The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-31 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGE.P.TOR, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is easier to-day, and to the present time not' one of the numerous and heavy bills which matured yesterday has been returned. This circumstance speaks volumes for the caution and prudence evinced by the commercial classes, especially as the Indian and China business has lately been embarrassed by the panic at Bombay . and the large failures that have been reported there in the produce markets. To-day the inquiry for ac commodation is light, and the rates of the brokers show a renewed tendency to easiness, and first class bills are readily taken at 3i per cent. The reconstruction of the board of the West Lon don Wharves and Warehouses Company has been effected, and the new directors state that the land In possession of the company and the powers con ferred Jay the act of Parliament will, in their opt -711011, prove to be of considerable value as reported by the company's surveyor. It has been arranged that all questions between the International Con tract Company and this company shall be settled, by arbitration. The Stock Exchange will be closed to-morrow, Ist November, as usual, because the transfer offices of s the Bank of England will be shut to enable the officials to adjust the half-yearly balances of the establishment. The following communication has also been issued to the press :—. London, 30th Oct., 1866. Sir beg to inform you that the Mining Exchange Will be closed to-morrow, the Ist of November. I am, si r) Yours obediently, W. C. JOHNSON, Secretary. • There are no arrivals of specie to-day, but several Vessels are expected. Bar gold amounting to £BO,OOO was taken to the Bank yesterday, and there Vas a withdrawal of 10,000 sovereigns for shipment to Alexandria. The revenue accounts .of the Punjaub Railway for the half-year ending 30th June, 1866, show that the net profits realised during the half-year amounted to £19,959, against £15,477 for the pre vious six months, being an increase of nearly 30 per cent. The working expenses are 62.17 per cent. of the total receipts. The progress of the traffic on this line affords a very fair idea of the gradually increasing popularity of railway accommodation ; and if the receipts continue to increase in the same ration as hitherto, the net profits must in the course of a few years yield a dividend in excess of the guarantee of 5 per cent, In order to accomplish this, however, the Punjaub Railway must not be allowed to remain a mere section without a proper terminus at the sea board, and without those branches which would connect it with the great warts and sources of produce in the province. At the general meeting to-day of the Royal Mail Stearn Packet Company the report presented was adopt e d . The dividend is £3 per share out of the ?rd nary nary profits, and a bonus of £2 per share from the insurance fund, free of income tax, payable by warrants, to be issued on this occasion (as an ex ... O pt ional case) on th e evening of the general meeting. In former reports the directors have alluded to the t er !ico which the Panama and New Zealand Royal bet Mail Com pany (Limited) i n t en d e d t o es t a bli s h ,„e,ween Panama, New Zealand, and Australia. routes to those colonies in connection with 1 .13 18 company line between Southampton and th e thm us of Panama was opened on the 2nd June l ast from Southampton, and on the 15th of the throe month f rom Sydney, and it is satisfactory to shareholders to know that the few voyagesa already made across the Pacific Ocean . a ve been performed with such efficiency as to 1 1 :1,Y the expectation that the line will rise l aced in public favour. The directors congratu fa e d the shareholders again on the continued satis k_et°2 arY con dition of the i nsurance account, w hi c h ' e. ( credit bala nce of £231,400. The amount of „" e ase that w ill fall on the company in consequence ch athe c asualty on b oard the Seine last year is not neetPlon therewith are not y e t c l ose d , b ut i t i s ascer- Zed that th e expense will be considerably less to 4 in the 11 WaS esti mated when the s u bj ec t was a d ver t e d l ast report, an d the amount will probably a ppear in the next account. Two o'CLocK. th 4cn°r aing to R eu t er ' s telegram from Paris to-day Meeti n g e French Rentes were 68f. 90c.—heavy. A • Pla net wasilheld to-day at the offices of the jxol,o Assu rance Corporatio n (Li m it e d), f or th e ;8e o f electing a s h areholders ' auditor. It was rated that the affairs of the company were pro tiling in a satisfactory manner. heZl'esterday the market for Consols remained heavy ,Y all day at a decline of per cent., but this bee recovered to-day, and for the moment e x , 411.8 _, aPPear, if not very buoyant, at least 89ruingly firm. ,The present prices are : In: h i f°r money and the account. The easiness of 414 - eY and the probability of a decline in the mini tihe_lnr more ere incentives to speculation, and hence an imation and an upward tendency ! alum tin ned in the Foreign Stock Market has con have koderately active. Turkish 5 per Cents. Spanishadanced to 301 ; Greek Bonds, Ito 144 ; to Passive, Ito 24 ; and the Certificates, el* 13 i 14 ; while the Italian Loan, 1861, has de n ilat.6.rtner tone has prevailed in the Railway Share ch-artlet. Lancashire and Yorkshire, London, in3 13 : 111 ,) and Dover, and South Eastern have each an4 -- „l e 't ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 1; aeoineivi.4etropolitan, lf , while Great Western have 13r ighto n ; North LEastern (Berwick), ; and very I"ereign and C o l on i a l li nes cont i nue i n imp roved koder ate request. I mper i a l M ex i can have to 5, and E as t I nd i an, 1031 104, while Great India n Peninsula h ave d ec li ne d to 106 re:`,..ue dealings in Bank Shares have been very cl7.lleted. Chartered of India, Australia, and to A la a have improved to 17i ; London Joint Stock, d o ' 2 / ; and Imperial Ottoman, to 91 ; while Lon to 11 . and County have declined to 61 ; Alliance m a? s teady, at 184 19. hthili.the Miscellaneous Market there has not been d:n,.o animation. Anglo-American Telegraph have have to 141 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents. a're are lilar declined to 82i ; Credit Foncier of England N ke d 3 1 ; L on di n Fi nane i a l , 9 f r 101 ; and ational Discount Company, 144. 6LAmerican Securities show little variation of im 'a,nce• Unit e d S tates 5-20 Bonds are marked rT; Eri e Sh ares have improved to 50k . 51/ ; and nie Shares declined to 771. It a 4 : l he traffic receipts on th e D e t ro it an d Mil waukee 1 8 - 6 ":ead for the week ending the 18th October, araounted to /52 14s. 6d., and for the corre sPon ding Week in 1865 the amount was £52 Os. 6d. MINING MARKET. The c h ief 'WEDNESDAY, Two o'cl oc k. a. i l ad f eature on th e mar k e t to -d ay has been advance of i 2 per sha re i n Chi verton, and ss. in tall th , T°lgus. Prince o f W a l es, Seton,;Great Re tie aeK) North Crofty, and East R usse ll a l so i n Q 14 44 111 iv"toll West Caradon, Great St. V or , an d W est pri ce i weaker. A nnexed is a list of the latest ~.... ei°,:rn Camborne, 25s 27s Od ; Chivorton Moor, 41 1; Basset G old, 21 1 ; Clifford Amalgamated, 7i 81 ; East E et, 22 4 ; East Caradon, 5/1 ; East Lovell, 12 13 ; aBt R usse t , tin () 3 31; East Wheal Grenville, ——; Frou 115t 14'1cl tolivia Gold, 7s 8s; Great Laxey, 18 181; Groat W h a 1 1 ' 14, , 13s 15s ; Great South Tolgus, es 8s ; Great 2 7s eas Vol., 18 i ; Marko Valley, 4/ i ; North Crofty, 25s c,'„'r..?rtll Treskeby, 3-I / ; Prince of Wales, 25s 27s ; tot:Tlarren 12; West Caradon, 16 17 ; West Chiv_e_r- W I : '") ; West Seton, 135 140; Wheal Basset, 70 ia; eteal 152 1 157 Chivertonl. , 6.1 71 ,'Wheal Crebor, 10 15 ; Wheal en, , .I 3 II ITI S II FUNDS 3 vevEnislxt NT FUNDS. —ONE O'CLOCK. 