The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1863.

310NEY MARKE

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWELVE o'CLocx.
Bankers and bill-brokers are finding active em-
ployment for their available capital in the negotia-
tion of mercantile securities, for which 3i and 4
per cent continue the current terms. Affairs re-
main in precisely the same position, but there is
still an impression that they will assume an easier
aspect iu the course of a few weeks.
There was no alteration of importance in the
foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon.
The City of Baltimore has arrived from New
Yolk with 559,698.
The application list of the Colombian Loan will
be closed at 2 o'clock on Thursday next; the quo-
tation is Zto prem.
Amongst the many hotel companies which have
started into existence during the present year, that
which, without question, will find the largeet amount
of support is the Star and Gcrter Hotel Company,
Richmond, Surrey. The object of the company is
to purchase the interest of the present proprietors
of the world-famous hotel on the summit of Rich-
mond-hill, and to enlarge and otherwise improve the
property, so as to meet the increased and increas-
ing demand for hotel accommodation in one of the
most lovely spots in England. The property is to
be conveyed to the company as freehold, and con-
sequently will carry with it the goodwill business
and aristocratic connections which for years have
rendered the Star and Garter famous both at home
and abroad. Unlike most other companies, the
shareholders will not in this instance have to
wait for the erection and fitting up of the
building from which they hope to derive
their dividends, as the patronage at present
enjoyed by the proprietors of the Star and Garter
is quite sufficient to pay a handsome dividend upon
any capital invested. Another great feature in the
undertaking is that arrangements have been made
with one of the Messrs. Ellis to act as managing
director for two years, if it should be so required,
and also that the name of Mr. Staples, of the
Albion, Aldersgate-street, is to be found amongst
the directors. As we have before remarked, the
profits from the current business will allow of a
good dividend upon the proposed outlay; and it is
not too much to anticipate that, on the completion
of the contemplated alterations, the Star and Garter
Motel will be found to be about one of the best
constructed, best conducted, and most remunerative
Joint-stock companies of the year 1863.

Two O'CLOCK.

