The Sun. — London, England, 1859-10-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England Return, completed to the 12th inst., shows some important changes. In the bullion there is a decrease of over a quarter of a Million, in some measure accounted for by the shipments to the East, and the increased amount circulated among the smaller class of annuitants, consequent upon the payment of the dividends. The Reserve of Notes has been diminished to a consi derable extent, but the Other Securities show a sluel augmentation, owing to the increased anima tion in most branches of commercial enterprise. In the Active Circulation there is very little alteration. The Rest, consequent upon the payment of the dividends on Bank Stock, has been diminished by about half a-million ; and in the Government Securities there is an important augmentation— of one million sterling. The variations in the other items of the balance-sheet will be seen in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. £22,139,525 Increase . " 27,125 Bullion• 17,268,799 Decrease •• •• •• •. 354,491 Rest 3 , 087 , 110 Decrease . . • .. 649,573 Public Deposits . . .. 8,528,088 Increase . 850,714 Other Deposits 13,799,686 Increase .. 528,248 Seven Day and other Bills .. 903,634 Decrease 5,372 Government Securities .. 12,219,969 Increase .. 1,000,000 Othr ier Securities 19,897,989 Increase . • • • • • • 105,633 Notes Unemployed . 8,997,080 Decrease .. 391,450 Owing, to the increased supply of money, conse quent upon the payment of the dividends, the Dis count Market appears quieter, the applications within the last two or three days having slightly diminished. The mercantile community, therefore, Were enabled to obtain accommodation on exceed ingly favourable terms ; and at the Stock Exchange there are equal facilities for the negotiation of loans. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon a slight advance was apparent in the rates on Paris, Vienna, and Trieste. To-day a call of £1 per share, amounting to £30,000, is due on the South-Eastern New £lO 41 Per cents. The Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, closed With a steady appearance, and 8,000 bales were disposed of at extreme prices. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £106,051, and the exports £348,790, exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent, during the week ending Thursday last :—Gold coin (Boulogne), 220 oz. ; gold bars (Cadiz), 4,800 oz. ; silver coin (Bou logne), 1,600 oz, At the close of business yesterday afternoon a rally was reported in the market for Public Secu rities, Consols being 96 to 96*. This improvement has been firmly maintained, the transactions re corded to-day having taken place at 951- 96, and at 9 6 to 961 for money and account. The position of Monetary affairs and the rise on the Paris Bourse have imparted a favourable tone to the market. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 94 1 a, and the New 28 per Cents. at 791, the 5 per Cent. Annuities are marked 111 ; India New Loan Stock has advanced to 1021 y ; and ditto Scrip to 102}, 103 ; the Loan Debentures (1858) are flatter, at 961-, but ditto (1859) are firm, at 951, 96, and Exchequer Bills at 255. and 28s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market business has been moderately active, and prices have remained steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. remain at 781 to 79 ex div. ; ditto New, at 67* to 681 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. at 464 ; ditto Deferred, at 53i ; Mexican, at 221 ; and Russian 41 per Cents., at 991 ; but Scrip has receded to I dis. ; Sardinian to 86; Chilian 6 per Cents. to 103 ; ditto 3 per Cents. to 73i. The Railway Share Market has been moderately active ; the preparations for the settlement, how ever, are now in progress. Prices generally show all upward tendency, and an advance of I to 2 per cent. may be recorded in the values of most of the Principal undertakings. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets prices show an upward tendency. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are 41111 1 and show little variation in prices. 2.. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRIC94 t i ES. Nper Cont. Reduced Annuities yer Cent. Consol s A nnu iti es " 7 3 'per Cent. Annuities 941 5 ' 4 , eNv 2 4 per Cent. Annuities • Per Cent. Annuities lll India Stock Di tt D itto, 1 859, 5 per C en t. Loan Scrip, 5 per cent Ditto Debentures , 1858 .. 965 6 Ditto 13Donitdt:, 1859 . , Xl,OOO Ditt% under £l,OOO ' Bank Stock for Account. . t . par 222 pConsLols t'or Account (Nov 8) xcue(l "" Bills , £1 ow lid 2B 5 ditto £5OO ' ' ' D itto Small • 28 5 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. D itto 4/ per Cent. 1852 _ Ditto 4i per Cent. 1858 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 7Bl Chilian, 6 per ' Cent lO3 x d ...Ditto 3 per Cent . °lexicon. 3 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 4/ per Cent. Dittos per Cent. — Ditto Scrip, 1 Sar dinian, 5 per Cent B6 Spanish 3 per Cent 464 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per C ent. 335 Turkish 6 per Cent... 79 81 Ditto Acceant Ditto New Loan Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 66/ 99/ Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 96 k Ditto Account (Nov.) 96 A Paris correspondent of the Nord states that t time fixed for the French troops to leave Rome is the 0 1st of December next. Es.—ln the Mining Share Market, the rennt of business this week has been in West Caradon, Mines, Basset, North Downs, West Trevelyan, Providence res, Grambler and St. Aubyn, Wheal Margaret, Kelly G ittY, Bast Caradon, East Wheal Grenville, North Crofty, Itroeat Alfred, Wheal Basset, Hingston. Down, North 'wl / ert, East Russell, East Cam Brea, East Trefusis, f 'teal Unity, Wheal Reeth, Wendron Consols, Herods °?t, Tamar Consols, Wheal Harriett, &c. Providence Mines have been more dealt in, and advanced from 46 to 60, N te e n down in one day to 50 ; but they leave off meet to 521. at Seton, 385 to 395, ex dividend •at the ing, on 4.1 , 1 1 8 ,,daY, the accounts for two months showed a profit of Be., and a dividend of £lO (4000) was declared, lea ving £433 18s. 3d. in hand. East Basset have been zn °r e enquired for, and more dealt in; the price has ad .4llced to 165, 170 ; the end in the 70 west has improved to per fm. West Trevelyan, after reaching 11, buyers, ;reQed early in the week to 9, and after various Cetuations leave off at 6 to 7. East Cam Brea have moms in good request at 3 i to -3 1 ; a lode is nlost daily expected to be cut in the moreross(.sl4 north. Roswarne United, 371 to 40, and dealt , I tt South Basset, 111 to 121 ; South Caradon, 230 to '-'; St. Ives Consols, 55 to 571. Stray Park, after reach -111,1 17, leave off 16 to 17. Wheal Basset have advanced to 200 , and have been in good request. Calvadnack, 12 `‘); Cam Brea, 80 to 5 35 ; Cook's Kitchen, 111 to 121 ; C ....raddock M oor 36 to 38 ; Ding Dong, 14 to 15; East Tre !us, le, 21 to 3. W es t Caradon have been very largely dealt and advanced to 1671, 1724, but left off 152 1 to 157 1; "heal " heal Buller, 90 to 95 ; Wheal Clifford, 265 to 2 7 5 ; Wheal argaret, 53 to 56 ; Wheal Mary Arm, 33 to 35 ; Wheal srelawnyt 27f to 86 ; Wheal Unity, 18s. to 20s.—Mining The this da 2 y The horses belonging to the late Lord H. Sey 'llcur have just been sold by auction at Sablonville. They Ve 'ere 19 in number, and fetched a little over 47,000 f. 7 ,TaE WOUNDED AT SOLFERINO.—The Medical "",. 47 ne8 says—lt appears from a statistical account, published 1 t 1 ,• Brescia, that the 37 hospitals of that town received, after e battle o f S o lf er ino, 32,916 wounded, viz., 17,345 French, 1 4 , " ) ) 9 59 Italians, and 1,612 Austrians ; 26,038 have recovered and 1,273 have died, i.e., about one in eleven. THE TRANSMUNDANE TELEGRAPH.—Major P. ti`Donald Collins, to whose report on the Moscow and San Mudge () Telegraph we recently called attention, goes out by the Persia to-day on his return to the Amoor river. On reaching St. Petersbug it is his intention to lay the details the project before the Emperor Alexander, and to solicit Paid in carrying out the enterprise. There is but little doubt that the Russian Government will lend its cordial I , e ° l l 9,urrence to t scheme. Of theracticability of the cas far as the he Sea of Ochotsk, it has st evid the be .`". Its own post routes, and it cannot but take a deep inte rest in a project which will compldte its chain of telegraphic c k ° ,_ t nrounication to its newly opened territory on the Amoor. S tep have already been taken to obtain the countenance „ 11 ,_.