 25.68 per 1,000, the deaths being nearly a third under the proportion of 1861. The mortality in the Madras Presidency was 20 . 83 per 1,000; Bombay, 24.60; and Bengal (where the majority of the troops are quartered), 27.55, the Bengal mor tality of 1860 and 1861 having averaged 42.27. These statements include the deaths of invalids on their passage home, or while waiting their discharge in Eng land. There were no less than 96 cases of Euustroke, or heat apoplexy, and 30 terminated fatally. A death from starvation is recorded, that of a corporal of the 54th Regi ment, who deserted, taking with him some public money, and wh 3, after living on berries in the woods for some time, was found starved aryl dying. The number of invalids sent home in the year for discharge or change of climate was 1,795, being 2817 p r 1,000 of mean strength. The return of deaths at each age shows a much more rapidly progres • sive increase of mortality in India with the advance of age than is usual in temperate climates, the mortality at the ages 35-39 being double that at the ages 20-24; the practical bearing of these results upon the question of the reliefs of regiments in India must be obvious. Jn 1862 the deaths from spasmodic cholera in Bengal were only a third of the ratio of 1861, but it still remains the chief cause of mortality in this presidency, and its fatal character appears to have undergone no modification, the proportion of deaths to cases having still been lin F6l. Passing now to the European troops employed in China in 1862, we find an average strength of 3,511, admissions into hospital 1,847 per 1,000, and deaths no less than 99.12, literally decimating the force. This is due chiefly to the returns from North China; in South China the ratio was 28 78. At Shanghai, where the average strength was 1,362, the deaths were 163 per 1,000, a fearful rate of mortality, duo in nearly equal proportions to epidemic cholera and to dysentery and diarrhces. There was a large increase of the force there just at the commencement of the usual sickly season, and Shang hai ab )unds in all the elements of unhealthiness. The army surgeons are not sanguine of its ever proving a healthy sta tion for European troops. The ravages of cholera were not confined t 3 the country round Shanghai, but extended along ing down to Japan. It is estimated on good authority that before Shanghai and Scon-Kiang, distant some 40 miles, about an eighth of the Chinese population died from cho lera in 1862. With relation, next, to Now Zealand, we learn that the average strength was 5,432, the admissions into hospital only 516 per 1,000, the deaths 9.10. Mr Monet, Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, notices the com parative absence ci some diseases, as venereal and malari ous fever, and the entire absence of others, such as smallpox and cholera. He considers that with improvements (much required) in barracks, a proper check upon intern- , perance, and an allowance of four consecutive nights in bed, the mortality might be reduced one half. In Aus tralia the average strength was 1,000, the admissions into hospital 683, and the deaths 22. This is a considerable in crease in the mortality ; it occurred chiefly in tubercular diseases, which were three times as fatal as usual. This probably arose from the eircumstanee that when the 12th and 40th Regiments embarked for service in New Zealand, all the weakly and delicate men were transferred to the wings of these corps, which were left br service in Aus tralia, But making every allowance for this, the number of cases of sickness and death is still so high that it would seem to indicate that the Australian climate is not well suited to persons having a tendency to tubercular disease. In Ceylon the force was below 1,000; the returns show a considerable decrease in the admissions into hospital, but the deaths continued above nineteen per 1,000 Here also tubercular diseases were a source of con siderable mortality, but were comparatively rare among the native troops, Dr Dane, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, reports that a complete change in the construc tion of the buildings occupied by the European soldier will have to be made before he can be placed in a fair position to contend against the influence of the climate. In Mau ritius the deaths rose to nearly 44 per 1,000, owing to the prevalence of epidemic cholera ; the mortality from it amounted to lin 2.64 cases. The chief cause of the in validing, which was much above the average of the three preceding years, was pulmonary disease. At the Cape of Good Hope the average strength was 4,519, the mortality 9.73 per 1,000, just 1 per 1,000 above that of the army at home in the same year; more than 20 men per 1,000 were in hospital for diseases directly resulting from intemper ar ce. From the West Indies the mortality return from Jamaica, 12.81 per 1,000 is favourable, but in the Windward and Leeward command the deaths were 13.10 per 1,000, which is considerably higher than in the previous year; the increase was owing to an outbreak of yellow fever at Bar. badoee. Steps have been taken for remedying various sanitary defects in the barracks. From Canada the return is favourable—admissions into hospital 657 per 1,000, and deaths 8 . 