The Sun. — London, England, 1857-10-13 00:00:00

FURTHER RISE IN TEE BANK RATE --- - entitled to . r egard are the Bank directors subjected to the accusation of acting with undue harshness. The pressure upon the institution for money last week, and es pecially on Saturday, was of the most extraordinary r—indeed, almost unprecedented— kind, and the .stock of coin and bullion was likewise seriously tren died upon, partly for exportation, and pastly to supply the necessities, or relieve the anxiety, of coma try bankers. The drain moreover continuesalmost unabated up to this day. The de mand for discount :accommodation at the Bank yester day was extreme:ly heavy, and almost equal to that witnessed on Sat urday. In bar gold, only about 8,0001. was to-day withdrawn from the institution, but we are assured, on good authority, that a sum of 400,000 sov ereigns is already actually engaged for shipment to the United States by an early op portunity. This is naturally to be looked for as a result of the fall the American exchange, which has now made sucl progress as to allow of a profit on remittances of gold to that side. The American advices at the same time indicate how confidently houses there look to this country for substantial relief in the shape tof gold. The Bank directors evidently had no choice but to act as they have done. They will now probably pause, to await the result of the measures already adopted, but, should these prove inadequate to the occasion, they will not hesitate to make a fresh advance. And here we would remark that much depends upon the way in which the mercantile community accept the present serious crisis. Though there is rauch ground for anxiety, there is none for alarm, since the general soundness of the trade of the country is universally admitted, and the instances of em barrassment which are naturally to be apprehended will doubtless be inadequate to affect our general position. But if the commercial public persist in keeping up a needless and extravagant pressure upon the Bank, for the sake of obtaining money for which they have at the moment no real need, they will have themselves to blame if the Bank be driven in self-defence to further measures of restric tion. • The feeling of uneasiness in the money market is aggravated by the knowledge of the pecuniary ne cessities of the East India Company. It is under , stood that the Company are again seeking to borrow of the Bank, and that the latter have been compelled to intimate, both to the Company and to our government that they are no longer in a position to grant the required accommodation. This is understood to be the subject of interviews which have taken place between the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The inference is thus greatly strengthened that a public loan, guaranteed by the British government, will come upon the market as it is in a state to bear the operation. The announce ment that public securities at Calcutta have sus tained a further considerable fall, and that the Bank of Bengal has refused to make advances on the Company's paper for a longer period than 30 days, confirms our view that no reliance can be placed upon the Indian money market for the pe cuniary means which are indispensable to the au thorities at the present juncture. The scene witnessed in the Stock Exchange yester day has had no parallel since 1847. The excitement was intense. Prior to the commencement of official business transactions took place in Consols at an advance of per cent. over the closing quotations of Saturday, a more favourable interpretation being put in many quarters on certain points of the Indian Intelligence, including, more especially, the arrival of some of the expected reinforcements. Upon the news of the alteration at the Bank, a panic set in, sales to an enormous amount being pressed. Some of these were on banking account, rendered neces sary by the heavy demand for money, whilst others were by speculators, including one estimated at upwards of half a million, to close the account of an operator for the rise. Amongst the sellers was a leading jobber, who is occasionally known to ope rate for government and the Bank. After an ex treme fall of 2 per cent., Consols assumed more steadiness towards the close, owing partly to bona fide investments, and partly to purchases to cover previous speculative sales. The latest official quo tations, however, were still 1g per cent. below those of Saturday, and the market was unsettled in character. OF DISCOUNT. (Prom the Times' City Article) The Bank of England yesterday raised their rate of discount from 6 per cent., which was adopted on on Thursday last, to 7 per cent. This measure was fully anticipated, and, from the extent of the applications yesterday, it is doubtful if a further movement will not immediately be found necessary. The amount of bullion withdrawn has been only 9,0001., but it is asserted that 400,0001. will be despatched to New York and Boston by the Baltic an 1 Canada on Wednesday and Saturday next, and, as the Indian exchanges show an adverse alteration of 1 per cent. at Bombay and 2 per cent. at Calcutta, it is also anticipated that the shipments in that direction by the overland mail of the 20th will be larger than was at one time thought proba ble. Wittx these prospects a fresh advance can scarcely be avoided, arid perhaps we may again sea the rate at 8 per cent., the highest point it has ever reached during modern experience, and at which it stood in October, 1847. In proportion, however, to the suddenness of the pressure will be the rapi dity of the ultimate reaction, and as on that occasion the rate within a year afteerwarcts went back to 3 per cent.—there will in the present case be reason to look for an extraordinary turn off the tide as soon as the immediate difficulty shall have been completely met. Notwithstanding the tempti ug rates of exchange at New York and Calcutta, the transmission of specie thither under existing circumstances must be a hazardous speculation, since the question in each instance is not what may be the apparent profit, judging from the present adv.ires, but what will have been the course of the mai•kets in the interval before the operation can be carried. out. In America the arrears now due to England Lued the continent are enormous, and are accumulating every week, and the moment the panic subsi3es and the in fluence of the fortnightly gold arrivals from California again begins to be felt tie scarcity of bills upon. us • may be as :remarkable as their present abundance. In India, likewise, the falling off in the shipments of produee and the de mand upon the Government for payments to English steam companies for the transport of troops must exercise a strong effect in restoring more favourable conditions. There is consequently nothing to excite apprehension that the disturb ance will be protracted. The sole cause for anxiety is lest the fall of such houses in the provinces and eLewhere as are unavoidably compromised by the American failures, and the fluctuations in the markets for Eastern produce, should beget any vague terror calculated to lead even to a single day of general distrust. The belief however, that the decided action of the Bank has removed all danger on that account. So well is the effect of a rapid advance in the rate of discount now under stood that when the necessity for it exists a vigor ous course of action is at once appreciated. It is unquestionable that this was the .effect observable yesterday. When the advance to 7 per cent. was announced every oneeaw that the wcrk of protection vas in progress, and the conviction that in case of need there would be no hesitation in making another movement established a sense of perfect security. The funds went down, and there was much un easiness respecting the probable fate of the manu facturing firms that have sustained losses, but there was no fright lest a period might be approaching at which it would be impossible event for perfectly solvent houses to obtain money on any terms. The absence of excitement yesterday among the bank ing and commercial community afforded a striking cintrast to the scenes that used to be witnessed