The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-02 00:00:00

THE CHARGE OF SCUTTLING A SHIP, The charge against the captain and mate of the ship Old England of scuttling that vessel has been further investigated before Alderman Sir Robert Carden, at the Mansion House. After hearing some further evidence, Mr. Day addressed the magistrate on behalf of the accused. He 4welt on the improbabilities of tho case, remarking that it was unlikely that Hanlon and Collins—who were only men before the mast—should take such an interest in the ship, and When they could have "turned in " if they chose. It was improbable that if the prisoners had any fraudulent attempt—which he denied—that they would have gone about the work in the manner stated, and even if they meant the ship to sink, the large leak in her bottom was quite sufficient without any scuttling. Was it not improbable that the carpenter should openly go about with his angers, and bore holes in the ship ? Carpenters generally carried their tools about with them. The day before the ship was said to have been scuttled it was agreed to leave her, so that it would have:been useless:to scuttle her. Sir Robert Carden said after watching the evidence carefully from beginning to end, he felt it his duty to send the case to the Central Criminal Court for trial. The cessation of pumping, and the old log-book being lost and a new ono made, were circumstances he could not look over, and the case must go to another tribunal. THE PROSECUTION OF THE DIRECTORS OF OYEREND, GURNEY, .i4NI? COMPANY. On Monday Mr. George Lewis, jun., applied to Mr. Buckley, Chief Clerk in Vice-Chancellor Malins's Chambers, on behalf of Dr. Thom, for means necessary to continue the prosecution against Messrs. Gurney and the other directors on the charges of conspiracy and fraud. Mr. Lewis:grounded his application on the precedents afforded by prosecutions in the Leeds Bank, the Unity Bank, and the English Joint Stock Bank Companies, resting his ap plicatkon particularly on the prosecution of Mr. Finney in the latter. Mr. Markby, the official liquidator, said he did not consider it-within the scope of the liquidation to provide funds' for this prosecution. Mr. Lewis said it was a monstrous thing that Dr. Thom should be asked to prose cute this case. Mr. Gladstone had stated that the matter had been considered by the Cabinet, and that the opinion was that it was a matter entirely for the shareholders. He (Mr .L ewis)therefore contended that the case he had cited bore particularly on the question, and justified his application. He could not understand why, in a case of this kind, when justice was so necessary, the liquidators should resist it. The Chief Clerk said the liquidators could gain nothing by the prosecution. They considered they had already lost ,aufficient without it. Mr. Lewis said, when he referred to -the evidence of one of the liquidators, he found an answer to the question as to the present costs the company had incurred, that they amounted to £70,000. Now, there would probably be an increase of that amount of £20,000, and it seemed ridiculous to oppose the payment of a rum of £5,000, to which he was prepared to limit the coat of the prosecution, when it was so insig nificant compared to the costs alrco.dy incurred. The Chief Clerk said there was a return of the £70,000, but there would be none of £5,000. He had not the slightest notion of what the Vice-Chancellor would say on the matter, and thbrefore would express no opinion cf his own. He would refer it to the Vice-Chancellor in Chambers. LAW 42W POLICE. REFRACTORY Bovs.—At the Guildhall, a boy, 14 years of age, named Galloway, was charged with begging, His mother said he was a very had boy, and she could do nothing with him. She would be glad to send him to an industrial school, but could not afford to pay for his main tenance. Alderman Finnis said if it were known that every boy found begging in the streets would be sent to an indus trial school, those institutions would soon be inundated. He wished the G9vernment would place at the disposal of the city a man-of-war—useless for service—and let them have it in the Thames, so that they could send such boys there, and bring them up as seamen. He then discharged the boy. Szmors ASSAT:LTS.—At the Petty Sessions, St. Ives, William Fenner, a cattle dealer with an extensive busi ness, was charged with assaulting a porter on the Great Eastern Railway. The prisoner wanted to send some beasts by rail to Ipswich after the weekly cattle market, and was so incensed at being told that his cattle, two hundred in number, could not be sent until their turn that he knocked down the porter, injuring him seriously. The defendant was com mitted for trial, being admitted to bail in £lOO, with two sureties at xi 0_ His two brothers who were with him were fined small snms. The case created a Lreat deal of excitement, the Feancrs being well known, and it was stated that en the day in question they had purchased cattle at• St. Ives market to the amount of upwards of McTRDER OF ANENGLISBMAN IN CHINA. Another Englishman has been murdero lis Ch . na. The Rev. J. Williamson was attacked by robbers on the Grand Canal during the night of the 25th of August last, and his body was discovered floating in the water a few days later in an advanced stage of decomposition. From the evidence of Mr. Hodge, before the English Consul at Tien-tsin, it would a pp ear th a t h e an d the deceased had cleft Tien-tsin in a boat to visit some inland stations on the Grand Canal, that on the evening of the murder they retired to rest at half-past nine, and that he was awakened about one the next morning by the violent rocking of the boat and the sound of a number of men's voices on deck. He sprang out of bed and looked for his companion, but not finding him, rushed up the hatchway and saw four or five armed Chinamen in the bows of the boat. They saw him and shouted, " Mao-taze to ta," i.e., "There is a hairy onu'(an opprobrious epithet often applied to foreigners), strike, strike !" Mr. Hodge being unable to unlock his 'revolver case, threw it overboard, to prevent its falling into the hands of the robbers, and escaped by running the gauntlet, amid a shower of blows, of the scoundrels on board and some of their friends on the bank. Having arrived at a neighbouring village he aroused the inhabi 'tants who informed him that the robbers by whom he had been attacked were part of a band of twenty wh6 had been infesting the neighbourhood for some time. With them he applied in haste to the local mandarin, who accompanied him with a force to the boat, which they now found pillaged and deserted. After a long but ineffectual search for his companion, Mr. Hodge returned to Tien-tsin, and reported the matter to the Consul. A few days later the body of Mr. Williamson was, as we have said, discovered floating in the canal, and was brought in Tien-tsin, where a post-mortem examination was held, but decomposition had set in so rapidly that the medical men were unable to distinguish any marks of violence. Mr. Williamson was an emissary of the Church Missionary Society, andwas much respected as a judicious and earnest 'missionary, The Erie Railroad workmen at Susquehanna and Bu - ffalo have resumed work. The majority of those at ,yiersey City are still on strike. The Sheffield Conservative Association are making an effort to induce Mr. Disraeli to attend its next meeting, which will be held in the course of a few days. The . Berlin general agent of the Albert Life In surance Company, George Lewine, who was arrested about six.?weeks ago, was set at liberty last Monday, on furnishing bP it to the amount of 10,000 thalers. The Liverpool Town Council disposed on Satur day of the concluding business of the municipal year. Be fore doing so, a tribute of respect was paid to the memory of the late Eart of Derby by a resclution recording their deep feeling oftsorrow on the occasion of his death, offering re spectfulmqmpathy and condolence with the Countess of 'Derbrand her family in their affliction, .and expressing theirchigh admiration of the late earl as a scholar, philan thrtwist, and statesman, and also gratefully acknowledging the munificent kindness shown by the late earl towards the inhabitants of the borough. Tho Mayor was requested to iforward.a copy of the resolution to the present earl. Tim GIItL SHOT 1117 HER BROTHER IN GATES REAI;K—An inquest was held on Monday morning at Gateshead touching the death of Emily Skelton, the