The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-18 00:00:00

]ONE I MABKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Money is in active demand, at the Bank rate, but the supplies are ample for all requirements. Bar gold of the value of £54,000 was taken to the Bank yesterday, and there was a withdrawal of £ll,OOO for shipment. The movements of the precious metals during the past week have been on an extensive scale. The imports, owing to large arrivals from the •%%rest Indies, and Pacific, Australian, and several other ports, have been to the extent of £1,117,069, while the imports have amounted to £445,321, a large proportion of which has been in silver. Owing to the recent advance in the price of Copper, shares in the English mining market have closed at a substantial advance. A company has been formed for the establish ment of a " Bank of Turkey." The only joint stock bank now in operation is making large profits, and is at this moment considering whether its new ' issue of shares shall be offered at a premium. The Bank of Turkey asks for a capital of a million sterling, only half of which is at present proposed to be raised in 10,000 £5O shares. The Board is highly respectable, and the directors are well-known for their knowledge of banking details and of Ottoman finance. The operations of the Bank of Turkey will be strictly confined to banking, to the exclusion of anything connected with the ordinary business of a merchant. If will assist commerce, but will carefully avoid any interference with or Competition in trade. The undertaking has met with a very satisfactory reception. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse, yesterday, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68 35. The Funds are per cent. higher, and all the markets have closed buoyantly ; Consols this after noon are 894 for transfer, and 87 5-16ths 88 1-16ths, the latter being minus the dividend. A fair average amount of business has been transacted. Transactions have taken place in the Reduced Annuities, 87* ; New 3 per Cents., 871 8 ; Bank 'of England Stock 5f per Cents., 250 48 ; India 5 per Cents., 105* Foreign Stocks have closed with a strong up ward tendency, at the following quotations : Turkish Consolides, 46 1; Mexican, 251, s ; ditto, New, 24* 4 ; Greek, 17 * (a rise of /) ; Spanish Passive, 272 4, being 8 higher; the Certificates 134 I, a similar improvement; the Confederate Loan, 8 10, likewise showing a considerable advance ; and the Brazilian Scrip, 21 *prem. In the Railway Share Market the* has been very little business transacted, although a firmer tone prevails. Metropolitan have improved 155., and Midland and South-Eastern each ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines scarcely support previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares in several in stances are a shade firmer. London Joint-Stock are dealt in at 504 i; Union of London at 534 ; London Financial, at 21i ; while Overend, Gurney, and Company have declined to 2144. Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England old shares are quoted 34 34 prem. ; St. Saviour's Wharf, lf 2 prem. ; and American Oil Wells Trading Com pany, j. prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Dec. 7 BB 3 per Cent. Reduced B7l New 3 per Ceit B7l New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expi re sth April,lBBs — - Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — March June Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 Jc3l per Cent. Do. ,£5OO — Do ' £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent 250 48 Do Account : INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, Di per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1838 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent, Jan. 1872 Do. 51. per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 par Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do, under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 iso: ' 1863 Do. 1865 Do. Scrip, £l5 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Chi Han 6 Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) per Cent Do. 3 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. banish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid Dan.ubian Principalities Do Account — kkuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — x 4 BYptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue 92 Do £lOO Bonds 92 Do. 1864 9l 901 Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cen;,s., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do Account 5 per Cent. — Do £B6 paid Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Account Do Scrip, £67* paid Do 5 per Cent., 1864 Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 2 2 4 51 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 4-} per Cent Do. Account — Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cenf. (Uribarren) — Do 4* per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, '62, '3, • n , Do. Account Aussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St D o 4 per Cent. 1850 Do 4* per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 ic cl 5 per Cent. 1862 is --"° 5 per Cent. 1864 ardi nian 5 per Cent Do Account s 741 1 1 11 . 1 sh 3 per Cent DO account — uo New Deferred — Do Account — Do ,Passive — 1/ 0 271 1 0. a . Account .8 : D u o i . s A h ec C o e un rt. t of Coup not funded — 131 j ir‘ o_dish 4 per Cent. — T u . ",,._ ° : q per Cent. 1864 1. '" 811 6 per Cent. 1854 — Po Account Do APco er Cent. 1858 o cunt Do £lOO Bonds 75 D o , • 11 per Cent — 1 , 0 6 per Cent. 1862 1!0 Acc ount 741 uo £lOO Bonds Dos g 1 - Per Cent 1863 - •-i__. - „ A pe Cent. 1865 D o 421 Do Account 42i .£1(0 Bands Do Scrip, ..£35 paid 100 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Do. 6 per Cent., 1862 Account 6 per Cent, 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian telgia 5 p?r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Dutch per cent., E x . 25f . pQr Cent., E x . 12 Gull 1) 0.4 per G. CertificaLes rcnch e n ea 4i per Cent. Iralian 5 per Cent. ,1861, Ex. 25f. 1)0 Account Consol s f or TWO O'CLOCK. 891 Do. Accoun money t 88 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market gYptian rather better, especially for American and bal m qualities. Sales, probably 8,000 o r 10,000 SHARE MA.RKETS,—Tfis Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. P a id . / Closing Business Price. done. !Mato! and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ~, Cork and Bandon... 91 93 126 27 - 94 96 12 14 5 6 67 7 ' 71 73 Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June 'Dan„Perth, & A b.Junc. &London, t crip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock. • Do. B stock 109 111 46 47 74 8 125 127 147 JiB Do. ;New, is. at 25 pa. GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Wester n -Original D . S. VII. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newpo. t Do. Hereford....... 90 02 62 62 61 63 41 43 36 39 iO4 106 122 1224 88 10 104 106 36 38 50 62 124 3 / 4 125 96 97 59,i 6 138 1' 4 7 31 4 p 1 I 6 J 102 104 Larctshire &Yorkshiri; Lindon and Black wall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., ('hat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lou. & North Western Lon. & South Western Han., She., & Lincoln Jletropolitan.... Do. New Do Extension.— !Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and .....A.John'sW'd Slid , and Do. £9 Share Do, Birrain.. & Derby Mid Kent North British 1241 12)1 14 21 95 97 Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase. Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... 61 6?, 8 30 110 111 Po. Stock. & 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 tic). Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh Eastern . Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha I West Cornwall BRITISH P !Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, k Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent o. shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & 8. E., Um .:ape Town Jr Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 1 East. Berwal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. let Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prcf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Da 8d Pref. stock. Do. do. deferred . Do. 4th Pref. stock : Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0 'l'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 bo. do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41. do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Heib. