The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-01 00:00:00

ill F MARKET AND COMMERCUL Tar.CELLIGENCIti TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Transfer Offices of the Bank of England are closed to-day, as usual on Ist November, to enable the officials to adjust the half-yearly account, and the Stock Exchange is closed according to custom. The Be nts anythi ng n eighbourhood of th e " H ouse, " therefore, pre but a lively appearance. No alteration has been made to-day in the Bank cha nge d , r ate, and th e M oney Market generally is un except as regards the demand, which is a little more active ; this is attributable to the fact that a large portion of the mercantile community delayed the negotiation of their bills to derive the advantage of a relaxation, if the authorities con sidered it expedient. The maintenance of the quo tation at 41 per cent. has not, however, caused any disappointment, but, naturally enough, in the pre- Sent period of ex t reme i nact i v i ty, traders would have liked to have learned that the Court had sepa rated with the announcement of a 4 per cent. mini mum. Though lower terms—and they are low enough mightalready be agreeable to many, the mercan tile world will have reason to rejoice if a steady movement up to 5 or 6 per cent. should occur, pro vided it resulted from a healthy expansion of our commerce. There was an influx of £3,000 at the Bank of England yesterday. Tenders were opened to-day at the Bank of New Zealand for £lOO,OOO New Zealand Government , i c Si r l per Cents. The p r ice of i ssue was fi xe d at 5 5., and applications were received for consi derably over a million. Letters of allotment will be forwarded as soon as they can be prepared. The following notice has been posted at the Bank of England to-day : Bank of England, Nov. 1, 1866.—Notice is hereby given that in order to prepare the dividends due on the sth of jfOtlilliol2glB67, the balances of the several account s i n th e funds will be struck on the night of Saturday, the Ist December, 1866, viz.:—.£3 per Cent. Consolidated A nnuities, New £5 per Cent. Annuities, New £3 10s. per dent. Annuities, 1854, New £2 10s. per Cent. Annuities, Annuities for terms of years, India £5 per Cent. Stock. On lionday, the 3d December, the above-named funds will be transferable without the dividend due on the sth January next.r, Ea s t I n di a Stock.—Shut—Friday, 7th Dec., 1866. uPen—Monday, 7th Jan., 1867. The following circular has been issued this morn 10g with regard to the affairs of the Blakely Ordnance Company (Limited) Sir 3, Birchi n -l ane, E.C., London, Oct. 31. ,—The committee of the Defence Association having had submitted to them, by their solicitor, a case with counsel's o p i nion thereon, w ith re f erence to the original alletees being entitled to relief on the ground of misrepre sentations contained in the prospectus of the company, i nte nd i very sh ortly to hold a meeting of the subscribers the fund, to place before them the case and opinion, l a i n d_ o to state the course which they propose to adopt. Please intend to join the Defence Association, you will P.lr ehremit the amount of your subscription of 2s. 6d. Per _are to Mr. Whiffin, at this address, on or before th,, urc iaY next, the 3d proximo, as in all probability taken to settle the list of contributories will be Rill out by the official liquidator very shortly ; and it ttoalau6ssepoi4nrsibe,rb2lltt:s:aotrinta the hesolicitor to th e D e f ence A ssoc i at i on b " hien with a s e p ara t e protest in the name of each grounds of objection, so as to avo id jodi ced Bll3 Y of their present rights to relief being pre- C omm welldWe are, yours obediently, Wm. :111 BRUCE, M. C. SETON, members of the BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES YESTERDAY. . per GOVE RN MENT FUND S . ° Cent. Consols 8 Do. Account, Nov. 8 B9l 1 89/ mper Cent. Reduced B6l 71 87 6i i 7 ' A 6 :v 3 per Cent zzutuities, 30 yrs, . ei . p . ire 5;,h Jan., 1880 711 1 . l ew 21 per Cont. Jan. 189. t J) - .„° 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 -up. per Ce nt. yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ~Do D (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — pm l.tequer Bills, £1,000,3 & 4 per Cent 4 o ,0 ........ £5OO ........ .......... . $3 ti , .......... £lOO & £2OO ~ anic of England Stock, 51, per Cent. 245 47 Ditto for Account 1 14 Ilmtkx GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. dallOteek, 10i per Cent., April 187 4... 2 10 11 o °. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 „ 0 - 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 -'-'O. Certificates tDo. Enfaced Pape . ; 4 per Cent °. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 h ° * 5 4 Per Cent., May 1879 Do". 'Deb, 5 per ()Put • Aug. 1873 ° 22 25 pm P. Bondeot per Cent., .£l,OOO . under XlOOO ifI°REIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PR- ICES. YESTERDAY. Are.,,,.. 1,„-,,..""ae Republic, 6 per Cent Do___ bi.---all tonds 5 per Cent, 1859 azi a ,,, k ~.,, , ... per uent 4 4 Per Cent., 18 52-58-60 Do, bo ~ 1863 , t'ut:o,)o...kiroo.ounil-,(;.n.a.5...1. ..... _ die Btle,„' 'crap, £65 paid -(2's 4 yres 6 per Cent — -- , 0. A I) Ce°llst _- 0 4100 Bonds oi l , : ii ?? 1 Per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent.) _— 001 0 1411 ' 6 Per Cent ...... 0,6411 an, 6 per dent bat,T h Per Cent. D o uBl):4oPPerriaCceint, 125 b 7. 5 . per Cent., 1864 palities D o. Ac tquau c°l4lt ........................... . _ 1 .) °r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent 13°_.,,Provisional Land Warrant — g. 3," ')ererred _7_ 3 ptia tt 7 b 0 Per Cent , ~ Second Issue DO 4100 Bonds 81i .................... , D o —0 4••,, • 1864 D o G 0 bonds .. .. CiDo Government Railway Debentures BO,l Adis kei3O Paid L I u per Cents., 1 824-5, ex Coupon s Do. A ccount .. 0 . (,„ ........................ qLo r111)048 __ lat* —eeount itc, ernala 5 per Cent. lail 5 Per Cent 1865 0, Account ... ..,., 56 4,,1-',?. Alareranaana Railway Zeal. per Cent , t°ult u o 6 1 ' • 1864 0104t,,,,Pp• Cent. Anglo-French — ko -,,lutean 6 per Cent ........ . ori B Ne w Q.° Itnperial 5 per Cent Do 2ranada Do_.Do Deferred Cent .............................. _ Land eferred .......... .. eeri, Warrants (Hectares) 0,, A l a° 5 per Cent., 1865 b'''''-ceeunt .... . . De, 4 1 per Cent. (Uribarren) p ort Per Cent., 1862 - Per t '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 43 b en , 1856, Russiaccount 11 5 Per Cent., 1822, .£ St — 0 4 ..._ _ DA Per Cent. 1850 D o " ' Per Cent., 1860 ju n 3 Pot Cent. 1859 b"'„ 5 5 Per Cent. 1862 184 Per nt 1864 Donlan 5 Per Cent P rt 4"°1111 t 111 sli 3 Cent — .0, , per .................... D o 4CCC,IInt ,-'0 New Deferre d 7 u,,° A ccount -1 Bgo Passive `D'-'IZ 4, ee*unt........_. B°. Cert. of .....p not funded 0 Account . 13/ 4 wedi sh 4 1' ki per Cent 1861 t b ir o ti P e r Cola. ........................ I) '4 6 Per Cent. 1854 .../oho. Account - 9 oo g Cent .......................... _ 13.'yeer lB5B 1)0 Zoen°l.3stit —sti 0, , ~ zonds ............................ _ i3O . per Cent 1862 DAccount jj°O 4100 Bond s ' 58 i 6 Per Ceit, 1863 13° ° 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — . 4 - A ccount . Ve 4 " 4 ,' ' Per Cent. Guaranteed D n z A l lela 3 per Cent. ,- .o.c:count 4 .1() 6 1)., A Per Cent., 1862 2 - 9 81. o"'eeeutit ................... o. 6 30 291 301 I b . ,_ Per Cent 1864 It 'u 11 Pea Ct;nt. Alto Divdends on the above payable in London. 11.-I,Yirl, 5 p3r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Qlc.bui,th, 11 per cent., Ex. 25f. . Per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil — Ere44;l,P Cent. Certificates ..• _. i tt ntes, 3 per Cent., Ex... 2at. — ,b __ - 4 " Per Cent. 1831, E. 2af. 0. Account .. 56 51 .................... 004 01 u ..... "iii:lt . : THREE O'CLOCK. bo • l e cmcy .............................. 