The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-25 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Money is easier at the quotations current yester day. Ten thousand sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank for shipment to Alexandria. The movements of the precious metals during the week have again been of an extensive character as regards the imports, which have amounted to about £599,716, chiefly from Australia and Ame rica. The exports have been to the extent of £124,957, a large proportion of which has been despatched to the continent through private houses. The Anglo-Swedish Steel and Iron Company is launched with a capital of £1,500,000, in 60,000 shares of £25 each ; of which it is not supposed more than £l2los. will be called up. 16,000 shares are taken by the vendors, and do not participate in any dividends for five years unless the divi dends on all the other shares amount during such period to 15 per cent. per annum. Already a considerable portion of the amount has been sub scribed, and the list will close for London on Thurs day, the 30th inst., and for the country on Saturday, the 2d December. The directors possess standing and repute, and it is believed the company will be successful. The object is to amalgamate the Iron, Steel, Shipbuilding, and Engineering Works and Estates of the Hogbo Company in Sweden with the Northfield Steel and Iron Company, near Rother ham, in England. The whale of the estates and properties of the vendors, including blast furnaces, rolling mills, foundries, engine and shipbuilding works, &c., will be taken at a valuation by two valuers, one to be appointed by the vendors and the other by the directors of the company, and will be conducted on the principle as between an out going and incoming partner. Two o'CLocK. Business in the Stock Exchange Markets has been stimulated by sales for realisation of profits after the recent advance. Consols are consequently f per cent. lower than they were yesterday afternoon, be ing 89i for transfer, and, less the dividend, 881 I for the Bth proximo. The other principal British Stocks, though a little weaker, are not materially altered in market value. Foreign Stocks have been dull, and Greek have receded i per cent. The latest prices are as fol lows :—Turkish Consolides, 471 i; Mexican, 261 i ; ditto, New, 244 25; Greek, 17k; Spanish Passive, 281 i; the Certificates, 14 I ; Italian, 64 i ; and the Brazilian Scrip, 28 3 prem. All the American Securities are firm, and also the Canadian. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been very limited, and prices have shown a down ward tendency. Great Eastern, North Western, and Midland, have each declined ss. ; and Great Western and South Eastern each 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull. Midland have declined to 18 ; Joint-Stock Discount are dealt in at 9/ ; National Discount at 164 17 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Company at 221 1. Bank of Turkey Shares are quoted lf 2/ prem. ; and the Anglo-Swedish Steel and Iron Company, introduced this morning, has been favourably re ceived, the shares being at 1/ 2 prem. The Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (old) shares, 3/ 4 prem. ex all ; and the new issue, 34 4 prem. ; the St. Saviour's Wharf Company's shares are 1 11 prem. ; the American Oil Wells Trading Company, 2 21 prem. ; the Tasso Brazilian Gold and Mining Company, 1 4 prem. ; and the East and West Junction Railway Company, 2 2/ prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 8 GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, Dec. 7 BB. * 3 per Cent. Reduced BB 74 New 3 per Celia B7l 8 71 New 34 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan, 1880 . Do. fo r 30 yrs, exp i re sth April, 7 lBBs l3 11-16 4 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March Juno Vocchequer Bills, £1,000,3 it per Cent. 3 dis 4 9 Do. £5OO Do ' £lOO an d £2OO — B ank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account : — IND lAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I ndian Stock, 10* per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account Do.1)0. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Account per Cent., Oct. 1888 1 : 1 0. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — D o. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent., Aug 1879 Do.Do per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Bonds, £l,OOO l7 14 "0. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 B DO. Scrip, £25 paid li n e ziou Ayres 6 per Cent — n i ," - '„? 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) -, tuan 6 per Cent 991 "° 3 per Cent ~,olombian 6 per Cent. — Lanl,ub, 6 per Cent. l, , 18 - , 3 per Cent., 1825 BO D 0•; 4 per Cent., 1863 — D -"(:). 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — a rs o ubian Principalities ~ Do Account — &squador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do p • - , i rovnuonal Land Warrant gyptian 7 per Cent 931 3 Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds , Do. 1864 9 9 14 4 4 Lse .£ l OO Bonds Greek A s ccount per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons DO. 1 Do. Coup ons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do £B6 paid Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway 66* Do 1865 Do Scrip, £674 paid Do 5M pe Cent., per Cent lB64 Do. Account Do 1864 25 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 484 ~,o D o French Scrip 2sf 20c '4 utevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 p er Cent ............ ~ .. Do Defer re d — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 4} per Cent Do. Account Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds p o l ) 0 44 per Cent., 1862 L t liguese 3 per Cent., 1853 12 1 ° 3 A per Ce nt., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, — 1 R i t s!.a .( l 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — s D ° s per Cent. 1850 1)0 ':i Per Cent., 1860 t a ' per Cent. 1859 - I ,_ 5 Per Cent. 1862 . B9l 1 14;, 1 °, 5 per Cent. 1864 — D o t cian 5 per Cent .Account "P, 4ll .'sh 3 per Cent Do Dit to account — i New Deferred — Do Account 38} .Alsstve Br,a._. . ount 281 } 1500.48411:4 Coup pe . r o cent. not funded 13 4184 C elt f Bw,„ ( i i count 141 Turk.ish a 6 P e r Cent. 1864 Do Account er Cent. 1854.... ePeouen Cent. ii;.8..::: Aeret . D D :::: 6 12/0 £ lOO ......... Dog}Bond s ....... per Cent ........ ' D p e r Cent. 186 Do per Cent ............ -41 ~,_ ~i.oo Bonds 75f 5 ;'° 0 Per Cent 18 ' '''o 5 ~ 63 tio 41_Der Cent 1865 — D o 41-en°ll.llt Do s e `." Bands Venezuela _ :II; £ 35 Paiii ................... eriezUtienteed, 4 per Cent —Do A n : a Per Cent. Do. 6' ° Wi• ... 151 1:10. per ceri, ii 3.6,~ k• 6 pe 4 7 °llll eti t t, ...... ..4. 1864.......311 7 lktrillaDo,Abri ( 1 1 : 3 1. e e s e o n n t„ t h c a -. 0 . :;e . 1 . p 0 - a rin . y .. a . s ble in _ London. 4 Jitt c h .... , .9. Per cent. Ex 2 b°l s 13 't 0 ,. O. '-, • f rt7 o 6e . .4. 4_tepeitc. z ttni.tto.,e,ll,Btx6ja.l7lE2LexGs.uil 25f. raillapn entes 4* per Cent. 604 ___ '"uttnt 0 ,, , ag o i , TWO O'CLOCK. j).. , aior n io .__ v o count : e ll ...i, % Woo, ....... ..,..t 75j r ✓' ITar. 'riday. .ove out n. Emily :nce and 1.. Prince n Prince nds this garet of n a visit A Saxe- . - emours Majesty wont. Limed to Marl Cathcart [aids of ridgy. Princess ieir visit ve until has had Lther on which hers be 'as shot killed ) ; rab yal and ng 27 2 rabbits, tat day. ?,s, with inffield, eding in tded by , nings• tad the ie great tocracl 3es last l Alfred icess of trtners• llf-pmt ;rinten- con l- 'rinceSS Ffield at xpected three ich, but emu. tusSIA• ?rinceSS the ter- In en or ince Of ntwerp, urn ini" ey their rafter- Is from Juseni o'clock. 3.rkablY ke and Le King .aekeu• enter- its. by a a and orough ttess of iowne Tilts. ev011" , uchesS -nhara lionesS n re r HO I, Lion of - .loOrg e yes - e yes- jacent .ended istin- airs of ;ement nds. VEE K. Con raphi- York tween mple; ralia,' ary of ,diter- Tele at 81, abat," "M r , Bart- Pur rsdaY then - Sa- COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l ,O 93 95 961 71 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 93 95 00. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 81 83 Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk 100 81 83 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 105 , 1890-1900 100 102 104 Do. do: 1880-9 100 11 , 2 104 Do. Jan. &July, 1800-91 100 1(3 105 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 93 92 Ceylon, Nov. 1858, 6p. t 100 1( 2 104 Do. 1878, do. 100 199 11 Mauritius, ( p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1578 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ti, 101 106 10 Do. 1895, Feb. & Atm 1.20 1 , 5 107 Natal , lov. 6 per cent l'oo 100 1( 2 N.B.Gov. p.c.Ja. Az.] uly 100 85 97 961 N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 100 9) 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 100 93 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 90 91 904 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 103 105 Do. 5 per cent lOO 84 85 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. 0 sterling, 1875 l9O 103 102 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 102 103 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-9 100 -- - Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 106 108 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 100 Do. do, A prll & Oct lOO 105 106 106 54 BRITISH MINES. 2 cam. ConsoL Cold, Rm. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 24 25 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 580 590 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 14 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 2 25 East Caradon 2.14.6 10 11 91 East Cam Brea 34 5 4 6 4 East Grenville East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6 4 1 East Loved 3.9.0 15 16 E. W'i 'dosed (Tavlstk 10.8.0 3 ► (lam. & StA übyn(G wen. 66 6 8 4 Great L .xey, limited all 20 21 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 1 11 --. Great Wheal Busy 14.9.. 34 41 G. Wheal Vor (13eb3t q 4O 346 +5l 341 Grenville 8.18.0 4 41 Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 37 39 • 344 Hingston Downs 5.10.6 51 54 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 7 9 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 4 5 4 liwyndy Iron Ore, 11w 22 24 14d New Seton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 14 North Wheal Crotty -- Prosper ITnited..... Pr vidence Uny Ltdant 10.6.7 38 40 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 420 440 South Condurrow 3.2.0 2 24 2 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 274 32/ Stray Park 35.15.6 to 12 Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and CL,gan, lim all 5 7 West hassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L.skeard 9 10 12 West Chi verton ll 81 84 West Seton 474 190 200 202 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 85 90 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 24 28 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 4 6 Wheal Seton -- Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 19 20 YIIEIPERENCE S. Great Northern, - 4) per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 101 i Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 94 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stook, No. 1,108-} RES. PRIGFEIXENCE SHAKES AND STOCK-. Great Eastern 4} per oent. pr., Ditto, 5 per cent., 96 7 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext. C, 6 per cent., 72 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, 5 per cent., 112 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9i Dutch Rhenish, 24t Sambre and Reuse, South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 161 FOREIGN St. John del Rey, Um., 51 Yuadaniunutna of S. Australia, lira., 1 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 811 1 f BAN it 6. Agra and Mute Um 57 Alliance, Jim. . 31 301 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 25 is paid., 301 Bank of British Columbia. 221 Bank of Queensland, lim, 19i Bank of Victoria, Australia, 441 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 241 1 Chartered Mer. of India, London, and Chi na, 49/ City, 111 4 Consolidated Bank. lim., 10/ Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 12 European Bank, lim., 11/ London and Brazilian dim.), 43 London and County, 791 London London and an v d South African, Jim.,rica 14 171: Mercantile and Exchange, lira., 51 6 i Midland Bank, lira.. 18 Standard of British South Africa, 14 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 171 Atlantic Telegraph, 8 Australian Mort. Land and Finance , Bombay Gas, Utn., 51 / per cent. gua., 3 1 1 .2131 Ditto, 2d issue, 51 Canada Company, 93 5 Commercial Union, Insurance. Consolidated Discount. lim., 4/ Credit Discount Eouncnirpernarnatdin. 11 M n obilier of England, 9 8/ East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim., 6/ Ebbw Vale, in t 4 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., 3 Financial Discount, lim., 8 Gellivera, lim. 51 f Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lira.. 6 1 Home and n donial Assurance. lim, 3} Hudson's Bay, 116 1. Humber Iron Works, 5 Imperial mercantile Credit Asso., 11 =2 8 In t e rnational Financial ' ociety, Um., 6 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. It7o, issued 90, 82 Joint 'Stock Discoimt, Um., 9 / i D on i an s tir co ncr u ey n r.e tadCnCo.. Cg p y a i nk, 2.45 7/ 1 17 ° N B ov a ca t i l re o et n ne Nationa l The whole of the foreign Ministers at Teheran have suspended their relations with the Shah's Govern ment because of the insolence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. I Paid.! Closing I Business Price. done. Bristol and Exeter . !Caledonian. Cambrian... 91 93 126 27 94 96 12 11 5 6 E 8 72 71 73 'Cork and Bandon. Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc iil.London, bcrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western' Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.,. A stock Do. B stock 85 6 d 108 110 40 in 7 8} 1 23 129 1491 lb 128 130 Do. New. is. at 25 prr. GtS, and %V. of Ireland Gt. Western I) . 6. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford 93 95 63 63; 60 62 41 43 36 39 104 'O6 123 1234 88 90 104 105 36 38 50 12 12 !26, 96 97 6 6, 137 1371 3 tp lip 102 104 LancAshire &Yorkshire L .ndon and Blackwall Lon., Bay:h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. liletrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. _ Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid Kent North British 1242 12511 11 111,1 94 bbl 60f 61 Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purohaNt 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 t io. Scot, Mid. stJek Shropshire Union South Devon z•outh E,stern 8' 30 110 111 68i 691 103 104 354 364 94 104 p' l 122 124 14 2 p 1i 2 jc. 74, 76 11 11i 148 152 63 70 112 114 60 62 55 67 78} 701 8 10 147 15 3 I p 102 204 Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornw•tll 49 61 BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. l shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & B. E., lira ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara. 7 p.c. per. pi East. Ben,al, gu., 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad a Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d PAL Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . it per cent., Do Great Wee. of Canada.. Do. New ...... Do. 6 p. c. Eds. pay 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gna. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. la do . . Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Ends. MeL & Hudson's Bay.. N. itl.C'da, Spa Ist pf. be. Scinde Do. Delhi 1 g 4 cs Do. do Do. Punjaub Do.lndus St. Fl o, aD ISLONS. 