The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-24 00:00:00

ACONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Comparatively few bills are on offer in the Dis count Market to-day, and the rates are as easy as before, viz., from upwards according to the class of ,Paper offered f or nego ti a ti on . rhe share list of the Coffee, Cocoa, Cotton, and General Produce Freehold Estate Company of Venezuela (Limited) will close on Saturday, the 28 th, for London, and on Tuesday, 31st, for the country. D uring the last few days there has not been much animation exhibited in the markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce. Sugar has generally maintained former rates. In tea there has been very little busi ness entered into ; while superior descriptions of coffee have commanded full rates. Rice has been In more request, and, owing to a slight concession on the part of holders, a fair business has been done in soft grain descriptions. Tallow has had a good demand, and quotations have remained steady for both present and forward delivery. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to neuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67 f. 92c. Flat. Most of the markets for stocks and shares denote b uoyancy, and there is an improvement also as re gardg the business transacted. The change in the weather will no doubt bring about a return of those who are now out of town on pleasure, and promote a farther extension of speculative enterprise Con sols have advanced to 89k f for money, and to 89/ 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87 i; New 2k per Cents, 70} ; An nuities,lBBs, 131; India 5 per Cents., 104.1 105; ditto 4 per Cent. Debentures, 981 ; and Bank of England Stock, 248 250. Foreign Stocks show no important alteration. Turkish Consolides are 44 I ; Mexican, 251 i; ditto New, 24} 4 ; Greek, 191 ; Spanish Passive, 29i ; the Certificates, 141 1; Italian, 64 ; the Confederate Loan, 6 7 ; wad Brazilian Scrip, 3 1 prem. American Stocks remain at about former values. United States' Government 5-20 Bonds are 64k 1; Eric shares, 83k ; and Illinois, 56i In the Railway Share Market there has been rather less animation, and a slight decline has taken place in values. Midland, North-Eastern (Ber wick), North-Western, and Lancashiro and York shire have each declined 55., Great Northern A Stock 103., and South Eastern 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Lon don and County have declined to 78 ; Oriental dank Corporation to 51} ; English Joint Stock to 12 ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are dealt in at 10} d ; Fore-street Warehouse at 11.1 n an d Overend, Gurney, and Company at 19t- ; All an's Transatlantic Telegraph Company are quoted 1 1z prem. ; Transatlantic Steam Ship, par i pre P re m. ; and L on d on an d A us t ra li an A gency, m. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 8 OVERNMENT rUNDS. pa GO eUt. Consols ? • 0 --'. Account, Noy. 8 B9f ,per Cent. Reduced B7l i 11.1e'vr 3 per Cext B7l 1- } 'w 2i per Cont. Jan. 1894 41 iDnoi 1 i tbi t Per3o Cent.yrs, Jeaxnp.h.lB73 7oi 0 sth Jan., 1880 IN). for' 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l3l Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1008..511;eh June Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, o. .£5OO 3 k 33 per Cent. Do Ila i. £lOO and £2OO „st,. of Engla d Stock, 11 per Cent 250 48 vo Accou tn. IND/ ._ ,-, eland Ind --0, ~.TOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'AO Stock, 101 Cent April 1874 — DOn per ~ Account 1,,0,. sApeceto•inetut. July, 1870 104 41 DO. 4 Per Cent Oct. 1888 /,e. Certificlt " _ ),, ~ . es ,0.• Lnfaced Paper 4 per Cent —t • 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 I:,° 5i- Per Cent., May 1879 — ,°• 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 9Bl t'°' iknds, £l,OOO —o. under .£l,OOO trliasztiriliaatlll°°p4itecirsbiSGerni:teriCljelintl?lBB-5-9"B O'CLOCK.-1-796} Do. 41 per Cent,, 185`1-58-60 , Do. " .uo. 8 .- 1863 13 e"P £l5 p tietios Ayres 6 peraid Chl?,? 1 r Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) lu _au 6Pe per cent _ ~, -00. 4/ per Cent ... Cub 4olombian 6 Per Cent. a 6 per Cont. • Danish 3 per Cent 1825 ~ Dm% 4 per Cent., 1863 — 0 ."°. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — ooanubian Principalities '4,luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do. Provisional Land Warrant — EgYPiian 7 per Cent 94i Do, Second Issue 94 Do £lOO Bonds DDo. 1864 921 i 3 21 £lOO Bonds Oreek 5 per Cents., 1824-.5, ex Coupons Do Account Do. Coupons Do Account Guatemala 5 por Cent. Do £B6 paid Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 a — Do Scrip, .£671 paid Do 5 per Cent., 1864 Mexican 3 • Ce- per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Itio ntevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4/ Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred r rs eru Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — an 4i. per Cent — Do. Account Do Scrip, £l5 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (U r ib arren ) — 1 ., Do 4j- per Cent., 1862 ° ltiguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Ac coun t Russian i per Cent., 1822, £ St B9i - De 4-} per Cent. 1850 D 3 41 per Cent., 1860 DDo 3 per Cent. 1859 o 5 per Cent. 1862 9lf 5 . per C. eardiznan 5 per Cent lB64 Do Account 741 Spanish 3 per Cent ... ..... Do Account .................................... Do Now Deferred...... ...... Do Account ......... Do Passive .............. . Do Account ......... . 29j Sranish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l4} Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4i p er C en t . 1864 ....- Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do D Account 91f 1 Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Acco un t 2l 7 Do £lOO B onds Do. 1i per Cent — Do 0 per Cent. 1862 — Do Account 751 5 Do £ lO O Bonds 75 f 90 6 per Cent., 1863 7l ..le,o 5 per Cent. 1865 DO £ 1(0 Bands 44 .i..) 0 , S cr i p, £35 paid Do G uaranteed, 4 per Cent — V nez per uela 3 Cent. Do 6 e. Acc • peountr Cent., 1862 -,, Do ' 6 per Cent, 1864 Austrian Dividends on the above payable in London. ee i . ) 5 per Cent. , Ex. 10 Florins I ) &144 4 1 Ex. 'sf -n t , , per cent., 2 . ~.,en 2i per Cont., Ex. 12 Guil .01.-Licic:. 4 per C ont. Certificates — Trap ell lt entes 4i p er C en t . _. o 4 n 5 0 Acc p oerunt Cent. ,1861, E x . 25f . 641 TWO O'OCLCK. e 7, 8 ° 0. ia Account ...." 89 # ........—______ Great Fire at Rotherhithe.—(This Day). ..--- s t_ Th i. B reorning, shortly before one o'clock, a most de ,iliiioetive tire broke out in the extensive premises of Messrs. „ di n '. e.e Grove and Son , wharfingers, granary-keepers, laid il!ntermen, Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, which has po u .,TI . Ina prOperty to the amount of several thousand -- wh o u i t tan T t h i a fi . r e was discovered by the Thames police, Y raised the alarm, observing an unusual glare Zfb,....ligtiriedthe premises, when the flames burst forth, and f i ,r s j t the metropolis for miles around. The power " th es e o n t gines of Shand, Mason, and Co. were shortly prc,,,_ ev s werend got t o wor k in first-rate style, but the tip entirely d es t royed. The cause of the fire is 9fflc ei, T he loge will fall on several flre ineurance YILICFRILUNCIG 1511A1CA8. onsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Lilo, Bristol and. Birm., 6 per cent., 131 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. ►n, Chatham, &c.. Metrop. Ext. B, 6 per cent.. 97 tto, C, 6 per cent., 75} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. Sc C., 92 1} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, ICI 1 Dutch Rhenish, 21 Great Luxembourg, HI Recite and San Francisco (Rm.), gua. 7 per cent., 141 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 171 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, la FOREIGN MINEd. Cobre Copper, 21 Don Pedro. North Del Rey, Frontino and Bolivia bold, inn., 3 Waehoe Gold, Hin., Ditto, (£4), 9 81 BNKS. Agra and Misterman's, lim. A 571 Alliance, lim., 324 2 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 14 Australasia, 71 Chartered Bank of India., Australia, and China, 21 Chartered ter. of India, London, and China, 50 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 32 Eng ish Joint Stock, Bin., 124 European Bank, lim.. 12 Imperial Ottoman, 16-4 Lard:Mortgage Bank of India, lim.. 41 London London a nd Couuank of M ty, e xi73 co and S. America., lim., 15 London Joint Stock, 51 London and lt estminster, 951 62 National Bank, 781 Oriental Bana Corporation. 