The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-11 00:00:00

MARKET X 0 - i'y AND CO MMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, The CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. , supply of capital aloe renders the discount establishments very discreet as to the I h l !Per they accept, and induces them to exact very _gh rates f or all the business they negotiate. In "B(quence of this disturbance there has been a general idea that the directors of the Bank of Eng :4 may be Compe l led to raise their off i c i al mini .4l; and the commerc i al commun i ty are t h ere f ore br suing all the accommo d at i on th ey requ i r e. Th e okers aware of this anxiety on the part of the mercantile classes a re c h arg i ng 91 91 per cent. for rte beat short dated bills. further sum of £120,000 in gold was taken into " BThe aßnk yesterday. ombay ste amer , w hi c h leaves to-morrow will take out only £42,350. ii t tltiri ng the la s t f ew d ays th ere h a s been very 4tle busines s t ransacted in the Fore i gn an d Colo :al Produc e M arkets, the state of t h e money lket h aving operated prejudicially on the general condition of commercial affairs, Tea has been in mo derate oderate request, at about late rates, for superior (11111448, while sugar has been dull without any at erisl change in prices. Coffee, rice, fruits, spice®, til,(,lBs ll petre have remained at former rates, while se aun w has continued at steady prices for both pre nt and forward delivery. Two o'CLocK. It e 4t the Paris B ourse this day, according to tit er's telegram , the 3 per Cent. Realms were q°oted 65f. 40c. to she English stock market to-day has continued further BYroptoms of depression, and although no fe T alteration has occurred in prices, there is a r ti e L lu g of general uneasiness consequent upon the c 'lours of commercial faildres. The quotations for 88 % °80 18 for money are 871 88, and for the account iit ; ',l* The New Threes and Reduced Annuities, ; March Exchequer Bills, lls to 6s ; June •,4 0 dis.; and Indian 5 per Cents., 1031 104. a n i ll t he Foreign market there has been very little Turkish -Ell "len, and prices have not varied materially. soli 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691-, ; do. Con. G licie° ' 49 ; Mexican, 251 261 ; do. New, 248 ; ti r a e°r, 22 ! i; Spanish Passive, 30 1-; do. Cm• f eates, 13i 3 ; Portuguese, 461- ; and the Cone ecl A er ate Loan, 53 55. - n t i , , meeting to-day of the creditors of Messrs (16 441 and Bullman, watch manufacturers and Arl'ond merchants, the balance-sheet, prepared by 81: 88r8 C . P. Kemp Ford and Co., accountants, a n ° Wed th at the liabilities represente d £99,864 17 s , l e • e d t he asset s a t £18,268 168 ld, leaving a defi eattim.eY °f £81,596 Os 11d. It was agreed that the . ‘ e be wound up in bankruptcy. a r 'e the Rahway Share Market there has been a ha ul er tone. Great Northern and Great Western e l : h . e ach improved £1 ; Metropolitan, 155.; Lan -11 -11.8 and Yorkshire, North Western, North Tern (Berwick ), and South Eastern, each 108. eh h e Forei gn an d C o l on i a l li nes s hows little 1 ; 130 of importance. h a 44 k and Miscellaneous shares are also at en n3gi-ce,°l quotatiors. Alliance have risen to 36 i Imperial, t o 30,i 31. Consolidated, to 91 " London Financial, to 208 214. (3,.., b 1 RITI;R FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 p e r '...RNMENT FUNDS. i , Cent. Consols .. B7l 8 3 _ (30 Account, Nov. 10 Bsa p i , 861 N ev ; . - 'nt. Reduced New 0 per Cent. B6t 6 b lv 2 ,/ Per Cent. Jan. 1891 A , ° 0 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — ,11uttees, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., P3BO — I'° for 3 0 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — uo (Red Bea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 March. June. tl, — eqtter Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent. 11 6 25 c, £5OO at. be £lOO and £2OO .. Q 1 30 1 ' A Ragland Stk, 51 per Ct. 23G 5 7 ccount InP 1) I&X GOVERNMENT, SECURITIES. '', 44 Stock, 10 1 per Cent., April 1874 -"- ij o . c 2 ...... b .9.. count b ° 0 per Cent. July, 1870 0 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 — t Lo Certificates LoA- o count .. 1) 0 1 pee Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — _o 4i pee ..-.,)0 Entaced Paper, 4 per Cent — 13,' () _ 5_ per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. - h - .1. .e. , w et...L., D.1...y, , 7970 ') 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 - uo D o ander £l , OOO , Asst YORRIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4 , 4 r ian B, 5 p "rAzilian 6 per Center Cent — " 3 4} per Cent. , 1852-58-60 DoB3 130. 1863 ,-1108 Ayres 6 per Cent% — u o A •••• et. „ . ••• CCOUIrt •• • • - ~ ) 4 lttn 6 per Cent _ _.... Q,31-414/ Per Cent Cuba stars o 6 per Cent ,per Cent. .u 0 5 _ D Eitti ,_ Per Cent, 1864 1; 8 1.3 per Cent. 1825 - t i0 ,%0 per Cent, ' 1864 ` -a " . " ) r N Cons o lidated, 1 per Cent — D o , New E , 1 rovisonal Land Warrant.. gYptitt Cen t9 sl Ca 6 B 0 Seto per „ , .nd Issue ot,lo 40b Bonds s — ij e r‘ i ', 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupon L o s' i . ? . ecount D ' °u Pons G ° Account lt,ttepala 5 per Cent. — -- It D 0 ' B3 O and 1859 ........ ~ . , ke I' ll 6 Per Cent. (Alarermana ItaliwuY) _ fj' e ml 3 per Cent 0 Account .. r , Do .u o 6 , 1864 dis Di as Per cent. Anglo-French ..... ... 131 die x d itto Seri £33paid.... 'o P' f 20c th.Prench Scrip, Ex. 25 .. tio , - (4I - 811 ra ilnperial 5 pei. Cent .g , 11 nada v ‘ o 2 per Cent 4, 0 b e , D.,, Deferred —.- Land Warrants (Hectares) e entures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — K„ ,D 0 do Aug., 1866 — _ I'lan 41 per Cent t° a per Cent. (Hribarren) _ „ 0 41 per Cent 1862 uo A , .) po , CCOWiI •• • • 1, 4 40e5e 3 per Cent., 1853 .!ir.,o Account 46a ..-0 3 per Ceu1.,1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 - e. Account — 488 jan 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — D°DO 41 per Cent., 1850 .. 82/ a 1660 U n° 3 per Cent 1859 D° 5 per Cent,:lB62 B7 61 ' l \ l ° Anglo-Dutch pm 4,"" 0 Scrip, £55 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent 4'. ° Account Ilish 3 per Cent • — D ~.,0 Account ." 0 New Deferred 8°.,.. Account .;,,i0 Passive 30a ~, 4 ` ) 0 A.ccount '''lAnish Cert. of Coup not funded ~, Do Account " t , e _di! 3 ,11,.4 per Cent. — pm ~ ....zcrip, £6O paid 41 1- kish ou per nt — Cent. 1854 DO Acc B ° 6 per Cent. 1858 c , oun, 10 0 A , 4 68 D 0 £lOO Bonds 1) i B 0 6 A per Cent. 1862 ccount .. 69 Ir £loo Bonds.. 691 70 Do 1863 .. D o ...... Bo Guararteed, 4 per Cent..... A,_ 183 Scrip, £4O paid .... . . e?iezi lela per Cent. .. .. 21 .P 0 Accounr, _ D o ~ per Cent., 1862 55/ 1.-:)0 Account ° Per Cent , 1861. ............ !• • in London. Dividends' on the above payable A ustr% Bel a u l, 5 per Cent., EL 10 Florins. b ~,,,„,4 1 per Cent., EL 9 5f 4- ''''' 4 2 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull _ b o A .. Pr ' Per Cent. Certificates it,,e,l.lol.ltentes, 2 per Cent D o n '' l4 ,, 5 per Cent., 1861, E. x. 25 francs — P eru :lccount pi vi an Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. elt uontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Morte Do Account 3:..... 11- verpool Cotton Market—This Day, ailAlarket quiet. Small demand. Sales probably o 3,000 bales. da It AL OF A V ETERAN JOURNALIST.—Yeater s' %therrang the r ema i ns o f C apta i n A n d re w Torrens, one , p rin cipal shareh o ld ers o f, and for many years rest tti,etnit manager of, the Globe newspaper, were removed from u f , 'e of th a t j ournal for interment in Kensal-green au ` 4lt eTY. The capta i n, who was 76 years ol d , was f ormer ly ,officer in th e army, and was brother of the ce l e b rate d Writer on political economy, Colonel Torrens, F,R,S, SHARE MARKETB—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Share l Railways. p a p I Closing Business *, Prioe. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. 'llythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ....... Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div till Elp e.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Oun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s t tlreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan 1 Great Westerr,Original DO Str Val L>Uti. cIiOOK Do. South Wales .... Do. West 3110. -Oxtoru Do Newport Do Hereord Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast. Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Norf - h Western Lon. & Sw.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. l i Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares Metropolitan Midland Do Birming. & Derby \lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Hid Kent North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio Do, G.N.E. purohas, Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do do 1855-58 Do do 188 G-61 North London Do New Do Nor - , 1864 North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welolipool Shropshire Union South South Eastern Staines, Wok., and Wok Taff Vale Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Bilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har,&R. 13.14. 82 64 122 122 6 7 31 33 16 17 81 87 105 107 44 4, 61 71 1 6 12S 136 1:: , 8 127 130 90 92 69 60i 47 10 35 90 93 101 ,113_ 113} 65 67 - 102 (03 33 40 103/ 1101 04 86 63 G 4 106 107 1, , ,81 124 99 101 51 63 24 15 1051 1061 616 651 936 946 125 130 35 36 9 10 7 8 r 120 125 1 16 p 75 77 10. 11 132 136 54 66 34 46 811 812 8 9 160 165 34 44 I , 97 99 34 36 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Paid. Closing Price. tlantio & St Lawrence iora., Baroda&Cent In. Gu. per cent... 56 58 00 tGI dis r 4# 5} 7} 8} Do. E. 5hare5.......- 3uflalo and LaKC Hum , Do. Preference • • ' suffalo,Brant,&Godriel S p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187 Do. do. July 1, 187 )o. do. June 1, 187 Acutta.&S.Eastn. (Li I, )apeTown & Dock Seri Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf blastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. li:ast Indian. elf. 5 p. Do. do. J Eat.... Grand Trunk of Canad , Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 0 per cent Do. Ist t'ret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d PI ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred..... 9'i 100 92 94 100 101 100 101 19 19i 90 93 71 73 60 62 60 68 55 57 53 56 46 (8 29 31 27 29 WO JO t id pr id Jr Do. 4i . 1 Pret. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiarentn.gua. s p.e Do. Gut. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... 3t. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. 91 per cent..... 99 100 Do. .... 3t. W. of Canada Share gi 10 11 10} 8J 01 82 84 d 3? 99i 1004 92 04 88 00 Do. New .. • • Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. •. Indian. Branch Limited Iladras, guar., 5 p. o. .• Do. q p. o. Extensiot Dc. 44 d 0...... • • Do. Fifth Extension. Vlelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bildt !Leib. & Hobson's Bay. ,rewßrunswiok t Cand, Class A. and B. N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pf bdr Soinde Do. Delhi... s 3l t. Do. do '" Do. l'unjaub Do. Indus. St. FloR) '8 CO all 100 (100 100 2 1,0 z 5 80 83 99 IGO 08 100 id par 98 100 95 97 991 S COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. —• British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 3t, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 ,SLJ 1877-80 100 90 93 91 p.c. Feb. .t 100 90 91 Do.o p. c. Mar. .1c Sept 100 80 Do. t< p. o. Jan.&July. 10i 78 81 Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 78 81 'ape G. Hope. 6 p 0,1871 100 101 106 Do.Ap &Oct. 188 1 100 107 109 Do. 189 , 100 ICB 110 .;eyion, Nov.lsai, p 100 101 106 IJO. 1878, do. 100 119 112 dauritlus 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 103 106 Do. 1882 100 103 105 Fatal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 [CO 105 i.t.i.Gov. 6 p.c..; ii.d;Jul) 100 93 96 st. S.W. Gov. 5 p 0.,18, 100 97 99 Du. sp. C.,lB'rl to 18/ , 100 95 97 Do. d0.,1888 .46 upwth 100 04 06 Oil 4ew Zealand 6 p cent 100 9) 102 iova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875. lOO 95 90 .lueensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 10) 102 Aus Gov. 6 p.e.li 68- 100 Da. 176 & upward 1... 100 105 10? vio.Gov. 6 p.c. a.3kluly 100 Do. lo 6 p.c. A0..11.00t.. 100 101 105 1011 BRITISH MINES. 2 'ambrian Consol. Gold 1 i f Chiverton 3 6 7 .iitoru Amalgamated. 30 32 )(won G. Coue.(Tavist. 570 590 Drakewal . s.. •.. rAst Bassett (Mogan,— au F 3 65 East Caradon ..... 264 271 , •ast Care Brea... 3.4.. 7 7 4 East Grenville East Lovell .... W'lltussel(Tavistk s 13. 41 5 4am.&St.Aubyn(Gwen GO 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 3rrat Bouttt Tolgus... us 2 21 Wheal Vor(Heistoo 40 30 31 (lend's-Foot 0.13 88 40 iiingston Downs 4.18.( 4 41 Margaret (Uny Lelant 7 9 larke Valley.. 4 ,tyndv Iron Ore (Lim. 24 lf f NangileB...... New Betun 2i{ 75 85 —• Jorth Downs... ...... . 3 1 North Roskear. . 291 20 22 r. NN , It'i Basset (1 ilo 4:11, 3.1‘ .6 if 21 , orth Wheal Crotty 2.8 0 34 4 Prosper United.... ... 31 31 , :rovidenee(Uny Lelni. 10 6.7 37 39 iouth Caradon(St.Clee) 11 .20 540 Fran.(.lll(nau 18.18.1 33 36_ itray Park Lin Crolt .l 17 19 Vest Basset (Illow.an).. 11 8 9 V Cs radon (Liskeard 9 51 6) West Chiver 'on West Seton ,Vhes.l Basset (Mogan 51 92 85 13uller(liedrutli, 10 14 16 WhealLu&ott Wheal MaryAnn;Men 8 15 17 Wheal Teton 684 2021 207; Wheal Tretawney (Lis 7 18 2u Wheal Union 4 1 11 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 73 tireat Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 100} London and Brighton, 5 per oent. gua. stock, No. 1, 109 Ditto 4i per cent., pf. et. red., 99 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent.,:B9i Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 133 North Staffordshire, 2ii PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., Ditto, new 5 per cent pf'., 11 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& Nottngham and Grantham R. & C., 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Namur and Liege gua. M. per annum, 8} Recife and San Francisco (hm.), gua. 7 per cent, 15 Ban,Faulo (lim.),:gua. 7 per cent., 13} FOREIGN MINES, United Mexican lim;, 41 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lim., BANKS. Alliance (lim.), 36 8i Ditto, new, 33$ 5 Anglo Austrian, Bank of British Columbia, 15 Bank of Egypt, 27 Bank of Otago, lim., 3/ Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 34 Consolidated Bank, lim., 9/ / European Bank, 1im..,191 Imperial Bank (lim.), 30) 1 Imperial Ottoman, 15 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 4/ London Bank of Mexico and S. America:Am., 411 London and Brazilian (lim.), 40 21 London, Buenos Ayres, and liver Plate, Ditto. new, 9t London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 11/ London and South African, 21 London and South-Western, 20! a Merchant Bank, Urn., 21: Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, 11m., I.q f Oriental Bank Corporation, 55 Union of London 50 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, C6l MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, lira., 4; Commercial Union, Insurance, 84 Credit Fonder and Maid r of England, 71 Gcn. Credit and Finance of London, 11w., 04 Hudson's Bay, 15 ImperiA Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., fi International Financial society, lira., 64 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 5 41 London Financial Association, lira., 201 1 London General Omnibus Company, 22 National Discount Company, Urn., 12} North British and Mercantile lusurince, lim., 164 Tit:lines and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira., 62 Uuiversal Marine, lasurance, lim., 5 4 Upper Assam Tea, lira., 54 100 Sk 1 100 I too a.OO 100 stook Stook stook 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook stock stock 20 20 too 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stook 127 8 1371 i G3} f 1131 I i 1101 10 I 106 i 7 1291 102ã 106 81i f Business don 1001 1001 100 i POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. The Late Gunpowder Explosion at Erith. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ADJOURNED INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.) "EMPLOYMENT OFFICES" AND THEIR PRACTICES.