` 1 support of the Japanese Emperor to that portion of the Zuach connects his dominions with the main line, and it is World, that when China is thrown open to the trade of the " °rl d, as it eventually must be, there will be no difficulty 111 obtaining the consent of the Imperial government to the .becnstruction of another lateral branch connecting. with ~,'; e „ I t hl• Two millions and a half is, after all, but an insig •tucant amount for the construction of a work of such vast 1 1 11 Portance, and Major Collins is not a man to be deterre d einall difficulties from prosecuting to successful results ~e conclusions that he has deliberately formed.—New York 4orald. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 50 Belfast and Ballymena 13.14 fir., Rol., and Str. Val Stock fir., La., and Ch. June 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun Stock Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Pass age Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div. t Do. B until6 p .c. p er an. hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßellast Juno. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lanc.aster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast Loud. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., She., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Binning. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Nevrcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (aef.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor. Dev. Rail. &Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div i until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.---Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire Stock 100 all all all c all all Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock 6 6 8 8! 76 78 12 51 8; 7 1 i 14 14 54i 55i 35 39 25 27 77 79 27 271 Stock Stock 97 99 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock, 102 103 85 87 131 133 'lO6 108 64 64i 55 60 1 1613 61 4 Steck Stock Stock' Stock 12 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock. Stock North-Western ---- 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock Scott). N.E., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock Shropshire Union 10 Sittinqbourne & Sheer Stock South Devon Stock South-Eastern Stock South wales Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek 25 Stockton Si Darlington 25 Do. do. 1855 25 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & Pim Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West . Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pat 6 Do.A.—Areev.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 5 Do. B 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class 100 100 100 all 100 496 200 15j 161 p 151 161 g 96i 07 65 67 112 113 14 15 94 04i 11 1 a 94 05 , 7 8 35 351 105 losi 84 86 91 ioi all 100 3 100 100 100 74 100 all all all 54 , 1 5 P 9 111 5 I M 58 31, Ed 58! MI all all all all all 8,4 881 2 It d 1 44 45 71 72 104 105 i 4} 4 d Si 9 32 34 13 15 1 115 117 28 27 81 83 34 24d 44 474 76 7? 7 1 72 82 65 6 8 354 364 60 66 5 1 ei 911 J 5 941 104 i I 4 311 89 i d PREFERENCE SITARS'S. Share, Railways. Paid.l Closing Busineas Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne le per 0. pref. (issued at £5O) all Str, Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 95 97 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 took Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 100 101 103 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 10 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. all 61 Dun. Perth,&Aber.Jun. all 5 61 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 99 101 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 115 Stock Do. do. Class C7pc .. 100 107 103 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 10 0 111 113 Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 110 112 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 126 128 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per at. 100 82 84 Stock Edin.&Glas. spo shares 100 Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 734 74 4 Stock Furness, 5 per cent .. . 100 Stock Gifts. &S West.“.; a. 5 pc . . 100 113 .115 Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 117 119 119 Stock Do. 5 poltedm.,lop.c.pm 100 109 111 Stock Do. 4i p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm BP, 84 86 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf — Stock f Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 100 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berke and Rants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. 6 Stock Do. Redeemable, 44 pct. 100 97 99 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 88 90 Stock Do. Irredeemable, do l OO 89 91 Stook Do. sp. ct. Redeam.Pref lOO 100 102 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 101 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares all 17 18 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 91 104 Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 73 75 74 4 26i Do. Chester guar.shares all 19 20 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 139 141 Stock Do.Barnsl.St£s 3slodpc 100 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. NO.l 100 117 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. _No. 2 100 Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct lOO Stoek Do. do. sp. o. No. 4 1 00 a Do. do. 44 per a. shares 41 5 Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon. &S. W, 7 pot. stock, late 3d shares lOO 124 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs all 124 Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh all 9 10 Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct lOO 121 123 6 Do. £6 44 4 4 p Stock Do. 31 per cent. 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all 4 Do. per cent... 124 { Dolo4 Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100 Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ci. 100 139 141 Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 103 164 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 4 p Stock Do. Lelo. & Hit.pref. st. 100 94 95 10 Newport,Aberotc.pret.s 1 all 91 ox p. c. redeem, at sp. c. m 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 all 111 114 Stock Norfolk Deb. 4p. c. shares 100 Stock Do. 5 .o. Ext.Stock,lB46 100 Stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.SklB47 100 Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 109 111 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 106 108 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.&Dsk.Co. 100 Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 90 92 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. 0. Pref. 100 96 97 ". 17 Do. do. do. 813.4. 11 11 , 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 . 9 - 25 Do. York, H.& S. Purch: 10 1d P 20 North Staffordshire.... all Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc.lstg 100 123 125 124 Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... 100 123 126 Stock Do. Irredeem., 2 , 1 gua. 100 114 118 Stock Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 99 100 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 81 84 Scottish Central,new pt all Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 Stock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock 100 74 76 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6po. 100 120 124 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 120 125 10s. South Devon, Ann. 108. all 104 11 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent. all - 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) all 234 24 Stock Do Ai per cent lOO 102 103 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is lOO 101 103 Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO - Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO - Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua lOO 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e all 28 24 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 32 33 Stook Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.- all 52 51 SHARE MARKET.-( THIB DAY.) Share) Railways. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Clogng I Badness Price. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. p aid ) Leasing Closing Business 1 Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletehley' Buckingham shire .. Chester & Holyhead Do. do. 54 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. ct. Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.Lincolnshire,g.op.c E Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge GI s.Barr.drlsteils,Drct Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Trartlpool.Dck.&Rall [lull an dSelby Do. Shard Do. 1 Shares Loud on &G reenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. et Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Mid. Bradford Prefer- ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. o. Northn. & Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roystn,llitch.,& Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire.. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Share all ,'Ln & N.W 100 ILn & N.W 100 Do 100 , Do. 100 Do 100 Caledonia all E.U.&E 100 Gt. North, all E.Counts, 100 100 100 all all all all Eg Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&l3r Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Norfolk Do. LN W&M Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L&N & L.Yk. Do. Gt. North. T Brassey M'Clean Gt. West L.&Brgtn DOCKS. 96 98 484 494 ,123 127 113 115 102 104 16 17 110 112 64 66 115 120 92 94 2i 211 96 98 i iP 56 58 138 140 98 102 101 92 94 Docks. Stock Commercial i~s Stock Do4perCent.Pret.Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stoc outhampton 1 100 Stock Victoria lOO 102 104 1021 40 Do New ...... intlaibtat 2 B IPaid Cgoilelg I Business 6 8 88 100 90i 91 ?HE siJN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 18b9. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. (p aid. Closing ' Business Price. Dons. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda& Cent. Ind gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference B . ) ffal o, Brant. &Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta . &S. Eastrn. Cape,Eastn. Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) ' Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.46 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs. G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c, Geelong Corporation 6 per cent.. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 percent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do all all 8 82 84 16} 16f 11 14 It 14 A 5 501 6 7 }d par lf li d 11 IF 104 101 p pan Gt. S. of Ind ink. —Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bends Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lhn.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New g Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. b a r St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip all all all }lOO 1 1. 3 0. 2s. 6d, 7j all 5 100 FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shy Italian Junction ,Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Ditto New Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liebe Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwezian Trunk Pref. Paris, Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans ...... Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.) gma. 7 p. et. (Lim.) ... Riga and. Dunaburg.... Rome and Frascati .... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref... : Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL DOVER: Shan Securities. Paid. :an.Gov.6 p.c Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c. Fb. Do. 6 p.c.3lr. & Sep. 1. B.Gov. p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6 p.c. Ap. & Oct 1. S.W. Gov. 5 p. a. Deb. D0.5p.0en.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up rovaScoiriaGov.6 p.c. Deb. redeemable, 1875 .Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July riot•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. 100 100 100 106 MISCELLANEOUS. Shari Miscellaneous. Paid. \ Clod= price : litusiness dons 10 Angio-Mexican Mint all 141 151 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 210 250 25 Australian Agricultural 19 30 32 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 10 Berlin Water Works all 44 8 44 50 British American Land ,46 50 Brit. & Irish Mat - r.TeI.A. all 36 38 20 Do. B, 7p. o. till 1862 all 18 20 20 Do. C 100 anada Land 321 109 11 10 han.lslands TeL(Lira ) all 8 9 Stock Cop.Min.of Eng.&Sinitg all 25 Do. Preference 71 per of all 24 25 5 Crystal Palace, 5 Do. Preference all 44 6 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 99 101 25 Do. New 6 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all 11 14 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim all 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 Great Ship (Limited) all id par 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 London p District iscoun T t 5 1 elegr 1 1 1 }'d 20 20 London d 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 1 14 20 radras Irr. and Canal 1 1 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 5 6 25 National Discount Co 5 11 1 d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do 8 p.c. Pref.,' ss. at id's. all 1 1 100 .Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 1 B.Australasian (Lim ) all 4 1 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. 4 d p 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 -- 10 Ditto B 4 10 Ditto C 2s. - Stock Peel River Land & Min. 100 52 55 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 75 77 50 Do. New l5 9 11 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 15 1 4 p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 61 7 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O Stock Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) 100 115 125 25 South Australian Land. all 35 37 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 4 1 1 Do. do Registered all 1 20 r.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can 5 100 Van T 1 IPMen 'a T.an d 281 121 131 BRITISH MINES. Mines. p a i d. I Clesing Basinces Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 4 41 20 British Iron l5 - 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 420 426 4221 5 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 1671 1724 170 E. WI Rusal (Tavistk ) 6.17.0 • 91 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) ml 45 41 Great South Tolgus l7s 134 14 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 12.1.8 11 11 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 1 1 Lady Bertha Margaret ( Uny Lelant) 10.6.7 52 55 54 North Frances (Illogan) 10 51 64 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 9 N.Wh'i Basset (Mogan) nil. 71 84 -- Par Consols (St. Blazy). 1 1 111 124 'Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 59 65 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 1 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 230 235 236 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 2} 3 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 135 145 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 21 2; 10 Tin Croft 9 4f 5 5 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 ' Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 1 West Basset (Illogan) ll 20 21 W. Caradon (Liskeard) lO 1471 1112 i Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5l 185 195 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 85 95 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 6 11 11 Wheal Kitty (U. Lel ant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wh'lMaryAnn(Methe) 8 33 25 WWI Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 271 284 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim l5B 1 d I P 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 271 t 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 11 12 5 Do. Land and MiningCo all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 48 50 Copiapo l6 71 81 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 221 23 3 Linares all 11 12 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 N. RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 P 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 6 8 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) 1 par u 88.2.81 United Mexican 10 21 21 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing Business Share Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Price. Done. ioo Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 69 71 40 Australasia all 80 81 80k 25 Bank of Egypt all 20i 214 100 Rank of London 6O 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co all 80 British North American all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 16 par p 100 City 6O 82 C 5 100 Colonial 25 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of Lyndon 2O 12 21 20 Eng Scot., & Ans. Ch all 16 10 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. all 21k 22 21 1 50 London and County . . 