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=- EPITOME OF NEWS. « MR. PIERCE BUTLER. The New York Herald announces the death of this gentleman, who, it will be remembered, was formerly the husband of Miss Fanny Kemble, who obtained a divorce. In his poli- tical sentiments the deceased was intensely pro-Southern. He is described as a man of large erudition, and an agree- o able and fluent conversationalist. THE SENTENCE OF DEATH passed upon Mrs. Emma Usher, widow, at the last Maidstone Assizes, for the murder, by drowning, of her infant child at Ashford, has been commuted to penal servitude for life. The order was received on Saturday by Major Bannister, governor of the gaol. PROFESSOR WHITNER reports fifteen localities in California where diamonds have been found in the course of washings for gold, but in this view it would not pay to wash the gravel beds of those places solely for the precious stones, for diamond washings are not profitable in any country except with slave or convict labour." LAUNCH OF THE CAMBRIA.—On Thursday there was launched from the shipbuilding-yard of Messrs. Bowdler and Chaffer, at Seacombe, near Liverpool, a splendid iron ship of 700 tons register, for the West Coast trade. She is named the Cambria, and is con- structed on the most improved principles both as regards carrying capacity and speed. THE LUTON MURDER.—On Friday afternoon Mr. Piper, the deputy-coroner for Bedfordshire, resumed the investigation respecting the murder of William Bradbury. A quantity of evidence was given, some of it showing that the prisoners since their apprehension had criminated themselves. The jury, after deliberating for 10 minutes, returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against William Worsley and Levi Welch. THE DEER OF THE REGIMENT.— A deer, which has long been a pet in the 63rd Regiment, died in Dublin a few days since from injuries it had re- ceived during the transit of that corps from Glasgow. The animal, which was known by the name of Suffolk, belonged to the sergeants of the 63rd Regiment, who brought it with them from Canada on their return to this "country, and it has been one of the regiment ever since. BOAT ACCIDENT.-An inquest has just been held at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Blackfriars-road, on George Honer Watts, aged 20, and Henry White, 21, compositors, who were drowned while sailing in a small boat near Hungerford-bridge, on Saturday, the 24th ult. The boat was swamped by the swell from a steamer, and both young men jumped into the water. There were two others in the boat, who also jumped out, but saved themselves. Verdict-" Accidentally drowned." TYPHOID FEVEP.The inhabitants of Chiid's- hill, Hampstead, have held a meeting relating to a statement made by an eminent medicaj. gentleman on the prevalence of typhoid fever in their district. At that meeting they passed a resolution denying the accu- racy of the statement, and produced a copy of the registrar's certificate of the number of deaths and their causes for the year 1867 in support of their case. This return showed that there had been three fatal cases of typhoid fever. The meeting did not consider that this justified the opinion entertained that the fever had obtained a strong hold in the district. VOLUNTEER REVIEW AT LIVERPOOL.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has consented to take command at a review of Volunteers to be held in Sefton-park, Liverpool, on the 5th of October. The park, which is in course of formation, is over 400 acres in extent, is two miles from Liverpool, and is approached by several lines of railway which run close to the ground. It is anticipated that 20,000 or 30,000 Volun- teers will be present from Lancashire and other counties. The park is composed of hill and dale, and commands a view of the Mersey. A CHURCH DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING.—The church at Saint-Pd-Saint-Simon, France, has been de- vastated by lightning. The electric fluid struck the dock tower, and, although leaving the bell hanging, rent the foundation descending into the church, it tore up the flooring, destroyed the windows and several paintings, flattened a tin vessel on the high altar, and drove in the door of the tabernacle thence it went to a side altar and mutilated a figure of the Virgin. The edifice has been so much injured as to be no longer fit for Divine worship. FACTORY HANDS ON OTRIKE.—At the City Police-court, Carlisle, on Saturday, five girls, employed at Messrs. Thomlinson and Buck's cotton factory, at Mains, near that city, were charged with having their work without giving notice. It appeared that a newly- appointed overlooker had dismissed one of the hands for some reason or other, and the others thereupon struck work. The defendants, through their solicitor, pleaded guilty, expressed themselves sorry that they had acted so foolishly, and offered to return to their work. The bench fined each of them 20s., or a week's imprison- ment tn default. THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.—The sensa- tional paragraphs and articles which have been published in most of the metropolitan journals as to the dangerous character of the atmosphere of the Underground Rail- way appear to have rendered some scientific examina- tion requisite. Mr. Myles Fenton, the manager, accord- ingly writes to say that the directors have appointed three medical gentlemen of high standing a commission for that purpose. In the meantime, Mr. Fenton states that at the present moment none of the men are on the sick list, and that the average rate of sickness amongst the servants employed on the Underground Railway is less than that on the Great Western. DISASTERS AT SEA.—A notice was posted at the Liverpool Underwriters' Rooms on Saturday, to the effect that the Travancore, arrived in the Clyde, had passed at sea, on the 10th of August, in lat. 44 N., long. 40 a vessel of about 600 tons, bottom upwards, and ap- parently broken up. Letters from Capetown, received in Liverpool on Saturday, reported the foundering at Cape Danger, on the South African coast, on the 28th of July, of the Liverpool ship Knight of Snowdon, 1,447 tons, Jones, master, on the homeward voyage from Ran- goon. The crew took the boat, and managed to reach the shore in safety. The underwriters' agent at Key West re- ports, by the American mail, the wreck on a coral reef near the American coast of the Jersey ship Oracle, bound with a cargo of mahogany from Chiltepec, Mexico, to Liverpool. The crew escaped in safety, and subse- qently saved 140 sticks of mahogany. A STURDY HIGHLANDER. At the Perth Highland games, on Saturday, Donald Dinnie, Aboyne, gained the champion medal for putting the stone (dis- tance thrown, 37 feet 4 inches-6 feet 4 inches farther than any other competitor), and the medal for throwing the hammer (161bs.). Dinnie threw the hammer 88 feet 7 inches-being 16 feet 3 inches further than any of the others. He was also first at tossing the caber, and at high leap was only one inch below the first prizeman, who leaped a height of 5 feet 5 inches. At the Glenisla Highland Gathering, Donald Dinnie was almost equally successful—putting the heavy stone of 281bs. a distance of 29 feet 3 inches-4 feet beyond any other, and throwing the 161b. hammer 96 feet 3 inches. He was also first at tossing the caber, high leap, and long leap. AN EXCURSION STEAMBOAT AsnopE.-On Saturday afternoon the steamtug Vigilant, Captain Reed, of Sunderland, left Hartlepool, with the West Hartle- pool operatic brass band aboard and a company of pas- sengers, for a trip to Sunderland. On returning in the evening a dense fog arose, and the voyage was attended with danger, as the coast could not be distinguished. On nearing Hartlepool the lights of the rolling mills are said to have misled the captain, and thinking they were those of the lighthouses, steered his vessel direct ashore, on the north sands, opposite to the old lime kilns. The steamer fortunately cleared a ridge of rocks which extends seawards from the shore, it Wag nearly half- past ten when the boat ran ashore, and the passengers were in great alarm. Messengers were dispatched to the town for the lifeboat and cobles to rescue the passengers The females were landed first, and it was nearly two o'clock before the rest of the passengers were placed on shore. BURSTING OF A CAISSON AT CHATHAM.