The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-13 00:00:00

NEWMARKET OAKS,

Fille de I'Air ....
Breeze

Six ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS.

Antidote
Lady Abbess
Lemonade
Eight ran.
SWEEPSTAKES OF 1 0
Serenade (colt
Mongrel
Incision
Eight ran,
SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOWS.

Antoinette
Usher
Land of the West
•• • • .
£lOO HANDICAP PLATE.
Wandering Minstrel
Cathedral,

Eleven. ran.
MATCHES.
o:dminster beat Barbadoes.
Saffron beat Reserved filly.

CITY BETTING.—Tnis DAY.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
6 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken)
20 to 1 agst Accident (taken)
20 to 1 aget Ackworth (taken)
25 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken freely)
33 to 1 agst Adventurer (taken)
33 to 1 agst Planet (taken)
50 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps (taken)

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day,

Market opens with a better feeling, and prices
more steady. Sales probably 4,000 or 5,000 bales.

SHIPPING-THIS DAY.

LONDON, Oct. 13.--Wind this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderato braze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy,

TROON, Oat, 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Ricardo, from
Londonderry.

CLYDE, Oct. 12.—Wind N.E.E.—Arrived—Howard,
from Quebec.

PLYMOUTH, Oct. M.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Qaeen of
the Sea, from romaron.

SWANSEA. Oct. 12.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Anna Rears,
or Buenos Ayres.

PILL, Oct. 12.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Semiramis,
from River Plate.

PORTSMOTII, 00t. 12.—Wind N. W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Vulcan, from Hong Kong—Her Majesty's'
ship Foxhound, from Malta.

C1111)117, Oct. 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Merchant,
from New York.

HULL, Oct. 12.—Wind Ist.N.W.—Arrived—Skelleften,
from Gelle.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH')
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Arrived, Oct. 12—Scawfell, from Whampoa—Enig-
heden, from Tonsberg—Alexander, from Riga—Agnar,
from Belize—Wendelina Jacobs, from St Petersburg—Nar-
cissus, from Gene—Hercules, from Quebec.
Arrived, Oct. 13.—Eliza Forbes, and Agneta, from Ar-
changel—Twelfth of Nay, from Nykiobing—Cheviot, from
Madras—Transatlantic, from Sydney.
Sailed, Oct. 12—Westmoreland, for Jamaica.
Sailed, Oct. 13—Dorothy, for Madras—Rio Grande, for
Jamaica—Reaper, fir Fayal—Helena, steamer, for Dieppe.

DEAL, Thursday Morning.
Passed—Teaser, for Buenos Ayres—Herroione' for San
Francisco-- Anne Catherine, for Cochin—all from London.
Min, from Foo-chow•Foo, for London—Lord Collingwood,
from Plymouth, for Newcastle—E. N. Stetson, from New
York, for London (in tow).

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1864. 1863.
Great Western 271,540 £64,281
North-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland
South Eastern
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire.. 37,300 34,074
Bristol and Exeter
North-Eastern 63,106 68,970
Manoheater, Sheffield, and Lincoln 19,322 17,807
great Eastern

These returns are generally of a very favourable
character. On the Great Western there is an in'
crease of £7,259 ; on the North Western of £9,955 ;
on the South Western of £2,695; on the Brighton
of £3,549 ; on the Midland of £6,147 ; on the
South Eastern of £4,649 ; on the Great Northern
of £4,529; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of
£3,226; on the Bristol and Exeter of £45; on the
North Eastern of £4,136; on the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,515; and on the
Great Eastern of £1,677.
The suspension has been announced of Messrs.
P. E. Bendir and Co., merchants and commission
agents, of Mark-lane. The books have been placed
in the hands of Mr. S. Lowell Pace, and the
liabilities are stated at £35,000.
STRANGE STORY.—A letter from St. Petersburg
mentions an extraordinary affair which lately ocd
curred in the town of Orel. A great local landowner had
a large sum (43,000 silver roubles) to receive through the
police-office of that town. On applying for the amount he
was told that the money could not be handed over to him
unless he presented the office with 5,000 silver roubles. He
refused, and immediately reported the case to St. Petersburg,
and the money was paid over to him. But on the evening of
the same day, as he was quietly smoking in his study, a loud
ring was heard at the bell. The servant on opening the door
was instantly pinioned, and 4 men, their faces covered with
black crape, rushed into the room. The landowner asked
them what they wanted ; they plainly told him he must
har..d over his 43,000 roubles. With the greatest coolness
ho went over to his strong box, opened it, seized a revolver,
which was laid on the Up shelf, and shot two of the rob-
bers dead, the other two immediately taking to their heels.
lio then sent for ashi.tance, the police, &c., end on the
cra«pe being removed from the faces of the dead men they
were recognised as the head of the police and his secretary.
Tine body of the former has been remird to Nice for in-
tertnent.
ixnE NIGER EXPEDITION.—Her Majesty's ship
Italtlesnake, Commodore A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., left
Logos, with the Investigator in tow, on the 26th, and arrived
off the mouth of the Niger on the evening of the 28th.
Thee final arrangements, such as coaling, provisioning, &c.,
bei:tig completed, the expedition crossed the bar and pro-
cei sled up the river at 1 p.m. to-day. lie object of the ex.
pe• 3ition is to reach Rabba, to carry presents to King Masaba,
to bring back Dr Bakie, and to take up Lieutenant Bour-
chi 1.1., 11—M.1,J., who takes Dr Bakie's place for the next
12 :months. The expedition is commanded by Lieutenant
C. G. F. Knowles, R.N.,
and consists of Lieutenant 11. S.
Sr I 'dye, Second Master J. P. M'Ewen, Surgeon E. Rake,
At I.3istant Surgeon It. Sweetman, and Assistant Paymaster
M shill Maxwell. The expedition is also accompanied Ly
B is hop Crowther and Mr Robins, an artist, who is travel-
li o f)r pleasure,