The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-03 00:00:00

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

WooLwlcu, OCT. 2.—When the first accounts of
the expeditions fitted out this year to seach for Sir
John Franklin and his gallant companions were made
public on the arrival of the North Star, the greatest
surprise was experienced by all at the concluding
statement, that Commander Forsyth was on his re-
turn homewards in the Prince Albert, and might be
daily expected. The dispatches subsequently made
public do not contain the slightest allusion to such an
intention on the part of the gallant commander. On
the contrary, he was persevering to the utmost extent
in his power, on parting with Captain Austin, to
penetrate farther into the icy regions. If any of the
ships return this season they will be the Felix and Nary,
under the command of Sir John Ross, as he says,
when referring to the account he had obtained of the
ships supposed to be Sir John Franklin's being de-
stroyed in the winter of 1846, and the crews mur-
dered, " in the event of no intelligence being found by
any of the ships, I shall feel it my duty to return to
Cape York, and to make further inquiry into Adam
Beek's statement, and then proceed to England if
possible this season, and if not early in the next?'
It is in some degree satisfactory to know that not one
single nautical man acquainted with the arctic regions
believes Adam Beek's statement of the remaining part
of the crews saved from drowning on the breaking up
of the ships being murdered. The Esquimsux of
these regions are not of a savage disposition, and are
never found in such numbers as to overpower a few
hardy seamen. The statement that the vessels were
broken up in the winter when the snow was fall-
ing is also improbable, as the ice is immovable at
that period of the year, and the ships would have
been securely frozen in on the station previously se-
lected as best adapted for passing the winter.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.
Colonels—Holloway, C. 8., Royal Engineers, Ply-
mouth; Wright, Royal Engineers, Taddington.
Lieutenant-Colonels—King, C. 8., 14th Dragoons, La-
hore; Evans, Royal Artillery, Ceylon; Sir E. Campbell,
C. 8., Recruiting Officer for the East India Company's
Service; at Newry.

Majors—Moore. 12th Foot, Mauritius; Balfour, 32d
Foot, in the Puojaub; Moore, 44th Fcot, Jersey; Ber-
ger, half-pay 7th Lisle Battalion, King's German Legion.
Captains—Moore, Ist Dragoon Guards, Dublin; Fitz-
mayer, 61st Foot, Laudour, Bengal; Clyde, 96th Foot,
Cawnpore, Bengal; Rodwell, Royal Artillery, Para,
Brazils (on his passage from St. Helena); M.Queen,
Royal Artillery; J. G. de Eimm, Brigade Major, ball-
pay King's German Legion.
Lieutenants—Galloway, 10th Foot, Wuzeerabad, Ben-
gal; Woolhouse. 61st Foot, Peshawur, Bengal; Hon. J.
Nlonck, Adjutant 84th Foot, Trichinopoly, Madras;
Sunbolf, half-pay 33d Foot; A. Grant, half-pay Cana-
dian Fencible Infantry, Brockville, Canada West; Alex.
M`Bean, half-pay 2d Light Infantry Battalion, King's
German Legion.
Second Lieutenants and Ensigns—Bruce, Ceylon Re-
giment, Hong-Kong; Lewis Heise, heif-pay Artillery.
King's German Legion, Hanover; Hemmings, retired
full pay Invalids.
Pay master Chase, half-pay Malta Regiment.
Barrack master Skinner. Montego Bay.
Surgeons—Blake, 20th Foot, Muntreal; Grant, Roy 4
N(:v.foundland Company; Fogo, half-pay Ordnance hip
dieal Department, Tmrton; Marscity, half-pay Sts ff
er,h
ai!.p
Assistant
half-pay Foreign Sur g eons
Veteran—.-lavi 8,,
Surgeons-tpaaly:,n.6sth Foot; Fal•
c

LORD COCK BURN.—We regret that we cannot yet
have the satistaction of reporting the convalescence of Lord
Cockburn.asytillindatieDatienn thatlrie the
,
and
dmotshtoudgish
letters -
tressing symptoms of the disease are alleviated, the patient is
re c e
still occasionally suffering considerable pain, and is so much
weakened that tbere is little reason to expect that,,he 1 rill
ivellishere Lordship
yesterids
be able for some time to bear the fatigue and exposure of xe-
mova!i, Dr. Duncan was sent for and went to Dumfries on
av'tt.eanilant, Dr. Newbigging -who
believe, on Saturday. Big
again left Edinburgh ' D
cannottoryeti mita-,
I.ll}i
aioredirsdd
preyays,yhesi pltaei' sosrtiusaslayyn:adNli
Wsmi returned,teeeddri
echgai
rli t
rier of yesterday states that Lar
thatddd
Cockburn th e, ,D u n ifr is* C'ott.
pronounced entirely out of danger."—Sc•isman.

, .