- Shortly after two o'clock on Saturday morning, during an unusually high tide, the caisson at the entrance to No. 4 dock, in which the double screw steamer Beacon was fitting, suddenly gave way without any previous indications. The water rushed into the dock with the roar of thunder, carrying the Beacon to the brow of the dock and afterwards throwing her on her beam ends, and causing considerable damage to her. The occur- rence taking place in the night, there were no workmen in the dockyard, and messengers had to be despatched In various directions for assistance. The Beacon was ultimately secured and shored up. Her starboard screw ahaft and propeller were found to be broken off, and her port propeller also injured, while the vessel was filled. with water. Several hundred men were employed during the whole of Saturday in repairing the damage done. The cause of the bursting of the caisson is un known. VERY THOUGHTFUL.—It is stated that Mr. Walker, the watchmaker, of Cornhill, whose premises were recently ransacked by the Casely gang, has received a letter from the convict Casely, dated from his locus penitentiie in Fremantle, Western Australia, in which that worthy announces that he has completed the draught'for a model of a safe which he considers to be thoroughly thief-proof, and which, with touching candour, he begs to place at the disposal of Mr. Walker, as some compensation for the injury he had formerly suffered at his (Casely's) hands. AN ABUSIVE VISCOUNTESS.-The Viscountess Frankfort de Montmorency has been summoned at the Hastings Police-court for committing an assault on her servant, Eliza Bennett. It appeared that the complainant had been in the service of Lady Frankfort about three weeks only. On Wednesday, the 21st ult., her mistress called her many foul names, and afterwards ordered her to take the teakettle downstairs. Just as complainant began to descend the stairs, Lady Frankfort called out to her to take down a pillow which had been vomited upon by a dog. Before the girl had time to pick up the pillow the lady threw it at her, the vomit flying in her face. The magistrates considered the assault proved, and fined the Viscountess Frankfort de Montmorency 40s. and costs, or two months' imprisonment in default of payment. The fine was paid. IMPATIENT TO BE MARRIED.—An application was made the other day to Mr. Edwards, the chief clerk attached to the court of Vice-Chancellor Malins, on a summons for him to entertain certain proposals as to a marriage settlement of a young lady who was not 19 years of age. The chief clerk said it was not vacation business, and he must decline to. hear it. Surely the young lady would wait three months ? It was stated that the matter had been some time pending, and Lord Justice Cairns had given the young lady permission to marry on the settlement being agreed upon. The chief clerk adhered to his opinion that it was not vacation business. It was then asked that the matter might go before the Vice-Chancellor at his country seat on Thurs- day. The chief clerk said they might make any appli- cation they thought proper. All he could say was that it was not in his opinion vacation business, and he again observed that the lady, who was under 19 years of age, might wait three months, when the question could be properly heard. A COAL PIT ON FIRE.-A fire was discovered on Monday to have broken out in the underground work- ings of the Sheddens Coal Pit, situated between West- muir and Shettleston. It should be stated that there is an underground communication between the Sheddens Pit and the Caroline Pit, and a pit at Shettleston Church. Between the two first-named pits there is an air tube, which by some means was ignited, and con- tinued to burn the whole day, notwithstanding the efforts that were made to extinguish the fire.' Water was being put down one of the shafts, and pipes were being laid for the purpose of conveying an additional supply down to the fire. A large volume of smoke was emitted from the burning pit during the day. Relays of men went down, however, though they could only re- main a short time, in order to prevent the spread of the fire.-North British Mail. AERIAL NAVIGATION.—The practicability of controlling the movements of balloons has long been the subject of anxious thought and numerous experi- ments, but, notwithstanding the many ingenious contri- vances which have been attempted, the problem still remains unsolved. During recent wars we have seen balloons employed for reconnoitering purposes, and with great advantage, but, as in all those cases free move- ment at the mercy of the wind would have been hazardous, the aerial machine retained a hold upon solid earth by means of rope and grapnel. It is, however, now stated that the object long sought in vain has at last been attained by a French mechanician, M. Daniel Dulaux, of Bordeaux, who, after ten years of patient study, asserts that he has discovered a method of guiding a balloon by means of a very simple apparatus. As ballooning is now a part of military strategy as well as of popular amusement, it is to be hoped that some opportunity will be afforded of testing the merits of M. Dulaux's discovery. FENIAN GEOGRAPHY.—The itinerary pursued by the Fenian bark Plato, 500 tons register, Captain James MGroom, after she had made Tory Island, on the coast of Donegal, is, to say the least of it, unusual. Leaving Tory Island, she cruised about the coast of Donegal, and effected a landing at the head of Kinsale, which, as thecrowflies, is 250 miles due north of Donegal. Leaving Kinsale, to avoid an English frigate in the neighbourhood, the Plato made the coast of Wexford, and under cover of the night put 'into Bantry Bay, which, as the crow flies, is 100 miles west of the nearest point of Wexford. Standing out again to sea from Bantry Bay, in the extreme south-west of Ireland, the Plato hovered off the coast of Antrim, in the extreme north of the island, and ultimately put into Antrim Bay-a locality unknown to hydrographers. Shaping a north-east course from Antrim Bay, the Plato soon made Belfast Lough, which lies due south of Antrim but finding the people there unprepared for insurrection, she steered boldly due west slap through the very centre of Ireland, and came out at the Cove of Cork, whence she returned to the United States. The letters which contain these ludicrous blunders have been triumphantly cited as authentic by the whole of the Fenian press.— Pall-mall Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. —Mrs. Zambra, wife of Mr. Zambra, of the firm of Negretti and Zambra, scientific instrument makers, of London, was killed by being thrown out of a carriage on the road between Newport and Ventnor, Isle of Wight ) on Thursday evening. The accident took place at the village of Arreton, situated about midway between the two towns. The deceased, accompanied by her husband and some friends, had taken a drive to Newport, and on their return alighted at Arreton, where ey viewed the church. Mrs. Zambra re-entered the carriage, and was about being followed by one of her friends, when the horses suddenly started off without the driver, and the deceased was thrown out violently. She was found lying on the road, a short distance off, by a foot passenger, an Italian, life being almost extinct, and death soon put an end to her sufferings. The driver was severely injured in endeavouring to stop the vehicle. At the inquest, held on Friday afternoon, a verdict of accidental death was returned. A WOMAN KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.