The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AN D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The minimum of the Bank of England remains unaltered at 4 per cent. As already stated, that portion of the commercial community especially in terested in the affairs of the money market has found it necessary, during the past three days, to alter the opinion previously formed respecting an immediate advance in the rate of discount. With the disburse ment of the October dividends, and with the proba bility that the monetary requirements during the following week will rot be extremely urgent, the Course which the directors have followed, while it will not create any surprise, may be regarded as indicative of a cautious and wise policy. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received by this mail on account of N9VI Grenada dividends —From the Custom-house of Barbacoas, £175 12s. 10d. ; from the San Jose de Cucuta, £95 14s. 2d. ; total, £271 7s. This is not the mail which brings the bulk of the remittances for these dividends. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'s agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for 55 per cent. of the import duties for the two weeks from the Custom-house of La Gusyra, 56,612 dole. No collection at Puerto Cabello advised by this mail. Intelligence has been received from Guayaquil that the Government of Ecuador has directed the suspension of the payment of the 25 per cent. of the duties of Customs appropropriated to the Foreign Debt, by an order from the Minister of Finance, dated Quito, Sept. 2. About £ll,OOO in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : 1863. 1862. Great Western £62,549 £63,569 North-Western South- Western Great Eastern Midland .. South-Eastern 2.5,459 27,397 Great Northern 1 ancashire and Yorkshire 34,074 32,050 North Eastern 68,970 55.139 Bristol and Exeter Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,825 14,853 North British Edinburgh and Glasgow These returns are generally of a satisfactory charac ter. On the North Western there is an increase of £4,297; on the South Western, of £124; on the Midland, of £1,921 ; on the Great Northern, of £2,626 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £2,024 ; on the North Eastern, of 13,831 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £1,972 ; and on the North British, of £833. The Great Western, however, shows a decrease of £1,020; the Great Eastern, of £232; and the South Eastern, of £1,938. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse to-day, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Bentes were 671. 50c. Heavy and inanimate. An appearance of firmness pervades the market for English Stocks this morning, although very few and trifling are the movements. The con tinuance of the rate of discount at 4 per cent. has, no doubt, much contributed to this firmness. Consols are 93 1 for money,: and 931 for the ac count. The New Threes are 911 t, and the Re duced Annuities, 911 ; Exchequer Bills are again Par to 3s. prem. ; India 5 per Cont. Loan is steady at 108 t 109 ; the 4 per Cents. do., 1001 Q ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1071 0 and the 51 do., 116 t. With the exception of Greek, which have been further seriously depreciated, the Foreign Securi ties are generally firmer. Greek have declined 11, per cent., Viz., to 311 4 ; and the Coupons are lower, at 15 1. Mexican have risen Z, viz., to 431; Spanish Passives,, to 351 ; the Certificates -I, to 14 1; Turkish 6 per Cents. 1862, are 701 711 ; do., Consolides, 54k H ; Portuguese, 49 ; Italian, 72Z ; Venezuelan, 64 62; and the Confederate Loan, 6 3 65. Only a limited amount of business has been tran sacted to day in the Railway Share Market, and prices have, in some instances, exhibited increased heaviness. Great Western, North Western, and Midland have each receded 55., and Metropolitan, 108. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain inactive, without any particular change in value. Bank Shares have remained quiet. London and County realise 52 3 ; London and Westminster, 79 ; and Alliance of London and Liverpool have im proved to 45 46 ; India Land Mortgage Bank shares are quoted 31, 4 prem.; Anglo-Austrian, to prem. ; Imperial Privileged Austrian, I dis. to prem. ; East London, 11 2 prem. Basiness in the Miscellaneous Market continues inactive. Crystal Palace Stock realised 381 ; Lon don Financial, 14; General Credit, 51; and Dis count Corporation, 6i 74 prem. BRITISH. FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 93 / 2/ 3/ New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire &th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. I diet(Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. 21 Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent lO9 81 Ditto 4 per Cent ... 100! 1 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto D ebentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto 'ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Oct. 8.. — 93 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent par Ditto £5OO .. 3 Pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. _ ra . Ditto 1859 Ditto, 11 zillan 6 per Cent ,Ditto 1839 and 1859 4 5 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto Da_nish 4 per Cent., 1863 0 4 3 per Cent., 1825. Dutch,— 24 Per Cent, Es. 12 Guilders Ditto, Pvisonal.La x d . Warrant Per Cent . . n — Egyptian 7 .. 1001 Ditto, Second Issue— Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent.. U 5 per Cent., 1824 -s„ex-Coupons.. 32 11 1 Ditto Account ....... 321 1/ ..... . Ditto Coupons ............. — Ditto Account lsi f I Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent f t liew Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 9 ! _ Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 3 p er C ent. Ditto Account .. Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 49/ 9 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ S t _ Ditto 4} per Cent 1850 . Ditto 1860 tp D ati it i t e o h Ditto 5 per Cent, 1882 — S 'trdinian 5 per Cent A 3 c p e e o r un c t ent - ~I , :i i. ti t .,t 000 Account... o w u p n t e . 1 i ; Deferred .... _ . 3)i i to i Acc ount Ditto 44"::,,,°t- • Ditto . Spanish eee'eri----. ......... 35/ 1 A., •o f Cioup not funded — Swedish, , i c i , (' ' l4l. ' l4 Turaish 6 p: r e Cent .. Ditto Acc,„ ll „,! .. ut. 1854 Ditto 6 p er 6 e ‘ Ditto Accou„,4t. 18 58 Ditto, .1.00 '•• •.. . Ditto 6 per Cent. 18 . n .; ..... — Ditto Account . 71 701 Ditto 6 per Cent.. ---- ...... . .... 10; .. icf —7ll Ditto Guarante e d , 4 Venezuela 3 per e clat. P e r Cent _ Ditto Account ....... 26 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .......... '- 611 Es. ... .. . Flo.ri...ns 691 Dividends on the above.; ......... Ditto Account ........ Austrian, 5 per Cent., Belgian 41 per Cent., Es. 25t Dutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil .. •- Ditto 4 per Cent.Certifteate g ********* French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Es:2sf„ 101 Italian, 5 per Ceat., 1861, Ex. 25 franca.. -- .Ditto A ccoun t.... 72a TWO O'CLOCK.. C.,nßols, Money Ditto Account BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing , Shari Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 atlantic &St Lay.,ene• all 62 04 dk I Bom.,Barodaa.Centinc 100 106 j 1074 107 61 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. 204 Buffalo and LaKekturon all 6 65 10 Do. Fret eronce 100 Buffalo,BrantaGodricl lOO d p. at bds. Aug. 1, 187'2 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 at Clcutta.aS.Eastn. (Lin ) 100 1064 1074 st Cape Town 2 Dock Scrii 100 1( 4 106 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 108 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1074 1 , 84 1071 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 15 15p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 225 23 7 23 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 75 17 77 5f 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 62 64 71 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 69 71 100 Do. do. deferred all 53 58 100 Do. 3d PI ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred— all 42 4E 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 30 32 315 100 Do. do. deferred all 25 27 stock GLlndtarenin.gua.sp.c lOO 108 109 1085 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 15 1f p 20 Do. January, 1862 8 15 111 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent 100 106 107 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer , all 10: 14 101 204 Do. New .. ... . ... . 