The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Discount accommodation continues on a mode rately active scale, but as the supplies of floating capital are not abundant, bankers and others will only negotiate the best paper at 7 per cent.—the Bank 'minimum. Trade continues to show symp toms of expansion, and our commercial condition may be regarded as satisfactory. An amount of gold, to the value of £135,000,was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Monday, the 27th inst., a special settling day on the £lB Inconvertible Preference Shares of the Midland Railway Company, which are to be quoted in the official lists. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets during the last few days there has been very little animation. Sugars have been neglected, while only limited dealings have been reported in tea and rice. 'Coffee, however, has been in good demand, at fully late values ; while saltpetre and tallow have been in mo derate request at steady rates. Two o'CLocx. At the Paris Bourse, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68 55 —firm. The English Stock Market has shown a very steady appearance, and quotations have remained at previous values. Several dealings have been re corded, and among them many for investment. Consols are quoted 891 s for money, and 888, less the dividend, for the accounts. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 878 I ; Annuities, 1885, 13 1 1-16ths ; Exchequer for March, Gs. to 3s. dis. ; do. for June, 10s. to 7s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1054 ; do. Bonds, 13s. to 18s. prem. ; and Bank of England Stock, 248. In the Foreign Market the alterations generally are favourable. Turkish Consolides are 46k I ; Mexican, 25k 26 ; ditto, New, 24 ; Greek, 16/ 174 ; Spanish Passive, 27i 28; the Certificates 13k I ; Italian, 631 648; the Confederate Loan, 8 10 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 21 f prem. American Securities are flat. United States Go vernment 5-20 Bonds are 63f a ; Erie Shares, 541 ; and Illinois, 81-a4. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Oriental Bank Corporation are dealt in at 501 ; London and River Plate, at 56 58 ; Union of London, at 534 ; London Financial are quoted 21; ; and Overend, Gurney, and Company, at 24 4. The Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (old) shares are quoted 3i 4 prem. ex all ; and the new issue, 4 4k prem. ; the American Oil Wells Trading Com pany (Limited) shares are lz 2 prem. ; the St. Saviour's Wharf Company, 4 2 prem. ; the East and West Junction Railway Company, 2 3 prem. ; Bank of Turkey, 11 prem. ; and Fred. Symonds and Company, 1 2 prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has been very quiet, and prices have not varied to any im portant extent. Great Eastern have improved 10s. ; while Great Northern have declined 155., and Brighton, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are in limited request, at about former rates. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Dec. 7 BB* 3 per Cent. Reduced B7l New 3 per Cent B7l i I 'N it i OW 3* per Cent. Jan. 1894 93* Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Aunuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l3 11-16 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March June Exchequer Bills, £1,000,3 &31 per Cent. 6 3 dis 10 7 dis Do. £5OO — Do '.£loo and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent 948 Do Account : — , I ' T DLAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. "Alan Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent, Oct. 1888 Do. Certificatps Do. Lnfaced Paper 4 per Cent — 1) .„ 0 . s,per Cent., J an . 1872 L , O. 5,i ; per c en t., May 107" D po. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Vo. Bonds, £l,OOO l3 18 pm 4) 0. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. kasttian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 . 1863 , Do. 1865 ~, uo• Scrip, £25 pa id - pm,suenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ch il i) ia c) 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) n 6 per Cent — e 3)0 . 3 per Cent elornbian 6 per Cent. BO i t Unba,. 6 per Cent. a r , lllBl, 3 per Cent., 1825 ''. f .,o. per Cent., 1863 _ D'"°. 5 per Cent. 1773-77, £25 paid — anubian Principalities ,D 0 Acc ount 7ll ' c luador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent - D o., Provisional Land Warrant ir - 'gYptian 7 per Cent — D O., Second Issue — DO £lOO Bonas — Do. 1864 914 _ Do £lo9,Bonds u reek 5 -per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do- Acc oun t Do. Coupons ~ Do Acc oun t ...t. — t/natemala 5 per Cent. — Do £B6 paid — Do. 1839 and 1850 I talian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Account Do Scrip, £67i paid — „-Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Mexican 3 per. Cent Do. Account Dr) 1864 24i Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Rontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada 15-1, 15 Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent Do. Account Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 4i per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent. 1853 Do 3 pe r Cent, 1856 , '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4- i per Cent. 1850 /05 4-A- per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 _ Do 5 p er Cent. 1862 - 8i Do 5 p er Cent. 1864 — S ardinian 5 per Cent „ Do Account ""1 3 anish 3 per Cent Ditto account — DO Now Deferred Do Account — D 0 Passive — Do28:1 ; Account Spanish, Cert. of Coup not funded 131 ,-,ekccount S wedish Do 4 per Cent. ... rp 4 i per Cent. 1864 Urkish G per Cent. 1854 _ Do Account _ Do 6 ui -! Do , per Cent. 1858 -1-)0 Account 73} £lOO Bonds — 1) 0 ~,,o • 11 per Cent — Do'`. 6 per Cent. 1862 - 5 1:),0 £lOO Bonds "r, ° 6 Per Cent.,1863 — 1)"-'0 leper Cent. 1865 — tDO count ) £1(0 Bands 421 o ° Sc rip, £35 paid no guaranteed, 4 per Cent — • etezuela 3 per Cent. i G 1862 .„... 0 0- 6n e - , ent, _ ~,,-) • Account 4Jo. G Per Cent, 1864 — 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. p4 i til an 'l'y p3r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Dutch .7 per cent., Ex. 25f '44 W r e . t Do, 4 - en t. Ex. 12 Gull French her Cent. Certificates irmiau elites 4i per Cent. 941 _ /), ice Per Cent. ,1861, Ex. 25f. u olult Consols for money TW BB O B9i O i i x CL d OCK. 00 . A ccount, ex div. l'iverpool Cotton Market—This Tay. Market quiet. Sales probably 5,000 bales. ,Ivt.bEP A - -RTURE OF THE SIIENANDOAII FOR AMERICA. Iritt uil itof c pooL,N ov' No v 9 1 , t Shenandoah,rn e under the co- for N ew Y a Freeman, l e f t t h e Mersey about noon to-day Ft. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .. Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc E.London, scrip Certi 91 93 126 27 91 96 12 14 6 6 67 7 1 71 73 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pin Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D . VA). Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Ilereford Lancashire & Yorkshire Landon 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 IC9 111 46 17 7i 8 126 128 147 128 130 90 02 6li 611 60 62 41 43 36 39, 104 106 122 1224 88 90 103 104 36 38 50 62 1241 125} 96 97 6) 61 1341 135 k 3 1 li}pl tp, 10) 104 Do. Extension Metropolitan District.' Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd' Midland Do. L 9 Share It I 124 If t I 94 99 Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid Kent , North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purehast. Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... 61 62 8 30 110 111 Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock DO. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon I South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwlll ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 116 7i 7 I 264 14.4 7,1 61} I 1221 89 81 _O4 3i 124 a 5 964 6 61,1 1351 5 1021 125 4 lk 914 1101 10 1 58 74 8/ p aid. I Closing I Business Price. done. BRITISH POSSE; Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bora., Baroda, A Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. k' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff., Bran t, St Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- ....... • Calcutta & B. E., lim Cape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, g 11. 5 P.C. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock 1 Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c i:o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 4t per cent Do Great Wcs. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 fndian Branch, limitedl Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 44 do 1)o. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Bl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub.... Do.lndus St. Flo. 100 100 100 all 100 100 es 69 103 104 38 37 10 II p 122 124 14 2 p 1i 2 p 74 70 10i 11 148 152 68 70 112 114 60 62 55 67 7) 79 84 94 197 151 3 t p 102 104 so 51 ;SIONS. 68 60 102 103 d it) 6 6i 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 102 103 104 105 p 27 28 88 90 66 69 55 60 57 5? 5) 82 46 50 4 41 314 34 30 31 104 105 P 101 102 17 17; 31 3 d 93 16 86 8 1 d 101 102 93 95 88 90 64 66 82 84 10:)6 1016 1004 1016 i id 101 102 17 i _ . COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 93 05 Do. sp. C. Mar. & Sept 103 93 95 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 81 83 Do. sp. r. Inscribed sk 100 81 83 Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 105 Do.Apl.dz Oct , 1890-1900 100 IC2 104 Do. do' 1£430-.9 ,, 100 1(2 104 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 1(3 105 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. t 100 1( 2 104 Do. 1878, do lOO 109 111 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. .1 10) 1(6 10 Do. 1805, Feb. & Aucr lOO 1(5 107 Natal ~ ov. 6 per cent lOO 100 1(2 NT R.Grtv 6 p.e Ja.&.l uly 100 115 97 N. S.W. Gov. 5 we., Icon 100 00 501 Do. 5 p.c. 18%1 to 1870 100 93 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: 100 90 91 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 1103 105 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O (0) 102 Queensland Gov. 6p. C lOO 102 103 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 180841 100 - - Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 106 108 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 105 106 BRITISII MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Cold, lim. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 24 25 24} Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 580 990 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 1} East Bassett (Illogan) 295 2 25 East Caradon 2.14.6 101 111 East Cam Brea 3} 5} 51 64 East Grenville 2.14.0 34 4 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 4 1 East Lovell 3.9.0 15 16 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 / Gam.& StA übyn(G wen. 66 2 4 4 Great L 2 , cey, limited all 20 21 204 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2 Great Wheel Busy 14.9.6 4 44 G. Wheal Vor (Heist m 40 351 61 Grenville 8.18.0 ?.4 3 tlerod'S Foot llingston Downs 5.10.6 5} 5} Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.0 6 8 Marke Valley 4.10.6 35 4 4 M.wyndy Iron Ore, lint 24 24 11d New Se ton North Roskear N.WlI'l Bassett (Mogan 4.2.0 }4 North Wheal Crofty 2.13. t t 14 -- Prosper United 7.1.6 Pr ,vidence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 34 36 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 420 440 South Condurrow 3.2.0 1} , S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 121 171 • Stray Park 35.15.6 10 12 Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 4 6 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L tskeard 9 10 12 West Chiverton ll 80 85 West Seton 474 175 185 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 75 80 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 22 21 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 4 6 Wheal Seton —. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 185 194 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, Birmingham gua. stock, 72 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4i per:oent.3pr., Ditto, 5 per cent., 9611 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5i pa" cent., 120 FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9i Dutch Rhenish, 24k I Great Luxembourg, 15 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 144 San Paulo, Rm., gua. 6 per cent., 171 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15} FOREIGN MINIM! Cape Copper, lim., 13 Fortuna (lim.), 3 Frontino and nolivia Gold. Ilm., 2/ St. John del Bey, lim., 521 2 BANKS. Albion, zi Allianct, Urn.. 291 30 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 141 I Eng ish Joint Stock, Um., 12/ 12 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 201 imperial Ottoman, 151 1 London and Brazilian (lim.), Ditto, new, 2/ London and River Plate, 58 6 Ditto, issued at 14 pm., 14/ London Chartered Bank of Australia, 21 1 London and Comity, 79/ London Joint Stock, 501 National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and 3d issue, 45 Oriental Bank Corporation. 