The Sun.
London, England, 1870-09-15 00:00:00

LAW AND POLICE.

ROBBERY 011' " TRANSLATED" BooTs.—John Fitzgerald,
aged 22 years, who said he was an Irishman, brought up
in Liverpool, was charged at the Thames Police-court,
with stealing a pair of boots, the property of Rosetta
Abrahams, who keeps a shop for the sale of translated
boots and shoes, in Spectacle-alley, the last of the middle
rows in Whitechapel. The boots, the subject of this
charge, were on a table in the shop near the door, and
while Mrs. Abrahams had gone up stairs the boots were
taken by the prisoner. She was coming down stairs and
received an intimation of her loss. She saw the pri-
soner running across the road. Mrs. Abrahams gave
chase to him and the boots, and captured
both. The prisoner, in defence, said he came from
the town of his adoption in search of work, and that he
found the boots. He had sold everything since he had
been in London; He would plead guilty to stealing the
boots, which he was informed were translated. The
magistrate asked the meaning of translated boots, and
was informed they were old ones which had been repaired
and made to look like new ones. The prisoner was
sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour.
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES. —At the Westminster
Police-court, Mr. Philip Newberry England, who is
a financial agent, surrendered to his own bail to
answer a charge of forging a bill of sale, with intent
to defraud Messrs. Tildersley Brothers, the gas engineers
and chandelier manufacturers; andhe was further charged
with conspiring with one Thomas Batson to defraud Mr.
Thomas Brunton Cooper, a furniture dealer, of Fulham.
A great deal of evidence was given, and the case was
adjourned for a fortnight, when the charges of perjury
and conspiracy will be gone into. The two defendants
were liberated as before on their own recognizances.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

D ONC A STE R RACES--YESTERDAY.

BRADGATE PARK STAKES,
Ptarmigan.
Gunga Jee
Our Emily
Five ran.
RUFFORD ABBEY STAKES.
Gladness
Filou
Knutsford...
Twelve run.
THE ST. LEGER.

Hawthornden
Kingeraft...
Wheatear........
Nineteen ran.
HER MAJESTY'S PLATE.

Don Carlos
Puce11e......................... .

CORPORATION STAKES.
Miss Fanny f ...... .
Rapidity... ...
Sunny
Eighteen ran.

rhb French papers publish a telegram from Mar-
seilles, which says that Menotti Garibaldi arrived there
on Monday night, with the intention of taking the com-
mand of a body of Italian volunteers.

The United States Government have, it is stated,
increased the number of its ships of war in European
waters to seven. The vessels just despatched across the
Atlantic are the Shenandoah, the Brooklyn, and the
Guerriere.

THE 4,000 RIFLES AND M. CHASSEPOT.—The
Times confirms the announcement that M. Chassepot, the
inventor of the French breech-loading rifle, has been in
Birmingham for the last few days, engaged in making
purchases of breech-loading arms and ammunition, as is be-
lieved for the French Government. The Birmingham Gazette
says :—" It is correct that M. Chassepot is in Birming-
ham ; it is also correct that the inventor is under an
assumed name, and that this fact alone must dismuss the
groundless assertion that several gunmaking establish-
ments have orders from the French Government. All
the purchases of guns in Birmingham have been made by
mercantile houses—mainly London firms—and the French
Government is neither known nor recognised by our
townsmen. In every instance, the gunmakers' res•
ponsibility ends with the delivery of the goods in Bir
miugham."
THE DUKE OF HAMILTON AND THE FRENCH.
IMPERIAL FAMILY.-A report has been going the round
of our contemporaries, announcing extensive changes at
Brodrick Castle, in the Isle of Arran, preparatory to
the arrival there of the Empress and the Prince Im-
perial, to whom the Duke of Hamilton has offered it
as a residence. There is no truth whatever in
the statement. Brodrick Castle is nothing more
than a shooting-box, and quite inadequate to
the requirements of the Imperial family ; but
Hamilton Palace is quite another affair, and as the
relative of its present proprietor, the Emperor, who
stayed there many years ago, may repeat his visit at no
distant date. The Duke of Hamilton arrived at Brodrick
I Castle, in his yacht, from Ireland, on Thursday week, to
join the circle of friends who had preceded him for
shooting. The party have had capital sport, thanks to
the excellent breeding season and the watchful superin-
, tendence of Mackenzie, the head forester. On Tuesday
week Mr. H. Crawshaw killed two stags in three stalks,
one of which had 16 points, and weighed 22st. 91b. : whilst
the weight of the other, who had 13 points, was 26st. ! --
Sporting Gazette.

