The Brecon Reporter and South Wales General Advertiser

DEATH FROM STARVATION. An inquest was held in Shoreditch on Saturday respecting the death of an old man named Joseph Holman. He was a tailor by trade, but for a fort- night before his death had not done any work, and had been in great want. He lodged at the house of a charwoman, in Crown-court, Curtain-road, and being ill and poor had no food but what she could give him. On Tuesday last, finding that he was getting worse, his landlady gave him a little wine, and went to the relieving officer for the doctor's order. This order was given to the doctor at about nine o'clock the same evening. An old and infirm sawyer, who occupied part of a bed m the same room as deceased lay in, sat up with the sick man until about four o'clock on Wednesday morning. He then shook hands with deceased, said Good-bye," and went to bed. When he woke the next morning he saw his room compamon lying dead in bed. The parish surgeon said he called at the house about an hour after receiving the order, but though he knocked, he could not get admittance. He called again about noon the next day, and found the man was dead. A post-mortem examination was made, when it was found that there was not a particle of fat in the body of deceased, and that he had suffered from disease of the lungs. The following is the form. of verdict returned: "That the deceased was found dead from the mortal effects of disease of the lungs, and that his death was accelerated by starvation."

TAKE CARE OF YOUR DAUGHTERS. A gentleman attended at the Marlborough-street Police-couxt, on Saturday, and asked Mr. Tyrwhitt his advice. He said that some time ago an advertisement appeared in a morning paper, stating that a gentleman and his wife were about to travel on the Continent, and that they wished for a young lady as companion, who would be treated as one of the family. The advertisement appeared to suit a lady, a friend of applicant's, and she answered it, and, after some negotiation, accepted the situation. Recently the lady who was young and accomplished, had returned to her family disgraced. The advertisement was a mere decoy, the person was a man of fortune, and his object was the seduction of young women. He wished to know, on behalf of the friends of the lady who had been seduced, whether he could not take steps against Mr. Tvrwhitt said that the case appeared to him a very cruel one, but he feared he had no power to assist the applicant. „ The applicant added that it was lamentable to nnd there was no protection for respectable young women under such circumstances. This was not the only case, and there would be many others of the same kind, as the person still kept inserting advertisements in the. papers. He feared that nothing would check this injurious proceeding but publicity. Mr. Tyrwhitt advised the applicant to lay the matter before a solicitor, as perhaps a course of action might be devised that would prove effectual. The applicant promised to follow the magistrate's advice, and having thanked his worship, retired.

THE FORESTERS' FETE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. The twelfth annual festival in aid of the Widow and Orphan Fund of the London Unite,,1 District Order of Foresters took place on Tuesday at Sydenham. The heavy appearance of the sky in the morning seemed to threaten a repetition of the bad weather which had marred the day for two years in succession; but toward 10 o'clock the sun began to shine, the sky be. came partially clear, and there was a cheering prospect before the imany thousanoss who proceeded to the Palace. As early as 9 o clock the departures from the railways in the metropolis connected with Sydenham were numerous and frequent, and aa the morning ad- vanced the numbers booked greatly increased in every direction. The arrivals in London from various parts of the country were, as heretofore, on a large scale; the North Western, Great Western, South Western, and Great Northern Railways having afforded members of the brotherhood residing in the country every facility for a cheap day trip." Those preferring the journey by road appeared greatly in excess ot the number for several years past. For the con- venience of visitors, a demonstration number of the jforesters' Reporter was issued, containing a guido^ to the Palace for strangers; and in the same publication "a correct programme of the amusements" was printed, embracing all novel and varied attractions. The grand procession of the members of the order was started from the Upper Terrace, and was pre- ceded by the Civil Service Volunteer Band. The Foresters' brass band, the Deptford brass band, the Lambeth drum and Me band, the Duke of York's School band, Hayne s band, and the Irish Bifle, Volunteers and City police bands also took part in the march, which was a pretty sight, being [augmented by the display of the banners of the different courts, and the officers and members attired in full costume and rich regalia. The costume a la Robin Hood was very generally adopted. The attend- ance at the Crystal Palace was upwards of 62,000, and the crowds to be met at every turn on the grounds and in the building seemed to be as happy as the merry men" some of them represented. There were the usual pastimes, the usual feastings, tl-le usual lateness of departure, and the usual crowded trains and jovial paaseagera at the close of the evening.

-+-- The visitors to the South Kensington Museum during the past week were as follows:On Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 12 331; on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, (admission &d.) from 10 a.m to 6 p.m., 1,428; National Portrait Exhibition by payment, 11,781; schools at la. per 30, 1,946 -total, 27,284. Average of eorrespona- week in former years, 10,226. Total from the opening of the museum, 6,250,622.