At Paris this day, according to Mr. Renter's tele-
the 3 per Cent. Rentes were at 67f. 70c.
Very dull.
There is some depression to-day in the market
for the English Funds, and business has been re-
markably dull. Consols are 93?,-, 8 for money, and
938 a for the account, showing a decline of per
cent. The New 3 per Cents. and Reduced Annui-
-lil,B are 91 92 ; Exchequer Bills par to 3s. prem. ;
India 6 per Cents. 1081 1; and the Enfaced do.,
107/ 3.
Increased depression prevails in the Foreign Mar-
ket to-day, a general decline having taken place,
and business is quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858,
are 70.1 e ; do., 1862, 711 ; do., Consolides, have de-
clined to 531 54; Mexican to 461 ; Greek to
376 38; do., Coapons, 18 I; Spanish Passive to
351; 36; do., Internal, to 3l ; (19., Certificates,
to 14 t, ; New Granada are 17g ; do., 2 per Cents.,
338 ; Russian, 932 ; Venezuelan, 61 1; Italian,
721 ; and the Confederate Loan, 31 to 29 dis.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have again been very limited, and prices have
exhibited a downward movement. Great Eastern
and North Western have declined 55., and British
and Exeter, and South Western, 10s. Lancashire
and Yorkshire, however, have advanced Ss., and
Metropolitan, 15s.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain
inactive at almost previous quotations.
Bank Shares continue in good demand, and in
moat instances exhibit increased firmness as regards
Prices.
In the Miscellaneous Market there is little
change to record. International Fintoacial are
quoted 101 ; Hudson Bay, 9a ; General Credit,
4i Si; and National Discount Co., 98 10.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
;lank Stock —
u Per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities
New
3 per Cent. Annuities
',ew 31 per Cent. Annuities
ew 21 per Cent. Annuities —
Per Cent. Annuities
40nuttics, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
India Stock —
Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl a 1
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 6 per Cent
Ditto 51 per Cent
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863
Ditto ditto April, 1864
Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO —
Ditto under £l,OOO
tank Stock for Account
n
'ousols for Account, Oct. 8..
India
Stock for Account, 5 per Cent —
4tchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2/ per Cent 2 3 pm par
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Atistrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. --
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 ner Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....-
Ditto 1843
,Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Account .. 93
Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.)
Chi ban 6 per Cent. —
Ditto 41 per Cent.
Aguish 4 per Cent., 1863
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825.. —
Dutch,.„ 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders
"(''quador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent —
Ditto Provisonal Land Warrant —
k'Vptian 7 pet Cent —
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons —
Ditto Account 3B/ 71
Ditto Coupons —
Ditto Account lB4 18
Italian 5 per Cent.(Mareuunitna Railway) 811
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
..
96 461 i i 51564 5:1 61
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent ........
New Grenada l7a 4
Ditto 2 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred M *
a i
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
l'errsian 3 per Cent.
liitto 41 per Cent., 1862 —
, Ditto Account
rortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Acc0unt........
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62
Ditto Account
41.188ian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Ditto 41 per Cent 1850..
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ..
llitto. 5 per Cent, 1862
'44rdtruan 5 per Cent ............ • •
Ditto Account ....................
Palish 3 per Cent
„ litho Account ............
Ditto New Deferred ................
Ditto Account —
Ditto Passive
(„Ditto Account
"IPanish Cert. of Coup not funded ..
1)44) Account l4 13 14
Urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 _l4l a 4
1,
Ditto Account..
i l)jtto 6 per Cent. 1858
Jitto Account • 701 4
Pitts, £l6O Bonds ,
P.'itto 6 per Cent. 1862
40 Account
Pitt() 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd —
v_uitto Guaratteed, 4 per Cent
mezuola 3 per Cent.
11)!t to Account
Ditto
6 per Cent., 1862
iiitto Account 6l 4 4
D)3ek.. Dividends on the above payable in London.
''l"' 41 per Cent. Ex. 25f. • _
bilt 21 per Cent., Ex., 12 Gull —
pr,, 0 4 per Cent. Certificates
14,;ne1l rtentes, 3 per Cent., Ex, 25f —
'l4ll 5 per Cent , 1861, Ex. 23 francs --
i3itto Account .
Czos, lloneY
THREE O'CLOCK.
931 a
Account ..... ... 93i 1'
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°ltTsmouTH, Tuesday, 6 p.m.—The weather has
moderated to-day, but several heavy squalls have pagsed
vv.er7 and
the air has been cold, but tempered at intervals
nil
sunshine. The barometer has stood at 29 deg. since 10
af
Ino,. Th' Proposed ascent of Mt. Convell in his balloon