Erie railway shares closed at 17i, 18i, and Illinois Cen-
tral at 108, 109.
Indian Government railway shares have been in request
at steady prices. Eastern Bengal have sold at 1041,
Great Indian Peninsula at 106i„I * ; Scinde 1041.
The market for foreign bonds was similarly circum-
stanced. On the official list Egyptian of (1864) shew a rise
of 1, and (1868) of . Italian of (1865) are 2 per cent.
better ; while Russian (1862) have advanced On the
other hand, Italian of (1861) shew a decline of at 50 to
51k. After the official close a dull tone set in, and values
were generally lower.
American Government securities have sold freely at
full quotations. There is a steady absorption of Five-
Twenty bonds now going on, both on English and con-
tinental account. Atlantic Mortgage bonds rose to 22k
to 23k.
The dealings in Joint Stock Bank Shares have not been
extensive, and no important movement has taken place
in the quotations. Imperial Ottoman have sold, for the
new account, at 11/; London Chartered of Australia,
23i ; London and County, 48k; London and Westminster,
60 ; Union of London, 36k.
Telegraph shares have continued dull, but slightly more
firmness has been apparent in prices. British Indian
Submarine, 7i ; Great Northern Extension, 3.2 ;
Reuter's, 8i ; French Cables, 14k.
The mining share market has been inactive, particularly
as regards British mines, and the quotations are nominal.
Van are slower, at 59, Penrhyr have sold at 2a.
The inquiry for miscellaneous securities has been very
limited. Telegraph Construction are k better, at 25, 25i ;
Ocean Marine has sold at 181 ; and Tobacco laan at 85.
No material change has taken place in the aspect of the
Money Market to-day. The supply of capital is abundant,
while the amount of commercial paper afloat is still
limited. Good short paper was taken to-day at 3k per
cent., but lower rates are expected to prevail. It is ex-
pected that a further reduction will be made in the Bank
rates on Thursday next.
The sum of £84,000 was sent into the Bank of Eng-
land to-day.
The Douro has arrived at Southampton with £88,299 in
specie.

The traffic receipts of the North-Eastern Railway shew
an increase of £8,963, of the Midland an increase of
£5,561, of the London and North Western an increase of
£9,336.
We have received the following from the Brazilian-
street Railway Company, dated Rio, August 27 :
" Traffic has improved a little this month. To present
date the receipts are about 14 contos, and the total for
the month will be about 15 to 16 contos. The Caxanga
extension is being rapidly proceeded with, and if nothing
unfavourable occurs, it will be completed by Christmas
Day."
The Government broker has to-day purchased £34,000
on account of the sinking fund of the National Debt.
At the meeting of the London Assurance Corporation,
the usual dividend of ss. per share was agreed to.
The advices from New York bring statistics of the
actual results of the cotton crop of the season just con-
cluded. A slight uncertainty enters into the calculations
from the fact that it is impossible as yet to give accurate
figures of the quantity of cotton forwarded direct from
the plantations, to spinners in the Northern and
Southern States. A fair estimate of these can
be made, however, and a near approach to the truth
can be arrived at. Last year 258,600 bales were forwarded
direct to Northern manufacturers, and between 75,000 and
80,000 bales to Southern. Taking into consideration the
increase in the crop it may be accepted that 400,000 bales
were disposed of last year in this manner ; an estimate
that is probably under the mark. Adding to these the
total receipts at the shipping ports, we find the actual
result of the crop to have been 3,298,000 bales. This is in
excess of the estimate, given all along in these columns, of
3,000,000 bales, which we adhered to in opposition to
many authorities. The figures compare as follow with
last year's returns --

