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The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-07

T DEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW
• ROOMS.
16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITEC [LAPEL,
Five Minutes' walk from their Late Establishment
147, HOUNDSDITCH. ,

CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs,
for the Dining and Drawing-room, either for
Gas or Candle.

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T DEFRIES and -
SONS, 16 and 17
ti • COMMILRCIAL-STREET.
London, England, 1865-09-07

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.-
Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS,
80, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, opposite
charing-cross Itailwa.y Station. Established 1830. Artificial
eei h made with their patented advantages are fitted with-
cut the least inconvenience, however tender the mouth, sup-
porting and strengthening loose and sensitive teeth until
llivy become uFeful in mastication. Their resemblance to
nature is perfect and undetectable, and they are guaranteed
for all purposes of mastication and articulation. Operations
sit every kind tieing unnecessary, the most nervous patient
can be supplied wi hout fear of pain or inconvenience. Con-
fultation iree. Teeth from ss. Sets, 5,7, 10, and 15
;guineas, warranted. For the efficacy, utility, and success
Of this system, vide " Lancet.''
Daily attendance at 1:i, Whitefriargato, Hull; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield ; 4, East-para•_e, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas-
suet t, Searbro'.
***l\ o connection with any one of the same rime.
London, England, 1865-09-07

Demy 4t0., cloth, price 7s. ed.,
111 HE PSYCHONOMY of the HAND ;
JIL or, the Hand an Index of Mental Development.
London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C.

GLASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and
CHANDELIER SHOW ROOMS.
Notice of Removal in consequence of the late Fire.
London, England, 1865-09-07

-This day. 1 POLICE IN

SHARE

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Share/ Railways. I Paid.l CAeing Business

\Vol„ Val

Blyth and. Tyne
Bristol and Exeter
)aledonian
'..ork and Bandon
Corn wall
A gets no div
flo,: ABtill6p.c.p.an.has
been paid to B
Dublin & Belfast June.
Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc.
Edinburgh & Glasgow
:;Ilasgow & S. Western
Great Eastern, Ord. stk.
Do. IlAngl. st. No. 2
Great North of Scotland
.ireat Northern
DJ. A stock
Do. B lo
Do. New, is. at 25 pm
Gt S. and W. of Ireland
Gt. Western
. S. Val. Bail gua.
Do. South Wales
Do. W. Mid.—Oxford
Do. Newport
I)o. Hereford
Lane shire & Yorkshire
Lmdon and Blackwall
Lon., Brigh., & S Coast.
Lon., Chat., and Dover
Lon. & North Western
Lon. & South Western
Man., Shef., & Lincoln
Maryport and Carlisle
Do. shares
Metropolitan
Do. New
Midiand
Do, Birmin.. & Derby
Mid. Gt. W., Ireland

Do. i sharei
►lid Kent ...

INorth_British

Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun.
Nth. Eastern Berwick'
Do. G.N•E purchase
Do. Leeds
Do. York
Do. Carlisle .....
Do. Stock. & Darling.
De. do. 1855-58
Do. do. 1860-61
North London
Do. New

Do. do. 18e4 ...
North Staffordshire
N. & S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Scot. N. E ,Aber. stock
o. Scot, Mid. stick
Shrews & welchpool
Shropshire Union
South Devon
south li,stern .

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Waterford & Kilkenny
West Cornw
VV.Hartlepool Har.& lt
Do. A irredeemable
Do. A. redeemable
London, England, 1865-09-07

Births.

NEWNTIAM.—On the 36th inst., at the British Consulate,
a
Mrs. Newnham, of a son.
RAyNsponEs.—On the 10th July, at Bangalore, the wife Amsterdam,
Captain Raynsford, Madras Staff Corps, of a daughter.
SIMoND.—On the sth inst., at 6, Porehester-square, the WO?
of F. F. Simond, Esq., of a SOIL
SUCHE.—On the 6th inst., at 43, Princes-square, BeYP
water, the wife of Joseph Suche, Esq., of a son.

Marriages.
CRANNELL—Wvarniram.—On the sth inst., at the erisil..,„
church, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, Arthur Moseley ull'1;
nen, Esq., M A:, of Trin. Col. Cam. Cam , and of the Unit
Temple, barrister-at-law, onl; son of the Hon. Sir w "'•
Fry Channeli, one of the Barons of the Court of Ezell
quer, to Beatrice Ernestine, third surviving daughter
Alex Wadham Wyndham, Esq., of West Lodge, Blau
ford, Dorset, and Borrishoole, co. Mayo, Ireland
John
the the 4th inst., at St. Jous
f
the Evangelist, Westminster, Mr. Charles R. Wright, °A
Westminster and Kennington, to Cecilia Eliza, Won'
daughter of the late Mr. Wellbeloved, of Deptford.
London, England, 1865-09-07

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
LEICESTER RACES—Tars DAY.

TOWN PLATE,

Alice Lee
Overture
Rose
Nine ran.
SKEFFINGTON PARK STAKES
Honeymoon
Novice
Catapults
Four ran.
LEICESTERSHIRE HANDICAP.

-
Lizard
Grace Darling 2
Four ran.
SELLING PLATE.
Vicksburg came in alone.
COUNTY CUP STAKES.
Charming Woman
Threadbare

SCURRY HANDICAP.

Prescription
Wild Thyme
Novice .......
:;
, Six ran.

DOVER RACES—Tais DAY.

LADIES' PLATE.

Maid of Usk
Duchess St. Albans

1

Domino

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TOWNPLATE: ........................
3

Burney
1
Gibraltar
..................... 2
Triumpher ........................................................... . 3
MEMBERS' PL AT E.