68 60 102 103 fel ip 6 6} 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 102 103 IC4 105 i i 1) 27 28 88 90 66 69 55 60 57 53 5 ) 52 46 5O 4 4* 314 32i 30 31 104 105 P 101 102 17 in 3} 3 d 93 15 86 36 1 4d , 101 102 93 95 83 90 64 66 82 84 [O)6 1014 1004 101 i 101 102 103 1141 2 28i 1 1 I 33 21 31 461 71 8 149} 50 631 2; 123 i Oli 36t 126 I 5; 61 91A 7 136 1 141 5 1 I 103 1261 a I 'll 69} 1 5} 8) 791 'OSSK En SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, IFEL% LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) GAVARON V. GAVARON AND CARTOUCHE (THE QUEEN'S PROCTOR INTERVENING). In this case the husband, who is a lawyer living in Clifford's-inn, obtained a decree nisi, by reason of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. After the court. had pronminced the decree the Queen's Proctor became informed of certain facts which in duced him to plead collusion, adultery, and want of proper maintenance of his wife. - The Solicitor-General and Dr. Spinks appeared for the Queen's Proctor, and Mr. Brown for the peiitioner. The respondent was not represented by counsel. The evidence fully proved that for the last eleven years the petitioner had been living in adultery with a female, who passed as his wife, at the Queen's Bench risOn, and elsewhere, and the object of the intervention by the Queen's Proctor was to prevent the decree being made absolute. The pleas of adultery and neglect were clearly established, but no evidence was given as to the collusion, and the jury found a verdict accordingly. Mr. Brown contended that the collusion not being proved when it had been pleaded was fatal to the application of the Queen's Proctor. The learned Judge decided the other way, and reversed the decree, but made no order as to costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE C. DUBOIS. This bankrupt was described as a commission agent, of Percy-street, Tottenham-court-road, and to-day he applied for his release from custody, Madame Valentin, of 30, Claverton-street, Pimlico, being the detaining creditor. The debts are about £1,600, and the bankrupt claims to have £1,500 due to him in reference to the Tamira Railway Company. Mr. Robertson Griffiths appeared on behalf of the detaining creditor, Madame Valentin ; Mr. Reed also opposed on behalf of Mr. Brunel. A long examination resulted upon the bankrupt's transactions with Madame Valentin, and some evidence was given as to a sum of £2,000, but the Commissioner said that he consider it advisable to take the rest of the examination in a private room before the registrar of .the day, intimating that as the bankrupt's real name was Coppa, the notifica tion in the name of Dubois would not be sufficient notice to the creditors upon the day of the appoint ment for the order of discharge. The bankrupt said that he could swear he had no debts in this country except those contracted in the name of Dubois. The Commissioner replied that as his real name was Coppa, his description, as given in the present proceedings, are incorrect. Mr. Griffiths said that such was_ the case, and the petition must be amended. The examination was then taken by Mr. Regis trar Murray in a private room, and of course the reporters withdrew, but the application was ad journed until after the choice of assignees. CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Forster). ACCIDENTS TO SERVANTS AND LIABILITY OF MASTERS. BACON v. STANFORTH. This was an action to recover £7105., ten weeks' wages during a period that the plaintiff was confined to the hospital in consequence of an accident while in defendant's service. Mr. Hicks appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Roberts representing defendant. Plaintiff stated that he had been in defendant's service from May up to August 2, the day of the accident, when he was with his master (defendant) in a gig. Defendant was driving, and in conse quence of the mare being very spirited and not having proper harness it bolted at a furious pace. Plaintiff was thrown out of the gig, and so severely injured that he was confined to the hospital for the ten weeks mentioned, and was even now an out patient. In cross-examination plaintiff denied that he had had notice to leave on the Monday after the acci dent. Mr. Roberts then called defendant, who deposed that he had given plaintiff notice to leave on the Saturday before the accident as he (defendant) was going abroad for a few weeks, and did not require plaintiff's services. The notice would have expired on the Monday after the accident. Defendant had intended to give the plaintiff something, but did not consider that he was bound in law to pay the wages while the plaintiff was in the hospital. Upon this evidence his honour said he could not find for the plaintiff, as it was positively sworn he was under notice on the day of the accident, but, in order to avoid future litigation, suggested that the parties should come to some arrangement as to com pensation for injury . Mr. Hicks feared that the plaintiff would be a sufferer for life, and said that he must have substan tial compensation for the injuries he had received. His Honour then ruled that as regarded the wages question plaintiff must be nonsuited. Plaintiff nonsuited. they would not give them up (except Reardon) when asked to do so. James Connor, called to corroborate Simpson, said that the parcel fell out of Simpson's pocket, when Finch picked it up and ran away. Reardon cut the parcel open and; divided the spoil, witness having his share. It having been intimated that Reardon had previously had three months for stealing lead, Mr. Selfe said he did not think the boys could be legally charged with stealing after Connor's evidence, and after cautioning them as to their future conduct, dis charged all but Reardon, whom he remanded. The Court had not risen 10 minutes, when Sarah Cox, the mother of ono of the boys, was brought into court charged with assaulting the lad Simpson for giving evi dence against her boy. Simpson deposed that the instant ho left the Court this woman took hold of him and shook him violently, and then struck him on the face and on the back, hurting him very much. Police-constable 220 B corroborated the boy's testimony and said that the instant the boy left this woman said, "You shall suffer for this, you young vagabond," and struck him violently on the bend. He remonstrated with her, and she followed him down Warwick-street, accom panied by a crowd of roughs, all threatening the boy. Defendant declared that she did not strike the boy, and only told him he ought not to play on his errands. Mr. Selfe said she had no business to say a word to the boy. Whether the parcel was stolen or fell from his pocket, he had a perfect right to give evidence, and wit nesses must be protected frombeing bullied in this manner. The accused was then mulcted in the ridiculously small sum of ss. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Receipts. 1864. 1865 1864 99t 1,938 1.737 4,i 592 69 I 28 2,389 2,481 61 1,257 963 Railway& Mlles Opened. 18C5. Belfast and N. Counties 9l} Belfast and Couuty'Dowu 44} Blyth and Tyne . 28 Brecon and Merthyr 6 Bristol and Exeter l2l} Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB Cambrian Cockermouth K k Penrlth 31} Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 Cork and Bandon 2O 1211 408 121 9 20 6,263 5 9_9 27.07 25,36) 2,261 I,BBi 4..9) - 4il 335 371 32 Cork, Blaekrock, & Passage.— 6i Cork and Youghal Cornwall Ceeside . 17 Do Extension Dublin & JAelfastJ unction.... 83 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Aleath L 8 123 515 104 3,4 3 1.226 3:6 292 105 95 r,6,6 1 371 3,031 1.530 332 2.6 2,621 2,252 268 251 Dub. &Wicklow and Wextd. 106 Forth and Clyde Junction 3O Furness, &c 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union ;21j Great Northern lO4 Great North of Scotland 5B Do Branches 42 Norton. &W es tn. (lrel.) 7lt r it.Southn.& Westn.(lrind.) 3871 Great Western l2BO Hull & Hornsea 5! 3,608 3 363 :49 10,3!7 9,x.•54 363 32, 78 3!,021 305 39,270 30,85 53 1,6 5 1,613 4 ! 