The Sun. — London, England, 1868-08-27 00:00:00

abr. %uthority the is press of a on suspicion st the life of )jected to no in Switzer terfere with r comfort by , Aug. 23. vent of the licemen bad ig an attack plete misar of the case ishman, one e it is ima t heat—was o penetrate idently not, but, as be lest) , face 0 friends nor lose care be ,nly scantily over,. after beyond all ice authori he might be s home. N 7. ;at was re' Lorning be" rict. Lord Sir Henri of the late Mr. Mason, nd North- ay ; Mr. E• of Thoma 3 Aliers. 03 the coro - En was one :uld endea iurting the court. Ha ttended tlo :h was held l that there of all that 1, had de ,eh he wa B r, and )f all those , but there feeling on the court, ity and of oner in the as a mew' Ist, should sed to take d 1 the reia' r q uarter e coroner ties with lie on' , not onlf Rail wait railways ►t the Cow her hands , the Home ed by oaf' asant task rigs of 08 3 his vet kit the re' were of 9 ' heard ea ad himself the Co" 1 respec t of those i e did 0 06 he corone r ae bearing addressing lently re' r, said 1 10 atisfaetio n d WY, a° by t h° ie there tc , ' , sneering le villag e, quest wail t h e tabl ° el Hear' agitated ) Farnharn' d i n strO !r's courts his lord' man 11110 ce d by 13° td Wa de. ~ ,he w hole Tudiat eci ant of tbe )roceed O" vrl en, T aa- a iet yeater" the ha" trunk he idea' the fi re 1 his lad leen Pr e ; decease° ip por tea' or 0(4. Irted denti ge'l binneri 0 ,elong' l3- d dutY ed ab°- cried: daY fec) last ir ; sloPt ; Lug t t r r Lbes ra t 0 tlia ,age i nt° , of Lis a/ 1 , 0 val e t. , 1111113 1 ' 3ttl g` r ,; he "n -ryes, 3- a )se 0, 1 6 e' per sorl 4 arile a t'° P7hi eb cOna l l o lesire i f W e" f he s YaS 11°3 0 iSil l g t h b e with t'.- XONEY -21 Alt AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The Stock Ma r k e t s are tolerably well sustained, though a partial reaction has taken place in one or two Foreign descriptions. Business, except is connection with the settlement i continues upon the smallest pos sible scale. There s no demand for the Funds, but, supported by the present ascendancy of peace feeling on the Continent over the firmness of the Paris Bourse, they have regained the slight decline which took place yesterday. Railways are dull upon the traffics, but the reduction in price established shortly before last !light's close, have ext en d e d to some other lines, while an the case of Lancashire and Yorkshire, there is a slight improvement. The accounts from different parts of the country of the improvement, produced upon the later crops within the last fortnight, are exceedingly favourable. The discount market is steady and unaltered. Rates for the best bills continue at 1/ to 1i per cent., with very limited transactions. Consols are steady, at 94 to 94k for money, and 94k to 94/ for the Bth September. New and Reduced Three p er C ents., 94/ to 94; ; India Five pe r C en t s ., 114 k to 115 ; B an k S tock, 244 to 246 ; Exchequer Bills 163 to 20s prem. With the exception of Italian, which is k lower, at Slit to 5 1, Foreign Stocks are without particular ~e han ge, and the Foreig n Stocks are extremely limited. Spanish Three per 'Cents. is k worse, at 34k to 341 ; While Mexican is better, at 14i to 15k ; Turkish reeivnets.p,er Cents 38k 39/ • Danubian Seven per •,to • 7 5 2 to 77 ; Brazilian, 76k to 77k ; Portuguese, 3 , 7 1 to 73EigYtoPtir4'. 82k to 83k ; Viceroy of % 4 Y ino n P w g t i e l 4i:,:aat:a;ilway Shares are rather dull, but prices are not much altered. London and South Western is yvesctehreaster, 88 to 90 ; Great Northern (A), and Sheffield, and Linconshire, each, at 1.03 k to 104 and 42/ to 43k respectively ; and Great tern - I, at 49 to 491 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire 1.? better, at 129 k to 130 ; Midland, 107 k to 107 1 ; ;Great.?oo7uthE s EL75i to 76 ; Great Northern, 106 to tern, 36g to 36 " , t ; London and North • Western, 116 Ito 116 k ; Metropolitan, 110/ t o 110/ ; Caledo n i an, 76 to 76k ; _Jondon, Chatham, and Dover, . 18i t o 19. E St4nsl erican Securities are without change. United a te 5- 20 Bond s are i nqu i re d f or at 71 / to 71k ; rie Shares, 32 to 33 . ; Illinois, 91 to 92. ; Fin ance Shares a r e littl e d ea lt i n . C re di t F onc i er : 1 1 8 hade firmer, at 21 to 3 ; General Credit 21 to * ii. ulB * ; Internati ona l Finance, to dis; London IFrioargieg❑ Mining'ipto 22dis. Shares are without feature. St. ondel R ey rema i n at 19} to 20k ; Rossa Grande, C olonial prem. • P ort P h i llip, 1k to 1/. Government Bonds are quiet at the follow -11,1.g prices :---Canada Six per Cents., 103 to 105'; do. lye per C ents., 90 to 92 ; Mauritius Six per Cents., 103 to 105 ; N ew S out h Wales Five per Cents., 99 t r ? 101 New Z ea l an d Si x per Cents., 110 to 112 ; Yueensland Six per Cents., 105 to 106 ; Victoria Six • Per Cents., 113 to 115 ; do., 114 to 115. Bank Sh ares are steady. Imperial is rather `;‘ 111 , at 16k t o 17k ; Agra (A), 11; to 12 ; Alliance, idk to tered 10i dis. ; A ng l o -A ustr i an, 6k to 7 prem ; t o Mercantile, 28 to 29 ; Consolidated, 4# ; Imperial Ottoman, fto prem. ; London s'euti County, 50 to 51 ; London and Westminster, dont° 67 i ; ditto New, 53k to 54i ; Oriental, 44 to .; London Joint Stock, 32 to 33 ; Union of Lon don, 34; to 35i• In Miscellaneous Securities the dealings are limited, 1 , 1 , 11 t1 the on l y change is a decline of kin Hudson's 25Y, which i s quoted 15 to 15k ; Anglo-American I:Telegraph 21k t o 21f ; Atlantic, T e l egra ph, Ei g ht :r k Cent., 3 .to 4 ; Fore-Street Warehouse k dis. prem. ; and National Discount, 11/ to 111. Atl antic and Great Western Railway Debentures h ave further advanced to 38i to 38/, and the Con solidated Mortgage Bonds to 391 to 39j. tient Gr eat Indian P en i nsu l ar R a il way N ew Four per . Debe n t ure S tock is 95; to 96k, and the Con aelmilatel Mortgage Bonds 34 to 39/. .„'-ne Honduras Loan is steady at 82/ to 83k. "l'ar Gold to the value of £39,000 was sent into the r In k yeste r d ay, making since the date of the last rn .£86,000• • a The Maria Theresa dollars brought by th e P era, 4 , l4 "ntin,g to about £250,000, have bee n di s p ose d o f 5 4fd, bei ng the same price as that obtained for the quantity sold l ast week. ili_ Messrs. B ar i ng B rothers and Co. have received a nitt ance from th e C ustom House at Carthagena of 710 ; and also a remittance from Bogota of £3,650, On ac count of th e N ew G ranada d i vidends. The Co o general me e ti ng o f t h e M erc h ant Bank i ng f or t 6 any has b een convened for the 10th September, e hpurpose of declaring an interim dividend f or t he half year ending June 30 last. The traffic receipts of the M mdras Railway, for the Week endin g July 11, show an increase of £872 as eftpared with th e correspon di ng period of 1867. T he Turkish Government have just paid the 41 Yrna and Cassaba Railway Company .C 9,575 gua rantee for the year 1867. The ordinary general meeting of the Surrey Corn srnercial D oc k C ompany has been convened for the 17th ePtember. t _ Th e ordinary genera l meet i ng of the Bedford Pan weicen a hni eon Company will be held on the 3rd September, dividend will be declared. ;.:T,4ne ordinary genera l meeting of the Carnarvon an d thra,b2rris R a il way w i ll be held on the 18th of Sep er, for th e transaction of the ordinary business of COMTII,” The orvdlnujar'y general meeting of the Anglo-Ameri l'an Telegraph Company is called for the 7th of Sep r`tee'„,h_4r.; meanwhile - ihe directors have issued their P;'',1111 anticipation, in which they propose to pay tandel.vkidend of lOs per share, free of income tax, for a o ,„,,.'",ree months ending 31st of July. The receipts "ftng to the Anglo-Americ and Atlantic Tele- Ph from the cables from Ist M ayo 3lst July have bei ng £496 lOs per day, one of the cables only A g occupied from four to six hours per day. L o V i l official intimation was yesterday received in ( 1 018. 