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE AT BETHNAL-GREEN. A man named George Moyce, 40 years of age, carry- ing on the business of a shoemaker, at 9, Wellington- street, Bethnal-green, on Tuesday night made a brutal attempt to murder his wife, and afterwards succeeded in taking his own life by cutting his throat with a razor. About half-past nine o'clock the unfortunate woman Ann Moyce rushed into the street, covered with blood, and pointing to a frightful wound in her throat, said to some neighbours who were standing near, "Look what my husband has done." Imme- diately after she became insensible, and was oonveyed to the London Hospital. A police-constable entered the house, where he found Moyce with his throat cut in such a fearful manner as could leave not the slightest hope of his recovery. On being oonveyed to the hospital Mr. Greena- way, the house surgeon, discovered that the wind- pipe had been completely severed, and stated that the man could not survive many hours, and that the wounds were such as could easily have been inflicted by himself. The wound in the woman's throat was not so serious, and every hope is entertained of her ultimate recovery. In addition to the wound in her throat, her hands are lacerated in such a manner as to lead to the supposition that she had struggled hard to defend herself against her husband. Moyce has left six young children-the eldest of whom is under 12 years of age-who have been taken charge of by the parochial authorities. Up to the present time no cause has been assigned for the outrage, the woman being as yet unaMe to speak, although she is progressing satisfactorily. Moyce died on Wednesday.

OUR "CITY" ARTICLE. --+- THE confidence revived by the reduction in the Bank rate of discount continues to make progress, the movement being materially assisted by the favourable state of the weather. In almost all the departments of the Stock Exchange an improve- ment has taken place notwithstanding the paucity of business transacted owing to the holidays. The increased readiness with which capital is once more brought into use, whether for discounts or invest- ments, affords a strong contrast to the distrust that prevailed but a few days ago. Gold also con- tinues to flow steadily into the Bank. Consols have risen t to t per cent., and several foreign and railway securities in proportion. The tone of the money market generally is good. An exceptionally adverse movement has occurred in Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph shares, and in London General Omnibus, owing in the latter case to some disappointment in the proposed dividend. In the general discount market the supply of money continues to increase, while there are few bills offerings, owing possibly to the expectation of another reduction in the Bank rate. The reaction that was anticipated from high to low rates of money on the first change of the Bank promises to be more rapid than was at any time predicted. The current charge for three months' bills, how- ever, remains quoted at n to 8 per cent., with ex- ceptional transactions at 6 per cent. At the Bank the demand has been on the whole rather good. On the Stock Exchange there is a superabundance of money with but few inquiries for loans. At Paris, the Three per Cent. Rentes opened on Saturday at 68.95 for the end of the month, and closed at 69.10 both for money and the account, showing a fresh advance of t per cent. compared with former prices. The official business reported on the Stock Ex- change on Saturday was as follows:—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 88|, 8, ditto, for ac- count, 88 £ f; Three per Cents. Reduced, 87}, f; New Three per Cents., 87i, t; Red Sea Telegraph, 18J; Bank Stock, 245; India Stock, 208J; ditto Five per Cent., 1031; ditto Debentures, 100|. 8 4- Indian Government securities were quiet. The March Exchequer Bills closed at 5s. dis. to par, and the June at par to 5s. prem. The mining market has been firm, and quota- tions generally show a favourable tendency, owing to the increased demand for copper and tin. Great Vor shares were in chief request during the week, and improved 10s. Clifford Amalgamated, East Caradon, Great Laxey, North Treskerby, and Wheal Seton also advanced. Prices were quoted as follows:—Chiverton Moor, 3% to 4|; Clifford 8 13 Amalgamated, n to 8t; Devon Great Consols, ) 4 380 to 400; East Basset, 10 to 12; East Caradon, 6 to 7; East Wheal Grenville, Ii to 2; Frontino 2 and Bolivia Gold, 5s. to 7s. 6d.; Great Laxey, 19 to 201; Great Retallack, 10s. to 15s.; Great Wheal Vor, 19 to 20; Marke Valley, 3 to f; North Treskerby, 2t to i; Prince of Wales, 20s. to 22s. 6d.; West Chiverton, 60 to 65; Wheal Chi- verton, 5 to 6; Wheal Mary Ann, 4 to 5; Wheal Seton, 120 to 125. The annexed review of the iron trade by Messrs. G. B. Toms and Co., after alluding to the relief occasioned by the reduction in the Bank rate, ob- serves with regard to the present prospeets of this branch of commerce:— In the northern iron-making districts of England, although no definite change has yet arisen in the relations between employer and employed, there are still not wanting symptoms of weariness on the part of the latter of a prolongation of the struggle regarding wages. The sustentation fund of the Ironworkers' Union would appear to be at a low ebb, and the re- cipients complain that wholly inadequate subsidies have been forthcoming of late; it is therefore thought probable that, inasmuch as several mills have been set going by the aid of office clerks, foremen, and labourers, others may speedily be brought into active operation by the concurrent surrender of the mill and forgemen to the inevitable exigencies of the situation. In this case the masters on their part, discouraged by the present range of prices, smarting under recent oruel losses, and depressed by the paucity of orders, would, most likely, prefer to encounter the disad- vantages of prolonged idleness