The Sun. — London, England, 1858-10-27 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE IVS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The demand for discount accommodation con tinues remarkably quiet, and bankers and others Mid much difficulty-lin obtaining employment for their resources, notwithstanding the low quotations now current. An impression prevails that the joint stock establishments will soon refuse to accept deposits, even at 11 per cent. interest, owing to their inability to derive a suffi cient profit from the supplies lodged with them at that rate of interest. Amidst this continued Plethora, it is not surprising that the conduct of the Bank of England directors, in maintaining the minimum at 3 per cent., should be severely criti cised in financial circles, and an opinion still exists that a relaxation will be announced before many weeks have elapsed. The prospect of a slightly increased exportation of the precious metals is no argument in favour of the adoption of a policy so inconsistent with the present state of the money market. With a stock of bullion exceeding £19,000,000, and with an extensive importation of gold from Australia, besides other consignments from America, Russia, &c., the probability of a moderate efflux is of comparatively little importance, and ought not to influence the judgment of the Bank Court. If the " other securities " held by the authorities consist of commercial bills they must rapidly diminish, for while their rate is 3 per cent. the whole of the discount business of the metropolis will of course be transacted in the open market, where accommodation is offered as low as 2 and 21 per cent. The Eastern Exchanges exhibit no alteration of importance, except in tho quotations at Canton, Which show an adverse movement likely to stimu late exports of silver from this side. As the supply of that metal is rather limited, and there is a de mand for it on continental account, the quotations rather tend upwards. It is expected that the steamer to leave for the East, on the 4th proximo, Will take out £lOO,OOO, being a larger remittance than for some time past. Gold is now about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London, and at Hamburg it is of the lame value as it is here. In. the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no alteration of importance. A sum of 40,000 sovere i gns h as b een sent to Lisbon. The gold by the Arabia, amounting to a bout £91,000, has also been taken for the Conti nent. Another shipment of £150,000 will be made to Turkey this week on account of the new loan. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed quietly, and prices were unaltered. The sales Were estimated at 4,000 bales. On the Stock Ex °lunge rather more business was transacted in railway shares, but values tended downwards. ~., The meeti ng o f the. Royal Mail Steam Packet auy has b een h e ld t o -d a y, C a ptain Mangles, I‘4 * P .) in the chair. The report showed that the itfr airs of th e company were i n a f avoura bl e posi tion, the net surplus from the half-year's traffic b e i ng £124,645 B s . 9d, from which a dividend of £2 per share was declared. A short discussion took place, when the report was adopted. The preliminary arrangements for the liquidation of the half -yearly account in foreign securities and railway shares form the principal business trans acted at the Stock Exchange to-day ; but although th ere is very little activity in the English market, the Fu n d s are fi rm l y ma i n t a i ne d a t the advanced quotations of yesterday after noon, A satisfactory feeling has been pro duced amongst the speculators by the increased firmness of the exchanges, and some additional strength has been imparted to quotations by th expectation that the Bank directors will at once lower the rate of discount to 21 per cent. Consols are now very buoyant at 981 a for money as well as the account. The New 3 per Cents. are marked 978 I, and the Reduced 97 and 971. The 5 per Cent. Annuities have been dealt in at 117. The March Exchequer Bills, 40s. prem. Long Annuities, 18 3-16 5-16. India Stock is firm, viz., 226; and the Debentures, first issue, 99Z-; ditto, second, 99 i; and the Bonds (under £1,000), 11s. to 14s. Foreign Securities are active, and prices are firmer. - Turkish 6 per Cents. are 931 94 ; ditto i ' c riP, first issue, k I, prem. ; ditto, second, 11 P r eni• ; Russian 5 per Cent s ., 1124 ; S pan i s h 3 per rents., 47 ; ditt o C er tifi ca t es, 61 ; B raz i lian 5 per C., 21 103 ; Equador Bonds, 16'4 ; Guatemala 5 per Cents., 54 ; Peruvian 41- per Cents., 901 ; Por tuguese 3 per Cents., 47 ; Austrian 5 per Cents., 86 1 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 1001. Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Shares are k Prem., and Atlantic Steam, 1 4 prem. The principal business that has been transacted to-day in the Railway Share Market has been in co nnection with th e arrangements for the liquida il°ll of the la s t mon thl y account, and in several I nstances p 1 rites have s li g htly i mprove d. G rea t " estern and North-Western have advanced ss. ; Cale doianrd Gre a t N orthern and Midland, 10s. ; Cale ian and S ou th-E as t ern d ec li ne d s s. ; an d No rth-Easte rn (Berwick), 10s. ; Brighton, Lan cashire and Yorkshire, and one or two others, I. e re at pre'rious quotat i ons. Th e Fore i g in es hav e b een dealt i n to a very limited Ixte.ut, and p r i ces genera ll y rema i n stea d y. 441 and Lyons and Northern of France have 81i ghtlY receded. The Coloni a l undertakings are rather flat, East Indian have declined about ss. Jo int -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares shoe- a downward tendency. Bank of London declined h 55., and City Bank 10s. Canada Land ~4 bare receded £2, and Royal Mail Steam £1 to 4 lo s. 11M-- 3 •ITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 134. Cent. Reduced Annuities Cent. Co nso l s A nnu iti es s Neer „„_ 3 ner Cent. Annuities 12 . ` 4. Celli. Annuities ll7 g A.nnuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — In tonto 30 Years expire sth April, 1885 lB 5-16 3-16 ,dia Stock ' 226 'l4lO Debenture:, 994 to ditto, 2d Issue i ) ,Lto Bonds, £l,OOO o ldc under £l,000 ' ol lsols for Account ................. March J une. Xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... • 40 1 I 'ItICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 1/t ulli . an, 5 per Cent. bitto, 1852 44 per Cent 99 , .. h Ditto 1858,'4/ per Cent. 971 1 'll,lador New Consolidated ~ uitto Provisional Land Warrant 4l i e uatere a u , 5 per Cent. 901 p„ r1 2_7 4 1), 41 per Cent. . puese, 1853, 3 per Cent. ' 4 , 881 a n, 1822, £ St., 5 p er C en t ll2l iJitto 41 per Cent s pansh 3 per Cent. 47 ~ Daitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkish7P nis orn. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6 1 , 6 per Cent. Ditto New Loan Scrip I( 1 3 D itto 2d I ssue Dividends on the above payable in London. tusf,._. hle,.. ..tn, 10 Gu. £, 5 per Cent. —"I. Cent. p: Exch 12 Guil. 21 per til JittO Certifi angeca4s, 4 per Cent. . . 1004 vian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 77 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 9B 1 98 ; a !'RICE OF GOLD. —The quotati on o f go ld a t P ar i s 'about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25-10 Per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng figh Mint price of £3 17s. 10Id per ounce for standard gold, :t appears that gold is 3-10th per cent. dearer in Path than l '„,.London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is ,t 4 per mark, and the short exchange on London . 