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Hl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs Scinde Do. Delhi d Do. do . 1 Do. Punjaub.... Do.lndus St.Flot, COLONIAL GO PE E; British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00.5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Jo.A.P. &Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do; IbBo-9. Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, fi p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 188?, Mayls, Nov.: ' Do. 1895, Feb. & atal Liov. o per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 1851 , Do. 5 p.c. 18,1 to 1871 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova ScJtia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 5. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1898-V Do. 1878 & upwards Vlc,Gov. 6 p.c. ja & July Do. do, spril & Oct BRITI Cam. Consul. Uold, lira ' Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist IDrakewalls 9 10 21 22 580 29'; 1 1* 20 22 8 9 5k 5/ 3} 4 1 15 16 3 2 4 20 21 1 2 4 4A 35i 264 : 24 3 39 41 41 51 6 8 3i 4 2A Itd 40 50 10 12 East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea toast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist .1, Grenville I:lerod's Foot .... Hingston Downs Margaret iljny Lelant Marke Valley kiwyndy Iron Ore, Um New Sewn North Roskear N.Wh'l Bas sett (Illogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pn.vidence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park 34 36 420 410 1 1 2 12. 17 4 10 12 19 20 4 6 5 6 10 12 80 85 175 185 75 80 22 24 4 6 1974 2 2,1 184 191 Tin Croft Vigra and Ckgan, lirn, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton IWest Seton ............ Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton ........ Wheal Trelawney (I.is. rHEFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. I. Ic4-1 • Great Western Orig. per cent pf., 93 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 93 North British 5 per cent., 104 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 90 Ditto 4i per cent., rd., 981 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 5 per cent., 31i PREFEZENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per:oentApr., Ditto, 5 per cent., 94 7 London, Brighton. Acc., new 41 per cent., 1863, 98 Midland A and 13 £5 pf, 1. di 71 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si Northern of France, 43} South Austrfamand Lombardo Venetian, Mt West Flanders, 5) per cent. pf., FOREIGIY MINES, Cape Copper, Um., 14 Cobre Copper, 27 Frontino and rsolivia Gold. Um., ;:i Eit. John del Rey, Um., SO_ 1 i Vallausasaa Gold, lim., 2 Yuadanamutna of i 3. Australia, Um., BAN fib. Alliance, lint., 301 Anglo Egyptian, lint., 144 British North American, 49 Eng ish Joint Stock, lint., 12i imperial Ottoman, isf Larn:Mortgage Bank of India, um., 41 London and Brazilian aim.), 22i London Chartered Bank of Australia, 21:2, z London and County, 791 London Joint Stock, 5(; London and %1 estminster, 982 9 Midland Bank, lirn., 18if National Bank, 79 1 New Zealand Bank Corporation. lim., 1 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, hut., 0,1 Uniqn of Australia, 531 Union of London, 5:.'1 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 82 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, B:per cent. gua., 22 1 Bombay Gas, lim., 51 Ceylon Company, 102 City Offices, lim., 7* Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, Si Ebbw Vale, 14 English and Australian Copper, Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim.. 61 Imperial Mercantile Credit A isso.. lim.. 711- t International Financial ,ociety, lim., Joint Stock Discount, lim., 81 London Financial Association. lim 211 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, National Discount t ompany. lira., 16/ t Ocean at arine Insurance). 24* Overend, Gurney, and Co., lieu., 221 it Rhyruney Iron, Ditto, new, 9 Royal Mail Steam, 116 15 Scottish Australian Investment. lim., 127 Universal Marine. Insurance, lira., 4} REPRESENTATION OF NORWICH.—It was stated in Norwich yesterday that a threatened petition against the return of Sir W. Russell and Mr. E. Warner, the sitting akerabers for Norwich, would not be proceeded with. 68 69 103 104 36 37 10 11 la, 125 122 I} /fp lip 74 76 104 11 148 152 60 62 67 69 7 ) 79 84 94 149 151 ' 3 4p 162 105 60 52 SIONS, '5B 60 102 103 id tip 6 6 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 102 103 IC4 105 24 8 i V 2 P i 88 89 66 69 58 62 57 59 6 1 52 46 50 4 41 30 32 30 31 101 105 t it 1) 101 102 3 17a fib' 18 86 as 1 101 102 93 95 83 90 64 66 82 84 1014 1014 !00} 1014 004 10141 161 17 16i 14,1 uni 25 7i 7 .171 1211 21 9 1241 i 1 61 64 135 41 51 10 5 1 1 1211 1 1 110 i 69 } 361 13 74 i 273 3 3 T SECURITIES. 95 97 9.3 95 93 95 81 83 81 S 3 103 105 IC2 104 1(2 104 IC3 105 90 92 112 114 109 111 102 104 104 106 106 10 PS 107 103 1(2 115 97 90 101 93 95 90 61 103 105 84 85 10) 102 102 103 100 108 105 106 SII MINES. 2.1.0 29} 2.11.0 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.0.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 61 208 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) This was a suit instituted by the wife for dissolution of marriage on the ground of adultery and desertion. From the evidence it appeared that the respondent had been a merchant at St. Petersburg, and married the peti tioner, who was a native of Hambro, at Bristol, in 1856• After the marriage the petitioner was introduced into the respondent's family until he left with his wife for St. Petersburg, at which placd he proposed to reside.. They, however, returned to this country for the pur pose of visiting the Exhibition, after which it was deemed advisable that the wife should take up her residence in Italy. The. respondent regularly transmitted remittances about the beginning of 1863, when they suddenly ceased, and it was afterwards discovered that the respondent had formed an improper intimacy with a young girl in St. Petersburg. The petitioner had re ceived a letter from the respondent, expressing contrition for his desertion, and requested her to abandon a name which he had disgraced. A number of witnesses having been examined, who proved the allegations of the petitioner, His Lordship pronounced a decree nisi. HUTCHINSON T. HUTCHINSON AND BARKER. This was a suit instituted by the husband for dissolution of marriage, on the ground of adultery with the respon dent, a twine spinner at Hull. From the evidence it appeared that the petitioner was a seafaring man, and by great exertion he had raised himself to the position of a master in the mercantile marine. In 1858 he discovered that his wife was carrying on an adul terous intercourse with the respondent, and afterwards the present proceedings were instituted. In explanation of the length of time that had elapsed between the separation and the application to the Court, the petitioner said the duration of his voyages, he being engaged in the India and China trade, prevented him. His Lordship pronounced a decree nisi. JARVIS V. JARVIS AND FULL. This was a suit instituted by the husband against the wife. The petitioner was in the Royal Marines, and during his absence from England with his regiment in the West Indies the circumstances occurred which led to the present proceedings. His lordship pronounced a decree nisi, with costs. ADAMS V. ADAMS. This was a suit instituted by the wife against the hus band, on the grounds of desertion, coupled with adultery and bigamy. The parties were married in 1855, and afterwards re sided at Chichester, and resided there and at Brighton until 1860. The respondent, who was a hairdresser and perfumer, became acquainted with betting men, and after having lost all his money he sold up his business, and giving his wife £5, went offpand told her she would never hear of him any more. Ile however returned for a short time, but left again. After this it was discovered that he had married a young lady named Emma Louisa Wilden, at St. Luke's, King's-cross, on the 14th of September, 1862. On the discovery of the second marriage the re spondent was taken into custody, and afterwards tried for bigamy, at Lewes, on the 20th of July, 1864, convicted of the felony, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment. The respondent was served with the citation while he was undergoing his sentence. The case was adjourned in order that evidence might be produced to show that the respondent was the person who resided with Miss Wilden as her husband, in Leigh-street, Burton-crescent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MABLBOROUGH-STREET. A DESERTED CHILD.—THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS ACT.— Mr. Lumley, the clerk of the Newport Market Refuge, at tended before Mr. Yardley with a little girl, about 10 years of age, with the view of getting her into some industrial school. Mr. Lumley said the child had been about the streets begging, and had been under the care of the Refuge for about a month, but he was anxious that she should be sent to some permanent place, the Refuge being only a nightly one. If he took her to the workhouse, she would be ad mated to the casual ward and turned out in the morning. Mr. Yardley said he did not think any parish would do such a thing under the circumstances. Mr. Lumley said he knew a case where a little boy was admitted to the casual ward of a workhouse, and turned out three consecutive mornings. Mr. Yardley said there were certain persons called Guardians of the Poor, and if what the applicant stated was the case, it was a strange way of showing their guar dianship. In answer to Mr. Yardley, the child said her mother was dead, and her father had gone away. She had begged in the streets for five months, and had slept under the porch of St. Martin's porch. Another girl took her to the refuge. Mr. Yardley having referred to the Act, which gives a magistrate power to send children apparently under 14 who may be brought before him, being found in the streets re ceiving alms or thero for the purpose, or who may be found wandering about without any home, to an industrial school for such period as he may think fit for their educa tion and training, said he considered the child came within the meaning of the Act, and made an order for her ad mission to the Industrial School, Sloane-street, for five years. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Commodore Dunlop, Superintendent of Wool wich Dockyard, went up to Deptford in the steam tug Bustler, and inspected the arrangements for launching her Majesty's 22 gun steam frigate Endy mion, 2,478 tons, which will be cast off her build ing slip to-day at high tide about 12 o'clock. After the launch the Endymion will be brought down to Woolwich under orders to be towed to Sheerness to be completed for sea. The whole of her machinery of 500-horse power, by Messrs. Maudslay and Sons, the boilers, and interior fittings have been trans mitted from Woolwich to Sheerness for that pur pose. The iron steam store ship Supply, Staff-Com mander Charles Bowden, on particular service, having completed her specific term—viz., four years, was yesterday paid out of commission at Woolwich. The officers and crew were granted 24 hours' leave of absence. The ship will be again put in commis sion to-day, when the entire complement of officers and men, with the exception of the assistant-engi neer and four men and boys, will rejoin Commander Bowden and enter on the new commission. The sailing frigate Terpsichore, 18, the vessel de stroyed on the late occasion of the trial of Mr. Beardslee's torpedoes, at Chatham, and . since sta tioned in dock, is ordered to undergo a temporary repair in order to allow of her being removedround to the Thames, to the yard of Messrs. 'Castle, and Beech, at Charlton, the contractors to the Admi ralty for breaking up old and useless vessels of war. The order received at Chatham directs her to be broken up. The Frolic, 18, another of the old class of sailing ships attached to the reserve in Chatham harbour, will be towed round to Messrs. Castle and Beech's yard to-day, for the purpose of being broken up. Vice-Admiral Sir lloratio Thos. Austin, K.C.8., expired on Thursday morning at his residence in Leinster-gardens, in his 65th year, after a very short illness. He entered the navy in 1813. Ac cording to O'Byrne he served as first-class volun teer and midshipman under Capt. Sir T. M. Hardy. and Capt. Sir Charles Ogle, with whom he wit nessed the chief operations of the American war. In 1824 he became first lieutenant of the Ruby sloop, Capt. H. P. Hoppner, and took part in Capt. Parry's second expedition in search of a north-west passage. In 1827 he was appointed to the Chanticleer survey ing vessel, and on the death of Capt. H. Foster he succeeded to the acting command. He obtained the command of the Salamander in November, 1832. After obtaining post rank he was appointed, .in No vember, 1819, to the Cyclops, in which vessel he took part in the operations on the coast of Syria. For his services on the coast of Syria he was nomi nated a Companion of the Order of the Bath. The deceased admiral held various commands up to April, 1863, when he was appointed Admiral-Superinten dent of Malta dockyard, which he held up to No vember last year. He was made a Knight Com mander of the Order of the Bath in March last. His commission bore date as follows :—Lieut., Sept. 9, 1822; Commander,' May 26, 1831; Capt., June 28, 1838; Rear-Admiral, Nov. 28, 1857 ; and Vice-Ad miral, Oct. 20, 1864. By the death of Vice-Admiral Austin, Capt. Cos patrick B. Hamilton attains the rank of Rear-Ad. miral. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. F. Croker, to the Duncan; G. Shield, assist. -paymaster additional, to the Narcissus ; John H. S. Hall, clerk additional, to the Sutlej ; and A. W. Pearson, assist.-clerk addi tional, to the Narcissus. American Claims on England. - - A war with Great Britain, in consequence of the official refusal of that nation through Lord Russell to re pair the injuries done our commerce by the Alabama, is not beyond the bounds of possibility. A city journal, sup posed to be inspired by secret information derived from the Department of State, has within the last few days ad mitted as much. A war with that country, while it would prove perfectly ruinous to its commercial interests, and very probably induce its bankruptcy, would also be very undesirable and disadvantageous to us, considering the heavy war debt which already presses upon our industry and resources. In this condition of things it may be well worth con sidering what other steps may be taken which would bo as effectual, give us immediate indemnity and throw the responsibility of a war upon the aggres3ors themselves—a moral disadvantage to them, which would inevitably lead to their humiliation when supsr..dded to other and material causes. One of these steps or measures is the resort to the law of retortion or reprisals, known and practised as long ago as the time of the Romans, and still recognised every where. The principle is this :—" If a nation refuses to repair or give satisfaction for an injury, the injured party may seize things belonging to the wrong-doer and apply them to his own use, until he is paid the amount that is due, with damages ; or he may detain as a security until full satisfaction is given." This is a well-established right, and to put it in force letters of reprisal may be granted to those persons who have suffered the injury. Grotius, Vattell and Azani fully treat of this right and acknowledge its existence. It is, then, our obvious and convenient policy to resort to this measure without the necessity of firing a gun. There is British property enough in this port and city to cover all our losses by the Alabama liable to immediate seizure under this law, and the reprisal would bo in effect " sharp, short, and decisive." This indemnity in hand would go a great way to pre pare us for an encounter if it should come ; but wo are inclined to the opinion that the people of Great Britain would much prefer to come fairly to terms than lose their best customers, and the merchants and bankers would rather continue to draw their millions .of gold from us week after week than run the risk of deprivation and insolvency. And although the immediate effect of non intercourse upon ourselves would be the suspension of our traffic with England, it would give an immense start to that between us and all other foreign nations, so that our customs revenue would be but little affected. But if it wero we should stop at once sending gold abroad, and it would accumulate hero rapidly, and become so much cheaper as to make it more available than ever for the pay ment of interest on our national securities. In either case the result would be about the same. It would be, in fact, much cheaper for us to buy a few millions of gold from our own mines, in case it became necessary, than to incur another immense war debt, when we have at hand an easy remedy, recognised by all nations well known to the British Ministry and extremely applic able to this very case.