—A young woman, of respectable appearance, applied to Mr Tyrwhitt for his advice. She stated that seeing an adver tisement in a paper, to the effect that there were several situations vacant for young women, she applied at the ad dress, 96, Regent-street, an " Employment Office for Ladies," for a situation as lady's maid ; and, after paying a fee of ss, she was told there was a situation which would just suit her, An address in Cambr:dge-street, Hackney road, was given to her, and she was told to write to " A,8." She did so, but not receiving any answer, she went again to the office in Regent-street, and then an address, " 16, Watling-street," was given to her, the person at the office telling her it was a confectioner's, and that the situation was to attend to a luncheon bar. She said she would go there, but was told she must write. She, however, went to the place, and found that instead of the place being a con fectioner's, it was a coach•house, and two gentlemen she saw there told her they knew nothing of the matter or of the effioe. On going back again to the office she saw three or f.,ur females about to enter, and she advised theta not to do so. On demanding her 58 back it was refused. One of the females alluded to by the young woman also attended, she having been told to write to " A. 8.," in Cambridge-street, Hackney-row, who wanted a house keeper. On going to the place she found it was a printing office, and a young man there told a person had asked that a letter, addressed to A. 8., might be taken in for him, as he had a housekeeper who wanted a situation. Mr Tyrwhitt, after expressing the hope that publicity would be given to the matter, said ho would send an officer with the young woman and see if he could get her money back. The adjourned inquest was resumed this morning by Mr Carttar, the Coroner, at the Avenue School-rooms , Erith. The first witness examined was Mr Frederick Albert Tipple, who said—l am a surgeon residing at Erith. On my arrival at the scene of the explosion the first I saw was Rayner—he was dead. The next I saw was Hubbard—ho was alive, He was lying near the wreck of Silver's house. I don't think he had been moved, as he was lying in an in sensible state on his back. He did not appear to have re ceived any external injury, but on raising him up I found he had received an extensive fracture of the skull from which the brains were protruding. He lived two hours after my arrival. lam still attending the boy Simms, but it is very doubtful whether he will recover. - Walter Silver said—l we.i in the outhouse of my residence at the moment of the explosion. I had been out about a quarter to six that morning, but I had not been near the magazine. I saw there were two barges near Mr Hall's rr ag: zine, The first indication of the explosion I heard was a tremendous crack, and it appearedas if the whole roof was lifted up. It seemed to me to come from the direction of Mr Hall's magazine. I cannot positively say where the explosion first occurred. lat first thought it might have been the explosion of half a pound of powder I kept in my own house. I was thinking for a moment when another explosion occurred ; some more bricks came about me. Then followed another, and then all became darkness. I don't know whether I fell down. The first body 1 saw was that of Eliz a Osborne, now dead, she resided with me. 1 am the manager of the Liverpool Company, and I superin tended the business of the company. b 7 y magazines had not been opened that morning. No one is admitted to the magazine except on business. Mr Hall's magazine was constructed exactly as our own. I believe there were seven men ordered to come to work that morning, but I had not seen any of them. Rosekilling, one of the warrant officers, subsequently re ported that he went to 96, Regent-street, accompanied by the young woman, and a man there said he bad never guaranteed the young woman any situat'on, and that if tho receipt for the 53 was looked at that would be found to be the case. He (Rosekilling) asked the man if he intended to give up the ss, and he said he should not, as he acted on principle, and that they might do as they liked. Mr 32j rwhitt said it the young woman was sent to a place and there was no vacancy, it was a fraud. lie would advise the young woman to apply to the County Court for a sum mons. By a Juror—The second explosion was the heaviest of the three. The first one was not very heavy, the second was terrific, the third was not so loud but I distinctly heard the three explosions. The gunpowder was kept in barrels. Raynor and myself were like brothers. By the Coroner—l don't know the maker of the barrels which contains the powder. They are made at the mills at Faversham. The letter put into my hand I believe to be in the handwriting of Raynor. By a Juror—The magazine is about 20 yards from the river, and about 100 feet between the two magazines. I believe our magazine was the last to explode. The Coroner said his great desire, in the first instance, was to discover the place at which the explosion at first commenced, and then having ascertained that they could tako the evidence as to the mode of loading, unloading, and storing the powder. Having ascertained that from Mr Silver he would then retire, and at another part of the inquiry he would be recalled. Samuel Wm. Fletcher, aged 13, said—l reside with Mr Silver. I got up about half-past five. I was at the back of the house, looking towards Erith, with the cows, when the explosion took piece. I had not been to the river or the magazine. I first heard a man say " Oh." I saw the flash go from the barge to the magazine, I could see the sails, but not the barges. I then fell down. I did not hear the sound. I cannot say whether I got up or was picked up. When I came to myself Mr Raynor's magazine was in flames. The smoke had all gone away. By a Juror—l saw two barges lying off the magazine the evening before the explosion took place, One was at the end of the jetty, the other along side. I can't say from which of the barges the flash seemed to come from. I think it was Hubbard who called out " Oh." He was not engaged at either of the magazines. I saw him before the explosion. He was not smoking. ea explosion l t og a iot 150 n yards off the south E occurred. The first By a Juror—l did not see smoke c oming from the cabin of either of the barges the n i g ht befor e the explosion. We have boiled a kettle once for a barge men, but a th a a d t l 's a am lon a g time ago. I never saw any men smok e in the barges. ah Thomas ;e i tfisherman. e h R I streami c was ha d r d sw s t oahnne—ai standing the reside b thing that called my attention to the barges was my son calling out to me that men were at work at the barges, and, therefore, it was getting late. I looked towards the jetty, and there I saw some men on the barge, but I can't say how many. I then saw a great smoke and then a tremen dous explosion. I fancied it came from the barges. I felt little effect from the first shock, bet the following one was terrific. I was struck by a stone sad injured. The bargo was greatly injured. When I reco vere d, I heard what I now believe to be cries for assis tanc e fr o m some p ersons in the water. I afterwards helped to rescue one of the poor fellows from the water. When I first looked towards the barges the smoke seemed to arise suddenly. The second shock seemed to lift the boat right out of the water. By a Juryman—Only a few seconds elapsed between the shocks. I did not see a large steamer going down the river at the time. I know that the steamers go very close to the river bank when passing the spot, but I did nr t see any sailing down that morning. A steamer, I believe, passe,d alter the explosion. I did not see the vessel myself at all. Thomas Richards, aged 12, said—l was with my father on board his boat on the morning of the explosion. I saw two men at work on the jetty. They seemed to be wheeling casks along in a truck. I told my father it was getting late as men were at work. I next saw a great smoke at the stern of the barge. I heard a great noise and was forced =pp cabin. I cannot _recollect_ a nything else. The first down to the place near the explosion. The steamer I saw after the explosion was a middling sized boat. She was going along the north shore, By a Juror—The smoke I saw was black, and it seemed to come from the barge lying alongside the jetty, and not at the end. By Mr Poland—l was only frightened when I saw my father bleeding. I noticed the exact position of the barges at the jetty—one was at the end, the other higher up along side. The smoke seemed to come from the end of the jetty, and directly I saw it I heard the noise. lam certain it seemed to come from the stern of the barge. The steamer I saw was going down with the tide away from London. I saw two men on the jetty, but I cannot say whether there were any men at work on the barges. I saw my father was hurt before I saw the steamer. Robert Bruce—l am a ballast man, and I was in a barge on the river fair abreast of Mr Hall's magazine. We were then well over to the south. Two men, named-Clark and Grimes, were on board at the time. Grimes