The Sun. — London, England, 1869-11-29 00:00:00

ANOTHER IRISH OUTRAGE. Another attempt at murder is reported from the county of Kildare. A farmer named Michael Doran, while plough ing in one of his fields, on his farm at Thomastown, has been fired at by some perion unknown. On re ceiving the first shot, in . the right side, Doran fell on his knees. He' then turned round to look after the assassin, when he received a second shot in the left arm. Two other shots Were fired in quick succession, which did not take effect The would-be assassin then ran away. The injured man was able to his reach house, and his friends, after dressing his wounds,' thought it ad visable to have him removed to Dublin. He was conveyed from Enfield Station by train to Dublin, and admitted to the Jervis-street Hospital. He was admitted by Mr. Coppinger (resident pupil), who found him very weak, and suffering from the effects of the shock. On an examina tion being made two bullets were found lodged in his person—one in the small of the back and the other in the right side. Dr. Walshe was sent for, and he, with his colleagues, later in the evening succeeded in extracting the bullets. The balls were of a conical shape, like those fired from a revolver. One ball perforated the left arm, and then entered the small of the back, and the other lodged beneath the skin, immediately under the nipple of the right breast. The cause of the outrage is unknown, but it is supposed that Doran was mistaken for his brother, a deputy agent, who, it is said, made himself obnoxious some time since in consequence of having ejected a woman from her farm. LAW AND POLICE. A ScAßarr OF JUDGES.—It had beerl announced that the Court of Queen's Bench would sit for some days in order to dispose of some of the arrears on the special paper, but it was found that as Mr. Justice Lush had to go on Circuit, the Winter Assizes having commenced, it was impossible for the Court to sit on the day fixed as one judge was required at Chambers and two at Nisi Prius. Mr. Justice Blackburn explained this to the suitors, many of whom were much disappointed, and a belief was expressed that additional judges were required to keep down the arrears which cause such disas trous delay. A FIRE INSURANCE CASE.—An action has been brought in the Court of Common Pleas by a chemist named Raynor against the General Fire and Life Insurance Com pany for the sum of £3OO. The plaintiff claimed £2Bl for the damage done to the stock and fixtures, the bottles having been broken and the drugs spoilt or evaporated. The defendants estimated the damage to the drugs at £l5, and said very few bottles were broken. They thought £5O would re-stock the shop, and £5O replace all the drugs. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff ; damages, £lOO. FALLLNG THROUGH A TRAP.—An action was brought in the Court of Exchequer by a Mr. Isaacs to recover com pensation for damages sustained by falling through a trap in the sale-room of Messrs. Oxenham, the auctioneers, in Oxford-street. The plaintiff was a broker, who had for many years been in the habit of attending Messrs. Oxen ham's weekly sales, and it was contended that he must have been aware of the existence of the trap which was in the lower sale-room, and had been used for bringing up furniture from the basement for the last thirty years. The jury, after some deliberation, found a verdict for the defendants, but wished it to be intimated that in their opinion Messrs. Oxenham ought to take further precau tions with respect to the opening. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A WIFE.—At the Lincoln Assizes a man, named William Webb, has been sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude for striking his wife on the head with a hammer. He had escaped from gaol, but was recaptured. CHARGES OF ARSON.—At the Central Criminal Court two cases of arson have been finally heard. A wholesale boot and shoemaker, at Hoxton, named Russell, was acquitted by the jury, who said they thought the case one of great sus picion, but gave the prisoner the benefit of the doubt. John Cusack, the publican in the Borough, who had been convicted of setting fire to the Dolphin Tavern, which he occupied, was sentenced to seven years penal servitude. Mr. Justice Byles, in passing sentence, said he never re membered a case of arson more clearly proved, and had it not been for his severe illness (rheumatic fever) he should have inflicted a still heavier sentence, as the crime of arson had become so common. CRUEL NEGLECT OF CHILDREN.—A labourer named Tchan was charged at the Guildhall with neglecting to provide food for his two children. A relieving officer proved that he found them in a deplorable con dition, huddled on the floor with scarcely anything to cover them, and they were mere skin and bone. Evidence shewed that the prisoner and a woman he said was his wife were out all day long in different public-houses, and if they took anything home they ate it themselves and did not give it to the children. Sir R. Carden said it was one of the worst cases that had ever come before him, and directed a summons to be taken out against the woman. SUNDAY TRADING.—A crossing -sweeper, named Hollis, was summoned at Marylebone Policc-ccurt under an Act of Parliament passed in 167 G, for having exercised his calling on a Sunday. The prosecution was instituted by the Associa tion for Enforcing the Better Observance of the Lord's Day. A tobacconist and a greengrocer at Padding ton were also summoned for similar offences. They were all fined in small sums, and the greengrocer said ho should appeal. The magistrate said the Act was in existence, however injudicious it might be, and he must therefore convict them, but the defendant could have a case if he liked. The rumour that Mr. Disraeli was to be made a Knight of the Garter is entirely without foundation. Mr. Ampblett, M.P., bas been addressing a Libe ral-Conservative Association at Selby Oak, and in the course of his speech referred to the principal topics of the day. He approved cf the new Bankruptcy Law and the measures for the abolition of imprisonment for debt, and for protecting the property of married women. The Irish land question would, he thought, test the capacity and patriotism of statesmen on both sides of the House, but he saw no insuperable•difficulty in doing justice to Ireland, though he regarded fixity of tenure as a confis cation of property that would not be confined to Irel Ind. THE LONGNIDDILY WuALE.—Considerable excite ment was occasioned in Kirkcaldy last week by the announcement that, during the process of flensing the leviathan brought from Longniddry, a young whale had been found in it. The young animal, which was perfect in form, measured 20ft. in length, and about sft. across the tail. It was exhibited for a short time at the boiling house on Pathhead Sands, at a charge of 3d. per head, and on Thursday last it was removed to Edinburgh. It is now in the anatomical department of the university there. The skeleton, it is understood, will be preserved in the mu.suem. THE BISHOP OP BATH AND WELLS.—The Bishop of Bath and Wells has been presented by his friends at Bury St. Edmunds with a silver epergne thirty-three inches in height,with a centre dish for fruit or flowers, and nine branches for glass dishes to suit. The base, which is richly chased with designs of fern, supports a beautifully mo dolled group of stags beneath an oak ; the small dishes are removable, thus forming a nine-light candelabrum. The inscription is as follows :—" Presented to the Honourable and Venerable Lord Arthur Charles Hervey, D.D., Bishop Elect of Bath and Wells, by about 800 of the members and friends of the Bury St. Edmund's Athenaeum, as a token of deep respect and gratitude on his Lordship's retirement from the presidency of that institution, Nov, 26, 1869." The presentation was made on Friday, and was feelingly acknowledged by the Bishop. A bracelet was also presented to Lady Arthur Hervey. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Mr. W. J. Payne held an inquest, on Saturday, at Guy's Hospital, London, respecting the death of the Rev. J. B. Law, M.A., a clergy man of the Church of England. The jury having viewed the body, which was terribly injured, the first witness called was Mr. James Law, who said he was a merchant in the City, and deceased was his cousin, a clergyman, aged 63, and he was in good health when he last saw him. Douglas Gardiner said he was a porter, employed by the South- Eastern Railway Company, at New Beckenham station. At five minutes to two o'clock on Thursday last, witness was in the booking-office at the station, which is by the side of the down line. There is an up and down line, and just below the booking-office there is a foot and carriage crossin , on the level, and gates, which are fastened when a train is signalled, and there is a man there to close them . Witness saw the deceased coming down the road towards Beckenham. A train was signalled, but was not in sight. As soon as witness saw the signal, ho closed the gates to stop carriage, but the little wicket gate for foot passen gers was not closed. Deceased came on to the booking office, and asked the fare to London. When told that it was Is. :1,1, he said it was too much, as the fare from Catford was only 9d. Ile then asked how far it was to the Crystal Palace, and on being told two miles and a half, li-3 tahl he would walk. Witness told him to wait uni,:l the train had pasted, and then loft him and went into the bo9lsing-office. On coming out again the train was alongside the platform, and deceased was behind it, lying on the metals across the up line. Witness went and picked him up, and laid him on the platform until the train had had two carriages added to it, and then de ceased was put in a second-class carriage and sent to London. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," accompanying it with a recommendation that a porter should always be at the gates at a level crossing on a railroad before the arrival; and until after thO goulura of traino MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. LORD CAIRNS AND THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. The resignation of Lord Cairns as the leader of the Conservative party in the House of Lords, after many rumours, is at length more definitely announced. The Record, in making the statement, expresses the opinion that the retirement of Lord Cairns will be a great loss to his party, for it is by no means easy to pitch upon a successor. The late Lord Stanley will not do. Though bearing the title of Derby, his politics and principles would never suit those who have been dissatisfied with Lord Cairns. KING'S LYNN. Official notices of the vacancy caused by the eleva tion of Lord Stanley has been given in the Gazette, and the warrant for the writ will be issued on Thurs day. Lord Claud Hamilton and Mr. Young are the Conservative and the Liberal candidates respectively. THE ARCEIBISICOP OF CANTERBURY. All accounts received of the Archbishop of Canter bury increase the feeling as to the gravity of his con dition. The British Medical Journal, letting out what it admitted to be a secret, said the illness was caused by epilepsy. The Lancet, following suit, but with more complete reserve, declared his Grace's con dition " must be considered immediately or prospec tively a very serious one." And now the Daily .2Vezes states that since his seizure the Archbishop has been subject to convulsive fits, to the number of five or six. It is stated that on the afternoon before his attack he wrote or dictated no fewer than eighty letters. THE CONFIRMATION OF DR. TEMPLE. The John Bull announces that arrangements are being made for opposing Dr. Temple's confirmation. It is questioned whether this can be done legally. The point was raised when Dr. Hampden's election for Hereford was opposed, and it was carried to the Courts at Westminster; but the four judges were equally divided, and so the matter is still unsettled. Bishop Trower is aided in his opposition by two beneficed clergy of the diocese of Exeter. They appeal for funds to conduct the case, having already retained the services of a proctor. THE VACANT JUDGESHIP. The Times alludes to the rumour that the Govern ment will endeavour to save £5,000 a-year by not appointing a sixth judge to the Court of Queen's Bench. This determination is favourably looked upon by our contemporary, which, however, makes a suggestion of a thoroughly practical character. It shews that the Bankruptcy Act of last session pro vides that the first selection of the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy should be from among the then Commis sioners of Bankruptcy, and that on the next vacancy her Majesty should appoint a common law judge to the post. Mr. Bacon—who was allowed to be the very man for the place—was appointed Chief Judge ; but while he was thus honoured because it was confessed that no Puisne Judge could be preferred before him, Mr. Bacon was left to enjoy the rank and emoluments of his former station, while his successor, who will ex hypothesi be in no degree better qualified than himself, will be rewarded with more than double his salary. The practical conclu sion, says the Times, is obvious. Mr. Bacon should be appointed to the vacant judgeship in the Queen's Bench while continuing to hold his office as Chief Judge, in Bankruptcy. Our contemporary is of opinion that such an act would be not merely grateful—it would be simply just; for at present the nation is enjoying services which in the judgment of Parliament deserve double the recompense they receive, and is making a profit out of the circumstance that it found the best Chief Judge obtainable in an office below hi deserts. COMING CHANGES. This is eminently a time for changes in the services. Many are now reported to be imminent. In the army department and the War Office some anxiety has been caused by divers" Jong and frequent interviews between Mr. Cardwell and the Duke of Cambridge, The only announced result of these closetings is that the Duke will give up his separate establishment at the Horse Guards, and live (officially) with Mr. Cardwell in Pall Mall. This, however, is not the only reform which is contemplated. The time is near when the recommendation of the Royal Commission on purchase in the army—that ap- pointments to the rank of regimental lieutenant- colonel should in future be made by selection with out purchase—will be definitely adopted and carried into effect. Soon, also, the Topogra phical department of the War Office will be brought under the direct control of the Secretary of State. The Indian army is to be reorganised. It has been decided that the armies of the three Indian Presidencies, Bengal, Madras, and Bombay, are to be forthwith amalgamated into one force throughout all ranks. Some rumoured alterations are not about to take place. Thus, the United Service Gazette states authoritatively that no attempt will be made to disband the Military Train upon the formation of the new Transport Corps. "The Military Train will co-exist with the new corps until all the officers and men aro provided for. The mess-traps, &c. of the officers will all be duly taken up by the War Office at their estimated value before the final abolition takes place."—Precise accounts of the forthcoming reductions are discredited.— The Broad Arrow finds it " hard to believe" that the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich is to be closed.—The United Service Gazette believes that it is in contem plation to discontinue the store allowance at present granted to navigating officers. OTIEER ITEMS OF SERVICE NEWS. The miscellaneous items of news may be very shortly summarised. The Lords of the Admiralty have allotted the maximum burial allowances to the relatives of the officers and seamen killed on board H.M.S. Thistle.—The good-service pension rendered vacant by the appointment of Major-General Six Robert Walpole, K.C.8., to the colonelcy of the 65th Regiment has been bestowed on Colonel C. J. Foster, late 16th Lancers.—The standard for recruits for the Royal Marines has been raised half an inch. LANDED IDEAS. The speeches and addresses of our legislators on the land question are not remarkable for precise Ideas; but few extra-Parliamentary utterances display such strange confusion as that of Mr. Rebow, M.P. for Colchester. This gentleman is reported to have said of the Irish difficulty that " what would be given, and nothing more," was security of tenure ; in other words, that no m an should be turned out of his farm :o long as he paid his rent; and if he did leave his farm, that he should be compensated for any capital or labour he had ex pended upon it. This is " all " Mr. Rebow will con cede. He, in plain terms, pronounces for fixity of tenure—the extreme demand of the Irish agitators— and then tells us that he will yield "nothing more." IVHO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS ? At an agricultural meeting on his estate at Egges ford, Lord Portsmouth again took occasion to deny the statements that the cases of Irish tenants pro viding their own buildings were the exception, and not the rule. As an Irish proprietor, he could affirm that there were few instances in which landlords pro vided farm buildings; indeed, one of his friends declared that the cases which had come to his knowledge within many years might be counted on the fingers. Lord Ports mouth added that one objection to assimilating Irish tenure to English tenure was that tenants often laid out such a large amount of money on their holdings that it would cost a sum nearly equal to the fee simple to buy them out if the landlord wished hie land to change hands. If there was security of tenure in Ireland, the farmers of that country would be ready to spend twenty millions on the land, which were now kept in banks. They were quite willing to lay out their money if they could