THE SUN, LONDON,
.......____
, HOP INTELLIGENCE. the demand oe the prices, neither can we report very
e-• se., ee ,tnetee ew;to g
2.4.. i..„„,as to yarn. The spinners have all their
Zits''
.tte tt 7- tl ti tae., t
4.:Pi i• COLLECTION or THE 1848 DULY.-The Honour- differently
teo " -4' machinery running on current orders, and the mer•
~-.-- ne't *4' raet -.16--4.5" ' ' . able Board of Inland Revenue has issued orders for
vert the Rochester collection of the duty as under :-
chants are reluctant to give fresh orders, except at re-
RE PORTED LOSS OF THE SHIP Tuesday, Oct. 15, Tunbridge • Wednesday, 16, deiced rates. The wool market is steady, and the late
HARPLEY.
Sevenoaks ; Thursday, 17, Westerlaam ; Friday, 18, advance is maintained.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Wrotham ; Saturday, 19, Mailing ; Wednesday, 23, LEEDS, OCT. 1.-The market has been rather
Maidstone; Friday, 25, Lenham ; ditto, Milton ; quiet le-day, neither have the deliveries to order
Tai.,-We beg to annex copy of a letter received Wednesday, 30, Rochester ; Tuesday, Nov. 5, been quite so large as for some weeks past; still
this morning from Mr. Mallet, who proceeded ttt Ply- Gravesend ; Wednesday, 6, Dartford ; Friday, 8, stocks continue lew, and prices are very firm. A
mouth on the Ist inst., in order to glean, if possible, St. Mary Cray. fair average business is doing in the warehouses.-
any further intelligence of the fate of the above vessel. MAIDSTONE, SEPT. 26.-We
, with the continuance of a splendid time for the in-
have been favoured Manchester Guardian.
We are, Sir, your obedient servants, PRICES OF SHARES
HALL BROTHERS. gathering of the hops. The weather has remained
fine, dry, and still, with an improvement in the tem- IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
(Copy perature, particularly daring the night; and some
PANIES' STOCK.
Plymouth, Plymouth, Oct. 2, 1850. late pieces, that have continued in good health
From the Official List.
and vigour, have, up to this time, made consider- PUI3LISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
My dear Sirs,-I find no one here believes the re-
able progress, we may say improvement. One LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1.
port of the Herpley's loss, and they are better able to or two foggy mornings may have done some injury
judge, as they know what weather she had for the in discolouring the hops, but on the whole the wea- JOINT-STOCK BANNS.
first three or four days. On making inquiries at one ther has been much in favour of the duty; this, how-
Dividend Amount
of the houses this man Foweli used to frequent, I ever, as well as the ocean, has its bounds; and let it Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
be strongly borne in mind that the plantations in Annum. Share.
find he threatened to frighten his friends, and
make them believe he was drowned. As you have 5,000 acres, and that aheavy proportion of this deft- Australasia.......... 245. As.d.A s. d.
40 0 0 40 0 0 -
written to the officer of the Coast Guard for ciency has taken place in that productive and extensive Britah.borth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 42%
goeymlreoner .c.ia..l .D. i. L .c.m.do.n. 71. per
per cueenntt. .
100
00
00
20-__
0
•250025 0
the original letter, it is no use my going to the district, the Weald. If the fly and lice, which are now
Hope Cove, as I could gain no further news ; but, as I paying us a visit in great numbers, had arrived a fort- colonial. Si. per cent. -
100 0 0 25 0 0
Gloucestershire ...... ,151 per cent. - - -
i ht earlier, the crop would have suffered seri-
am down here, I shall proceed by the Sir Francis n g • lonian ••....... ••• • • 161 per cent! 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
cusly from their attacks; and where they hare made Loudn and Westminst; ' 61. er cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27%
Drake to Falmouth this afternoon, and see if any of their appearance, the sooner they are housed the Ditto .............. ' P - - 13 0 0 -
the pilot boats spoke the Harpley ; if they did it better. Next spring we shall have them in swarms. Lp or
uny
id onne
"Jul rilte7,l:: 68/1.. per r cent.,e.nt 100r,0 00 00
21(5) 00
00 4-ste
would most likely be on the 24tH, and this would con- The duty to-day is talked of in a most extraordinary Ditto, New.. .. . 8/.per cent. 10 0010 0 0 -
-
National of Ireland .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0
manner, some betting men talking of 220,0001., and
tredict the letter at once.-Yours truly,Nat. Prevncial el Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Si ned) T. B. MALLET.
many growers naming about 200,0001. or 205,000/. Ditto, New. ••••• •• 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
g
(
as the maximum. We should say that the average South Australia •••• .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
betting,of those who • •about 212 001 -
Union
mean paying, is • 0 on of Australia.... 61. per cant. 25 0 0 25 0 0-1
Ditto •• • • .... -- • • 61t per cent. - 210 0 12%
TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. from that to 215,0001., but even the lower of) these Ernion of London. ••.. : 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Madrid ..... I - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
-
Six O'CLOCK. sums cannot be backed freely. '
No business doing. WATEEINGBURY, MERE WORTH, NETTLESTEAD, INSURANCE COMPANIES.