8,. , ' eellut 04A. Cabinet —C—ouneil was held yesterday at the Doel°l residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in otkt DWellriblaya,-tshtreeet. The Ministers present were—the Earl bdu the Sirr y Earl , " itight 4 01:1 1 : 4 s or p d en C ee h r an l e v e a ll l O p r o , le t, L e o E rd arl st o a f n A le l y al , co:Loislaorriatha,7on, General Peel, Viscount crantbnomrtnaheense' ..incellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Faking 0 . , ht Hon. G4 til°llle Hard ete, Lord J. Manners, and the Rig Y. g^ -... his own-- ind exPa e at borne page 70, Woo of ,at book remark follows e is re- Ar, by the f books•" in cur ,entioned Hazlitt's, kinder in making , er lapsus ;ularised, the Dug five are al from 3 d from traits of ing por is wea r ' his mo s t stressing the las t : to do t bau of I‘ l3ll tra its ni , teresting ata ve r y ter's On in 03011: 3 d . a t o' 4 pa t of O r French' tho Bng t our ,111 ., and 11 : it Diig u " : Lal." -hearted, with the w ho 0 , at his sea' has 1 1 roneL alat•s bore° Duty' haPr i sees sll dash-. --in 3 . c ; tt 0°11" W -O prebof oo t o o n t iod, ech 33i" :. ol)s`3l4‘ raes€ l3l F. for 3. 1 -• gr. vo• . era sir BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East. Gunnislake East Lovell E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L txey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (lielst , ll Grenville Herod's Foot Ilingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley hlwyndy Iron Ore, Bin Nev Seton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Whe4 Crotty Prosper United...... Pr vidence ,Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan stray Park fin Croft...., Vigra and Clogan, lira West t<assett (Mogan Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton . . West Seton. Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal 3lary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 29i 2.14.0 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8.0 58i 5.17.0 4 6 8 9 440 460 4 i 22 21 6 7 2 3 2 3 11 4 12 2i 21 5 6 18 19 18 19 1} 33 36 31 6 8 4i 5 2i lid 34 45 2 4 I 1 22i 25 310 330 18 22 9 11 3 5 1 2 16 18 58 60 130 140 75 85 21 23 10 12 155 165 8 10 --- ritEFEICEN Mg SHAILIGS. Great Western Orig. pret. 4i per cent pf., 85 FOREIGN RAIL WA Y Dutch Rhenish, 19i Imperial Mexican, lirn., 5 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 1611 Western and North-Western of France, 211 FOUNIGN MINEti. Cape Copper, lim., 8i Fortuna (lim.), 21 Port Philip, St. John uel /Ley, lim., 51 Ili 12 BANKS. Agra and:Dl asterman's, Bra., 6 Alliance, Urn., 19 18} British North American. 461 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and,Chlna. 17 Chartered iler. of India, London, and Chita, 341 Colonial, 351 6 Consolidated Bank, lira., 5 Imperial Bank, lira., 231 3 Imperial Ottoman, lira., 9 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 221 London and County, 611 London Joint Stock, 421 London and %i estminster, 91 Union of Australia, 48 DOCKS. East and West India, 1311 MISCELLANEOUS; Anglo-American Telegraph, 141 It Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cent., 85 2/ City Discount, lim, 11 Commercial Union, Insurance. 5 Credit Fonder ot Eng'aria, lira , Crystal Palace, Ditto, 6 per oent. perpetl. deb., IC7 Ebbw Vale, 91 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 41 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 13 Gen. Credit and Finance ot Loud an, Ilm., 41 Hudson's 8ay,116; Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 21 International Financial Society, lira., 31 Land Securities, Dm., 11 London Financial Association, lim.,rlol London General Omnibus Company, Urn, 34 M , dras Irrigation and Canal (4 percent. guaranteed by In. dian Government), Ditto all), 18 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 63 21 Submarine Telegraph, 60 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, Um,— Ditto (.£l5), 15) Trust and Agency 01 Australasia, lim.. I i SUBMARINE TELEGRAPHY AND MR. BRIGIIT'S SPEECIL—The transmission of Mr. Bright's speech from Dublin on Tuesday night by the Electric and International Telegraph Company may be considered as a great feat in telegraphy. It is the longest despatch ever _telegraphed from Ireland, and the longest also that ever passed through a submarine cable. The Corriere of Turin states as positive the re fusal of the advocate Mancini to undertake the defence of Admiral Persano before the Senate. According to documents which the Milan Gazvtte speaks of reliable, the Italian Chambers cannot meet before the 6th of December. SHARE MARKETS, - - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS, Railways. Bristol and Exeter 'Caledonian ..... . . Cambrian. Cork and Bandon Cornwall . . Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.J une. E.London, scrip Certi.j Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, )rd. stk.l Do. E. Anti I. st. No. •e. Great North of Scotland Great Northeru D., A stock Do. .11 stuck Do. dew, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland, Gt. Western -Original' Do. S. V4l. Rail gua..: Do. South Wales Do. W. Alid.—Oxford) Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshiry London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Mctrop. Ex. A Lon. & :North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New . _ Do. Extension Hetropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's W'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby \lid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun ' Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (.I.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York DG. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Jungtion Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Uo. Scot, Mid. st..aak Shropshire Union South Devon outh Eastern taines, Wok., & Wok Fair Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornwall Paid Closing' ' Price. 86 S 8 1211 1224 40 15 13 15 4 6 05 GS :0 72 115 119 21 27 5 fi 1:5 117 127 !28 90 92 53 54 33 3S 33 35 124 ;25 88 0 18} lil 1, 20 117 119 82 84 51 3 122 24 2 3 1) 10.3 11 80 85 124 i /241 1 11 2 1 , 94 Jo 35 37 6 20 IC4 106 65 67 99 10l 34 36 9 10 j) 120 122 1 2p 1 2p 72 74 114 118 150 154 43 45 65 66 8 9 14 150 2 31 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Atlantic& St. Lawrence flom.,Baroda,,t Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo .4z Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- Calcutta & S. E., Rm.. ;ai,e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu. 5 do East Indian, gu.:s Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deferred ... • Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred .• • • Du. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deferred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. a t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent 1 Do Oreat Wes. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6p. e. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N.Hl.C'da,6pclst jabs IScinde . . Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub I td Do.lndus St.Flot 100 too 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 56 68 100 102 id iP 4 4i 76 861 55 60 101 103 100 IGI 103 101 19 20 85 88 57 59 48 52 50 55 33 (0 23 25 24 26 106 107 it 1 f'' a 1 COLONIAL GO VER British Columbia, 6 per Cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. 0. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. do Sept Do. 5 p. C. Jan. & Julyl Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape (i.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 1 Do.Apl.&Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 y Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 13 April and 15 Oct., 1900 - Ceylon, Nov. 1808, 6 p.t Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.478 . Do. 188?, Mayls, N0v..8 Do. 1895, Feb. it Aug Natal fiov. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July N. 8. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 ' New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-9 Do. 1878 do upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, April & Oct 99 100 91 93 12} 13 5i 3 d 91 93 83 85 li Old 99 100' 90 95 84 86 82 95'1 98 9 9 os 99 1 98 99 rT SECUR: 9! 94 90 92 go 92 76 78 75 7 7 102 104 100 1(2 100 1( 2 102 10/ 88 ?0 102 104 105 1.7 102 104 103 105 101 (03 103 (05 97 100 90 92 90 92 90 95 8S 87 92 91 79 81 IVES, 96 9S 92 P 4 105 107 102 104 Busineab done. 127 } 7 90i 53} 3 1 1 124 5 881 t 19 118 In 83}2.1 52 11 2} 1221 31 31 101 124 k I 361 7 6 THE SUN, LONIJON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1. 1866. Ati C AO Irtnat o 61111 ICI, HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, OCt. 30. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Duchess of ltoxburghe, drove to the Lynn of Muich. Tho Finance 3 of the United States. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) The New York. Tribune writes:—"The actual current revenue of the Federal Government is considerably over $500,000,000 per annum ; its expenditure, including inte rest on its public debt and the payment of $100,000,000 of the principal per annum, are considerably less than $400,000,000. In other words, we can pay every current charge against the Treasury this year, and yet extinguish more than a fifteenth part of our public debt." This is just what might have been expected from the existing currency system of the United States. We have repeatedly stated in this paper that such would be the state of things, unless the greatest mismanagement on the part of the Financial Secretary of the United States pre vented it. _ In the time of urgent need, when civil war with all its destructive evils raged throughout their country, the people of the United States had faith in themselves Their gold and silver were expended. Yet they found the means of raising and keeping in the field, for six years, en ormous armaments, for constructing a splendid Navy, for bearing up under the derangements of their foreign trade and their domestic industry, in an idea. What was that idea ? One of their own writers has thus expressed it: " Gold does not represent wealth more than real estate and certain kinds of property, since productive farms, mines, furnaces, mills, and factories, and labour-saving machinery generally, are more valuable than gold, under a wise poli tical economy." They went on to carry out this idea into practice. They recognised the truth that circulating notes " answer a better purpose for domestic business transac tions than specie, and can be secured as effectually on a property as on a gold basis." With no sparing hand then did their Government having received the sanction of the people's representatives issue out paper money based on the whole property of the American nation. "For domestic purposes and home circulation," says the writer before quoted, " our present national currency is more available than gold, and being secured by first mort gage bonds on our property, while the issues are regulated by the Government, there is no danger from suspension and bankruptcy." Before this Paper money was issued the people of the United States had determined to submit to any sacrifice to subdue the South. They had the will—paper money en dued them with the power. " I have no money," a far West farmer might say, "gold is drained away and is a fabulous price, but I have sheep and oxen at the service of the Com monwealth." " I have no property," said the working man, "but I have arms and legs at the service of my country." Then Government issued the almighty greenback. The people had faith in themselves. The contractor gave his stores, the soldier accepted his ray, the Minister of State took his salary in these bits of paper. The farmer pur chased greenbacks with his sheep and oxen. The working man bought greenbacks with his labour. These green backs, the representatives of a portion of tho nation's wealth and the nation's labour, were paid in for taxes and again issued out by Government So the war came to a successful issue. Then came the reaction. What would beoomo of the men lately employed in fighting? What would become of the army contractors? The gunpowder makers ? What became of thorn was this. They turned to productive industry in the place of destruc tive industry. The fight was over, and now "labour-sav ing machinery, furnaces, mills, and factories" claimed their exertions. For the money remained. Happily for the United States the national currency was not withdrawn• The paper money which had done so much for them in war did more for them in peace. So, says an American bullionist correspondent of the Times, " with all but the poorest classes money is a drug ; they do not know what to do with it ; they pay enormous prices for everything they oat and wear, for their dwelling, and every comfort of life ; pay heavy taxes without grumbling, and give freely to political and charitable objects." As for the working men they aro all employed, and get high wages for their labour, as they ought to do. It is the abundance of national currency which enables the poor man to obtain high wages—thore is plenty of money to give in exchange for his labour. The producer is able to add the amount of his taxation to the cost of production, and to charge a high price for the products of industry. As a consutn or the working man and the manufacturer pay their fair share of the national taxation. Cheap and dear aro only relative terms. In a heavily taxed country, like America, everything ought in justice to be at a high price. Especially should the working man, the creator of the nation's wealth, obtain a high price for his labour. And at the present time in America he does so. It may be said that the war made America "poorer by all the property destroyed, all the gunpowder burnt, all the devastation of the South, and all the able-bodied labour ing men who were killed." No doubt it did. But there was another cause in operation all the time making Ame rica richer. That cause was the abundance of money which even while the war continued was employed in their mines, and furnaces and factories, their forests and prairies, in developing the country's resources. Since the conclu sion of peace this process has been going on with increased rapidity. '' The movement of trade at Now York for the current year shows that the revenues of the Government are be coming larger than ever. The receipts from customs from Jan. 1 to' Sept. 22 have been $101,680,500, against $70,481,835 for the corresponding period of 1865—an in crease of $31,198,705 during but little more than two thirds of the year. The receipts of gold at New York from California and elsewhere during the same period have been $31,612,256. against $13,728,147 for the correspond ing period of last year—an increase of $17,884,109. The exports of specie toEurope have been $53,962,450, as com pared with $21,830,124 —an increase of $32,132,326, there having been $14,248,217 more specie shipped to Europe during the period referred to than was received at New York from 41 sources."—Times' Correspondent, Oct 2. During the panic here the Americans sent us in three weeks no less than eight millions sterling of gold. Gold is in fact cheaper, in relation to other commodities, than anything else in the United States. It is not wanted for a circulating medium at home, and is therefore free for the uses of foreign trade. A very large amount of gold is now held in the Government Treasury, and not the slightest difficulty exists in paying the interest in gold on the part of the debt which was issued on that under standing. Of course, with a superabundant revenue, the United States can purchase at the price of the day any required amount of gold. There is, too, we are told, " no wild speculative projects on the American market." ,4 The people do not wander far outside the regions of safe securities." There is one more remarkable fact to be stated. The population in 1860 was 31,443,321. It is in 1866, 35,500,000. Paper money has carried on the war, raised an enormous revenue, created a monstrous debt which it appears able to redeem at pleasure. It has resuscitated trade, promoted the prosperity of the nation, enabled it to buy gold at pleasure, and it has brought men, by the inducements which its flourishing condition have held out to the work ing classes of the old world, to four times the amount of those who perished in the War. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK.—Joseph Morris, 23, Alfred place, Bedford-square, was brought up on remand before Mr. Alderman Lusk charged with embezzling several cheques and moneys, the property of his employers, Messrs. Groucutt and Co., iron dealers, Bilston, Staffordshire. Mr. Beard appeared for the prosecution, and a profes sional gentleman on behalf of tho prisoner to watch the case. Prom the evidence adduced previously and to-day, it appeared that the prisoner had been employed for several years as clerk in the firm of Groucutt, and at the time that he was alleged to have committed the different acts of em bezzlement charged against him he was engaged at an office of the company in Cannon-street at a salary of £5. Last August Mr. Daniel Groucutt, °Lie of the firm, Eliding that the prisoner had discontinued corresponding with him, came to London, and then discovered the frauds in question. It was clearly proved that the prisoner had been paid divers cheques and moneys from customers of the prosecutors for which he had not accounted, and a letter dated the early part of last month from the prisoner was put in as evidence, admitting that he had been guilty of defrauding his employers, and he ascribed his misconduct to difficulties caused by unsuccessful speculation. At his lodgings some scrip and betting books were found. Alderman Lusk, at the close of the evidence, committed the prisoner for trial at the Central Criminal Court. The prisoner applied to be admitted to bail. Alderman Lusk said that the frequency of these em bezzlements became very serious. Scarcely a day passed that there were not 3 or 4 of them brought before the magistrates. It was very painful to see a young man like the prisoner, who held a good situation, guilty of the offence with which he was charged, but under the circum stances he refused bail. Norwich Musical Festival. NORWICH, Wednesday. The intelligent traveller, on his arrival at Norwich, ought, according to the local handbook, to be reminded of the description given of it by Fuller—or "old" Fuller, to give him his indispensable epithet. "Norwich," he wrote, " is (as you please) a city in an orchard, or an orchard in a city." Most men would prefer for continued residence a city in an orchard, but at the present moment what Nor wich really resembles is an immense fair. All 'the houses, without exception, seem to bo decorated, some with flags, some with bouquets, garlands, or other floral devices, and all with illumination lamps. Of course every shop in the town is shut, and equally, as a matter of course, every first floor along the line of procession is thrown open, the win dows being blocked up with an eager crowd of loyal sight seers. The weather, which on Monday was cloudy, and on Tuesday rainy, is to-day magnificently fine, so that the female beauty for which Norfolk (in common with every , county in England) enjoys (in the county itself) a particu lar celebrity is seen to great advantage, irradiated, as it always should be on such out-of-door occasions as this by a moderate amount of sunshine. Volunteers of every arm, reinforced by a troop of dragoon guards, detached specially for festival service from a regiment quartered at Colchester, aro parading the streets. Most of the neighbouring gentry who take an interest in the pro ceedings have already arrived, and now, at the last moment, excursion trains are pouring out their human contents into the town, while little squads of Norfolk far mers come riding in on horseback. Desperate exertions are being made to obtain good places for the great sight. Prices rise up as the critical moment draws near. When it begins to be whispered that the royal party are about to pass through the first triumphal arch fresh points of view aro discovered, and the right of profit ing by them quickly disposed of. Then the sound of can non in the distance is heard, and immediately afterwards I observe that several enterprising visitors, emulous of the fame of Dr. W. H. Russell, and mistaking the peaceful en try of the Prince and Princess of Wales into the loyal city of Norwich for the battle of Sadowa, are hurrying to take up their position on the top of the cathedral tower. It has perhaps been already stated that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, were to leave Sandringham for Costessy Hall on Tuesday (yesterday) afternoon, and that a grand display of fireworks was to take place on their arrival. The following nobility and gentry had been invited by Lord and Lady Stafford to meet their royal guests :—The Earl and Countess of Leicester and Lady Anne Coke, Lord and Lady Sondes and the Hon. Miss Mulles, Lord and Lady Suffield, the Earl of Gosford, Viscount Duncan, Lord and Lady Lovat and the Hon. Charlotte Fraser, the Hon. tho Master of Lovat, Hon. Wm. and Mrs. Stafford Jerningham, Mr. Fitzosbort Staf ford Jerningham, Mr. and Mn;. Basil Fitzherbert, Sir Robert Gerard, Major and Mrs. Gerard, and the Hon. Francis Stonor. Lieut.-Gen. Knollys, Major Grey, and the Hon. Mrs. Stoner were in attandance on the prince and princess, and the Countess Reventlow and Captain Cus tenschiold on the Queen of Denmark. The arrangements made by Lord Stafford for his illustrious guests are said to have been of tho most complete kind, and to have comprised everything that good taste couldsuggest and wealth secure. The royal cortege was accompanied from Costessy by an escort of Dragoon Guards and of Norfolk Light Horse, and was met at the boundary of the city, near the Hellesdon toll gate, by the mayor and other officers of the corporation, who accompanied it to St. Giles-gate. Then a procession was formed, in which the chief constable, a party of mounted police, a detachment of the Ist Norfolk Rifle Volunteers, a deputation from various friendly societies, several flag bearers, a great variety of clerks (to the guardians, to the burial board, to the board of health, and so on), a largo number of councillors, aldermen, and magistrates (four abreast), the city banner, the mace, the sword of justice, and, finally, the under-sheriff and sheriff, the deputy-mayor and mayor, took part. These and other civic and county authorities wore followed by an escort of the Ist Norfolk Light Horse Volunteers, which immediately preceded their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and suite. More volunteers, horse and foot, formed the coda of the procession, which was of a brilliant and imposing cha racter. No one not belonging to the escort or the suite, or who did not in some capacity join in the procession, can say positively at this moment what took place as it passed down the narrow and densely-crowded streets through which its destined course lay. But there is reason to believe that on arriving at the Guildhall their royal highnesses alighted at the great south door, and were conducted to the council chamber. It was also on the official cards of the ceremony that an address from the corporation would there bo pre sented by the mayor, and another from the bishop and clergy by the lord bishop, who was ac companied by the chancellor, the archdeacon, the canons in residence, the proctors for the clergy, the rural dean of Norwich, and the registrar. The pro cession was then reformed, and the prince and princess were escorted, as before, to St. Andrew's Hall, where they wore received in the most enthusiastic manner by the im mense crowd assembled round the building. In the meanwhile the musical performance had been going on for some time, but without obtaining much atten tion from the audience, who were probably not unwilling to hear Spohr's anthem, " 0 blessed, blessed aro they,' followed by Mr. Costa's oratorio of " Naaman," but who were bent above all on seeing the Prince and Princess,and could think of nothing else until their arrival. Then, their Royal Highnesses having actually arrived, the public could still think of nothing else until their departure, which did not take place until the oratorio was at an end; so that on the whole the music of this morning did not—indeed could not, under the circumstances—meet with the attention which in itself it deserved. Spohr's anthem had, it appears, never boon heard before at Norwich, and the amateurs of thotown may well consider that they have not heard it even now. The only musical novelty that has yet been produced at this festival is Mr. Sullivan's overture "In Memoriam," which was played at last night's concert. A BIRTHPLACE OF CIIOLERA.