have reasonable hope of seeing a return. THE CONSERVATIVE VIEW. Mr. A. K. Rollit, LL.D., of Hull, places the Con servative view of the land question in an unusually temperate and large-minded light. Greater even than the evil of no legal compensation for improvements, is, Mr. Rollit thinks, the evil of tenancies at will. To put an end to both grievances, to provide just compensation for capital laid out by the tenant, and to encourage express as between owner and occupier, are the only means of strengthening our position of re sistance to unreason. The problem might in great measure be solved "by facilitating the . granting of leases, and by declaring by Act of Parliament that, in the absence of any other agreement, tenants shall be entitled to a reasonable compensation for capital invested in usual agricultural operations, and for enduring improvements effected with the actual con sent, or with the knowledge and tacit consent of the landlord." The contracts now entered into are too often mere implications that the landlord shall reap what the tenant has sown. AMALGAMATED ASSURANCE COMPANIES. The decision of the Vice-Chancellor in the case of the Family Endowment Society seems to have astonished more than ono legal authority. Tho facts are briefly these :—ln 1849 the Family Endowment Society sold a deferred annuity to General Pott. In 1861 the society amalgamated with the Albert. But General Pott had not consented to this transfer of liabilities, and when the Albert failed he petitioned that the Family Endowment Society should be wound up and his annnity, therefore , paid off. The Vice- Chancellor has granted this request. Ile decides that when General Pott contracted for an annuity with the Family Endowment Society it was not m the power of the latter to turn him over to the Albert without his express consent, and that such consent was not implied by General Pott receiving i his annuity through the Alhert,,,— Thin s_ _the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1869. point which has floored the legal personages who thought, and expressed their sentiments in print, that amalgamated societies could really transfer all their liabilities, and be no longer answerable for them. They concluded that if policy-holders and annui tants continued to pay premiums and receive instalments from the incorporating society, the amalgamation was thereby sanctioned. But policy holders have no efficient means of protesting against such procedures. The decision of the Vice-Chan cellor will be bad for shareholders, but good for the public. The Indian policy-holders especially ought to gain something, for their principal office, the Medical and Invalid, was never insolvent until the Albert bought it. Dlo one can reproach heiidtriiii - viiig ii ined in the rear of the other European States, and the calm and systematic manner in which she is conducting her military reforms presents a striking contrast to the feverish eagerness of some other Powers. Russia does not menace Europe. She has maintained general peace during fifteen years. Europe has often been threatened with war in that interval, and has turned towards Russia, whose voice has always been raised in favour of peace. Rand Brothers, conduct it on the European plan, and therefore look for the custom of the European travellers. It is beautifully furnished and deco rated, and well supplied with all recent improve ments, as well as centrally situated. The formation of the Camden and Amboy Railroad depot pro gresses so rapidly that the company will be able to transfer their office from the Battery to Des brosses-street next spring. The work on the new Post-office is kept up all night, and the puff of the steam engine never ceases in the vicinity of City Hall square. There are eight hundred men there employed, and Drummond's lights enable them to carry on their occupation almost as well during the night as by day. The contractors may, however, be beaten by the weather, as we have had a taste of the coming frosts. Still their energy is in strong contrast with the work on the new Court House at the upper end of the Park. The most interesting undertaking, however, is the commence ment of the East River Suspension Bridge, where the engineers are constructing a cone, which is to be lowered to the bottom of the river when the water will be pumped out and steps taken to lay down the foundation for the pier. Andrew Garr brought a charge against Phoebe Persall, which was tried be fore Judge Barnard on Thursday. Andrew wanted to secure a wealthy prize, and if he could not get all to get as much as he could, so when the lady succeeded to a property worth $1,000,000 he boldly claimed her for his wife. He did not ask like other men, but simply.said she was his wife, and that they had been married 20 years ago, but both then being very poor they had lived separately awaiting this windfall, which they knew must come to the lady's share. The Court held with the defendant, who stated that the story was a pure fable, got up to extort money. I guess you will hear something of what is called " the great joke" of last Wednesday, the ceremonies on unveiling the Vanderbilt bronzes at the Hudson River Railroad depot. The Governor was not there as he had promised, nor many other leaders, but Mrs. Vanderbilt was, and so by the way was Mrs. Johnson, better known as IVliss Harriet Lane. Early in the day the flags fluttered gaily, but noon was not reached before they were lowered to half mast, in respect to the memory of General Wool. senator Folger, of the New York Legislature, who has been re-elected, I believe, five times, has been named in succession to Mr. Butterfield, and the experts sent from Washington are again counting the money in the Sub-Treasury. Mr. Folger will take charge on Monday, and his friends in Con gress will, when it meets, make an effort to have the salary increased. The Anti-Slavery Standard is out with a furious article about the drift from the main question—the negro. The Administration (it considers) is guilty of cruel neglect, having donned the garment, whose skirts are full of innocent blood shed by its predecessor. "No financial suc cess," writes the stern Mr. Wendell Phillips, " will ever give such idlers and fops the credit of statesmen. Treacherous, selfish betrayers of those who trusted them ; guilty of blood, and as having slattered away the noblest opportunities—this will be the record of their history." By way of a commentary on this, at the Astor House the co loured members of the 33d Regiment had a reunion last "Wednesday. Sensible men are amazed at the social change already wrought ; but perhaps it is well that nothing ever satisfies enthusiasts like Wendell Phillips, who in getting a part of that for which they strive, do good, whereas if they got all they would break up Government and disorganize society. rwo 'Undoes have arrived here and put up at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, but one of these so called Hindoos is a Parsee, and no Hindoo at all. They represent the interest felt in India about America as great, and they express surprise that so enterprising a people as the Americans should never have established a direct trade with Indian houses. They have many letters of introduction, and went the rounds of some of our principal merchants, who were snrprized at the excellent English and the easy manners of their visitors. They left on Wednesday, going by West Point, Niagara, Chicago, Omaha, and St. Louis, where they are to collect informa tion before extending their tour into the cotton growing States. BUDGET OF PERSONAL.—Mr. Boutwell has in creased the pay of the following gentlemen of his depart ment: Mr. M'Cartee, superintendent of the printing bureau, now receives $5,000 ; Mr. Vanderbilt, appointment clerk, $3,000; Mr, Hammond, custodian of dies and plates, $3,000 ; Mr. Wilson, chief of note division, $2,800 ; chief of engravers division, $3,500; three principal engravers in that division receive salaries amounting in the aggregate to sl3,ooo.—Ex- Governor Marcus L. Ward, of New Jersey, has returned from his California tour —Dr. J. Porter was a citizen of Troy, Missouri, who said last summer that he would die on the second Saturday of October, and he kept his word.—Parson Browlow obstinately refuses to die to let Johnson into the Senate. Browulow is on his way to Washington, and said to be in better health than he has enjoyed for a long time.—The latest title for Commodore Vanderbilt is the " Venerable Colossus of Roads."—The latest news about Mrs. Stowe is that she is trying the water cure in New York city.—General O'Neill, President of the Fenian Brotherhood, has been in Buffalo, where his presence has caused great excitement in certain circles.— Senator Bradley was married, Nov. 9, to a sister of City Chamberlain Peter B. Sweeny.—The Rev. J. W. Kramer of Calvary Church, Summit, New Jersey, has accepted the charge of Grace Chapel, New York.