—New York Herald. If Lord Russell had indicated a willingness to refer to a commission all the questions in dispute, his pro posal would have deserved careful consideration. But this is not the case. He refuses distinctly to submit to such a tribunal the only points of difference to which the least importance can be attached. We hold the British Government responsible for the losses inflicted on Ameri can Cpmmerce by privateers built by British subjects in British ports, equipped by British capital and protected by British recognition of a flag unknown to the nations of the world. We insist that in thus acting she was our enemy in spite of solemn - treaty engagements to be our friend. We assert that in so acting she violated the plainest principles of international law and morals, and inflicted upon us, in contempt of our rights, the most serious injuries that one nation can sustain at the hands of another. She did it not in haste, but with deliberate premeditation. She did it in spite of remonstrances, of arguments, and 'of warnings, repeated over and over again, and prelsed upon her attention at every successive stage of the whole transaction. She did it openly, defiantly, in studied and os;,entatious contempt alike of our wrongs and of our remonstrances. We should earn the scorn of the civ'ilised world, and should deserve, what we should unquestionably receive, the contempt of England, if we were to submit to these outrages and insults without redress.—New York Times. It may be assumed as certain that there are at pre sent no prospect of the two Governments coming to an agree ment on these two points ; and the momentous question at once arises what consequences will the failure to agree have upon the future relations of the two countries ? Mr. Adams, as early as 1863, suggested the submission of the whole question to arbitration ; but this England decline; on the ground that the English Government is the sole guardian of its own honour. The whole controversy, there fore, centres in the question—Are neutrals to be the sole judges of what is due to a belligerent, and is the belligerent to have no right to reparation for wrongs inflicted ? Mr. Adams points out with groat force that if England were in volved in a war with a power which could fully avail itself of the principles professed by her during our late war, she would very soon find that among all the nations of the earth not one could suffer more severely from the adoption of her principles than she herself. As England had just at present no foreign war on her hands, she prefers to be altogether regardless of the future, and only intent upon escaping punishment for past misdemeanour. The future history of the controversy will be of the utmost impor tance, not only to the interests of the United Stetes and England, but to the peace of the whole world. Should England be ever involved in a serious foreign war, before her difficulty with the United States is settled, it would probably not require much time to cause her to disown her present principles. —New York Weekly Tribune. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Hallways. Niles Opened. Receipts. 1865. 1864. 1865 1864 £ £ 991 2,010 1.857 4'i 611 tl7 28 2,461 61 1, 70 817 1211 6,303 6,048 408 26,72.5 25,0!4 121 2,376 1.913 48 388 273 20 414 376 f 4 158 163 324 563 45) 654 1,58! 1.522 17 338 293 15j 105 81 63 1,733 1.412 75 2,022 1.653 55 131 261 911 2,788 9,4 5 30 2A 268 5) 3,6.8 3.375 24) 10,287 9,879 663 32,519 30,10, 885 36,783 37,018 53 1,576 1.541 4! 1,133 1, 45 712 5 4 161 887 i 8 67S 7.661 1270 63,288 67,98) 13 112 90 246 3,011 2,613 145 2,061 1,742 403 39,7:.5 35.06 243 200 201 26i 112 82 461 640 731 201 413 411 12732 110,624 104,355 51 1,804 1,882 463} 21,561 20037 WI 21,692 17,762 127 1 8,043 6,917 111 b 1,810 1,110 27j 9.0 74) 42i 1,221 1,212 246 10,4)0 17,310 91 1,416 1,286 28 1,652 1.510 32 2,807 2,').61 651$ 48,494 46,335 2601 4,c83 5.!10 44 3,268 .2.941 Belfast and N, Counties Belfast and Comity Down l4l Blyth and Tyne . 28 Brecon and Merthyr . 6l Bristol and Exeter l2ll Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB Cambrian ..... Cockermouth K & Penrlth 314 Cockermouth and Workin 9 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blaekroak, & Passage 6l Cork and Youghal Cornwall Deeside „ 17 Do Extension Dublin & lielf as t J unction .... 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 Forth and Clyde Junction 30 Furness, Ste 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Easfrrn,Nrfk.,&E.Union ;211 Great Northern lO4 Great North of Scotland 5B Do Branches 42 Gt. Nortim. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll lit.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 387 Great Western l2BO Hull & 11 ornsea Highland ... 246 ;Irish North-Western ll5 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 Limerick and Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foynes 264 Llanelly 461 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western 1274 London and Blackwall 64 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 London, Chatham, & Dover; 184 all Metropolitan Extension t 12 Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend 11an.,Sheilield,& Lincolnsh 2464 Manch. S.J un.& A ltrincham 94 Maryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 2lOl nonmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl 12061 North London 9 North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby ll4 ftliymney l9l Scottish North-Eastern 136 Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South-Eastern 315 Taff Vale _6l. 656} 11601 24,929 3.'14 69,687 64 437 4,481 3,315 8,'.65 8.534 110 54 1,043 (40 6,434 5,917 999 875 3.808 3,612 2:3,310 20,853 6,015 6,117 2,935 2 650 129 161 4 0 423 1,957 1,551 601 614 1, 25 971 888 911 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. . lO Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO Whitehaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness.] un 36 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. ikustrian B2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction.. • • 264 Bombay, Baroda, & Len. India 300 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France....... 1551 Eastern Bengal .. . . East Indian G ran d Trunk of Canada 1)77 Great Central of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 590 Great. Luxembourg l3l Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 Northern of Canada Northern of France 728 Norwegian Trunk Ottornsa Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 2006 Paris sad Orleans lB2l Recife and San Francisco. &c 77. 4 Sonde lO5 Do. Punjab, &c 253 South Austrian, &c 1651 6outhern of France Victoria Welland. 