The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-24 00:00:00

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

am desired by Mr. Reuter to call your
attention to the irregularities which have lately
occurred in the arrival of our New York telegrams
by the Atlantic Cable. Last Saturday, and to-day
again, our message was only delivered to us long
after private messages of the same date had been
received.

We have made strong complaints on the subject
to the Anglo American Telegraph Company, but so
far, aparrently, without effect ; and it would seem
that the only course left to insure greater regularity
is to draw the attention of the Press to the
matter.

The recent irregularities are fully exemplified by
the times of arrival, which are invariably appended
by us to every telegram. As these telegrams,
though entailing upon us very heavy expenses, are
published immediately after arrival, it is a matter
of importance to the public and Press generally
that attention should be called to the facts I have
mentioned, with the view of getting the service
placed upon a more satisfactory footing.
I am, Sir, yours truly,
FREDERICK J. GRIFFITHS, Secretary.
Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited),
5, Lothbury, E.C„ Sept. 21.

THE RECENT PRUSSIAN CIRCULAR.

BERLIN, Sept. 21.

The semi-official North German Gazette publishes
the following remarks upon Count von Bismarck's
recent circular :

" Great general satisfaction will have been felt at
the circular despatch lately addressed by Count von
Bismarck to the diplomatic representatives of Prussia
abroad. The stand-point adopted by the Prussian
Government towards the South German States (the
same as we long since pointed out as the only cor-
rect view) is based upon the acknowledgment that
the task of linking more closely together the two
portions of Germany rests with the South German
States, and not the Northern Confederation. Nei-
ther compulsion nor taking advantage of the more
powerful situation the nature of events has granted
to the North German Confederation will determine
whether a closer or more distant bond shall unite
the German nation, but only the free will of the
South German States. Only thus can we gain real
federal allies in the South German States, and at
the same time advance within such bounds of wise
moderation as shall afford foreign countries not
even the appearance of a cause for mistrust, since
Germany thus united not only satisfies the national
feeling, but at the same affords a guarantee of in-
ternational peace. Germany thus united, and afford-
ing free scope to well-founded individualism, in
addition to collective forces, can have no further
ambitious aspirations. Content in herself, she will
see other powerful nations near her without envy.
Asssociated with them in the common interests of
peace, Germany will only make use of her power to
maintain that peace should the necessity arise, but
never to shake a condition of affairs fraught with so
many blessings. Unalterably maintaining the
rights of the nation to arrange its private affairs
according to its own will, and without the inter-
ference of foreign countries, though at the same
time voiding everything which may wound the
susceptibilities of foreign countries, Germany will
advance towards her happy future by the path of
peace. No doubt can exist that a nation, advanc-
ing with so much moderation as, under Prussian
leadership, is the case with the German people—a
nation which so willingly respects every foreign
right—such a nation, we repeat, is entitled to ex-
pect that its rights will be respected by other nations
in a similar manner."

THE GREAT EUROPEAN 7RIUiIPH OF
iIIIEELER, AND WILSON.

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" One of the most gratifying results of the Paris Expo-
sition is the well-deserved honour conferred upon the well-
known firm of Wheeler and Wilson.

" They have for years stood in the front rank of Manu-
facturers of Sewing Machines in this country, and their
name has become a household word throughout Europe.
" Their machines have a world-wide reputation for
thorough excellence and perfect work, and they have
always been the foremost in the march of improvements,
until it is almost impossible to conceive that anything can
be added to their machine to achieve any greater
perfection. _ _

" So proud a position could hardly need an added honour,
but Europe has conferred upon thorn so distinguished a
reward that all will acknowledge now that they stand
above all the first makers in the world.

" They head eighty-two first-class competitors in the
Paris Exposition, but the Jury awarded to Wheeler and
Wilsm the only GOLD MEDAL for the most perfect
Sewing Machine: thus placing thorn at the head of all
Sewing Machine Manufacturers, both iu Europe and
America.

"This is their due; they have earned it, and we rejoice
at their success."--Art Journal.