13-.5i rr £ 1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price `lh s therefore about the same price in London as R aMburg. The course of exchange at New York on Te ndon for bills at 60 days' sight is about 110 per cent., Whi ch when compared with the Mint par between . the two . Iltries shows that the exchange is slightly in favour of 4la nd ' ; and , after making allowance for charges le of a tz a n s a - Thtt,,,and difference of interest, the presen t rate 4 e tft a t u es P , rofit on the importation of gold from the United davtIENASE FOG AT LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL, Tues ' fog of a very dense character set in in the lower tatt, af of this town, covering the river and extending to th tioel. So thick upon the river was the fog that yester -"Dr/ling and evening the ferry boats, with the excep a of th ose belonging to Woodside, did not ply. it in 'eYester .eaing the to wn p resen t e d a g l oomy aspect, espec ially of t i l r ugher dist r i c t s . To-day there is a great diminution iii, f og, but there are indications that as the night closes ho t "", once more settle down over the t own . W e have is thearaed of a n y acc id ent h av i ng occurred On the river or ivi ° ,,.. t "vn from the density of the fog. Iovr C HESTER TRADE REPORT.--MANCHESTER, u Y.—The mar k e t f or yarns i s i nactive and id. per lb h m e r • It is, however, supposed that the demand, which ti how been slack for five weeks, must soon be revived. at itl,llfacturers arc perhaps better under orde r just now ; katZete the pres sure t o se ll manu f actured goods is less I SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share) Railways. FOREIGN. Closing I Business Paid. Done. , - I Paid. Closing Business Share! Railways. Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 51 20 Ardennes all - - p 12.10 Amberg, Notting. Bost.' 20 iliali.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 par 1p and Eastern Junction 10 64 64 5 'Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 50 Belfast and liallvmena..l all - - 20 Beziers to Graissessae all 9 1 0 13.11 I Bir., Wol., and 8 tr. Val. all 7} 71 5 ICarmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 2 Sto2k Birk., Lane., and Chesil. 20 'Dutch RheniOli Junction lOO 66 68 6 Eastern of France ...... all 281 29 25 Blackburn 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. - - P 25 Blyth and Ty ire all 31 33 20 Great Central of France all - - Stock; Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian - - Stock Chester and Holyhead - 50 ;Cork and Bandon all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout._ all - - 20 'Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 4} 44 p 121 20 Cornwall all 41 5 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - A roves. div Lyons and Geneva .... all 241 25 1 10 10 I Do. B Do. A E noli - 20 until6p.c.per an. 331 Maria Antonia all - - i hasbeep pd.to. all - - 20 Do. do. New - - 50 Dublin an dlielfast June. all - - 20 Namur a nd Liege all 9} 91 9 1 25 Dun.,Pertll4 Abr.Junc. all 7 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref . all 21 22 22 Steel lEast Anglian Steck I Eastern Counties lOO 61 621 62 20 Do. New Shares - - P Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 45 47 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 30 32 30 .1 d 25 Do. NW. A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - 2020 p O a tt r o is m ,L an yo ,g n z a . n6dpe3riedcenitt. all 7 di 34 344 25 East Kent all - - 20 Paris' and Orleans ...... all 53 541 Stock East Lancashire lOO 93 95 20 I Recife& S. Fran. (Pero.) j 0 1 d / p 20 East Suffolk all - - I gua. 7 po. ct. (Lim.) ... 10 Do - - 20 Riga and Dnnaburg.... 4 - Stock rEdinburg and Glasgow 100 65 67 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 27 274 20 Royal Danish all - - 10 'Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 5 Royal Swedish - - Stock l''lirresa - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all - - Stock Glasgow & South Westn lO7l 91 93 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 8 8} 10 Great North of Scotland all 10} 101 10 Do. 5 1 per cent. ''ref.... all 9 91 Stock Great Northern lOO 1 04 105 105 .2 20 Southern of France .... all 22 23' Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 85 88 88 81 West Flanders all 5 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 129 131 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . all Stock Gt. South.& wstn.(lreld) 100 102 104 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24 Stec': Great Western - - Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 12 Irish South Eastern all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 85 88 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - lel Do. Thirds - - 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 114 124 p S tock I Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 951 95 16 I Do. do. F £l6 6 1 01d BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 0 I Do. do. t 9 shares 7 1 faq 3 !Do. West Riding Union } - - Sh are R a il ways. P a id . Closing Business 20 Do. Southport - - Price. Done. 11.6.3 London and Blackwall all 5 4 6 1 11.6.3 ,De.Wewiss.at £slosp.sh 4l - - 100 'Atlantic &St Lawrence ( ) Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 1101 1114 111 }all - - Stock London & North Westn. 100 90 90int Leased at 6 per cent.. 124 I Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 93 94 . 5 percent. 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - 18 ro all - - 25 IL'derry & Enniskillen. all - - 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 par p 18 Do. Do. B 4 Stock Man., She, & Lincoln.. 100 35 36 1 par p 10 Metropolitan - d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 7} 7 Stock Midland lOO 97 974 971 8 204 Do. New c Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 16/ 13} 12 d Stock Do. Birminp.•, 100 . & Derby.. 100 67 69 t 6 p, ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1372 60 Slid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 75 80 79 25 Do. 4 Shares all - - 1 100 80 85 100 Neatastle and Carlisle.. all - - 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1C74 100 74 78 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 10 11 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. - - P 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 - - 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - Ros. all - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 25. - - P O l 20 Newry. Warpt., & 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - - Stock Norfolk lOO 63 65 so North. Counties Union 34 31 3 d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 14 11P St o ck North British lOO 56 1 5 7} 56 1 6 171 Demerara - - Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 - - 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 I IP St o ck Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 107 108 1 0 7 61 7} - - until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 20 Do. C Shares all Stock Do. B Stock - - ~. . 4 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 11 I}p 11 St oc k North-Eastn.-Berw'c' lOO 93 931 %it 2O Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 1 d d 100 D 0.41 p.c. lids. pay.'so all - - Stock2o GeelongGeelong&C3olrepl.oguraat i s on P. c e Do. Leeds lOO 47 471 1 all 17 18 Stock Do. York lOO 76 76 76 Sto. 1 per cent. Bonds lOO - - Stock North London lOO 100 102 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 37 38 38 and City Junction-- £3 ls. - - 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 74 76 75 20 North Staffordshire 174 5 41 d 12 4 i 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 7O 10 5d 20 North-Western 10 No. & Son. W. Junction all 74 84 _2O Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 1p Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 27 29 20 Do. do 10 Peebles all - - 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip 1 2 .. • } fp pm x d 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO - - 204 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 181 181 X d Stock Scottish Central t lOO 110 112 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with Stock'Scoth.N.E. Aber. Stock 100 27 28 1 all 105 108 I ' • t. till '6O Stock,Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 82 84 Stock:Shropshire Union lOO 4 3 45 100 Dodo. '73 till '6O all 105 108 10 ISittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 2 d 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 104 106 Stock South Devon lOO 3 5 36 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 99 100 100 Stock South-Eastern lOO 74 74/ 74} 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 18 18 1 Stock'South W ales , lOO 76 78 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 20 2 20 South Yorks.