20 50 London Joint Stock .• lO 100 London & Westminster 2O 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 20 Do. new 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .Bk. Corporation all 39 40 20 Ottoman Bank all 17 18 17k 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New 25 South Australia ,. all 25 Onion of Australia ••, all 50 Union of London l2 27 100 Unity Mutual... ? BO 99 100 19 20 38 39 92 94 73 75 82 84 72 74 964 97 1 Id 2 Itd 13 14j 61 (311 d 98 102 98 102 98 102 94 97 82 85 90 95 85 90 01 93 11 11 d - --dl 18} 19 11 1 11c1 nd it (1 AYS. 41 4} —P I} ;d 2i 2 d I i 5 41 d 26 2 - - 1) a 2 n 8-2 19 20 361 37 94 10fH 35i 36 63 65 2 24 di 61 61 9 20 21 51 6 9 10 21 22i SECURITIES. Closing Bumbles' Prices. Done. 114}16 ) 100 102 100 102 100 101 1001 091 1101 11 113 - 09 110 , 1091 / 1141 1151 112 114 112 114 112 113 LAW INTELLIGENCE:-(7711S DAY.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) WHAT I$ AN AGENT?-BENJAMIN V. CORWOOD. This case had been adjourned in consequence of the re fusal of his Honour to allow Mr. Sampson to conduct the cause as agent for the plaintiff. Mr. Buchanan now appeared for the plaintiff, and called Mr. Sampson, who proved asking defendant for the amount, and obtaining a promise to pay. His Honour made an order. Mr. Buchanan then applied for the costs of his witness. His Honour refused, as Sampson had been acting as plaintiff's agent, when he had no right to do so. Mr. Sampson—l am only a witness now, and your Honour said you would hear me as a witness. His Honour—Yes, but you get your commission on this debt, and I don't think ought to get costs in addition. He did not wish to injure Mr. Sampson, who should not com plain. Mr. Sampson—l don't complain, though your Honour does injure me. Every other court hears me, and gives me costs. His Honour—l will read the statute to you, and you wil there see what is an agent. Mr. Sampson—Thank you ; I always learn something when I come here. (Roars of laughter.) After the statute was read, Mr. Eu.chanan advised tho witness not to press for his costs. Mr. Sampson—l do not want the costs ; but his Honour has always something to say. If I come one way, he has an objection; if I come another, he has an objection; but I must come, so there's an end of it. (Laughter.) WHITECHAPEL COUNTY COURT. LEGALITY OF FOREIGN LOTTBRIES.-SASSIENIE V. LEIR This was an action to recover £4 18s. 6d. upon defen dants I 0 U. Defendant admitted that he gave the I 0 U. The fact was the document in question was given for some lottery tickets, which defendant had been unable to sell Defendant, with considerable acumen, urged that lotteries were not legal in England, and that therefore the transac tion was an improper one, and that plaintiff could not re cover. Mr. Beard, for the plaintiff, said it was true enough that lotteries were prohibited in England, but the tickets in question related to a lottery at Frankfort, and, as in that country such things were legal, plaintiff was entitled to re cover. Besides plaintiff had an I 0 U duly signed. His Honour would not say whether foreign lotteries were or were not legal in this country. As to to the I 0 U, if defendant gave it he must pay. An immediate order was granted, as it was stated defen dant intended going abroad. An immense trade is carried on in this country with foreign lottery tickets. SHOREDITCH COUNTY COURT. THE LAW OF MASTER AND SERVANT-GIBBONS V. BOWLES. This was an action to recover wages in lieu of notice, defendant having been under a signed agreement to employ plaintiff for three years. The agreement had been lost, and secondary evidence was given of it. According to plaintiff's testimony he had duly presented himself for work at his master's shop and had baen refused. For the defence, Mr. Beard called defendant and a wit ness who said plaintiff was a lazy servant, who imagined that ho could do just as he liked in consequence of three years' agreement. He absented himself very often, and so far from being refused work rarely gave defendant any opportunity of declining to employ him, His Honour said—lt was itbry dreadful that masters and servants were continually disagreeing in the present day. Plaintiff had failed to make out his case, and defendant would have a verdict with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. CHARGE OP &Num/la.—John William Gulivar, a lad about fifteen years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with stabbing a young boy of the name of Charles Harvey Day (now in the hospital) in the side with a knife, in the employment of Messrs. Homan and Co., shoemakers, Worm wood-street, yesterday evening about seven o'clock. It appeared from the evidence of two boys of the name of Henry Davis and James Harkisson, that the prisoner and Day were larking together and blacking the .prisoner's face. The prisoner struck at him in the side with a sharp-pointed shoemaker's knife, and he was taken to the hospital. Police-constable 624 said that at present the surgeon could not grant a certificate of immediate danger of life. The Lard Mayor remanded the prisoner for a fortnight, and he was liberated in the meantime on finding two sure• ties in £.5 each. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE " CAPTAIN" AND THE WAITER.—A SCENE AT AN OYSTER-Roo3l.—Mr. Magan, whose address is said to be Gloucester-street, Belgrave-road, and was called " Cap tain," and was said to have been in the army, and who had on his arm a scarlet cloak and dangling in his hand a handsome pair of gold bracelets and a fancy basket, and conducted himself with great eccentricity, was charged with assaulting Alfred Maccr, waiter at Scott's Oyster rooms, Coventry-street, by striking him with a silver knobbed stick loaded with lead, and also by drawing a razor across his throat. The complainant said that on the previous night, about 12 o'clook, the place was full of customers; the defendant came in and caused a great obstruction to the business by standing in the way and flourishing his stick. He requested him to move, when he became very excited and pulled out a razor, and drew it across his throat, and afterwards gave him his stick across his back, and again attempted to strike him, but the blows came against the walls, leaving the in dentations behind. Cross-examined by Mr. Delamere, for the defendant — Didn't hurt me much—it might have been worse. If it had been the other side of the razor perhaps I should not have been here. (Laughter.). I don't believe I've any marks on my back, but I haven't looked. (Laughter.) The defendant had ordered ref res h men t. There was a knob on the stick, the impression of w hi c h i s i n the wall. When a person is " obstropolous" I don't take the orders, as in duty bound. The defendant didn't take out the razor to shave me. (Laughter.) The witness went on to say that he was greatly astonished and the " natives " too. Mr. Delamere, on behalf of the defendant, said the cap tain went to Mr. Scott's and ordered some refreshment, but the order not being very promptly executed, he became excited, and, whatever might be said of him, he was the last person to hurt anybody. He would admit taking out the razor, but it was by way of freak ; and altogether his conduct was.that of a native of the Green Isle when in a state of excitement, and not that of a person who wished to injure any one. He felt sure Mr. Scott had no vindictive feeling in the matter, and only wished his servants pro tected, which they had a right to be. He hoped his wor ship would consider that, if the defendant paid the costs, the complaining person would be satisfied at the result. The waiter said all he wanted was protection. Mr. Bingham said he was assured a more harmless man did not exist. Me thought if the defendant had any friends present, they had better take care of him. Be was not to be permitted to go about presenting razors at people, and with a stick loaded with lead. He should order him to pay the sum of £5 for the assault, and to find two sureties in the sum of £5O each to keep the peace for twelve months. The defendant shortly after found the required bail, and left the court, his conduct being of a most eccentric charac ter throughout. THAMES. DESERTION PROM THE MERCHANT SERVICE.