AND Tesener.-Many of the large planters have 1 Dividend ' Amount
GERMANY. finished picking, and the quantity is found to be Yams of Company. per
Annum.
silence. Paid. Price
Accounts have been received from Cassel of the short, arising from the deterioration of quality.
....••••
30th ult. The Elector has determined to persevere MALLINC-The hops are getting very brown, and 4s.d.A s. d.
Albion ..............5i. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 82
where attacked with mould are going off fest. The
in his course of illegal violence. Alliance Brit. and For. 7114 s 6d &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 21%
General Haynau, who returned from Wilhelmsbad
sooner they are housed the better, but some will not Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 6%
finish before the middle of next week. Ant 3 139.6 d. 50 0 0 5 6 8 17%
to Caseel on the evening of the 29th ult., found the eh Comunercial - Is. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7%
city and country in the usual state of perfect order HOLLINGI3oURN.-We have not finished picking Cleriel,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.ec bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20
and tranquillity, although he came armed with most yet; they are coming down very dull. 31. 100 0 0 10 0 0 62
14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 14%
TENTERDEN.-Picking is now drawing to a close ; Crown ............ ••
extended powers and with instructions again to pro- es. 50 0 0 50 0 6%
some planters have already finished and others are European Life ••• • • • 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 10%
claim martial law in Electoral Hessen. On the 30th
Gneral •••••• • - .. - -
he published a series of decrees which the Elector had setting on all hands to get the work done as soon as e Gi)be ..... •••••• • • • •• 61. per cent. S 50 0
:stock. - 13 5%)
tigned at Wilhelsmbad. In these decrees, after a pre- possible. Guardian •..•••• • • • • • 51. 100 0036 10 0 55
amble, tetting forth that the Elector's authority is CANTEREURT.-On Saturday last several London Imperial Fire •. •• •• • • 121. per ccnt. 500 0 0 50 0 0 230
supreme and unquestionable, it is provided that the merchants were here. The planters offered them Imperial Life .... •• •• 12s. 100 0010 0 0 16%
Indemnity Marine.. •• 11. sh. & iss. 100 0 0 20 0 0 41
present and all earlier decrees shall not be submitted their hops at 90s. to 112 s. per cwt. Law Fire ••• . • ..... • • - 100 0 0 210 0 2%
to, or their legality questioned by the judicial courts HURSTGREEN.-It is expected that the hops will be Law Life.. .. .. •• •• .. 11. 16s. 100 00'10 0 0 43%
Ltic.feanl.aedn dvi General
uerL. I fe - 50 0 0 20 0 4%
of the c eintry ; that ad judicial decrees declaring the all secured this week in this neighbourhood; gene.- 5 0 0 1 0 0 -
illegality of former proclamations are null and void ; rally speaking they have kept very well, and will London Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 17%
London Ship . •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 17%
and that the Commander-in-Chief is instructed to make good samples; in some instances it is suite
slarine - ••••• .. - . 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 1
use all means in his power for the purpose of annihi- time they were gathered. aree.lnvlie St Gen. Life 4%1. per ct .e 0 0 0 20 0 2
lating the opposition of the courts of law. ROBERTSBRIDGE.-The low price of hops, say national Lean Fund 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
National Life.... -
It is also enacted that the court-martials shall take about 603. (and a good many changed hands at about ealladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2%
cognizance of, and punish all offences against, and that price), must have had a depressing influence 'Uremia•
Sipper&s - - 145
rofes,ional Life.. •• •• cent. 6 5 0 0 10 0 125.6 d
contempt of the shave provisions ; that no appeal to upon the sale of colts. The planters seem deter- piqotector Life.. -• . - - -
any oath alleged to be taken on the Constitution shall mined to press their claim on the Chancellor of the emvident Life•• .. ..
be pleaded to stay the proceedings or in extenuation Exchequer either for a remittance or further post- Rock Lifb
Royal Exchange .s.