01:,:" the North-end Gardens has been again postponed
usseldol
"ilti; to the direction of the wind—W.N.W.
At ri
Thil'is to ham just appeared Julius Tauseh's
W IShakespeare's i, As you Like It" (" Was ihr
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BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
;hart Closing ,
Railways Paul. Price. Business don,
_
100 Itlantie &St Lawrencr all 60 42 61 j 1
itk
Bom.,Baroda6c.Centlnc illls, 107 toN ICB 71
cent.
20 Do. New
20 Do. E. Shares. •71 14 111- P
zoi Buffalo and Lake Huron all 54 64 6
10
DioaPrerfaenret,B Preference
100
O p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1871
czeo 0..
rd. :01,1
8 9
, _
Bifllo,B
iOO Do. do. July 1, Ib7:- 100
100 ,)o. do. June 1, 1,.-; 100
st Cleutta.&S.Eastrr.;Ll, , 100 1071 1681
st Cape Town e•.. Dock Seri} 100 107 109 1081
stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. t 100 104 11u/ 110 91
stock East Indian. gm. sp. c. 100 108 2 9 1(8i a
20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 11 18P
20 Do. do. H do. _ 10 11 111,
stock Grand Trunk of Canada tuu 201 21
100 Do. Ist Prot. Bonds.. all %2 14
100 Do. uo. deterred...... all 59 01
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. all 66 48 67
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 51 63
23
21811, 1095
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock.., all 27 29 274
100100 Do.
do.3d lcieet fe. rsrtet .• aatil 367 11189 44
(4401 j
20 Do. New gua. 5p.0. • • 12 15 11
stockloo G dt deferred......
20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 15 pit I
stock Gt. South.of India (Lim;
.;uaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 1074
. 10 9? 8/
201 Gt. W. ot Canada Shares all iO4 ;0i
201 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 95 97 90
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 89 01
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 a p 25
stock Madras guar., SP.C. .. 100 107 8
stock Do. 11 p. o. Extension 100 1011 102
stock Dc. 4s d 0...... • . 100 18 HO
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 --
stock Melb.Coro. p. c. Bnd,. 100
50 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 67 08 675 7
100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Us. al,
20 Newßruuawick a Cana
Class A and B.
all 3 5
.N.ll.l.C'da6 pc Ist pl bdo 100 02 84
stoca Scinde (10u 107 108 1071
Do. Delhi
st " ( Do. do I 'lOO 107 108
20 Do. Punjaub e, all gyp,
sit Do. Do. •• •• ~q, luu 107 108
.rock Do. Endus.St. Flo.) 100 102 164
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
on. op.e.J.
- ;
1877-84
Do. op. c. Feb..; Aug lOU 101 ( 3
Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept lOU ;u1 tea
Do. p. c. Jan.&July. 100 91 03 91 1
Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 i 0 02
'Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,187 100 108 110
Do.Ap Oct.& 1881 100 112 114
I Do. 189( 100 113 115
Do, Jan. & July, 1891.. 10u 113 .115
Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p t 100 113 M
'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108
Natal Gov. 0 per cent_ DO 110 112
IN.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.(2,1u1) 100 LOO 102 1004
I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
- IN. S. W. G ov. 6 p 3.,18. 100 1004 1014
I Do. sp. 048,4 to Edl 100 1014 102.
I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 102 163 1024
- INew Zealand 6 p cent. 100 lit 113
INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
sterling, 1875..,.,,,, 10U 103 105
Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 ;;1 113
;6. Atis G6p.0.1678.45up.. 100 iII 113
Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.,l4Jul) 100 108 110
io 6D.0 An.,2oat lOO 314 11141 114
- - -
BRITISH NIIN ES.
2 i Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 I 1(1
I Gliiiord Amalgamated.. 33 55
:Devon G. Cons. (Tavist„ 1 555 605
I East Bassett (Illoganh. 30 81 63
1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. 5-d par
East Caradon 2B 29 284
East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 75 75
E. 1.5"1 Russel (Tavistk. I 8 6.6 35 31
Gatu.aSt.Aubyn(Gwen.j' (8 13 15
Great South Tolgus.... 178 45 43 45
G. Wheal Vor Rielston 40 9 10 94
Grenville .. • ......... 55 51
El erz...d's- Foot 8.12 18 10
Li ingston Downs 4. 8.0 2 21
- ; Lady Bertha ..... . ... 2.8 0
!Margaret (Coy Lelaut is/ 27 29
I M arke Valley.
4 31yudy Iron Ore (Lim 2: 14 2e.
New Seton
North Downs 24 11 2
-- N. 3Wti'i Basset (1110 4an 0.17.; 21 35
North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 4 41
Par Consols (St. Blazey I 14 4 5
20 Providence (Uny Lelnt., 10.0.7 12 44
South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 415 425
S. Carn Brea. (Illogan).. 5.15.0 14 2
= Wheal Fran. allogan, -AI 60 05
Stray Park .. . ... ... .. 28.9. 37 39
5 famarSilv.& Lead Kin. 44 t
fin Crott yl9l 201
West Basset (Illogan) ll 9 I°
W C. radon (Liskeard, 5 20 22
West Seton
Wheal Basset (11100-,an) 55 75 8.)
Wheal ltuller(ltedruth) 5 25 30
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6
WhealLudi ott ........ 2.10.8 21 3
Wheal Mary Ann Pen.) 8 9 11
Wheal 3eton 5Bl 210 220
- wheal Tretawney (Lis.)l 7 16 18
IWheal Union ' 3.17 25 35