dr.ughter of a photograller, who was accidentally shot by :".der younger brother on Friday last. The mother, who was so ill in consequence cf the shock sustained, that it was considered advisable to take her evidence at her reLidence, stated that on Friday she was dusting the bed rttnd placed a pistol, which her husband was in the habit of keel ing between the Led and the mattress, on the window sill. She then called to her son William, 11 years of age, to bring her a brush. The lad did so, and left the room again. Sholtly after she heard the rei , ort of a riital, and saw her daughter Emily lying near the kitchen door, on her hack. The lad, William Skelton, was th , _ll called in, accompanied by his father. lie raid that his mother told him totet her a brush. He did so, but before leaving the room h.: took the pistol front the window sill. He pointed it to the fleet- and tried it, but it did net go off. He then thought it was all right, end pointed it to the wall. It went off and hit his sister. The father said ho had had tho pistol loaded ever since he was married. The Coroner, addressing the jury, said they could Lave no doubt that the boy had shot his sister, and that she died in consequence. The only question was whether it was done purposely or not. The jury found "that deceased was accidentally shot by a pistol fired _by her, brother William." MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. TIIE LAND DILL. The Cabinet is hard at work. Three Cabinet Councils within about a week is fair progress ; and they proclaim to the world that work of importance is being done. Nor is it hard to guess what the State Ministers are about ; they are, it is evident, engaged on the Land Bill for Ireland. The Attorney-General for Ireland (Mr. Sullivan) is in attendance in London, and is said to have held a long conference at the Reform Club, on Saturday, with Mr. Chichester Fortescue, the Irish Chief Secretary, and Mr. Bright. The inference was that the President of the Board of Trade was having explained to him the land measure which has been sketched. This conclusion became more probable when it was found that Mr. Sullivan, who is not a member of the Cabinet, accompanied his friends to Downing-street, and stayed there during the progress of the Council. It is moreover rumoured—and the Morning Advertiser gives cre dence to the rumour—that a land bill is in print, the joint production of Messrs. Chichester Fortescue and Sullivan ; and that this is the measure which the Cabinet is engaged in discussing. Another meeting is called for to-morrow. The Telegraph thinks the evil is so exceptional that " the ordinary cut-and-dried remedies of past Ministries will not suffice, and we shall probably be borne out by the event. if we add that in Mr. Gladstone's Irish Land Tenure Bill the public must be prepared for some marked novelty in legislation." The new measure will have nothing to do with fixity of tenure, but it is likely to attempt to make general that consideration of a tenant's rights which :now prevails wherever the landlords are just men. TILE INFLUENCE OF CATHOLIC PROPRIETORS. The Times commissioner has been visiting the county of Kerry. The conditions of land tenure there are much the same as in other parts of Ireland ; the story of tenancies-at-will, &c., greatly resembles that which has been told so often ; but it is noticeable that there are a good many Catholic proprietors in Kerry, and that their influence has a certain effect in mitigating the results of that inflelicitous social phenomenon, religious distinctions in Ire land marking the line between the owner and occupier of the soil. " Let any one sceptical on this point only visit Killarney and observe how the posi tion and example of Lord Castlerosse, the represen tative of the House of Kenmare, not only affect his own estate, but operate in many ways to promote good feeling, sympathy, and kindly sentiment be tween the landed classes in the neighbourhood, afford countenance to the Catholic peasant, and even lessen his jealousy of what is called landlordism' through the consciousness that, in one notable in stance, the tie of a common faith binds him to a superior eminent in birth and station." The estates are mostly large, too, in Kerry, and the landlords are more seldom absentees than in other parts of the country. Both these peculiarities are of good effect. ELECTION NEWS. The Liberals of King's Lynn are lamenting. They invited Sir George Young to come forward in their interest, and fight Lord Claud Hamilton, but the worthy baronet paid a visit to the town, and speedily came to the conclusion that ho had no chance. The working classes of the town, it is said, " are very dissatisfied with this proceeding." Ought not the baronet to have been proud of the chance of spending his money to enjoy the honour and dignity of occupying the second place on the poll ? Thus disappointed, and learning that Sir T. F. Buxton, who was defeated last year, did not care for breaking a second lance, five hundred Liberals have invited Mr. Young to stand. He is said to be anxious and willing to come forward. This is not surprising ; the wonder is that the Liberal electors should be anxious and willing to have him. Mr. Young was formerly M.P. for Cambridgeshire ; but the Reform Act seems to have developed a little better taste amongst the county electors, for last year they rejected him. His qualifications for legislatinc , on behalf of a great nation may be ranked amongst the things not generally known. It was rumoured a day or two ago that the long continued illness of Sir F. Crossley, M.P. for the northern division of the West Riding, had led him to decide upon accepting the Chiltern Hundreds. This report is contradicted on authority. The hon. baronet has so far recovered that he hopes for speedy restoration to health. At Waterford four candidates seem likely to con test the vacant seat. Sir 11. W. Barron, Mr. Grubb, and. Mr. Bernal Osborne are canvassing with greai activity, and there is said to be a " dark horse " in reserve. His name will be forthcoming shortly. Mr. Heron, Q.C., has delivered an ldress to the electors of Tipperary, in which he pronounced for all the extreme Hibernian views. He considered the detention of the Fenian prisoners to he unjustifiable. He said that tenant-rigilt would ho secured by a social levolutbn, and that the views of the Catholic priesthood as to denominational education ought to be adopted. by the State. MR. NORTE', M.P. Mr. Frederick North, whose death (on Friday) leaves a vacancy in the representation of Hastings, was ono of the oldest members in the House of Com mons. Born in 1800, he was returned in 1831 as a Liberal for the borough in which his family resided and had much influence. After a long rustication. Mr. North was elected again in 1854, in 1157, and in 1859. In 1805 ho lost the contest, but was returned year by a large majority in conjunction with Mr. Brassey. During his first period of parlia mentary life, Mr. North supported the Whig Reform Bill, and opposed the Irish Tithes Bill. lie voted in the minority at the division on Mr. Roebuck's motion in January, 1855, which led to the overthrow of Lord Aberdeen s Government. Latterly he advocated the Ballot, a measure he had formerly opposed, and voted for the Mavnooth Grant and the admission of Dis senters to Universities. THE POLITICAL EVICTIONS IN WALES• The protestants against the late political evictions in Wales are working hard to get a public condem nation of tho tyranny and injustice of the landlords. They have organised a conference to be held on Tues day, the 10th of November, at which most of the Liberal members of the Principality have promised to attend. It is proposed to take into consideration the question of yvhat means shall be adopted for ameliorating the condition of tenants who have opinions of their own. The _Daily News says of this conference, " It is likely to be ono of the most im portant ever held in the principality." THE LATE EARL OF DERBY. Some interesting stories of Lord Derby's charity and munificence were told in a sermon by the Rev. J. E. Kempe, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly. The deceased political leader resided in the neighbourhood and took great interest in parish work. There was not a charity nor a special subscription in the district which did not secure his support. Cases of distress which the sick and visiting fund could not provide for, were frequently relieved by him alone. On one