The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-10 00:00:00

Speech of the Italian Minister of Finance. , The Florence I'Tazione of Tuesday has the fol 'Wing remarks upon the speech recently delivered at Cossato by Signor Sella, the Italian Minister of Finance The Alinister of Finance has given a good example for our constitutional life, by appearing am ong his constituents and explaining to them, in tughsh fashion, at a banquet, his own views re specting the administration to which he belongs, and the political course of the Cabinet of which he 15 a member. • . . We are rejoiced to find that the views of Signor Sella upon the Roman ques tion are in complete accordance with our own Programme. With much simplicity and distinct ness he has explained the judicious and appro priate reasons which induced the Cabinet to reject . ! ▪ 11 , c Preten s i ons o f t h e R oman cour t w ith regar d to tae abolition of the royal e:requatur; and in speak i▪ ng of the Convention of the 15th of September he has admi ra bl y d e fi ne d i ts po liti ca l va l ue , an d its inevitable effects. "We shall fulfil our engagements w ith scrupul ous l oya lt y, " h e sa id ; " the experiment °f the temporal power of the Pope depending on its. • strength will be made without a trace or shadow of violence on our part." This is the course, neither 111 °!'e nor l ess , w hi c h th e It a li an G overnm ent ought L ° Impose upon itself with regard to the Convention of the 15th September; this is the just and realinter- Pretation of that treaty. Upon the Venetian question it /night h ave b een d es i re d th a t th e m i n i s ter should i la. " explained his views more clearly ; but his ° f acial position sufficiently justifies the reserve he i mposed upon himself on this subject. We are, how ever, rejoiced that instead of the discouraging re signation, and the timid counsels that we deplore in other distinguished politicians, we find reasons in the Word s o f Si gnor S e ll a f or b e lie v i n g that the liberation of Venetia is still the first and most im portant object to which the efforts of the Govern- Irl ent point. We have on other occasions declared that We do not ask from the ministry a promissory the at a fixed date, that we do not ask it to tell us 'no precise time and manner in which it means to settle the Ve ne ti an ques tion; but we ask it to con truck in all earnestness the accomplishment of the national programme, and not to discourage the country by imprudent declarations, or arouse mistrust in the honest intentions of the Liberal P ar ty. And Signor Sella satisfies our wishes 1 . 4 frank and noble words. " The situation I s a difficult one," he said, " there are not Wanting in the country representatives of a really Impossible past." " Behind us is the abyss," Said General Lamarmora, amid the applause of the !louse, " nor could a backward step be even I magined without terrible ruin to all and every thing. There is thus no other alternative. We Must go forward and complete the national pro gramme." In these words our whole policy is ex pressed, and we gratefully welcomethem from Signor Sella. And we heartily join with him in the homage all Italians owe to the noblest and most patriotic .L of kings. The speech of Signor Sella comes oppor tunely to dispel the absurd rumours recently circu laied by malice and credulity - , with respect to plans of abdication, concordats, and the separation of certain provinces from the rest of the kingdom. It Will strengthen, we are sure, the moderate party, and revive that confidence in the destinies of the country, which grows weak and oscillates when doubt arises as to the convictions of the men who stand at the helm of the State. MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money-market presents an easier appearance this morning, consequent upon the satisfactory re turn from the Bank of England. No disposition, however, is shown by the brokers to negotiate the best bills upon lower terms than have lately pre prevailed, viz., 6i and 7 per cent. The sum of £lB,OOO in gold was taken to the Bank yesterday. The return issued by the Bank of France shows the following changes in the position of the estab hslunent. The bullion has boon roduood ,£79,000, but the notes in circulation have been decreased £ 58 0,000. The bills discounted are 1770,000 less ; t he advances on stock, £50,000 ; the Treasury £316,000 balan ce, and the current accounts, £720,000. The Bank of England returns shows that the sition of the establishment has been strengthened during the week. The reserves are larger, and also „ Government Securities. Annexed is our usual analysis 40 iY• Circulation Of• ••• • ,.X21,473,775 ••• 373,530 .. 13,306,277 87,474 . 7 .• •.. 8,188 :,7 0 3 45 7 ulD „ lle Depo s it s ..• 4,886,861 increase 723,344 ... ••• ••• ot her Deposits ••• ••• ••• Increase 168,996 86 Yen Dal and Other Bills ... ••• 13,148,786 622,121 Decrease 15,920 (40.Verninent Securities 9,746, 089 505:125 Increase •.• ••• ••• ••• Other Securities ••• ••• ... 20,070,9 14 Decrease 73,664 Hates TT •.• ••• ••• ••• , •neinployed ••• ••• "• •'' 5 ,745,605 Increase ••• ••• ••• ••• 430:5 The Imperial Ottoman Bank have received ad vices from their Bucharest agency of the payment, ou the Ist November, of the usual monthly remit tances of £5,300 on account of interest and £1,400 for the sinking fund of the Danubian Principalities Loan. The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. George A. Cape, of Adelaide-place, accountant, °Melal liquidator to the Land Credit Company of Ireland (Limited). It is announced that Mr. Thomas Wilson Ran son, of Sunderl a nd, has joined the direction of the ' Tyne General Engineering Company, and that the lists of application will close on Thursday, 16th 'net., for London, and on Monday, the 21st, for the country. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Monday, 13th inst., a special settling day in the shares of the South of England Wagon Company (Limited), and the Marseilles Extension Railway and Land Company (Limited), which are not to be marked. The committee have also ordered the fol lowing securities to be officially quoted :—The 20,000 London register shares of the National Bank of Australasia and the 6 per cent. £2OO Bonds, 1881, of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company. The share list of the Pennsylvania Lubricating Oil Lands Company (Limited) will close on Mon day, the 13th inst., at 4 o'clock, for London, and on Tuesday, the 14th, for the country. During the last few days there has been a rather moderate amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have been neglected, and the few sales effected in the private market have been of slightly reduced prices. For coffee, however, there has been a fair Inquiry, while slightly enhanced rates have been obtained for tea. Rice has commanded full prices, While for tallow there has been a better inquiry at enhanced quotations for both present and forward delivery. . , - ----- ... Decrease 131 111 inn ... ••• • 00 • .• • • • Not Increase ... ... Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to R'euter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. ltentes were 6 8f. 45c. Firm There are the same indications of easiness in the general appearance of the Discount Market. Bu oyancy was the characteristic of the English Stock Market this morning, and a farther rise of Per cent. took place. Asa per cent. advance oc curred yesterday, the additional improvement led to ; s ales in realisation of profits, and the I per cent. has been lost in consequence. Consols for money are 89 and for the account (ex div.) 88 Business is -- °t very active, but there are signs of speculative dealings. I n the Foreign Stock Market the dealings have be en rather numerous, and quotations generally thew an improvement. Turkish Consolides have risen a. to 474 484 ; Mexican, ex all, are 2511; the New L oan, 214 ; Greek are I better at 19 4 ; Spanish Passive are 281 the Certificates, 134 14i ; Italian, 634 64 ; the Confederate Loan, 7 9 but Brazilian Scrip has receded to prem. American Securities also indicate an improving tendency. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 634 64 ; Erie Shares, 534 54 ; and Illinois, 81 82. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, although North Western, Metropolitan, and Midland have each improved 55., and North London, ; while Great Eastern, Great Northern A stock, and Great Western have each declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are without material change. Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced 1, and Great Western of Canada 4. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull, London and County being dealt in at 794 ; English Joint Stock, 13 ; London and Brazilian, 421 i ; Na tional Discount Co., 164 4 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., 184 19 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England Old Shares are quoted 14 2 prem. ; Tasso Brazilian Gold, B pm ; Leeds Woollen Extract and Spinning Co., 14 2 prem. ; North London, High gate, and Alexandra Park Railway Co., 4 14 pm. ; and Real Estate, 3 34 pm. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Nov 8 BBl x d o per Cent. Reduced B7l } 1 New 3 per Celt, B7 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 7l Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March June Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 &3} per Cent. 6 4 dis 8 dis Do. rt.£soo — Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5} per Cent 250 „Do Account : — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874., 216 18 Do Account K. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. si t per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 99 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO lO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — Do. Scrip, £l5 paid - f pm Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Milian 6 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do Account - Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent 941 Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 9ll I Do £lOO Bonds' 92k li Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do Account — uuatemala 5 per Cent. — Do.£B6paid Do. 1839 and 1850 — ttalian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Account Do Scrip, £67k paid Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do -; 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 4 per Cent Do. Account Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 4i per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '6 2 , ' 3 , 45 1 6 De. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St BBl Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 1 Do 3 pet Cent. 1 859 53 4 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 9II bardlillttu 5 pet Cant Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto account — Do Now Deferred — Do Account 3B i Do Passive — Do Account / — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account l4 Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account 9of Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 75 1 1 Do £lOO Bonds 44 Do. 11 per Cent — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do..£lCo Bands 44 Do . Scrip, £35 paid Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 4i per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 6li Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Routes 41, per Cent. Iralien 5 per Cont. ,1861, Ex. 25f. Du Account, THREE O'CLOCK Consols for money B9 + Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This ray Market opens steady. Sales, probably 10,000 bales. FRIGTHFUL DEATH• Yesterday Mr. Richards, deputy-coroner for Mid dlesex, held an inquest at the Alfred's Head, William-street, Stepney-green, on the body of Mercy Ellis, a married woman, aged 44, who re sided with her husband at 47, Silver-street, Step ney, who met with her death under very painful circumstances. From the statements of the witnesses it appeared that the deceased had been drinking hard for the last three years, and had not been sober for a single day for the last three months. It had been her custom when the time approached for her husband to return home in the evening to lock herself in the parlour, and when he entered the house to make her exit by the window and proceed to obtain more drink. On Monday, the 23d of October, her son Henry, aged 20, upon returning home at six o'clock in the evening, found her so drunk that she did not seem to know what she was doing. She proceeded upstairs to the first-floor front room and locked herself in. Shortly afterwards an alarm was raised from the street, and it was found that she was lying on the kerb with her head fractured, having evi dently fallen or jumped from the window. From statements she afterwards made, it appeared that when she got upstairs she was so drunk that she thought she was still in the parlour, and proceeded to get out of the window to get a " drop," when of course she fell to the ground. From the medical evidence it appeared that de ceased might have recovered if her blood had not been thoroughly poisoned by drink. An enormous ulcer formed on her back whilst confined to her bed, had hastened her death. The ulcer had been caused by lying in the wet. The husband of the deceased said that there were tbree females waiting upon her during her illness. - - - The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." The United States Consul at Leghorn, in a com munication to the State Department, under date of Sept. 30, represents that there is a constant inquiry for Ameri can vessels, which are given the preference by parties desirous of chartering, but as they cannot be had others are taken. Twelve American ships would have been chartered during the past three months if they could have been obtained. Lord and Lady Charles Bruce have left Brown's Hotel, Dover-street, for their resicloace in Hertford-street. THE SUN, LONDON, YRIDAY EVENiNG-, NOVEMBER 10, 1865. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 1 Closing Business Railways. raid.l'rice. done. rlstol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June. E.London, scrip Certi.l 91 13 27 28 94 96 12 14 5 6 87 7' ) 71 73 112 9 7 1 1 Do. Glasgow S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 1(9 11l 46 47 7 , 8 Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New. is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original S. Va►. Rail gua. Do. South Wales . Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford. Lancishire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New 1281 129 ; 148 449 90 92 62i 43 81 63 41 43 36 39 104 1 08 122 1229 88 90 104 108 37 39 50 52 124} 124 98 97 57i EBe 138 137 3 1 tip 1 19p 102 104 Do Extension ' Metropolitan District Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid'and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. ct Derby Mid Kent .. North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern- Berwick. Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. 125 1251 1i 2p 95 97 61 6? 8 30 110 111 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ccntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford lir Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall Cam. Consol. Gold, Lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea ii.ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L orey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist n Grenville Herod's Foot . Ilingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley twyndy Iron Ore,llw New Se ton North Roskear N. Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr ~videnee Un y Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth. Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 2.1.0 29i 2.14.0 31 2.14.0 8.3.8 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.6 13.17.6 4.10.6 4 2 31 371 4.2.0 2.13.4 7.1.6 10.6.7 9 10 20 21 560 680 1 9 21 8 9 5 } b 6 2 15 16 3 2 4 20 21 16 2 4 46 356 2(3 24 3 39 41 4t 56 6 8 3 34 21 14( 40 60 10 12 1! 100 46j I 1"29) 1181 62t I 881 t 104} 125 4j 5 97 137 f 111 I 5 1 i 1251 1031 1 6 LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Bramwell, Channell, and Pigot.) BOUILLON V. VALENTIN. Mr. Sergeant Simon resumed his argument this morning against the rule for a new trial. The Chief Baron suggested that as there was other litigation proceeding in this case, somo arrangement should be entered into in reference to the present motion. It was arranged that the further arguments in this case should be postponed for a week. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) WILLEY V. WILLEY. This was a suit instituted by Sarah Willey, for a dis solution of marriage on the ground of her husband's adultery and cruelty, and the respondent traversed the allegations, and further pleaded condonation in regard to the cruelty. Dr. Swabey appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sergeant O'Brien and another learned gentleman for the respondent. Sir J. P. Wilde said that this was a very bad case, and pronounced a decree nisi, with costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) iN RE LEWINE AND MORRIS-HEAVY FAILURE-REMARK- ABLE CASE. These bankrupts were described as of Love-lane, East cheap, merchants, and to-day was appointed for the last examination and order of discharge. The debts are £260,000, and the deficiency as large as £lOO,OOO. Mr. Reed, for the assignees, said this was a remarkable case, inasmuch as the debts were all contracted in two years and a half, and a report of the assignee showed that the bank rupts commenced capital in 1862 with £lO2 cash, and a sum due from a debtor in America of £BO9, and this, with other matters, raised their total capital to £1,002. The deficiency account showed a loss, through liabilities, of nearly £90,000. The assignee concluded by calling the at tention of the Commissioner to the fact of the bankrupts speculating upon such a small capital, and that there were practically no assets for the unsecured creditors. His Honour inquired what had been the result of the in vestigation into the consignment accounts. Mr. Reed—Nothing but loss. Mr. Linklater—lt may be taken that all the consign ments show a loss. Lyon Lewin°, one of the bankrupts, was then examined, and he said—l was formerly a crinoline manufacturer in New York. I failed in Canada'for £2,000 to £3,000, and then went to New York and joined a Mr. Jacobs. I had a capital of £l,lOO when I began business here. I lent my brother £BOO before I left America, and he sent me goods to sell. My brother had been in partnership with me in Canada, and we failed together. I made subse quently $4,000 in the crinoline business. I have been con signing goods to the amount of £84,000 singe I have been in business here. I once sent him an invoice. Ho sent me an account of the sales by letters, wherein he informed me that there was a loss on some of the goods, and a large pro fit on the rest. Those letters had all been given up. I was engaged in bill transactions with Mr. Salomons, who has made an assignment. Mr. Reed—How do you explain launching out into those extraordinary transactions with a capital of only £103? Bankrupt —lt was £l,lOO, and I dealt very largely, but the transactions were not enormous, as the figures only reach £250,000. Mr. Morris, of Montreal, to whom wo consigned goods, is a brother of my partner. He had four businesses, and sent home account sales. About five or six weeks before we stopped I sent my partner out to Nassau, some goods having been sent out previously. My partner was also going to Bombay, where I had son goods upon which I obtained advances from the Agra Bank about two months before we failed. Mr. Harris, to whom I consigned goods, has failed. Messrs. Hoffman and Co. were merchants of Liverpool, and I consigned goods to them. They were running the blockade to Bermuda, and I let them have £lO,OOO worth of goods, upon which they let me have half. I claim the balance from them, but they claim a sum from me. I did not know they were engaged in running the blockade. I lost £3,600 in the Stock Ex change about four months before I failed. I lost all this money in one transaction. I bought shares in the Hamper Bank when they were at 10 premium. I did make other speculations in Bank shares, and lost all. I dealt in acccmmodation bills for the convenience of others. Mr. Reed thon generally examined the bankrupt, being followed by Mr. Linklater, after which the Commissioner reserved his judgment. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—This Day. (Bofore tho Assistant-Judge.) George Gordon was indicted with stealing a large quan tity of brass fittings, taps, hinges, and other articles, the property of Mr. Clemeuce, builder, of Villiers-street, Strand ; and John Armstrong, a marine store-dealer, was indicted for receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen. The elder prisoner, it appeared, rented a vault under the Adelphi-arches, and ono particular day last week he was engaged sorting over a quantity of miscellaneous articles, amongst which were some pieces of rope which attracted the attention of thA pollen. ThAy s. w some thing going on which they looked upon as suspicious and they afterwards went to the prisoner's shop, which was close to Mr. Clemence's, and there found a book with the name of the younger prisoner entered, as the dis poser of a very large quantity of brass. In another part of the shop a vast collection of brass taps, hinges, locks, gas fittings, rope, pewter, and other articles in such a con dition with respect to use that they at once instituted inquiries respecting the seller, and found that he was a boy in the service of Mr. Clemence, and in moving further in the matter it was discovered that a large quan tity of metal articles had been stolen from his premises. The policeman then took possession of the shop, and on searching it found a large quantity of pewter and a num ber of broken publicans' measures, some of which had the engraving plainly upon them, which proved them to belong to Mr. Corby, of the Ship and Shovel public house, in Craven-court, near the Charing-cross Railway Station. Mr. Corbey said he had never sold the measures as old metal, and that they must have been stolen by some person and sold to the prisoner. The lad Gordon was then taken into custody, and he at once admitted that he had taken a quantity of brass articles from the stock of Mr. Clemence, and that he had disposed of it as old metal at the shop of the prisoner Armstrong. He further said that he took the property in order to provide himself with the means of visiting various places of amusement. There were registered in the prisoner's book about thirty transactions with Gordon, and Mr. Clemence said the price given by the prisoner was much below the market value of the articles, which were in some instances worth three times as much as was given for them. The elder prisoner said his transactions with the lad were all open and straightforward. Ho used to say he had been sent by his master to dispose of the metal, which was only lumber, and not of the slightest use. The lad Gordon, who pleaded guilty, was during the trial removed from the dock and placed in the witness-box to give evidence, but he merely repeated the statement he had made in the first instance. The prisoner Armstrong received a good character for honesty from a number of witnesses. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty of receiving the property knowing it to be stolen, but guilty of great neglect, the foreman of tho jury remarking that they had had a doubt in their minds, and they had given the pri soner the benefit of it. The prisoner Gordon they recom mended to mercy on account of his youth. The prisoner, Armstrong, was again indicted for receiv ing some pewter pots, the property of Mr. Corby, well knowing them to have been stolen. The pots were found by the police whilst searching the prisoner's house. Mr. Corby identified the pots as being his property. The jury found him guilty. Mr. Metcalf, on behalf of tho prisoner, asked that the fact that no witness had proved that prisoner was the per son who actually bought the article, might be reserved. The Assistant-Judge did not think there was anything to call for any departure from the usual course. His lord ship then asked whether the house kept by the prisoner was known to the police ? The constables said they had never had occasion to visit the place before, although they had some suspicions about it. _ _ The Assistant -Judge sentenced Gordon to six months , imprisonment. Sentence was deferred upon Armstrong. Destructive Fire. ---This Day. This morning a destructive fire broke out be tween the hours of five and six o'clock at the resi dence of Mr. Harris, Albert-street, St. George's road, Camberwell. The fire was discovered raging in the lower part of the house, and on the alarm being given Mr. Harris made his way for the stair case, but was beaten back by the flames, and as a last resource he tied a sheet to the bedpost and lowered his family out of the window. The Surrey Volunteer Fire Brigade from Hill-street, Peckham, Wag shortly on the spot, under the direc tion of Captain Irvine and Sergeant Curtis, but owing to the delay from the want of water and the disgraceful state of the St. George's-road, the house was burnt to the ground. Insured in the Atlas Fire Office. The Alta Californian says the preparations for the commencement of the United States Pacific Telegraph Company's lino are completed, and in a few days a large force will commence operations. The new Hue will have a double wire upon a single set of polesfrom San Francisco to Fort Kearney, at which point the wires will diverge, ono running to St. Louis and the other to Chicago. The total length of this line will be 3,270 miles, including both the St. Louis and Chicago branches, and 6,010 miles of wire will be required iu its construction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. THAMES. SELLING BEEP. WITHOVT A LICENCE.—George Gerlock, native of Germany, appeared before Mr. Partridge, upon an adjourned summons, charged with unlawfully selling beer without a licence in an old established public-house, called the Black Horse and Windmill, Fieldgate-street, White chapel, and which house has for many years been fre quented by natives of Germany. This was a proceeding instituted by Inspector Holloway, of the II division of police, by order of the Commissioners of Police. The defendant formerly kept a beer shop called the Jolly Sailor, in Whitechapel. Much disorder prevailed iu the house, and the defendant was fined £3 and costs for permitting gambling in his beer house. A few weeks since the defendant agreed to purchase the good will and fixtures of the Black Horse and Wind mill public - house, and applied to Mr. Paget, one of the magistrates of the Thames Police court for an interim order of protection until there was a transfer day of the licensing magistrates d the division, by whom the transfer from the old to the new tenant of the house can be made. The usual report on the defendant's application was made by Inspector Holloway, and upon that report the magistrate refused to grant the defendant an order of protection. Garlock, notwithstanding this, took possession of the Black Horse and Windmill, and acted as landlord in defiance of the law. A complaint was soon made against him by the police for suffering drunkenness, disorderly conduct, and fighting in his house, and a sum mons taken out for an infraction of the law, which was ordered to stand over until the present case was dispose of. On the 18th of last month, Inspector Holloway went to the Black Horse and Windmill, and saw the defendant acting as landlord there. The in spector told Gerlock he was doing wrong, and that ho had no right to sell anything until the house was trans ferred to him. Gerlock took no notice of the warning. On the 20th of October Inspector Holloway went to the public-house again, in company with Archer, a constable, No. 101 H, and saw the defendant sell beer and receive the money for it. This was the specific offence charged. On the same evening Archer went alone to the house, and saw Gerlock sell gin, but, although the fact was proved, he was not charged with selling spirits without a license, and which offence, if legally charged, would have rendered him liable to a much larger penalty. A gentleman from the Inland Revenue-office proved that the license granted to a former occupier of the Black Horse and Windmill expired in the month of October last, and it had not been renewed. The evidence having been translated to Garlock by Mr. Wentgen, an interpreter, he said he regularly bought the public-house of tho former occupier, and paid a deposit. He took possession under the agreement, and, owing to the magistrate not having granted him protection, ho was compelled to give up the house, and had lost the deposit money. Mr. Brown, a public-house appraiser, said the Black Horse and Windmill was sold to the defendant condition ally. Mr. Partridge said the defendant was not a fit and pro per person to keep a . public-house in which good rule and order was to be maintained. The defendant had violated the law with his eyes open, after he had been warned. The highest penalty was £2O, and the lowest .£5. He should order the defendant to pay a fine of £lO. It was stated that the defendant had paid £5O deposit on the house, the whole of which he had forfeited. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. The trade, however, ruled quiet ; nevertheless, the late advance in prices was well supported. There was only a moderate supply of foreign wheat on the stands. In most descriptions sales progressed slowly, at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in request at extreme currencies. The market was more extensively supplied with barley. Most qualities of produce were in fair request at fully late rates. The malt trade was firm at quite Monday's currency. Oats were in good supply, but the supplies on offer almost entirely represented foreign produce. There was a fair demand for most qualities at full prices. Beans and peas were in short supply, and the trade ruled firm at extreme rates. Most descriptions of flour were in steady request at full quotations. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch. 1720 3050 1480 530 1230 Irish Foreign B2lO 1540 37,680 40 sks. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderato. Generally speaking, the trade is quiet, at our quotations : Per 81b by the carcase. sd s d Inferior beef 2 8 3 2 Middling do. 3 4 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Large pork 4 4 5 2 Lamb, Ca 0, d s d Inferior mutton 3 6 4 2 Middling mutton-4 4 5 0 Prime do 5 2 5 6 Veal 4 0 5 0 Small pork. 5 4 6 0 Id to Os ud. BOROUGH. HOP. The market for good and fine hops is firm, at full quo tations. Inferior hops aro dull, at about provious rates. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings 9ss to 1358 „ 68 69 103 104 36 37 10 11 p 119 121 11 lip li 1p 74 76 106 11 148 152 60 62 57 69 7) 79, 81 9i 149 151 3 I p IC2 105 5() 52 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic & St. Lawrence all 58 60 ~ Bom.,Baroda,Cen.ln. st lOO 102 103 1021 gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. le shares 6 id ip 20/ Buffalo & Lake Huron all 51 51 10 Do. Preference 100 Buff.,Brant, & Goderich I 1- 6 p.c. 872-3- at Calcutta &8. E., Um lOO 99 101 et ape Town & Dock, gu lOO 70 75 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 1 all 101 103 4t East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 102 ..I.t East Indian, 5 p.c. 100 1 0 4 105 I C 4 I / 5 20 Do. J E xtension st Grand Trunkot Caned% 100 24i 25; 2f161 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 88 89 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 66 69 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 2d Pr tf. Bonds all 57 59 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 46 59 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 100 101 les 141 5 20 !'o. Gua. 5 I,er cent l4 i i p 20 Do. New grua. sp. c 4 P et Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent at D 41 per cent lOO -- 201 Grea D t Wcs. of Canada all 161 :71 :7* * 20/ Do. New .. WO Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 all 96 88 100 Ito. 5,5 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 85 67 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 1 id at Madras, gua. 5 p.c 100 101 102 101 at Do. 41 do lOO 93 95 et Do. 4i do lOO 83 90 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 et Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay all 84 66 at N. It I.C'da, 6po let pf.las lOO 82 84 et Soinde 100 104 1014 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do 2 at Do. Punjaub.... e) 100 1001 101/ at Do.lndue St. Flo, 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872.... 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 93 95 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 93 95 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 81 83 Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk 100 81 83 Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 105 Do.Apl.BrOct , 1890-1900 100 102 104 Do. do; 1880-.".; 100 102 104 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 1 100 10 105 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c. 100 1(2 114 Do. 1878, do. 100 199 111 Mauritius, op. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 15 78 . Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ,t 101 106 10 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 100 1( 5 107 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 109 101 112 N.B.Gov.l3p.c.Ja.&lul) 100 95 97 161 N. S.IY. Gov. 5 p 'C., MO 100 9) 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187( 100 93 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: 100 90 61 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 1 103 105 Do. 5 per cent... .... 100 . 84 85 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a sterling, 1875 l9O 10) 102 :OD Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 102 103 1021 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 , - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1( 0 106 108 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. ja &July 100 - - Do. do, A pril & Oot lOO 105 106 1011 1 BRITISH MINES. 34 36 420 440 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 121 17, 10 12 19 20 4 8 5 6 10 12 80 85 175 185 75 80 22 21 4 6 190 210 18i 10i PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 83 Midland, Leicester and Hitehin 4 per ct., 93 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto per cent., rd., 99 North Eastern. G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref., 103 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 821 South Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.0), 221 2 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland A and B £5 pi, 106,} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London Tilbury, and Southend, 1026 Preston and Wyre, 42t FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Great Luxembourg, 14¢ Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidln), 10i Sambre and Meuse, 611 Ft/REIGN MINES, Cape Copper, lira., 13k Frontino and Bolivia Gold, Bra., 2}• Mcnt. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., Washoe Gold, lira., St DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 79k 84 BAN KB. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 56 Alliance, lirn.. 311 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 131 Brazilian and Portuguese, 111 n.. 9j I British and Californian, lim., 55 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 23 Eng ish Joint Stock, Urn., 13 European Bank, lira., 12 Imperial Ottoman, 161 5 Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 45 London and Brazilian (lim.), 425 London and County, 794 London Joint Stock, 504 London and South African, 161 London and 11 estminster, 981 Merchant Bank, Jim , 264 National Provincial of England. Ditto, zd and 3cl issue, 45 Oriental Bank Corporation. 494 Oriental Commercial Bank, lim., late N. F., 21 Provincial of Ireland, 841 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lim., 51 AIISCELLANEoU B . Atlantic 'Telegraph, B:per cent. gua., 26 China Steam hip anu Labuaia Coal Company, 36 City Offices, lim., 7 Commercial Union, Insurance, a Continental Union Gas, link, 94 Credit Foncier and Mubiller of ii:ngland, 84 1 Crystal Palace, i 75 East India Irrigation and Canal, 84 Electric Telegraph. 131 Gellivera, lim., 3 3 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lira.. 6 Hudson's Bay, 15i 1 Imperial , tiercantile Credit A sso., lira.. 71 International Financial :society, lira., Joint Stock Discount, Um., 81 Land Securities, 1im.,;26 London Financial Association, lira 22 5 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 54 41 6 Milwall Iron Works, 41 National Discount Company, lim., 10i a North British and Mercantile Insurance, 184 Oriental Financial, lim., Ottoman Financial Association, lim., 81 9 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lirn., 181 1 9 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lim., 7 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 741 Ithyniney iron, 3i Roy al Mail Steam, 117 5 south Australian Land, 31 Trinidad Petroleum, Um., 44 Universal Marine, Insurance, Una., 45 COLONIAL. TEA.—A good business has been done in low and medium descriptions, at a slight advance on former rates. SUGAR.—A very small quantity has been offered at public sale, and the operations in the private market have also been limited, prices, in some instances, being a shade lower. COFFEE.—Tho demand for both plantation and native Ceylon has been moderately active, and prices have re mained steady. Other descriptions remain at previous rates. RlCE.—Thero is a good demand, and holders continue to exact fully former prices. TALLOW.