& Riv. Dun all 12 1 4 20 Do. 4 f p . c. Extension.. 15 Id ld 20 Do. do 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 11 20 Do. Fourth do. 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 34 35 Stock M el b . C or p . 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - 25 Do. do. 1854 221 - -- Newßrunswick&Canda. 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - 20 / Ry.&Land(Lim.)g•.6pc' 10 2 11d - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 --- Class ACapitl.Share.. Do. do. Laud d 0... Stock Taff Vale lOO - - - .. 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. lO 4 3 d Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 ' 100 - - 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - .. , Do. do. Land d 0... - - Stock Vale of Neath lOO 92 94 20 1 ' Northot India rannoad, 2s. ;lock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - Limited, Scrip i - 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 , Oude (Limited) 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 20 Do. - P - 21 5. 4 ' } 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. New a 0 r ... 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 3 . } 20 Do. Punjaub 5 Do. B all 61 4 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. tx,!;" 5 par p 20 West London - - 20 St. Andrews & QuebecA 18 - - 10 Do. Ist Class all - - 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par ip 20 Do. 2d Class - - Stock Stock 23 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock 10 I Stock Stock Stock; Stock Stock 25 ' Stock Stock Business Done. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railway ,. ! Pa p I Leasing I Closing' &wines', Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley BuckinEThamshire Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincobishire,g. 6 p.c. E Ilnion,FlarwichShs. — Bo. Woodbridge ... Gls.BarrANeils,Dret. Do. New . Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail Hull and Selby Ln & N.W Ln & N.W Caledonin E.I.J.&E C GL North. E.Counte. Caledonia Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . . E.Counts. Do. 4 Sharei Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Redcr, g. 6 c Di id. BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. C. Nortl &Ea stn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares ...... A. Roystn,Hitch.,& She Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrowsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire „ Wear Valley, g. 6 p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn. Do. Do. Do. L&N W 1 & L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Brassey M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtu 99 100 103 105 17 19 [4O 142 4 41 109 111 DOCKS. BRITISH ➢TINES. Share( Mines. I Paid. C p lo r s ioe in . g I Business Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 8 9 I .20 pritish Iron -- ondurrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 450 460 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 102. 17s 1 1 107 3 1 Great South Tolgus... G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack —• ) 11.14.11 2 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 84 1 1 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 84 6 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) nil. 4 5 Par Consols (St. Blaxv) 14 161 174 .... Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - Sortrid , e Cons. Min. Co. (is I 4 , SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer)l 24 395 405 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 3% S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9'185 195 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 I 1 10 Tin Croft 9 a 34 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 65 75 Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 I West Basset (Illogan) l4 21 224 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 2O 110 120 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 200 210 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 180 200 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 54 24 31 Wheal Kitty (U. LelanO 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'lMaryAnn (Menhe)l 8 45 47 - Wh'lTrelawney (Lisk.)l 44 25 27 FOREIGN MINES 20 l Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper.Lim lOB P 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Z 5 p ) 1'.7 1 1 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 9 10 5 Do. Land and MiningCo all 14 24 1 Clarendon Consols 31in ing Co. of Jcmaica 40 Cobra Copper al 35 37 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 ,Dunilioun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 214 3 Linares all 8 9 5 Lusitanian 1 31ariquit a all 1 1 New Granada all 1 20 Pon igibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 6 , 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l 6l 1 1 it 28.2.81 I l.lnited Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Closing Business Share Securities. Paid. Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. A; July 100 1151 1161 1154 164 Do. 6p.c.Fb..l:AT-4. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.3lr. (iL Sep. 100 113 115 100 1114 1124 NovaScotiaGov. 6 p.c. St. ---- N N .. ID S I. . oG W . °. 'G . . (61 o PP v :. ce 5 : Aj p Pa . : e l' . D e b.. Be' lty 100 1 1 - 00 1 - 004 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112 ' 1114 S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July 100 112 111 VictGov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 111 113 113 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share) Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. p r i ce . Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 861 87 40 Australasia all 85 25 Bank of Egypt all 25 25 1 25 100 Bank of London 5O 46 48 461 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 50 British North American ell 58 60 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 2/ 216 100 City 5O 58 60 59 60 591 100 Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 19 21 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 161 17 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 20/ 211 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 481 491 481 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 39 40 20 Ottoman Bank all 191 19/ 191 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all • 25 South Australia 25 Do. New l7l 25 Union of Australia all 55 57 25 Do. New 2O 54 56 50 Union of London lO 24 25 100 Unity Mutual 55 •-• 10011 Western Bk of London WO 19 17 d MISCELLANEOUS. Share) — Miscellaneous.: Paid. C P losin g Studness don , rice. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 15 16 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 390 25 Australian Agricultural 19 341 3 4 1 1 10 Australian Royal M a il . all 1 1 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 2/ 10 Do New, issued at £5 die 3 50 British American Land 40 50 Brit. &Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 40 42 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 19 21 20 Do. C . 100 Canada 321 115 120 117 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 10 101 Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg all 24 28 . 