The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-16 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

The market opens steady. Sales probably 15,000

bales.

Vice-Chancellor Kindersley has appointed Mr.
William Turquand official liquidator of the Cork
and Youghal Railway.

The tenders for bills on India took place yester-
day at the Bank of England. The proportions al-
lotted were—to Calcutta, £295,400 ; to Madras,
£9,000 ; and to Bombay, £29,440. The minimum
price was as before, Is. 10d. on Calcutta and Mad-
ras ; and Is. 100. on Bombay. All tenders at and
above the minimum will receive in full.

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are in round figures as under :

1866. 1865.
Great Western 81,546 79,431
North Western 131,576 131,469
South Western 29,414 30,942
Brighton
Midland
South Eastern 29,288 30,727

Great Northern
Lancaster and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 8,719
North Es-stern 76,365

42,367
46,770
8,266
75,016

Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 20,651 19,946
Great Eastern
London and Chatham and Dover 14,667 14,611
These returns, when compared with those of the
corresponding period of last year, are, with a few
exceptions, of a favourable character. On the
Great Western there is an increase of £2,115, on the
Brighton of £3,644, on the Midland of £4,097, on
the Great Northern of £1,740, on the Lancashire
and Yorkshire of £3,520, on the Bristol and Exeter
of £453, on the North-Eastern of £1,349, on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £705, on the
Great Eastern of £6, and on the London, Chatham,
and Dover of £56 ; while the South-Western shows
a decrease of £1,528, and the South-Eastern of
£1,439.

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oA,elSooc77esit.—Jhn Grant,terdaoyinornig a,
isnolfdriocart,
of the county gaol at Exeter, in the presence of some 6,000
persons. The convict did not shrink from the terrible
ordeal, but before being pinioned shook hands with Cal-
craft, and at the given signal walked up to the scaffold
with a firm tread. He was executed in his uniform.
Death appeared immediately to follow the drawing of the
bolt. Grant was sentenced to death at the last assizes by
Mr. Justice Blackburn, for what was termed the Staddon
Heights murder. He was a native of Ireland, 88 years of
age, and was in the 13th Regiment, stationed at Staddon
Heights, near Plymouth. Ho had previously been in the
Indian army for 14 years, but abroad as at home he bore
a very
condemned
accetlelr,habes
drink. His victim was a little boy aged seven, the se
Mr. Booker, a contractor, of Plymstock. He was missed
from his home on Saturday evening,
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was with him during his last moments. It is also said that
he sent a message to those of his comrades at Plymouth
who were of the same communion as himself, begging them
to intercede for him at the throne of mercy. His deep
sense of his awful position seemed' to increase, and there
is good reason to believe that a material change took place
in his views in spiritual matters. From the very first he
had accepted his fate with apparent resignation, and he is
reported to have stated to one of his warders that he would
walk as boldly to the scaffold as ho would to the battle
field. The possibility of a reprieve seems never to have
occurred to his mind. Indeed, so atrocious was his case,
that there was not the least effort in that direction in his
behalf.

SCHOOL EXCURSION AND TREAT.—Yesterday
about 600 of the children and friends of the Northern
Schools of St. Martin-in-the-Fields marched, with flags
and banners flying, from their schools in Castle-street,
Long-acre, to Ludgate-hill station, where a special train
was in readiness to convey them to the romantic common,
St. Mary Cray, Kent. A very substantial dinner and tea
were provided by the liberality of the parishioners and
other friends. Cricket and a variety of rural games amused
tho children during the day. In the evening a fire-bal-
loon and a display of fire-works called the children to-
gether for tho departure ; and they returned to their
hcmes without an accident of any kind having occurred
to mar the pleasures of the day, and grateful to their bene-
factors who had enabled them to spend such a. happy day
in the country.