--Henry de Craso, a seaman, belonging to the schooner Wave of Guernsey, was brought before Mr. Yardley on a charge of deserting from his vessel before the expiration of the term for which he was engaged under the articles of agreement. It appeared that the prisoner had belonged to the vessel two months, and had been treated kindly by Capt. Williams, the master. On Thursday last the prisoner was asked to do some work while having his dinner. He took offence at this, said he had a right to his dinner hour, and packed up all his clothes and went on shore with them. The captain went in search of the prisoner and found him yesterday night in Ratcliff Highway, and asked him to return to the ship. The prisoner refused to do so and was given into custody. The captain offered to release the prisoner at the station-house if he would return to the ship, and he distinctly refused to do so. Mr. Yardley asked if the ship was now in this port, to which the captain answered in the affirmative. The schooner was lying at Erith, and had been detained through the prisoners desertion. _ . Mr. Yardley asked the prisoner if ho would return to his duty, and he said he would not, and that he had a right to his dinner hour. Mr. Yardley said he must make an example of the pri soner, and sentenced him to one months' imprisonment and hard labour. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. —The Rector of St. George's-in-the-East semi-popish chapels, only by means of confined E s all-in - t t h h e e e a a s n t s h o a f v p i H e e l o w s e o d r s t h h i e p parish church o c h b u t r a c e h r a n n . d . accessible n mated his readiness to become the arbitrator between the o ti f c ra ke i t u s d ,.app T e h a e rs ß t i o sh h o a p ve ofstehtteleDdiodeeows:ii;da cnoontesonotneedrfilanm.tie. o ec n i e s r io s , n than an d t t h h e e 13, 1 a e t c. t th er e s s u l b e r te i submitted e o d f their s hector eptam bwholeearndlc7ahhs his to e a h n is s h h d i i hitherto taken to signify a general and unqualified acceptance of his lordship's . arbitration. It now appears, however, that Mr. King will only accept the decision of his Bishop on two points, the vestments to be worn by the officiating clergy in church, and the time at which the lecturer's service in St. George's shall take place. The Rector knows that this limitation will leave many irritating questions open between him and his parishioners; he knows that the inhabitants are anxious to have the fine old parish church—their church, not his— open again, and that this cannot be u n til some a dj us t ment •fthe existing differences has been made. Yet he persists in refusing to submit the case to the only arbitration that can be thought of. The law supports him in the position he takes up, and he will not give way. 'Twere good he did so much for charity, but 'tis not in the bond.—. Daily Nan, IRIS DAYS MARKETS. COVENT -GARDEN. The supplies of fruit are limited ; of vegetables season ably good. Generally speaking, the trade rules steady, as follows : FRUIT. x. d. s. d. s. d. s. Pine apples, perlb 4 oto 7 0 Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 Grapes, per lb 2 oto 5 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 Foreign do 0 9to 1 3 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 Melons, each Peaches, perdoz 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 i Strawberries p ptl 0 oto 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 2 oto 3 ' Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 Pears, per do 2 oto 6 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 Oranges, per 100 111 otol2 0 Plums, per do. .. 5 oto 6 Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 Apricots. per doz 0 oto 0 0 IRaspberries,prptlo oto 0 VEGETABLES , Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 31 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3' Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Savoy do., pr do. 0 2to 0 4 ' ParAley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Brocoli, per bh 0 oto 0 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Oldpotatoes,p ton 80 to 110 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, per ton 00 to 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 0 9to 1 3 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6, Cabbage lett,soore 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 2 oto 6 01 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, hf aye 2 6to 3 6 Spinach, hf.-sv 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Old onions, dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New do., doz bun 1 oto 2 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h 1 6to 2 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 3, Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 7s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 6s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, Is 6d to 2s 6€l; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each ; wild do., 6d to is ld ; pigeons, Gd to Os 9d each; large Surrey fowls, 5s Od to es Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 5s Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s Od each ; pheasants, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od toOs Od ; woodcocks, Os toOs Od ; snipes, Is Od to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 7s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is ld ; English, is 2d to is 3d per lb; English eggs, 9s Od to 103 Od ; French do., 7s 6d to 8s 6d per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Id to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s Od to 4s 2d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Blbs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 26 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 38 Od to 4s 2d ; and pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per 81b., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to Os Od; •trout, Os Od to Os; eels, 8d to ls; prawns, ssod to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 208 ; cod, 2s 6d to 15s Od ; brills, is Od to 10s Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, 6d to is 6d; lobsters, Gd to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, :4d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 128 Od ; haddocks, 4s to 16s Od ; smelts, 2s 6d ; flounders, is Od to is Gd per dozen ; mackerel, 60s ; fresh herrings, 10s ; bloaters, 10s to Os:per 100 ; carp and tench, Is to 3s per brace. BREAD The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 'd to 7id , of household do., 5d to 61d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4d to 4id ; 641 b to 721 b, 41d to 41d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4jd to 5d ; 801 b to 881 b, 5d to bid ; 881 b to 961 b, sid to std ; ,961 b to 1041 b, 51d to 6 1 4 d. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light 2s 6d to 4s Od; do. full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to 7s 3d ; half-brads, 4s 9d to 5s 6d ; Downs, 3s 10d to 4s 3d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 103 to £4 Os ; clover, £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. A slow trade. CtrAtBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 10s to £4 Os; £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £llos per lead. Supplies only moderate, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, /2108 to £4 Os; Cruel, £4 5s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 is per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. KET—OcT. 14. the close of the market.) Ward's West Hartley ..14 0 Walli End. a. 4. Acorn Close 18 0 Eden 18 0 Heugh Hall 18 0 Hetton.... Whitworth 15 0 South Hartlepool 18 0 I,l9—Sold, 17. 2 2 :i 10 100 I 100 190 20 1 2 21 100 1 100 100 100 Stock Stock Stook Share' ,AIL 100; f 16.1 7 6i 934 3 COAL MAR. (Prices of Coal per Ton at 8. d Byass's Bebside West Hartley l5 0 Davison's West Hart ley . .15 0 Holywell 15 0 Lambert's West Hart ley 14 9 Walker Primrose 12 6 Tanfield Moor 13 0 Wylam Ships at marke THIS DAY' I SHIPPING. LONDON, Oct. M.—Wind this day at noon, North- Easterly ; light breeze, andclullweather. _ _ _ PLYMOUTH, Oct. 14.—Wind E.—Arrived—Rosanna, from Liverpool for Quebec, leaky; Emma, from Buenos Ayres • Enterprise, from St. Vincent. Off port—Auck land, for New Zealand. CARDIFF, Oct. 14.—Wind E.—Sailed—Chili, for Val paraiso. FALMOUTH, Oct. 14. Wind N.E.—Arrived—Phoenix, from Alexandria for Liverpool. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 14.