occasion he offered to entrust Mr. Kempe with the sum of £l,OOO, to be laid out in small loans at a very moderate rate of interest, so as to enable the little tradesman or the respectable artizan to tide over the effects of any temporary lack of money, and, it might be, save him from ruin. The scheme was tried for two or three years, but it failed in conse quence of the peculiar difficulties which were found to beset it in a London population. The money was, however, left in the rector's hands for other useful purposes. Lord Derby subscribed 0" 0 30 to the erection of a new church in his parish, and afterwards a further sum of £4,000 under the name of " Parishioner." "He that seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." MIL LAYABD'S APPOINTMENT. Mr. Layard's appointment to Spain has been criticised by the general public in a mild way, but amongst diplomatists it has caused tremendous indignation. Mr. Layard, they remonstrate, a comparatively untried man—one whose pre vious history is not altogether in favour of his fitness for the post—has been, because he is a party man, put over the heads of ambassadors old in the service. Seniority is entirely and com pletely disregarded. And why ? Are not Mr. West, at Constantinople ; Mr. Rumbold, who is at St. Petersburg ; Mr. Petre, of Berlin ; Mr. Lytton, of Vienna, all of whom are Secretaries of Embassies—are not t I:ey worthy the place ? or Mr. Stuart, Envoy at Brazil, Mr. Odo Russell, of Rome ; why are:they passed over ? Mr. Layard has no claim except that he was a member of the present home Government ; yet he is selected and promoted over the heads of others who have worked and waited for years. A ROYAL SEAT IN IRELAND. The demand made some time since for the resi dence of her Majesty some portion of her time in Ireland is again repeated ; and it is stated that the matter will be brought before Parliament during the ensuinp; session. A. Royal Palace was part of Mr. Disraeli's cure for Irish disaffection ; several Irish members still look upon its establishment as a neces sary policy ; and they have pledged themselves to do their best to obtain the needful. The Government, however, has made no sign on tho subject. Mr. Lowe, perhaps, would find it interfere with his Exchequer. THE QT E 1 VISIT TO TIIF. CITY. The engineers of the new bridge at Blachfriara and the Holborn Viaduct are inclined to grumble—or some of their representatives are—at the date selected for the royal visit to the City. These two works vet remain in a crude form ; the approaches and the decorations are far from complete. Some months must elapse before the beauty of these great improvements can be seen to the best advantage. Iforeover, it is urged that if the ceremony were de t-hz thc) weather_ wpuld be more Rama. _But the grumpier: ovenoo one point. Neither the bridge nor the viaduct is in Scotland. The Londoners must take a royal visit when they can get it. THE SUN, LONDON, 7 UESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1869. the past mismanagement has been - great, but that the present Government deserves ranch credit for its franknses. A VISITATION OF LOCUSTS. India is suffering from an extraordinary visitation of locusts. In Rajpootana, Sind, and Guzerat there areswarms such as have never been known before. The devas tation is very serious. But for these unwelcome visitors the prospects of the crops were satisfactory, as plenty of rain had fallen. On the appearance of the locusts the price of grain rose immediately; and well it might, for trees, shrubs, and plants were so quickly covered with them that they presented the appearance of being heavily laden with snow of a peculiar colour. An. eye-witness at the Mahikanta political agency describes the flight of the locusts as having the appearance of clouds of smoke. He calculated its length at seven miles, its breadth at five miles, and its depth at from 300 to 400 feet. The Times of Indi'a observes that the largest cloud of locusts in India of which it has any record was three miles long and proportionately broad. As soon as the misfortune was fully realised, telegrams were despatched to Bombay, Surat, and other places, com missioning the purchase of supplies in any quantity. Thirty thousand bags of grain arrived at Ahme dabad in one day. The distress in Rajpootana is described as "most terrible and widespread," and though by the latest advices, dated the 2nd October, the locusts were moving southwards, they had left another evil behind them in addition to the ravaged crops. The myriads which have died have produced a sickening smell, and in many cases the water in the wells is unfit for use. The Government has despatched some 8,000 maunds of grain into Ajmere for distribution on the relief works; but, it is added, that "no general importation by Govern ment is possible." This announcement has been severely censured. THE NATURE AND STORAGE OF PETROLEUM. Mr. Francis Sutton, F.C.S., writes explaining the nature of some of those inflammable liquids which have lately caused so many accidents. He refutes the popular notion as to the explosiveness of petroleum or naptha, explaining that neither they nor spirits of turpentine, wood and coal naptha, or any other similar substances are in themselves explosive. Alt that is necessary is to exclude the air from them. "A lighted match may be dropped into the bunghole of a cask of petroleum or any other of the inflammable liquids mentioned above, so long as the air is excluded ; but, on the other hand, if the vapour of any such liquids becomes mixed with the proper quantity of air required to produce an explo sive mixture then explosion will occur." Gunpowder, gun cotton, or nitro-glycerine, however, are explo sive in the strict sense of the term, because they con tain within themselves the necessary oxygen to support their combustion. Mr. - Sutton declares that there ought to be no difficulty in conveying the first mentioned liquids by rail if they are only stored in such a manner as to prevent any leakage, " and as little access of air as possible." lie recommends that a special truck should be used for carrying these materials, lined with lead and fitted with a tightly-fitting door, which should never be openedincautiously, nor should the liquid be interfered with except by daylight. THE GAME LAWS. The Leicestershire Chamber of Agriculture, in common with other bodies of the kind,thaye taken up the question of the Game Laws. At its last meeting there was a hot discussion on the vexed topic of ground game. Lord Berners argued strongly that the right to shoot hares and rabbits was a matter for agreement between landlord and tenant, and not for leo elation . He denied that the preservation of game tended to promote the increase of crime, and argued that the fact of there being game upon certain lauds had the effect of increasing the value of the farm. But, notwithstanding his lordship's eloquence, the Chamber passed a resoution to the effect that the time had come for legislation on the Game Laws, and that ground game should be struck out of the category. THE POLICE AND THE HAYMARKET. A. few days ago one of the London magistrates fined a police inspector for unreasonable and excessive surveillance of a refreshment house in the llaymarket, kept by a woman named Burton. On the suspicion that prostitutes were being harboured on the pre mises, this inspector, with a sergeant, entered the house, rambled through the rooms, demanded ad mittance to Burton's bath-room whilst she was undress ing, and on being refused, remained in the house all night. The magistrate held that this interference was excessive. So it ap pears ; but it may be as well to note that this woman has just appealed against a previous conviction for harbourino- prostitutes, and that the magistrates at Middlesex Sessions have confirmed the sentence. It is clear, then, that the police had good Found for their suspicions. They were not thereby justified in remaining in the house all night; but the whole story is another example of the necessity for caution in the outcries against the police which have been so common of late. THE MARSEILLES LAND COMPANY. The Advertiser foresees more scandal looming in the distance in connection with the last great com mercial job. Matters relating to the introduc tion of the Marseilles Land Company are now being investigated by a special examiner of the Court of Chancery. "Facts have come to light which render it not at all improbable that the First Minister of the Crown