Troublesome ..................... 1
Land of the West
London, England, 1865-09-07

Railway Traffic Returns. for the Week,

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

1865. 1864
Great Western £78,174 £76,770
North Western 122,432 117,251
South-Western
... 32,019 27,938
Brighton 26,264 24,149
Midland ... ... 55, 042 52,147
South Eastern ... 33,657 31,661
Great Northern 37,972 36,011
Lancashire and Yorkshire 44,988 43,387
Bristol and Exeter ... 7,912 7,654
North Eastern 74,219 71,249
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 19,729 17,965
Groat Eastern
... 35,070 32,586
These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are generally of
a satisfactory character. On the Great Western
there is an increase of £1,404 ; on the North 'Wes-
tern of £5,181 ; on the South Western of £4,081; on
Brighton of £2,115 ; on the Midland of £2,895 ; on
the South Eastern of £2,006 ; on the Great Northern
of £1,961 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of
£1,601; on the Bristol and Exeter of £258 ; on the
North Eastern "of £2,970 ; on the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,764 ; and on the Great
Eastern of £2,484.
London, England, 1865-09-07

Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.

A Single Truss, 188., 210., 28s. 6d., and 318.6 d. Postage, ls.
& Double Truss, 310. Bd., 425., and 620. 6d. Postage, 18 Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d.

Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
office, Piccadilly.
NEW PATENT
ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &c, for Varicose Veins and all oases of
'Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Ac. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. bd., 10s., to les.
each. Postage 6d.

JOHN WHITE. Manufacturor, 22R. Plocadillv.
London, England, 1865-09-07

FOREIGN MINES,

Cape Copper, lim., 11
Port Philip, If
United Mexican, lim., 3
Washoe Gold, Um.,
Ditto, (£3), 7i

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DOCKS.
London and St. Katharine, 78

BANKS.

lim., 32/ 12
Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of Which 20 is paid., 261 52
Anglo Austrian. 71
Bank of Queensland, lim, 191
Bank of New Zealand, 161
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 271
Chartered Fier. of India, London. and China, 601
Consolidated Bank, Urn.. 101
European Bank, lim., 121
Hindustan. China, and Japan,
Ditto, issued at 2 pm.,
Ditto, new, 152
Imperial Ottoman, 163
London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 182
London and County, 78
London Joint Stook, 50
London and South African, 192
London and 1% estmineter, 962
Oriental Bat= Corporation. 53
Standard of British South Africa, 16
Union of London, 541 4

MISCELLANEOUS.
Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 24 2.
Australian Agricultural, 154
Ceylon Company, 104
City of London Real Property, lira., 44
City Offices, lint, 54
Company of African Merchants, lira., 24
Credit Fonder and Mobilier of Englanu, of 9 I
Egyptian Com and Trading, lim., 34
Fairb drn Engineering, t 4
Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 94
Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Ilm., 6
Hudson's Bay, 161 10
Ilumber Iron Works, 44
Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 74 7
International Financial society, Rm., 64
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), -
Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 844 54
Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 94 9
London Financial Association. lim., 234 I I
London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Ship, lira., 5 61
dras Irrigation and Canal, 14
Ditto (all), 19
Merchant Shipping, lim., 64
Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, lim.,
National Discount t ompany, lira.. 114
Overend, Gurney, and Co. lim., ICI
Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lien.,
Ditto (all), 44
Rhymney Iron, 2 84
Ditto. new, 8
Rio de Janeiro Gas, 204
Smith, Knight, and Co., Km, 74
rinidad Petroleum, Um., 44 5
Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., 24
Uniyeroal Marine, Insurance, Um., si
London, England, 1865-09-07

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
TirFE: Its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena,
By LEO H. GRINDON.

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London, England, 1865-09-07

SUFFOLK.

The disease still prevails with severity in the neigh-
bourhood of Melford, upwards of 40 beasts having
been slaughtered under the direction of Mr. Hutton,
local inspector, while a considerable number have
died. Lime has been strewed about, and tar has
been sprinkled in different places, while tar fires are
constantly kept burning. A Mrs. Coe has lost 24
beasts, while several other persons have also been
heavy losers.

SOUTH WALES.

The disease has made its appearance in the neigh-
bourhood of Caerphilly and other localities, but only
a few cases have as yet been reported.

LIVERPOOL.

The Liverpool Town Council yesterday confirmed
the action adopted by the health committee, after
visiting the metropolis. The proceedings confirmed
were :—First the appointment of two inspectors, one
for the cattle landed at the docks, and the other for
the cattle market, and of Mr. Heyes, veterinary sur-
geon, to assist the inspectors where necessary ;
secondly, the providing temporary sheds near the
docks and markets to receive diseased cattle, there
to he slaughtered, and the carcases anointed with
carbolic acid to prevent the possibility of their being
sold for food ; and, thirdly, the systematic inspection
of cowhouses by the heave-lookers and insistence
upon extreme cleanliness.

LORD PALMERSTON'S VISIT TO BRISTOL.—The
mayor (Mr. W. Naish) has received an autograph
letter from Lord Palmerston, of which the following is a
copy :—" Brocket Hall, 3d Sept., 1865. Sir,—l have many
apologies to make to you for not having sooner acknow-
ledged your obliging invitation for the 19th of this month,
your letter having by some unfortunate accident been
mislaid; but I shall feel great pleasure in accepting your
invitation for that day.—l am, sir, yours faithfully,
Palmerston. The mayor of Bristol." His wcrship received
a telegram from Mr. Berkeley on Saturday night, notifying
that his lordship had accepted the invitation. On Monday
a trades' deputation waited upon the mayor at the Council
house, to inquire whether, on the occasion of Lord Pal-
merston's visit to Bristol, his worship would recommend
the day to be kept as a public holiday. His worship, in
reply, said ho should act in the same manner as ho did at
the opening of the Suspension-bridge, viz., solicit his
fellow-citizens to make the day a general holiday. He
thought there was no doubt all classes would join together
to give a very hearty welcome to such a popular statesman
as Lcrd Palmerston.