514 Scinde,out hAustralia, Punjaub, 3 a s nd Delhi, lim., 01 South Standard of British South Africa, 16 Union of A ustralla.:s4 Union of London, 531 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 77 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Boa.bay Gas, Jim., Ditto. 3d Mane, 24 Ceylon Company, 101 Ditto, A shares, 2/ City of Moscow Gas, Jim., 3) City Offices, lim., 61 1 Copper Miners of England, P f. 71 pe rcent., 13} Credit Fonder and Mobil ler of kngla , Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim,, 71 Discount Corporation. 141 Egyptian Com and Trading, 1im., 24 Fairb a rn Engineering, 64 Financial Discount, lim.' 6 4 ' Fore - street Warehouse, inn. 111 Gen. Credit an d Finance of London. 11m., 6 Hudson's Bay, 154 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso..linf., 71 4 International Financial Society, lira., Joint Stock Discount, lim., 84 London Financial Association, lira, 224 Merchant Shipping, lim., 91 National Discount Lompany,'llm., 151 Ottoman Financial Association, lira., 9 Overend, Gurney, and Co., 1im.,191_1 Royal Mail Steam, 1201 14 Scottish Australian Investment, lim., 121 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance). lim.," 8E Trinidad Petroleum, lim., 54 Trust and Loan Company a Upper Canada. 5 Wafrantyina no , t3l Mid( Di Lonth D] SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. :I 1 1 1 Closing I Business Railways. Pail Price. done. 13/76t01 and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .. 92 94 'Cork and Bandon. 94 96 12 14 6 6 . 87 7 71 73 Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc E.London, trip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock 12 3 d 109 111 46 47! 7 8 130 132 15) 151 Do. B stock Do. New, Is. at 25 pn, GtS, and W. of Ireland 'Gt. Western -Original 1) ‘. S. Vag. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 90 02 63f G 4, 61 63 42 44 36 39 104 1 06 1221 124 89 91 1(4 1(6 38 40 50 52 1241 121 9tl 97 674 134 159 140 3 Tip lip 103 104 126} 124 14 21 , ' 95 97 611 62, 8 B O. 110 111 47 i c Do. Newport Do. Del eford Lane ishire & Yorkslim London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast. Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Flx. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She)., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension Metropolitan District., Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid and Do. L 9 Share Do, Birmin.. & DQrbyl Mid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,•et Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock (Jo. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon ,iziutti E. stern 'it:tines, Wok., ,t Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath I Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall BRITISH P Atlantic. St. Lawrence Bona.,Baroda, gu. 5 per cent... Do. i shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. ; 872-3- ; ......• • Calcutta & S. E., lim Gape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr• f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 1' o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. tout h of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wee. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 io. 50 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4} do Do. 43 do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. Hl.C'da, 6pc Ist/alas. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do t Do. Puniaub Do. Indus St. Flo COLONIAL GO VER; British Columbia,6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.tt July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. a. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Du.Apl.&Oct 1690-190( Do. do: 1880-9 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.( Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. C, 1873, Jan. and July Do. IN7B Igo. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. tt Aug Natal , :ov. 6 per cent N. B. Gov. p.c.Ja.&,lul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c., 18e,r, Do. 5 p c. 18,1 to 187, • Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 8 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 1 4ueensland Gov. 6p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18684 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct , BRIT I Cam. Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavlstk Gam. ac StAubyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy... G. Wheal Vor (Heist in Grenville Herod's Foot ..... Hingston Downs Margaret (tiny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lira New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr midenee UnyLelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow &Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and CB gan, lira West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L skeard West Chi verton ....... . ..... . West Setott .... . ....... Wheal Bassett 'Mogan, Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Setou .......... Wheal Trelawney (Ids. 68 69 103 103 i 36 17 10 11 p 118 120 1 11) 1 } 141) 75 7 6 10 11 • 148 152 54 61 60 6! 57 69 80 a& 8 4 9 4 148 152 3 4p 103 105 57 52 1501 5) (4 I n 122% 1 I E9i 94 1241 5 If t 98 i 7 581 134 81 Vi 127 6j 7i 1101 11 1031 1 f SSIONS. 68 60 101 102 id ir) 5 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 101 102 103} 1041, 21 24 87 89 63 67 55 60 53 57 s 2 55 43 49 43 45 28 29 28 '<9 103 104 I I P 2 2p 101 102 151 18} 5 411 98 Is 85 87 1 id 100 102 93 95 SS 90 64 66 82 84 101 102 101 102 4 Id 100 101 161 f 131 :T SECUR: 94 93 15 93 95 81 83 81 S 3 103 105 107 109 106 10, 105 107 931 9U h 3 105 110 112 103 1(5 104 106 107 109 1 6 107 102 104 96 98 9) 101 93 95 90 91 103 105 84i 85i 90 101 102 103 106 108 105 106 NES. 9 10 18} 19. 560 580 24 1 26 94 104 5 21 4 1 15 16 24 3 2 21 22 14 2 4 44 331 144 24 3 39 41 44 41 5' 34 44 24 '14(1 35 40 10 12 11} 32 34 430 450 3 3} 12i 174 10 12 17 18 5 8 6 7 10 12 72i 77i 165 175 75 80 26 28 4 6 155 115 18 19 OSSE 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 3} 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 THE Still, LONDON, ITESDAY EVENII\ CI-, OCTOBER 24, 18b5. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Hazlitt.) IN RE GLADSTONE AND CO.