The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCYOBER 18, 1860.
TRW D EDITION.

......
SHARE IfIARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Business done
Share Railways. Paid. Frit
1.0 Atlantic At Sri Lawrence all
Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind
stk I Gu. 5 per cent.. .... . 100
, 380 Closing
5e943.7
934
18 Do, Do.
•B
16 1-2 1; d
205 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 5 61d 54
all 61
20. 7 4 Do. New
10 Do. Preference
100 f Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich
100 78 82
6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 73 78
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 70 75
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim, 1. 30. 1 d ip
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.)
3s. 2s. t
a.. 9
.
~20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 14 11 d
29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 7l 14 1 d
371 Demerara all
20 Eastn. Bengaigu. sp. c 71 1; 14d 5;
stock East Indian,rg.u. sp. a 100 99/ Ito 991 4
20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 1 d pr
20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 4 d pr
100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 98 99
100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102
20 Geelong & Melbourne —
sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100
per cent. Bonds
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 27 28 274 4
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 84 86 851 5
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 51 53 51/ 1 2
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 „
100 Do. do. 1867 all 48 50 495
all 48 50 49 1
100 Do. do. 1872
took Gt. Indiarenin.gua.sp.c lOO 965 961 961 4
20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 15d 4 d
20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 25 11d
guaranteed 5 per cent.
201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 135 14 13; 14
201 Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 100 102 101 I
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 100 102 1
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 100 102
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 93 95
stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 84 85 85
stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 935 931 931 1
stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 87 88
20 Do. Fourth do lO 14 111 d
20 Do. do._ all
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO
Newßrunswick & Canda
20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
class A Capital Share
Do. do. Land do.. ,
20 Do. d0..8 Capital do. . • all 5 7
Do. do. 'Land do. .....
20 Oude (Limited) .....
,i ..,.> : ss.
j
stock Scinde .. . ~.... . 100 981 901
20 Do. Punja.ub .. ed g 7 1; d 11,1 84
20 Do. Do. ........ f:ri
etc).* Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?,,,?'„ 100 93 94 94
20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18
10 'Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 1 4 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam' all 52 5;
20 Ardennes .... .....
20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 n.C Si 14 4d 9
5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1
20 Beziers to Graissessac all I
6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 22
100 Copiabo &. all
10 Ditto Extension .... all 21 2 d
20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 15 35 210
20 Eastern of France .... all 25 26
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6
20 Do. do. all
20 Great Central of France
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... 85 6;
20 'ltalian Junction . .
20 ,•Lake Constance & Bale.
20 ILierre & Turnhout .... all
20 'Lyons & Geneva ... ... all
33; 'Maria Antonia ........ all ,
10 !Do. New —•• • • • ...... all
20 Namur & Liege —— all 74 8;
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ... • • ... all 391 204 20
16 Northern of France.... all 88 39 38
20 Do. New Shares .—.. 15
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref.. all 7/ 81 81
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 36 37
20 Paris & Orleans.., .... all 53 55
c Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.)
20 1 gua. 7p. ct. lim 13 31 21(17
20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14
10 Rome & Frascati ...... all
20 Royal Danish.... • • .... all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish .• • ..... all
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pret.... all
20 Sambre & Meuse .., •.. all 54 64
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 85 R 1
20 San Paulo, lim, tr. 7p. c. 2 1 Icl
20 S.Aust.&Lomb Vene tin 12 MI d 115
20 Southern of France.... all 191 201
81 West Flanders . .. all 51 6
10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 9f 9;
20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23
20 Western of Austria.... 6
20 Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden
6 o. 8 per cent. Pref all
20 Zealand