when the true principles which regulate the cur rency were unrecognised. If any reg ret was ex pressed it was simply that the rise to 7 per cent. had not been resolved upon a day or two earlier. Altogether the feeling exhibited was such as to excite pride in our healthful system of finance, and to confirm the impression that, although this shock from America has come upon us in the midst of the Indian mutiny, we shall be able to withstand it, so that its consequences, heavy as they must necessa rily be, shall not destroy confidence or interrupt the general welfare of the country. —Times. (From the Morning Post City Article.) There has been almost a panic in the market for the English funds yesterday, occasioned by the ad vance of the minimum rate of interest and discount to 7 per cent. by the authorities of the Bank of England. This extreme measure has taken a large portion of the public by surprise, inasmuch as it was scarcely apprehended that the position of affairs was so unsatisfactory as to baduce the Go vernor of the Bank to exert the power vested in his office to advance the rate of interest without wait ing, as in the ordinary course, for a resolution of the Board of Directors. It appears, however, from the promptitude with which this change has been made and the extent to which it has been carried, that the Governor of the Bank considers he has found, in the position of the affairs of the Bauk at the close of last week, a sufficient warrant for in ''.icting on the whole mercantile community of this country the additional burden of 1 per cent. in the rate of interest within five days of the time wnen an advance to 6 per cent. had been made. It is true that the position of monetary and commercial affairs in the United States is most unsatisfactory, and it is equally true that under ordinary circum stances a large outflow of bullion would take place from this country with a much lower rate of profit than is offered by the state of the exchanges ; but stilt it may be questioned whether the de spatch of bullion tbither will be very large, in consequence of the feeling of insecurity which would attend such operations. The disturbed condition of financial affairs ou the Continent of Europe more immediately affects us, but it is not withstanding open to much debate (upon the data possessed by the public), whether the evils that can Scarcely fail to be caused by so merciless an ad dition to the rate of "discount" as 11 per cent., within leas than a week, will be compensated by the results expected to follow so serious and so de t eenined a step. For the past three years we have had a periodic return of these extreme measures on the part of the Bank. The mercantile community have, however, been able to support the pressure with some degree of impuoity hitherto, from the high state of credit concurrently maintained, and the facility with which commodities were absorbed by the chief markets of the world. If the rate of profit on our exports was but small, it was compen sated for to a considerable ex ent by the profits realised on imports. The monetary pressure in other countries, although severe, was not excessive, and not nearly so general. India and the United States always offered a safe outlet for our produc tiov.s' and capital could always b e ra i se d a t the marketrates for carrying on commercial operations. Money, though dear, was easy. Unfortunately now the case has somewhat changed. India is dis tracted by a widespread rebellion, and trade in a great measure is paralysed. In the United States the agonies of a commercial crisis are being endured, and although there is reason to hope that the worst has passed, it must be clear to all that com mercial confidence will not be so readily restored as it has been torn down, and that it will perhaps be months before credit will be even partially re established. It is therefore impossible to look upon the advance of the rate of interest and dis count to-day but as a most grave and serious step. We cannot now ship goods ad libitum to India and America, and thus onegreat source of the available commercial capital of this country is materially narrowed ; and, although this is not an unmixed evil, it is one which will for the time seriously cripple the commercial world, and doubtless bring down many firms of standing and respec tability. The general complaint is that money is not to be had ; bankers are curtailing their ad vances and discounts as rapidly as prudenee will permit, and preparing for the next phase in the as pect of commercial affairs. This is undoubtedly an uncomfortable situation, but much is to be hoped from tho prudence of the mercantile community, and the facilities which it must be the desire of all bankers and capitalists to afford in the supply of capital for legitimate business. Seven per cent, is a giant i n th path, and it will require almost un paralleled caution and consummate judgment on the part of the public to avoid the perils which are so thickly strewn on all side , . The " cureency sys teen" of the late Sir R. Peel awl the present Lord o,erstone is ag ain on t r i a l, an d, so f ar as can be foie ern, with but little better chance of working than in the eventful membered, it was found r 1847, when, it will be necessaryre to suspend its operation by th e Government after whichaffairs immediately Unp rove d . It is'to be hoped, how ever, that the entire absence of anything like wild speculation wall hare the effect of preventing a re petition of such disasters as characterised that period, and in that there is good ground for look ing In the future with .eiiii thing tike confidernce, alth )ugh it is vain to suppo e that no shock will be „titven to commercial credit and no disasters aucrise front the circumstances which influence the money market at this time. THE "TIMES" CRIMEAN FUND. (From the Times.) The duties of a trustee are not unfrecinently as perplexing as they are thankless, especially when the naturelof the trust involves the distribution of public money. The records of the Charity Com missioners, as well as of other public depart ments, contain numberless instances of the failure of public charities from the mere want of claim ants, and the chief difficulty in administering such funds has usually consisted in bringing to gether money devised and the parties for whom it was intended. We therefore claim the indulgence of our readers while we call their attention to the posi tion which we ourselves occupy in this impor tant capacity, and to the manner in which we are endeavouring to fulfil its duties. It will be remembered that during the crisis of the Crimean campaign a large sum of money was placed at our disposal by the generosity of the public for the relief of our sick and wounded soldiers at the seat of war. The Fund was ad ministered by a gentleman eminently qualified for the task, whom we despatched to the scene of action, and whose judicious arrangements ren dered it an invaluable boon to our suffering countrymen. The success of Mr. Macdonald's mission encouraged a renewal of the experiment, and a second fund was raised with the same be nevolent object. By the time, however, that our second Commissioner, Mr. Stowe, reached his destination he found that the arrival of Govern ment supplies had in a great measure superseded the .iecessity for voluntary assistance ; and his untimely death, which occurred shortly after wards, prevented the oompletion of the work in which he had engaged, and placed at our dis posal a large surplus of the Fund which he had been commissioned to administer. How to dis pose of this surplus has caused us no little em barrassment. The immediate object fi.fr which it was raised having been satisfied, how were we to decide among the crowd of candidates who might app'y for a share of the balance ? On the one hand, it appeared to useless to fritter away a large sum in petty contributions to a multi tude of objects, and, on the other, hazardous to embark th e whole in a single enterprise, however specious and attractive. After much deliberation, we have decided upon the following plan, which appears to us t o com bi ne th e a d vantage o f minis tering to a pressing emergency with that of per manent usefulness :—We have ascertained from the bankers with whom the Fund was lodged that the balance in their hands amounts, with interest, to 10,9081. 