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 112
Ditto, No. 2,110 i
Great aste, n, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 1304
Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1144 15 144
Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 percent. pm., 1074 04
Ditto, 44 per cent, red. at 10 per cent. pm., 130}
Ditto, 5 per cent., ditt 111
Great Western, 4 per cent. irred ,
Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 101
Midland 41 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 103

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. 13, 71
London, Brighton, &c., 44 per cent., 1853, 1024
Ditto, 861, 1021
North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 841
LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS.
Birkenhead, °Li
East Lin :oln, gua. 6 per cent.. 139
NorthLond non,:efsitlberun,
Tilbury, and Southend, 100
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and R'otterdam, 9R 4
Bahia and San Francisco (Wm) gua. 713": cent, 201 f
Belgian Eastern Junction. 11
D
N
BRaecniDite,
Ditto,
new,
Bee
enahoi sl
Rhenish,o tl Ayresi
u eGirorsi Southerne4Atir
e s,
ru a,.7( lira.) 34
(Treat Luxembourg, 144
per cent., 101
Sambre and Meus , 56 per cent. pf., 101
Franciscocu (lim.), gua, 7 per cent., 19
ew, 221
Turin and Savona, 3a).-7ipier cent., 9f
Western and North-Western of France, 214
FOREIGN MINES.
Alamillos, limited, 4
Copiapo. limited, 81
Linares, 68
St. John del Rey (lim.), 51
United Mexican 71
Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 21
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
&Mance Bank of London and Liverpool (lira.), 401 11 101
Ditto,, 191
Australasia, 83 21
Ditto, new, 4t 1 391
Bank of Wales, lim.,
Bankßank or
LQouneedno,,n, 1,,1n3d54(119.1),
154
is
CharteredßCßa'ntzrkit leoirfiidNaelpn: aiadrunZotfita- 3ndritiPortuguese,itasl, Australia, itu'r 'all China,
'ti ngl n
Chartered 'tier. of India, London, and China, es 707 g
City, 118
Consolidated Bank, lin 1
, 101 1 4
English and Irish (11w.), 1 101
HEningdiiussht,aSnc, chinaoiclf, a,nadnAduistpraalina(nllino, Chartered,2Biis24
Imperial Ottoman, Wail
London and Brazilian (aril, 5.1 te2,6511 501
1 50 1 501
LLondon Chartered
üßhu:rnteorseAd yrßeasl,lkanodt
Australia,River
London and County, 494 59
London and Northern (Rm.), Oi Pla
London and South African, 284
London and Westminster, 794 60
Mercantile and Exchange. Bin, ll
National of Liverpool. limited, 14'L 15
Oriental Bank Corporation, 61 60
Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.), 6i
South Australia,

JOINT-STOCK BAN KS —[Continued.]
Standard of British South Africa (limi), 231 2#
Ditto, new, ri
Union of Eng,land and France (lim.), OE9
Union of London, 40i

MISCELLANEOUS.
Berlin Water Works, lim.,
Ceylon Company, 51
Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 4
Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, R., 5 1
Great Ship (lim.),
Great Ship, Rm., 17i per cent. pf., 1
Hudson's Bay, s 1
Jointlnt k Discount,erusattoiconal fi'inan
7 i
ciallSociety, Bin., 101
London African Trading, 6 for money
London District Telegraph (1 m.), 11
London Financial Association, Um., In I
National Discount Company. lira., io
North British Australasian, 2 if
Oriental Inland Steam, lim., 31 1 a
Peel River Land and Mineral, 5u
Royal Mail Steam, 71 2

A Cumberland Wrestling Match.