I
t,aid. Closing i Business id
Share; Railways. 1 ' Price. j Done.
1 stk
_____ _ l.
50 'Belfast and Ballymena all —2,
13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 8 86 24
stock Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 78 80 11
25 Blackburn
25 Myth and Tyne all 101
10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 64 7 104
stock Bristol and Exeter
stock Caledonian
10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all —2(
50 Cork and Bandon all ~2(
20 Cork, Itlrock., trassag-e all -- 21
20 Cornwall . . ail 64 64 641
(A div. 1:
10 Do A
gets no all —2(
i
10 Do B '.: until 6pc peran. 2(
all atm
hasbeen , d. toB •
50 Dublin & Belfast June. all —2(
10(
25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 74 8
stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 _. . 10(
stock Eastern Counties lOO 53 54 oat 4 2C
stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40 sto.
stctac Do do Bdo 100 27 29
stoc
25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 81
20 East Suffolk
lOc
10 Do
stock Edinburgh Is Glasgow 100 81 82 lOO
stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 304 304 304 100
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 100
stock Furness
20
stock
(Has,. and S. Western 100 111 113
10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all
stock Great Northern lOO 114 11
20
1141 i
stock Do do A stock
stock Do do B do
100 112 114 100
stock Gt. S. & W. of Ireland
stock Great Western
stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 65 100
100
12 Irish South-eastern
stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 118 1181 11 4
stock London and Blackwall 100 64 66 6481
4 19 181
sltoo
4 5 oc
stock Lou., Bright.. & S Coast 100 113 115 stoc
stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 52 54 . stoc
stock Ldnd. & Nth. Western 100 1001 1011 1004 1/ 11 1 20
121 Do eighths
stock Loud. dr, ,4th. Western lOO 95 96
25 L'derry & Coleraine
25 L'derry & EnnisKillen all 101 11 20
stock Man. Shef. & lin,oln
50 Maryport and Carlisle all
•
124 Do do 4 shares all 20
10 Metropolitan 4 3 2 d
134 i 5
. . .
et
stock Midland
stock Do nirming. & Derby 100 107 109 oc
20
50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all
20
25 Do I shares all __ --
sto3
.25 Mid Kent.
10 Do, Cray Line
10
100 Newcastle and Carlisle all ______
10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d
20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all
stock Norfolk ...........
50 Nthn. Counties Union 3l 34 34 d 4
20
stock North British
stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoek 100 -- 5
stock Di A stk ; A rocs nod. 20
until 6pchas beenpd.B 100
stock Do B stock .. ...
stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 104 1041 1044 4 4 100
25 Dodo, G.N.E purchase 16134 p ip
d 10
stock DO Leeds lOO 591 60 20
stock Do York
stock North London ..
19.16.4 North Statfordshir.e ..
▪ 174 321 1 aa. 20
10 N. and S. W. Junction all 91 9 '4 20
12 Not. & Grantham Rail lO 7 8 8 20
10 Peebles
...... ......
Portsmouth
10 Rhymney.....- .... .. .' all 20
stock Scottish Central
stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 344 .154 354 33,
stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88 10
stock Shropshire Union lOO 49 51 20
10 Sittinotourne & Sheer. all 6 7 20
stock South Devon
stock South Eastern ......
stock South Wales
stock S. York. and River Dun 100 77 79 20
20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok al: 6 8 20
25 Stockton & Darlington all 39 40
25 Do do ll B4 91 p 20
Stockton & Hartlepool 161 ' 20
stock Taff Vale
stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 20
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 5
50 Ulster • •
25 Do
12 10 Do .. : l4 dlp 10
stock Vale olNeath
13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 114 114 20
stocie Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20
50 Waterford & Limerick all 8
20 West Cornwall
20 West London. all 20
10 Do Ist class ..
20 Do 2(1 class ..
stock West Midland—Oxford 100 48 49 6
25 no. Newport all 104 11 6
12 Do. Hereford 114 21 I; .1 2O

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PREFERENCE SHARES. "
BRITISH MINES.
! Closing Business
Sharel Railways. Paid Price. Done.
Bliare Mines. Done
Closingprice Business
Paid.

14lythe and Tyne 10 per
c. pref: (issued at £5O
Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock
'Do. do. do. Shares
Caledon £10,41 per cent
Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.
Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c.
Cornwall. 5 per cent
Dun.Perth&Aber..Thn
E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c
Do. do. Class B 6 p.c
Do. do. Class C 7 p.c
E. Coon. Ex. sp. c. No.l
Do. do. No. 2
Do. New 6 per ct. stock.
Eastern Union, 4 per ct.
Do. 5 per cent. guar...
Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares
Do. 4 p. c. gua.. S. & D.
Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c.
Furness, 5 per cent ....
Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c.
Great Northern, 5 p. ct.
,Do.sp.c.ltedm., 10 p.c.pm
IDo. 41 p. c. do. do.
Do. sp.c. R edm. 5 p.c. pm
iGt. Nh. of Scot'd. Ist pf.,
Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4
1 p. ct. pref. stock
Great West. (Berke and
Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct
170. Redeemable, 44 p.ct.
Do. Redeemable. 4 p. ct.
Do. Irredeemable, do
Do. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pref.
Do. Rirm. Pref. Shares.
qt. W. Ches. p.c. pf sh.
Do d e 5 p. ct. pref
Do Tlirmg.guar. stock
Do. Chester gua. shares
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do.
Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock
Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc
Po. 6 per c. (E. Lan.)
f .on.& Bri,g. 5 pc.git. No.l
Do. 5 p. c. No. 2
Do. gua. 6 p. C.
Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4
Do. do. 41 per cen'.....
Do. do. 41 p. c. shares..
IDo. 7 p. ct. Prcf. stock.
Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.)
Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65)
lon. Chat. and Dover..
Lon. and N.W. Coy. and
Nuneaton, 5 p. et.....
T on. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock
Do. 41 per cent ..
Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus.
of 2m. 6d ..............
Londondy. & Cole. sh.
Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh
Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct.
Do. .f
Do. 35 per cent
Do. redeem. 6 iier cent
Marynort & Car., 4 p. c
Do. 41 per cent.
Mid. Con. 6 p. c. stock
Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 .c.l
Do. 4, p. c. pref. stock
Do. with option till 1860;
Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st.l
Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846'
Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847
Do.slVay.Val.Ex.st.lB47
North British, 5 p. c
Do. New, gua. S p. c
Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs
Do. do. do.
Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co.
N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c.
Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.
Do. do. do
Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1
Do. do. Quarters, 1848
Do. York, H. & S. Purch
North Staffordshire
Rhymney Guaranteed.
Scottish Central, new pt
Scottish North-Eastern
31 p. c. pref. stock
Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c.
Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock
South Devon, Ann. 10s.
Do. Fixed 41 per cent.
South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0.6)
Do. 41 per cent.
Do. Fixed 11p.c. Ist is.
'.ouch Wales, gua. 4 p. c.
Do. 41 per cent.
S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua.
Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c
Do. B 6 icier cent
Do. C 6 per cent
Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c.
W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk
Do. 2d do
Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red.
Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866
Do. till 1869, Ist is.
Do. do. 2d is.
Do. Hereford 41 p.c. pf.

