The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-19 00:00:00

, , din Saturday. Tales, drove ;ty, -accoin- Louise, and Ave out this 3s of Wales ut driving• muds, and ided by Mr• e Christian ant-General se, attended lfred Paget , sonby, went he perfor resence, and le, and Mr. SUNDAY. the Princess n. Princess Louise and nded by the ral F. Set' attended by le yesterday ,nborne, the and Lieut." rrived. nborue, end dining with Princess of Edinburgh, id Prince ss ,hur, Princ e e ladies and service this Rev. J• Len from the i Hymn an d in the Row., Wales will hursday Del! , of Wales Is Ile 28th inst. ter will Cl3 ' at Simbolton , the Du i de age have left :e intend 0 Vimpole BA le on the Ith majority .00 already bola doing on the e Consols': his seat, al la ably be 3 call ; reson tatiim ly ba classe d . most CO nals" —The Writ okeshire, vie° ie nomina tion 3 present _0 is th° al has been f the gra te ° Subscriptioo ed to ill gs ; The Ra ven ' stie vein. —Air Frith kos t important"d co., ast Sunday ec ond," as de_ n te d are the '3oUrtierS ; t h . pis work ra' irn, is co e.. 7ortnightlY eat the dis ) the student: don With th his Ch air lil t of the receli ct Kody to reje., ;hair of Inel , o fhis de„ •gna tiou 11° o dern icio . , xt elec tioo ied into effe6, - 9. or, j i Lord 9u ,, - i p e tti :;iety was ." - 0 , in comp ienl ,d occupy who to d a tribu te to nobleillsl2 of , volunteer so; lagoon,' J°.a, w h i ch is 1 . 1 1 n glisht ()°, hun tin6 tics, The g which ,rtSMC CI. - t hsr come 31i l" • to • uro Le J o r t he be wi de Belaireurso .South L(ni Pr. ev ening o e st vhat r'° e- a t- I a coro ra " old hi s uch of ;n rc" tra tions id — t bat .0 3 ° A fe ttle P - A ;6 a s .- bftv d, and he Bot 5 belief' - w e present tine n i n ds 0 f se d, insP +haterPle sva° o ity its SC,' Was 1. ,,00 11 y to o turn" a o ) 000 nu n 1" nmanuto fight ;e yiteS t t he loved that the lis yea r 0! , s! L o f all O i l' 12 o , c loc f coranierc° be° would f h° ? A 114 t n b er o_f two ll : tructioe ser aro ,/ for a flu w _ wet e ha'th3l ' lrer. but we •versy, he bop icaliy t cor, rhich °ll ,„ t z Uy the sP r ' - `lllO d in the 5 3- t 0 3 3 tier s „all r ole, th e - to • 1 oat eu to sa` le ft hey are ,-, to e e h 0t 514 ' entirelY P e r ither ; our ' je, R 9 Lon L 0 liss a t a /4°ll ?IIONEY MARKET AND COMMEROLU NTELLI.I3 : 4 '; N t; TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is quiet, with a very mode rate demand on all kinds of paper. A few transac tions have taken place in best three months' bills at 31 per cent., and in special cases per cent. lower. It is gratifying to be able to state that the heavy Indian and Australian payments which had to be met on Saturday led to no embarrassment, ample provision having been made under .the favourable influence of the satisfactory condition of credit and the easiness and abundance of money. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Ormerod, Jervis, and Thomson, of Manchester, c ommission agents and manufacturers, with large liabilities. It is stated that their embarrassments are caused by large speculative transactions in no way connected with their regular business. The sum of £48,000 in sovereigns was taken to the Bank of England on Saturday. The reports from the various manufacturing dis tricts for the past week represent that business ge nerally has been very dull. Cloths and yarns at Manchesterhave furtherdeclined, and manufacturers are adopting the short-time system. In the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield there his been a very limited demand, particularly for , spring goods. At Leicester and Nottingham there has been only a moderate inquiry for lace and hosiery goods, at barely previous prices, while in the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and 'Wol verhampton, no change of importance has taken place in the general aspect of affairs. A NEW RUSSIAN LOAN. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., London, and Messrs. Hope and Co., Amsterdam, have just issued the following prospectus : RUSSIAN ANGLO-DUTCH 5 PER CENT. LOAN FOR £6,000,000 OR FLORINS 70,800,000 STOCK. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co., of London, and Messrs. ,n1)0 and C0.,0f Amsterdam, beg to announce that in con rormity with an ukase of his Majesty the Emperor of Russi a , and with the instructions of his Excellency the Minister of Finance, they will receive applications for the l oan therein authorised for £6,000,000 or 7 0,800,000 florins of Stock bearing s . per cent. interest, on the follow ing terms and conditions:—Bonds in due form executed in St. Petersburg will be issued in sums of £lOO or 1,18011., and £B4 15s. sterling, or 1,00011., with twenty half-yearly dividend warrants payable Ist April and Ist October, new styl e , of each year, at the counting houses of Messrs. Bar ing Brothers and Co., London, and Messrs. Hope and Co., Amsterdam, and with an authorisation to claim fresh divi dend warrants without charge. The half-yearly dividend warrants will be respectively for £2 10s. or 29.5011. on ea ell bond of £lOO or 1,18011. ; and for £2 2s. 6d. or 258. on each bond of £B4 15s. or 1,00011. The amount of the bonds will be also reimbursed without c harge or deduction, either in London in pounds sterling, or in A msterdam in florins, at the offices of the above mentioned fir.ns, at the choice of the holders. A sinking f und of one per cent. on the principal will commence on Ist Oct o b er, 1868, and be applied annually (together with the interest on all bonds paid off) towards the reimburse- M ent of this loan at par. This reimbursement will thus be „ C ompleted in 37 y ear s f rom it s commencemen t, and 'un bonds thus destined to be paid off at par will be annu ally drawn by l o tt er y, an d th e amoun t canbe received '"at October of each year either in London or Amsterdam. 'be bo n d s : will bear interest from Ist October, 1866, and t ) he Payment s in London will be as follows :—On £lOO ds £ l O to be paid t wo d a y s a ft er a ll o t m ent to Messrs. 7 din and C o ., L om b ard - street ; £l5 on 15t h January, 867 ; £lO on 15th February ; £lO on 15th March ; £l5 o n loth Ap r i l ; £lO on 14th June; £lO on 16th July ; £6 ° , 1 5 15 th Aug us t, l ess t h e h alf - yearly coupon ; t o t a l, £B6. `-' ll £ 8 4155. bonds, £Blos. to be paid two days after allot trtent to Messrs. Martin and Co., Lombard-street ; £l2 10s. °I I loth January, 1867 ; 10s. on 15th February, £8 10s. on 15th March, £l2s. 10s. on 15th April (less the 4 1 -, 1 , f- Yearly coupon), £8 10s. on 16th July, £5 7s. 6d. on • °‘a August —£72 17 s . 6d. Th e f a il ure to pay all the instalments forfeits all previous payments. Subscribers a3r pay up all o r any i ns t a l men t s u nder discount of the 1 3 e9tive maturities at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Sc rip receipts will be delivered with as little delay as pos -B'hie) on production of the bankers' receipt of PaStnent of the instalments, and the bonds will be issued With the least po3sible delay. In the genera l b us i ness o f t h e por t o f L on d on l agt week l ess an i mation prevailed. At the Custom !louse 164 vessels were reported as having arrived fr om foreign ports, and there were two from Ire and. The entries outwards comprised 120 vessels, a nd those cleared were 117, 15 of which were dis patched in ballast. The departures for the Aus ,traliall colonies have been 4 vessels, viz., 1 to Syd 'ey, of 735 tons ; 2 to Port-Phillip, of 1,985 tons ; a nd 1 to New Zealand, of 57 tons ; the total ton t,e amounting to 2,777. The committee of debenture holders of the Lon rn, Chath am, an d D over R a il way h ave i ssue d th e ` °ll otvin g " The circulaF issued this (Saturday) afternoon by the direc tors of the, London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, pro P °S ing a scheme for postponing the claims of the