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THE NEWS BUDGET. A Ferocious Rat.-A shocking circumstance occurred last week to a child nine months old, a daughter of Mr. U. Elliot, fishmonger, Cockermouth. It appears that Mr. Elliot is rather fond of such natural curiosities as white rats and mice. The infant was left in the house by itself for a short while, and one of the rats, getting loose, attacked the poor child, nearly devouring the flesh on its right arm and face. The child was at length discovered in that state and rescued. Shrewsbury Great Horse Fair.-This horse fair commenced on Wednesday and continued during last week. The show was la,rge, and comprised many superior animals—horses of high class and suitable for private carriage purposes and town ,carts, &c., fetched from 50 to 65 guineas, good nags and single harness horses brought from 35 to 45 guineas, and horses of high blood and pedigree, for the hunting field, made figures varying from 90 to 160 guineas and upwards, neat going cobs 18 to 28 guineas, and hand- some cart horses 40 to 50 guineas, promising cart and nag colts 18 to 28 guineas; horses of inferior stamp sold at reduced value, and at the close of the first day's fair many strings of horses remained on hand. The Great Eastern.-The report of the com- mittee appointed by the Manchester shareholders in the Great Eastern Steamship Company was submitted last week to a meeting in that city. The committee severely censured the directors of the company, and endeavoured to show that there had been palpable mismanagement, as well as inattention to the interests of the shareholders. They advised that the principal shareholders should buy up the claims of the creditors who were pressing for payment, and afterwards re- organise the company. This resolution was met by an amendment to wait the report of the London com- mittee before proceeding to action: but, on being put to the vote, the resolution was carried. It was stated that the London shareholders had every confidence in the ultimate success of the vessel; and it was also recommended that she should be sent to Australia, where the competition with other vessels, in the shape of shipping charges, would be equalised. It was shown also that the expenses of the Great Eastern were much increased in consequence of her having to be dis- charged and loaded by lighters, whilst other ships Could lie at the wharf. Death of General J. D. Johnstone.—We re- gret to have to report the death, at a comparatively early age, of General J. Douglas Johnstone, late Col- nel of the 33rd Regiment (the Duke of Wellington's). He went out to the Crimea with his regiment, whence he was sent home to England so seriously invalided that he was considered to be in a dying state. On his partial recovery he again joined his regiment at the seat of war, and, with his son, Captain Johnstone, was the first in the assault on the Redan, where he lost an arm. He never fully recovered this shock to a highly nervous and sensitive system. General Johnstone remained in the Crimea till the end of the war, and six months afterwards he went out to India in broken health, having in this brief interval formed a new regiment, only sixty of the trained soldiers of the 33rd who went out to the Crimea having returned home again. On his return from India he retired from the service, but never recovered his health. He died in Dublin, whither he had gone for medical advice. Liquid Silk.—From Lyons we learn that a pro- cess is talked of by which silk can be liquefied, and the produce of the worms kept in casks for artificial re-issue in filaments susceptible of a quite novel form of manipulation. It would appear that what is meant bears some affinity to the treatment and uses of gutta- percha." Whether this be merely the solution of silk by cupride of ammonium,* or ammoniuret of copper, does not appear; but it seems to bear upon a sugges- tion recently made, that artificial silk might be made in a fluid form by means of some imitative composition, as of indiarubber and gum lac, which could readily be drawn into fine threads, as a mixture of gutta-percha and pitch has been drawn out of a paint-brush into hundreds of beautiful filaments. The drying might, perhaps, be helped'by means of steam. The inhabitants of Miilbrook, in Hampshire, have resolved upon placing an illuminated clock on their parish church, which is situated between two railway stations, not far distant. This clock will cost upwards of £100. The illuminating gas will be turned on and off by the machinery of the clock, the time of turning on and off varying with the length of the days, At a certain hour in the morning the gas-tap is touched by machinery so as to nearly extinguish the light, and at a certain hour at night the tap is touched in an opposite direction, and the flame is restored. By the alteration of a pin the tap is touched at any hour required, and onoe a week, when the clock is wound up, the pin is altered so as to regulate the hour of lighting up, &c. Fall of the Hoof of a Chapel—A serious acci- dent happened the other day at a large new Methodist chapel, in course of erection at Brixton-hill-a large beam of timber fell, carrying with it a small portion of the roof and five poor fellows, who were at work there. One of the men, named Charles Yeoman, had to fix a large beam in a certain portion of the roof, when it gave way, carrying Yeoman, :four other work- men, and a small portion of the roof with it. Yeoman was picked up in a state of insensibility, and conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he was seen to im- mediately by Mr.. Le Gros, surgeon, and it was ascer- tained the poor fellow had had his skull fractured, and his right arm and several of his ribs broken. The. other four men, not being injured so much, were con- veyed to their homes, and are believed to be going on W Death. of Mr. Sheepshanks.