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100 102

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204 214
51 iii
99 101
111 113
106 108
109 111
108 110
123 125
82 84

111 113
90 n
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103 105
120 122
115 118
110 112
103 105
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90 92
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101 103
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1102 104

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130 134
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Share Mines.

Al fred i,onsols
British Iron
Clifford
{ Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst )
{East Bassett (Illogan)
East Caradon .. .
lE. WI Russel (Tavistk )1
{Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen )
{Great South Tolgus {
{G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack),
IG. 'Wheal Vor (Helston)j
'Grenville
{Herod 's-Foot
Hingston Downs
Lady Bertha
!Margaret (Uny Lelant)
North Downs
{North Frances (Illogan){
Basset (1110 ;an)!
North Wheal Croftv
{Par Consols (St. Blazeo
,Providence (Uny Leln*.){
Sortridge Cons. Min. Co.
!South Caradon(St.Cleer):
S. Carn Brea (Illogan)
S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.
S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)
!Stray Park
Tamar SilvA Lead Min.,
{Tin Croit
IVale of Towey (Caren)
'West Basset (Illozan) 1
W. Caradon (Liskeard)
West Seton
Wheal Basset (Tllogan)I
"Wheal Buller (Itedrutl)
Wheal Edward (Cals.
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelanq
Wheal Mary Ann (Men.
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425 435
112 k 117 i
91 91
124 13
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104 11
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29 21
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42 44
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21 41
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52 54
21 21
51 61
171 186
71 73
305 315
120 125
78 82
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FOREIGN MINES.
20 Av,tralian
1 BonAccord Copper,Lim lss 1 d i
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at .Ei p ) 271 Li II
20 Po.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 271 281 271 1
5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all
1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. dis.
40 Cobre Copper all 43 45
Copiapo l6 9 11
1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail i• 1 1 011
2 Fortuna
20 General all 21 23
2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr llid Ip
11 Kapunda (Limited) l* 14 p
3 Linares al 1 l 10 11
5 Lusitanian 2 1d /p
1 'lSlariquica all I 11 i
1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 120.6d. 1 1d I
20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl
Mining and Smelt all 5 6
5 Port Philip 1 1 1 i
1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 11 a
28•2•8I,United Mexican
1 Worthing (Limited) all I I
1 Do
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Xl9O Agra&UnitedServ'ce Bk 50 78 80
40 Australasia all
25 Bank of Egypt all 19 20
100 Bank of London
20 Bank of Turkey
50 British North American all
20 ,Clitd.Bank of India, &c. all 201 201
25 iCh.Mer. of In. Lon.ic Ch. all 133 35 ,
100 ,City
100 !Colonial ... ..... .... ... 25 ;37 39 371
20.11 iCom. Bank of Canada.. all 1
100 Commercial of London .I 20 120 21 201
20 ;Eng., Scot., &Aus. Ch..' all 15 151
20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all
20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 231 24 231
50 London and County .. 20 35 41
50 London Joint Stock .. 10
100 London 446 Westminster 20
100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42
20 Do. new l2
50 National Bank
20 New South Wales .••••• all
20 Do. new
25 Orient. B. Corporation
20 Ottoman Bank
100 Provincial of Ireland
10 Do. new.
25 South Australia
25 Union of Australia
50 Union of London l2
1 Unity Mutual 6O
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Can. Gov. 6 p.e.Ja.szJuty 100 113 116
Do. 6p. cent. 1881 100 115 11
Do. 6p. cent. 1870 100 114
' Do. 6p. cent. 1883 100 -
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. ct Aug. 100 111 113
Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 111 113
—— i Do. 5 per cent lOO 103 104 1031 1
k DO. Scrip 5O
N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.Sauly 100 106 107 1061
Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 100 101
Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 991 1001
Do. 5 p.c.,lBBB,ltupwds 100 99 100 991 1 1
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e.'
I sterling, 1875 lOO 1071 1081
S.Aus.Gt.6 p.c.1878 &up. 100 108 110
Vie. Gov 6 Ile. Ja.&July 100 -
- Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 ,106 1061, 1061 5l 51

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(THIS DAY.)