BISHOP AlONRAD.—lntelligence from Copenhagen
states that Bishop 3fonrad, thePrtemi:epr oefntmhaerlk duringate llinistz
recent ,
whoP
war, has
iaYeciso prominent a part
quitted his native country, and emigrated,
with his wife 444 family, to Now Zealand.
London, England, 1865-09-07

kinds of literature, I take it that works of fiction are those
among which the greatest and most marked improvement
has taken place, and in their way they may be as useful as
works of a higher character. Well, then, do not let us
grudge amusement to those who go there solely for that
purpose ; let us be satisfied if it is harmless, and harmless
in 999 cases out of a thousand we may be assured it will
be. Life to many is a somewhat tame and dull affair, and
with our English climate and character we are all the
better for every little bit of sunshine, moral or mate-
rial, that we can get. (Applause.) I have now said all
that I have to say, and it only remains for me to congratu-
late you on this great undertaking, to congratulate you on
the ample accommodation and noble appearance of this
building, and I hope the Birmingham Free Library may
continue as successfully as it has begun. (Applause.)
The meeting was subsequently addressed by the Rev.
Dr. Millar, Mr. George Dawson, and other gentlemen, and
the Mayor having declared amidst hearty cheers the
"Central Reference Free Library open to the public of Bir-
mingham for ever," the proceedings terminated.

Romantic Elopement of a Young Lady with
Her Groom.

At the Wandsworth Police-court, yesterday, Geo. Smith,
aged 18 years, of short stature, who had a very boyish ap-
pearance, was placed in the dock before Mr. Ingham,
charged with the abduction of a young lady named Crosse,
and also with robbery, under the following circumstances :
The Rev'.3llobert Crosse, rector of Oakham, said his
daughter's name was Alice Caroline, and she was 20 years
of age in June last. She had been living with him until the
night, or strictly speaking the morning of the 26th ult.
He missed her from the house. He knew the prisoner. He
had been groom and general servant in his house. He had
sent him away on the Thursday previously. Witness re-
cognised a box and articles in prisoner's possession when
arrested as belonging to his daughter.
Mr. Ingham inquired whether any property was found
but what was expressly purchased for his daughter.
The witness said that some of the articles were not
purchased for his daughter. Some of them belonged to
her mother.
Mr. Ingham said he would pass off from that part of the
case, as it was not necessary to go into the one of robbery
at present.
The witness was then questioned with reference to pro-
perty vested in his daughter. He said that on her coming
of age she would be entitled to a moiety of about £2,600,
also to further prospects on the death of her mother and
himself.
London, England, 1865-09-07

ESSEX.

The disease has appeared in the Stratford dis-
trict, and one co wkeeper has lost 17 cows. Three
cows belonging to Mr. Jesse Chalice, of Berners
Roding, in the Ungar district, were attacked ; one
was cured, but two died. The disease does not ap-
pear, however, to be making any very decided pro-
gress in Essex.
London, England, 1865-09-07

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THE QUEEN AT COBURG.

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THE ROSENAU, COBURG, Sept. 4.
The Duke and Duchess of Coburg and Prince
Alfred dined with the Queen on Saturday.
Her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Coburg, Princess Helena, and Princess
Louise, attended Divine service yesterday morning
at the parish church at Oeslau.

Return of the Queen from Germany.
WOOLWICH, Sept. 6.
An official intimation was this day received by the
authorities at Woolwich to the effect that her Ma-
jesty, with the Royal Family and suite, will disem-
bark at the Royal Arsenal T pier, on Friday after-
noon next at 2 o'clock, on their return from the
Continent ; and it is also directed that the arrange-
ments shall be' carried out in a strictly pri-
vate manner. In accordance with this direc-
tion the public will not be admitted to the Royal
Arsenal, as on the occasion of her Majesty's
recent embarkation ; and the space near the
pier available for the accommodation of visitors
will be occupied by a very select party, consisting
chiefly of the heads of the several departments and
their families. Royal salutes, guard of honour, and
military bands will be dispensed with. The pier
and its ;approaches are now being fitted up in the
usual decorative manner under the direction of Cap-
tain Gordon, chief military storekeeper; and the
disembarkation will be superintended by Commo-
dore Hugh Dunlop, C. 8., as flag-officer of the port.
The royal train will leave the foot of the pier and
proceed direct to London by the North Kent line of
railway, under the care of the officials of the South-
Eastern Railway Company, who have been engaged.
during the week in superintending certain altera-
tions and improvements in the branch line which
connects the Royal Arsenal with the Plumstead
Station. Relays of workmen are now employed
night and day in laying down new sleepers, and re-
constructing in a safe manner a considerable por-
tion of the line, which was previously from long
disuse and neglect in a very unsatisfactory condition.
London, England, 1865-09-07

The Design for the French Exhibition.