50} 50 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi, lim., 6} Union of Australia, 54131 Union of London,.s3i MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, B:per cent. gua., 21 Bombay Gas, lim., 51 1 City of London Real Property, lim., 41 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 9 8; Crystal Palace, 2 , 71 East India Irrigation and:Canal, 8 Ebbw Vale, 131 Egyptian COM. and Trading, lim., 3 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61 Humber Iron Works, 41 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 71 I International Financial society, lim., bi 6 Interational Land Credit, lim., el London Financial Association, lira, 211 M .dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 81 National Discount t ompany, 16 1 National Steam Navigation, lim., 29 Overend, Gurney, and Co., ilin., 2 11 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lim., 7 Ditto, new, 61 1 Rhymney Iron, Ditto, new, 9 Royal Mail Steani, l llsl 161 15} Union Marine Liverp oo l, hm. 21 „ Warrant Finance, lira., 8.,i Mrs. Jefferson Davis is residing at the house of a Mr. Schuyler, near Augusta, Georgia. She enjoys her usual robust health, is under no surveillance, and is 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 SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Mellor, Shee, and Lush.) CHURCHWOOD V. THE QUEEN. This special case came before the court on a petition of rights arising out of an alleged breach of contract on the part of Government. Sir Hugh Cairns, Mr. Duncan, Q.C., and Mr. Hannen were counsel for tho plaintiff, and the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, and another learned gentleman, for the Crown. It appeared that the plaintiff entered into a contract with the Government for the conveyance of mails between Dover, Calais, and Ostend, for which he was to receive a subsidy of £lB,OOO a year. About four years ago it was considered advisable by the Government to discontinue the services which the suppliant or plaintiff contended could not be carried out under the spirit and terms of the contract. The suppliant devoted six large vessels to the service, and now claimed £120,000, amount of the subsidy remaining unpaid. The whole arguments turned on the construction of the terms of the contract. The case is likely to occupy some days. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE S. J. NAYSMYTH. This bankrupt was described as a merchant, of 32, George-street, St. Helen's, trading under the style of C. J. Nasmyth and Co., and to-day ho came up to pass his last examination for the order of discharge. The accounts show debts, £46,000 ; the Hindustan, China, and Japan Bank being creditors for £12,410 ; and on the other side, the deficiency is £12,419. Mr. Reed, on behalf of creditors, applied for an ad journment for two months, in order that the bankrupt might file a cash account for the nine months preceding the failure. After hearing Mr. Lawrence, his Honour directed an adjournment in order that the official assignee might look into the accounts, and the bankrupt file a deficiency account. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR r—This Day, OLD COURT. THE FRAMS ON THE BIRMINGHAM BANK At the sitting of the Court this morning, a large number of letters, which had passed between the prisoners and other persons, were put in and read by Mr. Kemp, ono of the clerks of the court. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine then summed up the evidence which he adduced yesterday on the part of the prosecution. Mr. Giffard, Q.C., addressed the jury in favour of Taylor ; Mr. Ribton for Kelly. The case had not concluded when we went to press. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) Charles Child, who was last evening convicted of hav ing in his possession counterfeit coin, was brought up for sentence. The prisoner, who this morning wore a coloured silk neckerchief, presented quite a different man to what he did upon his trial, and it appeared that he well knew the effect which the change in his neckerchief would have upon his general appearance, for on the way from the gaol to the dock yesterday he took the one he wore from his neck to make him look better for a jury. Inspector Brennan, of the Mint, said that he had known the prisoner for ten years as a receiver of stolen goods, a card-sharper, and an associate of thieves. The great city burglaries were planned at his house, and much of the pro perty came there. He had been watching his house for six months, during which time he was dealing in base coins. Sentenced to five years' penal servitude. THE CASE OF DR. HUNTER. The grand jury this morning returned a true bill against Dr. Hunter. The trial will,.it is expected, take place on Friday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MABLBOROUGII-S TREET. ROBBING A MUSICIAN.—John Kelly, a rough fellow, who refused his address, was charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with robbing Mr. Lewis Vanderham, a musician, employed at one of the Opera houses, and residing at No. 6, Church ,terrace, Battersea, of his watch. On the case being called on, police-constable Bull, 80 F, said the prosecutor was not in attendance, but a person who saw the prisoner with the watch in his hand was. Mr. Wm. Wotton, of 5, Arthur-street East, said that as ho was coming from the Opera-house last night, along St. Martin's-street, he observed three or four persons rolling about in the middle of the street. He went up and seized the prisoner by the collar, and saw him with a watch in his hand, belonging to a person who, he believed, was a the Opera-house, and who was on his way home. The watch at the time was not detached from the chain. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the witness said there were several other persons round at the time, and but for the constable coming up he had no doubt they would have rescued the prisoner•. ~,I f The prisoner said he never saw the watch, and that L. was drunk at the time. The constable said that he went up, seeing a number of persons collected in St. Martins-street. The witness was holding the prisoner by the collar, and said that he had stolen a watch. Tho prisoner was quite sober, but on the way to the station pretended to be drunk. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would remand the prisoner for a week, and a summons could be taken out to compel the person robbed to attend. the prisoner had been in Mr. Warburg's service, have yet to be examined. Mr. Paget thought this was a case of obtaining money under false pretences. Mr. Warburg would call a witness as to the prisoner's confession of guilt. Mr. Paget said he did not intend to complete the inves tigation this day, and the prosecutor had better reserve that evidence. He asked the amount of the additions the prisoner had made. Mr. Warburg said from March 5, 1865, to October last, the additions were £526. Mr. Paget said there was a charge entered on the police sheet of the prisoner making an attempt to destroy himself. Mr. Warburg—That is no charge of mine. Mr. Paget requested tho prosecutor to state the particu lars. Mr. Warburg said the prisoner confessed he had robbed him of the amount stated all but £27, and then took a bottle from his pocket and began drinking the contents, a white liquid. Ile thought the prisoner was drinking gin and water to allay his thirst, but was soon undeceived. It was oxalic acid, and there was a printed label on the bottle describing its contents. The prisoner was in great agony when he had all but emptied the bottle, and he sent for two doctors, who dosed him well and brought the contents off his stomach. He rejoiced that he had saved the young man's life. The prisoner, who appeared very ill and dejected, was asked if he had anything to say or questions to ask of Mr. Warburg, to which he replied not at present. • Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week. LITERATURE. The Bucklyn Shaig ; a Tale of the last Century. By the Hon. Mrs. Alfred Montgomery. 