89i 13,21' Cent. Consols 89f 3 'O. Account, Nov. 8 tiper Cent. Roducod BGi 7 874 i 7 613:"..113. per Cent ............................. . . _ li e _z_ ,Ites, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 711 ,7 4 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 ..-.°. b Per Cont. Jan. 1873 — 1,-,,0. for 30 yrs,oxp:ro sth Aplil, 1885 — t_ub ated Sea Tolot,(-raph), Aug., 1908 — achequer 13Ws, £1,000,3 & 4 per Cont 4 pus Tax 2day; an, and chess of I Divine ;rday. 's chap- S ThYr a o f the for Den- s is 0. role frolU burg, at- who was i n g fro' weather• left the A. G. left tlio rrived at Iser, and CostessY utlef. " Tarrisoll iscellanY rues it 10 talment• 11 of in° a little ve is 011° °malic e- indeed; nidst (34 ;yen in to races al raimen t ier, and lusicia l3° ed Herr :r. Ain6" d were of tg• hted 11 1 ) zqu isitel)! ken ba ci ' ble. ger beautiful 3y lip° 0 e it was charralq she CO ulo. Lined that , e to tli ° mtleraaa are very f cours e, yet th e y ? 'YND. t was about tat well" l, 11 eyes, $ nd mpres eiojr , 31001 the 50 019 ': fret, stou" tu had °n ; l , a . w hat [omen. lir Ilag ll T ill-fatea )ci in hio' In, that t he m ust 0 bore the i we cat' upon SO , w tale 0 han d or' oven b e ery of the h a v eil ns, all 0/ m e e aratie ANAL class L oration of ► be yet,/ pf a l e gf, rrister-3 Serra 0.; ° P e in giVen b ra crth; 11 P 6 1 en issu e 3 01111 oft,Cle: Lndd follow r particu'' Vi ;() o f ,b 0 rehtl if 01' ;pect tioct reSt g r° at of t o Aber 01,, a ctiol l " r sa f , 50 9 of J' oo to r ettl i iff t au cl t coating i [Wed ” 3Y :to legiti ly A is jusO e ' o f )ndoocie9,fg 3 then a i i n e ma ke Vv Of C lUr i arc .“ 3 ' 1 ,,4 s° ditl° llß e d be 00 'll O ;USER iste— r o Soon c, the ' 4 ' 3 Old C °l' t it le ll weem4, : AdrO P ,t, f' r olit a onliDg E sl ' i s; I S r s o t' oted ill n U j and 1351° p pa ttin iti g 10 1 ,he Pr f ioo _tot e d o f th e s ,•t ' it t io vita°a V' ~ Vlt , o ,t i ti U O." 445. p ,llO :s Sion} A m °' he at t'' S tgos riot , j u itea oia• fra o jai . eon , 0 0 rg aoc an ,, e- 0 5' t t u her •Dtr";4 )le, to SI J° v rer v oi.) 11 ; i s Si ) beell rcday INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO 22 25 pm Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent • Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 . Do. 18 . 65 , Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds Do. Scrip, £65 paid 3uenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Do. A ccount Do £lOO Bonds Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chil4n 6 per Cent Jolombian, 6 per Cent. Juba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 Danubian Principalities Do. Account Niquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferred tigyptian 7 per Cent B2l 3 Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Bl+ Do £lOO Bonds B2l Do. Government Rail way Debentures — Do. £BO paid dis Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account G uatemala 5 per Cent. ttliian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana RaiLway Ilexicar. 3 per Cent Do. Account Do. 1864 lll Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Slontevidean 6 per Cent. ...... . Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent qew Granada Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 664 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3. 434 Do. Account aussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 .. Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 914 903 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Accsunt 214 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded die _ Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4} per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account s7} 8 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent, 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed 971 Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 3O 291 30f Ditto 11 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 par Cent, Ex. 10 Florins Belgian. 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil. — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 251. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money -891 / Do. Account The Betrothal of the Princess Dagmar. The preliminary steps in the marriage of the Princess Dagmar of Denmark to the Czarewiteh of Russia have been celebrated with great pomp and ceremony at St. Petersburg. On the 24th inst. (or, according to Russian reckoning, on the 12th) the princess was formally received as a member of the Greek communion in the chapel of the Winter Palace. The company formed a brilliant gathering, the ladies arrayed in the national court costume, with the kakoschnik and long train, while the men wore military uniforms of great variety and splen dour. Shortly after ten o'clock the imperial family appeared at the entrance to the chapel, and all eyes were fixed on the heroine of the day, whom the Emperor led by the hand and presented to the Metropolitan. The Princess Dagmar was simply dressed in a white robe trimmed with swansdown, and a long train. She had no veil or ornament upon her head, and not a single jewel glittered on her person. The Metropolitan, surrounded by his bishops, then went through the ritual of confirma tion, asking the prescribed questions as to the creed, which the princess answered in a clear, dis tinct voice, showing a mastery of Russian pronun ciation which charmed the audience. Having been duly anointed, the princess was conducted by the empress to the altar, where she kissed the sacred images and partook of the communion. It was noon when the mass was over and the imperial family received the congratulations of the chief clergy. The priest to whom had been confided the spiritual instruction of the princess was the object of especial attention on the part of the Empress. On the following day, towards noon, the chapel was again filled with a distinguished company. The diplomatic circle, which had not been invited to the former ceremony, was now present. The Em peror, with the other members of the imperial family, arrived at half-past twelve. The Empress took her usual seat near the sacred gateway, where the Emperor rejoined her, after having con ducted the Czarewitch and the Princess Dagmar to the centre of the chapel. The ceremony of betrothal was then performed, the young couple standing in front of a desk upon which were laid the Holy Gospel and crucifix. The bethrothal rings having been taken from the golden salvers on the altar, were handed by the Court confessor and the reli gious instructor of the imperial family to the Metro politan, who, after a prayer, placed them on the fingers of the Czarewitch and Princess. Next the Empress, advancing to the centre of the chapel, exchanged the rings. Amid repeated salvos of artillery the Emperor and Empress, toge ther with the bethrothed pair, received the felicitations of the company, and a grand Te Deum was chanted by the priests. At two o'clock the imperial family returned to their own apartments, and the religious part of the day's pro ceedings terminated. The rest of the day was spent in festivity. A reception by the Czarewitch and the Princess Dagmar followed, and the day's festivities were wound up by a ball. The dancing consisted of only a single polonaise several times renewed, in which all the members of the imperial family joined, and was concluded by ten o'clock. The Princess Dagmar wore a handsome national costume, in which delicate rosepink and white were harmoniously mingled. A long ten with silver threads descending from her hair floated around her, and garlands of dainty little roses were draped round the petticoat and train. THE THEATRES IN LONDON. DRURY LANE.—The Comedy of Errors. Seven. lIAYMARKET.—The Overland Route—The Critic—My Husband's Ghost. Seven. ADELPHl.—Ethel—Helen. Seven. LYCEUM.—Brutus and Ctesar—(At a Quarter to Eight) The Long Strike—Twee aeton's Tail Coat. Seven. PRINCESS'S.--The Triple Alliance—The Huguenot Captain. Seven. OLYMPlC.