The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-10 00:00:00

Railway and other Companies BAHIA AND SAN FRANCISCO. The adjourned special general meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of confirming the special resolutions passed at the meeting of the company held on the 12th of October last; Mr. J. Morgan in the chair. Mr. W. Clay, the secretary, having read the notice of adjournment, The CHAIRMAN said he had 16 resolutions which were passed at a former extraordinary meeting of the company to submit for confirmation. He would put them separately or together, just as the meeting wished. The resolutions authorised certain altera tions in the articles of association. After some observations as to the legality of the meeting, the chairman stated that the directors had received 365 proxies in support of the resolutions he had to sub mit, representing 19,478 shares and £389,360 capi tal in the company. He then put the 16 resolutions separately, and after some explanations respecting them, they were ratified and confirmed. This concluded the business of the special meeting. Mr. GOEZ said he had no wish to interfere with the business of the directors, but he had made the personal acquaintance of Capt. Medeiros, and it ap peared that, from the idiom of the language spoken in Brazil not being correctly understood here, some misapprehension had arisen. H e was requeste d to I explain that the Government had no desire what ever to purchase the shares of the company. Capt. Medeiros had told him that the Brazilian Govern ment had not the slightest desire to buy the line, but were disposed to receive an offer from the company. Re believed that Capt. Medeiros represented the Brazilian Government in this matter, and he wished to know if the Brazilian Government had made any offer to the Board. The CITAIRMAN said the Brazilian Government had made no offer to them. Mr. GOEZ believed a letter had been sent expres sing the views of the Government on the subject. The law passed in August, 1860, authorised the Go vernment to exchange the external bonds or internal bonds for the shares of the railway companiesat par. The Brazilian Government were anxious to carry out their arrangements with the railway companies, but there were some difficulties owing to the opposition of members of the Legislature. The last Ministry fell in consequence of their endeavour to pass the bill authorising an extension of the guarantee of the Per nambuco Railway on an additional amount of £485,500. It was in the power of the Ministry under the law he had mentioned to make an arrangement for the conversion of railway shares into either ex ternal or internal bonds, the former bearing 5 per cent. interest, payable here, and the latter 6 per cent. payable in Brazil ; each had a sinking fund attached of 1 per cent., making the full sum paid by the Go vernment 6 and 7 per cent. respectively. lle then showed chat the 5 per cent. external bonds would yield X 54 per cent. to the shareholders, and that the whole of the capital would be redeemed in 19 years by means of the sinking fund, and the shareholders would receive back £2l for each £2O share they now held. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that the letter received by the Board on the 11th of October last from Cap t . Medeiros be printed and circul a t e d among the proprietors,. together with such observations thereon as the directors might deem necessary. Mr. FRANKLIN seconded the motion. The CIIAIR3LAN said he could not put any resolu tion, but Mr. Goez and other shareholders might sign a requisition if they pleased, and call a special meeting for the purpose of considering any Proposi tion they had to make. Sir 11. RICA, a director, said there were two sides to the question. They had heard several depressing remarks as to their property. He was a large holder, and took a different view of their position. The traffic receipts were increasing, and the expenses decreasing, so that, in the course of 18 months, he thought they would see the traffic greatly increased and the proportion of expenses reduced, so that the receipts would exceed thelexpenditure. When that happened the shareholders would receive their full 7 per cent. The Brazil Government had honourably Paid the guarantee. lle thought the shareholders had a 'Mkt concern, and he hoped they would not be diverted from the course they ought to pursue. lie advised them to be very cautious how they acted, and to repel the attack that had been made upon their property. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. INDIAN' I& cll The report of the di rectors states that from the very satisfactory progress made the works on the line from Lucknow to Cawnpore would be completed without difficulty by the end of the year, and that the road would be ready to receive the permanent way materials when they arrived. The desp a t c h of those materials was commenced in July last, and the entire quantity, with the telegraph materials and a sufficiency of rolling stock, would reach India in time to admit of the line being opened for traffic, Probably by the middle of next year. Detailed traffic returns recently received from India, and extending over the last 12 months, showed that the expectations raised as to the amount of traffic be- NEW RAILWAY PROJECTS IN YORKSHIRE. To-morrow is the last day on which the new pro jects for the coining session can be advertised in the weekly papers. The great contest for the posses sion of the North Yorkshire mineral field—now found to contain coal and oil as well as ironstone— between the Leeds, North Yorkshire, and Durham, is to be renewed. The Leeds and North Yorkshire line proposes to commence at Leeds,, and to serve the towns of Wetherly, Easingwold, Stokesley, Stockton, Middlesborough, and Hartle pool, and to unite this year with a projected Tyne and Tees Railway, and eventually to cross the Tyne and join the Blyth and Tyne, and by it the North British system. An eastern branch leaves Helmsley and proceeds to Kirby Moorside, Picker ing, and Scarborough, thus crossing all the mineral valleys of North Yorkshire. This is virtually the same line as last year, and competes with the Leeds and Newcastle and Leeds and Scarborough lines of the North Eastern, but serves a country hitherto cut out from railway communication, except at much disadvantage. The chief alterations from last year's bill are in the terminal arrangements at Leeds, Scarborough, Hartlepool, and Middlesborough. This great scheme, now that it is revived in a bona fide manner, is said to be well received by the public, who have subscribed more liberally than last year. Parties who are well able to give a safe opinion seem to look for the passing of the measure this session. It is alleged that the North Eastern Company can not deny that both their merchandise and passenger traffic to Scarborough are embarrassing ; and upon their north line to Newcastle, should the present rate of traffic increase continue, will require a set of four lines of rails. During the week the proposed extension from Tollerton to Malton has been ex amined, but this line cannot now be got ready for ibis session. Of course the North Eastern will not submit to this great invasion of their territory without a struggle. They have in contemplation an extension from Starbeck (on the Leeds Northern) to Boroughbridge, making a new line between Malton and Leeds. From the Malton and Thirsk they give notice of their last year's competitor to the Leeds and North Yorkshire (Gilling, Helmsley, and Pickering branch), leaving the Mahan and Thirsk line between Gilling and Horringham, and serving Helmsley and Kirby Moorside, and joining the Malton and Whitby line at Pickering. This is substantially the same line as last year ; surveys have been made towards Scar borough, but no notice to proceed with the line be yound Pickering has been given. An announce: went having been made that the Hull and Midlands scheme (Humberbridge) will not go forward this Session, the promoters of a line of rail from Hessle to Market Weighton, Pocklington, Bishop Wilton, Wharram (crossing the Malton and Driffiold), and on the Great Wold Valley to Bridlington, will not proceed with their scheme. From this scheme a branch was to have gone from Wharram to the Leeds, North Yorkshire, and Durham at Wykeham. The Driffield and Horn sea, Rellinton and Lowthorpe, and Whitby and Salt bance show no action as yet. • tween Lucknow and Cawnpore were likely to be fully realised. These traffic returns were also highly satisfactory as proving by the proportion and na ture of tDe produce leaving Lucknow that Oude had great exporting resources, which could not fail to be largely developed by increased facili ties of communication to the profit both of the railway and the country. The traffic on the Nul hatee line showed an increase in the receipts on the average of about £7O a month, and it was satisfac tory that the permanent way was in very good order. The report of Mr. 11. Lambert, the acting chief en gineer, stated that there were 5,000 men in regular employment on the works. Withregard to the Rohi kund lines the