The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-14 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY

BALMORAL, Sept. 12.
The Queen, accompanied by the Princess 'idols
and attended by the Hon. Mrs Bruce, drove °li
Saturday to Alt-na-Guithasach, and went to the
Dhu Loch.
Sir Charles Wood left the Castle on Saturday'
Her Majesty, with the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg
and Princess Helena, attended Divine service at 016
parish church of Crathie yesterday afternoon.
The Rev. Mr Stephen of Renfrew officiated.

The Duke of Hamilton arrived at mansion to
Arlington-street yesterday morning from Baden-Baden'
The Duchess (Dowager) of Sutherland and Ler"t'
Albert Levescn Gower arrived at Stafford House)
James's, last evening, from the Continent.
Tae Marquis of Bristol and Ladies Hervey are
among the arrivals at Baden-Baden.
The Earl and Countess of Yarborougb, who ofill
to town on Monday last from Brocklesby, Lincohashire,le'
yesterday on a continental tour.
The Count de Comminges Guitand, Fcench Mll
bassador at the Belgian. Court, has left the Hotel Mirabelli'
for Brussels.
Lord Rendlesham has taken the house of the latie,
Mrs Clifton, in Grosvenor-square, for a term of years!. It"
lordship takes possession in the course of the month'
Lord West has passed through town on his 01
to visit Lord and Lady Frederick Gordon Hallyburtont
Scotland.
Lord Napier, British Ambassador at St. Peter::
burg, and Lady Napier have arrived in London from Itilei3l
BAroness Adolphe de Rothschild has arrived at
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent.
Lady Georgina Pane has arrived in tow° fr°'n,
Weymouth.
Admiral the Hon. Edward Howard and Mrs,
Howard have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-squarer r,
Holker Hall, Newton. in.Cartmel.
The Hon. George Cecil 0. Bridgeman, third
of Viscount and Viscountess Newport, has just entered ll°
Ist Life Guards.
Lady Middleton has arrived at the Queenl
Hotel, Upper Norwood.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE DUKE OF CLEVELArI
—The funeral of the late Duke of Cleveland t°°
place yesterday at St. Mary's Church, Staindrop, D 111.113:
and, in accordance with the feelings of the Duchess of
land, there was as little display as was consistent with 14;
character of the ceremony. It was not generally kill?
until Monday that the funeral would take place on fbe)
lowing day, but the number of people present from,,
adjoining districts was almost as great as when the for
duke was interred, only a few months ago. The deal
of the late nobleman has taken every one by surprise, tlna
much regret is expressed at the occurrence, not only
,4
the tenantry, but by all residing in the vicinity of Pt's'',
Since he assumed the title he has been most liberal to t;
former, and, although his residence at the castle has bey,
but brief, he has been much respected. The fact of the
having past into three hands in so short a time, and t-it
present successor being the third brother who has take the
successively, has been a theme of much comment iu
north. Shortly after the doors of the old church Fa
opened it was filled, with the exception of the pews retain
for the mourners; and along the road leading from 11'8111;
Castle to Staindrop there was a large assemblage of sPen,,-61
tors. The ter aatry of the deceased nobleman were perrri „P„t
to join the procession, and the number who thus test
their respect was very considerable. The funeral cot idgelem
Raby Castle at half-past eleven in the morning, the
_.,°6"1,
riages arriving by the west entrance and leaving by the e'",,o
The hearse was drawn by four horses, and bore the dtcsalleviii
coat-of-arms and monogram. The Duchess of Clevet6
and the present duke were the chief mourners. its,,-1
funeral precession reached the church, about 12 o'cloo4;/,
was met at the entrance to the churchyard by the I-o'l,
C. Lipscomb, rector of Staindrop, Rev. J. Parker, ReY.l,6
Wright, &o. The office for the dead was recited as 'l4
coffin was borne to the church, the " Dead March in San ,1
being played by the organist ; and when the whirl Pih-6
been placed on a raised platform erected to receive it,
service for the dead, in which the choir took part, was CO7I,
menced--- the Rev. H. C. Lipscomb officiating. At its n°
elusion the body was conveyed to the mausoleum built l'31
ot,
the late duke's predecessor, and which contains the rag°
of several members of his family.

