The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-18 00:00:00

.111(1.12D,_;ROUS PO .ICIII.NO AFFAIR.

Early on Friday morning the neighbourhood of
Lambton Castle, the seat of Lord Durham, on the
banks of the Wear, was thrown into a state of great
excitement by the report that the Lambton game-
keepers had been severely handled during the night
by a gang of poachers. It appears that a gang of
poachers have been suspected of making depreda-
tions in the woods adjoining Lambton Castle, but
nothing had been seen of them until between 2 and
3 o'clock on Friday morning. At that time four of
Lord Durham's gamekeepers, named Smart, Colpits,
Bowery, and Ferguson were going their rounds,
and when near to Pictree they heard reports as of
discharging guns. They heard about ten shots,
and from the direction of the noise they supposed
the men to be in that portion of the wood adjacent
to the south turnpike. Suspecting that the men
had ceased poaching for the night, and that they
would in all probability make along the turnpike
is the direction of the Barley-mow publichouse, the
watchers took a short cut from Pictree to the Bar ley-
mow, and'there lay in wait. The watchers had not
waited long before they espied a lot of navvy-
looking men approaching under the cover of the
hedge on the opposite side of the road. As the men
approached the watchers perceived that there were
eight of them, and they had some game in their
possession, and three guns. Smart, when the poachers
came opposite to where he was concealed, went up to
them and asked where they were going,-upon which
one of them felled him to the ground with a gun
from behind. Bowery, Ferguson, and Colpits rushed
to the assistance of -their companion, but were im-
mediately overpowered and knocked down. The
contest was severe, and, in spite of the great courage
and prowess of the watchers, the superior number
of the poachers told severely. The men eventually
managed to make their escape, and left behind
them many traces of their desperate encounter.
The whole of the watchers are more or less hurt.
Ferguson seems to have been most fortunate, as
he escaped with only a bruise or two on the body ;
but Smart and Bowery sustained several severe
wounds upon the head, besides bruises on other
parts of the body. Colpits, who had a severe and
determined struggle with two of the poachers, was
left in a hopeless state. After the melee be was
found lying on the road insensible, his head and
face covered with blood, which proceeded from
three large wounds on the head, caused by the butt-
end of a gun. His companions had him conveyed
home, where surgical aid was called in. In addition
to the wounds mentioned, it was found that Colpits
had two of his ribs broken away from the backbone.
The injuries, though very severe, have happily not
been pronounced dangerous. Though the men have
got off the police are on their track, and are likely
to succeed in capturing them all.