-THE FAILURE FOR NEARLY £1,000,000. _ _ These bankrupts, whose case has boen reported fre quently of late, were merchants in the city, the liabilities at the time of the stoppage being £900,000, with assets sub ject to realisation of property in America. To-day was appointed for an audit meeting, a sum of £3,600 having been collected by the assignees. CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Mitellanlar3.) BRI:MAN V. ISAACS. This was an action to recover £3, the value of a gold coin of the reign of Charles 1., which had been detained by defendant under vory suspicious circumstances. Upon the first hearing it appeared that defendant purchased of an auctioneer a quantity of goods that had not been sold under the hammer, and amongst them was a box which was valued at one shilling. A short time afterwards the plaintiff saw the box in defendant's shop and asked the price, purchasing the article for three shillings. After Mr. Bruinan got the box home he began to examine it, and coming to a secret drawer, got it open, finding in it a very handsome gold coin of the reign of Charles 1., but in an excellent state of preservation. He subsequently called upon defendant and showed him the coin, telling him where it had been found. Defendant asked to bo allowed to see it, and upon its being handed to him said it was his property, as he had clearly not sold it to the plaintiff. Mr. G. 0. Nash, for defendant, urged that plaintiff had clearly no title in the property, and his Honour reserved judgment till to-day, the coin being placed in the custody of Mr. Cheeret, registrar, until judgment was given. When the case was called his Honour said he was ready to deliver judgment. Defendant—Your Honour will understand that I never sold the coin. His Honour quite understood the defence, and since the last hearing had considered this matter very seriously. There was no doubt the circumstances of the case wore somewhat singular, and it was for the Court to say in whom the property in the gold coin really vested. It ap peared that the defendant had bought at an auction a box covered with figures and tapestry, which he subsequently sold to the plaintiff for 3s, and in that box plaintiff found a gold coin, which he showed to defendant, who claimed it and sot up that he had never sold it to the plaintiff. Now the question here was who was the finder of this coin, and what were his rights. It had been held that the finder of hidden property had good right against all the world ex cept the owner, and it could not be said in the present case that defendant was the owner of the property now in dis pute. It was quite clear that plaintiff had found the coin, and it was equally clear that when defendant sold the box ho did not know the coin was in it. Looking at this fact, it would be for the Court to see in what position the parties stood, and really plaintiff as the finder had all the rights of a finder, except in so far as concerned the owner of the coin. His Honour was very glad to be able to refer to a case in the books in which this view of the law had been laid down by the superior court. In the case of Merry and Green, vol. 7, Meesom and Welsby's Reports, page 623, it appeared that a person had bought at a sale an old escritoire, for which he gave 265., and in a secret drawer he found a largo quantity of money. The judges held that he had all the rights of a finder as against all but the owner. Again, there was the case of the chimney sweeper's boy, who found a ring set with stones. He took it to a jeweller's shop, and the assistant removed the stones, tendering the boy throe-halfpence for the metal. A dispute arose, and it was decided that the boy as the finder was entitled to the property. But there was even a stronger case than either of these reported in the 21st Law Journal, Queen's Bench, page 75. There a customer in a tradesman'■ shop picked up inside the shop a bundle of bank-notes. He handed these notes to the owner of the shop, and they were subsequently advertised. At the end of a certain time, no owner appearing to claim them, the finder de manded that they should bo handed over to him. The tradesman refused to do this, and in the action that was tried Mr. Pattison laid it down that the finder of the notes had all the rights of a finder, even against the owner of the shop, although the notes were actually picked up in such shop. His lordship referred to the case of Merry and Green, and gave judgment for the plaintiff. Looking at these cases, and the circumstances of the present action, his Honour had no course before him but to decide that the plaintiff had all the rights of a finder against all the world but the owner of the coin. The verdict, therefore, would be for the plaintiff. Mr. Nash—l protest against it. I say it boldly, that the coin belongs to tho Queen, and it is so laid down in Chitty on Burns. After some conference it was arranged that Mr.Cheeret should hand the coin over to plaintiff, the damages being reduced to ls., with costs. Verdict for the plaintiff. CRIMINAL COURT,—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) ROBBERY OF THE BANK OP LONDON. Thomas Wood, aged 38, who pleaded guilty last session to a charge of fraud on the Bank of London, to the extent of between £3,000 and £l,OOO, was brought up for judgment. The prisoner was one of the principal cashiers of the bank. Mr. Metcalfe, in mitigation of punishment, said the pre sumed bankers know their own business best, but ho could not help saying that their practice of allowing accounts to go unchecked for periods of four or five months held out great temptations to persons in the position of the prisoner. He had made no false entries, and since the dis covery of the frauds he had given the fullest information, which had resulted in the return to the bank of about £l,lOO in money and securities. The funds were attri butable to transactions on the Stock Exchange. The Recorder, after commenting upon the serious cha racter of the offence, sentenced tho prisoner to five years penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Beforo the Common Sergeant.) The trial of Kolly and Taylor, committed for alleged forgeries on the Birmingham Banking Company, was post poned until next session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day, MARLBOROTJUH-STREET. RUFFIANS PROPERLY PUNISHED-THE WEST END BEG GING NUISANCE. —John Donovan and Margai et Donovan were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with begging and assaulting George Tanner, cab-driver, badge 9,495. Complainant said last night about 11 o'clock I drove up in Grafton-street, Bond-street, with a gentleman inside my cab. The male prisoner stepped up and begged of the gen tleman. I told the prisoner to go away, but he persisted in stopping and prevented the gentleman going into the house. At last the gentleman got away from the prisoner, and the prisoner then gave me a blow in tho mouth. I held him so as to detain him till assistance came, when he kicked and struck me several times, and we fell, and while on the ground the female prisoner came up and pulled my hair and kicked and struck mo several times in the face. I, however, managed to detain the male prisoner till the police came up. Mr. G. W. Quallett, a gentleman residing in New Bond street, said I was last night alighting from my cab when I was impeded by the male prisoner. The cabman very civilly told the prisoner to stand back, but he would not do so. I paid my fare, and directly afterwards the prisoner struck the cabman in the mouth in the most savage manner. The female prisoner then came up, and both prisoners attacked the cabman like fiends, the female prisoner strik ing and kicking him and pulling his hair. All the cabman did was to request the male prisoner to stand back. As Bond-street is infested with beggars, and I consider the assault to have been a most savage and unprovoked one, I felt it my duty to come forward on the part of the cabman, whose conduct was very good. Police-constable 64 C proved seeing the female prisoner assaulting the complainant, and said the male prisoner was very violent both on the way to the station and when there. The male prisoner in a bullying tone denied the charge of begging. Mr. Tyrwhitt (to the male prisoner)--I well know what sort of a person you are. You are one of those bad people who frequent the west end of the town and try to bully people out of their money. You will go for two months with hard labour, and the female will be fined Os. or a month. The male prisoner, who has been several times charged at this court, loft it bullying the witnesses. WESTMINSTER. COWARDLY Assaumr.