--Among the passen gers in the steamship De Soto, which arrived at New York, from Havannah, were Lieut. G. V. Mengris, United States Navy; Senor Francisco Morales, and Baron Mauri cide Munagetta, ex-Captain on the staff of General Jordan, captured in one of the late engagements in Cuba by the Spaniards, and, through the influence of the American Minister at Madrid, pardoned.—Jennio Collins of the American Workman has challenged the Rev. J. D. Fulton to a public discussion on the Rights of Women and of Labour, considering his lectures injurious.--George Pea body's ancestors, who came from England to Massachusetts in 1635, spelled their name " Paybody." Miss Annie Ward, once a well-known Philadelphia actress, now Mrs. Annie Ward Tiffany, is "starring" at Ciocinnati.—Kirby Smith has a military school at Newcastle, Kentucky, at which an affray and shooting match between whites and negroes recently occurred, ten of the latter being wounded.—Mr. Burlingame and the Chinese Embassy arrived at Berlin last Saturday, and took up their residence in the Grand Ho tel de Rome, in which they occupy 34 rooms. The length of their stay is uncertain, but they will probably remain some time in the city.— General Belknap got acquainted with his wife by capturing her brother, who was a Confederate officer.—Mr. Seward in his journey through Mexico had an escort of three hundred cavalry to protect him from, brigands, who are the chief portion of the population of that country.—Ex-Secretary Browning, who was in President Lincoln's Cabinet, has been elected by the De. mocrats of the Illinois Constitutional Convention.—Gen. Lee bas been presented with a cane made from a piece of the Confederate ram Merrinum—Kicking Bird, who has recently succeeded to the Chieftain ship of the Kiowa Indians, is said to be a savage of iernarkable address, eloquence, and influence.—Thomas Curley, of Salem, Massachusetts, has been fined $l,OOO and sentenced to gaol until paid, for attempting to collect a bounty claim of $lOO in the name of Patrick Doyle.— Sir Francis links has been elected to represent the County of Renfrew in the Dominion Parliament. The contest was very close and exciting.— Zadoc Pratt of Prattsville, N.Y., and ex-Congressman, owner of $5,000,000 and 79 years old, has just married Miss Grimm, an employe of a New York newspaper office.—Sit Ming Cook has been appointed Interpreter to the Consulates of the United States in China,—Governo r Hoffman has appointed George W. Chapman of Saratoga Canal Commissioner, in tho place of Oliver Bascom, deceased, to hold office till January 1, 18 71. —Governor Palmer, of Illinois, has appointed Mr. Johns, of Chicago, a well-known and wealthy coloured man, a notary public.—Jay Cooke and Seward own 50,000 acres of land each in lowa, and Horatio Seymour has as much divided between lowa and Wisconsin.—Ben Perley Poore says of ReverdyJohnson, on celebrating his golden wedding, "he blundered in his diplomacy, but his _mar ried life has been a glorious success." He is the father of ten children, and the grandfather of nearly fifty.—Fisk, jun., is now called the "Great American Grabber" by the New Fork Herald.—Thero are rumours from Washington of disagreement between Secretary Belknap and General Sherman about War-office matters. —Mrs. Dr.W. A. Banks of Rockland, Maine, has a Bible once owned by Martin Luther.—Professor John Tatlock of Pittsfield, Massachu setts, owns a Latin book printed in 1474. It is a work of Hierocles, a Platonic philosopher of the sth century.-- A purse containing money and an ivory mallet were pre sented to Edmonia. Lewis, the coloured sculptress, at her farewell reception in Boston, Nov. 9.—Senator Ferry has so far recovered from his recent illness that he will be able to resume his seat at the opening of Congress. —The American artist Church, who has been spending some time at Dama scus, h as j ust finished a painting of that city, and sold it to a New York citizen for ten thousand dollars. It will be placed on exhibi tion for the present in the Yale School of Fine Arts.— President Chadbourne of the University of Wisconsin, and formerly of Williams College, is to assume an editorial position on the :Yale College Courant on the Ist of January.--General Joseph S. Pitman, of Providence, who did efficient service in the Mexican War, has been placed in the Washington Insane Asylum.—Mr Cyrus W. Field has been hunting buffaloes in Kansas.—Mrs. Stowe was taken suddenly ill, Sunday, Nov. 7, at Ply mouth Church whilst listening to Henry Ward Beecher's preaching ; 100 pages of her answer to the criticisms on her article on Lady Byron are in type, though yet subject to the author's revise.—The Right lion. B. Disraeli positively denies ever having been a journalist, and we congratulate our profession upon thus escaping the charge of having reared such a failure. We desire Ben. to know that we are the cream of the earth, and whether true or false that he was ever enrolled among us he ought to have held on to the honour.—An American paper says Sir Francis links, the new Canadian Minister of Finance, began by editing a newspaper, but his habits led him down to his present position.—Governor Claflin has purchased a house and 1,578 feet of land in Boston for $10,500. —The Hon. Elliot E. Cowdin sailed, November 13, for Europe, intending to spend the winter with his family (who are now abroad) in Paris. Mr*Cowdin was met by a large number of his friends, including ex-Governor Low of California, Minister Plenipotentiary to China, and ex-Senator Folger, just appointed United States Sub-Treasurer for New York, at an elegant entertainment given Nov. 12 at the Union League Club.— Risdon, who started the lie about the loss of Professor Powell's Colorado exploring expedition, last summer, has just been senteteed to three years in the Illi nois State prison for Lorse stealing.—Her Boyd Highness the Princess of Wales gave birth to a daughter yesterday morning at Marlborough House.—The Arehbiiln.p of Can terbury continues seriously ill at Broadstairs. TIM LOW PRICE OP CORN. The Spectator anticipates a fierce fight next session on the effect which has followed the abolition of the shilling duty on corn. "Mark Lane, which is always running risks, seems this year to have been more wrong than usual about the result of the harvest and the supply from abroad. Both have proved unexpectedly large, prices have gone crashing- down in leaps of three shillings and four shillings a week, until the trade is heavily weighted with corn to arrive,' which must be soli at a loss." One large firm has failed for a quarter of a million, and several others are believed to he in jeopardy. If all this, says the Spectator, be not carried to Mr. Lowe's credit, the Protectionists have forgotten their art. The people are getting their fill of cheap bread, but what do tho speculators care for that ? IMDUCTION OF TAXATION. Some of the "Revivers " declare themselves to be in favour of a "free breakfast table," but very few. Most of them would be opposed to the policy of the Financial Reform Union, which is just now holding its sittings in London. The Union has quiet meetings, but is, nevertheless, doing work in opposition to the Protectionists. A meeting organised by it was held at Lambeth on Friday. A memorial to the Chancellor of. the Exchequer was adopted asking for a reduction of taxation on working men. AN EIEIGRATION CLUB. A crowded meeting of artisans and labourers held in Poplar has just decided to establish a club for the purpose of assisting poor people across the Atlantic. The system to be adopted seems to be quite indepen dent of charity. Members of the club are to pay what weekly sum they can afford, and when the full passage money is made up, the emigrant will start. The labourer or artisan requires nothing to begin with on the other side, unless it be tools for the latter. JUVENILE DINNER PARTIES. The managers of the Bloomsbury refuge for desti tute children have hit upon a species of charity which merits more widespread adoption. They find that if they give money to poor children it is spent in gin by the parents; if they give clothes they are pawned ; they have, therefore, come to the conclusion that a good dinner twice a week would both have a bene ficial effect, and be incapable of misapplication. On Friday between four and five hundred homeless and destitute boys and girls were provided with a substantial meal of roast and boiled beef, bread, and potatoes, in the Bloomsbury Ragged Schools. The portion given to each child was so undant that many were unable —or, at all events, were not desirous—to consume it all; and it hsi§ become an institution at these dinners that something may be taken away for " sister " or for "mother." Many of the children thus carried off little parcels, an arrangement very much to be desired if it is spontaneous, but apt to lead, it may be feared, to these parcels being de manded at home. The cost of each child's meal was about fivepence, so that 450 Arabs can be fed for £8 or £9. The managers hope that these dinners will form a valuable aid to the work of rescuing destitute children from the streets ; and they certainly have a practical look. FALSE DOCTORS. Some cruel nets are set to catch the unwary in the lower districts of the metropolis. The apothecaries are taking to putting the name of some doctor over their doors, and treating patients who come to them as if they were properly qualified medical practi tioners. Two cases in which the results of this courso had been fatal came before a London coroner on Friday. In the one case, a young mother, aged 20, carried her child to a chemist, whom she thought to be a doctor ; he charged her 9d. for some powders which were useless. Then he sent her to a real doctor, but too late. The child died. The parish doctor said its death might have been prevented by proper treatment. In the second case an assistant acted as his master. The same results followed. A child, 11 years of age, was treated for a disease which was not upon her ; and she died some time afterwards from convulsions. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN SCOTLAND. The foot and mouth disease among cattle seems to be spreading to Scotland. It is very prevalent in Inverness. Several lots of cattle have been condemned by inspectors, and the usual precautions have been taken. The farmers, of course, are stirring ; but the inspectors are very incredulous on the subject, and investigate very narrowly all alleged cases. RAIL AND WIRE. The Railway News repeats its statement, which has been questioned in some quarters, respecting the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. All the points in dispute have been settled by the arbitrators. —An arrangement has been made for leasing a wire of the submarine telegraph between England and America for the use of Germany. The old cable will not, however, as has been stated, pass entirely into the hands of the German Company. A line will be laid between Bremen, or a North German port, to England for the conveyance of the messages from Germany to this country. The concession has been purchased by the Anglo - American Company for a sum of £l2,ooo.—The engineers of the Mont Cenis Tunnel have crossed the Italian frontier into French territory. About one half the work, or four miles, has been completed.—Herapath's Railway Journal notes that nearly every one of the leading English lines are prospering. The Bristol and Exeter and the South Devon lines are amongst the improving ones, and even poor Cornwall exhibits a small ad vance. The North-Eastern is doing splendidly. BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. The Emperor of the French has just given an audience to Messrs. Ward Hunt, Fowler, and Aber nethy respecting the scheme elaborated by these gen tlemen for facilitating. the passage across the Channel by large ferry ships, instead of a tunnel or a bridge. The merits of the ferry sys tem are obvious enough. It will be much cheaper, and may be got to work in much less time than any other plan. It is proposed to place trains, passengers, and all upon very large steamships, and thus make the journey between London and. Paris without a break. Ports would be constructed which would be accessible to these monster ferryboat!• at all hours and in the worst weather. The French Emperor heard the exposition of the scheme witl. much interest, though it is not yet apparent that his Government will render any assistance. THE DUKE OF GENOA ESCAPADE. The dispute about the Duke of Genoa's candidature for the Spanish crown is still further complicated by a letter from Signor Maffei, the Italian Charge d'Affaires in London. The Marquis Rapallo, step father of the Duke of Genoa, wrote to the Times declaring that he himself, his wife, and the young prince, were equally averse to the latter becoming King of Spain. The Italian Charge d'Affaires now states "that the Italian Government do not recognise the right of the Marquis Rapallo to intermeddle with matters which concern the Princes of the Royal House of Savoy." The Times publishes this curious statement without com ment, being, no doubt, much puzzled by it. Does the Italian Government mean that the Marquis has no right to ascertain, or to express, the wishes of his wife's child ? Does the King of Italy propose to place the Duke of Genoa on the throne of Spain and keep him there without consulting the Prince's own inclinations, or those of his family ? FOREIGN NOTES. 'THE DALMATIAN INSURRECTION. Tho military operations in Dalmatia have been suspended on account of the weather, and will probably not be resumed for some months. The Austrian troops,finding it impossible to hold their ground, have withdrawn to Cattaro, while the insurgents have taken refuge in the most inaccessible parts of the mountains. The attitude of Montenegro, according to the North-East Correspondence, is becoming daily more disquieting. At the sitting of tho Hun garian Diet, at Pesth, on the 24th, three deputies questioned the Ministry respecting the events in Dalmatia. One of them, M. Zichy, of the Deak party, insisted upon energetic action in the interest of all the monarchy. M. Vouko vitch, of the Opposition, and M. Miletich, the head of the national party, demanded the recall of the Hungarian regiments from Dalmatia, on the ground that the repres sion of interior disturbances in one province was not a public matter. The Minister had not replied when the news left. Correspondence from Russia gives a formal denial to the rumour that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg had some share in the Dalmatian difficulty. The Panslavist press, which has been supposed to speak the language of the Government, was really opposed to it. THE RUSSIAN ARMAMENT. The Invalide llusse quotes the limes' article on the Rus sian army, and subsequently makes a semi-official declara tion of the national policy. Russia, it avers, has put her ei gsx2A_witk Jan_diznityvullar moomities. THE BISHOP OF /TARAWA. The Bishop of Habana was lately arrested at Cadiz. Ho was transferred to Madrid, where the house of the Christian brethren was assigned for his prison. He was expressly forbidden to hold any communication whatever, and he is kept out of sight. The official journals state that he is not accused of conspiracy, but of subtracting a million of reals from the chests of a brotherhood at Habana. The Bishop affirms that the two millions found upon him were intended for the Pope. OUTRAGE UPON AN AMERICAN SCHOONER The schooner John Atwood has reached New York from Baracoa, on the north-east of Cuba, and reports that an outrage was perpetrated by the military at the latter place. Having obtained the proper clearances from the authorities at Baracoa, she took a pilot on board and got under weigh. While passing the entrance to the harbour she was hailed by the sentry, who demanded her pass. The captain told the pilot to explain that the pass had, as usual, been left at the consignee's. Without waiting to hear any explanation, the sentry fired on the schooner, upon which she lowered the lower peak, and tho men who were towing her were sent ashore for the pass. This, however, did not seem to satisfy the sentry, who again fired and seriously wounded one of the crew. The bullet was found to have passed through both his legs, and it was necessary to remove him to the hospital at Baracoa. CANADIAN RECO"? ocrry. The New York papers intimate that the question of Canadian reciprocity is likely to be soon discussed by Con gress, owing to the action of the Canadian authorities. The latter have notified the Washington Government that unless some arrangement is made by which the trade shall be in some measure reciprocal, they will not be able to with stand the pressure put upon them in favour of several legislative acts hostile to American interests. These are ; the abolition of the system of fishery licences, which will compel American fishermen to remain out side the three-mile limits of the shores of Canada ; the imposition of a duty on foreign coal, so as to give the market of Western Canada to Nova Scotian coal, instead of the supply being drawn from Ohio and Pennsylvania; and the placing of an export duty on pine timber, and an im port duty on American breadstuffs. The present Cana dian tariff allows free admission to breadstuffs, the value of those imported from the States last year being over 12 million dollars. The attention of the American Secretary of State having thus been called to the question in a very marked manner, he addressed the British Minister, and invited his assistance in adjusting the difficulty. Mr. Thornton communicated with the Canadian authorities, and it was generally agreed to discuss the matter in detail, some leading sena tors and Congress-men being consulted with regard to the interchange of raw products. An amicable arrangement seems to be desired by both sides. TIM CALIFORNIAN DISASTER. Further particulars have been received of the disaster on the Western