The Sun. — London, England, 1862-10-30 00:00:00

'T `:EY MARKET. CITY NEWS, YESTERDAY. Saturday next, Nov. 1, is the day for the half yearly balance at the Bank of England, and, as the transfer offices will be closed, a holyday will most likely be kept at the Stock-Exchange. The amount of gold withdrawn from the Bank tc-day for exportation was £48,000; making an ascertained total of £350,000 since the date of the last return, when the aggregate of coin and bullion held was £15,912,699. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market is in a state of suspense, owing to the general expectation of an advance in the minimum of the Bank of England. The West India steamer, La Plata, has been announced with X 390,500, chiefly silver, and the Saxonia, from New York, has brought £136,000 in specie. BY the advices from Peru it appears that £700,000 of the loan negotiated in England had arrived, but remained deposited in the hands of the consignees, Congress still declining to accept the loan. An extraordinary meeting of the Bahia Steam Navigation Company has been called for the 7th proximo, to confirm the resolution passed in August last relative to the proposed addition to the articles of association. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great Western 1862. 1861, Great Northern ... L59,459 £55,762 Great Eastern N orth- Western South- Western Brighton Lancashire and Yo r k s hi re 32,390 30,907 Midland 40,518 40,563 Bristol and Exeter North- Eastern South-Eastern 22,789 21,192 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 14,397 15,734 Edinburgh and Glasgow Great South and Western of Ireland These returns are generally of a satisfactory cha racter. On the Great Western there is an increase of £3,707, and the Great Northern of £1,387 ; on the Great Eastern, of £313 ; on the Nortn Western, of 12,592 ; on the South Western, of £l,BBl ; on the Brigh on, of £2,1113 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, of £1.483; on the North Eastern, of £1,388; on the South Eastern, of £1,579; and on the Great Southern and Western of Ireland, of £403. Two O'CLOCK. ADVANCE IN THE BANK MINIMUM. The recent tendency of monetary affairs prepared the public for an early change in the condition of the money market, and the weekly Court of the Bank Directors, today, was awaited with more anxiety than on similar occasions for a long time past. After a brief deliberation the executive have just announced an advance in the quotation from 2 to 3 per cent., and some commotion has been pro duced in monetary circles because it was generally presumed that the alteration would only amount to per cent. The pressure for accommodation yesterday, however, was exceedingly heavy, resulting, of course, from a natural desire on the part of trades to obtain all the accom modation they could before the alteration occurred, and an important augmentation in the other secu rities, together with a continuous reduction in the metallic reserve through withdrawals for exporta tion, will no doubt be exhibited in the balance sheet to appear this afternoon, fully justifying the directors in the course they have pursued. The movement may be expected to exercise a beneficial rather than an adverse influence, for while it can not lead to a restriction of commercial enterprise— the value of money being still exceedingly mode rate—will probably check the speculative tendency recently manifested in the promotion of new joint stock schemes, and the extraordinary demand, coupled with inflation, which has latterly arisen for certain securities dealt in at the Stock Ex change. Until the decision of the Bank Court became known, business in the Discount Market was en tirely suspended, and in the interval which has since elapsed very few transactions have taken place, nor is it likely that the demand will revive during the next few days, owing to the extent to which the mercantile classes have: supplied their immediate requirements. The joint-stock banks have put up their rate of interest on deposits to 2 per cent., and the private discount firms will now allow 2 per cent. for money at call, and 21 per cent. on seven days' notice of withdrawal. The Liverpool cotton market today was flat, and sales about 1,500 bales. The Paris Three per Cent. Rentes opened this morning at 70f. 90c., and subsequently declined to 70t. 82c., being -fr to i per cent. better than at the close yesterday. Very little business took place in the English Funds this morning, the decision of the Bank Court being awaited by the speculators who, however, as soon as it transpired that the minimum had been advanced to 3 per cent, became purchasers to a small extent. Their transactions occasioned a little more firmness in Consols, which improved to 39-Z both for money and the 6tb pi ca., at which prices they still continue firm. The December quotation is 931 a. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are are 911 ; Exchequer Bills, June, are firmer at 21s. prem.; ditto March, 16s. to 19s. prem.; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 109-1- 1, being steady. The dealings in the Foreign Market have been limited, but prices are firm. Greek Bonds con tinued in favour, and have risen to 13f. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854 , are fi rm at 83 ; ditto, 1858, 691; the New . Scrip, f prem. ; and the Consolides are 37 fi• Mexican Stock is 32i 338 ;Spanish Passive, 22i ; and P eruvian Scrip, 1. 1 8 di e. Business in the Railway Share Market has been inactive, but prices, in some ances, are a shade firmer. Great Westernsis Midlands, and South- Easterns have improved 5s , and Grat Northern 10s The Foreign and Colonial undertakings . have re mined dull,without any material change in values. Great Luxemburg realise 14a. ; Dutch Rhenish, 171 4 ; East Indian, 1061 a ; Great India Penin sula, 1041 1051. Joint-Stock Bank Shares were a shade firmer. Alliance of London and Liverpool realise 19i 201; Bank of Alexandria, 70 to 70-Z ; Colonial Bank are quoted 1 : 2 ,, prem.; Bank of Canada, I dis, to par; Union of England and France, a 11 prem. In the Miscellaneous Market there is no change of importance to record. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 1 n 3 Per C en t. R educed Annu i t i es 91i a a .... A New 3 p er Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 1 5 3 /4 15 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 214 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per C ent. Ditto sl Ditto £1 d 00 Rt.; ****** April, .lB 64 ▪ 1001 Bonds .o ** Consols for Account, Nov . . ......... 