18s. 6d. Of this sum we propose to hand over 3,647/. 15a. Bd. to the Committee for Administering the Indian Relief Fund, with the express understanding that three fourths of it shall be applied to the relief of the widows and orphans of soldiers who may fall in the present war, or of wounded or invalided soldiers who have no other means of support. The remainder of the balance we propose to assign to the Governors of the new Military Hospital at Netley, for the purpose of providing an auxiliary fund for the general pur poses of the hospital. We trust that this arrange ment will in the main be deemed satisfactory by those whose bounty placed so large a fund at our disposal, though we are perfectly sensible that, in adopting it, we may have overlooked other objects of charity which iu the eyes of some persons may possess equal or superior claims. • (Prom the Daily News City Article.) immense sensat'ou was excited in the Stock Exeaang o and throughout the City by the announ ce in:but, S h ort l y a f ter 11 o'clock yesterday mor ni ng, 'bat ihe ilirectars of the Bank of England have raised the. mi nimum rate of discount from 6 per cent., at which it wall fixed on Th urs day last,- to 7 per cent. for fi rst-class up to the usual limit of 95 days. Tb il is th e highest rate known since - 184 7, and the rapidity with which the alteration has been made sufficiently indicate" the opinion entertained by - the Bank authorities Of the extraordinary character of the emergency. This opinion, too, is clearly shared in general circles, for in no quarter THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND THE INDIAN RELIEF FUND. (Prom the Morning Herald.) The Chancellor of the Exchequer has, it appears, cast a longing glance at the magnificent fund col lected for the purpose of affording relief to the suf ferers by the mwiny in the East Indies, and has made certain advances to get the disposal of the same into - his own hands. There is a bold effrontery in the whole proceeding that almost takes away one's breath, and we positively placed no credence in the rumour that such an advance had been made, when - it first it reached our ears. We did not be lieve it possible that any Chancellor of the Exche quer could so far forget himself as to make akesucha proposal, less Exchequer mucha Chancellor of h who has not administered the affairs of the nation, we nerd not say with success, but even with cre dit. ion-h)use on the Bth • The resolution, however, passed ' by the Indian Re lief Committee at thei iust. removes the tempting bait. at vi e. The ai mini -1 all doubt upon the subject. Sir G. C. Lewi s ac t ua lly did nibble but Lis efforts to secure it proved ft of c ommit the mistake day and genera ti on th an t o St rators of the Indian Relief Fund are wiser in their Putting themaelvesunder m inisterial direction. T he Lord May or was requested to i n f orm th e Chan cellor of the Exchequer that the committee highly appreciate the motive, of his offer, but as large funds hive been placed at th e i r disposal, under certain conditions, which they f ee l themselves in a position to fulfil, they do not consider themselves justified in transferring the charge. This certainly is letting the Chancellor of the Exchequer down gradually in order to break the violence of the fall. The admin- - istrators of this noble charity will have nothing whatever to do with the grim cashier of the Trea - sury, and there is a quiet irony in the manner in which they decline the disinterested offer that al molt convinces us that a subtle humourist is to - be found in their ranks. It is a long time sines Go vernment received a more severe rebuke, couched T: a., Lti ND OPT, riv rUESD AY , T il33 'easant terms of flowingand perfectly polite l a l 1 ng the u, v e. a declining revenue and an increasing ex- Peladiture Sir George Cornewall Lewis certainly Goes not possess claims either to public confidence or even respect. Under his direction our finances have got into a very disordered condition, and what with the expenses of Persian, Chinese, and Indian waxs, we shall require the assistance of some able financier to extricate us from rapidly accumulating difficulties. Moreover, in financial matters, Govern ment interference seldom leads to beneficial results. Those in authority generally buy in the dearest and sell in the cheapest market, and very keldo na get the worth of their money. And of all men iu the world the Whigs have committed the greatest blunders in finance ; in fact, they have generally come into power with an increasing and quitted it with a declining revenue. This was the case in 1841 and 1852. The tide of prosperity has already begun to turn, and doubtless the deficiency will ere long become considerable. How the nation is to support these rapidly increasing expenses with a revenue that shows signs of a falling off is a ques tion that will excite some controversy in the next session of Parliament, though we do not entertain very sanguine hopes that a satisfactory solution will be obtained. The people both here and in India have no bly performed their duty, while th e au th or iti es b o th here and in India have failed miserably. A large fund has been raised b y pr i va t e b enevo l ence, an d to permit the cont ro l t o b e t rans f erre d to pu bli c functionaries who have not even fulfilled their own duties properly would be an act of madness. Had the Committee of the Indian Relief Fund fallen into . this grave error, it mus t h ave had' i the effect of checking the generosity of the nation, and but few additional contributions would have been received. The mismanagement of the Crimean expedition shows ho cv Ministers perform such duties, and we imagine that even upon that subject some rather perplexing questions might even now be pro pounded. Probably, in the next session of Parlia ment some member of the house will cause an inquiry to be instituted into the quantity of sLuros, tiTc., sent out, the quantity received in the Crimea, the quantity brought back to England, and the quantity sold at an enormous depreciation, It would also be worth the while of any ardent successor of Joseph Hume to endeavour to ascertain what had been done with some of these surplu's stores. It is evident that the people not yet know the real extent of the mismanagement and waste practised during the Crime3n struggle, and it is not altogether improbable that additional revelations may lead to a revival of that subject. Should the Chancellor of the Exchequer's rash at tempt to obtain the administration of this fund lead to further exposure of ministerial mismanagement and neglect, none will question the justice of the retribution thus speedily awarded. The subscription list to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the mutiny in India presents a noble appearance, and will afford seasonable relief to thousands. It has, moreover, afforded the Em peror of the French, the people over whom he rules, the Ottoman Sultan, and others, an opportu nity of displaying their friendship and good will towards England. The relief has been most i prompt, and no abatement must as yet take place in the . efforts of private benevolence. There a wide field for its operations, and unless subscriptions continue to flow in freely the work cannot be done effectually. The administrators of the fund have given one cer tain proof of earnestness and ability by the way in which they have rejected the Chancellor of the Ex chequer's advances. This act on their part cer tainly entitles them to the confidence of the public; and we have no hesitation in asserting that they will not abuse the trust which has been placed in their hands. the appearances of the wounds, also to iindieg the prisoner and the knife with which it is supposed he attempted suicide. The prisoner had upon his persona purse containing 2/. 