The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-01 00:00:00

SHARE MA EXETS —This day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS.

Litre Railways, Closing
Paid. .
noc.

.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all
it Itlythe and Tyne.
it Bristol and Exeter ..•
• 100
it Caledonian 1100
10 Cork and Bandon I a:1
0 Cornwall I all
A gets, tro div, all
l 0 Do A
10 Do. B till Op c.p an.has all
been paid to B.
10 Dublin & Belfast Junc.l all
15 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno.' all
it Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100
it Glasg. and S. Western.' 100
it Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100
it Ditto A stock
it Ditto East Anglian st 100
it GreatNorthof Scotland 100
it Great Northern... ' 100
it Do A stook ' 100
it Do B do 1 100
it Gt. S. and W. of Del an 1 100
it Great Westerr,Original 100
it Do Str Val tsua. stook( 100
it Do. South Wales CO
it Do. West AWL -Oxtord 100
Do Newport 100
it Do Hereford 100
st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100
it London and Blackwall 100
st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100
st Lon., Chat, and Doverj 100
at Lon. ck Nori-h Western 100
at Lon. & Scr.th Western 100
at Man., Shef., & Lincoln.l 100
50 Maryport and Carlisle. all
I2i Do 4 shares... , all
at Metropolitan all
at Midland
at Do Birming. & Derby 100
50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all
25 Do. 4 shares
26 Mid Kent .,.. all
at North British
at Edin., Perth, & Dundee' 100
at Nth. Eastern—Berwick) 100
26 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4
at Do Leeds lOO
at Do York
at Do Carlisle lOO
26 Do. Stook. & Darling all
26 Do do 185548 19
26 Do do istiG..6l 12
st North London
10 Do New
10 Do Nor, 18(14.
st North Stailbrdshire • •
10 N. and S. W. Junction
st Scottish Central
at Scot N. E., Aber. atooel
at Do Scot. Mid. stook
10 Shrews. and Welehpool;
st Shropshire Union I
st South Devon •
•
st South Eastern
20 Staines,Wok.,andWok
at Taff Va1e.....
10 Do C
st Vale of Neath
at Waterford & Kilkenny
at West Cornwall
at W. Hartlepool Har. R

82 (4
120 121

6 7

31 33
16 17
86 88
105 10?
44 4

5 7

I'si 1261'
133) 13-4
127 t 3
90 92
01 601

45 .47
35 40
93 101
111 1111
61 65
102 (03
33 40
IfBl 1081
91 03
61i

100

104} )0541
IL6) r2tit
9t3 98

51 63
24 45
104.1 tOsi

Railways

Paid.

63i 61
9:4 934

0 Itlantio &St Lawrene.
kna.,Baroda&Centlu.
j Gu. 5 per cent
Do. E. Shares...
04 inhale. and Lar.elluroi
0 Do. Preference
iufralo,Brant,&Godriel
i p. at. bds. Aug. 1,107
10 Do. do. July 1, 187
)o. do. Ju❑e 1, 187
It lcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lip
'apeTown & Dock Scri
Demerara 7 p.o. per. pi
,ek tt;astn. Bengal gu. 6 1'•
)0k East Indian. pm. 5 p. C
:0 Do. do. J Eat....
mit '3 rand Trunk of Ca❑a,t,
Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds
1 charge 6 per cent
)0 Do. Ist frer. Bonds..
)0 Do. do. deferred......
10 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds..
)0 Do. do. deferred......
)0 Do. 3d P. et. stock ...

35 36
9 10 t.
7 8 e
120 125
1 I}p

75 76
101 11
132 136

54 56
84 16
81 81;
8 9
160 ;65
3} 4! p
97 99

Closing
Prioe.