4 0 u of the calling in for cancellation of 1,000,000 the Ills the Seven per Cent. Construction Bonds of of th „nois Central Railroad Company. The numbers !Sip e e - °onds called in are from 3,001 to 4,000 inclu co,,,, of 1,000 dols. each. They will be paid o ff at the Oe 'l to l t n Y ' s offices, in America, on and after the Ist er, at the rate of 120 per cent. and accrued T r h e s6 ; after that date all interest will cease. eharlollowing are some of the rates of continuations ell an e u• at the railway settlement in the Stock Ex ge sterday sled Ea st - • sa te at ern, „,. .. ...even a- ... ...even to I back. great...2s to 3; contango, closi ng 3 s . Northern ... Iv to 4s. .. ito contango. 13° 4 ••• ...1-16 back to 1.16 contango, 14m closing 1 . 16 to 3.16 contango. 1 4 - ' 4 ! to ck ___ •.. 3-16 to 5 . 16 do., closing ito I. 44 ' and North Western even to i do., closing even to iire at i.,., i o 34 back. kid! qest ern ... —1.16 t 6 do., closing Ito I, kat ) ," --. ... ...I to i contango. ' ° Polita i toe do closing 5-16 to 7-16 % 111 con tango. •.: . ...I to I contango, closing 5 . 16 te rve to 7-16 contango. lork lek • ::: ...even. Sli ert a nd N.orth Midland...even. 0 414 .. ... .. 1.16 to 346 contango. Qret tt , o ,,. B riqahtango. Cll-44d"„,e4tern of Canada...6d to 9d contango. trl g ' 4 to tnak of Canada ...9l to is 3d do. " ... ... ...1 to i do, uovx l i 4 P.l xli T E l x s T E[ ru F N u D i s i . D r Ce nt. Consol s _Bl-121TO O'CLOCK. 94 -1- 8 B t 94 8 itto for Account, Sept. 8 941 I li,Pe2„Oent. Reduced 94& I New c .o . per Cent _ /'. 4 1 Per Cent Jan. 1894 _ 44 .121 1:1 :1 0 1 . ! per eyte.:painr:3l,Bs7t3h Jan., 1880 — 1)0 • 1 f01 ; 3 80 y r s , expire sth April • 885. " ad ,„,. (Itd Sea Telegraph), Aug , ., 1908 _... inn .s'equer Bills • .il 000 2 per Gt , o • • 1 e )3, 1) ?: £5OO 4100 dc £2OO 71 .41k of E 1 k . 4or Cent h, ng and Stock. P _ csol • Account _ . 4 1 44 4 per Cent. Bonds ~ infi4tdAti C/OVERNMENT SECyRIT°... _ D o. O pen. 10i per Cent., Apr - 118 4 _ 150 ,Pening, for Account _ b,',* Per Cent. July, 1880 1011 ti-: ' Per Cent., Oct. 1888 ...... e. ..slertificates 91*- b! t•nfaced Pape. 4 per Cent ..... / 21 ' 0 . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1872 _... b o . 9 Per Cont.t, May 1879 u Per Cent Run Deb. 1872 — D b o. .1 a • 1877 — p`' do. D o • do. 1882 — Do h ne b., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1_873 pm bo uends, 4 por Cent., .£I,OOU • Inkier xl.OOO Pm WO O'CLOCK. RA PORtIGN FUNDS —T - - Fa -Ctine Republic, 6 per Cent a g 4il j l ll . linnda 5 per Cent. 1859 , 1 1. 4 1 1 5 Per 'Cent D A. 1 Per Cent., 1852 — 7 4 L o do. 1858 Do. 40. b o. ~ 0., 1863 77 1)0 2eper Cleat., 1865 A 4 COUnt 77 Leo . .................................. 1 , , ~ Aye 6 per Cent ...ib, z_Per Cent. (D3ferred 3 per Cont.) h il p bPer Cent. ...................... 1)04°4,6 Per Cent o Uo . li Per Cent . 1). b P4' " Ce nt., li U . DO 7 1867 ..................... . • b O pP" C ent., 18 . 66 0 ~ °•, Scrip X 32 paid .... — aeirlaii, 6 Per cent. , 3 w. n " ' den t) 1825 ........ , Danubian Principalities, par Cent Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — .Inuador New (ion3olidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian, 7 per Cent . - LI Second Issue ••••• Do. £5OO Bonds — Do. XlOO Bonds B6l 6 Do. 1864 Do. Account Do. £SOC Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds • .••• 874 English Scrip, 1868 — Do do. £l5 pd -1 dis Government Railway Debentures .... 95 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups. — Do. Account ... . 121 Do. Coupons .. . . Do. Account G tatemala 5 per C.lnt. .. — Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 10p. Ct., £25 p It iiian 5 le , Cert., 1865 — On. Account ~ — Do Maremmana Railway — kl-xican 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do ‘; per Cont. Anglo-French 22 4ontevideau C per Cont. .• — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Wow Granada 154 Do 3 per Cen -- Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account .. 79 4 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) . Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -. — Do Account Poleguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, 7,'9,'6t1,'2.'3 38 4 Do. do. 1 , 67 3B 1 Do. do. Sc. ip, £2O paid — Rtssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent , 1850 De 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds., Do. do. £B4 155. do — Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 931 1 Do. do £B4 15s. do — Do Nicolas Railway 67 61 Sarlinian b per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con . — Do. Acc , Junt — Do. 1867 1 Do. Account Do- New Deferred — Do. Account — Do. Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan Do Government, 1864 Do do, 1868 Do do, Scrip — Turkish 6 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 671 Do Account _ _ Do .£lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 66 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds 671 1 Do. 1863 Do 5 per (Jest., 1865 D ) Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 621 If Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 24f. Dutch 21 per (lent. Ex. 12 Gail Do Account French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 2M. Italia!, 5 per Cent. 1861, Ex. 2sf. Do. Account 5ll 1 NW* •'LOOK. Consuls, Money 931 4 Do. Account, Sept. 8 931 4 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE LAST OF MR. FINLEN AND HIS LANDLORD.-- Rosekelly, one of the warrant officers of the court, this morning informed Mr. Knox- that, in accord ance with the ejectment warrant placed in bis hands, he went on Monday to No. 9, Prince's-row, where he found Finlen and his three children lying on an old mattress almost in a state of nudity. He left word tint if Finlen did not get out by 10 o'clock the next morning he should eject him. Accordingly the next morning he went to the place and found Finlen, a man lodger, and three children, muddled up to gether on the mattress. One of the children had on a very old and ragged coat, but no trousers, the second part of a pair of trousers, and the third had not a vestige of clothing on. II found in the room besides the old mattress a frying-pan and a dish, which had been converted into chamber utensils. Finlen ordered the children to leave, and they did so, and went to a neighbour's house, but not being taken in they were subse quently taken to St. James's Workhouse and left there, but last night they were taken away by sore pressure. Mr. Knox said there was no actual desertion of the children, and he had no doubt the parochial authorities would not have given the children up to any person unless they were fully satisfied as to their right to do so. There was now an end of the matter. TIIAM ES. A DISPUTED RlGHT.