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Money Market.
Money Market. CITY, SEPT. 23.—The English fands are dull to-day, and Con- sols fractionally lower than at the close yesterday. The railway market is inactive. Consols arc now quoted to i for money. and to | for he 8th of October. The official business report is as follows:—Three per Cent. Consols for money, 93A, j; ditto for account, 93# Three per Cents. Reduced, 92, ;'?{ew Three per "Cents., 92, i; Red Sea Telegraph. il|; India .Five perCent. Siock, 109, lOSJ; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures, 1S64, 100J; ditto Bonds, 27s. prem. Five per Cent enfaced rupee paper. 101J 103J; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent. 112.; Exchequer Bills, June, 23s, 20s prem.; ditto March, 18s prem,- The railway market is inactive to-day. London and North- Western stock is now quoted 92.1 to I.; Great Western, 65i to f Midland, 128! tc 129J Lancashire and Yorkshire, 108g to f South-Eastern, 83j to f; Caledonian, lOSA to 100, ex div.; a Eastern, 46 to 1; Great Northern, 123Jto"l24; and London and South-Western, 99| to f,
The Corn Trade
The Corn Trade- MARK-LANE, SEPT. 22.-The weather since Friday HAS been fine, but cloudy and cool. N.E. wind. The supply of Wheat from Essex and Kent to this morning's market was small, and although offered at a decline of 2s per qr. upon the prices of this day se'nnight, a large proportion remained unsold at a late hour; the attendance was not large, but included several country buyers. Foreign Wheat was neglected, but where sales were effected a reduction of Is per qr. was generally acceded to, the demand being almost entirely confined to low-priced qllaliÜes, namely, American and Russian. Fine Malting Barley brought last week's rates, but inferior was difficult of sale. Beans and Peas were unaltered in value. The Oat trade quiet, and new com rather cheaper. Good sweet American Flour brought late quotations, out-of-conditioned parcels were not inquired after. KINGSFORD AND LAY. — H? BRITISH. OLD. sraw, L .s. WEE&T.Essex,Kent,SuSolk,white,perqr. 50 to 58 48 to f.4 Ditto, fine selected runs — to 60 63 to 66 Ditto, red to t3 46 to 50' Ditto, ditto, extra — to 58 60 to 56 Ditto, Talavera — to 62 152 ia 12. Norfolk, l incclnshire, and Yorkshire. tc to aAiLrry Malting I. to — 34 to 36 Grinding and Distilling — to — 30 ti 32 Chevalier — to 31$ to 38' OATS.Essex and Suffolk — to 21 to 24 Scotch and Lincolnshire, Potato — to — 22 x 26 Ditto Feed — to 22 to 23 Irish, Potato — to — — ta — Ditto, Feed — to — — to — RYB — to — 35 tc 37' Beasts.Mazagsa to 34 tc- 36 Tick and Harrow — to — t", — Windsor to Pigeon = to — — r* — Long Pod — to — — — fEAS,Noa Boilers to — Wiiite, Essex and Kent, Boilers — to — 40 to 42 Ditto, fine Suffolk — to —■ 4J io 44 Maple — to — 42 to 44 Grey — to — 38 lo 40-■ TAKES per bushel. — to — 7 ,;e S 8KRI>Canary perqr. 50 io 66 — to — Caraway per cwt. — to — — tc, M Coriander 13 to 17 — Rape .per last .to — — Hempseed per qr 38 to 44 ¡ a? Red Clover .per cwt — to to White Clover — to — — to Trefoil — to — — tc< — Kustard, white per bushel. — to — G u 8 Ditto, brown — to — — to C&KES.Linseed.per thousand ZIO to Plg — FLopR.Best marks, delivered. per sack — to -46 to PI 2nd ditto and Country .„ — to — 40 k1 46' FOREIGN. WEEAT.Danz. & Konigsb. per 496 lbs. 50 to 57 — to — Ditto ditto extra „ 57 to 63 — y., — Rostock and Wolgast „ 61 to 63 to — Belgium, Pomeranian, Stettin, and) rso to 58 t- Hamburg „ j Hoislein, Danish, and Swedish „ — to — — to French. „ — to — U-. —t. Spanish „ — to — — tc American and Canadian. „ 40 to 55 to — Odeisa, Petered, and Azoff „ 39 tc 61 — to — BARi.EY.MaIting. — to — 31 to 85 Grinding and Distilling — to — 24 to 80 OATS.Poland and Brew. to 20 to 28 Feed. to — 17 to 28 BEARS.Small per qr. 42 to 62 £ o —. Egyptian — to — — to — PEAS.White Boilers — to — 87 to 40 Yellow ditto — to — — fc — N on Boilers — to 84 to 85 TAEKS — te to — SHED.Red Clover.per cwt. to w White ditto to tl.) —• Trefoil. — to — t"O -.r o^»o.Lil»aeBCi per tor. 160 to 200 — tr" Rapeseed 90 to 100 — to Fiona.French, Khenish ,per sack — to — 34 to 40 Lechorn and Spanish — to — 30 *0 42 Canadian and American.per brl tG — 24 tc 80 ARRIVALS IN LONDON LAST WEEE. Coastwise Wheat Barley Malt Oats Beans! Peas Floci T. <?rs- <3rs. qrs. qrs. qrs. qra oris. wicks English. 3977 974 9675 6773 399 499 |133M- Scotch 20 105 Insh 15 10' ..j 297 Foreign. 4/l>35 12407; |15303 1320 105 jl9077j 75 It. N.lair *"■" "•••• — 3. E. Rail IIjj ;;•••• LONDON AVERAGE PRIOES OF BRITISH GRAIN FOR Tin: Wpigx ENDING 16TH SEPTEMBER Wheat Qrs.4441 58s; Barley, 115 38s 2d; Oats, 658, 23s 9d; Beans. 