Lord Essex on tin Game of Croquet'

In a letter to a contemporary his lordship says :—SeTer;
of my friends having expressed a wish that I should etBd
circumstances connected with the " injunction" lately iglt/cej
against me at the suit of Captain Mayne Reid, I shalli%
greatly obliged if you can find space in your paper Or
few lines.
itso
Early in July I first was informed that Captain Reid
about to take some steps against me on the ground of cer.,"sia
;Ai
rules on croquet by an " Old Hand" being an infringe bed
of his copyright to a similar work. At that time I "to
never seen his work, and was so impressed with the tt: it,
groundlessness of his complaint, and his inability to anS6lO
it, that I wrote, perhaps, somewhat hastily to that efte°t4l
his solicitors. Very shortly after I did see his work, ti°
immediately wrote to him, stating that I had then deaedo
for the first time ; that the " Rules by an Old Hand' to•
not written or compiled by me, but for me by a ladlf "4-ed
self a great authority and adept in the game, but unYer'i
in the laws of copyright, and entirely ignorant that '0
was transgressing them in taking what she had taken f,r°,ll
Captain Reid's work. For myself I said that never (t"Lo
the moment I was then writing) having seen his work, I Did
quite ignorant as to 1.. s having been pirated" by the 4‘ scig
Hand." I candidly admitted to Captain Reid that so
had (inalvertently) been done him, I expressed 0110- •
gret thereat and my readiness to make him any ; ,00,
sonable compensation. (I subsequently offared him
which he insisted should be increased to £125, and the P':,;l
ment of his lawyer's expenses.) I, moreover, gave Jaitiiie
word and assurance that I would recall all copies in cire:ol
tion, give a true account of all that had been issued) ."31
issue no more, although doing so suddenly at once rijl:eii
put me to much inconvenience. I must own that had I k
os
the aggrieved party, and the aggressor, being a n
ge_ tle°o
and an honest man, had thus candidly admitted he hati.db:
to
in the wrong and had given such assurance as I ge"'",,li
Captain Reid, I should have been fully satisfied, and eV"
have at once stayed all further proceedings. i
That gentleman apparently was not thus easily ea-f 2,,0r
He determined to push his advantage to the uttaosflActe
sued with his lawyers and counsel to Hampshire fa°pg
Chancellor, who was there enjoying his vacation, gai;. iii)
thereby nothing beyond what I have already volunt6:ol
cede' to him, beyond the satisfaction of giving hie solicl
an apology for sending in a bill of charges of £135.
The bill of costs, however, I am about to submit lip
scrutiny of the taxing master in the hope and belie'
he will reduce it to somewhat more reasonable limits.

ht
WINDSOR CASTLE.—During the last fortnig" t
number of workmen have Lean engaged in ease
ing a portion of the road and footway on the north eicinie
the Castle-hill, near the eastern end of the Royal ng
house, of Wolsey Castle, which is being repaired :"..40'
memorial to the late Prince Consort, In this work the
have laid bare a portion of the ancient foundation ef
chapel, which consists of a bed ot chalk concrete seta°
in thickness, hard and well laid. Leading foom the
up the hill near the Lord Chamberlain's-office a deep treep
has been cut, and in digging this portions of an ateltjt
building have been discovered two or three feet belov`A
level of the roadway opposite the Deanery. These rely;
consist of what appear to ho two stone jambs f0r12i.1301
small window, which probably lighted a narrow stet:ere
leading underground. Close by a vault has been disco', if
and broken into. This vault lies under the ground e'ed,
Deanery. It is built of red bricks, which retain their fr ty
ness of colour, while from a small opeiling in the vic31,0%
water from the surface above would seem to have heelli-
stantly trickling, as the vault is exceedingly damp'
,01
however, stated that the position of this vault, thoUg'oo
generally known, was acciAentally discovered isonle too
back. The floor is paved with red brick, and on being:
4,,`
tiel
with a hard substance gives forth a hollow sound, c 1"
was yet another vault beneath. The north end, '
would seem to lead beneath the Deanary, is bricked 11.1100
the only present entrance is that in the bottom of the tr'ol,
There is also at the north end of the arched morn 5,11501
trap-door, the wood of which is rotten with age and e C
TORPEDOES It MOBILE BAY.—" I saw °li tfi
these inventions," says the correspondent °I op
_Yetv York Tribune. "It consisted of a tin case, itlt3r I
like a large coffee-pot or boiler, holding, perhaps, 1° c)ratiel
gallons. The lower half of this consisted of an air 01%01
by means of a transverse partition, and the upper, or figs
end was filled with powder. Upon the end of a r°,6, col
inside this, and in contact with the powdar, is place° -.0
which is to be exploded by means of a hammer, A hie
held suspended outside ot the tin case of powders ;a0
hammer is passed through a spiral spring that opera Del
When the torpedo is sunk the hammer is elevated, 613
Bg
there by a peg placed FO as to hold it up. To 02115 .130001
attached a float, which, by moving the peg when a P.OO
boat draws the Erie attached to it, lets down the
su-Aenly with a sharp blow upon that part of the ""
just inside of which the cap is placed, and explodes 1"
tb
presto I the harm is done. Fortunately for „i
barnacles gather so soon on any of these contrlyfi,, 013
to soon render the action of the hammer inapoto3i,,"
the sal. water quickly corrodes the tin cases apeufo-ed
the powder, otherwise our fleet wonld not have asc"
easily as it did in getting into Mobile Bay." ~edth
The Bishop of Bath and Wells has institu, ten I
Rev. Sydney East, Vicar of Northover, near Il°beaoit.
the Rectory of Wheathill, near Castle Carey) S°l32er

