The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MOND A Y EVENING, AUGUST 15 870.

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EXECUTION AT DORCHESTER.

Thomas Ratcliffe, a convict, was executed th s morning
within the walls of Dorchester Prison, for the murder of a
warder, named Bly, at Portland. He was very penitent,
and manifested great composure when being pinioned and
while on the drop. Calcraft was the executioner. After
the drop fell therewas a twitching of the muscles for a few
seconds only. The body was cut down after hanging the
usual time. A few days ago the convict wrote the fol-
lowing :—" The 15th August I die, but the Lord died even
the bitter death of the Cross for such sinners as me. God
be thanked, and may the Lord receive my soul when I
die. Amen."

L'HE PLYMOUTH ELECTION.-UNOPPOSED
RETURN OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

The Attorney-General was re-elected member for
Plymouth this morning, without opposition, on his
tcceptance of the appointment of Recorder of Bristol.
A. threat of opposition had been held out by
the Radical party, who carried a resolution
it the meeting addressed by Sir Robert Collier
last week, strongly disapproving of the holder of
so lucrative an office as the Attorney-Generalship
taking another well paid appointment. This feeling was
;o some extent shared by other classes; and Sir Robert,
ther his re-election, announced that he should, in de.
lerence to the general feeling, at once resign the Recorder-
ship. In the course of his speech he defended the Govern.
alent's economical policy.

ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A COUNTY MAGISTRATE.

Intelligence has been received from Cambridge that an
attempt to murder Captain Elliott, of Chesterford Park,
near that town, a m agistrate for the county of Essex, has
been made. It appears that a female servant of Captain
Elliott's, has recently been married, but subsequently left
her husband, who, it is alleged, suspected that
she was living on improper terms with her master.
Last week he arrived at Chesterford, and is said to have
ineffectually endeavoured to prevail on his wife to return
home with him. Captain Elliot was at the time in Lon-
don, and the man took lodgings to await his return. By
some means he obtained information of the Captain's
arrival by train akd saw him at the station. Analtercation
took place between them, and Captain Elliott was knocked
down with a stick. He called out for assistance, upon
which his assailant drew a revolver and fired at him. His
life was saved by almost a miracle, the bullet being
diverted from him by the buttons of his clothes. The
offender is in custody.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A FISHING BOAT.
THREE MEN DROWNED.

This morning, about nine o'clock, three men were
drowned off the mouth of the Tyne, near the Soutb
Shields Pier. There was a strong wind blowing from the
north-east at the time, and the sea was very rough. It
seems that the usual number of boats were engaged in
salmon fishing, when the net belonging to one
of them drifted near the shore. The occupants of the
boat, in question, were endeavouring to recover their net,
and, in doing so, got amongst the broken water, and the
boat capsized. Notwithstanding the great danger
incurred, another of the boats, containing three
men, put off to the assistance of their
brother fishermen, but, before reaching them, their
boat filled with water, and they were swamped. They
were, however, saved, two by means of a cable, and the
third, an old man, by the bravery of a young fellow whe
swam from the shore to his assistance. The poor fellows
who bad occupied the first boat were all drowned. Theis
names are Thomas Mackelvie, Andrew Cunningham, and
William Barney, said to be Scotchmen. They were about
40 years of age, married, and leave families. The bod 3
of Mackelvie was found on the beach about an hour
after the occurrence. The other bodies have not been
recovered.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

was taken from Mr. Stokes's till. Renton also gave Dono-
van a cigar tube. Donovan—No, I bought it for 10d.
Batten—You did not, you paid nothing for it, he gave it
to you. Other witnesses were examined, and a clear case
was established against both prisoners. Mr. Lushington
committed them for trial at the next Middlesex Sessions,
and said they would not be tried at the present sessions,
which commence this day.
ASSAULTING A WIFE WITH A RAZOR.—George Hunt,
aged 26, 4 Adelaide-villas, Wellington•road. St. John's-