19, 41s 6d; Peas, 49. 418 6d.. COTTON, LIVERPOOL MARKET, SEPT. 23.—The cotton de- mand continues extremely limited, without much alteration in price. Sales probably 1,000 bales. A good attendance at to- day's market. CORN, LIVERPOOL MARKET, SEPT. 23.—Wheat in moderate consumptive demand, at a decline in some instances of Id to 2d per cental. Flour, dull sale, and rather favours purchasers, Indian corn steady, mixed, 29s to 29s 3d. Egyptian beans, oats, and oatmeal, unchanged. HAY, SMITHFIELD, SEPT. 23.—Messrs. Harvey and Easton report a good supply, at last day's prices. TALLOW, SEPT 23.—The market is steady at the subjoined quotations. Petersburg Y.C on the rpot, 48s 6d; Octcber te December, 49s 6d; January to March, 49s 3d. HOPS, BOROUGH MARKET, SEPT. 22.-Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report a good demand for Weald Kent and Sussex pockets, which are of excellent colour and quality. Mid and East Kent are very inferior, no good samoles to be seen. Choice Wealds and Sussex realise rather higher rates to-day. WOOL—The English wool trade is less excited; nevertheless, the late advance in prices is fully supported. In colonial qualities, an advance of Id to 2d per lb. has taken place since the close of the recent public sales. The colonial wool market con- tinues very firm; the tendency is upward. A very large busi- ness has been done during the week. Advices from Sidney are to July 19. The wool trade at that port was in a sluggish state, owing to the fall in prices at the London May sales. Good and fine quali.ies, however, were firm in value, but scoured wools had barely supported previous rates. Wool, in the grease, was scarce, and prices were maintained. Good Northern fleece had real'sed 17jid to 19J; skin, lojd to 18d; and grease, nd to 104 per lb. FRCJIT AND VEGETABLES, COVENT-GABZIEN. The sup. ply of vegetables continues good. Importations of foreign fruit are also well kept up. Grapes and pine apples are very plentiful. Tomatoes and cucumbers are likewise abundant. Plums scarce. Potatoes are beginning to show disease. Cut flowers chiefly consist of orchids, peltrgoniums, violets, mignonette, and roses. Pine apples per lb. 3s to 5s, grapes, per lb. 2s to 5s, figs, per dozen, 2s to 3s, peaches, per doz., 3s to 12s, nectarines, do., 2s to 6s, apneots do., 2s to 4s, melons each Is to 4s, Pears, per doz., Is to 6s, apples, per doz., 9d to Is 6d, oranges, per 100, 20s, lemons, per 100, 10s to 14s, walnuts, per 100, Is to2s, French beans, pel J sieve, Is to 2s, green peas, per 4 sieve, 2s 6d to 4s, cabbages. per bundle, Is 3d to Is 6d, potatoes. York regents, per tola, 140s to 160s, ditto, flukes, do., 200s to 240s, ditto, rocks, de., 140s to 150s, ditto, cups, do., 80s to 90s, ditto new, per lb, 2d, turnips, per bunch, 3d to 4d, carrots, do., 3d to 6d, spinach, per sieve, Is to Is 6d, cucumbers, each, 3d to 6d, artichokes, each, 4d to 6d, beet, per dozen, Is 6d, celery, per bundle, Is 6d to 2s, shalic>s, per lb, 10d to Is, garlic, per lb, 6d to 8d, lettuces, each, 2d to 3d, indive, per score, Is 6d, horseradish, per bundle, Is 6d to 4s, vegetable mairows, each, 4d, mushrooms, pel pottle, Is 6d to Is 9d, parsley, per 12 bunches, 3s to 4s, herbs, per bunch, 2d to 4d.
Catcle Mariset.
Catcle Mariset. CATTLE, METROPOLITAN MARKET, SEPT. 22.—The sapply of beaats is smaller than on Monday last. Trade is slow, but ch, ice descriptions rather exceed Thursday's quotations. Good sheep are scarce, and prices for them are rather higher. Inferior descriptions, dull sale. Calves are selling about the same as on Thursdav. From Germany and Holland there are 1,800 beasts 9,090 sheep, and 301 calves; Scotland, 30 beasts; Ireland, 1 290 and 2,660 from the northern and midland counties. 7 Per stone of 810». s. i. s. d. rer atone otos. s, d. 2 d Best Scots, Herefds, 4 8 5 0 BstDn3& Hi-Ms 8fc 0 0 "6 0 8 est Short-horns. 4 6 4 81 Best Long-wooa^ 5 0 5 4 Second quaL beasts 3 0 4 0 j Do. do Shorn ($0 0 Calves 4 0 5 4 i Ewes & second nnaV 4 4 4 10 Pigs 4 0 5 0 Do. do. Shorn 0 0 0 C BestDns&Hli'-breds 5 2 5 6 j Lasrbs q Q o 0 Beasts at market, 5,980; Sheep i>.ni I*&mbs*25 270 • Calves, 342; Pigs, 4S0.
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The exciting contest between E. Mills, six mile champion, and W. Lang, of Middlesborougb, ten mile champion, came off last week at Hackney Wick. The race was for the Six Mile Belc and £50, and after a clip- ping struggle, Mills landed himself the winner by a bare yard. The first mile was completed in 4 min. 48 sec.; two miles in 9 min. 59 sec.; thres in 15 min. 11 sec., and the whole distance in 31 min. 7 sec.