Si. 6/. per cent. Ssto.ok. 0 010 0 6%
- 210
of the crime of rebellion, of which all those servants ponement of the 1848 duty. ;an Fire - - 209
of the state are guilty, who presume to criticise and GROOMBRIDGE.-On Wednesday last the business Ditto Life .......... 11. 6s. - -I 48
even to sit in judgment on the supreme will and plea- done at our hop fair was considerable. A great num- United Kingdom
fo .... at. per cent. 20 0 0 40 0 3%
her of samples were shown, and many sold at prices Victor:sit Life ••••• •• • • 1501%.p1z
ecnntt.. 100 0 0 10
1,3 06 -41
sure of the Sovereign, as notified by the decrees of
the 4th, 7th, and 28th of September. from three guineas to 3/. 103. per cwt. for Sussex,
The publication of these decrees has made a power- and four guineas and upwards for Kentish. DOCKS.
ful impression on the inhabitants of Cassel ; still they Belo HTLING.-We shall not realise our expectations. Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
are orderly and tranquil. 30,000 thalers have been YEASMARSH.-The hops continue to weigh light, but Annum. Share.
collected to pay the salaries of the functionaries who the bushels are equal to expectation. -
s.
remain faithful to the Constitution. CATSFIELD. -We have not quite so many hops as East and West InV Aa... 6/. pr cent. Stock.d. £l. d.-
14031
.we expected. Nevertheless we are going on favourably. East Country - 22%
THE ROYAL SUPREMACY. WADHURST.-Picking goes on very rapidly ; hops London 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 122
come heavily to hand. We shall have a strong crop ,
ti.iiitattohoa ;re s : : .. : .... .... ' 441.ppeerr cent.
c ent . Stock.- -
- -
TO THE VENERABLE THE ARCHDEACONS BIASSING--
AND WILBERFORCE, AND THIS REVEREND PRO-
on the whole, and they are coming down a bushel to Ditto, Scrip...-. . - - 85 0 0 -
a hill. Ditto 80nd5........ 4341. pr cent. • - - -
FESSOIt. MILL. Southampton •• ...... 21. per cent., 50 00150 0 0 9%
My Reverend Brethren,-Making it a rule to an- WoacesTen.-On Saturday business was very
swer printed letters through the medium of the press, brisk, in consequence of which there was an advance BRIDGES
I thus du myself the honour of acknowledging
and quality in this market. yours, of from ls. to 2s. per cwt. for all hops with colour - Dividend 1 Amount
without date, just received, being the circular which Name of Company. per 1 of Paid. Price
you hr.Va deemed it decorous and prudent to issue FARNHAM, ALTON, AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS,
_ Annum. Share.
SEPT. 30.-We have been busily engaged in picking I _ -
against the " royal supremacy." X. s. d. Z. a. 4.
during the last three weeks, and with the exception of Charing-crose •••• .. •• _
It would be unbecoming to question either the - 15
a day or two have been favoured with beautiful 3outhwrkpittlst .......... - leo 0 0 - -
wisdom or the motives of divines legitimately ap-
.w..0.f.7A p.c. 355. per cent.
15000
00
00
weather. The number of bushels is much greater Waterlooo- 16
pointed to such high positions as you individually •• • •
Ditto Old Ann. ()tel. -- 154
than was expected, but the weight falls short. Duty it. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 23
occupy ; hut you will excuse me for declining to re-
cognise the self-election which invests you with an estimated at 13,0001. to 14,0001. -Maidstone Gazette Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 21
Vauxhall .... •• • Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18
universally inquisitorial power, or the authority MATCH - -
',L BETWEEN HERR HARR- c.oarm.s.
which, exceeding royal supremacy, summons the
clergy of the whole realm before the judgment-seat WITZ AND FOUR MEMBERS OF THE
Names of ~,d Diritendl Names of g Dividend
you have spontaneously ascended. GLASGOW ChiESS CLUB. Price. per
Co A 1 per Companies. A !Ann . Price.
That, ou a recent occasion, the judges were not ex- The conditions of this match were, that Mr. Harr- V: I Annum. 'Ol
..-- .......- .......
elusively ecclesiastical, must, I should apprehend, be witz would play two games simultaneously, and -
n
without seeing either of the chessboards, against four
a source of much satisfaction to every free-born Ashtn& Oldb 971 'U. 113 Macclesfield. 100` 21.105. 50
members of the Glasgow Chess Club-two in consul- Barnsley". " 16°1
Briton who revolts at the lash of despotism being 121. ltio Neatk .• •• • • 100 161. 340
tation at each chess-board. From the extraordinary eißrireriosegraz 141,
46 i.. 84
P0xf0rd....0r.....t .. 1.?801312. 0118.. 20100
Wielded by the proud and unscrupulous over the
humble and conscientious; nor would the untainted nature of of the conditions on the part of Herr Harr- Coventry.. • • 100 251. 208 Regent's .• • • 33 I 11. 03' 18%
1 1 '
Clergy, or the religious public, look with pleasure or witz, the match has created great interest among the Derby
,„4,5mre.3,.c.n... 110303
365.1..