Pacific Railroad. Eleven dead bodies have been recovered from the wrecked cars, and it is estimated that twenty persons were wounded. According to one account, the Western Pacific train was before its time, and should have waited for the passage of the Alcmada train. Another statement is, that at the point where the Alemada and Pacific roads connect, the station -master was in fault. He refused to wait for the Alemada train, which was behind time, and went into his house for breakfast. While there, a gravel train passed, and he believed it was the Western Pacific train. When subsequently the Western Pacific train did come up, the engine -driver inquired if the Alemada had passed, and was told that all was right. Judge Baldwin was killed in the collision. The United States and District Courts ad journed in respect to his memory, T H E ERIE RAILWAY AND COMMODORE VANDERBILT. The Erie Railway Company has instituted a suit in the Supreme Court, before Judge Barnard, against Commodore Vanderbilt for the purpose of recovering five million dol lars for damages, which the company allege they have sus tained by reason of certain fraudulent transactions on the part of the Commodore. A motion was made on behalf of the defendant to have the action transferred to the Circuit Court, so that it could be tried before a jury. The court has reserved its decision. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. (From the Anglo-American Times.) NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Our weather can only be described as a succession of " sells." Last week we had a gloriotp glimpse of the Indian summer—the most charming season on this or any other continent ; but the cup was dashed from our lips by one of those bullies of whom Long fellow writes in " Hiawatha"—the " North-West wind," who, with flurries of snow and intense cold, has pushed out that glorious summer. To do him justice, however, he has furnished us with brilliant displays of Northern lights and bright meteors cour sing through the sky. The gloomy feeling continues, indeed increases in commercial circles, and the failure of Bininger and Co. adds to the depression. The assets of that house are said to be double the liabilities, and it is a sign of the times that falling accommodation they should be compelled to sus pend. Among the failures are White, Heath, and Co., liabilities $lOO,OOO ; Randolph Brothers, like wise cloth merchants ; Condict Jennings and Co., brokers, Broad-street. Two or three houses have gone also in Boston. One main cause of the pres sure is the failure in the West to pay up, and the loss entailed on the importers by the heavy duties paid when gold ruled so high and the fall in the value of the stocks now that gold has fallen so low ; people hang on to fictitious prices, being unable to make up their minds to the inevitable reduction. The banks, too, are dealing mercilessly and most injudiciously with thebusiness community. The mer chants complain that speculators are supported by ons,while the conductors of the legitimate in the city are charged such a th r e u fi i raten n o a u n s cialbu lnssfi business s d st i i s count that they are forced to suspend. Good paper ranges up to 20 per cent., though loans are made on the security of stock under 7, when it is known that the accommodation is to supply a margin for speculating. The Democratic victory is likely to be followed by serious conse quences. What will be done remains to be seen, but a good deal is threatened to this much-endur ing community. The first thing will be to sweep out the police, but the State Administration is divided about the City Commissioners, not on the question to be, or not to be, but whether to act at once or gradually. It goes into power on the Ist January. The Central Park Commissioners, it is understood, will remain undisturbed. The Board of Health, the Croton Water Commission, and more will resign, as otherwise they may be turned out ; and with regard to the Superintendent of Po lice—he is nowhere. The Irish have a keen recol lection of how the police treated them during the _ War, and they demand immediate action. Super intendent Kennedy is about to resign, but as he has got till January he need not hurry himself. If dis posed to yield to the pressure of such journals as the Irish Peopl e , t h e D emocra t, an d o thers, the ac ti on of the leade rs will be sharp and decisive, but its effects would b e suc h as exactly suited the Repub lican party. Although years out of Federal office, there is a lingering remembrance in the public mind that, whatever the shortcomings of the Re publicans, the Democrats are less fit to be intrusted with power ; and if they use their victory hero to gratify their spit e w ith i n d eco rous haste this feel ing will revive. Our first state was bad, but our last state may be worse. Such a Superin tendent as Mr. Kennedy may be replaced by a shoulder-bitter, an d th e c ity handed over to th e tender mercies o f th e row di es of the lowe r war d s . As they ca n " gerrymander" the Districts it may not be easy f or the Repu bli cans ever t o recover their lost ground, and they may yet have to sigh and weep over the split which prevented them from acting together. Horace Greeley denounces in the Tribune " the poor creatures who refused to vote at all, with a scorn barely distinguishable from loath ing," inviting " those hypocrites to the hottest corner of the most uncomfortable place in the uni verse." To those who, feeling wolfish, " scratched" him, Horace !Greeley returns special thanks, from which a Scotchman might have drawn his own con clusion, had be not specially added, " his name off their ballots." A fine building has lately been com pleted in the St. Cloud Hotel at the corner of Broad wayandForty-seeond- street. Its proprietors, Messrs. MONEY AND BUSINESS. (From the Springfield Republican, Nov. 13.) The ease of money on call and its stringency on time begin to excite considerable apprehension, which has been heightened in New York by the failure of two or three small firms, and of Bininger and Co., the famous wine mer chants, who had almost reached a centennial of prosperity and stability. The stringency, however, arises from causes that are comparatively incidental in character, and not from any deep seated evil sufficient to induce a general panic. The small supply of small notes, for instance, has rendered payments at the West very slow, and clogged the channels of circulation to a very appreciable extent. The actual supply of money being measured by the ratio between its quantity and its efficiency, any diminution of the latter element, any lingering in the performance of its errand as a medium of exchange, unless the lack in effi ciency be made up by an increase in quantity, renders ine vitable a falling off in supply as compared with the de mand. This is undoubtedly the effect of the present lack of small bills, which, though it seems an insignificant matter, should never be allowed by the comptroller of the national currency to again interfere with the market, since tke remedy is so completely in his power and so easily applied. While the supply of money is thus in some measure curtailed, the demand has undoubtedly been in creased. This is the busy month, and Cincinnati, Louis ville, and other pork centres, and in a less degree the grain marts, require considerable remittances from New York- At the metropolis capitalists are full of funds, but defi cient in faith. And just here lies the damage that was done by the gold panic of September; the unsettling in the value of gold was of little consequence compared with the exhibition of gambling then made, which disgusted and frightened from the legitimate loan market the honester class of capitalists, while it encouraged the meaner class to keep their money well in hand and loan only call, that they might have their bowls right side up when the next shower of porridge fell. The discouragement of confidence on the one Land, and the encouragement of (begging his pardon) Shylockism on the other, are, in a measure, re sponsible for the present quotations of time loans at 11 to 2 per cent. per month, the very fact that the interest is reckoned by the month illustrating the desire to shorten the absence of the capital from the sight of the lender. In spite, however, of all these causes, the financial outlook, on the whole, is flattering. The New York banks owe $180,829,891 on deposits and $34,136,240 on circulation, in all $214,965,181 against $211,919,712 last year; but they hold $74,103,929 in gold and green backs, against $68,357,867 last year, so that the excess of assets over the 25 per cent. required by law is $20,362,646 against $15,377,914 last year. It is encourag ing to get so near specie payments that rumours of the speedy consummation of that end are probable enough for speculative purposes, though the degree of probability re quired in that business is little enough. Still it must be remembered