— This distin- guished benefactor of the nation whose picture gallery has afforded pleasure to tens of thousands of British people, died at his residence, Rutland-gate, on Monday last. Mr. Sheepshanks, born in 1787, was the son of a wealthy cloth manufacturer at Leeds, and succeeded his father in the business. Although a brother of the famous astronomer, he led a quiet, unostentatious life, and only became known by his munificent gift to the country. The collection is worth about £60,000. It is especially rich in the best works of Mulready, Leslie, and Landseer, and contains fine .examples of the principal modern British oil-painters. Among the "conditions precedent" of his gift was one which Mr. Sheepshanks ultimately did not insist upon— the opening of his collection on Sundays. Mr. Sheepshanks lived unnoticed and unrewarded for his munificence, and died at his London residence on the 5th inst., at the age of seventy-six. Disturbance in a Place of Worship—On Sunday night, about a quarter to eight o'clock, the congregation of York-street Chapel, Walworth, were suddenly thrown into a state of alarm and excitement. At first two or three aged persons were seized with a violent fit of coughing, which spread rapidly, and in a few minutes forty or fifty others, including the minis. ter the Rev. J. P. Turquand, were. affected, and violent coughing, with a sensation of suffocation, became general. A slight smoke was observed coming from the door, and an impression that the chapel was on fire spread, and a general move towards the doors was the .consequence. This happily was found to be incorrect, but on inquiry it was found that some mis- creant had thrown some sulphurous compound in the doorway, impregnating the atmosphere, and rendering breathing difficult. The green baize of the door was partially burnt off, as was also the matting in the lobby. The service was thus abruptly terminated. One lady fainted away, and was carried out. We regret to add, the offender escaped in the confusion. A Comic Singer in Difficulties.-The case of Samuel Cowell, of Kennington-oval, the comic singer, came before the Bankruptcy Court last week. Creditors unsecured < £ 663, secured £311; property in the hands of creditors < £ 350 (this property consisted of a bill of sale, policies of insurance, &c., valued by an opposing creditor at < £ 1,000, which, however, was admitted to be an exaggeration). Many of the creditors' debts were for money lent; there were also theatrical agents, the Income-tax Commissioners, &c. The bankrupt was opposed on the ground of having given undue preference to the secured creditors, Messrs. Forman and Welfare, of Lambeth, bill dis- counters and the commissioner was asked to order the bankrupt to set aside a portion of his' future income to pay his debts. It is stated that his earnings were large, and had amounted to £ 700 in six months. There were sixty creditors, many of them poor trades- men who could ill afford to lose their money. Per the bankrupt it was stated that he had seven persons to support; that his income was precarious, and depended upon his state of health. Commissioner Goulburn ordered an adjournment for the production of a debt and deficiency account, including the date of the bill of sale given to Messrs. Forman and Welfare, and in order to make an offer to his creditors out of his future earnings, Protection granted. Illegal Salmon Fishing—At the Lawford's- gate (Gloucestershire) Petty Sessions, three putt fisher- men of the Severn estuary, named Mark Britton, William Allen, and George Willis, were charged, on the prosecution of the Severn Fisheries' Protection Association, with fishing for salmon by means of putts I 7i during the close time, viz., on the 5th of September last..Allen and Willis pleaded guilty, but the case of Britton was tried out. All three were convicted. It appeared that they are occupiers of a row of putts across the channel of the Severn estuary, near the new passage. Upwards of 1,000 putts for taking salmon are here collected together, and the law requires either that they should be entirely removed during the close time or so fenced that salmon could not get into them. The fishermen had omitted either to remove or to efficiently fence them, and they are so situated as to render them difficult of examination. The conser- vator, Griffin, while examining them on the 5th Sept., nearly lost his life. The magistrates imposed low penalties—25s., including costs,-this being the first case brought before them. The Late Outrage at Biarritz.-A letter from Biarritz on the 5th inst. says:—"You will recollect the affair of the Countess Przezdiecka, whose hair and eyebrows were burnt by the explosion of some detonat- ing powder, which had been concealed in the seal of a letter sent to her by an unknown enemy. It has now transpired that the writer of this letter was a Russian lady, the wife of a colonel of the Imperial Guard, residing at St. Petersburg. The matter has been brought before the local magistracy, and will probably be settled at the next criminal sessions at Bayonne." Accident on the Greenock Railway.-The mail train leaving Greenock for Glasgow upon the arrival of the Belfast boat at 6.12 a.m., on Friday, was run into at Port Glasgow Station by a mineral railway engine and guard's van, which left Greenock five minutes after the mail train. One of the passen- gers, named George Jones, was killed; one woman, from Belfast, name unknown, had both legs broken off. A man named Dicks had one leg taken off, besides sustaining other serious injuries, and neither are likely to survive. Besides those mentioned there are several others more or less injured. The line was cleared about twelve o'clock. Dreadful Case of Infanticide.—A shocking case of child murder has been brought before the magis- trates at Cheltenham. A young woman who had been confined at Cheltenham Workhouse was on a visit, after her confinement (but without her child), at the house of a respectable family in the place; and as the master of the house was working in a garden he heard the cry of an infant. A search was made, and the child was found buried alive under a bush. It was got out alive, but died soon after. The unnatural mother was brought before the magistrates, and stands remanded. Intellectual Soldiersin Germany.-A German soldier received, the other day, a private letter; being unable to read it, he took it to his sergeant, and re- quested him to read it to him. He began to do so at once; as he proceeded the soldier became very un- comfortable at hearing details of very private matter, and so alarmed was he at what might follow, and yet desiring to know, that he clapped his hands over the sergeant's ears, and held them there so tightly that the man could not hear his own voice, and the soldier, in his supreme ignorance, imagined his secrets quite safe. So much for German intellect amongst the soldiers Earthquakes and Superstition.