36, and this notwithstanding that upwards of half the troops had to travel into Canada in the depth of winter, and that the sudden accession caused for a time a considerable degree of overcrowding. The admission into hospital were chit.fly from venereal disease or the conse quence of intemperance. The former is more prevalent in the summer, owing to its importation by sailors on the open ing of the navigation. It is suggested that they be examined by the health officer before being allowed to land. At Malta this class of disease was reduced in the year by more than half owing to the adoptien of a system of police surveillance of the loose women. At Gibraltar the sickness and mortality were lower than in the army at home, but continued fevers were in excess of the average. They aro attributed to the continuance of imperfect drainage, overcrowding, intemper ance, and exposure to the heat of the sun on the public works. Mr Paynter, Deputy Inspector-General of Hos pitals, believes intemperance to have been the source of two 'thirds of the diseases which came under treatment. In the whole army at home and abroad in the 3 ear 1862 the admissions into hospital amounfel to 1,165 per 1,000 of mean strength, the deaths to 16'38, and the discharges by invaliding to 26.13. The number constantly non-effective by reason of sickness was nearly 60 (49 . 77) per 1,000, ex. eluding Bengal, from which there is no return. The Catholic Congress at Maline?. A correspondent writes to a contemyorary :—" On my returning from Malines, I find quoted in your journal—and I understand that this is the case with nearly the whole round of the London press—a passage from the Ihdepen dance Belye relating to the recent Ca holic Congress at. Malines, which throws a good deal of light on the kind of ' independence' adopted by that journal. I find there stated that at the call of the illustrious French preacher,the fete Felix—who for the last 11 year s h as preached the course of Lenten sermons befor e th e em i nen tl y i n t e ll ec tual audience which gather around th e p u lpit o f N otre D a me de Paris—' :he assembly (of islalines) replied by cries, a hun dred times repeated, of " Viva Jesus Christ l'" One might indeed have believed on e s e lf a t a banquet,' adds the independent' scribe, 'at the moment when the health of the host is proposed,' &o. On the whole, the call to hail publicly the names of our Blessed Saviour, His Vicar on Earth, and the Catholic Church, uttered by the first sacred orator of France at the present time, is represented by the Independence to have been responded to in such a way as only fools or blackguards could do it. Now, sir, I was present at the scene, and to me it seemed one of the grandest I ever witnessed. I shall describe it for the benefit of your readers. At the end of one of his usual calm and clear discourses addressed to the Congress in its hall of meeting, the Pare Felix, who had been alluding to the insults infl;cted on our Saviour by Itenan and other recent writers, called for a special manifestation, on the part of the whole assembly, of its be lief and love with regard to the Divinity of Christ, His Vicar, and His Church, and invited the assembly to repeat after him the following acclamations, which ho first pro.. nouneed with outstretched hand, in a calm and firm tone of voice, Viva Notre Signeur Jesus Christ, vrai Dieu et vrai homme The whole of the 4,000 gentlemen present in the hall at once stood up and stretched their right hands like the speaker, and repeated in the same calm and earnest manner, and in measured time, as it were, those 4,000 voices speaking in unison, ' Viva Jesus Christ, Notre Seigneur, vrai Dieu et vrai homme 1' In like manner were the other two acclamations repeated, much after the manner in which, from the earliest times, the members of the then truly great Christian assemblies, which aro called the councils and synods of the Church, repeat the Acclama tions' set down in the rituals for the conclusion of their meetings. Far from appearing to my artistic appreciation to bo the act of either fools or blackguards, the whole scene seemed to me not only enacted by sensible and car nest men, but as the grandest and most appropriate declaration of faith, like the taking of the oath et allegiance by a whole host; in flue, a kind of renewal of a Christian's baptismal vows. " I need hardly dwell after this on the way in which the ' independent' scribe speaks of my truly reverend friend, Father Hermann, and the manner in which he makes out that tho five pirates of the Fiowei y Land, executed at New gale in February last, were made up of ono Catholic and three Protestants, All who have the happiness of knowing Father Hermann, and M. Listz first of all, can testify to his eminent talents as a musician and as a sacred orator, just as they can attest to his constant humility, abnegation, and religious fulfilment of his sacred vocation. It is no credit to any one's judgment or honesty to speak of him otherwise. DRUNK FOR TWENTY YEARS.