2st 25 West Jz N-Wn. of Franbe itii 306 828 46,282 40,241 76t 357 3 88 261 312 381 185} 3,301 1,331 189 :8,708 6,433 1( 81 5,407 4,768 14:t3 71,919 66,1'46 110 1,979 i,631 11031 5335 30.283 21,05'4 261 6,595 5,463 533 18, 1, 82 1u,361 131 5,)-01 4,819 79 756 681 315 16,6 3 12,158 533 8,349 6,425 713 15,668 10,870 91 2,714 1,401 724 (2,162 61,451 44 939 857 481 766 511 19 0 15 0 ,381 145,528 1618 75.695 68.512 771 732 685 10.5 812 1,3•J0 45 1,(.41 196 1527 66,334 61,115 823 32,89 26,125 196 9,290 7.298 25 1,289 327 1016 52,886 18,152 Several German journals state that the Grand Duke of Baden is suffering from several slight attacks of congestion of the brain, which have produced a derange ment of the mental faculties. Accounts direct from earls rube confirm the above, and declare that the state of the Grand Duke has recently grown worse. The Invalide Russe publishes the following news from Warsaw:—" The recruitment in the liingdom of Poland has been accomplished in perfect order•. The draw ing took place everywhere on the 7th and Bth. Qu the 9th the operation was finished all over the country." THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—John Murray, a young man of strongly marked and intellectual features, was charged be fore Mr. Partridge with threatening and abusing a young woman named Jane Allen. The prisoner had been making a temporary stay with the complainant, and when he visited her last night• she found he had got no money, and bade him leave her. Ho then abused her, and threatened her, and made so much disturbance that the police interfered and took him into custody. He made two attempts to commit suicide in the police cell. He was heard making a gurgling noise. On opening the door he was on the floor, his face livid, and a stocking round his neck, with three knots in it. He was nearly strangled. The police revived him, and locked him up again. He made a second attempt with another stocking, and the police had to cut the stocking from his neck. There were two knots in it. The prisoner said he would not go near the abode of the complainant again, and hoped the magistrate would release him, as he was going to sea almost immediately. He was ordered to find bail to keep the peace. On the charges of attempted suicide being proved he was asked why ho had acted in such an extraordinary manner, he said that ho intended to strangle himself ; and it pained him to think ho had acted so strangely in Lon don. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week, and hoped he would be in a better state of mind when he had reflected on the rash and wicked acts he had committed. New Fenian Projects. The Fenian Senate, composed of some fifteen persons, says the New York Herald, has, we under stand, been in secret session in this city for the past few days, cogitating on some initiatory pro ject in the new revolutionary movements in the British Empire—probably to be the seizure of a portion of the British American colonies in Canada or Nova Scotia, thence to inaugurate on a substantial basis the in surrection, which is not to be merely an Irish affair, but a British republican revolution, extending throughout the entire empire until an English republic is established. When the Fenians have established themselves in one of the British provinces they can fit out some Irish Alabama or Shenandoah, or say a dozen or two of them, and com mence operations against British commerce on the high seas. In these matters, of course, our Government is strictly neutral. It has nothing to say upon the 'question, and will undoubtedly preserve that rigid system of neu trality which the Government of England observed during our four years' war. Indeed, we might reply to the British Government, in the words of Lord Russell, that these British republicans are seeking for their independence, while the British Government is seeking for empire. We believe that there has been a large accession of United States officers of high rank and much experience in the late war to the ranks of the Fenians—men who will, no doubt, bring wisdom, caution, and discipline to the move ment, which, in the hands of blatant orators and selfish, inexperienced agitators might have proved a fizzle. How ever, whatever new projects the Fenian revolutionists may have in view in British America or elsewhere ' our Government will not trouble itself about th em . W e presume that the precedent set by England during our rebellion will be a sufficient guide for the actions of the Fenians. MARRIAGE OF THE EARL OF DUDLEY.—The mar riage of the Earl of Dudley to Miss Moncrieffe takes place in London on Tuesday next. The event will be celebrated in Worcestershire by rejoicings on an extensive scale. There will be a general meeting of his lordship's tenantry at Witley, the seat of the Ear], where the auspicious event will be celebrated in a fitting manner. At Dudley, where his lordship possesses vast mineral property, and at Kid derminster, there will be public dinners and a ball, and at Worcester the corporation have voted an address of con gratulation, which is to be presented on the occasion of his lordship's return from his wedding tour, about the 6th of December. A REMARKABLE " FALL" OF TIMBER.—On the sth inst. a lofty elm tree, of extraordinary dimen sions, growing in the park called Crix, Hatfield Peverel, suddenly fell to the ground from its "high estate," its roots having been gradnally undermined by the water in a ditch close by. It covers a space of 17 rods of ground with top and body, and contains 692 feet of measured timber, the first length, which is very handsome, being 24 feet long, with a girthing of 40 inches. The park is in the occupation of Mr. B. Heathley, the owner being the Rev. 0. Townsend. The tree was known as the Raven-tree, it having been the resort of that ill-omened bird for a century or more. —Chelnmford Chronicle. REGENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (Front the Illustrated London News) The will of the Right Hon. Diana, Countess of Clare, was proved, in her Majesty's Court of Pro bate, by the Rev. Henry H. Hutchinson, the Right Hon. John Baron Wodehouse (her son-in-law), and James Leman, Esq., solicitor, Lincoln's-inn-fields, the executors. The personalty was sworn under £5,000. Her Ladyship was the daughter of Charles Brydges Woodcock, Esq. ; was twice married, first to M. C. Moore, Esq., and secondly, in 1825, to the late Right Hon. Richard Hobart, Lord Fitz- Gibbon, third Earl of Clare. Her Ladyship died on the 29th of September last, having executed her will on the Bth of February, 1864, and a codicil in April, 1865. Her Ladyship has disposed of the family pictures between her daughters Lady Dillon and Lady Wodehouse, and leaves the residue of her property to be equally divided amongst the children of her daughter Lady Elinor Cavendish. Her Ladyship has - left to three of her servants legacies of £2OO each. The will of the late Alderman Farncomb was proved in the London Court, on the 26th ult., by the surviving executors, William Rixon, Esq., and David Henry Stone, Esq., the testator's nephew. The personalty was sworn under £140,000. The will appears to have been made in the year of his mayoralty, being thus indorsed The will of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Thomas Farncomb," and bears date September 25, 1850 ; and there are two codicils, 1854 and 1861. The testator died on September 23, 1865, at his residence, Rose Hill, Forest-hill, Surrey, at the age of eighty-six, a bachelor. He carried on business as a wharfinger and merchant. The bulk of his property, consist ing of the residue, he has divided into four parts, leav ing one-fourth to his brother Henry, one-fourth to his brother Edward, one-fourth to the children of his deceased brother John, and the remaining fourth to the children of his deceased sister, Winifred Arkcoll, by her first husband. /o his said nephew and execu tor he has left a legacy of £B,OOO and the estate at Hollington, Sussex ; to his executor, Wm. Rixon, £5OO ; to each of his clerks at Griffin's-wharf, 19 guineas ; to his chief clerk, Mr. Thomas Maxfield, £2OO ; also legacies to his servants ; and to the Philanthropic Society and the Asylum for Deaf and Dumb Children of the Poor, £lOO each. The will of the Rev. John Clayton, many years the minister of the Poultry Chapel, lately residing at Bath, and previously of Brighton, was proved in London, on the Bth inst., by Joseph Lanfear, Esq., of Waddon, and Wm. Hunter, Esq., of North-end, Croydon, the acting executors and trustees. John Esq., of Denmark -hill, also an executor, renounced. The personalty was sworn under £25,000. The testator died, on the 3d of October last, at the age of 85. The will is dated February, 1860, and there are two codicils, one dated March, 1860, and the other January, 1863. He has bequeathed to his son, Edward Clayton, a legacy of £4,000 (New Three per Cents); to his orphan granddaughter, Sarah Ellis Clayton, £3,000 ; to his daughter Sarah, wife of Alfred Randall, £6,000 ; to his daughter Mary, wife of George Rawson, £6,000 by the will, and an additional £l,OOO by a codicil, and has ap pointed his said two daughters residuary legatees of his entire estate, real and personal. There are a few small legacies. To the British and Foreign Bible Society, the British and Foreign School So ciety, and the London Missionary So c i e ty, eac h a s. legacy Fenn of are of 19 i g n 2e and to each o f hi s executors, £5O. There legacies to hi s servants, an d to a , annuity of £lO, i n a ddi t i on to an annuity left to her u n d er th e w ill o f t h e \r alsoa s . l 0 testator's wife. The will of the Rev. John Greenwood, D.D., rector of Colne Engaine, Essex, has been proved in Greenwood, of the Sun e ac li tin en g ry executor, power being re servedev. John W. L ay , hi s son -i n -l aw . F L i o r n e d - oo ffi n t , coe G ,t, h e te o h r ne g The personalty was sworn under £3,000. Dr. Greenwood was Head Master of Christ's Hospital (or Bluecoat School), and was presented to the living of Collie Engaine, in 1827, by the governors of that hospital, the patrons, the annual income returned at £6BO. -Dr. Greenwood attained the age of 79, and died on the 14th of August last. The will was made in 1862, and is in his cwn handwriting, and attested by John Taylor, of White Colue, and the Rev. Edmund Jenner. IS TIIERE NO MEDIUM COURSE ?