10s. and a key. I Thomas Battenbury, parish constable of Bathford, received information of the murder about 10 minutes before 9 on Saturday from Walter May, the other parish constable. He said there was murder at War leigh, and I (witness) must go immediately. I went immediately to deceased's house, and saw Mr. Edwards, the surg e on, dressing a wound in Andrew Border's abdomen. Mr. Edwards said, " I don't want you here ; go in search of the men who did it." Thomas May and his son Walter told me that it was Thomas Miller who had done it. I went to Thomas Miller's house, and the people inside told me that he was not there. I then went to Mrs. Bradfield's adjoining, and saw the dead body of Sarah Border lying on the floor. I afterwards went to a garden which I have been informed belonged to Daniel Hancock. There I heard a noise, and, on approaching nearer I found Thomas Miller lying on his face covered with blood. On raising him up I searched his right hand jacket pockets, and found the razor now produced. There was no blood upon it. I then, assisted by Thomas May, Mr. Skrine's wood man, brought the prisoner near to his house and placed him in a chair, and stayed with him till Mr. Edwards, the surgeon, came, who gave us orders to take him into the house. Mr. Edwards then dressed his wounds. The prisoner said that he cut Mr. and Mrs. Border with the large knife and him self with the small one. Prisoner was then sensible. I have known him for five years, and I believe him to ba of sound mind. Have never known him con fined in a lunatic asylum. Bs has been a quiet man, and as parish constable I never have had reason to complain of him. I took him into custody, and charged him with the murder of Border and his wife. After the prisoner was in bed he said to me that Mr. Border had come to him with his (pri soner's) large case knife and threatened to rip him up, and he did cut him in the belly, and he (pri soner) cut him. I asked him if he knew he was dead, meaning Border, and prisoner replied " No, be is not dead." I then said, " Why did you strike his wife ?" He repli.a, T struck her with my arm like that (moving his hated at the same time towards his head), but I did not kill her, and I do not be lieve she is dead." I told him she was dead, and he made no reply. In the course of the night he said he had not injured either of them. He did not appear to be the worse for liquor. During the night the prisoner was delirious, and charged me once with cutting his belly. Daniel Hancock, labourer, in the employ of Mr. Sk rine, deposed—On Saturday evening at 5 o'clock I came home with the prisoner from the farmyard wh-re we bad been at work. He seemed very de jected, and I asked him what was the cause. He replied, " They are all against me, and want to person me." I asked him who they were, and for what cause they wanted to do so, and said " Is it me ?'' He replied it was some of them down there, but he didn't know who. I said to him, " You do seem to me ranged,' and I shall go and tell your mother." We thee separated. I went into my ho ise ; be went into his. I then went to the farm and told his mother she had better come down and take care of him. I have known the prisoner for nine years in Mr. Skrine's service, where he has been for a longer period. He has been quiet, but flighty at times. He never appeared a dangerous charac ter, and never was in confinement, to my know ledge. Do not know the reason he was in this low desponding way. Never knew him to commit any act of violence before. DOUBLE MURDER AND ATTEMPTED Coroner—Now. tell ms about the act of violence he committed on Sat ur d ay eight. Witness—l was seated by my own fire between 8 and 9 o'clock, had my Loots off, and was going to bed, when I heard a scream. My w i fe, who was outside, said, "Daniel, Come out.' I put my boots on, and went out and saw Sarah Border lying down on the ground. There were my wife, Jane Han cock, and Eliza and Elizabeth Bradfield standing by her. Some one said, "Tom Miller had done it." I ran after Torn Mill er and hallowed out, "Tom, Tom." I then heard B order say, " D an i e l , D aniel, do come and help m e ; Tom Miller has been and stabbed me." I went and found Border standing in the lane doubled up. I then put my hands round his middle to keep him from falling, and took him home assisted by Mr. Hurd, the gardener. Deceased said, " Where is my dear wife ?" and bid me go and seek for her. I then went to her and found she was dead. The knife produced is the pro perty of Thomas Mille% I have noticed him at times flighty. I mean 1y that he acted more like a bay than a man, riding donkeys backwards, instead of forwards, and acting in a foolhardy man ner. I have seen Mrs. Border at Miller's house se veral times. I believe they were living on neigh bourly terms. I never heard any one joke him about the murder at Leigh-woods. The Coroner—Did you. ever hear any one say he was like the murderer—that's the point ? Witness—No, sir. By a Juror—l fancied he was not well on the Friday night. On the morning of the murder I heard my wife say that the prisoner had been ill all night, and that he was light headed. Jane Handcpck then deposed to calling her hue bind, and o'her facts previously sworn to by the former witness. SUICIDE. A man and his wife were murdered and an at tempt at suicide was made by the murderer on Saturday night about three and a half miles from Bath. The scene of the murders is a picturesque spot, situate in the parish of Bathford, upon an estate inhabited by Mr. H. D. Skrine, and known by the name of Warleigh•house. The victims are a man and wife, named Andrew and Sarah Border, of the respective ages of 25 and 29. The husband was in, the service of Mr. Skrine as groom, and re sided with his wife in a cottage adjacent. The mur derer, whose name is Thomas Miller, aged 23, also worked as labourer upon the farm, and lived In one of a block of cottages situated about 400 yards from the residence of his victims. The following is a sum mary of the particulars, connected with this horrible tragedy. It was stated by several persons in the neighbourhood that since the committal of the late murder at Leigh-woods, and which was,fully re ported in The Sun at the time, several conversa tions had taken place between the murderer and his victims in reference to that tragedy, and the former had been taunted by - the two latter with being like the unfortunate woman's murderer. This, it is said, preyed much upon his mind, pro ducing a state of insanity which at times rendered him almost dangerous. On the day previous to which the deed was committed Miller had been suf fering from ill-health, and was visited on Saturday evening by Border and his wife, for the purpose of inquiring whether or not he had recovered. As soon as they arrived at the house they opened the door, and found Miller sitting in the kitchen, and directly inside the door. After asking him how he was Miller jumped up and rushed towards the door, and with a knife fatally stabbed his two visitors. Tue mother of the assassin, hearing some one at the door, came from downstairs, and was partially an eye-witness of the horrible scene. The murdered man ran into the lane adjoining and the woman staggered a short distance into the garden, when she fell backwards. Intelligence was immediately conveyed to the house of Mr. Skrine, and the butler sent at once for medical assistance. As soon as pos sible Mr. C. Edwards, surgeon of Batheaston, was in attendance. He found the murdered man at the cottage dangerously wounded, but in a sensible stat?. Upon examination the surgeon found Border had received a severe gash in his abdomen, which had penetrated through the trousers, permitting a large portion of the bowels to protrude. The woman was discovered a few yards from the door, lying u non her back, with her head against a border stone. She was quite dead. She had received a stab in the left breast, and the back of her skull was fractured. Every attention was then paid by Mr. Edwards to the murdered man, but he died in about two hours afterwards. Search was in the meantime made for Miller, and after some trouble he was discovered lying against the wall at the end of the garden with his throat cut, and a quantity of blood over his per son and upon the ground. There was little blood in the locality in which the woman was found, which