56 58
On [CO,
dis r r
41 51
71 81

10 Do. do. deferred.....
10 Do. 4th Pref. stook...
)0 Do. do. delerred......
wk t. India Pentn.gua.sp.e
!.0 D0.;,(311.. 5 per cm' ..
10 Do. New gua. 5 p. u..
>ok Jt. South.of India (LLD

guaranteed 5 percent.
stock Do. 1i per cent ...•
stock Do
sus it. W. of Canada Share,
104 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 witlet opt
100 Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8..
10 Endian Branch Limited
stock Iladras guar., 5 p. 0. .•
stook Do. 41 p. 0. Extension
stock De. 44 do.-- • •
20 Do. Fifth Extension.
stock delb.Corp. ap. o. Bndb
50 delb. & Hobson's Bay.
10 gevvßrusswlok ct Cand.
Class A and B.
N.Rl.C'da,6 pc lat pt bd'
stock Scinde
stock Jo. Delhi
10 Do. do •—•
at Do. Puniaub .• p
stout i)o. Induts•St.Flo,) bit'

95 10)
92 94

100 101
100 101

19 19i

all
100
1100
100
c 2
Xl,O
uOO

COLONIAL OOVERI

British Columbia, 6 per,
cent., Dec. 3!, 3872....
Do. do. 1883....
1L1i07.6p.c..1a tt,J ut
1877-81
Do. n p. c. Feb.
Do. 6 p. Sept
Do. f p. o. Jan.&.July.
Do. 5 Inscribed stow
ape G.llope, 6 p 0,187.
Do.Ap dz. Oct. 18S(
Do. 1891
So. Jan. & July. 1891..
;eylon, N0v.:563, 6 13
Do. 1878, do
lauritius 6 p.cent.lB73
Do. 1878

,882
Fatal Gov. 6 per cont.
NI.B.Gov. 6 p.a.) u 1
q. S.W. Gov. 5 p 3.,18,,
Dv. 5 p. e.,lB'it to Id7i
Do. d0.,1888 upwch
Niew Zealand 6 p cent
iova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c
sterling, 1875.
2ueeneland Gcv. 6 p. c.
A us C o v. 6 p.e.lf 68-
Do. 1 70 .tui ward
vrio.Gov. 6 p.o. J
10 6 p.o. AD.AtOot..

MEN

100
100
100
Lou
100
100

Business
done.

431 i

93 93
71 73
CO 62
66 6S
55 57
53 50
90 18
28 30
27 29
ICO 301
id pr
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99 100

94 10
11 101
83 01
82 81
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99 100
92 94
88 90

8 CO

126
134 k 5

1121 I
1011
10944 a
92 4
6:I

3 6
80 83
99 ICO
98 100
id par
98 100
95 97

1055 5 I
1271
99

1051

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76

51
81i f

Business don,

100}

1001 1 1001
19f f

1001 I

state.

PREFERENCE SHARES.
North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 89

1051 5

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Eastern 5 per oent.f pt., 98 6i 7
LINES LEASED. AT:FIXED RENTALS.
Chester and Holyhead,
Ditto, 5 per cent., 111
Nottngham and Grantham R. & G, 901 1}
Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1311
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.]
Dutch Rhenish, 18i
Ditto (all), 22i
Great Luxembourg, 91

DOCKS.
London and St. Katharine, 674 &4

BANKS.
Agra and 151 Isterman's (lirn.), 128
Alliance (limo. 40 39 12)
Ditto, new, 37 40j
Anglo Austrian, 62
Anglo-Italian, lira., 4
Australasia, c6l
Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 121
British and Californian, lira., n •
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 341
European Bank, urn., 9)
Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 27
Ditto, new, 15 111
Imperial Bank (Lim.), 31 22
Imperial Ottoman, 151 16)
Land Mortgage Bank,of India, lim., 4
London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 5
London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 4
London and County, 67 61 8
London Joint Stock, 43 11
London and South African, 221
London and South-Western, 201
London and 11 estminster, 1,31
Merchant Bank, lira., 23/ 3
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 18
New Zealand Bank Corporation. lim., 1)
Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., loe
South E stern, lim., 6
Standard of British South Africa (liras),
Ditto (£25), 27
Union of Australia, 51 2
Union of London, 49