—Alluding to the prospects of Reform, the Law Times of to-day remarks : —" The Star, in leaded type, makes the significant an nouncement that Earl Russell and Mr. Gladstone have resolved to introduce a Reform Bill, on a democratic basis, immediately on tho meeting of Parliament, at which Mr. Bright's organ is, of course, very jubilant. It remains to be seen whether the country will consent to the transfer of all political power from property and intelligence to numbers." , a......—. T HE GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY payment of interest • or dividend upon the said capital, or and CITY of LONDON GAS LIGHT and COKE any part thereof. COMPANY. The Bill will also enable the Company and the Compa (AMALGAMATION—INCREASE OF CAPITAL— vies hereinbefore mentioned, or any of them, from time to AMENDMENT OF ACTS.) time, to make and carry into effect contracts for and in NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is respect of the working, management, maintenance, and intended to be made to Parliament in the next Session for use, not only of the intended Railway, or any part thereof, an Act for the Amalgamation of Tho City of London Gas but also of the undertakings, or any parts of the undertak- Light and Coke Company with The Gas Light and Coke ings, of the contracting Companies, the supply of rolling Company, so as to vest in the last named Company the stock and machinery, and of officers and servants for the undertaking, works, buildings, lands, machinery, mains, conduct of the Araffic on the undertakings of the contract pipes, plant, property, and effects of every description of ing parties, the payments to be made, and the conditions the City of London Gas Light and Coke Company; and all to be performed, with respect to, such working, manage rights, powers, and privileges of or' belonging to or en- ment, maintenance, use, and services, the interchange, ac joyed by that Company, of what nature or kind soever, commodation, and con ve y ance o f t ra ffi c com i ng from, or including the making and recovering of rat es , rents, and J destined for, the undertakings of die contracting companies, charges, and to enable the Gas Light and Coke Company and the division and appropriation of the revenue arising to use, exercise, and enjoy all or any of those rights, from that traffi c , or from traffic which m i g ht h ave b een powers, and privileges.„ conveyed o n suc h undertakings respectively; and the Bill Aud it is also intended by the said Act to provide for the will authorise the appointment of joint committees, to be dissolution of the City of London Gas Li g ht an d Coke nominated by the contractino• Companies, or by.two or more of them, for carrying into effect any such contracts Company, and for the incorporation of the Shareholders in that Company with the Gas Light and Coke Company. as aforesaid. And it is also intended by the said Act .to enable the The Bill will empower the Company, and all Companies Gas Light and Coke Company for the purposes aforesaid and persons wor ki ng or using the intended ' Railway, to run over, u l p -. i la' i d: t n f e o c s , I r thelspurposespaymentsmritii , t their o r f iu trafficseni and n' conditions ' o s f ce r carriages,d te to raise additional capital by the creation of preference, ordinary, or debenture shares or stock, and by mortgage, u moons, scriptio lg n, he prescribed by the Bill, or, failing ag ! reement, by arbi or by either of those means. o . f na th il o w, S ,3 7a c n o se m a pa a n n y d , N as eat i h s Line, situ Aud it is also intended by the said Act to confirm any agreement or agreements which have been or may be trader 1.) St, much a o t f eci the be ?l w a e le en o t f he Ne j t u t . tnilection therewith hereinbefore de entered into between the two companies in relation to the scribed, and the Swansea Harbour Railway at Swansea. matters aforesaid. (2.) The Swansea Harbour hallway, together ‘ with all ter- And it is also intended by the said Act to alter, amend, initial and other stations, sidings, warehouses, buildings, and extend, or to repeal all or some of the provisions of booking and other offices, approaches,. watering places, the Acts (local and personal), 50th Geo. 111., cap. 163 ; 54th Geo. 111., cap. 116 ; 56t Geo. 111., cap. 87 ; 59th sheds, standing room for engines, shipping stages, machi- Geo. 111., cap. 20; and 4th Geo. IV., cap. 119; relating to nery, works and conveniences, water supplies, telegraphs the Gas Light and Coke Company, and also of the Act and signals, , in and upon those railways respectively, companies and persons working the same (local and personal) 22d and 23d Vic. cap. 52, relating to he the City of London Gas Light and Coke Company, and respectively to afford and render all necessaryfacilities and also the Act (local and personal) 27th and 28th Vic., cap. to re require 322, relating to the Metropolitan District Railway Corn- The Bill will incorporate with itself the necessary pro pai?y._ services f . or the purposes aforesaid. And Notice is Hereby also Given that on or before the 23d day of December next, printed copies of the intended Act will be deposited in the Private Bill-office of the House of Commons. _ visions of " The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ;" " The Railways Clauses Act, 1863 ;" " The Com panies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ;" " The Com panies Clauses Act, 1863 ;" " The Lands Clauses Con- Dated this 17th day of November, 1865. CURTIS and BEDFORD Haberdashers' Hall, Solicitor to tho Gas Light and Coke Company. PAINE and LALOR, Gresham House, Solicitors to the City of London Gas Light and Coke Company. Lands s ; Clauses a nd it Con solidationwl solidation Act, Aeta 1845 Amendment and " amend or repeal, as far as may be necessary, all or some of Act, 1860 the provisions of the several Acts following, namely, the 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 341, and of all other Acts relating to the Vale of Neath Railway Company, the South Wales Mineral Railway Act, 1853, and of all other Acts relating to the South Wales Mineral Railway Company, 5 and 6 Wm. IV,. cap. 107 ; 18 and 19 Vic., cap. 98 ; and 26 and 27 Vic., cap. 198 ; and of all other Acts relating to the Great Western Rail way Company. Duplicate plans and sections, describing the line, situa tion and levels of the proposed Railway, and the lands, houses, and other property in or through which the same will be made, together with a book of reference to such plans, containing the names of the owners and lessees, or reputed owners and lessees, or of the occupiers of such lands, houses, and other property ; also a published map, with the line of Railway delineated thereon, and a copy of this notice will, on or before the 30th day of November next, be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Glamorgan, at his office at Cardiff ; and, on or before the same day, a copy of so much of the said plans, sections, and book of reference as relates to each of the parishes in or through which the said Railway will be made, and a copy of this notice will be deposited with the parish clerk of each such parish at his residence or place of abode, and in case of any extra paro chial place, with the parish clerk of the parish immediately adjoining thereto. Printed copies of the intended Bill will be deposited in the private Bill-office of the House of Commons on or be fore the 23d day of December next. Dated this 16th day of November, 1865. N EAT H JUNCTION RAILWAY. ZinCorporation of Company—Construction of Railways to connect the South Wales Mineral Railway with the Swansea and Neath Railway, near Neath—Powers to Great Western, South Wales Mineral, and Vale of Neath Railway Companies—User of Portions of other Railways Amendment of Acts.