33 93i 3 / 4 i I Exchequer Bills £l,OOO, 3 Ditto per Ct. .. j 2 u l n lB Ma l re 6 19 £ 5OO .......... 21 Ditto Small .................... 21 16 19 16 19 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Equador New Consolidated .... Greek M , xican, 3 per Cent - i Ditto Account ................... New Grenada, 2 per Cent Ditto ex over-due Coups. and Hectares 10 3 / 4 10 Ditto Deferred .... Ditto Deferred, Ex Hectare 5.......... 1 3 / 4 Peruvian 41 per Cent . li Ditto 41 New, 1862, A Scrip, £53 paid . . Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. Ditto 3 pet Cent., 1862 Ditto Scrip, £l5 pd 2l a "'"ian 5 per Cent 1822 £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent Spanish ;; Per Cent Ditto Passive.. T:rkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Lent. 185 S . . -- Ditto Account Ditto Paid-up Scrip Coals Money TIIREE O'CLOCK. , 93k Ditto Account - StiARE MARKET...THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOult.S. Closino• Business Railways. raid.l rice. done. Vol.,and Str, Val 8 Si Blythe and Tyne. jllost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co IBristol and Exeter iCaledonlan (Cork and Bandon Cornwall IDo A (A gets no diN Do. B dp c.p an.haß been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. j Oun.,Perthatt Ab. Junc. ,Edinburgh & Glasgow. jGlasg. and S. Western.' G rear Eastern, Ord. st k Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian et GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock fi 6 ! 86 88 1101 ill 1111 11 5/ 5 1 66 45f# 22i t 122 k 125 41 5} st Do 13 do St Ca. S. an IW. of I re l an d St ;Great Western st I Do Str Val gun. stock st iLancaAlre & Yorkshire st London and Blackwalll st ILon., Bright.,& S. Coast ' st Lon., Ch a t ., sa d D over St ion. & North Western St 'ton. & South Western st 'llan., Shot., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12 4 Do I shares... 10 Metropolitan 6.4.05 t Midland Do New _ 66 I 107 k i i i Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon S. Durham Az Lano.tin South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Virok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do ✓ Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford dr Kilkenny West Cornwall ....... . Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland Oxtord Do Newpor , Do Hereford' Share 41 43 11 12 82 84 104 106 45 46 41 43 22i 221 122 123 1246 1254 134 136 104 106 66 (64 64 56 1074 108 65 67 122 124 40 41 92 921 994 1006 374 376 81 9 127 127 j '4a 96 98 55} 56} 276 286 98i 99 -41 551 566 871 126 128 105 107 P inn) 46 36 d 106 11 117 119 476 486 103 105 45 46 33 55 84f 85} 68 69 97 99 7 8 384 394 9 10 p 6 to p 147 149 44 5 26 3 p 554 54 26 36 p * d p 87 89 141 143 4? 43 35 37 95 26 40 I 94 100 37i 81 127 1 ii 1111 p PREFERENCE SHARES. I;rts. & Exet. 4 p. c. st 1 Do. shares raledon. qr. shrs, 2 cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. l Cornwall, 5 per ant. ... Do. C I p. c. gua. perpet. Dun. Perth, & Abet .J un. Do. Ist Class Pref Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c.l Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. l Do No. 9 Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A at 5 p.c. Do Do, E. Agn. B 6 p c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do. 5 p. c. gua Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. M p c. pref. 1847 Do. 5 p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase. Do. do. 41 p. c. pref Do. Luton do Do. do. do. sp. c. pref Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Eat) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4i p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pre( Lan. & York 6 p.c. stool- Do.Barnal.st.Cs 3s lOdpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 414 p. c. (Blackb._pur Lon.&Brig.sp.e.gn. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 5 per cent. d 0... . Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. en Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.` Do. 4 p.c.st(div.detliE6s Lon.Chat&Doy. sp.e.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent et., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anna. of 2s. 6d.) Man. Sh. & Lin. 5 per ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent„ Do. redeem. 6percent 51 arort & Carl. 4 pr. C yp Do. 44 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.a. Do. 41 p.c. pref. at. rdem Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable Do. 45 per cent Do.Leic. and Hit4per ct Nort British. 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. et redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pret. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch Do. Carlisle 41 p. c Do. do. 4p. c. N. London 41 p. c. £2O p 1 North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 34 p, c. pref. stock I Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.el Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.0) Do. 4i per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. _ do 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A p. c... Do. B 6p. c... Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Watrfd & Kilkny. 6 p. c. W. Itlid.-Oxf Ist uastk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red Do. Perpet.6 p. C. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869 100 100 100 all all 95 97 20 21 et a 111 113 91 93 111 113 110 112 128 130 105 108 129 131 147 150 117 119 111 113 104 106 108 110 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 01 101 103 76 78 169 172 103 105 138 140 102 104 116 118 116 118 136 140 110 118 155 160 131 135 78 62 99 100 2,2; 123 125 6pn , o I ilmn 139 141 103 105 04 96 109 111 108 110 1 liprit 93 95 'Ol 103 98 100 id i p 24 24 10 10a 24 244 IC2 104 102 104 87 89 21 21i 28 29 33 34 33 34 43 45 126 128 120 124 100 102 120 123 117 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. 1 i n v o r o n a t i : 111100: Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh-mshire. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 55 57 G_Colchester,isClydesdale.B a rr N J euini Stour.c. Do. 53per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 t 100 Do. ll4 116 C E i i . :_ eu : d d . o o t n_ nr tut . ::, : 1 1 0_ 5 3 76 1 1 0 386 5 9 E. Lincolnah. g6pr c. 100 G N h 3 Gloster &Dean Pores Gt.Ea cn. Newmarket al l Gt. West. per cent . 100 Do. KU. H arwe l l. i ... 0 Gt.Eastn. Hull Wbr,g. Ex. 4 P p m 1 1 0 and ?Selby .. -. c all9l Do Lancaster & Carlisle 100 YILN• Mid 110 "2 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B Ln.&N.W 198 201 6 per cent . . ...... all L Do. Bromley, .. per c. all D o o n.