1869-70. 1868-69.
Bales. Bales.
Receipts at the shipping ports 2,898,000 ... 2,100,400
Sent overland to Northern mills 300,000 ... 258,000
Manufactured South

Total bales 3,298,000 ... 2,438,000
The increase in the crop has accordingly been 860,000
bales. Of this total supply 2,170,000 bales were
exported-1,470,000 to Great Britain, and 700,000
bales to the Continent. The consumption in the
North and South combined reaches the large total of
1,064,000 bales, or nearly one-third of the entire crop.
But while there has been an increase of 860,000 bales in
the crop, attended by an augmentation of 50 per cent. in
the exports, the quantity taken for spinning purposes in
the States has only increased by 6i per cent. When it is
considered that heavy protective duties have been imposed
for the avowed purpose of encouraging those manufac-
tures the result cannot be considered satisfactory
by the adherents of the protective policy. Never-
theless there can be no doubt that the number of mills in
the United States has increased under the system. The
following statement shews the statistics of the United
States cotton crops for a series of years :-1869-70,
3,298,000 bales; 1868-69, 2,438,400; 1867-68, 2,593,000;
1866-67, 2,019,000; 1865-66, 2,193,000; (war years,
no records) ; 1860-61, 3,656,000 ; 1859-60, 4,670,000;
1858-59, 3,851,000 ; 1857-58, 2,213,000 ; 1856.57,
2,939,000 ; 1855-56, 3,527,000 ; 18.54-SJ, 2,847,000;
1853-54, 2,930,000; 1852-53, 3,262,000; 1851.52, 3,018,000;
1850-51, 2,355,000. The remit of the increase in the
cwts. of last year has been the addition
to stocks generally and therd is now good reason to believe
that we have come to the end of the period of dear cotton
which has for so long distressed Lancashire.

The Coupons due Ist October next, from the Illinois
and St. Louis Bridge Company's Seven per Cent. First
Mortgage Bonds, negotiated through Messrs. Morgan and
Company, will be paid at their counting-house on and
after that date. _

w. .--
At the half-yearly meeting of the South of England
Oyster Company, which was held to-day, it was stated
that their oyster stock, bred or fattening on their farms at
Hayling Island, is estimated of the minimum value of
over £5,400, exclusive of this year's spat. The directors,
no doubt, will thus be enabled to declare the first dividend
this year. The Marquis of Exeter (who has lately joined
the board), with the other directors, yesterday inspected
the works of the company and expresssd great satisfaction
at the condition of the farm.
Letters from Germany state that about one-third of the
barley crop was secured in fine condition ; one-third wa►s
harvested fairly; but the remainder was injured greatly
by the rain. The crop will vary considerably, but, on the
whole will be of useful malting quality. The yield has
proved heavy ; and the prices asked are 38s. to 41s. per
4481b5. f.o.b, In Holstein the crop is good, and is superior
to that of last year.
The directors of the lonian Bank have declared a
dividend and bonus equal together to 8 per cent. per
annum, for the half year ended June.
The directors of the Dutch Rhenish Railway Company
have made a call of 24f1. per share on the remaining
10,000 new shares of the company, payable in November
next.

The North-Eastern Railway traffic return for the week
ending September 10th shews an increase of £8,963 as
against the corresponding period of 1869 ; on the London
and North-Western there was an increase of £9,356 ; on
the Great Northern there was an increase of £1,958 ; on
the London, Chatham, and Dover a decrease of £1,297 ;