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

S HABE .31ARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

OEDINA.RY SPIARES AND STOCKS.

Paid. IBusiness done
Share Railways.
100 'Atlantic & St Lawrence all SO ..-3___
CFlorsic.
gine
stk IBom da&.Cent Ind
, - 'P..(ro 100 93 94 934
(x u. 5 per cent .. .....
18 Do, Do. 13 16 1; 14 d
204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 5 51d 54
204 Do. New - --
10 Do. Preference .... . all 61 7;
B uffalo, Brant,&(Xodric.ll 100 78 82
6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100
100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 73 78
100 Do. do. 3 une 1, 1874 100 70 75
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lien) 1. 3 0. 4 d itp
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.' 2s. - -
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 14 14 d 31
20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c 74 14 I d •
171 Demerara. - -
20 Eastn. Bengalegu. 5 p. c 74 14 1; d 54
stock East Indian,ku. 5 p. c 100 99 110 • 995 I
20 Do. F Shares Ext l5 + d pr
20 Do. Jubbulpore l5 4 d pr
100 Do. 44 p c. Debentrs all 93 99
100 Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 all 101 102
20 Geelong (Ts Melbourne - -
sto. Geelong Corporation 6 100 - -
ptr cent. Bonds
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 27 28 24 1
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 84 86 855
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 51 63 514 1 2
100 Do. 7 per oent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1567 all 48 50 49;
100 Do. do. 1872 _ all 48 50 49 5
tock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 96 961 961
20 Do. New gua. 5 p. c 6 14d 10
20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) 13 24 I.ld,
guaranteed 5 per cent.
204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 13; 141 134 14
201 Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with all 'lOO 102 101
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till 'GO . all 100 102
100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 100 102
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 da .. all 92 94
stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 84 86
stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 93 94 934
stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 87 89
20 Do. Fourth do - - .... 10 15 1 a d
20 Do. d 0........... all - -
stock Melb.Corp. 6 p. a Bnds. 100 - -
Newßrunswick & Canda
20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Class A Capital Share
Do. do. Land do.. - ....
20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... an 5 7
Do. do. Land do.
20 Gude (Limited) - -
./'
stock Scinde .......... ii : . 100 931 991
20 Do. Punjaub .... f.l „o 7 11 d 1411 85
20 Do. Do. ........ a 9 all - - di
stalk Do. Indus. St. Flo. g, ,° 100 93 94 91;
20 IS t. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - -
10 , Trinidad (Lin.) Scrip 1 5 5 4
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 ,Antwerp & Rotterdam all 54 54
20 !Ardennes.... ...... - -p
20 Bah.&S.Fran.lim.7 p.c Bl 15 i d 9
5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1
20 Bezters to Graissessac all - t
-
6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 21 21
100 Copiabo . & all - -
10 I Ditto Extension - - all 24 2 d
20 !Dutch Rhenish ...
20 Eastern of France
20 Grand Rue. Guar. 6 p. c 6 - --
20 Do. do. all - -
20 ,Great Central of France - -
20 :Gt. Luxem., Con. shs 6l 61
20 !Italian Junction .. - -
20 Lake! Constance & Bale - -
20 ILierre & Turnhout - --
20 !Lyons & Geneva - -
331 Maria Antonia - -
10 iDo. New - ... - -
20 Namur & Liege
20 Do. 6 p. c. Pref.
16 Northern of France all 88 39 28
20 Do. New Shares ..... 15 -
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 71 81
20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 36 37
20 Paris & Orleans . ... all 53 55
20 'Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.)
, gua. 7 p. et. 1im...... 13 3 214
20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 - -
10 Rome & Frascati ...... all - -
20 !Royal Dani5h.......... all 13 15
5 Royal Swedish . .. . .. .. all - -
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - -
20 Sambre & Meuse
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 1. 8
20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. 2 1 14
20 S.A.ust.&Lomb Venetir 12 1 1 d 114