.6? I:oonichrdseatie6o....l
851
71.410 s 1531e1
chess-players of Glasgow. In accordance with pre- GrandJunctnloo 41. 78% Do.Lk FdSt 1512°161.p. c'. -
conest. 405
conildence to an alteration in the law, when not alone
vious announcements, the match was played in the oranaoadSuarrey 100 21. Os. 33 Stffre &wore 140
gregations, but dioceses, are filled with distrust by 100: 11. 10s. i 24 Shrewsbury..s
a retrogade movement Which duns the light of the splendid club-room of the Glasgow Chess Club, Regent G'lrranthamnio.n. t 125 t)11: 290
G,, p"1, and affords the best plea fur dissent ; when Hotel, Buchanan-street, on Thursday evening. The Kenut ic Avn '39 7s. 64. - Severn and
145
Lancaster, 26 21. Os. 24
misapplied learning, instead of aiding religion
company, amounting to about 100 gentlemen, having rood 0
LiTy. 1100 4 0
241,
/ 33252%
wWayrwe hail.
at seven o'clock nearly all arrived and taken their r,elcester ...P. ;100 51. 66 ilirming. } loc 41. 64%
perve-t it, and, causing the sun to go back on the 'would
dial,
would replace the intelligence of the 19th century seats, and secured for themselves chessmen and chess- Leicitr &Nth; 83 41. 4834 Warwick/
wNuracp.ttorn.i 100 31. 42
with tl,e superstition of the dark ages. And I should boards, a service of tea and coffee was handed round. awootzioeourtohes
oh
110402 78011. 1 510
The preliminaries being adjusted Mr. Harrwitz was sfntesmrysh 100 - 1
- Birming.} 78 31. 40%
consii, r wyseif as highly criminal were I to permit
my signature to be affixed to a document the ostensible then introduced to the company, and after a short VeltnMwbry 100 - I - Wilts & Brks, -I I Is. 734
object t f which, I feel convinced, is but a cloak to conversation with a tew of the gentlemen present GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES.
uherior and most pernicious designs. whose acquaintance he made on his former visits to
Dividend Amount
I rej ,iee in the liberty wherewith Christ bath made the club, Mr. Harrwitz took up his position at the Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Us /ree, and detest the intolerance which would deny one end of the room and the players at ehe other end. Annum. Share.
The play commenced by Mr. Hurwitz writing his ------
to any other denoMination that glorious privilege of x. 0. d. A. s. d.
first two moves on a card, which was conveyed to British ..•••....•.... •• •......• .. 11.
Chiintitinity conceded to all; but I deem it perfectly 40 0 0 18 0 0 13
the chairman of the meeting, who read them aloud a rto rrovinetai.... it. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 is%
compatible with this my cherished feeling to hail
for the information of the competing players, and in cirtshlhotioZo'n'd'o'n. •:*:: :: 51. 20 - _
the Reformation as the day-star from on high, and 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 -
guarthe same manner their moves in reply were cornmu- Continental C onsolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 -
d with jealous care against the covered approaches
nicated to Mr. Harrwitz, and in this order the games50e. 50 0 0 50 0 0 28
of that nondescript section of the Church which,
proceeded. The play was kept up till half-past one lmieriai Equitab1e............. .
31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70
supplying so many deplorable instances of vacilla- Independent ::.• :: :::: 61. 40 0040 0 0 48
tion, might be designated, in the words of Jacob, o'clock on Friday morning, when the players
of game No. 1 resigned the contest in favour of Mr.-
- 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
50 0 0 60 0 0 -
"unstable as water ;" which, forgetful of the spiri-.P.r.e.f.e.re.n.c.e. 61. 25 0 0 210 0 -
duality of our faith, would clog religion with obsolete not, Part. . .
Harrwitz, and owing to the lateness of the hour, it Phoenix •-••- " " -
was agreed that the concluding of game No. 2 should ilue:e'dEs generaltorchart::e:r:e:d.• 4%1. 50 0 0 49 0 0 29
5/. 100 0 0 90 0 0 -
forme, and place as much value on monograms andle 50 0 0 50 0 0 15%
symbols, on genuflections and ecclesiological arrange- be postponed till to-day ; but from the position of the Wilest
Pieces, the ultimate result must be a resignation in 3/. 50 00 ' - 4834
12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9%
ments, as the Jews did on the traditions of the elders,
favour of Mr. Harrwitz. We can hardly attempt to Ditto, New •••• -• • •
which superseded the word of God and made it " of LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
none effect." But a step more is wanting to inhibit convey to the minds of our readers the difficulties of
such a marvellous performance on the part of Mr. ' Dividend Amount
the circulation of the Bible without note or comment, Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
,Harrwitz. To play a single game well, with the Annum. Share.
or, as in ancient days, restrict it to those of privileged
board before you, is of itself a difficalt task, and can- --------- ---- ----£ s. d. Z a. d
degree.
nut be exaggerated. To play two games at a time Bank of Scotland ... . . 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 172
I have the honour to be, my Reverend Brethren,
3, of Glasgow Ban:.
over the boards must be more than proportionatele British Linen Compan
yours, Sec., I" Caledonian Bank
..... 8 pee cent 10 0 0 210 0 3/, 5,
difficult ; but bow much greater must the difficulties City
Clydesdale Bank-- -
E. TIGHE GREGORYcent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 1134
be to play two games simultaneously, and withouto 10 0 0 1
661:1.
per
cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 196
7, percent. 20 03%
Chaplain to his Excellency the Earl of 'Claren- Commercial Bank ....