2 vols. Richard Bentley. This is a very interesting tale, which takes its name from a country superstition which exists, the authoress tell us, in the vicinity of Reigate, in Surrey. Nutley Hall and Raymond Castle, the neighbouring domains of two brothers, Lord Clifford and his younger brother, Roger, are said to be haunted by a spectral rider, and here is the history of his appearance : WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGES BY A SOLDIER AT KNIGHTS BRIDGE.—Thomas Tucker and Robert Turner, the latter a private in the Grenadier Guards, were charged with the following series of assaults : _ __ _ Frederick Corner, landlord of the Pakenham Arms, K n i g htsbridge-green, said that at a little before 12 o'clock last night ho was called out to a disturbance in front of the bar with two soldiers, one of whom was Turner. They wanted to fight, and were backed up on either side by seven or eight roughs, who used most filthy language. He told them he could not allow such language, and or dered the soldiers out, as he considered them the ring leaders. They refused to go, and on his tolling them he would send for the police they abused him. He then got the assistance of the police, and proceeded to turn the soldiers out. The other soldier went quietly, but the de fendant Turner was very violent, and while they were ejecting him Tucker was engaged in assaulting witness by striking him repeatedly on the back of the head. When Turner was put out, he turned his attention to Tucker who continued to assault him and struck his potman re peatedly. After he was put out ho forced his way in again three or four times, and each time assaulted witness and the potman. Turner was drunk and Tucker was sober. John Cox, the prosecutor's barman, was called and cor roborated his master's account of the transaction. John Godfrey, the potman, also called, stated that on going to the assistance of his master Tucker struck him repeatedly. He was at length put out and assaulted the police, and on witness going to their assistance both the defendants struck him about the head. He then ran down the Brompton-road to assist the police again, and on coming back he was knocked down by some of the defendant's companions. Police-constable 364 B said that he took Tucker into custody, whereupon Turner struck him, and then Tucker also struck him, and they fell down together. Witness succeeded in keeping his hold of the defendant Tucker and rose to his feet with him, when the soldier pulled off his belt, but another constable coming up at this mo ment, he hid his belt under his coat. The prisoners were then taken separately to the station, and were violent on their way. Both the accused denied the charge in tote, and said they were assaulted themselves. In answer to Mr. Arnold's inquiries, the landlord of the public-house said that Tucker was ordinarily quiet, but the soldier's sergeant gave him a bad character. Mr. Arnold said Turner's conduct had been very bad ; and he never forgave a soldier taking off his belt. He should sentence the soldier to one month's imprisonment, and Tucker he should fine 205., or send him to prison for fourteen days. They were locked up. THAMES. EXTENSIVE AND PECULIAR SYSTEM OP ROBBERY.—Goorge Lewis, aged 27 years, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing £526, the moneys of his employer, Mr. SimeelA Warburg, cigar manufacturer, of No. 54, Man sell-street, Whitechapel, and also with attempting to de stroy himself by swallowing a quantity of oxalic acid. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Warburg for 11 years as clerk, and the greatest confidence was re posed in him. It was part of his duty to pay the people in Mr. Warburg's service weekly, and to keep an account of the money so expended. For a period of three years at intervals ho had debited his employers with more than he had expended in paying the persons in Mr. Warburg's employ, and false entries in the books. He com menced by defrauding his employer of small sums in making up his weekly accounts, and finished by an over charge of £7 in the account for the week ending Nov. 18 The money expended by the prisoner for the week was £9O Bs. 9d., the amount charged was £97 Bs. 9d. Mr. Warburg went over his books with the magistrate, and showed how elaborately the frauds had been carried out by the prisoner. He also produced a carefully -prepared list of the prisoner's defalcations from week to week, some as low as 205., and others as high as £B. This extended over a period of three years, but tile books of the establishment for the previous eight years, making in all eleven yeau, The Alleged Murder in Lisson Grove. A paragraph has appeared th the effect that an Irishman named O'Flauagan was brutally murdered at 17, Nightingale-street, Lisson-grove. There are no grounds whatever in the statements given. The facts being that O'Flanagan quarrelled with a fellow lodger named Jones on Saturday night last, and ultimately they came to blows, but were separated. At 10 o'clock the same night O'Flanagan went to his home in Nightingale-street, being very drunk at the time. On arriving at the top of the first flight of steps he overbalanced himself and fell down the stairs head foremost. The sound of the fall brought the assistance of other lodgers, who conveyed the man to St. Mary's Hospital, where he died in a few minutes afterwards. Dr. Woodward, on examination, found no out ward marks of violence, save a slight abrasion on the left side of the head, and that the cause of death was fracture of the collar-bone. There is not the slightest foundation in the state ment that he had been stabbed, that he had been hit with:a hammer, or that he had been thrown over the staircase, and that his back was broken. The wife of Jones was yesterday examined at. the John-street station, but was not detained many minutes, there being not the slightest evidence to implicate either her or her husband. That the death of O'Flanagan was purely acci dental thero cannot be the slightest doubt. Alarming Railway Accident near Kelso. An accident, attended with serious, though hap pily not with fatal results, took place on Saturday night, about ten minutes past 6 o'clock, at the Heiton siding on the Kelso branch of the North British Railway, about four miles west of the junc tion of the North British with the North Eastern Railway. The accident happened by a passenger train running into r. stationary goods train, and the result was that 13 persons—ten passengers, and the three men in charge of the train--were more or less hurt ; some of them severely. The