The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-18 00:00:00

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

MENTS.
Sept. 8, at 11.15 a.m., Chelsea out of the Doncaster St.
Leger.

Sept. 9, at 1.15 p.m., Geant des Batailles, out of Don-
caster St. Leger.

Sept. 11, at 10.50 a.m., Paul Jones, out of the Doncaster
Cup.

Sept. 11, at 1.50 p.m., Snider, out of all engagements
JB6B.

Sept. 12, at 4.25 p.m., Julius, out of all engagements.
Sept. 12, after 6 p.m., Orion and King of the Rovers
out of Hampton engagements.

Sept. 14, at 9 a.m. Regalia, out of Manchester engage-
ments.

Sept. 14, at 9 a.m., Manualla and Normanby, out of the
Nineteenth Triennial at Newmarket First Oct. Meeting.
Sept 14, at 9 a.m., Lady Ravonsworth, out of Twen-
tieth Triennial and St. Leger at Newmarket First October
Meeting.

Sept. 14, at 9 a.m., Cactus, out of St. Leger at New-
market First October Meeting.
Sept. 14, at 9 a.m., Salliot, out of Hampton engagements.
Sept. 15, at 9 a.m., Wynnstay and Success, out of Man-
chester engagoments.
Sept. 15, at 9 a.m., Melody, out of Middle Park Plat)
and Criterion Stakes at Newmarket.

Sept. 15, at 8.10 pan., lionthey, out of Monmouth and
Teuby engagements.

Sept. 16, at 9 a.m., Brown Stout, out of the two Hurdle
Races at Hendon.

Sept. 16, at 3.15 p.m., Apollonius, out of all engage-
ments, 1868.

Sept. IG, after 6 p.m., Mooub.lam and Cedric, out_of the
Great Eastern Railway Handicap at Newmarket.
Sept. 17, at 9 a.m., East Lancashire, out of Manchster
engagements.

FORFEIT LlST.—Lincoln Spring Handicap, 1866.--Hap-
hazard's forfeit, paid to qualify, has been repaid by tho
nominator under protest.

STEEPLE-CHASE FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the
following horses have been paid:—Slieve Came, Order,
and Monitor.

COLOURS OF RIDERS.—Mr. ()wish, Yellow, blue cap.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868.
OCTOBER.

Bedford
I Bromley 1 Perth
Nowmarket Second Oct. 5 I Sudbury and Ealing l5
Lanark
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
North%Horton

Bank of England Returns,

An Account, pursuant to ti
eap. 32, for the week ending

ISSUE DE]
Notes issuod ..„X34,612,035

he Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1868.
P LitTMENT.

Governint. Debt.X1.1,015,100
Other Securities.. 3,984,9 W)
Gold Coin and

Bullion
Silver Bullion

.£31,612,0351
BANKING D.

.C 34,612,033

ProprietoreCapi-
tal .£14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, SaT-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National

L'PIRTISLENT.
Governmt. S ecu-
rities(inelnding
Dead Weight
.. .

Annuity) ...413,790,131
Other Securities 16,124,020
Notes 10,9660580
Uold and Silver
Coin .4. 4163,937

Debt, and Div.
Accounts ..... 3,975,728
Other Deposits.. 19,309,767
Seven Days and
othor 8i115,.... 590,201

£42,041,688 1
GEI

1 £42,041,688
:0. FORBES, Chief Cashier.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Wind S., tide 2d hour's flood.

Arrived, Sept. 17—Helena, steamer, from Dieppe ; Nep-
tunus, from Frederickstad ; Artistic, from Minititlan.

Arrived, Sept. 18—Florence, steamer, from Rotterdam ;
Sado, steamer, from St. Übes ; Vigilant and Leopard,
steamers, from Calais ; Triton, steamer, from Boulogne.
Sailed, Sept. 18.—May Queen, steamer, for Mogadore ;
Channel Queen, for Hongkong; Blanche and Neva, steam-
ers, for Dunkirk.

DEAL, Friday Morning.

Wind S. by W., moderate.
Passed, Sept. 17.—W. E. Gladstone, from London, for
Shanghai.

Passed, Sept. 18.—Promise, of Exeter, from the north
for the west.
Sailed—Merle, for London.