(From the Building News.)
A great deal of feeling has been excited by the
assertions, so confidently made in some journals,
that the French authorities had plagiarised the idea
of Messrs. Maw and Payne with regard to the plan
on which the building for the Exhibition of 1867
was to be arranged. We have lately inspected cer-
tain documents, of the most authentic nature, which
convince us that the claims of Messrs. Maw and
Payne to the priority of invention cannot be sus-
tained ; and the publication of the answer to the
French Commissioners to the accusation is so conclu-
sive that we feel bound to record their rejoinder. It
appears that Messrs. Maw and Payne inserted, in the
pages of a professional contemporary, a design for
a national exhibition, in the month of February,
1861, in which they proposed that the various
articles should be exposed concentrically in the order
of their nature, but radially in the order of their
nationality, so that if any person were desirous of
studying the productions of a peculiar kind that
might be made, or grown, in various localities, he
would be able to do so with ease, by following the
arrangement round the building ; but if he desired
to study the national productions in all their
varieties he would only have to follow up the arrange-
ment that would radiate from the centre. This idea
was:very ingenious ; but before the French authorities
can be accused of plagiarism on account of their
availing themselves of it, it would be necessary to
discover to whom the merit of originating the idea
was justly due. Now, we find in the report on the
French Exhibition in 1855,which was published under
the sanction of Prince Napoleon, that the arrange-
ment in question was detailed in precise terms. It
follows therefore that the priority of Frenchmen to
the invention of this arrangement cannot admit of a
doubt, for they had published, six years before
Messrs. Maw and Payne had inserted their project in
the columns of our contemporary, .the identical
scheme for effecting the same object. The question
arises whether Messrs. Maw and Payne may not
have had the idea, which they claim to have dis-
covered, independently of the French authors ; but
this would not in any way prevent the latter gentle-
men from being entitled to make use of their inven-
tion which had been before the world for so long a
time previously. The French had, in fact, made
the idea their own by the publication of their report
in the year 1855 ; Messrs. Maw and Payne had not
published their views upon the matter until 1861,
and the simple juxtaposition of dates will be suffi-
cient to destroy their claims to the merit of having
originated the idea.

THE CHARGE OF DROWNING AGAINST GLASGOW
POLICEMEN.—On Tuesday Robert Sinclair and Roderick
M'Lachlan, the two policemen apprehended on a charge of
having been concerned in drowning a lad named James
Broadfoot in the Forth and Clyde Canal on the 25th ult.,
Were committed for trial on a charge of murder.
London, England, 1865-09-07

COUNTRY MARKETS

LYNN-TUESDAY.

A fair show of new wheat, for which the demand W
slow at a reduction of 2s to 3s per qr. uponl last week's
rates. One or two samples of old wheat sold at is to 2°
per qr. less money, according to their freshness. Sprlns
corn fully maintained last week's prices.
New wheat, 44e.t0 52s ; new red, 42s to 44s ; old white,
48s to 52s ; old red, 47s to 48s per 36 stone. Barley for
malting, 28s to 325; secondary, 30s; ordinary, 24s to 260
per qr. Oats, 22s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, large, 3811
to 40s ; small, 42s to 44s per 38 stone.

MELTON MO W BRAY.—TrE§DAY.
White wheat, 44s to 53s ; red, 388 to 49s per 36 stone.
Barley for malting, 338 to 35s per qr; feed, 28s to 305 per
30 stone. Oats 27s to 30s. Beans, old, 43s to 455; news
40s to —s per qr.
London, England, 1865-09-07

HAY MARKETS

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 Os; clover,
.£5 to 47 ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade
steady.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 2s 6d; clover,
.£5 5s to £7 Os; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. A
fair demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 15s to £6 Os; clover,
£5 Os to £7 Os ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s -1) er load.
Trade firm.

EXECUTION IN IRELAND.—TULLAMORE, Wed-
nesday.—King was executed for the murder of Lieutenant
Clutterbuck at halt-past seven this morning. He confessed
his guilt and went to the gallows firmly. He struggled for
five minutes, and apparently died in great agony.
THE MOTHERS OF ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.—
Who are the mothers of these little ones ? Let us
see. According to the last census there were in England
and Wales about 1,000,000 female servants, and nearly
300,000 dressmakers ; and though we would rather not tell
the truth, yet duty compels us to confess that it is in this
large class that the seducer finds his most easy prey. Most
women desire to get married; it is their natural, as it is a
most honourable estate ; and here we have 1,300,000.gir1s
of a marriageable age exposed to the snares of the human,
or rather inhuman, fowler. The wonder is not that they
are here and there seduced, but that the chastity of the
class is so generally preserved. But let one of the frail
ones yield to the allurements of the tempter ; let her listen
to the voice of the false charmer; let her become a mother,
and what is her condition ? Helpless is not the word, nor
hopeless either ; she finds herself cruelly stabbed and
wounded in her tenderest feelings. Her honour has been
outraged; her dearest affections blasted. She has become
the victim of treachery and voluptuousness where she
fondly hoped to be the object of pure and individual love.
She is abandoned to be pointed at by the finger of scorn,
to be cast out from every avenue of honest industry; and
in the frenzy of her anguish is it astounding that she
curses the offspring that thus rouses society against her,
and in a moment of madness becomes an infanticide ?
Society proclaims war against her, and, overweighted with
a burthen too heavy to bear, she has to fight the battle—
and that battle, too, alone. It is scarcely marvellous, then,
that her agony should triumph over her natural instincts,
and that she should make away with the burthen and the
stain together.—Once a Week.

M. Stubeurauch, professor of law at the Uni-
versity of Vienna, and a member of the municipal
council of that city, has committed suicide with his wife,
in consequence of the discovery of a deficit of 21,000 florins
(52,500 f.) in the funds of the Savings Bank, of which ho
was director. His second son has disappeared from Vienna.
London, England, 1865-09-07

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.

WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFEeTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
ExHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
nventiou in the curative treatment of RERNI A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
here avoided--a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
51,30-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,
London, England, 1865-09-07

TRULY RURAL.

(From Punch.)
IN A COTTAGE NEAR A WASPS' NEST.
NOTES BY A DISGUSTED VISITOR FROM LONDON.