Our earliest recollections of Cumberland:wrestling
(says a writer in the _London Review) recall the
famous champion, Richard Chapman, of Penrith;
his young and sometimes successful opponent, Wil-
liam Jackson, of Kinneyside ; George Donaldson,
the prince of light weights; the broad cheated and
sinewy Robert Gordon; Thomas Donaldson, of
Patterdale ; Isaac Woodend, John Selkirk, and
Isaac Hodgson. No doubt wrestlers of equal science
and stamina are to be found at the present day.
Bat a sketch of the ring when Chapman's fame was
at its zenith may be read with interest. Let us,
then, suppose the ring to be pitched in some pic-
turesque spot in Lake-land. The day is hot, and
the surrounding mountains present a hazy softness
of outline. Thirty thousand spectators might see
the sport from the rising ground which forms a
natural amphitheatre on all sides. About three
thousand people, mostly dalesmen, are in the booths,
and lounging about the large and well-kept ring.
The turf within the arena 'is soft, smooth, and
elastic. The lots are drawn for the first round for
wrestlers of any weight, in which not less than 124
men compete, It happens that in this round the
champion has to try a fall with a mere tyro in
the art. A well-set man in white begins to" peel,"
and all eyes are turned on Richard Chapman, of
Penrith, the hero of a hundred victories. He might
have stood to one of the ancient sculptors for a
youthful Hercules. In height he is about five feet
nine, his hair light-brown, his eye blue. His head
is not large but well set; his neck is of bull-like
strength. Those arms might have slain the
Nemsean lion, if such a beast infested our happy
land. Saw ye ever a leg so " clean," combining so
much muscular strength with so much activity P
The amateur is, perhaps, most struck with the back
and loins, which have a round and compact appear-
ance which seems to render a complete grasp or hold
exceedingly difficult, if not impossible.
The simple and rather loutish country-fellow
who has drawn the champion in the first round,
walks into the ring with a mien of composed
and decent despair. He has small affection
for his task, but there would be want
of pluck in succumbing even to this Iv-
doubtable opponent without trying a fall. The
novice does not even take off his coat. They stand
face to face and throw their arms around each other.
They soon have hold, and soon the yokel is lifted
off his feet by Chapman, in whose strong grasp he
shakes like a reed. Vain is the quivering of those
legs, for they may not touch the ground in the
descent of the uplifted man ; or, if they do, they
will be thrust from under him. He falls to the
ground heavily, with something of a thud, and then
picking himself up, walks sheepishly towards the
ring, to lose himself in the crowd. Roughish work
this, Master Richard Chapman I Thou haat a
giant's strength, and dost, indeed, use it like a
giant ! Surely, a less force would have sufficed
to make yonder novice measure his length on the
green turf. That fine, stout, good-humoured fel-
low, Selkirk, would have done his spiriting more
gently. So would the Uivirstone champion of last
year, sweet good-natured young William Jackson,
Gordon, too, the broad-chested and sinewy, would
have stolaed with his ear to the turf to break the
force of a yokel's fall.

Sometimes a picked wrestler may draw his match
in the first round, but when the ring is large it is
not until the third round that the weaker combatants
are weeded out. Then the interest becomes intense.

Two alone now remain to contend for the cham-
pion's belt—the redoubtable Chapman and young
Will Jackson, who last year, at the Flan sports,
floored Chapman and soma of the oldest and best
wrestlers. He is very young—much younger than
ho appears. His frame is that of a man of twenty-
eight or thirty, but he is said to be only eighteen.
He stands 6 feet 1 inch. He has great breadth of
shoulders, and a thin waist. He moves with care-
less and unconscious grace. Among a number of
cheerful, good-humoured young dalesmen, he is the
most prepossessing and best-natured. The enthu-
siasm in his favour mounts to fever-heat as the two
men approach each other. They are well contrasted.
Chapman's physique is more consolidated ; and the
coolness and confidence of long experience give him
an advantage which the greater height of Jackson
appears by no means to counterbalance. Before
they take hold, Chapman throws open his shirt, and
displays a chest covered with folds and lines of flesh
and sinew such as are seen in old statues of the
" father of godsend men." The champion's friends
say, indeed, that he has too much flesh upon
him, which seems to be true. The younker is a
good deal distressed by his six previous encounters
with very tough wrestlers, and Chapman throws him
very cleverly. Jackson seems a good deal dispirited
at the loss of the first fall, but he comes bravely to
the scratch. After a good deal of delay in taking
hold, the young wrestler, by a prodigious effort, and
without himself falling, throws Chapman fairly on
his back and along his full length. The shouts are
deafening, and the hopes of Jackson's friends revive.