25 Do. Preference 71 per et all 24 26 ( ( a l ci i m m on l . 5 Crystal Palace all 11 if 5 Do. Preference all 4 5 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2 Stack Electric Telegraph lOO 112 114 5 Eng.& Aust. Cop.St.Co. all 1/ 11 10 Europ. &Ind.Junct.Tel. 10s. alla 21l _4 _3 21 2 1 9 5 0 G G E l u e .r . r P o s n:S A a c m r m e N W S a C t vi in ol g l -1 2 4 0 L L o o a n d do .G n e D m in is o coun ni 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) a ll 71 7/ . 25 National Discount C 0... 5 ci 1 1 10 Netherlands Land Discount . n 1 1 11 d 6 10 Do do all 1 2 5 De Bp. c. Pref.,is s. at idis all 1 1.; 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 18 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 20 North of Europe Steam all 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. 1 is par 5 Peel River Land & Min all 21 21 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 86 88 50 Do. New lO 12 13 p 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 2 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 61 7 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O C 4 66 62 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 14 11 25 South Australian Land. all 38 39 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 1 I Do. do Registered all 3 , 1 _ 20 In•.&Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. 5 • 1 % a n Diemen'.Land .._26i .11 11 1 Sarah Farrell. OLD COURT. MURDER. FORGERY. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) 65 67i 1174122 94 97 2i 21 97 99 57 59 97i 9 Paid]Closing Business Price. Docks. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1858. CRIMINAL COUBT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Byles.) THE TURKISH PIASTRE CASE. Mr. Sergeant Parry applied that the trial of Antoine Aime Hugon and Hugon Reverdy, who stood charged with unlawfully causing to be made a certain press and dies for the purpose of making counterfeit coin, not of this realm, but to resemble the coin of a foreign prince, to wit, the Sul tan of Turkey should be fixed for to-morrow. Mr. Sleigh, who appeared for one of the prisoners, wished the trial to be postponed to the next session. After a short discussion the Lord Chief Baron said the case should be the first taken by the Judges next session. Isaac Harmond was indicted for the wilful murder of Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the prosecution, said the charge against the prisoner was that he caused the death of Sarah Farrell by throwing her out of window, but in con sequence of the absence of a material witness he was unable to proceed with the cased uring the present sessions. The trial was accordingly postponed. Ebenezer Whitehead, 24, was indicted for forging and uttering a cheque for £24, with intent to defraud the Lon. don and County Bank. The prisoner pleaded guilty, but sentence was deferred. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. Henry Lamb, late a servant in the employ of the South- Western Railway, was placed in the dock, indicted under the coroner's inquest with manslaughter. Mr. Salter said as the evidence was the same as that placed before the grand jury last session, when the bill against him for manslaughter was ignored, he was not in structed, as the prisoner had been some time in custody, to offer any evidence. The jury returned a verdict of acquittal. Mr. Sleigh hoped the prisoner would leave the bar with out a stain on his character. The Lord Chief Baron said he thought that in all cases where a person had suffered imprisonment equal to that if the charge had been tried, he ought not to go away with a stain on his character. The prisoner was then ordered to be discharged. RAPE. John Morris, 28, tailor, was indicted for a rapo on the person of Eliza Ann Bennett. The prisoner pleaded "Not guilty." Mr. Ribton appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. The learned counsel having stated the case, called — Eliza Ann Bennett, who said—l live with my parents in Wimpole-street. lam 17 years of age. lam an apprentice to a dressmaker in New Bond-street. I saw the prisoner there from our window. I afterwards saw him in the street one Saturday night ; he asked me how I was, and to meet him on the Monday evening. It was a week before the offence was committed. I met him on the Monday, after I left work. It was about seven o'clock. I went for a walk with him into Hyde-park, where we remained till about nine o'clock. I made another appointment with him on Wednesday evening. We met that night at about eight o'clock. We went to Hyde-park again. That time we remained about an hour and a-half. I told him I lived in Wimpole-street, and he afterwards saw me home. He went home with me the second night. He asked me if I was an apprentice, and I told him I was. He said he came from Nottinghamshire. When we parted on Wednesday I appointed to meet him on the Friday following. We met about half-past 7 and went into Hyde-park, and strolled down " the Hewer walk," until past 9. We talked about the people for whom I worked, and he afterwards saw me home. We again appointed to meet on Sunday. We met about 9 o'clock in Tottenham court-road. I remained with him about half-an-hour. We conversed on trivial subjects. He accompanied me home, and he then asked me to meet him on the Monday. We met, and proceeded as usual to Hyde-park. He said he wished that my parents knew of our going out, and I said the same. We walked about until it go late. and the gates closed before I knew it. We then walked towards that part of the park between the barracks and Victoria-gate. It was a long way from either of the public entrances. I believed up to that time he was paying his addresses to me.. I never had been keeping company with any person before. After we sat down on one of the seats he commenced pushing me, and, finally, after I had re sisted as much as I could, he accomplished his purpose. I reproached him with his ill-usage, but he said I need say menoharm. Brooke-street, Wwheerafe after wards walked ancli a f b t o eded ut mt o i e t toh as veerg h ta e hte h e ado r p a ri d Tg it3 s e . He went a part of the way home with me on this occasion. He went as far as Bond street, when ho left. He begged me not to say anything about what had occurred. It was half-past 11 o'clock when I got home, My mother was very cross with me for being out so late. I said I had been out with Miss Smith, one of my work companions. On the following morning I was crying, when my mother asked me what was the matter, and I told her of what had occurred in the Park. She told my father, and the prisoner was given into cus tody. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—The window of the pri soner's workshop was opposite ours. There were five girls working in the same room as I did. There was also some other young men in the room in whichthe prisoner worked. I never walked out with any one of them. I don't know a young man named Hardcastle. The young man Hardcastle was called, and the witness said I never knew him by "name. I have never been out walking with him. On my oath I have never been out walking with him. Ho asked me to do so, but I re fused. One night he followed me home. The Chief Baron—You now don't know the young man's name is Hardeastle ? By Mr. Sleigh—He walked sometimes by my side, and sometimes behind me. He begged me to go out with him. I knew he worked at Mr. Moore's. I have never made signs to any of the young men in the workroom. I had been out four times with the prisoner before the offence was committed. I never thought at that time he was going to marry me. I did not think anything about marriage, as I considered I had not known him long enough. If I had continued to walk with the prisoner I should have told my mother. I have been once to a publichouse with the pri soner. It was on a Sunday night. I had but one glass of wine, and we only stopped until I