1,232 1, 12 71j 407 430 NI 8.081 6 6d2 ao 68,00, 64,917 13 1""1 91 46 2,967 2,8 45 1,911 1,772 [O3 3882) 31,39! 241 64 130 26-1 114 147 46) 708 6:5 Highland Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire& Yorkshire 4u3 Limerick and Ennis..... 241 Limerick and Foynes 261 Llanelly 461 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 London, .Chatham, & Dover; j 134 all Metropolitan Extension I 12 • Do. Kent Loast _ 27 207 48 412 1273/ 112,662 105.586 51 1,799 1,7.4 463/ 21,144 )9.466 2674 2,, 75 17.079 127 2 7,918 6.397 114 j 1,850 I,OJO 27 880 630 42i 1,2.2 1,181 2,6 20, 19 17,888 _94 1,37.) 1,206 Lou., Tilbury, & Southend 42} Lineolnsh 246} Hunch. S.J un.& Altrineham 9t Haryport and Carlisle lietiOpolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 3, 67i' 28 1,786 1,776 81 2,606 2,t02 6511 48,17 45,748 2601 5,':50 4.346 44 2,830 2,637 _.land (incl. LN.- vr _ . llidland Gt. Westn. of hind... 2COI nonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal.. 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dar l 12091 North London 9 656} 11601 9 258 116 191 118 25,132 t 3.371 67,3.8 63 262 4,162 3,226 8,,03 8.5.6 North Staffordshire Pembroke and Tenby lli Rhymney l9t Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset GO 100 63 926 559 5,545 4,898 1,003 764 3,651 3,232 20,748 188`7 5,604 5,6:16 2,7,30 2.435 350 160 South Devon 9B South-Eastern 315 Taff Vale 6l Ulster los} Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO Whitehaven Junction l3 Whitehaven& leurnessJun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 266 Bombay, Baroda, & t en. India 300 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOBl Eastern 01 France ..... 1551 Eastern Bengal ........ 110 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1477 Great Central of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 590 Great Luxembourg /34 Great Southeen India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras 571 ladrid, Saragossa A iicant 778 Northern of Canaan .. 94 Northern of France 724 Norwegian Trunk Ottomon -, Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2006 Paris and Orleans lB2l Recife and San Francisco. &c ;74 Scinde lO5 Do. Punjab, &e 253 South Austrian, &c ... . MR southern of France 863 Victoria Welland 25 West & N-Wn. of France 79j 308 1055 10 273 1,403 410 1,45 F .602 * 693 1,0 6 1,103 1,057 1,003 50,196 41,793 61t 431 26} 184 180 11.81 1493 110 1105} 1335 261 553 134 312 333 2,948 3,211 8,612 5,39 6,177 5,658 7: 4 ,475 63,50 3,45 E 2, 12 29 064 21,010 6,743 6,041 , 8,973 10,893 5,/,27 4,71)3 79 355 53.3 713 94 724 .63S 601 16,572 mesa 9, 55 6, - 25 14,249 10,131 2, 71 2,124 63,119 58,958 44 9'9 857 481 810 6Z7 19 di 141,6 5 116,461 1618 71,721 67.175 ;74 79) 636 105 1,154 1,2:7 45 1,397 343 1527 64 846 56,980 823 29, dr6 2+,528 196 10,683 1.609 25 1016 960 3'2 51,998 50,(J57 TOTAL LENGTH OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, The total number of miles laid in the United States was, at the close of 1864, nearly 35,000, compelling an expen diture of $1,264,336,000—an immense sum truly. The Pacific Railroad will be the longest railroad in the United States when it is finished. We give the measurements and the cost of the - longest roads now in operation up to December, 1864 : Cost of Property. Mileage Dols. Illinois Central New York Central (branches) 555 32,740,000 Chicago, N. W., Galena, and Elgin 535 28,000,000 Erie and branches Mobile and Ohio 482 14,484,000 Pittsburg, Fort W., and Chicago Chicago, Peora, and Quincy Baltimore and Ohio Pennsylvania Cent, Colum. Di v 359 26,058,000 Atlantic & Great W., (b ranc h es ) 296 7,000,000 Memphis and Charl es t on Louisville and Chicago Philadelphia and Erie Michigan Central Mobile and Ohio, from Alabama— 282 8,475,000 Marietta and Cincinnati Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Horicon Louisville and Nashville Philadelphia and [lead (branches) Philadelphia Wilnen and Baltimore 98 8,575,000 Philadelphia and Baltimore Cent 365 930,000 Philadelphia and Trenton 282 608,000 Enumerating all the important roads and their branches, there were in the United States in September, 1865, 593 companies, owning one or more lines of railway, of which Pennsylvania possessed 85 ; Massachusetts, 46 ; New York, 44 ; Ohio, 29 ; Illinois, 28 ; New Jersey, 26; Indiana, 23 ; and the Southern States, 101. According to the return of 1864 Pennsylvania leads all the States in the length of railways completed. She re ports 3,359 miles. We give those next highest in their I order : Miles. 1860. Pennsylvania Ohio 2,945 Illinois New York 2,682 Indiana Georgia Virginia Massachusetts .„ 1,264 North Carolina 938 South Carolina 973 Total Cost, 1864, Pols. 170,080,000 117,583,000 120,417,000 135,887,000 71,296,000 29,389,000 42,905,000 59,051,000 19,120,000 22,053,000 A LAMPBLACK FACTORY ON FIRE.—At an early hour this (Saturday) morning, the extensive lamp black factory, belonging to Mr. Joseph Nicholls, situated in Alfred-street, Maiden-lane, King's-cross, was discoveredto be on fire. Conductor Ward promptly attended, and several engines of the London Brigade followed in rapid succes sion, including some of the land steamers, by Shand, Mason, and Co. The firemen at once went to work, and, with the aid of the small hand-pipes, and the directions given by Mr. Bridges and Inspector Baddeley, the fire was got out without setting the large engines to work ; but a great portion of the roof has been burnt off, and the stock in trade damaged by fire and water. The origin of the fire is unknown. A (indigestion), consumption,constipa tio[n,DdvezbailTitlys,EEs.]—Dy si sapnedpalla nervous, bilious, sto mac h, and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and aceeleraced by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur able by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been con sidered hopeless, such as—cough, asthma, also diarrhces, hemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, ()olds, influenza, noses in the head and ears, theumAism, gout, im purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation. heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness of the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, &o. We quote a few :—Cure No. 46,276. MrJames Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and par tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings; low spirits, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, lord lieut. of VI aterford, of many years' dyspepsia. —No. 49,832. Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickaess, and vomiting—Maria Joly —Cure No. 54,8:6. The Rev. James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment. In tins, 1 lb., 25. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d ; Mb., lis. ; i2lb., 225. ; 141 b. 405.—Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, 9, King William-street ; likewi e at 61, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate street Within ; 63,1.50, and 293, Oxford-street ; 330, Strand ; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham -court-road ; 96, B Upper-street, rothers,6s! s a l , n i g s t t r o: c , t N ; a . ; n d H s a t rv u b e b y s , (I N u o e t t e i n n , g s h t e i l r l r a ; c C e o s s t e . John's•wcod, London ; and all respectable grocers and cite mists.