—Au inquest was held on Wednesd,iy in Cannon-street, St. George's-in-the- East, as to the death of Sarah Whalley, aged fifty-nine years. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased had been a desperate drunt'ard for no less than 20 years—it was her huebancl's opinion that she had not once been properly sober in all that time—and had died suddenly on Monday morning. The medical testimony showed that all the organs of deceased were in a shocking state of disease, from her habits of drinking, and that death had immediately resulted from disease of the heart. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence. CRIME IN FRANCE- The Correctional Tribunal of Poitiers (Vient:e) has just been occupied with the trial of a band of pretended sorcerers, composed of a woman, named Vignaud ; Pierre Vignaud, her husband ; Eugen• Vignaud, his brother; and a relative of theirs named Prevost, on a charge of swindling a widow named Cail lobon out of upwards of 3,000 f. The female prisoner had, in 1861, undergone an imprisonment of 13 months for similar practices. Soon after . her release she returned to Poitiers, where she made the acquaintance of the prose cutrix, whom she persuaded that she (the prisoner) had the power of discovering a quantity of gold which the widow's husband had concealed in the house on his return from Spain. Unfortunately, for the dupe, she believed in the existence of this hidden treasure, for the discovery of which she had before applied to different som nambulists, and she lent a willing ear to the promises made. The woman Vignaud commenced her operations by taking the widow about to different parts of the country, the latter having, as a matter of course, to pay all the expenses. Holes were also dug by Vignaud in several parts of the house, and various incantations performed over them. Ira a short time after, during the absence of the widow, and when her granddaughter only was present, she removed a stone from the back of the chimney and showed the girl, without, however, allowing her to come close to it, something having a yellowish appearance, which the sorceress said was part of the treasure. The girl in delight informed her grandmother of the fact, who unloosed her purse-strings more than ever. Some time after the announce • ment was made that the treasure had been found, and the prisoners, accompanied by the widow, went to Angouleme, carrying with them a box containing, according to the account of the woman Vignaud, about 20 pounds weight of gold. The object of the journey, all the expenses of which as a matter of course were defrayed by the victim, was to sell the precious metal. The police, however, having heard of the arrival of persons with such a large sum, fancied that a robbery ha•l been committed, and insisted on having the box opened, when it was found to be filled with pieces of old iron. Madame Caillebon then returned to Poitiers, and gave information to the police. When before he Court the evidence given by the prosecutrix was so clear that the prisoners could not deny the facts, and were found guilty and condemned, the woman Vignaud as the princi pal to eighteen months' imprisonment; her husband to four WllZAlfsdiV6Uitt/2111fri.JviP.W.AP months each. The four expenses. An officer-de-sante, named Alltzard, was last week tried by the Court of Assizes of the Hante-Loire on a charge of attempting to murder a young man named Bonfils, residing at Auun; Alit zard's servant, a young woman named Mestre, was also charged as an accessory before the fact. It appeared from the indictment that the female prisoner entered Allczard's service in the summer of 1863, and that an improper con nection was soon established between than. Among the persons who visited Allezard was a young man named Bonfils, whom the former soon begun to suspect of an amour with his servant, and to prevent any communica tion between them he locked the girl in her chamber every night, and sealed a strip of paper on her window, so that it could not be opened without his knowledge, These precaue tions, however, did not satisfy his jealousy. Under the pretext that robbers were always prowling about his