20 Southern of France.... all 191 201
81 West Flanders
10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 95 55
20 W. & N.W. of France .. alt 22 23
23 Western of Austria.... 6 - -
20 Western of Switzerland all - -
6 Wiesbaden ...... . . .... all - -
6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref.... all - -
20" Zealand - -
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I .„,,, Closing Business
Share Railways. I i `'"' Price. ! Done.
;
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50 ' ;
Belfast and Ballymena all
lhuAlnfii r pc liilertaai
13.14 Mr., Wol , and Ste. Val. all 8 81
stock ,Birk.. La., and Ch June 100 78 80
25 Tllackburn • all 111 12/
25 Blyth and Tyne all
10 Bost. Steal'. and Mid.Co all 01 7
stock Bristol and Exeter
stock Caledonian
10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all
50 Cork and Bandon all
20 Cork, lilrock., &Passage all
mgbeete,sii no div
2010 Cornwall.... nAw
(a
all
10 Do B .!.. 1 all
50 Dublin & Belfast. June. all
25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 71 8
stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 . .
, •
stock Eastern Counties lOO 53 54 03,1
stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40
stecK Do do Bdo 100 27 29
25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 81
20 East Suffolk
10 Do
stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 81 82
stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee ICO 30 301
10 Forth & Clyde Junction all
stock Furness
stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 109 111
10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all
stock Great Northern lOO 114 115 1144
100 115 116 116
Otock Do do A stock
sto,lk Do do B do
stock ,Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 114
stock Great Western
stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 65
12 Trish ,s,outh-eastern
stock T,ancashire & Yorkshire 100 1185 119 1.06 a 1 r
stock London and Blackwall
1100 65
115
67
stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 00 113
stock Lond , Chat., and Dover 100 52 54
stock Land. & Nth. Western 100 1001 101 'lOO4 14 1004 i
121 Do eighths
stock Lond. & sth. Western lOO 95 96 654
25 L'derry & Coleraine
25 L'derry & Ennisxillen all 101 11
stock Man. Slid. & Lincoln lOO 474 181 471 8
50 Maryport and Carlisle all .:
124 Do do 1 shares all
3
10 Metropolitan 4 2 d
stock Midland
100
stock Do lairming. & Derby 107 109
50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all
25 Do 4 shares all
25 Mid gent. .....
.
10 Do, Cray Line
all
100 Newcastle and Carlisle all
10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d
20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all
stock Norfolk.
50 Nthn. Counties Union.. 35 131 d
stock North British .. 100 6324 63 624 4
stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 --
stock D, A stk ; A recs no d.
until 6pchas beenpd.l3' 100
stock Do B stock ~ . 100 a
n.., ,
stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1041 105 ~.1 Z
25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase'l6 134 p 1 d
stock no Leeds .............. 100 594 60
100 90 90 89
stock Do York
stock North London
174 321 1
19.16.4 North Staffordlhire
10 N. and S. W. Junction all 9f 2; 94
12 Not. & Grantham Rail lO 7/ SI 8
10 Peebles. .... • ..., all
Portsmouth ........
10 Rhymney.. •••-,-• • • • • • all
stock Scottish Central
stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 344 .35 354
stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 86 88
stock Shropshire Union lOO 49 51
10 Slain gbourne & Sheer all 6 7
stock South Devon .....•
stock South Eastern ......
stock South Wales ....
stock S. York. and River bun I 100 77 79
20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8
25 Stockton & Darlington all 39
40
p
25 Do do•
11 8 9
Stockton & Hartlepool 161
stock Taff Vale ..,. • •
stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO I
25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 1
50 Ulster • • •
25 Do ...... ........
12 10 Do .. : .... ••• • ..
stock Vale of Neath •.
100 I 65 70
13 Victoria Sta. and Pim
stocx Waterford & Kilkenny 100
50 Waterford & Limerick all
20 West Cornwall . all 61 64
20 West London....
10 Do Ist class .•. . .
20 Do 2d class .. ..
stock West -Midland—Oxford! 100 47 49
25 Do. Newport' all 105 11
125 Do. Hereford 111 I 21 14 d