may have to consider in what manner and through what influence the floatinfr was aided. During the past week more than one important per sonage has been examined, and report alludes rather prominently to the evidence of a.Cabinet Minister." TUE LATE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER. The death of the Marquis of Westminster is an nounced. his lordship was 74 years of age, and suc ceeded to the title in 1845. Ho had previously repre sented Cheshire from 1818 to 1830; and sat in the House of Commons for North Cheshire from 1832 to 1835. The Marquis was reputed to be the richest peer in the House of Lords. Thus within a few days of each other the highest marquisate and next to the oldest earldom (Derby) have fallen vacant. The new marquis is Earl Grosvenor, M.P. for Chester. It will be remembered that Earl Grosvenor moved the cele brated amendment, rejected by a majority of five, to the Reform Bill of 1800 (Mr. Gladstone's) which amend ment declared it inadvisable that the questions of parliamentary suffrage should be dealt with piece meal. The seconder of the resolution was Lord Stanley. It is not a little singular that both of their lordships became peers within the same week. THE LATE ME. JOHN BRUCE. The death is announced of one of the most Imins taliing and erudite of archeologists. Mr. John Bruce, the treasurer of the Camden Society, the vice-presi dent of the Society of Antiquaries, and a member of various learned bodies, is no more. The great fur!e of the deceased was investigation into State papers ; in that work ho was eminently "at home.' his removal is more to be regretted as there are very few left us who will bo able to render equally valuable service in the compilation of the papers which it is the business of the Royal Commission Mist appointed, to collect. lie worked almost unknown to the general public ; his labours, however, are recognised with much admiration by the learned few with whom he was brought in contact. TIII SUEZ CANAL. A. correspondent of the Telegraph announces that the Peninsula r steam-launch Pauline, has just traversed the whole length of the Suez Canal, taking soundings. The commander reports the minimum depth to be twenty feet, the work in good progress, and the canal a genuine success. MORE MYSTERIES. The inhabitants of London are just now puzzled with two problems of equal interest, bat of very dissimilar characters. Who has given £13,000 to the London charities, and where is the man who has com mitted forgeries to the tune of £20,000, are the questions of the day. Some able individual, whose name at present seems hardly ripe for publication, has been practising caligraphy on bills of lading and the like with such suc cess that two firms alone have lost £20,000. The com petent penman is wanting and cannot be found. As a set-off against this rascality, some anonymous person, or persons, has been distributing large sums to the metropolitan charities. Up to Thursday no less than 29,000, all in donations of £l,OOO each, had been acknowledged by hospitals, refuges, convalescent homes, &c. ; but since then, reclionin.7 only the donations of £l,OOO each, thi s sum h a s been raised to £13,000. There have been besides many gifts of smaller amount. The noms de plume assumed by the donor or donors all differ, but it is noted that they are in every case composed of three letters, "R. G. F.." " G. T. N.," &c. " THE MYSTIC." The mystery of "The Mystic" has been unveiled. The poem under this highly appropriate title, which was published in an American paper as an original work from the pen of Mr. Tennyson, turns out in some sense a n i m p os t ure . It was indeed written by Mr. Tennyson ; but it saw the light many years ago in the Laureate's first acknowledged volume, and was withdrawn, with other juvenile pieces, from all subsequent editions. Its republication may be useful as an encouragement to beginners. EXIT BROADHEAD. Broadhead, the instigator of the Sheffield maimings and murders, *ants the world to regard in him a noble martyr ! As such he presented himself on Friday before a large meeting at Sheffield. He is—as is well known—going out of the country. In fact he finds She ffi eld too hot for him. Instead, however, of slinking quietly away, he has a and performance in his aid - at the local music hal.4 attends " in evening dress and black kids," makes a speech to his patrons, and holds himself up as an injured, oppressed, down-trodden man. His complaint against the Sheffielders is that they will have nothing to do with him ; masters will not employ him, men will not work with him. His love (he says) for trades unions has brought upon him this suffering. His opponents are un-Christianly cruel. And the man who talks thus has been an instigator of murders ! Does he under stand—can he be taught—that but for unavoidable circumstances, the probabilities are that the law would have required his life from him ? :FOREIGN NOTES,.. TILE INDIAN DEFICIT. The .7rofus3ilite publishes a despatch from the Govern ment of India to the Secretary of State chewing the financial condition cf the country. By exceeding the ox pem.liture in India and England, as estimated by Mr. Massey, and by a deficiency of £400,000, the surplus of .£234,000, expected to have been shown in the Budget for 180 and 1369, was changed to an actual deficit oj £2,273,363. As compared with the previous year the revised Budget for 1369-70 shows a deficit of £1,727,402, instead of a surplus of £52,650 as estimated by Sir it. Temple. The Government is, however, sanguine as to the future. Mr. Strachey, officiating Minister of Finance, hopes to extinguish the deficit this year by increased salt duty in Bcmbay and Madras, by the tempo rary addition of 1 per cent. to the income tax throughout India, by a reduction of a million and a quarter in the Public Works expenditure for the year, and by a saving of £BOO,OOO in the current expenditure. Large savings will also be made in the civil and military estimates, without reducing the British forces. Tho increased taxation it naturally very unwelcome, and the general feeling is that REPORTED ItiIIRDER. OF A. SHIP'S CAPTAIN AND CREW. The Bombay Gazette tells a painful story. Tho ship Princess Dagmar, from Scotland, arrived in that port on October 8 from Newcastle, and her captain reported that while in Torres Straits he was boarded by the captain of a cutter from Sydney. The latter had come out in search of a Sydney vessel, named the Catherine Seymour, which left Sydney for the pearl fishing at Wednesday Island. The accounts are somewhat confused, but it is stated that the natives of the island boarded the latter vessel, murdered the captain and tha crew (twenty-two in number) and carried off the captain's wife and son. They then set fire to the ship, which was afterwards found, and this information obtained from her log, though who remained to write it is not plainly specified. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN JAPAN The Overland China Mail gives a description of the Duke of Edinburgh's arrival in Japan and his reception by the Mikado, a young prince of about his own age. The Japanese are much puzzled by the Duke's absence of state. He first landed quietly, dressed in plain clothes, and drove off in an ordinary carriage. One of tho disappointed spec tators exclaimed, "Do you call that an English prince ?" When he landed in state, matters were not much better, for they could not understand his condescension in raising his hat, nor the noisy welcome which greeted him. The preparations for his visit were very extensive. A STOUN AT YOKOHAMA. Japan has boon visited by a terrible gale, which has effected serious damage among the shipping in the har bour of Yokohama. No lives were, however, lost. FOREIGNERS IN CHINA. The Yorth China Herald states that a serious attack has been made on a French gentleman in China. He was returning from the Franco-Chinese camp with his wife, when the road was obstructed by a Chinaman. A quarrel ensued, the Chinese collected a crowd, and the Frenchman, M. Louvier, was stripped and maltreated. A Chinaman who said he was himself a Catholic, came up and rescued him. The French consul has taken the matter up. 10EIV ZEALAND, The Taranaki Herald of September Ist states that native affairs in that province were exhibiting a more hopeful aspect since the new Ministry had been in office, and the friendly Macries were anxiously awaiting a visit from the Native and Defence Minister, Mr. Maclean. It is proposed to