18 95 95 , . 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 96 98 1 00 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8 all 88 90 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 6 stock Madras. guar., s p. c. stock Do. 4f p. o. Extension 100 101 102 stock Dc. 4* do.. • • 100 08 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock 3lelb.Corp. 6p. e. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hob3on's Bay. all 58 i 9 100 Do. 7p. c. slortg. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswick a Canda Class A and B all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stock Sainde .......... (100 1061 1075 at Do. De1hi......... I r i 100 116 107 I Do. do 1 2 4 fp 20 Do. Punjaub all --I , st Do. Do. ........ , ?„t , 190 106 107 stock Dc. lndus.St. Flo.) 000 102 104 m..- - Slack ?s, on rge of hear at the kilway 'clock $ and ;hted, 601110 celled, gainSt r con- mod, of the r gave A the -each- Duke tako )nick ushe 4 diage tree° e fruit 1 , the a•dtoo )veul' mai * a the mul our A th e lye s A tha t heart; )8e i t : boU' iictar e witlx istre s6 lb I oral' ena ct of t" dole' erec t alig;4 SHARE MARKETS---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOJP.g. Fal l Closing ; Business 3hare; Railways. Price, done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A ( A gets no div till 6p c.p an.has Do. B ( been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Giasg. and S. Western.; Great Eastern, Ord. stk' Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an 1 W. of Irelanc Great Western ..... • • Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashl.T & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brig,rht.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sce.th Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. 14. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwies , Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.... North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E.,Aber. stock Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6tatnes, Wok.,andWok. Stockton dc Darlington Do _ Do New, 186 G Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath 'Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford .15 Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R 1 West Midland --Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford 8 81 -- 81 8f 84 66 1181 1191 7 7i 39 10 16 17 97 93 108 110 51 62 42 49 8 10 1251 126 i 128 129 1:1 , 1 136 100 162 65 654 110} 111 71 73 111 i 1121 431 (4* 1021 103 101 102 46 47 130 131 128 %283 14 it) 96 98 55 651 26 28 1011 1011, 574 58 88 88i 117 12) 1 2 p 78 79 11i 1I 124 126 44 46 100 102 60 62 324 33i 95} 96 98 100 94 10 34 374 84 94 ol 152 } 157 ' 4t Of 2$ St p 86 90 165 175 26 28 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEb. uan.tiov. p.c.Ja. ul) 1877-84 ... 100 103 105 1031 4% Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 161 1(3 - Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 lot 1163 , Do. 2p. c. Jan.&July. 100 92 94 Do. 5 inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G.Hope, 8 p (4187,1 100 108 110 1 Do.Ap &Oct. 1886 100 109 111 j Do. 180( 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p e 100 113 115 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 107 108 Natal Gay. 6 per cent 130 110 112 1N.13.G0v. p.c...m&Jul) 100 10 I 105 1 Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct 100 - N. S. W. Gov. 5p ^.,180 4 100 101 102 - Du. sp. c.,lBri to En 100 102 103 1021 Dwo.zdeaold o p ~:nBss&upewendts. 100100 1 1 0 10 2 1 1 6 12 3 - ,Ne - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 Q b . u A e c u ll s s G 1 a o n p d x . G i e B v 7B. . 7 0 . p c ll OO OO 1 1 1 : 3 2 1 1 11 1 4 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul), 100 108 110 Do. io sox. An.&Oot.. 100 110 1101 1 1101 BRITISH MINES. 2 I Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ir Bq eliflord Amalgamated.. — 1 5 6 45 6 ) 65 3 5 84 ' 5474 521 Devon G. Conn. "ravist, East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 74 77 1 East Clogau Gola Ltd. 52. id par East Caradon ...........:14.6 281 27 4 East Carn Brea.... E. WlRussel (Tavistk ): 8.6.6 2 3 , Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen , 8i 13 15 Great South Tolgus l7s 5 56 !G. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 91 10% Grenville 6.16.1 5k 6 El erc-d's-Foot ' 8.12 66 M llingaton Downs 4.'8.0 11 2% Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaut , 94 22 24 Marke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2+ 13 4 New Setun l9g 160 110 -- North Downs l4 2 I - N.Wh'i Basset (Illozan 2 . 17.0 24 33 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 4 5 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 13 45 South Caradon(StCleer, 111 415 425 S. Cara Brea (Illogan) 5.15.61 1 14 S.W heal Fran. (Illogan) 18.1N9 60 65 Stray Park 28.9. 36 38 5 ramar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 in Cron 9 19 20 West Basset (Illogan) l4 9% 10% 1W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 53 724 77% Wheal Buller (Itedruth) 5 25 30 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 8/ 94 Wheal Seton 5Bl 180 200 heal Treiswney (Lis.)l 21 23 Wheal Union 1 3.17 21 33 PREFERENCE SHARES. Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct.. 94 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 105* London, Chatham, Sze., 6 per cent. 2d pf., 741 London, Chatham, &c., hletrop. Sxt., B, 6 per cent., 1021 Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 83 South Eastern 5 per cent., 1001 LINES LEASED AL FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 14 per Cent., 92 Antwerp and Rotterd am I , S R a e n c f: Paulo and S u anF r anc, g ua FORE 7 G 9 N RAILWAYS. isepoer(licmentig,la, 7 per cent., 171 Sambre and Meu se , 10 * Ditto (all), 24 Turin and Savona, 3} Ditto (all), 16 Western and North-Western of France, 201 FOREIGN MINES. Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lint,), 3 JOINT-STOCK FiANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (u m .) , 421 6 5 Ditto, new, 241 Portuguese, 8} Brazilian and Consolidated Bank, lint., 101 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 27* Imperial Bank (lira.), 23i Imperial Ottoman, 181 London and Brazilian (fin.), 494 London and County, 524 3 2 London and Northern (lint.), 101 London and Westminster, 79 National of Liverpool, limited, 161 Provincial of Ireland, 02i Ditto, new, 3? Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lina. ) , 6.1 South Australia, 41 DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 7k Crystal Palace, 38} Ditto, pref., 118 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 118 East India Irrigation and Canal, 5k Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, Hui, 51 Great Ship (Jim.), * Hudson's Bay, 81 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 4} Joint •stock Discount, 6} London F'inanzial Association, lim., 14 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 4 Royal Alan steam, 75k The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about # per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 43 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is about 3-10 the per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.6} per £1 sterling. • tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 sight is 157 t o 137 * per cent., and the prem i um on g d old a i Y e s 9 3to 431 per cent. At these rates there is very little profit on the importation of gold from the Unite 4 States. London, 64 THE SUN, LONDON, THORSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1861 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANSION HOUSE. ROBBERY BY A CLERK.