wood, painter, was charged at the Marylebone Police-
court, with assaulting his wife, Frances Hunt, by cutting
her hand with a razor. Mr. Moore, of the Associate In-
stitute for Improving and Enforcing the Law for the Pro-
tection of Women and Children, watched the case. The
wife, a respectable-looking woman, who gave her evidence
with much reluctance, said—On Saturday afternoon,
the prisoner came home the worse for liquor. He
abused her and tool: out a razor, and she tried to
get it from him, and got her hand slightly cut.
Prisoner said he had the razor in his possession to
cut his corns as he was going to the baths. The wife said
it was her fault. He was in liquor, and she excited him by
not having his dinner ready as she promised. When
sober he was most affectionate. He has been talking
about going for a soldier to defend his country.
(Laughter.) Some other evidence having been adduced
Mr. D'Eyncourt asid the prisoner got drunk and then
behaved worse than a wild beast. In his drunken state
he had attempted to cut his wife's throat. He must
suffer three months' hard labour, and at the end of that
time to find two sureties for his good behaviour for a
further term of six months.

PHE MONEY MARKET

AND

COMM ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

Business on the Stock Exchange is depressed, but the
Funds remain without variation. Foreign stocks have
receded.

Consols are now 914 to 914 for money, and 911 to
911 for account ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 911 to 911 ;
New Three per Cents., 914 to 911 ; India Five per
Cents., 1101 to 1101 ; ditto Four per Cents., 1001 ;
Metropolitan Board of Works, 31 per Cent. Stock, 91ft.
In the Foreign Market Brazilian Bonds of 1865 are
901 ; Egyptiaß, Seven per Cents. of 1864, 84 to 86; ditto
of 1868, 70 to 721; Spanish of 1887, 254 to 251; ditto of
1869, 244 to 251 ; ditto Quicksilver, 70 to 72 ; Peru-
vian, 854 to 85; Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, 42 to 421;
ditto of 1869, 53 to 541 ; and Five per Cent. Italian of
1865, 77.

The Railway Market—Metropolitan are 651 ; Great
Eastern 344 to 321; London and Brighton, 361 to 37 ;
Caledonian, 73 to 74; South-Eastern, 69 ; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 424 ; Great Northern, 117 to
119 ; ditto (A), 126 ; North Eastern, 139 ; London
and North-Western, 1254 ; Midland, 126 4 ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1284 91 ; Great Western, 654 64.
Canada Six per Cents. are quoted 1041 ; New
South Wales
_Five per Cents., 101 to 1004 ; New
Zealand Five per Cents., 971 to 99; Queensland, 106;
Victoria Five per Cents., 1004; and ditto Six per Cents.,
1114.
Anglo Mediterranean, 124 134 ; British Indian Exten•
sion 54 to 51 ; Falmouth, 94 to 4; British Indian
Submarine, Q.

In Bank shares Alliance are quoted 13 to 14 ; Anglo-
Austrian, 18 premium ; Chartered Mercantile, 27 ;
Consolidated, I fprem ; Imperial Ottoman, 11i ; London
and County, 51; London and Westminster, sai 59k; Lon-
don Joint Stock, 34 ; and Union of London, 35 37.
The last price from Paris on Saturday evening was 64f.
20c., showing a further fall of lf. 15c. The market is
affected by conflicting influences, the tendency of the
forced currency to support prices being far more than
counteracted by the contemplated creation of new stock,
and the discouraging news from Metz.
The expectation that the authorised amount of the
forced currency of the Bank of France would soon be
increased is stated already to have been fulfilled. Accord-
ing to report it is to be £96,000,000 instead of £72,000,000.
This will admit of an increase of nearly £33,000,000 on the
sum at present in circulation.
£lB,OOO in bars and 20,000 sovereigns from Alexandria
were taken to the Bank on Saturday, and 30,000 sovereigns
were withdrawn for the Continent.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship
Australia has brought £112,816.

The Royal Mail steamer- La Plata has brought im-
proved quotations of the Brazilian rate of exchange.