12:1, I Do. liereiora I 4A-
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SHARES.PREFERENCE
Cl
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Business
BRITISH MINES.
C 1 o
pricesi g Business
Share! Railways. •
" Price. Done.
Share Mines. Paid.' Done

Lllytne and Tyne 10 per
) c. pref. (issued at £5O
& Exet.4 p.et.stocl,
Do. do. do. Shares ....,.
Caledon £lO, 41 per cent
Do. Guar. Shares, No. 2.
Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c.
Cornwall. 5 per cent...
Dun.Perth&Aber Tun..
E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c.
Do. do. Class B 6 p.c....
Do. do. Class C 7 p.c....
E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. 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. 5p.?.. shares
Do. 4 p. c. gua. 5..& D.
Edin. Perth& Pun. 4 p.c.
Furness, 5 per cent ....
;Glos.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c.
,Greht Northern, 5 p. ct.
I Do.sp.c.R6edm., 10 p.c.pm
,Do. 41 p. c. do. do.
Do. sp.c. Bedm. 5 p.c. pm
'Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf.
Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4
p. ct. pref. stock
Great West. (Berks and
Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct.
o. Redeemable, 4t p.ct.
,Do. Redeemable. 4..n.et
t.'o. ftecieem. _Pref.
Do. Birm. Pref. Shares.
Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh.
Do d o 5 p. ct. pref
Do Birmer.guar. stock
Do. Chester gna. shares
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do.
T,an.&York 6 p. c. stock
Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc
Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.)
Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l
Do. 5 p. c No. 2
Do. gua. 6 p. c.
Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4
Do. do. 41 per cee.
iDo. do. 41 p. c. shares
Do. 7 p. cr. Pref. stock
Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P )
Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65)
Lon. Chat'. and Dover
,Lon. and N.W. Coy. and
Nuneaton, 5 p. ct
Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et. stock
Do. 41 per cent.
Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns.
of 2s. 6d ,
Londoncty. & Cole. 1 sh.'
Londony. & Ennis. Ish
%Tan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct.
Do. £6
Do. 3 per cent
Do. redeem. 6 per cent
NTarynort & Car., 4 p. c
Do. 41 per cent
Ina. Con. 6 p c. stock
Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c.
Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock
Do. with option till 1860
Do. T,eic. & Int. pref. st.,
Nora 5 p. c. Ex. st. 18461
Do. 51 p. C. Pref. do. 1847'
Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lBl7
North British. 5 p. C.
Do. New, gun. 5 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, IT. & S. Purch.
North Staffordshire
Rhymney Guaranteed.'
Scottish Central, new pf
Scottish North-Eastern
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. 4J per cent
Do. Fixed tip.c. Ist is
.'outh Wales, gua. 4 P.C
Do. 4i per cent.
S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua.
Stock. & Dar. A. 5 p. c
Do. B 6 uer cent
Do. C 6 percent
Watrfd & fillkny, 6 p. c
W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk
Do. 25 do
Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red.
Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1866
Do. till 1869, Ist is.
Do. do. 2d is.
I Do. Hereford 44 p.e. pf.

Console kihilallq 2.11.10
;British iron
!Clifford
Devon G. Cons. (ra% ist.), 1
'East Bassett (Illogan).. 30
East Caradon 2.14.6
E. WI Russel (Tavistk )1 7.4.0
G am.&S t.Aubyn(G wen ) 541
Great South Tolgus 173
G. Wheal Alfd. (Phi1ack),12.13.9
G. Wheal Vor (Ifelston)! 91
Grenville , 5.14.6
:Herod's-
Tlingston Downs 4.8.6
!Lady Bertha
'Margaret (Uny Lelant),
North Downs 2
'North Frances (Mogan). 11
N.Wh'l Basset (1110 ,an) 5s
!North Wheal Crotty 9.18.9
IPar Consols (St. Biazey)ll
!Providence (Uny Lein 10.6.7
Sortridge Cons. Miti.Cod 12s
South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14
S. Cam Brea (Illogan) I 3*
S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.l all
,S.Wheal Frau., (I 110gan),18.1'4.9
'Stray Park 122.18.0
'Tamar Silv.& Lead Min.l! 41
Tin Croit 9
,Vale of Towey (Carm )14s 6d
West Basset (111oLran) l4
W, ctieybfte-
rheal Basset (Mogan)/
Wheal
Buller (Reditith) 5
Vheal Edward (Cals.) 61
!Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2
'Wheal Mary Ann (Men.), 8
Wheal Trelawney (Lis.): 51

41 5
1 2

94 96

[OO 102

20a 21i
51 61
99 101
111 113
106 108
109 111
108 110
123 125
82 84

11 113
90 72
77i 78}
[O3 105
120 122
116 118
110 112
[O3 105
85 87

93 100

LOO 102
90 in
101 103
91 10
171 11
10 lot
76 78
20 21
10 101
15 151'
[36 ILB

FOREIGN MINES.

Audralian
Bon Accord Copper,Li m.l
Brazil. Imp. (is. at ~-e.,i p.)
Do.St.Johndel Iley,Litn
Do. Lan d and Mining Co.
Clarendon Cons.MinCo 1
Cobre Copper
Copiapo . • • Co',
DunMoun.Cop.Miug.
Fortuna. I
General
Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1
Kapunda (Limited)
Linares
Lusitanian
IMariquita
N. Rhin eCopot S.Aus. L
Pontgibaud Silver,Leaal
Mining and Smelt 1
Port Philip
i Scot tish Austrin. (L.)
[United Mexican

[l6 118
116 118
[35 140
116 118
102 104

52 156
[3O 134
68 70
90 92

Worthing (Limited)
Do.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1860.

.(THIS DAY.)

SINGULAR AND DISTRESSING
OF SUICIDE IN NEW YORK.

(From the New York Herald.)