—Henry Thornton Tubbs, of 10, Cornwall-villas, Dalaton, clerk in the firm of Messrs. Dalgetty, merchants, Gresham-street, was placed before Aldermen Abbis and Hale, charged with stealing a letter containing four £5 Bank of England notes, the property of his employer. It appeared that the prisoner, who was highly respect ably connected, was a clerk in the house of Dalgetty and Cc., and in that capacity, on the 29th of September, he re ceived a cheque for £2O from the chief clerk, who was a relative of one of the firm, with directions to proceed to the Bank and get it changed for 4 £5 Bank of England notes, which, after having taken the numbers, he was to place in the letter and leave in the usual manner for postage. The letter never reached its destination, and this occasioned some inquiries to be made at the General Post-office, when an officer was instructed to investigate the matter. lie inquired at several jewel lers shops in Cheapsido as to whether any £5 notes had been taken, and he then discovered that three notes had been changed in payment for a watch and chain, a ring and pin. On arriving at Messrs. Dalgetty's, the prisoner was questioned about the letter. He said he did not post it him self, as it was not his duty to do so. He was then asked whether he had recently purchased a watch, &c., when he replied that he had, and upon being further questioned as to whether he had paid for them in notes, he replied that he had, and eventually confessed to the robbery. Mr. Decroz, chief clerk to Messrs. Dalgetty, said he directed the prisoner to proceed to the bank and get a cheque cashed for £2O, which ho was directed to enclose in a letter, and send as directed, in the usual manner. He saw the letter afterwards, directed in the prisoner's handwriting. The letter never: reaching its destination, an inquiry was made respecting it, The prisoner denied all knowledge of it, after he had directed and left it for the porter to convey to the Post-office, The prisoner was not suspected of the robbery, and remained in the employ of Messrs. Dalgetty till yesterday, when, in consequence of a communication from a detective officer, he was given into custody. The bank clerk proved the payment of the cheque for £2O in four five-pound notes of the corresponding numbers to those produced by the police. George Russell said he was a detective officer, and yes • terday he went to Messrs. Dalgetty's, and saw the prisoner in the presence of his master, who handed the witness a silver watch, a gold chain, a ring, and pin, and said the prisoner had given them to him, stating that they had been purchased with the stolen notes. He said to the prisoner, " You hear what your master says ; is that true ?' to which he replied "Yes." He was then taken into custody and charged with stealing a letter contain ing four five pound notes, the property of Messrs. Dalgetty and Co. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and at the prosecutor's wish it was disposed of summarily. Alderman A bbiss sentenced:him to four months' im prisonment with hard labour. handed the bag of stolen wool to Vickers, who started off to Rosemary-lane, where there are so many receivers of stolen property. Mr. Prestige lost sight of Vickers in the lane, and immediately returned to the van, of which Gooch was in charge. Vickers soon returned with the bag empty. Mr. Prestige took it from him, and called the police to arrest both men. Gooch was taken on the spot. Vickers eluded the search made after him until Tuesday last when he was taken into custody by Uriah Haserly, a police-constable of the H division. He (Mr. C. Young) should now make out a complete case against him, and asked the magistrate to commit the prisoner for trial. Several witnesses were called by Mr. Young, who clearly made out the case against Vickers. It was also proved that 19 bales and three bags of wool were put into Messrs. Seaward's van on the 13th of August in good order, and that the bag when seized by Mr. Prestige contained frag ments of wool. The prisoner, who conducted himself in a most impudent manner, and frequently contradicted and abused the wit nesses, said he was quite innocent. Mr. Partridge committed the prieoner for trial. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 41s Od ; barley, 34s 7d ; oats, 19s 4cl; rye, 31s 5d ; beans, 87s Od ; and peas, 36s 4d. THE SIR WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 43s 4d ; barley, 35s Od ; oats, 20s 7d; rye, 31s 10d; beans, 38s 7d; peas, 36s Bd. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LASTWEEK.--wheat, 110,596 ; barley, 82,649 ; oats, 14,574; rye, 239; beans, 4,701; peas 1,974 quarters. The Livingston Expedition, In a letter to Sir R. Murchison, dated " Murchi son Cataracts (on the Shire), April 25," Dr. Living ston says—" With sorrow I have to communicate the sad intelligence that Mr. Richard Thornton died on the 21st current. He performed a most fatiguing journey from this to Tette and back again, and that seemed to use up all his strength, for, thereafter, he could make no exertion without pain ful exhaustion. His object was to connect his hearings of the hills at Tette (on the Zambesi) with the mountains here. I knew nothing of his re solution till after he had left. He had resolved to go home after he had examined Z imba and the Melanje range, but on the 11th he was troubled with diarrhoea, which ran on to dysentery and fever. We hoped to the last that his youth and unimpaired constitution would carry him through, as he had suffered comparatively little from fever, but we were disappointed. An insidious delirium prevented us learning aught of his last wishes. All his papers, &c., were at once sealed up, and are sent home to his brother at Bradford. He is buried about 500 yards from the foot of the first cataract, and on the right bank of the Shire." After allud ing to the depopulation of the valley, and the pro bability of his being obliged to take to pieces the steamer, and screw her together, with the view of a sale, Dr. Livingstonthus concludes :—" Dr. Kirk and Mr. Charles Livingston now go home. The scene of desolation around us reacts on my health badly."— In a letter to the 7itnes, Sir R. Murchison says Earnestly hoping that the great South African e xplorer may now come home to his motherless ebildren and numerous friends, and not expose his valuable life to further risks, I must, in justice to the memory of young Richard Thornton, say a few words upon his labours, in anticipation of what may result from the publication of the papers he has left behind him. Educated in the Royal School of Mines, a nd greatly distinguished by the professors under w hom be studied, he was much attracted by the ex ploits of Dr. Livingston, and, having volunteered to go out as the geologist and topographer of the second expedition of my eminent friend, I had no hesitation i n recommending him for that purpose. After making plans and sketching maps of the banks of the Zambesi, illustrated by geological observations a nd sections, he quitted the Livingston expedition, an d repaired eventually to Zanzibar, with a view (,f extending his surveys in equatorial Africa. There he fortunately met with the energetic Hanoverian traveller, the Baron C. von der Decken, with whom b e passed into the mainland, and ascended the flanks of the lofty, snow-capped mountain Kilimanjara, ma king maps of this equatorial region, accompa nied by geological notes. At the close of that ad venture he wrote to me, unfolding the desire he f e lt to traverse Africa from east to west, and thus determine the true physical structure of the centre and flanks of the southern map of the great conti nent. In the meantime, returning to his original duties on the Zambesi, to correlate his observations in the two eastern regions which he had examined, he has fallen a victim to the treacherous climate, which had previously carried off, in too rapid suc cession, the good Bishop Mackenzie and his arch deacon, as well as the exemplary and devoted wife of Livingston." BOW-STREET. A SAD CASE OF DESTITIITION.