—ON Saturday evening a special train, conveying about 600 cotton operatives from Bradford to Clithero, due at Whalley at half-past nine, passed through the station at a very rapid speed. After the train had got clear of the station two men noticed on the line on the Blackburn side of the station something that appeared to them like a bundle of old clothes, but it proved to be part of the body of a woman. There were a number of people on the platform, and on a further search being made the rest of the body was found frightfully mangled. The deceased was with some difficulty identified as Ellen Clough, the daughter of a platelayer. She was about 21 years of age, and resided at Billington, not far from the long viaduct, and at the opposite end to the station. She left home about nine o'clock for the purpose of meeting a friend who was to arrive at Whalley by the ordinary train, due a short time after the special, and it is supposed she was walking along the line when she was knocked down and killed as described. SHOCKING ACCIDENT IN THE HARVEST FIELD. -On Saturday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, a shocking and extraordinary accident occurred on the farm of Havering-atte-Bower, near Runford." While 14 men, engaged in harvesting, were sitting or lying down in a circle or two lines in a field where they had been at work, near the hedge, and partaking of their lunch, the horses of a wagon, laden with sheaves of wheat, and which was standing close by and in a line with the men, took fright, either from being bitten by the flies or from some other cause, and dashed through the men; seven were run over. Charles Smith, an engine-driver, had both his thighs broken, one his thigh broken and otherwise much hurt while the other five had their legs broken, &c. As soon as the calamity became known, express was sent to Rivaford for surgical aid, and Mr. Mackintosh had the poor fellows removed to their respective homes in his carriage. APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—At the recent meeting of the Court of Examiners, the following gentlemen, having passed the necessary examinations, were admitted licentiates of the Society of Apothecaries, viz. :-Messrs. Charles John Sells, of Guildford, Surrey (Guy's Hos- Pital) Reginald Èacrer of Guildford, Surrey (Guy's Hospital); Burford Norman, of Guy's Hospital; Roger rma rortmgton Goodworth, 0f Hatfield, Doncaster (London ?n^Chr.istopher Jordison, of South Ockendon, wmfa^UMSii Sp !)- and at same Court, Messrs. Willxam Milligan and John Thomas Darby, both of University College Hospital, passed the first examina- J t *\C°mP- -6 e*atnination, held on the 14th lfstant, for the prizes in botany given annually by the Society of Apothecaries, the successful candklates were First, Henry Newell Martin, of University College, London, gold medal, second, William Ashley Cox of It' George's Hospital and the University of Edinburgh* ■liver medal and a book. B A POPULAR MINISTER.—The Itev. lnewman Hall, minister of Surrey Chapel (formerly Rowland Hill's), sailed on Saturday for America. He intends to make a long tour in Canada and the States. The rev. gentleman is a strong partisan on American politics, and in the Northern cities he will no doubt be heartily received. He has always shown much interest in Transatlantic affairs, and such a liking for the Great Republic, that it would not be surprising if he were to receive a call while there, as he has clearly done to go thither. His present appointment is worth about £ 1,000 a year. THE FATE OF DR. LIV INGSTONL E. -Letters received from on board her Majesty's ship Highflyer, now stationed near Zanzibar, state that the Sheik of Kielwa had informed the officers that Dr. Livingstone was still alive, although many of his followers had been killed in a fight with the natives. Since this time twelvemonth the Highflyer has been very successful in intercepting the dhows employed in the slave trade on the Mozambique and Zanzibar coast. It has captured in all sixteen of these vessels, containing 574 slaves. AT THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT on Tues- day, Alfred Neal, 18, and John Thoroughgood, alias Griffin, were indicted for stealing 7,1 yards of cloth, value XI 9s., the property of Roger Henry Abbott. The prosecutor is a draper, and the cloth in question was exposed at the shop-door for sale. The prisoners stole it and ran away with it. They were captured by a ser- geant of the City police. The jury found the prisoners Guilty. Several convictions having been proved against Thoroughgpod, the Judge said the prisoner was quite in- corrigible, and the sentence upon him was seven years' penal servitude. The other prisoner would be sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment, to be accompanied with hard labour. THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN BEDFORD- SHIRE.—William Worsley, 42, Levi Welsh, 40, and James Day, 22, were brought up at the Luton police- court, on Monday, charged with the wilful murder of William Bradbury, at Luton, on the 3rd August. Superintendent Samuel Pope was sworn, and said that he had now to charge the prisoners with stealing from the dying man one pair of trousers, two shirts, a hat and some money. A formal statement having been made, the prisoners were remanded. The court was crowded. The police have been very active in getting up evidence that will enable them to bring the mur- derers to justice. REGULATION DRESS. —The Sunday Gazette publishes some remarkable regulations as to dress which have been decreed by Lieutenant-General Sir Patrick Grant, Governor of Malta. Sir Patrick com- mands that, in a temperature which has lately reached to 90° in the shade, officers' shall not appear in public dressed otherwise than they would were they going to their club in Pall-mall." Should," it is added, his Excellency find that some officers persist in wearing fancy hats, or caps, or coats, made out of the same material and cut after the manner of those worn by cattle- drovers and stable boys, he will have no alternative but to enforce her Majesty's regulations on the subject of dress." COTSWOLD RAMS.—The sales of rams in the Cotswold district have just concluded. The average prices present no material difference as compared with those of last year. Mr. W. Lane, of Broadfield, North- leach, stands as usual at the head of the list, one of his rams fetching 120 guineas, and the average price of 54 animals being F,31 17s. The averages of other leading flockmasters were as follows :—Mr. R. Game, Aids- worth, X24 14s. 8d. Mr. W. Hewer, Northleach, £ 20 Is. lid. (the highest ram 67 guineas); Mr. C. Barton, Fifield, X14 17s. 6d. (highest 40 guineas) Mr. Fletcher, Shipton, X14 15s. 9d. (highest 51 guineas); Mr. C. Gillett, Cote, X14 8s. 6d.; Mr. J. Walker, Northleach, .£12 17s. lid. Mr. J. Gillett, Minster Lovell, 912 16s. 2d. Mr. J. Roberts, Caswell, X12 4s. 6d. Mr. E. Handy, Sierford, XII 15s. Mr. W. Cother, Middle Aston, zClO 10s. 4d.; Mr. R. Lord, Stanton Harcourt, X9 18s. 6d. THE TRAGEDY IN LIMEHOUSE.—On Thurs- day John Wiggins, aged 35 years, a lighterman, charged with the wilful murder of Agnes Oakes, and with cut- ting his own throat, on the morning of Wednesday, the 24th of July last, was again brought before Mr. Paget, at the Thames Police-court, on remand. Mr. Poland, for the prosecution, said the court would no doubt recol- lect that the solicitor to the Treasury appeared for the first time last week, and requested another remand for the purpose of making fuller inquiry into all the cir- cumstances of this remarkable case. Those inquiries had not been completed, and, in asking the magistrate for another remand, the prisoner would not be at all injured, for the next sessions would not be held in the Old Bailey until Monday, the 23rd of September. After a long discussion, and on Mr. Charles Young declaring his inability to attend any day next week, it was finally arranged that the prisoner should be re- manded till next Thursday, and then again remanded till Tuesday, the 10th of September, when the case would be finally disposed of. THE REPORTED ASSASSINATION OF LOPEZ.— The Washington correspondent of the Boston Journal writing on the 12th, says :-A letter gives the following details of the assassination of Lopez, the betrayer of Maximilian I arrived to-day, and learned the startling news of the assassination of the traitor Lopez. The particulars of the assassination are as follows Lopez was stopping at an hotel in Puebla, where his wife spurned him from her presence. Early one morning a Mexican arrived, and familiarised with an ostler in a livery stable adjoining the hotel. General Miguel Lopez was inquired for, but not being in, the stranger I was told that the general would be at dinner. Before the dinner hour Lopez returned, and was pointed out to the stranger, who made special note of his man. When dinner was called, Lopez and his assassin occupied opposite seats at the table. After some minutes, during which time the stranger called for and drank a glass of wine, he deliberately rose, drew a concealed knife, and sprang upon Lopez, stabbing him nine times. The stranger then took his hat, and as lie started to leave, said, This is the way all traitors should be paid.' No one interfered, or prevented the assassin from leaving. Thus was the blood of Maximilian, A, iranioi), Mejia, yes, and thousands of others avenged The report is re- regarded here as authentic."