passenger train was the ordinary one due at Kelso about 6 o'clock. The goods train was a spe cial, and consisted of somewhere about 15 waggons. At the time when tie accident occurred, part of the goods train was standing upon the down line, those in charge of it being engaged in shunting off or taking on wag go ns from the Heiton siding, and when the passenger train came along it dashed right into the stationary one. The crash was ter rific, and the consequences, as already stated, very serious. The passengers, of whom it is reported there were soinevhere about thirty, were vio lently pitched about. All the persons in charge of the passenger train were injured. The driver and stoker escaped with comparatively slight inju ries. Both of them either jumped off or were thrown from the engine. The guard, Alex. Keddie, received injuries of a more dangerous nature, having been thrown from one end of his van to the other, and sustained concussion of the brain, besides cuts and bruises. The Rev. A.. Gordon, a clergyman in con nection with the Free Church, who was on his way d +4 officiate in Spreustall Free Church, Kelso, suf severe injuries on the face and head. A coin re ' ( t Ircial traveller belonging to Kelso, Mr. John nie eflggwood, was p.tched over three compartments 07'a third-class carnage, and escaped with injuries on the left arm and hip. A young lad was lying extended on a seat, the back of which was knocked out, evidently by some ono being thrown against it, and the boy pitched upon the fio' or of the carriage, little hurt. In all 13 persons at least have been injured. The carriages of the passenger train ap peated to have sustained little damage. What is not a little singular also is the fact that a hunting horse belonging to Mr Rathie, which was shut up in the van next the engine, escaped without sustaining the slightest apparent injury. The engine of the passenger train has been much damaged, having ploughed its way right into the guard's van of the goods train, where it remained a fixture. The da mage done to the goods train is serious, several of the trucks being smashed to pieces. The guard's van was split up, in one or two cas©s a waggon was forced upwards on to the preceding one, the down line was blocked up for the night, but the traffic was carefully and safely conducted over the up line, though the trains did not keep accurate time. On the collision taking place a message speedily con veyed intelligence to the stationmaster at Roxburgh, which is only about 200 or 300 yards from where the accident occurred, and that officer at once telegraphed to Kelso for aid. Mr. Trotter, the station agent at Kelso, immediately got ready a special train, and along with all the force of porters he could collect proceeded to the scene of the accident. The maimed and bleeding passengers were at once attended to. The passengers were speedily brought to Kelso, where those who required it received medical attend ance. The cause of the accident will probably be the subject of a searching investigation. The following are the names of those injured : Rev. A. Gordon, Free Church clergyman ; Mr. John Ledgerwood, commercial traveller ; Miss Ali son Henderson, Kelso ; Miss Gardener, Yetholm ; Miss Main, Kelso ; Mr. Henderson, teacher of Eng lish School, Kelso ; Mr. Wm. Cook, pupil-teacher, Kelso Grammar School ; R. Chisholm, a porter at Earlstown Station of the Berwickshire Railway ; David Thomson, labourer, Roxburgh Newtown ; William Sawyers, surfaceman on the North British Railway ; Edvid. Keenan, hawker, Kelso. On Sunday morning the guard of the goods train, and a porter assisting in the shunting, were appre hended. A force of labourers wore engaged in clear ' ing the line during the night, and the'road is clear for traffic. MARKETS—This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 15s; clover, £5 Os to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, £llos to £5 15s; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Mondow hay £4 lOs to £5 15s ; clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Oct; and straw, 18s to £2 2s per load. A steady demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been moderately active, in the private market, and full rates are current. A large quan tity, viz., 20,491 packages of China produce will be offered at public sale to-day. SUGAR.—The market has remained very dull, and prices exhibit little change of importance. CoFFEE.—There continues to be a fair demand for colo nial descriptions, and both Plantation and Native Ceylon fully maintain former rates. IlicE.—Business has been inactive, although holders continuo to demand fully late prices. SALTPETRE.—There has been a moderato amount of business reported, and late prices are well supported. TALEow.—Business has remained steady, and quotations for both present and forward delitery are a shade higher, THE BUCKLYN SHAIG. " The story goes that long ago there was a very wicked Lord Clifford, who lived at Raymond Castle, for in those days the castle and the hall both belonged to the same person. " This wicked Lord Clifford had murdered his wife, and buried her somewhere in tho castle. Ile led a bad life, and drank hard, and oppressed the poor. One day a holy Franciscan came to Lord Clifford to ask an alms. The baron was going out hunting. He wore a broad hunting belt, with a great gold buckle, and he had very fierce dogs, for ho was going to hunt the wolf in the great forest under the hill. The friar asked for alms for his house, and for the poor of the neighbouring hamlet, and he upbraided Lord Clifford for his cruelty to the widow and the orphan. He was a bold man that barefooted friar, but he said what he said for love of God and Our Lady. The wicked baron got very angry, and swore at the friar, and, as the friar would not be silent, he struck him with hls great hunting-whip on the mouth, and the blood flowed. Then he called to his savage dogs, and they flew at the friar. They grow mad at the sight of blood, and they tore the friar down on the ground, and there he lay half dead. But as Lord Clifford was riding off the friar called out, 'Lord Clifford, Lord Clifford, I forgive thee but the Evil One will ride with thee to-night, and hold by the buckle of thy belt.' "Lord Clifford called off his hounds, and they followed the hunt through all the day; but when evening came Lord Clifford was missing. The huntsmen and the guests heard screams far off in the forest, but ho never came back Only all through the night they hoard the sound of a horse• galloping, as if backwards and forwards, just along that piece of the road opposite the small pond with the island. The horse never reached the castle, but went up and down the same distance along the road, as if the rider never could find his way home. And they do say that sometimes the labourers, returning home at night, have seen a horse at full gallop : there sits on him a man pale and horrid, and holding on behind, with