de benture holders, and creating a debt in priority over their t'deatbentures, contains a proposition so fraught with d anger h at t committee advise all debenture holders to with ld th e i r assent thereto. During the last session of Par -I)llient somewhat similar scheme to rai s e mone y was _ r3 tght before th e L eg i s l a t ure , an d re j ec t e d as an impro rcr int er f erence with the vested rights and interests of 'e debenture holders. "R. HODGSON, Chairman." Two O'CLOCK. A stormy meeting is now in progress of the share holders of the Bank of Hindustan, China, and Ja pan, Limited. The following is the report of the The on the balance-sheet of 30th June, 1866 -t he report of the auditors on the balance-sheet rates they have to report a very large estimate of Th ese at the head office and several other branches. ti t eSe losses have for the most part been made at n°llll3 aY, Calcutta, and China Branches, and 1 4 PPear to us to have occurred from the most reckless r aa ' s agement and in some cases an almost total dis regard of the established rules of the bank, and in op ritinn to the special instructions of the head office. b r ° ll l the latest returns received from the several a : a f e hes, together with the report of Mr. Stewart, of d ex planations from the general manager and uther officers of th e B an k, we b e li eve we h ave arri ved as n ear l y as poss ibl e a t a correct sta t ement of th e P torobable loss, which we estimate will amount 2 ,, ab out £713,404 beyond the sum of £87,794 ls. ~!,`. Written off the reserve fund of December, 1865. Is,'!le capital account of the Bank under this estimate e : f l ! s tand as follows, viz.:—Paid up, £892,247 ; bala nce value of £26,753 calls in arrear, £15,000; Deduct of reserve fund, £20,605 ; total, £927,852. ed .tint estimated loss as above, £713,404 ; balance h enaaini n - , g £214,448. Among the loans due to the 0 ; 444 office there are several amounts due from some th e directors, i n all about £5,000, and a further 44 of about £16,000, the liability to which on the v part o f some of th e first directors and others is dis t_ 'ecl, but the matter has been agreed to be referred ‘ arbitration" QUARTER-PAST Two. ti a t e ,, e 'rdino• to Reuter's telegram, the French Rentes N o were 69f. 25c. '" b o further change in the Funds. Russian New Loan firm. tren ch Funds 10c. lower. i„ The Hindustan, China, and Japaft meeting was i" a state of confusion. The discussion is expected last for some hours. B t Fat her less firmness is apparent in the English Th e elt Mark e t , C onsols having gone back * per cent. e Russian Loan—likely to become a favourite e um , of speculation for a ti me —i n d uce d no d ou bt sal es that have caused this fractional change. ()E 't of the accounts open must carry a large pro cesafter the recent advance, and some of the suc ae Fifel o perators have thought it expedie n t t o rea li se transfer ew edin glY• The l a t es t quo t a ti ons are 90 1 1 for , and 8 41, less div. for the 6th p rox . Th e Threes and the Reduced Annuities are ii tl ar . k ed , 871 88 ; Exchequer Bills, ls. to ss. prem. ; The 5 per Cents., 1041 ; Enfaced ditto 1001. t ho ue Poreign Market has not been very active, numerous dealings have taken place in ebghYPtian, Peruvian, and Turkish, at considerably Me enhancers, P r ices. Turkish 5 per Cents are 341 ; 2 14 22 17 i 1; Greek, 13,1 14+ ; Spanish Passive, Gover ; the Certificates, 14* 1 ; and Italian 544- -t4 en to 863 nment a R ilway Debentures have 6 P e r 62 ; Peruvi an to 7% 1 and Turkish tCents., 1862, 60. usiness ill the Railw i 61 ay Share Market has re- mained rather quiet, and in several instances prices show less firmness. London, Chatham, and Dover have receded ; North Western and South Eastern, each a ; and North Eastern (Berwick) ; while Metropolitan have improved and Midland The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without any material change in values. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are dealt in at 16f ; Great Western of Canada at 12; 121 ; and East Indian at 1041. American Securities continue in good demand, and prices generally are firmer. United States 5-20 Bonds have improved to 708 ; Erie Shares to 498 50i ; and Illinois Shares 11, to 78 79. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are in demand, at 604 614 ex coupon; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds have advanced 4, to 411 411 ex coupon. Bank Shares are very quiet. Imperial Ottoman are marked 9i 4 ; Merchant Bank, 151 ; New South Wales, 43 ; and South Australia, 24. In the Corn Market to-day there was a very good attendance, but the fresh supplies of home-grown grain on offer was limited. A fair business, how ever, was done at an advance of fully 3s. to 4s. per quarter on last week's rates. The dealings in the Miscellaneous and Finance Shares have been exceedingly active. Anglo-Ame rican Telegraph have declined to 14i ; Electric Telegraph to 1341; Hudson's Bay Company are steady at 171; and the Viceroy of Egypt's Loan has improved to 761. MINING MARKET. MONDAY, Two o'Clock. In the Mining Market there has been very little animation. Grenville, East Grenville, Prince of Wales, Chiverton, and Chiverton Moor are the shares most in request. Annexed are the current quotations : Cam Camborne, 24s 26s Od ; Chiverton Moor, 41 5 ; Chontales Gold, 21 ; Clifford Amalgamated, 61 7 ; East Basset, 21 23 ; East Caradon, 51 ; East Lovell, 11 111; East Russell, 3 n; East Wheal. Grenville, 14 21 ; Great Laxey, 171 181; Great South Tolgus, 7s 6d lOs Od ; Great Wheal Vor, 17 171; Marks Valley, 4 41; North Crafty, 1i 21; North Treskerby, 21 31; Prince of Wales, 24s 26s Od; South Condurrow, —s —s ; South Darren, —; West Seton, 120 120 ; Wheal Basset, —; Wheal Buller, 19 20 ; Wheal Chiverton, 8 81 ; Wheal Grenville, 20s Od 255; Wheal Seton, 140 145; Cooks' Kit chen, 71 81; Great Retalliek, 7s dd lOs ; Tincroft, 9 10 ; West Caradon, 1.1 15; West Chiverton, 57 59 ex div ; Carnarvonshire Consols, —. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES GCVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cont. Consols Do. Account, Dec. 6 B9 81 3 per Cont. Reduced BB k i 8 New 3 per Cent BB 7j 8 7.1 . annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — ,;ew 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 H:xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 4 per Cent, 1 5 pm Do £5OO 1 5 pm Do £lOO & £2OO ~ 1 5 pm Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent 250 49 Ditto for Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian otock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 215 Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent B4 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 por Cent., £l,OOO 2l pm Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. argentine Republic, 6 per Cent lustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account 69i Do. ;6100 Bonds 7O i Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do .4100 Bonds — Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Ohilian 6 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A Do. , B — Colombian, '6 per Cent. Juba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 ... Danubian Principalities Do. Account Nlquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do Provisional Laud Warrant Do Deferred vgyptian 7 per Cent — 1)o., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds B7l Do. 1864 — Do .£lOO Bonds B5l 1 i 5 Do. Government Railway Debentures B6! i 5f 61 51 61. Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons O.:). Account Do. Coupons Do. Account G iatemala 5 per Cent. It Ili= 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway ~, Ilexicar. 3 per Cent Do. Account De. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French dontevidean 6 per Cent .. . lloorish Imperial 5 per Cent , [ew Granada Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 no Account 72 701 14 1 2 1 2 Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 — Do. Account . 44 31 4 Russian 5 per CAL, 1822, £ St 874 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Da 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 — Do 5 per Cent. 1862 BB 64 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive Do Account 214 4 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 44 per Cent. 1864 D.);Scrip, £6O paid Uurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 6O 1 604 60 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 _ Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Ditto 14 per Cent. Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account 124 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 - — Dividenas on the above payable in London. Austria; 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail. 564 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 904 1 Do. Account — 884 -1- ex div. Admirals Rigault and Charner have been nom - nated members of the Commission upon the Reor ganisation of the French Army, which will include in its investigations the system of recruiting for the navy. The Tribunal of Commerce of the Seine has given judgment on a question of much importance to all railway travellers. Four gentlemen, named Couvreux, De Villiers, Lempereur, and Miedan, wishing to go to Chatillon-sur-Seine on the sth of May last, took tickets by the 7 o'clock morning train, which should reach Nuits-sur-Riviere at 2, in time for the corresponding train to Chatillon, 12 minutes later. The engine, however, broke down on the way, and the travellers only reached Nuits at ten minutes past 3, and then, finding that they would have to wait several hours before another train left for their destination, took a special one, for which they paid 201 f. 70c. They now sued the Lyons Railway Company to recover that sum, with 100 f. additional, which they claimed . for the inconvenience to which they had been put. The defendants alleged in their defence that the accident was one over which they had no control, and that they were consequently not re sponsible for the delay ; but the Court decided that the stoppage bad been caused by the breaking of a piston-rod, which would not have occurred had the company had its engines properly examined, and condemned it to pay an indemnity of 200 f, with interest from the date of the occurrence ; awj costs of the action, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1866. S HARE AU/&R. it.DINARY SHA Railways, !Bristol ano Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Corn wall , Dublin & Belfast June Dun„ Perth, & A b.Junc E. London, tcrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Wester'. Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Augl. Bt. No. Great ti orth ot Scotland Great Northern D. A stock B stock Do. IN ew, is. at 25 pn. GtS, and W. 01 Ireland Weatein -Originai D• , . 6. Vii. Rail gua. Do. South Wales . Do. W. Mid.—Oxiord po. Newport 1)o. Hereford LancAshire,t Yorkbhirtt LJndon and Blaekwall Lon., 13righ., & S Coas; Lon., Chat., and'Dover•• Do. Aletrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Weatcru Len. & South Westerw Man., Shel., & Liucolu 3tetropolitan Do. New Do. Exte.usion...... Siefropoittan District. bo. do. do. and John's Vrc Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin . & Derby viid Kent . INorth British .. Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. N th. Eastern—Berwick. Do. (i.N•E purchae, Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1864 5 . . Do. do. 1566 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. stock vo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon...i ,ouch E.stern . Staines, Wok., & Wok Pair Vale Do. C Vale or Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha Wetst Cornwall TS.—This Day. ttES AND STOCKS. I raid. .c i l`l i ng I nee. 86 S 8 121 123 40 46 13 15 4 6 C 5 64 20 72 1 7 1 1 9 261 27 6 6 U 5 %7 126 z 27 90 92!1 43 53.11 33 38 33 3, 124 :244 80 85 1:1 181 lu 20 117 i 116 82 11 50 51 , IZS 1254 2 3 10 11 87 89 , 123 i 25 It 21 1 93 d 5 37 38 4 18 105 IU6 66 67 99 101 34 35 9 10 p Ild /20 1 21) 1 2p 72 74 114 118 150 ~51 43 45 63. 64 8 9 14 250 2 3; rOSSESSIONS, A.t lan tie & S t. Lawrence Rom., Harods., Cen.ln. gu. 6 per cent... Do. F shares isuiralo . Lake Huron Do. ['reference 1 tutf.,Brau t, &Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- ...••••• • Calcutta & B. E., Um a t e Town .1; Dock, gu Oeinerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East ludtan, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bond* I charge 6 p.c Do. tat Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Prof. Bone's Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Du. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred t. India Pen. gua. sp.e : , 0. qua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c kit. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . if per cent.... Do , :reat VV, s. of Canada.. DJ. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Lio. 5) do. pay. 1877-8 . • Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do D 0.4 do Do. Pitth Extensioe If elb. Cor. 6 p. o. [buts. & Hudson's Bay.. N. El I.C'da,6pc lst pt. be Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do ..) 1 .1 d Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndus St.Flot 100 1100 5 100 100 66 58 102 103: p 4 41 7i St, 55 CO 10t 103 100 IC2 101 !C5 19 20 85 88 57 59 48 52 38 13 22 24 10d leB 1 pl 4 Iv, 99 100 91 93 12i 13 Si 3 d ale 3 83 5 101 103 83 90 b 4 86 82 €5 98 99 96 t 8 1i 1 o 98 99 SECUR: 91 94 90 92 90 42 76 78 75 77 103 105 102 104 1(2 104 1(3 1(5 87 gb 1(3 105 106 ILB tO5 107 104 LO6 105 ttr7 1(6 VS 16, 100 90 i► 2 90 92 80 95 EV. 87 80 08 b 2 84 96 98 95 P 6 ice 108 1031 104 t 95i 5 8 BusinesB doae. MARKETS.---This Day. MARK LANE, The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was very firm, and an advance of ls, 2s, and even 3s per quarter took place in the quotations. Fine barley was very firm, and prices had an upward tendency. Oats werevather dearer, whilst beans and peas commanded extreme rates. Four changed hands at higher prices. On the Continent the corn trade generally is firm, and prices have an upward tendency. At New York the value of wheat and flour continues to rise, and there is still scarcely any business doing for export to Europe. The arrivals of English grain, &e., up to our markets last week were but moderate. The imports from abroad comprised 13,456 qrs. of wheat, 11,452 barley, 11,875 oats, 3,000 rye, 1,900 beans, 20 peas, 6,569 linseed, 6,058 rape aad oilseeds, 10,401 maize, 190 sundry seeds, 11,227 sacks and 5,117 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderate, and the condition of the produce was but middling. Owing to the limited im portation, and the firmness of the country markets, the trade was very firm, and home-grown produce was held at an advance in price from Monday last of 5. per quarter. Millers, however, were unwilling to buy at this adVance, but a clearance was eventually effected at a rise in the quotations of 3s. to 4s. per quarter. The foreign wheat trade was firm in the extreme. The supply of produce on the stands was but moderate, and an advance cf 2s to 3s per qr in the quotations was established. , Floating cargoes of w h ea t were in request, and advanced in price 2s to 3s per qr . All d escr iptions of spring corn afloat realised extr eme , an d in some instances, higher rates. The supply of ba r l ey on sa l e wa s but moderate. For all descriptions the tr a d e was very fi r m at advancing prices. Fine malting produce realised 56s per quarter. Malt was in fair demand, and fully last Monday's prices were obtained. The market was but moderately supplied with oats. The trade was vary firm. Russian qualities were 