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MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS, SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY).
4. -.).
CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
From the manufacturing districts the accounts - 1
I Closing Business
during the past week have been of a rather more Share; Railways. 1 raid. prim. done.
satisfactory character. Business at Manchester 5 I
0 ' Belfast and Nor. Conn.( all - -
has slightly improved, particularly in goods suit- 132:14 3
'Bluth and
Str. Val '
nc
able to the In-)ian and China markets. Wools and 10 1110-St.,Sleatincllid.Co all 6
0584 go
t
yarns at Bradford have continued in fair request, and at
!Bristol and
,0 Exeter
1: 1
106 1064 1051 4 64 6 4
a seasonable business has been done at Hadders- 10 Carmarthen&Cardigan all 1- -
field and Rochdale. At Leicester there has been a Zcol Bsorrk,Vlcirellcir I.!,°llassage alt - -
more active demand for worsted hosiery. In the 20 Cornwall
A gets no div all
hardware districts, viz., at Birmingham, Sheffield, 10 Do. -ti tLl6pc.p an.has i ail -- -..
and Wolverhampton, the chief operations have
been for immediate home requirements, and no 2.5 I 1 tun „Pet th,& Ab. June all 11 111
50 jDublin l'eßnelPassicti•Lonlia all 41 42
100 19 194
at 'East A nglian
change of importance can be reported in prices. I E stern Counties
stock! 100 47 49
There was a fair inquiry for cotton in the Liver- st
Eaj.toern Undioon, A
It do 100 33 36
100 534 544 531 4
pool Market on Saturday, and prices were well 25 DoNw A. late E U 3ds ;437
_...- -___
at East Suffol
supported. The sales were 12,000 bales.
fall 301 301 301 4
About £85,000 in gold was taken into the Bulk la, VOarintil k'ejlhatJuinugoenel all - -
i Edinburgh & Glasgow. 10) 92 14
I Y
of England on Saturday. at 11 Furness - -
Western I 100 101 106
The steamer Canada, which left on Saturday for it) 'lc!riaesaT and S
Nrlm o .f
Scotland
t all - -
Halifax and Boston, took out £B,lOO in specie, and et otirtiNsotr otohirn
100 1114 1124 112 11; 12
100 1121 1131 1121 13
100 130 132
the West India packet yesterday conveyed £3,300. st Do 13 do
The traffic receipts ofthe Great Western
: Railway st Gent Western { 100 75p TV 71 1 ifi I i
st art W. of Ireland 100 103 103
of Canada, for the week ending the Ist instant, Eastern ~I
laT 1
108 1081 1071 85;4
-
amounted to £11,753, against £11,333 in 1860. at Lancashire & Yorkshire
n Trish) SSIOrLa 11_1(4.aus7e.
Louon and illackwalll 100 57 59
There has been rather more demand for discount at Lon., Brio-ht.,& S. Coast: 100 116 113 117
r Chat., and Dover,' 100 47 49 48
accommodation within the last few days, but it does aStt Loonn."& North Western! 100 91 014 93 14
not appear to have resulted so much from commer- ;t5 Lon & Southl We.stern. 10011 911 554 951
cial requirements as from subscriptions to new un- 25 L'derryer &En nis.‘k Coleraine
all 9 11 _
45 4_o 45/
dertakings, and other exceptional disbursements. g !l'irrry,psc.
IrTfalCl grist 1r)101
A large aggregate amount having been thus tern- l`tii Doi shai es - -
74 5 6
porarily displaced, the banks and discount houses st ..atlTaordilif an
all 1321 1321 1311 I£l 4 1
are induced to ask a fraction more for the negotia- 6'sto Do New
Do Ilirmim.r. & Derby 100 103 103 103
tion of good mercantile securities. Apart from this to Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all - -
3 Do. all - -
trifling alteration, however, the market may be 25 Mid Kent
shares
all - -
said to remain without any change of importance, Do Cray Line - -
100
Newcastle and Carlisle all - -
and there is no immediate reason to anticipate any 10 Newry & Armagh, def.
_O. 8 6 d
material diminution in the easiness which has now 20 Norfolk NVnI
aPt'
& nos.
1
POCI -67. -
s6l
been so long experienced. st North British
at Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - -
The Market for Public Securities has remained at Do A stk ; A reos no d
in a very quite state to-day, and the amount of at Dotilit36goc,ps been pdß 12 7_
business transacted has been particularly limited. at Nth. Eastern-I3erwick 100 1001 1014 101 1 100;
16.13.4 1 d p d
Consols are 93,1 94, including the dividend for 2ast 3oo'l G.N.E..eZs purchaseloos74
(8
100 90
transfer, and 921 t- less the half-year's interest, for at
North London ' 100 91894 96 96804
the account. The New Threes and the Reduced are 10 Do new 5 - -
19 16.1 North Staffordshire 174 44 41 d
Steady at 928; Exchequer Bills, June, are flat at 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 104 101
15s. prem. ; Bank Stock has improved to 230 and 7to iN,eoeti)lGesran. Rl. & Canal 100 90 92
l -
232 ; India ditto has receded to 223; and the 5 per 20 P•,rtsmouth - -
10 Ithvinney - -
Cent. ditto, remains at 106 a i.st 4cthtish Central
In the Foreign Market Turkish Bonds have ex• as segto.t N. loii B.
3iiibder• s.tosetzek 31.00(0)
s 3
305 1)(7)
perienced a further considerable improvement, but 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all - -
st Shropshire Union ~.I 100 45 96
in the various other securities there is no feature 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer.) all - -
of importance. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen to at 'S.°ll)iiirrlll)aemvo.tr: Lane. Un.l Wal'l 37