—Beware of spurious imitations. AMERICA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] ARRIVAL OF THE JURA. (Via Roche's Point.) NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (Noon). The South Carolina Legislature has adopted the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery, thus securing the adhesion of the necessary number of States to make the amendment form of the Federal Constitution. Mr. Worth has been elected Governor of North Carolina by a majority of from 5,000 to 10,000 over Mr. llobden. The States of Wisconsin and Minnesota have voted against negro suffrage. _ It is officially reported that the mortality among the negroes during the war against the South ave raged from 30 to 50 per cent. This excessive mor tality continues in many parts of the South. • A semi-official statement has been published asserting that Mr. Crawford, the British Consul at Havannah, gave direct personal assistance to the rebels during the war. Over two million bales of cotton and 50,000 boxes of tobacco had been smuggled through the blockade with Mr. Crawford's connivance. A list of persons in England stated to Lave fur nished the rebels with contraband of war has also been published. It is authoritatively announced that the Federal Government, in order to preserve neutrality in the Mexican war, will allow no armed parties to pass the Federal frontier, nor permit munitions of war to be sent to either belligerent. General Kilpatrick has been appointed Minister to Chili, and he will previously visit Spain on an official mission. Preston King, the collector of the New York Customs, has committed suicide. The Hartford papers report a movement of Federal troops towards the Maine frontier, caused by the apprehension of trouble arising from the demands of a British officer for the return of deserters escaped from Canada. The Portsmouth Uhornicle states that orders have been received at the Portsmouth Navy yard to prepare the large ironclad Passaconaway and three other steamers for sea immediately. Secretary Seward had a long interview with the President on Monday last, giving rise to the rumour that the British Government had made some formal demand on the Federal Goverment respecting the Fenian movement. The Fenians have rented a large house in Union-square, New York, which has been fitted up for Government offices. The steamer Sacramento sailed from San Fran cisco on the 10th for Panama with $BBO,OOO for New York, and $475,000 for England. The Persia arrived here this morning, but was detained in quarantine for observation. The City of Washington and the Belgian have arrived out. General Logan has been appointed Minister of the Mexican Republic, of which he is reported to be a strong friend. Mr. Browning, who was Pre sident Johnson's private secretary, has been ap pointed Secretary of Legation to General Logan. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 15, Noon. Money easier. Gold, 1478. Exchange on Lon don, 160 ; do. Paris, 3.554. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals, 96+; Illinois, 1341; Erie, 921; 5-20 Bonds, 1018. Cotton tending downwards. Middling Upland, 50. Flour steady. Wheat ad vancing. Corn good inquiry. Provisions firmer. Coffee dull. Sugar dull. Molasses good demand. Petroleum very firm ; crude, 391 ; refined, 62. The Georgia Convention have repudiated the rebel debt. Outlawry conflicts between the whites and the negroes continue in Mississippi. Provisional Governor Sharkey has received orders from Washington to continue his functions as Governor until further orders. The Georgia Convention and the Mississippi Le gislature have petitioned tho President to pardon Mr. Davis. The Pro:•isional Governor of Georgia has sub mitted to the State Convention documents advising the State to claim the cotton seized by Sherman, and subse quently confiscated by the Federal Government. Orders have been forwarded from New Orleans to muster out all the colored regiments that can be spared. Governor Humphreys, of Mississippi, had issued a proclamation calling upou citizens to maintain law and order, and to avoid oppressing the negroes in any manner. Texas advices state that the freedmen in that State generally refuse to work, and that the agricultural inte rests there are suffering greatly in consequence. Col. Thomas, assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in Mississippi, announces that the Le gislature of the State manifests through the action of the Committee on Freedmen a disposition to deal fairly and generously with the negroes, several bills for their protec tion having already been framed. The negroes in Louisiana are said to be regarded by the white population with increasing aversion. Large numbers of Germans, Swedes, and Danes are pouring into Virginia. But the supply is not equal to the demand. The prices fixed for their services as farm hands or labourers is $l5O a year, with food and lodging, for men between twenty and fifty years old, and for women $lOO. _ - Bolling Hall, James H. Clanton, and other pro minent citizens of Alabama, have issued an appeal to the planters of the State to meet in convention at Mont gOmery, October 18, to devise means to reorganise labour and to provide for the "ignorant black man." A despatch from New Orleans says that General Canby has received orders from Washington to muster out of the service as many negro troops as can be spared. Several negro regiments are soon to be discharged, and, in order to prevent insubordination among them, General Canby has ordered that they be not allowed to purchase their weapons. The Mississippi Legislature proposes to set apart 25 per cent. of the public debt to pay the State debt tax to be levied for the support of disabled Confederate soldiers and the widows and children of soldiers killed in the war. Where colonies of freedmen exist in the Southern States at such points as the relief system of the Freedmen's Bureau has not reached the mortality among the freed people, as shown by the official returns to the bureau, has reached nearly 30 per cont. Where the operations of the bureau have been so extended as to take in a number of these colonies the mortality has been speedily reduced to 4 per cent. by the medical assistance of the bureau official. The population of Atlanta, Georgia, is estimated at 22,000. Owing to the scarcity of houseroom, small frame tenements, with only four apartments, bring 100 dollars per month. A great deal of attention has been given of late to the cultivation of tea in the Southern States, especially Georgia and South Carolina. A correspondent of the Savannah Herald, who has been experimenting in the matter for the last five years, says that his plants grow finely, and the flavour of the leaves is excellent. The plants require no care after the third year, and do not need renewing for a long time. The Houston (Texas) Telegraph says that more than half the spelling-books now sold in Houston go into the hands of negroes. Several schools for colored persons are now in operation in Houston and Galveston. Many planters buy a stock of school books for schools already, not unfrequently upon plantations. The recent elections have resulted in a decided Republican victory. In New York, Slocum (Democrat), was defeated for State Secretary by Barlow, by about 27,000 majority. In New Jersey, Marcus L. Ward (Re publican) was elected governor by a majority of 2,000 ; while in Massachusetts, Bullock (Republican) was elected governor by 76,000 majority, General Crouch, his oppo nent, receiving but 25,000 votes. The elections in the Western States also show large Republican gains. CANADA. TORONTO, Nov. 14. Two battalions of Volunteers have been ordered to be ready for frontier duty against the Fenians. The 60th Regiment has been ordered from Mon treal to Western Canada. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Nov. 15. News received here (via New Orleans) from Matamoras on the 31st October states that the skirmishing around Matamoras continued. Both the troops and the inhabitants were short of provi sions. Two transports arrived on the 9th at the Rio Grande Oith Imperial reinforcements. News from Mexico, via Havanah, announces the defeat and capture of General Artraga in lquhochan. General Rosali had been defeated and killed at Mazataban. OVERLAND MAILS. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MALTA, Nov. 23. The Poonali and Nyanza left here to-day at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. respectively. The former may be expected at Marseilles early on the 26th inst., and the latter at Southampton about the 2d of December. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Ripon (from Southampon Nov. 12) reached Malta on the 22d at 9 a.m., and left at 4 p.m. for Alexandria. The Syria (from Marseilles Nov. 20', arrived on the 22d at 6 p,m., and left on the 23d at 1 p.m. for Alexandria. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, THAMES. A DOMESTIC TYRANT.— William Thorpe, a carman about 40 years of age, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with violently assaulting his wife Jane, a woman of slender make, who appeared to have been half starved. The parties have been dwelling at 1, William-street North, Stepney, where the prisoner was struggling with and beating his wife for an hour yesterday afternoon, and her appearance indicated that she had been very roughly used, and her face and neck were marked with bruises and contusions. She had been married to her husband 18 years , and had borne him nine children. The prisoner, a rough and boisterous fellow, here bawled out, " Tell the truth, madam ! You have had ten children! Mrs. Thorpe said her married life had been one of great sorrow and persecution. Her husband was a confirmed drunkard. He had frequently beaten and disabled her. He was once before Mr. Woolrych for savagely assaulting her, and she interceded for him, and he promised to leave her and allow her 10s. per week. He paid one week's allowance only, returned to hi s h ome, and resumed his brutality. A warrant was applied for and granted, but he kept out of the way until the time for exe cuting the process expired. He then returned to his dwel ling, and commenced a course of savage tyranny. H e frequently came home intoxicated, broke up chairs and tables, and took out things to pawn to enable him to in dulge his propensity for strong drinks. He had not con tributed anything towards the support of his family for some time. She procured a scanty living by her own needlework and labour of her three boys. There were three other young children at. home who could not work. Last evening (Friday) her husband came home partially intoxicated, and after abusing her he took away her last shawl and dress for the purpose of raising money upon them at the pawnbroker's shop. She at tempted to snatch them from him, and he beat her with his fists, kicked her, dragged her into the yard, where he beat her head against the stones, and run out of the house. She caught him at the door, took the things from him, and threw them into the parlour through the window. He then struggled with her again, and used her so badly that the bystanders interfered and took him into custody. Police-constable Wm. Elson, 609 A, was called into a baker's shop last night and found the woman covered with blood, the children about her crying, and a mob of 200 or 300 persons assembled about the place. The people said the prisoner had seized his wife by the throat and nearly strangled her. Several respectable witnesses, some neighbours and others living at a distance, confirmed the complainant's evidence in every particular. The complainant was de scribed as an industrious, sober, and well-conducted woman. The prisoner cross-examined the witnesses very rudely, and he asked Mrs. Jane Fergusson, a master baker's wife if he was not entitled to clean shirts, to which she replied "If my husband acted like you and did not bring me money on Saturday night he should not have one." Mr. Partridge, in a feeling and eloquent manner, des canted on the serious nature of the prisoner's offence , revelling in sensual gra tifi ca ti ons, neg l ec ti ng hi s home, subjecting his wife to insupportable tyranny and persecu tion, and actually converting his wife and children's clothes into money to procure strong drinks. No wonder the poor and ill-used wife resisted her husband in taking away her shawl and dress. The complainant and her children were in a state of semi-starvation. The prisoner was a savage and wicked man, and he (M. Partridge) felt bound to put the law in force with great severity. He sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. WESTMINSTER. A GANG OF YOITNG DEPREDATORS AND A VIOLENT MonrEß.—Five youngsters, named Joseph Finch, 11; Frank Cox, 9 ; Michael Boyce, 9 ; Patrick Reardon, 14 and William Bull, Hoven charged with stealing a quantity of scissors and razors. John Simpson, another boy, 13 years of age, who gave his evidence in a very straightforward manner, said that on the previous evening he was coming down South-street, Chelsea, with a parcel in his pocket containing the articles in question, which had been ground, and which he was re taking to his master, when he stopped to play with these boys and another named Connor. Suddenly he felt some one at his pocket, and looking round saw Finch running away with the pareel. Reardon afterwards gave him one razor, and all the articles were recovered but a pair of scissors, which Cox sold in Marlborough-road. He was certain th:e parcel did not fall out, as it was in a very deep pocket. Did not think the boys took them for a lark, as CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Nov, 24: OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE CHARGE AGAINST DR. HUNTER. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) Mr. Sergeant Ballantine rose to address the jury for the defence. He said he hoped they would deal with this matter as with the most important event in their lives. It would be idle for him to say he did not feel a deeper responsibility than in more ordinary cases, for whatever might be the motive, whatever might be the state of mind of the prosecutrix, it was impossible for him to prove. He could not forbear referring to the position of the prisoner, a person only but a short time resident in this country, and in his struggle for fame it would be impossible for him to escape from the envy of persons who looked upon his talents with dislike. He was now placed in a position of un paralleled difficulty, because such a foul charge as that alleged against him was easily made, but it was difficult, if not almost impossible, to rebut. The learned counsel then proceeded to explain theories of Dr. Hunter, and showed that they required a close examination of the external portions of the body. In the course of his pro fessional duty he stated that he could not go on without further fees, and the two persons then mentioned and the brother of the pro secutrix committed the violent assault on him. Dr. Hunter went to the police-court, and before the matter came on for hearing this grave charge is made against him. His conduct was not that of a roan conscious of guilt ; indeed . his conduct was calculated to provoke a quarrel which must have been in the highest degree danger ous to him. He could not but think that in the outset that his learned friend had failed in a most important point ; he had not called any medical man to say what was the name of the drug which would produce such fearful results. They were acquainted with chloroform and ether, but neither of these powerful agents would produce the stupifying effects described by the prosecutrix. The peculiar drug used on this occasion was most extraordinary—it caused a woman to fall into a state of powerlessness, in which she would be perfectly conscious of everything that was going on, but quite unable to help herself in case of necessity. It was a novelty to him, and he could not but say that the whole story seemed to be culled from some high flown romance instead of savouring of truth and reason. Did it seem at all probable that the pri soner would run the enormous risk of committing such a crime as this within a very short distance from the room in which other patients were ? Could they imagine for one moment thattit prisoner could have pre-arranged all this by providing himself with the little bottle containing the peculiar drug long before Mrs. Merrick came into the room. The chance of discovery did not limit itself to the hear ing of the persons in the prisoner's