&Cht 114 123 Do. New ShlB6l, 44p.c. all Do: . : Do.Wn. Ext. A, 4i pc. all Do. .. .. • • London & Greenwic , 100 S. Eaglet:2j 64 1 0 6 13 3 Do. Preferen , Lon..Tilb.&b...nthend 100 Peto &Co B7 69 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig.l 100 Do. A; 100 Irish N.- Do. B, 100 Western. Do. C, 100 Lowestoft gua. 4 pc.. ! 100 Norfolk Do S per cent , 100 Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,et Matlock all LNW& Al 3; 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock lOO 1..&5.W. Do A stock lOO from Ist Do B stock Northn.tEastn. sp. c ! all Gt. Eastn 68 58 Do. 6 per cent. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber .. •• North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 953 963 96 Preston and Wyre. 1, all L&IN . W ,t L. yk. 1 44 46 Do. 4 share 3 A.! all Do. • • ".. . • • • 't 'North 116 138 136 Roystn.Hitch.&Shep.l 100 ty ~ . Shrewsby & Hereford' 100 L.&N.W.. 136 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire West London, Os A all IV.Ln. Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C I all & Gt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset ) 101 Gt. West. 92 9 4 Wimbledu & Croydon all L.&Bren 83 93 FR.EFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS Dividends contino•ent on the Profits of each separate Yea Do. Do. South Staffordshire West London, Cie A Do do 13 Do do C Wilts and Somerset 1 Wimbledn A Croydon FREFERENk Dividends contingen 100 all all all 100 all JE S. t on th Gt Eastern sp. p ref.' Rent Coast, 6p.ot. pt. B , *Caledon. Lon.ez iskwall,4iP • Do. do. 4i do. sharesi .{:10 Gua. St!: Lond'n, Brig'tn, per cent._ 1850, Do. do. 4 p er c t 1 8 6 01 Do. 41 pe ct 1861 Do. do . . 4i pe: r ct 1861 ' Ln.Cht 6p.0.2d pf Do, Metroo.Ext 8,6 p.c.p.c. Lou. &S.Western 4 Nor th British .1.0 ua.l Shares, 1861... . 'DoEd,Prth,&D'de.e.,4"p•C ScottishCentral4l p.c., irred. pref.... ... . S.-Easte rn 4i p.c. 1859_ Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.), Do. 5 p.c. Auz. 1861 (rd.)i Vale of Neat,' ........ ilure of full dividends rood PIA Of the profile a 100 I 100 102 104 108 10S iP 101 102 Ci 103 105 92 06 103 105 100 100 100 31 100 all 100 83 85 104 lot 103 105 83 86 * Fai mule 2 OCKS parate Year. 100 all all all all any any 91 10 ipml t 113m1 201 21} given half-' oubaequeni 107 61 21 ►ear not to be half years L 9.16.4 12.10 84 Ba 31 30 THIRD EDITION. Railways Paid. Lawrence all Bom.,Barodatt.Cent In d 105 Gu. 5 per ..... Do. New . Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference .. • • • • Bufralo,Brant,&Godrich p. cf. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1875 ' Do. do. June 1, Is:4 Clout I - 2LN S.Eastn. ; Cape Town & Dock Scri) Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c East Indian, gu• 5 P. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. , Grand Trunk of Canad, Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per et. Debentr, Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 , Do. do. 1872 IGt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sham Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt Do. 5f p. c. do. '77 do Do. 1878 Indian Branch Limited Madras guar.. 5 P. c. • • Do. 4! p. o. Extensior Dc. 44 do.. Nlelb.Coro. 6 p. 0. Bnd , . 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. ftlortg. Bds. Newßrunswick t Cand. Closing Price. N 58 102 i 163; Business don• 57i --- 1031 i 42 8 8 78 82 76 79 75 78 102 104 166 107 104 105 106 107 1p Rp 202 21k 63 65 55 87 29 31 11 43 29 31 29 31 104; 1053 I - liT, 103' 104 12} 121 81 8 100 102 89 91 83 91 i i dis 1021 1031 97 98 92 94 51 53 Class A. Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pi bds, Soinde , Do. Delhi Do. do Punjaub . . Do. Do. .• • • • • po. Twit:B.SL Flo.) all alt 100 (lon 1 100 3 5 3 h 83 65 11.4 105 102} 103 I n 02i i 103 99 101 i , i r I.: 1,,1i,,N AwAverp tit tCotteniam. rialt&S.Fran..Lim 7p.c. Belgian East. Junction C0p1ap0................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish .......I __Do 'Eastern of France Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction .. •• • • Namur & Liege .... Do. 6 p. 0. fret. ........ Northern of France.. .., Do. New Shares N.Rail of BuenosAYres . Gua. 7 p c., Lim Do. do IsTorw..gian Trunk Pre) Ot'mn( Smyrna to Aidn) earts,Lyons, z Medi ter. Paris & Recite & S. Fran. (Pero.) - gua. 7 p. et. Itiga & Danaburg......l lioyal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 ner cent. Pref.... , ambie & Meuse .. • • Do. 5f per cent. Pref....., -an Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust 3z Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p et. 4 ;outhern of France.... Turin and Savona .... West Fiandern► Do. 5 p c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER '`!3o, 1862. POLICE-THIS DAY. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING-THIS DAY. NEWMARKET RACES.-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. MATCH.—King of the Forest beat Thunderbolt. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.—First half Ab. M. Peignoir Tisiphono Keane Ten ran. HANDICAP. T.Y.C. Lady Louisa Blackeock .. 2 Warminster Fourteen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. T.Y.C. Antidote Pencils SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Ab. M. Queen Bertha Blue Mantle Falcon SELLING HANDICAP. _ Estrelda .......................................... 1 Bolero ............................................ Palmerin .......................................... 3 Sixteen ran. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Cock Robin 1 .................................. Oberon ........ Seven ran. OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE. Maggiore .......................................... 1 Douche ............ .. Fourteen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Last half of Ab. Antar ............ Presumption... FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. Anonyma w o BANE OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to 1 cap. 32, for the week ending cf Oct., 1862: he Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the 29th day IRSIJE E 1 Notes Issued ........X29,315,1 D 60 A.RTAIRNT. Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,695,160 Silver Bullion .... £29,345,1601 £29,345,160 WANKING D oprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- TPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,763,992 Other Securities 19,978,984 Notes Gold and Silver 821,694 Coin counts) 6,091.697 Other Deposits 16,455,513 Seven Day and other Bills 718,742 £10,895,050 I W. X 40,895,050 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. Oct. 30, 1862. CRIMINAL COURT -THIS DAY OLD COURT. (Before the Lord Chief Baron.) ALLEGED MURDER. Samuel Gardner and Elizabeth Humbler were jointly indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Gardner, in Northumberland-court, Fenchurch-street. The case was opened by Mr. Poland for the prosecution, who was about to submit to the jury some statements which had been made by the female, when The Chief Baron could not allow such a course. Not a shade of guilt had yet been thrown by the learned counsel on the woman, and he suggested that in her case a verdict of Not Guilty should be taken, and that she should be called as a witness, which would expose her to a cross examination. This course was ultimately adopted, and Humbler left the dock, and the case proceeded against Gardner. It will be recollected that the prisoner carried on the business of a sweep in Northumberland-court. Humbler had for some time acted as domestic servant to the prisoner, but it appeared she had been on terms of intimacy with him, which naturally occasioned an ill-feeling between him and his wife. The body of the wife was found with a terrible gash in the throat, and when her death became known Gardner accused Humbler of having murdered his wife, and after wards placed the knife in his wife's hand to make it appear as if she had committed suicide. The principal witness examined was the surgeon, who gave it as his opinion that it was utterly impossible for the deceased to have inflicted the wound which caused her death with her own hand. He also said the position of the knife was strong evidence that she did not do so, because if she cut her throat with it she must have done it with the back of the knife. The knife seemed to have been placed in the hand of the deceased after death with the edge back wards. The witness was subjected to along and minute cross-exa mination by Mr. Ribton, who defended the accused, with a view to show that it was within the range of possibility that deceased committed suicide; but in this he entirely failed, the surgeon believing that under any circumstances it was im possible for the woman to have inflicted the injury with her own hand. The case was proceeding when we went to press, and from the number of witnesses to be examined it is expected it will not conclude to-day. OLD COURT.—YESTERDAY. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) TILE MURDER AT tsLEwo tan. Robert Cooper was indicted for the wilful murder of Ann Jane Barcham, bn the 7th of August last. The facts of this unfortunate affair have recently appeared in the newspapers. It will be recollected that the prisoner deserted from the army, and afterwards married the de ceased, but in consequence of a quarrel with the mother of the deceased he was compelled to return t o his regiment, owing to inf orma ti on respecting him having been given by her, and then the deceased refused to cohabit with him. This incensed the prisoner, and he then hung about the residence of th e d eceased, and i n a short time after he showed three bullets to some persons, one of which he said was for the deceased, another for her mother, and the other was for the man who should at tempt his capture after he had she theta. A short time after this the prisoner was seen walking with the deceased in a lane, near Lsleworth, called Brazil-lane, where she met her death from a pistol shot, the weapon, it was alleged, having been discharged by the prisoner. Mr. Clarke, on the part of the Treasury, prosecuted; and Mr. Best, of the Oxford Circuit, defended. The learned judge having summed up the evidence. The jury, without retiring, found the prisoner guilty of wilful murder. Mr. Baron Martin, in passing sentence on the prisoner, said the evidence brought forward was most conclusive, and the jury could have found no other verdict than that which they had arrived at. The learned judge then passed sentence of death in the usual form, holding out no hope of mercy. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. IM? ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 48s 4d ; barley, 34s 5d ; oats, 218 3d ; rye, 34s 6d ; beans, 393 5d ; and peas, 418 7d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 50s lld ; barley, 35s 4d ; oats, 22s 2d ; rye, 34s 10d; beans, 39s 10d; peas, 41s 4d ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 81,900; barley, 5,993 ; oats, 17,784; rye, 148 ; beans, 3,163 ; peas, 1,563 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was extensively supplied with beasts, and all breeds moved off heavily, at a decline in the quota tions realised on Monday of 2d per 81bs. The top price was 4s 8d per Sibs. Prime Down and half-bred sheep commanded a steady sale, at full prices ; but inferior breeds wei e heavy, and 2d per 81bs cheaper. The supply was mo derately good, and the best Downs sold at 5s 8d per 81bs. We have to report a dull inquiry for calves—the show of which was good, at 4d per Sibs less money. The quotations ranged from 3s 10d to 5s per 81b. There was a fair demand for pigs, at full prices ; but mulch cows were very inactive Per Sib. to sink. the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 0 3 4 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 8 Pne.S'thdowndo.s 6 5 8 Prime large oxen 3 10 4 4 Loge crse. calves 4 10 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Ltrge hogs 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Snell porkers ... 4 8 5 0 Suckling calves, 108 to 20s ; End quarter-old store pigs, 24s to 305. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ............ 1,850 C0w5........ Sheep and lambs 6,800 360 Calves ......... ••• Pigs MEAT MALLETS. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Baste .............. 920 Sleep and lambs .... 1,200 Caves' .... Pts .... — NEIVGA.TB AND LEADENHAIL.--The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade flies inactive, as' follows :- 4s Od to ssod per Blbs, by the carcase. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d , mutton, 3s 8d to ' 4s 6d ; veal, October pork 2 9 .—Prree stock sold steadily, at 4s s O o d u t r o } 4 lA s L B L d ; Otherwise the . tract ' was in a s l ugg i s h state. 3s 4d to 4 s B d, nattou, 3s 10d t o 5s 4d ; veal, full Beef, pric es;from 4s 4d to 6s Od; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. HAY MARKETS. 8 ;1l 16sto X 1 10s Od; clover, do., 3 23 T1 craw, £1 12 s t o £1 16 s p er — l l‘ 2 l s ea 6 d d o ; wahuady, IO IF s t iE r i 5 load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.. — I IIea4ow hay, X 2 Os to £4 12s; clover, £3 10s to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, ll Ns to £1 188 per load. Trade heavy. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED ROBBERIES AT JEWELLERS' SHOPS.—A PERSEVERING OFFICER.—John Thomas and Alfred Wal ter, two well-dressed fellows, and on whom were found two gold watches and chains and other articles of jewellery, were charged by Sergeant Cole, 23 C, with visiting jewel lers' shops, &c., for the purpose of robbery, were again brought up before Mr. Knox. Sergeant Cole saw the prisoners loitering about Bond street and Conduit -street looking in different windows, and then go into Mr. Martin's, jeweller, of Regent-street. They then left, and the sergeant followed them for some time and into the City, where ho followed the prisoners in a cab, and then took them into custody. Mr.'Denning, watchmaker, 78, Strand, said that a short time ago Walter came to his shop and looked at some clocks, and at last said that he saw one that would suit his sister, and he would bring her, and then loft, and afterwards he missed two gold watches of above £4O in value. He was not quite positive, but he believed the other prisoner was the man in Walter's company. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said the prisoners had altered their appearance a good deal. Sergeant Cole said the prisoners were part of a similar gang to those he had some time since at this court, who went about with a dogcart robbing tradesmen in all parts of the metropolis, and who were convicted. He had had about 40 different jewellers to see the prisoners. Mr. Knox asked the sergeant whether he had any further evidence to-day. The sergeant said he had not. He wished to remind the magistrate that a picklock was found on one of the pri soners. Mr. Knox said he should send the prisoners for the longest term he could—three months with hard labour ; but there was very little dolibt that before another twelve month was over the prisoners would be undergoing penal servitude. The prisoners, who evidently were well satisfied with the result, were then removed from the dock. WESTMINSTER. ANOTHER " BLUE" IN DIITICULTIES.—John White cross, a " Blue," was charged with felony and wounding, with intent, &c. James Chattern, a coffeehouse keeper at Knightsbridge, said that at two this morning the prisoner came to his shop and had something, after which he took a knife out with him into the street. The knife was now produced. William Higginbottom, 299 H, stated that ho saw the prisoner in Knightsbridge with the knife in his hand. Witness told him that he had taken the knife from some one, but he denied it, and said it was his own. Witness then asked him to go to Mr. Chattern's with him, but he refused. Prisoner was drunk. Mr. Tyrwhit asked if the accused had the knife exposed at the time he saw him. The policeman said yes. The policeman also added that after he asked the pri soner to go back with him to the shop he abused him, and said he would murder him, and made a stab at him with the knife, which just caught his hand slightly, Mr. Tyrwhitt asked if it had done any injury. The constable exhibited his hand, which had merely a slight mark as though the skin had been cut through. Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired what became of the knife. The constable said he got it from the prisoner, who en deavoured to regain it, and in so doing cut his fingers severely. _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt, seeing a corporal of the Blues present, learnt from him that the accused bore an excellent cha- racter. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked him what he had to say ? Prisoner replied, he knew nothing whatever about it— he was intoxicated, and was exceedingly sorry. Mr. Tyrwhitt thought the whole of this arose from the prisoner's intoxication—that he had no intention of com mitting a felony, and that the after part was a mere scuffle for the knife. He fined defendant ss. for drunkenness. SOUTHWARK. SINGULAR ROBBERY IN A TAVERN.—Joseph Spencer, an elderly man, was placed at the bar before Mr. Burcham, charged with stealing 16s. ld. from the bar counter of the Pear Tree Tavern and Wine Vaults, New Cut, opposite the Victoria Theatre. William Hanleys, barman to Mr. Thomas Grammar, the proprietor of the above tavern, said that about half-past six o'clock in the morning while attending to the customers, one of them handed him a sovereign to take 3e. lld. for goods supplied. He put on the counter four half-crowns, a crown piece, a shilling, and a penny near the person who had given him the sovereign. He then turned to serve another customer, and on returning to the counter the latter asked for his change. Witness told him he had just placed it near his elbow, and while they were conversing about it one of the customers came up to witness and informed him that the trisoner,had picked up the change and had it in his pocket. As he was about to leave the house witness stopped him, and asked him to deliver up the change he had just taken from the counter. On his deny ing all knowledge of it witness called in a constable, and gave him into custody. On being searched, a crown-piece, four half-crowns, and two shillings and a penny were found on him. He persisted in stating that the money was his, but Mr. Grammar positively identified one of the half crowns as having been received from the banker's on the previous day, and placed at night, with other silver, on the shelf to give change for gold. In answer to the charge the prisoner said he was very drunk at the time, and did not know what he did. He, however, knew that the money did not belong to him. Mr. Grammar informed his Worship that the prisoner had nothing to drink in his house. Mr. Burcham discharged the prisoner with a caution to be more careful in future. THE GRAND RACES AT BADEN BADEN. On entering the course the beauty of the scene and the utter absence of noise or crowd cannot fail to impress the Englishman most favourab'y. The flat on which the stands have been built, and the course formed, is most beautifully situated between , fine woods of great extent on the one side, and lovely hills crowned with foliage and sloping away gradually into the distant mountains of the Black Forest, Here and there nestling between them lie, partially disclosed, towns or villages overhung by the ruined chateaux of a now civilised aristocracy. The course itself is excellently kept, every new arrangement that can give beauty and effect to the whole has been adopted. No police seemed neces sary to keep the people, who lined either side of the course, from the minutest transgression. As