was te sering. A large flash came all round the barge, then a shower of bricks followed, which knocked me down. I saw a little boy aboard one of the barges before the explosion. I felt the second shock with the greatest intensity. I then heard Grimes cry, " Save me, save me." I saw him hold up his hand in the water amidst the smoke. I held him up and he was saved. I saw a large scre w collier going down the river, but she took no notice of the explosion, and kept on her course. The barge was filled with b don rickt know , andthe 42 h o les were knocked in the mainsail. I ' name of the steamer. In sailing down the raver all vessels would have to pass very near the magazine. I never saw a caution put up near to Erith magazine like there is at Purfleet. Thomas Robert Clarke, ballastman, said—l was on the same barge as Bruce. I was down in the hld. We were right abreast of the lower powder magazoine, about 200 yards off. I first saw a flash all round the lighter, and then came a shower of bricks. I saw the steamer two or three minutes after. I did not hear the third shock. I was not injured at all. I saw some persons moving about on the b ar ges of the jetty, but I can't say how many there were. The inquiry was proceeding when we went to press. SALMON FISHING IN THE NORTIL—Since the withdrawal of the nets, capital sport has been ob tained upon most of our northern rivers. As re g ard s the N ess , Sir Joseph H awle y has j ust left for the South, after a most success ful season. Mr A. Denison is killin g fl h y has been a b l y m a o n s anglers everyler s duringday, a nd a few have been caught occasion a lly the past week. On Tuesday, the Mar quis of Blandford p lied the water of Mr Baillie, of La y s. Hi s lordship hook ed several fish, but un fo r tunately l ar d e d none of the The Spe number. Monday next is the last dayhe ebaskets e t . h Amonge season. the t mos t successful a ng l ers w h o have fre quented that river were Lady Alex. Gordon Lennox and Lord Francis Gordon Lennox , who fished th e G or d on Cast l e waters. Lord Algernon GordonU Lennox, Capts. Campbell and Duncombe, Mr Ines, and Mr Arkwright have also met with capital sp ort on the same part of the river. On Monday last, at G th l e e n e t e u m l ceh, water,M r the ßass, following day, a like MT, killed three and on number was capture d b y Dr Harrell : One of the fish cau g ht salmon, by Mr Bass was a fine clean specimen of 181bs—he gave upwards of an hour and a quarter's play b e f ore b e i ng l an d e d. Major Water has ha d a few days' good fishing on the Deve ron, capturing several clean run salmon of from 171bs to 201b8 each. On the Tay and Earn the fish are very nume rous, and it has been noticed that they are betaking them selves to the spawning beds much earlier than usual. Some of the salmon caught on the Earn weighed as high as 301bs. In most rivers grilse and sea trout are more than usually large and abundant, and should the spawning season prove favourable good fishing may be expected next year.-I)s' verness Courier. THE COSTUME OF A JAVANESE PRINCE.—IIi 3 jacket was of dark blue ve:vet, lined with golden cloth, and embroidered with fl veers of gold and s ilver ; end und e rneath was a kind of waistcoat, of a lighter shade of blue, and, like an officer's shell jacket, but up to the throat with diamonds of the first water. His trousers were of black cloth, with a broad band of gold down each side. The &rick which ho wore over all was of a gaudy pattern, and was fastened to the waist by a very rich silk scarf, worked with gold, from which hung tassels of the same rich material. Into the folds of this were thrust two krisses, one of which was sheathed in a scabbard of gold, minutely carved and profusely ornamented with filigree work, and the other with a hilt of ivory, also exquisitely carved, and stud ded with diamonds, From his neck hung a massive gold chain of European workmanship, to which dangled a bunch of charms, some of which were little boxes containing per fumes and aromatic preparations,—Life in Java, by Ir. 13. II Alm eida. THE SUA, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEININO, OCTOBER THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Jonathan Cooper, a dock la bourer, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with violently assaulting Mary Boyd. The complainant, a widow about 30 years of age, stated that last night a wo.nan, with whom the prisoner wah ac quainted, asked her for the loan of 4s. She was unable to comply with the request as she had no money, and had just put her children to bed without any food. The woman then called her vile names and took a coat away. She went after her and was assaulted by the prisoner and others, who used vile language and threatened her life. She retreated to her own house, N 0.9, Cartwright-street, and a quantity of small stones were thrown at her window. The prisoner took up a brick and threw it at the window. It passed through a pane of glass, struck her on the chin, and inflicted a severe contusion. The brick then fell upon an afllteted child and injured it. The prisoner touk up another brick, sent it through another pane of glass, and struck her on the shoulder. A third brick was thrown. It entered her room but did not strike her. The witness, who was in great pain, displayed the bruises on her chin and shoulder, The evidence of the prisoner was fully confirmed, and Mr Partridge said the prisoner was a savage and cowardly fellow, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE, - Edward Candace, a tall, powerful man, was charged with the following outrageous conduct : Mr James Watson, the proprietor of the Cheshire Cheese tavern, Grosvenor-street, Pimlico, said that at a little before six last night the defendant came to his house and made a disturbance. Complainant's attention was first directed to him ty finding that he had got a poor old man with a wooden leg down, and was taking his stick from him. When complainant interfered defendant seized him by the throat with great violence, and made his cheek bleed, In the scuffle with defendant complainant lost a valuable breast-pin. Mr Arnold inquired whether the defendant had been drinking ? Complainant replied he did not exactly know. He was not served at all in his house. _ _ _ Michael Logan, a poor old man, with a wooden log, said that defendant and his two companions came into the house where he had gone for some refreshment, and seized what he had called for and drank it. They then asked him if he would treat them with some beer, and upon his refusal, the defendant struck him a violent blow in the eye, and followed it up by endeavouring to take his stick away from h:m. When thfendant was given into custody he kicked witness in the stomach on bis way to the station. Police-constable 40 B proved that defendant committed the assault complained of, on his way to the station-house, ulna' the old man. Defendant denied the assaults, and said ho was the ill used party. Ile was remanded. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST AND WEST YORKSHIRE UNION. A meeting of landowners and others locally interested was held at Sedbergh on Wednesday, to take into consideration this projected line of railway; the Rev, G. Platt in the chair. After hearing the explanations of the solicitor and engi neer, the meeting unanimously passed a resolution in fa vour of the proposed railway and pledged itself to support the bill in Parliament. It was stated that many of the leading landowners along the proposed route had signified their approbation of the line, and in some instances had offered to take the value of their land in shares. The proposed line would commence by a junction with the London and North-Western Railway at Sedbergh, and pass in an easterly direction through Garsdale and Wensleydale to the North-Eastern Railway at Leyburn. It was to be extended from the latter place, via Masham, to Melmerby junction. The length of the proposed line would be fifty miles, and the estimated cost was £425,000. It was stated that a return of £2O per mile per week would afford a divi dend of about £6 per cent , after allowing 50 per cent. for working expense& SOUTH AUSTRIAN AND LOMBARDO - VENETIAN The total traffic receipts from the Ist of January to the 29th of September amounted on th© South Austrian lines, 1,086 miles in length, to £1,517,561, and for the correspond ing period of 1863, on 1,082 miles, to £1,473,847, showing an increase of £43,714. The total receipts on the Lombardo- Venetian lines amounted, on 274 miles, to £283,236, against £269,116 on 237 miles, showing an increase of £14,120. The total receipts on the Central of Italy lines, 167 miles in length, amounted to £157,813, and for the corresponding period of 1863, on 145 miles, to £158,969, showing a de crease of £1,156. The aggregate receipts of the above lines amounted, on 1,527 miles, to £1,959,610, and for the cor responding period of 1863, on 1,484 miles, to £1,899,93 2 , showing an increase of £59,678. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's lines, 1,335 miles in length, for the week ending the 17th of September, amounted—for local passengers to £5,979, for foreign pas sengers to 4241, for emigrants to £lOO, for mails, &0., to £612, for local freight and live stock to £13,086, and for foreign freight and live stock to £2,433—t0ta1, £25,481, against £22,835 for the corresponding week of last year, showing an increase of £2,645. The total receipts from the Ist of July to the above date amounted to £248,113, and for the same period last year to £209,616, showing an in crease of £38,47, or 18.36 per cent. MARKETS--This Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 8s ; clover, £4 103 to £6 103 Od; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. A steady inquiry. CUMRERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 8s ; clover £1 . 103 to £6 10s Od; and straw, £lBs to £1 12s per load' An ao.ive trade. \VHITECHAPEL,—Meadow hay, £3 15s to £4 8s ; clover, £4 1 s to .0 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to XI. 12s per load. A firm demand. COLONIAL. TEA,—Businoss has been very inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been at barely previous rates. SUGAR.—The market has continued dull, although prices of West India have been generally maintained. In the refined market fully late rates are obtained for dried goods. COITEE.—Thore has been a moderate enquiry for colonial description!, without any material change as regards values. RlM—Business has remained very inactive, and the few transactions that have been reported were at about former rates. TALLOW,—Tho market has remained without material change, both as regards demand and value. PNC. on the spot is quoted 4Us. 6d., 415.; last 3 months, 425. 61, 428. 9d. ; and January to March delivery, 435. 3d. per cwt, COAL M Moos of Coal per Ton at SIM ET. t toe close of the market. Walls End. s. d. Holywell ..19 0 Lambert's West Hart- ley _ 19 3 Elea Main .. 3 South Hetton ...21 6 Tunstall Acorn Close ..20 0 Braddyll's Hetton 20 9 Eden 20 0 East Hartlepool 21 3 Hetton 21 6 lt, 25 ; sold, 25, :WsllsEnd. K silos Cassop n 9 Ships at marker THE LATE MR GILES-PULLER, M.P.—A stained window to the memory of the late Mr Giles-Puller, M.P. for Hertfordshire, is to be placed in the parish church of Standen, Hertfordshire. As the subscription was larger than was required for the purpose, the surplus its to be d l / 4 )- voted to the enlargement of the 1-ligh - cro:ie Church schools. Bill Forgeries in Leeds. The disclosures which have recently been Plade with re gard to the forgeries of mercantile paper committed by the runaway Marsden, following close upon those of ,A.ekroyd, who was convicted of forgery at last Leeds Assizes, gage rise to some very unpleasant doubts. It seems hardly possible —in fact it is utterly impossible—to believe that Marsden's fabrication of bills was not known to several persons long before the stoppage of the Leeds Banking Company. There must have been men in the town who knew well that Mars den was dealing in forged paper, and who yet held their peace and took no steps to follow up a clue which might have sopped his course some months before he found it necessary to fly the country. It is absurd to suppose he can have forged and uttered a thousand bills without the fact of his having done so becoming known to persons who, from motives of their own, winked at his proceedings, and who having escaped loss themselves took no pains to bring the offender to justice. We have been informed by those whose information upcn such a matter is likely to be good, that if attorneys' and bill discounters' offices, bank parlours and merchants' counting houses could disclose their secrets, we should hear strange tales of forged bills which never come out in courts of justice, and should learn that no felony is so frequently compounded as that of the forgery of a bill of exchange. The holder of such a bill, especially if it is of large amount, naturally wants his money, and if that is forthcoming, it is not, as he conceives it, his business to prosecute the in dorser for forgery. The banker to whom such a bill is presented for discount, and who knows that it is a forgery, merely shakes his head at it, and refuses, without assigning any reason, to take it over the counter. The professional bill discsunter will possibly take it without demur, if he thinks the forger's credit is not entirely exhausted, for he knows that he will strain every nerve to meet that bill. The attorney in whose hands such a bill is placed by his client, with an intimation that it is a forgery, or at all events that there are great doubts about its genuineness, uses the threat of criminal proceedings merely as a means of getting the bill taken up. Now let us be distinctly understood. We do not mean to say that all attorneys, all bill discounters, all merchants, and all bankers are in the habit of thus dealing with forged paper coming under their notice. No doubt there aro many men who, happily for themselves and the mercantile world, take a different view of their rights and duties, and would no more think of allowing a forger to escape because they lost nothing by him than they would think of picking pockets or forging acceptances themselves. Unless, however, merchants and bankers are greatly belied there are not a few among them who regard forgery as a venial offence when it does not injure their own pockets, and who never think of prosecuting, on public grounds, persons as to whose guilt they have no doubt. It is possible, however, that the indisposition to take any steps with regard to the prosecution of offenders against the forgery laws may sometimes arise from more respectable causes than those which we have indicated. A banker or merchant may have strong suspicions as to the genuineness of paper presented to him, and yet those suspicions do not seem to him to bo strong enough to warrant him in taking any other step than merely refusing it. Of course in such cases it would be absurd to say that he ought to take cri minal proceedings, or indeed that he would be justified in so doing. But he might at all events take steps to ascertain whether his suspicions were or were not well grounded, and act accordingly. There are channels well known to all per sons engaged in trade through which inquiries may be made with the utmost secresy, and with almost certainty as to their being followed by correct information. We believe upon very good authority, and if we are wrong we shall be glad to be corrected and to find ourselves mistaken, that the forgery of negotiable instruments has very much increased within the last few years, and that the actual prosecutions for this offence represent a very small number of the forgeries actually committed. If this is the case it is disgraceful to the public morality, and must sap the very foundations of credit. Every man engaged in trade is deeply interested in seeing to it that no mercantile forgery is allowed to pass unpunished, and that the forger should have no greater chance of escape than the thief or the mur derer. When this crime was punished with death there was some excuse for winking at its commission, as the penalty seemed out of proportion to the offence; but prosecutions for it are now rarely foregone from humanitarian motives. The reason that the forger is not prosecuted now a days usually is that the person who ought to prosecute finds it to his individual pecuniary advantage to hold his tongue. We believe that all persons who have to do with nego tiable instruments, either as bankers or merchants, owe it to themselves and their fellows to guard their purity with the utmost vigilance. It is only fair to the courts of law to say that the forgery of such instruments is always regarded as a higher crime and is visited with a heavier punishment I than other classes of forgery, as being a corruption of the functions of credit at their very source. • It is in vain, how ever, for judges to disclaim against the heinousness of the crime if it is not regarded with at least equal abhorrence by those whose interests it directly affects, and if from merely selfish motives they decline to put the criminal law in motion against it. And mercantile men ought to visit with the severest reprobation not merely the actual forgers and utterers, but those who knowingly stand by and see the offence committed, and yet make no effort whatever to punish it, either from love of their own ease or tenderness for their own pockets. Of course a man who actually compounds a felony by receiving the value of a forged - bill as a consideration for foregoing a prosecutions brings himself within the lash of the criminal law. Such ts,..,Srinaa-Junavo.r aifMonlf _dsf,prnnf • pea thaw. law ought to be severely dealt with by public opinion, and ought to operate as an immediate loss of standing and re putation in the mercantile world. Seeing a thief and being partaker with him does not seem to be a more grievous offence, and is certainly less injurious to the community than that of refraining from any motive whatever from the prosecution of a forger of bills.