NARROW ESCAPE.—The North-Eastern Railway
Company allow five minutes at Mallon station for passen-
gers by excursion trains to Scarborough. On those occa-
sions there is always a rush to the refreshment-rooms, and
great numbers leap out of the trains before stopping. In
this way a gentleman leapt out of the Leeds excursion on
Saturday night, and fell between the platform and the
train. He was seized by a bystander, and held up till the
train stopped, and thu4 escaped with a few flesh wounds.
:Not having lost his life the company will prosecute for
leaving the train while in motion.

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MAJESTY.HER

BALMORAL, Sept. 22.
The Queen went out yesterday morning, accom-
panied by Princess Louise, and in the afternoon
drove out with Princess Christian, Princess Louise,
and Prince Leopold.

BO U_ COJIHISSION.

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HACKNEY.—Yesterday Major-Gen. Bainbrigge,
of the Royal Engineers, and Mr. Nassau J. Senior,
barrister-at-law, assistant commissioners, attended
at the Town Hall, Hackney, to receive evidence as
to the proposed boundaries of that borough. The
parish of Hackney was represented by Mr. R. Ellis,
vestry clerk; Mr. Lovegrove, surveyor to the parish ;
Mr. Sincock, churchwarden; Messrs. Webb, OfiloW,
and Rumble, overseers ; and Mr. T. N. hobble,
guardian ; and amongst others present were Pr.
Tripe, Mr. Black, &c. In answer to the commis-
sioners, Mr. Ellis said he found that as a rule it was
objectionable for the boundary lines to run along
the middle of the road, and that a boundary includ-
ing both sides of the road in the same borough
would be preferable. A continuance of the present
boundary line along Bailey-lane to the river Lea on
the north-east of the borough would be an advantage.
Mr. Lovegrove agreed with Mr. Ellis, and Dr. Tripe
added that there were several houses in different
parts of the borough rated in two parishes on account
of the boundary lines passing diagonally through
them. Mr. Ellis here explained that in such cases
the authorities of the two parishes made a tow
porary arrangement, that in whatever parish
the front door was situated in that parish the
house was rated, but still the boundary stood
the same. Mr. Black, electioneering agent, said
that after the experience of thirteen elections
he preferred a boundary line in the middle
of the road for electoral purposes, and the boun-
daries to go along the streets, instead of cutting
diagonally across them. It was most desirable that
the boundaries of boroughs should as far as possible
be conterminous with those of the parishes ; and Of
the two inconveniences, viz., the cutting diagonally
through the streets and the mixing of parishes, the
latter was the smaller. He then mentioned that
there were some houses in Hackney part of which
were rated for Hackney and part for Islington;
also in Hackney-wick there were houses partly 15
Bow and partly in Hackney. The remedy for this
would simply be to run the boundary line so as to
include in one parish and borough the whole of such
houses. He objected very decidedly against rail'
ways being used for boundaries on account of their
cutting through the streets to such an extent that
20 houses in a street might be in one borough, while
60 more in the same street be in another, thereby
causing great inconvenience and confusion. Mr•
Lovegrove thought that railways, being more per'
manent than canals, made a very good boundary,
and considered that the Great Eastern Railway
would be a very desirable boundary for the south
of Hackney. Every ono agreed that the present
southern boundary of the borough being very uneven
it would be advisable to straighten it on the give
and take principle with the Tower Hamlets borough,
which lay on the south of Hackney. The proceed'
ings, which were chiefly technical, occupied about
three hours.