—The great year for these shocks in the last century was 1750. Chesterfield, indifferent as he was to the shock in February, was startled from sleep by the one which shook all London in March. Then a mad trooper in Delaware's regiment prophesied a third, and final ruin, for the 2nd of April. Whereupon people fled to the country, and sixpenny pamphlets recorded their names, and ladies had earthquake .g&wns to wear at night as they sat out in the park or fields beyond; and Arch- bishop Seeker preached against earthquakes all night at St. James's, and ladies and gentlemen rode to country inns, played till morning at brag, and then returned to find London-not in ruins. The only profit derived from it was by Turner, the chinaman, who, having cracked a ton-gnmea pair of vases, de- clared they had been cracked by an earthquake, and 'doubled their price because of that distinction. Extensive Swindling by the "Long Firm." —Philip Brady, one of the "Long Firm," was charged before the Liverpool magistrates last week with haying1 attempted to obtain wine to the value of £81 from Messrs. Mackie and Gladstone, of South Castle-street. The prisoner, after ordering the wine, and being told that the dealings of the firm were for cash before delivery," said he would pay in cash, and .on -the bill being made out he wrote at the foot of it, Dear, sir, please pay the above amount en account of John Brady, Ballyjamesduff.—Yours, respectfully, TPHiLip BRADY. To Messrs. Feak Brothers and Winch, North John-street." The prisoner represented that he had extensive dealings with Messrs. Young, distillers, of Seel-street, and also with Messrs. Peak Brothers and Winch, tea merchants. The clerk of Messrs..Mackie and Gladstone, distrusting these professions, sent to Messrs. Peak, and in the meantime detained Brady. It turned out on investigation that his representations were altogether unfounded, as though he had ordered goods from both the firms named they had declined to execute the orders. The prisoner was committed for trial. Violent Thunderstorm—The town and neigh- bourhood of Leominster was visited by one of the most violent thunderstorms ever remembered by the oldest inhabitants. The earlier part of Wednesday night had been unusually dark, and shortly after three o'clock a.m. on Thursday morning, the storm, which seemed to:have been gathering- fuc several hours, burst in all its fury directly over the town. It approached the town from the HiE., and west away towards the north, and in about fifteen minutes returned with almost its former violence, probably attracted by the hills. Several persons who were up at the time dis- tinctly state -that a second storm approached from the west, as two distinct peals of thunder were heard at the same time. The lightning, which was of the .sheet kind, was almost continuous, the streets and houses being illuminated in a most remarkable manner, and scarcely had one tremendous peal of thunder died away a short distance, before its successor seemed to burst in upon it with alarming force. The rain came down in torrents the whole time. No damage was done of any kind. Nearly all the inhabitants of the town got up. At seven o'clock, long after the storm had ceased, a sudden darkness came over the town, equal almost to midnight, and lasted from ten to twelve minutes, and then as suddenly passed away. It was succeeded by heavy rain. The storm visited Hereford, but with greatly diminished force. Extraordinary Diseovery.-Some excitement was occasioned last week in Bermondsey by a rumour that a quantity of human remains had been discoverd in the roof of the Webb-street Roman Catholic ChapeL Upon inquiry it was ascertained that, as some work- men were engaged in removing the fixtures of the chapel preliminary to its demolition for the enlarge- ment of the premises of the station of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, they discovered between the ceiling and the roof a quantity of human bones, apparently those of an adult female. The sur- prise occasioned by this unexpected event may easily be understood, and the most exaggerated and ridieulous stories immediately got into circulation. Information of the fact was forthwith forwarded to Mr. Payne, the coroner for Southwark, and he directed that a careful examination of the remains should be made. They were accordingly minutely inspected, when upon one of them was found to be written the name "Mr. Phillins." Who Mr. Phillips was—whether he was a murderer or not-was a mystery which was only dis- pelled by an inscription which was found on another bone-" Four guineas the course of lectures." As it could not be supposed that a murderer would have given lectures with respect to his crime, it was inferred that Mr. Phillips was a medical student who had de- posited the remains of his subject in the roof of the building as the readiest means of getting rid of them. It is stated that many years ago the building, before it was converted into a place of worship, was some- times used as a theatre of anatomy. It has been decided that 110 inquest should be held upon the remains. The Mines Inspection Act.—At the Neath Petty Sessions, on Saturday, Mr. Thomas Evans, her Majesty's Inspector of Mines for the South Wales district, summoned Messrs. Edward Thomas and Son, proprietors of the Park Colliery, Baglan, for neglect- ing to publish general and special rules for the guidance of the men in their employ, and for neglecting to adopt proper means for ventilating the colliery. Mr. Simons appeared in support of the summonses, and Mr, Tripp for the def en slants. The charges arose out of tie circumstances connected with the late explosion of tie circumstances connected with the late explosion aUlle Park Colliery, when six men were killed. There were no printed rules distributed, among the colliers, as directed by the Act, and the ventilation was carried on by means of a "fan," which it was stated was quite inadequate for the purpose. The magistrates inflicted a fine of Is. for the non-publication of the rules, and the full penalty of R20 for neglecting to adopt proper means for the ventilation of the colliery. Wm. Woozley, the manager of the colliery, was also sum- moned for not complying with the Act in seeing that the rules were published, for neglecting to appoint a person to examine safety lamps, and for neglecting to appoint an over-man or other person. to examine the working places every morning before the men entered. A fine of Is. was inflicted for not seeing that the rules were published, and e20 for the other offences against the Act. William Thomas, repairer, was fined 20s. and costs for permitting workmen to enter before repairing colliery, and neglecting to remove an accu- mulation of fire-damp. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in London. -This distinguished American clergyman has accepted an invitation from the Emancipation Society and the London Committee of Correspondence on American Affairs to address a public meeting in the metropolis. Mr. Beecher's lecture will be delivered at Exeter-hall on the 20th October. As it is understood the rev. gentleman will sail for the United States two days afterwards, and as this will be his only public appear- ance in London, all who desire to hear his exposition of the American question should attend on the occasion. A Child Buried Alive.-A young woman named Hester Jordan has just been committed to Gloucester Gaol by the magistrates of Cheltenham on a charge of misdemeanour, in abandoning her child. The prisoner was apprehended originally on a charge of having murdered her infant. It appeared she had been seduced, and the birth of the child was the conse- quence. She had been confined in the workhouse, and had since been liviug with a Mr. and Mrs. Clarke as servant. About eight o'clock on Monday night last the noise of a child crying was heard in Clarke's garden, and as it appeared to proceed from the ground, the soil was removed, and the child was found just ,,v beneath, wrapped up in flannel. It was alive, but died next day. It had been in a convulsed state almost from its birth. The mother at first denied that the child was hers, but afterwards admitted that she had placed it where it was found, that she did not know what to do with it, and that she did it through being destitute." The magistrates expressed their willing- ness to admit the prisoner to bail, but she said shehad on one to befriend her. Nottingham Great October Fair.-This great annual cattle and cheese fair, commonly called Goose Fair," which extends over a period of nine days, com- menced on Friday. There was a large show of cattle; but buyers were also numerous, and a healthy demand prevailed at tolerably good prices. Milch cows made £ 16 to < £ 2<); stores, £ 8 to < £ 14; yearling calves, £ 3 10s. to .£5; sucking ditto, 20s. to 35s. per head. There was a good average show of horses, amongst which were a few good animals, but the bulk were of inferior quality, the best having been purchased in the stables on the previous day, and high prices were realised. Good cart horses sold also well at X30 to X40 nags, £ 25 to £ 30 colts, < £ 14 to X,28 each. For inferior sorts the demand was very flat, and sales could not be effected at any price. Sheep were in large supply, and sold steadily at remunerative rates- wethers, 38s. to 46s; ewes, 36s. to 44s.; rams, X5 to to .£15 each. There was a pretty fair show of cheese, and the demand proved firm. Prime Derbyshire made 75s; ditto Leicestershire, 70s. to 73s.; and Notts, 69s. to 72s; secondary and inferior made 50s. to 65s. per cwt. Stiltons sold at 9d. per lb. The Overflow of the Nile.-The following notice was issued by the Alexandria, Caire, and Suez Telegraph Company when our accounts last arrived from the East-— Alexandria, 28th Sept., 1863. The usual trains are running from Cairo, but take passengers only as far as Tantah, and a village named Kafer-Diamer, where passengers are at liberty to descend and walk to Kafre-Zaiat, at a distance (jf five miles. Nothing can save the line, and. we expect to hear every moment that it has given way. It has lifted in several places, and is cracked in all directions. A bank has been raised on "the right side of the line of five feet. The water has now risen to the top, so that it is now so much above the level of the railway. A resrular daily service of steamers has been organised the first one left the arsenal this morning for R-afre- Zaiat. Passengers coming from Suez to-day proceed by river. No rise ef the Nile on Saturday nor last night. Capture of the Confederate Steamer Juno —This famous blockade breaker has.at last fallen into. the meshes of the Federal blockade. She was cap- tured on the 22ndef September off Wilmington, JTorth Carolina, after a chase of four hours, during which the United States cruiser Connecticut fired thirty rounds of shell and solid shot. The-Juno threw over- board,part of her cargo of cotton. She is an iron vessel of upwards of 1,130 tons burden, side wheel, built at Bristol, in this country, and;is about ten years old..Her engines are oscillating, and are about 400- horse power. The cargo consists of 200 bales of cotton, three tons of tobacco, and a quantity of turpentine, and is valued together with the vessel, at 100,006 dols. The Juno, at the time of her capture, was bound to Bermuda. The New Poaching Act.—William Hindi cliff, carrier between Farnsfield and Nottingham, and John Wilson, a notorious poacher, were brought before Lord Belper and the county magistrates, ,at Nottingham, charged-the latter with night poaching on Oxton manor, and the former with-being an accessory to the offence. From the evidence adduced it appeared that last Monday morning Hinchcliff was driving his wagon through Oxton on his way to Nottingham, when he was stopped by Inspector Osborne, and the vehicle was searched, a bag containing seventeen rabbits and three hares being found. The prisoner Wilson was in the wagon taking care of the bag. It was also shown that Hinchcliff for some time past had had dealings with poachers. The Bench convicted him in a penalty of 50s., and Wilson in the full penalty of £ 5. The Jews of France Praying for Protection, for the Poles.-It is said that the Israelites of Paris are preparing a petition to the Senate, praying that French protection may be extended to their brethren of the same religion in Poland, against whom, accord- ing to the latest accounts, the severity of the Russian police is more particularly directed. It is the custom of the Israelites on the great festival of the .Judgment to remain at their synagogue all day in prayer. On the last festival the Rabbi of Warsaw permitted them to remain at home lest their houses should be plundered in their absence, but the following morning, while the Israelites were going to the great synagogue, they were attacked by Cossacks and violently beaten, several persons being wounded. Attempted Suicide and Gallant Rescue.