—Dearest Mamma—(At Half-past Eight) The White Boy. Half-past Seven. ST. JAMES'S,—The Belle's S tratagem—T he Boarding School. Seven. STRAND. —The Married Bachelor—ln the Wrong Box— Der Freischufz—Waiting for the Underground. Seven. ETOLBORN.— Larkins' Love Letters—Flying Scud—Seven. NEW ROYALTY.—Number One Round the Corner—Melt's Diversion—The Lady of the Lake. Half-past Seven. PRINCE OF WALES'S.-OUrS! —Der Freischutz. Half-past Seven. PLACES OF AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION. Mr. and Mrs. German Reed—Gallery of Illustration, Regent-street. Every Evening at Eight—Saturday at 3 in the afternoon. rtLEFERENCE SHARER. Great Northern, s:per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm., IC3 4 Great Western Orig. pref. 4i per cent pir., 85 FOREIGN RAIL WA.Y3. Great Luxembourg, 121 Imperial Mexican, Urn., 5 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 181 FOREIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Sliver Mining, 2,1 i Port Philip, i St. John del iley, lim., 51 BANKS. Agra and 31asterman's, lim., 6 Alliance% lim.. 181 Australasia, 65 411 Bank of New Zealand, 18 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chink 171 City, 15 1 Consolidated Bank, lim., 5 Imperial Ottoman, 91 * Lard Mortgage Bank of India, Um.. 24 London Chartered liana of Australia, 214 London and County, 61 London Joint Stock, 42} DOCKS. East and West India. 1311 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 141 t Atlantic Telegraph, 51 48 Dit o, 8 per cunt. 85 74 5 British Indian Tea, cunt., 5} City of Moscow Gas, lim., 15 f Credit k'oncier of England, lim 34 Ebbw Vale, 94 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 41 i t Gcn. Credit and Finance of L.w.,1111, Hui.. 41 General Steam Navigation. 26 Hudson's Bay, 7 16i Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., - 24 International ...,and Credit, lim. 24 London Financial Association, lim., 10} London General Omnibus Company, lim, I,on and Provincial Marine, 2k Oce in :narine Insurance), Oriental Gas, Urn., 5,k Nrtional _Dkcount ompany, 15 A STORY OF MAitY QUEEN OF SCOTS.._ Still less can wo refuse the evidence of the "True Report" of Mary Queen of Scots, which sots forth that, when the execu tioner lifted the head by the hair to show it to the by standers with the exclamation of " God save the Queen," it suddenly dropped from his hands. The hair was false ; the head had been shaved in front and at the back, leaving a few grey hairs on the sides.—Edinburgh Review, new number. A MARRIAGE PORTION.—Some months since it was mentioned that Dr. W. Byrd Powell, a phrenological enthusiast in America, bequeathed his head to a widow lady who had been a favourite pupil. A Kentucky court ordered the head to be severed and given to the lady, which was done. The widow with this odd dowry was soon after married to Profes^•or A. T. Kickoler, who is now lecturing in New York on physiological subjects, and illustrating hi■ subject with Dr. Powell's head. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1833. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. THE SCUTTLING OP THE SHIP SEv•—Thomas Ber- - wick, owner of the ship Severn, was charged with con spiring with lloldsworth and Dean (who have been re manded) to defraud the London and Caledonian Marine Insurance Company of a sum of £1,500. Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, prosecuted, and Mr. Buchanan defended the prisoner. Mr. Lewis said that he appeared on behalf of the Salvage Company, who was charged with the two men in custody with an attempt to defraud Lloyd's of a large sum of money. The latter were remanded till Friday next, and after giving some evidence to connect this prisoner with them, he asked that he also should be remanded till the same day. Sergeant Webb said that he had charge of this case, and had apprehended the other prisoners who were implicated in this transaction. £lOO reward had been offered for the arrest of Berwick, and from information he received he went to a house in the neighbourhood of Victoria-park, where he found hire. He was accompanied by Sergeant Hamilton He gave the name of Duprd (a party with whom the pri soner was acquainted) and was admitted, the prisoner not at first discovering that he was another person. Hamilton and Bull were admitted to the house, and ho told him his name was not Dupre but Webb, and that ho was a detec tive officer. He then introduced him to his brother officers. Mr. Lewis—For which no doubt he felt very much obliged. (Laughter.) Witness—He told him of the charge, and he denied knowing anything about the ship called the Severn, which sailed from Newport about the month of May last. He (prisoner) said, in reference to the charge of attempting to defraud Lloyd's, "It is all wrong. I don't know anything about the ship." Witness said, " You are the owner of the Severn." He replied, "You make a mistake. I never saw her; I. never was on board her ; I know nothing about her." Witness said that he would have to go with him, and that he had plenty of assistance to compel him to do so. The prisoner at first refused, but at last consented to go with the officers. He asked him if tho captain was in custody, and witness said he knew more about him than he did. They then took him to the station, and on searching him found £23 and a gold watch and chain. He had had the investigation of this case, and if the pri soner were remanded till Friday he was in a position to state that important evidence Would be produced on that day. Inspector Hamilton was in possession of information that was of great importance. Mr. Buchanan said that if the time to which the prisoner was to be remanded was not short he would ask that he should be admitted to bail. The prisoner was then remanded till Friday. On the application of Mr. Buchanan, the prisoner's money, and watch and chain, were delivered up to him. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. BANQUET AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. Last evening the Lord Mayor (Alderman Phillips) desir ing to celebrate in a way worthy the City of London the successful completion of the Atlantic Telegraph connecting the Old World and the New, entertained all the various persons conspicuously identified with the enterprise, with the exception of a few who were unavoidably absent from indisposition, at dinner at the Mansion-honse, which was served in the Egyptian-hall, with great splendour. The company was about 150 in number, and included many persons not connected with the achievement. The Lord Mayor was unfortunately absent from indis position, and Mr. Alderman Copeland, the senior alder man, presided in his stead. The invited guests as they arrived were received by the chairman and the Lady Mayoress, ,in the state drawing-room, and thence con ducted to the seats assigned them in the hall, which was brilliantly illuminated for the occasion. The tables were profusely 'decorated with rare flowers, and the ancient Flat° of the Corporation, and the entertainment was alto gether one of great magnificence. The Lady Mayoress occupied a seat immediately on the left of the chair, and Mrs. Barnet, her daughter, on the right. On the removal of the cloth grace was sung by the choir, and the chairman and the Lady Mayoress drank to the company in a loving cup. The toast of " The Queen" was drunk with every mark of respect, as was also that of " The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the rest of the Royal family." The usual patriotic toasts were then duly honoured— Captain Galton, R.E.; replying for the Army ; Capt. Corn merell, R.N., for the Navy ; and Colonel Loyd-Lindsay, M.P., for the Volunteers. Tho last-named gentleman re ferred to the enthusiastic reception given to the English Volunteers by the Belgian people from the King down wards on their recent visit to that country, and he anti cipated the welcome which the Belgian Volunteers would receive on their arrival in Englaad next year. The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of "The House of Commons," coupling with it the name of Viscount Cram