—Dennis O'Connell, de scribed as a foreman of No. 3, Thames-place, Em mett-street, Limehouse, was charged with wilfully damaging a padlock, value Gd., the property of Mr. John Lormanton, a piermaster, at Batson's-wharf, West Ferry-road, Poplar. Mr. Charles Nott, of 37, Joseph-street, Burdett road, clerk and foreman to the prosecutor, produced a broken padlock, and was proceeding to state the circumstances under which it was destroyed, when Mr. Pelham, solicitor, interposed, and, on behalf of the prisoner, admitted the breaking of the pad lock. The question involved a right of way over a wharf, called the Times-wharf, and the prisoner had acted under the direction of his employers, and would break a padlock every time one was put on the same gate. The lease (holding one up) con veyed a right of way. Mr. Benson said that ho had no jurisdiction to try the question of a right of way. The Acta of ' Parliament expressly ousted him of the power of trying a case of this kind. The parties had better go to the county court if the right of way of the prisoner's master over the Times-wharf was dis puted. He discharged the prisoner. NEGLECTING TO MAINTAIN A WIFE. Win] Harris, a journeyman baker, aged 21 years, Was brought before Mr. Benson charged with "running away" and leaving his wife chargeable to the Poplar Union. Mr. James Speaklay, relieving officer, said the prisoner's (wife and child had been chargeable to the union for several weeks, and that the expenses incurred amounted to .£1 123. Sarah Holt said the prisoner was her sister's husband, and that the prisoner, who was a cruel man, gave his wife ss. per week only for several weeks in succession, although he was earning good wages. After that he was in the practice of giving his wife 3d. at night, and demanding it of her again next morning. After the middle of June he was seen no more, and he spent all his earnicgs on himself. Mr. Benson said a wife had a right to share in the fortunes of her husband, whether he was rich or poor. He sentenced the prisoner to be impri soned and kept to hard labour for 21 days. WESTMINSTER. AN UNNATURAL BROTHER.—WiIIiam Adolphus Robarts, a man about 30 years of age, was charged on a warrant with using threatening language of and concerning Maria Elizabeth Buck, whereby she apprehended bodily danger. Mr. William Motman, secretary of the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, watched the case, and produced two letters which were written by the prisoner from Whitecross-street prison to Mrs. Buck, his eider, and also his mother, who resided at 4, Ames-place, St. Paulton's-square, Chelsea; their contents were of the most filthy nature, and they contained the most violent threats towards the prosecutrix if she did not send him money. Their contents are entirely unfit for publication. The prisoner made a rambling defence, in which be attempted to justify his conduct, and said he had been provoked to write the letters, which were in reply to similar ones received from his sister. He accused her of immorality, said she kept a dis orderly house, and was not with her husband ; she bad been an inmate of Hanwell, and had robbed him of all he had. Giles, 287 B, the warrant officer, proved that the prisoner used violent language when apprehended. Mr. Selfe said this sort of thing was not to be put up with, and ordered him to find a surety in £5O to keep the peace for three months. - lie was looked up in default. SHARE LIST. ORDINARY dHAILISS AND STOCSS.! iharei Railways. JrMini an, :eter ... ,:srubrian •••• ....... . Dublin Ji Belfast June Dun.,Perth, & Ab.Junc. East Lyndon. .... Do Do Glasgow di S. Weston) Great Eastern .. Do. E. Angl. No. 2 Great North of Scotian,' Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Gt S. and W. 01 Ireland Gt. Western Do. South Wales I p ad. / Closing I ividnei Prim. dose. 82 75 20 81 73 70 96 15 Z 6 36) 7 IS' .6 106 107 103 h :l4 44 49, 28 33 1.8 IL! 20i 29, 911 $ 1 Do. W. Mid.—Oxior Do. Newport Lancashire& Yorkshir Lon., lirigh., A S. Coas Do Scrip 1•on., Chat., and Dovt. Do. detrop. Ex. A. Lon. 4 North Wester Lon. 4 South Wester Shel., 4 Lincol Do. Extension Do. New rd iictropolitan Di6triet )o. and St. John's IV didiand Do, & gorth _British Do. 11 d. , eth., & Dui, th. Eastern--.l3erwic Do. IT.N'J parch Do. Leeds Do. York Dc.. Carlisle ..... Do. Stook. & Darling north London .. Do. do. 1866 . iorth Staffordshire 1. & S. W. Junction Do new,.CIO shares 3nropsuire Union south Devon ,ouch Eastern . , taines, Wok., & Wok Calf Vale Do. C . . Taterford& Kilkenny .Vaterloo & Whiteha. k ,f3i 1'), 100 100 100 100 Iro 100 13} 16 r 7 84 421 13; ilO, 11. 1'.71 108 77 89 l' 81 107 73 17 34i 100 102 56 55 90 92 133 136 130 132 119 421 11 It 57 58 671 513 is 47 751 751 11 12 118 152 5j 41 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 vtiantio A; St. Lawrenof all $7 39 yt lom.„Baroda..aCen.ln 100 1034 1044 tOli gu. 6 per cent... 20 Do. F shares lB p 20 Do. G lO 1 1 0 01 1 :uDlilo.a:lorant, PreferenceL a ak G eliuron all 3 4 10 0 turf odericl. all 54 14 6 p.c. 100 at e gua. 6 per cent lOO 68 7l; 00 iemcrara, 7 p.o. per. p All 101 103 at cast Bengal, gu., sd. 100 106 107 2 , 00. do. 5 per cent . 12 1 at European & N.Americ 1s„ 31 , :rt 16US at , ;atrit Indian, gu. 5 p.c lOO 1(7 1:8 1074 20 Do. Lsh res.... ,rondTrunkol Canad lOO 161 171 1)0 )o. Equip. Mort. Bond, 1 charge 6 p.o all 78 62 100 Do. lot Pref. Bonds all 60 52 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 38 40 100 Do. 3el Pref. stook all 26 28 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook t. India Pen. gua. 6p.c lOO 1071 108 1 111 k aa Vo. New 5 per cent lB 14 211 SO Do. New gua. sp. o 6 14 2 0 Do. 4 p ot, Deb a rip 2$ _. Do. registered all st t. South of India gua. 5 per cent at D 0.41 per cent.... 1(0 99 101 201 treat Wee. of Canada.. all 121 13 100 6p. o Bt.s. pay. 187: all 99 101 100 )o. 5$ do. pay. 1877-8.. all 91 73 100 Ind. Tram. gut, 3 p cent all - at •tadras, gua. 5 p.o et Do. 41 do lOO 100 10:a at Do. 44 do t 100 95 97 20 Do. fifth Bxtensio, all ) lel. & Hobson's Bay all 100 Vv. 6p. c. Buds. 182 all ,00 Do. 5 d) 189 s all - 4.Rl.C'da.6po latpf.br 100 83 at nude &Rhiik'nd, g. 5 p., 00 105 106 10 Do. Shares (1, 14 t 10 Do. do. d 1 at Do. Nu hatee 100 at iolnde .......... 4 • 100 1021 1031, 1011 Delhi .1 ; t 1 0: 1 7 11 4 3 113 20 )o. do at )o. Put:daub—. n..• 100 1014 102/, 11l at , o.lndnaSt.lelor lon _ '.ITLICS. 711 E RESTORA7ION OF WESTMINSTER CHAPTER-HOUSE. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY b..VENING, AUGUST 27, 1868. lity of the structure. With the Chapter-house it was a difficult thing, for the buttresses were lite rally rotten, and were so built around that it was difficult to get at many of them, for all the stone, which was of a soft kind, was so decayed that more than three inches of the material was eaten into, and the foundations too had given way to some extent under them, so that new buttresses were ab solutely necessary. These were erected by raising the modern roof of the Chapter-house, and then substituting for the old buttresses new ones in Chilinark stone from the Wiltshire quarries. This stone is peculiarly hard, but it has not yet been tried much in that hardest of all ordeals, the atmo sphere of London. A very ingenious specimen of cross-centring scaffold takes the inward thrust of these flying buttresses till the groined roof is finished, and wilt rest upon the centre cluster of marble columns. These columns have been sadly misused, and, though finely polished, were during the time of their degradation as a Record office painted black. They were bound round with copper wire at the capitals and bases as the tall shaft began to bend and twist in olden times, but beyond this nothing was done to repair the fabric which they mainly upheld. The restoration of these columns to their proper position will be one of the most difficult works in all the building. For the rest, every atom of the stone in the old structure has been used again in the