house. Why, the state of health of the prosecutrix was such that the prisoner had no certainty that, suffering from such a dreadful malady, the outrage would not leave her a corpse in the chair in which she was sitting when the transaction occurred. Why had the prosecution refrained from calling Mrs. Shar land—was her evidence so unimportant ? He did not think it was, but whatever might be the case she left London yesterday, and according to the evi dence of her barmaid, she did not know where she had gone to. The jury would put their own con struction upon that, but he did not care much about it, because he did not see why the pro secutrix should have been knocking about the streets at all after she had left Dr. Hunter's in pre ference to at once going home and telling her hus band of the gross outrage that she said had been committed upon her. Then, with respect to the letter she sent to Dr. Hunter, did it at all read like the production of a person who had but one single hour previously suffer the greatest wrong a woman could receive from a man ? It began " Dear sir," and terminated "yours obediently." Was it such a letter that a daughter would write in the presence of her mother after such an occur rence ? He thought not. It was said the mother suggested the terms of the letter, but was it likely that the services of the prisoner should be desired when he (the learned counsel) was sure there was not a single street in the great metropolis, from one end of it to the other, in which a medical man would not, upon being sent for, have rendered all the assistance in his power. However, in the face of all that it had occurred. Then it was said was it likely that a woman, supposing her self to be at the point of death and taking the sacrament, would pass to eternity with a falsehood on her lips. Why, if he recollected the evidence aright, it was to the effect that, when she partook of the Holy Sacrament, she had not told her mother the whole facts of the outrage of which she said she .was the victim. Justice Byles said the learned Sergeant might reason that way if he pleased ; but he had to re-i mind him that he had the notes of the evidence be fore him, and according to them it appeared thatshe had told her mother all before taking that solemn obligation. Sergeant Ballantine proceeded—He was under the impression that such was not the case, but if it was so he would not further allude to it. However, he would now just lightly touch upon the position of the husband of the prosecutrix. Was he a person that was at all likely to be overburthened with money ? Why, it had been proved he had been a bankrupt, that he had not even paid his previous doctor's bill of £lB. Then, with respect to the evidence of the brother of the prosecutrix, who had be en a policeman, a carpente r , an d a p as t rycoo k, h e did not see his testimony was such as to help them to arrive at a clear conclusion in this case. Having referred to the other minor points in the trial, the learned Sergeant resumed his seat by saying he would not appeal to their feelings, but he called upon them, not for the protection of their sympathy, but for the protection of their honest judgment. Mr. Justice Byles then summed up the case. He said he jdid not remember a trial in which more fearful wickedness was imputed to one side •or the other. On the one side it was said you have been guilty of a breach of the most sacred professional confidence, a n d on th e o th er i t was said, you have been guilty o f th e mos t abomi nable perjury against an innocent man. The case was, therefore, of the greatest i m p or t ance ; b ecause previous to this nothing was alleged against the character of either the prosecutrix or of the defen dant; both, therefore, were stainless as far as was known to the Court. The learned judge then com menced reading and commenting upon the evidence, beginning with that of the prosecutrix, and on com ing to the apparent contradiction as to the parties who applied the embrocation, the learned Judg e said it appeared to him that both the brother and the mother were engaged in doing that, and therefore there was nothing of very great impor tance in the slight discrepancy in the testimony . of two of the witnesses. With respect to the evidence of the husband going to Dr. Hunter and ask ing him to attend his wife it was clearly i evidence that when he did it he was in entire igno rance of the assault, and when he became acquainted with it the first thing he did was to go to Dr. Hun ter's house, and, in the presence of a witness, horse whip him. The question of the guilt or inno cence of the prisoner was entirely a question for them (the jury). They would- have to determine upon the guilt or innocence of the accused, but if they were so puzzled that they could not come t o a sound and satisfactory conclusion, then they wo u ld act on that golden rule in criminal law, and not convict a man of whose guilt they had the slightest doubt. The jury, at a quarter to 4, retired to consider their verdict, and, after a n absence of a quarter of an hour, returned into court with a verdict of NOT GUILTY. The announcement of the verdict was received with loud applause by the persons who thronged every corner of the court. Dr. Hunter, during the calling over the names of the jury on their return from the court-room after they had arrived at their verdict, gave outward signs of the greatest anxiety, although throughout the proceedings he had borne himself with the greatest firmness. Immediately the verdict was pronounced his appearance altogether altered ; his eyes brightened up, and the whole expression of his countenance was that of a person who had ex- perienced the greatest relief. - Immediately he quitted the dock he was joined by his friends, who were in waiting to receive lulu. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 Ditto 3 Months. 12 1f Rotterdam - Antwerp — 25 50 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 12i Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 121 Vienne, — 11 71- Tnesto — 11_10 11 19 12 2 12 2 25 57i 25 57i 13 9 25 22 25 47 25 47 121} 11 12i 11 15 34 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid • Cadiz Leghorn - .•• - 47; - - . 4 i f - 25 47i 57 25 48 65 - 25 57 25 65 - 25 57 25 65 - 25 60 25 65 - 25 62 25 67 - 25 62 25 67f - 511 51 - 51} 511 Miran Messina Genoa Naples Palermo Oporto Lisbon . ( 4 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING THIS DAY. CROYDON METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst L'Africaine (taken) 100 to 8 agst Farnborough (taken) 100 to 8 agst Laura (taken) 20 to. 1 agst Meanwood (taken) 20 to 1 agst Benazet (taken) Very little betting. THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY. ESCAPE OF STEPHENS, THE HEAD CENTRE. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DUBLIN, Friday Morning: Stephens, the head of the conspiracy in Ireland, and for whose apprehension a reward was offerel by the Government, and who was last week taken into custody, has escaped from Richmond Prison. It is supposed that some of the prison officials are implicated in his escape. Ilis cell door was found open this morning, and no trace of him has since been found. MARKETS---This Day. -4- COVENT GARDEN. Seasonably good supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale hero to-day. In most kinds of produce a moderate business is passing at the following currencies : FRUIT—Pine apples, 7s to 8s; hot house grapes, 2s Gd to 6s ; foreign do, 9d to is Gd ; filberts, is 31 to is 6d per lb ; apples, is 9d to 8s Od ; pears, 2s Od t) 4s Od per half sieve ; lemons, 3s 6d to 8s ; oranges, Os to Os ; walnuts, is to 2s Od per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, is Gd to 2s Od; white do., 9d to is 3d ; Savoys, 9d to is 4d ; celery, 8d to is 6d ; horseradish, 9d to is 6d per doz heads •, greens, is 9d to 2s 3d; turnips, is 6d to 2s ; carrots, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ' • onions, is Gd to 2s p er d oz b unc h es ; B russe l s sprouts, is 3d to 2s per half sieve ; brocoli, 6d to 8d per bundle. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 8s Od ; geese, 5a to 8s 9d ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to is 9d ; wild do., is to 18 4d; pigeons, 6d to 8d each; pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; partridges, is 3d to is 9d ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; snipes, Os each ; Surrey fowls, 9s to lOs 6d; do. chickens, 6s to 7s ; barn-door fowl; 4s to 6s Od per couple. English eggs, lls to 13s ; French do., 8s 6d to 9s 6d per 100 ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 5d ; English is 4d to is 7d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Soles, Gd to 2s Gd per pair ; cod, 2s to 108 ; turbot, 2s 6d to 20s ; brill, is 6d to lOs ; mullets, Gd to 2s 6d ; doreys, Is to 7s each ; whiting; 3s to 12s ; haddocks, 4s to 20s ; smelt; is Gd per dozen ; fresh herrings, Bs.; mackerel, GOs per 120. Salmon, 3s per lb. NEWPORT. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s Od to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 81 to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 10d to 58 6d per Blbs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s Od to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s Gd per Blbs. by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 70. to Bd. ; of household ditto, Bd. to 7d. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 3d to 3}d. ; 64 to 72 lb; 3d to 3id ;72 to 801bs, 31d to 3-Id ;80 to 881bs., 31d to 4d ;88 to 961b5., 4d. to 40. ; 96 to 1041b5., 411 to 5d.; 104 to 1121b5., 5d to 50. Horse hides, 9s to 10s Od; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, lOs Od to 12s Od ; half-bred; 8s Od to 9s 6d ; downs, 5s 9d to 68 9d. HAY SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 15s; clover, £5 Os to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per ,load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 15s; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od; and straw, £1 16s to .£2 5s per load. Trade steady. WHITECTIAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 10s to £5 15s; clover, £5 Os to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade dull. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. LONDON, Nov. 25.---Wind this day at noon—South, Westerly ; rather strong breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. NEWPORT, Nov. 24.—Wind N.E.—Put back—Florence Nightingale, for Bathurst. MILEORD, Nov. from Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Great Hearney, from Bahia for Falmouth. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hope, SHIELDS, Nov. 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Haverham, •om Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Florence, from New York for Stettin. -CLYDE, Nov. 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Oriental, from New York. SWANSEA, Nov. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Red Rose, from London. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 24.—Wind S. — Sailed—Gaffs, for Rio Janeiro. BROMIELAW, Nov. 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—City o Montreal, for Melbourne. I . IIY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Nov. 24—Ocean Nymph, from Labrabor ; Wan derer, from Genoa; True Blue, from Fayal. Arrived, Nov. 25—Island Maid, from Messina; Maria Jane, from Caen ; Excel, from Zante ; Spera, from Para. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Sarah Watson, from East Indies, for London ; Tom John Taylor, screw steamer, from Patras, for London. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 20. The Queen has been pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood.upon Robert Lush, Esq., Sergeant-at-law, one of the Justices of the Court of Queen's Bench. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Edward Hilditch, Esq., M.D., Inspector- General of Hospitals and Fleets. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon John Campbell Lees, Esq., late Chief Justice of the Bahamas. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 22. Mr. William Henry Roberts has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with senio rity of Nov. 16, 1865: Nov. 23. The following flag promotions, dated the 17th instant consequent ou the death, on the 16th inst., of Vico-Admi ral Sir Horatio Thos. Austin, K.C.8., have this day taken place : Rear-Admiral Sir Sydney Colpoys nacres, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral ; Captain Cospatrick Bairn() Hamilton to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved List; Cap tain Thomas Fisher to be Rear-Admiral ; Retired Captain William Louis Sheringham to be Retired Rear- Admiral, under the provisions of the Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, and 9th July, 1864. The prospectus has appeared of the Naples Public Works Company, a new undertaking, with a pro posed capital of £1,200,000, for the purpose of exe cuting public works in Naples, and will commence operations by constructing a Boulevard upwards of a mile in length, connecting the centre of the city, the Royal Palace, and the Government buildings with the chief carriage -drive of the city. A tender for this work has been made and accepted by the municipality of Naples, who are to contribute a subsidy of 1,800,000 francs, payable progressively as the works proceed. The revenue from rentals, it is calculated, will yield at least 10 per cent. per annum on the cost of construction. The first issue of shares will amount to £600,000. The shares are already 2} to 3 premium. Mr. J. F. O'Brien, who for many years has been in Italy, is appointed Secretary. Yesterday the convict Charlotte Winsor was brought up in person before the Court of Queen's Bench on a writ of habeas corpus , but after some discussion her case was ordered to stand over till next term. The Chicago Tribune of the 2nd says—A Major General in the confidence of the President--if we may re ceive his own assurance upon this point—was given to understand but a few days since, in a frank interview with his Excellency, that the message would receive and conv ey to Congress all exec utive responsibility in Con nection with reconstruction : that his Excellency wou l d say for substance : " Gentlemen of the two Houses, I have the honor to represent to your sovereignties that thesga l coming,pa readyrpepl u p o n assuming office I found a ve r y conciliatory policy i s so i hn a c: n od a mf 0 , wir b ne u gua t mti l ov y ye i lying Ide application couldnt choyne under p u do o n et nic.tilshs such neh o khe f already inaugurated, not only formally, as i n the reorga crtnehiirtzeclult.AmniQdsnotamfoinnfpcieesLastrcoasaeut. it courteous to my predecessor, or to his constitutional advisers, who were also mine, to interrupt the course of events already shaped, by the introduction of theories more satisfactory to myself. I have, therefore, without essential modification, carried forward the plans of your late President, not without the approval of a large pro portion of my fellow-citizens, deferring the formation of a new policy until I could avail myself of your very valu able counsel; and here I pause for your reply." General Canby has issued an order t New hereto Orleans, revoking all the restraints or conditions fore imposed by military authority on the sale or transfer of lands in Louisiana. It is semi-officially stated that the United States army now numbers 18 9 , 000 men of all arms. A severe gale had been experienced on Lake On tario, and much damage had been done thereby to the ship- ping. The California Navigation Company has just launched the largest steamer ever constructed on that coast, designed to run on the Sacramento River. She cost $3OO 000. towfl see the mst • fling )ther 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 flOO 2 100 100 104 f 171 17 10 I