—Thore has been a better tone, and quotations for both present and forward delivery are a shade higher. Fatal Accident at Messrs. Rennie's. Yesterday (Thursday) Mr. W. Payne, coroner for London and Southwark, held an inquest at the Moonrakers, Great Suffolk-street, Borough, respect ing the death of George Barratt, aged 24, lately in the employ of Messrs. Rennie, of Greenwich, boiler maker. On Wednesday, the 25th ult., about two o'clock in the afternoon, the deceased was engaged with a fellow-workmen, named William Pratt, in tighten ing a tube stay, Eo as to secure the plates together. They were using a spanner of six sides for screwing up the rivets, when suddenly the spanner slipped, both were knocked down, the spanner striking de ceased in the side. He appeared very ill, and pro ceeded home to his father's house in Wellington street, Blackfriars-road, where he described the accident. Eventually he was admitted to Guy's Hospital, where he expired on Saturday last. Mr. James Stocker, medical officer at Guy's Hos pital, said that when deceased was admitted he was affected with cough, accompanied with great pain, showing that he had inflammation of the lungs. He made no mention to witness, though he might to the nurse, about having received a blow. There was no bruise to be seen, or any mark of violence, and although the blow from the spanner, as de scribed, might have produced the inflammation and thus have caused the death, there was no proof of it from his examination of the body. . Although the Coroner in his summing up inti mated that death was the result of accident, yet the jury returned a verdict of natural death. NATIONAL LI FEBOATINSTITUTION.-11r. Brewster, the proprietor of one of the large concert-halls at Wolver hampton, gave a concert a few days ago in aid of the funds of the National Lifeboat Institution. The proceeds hap pily realised £25. Mr. Brewster made last year a similar present to this truly national and benevolent institution. TIIE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.—The weekly meeting of this institution will bo resumed in the house in Great George-street, on Tuesday evening, th e 14th inst., at 8 p.m., when a paper by Sir Charles Tilston Bright, M.P., M.1.C.E., "On the Telegraph to India, and its extension to Australia and China," will be read and discussed. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Homoeopathic pra3titioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doctrine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country, there were to be obtaiucd no preparations of cocoa either attrac tive to the taste or acceptatle to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manu factured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn his attention to this subje.t, and at length sucxeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the pert et trituration it receives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps' cocoa is distin:uished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a delicious aroma , Dr. Passel 1113 work, "Food and its Adulterations,' says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive principles ; every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again, "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Direc tions:—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined }-Ib., i-lb , and lib. labelled packets, and sold at Is. Od. per lb. by grocers, confectioners, and chemists. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LIVERPOOL RACES -THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGIZAPII. HANDICAP. East Lynn Skylark Jane Shore 3 Nine ran. LIVERPOOL CUP. Elland Windham Sidewiud Joco 2 die 3 Eighteen ran. Won by two lengths; four lengths be tween second and third. The winner objected to for crossing, but the objection was overruled. WELTER HURDLE. Bonazet Jacob Cutler 3 Five ran. WHIT MELD NURSERY. _ Venturesome v 1 Kenilworth -2 Carnizette Seven ran. SELLING NURSERY. Rama Venturer 2 Saucy Boy 3 Six ran. SELLING STAKES. Elastic 1 Puritan Seven ran. SELLING HANDICAP. Lurline 1 Idiot '2 Montpelier LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 30. Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint William Webb Follett Synge, Esq., her Majesty's Consul- General in the Island of Cuba, to be her Majesty's Judge in the Mixed Court established at Havana under the Treaty of the 28th of Juno, 1835, between Great Britain and Spain for the abolition of the slave trade. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mehnoth Osborn, Esq., to be Resident Magistrate in the Colony of Natal. 16th Lancers, to be Lieutenant, vice D. A. G. C. Graham, who exchanges ; Ensign Hugh Gough Grant to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Arthur Joseph. Stourton, who retires ; Ensign Thomas h Bocket Sar gent, from the 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Grant. 81st Foot—Major John Arthur Gildea to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet Colonel Henry Itenny, who retires upon half-pay ; Captain and Brevet- Major Robert Bruce Chichester to be Major, without purchase, vice Gildea ; Lieutenant James Alexander Deans to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet- Major Chichester ; Ensign John de Montmorency Arm strong to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Deans. 83d Foot—Ensign Raymond Oliver de Montmorency, to bo Lieutenant, by purchnse, vice Thomas Edward Brackenbury Townsend, who retires ; George New combe Stevenson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice de Montmorency. 85th Foot—Lieutenant John Davison to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant F. White, promoted. 86th Foot_ Captain Hugh Francis Massy, from half-pay, late 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Robert Edward Henry, who retires upon temporary half-pay; Lieutenant William Ker Gray to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Hugh Francis Massy, who retires ; Lieu tenant William L aw Brockman, froml the 4th West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice T. Davies, who ex changes ; Ensign Manfred Leslie Palates Jardine to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gray ; Ensign Edward Collins Wood, from tho 60th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Jardine. 88th Foot—Lieutenant Theobald Burke to be Captain, without purchase, vi ce G eorge Stretton Watson, de ceased ; Ensign Frederick A uguste Samuel D'Acosta to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Frederick M. Maitland Mapleton, deceased ; Ensign Henry Howorth to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Burke ; Ensign Frederick Augustus Remmington, from the 19th Foot, to be Ensign, vice D'Acosta. 89th Foot - Lieut. Erasmus Harris Vaughton, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice C. Garsia, who excanges. ' 94th Foot—Ensign Stanford Norman M'Leod Nairn° to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John Hassard, de ceased ; Gentleman Cadet Nrank Tudor Campbell De Vernet, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, purchase, -Ensign A vi rn ce ol N d David aime Saportas to be Lieu tenant,by purchase, vice Edward Chapp le, who retires; Charles Ere Wheeler, Gent., to be Ensign , by purchase , 95 w th it F h 0 0 0 u t t vice Saportas. 96th Foot—Ensign Edward Law Durand, from the 25th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Paul H. Caradoc Bettridge, who, retires. 98th Foot—Lieut. Chas. Graham Heathcote to be Captain, by purchase, vice Kingston Brett, who retires ; Ensign Henry John Goodwin Robinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heathcote ; the Hon. Montagu Curzon to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robinson ; Gentleman Cadet Harry Cooper, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice the Hon. Montagu Curzon, tranferred to the Rifle Brigade. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Nov. 10. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Gerald Hyde Charles Stracey, Gent., to bo Cornet, by purchase, vico Laurence Richard Dowdall, whose appointment has been can celled. . . . 3cl - EtTs - s . ars—Alfred Lucas Henry, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase. vice Stevenson, promoted. 