TILE ADDISON CLUB.—The members of this club
spent a most enjoyable evening ou Saturday last, when
one of their number, J. A. Hughes, Esq., entertained them,
with a pleasant discursive story of colonial life. Tho
paper was entitled "A Summer Voyage from Nova Scotia
to Now York," but the title hardly gave a correct notion
of the contents, which only embraced a record of the inci-
dents of a sojourn on Prince Edward's Island, and the
arrival of the Asa Fish at New Brunswick, on which the
author embarked for New York. It was understood that
the paper was in two parts, and we hope t• be present at
the reading of the concluding portion.

THE CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A LIFE-
GUARDSMAN.-011 Wednesday, Richard Robins, a trooper
in the Ist Life Guards, was brought up on remand before
the magistrates at the Town Hall, Northampton, charged
with the murder of Eliza Shield. The deceased had been
on intimate terms with the prisoner, and was enciente by
him. At a little before two on Sunday morning, the 6th
inst., they were seen talking together, and shortly after-
wards screams were heard by the riverside. A man named
Gurley saw the poor girl struggling in the water, but he
appears to have made no effort to save her beyond send-
ing for a policeman, and by the time she was got out she
was dead. Evidence was given on Wednesday that en-
tirely exculpated Robins, clearly proving that the de-
ceased had committed suicide. She had recently been
frequently heard to declare that she would destroy her-
self, and on the 12th of July she wrote to the prisoner to
the effect that " if he as well as her friends turned against
her she would soon leave this world of misery and
trouble." It was also proved that Robins was in bed at
tho time of her death, and the magistrates eventually
ordered the prisoner to be discharged.

The paraffin accident on the Queenstown Direct
Railway is described at length in the latest editions
of the Cork papers :—The Reporter says :—" The
injured men, whose names are Buckley, Hayes, and
Sullivan, were employed as lodgemen on the line.
They are unmarried, and were from the neighbour-
hood of Carriglowhill, Glanmire, and Cork. They
were at work on timber piles, and for the purpose, it
being then a dark night, were provided with large
tin lamps, which they were in the act of replenish-
ing from a large cask of naphtha, containing about
36 gallons, which was partly open, when a spark
from a torch carried by one of them flew into the
barrel and caused the explosion. The naphtha
blazed up in an instant, and enveloped the unfor-
tunate men in a sheet of flame before they had
time to retreat. They attempted to run away,
but were so burned and stunned that they
fell down before they had proceeded many steps.
Mr. O'Regan, the station-master, came out, and
seeing Hayes with his clothes still burning near the
lines opposite the platform, brought out a pitcher
of water and threw it over him for the purpose of
extinguishing the flames. The two other men were
lying near the finger-post. The station-master,
with the assistance of one of the porters, succeeded
in bringing them into the waiting-room, and with
all haste telegraphed to Mr. M'Ardle, the station-
master at Queenstown, who sent down Dr. Brick-
nell. Upon examination they were found to have
been most severely burnt all over the front of the
body, the skin being almost completely burned
off the hands and the hair singed. The
priests were sent for, and remained with them
until morning. Mr. Collard, district superin-
tendent, and Mr. Fennessy, traffic superinten-
dent, arrived by the twelve o'clock train from
Cork. Dr. Tanner and Dr. Townsend were also called
in, and the medical gentlemen and those left in charge
have been most attentive to the unfortunate suf-
ferers, whose condition was so critical that it was
not deemed advisable to permit them to be con-
veyed to the hospital ; indeed, very little hope is
entertained of their recovery. They are at present
lying in the waiting-room and one of the station
master's apartments. The barrel stood three or four
yards from the platform, and so large must bave
been the flame from the ignited oil that about 15
large baulks of timber which lay near it were all
scorched from one end to the other. It appears to
us to have been au incautious thing to have placed
a large barrel containing a quantity of explosive
stuff, partly open, and thereby more likely to catch
fire, in such close proximity to a station-house,
which was at the time inhabited, and near which
men were at work. We do not mean to attach
blame to any particular parties. The deplorable
occurrence was certainly mainly attributable to the
incautiousness of the man who held the torch, who
must have gone too near the barrel, or, perhaps,
stood with his back to the wind, so that the torch
was blown towards the aperture."