rather than con- front the difficulties of renewed activity. The industry of Tees-side is, we fear, therefore, at present in abad way, and unless somedeoided improvement, from the fall in money, occurs between this and the approach- ing winter in the demand for Cleveland iron, the works can only be kept employed at half time, and at about fifty per cent. reduction from the exorbitant scale of wages that has lately ruled. Transactions in Welsh rails continue to take place to a very fair extent. Without enumerating any particular contracts, we may state that business has been done this week for some few thousand tons, on the basis of prices that have in no case been accepted since the discouraging winter of 1862.3, and which cannot remunerate the manufacturer, although the orders may serve to bridge over an adverse period, and so keep the hands together, until such times may again arise as will admit of a return to proper figures. Disappointment has attended the hopes of those who urged, a fortnight back, that the Welsh market must materially rally, in virtue of the enormous gap in the supply, occasioned by the strike in South Durham; for, strange to say, such has been the prostration of demand, that Wales has been unable to obtain one shilling per ton more for its products of iron than it would have done had nothing happened to its competitors north of the Humber. Still, the principality satisfies all the current require- ments in railway iron, and lives on, while the younger and faster iron-making district of Cleveland remains panic-stricken, amidst the calamities cf its first-born struggle with labour crises and money famines, com- bined with a cessation of those orders for shipbuilding iron, for which its works are chiefly laid out. We hope things may soon take a more favourable turn on the Tyne as well as the Tees. Staffordshire may per. haps be reaping some slight benefit from the grim holiday of idleness in the north, and is executing such orders as come to hand for its special quality of iron, but there are not enough of them to keep the works fully employed. From America the accounts come exceedingly dull, and the hoped for activity in the fall trade in rails has not yet appeared. The railway stores in India require replenishment with bar and plate iron; and on the Thames there is an inkling of inquiry for the construction of iron ships. Admiralty specifications have beoome also more numerous. The recovery in all branches of trade conse- quent on the reduction of the Bank rate was very manifest on Monday and Tuesday. A considerable amount of gold has been taken to the Bank since the close of the last account. The bulk of this sum having been received from the Continent shows that the reduction from 10 to 8 per cent., instead of checking these shipments, warrants the assumption that, on the other hand, it has been the chief cause of their having been made. At the Bank the applications for discount have been on a fair scale. In the general market the supply of money remains large, and the demand moderate. The ordinary quotation for three months' bills has been n per cent., but excep- tional transactions have taken place at 7. On the Stock Exchange the current charge for loans was 5 per cent. during the greater part of Monday, but the supply so far exceeded the demand, that money has been offered at 3 and 4 per cent., with no takers even at these prices, and large balances remain over unemployed.

THE ATLANTIC CABLE. Narrative of the Voyage. The following extracts from Mr. Deane's diary, on board the Great Eastern, may interest our readers:- Wednesday, July 18. A fresh breeze from the southward, a dull grey sky with occasional rain, and a moderate sea prevailed from noon yesterday. At 5.28 p.m. Greenwich time a bell in connection with the electrical room sounded in the tank. Mr. Temple, one of Mr. Canning's staff, being on duty immediately pressed the valve of the steam whistle, which is fitted, at Mr. Latimer Clarke's suggestion, at the stern, and communicates by com- pressed air through piping to the screw, paddle engines, and helm, a similar apparatus being fitted in the bows of the ship. The signal was so promptly answered by the engineers that the Great Eastern was stopped in less bhan her own length. Mr. Clifford, hearing the bell, ran at the top of his speed to the Paddle-engines hatchway, but long before he could reach it they were stopped. Of course, great anxiety arose tÐ ascertain what was the matter. We were all flighted to learn that it was a false alarm. One of Mr. Willoughby Smith's assistants had by mere accident fouohed the spring of the bell. "We had however Praotical proof from this incident that every one was { his post; and Captain Anderson, ever thoughtful and watchful, took advantage of what occurred to F^ke same alterations, in concert with Mr. Canning, îln the instructions to the officers on duty, so that he should verbally communicate with the engineers if a similar alarm was given and not trust entirely to the thistle system, effective though it is in working. All Jffent on well until 12.20 a.m. Greenwich time, when «he first real shock was given to the success which has hitherto attended us, and this time we had real cause be alarmed. A foul flake took place in the after "tank. The engines were immediately turned astern, and the paying out of the cable stopped. We ^ere all soon on the deck, and learned that "he running or paying out part of the ooil had '?aught three turns of the flake immediately under lt, carried them into the eye of the coil fouling the out, and hauling up one and a half turns from the Sjitsido, and five turns in the eye of the under flake. ■••his was stopped, fortunately, before entering the Paying out machinery. Stoppers of hemp also were ^it on near the V wheel astern, and Mr. Canning gave orders to stand by to let go the buoy. This was a°t very cheering to hear, but his calm and collected banner gave us all confidence that his skill and ex- Perieacg would extricate the cable from the obvious ^anger in which it was placed. No fishing line was entangled worse than the rope was when thrust P in apparently hopeless knots from the eye of the ?