MISCELLANEOUS.
Anglo-Mexican Mint, ISI
Berlin Water Works, Urn., 71
Company of African Merchants, lim.;_2l
Discount Corporation, 151 16
Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., 21
Financial Corporation,
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 61 1
Gen. Credit and Finance 01 Loudon, lim., 61 6 1
Hudson's Bay, 15i /
lmperiil Mercantile Credit A seo.' him., 61
International Financial society, lim., 61 I
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour),
Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 84
Joint Stock Discount, lira., 4 I
National Discount Company, lint., 11
Otago and Southland layetitmeut,

It was not until an express was dispatched from
hie place that the Londoners could form any approximate
dea of what had really taken place, and then they proceeded
by rail or any other conveyance to Erith and Dartford—
probably twice as many proceeded to the latter town, it
being known that it was the great nucleus of powder manu-
facturers. -Upon reaching that spot of grouud upon
which the Belvidere Gunpowder Magazine stands, known
as the Belvidere Works, the work of devastation
was apparent. Had an army entered the town and fired a
park of artillery into the building, they could scarcely have
been more riddled, and very likely not more people have
BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I been injured.

Adjoining the mile of Messrs Hall were two or three cot-
tages, occupied by those engaged on the works, the first of
which Rayner, the foreman, lived in with his wife and
family, and, unfortunately Rayner, is one of the persons
killed by the calamity, Mrs Raynor and her daughter
were in bed at the time, the father having gone to the
mills, but so violent was the shock that the whole line of
cottages were demolished, and the unfortunate occu-
pants were scattered in all directions. All of a
sudden one magazine blow up, with a report—to use the
hackneyed term of " like a park of artillery" would convey
but a faint idea of the noise occasions)]. This was suc-
ceeded by another and still more violent shock, which
levelled the next magazine partly on to the ground, and
blew the tops and sides of the building high into the air.
It now became manifest that a fearful amount of personal
injury must have been inflicted upon many persons. The
dust and smoke, after the lapse of three or four minutes,
having cleared away, the spectacle that presented itself was
awful, and can scarcely be described. A new building in
course of construction for coma candle works, at which a
numb r of men were employed, was literally shaken to its
very foundations; the men were hurled in sundry direc-
tions, and a great many frightfully injured.
What has become of the other inhabitants of the work-
men's cottages is at present unknown, but up to 1 o'clock
eight of the sufferers had been received at Guy's Hospital,
were their wounds were immediately attended to by Mr
Siiney Turner, the house surgeon,whose efforts to alleviate
the agony of the sufferers were most praiseworthy. Not-
withstanding every exertion, Elizabeth Wright, who had
sustained a compound comminuted fracture of the skull,
and other extensive injuries, died shortly after her admis-
sion to the hospital.

The following aro the names of the persons now under
surgical care at Guy's Hospital :

James Eves, fracture of the skull and ribs. In a dying

Edward Singleton, fracture of the arm.
Rebecca Wright, fracture of the collar bone and severe

contusions.
Mary York, fracture of the thigh.
Minnic York, very severe bruises and burns.
Harriet Rayner, fracture and severe internal injury—not
likely to recover.

Dinah Rayner, severe contusions.
Elizabeth Osborn, contusion and burns.
Tho amount of powder exploded is very uncertain ;
rumour puts it down at between 80 and 90 tons, but persons
acquainted with the works say that is an enormous exagge-
ration, as not more than 9 or 10 tons were stored in the
94f mills.