THE, NEWS BTJDGET. --
THE, NEWS BTJDGET. A letter dated Shanghae, May 3, states that a keeper of an eating-house in that city had, a few days ago, charged a visitor with eating a quantity of rice not paid for, when an angry dispute arose. A mandarin was sent for, who ordered- the victim to be ripped open to ascertain whether he had swallowed the food. It was done, and fab rice found. -Atals& charge had been made; and to put things to rights (according to Chinese ideas), the head of the accuser was quickly taken off, when the magistrate was ready for another job. Presence of Mind. — A young needlewoman, named Emmeline Curtois, residing in the Rue de la Butte-aux-Cailles, 4th arrondissement, on returning home one day last week from delivering some work, was surprised to find a key in her door, and a strange low- looking man in the room engaged in making up all her articles of value in a bundle. Without losing her pre- sence of mind the young woman asked, "Is Madlle. Em- meline Courtois at home? "Ah, my niece, you mean," the fellow replied with the utmost coolness; she's gone on an errand. Call again in an hour." The young woman went down stairs in all haste, but returned immediately with a policeman, and the thief was taken to the prefec- ture. A Sudden Recovery. — A young woman, who bad been bed-ridden several years, and during that time had received 4s. a week from the parish of GuyXance besides a great deal of private charity, was last week brought to the Union workhouse, Alnwick. She de- manded a nurse, butter and jelly at breakfast, and a pair of crutches but on learning that Mr. Young, the master, had sent(as is usual in such cases) for the doctor, suddenly she rose, dressed, leaped over a stone wall four feet in height, and ran a quarter of a mile before she was recaptured. When the case was brought before the Board of Guardians, on Saturday last, it was elicited that Mr. Robson the relieving officer, had long repre- sented her to be an impostor. She has been directed to be brought before the magistrates for uulawfully leaving the workhouse. Fatal Accident at a Sunday School Treat. ,-On Friday Mr. Carter received information that a girl, about ten years of age, named Emily West, lately living in Allen-street, Lambeth, had been run over on the pre- vious evening in Carlisle-lane, Lambeth. The annual treat of the children who attend at the Sunday- school attached to Trinity Church had taken place at Dr. j Bushei l's ground in Kennington-lane, where about 620 j children were present. On returning home they had got as far as the corner of the lane in which the school is situate, when a van with two horses, driven furiously, turned the corner, and knocked down the deceased, the wheels passing over her stomach, and one of the horses kicking her on the heaa. She was picked up instantly, but life was extinct. A Child Burnt to Death. — On Tuesday Dr. Lankester, the coroner, held an inquest at the Lord Wellington Tavern, University-street, Tottenham-court- road, touching the death of a child, aged two year?, named William Oakley, living with its parents at 13, Grafton-street, Kentish Town. It appeared that on the Previous Thursday the deceased, and another child of the same age, was left alone by the mother, and on her re- turn, a few minutes after, she discovered her child sitting Outside of the room upon the landing enveloped inflames. She extinguished the fire by wrapping her own clothes round the child, and took it as quickly as possible to the University College Hospital, where it expired from burns nearly all over the body the following day. Verdict, Accidental Death. Alarming Occurrence.—An alarming accident occurred a few days ago in the neighbourhood of Chamouni. Mr. Longman, the well-known London Publisher, was crossing with his son, F. W. Longman, one of the glaciers between Chamouni and the Tete •Noiie. Suddenly young Longman disappeared from the group. An immediate and anxious search was made for blm, The guides were not long in discovering that the Unfortunate gentleman had fallen down a deep crevasse. One of the guides being tied by a rope was lowered into the crevasse, and, on reaching Mr. Longman, he seized nin» by the collar of his coat, and they were both pulled up a portion of the way. The horror of his father can ^ell be conceived when he saw the guide come to the Surface of the ice alone. He was able to drag Mr. Long- man up a certain height, but in consequence of his great ^eight he was obliged to let go his hold, Mr. Longman falling still deeper into the crevasse. A rope and strap Were then lowered to Mr. Locgman, and he was re- quested to place tha latter round his body. This, he "fcio Tras? tv i £ Numbed state of his hands. The other and stronger guide then descended by means of the rope into the Wevftsse, and happily succeeded in bringing Mr. Long- man's son safe to the surface, very little, if at all, injured. vJallant Ressue from urowmng.—un j.mua- day afternoon last, a3 a boy, named George Coles, residing ( at 27, Bond-street, Commercial-road, Lambeth, was j Playing, along with several other youths, on the embank- ( Blent opposite the premises of the City of London j Brewery Company, in endeavouring to get a hoop 1 floating on the Thames fell headforemost into the river, £ into between ten and eleven feet depth of water. An instant alarm was raised, and a lighterman, named Alfred; Karris, of 30, Emerson-street, Bankside, Southwark, s Who was on the spot with a barge, at once plunged in j him, and with the greatest difficulty brought the boy safely to land, amid the cheers of a large number of bystanders. The little fellow had sunk two or three times when the gallant Harris came to the rescue. The "nfferer was conveyed to a house close at hand, where be received every attention, and was shortly after con- veyed to his own home. We understand that this is not the first time that Harris has nobly risked his life to save others. He has been twice rewarded by the Royal Humane Society, and las been awarded the Browne Daedal of that association. Found, a Finger. — A singular story has been going the round of our local contemporaries to the effect that on Thursday, a young man deposited at Belfast General Hospital a portion of the little finger of the right hind of some person unknown, which he had found on the previous day between the handle of the break and the inside of an omnibus. The discovery is somewhat