The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-22 00:00:00

lONEy MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE 0' CLO CK. Securities at the Stock Exchange are improving in marketable value for many reasons, but for the Moment, particularly in consequence of a large in 1111X of gold at the Bank, and, therefore, less con fidence in the idea that money must become dearer. F or some time past capitalists have been almost dis inclined to enter largely into bill transactions, .. wa iting for hi g h er ra t es , w hi c h th e y cons id ere d likely to prevail. Finding their mistake, they are l iew willing to make a relaxation, and si 7 per cent may be quoted as the terms for the last three mo n th s ' bill s . Thi s concess i on , limited as it appears, has had a favourable effect upon the Funds, and Consols are 891 I for money, and 88* + for the account. The imprpve raeat of * per cent., which was established at the close of business yesterday afternoon, is therefore W ell sustained, and affairs, though quiescent, are tot un favourable in tone or tendency. The subscriptions for the new Austrian Loan will, it is understood, be invited in London by the Agra and Masterman's Bank, as agents for the Paris unmptoir d'Escompte. The report of the Madras Irrigation and Canal e ftpany has been issued this morning. The total receipts on account of capital amounted, on the Ist I na., to £938.033, of which £30,454 has been ex pended in England and £852,952 in India, leaving a balance of £51,627 in hand, £64,967 yet receiv able on account of the present guaranteed capital of £1)000,000. Two O'CLOCK. _ At the Pa r i s B ourse , thi s d a y, accor di ng t o M r . R enter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 6 8 62—firm. The English Stock Market continues buoyant, i a nd Consols are quoted 894 4 for money, and 881 1, 'ess the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 874 4 ; Exchequer Bills for March, 3s. die. ; do. for June, 6s. dis. ; India Stock, 219 ; do. 5 per Cents., 105 4 ; and do. En faced 5 per Cents., 1074. The Foreign Stock Market has shown symptoms activity, and prices generally have improved. Turkish Consolides have advanced to 47 1; Mexi can) ex all bonds, to 254 261 ; ditto, New, 244 4 ; Greek Bonds, 17 4 ; the Coupons, 6 7 ; Spanish Pas sive, 28 4; the Certificates, 134 4 ; Italian, o ; the Confederate Loan, 8 10 ; and Brazilian Sc rip, 24 4 prem. American Securities are also better. United St atee Govern men t 5-20 Bonds are 634 ; Erie Shar es, 544 554 ; and Illinois, 81/ 824. B usiness in the Railway Share Market has exhi bited rather more animation, and prices generally are a shade firmer. Great Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire have each improved 10s. ; Midland and north Eastern (Berwick), each 55.; and Great Nortern, £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue in active at about former rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Alliance 13 attk are dealt in at 301 4 ; Imperial Ottoman, at 15 4 ; Union of London, at 534 1 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Company, at 214 221 ; Fred. Symonds and Company are quoted 1 2 prem. ; and Bank of 'turkey, 14 14 prem. The Credit Fonder and kobilier of England (old) shares, 34 44 prem. e l all ; and the new issue, 44 44 prem. ; the Amer-- Oil Wells Trading Company (Limited) shares are 14 2 prem. ; the Tasso Brazilian Gold and 11 _ 1 ing Company, prem. ; the St. Saviour's "re Company, 14 2 prem. ; the East and West "action Railway Company, 2 24 prem. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. g D oGOVERNM ENT FUNDS. Cen t. Consols 3 Account, Dec. 7 BBl kiper ent. Red uce d B7* 4 - .1 i s r e w 3 per Coat B7l 1 / 1 w 8 i Per Cent. J an . 1894 — A n° . 5 per C ent. J an. 1873 — liuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 I l k% for 30 yrs, expi re sth Ap r il, 1885 — ° (Bed Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — tzel, lareh June I h "quer Bill s, £1,000,3 & per Cent 3 6 dis 10 6 dis oo £5 /3 n ° am £lOO and £2OO — ne A efccm En gland Stock, 5 per Cent int , isit„, ‘ , 4 1 ,1, ; „ ---, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 17 0 °. Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 219 161 16 b o 41 ,e•count r i ; u Per Cent. July, 1870 D o , Account b' l„Per Cent., Oct. 1888 D °. . i . s u ertificates _ Do. - r-4 tilaced Paper 4 per Cent — DO. .' Per Cent, Jan. 1872 1) 0 i',.i Per Cent., May 1879 lO7l _ .13 0 * 't Per Cent, Aug. 1866 ___ h o ' l3 ° 4 (lB, £l,OOO _ • under £l,OOO s, BR ITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. $ t ??au 11, Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — 13„•;,11o., 5 per C en t 941 ." 11 Per Cent., 1852-58-60 D 1863 • 1865 Do 75/ b tier: -Do %R •e cr iP. £25 paid If Ayres 6 per Cent — Chun Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) b,, ° Per Cent — Coi n ,„' , 3 ,Per Cent — Cal;;;',0•11 6 per Cent. — •ba h - ' ; „per„,' Cent. Do ' s u per Cent. , 1825 .7 12 ) : 1 ' Per Cent., 1863 — D a °Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — trsublan Principalities _ i . — Accou n t 75 actor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — j °•1 P rovonal Land Warrant — Ngs;Ptian 7 per Coat 924 , Second Issue o £lOO Bonds b o Do. 1864 (i £lOO Bonds t Aek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do•e. Account Coupons ti 'Jo Account -44 ,temala 5 per Cent. .",,e £B6 paid i i .,."0. 1839 and 1850 7an 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) uo 1865 D T .,? Account o Scrip, £671 paid — li e ° 3 Per Cent, 1864 D - ican. per Cent Account Do b D o 1864 241 D o „Per Cent. Anglo-French — It o s', reach Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c korl'evidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid New(4Bll Ira rial 5 per Cent Granada .„, be 2 pe r C en t — „ s o Deferred e ° Land Warrants (Hectares) 5 1Zrian 41 per Cent b• Account Do 3eriP, £45 paid, paid in Bonds e 0r..._ A u., l 13er Cent. (Uribarren) u ' Per C en t., 1862 1),;113 Pe r per Cent., 1853 Do vul. Cent., 1856, '7, 9, '6O, '62, '3, Ittissin4,Ac°i'llt .13 0 - " Al 4 Per Cent, 1822, £St — D o '/ Per Cent. 1850 Do 3per C en t ., 1860 Do 5 Pel Cent. 185 9 ts Do Per Cent 1862 B9f 9 1 Nrcii 4 ". Per , Cent 1864 Q 1,2 I) .Acr 0 lail Per Cent 11,,,‘, count '-"g'all 3 Per Cent 44i I:)iitto account Do New Deferred —° Ace unt 1 1 j,° P.:sive Doe„, .Account "4118 h Cert of Coup not funded — ~ A „._ • Qvvecills WOUllt _--. h... pli 4 per t 1 1 , , - 1 - n li per Cent. 1864 l''Qsh 6 per Cent. 1854 00/ ri)3° A ecount .......................... Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — —h° A ccount .. . -- .7.. --'0 £lOO 80nd5........ ............................ Do Doli per Cent I\ o 6 per Cent 1862 Account "(2' XlOO Bon' Bo 6 per Cent. 1..8.:i ....... 121,0 bo 5 per Cent ' 1865 — 3 1 3 boAccount • 31 kl/41X1C0 13 and _. an s.. .. ............. " D o eV, 45 aid ................. _ ve,_ uarattteed, 4 per Cent jrzuela 3_per Cent ...._— ..,01.,. 6 per tent. 1862 , , bo. ~ccouru .... . ................... u Per Cent, 1864 .......................... 48t bividends on the above payable in London. ~ ..elkLl , ,z l° , 5 pn. Cent., Ex. 10 Florins _I -4)11t-eii'4A41 Per Cent, Ex. 25f. b o :/ Wr Cent., Ex. 12 Gail _ rclit,Zter Cent CertificaLes — lrai" -(tentes 4.1 per Cent — t t 7 , 5 per Cent. ,1861, Ex. 25f. — Account 1 ............................ ; A ) . A O'CLOCK e°4BoB f . 891 i• or tley . THREE ... : ........................ 88 t z d ixceount mo, ex c hi% rILEFICILENCE !SHARMA, Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, 103 Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, :3 Midland, Leicester and llitchin 4 per et.. 83 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 90 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 9C} Mid. Bradford Pref. Stock, 90 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 151 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aodm), lof San Paulo, lion., gun. 6 per cent., 171 South Austrian aod Lombardo Venetian, 151 FOREltiki MIl4 b. Cape Copper, lira., 131 Panulcillo Copper, lira., 4i Bt. John del liey, Um., 51 2i BANKS. Agra and Masterman•s, lim., 561 Atlimier, 11 , ,... 24 30 } Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 25 is paid., 28/ Anglo Austrian, 62 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 24} Chartered Liter. of India. London. and China, 40} Commercial Bank of India and the East, 34 Consolidated Bank, lim , Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 12t English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20} Imperial Ottoman, 151 Land - Mortgage Bank of India, tim., London Bank of .viexLo and S. America, lim., 142 London and Brazilian (lim.), 42 Ditto, new, 2i London and County, 80 79} London Joint Stook, 54 London and South-Western, lira., - Ditto, new,:lB4 London and 1‘ estminster, 98} Metropolitan and Provincial Bank. lint., 16) New Zealand Bank Corporation, lint., 1 oriental Bank Corporation, 50 Union of Ireland, 19i Union of London, 534 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 81 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, per cent. gua Berlin Water Works, 1 1 1 Bombay Gas, lim., ~ Ceylon Company, Ditto, A shares, 21 China Commercial Steam Insurance,ndLabuu Coal Credit Fonder and Mobilier of knglanci, 9 os East India Irrigation and Canal. 8 Gellivera, lim. 5 Gen. Credit and klnance of London, lim.. 61 1 Hong Hong and China Gas, 11} Hudson's Bay, 15j Humber Iron Works, 4} International Financial Society, lim., 6 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, t', per cent. Bonds, redem. 1070, issued 90, 82 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 81 6 London Financial Association, lim, 21* London General Omnibus Company, lim., 3/ London and Glasgow Engineerii g and Iron ship, lint., 9 ; 1 M , dras Irrigation and canal, 131 Miliwall Freehold Land and Dock, 31 I National Discount Company, lim., 166 Otago and Southland Investment, lf Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., ti 21 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 75 46 Societe Financiere d'Egypte, lim.. 41 Thames and Mersey Maxine (Insurance), lim. Ei Trinidad Petroleum, lim., Union Marine Liverpool, am., 3 Universal Marine, Insurance, Um, 4i SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Sharei Railways. I Paid. Closing Business Price. ; done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June •Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. l &London, scrip Certi. 1:o. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 91 93 126 27 94 96 12 11 ft 6 68 72 71 73 108 110 I 464 474, 71 8} Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 1 Great North of Scotland l Great Northern Do. A stock •• Do. B stock Do. I\ ew, Is. at 25 pm , Gt S. and W. of Ireland' Gt. Weste.n -Original' D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South IVales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford '2oi 127} 147 118 123 130 93 95 61} 6111 60 62 41 43 36 39 !04 106 122 122 k 88 10 103 104 36 38 50 62 1241 125} 96 17 6 614 135} 135 3 1 11. 104 104 DO. Newport Do. leer efbrd Lancashire & Yorkshire Lsdadon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan.— Do. New Do Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share _ 121 1251 li Ji i 94 96 DO, Birmin' & Derby Mid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. li.iN•E purchabc Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... I 60} 61 Po. Stock. Az Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. az S. W. Junction I Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stocky uo. Scot, Mid. stook Shropshire Union South Devon :!:outh Eestern Staines, Wok., 4:k Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornwall BRITISH POSSE Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, AL Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. 1 shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- • I Calcutta & 8. E., lira arie Town & Do'ck, gu.l Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 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 Pr& f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 9d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c t 0. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D •. 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, pia. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. 1411th Extension Melb. Cor. 8 p. c. Bnds. Mel. it Hudson's Bay N. l t l .C'da,6pclstpf.bs Scinde . . • d Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub.... Do.lndus " COLONIAL GO VER British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1372.. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.t July 1877-84 - Do. 6 g. c. Feb. &Aug.. D.). 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. & July. Do. 5 p inscribed sk Cape U. Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 t)o.Apl. dr Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9. , Do. Jan.SiJuly, 1890-9' Do. 5 per cent. 15 April anciis Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 18E18, 6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.•78 Do. 188?, May 15, Nov. .t Do. 1895, Feb. & Natal ~ ov. 9 per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1869 Do. 5 p.c. 181 to 1871, : Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 e New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent— Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 186841 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRIT I Cam. Consol. Gold, lint Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L ncey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor IHeist iii Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lira New Seton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and CIA gan, lira West i;assett (Illogan W. Caradon (L , skeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 8' 30 110 111 684 694 103 104 351 36 96 104 p 121 121 li 2 p 1 14i 2 74 76 11 116 148 152 64 70 ' 112 114 60 6t 55 67 781 796 8 10 147 15, 3 p 102 104 49 61 181 ONS as 60 102 103 id t) 6 8* 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 102 103 IC4 105 i 9p 27 28 88 90 66 69 55 60 57 5? 5 , 52 46 50 4 41 31i 34 30 31 104 105 t 3 P 101 102 17 171 31 3 d t 5 15 86 86 1 4d 101 102 93 95 83 90 64 66 82 81 1O) tolt 1001 101 it 1 0 101 102 FT SECU 95 97 93 E 5 93 95 St 83 81 83 103 105 IC2 104 112 104 1(3 105 90 92 112 1(4 10 lit 102 104 101 106 106 10 1 , 5 107 109 1( 2 95 97 9 101 93 95 90 61 103 103 84 85 101 102 102 103 106 108 - - 105 106 1051 1 1 ;27 61 47} 7 i si 8 27i 49 81 611 1221 . 