Morning.—The early bee on my dressing-table. Suicide
of earwig in my bath. Have to shako all my clothes to
see that nothing has crawled in during the night. Feel in
the toes of my slippers with the tongs. Once knew a man
who found a wasp in the toe of his slipper. Repeat process
with boots.
Breakfast Time.—First appearance of wasps. Desultory
feeding in consequence. Everything on the table, including
napkins, becomes a defensive weapon against the wasps.
Some are knocked down. Uncertainty as to their being
killed. They crawl and sting. Once knew a man who was
stung through his stockings by a crawling wasp. Everyone
sits like a tailor or Turk on his chair. Ladies nervous.
Pocket-handkerchiefs used for hitting at wasps. Knew a
man once who got a wasp in his pocket-handkerchief, and
it crept up his nose. Forget what became of him.
Between Breakfast and Lunch.—Wasps on the grass.
Under the trees. In the sun, in the shade. Any place on
the grass free from wasps is occupied by ants, or bumble
bees. They say bumble bees don't sting. I tried one.
Didn't it. Sit by side of murmuring brook. Dragon-flies,
fearful-looking creatures that come at you with a whirring
noise. They say they don't sting. Never tried. Don't
intend to.

Lunch.-310re wasps. Desultory feeding as before. Help-
ing each other by fits and starts. Hornets join the merry
throng. After a time a queen wasp and a king hornet,
to judge by their size. The king hornet suddenly disap-
pears, it is supposed that ho is insidiously on the carpet.
Luncheon finished.

Afternoon—ln the shade flies, small, but imitating
wasps. In the sun, wasps and hornets. Horse-flies from
three till four. Dogs try to catch wasps, and shako their
heads some time afterwards.

Dinner—A few wasps. King hornet still unaccounted
:or.

Evening—Cockshafers on the lawn ; also gnats who bite
viciously. Daddy longlegs. the of all sizes, in-doors.
Bate outside. Toads on gravBwaralk. All, except toads,
in bedroom. See with tongs if king hornet is in
.my
slippers. Spider on bed curtains. Daddies whirring
about. Hate country. Shall at once return to my r 901120
and my club in St. Jametts-street.
London, England, 1865-09-07

T DEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW
• ROOMS.
16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WIIITECHAPEL,
Five Minutes' walk from their Late Establishment
147, HOUNDSDITCH. ,

CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs,
for the Dining and Drawing-room, either for
Gas or Candle.
DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17
,
J• COMMERCIAL-STREET.
London, England, 1865-09-07

SALISBURY.-TUESDAY.

A short supply of old wheat was offered, but scarcely
any now came to hand, although there were inquiries for
it. Previous quotations were not maintained either for old
or new. For old barley an active demand has set in at
higher values, this year's growth being deficient in quan-
tity. Oats unaltered, but requirements somewhat limited-
In beans and peas sales were slowly effected, but prices un
changed. For flour no particular demand ; prices less firra-
The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from
88s tb 52s ; barley, 26s to 32s ; oats, 22s to 30s • beans, 400
to 50s ; and peas, 34s to 42s per qr. Tares. from' 6s to 79
3d per bushel ; Best bread, 12d • household ditto, lid
81b loaf. Flour, 32s to 37e per sack.

At our market toHULL.—TUESDAY.
-day there was a fair show of English
wheat, but very little business done. Prices went dowli
about 2s per qr. for all descriptions but the very best
Barley experienced a good demand, and stout Danish Wl'
for 28s to 28s 6d. Oats very scarce, and realised extrers°
prices. Beans and peas also in reguest, and of short ex,
ply. In linseed, the amount of business is not large. u-u"
price of fine seed is fully maintained.
English old white wheat, 46s to 48s; old red, 42s to 463.
Barley, chevalier 28s to 325. Oats, Russian, 22s to 24,t
Beans, new English, 42s to 435. Peas, English blue, 9'l'
to 86s 6d ; grinding, 35s to 358 6d per 36 stone.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.
s. d.

Carway and Duffryn Holywell-Main l6 g
Malting 24 0 Hetton 2O "
Byass's Bebside West Kelloe
6
Hartley lB 3 Cassop
Whitworth l5 3 Tees

Lips at market, 23 ; 'sold, 21.
London, England, 1865-09-07

THE PORTL

Age st lb
Queen of Trumps 6 912
Moulsey ...4 9 10
Attraction ... 4 9 0
Gemma ... 6 9 0
Persuasion ... 4 8 10
Liddington ... 3 8 7
Reindeer ... ... a 8 4
Peeress ... 3 8 0
Summerside 5 8 0
Marigold ... 5 8 0
Lucy Long ... 3 7 12
Audax 3 7 12
Trust ... ... 6 7 12
Arbutus ... ...4 7 11
Thalassius... ... 3 7 10
Belle of the Ball ... 5 7 10
Zambesi ... ... 3 7 9
Skylark ... ... 4 7 8
Olmar 3 7 8
Gulnara ... 4 7 8
Lion 3 7 6
Linda 4 7 4
Cadeau 5 7 4
Stockowner ... 5 7 4
Fiancee ... 5 7 3
Caryophyllus ... 4 7 2
Swordsman 3 7 2
Indigestion ... 3 7 0
Filbert 3 7 0
Kate Hampton ... 3 7 0
Miss Hobble ... 3 7 0
Kapuuda 4 7 0