Messrs Croskey and Ca., who failed in the course
of the last few days, have issued the following cir-
cular, stating that they hope to pay 20s in the
pound. This will, it is understood, depend upon
the successful managenunt of the various contracts
in hand :

St Michael's House, Cornhill, London, 8.C.,
Sept. 13, 1864.
_

It is with deep regret that we find ourselves compelled to
suspend payment through the unexpected failure of several
mercantile firms, We are, however, sanguine that it indul-
gence be extended to us by our creditors we shall ultimately
be enablod to discharge our liabilities in full: A statement
of affairs is in course of preparation by Messrs Harding,
Pallein, and Co., and a meeting of creditors will be con-
vened as early as possible.—We are, your obedient servant,
Caoss IT and Co.

Two o'CLocs.

At the Paris Bourse this day, according to
Reuters telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were
quoted 66f. 72c.

The English Stock Market has been edversely
effected today through a few sales, and a decline
of per cent, has been recorded in the Funds.
The approaching fortnightly settlement absorbs a
great deal of the members' time, and prevents
dealings that might otherwise be entered into.
Consols are 87/ 88 for money, and 88} for the
account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities
are 86/ ; India 5 per Cents., 103/ 104/ ; and the
Bonds, 28s. to 20s. die, Bank Stock is marked
242 244, and India Stock 212.

In the Foreign market business is rather quiet,
and prices aro depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents.,
1862, are 69! 70} ; ditto Consolides, 50: I; Mexi•
can, 27j i; ditto New, 25; ; Greek, 24i ; ditto
Coupons, 0: 101, ; Spanish Passive, 32 ; ditto
Certificates, 14 ; and the Confederate Loan, 83 84.
The transactions in the Railway Share Market
have been chiefly in connection with the settlement,
and prices have in some instances shown rather
more firmness. North Eastern (Berwick) have
improved ss. ; London and Blackwall, 10s.; and
Bristol and Exeter, Ll. North Western, however,
have declined 15s. ; South Eastern, 108.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings exhibit
no material alteration in values.

Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are firmer; Al-
liance have advanced to 53i 551 ; Imperial Bank
to 3it ; Imperial Ottoman to 16f ; and General
Credit to 6i I.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Do Account, Oct. 11
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent. B6i a a
New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891....
Do 6 per Cent., Jan. 1873 —
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire .sth Jan., 1880 —
Do for 30 yrs, expiro sth April, 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —

Islhreh. June.