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application will be made to Parliament, in the next Session, for an Act to incorporate a Company (hereinafter called "the Com pany") for making and maintaining the railways following or one of them (with stations, approaches, works, and con veniences), viz. : No. 1. A railway commencing in the hamlet of Coed frank, in the parish of Cadoxton, juxta Neath, by a junction with the Vale of Neath Railway, at or near the point where the tramroad to the Crown Copper Works crosses over that railway and terminating in the parish of Neath by a junction with the South Wales Railway at or near the distance post thereon indicating 207 k miles, which in tended railway will pass from, in, through, or into the parishes and places of Cadoxton, juxta Neath, Blaen honddon, Neath, Dyffryn, Clydach, Coedfrank, Briton Ferry, and Llantwit. 2. A railway commencing at or near the termination of the intended railway before described, and terminating by a junction with the South Wales Mineral Railway at or near Gwrt Sart Lane, in the parish of Briton Ferry ; which intended railway will pass from, in, through, or into the parishes and places of Briton Ferry, Llantwit, Llantwit juxta-Neath, and Neath. The said intended railways will be wholly situate in the county of Glamorgan, and may be constructed upon the broad or narrow gauge, or adapted to both gauges. The intended Act will empower the Company to exer cise all or some of the following powers (that is to say) , To purchase by compulsion and also by agreement lands, houses, and hereditaments for the purposes of the said proposed railways and works connected therewith ; to levy tolls, rates, and charges upon or in respect of the proposed railways and works ; to confer exemptions from the payment of tolls, rates, and charges • to vary or extin guish all rights and privileges inconsistent with the objects of the intended Act ; and to confer other rights and privileges. To cross, divert, alter, or stop up, for the purposes of the intended Act, and either temporarily or permanently, roads, streets, ways, streams, pipes, sewers, canals, navi gations, rivers, bridges, railways, tramroads, and water courses within or adjoining the parishes and places afore said, or any of them. The intended Act will empower the Great Western Railway Company, the South Wales Mineral Railway Company, and the Vale of Neath Railway Company, or any one or more of those Companies, to exercise the powers of the intended Act, and to become promoters thereof, and to take and hold shares in and subscribe towards the in tended undertaking or any part thereof, and to guarantee to the Company interest, dividend, or annual or other payments, and for those purposes to empower the said several Companies to apply their corporate funds and revenues, and to raise further capital by the creation of new shares or stock iu their respective undertakings, with or without any preference or priority in payment of in terest or dividend, or other privileges attached thereto, and by borrowing on mortgage or otherwise. And it is intended by the said Act to empower the Com pany on the one hand, and the Great Western Railway Company, the South Wales Mineral Railway Company, and the vale of Neath. Railway Company, or any one of them, on the other hand, to make and carry into, effect agreements with respect t o th e ma i n te nance and manage ment, use, and working of the railways of the contracting parties, or any parts thereof, and the conveyance of traffic thereon; the fixing, collecting, and apportionment of the tolls, rates, charges, receipts, and revenues levied, taken, or arising in respect of such traffic, and the supply and maintenance of engines, stock, and plant. The intended Act will empower the Company and all companies and persons working or using their railways, or any part thereof, to run over, work, and use with their engines, carriages, and waggons, and for the purposes of traffic of every description, upon rates, payments, terms, and conditions to be prescribed by the Act, or (failing agreement) settled by arbitration, the following railway and portion of railway; viz., 1. So much of the Swansea and Neath line of the Vale of Neath Railway Company as is situated westward of the intended junction therewith of the railway firstly before described. 2. The Swansea Harbour Railway. Together with all terminal and other stations, sidings, warehouses, buildings, booking, and other offices, approaches, watering places, sheds, stand ing room for engines, works, and convenience, water supplies, telegraph signals, shipping stages, and machinery, in and upon such railway and portion of rail way respectively, and to require the companies and persons owning and working the said railway and portion of rail way respectively, to afford and render all facilities and services for the purposes aforesaid. And it is proposed, so far as may be necessary for all or any of the purposes of the intended Act, to alter, amend, extend, vary, and enlarge, or repeal all or some of the powers and provisions of the several local and personal Acts of Parliament following, or some of them, viz., 5 and 6 William IV., cap. 107, and 26 and 27 Vic., cap. 168, and of all other Acts relating to the Great Western Railway Company ; The South Wales Mineral Railway Act, 1853, and of all other Acts relating to the South Wales Mineral Railway Company ; 9 andlo Vic., cap. 341, and of all other Acts relating to the Vale of Neath Railway Company and their undertaking. And it is also proposed to incorporate in the said Act all or some of the provisions of "'T'he Companies' Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ;" "The Companies' Clauses Act, 1863 ;" " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845;" " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act, 1860 ;" " The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ;" and " The Railways Clauses Act, 1863." Duplicate plans and sections of the intended railways and works, with a book of reference to such plans, and a published map having •the lines of railway delineated io i thereon, and a copy of this notice, as published int London Gazette, will be deposited on or before the 30th November, in the present year, with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Glamorgan. at his office in Cardiff, and reference, acopy yo as relates fso o much t o each of f thec h o said the parishes plans, sections , n o and r kbook through which tho said railways and works will be made, togetler with a copy of the said Gazette notice will be deposited or osvueenhibpearr,foinh tahtehpfroerseesiltdyeneacre: w o n i t t b h e e f o Parish 3 C O I t e h r k d o a f y eac h at th h e is Pa r ri es s i ll and cle as rko r i eg o a o r m dany es ext immediatelyra parochial in p g l a parish cplace, with deuce. Printed copies of the intended Act will be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, on or before the 23d day of December nest. Dated this 16th day of Nove K mber. 1865. JAMES EMP THORNE, Neath, Solicitor. WILLIAM BELL, 26, Duke-street, Westminster, Parliamentary Agent. SWANSEA and BRIXTON FERRY JUNC- T co I m ON pan R y A ; ILNVAY. construction of Railway ; (Incorporation of powers to other Companies and over amendment of Acts.