working section of the line from Shahjehanpore to Shahabad Junction and the land survey from Bareilly to Shahabad Junction were coipleted. The trial and working sections and land survey and plans from Shahabad Junction to Mora dabad were made, and also a trial section of the branch from Shahabad to Allygurh. The traffic re ceipts on the Nulhatee line, 27 miles in length, for the half-year 30th June last, amounted to £3,032, and the expenses to £1,730, or 57.06 per cent., leav ing a balance of £1,302. The financial statement to June 30 showed that £266,019 had been received, and £206,263 expended, including £20,350 for in terest on capital, leaving a balance of £52,756. The amount of capital was £1,000,000, of which £246,719 had been raised. CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesdayin Dublin—Sir J. K. James in the chair. The report, which was adopted, gave an encourag ing account of the business of the company. The traffic on the several lines occupied by their steamers had been wellma.intained. Two opposition steamers, formerly engaged in running the blockade during the American war, had been placed on the Dublin and Liverpool line, and in consequence the company had to submit to a reduction of rates. A reduction in the receipts was therefore at present unavoidable. The directors recommended a dividend (which was declared) of 3 per cent., free of income-tax, out of the profits of the half-year, after the allocation of 1 per cent. on the capital of the company on account of the Parliamentary Contingency Fund, the amount of which had been invested in Government stock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING.—THURSDAY. The day of the second Steeplechase presented the lightest card, but, as there must be an off one to every meeting, Mr. Topham has not much to complain of, espe cially as yesterday his new venture of the Sefton Steeple chase was such a success. The weather to-day, by one of the strange caprices of our climate, more resembled June than November, and overcoats might have been dispensed with. The starting has been very indifferent these two days, and, as it begins badly it generally goes on, we were kept waiting three-quarters of an hour in a field of only nine runners for the Grand Stand Stakes before they were despatched, when Professor Anderson took the lead, and repeated his Worcester performance by winning easily, changing hands at the hammer immediately after the rave for 310 guineas. The chief event of the day was the Steeplechase, for which Pigeon was very freely supported at the short price of 7to 4. Acrobat looked as well as anything, until he blundered at a fence about a mile from home, leaving Pigeon in possession of the lead, who came into the straight closely attended by Garus, the latter win ning after a good race by three lengths. Gray Momus fell at the bank, and was not persevered with, and Acrobat, after his blunder, was also out of the race. The Palatine Nursery Handicap of 50 sovs ; for 2-yr-olds. Winners extra. Five furlongs. Lord Westmoreland's Ulphus, 7st blb (Morris) 1 Mr. Hodgman' s V en t uresome, Bst (Heartfield) 2 Mr. Saunder's Kenilworth, ist 51b (Hulme) 3 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Hawthorn, B s t 21b (T. Challoner) 4 The following also ran :—Wellesley, Explosion, May fair, Begum, and Madame Bosco. Betting-5 to 4on Ulphus, 4to 1 agst Kenilworth, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Ulphus was the first away, and made play, followed by Venturesome, Kenilworth, and Hawthorn to the enclosure, when they closed and ran together to the end, Ulphus winning very easily at last by a length; a head separated the second and third, and a similar distance divided the latter from the fourth ; Begum was fifth, and Mayfair next. Wellesley and Explosion,who got off badly, cantered home some distance in the rear. The Grand Stand Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added ; 2-yr-olds, 7st 21b; 3-yr-olds, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings allowed 31b; maidens allowed 51b. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs. T.Y.C. 10 subs. Mr. J. Turner's Professor Anderson, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (11. Clarke) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Begum, 2 yrs, 6st 131b...(Kenyon) 2 Mr. W. G. Bennett's Wentworth, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (Hibberd) 3 Mr. Clark's Countess, 2 yrs, Gst 81b (liuxtable) 4 The following also ran :—Jolly Boy, Victress, Elastic, Credulity, and Convent. Betting-9 to 4 agst Wentworth, sto 2 agst Professor Anderson, 10 to 1 agst Credulity, 100 to 8 agst Begum, 100 to 6 agst Elastic, and 20 to 1 agst Jolly Boy. Three-quarters of an hour elapsed before Mr. Marshall was enabled to get them away, the delay being caused by the restiveness of Convent. The flag was at last lowered to an admirable start, the lot leaving the post nearly in a line, in which way they ran some few yards, when Pro fessor Anderson drew slightly in 'advance, having Went worth and Begum, wide on his left, as his immediate fol lowers. Half-way in the distance the leader had all his horses beaten, and wcn in a canter by two lengths ; three lengths separated the second and third ; Countess finished fourth, a neck in the rear of Wentworth ; Convent fifth, and Victress next. Jolly Boy and Credulity were the last two. The winner was bought by Mr. W. Marshall for 310 guineas. The Westmoreland Cup (free handicap) of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 sovs added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Winners extra. One mile. 9 subs. The highest weight accepting being Bst 81b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Mr. Johnstone's Holstein 3 yrs, sst 121 b ......(Cameron) 1 Mr. it. B. Jeffery's Wild Poppy, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (in. 101 b extra) (Kenyon) 2 The following also ran :—Queen of Trumps, Persuasion, and Flying Horse. Betting-6 to 4on Holstein, and 4to 1 each agst Queen of Trumps and Wild Poppy. Queen of Trumps made play to the distance, when she was headed by the favourite and Wild Poppy, the former holding the lead, and winning in a canter by a length and a half. The others pulled up and did not pass the post. Handicap Plate of 40 sovs, for all ages ; winners extra. 6 furlongs. 22 subs. ... Mr. C. Smith's Lion, 3 yrs, 7st __ (H. Cove)) 1 Lord Stamford's Thalassius, 3 yrs, 7st (Carroll) 2 Mr. B. 11. Jones's Skylark, 4 y rs, 7 st 101 b (Morris) 3 Mr. Crook's Abbot, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b —(Elphick) 4 The following also ran : —Alice Lee, Wild Thyme, La pidist, Pegasus, Jane Shore, Nidderdale, Dubiety, Lady Durham, Armourer, Malvern, and Moor Game. Betting-5 to 2 each agst Thalassius and Lion, 7to 1 agst Skylark, and 10 to 1 agst Wild Thyme. Wild Thyme got away in advance to a straggling start, followed by Skylark, Lion, Thalassius, and Jane Shore- to I the distance, where Lord Stamford's colt headed the leaders and came on with a clear lead to the enclosure. Hero he was joined by Lion, who headed him a dozen strides from home, and won easily bya length ; half a length separated the second and third. Abbot finished a bad fourth ; Lady Durham was fifth, Wild Thyme sixth, and Jane Shore next. The others were widely distributed, and pulling up as they ran past the post, the last three being Alice Lee, Dubiety, and Lapidist. The Selling Stakes . of 3 sovs, with 20 added, for 2-yr-olds. Weights for age, with maiden and selling allowances. Winners extra. Five furlongs. 4 subs. Mr. Bennett's Wentworth, 2 yrs, 6st 31b (X2O) (Hibberd 1 Mr. Joh nstone ' s Gambler, 2 yrs, 6st 21b (£2O) (Cameron 2 Mr. Su mner ' s Inuisfallen, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (£2O) (Whit e l ey 3 Betting -5 to 2on Wentworth. Innisfallen made play to the distance, were he gave way to the oth weir two, who finished a sp l en did race home, the favouritewinning at last by a head ; a bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. llargraves for 100 guineas. IA Steeplechase Handicap, of 100 sovs. Winners extra. About three m il es. 36 subs. Mr. Weyman's Gams, aged, lOst 101 b .......... (W. White) 1 Mr. Walker's Pigeon, 6 yrs, list 91b ............... (Owner) 2 list 9lb ......... (J. Page) 5 Mr. Cashman's L.S.D., 4 yrs, lOst 51b ........ (J. Murphy) 3 Mr. Calder's Farnborough, aged (11 b), lOst 121 b (Jarvis) 4 list 131 b ...... (G. liolnitui) 6 I M p H o i w d s e o i s 's k J il o y e l i M s h a e l 1 7 6 , af ,r e s tl, , The following also ran :—Marble Hill, Acrobat, and Gray Momus. Betting-7 to 4 agst Pigeon, 4to 1 agst Acrobat, Bto 1 agst Garus, and 10 to 1 each agst Joe Maley, Farnborough, and Gray Momus. • Joe Maley, a couple of lengths in advance of Flyfisher, made play, but before they had proceeded 100 yards, the pair were beaded by Marble Hill and Acrobat, who led across the meadows, and cleared the hurdles nearly abreast, closely attended by Pigeon, L.S.D., Gray Momus, Farn borough, and Garus, in the order we have given them. The water jump was cleared cleverly by the leaders, but Garus jumping somewhat short came on his nose and knees, but was cleverly "picked up" by his rider, who was soon after seen with his horses. As they neared the fence into tha enclosure, Marble Hill, as on the day previous, refused, and ran round, and was not after presevered with. At the fence beyond the number of the field was further decreased by Grey Momus falling heavily, giving Knott a cropper. During the little contretemps, Acrobat was seen wending his way a couple of lengths in advance of Pigeon,:who was a similar distance in front of Flyfisher, close up with whom were Joe Maley, L. S. D., and Garus ; the latter, as they cleared Becher's-brook, drawing. into the fourth place. No change of moment occurred until they reached the fence into the plough, at which Acrobat blundered and came to grief, and rolled over Boyce, and was seen no more in the rase. This left Pigeon with a decided lead, as they came along the canal side, which was duly recognised by loud shouts from his backers on the stand, Flyfisher going on second, Garus third, L. S. D. and Joe Maley next, and a long way in their rear was Farnborough, the latter being thrown out in his endeavour to avoid the fallen Acrobat and rider. They ran thus to the fence by the Canal-bridge, which Flyfisher cleared a length or so in advance of the favourite, but soon after he dropped away beaten, leaving Garus and L. S. D. in attendance upon Mr. Walker's colt, who came on with the running to the flight of hurdles at the distance, which he cleared in front, but tiring imme diately after he was headed at the Stand by Garus, who won easily by three lengths. There were four lengths between second and third, the others, as placed by the judge, were widely separated. This may be due perhaps in some degree to the ad vance of the year and the cold weather, of which the later sufferers get the benefit, but it is still extraor dinary. If the result could be traced in any way to the sanitary improvements which have recently been accomplished in many great cities, it would give us both assurance and encouragement. A general assent has now been given to the propo sal of the French Government for comprehensive inquiry and combined research. We have an arduous but not a hopeless problem before us. It does appear that at intervals a disease is generated, if not in India, at any rate in the East, which rapidly acquires the character of a formidable epi demic, and devastes Europe in its course. We have also the advantage of knowing that the history of this disease is comprised within narrow limits. It is true that Sydenham describes the disorder, as exist ing in his time, without the o ccas i on o f a single symptom ; but though he speaks of it as an autumnal epidemic, he does not call it a plague. Cholera may have existed before 1817, but not with the powers it possesses now. Fifty years ago it was not known even in India. When it first broke oat at Jessore it was regarded as a new disorder, and as the event proved, with good reason. From that place it finally reached Europe by a track only too plainly marked, and twice afterwards it ran the same course. This year its origin and track have been different, but it has still shown all the veritable characteristics of a moving pestilence. Now, is it unreasonable to hope that we may do something or learn something by studying this plague at its source ? We know that it is controllable in its effects ; may it not be controllable in its origin ? Few people would ven ture to answer these questions confidently in the affirmative, but few also, we imagine, would deny that they may well be asked and becomingly studied. POST.—It will be found that we have no reason to complain of the comments to which the publica • tion of the correspondence between Earl Russell and Mr. Adams on the subject of the depredations com mitted by the Confederate cruisers has given rise in the American press. Now that the heat andpassion occasioned by the late war have subsided, the organs of public opinion in America find themselves enabled to treat such questions as that discussed in the cor respondence referred to with calmness and modera tion. It must never be forgotten that, however disentitled in strict law the American nation may have been to saddle us with the responsibility for the acts of the Alabama and her consorts, they had very plausible grounds for considering themselves very badly treated. Engaged as they were in suppress ing what they deemed a rebellion, and possessing absolute control at sea, they saw, notwithstanding the strictness with which they blockaded the insur gents' ports, ships appear in different parts of the world, which, although they had never wet their keels in their enemy's waters, nevertheless sailed under the Confederate flag, inflicted con siderable damage on their mercantile marine, and were permitted to enjoy all the privileges of vessels of war in the harbours of every neu tral State. These ships, without a single excep tion, were British made, and the armaments with which they were provided were of British manufac ture. Under these circumstances it would be puerile to affect astonishment because the American people were indignant and declaimed against a neutrality which could nevertheless countenance such results. Nor was it matter for surprise that whilst the Ame rican people were straining every nerve to maintain the Republic in its entirety, and were incurring a colossal debt, which in the space of a few years threatened to exceed the debts which the nations of the Old World had spent almost centuries in accu mulating, they should speak loudly of a day of re tribution, and resolve on enforcing from this country compensation for the damage occasioned by vessels which left its shores. Now, however, that success has crowned their arms, and that the distinctive de signations of Federal and Confederate have merged in the common title of American citizen, matters can be regarded in a different light. The victim of an unavoidable accident at first vents his indig nation on the innocent cause, and it is only on re flection that he admits that blame can properly be attached to no one. After making due allowance for the stilted tone in which every people speak of the dignity and independence of their own State, it will, we think, be seen that the more respectable and influential section of the American press have received without irritation the refusal of the English Government to comply with the demands made, and have entirely abandoned that high ground which they originally occupied when they assumed as incontrovertible the justice of their claims. The really important issue raised by the demands of the American Government is, as we stated when commenting on the correspondence, whether the departure of vessels similar to the Alabama from neutral ports is to be considered as consistent with the observance of strict neutrality. It is a matter of comparatively little consequence whether the loss occasioned by the Confederate cruisers should be borne by the English or by the American na tion ; but it is of vital consequence to understand whether, in the event of future wars, belligerents shall be entitled to equip vessels in neutral ports. And it is from this point of view that the Tribune regards the question when it says that, if England should be engaged in a war before the ar rangement - 0 - f-the.-existingdifferences with the United States, she would probably disown her present principles. And this is certainly a very practical way of looking at the matter. If such a war should unhappily arise we could not with any show of reason complain if vessels similar to the Alabama and Shenandoah left the American ports, and, having like them taken their armaments (supplied from American workshops) on board as soon as they quitted neutral ' sailing unde r our fl ag, may waters, proceeded to capture, sink, or destroy th e be merch antfound o s n h i e v ery ing sea w h in c the world. Th e A mer i cans, h it is true, have a Foreign Enlistment Act, but it is in almost every respect identical in its provisions with our own, and we should there fore expect that it . would be similarly construed. According, however, to the construction put upon our act, it is a dead letter ; and the American statute would consequently be held to be equally mischievous. The net result, therefore, of the assumption, that this State did everything which a belligerent has a right to expect' from a neutral, would be, that if we found ourselves en gaged in war with any European power, the rela tions subsisting between this country and America would be just the same as-if no Foreign Enlistment Acts had ever been passed, and we would be com pelled to acknowledge the right of the - United States to allow their ports to be made centres of the most destructive operations against our commerce. Un der such circumstances the Tribune is probably cor rect in saying that we should be anxious to abandon the principles which we now maintain. Another of the New York journals, the Herald, seizes the gist of the present complications when it says that " the trouble arises from the existing unsettled and unde termined state of international