might be partially accounted for by the inclemency of the weather, the rain having fallen for some con siderable time. Search was then made, and a long clasp knife wasfound under a chair in the room with a quantity of blood upon the blade, and with which there is little doubt the murders were committed. After taking Miller into custody he was removed to his house, and upon further examination it was found that he had received a stab in the abdomen. Both wounds were at oncesown up byMr. Edwards. A. small penknife was afterwards found in the gar den, with which it is supposed the murderer at tempted suicide. Information was then conveyed to Mr. Fry, coroner, who held an inqu at yesterday upon the bodies at a room adjoining the house in which deceased lived. Sarah Rippin, wife of hates Rippin, coachman to Mr. Skrine, then deposed :—During the week before the murder I saw Thomas Miller. He com plained of having a cold and being unwell. On the Saturday morning he wet me about half-past 8 had had a bad n i g ht, h a d o'clock, ladians, and must fight a c e o c fighting an d with d i that th th h e he ifhe got away from them h e should house to li ve i n. H e sa i d he had a sore and I advis e " hi es to go to bed. He them ahgaavi throat,ue ; finend a said he could not lie down, as the devils came up hereeand that he could not keep see him aft erw a r d s r m da y y do e o v r e , which at 6 o ' c l oc k , and then he is next t o hi s. H ecame phis (pointing heart to in. his l br d eas id i n ) ' down. He said h e was very bad. I knockedui Li e t i and l s t a a t t u asked him to have some tea, and he said he could not drink it ; that he had not been well since he was at my house the other day, for I had poisoned him. I told him I had given his mother some , ‘ wild .lNlrs ' . Bord er sa id I killed the and I w en t out fright-ned. coffee.pworimsa woman He looked d k l a r e - ii wo ods . " I inqui re d o f M rs . Bor der, and found it was not tru e . I and my children went to Mrs. Border's and l oc k e d ourselves i n, and at t a L s r the Mr. B or d er th en ca me home and we all stayed there leperisao and der had wenthiasway. tea, until half-past 7. I and my children than re turned home and left Mr. and Mrs. Border at their own house. About twenty minutes after wards Mrs. Jane Handcock ceme to my house and asked me for a lantern, sayi ng t h at Mr. and Mrs. Border were laid in the roa d i n f i ts. I gave her the lantern and the* I saw Heard and Hand cock bringing Mr. Border home, who said " I am a dead man." I stayed Withhim an hour while they went for the doctor. H e sa i d he was dy i ng and asked me to pray for him. I said, "How did it happen ?" and be said, " Tom did it," meaning Millar. He thou said, "He has served her the same." By her he meant Mt s. Border ' for he several times asked for hi s poor w if e . He kept praying earnestly till Mr. Edwards came, at a quarter past 9 o'clock. - Conway Thomas Edwards, surgeon, deposed.—l reside at Batheaston. I was sent for on Saturday last by Mr. Baylis, Mr. Skrine's butler, to attend in Warleigh-lane a man who had been stabbed, and was told that th e man w h o mur d ere d him was supposed-to be about the Lane. I was ordered to go to the second lodge in the lane, and I did so : I got there about a quarter past nine o'clock, and saw a man lying on the floor of the house whom I ascertained to be Border, the groom at Mr. Skrine's. There appeared to be on his abdomen a mass of blood and intestines. The upper part of his trousers was saturated with blood, as also were his shirt and flannel waistcoat. On examining the ma s of whit I supposed to be the intestine, and fin.iing that it was so, I cut down his trousers so as to be enat.iLAl to slip them off without much ciilty. I then searched for the wound through which the intestines had protruded, and found an incised wound. There was not much bleeding at it was a l arge th it time. I examined the intestines, and found mass of the small intestines which protruded. In about ten minutes I succeeded in returning the intestines. Deceased was alive at that time. I united the incision by sowing. Mr. Edwards then deposed to the treatment adopted by him for the preservation of Border's life, and finding that he was fast sinking witness said, " Who on earth has done this ?" and he replied ; " Tom." Re (witness) had no doubt that the knife produced would have inflicted the wound in deceased's abdomen, and lie had no hesitation in s tying that such wound produced death. The , inqu es t was then adjourned until next day, anu a post modem examination ordered to be made of each body. The coroner having directed the jury to the im portance of the case they were to adjudicate upon proceeded to view the bodies which wt re lying side by side upon the kitchen floor of their own residence. The following evidence was then adduced :-- Snperintendent Thomas Morgan, of the county police, stationed at Weston, nesr Bath, deposed that he received inforinstion of the murder from. .Police-constable Waters, of the Bathford constabu lary. On arriving at Border's house he fi.uid the bodies of Border and his w►fe laying on the floor quite dead. Witness noticed a stab in the able-. men of Andrew Border and a quantity of blood upon his stomach. The trowers had bean removed in front. Also noticed that the woman had been stabbed just above the left breast. Thera was a small quantity of blood round the wound. Witness then want to the residence of Thomas Miller, the supposed murderer, and proceeded upstairs. Saw him in bed with a wound in his threat. He was in the custody of Police-constable Stockton. The pri soner was unable to speak and unfit to be removed, and is so at the present time. Witness went into the viden and found, or was present when Daniel Hancock found, a linen bonnet. It bad a cut on the left side, and was slightly stained with blood. All) found the knife produced in the prisoner's room. It was partly opened and stained with blood. [The knife is a lar4e single-bladed clasp one, about 5 inches in length in the blade.] The Coroner—Then, whom do you charge with this murder ? Witness—Thomas Miller I charge with the mur der of Andrew Blirder and his wife, Sarah B.:,rder. • Police-conwtable Waters deposed to receiving in formation from Robert Baylis, the butler, and pro ceeding to the scene of the murdtr. Whe n he eu t e rel the deceased room the surgeon was there. Deceased said, " Oh, 14r. Edward 4, what do you think of it?" Mr. Edwa rds re p lied, "My dear man, may the Lord have mercy on your soul 1 " Border did not speak afterwards, and died in about five minutes. Previous. to tilts conversation de ceased asked for his poor wife, and shook hands with George ileard, the , gardener, and said good bye. Witness also saw Sarah Border lying,dead in Mrs. Brad4eld'a h9use. Witness then described rt 77 OCTOBER THiJ SUPPOSED MUED.O.R. [The following appeared in a portion of our impression of yesterday :—] At 3 o'clock this afternoon an inquest was held on the remains at the Strand Union Board-room, Bow street, before Mr. Bedford, coroner for the city of West miuster, and a respectable jury. A large number of persons were present, and great interest was manifested in the proceedings. The jury having been sworn, proceeded to the police station and viewed the mutilated remains. On their return The Coroner called the following witnesses : James Barber, sworn, deposed—l reside at No. 2, Lumley-court, Strand, and worked for Messrp. Smith arid Son, coal merchants, as a labourer. On Friday morning I was rowing up the river in a boat from Greenwich, between five and six o'clock in the morning, and when near Waterloo-bridge I saw the carpet-bag produced lying on its side on the top of the third buttress of the bridge. I was about two arches away from it when I saw it, and called Frank Kilsby' attention to it. I asked him if he saw anything on the buttress of the bridge, be said " Yes ; a carpet bag, and it looks bulky ; make haste and we shall get it." We went to the buttress and saw a string hanging from it into the water. We caught hold of it and got it into the boat, and seeing no one on the bridge we rowed with it up the river to a