2s, and other kinds is, per quarter dearer than on Monday last. Beans were firm, and quite as dear as on Monday last. Peas moved off steadily, at extreme quotations. The show of samples was very moderate. Town-made flour was raised 4s, the top price being 57s per 2801bs. Country flour-advanced in price 2s to 3s per 2801bs. - Linseed and rapeseed met a slow sale at' late rates. For other seeds the trade was quiet. There was a good demand for cakes, and prices advanced 2s 6d per ton. -CITRRENOT PER IMP. MEASURE Wheat— Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 56s to 62s Do., old 63s CBs Do white, old 64s 69s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s Do., nor • -s Talavera Rye— Barley - -Grinding Malting 4os Malt--Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 7Bs Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2os Cork, white 2ls Scotch, Feeding 2os Beans—Tick , 3Bs Pigeons .,„ 46s Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b sls Suffolk 423 Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 3os French, per sack 4ls METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was only a moderate supply of foreign stock on sale here to-day ;on the whole, the trade was firm, at very full prices. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were rather limited, but in fair average condition. Prime Scots, crosses, Downs, Herefords, and short-horns wore in good request, at slightly enhanced rates. All other breeds moved off steadily, at very full prices. The general top figure was 5s 4d, but some very prime animals realised 5s 6d per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received about 1,500 short-horns, &e. ; from other parts of England, 600 various breeds ; from Scotland 34, Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 60 oxen and heifers. the show of sheep was again very small, but the quality of the stock was good. For all breeds the demand was rather active, at, in some instances, an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. A few very inferior Downs and half-breds sold at 6s 6d. The general top price, however, was 6s 4d per Blbs. The sale fur calves was steady, at 2d per 81bs more money. The quotations ranged from 4s 8d to 5s 8d per 81bs. The supply was moderate. Prime small pigs were . in good, request, at full quota large hogsi-tho supply of which was good, very little was passing. * - - Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d s dad Crse it inf. beasts... 3 6 3 lo Pmecrs-wool sheep.s 6 5 0 Second quality do ..4 0 4 d Prime o'ilidoera sio.6 2 6 4 Prime large oxen ..4 8 5 0 Lake coarse calires.4 8 5 0 Prime. Scuts. z 5 4 Prime small d0......5 4 5 8 Crse. and int. stieep.3 10 4 2 Large hogs ....3 10 4 6 Second quality do ..4 4 5 2 smal! porkers 4 8 5 0 Lamb.... 08 Od to o.' 03. Suckling calves, 268 to 238; and quarter-old store pigs, 30, to 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4,320 Beasts I,BEO Cows. .. Cows. Sheep and lambs 17,820 Sheep sad 1 .mbs ...... 5,2 . 0 Calves l2O Ca yea 110 eggs 5lO 'Pigs 1::',0 The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week amounted to 9,315 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, wo received 19,815; in 1864, 13,427 ; in 1863, 11,417 ; in 1862, 5,205 ; in 1860,303 ; and in 1860, 8,330. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam Antwerp Bremen 9B .„ 12 ... -- ••• 23 ••• Boulogne Caen — ... 2596 ... ... 127 ... 32 —. _. ..• ..• Calais.. ... _ ~. -.— ." -- Dieppe ". --... -- Dunkirk... ..• . . • Hamburg l2O ... 823 ... ••• ••• 6 Harlingen 509 . 886 81 ... 12 Honfieur ___ ... _ „. -- •.• - ••• '- Oporto -... "' --•••— ••• Ostend 328 -.-- ... 46 ... -- ••• Rotterdam — ... .., 178 St. Petersburg.„ ... _ . ... ... Tonning 1863 ... 1235 ... ••• *** The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows:- 2619 Beasts. sh e ep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 3457 ... 8,231 ... ••• 654 ...1085 1863 ... 7,960 ... ... A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Nov. 20, 1865, and this day, Monday, Nov. 19, 1866. Per 81ba. to sink the offal. Nov. 20, 1865. Nov. 19, 1866. d s d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 6 Second quality do. Prime large oxen ' Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep ... 4 0 4 8 Second quality do. -4 10 5 6 Prime coarse-wOolled do. 5 8 6 0 s d s d. 8 Gto 3 10 40 4 6 48 5 0 52 5 4 310 4 '2 44 5 2 5 6 5 10 686 2 6 4 Prime Southdown, do 6 4 Lambs - 0 0 00 0 0 00 Large coarse calves ', 4 ..0 4 6 4 8 5 2 Prime shmll do. # 4 8 5 0 5 4 5 8 Largo hogs - .3 /0 4 8 310 4 6 Neat small porkers 4lO 5 4 4 8 5 0 Beasts 6,610 4,630 Sheep . .................. Calves Pigs ...... . ............. . 630 610 i s g l—sheep, 19,280—calves, 8 0 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Nov. 21, 1864.--Beasts, 6,130 280. 310—pigs,sh N ee o p v , .2,12 4 ,32,80010.63-08a_lvnese,as2t2;0-sp, NEWGATE AND LEADENBALL. The supplies of town and country-killod meat on sale here to-day aro moderately extensive ; foreign rather limited. The trade, generally, is steady, at full prices. Last week's imports were-2,774 carcasses from .N ieu Div, 2 packages from Harlingen, 441 packages and 8 baskets from Rotterdatn. Per 81b by the carcase. a d s d g d s d Inferior beef ...... 3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton 3 4 4 0 Middling do. ...... 9 8 4 0 Middling mutton 4 2 4 6 Prime lame d0.....4 2 4 4 Prime do 4 8 5 t , Prime small d0....4 A 4 8 Large pork 310 4 6 Veal 4 4 5 4 Small pork. 4 8 5 2 Lamb. Os Od to Os 01 BOROUGU 110 P. Fine hops are now becoming scarce, and are readily did posed of at extreme quotations. In middling and inferior qualities a moderate business has been transacted, at late rates. On the Continent the trade for all qualities rules cam, but the transactions have been chiefly of a retail character. The imports last week were large, comprising 191 bales' from Calais, 336 Dunkirk, 268 Antvverp, 173 Hamburg, 63 Ostend, 12 Rotterdam, 663 New York, 14 Bremen, and 54 Boulogne. Mid and East Keats l6os to 2203 per cwt Weald of .cents 1.40 s to 175 s „ Sussex 140 s to 168 s „ Yearlings ... 9os to 140 s „ Farnham and country to —s j3QIIOUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are well supplied with foreign potatoes, and the arrivals of home grown qualities are tolerably ex tensive. Fine parcels are disposed of at full quotations, but for inferior sorts the demand is inactive. Last week's import was 1,118 sacks and 78 tons from Antwerp, 96 baskets and 9 bags from Rotterdam, 52 tons from St. Malo, 7 baskets from Amsterdam, 119 sacks from Dieppe, 8 bags from Bremen, and 46 tons from Dahouet. Regents Ws to 140 s per ton. Rocks 100 s to 110 s „ Flukes .120s to 140 s „ WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool, which wero com menced on Thursday last, aro progressing steadily. There is a good attendance of buyers, both home and foreign, and the prices realised are about equal to those quoted at the opening of the sale. Cape wools have declined- dto lid per lb, but fine Australian qualities command LI per lb more money. The quantities to be brought forward are as under: —43,383 Cape of Good liop3, 6,929 Sydney and Queensland, 4,772 Port Philip, 4,007 New Zealand, 2,434 Adelaide, 937 Van Diemen's Laud; making a total of 62,504 bales. In English wool next to nothing is doing, at about late rates. Current prices of English wool per lb. a d Fleeces—South Down hogots 1 71 Half-bred do 1 91- • Kent fleeces South Down owes and wethers 1 7 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing d 1 81 1 191 1 9 1 8 1 9 1 10i 2 0 TALLOW. The tallow trade is quiet, at 44s per cwt on the spot, and 43s for spring delivery. Town tallow, 43s 3d net cash. Rough fat, 2s 21d per 81bs. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock—(this day) Prices of Y.O _l43s Od to 41s 6d 49 s 9d 44 s O d —s 0,1 418 - 9 d 50s 0..1 —s Od Delivery last week Ditto from Juno 1 Arrival last week 4,416 5,455 - 2,427 . 