-A little girl, about 12 years of age, named Mary Ann Leech, was charged before Mr. Hall with begging. . _ _ One of the officers of the Mendicity Society said for the last two or three years he had known the child to be about the streets, but he had never seen her beg and follow people until yesterday, when he took her into custody. She ap peared very ill, and had scarcely any clothing on. He asked where she lived, when she told him her mother and father were both dead, and that ever since that she had had to walk about the streets, and sleep, and get a little to eat the best way she could. Mr. Hall said it was a shocking thing to see a poor child in such a condition, and asked where she slept last night. The child said in Old Pye-street, Westminster. Some time ago a good lady took her to the workhouse, in York street, where they took her in, but turned her out the next morning. She had not a friend or relative in the world. She felt very sick and ill, having had nothing to eat for a long time. Mr. Hall then sent for the relieving-officer of the Strand Union, and having explained to him the circumstances of the case, he instantly took the child to the Union, in order that its pressing necessities might be immediately attended to, and some inquiry made into the real facts attending its expulsion from the workhouse at Westminster. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DEFRAUDING WEST-END TRADES3IEN.—WiIIiam H. Palmer, a young man, who was taken into custody at Guernsey, by Sergeant Joy 9 C, was charged before Mr. Knox, with obtaining some lace of the value of £7 from Mr. Septimus Augustus Whitfield and others, laceman, of 142, New Bond-street, by fraudulent means. William Henry Painter. assistant to Messrs. Whitfield and Co, said that on the 27th. of May last, the prisoner called and asked for some lace, stating that he was sent by Mr. Roche (a customer). He (witness) then communicated with Mr. Septimus Augustus Whitfield, one of the firm, who told him to let the prisoner have the lace, and he then gave him eight pieces of the value of £7, and the prisoner took it away with him and also the invoice. Mr. Knox said it would be necessary on another occasion to have Mr. Whitfield present, as it was Mr. Whitfield who had ordered the assistant to lee the prisoner have the goods, believing that he came from Mr Roche. Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said that he received information in May last, that the prisoner had obtained goods from Messrs. Whitfield and Co., and other:West-end tradesmen, by frau dulent means. He traced the prisoner to Jersey and Guern soy, and on Monday last succeeded in apprehending him at the latter place. On telling the prisoner that he was a police officer, and that he had a warrant to take him into custody for defrauding Messrs. Whitfield and Co., and others, at the west end of the town, he replied, " Yes, it's all right, my name is Palmer. I certainly have done it, and it is all through horse-racing, for I have lost from five to seven hundred pounds in horse-racing. I was in hopes before this that I might have been enabled to pay all the tradesmen I have defrauded." Mr. Knox said he supposed some one from Mr. Roche would be in attendance. Sergeant Joy said there would be, and that there were several other cases against the prisoner. Mr, Knox remanded the prisoner. ANOTHER CASE.—Elizabeth Hensley, formerly house keeper to Mr. Spode, of Rugeley, Staffordshire, was charged with obtaining money, and also endeavouring to obtain some curtains by false pretences from Messrs. Sewell and Cross, Compton House, Compton-street, Soho. From the evidence of Henry Flanders, warehouseman to Messrs. Sewell and Cross, it appeared that on the 9th of June last the prisoner went to the shop in a state of great excitement and apparent grief, stating that she was house keeper, to Mr. Spode, of Rugeley, Staffordshire (a customer of the firm), and that she had been robbed of her purse on her arrival at the London station of the Birmingham Rail way. As Mr. Spode was a customer of the house, Mr. Hubbard, one of the firm, asked the prisoner, as she had no money, whether a sovereign would assist her, at the same time advising her to write to Mrs. Spode, acquainting her with her misfortune. The prisoner said 30s. would be better, and the money being handed to her she then sat down and wrote a letter to Mrs. Spode, telling her of the misfortune she had met with, and begging Mrs. Spode to write to her by return of post. After some conversation with the assis tants the prisoner suddenly recollected that Mrs. Spode had told her to select some curtains, and some being shown the prisoner, she chose curtains to the amount of £25, ordering them to be sent to Mrs. Spode. The goods were sent, and then the prisoner's fraud was discovered. Mr. Knox said there was no doubt that all the prisoner had said about the curtains was to cover the affair of the 303. Mr. Sharratt, steward to Mr. Spode, said that the pri soner left Mr. Spode's service in April last year. Butcher, 137 C, deposed to taking the prisoner into cus tody at Birmingham yesterday, on her leaving the borough gaol, when she said she was sorry for what she had done. There was another charge against the prisoner for a similar offence at a fishmonger's in Oxford-street. Remanded. THAMES. CAUGHT AT LAST.—ROBBERY OF WOOL.—Henry Vickers, a carman, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing 141bs. of wool, the property of Messrs. Gooch and Cousens, wool-merchants and brokers, of London-wall. Mr, Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, which ho said was one of a very important description. Robberies of goods in transit had been very common, and practised by carmen, lightermen, canal bargemen, and even by people on railways who had charge of valuable pro perty in transit, and it was absolutely necessary that every cage sho u ld b e p rosecu t e d, and when a conviction rook place sever e exam pl es ma d e . The prisoner was charged With actin g i n concert w ith a ma n named Gooch (no r e l at i on to either of the respectatte prosecu tors) in cutting open bales of wool in transit and stealing 14 lb s of wool valued at 14s. there f rom. Th e value of the wool was trifling, but it was of the highest im portance to the dock companies, ship owners, merchants, and traders, that such cases should be prosecuted. Gooch had already been convicted and sentenced to nine months' i m prisonment and hard l a b our. On the 13th of August last the convict Gooch, who was then in the employ of M essr s. Samuel Seaward and Co„ town carmen in Cannon street, City, and the , prisoner Vi c k ers, who was what is called a n odd man ' (assistant), were sent to the St. Katherine dock for a load of wool. While this van was loading, Mr. Geo r g e Freeman, d elivery foreman at one of ich and saw Gooch cu t o p en the dock warehouses , who was in an upp e r fl oor , loop-hole take wh some just had been l owere d i n t o out which he th rew a l h o looked ke baled van, throughof andwool a on to the ground. As fast as he did so Vickers pi c k e d up the wool and stuffed it into a bag, which he deposited under the tail end of the van. After he had done so Vickers took more wool out of another bale, threw it on the ground, and picked it up. The wool was forced into the same bag. When the van and horses were driven away Mr. George Prestige, clerk to Gooch and Cousens, followed, and saw the van and horses stopped opposite the Crooked Billet public-house, on Tower-hill, where Gooch, the carman, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of beasts on offer here to•day as to number, but the general condition of the stock was inferior. Most breeds changed hands slowly, at about Monday's currency. The extreme rate was 5s per 81bs. The show of sheep was only moderate, and most breeds were in fair request, at about stationary prices. The best Downs sold at 5s 4d per 81bs. No quotable change took place in the value of calves, but the inquiry for them was inactive. For the time of year pigs met a dull sale, at late rates. Milch cows were almost nominal in value. Per Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Cry°. &inf. boasts 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, etc. 4 10 5 0 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 6 4 0 Second qualitydo. 