The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-06 00:00:00

ITNE MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market presents a slightly firmer appearance, although no important change is ap parent in the qu o t a ti ons upon wh i ch bills are negotiable. First-class paper has been taken at 6i P e r cent., but 7 per cent. is the general rate for the best commercial securities. It is supposed that th e B raz il s t eamer on W e d - Ile sdaY will take out £200,000 or £300,000 in sovereigns. The prospectus has appeared of the North Lon d on) H ighgate, and Alexand ra P ar k R a il wa y, ' whi ch requires a capital of £260,000, in shares of Finchley, £lO each. I ts object is to connect Edgeware, Highgate, Muswell-hill, and Upper Hol lcnvaY, with the North London Railway, and to establish a direct communication between the north of London and Alexandra Park, which will be a continuation of the main trunk line. The railway Will commence near the Caledonian-road Station, on the North London Railway ; will accommodate the districts of Camden-town, Kentish-town, Tuf nell Park; Upper Holloway, and Highgate, and terminate by a junction with the authorised Edg ware and Highgate Railway (now nearly completed) a little to the north of Highgate Archway ; from Whence running powers are secured to the company over the Edgware and Highgate Railway to Alexandra-park and Muswell-hill. Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. is to be allowed on calls, and 6 Per cent. on shares fully paid up. Two o'CLocK. Al the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 68 f- 07 u. Heavy. No important change has taken place in the Eng lish Stock market to-day, and the amount of busi ness has been limited. Con Sols are 884 k for transfer, 89/ for the Bth, and 891 e for December. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 871 Exchequer Bills, March, 6s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 1044 105 ; ditto 4 per Cents. 96i ; and ditto Enfaced 51 per Cents. , 107 k, Foreign-S toc Ica hav e not varied to any important extent. Turkish Consolides a r e 471 4 ; Mexican, i ; the N ew Loan, 24* f ; Greek, 19 1 ; Spa nish Passive, 281 ; the Certificates, 14 1 ; It a li an , ; t he Confederate Lo an , 6 8 ; an d t h e Bra p, 2i aprem. StAmerican securities indi ca t e s t ea di ness . U n it e d , a t 4 a Gove rnment 5-20 Bonds are 64 1 ; Erie uarea, 54 1 ; and Illinois, 82 1. vo l/n shiess in the Rail w ay s h are mar k e t h as b een „„ -I- Y dull, and prices h ave no t var i e d t o any im portant extent. North Western and Midland have c ac h improved ; while Great Northern de- Ile Fo nd Great Eastern /. reign and Colonial lines are inactive, ex cept Grand T runk of Canada which have advanced to 251. I,l3anit and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull. .))azik t ion of L on d on are dealt in at Mk ; Oriental z to Corporation, a t 49,1 50 ; English Joint St oc k, 4 f; 13 1 ; General C re dit an d Fi nance, at 6*.; "verend, Gurney, and Co., at 191 j. ; Credit Fon neje Stems and Mobili er o f England old shares are quotedA prem. ; N or th L on d on, Hi ghgate, and xzr:tdra P ar k R a il way, 1 1 prem. ; Leeds Woollen and Spinning Co., 2 prem. ; Transatlan- ZeStealnshipprem. ; and Pennsyl van i a Ilbric ating Oil Lands, 11 f. BRITISH. FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. g ~ QOVERNMENT FUNDS. ". Cent• Consols Do • 6 i „, ,Account, Noy. 8 BBl f 4-r ` - 'exit• Reduced B7l f 7 New ‘ , 3 ,Per °ext. B7k f 7 1 Do Per Ceni:Jan: 1894 — A nn • u Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — tufties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 101- ri o• or 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 134 ° (Red Sea. Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Ex e hequer Bill March Juuo Do • s, £1,000,3 ic3l- per Cent 6 dis £5OO — Bank o £lOO and £2OO of DDinr,-England Stock, l i. per Cent — ' ”, ,-, o .A.cc otuit In dia ‘...oyEnlymErrr SECIJRIEBS. to_ letococuk,ult.ol per Cent., April 187 4 — ip °• 5 Doper Cent. July 1870 . Aceo t ' 961 1 ) ,., un h '-'• 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do— Co. ertifi cates - Do,• Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — D° 6 per Cent, Jan. 1872 —°. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D ,o. Bonds, £l,OOO pm "0. Under £l,OO0 — A FOREIGN. FUNDS —ONII O'CLOCK. tstri 13 . -an Bonds, 5 p er C ent, 1859 l' oo lli an 5 per Cent. — • Loper Cent 1852-58-60 -I 1863 — Do. 1865 D • r o _ 0. Scrip, £l5 paid ' 2l pm ''''tienes Ayres 6 per Cent —De i C h ili -, per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) an 6 per Cent c , 3/0 . Aii per Cent — n°iombian 6 per Cent. — ba, JJ anish 3 per Cent., 1825 O. 4 per Cent, 18'63 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid...,, — D anubian Principalities Do Account •tquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent lll Do., Provisional Land Warrant Z gyptian 7 per Cent 95 41 •20., Second Issue ue £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 92 It 2 h Do .6100 Bonds I ; s eek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons —` D 0• Account uo Account t r , 7 4ateruaLa 5 pe r Cent. ' ° XB6 aid 1) 0 P ita);_. 1839 and 1850 — ' 443 • • 5 Per Cent (Maremm ana R a il way ) 69 3:1: AccountlB6s 0 0 ,, e llto, £67i paid — 11€3,Ieuatillr,Cen.., .1864 , per Cent 251 IN. Account _ tt D o 1864 _ --,-,° 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French 4-'0 French S rile Ex. 25f 20c _ iko_tite:viclean 6 cep' ' Cent., £3O paid _ k u° r l Bll he rial 5 per Cent ,e lv . 