law," and suggests that a congress of the principal powers should meet with the view of establishing that law on a basis which would prove satisfactory to all. International law is the mere creature of the comity of nations, since no power in particular has jurisdiction to enforce obedience to its precepts. The events which have taken place in Europe during the past two years make this but too plainly evident; but, notwithstanding the con tempt which Austria and Prussia have shown for specific treaties, and for the plainest formulx of natural justice, we may be permitted to hope that agreements entered into between a large number of independent States would be scrupulously observed. And, for the reasons to which we have already al luded, it would be well if some more stringent code could be agreed upon which would prevent such un questionable violations of neutrality as took place in this kingdom during the past war. Of course, in so far as the resolutions of a Congress would affect the municipal law of any particular State, such resolutions would be dependent on the sanction given to them by the Legislature of such State ; and as such sanction would not, more especially under a constitutional Government, follow as a matter of course, the success which would attend the labours of any Congress convened for the pur pose of modifying the existing law might be pro blematical. But at all events the experiment would be worth trying, for it must be confessed that the law as it at present stands is most unsatisfactory ; and no State in the world is more keenly alive to that fact than Great Britain. " THE ANGLO - AMERICAN TIMES" ON THE SHENANDOAH PIRATES.—The arrival of the no torious Shenandoah at an English port and her surrender into the hands of the British autho . Handicap Hurdle Plato of 30 sovs. Two miles, over six flights of hurdles. 6 subs. Mr. Barker's Cutler, 6 yrs, lOst 41b (Mr. T. Price) 1 Mr. W. G. Craven's No Name, 4 yrs, 10st 71b ...(Knott 2 Lord Paulett's Ace of Hearts, 5 yrs, list Page) 3 Mr. Weyman's Lemon Drop, 4 yrs, 9st 41b (Jarvis) 4 Mr. IV . Topham's Goldbeck, aged, lOst (Jones) 5 Clairvoyant also ran. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Ace of Hearts and Cutler, and 4 to 1 agst No Name. Ace of Hearts made play to the last flight of hurdles, which No Name and Cutler cleared nearly abreast a length in advance of Lord Paulett's colt. On reaching the Stand, Cutler drew slightly in advance, and won a good race by a neck ; two lengths separated the second and third ; Lemon Drop was fourth, a similar distance in their rear. Clair voyants did not pass the post. The Crosteth Hunt Steeplechase of 100 sovs, subscription of 5 sovs each, with 50 sovs added, for regular hunters that have never won any Steeplechase, Hurdle Race, or Flat Race value 20 sovs ; weight for ago. To be ridden by gentlemen. About three miles; starting at the Canal Point. 10 subs. rities are of themselves very grave events, but their gravity is enhanced when we consider that they will probably be the means of re-opening the whole discussion concerning the attitude of England with regard to the late rebellion, and her responsibility or non-responsibility for the de predations of those piratical cruisers which sailed from her ports to prey upon the commerce of a nation with which she was on terms of peace and amity. It is not our purpose, however, to forestall the angry discussion which is now inevitable upon these subjects. These are side issues, and have already passed beyond the domain of individual opinion, into the hands of the official representatives of the two nations. We propose now to consider, in the light of the facts before us, what is the proper and probable course to be pursued with reference to the officers of the piratical craft who have just surren dered themsel ves t o th e aut h or i t i es of Grea t Britain. And in order to arrive at a just conclusion on this point, we must review the course of the Shenandoah and the conduct of her officers since she commenced her cruise. The Sea King Was a British ship, manned IIJE SUY, LONDO.N, FRIDAY EVENING, *WEMBEII, 10, 186 p. by British seamen, and partly officered by English men. She left an English port professedly for China, but was followed to sea by another vessel, which supplied her with an armament and munitions of war, after receiving which she changed her name to the Shenandoah, hoisted the Confederate flag, and started on her work of destruction. Her com mander, Captain Waddell, is a renegade North erner, formerly of New Bedford, Massachusetts. New Bedford is a small and poor town, the inhabi tants of which are engaged almost exclusively in the whale fishery. Very few of the forty or fifty whalers sailing from the port were owned by large and wealthy firms, but they were generally held i n shares by the humble citizens of the little maritime town, many of whom were the widows and orphans of adventurous sailors who had lost their lives in the prosecution of their dangerous and precarious avo zation. They were manned by their owners, and the poor Jack-tars who composed their crews received no wages, but depended solely for their pay upon their success in the whale fishery. The Shenandoah, with her New Bedford com mander, called at Melbourne, and, by permission of the British authorities of the port, received her supplies, after which she proceeded to the North Pacific to prey upon these peaceful whalers. Had Captain Waddell limited his piratical work to attacks upon the American gold steamers which weekly traverse those seas, ' and to the merchantmen engaged in trade between the South American ports and San Francisco, he would have reaped a richer harvest, and inflicted far greater injury upon the United States. But he chose to fight poor widows and orphans—to inflict wanton destruction upon the little all of peaceful citizens, who were in no way responsible for the war, and who had no share in the direction of public affairs. And with fiendish cruelty he sought out and destroyed the property not merely of his coun trymen, but of the inhabitants of his own native town—those whom he had known in childhood— those with whom he had played at school—those whose struggles and trials from youth up were familiar to him. We have no desire to prejudice public opinion against this man—but we stigmatise his acts as those of a monster, and deliberately express our conviction that he has placed himself outside the pale of humanity, and forfeited all claims upon that consideration which the law extends to ordinary criminals. If the Southern Confederacy bad not failed, there would still have been no excuse for these proceedings of the Shenandoah. But the Confederacy col lapsed nearly eight months ago, and from that period down to the end of August this pirate ship has continued her work of devastation, destroying, it is stated, in the interval no less than thirty-seven whalers. And now she sails into a British port, surrenders herself to a British officer, and Captain Waddell gives his " parole of honor" not to run away, but to abide the decision of the British autho rities. Her origin was British, and doubtless her commander considered it eminently fitting and proper that she should return home to be dealt with by the authorities of that nation whose people equipped her and sent her to sea. And now comes the question with which we com menced this article—What shall we do with these pirates ? The contemporary press is loaded with suggestions and speculations on the subject. It is agreed ou all hands that if Captain Waddell de stroyed a single vessel after he was informed of the collapse of the Confederacy, the act was an act of piracy, and nothing less; and we have not yet seen any journal willing to credit the extraordinary statement made by him, that his work of destruction was so long pursued in ignorance of the downfall of the Confederacy. The proper course, then, is— not to deliver the officers of the Shenandoah to the American authorities, and thus shirk the responsi bility of their trial and punishment by a British court—but to place them on their trial here for the crimes of which they are accused, and if found guilty, mete out to them that measure of punish ment which the law prescribes for their offence. Captain Waddell and the crew of the Shenan doah were on Wednesday evening last paroled, by order of the Government; but it does not follow from this proceeding, extraordinary as it appears, that these Inca are to be permitted to escape. Great Britain has always regarded piracy on the high seas as a capital crime. She will not change her position now. In every instance in which pirates have been captured by her gunboats in the Eastern Archi pelago, she has brought th em t o t r i a l an d to exec-. 