- Mary Samuel, a servant, 19, was charged at the Thames Police-court with attempting to commit suicide,. The accused was seen to jump into the river Lea by Thomas Sharp, about 17 or 18, who immediately leaped in and drew her out of the water. She admitted having taken a dose of laudanum before she made the attempt to drown herself. The immersion in the water had dislodged the poison. The prisoner refused to give any reason for committing the crime with which she was charged, but it is believed to have arisen from a love affair. Mr. Partridge said the defendant would be committed for trial for attempting self-murder; but he should remand her for a few days that the state of her mind may be reported. The youth Sharp was re- warded with 5s. from the poor-box fund for his gal- lantry. Singular Wedding.-A wedding of rather an unusual character was recently celebrated at Wingate Church, between John Chopping, alum shale burner, and Eleanor Harewood, widow. On the parties pre- senting themselves, a little woman appeared, and declared that she was already Mrs. John Chopping, and objected to the ceremony being performed. She stated that she had been married to John Chopping for twenty-two years, and had had sixteen children. At this time the minister felt rather puzzled what to do; but at length told her as John Chopping and Eleanor Harewood had been duly asked at church for three Sundays, without any one appearing to show cause why they should not be joined together in holy matrimony, he felt bound to proceed. By this time a great number of persons had collected about the church gates. On leaving the church, John was accompanied by both wives, one on each arm. In this way they proceeded to the Grange, their intended place of residence, followed by two or three hundred children. On arriving, the old wife was not allowed to enter to partake of the good things provided. The new wife, who is of a prodigious size, pushed her out and bolted the door, A Substitute for Coat-There is in Trinidad, only a mile from the coast, a basin of ninety-nine acres filled with asphalt, yielding seventy gallons of crude oil per ton. There are also springs of asphaltic oil in the neighbourhood, and large pitch banks off the shore. It is estimated that the lake is capable of pro- ducing 300,000,000 gallons of oil, and forty or fifty gallons are considered equal to a ton of coal. The Trinidaci Colonist publishes a mcmoire by Mr. Stoll- meyer, of Port of Spain, proposing the use of this liquid fuel for oceanic steam navigation, and he states that he has been at various times for these three years suggesting this employment of a distillate from the pitch lake of Trinidad. To oil a ship would not take above a tenth of the time it takes to coal her if pipes were employed, and the oil would not take above a fourth of the space occupied by coals. He recommends that it be applied at once as auxiliary to coal by throwing jets over the burning mass, but contemplates eventually upright tubular boilers, the liquid fuel to be supplied as fast as it can be converted into name. Of course the North American oil springs are another source of supply. Lord Caithness a Working Engineer.-As the Earl of Caithness, whose practical knowledge of the steam-engine is so well known, was going by train from Edinburgh to London, to accompany her Majesty to Scotland, an accident happened to the train, by which his lordship's acquaintance with steam-engines was turned to good account. Shortly after leaving Newcastle-on-Tyne, the train came to a dead stand, and on the earl inquiring the cause he was informed that an essential part of the engine had given way, and that the train must be detained until the necessary repairs were completed. His lordship immediately jumped out of the carriage, and in less than a minute was hammering away at the disabled engine as if he were the working engineer of the line. Sooty fingers, greased clothes, and awkward positions in reaching the injured member, formed no obstacle to Lord Caith- ness, who in less than an hour had put everything to rights, and returned to his carriage to prosecute the journey not quite so lordly looking in the face and fingers as when he first started. Of course, the engineer was all gratitude, and was proud to know that his fellow-workman in this unlooked-for emergency was no less than an earl.—Northern Ensign. A Disappointed Company.—The banks of the Lake of Kloenthal, in the canton of Glaris, have lately attracted a great number of persons. When the Russian army under the orders of Suwarrow effected its celebrated retreat by the Pragel and Ivlosnthal at the end of September, 1799, a large iron chest, contain- ing the money of the army, is said to have fallen into the lake near Rustelerkopf. A company has been formed at Glaris to search for this treasure, believed, however, by many to be imaginary. Last week two divers from the Lake of Constance, provided with the necessary apparatus, descended into the water in the presence of an immense concourse of persons, who waited with impatience to see them reappear with the treasure. After remaining for a considerable time under water, the divers came up, bringing with them an old iron stove covered with mud. On the following day another attempt took place, but without any ap- pearance of the Russian strong-box, which, if ever it did fall into the lake, is likely still to remain there under the stones and mud collected over it during the last 64 years. The probability appears to be that the Glaris company will have their expenses for their pains. Wreck of the Ship Gipsy Bride.—A letter has just been received at Lloyd's, addressed to Lord Russell, from Mr. Farren, consul at Manilla, stating that the ship Gipsy Bride, Mr. Paul Murphy, master, on her voyage from Hong Kong to Singapore, struck the Nil. point of the Scarborough reef of rocks during obscure weather which had lasted for several 'days. The ship settled down upon the rocks, and the ship's crew were under the necessity of leaving her in the boats. One boat arrived at Manilla on the .25th ult. with the mate and carpenter and four Lascars, and on the 28th another boat reached Manilla with eight Lascars; two more boats have since arrived at Manilla with Lascars, but the master's boat and a sixth boat had not since been heard of.
SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.
SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. The New York Times editorially remarks;—" Since the evacuation of Forts Wagner and Gregg by the rebels, and the occupation of the whole of Morris Island by our troops, twenty days ago, operations seem to have come to a complete standstill in Charles- ton Harbour. General Gilmore has not fired a shot that has done any service. It is said that General Gilmore considers his preliminary operations ended in reducing Fort Sumter and the works on Morris Island, and that he now expects the Monitors to push their way inside of the harbour. It was certainly the understanding of the whole country that when these operations were performed the monitors would next set actively about their wcrk, and it was universally believed that they could then push directly up to Charleston itself. The plea put in for their inaction is that there are insurmountable obstructions in the h&Tbour, and-that until these are removed no progress can be made. We have not heard that any deter- mined or intelligent efforts have been made to remove them. At this distance it simply seems as if the whole army and navy were stuck. One favourable point in the view, however, is this, that General Gil- more commands, with his guns, the city of Charleston. The nest of treason lies at his mercy. This must have somewhat of a demoralising influence in that quarter. But we cannot help hoping that more active work will soon he undertaken, and that the operations -so brilliantly begun by the army will be carried to a glorious termination by the army and navy." The latest Confederate accounts of the siege of Charleston state that the Federals were working with great energy on Forts Gregg and Wagner. "Forts Moultrie and Battery Bee, on Sullivan's Island, and Batteries Simkins, Cheves, and Haskell continued to keep up a steady fire on Morris Island. They suc- ceeded in driving the working parties at Batterv Wagner under cover nearly every five minutes, and at Battery Gregg the enemy's operations are suspended during the day time. During the night they have been busy in the erection of another bomb-proof at Battery Gregg. A telegram to the Richmond papers, dated Charles- ton, September 20, says" Nothing unusual has transpired. The monitors and ironsides are within the bar. One monitor was towed out to-day. The enemy wcxrks on Morris Island are rapidly increasing in extent and strength."
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Jnnhnu anfr Counirij glarluis, Money Market. CITY, OCTOBER 13,-The fortnightly settlement in shares and foreign stocks having commenced this dsy, and the amor.nt cf the outstanding transactions being heavy, especially in. foreign stocks and in the shares in new projects, the attention of the members of the Stock Exchange is almost exclusively occupied with the adjustment of their accounts. Consols are -now quo'ed 92| to 93 for money, and 93,1, to for the account (Nov. 6). The official busi- ness report is as follows Three per Cent. Console for money,! S2|, 93g, 921; ditto, for account, 93}; Three per Cents. Reduced, 91.j: New Three per Cents., 91f, f: Bans Stuck, 233, ^3; Thirty Years' Annuities, 1885, 14§; India Fave per Cent. <-tocK, 10S|, 109, 10S|; ditto Four per Cent. Debentures 1^6*, 991; ditto 1864 or 1865, 1002 Four per Cent. "cnfaced" rupee paper, 98J; and Exchequer Bias, 3s prem urn, pr.r.- There is little business in the railway market to-day apart from that connected with the fortnightly settlement, and the leading stocks exhibit few variations. London and North Western stock is now quoted 102 to i; Great Western, 65i to Midland, 127i to 128; Lancashire and Yorkshire, HOt to lilt; Great Eastern. 51} to j5 Caledonian, 119 to J; South Eastern, 95i to 96; areat Northern, 126 to 127; London and Southwestern, 101| to a;; and Metropolitan, 130 to 131. The Corn T rade. MARK-LANE, OCT. 12.—Of English Wheat much semrg-: and at steady prices, ruling for new white at 42s to 47s, and red at 39s to 4is per quarter. Foreign m fair demand at about former terms, and brought 33s to 53s. Only a limited trade in American at 40s to 4Ss for red, and white, 44s to 4Gs.-FloUl met a steady sale: town-made realised 385 to 43s; country. 28s to 33s: French and Spanish, 35s to 38s per sack; end American, 18s to 24s per barrel.-Purc.basEs to a fair extent were made in Barley, and the currency ruled for malting at 32s to 29s, and at 26s to 30s per quarter for distilling and grinding.—The Malt trade ruled slow: pale at 62s to 68s, and brown, 5is to 5Cs, LIVERPOOL, OCT. 13.—Market closes quiet, although there has been more firmness exhibited than on Friday. Wheat, steady, and prices a little better. Flour neglected, except the finest qualities; prices have been irregular. Indian corn slightly- improved. Oats and oatmeal cheaper. In other articles there is no change for report.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT A COLLIERY.