°il to the deck. There at least 500 feet of rope lay j* fchis state in the midst of thick rain and increasing ^md. The cable crew set to work under their chief tt§ineer's instructions to disentangle it. Mr. Halpin 5as there too, patiently following the bights as they ^owed themselves. The crew now passing them inward, now aft, until at last the character of tangle was seen, and soon it became apparent J^t ere long the cable would be cleared. All this "Oae Captain Anderson was at the taffrail anxiously ^tohing the strain on the rope, which he could freely make out, the night was so dark, and en- favouring to keep it up and down, going on and re- using with paddle and screw. When one reflects 0t a moment upon the size of the ship, and the mass she presents to the wind, the difficulty J keeping her stern, under the circumstances, over J10 cable can be appreciated. The port paddle-wheel disconnected, but shortly afterwards there was a w of wind, and the vessel canted the wrong way. Tf elooaie voices were now heard passing the word aft /°m the tank that the bights were cleared, and Pay out. Then the huge stoppers were gently 'oosened, and at 2.5 a.m., to the joy of all, we were ait00 dischargiag the cable. They veered it tray in the tank to clear away the foul flake until a]ee a.m., when the screw and paddle engines were x^ed, so as to reduce the speed of the ship to 4a f^otg. During all this critical time there was an 3^te absence of noise and confusion. Every order > Silently obeyed, and the cable-men and crew °rked with hearty good will. Mr. Canning has had ?xPerienoe of foul flakes befere this, and showed that knew what to do in the emergency. But what of electrical condition of the cable during this period P n *?Ply, that through its entire length it is perfect, or, j? is technically called, 0. K. We lost the Terrible A the thickness of the night, and, save for a few ;r1;lhtes, did not see her till seven this morning." e last entry is as follows :— II Friday, July 27. "Shortly after two p.m. yesterday, two ships which ere soon made oufc to be steamers, were seen to the and the Terrible steaming on a-head. In ^D°Ut an hour she signalled to us that H.M.S. Niger was n19 of them, accompanied by the Albany. The Niger, iaPtain Bruce, sent a boat to the Terrible as soon as came up with her. The Albany shortly afterwards ?ok up her position on our starboard quarter, and glialled that she spoke the Niger at noon bearing E. { N., and that the Lily was anchored at the station entrance of Trinity Bay, as arranged with, the r^ttiral. The Albany also reported that she passed an iceberg in lat. 48 34 long. 52 10 tSt 60 feet high. At 20 after four p.m. the "lger came on our port side quite close, and attain Bruce sending the crew to the rigging, aD<1 ■■ the yards, gave us three cheers, which wot0 &rtily returned by the Great, Eastern. then e&med ahead towards Trinity Bay. The Albany waa ..Stalled to go on immediately to Heart's Content,clear ,9 north-east side of the harbour of shipping, ana Wace a boat with a red flag for Captain Anderson to to for anchorage. Just before dinner we saw on southern horizon, distant about ten miles, an ioe- probably the one which the Albany met with, it ,at! apparently about 50 or 60 feet in height. The came on very thick about eight p.m., and between }bat and ten we were constantly exchanging guns and burning blue lights, with, the Terrible, who, with the 4'ger, went in search of the Lily station ship. The ferrible having been signalled to oome up and take position, informed us that they had made the Lily and that she bore then about E.N.E., distant °1r miles. Later in the night Captain Commerell ^id that if Captain Anderson would stop the Great S^tern he would send the surveyor, Mr..Robinson, 7^T., who came out in the Niger, on board of us, and ^Out three the engines were slowed, and the Terrible \>ery shortly afterwards came alongside with that fB.cer. Catalina Light, at the entrance of Trinity had been made out three hours before this, the loom of the coast had also been seen. still prevailing! According to Mr. Eobin- ^'a account, if they get one clear day m seven the entrance of the bay they consider themselves °ftnnate. Here we are now (six a.m.) within ten of Heart's Content, and we can scarcely see mora than a ship's length. The Niger, however, is ahead, ri her repeated guns teU us where we are with Curacy. Good fortune follows us, and scarcely has %ht o'clock arrived when the massive curtain of log ^ises itself gradually from both shores of Trinity isay, .'sclosine to us the entrance to Heart's Content, tiie Albany making for the harbour, the MargareTTU, 1 1 Ptavensan, surveying vessel, steaming out to meet us, 8 pre-arranged pathway, all marked with buoys, by J. H. Kerr, ll.N., and a whole fleet of fishing £ >ats at the entrance. We could now plainly see that Mart's Content, so far aa its capabilities permitted, 'Tas prepared to welcome us. The British and 4raerican flags floated from the church and telegraph Ration, and other buildings. We had dressed ship, *^ed a salute, and given three cheers, and Capt. Com- merell, of H.M.S. Terrible, was soon on board to con- gratulate us on our success. At nine o'clock ship s ^ime, just as we had cut the cable and made arrange- ments for the Medway to lay the shore-end, a message Arrived giving us the concluding words of a leader in this morning's Times: 'It is a great work, a glory to Olar age and nation, and the men who have achieved it Reserve to be honoured among the benefactors of their a..