new. It has simply been " redressed" in the interior, and in the exter nal buttresses a harder stone has been substituted for that which was found to be decayed. Beyond this no alterations have been attempted. The groined roof over the centre will be the same as that which covered the House of Commons nearly 500 years ago. Above this will rise a pointed roof of iron, cased with lead. The main ribs of this are so tied in with cross braces that there is no thrust upon the walls below, which have only to bear its weight. The windows are to be filled in with coloured glass, and enough bas fortu nately remained of the old lights--that is, of portions of them—to show how they were once filled with grisaille, ruby, blue, and other colours. The style of the period on the spot is known. It consists of a sort of mosaic of grisaille, with small coloured pieces at rather wide intervals. There is an example of the style in the Jerusalem Chamber, and, curiously enough, a portion of a window of the required date situated in the apsidal chapel of the Abbey, but built in by Henry Vll.'s chapel, was recently discovered. Altogether the restoration of the Chap ter-house to its pristine beauty will cost some 00,000 ; but, as we have said, there are few who will grudge this for the preservation of a build ing which is not much younger and scarcely less historic than the venerable minster itself, to which it will now add new glories. Beneath the Chapter house is a crypt which is little known or seldom mentioned even in the most ancient or modern his tories of archxalogy. This crypt is about 30ft. square aad some 12ft. high. It has no windows to it, and the walls in some parts round it are as much as 15 feet thick. This is, perhaps, the only part connected with the Abbey which has any thing like vaulting under it. The ceiling of this crypt has a plain groined roof, the arches of which meet in the centre on a splendid column of black Purbeck marble, about Bft. high and some 4ft. in diameter. This crypt, however, like the fabric it supports, has met with cruel misusage. The great marble column has actually been cut into gaps, so that little more than a shell of it remains, in some parts not more than five or six inches thick. These were used as safes for the most precious of ,he records deposited there. All these chasms w. now be filled up, and the pillar put in a fair pos, tion to do its duty in supporting one oI the most ancient and most beautiful portions of the famous Abbey of Westminster. A FARMER KILLED BY A BOAR. N The restoration of this most beautiful adjunct to the grand old Abbey of St. Peter's may more pro perly be called a resuscitation than a restoration. It is not being rebuilt, or even, in the strict sense of the term, being renovated—a word which is _dreaded by all true antiquarians and archaeologists ; it is simply being restored to the condition in which it existed more than five centuries ago, but without any modern necessary alteration or improvement whatever. It is only being cleaned, strengthened, and revealed in all its beauty, and the Vandalisms which have hitherto, in the way of stairs and shelves and blocked-up windows, desecrated its exquisite proportions, are being removed for good and all. The cost of what may be called literally cleaning and strengthening it will be in all about £30,000, and there are few even of the most economical members of Parliament or their constituents who will grudge this sum. The great mass of the rents of the old Abbots of Westminster goes now to the Crown—that is to say, to the country, and it is not unfair that the country generally should hear the expense of maintaining in all its ancient integrity even the smallest vestige of the great Abbey, which is without its equal, either for antiquity or historical associations, in the world. The Chapter-house was once one of its most beautiful accessories. It is larger, but on almost the same plan and style as the celebrated Chapter-houses of Wells and Salisbury. The latter is known among all architects here and abroad for its beauty ; but that at Westminster, though finer, had been little seen and still less known. In fact, till now it has never been much regarded, and it was not till it threatened to crumble into ruins that efforts were made to keep it from literally falling in a heap. Yet there was much even in its associations, apart from its rare architectural • beauty, to justify its preservation. It was, at the latest, built in the reign of Henry 111., and in it the House of Commons used to meet in 1377, and continued to meet till they were moved over the way to St. Stephen's Chapel, now St. Stephen's Hall, in the crypt under which, at its building, Chaucer was clerk of the works. In the Chapter house, also, was kept the Doomsday Book, with the original wills of Richard 11., Henry V., Henry VII., Henry VIII., the Golden Bull of Clement VII., giving the title of Defender of the Faith to Henry VIII. for his treatise against Luther and the Reformation, and the treaty of perpetual peace signed on the Field of the Cloth of Gold between Henry VIII. and Francis 1., the exquisite gold seal to which, six inches in diameter, is said to be the work of Cellini. But " Tempts edax rerum," and the old historic Chapter-house came to be disused, and in process of time to be dismantled and almost destroyed. It was and still is octagon in shape, with eight large and lofty traceried windows i n th e richest Gothic style. The thrust of its light roof was held by a peculiar bracing of three stout wrought-iron rods, each nearly two inches in dia meter, passing round the walls above the tapering windows, and being joined in a most peculiar man ner by iron rings. These were removed during some ill-advised and most antique improvements, and at once the roof began to thrust the walls out wards, and flying buttresses had to be built to re tain them. There is no record as to the time when these buttresses were built, and all differ much as to periods, and vary in strength from 9ft. to 18ft. thick, the last having apparently been built up as • late as 200 years ago. After this, in spite of its exquisite tempera paintings and carv i ngs, i ts r i ch tracery, and brilliant windows, it sank into neglect, and became at last a mere storehouse for Govern ment records, and this was almost the ruin of one of the noblest structures connected with the Abbey. The Westminster Chapter-house, like that at Salisbury, may be described as a gigantic octagon lantern, about 64ft. in diameter and 64ft. high, with a rich groined roof, meeting in the centre, as at Salisbury and Wells, on a clustered pillar of black Purbeck marble. Such a building, of course, did not suit the requirements of a great Record office, so the windows were broken out and bricked up, an upper story was made by a common deal floor let into the walls, and the paintings and carved groined arches were hidden in by presses to hold the books. Only one good came of this change, which is that the encaustic pavement was boarded over, and thus there remains to us one of the finest examples of mediaeval tiling that exists in England. That this is the original pavement is evident from the recurrence of the arms of Henry 111. Its colouring is superb, and its flowing patterns are burnt in with a delicacy and brightness which would do credit to Minton even now. Among the patterns are little figures of kings and queens, saints, ecclesiastics, and minstrels. This preservation, however, is all we have to thank the Record-office of those times for, and we should perhaps