had drank it. He wished me to go to Richmond on the Sunday, but I told him that I could not go. While we were walking in the park he always told me he was very fond of me. When the prisoner lifted me over the park railings I saw two men, but I never mentioned anything of what had occurred to either of them. I had never been in the park so late before. If I had seen a policeman before I got home I should have given him into custody. Re-examined by Mr. Ribton—l said I did not think of marriage, as I thought I had not known him sufficiently long. I thought he was paying his addresses to me. Mary Ann Bennet, mother of the last witness said—l re collect my daughter coming home late on the night in question. She was never out so late before. I was in such a passion with her that I sent her to bed immediately. She told me she had been out for Miss Smith the person she worked with. Next morning I saw her, she was crying very much, and she then told me what had occurred. The next day the prisoner was given into custody. The reason he was not given into custody immediately was that we were in such a distressed condition that we knew not what to do. Mr. F. Fothill, surgeon, having given his evidence. Er. Sleigh then addressed the jury for the prisoner. STEALING A CHEESE.—Thomas Bonner, 31, carman, was indicted for stealing a cheese, valued at £2, and 8 lbs. of bacon, the property of William Benjamin Blackburn, and Benjamin Barnes, 55, dealer, was indicted for receiving the same. ----- Benjamin Blackburn said—l carry on the business of a cheesemouger in Church-street, Greenwich. I know Bon ner ; he is carter to Mr. Webb, a wholesale cheesefactor. He was at my shop on Friday, the 24th Sept. He brought 19 firkins of butter. Before the butter was delivered I had to leave my home, and after an absence of about an hour I returned, and from what my servant told me I went to Bonner's master, in Whitechapel. I made a statement, and Bonner was given into custody. In consequence of what passed a policeman went to Barnes' house, and searched for a cheese, which was not discovered, but they took Baines into custody. While Barnes was at the statics he was confronted with Bonner, and was asked if that was the man to whom he had sold the cheese. Bonner said "Yes, I sold it to him for five-and-twenty shillings." Barnes denied this, and said the cheese was left for disposal: Bonner said it was not so. John Sibbett—l am in the employ of Mr. Blackburn. I recollect the prisoner Bonner bringing the butter to the shop. He afterwards assisted me in conveying the firkins into the cellar. He then produced a sack and asked if he could take away some of the oat husks lying about; he was told he could, and I then saw him fill the bag half full of the husks, and then put a cheese in the bag, which he filled up with the oat husks. I am certain I saw him put the cheese in the bag. Police constable Thorne said—l took both prisoners into custody. Barnes said he had not had a cheese brought to him at all. Police Constable Savage said—l asked Barnes if he had a cheese brought to him by Bonner ; he said no. I then told him he must come with me to the station. He then said, Webb's man left a cheese that morning to sell, and be had given it to a man to sell whom he did not know. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Recorder sentenced the prisoners to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour. NEWMARKET RACES. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) CUTTING AND WOUNDING. — James Bagott, a sailor, was indicted for feloniously cutting and stabbing Henry Bradden, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner and pro. gemitor, with a wall= of other pump, were preecat g (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) liebe and Azalia also ran. MATCH FOR £2OO. D.M. a public-house in Deptford, when a quarrel arose, which resulted in a fight. During the affray, the prosecutor said, the prisoner drew a knife and made two or three thrusts at him, one of which took effect in his back, another cut his chin, and the other he warded off with his arm. Evidence to prove the assault having been given, the Common Sergeant summed up, and told the jury that if they had any doubt in their mind that the prisoner was the man who attacked the prosecutor, they would acquit him. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the Common Sergeant sentenced him to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. GOLD ROBBERY BY A DENTIST'S APPRENTICE.—Wm. Stratham, a respectable-looking youth, an apprentice to Mr. Wm. Broadway, dentist, of 23, Gilbert-street, was charged with stealing gold cuttings, the property of his master. Chas. Cole, a detective officer, said that from information he received he followed the prisoner on the previous night from his master's to a refiner's in Wardour-street, named Hearne, and, on looking in, he saw something put in the scale, and, on going into the shop, saw the gold produced in the scale, and after it was weighed heard Mr. Hearne say it came to 7s. 3d., and saw Mr. Hearne pay the prisoner for it. He then told the prisoner he was a constable, and charged him with stealing the gold from his master. He said, "I am very sorry for it. I know I have done wrong, and I'll give you anything if you let me go, and you need not say anything to my master or any one else, or I'm ruined if you do.'" Mr, Wm. Broadway, dentist, of 23, Gilbert-street, said the prisoner, who was an apprentice, had been in his em ploy four years. He had lately lost a good deal of gold. From the Ist Sept. last, above three ounces. The cuttings produced are exactly similar to some he had missed, and were used by no one else but dentists. Tho price given the prisoner was not very low, but he considered that the per son had no business to buy it. The prisoner said he was guilty. The prosecutor said the prisoner's family were very re spectable, and his reason for suspecting the prisoner was because he spent more money than he was justified in doing. Mr. Beadon said it was monstrous that things like these should be taken in by a refiner from such a lad. He could not comprehend how it could be supposed that the gold could have been obtained honestly. It was very discredit able. It was only on account of his youth that he did not send him for trial. He should not, however, feel justified in sending him for a shorter term than six months. ASSAULT ON A SENTINEL AND A PA.RX-ICEEPER.— Isaac Norton Taylor, a carpenter, was charged with as saulting William Oulton, a private of the Ist battalion of Coldstream Guards, while doing duty as a sentinel at the Magazine Barracks, Hyde-park ; and also with assaulting Holmes, a park constable. Holmes said that on the previous afternoon he saw the prisoner strike the sentinel, and call him a vile name. He persuaded him to go away quietly, seeing he had been drinking, when he struck him in the mouth in a violent manner, seized him by the arm and threw him, caught him in the stomach with his knee, and then kicked him in the groin. Oulton - said he was doing sentry duty at the Magazine Barracks, in Hyde-park, when his corporal cautioned him as to the prisoner, who was using very bad language. He reasoned with him and tried to get him to go away, but he would insist on looking through the barrack windows. Having orders to prevent people doing so, he told him to leave, when he called him a -, and said, " I'll smash your teeth for you." Finding he would not go, he pushed him away, when he became very violent, and tried to seize his firelock, and kicked him and the constable also. Prisoner said he had been drinking with the soldier, but this the soldier said was not true, as he was doing sentry duty at the barracks. Mr. Beadon said the prisoner seemed to think very lightly of it. It was a very serious case interfering with the sentinel. For the assault on the soldier he should order him to pay 405., or a month, and for the assault on the park constable, 14 days' imprisonment. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Half A.B.M. New Brighton Yaller Gal Eleven ran. SELLING HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. D.M. Laird-o'-the-Dale Harry Stanley 2 Barbarity Maid of Masham filly HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 15 SOTS. FOR TWO-YR-OLDS. Broatlbrim Ten ran. Z5O OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE. C. C. Harry Bluff 1 Kelpie £5O HANDICAP PLATE. A. F. Pretty Boy 1 Vulcan 2 Free Handicap of 100 Sovs. (Run To-morrow).—Sun beam, Physician, Ditto, and Belle have paid forfeit. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Promised Land (offered) 33 to 1 agst Viking (taken) THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English wheat, the quality of which was tolerably good. Fine dry samples were held at fully Monday's cur rency, but other descriptions were very dull, at late rates. A liberal supply of foreign wheat-6,510 quarters, has come to hand. There was no disposition on the part of the millers to operate, hence the business done was trifling, and prices were barely supported. In floating cargoes of grain next to nothing was doing. We had a steady demand for limiting barley, at full quotations. Fresh grinding parcels were firm, but distil ling qualities ruled heavy. The malt trade was far from active, yet prices were well supported. Oats still come in freely from abroad, and the demand for them was far from active, at Monday's decline. Beans, peas, and flour were unaltered in value. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. English B2O I 1,730 I 3,830 Irish Foreign 6,510 I 5,950 Oats. Flour 640 I 1,370 1,500 1 1 33,420 —sku. 940 bls. BOROUGH HOP. Fine new hops sell steadily, and prices are the turn higher. All other kinds continue dull. Duty, £260,000. WHITECIIAPEL. The trade generally is :toady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per 81b. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17 11 171 Antwerp Brussels Ifamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 118/ 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —34 i Madrid Cadiz —49 i Leghorn — 29 871 29 921 Genoa — 25 471 25 521 Naples Palermo — 1221 123 Messina: — 123 123 Lisbon 'Oporto Rio Janeiro New York • • E.I. Co's Ids. House bits. 60d Calcutta, Co.'s rupee 26 2 Bombay ditto Madras ditto 26 23 East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to the Bth inst. _ _ Bengal £1,201 .5 0 Madras Bombay £1,201 5 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. £3 17 9 9 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) ), THE LEVER LINE--GALWAY, Tuesday.—The Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Circassian sailed punctually this evening with mails for St. John's Newfoundland, and New York, and with a full complement of passengers and merchandise. SEDUCTION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—At the Liverpool police court yesterday (Monday) a respectably attired girl, of 17, named Ward, was brought up charged with attempting to commit suicide the previous evening by throwing herself over one of the Dock bridges. From the girl's statement it appears she is a native of Yor T k b ( e wh gl e .r r l e f her ol c r e e s p ) u t ‘ e . i n parents are understood to be in good ri ; u r o c sl u e. circumstances), seduced by a gentleman and taken to London, where' the lsoNs i vued ce h r ifmcrsaonodk obtaineandd nea lcamelodgings n t g o s L it ! v a e Rupert-street. She stated that she did not wish to return to but urn to her friends, owing to her mother's gladly accept any situation by 'which. she could' obtainwouida decent and honourable livelihood. The muclekto poor creators for further iiKuiry,ilstratts PREFERENCE SHARES. Sharei Railways. Blythe and Tyne 1.1 per c. pref. (Issued at 250) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. 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John Rogers has addressed a long letter to the Banner of Ulster, bearing upon the pending dispute between the General Assembly and the Government in regard to th e appo i ntment of Presbyterian chaplains for the ar my . I n the letter is embodied an authoritative communication received by Mr. Rogers from the chaplain-General of the Forces in relation to the chaplaincy appoint ment at Shorncliffe " The following" (says the rev. gentleman) i s the letter which I received a few days ag o ; an d , as it is for Clergy P,' which means, perhaps, publicity among the clergy,' and has the impri matur of the Chaplain-General' at both top and tail—which, doubtless, is intended as a warning to aspirants in general after military chaplain cies—l don't see that I can do better than give the warlike missive general, if not universal, circulation:— " Clergy P. " General No., 203. " ' War-office, Pall-Mall, S.W., Oct. 16. "' Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Major- General Peel to acquaint you that he has deter mined on appointing an assistant-chaplain to the forces to attend to the religious wants of the Pres byterian troops at Shorncliffe, and that the Rev. J. Young has been directed to proceed thither forth with. " In acquainting you that after the arrival of Mr. Young at Shorneliffe your services at that sta tion will no longer be required, I have to express to you the Secretary of State's thanks for the care you have taken of the religious welfare of the Pres byterian troops during the time that they have been under your charge. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " G. it. G LEIG , C.G. cc ' The Rev. John Rogers.' " The Banner, as the organ of the Presbyterian body, thus comments upon the War-office com munication : " It is perfectly evident that this last episode in the great chaplaincy drama is intended, on the part of Government, as a tolerably plain intimation that the Irish Presbyterian Church is to b 3 excluded in toto from all share in G4vernment patronage. The General Assembly has thus lost its position in the army altogether, and it has only now to remem ber by what traitorous and underhand methods, on the part of a miserable clique, such a consummation has been achieved. However, the Church has nobly vindicated its independence and honour throughout the whole of these negotiations, andit can afford to despise the unprincipled policy of a Government which scrupled not to break its pledges at the beck of its political partisans." THE BANK OF IRELAND. The trade report of the Freeman's Journal directs attention to a return lately presented to the House of Commons by the Bank of Ireland, showing the amount of dividends paid to the holders of Govern ment stock in Ireland, dividing them into classes. The return is given for 13 years, from 1845 to 1857, but that we extract is the last year. There were-- Holders. Receiving less than £lO per annum 11,700 Receiving from £lO to £2O ditto Receiving from £2O to £lOO ditto Receiving from £lOO to £2,000 ditto Receiving from £2,000 to £4,000 ditto . • 13 Receiving upwards of £4,000 ditto 25,926 "The general tendency during the 13 years was to a greater subdivision; for instance, in the highest class, that receiving more than £4,000 per annum each, there had been 18 in 1845, but only , six in 1857. Of these two were holders of New Threes, one of Consols, one of Long Annuities (which expire in another year), and two of Terminable Annuities. About four-fifths of the entire, both in number and value, is held in New Three per Cents. (late 31 per cent.), and only about one-fifth in Consols—a singular fact, as the aggregate amount in England of the two stocks is about equal. Our readers are aware that the New Threes are pro tected from reduction for 15 years. The following are the totals for each kind of stock. It will be observed that the proportion of all the other de scriptions of stock besides the two