2 1 89 041 511 1 12r1 41 61 964 614 1351 6 5j 6 1251 5 1 5 61 29 1101 1 C 94 1 41 7 74 4 691 i 100 at 1 204 10 100 1 'II MINES. luo 100 100 all 100 100 iJ N 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.3 4.4.0 2.13.1 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 9 all to it 21 25 580 1;00 1 2 25 10 11 51 13i 3i 4 if 1 15 16 3 / 6 8 20 21 1 18 3/ 11 1•4.} °54 :-/ 41 37 30 a 51 7 9 41 5 21 1/d 40 60 15 17 I I 1 11 38 40 420 440 2 2k 27i 32i 10 12 19 20 5 7 5 6 10 12 81 84 190 200 85 90 21 28 4 6 2 74 2124 19 20 TEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEL\ING, NOVEMBER 22, LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Register Brougham.) IN RE PARMINTER. This bankrupt was described as a paymaster in the Royal Navy, and to-day was appointed for the first meet ing. The debts are about £6OO, and the cause of failure is stated to be " want of employment on active service, and having to make good certain deficiencies of missing clothing on board the Dauntless, man-of-war, which discovery was made three months after the bankrupt was suspended." Messrs. Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer are solicitors to petition. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before tho Judge Ordinary.) JOHNSON V. JOHNSON. This was the petition of tho wife praying for a divorce by reason of the adultery and cruelty of her husband, who is a wire -drawer, living at Manchester. There was no de fence by the respondent, who merely appeared, and did not make any answer to the allegations in the petition. Mr. Pritchard appeared for the petitioner. The parties were married at St. John's Church, Man chester, in May, 1846, and lived together till 20th May, 1863. There were several children issue of the marriage, of whom only two were living, a daughter aged 12, and a son la years old. The last act of violence alleged was in May, 1863, since which time the petitioner had ceased to cohabit with the respondent. Sarah Davis said that she was a cousin of tho petitioner and proved the marriage. She remembered the peti tioner coming to her place after the Whitsuntide of 1863, and was in a very distressed state of mind. Her face, legs, and body were covered with bruises, which were quite dis coloured. The petitioner stayed with her afterwards, and she recollected the respondent saying to his wife in her presence that he could not blame her for anything that had taken place, and he admitted having had improper inti macy with several females, some of whom were as young as ten or eleven years old. Some of these intimacies had been going on for years. _ _ _ Mrs. Johnson, the petitioner, said that she had lived with her husband at different parts of Manchester, and that she had reason to complain of his ill-treatment two or three years after marriage. She then proceeded to de tail different acts of violence, commencing in 1850, when the respondent, without any provocation on her part, seized her by the throat and nearly strangled her. She became insensible from the effects of his violence on that occasion, and some days elapsed before she recovered. In 1862 ho again struck her and dragged her out of bed by her hair, and would have continued his violence if her son had not called in a policeman. The last act of violence to her was in the Whitsuntide of May, 1863. He had been at the races, and she was obliged to get out of bed to let him in. When she opened the door he struck her several times, and at each blow said "I shill murder thee ; the police shan't interfere or come after me." Two policemen were examined, and one of them deposed to having seen the respondent holding his wife by the throat, and also to the latter being in the habit of visiting a female named Philips, with whom the last act of adultery was charged. Ruth Johnson, the daughter of the parties, was exa mined, and proved to having been with her father in com pany with the woman Philips. The learned Judge said the facts wore fully proved, and made a decree nisi with costs. He also ordered the daughter to be kept in the custody of the petitioner until further order. WILLIAMS V. WILLIAMS AND PADFIELD. In this case the husband, who was an organist and teacher of music, prayed for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, a farmer, and there was no defence. Dr. Spinks was for the petitioner. It appeared that the parties were married in 1856, and that they lived happily together until 1863, when the re spondent became acquainted with the co-respondent, who was a neighbour, all the parties living at a place called Chantry in Somerset. The chief evidence rested on letters written by the respondent to her husband, confessing the adultery, although some evidence was adduced, including the depositions of the mother of the co-respondent tending to establish the improper intimacy between the defendants. The learned Judge said that where cases rested chiefly upon admissions made by one of the parties great caution should be exorcised by the Court. In this case he did not see any ground for doubting the guilt of the respond ent and co-respondent, but before making a decree he would wish to ask the petitioner a few questions. The petitioner not being in attendance, the case was postponed until Tuesday next. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, -....--- OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE RUSSIAN NOTE FORGERIES. Mr. Sergeant Ballantino, on the part of the Russian authorities, made an application for the postponement of the trial of the prisoners charged with this offence on the ground of the absence of a material witness, who was now in Paris, and too unwell to leave that country. The wit ness, no doubt, would be in attendance next session. Mr. Sergeant Robinson for the prisoners objected to a further postponement of the trial. The persons charged had been a considerable period in prison, and it was ex ceedingly hard to send them back to prison for another month without trial. There was no certainty, as the material witness was absent through ill health, that he would be in attendance next session. The Court granted the application. THE CASE OF HALL AND LAUFOURCADE. Mr. Poland, on behalf of Mr. Hall, made an application to the Court in this matter. A true bill had been found against Mr. Hall and Laufourcade for misdemeanour, and a true bill had also been found against Hall for forging the copy of a process of a court of law and acting thereunder. Mr. Justice Byles—That is not a misdemeanour. Mr. Poland—No, my lord, it is a felony. An applica tion had been made the Court of Queen's Bench to remove the trial of Hall from the Old Bailey to that court, and that application had been granted, but the Crown officer had, in the documents proceeding therefrom, confined the certiorari to matters connected with the misdemeanour. The application I have therefore to make to the court is to postpone the trial until another application is made to the Queen's Bench to remove the whole of the charge against the prisoner from this to that court. Mr. Justice Byles—l will do as you wish, and postpone the trial accordingly. Mr. Poland—Until next session, my lord. Mr. Justice Byles—Oh, no. The application can be made to-morrow morning, and I merely postpone the trial until after that shall have been done. _ THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN COVENT GARDEN. The trial of Murphy has been fixed for the first thing to-morrow morning. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) THE CHARGE AGAINST THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY'S STEWARD. An application was made to the learned Judge to post pone the trial of Waters until the result of certain pro ceedings in Chancery was known. A long discussion followed, the result of which was the trial was postponed until the April sessions. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) William Peck pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing 401 b of cigars, the property of William Foster, his master. The Court sentenced him to one year's imprisonment. James Booth, clerk, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with embezzling a Bank of England note for £5OO, the property of the Bla3navon Iron and Coal Company. Sentence was deferred. Francis lmberg, tailor, pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing two pairs of trousers, and other articles, the property of Bernhard Lange. The court sentenced him to six months' imprisonment. FOURTH COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) Robert Chaplin and Joseph Hewitson were indicted for feloniously breaking and entering a certain meeting-house used for divine worship, and stealing a clock and other articles. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. BANQUET TO LORD STANLEY IN LIVERPOOL.-- Mr. P. H. Rathbone, president of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, has issued cards of invitation to the ex president and council of the chamber and to the members and ex-members of the borough and county, to meet Lord Stanley at dinner, on the 20th of December. The invita tions number nearly 100. -.7 HORRIBLE DEATH BY BURNlNG.—Yesterday Dr. Lankester held an inquest at University College Hospital, on the body of Sarah Freeman, an elderly per son, aged 69, who resided at 3, Assembly-row, Kentish town, who was burnt to death. John Williams said he resided in the same house as deceased. On Saturday morning last he was lying in bed, unwell, when deceased came to his bed-room door and asked if she should bring him some tea in bed. He declined, and she went down stairs. A few minutes after he heard the most fearful screams. He jumped out of bed and ran down stairs,when he met deceased in flames by the parlour door, and throw ing her down, rushed into the passage and called for help. Several neighbours ran in, and he rushed upstairs and threw blankets down to them. Mr. Arnott, house surgeon to the hospital, said that deceased had been most horribly burnt all over the surface of her body, from her head to her knees. She died in a very short time. Sergeant Croome, 34 Y, said he asked deceased how she came to be on fire, when she replied that she was sitting by the fire, and thought a cinder must have fallen on her dress. The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. The coroner remarked that it would be very easy to render linen and cotton uninflammable, and he hor s ed the idea woulcl be carried out, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MABLBOROUGH-STREET, A SAD CASE.—A young woman, evidently in a weakly state, waited upon Mr. Tyrwhitt to ask his assistance. The applicant stated that she had been in service in the country, but was obliged to leave in consequence of not being well enough to do her work. She came to London, and, after spending all her money, she had been obliged to sleep at different workhouses, being turned out in the morning. As she had no friends in England, and the doctor told her that she was sickening for a fever, she wished the magistrate to assist her in getting into an infirmary. Mr. Tyrwhitt kindly ordered the applicant some assist ance from the poor-box, and said that one of the officers of the court should go with her to St. James's Workhouse with a request that she might be admitted. Shewill, one of the officers of the court, accompanied the applicant to St. James's 'Workhouse, and shortly after returned, stating that she was immediately admitted. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.-Wm. Bartholomew, a young man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a gold watch and chain, two brooches, a pin, and other articles, of the value of £l6, the property of Mr. Vincent Litchfield Fellows, landlord of the Berkeley Arms, John street, Berkeley-square. Mr. Fellows said that on Thursday, the 26th of last month, :the prisoner, who was his potman and waiter, went upstairs to prepare the club room, and some time after came downstairs and left the house and never re turned. About 11 o'clock, on going up to his bedroom on the floor above the club-room, ho missed a gold watch and chain, two brooches, a pin, and other articles, of the value of £l6. The prisoner said he had no questions to ask—he would plead guilty. Police-constable Pickles, 257 C, said that on taking the prisoner into custody and telling him the charge, he said "All right; go with you." He wished the prisoner re manded, as he believed there would be another charge against him. Mr. Tyrwhitt granted a remand. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale at Mark-lane to day was very moderate. Dry samples sold slowly at the rates current on Monday ; otherwise the trade was dull, at the recent decline in the quotations. There was a moderate supply of foreign wheat on the stands. For all descriptions the trade was very quiet, yet no moderate change took place in prices, as compared with Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late currencies. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. Good and fine malting qualities were firm in price ; otherwise the trade was dull, on former terms. Malt sold slowly, at the prices current on Monday. There was a moderate supply of oats on offer. Most descriptions were in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Beans and peas moved off steadily at full currencies In flour there was a fair demand at late prices. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 4lO 520 350 470 740 Irish Foreign 4970 30 10,720 200 sks. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Nov. For the corresponding week 18, 1865. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 71,570-46s lld Wheat 71,616-38s 9d Barley 63,816-38 s 7d Barley 77,499--30 s ld Oats BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a quiet trade for hops. Good and fine qualities, however, are firm in price. WHITECHAPEL. The market is well supplied, and the trade is dull, as follows :- - Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. Liverpool Cotton Market—This ray. The market opens rather quiet. Sales probably 5,000 bales. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Tuesday Morning. No little excitement was caused yesterday morn ing by the announcement that on Saturday night, at a late hour, a detachment of the 24th Regiment had been thrown into the Pigeon House Fort, which commands the Bay of Dublin, and that all the guards had been doubled and the guns double shotted. This fortification, which, before the new rifled ordnance was invented, would have probably stood a good deal of carnonading, is capable of holding a regiment of soldiers. Only a company or so, however, has lately occupied it, and its works have not in any way been modernised. It stands, too, in a very exposed position, and at low water the sands at the back of it are quite bare. It was from the bay side of it that the packets started for England before steam was employed, and the incon venience of the place, and the bleak drive to or from it, are mentioned in all the works of the day on Ire land. The Irish Times first intimated the startling fact of the increased garrisoning of this fortja the following terms : " A party of the Ist Battalion 24th Regiment, consisting of 100 men, under the command of Major Berry, proceeded from Beggar's Bush Barracks at 8 o'clock on Saturday evening to Pigeon House Fort. This party was relieved by an equal number yester day morning. All the guards were double mounted ; ft) e guns were double shotted ; and the men held under arms all night and the entire of yesterday. Four general officers were in the fort, and the men paraded in open square during yesterday's heavy rain. The gates or bridges are now closed. A de tachment consisting of three companies (viz., 7,8, and 9) of the Ist Battalion 24th RegiMent, under the command of Major R. T. Glyn, will march from Beggar's Bush Barracks at 8 o'clock this morning, to the Pigeon House Fort, there to be stationed until further orders." A detachment of the Coast Brigade Royal Artil lery will also be quartered at the Pigeon House Fort. The Mail , on the same subject, said last evening, " The particular cause of this movement is unknown. Immediately on receipt of orders from head-quarters 100 men of the Ist Battalion 24th Regiment, com manded by Major Berry, marched from B Bush Barracks to the Fort, atB o'clock p e . m gga's . on Saturday. The men were provided with ammuni tion, the same as if proceeding on active service. On arrival, the guards, doubly mounted, were at once placed, and the remainder of the party ordered to remain under arms during the night. They were relieved yesterday morning. This morning a de tachment consisting of three companies of the same regiment, under the command of Major R. T. Glyn, proceeded to the Pigeon House Fort, where they are now quartered. Everything is being done to put the fort into a state of defence in the shortest possible space of time. The guns are being cleaned and rendered fit for service, and the walls and em brasures looked to, and for present precaution the gates are closed, and no person is allowed to enter unless provided with a proper order. This morning (Monday) the officers of the magazine department were engaged in receiving supplies of ammunition." All sorts of rumours were afloat yesterday, but no information as to the cause of these strange and unexpected steps could be obtained. A large quan tity of powder is stored in a hulk beside the fort, and it is suggested that the precautions just taken have been to prevent any madman or hairbrained enthusiast from attempting to explode it, and blow up the Pigeon House. They could hardly be to prevent a Fenian cruiser from coming up the bay and entering the river, as an ironclad or two would be the proper prevention of any such most unlikely descent on Dublin. The affair, nevertheless, in the present state of the public mind, is exciting much alarm. The troops in garrison, too, have received orders that do not allay the general anxiety to know what these measures portend. A Dublin paper states :—" Weather permitting, the troops in the Dublin division will march into the country once a week until further orders, the march not to be less than two hours' duration, and not later than one o'clock." - The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.1711 per £1 sterling. on comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Zs iis. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1- if•th per mot. dearer in Paris than in London. By adviocs from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per marl and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per .£1 stcrlin . Standard gold at the English Mint price is, there':ore, at about the same price in London and liaraburg. Violent Storm•—(This Day.) The metropolis and suburban districts were this day (Wednesday) morning visited by a severe storm of wind, rain, and snow ; at one time re sembling a perfect hurricane. During the early hours of the day it commenced raining in such a manner as has been rarely witnessed for years in this country. The sleet and snow falling at the same time led many to imagine that a fire had broken out, for the scud from the rain was driven along with such violence as to fill the streets, and dash ing against the house of Mr. T. Gibson, the pyrotechnist artist, in Edmund-street, Camberwell, it was apprehended that an explosion of no small character had taken place. This was con firmed to some extent by a loud and fearful crash being heard, but upon making inquiries it was ascertained that the noise was occasioned by the falling of a stack of chimneys at the corner of Thornhill-square, Wellington. street, Camberwell, and the upsetting of a van load of firewood, and the carrying into the air the tilt of a waggon. Several persons passing when the chimneys fell had very narrow escapes, for the chimney-pots very nearly struck them upon their heads. At the same moment a tremendous pile of chimneys and pots fell from the house top of a dyer in West street, Walworth-road, and several persons passing at the time narrowly escaped. So great was the noise occasioned by the fall that the horses drawing the omnibuses were frightened, and they bolted along the Walworth-road in the direction of the Red Lion one way and the Elephant and Castle the other way, almost uncontrolled. At the same moment a butcher's cart, laden with meat, as it was passing along the Camberwell-road, was blown over, and the driver had one of his fingers smashed. In the space of a minute or two afterwards the exten sive stacks and piles of timber in Mr. Wall's yard, leading down Southampton-street as far as Edmund street, Camberwell, were blown down, and, falling upon a large number of hot houses and publichouse mahogany frames, demolished them, and did other damage to a large extent. So great was the force of wind that the railway trains were consider ably delayed in their journeys to and from the metropolis. The scene upon the river was singularly fearful. The small craft being driven about in terrible confusion, and, bumping against each other, were severely injured, and in some cases the vessels were sunk. The shipping iq the Pool and several colliers were also severely injured by the force of the hurricane. The market gardens along the Greenwich line of railway have become some inches under water, and it is questionable whether the crops of vegetation can be saved. The Royal Parks—including the Hyde, St. James's, the Green, Victoria,' and the Kennington, Camberwell —have large limbs torn from the stately trees ; whole beds of chrysanthemums have been fairly uprooted, and the damage done in the neigh bourhood of Woolwich to gentlemen's gar dens is almost incredible. From Hackney to Guildford the rain as it fell rolled down the hills in such torrents as to resemble the bursting of an immense reservoir. Between