--Alfred Jones was charged with a violont assault upon Jamos Pantor, coachman to a gentle . man in Pimlico. Complainant said that last night he wont into a public house called the Prince of Wales, near Bessborough-gar dons, and saw some friends, as also the prisoner, who had been farrier to his master some time before. Prisoner asked him to drink, and he did so ; prisoner then asked him how it was he had taken his horse to another farrier ? and he replied, that as he had moved from where he lived, ho found the new farrier nearer. Prisoner then abused and struck him severely, and they fell. He asked prisoner to leave him alone, but ho was again attacked, and they again fell; and when prisoner was got away his brother also attacked him. He had given no provocation ; on the con trary, when their father died, he had behaved in a very kind manner to the widow, and assisted her to the best of his means. Walter Jones, farrier, brother to the defendant—l was in the Prince of Wales last night, and had some beer. My brother asked him to drink, and he did so. Ile asked about the work being taken away from him, and after a few words Panter called him a liar, whereupon his brother struck him, and they fought. ranter threw his brother and they fell on him ; and they fought again, but Panter aggrayated his brother and made him strike him. Panter denied the assertion of this witness, who was one of those that assaulted him. Mr.Selfe said—Take prisonor's own account of it he had struck tho first blow, and had thou assaulted complainant. Ho was fined Gs., or seven days. The fine was paid. The Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (Limited). HALF-YEARLY MEETING THIS DAY. The ordinary half -yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders of this company was held to-day at the London Tavern ; the Chairman ana 9overnor, the lion. Stuart Wortley, presided. • The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having been read, The CHAIRMAN said, that with a report like that which he saw in their hands, and which the directors had the satisfaction of laying before the meeting, he should think it unpardonable by them as men of business if he detained them by any lengthened observations from the chair. Ile should have thought that from the prosperous state of their affairs the meeting would have been merely formal; but, considering it was the second meeting of one of the greatest financial companies in the city of London, ho thought it would be judicious to refer to the most salient points in the report. They had of course, critics, detractors, and timid shareholders, but there was no denying the fact that the society had now taken an important position in the commercial world. It was the desire of the directors to give the shareholders all the information they could, but it must be recollected that their company was not one of an ordinary nature. A great portion of its business was of a private and confidential character, which, if made public, would injure the company and lessen the dividend. (Hear, hear.) Short of conununication of that cha racter, the directors desired to be frank with the share holders,and give every information in their power. If the great private firms of the metropolis were called upon to disclose all their private transactions, he doubted whether the Rothschilds and the Barings would occupy the high and honourable position they did at the present moment. Therefore the directors could not give information of that nature, and if that circumstance created any timidity, the market provided a ready means of gentlemen ridding themselves of their liability. The balance-sheet contained as full a statement of their affairs as any groat banking concern in the city of Loudon ever published. Everything most certainly was not disclosed, but as much information as could be safely given to the shareholders by the direc tors had been communicated, but beyond that the directors could not go. (Hear, bear.) Tho first item that invariably . attracted tho attention of men of business was " bills payable," that stood at £17,500, which for a society of their importance was very small. (Hear, hear.) From their statement of accounts, several items which appeared in the April account had disappeared, amongst them those for build ing offices, furniture, itc., and preliminary expenses, which generally were not of an insignificant amount, there was one peculiar item—viz., bills receivable, securities, loans, &c., and sundry debtors, £1,217,932—which, it was, said by some ought to have been more in detail ; but results had proved the correctness of the discrimination of the directors. (Hear, hear.) It was the universal practice of all great corporations, both financial and banking, to give no further particular than they (the directors) had given ; and, in proof of this, he recollected seeing in one of the balance-sheets of the London and Westminster Bank no less a sum than sixteen millions of money in one lump under that head. The best answer he could give was the high position the company had taken, because within the last twelvemonth it had extended its arms into some of the riohest fields of profit. Tho company had had ita de tractors, and they had not been slothful in their efforts. They had been driven into the market, and, unfortunately, they had been induced to sell, and thus they lost the ad vantages they would have received had they held on. (Hear, hear.) He was sure that the shareholders would agree with him that they were now above those detractors, but they were not above criticism and inquiry, and he could only tell them that all was fair and above board. (Hear, hear) If the directors had been disposed to be reckless and rash in their transactions they could have perhaps doubled their business, but possibly they might have diminished their profits. (Hear, hear.) Such a course of action, however, had not been that pursued by the directors ; they had well considered every transaction in all its bearings before they entered into it, and no greater care could be taken by any private gentleman than was observed by the directors before concluding any of their transactions. The directors had £lBO,OOO prufit to deal with, which he thought the shareholders would be of opinion was not a bad six months' work— (hear, hear)—and the directors had thought it safe to follow up that paid last April, and to declare on the present occasion a dividend of a similar amount, viz., a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum for the half year, with a bonus of the same amount, making the divi dend amount to the rate of 40 per cent. (Cheers.) After paying that dividend it would leave a surplus of £51,000 to take over to the next account ; but it had been thought by some that by a little squeezing some more in the shape of dividend might have been paid, but he thought they would agree with him that the directors had appropriated _ . _ their profits in the most beneficial manner. The directors had determined, iu order to meet their increasing business, to take power from the shareholders to issue 100,000 now shares, and thus increase the paid-up capital from half-a million to a million. (Hear, hear.) Thoy would be offered in proportion of one new for every two shares then hold, such new shares to be issued to them at a premium of £2 10s. per share. This arrangement would absorb 50,000 of the proposed new issue, but the remaining 50,000 would be offered to the general public, who, of course, would include every shareholder that might wish to apply, at a premium of £3 10s. (Hear, hear.) The in crease of their capital would give them a better status, but it could