Exchequer Bill®, £l,OOO, 3 & 3} per Cent.
Do £5OO

Do £lOO and £2OO
Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct.: 214 2
Do Account..
INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 103/4 per Cent., April 1874 212
Do Account —
Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870
Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 —
Do Certificates
Do Account
Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.) —
Do 4113e1 Cent.
Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent
Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872
Do 5i per Cent., May, 1879 —
Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866
Do Bonds El,OOO —
Do under £1,000..
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Brazilian b per Cent
Do 43/4 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Do 1863 —
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Do Account.... • ...
Chilian 6 per Cent. —
Do 41 per Cent
Colombian 6 per Cent ---
Cuba, 6 per Cent. -
Do 5 per Cent. 1864
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 -
Do 4 per Cent, 1863
Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent --
Do, l'rovisonal Land Warrant —
Egyptian 7 per
_Cent 97 1
Do, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
Do Account
Do Coupons —
Do Account
Guatemala 5 per Cent. —
Do 1839 and 1859
Italian 5 per Cent.(Alaremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent
Do Account
U 0 1864..
lio French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c —
Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French
Ditto Scrip, £23 paid.... —
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada .. —
Do 2 per C0nt..... —
Do Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares) —
Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 —
Do do Aug., 1866
Peruvian 41 per Cent ..
Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... —
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Do Account —
Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 —
Do Account —
Russian 5 per Cent.. 1822, £ St —
Do 4i per Cent., 1850 .. 85
Do 1860
1)o 3 per Cent 1859
Do 5 per Cant, 1862
Do Anglo-Dutch ....
Do Scrip, £4O paid
Sarlinian 5 per Cent .... -
Do Account —
Spanish 3 per Cent
Do Account
Do New Deferred
Do Account —
Do PASMVO
Do Account 321 t 1
tipanieh Cert. of Coup not funded
.. l4l
Do Account l4l 1 li 1
Swedish, 4 per Cent —
Do Scrip, £6O paid
Turkish 6 por Cent. 1854 - Pm
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1853
Do Account —
Do £lOO Bonds
Do 6 per Cont. 1862
Do Account • '
Do £lOO Bonds.. 701
Do 1863 ..
Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.....
Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid
. Venezuela 3 per Cent.
Do Account —
Do 6 per Cent., 1802
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent,, 1864 461
Dividends on the above payable in London
Austrian, 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins.
Do Account
23olgian 43/4 per Cent. Ex. 25f. .. —
Dutch 23/4 per Cent., Ex. 12 UM! —
I Do 4 per Cent. Certificates
Nian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
Do Account
French Itentes, 2 per Cent....,
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct.Ex 4s.
Pielmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex, 25f
THREE O'CLOCK
Consols Money
Do Account...,

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market (riot, Silas probably -',,,11(1 OT 4000
bales.

Edin., Perth, & Dundee
Nth. Eastern—Berwick
Do, G.N.E. purohase
Do Leeds
Do York
Do Carlisle
Da. Stook. & Darling
Do do 185.5-58
Do do IS-50-61
North London
Do New .....
Do New, 18M
North Staffordshire

63i C 4
9.‘ 93a

1151 36i
U 10
74 8} (
123 126
11¢p

N. and S. W. Junction '
Scottish Central
Scot. N. E., Aber. stook
Do Soot. Mid. stook.'
Shrews. and Welohpooll
Shropshire Union
South Devon —...
South Eastern
South Wales
S. York. and River Dun
Stalnes, Wok.,andWok.
Taff Vale..
Do B
Do C
Vale of Neuth