440 Ditto from June 1 65,414 57,061 68,095 57,424 Price of Town Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens quiet. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. - THE " EXAMINER" ON TIIE CONDE3INED FENIANS IN CANAISA.—The fate of the Fenians under sen tence of death in Canada should be decided without any regard to the construction that may be put on an act of grace. Men are not to be hung because sparing their lives might be falsely attributed to fear. The. judgment of the Government should be un swayed by the foolish rants and threats in the United States. But some respect is surely due to the feel ings of the American Government. The men might not have been captured if the American Govern ment had not faithfully and vigorously enforced its laws against piratical enterprises. And this fact warrants intercession, and entitles it at least to re spectful consideration. The inference in the course of justice in an independent State is not like that of the King of Prussia, who solicited the reprieve of the assassin Muller because he was a countryman. The fact that the blood-stained wretch was a German gave the King of Prussia no right of appeal against British justice. The President of the American Union may fairly claim to intercede for mercy, qn the ground that by the help of his power the pri soners had fallen into the hands of their enemies. But the question of the disposal of these men is not to be determined by influences, permissible or not, but by higher considerations. It has become a law of the land that life should not be taken for any crime but murder. Frost levied war against the Queen, and incurred the penalties of treason, but he was not put to death. Smith O'Brien and his fellow rebels were transported, though they had put their necks fairly within the halter. In both these in stances it may be said that the folly of the enter prises made it impossible to deal with them with tragical rigour ; but if folly excuses, there is cer tainly no lack of it in the Fenian case. The truth is, however, that the sentiment of the country would not have endured the enforcement of the extreme penalty for treason in the instances named. In the Fenian case the closest analogy is to piracy,, but how long is it since piracy was punished with death ? It is true that their offence might involve all other crimes, murder, arson, robbery; but justice deals with acts, not with contingencies or possible con sequences. A man who fires a house is punished for the arson, but not hung because some one might have been burnt to death. We have seen it argued that to show we are not afraid of the Americans, we ought to act as if we were in great fear of the Fenians, and make an example of the captured offenders. But fear should have nothing to do with the question, least of all the fear of being thought afraid. Let the criminals suffer suitable punish ment for their unprovoked outrage, but not the penalty reserved exclusively for murder. If they had done on our own shores what they had done ou the Canadian frontier they would have been shot and.bayoneted on the field, but when captured they would not have been hung by process of law. A long term of penal servitude would satisfy justice and keep her on good terms with humanity. THE " LONDON REVIEW" ON CELESTIAL WASTE OR WEALTH.---Early on Tuesday or Wednesday morning some 240,000 small bodies called shooting stars passed the earth in a cluster, penetrating the upper regions of its atmosphere, and exhibiting the most brilliant colours--red, white, and blue. There is no doubt that somewhere between the 11th and 14th November the earth shoots through a ring of innumerable fragments of planetary matter, many of which pass so near us that, revolving as they do round the sun with an average velocity of some 35 miles a second —say 3,600 times more rapidly than an ordinary express train—through the excessively rarefied air at a height of from 50 to 70 miles above the earth, they produce by their sudden con densation of that air the light which we call the light of shooting stars. The spectacle produced when these phenomena are clearly seen and in their greatest abundance, as they were on Tuesday night, is like a brilliant display of celestial fireworks. Humboldt and Bonpland, who were at Cumana (in Venezuela, South America) on the 12th November in the last year of the last century (1799), tell us that between two and five iu the morning the sky was covered with innumerable luminous trains which incessantly traversed the sky from north to south, presenting the appearance of fireworks let off at an enormous height,—large meteors, having sometimes au apparent diameter of one and a half times that of the moon, blending their trains with the long luminous and phosphorescent paths of the shooting stars. The same splendid spectacle was witnessed in Brazil, Labrador, Greenland parts of Germany, and French Guiana.* Mr. Newton, an American astronomer, believes, after careful obser vation and calculations, there are some seven millions and a half of these small bodies which traverse the at mosphere daily, and which would be visible on a clear night to an observer somewhere or other on the surface of the naked eye alone ; nay, that if all the meteors which could be seen in one clear, dark night, supposing the globe of the earth were a single living retina, and were aided by a powerful telescope ap plied all round it, were numbered, they could not be fewer than 400,000,000. The 240,000 or so which we see in such splendid masses somewhere near the 13th of November are but a single, closely concentrated group, apparently belonging to the same fragment of planet. It is calculated that within the space occupied by the earth with its atmosphere there are always at any single moment. some 13,000 small bodies called shooting stars, which would be under favourable circumstances visible to the naked eye, and at least forty times as many visible to telescopic observers under the same circumstances. And all these, it must be remembered, touch the margin of the terrestrial atmosphere, for it is by the collision with it that the light is emitted. They are far too near the earth to catch the light of the sun during our night. Not a few such planetary frag ments may, it is believed, have been attracted out of their own solar orbits into the earth's sphere of attraction, and become permanent satellites attend ing upon us, though too small and too near for ordinary observation. M. Guihemin tells us in his book on " The Heavens" that a French astronomer, M. Petit, of Toulouse, assigns to one such body a period of revolution round the earth of three hours and twenty minutes at a distance of 5,000 miles. So that, if he is right, we have a little satellite at a distance of not much above a single radius of the earth—not so far from its surface as Cal cutta is from London—which whirls round us in less than a sixth part of our own day. And if lie is light in this case, the chances are that there are many more such minute specks whirling round our heads at greater or less distances. The magnitudes of these most diminutive of all known planets—the existence of which we for the most part sh ould not suspect but for their flashing fire when they meet our atmosphere—are exceedingly trifling. , 0,11 Herschel believes most shooting stars to i \'‘ calculated meteor more than two ounces; and the lar g est meteor is said to weigh about two . hundredweight.at. these minute What strikes us most in considering a c rmous amount astronomical phenomenon is the of apparently waste planetaryenmoatter lavished there upon space by the divine ago, when plan. "on Now, was a time, and that not very g to talk it was thought almost irreligiou s at all. of waste material in the universe The