mentioned is very small. Some of them are, however, large holders : Holders. New Three per Cents. Consols Reduced Three per Cents. New Five per Cents. Two-and-a-Half per Cents. Long Annuities l2 Terminable Annuities 25,926 " It is curious that the only two Terminable An nuities are over £4,000 per annum." THE DUBLIN CUSTOMS DUTIES. The total Customs duties received here during the 12 months ending with the 30th of September vary but infinitesimally from those of the preceding year, there being a difference of only £365 in an amount of upwards of a million. If the comparison is extended to 1856, the difference is still very trifling, being under £6,000. The totals for the three years are—for 1858, £1,000,434 ; for 1857, £1,000,069 ; and for 1856, £994,536. THE PRIMROSE PIT CATASTROPHE. The adjourned inquest upon the bodies of the fourteen men who were killed by suffocation in the Primrose Pit, Swansea Valley, on the 13th inst. (as duly reported in our columns), was resumed on Monday last before Alexander Cuthbertson, Esq., coroner. There were, however, but few if any ad ditional particulars given to those we have already made public. The first witness called was David Thomas, the overman of the colliery, who described the various courses which the air travelled to ventilate the pit, and added that two new boilers had recentiy been placed under ground, and which were to be used for working the engine. One of the boilers had a fire under it for about a week, the other had not been tried at all. There was a small door placed near the boilers to prevent the smoke from the boiler return ing into the workings. That door was always kept fastened, and was so on the morning of the acci dent about an hour or an hour and a half before it happened. After the accident the door was found open. The door was fastened with a link and a staple, and in such a manner that somebody must have opened it, it could not open itself. He went into the pit the morning before the accident, and did not find any smoke come through the level. Witness then described the spots where the bodies of the unfortunate men were found, upon going into the pit after the accident. The colliery was duly examined the morning before the acci dent, and everything was right then. He could give no reason whatever for the accident, but said it must have been the sulphur from the engine. There were several other witnesses examined, every one of whom stated that the pit was very well ventilated—that they had never heard any complaint whatever made. They were all supplied with rules both in Welsh and English, and the proprietors of the pit never interfered to prevent anything being carried out for the safety of the pit. Each of the men further gave it as their opinion that this sad catastrophe arose entirely from the opening of the door near the boilers, which allowed the smoke from the boilers to return into the workings. Great stress was laid upon the fact (by one or two scientific gentlemen present). that some naked lamps were found burning where the men were suffocated. Mr. Thomas Evans, government inspector for South Wales, said there could be no doubt that the accident arose from the door being left open under the level of the crossing, and which separated the one air from the other—the air was then reversed, and instead of going the usual way filled both levels. It seemed strange that lighted candles should burn where the men were suffocated •, but he found from the published reports of the inspec tors of mines that two similar cases were recorded where the return air from the boilers had ca use d death. There was no question that the pit wa s well ventilated, and the accident undoubtedly arose from the opening of the door near the boilers. The Coroner then summed up, and the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of " Acci dental death, caused by the opening of the door upon the level, but by whom thi s was done there was no evidence to show." The jury-room was crowded during the whcl day. DEATH OP A PLURALIST.—Died yesterday (Tues day) morning, at his residence, High-street, Oxford, the Rev. V. Thomas, 8.D., late Senior Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in the 84th year of his age. The rev. gen tleman at the time of his death, according to Give/ lord's Clerical Directory, held the following valuable preferments: Vicarage of Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, value £510; popu lation, 668; promoted in 1804; patron, Lord Leigh. Vicar age of Yarnton, Oxon, value £290 ; population, 317 ; rro moted in 1803 ; patron, Sir George Dashwood, Bart. Rec tory of Dunkbourne-Rouse, Gloucestershire, value £243 ; population, 160 ,• promoted in 1810 ; patrons, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. It will thus be seen that.tho rev. gentleman, whose demise is here announced, has, during the period he held the three livings, received the enormous sum of £55,154, the aggregate of the populati9n being 1,145. Mr. Thomas graduated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1796, and rose to be one of the leading men of the college. He was well known throughout the country at a clergyman of great ability, though of.toraewhat eccen tric haute. Mr. Thom leaves a widow, but no family. A PARIS ROMANCE. A romantic correspondent tells of a marriage about to take place between a Russian lady, of high birth and large fortune, and an artist of obscure birth, but illustrious name now-a-days, whose humble fortune would for ever have placed a bar rier between him and his now affianced bride, had not chance, and the merriest fellow in the world, drawn them together by the most mysterious and unaccountable succession of circumstances. The artist in question, as well known in London as in Vienna, in Lisbon as in Paris, in St. Petersburg as in Mad r id, h a d b een engage d to g i ve accompanying lessons to the youngest daughter of Prince V. dur ing the stay of the family at Baden. The lessons gave great delight to the pupil, and still more to the master, and it seems that a mutual attachment sprang up between them, and that before they were either of them aware of the consequences, Cupid held them both b eneat h h i s w i ngs, as a hen gathers her litter in the same snug quarter, only it wasn't t . o make them warm and snug and comfortable— just the reverse. The attachment had been going on for some tim e . As us ua l,' no one d reamt o f such a thing—the Prince-father and the Princess-mother least of all. The artist came each afternoon, played his fiddle for an hour, was paid his napoleon, and went his way to play and be paid somewhere else. Perhaps no one would have ever dreamt of such an enormity as a high-born, w e ll - b re d young lady falling in love with one of God's more gifted creatures, handsome in person, p o li s h e d in mind, and beaming with intelligence. seeing that he was " only a fiddler," had not Chance, that mighty mother of our des tinies, came suddenly to the aid of all parties, and determined a position which had become no longer tolerable. One evening, by way of a farewell entertainment, the princess had invited a few guests to make merry, and judge of her daughter's progress, under the instruction of her accompanying master's in struction. But all merriment seemed impossible; the young lady was overcome by sadness, and the company were disposed to join in the gloomy dis position of the moment. Moza r t was pl a y e d, and so was Haydn, with Beethoven and Mendelssohn, and a lot more; yet, strange to say, the dulness continued, and right glad was the company when the boute en train, the fun-maker of Baden, was announced. This arrival put life and spirit into the party, and people began to look up with a little more life in their veins. Of course our fun-making friend could not fail to perceive the dulness which had set upon the party, and, of course, could not fail, according to his