remarkable, as no accident of the kind has bean reported, and no person has claimed the finger, or sought for surgical relief that we have heard of. It ap- Pears to have been torn off a little above the first joint by some part of the machinery of the 'bus, and attached to it was a gold ring of considerable value, which was much bruised. This fact makes the discovery the more Extraordinary, as a person in a position to wear such an Ornament would, it is supposed, have been easily known. •^■t first it was believed that a dull medical student had been practising a trick, but Dr. Moore, of the General Hospital who has the relic in his possession, is of opinion thvt it has not been taken from a dead body. Any person "wanting" a finger can have the same, by proving ownership, on applying to Surgeon Moore, at the General Hospital, and if not claimed within ten days it will be stained by the finder as a memorial of the Great Pro- testant Demonstration held in the Botanic Garden on the 17th,September, 1862. More Sensation Scenes.-A. paragraph in the daily papers asserts that Mr. James Rogers, the comedian, Volunteered the other day to allow M. Blondin, the rope- dancer, to carry Lim over the high cord at the Crystal Palace. The report must be a hoax. If M. Blondin be hardy enough to attempt, and Mr. Rogers silly enough to allow, such a feat—where were the Directors, where the Police ? Did an audience of English ladies and gentle- men look on and suffer this thing to be done? The land- lord of Highbury Barn, in deference to public feeling, has abandoned these sensational means of drawing money to bis till. Have the Directors of the Crystal Palace, ^ith all their high pretence of educatirig public taste, no sense of shame ? The capers of a rope-dancer in the centre of a Palace of Art are bad enough-must they t'e a outrage every gentle and humane heart by making money of an exhibition in which there is neither beauty nor Resign, nature nor art, to draw the multitude; nothing W the gross and savage attraction of an imperilled The Cotton Famine.-At a meeting of the City of London Relief Committee, held on Friday at the Mansion House, the Lord Mayor in the chair, the fol- lowing grants were made for distribution by the local relief committee in each caseBai-up, near Manchester. 4250; Lees, near Manchester, £50; Hulme Township, ~500 •, St. Simon and St. Jude's Sewing Class, £ 2o; the Sacred Trinity Church, Salford, £ 101) Preston £ 500; Peter's, Oldham, £ 100; St. Philip's Bradford-road, *100 • Broadbottom and Charlesworth, £ 50; Staley- S,fidge, £ 150; Newton Moor, £ 100; Mot train, £ 100; ijmbsay, £ 50; St. George's, Oldham-road, £ 150; Bamber ■Bridge, £ 50; St. Michael's, Manchester, £ 100 Roy ton, £ 75.total granted, £ 2,450. Friday the following, ^jnong other subscriptions, were received at the Mansion House'to wards the fund:—Messrs. Combe, Delafield and k°-. £ 300; Robert Smith and Co., £ 100; Mr. J. R. TpClean, £ 50; Mr. C. P. Serocold, £ 50; Miss Mcrse, Lady Couper, £ 50; and Mr. Thomas Dawes, £ 50. Suicide of a Tradesman.-On Saturday Dr. Lankester held an inquest on the body of William Wieland Hawkins, of 45, Ernest-street, Albany-street, Regent's-park, who bad been found in his shop (a milliner's) with his throat cut. The deceased, formerly a warehouseman in the City, had been a great drunkard, and eight years ago bad attempted suicide. He was very strange in his manner all day on Friday, and persisted in locking the shop door, as he had a delusion that some one was after him. The evidence of the surgeon went to show that there was no doubt deceased had committed the act himself, and been dead some hours when dis- covered. Verdict—"That deceased cut his throat whilst in an unsound state of mind." Distress in the Printing Profession.-At a special delegate meeting of the London Society of Com- positors, held in Farringdon-hall, Snow-hill, last week, called in compliance with a requisition from members out of employment, the following proposition was placed before the delegates:—"That in the present depressed state of the, trade, and in the prospect of a lengthened continuance of that depression, it is expedient to grant pecuniary assistance to the unemployed members, in such an amount and under such regulations as this meeting shall determine." After some discussion, it was resolved that a grant from the society's funds of 10s. a.week, to be continued for one month, shall be given to each mem- ber of the society out of work. It is calculated that there are between two and three hundred compositors in Lon- don entirely idle at the present time, a large number of whom have earned little or nothing for the last two or three months. There are also many engaged in printing offices who are only partially employed. A New Infernal Machine. A Copenhagen letter has the following:—" In the Royal dockyard at Nybolm experiments have just been made with a new kind of infernal machine, which is said to be capable of destroying the strongest iron-cased vessel. The inventor is Lieutenant-Colonel Ramsted, a Finlander, who has been in the Russian service. The apparatus is extremely simple, and costs but little. It consists of a glass reservoir, which, being filled with powder, will float at a certain depth, where, by some simple chemical means, it produces an explosion which will pierce the bottom of any vessel. In the experiment in question, when loaded with a very small charge, the effect is amazing. The framework of the gunboat used was shattered, and some of the planks thrown to a height of 80 or 100 feet. Of coarse the boat sank instantly. On a second trial the explosion threw up a column of water 100 feet high, and the shock was felt at a considerable distance. Among the persons present on the occasion were several officers of the Italian frigate Eurydice, which now lies at anchor in our roadstead. A contemporary publishes the following:—" It is with regret we state that information has reached us that Kossuth, who is now in Turin, is suffering the deepest anxiety on account of his wife, who is so seriously ill that she is hardly expected to recover. Within thirteen years he has lost several near relatives, and among them his only daughter; and while now anticipating this crowning calamity he is, we understand, extremely straitened in pecuniary matters. His two sons have some em plovment in a public office in Turin, but the remunera- tion they receive is too scanty to enable them to render much assistance to the distinguished patriot and their dying mother." The Stock of Cotton.