151 i G ranad a , _ Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do at.(' Warrants (Hectares) '-'O. Account . Do Scri, 445 ........... . paid .... Bonds __ lin 3 Per Calit• (Uribaarren) , Do 44 Per Cent., 1862 .rortuuese 3 per Cent., 1 803 Di j,..6o34PeecorunCetnt., 1856 , > 7, , 9 , , 60, '. 2 : :3, — 6 i Ittissi„.._ ~ ......................... _ Do .bt per Cent., 1 822, £St ,3 41 per Cent. 1850 ",-), 41 per Cerli, 1860 1;0 3 per Cent. 1859 ..,-)? 5 per Cent. 1862 BBl 1 fa'-'1,5 per Cont. 1864 brwonlan 5 per Cent — Dti. .."`ce°llllt .......................... Do - . 641 8 ,11 3 per Cent . . e 4sifivr Deferred DD o 4-e'count 440 PA di ve 4 ° ;: e co, e ft , tjp,'"''• kjert. of Coup not funded w -Account AJoheqlsh . 4ellt . ... .................. 1 , 14 , 1 , i l per Cent 1864 /y l / 4 ` 8 2 1 6 per Cent. 1854 D n a ';keeount ... .., . . b_ Per Cent 1853 D u o 4ceoUnt oo 4100 Bonds Do 11 Per Cent 6 75} t, A Per Cent. 1862 ° A ccou t 751 5 Do n ............................ 75 '4lOO Bon ds D o 6 11, per Cent, 1863 — Do PecoruCent. 1865 'Ae nt 431 1 1)0141(0 13 _ bQ . • ands N ae,Pl; £3O paid. Ye n© -"arailteed, 4 per Cent — c).l4ela B)er Cent bDo. i Per ent., 1862 o. 'ecount ............... . 3 3 8 6 1 Per Cent, 186 i 44fits Dividends on the above payable in London. BRI 411 , 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins D 8 1 .a- t 41 .14tQll'4111 Per cent., Ex. 25f. I), '3 Per Cent„ Ex. 12 Gnil 6l Pre 4 , l l . ' ter Cent. Certificates 9 11 tr,r6,;„ : ma ntes 4/ per Cent. j:,,,,' s) Per ® ,1861, Ex. 25f. NAccounti ............................................00K. gole f ' bitt . 87 c: Toney 88 i 13°' °Dece.4sSeutttle"rn"e. .... ................. "fr ,-......______ Zilerpool Cotton Market—This Day. - .... 44k et °Pens quiet, Sales, about 5,000 bales. v. 4. 2,d and )UiS °f r ode a nd ng f°r noses enlo ll ° C;011t1" Prince to t he ;a the 'his Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. ISlutol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon. Cornwall... Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b. Jun c. &London, tcrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s Lk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original l) S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford I Lancq shire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension.— Metropolitan DistriCt. _Do do. do. Do. and St. John'iNV'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derbi 'did Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , dr Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle . . ... Do. Stock. Az Darling'. Do. do. 1860-61 4orth London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 (North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon outh Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Tan - Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West 100' all 100 100 100 16.1&4 100 100. 100 all I p aid. l Closing 1 Business Price. done. ____ 92 Fi 127 129 94 96 12 14 6 6 67 7) 71 73 1(9 111 46 47 7 8 i2l 13 118 . 149 00 02 On G 1 61 63 43 45 36 39 04 'O6 124 123 89 9: 104 106 37 39 50 52 1244 125 96 97 57i ESt 137 IPB 3 ttp 161) 102 104 124 126' 14 21 95 97 61 6! 8 30 110 111 461 8 8 129 148/ i 9 121 i f 137 i 511 28 1104 103} 334 79 i I I BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence J3om.,Baroda. Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-. Calcutta & S. E., Bin Cape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Bem.f.al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Can ad s Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds - Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prd. Bonds Do. d o. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred 1 Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c I '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.. Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5* do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4a do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay N. 111.C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs Scinde ... . Do. Dehi Do. Puniaub... • a. Do.lndus St Flo' COLONIAL GO VER. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja..k July _1877-84 Do. 6 p. a Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. b p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct. 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 2882, Dray i 6, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal ';oy. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. p.c.Ja.&J ul3 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p a , 186e Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 t Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent....... Nova Soutia Gov. 8 p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. e 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1888-14 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. J a & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. Gold, Um IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated., Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved .. E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L ixey, limited.. Great South Tolgus.... Great Wheal Busy ~ G. Wheal Vor (llelst , ,o Grenville Herod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Starke Valley Slwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Se ton North ltoskear N. Wh'l Bassett (Illogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United Pr,,videnee Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clugan, lirn West Bassett (Illogau W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi verton ....... 