()e. Treaty of peace signed between Prussia and ■Austria.' It was now time for the chief engineer, ■Mr. Canning, to make the necessary preparations for splicing on board the Medway, accompanied by Mr. Gooch, M.P., Mr. Clifford, Mr. Willoughby Smith, Messrs. Temple, and Mr. Deane went on board, the Terrible and Niger having sent their paddle-box boats and cutters to assist. Shortly aiterwards the Great Eastern steamed into the harbour and anchored on the N.E. side, and was quickly surrounded by boats laden with visitors. Mr. Cyrus Field had come on shore before the Great Eastern had left the offing, with a view of telegraphing to St. John's to hire a vessel to repair the cable, unhappily broken between Cape &ay in Newfoundland and Cape North in Baeton i Island. Before a couple of hours the shore-end will be landed, and it is impossible to conceive a finer day for effecting this our final operation. Even here people can scarcely realise the fact that the Atlantic telegraph cable has been laid. To-morrow, however, Heart's Content will awaken to the fact that it is a highly-favoured place in the world's esteem, the western landing-place of that marvel of electric com- munication with the eastern hemisphere which is now happily, and we hope finally, established. Seems it not a feat sublime- Intellect hath conquered time."

INFANTICIDE. Margaret Baker, 24, was indicted, before Mr. Justice Keating, at the Central Criminal Court, on Wednes- day, for the murder of her infant child. Mr. F. H. Lewis, prosecuted; Mr. Ribton defended. The prisoner was a servant in the employment of ) Mr. Hutton, of Upper Tooting, and had been in his t service up to the 20th June. About the 17th of June she gave birth to a child without the knowledge of her master and mistress. Not knowing the cause of her weakness, she was allowed to leave for a holi- day of a few days. While away, suspicious circum- stances came to light, which induced her master when she returned to demand that her boxes should be searched. A policeman was sent for, when the girl herself opened a box, and showed the body of a female child, at the same time sitting down in a chair and exclaiming that she was a murderer. A surgeon was sent for, and he found a piece of tape knotted twice round the child's neck. The appearance of the child's features showed that she had died of strangu- lation. The prisoner admitted to the surgeon that she had killed the child by tying the tape round its neck. With regard to the cause of death the surgeon who was called in expressed a positive assurance that the child had fully breathed, and that it was bora alive; and he expressed his assurance that death had been occasioned by the ligature that was tied round the neck. The medical man was cross-examined at considerable length by Mr. Ribton, and on being pressed on the particular point, he stated that he was unable to express a posi- tive opinion whether the child had ever obtained an independent existence, or that it was alive" within the definition of the law at the time the alleged violence was inflicted on it. The jury found the prisoner guilty of concealment of birth, and the judge sentenced her to imprisonment and hard labour for two years.

THE CHOLERA. The official returns show that deaths from cholera and diarrhoea in London are decreasing, and more rapidly than has been the case for several days. On Friday there were 60 deaths from cholera and 25 from diarrhoea, which, it is gratifying to know, are the lowest numbers published during the week. On Satur- day week there were 94 deaths from cholera and 31 from diarrhoea and on Thursday the reported deaths from the latter were as high as 40. On Tuesday, there were as many as 77 deaths from cholera. The follow- i n cr are the classified returns for Friday:— -0 Cholera. Diarrhoea. Westdistricts 0 3 North districts 3 5 Centraldistricts 3 3 East districts 49 8 South districts 5 6 TotalinLondon. 60 25 On Snuday the Bishop of London examined some of the workhouses in the east of London, and concluded his day's work by attending a special evening service at the newly consecrated mission chureh of St. Peter, in St. George's-in-the-East. On com- mencing the service, Mr. Lowder read a long list of names of persons who had recovered from serious illness and desired to return thanks, and of others who, being ill, desired the prayers of the con- gregation. The bishop preached on the lessons that should be learned from the present epidemic, selecting for his text the 5th chapter of St. Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians, verse 1. At the close of Mio sM-mrm an offertorv collection was made, and it was announced that the contributions made would be j applied to the erection of a window to the memory of those who have recently died. The bishop closed a most interesting and hearty service with the benedic- tion. The diminution in deaths from both cholera and diarrhoea, still continues and increases. The official returns show that there were on Saturday only 51 deaths from cholera, a.nd 23 from diarrhoea, the de- crease in the more malignant disease being 9 from the previous day. The following are the classified returns for Saturday;- Cholera. Diarrhoea. 11 West districts 2 3 North districts 2 4 Central districts 1 3 East districts 38 7 South districts 8 6 Total in London 51 23 The daily returns still record a decrease in deaths from cholera and diarrhoea. On Sunday and Monday there were but 70 deaths from cholera, and 29 from diarrhoea, being the most remarkable diminution yet renorted. The following is the olassificatioE- Cholera. Diarrbcea. West districts 0 5 North districts 3 6 Central districts 7 2 East districts 52 7 South districts 8 9 Total in London 70 29 1 Up to Tuesday evening the Mansion-house Committee had made grants, amounting in all to X4,050 in the last fortnight, to local committees towards relieving I the distress in the various districts of the metropolis infected with the prevailing epidemic, and they have reason to believe that the money has been and is still being judiciously dispensed. The sum received at the Mansion-house on Tuesday towards the fund amounted to upwards of £ 400.