Wrestling, like everything else, has its light and
shade. The uninitiated may not be aware that
taking hold—" takin' baud," in the Cumberland
dialect—is more than halt the battle; and the delay
which sometimes takes place between first-rate
wrestlers, before this important preliminary can be
adjusted, occasionally detracts from the pleasure of
a great match. In the third fall, which is to deter-
mine the championship, caution becomes the order
of the day, and is carried perhaps to an unfair and
vexatious point by the older wrestler. Jackson is
evidently at'raid of his opponent; and Chapman has
just had such a taste of Jackson's gripe and
length of reach, that ho is determined to have the
superiority of the hold, if he must wait all day for
it. The patience of a wrestling ring is shown in
waiting nearly an hour while the combatants ad-
just their hold for this last fall. Jackson complains
that Chapman will not take a fair hold, and certes
the Patterdale hero seems to insist upon such a
grasp as leaves his taller opponent the least possible
play of his anus. Jackson at length putts on his
coat, and declares that he will not wrestle with
Chapman.
.He is persuaded by the judges to make
another trial, but with no better success. All this
time Jackson is getting weaker, for the process of
taking hold is more exhausting than it would ap-
pear to thecasualobserver. Refreshment in the way
of drink is frequently brought to the combatants
while thus employed, and a good deal of laughter is
occasioned by Jackson's nonchalance in leaving his
antagonist to go and eat a pie at the booth. The
pie is eaten and Jackson returns. There is reason
to think that Cnapman's "little game" has succeeded
—that Jackson has lost patience and is reckless.
They pass their arms over each other's back, and
now they have hold ! They instantly start into a
state of intense muscular activity—always an attrac
tive sight even in the lower animals. It is this
which gives its fascination to a dog-fight, a coursing
match, or a horse-race. In the present case the
element of human interest comes in, and gives an
additional charm to the contest. They endeavour
by turns to lilt, to trip, and to topple each other
o‘er. A gallant struggle takes place, but Chapman
has the best " hand," and, when both parties have
hold, neither is allowed to relinquish it, but must
stand or fall by the strength of his grip. This trial
is the best of three falls, and Chapman, having won
the first and third, is declared the winner of the
silver cup.

The " royal burgh of Linlithgow, as a body cor-
porate and politic," appears iu the list of bankrupts pub-
lished in the last Edinburgh Gazette.

METAL COFFINS.--A contemporary, in speaking
of a newly-invented "metallic burial ease," says it is fast
coming into fashion, and is highly recommended by those
who have used it

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,--This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Byles.)
CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.
The trial of Sarah Emily Mitchell, who was indicted for
the wilful murder of her infant child, was, on the applica-
tion of Mr. Clarke, postponed till next session.

BURGLARY.
John Williams pleaded guilty to an indictment charging
him with burglary.
It appeared that the prisoner had been discovered in the
house of Mr, Ferris, at Islington, about two o'clock in the
morning, and a quantity of property had been made up for
removal but not taken away.
Nothing was known of the prisoner by the police.
Mr. Justice Byles said there were circumstances con-
nected with this case which differed from those generally
before the court. Tinder all the circumstances, he should
sentence the prisoner to six months' imprisonment with
bald labour.

[On hearing the sentence, a person in the court gave a
sort of low whistle to attract the attention of the prisoner,
and then hurriedly left the court, exclaiming, "Good-bye,
Jack!"]

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE CHARGE OF ENLISTING FOR THE POLES.

Alfred Styles surrendered to his bail to answer the charge
of having induced one John Gregory to enlist as a soldier
for a foreign Power (to wit, Poland), without the leave and
license of her Majesty the Queen.