lIuLL.—An inquiry was opened at Hull on Satur-
day by the commissioners for the East Riding. In
this case it is proposed to include several townships
within the borough, and evidence was taken on the
proposals, especially as regards Cottingham. The
proceedings were adjourned.
BOLTON.—On Friday Lieutenant Hosier and Mr.
F. W. Gibbs, C. 8., barrister, attended at the
borough court, Bolton, to hear any suggestion that
might be made relative to the extension of the par'
liamentary boundaries of the borough. At the re-
quest of the commissioners the town clerk described
a two mile radius boundary which had been pre-
pared, which would be added to the whole of seven
townships and portions of five others. Nearly all
these townships were at present supplied with water
by the corporation and with gas by the Bolton Gee
Company. He held that many of these places were
at present enjoying the advantages of the borough
and ought to be included, both for parliamentary
and municipal purposes ; but the corporation had
been unable to agree upon what limit to adopt as 3
boundary. Memorials were presented from the
Helliwell and Axtley Bridge local board, from Lord
Bradford (who owns nearly the whole of Great
Lever, proposed to be included), Mr. Charles Tor
pest, and other landed proprietors in the neighbour'
hood, against being included in the borough.
Simi-
lar memorials were also numerously signed by the
inhabitants of the districts concerned, all of whom
prayed for continued exclusion, lest they became
corporated for municipal purposes. The commie'
missioners adjourned to inspect the boundaries.
LEEDS.—On Saturday the commissioners coin'
menced their inquiry at Leeds. It was intimated
that no desire existed to extend the boundaries of
this borough. Mr. George, the chairman of the
Parliamentary committee of the town council, mad°
a statement giving various statistics of the borough,
and showing, among other facts, that the area of
the borough was, with the exception of that of
Sheffield, the largest in the kingdom.
BURY ST. EDMUND'S. —Mr. Hugh Orvie, barrister,
and Capt. Brackenbury, R.A., assistant commie"
sioners to inquire into the boundaries of rarlia`
mentary boroughs, under the provisions of the
Representation of the People Act, attended at BOY
St. Edmund's on Saturday, to ascertain whether it
was desirable to make any alteration in the existing
boundaries of that borough. They were met by the
Mayor, the town clerk, and several of the principal
inhabitants of the town, and there was a complete
unanimity of opinion that not only was no aIW
ration in the present boundary desirable, but it
was in point of fact impossible, as the borough WO
surrounded by cultivated land in every direction'
and there was no collection of houses within three
quarters of a mile of the boundary, and even that
was a mere agricultural village of inconsiderable
extent. Neither did any community of interest
exist between the inhabitants of the borough and
those of the immediate neighbourhood. The coal'
missioners thanked the gentlemen present for their
attendance, and the meeting broke up.
CA3ll3l:lDGE.—Captain E. R. James, and Mr. 11'
Palmer, the commissioners appointed for Cambridge,
attended at the Guildhall on Saturday, for the pa"
pose of defining what should be the future bound
daries of the borough. The only matter for dis'
cussion was the question whether a part of the
parish of Chesterton, a village adjoiningCambridget
and commonly called New Chesterton, should be
included within the new borough boundary.
memorial was presented by the inhabitants of Sell,
Chesterton, praying that they might be includec
within the boundary of the borough for franchise
purposes. The memorialists contended that as thei
were principally artisans employed in the town a,
Cambridge, and their dwellings being separate
from the town by the River Cam only, they Were
so connected with the borough as to be entitled ,‘
be included in the borough franchise. This view
was further supported by Mr. Coetherell and other°;
Mr. T. 11. Naylor presented a memorial from tim
inhabitants of Old Chesterton, contending that ad
if
also were connected with the borough, and that, ,
any, the whole of the parish ought to be included'
Mr. Rowe, the town surveyor, said lie was preP3r:
ins plans, and very shortly there would be contintrie
()us houses front Cambridge to Chesterton.
thought the parish could not well be separatet
The commissioners proceeded to view the pari%
before forwarding their recommendation to the
authorities above. This concluded the business.

DEATH OF MR. WICKHAM, M.P. FOR BRAI40111:4,
vacancy has occurred in the representation of Bradfri
in Parliament by the death of Mr. Henry Wickham, 011°11
took place yesterday afternoon at his residence, Clareud°l3-
p!ace, Leamington. Mr. Wickham was a Liberal Cou6er-
vative, and was first returned to Parliament for Bradford 111
1852, but previously unsuccessfully contested the boroeb
in 1847.


A ND
COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGEN OR,

MINING MARKET.