borne, the Secretary of State for India, whom he compli rmenfed for the kcal and energy he had shown since his accession .to office, and especially in dealing.with the In dian famine. Lord CRANBORNA who was welcomed with cheers, ex pressed his deep regret at the absence of the Chief Magis trate of the city, whose eloquence on these occasions they were all accustomed to admire, and who had filled with such singular felicity and skill the important office ho held, (Cheers.) The House of Commons, he said, take it to pieces as people might, had this great characteristic—that it was the true reflex of the opinions and feelings of the country, and especially in the honour it was always ready to pay and the assistance it invariably afforded to great scientific undertakings like that which they were met that night to celebrate. (Cheers.) The House of Commons had an intense appreciation of facts of all kinds, and it had never been wanting in giving assistance to great scientific enterprises. He had no right officially to speak of the Atlantic tele graph, but he had of another telegraph which connected India with England, and on behalf of those who were re sponsible for the government of this country, he thanked most earnestly those great minds to whom they owed that great boon to the human race. (Cheers.) It was not merely in the immediate results which such a discovery gave to the government of a country. It had been a reproach to us in this day that we were not so willing as we were of old to recognise the works of mind, and that we had come to bo too material in our ideas. The truth was that our ances tors worshipped objects of the mind as applied to matters of taste and sensibility; but we admired the splendid efforts of the greatest intellects when applied to minister in the highest degree to the uses of man. All they who were oc cupied in political life would say that it was a real pa sure, after the conflicts in which they were accustomed to be engaged, to tender their grateful homage to those who had been concerned in this great achievement. They all felt a deep interest in the contests that decided the fate of nations or the genuineness of political principles, but there was on all these conflicts the stamp of decay. T hey kne w that the political principles for which they contended were liable to a similar decadence, and that what was held in honour in this century might be the subject of derision in the next; but the great addition to human power which Wheatstone and kindred spirits had conferred on the human I mind might be the heritage of the human race as long as our species should exist. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed " Prosperity to the At lantic Cable," trusting that it might be the means o cementing the more the ties which had long bound the Old World and the New. The Right Hon. Joint STUART WORTLEY, whose name as chairman of the Atlantic Telegraph Company had been associated with the toast, said it was a subject for regret that they could not tender their personal thanks to the Lord Mayor for that banquet, representing, as he did, the community of that great city, and in a certain sense the commercial community of the country. This had been a remarkable enterprise, but the history of the company over which he (Mr. Wortley) had the honour to preside was equally so. It began with a remarkable event. Some of the leading meffhants and bankers subscribed to a list of 350 shares of £l,OOO each—not as a speculation, nor in the hope of remuneration, but from higher motives. In 1857 £500,000 more was subscribed, and in 1859 £500,000 more, making £1,350,000 altogether ; and that having boon spent, the company was at one time so penniless that the directors put their hands into their pockets, and, subscribing £250 apiece, paid the clerks and kept the offices. But the deepest debt of gratitude was due to those who were the real heroes of the enterprise—the engineers, the olectricians,and the men of the merchant and naval services. (Cheers.) Mr. Wortley referred in passing to an interview he once had with the late Prince Consort in relation to the undertak ing, in the course of which, he said, his Royal Highness expressed an opinion that it might be more likely to be successful if it were practicable to lay the cable in an elastic glass tube, and took down a volume of an ancient classic author (Potronius Arbiter), from which he read a passage to.show that in those days the elasticity of glass was known. One great motive had from first to last ani mated all who were engaged in the enterprise —namely, that by bringing England and America into telegraphic communication the two communities would become more brotherly, or, if he might say so, more cousinly than they had hitherto been. They were deeply indebted to the zeal and skill of Mr. Cyrus Field. He rejoiced, therefore, that her Majesty had been advised by the Government to mark and distinguish the men who had conducted the enter prise to a successful termination—a circumstance which would be regarded as a fresh proof of the lively interest the Queen took in all great nationalundertakings. (Hear, hear.) Mr. C. E. STEWART, whose name had also been con nected with the toast as chairman of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company, made a few observations in acknow ledgment; and Mr. PENDER, speaking for the Telegraph Construction and. Maintenance Company, took occasion to connect it especially with the enterprise, in having chextered the Great Eastern steamship and raised the greater portion of the capital by which the scheme was eventually carried out. He added, amid the cheers of the company, that America, in connection with the enterprise, ought to be proud of such a man as Cyrus Field, and for his lifelong devotion to the cause. The toast-of "Science as applied to Telegraphy," was next given from the chair, to ,which Professor Sir William Thomson. briefly replied, remarking, on the part of the scientific men employed in connection with the Atlantic Telegraph, that next to that most intense of all instincts, passions, and feelings in the scientific character—the love of nature— the strongest rewardfor investigation was found when the results of that investigation conferred some sub stantial benefit upon a large mass of mankind. Sir S. Canning replied to the toast of "The Engineers,' and Mr. Willoughby Smith, C.E., to that of " The Elec tricians." Sir Tames Anderson, commander of the Great Eastern, responding to the toast of his health, took occasion to say of Captain Moriarty, by the way, that he had no equal in either the Royal or mercantile navy. Viscount ORANBOILIE proposed the next toast. All those, he said, who had enjoyed the hospitality of the Lord Mayor of London during the past year, all who desired to see a great and ancient office well and honourably maintained, and all who desired to see the city often adorned by a chief magistrate of his mark would join with him in thanking the Lord Mayor for his exertions during his tenure of office, and in wishing him health and happiness. (Cheers.) For himself, he had not only to thank the Lord Mayor in his public capacity for his general maintenance of the duties of his high office, but he had had an opportunity of witness ing the zeal he had shown in directing into a right channel the abundant charities of this great metropolis. On the receipt of the recent and somewhat conflicting telegrams from India in relation to the famine it was difficult to decide upon the right course to adopt, but he could bear testimony that, so far as the Lord Mayor had been concerned, he had acted with tact, zeal, and discretion. He gave "Health and long life to the Lord Mayor." The toast was drunk with acclamation, and Mr. Henry Phillips acknowledged the compliment on behalf of his father. Mr. JOIIN ABEL SMITH, M.P., then in graceful terms proposed " the Health of the Lady Mayoress," which was received, if possible, with still greater enthusiasm. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Edwin Ball, assisted by Mr. Fielding, Mr. Montom Smith, and Mr. Theodore Distin. The company separated about 11 o'clock. MATHER V. THE DUCHESS OF NORFOLK.---Yester day, at the Cintmbers of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, the case of " Mather v. The Duchess of Norfolk," was heard on an application, by two summonses, for further time to an swer the bill, which was for an injunction to restrain the building of a house in Arundel-street, Strand, the ground of which had been taken from the Duchess of Norfolk. It was stated that it was probable that the matter would be arranged. The works had not been completed. Mr. Church, the chief clerk, asked whether it was the first ap plication, and was told there had been several similar motions. Tho chief clerk granted 14 days' further time to answer, and it was stated that there Wald, in all proba bility, be a settlement of the SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WORCESTER RACES-TUESDAY, Match 50: 7st each; two miles on the flat.—Mr. Softon's br m Roaring Meg agst Mr. Tharme's br in Rosa. Mr. Tharme's Rosa (Cameron) 1 Mr. Sefton's Roaring Meg A Plate of 80 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; winners of 50 sovs after Oct. 24 (at 7 p.m.) 71b extra ; the Old Course (one mile and a quarter); 9 subs. Mr. T. Wadlow's Sandal, Bst (Morris) 1 Mr. W. Carlisle's Allow Me, 7st 61b (Maidment) 2 Vampire, Succesc , , and Monitress also ran. Betting -5 to 4 agst Sandal, 3 to 1 agst Vampire, 5 to 1 agst others Won by a head ; bad third. Vampire came in first, but was objected to for cannoning against Sandal. Sandal gets the stakes. The Two Yea'r Old Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for two year olds ; colts 9st, fillies and geldings Bst 101 b ; the whiner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if entered for 70 sovs allowed 71b, 60 141 b, 50 21.1 b, 30 281 b ; half a mile. Mr. C hapl i a's Goodfellow (Kenyon) 1 Mr. Y. King's Amour Propre (Phillips) 2 Novelty, Texana f, Laura, Lute, Colenso, and Ada mauthea also ran. Betting -2 to lon Goodfellow, 7to 1 bar one. Won a length. A Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added; two year olds 7st 31b, thre Bst 101 b, four 9st 41b, five, six, and aged 9st 91b ; ti ‘ to winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; if en tered for 100 sov 1 allowed 51b, 80 81b, 50 121 b, 30 201 b ; snares and geldings allowed 31b; five furlongs, on the straight. Mr. T. Goddard's Chicken Hazard (Murray) 1 Captain Machell's King Charles (Kenyon) 2 Tribune, Bonne Fortune, and Prescription also ran. Betting —Even agst King Charles, 3 to 1 agst Pre scription, 4 to 1 agst Chicken Hazard and B nne Fortune. The Nursery Plate of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap of 5 sovs each ; winners after Oct. 24 (at 7 p.m.) 71b or of any stake worth 200 sovs 101 b extra ; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. (a straight half mile). 27 subs. Mr. A. C. Douglas's Miss Frances, 7st 41b (Covey) 1 Sir C. Rushout's Moonbeam, Bst 101 b (Clements) 2 Mr. W. S. Halford's Recompense, 6st 111 b (Cameron) 3 Jeannie Deans, La Maudite, Challenge, Lady Craven, Belle of Cadiz, Polden Hill, Lord Bagot, Rebecca, Mou choir, Esmeralda, Merry Monarch, and The Rock also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst The Rock, 7to 1 Jeannie Deans, 10 to 1 agst Moonbeam, 14 to I agst the winner. Won by a neck; same between second and third. The Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 40 added ; winners of 50 soya clear after Oct. 24 (at seven p.m.) 71b extra; two miles, over six hurdles ; 24 subs. Mr. Dixon's Shakspere, 9st 41b (Wheeler) 1 Mr. J. W. H. Powell's Heurlys, 9st 121 b (Page) 2 Mr. F. Dark's Steamboat, 9st 121 b Brahma, Wild Thyme, Love Letter, Discretion, Lydia, Cacula, Renfreid, and Fortunatus also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Shakspere, 9 to 2 agst Steamboat, 7 to 1 agst others. The Worcester Autumn Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added ; winners of 100 sovs after Oct. 18 (at 10 a.m.) 71b, 200 101 b extra ; the second to save his stake. One mile and three furlongs on the New Course. 18 subs. Capt. Maehell's Brimstone, Est (Kenyon) 1 Mr. R. B. Jeffery's Wild Poppy, Est 131 b ...(Thompson) 2 Mr. G. Wells's Mischief, Est (Pepler) 3 Moulsey, Moose, Arkansas, Dick Turpin, and John Halifax also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Brimstone, 4to 1 agst Wild Poppy, 5 to 1 agst Moose. Won by half a length, two lengths between second and third. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. FRIDAY, November 9. Acceptances for the LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CuP of 200 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 25 sous each. One mile and a half. Age st lb Moulsey ... 5 8 12 Lozenge ... 4 8 7 Cambuscan 5 8 4 Sundeelab... ... 5 8 3 Friday 4 8 1 Salpinetes... 8 0 Arkansas ... 4 7 10 Treasure Trove 3 7 10 Ago st lb Sandal ... 5 7 4 Lady Vane ... 3 7 3 The Squire ... 3 7 2 L. Guardsman ... 3 7 2 Dubiety ... ... 4 7 2 4 6 12 Mushroom ... 4 6 12 Jollity ... 3 6 12 Othello ... ... 3 612 Helen ... ... 5 610 Miss Harriette ... 3 610 Sportsman ... 3 6 8 Chepstow ... 3 6 7 Beeswing ... 3 6 7 Proserpine... ... 3 6 5 Brick ... 6 7 10 Mail Train ~. 5 7 10 Caithness ... „. 3 7 8 East Lynn 4 7 8 Red Earl ... ~. 4 7 8 Actlsea 3 7 6 Zenobia ... 4 7 6 The Special ... 37 4 The highest weight accepting being Bst, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Weights for the Grand Hurdle Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. Age st lb Age st lb M a rio ... 5 11 7 Wild Thyme 5 10 0 The Plover ... 6 11 4 Snrney ... 4 10 0 Accident ... 6 11. 3 Roger Bontemps 49 10 Astrolabe ... 6 11 3 Love Letter ... 4 9 9 Real Jam ... ... a 10 8 Clansman ... ... 4 9 9 Queen of Trumps... 5 10 6 Diomed• ... 4 9 7 Dean Swift 5 10 5 Shakspere 5 9 6 Dermott An.sthore... 5 10 5 Skiff 5 9 6 Brahma ... 4 10 2 Troubodour ... 4 9 4 The New Orleans Biot—Mayor Munroe in Self-Defence. Mayor Munroe of New Orleans sent a message to his city council, on Tuesday night, intended as a defence against the serious charges made by Gen. Sheridan and the military board that has reported upon the late riot. The mayor asserts that the riot was caused by the members of the defunct convention of 1864 and those affiliated with them, who incited the negroes by violent harangues and promises of power and emolument. He asserts that he was ready to suppress the riot, but Gen. Baird was not, and that it was proved by eye-witnesses that the trouble commenced by members of the convention firing upon the police while in the discharge of their duty ; and that at the Institute building the first shots were fired from the win dows of the building by whites and blacks. He repeats his previous charge that Gen. Baird un locked the prison cells and let loose upon the city the white and black ringleaders of the riot, to make political capital for the Radical enemies of the reconstruction policy of the President. The report of the military commission, sustained by abundant evidence, disposes of Mayor Munroe's statements, and places him in a most unenviable light. His testimony as to Gen. Baird is contradicted not only by the general himself, but by Lieut.