-After a lengthened period of depression, it is cheering to find that there is some rally in the estimated stock of cotton on hand at Liver- pool, which it is also confidently affirmed is understated. The movement of the stock in the second half of the year has been as follows, as compared with the corresponding period of 1861 and 1860 1862. 1861. 1860. Bales. Bales. Bales. Stock, July 4 184,959 1,108,300 1,298,400 „ Aug. 2 161,500 1,109,100 1.241,370 Sept. 5 58,150 885,680 1,022,370 „ „ 12 92,030 868,260 941,810 The quantity expected to come to hand before the close of the year is estimated at 500,000 to 600,000 bales, and as the home consumption has been reduced to a weekly average of 25,350 bales, as compared with a weekly average of 46,240 bales last year, while the export has also been reduced to an average of 8,740 bales per week, it appears probable that during the next three months some increase of stock will be witnessed. Should this prove to be the case, the worst phase of the crisis will have been traversed, as every month must increase the productibilityof the new sources of supply now in course of development. f Th. I, Macan, E~q., were out hare hunting, and found a animal in a field near Barford-bridge, over the river Ouse, about five miles from Bedford, near which the Cambridge and Bedford Railway runs.. The hare took to the railway followed by the hounds, when the train which leaves Cambridge at 10.10 a.m. was discovered coming at a brisk rate. The huntsmen and gentlemen followed by the side of the railway, and endeavoured to call off the dogs, but without success, the dogs going at full speed after the hare. Quickly the engine ran upon the track of the pack, instantly killing five fine dogs, sending their remains in all directions, the engine carry- ing away a good portion of a carcase which was fixed in one of its wheels; the leg of the sixth dog was cut off, so that,the poor animal had afterwards to be shot. The hare escaped, as did all the horsemen and their riders. Singular Hysterical Panic among Factory Girls.-Abeut 320 factory girls and women are em- ployed in sewing in the large school-room under Dr. Munro's chapel, Grosvenor-square, Manchester; and it appears that one or two of the unfortunate girls are sub- ject to some kind of fits, most probably epileptic. One day last week, about 3 o'clock, everything connected with the sewing was proceeding in the usual satisfactory manner, when suddenly one of the girls subject to them was prostrated by a fit. There was considerable alarm created in the school by this circumstance, and almost instantly another girl was attacked by what the superin- tendent believes was hysteria, and then another, and another, until quite a panic prevailed, altogether nineteen I of the girls becoming affected in less than an hour. It may be added that the school-room is well ventilated, and could not have been overcrowded, since it is capable of holding 700 scholars. Progress of the Distress in Uury.—ine Keiiet Committee, since their appointment on Wednesday week, have been busily engaged in organising an efficient staff for visiting and relieving the distressed workpeople. The town has been divided into districts, and a large ware- house in the centre of the town is being fitted up as a storehouse, and as a sewing school for the unemployed females. The number of applicants in one week has considerably exceeded 1,000. Subscriptions to the amount of £6,200 hs.ve been promised. In the meantime the distress is increasing fast, as the mills are reducing their hours of labour, and some large establishments are closing altogether. Relief funds have also been esta- blished at Heywood and Tottington, within the Bury Union, and the relief so afforded has been largely sup- plemented by private charity. The guardians of the poor last week relieved 6,931 persons, at a cost of X432 3s.) or an average of Is. 3d. per head per week. In the cor- responding week last year the numbers relieved were 1,670, at a cost of £ 106 9s. lid., an average of ls. 4d per head. The number of indoor paupers has not increased. Another Accident on the Midland Counties Railway.-On Saturday night an excursion train started from Shipley, near Leeds, at 9.30 p.m., with 18 carriages, filled with passengers for London. All went on well until they had nearly reached Chesterfield, when the passengers' train, driven by William Wood, ran into a coal train with such force as to smash the engine and tender, forcing them off the line on to an embankment, and scattering the fragments in every direction. A scene of consternation and alarm amongst the passengers was the consequence, which words cannot describe. Many were maimed and bruised, ten or twelve so seriously that it was deemed necessary to remove them to inns at Chesterfield where a number of surgeons were sent. for; those gentlemen doing everything in their power to relieve the sufferers. A number of other passengers, only slightly hurt, refused to proceed on their journey. To those also the railwav officials ordered every attention. After a delay of three hours the line was partially cleared, and another engine attached to the train, so that they pro- ceeded on th, ir journey. On the assembling of the pas- sengersit wasbappily found noneof them were killed the drivers, stokers, and guards of the two trains escaping also with but slight bruises. Information was quickly conveyed to Dai by, Leeds, and other towns, and anumber of men were set on to clear off the broken pieces and scattered debris, and to prevent the trains due coming into collision with the standing carriages. By daylight on Sunday morning both the up and down lines were sufficiently cleared for general traffic. The cause of the accident is attributed to the night being exceedingly dark and foggy, and the driver of the excursion train not having been informed that a coal train was preceding him. Fortunately WooiS had greatly reduced the speed of his engine in conse- quence of the darkness and his near approach to the Chesterfield station, or the a;cident might have been much more disastrous. i. .'1 .j, Elopement and Suicide.