4 2 4 6 e. d. 8. d. Primeoro wool d 0.4 8 5 0 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 2 6 4 Largo erse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime small do 1 2 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 20s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. Cows l3O Sheep and lambs Calves 3lO ri g s 4921 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 369 Sheep and lambs Calves . . 294 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. These market sate fairly supplied with meat, for which the demand rules inactive, as follows :—.-Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od , mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, NOd to Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Oct. 14,—The supp lies of stock were season ably extensi ve , and the trade gen er ally ruled inactive,:as follows :—Beet, from 3s 4d to 48 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d; veal, 3 s 8d t o 4 s 4d; lamb, Os Od to Os 0c; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Oct. 14.—Our market was somewhat heavy; in prices, however, very little change took place. Bed, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mu tt o n, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; v ea l, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; and pork, 3 s 8d to 4s 83 pe r 81 bs ; suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; quarter-old store pigs, .20s to 265;; and milch cows, £l4 to £lB 5s each. HAY MARK 2 . I Ts . ---- - SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, A I C mv u oi a m d Ie B Tr E Ea CUMBERLAND.--Meadow r pp p Ep L . l - 7...... 1 05; clover, £4 Os to i 5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 Os to £1 14s per load. Trade slow. hay, L 3 Os to £4 lOs p ; er cl l o o v a e d r . £4 Os to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £ 1 7s to £1 14s per load. , E r 4 ra O d s e i t n o ac X t 6 ive o . s; and straw, Li 7s to £1 14 s MMeaeiladlilay, Os to £4 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quieter to -day. Sales, probably, about 8,000 to 10,000 bales. EXCURSIONS FROM FRANCE TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE and back in one day at this season of the year I It is a tremendous distance for a day's pleasure, but had it been mid June instead of October the idea would have been enticing to the novelty-hunting French. The LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON remarked that th o se who were fond of field sports , hunting, racing, and s h o oting, always made the best cavalry officers, as the activity,thempur nringthem healthy, and capable of enduring great fatigue. The Dusseldorf Gazette announces th e receipt of nerve, and qs pur suit k o s f i these gkted manly nese, i e n s e a r d c d i s i et addition n gaveto rede a letter from the Count de Spee, councillor, act i ng in the absence of the sub-prefect, in which he says that, in consequence of the warning which was rendered necessary by the attitude taken by that journal, it has ceased to be the organ of official publications, and may now cease to send gratuitously to the various burgomasters the copies of each number which were hitherto obligatory. The Princess-Regent of Reuss-Greiz hasjuet for bidden any kind of rejoicings within her princi pality in celebration of the anniversary of the battle of Leipsick. A committee had already been formed to deli berate on the details of the fete, when an ordinance ap peared forbidding in a most absolute manner the perform ance of any religious service, the firing of salvoes of artil lery, or the lighting of bonfires on the mountains on the occasion. The Avvenire of Naples states that three priests were tried on the Bth instant at Salerno, on a charge of being abetters of brigands. One of the pri soners, named Alfonso Oristano, was condemned to hard labour for life ; the other two, Curtazzo and De Marco, to 20 years of the same punishment. There is a lull in the Federal bombardment of Charleston. The silence of Gen. Gilmore's messen gers can be easily understood, as he is getting his heavy guns into position, and probably will not open fire until he believes that he can effectually overpower the Confederate batteries. Bat what means the quiet on board the Moni tors Is it that they are unable to withstand the rattling of the Confederate balls at close quarters ? In the absence 01 intelligence, we suspect that there is some such difficulty, for on the Weehawken's grounding under Fort Moultrie, the whole of the Monitors were unable to keep the fire of the fort in check, so that —as the !faze York Times stated—the position of the grounded vessel had become perilous, until the new Ironsides, came to the rescue between 9 and 10 o'clock, continuing under fire till 2 p.m. This paper says that, but for the Ironsides, "it is not probable that the Weehawken could have been extricated from her perilous position. The other Monitors, while they fired as rapidly as they could, and with splendid effect, could not keep down the rebel fire. At the best they fired painfully slow, and every ono knows it is the rapidity and continuity of file that tell against open works, or, indeed, works of any kind. One frigate like the Ironsides is worth a dozen Monitors. She was hit undoubtedly over 200 times." It should, however, be remembered that these Monitors are only large gunboats, and that the vessels of the Dictator class intended for sea-service aro infinitely more formidable both for offence and defence, their guns being more numerous and powerful, and their turrets twice as large and massive; hence a shower of heavy missiles striking against their outside would be scarcely felt by those within for the sharp shock communicated through the snrsiler Monitor turret would be inappreciable after passing through the denser iron mass of which the turrets of the Dictator class are composed. The Opinions of Turin gives the following par ticulars of the ordinary and extraordinary Italian Budget for 1864: ,t Th e Minister of Finance, according to the law of the 28th of July, 1863, h as presented to the President of the Chamber of Deputies the tables of the changesproposed for 1864. Th e b u dget proposed to the Pa rliament for 1863 amounted for ordinary expenses to 772,419,000 fr., to w hi c h must be added 35,716,000 for the interest of a total of 808,135,000 f. the loan issued, making The Chamber reduced that amount to 780,258,000 francs, or by about 271- millions. The Cham ber, in approving of that Budget even for 1864, imposed fresh savings to the am ount o f 9 00, 000 francs, but did not by sodoing deprive the Mi nistry of the right of making ult er i or propo sitions. The Ministry fulfilled the first part of its maudate by the Royal decree of the 30th of August, it now performs the se cond by proposing other saving for the sum o f 19,605,000 francs, which fixes the total amount of the reduction s indicated by the Ministry for 1 861, to 24,500,00 0 fr. on t h e ordinary expenses, and will make an econom y o f more than 45 millions realised on those expenses w ithout having in a n y w a y in in two years, wit s r t fringed on the organic la,w_s. phis result evidently shows that when the Minister of Finance an nounced the possibility of effecting an economy of 100 millions on the Budget peesented by his pre. decessors, he stated what was feasible. As to the 86 extraordinary Budge t, th 1 sum of 190,380, 000 francs was proposed for , which sum was reduced by the Parliament to 163,032,000 fr. The Budget for :1864 is now proposed at 124,106,000 f., and the Budget for that year presents. when compared with that voted fo, - 18 63 , a saving of 63,430,0001 r., and with th4t o 1862, 118,155,000 f, Letter from the Southern States. We have received a letter, dated Wilmington, September 11, from which we make the following extracts : ~ Railway transportation is exceedingly difficult to procure, the roads and rolling stock are in a most miserable condition, the greatest speed attain able is 14 or 15 miles an hour, and the filthy state of thpse cars set aside for