—ThO town of Pundhurpore, which is 119 miles from Poona, and is on the right bank of the Bheema (or Chundrabhage) river, has the distinction of being the dwelling-place of the idol Vitoba, believed by Hindoos to be an incarnation of Vishnu that appeared at that place. This idol Is the chief object of worship among the Murathas, and pil grims come from far to see it. The worship is considered to be of more than usual virtue in two seasons of the year, which fall in July and October, and last from the 11th day of the waxing to the 11th day of the waning moon. At these times from 50,000 to 100,000 pilgrims are added to the 14,000 residents in Pundhurporo. Dr. Leith, presi dent of the Bombay Sanitary Commission, who inspected the place last year, states that the temple of Vitoba com prises three ante-chambers and the idol chamber, the last being Bft. by Bft. in size, with a domed roof 30ft. high, under which stands the stone image of the idol. T.he pil grims, entering the second ante-chamber, find there one or more of the Budwaee Brahmins, who inherit the revenue of the temple, and who in allowing entrance to it give a pre ference to those whose offerings aro most worthy, keeping out others by the free use of the toba, or knotted handker chief. Before entering the temple the pilgrims are crowded into anarrow court, where the total free area is only about 449 square yards. Hero they have to stand or sit packed close together for many hours, and the poor and feeble, who are unable to force their way, may remain from morn ing to night, fasting from obligation, or having eaten earth nuts only, thirsty, heated, and fatigued by the struggle. and breathing an atmosphere polluted by the crowd, and by the filthiness naturally resulting from the long confine ment of so many people unable to retire when requiring to do so. About 20 are allowed to enter the temple to do obeisance each time the Budwa inside opens the door. The crushing is so great that there is not room to move one's arms, and the air is suffocating. The clothes are wet with perspiration, and by the time the idol chamber is reached the devotees are bewildered and nearly un conscious, and so dazzled by the light there, after the dark ness they have been in, that they can scarcely understand the instructions of the poojaree to present their offering. The inner walls become damp with the moisture exhaled by the crowd, and the idol also becomes wet, and the priest then says the god is fatigued. After passing through the temple the exhausted pilgrim returns, if he bo rich enough, to a crowded lodging in the town or to a tent, and if he be poor he lies down without other shelter than his blanket or sheet in the damp air of the uncovered portion of the river bed, having drunk of itsiwater that has been reck lessly polluted and defiled by man and beast. On the 15th day of the two sacred seasons it is the custom fot the pil grims to visitthe neighbouring temple of Kala Copal. This visit is attended with great licence and revelry, and the concourse of people is immense. Caste is ignored, and all join in the sports the god is said to have enjoyed in his youth, and after dancing together under the suspendedpot of curds, and smearing themselves and each other with the contents of the pot when it is broken, they all sup of it to gether. The revenue of the temple of Vitoba is not exactly known, but it is estimated that 60,000 rs. are collected by the Budwaee ; the Government payment is rather more than 3,000 rs, and is given to a:committee wh o s p end it for the temple according to their discretion. It has for many t years been noticed that cholera freq uentl y appears with virulence at the Pundhurpore pilgr ima g e, and that it lvi subsequently spread over the country by the returning survivors of the pilgrims. The seeds of the disease could for their rapid scarcely find more favourable circumstances fr a ndhurpore are development. The lanes and alley abused to such purposes as to be n s e u a l o r ti l stranger in the morning until the mytudimevsipsoaiftsswpaibaglssemhtaaovdeea done their work as scavengers. Dr. Leith's with a view to prevent the gathering of the pilgrims from recommended various ventila improvements intended to prey' . tion of the temple, se cure dry e ncamping ground for the pilgrims, provide clean drinking water and good drainage rid the streets of nuisances, and prevent over-crowding in The pilgrimage ought not to be encouraged, th e houses. but it cannot be supp ressed, and humanity and the com mon welfare require that its mischiefs and dangers be by all legitimate and practicable means, abated. SALMON IN THE MEDWAY• Yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, an adjourned public meeting, convened by the High Sheriff of Kent, Mr. T. Farmer Baily, was held at the Town-hall, Maidstone, to receive a report from Mr. Ffennell, Government Inspector of Fisheries, as to improving and stocking the Medway and its tributaries with salmon and other fish. The chair was occupied by the High Sheriff, who announced that the association recently formed had last week made appli cation to the justices at the West Kent Quarter Sessions, to recommend the Secretary of State to form a fishery dis trict of the river Medway and its tributaries, and that such application had been acceded to. An elaborate report was then received from Mr. Ffennell, to the effect that, on Monday, the Bth inst., and the following day, he made a full inspection of the river Medway and its tributaries, as sisted by Messrs. Frank Buckland, Wild, Arnold, and God dard. The door, it states, at the very entrance of the Med way was completely barred to the admission of salmon, a n d for a period of nearly 200 years these fish had been sh u t out. A few stray fish would still come up anti jump at the lock, seeking to ascend and find a suitable bed of gravel on which to deposit their spawn. The lockkeeper had in formed him a few weeks back ho had caught two salmon which had vainly attempted to get over. The river was so barred by the locks that to enable the salmon to got over by the use of ladders would be very expensive, and th e stream was so obstructed by locks and mill weirs that a great portion of it was useless for spawning purpose s . There were, however, several parts of the river and its tributaries available if the fish could get at them, but in that case the produce would not be large. The Medway possessed large capabilities for the culture of non-migra tory fish, such as river trout, and much might be done if the proprietory would combine together and adopt a well organised system of protection, which might be made self-supporting by issuing tickets at a certain price to anglers. Ho recommended the associa tion to take up the culture of fish generally, and to introduce salmon by way of experiment in those parts of the river suitable for spawning. He would recom mend that artificial propagation should be adopted in such experiment, which might be well intrusted to the care of Mr. Frank Buckland. He was of opinion that the existing law gave powers to deal with the nuisances arising from the refuse proceeding from paper mills and factories. The report was adopted, and after some addresses, and a vote of thanks tq tile chairman, the mooting separated. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WANTON MiscHiEr.—WilliamParr, described as a stable man, without any home, was charged before Mr. Knox with wilfully smashing a l arge p ane of gloss in the shop window of Mr. William Higgs, chemist, No. 35, Piccadilly. Mr. Higgs said last night, about nine o'clock, I was in my parlour, and, hearing a crash of glass, went out, and saw the prisoner standing 1n frout of my shop. The priso ner stepped up to me and calmly said, " I'm the man who did it. I wish to be given! in charge." I sent for a con stable and gave the prisoner in charge. • Mr. Knox What is the value of the glass ? Mr. Higgs —Three pounds. Mr. Knox--Are you insured ? Mr. Higgs —I am not. Police-constable Lethbridge, 58 C—On going to Mr. Higgs's shop, and asking the prisoner why he had broken the window, he said that he could not get a night's lodging, So he broke the window to get one. The prisoner had been to the Vine-street station to get an order for the work house, but they were all gone, and the prisoner left saying he was determined to have a lodging, and went into Jer myn-street, and having provided himself with a piece of brick went back and broke the window. Prisoner—l've no questions to ask. I did it to get a lodging for the night. Mr. Knox—lf that was your object you might have broken a smaller window at any rate. The unfortunate gentleman (➢Zr. Higgs) never did you any harm. It is a wanton and atrocious piece of mischief, and I shall send you for the full term of two months with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. ROBBERY AT VICTORIA STATION.