CASE

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 says, 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
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. Griffith 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 too, 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 aven-e 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. Her manner was quite cool,
and in a clear and distinct voice she related the causewhich
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 strata •
gers which was denied her at home. With the rest of her
history our readers are 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 rendored 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
to,„s -, coroner
many additional fads- 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,
thanbeing much sooner was originaliy expected. The
division in the centr'l hall, separating the national collec-
tion from that part of the building devoted to the Royal
Academy, 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-
tion 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 here.

A BONESETTER COMMITTED FOR MANSLAUGH-
TER.--A case has been under investigation before the coro-
ner at Birkenhead, to inquire into the cause of death of a
boy who died a day or two ago in consequence of injuries
to his leg. The boy, whose name was Timmins, was eight
years of age, and on his complaining of a pain in his leg a
doctor was called in who ordered the limb to be poulticed.
The father, who resided at Birkenhead, not satisfied with
this, took the boy to Mr. Even Thomas, a famous bone-
setter, in Liverpool. Mr. Thomas, after an examination,
said the boy's thigh was broken, and got 10s.,his usual fee,
for which he " set the bone." in a day or two after the boy
became worse, and died within a few days of his visit to
Mr. Thomas. Besides setting the bone Mr. Thomas, it
seems, also prescribed the application of water bandages. A
post-mortem examination of the body showed that the
thigh bone had never been fractured, and the medical
gentleman who made the examination stated that an abscess
had been formed in the limb, absorption of .the matter of
which had, in his opinion, been promoted by the water-
bandages, and that this absorption was the cause of death.
The jury, after hearing the evidence, gave a verdict of
" Manslaughter against Mr. Thomas." On application to
the magistrates he was yesterday admitted to bail.
A MAN SHOT BY A DOG.—An accident of a yery
singular description occurred on Saturday last in a field near
the village of Keynsham. It appears that between two and
three o'clock in the afternoon, John Hodges, a young man
between 21 and 22 years of age, in company with Robert
Green and others, were out in the fields ferreting for rats.
Hodges was Firmed with a gun, and was accompanied by a
sheep dog. The ferret, a very fine one, of the white pole-
cat breed, had gone into one of the mows and brought out
a rat, and Hodges was standing up and endeavouring to
choke it off," at the same time most incautiously hugging
the muzzle of a loaded gun (the butt-end of which rested on
the ground) to his side, when the dog, anxious to get at the
rat, commenced jumping up to him on the side on which
the gun was, and it is expected that while doing so the poor
brute's paw came in ccntact with the hammer and pulled
it back, and that in the rebound it fell on the cap ; the gun
went off, and the charge, after shooting away part of the
man's coat collar, entered the left side of his neck under the
jaw, dividing the jugular vein, and passing up through
into the head. The poor fellow fell on his back, and,
when found, was extending his arms right and leff, and
continuing his grasp of the ramrod, which he had been
holding in his hand. The gun lay a short distance from
him. He died apparently without a struggle within a few
moments from the discharge of the piece.
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
" wizan.i." 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 in-
troductory reoarks proceeded to display his powers. The
performance continued but a very brief time when a strange
commotion was :Apparent in one part of the rooemry.
and the words " impostor and " humbug" were() very
audible. At length a gentleman sprang on IT
Y a the midst
Frikell ?" Upon this a terrible uproar arose, a
the-question.
seats, and called out to the performer, " Are tecuelviljatha
of which a score of voices were heard repeating
h 4. Answer the
"Allow me to explain ;" but was met ..
'aibwa Frikell ?" " No,"
question-7es, or no. Are you "TB.]
e! la and I never
The dismayed " professor" then steppediftorward, and said,
" shouted seve-
m hearing
bill doesthi
s
said I was. ' "Never said you lv
-•u 4c look at your bill 1"
was the repl7, "I am not Wiljalbs .
ral '.of the indi het
audience(
" Well," retorted7t"
not say that I am ‘Will be
but that Wljalba
'—remained, that indivi-
Frikell's performance audieence rushed to the door, and
\lid'. To those who—amused
explanation many ofilethe ic..—a demand which, we believe,
demanded their money bach
in every case was com
counbabterfgiitvewni.:ard,o .n.
at the audacity of the "P
lanation. He said he had tried
dual essayed a further exp t_
wi lout success, and that if he
the thing in his own naire
inevitably have starved It
had continued he must dwit . then
his bill ra up in such a manner,
struck him to have
did not literally pass himself off as the
that, though he
public might
still be led to
real Frike I th
ff e public consider him
and since then
that personage ;
to be Plierofesslge
In conclusion, he offered to go through the
of money."
performance as well as the individual he was personating ;
which be did, it appgarfs, to the gltigecticnt of thew who
remaillcl.