not give them more caution or morn discretion. The two great credit companies of France had, like theirs, found detractors, but what was their position at this moment ? Why they were a means of support to the Government of that country, and the Government improvements that had been carried out in Paris, Lyons, and Marseilles, were effected mainly by their assistance. Some persons wished to know where their reserve fund was invested,, because they thought everything un safe but the 3 per Cents. He could only say the fund was not invested in the 3 per Cents., but they were invested in available securities of the most undoubted solidity. Other persons were driven to examine their accounts ; however, with the reserve ho had mentioned, the directors,were quite as anxious that everything should be known as any one person could be. They had no fear of disclosures, and with out detaining them longer he would resume his seat by formally moving the adoption of the report, and an intima tion that he should bo happy to answer the questions any shareholder might put to him. Mr. LEVIC; the deputy chairman, seconded the motion. After the exhaustive speech of the chairman all that was left him was to indorse every sentence he had spoken. Mr. MEnnuxs asked how the value of the assets had been estimated. Mr. GRANT, the managing director, saidin every instance they had been valued at the lowest market value of the day. Mr. CARPENTER felt dissatisfied at the way the directors had invested the reserve fund, and therefore he moved the following:—" That the meeting requests the directors to invest the £300,000 reserve fund in 3 per Cent. Consols or some similar security : and further requests that no part of it shall be used in the current business of the company without the authority of a vote of a general or extraordi nary meeting of the shareholders." The amendment was received with loud laughter, and for some time no seconder could be found; at length Mr. BRUCE seconded the motion amidst renewed merriment. Mr. DENT said with respect to the reports detracting from the merits of the company, he had to say ho was the last elected director to the board, and he pledged his hon our, as a merchant of the city of London, that everything was accurate and correct. Mr. TAYLOR then made somo remarks, which the meet ng felt disinclined to listen to, when The CHAIRMAN, in very severe terms, stigmatised the conduct of Mr. Taylor in making statements which were entirely devoid of foundation. Ho hoped that after what he had said their next meeting would be more conspicuous by the absence of Mr. Taylor than his presence. _ _ Mr. BERNARD asked how the new shares would bo dis tributed ? The CHAIRMAN said that was a matter which must be left to the absolute discretion of the directors. Neither ho nor the directors had friends to serve, and ho could assure the meeting that everything would be done in the fairest manner. The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment to the meeting, but only the mover and seconder voted for it. With this exception, the resolution of the chairman for the adoption of the report was agreed to unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved a vote of thanks to their managing director, Mr. Grant, whose exertions during the past six months had been beyond praise. Mr. DAVIS, of Southampton, seconded the motion, whi c h was carried unanimously. Mr. GRANT returned thanks, and in doing so said all he had to ask of gentlemen was, before thoy questioned certain passages in the report, to fully consider it as a whole, and then they would have some notion of the labours and anxieties of the gentlemen who formed their board of direcfors. A vote of thauks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. PROPOSED RAILWAY AMALGAMATION.—It is understood that an arrangement has taken place between the Caledonian and Fourth and Clyde Junction Railway companies, by which the Caledonian Company is to acquire the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, and guarantee the stockholders a dividend for the year com mencing after the passing of the Act of Parliament sanc tioning the arrangement at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum, increasing every subsequent year at the rate of per cent., until the maximum of 3f per cent. per annum, is reached, at which last rate the guarantee is to continue in perpetuity. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—The following gentle man passed his examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received a certificate to practise, on Thurs day, October 19 :—James Alonzo Taylor, Great Barr, near Birmingham. The following gentleman also on the same day passed his first examination :—Thomas Saueome, Sydeullam College, Dirmine,liam, 104} 31 211 IVES. 901 9) THAMES. A DISASTROUS FlGHT.—Thomas M'Nally, aged 20, lighterman, of No.lo, Orchard-street, Ratcliff, was brought before Mr. Paget on a warrant, charged with assaulting. John Coghlan, a coal whipper of Ratcliff Cross, and break ing his leg. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner. The complainant, who was supported on crutches, and who came from the London Hospital to give evidence, stated that, on the 23d of July last, the prisoner was walk ing up and down the street where ho lived with a knife in his hand and swearing ho would be revenged on some one. He went out and asked the prisoner what he meant, and he put it in his pocket, and struck him a violent blow on the head. Another man, named Riley, immediately came down upon him and struck him. He was knocked down by the prisoner, and Riley jumped on his legs and broke ono of them in two places. He had been in the London Hospital ever since, and was ruined for life, and his wife and family were starving. In cross-examination by Mr. Charles Young, the wit ness said he was not at all the worse for liquor. He did follow the prisoner across the street to fight him. M'Nalty hit him, and Riley jumped upon him. Mr, Charles Young said there was no doubt the log of the unfortunate man was broken. It was a great misfor tune, but the complainant had brought it on himself. He called Patrick Bunal, who said that M'Nally was pass ing the complainant's door, and a dog "flew out" and bit his hand severely. The prisoner wont to Dr. Arnold, an eminent medical practitioner in Brook-street, Rateliff, who dressed the wound and cauterised it. Tho wound was a very severe ono indeed. After M'Nalty was bitten, he was fighting with the complainant, who to the best of his opinion and belief was intoxicated. Michael Murray saw the prisoner severely bitten by Coghlan's dog, and his hand was lacerated and bleeding from the bite. Coghian went out and fought with Mr. M'Nally and Riley. Mr. Paget—Has Riley been in custody for his share in this transaction ? Mr. Charles Young—He was here sozno time ago and fined 40s. Mr. Paget—lt is evident the complainant has in a great measure brought this great calamity on himself, and began fighting with his countrymen. Too much violence was used by the party and Riley. Ono man has already been fined 40s. I shall inflict the samo punishment ou the pri soner-40s. fine, or 14 days' imprisonment. SOUTHWARK. —ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —Ellen Leo, an elderly woman, was charged with attempting to destroy herself by jump ing from the stairs at the Surrey side of Westminster bridge into the river. Police-constable 195 11 stated that he was on duty last night, and about a quarter to 12 o'clock he saw the pri soner walk to the end of the bridge and descend the stairs to the waterside. When ho came up to her he found her up to her waste in water, and with some difficulty drew her on to the stairs. She was very drunk, and said she intended to commit suicide. The prisoner, in reply to the magistrate, said that she was very sorry for what sho had done, and there was no cause for it except her being drunk at the time. Remanded till Monday next. A DISHONEST POTNIAN.