39
811 82., ditto, 1858, 711 72; the £lOO Bonds to 731 at South Eastern 1 100 77 774 771 ;1 I
2 = st South Wales ,' 100 61 63
74 ; and Venezuelan, to 231 248 ; Mexican are flat st .5. York. and River Dun 1 0 94 95
at 27: 28; Equador are 15:; and Spanish Deferred 20 I Stockton 'l
iies'"naagnlerVtOkn. alla 5 4
42a S. 25 Do l3 84 94 p
25 Do New, 1860 , 5 5 6 p
A further sight improvement has been established st Taff Vale.•
I 100 - -
in the Railway Share Market, and most of the at 5
TiDnomle'sref
Ha. ve.onl lOO
&R ail' 92 -- --
principal British undertakings are in fair demand. 50 Ul-ter
20 2.; 34
Eastern Counties and North Eastern (Berwick) 5
12.10 Eg
have advanced ss. ; Caledonian, Great Northern, st Vale of Neath
10 Victoria sta. and Pirn all 121 13
and Great Western 10s.; and South Western and st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
Midland 155.; South Eastern, however, have de- V) lieastie;roorrdnn,t,alliimeriek.
all
-6 -64
64
dined 55., and London and Brighton 10s. 20 West London ' all - -
10 Do Ist class ' all - -
In the Foreign and Colonial markets the opera- 20 Do 2d class - - .
lions have been moderately active. Dutch Rhenish Bat 11:.enritilga°11C(1111(1-rX.' t,i 100
0 Ort_ _o_ 4-3 -50 ,49
realise 16 to 168; Sambre and Meuse, 71 ; Bahia at Do Hereford 100 89 Of Do Ncwpor 100 45 47
and San Francisco, 15; Grand Trunk of Canada at
remain steady, at 21 ; Great Western of Canada, at LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
lq 1; East Indian realise 1031-- ; and Great Indian
raid. Leasing Closing Business
Peninsula, 1011 t. Railways. Co. a I'rice. Done.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ex-
a
h' •
nt symptoms of improvement. London Joint iic.iinliead
ir.
Bedford
and Bletchley all L & N.W .. ..
100 I) .&G.W ,4 6S
Stock have advanced to 331, Oriental Bank to 501, &ureeks encTillosillyiTtee•a•ci l2 I))°,3*
94 96 951
53 5
and Chartered of India, London and China to 311. Do. 51per cent L.O Do.
Canada Land are steady at 106 ; and Royal Mail Clydesdale Junction 100 IC3aldon. IN Ig
Steam Ship at 491. Colchester, Stour Val. all E. U.& PIC • • • •
E. Lincolnsh. g• '3pr a 100 G .North. 133 136
E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 44
BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • •
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 4 Do. new - • . . • • • •
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
hull and selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 921 Do. halves
India Stock
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - Lo,:clon & Greenwich' 100 S. Eastern 61 63
Ditto .5 per Cent. 995 9 1 9 Do. Preference
Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 yet° &Co Bl 86
Ditto 51 per Cent „ lO5l I Lowestoft gua. 4pc..l 100 I Norfolk". .. .. ..
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 99i Do o per cent lOO IDo.
Diu:, bonds 3-.:1,000 - Matlock all IL.NIV& 31 34 35
f)itto under El,OOO -
Consols for Account, Dec. 5. 025 i'Newmark, ence stock
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
.... 1044
gun. 5 per cent... •
March. Jun 3, Northn.&E astn. sp. c. all Do.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d.... - 12 pm Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do.
Ditto £5OO
Ditto Small - 15 pm Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do.. .. ..
- - N. Eastn-Ilartlepool 1 0 N. E. Ber. .. ..
FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. North Western
.5 Brazilian per Cent
:
L. ik. 1 ' • • '
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1858
! Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Milian 6 per Cent 3O Roystn. H i telt. & Shi p. LO Gr. North. !31 133
Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122
Do Do.
Ditto 41 pet Cent 855 i South Staffordshire .. 100 Ln.&N.W .. ..
Equador New Consolidated
Wilts and Somerset.. 100 GA. West. 90 92
1inv;,....., 7 154 Wimbledn & Croydon all ,L.&Bri.ttn 81 94
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BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 A
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9211
India Stock
Ditto 6 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent --
Ditto 5 per Cent. 99A 9 1 9
Ditto 51 per Cent , ,
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 991
Dal.. bonds 3-.:.1,000
Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account, Dec. 5. 921 1
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
March. Jun 3.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d.... 12 pm
Ditto £500
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1858
Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto Deferred
Milian 6 per Cent
Ditto 41 pet Cer 1 B5l i
Equador New Consolidated
llesican, 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Peruvian 41 per Cent ..
Nth. 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St
Ditto 41 3
perer CeCntnt
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
D tto New Loan
Ditto Account 7ll 1 21 I a 11 2
Ditto £lOO Bonds:
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 per Cent Exchange 1256., Gull. --
Ditto Account
Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols Money
Ditto Account

Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c.
pref. Issued at £5
Bris. & Exet 4 p. C. st
Do. shares
Caledon. £lO, 4i p. cent
Do. guar. shares, No. 2
Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c.
Cornwall 5 percent
Dun Perth, & Aber.Jun
Do. Ist Class Pref
E. Awn. Class A 5 p. c
Do. Class B 6 per cent
Do. Class C 7 per cent
Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1
Do No. 2
Do. new 6 p. c. st
Eastern Union, 4 p. c
Do. 5 p. c. guar
Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares
Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & •
Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c
Furness, 5 per cent
Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c
Great Northern, 5 p. c
D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c pm
Do. 43 p. c. do
Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm
Gt Nh. of -cot Ist pref.
Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland)
4 per cent
Great West. (Berks and
Hants Fxt) 5 per cent
Do. redeem. 4i p. ct
Do. redeem. 4 p. et
Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct
Do. 5 p. c redeem. pref.
Birm. pref. shares
Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs
Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs
Do. firm. guar. stock
Do. Chester guar. shares
Do. do
Do. do
Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref.
Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock
Do.Barnsl.stZs 2s 10d c
Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.)
Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur.
Lon.&Brig.sp.,lgu. No.l
Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2
Do. 6 per cent. do
Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 41
Do. per cent. do
Do. 4i p. c. pref. .hares
Do. 7 per cent pref. stk
Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.)
Do.4p mat (div.detliP6s
Do. 4 per cent pref
Lon.Cliat&Dov.sp.c.pt.
Do. West Ex., B, 6 p. C.
I 10. Metrop. Ex. H, n p.c.
Lon. & S. W., Coy. &
Nuneaton, 5 per cent.
Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent.
st., late 3d shares ....
Do. 44 per cent
Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns
of 2s 6d
Londondy. & Cole. shs
t mndony. & Ennis. shs
Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct.
Do. £6
Do. 31 per cent.........
Do. redeem. 6percent...
Mar ort & Carl. 4 pr. c.
yp Do. 4i per cent.
Midland Con. 6 p c. stk.
Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c.
Do. 4i p. C. pref. stock..
Do. 4i per cent.
Do.Leic. andHit4per ct.
Norfik. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846
Do. Sip. C. Pref. st. 1847
Do.say.ValEx.st.lBl7
Nort British, 5 per cent
Do. New rata. per cent...
Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs.
Do. ' do. do.
&Dck.Co.
N-East Cons. pref. 4 p.c.
Do. 44pr. ct. redeemable
Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref.
Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref.
Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1
Do. do. Quarters, 1848..
Do. York, Ei. & S. Purch.
North Staffordshire....
tthymney Guaranteed .
Sottish Central. new of
Scottish North-Eastern
p. c. pref. stock....
Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c.
Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock
South Devon, Ann, 10a.
Do. Fixed 4i per cent
South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0 6)
Do. 4i per cent
Do, Fixed 44 per cent
South Wales, gua. 4 p. c.
Do. 4} per cent
Do. do. 1359
Do. 5 per cent
S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua
Do. 5 p. c. gua
Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c
Do. B 6 p. c
Do. C 6 p. c
SV'atrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c.
W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk
D. 2d do.
Do. Newport o p. o. pfd red,
Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1860
Do. 4111 18691