7- tion. And if her laws are competent to punish Chinese pirates, they are equally competent to punish the pirates of the Shenandoah. Several Americans in LondOn with whom we have conversed express their fears that Captain Waddell will be protected by the British au thorities, and thus escape the penalty of his crimes. There is not the slightest cause for apprehension of such a thing. If Great Britain were to afford an asylum to this man and permit him to go untried and unpunished, she would forfeit her place among civilised nations, and the United States would at once withdraw all diplomatic inter course from a nation which sheltered pirates and robbers. But to suppose such a thing is to insult the British Government and the British people. Great Britain is a civilised and Christian power, as well as a commercial power; and not only her national interests, but her moral instir cts, will lead her to the discharge of her duty in this matter. Detention of a Dead Body for Debt• A singular and painful case, in which the ques tion arose as to whether a creditor can arrest or de tain the dead body of his debtor in security of his debt, was decided on Tuesday in the Sheriff-court, Edinburgh, by Sheriff Jameson. The circumstances in which the case arose are detailed in the following interlocutor and note by the sheriff, in which, for obvious considerations, navies and other identifying references are omitted : "Edinburgh, 7th November, 1865.—The sheriff substi tute havingheard solicitors, and thereafter considered the process and correspondence, finds it admitted that the late died on the 13th September last, in the house of the respondent, who keeps the tavern, in --, and that the respondent declined to allow the relations of the de ceased to remove his remains until their agents bound themselves to pay the undertaker's account for a coffin Finds it instructed that on the same day the peti-: tioner's agent guaranteed payment of the said account, amounting to. £6, but that the respondent after-vards.re fused to permit the body of the deceased to be removed without an obligation for payment of his own account for board and liquor said to have been furnished 'o the deceased, and other expenses contained in Nos. 4 and 5 of process, in consequence of which the present applica tion was presented: Finds that it is illegal and con trary to humanity, as well as to good order and the publi c health, to detain and arrest a dead body in security for debt, and that the claim for lien contended for by the re spondent is groundless and unwarrantable : Finds that the petitioner, as the eldest brother of the deceased, and one of his next of kin, had a good title and interest to present this application. Therefore authorises the clerk of court to pay over the consigned money to the petitioner, being £46 118.: Finds the respondent liable in the expenses of process, of which allows an account to be lodged for taxa tion, and remits to the auditor of court to tax and report, and decerns. (Signed) "AND. JAMESON. "Note.—The respondent's solicitor was unable to ad duce any authority from the law of Scotland, or from any other legal system, in support of this extraordinary claim of lien. It was, indeed, mentioned that an example of such a claim was to be found in one of Sir Walter Scott's works, who was no mean authority as a legal antiquary, though the passage was not pointed out, and its legal force might at any rate be fairly questioned. It seems that there exists in some districts a vulgar notion that the burial of a debtor may be hindered by the arrest or do tention of the dead body. This error has probably arisen from the law of the 12 tables, which, being so merciless against insolvent debtors when alive, might be presumed to have little respect for their bodies when dead. But Chris tianity elevated the sentiments and improved the practice of the European nations in regard to the burial of the dead, as in other and more important matters. In no country has this influence more prevailed than in Scotland, and the law has given a preference of the expenses of funerals over all other debts, upon the ground of humanity and decency. This pri vilege has been established in order to prevent such unseemly contests as that which was threatened in the present case. Respect for the dead, as well as regard for the natural feelings of relatives, and for public health, are opposed to such a claim as that advanced by the respondent If at all admitted, it would become a source of shameful extortion and scandalous contention. Tho sheriff -substi tute is of opinion that the respondent was not even entitled to demand an obligation for the expenses of the coffin, but was bound at once to give up the body of the deceased to his relatives. Ho is glad to find that this is also in accord , ance with the law of England. Lent Ellenborough, in speaking of the case—Ter. 1 61—where a woman, fearing the dead body of her son would be arrested for debt, was holden liable for a promise to pay in consideration of for bearance, said—' To seize a dead body under any pretence would be contra bonds mores, and an extortion on the rela tives. Such an act is revolting to humanity and illegal, and therefore any promise extorted by the fear of it should never be valid in law.' In 1841, when a gaoler refused to deliver up the body of a person who had died while a pri soner in execution in his custody to the executors of the deceased, unless they would satisfy certain claims made against the deceased by the gaoler for articles supplied to him, the Queen's Bench issued a mandamus peremptory, in the first instance, commanding that the body should be delivered up to the executors.—(' The Parish,' by Toulmin Smith, p. 448, Rodgers'a Ecclesiastical Law.)--" A. J."— Scotsman. Mr. S. J. Welfitt's ch g Commodore, 5 yrs, list 131 b ' (Captain Tempest) 1 Mr. T. Stanley's gr g Early Morn, 6 yrs, 12st _6lb _ _ _ (Mr. T. Price) 0 Betting-4 to lon Commodore. Commodore, in consequence of Early Morn refusing the first leap, was left to canter over the course at his leisure. AQUATICS. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACES. Tho month of November does not seem exactly the sea son to strip for boat racing ; albeit the exercise is suffi ciently exhilarating to create any degree of warmth, as the young gentlemen who contended yesterday at the Cam evinced ample evidence. The day was cold, the sky gene rally covered with dark greasy-looking clouds, - which afforded an occasional diversity in the weather by dis charging ungenial showers of rain. However, both sides of the river from the lock to the railway bridge were lined with students from the different Colleges, who certainly did their utmost to create the usual amount of excitement by running and shouting. Only four boats were sent to the contest—viz., First Trinity, Third Trinity, Trinity Hall, and St. John's. St. John's held the challenge for two years, the third deciding the permanent bolder. In the first heat Trinity Hall led, followed by Third Trinity, the heat resulting thus : Third Trinity Won by 13 seconds. SECOND HEAT. St. John's 1 I First Trinity 2 Won by four seconds. FINAL HEAT. Third Trinity Won by 12 seconds, easily. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The International Commission for in quiring into the origin and character of epidemic cholera will commence its researches at an opportune time. Never was the capricious nature of the disease more signally exemplified than in its course during the present year, and perhaps reason and science ma y feel their way 13:y the aid of incidents so exceptional. We have ground for believing that on this occasion the plague did not come to us from India, yet the last intelligence from that country informs us that it has now broken out in Rajpootana, and all reports concur in representing that the disease, whether in the Mediterranean or elsewhere, has been of the true Asiatic type. Again, though its progress has been slow as well as eccentric, it has been sure, and it has rot been checked so decidedly as usual by the fall of temperature and the approach of winter. Of its fatality we can only say that its ravages in Con stantinople and Cairo were as terrible as on any previous visitation, but that in Europe generally the disorder has been more controllable than usual. We have explained on former occasions the sin gular track of the epidemic ; how it commenced apparently on the Arabian coast, then travelled to Alexandria, thence to Constantinople, and thence again to various ports in the Mediterranean. From the Mediterranean it crept into the Black Sea, and afterwards through the Straits of Gibraltar and along the west coasts of Spain and Portugal. Yet it did not make the circuit of the Mediterranean, nor did it continuously ascend the Atlantic shore of the Peninsula. Its visits were capricious ' - tt-'6 , .dder-e--,_ gular in the extreme. To this day it has left not only Greece, but all the eastern coast of the Adriatic untouched ' • nor has it fallen u p on th e coasts of Barbary. One coast of Italy was severely visited, while the other, up to the close of last month, re mained completely exempt. Sicily escaped, nor do we know that Sardinia or Corsica has been afflicted, but Malta has suffered heavily. For a long time, too, it seemed as if the disease could not penetrate the interior of a country, or quit the seaboard for any considerable distance, but that exception, as well as some others previously visible, has now disappeared. Cholera has been felt