—A stranger who had 1 arrived at Hamburg a few days ago, with a young girl whom he passed off as his wife, has just committed suicide in an hotel of that town. The suspicions of the police as to the stranger were excited from his having I gone to a steam packet office to take two tickets for 1 London, and expressed the desire of not coming in con- f tact with the police who, he said, often question passengers on the steam-boats. The police called on him to examine his passport, but the stranger refused to admit them, and thinking, himself discovered shot himself in his bedroom. The female, who is a Hungarian, and speaks only her own language, declared that the deceased was post- master in a small town of Hungary, and bad abandoned his wife and children to leave with her. Only a Sum of 50 thalers was found upon him. Dog and Lobster.-A few evening; ago (says the Montreal Witness) a large, thorough-bred bull-dog was passing by the store of Mr. O'Hara, in Craig-street, when its attention was attracted by the movements of a gigantic lobster, crawling in front of the door. The dog attacked the lobster, when the latter at once showed fight, extended its tremendous claws, and seized its antagonist by the leg. The dog vainly endeavoured to piprce its adversary's coat of mail, but still continued to fight. At length the lobster, letting go its hold of the dog's leg, grasped the animal's tail with its powerful weapons of defence, and the dog at once relinquished the contest and ran off, its adversary still maintaining its hold. At the corner of St. Lawrence Main-street the lobster was detached, when the dog bolted, and in a few minutes was out of sight. A large crowd witnessed this singular combat, and were as much surprised at its termination as at its commencement. ThB lobster was a most formidable specimen of its class, and weighed no less than 271b. New Police Regulations.- Lieutenant Colonel Paschal, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, has given notice that in future a license will not be granted to any applicant for drivers or conductorsif omnibuses or cabs, unless he can read and writhe, is clean in his dress and person, and civil in manner and language, or if he is less than 21 years of age, under five feet high, or not strong enough to remove the luggage of hirers. The applicant for license will be required to produce testi- monials of good conduct from two householders who have known him during the last three years; also a good character from his last employer, and, in the case of drivers, that he is competent to drive in the streets of London. Under the special application of proprietors of small omnibuses, plying only on a suburban route, licenses may be granted to youths who are not less than 15 years of age to act as conductors to such omnibuses. Gallant Rescue from Drowning.—On Satur- daynightlast, as two men were sailing a small yacht down Carlingford Lough from Warren point, their craft was upset by a squall which struck her off the Monument, and plunged the poor fellows into the water, where they remained for more than two hours, clinging to the spars and drifting with the ebb tide. An alarm teing raised in the village, two honest fellows, PQterMaginnis and Owea M'Cormick, rose cheerfully and i n down to the quay, launched a boat, and, after a bard pull of an hour, most providentially succeeded In running down upon the poor fellows, whom they dragged off the wreck in a most exhausted state. They took the overset yacht m tow, and came to shore at three o'clock on Sunday morning, and, having brought the famished men to their own homes, they dried their clothes and supplied their wants with true Irish hospitality. This is the second suc- cessful effort made by these two men this summer to save life. Affray between Police and Miners.-The neighbourhood of Kilsyth was on Tuesday morning the scene of a desperate affray on the occasion of the appre- hension of three men, all named Haggarty (father and sons), to answer a charge of breach of peace preferred against them. The prisoners made violent demonstra- tions with two picks and a formidable iron crowbar, and threatened to knock the brains out of the first man who dared to enter the house. They had maintained this menacing attitude for half an hour, when Sergeant Swan, with great fortitude, sprang in among them, and with one blow sent the father spinning into the fireplace, and one of the sons into another corner of the house, while he himself was hurled headlong into a bed. The Haggartys soon regained their position, and, armed again with picks and pokers, they made another assault upon the officers. The father, who is an extremely powerful man, aimed a blow with a pick at the head of Sergeant Swan, but Constable M'Gurke warded it off, and in so doing the handle descended with terrific lorce upon ms (M.O—u !.> V- —? '—I— IT a little above the wrist—the point of the pick entering a woodpn nn„t tne ueptu vi —1.. oitT MWf 5? length, and after much resistance, secured by handcuffs. The other officers were in the meantime doing battle with the sons, who, maddened with rage, seized hold of every conceivable article which could in any way be used in defence. Pokers, picks, crowbars, and dishes flew in every direction, but the sons were ultimately secured, and the whole were taken to Stirling. Both the officers and prisoners bear evidence of a severe and bloody contest. Wills and Bequests.—The will of Miss Elizabeth Welby, of Spondon, Derbyshire, was proved in the London Court by the executors and, trustees therein nominated, viz., Sir Glynne Earle Velby Gregory, Bart, the testatrix's nephew; the Rev. Idward Walwyn Foley, M.A., of Derby; and Grosveror Hodgkinson, Esq., solicitor. The personalty was swori under £70,000. The will is of mjre than ordinary kngth from its containing many bequests, both legacis and annuities, to the various members of her amily, as well as to servants, and an annuity of £ 50 to her com- panion. To her nephew and execu-or, Sir Glynne E. W. Gregory, Bart., she his devised the whole of her estate, and also bsqieathed to him a legacy of -620,000, together with a mcety of the residue of the personalty, bequeathing /he other moiety amongst 10 charitable institutions as follows:- The Pastoral Aid Society, th' Rev. High M'JMeile'a Pro- testant Reform Society, the British aid Foreign Bible Society, Society for Promoting Coristian Knowledge, Home Missions; County Hospital, Derby; Asylum lor Idiots, Park House, Highgate; the Sanaritan Free Hns- pital, London, for Women and Clilcren; Society for thA P"ATrAntlnn "r CVnplfv to AnimaV mn thp. Field-Ian" Ragged Schools. To the two first rnmed societies are also left legacies of £1,000 each.