4th Hussars—Cornet Henry Hyatt Collings to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice John Barrett L. Nevinson, who retires ' • Cornet Arthur Brandeth Currie has been per mitted to retire from the service by tho_salo of his Com mission. _ _ 16th Lancers—Lieutenant Douglas Alexander Graham Cunningham Graham, from the 78th Foot, to be Lieu tenant, vice D. G. Sandeman, who exchanges. Royal Artillery—Second Captain Edmund Penrose Bing ham Turner to be Captain, vice Captain and Brevet- Major Emilius Fazakerley Craufurd, placed upon half pay • Lieutenant Henry Colebrooke, Lewes to be Se ' cond Captain, vice Turner. Military Train—Lieutenant Biddulph Lee Warner, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. V. Lambe, who exchanges; Troop Sergeant-Major James Wightman, from the 21st Hussars, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice George Penrose Pritchett, promoted. 4th Regiment of Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon William Creyk, M. 8., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ebenezer Miller, M.D., who resigns. 7th Foot—Lieutenant William Daly to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant H. S. Harrison, promoted on 20th June, 1865. Bth Foot—Lieutenant James Q. Palmer to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert D. Forbes Sheriff, who retires; Ensign Nash Short to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Palmer ; Lewis Lovat Ayshford Wise, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Short. 10th Foot—Ensign Nicholas Edward Carr to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Chaigneaux Colville Par kinson, deceased ; Ensign Edward George Green to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice J. J. Kennedy, whose promotion on tho 20th October, 1865, has been cancelled ; Ensign Thomas Orton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richard Stephen Burgess, who retires ; Ensign William Cooke, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Carr ; Augustus George Bridge, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Orton. 11th Foot—Lieut. Christopher Garsia, from the 89th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice E. H. Vaughton, who exchanges ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Denis Joseph Canny to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice R. T. Scott, appointed to the Staff. 12th Foot—Capt. and Brevet-Major William llenryQueade to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Col. John Francis Kempf, deceased ; Lieut. William Keough to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Queado ; Ensign Alfred Woodward to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Keough ; Ensign G. Lyford Barry Thomas to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Arthur Leroux Whipple, deceased ; Ensign Albert James Hesketh Dau beny to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Woodward, whose promotion, by purchase, on Aug. 8, 1848, has been cancelled ; Ensign Aloysius Miley, from the 59th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Daubeny ; Gentleman Cadet Owen Williams, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thomas. 14th Foot—Ensign George Callwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry John Harington, who retires ; Herbert Lovell Woodland, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Callwell. 15th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant George Brooks, from a Depot Battalion, to bo Quartermaster, vice Alex. li. Mitchell, cashiered by sentence of a General Courts- Martial. 16th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Roberts, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice W. Cooke, transferred to the 10th Foot. 17th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Henry Evelyn Wood, from the 73d Foot, to be Captain, vice J. T. B. Mayne, who exchanges ' • Lieut. Harvey Lambert M. Ravenhill to be Adjutant, vice Lieut. Henry B. Jackson, who resigns that appointment. 19th Foot—Lieut. George Dalton Michell, from the 66th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. A. Warden, who ex changes; Gentleman Cadet George Edward Langford, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Remmington, transferred" to the 88th Foot. 20th Foot—Frederick Wm. Birch, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George William Haly Hutton, who re- tires. 21st Foot—Lieut. Alexander Clark-Kennedy, from the 4Gth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. H. Anderson, who exchanges; Lieut. George Vautier Lambe, from the Military Train, to be Lieutenant, vice B. L. Warner, who exchanges; Lieut. Wm. C. Ralston to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant F. G. Jackson, who resigned that ap pointment on June 9, 1865. _ _ _ 22a Foot—Capt. Robert Stockham Brydgos Leech, from the 24th Foot, to be Captain, vice R. H. Dillon, who ex _ _ changes ; Sergeant-Major Arthur Tatham, from the 15th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Walter Jones, deceased. 21th Foot— Capt. Robert Henry Dillon, from the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice R. S. B. Leech, who exchanges. 25th Foot—Hamlet Wade Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edward Law Durand, transferred to the 96th Foot. 37th Foot—Thomas h Becket Sargent, Gent., to bo En sign, by purchase, vice Dillon, transferred to the 66th Foot ' • Arthur Thurston Crosse, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sargent, transferred to the 78th Foot. 43d Foot—Lieutenant George Garland to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Arthur R. Close, killed in action ; Ensign James Thomas O'Brien to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Garland ,• Lieutenant St. Vincent Alexander Hammick to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Garland, promoted 46th Foot—Lieutenant George Henry Anderson, from the 21st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Alexander Clark-Ken nedy, who exchanges. 49th Foot—Ensign Charles Barter Bogue to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the lion. John Arbuthnott, who re tires; Ensign Benjamin George Humphrey, from the 66th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bogue ; Lieutenant Wm. Hugh Thomas to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Mucks, promoted. 50th Foot—Ensign James Bromfield, from the 43d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Thomas Waring, killed. 51st Foot—Lieutenant Henry . Steuart Tompson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice E. D. Oliver, whose promo tion, by purchase, on the 30th June, 1865, has been can celled ; Ensign Robert Stratford to bo Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Edward Dudley Oliver, deceased; Gentleman Cadet George Denshire, from the Royal Mi litary College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice 56590 3 pfttt d ri: uiioFrbncleei Stratford.h, ootLatho— Foot—Gentlemansi etee vtl i re, Foot—Lieutenant n u cryea t la e nulcti a iiis n iiol t yi vicetoCa ßobert htraßrnyda. necAst transferred cifinl: W ellieeinrnbg a eero l era l yi e t tt r ANoo , vwah f tb r iho7oe o i the eeo m eEndix,n2lcvtshahi yga enal 7 nn,t, tg6, Foot. h vsEi. Foot. d oi g o e u ll t , L to be Ensign, by purchase, vice E. C. Wood, transferred to the 86th Foot. Glst Foot—Henry Lindsell Green, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Thomas Disney Leaver, whose appoint ment, by purchase, on the 11th July, 1865, has been cancelled. 