6,. Per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 171
seeing either of the boards-" when the mechanical Eastern 8ank........
don, and Rector and Vicar of Kilmore, Meath.
674341; perppe.
rr
ce ee
iin
tt .
cant..
. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 9%
objects of the chessmen and chessboards are abstracted Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 4%
Paget Priory, litiicock, Ireland, Sept. 14.
and no longer exist, save in the powers of the mind •; Exleehuanf gienßniak o Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 1234
so 0 0 10 f I 15
2100 00 00
175
00
00 -2
7i
when the windows of the brain are closed down, and
A PRACTICAL JOKE.N Nationalthof Scottßank Company
aa
the faculties., of sight hermetical! sealed;
y when all
During the last harvest a couple of friends called North British Bank - '
that is left of chessboard and men is their vague and 'Royal Bank of Scotland°
on a fermer, whose land is situate within a few miles timid shad wandering spectre-like across the51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 ";
0 132341:7f:ti:tn.
rllnsußi kmao
kf Scotland
..
n lOO 0 0 50 0 0 3t;
north-west of this city. It so happened that the mental chamber,ow' andwhen- - - Alliance Fire and Life 8341 r centi: ig 0 0 5100 0 0 73%
master of the house and all his household were busy five facul • ties of the brain must be taxed unaided to B.Accord.Life and Fire - 20 0 0 ° ° 2%
10 0
in the corn-fields ; not a soul, old or young, male or • -
name the position of every piece and pawn and square British Guarantee Ins.
lot. per tent. 10 0 0 1 o -
0 14,..; 6d
female, was to be seen. After roaming up stairs and of thechequer !" . The most wonderful part of this Caledonian Fire Insur. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 23
Colonial Life ........ 50 0 0 1 0 0 ,
down stairs from one room to another, the two friends -
extraordinary effort of the mind is, that while the City of Glasgow Life.. 61. pe-r cent. 25 0 0 2 0 .i. as.
0 21 yr,
departed ; but just as they gained the turnpike-road, blindfolded player's whole thought and attention is Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0015 0 0 '2O
they met the farmer himself; whom they blamed for required to consider
the best mode of play to parry en East of Scotland Life..
Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51.pe-r cent. 1500 40
0 0 15 0
0 217 6 236
leaving his home and premises so unprotected ; " in- attack of his adversaries at one board, he is of neces- Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
deed," they added, "you must not be surprised it sits obliged to banish from his mind the position of Life suriscsooo. oof Scetlnd- 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0
f Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 011 18
anything has been stolen, for we met a couple of thei-
game on the other board, and yet to have them so Mercantile Life ...... 3% per ct. 10 0 0 010 o 6s. 6d.,
vagabonds coming from the house." " Oh, no," placed before his
quoth our jocund farmer, "we are all honest here." North British flour. - 6pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 25%
at pleasure.-Glasgow Constitutional. 'North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 -
la the afternoon, on the assembling of the family- - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 -
around the dinner-table, the mistress discovered that STATE OF . TRADE. Scot. Mag. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 -
Scottish Union Insrnce. 6%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 240.0 d
a highly-prized silver goblet had disappeared off es Standard Life •• •... • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 o 9%
oIoANCHESTER, OCT. 1.-We have to report an in-
the sideboard, and the house was soon in an up- United Dep.Assarance Sl.per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 15e 9d
animate market inyarns...
roar about the missing treasure. "The two raga-
medium and lower counts. are still using what they MISCELLANEOUS.
boucle" flitted across the farmer's mind horses were
saddled and messengers dispatched to the Leomin- have in hand, and buying nothing that they are not Dividend Amount
stet, Hereford, and Weobley police-stations. The in immediate want of; and the continental merchants Name of Company. eof
Anpnrum. Share. Paid. Price.
lodging-houses were searched, and the pawnbrokers' having operated rather freely within the last fortnight, •
shops were visited on the morrow ; but no tidings of are now inclined to pause awhile, especially as the £. s. d. A. I. 4.
Auction Mart .• ••• • • • 21. Sc. 50 0 0 - 25
the goblet could be gained ; therefore our farmer, prices required are somewhat hi hthan
g her they were
Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 is
who has a strong dash of philosophy in his composi- lately paying. The producers of bundles, however, Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20
tion, gave it up as irrecoverably lost. About a fort- are not disposed to make Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 5
an
nadnrciodnacession from the cur- .