Waterford & Kilkenny
%V eat Cornwall
W. ilartlepoolllar.&3

100
100
100
100

74 75
101 11
130 135

57 69
315 37
8 f E2}

101 103
8 0
160 '65
5 6
3 4 r,
93 100

34 36

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Closing
char Railway. Paid. Prioe. Business don(
100 ctlontlo &St Lawrenc. all 59 61
Sk Som., Baroda&.oent In 10) 995 1(.01 991
U a. 5 per Gent
20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 71 die st)
205 .intialo and Laxellurot all 41 55
10 Do. Preferonoe . . all 75 81
luffalo, Brant,
100 &(.lalric.l 0., 75 80
Up, ot. bds. Aug. 1 lB7.
100 Uo, do. July 1, 187 100 75 80
100 )o. do. June 1, 187 100 75 80
st !leutta.,t.S. Eastn. (Lin 100 95 103
st 'apeTown .t Dock Seri 100 93 95
100 Demerara 7 p.o. per. pi)l all
stock sntstu. liengal gu. ap. I us., 1( 0 102
Stook iiast Indian. „—u. sp. c 100 995 105 991
20 Do. do. G Ext..... all 191 `4Ol
20 Do. do. II do. . all 191 205
stook ;rand Trunk of Cana vNo 11) 20
1 0 Do. Equip. 3lort. Bonds
1 charge 6 per cent all 91 04
100 Do. Ist rret. Bonds.. .11 71 73
100 Do. do. deferred...—. all 61 63
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all C 6 68
100 Do. do. deferred-- all 55 57
100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... all 53 56
100 Do. do. deferred-- all 45 48
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 29 31 30/
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28
stook 3 tlncliaPenin.gua.6p.c 100 1005 1015 1015 1
SO Do. New gua. sp. e.. 12 par si,
stook It. South.of India (Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent 100 99 IGO
stock Do. 41 per cent..... 100
stock Do
sot •.4t. of Canada Share ail 95 105 10
205 Do. New .— 18 101105
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt all 80 01
100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 82 61
10 .ndian Branch Limited 2 4 d
stock tiadras, guar., sp. o. 100 995 100, 991 5
stook Do. 45 p. c. Extensicn 100 93 95
stook Do. 44 d0....._ . 100 89 01
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2
stock )lelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds 100
50 tlelb. & Ilobson's Bay. all 8 (0
100 Do. 7p. c. &tortg. Bds all
$0 lewßrunswick a Cand,
Class A and 8.. ..... . all 2 5
I.lll.C'daB po Ist pt bd 100 80 85
stock Soinde 1 (10G 99 100
stock Jo. De1hi........ lOO 98 !CO
20 ))o. t t 2 id par
st Punjaub all 98 100
00. Do. ........ ,
stook Do. Indus. St. Flo. J 100 96 96
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
British Columbia, 6 per
cent., Dec. 3 1872.... 100
Do. do. 1883.... 100
07.6 p.c.Ja. 31,J
1877-84 100 94 96 951
Do. p. c. Feb. .k Atu. 100 94 96
Do. 6p. 0.31ar. & Sept 100 94 06
Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July lOt 82 84 835
Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 82 84
• 'ape G.llope, 6p 0,187. 100 104 106
Do.Ap & Oct. 188, 100 107 109
Do. 189 100 (.9 ill
Jan. & July, 1891. 103 :07 10)
'eylon, N0v.1878, 6n . 100 1(9 112
rlauritius 6 p.cent. 1873 100 .01 104
Do. 1878 00 103 108
Do. 1882 104 .04 103
'fatal Gov. 6 per cent. Do 44 107
i.1.1.U0v. p.o. J a.&,Jul 100 96 99
Do. 6p. cdip. & Doi 100
S.W. Gov. 5 p x.,181 100 .97 99
Du. sp. c.,1871 to 107 100 96 98
Do. d0.,1888 & upwd, 100 955 061
iew Zealand 6 p cent 100
lova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c
sterling, 1875. lOO 99 102
lucensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 99 102 1095
4. AUB Ciep.0.1878.& up. 100 tO6 108
no.Uov. 6 p.o. Ja.&Jul; 100
Do. lo 5 p.a. An. 3100 ... 100 108 IC9 1081

LAW INTELLIGENCE,---This Day,

SHERIFFS' COURT,
(Bafore F. Gibbons, Esq.)

SINGULAR ACTION AGAINST HARRY BRUNTON, TAE

IIGIITING IVAN, FOR BREAKING DOWN A SIGNBOARD

IN FLEET STREET-CRANE V. BRUNTON.

This was an action to recover £3 damage to a signboard,
which was alleged to have been torn down from plaintiff's
premises, Mr Perry (from Mr Buchanan's) appearing for
the plaintiff, who is a tradesman of Fleet-street, Mr Beard
representing defendant, the ex-fighting man of Barbican.
Mr Perry was proceeding to open the case when Mr
Beard said that a most important witness was unavoidably
absent, and he did nut feel justified on proceeding.
Mr Parry hoped his honour would not listen to any ap-
plication, bccause he. had very good proof of the case. Thu
witness who was absent, was no other than the defendant
himself.

Mr Beard—That is not so.

Mr Perry--He told my client that he should go down to
the races to-day, as he should erj )y himself a great deal
better at Doncaster than in this court.

Mr Bard said that he could assure the court of the ab-
sence of a material witness.

Mr Perry—l am at a loss to understand what the defence
can be. The defendant has admitted that he pulled down
the signboard, and I have three witnesses to prove that it
was done in a drunken spree. _ _

Mr Beard denied this, and his Honour allowed the case to
stand over on defendant paying full costs.

HLT)AritElEfi T. WATSON-THE LAW AS TO BAD MONET--.•

IMPORTANT CASE.
This was an action to recover ss. for two counterfeit
half-crowns, alleged to have been taken at the defendant's

house.