—William Payne was charged with stealing some gin and wine, value be., the property of his employer, Mr. David Nicholson, licensed victualler, proprietor:of the Salisbury Arms, Fair-streat, Horsely down. From tho statement of the prosecutor it appeared that on Tuesday morning ho went into the cellar, where he found the prisoner drawing some gin from a vat, and there was a bottle containing some port wine on the ground by his side. The prisoner had no business in the cellar, and got admission by a duplicate key, as he always kept the keys in his own possession. When he entered the cellar the prisoner ran away, and he was not taken into custody until yesterday evening. He never saw him drunk. He had taken him out of the streets when he was getting his living as a shooblack. Tho prisoner pleaded guilty, and selected to have the case disposed of by the magistrate instead of being sent for trial. Sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour SLEEPING IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—Jonathan Sharpe was charged with being found asleep in one of the carriages of the 3.11 o'clock train at London-bridge terminus last night, and using abusive language. One of the ticket collectors of the London, Dover, and Chatham Railway said he found the prisoner asleep in ono of the carriages last night. lie roused him and asked him for his ticket, and he at first denied that he had one, but afterwards produced a ticket for the lino between Syden ham and the Elephant and Castle. He refused to pay the excess and abused the witness. The prisoner admitted that he had fallen asleep in the carriage, but he offered to pay the difference in the faro, which the witness refused. He denied positively the use of abusive language. The witness adhered to hie state ment as to the refusal of the prisoner to pay the difference, and his abusing him. The magistrate, having commented on the misconduct o the prisoner, said that, before convicting the prisoner, he must see the bye laws with the seal of the company, and in the meantime the prisoner would have the means of mak ing an arrangement with the prosecutor. This suggestion was agreed to and the prisoner was dis. charged. MARKETS—This Day. HAY. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 45 to £5 10s; eloYer, £5 bs to £6 100 ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 13s per load. Trade very firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clo'rer, £5 5s to £6 10$ ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 15s per load. Trade quiet. WHITECH APEL.—Ifeadow hay £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 58 to £6 108 ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 14s per load. A slow demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderato amount of business has been trans acted in the private market, and prices have remained steady. SUGAIL—The market has been less animated, and the dealings have been chiefly confined to superior grocery descriptions, which have maintained former rates. In the refined market there is no material change to report in values. COFFEE.—There has beon a fair demand for both plan tation and native Ceylon, and superior qualities command full rates. RICE.—Soft grain qualities have been in more request, and a fair business has boon done, holders having met buyers by a slight concession. TALLOW. —The mar k et has been moderately active. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 525, and January to March Ns 9d per cwt. S HIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. Lox Dow, Oct. 24.--Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's ship Basilisk, for China. SWANIMA, Oot. 23 . —Wind S.E. Sailed—lndian, for Valparaiso. CARDIFF, Oct. 23.—Wind B.W.—Arrived—Nautilus, from Now York. Sailed—Eliza, and Mary Bangs, for Monto video. LEITH, Oct. 22.—Wind S .W. — Sailed—Monitor, for Melbourne. HULL, Oct. 23.—Wind S. W. — Arrived—Jupiter, from Buenos Ayros. CLYDE, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.--ArriTed—Hanco Groja, from Bnenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 2 2 . --Wind B.W.—A r rived -Mary Coles, from Charlotte Town ; Devonshire, from Africa ; Anglo-Saxon, 23.—Wind S.E. — AliTed—Marmion, from Oct. 23 . — Wind B.W.—A rr i ve d— Amphi- L y Shields trite, from Onega. S C ILLY, Oct. 2 . _Wind N.E.—S a il e d .—Bride of Hesse, for St. Michael's. mu TH for fOr Rio Q J ll an e eiro. YAXMOSITH, Quebec. PLYMOUTH, [By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday, 10.30 a.m. A frigate, supposed to be the Arothusa, returning from tho race to Madeira with the Octavio. and Constance, is now inside the Eddystone, advancing towards the Sound. GRATEssxh, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 24.—" Victor, steamer, from Brussels; Carl Fifteenth, from Gothenburg; Forth, steamer, from Ham burg; Rhine, stsamor, from Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, Oct. 23.-1-larriett Wardle; for Jamaica; Raleigh, for the Cape of Good Hope; Margaret, for Swansea; Queen of the Clippers, for Terceira—all from London. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. Market opens flat. The sales will probably amount to 5,000 bales. THE APPROACH OF WINTER.—Signs of winter are beginning to make themselves manifest in the Lake dis trict of Cumberland. On Thursday last Skiddaw and other hills of that range were covered with snow. This in ordi nary seasons is no unusual occurrence at this time of year, but this year it is noteworthy, inasmuch as the weather in that vicinity has been up till this week such as to induce trees and plants to . put forth second crops of lintimely flowers and fruit. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Oct. 17.—Her Majesty's screw corvette Racer, 11, Commander L. Brine, which left Malta on the Bth of September, with despatches for Vice- Admiral Smart, returned on the night of the 12th inst. She arrived at Leghorn under steam on the 12th of September, in quarantine, but, not finding the fleet there, weighed and proceeded to Spezzia. Having communicated, under quarantine restrictions, she ascertained that the fleet had sailed a few hours previously for Leghorn, and accordingly made sail after it. Arriving there the next morning, she found the wooden ships of the fleet--Victoria, Gibraltar, Orlando, and Chanticleer—at anchor in the roads, and the Psyche inside the Mole. While performing her period of quarantine the Racer had the misfor tune to lose her surgeon, Dr. M'Clure, very sud denly, from disease of the heart. The body was landed in the Lazaretto, and a day or two after wards, on the Racer completing her term of quaran tine, it was removed to the English cemetery, and interred the following day (September 21) with the usual honours. Several Italian officers joined in the procession. The Surprise, gun-vessel, having arrived at Leghorn from Malta with despatches, and the Chanticleer, 17, having sailed for Malta with the mails, the Victoria, Gibraltar, and Orlando weighed anchor at 2 p.m. for Castellamare, the Psyche following next day. The Ricer then proceeded to Genoa in search of deserters, and having received four men belonging to the Victoria and Chanticleer who had been picked up by the Italian authorities, she made sail on the 29th to join the fleet, and on Oct. sth fell in with the wooden and ironclad squa drons, under the command of Vice-Admiral Smart and Rear-Admiral Yelverton, exercising off Capri. The Victoria, Gibraltar, and Phoebe (the last vessel having been relieved at Patras by the Magicienne) proceeded into Castellamare, the Surprise