—Leeds Aferoury. The Great Strike of Collfers. Yesterday the largest meeting which has been yet held of the colliers on strike in South Staffordshire took place at Bilston. Detachments of men marched into the town from Wednesbury, Great Bridge, Tipton, Dudley, Oldbury, and Brierly Hill, each headed by bands of music and men carry ing mottoed banners. They were followed by armed police men until by the time the meeting commenced the police men in the town numbered 150 sabres. At the meeting there were perhaps 8,000 perscnP, nearly all of them miners. The speakers complained of alleged interference by the police authorities, and said they should bEng such intc:fe rence before the constituted authorities, for the men on strike were peaceable and loyal subjects for her Majesty, and would allow no one to tempt them to break the peace. We may, however, sta' e the alleged interference consisted only of the refusal of Major M'Knight, the deputy chief constable of Staffordshire, to allow the bands to play to and fro on the high road near to the collieries where miners are at work, such movements by the men who are out being in tended to draw out the men who have resumed work. Lord Leigh's offers were again severely strictured,and clergymen , and others who had counselled a return to wark on mas- ters' terms, were censured as friends only of the wealthy. Efforts made on 'ho previous night by individual employers to secure some arrangement between themselves and the leaders of the strike were described ; and the determination repeated that henceforth no communications, with such an olj , et in view, shall take place between r epresentatives of the two contending sides. It wrs repeated that the masters were quite able to give the rise, and that they were only cent:ading for the subjcation of the men. Central points a t which bands of men were in the district were announ ced, to meet on the morrow (this) m oining, to beat the dtuals at ha'f-past four in the moiaing, to "draw out the black- legs." The Uhairman rnnounced that pecuniary help and expres sions of sympathy bad been received from the Birmin g ham branch of the Amalgamated Engineers, whose secretary had also been instructed by the lodge to write to the general secretary with a view to a grant from the general fund. The Birmingham Lodge had also formed itself into a committee to procure help from other soces. At the close of the meeting, i r reso lution veal una" i mously come to that the strike ehotOd be contiLued till the martens gave them " the'r wages." The eighty Lancers, who are in barj.`2:kg in Birm in g ham ' " ready to ride have for some time been ke p t " saddled-up, into the black country at a moment's notice, end a .-::nomber of the volunteers have been kept under arms in Bingley Hall ready for any emergency to which the colliers' strike might give rise in Birmingham, where there is a strong sympathy with the colliers amongst all classes,and where a rumour had got afloat that the colliers intended to march into the town in vast number s with enything but a peace able intention. Yesterday the leaders of the movement received an official comm unication from the Mayor of Birmingham, in answer to a formal application which the colliers had made to his worship desiring permission to hold a meeting in the out• skirts of the town, and in which his worship states his rea son for refusing to comply with such application. During the whole of the strike the Earl of Dudley has had one of his collieries (Hirnley Collier) at work by men w ho had accepted the reduced wages; but the workmen have been subjected to much tainting and intimidation. Yesterday the cottage of one of these workmen, named Jos. Roberts, who lives at Gomel Wood, was partially destroy( d, and his own life, and that also of all his familly, attempted by one of these da3tardly trade outrages which are un happily so notorious in workmen's disputes in Sheffield. At an early hour in t he morning Roberts, who was sleep ing with his wife and children in the top storey -load of his dwelling, was aroused by some thing like a heavilyde can having been thrust through the window of the bed room in which they were all lying, and almost imme diately afterwards a terrible explosion happened, which blew off the roof of the house. Assistance was soon forth coming, when it was found all the sleepers had experienced a;,Providential escape. They were all uninjured. This is the first colliers' strike during wh:oh this class of outrage has been committed in this district ; but the ono of yester day is the third crime of the kind which has been com mitted here during the present movement. No detection has yet taken place in either instance, but the police autho rities are making every effort to secure the arrest of the offenders, The Fatal Accident at London Bridge Station, Last evening, Mr W. Payne, coroner for Southwark, held an inquiry at Guy's Hospital respecting the deaths of two men, George Start and James May, who were cut to pieces last Saturday morning, near the London-bridge Station of the South-Eastern Railway. J. Ashton, engine driver, said—On Saturday moining he was bringing up the Hastings express train, due at London br:srige at 11 15. When within 500 yards of the station, the t ra i n was switched off the main up-line on to the Croydon up-line, which is within 2ft 4in of tho parapet. Just at that moment :2€ l saw the two deceased between the metals and the wall. Heteversed the engine and put on the breaks, but the train was on them in a moment. One of them looked at witne9s, and caught hold of the other to pull him out of the way, when they were struck by the buffer-beam which projected over the metals. Witness saw them spin ning round between the carriage and the wall for the whole length of the train. There was not room for any person to stand between the wall and the ',rejections of the train —there could be no escape from such a position. James E 'wards and John Baggy described the fearful state in which they found the two deceased on the line, May had been ci lashed against the wall for a distance of 100 yards from where the train first struck him, and a trace of blood along the parapet was distinctly visible. He was cut to pieces. Start was not so badly crushed, and ho lived two hours. They had been employed to post bills of the "Route to Paris" on a board over the parapet at the viaduct, end to enable them to stand on the parapet they hud a small ladder with them. Trains were passing th e spot every three or four minutes, and it was not possible to tell until the train was within 60 yards of where they stood whether it would continue on the main up line or come in next the wall on to the Croydon up line. Mr May, inspector of the South-Eastern Company's ad vertising department, said that the deceased were employed in the engineer's yard, and he directed them to paste the bills because they knew all about the trains, If they had commenced their work at 6 o'clock they could have had it all over by 9, before the heavy traffic commenced, but they deferred the business too late. The Coroner having summed up, _ _ The jury returned a verdict that the decease' were killed accidentally while pasting bills on the South-Eastern line, and the jury recommended that all bills should in future be pasted before 8 o'clock in the mottling, and that no adver tising boards should