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS

Aug. 31, at 11.10 a.m. Aunt Polly, out of all engage

ments

Aug. 31, at 1 p.m. Macbeth, out of all engagements.
Sept. 1, at 9 a.m. Corinthian Tom, out of Dover engage-
ments.
Sept. 2, at 9 a.m. Miss Roland, out of the Scurry and
Borough handicaps, at Leicester.'
Sept. 2, at 9 a.m. all Mr. T. V. Morgan's horses out of
Hereford engagements.
Sept. 2, 'at 9 a.m. Plover, out of Leicester engagements.
Sept. 2, at 9 a.m. Wings of the Wind and Contraband
out of Dover engagements.
Sept. 2, at 9 a.m. Lavinia and Hymettus, out of all en-
gagements.
Sept. 2, at 9 a.m. Commodore, out of the St. Leger.
Sept. 2, at 9 a.m. Isabel, by De Clare, out of Park Hill
Stakes at Doncaster.
Sept. 2, after 6 p.m. all Mr. Brayley's horses, out of
Bridgewater engagements.
Sept. 2, after 6 p.m. Miss Roland, out of King's Lynn
Nursery.
Sept. 4, at 9 a.m. Belle of the Ball, out of all handicaps
for which weights have appeared.
Sept, 4, at 9 a.m. Cadeau, out of Warwick engagements.
Sept. 4, at 9 a.m. Cotillon, out of Leicester Nursery.
Sept. 4, at 9 a.m. Nuneaton, out
.of Leamington Stakesp
and County handicap at Warwick.
Sept. 4, at 9 a.m. Roseneath, and Corporal Trim, out of
all engagements:
Sept. 4, at 0.30 p.m. East Lancashire and Suspicion, out
of Warwick Cup.
Sept. 4, at 11.26 a.m. Duplicity, out of Warwick Nur-
sery.
Sept. 4, after 6 p.m. Dollar, out of all engagements in
England.
Sept. 4, after 6 p.m. Scylla and Quill, out of all engage-
ments.
Sept: 5, at 9 a.m. Vandervelde, out of County handicap,
at Warwick.
Sept. 5, at 9 a.m. My Mary and Gil Blas (dead), out of
all engagements.
Sept. 5, at 9 a.m. Rigoletto, out of Doncaster engage-
ments.
Sept. 5, at 9 a.m. The Drone and Baronet, out of Nur-
sery, at Hereford.
Sept. 5,41 10.40 a.m. Plutus, out of King's Lynn Nursery.
Sept. 5, at 0.15., p.m. Sister to The Drake, out of the
Great Yorkshire Handicap, at Doncaster.
Sept. 5, at 0.20 p.m. Moulsey, out of Warwick and Here-
ford engagements.
Sept. 5, at 0.30 p.m. Alexandra, out of all engagements
1865.
Sept. 5, at 4.5 p.m. Tom Sayers, out of Dover engage-
ments.
Sept. 5, at 5.54 p.m. Amber, out of Great Yorkshire han-
dicap, and Guinivere, out of Cleveland handicap, at Don-
caster.
Sept. 6, at 9 a.m. Todleben, Mr. Pitt, Ischia, and The
Mite, out of Brecon and Monmouth engagements.
Sept. 6, at 11.57 a.m. Bradamante, out of Cleveland han-
dicap, at Doncaster.
London, England, 1865-09-07

Il_, MOSES AND SON'S
:4
I• Establishments are closed every Friday evening at
suuset until Saturday evening at sunset, when business is re-
sumed until 11 o'clock. _ _ _

All articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures.
Any article not appnved of will be exchanged, or the money
returned.
List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion
Crad, and our new pamphlet, "The Philosophy of Dress,"
eratis and post free.

frIIE LAST EDITION OF " TIIE SUN,"
A_ Containing the Latest SPOUTING INTELLICIENC s„
Dan be had Every Evening of
0. it. (MENU. HENS AGEI4T,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace. Hyde-park.
London, England, 1865-09-07

ST. PANCRAS.

At a meeting of the St. Pancras Vestry yester-
day the following report from Dr. Hillier was
read :—" Sept. s.—Since the last meeting of the
committee the disease has spread to a great extent
in this parish. Ten fresh cowkeepers have had the
disease make its appearance in their sheds, making
23 in all since the commencement of the epidemic.
The following are the names and addresses of the
parties in whose sheds the disease is known to have
made its appearance since this day fortnight, and the
numbers sent awayby each dairyman :—Mrs. Blyth,
North Crescent-mews, 40 cows; Mr. Camp, Argyle-
street, 80 ; Mr. Tygate, William's-mews, 4 ; Mr.
Cusden, Drummond-street, 5 ; Mr. Tucker, Wil-
liam-street, 7 ; Mr. Pullen, Guildford-street, 36 ;
Mr. Kilby, Rochester-mews, 14 ; Mr. Greenaway,
College-street, 7 ; Mr. Brown, Kentish-town-road,
26; Mr. Jelly, Highgate-road, doubtful number. In
all about 270 cases have been sent away in the fort-
night ; very many of these have been sent before
any manifest signs of disease have shown themselves.
It is very possible that other cowkeepers have suf-
fered, inasmuch as they are anxious to keep the
matter secret." The number of cattle removed on
account of the disease during the week previous to
that referred to in the report was 44.
London, England, 1865-09-07

LLYNVI VALLEY.

The report of the directors of this company stated
that the traffic continued to increase, and the gross
receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June
last had been £11,192 against £10,134 for the cor-
responding half of last year. The balance available
for dividend, after deducting all expenses and in-
terest, amounted to £4,959. The amount required
for the payment of 5 per cent. upon the first and
second preference stock was £3,715, and the sum
of £1,244 remained for division on the ordinary
stock, being at the rate of £3 12s. per cent. per
annum. In order to pay the usual rate at 4 per cent.
per annum upon the ordinary stock, free of income
tax, it was necessary to add only £l3B from the
reserve fund, which would then amount to £3,324.
The capital account showed that there had been an
expenditure on works during the past half-year of
£12,263. This had been incurred in laying the nar-
row gauge between the junction with the Ogmore
Railways and Porthcawl, and in additional works
to render the line to that place fit for passenger
traffic, as well as for the improvement of the old
harbour. The narrow-gauge railway was now in.
use for both passengers and goods traffic, and the
harbour was open for shipping. Considerable pro-
gress had been made towards the construction of the
dock, breakwater, and other works, and the direc-
tors fully expected that this immense improvement
would be completed in the course of next summer.
The capital account showed that £307,306 had been
received, and £304,905 expended, leaving a balance
of £2,401.
The report and dividends were agreed to by the
shareholders.
London, England, 1865-09-07

SPAIN.