-Tte will of Charles Oldfield Bowles, Esq. of North Asbn,Bea,r Deddington, Oxfordshire, wa3 proved in the loniion Court on the 20th ult. by the executors and trustees, Frederick Goulburu, Esq., one of her Majesy's Commissioners of Customs; Henry Oldfield Bowles Esq., the son of the testator; and the Rev. Charles W Hoibecb, M.A., vicar of Farmborough, Warwickshire. The personalty was sworn under £ 40,000. The wilwas executed in De- cember, 1861, by which he bequithed to his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowles, daughter of L'd Rokeby, the whole of the furniture, plate, pictures, :arriages, &c., and an immediate pecuniary legacy, he ladyship appearing to be otherwise provided for. Thctestator has left to th" widow of his late eldest son a annuity, and has be- queathed to their children ftwtsons and one daughter) legacies of £5,00a, -62,000, ar £ 1,000; he has also bequeathed legacies to other of lis grandchildren. His real estate, including the freeho of North Aston (which latter is estimated at £ 73,5t)0),)gether with the residue of his personal estate, he directto be divided into three equal pa-ts, leaving one portion;o each of his two sons and the other portion to hidaughter, beyond any legacies left to them by the ill.-Illustrated London News. Early-closing Meeting-On Friday evening the West District Branch of the iarly-closing Association held a general meeting of itmembers in the Lecture Hall of the Young Men's Ctetian Association (West- end Branch), Great Marlborgh-street. Refreshments wer- served at eight o'clock,ter which the chair was taken by W. Locke, Esq., of egent-street, and an en- couraging report was read bthe honorary secretary of the district (Mr. C. A. Brown The Chairman having ad- dressed the meeting, Mr. Hv (from the City District) moved a resolution approig tne past proceedings of the committee, which was conded by Mr. Flinders. The meeting having beenddressed by Mr. Pitter, secretarv to the parent liety, the resolution was adopted: The Local Secriry then announced that it was proposed, in the coursof a few weeks, to hold a public soiree in some suita building at the West-end, in order to promote the feral interests of the mjve- ment. Mr. Lavington med a resolution approving of the proposed soiree, whicwas seconded by Mr. Luce, and adopted with much eiusiasm. Addresses having been given by Messrs. Panan, Silcock, Piper, Gaunt- lett, Marriott, &c., a vote thanks to the chairman was proposed by Mr. Thorle which having been carried amidst much applause,he proceedings terminated. It was stated in the coe of the evening's discussion that the closing of theiops at eight o'clock for the winter season had in sevl instances commenced at an earlier period than usualis year. Also, that the Satur- day early closing had b( well maintained during the summer. l' .1 '1'" -f. :1 A letter from Naples says: Of remarkable police cases we have had but one. The assassin of that poor woman who died the other day before our window on the stone pavement of the courtyard was brought to the police delegate for examination. It was her husband, iln ugly, short fellow with a sallow face, evidently half mad. She had been jealous of him, and, in order to win once more his affections, she had cut a handful of hair off his head for magical purposes, according to the instruc- tions got from a reputed sorceress. As scon as the pri- soner became aware of the fact his superstitious fears drove him mad, and he threw himself into the sea, but was rescued; but on the fol!owing day he sharpened a knife and stabbed his wife. The case was very piteous, as an evidence of the want of education and cf moral training among the people." Suicide of J. F. Hollings, Esq.—It is with the greatest regret we have to record the death of J. F. Hollings, Esq barrister-at-law. of Stonygate, Leicester, which took place on Monday. Deceased was brother-in- law to J. W. Biggs, Esq., late M.P. for Leicester, with whom deceased and his wife (Mr. Bigg's sister) had lived for many years in the greatest affection. Deceased had no family, and Mr. Biggs being a bachelor, the house- hold had consisted of but these three persons, bound up in the ties of the closest relationship. About the end of May last Mrs. Hollings died, her widowed husband and bachelor brother continuing to live together. This blow completely prostrated Mr. Hollings, but latterly it was hoped that he gave signs of improvement in mind and body; but on Monday morning the unfortunate gentle- man was found dead in his bedroom in a manner which left no doubt that he had committed suicide. Deceased was on the commission of the peace for the borough, and was mayor in 1860. During the last twenty years he has taken a lead in the Leicester Literary and Philoso- phical Society, and was an author of some eminence. For seven years he was editor of the Leicestershire Mer- cury, and was an eloquent advocate of populai rights on the political platform. Educational and social move- ments found in Mr. Hollings an able advocate and firm friend. His death will create a void in Leicester which will not for a long time be filled up. The event has cas a gloom over the town. A Careless Rifleman.-A sad affair, in connec- tion with the volunteer movement, took place in New- castle on Saturday night. The Stephenson's Company had been practising at the butts, at the Ouseburn, a young man named Ridley being among them. Ridley was a recruit; and after the firing had proceeded some time, he set out to return home. He lives in Blandford- s'reet, and on his road he called to see a friend, who lives in Gibson-street, and is named Rendall. Rendall, who is 24 years of age, and married, was standing against the mantelpiece, and Ridley said he would have a shot at him. Rendall said he was to mind what he was doing, lifles not having been made to be played with; but Ridley put a cap on his rifle, fired, and the result was a dreadful wound upon Rendall. The rifle had been loaded with ball, which entered the right side of the abdomen, passed through the unfortunate man's stomach, came out on the other side, and broke the left arm. The sufferer was taken to the infirmary, but the house sur- gaon did not apprehend a fatal result, although he anti- cipated that amputation of the arm would be necessary. Ridley is, of course, in custody. It is said that he did not know his rifle was loaded, and that he feels very acutely what has taken place. Worcester Fair.