employ the natives in road making. The New Zealand press thinks that the English public are completely misin formed as to the situation of the colonists. The Herald explains that the colonist has to buy his land before he can settle on it, and the advantages of his position have been greatly overrated, partly fromhis own desire to make the most of himself and his belongings at home. The gold discoveries are rapidly becoming the all-absorb ing topic in Wellington and politica are thrown into the shade by them. Companies are being formed, and money invested with great spirit. £lOO,OOO went, it is said, in one steamer to Auckland for investment. THE OLD DOMINION AND TEE LINTON. The President has expressed great satisfaction at the action of the Virginia Legislature in selecting men for the 'united States. Senate who can take the Ironclad Oath, The Pre ;Went entertains a high opinion of Governor Walker, of Virginia. Whatever opposition may be made to the admission of Virginia, she will have the support of the President, who de,4ires that all the States may be re- presented in Congress P-3 soon as possible. General Canby's report on the conduct of the election is expected to have important influence on the Radicals in Congress. THE CUBAN PRIVATEER The privateer Cuba was libelled at Wilmington on the 19th of Ootober, and the United States Marshal boarded her and demanded the surrender of the ship into his hands. Commander Higgins refused to surrender except to an office{ of the United States Navy. After some delay Commander Pierson of the gunboat Frolic, came onboard with an order from the President for the Cuba to be turned over to him. Commodore Higgins then surrendered his sword and vessel to Lieutenant Commander Pierson, and himself a prisoner of the United States. The Cuban flag was hauled down by the United States authorities, and the entire crew sent ashore. CUBA. Some intercepted documents have been published in Havana, which, if true, prove that the Republican rising in Spain was the work of Cuban insurgents. An addi tional detachment of troops has been sent to the seat of war. Some of the rebels have surrendered themselves to the Spanish authorities at Cienfugos, and ask'd pardon, THE SHIPPING TRADE OF AMERICA. (From the Anglo American Times) A very important, and a meeting very interest ing to England was held in the rooms of the Ship owners' Association of New York on the 13th inst. to elicit the opinions of both ship buildersTh The object and n was dshipowners on the decline of the Ame rican mercantile marine, and the best means of re covering the former supremacy. The following was submitted for the consideration of the members of the Society : Resolved, That the Coproittee of this Association ap pointed to confer with the Congressional Committee on Commerce and Navigation, be instructed to express the views of this Association as desiring for American citizens the right of purchasing vessels in any port of the world where they may find it the most advantageous to do so, which vessel or vessels when so purchased shall ba en titled to all the privileges of United States registry. 2. Failing in this, to express the desire of shipowners to be permitted to import vessel property upon the payment of a fixed duty, either ad valorem or per tonnage. 3. That all the materials entering into the construction or outfit and supplies of a vessel constructed in America on Ameri can waters, shall be subject to a refund of duties or in ternal revenue tax, or a bounty equivalent thereto. 4. That power be given to such Committee to adopt any plan likely to result in the placing of shippin3 interests on a proper basis. It is evident that two (perhaps conflicting) interests are involved ; the one that of the owner, the other that of the builder. The former might find his best course in the securing from Congress the repeal of the Navigation La w s so as to permit him to pur chase ships anywhere and register them as Ameri can. The interest of the other is to maintain the ex elusion of the f ore i gn b u ilt ves sels, but to demand the free import of suc h ma t er ial as may be required in the constructio n o f th e ships. As the case now Wands the build ers th e mselves do not get orders for vessels, whil e t h e laws prevent t k t owners from giving the orders to foreign builders, the result being to throw the foreign carrying trade of the country exclusively into the hands of foreigners. Most of the speakers discuss the subject almost in the words used by us s ince we took it up over two years ago. It was shown that about the titne when the civil war commenced, the era of iron shipbuild ing began, effecting a revolution in the material of construction, and the effect was the more decisive, that at the same time the change in the propelling power from wind to steam occurred. Most of the shipowners desire legislation to empower them to buy the ships they require abroad when Americans would have the pride of again seeing the American !tag borne upon every sea. Now neither benefit, as the shipbuilding interest is bankrupt, being unable to compete with Britain and other nations, for since the war not only the tree going to compose the vessel, but the land whereon it grows, has increased in value. Mr. W. Nelson said he had found after careful inquiry that of GO barks then lying in the port of New York, 43 were foreign and 17 Ameri can, the tonnage of the foriner being 19,543, while that of the latter was only 8,575 ; of the 75 brigs also in port, 44 carry foreign flags, the tonnage of which was 10,167, that of the American brigs being 9,130. A month ago the proportion of foreign vessels was larger. He admitted that the purchase of ships abroad was not a popular idea with the masses, but free trade in ships would be necessary unless the abrogation of the present injurious laws weighing against the American shipbuilding interest be effected, the latter being the necessity in the opinion of Mr. Webb, who stands at the head of the shipbuilding trade in New York. Another speaker considered that they were trying to ride two horses at the same time —the horse of Protection and the horse of Free- Trade. To revive American commerce it was neces sary to drop the question of American shipbuilding and go before the country simply as carriers. Mr. Henkel, who vacated the chair to speak, did so in a most effective way. He evidently disliked the idea of falling between the two stools of Free- Trade and Protection, urging that they should go before the Congressional Committee simply as car riers, confining the resolutions to that issue. Ile believed the outcry about the sacrifice of the ship building interest to be fallacious ; England had in some such dilemma not even hesitated to sacri fice her wooden shipbuilding interest, and the re sult is that she now builds iron ships for all the world. The President of the Maine Association, who was in the room, was asked to give his opinions. He did not like anticipating what his delegation had to say to the Congressional Committee, but he might remark in a general way that Maine desired to modify her views as far as possible to meet the judgment of the community at large. The problem was a cheap merchant marine, whether of wood or of iron, to be arrived at by the readiest means. He maintained that America had the materials and the men, but failed in legislation, so as to enable them to com pete in shipbuilding with other nations "Give us," said the Hon. N. G. Hichborn, "the same laws that England has, and we can build either wood or iron vessels as cheaply as they can in England. lam sure we could do it in Maine, at all events. If we ask our Go vernment to unfetter us, and to place us on the same foot ing as shipbuilders on the other side of the water aro on, and we have a metallic currency, we ask but very little time to show the world that we can meet England half way; and if she can then beat us we will wish her God speed. Wo don't want to be denationalized, and therefore we claim the right to build our ships on our own soil. If we can only agree to a concerted plan of action, I believe that wo can succeed in liberating American commerce from the thraldom it is now under." The Congressional Committee will be prepared with a report for Congress, and the question will soon be decided one way or the other. That question situ ply resolves itself into this—whether the materials used by the shipbuilders, which can be imported cheaper than they can be procured in the coun try, are