A correspondent writes :—" Miss Sallie M. Mon•
roe, of New Britain, Chen ango County, a practising

physician of the hydropathic school, has permanently
adopted the masculine attire—not merely bloomer's, but the
veritable dress of a gentleman, from hats to boots. Miss
Monroe, who makes a fine-looking cavalier, either on horse-
back or en foot, usually wears a blue coat and buff waistcoat,

with plaib flat gilt buttons, blue trousers, boots and hat, all
good cut. She is a young lady of irreproachable character,
skilful in her profession, bravo, energetic, ambitious, and
eminently self-reliant.—Now York Home Journal.
DEFENCES OF TILE MERSEY.—The Mersey Dock
Board agreed, at their meeting yesterday, to adopt the
suggestion of the Government authorities for the removal
of the fort at present being constructed near the landmarks
at Bootle to a site still further north, at the extremity of

the dock estate. The Government will be wholly reimbursed
by the Dock Board for the expense incurred—viz., £3,500.
The chairman of the Works Committee, in alluding to the
subject at the meelng of the Board yesterday, explained
that the engineer of the Board had been rather too candid
in divulging that the site of the fort at Bootle was of great
importance to the Dock estate. The Government, there-
fore, were under the idea that the Board would only be too
glad to bear the expense of the removal.
POACHING AFFRAY, NEAR KIRKELAM..-011 Sun.
day morning, about two o'clock, James Barnes,
Luke Kirby, and Ellis Kirby, gamekeepers to Mr A, L.
Birley, siiw seven or eight men in the act of setting nets
and driving hares on land belonging to Mrs Alice Maisel!,
at Creales Moor Side, near Kirkham. Oa approaching the
men two showed fight, and six ran away. The poachers
taken were Cumming Hall and Thomas Sharpies. Hall
struck Ellis Kirby with his stick, and knocked him down.

Then a regular fight ensued. Both poachers had their
right arms broken, and were sadly bruised and disfigured
all over the body. They were sad spectacles when
brought before the Bench on Monday. They were each
committed for three months.
Baton do Fabrics, Minister Plenipotentiary for
Saxony at Brussels, had an adience of King Leopold
two days back to present his credentials.
John Downing, a lad, 15 years of age, died in the
United Hospital, at Bath, on Saturday, while under the
influence of chloroform, which had been administered
with a view to a surgical operation.

A loyal woman has written an able paper on the

crisis, in which she protests against killing off all the men.
She says : —" I do not believe in fighting for the country

and the flag to the last man ; and it seems to me anybody
is an idiot who talks such nonsense. What would the
country be to me or any other woman if the 'last man'
was gone?"—Netv York paper.

" There are now (says the Union) i❑ France six
Cardinals, 15 archbishops, 69 bishops, 155 vicars-general,
660 canons, 3,39 G cures, 29,630 officiating priests, 10,000
supernumerary ditto, 30,000 seminarists, and 50,000 per-
sons belonging to different religious orders."
•fIE FRENCH POST-OFFICE AIITHORITIES.—The
Post-office authorities have issued a public notice that the
postal convention between France and Italy relative to
money orders cause into operation yesterday, and that
henceforth orders payable in Italy, for any sum not exceed-
ing 20uf., may be obtained at all the principal post-offices
in France and Algeria. The charge is 20c, per 10f. or frac-
tion of 10f.
A letter from Mont-de-Marsan (Landes) men-
tins that a fire-ball of the size of a bomb burst near that
town. at about noon, two days back, with a detonation
equal to a simultaneous discharge of several pieces of artil-
lery. Its direction was nearly north to south,
The exhibition of the various paintings sent in
for the competition for the Grand ,Prize of Rome was
opened yesterday at the Boole des Beaux Arts. The com-
petitors, ten in number, had for subject :—" Romer in
the Islancbt of Scyros. Three young shepherds, after
having called away their dogs, who were about to attack him,
are receiving him with respect and admiration." The grand
prize was awarded to M. Maillard, pupil of Messrs. Cog-
niet, Gorgnu and Lqemlein.
The Council-General of the Bank of France has
given notice that an ex'raordinary division of 35f per share
will be made, on and after the 10th October, of the reserves
made in 1801 and 1851, with a view to the eventualities
which the liquidation of the affair of Constantinople then
presoated,