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT A COLLIERY. Six Men and Twenty-nine Horses Killed. On Thursday morning, about half-past eleven, an alarm was given that water had broken into the Califal, one of the Coleorton pits, the property of Messrs. Worswick and Walker. The men rushed to the pit's mouth, and many were drawn up. Unfortunately the rapid rush of the water prevented all from reaching the spot, and six men are known to have perished. How many more are lost it is at the present impossible to tell, as the roll has not been called over. It appears .that about three o'clock in the morning water was perceived coming through a side of one of the stalls in the workings, and between six and seven it was in- creasing so that several of the men refused to go to work, but upon an assurance being given that all was safe and that, if it increased, an alarm would be imme- niately given, all went to work. One poor fellow, J. Rose, a carpenter, of Belton, who has lost his life, was sent down to plug the holes through which the water was flowing, but about half-past eleven the siding gave way, and the water rushed in with the greatest im- petuosity. Fortunately there was a reservoir which received a large quantity of the water before reaching the bottom of the shaft, which gave most of the men time to ascend before it was upon them. Six men, as far as can be ascertained, were unable to reach the coveted spot, and were overwhelmed in the relentless torrent. Their names are Jeremiah Rose, of Belton, carpenter, who leaves a wife and six children; Francis Doman, of Coleorton-moor, leaves a wife and two children; Thomas Bird, foreman (or as he is called corporal) over the boys, &c., leaves a wife and nine children; Thomas Bird, nephew to the above, aged twenty, single; G. Marsden, aged fifteen; and H. Clements, aged twelve. All the horses, twenty- six in number, were drowned. An alarm was imme- diately given to the California pit, between which and this there is a communication, and the men and boys were immediately drawn up without further accident, there being large reservoirs between .the pits, which checked for a time the progress of the water. An attempt was then made to get the horses out of this pit, which was partially successful, but the water made such rapid progress that three horses were obligee to j be left, making in all twenty-nine horses. When the last was drawn up the water could be seen down the shaft seething and foaming like a whirlpool. There were many narrow escapes amongst those that escaped. One poor braised fellow states that, upon the alarm being given, himself and son ran for their lives his lamp went out directly, and they were left in total darkness. They ran on, striking- their heads every now and then against projecting coal, and hearing the rushing of the water behind them, which did not seem more than two yards off. They ran on, and were all but exhausted before they got to the shaft. He was pushed on by his son, whom he repeatedly told it was no use, he could go no further. There were up- wards of 200 men and boys in the two pits at the time of the accident.
FOUR PERSONS SUFFOCATED.
FOUR PERSONS SUFFOCATED. On Friday afternoon the neighbourhood of South- gate-street, Leicester, was thrown into the greatest consternation by a shocking occurrence which resulted in the death of four persons. It appears that Charles Gregory, a greengrocer and cowkeeper, occupying a shop and premises adjoining the gateway of the Blue Boar, Southgate-street, had dug a cistern under his back yard, and walled it in, for the purpose of pre- serving grains for his cows during the winter. This cistern, which extended under a great portion of the yard, was capable of holding a large quantity of grains and swill, the whole being closely shut down at the top by a trap-door, about a yard square. About two o'clock on Friday afternoon, Charles Gregory desired a boy in his employ to go down this cistern to fetch up some grains, but the boy objected. Gregory him- self then lifted the trap-door and put down a ladder to go down himself. *Xo sooner had he descended two or three steps of the ladder than he fell to the bottom of the cistern dead. His daughter, Charlotte Gregory; hearing the fall, ran to the assistance of her father, and she fell dead upon him. The boy all this time was raising an alarm, and a labourer, named William Freeman, who was having his dinner in the Blue Boar yard, with his brother-in-law, the ostler, ran to the spot to render assistance, when he also fell to the bottom of the cistern dead. By this time Joseph Tacey, of the "Garibaldi," High-street, who was engaged on the premises of the Blue Boar, arrived, and he too met with instantaneous death in his efforts to recover the dead below. Another was about to enter the fatal cistern, but was pulled back before it was too late. As it had by this time become manifest that the four unfortunate persons had been suit o sated through inhaling carbonic acid gas generated in the cistern, means were at once resorted to to recover the bodies from the cistern, without any further fatality. This was done by the letting down of ropes, and the bodies were drawn up and laid side by side on the floor of the house. The sight was indeed sickening, and the stench, through the bodies having been im- mersed in the cistern, horrible. Several medical gentlemen were soon at the scene of the fatal occur- rence, but of course their services were unavailing.