Chivorton Moor 5l 5
Chontales Gold
Clifford Amalgamate 8 4
East Basset l6 17
East Caradon
East Lovell 8 8}
East Wheal Grenville 24 21
Great Laxey 174 14
Great Retallick
Great Wheal Vor
liarke Valley sf 6
North. Crofty

BRITISII FUNDS-TWO O'CLOCK.

NONEY ZIARKET

TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There is no change to report in the General Dis-
count Market ; few first class bills are on offer, and
brokers and others have a redundancy
of capital
unemployed; The rates current are 11 to 1 per
cent.

At the bullion office of the Bank of England
yesterday there was a withdrawal of 40,000 sove-
reigns. The silver market is unaltered.

The Suffolk has arrived from Melbourne with
gold to the amount of £285,000.
A meeting of the Spanish Passive Bondholders
has been held, and resolutions proposed to address
the Stock Exchange Committee and the various
Bourses of the continent, requesting them not to
allow Spanish Stocks to be dealt in or quoted until
some satisfactory arrangement has been carried into
effect.

A meeting has been announced to take place to-
morrow of the: Committee of Certificate-holders,
to consider the measures to be taken in consequence
of the refusal of the trustees to hand over the books
and counterfoils at the London and County Bank.

At the first ordinary general meeting (of the
National Bank of India the report of the directors
stated that it was found impracticable to carry out
the arrangement with the Scinde, Punjaub, and
Delhi Bank, and the realised capital had been re-
turned to the shareholders ; the National Bank of
India had received their commission of £3,875, .aud
the agreement had been sancelled. It was thought
desirable to call a meeting of the National Bank at
Calcutta, and resolutions were carried to the effect,.
that the National Bank of India under the Indian
Company's Act should be wound up, and the busi-
ness transferred to the English Company from the
30th Juno last. The directors of the Indian In-
stitution have declared a dividend at the rate of 6
per cent., and a bonuS of 1 per cent., being equal
to 8 per cent. per annum.
Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures
remain steady at 25 27, and the Consolidated
Mortgage Bonds at 22 23.
Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce
Markets during the last few days has remained very
quiet. Only moderate transactions have been re-
Ported in sugar, and in some instances at slightly
lower rates. Superior descriptions of coffee have
been at steady rates, while the dealings in tea have
been deferred until to-day ; a considerable quantity
Will be offered for public sale, including some of the
new season's crop. Rice has been in fair request,
while a fair business has been done in tallow, at
about previous rates.

Two O'CLOCK.

According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-
day, the French Rentes were 69f. 12c. Very flat.
Several circumstances conduce to the heaviness of
the Stock Exchange Markets. The threatened
Garibaldian expedition, Abyssinian difficulty, and
the heaviness of the Paris Bourse tend to weaken
the market for Consols, they are now quoted 941
for transfer and the account. The decline tbere-
fore
I per cent. in two days, and it is almost un-
necessary to observe that Count Bismark's circular
and depression in the Paris Bourse, and, in fact,
the heaviness of all the Continental Bourses checks
enterprise here in almost every direction. The New
Threes are 924 4 ; Reduced Annuities 921 8 ;
Exchequer Bills, 20s. to 30s. prem. for March ;
India
ditto 4 Stock, 200 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1134 ;
per Cents., 98 ; Enfaced ditto, 888 ; ditto 5
per Cents., 1048 and ditto 5i per Cents., 1108.
Foreign
.8 Stocks continue firm, with the exception
of Turkish 5 per Cents., which have declined 4, to
;lit 32; Italian have advanced 8, to 48; ; Greek I,
to 138 14 ; and Mexican f, to 154 Spanish
-Passive are 18 4 ; and the Certificates if higher, at
161 3.