his arms round his waist, is the devil, for all the world like a very shaggy wolf, and the peasants call it the Bucklyn Shaig ; and I have been told occasionally when some persons who perhaps had not a very clear conscience (for I cannot believe it would hap pen to a good man) have been riding down that part of the road, Bucklyn Shaig, who seems always to haunt the place, will jump up behind the unhappy man and throw his arms round his waist, as he is seen to do round the phantom Lord Clifford, and so will ride with him, whether he will or no, till he passes out of the shade of the trees again into the open road and over the brook ; and then the devil leaps down and jumps over the fence in the shape of a black cat. And the story goes, that when Bucklyn Shaig is seen it is always a sign that some great crime has been committed up at the castle, or that a great misfortune is about to happsn to the house of Clifford." Such is the Bucklyn Shaig, and the legend is cer tainly romantic enough to have arrested the atten tion of the novelist. We have been somewhat dis appointed, however, at not finding any actual re appearance of the monster in the course of the nar rative. Assuredly Roger Clifford and his valet Vincenzo are sufficiently wicked to arouse a whole legion of evil spirits. The lovers of sensation have, in these volumes, a rich treat before them. The murder of Roger's guest and gambling companion is, with all the preliminaries and accessories, most startlingly particularised. The unhappy victim, having a dark suspicion of the intentions of his friend, puts aside the coffee which is hospitably proffered to him, and asks only for champagne and a couple of eggs, shrewdly believing that the wire fastening of the one and the shell of the other will render them inaccessible to the manoeuvres of the poisoner. This caution, however, proves unavail ing, but we refer the curious in these matters to the pages of the " Bucklyn Shaig" for a most elaborately described and effective murder. Other and better attractions for differently disposed readers will bo found iu a contemplation of the lovely character of Teresa Clifford. The work is dedicated, with much feeling and affection, to the memory of a be loved friend—" the truest of women and the most faithful of friends"—and that cherished companion, we doubt not, lives again in the peaceful portrait of the perfect Teresa. The girlish and impetuous Rosy is a charming contrast to her gentle cousin. The climax of the tale where the one cousin has uncon sciously taken the narcotic intended for the other, the scene where one is falling asleep from the opiate, and the other restless from excitement, is very power fully . described and full of melo-dramatic interest. We must not betray all the secrets of the tale. Suffice it to say that Mrs. Montgomery has most skilfuliy and artistically combined the appalling and exciting attractions of the sensational school R ith the h'gher qualifications of thought and feeling. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. Yesterday afternoon the first meeting of the session of the Asiatic Society was held at their house in New Burlington-street—Sir Edward Cole brooke in the chair. The table was covered with nuuerous presents of books received since the last meeting in July. Six new members were balloted for and elected. A paper, contributed by Dr. Hoole, was then read by the secretary " On the Dural of Tiruvalluver," translated by the late Dr. Grant, and considered the finest specimen of Tamil litera ture. Dr. Hoole took a general view of the work, describing its character, and giving some of the most striking passages, which inculcated moral pre cepts in highly poetical language. The date of the book is uncertain, but Dr. Hoole is of opinion it was written at the end of the eighth century. After a few remarks from the chairman, thanks were given to the author of the paper, and the meeting ad journed to the 4th of December. At the commence ment of a new session we have again to regret that the Royal Asiatic Society, which possesses the ele ments of much usefulness, and ranks among its members noblemen and gentlemen of great influence and intelligence, personally well acquainted with India, should not procure interesting papers to be read at the periodical meetings calculated to pro mote the interests of our vast Eastern empire. The papers too often read have no vitality, and, like the one of yesterday, elicit no discussion. Hence it is that the meetings of the society are usually very thinly attended. DR. JOHNSON'S LOVE FOR BURTON'S ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY is well known, but there was a fitness of things in his sympathy with it. Everything in Burton was adapted to make him the pet of the lexicographer—the congenial temper and melancholy to begin with, then the infinite capacity, a bottomless maw—for learned detail, combined with adequate and even strong perception, but perception just short of that critical, analytical, f.nd artistic temper which accepts detail as a necessary but deplorable evil, and which through long centuries, with a yearning passion after some ultimate unity, keeps throwing detail overboard with the long despair, yet constant hope of land, of the lost mariner in a cranky craft. Burton has none of this weariness of detail ; he has no criticism properly so called, or just the modicum which Johnson had, and which sufficed to his wants as a literary partisan and Tory—not for new truth. In both men, combined with their melan choly is a rollicking, gravis-armaiurce raillery, armed cap-a pie in learning and quotation, a heavy scorn, a rolling of the fine literary porpoise hither and thither from shore to shore, and a delight (in Burton at all events) in the storm and jumble of quotations, without any critical ideas in his h.ad as to the ocean itself in which he tumbles about tumbling, not without a grace which must have seemed ravishing to the big Sesqaipedalian. No wonder the Doc tor said "it was the only book that ever took him out of bed two hours sooner than he wished to rise." He himself thought it overloaded with quotation, and no doubt he was the better artist, and had seen chaster models, but even to him Burton's mania for quotation was no worse than the ceaseless rattle of an established wit who reall y delights the audience that lau g h s a t hi s clatter.—Spectator. [ADVERTISEMENT. I — Holloway's Pills and Ointment.— Derangement of the Stomach and Bowels.