Datchett and Windsor the guards of the South-Western Railway describe the water to be between two and three feet deep. On the Essex shore very little of the greensward can been seen, as it is covered with a silvery sheet of water. At Esher the railway guards pronounce the carriage roads to be so deep with water that even cabs in passing along have the water penetrating through their bottoms, almost as high as the seats. The most disastrous intelligence is expected from the seaports, when the next mails arrive to-day. Enlargement of Natal. On the 13th of September a great colonial change was consummated. Quietly, and unknown to many, on that day the frontiers of this colony underwent a most material modification. Our southern border is no more the Umzinkulu. A proclamation which appeared in the Gazette declared that on and after the day we have named the Umtamfuna would, " for all purposes whatever, be annexed to and be come a port of" Natal. This new province, there fore, is now our southern borderland. Its use as an Alsatia—a convenient hiding place for rogues and ruffians—has passed away. British rule is estab lished there. Law and order are to prevail there. An English magistrate will exercise jurisdiction in it. Its twenty miles of seaboard will impart to us a more respectable appearance on the map. Its 10,000 native residents are transformed from noble and independent savages into obedient subjects of her Majesty. Another large slice is taken off the quickly diminishing proportions of Kaffir land, and the day is hastening when the whole South African seaboard will bask under the British flag. This last acquired of the Queen's possessions is in a material sense no mean acquisi tion to this colony. It adds about a million acres, or something more than a twelfth part of our pre sent acreage, to our territory. Bounded on the north by the Umzinkulu river as far as its junction with the Ibisi, and thence by the ridge dividing these streams to the Tugela mountains, following the water-shed of that lofty, crescent-shaped, and forest-skirted range to the nearest source of the Umtamfuna, which is now our southern boundary, it embraces a region very varied in its capabilities when compared with its size, and very well fitted for the settlement of European colonists. We can only hope that the available Crown lands thus se cured will be made the most of, and not heedlessly squandered for the behoof of none but jobbers or natives. Let the precise claims and position of the latter be at once ascertained or fixed, so that no question concerning them arise to vex the public mind in after years. Let the residue of the lands be studiously pre served for the legitimate purpose of drawing population thither. Round all our borders we ought to have a strong and well-organised band of settlers. The plan is easy enough. If the Govern ment were to lay out village settlements on a mili tary tenure, we believe they would soon be filled up. The mode of action would be this :--Thirty five thousand acres are set apart for such a location. In the centre of this tract, conveniently situated, a village is laid out. Sixty settlers are located here. There is ample commonage for the flocks and herds of all, but, what is more, there is the great charm of social neighbourhood, and there is the great boon of combined security. Such locations scattered along our borders--communities of some sixty settlers with their dependents—would surround us with a wall of fire which few savage enemies would attempt to break through. There are men now iu the colony who would relinquish their present ex posed, remote, isolated farms to join such locations; and young hardy farmers in the Cape Colony, tired of its incessant droughts and other drawbacks, would do the same. There is reason to believe that settlers might easily be secured.—Na tal Mercury. 00IIRSE OF EXCHANGE-Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 181 11 191 Ditto 8 Months. 12 2 12 21 Rotterdam Antweip — 25 521 25 GO Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 12 25 231 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1211 1211 Vienna — 11 171 11 221 Trieste — 11 lb 11 22 Petersburgh - 30 Berlin —" * •.: . ... Madrid 47 1 - _ aTz - 2 48i Leghorn Milan Messina Genoa Naples — 25 62/ 25 67 Palermo Oporto — 511 51i Lisbon — 511 51i FORTHCOMING PRIZE FIGHTS.—It is announced that Joe Goss, who has had some experience in the prize ring, intends, within the neat few days, to send a challenge to Jem Mace for the champion's belt and £2OO a-side, the championship having been for some time prac tically in abeyance. On the 28th inst. there is to be a fight in the London district between M'Elvey and Baldock, and on the 27th of April there is to be a fight on a grand scale, to which the patrons of the ring are looking forward with anxious attention, between Jem Dillon and Bob Travers. This is also to be in the Condon district. 1043 1041 I 1 7 ,1 1 1021 94 ,ITIES. City Corporation Reform. A - public meeting of City ratepayers, convened by the Aldgate-ward Ratepayers' Association, was held last night at the Cheshire Cheese Tavern, Crutchedfriars, to consider the advisability of re form in the corporation. Mr. T. F. Salter presided, and the business of the meeting having been intro duced, Mr. Wright proposed a resolution to the effect that reform in the corporation was necessary, and that any proposition for such a purpose should receive the earnest support of the members of the Aldgate ward Mr. Whiteside, C.C., in the course of some remarks advocated the enlargement of the constituencies of the different wards in proportion to the amount of assessment. Mr. Proctor (Crip plegate ward) said the members of the Common Council were amenable to their constituents annu ally, and he thought there could be but little diffi culty in dealing with them. He thought that the principal charges were required in the Court of Common Sewers and the Court of Alderman. He was sorry that the latter body had betrayed the trust reposed in them, and he thought it was monstrous that the power of imposing the obnoxi ous county rate should have been given to them. He believed a most beneficial change would be effected if the aldermen of the corporation were elected every five years, and not for life. Mr. Isaacs (Aldgate ward) believed there was room for a certain amount of reform, and thought that the franchise should be given to every citizen house holder. He feared that in trying to accomplish the desired reform they would be furthering the attempts at centralisation made by the Govern ment. He had given full consideration to the question, and he had come to the conclusion that "it was better to bear the ills they had than fly to others they knew not of." Mr. Davis, C.C., and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting, and the resolution proposed by Mr. Wright was carried nem. con. A vote of thanks to the gentlemen of the other wards who had come to the meeting ter minated the proceedings. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Nov. 22.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; strong breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CARDIFF, Nov. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Nile, from Quebec. . OFF ROCHE'S POINT, Nov. 21.