—Edgar Rose, late in the employ of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company at East Croydon, was charged with stealing a rug, the property of Mr. Webb, a gentleman residing near Croydon. Robert Lily, office-porter at Victoria Station, said at a quarter past 9 last Saturday a gentleman arrived at Vic toria Station to go by the 9.4 train to Croydon, and con signed his rug and portmanteau to his care. Witness called his attention to the train when it was about to start, and went to the locker where ho had placed the things, but found the rug gone. In his dinner hour he searched the pawnbrokers, and at length found it pawned at Mr. Elliott's in Pimlico. _ _ Charles Morgan, assistant to Mr. Elliott, of 22, Queen street, Pimlico, proved that the prisoner pawned the rug on Saturday morning for ss. Mr. Inspector Toay said it was pawned an hour after it was stolen. The prisoner was seen at the station on the same morning that the rug was stolen and was suspected . They thought other cases could be proved against him. He had been in the company's service, but dismissed. John Parish, 10 B, on duty at the station, produced the duplicate of the rug found by Wilson, one of the company's police on the spot, where he was searched. Prisoner declined to say anything, and was remanded. THAMES. JUVENILE ;CRIME. —Philip Smith, aged 16, William Shute, 16, Henry Chillick, 13, and Edwin Slade (bettor known as Blind Boss), 19, were brought up on remand, charged with stealing a quantity of lead piping from an unoccupied house in Stepney, belonging to Mr. Pollard, a baker. It appeared that the prisoners had been several times to the house, and stolen the supply pipe, 12 feet in length, a brass tap and a ball, the value of the whole of which was £3. There were the confessions of the prisoners, and the statement of a lad named Joseph Wills, a particeps crintinis, that they had stolen the load. A woman, named Ellen Jane Clarke, of 1, Richmond-place, Stepney, calling herself a marine store dealer, but who appeared to deal in everything except marine stores, had bought 71bs. of the stolen lead of Chittick and Smith for 11d„ which was below its real value. Three of the prisoners are the sons of decent, hard-working people ; but the fouth, "Blind Boss," as he was called, had been twice convicted for uttering base coin. William Robinson, a police-constable, 666 A, said when ho took Chittick into custody, and told him tho charge, he said: —" Yes, I was in it ; there is more connected with it, and we sold it to Mrs. Clarke, across the ruins. A man called Blind Boss waited outside while wo wont into the house and got the lead. Blind Boss said, They won't buy it in a lump, take it into my house and break it up.' We wont to Boss's house with Smith, where the lead was beaten up. We afterwards sold it to Mrs. Clarke, and shared the money." The prisoners wore committed for trial. MARKETS.--This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was only a moderate supply of beasts on sale here to-day. On the whole the demand for most breeds was steady, at Monday's currency. Primo Downs and half-bred sheep moved off freely at extreme quotations, but other breeds of sheep were a slow inquiry, at late rates. The top quotation was 6s. 4d. per 81bs. Calves, the show of which was rather limited, were in fair request, and the currencies were maintained. The sale for pigs was firm, at very full prices. Tho supply was seasonably extensive. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s dsd Crse & inf. beasts... 3 6 3 10 Pme crs-wool sheep.s 6 6 0 Second quality do ..1 0 4 6 Prillle:Slhdown u 0.6 0 6 4 Prime large oxen ..4 8 5 0 Large coarse calves. 4 4 4 10 Prinie Scots, ac.... 5 2 5 4 Prime small d0......5 0 5 4 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 2 Large hogs ..4 0 4 6 Second quality do ..4 4 5 2 Small po rk er s 4 8 5 2 Lamb... .08 Od to 0, Od. Suckling calves, 21s to 23e; and quarter-old store pigs, 33s to 31s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 960 Beasts 340 Cows — Cows. Sheep and lambs 4,140 Sheep and 1 .mbs 1 2OO Calves 212 Ca;ves .. l9O Pigs 4lO ,Pigs l2O MEAT. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the demand is steady, as follows :—Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 8(1; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; and pork, 4s Od to os 4d per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 10s to lOs; clover, £4 lOs to 15 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. A fair demand. CUMBEItLAND.-11cadow hay, £3 lOs to £4 12s ; clover, • lOs to £5 los ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 bs per load. Trade inactive. WIIITECHAPEL..—MendOW hay, £3 lOs to £4 100; clover, £4 lOs to £5 lbs Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Supply moderate. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. I.—Wind this d a y a t noon— S ou th- WLesotsernloyN; o rate Nov.e breeze, and fine_weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, Nov. I . — W in d N.W.—Arrived—Princess of Wales, from Rio G rande for Antwerp, with maintop mast, and other damag e. P ORTSMOUT H, Oct. 31.—Wind S.W.—A rr i ve d—R anee , from Shields for Martin i q ue, wi th loss of two anchors and md chains. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Princess Royal, from Quebec. CLYDE, Oct. 28.—WindN.W.—Arrived—Julia Lingley, from St. John, N GLOUCESTER, Oct...3o.—Wind from Miramichi. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GILCVESEND, Thursday Morning. from Lanvig ; O r i on , s t eamer , froAmrrßivoetdterdOacmt.. 31.—Nor, Arrived, Nov. I.—Emma, from Guernsey ; Gi ovan i na , from Montevid6o ; Danneborg, from Memel; Reliance, from Dantzic ; Ain°, from Warberg ; Nora, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Columbine, steamer, from Cronstadt ; Olga, steamer, from Nieu Dieppe ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp ; Normandie, steamer, from Dunkirk ; Antrim, from Madras. Sailed—Macduff, for Port Phillip ; St. Petersburg. steamer, for Cronstadt ; Rhine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Oct. 31.—Kaffraria, steamer, from London, for AlgEa Bay. Passed, Nov. I. Fanny Lambert, screw steamer, from London, for the west ; Miranda, screw steamer, from Patras, for London ; Louisa, brig, from the west, for the north ; Jane Martin from Uergenti, for London. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. (Front the Registrar- Gcnerar s Return) . In the week that ended on Saturday, October 27, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,250 ; the deaths registered, 3,080. The annual rate of mor tality was 26 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,099 boys and 1,049 girls, in all 2,148 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of ten years, 1856-65, the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,068. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,394. It was the 43d week of the year, and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,271. The present return exhibits an excess of 123 deaths above the computed number. The excess is partly due to affections of the air passages (bronchitis). One hundred and 12 deaths from cholera and 32 deaths from diarrhoea were registered. The deaths from both forms in the last six weeks were 248, 244, 251, 254, 199, and 144. Of the 112 deaths last week from cholera no less than 30 extremely malignant cases occurred in the Woolwich dockyard and the Plumstead sub-dis tricts near the southern outfall sewer. The Plum stead cases occurred in the marsh district, where many low houses are environed by tidal ditches. The medical officers of health have given an in teresting account of the hygienic measures now in operation, showing an amount of vigilance and effi ciency in some districts for which the local authori ties and their excellent health officers have not ob tained due credit. The evidence of activity in other districts is by no means equally conclusive. The health officers of Bristol and Birkenhead, as well as London, bear ample testimony to the utility of the disinfection of the cholera dejections by chemical agents. This can only be done effectively and' kindly under medical supervision. It is a difficult chemical experiment to be performed by a practised operator. To place carbolic acid, or chloride of zinc, or permangate of potash, in the hands of people who have never seen these sub stances, know none of their properties, and have just been terrified by the sudden loss of a father, a mother, or a child, is to do nothing. The poor people cannot be expected to know how t ah e ouseis to be disinfected, and still less to perform h opera tion. The decline of cholera can be accelerated, but to ensure success every part of London must do its duty ; and should expense in the poor districts stand in the way, the metropolis will no doubt be as willing to pay a cholera rate as all England was to pay a cattle rate to meet au emergency. The annual rate of mortality last week was 24 per 1,000 in London, 29 in Edinburgh, and 41 in Dublin ; 20 in Bristol, 22 in Birmingham, 32 in Liverpool, 30 in Manchester, 25 in Salford, 23 in Sheffield, 26 in Leeds, 23 in Hull, 38 in Newcastle upon Tyne, and 27 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 60 per 1,000 during the week ending the 20th October, when the temperature was 4.1 deg. Fah renheit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 27 per 1,000 ; the 640 deaths recorded during this week in Vienna included 304 fatal cases of cholera, showing a decrease of 149 upon those returned in the preceding week. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.791 in. The barometrical pressure increased from 29.791 in. on Sunday to 30.02 in. on Tuesday, and de creased to 29.52 in. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 49.1 deg., which is 0.9 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 65.1 deg on Sun day. The lowest night temperature was 31.0 deg. on Saturday. The range in the week was therefore 34.1 deg. The mean daily range was 14.8 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 2.9 deg. The mean de gree of humidity of the air was 90, complete satu ration being represented by 100, which point was actually attained on Monday. The direction of the wind was variable. The rainfall during the week amounted to 1.13 in., of which 0.87 fell on Thurs day. On an average 751,829 metric tons of rain fell daily on the area of the South London districts (45,542 acres), and a quantity equal to•about one seventh of this rainfall found its way into the south ern outfall works. SIR R. PALMER, M.P., ON EDUCATION. Yesterday afternoon Sir IL Palmer, M.P., Q.C., laid the foundation-stone of now school-rooms in connection with St. Thomas's Church, Hemingford-road, Islington. There was a numerous concourse of spectators, and amongst those present were Mr. Torrene, M.P., Mr. Cox, Rev. D. Wilson, vicar of Islington; Rev. G. Allen, incumbent of St. Thomas's ; Rev. Canon Auriol, Rev. W. Vincent, Rev. J. T. Rowsell, The children of the school sang a selection of hymns from Sir Roundell Palmer's "Book of Praise," and after prayerby the Rev. W. Vincent, M.A., the Rev. G. Allen, M.A., made a short statement of the position of the committee in regard to the erection of the new schools. The site had cost £l4OO, towards which the committee had contributed £9OO. The contract for building was £2,400, and the completion of the building was expected to take place in January, 1867. Accommodation would be provided for upwards of GOO children. . . After this statement the stone was lowered into its place, and Sir ROUNDELL PALMER, having declared it duly laid, spoke as follows:—It is impossible to allow such an occasion as this to pass without endeaveuring in a few words, how ever feebly, to express the feelings which any one,privi leged as I have been to take part in the proceedings must entertain. (Cheers.) I look upon it as a very groat privi lege indeed to be permitted to take part in any such work. It has been said, and truly, that he who causes a tree to grow whore none has grown before is a benefactor of his kind. How much more when a church and school are raised? I couple them together, because in this place both aro hap pily united, and because I think every ono would wish to see them united whenever it is possible. (Cheers.) If the man is a benefactor of his race who causes the tree to grow where none has grown before, how much more so the man who causes the church and school to rise amid new centres of life, and especially in centres like those which aro so con stantly to be found in the midst of this mighty metropolis, from which the choicest blessings might flow, and which we at least prizo above all others that wo have received ? (Cheers.) What do we all as rational men prize most highly ? Those who know what it is to be instructed in the truths of our Divine religion and have participated in Divine mercies prize that above all things. But how should we without education in childhood be likely to attain that knowledge ? (Cheers.) Undoubtedly this is the first and the greatest of the gifts that education has the means of bestowing, and, certain it is, if it bestowed nothing else it would be one of the most Divine blessings on earth. But in truth, education has bean the means appointed for the improving and elevating all man's powers and faculties of enjoyment, everything in short which makes him useful in the world as a man and a citizen.o (Cheers.) Let any one who has had the benefit of avgod education ask himself what he owes to it. Almost every thing el , he is. It is his intellectual resources and hiseraiutt lectual hopes which have drawn hi m away from r goo, temptations—his best and most the knowledge how to make himself useful'n the world, which, to others, and also the means of risingals the greatest of ob although it should never be heldnupo the ji ighest duty of profitable pleasure be Wulf jects, if followed in subordinatdiot te t path to which is open man, every one is called to, a • is • In this country there . is without it nothing is attune . is not open and attain to all. (Cheers.) Education the key no station under the T hroindustrious man to whom God to all these things . ; able by any virtuous and and who has received a sound Such things , I maintain, are accessible, has g i ven good abilitie s d , cheers.) following in the f oo t s teps of men now living, a nd many w h o have gone before. (Cheers.) And these t hi ng s aro offered to e d uc ation. (Lou t h e children who will be educated iu t h es e schools. the themselves at the present D o ubtless m perfectly appreciate the value of th e prospect before ti m e can but very i them , but if they will from the beginni ng endeavour diligent, assiduous, obedient, and atten tive, submitting themselves to the moral disciplin e o f t h e to be school, as well as endeavouring to profit by its intellectual instruction —if they will cultivate suck abilities as God h a s given them, not being discouraged:or ashamed because they do not in the first instance equal others—there will certainly be rich fruit of present comfort and future benefit i n e very way. (Cheers.) But I do solemnly adjure and most earnestly beg the children now present to use and not to miss the precious opportunities now placed within their reach. (Cheers.) Once lost, depend upon k, they rarely come again. It will be only by ,bitter experience in after life that they will be able to form any estimate of their actual deprivation. All engaged in similar under takings to the present may derive encouragement when they hear how, by steps and degrees, by little and little, diligence, industry, and faith have been rewarded. Every one, too, may take encouragement by the termination of such works as these as to the future results of patient, painstaking beginning in everything to which they are called. In the name of all present I am sure I may conclude by offering hearty prayers that Almighty God will send down his blessing on all connected with the work, and that it may prove a centre of light and know ledge in the midst of the neighbourhood. (Loud cheers.) Upon the conclusion of this address the benediction was pronounced by tho vicar of Islington, and the company adjourned to the Islington Reformatory, in the immediate neighbourhood, where a cold collation was prepared, after which, in proposing, or in responding to toasts, speeches were made by Mr. Torrens, M.P., Sir Roundell Palmer, ti Rev. G. Allen, Rev. J. Oakley, and others. LAW INTELLIGENCE.