moon, which is, of course, vastly bigger than 11 the enormous numb er of terrestrial meteors put a together, is, as almost all as t r onomers now believe, a great cinder, where no life is ; but then the moon is considered as answering the clearpurpose of light ing up the terrestrial night for half the year or so, so that even though not subservient to any lunar life of its own, it is fitted with a purpose which pre vents its being classed as waste material. But it will scarcely be supposed that the meteors which in such enormous numbers penetrate our atmosphere, and - are so seldom seen, being too scattered in space and time indeed to attract much notice except at one or two remarkable periods, exist only for the sake of `the celestial fireworks which are now and then visible on a moonless August and November night. They are really to the astronomical universe what the mites which dance in the sunbeam are to a single ray of light,—for the most part unobserved and unobservable. If they are not to be called waste astronomical material, it is only because there is nothing waste in the universe at all. But at all events they are to the organised 'matter of worlds like ours what the sparks of metal which a smith strikes out of the red-hot iron on his anvil, anJ which fly off to mingle again with the crust of the earth, are to the moulded iron which enters into the ma chinery of civilisation, and is used to plough that crust so as to render it infinitely mote produc tive and fuller of vital stimulus to human power. " Waste," may be, no doubt, as we were all taught in childhood, a false and profane idea. Still it has a meaning. Though nothing be absolutely wasted, that which is mere potentiality is waste as compared with that which is in full use. The desert is waste compared with land which bears much fruit. The undiscovered mine is waste power compared with the worked and discovered mine. The sea was waste while no one knew how to sail on it, as compared with the same sea when it became the pathway of nations. And in this sense, at. least, the scattered billions of ounces of meteoric matter which make occasional shows of fireworks in autumn nights, are waste compared with the same matter organised into worlds capable of sus taining such life as that of our earth. RE OPENING THE ALABAMA QUESTION. For example, they will be quite justified, in our opinion, if they re-open the question of the Ala bama with the present Government; and the pre sent Government will du both a graceful and an equitable thing if they prevent that move on the part of the American Government, and themselves take the initiative in it. Lord Stanley is not bound by the acts of Lord Clarendon and Lord Russell in a matter like this. A treaty contracted by either of these noblemen he would, of course, hold sacred ; ' but a negotiation about a matter of moral right or wrong between the two nations may, with perfect propriety, be opened and re-opened till it shall be settled to the satisfaction of both parties. Let us not, however, be misunderstood. We are not charging either Lord Russell or Lord Clarendon with conduct unjust in itself or contradictory to the letter of the law. According to the letter of ' the law they were right ; and looking to the wayin which the United States behaved, under cir cumstances still more vexatious, to the Portuguese, Lord Russell was justified in quoting American acts against American argument. But the heat of that controversy is over, and now that both parties are able and willing to look rather to the future than to the past, an etcellent opportunity is afforded us of doing the right thing in such a way as shall add to, not detract from, the dignity of our posi tion. Admitting the fact that the Alabama got to sea solely through the inopportune illness of the Queen's Advocate, we are scarcely justified in de clining to refer the matter in dispute between our Government and that of the United States to be impartial arbitration. By all means let a commis sion investigate and report; but a final reference to the only court capable of deciding between the high litigant parties wojild on our part be an act of grace, by which we should gain in prestige infinitely more than we might lose in hard cash, or other material compensation, the award going against us. —Blackwood's Magazine for November. Central Criminal Court—This Day. OLD COURT. The November sessions of tho Central Criminal Cour commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Re• corder, and Sheriffs In charging the grand jury, the Recorder said in conse quence of the short interval since the Court last met the cases were not very numerous. The first case to which he felt it his duty to refer was the indictment against William Scott for the murder of a woman said to have been his wife. They lived together, and both seemed to be ad dicted to habits of intoxication, and the question the grand jury would have to consider was whether the injuries which appeared to have been inflicted were committed by the prisoner, and that they caused the death of the woman. The medical gentlemen had no doubt that the death was caused by violence, and it was impossible to keep out of consideration the declaration made by the prisoner that he would do for her, and that she had lived too long. The learned gentleman then proceeded to enter into the details of the case, and, having done so, proceeded to notice the indictment against a parson named Young and others who stand indicted for causing the death of a lad named Wl inott in a sparring match with gloves at a publichouse kept by Shaw. The, law, as laid down by act of Parlia ment, was that in sports unlawful or productive ;of 'danger a party killing atiother was guilty of manslaughter. Such exercise, however, as tended to give agility in the use of the arms were not deemed unlawful, but boxing matches, and other sports of a similar kind, which were not got up fcr lucre, did not come under this description. In the pre sent instance the match took place in a publichouse, the combatants were engaged by the keeper of that house, and a sum of money was charged for admission. If the circum stances were such as he had stated, it would be their duty to find a true bill. There was another case of manslaughter caused by furious driving, and a third case 'of the same kind was as follows. It appeared the deceased had some difference with the prisoner Allen, who kept a pub lic-house, and on the night in question he went to the houso and forced his way into it. The prisoner ejected him, and the charge was that in doing so he had used more force than was necessary for the purpose, but struck him a blow, on which the deceased fell, and in so doin g re ceived such injuries that death ensued. If they came to the conclusion that the blow was not struck in self-defence, but in the moment of irritation, they would find a true bill. There was a charge of manslaughter against a woman named Power, of having caused the death of her child by failing to give it proper nourishment. The next case referred to by the learned Recorder was that made against a person named Brookes, for misdemeanour, the offence consisting of disobedience of an Act of Parliament. The Act alleged to have been violated was an Act relating to the proving of guns, and forbidding the use of such arms as had not been proved, and the prisoner was said to have sold and offered for sale a number of guns of which the barrels had not been proved. The offnce charged was not named amongst those which con stituted a misdemeanour, but was classified with those subject to a penalty, and the prisoner was not, therefore, liable to be indicted for misdemeanour. The only other charge which he thought it necessary to refer to was one against a person named Elders for receiving into his house a lunatic for board and hire, the prisoner not being licensed