—ln all cases of irregularities of the liver, the stomach, and bowels, Hollo way's celebrated pills are a safe specific. Dysentery,bilious ness, acidity of the stomach, sick headache, debility, loss of appetite, drowsiness, and incapacity for exertion will all pass away before a course of these pills, which purify the blood and give tone to the whole system. In external in juries, such as burns, scalds, and bruises, and all skin dis ease; the ointment is wonderfully efficacious. Both pills and ointment aro composed of rare balsams, unmixed with a grain of mercury or any deleterious substance. They can be used with safety by both sexes at all ages in any climate. Draft of the Proposed Anglo-Austrian Commercial Treaty. VIENxA, Nov. 16. Although the negotiations for the Anglo-Aus trian commercial treaty are, if not broken off, at any rate interrupted for the present, it may not be uninteresting to supply the clauses that have been under discussion. The following is stated to be a correct summary of the draft proposed by the Eng lish negotiators : " Art. 1. Secures to the subjects of both Powers the same liberty of trade and navigation as other foreigners, and the same rights in business affairs as are enjoyed by natives. " Art. 2. Products and manufactures of both Powers, from whatever source derived, shall not be liable to higher duties than similar articles of any other country, nor, be subjected to prohibitions which do not affect all other countries. As a general rule, Austria will not levy higher import or prohi bitive duties upon English goods than to the ex tent of 15 per cent. of the value. " Art. 3. Exportation shall also be carried on upon the footing of the most favoured nations. Austria will impose at most 5 per cent. upon value as export duty. " Art. 4 stipulates for equal treatment of the subjects of both Powers with regard to drawbacks, transit dues, warehousing, &c. " Art. 5. No difference shall be made with regard to duties, whether the import and export of goods takes place in an Austrian or English vessel, or whether they are shipped from the place of their productions or not, or whether they are conveyed to an Austrian, an English, or a foreign port. "Art. 6. Harbour dues shall be the same as upon native vessels. " Art. 7. The same stipulation shall apply to all privileges of a similar kind, as well as to the sta tions alloted to, and discharge of cargo by, ships in harbours and rivers. " Art. 8. Pilotage shall also be free, save in such English colonies as do not wish their seaboard thrown open. " Art. 9. Native laws only shall decide as to the nationality of an Austrian or English ship. " Art. 10. Permits the transport of passengers and goods in ships of either Power, except in the coasting trade of those English colonies where it is prohibited to all foreign flags. Art. 11. Secures mutual treatment upon the f not ing of the most favoured nation, and upon the most comprehensive scale in all matters appertaining to trade and navigation. " Art. 12. The ad valorem duty shall be calculated according to the cost of production, adding the ex penses of transport, insurance, and commission ; provided the statement of the sender appears insuffi cient, the goods may be confiscated upon repay ment of the declared value, with an addition of 5 per cent. " Art. 13. Reserves the right of concluding a special convention for the protection of literary property against reprint. " Art. 14. Consulates may be established any where and occupied upon the receipt of the exequatur —they shall enjoy all the immunities of the most favoured nation. " Art. 15. Subjects of both Powers may establish commercial houses anywhere, and conduct them in person or through agents, upon the same conditions as natives. " Art. 16. Full religious liberty is secured. The English may establish chapels, places of worship, and interment in Austria for this purpose. Art. 17. The subjects of either Power are relieved from all military, militia, and naval service ; from all taxes imposed in place of these branches, and from all forced loans and military requisitions. " Art. 18. Subjects of either Power may inherit estates upon the same conditions as all foreigners, may administer them in person or through their agents similarly to natives; may sell them and leave the country with the proceeds, without being sub ject to higher imposts than native subects. " Art. 19. They shall enjoy the same treatmenb as natives in courts of justice. Domiciliary visits shall only take place in accordance with legal authority. " Art. 20. Treats of damaged wrecked vessels which seek refuge in a port of the other Power, or are cast away upon its shores. Warehousing and similar charges to be under control of the consuls, and not to exceed the same payable by native ships. " Art. 21. The consuls may invoke the assistance of the local authorities to recapture deserters. " Art. 22. Fixes the duration of the treaty at 10 years, with 12 mouths' notice when the first nine years after ratification shall have expired." Fenian Duel at Liverpool. On the evening of Monday last an Irish gentle man carrying on business in Liverpool, and well known on the Exchange, previous to going home to his residence at Edgehill, had occasion to call at the bar-room of a highly-respectable hotel in Dale 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. " I 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 done amid shouts of " apologise" from the company, addressed to the discomfited Trans atlantic Fenian, whose ardour appeared to have been cooled by the Hibernian argunzentum ad faciuni 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 a n 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 o f 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 of the passengers by the Scotia, which sailed to-day.—Correspondent of the Glasgow Herald. _ _ 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, prodoueing more than 20,000 tons of paper annually, chiefly exported to England, France, and America, the ex ports having risen from 1,675,527 francs in 1851, to 5,559,131 francs in 1860, and annually advanced since the last official statistics were issued. SPORTING INTELLIGENOE—Thia Day. WARWICK RACES—This DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. WELTER HANDICAP. Plover 1 Arkansas 2 Wild Thyme 3 Six ran. THE TALLY-HO STAKES. Tiger .... 1 Charley Ely 3 Nine ran. Winner objected to for being 9, thoroughbred. NURSERY HANDICAP. Monitress . Behnontine. Warwick.... 3 Seven ran. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATT ERSALLS'—YESTERDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3 to 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) Bto 1 agst Rustic (taken) 20 to 1 agst Auguste (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken) 33 to 1 agst Blue Riband (offered) 50 to 1 agst Midsummer colt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Maravedis (taken) 60 to 1 agst Raven (taken) 66 to 1 agst Monarch of Glen (taken) 66 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken) 100 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE — This clay. LONDON, Nov. 21.—Wind this day at noon—South. Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. KINOROAD, Nov. 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Nyanza, from Maurtius. CARDIFF, Nov. 20.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Eva, for Valparaiso ; Telegraph, for Mobile ; Queen Victoria, for Barcelona. CROOKHAVEN, Nov. 20.