to be admitted duty free, and after, if American shipbuilders can compete with those of the Clyde, the question will be answered satisfac torily; or if permission is to be extended to American owners to purchase their ships in the cheapest mar• ket. As the laws now stand Americans are barred out of the foreign carrying trade, and will con tinue to lose even the few ocean going ships re maining, unless some change be effected. With that decline is swept away the school for American seamen, and by degrees Americans will cease to follow a sea-faring life, the boys being no longer trained to it as a calling. It will be found more difficult to revive a taste for the sea than to revive shipbuilding, and if Congress deals too tenderly with the shipbuilders they may lose all in the at tempt to prop up an interest which will revive of its own accord when the natural time comes. That day will dawn when the debt is greatly reduced, when the country has returned to specie payment, and labour and material have become cheaper. But Congress cannot effect such a change by the mere passing of an Act, while it can effect the change by an Act which would place American owners on an equality with foreign shipowners. When circum stances favoured shipbuilding in America, with a surprising speed that branch of industry advanced to the lead in the world, and England instantly availed herself of the fast cheap American clippers, or the carrying trade would have passed from Eng lish bottoms. The consequence was a great spur and an improvement to shipbuilding in England, and it is now seen that her Majesty's Government selected the best course in placing the Engllll owner on a level with the American owner (who then bad the advantage in shipbuilding) which en- i snred to the country a fair share of the carrying trade, leaving the builders whom the Parliament could not effectually help to take care of them selves. The British Administration could no more change the circumstances then prevailing than can the American Administration now. They could not transfer to the banks of the Clyde the pine forests of Maine no more than can the Wash ington Government transfer to Maine the cheap iron and labour of Glasgow. If England bad re fused to register as British, foreign built ships, pre cisely what is happening to America now, would, at least, in a measure, have happened to England then—the foreign carrying trade would have passed into the hands of foreigners, and the great ships lying in the Mersey and in the Thames would all have flewn the Stars and Stripes. We trust that Congress will look to the greater interest, which it is in its power to place on an equality with that of foreigners, and leave the lesser to await the time when the nation has recovered from the damaging effects of the war, and it will quickly revive under the influence of the cheap labour and material which will surely follow. The tone of the speakers was all that could be desired. No spirit of jealousy or ill-feeling of any sort was displayed, which, in the depressed state of their interests, together with the belief in America that it is in no small degree due to English action during the war, reflects not , a little credit on the speakers. In the session of the Special Congressional Com mittee on the 15th inst. several shipbuilders were examined, and, according to their general testi mony, as the iron of the United States is superior, and their ships are better built, if placed on equal terms, they could compete with foreign yards. The shipowners, however, differ widely from the builders. To read the evidence of the latter, it might be sup posed that they excelled the world in the manufac ture, making ships not only superior, but nearly as cheap as they do on the Clyde. Yet on inquiry it transpires that they make few or no ships at all. That they will be able when circumstances change to compete against any country, we believe to be au undeniable fact ; but the truth is, that since the war that industry has languished in Europe, and could not therefore revive in America. Shipbuild ing has for some time been a ruination trade on the Thames, ou the Mersey, and on every other river except the Clyde, which has suffered severely though surviving, while scarcely a sound of ship building is heard on the Thames. One of the facts of the case is that Britain can better afford to em ploy capital for a very low remuneration than Ame rica can, still the Thames has been no more able to bear up against the depression than has Green Point. The special Committee of the House of Represen tatives is now sitting in New York, with the lion. John Lynch, of Maine, in the chair, composed of Messrs. Holmes, Morrill, Welles, and Buffington. It will be their business to report fully to Congress when it assembles, and they will find matter for reflection in the official reports for the fiscal year ending 30th of June last, which show the following arrivals at American shores from British ports :—American vessels 343, tons 350,024 ; foreign vessels 1,190, tons 1,427,545 ; a decrease of one-sixth in Ame rican tonnage during the year, and an increase of foreign tonnage of about one-ninth. They appear to have some nice young men in Massachusetts, as the following instance will show. A❑ individual was imprisoned for a brutal assault on Lis wife, and on the expiration of his short term he was released. That night., the 11th instant, Dr. Cole, of Saxouvillo, was called from bed, the plea being a message from a patient. No sooner had he, however, got outside his door, than Le received a bullet through the cheek, and had to send for another doctor to attend him. It was then the turn of Mr. Gray, the depot-master, of Framlingham, who, on being aroused, went to the window, and was there pottA d at twice. Police Justice Adams and another gentleman were then visited, but they wore not so easily coaxed out of bed, and the patience of the would-be assassin being exhausted they escaped. As it was through the instru mentality of these gentlemen that the punishment was in flicted on the wife-beater, the conclusion has very natu rally been arrived at that this was his first action on get ting out of gaol. MR. BOUTWELL'S SPEECIL Secretary BOUTWELL'S speech at Philadelphia on the 9th inst. was addressed to the two great States of Pennsylvania and Ohio; from his stand-point the question directly involved in the election being the faithful discharge of the National Debt. It did not depend, as the Secretary observed, on the deci sion of these weighty communities whether the debt would or would not be repudiated, repaid in green backs, or dealt with in any other way than that pro posed by the present Administration. But what Mr. BOUTWELL foresaw, though not involving so momentous an issue,was still one of great importance, being, as he put it, whether he should be enabled to reduce the annual burden within a few months, by funding the debt at an interest not exceeding 4} per cent. ; whereby a yearly saving of from 18 to 25 millions of dollars would be effected. Unless the Secretary of the Treasury be wrong in his calcula tions, the election or rejection of Messrs. PENDLE TON and PACKER was the answer in the simple words —No or Yes. We are not inclined to estimate at the full meaning of the words the speech even of a Cabinet Minister, addressed a body of electors to influence an election ; but Mr. BOUTWELL'S was so moderate, terse, argumentative, and simple iu its conclusions, that we believe it to contain neither more nor less than the plain, unvarnished truth. Simplicity is its chief beauty as well as value. It was addressed by the Financial Minister mainly to the working people, and not only did it studiously avoid complicated economic subjects, but it swept them away with the besom of common sense. "There is nothing in schemes," said Mr. BOUTWEEL, "no thing in plans of shaving down, of cutting off ; it is a simple and straightforward work." That work he defined as an honest collection of the taxes, the surplus being applied to liquidating the debt. If the people desired to repudiate, they should at once avail themselves of their power, and shake off all their obligations, so as to derive a real benefit from a dishonesty that would stigmatize them through all time. If not, let them say so with that decision which settles the question for ever, deriving there from the benefit it would quickly confer, such, for instance, as the funding the debt at a greatly re duced interest. But let them not lose