The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-03 00:00:00

UTTERING A FORGED CHEQUE.—William Glandinning
isms brought up clarged by Sergeant Lombard, 14 C, with
attempting to utter a forged cheque for £229, with intent
to der_uud the Union Bank, Argyle-place.
Mr. Hem y Glennie, one of the cashiers at the bank, said
that about eleven that morring the prisoner presented to
him the cheque produced, and purporting to be signed by
Mr. George Whitehead for 1229, in favour of Colonel
Tynte. Doubting the genninenesc of the signature, he
spoke to Mr. Phillips, ona of the managers, who put several
questions to the prisoner, and asked where he obtained it,
to which he replied that it was given to him by a matt in
Poland street to take to the bank and get cashed. He was
then given into custody.

Mr. George Whitehead, conveyancer, of 10, Poland-
street, said he had an account at the "[Trion Bank. The
signature to the cheque produced was not his, though it
was very much like it. He had signed several cheques
lately in favour of Colonel Tynte. Ire knew nothing
whatever of the prisoner, and had no recollection of him.
Sergeant Lombard, 'l4 C, said he was called into the
Bank that morning, and on telling the prisoner he was
charged with attempting to utter the cheque, his only reply
was that he was son", for it, and had nothing to say in
answer to the charge.

The prisoner was then remanded till this day week.

THIS DA 'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dec. 3.—Wine-this day at noon, S.W. ;
moderate breeze, and fine.
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Bourse
d'Amoes, from Havannah for Falmouth; Contest, from
Newfoundland ; Isabella, from Mogador for Falmouth.
Sailed—Navarino, for Moreton Bay; Halifax, for Ports-
mouth.

PENZANCE, Dec. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Marquis of
Chandos, from Quebec.
FALMOUTH,. Dec. 2.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—lron-
master (steamer), for St. Michael's,
MILFORD Dec. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Pathfinder,
from Akyall
SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 2.—Wind W.S.W.—Sai!ed--Mag-
dalena (steamer), for the West Indies.
PoOLE, Dec. 2.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Sylph,
from Newfoundland. •
COWES, Dec. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ariel (steamer),
from Havre.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.
Arrived—Ondine, steamer, from London ; Atalanta,
steamer, from Cardiff; Alma and Despatch, from Neath ;
Ripon, froth. Cardiff.
Sailed—Magdalena, steamer, for St. Thomas ; Hamburgo,
steamer, for ;Hamburg; Ondine, steamer, for Dublin;
Argyll, steamer, for Carentan.
Wind S. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.
Arrived—Thames, from Leprieux ; Adria, from Alexan-
dria; Calhoun anti Antariic from New York ; Florida and
Monterey, front Savannah; Joseph Rowan from Mon-
treal;. Malakoff and Avon, from Quebec; iligaboth Kil-
lick, from Jamaica; Flora McKee, from Richibuctoo ;
Soplina, from Jamaica ; Laconia, from Charleston; Antigua
Packet, from Honduras; and Florence Graham.
Two flats have arrived with wrecked goods from Genova.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TUIS.GRAPIT.)
GUAN-11StN13, Friday Morning.
Wind W. moderate s, tide three-quarters flood.
Arrived, Dee. 2.—Helmore, from Quebec; Christina,
from Odessa; Maria Villamon, from Pugirash ; Specimen,
from Fare; Amelia, from Guernsey; Claudia, from Mama-
rara.