also arriv ing there about 4 in the afternoon from Leghorn. The latter ship, after communicating with the Com mander-in-Chief, steamed out to the Racer, and made over to her the despatches for Rear-Admiral Kellett and orders to proceed to Malta under sail. The Surprise left the following day for Malta, the Orlando having sailed at the same time as the Racer for this island on her way to England to be paid off. All three ships have since arrived here, as well as the Enterprise, 4, ironclad, which left Castellamare on the 2d. The Racer, having filled up with stores for the fleet, left Malta again on the 16th, taking also with her despatches for the Commander-in-Chief, and the Enterprise left to-day t 6 join Rear-Admiral Yelverton and the ironclads at Palermo. Leaving Palermo about Oct. 21st, Admiral Yelverton, with the ships under his command, was to sail for Augusta, a port between Catania and Syracuse. The ultimate movements of the fleet will depend on the sanitary reports from Malta, but it is not expected it will re turn to its winter quarters until November. Admiral Smart, with the wooden ships, is atpresent in the Bay of Naples. The Tyrian was riding out her quarantine at Nisida, at the other end of the bay. There were reports of brigands ! being in the neighliourhood of Castellamare, and it was not considered quite safe to wander far from the town except in large parties armed. The fleet has been throughout the summer remarkably healthy, and continues to be so. Lieut. R. N. Stopford, who was promoted from the Caledonia, has been reappointed to that ship as lieutenant. Dr Roche has received the promotion consequent on the death of Dr. M'Clure. The surveying ship Hydra had arrived at Zante from the:Piraeus. She was expected to leave for Navarino on the 7th of October to recom mence surveying. A letter from. the Cossack, 20, at Beyrout, says :—" We spent a most miserable summer this year in consequence of the cholera, not being allowed to land anywhere except at out-of the-way villages, and being kept at sea we only anchor off this place on mail days. We hope in a fortnight to be able to land here, as cholera is fast disappearing. The Phoebe, we hoar, is to relieve us by the middle of October. The only thing that has kept alive is our theatricals, which we have every week, and the officers, as well as the men perform." From Patras I have received accounts to October 10. H.M.S. Magicienne is in port, and likely to remain a few days longer. Lieut.-Col. Mitford returned to Malta on Saturday by the Tanjore from Marseilles. Capt. Wilson, Capt. Bowden, Capt. Nickham, Capt. Swann, Capt. Butler, and Major Clary arrived on the following day, by the Delta, from Southampton. The following passengers left by the Poonah for Southampton :—Major Tyacke, 22d Regiment, and wife; Major Hamilton, Major Scott, and Mr. Gore. The Turkish war steamers Brousse and Ismir left on the 13th inst. for Gibraltar. The Rev. Loftus Graham, 8.A., chaplain of H.M.S. Orlando, has been placed under arrest by Capt. Dickson for, it is said, disobedience of orders in a matter relating to his clerical duties. On arrival here, however, on communication with Rear-Admiral Kellett, he was allowed the liberty of going on shore, and the case has been referred to the Commander-in-Chief. The Basilisk, 6, paddle-sloop, 1,031 tons, 400- horse power, Capt. Hewett, V.C., sailed from Spit head yesterday morning for China. The Royal Sovereign, 5, turret ship, Captain A. Herbert, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday, and anchored at Spithead for experimental gunnery practice. The screw frigate Bristol, 39, 600 horse power, flag3hip of Commodore Geoffrey T. Hornby, fitting for seni pr officer's ships on the West Coast of Africa, received on board yesterday the remainder of her crew and Royal Marines from the Royal Naval Bar racks, previously to the vessel leaving the steam basin and taking up moorings in the Medway. The work of fitting this frigate is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible by the hands, assisted by the dockyard workmen ; but it is probable that fully a fortnight will elapse before she will be in readiness to take her departure from the Nore. Her War Department stores have been sent on board from the ordnance-wharf, Chatham, together with her guns, rifles, solid and hollow shot, &c. Although the Bristol was attached to the first division of the Steam Reserve when commissioned, the work of re fitting her 'has occupied several weeks, in conse quence of it having been necessary to make con siderable alterations in her internal fittings, with the two-fold object of adapting her for a flag-officer's ship, with the requisite offices, cabins, &c., and at the same time giving her the accommodation re quired by vessels intended for a lengthened period of service on the West Coast of Africa. The work of dismantling the screw sloop Zebra, 17, 250 horse-power, Commander Charles G. Lind ' say, preparatory to her being put out of commission, and pail off into the third division of the Cha thaw. Steam Reserve, is being carried out in the great basin of the dockyard, where a number of the riggers and other dockyard workmen are assisting the crew in the work, in consequence of the number of hands haying been so reduced by deaths and sickness. During the time the Zebra has been in commission, a period of three years and a half, she has been em ployed in the suppression of the slave trade on the West Coast of Africa, and succeeded in capturing no fewer than fivevessels engaged in the traffic. Just before quitting Sierra Leone fever broke out on board, and in a short time she had 100 of her offi cers and crew on the sick list, and on the arrival of the vessel at the Nore it was found that so many of her crew were suffering from sickness and debility that a number of the hands from the dockyard wore placed on board to assist in the work of dismantling the ship. Besides losing several of her crew she has lost her surgeon, assistant-surgeon, and master dur ing the time she has been in commission. The Zebra is expected to be paid off on the 30th inst. The 2d Infantry Brigade at Aldershott, under the command of Brigadier-Gen. Adams, C. 8., and consisting of the 13th (Prince Albert's) Light In fantry, under Col. Lord Mark Kerr ; the 63d Regi ment, under Col. W. F. Carter; and the 29th Company of the Royal Engineers, under Col. Stock ley, was inspected on Monday week by Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, commanding the Alder shott Division. The troops , after marching past, were put through the usual exercises, and acquitted themselves to the entire satisfaction of the Lieute nant-General. THE TEA TRADE, Oct. 23.—The deliveries in London estimated for the week wore 1 ,216,4111 b., which is an increase of 1,3301 b. as compared with the previous state- THIRD EDITIO SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. NEWMARKET. RACES—Ms DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. CRAVEN FREE HANDICAP. •...... 1. Her Ladyship Tourmalin Actaca Master Richard Argonaut SELLING HANDICAP. Juliet Cadiz .. ............. Jack o' Lantern... Six ran. 3 ALL AGED STAKES. Camball ..... Tusculanum Cardevisure.. HANDICAP PLATE. 1 2 Seven ran. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. Nu Sister to Drake.. Tho Duk© Thirty-six ran. 4 2 £5O PLATE. Rose Cheri ....................................... ...................... 1 Jura, ..................................................................... 9 Wolfdog .................. . .............................. •• Fifteen rzt n. ........ OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES. Indian Star 1 Rama Eight ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. S.G.C. Contract 0 1 Convent 0 2 Two ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 200 SOPS. Beelzebub w.o. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening, LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, OCT. 21. Notice is hereby given that the State apartments at Windsor Castle will be closed on and after Tuesday next, ~the 24th inst., until further orders. INDIA-OFFICE, OCT. 24. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the follow ing promotions, alterations of rank, and resignations amongst the officers of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, and in the Staff Corp!: -2.- BREVET. The undermentioned officer having completed five years' service as Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, and as Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under operation of clause 8 of the Royal Warrant of 31st January, 1859 : Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Daly, C. 8., Bombay Staff Corps. Major John Augustus Wood, V.C., Bombay Staff Corp; to bo Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain Thos. Sweet, Madras Infantry, to be Major, in succession to Lieutenant-General H. Ros, Madras Infantry, deceased. Major Octavius Hamilton, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain William Clarker Francis Gosling, Royal (Madras) Artillery, to be Major, in suc cession to Lieutenant-General Dun, Madras Infantry, de ceased. Major Octavius Edward Rothney, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain Charles Douglas Waddell, Royal (Madras) Artillery, to be Major, in suc cession to Lieutenant-General G. Sandys, Madras Cavalry, decased. Major William Joseph Fitz-Maurice Stafford, Bengal Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain Alexander Stewart, Royal (Madras) Artillery, to be Major, in suc cession to Lieutenant-General M. C. Paul, Bengal Infan try, deceased. Major Charles Terrington Aitchison, Bombay Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Captain Robert Caul field, Madras Cavalry, to be Major, in succession to Lieu tenant-General R. Powney, Bengal Artillery, deceased. BENGAL ARMY. To be Lieutenant-Colonels---Major Evelyn Bradford, late 23d Native Infantry; Major John Nisbett, late 69th Native Infantry; Major Wm. Graydon, late 16th Nativo Infantry; Major Edwin Thomhs, late 3d European Regi ment. To be Majors—Capt. John Ruggles, late 41st Native Infantry ; Capt. Etienne St. George, late Ist European Re giment; Capt. William Nassau Leos, LL.D., late 42d Native Infantry ; Capt. Charles Bally, late 17th Nativo Infantry. To be Captains—Lieutenant Spencer Grant Warde, late 11th Native Infantry ; Lieutenant James Stevenson, late 33d Native Infantry. MADRAS ARMY. To be Lieutenant-Colonel—Major Charles John Brad ley, 24th Native Infantry. To be Majors—Captain Arthur Evan Bowen, 19th Na tive Infantry; Captain George Harcourt Stiles, 4th Native Infantry. To be Captain—Lieutenant Charles John Gumming, 37th Native Infantry. BOMBAY ARMY. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major John Guillum Scott, 22d Native Infantry ; Major John Pegson; 17th Native Infantry ; Major Ch ar l es Ri c h ar d Baugh, 9th Native In fantry ; and Major Ewen Grant, 3d Native Infantry. To be Major—Captain Joseph Hume Spry Pierce, 24th Nativa Infantry. - BENGAL SPAYP CORPS. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major William Fullerton, Major Charles Holroyd, Major Nathaniel Robert Sneyd, Major Andrew Hunter, Major Richard Charles Germou, and. Major (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) Charles James Roberts. To be Majors—Captain (Brevet-Major) Edmund Henry Cullen Wintle, Captain (Brevet-Major) Alfred Le Gallais, Captain Arthur Gore Priestley Captain (Brevet-Major) John Guyse Sparke, Captain (Brevet-Major) James Thos. Norgate, Captain Christopher James Godby, Captain Jas. Spence Ogilvie, Captain Nicolai William Elphinstone, Captain (Brevet-Ma)or) Henry Francis Maxwell Boisragon, Captain James Kempt Cowper, Captain James Sykes, Captain William Nembhard, Captain John Beresford Smyly. To be Captains—Lieutenant (Brevet-Captain George Bowen Cassan Simpson, Lieutenant Richard James Walker, Lieutenant Henry Lumsden Hawkins. Lieuten ant Philip Crampton Rynd, and Lieutenant Eric Stanhope Fox. BENGAL ARMY. PROMOTlONS.—lnfantry—Lieutenant -Colonel (Major- General) John Edmondstone Landers to bo Colonel, vico Andree, deceased; Major (Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel) David Scott Dodgson, from late 30th Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vine Nicoll (Staff Corps), removed from List of Lieutenant-Colonels ; Major Fo/liot Walker Baugh, from late 26th Native Infantry. to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vico Dalton (Staff Corps), removed from List of Colonels. Late 3d European Regiment—Captain (Brevet Major) Edwin Thomas to be Major ; Lieuten an t (B reve t-C apta i n ) Samuel Dewe White to be Captain, in succession to An dree, deceased. _ __ _ Late 30th Native Infantry—Captain (Brevet-Major) William Dunn Bishop to be Majo'r,- in succession to Nicoll (Staff Corps), removed from list of Lieutenant- Colonels. Late 34th Native Infantry—Captain (Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel) Peter Henry Knight Dewaal to be Major; Lieu tenant (Brevet -Major) Francis Henry Hanmer to be Cap tain, vice Walker, deceased. Late 39th Native Infantry—Captain (Brevet Lieuten ant-Colonel) Charles Jackson to be Major, vice Thomas, deceased. ALTERATIONS OF RANK.—lnfantry—Lieut.-Col. H. R. Shelton to take rank from Jan. 24, 1865. Late 47th Na tive Infantry—Capt. W. Gordon to take rank from Jan. 24, 1865. MEDICAL OFFICERS. PROMOTIONS.—To be Surgeons-Major—Surgeons James Pattison Walker, M.D., Richard Southby Otto Thring, M.D., and John Squire. To bo Surgeons Assistant-surgeon Robert Fauro Iluchinson, M.D.; Assistant-Surgeon J o h n Pi tc h all, M.D. ; and Assistant-Surgeon Alfred Godley CEBWO, ALTERATIONS OF RANK—The undermentioned officers to take rank as follows : Surgeon Edward Taylor from 11th July ; 1864, Surgeon& Henry William Spry, from 7th August, 1864 ; Surgeon Alfred James Dale, from 26th September, ,1164 ; Surgeon Arthur Young, from 4th October, 1864 ; Surgeon George Barnard, from 28th January, 1865. MADRAS STAFF CORPS. To be Lieutenant-Colonel—Major John Norman Hector Maclean. To be Majors —Captain Arthur James Butt, Captain Robert John Baker, Captain Francis George Hodgson. To be Captain—Lieutenant John Dalrymple William Sewell. MADRAS ARMY. Infantry—Lieutenant-Colonel (Major-General) William Couperus M'Leod to be Colonel, vice Steel, deceased ; Lieutenant-Colonel (Major-General) George Alexander Bailie to be Colonel. 28th Native Infantry—Lieutenant (Brovet-CaPtain)d. William Cunningham to be Captain, vice Y ates, decease Late 45th Native Infantry—Lieutenant George William Cox, to be Captain, vice Moxon, retire d. MEDICAL OFFICERS.—To be Surgo on-Ma j or—Sur g e on Walter Alexander Leslie. To be Sur g eon—Assista nt - Surgeon William Henry Roan, M .D. B OMBA Y STAFF CORPS. To be Lieutenant - Col onels—Ma j or Edwar d Alfred Lodwick.Green, Major William B arr y Gray, and Major William COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening Amsterdam Short. 11 191 12 Of Ditto 3 Month s . 12 2f 12 2f Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 60 25 67* Brussels Ifitniburg Paris •.. Short 25 221 25 32* Ditto ........................ 3 Months. 25 571 25 62* Marseilles ................. 25 57f 25 62* Frankfort on the Maine 121; 121* Vienna. — 11 171 11 221 Trieste — 11 15 11 22f Petersburgli - 29} 30; Berlin ... Madrid ... Cadiz ... Leghorn Milan .. -47 f 47 -47 f 48f - 25 721 25 77f - 25 - 74 25 7 - 25 72f 25 77f - 25 2! 2 7 25 , 7 , -72 f - 25 72i 25 77A -51 f 51f -51 k §l! .essina Genoa Naples Palermo Oporto... 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