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TRAGEDY IN HAMPSHIRE. EXCITING SCENE AFTER THE INQUEST. It was not until long after the conclusion of the coroner's inquiry on Tuesday that opportunity offered for removing the prisoner back to the lock-up with anything like safety, so strong and determined was the feeling manifested against him by the public. The locality of the police-station and the inn where the inquest was held was more or less crowded throughout the day, but towards the evening, when the farm and district labourers left their work, the crowd grew to one of magnitude, and expressions of resolve to lynch the villain" prevailed to an extent that gave rise to serious apprehensions on the part of the police authorities lest the threat, favoured by the darkness of the night, should be carried into effect. The house in which the inquest was held is about 200 yards from the police-station to which the prisoner had to be conveyed, and in order to evade the multitude, which for the most part congregated round the inn, Superintendents Cheyney and Everett had arranged to take their prisoner out at the back of the house, and to emerge on to the main road by the stable- yard, some 30 yards nearer to the police-station. The knowledge, however, of their stratagem had evidently got abroad, for the crowd separated themselves into small parties, and stationed themselves at given intervals between the inn and the police-station. Two hours had now'elapsed since the'termination of the inquiry, and, finding that the prisoner did not appear, the greater part of the people concentrated one after another in front of the inn, leaving not more than 20 or 30 loitering behind. Mr. Cheyney availed himself of this opportunity to remove his man. Himself on one side, his brother superintendent on the other, two policemen in front and two behind the prisoner, the party started of from the stable-yard at the double." They were no sooner on the road than their manoeuvre was detected, and in a moment the yells and execra- tions of the few loiterers were taken up by the crowd before the inn, who immediately made in a body towards the station. This advance quickened the speed of the retreating -party, and, although they succeeded in safely lodging their prisoner, they did not themselves escape some pain and inconvenience, caused by the missiles aimed at him. The prisoner appeared more alarmed and unnerved at this attack than at any incident in the course of the inquiry, and it was not until he was placed in his cell that he appeared to breathe freely. The prisoner was visited on Monday by his uncle, but he did not appear at all affected during the interview. He is a slim man, standing about five feet four inches high, weighing apparently some eight stone. He is de- scribed as being of reserved demeanour, and very old- fashioned and methodical in his habits. The parents of the deceased child are suffering greatly from the shock occasioned by the sad end of their little girl.
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER.
EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER. Frederick Baker, who stands committed on the coro ner's warrant for the wilful murder of Fanny Adams, was on Thursday brought up at the Alton Town-hall for examination before Mr. Edward Knight and the local bench of magistrates. The public excitement was quite as intense as that which has been exhibited on any previous occasion. The accused, since his arrest, has been confined in the police-station, and a constant and vigilant watch has been kept upon him. During the whole time he has been in custody he has been moody. and silent, has evinced not the slightest disposi- tion to hold communication with any of those about him, and has most studiously avoided reference to the dreadful crime with which he is charged. The mutilated body of his unfortunate little victim was on Wednesday buried in the cemetery outside the town, and the funeral was attended by a large concourse of people. Shortly after 11 o'clock the accused was conveyed in a cab from the police-station to the Town-hall. The charge having been read over to the prisoner, George and Annie Adams, the parents of the deceased, repeated the evidence they gave at the coroner's in- quest. The poor husband became dreadfully agitated while his wife was giving her evidence, and looking towards the prisoner, frantically exclaimed, "You are a villain The prisoner was apparently unmoved by the exclamation. Minnie Warner, the little girl who was playing with the deceased on the day when she was murdered, re- peated substantially the evidence which she gave on Tuesday last. It will be recollected that when examined before the coroner, she failed to identify the prisoner, but on this occasion she did so and she further deposed that when proceeding homewards, in obedience to the directions of the prisoner, she looked back and saw him carrying Fanny Adams in his arms. The deceased cried, and wanted to come back with them, saying that her mother would be wanting her. The prisoner carried her through the gate into the hop garden. Some evidence, in addition to that adduced before the coroner, was then taken. William James Walker, whitesmith and bellhanger, residing at Alton, said On Saturday last, the 24th August, at 35 minutes past one, as near as I can guess, I was walking through the meadow adjoining the Flood Meadow, and saw the prisoner coming across the meadow towards the stile near Mr. Chalcraft's hop garden. He passed within two yards of me. I said to him, "How d'ye do?'' and prisoner replied, "How d'ye do ?" and passed on towards the garden. I thought the prisoner was partly intoxicated, because he looked so very vacant, and I looked after him. Eliza White, the wife of Joseph White, sawyer, at Alton, said that on Saturday afternoon last, a little before two o'clock, as she was passing along a field adjoining the hop garden of Mr. Chalcraft, she saw a man at the further corner of the field, a little way under the hedge, and with him three little children, two of whom were in front. One of the front ones was in the act of reaching up her hand as if picking berries. The other two were stooping down, seemingly