—Arrived—City of Boston, steamer, from New York. CowEs, Nov. 20.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Elephat Greely, from Callao. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Wind S.W.--Arrived—Espoir, from Rio Grande. WATERFORD, Nov. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Eliza beth 11‘Lean, from St. John's, Newfoundland. GRIMSBY, Nov. 21.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Edward Hunkens, screw stoamer, for Now Orleans. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Nov. 21.—William and Clara, steamer, from Dordt. Arrived, Nov. 22.—Holland, steamer, from Ostend; Leo, steamer, from Dordt ; Batavier and Cologne, steamers, from Rotterdam ; Velocity, steamer, from Calais ; Volga, steamer, from St. Petersburg. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed.—Her Majesty's ship Fox, from Woolwich for the westward. An amount of gold, representing £162,000, was received at the Bank yesterday. COLONEL STODARE AT WINDSOR CASTLE.—OOI. Stodare had last night the distinguished honour to appear, by command, at Windsor Castle, in his entertain ment of magic and ventriloquism, on the occasion of the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal. Her Majesty the Queen graciously honoured Colonel Stodare with her presence during the performance, and was at tended by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia, the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, Princess Helena, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and all the members of the Royal family and Court present at the Castle. A portion of tho programme, consisting of the Sphinx, the Indian basket trick, and a ventriloquial sketch, was performed twice, in compliance with a special desire that it should be repeated. DEATH OF ADMIRAL O'BRlEN.—Admiral Joseph O'Brien's death is announced. He was a flag officer on reserved half-pay, and had achieved considerable distinc tion in his profession. He was 73 years of age at the time of his death. ACCEPTANCE OF THE LORD RECTORSHIP OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.-0.0 Monday afternoon, at a meet ing of Conservative students held in the College, it was reported that a deputation of students had waited upon the Lord Justice Clerk at Edinburgh, and that his lordship expressed the pleasure which it afforded him to accept the honour conferred upon him by his election to the office of lord rector.— Courant. GRACEFUL AND GRATEFUL.—We cut the follow ing letter from the Dublin Evening Mail, signed " A Conservative :"—" The peerages of two of her Ma jesty's premiers—their country's friends—are extinct— Melbourne and Palmerston. Could a more graceful and grateful act be done than to revive them ? —the Melbourne and Beauvais titles in Lady Palmerston's heirs, and the Palmerston and Mount Temple Peerages in the Right Hon. Laurence Sullivan's family, who are heirs to the Irish estates of the deceased premier ; the prorerties of both being ample to support the dignity without any pecuniary call on the country. Sir William Temple, the friend and patron of Dean Swift, and Sir John Temple, are historic names in Irish history." MEXICAN FROGS. —ln a paper read last week to the Academy of Sciences, M. Auguste Dumeril de scribes a series of observations made by him on certain Mexican batracians or frogs, called Axolotl (Siredon canus or S. Humboldtii), born at the Garden of Plants, their Mexican parents being still living. Between the 17th of April, the date of their birth, and the beginning of Sep tember, the young had attained the length of 21 centi metres, very nearly that of the old ones, which is 25 centim. At the latter period M. Dumeril remarked considerable changes in one of them: the bronchial appendages had disappeared, or left only a few faint traces ; the membranous crests of the back and tail were gone; the form of the head was somewhat modi fied, and numerous little specks of a whitish yellow were perceptible all over the body, strongly contrasting with the general black tint. The other individuals of the brood also gradually underwent the same transformation; whence M. Dumeril concludes that the Axolotl, instead of being a species by itself, with perennial bronchia), or gins, is nothing else but the larva of another species capable of transformation and deprived of bronchia); and if so, then the parents which have boon at the museum for upwards of two years are only larva, notwith standing their power of reproduction. And if this be ad mitted, how can it be explained that the small fry born in April should in so short a time have undergone the trans formation just described, when the parents, brought over from Mexico to France at the end of 1863, have under gone no such change, and have only increased in size Again, have the Azolotla in their new state, which ex cludes them from all known species of unrodelous batra cians, at length arrived at a permanent form, or are they likely to undergo another metamorphosis ? These ques tions, of the highest interest to zoologists, M.Dumeril hopes to solve by continuing his observations. TIIE HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT ON RAILWAYS.— Yesterday Dr. Lankester opened an inquiry at the University College Hospital as to the death of J. Clark. a shunter, employed on the London and North Western Rail way, which occurred accidentally on the 16th hist , while passing a truck from one line to anoth er by means of a turntable. Ono of the witnesses (a lad of about 16 years of age) stated that deceased, himself, and the other men worked from six one evening to seven the following morn. ing. The accident happened during the last hour of work- That morning they had one hour and a half's rest in the stables. Some mornings they had three hours and a half's rest. Emma Reeves, a young woman, who appeared on behalf of deceased's wife, who was ill now, created a great sensation in court by declaring that for two nights and one day before the accident, deceased had been at work on the railway without intermission. Witness went with deceased's wife to get the week's salary, and there wero two and a half days' overtime credited on the bill. Several of the jurymen expressed themselves warmly on what they considered the monstrous conduct of the company, in allow ing a men to work two days and one night without inter mission. The ordinary hours they considered disgraceful for night work, and would not return a verdict until the statement as to the number of hours deceased had worked, was proved or disproved. It had been said that the accident happened through deceased scotchin g the wheels of his truck before it was fairly on the turn-table ;if that was the case they (the jury) were not surprised, after the manner in which the man had been overworked. The coroner said the jury had nothing whatever to do with the number of hours during which the man worked. If a man worked for a great number of hours it was at his own option, and he was sure that they as Englishmen would be the first to re ject with indignation any law for compelling a man to only work for a certain number of hours. The jury still refused to return a verdict, and, after a lengthened conversation, the coroner adjourned the inquiry for the production of the evidence they required. A frightful attack of neuralgia in the face and mouth cured by a tew doses of MORISON'S PILLS, the vege table universal medicine of the British College of Health, Euston-road, London, atter other means had failed. Sold by the hydeian a;ents and all medicine vendors, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WARWICK RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. WELTER HANDICAP. Aline Contraband Eight ran• HANDICAP OF 5 SOVS. Mougrel Tesaue Seven ran. HANDICAP PLATE. (2-yr-olds), Novic© Palm Leaf Begum Six ran. HANDICAP PLATE. (3-yr-ohls)- Hope Pegasus Jester .................... 