both, while haggling over a dishonest policy, which did not, and never would relieve them from a dollar of the burden, while depriving them of the good to be derived from an improved credit. Though Mr. BOUTWELL directed this telling argument against a leader of repudiation, it is not our object to follow him in the electioneering portion of his speech ; but to get at the views of this important functionary on the finances entrusted to his care. lie maintains not only that honesty in this matter is the best policy, but that it is easy for the United States to be honest. To the labouring men more especially is the policy of honesty wise. What we have so often urged is ably reproduced in the Secretary's speech. On the shoulders of the poor, not of the rich, would fall the main burden of repudiation. The very men who think that in shaking off the National Debt, they are shaking off taxes wrung fr_m them to enrich the bloated bondholders, are, in truth, sweeping away their own savings. On the bondsrests the banking business of the country. Not only are they the securities of the National Banks, whose notes the poor men hold, but of the Savings' Banks, wherein lie the bard earned fruits of their toil. The quicker information, and the more ob servant eye of the wealthy, would guide them out of such investments, and when the smash came it would not be in their bands that the dishonoured promises of the United States to pay would be left. The unsophisticated, the trusting, and those re moved from sources of information would then as now and ever be the victims, and no delu sion could be greater than to suppose that the burden of the poor would be lightened by the weight of the loss being transferred to the back of the rich. The substitution of one promise to pay for another promise to pay is not a liquidation, but a repudiation, for the promise substituted is irredeemable and bears no interest, while that whok surrender is enforced is redeemable, and car ries an interest till the promise be redeemed. In effect such an act would be repudiation, and Mr. BOUTWELL called it by its right name. The portion .F wnhictrtt which will be read in Europe with most interest relates to the actual figures he fur nished. The debt was less at the close of the last war in proportion to population and prosperity than was the debt at the close of the revolution, which then was manfully assumed and honestly paid. In 1791 the Funded Debt was $75,000,000, which in 1801 had been increased to $83,000,000, the popu lation of the Union at the time numbering 3,000,000. Though without positive statistics of the then value of property it might be estimated at one-fifteenth as compared with the present value. Say, that there were $100,000,000 of Debt based ou a property of from one billion to two billions of dollars. Now, there are forty millions of citizens, with a property valued at fifty billions, and with a Debt, taking it when the war closed, at three and a half billions of dollars. Hence the debt of to-day is less in pro portion than the Debt of 1801. To the disparity must be added the increased power of production given by labour-saving machinery, and the rapid accumulation of wealth in the country. Already several hundred millions of dollars have been paid in liquidation, thus reducing the total in four years after an exhausting war by over 25 per cent. During Mr. JEFFERSON'S two Presidential terms the - Debt was reduced from eighty•three millions dols. to fifty-seven millions dols., being $26,000,000 in eight years. In proportion this in no degree equals what has already been done since the close of the civil war, and if the rate of reduction be continued at $100,000,000 a year, which it easily might, the Debt will be extinguished in less than fourteen years. Fifty millions dollars a year will wipe the interest-bearing portion out under twenty-two years, or twenty-six millions would finish it in a period of thirty years. Mr. BOUTWELL is astonished that under such circumstances there should be any ques tion as to the course of the country, and lie then proceeds to show with such a power, giving an abso lute security as far as ability goes, yet that the United States is paying a sum in interest vastly in excess of what confidence under this head ought to command. He considered it certain, unless there should be some disturbance of the peace of the world, or a calamity national in its character, that the country would be enabled within a few months to re-fund so much of the Debt as is desirable, at a rate of interest not exceeding 4i per cent. But the people must first recognise that credit required a belief in the disposition as well as in the ability of the citizens to discharge all their obligations. The world did believe in the ability, but the deprecia tion of the Bonds in value is due to a want of faith in their disposition. It is here that the Secretary so dexterously cast the weight on the shoulders of the Democrats; audwe maintain (as a European journal regarding the question from a European point) that the Secretary was right both in his premises and in his deductions. Not less interesting was Mr. BOUT WELL'S statement of what GRANT'S Administration had already done. lie considers, as of primary im portance, honesty in the collection of the revenue ; and he asserted that above all things was the Presi dent desirous economically and honestly to have the Government work performed. Of all means to in jure public credit, and render taxation odious, the most effective is to hand over the collection of the revenue to dishonest men, an axiom with Grant's Ad ministration, though there was a difficulty in working over so vast a space of territory. From liquors the revenue of last year was $44,000,000; from tobacco, $23,000,000 ; from fermented liquors, $6,000,000 ; from transport of merchandise, $6,000,000 ; with six millions more from sales of merchandise, eight millions income tax, thirty-four millions stamps, and fifteen millions miscellaneous, aggregating some $158,000,000. It is advisable to transcribe iu his own words what Mr. BOUTWELL then went on to say : " This system of taxation can be changed so as to relieve the burden of taxation from the mass of the people. A greater amount of the internal revenue is derived either from the luxuries of life or from taxes on people who are able to pay, and the butden ups'. the labouring people is, after all, very small. But I mug Say that no system of taxation is desired that does not look to a larger taxation upon luxuries or upon accumulated property, thus relieving .the labour and the ordinary business of life to as large a degree as possible. I desire to call your attention to the manner of the application of th revenues of the co untry to the payment of the public debt. The public debt of the country presents itself in three forms—Bonds issued hi Government, payable at a fixed time in the future, an d bearing interest, most of them at six per cent., and a sma ll proportion of them et five per cent.; the currency of tbs country known as greenbacks used for circulation, an d issued by Government with interest ; and outstanding $50,000,000 of Three per Cent. Certificates, with interest and principal, and which are payable on demand in cur rency. When the Secretary of the Treasury found him self in possession of five, ten, or fifteen millions of Or plus funds he would appropriate it to the payment of one Or the other of those forms of indebtedness. By the la w of Congress ho was prohibited from diminishing t he amount of $356,000,000. That was th e amoun t issue d when he came into the Treasury Department, and that amount has under the law been continued substantia l) : the same. Therefore he could not, without violating th e law, redeem and cancel the circulating medium of the country, whatever his opinion might be. Then there are 50,000,000 of Three per Cents. held by the banks. The/ answer, to a certain extent, the office of currency. The/ were held closely by the banks, and would not be giv en f up except ou some sort of pressure. The Secretary ° the Treasury did not avail himself of the liberty to env ploy this pressure, even if it were in his power to a° so ; but, moreover, he felt that it was to some extent • departure from the law of Congress by which he w ag requ'red to allow the volume of currenc y t o re main as It was when he entered office. Therefore there scent a only the course which has been pursued to purchase 51 per Cent. Bonds at the market price." After