•
American Securities are in more favour. Erie
Bhares have advanced to 418 42i ; and United
States 5-20 Bonds i, to 73 1 ; and Illinois continue
firm at 77
A Very moderate amount of business has been
transacted in the Railway Market to-day, and prices
are a shade firmer. London, Chatham, and Dover,
and North Western have each' improved j ; Cale-
donian and North Eastern (Berwick), each 1, and
Great Eastern, ; while Metropolitan and South
Eastern have each declined 1, and Lancashire and
Yorkshire, I.
The Foreign and Colonial lines show little
variation. Great Luxerdl;ourg are dealt in at 108 8 ;
Recife and San Francisco, at 10 ; San Paulo, at
16# 8 ; Great Western of Canada had improved
to isi 16 ; and Bombay and Baroda, to 103.
Bank shares remain very inactive. London and
County have receded to 54f ; London Joint Stock
Unproved to 371 ; and Union of London to 378.
Iu the Miscellaneous Market there has been little
Variation. Madras Irrigation Bonds have advanced
to 101 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents. declined
t° 701 ; and Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan
remains steady at 72,i- 73.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

Business has remained very quiet. The shares
chiefly inquired for have been East Lovell, North
Crofcy, Clifford, Chontales, South Frances, and
Alarke Valley. Annexed are the closing quota-
tions :

North Treskerby 34s 36s
Prince of Wales 47s Od 49s Od
Providence Mines 29 30
South Caradon
South Frances
T incrof t
West Chiverton
West Seton
Wheal Buller
NVheal Chiverton ... 61 7
Wheal. Grenville 22s 24s Od
Wheal Seton ..„ ll.O 115

00V13It N M E N T FUNDS.
" Per gent. Consols
„ 00. Account, Oct. 8 94i
0 per Cent. Reduced 92
921 j
New 3 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 —
A Do. 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 —
'Llannities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880
1)0. for 30 yrs, expire sth April
Do (Red Sea Telebraph), Auo., 1908.
lila—rch Juno.
26 30 pm pm
Exchequer Bills, .£l,OOO, 21 & 2 per Ct ,30 m— pm
.e°' • .£500; .. .. .
°' £lOO Sr .£2OO
Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent
Do. Account
~ INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURTTIEF.
Indian Stock, 10 per Cont., AprillB74 220
DO. Account
DO. 5 psr Cent. July, 1880
`-'O. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888
Do. Certificates —
EDO. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent BB}
°.: 5 Per Cent. Jan. 1872
Do
". 51- per Cent , May 1879
4). 5 per Cent., Map. Deb., 1872....••.• llO
Do. do. 1877 —
DO. do. 1882
Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873
r‘°' Bowls, 5 per Cent., £l,000
~(). under £l,000
. , FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO
":"gentine Republic, 6 per Cent
O'CLOCK.
r.:l
trian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859
,ziliall 5 per Cent
''''c'. qCent., per 1852-58-60
Do.
"°. 5 1863
por Cent 1865
Do Account .,
741 i
1, bo• XlOO Bonds 741 f
--,uono
to s Ayres 6 per Cent —
0 ib4 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent )
r., a, per Cent.
"-.ilfn 6 per Cent
Do.
° 44
I, • -,... Per Cent —'o per Cent , B
~,I)0., 1867 •
Do.'l
...,o — pm
Scrip, £64 paid
,_, 7 per Cent., 1866
0 `,-:".) Scrip, .£2O paid
lian !labia°, 6 per Cent.
b 4'Bll 3 !ler Cent , 1825 '
II Do!i!saubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 59
8 per Cent., 1867 —
~ suador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
'4BlPtiani7
1) por Cent
Do. Second Issue —
86
o. .£lOO Bonds
moo.
....
.00. 1864
-.,1")°• *5OO Bonds
Do. XIMC Bonds 9Ol 90
4,
(ire Government Railway Debentures B7 61 71
'e k 5
Do . per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons
D°u Account
~.,Coupons
(..,.-'O. Account
'-' -tate
1t Dan
r°"1" 5
au
33 "' Per Cent,lB6s —
0, Account . .00, At
""ArenAnattna liailway —