be erected within at least 200 yards of a switching julction, Lord Enfield, MY., and Mr, Lindsay, M.P., at Uxbridge. Lord Enfield and Mr. Lindsay, M.P., were among the ) speakers at the annual dinner of the Middlesex Agricul tural Society, which took plac3 at Uxbridge on Friday. Lord Enfield defended the foreign policy of the Government — especially with regard to the American and Dano-German wars. With regard to domestic affairs, it had been said by a high authority that they would do well to " rest and be thankful." That came well from an old veteran who had borne himself nobly in many a well-fought political field ; but with regard to those younger men, who had yet their pc litical spurs to win, he thought they ought to have another watchword, " Move with the times." (Cheers.) If they looked around them, they saw that in Parliament they had yet much work to do. In the state of their laws, and in many other matters to which he need not particularly allude, there was a wide field for their exertions. Everything in the material and physical world was advancing, and daily pro ducing new fields for honourable effort and employment, and they could not, therefore, sit with their hands folded and say that as legislators their labour was at an end ; on the contrary, he believed that before them they had a great Tature, and if they again conferred upon him the honour of being one of their representatives, ho would ever be animated with a warm desire to pursue the path of peace, progress, and improvement in all matters which affected the prosperity of the country.—Mr Lindsay said he agreed with his noble friend that their wisest course was not to interfere in the American contest. Mediation would I be useless, and he had never advocated mediation, much less interference, but had always been an humble, earnest advocate of peace. Ho had looked upon this vain and wicked war with horror and disgust. (Hear.) He agreed with the statesmen of England when they pronounced through Mr Gladstone that the Southern people, both in the management of their internal affairs, and in the defence of their liberties and their homes, were a nation. The ma jority of the people of England felt that they were a nation able to defend themselves against the masses of the North ; and he thought it was their duty, not to interfere, not to mediate, but to advise their Sovereign, in the exercise of her just prerogative, to receive at her Court the representa• tive of a people who had shown themselves, in every sense of the word, a nation. (Hear.) The other Great Powers of Europe were willing to follow their example, and he be lieved that the moral effect of recognition would have stayed the dreadful war. The Northern Government, through Mr Seward, had now avowed that the restoration of the Union, and not the extinction of the iniquitous sys tem of slavery, was the olject of the war ; and if England and the other Powers of Europe hai recognised the South, and thus shown that they believed the restoration of the Union to be vain, the moral effect on the people of the Nor:h would most likely have been such as to stay this desolating war. England had great interest in seeing the people of America great, prosperous, and industrious; and he feared that the policy which had been adopted by those who had the destinies of England in their hands had been a mia- EXCLOU le.' ' aglaw.ou ....“....sacbaau , ......... ,as *as GM.A........0k•awa• v. a t .•• i t h e ir American colonies, they gotinto trouble with the North, they had lost the warm hearts, if not the material aid, of the South. (Rear, hear.) HEALTH OF LORD CARLISLE.—The Earl of Care lisle continues very prostrate at his seat, Castle Howard, Mallon. His lordship's medical attendants report, however, ,hat there was throughout the whole of last week a regular i mprovement in his lordship's condition, and they are not without hopes that, with quiet and retirement, his health may be much restored. FRIGHTFUL FALL OVER A BRIDGE.—A van con taining two persons was crossing the bridge at Airdrie a few days ago, when it came into violent contact with the parapet. The occupants of the vehicle were thrown over the bridge, falling a distance of some 30 feet into the rocky bed of the river below, which, unfortunately, was at the time almost free of water. They were followed by the horse end machine. Singalarly enough the horse fell on its feet, and was led home afterwards apparently not much the worse of the acc ident. It was not so wit the men, one of whom was picke d up insensible from exte h inal end inter nal injuries, and carried into an apartment adjoining the store, and the other had his jawbone broken, and a number of teeth knocked out, but was in a condition to be carried h o me. Hopes of the recovery of the la:ter are entertained, but the life of the former is despaired of. ThE " BLACK BALL" SHlPS.—Advices have been received in advance of the Australian mail, per telegram from Suez, of the arrivals of the ships Southern Empire, Captain Reeves, and the Royal Dane, Captain L. Davies, both from Liverpool, at Melbourne, the Royal Albert, Captain Davis, from London, at Sydnsy ; the Young Australian, Captain C. Grey, from London, the Fusiliers, Captain D. Carvosso, from London, and the Sultana, Captain H. Williams, from Liverpool, all at Brisbane, Moreton Bay. And of the sailing of the ships, the Matilda, Captain Stevenson, the Southern Empire, Captain Reeves, and the Duke of Newcastle, Captain M'Kenzie, all from Melbourne. NATIONAL EXIIIBITIONS.—The returns of the number of visitors to national institutions give the following results for theca 11, which we place in order ac cording to the extent to which they attract the public : South Kensington Museum, National Gallery. British Museum, Kew Gardens, Hampton Court Palace, Houses of Parliament, the Tower, Windsor Castle, Museum of Prac tical Geology, National Portrait Gallery, Slane Museum. In 1861 they were visited by 2,845,445 persons; in 1862, the Exhibition year, by 4,641,770 ; in 1863, with a sort of reaction in sight-seeing, by only 2,656,773. But the South Kensington Museum and Hampton Court Palace hid more visitors in 1863 than in 1861. NUMBER OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE.—The Inland Revenue returns show that the number of bill stamps used by the public is constantly increasing. In the financial year 1861-62 the number issued from the Stamp-office was c 397,195, and in the next year, 1862-63, 5,501,483. This is excitm :: of foreign bills. 1,795,187 stamps for foreign bills were sold in tiL year 1861-62, and 1.931,602 in the year 1802-63. In this Ltter year stamps were sold for 6,740 inland bills, and 4,288 for.:(sn, to be drawn for upwar ds o f £4,000 each. There is nosretu.l bill stamps sold in the n a s yet of the number of _ 614 i year 1863 t must be very large, for the stamp duty received f rom the.. w a s more by 15 per cent. than in the year 1862-63. DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.—WOOLWICH, Oct. lU.. ihe police are now engaged endeavouring to dis cover the perpetrator of a vile attempt to kill or injure some persons connected with the Gun Factories' department of the Royal Arsenal. It appears that a few days since a set of drawers was removed from another department to the clerks' offices at the Royal Gun Factories, and one of the compartments was opened with some difficulty, when it was found to be filled with powder and ball cartridge, a flint-lock pistol, loaded and primed, being placed in such a manner that a blight concussion would have caused it to explode and the ammunition to become ignited. Fortunately the pistol did not explode. and the object of the miscreant wa s defeated. It is suspecte d that the attempt wa made by one of the employ es at the department who has recently been discharged. THE EXPLOSION NEAR ERlTH.—Another death has resulted from the recent explosion at Belvedere,. HYes terday the girl Elizabeth Osborn expired in Guy s she from serious wounds on the head and arms which received from the falling debris after the , ,explof the: case was almost hopeless from the first. life , deathb of lots sufferer makes the total number of lives lost are reported to be is the air way towards ultimate rcc h o that Y calamity 12. The rest of the wounded in .Guy sylloesvpeittal Mr Sidney Turner, house burgeon,.. is of ital some of them will be in a condition to leave t o this week. S PORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Da NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CESAREWITCH. THALESTRIS GRATITUDE ° I Twenty-nine ran. ii,•.