passengers is perfectly distressing to our sense of order. How I sigh for the luxury of even a second-class carriage in one of our E ° gash railroad s , an d to trave l a t the rate of 30 or 40 miles per hour, free from any apprehension of approaching danger. Here the case is very different; an ordinary individual like myself is kept in one continued fever of excitement, caused by breaking axles, running off tracks, and inse cure trestle work. And then as to the oasis for travellers, the fond -houses (I can't designate them by the name of refreshment-rooms). I believe the name they generally go by here are 41anack-houses." My only injunction to the unsuspicious is never to b© tempted to taste a viand but that which is in some recognisable form. „ I h a ve now been in the Confederacy some months, and have had ample opportunity of form ing an estimate of these devoted people ; and the more I see of them the more fully persuaded am I that the object for which they are heroically strug gling will eventually decide itself in their favour. The difficulties and disadvantages under which they labour no one, except those who have witnessed it, can form the faintest idea of. You read and hear a great deal about the subject, but in order to arrive at anything like an opinion you must be amongst and converse with them. On one thing are they united—a u nison which no pri va t e or p o liti ca l vari ance can ever mar ; and that is, a thorough and implacable hatred to the Yankee, which will take ages, if ever, to bury all trace of. I heard an instance of the humanity of these sam e Christianising Abolitionists the other day, in Charleston, from the lips of one of the niggers captured during the assault on battery Wagner, on the 18th July. When the regiment to which he b e longed was ordered to ad vance an d s torm the the men faltered, wo rks, general observed. At the conclusion of an exhor tation that they would conduct themselves as became men with the free African blood coursing in their veins, as a parting piece of information he said, Remember there are 5,000 bayonets behind you.' The judicious motive of that arrangement elicited the encomiums of the peopl e of Charleston at the time ; for, as they observed, a nigger serves to stop a bullet as well as any white man. The recent re verses which the Confederates have sustained has brought some of the noblest traits in their character into view. Simultaneous with the fall of Vicksburg came the news of the defeat of Lee's plans in Penn• sylvania, and a threatened attack on the port of Charleston ; but instead of deponding, the people are as buoyant as ever, and as fully determined to seal with their blood, if necessary, their devotion to the cause." —Manchester Guardian. EXETER HALL.—Tho National Choral Society announce the commencement of their new season, on Wednesday, Nov. 25, when Handers Oratorio, " Judas Maccabaaus," will be performed with a band and chorus of 700. Mr. Sims Reeves has been engaged for the ten sub scription concerts to be given by this society, during the forthcoming season. Mr. Santley will slso sing in " Judas Maccabams.'' Conductor Mr. G. W. I\ Ural:L. S TEALIN G MONEY. CURIOUS CHARGE OF FELONY. —Yesterday, at Manchester, a respect ably dressed woman, na med Ma ry Knowles, resid in g at Bolton, was charged with stealing a purse containing £2, from Mary Henson. The prosecutrix stated that about three weeks ago the prisoner came to her shop, at Gerald street, Pendleton, and produced a grocer's pass-b ook , and asked if it was hers. She re p lied that it was not, but that she would be more likely to find an owner for it than the prisoner, and she then loft it w ith her. The p asked if she would make a cup of tea fur he r and a friend, who, it was subsequently f oun d , was her so n. The prosecu r. trix said that she did not generally make tea for strangers, but would do so to oblige her. They h ad tea, and after herre- re maining some time they left. After the p risonerand son were gone, the prosecutrix missed h er purse , whichshe instituted inquiries she had in her pocket, and immediately inquities respecting the prisoner. Her residence wasascer taMed, and a police constable app rehended her. She imme diately produced a purse, a hich she gave to the police een.• stable, and which contained a sum of money of the s ame amount as that which the prosecutrix , had missed. Sh e said that after leaving the prosecutrix s house sh e f ound, on arriving at the ra ilwa y station, she had ano ther purse besides her own in her pocket, and she di t l not k now to whom it belonged,—The prisoner stated that she was a rag dealer at Bolton, and her husband, who was a mechanic, had been it, his present situation 14 years. Her son was also a mechanic, filling a respectable situation. She came to Manchester to make some purchases, and in the course of the day she visited 20 or 30 shops. When she got to the railway station she found a second purse, which was very like her own, in her pocket, and not know ing from what shop she had taken it in mistake, she kept the purse and its contents unbroken until seine inquiry should be made about it. When she came to Manchester s he was provided with £lO, and therefore she did not want money. Mr. Trafford said he did not believe that a purse could have walked from one person's pocket to another without fingers, and he should therefore commit the pri soner for trial, 441 104 f 101 131 30} 1281 8 101 f a The late Marshal Count d'Ornano. In our yesterday's impression appeared a brief telegraphic despatch —" Marshal d'Ornano is dead." The late distinguished Marshal Philip An tony, Count d'Ornano, was not one of the great Napoleon's marshals, but he was the last surviving general of division; and furthermore, he had the honour of being allied to the imperial house. Mar shal d'Ornano was burn at Ajaccio, in the island of Corsica, on the 17th of January, 1784, so that he was in his 80th year. He was the son of Louis d'Ornano, colonel of the National Guard of Corsica, by one Isabella Bonaparte. At the ago of sixteen he was appointed sub-lieutenant in the 9th Dra goons, served in the war in Italy, was aide-dc-camp to General Leclerc at the expedition to St. Dominga, and was confirmed in his rank of captain given him for his bravery by General Berthi er. He was ap pointed commander of the Corsican Chasseurs, and seized several cannon at Austerlitz, December 2, 1S05; distinguished himself at the storming of Lubeck and at Jena (1806), and was nominated colonel and commander of the 25th Dragoons. Holding this rank he served in Prussia, in Poland, in Spain, in Portugal, and was repeatedly mentioned in despatches, In 1809 the colonel was remarkable for his exploit in forcing his passage of the river towards Alba-da-Tornes, near Salamanca, when his prowess enabled Gen. Keller mann to gain an easy victory over the Spanish forces. He increased his fame at Ciudad Rodrigo, and at Fuentes D'Onor charged the cavalry with such ardour and intrepidity that he was named on the spot general of brigade. As general in command of the brigade of light cavalry, in the unlucky expe dition to Russia, Gen. d'Ornano specially distin guished himself at the passage of Niemen, at Alohi low, and at Ostrowna, in 1812. After the battle of Moskowa he was named general of division. When in command of the 7th Regiment of cavalry, he bore the brunt of the attack of Het man Platow, at the head of 10,100 men. Under Ney he did good ser vice, especially at Mahn Jaroslavitz (Oct. 4, 1812), where with 17,000 men he beat back 80,000 of the enemy with such energy and spirit that the Em peror Napoleon, when going over the field of battle on the morrow of the fight, did not hesitate to award the honours of the battle to PrinceEngene and Gen. d'Ornano. The general was left for dead on the fatal field of Krasnoi, and owed his life to the de votion of his men, and to the kindly attentions of the Emperor himself, who nominated him when re covered, Jan. 21, 1813, Commander of the Imperial Dragoons, at whose head he served in Saxony against thb coalesced forces of Russia and Prussia. On the death of Bessieres, the general was ap