-Gov. Voorhees, Gen. Herron, and Chief of Police Adams. Gen. Baird did not ref useto assist in suppressing the riot, but sent for troops as soon as requested, and the evidence leaves no doubt of the fact that Mayor Munroe, and those with him in the conspiracy to massacre the convention, purposely arranged to keep the troops away until the slaughter was over, and sue ceeded in doing so. The commission say in their report :—" Theboard are reluctantly compelled to dis credit the mayor, and to believe that he knew that not a soldier had been asked for, and that when he massed his armed police, and held them aloof from the building, no barrier remained between the con vention and negroes and the infuriated citizens, with whose threats the city was yet ringing, except his paper proclamation. He states, moreover, that he knew that the hatred of the mob toward the con vention and the negroes was shared by his police. In this state of affairs, should the negroes assemble in any number, a collision might be considered in evitable, and an attack by the mob upon the con vention as sure to follow. Then the police--massed , armed, and ready—are let loose upon the scene to quell the riot." The evidence goes to show that organisations of ex-Confederate soldiers I l v d ere n c ays, cerned in the massacre, especially brigade, and it was declared by some of if all Hays' brigade had been present, e n e L a ped The convention or their friends would have one cileoenasesoasf assassins commission are not only positive that it was preconcerted, but they w t a h s e doile massacreNvwith a cowardly ferocity unsurpassed crime." They further t . under the i is n iannalshlo to existing civil government Orleans, and that bring the known murderers jus ice s n u b d j a g t s e r on less nn say that e it d . less they claim lib d e i r ff t although Northern mole]. difference of opinion is tolerated," f ta s ir p i -'et e nN e c oe h twn " o o w n and his party continue in yet if gl\wfahyicohr Aolunrcyo' powerond cease to fear punishmentfor past offences, " a period of insecurity for Northern life and pro perty will recommence." The commissioner have s tated this conviction very carefully, but it is doubt less true, and it is 'a matter of serious import. If the assassins of the 30th of July go unpunished, New Orleans will be given over to the rule of the ruffians educated in rebellion, and there will be liberty of opinion and speech neither for Northern nor Southern Unionists. If the President has been put in a false attitude by circumstances, or by mis taken action iu this matter, he can only retrieve his reputation by decisive action a g ainst the Ne w Orleans rioter s an d t h e conspiring officials upon the evidence presented him by the report of the military commission.---Springfield TVeekly Repub lican. No messages could be passed from Europe through the Atlantic Cable yesterday, of the line. in consequence of a block up LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Fre derick Bernal, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Balti more, to be her Majesty's Consul at Havre-de-Grace. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Harry Thomas Alfred Rainals, Esq., now tier Majesty's Consul in the Philippine Islands, to be her Majesty's Con sul at Baltimore. OCT. 19. The Queen has been graciously pleased to app,?int George Thomas Ricketts, Esq., now h er Majesty's Consul at Sarawak, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Philippine Islands. SHARE MARKETS.—Thi& Day. Share Railways. , Bristol ana Exeter j.) . aledonian: Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June , E.London, bcrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angi. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lanc:►shire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,k S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. N.:x. A Len. & 1\ orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln lietropolltan Do. New Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'eird Midland Do. £0 Share Do, Birmin.. Derby viid Kent ... North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun.' Nth. Eastern—iterwiok Do. (i.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York DG. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling., Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1861 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E', Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stuck Shropshire Union South Devon ,oath E.stern Statues, Wok., & Wok Tall' Vale Do. C Vale o 1 Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall Closing Pal Price. 100 7 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 87 89 121} 1221 4U i 5 13 15 4 6 t 5 66 ;0 72 115 119 26 27 5 6 116 117 126 128 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 28 i 127 i 7 53j 3 V/ 5 881 19 i 118 la 83 62 ii2l - 3i 36f 7 6 IPS Basiness done. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE WIFE OF A RESPECTABLE TRADESMAN CHARGED WITH FELONY.—Martha Rumbold, a respectable-looking woman, residing at No. 20A, Park Villas East, Regent's Park, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a pair of boots, the property of Mr. H. Davey, bootmaker, 221, Regent-street. - Mr. E. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Davey said that yesterday evening the prisoner walked into his shop and deliberately took up a pair of boots, put them under her arm, and walked away. He went after her and took her back to the shop and sent for a constable and gave her in charge. Mr. Noakes, the chief clerk, asked the prosecutor whether ? the prisoner said anything when she took up the boots The prosecutor answered in the negative. In reply to questions put by Mr. Lewis, the prosecutor stated that he believed the prisoner put the boots under her Shawl, but he was not certain. She deliberately walked in and took the boots. There was a degree of weakness of mind apparent in the prisoner. The prisoner said but little, and was vague in her answers. She made no attempt to run away, but walked off deliberately. Police-constable Carpenter, 36 C, said that on telling the prisoner that she was charged with stealing a pair of boots, she said, " Here's the boots ; I do not want them." He took the prisoner to the station, and from the inquiries he had made he had ascertained that the prisoner's hus band was a master plumber and glazier. Mr. Lewis said he was instructed on behalf of the hus band of the unhappy woman to say that at times she was incapable of looking after herself or managing her affairs. She was also in the habit of drinking. The prosecutor himself admitted that the prisoner appeared weak in her mind. The prosecutor said he felt it his duty to bring the case before the magistrate, but it was not for him to say that the prisoner was of unsound mind. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would remand the prisoner. Mr. Lewis asked that bail might be taken. Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho would consider whether he would take bail or not. The prisoner, whose mind evidently is affected, was then removed from the court. THAMES. A GOLDEN PlLL.—Jane Lee, a young woman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing £2 14s from a seaman, named William Roberts, staying at Green's Sailors' Home. The prosecutor and the prisoner met yesterday in Pop lar, and he treated her in three different publichouses. In the last the prisoner rifled the half-drunken seaman's pockets, and took from them all the money he had in his possession. William Donahoo, a boy, saw her commit the robbery, but made no alarm. The prisoner gave him a shilling, and told him to go away. He did so, bat after wards proffered his services as a witness when the prisoner was apprehended. Mr. Paget sharply reproved the boy for permitting a robbery to take place in his presence without raising an immediate alarm. When the pri soner reached the station house 14s. in silver was taken from her hand, and Simon Ralph, a police offi cer, finding she had something in her mouth, grasped her by the throat and put his fingers into her mouth. He took one sovereign from it, and banded it to another officer. Ralph put his fingers into the prisoner's mouth, and at tempted to take another sovereign from it. She swallowed it, and laughed at him. In answer to questions by the Magistrate, the prosecutor said he lost exactly £2 145., that 14s. in silver was taken from the prisoner's hind, one sovereign from her mouth, and dne sovereign she swallowed. Ile hoped the golden pill would do her good. (A laugh.) The Prisoner —All I have to say is ho gave mo the money. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. A Popular History of London. Encouraged by the success that has attended their former publication, Messrs. E Moses and Son, of the Minories, h ave j ust i ssue d gratuitously to the public the fourth p ar t o f a ne w serial, entitled, " A Popular History of L on don." The object in view is to supply the reader with half an hour's cheerful reading, to furnish a few pages that may shorten a long journey, and pass pleasantly a little leisure time in summer days or winter nights. The first part commences from the time of the Roman occu pation of Llyn-Dyn [B.C. 55] to the granting of the first City charter [A.b. 1066], and so tersely written and entertaining is the little work that few, if any, will lay it down until the whole has been read from beginning to end. The story of London, its rise and its progress, is a curious and interesting narrative; it is, in fact, like the story of a human life—hardy childhood, bold youth, enterprising manhood, and triumphant maturity. Tha work under notice is not a puffing trade circular, but, on the contrary, a very interesting book, true to its title, and admirably adapted to the object for which it is issued. Those who take the trouble to obtain a copy of the first part will certainly lbok forward with pleasure for the appear ance of the second instalment, and, judging from the specimen now under notice, it will be quite worthy, on its completion, of finding a permanent place on the bookshelves of every intelligent reader. That so excellent a work should be published by Messrs. Moses and Son is in itself highly com mendable, but that it should be issued gratuitously to the public, on personal application or by post, is in itself an extraordinary c i rcumstance, and one the metropolis. in the great trading community of WORKMEN'S DWELLINGS IN LONDON, and else where, aro being swept away (as we all know) wholesale by the railway extensions ; and the question, whore are these evicted tenants to find other homes? has become ono of pressing social interest. A paper read at the recent Social Science Congress at Manchester, by Mr. B. Emanuel, architect, has just been published, in which that gentle man recommends that " she cause of the evil" should be made "the means of its removal," by demonstrating to the railway companies that it is their interest to find means fo the aecommodation of those whom they dispossess. The plan proposed is actually nothing loss than to convert the many railway arches in or near London, o f su it a bl e demon sions, into labourers' dwellings, and to provide for similar accommodation in all future viaducts built in the neigh bourhood of groat cities. The auth or o f the paper shows that an arch, of certain dimensions, would enable the builder to provide six moderate sized rooms on the ground and upper floors, and, in addition to these, a washhouser with yard, dust-bin, coal-cellar, &c. The accommodation ho values at Bs. per week. It may be admitted, says the Reader, that if a sufficient number of tenants is to be found who can afford to pay the rent named, whose nerves of sensation are not very finely strung, whose sense of hear ing is not acute, and who aro impervious to damp, and proof against rheumatism, the speculation is likely to succeed, but wo fear not otherwise. 90 92 G 3 54 33 38 33 3) 124 125 88 0 18} 19i1 lu 20 117 ;19 82 84 50 6 I 122 123 2 3P 19y 11 80 8 5 124} 1241 2P as, 35 37 i 6 20 104 106 65 67 99 101 34 36' 9 10 p 120 122 1 1 2p 1 1 2p 72 74 114 118 150 .154 42 41 65 66 8 9 14 ;50 2 3; - BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ou Atlantic& St. Lawrence all 66 58 561 1 at llom.,Baroda, h Cen.ln. 100 100 102 1 gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. F shares 8 1d fp '4.01 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 4 41 10 Do. Preference all 71 81 j Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 — • st Calcutta &S. E., lirn lOO at ape Town & Dock, gu lOO 55 60 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 101 103 3t East. Bengal, gu, sdo 100 100 101 5t bast Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 103 .101 1031 4 2 0 Do. J Extension at Grand Trunk ot Canada 100 19 20 18! 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 85 88 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 69 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Fret. Bonds all 50 55 100 Du. do. deterred - 100 Do. :A Pref. stock. all 38 10 100 Do. do. deferred all 100 Do. 4th Prat stock 100 Do. do. deferred st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 106 107 107 61 20 io. Gus. 5 per cent lB 1 1 f• 2 0 Do. New gua. sp. a 6 1 1 P at tit South of India gua. 5 per cent st at Do D,. 41 per cent lou 91 93 2 201 Great W, a. of Canada all 121 13 124 4 201 Do. New .. .... . . 18 51 3 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds- pay. 1873 all 111 93 101 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 all 83 85 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 14 01,1 at Madras, gua. 5 p.c 100 09 100 101 at Do. 41 do lOO 90 95 at Do. 41 do lOO 84 86 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 st Helb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 50 51e1. & Hudson's Bay all 61 st N.Rl.C'da,6polstpt.bs 100 82 85 st Scindo ...... A 100 98 99 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do 46, 2 11 1 at Do. Puniaub.... n.O 100 98 99 at Do.lndus St.Flot, 54 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1972.... 100 Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l.O 90 82 Du. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 103 90 02 00.5 p. c. Jan. & July 100 76 77 771 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 75 7 7 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 102 104 •-• Do.Apl.&Oct. 1890-1900 100 100 102 Do. do: 1880-90 100 100 162 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9. 100 102 101 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 16 Oct., 1800 lOO 88 ;0 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p, c 100 102 104 Do. 1878, do lOO 105 1,7 Mauritius, G p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1978 .. Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it 100 101 (03 Do. 1895, Feb. & AuZ.. 100 103 105 Natal gov. 6 per cent.. 100 97 100 N.8.G0v.6 p.c.,Ta.&July 100 93 92 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 85 87 851 6 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 92 94 Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 79 81 - Nova So Ala Gov. 6p. sterling, 1875 l9O 92 94 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 83 91 93 I 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1868-9 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1( 0 10.5 107 Vio,Gov. 6 p.o. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 103 104 103 24 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consul Gold, Um. 1 - Cli'verton Clifford : A malgamated 3O 8 9 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 440 460 i/rakewalls 2.1.0 4 t East Bassett (Illogan) 291 22 21 Fast Caradon 2.14.8 6 7 Eas Cern Brea 32 2 3 - East Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 - East G unnislake .. 8.3.6 - East Loved 3.9.0 11 12 llf 12 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.1 21 2} - Gam.Sz StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 6 4 (in at L otey, limited all 18 19 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 - - Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 - - - G. Wheal Vor (Heist , u 40 18 19 - Grenville 8.18.0 1} 16 - Herod's Foot ... 8.10.0 33 36 - Hingston Downs ...... 5.10.6 31 - Margaret iUny Lelant 13.17.6 6 8 - blarke Valley 4.10.6 41 5 4 11wyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 2} lid - N etv Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 - - North Wheal Crotty Prosper 7.1.6 - Pr,,videnee UnyLelant 10.6.7 221 25 - I S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l} 310 330 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 1} s.