MADRID, SEPT. 6.
The Cortes will not be closed until after the re
turn of the Queen to Madrid.

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.

FLENSBURG, SEPT. 7.

The Norddentsch Zeitung of to-day. says :—" We
believe that Austria and Prussia have resolved to
separate the customs' administration of the two
Duchies, and to give them a distinct chief manage-
ment."
London, England, 1865-09-07

No. 22,845.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
WILLIAM BATHURST.
By LEWIS HOUGH, M.A.
" One of the best, most interesting. and enthralling novels
we have seen this season. The style is very animated, and
sparkles with wit and humour."—Sun.

Hurst and Blalkett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Sold by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., price 7d., in cloth 13d.,
a New Work on the Teeth, entitled
PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES
FOR US. By A. Ef2KELL, Grosvenor-street, W.
From the great success of the previous work on Dental
Surgery by the same author we anticipate the above will be
read with avidity by all classes who are interested in discri-
minating between pure and meretricious dentistry."
John C. Clements, Little Pulteney-street.
London, England, 1865-09-07

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street
Piccadilly. will RE-OPEN for the Season on SATUR,
DAY, Sept. 9. The above Rooms have been entirely re.
decorated by Herr Rubardt and assistants.
Musical Director, N. LUIGI CITRTL
Manager, Mons. GRENET.

Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close live minutes to 12
o'clock.

Admission to Promenade, One Shill,ng.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. It. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

GLENFIELD PATENT
Used in the Royal Laundry,
AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold b 7 all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c.

STAR C

WOTHERSi'OON and CO., Glasgow and London.
London, England, 1865-09-07

SALISBURY.-TUESDAY.

A short supply of old wheat was offered, but scarcely
eitherin q ufores oldfor
it.an y camernerewvious
qutootahtaionnds,
waletrheoungoht
mthaienretalvneLe
or new. For old barley an active demand has set in at
higher values, this year's growth being deficient in quan-
tity. Oats unaltered, but requirements somewhat limited.
In beans and peas sales were slowly effected, but prices un-
changed. For flour no particular demand ; prices less firm.
The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from
38s to 52s ; barley, 26s to 32s ; oats, 22s to 30s ; beans, 400
to 50s ; and peas, 348 to 42s per qr. Tares, from 6s to 7i,1
3d per bushel ; Best bread, 12d ; household ditto, lid
per 81b loaf. Flour, 32s to 37s per sack.

.--T UESDAY.
At our market to-daHULLy there was a fair show of English
wheat, but very little business done. Prices went down
about 2s per qr. for all descriptions but the very best old.
Barley experienced a good demand, and stout Danish held
for 28s to 28s 6d. Oats very scarce, and realised extreme
prices. Beans and peas also in request, and of short sup-
ply. In linseed the amount of business is not large. The
price of fine seed is fully maintained.
English old white wheat, 46s to 48s ; old red, 42s to 460.
Barley, chevalier, 28s to 325. Oats, Russian, 22s to 24s-
Beans, now English, 42s to 435. Peas, English blue, 358
to 36s 6d ; grinding, 35s to 35s Gd per 36 stone.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.
s. d.

s.
Carway and Duffryn f Holywell Main l6
Malting 24 0 Hetton 2O 3
Byass's Bebside West Kelloe
Hartley lB 3 Cassop
Whitworth l5 3 Tees

Ships at market, 23 ; sold, 21.
London, England, 1865-09-07

WAYS.
Cash.

RAIL

- - ... 850 -
- - ... 1085 -
- - ... 877 50

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern 10
Western
Eastern
Sardinian .
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

- - ... 565 -
- - ... 552 50
- - ... 535 -
- - 247 50
- - ... 413 75
- - 456 25
217 50
325
145
222 50

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Sept. 3.
The Nazione states that the report upon the reli-
gious bodies in Italy, which is to precede the bill for
theirsuppression, already prepared, will be published
next week.

The Prefect of Ancona has written to the 58
prefects of Italy, inviting the public charitable esta-
blishments throughout the provinces to each take
charge of an orphan boy and girl whose parents
have been carried off by cholera : 14 of these esta-
blishments have already replied to the appeal, and
some even wish to take double the number of
children proposed.

The Op- intone positively contradicts the report
that Signor Ferraccia, deputy for Sassari, has been
nominated Minister of Public Instruction.

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, Sept. 1.

As the constitutional charter establishes that the
King cannot leave the kingdom without the autho-
risation of Parliament, the Government on the 31st
ult. brought in a bill to grant leave to his Majesty
to travel, declaring that it was his intention
to visit several foreign courts. When this autho-
rity had been unanimously voted, the President
of the Council, the Marquis de Sada Bandeira,
rose to announce that the Cabinet had that day
tendered its resignation, which the King had ac-
cepted. The Marquis could not say whom the
King would depute to form a new Cabinet. As it
was not possible to govern without a sufficient majo.
rity, the Ministry were compelled to take this step.
" With respect to my colleagues and myself, as well
as our political friends," added the Minister, " I
now state that we shall raise no obstacle to the
Cabinet succeeding us in order that it may carry on
the Government in the interests of the country."