Mr. Poland appeared for the Russian Government, and
Mr. Gifford for the defendant.

The Clerk of Arraigns—;Having heard the charge against
you, how do you plead ?

Defendant, in a firm voice—Guilty.

Mr. Poland said he had been instructed in the present
case to prosecute on the part of the Russian Government.
The defendant, it became known, had engaged offices in
Buckingham-street, Strand, for the purpose of enlisting
young men to proceed to Poland and take part there in
opposing the Russian Government. fhe manner in which
he proceeded was shortly as follows:—He caused an adver-
tisement to be inserted in one of the daily papers, offering
employment to young men. Of course such an announce-
ment attracted general attention, and when the applicants
for employment went to the 'dice they became aware
that the object of the advertisement was to ob-
tain soldiers for Poland. Amongst the applicants
were two persons who, on becoming aware of the
object of the defendant, immediately communicated with
the Russian consul, and an application was made to a
magistrate to grant a warrant for the apprehension of the
defendant for an infringement of the Act of Parliament.
On the officer proceeding to Buckingham-street he found
the defendant in the office, with a book before him, from
which it appeared that he had obtained about 250 persons
to join. On being informed by the officer that he held a
warrant for his apprehension, the defendant replied that he
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he would give it
up. The whole of the books, papers, Sr,c., found at his
office were taken possession of, and after an examination
at Bow-street police-court he was committed for trial, On
behalf of the Russian Government, if it met with the sanc-
tion of the court, he proposed that the defendant should be
called upon to enter into recognisances to appear when called
upon for judgment, but if he did not continue his enlisting
he would hear no more of the matter.

Mr. Giffard said he had simply to say that his client en-
listed these persons under the impression that he was not
transgressing the law. He had held a commission in her
Majesty's service, and also in that of General Garibaldi,
and believing the cause of Poland a good one, and that he
was guilty of no moral wrong in supporting it, he felt so
interested that he bad no hesitation in perilling his life in'
the enterprise. It was true he was morally wrong in
acting contrary to the law ; but it might be a question
whether he had committed a crima.

The Recorder said it was desirable that the law on the
point should be generally known, and this case would have
the effect of making it so. The defendant, therefore, would
have to enter into his own recognisances in the sum of £lOO
to appear for judgment when called upon.

The necessary arrangements having been made, the de-
fendant quitted the court with his friends.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
THE SCENE BETWEEN THE COMMON SERGEANT AND MR.

RIBTON.

In the course of the trial, yesterday evening, of Flynn,
Cassidy, and Miles, for wilfully assaulting George Smith of
the It division of police in the execution of his duty, when
Mr. Ribtou was addressing the jury for the prisoner Flynn
in rather a loud tone, the Common Sergeant interrupted
him, on the ground that the unseemly and loud voice
in which the counsel was speaking could be heard outside
the court by the witnesses or the prisoners who had not
then been examined. Upon this a very angry discussion
arose, and the Common Sergeant ultimately refused to
hear anything urther from Mr. Itibton, and suddenly ad-
journed the court.

This morning the prisoners were again placed at the bar.
Mr. ltibton, in addressing the court, said he hoped his
lordship would allow him before the business proceeded to
make a few observations in reference to that which
took place yestei day, and, in the first instance, he
had to say that he never had any intention to say any-
thing disrespectful to the learned judge, but in justice to
himself he was bound to say that in the whole course of
the proceeding there was no intention in the slightest de-
gree to say anything which could be personally unpleasant.
As far as regarded other matters, he begged to repeat that
he was instructed by one of the most respectable attorneys
in Woolwich, and from these instructions he be-
lieved he had a substantive answer to the charge,
and he entirely was led into some excitement in the
mode of addressing the jury and might have been betrayed
into using language that might savour of being disrespect-
ful to the Court. He could assure his lordship that it was
not his intention to have said anything personally offensive,
and he trusted that the present explanation would be
deemed satisfactory.
The Common Sergeant said he was quite satisfied with
the explanation, as it was the tone of voice rather than the
observation which appeared disrespectful.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