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It is stated that the famous St. Martin's Hall is
to be converted into a " Canterbury."

The subscription to the Shakspere fund, esta-
blished by Mr. Halliwell, has reached £2,706.
After the Christmas holidays, M. Fechter will
play lago alternately with Othello.—Athencetn.
LYNN AND HIINSTANTON RAILWAY.—The first
sod of this line was turned in the course of last week. The
project was first brought before the public in the autumn of
1855, and a commencement has at last been made with the
works.

At Lloyd's on Saturday 10 guineas per cent. were
offered to effect fresh insurances on the mail steamer North
Britor, which is three days overdue from Montreal. Fifteen
gaineas hava been paid on the ship James Wilson, from
Melbourne, but upon the gold by her the rate is still eight
guineas.

We understand that in a few days a grand dis-
play is likely to take place at Aldershot. A combined
attack is to be made on the fortifications at Hungry-hill,
which will be mounted with Armstrong guns. Pickets
patrols, and outposts will be thrown out, extending from
the Royal Arms to the Lower Farnham-road..
MESSRS. BRIGHT AND THEIR CARPET WEAVERS'
—At the Rochdale Police-court o a Friday, Henry Cox, John
Matthews, Thomas Clayton, and Michael Carter, were sum-
raoned for annoying and intimidating David Butterworth.
Mr. Cobbett appeared for Messrs. Bright, the actual com-
plainants, and Mr. Ernest Jones for the defendants, who
some weeks since left Messrs. Bright's employ in conse-
quence of an alleged but denied diminution of the rate of
payment for carpet weaving. Mr. Jones raised the point
that several allegations were included in the one informa-
tion, and that this was fatal. Mr. Cobbet urged that
though there were offences on different dates, they consti-
tuted but one continuous offence. Their worships ruled that
the objection was fatal, and it was agreed to issue new
summonses, returnable on Friday next.
INQUEST IN BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL.-0a Satur-
day Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, held an inquest in the
Board-roam of Bethlehem Hospital, on the body of Anthony
Nyland, aged 53, a criminal lunatic, who died in that institu-
tion. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Helps, sur-
geon to the hospital, that the deceased was tried at the Old
Bailey in 1830, charged with cutting and wounding, with
intent to murder, but was acquitted on the ground of insa-
nity, and ordered to be detained during his Majesty's
pleasure. His career had been a somewhat remarkable
one. He had formerly been a bagpiper in the band
of a Scotch regiment. Before he committed the
offence with which he was charged he had been an in-
mate of Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, from which he made
his escape. While ho was in Newgate awaiting hi- trial
he succeeded in making a hole through the wall of his
cell by means of the handle of a shovel and the blade of a
small table knife, but the high walls offering an insurmount-
able obstacle to his further progress, he was unable to carry
his intentions into offect. Since he had been ren.oved to
Bethlehem, he had several times attempted to make his
escape, but had been unable to an so in consequence of the
constant watch that was kept upon Lim. He was found
dead in his bed on Thursday morning. A peai mnrgem
examination showed that his death was produced by
disease of the heart, attended by pulmonary consumption.
A verdict was returned in accordance with the medical
testimony.

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