in inland towns, but still under most eccentric conditions. After escaping from the Mediterranean the pestilence first appeared at Seville, and then, by a tremendous bound, at Southampton, after which it visited Paris, and, later still, Madrid. We learn, too, that from Odessa, where it established itself in the autumn, it ad vanced, and •is still advancing, northwards to the Polish provinces of the Russian Empire. Rumour also describes it as present in Leipsic, but rumour also placed it, without much foundation, at Nurem burg and Hanover more than two months ago. Nevertheless, it is plain upon the whole that the plague is no longer confined to the basin of the Mediterranean, but has been hovering over Central and Western Europe. The effects of the visitation have been as uncertain as its course. At some places they havebeen comparatively light ; at others, very severe. At Marseilles and Toulon the disease was obstinate as well as fatal, and was only dislodged after serious and prolonged mortality. In Madrid and Paris, on the other hand, though the virulence of the epidemic was considerable, its career was short, both capitals being now regarded as free. In this country we have indeed reason to be thankful for our immunities. It is now upwards of six weeks since the cholera showed itself at Southampton. Its appearance was unmistakable ; its severity in one or two cases equally marked. The cases, too, though certainly not numerous, occurred so far in succession that the disease seemed established, and one or two attacks were reported from the banks of the Itchen. Yet this footing was not maintained, nor did the malady spread. The account which we published on Wednesday gave the place a clean bill of health, while the rest of the country is absolutely free. In London we have been without even the symptom of an outbreak, though it is noticeable that diarrhoea is somewhat more prevalent than is com mon at this particular time of the year. Usually we have a considerable access of this complaint in August and September, but very little of it in November. We have not much now, but the return is in excess of the average for the season. On the question of contagion or communicability the experience of this year will offer copious but most conflicting evidence. It is asserted positively that the disease was brought with a certain shipload of passengers from Alexandria to Constantinople ; it is undeniable that the ports attacked by cholera are ports of call for Mediterranean steamers, our own Southampton being an example ; it is said that the disorder was brought to Leipsic by a par ticular passenger from the South, and it can be argued that countries which established quarantine were preserved, while countries which neglected the precaution were attacked. Barbary, Sicily, and Greece enforced a quarantine, and have had no cholera ; Marseilles, Gibraltar, and Malta had no quarantine, the cholera fell upon them. But the exceptions to the rule are as numerous as its examples. Many ports where there was no quaran tine escaped the plague; many places where no steamer touched or called were heavily visited. Cholera reached Paris and it reached Madrid, but not by any visible track from the sea-coast to the capital. As far as we hear, indeed, there has been g c n o e o r n d P e e r r e d a v li aaysi an cc of illustration hasst r t ba h et e on disorder e di knownn, F and, r l a a n w c td o he rae that each e p a a r c i e h n . visitation of cholera since 1831 has been less de structive than that which preceded it. In 1849 the mortality was less than in 1832, and in 1854 than in 1849. Hitherto, the same law has certainly pre vailed in the present year, though perhaps not uni formly. If the plague has exhausted itself, and if its effects can be already measured, the visitation has undoubtedly been light. This has been parti cularlyevident in Madrid and Paris, where, although the mortality for a number of days was high, it was not lasting—indeed, it deserves special remark and consideration that the disease was more easily con trolled, or more quickly exhausted, in the great capitals than in the seaports. The duration of the epidemic was not half so long in Paris as in Malta. Latest American Markets. The following finance and trade report is taken from the New York Shipping and Commercial List of October 28 The decline in gold and the extreme stringency of the money-market have combined to check the movement in both foreign and domestic merchandise, and to restrict commercial transactions within narrow limits. Anticipa tions of important changes in the tariff, on the assembling of Congress, are entertained in some quarters, based upon the report that inquiries on the part of certain officials have been made of some of our prominent merchants as to the advisability of placing a heavier duty on goods which can not be produced in this country, such as tea, coffee, &c., and modifying tho tax on domestic produce. As nothing definite is known as yet in regard to the proposed changes, commercial values have not been affected to any extent, but the fact that there is a probability of a revision of the tariff, however remote, exerts a restraining influence upon the mercantile public for the time being. Imported mer chandise has generally been quiet since our last, and there are comparatively few ex ce pti ons to t h e general rule. " The money-market in Chicago is as 'tight' as ever. The 'Chicago Tribune of Wednesday says •--' The money market to-day was, if possible, even more stringent than yesterday, and there was considerable difficulty experi enced by produce operations in procuring accommodations. The bankers are generally rejecting all produce papers, un less accompanied by shipping bills, the report concerning hot grain' having frightened them from taking the risk. The rate of discount is steady at 10 per cent. per annum, but private bankers charge 1 per cent. commission extra. There was an easier feeling in the market for eastern ex change to-day, but there was no change in the rates, which remain steady at par buying and 1-10 premium selling. The bankers sold to each other at 50c. premium, but the amount thus disposed of was comparatively small. The supply seemed to be about equal to the demand all around.' " 'The receipts from internal revenue are increasing, and again average nearly a million a day. The receipts from this source since Ist of July are nearly 8115,000,000. Besides this, the Customs receipts are heavy, and the re ceipts from sales of Government vessels, &c., we under stand, amount in the aggregate to nine or ten millions more, so that the Treasury is well supplied, and will be until long after Congress meets. The $50,000,000 Loan meantime, is all absorbed, and that amount of certificates, &c., withdrawn. " Gold has ruled lower during the past three days, and the bulk of the transactions has been at about 145 i to 145 i I per cent. " Foreign exchange has been in moderate demand, but rates remain without marked change. " Government securities have ruled heavy, the European advices having exerted a depressing influence. Prices of all classes of securities rule low, but especially the Five- Twenties and the . Ten-Forties. The Sixes of 1881 are also down. The current quotations are as follow: United States' 5-20 Sixes Registered, ex in. 101 to 101k 1 United States' 5-20 Sixes, Coup ons , ex i n. 102 i —10 3 r United States' 10.0 Fives, Coupons, ex in. 92+ . —92 i United States 10-40 Fives, Registered— 921 92 United States' Sixes of 1881, Coupons lO6l 106 united States' Sixes of 1881, Registered United States' Fives of 1871 and 1874 95 100 United States' Debt Certificates of 12 months' (interest in currency) 7-30 Treasury-Note Bonds . 97 98 United States' 5-per Cent. Legal Tenders... par American Gold American Silver The Money-market remains very stringent, under an active demand for call loans at 7 per cent., and the ten dency is upward. There does not seem to be any great scarcity of money, but capitalists and the banks evince a decided disinclination to part with it even at the current high rates. Commercial paper is freely offered for dis count, and, as a general rule, high rates are paid, varying from 9to 12 per cent. We quote Per Cent. per Annum. Loans on call, stock securities - Do., bond and mortgage Prime endorsed bills, GO days Do., three to four months First-class single names 9 12 " The Stock-market has for the most part been irregu lar. An active speculative movement and consequent large advance in prices of Erie Railway shares has been the ruling feature. There has also been considerable done in some of the other leading railway shares; but, as a general thing, the market has been rather quiet, though the sales have been at irregular prices. Yesterday there was more doing, and the market was buoyant and firm. Petroleum and mining shares have been fairly active, but business is still restricted by the stringency of the Money market. " The following are the closing quotations of stocks of the Second Board, Oct. 28 : Bid. Asked. I Bid. Asked Tennessee 6's B7/ 90 1 Mi. South R. R. 721 72i Missouri 6's 77 78 Illinois Cent.R. R. 1341 136 Canton Co Cum. Coal Co 424 43 Chi. and N. W. R. 30 30 QuicksiverMin.Co 4B; 48/ Do. Preferred ... 