THE HAYMARKET.—ALLEGED A SSAULT.—Catherine
Willis, a smartly dressed young female, was charged before
Mr. Knox with assaulting Mr. Albert Herbert Lewis, sur-
geon, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, but staying at present
at 20, Newman-street, Oxford-street,
The complainant said—l was in the Haymarket last
night. Ido not know what time it was, but I think it was
half•past one, when the defendant scratched my face. I
met her at Bignell's, a place where, when I was a student, I
was in the habit of visiting. She said she knew me. She
annoyed my friend, and I rent my friend horn in a cab,
and then she scratched my face.
Mr. Knox—Had you been drinking ?
Complainant—Oh, I was not drunk.
Defendant—Did you not strike me?
Complainant—No.

Benjamin Jeffrey, 201 C, said—About three this morning
I heard a female calling " Police," and the complainant
said he hqd been assaulted, and seeing marks on his face I
took the defendant into custody.
Complainant—Oh, look at my pocket handkerchief.
Defendant—He struck me twice, and I called for the
police.
Mr. Knox—lt certainly strikes me as remarkable if the
defendant had not been struck, that she could call for the
police. I think, Mr. Lewis, that now you are no longer a
student you had better keep from the Haymarket. I think
you brought it all on yourself, and that you did strike the
young woman, and I shall, therefore, discharge her.
SYSTEMATIC THIEVES.—A THIEVING FAMILY.—Mary
Ann Larkin and Caroline Larkin, sisters, the latter only
having come out of prison yesterday morning, were charged
before Mr. Knox with stealing a shawl of the value of 16s.
from the shop of Mr. Fred. Augustus Penny, linendraper,
10 and 11, Walker's-court, Soho, and a piece of cotton
print, of the value of 4s. 6c1., from the shop of Mr. James
Horne, linendraper, 5, Little Pulteney-street, Soho.
Elizabeth Jane Bowen, assistant to Mr. Penny, deposed
that, about one o'clock yesterday, she saw the two prisoners
in the lobby of the shop. The prisoners left, and she
went upstairs, and on her return to the shop, in
about twenty minutes, the prisoners came back again, at the
same time a woman entering the shop and asking to be
shown a bonnet. While showing the woman the bonnet
she observed the prisoner Caroline take down a black and
white shepherd's plaid shawl of the value of 165., and on
her (witness) going for assistance they got away. As the
woman bargaining about the bonnet denied all knowledge
of the prisoner she was allowed to go. Last evening about
8 o'clock she was called to the shop of Mr. Horne, and saw
the prisoners, and identified them as the women who stole
the shawl from her employer's shop.
John Henry Somers, assistant to Mr. Horne, said that
having been informed yesterday evening about half-past 7
that a female had taken a piece of cotton print, he went in
search of her, and had nearly given up the search when a
boy informed him that Mary Ann Larkin had the print
under her shawl, and on going out he secured her, took it
from her, and took her into the shop. The prisoner Caro-
line then bounced in, and said, "Oh my dear sister 1 She
did not steal it; I stole it." A crowd collected, and in con-
sequence information got to Mr. Penny's assistant, and on
her arriving she identified the women as those who had
taken her shawl, and they were then given into custody.
Charles Palmer, a boy, living in Hopkins-street, proved
seeing the prisoners and another woman talking together,
and seeing the print under Mary Anne Larkin's arm. He
gave information to the witness Somers.
Patrick Winter, 321 A, proved taking the prisoners into
custody, and said that the prisoner Caroline had a fit and
was obliged to be taken to the workhouse. The prisoner
Caroline said her sister knew nothing about the print.
Mr. Knox—And yet it was found under her shawl?
Sergeant Brown, 5 C, said the prisoner Caroline was com-
mitted on the 29th of July last for two months for stealing
69 yards of print from Mr. Home's shop, and only came
out yesterday. They belonged to a thieving family.
Committed for trial.