The New York Journal of Commerce of the 29th ult.
states that " Mr. Justice Brady dissolved the injunction
granted by Mr. Justice Barnard against the transfer
of the Erie stock of English holders to the names of Heath
and Raphael," but mentions nothing as to the effective-
ness of this proceeding. The probability is that Mr.
Justice Barnard will announce that he intends to issue an
injunction against interference on the part cf that per-
sonage.

The Levant Herald states :—" The apprehensions of more
local failures have not been realised, and it is said that
Messrs. Seager and Co., whose suspension was announced
last week, will be able to tide over their difficulty without
loss to any of their correspondents. Money is becoming
easier, and though a loan is stated to have been made at
18 per cent. against a deposit of Consolidls at 30, accommmo-
dation can be had at 12 per cent., with a prospect of even
lower rates."

The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states :—" An appli-
cation was made in the London Bankruptcy Court on
Saturday for the appointment of a receiver and for an
interim injunction to stay proceedings in the case of
Messrs. Firman and Wyatt, metal merchants, London
and Middlesborough. The debtors have recently pre-
sented a petition for liquidation, in which they state their
liabilities at £126,040, while the assets are put down at
£113,025. Mr. John Young, accountant, was appointed
receiver, and the usual order was made for restraining pro-
ceedings which had been commenced in bankruptcy under
a debtor's summons."

The directors of the Chontales (Nicaragua) Gold Mining
Company have advices from Mr. Belt, dated July 7.
Mr. Belt reports :—" I am carrying ont my plans of
treating the large and almost inexhaustible supplies of
moderate value at lower depths, and the results of the past
month's operations prove how cheaply we can now deal
with our ores, and fully substantiate my opinion that,
with sufficient machinery and a large output of ore, we
could return a fair profit on an average yield of 5 dwts. to
the ton. To the westward of our present workings on
San Antonio we have commenced a level on the outcrops
of the lode, and I have strong hopes that we shall find a
large quantity of profitable ore."
In the railway market attention has chiefly been di-
rected to the settlement which commenced on Saturday.
There was no difficulty in carrying transactions forward
to the next account, and generally at reduced rates, espe-
cially in instances such as that of Sheffield stock, which
about a month ago was at 53, and which, after a decline
to 33 during the last fortnight, having been largely
bought, was found on the present occasion to be very
scarce. The amount of the transactions open was found
again to have been curtailed as far as speculative opera-
tions are concerned, but the public has largely invested in
all descriptions of railway securities during the last 14
days. The market closed with a general advance in
prices.

VIA CAIAHON AT W 0 MTH.- Tne rrince Achim)
Murat has paid a flying visit to London—whither he
brought his wife and children. The Prince, who returns
to his duties, served on Marshal MacMahon's staff at the
Battle of Woerth. At the close of that well-
contested battle the Marshal, ordering bis staff
to remain where they were, threw himself at
the head of the last charge. His staff, however,
insisted on accompanying him, and it was then that
General Colson and M. de Vogud and so many
others Were shot down. The Marshal, who was at the
storming of the Malakoff and at many other forlorn hopes
and who has never been wounded, again escaped without
a scratch. It is not true that he had a horse killed under
him, or that he fainted in a ditch. After this last effort
he lighted his cigar, and personally superintended the
disastrous retreat in which his guns were lost, owing to
the muddy nature of the ground, rendered too soft for the
passage of artillery by the heavy rains.—Post.

PRIMITIVE COOKING.—The Prussians carry no
tents, and when the men arrive at the end of their day's
march they select the driest and most convenient piece of
ground they can find, and set to work at once to bivouac.
Some go for wood, which in this country—a very woody one
—is not far to seek. Some go for water, while others un-
load the bread and bacon waggons. Others cut trenches
for the fires to boil the soup for supper. That soup is the
mainstay of the German as of the French, and, indeed, of
most Continental armies. The Prussian troops I have
watched make this soup very simply. Each man carries a
kind of deep saucepan without a handle, which serves as ket-
tle, water-bucket, and, in fact, generally makes itself useful.
Into this pot is put pretty much whatever comes to hand,
and a savoury mess, at least for hungry men. 1 soon
made.—Daily ews Coreespondent.

THIS MORNING'S NEWS.