Canada ... •......... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 39
night afterwards, as be was sipping his brandy. and- rent rates of Thursday last in which there Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - _
-
water in one of those superior hostelries for which was some abatement of Tuesday's '
advance. In some Pity Navigation .... - - 94%
this city is famous, a friend who was seated by him instances, the-buyers of warps and cops find sliat Gen. Revers. & Invest. 5 p.c.&1)1,21100 0 0 100 0 0 90
a - --. Equitable Reversionry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 1001 0 0 106
offered for a glass of wine to tell him where he might advantage, though the quotations are amNavigation 11. 81. 15 00114 0 0 • 27%
generally un- Gereste
find his stolen goblet. The offer, though received as changed. There are inquiries for India qualities of London Institution .• • - - 17815 0 -
26 5 0 -
___ _
a joke, was of course accepted, and the terms agreed 40's and 50's mule; the business effected, ho
however Russell Institution •• • •
is Peninslr&Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 79
to. "Go home," said the informant, " and look in the small. Doubled yarns are still neglected ; but good Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1• pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 96
corner of the kitchen window-curtain, and there you qualities of fine single are so much under contract, as Royal Mail Steam •• • • 61 18.4. P. c 100 0 0 60 0 0 63
will find tied up your lost treasure." Now this cur- that full prices are obtainable for what there is to d. South Australian ..• • • 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
5' Van Di, ,
eman s Land.. - 100 0 0, 29 0 0 %
taint it appears, is rarely moved, which accounts for pose of. There has been little spirit for businessl
- -
the goblet not having been discovered. Ali ' gbt in- t•
among the buyers of cloth ; and the day's trans
ions have b ac-
een altogether limited in amount. The
MURDER OF A TOLL-KEEPER.
stantly flashed across the owner's mind -the two The Sun of yesterday we briefly mentioned that
friends who had cautioned him against thieves were quotations are the same as those of last week, with no tln
011-kcer, near Todmorden, had been most brutally
" the two vagabonds" who had robbed his premises, or further weakness than is usual in a quiet market; in- a
fuller
murdered The following are . particulars of
rather played upon him this practical joke. The deed, such is the loss incurred by the production of the circumstances awful crime :-The
attending the
" treasure •trove' restored his good humour ; and he goods, that manufacturers appear to be brought to the person murdered is James Smith, ,aged 41 years, a
readily forgave the practical joke, especially as the point at which the present range of prices can be no lame and decrepid man. Smith was a bachelor, and
practisers liberally paid the expenses incurred by the longer quantity must be met by bringing a dim.- l •
t so d fruit and confectionary at the toll-gate. He was
police inquiries.-Hereford Times. nished into the market. We accord'
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PIG FATTENED ON Ituat AND MILK.-A farmer
at Thirsk, having laid a wager that a certain pig, weighing
33 stone, would gain 10 stone weight in 28 days, fad the
auimal most
.daintily on milk, oatmeal, wheatmeal, ale, and
apples. She grew so nce in her diet that she would not
touch an apple unless it had a red side. As sbe did not gain
weight quite so fa.-1 as her owner desired, be gave her rum
and milk. During the last ten days she took three half
pints of rum per day, with a quantity of milk. She now
turned up her nose at ale, and, indeed, would take nothing
bat rum and milk, so that she was perpetually drunk, and,
when not at her potations, fast asleep. She increased in
weight amazingly, gaining 5 stone 2 pounds in a few days.
When killed she weighed 42 stone 10 pounds, without the
be'rd.

MANCHESTER, OCT. I.—We have to report an in-
animate market in yarns... The home consumer of the
medium and lower counts. are still using what they
have in hand, and buying nothing that they are not
in immediate want of; and the.eontinental merchants
having operated rather freely within the last fortnight,
are now inclined to pause awhile, especially as the
prices required are somewhat higher than they were
lately paying. The producers of bundles, however,
are not disposed to make any concession from the cur-
rent rates of Thursday and Friday last, in which there
was some abatement of Tuesday's advance. In some
instances, the-buyers of warps and cops find a slight
advantage, though the quotations are generally un-
changed. There are inquiries for India qualities of
40's and 50's mule ; the business effected, however, is
small. Doubled yarns are still neglected; but good
qualities of fine single are so much under contract, as
that full prices are obtainable for what there is to dis•
pose of. There has been little spirit for business
among the buyers of cloth ; and the day's transac-
tions have been altogether limited in amount. The
quotations are the same as those of last week, with no
further weakness than is usual in a quiet market; in-
deed, such is the loss incurred by the production of
goods, that manufacturers appear to be brought to the
point at which the present range of prices can be no
longer borne, but must be met by bringing a dimi-
nished quantity into the market. We accordingly
hear that the stoppage of looms or the placing thew
on short time is extending in this district.
11,(xnuALF, SEPT. 30.—The transactions to-day
have been rather more limited than has been the case
for the last few preceding weeks; but, notwithstand-
ing this we have had a very fair business doing in
snnels, at former prices. The wool market is steady,
and prices are tending upwards.
MACCLESFIELD, OCT. 1.--There is no alteration to
report in the state of our markets since last week.