for that purpose. It was well that the public should know that no person could receive into his house a lunatic for board and hire with out the necessary authority, and persons so doing rendered themselves liable to punishment. The other cases were of the ordinary description to which it was not at all necessary for him to refer to. The grand jury then retired to their room. THE ROBBERIES ON THE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. The trial of Buckle and his wife, who stood indicted for receiving stolen prop erty, on the application of Mr. Metcalf, was postponed until next session, on the ground that some fresh cases were springing up. Mr. Munyard a c n m o r E . Low oF c i o a x n s ci r r A r c e l n * ' of conspiring to obtain a bill of exchang e from Frederic t iered to a c har g e Thomas, for £7O, drawn by Michael Brennan on the Im perial Bank of Jersey. No evidence was offered and t he jury immediately returned a verdict of not guilty. Sergeant Parry, who appea red for the d ursued in e f e nce, made some observations on the cours e that had n p bee the case, in which the two gen tlemen now before the court had been subjected to the g reatest hardships. When the case was before the magistrate it was at once dismissed ; but the present indictment had been framed under a recent Act of Parliament, and he felt the indictment was preferred simply for the purposes of extorting money. The Recorder thought the ]earned sergeant had better not say that. Sergeant t 0 0 0 b w e tpootbhl publicly t k i m no a N t v i n on th o at f Mr. Munya rd and Mr. Cowland had been no parties to the his iordship , Parry but ho Nv L u lt i d i t a ought t o nc e withdrawal of the case. On the contrary, they were most desirous of meeting the charge with an unequivocal denial. CHARGE OF LIBEL. Edward Sheridan surrendered to an indictment charging h i m with publis hin g a libel on a Brazilian g entleman named Albertquerque. Ire pleaded guilty to the second indictment. Mr. Sergeant Parry, who appeared for the prosecution, said it was felt t hat Sheridan was no t the author but m erely the publisher of the 1 : 1121 , au 1 , although the prose cutor, who was a gentleman of the highest respect a bilit y, n he did not wish defendant. ots hadbteenps.eubsjtehetee matter atouethrenun greatest h s t tanoyance, e Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., appeared for the defendant, said it was acting under his advice that the defendant had adopted the course he had done. The defendant was then called upon to enter into his own recognisances for £4OO, and to find ono surety for £lOO to come up for judgment when called upon. SPAWNING IN THE PERTHSHIRE RIVERS. —The present is expected to be a superior spawning season. In consequence of the heavy water for a considerable time past there is an unusual abundance of fish in all the upper waters. The Earn is well stocked, and carefully preserved by river watchers. - _. . 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Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller atedruth Wheal Mary Ann (nem Wheal Seton Wheai Tlelawney (Lis H MINES. 2.1.0 294 2.11.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8. z all o.t4s 44.9.6 4u 8.18.1: 8.10,u 5.10.6 t:1-17.6 t. 14).6 1.4.6 2.13. t 7.1.8 1i 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 9 all - 174 58i 5_Z7.0 7 8: 6 7 435 445 4 1 22 2i 5 7 2 3 2 3 1} 1 2 21 21 5 6 18 19 17 18 11 29 :11 21 31 2 4 4t 6 2/ 11(1 35 45 , 2 4 11 32 21 26 310 '330 t 8 7 9 3 5 1 2 15 .7 59 60 130 :40 75 85 19 20 10 12 35 145 7 9 PKEFICRENCE t3.IIARICS. Great Western, Orig. 4i per cent., 80 London and N.- ‘Vestern, Shrewsbury and Welzhpool, 81 5 LINES LEASED AT FIXED BENTALb. Buckinghamahlre. 91 Nottingham and Grantham It. and C, 91• P4011.11:1(i;,i ftIILIVA YS, Ba'tis and San Francisco, li.n., gua. 7 per cent., 13 Belgian Eastern. Junction, 4 Dutch Rhenish, 20 .)ttoman (Smyrna to 3} Sambre and Meuse, 5} per cent. pf., 9 8 South Auteuil add Lombardo Venetian, 16 FottElqN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 11 Port Philip, Scottish Austral an, Yudun .mutana of South Australia, litn., 1 I } BAN .Ilb. Albion, 541 A Wu., 19 Colonial, 35i Consolidated Bank, Urn., 5 Hindustan, China, and Japan, lim. ; Imperial Ottoman, him, 91 I I Lat'd Mortgage Bank of India. Um., 21 London Chartered t4inif of Australia, 214 2 London and 11 estminstcr, 93) Merchant Bank, Jim lj 4 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 91 I National Provincial of England, Ditto. 3 and .id. issue, 401 New South Wales, 43 Oriental Bank Corporation. 43 Provincial Banking Corporation, Um, 34 South Australia. 24 Union of London, 411 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 144 :5 141 A 110). Mexican Mint, 101 Telegraph, 41 Dit o, 8 per cent., 80 Berlin Water Works. Jim., 11 1 80.. bay Gas, lim., Ditto, new, 21 China Steam :•111p and Labuan Coal Company, 1 4 City Discount, lim, 11 Credit °tinier of ..En.4iand, 11w .31 Crystal Palace, 37 Ebbw Vale, I i E..fyptian Corn. and Trading, lira.,4 Electric Telegraph, 1314 Fore-street Warehouse, lim„ 13 Gun. Credit and Finana of Lbncian„ lirn., 41 1 Hudson's Bay, 17 Land Securities. 1 in., Freehold Land and Dock, 61 Nitional Discount i..ompany, 144 Ocean :marine Insurance). alt Otago and Southland Investment, 14 a eninsuia and Oriental Steam, 62a Royal Mail Steam, 103 Pcottish Australian Investment, UM.. 125 SSubmarine Telegraph, 59 Telegraph Constructh,n and Maintenance, lira., Ditto (.Cl),: 144 Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 7 6, 71 MURDER.—A barbarous and mysterious murder was committed near Carlton, Nottingham, on Saturday night.. The name of the murdered mau is Henry Rayner 491mWatson, a farmer, has been aural en M. 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 127 63- 71 6j 'l2ll 824 3 181 17,E 181 118 17 j 81 501 50 1251 1 j 5 121,E 4 i 4 107 ITI ES. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK.. TATTERSALLS'—This Eveung, THE DERBY. 800 to 100 agst Rake (taken) 1100 to 100 agst Plaudit (taken) 1000 to 80 agst D'Estournel (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Uncas (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Thornapple (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Summertime (taken) 400 to 10 that Plaudit wins the Two Thousand nov.l Rake the Derby. ARRIVALS A.T WARWICK. Lizard, Dr. Syntax, Gentian, Naiad, Marco Spada, Sylph, Joker Greenback, Canard, Wild Agnes, Shrapnel], Nuku heva, 0 vertonian, Tribute filly, Volunteer, Changeable, Zisca, Pelios, Pearl Diver, Plover, Lady C.iuton, Forester, Wild Ere , Blackbird, I.lJuchoir, Stockl)y, Skirmish, Bees , wing, Bessie, Brown Tommy, Columbine, Lady Pam, Nn, Saccharometer, Prim.l Donna, Hatty, Shakspeare, Dermot Asthore, Belmont, Gentle G de, Doralice filly, Little Jessie, Angelic; Dick Turpin, Cedric, Usher, Pro digal, Purity, La Dauphine, Bogate, Paris, Batthyany, Miller's Maid, Douro, Leases, Purchase, Soiled Dove, King of the Fairies, Fortunatus, Arcade, Lady Sophie, Mistletoe, Queen of the Isle, Indian Star, Ulphus Valiant Vigorous, Vice Versa, Rataplan filly, Venom, Her Lady ship, Bridesmaid, Orontes, Diomed, Rinaldo, and Effer— vescence. SPORTING NOTES. Mr. Frail's popularity was conspicuous for the patronage which ho obtained from the aristocracy for the Shrewsbury Meeting last week, extending over five days. Notwithstanding the lateness of the season, it produced numerous fields and sport of the best description. Mr. Merry's bill of fare, which will occupy four days of tho present week, is, as usual, an attractive one, and being absolutely the last flat race meeting of the year, will, at its conclusion, scatter far and wide the most enthusiastic of sportsmen, and the most inveterate of gamblers, to their winter pursuits and festivities. The Dounington Handicap has Overture, Paris, Mistletoe, and Thalassius engaged, and