have not had even that but for the fact that boarding was warmer to the feet than tiles. In all other matters it was mis used with neglect, which one would hardly think even the most untaught clowns would have been guilty of. For the sake of gaining a few inches for the wooden shelves, all the exquisite carving of the capitals of the black marble columns was hacked away —even the groining of the arches above them, all gilded, coloured, and beautifully carved like the " diaper" patterns of the Alhambra Palace, was, in most cases, chiselled out to make room for a beam or a wooden shelf. Some good, however, was effected even by this, for the shelves protected the paintings on the walls, though not entirely, for a doorway was cut through one of the best, just as in Italy a doorway was cut in ono of Domenichino's great frescoes of the Last Supper. The paintings in the Chapter-house are evidently the work of an Italian artist, and are in a tolerable state of preservation, thanks to the shelves which wero in front of them. In some parts the colours are wonderfully brilliant, and the heads are painted with great force and cha racter. In one bay, evidently reserved as a seat for the Abbot, the groinings of the arches are beau tifully coloured and gilded, but these, like the others, have been hacked and hewn and chiselled and defaced to make room for shelves. Here, and on other portions of the carvings and walls, are ample re mains of colour and gilding. Some of the caps of the columns, both here and elsewhere, are simply moulded, but all are graceful. It will be very easy to restore these columns and groined arches to their original condition. Art critics are pro verbially hard to please, however, and it is con tended that to restore these mutilated walls is to falsify history and sophisticate art. As well might one complain of mending a rare old Wedgwood vase, or repairing a rent in a painting of one of the old masters. Much interest attaches to the once double portal at the top of the steps of the vesti bule which connects the Chapter-house with the Cloisters. The pillar dividing this portal has dis appeared, as also its head, which once enclosed in a large centre quatrefoil a figure of Our Saviour. A confirmation of this last fact is furnished by an antique record, which directs the monks on entering the Chapter-house to bow to such a statue. In the wall space to the right and left of this door head are figures of saints and angels, which, strange to say, have escaped both the Puri- tans and the keepers of the records. The bronze wings of the angel Gabriel, however, have been carried off, though the removal of a vast mass of whitewash has brought to light many figures which it at once concealed while it protected them. After all these devastations the Chapter-house soon began to yield to what might have been its fate. The but tresses gave way, and the side wall sank to the south. The outer walls bowed out in an alarming manner, some as much as nearly ten inches from the perpendicular, while the central column, of black Purbeck marble, with its clustered shafts, was not only bent aside, but even twisted. The place too became too small for the records of which it was full, and they were at last removed. Still, even lightened of this weight on its walls, the structure continued to yield, and at last, to save it from ultimate ruin, Mr. Gilbert Scott was called in. Mr. Scott is about the most conservative architect in his profession. He neither renovates nor re- stores, in the architectural sense of the words, dut only replaces, and even that only as far as is possible consistent with the strength and durAbi- At Swavesey, in Cambridgeshire, on Tuesday last, Mr. James Williams, a native of that place, met his death under melancholy and, taken in rela tion to foregone, somewhat singular circumstances. Williams ; who was at the period of his death about 66 years of age, carried on the combined businesses of farmer, hay factor, and butcher, and was in the habit of attending Cambridge market iu these capa cities. On Tuesday afternoon a Lumber of swine escaped from a yard to which he intended to confine them, one of them a boar. Deceasel rushed to turn them back, when the boar sullenly aqaeked threw him down and gored him. The animal tore open the thigh of deceased, sovering the main arte ries thereabouts, and inflicted other injuries. A man near at hand hastened to Mr. Williams's assist ance, and raised him on his knee ; but, according to his statement, Mr. Williams breathed only once, and then died. An inquest was held yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Barlow, coroner for the county, and, the above facts being proved, a verdict in accordance with them was returned. To regret at Mr Williams's untimely end much excitement is added from the fact that ho is the same man who so providentially recovered from a murderous attack made upon him on the 26th of December last. Williams on that day was on his way home in his hay cart from Cam bridge to Swavesey when he was attacked, evidently by some person who had been riding with him, robbed, and left for dead. With its master iu this state the;horse found its way into Swavesey, and there Williams was extricated. It was found that Williams had been robbed of the proceeds of some hay he had sold in Cambridge (about five pounds' worth), his pockets being turned inside out : but, what was worse, his skull was fractured in two places, in one so extensively that the covering of the brain might be seen. In a state of insen sibility, hovering as it were on the confines of life and death, Williams lingered for many weeks, and then, to the surprise even of his medical attendants, a good constitution carried him through. He be gan to mend, and eventually mended so well and recovered so entirely that he was able to prosecute his assailant to conviction at the next March assizes. During 'Williams's illness the most untiring and unremitting exertions had been made by the police under Mr. Deputy Chief Constable Stretten, and the result was the apprehension of one Robert Low, a pensioner, about 67 years of age. Wil liams could only swear to the attire of his assailant, but did swear particularly not only to the presence of some odd buttons, but one, a most remarkable one, upon Low's jacket. This fact excited much attention at the time amongst the medical faculty as bearing upon the question of the im pression made upon the mind and memory of a man subjected to attacks such as that made upon Williams. Williams could recollect nothing but the peculiarities of the jacket, but added that " these had been before his mind night and day ever since." He described them before he saw Low's jacket, and on the latter being produced at a sitting before the magistrates at once exclaimed, " That's the one." The police, however, had dis covered other damaging circumstances which left no doubt of Low's guilt, and he was sentenced to penal servitude for life by Mr. Baron Bramwell. That the old gentleman who had escaped with his life from such an attack made upon him as that of Low's should at last fall a victim to an accident by the attack of a boar has excited deep commisera tion for his large family. There can be little doubt, however, that Low's dastardly attack had really a deep effect in undermining Williams's strength both of mind and body, and so prevented his effectually warding off the assault of the boar. The latter has since been destroyed. A committee, consisting of Lord Doneraile, Lord Fermoy, and other gentlemen, has been formed to carry on the movement iu favour of what is called a Cork Derby." The project of establishing this race has met with general favour in Ireland, and au offer has been made of a suitable four-mile course at Mallow, with one mile and a quarter "as straight and smooth as a piece of glass." THE HERRING FISHERY ON TIIE YORKSHIRE COAST. —The herring fishery on this coast has been very produc tive during the last few days. Three special trains of those fish arrived in London this morning from Scar borough, Whitby. Filey, &c. ; large consignments also arrive at tho provincial markets. The fishery is likely to continue good as long as the weather remains favourable, as the fishermen report the " 6c*TP toeing immense and tlat quality superior. COLONIA.L GU Yltat:l AINNT SECU. 3rltiob Columbia. 