picking flowers. The man stood with both hands in his pocket, apparently smoking. He was dressed in light trousers and waistcoat, a black coat, and high hat. She kept her eye upon him, knowing the children to be companions of her own little girl. The children seemed tired of play, and ran towards the "Hollow." The man man turned about and then rushed after them down into the Hollow," out of sight. Witness thought no more of it, thinking the man was a friend of Mrs. Warner. Soon after she heard a cry. It appeared to proceed from the hop garden. It did not appear to her that the cry was one of pain, but of a child who being stopped in her play was struggling to get away. She thought no more of the matter, but when in the evening she heard that the little girl was missing, z,1 she felt there was something wrong. The Chairman (to witness): Can you recognise the man whom you saw with the children in the field 1 Witness: Yes, sir (turning round and looking the prisoner full in the face, and speaking emphatically), "that is the man, sir." (The prisoner here dropped his face, and turned very pale.) Mary Anne Porter, the wife of William Porter, gar- dener, Alton, said she resided in a cottage near Flood Deep. On Saturday afternoon last, between five and six o'clock, as near as she could guess, she was sitting at her door and saw the prisoner pass. He was going I in the direction of the town, and he kept continually turning round and looking at her. As he appeared to watch her, she watched him. Just before entering the town he stooped down and seemed to be doing some- thing to his feet-she thought his trousers-but she was at such a distance that she could not exactly tell what he was doing. He then went into the town. Dr. Louis Leslie added to the evidence which he gave before the deputy-coroner, that the breast-bone of the deceased child had been cut out, and was missing. The incisions which he found in the liver must have been made after death, there being no corresponding wounds in the body. There were parts of the body not recovered. The witness, in cross-examination, also stated positively that the marks on the wrist-bands were blood marks, but he could not speak with the same amount of confi- dence as to the spots on the trousers. Maurice Biddle, clerk in Mr. Clement s office, recapitu- lated the evidence which he gave at the inquest. Prisoner (tQ witness) Do you not recollect saying to me, at 10 minutes past three, A pretty time to come back this ? Witness I recollect asking such a question, but I don't know whether it was 10 minutes past three o'clock or past six. Prisoner: Don't you recollect saying to me at half. past four, "I would like to go to tea first" ? Witness I do not recollect. Prisoner When did I name about the women meet- ing me-after I went across to the tap or before ? Witness Both before and after. Prisoner The evidence states that it was after. Will you swear that I did not go to my desk after coming from the chemist's shop. Witness I swear that I was not out of the office long enough, after you c.une back from the chemist's shop, for you to have gone to your desk and made the entry in the diary. Superintendent Everett deposed to accompanying Superintendent Cheyney to Mr. Clement's office, where, in the desk, the diary produced was found and handed to him. He went to the prisoner at the police-station, and told him that Mr. Cheyney had searched his desk and found a diary, at the same time showing him the entry under the date of the 24th of August. Prisoner, looking at the entry, said, Yes that is my hand- writing. I did it after I saw the women, but I did not mean to do it like that. I was intoxicated when I did This concluded the case against the prisoner. The presiding magistrate having read over to the prisoner the charge, asked him whether he desired to call any witnesses. Prisoner: I should like to call Mr. French as to time. I do not wish, however, to call any witnesses at the present time. The Magistrate, having administered the usual caution, then asked Do you wish to make any state- ment in answer to the charge ? Prisoner I am not careful to answer the charge at present. I am as innocent as on the day I was born. The prisoner was then committed for trial. The removal of the prisoner from the Town-hall to the police-station, preparatory to his being conveyed to Winchester Gaol, was not effected without some con- siderable difficulty. The moment the crowd outside caught sight of the prisoner they uttered frightful yells and execrations, and an attempt was made to upset the cab in which he was taken away, which, in all proba- bility, would have proved successful had it not been for the very vigorous manner in which the driver of the vehicle plied his whip. ♦—
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SHIP LAUNCHES ON THE MERSEY.—On Satur- day, a fine iron ship, the Bacchus, of 1,266 tons, built for Messrs. G. H. Fletcher and Co., and intended for the Eastern trade, was safely launched from the yard of Messrs. Clover and Co., at Birkenhead. Simultaneously Messrs. Bowdler and Chaffer, of Seacombe, launched a paddle-steamer, to ply in the Menai Straits between Carnarvon and Anglesea, in place of the superannuated Menai, whose successor bears the name of the May- flower. CHEAP LIVING AT BALTIMORE.—The Balti- more Commercial remarks When butter is 20c. per pound, peaches 12Jc. per peck, and many other things zi approximating the prices of these articles in proportion, as they have lately done at late market hours in Balti- more, outsiders may begin to realise the advantages enjoyed by this city in having the fertile shores of the great bay handy, and a thousand I pungys,' more or less, constantly running to supply our markets with good and cheap produce. Remembering, too, that during the past spring strawberries were as low upon occasion as three cents per quart, that fact carries us back to the pleasant and plenteous times before the war; before wholesale extortion by war speculators upon the necessities of the people had the effect of 'demoralising' almost everybody else who had anything to sell, from a string of perch to a quart of blackberries or a barrel of flour."
OUR "CITY" ARTICLE.