pointed general of the cavalry of the Guard, and was at the battles of Dresden, Bautzen, Leipsig, and Henan. In January, 1814, h© took the com mandership-in-chief of all the troops of the Imperial Guard—cavalry, infantry, and artillery ; he helped to defend Paris, but not all his devotion could save the fall of the Empire. Under the first Restoration we find him in command of a regiment of dragoons of the Guard, then called the " royal" corps. Daring the memorable Hundred Days he toek ser vice again under his old chief, but a severe wound prevented him from being at Waterloo. After this battle, General d'Ornano was arrested during the trial of Marshal Ney, and conducted a l'abbaye. Two years later he was set at liberty, but his relation to the Bonaparte family caused en forced retirement for some time at Brussels. In 1828 after his return home he was appointed inspec tor of cavalry and president of the committee which determined the admissions to St. Cyr. In 1830 he received the command of the 4th military division ; with great energy and tact he managed to put a stop at once to the emeute in the western part of France in 1832. Loris Philippe, in return for his services, gave him a peerage. After the revolution of 1848 the count refused the command of the 14th military division, and retired into private life. But he was returned to the constituent and legislative assembly for the department of the Indre-et-Loire, and held moderate views. He was appointed Senator, Jan. 20, 1852 ; Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, on 13th August following; Governor of the Invalides on March 24, 1853; and Marshal of France, after 50 years' service, on April 2, 1861. He was ap pointed one of the executors of the first Napoleon's will, and received his baton when, as Governor of the Invalides, ho received the ashes of that Per sonage on their being transferred from the Chapel of St. Jerome to the granite tomb in the Invalides. As guardian of the holy tomb, the Governor of the Invalides holds a high position, and the office is one of those most coveted by French generals. The veteran marshal expired on Monday, after a brief illness. His Majesty the Emperor took the greatest interest in the health of his high-minded friend and relative. He went to the Hotel des In valides a day or two back, and was received by the son of the marshal, Rodolphe Count d'Otranto. The dying marshal kissed his Majesty's hand, and thanked the Emperor for coming and paying him that farewell visit. "For, sire," said he, "we shall not meet again except in heaven. The Emperor, much moved, replied—" I shall not say farewell, but au revoir. I shall come again soon." The Arch bishop of Paris administered the last sacraments to the marshal, and he died in peace, and without much pain. He married, in 1816, the Countess Lrezynska, widow of the Count Anastase de Colonna Watewski (mother of Count Walewaki), and by her, who died prematurely in December, 1817, he had issue a son, Rodolphe Auguste Count d'Ornano, born at Liege, in June, 1817, This eon was educated at the Col lege of Louis le Grand, and at a school preparatory to the College of Saint Cyr. At 18 he was attached to the French Legation at D resden ; but his inti macy with Prince Louis N a poleon, which after wards was of service to him under the second Empire, caused him to be relieved, under Louis Philippe, from his diplomatic functions. He retired to Touraine, and published Les Tourangelles," Les Echos d'E s p agne ," " Les Napoleonie nnes," " and other works, had a considerable share in " I es Francais peints par eux memes," and became a member of several learned societies. He subse quently travelled in Corsica, Italy, and S sitzerland, and visited at Arenenberg the present French Em peror, then in exile. He was appointed Prefect of the Yonne in 1851 ; was appointed representative of t h e department in the Corps Legislatif a short time afterwards, and became subsequently Chamber lain and Master of the Ceremonies to the Emperor. 14e was strongly in opposition to the stockjobbing scandals of 1857, in spite of his position at Court. lie is an officer of the Legion of Honour, and has received the Order of Malta. His work of 1860, ";. On the Administration of the Empire," is a mas terly one, and had a great sale. lie married in 1845 a daughter of the Marquis Vorger d'Argenson. Napoleon d'Ornano, a cousin of Count Rodolphe's, was an officer of the 3d Dragoons, joined Louis Na poleon in England, was tried by the Peers, and im prisoned at Don'lens, and died Inspector of the Imperial Palace at Vic•sur-Aisne Dec. 2, 1859. METROPOLITAN MAIN DRAINAGE.—If we ob serve a contour ma p o f L o ndon, we shall see the irregularities and undulations of its surface aro not alto gether devoid of a certain method and order, and in the main resolve themselves into the general valley of the Thames, like the sloping sides of a double roof towards a central gutter. It is evident that, if we allow the sewage to flow laterally down from the highest slopes into a central main drain, running through the entire length and median line of the metropolis like an under-ground river parallel with the Thames, we should require a culvert of enormous size, to provide not only for the sewage, but the rain-fall of the whole district, and that the hydraulic pressure upon the masonry of the culverts would be of the highest tension, while the liability to aceident would be of the most risky character. The more, then, we can divide a district, the smaller the streams of sewage the drains will have to carry, ry, and the less the danger from sudden floods when there several channels for the waters to run off by. Bence the principle of intercepting drainage. If we wished to stop the run of water from our roofs into th e central gully, two or three smaller gutters placed more o r less diagonally along their sides would arrest at intervals the water flowing down their slopes, and convey that which fell on the different areas, thus isolated from cash other, in separate streams to the head of the "down pipe" into the streets. On the lik e principle the main drainage of the metropolis consists of intercepting sewers at various levels, so that instead of one great drain for the wh ole region,,. there are no less than six chief lines of sewers; or, rather, there are two di s ti nct drainage works, or three main lines each ; one system drain ing all the districts north of the Thames, the oth er a ll t h ose on the south s ide of the river,—Poplar Scze nce Review. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SOVS. Onesander Light Bob HANDICAP PLATE. Revolver Birthday Eleven ran, RUNNING MATCH, ICO YARDS, FOR 500 SOVS. This sporting match, made some time back between Captain Machell and Mr. Chadwick, to run 100 yards, took placo this morning at 10 a.m., over a selected portion of ground on the Bury road, opposite Mr. Dawson's residence. Both gentlemen had undergone a severe preparation for the contest. Captain Machell won easily, and was the favourite, at 5 to 2, which odds had been laid to a large amount. Terrific Explosion at the Chartered Gas Works at Westminster. SEVERAL PERSONS SERIDUSLY BURNED. This (Thursday) forenoon the inhabitants of the Horse_ ferry-road were thrown into a state of the most painful ex citement owing to a loud and rumbling noise proceeding from the immense pile of premises known as the Chartered Gas Works, situate in the before -named thoroughfare. In an instant hundreds of the inhabitants rushed out of their houses in Marsham-street, the main road, and also in Medway-street, the houses in each street being in such proximity to the factory that the residents were appre hensive that their habitations would be blown down, as it was imagined that some of the i mmense gas-holders, which tower high above the surr oun di ng dwellings, would blow up. Fortunately such did not occur, but the circumstances attending the affair are of a most lamentable nature, and it is feared that the injuries received by some of the workmen employed by the e om _ pany will disable them from resuming their emplcyment for a considerable time, and in two or three cases it is