that admirable horseman, Mr. Mackenzie Grieves (who had come from Paris to preside), cantered down the course on a well-bitted chestnut horse, it was evident that the sports would be marred by no unruly jockeys. Even the conventional dog did not put in an appearance. All was as it should be. Here and there rode a body of cavalry officers in uniform. On this side was a Prussian, on that an Austrian, wheeling a young impatient Arab through the manifold exercises of the manege. On the bank, facing the grand stand, in silent expectation of the coming sport, sat a body of mounted cavalry. Within the enclosure the racehorses were being led about, and the jockeys themselves—English boys, with the well-known English names of Flatman, Pratt, Bottom, and Kitchener —had the air of simple mortals, like you or me. The stands were filled moderately with well-dressed persons of both sexes; and on the lawn in front, and beneath the flowering shrubs and luxuriant creepers of the balcony, in every variety of charming summer toilette, were seated crowds of pretty women. Be tween the races military bands played the exquisite music of Rossini and Mozart. The whole wore an air of enchantment. For the first time in my life I enjoyed a race without a single alloy. The Derby has its host of London pleasure-seekers, a motley crowd of confusion and intemperance; the St. Leger its Yorkshire Tyke, with his broad dialect and narrow prejudices. Baden has neither the one nor the other. It is a small Glodwood, without the necessary disadvantages of every English course. In one thing alone we beat them—in the surpassing loveliness of our English women. We cannot have their climate. The innocence of racing in its in tegrity is gone f rom us f or ever ; b u t the beauty , the charm, the unconsc i ous l ove li ne ss of an Engli sh approach girl I have never seen equalled, and unsolved. If course to a parallel is a problem hitherto say that the arrangements for leaving other part were as orderly and convenient asaaidYeufficient to have said run over by of the day's programme, I convince my reader that I was neither noboymy horses - - a van, nor into by a drun ke n p were neither collared by nor . thrown on their haunches by an g oblivious cabman, nor pelted was neither chaffed by aut. The races were to be , with eggs or cocoa-nnd by that hour I was once finished by p.m., and Baden, where I arrived with baliPvitiUsetutuarnnprke man. 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The continued rise in gold that on Wednesday reached a premium of 371 per cent., causing an actual depreciation of the paper dollar from 100 c. to 621 c., has not only alarmed merchants and bankers, but all the noisy class who clamour for the vigorous prosecution of the war and the exter mination of the Southern people. If Gold %vete a citizen of the United States who had taken the oath of allegiance, and were amenable to civil or martial law, his treasonable sentiments as openly ex pressed in Well-street, and his no less treasonable acts in persisting to rise to a frightful premium, when Mr. Chase commanded him to remain peace ably at par with green backs and other paper, would subject him to immediate incarceration as a more dangerous rebel than " Stonewall" Jackson. Gold discourages enlistments. Gold condemns the Presi dent's proclamation of freedom to the slaves. Gold repudiates Mr. Chase as a financier. Gold dis- trusts the power of the Northern sullies to subju gate the South. Gold has no faith in the ability of the Administration. Gold questions whether General 111‘Clellan will ever take Richmond, or that he can do anything better than go into winter quarters. Gold has serious misgivings about the solvency of the Federal Government. Gold doubts whether the country will pay the taxes. And, to sum up all its treason in one clause, Gold expresses in its own irrefutable way the opinion of impartial and unimpassioned observers in Europ e and in Ame rica that an honourable peace on the basis of Southern independence, though it would be a good thing for the South, would be a much better thing for the North, and Gold is a good logician. Soone r or later such a peace must be the result of the war, if the Northern people and Government are not as utterly demented as Alexander the Great, or Charles XII., or Napoleon Bonaparte, or any other fool of empire who did not know when he was well off, and ruined himself by grasping at the unattainable. And if Gold remain obstinate it will make many converts to these ideas before Christmas, though not, perhaps, before ruin has overtaken the incre dulous, One result of the gold panic—for such it really amounts to—rejoices many. The contractors who depend upon Europe for the supply of the articles which they have bound themselves to deliver, are checkmated by the premium. They expected to make profits of 39, 40, 50, and even 100 per cent. out of the needs of the nation; but, with gold vary ing from 35 to 371, with the prospect of a rise to 50, their gains may turn to losses. No one will pity them, come what will. Pork and corn continue to be but slightly affected by the rise, as America produces these commodities in such vast quantities as to have in ordinary sea sons far more than sufficient to supply all her wants; but almost every manufactured article and exotic that men and women require in a civilised country is rapidly increasing in price. House rent, gas, coal, and wood have gone up from 20 to 40 per cent. Coffee has trebled, and tea almost doubled in value, as represented by paper. Male and female apparel has reached such an alarming price that in a few months none but the riots will be able to pay tailors' or milliners' bills, unless the profits of trade, the salaries of offi cials, and the wages of labour share in the general inflation. A coat that in London would cost three guineas, or four at the utmost, cost from 40 dols. to 50 dole. in New York; and a silk dress that the most fashionable mercers in Regent-street would be glad to dispose of for six or seven guineas is priced in Broadway at 100 dols. A portion of this rise is consequent upon the quasi-prohibitory tariff, but it is the premium on gold that causes the principal enhancement. If unchecked by a return of public confidence, the premium will shortly reduce trade with foreign countries to a minimum or destroy it altogether. New Yolk and all the North have been in the habit of making merry with what they call the " dilapidated" condition of the wearing apparel of Confederate soldiers ; but the day seems to be approaching when the word " dilapidation" will describe in better English the condition of many a once-crowded mart of industry and emporium of commerce in the Federal States, unless trade can be restored to its ancient channels, and the war brought to a satisfactory termination. 