651 651 Marip. Min. Co Pac. Mail S.S. CO 225 Chi. and R. I. R ....107 108 N. Y. Cent. R. R._ 971 971 Mil. &P.du C. R... 631 64 Erie R. R Do. Preferred Hud. Riv. R. R 106 106/ Pit. Ft. W.&Chi ... 981 931 Reading R. R 1141 115 O. and M. Certif..— 27i 28 Mich. Cent. R. R...111..112 I " New York Petroleum Stock Quotations, Oct. 27 : id. Asked. Beunehoff R.... 1585 14 21 Mononghel a and Bid. Asked. Bergen C. &0.0 BO 035 Kanawa Buchanan 074 075 Manhattan Bradley oil lO5 110 M'Kinley Brevoort 14 0 Mt. Vernon 0 075 Centrals 25 0 27 0 Montana — 825 Cherry Run ... 024 Northern Light 175 Empire City ... 043 045 Oceanic Everett Excelsior Fee Simpl e First National 063 064 Shade River Germania Hamilton and - - Tack Pet 027 030 M'Clintock... 4 0 10. 0 Union 40 0 Heydrick Highgate Allen Wright 0 '25 090 Webs ... 1 6 110 Heydrick Bros. 095 110 Watson ter Pet pet OBO Adamantine .- 0 71 • 1 BO Lily Run Pet... 0 75 Clinton - 1 5 0 . 5 0 N.t., P. & B a lt . 055 Uherry Run & N.Y. & Newa r k 0 30 0 50 75 1 0 PPreeosp 0 ildee'sntPet ... 0 50 Palmer Oil 4 1 0 2 Chenango ... Consol, N.Y.._ 1 0 2 0 2 50 G. W. Cons'd... 0 Island 1 0 -2 0 Rawson Farm 060 125 Ivanhoe 232 240 Venango & P. 0 9 7 1 5 9 W. Vi 0. Coal 013 6 0 10 0 L K i n b i e c r k t e y rbock... 0 0 6 1 0 7 The following figures compare the last weekly statement of the New York associated banks with the returns of the previous week : Oct. 14. Oct. 21. Loans $227,541,884 $224,030,679 Deposits 182,364,156 174,192,679 Specie • • 15,890,775 15,516,450 Legal tenders Circulat io n ll, 7 22,847 12,338,441 —The deviations from the returns of the previous week are as follows: Decrease in loans.., 53,511,205 Decrease in deposits 8,172,046 Decrease in s- ' specie 304,235 Decrease in legal tenders 4,289,340 Increase in circulation ' Alcohol was a shade firmer, with sales, in retail parcels, at $4 50 per gal. SHE S. — Receipts, 101 pkgs. The market was dull, but very firm, at previous prices, in consequence of a low and insufficient supply. BREADSTUFFS. —Receipts, 26,755 bbls. flour, 304 do. corn meal, 47,733 bushels wheat, 189,202 do' corn, 103,879 do. oats, 7,313 do. rye, 155 do. malt, and 91,170 do. barley. The transactions in State, and Western flour were to a fair extent, and prices changed in sellers' favor sc. to 10c. per bbl., the market closing firm, but rather quiet, at the advance. The sales comprised 13,500 bbls. at our revised subjoined quotations. Southern flour was fairly active and prices were a shade better, with sales of about 660 bls. Canada flour was fully 5c to 10c higher, under an improved demand, with sales einbracing 350 bbls. Rye was quiet and unchanged. Corn meal was also quiet, but prices were well maintained. We quote : Superfine State and Western flour ............ $7 85 to $8 10 Extra State - 8 25 8 80 Common to medium extra Western Choice "State 8 95 --8 15 9 25 12 50 Extraeste Western o o t n r a d d h e hoop n O d h s i o Common Southern 10 60 -- I 0 00 extra ditto 8 10 10 00 andd Canadian R G CF ;o am e o n d e fl m it O t an i n r c , h s o u i c p e e r a fi n n d e e x tr a 8 00 9 00 Corn meal, Jersey 4 90 4 95 Corn meal, Brandywine Corn meal, Brandy Wine, puncheons 26 25 26 50 Only a moderate demand prevailed for wheat, but holders were very firm, and prices advanced 2c to 3d per bushel, the market closing firm at the improvement. The sales were about 45,000 bushels, at $1 70 to $1 75 for Chicago spring, $1 71 to $1 75 for Milwaukee club, $1 76 to $1 78 for amber Milwaukee, and $2 28 to $2 30 for new amber State. The market for corn was active, and prices at the opening were firmer, though without material change. The sales cover 132,000 bushels at 750 to 83c for unsound, and 83c to 88c for sound mixed Western, closing with the tenden c y i n b uyers ' f avor. Oats were without noticeable change ; unsound sold to a moderate extent at 50c. a 54c., and sound at 57c. a 59c. Rye was in active, but firm. Malt was in limited request, and prices were almost nominal. Barley was in improved demand, and prices were very firm. We notes sales of 53,000 bushels at $1 10 to $1 121 for State and $1 25 to $1 28 for Canada West—the latter price was an extreme. COFFEE was quiet and unchanged. We heard of no sales. COPPER. —The demand for ingot was very inactive, and the business was all in small lots for immediate consump tion, comprising 120 ,0001b5. at 321 c. for Baltimore, 33ic. for Detr o it, and nominally 321 c. for Portage Lake. New sheathing ruled firmer, and sold to a fair extent in jobbing lots at 50c. Yellow metal remained firm at 35c. COTTON.—Receipts, 2,903 bales. The market opened a trifle firmer under the latest advices from Europe, and at the close prices were fully lc por pound higher for nearly all grades, with but little disposition on the part of holders to sell at current prices. The sales cover 6,000 bales'at our revised quotation; as follows: Upland. Florida. Mobile. N.O.&T. Ordinary • 47 47 48 48 Middling 5B 58 59 59 Good Midddling 6O 61 61 52 FREIGHTS. —The market was irregular. Rates for corn were higher, while cotton by sailing vessels was taken lower. The engagements were—to Liverpool, 7,000 bushels peas, 6d.; 28,000 do. corn, bid. ; 1,000 bales cot tO ton 5-16 d. to id. Per steamer, 1,500 bales cotton, id GUNNY CLOTH.—The market was quiet; 23c was the price in Boston, and 23-1 c to 24c here. GUNNY RAGS were held in Boston at 20c. The market was dull, and we heard of no sales. No stock here. HEMP.—The market for foreign continued quiet, but holders were very firm. Manilla was held at llfc to 12c per lb gold. We note sales of 100 bales jute in Boston at $l3O per ton. In American hemp the transactions were also light, but full prices were realised. We note sales of 95 bales dressed in lots at $325 to $350 per ton. Hemp tow was steady; 20 bales sold at 4 5175. HOPS.—The market continued firm for all descriptions, especially the primo grades of this year's crop, of which we note sales of 50 bales at 50c to 60c. 95 bales old crop sold at 12c to 40c, as to quality. Iximoo.— The market was quiet, but prices were steady, A' good jobbing trade was done in the fine descriptions. Madras and Manilla at full prices, but not much otherwise; We quote fine grades Madras and. Manilla 85c to 90c Guatemala, 85c to $1 10, and Bengal, 80c to $l5O, m gold, as to quality. IRON.—There has been only a moderate inquiry for pig, but with a reduced stock holders were enabled to , obtain full prices. The sales comprise 200 tons No. 1 extra American at $49, a nd 200 t ons d o . at $5O. ' P t transactions in Scotch were all in lots from the yards, a, $5O to $54, as to brand. Th ere con ti n u e d an active de mand for manufactured iron and considerable was P 11r : ? chased in anticipation of f u t ure wan ts. The store price are as follows :—Ordinary size Swedish iron, $l6O per t 23 : common iron, $llO to $115 ; refined do. $l2O to 812 I A rods, 122 50 to $l9O ; ho rse s h oe , mitre, c tc., $145 ; ha nd iron, 150 , oval and half round, $l4O to $l5O ; N.B. pail rods lc per lb ; A. M. do., 10 c ; scr oll iron, $l5O to .$o 0 . per ton ; Norway sh a p er , lli c p er lb ; spring steel, 11-„,.: tire do. 111 c; toe c or k d o ., lli c , an d h oo p s , $155 to sz ; " per ton. with LEAD.—The demand was f a i r ly ac ti ve for pig, an d , a low stock, prices continued very firm, with a strong 11,P: ward tendency. The sales embrace 200 tons, at $6 62k for Spanish, and $6 371 for English, a nd Stolberg Pipe and sheet remained steady at 15c, and bar at 11c, cash. were LINSEED.—The ma r k e t con ti nue d d u ll ; but prices without material change. NAILS.—The transactions i n cu t were not very large, merely in consequence of th e li m it e d o ff er i n gs at the cur rent rates, as there still continued an active inquirY• a leading small sizes command Bic, while the ordinary ru sold at Bc. Forged h orses were firm at 34c for Bd, copp er at 55c, yellow metal at 35c, and zinc at 20c, cash. NAVAL STORES.—Spirit s t ur p en ti ne h as arrived very sparingly, and the demand being fairly active, lotspriees„ll'v advanced. The sales cover 200 bbls. at $1 20 for small t and $1 ITh for large lots. Crude turpentine was steady r s e $5 25 to $6 50 per bbl., with very little doing. Resin s Iv ! 0 hardly so active, owing to the limited offerings, but price_ were very firm ; some of the recent purchases have he ei , for export. We note further sales of 350 bbls. common so. $7 75, which is an advance ; 400 bbls. strained at $ 8 69 t t $9, 340 bbls. No. 2 at $ll to $l3, 100 bbls. No. 1 at $ 1 , 4 2 ° 0 $lB, and 50 bbls. prime pale at $2l to $2B. A sale o bbls. Southern thin tar was made at $7 50 to 80 50, which t was about the range of the market. 40 bbls. pitch sold a $7 to $8 50, as to quality. OILS.—A steady jobbing inquiry prevailed for all d e f scriptions of fish oils,and prices were very firm, holders ( i ) . crude sperm in New Bedford generally holding at an a 2 w 3 i n 5 t t e o r s w 2 h 4 a 1 0 e . , bleached vn°e $ do. at $1 70, with some asking $1 75. 