barge at Lambeth where we were going. When on the barge the bag was opened by John Kilsby, and its contents taken out. I think it was locked. I was much frightened at seeing it contained only bones and clothing. Did not take sufficient notice of the con tents to be able to identify any of it. The bones and clothing were replaced, and we rowed ashore and gave the bag and its contents to the police. It was high water at the time we found the bag, and it was about six inches from the water. I don't know if the pre •ious tide was higher. I can't say if the bag was wet, but the clothes in it were. I did not take particular notice of the leather bottom and sides of the bag to be able to state if they were wet. John Kilsby, of Richard-street, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, lighterman, deposed—Between 5 and 6 o'clock on Friday morning my brother and the last witness came to my barge in a boat. Ttiey said they had got a prize. I told theft% to give it to me, but they did not like to touch it. I took it out of the boat, agd as it was locked I forced it open. The clothes produced were in the bag. The remains were tied up in the clothes with a string round. The coat was torn up the back and was in the same state as when we found them. The clothes were not very wet at the time, they might have been damp—they became wet by their being put at the bottom of the boat where there was some water. The bones I put in a basket, and the clothes I replaced in the bag. I afterwards gave them up to the police. C. J. Venee, 96 F, deposed—Shortly after 7 o'clock on Friday morning I was on duty in the Adelphi arches when the boy Kilsby came up to me and told me they had a quantity of things lying down at the Fox-under-the-hill. I went there and found the clothes, carpet-bag, and a quantity of bones lying on he pavement. I examined them ; the clothes were rather wet—some more than others. They were lying in a dry spilt. I had the things put into a bag, and took them to the police station. Their weight was about a quarter of a cwt. I delivered them at the sta tion to Sergeant Buck. I noticed at the time marks of blood on the shirt and under-shirt, and seven cuts on the breast of the shirt. Utley are together all in a cluster.] By the Coro❑er, to Kiliby—Did you notice these cute? Kilaby—Yeg. Sergeant Buck, 5 F, deposed—About 8 o'clock on Friday morning, James Barber and Frank Kilsby came to the station in company with Velum. They had a car pet bag with them, which they said they had found that morning on one df th© buttresses of Waterloo.bridge. They described to him how and where they found it, as above described. Witness examined the contents, and found that the shirts and one of the coats were marked with blood. He found cuts in the drawers, and they all appeared to have been made by one instrument. He found no marks on the linen by which they could be identified. He then sent for Mr. Painter, the divisional surgeon. Mr. Painter deposed—l reside in Brydges-street, and am the divisional surgeon. On Friday morning I ww called to the Bow-street Police-station about 9 o'clock. When I arrived I was shown the bag produced and its contents, a quantity of bones. The clothes produce( were lying by its side. I took the bones out of the bag and examined them, and proceeded to fit then, together. I discovered that all the bones produced be longed to one individual, forming together a complete skeleton, with the exception of the head, the whole of the neck, and seven of the dorsal bones; several portions of the ribs were missing, likewise the bones of the hands, feet, lower side of the left clavicle, and lower third of the left fibula ; most all the bones were sawn into out or more portions ; the flesh appeared to have been cut off in a rough haggling manner ; it evidentl3 had not been talon off by a scientific person, or witt a sharp knife ; portions of flesh only remained, one on each side of the wrist and one on the left breast, showing that the deceased had been a vigorous adult. The flesi adhering to the bones was neither fresh nor in a state of general decomposition, there being incipient decomposi. tion only apparent in the left thigh-bone. The capsular iigament of the hip joint was cut open, and on rotating the head of the thigh-bone I perceived a strong smelt of decomposition, and saw several blue marks produced thereby. The whole of the remainder of the mu , clee and bones were covered with a saline, gritty Matter like' salt, and to that I attribute the preservation of the bones On the surface the flesh was reddish brown, and when cut into a brighter red, like salt beef. The whole of the viscera is missing. The second, third. and fourth ribs of the left side, with a pine, of the sternum attached, has a stab in it and exactly corresponding in position and direction (the direction of the cuts being upwards and downwards) tt that on the shirt and under shirt. A wound in the flesh would appear smaller on the linen, though inflicted with the same instrument. Around the wound a great deal of blood had extravasated into the tissues, showing that the wound must have been inflicted during life. Here blood had infiltrated round the wound to the extent of about two or three inches. The two or three ribs be low were missing, which accounts for the absence of the stabs as shown in the clothes. All the limbs were sawn, not broken. Great roughness had been used in cutting up the body, but generally speaking the bones were clean cut. There were one or two false cut , , which showed that a very fine saw had been used. Tie cartilage of the back bones had been cut in two wher the division has taken place. On examining the bones with regard to the sex, I think they belong to a male. Toe pelvis presents some exceptions to the usual confor mation of the male pelvia,the internal measurement being larger than is usual in the male. There is no deformity in it. lof course do not swear deceased was not a male. Judging from the length of the bones, I should think deceased was about 5 feet 8 inches in height. I found a great deal of hair adhering to the muscles and bones of the body, which I now produce. The hair which belonged to the head is black, or of a very dark colour, and so is that of the whiskers. I don't think salt would have altered its colour. Besides these I found four hairs that, from their length, might possibly be those of a female. I don't suppose that they belong to the body, or that it is the body of a female. I have no doubt the body was cut after the rigidity of death had set in, from the position of the remains of the bones in the joints of the knee and thigh, and the same with reference t ) the left fore-arm. From the decompeition of the hip j Ant, I should say that s week must have elapsed since death. I should not be surprised if the body had been boiled, from the manner of the contraction of the remaining mueclee. There was not the least appearance about the remains of their having been u-ed for anatomical pur poses. No ono in the slightest degree acquainted witl anatomy would have cut the body up in such a trouble some roundabout manner as this ; but more than that, the muscles, nerves, arteries, and bones were destroyed for anatomical purposes. Henry Errington, toll collector at Waterloo-bridge, was then examined, and gave similar evidence to that already published. When the woman passed with the bag there was no string about it. There aas nothing remarkable about the woman. She had on a black bonnet and mantle, and her hair grey, some thing like a footman's matted down. She appeared ag i tated, but did not appear as if she had walked muc , .iistanc. Ile thought she was hurrying to catch the , ate train at the South-Western Railway. Her vole, was gruff and very masculine. She aas a short woman. It I could see her again in the same dress I think I could recognise her. The Coroner said that he did not iuteni to proceed further then with the inquiry. The matter was in the bands of the police, and he thought that he could not lo better than leave it in their hands for the present. tie should adjourn the inquiry for a fortnight, and by that time, he bad r.o doubt, through the vigilance of t e police, they would have some additional evidence of hicA to proceed with their investigation. The inquest wad accordingly adjourned till Monday, the 26th inet., at the came place and hour. LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- -- - £ a. d. X s. d. 