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

TATTERSA.LVS-(THIS EVENING).

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
Bto 1 agst Weatherbound (taken)
9to 1 agst Dulcibella (offered)
15 to 1 agst Prelude (taken)
15 to 1 agst Thunderbolt (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Optimist (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sir William (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Sutton (offered)
25 to I agst Contadina (offered)
33 to 1 agst Frafola (taken)
33 to 1 agst Maggiore (offered)
33 to 1 agst Ticket-of .Leave (taken)
33 to 1 agst Cavriana (offered)
33 to 1 agst Roesia (offered)
40 to 1 agst Stampede (offered)
40 to 1 agst Maid of the Mist (offered)
40 to 1 agst Little Dick (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst Precise (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst Moorcock (taken)
50 to 1 agst Heiress (offered)
50 to 1 agst Killigrew (offered)
1000 to 10 agst Madlle. Chantilly (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Nuncio (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Ben Webster (taken)

TZIE DERBY.
1000 to 8 agst Atherstone (taken)
50 to 1 agst Forester (taken)

The Sport announces that nine horses belonging to
Count F. de Lagrange have left Royal Lieu for Newmarket,
and that among them are Mdlle. de Chantilly, Nuncio,
Pretendant, Pierrefonds, and Angelo.

SINGULAR AND DISTRESSING CASE
OF SUICIDE IN NEW YORK.

(From the New York Herald.)

A peculiar and truly distressing tragedy occurred at No.
221, West Thirty-sixth-street, on Sunday evening. The
particulars of the case, as furnished to our reporter yester-
day, are as follow :—ln the month of February last a '
young and really beautiful girl, named Josephine Clifton
Lyon, was forced to quit the residence of • her parents, in
First-street, in consequence, as she r ays, of the repeated
and apparently determined efforts of her father to induce
her to lead the life of a common courtesan. She fled to
the residence of a friend of hers named Jennings, where
she remained in safety until she could procure a suitable
boarding-house. Subsequently, in the month of March,
she went to live with a married lady in Macdougall-street.
Here she remained until June, when her father, discover-
ing her place of concealment, had her arrested and brought
before Justice Quackenbush. She refused to go to the
,1
house of her parents, however, and, notwithstanding she
was locked up in a lonely cell all night, in the morning her
determination was not shaken in the least. The magi-
strate, finding that all efforts to effect a reconciliation be-
tween the father and daughter were useless, discharged
Josephine, and told her to go back to her friends. After
staying a few months longer in Macdougall-street, the
girl, by invitation, went to the residence of Mr. E. Griffith,
a married gentleman, residing at 221, West Thirty-sixth
street. With Mr. Griffith's family, whom she had known
from her infancy, one would suppose that she would have
lived happily and contented; but, unfortunately, such was
not the case. At times she would become quite melan-
choly, and cry as if her heart would break. When asked
what was the matter, her invariable answer was, " I am
afraid my blackhearted father will come here some day and
take me away, and I would rather die than live with
him." The commencement of a civil suit for abduction
against Mr. Grath by Josephine's father served to in-
crease her fears, and so heavily did the affair weigh upon
her mind, that she possessed herself of a revolver, and
threatened to shoot her father and herself toe, if any
attempt was made to deprive her of her freedom. Mrs.
Griffith used every means to quiet the fears of the heart-
broken creature, but in vain; despair took possession of
her soul, and she determined to end all her earthly troubles
in a suicide's grave. On more than one occasion she pur-
chased laudanum for the purpose of self-destruction, but
her love and respect for the family of Mr. Griffith prevented
her from carrying out her desire. A day or two ago, how-
ever, she thought she discovered an agent of her father's
lurking about the house, and, fearful that an effort would
be make to abduct her, she determined to carry out her
original intention of suicide. Accordingly, on Sunday
evening, when Mr. and Mrs. Griffith were sitting in the
parlour, Josephine retired to the privacy of her room, and,
procuring a pistol from the bureau, placed the muzzle to her
chest, and pulled the fatal trigger. The cap did not explode,
however, and it was not until she had tried a second and a
third time that she could succeed in firing off the weapon.
The report of the pistol soon brought the entire family to
the room, and on entering the apartment they found poor
Josephine lying weltering in a pool of blood. Dr Burdick,
of West Thirty-ninth-street, was instantly summoned to
the relief of the dying girl. He found Josephine lying on
the bed in a state of syncope, but by means of stimulants
and hot applications to the feet and lower extremities he
soon succeeded in restoring her to consciousness. Upon
probing the wound the physician found that the ball had
entered the epigastric region, a little to the left to the me-
dian line, wounding the diaphragm. Subsequent discoveries
showed that besides cutting through the diaphragm, the
ball had pierced the stomach. The patient, after rallying,
vomited a large quantity of blood, but did not complain of
any pain. She seemed averse to having anything done
whereby her recovery might be effected, saying she was
determined to die, and that if she got well she would make
a second attempt at suicide. Tier manner was quite cool,
and in a clear and distinct voice she related the cause which
impelled her to the commission of the rash act. The story of
her wrongs, as recounted to Dr. Burdick, Mr. Griffith, and
others, runs this way :—Her father at one time was engaged
in the livery business, and well off, but of late years by re-
verses of fortune he was reduced to penury. Driven to
desperation he resorted to the most unnatural means to ob-
tain a livelihood—namely, the prostitution of his daughter.
But Josephine, who, according to all accounts, was a good
and virtuous girl, spurned the base proposal with scorn,
and threatened to leave her parent's roof if the offer was re-
peated. Incredulous as it may appear, Josephine says that
every artifice was used to make her lead a life of shame by
him who should have been her guardian and protector. At
night she was forced to place her bed against the bedroom
door to guard against intrusion, and on one occasion she
said an effort was made to deprive her of her senses by means
of chloroform. Finding that her father was determined that
she should become a wanton, on the 26th Feb. last she left
her parent's roof, and sought that protection among strap •
gers which was denied her at home. With the rest of her
history our readers aro already familiar. Josephine stated
that she was about 17 years of age, and that the attempts
on the part of her father to force her to become a courtesan
commenced fully three years ago. It was only within the
year or so, however, that his conduct became unbearable,
and rendered her flight a matter of dire necessity. Dr. Car-
nochan was in attendance upon the wounded girl, and after
holding a consultation with the other physicians, the case
was pronounced hopeless. The case is a very remarkable
' one, and when it comes to be investigated by the coroner
many additional facts of interest will be developed.