This being the wakes, all the mills are making holi-
day. The silk market remains firm.

DOCZ2.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
- -
£ s. d. .£ I. d.
East and West Ind;a... 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 1403
East Country - 22%
London .... . - 122
Ditto 80nd5........ '4l. per cent. - - -
St. Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. - --
Ditto, Scrip - - 85 0 0 -
Ditto Bonds- ...... 4%1. pr cent. - - -
iouthampton ........ 21. per cent. 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 9%
IMIDGES
Dividend ! Amount
same of Company. per 1 of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
I _ -
X. O. d. X. s. d.
Charing-cross• • • • - •• - - - 15
3outhwrk .......... - ICO 0 0 - -
Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16
Waterloo .......... •• - 100 0 0 -1%
DIU') Old Ann. of al. 11. 4s. Od. 60 0 0 23
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 1/. Is. Od. 40 0 0 21
Vauxhall .... . • • Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18
C.£3,1241.1.13.
1
Dividend
4:,". ' Ann.. Price.
Names of ~ ,Divitend E.,,..
Companies. A 1 per ""- Companies. .2 1 per
Names of
V: I Annum. kiCi 1
.........._
.._.......
i.------
X £}
Ashtn& Oldb 971 71. 113 Macclesfield. 100, 21. 10s. 50
Barnsley .••• 1601 121. 180 Neatk .• • • • • 1001 161. 340
grkuk&Abrg 150, 51. 85 Oxford.. • • •• 1001 201. 200
Birmingham 40, 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 131. 18s. 10
Coventry.. •• 100 25/. 2CB Regent's . • •• 33 I 11. Os. 18%
Derby • • • •• 100 61. 63 Rochdale... • g 5 I 41. 50%
'alsmre&Chs 133'1 355. 41 Somrset Coal 150171.103. 130
1
GrandJunctn 100 4/. 78% Do.LkFdSt 141 61. p. c -
Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 33 Stffret &Wore 140 281. 405
.rand Union 100 11.10 s. i 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 M. -
Grantham .. - - - Stourbridgo.. 145 201. 290
Kenut Ye AVII' 39 7s. 6d. - Severn and? 21. Os. 24
Lancaster . 100 4/. 32% Wyc Rail. f 26
T.,eeds&Livrp 100 241. 325 Warwick&
Leicester .... 100 51. 66 ilirming. J 10C 41. 6434
Leicstr &Nth I 83 4/. 48% Warwick&
raor-thborogh 142 701. 510 Napton..} 100 31. 42
'donmouthsh, 100 81. - Worcstr Br}
78 31. 40%
5f ntv•mrysh 100 - - Birmlng.
Veltalf wbry 100 - I - Wilts & Brks, -I I Is. 7%

HUDDERSFIELD, OCT. I.—To-day's market has
been rather slack considering the time of year. The
amount of goods that has changed hands in the hall is
not so large as last week, owing to the shipping sea-
son being nearly over for the winter goods. The wool
market continues to keep 6rm prices.
HALIFAX, SEPT. 28.—The aspect of our Piece
Hall to-day has been much the same as it was last
week, there being no noticeable differelace either in

In The Sun of yesterday we
MURDER OF A TbOriLeflLy -mKenEtiEonPedEthßat.
a,murdered.
Tnheea r
following Tod
eh a
fullerdo een mp
aorstt b i
curluatrasl brutally
the circumstances attending the awful crime :—The
person murdered is James Smith, aged 41 years, a
lame and decrepid man. Smith was a bachelor, and
sold fruit and confectionary at the toll-gate. He was
seen last alive by William Holt, carter, who drives a
carrier's cart between Heptonstall and Rochdale, and
who passed through the toll-gate before named a few
minutes before twelve o'clock, p.m., on his way home,
at which time Smith was standing at the door, and
remarked to the carter on his passing through the
gate, that he was only just in time, and that had he
been a few minutes later he would have been subjected
to a fresh toll. The door of the toll-house, it appears,
is usually fastened inside by an iron bar, and is sup-
posed to have been so fastened on the night of the
murder, and it is supposed to have been unbarred by
means of a piece of crooked wire or iron having been
introduced through the key-hole of the door (which
was without lock), by which means it is likely the
bar was shot back, and an entrance obtained, after
which the murderer proceeded up, stairs where the
unfortunate man lay, and attacked him, it is believed,
whilst he was asleep, with some sharp instrument,
cutting off the bottom part of his ear, which wound
was continued along the left cheek to the under
side of the lip in one continuous gash as

NEW ACT RELATING TO MORTGAGEES AND Tnus-
TEEN —On the Ist of next month an Act will come into force
respecting mortgagees and trustees. It confers very consi-
derable powers on the Court of Chancery, giving that court
jurisdiction over trustees in a summary manner by orders,
and enabling the court to seize and possess funds with the
view of carrying out the trusts mond in trustees.