62d Foot —Major Joshua Grant Crosse, from half -pay, late 88th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet-Colonel R. G. Am herst Luard, who retires upon temporary half-pay ; Cap tain Edward Hunter to be Major. by purchase, vice Joshua Grant Crosse, who retires; Lieutenant Arthur Lake to be Captain, bp purchase, vice Hunter; Ensign John Boughey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lake; Thomas Duncan William Dunn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Boughey. 64th Foot—Ensign William Charles Mathews, to Lieutenant., Lo by purchase, vice Herbert Grant, who re tires ; Ricard W illiam James Dennistown, Gent., to be Ensign, ny purchase, vice Mathews. 65itnhgFocootnTpSleutregdeotnwle'n'htoymiyise,Eussinfolnl.dl:epaWyThite, service,/.D”tohlabye -ISvuarrgreaonn- 011 the I st 18 p 5 r 8 0 . ‘ provisions of the Royal s undert October, tl l George Archibald Warden, from the 19th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice G. D. Michell,, 66th Foot—Lieutenant l who exchanges ; Ensign Frederick Baines Dillon, from the 37th Foot, to bo Ensign, vice Humphrey, transferred to the 49th Foot ; Lieutenant William Lowther Beattie to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant John Mahony, who re signs the appointment ; Lieutenant Arthur Wybrow Baker to be instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant G. D. Michell, who has resigned that appointment. 73d Foot—Captain John Theophilus Bolton Mayne, from the 17th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major H. E. Wood, who exchanges. 76th Foot—Lieutenant Benjamin Simner, from the 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice It. Waller, who exchanges. 78th Foot— Lieutenant David George Sande an, from tho COURSE OF EXCHANGE -This Evening Amsterdam Short. 11 0 12 Oi Ditto 3 Months. 12 21 12 2/ Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 55 25 60 Brussels Hamburg Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankforl on the Maine Vienna_ Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Messina 13 0-i 13 10 Short 25 20 25 27 3 Months. 25 52} 25 57 25 55 25 57 121 1 121 , 11 l ii 11 20 11 17 11 22i 30 - 301 •.• ••• 47i- 471 47i 44 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 Genoa 25 65 25 70 Naples Palermo Oporto Lisbon 25 65 _: ... 25 70 25 65 -25 70 51k 511 511- .51 a The Oil Regions of Pennsylvannia. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) OIL CITY, Oct. 24. Difficult to travel as are the roads of the oil regions in the most favourable weather, they are all but impassable during the rainy season and on the ap proach of winte.i. During the last few days there has been a rapid accumulation of mud, and a large party of excursionists from New York and other cities have found to their cost that explorations in the oil regions are not to be lightly undertaken, and cannot be made without serious discomfort and an exciting amount of risk and adventure. The coun try, too, at this time of the year is fast losing many of its natural charms. The deep and varied tints of the foliage are daily becoming more sombre and uniform in their colour, and the leaves which still cling tenaciously to the forest trees are comparatively few in number. A visit to Oil City even now will, however, be amply repaid to those who are desirous of examining minutely into the strange phenomena which are presented to view at this season of the year. The frosts of winter which seal up the sources of rivers, and which check the flow of water, also lock up the oil in its mysterious recesses. The mer cury in the thermometer, the rise and fall of the barometer, do not indicate with greater accuracy the change in the weather than does the rate of supply of the oil from the well. Strange and unaccountable as is the source of the supply of petroleum, it is even still more of a puzzle to account for the influence of temperature upon the yields of the wells. Thetheo ries which are laid down with more or less of dog matism on every subject in Petrolia are numerous and irreconcilable in respect to the fluctuation of the yield of oil, and there is not an explanation offered, no matter how inconsistent with another, that is not certain to be f alsifled by actual facts within a few hours after it has been offered. A law of lawlessness prevails here, which it is hopeless to attempt to understand or explain. The daily experience of the petroleum industry has a most destructive influence upon all hitherto prevailing notions of natural philosophy. Beneath the earth crust of Pennsylvania water flows on the surface of oil, above the ground the relative positions are changed ; fresh water lies above salt water; brine mingles with oil ; and there is scarcely a fact applicable to one well which will serve as a guide for its neighbour. There is an amount of un certainty about all the operations connected with oil sinking which to the individual is most annoying, but which tested by the results iu the aggregate passes into absolute certainty. Nine men may fail, but the tenth will win a prize that divided would be a fortune for each. The freaks of those oil wells which have been brought under my notice are very curious, and it is not improbable that many of the ventures which have been permanently abandoned, and much of the loss that has been sustained in seeking for oil, have resulted from temporary causes only,and from some of those sudden and unexpected results in which nature in her sportive mood seems to love to indulge. In some of the wells the flow oil will cease for 20 out of the 24 hours, and for the remainder of the time it will belch out at irregular intervals of a few minutes. Others of the wells work I short time of six hours, and that only at night ; others, again, select midday as the hour for com mencing their labour ; a third kind, as if solely for the purpose of vexing its enterprising owner, will supply for several hours in the day a constant yield of salt water, then it will rest altogether, and the hopes of the poor man who has ventured his all in the undertaking will sink within him, and then, when all seem dark and hopeless, the wells will smile upon him, and pour a stream of oil in the tanks, already full to the brim with the brine of a few hours previously. The Wild Cat well is sulky for 40 minutes at a time ; it then spits forth a few drops of the precious liquid, th en sulks for 20 ' minutes, foams and spurts again, a nd then gives forth the petroleum freely for a bout 10 minutes, and hef a ore rin T g h o e es her round Wild catacoof sulks ompan by a succession of sharp iaensditssuyilleenldnesofs oil reports, as though the majorityearth fro m o f the the barrel wells , t ypecicisuliclariareghearatheeteroilsltyiefi:ildvh. which l E i aLl e i again,ofsupplya small a w re e r ci e u fis i quietin i field-piece. Pe i icefeir.roimvloirthkhee, but many of them hiss pwaneerdlfleshcptaulysrtiktusaosoihneto the attendants, and it is usual to apply to them terms such as would be used in de scribing the qualities of a horse or a dog. SFLIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. ---~- -- LONDON, Nov. 10.—Wind .this day at noon—North westerly; moderato breeze, and line weather, but rather cloudy. CLYDE, Nov. 9 .—Wiud S.W.—Arrived—Tearless, from Bahia. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 9.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Douro, steamer, for Brazils. lit.NottoAD, Nov. 8.--Wind S.—Arrived—Bessy Parker, from St. Johu's, N.B. • [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. .A.rrived—C ur ti s , from Cronstadt ; Lightn in g from Go thenburg ; Elliner, from Koningsberg ; ScandelhaVen, from Erederickstadt. Sailed Triton, from Boulogne ; Lord John Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, Nov. 9—Victoria, from London, for Rangoon. Passed-111.S. 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