(CENTRAL_PRESS TELEGRAMS.)

REPORTED SHOOTING OF AN ENGLISHMAN
IN PARIS.

There seems reason to believe that the reported shooting
of Mr. John Elliot, of Braeley, Northamptonshire, by the
French as a Prussian spy, is a hoax. The
letter purporting to have come from his bro-
ther with the intelligence is not in his hand-
writing. It was dated the 10th, and stated that Mr.
John Elliot was arrested the previous day and shot that
morning, and the same post brought a letter of the same
date from Mr. John Elliot himself, who said that he
was enjoying himself much, and, altog ether, Paris was
in a queer state. The letter supposed to come from his
brother was posted at the General Post-office in London,
and was written on English mourning paper. The re-
ported shooting was not believed in Bracley.

AFTER THE TWELFTH,

An attempt was made in Derry on Saturday night to
renew the rioting which had taken place in connexion
with the proceedings on the twelfth. The police had
great difficulty in keeping the Catholic and Oange parties
separate. Though they were successful in preventing
a general riot • many persons were seriously
injured by sticks and stones. Some soldiers of the Cara-
bineers, who, being off duty, were in company with ap-
prentice boys, were groaned at and stoned by a
Catholic mob. On Saturday a county resident magis-
trate sat for the trial of the rioters who had
been arrested, several of whom were sent to gaol,
others heavily fined, and a few committed
for trial. Large crowds assembled in various parts of the
city at night, but the police were watchful, and there is
no report of any disturbance having taken place. At a
dinner of the Orange members of the Enniskillen Union
Aristocratic Lodge, on Saturday night, much indignation
was expressed by those who attended the demonstration
on the previous day at the way in which they had been
received by the members of the superior lodge, and at the
absence of the aristocracy.

the time by the light horse of the Germans, all the
stragglers who were dispersed retreated on Strasburg,
by Haguenau, losing their baggage, but retaining their
arms. The two regiments of cavalry who were launched
at the Prussian batteries on the heights of Gunstett were
annihilated. They charged the batteries not less than
eleven times. MacMahon withdrew to Saverne by
Neiderbronn, with about one-fifth of the men he had
brought into action; but the Prussians were so dismayed
by athe resistance they had experienced, that they did
not venture into the defile that night, and about six
thousand fugitives rejoined the corps on Sunday. As an
illustration of what a hap-hazard affair the whole busi-
ness was you will no doubt hear from the Prussian side
that they believed the greater paA of the French army
commanded by the Emperor was before them.
Since the battle before Corunna no such gal-
lant fight has been made at such enormous
odds. Having thus done justice to the French, lam
bound in justice to add that their officers complain that
they undisciplined impetuosity of the men made the
disaster greater than it need have been. Whole brigades,
entrusted with the duty of holding a valuable defensive
position, charged till enemy in defiance of orders,
and got cut up in consequence, whilst the Prus-
sian infantry, more obedient to command, were
manoeuvred by their officers with machine-like
precision. Had the numbers been at all equal Neider-
bronn would have been a great French victory ; as it is,
its consequences are disastrous, but the disaster reflects
as much credit on the French as the Balaclava charge
on our cavalry in the Crimea. If we are to believe
the latest news, though the Prussians were not
at first aware of the extent of their victory,
they have lost no time in turning it to good account,
and in occupying the debouches of the Vosges which the
retreat of M`Mahon left open to them. It is, indeed, a
case of merkwerdiges gluck—such pluck as will require
great skill and very hard fighting to reverse. There
have been few events in the history of war in which
mere chance has had a larger share. The Prussians, ad-
vancing in force, came up, without being aware of it, on
the right wing of the French army in the act of con-
centration ; and so little did the Prussians know what
they had done that they fancied M'Mahon was retreating
on Bitsche at the time when he was half way to Saverne.
The 3rd division of De Failly's corps, and especially the
19th battalion of Chasseurs, did good service in covering
the retreat and concealing from the Prussians the extent
of the disastrous blow they had inflicted.—Paris Corre-
spondent of the .standard.