NEW GOODS.—CHEAP DRAPERY.
and Smith report a continued active demand for all fine descrip- tions of the new growth at fully last week's prices. COTTON, LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 13.—Market very active and prices advancing. Sales 20,000 bales or more. TALLOW, OCTOBER 13.—The market is firm, at the following prices:—Town Tallow, 44s net cash; Petersburg Y.O. onitte spot, 45s; October to December, 45s 3d; December, 46s 9d; January to March, 46s; March, 46s 9d, HAY, SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCT. 13.—Messrs. Harvey and Easton report trade slew, at the following prices:—Prime meadow hay, 75s to 87s 6d; inferior ditto, 60s to 70s; rowen. 50s to 70s; clover, old, 90s to 115s; ditto, second cut, 90s to 100s straw, 26s to 34s. WOOL.—There has been little activity in the demand for English wool daring the week, nevertheless prices both of Down and long descriptions have continued very firm. In colonial parcels but little is doing, yet the quotations are well supported. The import last week was large, viz., 3,287 bales from Sydney; 1,587 Moretown Bay; 762 Melbourne; 872 Port Philip; 4,539 Algoa Bay; 229 East London; 463 Kurraehee; and 300 bales from Algiers. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, COVEKT-SAEDEK.—Vegetables and most kinds of fruit in season (with the exception of peaches, which are scarcer) continue plentiful Late plums may be had in great abundance Of grapes and pineapples the supply is suffi- cient for the demand. Of melons there is a good stock cf both English and foreign varieties. There is also a good supply of Louise Bonne of Jersey, Marie Louise, and Gai sels B;T- gamot pears. Some good examples of Ribston pippin apples have also arrived from Jersey. Kent ceDS and filberts are now coming in in good condition, and for the cobs a fair demand is realised at from 60s to 655 per lOOlbs. For potatoes market is still heavy. Clit flowers chiefly consist of orchids, pelargoniums, asters, marigolds, calceolarias, mig- nonette. and roses: Hide Market. LEADENHALL.-Hides.-Prices: bfltE tü 641bs, ¡J to 3d; 641bs to 721bs, 3d to 3 Jd; 721bs to SOlbs, 3d to 4d 801bs to Silbs, 4d to 4 £ d; 881bs to 961bs, 4d to 5d; 9Sibs to 104Ibs, 4~d to 55d. liorse hides, 10s to 12s. Call skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s; full, 7s. BERMONDSEY.—Sheep skins, poliec, 7s to 83 3d; half bred?, 5s 6d to 6s 3d; Downs, 4s 6d to 5s 3d; Lambs, 3s 6d to 6s 3d. Cattle Market. METROPOLITAN MARKET, OCTOBER 12—Wchave">gain a large supply of beasts; the weather is favourable, and the best qualities maintain late quotations. Inferior descriptions meet with a heavy sale, and several remain unsold. The number of sheep is rather large-than on Monday last, and trade verv dull, consequently it is difficult to realise, late rates. Calvts are selling about the same as on Thursday. From Germany ar,d Holland there are 3,180 beasts, 9,150 shter, and 223 calves. Ireland, 950 beasts; and 2,360 sheep from the Northern and Midland Counties. Per stone of 81bs s. d. s. d. Per store of 81bs s. à. s. d. Best Scots, Herefds 4 8 5 0 | Bit Dcs&Hf-bds ShO (I 0 0 Best Short-horns. 4 6 4 S Best Long-wools. 4 6 4 10 Scond quaL beasts 2 6 3 6 Do. do. Shorn 0 0 0 '■"•() Calves 3 0 4 10 Ewes&seccnd qual. 4 0 4 4 Pigs 3 0 4 4 Do. do. Shorn 0 0 0 0 Bst Dns&Hlf-breds 5 0 5 4 Lambs 0 0 0 0 Beasts at market, 6,870; Sheep and Lambc 23 670; Calves, 238; Pigs, 370. The Lady Seale, the Pacific, and, it is feared, also the Jumna, were lost in Davis Straits on the 29th June last. It is not stated how they perished,t,or whether any lives have been saved from the wrecks. The Queen of Portugal.-A letter from Lisbon in the Moniteur says:—" You have doubtless learned by telegram that the Queen of Portugal has been de- livered of a Prince. About seven cn the mcrnisg- cf the 28th of September her Majesty began to feel un- well, and messages were immediately sent off to her medical attendants, as well as to the Cardinal Patriarch, the Ministers, the Councillors of State, the ICirg's Aides-de-Camp and Orderly Officers, the Grand Mistress of the Household, the Ladies of Honour, the Presidents of the two Legislative Chambers and other high personages, summoning them to the Aju&a Palace. Her Majesty was safely delivered at thirty- five minutes past one. The cannon of Fort St. George announced the happy event, which was received with great delight by the population. The King was after- wards present at a Te Dev.m in the chapel of the Palace, and the Prince Royal was baptised at three o'clock. At night all the public buildings, and most of the private houses were illuminated.