premises during the night, he begged his neighbours to assist him in w.tching, which they did for several nights without making any discovery. Having thus paved the way for his design, he advised his servant to give Bonfils a rendezvous in his stable at II o'clock that night, under the pretence that she had something important to communicate. Bonfils went at the hour appoiated, and was just entering the stable, when Allezard, who was watching at the window, fired at him twice and wonnded him severely in the leg and thigh. The wounded man's cries soon brought the neighbours to his aid, and he explained ho had gone there to meet Allesard's servant by her own appointment. She and her master were according arrested. The girl at once confessed that she had made an appointment to meet Bonfils, but that her master had that night looked her up as usual. She protested that she had no suspicion of what her master intended to do. The evidence having clearly proved that the whole thing was a plot devised by Allezard to get rid of his supposed rival, the jury found him guilty of wilfully wounding, and the Court oentenced him to four years' imprisonment, The female was acquitted. At the Court of Assizes of the Anbe a farm-servant, named Malley, has just been tried on a charge of having at Mou lins, on the 25th March last, murdered his wife by throwing her into the river Aube ; a married woman named Tonnelot, with whom he had cohabited both before and after his mar riage, was also charged as an accomplice in the crime. The woman Malley having disappeared on the 25th March last, the prisoner, a man of very bad character, was immediately suspected of having murdered her, and several circumstances were soon discovered which left no doubt of his guilt. Ho was accordingly arrested, and, after vainly endeavouring to combat the evidence against him, at last confessed that at the instigatinn of the woman Ton nelot, he had induced his wife to go with him to see some friends at a neighbouring village, but that the woman Tonnelot met them near the riv3r, and they then execu'ed the design of drowning her. In consequence of this con fession the woman Tonnelot was arrested. The river was dragged, and the body of Malley's wife was found near the spot indicated by him. In court, the female prisoner de nied her guilt, and attempted to prove an alibi, but failed, while several witnesses deposed that they had seen her coming from the direction of the river shortly after the time when the murder was committed. The jury found both prisoners guilty, but with extenuating circumstances, and the court accordingly condemned them to hard labour for life. THE NEW CARDINAL,--There is a rumour abrcad hat one of the two cardinals' hats, rendered vacant by ho death of Cardinal Savelli and Cardinal Bedini, will be conferred upon the Right Rev. Monsignors Manning, D,D Provost of Westminster, and that he will, as a prior step. be raised to the office of a bishop. Tho right rev. doctor was formerly archdeacon of the diocese of Chichester. He was one of the most prominent of the High Church party, and an earnest coadjutor of the Bishop of Oxford in his Church work. The other cardinal's hat will, it is said, be conferred upon a French bishop who is a close personal friend of the Emperor. TIGER AND BUFFALO FIGHTS IN JAVA.—As no circus or arena of any kind is erected for the fetes, several men, armed with long spears, form a ring consisting of a vast concourse of eager spectators. The fight between the tiger and the buffalo is always considered the sensational scone of the day. The portable cage into which the tiger has been driven is placed in the centre of the ring, and that of his adversary exactly opposite, a ftw paces apart. When the doors are opted, the tiger, if he has lost heart by his long confinement, will immediately make a rush towards the circle of spectators, seeking for a gap through which ho may make his escape—a vain attempt, for so formidable is the zone by which he is sur rounded, and so threatening are tho glittering spear heads, that, with his tail between hie hind legs, he not unfre quently retreats to his artificial cover, out of which he must again be driven in order to make him come to the scratch. If, as is generally the case, he at last turns in des peration from the pointed barrier of spears, and encounters the buffalo, infuriated by pain inflicted by the points of the same weapons, the king of the jungle raises his head, waves his tail from side to side like a cat ready to pounce on its prey, and looks at his adversary as though the glare of his fierce oyes were sufficient to inspire awe and dread. The audience at this crisis becomes breathless with excitement. From the Regent himself, to the little boy who gazes at the scene seated on his father's shoulder, all are fascinated by