Superannuation to Poor-law Officera.-An Act of Parliament has just been printed, declaring that the Superintendent-Registrar and the Registrar of Births and Deaths are to be deemed officers within the Act of the 27 & 28 Vict., c. 42, and to be entitled to superannuation allowances as other Poor-law officers; and a relieving officer who has also been a re- gistrar, and resigned subsequently to the passing ot the recited Act, is not to be disqualified from receiving such superannuation allowance, and an officer of a dis- trict school is likewise to participate. Overwork on Railways.—A meeting of men employed on railways was held at Wilcock's Assembly Rooms, Westminster Bridge-road, for the purpose of considering what steps should betaken to lessen their hours of labour. About 500 men were present. For some time past there has been an agitation amongst railway employes, and many meetings have been held, esoeciallv in the North of England districts. A society, which now numbers about 10,000 members, has been formed. At the meeting on Friday com- plaints were made both of low wages and long hours, and the men themselves attributed many of the acci- dents which occurred on railways to the exhaustion consequent upon overwork. One speaker said he had seen a signalman asleep in his box whilst one train was waiting for the signal, and a second train was only just behind. It was said to be important that, for ob- vious reasons, the names of tiie speakers should not be made known.

Free Sundays at the Crystal Palace.-Free Sundays will this year take place on the 2ad and 9th of September. The first will be for trades' societies delegates and the representatives of the various asso- ciations in London; and tho second for shareholders' friends, children being admitted without tickets with their parents. On Saturday upwards of 600 poor persons had to leave their dwellings in Star, Crown, Hemlock, and New-courts, Serle's-place (Shire-line), Old Bos well and Chair-courts, to clear the site for the new law courts. The tenants had been compensated according to the scale drawn up by the authorities.

The Money Market. CITY, AUGUST 21.-The stock markets are generally firm to-day, and a further advance has taken place in prices. It h anticipated in many quarters that the Bank rate of discount will shortly be reduced, in consequence of the rapid influx of bullion to that establishment, and the a/niiounceraent of the transmission to England of about £ 900,000 in Australian gold, the bulk of which is expected to arrive at the end of the present week. The demand for money continues extremely moderate, and the supply large. The general rate for good bills is 7t per cent., bat exceptional transactions are reported at 7, or 1 per cent, below the charge at the Bank. In the Stock Exchange short loans are obtainable at 5 per cent. Consols are now quoted 88 to f for money, and 881 to 89 for the account (September 6). The railway market is buoyant to-day, and prices have experienced a further important and almost general rise. London and North-Western stock is quoted 118t to Great Western, 54 to 4; Midland, 1l9 to 120i, ex div.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 121f to 122, ex dir.; Caledonian, 126 to 127; South-Eastern, 64 to 1; Great Eastern, 27 to t; Great No) them, 122 to 123 ditto A, 1304 to 13; Metropolitan, 128 to 129, ex div.; and London, Chatham, and Dover, 1St to f. The Corn Trade. MAUK-LAT^E, AUGUST 20.-The supply of English "Wheat for to-day's market was more liberal, and we have tuso la.rg-e arrivals from abroad. A good many samples were of the new crop. and red Wheats sold up to 50s; white iii) to 54;s per qr. We had a small attendance at market, and English Whoiat sold slowly at previous prices. Foreign Wheat was held with firmness, and the business doing was at former quotations.