1 Five ran. SECOND NURSERY.. Miss Harriet Mad Cleopatra Hopvine Eleven ran. SELLING RACE. Sergeant Pacquot Royal Tartan 2 SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Strike .... Scribbler. Screw 2 Seven ran. GREAT MIDLAND COUNTIES. Sister to Drako Pearl Diver Elland 1 J Nino ran. WARWICK HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Flyfisher 1 Lurliue Tambour Major 3 Nineteen ran. HEAVY GALE AT PLYMOUTH. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PLYMOUTH, Nov. 22. Stormy weather has prevailed through the night, and a heavy gale set in this morning from W.S. W. Between six and ten o'clock more vessels have been driven ashore at this port than has been known for many years. No lives have been lost. The height of the gale coming by daylight and at high water fortunately lessened the risk to the crews of the wrecked vessels. The Amour, with 435 emigrants on board, for Adelaide, broke from her anchorage, and went ashore in the Catwater. The emigrants were all safely landed. The French ship Paulista, the Swedish brig Jules 1., the Belgian brig Espoir, the brigantine Apollo, the schooner Swift, several col liers from Swansea, the schooner Victoria of Lon don, the schooner St. Germans of St. Germans, a Swedish brig with timber, and a small schooner with oats, are ashore. Several vessels are damaged by fouling, and others by loss of spars. Fenian Duel at Liverpool. On the evening of Monday last an Irish gentle man carrying on busine's in Liverpool, and well known on the Exchange, previous to going home to his residence at Edgehill, had occasion to call at't.lle bar-room of a highly-respectable hotel in Da street, which at the time was considerably crowded by gentlemen in his own position in society—a very respectable one. The gentleman referred to was carrying a double-barrelled fowling-piece, which had been undergoing some repairs. Among those present in the room was a tall, sallow individual of unmistakeable " Yankee" aspect, but of gentleman like person and attire. On observing the gentleman who carried the fowling-piece, he addressed him and said, " I suppose, sir, you are a Fenian ?" The other replied that he was not, and that so far from being so he despised both Fenians and Fenianism. " Then you despise me," rejoined the stranger. , 6 do not know you, sir ; but if you are a Fenian, or even a Fenian leader, I have no respect for you." The stranger took a handkerchief from his pocket, applied it to his nose, and then threw it in the face of the other, at the same time exclaiming with a strong Yankee twang, " I am a Fenian general; my name is William Brown. My father was one of the Browns of Mayo in Ireland ; I was born in New York, and thus I treat any one who dares to depreciate Fenianism." " And my name is John G—gs. I am an Irishman, and a native of Mayo also ; and thus I treat any one who will declare himself and act as you do," accompany ing the words by a blow, which made the general measure his length upon the carpet. This was dono amid shouts of " apologise" from the company, addressed to the discomfited Trans atlantic Fenian, whose ardour appeared to have been cooled by the Hibernian arguntentum ad faciunt he had encountered. Cards, however, were exchanged between the contending parties, and after consider able difficulty a meeting with pistols was arranged between them. On Thursday, about noon, the two, accompanied by a single gentleman—who, with marvellous good nature, had agreed to act as second to both—met in a field a little to the south of Bel stonhill, on the Cheshire side of the Mersey. The requisite preliminaries having been adjusted, both parties fired, but, as both retained an upright posi tion, the double second interposed, and, declaring that both had behaved like men of honour, succeeded in preventing further proceedings of a hostile character. The combatants shook hands, partook of a slight draught from a flask which the accom modating friend had with him, and which is sup posed to have been furnished with a trivial supply of some commodity familiarly known as " Dutch courage," and, having done so, quietly wended their way towards Birkenhead. Before reaching Wood side Ferry, however, the general was observed to turn very pale and faint. Investigation showed that his antagonist's ball had taken effect in his hip, and that the wound bled profusely, his clothes having become quite saturated with blood. Proper means were adopted for stopping the hemorrhage, and the Yankee took leave of his friends, requesting that nothing concerning the affair should be com municated to the newspapers until after the depar ture of the mail steamer on Saturday for New York. The wounded general was one oLtcoresp the passengers of by the Scotia, which sailed to-day. the Glasgow Herald. The directors of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada have issued their report and state ment of accounts for the six months ending the 30th September of the current year, to be submitted to the proprietors at the next general meeting. Th e net profits during this period have amounted to £13,498 14s. 2d., which, added to the sum brought capital stock of the forward from Marc h last, leaves £13,687 15 s id. a e n declared tat o o n n e thehalfo paid-upf the ta surplus profits over 6 per cent. per annum, available for distribut i o n. Trecommend that directors . that a dividend at the rate of 7. 4 3 - per cent. per annum,lesspi income-tax, b m, and the usual charge for interest, amounting together to £3,588 17s. 5d., be carried to the reserve fund ; and that £250 be applied to th e redemption of preliminary expenses, leaving a sum of £l6l 7s. Bd. to be carried forward. Mrs. Jefferson Davis is residing at the house o a Mr. Schuyler, near Augusta, Georgia. She enjoys her usual robust h ea lth , i s under no surveillance, an d i s per mitted to correspond at will with her husband and friends. Mrs. Howell, Mrs. Davis' mother, is in Canada in general charge of the children of the latter, of whom Maggie, aged 11 years, is at the convent of the Sacred Heart at Mon treal, and Jeff, aged nine, is at school at Lennoxville, distant from Montreal sixty miles. The repeal of the paper duties has been highly beneficial to the paper makers of Belgium. From four or five paper mills, the number has increased to more than forty, prodoucing more than 20,000 tons of paper annually, chiefly exported to England, France, and America, the ex ports having risen from 1,675,52/ francs in 1851, to advanced since the 15a,:t590,1ffi3c4iaflrasntactsisintiels8w60e,reani(slsialencin.ually Jura 190 100 100 0 100 100 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 40 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.6 13.17.6 4.10.6 43