—Wind E.N.E.—Off Port— Tweedside, from London for Africa; Southampton, from London for New York. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 13.—Wind E.—Arrived—Sardi nian, from Akyab. RAMSEY, I. M., Oot. 13.—Wind S. S.E —Arri ved--Joseph Hinsley, from Dalhousie. CLYDE, Oct. 14.—Wind S.—Sailed—Elizabeth Duncan, for Antigua. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind E. _ Arrived, Oct. 15—Spirit, from London; Cheshire Witch, from Swansea. Sailed, Oct. 15—William Little, for London; Brilliant and Courier, steamers, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, for Havie. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, Oct, 15—Tessalia, steamer, from Alexandria; Maid of the Mist, from Smyrna ; Courier and Sea Ranger, from Hamburg. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVASEND, Saturday Morning. Wind E. ; tide one hour's flood ; weather fine. Arrived, Oct. 16—Richard and Clara, from Dracon ; Arche, from Odense. Sailed, Oct. 15—Holland, steamer, for Ostend ; Mar garet, for Colombo. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind E., moderate. Passed—Mercutio, for liarbadoes ; George C. Honey, for Cardiff; Wave, for Fayal ; Advance, for Mobile—all from London. On Wednesday evening Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt sang at a cr9wded concert in the Victoria Hall, Belfast. The Postmaster-General has given notice that ship mails for Madeira and Pernambuco will be made up in the General Post-office, to be sent by the steamer Stanley on the 29th inst. Lord Palmerston has presented the Rev. Charles Avery Moore, LL.B., of Trinity College, Cambridge, vicar of Romsey, Hampshire, to the vicarage of Sutterton, near Spalding, Lincolnshire. The vicarage of Romsey, rendered vacant by Mr. Moore's preferment, is in the gift of the dean and canons of Winchester Cathedral. A letter from the Hague, of the 1011 h, says e--- "The Count de Flandre went yesterday from Amsterdam to Soestdyk, to pay a visit to the Queen Mother. The recep tion given to him was most cordial, and the most delicate attentions were lavished on the young prince. The royal palace at Amsterdam has been placed at his disposal by order of the King. During the day the prince visited the different museums and the naval arsenal. In the evening he returned to Amsterdam, and the next morning returned to the Hague by special train." FATAL ACClDENT.—Yesterdav morning Mr. Bed ford, the coroner for Westminster, herd an inquest at King's College Hospital, on the body of Daniel Hodges, aged 60, a painter. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was following his occupation in Simmons-inn, Holborn, when he fell from a flight of steps. He was picked up in a state of insensibility, and conveyed to the hospital, where Mr. Atoherly, the house surgeon, was instantly in attend ance, and found a severe fracture at the back of the head and other injuries, from which the poor fellow never rallied. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." THE VICTORIA BRIDGE, MONTREAL.--The works of the Victoria-bridge are now in such a stade of forward ness that the bridge, it is anticipated, will be roady for traffic by the end of November. The last pier of the 24 was completed on Saturday. Its foundations having been laid only six weeks ago, it will be seen that ft has been con structed with great rapidity, for which credit is duo to Mr. Besaut, who has built about half the total number of piers, including this one. All that now remains to be done is to complete the laying of the tubing, for which the necessary staging is now being erected between the tubes not yet con nected. As a matter of curiosity, it may be worth repeat ing that the tube connecting the two central piers contains upwards of 700 tons weight of iron. The wei gh t of iron in the portion of tube between the two central piers is about 350 tons. The distance between the two central piers, affording a channel for the passage of vessels, is 300 feet. and the height of the tube above the water 60 feet. It is estimated that the cost of each pier is about £40,000. We have said that the bridge will be completed, if no unexpected obstacle should arise, by about the end of November. The grand inivigura.ion of this stupendous enterprise will not, however, take place till next year ; but we understand that immediately on its completion, about two months h ence , the bridge will be opened for regular traffic.-21fentreal Gazette. — Aturin letter of the 14th, in the Presse, says that the idea of an occupation of Parma by Piedmontese troops, which was for a moment entertained, has been aban doned, it being considered unnecessary, now that order is completely re-established by . Gen. Farini, to have recourse to a measure which would be to a certain extent odious, and because it is hoped that the regency of Prince Carignan will shortly be established, in which case the Piedmontese army will occupy Central Italy as a matter of course. This letter affirms in the most positive manner that the regency will extend to the nomagnas. A French gunboat, recently built on the shores of the Mediterranean, is at this moment trying to make its way to the Languedoc Canal and the river Garonne to the Atlantic. It arrived safely at Toulouse the day before yesterday, and is going on to Bordeaux and Rochefort. The experiment is considered by the French Government as highly important, for its success will prove that war vessels of small draught may proceed from one sea to another with out passing under the guns of Gibraltar. It is more than probable that the water communication between Cette and Bordeaux will be deepened, so as to allow ships of consi derable tonnage to be moved by inland navigation. AURORA BOREALIS. A correspondent at Solva, Pembrokeshire, says': —We had a most extraordinary appearance in the sky last Wednesday evening which has quite frightened the saperstitious here. We had had a fine day except two short showers in the afternoon, the wind had been south-east till this evening, when it changed to south; the moon rose in nearly a cloudless sky ; there were scattered rain clouds in the eastern horizon, and rather a dense bank in the western horizon ; a few very light filmy rain clouds were moving rapidly from south-east to north-east. At 6.30 there was a slight shower, after which the sky was almost cloudless, the only kind of clouds being a very few thin rain clouds at a low elevation. The moon was unusually bright. At 7.20 a brilliant red light appeared to the south by east, about half-way between the zenith and the horizon, it looked very much like the red smoke from a port fire, and faded away all round from a focus of light in the centre (its shape was oblong) ; in about 15 minutes it rose to the zenith, and as it rose the red shot out from it in long streaks on all sides, except to the north-east, but particularly one broad mass that stretched right away to the western horizon, of a beautiful rose colour all the way ; some clouds near the horizon in its track were coloured purple by it. This may have been either by seeing it through them, or by its being beneath them. The centre of the meteor was now dark crim son, blood red, darker than the clear sky, but the stars shone brightly through it. The reddest rays were those to west and south; those to the south gradually faded to pale green; those to the north-west and north were in more marked and finer lines, and only red near the centre; and a few, after appear ing for a short distance pale green, shot out to the north-east, growing wider apart as they approached the moon, and passed it, clearly showing that the dark spaces between the rays could not be shadows caused by the moon. Only one ray to the north east was red ; they were all fainter as they ap proached the moon, and much fewer in number than on the western side of the heavens. It lasted till 8.15 ; all the red colour gradually faded away, and only left the focus from which it had sprung still in the zenith ; it became pale green, and then disappeared. The last rays to fade were those to the north-east. No rain fell during the time it lasted. The air was calm. A good deal of ground sea coming into the bay from the westward. GAS IN TILE METROPOLIS. Our columns yesterday contained a report of a meeting of delegates from various metropolitan vestries to consider the supply of gas to the metro polis. If the gentlemen who have taken this matter in hand can put the relation of the Gas Companies to the consumers upon anything like a proper