—Flour met a moderate inquiry at last week's r-it-es.—Peas and Beans were without alteration in vaivte.— Barley was in good demand at fully former prices.—Of Oats arrivals are large. Good samples are moving off at last week's decline; inferior qualities were rather lower to ef- fect sales ex ship.—At the ports of call few fresh arrivals have been reported. Cargoes of Wheat and Indian Corn are Is dearer since this day week. CURRENT PRICES Or BRITISH GRAIN AND FLOUR. Shillings per Quarter, WHEAT, Essex and Kent, white new 43 to 54 „ red „ 42 49 Norfolk, Lincoln, and Yorkshire, red 42 49 BARLEY 30 to 34 Chevalier, new 38 42 Grinding 29 31.Distilling 33 37 MALT.Essex.Norfolk, & Suffolk, new 59 68 Kingston, Ware, & town-made, new 59 66 B«>wn 52 56 OATS," English,' feed 20 to 25 Potato 24 30 Scotch, feed .20 26 Potato 25 30 Irish, feed, white 18 21 Fine. 2^ 26 Ditto, black 18 20 Potato 23 27 BEANS, Mazagan .41 43 Ticks 40 4o Harrow 43 46 Pigeon 4c> 49 PEAS, white,boilers 38 41 Maple39to41 Grey.new 36 37 FLOUR, per sack of 2801bs., Town, Households 47 50 Country,on shore 36 te 37 11 39 43 Norfolk and Suffolk, onshore. 35 36 FOREIGN GRAIN. WHEAT, Dantzic, mixed .53 to 55.old, extra 58 61 Konigsberg 50 55 extra 56 57 Rostock 51 55 fine 56 57 Silesian, red.48 52.white.51 55 Pomera., Meckberg., and Uckermrk.red old 50 53 Russian, hard, 43 to 47. St. Petersburg and Riga 45 47 Danish and Holstein, red 45 46 French, none .Rhine and Belgium. 50 53 American,redwiDter50to56,spring00to00,white BARLEY, grinding 27 to 28 aistilling and malting 35 39 OATS, Dutch, brewing and Polands 20 to 27 feed 17 22 Danish and Swedish, feed 19 to 24 Stralsund. 20 24 Russian, Riga 19 to 26.Arch, 19 to 21.P'sburg 21 25 TARES, spring, per qr 00 00 BEANS, Friesland and Holstein 37 42 Konigsberg .40 to 42.Egyptian PEAS, feedingand maple 36 38.fine boilers 36 o9 INDIAN CORN, white .29 30.yellow .27 29 FLOUR, per sack, French 37 40.Spanish, p. sack 37 40 American, per bri. 2i 26.extra and d'ble. 28 30 LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 21.-The market fairly attended.— Moderate business in Wheat, at late riltes.-Flour, slow sslo and the turn lower.-Fair business in Inilian Corn; mixed 26s 6d.—Beans dull.-Oat and Oatmeal quiet. WAKEFIELD, AUGUST 17.-Wheat trade slow in spite of unsettled weather. Beans and oats sell slowly at late rates. ]'J(eat and Poultry Markets. NEWGATE AND LCA.DENT-ILLT,There are moderate supplies of meat, and the trade is steady. Per 81bs. bv the carcase:- a. d. s. d s, d. to s. d. Inferior beef S 8 to 4 0 [ Capons, each. 0 G 0 0 Middling ditto 4 2 4 41 Chickens, each 16 I t> Prime large 4 6 4 S Ducklings,each 19 2 6 Ditto small 4 8 4 10 Rabbits, each. 10 16 Large pork 4 0 4 61 Hares, each 4 0 4 6 Inferior mutton 3 10 4 6 Grouse, each 0 0 0 0 Middling ditto 4 8 5 2 i Partridges, each 0 0 0 0 Prime ditto 5 4 5 8; Pheasants,each 0 0 0 0 Veai 4 0 5 2 Pigeons, each. 0 8 U 10 Small pork 4 8 5 0 I Ostend fro butter, Lamb 5 8 6 8 j per doz; lbs. 11 6 14 6 Turkeys, each 0 0 0 0 j English ditto. 1*2 0 16 0 Goslings, each 6 0 8 0 Frencheggs.120 6 6 8 6 Fowls. each 2 0 3 0 i English ditto. 9 6 10 6 METROPOLITAN.—A statement of the supplies and prices of fat live stock on Monday, August 21, 1865, a3 com- pared with Monday, August 20, 1866 Per 81bs. to sink the offaL imlM, August 21, 1865. August 20,1866. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts 3 8 to 4 2 3 8 to 4 0 Second quality ditto 4 4 4 8 4 Prime large Oxen 4 10 5 0 4 10 5 i Prime Scots, &c 5 2 5 4 5 4 5 6 Coarse and inferior Sheep 4 6 5 0 a Second quality ditto. 