ALTERATION OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY.-
The improvements being effected at the National Gallery,
Trafalgar-square, for the more effective display of the col-
lection of paintings purchased by the nation, at such an
enormous cost, have already made considerable progress,
and it is now expected that the gallery will be re-opened
to the public during November, or early in December,
being much sooner than was originally expected. The
division in the central hall, separating the national collec-
tion from that part of the building devoted to the Royal
Academyz has been entirely removed, as also the circular
erection in the rear? next St. George's Barracks, and the
space thus obtained is now being prepared for hanging the
pictures, a floor being thrown across the hall level with
that of the old gallery. Considerable alteration is also to
be made in the staircase leading to the Royal Academy,
which will now be made to run up into the miniature room.
These arrangements are only temporary, as, on the comple-
lion of the building about to be erected for the Royal
Academy, the whole of the gallery in Trafalgar-square will
be appropriated to the public collection, and those paintings
removed from Marlborough House to Kensington be
brought bore.

CONJURING WITH A VENGEANCE : A SCENE.-
For some days prior to Tuesday evening last, large bills
were posted in the town of Warrington, announcing to the
inhabitants :that the " celebrated Wiljalba Frikell's per-
formance" would be given in the large room of the Lion
Hotel, on that evening. At the hour appointed, the room
in question was crammed by a large and fashionable
audience, to witness the wonderful feats of the renowned
"wizard." On a raised platform was exhibited all the
mystic paraphernalia proper to the occasion. Presently the
magician himself made his appearance, and after a few ju-
troductory remarks proceeded to display his powers. The
performance continued but a very brief time when a strangeo
commotion was apparent in one part of the
verym.
and the words " impostor" and " humbug" room.
and
audible. At length a gentleman sprang on to one of the
seats, and called out to the performer, " Are pinu
idst
Frikell ?" Upon this a terrible uproar arose,
question.the
of which a score of voices were heard repeating
forward, and said,
The dismayed " professor" then stepped forw, Wiljalba
" Allow me to explain ;" but WAS metbawith,
i question—yes, or no. Are
youWita Frikell, and I never
was the reply, " I am net Wiljalbaere r
shouted seve-
said I was." "Never said y Iv
i 1 FrikellA?n"sw"ektoh,'e'
ral 'of the indignant audience,u "
t wizard, " my bill does
look at your bill!"
" 'Well," retorted the counterf_erlkoi ,
1 but that Wi!jalba
not say that I am WiljalbabeF i
who—amused
a.mu.se.d
ns"ldi e
Nelyhtioetl:ewdeo
bo re ,l i
ealued,
On hearing this
Frikell's performance will gdeieevnieruna.
edxemplaanodateidonthmeiarnzoonfeythboe akud_iean
, that indivi-
dual etvheeryaucdasaoeitwyaosf
tchoemepiercod;ewsistoh.r.„lroemthaeinseed
dual essayed a further explanation. He said he had tried
the thing in his own name without success, and that if he
had continued he must inevitably have starved. It then
struck him to have his bill drawn up in such a manner,
that, though he did not literally pass himself off as the
real Frikell, the public might still be led to consider him
to
be that personage ; and since then he had made " lots
of money." In conclusion, he offered to go through the
performance as well as the individual he was personating;
which he did, it appears, to the satisfaction of those who
remained.