—Arrived—Africa, screw steamer, from Boston. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Wind S.W.--Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Osborne, from the East. Put back—Her Majesty's ship Bristol, for the West Coast of Africa ; for repairs. ri NEWPORT, Nov. 19.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Bolt, for Havannah. SWANSEA, Nov. 20.—Wind S.—Sailed—Pride of Wale; for New Orleans. BROOMIELAW, Nov. 20.--Wind S.W.—Sailed—Athelia, for Monte Video. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. IG.—Wind S.—Arrived—Alexandra, from New York. CLYDE, Nov. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Clydesdale, from Quebec. CowEs, Nov. 20.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Elephat Greely, from Callao. WATERFORD, Nov. 20.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Eliza beth M'Lean, from St. John's, Newfoundland. OFF ROCHE'S POINT, Nov. 21.—Arrived—City of Boston, steamer, from New York. LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Nov. 20.—Banshee, Crapeaud, and New Whim —all from Guernsey ; Pearl, from Dieppe. Arrived, Nov. 21.—Sunbeam, from Guernsey; Forth, steamer, from Hamburg ; Concordia, steamer, from Bou logne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, Nov. 20. Atlas, from London, for Trieste ; Stir ling Castle, from Calcutta, for London; Belvedere, from Madras, for London. Anchored.—John Brewer, from Grimsby, for Havre; Cromwell, screw steamer, from Dunkirk, for Genoa, having gone up Beachy Head, with the loss of a man overboard. The Ignis Fatuus, from London, for Mogador, has slipped from two anchors and chains to clear a collision, and will proceed to Ramsgate. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Deo. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British paciet ...... Deo. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Ilelena Dec. China. Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 2. Ditto, via Marseilles Nov. 26. Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Dec. 2 Ditto, via Marseilles ...... ....Nov. 26 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Nov. 26. Ditto, via Marseilles .. Nov. 20. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseiles Dec. 6. Newfoundland Portugal . ....Dec 4. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, byßri tish packet Nov. 22. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork . ...... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Nov. 24. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 11. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico ....... .............. ...Nov. 24 Cuba and Mexico Nov. 28. Bahamas, via New York. Dec. 14. Bermuda, ditto ... Nov. 20. At the first annual meeting of the shareholders of the Ottoman Financial Association held to-day, the report stated that the gross profits for the half year were £23,292, which, with £6,833 balance of last account, enabled the directors, after payment of all current expenses, to propose that £959 be written off preliminary expenses, £2,000 put to the reserve fund, and £18,079 carried over to meet any losses which may result from embarrassments at Smyrna. 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 forward from March last, leaves £13,687 15s. Id. available for distribution. The directors recommend that a dividend at the rate of 74 per cent. per annum, less income-tax, be declared on the paid-up capital stock of the company ; that one half of the surplus profits over 6 per cent. per annum, 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 the redemption of preliminary expenses, leaving a sum of £l6l 7s. Bd. to be carried forward. DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON MILL BY FIRE. --On Friday evening a fire occurred at Gargrave, near Skipton, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, by which property of the value of £50,000 or £60,000 was destroyed. Tho property consisted of a largo cotton mill, three storeys high, with all its machinery, stock of cotton, cotton yarns, and other articles. The mill was occupied by Messrs. Edward Brace well and Brothers, but was the property of Mr. Matthew Wilson, of Eshton Hall. THE REDUCTON OF THE FRENCH ARML—The re ductions in the Fre nc h arm y are so cons id er able as to excite surprise and respect. They aro indicative of in creased reliance on his personal influence and on the per manence of his dynasty on the part of the Emperor. They show that he does not anticipate any European difficulties or foreign derangements, and at the same time they exhibit the workings of a conviction that the weight of the army was too great for France, and that it would be better to incur the anger of a small class than the discon tent of the mass of the people afflicted by taxation. Indeed these changes are so large that the measure may be re garded as the guarantee of a change in French policy. In its immediate bearings on the condition of our own army, it must be regarded as a lever which Mr. Gladstone will at once apply to the War-office and Horse Guards, with the view of benefiting his budget, and but for some threatening appearances in our sky, there can be no doubt that 1866 wou ld witness a freedgmr e iat. use te or Itf than h the isaunsparingnontsome he lof Imperial pourparinge po rieaoluGteumard knife. The t number of officers and men reduced would constitute a v ery fine army in itself, co m p lete in all arms ; a nd the saving t o contemporari es thatseFranceem th d i t) swill pebde reduction to o fara tells with the greatest severity, although the cavalry of that body will be augmented by the admis sion into it of the regiments of Carabineers united into a single regiment. The regiments of Cuirassiers of the Guard taorg are o t t o t b h e b e r be division of suppressed; ionft into one Foot Artillery of the Guard f o2n O e b r a c t g te ini ri e es lit Or fi and l if report of be cor rect,o guns will also be . struck off the stre ng th o f t h e line. Every branchosftobe the ser viceal undergoes t lie p a r o o d c e 4 s o s ,0 o f o reductionlooo v that 1, Bci o officersbut Marshal R an d on prom i ses the former anditestimatedthus sot be reduced, measures e t o alleviate by legitimate compensation the rigour of the re ductions. The good people who may look on these mea sures as a sign that France is disarming are, however, re minded by the marshal that there could not be the least difficulty in swelling the army to its original dimensions at a very short notice ; and Mr. Prince Smith and his brother dreamers may, after all, open their eyes to the news in every day's paper, and read of rebellions and revolts, and wars they may at last learn that standing armies aro the armed police of civilisation, even though the Emperor of France can afford to strike 40,000 men off his muster rolls.--Army and Naq Gazette. ;~ ,:~ ~~ 100 at 1 20 '.oi too .t