The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-26 00:00:00

00IIRSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening

Amsterdam
Ditto Short. 11 181 11 19
Rotterdam 3 Months. 12 i 12 1}
Antwerp — 12 I 12 14
25 ,s
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris — 13 92). 13 10
Short 25 20
Ditto 25 27*
3 Months. 25 45
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 45
120 k 25 50
121
Vienna — 11 lii
11 22
Trieste — 11 20 11 25

Petersburgh - 30} 30,E
Berlin
Madrid — 47/ 48
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Messina
Genoa — 25 57* 25 62*
Naples — 25 • 571- 25 62f
Palermo
Oporto — 51 511
4
Lisbon — 511 514

TIIE ATLANTIC CABLE.-IIALrFAx, Sept.
The British gun-boat Urgent, arrived at Halifax, reports
that she passed the place whore the Atlantic cable buoys
wero said to be locked, but saw nothing of them, and be-
lieves that they have drifted.

HIGH PRICES—The South Australian Assembly
have voted £5,000 to be used by the Government in tem-
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WHAT TO DO WITH SIX HUNDRED A YEAR.—I am
the victim of a noble discontent. lam an ambitious
man. Possessed of talents above the average, but rendered
infructuous through a certain difficulty of ascertaining in
what direction they lie, 1 find myself condemned to an in-
significance abhorrent to my soul. Were I rich, old fel-
low, all would be well. My abilities would at once com-
mand the respect they deserve. But here again I fail. I
have six hundred a year. Disgusting income ! Of all the
peddling little prizes in fortune's wheel, six hundred a year
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into it. In embracing solitude, I resign all the dreams of
love and ambition. I owe nothing. My very tailor is
paid. Disarmed, stingless, he melts into the common herd,
and is forgotten. My frame will be covered by two gowns
—my other needs by thirty pounds a year. The residue
of my property will accumulate, so as to form a fund which
after my decease, will be devoted to the outfit, biennially,
of six hermits, of disappointed views, but irreproachable
character. You will allow me to name you as one of the
trustees."—Dickens's "All the Year Round."
BRUTAL CONDUCT TO A HORSE.—At the Petty
sessions, Dunmow, yesterday, before Mr. J. M.
Wilson (chairman), Mr. E. Childs, Mr. J. W.Williams, and
the Rev. Mr. West, Wm. Laundrum and Charles Willis
were charged by the secretary to the Royal Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals with torturing a horse
on the 22d ult. Mr. Colam stated that on the said day the
defendants were engaged carting bricks near Felstead, and
in crossing a field the wheels of the cart got embedded in
loose earth, and the horse was unable to draw them out.
Annoyed by this the defendants lighted some straw and
I placed it under the belly of the horse, which though it
caused fearful injuries, failed to cause the poor animal to
move the load. Witnesses having deposed to the foregoing
facts, Mr. Young, veterinary surgeon, was called to prove
the extent of the injuries, and from his evidence it ap-
peared the wretched brute was covered with blisters over
the entire length of the belly, each of which measured the
size of a hen's egg, and the private parts were swollen to
five times their natural size. Mr. Colam having pressed for
heavy penalties, the chainnansaid there could be no excuse
for the brutality which had been proved. Even if the horse
had jibbed, as the defendants alleged, such horrible inhu-
manity could not be tolerated. Everyone knew that kind-
ness alone would cure jibbing. He should commit Laun-
drum, the elder defendant, to prison for three mouths hard
labour, and Willis (the youth) for ono month.
SEIZURE OF A LARGE QUANTITY OF AMMUNITION.
—On Sunday the steamer Collins, Capt. Williamson, ar-
rived in the Mersey from St. Naza,re. She was yesterday
seized by the Customs authorities because her manifest did
not include a large portion of her cargo. The search of the
officers resulted in the diScovery of 12C tons of shot and
shell, of which there was no mention made iu her papers.
She remains in the hands of the Customs authorities, who
j await Government instructions.