ROAD.

THE LATE MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT

At the Wilts Quarter Sessions, which commenced
at Marlborough on Tuesday, some discussion took
place with reverence to the proceedings of the ma-
gistrates and the police in endeavouring to eluci-
date the mystery attending the recent child murder
at Road-hill-house, the residence of Mr. Kent. Sir
J. Awdry, who it will be remembered acted as
chairman at the late e!amination of Elizabeth
Gough, presided on the occasion, and there was a
large attendance of magistrates, including the Right
Hon. T. H. S. Estcourt, M.P., Lord Ernest Bruce,
M.P., Mr. Marsh, M.P., Mr. Merewether, Q.C., &c.
On the reading of the report of the Constabulary
Committee, _ _

Mr. HENEAGE wished to ask Capt. Meredith, the
chief constable, a question relating to some circum-
stances arising out of the Road murder. He ob-
served from reports in the public papers that on the
night of the murder two policemen, who were very
properly placed in Mr. Kent's house, were locked
into a room for several hours. He wished, there-
fore, to know if any notice had been taken or in-
quiry made with regard to the conduct of those

Officers. (Hear, hear.)
Captain MEREDITH replied that the policemen
did not know before 2 o'clock in the morning that
they had been locked in. They might, if they had
pleased, have got out into the yard where the dog

was kept.
Mr, MEREWETHER-At what time did they go in.
Captain MEREDITH said they went in at 11 o'clock.
Mr. Kent wished them to remain in the house as a
protection to his family. It was an arrangement
between him and the superintendent at Trowbridge.
One of them belonged to Wilts and the other to
Somerset:

Mr. RENEAGE—Then they were not sent for pur-
poses of detection, but simply to protect Mr.
Kent ?

Captain MEREDITII—To a certain extent they
were, but they had private orders. The explana-
tion which Mr. Kent has given to the public of his
reason for locking them in is that he wished the
house to be precisely in the same state in which it
usually was. He was always in the habit of lock-
ing that door at night. The police could have got
out at the back door, but then they would have
come in contact with the dog.
Mr. ALEXANDER—But thy were not at liberty
to go about the house P
Captain MEREDITH—No.
_ _ _ _

MEREWETHER said it was somewhat gra-
tifying to know that of two policemen who were
locked into a room from 11 o'clock until two with-

out knowing it, only one belonged to the county of
Wilts. (Laughter.)
Mr. HENEAGE—I wish to know if any notice
has been taken of the conduct of either.

Captain MEREDITH—I could not find that any
blame attached to them, because they did not know
they were locked in.

ICIr. T. B. SAUNDERS (one of the justices of the
Bradford division) said he wished to make a few
observations on the case. He would refrain from
using the word " murder," because it was pos-
sible, from what he had heard, that it might
turn out to be only a case of manslaughter. He
happened to be at Brighton when the case occurred,
but on his return he took the liberty of suggesting
that there should be a public inquiry, but was in-
formed that the matter had better be left in the
hands of those magistrates who were then institut-
ing a private inquiry, and only one of whom be-
longed to the division in which Road-house was
situate. He did not wish, however, to cast an
imputation upon any I arson on that account ; but,
having been asked what good were the police of
this county, who cost something like £lO,OOO a
year, when an offence of this kind could
i be com-
mitted without detection, and having been informed
that a great deal of evidence could be adduced
which had not yet F?en publicly given, he thought
it was incumbent on the magistrates to institute
further proceedings, there being a difficulty in
official quarters in London on the part of the Se-
cretary of State to commence or institute any such
investigation in a legal or proper manner. He
begged therefore to move that a special committee
be appointed to investigate the circumstances con-
nected with the death of Francis Saville Kent, and
the proceedings taken by the police with reference
thereto, and to report thereon to the next sessions.
If that did not meet with the approval of the Court
he would propose that the Constabulary Committee
should take the matter up and report thereon. He
saw no illegality in such a course, but would bow
with every submission and respect to the opinion
of the chairman. He had not attended any of the
examinations, but he might mention that on the
Ist of September last he wrote to the Secretary of
State, Sir George Lewis, stating that circumstances
had come to his knowledge which induced him to
think that evidence could be brought forward
without much difficulty or expense sufficient to
justify the apprehension of two of the persons who
slept in the house on the night of the occurrence,
and suggesting that if the Secretary of State thought
it expedient to authorise an inquiry, he as a barris-
ter would readily undertake the same, either alone
or jointly with others, free of expense. On the sth
of September he received a reply, containing these
words :