1 Gen. M'Clellan has, it appears, received orders from Washington to advance into the Shenandoah Valley and offer battle to General Lee at Winches. ter, or at such other place as the Confederate Com mander may think it more advisable to accept. The idea of winter quarters before or in Washington is neither tolerable to the President nor tolerated by the people, though Gen. M'Clellan is reported to have declared his unreadiness, for want of men and arms, to re-assume the offensive. The truth is that " Stuart's raid" has alarmed the official and mili tary mind. It is not so much for what was done by the daring invader as for what may be done here after if such is the stuff that Southern captains are made of, that the Administration feels uneasy, and that Wall-street shares in the discomfort. Mr. Lincoln and his Secretaries mutt have experienced sensations akin to those of Desdemon a when Othello recounted his triumphs, and have formed the wish " that Heaven had sent them such a man" as Stuart. But a parallel hero is scarcely to be looked for in the North. It is only when men fight for their homes and the independence of their native land that champions of this calibre can arise to make them selves a niche in that aisle of the Temple of His tory which is reserved for the romance of war. No Wallace, Bruce, or William Tell—no Kossuth or Garibaldi can arise in the Federal ranks. The cause does not admit of such men. The Federals may have their Alva or their Haynau in General Butler, or their Radetzky or their Monk in General .M'Clellan ; but the real heroes of the war, the men whose names will live in song and story, are the " Stonewall" Jacksons and the Stuarts. Upon a similar tenure Washington, though so cold and u for the as a man, holds his lease of fame; an d the reasons that make the memory of George 111. distasteful to after ages of Americans as well his own as Englishmen will that of Abraham Lincoln excite but little enth us ia s m in the world and 1 ./2 North, and go down to the latest ages ia the South as that of a man w h o was the unhaPPY i nstrument m: . o f the Northone the a of an u n h appy di spute, an d wasted a gainst kin dred pe o pl e w h o only desired to be let at 1 energies that wou ld h ave been . c h better em- I ployed in consolidating the " a pts. over the States an d t err itories that s till yielded it vast wilder unquestioned allegiance, and over the privilege and ness of the West, which it was its duty to subdue and replenish' truth with regard to It is difficult to arrive and Tennessee. at g t e t ntnek9 the aspect of the war in that daily arrive, the South To believe the telegrams To read these tele in bot h s ubsequent letters, the dis is discomfited _ tof States. li h grams by the eo n to be on the other side. comfitnre would seem day, and Bragg the next ; and B ue ll —Buell and Bragg strut Buell is victorious and Braga their upon hour the battle-field, and d o as much m ischief to eac r iends, as Clown h o ther, and seem a ll t h e while to be as great f and P an t a l oon in a Christmas pantomime. As f ar as the truth can be ascertained from the Conflicting and imperfect reports that the War Department sees fit to authorise, or the accommodating newspapers think i t prudent to publish, no decisive actions have occurred in either State. As regards Kentucky, it seems that if Buell and Bragg, who were fellow students and close friends at West Point, would con tinue their game for many months with the greatest possible politeness and good feeling towards each other, and with the least possible results for their respective Governments. The Congressional elections in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and some of the Western States have, as far as the details are yet known, resulted in a ' slight gain to the Democrats. Mr. I/ allandigham, one of the most fearless and outspoken of the party, has paid the penalty of his too great Courage on behalf of peace by the loss of his seat ; but the loss has been counterbalanced on the other side by the defeat of Mr. Grow, the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Republican and Abolition journals are guilty of the dishonesty of classifying all members of their own party r "! I " Unionists," and all members of the opposite Pa LY as " Submissionists," or "Democrats," which terms they assert to be convertible. But the Democrats claim to be as good Unionists as the Republicans, if not better, and insist that the ultra-Abolitidnists are not Unionists at all for be lieving, as they do, that the old Constitution and the old Union, which the Democrats seek to restore, "was a league with death and a covenant with hell." The timid Democrats, who dread a defeat of their party in the State of New York, continue to urge the withdrawal of both of the present candidates for the cffice of Governor, and the substitution of Gen. Dix, who, on the ground of his independent support of the Government, would command the support of a majority of both parties. But the old Democratic leaders are not inclined to follow the advice. They admit the possibility of being beaten in the State, but are confident that they will carry the city, and seem quite determined to go to the polls with their whole ticket, and take the consequences. Unfortunately for their chances, they are divided among themselves. Though the " Tammany " and " Alosart " factions have made up their differences, a new schism has arisen. A party, calling itself the " leffersonians," has seceded from the old orgacisation, and claims the right of privet ej ud gment. It has adopted no audible or recognised Shibboleth. It appears to distrust the peace party as much as it distrusts the Abolitionists and Exterminators ; to stand on the equilibrium of the juste milieu, and to desire nothing but the estab lishment of the Union—and nothing short of it--on such terms as time, war, chance, and policy may ultimately determine. This party bids fair to re ceive accretions. Many of its members not only think the President committed a grave error in his emancipation edict, but condemn the arbitrary ar rest of citizens, the suspension of the habeas corpus, the fiscal heresies of Mr. Chase, and the general mis management of every branch of the public service, which has characterised the Administration; so that in some States, if not in New