that such a result, if brought about by Go vernment interference at all, rests not with Mr. Boutwell, but with Congress, possibly with the Supreme Court. if gold falls as steadily for the next six months as it has for the past two, we shall have arrived, at the end of that time, at specie payments, whether we will or no. And even if it should fall only half way down in that time, we could jump the remaining gap with comparative safety. Meantime schemes for getting back by mysterious bye paths are proposed on every hand. The World suggests that all stocks in the New York Exchange be at once quoted and bought and sold on a gold basis, and the Financial. Chronicle, in two and a half broad columns, thinks the fluctuation in cotton might be arrested in a similar manner. These suggestions develope a love for machine ciphering that should have been allowed to work itself out on the slates of the primary schools. Of course greenbacks fluctuate just as much, and no more, than gold. When one limb of the ba lance goes up, the other goes down, and any change of quotations, or mere names, from one side to the other, wouldn't have the slightest effect in bringing things to an equilibrium. We can rid ourselves of fluctuation, not by any change in the language of the market reporters, but only by the rough hand of legislation, on the one hand, or, on the other, by waiting for the laws of com merce to bring about national stability through easy and gradually lessening oscillations. The price of gold has steadily declined with the exception of an advance, subse quently lost, on Tuesday, which was said to be due to the rumours of the ill-health of Victor Emmanuel. How even a fatal termination of that illness was to affect the solvency of Uncle Sam or lessen the relative proportion of gold to greenbacks in this country is not plain. We suspect the brokers take a professional pride in responding quickly to the diagnosis of potentates, however small their political significance. The Government sales on the same day effectually checked the upward tendency. The rumours of specie resumption also produced, in a slight degree, the effect desired by their authors, the boar-ing of the gold and bond market. The object of the specula tors, who are "short," is said to be to depreciate the pre mium of these lines of investment and then to buy in, preparatory to cornering the market in December, when all corporations, trustees, dm., will want to buy bonds so that they can make oath that on December 31, the capital held by them was invested in the un taxable United States Bonds, thus eluding the demands of the assessor in March, 1870. Governments have been steady, declining with gold, but not to the same extent. On Wednesday the large offerings to the Government, and Mr. Boutwell's refusal to take but $2,000,000, pro duced some disappointment, and holders throwing a large quantity upon the market induced a temporary decline. The Government paid 112 95, the cheapest rates at which it has yet been able to make a purchase. Stocks have been rather more buoyant, and Vanderbilt Consols have somewhat recovered the effects of the announcement of their marriage. Wednesday was a bearish day, however, and part of the advance was lost. The Erie ring on Tuesday signified its intention to issue $5,000,000 of Nar row. Gauge Stock, with which to lay a third rail according to an agreement with Lake Shore. As Lake Shore was supposed to be hand in glove with Vanderbilt, this announcement created no little surprise. By some it was regarded as a renewal of the Fisk-Vanderbilt war fare. The call for more money is regarded on other grounds as a new evidence of Erie squandering, and it is questionable whether the Farmers' Loan and Trust Company will allow this new issue to be squandered. The Times says:—" As the deplorable affairs of the Erie Road now look, $70,000,000 of com mon stock, or 700,000 shares, would seem to be a sufficient increase on $16,500,000 capital, or 165,000 shares, since Gould and Fisk, jun., took charge of the concern." The accounts from the western linos denote an improved winter traffic and general ease in the finances of the roads, so much so that the December dividends on both classes of North-west, and the February dividends on both classes of St. Paul and Lake Shore, are deemed reasonably cer tain. The dividends of St. Paul Preferred is in the nature of annual division ; it is reported as likely to be 8 per cent. in cash. The half -yearly dividend on the Lake Shore of 4 per cent. cash has already been voted by the directors, preliminary to the consolidation of the Toledo and Wabash on Dec. 29. The grain trade for the past week has been large. The snow squalls foreshadowed an early closing of the Erie canal, and the grain has poured through that avenue in vast quantities. The crop is so large, however, that any amount of drain seems to have no effect on the vast aggregate of breadstuffs at the West. The eastward movement of flour and grain from Chicago, Milwaukee, and Toledo, for the week ending November 6, was 110,158 barrels of flour against 103,355 last year, 1,293,418 bushels of wheut against 993,120, and 490,978 bushels of corn against 461,135. Rye, oats, and barley fall behind last year's amount. There is a considerable complaint, both here and at the great hog points West, that hogs are not well fatted. There was the same theory, promulgated early in the season, that the wheat crop was lacking, and also of a short corn crop. Present prices, as compared with opening prices, is the best comparison perhaps to guide to a prudent course in regard to the future of the hog crop. Prices of hogs, compared with the other articles of consumption, aro too high, and a decline may be looked for. Tho tobacco market is dull. The stock ofl f o o i n v grade is is either all out or held at high prices, while the assor t_ mmt of fine Connecticut is large. The consumpt description is limited, yet prices are exorbitantly high, and sales are made with difficulty. It is therefore evident that whatever the new crop may contain of fine tobacco, prices must bo low in order to effect sales. Of the present crop all accounts seem to agree,itloni bem he great bulk cont a i ns a super abundanceuonn atobacco, consume,w hi c h the and i t re quirementsooffmtheediturmadaenwdf e wouldooeulldd bring osneleymbaesbtrhoouugghht about active in b b y us a ine e s e s aleof th e present crop prices which into the ma r k e t a good export demand. The we crop in Massachusetts and Connecticut is estimated.bl , b i e 3.5,000 cases ag a i ns t 20,000 last year, and the whol e v is s 1 123,000 cases against 72,000 last year. Dry goods 1 3 . r e ' sent very few ch a n ges , w ith a dull business. Frin!l°,,,g cloths and choice prints still retain their activity. " foreign goods business is dull and importations decreasing, though still ahead of last year. (Front the Wall-street Journal.) FRIDAY EVENING, November 15. o llet Business remains dull throughout the country tioas are difficult and the most exorbitant shaves DO P a ; i u ° in all the leading cities f o r accommodation. Failures not diminish, and we regret since our last to notice tbe sudden stop; age of the oldest firm in New York, A. 13iL'in'. ger and Co wine and grocery merchants, who have IN v ran ked 'l el established since 1776, and wh o h av e alwa ys high as a reliable and conservativ e firm AliXen Wi t b' g it man, and Co., starch man u f ac t urer s and oil deal ers, made a heavy failure; and we note that White, i lea . 4 and Co., and Randolph Brothers, both in the clot h ]o Geld ~, G business, have also succumbed. The New 93xehange Bank gave notice in another column, that t,3e he ld faunal meeting for the election of directors will be at the Directors' Room of the Bank, 29, New-street, 'felt York, on December 7th next, between the hours a.m. and 1 p.m. Money on call, in lack of better e 01);;; ment, is ( fferedat 6to 7 per cent. Discounts ee°ies, difficult at 12 to 15 per cent. for first class double 33 ° 3 ' 6 , and at 15 to 24 per cent. for the very best single Trig In the gold market transactions continue small au tl little vaiiation, the price having varied to-day fr °l ' 3 to 1262. QUOTATIONS FOR SPECIE. 48 6 Amer. silver 97 to 98 I Eng. says ...... 486 t° 5 81 Mex. dollars 1031 „ 101 j 20 francs ........385 It VI Eng. silver 470 , 480 I Thalers ......... 6 . 1 Five francs 96 97 I Foreign Exchange „ is generally active, bui. shoWS liltla change in prices. 9 5 6. Sixty Days. 10 hlO3l 13 091 London Bankers lOB4-103 1092 i London Prime Commercial 108-1081 15,5'134 Paris, B 5 ankers 4 4 ...... Bremen, Bankers Hamburgb, Bankers 351-36 ..... ..... Frankfort, 0.M.404-404 ..... Berlin and Cologne ....