word, to seek some means of dispelling it. He sang comic songs, and he recited comic verses ; and, in short, succeeed in dispelling everybody's sadness but that of the daughter of the house, who grew more perturbed as the evening advanced. In spite of all his efforts, nothing could cheer up the musician either, and he was fain to leave him to his fate. As soon as he was gone, the lugubrious tone in which he had uttered his fare well, and the misery depicted on his countenance, becamethe theme of conversation." How dreadfully miserable poor S. looks to-night," said one. " What ails our gay musician ?" said another. " Did you see how nervous he was ?" said a third. "He fumbled for his hat on the piano, till poor Mdlle. P. looked quite anno'ed, as she helped him in the search. He had left it in the vestibule after all." And thereupon the conversation became animated about the detestable habit which men have of laying their hats do w n u p on th e t a il o f a grand piano, until it looks like the counter in an old Jew clothes shop. The conversation was not lost upon our wag • neither, somehow, was th e pale ness and emotion of the young lady. He said no • thing, but resolved to test the matter in his own way. One by one the gentlemen disappeared, until but few were left, when he, too, approached to leave, and began to fumble for his hat upon the piano, as the others had done before him. While he was thus engaged, he uttered a joyous cry— " Why, here it is ! Here is our poor musician's hat, after all ! Why, he is gone away without it. Just like him—so absent ! He will catch his death of cold." Thereupon he drew out a hat from among the group, and held it to the light—" Ah ! there is a written paper inside. What does it say . ?" He approached nearer to the lamp, and, perusing the paper, seemed suddenly seized with a giddy faint ness. " Excuse me," exclaimed he, rushing to the door, " there is not a moment to be lost. Poor S—, poor —; let me hasten, or I shall be too late." Of course every one crowded around, while Mdlle. P— stood pale and motionless by the piano. The paper dropped from the hat ; it was picked up and read aloud—" Before this meets your eye, I shall be no more ; I hasten hence to terminate a life no longer bearable. Keep this hat, which I shall want no more, and remember me." Of course every one was aghast, and most of the men rushed out into the street, while Mdlle. P— fell upon the floor in a violent fit of hysterics, and, with all the consternation which filled the place, none were so completely overcome as the poor wag himself, who had only meant to play a pleasant trick, and not to raise a house about his ears, as he had done. Mean while Mdlle. P was conveyed from the room, but not before she had betrayed her secret, amid the most dismal wailing, and just as the musician was brought back in triumph by his friends, having been found at his hotel quietly stepping into bed, He heard his own name pronounced with every epithet of endearment and - term of self-reproach in the voice he loved best to hear, and with an earnest ness which must have comforted his heart. It was thus that this singular marriage, of which so much has been said and written, has been brought about. The bridal party are to arrive in Paris for the purchase of the trousseau, and the fulfilment of the ceremony, in the early part of next week. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. Losnox, Oct. 27.—Wind this day at noon, N. ; moderate breeze and fine. DOVER, Oct. 26.—Wind E.—Arrived—Rubis, from Mexico. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 26.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived-- Reformation, from Fernenzen. BRISTOL, Oct. 26.—Wind E.—Arrived—Eliza Mallory, from Havanna. NEWPORT, Oct 26.—Wind E.—Sailed—Ulio, for Civita Vecchia. HOLYHEAD, Oct. 26.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Her a ld, from Liverpool for Bahia. PENZANCE, Oct. 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Dena Sceurs, from Madras. GALWAY, Oct. 26.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Circassian (steamer), for St. John's, Newfoundland and New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. Arrived, Oct. 26.—Oliver Cromwell, from Akyab ; Annie Laurie, from Newfoundland ; Lucknow, and Arizone, from Hamburg ; Fides, from Bremen; Clementine, from Ant werp ; Loochristie, from Ghent. Arrived, Oct. 27.—Prospero, from Riva Decello ; Tiger, from Humaearloford ; Electra, from Toronto ; Harriet, from Archangel; Niord, from Venice; Voltigeur, from Hamburg • Anne Jane. Oct. Sailed , 26—Fortune, for Malta ; Neutral, and Win den, for Riga ; Elizabeth, for St. Thomas ; Meg Merrilips, for Pernambuco ; Gertrude, for Manilla; Mal Geno, for Barcelona; Marian Zagury, for St. Michael's. (BY:SURMARINE AN]) BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind, N.A.; tide, five hours' ebb ; weather cloudy. Arrived, Oct. 27.—Moselle, steamer; Batavia, steamer; Schiedam, steamer—all from Rotterdam. Sailed, Oct. 27.—Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. ,Wind N.N.E., moderate. Passed, Oct. 26.—Caroline Coventry, from London, for Bombay ; Janet Willis, ship, from London, f or M a d ras ; G o lden Fleece, screw steamer, from Calcutta, for London (at 6.15 a.m.) ; Emerson Smith, from London, for west ward. Sailed.—Hannah Secor, for Rio de Janeiro. LETTERS FOR SPAIN.— made to this depart men t that, since jsnehwalicontigveleieonn came into operation, letters addressed to Spain, and pre paid by money, delivery in Spain, the P have been charged with postage on their attention of the Spanish which, he conceive: can only has call e d th e onl ost h -o a ffice to this proceeding, apprehension. Some time Zay pvoessibl y sel i throughselapse er a e n t t s matter is set right, and the additional charjdiscontinued and the Postmaster-General recommends, therefore, that, for the present, all persons writing to Spain, the Balearic or Canary Islands, should prepay their letters by means of R. stamps.—By command o f th e P os t mas t er -G enera l, R. HILL, Secretary. GALWAY AS THE WESTERN PORT.—" In refer ence to the spirited enterprise of the Lever line of Trans atlantic steamers from Galway, I confess that I rejoice to see it, and have advocated tho scheme from the commence- Inuit of my labours on the western coast of Ireland, while I lee no reason to abate one jot of evidence given in its favour, I believe, on the contrary, that all the fine-drawn arguments against it will disperse like the imaginary mists and fogs in which the western coast has been shrouded. Local parties will naturally magnify their peculiar advan tages ; but in the Lever' enterprise we see Englishmen —Manchester men men of shrewd commercial dis crimination, located near imperial Liverpo ol, break ing through the mists of antiquated prejudice, and pitching their tents in the ' City of the Tribes,' nearly a two-days' march in advance towards the West." " We live in a common sense age, when facts .will rise to the surface, and demand attention ; and the day will yet come when we shall look backward with surprise that the advantage of a westerly position should have been so long neglected ; when even Liverp ool will be content to receive and transmit its vast commercial correspondence with Ame rica and the West through Ireland—then no longer a mere breakwater to St. George's Channel." "Is there no disad vantage in having to breast 360 miles through a westerly gale ere the Liverpool steamer reaches the m er idi an of the , wes t er n coast ?" If also we regard the Western coast of Ireland as the Atlantic frontier of the British Isles, desti tutextact of defences or naval establishments of any , j—E kind what ever, is it not worthy of serious considerati on s front a Letter of Captain G. A. Beard, .1? y, t o th e Dublin hart, Express, dated Oct. 21, 1 0- , )Nir )el ad on ho en on rag es nr, era ill^ ht, put it