the same dread spectacle, and an ominous silence prevails. The defiant roar of the tiger is responded to by the deep bel lowing of the buffalo, which shakes the surrounding ground. The tiger, after stealthily advancing, stops to watch the movements of his foe ; the buffalo, threatening his adversary with his formidable horns, stands ready to toss him in the air. But the cunning animal, by a kind of instinct, seems to understand the danger to which he is exposed, and crouching down, as though for a leap, while his enemy ruches forward to fling him up, he leaps over his head, and with the speed of lightning saddles himself all fours on his back. Beyond the reach of danger from his op ponent's horns, ho now plants his teeth in the skin of the unfortunate buffalo, whose groans of rage and anguish are distinctly heard amid the loud shouts of the people. Should the tiger not succeed in taking his leap at the right moment, the buffalo throws him up into the air like a ball, and as he falls, stands prepared to goad him to death. If the tiger should come off victorious in the contest, he is carefully kept and tended, to display his prowess in another gala.-- Life in face, by W. B. D' Almeida. THE WHALE FISHING.—On Tuesday the steam ship Polynia, Capt. Gravill, arrived at Dundee from the whale fishing. The Polynia comes home clean, after an absence of about five months. She reached the fishing ground in May, and continued to shift from ono place to another up till two or three weeks ago, when she cleared the ice. During the whole time one whale only was sighted, and some very bad weather was experienced. Capt. Gravill reports having seen the A ctiver of Peterhead, which had no whales, but the oil of Grq seals. The Sir Colin Campbell, of Peterhead, was also spoken by the Polynia, and had at that time ono whale and about 3CO seals, which would yield about 15 or 20 tuns of oil. The crew of the Polynia caught 22 brown bears, some of which were of considerable size. Two have been brought home alive, and the others have been preserved for their hides. Captain Gravill states that he scarcely ever saw worse weather, and never during the many years he has gone to the whale fish ing did ho move about so much and meet with so littlo sue cess,—Dundce Advertiser. " France," says the Krcutz Zeitung of Berlin, "did last month take some slight step for Denmark, but only out of c o mplaisance for England. The proceeding, besides, had no omeial char acter, and cousisted only charging in an unofficial manner th e French amblssador at Berlin to recotnwcnd moderation towards Denmark in the conversations which he should have with Count de Eis• mark and M. de Thiele. 'I he subsidiary demand of Earl Itusssll that universal suffrage should be applied in Schles wig, has not been supported by the Cabinet of ale Tuileries SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE_ This Day, DONCASTER RACES—This DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) DON STAKES. Beaver King George Coup d'Etat TOWN PLATE Worthington Skylark ,L 3 thorn Fourteen lan. DONCASTER, S 1 AKES. Ely Coast Guard ..... Tool Tool 3 Nine ran. DONCASTER CUP. General Peel (Covey) 1 Hippolyta (J. Grirashaw) 2 Miner Rapid Rhone Won by a head bad third. (Alcrott) Evens General Peel, 5 to 2 agst Hippolyta, 3 to 1 agst Miner, 100 to 12 agst Repid Rhone, SCURRY HANDICAP. Doeford St Alexis Ctiquot the Jester ...... 3 Five ran. NURSERY HANDICAP. Vest colt Wild Poppy Club Queen .. 3 Nineteen ran. PARK HILL STAKES. Battaglia Sister to Drake S y ron - Six ran. Cambuscan ** 1 Guzza Ladra .... 2 No batting. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. Captain Speke (the Explorer of the Nile) Shot. Sir IL Murchison announced on tho opening of the Geographical Section this morning, that Captain Speke, the explorer of the Nile, was accidentally shot dead last evening. The information to be obtained at present is very meagre. It seems that Captain Speke was at the Geographical Section yesterday at three o'clock, and subsequently went shooting on Lord Methuen's estate, at Corshem, nine miles from Bath, and his gun accidentally went cff and killed him. There is a rumour that it is the brother of and not Captain Spoke himself, but his absence from the Geogra phical Section, where a paper on Central Africa is to be read immediately, is confirmatory of Sir R. Murchison's announcement. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 16, It is hereby notified that E trl Russell, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign AffAire, has received from Mr Walpbam, in charge of her Majesty's Legation in Mexico, a despatch, inclosing a copy of a decree by which the blockade established in the Gull of Mexico and on the PaCifi3 Coast of Mexico has been raised. The following is a copy of the decree above referred to : The official journal published yesterday the following decree, under date July 29 : Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, Desiring to afford to commerco a proof of the interest which we take in its freedom and prosperity, we have de creed and do decree— Art. 1. The blockade of all the ports of the Empire, both in the Gulf at Mexico and in the Pee fic, is raised. Our Secrete!) , of Finance, in communicating the present decree to the Maritime Customs authorities, will transmit to them the necessary instructions. Given at the Palace of Mexico, July 29, 1864. (Signed) I‘l AXIMILIAN. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SErT 15. The Queen has barn graciously pleusad to appoint his Excellency the Right 'lon. Sir Andrew Buchanan, K.C.8., now her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and P:eni npotantiary to the King of Piuisia, to be her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary to the Em peror of All the hussies. The Queen has alto been graciously pleased to appoint his Exceliency the Right Honourable Lord Napier, Kt., now her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni potentiary to the Emperor of All the Missies, to be her Majesty'a Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia. DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 15. The Queen has been pleased to ratify and confirm the appointment of Hugh Williams Austin, Esq., to be a Member of the Privy Council of the Island of Jamaical. WHITEIIALL, SErT, 6. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto George Crowther, of Brandon Lodge, in the township of Wigton, in the parish of Harcwood, in the county ,f York, gentleman, her Royal licence and authority that he may, in compliance with a condition in the last will and testa ment of John Wiggles worth, of Brandon aforesaid, de ceased, benck forth take and use the surname of Wiggles worth in lieu (,1 that of Crowther : And also to command that the said Royal concession and declaration be recorded in her Majesty's College of Anne,. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SETT. 14. _ The Right honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'AtLires at Saint Petersburg, enclosing a copy of a Russian Imperial Order fixing the du'y on un cleaned rice imported into Saint Petersburg by sea, at 30, copecs the pod. - ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 15. The undermentioned Commanders have been promoted to the rank of Retired Capt.in from the Ist July, 1864, under the provisions of the Order in Council of the 9.11 July, 1864 ;-11enry St John Georges, William Montagu Isaaeron George Paico, Herbert Grey Austen, Robert Jtnner, and Robert Phillips. Alexander Kent, was promoted to the rank of Paymas • ter-in-Chief on the Retired List, on the 6th September, 1864. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of comm ercial im portauco in the Gazette : Elward Parr, coal merchant, Leamington Fredk. Williams, grocer, Plymouth Henry Hitchcock, grocer, New Cross-road, Surrey William Reed, builder, West Ham, Essex Francis Brown, glazier, Barton-under-Need wood Horace Fuller, horse dealer, Canterbury Thomas I3ultner, plumber, ingland-road Richard Styles, fishmonger, Kingsland Pieter B. Van der VliEs, publican, Liverpool Joseph Bcresford, cotton spinner, Buglawton, Cheshire Wm. Fryer, contractor, Gateshead Low Fell John Wilkinson, farmer, Strensall John F. Davis, auctioneer, Peterborough W. G. Parbery, grocer, orthampton SCULCH BANKRUPTS. George Riddoch, merchant, Aberlour, Banffshire James Scott, farmer, RochaWe, Perthshire John Campbell, merchant, Thurso Course of Exchange,—This Day, Amsterdam Ditto 12 21 Rotterdam 12 2i 12 3 Antwerp - 25 80 Brussels — 25 75 25 80 Hamburgh Paris ... . Ditto Marseilles.. — 25 75 2.5 80 Frankfort on Maine — 121 1211 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 30 301 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz — 47; 48 Leghorn — 2.5 85 2b 90 Milan .... • ... Genoa — 25 85 25 90 Naples .. — 25 85 25 90 Palermo — 25 871 25 921 Messina — 25 874 25 921 Lisbon - 51 k 51t Oporto Foreign Gold in Baia (Standard) ...... per oz., £ 3 17 9 Silva in Bars (Standard) 0 0 0 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady. Sales probably 5,000 bales. SHIPPING-THIS BAY, - .0.- LONDON, Sept. W.—Wind this day at noon—South west; moderate breezy and cloudy; heavy rain in the morning. roirrsmount, Sept, 15. Arrived—Supub, from B am. burg fur Purliambuco—lsabella, from Hamburg for Ha. vanuall. CARDIFF, Sept. 11.—Wind SAV.—Arrived—Esprea, from Monte Video. BRISTOL, Sept. .15.—Wind IN,W.—Arrivod—Toxian, from Rio Janeiro. RINGROAD, S, pt. 15.---Wind W,N,W.—Arrived— Marehionefie, from River Plate. r LTMOUTII, Sept. 15..-. Wind from London for Palma. FAIN otr it, Sept. IG.—Wind Castle, tJr Dublin awl MalL•ourno.