expected that they cannot recover from the burns they have received. On inquiry made at the works it was with great diffi culty that any information as to the cause of the disaster could be obtained, but one of the men employed on the works stated that whilst the work people were engaged putting down a new pipe in the yard, or repairing it, a large plug suddenly flew out and allowed the gas to rush out in immense volumes, to the extent of several thousand cubic feet per second, In the space of a minute or so a great number of the men became encircled iu fire, their clothing becoming ignited, and the flames attacking their arms and faces with full vigour. Several men rushed to the works and turned off the gas, and the poor fellows were extricated, and the fire about their clothes was extin guished. Mr. Pearce, surgeon, and other medical gentle men, attended, but eight or nine of the poor fellows were so frightfully burned that they were obliged to be removed to the Westminster Hospital, where everything was done for them that humanity or surgical skill could devise, but they still remain in a precarious state. Whether the pipe had been bladdered or not is not known. This pipe, it seems, leads to the retort-house, and hence the violence of the ex. plosion. SHIPPING—This Days LONDON, Oct. 15.—Wind this day at noon—North. Easterly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 14,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sedulcns, from Taganrog. HOLYHEAD, Oct. l4.—Wincl;variablc.—Arrived—Ama zone, from Liverpool for Curacoa, Sailed—Elizabeth, for Halifax. CARDIFF, Oct. 14.—Wind. S.W.—Sailed--Pickard, for Shanghai. COWES, Oct. 14.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—John, front Swansea for Havre, leaky. SWANSEA, Oct. 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Mangosteen, for Cuba. MILFORD, Oct. 11.—Wind S.—Arrived—Bella Leondrn, from New York. (ET MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 14—Argo, from Dantzic ; Clara Manning, from Memel ; Four Brothers, from Groningen ; Helena, from Cinibrilsharn ; Celicia, from Honkleur. Arrived, Oct. 15—Victoria, from Aarhuua ; Hendricka Margareta, from St. Petersburg ; Ellen and Agenoria, from Cumstadt ; Maria, from Gottenburg. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Her Majesty's ship Dee, from the west for the river ; Jovenner, from Shadac for London; Zenobia, for Port Natal; Bi.boa, for Bilboa •' Nautilus, for Bermuda; Lady Melville , for Calcutta--all from London. Pissed in Tow—Rambler, from Calcutta for London; Eliza, from London for Para. Anehmed—Tho Venus, of Guernsey, from Gottcnburg for New Zealand. Sailed—The Chanticleer, screw steamer, Polo Star, Lady Melville, Lady Raglan, and Black Prince, with tho out, ward bound, LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—DUNDEE, Oct. 13.—Tho Italian schooner Giulia, of Palermo, bound front Cronstadt to Dundee, with a cargo of flax, got on shore at the entrance of the Tay. It was blowing hard from S,E. at the time, with a heavy sea runn in g . The signals of dis tress of the vessel having been ohserved, the Dundee steamer Samson immediately proceeded down the river with a crew for the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution sta tioned at Buddon Ness. After arriving at the vessel in dis. tress a warp was brought by the lifeboat from her to the steamer. The schooner was soon afterwards towed off the dangerous LORD to i lea shore, and she and her crew of t en men brought O pla VAINE, who has been draini ng D owa l. ce of safety. tan Loch, between Wigtown and Fort William, has found traces of lacustrine habitations in the bed of the loch. Ar tificial islands appear to have been made by means of stout's mixed with fern and other branches, bows of trees, and other timber rudely worked. Piles have also been found, d many teeth and oth e r b ones o f an i mals , a bronze vessel, earthenware articles, a small granite quern, beads, fra.g ments of armlets, and other relics. No distinct remains of dwellings have yet been found, and no tool or weapon of any kind. JOHN BUNYAN'S FLUTE !—The flute with which John Bunyan beguiled the tediousness of his captive hours is now in the possession of Mr. Howell, tailor, Gains borough. In appearance it is not unlike the leg of a stool —out of which, it is said, Banyan, while in prison, manu factured it. When the turnkey, attracted by the sound. of music, entered his cell, the flute was replaced in the stool, and by this means detection was avoided. VIOLENT STORM.—Truro, Tue4day Afternoon...—. Last night various parts of Cornwall were visited by one of the fiercest gales of wind that are remembered to have prevailed during a long period. A stiff breeze co m menced in the morning, and gradually developed itself into a perfect hurricane. Rain, too, poured down in torraats. Tais morning the weather is calmer, although we have .had a high wind, in addition to rain, and heavy peals of thun der. Reports from various quarters speak of considerable damage to house property that has been effected. At 2 35 p.m. the wind appears to be again rising, Reports from Falmouth state that her Majesty's ship Russell, 60 gang, Commander Orel:dell, was ariven from her moorings se r °4 the bars, where she now remains. The practice of spoiling such fine frigates Narcissus, Sutlej, Bacchante, Forte, and Burr at u i s : by encumbering them with poops, is most obj ei loic; as the as all officers who have served in them within the , _ _-__ .- will testify. The efficiency of the ships as m en - of war is to the detri ment seriously interfered with, while the ventilation so nece . xsary to crews in hot latitudes is sadly imped e d , . , COM e . of the health of a large portion of the i t i t i s p t s he P'nl". We are glad to find that so roocays vessel ;the West Indies~Dimo n E is d I ke for insetdance, to be selected as the future flagshiP .n.. we would suggest that two &eke rs h — ou i ld ' be fix and proper Princess Royal and Conqueror— upon to Capt. U sher, R.N.., time the Narcissus and Forte.—Arnty and .. - -About one Navy Gazatte. proceed to the Cape and Braails,sto relieve at the FATAL ACCIDRNraToOniNinTrc o'clock yesterday re street, Charing. siding in Warwic k- - er°ss, was accidentally drowned. The cap t a in and his brother, Colonel lishe r, of Lee Park, Blo c; kheath had been on bo ar d a steamer, moore d near London -bridge, to see some friends, and on leaving they either overbalanced themselves or slipped from the plank they were crossing to get --- on shore, and were both precipitated into the liver. Al though ass i s tance was promptly rendered, Capt. v, 13 8...er was unfortunately drowned. The colonel saved himself by swimming ashore. CRYSTAL PALACE. —O ne s h illi ng Day, Wednes. day, Oct. 14.—Admission on payment, 2,436; ditto by seas on tickets, I,ooo— total visitors, 3,4,.6. IGENERAL J ACKSON'S FATHER -IN-LAS'.—The Rev. Dr. 7 unkin:a Northern, visited the Confede rate hospitals after the battle of Gettysburg. Coming as a Federal clergyman, the wounded Contederate soldiers would not listen t o hi m. What should he do to cqtch their atten tion? He hit upon a pious fraud. He had a fancy walk ing. stick in his hand. Holding it up so that all in the ward might see it, ha told them it had been presented to him by their beloved "Stonewall.' The ,stick proved to be the best of credentials—the wounded men no longer turned a deaf .ear to his exhortations, and more than one man down South has cause to be thankful to the Rev. Dr. and his walking-stick. THE NEW WEST PIER, BRIGHTON, will be 40 feet wide instead of 10 feet 6 inches, as at present. The work is to be delivered, perfect, in 12 months from the time the contract is taken, ded the 3 to of Tee- a of DOU. nar, and cess th a full ince ince sian resi- ales, with mar, sket were low, iten- 3 OF their rince ctive .; the )atre land ss of ncess IICOSS esen 1r the ince .sday It is so to ttend from Tench ence ness. his w to in a from ster- ,ster- left town isit to )uke drof •myn- y for t are iber- aquiS :astle o e, the the , near er-in- lros- town leave York- Ist of seded negal) 'a a < Well 13.14.1 L9.16.4' 12.10 65} 5 I