Arrived, Dec. 3.—1n0, from Tregnier ; Rhine, steamer,
from Boulogne; Adelaide, from Philadelphia; Hawk, from
Morocco ; Isabel, from Seville ; Lee, from Stettin ; Sarah
King, from Mogadore ; Sarah Jane from Rouen ; Duke
of Roxburgh, from Odessa ; Oplielia, from Quebec ;
Lark, from Gig,on ; Amazon, from New York• Faith,
'from Savanilla; Empress Eugenie, from Madras ;
Virtue, from Marans ; Barbadoes, from Berbice ; Corsair's
Bride, from Condolore ; Isabella, from Cronstadt ; Specu-
lation, from the River Gambia ; Jane Tuo'ier, from Buenos
Ayres; Edwin, from Shediack ; Agincourt, from Mel-
bonnie; Admiral Nelson, from Guernsey; Thomas Hankey,
jun., from Bunlapatam ; Ocean Monarch, from Quebec ;
Gleaner, from Table Bay; Intrepid, from Symonds Bay;
Southampton, from New York.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
passed.—Acadia, from Quebec, for Sheerness ; Ipswich,
barque, from the westward ; Ocean ship, from Callao ; City
of Quebec, from Quebec—all for London.
Anchored—Berkshire, for Madras ; Asia, for Barbadoes ;
Lochnigar, for Auckland—all from London ; Chevalier,
from Sheerness, for Liverpool ; Bedside, from Blyth, for
Boulogne; St:Jose, from Newcastle, for Oporto; Sophia
McKenzie, from Quebec, for London.

COMPULSORY PREPAYMENT OF POSTAGE ON
LETTERS FOR CEYLON.—On the Ist of January next, and
thenceforward, the compulsory prepayments of postage will
be extended to all letters addressed to Ceylon, whether in-
tended to be forwarded by way of Southampton or by way
of Marseilles. The postage also of letters posted in Ceylon,
addressed to the United Kingdom, will be required to be
prepaid by_the senders.—By command of the Postmaster-
General, Ii.OWLAND HILL, Secretary.--General Post-office,
Dec. 2, 1858.
A letter from the Hague states that the Minister
for the Colonies has just presented M the legislature a bill
relative to the emancipation of slaves in the Dutch East
India colonies. As by the vote of the legislature in 1854,
there slaves become free op the Ist January, 1860, tho pre-
sent bill is to regulate in time the „planner in which that
emancipation is to take place.
UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST A CAPTAIN.—
The Liverpool police magistrate, on Wednesday, investi-
gated a charge of not supplying sufficient provisions, pre-
ferred by the Emigration Agent against Capt. liumey, of
the ship Escort. Only two witnesses were examined, and
the case was dismissed without the captain being called on
for his defence, as it appeared the ship was 55 days at sea
from New York, and the passengers were only put on short
allowance after the Escort had sighted Cape Clear. This
she did on the sth of Nov., and she was afterwards driven
three times out of the Channel.

The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ceylon on
Saturday will take out to the East £213,844, of which
£l,OOO is for Alexandria, £250 for the Mauritius, £130,476
for India, and £82,118 for China and the Straits. Nearly
the whole is silver, the shipments of gold being £1,176
only.

It is stated that the directors of the Northern
Bengal Railway have received the public announcement
from India that their railway from Rajmahal to Darjeeling
has received the approval of the Government of Bengal,
and that its construction is now only a question of time.
It is understood that the directors of the Atlantic
Telegraph Company intend to apply to the British Govern-
ment for a guarantee upon the capital required for the lay-
ing down of a new cable. A memorial to Government in
support of this proposed application is receiving influential
signatures.

THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At a
monthly general meeting held yesterday at the society's
house in Hanover-square, Dr. Gray, Vice-President, in the
chair, the Hon. Mrs. Boyle and Mr. George Bennett, of
Sydney, were elected Fellows ; and Profesteg Sandevall
and Dr. Ferdinand Kraus asforeign members of the society;
and Mr. Edward Cohen was proposed as a candidate for the
Fellowship. The list of donations recorded in the report
from the council included a fine jaguar and and a deer
campastrisA presented by his Excellency Mr. W. D.
Christie,
i her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-
General n the Argentine Republic. The number of visitors
to the gardens during the current year had amounted to
nearly 322,000.
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE HOUSE OF Con-
RECTION.---On Tuesday afternoon a desperate attempt to
murder two officers of the Middlesex House of Correction
was made by a prisoner named Simpson, who was tried at
the last session of the Central Criminal Court for felony and
sentenced to six months' hard labour. It appears that the
prisoner, on being supplied with his dinner, complained to
the officer in whose charge he was (Godwin), who bears a
deservedly high character, and has served many pews in
the prison, that the meat was not sweet. The officer, after
examining it, said it was, whereupon the prisoner rushed
at him and, in attempting to stab him in the throat, cut
him severely across the face with the knife given him to
eat hie dinner with. Morris, another officer, ran up on
seeing his brother officer attacked, and seized the prisoner,
who turned furiously upon him and struck at his throat
with the knife. Fortunately, he missed his aim, but the
officer received a wound which placed hie life in the greatest
jeopardy. The knife struck him on the cheek and glanced
off past the ear, and stuck in his neck. Had the prisoner
succeeded in giving the blow he evidently intended, the
jugular vein must have been entirely severed. The pri-
soner was secured end placed in irons, and every attention
paid to the wounded officers. Great fears were for some time
entertained that Morris's wound was mortal, but we are
glad to learn that he is now pronounced out of danger, and
both are getting on favourably. The prisoner, who seems
very careless about the matter, will be examined on the
charge of Wottndingwith intent to murder this day (Friday)
at N o'clock.
DEATH OF A SPORTING CELEBRITY.—Saunders
announces the death of " the Father of the Irish Turf,"
Mr. George Watts. The turf, both in England and Ire-
land, has sustained two great losses. In the early part of
this week we recorded the death of Mr. Harry Coombe, and
it becomes new ear melancholy duty to announce the de-
cease of Mr. George Watts, the father of the Irish turf,
which occurred at his residence, Jockey Hall, on the 30th
ult. Mr. Watts had been for many years a celebrated
veterinary surgeon ; he, as the partner of the late Afr.reile,
introduced the scientific veterinary system into Ireland, and
raised the profession from the nostrum of the farrier to the
proud position it now occupies, sought after by educated
gentlemen, Thu was a most successful breeder, having
raised Blackfoot, Whitefoot, and Magpie, Chit Chat, Chat-
terer, and Chatterbox ; and though last, not least, the
Baron, winner of the Doncaster St. Leger; and afterwards
as a sire having attained to European celebrity, his son
Rataplan the foremost in the van. Her Majesty's Guineas
have oftener fallen to hie lot than any other man on the
turf ; but two-year-old engagements were his fancy, and
the larger the sum the more certain he was to subscribe.
His word was his bond, and to "run true and straight" his
motto. The grave never closed over the remains of a snore
honourable man or a truer sportsman.
THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM COM-
PAN-Y.—The annual report of this company, issued prepa-
ratory to their meeting on Saturday, recommends the usual
half-yearly dividend of 31 per cent., with an additional
payment of 1 per cent., besides 2 per cent, on the under-
writing account. The net profits on revenue account for
the 12 months ending the 30th of September have been
£182,508, of which £29,508 was carried to the insurance
fund. The total paid-up share capital of the company is
£1,700,000, besides debentures for £280,200, while the
valuation of assets amounts to £2,303,975, showing a sur-
plus of £323,775. The underwriting account, after deduct-
ing £52,746 for the steamship Ave, has resulted in a
profit of £46,526, of which £34,000 is to be divided as
above mentioned in the shape of a 2 per cent. pay-
ment to the proprietors, and £12,526 is to be car-
ried to the guarantee insurance fund, which will
then reach £323,724. Six now vessels are about to be
added to the company's fleet, one of which, called the Union,
is to perform a mail service between Reunion and Mau-
ritius, for which the company have undertaken a contract
with the French Government. The Colombo, a screw ves-
sel of 1,864 tons, is being lengthened 30 -feet amidships, the
similar treatment of the Candia having been followed by
excellent results. Four screw ships not yet named, have
also just been purchased. The new Australian contract,
via the Mauritius, is stated to present so many facilitiesiof
navigation as compared with the Ceylon route as juNstvitfK
thebest hopes with regard to regulari
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EXPORTS OF THREAD AND YARN.--,-DUrillg the
month of Oct. there were exported from Hull 7,184,0441 b.
of cotton thread and yarn .1,397,7501 b. of linen ditto, and
1,593,9111 b, of worsted and woollen ditto,