Mexican 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Dn. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French
donievidaan C por Cent... .. —
Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent
Now Granada
Do 3 per Oen- —
Do. Deferred
Do Land Warrants (Hectares)
Per avian 5 per Cent., 1865
Do Account 6sf Gi
Do 41 per Cent., 1865
Do 44 per Cont. (Uribarren)
Do 41 per Cent., 1862
Do Account
Nrtaguose 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, '7, '9,'66,'2,'Z1 351 1 1
Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St —
Do 41 per Cont. 1850
lii 41 per Cent., 1860
Do 3 per Cent., 1859
871
Do 5 per Cont., 1262
Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 186 I, £lOO Bonds BBl
Do. do. £Bl 152. do.
Do., 1866, £lOO 80nd5..... ........
Do. do. .£l4 15s. do B5
,ardinian, 5 per Cent —
Spanish 3 per Cent.
Do Account—
Do Now Doforrid ....... ..... ......~
Do Account
Do Passivo
Do Accrant
Do Com. Cort. of Cow: not fuldod
Do Account
2urkish 6 per Cent., 1851
87 54
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds —
Do 6 per Cent., 1862 —
Do Account
Do £lOO Bonds 65
Do. 1863 —
Do 5 per Cont., 1865 —
Do Account
Do G per Cent., 1865 . 5l; i I
D.) 4 por Cent., Guaranteed
Venezuela, 3 per Cent.
Do Account
Do 6 per Cont., 1862
Do 6 per Cent.-1864 -
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian 0 par Cent. Ex 10 Florins
Belgi.an,_4l per cent., Ex. 25f.

Dutch 2 per Oent. Ex. 12 Guil, —
Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates ..... —
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. —
It'llian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251.
Do. Account 4Bl
TWO O'CLOCK.

COnsols, Money - 941
Do. Account, Oct. 8

THE ALTON MURDERER.

A paragraph copied from the Law Times has
been going the round of the press, suggesting that
the young mau named James Longhurst recently
executed for the murder of a little girl at Shere, in
Surrey, last year, was innocent, and that in all
likelihood Frederick Baker, now lying in Win-
chester Cracl, chargei with the late murder at
Alton, is the real culprit. On examination this
appears to be a mere random supposition based
upon a very imperfect knowledge of the facts con-
nected with the murder at Shore. It is stated by
the writer that the whole of the evidence upon
which Longhurst was executed was slight, and
that his identity was by no means satisfactorily
established. No such belief exists in the locality
which was the scene of the murder. When
the little girl Jane Sex was raised from the
ground by a man named Edsar, the first attracted
to the spot by her cries, she pointed to Longhurst,
who was running away, as the "boy" who had
attacked her. A short time afterwards she again
identified him in the surgery of Mr. Capron, at
Shore, and she identified him for the third time
when her dying deposition was taken at the Royal
Surrey County Hospital. But the facts which
tended to criminate Longhurst did not rest wholly
upon identification. When apprehended there
was blood upon his hands, and also upon a clasp
knife found in his possession. He lay in gaol
some months previous to taking his trial, yet in all
that time he never once attempted to deny the
crime with which he was charged, but made several
remarks which might be interpreted as almost tacit
confessions. When told that his victim was dead
he asked what would be done to him, and upon
being asked, in turn, if he knew what was the usual
punishment for murder, he said he did, and that it
was hanging. Subsequently he told a constable who
had charge of him that he did not think that punish-
ment would be his, because the little girl had lived
BO long after the injuries. There can be no doubt as
to his guilt, and none as to his having been a per-
fectly accountable being, although of a low order of
intelligence. On the other hand, nothing but the
accidental similarity of the Alton and the' Shere
murders can be found to suggest that Baker was
the murderer in both cases, and this unjustifiable
supposition may be at once dismissed by the une-
quivocal testimony of numerous persons that on
the day of the Shore murder the present wretched
inmate of Winchester gaol was miles away from
the spot.

LIVERPOOL COTTON .111ARKE1—This Day.

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Market opens quietly, prices rather irregular.
Sales probably 10,000 bales.