if his Lordship decides upon running her I think MISTLE TOE will win, next to whom I fancy PARIS. The Handi cap of 5 soya each, would, doubtless go to old Queen of Trumps had she not incurred a 51b penalty for winning at Shrewsbury on Friday, but even with Oat 31b on her back she must have an outside chance. However, LADY VALENTINE, 4 yrs, 7st 41b, and THAEAssrus, 4 yrs, Est 71b, are leniently treated, and having a good turn of speed will most likely give a satisfactory account of themselves. For the Free Handicap Hurdle Race I see nothing to interfere with the chanceof FORTUNATUS, though he has to carry Ost 61b, being 61b extra for winning the Longner Hurdle Race last week. The Tally-ho Stakes is best left alone, but to those who wish to speculate on the race my choice is TIGER. The two performances of GREENBACK on the same day at Shrewsbury give him a decided chance in the Nursery Handicap here, as, although defeated by Freemason in the second race, the latter has be en backed for considerable sums - for next year's Derby, and is a good horse. The acceptances not having yet been declared for th© Selling Nursery Handicap, I must decline to interfere with it, and also with the match between Whalebone and Vet for 500 sous, which brings me to a conclusion concerning the first day's racing. The Maiden Plate, on Wednesday, looks a certainty for HATT; should she start for it ; otherwise, I shall expect to see Lord Westmorland furnish the winner. The Great Autumn Wel ter Cup is only a mile, and I can see nothing to beatWILD AGNES, unless Pearl Diver or Mr. Hodgman's representa tive, probably Valiant, succeeds in doing so. The distance of the Guy Cup, five furlongs, will just suit THALASSIUS and PARIS. After going carefully over the weights for the Second Nursery Free Handicap, fit and well at the post, I should stand nothing but NINE Elms (by Stockwell out of Lady Kingston), one of the best-bred horses in the race. - In his absence Ratty reads dangerous; at the same time Blinkhoolie is a great favourite of mine, and with Fordham in the saddle, ho will certainly not be far from the winner's heels at the finish of the race. I dare not recommend anything for the Warwick Handicap Steeplechase. It is no envious task to analyse the chances of the 41 subscribers to the Great Midland Counties Han dicap, because, as a matter of course, I am quite in the dark as to the intentions of the owners. Nothing reads to me with a formidable chance until I come to The Special, which, in my estimation, provided the pilot has express instructions, ought to be extensively patronised. Brick is also bound to attract the notice of the judge, as he meets all his Liverpool and Shrewsbury Cup competitors on much better terms. Dulcimer, is remarkably well in, and it is anything but long odds that Mr. Payne may repeat his last year's success by winning with her. The fact of her running third in the Ascot Stakes, winning the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, and getting fifth in the Cesare witch, aro a convincing proof tho mare can get this dis tance of ground, and I shall therefore pin my faith on DULCIMEa. The Third Nursery Free Handicap may go to HATTY, as if sho should incur a penalty for winning previously she will then be by no means badly in. Next to her I fancy THE FILLY BY VOLTIGEUR OUT OF BLOSDELLE. Concerning Friday's racing I can say nothing for ob vious reasons, except that favourable accounts of COMBER TON for the Grand Annual Steeplechase have reached me. • A FRESHMAN. MONMOUTH, 1867.—The stewards for ;this meeting are the Duke of Beaufort, Lord Bateman, Lord Tredegar, and Reginald Herbert, Esq. COLOURS OF RIDERS.—Mr. Scott's Stonehewer's are— straw, green belt and cap. Lord Massereene (altered to) — black and white hoops, black velvet cap. Several of Lord Exeter's horses, including Knight of the Crescent (3 yrs) and Grand Cross (2 yrs) are advertised for sale by private contract. At the Shrewsbury Meeting the Duke of Hamilton purchased Canard of Mr. G. Angell for 350 guineas, and Joker of Mr. Godding for 200 guineas. Zisca, after winning the Attiugham Park Stakes, was bought in for 145 guineas, and after winning a Sweep stakes on Friday was sold to Mr. S. Thellusson for 90 guineas. WARWICK MEETING.—The races will commenco on Tuesday at 12 o'clock, but the Great Western run an ex press from Paddington at nine o'clock that morning, which will arrive in time for tho first race. TIER DUKE OF HAMILTON'S HORSES.—The horses be longing to the Duke of Hamilton are daily expected at His GTh'surs fNoerwhminairkeest,wwehlleares Matthew Dawson .of New future train recent purchase (Sultan)arrived from Chantilly one. will 'T MEETING.— LEAMlNGTONdreamy.ainTwh luitE riu=' p e l i e r c p h r a e s s e en h t o t r r s e e i s n b ei e .. longing AND WARWICKSHIRE iethstethe p y advertise a fast The Great Western Railway Zurmamington and War special train from Paddington day morn _ ng, i stopping at wick at nine o'clock on Tuesday d es a return special On Friday to the D k Reading and Oxford only, an id o e f °ti gentlemen nominated and Reading. „ r henry Chaplin, of Blankney Hall, for Sheriffs in 18 '' , id r . 11. C. Naylor, of Hooton, for for Lincolnshire, and at H scx GH p.m sia ., Oxford,tiwlistn Denbighshire. Capta in 31‘Gowan, is matched to trot 21 m il es T o TROT AG AINST TIME.—The celebrat ed trot ting horse, within o n the Riverside Park Cours e a t B os t on . Last yearnthis hour horse o trotted 20 miles in 58m. 25 5 . on th e l as t day o f October. He did it with great ease, and ap peared to be no inure distressed at the end than he was a t th e start. He is a well-bred horse from Kentucky, and used to be noted for running away. With age, however, h e has improved in steadiness, and his immense bottom a enables him to go on in a surprising manner.—ll r ilkes' Spirit of the Times, New York. RACING AGENT OF MR. MERRY, M.P.--Mr. Norman Buchanan, merchant and sLipowner in Glasgow, and some time racing agent to Mr. Merry, Ar.p., was examined on Friday in the Glasgow Bankruptcy Court before Mr. Sheriff Bell. He deponed—ln the year 1848 I was engaged by Mr. Jas. Merry to "back" horses for him at all races throughout England at which his horses were to run, and also at Tattersall's. I was also engaged to go and visit his training quartet in England, and to see his horses performing, and report progress to him. - I was also employed to arrange with trainers what races his horses should run in, and generally to take an active superinten dence of Mr. Merry's racing business. In short, I was to be his agent and commissioner in these transactions, and was recognised and kn ow n as such on the turf. I acted ' in this capacity from 1818 to 1861, both inclusive. I also purchased horses for Mr. Merry. My travelling and other expenses incurred in the above capacity could not be less than £l,OOO a year. I was constantly travelling from Glasgow to London, and from London to all places where the horses were entered. I was also abroad on Mr. Merry's business—three times in Prussia, and once in France. I have a claim upon Mr. Merry for these services, which I have made out and handed to the trustee; and in evidence of the boner fides of said claim I refer to numerous letters received by me from Mr. Merry, and which I have also handed to the trustee. Said claim is still resting owing, Came out at the close of the examination that the The statutory oath was administered to the b ankru p t. It bank rupt's claim against Mr. Merry amounts to £19,600. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. I Nottingham Derby ;Cl{. West Drayton l9 Epsom Lewes IIL. Lincoln l9 Harrow 2l MA: Liverpool Chelmsford Bromley AP. N or th am pton Windsor 4 Newmarket Craven 8 Thirsk .. ll Newmarket lst Spring 22 Durham. , 22 Catteriek Chester G 3) i 1021 10'i 104 k 57 f 51 12 101 2 99 i 974 861 4 ins 6"411 104*