DUBLIN, Sept. 6.—Sir,—The best way to put
down Fenianism is to show the power of England
to the unfortunate dupes by a visit of the ironclads to,
Dublin, Belfast, Cork, and Galway Bays. The Fenians of
each province would see what they have to cope with.
There would be no extra expense to the country, as the
fleet might as well be in Irish waters as lying up in Ports,
mouth. Such a visit would increase a desire to serve in
the navy among
the rising goneration.---Front a Corre-
'ponckne.
London, England, 1865-09-07

PREFERENCE 611 ARES.
Great Western:West Midland. Newport perp. 6 per cent.
opt. till '69, 117

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Bahia and San Francisco tliAn.) gum. 7 per cent., 141
Dutch Rhenish, 231 4
Ditto (all), 29
Great Luxembourg, 151
London, England, 1865-09-07

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
WILLIAM BATHURST.
By LEWIS HOUGH, KA.
" One of the best, most interesting. and enthralling novels
we have seen this season. The style is very animated, and
sparkles with wit and humour."—Sun.
Hurst and Blankett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1865-09-07

GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA.

The traffic receipts on this company's lines the
week ending the 19th of August amounted for local
passengers to £6,675, for foreign passengers to
£4,247, for emigrants to £238, for mails, &c., to
£829, for local freight and live stock to £10,176,
and for foreign freight and live stock to £1,832 ;
total; £23,997, against £22,433 for the correspond-
ing week last year, showing an increase of
£1,564. The total receipts from the Ist of July to
"the above date amounted to £173,108, and for the
same period last year to £159,003, showing an in-
crease of .£14,105.

Great English And French Railways,

THE ORLEANS.

Many months have elapsed since a review was com-
menced in these crowded columns of the position of the
great railways of England and France. We have disposed
in succession of the London and North Western, the Great
Western, the Midland, the North Eastern, the Great East-
ern, and the Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean ; but " eir-
cumstances"—a brief but frequently most expressive term
—have prevented our fully exhausting the subject. Per-
haps, after all, we are not losers by the delay, as we are now
enabled to profit by the acquired experience of another
year. To pass to another great French network—the
Orleans—we may observe that that company was founded,
May 26, 1838, by M. Cassimir Lecomto, as the Compagnie
de Chemin de Fer de Paris l Orleans. A concession of the
main line and various branches was accorded toM.Lecomte
by a law dated July 7, 1838, and the statutes of the company
were approved by a Royal ordonnance of Aug. 13, 1838.
Such was the Orleans under Louis Philippe. That sovereign
fled ten years later from the Tuileries, but the Orleans sur-
vived the barricades of 1848. Indeed, it began to expand
and flourish under the firm rule of the Prince-President,
and before Republican pomp had finally culminated in Im-
perial splendour the already powerful company absorbed
(Sept. 27, 1852) the undertaking of the Centre (from Or-
leans Chateauroux and Nevers), the Tours and Nantes, and
the Orleans and Bordeaux. These important amalgama-
tions—or fusions, as they term them in France—were ef-
fected on the following conditions. The share capital of
the four companies, as really paid-up, was—
Company. Shares. Paid-up. Total.
Orleans 80,000 £2O £1,600,000
Centre ... 66,000 20 1,320,000
Bordeaux 130,000 11 1,430,000
Tours ankNantes 89,000 17 1,360, 000
London, England, 1865-09-07

Births.

NEWNIIAM.—On the 36th inst., at the British Consulate,
Amsterdam, Mrs. Newnham, of a son.
RAYNSFORD.—On the 10th July, at Bangalore, the wife of
Captain Raynsford, Madras Staff Corps, of a daughter.
SIMOND.—On the sth inst., at 6, Porchester-square, the wife
of F. F. Simond, Esq., of a son.
Such.—On the 6th inst., at 43, Princes-square, Bays"
water, the wife of Joseph Suche, Est., of a son.

Marriages.
CHANNELL—WYNDHAM.—On the 6th inst., at the pariah
church, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, Arthur Moseley Chan-
nell, Esq., M A., of Trin. Col., Cam., and of the Inner
Temple, barrister-at-law, only son of the Hon. Sir Wre •
Fry Channell, one of the Barons of the Court of Exchei
quer, to Beatrice Ernestine, third surviving daughter (;...
Alex Wadham Wyndham, Esq., of West Lodge, Blanu
ford, Dorset, and Borrishoole, co. Mayo, Ireland
WRIGHT—WELLBELOVED.—On the 4th inst., at St. MI
tho Evangelist, Westminster, Mr. Charles R. Wright, 0,,
Westminster and Kennington, to Cecilia Eliza, soon('
daughter of the late Mr. Wellbeloved, of Deptford.
London, England, 1865-03-09

Railway and other Companies.

MONMOUTHSHIRE.

The report of the directors states that the traffic

receipts for the past half year ending December 31
were £5,885 more than at the corresponding half of
1863. The gross traffic receipts amounted to £71,429
against £65,544 for the corresponding period ; the
working expenses to £33,170, or 46 per cent. against
£30,355, or 46 per cent., showing an increase of
£2,815 ; and the net earnings amounted to £38,259
against £35,190, showing an increase of £3,069 over
the corresponding half of 1863. The sum of £4,000
had been transferred to the reserve fund to provide
for the cost of relaying various portions of the rail-
ways and for other contingencies. The average rate
of interest paid on the borrowed capital was £4 6s.
9d. per cent. per annum. The balance of £20,210
(less income-tax) would yield a dividend at the rate
of ei per cent per annum on the ordinary shares,
which rate the directors recommend to be declared,
leaving £1,277 to be carried forward. The dividend
for the corresponding half of 1862 was at the rate
of 6 per cent. per annum. The directors considered
it necessary to apply for powers in the present
session to raise additional capital to the amount of
£200,000 by shares, and of £50,000 by debentures,
for sundry new works, and the further improvement
of the Western Valley lines. The capital account
showed that £1,248,530 had been expended, leaving
balance against the company of £4,026.