foot ing, they will deserve the thanks of thousands of householders and confer a benefit upon every mem ber of this metropolitan community. It is com puted that in one:way or other London pays nearly £2,000,000 a year for about 7,000,000 cubic feet of gas, obtained by the distillation of 840,000 tons of coals. Thus it is not a petty interest which is now in question. In a dense civic populhtion gas may be reckoned among the necessaries of life. Within doors it is one of the most convenient sources of light and warmth, and for our thoroughfares by night it is an indispensable element of comfort and security. At present, however, we do not make of it half the use we might if it were accessible, pure, and abundant. It is often too foul to be admitted into the best rooms of the house, and so dear that the number of public lamps is 'decreasing in some of our best streets. The population and extent of the metropolis cannot increase without necessitating an increase in the quantity of gas annually made in London, but owin4 to various causes, the con sumption of the article is still disproportioned to the capacity of the public. In the case of most saleable commodities, we may safely rely on competition to beat down all kinds of factious checks to extortion. Difficulties which to the manufacturer or merchant seem insuperable, are speedily surmounted in presence of a rival. Eco nomy is studied, improvements are made, price is reduced, quality raised, until finally the fair re ward of the producer or vendor is ascertained. For a long time this principle was relied on in London, as elsewhere, to provide good and cheap gas. The Chartered Gas Company, the first of the Metropo litan companies which obtained an Act of Parlia ment, was incorporated in 1810 to light the cities of London and Westminster, and the borough of Southwark; and the City of London Company, the next to be incorporated, obtained powers to light exactly the same districts. So of other new com panies, although formed in some cases to meet. the wants of new districts, they obtained Parliamentary power to light streets and houses which had been previously assigned to former bodies. This compe tition has not been without fruit. The price of gas has been steadily lowered in London. In 1831 the Imperial Gas Company was charging 13s. 6d. ; in 1833, 12s. ; in 1835, 10s. ; in 1836, 95.; in 1844, 7s. ; and now it is char g ing 4s. 6d. per 1,000 feet. But the direct competition of Gas Companies in the same district is certain speedily to attain its limit and thenceforward to di minish until its principle is altogether super seded by that of a community of interests. The institution of a new Company to correct the abuses of the old one is a remedy which cannot be often applied. Even if the probable demand is such as to justify the outlay involved in an additional set of mains and new works, the streets cannot receive an indefinite number of pipes. The practical limit is soon reached, and then, if not before, coalition be gins. The London and the Equitable Companies, each of which was founded as a competitor of the Chartered Gas Company to supply the West-end parishes, were seeking to amalgamate in 1850, and endeavouring to obtain an Act which would have put an end to competition in their common district. A joint-stock company, the Western Gas Light Company, was permitted, as a competitor with these monopolists, to lay down its pipes, although it had no parliamentary powers. Last year even this Com pany appeared as the leader of a grand combined movement, with the' object of establishing a more comprehensive monopoly than the metropolis had before seen. In 1849 the discontent against the two Companies which sapplied Southwark was so great that, as the result of a public movement, the Surrey Gas Consumers' Company was formed, and the price of gas was reduced fiom 6s. to 4s. per 1,000 feet. Two years afterwards the new Company and the old came to an arrangement, not only put an end to competition, but divided the district between them, each agreeing not to supply gas to the customers of the other, of course raising the price of the article. In 1857 the various Gas Companies appear to have considered that the time had come when merely partial combination should be superseded by a general arrangement in the interest of the pro prietors of Gas shares. Negotiations took place between the various companies on the north side of the river for a reappropriation of districts, of which the withdrawal of certain companies where compe tition had existed was to be one of the results. They were conducted to a successful termination, and the consequences soon became apparent to the public. Companies refused to tender for public lighting of districts in which they had formerly been competitors, and the vestries were left to make such terms as they could with those to whom the monopoly had been abandoned. Nigher terms were demanded for lighting street lamps. Private consumers were required to submit to new and arbi trary terms of supply, or to have their gas cut off. By new regulations respecting meters, deposits of money security for payment, payment of arrears due by former tenants, and other vexatious arid unbusi nem like conditions, the householder was made to feel that he was no longer a free purchaser of gas in the market, but the helpless victim of a powerful and irresponsible association. It is too late, even if it were worth while, to com plain that the old guarantee of fair treatment for the gas consumerlis gone. Competition, which left the gas companies in the position of tradesmen striving who should win most custom by producing the best artic:e was a good thing while it was possi ble ; but it has disappeared, and cannot in this case be restored, at least not in its old form. Were the arrangements for supplying London with gas to make anew, it might be wise to consider the plan of competition for the field which Mr. Edwin Chadwick has recommended ts applicable to all cases where competition in the field is undesirable or im practicable. The plant required for distributing the gas might be the property of the public, and the privilege of supplying gas might be entrusted to contractors, under proper guarantees, for terms not too long to exempt them from responsibility to the, representatives of the public. The practical question, however, now is how to provide those securities for the consumers' interest which compe tition has heretofore more or less supplied. The delegates of the metropolitan vestries have under taken to answer it. They say truly, in the words of Mr. Beal, "The existing Gas Companies having obtained their Acts of Parliament on the distinct basis of competition, and having, without the sanc tion of Parliament, by a mere private compact amongst themselves, removed the competing basis and divided the metropolis into districts, the light ing of which is confided to one company, we must now demand the enactment of such restrictions against the abuse of the power as Parliament in serts in all provincial acts establishing a monopoly to light a district, and such as it certainly would have imposed could this newly created monopoly have been foreseen." It is impossible to deny the reasonableness of this requirement. What those restrictions should be we must further examine.— Daily News. TIM I) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'C7ock..; I TURKEY. A Constantinople letter of the 3d, in the Gazette du Midi, says : " The barbarous custom, dictated by reasons of State, of not allowing any male children born of the daughters of the Sultan to live, is still in full force at the seraglio. The Sultana, wife of Mahmoud Pasha, was recently delivered of a son, who was pitilessly strangled after its birth. The unhappy mother, who was well aware what the fate of her child would be, if a son, was in the greatest dis tress of mind during her pregnancy, and h er f ears were but too well justified. The investigation which has taken place at the Admiralty relative to the causes of the catastrophes which cost the State two fine steamers and sacrificed the lives of nearly 500 persons, has turned out just as had been cx pected—a mere matter of form. Captains I)esaux and Marryat, commanding the French and English vessels of war stationed at Constantinople, were re quested to take part in this inquiry, but they soon saw that the whole affair was to be a farce. These officers demanded that the investigation should be carried on in a serious and strict manner, and as . that did not suit the purpose of the Turks the two officers withdrew. The interrogatory of one person alone sufficed to show on whom the respon sibility of the loss of the Silistria was to fall, and as that was precisely what was not wished, the inquiry was abandoned. '1 he English engineer of that vessel, the persoh alluded to, declared that on the day before the steamer left he went to the Ad ministration and told them that the screw was in a very bad state, and that he dared not start for fear of accidents. The answer made him was that God was great ; that he had only to make this one voyage, and that when be returned the matter should be attended to. The English man replied that he would not risk his life and the lives of the numerous passengers, and that unless the urgent repairs were made he should resign. Ho did so, and the Administration appointed the first Turkish stoker on board to the post of engineer !" INFANTILE MaR7'ALITI AND STILL BORN CHILDREN. Yesterday, at.