"If you are in possession of any information respecting
this case, or have any suggestions to offer, it is your duty
to communicate them to your brother magistrates and to
the chief constable of the county. No special authority is
required to enable you to perform your functions as a ma-
gistrate."

sidering the nature of the subject, he should he
sorry to allow it to pass by without dischargi,a g
what appeared to him to be a duty, in making one-
or two remarks; He undertook to say that the
whole of the magistrates in the county had taken
the deepest interest in the case, and he could not
see that those who were officially connected with
the district where the death took place had failed
in making the most constant, the most vigorous,
and the most assiduous investigation into the whole
of the circumstances of the case. He did not know
that Mr. Saunders had imputed any ladies or neg-
lect to them; but it appeared that he desired fa
further investigation under the cognisance of mri,
gistrates other than those who had already taken
part in the proceedings. Now, he confessed he diet
not see what good was likely to arise from
the adoption of such a system ; neither could
he see why in this case they were to depart from
the ordinary rules which guided them in others.
The only thing peculiar about the case was its
atrocity, if it was a murder, and the remarkable.
mystery in which it was enveloped. This
magistrates of the district had taken every
pains to investigate the matter. They had exa-
mined every person likely to throw the slightest
light upon the occurrence ; some of them had even
gone to London to ascertain the opinions of those
who were competent to give advice • and they
adopted a further step which commended itself to
the good opinion of all, by inviting the attendance
of Sir John Awdry to assist them
last examination. (Hear, hear.) in
l What
conducting the,
another and gaoosde, then,,a
would result from having
inquiry? Having read the report of the last exa-
mination,ra he was at a loss to conceive what fresh
witness could be put into the box, or what fresh
clue there was to follow up. But even supposing
a further inquiry to be necessary, why should it not
be conducted by the magistrates of the division in
which Road-hill was situated ? What was there
to prevent them the moment a fresh a clue Was of,
fered from following it up ? The real difficulty i-a
the case was that there was no clue at all. Evee7
man might draw his own conclusions, but those
conclusions were not evidence. Mr. Saunders had
intimated something as to the impropriety of allow_
ing the nurse to leave the county, but who, he,
would ask, had a light to stop her ? (Hear, hear.)
What power was there even in a Secretary of State
to do such a thing ? Until there was some reason.-
able ground, likely to lead to evidence, they had no
right to imprison any single person, and he could
not therefore agree with those who thought that
the nurse should have been prevented from leav-
, ing the neighbourhood. (Hear, hear.) No man
'could say that pains had not been taken in en-
deavouring to arrive at the truth of the matter..
He believed that one public body had suggested,
a commission from the Crown, but he wished to
know what such a commission could have done
more than the magistrates on the spot ? It was
the lack of evidence, the want of any clue, that
formed the real impediment in the case.
There had been no sluggishness or unwill-
ingness on the part of the local authorities. His
own opinion with regard to the case was that, inas-
much as the parties who committed the deed were
probably limited in number, and as by banding toge-
ther they had the chance of depriving the officers of
justice of the means of making out a case against
them, the best course to be pursued was not to keep
up a continual agitation, not to go on irritating, as
it were, the minds of those from whom they might
hope eventually to obtain positive evidence, but
rather to allow them to pursue their ordinary occu-
pations, and to trust to some incautious word or
deed on their part hereafter. When public suspi-
cion was supposed to be subsided something might
turn up which would furnish a clue to the mystery.
(Hear, hear.) He contended that Sir George Lewis
had acted rightly in declining to recommend a
Royal commission, or to authorise such an inquiry
as Mr. Saunders had suggested. He was of opinion
that the Secretary of State had no power to autho-
rise such an inquiry.
Mr. SAUNDERS—But was there not a private in-
quiry authorised by the Secretary of State?
Sir JOHN AWDRY—I may as well state that those
who appeared before us at Trowbridge were acting
under the authority of the Attorney-General. I
should not have been disposed to take part in any
detective examination, but, having been informed
that a regular charge was to be brought before the
magistrates, I felt that I should be wanting in
courtesy if I refused to acquiesce in the request of
some of my brother magistrates to preside over the
investigation. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. ESTCOURT said it was a source of much grati-
fication to himself to find the recent investigation
presided over by one who had had so much legal
experience both in this country and in India. (Hear,
hear.) It gave a character and a weight to the pre •
ceedings, and he felt satisfied that ever y kind of
evidence that could be adduced was exhausted
under such superintendence. Under these circum-
stances he felt bound to oppose the motion of Mr.
Saunders, feeling assured that it would only lead
to a useless and profitless investigation. (Hear.)
The motion not being seconded fell to the ground,
but _ _