OUR "CITY" ARTICLE. WITH September the markets for Public Securities opened with further improvement, the fine harvest weather, together with the easy state of money, exer- cising full effect. The most buoyant market was that for Railway Shares, which have, in most cases, shown an advance of from i to 1 per cent. Metropolitan and Great Northern manifested the greatest advance. Ope- rators now, instead of selling the various descriptions, exhibit an inclination to support them. Foreign Bonds have participated in the upward movement, the pacific appearance of foreign affairs tending to encourage ope- rators. The advance, however, was not generally more than J. The Home Funds were not quite maintained. Colonial Bonds continued to command attention, and in most cases realised good prices. Miscellaneous were rather neglected, there being no buyers. Bank Shares were steady. The discount market opened as dull as in August; in no quarter was there the least inquiry. The demand at the Bank has beea small, and in other channels the supply of capital is far in excess of the bills offering. Bank shares have maintained their prices, although there has not been much doing in them. The following were the principal quotations :—Chartered Mercantile, 30 to 31 the City, 12 to 13 London and County, 56 to 57; London and WestminsLer, 70 to 71 London Joint-Stock, 36 A to 374 Oriental, 42b to 43g Union '2 of Australia, 48 to 49 Union of London, 38 to 39 Imperial Ottoman, Ig to f dis.; Consolidated, f to f prem. In Foreign Bonds there has been no very material variation, the absence of business prevents any great rise. Italian Five per Cents, were quoted at 48 to 491; Spanish Three per Cents., 34t to 35t; the New De- ferred, 31 to 3H the Passives, 19§ to 19g the Cer- tificates, 15k to 15; Turkish Five per Cents, or 1865, 4 311 to 31f; the Six per Cents, of 1862, 572 to 584-; Mexican Three per Cents., 144 to 14; Greek, 13b to 4 13%; Russian Anglo-Dutch, 87t to 87! Brazilian Five 4 per Cents, of 1865, 75| to 76 Egyptian Bonds were firm, with a moderate inquiry; Chilian were rather neglected, but steady in values. The department for English Railway Shares opened with a buoyant and animated appearance all kinds were in request, and a general advance of from 5 to 1 per cent. was established, Metropolitan Stock at a rise of 1, to 1254 to 126 Midland, f, to 119 to 1194 exdiv.; 8 '2 London, Brighton, and South Coast, t, to 51-j to 52; 2 1 London and North-Western, |, to 115 to 115* ex div.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, i, to 1271 to 128 s 2 Great Western, f, to 47J to 47i South-Eastern, |, to 685 to 69 Great Northern are 2 better, to 112 to 113 exdiv.; and Great Eastern, i, to 30i to 31! Man- 8 4 4 chester and Sheffield are 46b- to 47 London and South- Western, 82 to 84 ex div.; North British, 30 to 31.. For Colonial news, we extract the following from S. W. Silver and Co.'s Circular, published at their offices, 4, Bishopsgate Within, London :— VICTOKIA.—The present is usually a dull season. The falling off in the country demand has hitherto been com- pensated for by a large intercolonial traffic; the ne w tariff, however, has destroyed this, buyers having beea driven away to cheaper ports. Both imports and exports have been affected. The usual activity prevailed at Ballarat. The following gold ships have sailed :-Devaiia on 31st May, with 21,445 ozs.; and Norfolk ou 8Gh insc., with 54."53 ozs Ex- ports of gold to date, 794,065 ozs., of which 83,348 ozs. were from New Zealand, against last year, 767.84Sozs.—133,881oz3. transhipment. The results of the various companies' opera- tions for one week were :—Koh-i-noor, 40u OZ3. National, 120 ozs.; New Buninyong, 111 ozs.; Ballarat Extension, 143 ozs.; Rose Hill, 1CO ozs.; Iukerman and Durham, 132 ozs.; Buninyoug, 240 ozs. St. George, 355 OZ3. Southern Freehold, 299 ozs.; Western Freehold, 420 ozs.; Band of Hope, 430 ozs.; Albion, G30 ozs.—equal to 3,380 ozs. NEW SOUTH WALES.—Trade coutirues dull, and money easy. Importations of goods during the month very limited. A rash ot miners recently took plice from Emu Creek to a gully seven miles thence at Tygong, where claims were pegged out for the space of two miles. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—Owing to the large orders for wbc..t which last mail brought from England, business in ti-is branch has been more active, etherwise complaints are general, and while fears are entertained that the pre- sent winter will prove by no means prosperous, commer- cial confidence is gradually recovering. The wheat crops are looking well, and the surplus of last har- vest has been so much reduced that prices have advanced 6d. to 4s. ltd. and 4s. lid. per bushel during the past month. One of the largest flour mills in the col. ny has been destroyed by fire at Gawlor; there were over 10,000 bushels of wheat in the mill Wheat exported fr"m Port Adelaide to 22nd June, 220,165 qrs., and flour, 21,881! tons, equal to 61,000 toin of flour (valued at about £ 000,OX1)) against 21,620 t«ns of flour for 1866. The Moonta Mine* are still being worked. Imports at Port Adelaide to 22ud, £ 968,161-, and exports, £ 1,084,C4. Cereal exports, outports included, to same date, £ 603,070. The sheep in the colony on 31st March, 1867, numbered 3,911,610. QUEENSLAND.—Trade is quiet. No change in rates of discount. Engagements well met, Sir George Bowen is te be transferred to Mauritius, and Captain Kennedy, formerly Governor of Western Australia, is to succted. The gold- diggings in the vicinity of RoclihamptoncoEtinue to attract; reports a to richness vary; but quartz taken from two fields, eight miles and thirty miles thence, yielded 6 ounces and 5t ounces per ton. Tue present cotton crop is turning out the heaviest yet gathered, and over S00 bales of this season's crop are ready for shipment at Brisbane. The picking will continue to the end of July, and the average weight is set down at 4001b. per acre. Next season several thousand acres will be under cotton cultivation. Export of timber continues active; two vessels have sailed with full cargoes, and two others are loading. About 30 tons of colonial-grown sugar advertised for sale. WESTEKN AUSTRALIA.-Trade dull The country settlers are fully occupied with agricultural operations. The dry weather has been succeeded hy an ample fall of rain. Stock of all kind in excellent condition, and the lambing season promises better than average. Flour has experienced a decline on last month's prices, and stocks heavy. Drafts on London issued at 14 premium for 30 daj s, and 2 premium for 60 days' sight. TASMANIA.—Commercial matters quiet. Much activity in agricultural pursuits, owing to the improved weather. Wheat, 4s. 6d. per bushel. Parliament prorogued to 23rd July, when Bass's Straits Cable question is to be discussed. Customs' Revenue for May, £ 5,499, against £ 5,871 last year. Imports for current year to end of May, £227,225. Exports, ik327,725, against £ 187,960, and R314,830 list year. NEW ZEALAND.—Wdliiigion.—Goods continue in excess of demand. Auckland.—Business extremely dull, but as im- porters tranship their goods to Sydney and Melbourne, and as only one vessel was due from London, prices must im- prove. Exchange on London, at 60 days' sight, 2 per cent. Hawke's Bay.-Tho Government offer a reward of £1,000 to any discoverer of a gold-field in the province. Nelson.—'The cloth factory (the only one in the colony) is rapidly rising in importance; steam power is now applied to the machinery, and the demand exceeds the supply. Canterbury. -During April and May the shipments of grain from Kaiapoi were 22,389 bushels of wheat, 31,123 bushels of oats, and 535 bushels of barley, being a large increase upon last year. The flax works here are again in operation. South- land- Valu!J.ble discoveries of platinum reported. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.-Cape Town.—The past month is re- ported to have been the dullest for trade during the year. The arrivals have been few. Business sound. The duties collected for the tii months ending June show an increase of nearly 40 per cent. upon last year. Port Elizabeth.-r.Crans- actions limited, but a healthy business done. Large arrivals of breadstuff's, chiefly from Valparaiso. Money abundant Copious rains throughout the country, and but for declining prices of wool, comtneicial prospects would be brighter than they have been for a lengthened period. The first bale of cotton has been sent from the Eastern district, grown in the Peddie district; quality good. NATAL.-Business brisker, in anticipation of the increased customs' duties which took effect on 1st inst. London and Natal Bank propose a dividend of 9 per cent. A field of flax has been grown by an Eeglish farmer.
CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST…
CHARGE OF FORGERY AGAINST A OITY MERCHANT. George Joseph Gilbert Frase, a gentlemanly-looking young man, who has lor some years carried on business as an iron merchant in the City of London, was on Friday brought before Alderman Sir R. Carden for I further examination upon the charge of forging a bill of exchange for X50, with intent to defraud Messrs. Glyn and Co., the bankers. Mr. Mullins, the solicitor to the Bankers' Association, conducted the prosecution. The prisoner, it will be recollected, procured the dis- count of the bill in question, which purported to be accepted by a gentleman named Henley, a telegraphic engineer, with whom the prisoner had been in the habit of doing business. The signature was so well imitated that the bankers paid the bill, and almost directly afterwards the prisoner went to the Bank and endea- voured to obtain possession of the forged instrument. By this time, however, the fact of the forgery had been discovered. The bankers of course refused to give up the instrument, and the prisoner was apprehended on a warrant at the Charing-cross Railway Station, whence he was about to take his departure for Paris. Mr. Jones, an optician in the Goswell-street-road, who had discounted the bill in question, was now called upon to produce any other bills that were in his possession, and which he had discounted for the prisoner, and he handed a number of bills to Mr. Mullins, the solicitor for the prosecution. The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial upon this charge. Further inquiries are being made, and it is presumed that other cases of forgery will be brought against him. A letter was put in that was written by the prisoner to Mr. Henley, in which he implored his forgiveness, and stated that pecuniary pressure had driven him to commit the offence. -♦
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Eanh.crn anb GDountrg The Money Ll.v.o:. CITY, SEPT. 4.—Tee Euuli-h f." <3S are d"n :0. In. nr. 1 have experienced a of 1-16 to to per CSL*. Or-Hi from the public are in the hands of the brokers to E" j\ a cou-iderable amount of stock at 95, and the koo^ledie of this fact prevents a the moment any advance bf. ol.d quotation. Nevertheless many of the are -• :i operating for a rise, in the belief that the balik. will ;-ur- cbase stock during the next few wetks. The discount market is quieter, arranpemenTs ha?i e been previously made to meet the large am »{ r which has ;vu«t arrived at roaturt?, as u«ual on t. li f the month. The rate is still It to If per cent, fvr bills, and 1 to lt for loans in the Stock Exchange. The Government broker has bought to-day £ £ 1,000 Re- duced for the Sinking Fund, at 93|, ex div. Consols are queted 91 to f for money, 9j for the 10th inst., and 94J for the new account (October), The Three per Cents. Reduced and-New Three per Cen's. are called fr. to J, ex div. The railway market is flat. The quotations are as fOk- lows:—Metropolitan, 124 to f, ex aiv, Great Western, 47 to t; London and North-Western, 115 to I, ex div.; Midland, 118J to 119, ex div.; Lancashire and York- shire, 127 to t, ex div.; Caledonian, 1(19 to 110; South- Eastern, 6SJ to 69, ex div.; Great Eastern, 304 to | Great Northern, 112J to 113t, ex div.; ditto A, 116f to 117i, ex div.; London, Chatham, and Dover, 1';1- to 18; North British, 30t to 314; and Brighton, 51 to t. BANK OF ENGLAND.-An Account, pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednes- day, August 28, 1867. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. _n Notes issued _£37,325,095 Government debt *11,015,100 Other securities. 3,984,900 Gold coin 4 bullion 22,325,395 Silver bullion — -1 £ 37,325,395! £ 37,325,395 BAHKINFT UEPAETMEUI. Proprietors'capii'i £ 14,553.000 Governmentsecu. Best 3.374 774 rities (inc. dead Public Deposits 7,350,218 weight annuity) £ 12,812.373 Other Deposits. 18,870,130 Other Securitic-s 16,576.823 Seven days and iNotes 13,631,585 other bills 521,990:Gold & silver coin 12i9,331 £ 44,070.112' £ 44,670,112 August 29, IS57. P. MAY, Deputy Cashier.
The Corn Trade.
The Corn Trade. MARK-LANE, SEPT. 4.- The arrivals of new English Wheat fresh up to our market to-day were moderately exten- sive, but old parcels were rather circa. The trade w6 £ steady for all descriptions, at Monday's ce.-l:ae in prices. With foreign Wheat the market was well, but not heavily supplied. Fine parcels found buyers at late quotations, but inferior qualities were much neglected. A moderate business was concluded in floating cargoes of grain, at the recent reduction in value. Scarcely any homegrown Barley was on sale, and the supply of foreign was by no means extensive. The trade ruled quiet, on former terms. Malt, the supply of which was reasonably good, met a slow sale, at about stationary prices. There was a fair average supply of Oats on the stands, the demand for which was moderately active, but the rates previously current. Beans were quiet, at late rates. Peas were in steady request, on former terms. The Flour trade was without improvement, at about stationary currencies. LIVERPOOL, SEPT 3.—The market fairly a-fmdti. Wheat in good demand at 21 per cental advance on Friday's rates. Flour steady, at late rates. Beans, Oats, atd Oatmeal unchanged. Indian Corn is again rather cheaper; mixed American, 34s 6d to 355. LEEDS, SEPTEMBER 3.—There has been several hours of heavy rain here this morning. More business doing in new Wheat; prices fully as dear as last week. Other articles as before.
Meat and Poultry Markets.
Meat and Poultry Markets. NEWGATE AND LEAi)FNIILLL-There are moderat supplies of meat, and the trade is steady. Per SIbs. by the carcase B. d. s. d s. a. tc a d. Inferior beef 3 0 to 3 6 Capons, each. 0 0 0 0 Middling ditto 3 8 3 10 Chickens, each 2 9 36 Prime large 4 0 4 2; Ducklings.each 2 3 30 Ditto small 4 4 4 6; Rabbits, each. 13 20 Large pork 3 6 3 10 i Ha.res, ea.ch 0 0 00 Inferior mutton 3 2 3 6 Grouse, each 0 0 00 Middling ditto 3 8 42 Partridges.each 00 00 Prime ditto 4 4 4 6 Pheasants,each 0 0 00 Veal 4 0 4 8 ( Pigeons, each. 0 6 0 8 Scall pork 4 0 4 4 Ostend fr. butter, Lamb 0 0 00 per doz: lbs. 00 0 0 Turkeys, each 0 0 00 English ditto. 12 0 13 0 Goslings, each 5 0 66 French eges, 100 7 8 00 Fowls. each 4 0 5 0 English ditto on 10 0 00 METROPOLITAN. A statement of the supplies and prices of tat live stock on Slonday, Sejjt. 3, 1866, as oom- pared with Monday, S-pt. 2, 1S67 Per Slbs. to sink the offal Sspt. 3, 1866. Sept- 2, 1867. B. d. e. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts 3 8 to 4 0 3 2 to 3 4 Second quality ditto 4 2 4 10 3 6 40 Prime large Oxen 5 0 5 4 4 2 48 Prime Scots, &c 5 6 5 8 4 10 50 j Coarse and inferior Sheep 4 0 4 4 3 2 34 Second quality ditto 4 6 5 2 3 6 4 2 Prime coarse-woolled ditto 5 4 5 10 4 4 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto 6 0 6 4 4 10 5 0 Prime Southdown ditto 6 0 64 4 10 50 Lambs 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 Larg-e coarse Calves 4 4 4 10 4 0 4 8 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 4 4 1C 51 Large Hogs 4 0 4 6 3 4 3 Id Neat small Porkers 4 8 5 0 4 0 44
Fruit and Vegetables.