•. 2 ROYAL STAKES. Breeze .... 4 I Hengist .. 2 HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Umpir© Lyra . .. 2 Six ran, TOWN PLATE. Buckfoot . Vanessa .. 2 HATCHES. Catalogue beat 1,1 Machante. Lady Florenc3 beat Haarlem. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CESAREWITCH. 100 to 30 agst Mail Train (taken) 6to 1 apt Gratitude (►aken) 9to 1 agst Calista colt (taken) 9to 1 agst Charmian (taken) No other charge. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE. MENTS. CES RElVlTCH.—Stockowner, Baldwin, Edward the Con fessor, Figaro, Asteroid, Weatherbow, Blithfield, Giant, Ethelred, Carisbrook, Accident, Scamander, Fantail, Ban dage, Summerside, Retainer, Lady Francce filly, Donna Canne, Myrtle, Morocco, Catch-'em Alive, Welcome, Y. Rapid, Melrose, Beatrice, Muezzin, Signalman, Rambler, Reserve, Barbadoes, Quarantine, Iphigenia, Atherstone's dam colt, Nemo, Fanfreluche, Slidfington, Barchettina, and Clown. CLELRIVELL STAKES.—Enchantress, Olive, Tilt, Under Play, Munchausen, Longdown, Hydaspel, Thalassius, Gar devisure, Ratcatcher's Daughter, Lord of Eltham, Chester field, Sans mes, Anadyomene, Cheverette, Moecowa, Lady Florenoe, Pilgrim, Giraffe colt, and Il Reguilatums Failures in the City. The suspension was announced yesterday of Mr Edward Lizard, of Moorgateastreet, exchange broker, &a., largely connected with Paris. His liabilities are estimated at I:500,000, and the direct commitments 1200,000, the greater portion of which—probably 1120,000—is covered by Indian cotton documents. The £300,000 is his liability on the endorsement of bills which aro expected to run off in due course, and the liquidation altogether is likely to be favourable. Subjoined is the circular issued to the creditors : Sir,—l regret to inform you that, foreseeing difficulties in reimbursing bills of exchange negotiated by me, I have this day, in the interest of my creditors, temporarily sus pended payment. I have not the slightest doubt but that my liquidation will prove favourable; in the meantime I have to request your kind forbearance. My books will be at once placed in the hands of Messrs Kemp, Ford, and Co., accountants, who will convene a meeting of my creditors without the least possible delay.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., ED. LAZARD. 11, Moorgate-street, Oct. 10. From the subjoined circular it will also be seen that Messrs. Weber and Biddulph, merchants, of Philpot-lane, have suspended payment :--__ _ Sir,—We have to inform you that Messrs Weber and Biddulph, of Philpot-lane, have been compelled to suspend payment. This course has been rendered necessary by the succession of failures of their correspondents on the Conti nent. The books have been placed in the hands of Messrs Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., to prepare a state ment of affairs, and in the meantime Messrs Weber and Biddulph have to request your kind forbearance.— We are Sir, yours, &0., J. AND J. H. LINKLATER AND HACKWOOD, 7, Walbrook, London, Oct. 10. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. 11.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 10,—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Bureau, 7rorn Monte Video. OFF PORTLAND, Oct. 9.—Arrivod—St. Dunstan, from London for Adelaide. OFF MOUNT'S BAY, Oct. 11.—Arrived—Isalsella Blyth. from Mauritius—Georgia, from Month Video for Havre-- Elizabeth, from New York for Antwerp. TROON, Oct. 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Enterprise s ;rom Valparaiso. CARDIFF, Oct. O.—Wind E,—Arrived—Helen, from Jamaica. (BY IiAGNETIC TELEGRAM) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 10—Rovers, from Archangel—James and Eloerz, from Cronstadt—Josephine, from Landacrona— Norden, from Beory—Donina Kertina, from Randers— Jane Cerne, from Stockholm—Ann Jones, from Danfzic—. • DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Off Dover—Hercules, from Quebec, for London. Passed—Manalto, for Algoa Bay—Cid, screw steamer, for Biiboa—both from London—Otherwise, from Shields, for Rio Janeiro. Course of Exchange,—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 25 12 3 Antwerp — 25 774 25 825 Brussels — 25 774 25 825 Hamburg — 13 91 13 105 - Paris ..g Short. 25 30 25 40 Ditto Marseilles — 25 774 25 825 Frankfort on Maine — 1215 1215 Vienna .. — 12 10 12 20 Trieste Petersburgh — 285 281 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa .. Naples .... 47 471 47 474 25 95 26 0 25 92} 26 0 25 95 26 0 25 95 26 0 A NEW ARM OF WAR.—Let me inform the Admiralty of a new arm which in extremity—for otherwite it would be the sacrifice of too many combatants —may be used in naval warfare. But perhaps Lord C. Paget may find some difficulty in securing its adoption. A. small privateer with 40 or 50 men, having on board some hives full of bees, was pursued by a Turkish galley manned by 600 seamen and soldiers. As soon as the latter came alongside the crew of the privateer mounted the rigging with their hives and hurled them down on the deck of the galley. The Turks, astonished at this novel mode of war tare, and unable to defend themselves from the stings of the enraged bees, became so terrified that they thought of no thing but how to escape their fury, while the crew of the small vessel, defended by masks and gloves, flew upon their enemies sword in hand, and captured the vessel almost without resistance. But, as many of my correspondents are clergymen, I can recommend to the ministers of Belfast an admirable prescription for the extreme case of a Belfast mob sacking their rectories and manses. The Mayor of Belfast also might take it into his grave consideration, should the citzens, instead of trying to convert each other by arguments or Scripture, have recourse to those fashion able weapons which they lately wielded with so much effect. During the confusion occasioned by a time of war a mob of peasants, assembling in llohnstein, in Thuringia, attempted to pillage the house of the parish minister, who, having in vain employed all his eloquence to dissuade them from their design, ordered his domestics to fetch his beehives, and threw them in the middle of the furious mob. The effect was what might be expected—they were imme diately put to flight, and happy to escape unstung.— Beekeeping, by the 'limes "Beemaster." THE KING OF DAHOME'S SFOIJSES.—A throng of unarmed women, the royal spouses, sat in a semicircle behind the King under the same thatch, the warrioresses being on stools, or at squat outside, and through the open entrance slave girls peeped at the proceeding. I regret to say that not a pretty face appeared. Must of the " fair sex" had sooty skins, and the few browns showed negr o features. They atoned for this homeliness by an ex treme devotion to their lord and master. Woman's position on earth, say Etsterns, is to look up to somebody, and these certainly do, so far, their duty. It is no wonder that the Ting of Dahome's soul, like my "Lord Keeper's," lodges If perspiration appears upon the royal brow it is in stantly with the softest cloth by the gentlest hands; royal d m :3 be disarranged, it is at once adjusted ; if plated spittoon, which Mr go ld, peld by one of the wives, is moved Norris wrote, was • - liiat distance rho king snot Z , 2,13, all present within (relive ground with their fureileacls , if he drinks, every lip l t l h e t h e royal lips D.:Yvet a touch tters the en exclamation of blessing, he intense personal utters reminded me of the accounts of blahom Died the apostle and of his followers lett by contemporary writers. But without analysing too far, I suEpect that Dahome it is rather the principle than the person that is respected, the despotism mere than the despot, the tutban rather than the wearer; that were the King to be succeeded on the morrow, the same semi-idolatry would be heaped upon his successor. However that may be, the Dahoman. Ki n g must only condescend to live, all, save what must necessarily is done for him. Such a life appears a b r e i s Bono om e ; are unlike common men, and wbbyutkings himself, the ways of princos are mysteries to the multitude. To this exceeding care only can be attributed the protracted reigns of a dynasty whose eight members have s at u p on the throne 252 years, thus rivalling the seven Romanmonarchs whose rule ex' ended over nearly caused them to ba held fabulous or typical,—Turtor s Mis sion to the King of Dahonte. th e same period, and has Shari