To that letter he replied that he had already com-
municated with several of his brother magistrates,
and also with the chief constable, but that on his
attending one of the preliminary investigations he
was informed that it was simply of a private cha-
racter, and had better be left to those magistrates
who had taken the matter in hand. To that letter
he had received no reply. He certainly was sur-
prised to find that the nurse had been allowed to
leave the county, and her having been recently
brought back for examination at Trowbridge was a
proof that one portion at least of his letter to the
Secretary of State was not ill-timed. The case now
appeared to be involved in the greatest difficulty,
but still there were circumstances which it was of
the utmost importance to bear in mind. In the first
place, the locking up of the policeman was a most
unaccountable proceeding. Then again he had been
informed that there was a light burning over the
hall•door during the whole night when the child
was taken away. _ _ _

Capt. MEREDITH—There is a light burning there
every night.
Mr. SAUNDERS had been told that such was not
the case, and he believed that evidence could be
brought forward to show that that lamp was burn-
ing as late as one o'clock, notwithstanding that Pll
the inmates said they went to bed before 12, and
that they slept with more than usual soundness.
Then again he had never heard it asked whether an
old scythe might not have been the instrument with
which the crime was committed. Neither had it
been shown up to the present moment that the gar-
den tools were ever examined.

Mr. SAUNDERS reiterated his belief that unless
some further proceedings were taken the public
mind would not be satisfied.

Sir J. AWDRY said, without wishing to prolong
the discussion, he might observe that, with the ex-
ception of the suggestion of a scythe having been
used to inflict the wounds on the child, no point
had been brought forward by Mr. Saunders which
did not seem to have been anticipated; but he could
hardly imagine, from the manner in which the sur-
geon gave his evidence, that a scythe would have
been available for such a purpose.
The subject then dropped.

Captain MEREDITH—Each one of them was exa
mined.
Mr. SAUNDERS—May I ask if the grass on the
lawn was cut with a scythe or anything else ?
Captain MEREDITH—With a scythe.
Mr. SAUNDERS understood that it had been out
with a machine. Another question he wished to
ask, whether any sweeps went up the chimney to
examine them after the child was found ?
Capt. MEREDITH—I believe not. The chimneys
were examined, but not by a sweep.
not been Mr. SAUNDERS considered they
pro-
perly examined. His own imp improper in
was that the deceased saw rtegboaiogdnilof the case
the nursery, and that it was that which led to the
The instrument with
commission of the foul deed.
might have been
which it had been committed m
dis-
posed of in the neighbourhood ; and he wished to
ask whether during the investigation
._ of the case the
applied to the Constabulary
chief constable had
Committee for their advice and
communicateddassistance with.
Captain M il
EREDIT—
the magistrates.
Mr. SAUNDERS—
But have you communicated
with the Constabulary Committee ?
Captain MEREDITH—No, I have not.
Mr. SAUNDERs said by the rules of sessions it was
his duty to have done so, therefore, if the Court ob-
jected to the appointment of a special committee,
he would propose that the chief Constable commu-
nicate with the Constabulary committee, so that
theYalight report on the subject at the next sessions.
Mr. 'LINEAGE said before the question was put
to the Court he wished to ask Captain Meredith
whether there were, as stated by Mr. Saunders,
many persons yet remaining to be examined whose
evidence would be useful with regard to the disco-
very of the murder ?
Captain MEREDITH replied that he was not
aware of one. lie believed the whole of the evi-
dence had already been exhausted by the ma-
gistrates, who had been most indefatigable through-
out the whole of the investigation. Even during
the progress of the private examinations every-
thing was taken down in writing. The whole of
the family were examined, and Mrs. Kent being in
too delicate a state to be brought to the court, the
committee proceeded to Road-hill-house and exa-
mined her there. He had further to explain with
reference to the constables, that their attendance
was requested by Mr. Kent, and that he himself
knew nothing of it. Mr. Kent showed them into
the kitchen, saying, " I shall be in the library; if
you
hear a noise, come to me." When they at-
tempted to go out they found the door fastened,
and Mr. Kent came and opened it.
gr.
Mr. SOTIIERON ESTCOURT said, although
con-
Saunders's motion had not been seconded, yet