Fruit and Vegetables. COVERT. GARDEN. Suplies of the best è.esc!;ptionf of goods have somewhat falieu off this week, and such v have been furnished have not maintained former quotations'. New walnuts are arridng in Iiirze quantities, and they ar>i for the most part g-ood in quality. D.nnsons are now in perfection, and worth from 20, to 265 per cwt. Spanish water melons are abui, dant and good they realise from 153 to 24s per dozen. French filberts are fetching fair prices, as are also those of English growth. Hothouse fruit is somewhat less in demand than it was last week. Pells are still good, as are also potatoes, though among the latter disease is prevalent. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids, fuschias, pelargoniums, asters, calceolarias, mignonette, and roses. PRUIT. 8. d. ø d. I s. d. B. d. Apples, p. bushel 4 0 to 8 0 Oranges, p.106 14 0 23 0 Chestnuts, per bs.O 0 0 0 Peaches,per doz. 4 0 8 0 Currants, pr. siv. 9 0 12 0 Pears,kifcchei^dz. 2 0 3 0 Grapes, per lb. 1 6 3 0 „ dessert „ 0 C 0 0 Lemons,p. 100 10 0 14 0 Pineapples,p. lb. 2 6 4 0 Nuts,cob, 1001b 0 0 0 0 Strawberries,p.lb. 0 0 0 0 Filberts, pr lb. 100 0 j Melons, each 3 0 5 VEGETABLES ad ad 13 d a d, Aftiohokes,per doz.2 0 to 4 0 Mushrooms,perpott.l 6 2 ( Asparagus,per bun. 6 0 8 0|Mustard& Cress,p.p.O 2 0 0 Beans,kidney,p.isv.O 0 0 0 Onions, per bushel 4 0 8 0 Beet, per dozen 1 0 2 0! pickling, p.qt.O 0 0 0 Broccoli, p. bundle 0 0 0 0, Parsley, per bunch 0 2 0 4 Cabbages, per doz. 1 3 2 0 Parsnips, per dot. 0 0 0 0 Carrots, per bunch 0 6 0 8 Peas, per qt .0 0 0 0 Cauliflowers,p. doz. 3 0 6 0'Potatoes, York Re- Celery, per bundle 1 6 2 0] gents, per ton .130 0 150 0 Cucumbers, each 0 6 1 0jRocks,per ton 100 0 120 0 Endive, per doz.2 0 3 0] Flukes, per ton 150 0 180 0 Garlic, per lb 0 8 0 OiKidneys, per cwt.0 0 0 8 Herbs, per hunch.0 2 0 4 Radishes, p. 12 bn. 0 0 0 C Horseradish, p. bn.4 0 6 0(Rhubarb, p. bundle 0 0 0 0 t Leeks, per bunch.0 2 0 4jSeaKale,per punnet 0 0 0 0 Lettuces, per score 1 0 1 6; Spinach, per hush. 2 0 3 0 Mint, perbunoh .0 4 0 0/Turnips, per bunch 0 8 0 0
London Produce Market.
London Produce Market. MINCING-LANE, SEPT. 4.—SUGAR. — There is an im- proved demand, chiefly from refiners, at firm prioes. Grenada, 298 to 31s; Antigua, 30s to 31s 6d; St. Lucia an/1 Trinidad, 30s to 31s; Demerara, 31s 6d; Berbice, 29s to 32s brown Mauritius, 28s; clayed Manilla, common, 29s; gootf 30s 6d. Refined is in moderate request, but firmer prices art fully maintained. COFFEE.—The public sales of Plantation Ceylon have g(>w off with less spirit. Good ordinary to fine fine ordinal-- 66s 6d to 74s, being rather cheaper: colory at full Dricpt" from 75s to 83s 6d. TEA.-The public sales are ProSressinff very steadily at fully current rates. FRUiT.—A limited business is doing in new; prices are without change. RICE.—The market is firm but quiet. COTTON.—There is a more active demand at previous prices.
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PRICES OF BUTTER. CHEESE, dA &c., at per ewit.. -Blitter: Friesland, 102s to 103-; 768 to 888- Dorset, 110s to llis. Fresh; per Uv. i.U 0d to 13s Od • Cheese: Cheshire, 78s to 88s; Double Gloucester. 74a to 78« '• Cheddar, 80s to 90s; American, 56s to 62s. Hams-York 80s to 86s} Cumberland, new, 8\s to 3^ Irish 86s. Bacon: Wiltshire. 74S to73s Iris: 70s COTTON, LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 4. The market unchanged. Sales between 8,000 and 10,000 bales at yesterday's rates. TALLOW, SEPT. 4. —The market is steady at the an. nexed quotations. Towa tallow, 43s 3d; Petersburg T.C. on the spot, old, 43s 9d; ditto new, 44s 6d; October to December, 43s 9d; December. 44g. HOPS, BOROUGH, SBPT. 4. -Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report a continued steady demand for consumption for 186S"s at declining prices. A few new hops have arrived at market, which are more or less diseased, and have realised from £10 to iCI2 per cwt. HAY MARKETS.— Smithfield. f Cumberland, j Whitoohanal. „ s. d. s. d.1 s. d. ■. d.! a. Meadow Hay.. 55 0 to 85 0 55 0 to 85 0 55 Ota m i Clover 60 0 115 0 60 0 117 6l 60 0 119 « Straw 36 0 42 0l 86 0 45 0' 36 0 « # •
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CONSUMPTION OF SPIRITS. Persons who examine the public accounts, and have a faith that can receive impossible figures, must have been in ecstacies, or appalled, as the case may be, on learning last week upon the authority of the Board of Trade that tn. quantity of home-made spirits retained for consumption in the United Kingdom, as beverage, in the first half of the year 1867, has been only about half the quantity required in the first half of 1866. But we may be re- assured by the corrected page now issued. The quantity really was 10,290,006 gallons in the first half of 1866 and 10,177,157 gallons in the first half of 1867. In England and Scotland there has been a falling off. in Ireland an increase. The quantities of foreign spirits entered for home consumption in the first half of the year were as follows :-Rum, 1,932,851 proof gallons in 1866, and 2,112,782 gallons in 1867; brandy, 1,324,874 proof gallons in 1866, and 1,450,087 gallons in 1867.