6 per cent., 1872.... 18J1.. :an.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-b4 Jo. 6 p. c. Feb. di Aug Jo. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept )0. 5 p. C. Jan. & July )o. 5 p. a. Inscribed sk :ape G.Hope, 6 p. 0.1873 )0.Apl.&0o1 1890-100 )4:). do 1880-9 f )0. Jan.&July, 1891 )o. s . per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1000 - :cylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p., Do. 1872, do laurltius, 6 p. 0, 1873 fan. and July Do. 1878 100 I'3o o. 1882. May and Nov. 1895, Feb. do Aue 11. bourn - , Carporottn , 1867-75, 6 per cent , vats' 6 p c', Apt a; Oct Do 6p c. 31 y st No V. S. W. 5 ire., '7l to '761 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 18961 Do. 5 p.c. rd. '6; to ';li N.Zeal4cd, 6 p. ot. 1891 , Do. 5 per cent—. Do Jan, A p 1,.1u y, 0 t. 1) 6p c. Mar ,t ,ri.t '9l; DoJu eta Uec,l el , Do Prov. 1 Auc ld eerie • 1 & e, 1,96 .. lova Scotia 6 p. o. an .1 Jnly, 1875 Dv3r .I I.4D.D u DOA e troomoo c ati. n i B Bl l jB n 74 d .0 : p . c . '8 - Do 18 3 19i3. D r; t a i lre B ll 6 a'9: 9 l P .l i .660tfi..0:PJ104:..:&118.. 1 •,9 5 Do Do. do, April dt Oat BILITIS Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cara Bra East Grenville East Lovell E. W'l Russell (Tavietk Cr StAubyn(Gwen. Treat Ldxey, limited 11reat South `reigns— Cl. Wheal Vor (lielsti.o renville Herod's Foot •••• tlingston Downs Ilargaret (Uny Lelant arke Valley liwyndy Iron Ore, New Seton ••••• North ltoskear . N.Wh Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty .. Prance of Wales t'rosper United Providence k tiny Lelan t S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park ' nn Croft ....* . ...... West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton ... West Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Aedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis LI MI: 21 331 2.14. b 31 3.12.6 3.v.0 12 15.6 alt 1.4.0 8.1u.t) 5.10.6 12.17.6 4.10.6 5.7.0 510 41.17.0 3.11 3 8.11.0 / 1.6.7 M 8.6 18.18.9 2 1 1 1 2 420 430 i 2 Ito 12 3 4 6 i 16 2 8 P I I 2 4 17 18 13 18 le 1, 38 40 2e 21 6 x 7 1 7 i 24 le 80 70 6 7 2 24 20 23 360 380 174 10i 4 6 14 18 10 1 12 6) 6'2 190 200 62 67 4 6 20 22 dO 65 8 10 10 474 5 4 2!15 8 584 6.17.01 FOILICJUN ktALLWAYc. San Paulo, llm., gua. 0 per cent., 113 i FOREIGN Anglo Brazilia. Gold, 9-16 Cape Copper, Um., 121 Capula Silver, limited, 2 United Mexican, lira., 1a 2 Imperial Ottoman. 101 BANE~' London and County, 491 National Provincial of England. Ditto. 23 and' d issue, 394 MISCELLANEOUS: Atlantic Telegraph, Ditto, 8 per cent , 771 Berlin Water Works, 141 Commercial Union. Insurance, l Credit Foncier of England. lira., 2 134; Egyptian 9 per Cent.. Viceroy Loan, gua., 9 1 Ewglish and Australian Copper, Natat Llnd and Colonizatiol CO., Ilm. , 4 National Discount company. : Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 731 LONGEVITY IN SCOTLAND.—The returns recently issued by the Rogistrar-General for Scotland for the ten years 1855-64 show that in that country as many as 6,910 of the 651,295 deaths in those ten years were of persons above 90 years of age. The mean population of the period is estimated at not quite 3,050,000. The following notes from Scottish local registrars' returns for the second or spring quarter of 1868, just published, are remarkable :- —Strom ness, Orkney—Of the nine deaths registered in the quar ter, two were of persons aged 94. Watten, Caithness —Of the nine deaths six were of persons above 70 ; the average age of the six was 80 years. Gairlocb, Ross—Of the 15 deaths in the southern district, eight were of persons above 60, their ages averaging 81. Stornoway —Of the 36 deaths, 13 were of persons above 70; one was 100. Raiford, Elgin—Of tho three deaths two were of per sons aged 84 and 86. Huntly, Aberdeen --Of the 15 deaths, eight were of persons above 70, their average being 77. Banchory-Devenia, Kincardine —Of the eight deaths, four were of old persons whose ages averaged 78 years. Largs, Fife— Of the eight deaths, five were of persons aged 78, 82, 83, 84, 85. Kill more and Kilbridd, Argyll—Of the 10 deaths, nine were of persons above 70. Portobello—Of the 30 deaths, seven were of persons above 70. Mid-Calder, Edin burgh, population about I,4oo—Only two deaths, one of a person of 85 and one of 89. Dunseore, Dumfries—Of the nine deaths, five were of old people whose united ages amounted to 387 years. Kirkcowan, Wigtown.—Of the eight deaths recorded, six were of persons who had reached the respective ages of 68, 75, 79, 82, 84, 86 years. At Girvan, Ayrshire, a death at 101 was registered in the quarter; at Inverallan, Inverness, the death of a woman of 103; at Abbey, Renfrew, the death of a very old Sigh land woman said to be 103 105 102 103 lot 106 91 93 8) 91 102 101 11l 113 107 109 108 110 !103 102 108 110 10,i IU7 103 06 106 166 106 108 106 198 tO3 105 100 MI '1,19 101 91 10i o'.l 101 974 981 97 91 1.0 :14 10.1 .11 101 103 10( 103 103 106 103 106 103 110 111 113 194 106 1041 1054 j 111 1 1 114 115 LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAIL- WAY COMPANY. _.. _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Dus DAT. ST LEGER. sto 4 agst Tho Earl (offered—take 6to 4) 4to 1 agst King Alfred (offered) 13 to 2 agst Formosa (offered) 7to 1 agst Viscount (offered) 25 to 1 agst Typhoeus (offered) 1000 to 30 agst St. Ronan (offered) DERBY. 2000 to 100 agst Portsmouth (taken) PROGRAMME OF OXFORD RACES. FRIDAY. The Stratton Audley Nursery Handicap of 10 sous each, 3 ft, with 100 added; winners of any race after Aug. 20 (at 10 a.m.) of dm value of 100 sovi3lb, of two stakes of 100 each, or ouo of 200 s:b, of 300 71b extra (extreme penalty); second to save his stake; three-quarters of a mile, straight ; 33 subs. St lb ... 8 10 ... 8 2 ... 8 0 ... 8 0 ... 8 0 ... 7 10 ... 7 10 ... 7 10 ... 7 8 St lb Alias ... ••• ... 7 0 Clifford ... ... 7 0 King of the Rovers ... 7 0 Lyttloton ... ... 6 Li Bird's Eye ... ... 612 Joyful ... ••• ... 6 12 Gipsy ... ... ... 6 12 Miss Whifiln. ... ... 6 12 Expansion ... ... 612 ' Engraver ... ... 6 10 Mons 7 our Louis ... 6 10 Smut c... ▪ .. ... 6 9 Avuucourt ... ... 6 9 Black Jimmy ... ... 6 7 Sag-ax ... ▪.. ... 6 7 David ... ••• ... 512 Acaster Arlington flobespierro Winifred Scottish Roie Sister to Veda Esher ... La Belle Helene Dunbar •• Sea Breeze 7 7 7 6 PompAi 7 5 Lord of the Valley ... 7 5 Threatener ... 7 4 Morgan la Faye f 7 2 Venetia (It b) 0 Elector... ... 7 (1 The City Members' Plate of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 soya each, 1 ft (to the fund); winners after Aug. 20 (at ten a.m.) Sib extra; one mile and a quarter. Age st lb Age st lb Honesty 5 9 0 C:ieddington ... 3 611 Vampire ... 5 8 0 Muezzin ... a 6 10 Houestish 4' 7 12 Papillon ... 3 6 7 Highland Mary ... 4 7 Ottoman ... ... 