80 bbls. bleached winter sperm at $2 55 ; 120 bbls. natural at $2 50, a n inThleotzleets $ he l re Bs in ; cl 2 u 4 d o ed d l e B . o c b re ba ct l . s ( ; 90 bbls. crude do. at $2 30 to $2 32. We note sales of 85 bbls. Bank oil at $1 30, and 50 bbls. Straits at $1 "in $1 35. Lard oil continued nominal, grease. selling 1 lots all the way from $1 30 to $1 90, as to clu a j" tsr ; and prime winter at $2 40 t o $2 45. Th e t ra nsacuen in linseed oil were rather light, and prices were droop ; ing, though w e h ear d o f no mater i a l concess i ons, c rushers demanding $1 46 a $147 f or cas k s an d bbl s . City " tilled oil was jobbing at $1 30 a $1 35. for PETROLEUM—Receipts, 2,225 bbls, The demand -_, crude was fair, and prices were firm, while refined trib" heavy and lower. The sales were 5,500 bbls. crude at 38n. on the spot, 36c. in Philadelphia, and about 1,400 do. re finedd in bond, in lots, at 61c. a 613. c. Prime white was bald at a higher figure. Free was quiet at 80c. a 81c. beef, PROVISIONS.—Receipts, 223 bbls. pork, 160 p a ckages , 79 do. cut meat s , 52 d o . l ar d , 1 , 876 d o. b utter, an d 578 d o. cheese. The pork market was a trifle firmer at the com mencement, but towards the close was unsettled and heal. and at the c l ose th e i mprovement was partially l os t, 08 mess closing a t $34 12f, cash. The sal e s w ere fair, cent' prising 9,500 bbls., including 2,800 bbls. mess, for October, and Nov em b er d e li very, sellers ' and buyers ' option, t $B4 50 a $35, also 250 bbls. do. for all the year, b u yer .. option, on priv a t e t erms. T he sales deliverable m ir riedi ately cover 6,450 bbls. at $34 a $34 50 f or mess an d $2 9 s c : $29 50 for prime mess, Th e b ee f mar k et was ra ther les s active, but full prices were reali se d ; the sales were aho c u t ' 800 bbls. at $ll a $l4 f or plain mess and $l4 a $ 1 . 7 extra mess. Beef hams w ere d u ll and nomina l . Bacon was quiet, and we heard of no t ransactions. Cut Inesf, were in better demand, but pric es were st i ll nom i na l ; about 600 packages sold at 16kc, at 17kc. for shoulders, and 201; a 23kc. for hams. The lard mark e t con ti nue d stea dy. w it a fair demand; the sales were about 650 packages at 24 a 29c. for common to choice. Butter was steady, Inferior more inquiry for prime to choice parcels than for Intl and common ; the sales from 40c to 50c for State and 2 ,„ ° ,. to 42c for Western. Cheese was quiet at 140 to 18ic - common to first quality, factory made. RICE.—The market was steady, but inactive. SALT. —The market was firm, with an active denlanii• We note sales of 650 sacks Ashton's, ex Guy Mannering, on private terms ,• and 8,000 bushels Bena fes, ex 118 1 and Aubrey, at 60c. Ashton's was jobbing at $4 i d Marshall's at $3 75, Liverpool at $2 60 to $2 65 ; a n Turk's Island at 60c. SALTPETRE.—Crude was dull, and almost nominal, at 140. SPELTER. —The demand was firm, but principally fo r lots on the spot, for which full prices were paid ; but N'i again notice a slow m ar k e t f or l ots to arrrive an d a slight decline in prices ; 100 t ons so ld f or N ovember s hi p ment from Hamburg for 61c, gold. SPICES remained quiet, but prices were well sustained; and, if anything, the market had a firmer tone. We quote —Cassia, 294 c to 30c; African ginger, 23kc to 25c; Cal cutta do., 19c to 20c ; pepper, 231tc to 24c ; and pimento , 19ic to 20c, gold ; nutmegs, $1 to $1 10 for cases an c i casks ; and mace, $1 50 for lots on the spot, currency, and 85c for lots to arrive, gold. STEARINE.—The market was firm, but very quiet. Re ceipts, 162 packages stearin° and 48 do. grease. SUGAR.—The market was very quiet , but holders were firm in their views, and full prices were realised. The sales were only 90 hhds. Cuba muscovado, at 131 c to 141 c, and 500 boxes Havana at 141 c. Refined was steady, but quiet. Sumac.—Prices for all descriptions of both foreign and domestic were unchanged. The market was only mode rately active for consumption. TALLOW was steady, with sales of 85,0001b5. part, if not all, at 14ic. to 141 c. TEA.--There was less inquiry, but prices were well sus tained since our last. The sales comprised 1,000 half c hests oolongs from second hands, and 800 half chests greens from first hands on private terms. A moderate line bust' nose i i e sc e a. s l esm wee aE r laa ne w ec e aa l I wa s a u t was done i n the other varieties at full prices. TIN. —A v er y mo d erate inquiry prevailed for pig, but was held a h7e i i n l od e . , d ina. nd2050 Boson s t l o a na b ts s 2E S 7 en t r . g a l i i s t i s vh s e o an l t d o2t h e4 e c r s,a e ai e s l e t l gold. TOBACCO was rather quiet, but prices were firm. W ° note sales of 95 hhds Kentucky at 6/c. to 28c. Receipts, 147 hdds. and 382 packages. COUNTRY MARKETS BRIS OL—TUTRSDAL At our market to-day there was a mo d era t e s up Ply of English wheat which sold slowly at is per qr. aave n c f - Foreign quiet at last week's prices. Malting barley sten Jj but not dearer. For grinding a continued active den at a further improvement of i s per qr. O ats 6d per 4 1 . higher. Maize 6d dearer. Beans and peas Very firm BIRSIINGHAM—THuit'spar. During the present week wheat has been firmly held for Beans as much money. Barley and oats tending upwar, d . s i Beans and peas firm, but no dearer. At this day's mar'j i there was a fair supply of. English wheat, for which mil e _ higher prices were asked, and the sales made were at au advance of is per qr. on the week. Foreign molten Barley and oats were fully is per qr. dearer. Brans an peas quite as high.. Currencies :—English wheat, white, 45s to 50s ' • red, 399 to 48s per 36 sto ne . M a lti ng b ar l ey, 30s to 35s ; grittawa; 22s to 25s per qr. Oats, 24s to 30s ; Irish, 21s to 240 Pa" 30 stone. Beans, 42s to 45s ; and peas, 40s to 42s per qr.. MANCHES TER—TuunsDAY. The trade during the week has continued to m aintain I firm tone, higher prices being demanded for all articles, but the demand has be en l ess ac ti ve, especially for flour. fe our market this m orn i ng h o ld ers asked more money ine. both wheat and flour, but we do not alter the quotation Oats advanced ld per 451 b., and oatmeal fully is per load. Beans firm. Indian corn was 6d to is per qr. higher. BURY ST. EDMUND'S—WEDNESDAY. There was rather a limited supply of wheat at this mar' ket to-clay, and last wee k' s pr i ces maintained. Barley large supply, and price s una lt ere d . Oats, beans, and peas 1 8 P°' , qr. dearer. Talavera wheat, 59s to 61s; red ditto, 46e to 50s; barley, 35s to 375; secondary ditto, 27s to 29s per qr. averages :—Wheat, 850 i qrs, 415 6hi ; barley, 2,2361 31s 10d ; oats, qrs, Os Od. EDINBURGEI—WEDNESDA.L At to-day's market there was a fair supply of wheat, which sold at last week's extreme prices. Average prices. Wheat, 50s 4d 1 Oats, 25s 8d Barley, 33s 3d i Beans ...41s 2d Wheat on the top, bs Od up average, Os lld up. Barley on the top, Os 6d down average, is ld up. Oats on the top, Os 3d up average, Os 6d down. Beans on the top, 2s Od up average, Os 10d down. Total supply and sales. Wheat Bl4 qrs sold 607 Barley: 2526 qrs sold 1427 Oats ......................... 1643 qrs sold 1492 Beans 7l qrs sold 71 Town -made flour sells as follows:—White, 42s Od; extra superfine, 40s Od; superfine, 38s Od; fine, 364 Od. GLASGOW—WEDN - EsDAY. At this day's market there was the usual attendance Wheat and flour firmly held at last week's rates ; barley improved 6d to 9d per 3201 b ; oats 6d to is per 2641 b ; 05t'meal is to 2s per 2801 b ; beans and p eas i s per b o ll • Indian corn the turn dearer, Births. BOWDICIL—On the 9th inst., at 17, Lower-street, Mrs. W Bowdich, of a daughter. FARQUIIARSON.—On the Bth inst. at 37, Curzon-ell Mayfair, Mrs. Fa rqu h arson, of Invercauld, of a son an heir. WitrrE.— On the 9th inst., at 4, The Grove, Clapbtal common, Mrs. Henry White, of a son. Marriages. FISHER—ADAMS.—On the 7th inst., at St. Barth°lomeW % Sydenham, Edward Rowe Fisher, Captain 4th Dragoon Guards, to Edith. Maria, only daught er o f M a yow 'tell Adams, Esq., of Sydenham. PATERSON- HILTON.--On the 7th inst., at Natkin,...gtc ( ll3l William Paters on , Esq., Captain and Adjutant R. 5 1. Sandhurst, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Captain Hilton, of Nackington House, Canterbury. Deaths. GIBSON.— On the 6th inst., at Pandon House, Newcastle upon-Tyne, George Tallentire Gibson, Esq., aged 61 . LOVERIDGE.— On the 6th inst., at 66, Western-road, Brie.' ton, Mr. John Loveridge, aged 46. HELPS.—On the 7th inst., at Bethlehem Hospital, Will' Helps, Esq., M.D., Resident Physician, aged 37. BOYS.—At 73, Warwick-square, Pimlico, Harvey BO * Esq., aged 70. DADLEY.—On the Bth inst., Mr. John Dudley, of Binning' ham, aged 81. TELFORD.—On the 7th i ns t., a t R y d e, I s l e o f Wight, t he j Rev. John Telf or d, th e revere d C athol i c pas t o r of s h t Maries, Ryde. ARMANDO.—On the 7th inst., in London, A. J. Armand o ' Esq., formerly of Bahia. London : Printed and Pubii a li e d by WI L LIAM An U ,wWO, of No. 112, Strand, Painter, at Tuz; SUN (Once , 15°. Strand, in the Precinct of the Ss.voy. in the Counti Diß4lesex.—Friclay, November 10, 1805. Qkw} Otii. tilia C ,7:,