---Ths COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (BAore Mr. Commissioner IS RE LORD 11. T. A. LOFTRS. This bankrupt was described as formerly of Dublin, then of 55, Jermyn-street, then of St. James's-square, and now of 14, Motcombe-street, and to-day was appointed for the final hearing. The accounts show debts due to credit ors utis?cured, £3,917, ditto holding security • £3,000, lia bilities £730, surplus £2,355. Assets, property givon up to the assignees, £lO,OOO. The property consists of a slate quarry in Cork. The bankrupt received 1300 per annum from the Marquis of Ely, his nephew, for superintending his estates. Amongst the creditors aro many West-end tradesmen, but the amounts due to them are small. The cause of the failure is thus set out :—ln consequence of the Fenian disturbances in Ireland and the money panic, the bankrupt had been unable to conclude the establishment of a public company for working his valuable slate quarry. Mr. Bayley supported and Mr. Reed opposed, but it was understood that the last examination would be passed, and the order of discharge standing over until a future day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER RACBS-WEDNESDAY. A Plate of 40 sovs (Handicap) for all ages ; the Winner to be sold for 50 sous ; five furlongs. Lord Westmorland's Dunrobin (Kenyon) 1 Mr. T. Stevens's Laura (Peppler) Capt. Christie's Prescription (Cameron) 3 Esparto, King Charles, Bonne Fortune, Novelty, and Texana also ran. Betting-5 to 1 agst Dunrobin, Laura, and Bonne Fortune, 7 to 1 agst King Charles, 10 to 1 others. Won by half a length. The Grand Stand Plate (Handicap) of 100 sous ; winners of 100 sous clear after Oct. 24 (at seven p.m.) 71b extra; about a mile, starting from the Stand. Mr. T. Wadlow's Sandal (Cameron) 1 Capt. Machel's Brimstone (Kenyon) X Mr. R. B. Jefferey's Wild Poppy (Thompson) 3 Gordian Knot, Success, Frogmore c, Viceroy, Lydia, Opposition, Pas de Charge, and Wave also ran. The Shorts Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; two year olds ist 101 b, three 9st 31b, four 9st 111 b, fi ve six, and aged, lOst 21b; the winner to bo sold for 120 sovs; if entered for 100 sovs allowed 51b, 80 101 b, 00 141 b, 40 201 b, 30 281 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; T.Y.C. (a straight half mile). Mr. T. Golby's Adamanthea (Wyatt) 1 Mr. Lincoln's Zisca (Kenyon) 2 Amour Propre, Belle of Cadiz, and Chicken Hazard also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Zisca, sto 1 agst others. Won by a head. - -•- - - The Autumn Flying Stakes (Handicap) of 5 sous each, with 40 added ; the second to save his stake ; winner; once after Oct. 21 (at 7 p.m.) 71b, twice, or a stake amounting to 200 soya, 121 b extra. Rathgr more than half a mile. 25 subs. Sir C. Rushout's Spokesman (Sopp) 1 Captain Christie's Salliet (Grimshaw) 2 Mr. A. G. Douglas's Miss Frances (Wyatt) 3 Cranbury, Queen of Trumps, Cedric, Usher, Edin burgh, Crown Prince, Alberta, and Gundrodo also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Crown Prince, 3to 1 agst Alberta, 4 to 1 agst Cedric, 12 to 1 each agst Salliet and Miss Frances, 20 to I agst Spokesmt.n. Won by a neck; length between second and third. The Visitors' Plato of 40 sous (Handicap), for all ages ; about a mile, starting at Grand Stand. Mr. Wadlow's Sandal.. (Cameron) 1 Mr. It. B. Jefferey's Jetty Treffz gelding (Clark) 2 Mr. C. M. Bond's Aurora ......(Wyatt) 3 Frogmore c, Troubadour, Prescription, Viceroy, Vam pire, Allow Me, Mischief, Perfection, Killaloe, and Maid of Lorn also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sandal, 11 to 2 agst Troubadour, 10 to 1 agst Vampire. Won by a, length ; bad third. _ _ The Severn Bank Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for hunters ; llst 71b each ; winners of 100 sovs at any one time on the flat or across the country 71b, twice or of 200 141 b, thorough bred horses 101 b extra; gentlemen riders, professionals 71b extra. Three miles on the Steeplechase Course. 11 subs. Mr. R. Herbert's Comberton (Col. Knox) 1 Mr. Summers's Arlescott Mr. C. Legard's Drummer Boy (Owner) 3 Patience, Nimrod, Arcus, Miss Dodson, Beverly, and Laura also ran. Betting— sto 2 agst Comberton, 3 to 1 agst Patience, 4to 1 agst Arlescott. Won by two lengths; bad third. SALE OF BLOOD STOOK AT WORCESTER. Mr. Bentley held his annual - autumnal sale of blood stock at the rear of the Bell Hotel, on Wednesday, when 11 lots were disposed of at the undermentioned prices. Seve ral brood mares belonging to Lord Coventry, in foal to Umpire and Tim Whiner, were "put up," but none of them reached the reserved prices put upon them. Charm ing Woman was disposed of by private sale for 125 guineas- Little Goy brought 100 guineas, while Zisca fetched but 95 guinea; Mr. Stirling being her buyer, and, as will be seen in our report of the races, she subsequently nearly brought off a "good thing" for her new owner, as she was only beaten by a short head for the Selling Stakes. The best looking of all the party was the yearling by Lifeboat out of Wild Cherry by Surplice, a colt full of goodness and quality, whom Mr, Brayley bought cheap indeed for 130 guineas. None of the other call for observation. The Property of John &lesson, Esq. Sister to Stafford, by F aug h -a- B allagh, her dam by US. Bustard ; in foal to Macaroni (Mr. Porter) ... 5 1 Charming Woman, by Longbow—Sister to Stafford (private contract) ... 125 The Property of a Gentleman. Brunette (1861), br m, by Loup-Garou—Maid of Tyno (Mr. .Rawlings) The Property of the Breeder. Br yearling colt, by Lifeboat—Wild Cherry (Mr. Brayley) ... 130 ... 30 The Property of the Breeder. Br yearling filly, by Lifeboat—Sloth (Mr. Reeves) ... 4Q Horses in Training. Knight of Snowdon, bg, 5 yrs, by Fazzoletto—Fair Helen (Mr. Price) ... 26 Bendigo, b g, 5 yrs, by Ben-y-Ghlo—Mishap (Mr. Wythe) ... ... ~. ... ... ... r . Little Goy (h b), ch g, 5 yrs, by Colsterdale—The Lawyer's dam (Captain Machell) 100 Zisca, b f, 4 yrs, by Prime Minister—Candlewick; en gaged at Worcester and Liverpool Autumn (Mr. Stirling) ... ... ... ... ... ... - • 95 Derwent, b c, 2 yrs, by Promised Land - 11 0 P° ( Mr. Brodie) ~. ... ... 40 Stallion. Wildman, b h, 5 yrs, by Wild Dayrell—Flyaway (Mr. Wynne) m LIVERPOOL ATIT ITM N MEETING. F RI DAY, Novemb er 9. The Liverpool Autum n C u p of 200 sous, added to a S weeps takes of 25 sou s each, 15 ft, and 3 if declared . b sous 61b, two or 200 sous 81b extra. One mile and a rs of a handicap after Oct. 24, at 1 p.m., value 100' half. 100 subs, 68 of whom declared. The highest we i g ht a ccepting being Bst, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Age at lb Lozenge „. 4 8 7 Cambuscan ••• 58 4 Moulsey ... 5 8 12 .. 5 8 3 S u ndeelah... . Friday ... 4 8 1 S a lpinctes... 4 8 0 Arkansas ... 4 7 10 Treasure Trove 3 710 Brick 6 7 10 Mail Train 5 7 10 Sandal (in. 51b ex) 5 7 9 Caithness ••• 3 7 8 East Lynn... 4 7 8 Red Earl ••• 4 7 8 Acton ••• 3 7 6 Zenobia ..• 4 7 6 ... 27 The Special Lady Vane The Squire L. Guardsman Dubiety Nu ~, Mushroom Jollity Ago st lb ... 3 7 4 ... 3 7 3 ... 3 7 2 ... 3 7 2 ... 4 7 2 4 6 12 ...4 612 ... 3 6 12 ...3 612 ...5 610 3 610 ... 3 6 8 ...3 (; 7 3 6 7 ...3 6 5 ...1 6 5 Othello Helen Miss Harriette Sportsman Chepstow Beeswing Proserpiue... Belgrave Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. - Market opens quiet. Sales probably 8,000 bales. MISS LUCY R USH —This talented actress has States and Canada, and successful tour of the United just returned r t i o l e' appear from a t one a TON. li o p e shortly s her principalan thteoatts-eese. THE HEAD OF RICHELIEU.--Stranger tranger still, and yet better fitted to point amoral Richelieu, whose body was torn from was the the rl d:s a ti .n ny the of church of the Sorbonne and rudely trampled g under foot, after the head had been cut off and exhibited to the by standers, amongst whom was Lenoir. A grocer got pos session of it, and kept it as a curiosity till ho married, when, to calm his wife's fears, he sold it to M. Armcz *re, who offered it to the Duke de Richelieu, Minister for Foreign Affairs under the Restoration. The offer re mained unacknowledged, and the head devolved on M. Arinezfis. At a sitting of the Historical Committee of Arts and Monuments, on the 13th Juno, 1846, attention was called to the circumstance, and the president, M. de Montalembert, supported by the committee, attempted to repair the profanation. Their exertions proved vain, and were renewed with no better result in 1855. "We accuse no one," observes M. Feuillet, " still the fact is unde niable that this terrible head, the personification of the absolute monarchy killing the aristocratic monarchy, is wandering upon the earth like a spectre that has straggled out of the domain of the dead."—Edinburgh Review, new number. Share tou st 201 10 100 1 MEN' 190 100 100 'CO 100 100 26 i 44 al i 561 t 1034 4 107 61 12f i 85A 6 D 6 93 f 103 2}