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is intended to be made to Parliamen t in the next session thereof for leave to b r i ng i n a Bill t Com panyo (herein called "th e Company"), incorporate andoeon a confer u pon them the following, or som e o f th e f o ll ow i ng, powers: To make and m a i n t a i n a R a il way w i t h al l necessar y works, stations, approaches, and conveniences connected there • with, to commence by a junction with the Swansea and Neath line of the Vale of Neath Railway, about five chains north of the Red Jacket Copper Works, and to pass thro):igh or into the parishes and places of Llansainlet, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Neath, Coedfrank, Llantwit, Llantwit Lower, and Briton Ferry, or some of them, all in the county of Glamorgan, and to terminate in the said parish of Briton Ferry by junctions with the South Wales Mineral Railway, and South Wales Railway at or near Cwet Sart Lane. To purchase lands, houses, and other property com pulsorily for the purpose of the said intended Railway an d . works ; to levy tolls, rates, and charg es in respect thereof , to cross, alter, stop up, and divert roads, railways, tramd ways, drains, sewers, navigation s, rivers, streams,. an watercourses, and to vary and extinguish con .existin sfru r gi h ng s and privileges, so far as may be necessary, ks connected or maintaining the Railway o r an y of the works therewith. Instead - of conferring the foregoing powers on a Com pany to be incorporated as aforesaid, the Bill may confer those powers on the Great Western Railway Company, South Wales Mineral Railway Company, and on the Vale of Neath Railway Company, or on any one or two of those Companies. The Bill will authorise the Vale of Neath, the South Wales Mineral, and thePreat Western Railway,Compani es, or any one or more of those Companies, to contribute to wards the cost of constructing the said intended Railway and works, and towards the other purposes of the Bill, out of their corporate funds ; and, if necessary, the Bill will authorise those Companies respectively to raise additional capital by shares and stock, and by loan, and with or with out any priority of dividend or interest and other advan-, tage over their existing and authorised capital, and the Bill will enable those Companies or any of them, to hold Shares in the capital of the Company, and to guarantee the LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoove of M. Gustav Schunhoff asConsul at Cape Town for his Majesty the King of Prussia. The_ Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. P. H. Paul Auschitzky as Consul at Akyab for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. NOVEMBER 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. R. E. Hutchinson as Consul at Miramichi for his Majesty tho King of Prussia. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 17. Tho Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Carlo Arthur Henry Rumbold, Bart., to be President and Senior Member of the Executive Council of the Virgin Islands. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 15. MIR_ Royal Marine Light Infantry—Captain and . Brevet- Major William Alfred Garner Wright to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Harrison, retired ; First Lieutenant Arthur Huntley Hill Walsh to be Captain, vice Wright ; Second Lieutenant Edwin Poole to be First Lieutenant, vice Walsh ; Captain and Brevet-Major George Wentworth Forbes to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Blyth, retired; First Lieutenant and Adjutant Alexander Basset Stephen Shairp to be Captain, vice Forbes; Second Lieutenant Oliver Armitage Beadon to be First Lieutenant, vice Shairp ; Second Lieutenant Francis "lender Mouutsteven to be First Lieutenant, vice W. H. Smith, resigned. NOVEMBER 14. Mr. Matthew Litt has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of the 24th October, 1865. Mr. Richard Dobson, and Mr. Peter M'Cormick, have this day been promoted to the rank of Assistant Engineer of the First Class in her Ma jesty's Fleet,, with seniority of 14th August, 1864. NOVEMBER 16, Commander Benjamin Pentland Priest has been this day promoted to the rank of Retired Captain, under the provisions of the orders in Council of the lit August ; 1860, and 9th July, 1864. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 11 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 50 4 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 15 11 19i 12 21 12 2i 25 57i 25 67* 13 10 25 25 25 55 Ditto.. Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 25 5" 121 i 11 17i. 11 20 30; Vienna, Trieste.., Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Messina Genoa Naples Palermo 474 48} 25 67 25 67 25 70 25 671- 25 671 25 Gik 511 51g- Oporto , Lisbon , 3 Months. 25 47i 25 50 121} 11 14 11_12i 471 47i 25 62 25 62 25 62 25 62 25 62 25 62 511 r 51f MRS. SIDDONS AS CONSTANCE IN "KING JOIIN."— It was Mrs. Siddons' boast that she gradually im proved in all her characters, and that she never repeated her performance of any part without studying it anew. Her Constance, it is remarkable, did not, in the first in-- stance. meet with that recognition from the public that it afterwards received. No doubt it was originally a less powerful and perfect performance than it became ultimately; I but it is also true that, early in her career, a large party of critics had, for reasons into which it is not necessary to enter, banded themselves together to hinder the success of the actress. Campbell, her biographer, was present at her performance of Constance ton years after she had first undertaken the character, and speaks in glowing terms of the consummate geniuS of the representation. "I could speak," he writes, "as a wonder-struck witness to her power I see her, in my mind's eye, the embodied image of maternal love and intrepidity ; of wronged and righteous feeling ; of proud grief and ma jestic desolation. With what utterable tenderness was her brow bunt over her ' pretty' Arthur at one moment, and in the next how nobly drawn back in Q. look at her enemies that dignified her vituperation ! When she patted Lewis on the breast, with the words, Thine honour ! oh, thine honour !' there was a sublimity in the laugh of her sarcasm. I could point out the passages where her vicissitudes of hurried and deliberate gesture would have made you imagine that her very body seemed to think. Her elocution varied its tones from the height of vehemence to the lowest despondency, with an eagle-like power of stooping and soaring, and with the rapidity of thought."—Onee a Week. RIGGING THE MARKET.—Oa the Monday after we came out, a notice was inserted in all the papers that the share-list would be closed on the Thursday, and this made the rush for shares all the greater. There was not a member of the board but received numerous applica tions from his friends to put their names usedown,their t and use their interest to put their names down, a n d 'nt - rest to obtain shares for them. The Universal Financial Association did its work well. I n six hours after the pro spectus had been p u blished, it was quoted at 1 1 to 2 pre mium, and the next day was at 2 1 to 31. These fi ctitious p r ices are in no way whatever the work of the Stock Ex change. The members of " the house" almost invariably set their faces ag a i n st rigging the market ; but they are power less in the h a nds of men who, with money at command, are . d eterm i n ed to run up tho value of any named scrip. 'ph, operation is carried on by the outsiders, who go to a stock broker, and tell him to sell, say, a hundred Rio Grande shares, but at no less than ono premium. At the same time a confederate goes to another broker, and tells him he must buy fifty or a hundred of the same scrip, as he has promised to deliver them, and will go as high as one and a half or even two premium. Of course the broker set to work. The one, anxious to do his best for his client, gets the highest possible price for the shares, the premium of which will be paid back to the other party on settling day. When this operation is repeated perhaps a hundred times in the day, and parties determined to run up certain shares are ever sending brokers into the market to buy this scrip for them at any price, the quotations must go up it is im possible to be otherwise. In our case neither money nor energy was wanting to push our shares up in the market, and so well (lid the Universal Financial perform this part of their duty, that the success exceeded all theiranticipa tions. The premium increased to ton, twelve, fifteen, and eighteen premium.—Dickens's "All the I ear . Round." Th e market LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, Nov. 1 5 is dull, and, though not quotably lower, prices a in are gene rally the turn in buyers' favour ; but the case of Ame rican, holders seem indisposed to . make any further con cession. Sales 6,000 bales; 2,000 being on speculation and for export. The transactions for arrival comprise fair Bengal, Nov. sailing, 101 d. ; fair new open Egyptian, shipment Nov., 21d., Dec., 20id. Ir. rites unds icess 'this assia icess fiord hip's with der row. ver- Ail yet I by l be a nd two )m -arc' the ng, her adi ac- ut ~ild ,ve OSSEI 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 2 100 100 MEN' 190 100 100 1. 0 100 100 . 04 1 i An; I 1031