3 6 6 Prince Regent ... 3 7 4 Balvie .. 3 6 4 Breach of Promise 4 7 2 Maid of the Mill Mayflower... 4 7 0 (h b) ... 4 6 4 Violent ... 5 7 0 Benfleet 3 6 0 ffopvine ... 5 6 12 Sugarstick ... 3 6 0 Cawdor ... 3 G 12 i Woodman ... 3 5 12 The Selling Plate of 50 sovs; two year olds 7st 31b, three Oat 11b, four Ost 121 b, five lOst, six and aged lOst 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 71b, 75 If a mile straight. to (Handicap) of 200 sovs ; r Aug. 20 (at ten a.m.) 71b tnilo, straight. 10th, 50 141 b, 30 211 b. Hal The Princess of Wales's Plai winners of any race tate] extra; three-quarters of a i Age st lb Age st lb Salliet 6 9 0 President Lincoln 3 7 3 Honesty ... ... 5 8 8 Prince Regent 37 2 Moonbeam... ... 4 8 1 The Traveller ... 3 7 1 Vex .. 3 8 1 Miss Hayes 4 7 0 Seringapatam ... 4 8 0 Cawdor 3 7 0 Profes. Anderson... 5 8 0 Mil ton ... ... 3 7 0 Tumbler ... .. 48 0 Mar. of Worcester 46 13 Highland Mary ... 4 8 0 Laird of Scotland... 3 6 11 Mon. of the Glen... 5 712 Warrior ..„ a 610 Ironmaster... ... 3 712 Second Hand ... 4 6 9 Edinburgh ... 6 7 11 Viscount ... 3 6 8 Goojerat ... 57 11 Faun ... ... 36 8 Wolsey 5 710 ' Harold ... ~, 5 6 6 Breach of Promise 47 8 Bassoon ... ... 3 6 4 haymaker... ... 3 7 8 Picnic ... ~, 3 6 3 Lily (dam Elfrida) 3 7 6 Darkie 3 6 0 Tremble ... ... 4 7 6 Lute ~. ~, 4 6 0 Honestish 7 5 Esher ... 36 0 Sister to Vedette ... 4 7 5 Dunbar ... 3 5 7 Gloire do Dijon ... 3 7 5 Avoncourt... ... 3 5 7 Lady Raehill 4 7 4, Nemesis f 2 5 7 The Stand Plate (handicap) of 50 soya; winners of any handicap after Aug. 20 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra ; three quarters of a mile, straight. Age st lb Actma ... 5 812 Vampire 5 7 12 Amour Propro ... 4 712 Miss Hayes 4 7 0 Mayflower... ... 4 6 12 Ambition. ... 5 6 12 Drum ... 5 6 10 The Innkeepers' Plate of 40 sovs each, 1 ft (to the fun, after Aug. 20 (at 10 a.m.) 5. Age st lb Salliet ... 6 9 5 Out and Outer ... 6 8 5 Vex 3 8 4 Fal-lal ... 4 8 0 Haymaker 3 7 13 Lily 3 7 10 Zisca ... 6 7 8 Fairfax ... 3 7 7 Magnolia ... 3 7 6 Ninny ... 3 7 5 Goodfellow ... 4 7 3 Warlike ... 3 7 1 Climteau Margaux 3 7 1 Laird of Scotland 3 7 1 Precocious... 3 7 0 Age at lb Cheddington ... 3 6 10 Marshal Nay 5 6 10 Nonsense 3 6 5 Veni ... 4 6 4 S >Liman ... 3 6 2 The Squire 5 6 0 Slander ... ... 3 510 sous, added to a handicap of 5 d); winners of any handicap olb ex. ; half a mile, straight. Agest lb Mquis of Worcester 4 7 0 Mother Neasham... 3 7 0 Bassoon ... 3 613 Pie-nic ... 3 6 12 Madrid 3 6 10 Beatrice Grey ... 3 6 9 Heather Bull ... 3 6 5 Maeduff 3 6 4 Sapling ... ... 2 6 0 Balvie ... 3 6 0 Rhododendron ... 2 510 Darkie ... 3 5 7 La Rosa 3 5 7 Bird's Eye ~. 2 5 7 HALF YEARLY MEETING. —(THIS DAY.) The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the share holders in this company was held to-day, at the offices of the company, Victoria Station ; J. Hilliard, Esq., in the chair. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN rose to move the reception and adoption of the report and accounts, and explained the various items in the revenue accounts of the company. He then proceeded to refer to the proposal to raise the new A Stock, which he said would be a very wise proceeding to consent to. The payment of the interest was quite a certainty, because they had an increase of income of £70,000 to pty interest on the stock, which would amount to about £36,000. It would have been a great assistance had the direc tors received the consent of the mortgagees, because the creditors would readily take the new stock. It was, however, thought that it would not be right to issue it until the form of consent sent to the shareholders had been returned, and he must say that the directors would not use the consent unless they got a large majority. He then proceeded to notice what he said was called an increase of fares, and said the tone the public ha 1 adopted was most unreasonable. If the company found they were running trains at less than they could afford he contended they had a right to raise them. The public, he admitted, had the right to object to such a proceeding, but that was all, and he did not think for a moment it was to be ad vanced that because the company had been running at too low fares the company had no right to increase them. He did not say that public opi nion and feeling were altogether to be overlooked, because if they refused to use the railway the share holders would be the sufferers ; but what he did say was that the public had no right to call upon the directors to run trains at unremunerative rates. (Hear, hear.) The accommodation they afforded to the public was in every way most con venient, but hitherto the fares charged had been found to be unremunerative, and he thought the directors in the course they had adopted had acted entirely for the benefit of the shareholders, because it was but reasonable that they should look for some return for the large amount they bad in vested in the undertaking. (Hear, hear.) It was quite a commercial question, and the directors were watching closely the revenues, and if they found the fares now adopted did not pay they would at once take the matter into their consideration. He contended that in what had been done au equalisa tion of fares had been made, and nothing more ; and if the directors had not taken the course they had they would have neglected the interests of the shareholders. With reference to the letters that had appeared in the newspapers on the subject, he should not say further than that he had received a great many, most of which told the directors their third class were too good. (Oh, oh.) He must say he was very much of that opinion. He did think their accommodation to certain parties had been too good, and that they had in a great mea sure spoilt the public. The directors were taking the most active steps to get the priority question settled, and he might conclude by saying that the property was in a sound and good condition. Mr. WARTEII seconded the motion, and said that whatever had been the waste and extravagance twelve millions of money had been spent on their railway, and the fares hitherto charged did'nt pro duce sufficient to pay interest. The conduct of the public was most unreasonable in objecting to the directors endeavouring to get enough to pay interest on the capital laid out for the debenture-holders. Mr. Ilacircocic. said the fares hitherto charged by the directors was not shoe-leather price, and he was surprised that there should have been such au outcry when the directors attempted to remedy the matter. He thought the directors would be weak to give way at the present moment. He felt certain that after a little while the matter would settle down—(hear, hear)—and quiet would soon come about. The letters only came from a few grumblers, who would grumble at anything, and if left alone the dissatisfaction would soon die out. With respect to the omnibuses running iu compe tition that would also die out, and when the public wasted a good ride they woad I come back to them. (Hear, hear.) He thought the directors had only done justice to the shareholders in raising their fares—(hear, hear).—anl the talk about their charges being increased 100 per cent., was all nonsense. (h ear, hear.) The secret was their pre sent fares were not too high, but they had formerly been too low. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BILLINGS said it was a matter of the highest importance to all concerned that there should be no dispute about railway fares. He was not for high fares, because the time for levying them had passed, but he thought the new arrangement with respect to certain classes was most unjust. The ordinary admission and railway tickets to the Crystal Palace remained at the old figure, but the fare charged to the holders of season tickets had been greatly in creased. Such a proceeding was most unfair, and would be attended with great loss to the Crystal Palace Company. He had in his own case given up attending the Saturday concerts in consequence of the high fare now charged, and many others had done the same, so both companies lost revenue. Ile thought the arrangement at present in existence with respect to workmen's trains required revision, as it was a great hardship that one set of workmen should travel cheaply, and another class of work.. men be charged very high for the same accornmoda- tion. (Hear, hear) The omnibuses on the road to the Elephant and Castle were benefiting by the policy of the directors, because they were all filled, while the railway trains were empty. lie thought that the sooner the directors made a retrograde movement the better. (Ilear, hear.) Of course it was the duty of the directors to use all their exer tions to procure a dividend for the shareholders, but the question was, Was the late increase of fares the right way to do it? (Hear, hear.) A SHAREHOLDER defended the conduct of the directors with respect to the increase of fares, and said he did not see why railway directors should be treated worse than the baker or the butcher. When either of those trades increased their prices their customers paid it without making the absurd objec tion they raised against the fares now charged. (Oh, oh.) Another SHAREHOLDER said the increase came with peculiar hardship upon those who had built their residences a little way out of town, relying upon the fares on the railway remaining stationary. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN said he was gratified to fiud that all were disposed to debate the fares as reasonable men. The present was not the time to take fright at high words--(hear, hear)—they had done but what they felt their duty. With respect to the workmen's trains he thought they were a great convenience, but whether some better arrangement could not be made was a matter for consideration. With respect to the omnibus competition on short distances, that would always continue, as they could take up and set down passengers at any point required. Lie might say that the directors were watching closely the result of the present equalisation of fares, and if it resulted in a loss to the company fresh arrangements would at once be made, but until a result was arrived at the directors felt they were acting in the right direction. After some further discussion relative to the general position of the company, the report was adopted and the meeting adjourned. RED TAPE.—There is au old story of red tape from Russia. In the Sear 1830, the Emperor Nicholas, looking over the accounts cf his household, found an entry something like this: -To tallow, for the cure of her Majesty's cold, ten rou►ales. He was puzzled, know ing that the Empress was in perfect health. lint on pursuing his inquiries he found the same charge re peated day after day for years aad years. He demanded an explanation, and discovered that in the year 1790 the Empress Catherine had had a severe cold ; that the physician advised her to apply melteul tallow to her Majesty's nasal organ ; that there was none in the palace ; that it had to be procured for her ; and that ever since that date—for more than half a century—there was every day entered in the accounts of the Imperial household a charge for tallow to bo applied to the imperial 0110 a Week. Baden Warwick September Sb!ngdon Leicester Doncaster September Brecon Richmond Hampton Autumn l5 Kelso l.. OCT( Bedford 1 Bromley Autumn Newruarkat 2d October 5 Lanark 8 Chelmsford Autumn 13 Cheltenham l3 NOVE. Liverpool 3 , I Shre wsbury RtICING FIXTURES FOR 1868. SEPTEMBER. 1 Hendon . 17 1 I Monmouth 3 I Manchester 3 Newmarket Ist October 22 8 I Walsall -- Edinburgh West Dritytoll 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Western M , BER. Sudbury and Ealing Newmarket Houghton 17 Harrow .. 27 Worcester Autumn. 2t Lincoln Autumn 2/ :MBER. Leamington l7 STEEPLECHASES. OCTOBER. Bromley St. Albans Kingsbury DECEMBER. 1 I Ealing 26 8 THE CASE OF OIAD.I.IIE UACHEL. Notice has been given that to=morrow Mr. Davis, of Russell-court, Covent-garden, glass and china warehouseman, and Mr. Thomas Preston Stack, of New Church-street, Edgeware-road, wholesale and retail boot manufacturer, will attend before the presiding Judge at Chambers (Mr. Jus tice Willes) to justify as bail, each in the sum of £5OO, for the appearance of Madame Rlchel at the September sittings of the Central Criminal Court. MARKE7 S-7 MS DAY. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a fair supply of stock for this day's market, and a steady trade ruled. Of beasts there was a full supply, the number being 1,880, but Mond,ty's rates were supported, and a fair clear ance made. Of sheep and lambs there were 13,450, and for both the demand ruled steady at late rates. HAY. The markets are quiet, with moderate supplies, and prices somewhat irregular. Meadow hay, £1 to £5 15s ; clover, .£4 108 to £6 lOs ; straw, 30s to 38s per load. COTTON. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 27.—Sales probably 15,000 bales. Market held firmly. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS D ÜB. &uetralla and New Zealand, via Southampton Sept. 12. Ditto, via Marseilles .... .........Sept. 7. Ditto, via Pan tina Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Sept. 3. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verde, by Brazil packet . .... .. Sept. 3.. Cape of Good Hope, Asmelon. and St. Helena l.tept. 12. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Aug. 21 Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Aug. 19, Indla,via Southampton vitt°, via Hanellled Malta, Egypt, &o. Ditto, Marseilles.. Aug. 37 Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal. via Scathamptou Ditto. Marseilles Sept. lt. .Newfoundland......,, Aug 24. Portugal .... United States, anuda, California, &0., by British packet Aug. 29. Ditto, by Canadian packet .... Ditto, by L Lited States packet Ditto dittv (Baltimore) West Indies and Pacific ;exoept Mexico and Baha mas) . Aug 28. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffa .......apt. 16 Falkland Islands Cub.t and Mexico Eep`. 9. TI&S, via New . _ _ Bzrinuda, via. ilalifkx . Aug 26 LORD NAPIER OF MAGDA LA.—Lord Napier arrived at Huglionden manor on Monday evening, on a visit to the Premier. 119 was met at the Wycombe station by the High Sheriff, the Mayor and Corporation of Wy combe, and a party of about 50 gentlemen on horseback, headed by Mr. G. 11. Hussey and .11r. Thomas Coates, churchwardens, who escorted him to the residence of the Premier. At the entrance to the estate the parishioners had erected a triumphal arch of evergreens, decorated with flags ; and the words " Welcome to Hughenden" were worked in moss on a white ground by the wife of the vicar and other ladies of the parish. GREAT ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.—MANCHESTER, Wednesday Night.—A traveller of Messrs. Schwabe, jewellers, London, on reaching Liverpool ou Saturday night, found one of three boxes missing which contained jewellery worth X 2,000. The boxes were placed in the luggage van at the Victoria-station, Mancho§ter. Detec tiM are iu post ()taw thieves. I