York, a fusion may take place which will elevate to power in the next Congress (if the war last so long) a doctrinaire ma jority that will neither be a match for the Northern Abolitionists nor for the Southern Secessionists, and that, after a bitter struggle, will be ground to atoms between the upper and the nether millstone of these two extremes. The conscription for the State of New York has at last been fixed for the 10th of November —six days subsequent to the elections, so that the vote may not be diminished by that of the conscripts. There are 35,000 men still due under the two Presidential calls between the State and the city, the quota of the latter under the last call being estimated at about 8,000. If the lot fall upon many rich bankers and Tnerchants, the price of substitutes will mount like the price of gold, and raw emigrants, if hale and hearty, when arriving at New York either from Germany or Ireland in the few days following the 10th, will find their bone and muscle worth larger sums to them than they ever imagined to be possible in the old countries from which they came. The draught has already commenced in Massachusetts ; but in Boston, where its operation is not palateable to the wealthy citizens, it has been adjourned on the action of the municipality, which has raised, or is about to raise, funds sufficient to offer every Volun teer necessary to fill up the quota 200 dols., in addition to all other bounties. Perhaps great New York may be incited to follow the example of little Boston. Two hundred dollars will not buy a substitute in this city if the conscription be enforced ; and it will be well to avoid the draught, and procure cheap locum tenentes by a voluntary subscription, though it amount to so large a sum as 1,600,000 dols. Large as the amount may be, there are scores of men in New York who would contribute each a tenth of the money rather than shoulder the rifle, or risk their health and lives in the camps of General 111‘ClelIan or any other cotn ruander. • General Butler still rules New Orleans with a rod of scorpions. Not content with making every man within his jurisdiction take the oath of allegiance to the United States or forfeit his property, invalidate ' his whole course of business, and become a political though not a social outlaw, he has just sentenced an unfortunate ex-policeman to six months' imprison ment and hard labour, and to wear an iron chain and a 241 b. shot attached to his leg, for the offence of describing himself in an official document as a supporter of the constitution of the Confederate States. Butler has a perfect mania for rigour. Surely if Fort Lafayette is to be permanently made a Bastille for political prisoners whom it is the present fashion to consign to its gloomy walls by lettres de cachet, he ought to be ap pointed its governor. But perhaps he expects a higher destiny, and reserves himself, or is reserved by his present superiors, for the dignified, but not enviable post of Exterminator-General of the South ern people. Extermination is the only logical end of the war if the North is to be victorious, and General Butler is so palpably the man for the work that any other candidate would be a fool who presumed to run against him. The exploits of Capt. Semmes, of the Alabama, whom the Northern journals persist in calling a pirate, though he no more deserves the name than Generals Lee, Stuart, " Stonewall" Jackson, or any other commander of the Northern forces, have ex. cited great alarm in commercial circles. The rate of insurance on all American ocean - going vessels has been raised 5 per cent. to-Say by the published report of the captain's achievements, and the ccir-• tain result will be, unless the Alabama is cut short ir. her career, to throw all the European and a large portion of the Asiatic trade of America into British and other European bottoms. This prospect is the r everse of agreeable to the shipping interest of this port, and of all the cities of the Federal seaboard, and a loud and rather angry demand is made upon the government to fit out an expedition to seize the Alabama, hang the captain, and convert the ship to Federal uses. ..,.;~ Y - '. 7HE NEW HIGHWAY ACT. At most of the Quarter Sessions just held in the several counties of England the question of the adoption of the new Highway Act was taken into consideration. At the Gloucester Court, present Earl Ducie, Earl of Ellenborough, Ho .p n..a , n c d ol ß on ev el . G. C. Talbot, Sir N. Beach, Sir James Campbell, Rev. Sir Lionoll Darel l , Mr. Rolt, m Kingscote, M.P., and a full court of magistrates, it was proposed that a number of districts should be formed in the county, under the Act of 25th and 26th of Victoria, cap. 21; on which a ve r y l ong debate ensued. Eventually it was proposed that the question should be referred to a committee, to consist of the county chairman, Mr. Parnell, and one magistrate from each petty sessional division, who should report at an adjourned Court of Quarter Sessions. After some opposition this course was agreed to, and the 11th of November was fixed for holding the adjourned session. At the Hereford shire Quarter Sessions, present, Mr. J. Freeman (chairman), Lord Bateman, Lord W. Graham, M. 1 ):, Sir Thomas Hastings, K.C.8., and other gentle , men, it was resolved to adopt the new Act at once, and to divide the county into highway districts. Accordingly provisional orders were made for uniting parishes into districts, and for dividing the county into six districts of such united parishes— viz., the Abbey Dore district, the Bromyard dis trict, the Hereford district, the Leominster district, the Whitney district, and the Weobley district. It was also resolved that the number of way wardens for each district should be the same as the number of guardians for each of the parishes and town ships named in each district. The confirmation of the provisional orders into final orders is to be taken into consideration at the next Epiphany Sea sions for the county. THE FIRST IMY OF TER3i.---The Lord Chancellor Middle arria a es T e w m il p l le t il e ail will receive on Monday, the 3d of November, being th e Hall, and first day of Term, the judges, Queen's counsel, treasurers, and benchers o a f rr th a e ntoge tte enen e te l tE n r The following n f a s o t r a t the the c set down at the Middle Temple H ob served.—Carries White fri a rs-gate , Temple. street, and 0 'weed up afterwarto P Middle Temple-lane into ' Fleet street. c arriages to fall into line in the area Fleet- Bench-ivalk. 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