-Site Marylebone Board of Guar dians, Mr. C. Beevor in the chair, Dr.Bachhoffner, in moving the appointment of a committee, of which he had previously given notice, to inquire into the present state of infantile mortality, and the births of illegitimate stillborn children in the metropolis, ,asked the assistant-overseer if he could make a return of the cost of the parish ofillegitimate children during the past ten years ? The assistant-overseer replied that he could not, as there was no record kept of such particular ex penditure. The charge, when it could be made, for a woman's maintenance during her confinement in the workhouse for a perio•i of four weeks, was 10s., and is. 6d. for the midwife. Dr. Bachhoffner observed that it was a startling fact that, in the year 1857, according to the Registrar-General's re turn, 1 in every 15 children born were illegitimate, and in that the number was lin every 9. (Sensa tion.) He had received from the assistant overseer a return of the illegimate children born in that (Marylebone) workhouse during the last five years, which amounted to 821, and he wished now to ob tain some idea of the cost incurred. Dr. RANDALL, senior parochial surgeon, in reply to Dr. Bachhoffner, saio that he was unable to speak as to the cost, but it would be interesting for the board to know, with respect to the question at issue, that 212 women had been confined in the lying-in ward of the workhouse during the year 1858, and out of this number there were sixteen still-born children, making an average of 7.5 per cent. on the whole. Six of these still-born infants were the offspring of married wo men, making an average of this class of 2.8 per cent., and 10 were the infants of single women, making thereby an average of 4.7 per cent. Dr. BACHHOFFNER said that the return would prove very useful to the committee in their re searches, and he trusted that much good would eventually arise to the country by the investiga tion that was going to take place. The following gentlemen were then appointed to form the committee, viz., Sir J. Anson, Mr. Poland, Mr. Potter, Mr. Taverner, Mr. Little, Dr. Bach hoffner, and Mr. C. Beevor ; and the board, after the disposal of some ordinary routine business, ad journed. VOLUNTEER CORPS. CAN rERBURY. At a public meeting. convened by the Mayor at the request of a committee appointed at a previous meeting, held at the Guildhall, Canterbury, the committee in their report, which was read to the ineetirg, recommended that one or more rifle corps should be immediately formed in Canterbury, and subscriptions invited for the purpose ; a subscrip tion of £lO to constitute a life member, who will be at liberty to wear the uniform of the corps, and to have access to the practice ground. The effec tive members to be of th ree c l asses : -1. Th ose pro viding uniform and accoutrements ; 2. Those pro viding uniform only; and 3. Those providing nothing. Each class will wear uniform of the same material, which, by order of the Lord-Lieute nant, will be gray with scarlet facings. It was also recommended that a committee be appointed at the meeting, to remain in operation till Nov. 2, and on that day a meeting to be convened of subscribers of £5 and upwards to appoint a new committee of nine for general purposes, who will have power to propose to the Lord-Lieutenant the names of gen tlemen for commissions. The report was unani mously adopted, and it was resolved that it be printed and circulated. A subscription list, and also a list of members were opened, the former headed by the Mayor of Canterbury with a dona tion of £lO. It was stated that the cost of uniform and accoutrements will be under £B. SOUTH MIDDLESEX. At a meeting of the committee of the South Mid dlesex Rifles, Beaufort-house, Walham-green, Vis cmmt Ranelagh in the chair, it was announced that 150 rifles had arrived for the use of the corps. As a considerable outlay must be made for erecting the butt it was decided that the public should be called upon, especially the west end of London, to support the corps by their subscriptions and dona tions. Arrangements have been made to drill at Ma son's Riding School, Brompton, for the winter months, meanwhile the house at Walham-green will be put in repair, and conveniences for a club be made. The corps meet for drill on Tuesdays and Thursdays at five o'clock, and Saturday at half-past four. Gentlemen desirous of enrolling or becoming honorary members may do so daily. There is a resident drill sergeant besides a sergeant from the 3d Middlesex Militia daily in attendance. A military gentleman is at present hon. secretary and acting adjutant. Viscount Ranelagh will be the commandant of the corps. His lordship has seen considerable service, especially with the rifle. TYNEMOUTH. Dr. W. L. Einzner;onl;;l36enappointed surgeon of the Tynemouth Artillery Volunteers, and Dr. Bourne surgeon to the rifle corps. The artillery corps is now in a most efficient state, and we understand their first practice with shot and shell will take place at Tynemouth on Friday afternoon. STATUE TO GENERAL NEILL.—The inauguration of the statue in honour of the late Brigadier Neill, took place on Tuesday, at Ayr, inWellington-square. The figure is of colossal size, 10 feet high, and stands upon a pedestal of Dalbeattie granite 12 feet high. The incident chosen by the artist is that which occurred at the railway station at Harraw. General Neill and the Fusiliers were about to proceed to quell the mutiny at Benares. A portion of the regiment not having arrived when the train was about to start, the railway official insisted on its proceeding without them, but General Neill immediately and on the spot had him arrested; the soldiers coming up shortly afterwards, the Fusiliers started for the scene of danger, and, under their great commander, speedily restored the disturbed dis trict to tranquillity. Among the immense assemblage pre sent were the Earl of Eglinton, Viscount Ingestre, Major Gordon, aide-de-camp to General Neill, and many other distinguished persons. NEW STEAM BATTERY.—The Admiralty have issued tenders to four of the leading shipbuilding firms for the construction of an iron-cased steam frigate, similar to that now building at the Thames Iron Works. This an nounoement will be received with satisfaction by those who know what is going on across the Channel with reference to this class of vessels, to which great importance is evidently attached by the authorities. The steam frigate at the Thames Iron Works is rapidly progressing, the keel having been laid down, and the bulkheads for the water-tight com partments being considerably advanced.—Steam Shipping Chronicle. :„.THE CONSUMPTION OF SPIRITS.—From a parlia mentary paper , o issued yesterday, it appears that for the five years ending the sth January, 1854, the total quantity of British, foreign, and colonial spirits consumed in Scotland was 36,039,712 gallons ; and for the five years ending the 31st December, 1858, 29,079,188 gallons. In the same periods there were consumed in England 70,479,207 gallons and 78,597,128 gallons respectively. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY OF SNAKES.—At Bourton-on-the-Water, a few days since, in the absence of Mr.,. and Mrs. Powell and family, of Cold Aston, who had left home to enjoy the sea breezes, the labourers employed on the farm, while removing a heap of manure, were astonished to find a large quantity of snakes in it. They succeeded in killing no less than 70. 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