-This annual fair was held on Friday at Worcester. The 19th of September is the opening of the hop trade in Worcestershire and Hereford- shire, and dealers flock to Worcester from all parts of the country to buy Worcester hops. Last year the number of pockets pitched on fair-day approached 2,000, but on Friday there was not a single pocket of Worcester bops in the market, and only 60 pockets of 1861. Of Kent and Sussex, however, there was a good supply, and many London merchants were in attendance and pressed them on the market, but buyers were very scarce. Prices ranged from £ö to X9 10s. per cwt. The cheese-market was scantily supplied, most of the dairies being bought up on the spot by factors who go round the country. The cattle-market was well supplied with all kinds of stock, but sales were not brisk. Beef, 6id. to 7d. per lb. Cows and calves were plentiful, and rather easier to buy. Pigs scarce and dear. About 6,000 sheep were penned. A notice has been issued by order of the magistrates cautioning persons against bringing diseased sheep into the market, and reminding them of the Act 11th and 12th Victoria, authorising the police to seize infected animals, and reminding them of the penalties (£20 fine) incurred by their exposing them for sale. Every nre- caution was taken against infection, and animals from a distance were narrowly scrutinised. Sales were but slowly oflWeH w.iiof sheep fetched fully 7.VJ. per iu. flwra, 7<J. i and Umbo, per- it. iiurses were rather plentiful, but chiefly of the agricultural class. Some good animals fetched corresponding prices. The auctioneers sold a large quantity of stock-chiefly sheep and rams by auction in the fair—a practice which has latterly much increased, it being found by the flock- master to well pay the auctioneer's commission. Extraordinary Freak of a Seaman. — An extraordinary feat was performed by an ordinary sea- man named James Smith, of her Majesty's ship Resistance, which lies in dock at Portsmouth. As usual, the sailor had been a few hours on shore when he found that the whole of his little stock of money was gone, and at about two o'clock in the morning he discovered himself on the Common Hard, near the dockyard gates, without either shelter or money. Jack thought that if he could reach the Resistance and turn into his hammock it would be far preferable to a night on the paving stones, and his first consideration was how to get on board. The dock gates were closed, and no admission could be obtained during the still small hours into the dockyard. He could not phy for a boat; what was he to do ? A thought quickly strikes him, and no sooner does he conceive the idea wherebv he hoped to reach his ship than he carrips it into execution. The sailor coolly and with the utmost deliberation jumped into the har- bour at Portsmouth, intending to swim for his ship, which was several hundred yards distant in the dock, the nearest landing-place being the mast pond, Camber, by the side of the dockyard. After a good swim Jack reached the Camber, shook himself, and was about to go on board, when a metropolitan dockyard policeman, who bad seen him swimming, stopped poor Jack, whom he charged with illegally gaining admission to her Majesty's dockyard. He was taken to the main gate and ques- tioned, when he avowed that, as he bad no money nor sleeping-place, he wished to reach his hammock, and he therefore took the nearest available means to do so. He was taken on board a piisoner, and delivered up to the officer of the watch. Heartless Case of Child Desertion.—What seems to be a very heartless case of child desertion has come under the notice of the police in the neighbourhood of BAth. Two little children who state their names to be William and Topsy Taylor, and whose ages respect- ively are—the boy twelve, and the girl eight years old, were found on Friday hungry, tired, and footsore, at Batb, and having attracted the notice of some kind- hearted citizens, they were interrogated as to who and what they were, and how they came to be wanderers unaccompanied by any one to take care of them. They gave their names as above, and said they belonged to Cardiff. Their story was that their father had brought them to Bristol, and, having kissed them, and given them a farthing, told them to walk to London, fhev stated that they walk d all the way to Bath, and their statement is to a great extent confirmed by the fact of their having been met when on the road by one of the county police. Mrs. Shelley, of Union-passage, good- naturedly took them into her house, fej them well and fonnd them beds, and they have since, we believe, 'beEln taken charge of by the police. Attempt at Murder in Paris.-The Court of Assizes of the Seine tried, on Saturday, a seaman, named Dorival, on a charge of attempting io murder a young woman named Buchter on the 10th July last, at Paris. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner met the woman, who was of bad character, on the Boulev&rd Sebastopol, and went to pass the night with her at her lodgings in the Impasse Lafayette. About midnight, however, cries of Murder were heard to proceed from the room, and soon after the prisoner leaped from the window and ran towards the Strassurg railway station, where he was captured by some sergens de ville. The young woman was found insensible, the prisoner having beat her about the head with a life-preserver, inflicting more than 20 contused wounds. In his defence, he de- clared that his only object in striking the woman was to force her to return 6f. which he had given her. The public prosecutor, however, maintained that the mur- derous intention was manifest, as the prisoner bad a loaded pistol as well as the life-preserver, and was only prevented from accomplishing his deadly purpose by the approach of the landlord cf the bouse, who bad heard the woman's screams for help. The woman had recovered sufficiently to give evidence at the trial, and in her depo- sition she stated that the prisoner was a total stranger to her, and could have had no motive but robbery for bis attack on her. The jury, having found the prisoner guilty, without extenuating circumstances, the Court condemned him to death. The prisoner immediately lodged an appeal against the sentence.