5 5 8 4 g g Prime coarse-woolled ditto 5 10 6 Prime Southdown ditto 6 4 6 6 5 10 6 0 Large'coarse'Calves I. ."I 4 2 4 8 I: 4 4 4 10 Prime small ditto 10 5 2 5 0 5 4 T-'Srg'C HOSTS ••• ••• 0 a o. N Neat small Porkers 4 8 4 10 Fruit and Vegetables. COVENT GARDEN, AUGUST IS.-Ja.rgonene andbeurrS d'Amanlis pears still continue to be imported from I ranee. Oranges are becoming scarce, as are also vVesu j.uoia pine- apples Home-grown pine-apples and hothouse grapes are sMl plentiful, and prices for these as well as for other kinds of indoor produce, continue about the same as those ot last we°k Peas and other varieties of vegetables are sumoient *o- the demand. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids, kalo- santbes, calceolarias, pelargoniums, fuchsias, balsams, cocks- combs, stocks, mignonette, and roses. FRUIT. s. a. B. d. I B. d. s. ct. Apples,p.hf-sieve 0 OtoO 0 Peaches,per doz. 4 0 15 u Grapes, per lb. 2 0 6 0 Pears, kitchen, dz. Lemony 100 8 0 14 0 „ dessert 0 0 0 u Gooseberries qt. 0 3 0 6 Pineapples,p. lb. y „ Nuts,cob,1001b 0 0 0 0 Strawberries,p. lb. 0 b. x u Filberts,prlb, 0 0 0 0 Walnuts, prbh. u u u Oranges, p.100 12 0 20 0 Chestnuts, do 0 s aVEGsEd|BLES' 8 d Ba Artichokes,per doz.2 0 to 4 O jMushrooros.perpott". 0 3 6 Asoaragus,tier bun. 0 0 0 OtMuswrd&Cres^p.p-O 2 B«,»,p.1000 6 0 0 Bee., per ciozen„2 f Q pars]ey, per sieve 2 0 3 0 Lroccoh, p. bundle 0 0 0 0 £ doz. in 2 0 Cabbages, per doz. 10 0 Q 1. 0 Carrots, per bunch 0 4 £ 0 Potatoes,York Re- Cauliflowers, Q g- gents, per ton 80 0 i)5 0 Celery per ounale 2 0 Q 9 Rocks, per ton GOO 70 0 Oiicumbeis, e q 2 6 Flukes), per ton lOo 0 125 0 Endive, p ~o 10 0 0'Kidneys, per cwt. 6 0 1') 0 Ketdlo 6 0 OiRadishes, p. 12 bn. 0 6 10 S iVrnrl'i'sh ri. bn.2 6 4 01 Rhubarb, p. bundle 0 0 0 0 tier bunch.0 3 0 OlSeaKale,per punnet 0 0 0 0 T^ttiices per score 1 0 1 6 Spinach, per bush. 2 0 3 0 Mint per bunch .0 3 0 4|Turmps, per bunch 0 6 0 9 London Produce Market. MINCING-LANE, AUGUST 21.—SUGAR.—There is a fair, «(padv demand, at last week's currency. The sales include 600 hocsheads of Barbadoes at 318 to 31s; 6,000 bags of Manilla clayed, at 27s 6d to 28s. Refined There is a more active inquiry for both dried goods and pieces, at previous COFFEE.—The market remains steady, but quiet. FRUIT.—Currants: The market remains quiet. TEA.—The public sales are progressing steadily at tne V*SriCEs!—400 bags of Singapore black sold at 3|d c^»" also a parcel of white, to arrive, at 6sd; and on t at 7d cash. BICE.—'The market is firm, but quiet. previous INDIGO.—There is still a good demand at fully previous raSA¥FLOWEB. — Business is doing at steady prices, including filCoSof-Ike demand has become limited; prices are U1jjEMp.I_St. Petersburg dull, at £ 31103. PRICES OF ™C^S^ercS —Butter: Friesland, 112s to nV 0d to 13s 0d, Dorset, 116s to 120a. s- re» P Qloucester> 74,3 to 78s; Cheese: Cheshire,/is tot-4s, Hams: York,new. Cheddar, 76s to S4s; America • Irjsh new 90g to SOsto 100s Cumberland, new,, Jl* to 70* to 74s. 100s. Bacon: Wiltshire, J^Wketlquiet, but COTTOiN, LIVERPOOL, AUGUOI -.1 .orv steady. Saies abouo S,003 bales. I. 1_ .1. .:]- ^.rrnfir ATTEST 21—Tne marset is swaoj w-uu.v mTAL?lw' 91 net Spot 43s 3d; July to September, Tss^OctobS to December, 46s 3d December, 47s 3d. 4DS, <JC.O 20 Messrs Pattenden NIW HOPS, ^tUs?methaUm;?ov3(f demand for consump- ftolofhop' of aU descriptiLs; late prices being fully mnintained. HAY MARKETS;-fiel(L Cumberlana Whitecha^. «■" o'f 1T0 ^1! 68 0'to 112 0 65 0* to 110 0" Meadow Hay., to 0 to 110 0 68 0tol^ Q 1S0 ««!«« 130