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 -. Stray Park - Tin Crott..... 5 Vigra and CI ogan, Jim all 3 5 - West Bassett (Iliozan - W. Caradon (Liskeard 12 16 18 171 - West Chi verton ll 58 60 West Seton. 471 130 140 - Wheal Bassett !Mogan 51 75 85 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 21 23 - Wheal Vary Ann (Men. 8 10 12 - Wheal Seton - Wheal rrelawuey (Lis 5.17.0 8 10 OCT, 29. The Queen has been pleased to, approve of Air. Alfred Hasehe as Consul at Penang fur his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. _ _ The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Juan Robertson as Consul at 6t. John, New Brunswick, for the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay. WHITEHALL, OCT. 27. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right llon. John Edward Walsh to be Keeper or Mas ter of the RAls and Records of the Court of Chancery in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland. OCT. 29. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom ap pointing Sir Hugh McCahnont Cairns, Kut., to be a Judge of the Court of Appeal in Chancery, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir James Lewis Knight-Bruce, resigned. CROWN-OFFICE, Our. 29. The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute and ap point John Rolt, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel learned in the Law, to be her Majesty's Attorney-General in all her Majesty's Courts of Record in England. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Om 30. Gth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Surgeon Richard Gil borne baying completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major. Royal Artillery—Second Captain Richard Aufrore Baker to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Lionel Bridge, de ceased; Lieutenant Robert Thomas Hamond to be Se cond Captain, vice Baker. 20th Foot—Lieut. Charles E. Hussey to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant J. M. Lovekiu, who resigns the appoint ment. 24th Foot—Lieut. John F. Caldwell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charles Watkins, who retires; Ensign Russell Upcher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cald well; Gentleman Cadet Hubert F. Thomson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,..by purchase, vice Upcher. 25th Foot—Major Francis 11. Ponder, from the sth•Foot, to be Major, vice Rowland, who exchanges. 27th Foot—Capt. Henry C. Mansorgli, from the 39th Foot, to be Captain, vice M. Fanning, promoted to a half-pay Majority, without purchase. 33d Foot—Lieut. James Maurice Shipton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alexander Bruce Wallis, who retiros ; Ensign George Frederick Arthur to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Shipton ; Gentleman Cadet Baptist Johnston Barton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur. 38th Foot -Capt. Andrew Pagan, from half-pay late 65th Foot, to be Captain, vice David William Martin, who retires upon half-pay. 40th Foot—Lieut. de Neufvillo Lucas has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. 41st Foot—Capt. Cecil James East, from the 82d Foot, to be Captain, vice Thompson, who exchanges ; Ensign Harvey Hamilton Kelly to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Francis Blake Eagle, who retires ; Gentleman Cadet Charles Torkington, fioni the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kelly. 58th Foot— Gentleman Cadet Henry Thomas Warde Allatt, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dickenson, promoted. 60th Foot—Lieutenant George Thomas Whitaker to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Clifford For tescue Borer, Who resigns the appointment. 66th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Eales Soady to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Henry C. Spearman, who retires; Ensign John William Carroll to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Soady. 73d Foot —Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Cox Gawler to be Major, without purchase, vice O'Brien, promoted to half-pay Lieutenant-Colonelcy, without purchase. 82d Foot—Captain Henry- Masterman Thompson, from the 41st Fuot, to .be Captain, vice East, who ex changes. 10Gth Foot—Lieutenant John Wright to be Captain, vice George Maunsell, placed upon half-pay ; Ensign Arthur Corbett Maurice to be Lieutenant, vice Wright ; Gentle man Cadet William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, vice Maurice. 107th Foot—Ensign Arthur oney Fisher to be Lieute nant, vice Edward Augustus Down, who resigns ' • Gen tleman Cadet Bradford Smith, from the R o y a l Military College, to be Ensign, vice Fisher. 4th West India Regiment—Ensign Frederick William Hodges to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ernest Robert Finch Jenkins, killed in action; Ensign William Anton Doorly to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Frederick William Hodges, deceased ; Ensign George Beresford Deere to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice John James Osborne, deceased ' • Ensign Herbert William Paterson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hodges, whose promotion by purchase on the 17th July, 1866, has been cancelled • Colour-Sergeant John Wm. 31‘Kay, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Doorly. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Captain John. Wells, from half pay, late 86th Foot, to be Captain, vice Richard Henry Brooke, who retires upon temporary half-pay ; Lieute nant William Biddulph Pinchard to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Wells, who retires; Ensign Michael Joseph Tighe to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice William Guy, deceased; Ensign Alfred Randall to be Lieutenant, ,by purchase, vice Pinchard; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Frederick Perkins, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Tighe ; Arthur John Preston, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Randall ; Lieutenant Alfred Randall, to be Adjutant, vico Lieutenant William Guy, de- ceased. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. - S taff Surgeon B. Nicholson, M.D. having completed 20 years' full-pay service, t o be durgeou-Major ; Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Guy Elkington, from the Sots Fusilier Guards, to be Staff Surgeon. HALF-PAY.—Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Arm. Douglas, from the 11th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. UNATTACHED.—Lnsign George Marley, Unattached Bengal List, to be Lieutenant. BREVET. The local rank of Brigadier-General conferred upon Brevet-Colonel 11. D. White, C. 8., half-pay Unattached, to be dated Ist October, 1866. The undermentioned officers to have the local rank of Major in India :—Captain E. W Cuming, 79th Foot, and Captain D. W. Becher, 104th Foot. COURSE OF EXCHANGE —Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 15} Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 40 Brussels Hamburg Paris •• Short 25 12k Ditto - 3 Months. 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine —119 i Viennb, — 13 2U Trieste — 13 20 Petersburgti - 291 Berlin Madrid _ — 471 Cadiz 11 161- 11 19f 11 191 25 45 25 45 13 9 25 20 25 42f 25 45 • 120 f 13 30 13 30 291 6 26i 47. 48fr 27 60 27 60 27 GO 27 60 27 60 27 60 bli • 61} Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto 27 40 27 40 27 40 27 40 27 40 27 40 511 511 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Days LONDON, Oct. M.—Wind this day at noon—oi orta- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and Bac.loather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 30.—Wind S.W.—.A.rrivod—Princoss Royal, from Quebec. P ORTSM OUTH, Oct. 29.— W i n d S.W.—Arrive d—Jane P ORTSM OUTH, and Ellen, from Rangoon for London, with loss of bow sprit, having been in collision. FALMOUTH, Oct. 30.—Wind N.W—Arrived—Erlprinz from Cardiff for Rio Janoiro. 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