PENALTY FOR SELLING DISEASED FRUIT.—On
Saturday Richard Rilott, fruiterer, of Sheffield, was
charged with selling three baskets of plums unfit for food,
The case was proved, and the Mayor inflicted a fine of £lO
and costs.

CONSERVATISM AT COVENTRY.—The Conserva-
tives of Coventry and the neighbourhood intend to dine to-
gether at the Corn Exchange, in that city, on Thursday,
Oct. 24, to celebrate the passing of the Reform Bill, and to
express their approval of the domestic and foreign policy of
Lord Derby's Government. The chair will bo taken by the
Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, 11. P.—Coventry Standard.
At the instance of Sir Roderick Murchison, the
Government have resolved to send out a geographer, a
geologist, and a naturalist, with the Abyssinian expedition.
The Government, in making their preparations for this
expedition, have also derived valuable assistance from the
accumulated information of the Geographical Society.—
Pall Mall Gazette.

DEATII OE MR. F. G. TomuNs. --The intelli-
gence of the decease of this well known journalist, who,
after a short illness, expired on Saturday night, in his
sixty-third year, will be received
in those literary circles
where he was so widely known and so greatly esteemed
with a profound feeling of regret. Mr. Frederick Guest
Tomlin; who had for nearly half a century been intimately
connected with the newspaper and periodical press, was a
gentleman of high attainments, especially versed in the
older dramatic literature of this country, and of a vivacity
of temperament that rendered his company eagerly sought
by those who had the privilege of his acquaintance. He
was for many years the secretary of the Shakspere Society
and at the time of his death he held the clerkship of the
Painter-Stainers' Company, Little Trinity-lane, an office
which members of his family had honourably filled for
more than a century.
COCKROACHES V. HEDGEHOGS.—I have -tried
hedgehogs to kill beetles; they don't act. A hedgehog
cannot possibly hold above a pint of beetles at a time, and
in my kitchen there are gallons of them. I once tried the
hedgehog plan at tho Deanery, Westminster. The first
night after his arrival the Abbey watchman was frightened
out of his wits—it was the hedgehog. The next night,
fast asleep, I felt a cold nose on my face, and then a prickly
thing trying to get into the bed—it was the hedgehog.
The next night the servants came trembling to say there
was a burglar in the dining room, rattling the plate
—it was the hedgehog. The next night the cook
put some soup away, and in the morning the soup
was gone—the hedgehog was found coiled up
asleep in the tureen. The next night nothing was heard of
the hedgehog, and for weeks we could not tell where he
was gone; the cook was thankful, and the crickets sang,
0, be joyful, while the blackboetles had free run of the
kitchen. " Years rolled on," as the novelists have it, and
a skeleton was discovered in the flue, which had smoked
the whole of the house olt
have for w
seen
•
tho last The hedgehog
again. Thank goodness,
wretch, and never wish to have another of his ki dunon the
premises. Unless, therefore, my friends wish to the
chance of a hedgehog becoming the same pest to them as
ho was to me, they will never introduce thorn into their
houses. Hedgehogs will only eat a certain number of
beetles, and the bottles having good spawning ground be-
hind the kitchen range, breed much faster than the hedge-
hog can eat.—FitANK DUCKLAND, in Land and Water.
SUSPICIOUS CRAFT IN TRALEE BAT. —Her
Majesty's gunboat Sepoy has arrived in Tralee Bay, and
remains moored off the Samphire Island. Report states
that the Sepoy has been sent down to watch the movements
of a suspicious craft alleged to have been seen hovering
about Kerry Head, and which, it is conjectured, has on
board a large quantity of arms for Fenian purposes.—Cork
Examiner.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day.—Mon-
day.—Admissions on payment, 3,211; ditto by season
tickets, 795—total visitors, 4,006.
THE EASTERN FISIIERIES.—The deliveries of
herrings made at Great Yarmouth during t he last fow days
have fluctuated greatly; upon the whole, however, they
have .been upon a considerable scale. Prices have also
varied considerably, having ranged, acccrding to quality,
from £7 to £3O per last (13,200 fish).