'Sank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 193/0s British Lluen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 100 e 0 218/10 Caledonian Bank ..... 81. per cent, 10 0 210 031 175 .lity of Glasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 10 0 0 13/12s Clydesdale Bank •• -53 y/. p cent. 20 0 10 0 0 13 los mmercial Bank .• 71. per cent. 500 0 100 0 0 241/10 Eastern Bank.. •• -.. 61. per cent. 25 0 10 0 0 141 55 Edinb. & Glasgow.. •• 3141. p cent. 5 5 0 0 41 lbs National Bank .. •• - 63{ r per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 193 i Os Nortbef Scotlandßank 51. per cent 20 0 210 051 10s Royal Bank of Scotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 100 0 0 137; s Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 0 50 0 0 105/ 0 Western Bank.... -.. 71. por cent. 50 0 50 0 0 76/ 3s Alliance Piro and Life.. 8;41. pr cent. 100 0 11 0 0 17/12s British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 2 0 0 I/ is Caledonian Fire Insur . 10(.por cent. 100 0 10 0 0 24110 s City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 2 0 04/ 4s Co'onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 3 0 0 .11 4s (6dlnbureh Life Insur. 6/. percent. 100 0 15 0 0 281 7s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51.?er cent. 50 0 3 5 04/ 6s Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 3 0 OG/ Iss Nations; Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 1 4 0 a Os North British Insur... 71. per cont. 200 0 20 0 0 36/125 Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 1 0 0 1/ 148 Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 2 0 0 2/ 195 Scottish Union Insrne. 7341. pr cent. 20 0 1 0 0 11 165 Standard Life .. •• .. - 51. per cent. 50 0 7 0 0 24/ 10 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - •X e. d. X s. (1. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. 2O 0 0 )0 0 0 - Assam lea ...„ ••.. .. 3. • pe rcent. 50 0, 0 20 0 0 - Auction Mart.. .....• 2 1 ,0 per cent 50 0 ' 0 - - Australian Agrlculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 21% Australian Trust •• . 81. pr cont. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Austratian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 all 2 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. •11. 10s. 10 0 0 all _ British AnmriCan Land 5/. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... -••..- - 61. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 128 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent Stock MO 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Dtte, 6 per cent. -6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 Ditto, 6p C. bds 1874 61 . per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - - Ditto, 6p c. bds 18 7 6 6 /. per cent. Stock iOO 0 0 -. Crystal Palace . Si. per cent. 5 0 0 Ditto Preference.... 71 pr. cent. 50 0 all 5 0 0 4 1 12 4 Crys. Palace of France - t e i g o r n ap ß h onc . l! 3 6 % ,. / p . eprercecent - - - Stock. MO 0 0 - 4 0 0 • a ll - ~ 'l ll t e Y c t. N r it v i T g e a l Eng.& A us. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all - Eng.&lris. 'stag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - slquitable Reversionry 5/per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditto New ....., ~. 5O 0 0 22 10 0 - len. IiV.'CTS. & Invest. 51. p c and 1/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all - Irn•SteaniNavigation 101, per ct & 15 0 0 14 0 0 - ill. per cent 4 0 0 London Gen. Omnib us • a ll 334 dudson's 8ay..... F. tock - ••• 5/ per cent. Stock Jungerford .... . 100 0 0 all •• •• .. 2/. ss. - Loa. Ne. &Na. Mauso. - 10 0 0 all - London It versionary 5/, per cent. 15 0 0 all - ex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all - 005 0 0 i Nat , Discount Comp.. - 25 100 0 0 3i i - N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. 51. per cent. 1 0 0 all % Nor. Bri. Australasian Gd. - North of Europe, Stm. 8L per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 25 0 0 all 1 0 0 all - ericesPatent Ca id. Co - - ['eel River.Land&Min. all 75 Pen. & Oriental Steam 71 . pe r cent. 5 50 0 0 10 0 0 1531 Ditto New ••.• • • • • - cent 100 0 0 all - Eeversionary Int. Soc. 41/. pr t„,/. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Ditto New •• • • •• •• irp. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - Zoyal Mail Steam...• h Aus. Invest. 15/ . p er cent. 10 0 all - -,.cottis South Nast' • a lian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all - frost and Loa's Comp. VA... pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 - Van Diemen • 's Land .• 10s. .00 0028 10 0 - p.). Gov 6pr cent. En/ 6 per cent. - 4 - -- LOCAL - BH4 - R - B MAREBTJ. LIVERPOOL OCT. 12. STOCK EXCIIANGE. — The market is very dull, and prices a shade lower. 11m : h ea t er , Sheffield, and Lincoln, 331 i A —Lon lon an d N orth-Westerns, 91i g. --Ilidl.tud, 80 79 A —Eastern Counties, 11—Caledonian, 41i--Lancashire and Yorkshir e , 92i 4----G rand Trunk of Canada 10--Great 'Western of Ct- ada, 198—South Eastern, 181. 18s. 9d.— Birkenh ea d, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 65—North Union , A,' 219 —Dutch Rhenish, 41 R d. MANCHESTER, OCT. 1.2. STOCK EX CHANGE.—The market was rather wcak to day, with rather more business doing. Esstern Counties, 11—L eo i,, y2l—Leeds, New , A d.—Shoffields, 6 pref., pm.--East Lancashire, 89iAfidland, 80—Loadons, 94i --Grqnd Trunks, 10. 2 4 —D0 - vers 18i—Great Western of Canada, 19 a —Sbeflields, 1857 PEIC.ES 01/.43 11 A From the Offioial List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, Ocr. 9, 1857. CANALS. Names of Companies. 4shtn &Old], Birmingham Coventry.. • • Derby .. • • • • GrandJanctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Rennt & Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester.. .• Leicstr &NtL Loughborogb Macclesfield. Neath • • • ..• 0xf0rd...... P . , Dividend ] A , per ,4 Annum. 93 71. p. et. 40 4/: 100 11/. 100 6/. 15s. 100 21. pr. et. 10 Gl. pr. ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 63. 100 251. 100 51. 83 11.55. 143 701. 100 2/. 10s. 100 161. 100 Name of Company. Berlin .. • • • ......... East London Do. 4 percent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Jonction Do. New •• •.•. Kent...• •• •• •• •• •• .6 Lambeth New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • • • • .. Do. Do, .... .. Name of Company. flungerford.... •• .... Southwark ...... •• .. Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo .. ... Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Oommercial .......... Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand Burry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• •••• • •• •• • • St. Katharine ........ iouthampton ........ Victoria •• •• •• •• •• Ditto New •• •• •• •• GAS-LIG' Name of Company. .Iritish Frovinei al Brighton ...• •••• •••• Jity of London ...... Equitable........ •• .. European ....... ireat Central ........ Imperial •• ........ Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental I st C ap. Do. Do• 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Independent ......... r.ondov Parl. Preferen. Phomix •• •• •• •• •• •• Etateliff •• •• • .. •• •• •• surrey Consumers .... United General ...... Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... •• Western A. •• . Ditto B Name of Company. klbion •• •• •• •• •• •• alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine ....... ithenseam •• • • •• •• •• ttlas argue Life ... British Commercial .. Church of England .. 'ity of London Gen. Life Jounty • • • • .• •• •• •• •• ;rown Eagle .. Equity and Law...... European Life...... ... l'oamily Endowment •• General.. • • • • •• • • •• • • ,lobe •• • • • Gresham Life Do. Do. I uardian .. • • • . Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life .• • • [ndemnity Marine.... Law Fire ............ Law Legal and General Life London London & Prov. Law.. llarine... • • . %fed. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva ........••.. Ifonarch •• • • •• •• .. • • Yew Eq❑liable Pelican •..• •• •• •• .• •• elicenix Professional Life...... Provident Life........ Rock Life.... •• ~ Royal Exchange Sun Fire •• •••• Ditto Life United Kingdom , Jniversal Life ..... Victoria Life Name of Company. tustralasia... ........ dank of Egypt Sank of London .. dritish North American Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch City •• •• iolonlal Commercial of London Eng . Scot. & Aust. Ch Uond. ("lan Bk. of Aus Do. New .. • • .... .. London and County .. Lon & Eastn Bnkg. C. "Jondon Joint• Stock ... Londn and Westminstr Cat. Provincial of Eng. Date, New ........ Ditto ditto qationr.l Bank .•• • • • New South Wales Orientai Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank • Frovinclal of Ireland Ditto, New.•• ..•••• lonian.... .„ south Australia .. Union of Australia Uniou of Hamburg.... Union of London...—. Unity Mutual Western Bank o , Londa Names of Companies. Peak Forest.' Regeiat's • . • Rochdale.... Stfird &Wort Stonrbridge. Severn and Wye Rail. Warwick & Birming. Warwick & 1 Napton...l Worcstr & Birming. j ;Wilts & Brki WATER-WORKS. Dividend . per Annum. Amount of Share. Price 51. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 4/. per cent. 51. per cent. 4/. per cnt. 5/. per cnt. 41. per cent. BRIDGE: Dividend . per Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. Price. lOs per cent. •••• 1 11. 12s. Od. 11. Bs. 01. 28s. DOCKI Di - ridand per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 9 2 51. pr cent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per o. AND CO] Dividend . per Annum. 71. per cent 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 6/. per cent. Si. per cent 101. per cent. 31. ss. 41. 15s. 4/. 10s. 61. per cent. . per cnt 51. 81. per cent. lGs Od per sh 7 per cent. MANCE CO: Dividend per Annum. .PANIEB. Amount of Share. IL per c. 71. 148.6 d. la p.c.& bs. Iss. Od. & bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. 41. pa share 11. 18s. ss. 5 1 ,6 per cent. 11. 4L per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 57. per cent IV. per cent 51. p. ct. &bs., 23 & 2s bons 211. per sh. 43. per share 11. 18s. & bs. 1% per cent si. per cent. 51. per cent. 6 % per cent - 51 n, ct. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 12% per c. 78. p. c. & bs 5% p. c & be 11. 14s. 41. & bonus. 5/. & bonus. 51. & Loftus. TINT-stung Dividend per Annum. 101. per cent. 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. Of 71. p. c. & bs. 4'. per cent. 51. per cent. It 101. per eent.l per cent. 1 28 per cent. IV. per cent. tGpc.&bs 61.peicent. to'. per tent. 101. per cent. 31. p. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. i 0/. per cent. 11/. per cent., 151. per cent. X s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 GI 0 0 5 1 8 X 8. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 COMP. Amount of Share. . d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 Z s. d. all 160 0 0 all 12 10 G 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 a 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 (00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 MO , 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 ;A KB. X s. d . 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 all 4 0 47 5 u 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 11 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Amount of Share. s. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 'lOO 0 0 1 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 1100 0 0 Dividend per Annum 281. 121. lOs 11. 16s. 10s. 7s. Od. X s. d. 100 all Z a. d. X s. d. Stock. too o too 0 0 6 0 0 Stock. 50 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 Z 5. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 - 6 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 22 10 0 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 211 E MCTINIES The following is the supplementary despatch of Captain L'E6trange, sth Fusileers, to the com manding officer at Dinapore relative to the relief of Arrah : " Camp Ai rah, August 5. "Sir—When I had the honour of addressing you on the morning of the 3d inst. from our camp near this place, I was so extremely anxious to finish my despatch and include it with that of Major Eyre, that time did not permit me to do mere than record the services and gallantry of the officers . belongin g an d a t tac h e d to the thtachment of the sth Ens e rs which was under sly command on the eventful day of Sunday, the 2d instant. - It is with feelings of the greatest pleasure th a t I have now to speak of the eminent services which were ren dered to our force by Captain the licn. E. P. Hastings, from the first moment when our Expedition was projected up to the present time. The gallantry of this officer was so conspicuous that it excited universal admiration, while I can at the present time assert with equal confi dence that nothing could have surpassed the exertions which he made for our men during their long and fatiguing march, followed as it was by the bard fought contest against hosts of rebels and marauders. As I have before observed, I was unable in my despatch from the camp to give you these details of the obligations under which we are to our Acting Quartermaster-General, and at the same time I have to request you will consider this report as supplementary to my previous one.—l have the honour to be, your most obedient humble servant, " J. W. L'ESTRANGE, Captain, " 5.h Fusileerg, Commanding Detachment." Country Markets. CHELMSFORD-Ow. 9. Our market to-day was rather dull, every sort of wheat being at a decline of is, with little business doing. All other articles at about the last week's rates. Wheat, white, old, per a. a. qr.6o 64 I Oats, new 50 63 Peas, red, old 50 58 new 50 58 Barley per qr. ....... 24 Partridge 41 White 38 Boiling 4O Dun 40 Chevalier 38 Grinding 35 Malt... 73 Chevalier 75 50 Beans, Tisk 41 42 Harrow ticks 41 77 Mazagan 37 79 Ditto, new 37 Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., received in the port of London, from the followin g p or t s , f rom Oct. 5 to Oct. 10, both inclusive. 0:„ • 11 4 5 ti ° 185 20(1113 - 102 28A-- - 4EO - - 981, 167 i 223 - 4 15 221 - 20 - '35 50 Colchester Harwich Leigh Mahlon COLCHESTER—OcT. 10. 466 A good supply of wheat ; the dull accounts from the consuming markets caused buyers to pause, and only a limited business done at is to 2s per qr. under last week's rates. Best barley fully as dear ; inferi , r was is lower. Beans and peas were at last week's prices. Prices to-do.ywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 60s to C 8 ; red, 52s to 60s; barley, 43s to 50s ; oats, 26s to 32s ; beam, Mazagan, 40s to 44s ; middle and small, 44s to 48s; pea , white, 46s to 48s ; grey, 44s to 48s. KIRKCALDY-00T. 10. A good supply of wheat and barley, but small of-oats. Sales ready: Fine qualities of barley, wheat, and oats Is higher; inferior, is lower. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Bea us . I First 64s Od 3Bs Od 30s 01 I Os Od Second I I Third 36s Od 28s Od 25s Od I Os Od CT.—OcT. 12. the close of the markot Wallsend, &9. s d. Riddell - 18 6 Wharncliffe 18 6 Braddyll 2O 0 Belmont 18 Whitworth l6 0 Eden Main l9 6 Kellee 20 0 Hatton Lyons Main ~„ 18 9 Hartlepool .. ........ . . 2O 3 Russell's Hetton. l9 a Stewart's 2O 6 Lumley 19 6 Keiper Graings .... . . 2O 0 Lambtou 2O 3 Hunwick ............ „ 16 0 Elartlepool Hetton 20 3 ;, 63 ; sold, 61. COAL MAR: Prices of Coals per ton a s d Bates's West Hartley ..JO 0 Middle W. Hartley lB 3 Hastings Hartley 18 3 Haswell Gas 15 0 Walker Primrose 14 9 Canfield Moor l4 fl North Percy Hartley _l6 0 West Riding Hartiey 15 6 Wylam Wallgend, Northumberland l7 6 Brown's Moor Haigh Main 16 0 Tees Derwentwater Hartley .17 9 Primdon 20 0 South Hartlepool 20 0 Ships at market, [ADVERTISEMENT. I— SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES—. POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, Itonn, AND PERsPECTITI Gtessigs.—S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the aistances. 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