• Antwerp 5.214-5.171 ...... Amsterdam, Bankers Swiss 5.214-5.1'7k .... Express Stocks are heavy 5 51 to 55 1 Adams American Merchants' Union 35 to 10 Merchants' Union, old Stock 9 i. to f, 2 United States Wells, Fargo, and Co 1 81 to 1 " Government Bonds are steady but inactive. i iii Sixes, 1861, registered l l7l to 13 1 Sixes, 1881, coupon Sixes, 1868, coupon U.S. 6s. Pacific Railroad lO7l t O l l3 Five-twenties, 1862, registered ll2l t o 1 151 Five-twenties, 1862, coupon jo i Five-twenties, 1864, coupon Five-twenties, 1865, coupon 1 13 i of Five-twenties, 1835, coupon, new Five-twenties, 1867, coupon U.S. 5-20 Coupons, 1868 ll5l to il oi f Ton-forties, coupon .. lO 7l t° 1011 Ten-forties, registered Oregon War Loan, Sixes, 1881 State Bonds are quiet, the transactions being . t° oll a te nessees, North Carolinas, and Virginias, all of 01 lower. h P riv In Miscellaneous Stocks there is little doing , t , e 0 1 0 &pal transactions being confined to Pacific Mail, 1711 ,` c •deria declined to 57-1, on the report that the quarterly Vrigotil is to be passed, but nothing will he known officia ll y the middle of next week. 861 Fort Wayne .......... • A li Pacific Mail ............... Atlantic Mail ............ 0 ............. 561 Quicksilver W. U. Telegraph .... 6 . 1 1 C BC IM u ohas m irtoi o b pan e on r sW l da a jaP d t ser s . f Pow6isr sr . . eP . d. .... 21 Bankers and Brokers•" 881 M & St. Paul ........... M & St. Paul Preferre.airm and the market i s eal little interest outside. be readily absorbed 1.1 N. Y. Central xd 1801 Erie Hudson .. l5B Reading Mich. Central l2Ol Illinois Central Cleveland & Pittsbrg B4 North-West North-West Preferred 851 Canton. Rock Island Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Stocks are dull, brokers' market, there being road Gold Bonds continue to vestors. N. Y. Central 6s, 1883 88 N. Y. Central 6s, 1887 89 N. Y. Central 6s, R Est 85 N. Y. Central 6s, Sub'n 85 N. Y. Central 7s, 1876 N. Y. Cen. 7s, con. 76 9B Erie Ist More, Ex 97 Erie 7s, 2d Mort, 1879 — Erie 7s, 3d Mort, 1883 B5 Erie 7s, 4th Mort, 1880 — Erie 7s, sth Mort, 1888 771 Long Dock Bonds Buff. N.Y. &E. Ist M, '77 B6 Hud. R. 7s, Ist M, '69 100 Hud. R. 7s, 2d,,M, 'B5 102 Harlem Ist M, '6B '72 100 Mich. C. Ist M, 69'72 — Mich. new Ist M Bs, 'B2 116 Mich. So., 7p.c.2d M. N. Ind. Goshen Line '6B Mich. S. &N.I.S.F'd 7p.c. 94 111. Cen. 7 p. c, '7O 115 Alton & T. 11. let 90 Alton &T.H. 2d pfd 79 Alton &T. H. 2d M. Inc. 70 Han .& St.J. Land Wrn tslo4 Han. & St. J. Con 105 Chi. B. & Q., Ist M 107 Chi. & N. West, S. 93 Chi. & N. W. Con Cony. 92 Chi. & N. W. Int B B4 Chi. & N. W. Ist M B7 Quincy & Tol, Ist M, '75 111. & So. lowa Ist M — Gt. West. Ist 31, 'BB B4 Gt. Western 2d M '93 7B Tol. & Wab. 2d 31 Ex Bl J h 0 " The Erie Railway Company, on November 9 t,l b ' io 3 0 aotice to the New York Stock Exchange that 1,10- days they will issue five million dollars Convertibje third o, row Gauge Bonds, for the purpose of laying conl rail between New York and Erie, and enabling t p $l 3 OO pang to connect with the narrow gauge of the Lai Company. Tol. & Wab. EquiP• '''''' '" > Mil. & Pr. du Ch. Ist -0. 91 Gal. & Chic. Ext .......... 94 Gal. & Chic. 2d N........ • Chi. &R. I. Ist ........ • 9 2i Chi. R. I. & Pacific 7's," . ' 96 Cleve. & Tol. S. Fuou"96 N. J. Central Ist M.. N. J. Central 2d M. 100 P pp ttt Pitts. s s s F FF t tt W l\ vv . ,&s 132s.cidt c: • 7 X ~ 0 Cleve. & Pitts., 4th "'. Chic. & Alton, S. F: l At Chic. &Alton, S. V. Is''' . Sl' Mil. & St. Paul Ist M.•• - Mil. & St. Paul 2d .1..•.. 86 Marietta & Gin. Ist M••• Morris & Essex Ist M. - 91 Morris & Essex 2d 3 1 '," Joliet & Chic. 14• Chi. & Gt. East'n 94 N. Y. & N. H. Gs ..••• •" 921 Dubuque &S.City ,lsol. Peninsula Ist N:...... 91 Ohio & Miss. Ist Ohio & Miss. Con ..... ..', s 2 Tol. P. W. Ist M. E. I),ri Atlantic & G. Iv 2d 2d 3,.• 93 Del., Lack., & .7 ds - Lake S bore Div. Boa Cleve, P. & A sh. Do. S4i rfnion Pacific Gold P." 9 o'3 Central P.RR. Gold L 3 '" 9 Pacific RR. guar. bY.'"•°. ha nge d Josiah L. Pike, thirty years . of age, was ~o h tli . - -- at Concord, New Hampshire, on the 9th Nover a ' ' f th e correspondent of the Tribune thus tells the go*" f f or crime, to which he confessed :—" It is just about "t;sed since the pleasant village of Hampton Falls Was er fittoct by the report that a horrible murder had been core' 00 within its limits. All New Englandparticip atea roti fe, ys ao the orf m :a::: murdera fobioa excitement. A Mr. and Mrs. Brown husbandan': 9:10 living at a distance from the settlement, were ta iit'lj' p 4 their kitchen at dusk one evening,when a low Il: 3 it 1 heard at the door. Mrs. Brown roceeded to tol es/ i, f i t ) and on opening to the caller was felled to the flec)r lol' stroke from an axe, in the hands of a disguised f el a to whose identity the sequel proved. Mr. Brown N ell : le o taf h hon e rad r nd r t e esh s au c eds u npb e iy , cei e tsoh n ene l a y pp eo t d o i n. meet the same - s 0 t some ruffian, clue te t dN o bad nature, and seen in the e proceededw toot h hs o oroinkffe:: . a f to h search e iv les d t o h i sf eckihoo; `,Bred e o j a vic a i i n w r a l e t least give crime 03-b o t o hours before its probable committal. He was I f arr ifo but a short time before, and was boarding with fi l v e :1 at the house of her mother in an adjacent town. " — c id grocery bills, and minor expenses of housekeeping reolio, in upon him; he had been often out of work, and 0 0 b r e Do pressed for money, on the very day of the nauttleitiro started out, saying to his wife that he migh t not r , i - bad until midnight. He returned towards morning, 11- f t he been at home buts few hours when arrested. Af° st ° ti" money stolen, with a pocket-book and a few , In aller soto , tr cies, identified as the property of the murder ed 13r° i 39 being found upon him, he was at once lodged in jail, ,sereo and sentenced to death." He seems to have behave d or t , in gaol, and to have become thoroughly penft elitl it tL eea f buting the crime to drink. He shook hands with a ist es; him, and while the gym tette sang the hymn, "3" latest sun is sinking fast"—they had sang hymns for ' too , mornings previously—ho was prepared for Oectii..oeo a spring was touched, and he fell six feet. The di e ": o f was miscalculated, and his feet touched the stone floret which which he appeared conscious, making such efforts t° ' O. O his feet on the ground that, to the cry of " Pull hira ll 'it a deputy had to ascend and raise the writhing body at the end of seven minutes fr om his fall the pulse stooaio 80, and lowered to 40 only at the end of 10 minutes, e ii .t at the end of 15 minutes there was no pulsation at the l' i e ' ." LADVERTISEMENT. I —Holloway's Ointment and ri be itot Society's Safeguard.—Whatever the disease maY, Dr• wherever it may discover itself, whether externally 19',.d0 tell:lain its victims may enter on Professor lielloLiig treatment with hearts of hope that every daffy wi l i ti v ie - e l lf 4 some a melioration of . the infirmity. For the cure 0 ' dolof wounds, sores, abrasions, eruptions, abscesses , o n . 0- swellings, and the generality of b throat and ..n,h_ e _ et to ev Ehl i p n la st in ru ts ai t o h n e s e t i o ntz s e u n r t e n a e s e u d ec o e n s a desirable restoration of health and streng th. I li successful (3. 1 sussueedtoac.ether accord 0, 0; orders which have been of long duration 1 tollolv e li r etil a , should be taken; they powerfully stimulate t a e repa ve lion, raise the needful Il rvoua energy , and. indu e tive action.--- -- --- --- /"" .....,!1,011:31i).1! BELL—On the 27th inst . BIRTIIS. ;of /01111 Herne - hill the o.l° , at , of E. T. Bell, Esq., of a daughter. wi f e _ STRAITH—On the 26th inst at Highgate, the - S. Straith, Esq., of a son. " MARRIAGES. ste ad, the rfric sL°wE—PoPE—On the 24th inst., at ,od l ' llatnaLE . t - o f P. Henslowe, Captain Bombay Army, to -r-' scli Younger daughter of the late Samuel Pope, Hayerstock-11111. rollltri b SMITH—IRONMONGER—On the 24th inst., at tNe'. 6 0 I ' Chapel, Lond on , Th omas , e ld es t son of Thorn ° r o f .b' of 49 , Easteheap, to Martha Eliza, fifth daugbt t ironmonger, late of Lincoln's-inn-fields. DEATB S. 94' 1 Annix—On the 25th inst., at 10 p ,B • m ton J. Ardiro aged 78. COP ° ' COPE—On the 26th inst ' 1 at Epsom, Jacob G ear Esq., aged 81. vire, London : Printed said Published by WILLIAJA All.„Psttronj' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE SUN Office No.11`,,00,""" in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of giciw 31QuclaY, Drcovomber 29, 1869. ~1, . This ci raze Med Pu Sold in I Ile &gent Obsern fn's LL WET 14, ADVANI bold or I I.ble wee' Forms fr THE Lu for devil] ORIGIN. H . Conft.7ll celebrate Pnr.leaff Whisk!e also he E number of others AN Devote( PAGF ‘ q anr; thn th:s rc Pal E ST The fessioni weekly bined establii Thle nised 1 and it Lady . Carolit All ten or Sub: Treasi ~ r l~_ , receiw and D Pupiis The manna A pi when. nessed App other T" The Firo E Thon Bonus valuo render !envoi thirty TH • roar. Up' this B open flume] helple Bar street Under where Girls the kb The Ugh ed end la aniteti The entire wise , e N' estel free. Be streo See., Pc desti and pros] stitu endc assiF_ Inst its lo Soo boa fro' T 1,4 on