a very beautiful exordium to the working men, and with an eloquent peroration, these we re the words he used in conclusion : " Inculcate justice, recognise the great doctrines Of in" dependence—not some, but that all men are created ecln a • Recognise and act upon these great principles, and 13° : thing can shake your Governm en t. N e ith er the reP°'" of wealth can weaken, nor the shock of war disturb it' It is more powerful in the intelligence and virtue of the people than any other nation can be either in the caP r f city of the hereditary nobility or in the integrity elre ll , ° l , the monarch. Rule, labouring men, the land in you dwell, but rule under p r i nc i p l es o f v i r t ue , g uided Pi intelligence." e t eell It is more than probable that this admirable sP— carried great weight not only in Pennsylvania an Ohio, but in the Tennessee Legislature, where ' IU4. DREW JOHNSON was defeated in his canvass for t he Senate, although when Mr. BOUTWELL spoke his Sue" cess was considered almost sure. The force of W /13 we say lies in this, to borrow a simile from - FISK'S expressive language, that ANDREW JOOlO. " has become the greatest toad in the Repudiat l° 4 puddle," and readers interested in these bonds oure, not to overlook the fact that the two stronges t pudiationists, PENDLETON and JOuNsoN, have P° only been defeated, but defeated even in their 'te r / strongholds.—Anglo-American Times. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Wall-street Journal.) FRIDAY EVENING, Oct. 15, 18 69. 0 Business in Wall-street, excepting is the clique et °c , t : continues exceedingly q u i e t, an d th ere i s m uch cs utvl o exercised in entering i n to now transactions. 31 ° 11* ° oil call, is freely off ere d a t 5 t o 7 per cent. on m i sc ellau :ir stock, which is simply an evidence of the prevailing he ir trust, which prevents cr.pitalists front investing t ' o . money in speculative sh ares or f rom l en di ng it 03 l':,,eli cantile paper. Disco:ll;l's are very firm, and prime na- t o range from 12 t o 15 p er cen t . G o ld i s ent i re l y free f' t any speculative ex c it emen t, an d h as b een so ld all d' l :, 1.30 to 1.301. State Bonds are active, especially Teu't:s see's, North Carolina's, and Missouri's. The United St . '‘ Bonds are as follows: Sixes, 1861, registered ye/ to 1 !; 0 ° Sixes, 1881, coupon net to 1 " Sixes, 1868, coupon .. ___ to s U.S. Gs. Pacific Bailioad Five-twenties, 1862, registered ll5 to 1 1 , Five-twenties, 1862, coupon Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon " 1 t 0 ivt U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 Ten-forties, coupon lOBl t° loss Ton-forties, registered to to 1 _ --.. Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. 45 5 Amer. silver 96} to 98 f Eng. sous ......483 to Mex. dollars 103 „ 104 20 francs Eng. silver 470 , 480 I Thalers .. ....... " Five francs 93 „ 96 gC' Foreign Exchange are dull, and the transactions er° nerally on a small scale. Railroad Stock 4 aro firm a 11 01 ,g. fair business is doing, especially in the Vanderbilt sOboto The directors of the Michigan Southern' an d Sake S s od Railroad have elected Augustus Schell (who is ir° friend of Cornelius Vanderbilt) as director, and it the pected that J. 11. Banker will be chosen treasure r for investment, particularly those of the Alabon s ' Chattanooga Railroad, offered f o r s a l e by Soutter neva ory, and those of the Southern Centr a l Railroad of NO ( offered by Vermilye and Co. 78 N. Y. Central 6s, 1883 91 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 87 N. Y. Central 6s, II Est 871 N. Y. Central Gs, Sub'n 871 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 97 Erie Ist Mort Ex 9B Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 95 ' Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 B4 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 BO Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 77 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist M, '77 B4 Hud. R. 7; let M, '69 99 Had. R. 7s, 2d M, 'B5 1024 Harlem let M, '6B '72 100 Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 — Mich. new Ist M 85,'82 — Mich. So., 7 p. c. 904 N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich.S.&N.l.S.F'd7p.c. 981 111. Cen. 7 p. c, '7O 116 Alton & T. H. Ist M 921 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd Alton & T. H. 2d M. Inc 74 Han.& St.J. LandWrntslos3 Han. & St. J. Con 100 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M — Chi. & N. West, S. F 92 Chi. St,N. W. Con Cony 92 & N. W. Int B BB Chi. & N. W. Ist M — Quincy & Tol, Ist M, '75 111. & So. lowa Ist M — Gt. West. Ist M, 'BB 829 Gt. Western 2d M '93 B2l Tol. & Wab. 2d M Ex B4 mo tion° 1 11 :4° In Miscellaneous Stocks the principal trsn of 6 6. been in Pacific Mail, which, under the pressnisilep blocks havinglbeen thrown °lithe market, hay... 661 N. Y. Central id 177 Fort Wayne ............ Erie Hudson Reading Mich. Central — W. U. ToloSi7 erry Tol. & Wab. Equ i p'' .... Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist 9g Gal. & Chic. Ext .......... Gal. & Chic. 2d ......... 9 1 Chi. &R. I. Ist ...... 94 Chi. R. I. & Pacific Vs..• ,1 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fund"' 91 N. J. Central Ist M ...... 9 N. J. Central 2d ...... 1 00 Pitts. F , & Ch. Ist Idl4' . Pitts. Ft. & Pitts. Ft. W., 3c Ch. 3 4" Cleve. & Pitts. 4th 3 1 '; 99 Chic. & Alton , S. l InAi:1,011 Chic. & Alton, S . F. er 59 Mil. & St. Paul Ist X"' L. Mil. & St. Paul 2a Marietta & Cin. let '" 99 Morris & Essex 181 911 Morris S.; Essex 2cl Joliet & Chic. Ist Chi. & GI. East'a lstAx••• 93 N. Y. &N. u. Gs ..... • 90 Dubuque &S.Ci_tpli4 •90 Peninsula Ist 135 Ohio & Miss. Ist ..... gtl Ohio & Miss. Con ......... Tol. P. W. Ist M. Atlantic & O. W. 'Xi f g 3 Del., Lack, & c is Lake Shore Div. ,„11 3 1 Cleve, P. & Ash. P•a... Do. union Pacific Gold 133'" 94 9 C e ntral P.RR. Gold Pacific RR. guar. V' Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg lOOl Ohio and Miss l "d i er.. , go North-West ..... North-West Preferred 84f Cumberland .... V r o... 6 7} Canton-, 5Ol Bankers and 'pro .of Rock Island - Met St. Paul .. ~._ ...... Cleveland and Toledo — - IM et St. Paul Prole the day. Express Stocks are genera, on a small scale. We quote : 5 1 1 „ 11 . 0 „ 6 Adams ........... . ................................. '„',', 4 to l o k American Merchants' Union .................. % to ',.• 9 ' Merchants' Union, old Stock ................. 1.4 to ' s United States .................................... .'',l to . 1. Wells, Fargo, and Co ..........................• x'' pie Foreign Exchange as follows: Th o° 1 01 Sixty Dar' 109 j London Bankers lO9 — lo9 i .....* London, Prime Commercial 10 8 1 -109 ~.." Paris, Bankers Bremen, Bankers Ilamburgh, Bankers 3l -3 ... Frankfort, 0.M.40-401 Berlin and Cologne Antwerp 5.24-5.16} Amsterdam, Bankers -4016} Swiss 5 221-5.16k IIY steady, but the bugio° ii° ...... rt re ;.fael as follows Drexelonoct. and ls: C_or.,ethhaesyrihvialandiaelpithialafrbo:rois- ort i 6 , Messrs. --------------- 110°' e 1 Six es, Ist Mortgage, 97 97} ; Sixes, 2 ( 1 94 THE 9S. IRISH I ----- ---- .. -- f C .' 4lr:illti was dane of tenure an'his-------dTayENaANT RIGHT QuEEsTioisT Nov. I.— T his table adjustment of the '''' op number of h el d here. The attendance was prettfstory o quidemonstration in supportioala 4000; any yland resolutions woro proposed cond>lo' l which would not embrace fixity of fever _____ FLETCHER -On the Ist i ü b' s , R a T t H D 5 e . bel l° son the ite wife of Albert Fletcher, Esq. , of a •aro, _o P ll—On the 30th ult., at Glastonbury''— Porch, of a son. HAMILTON—DENNIS 4,/ ... 1 1 0 1 A nR:: ©~ G 3 E O t S h. Jiiil."o' ult., nt t to -- -1.5 Church, Lieut.-Colonel Louis IL ilatuiltoa r. Lath. widow of the late Georg ° D Ili , Esq• , is en " less,,,A 11Aw ' S - MILLARD —On the 31st ult. at St. JO o f ~.-I .' dilly, E. A. Hawn, to Martha, eldest daught.c e Millard,of 4 - of 91 ' ...9Eil TBS. ro 6° ' HERMIAN—On the Ist just., Julius David Iter . ,i 0 Great ltussell-street, Bloc) insbury, aged S 7. i a voJa ' PARKER—On the 31st ult., at The Gales,lirendL°f ot stre Win. Parker, Esq., aged 76. ~g , ite TIIIRATTS —On the 31st inst., at 44, Disb c4)- ` without, John Tibbatts, aged 73. . , 2- -- stfPf ar , A:5 1). :,..0 01' London: Printed and Published by WILLIA M .02, eel/ of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office ' 1 ° 0( 11° in the Precinct of the Savoy', in the Cow ° Tuesday, November 2, 1661.1. l', AiL,