9 10 18 191 560 580 4 21 23 10} 21 3} 1 15 76 3 2 4 20 21 14 2 4 46 354 16 3 2i 39 41 41 51 6 8 3 34 24 16d 40 50 10 12 11 54 36 420 410 121 171 11) 12 18 20 4 6 5 10 12 72f 77/ 175 185 75 80 22 24 4 6 195 195 184 195 West Seton ............ Wheal Bassett / Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton .. . ....... Wheal Tielawney (Us. riCENERENCE tillA RES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 8490 Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No.:1, 104 Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 107 Ditto, 4i per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent.,:loo Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di , to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent, 1301 Ditto,,4i per cent. pf. st. rd., 98/ North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., -- Ditto 4b per cent., rd., 9s PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. South Eastern, 6 per cent. Charing-cross, 1663, 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 6 p, cent., la Hull and Selby, 18 London Tilbury, and Southend, 103 21 Northern and Eastern, 67,per cent.,l6o FORM GN RAIL WAYS. Bahia and San Francisco an.) gua. 7 per oent, Ili I Great Luxembourg, 14f f amur and Liege gua. 141. per annum, 9 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 1 f San Paulo, lim. , gua. 6 per cent., 171 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 161 FOREIGN MINES. St. John del Rey, lim., 47i 8 Washoe Gold, lim., 10 BAN KS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 57 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 231 EnF,r, ish Joint Stock, lim., 13i Imperial Bank, Bin- 29 Imperial Ottoman, 161 London and Venezula, Metropolitan and Provincial_ Bank, lim., 174 New South Wales, 43} Oriental Banx Corporation, 50 491: Union of London, 53i DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 78-1 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural. 181 Bo.bay Gas, lim., rz - -4 Ditto. 3d Mime, 2i City Offices, lim., Commercial Union, Insurance, 7i Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 81 Egyptian Corn and Trading, lira.. 3 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim., International Financial Society, Interational Land Credit, lim.. Joint Stock Discount, lim. B.f Miliwall Freehold Land and Dock, 3 National Discount ( ompany. lim., 15 1 Ocean marine Insurance), 241 op O ev t rsiatcitni Peninsula a i un n r dant Gurney, and .nn A dt a s ol s Association, :Li m o 1 1 lira., 8 a t ere Ditto, new, 53 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance). UM, 81 GROWTH OF TT.LINOIS.—From the census returns already received it is certain that the population of Illinois considerably exceeds two millions. The growth during the past five years is truly remarkable. Only 36 counties of the 102 in the State have made their returns, yet their gains exceed 200 ,000. It is s a f e t o es ti ma t e th e t o t a l popu lation on th e Ist of July, 1865, at 2,000,000, being an in crease of 400,00 0 in five years. And this immense gain has been accomplished during a war which drained 256,000 of the ablo bodied young men out of the State. 68 69 103 104 36 37 10 11 p 118 120, 11 lip 1 liP 74 7 6 10i 11 148 152 60 63 57 69 7di 69,1 8 9} 149 151 3 i p 103 105 50 52 SSIONS. 67 59 102 103 id fp 6i 51 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 :5 101 103 101 102 104 105 i IP 23 25 88 89 64 68 55 60 li 51 58 4? 62 43 47 4 41 28 30 27 101 105 P 1P 101 102 18) In 31 31 , 1 98 18 85 d 7 1 6d 101 102 93 95 83 901 64 66 82 84 101 102 LON 10Ii ici mi uni 241 51 681 IT stuun. 95 97 93 95 93 95 81 83 81 53 103 105 103 105 103 105 1( 3 105 9 , 92 112 IC4 109 ilt 102 104 104 106 IG6 105 107 100 1( 2 95 97 9) 101 93 95 90 41 103 105 84 85 SHARE 'OSSEI II MINES. 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 1} 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 THE SUB, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIAG, NOVEMBER 6, 18C5. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was very firm, and a further advance of is. to 2s. per quarter took place in the value both of red and white qualities. All descriptions of spring corn were in short supply, the trade, in consequence, being firm in the ex treme at an average improvement of is. per quarter. There was a fair demand for flour at full the recent advance in prices. On the Continent the wheat trade is firm, with an up ward tendency in prices. Spring corn is also in request on higher terms. At New York the trade for wheat and flour is dull at lower prices, whilst the export demand is ex tremely limited. Corn, however, is in demand for export, at steadily advancing prices. Fresh up to Mark-lane tl-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very small, and the condition of the produce varied considerably. Owing to the limited num ber of samples on our stands, the small importation, and the advance in prices in the bountry markets on Saturday, the trade for all qualities was firm in the extreme, and a further improvement in prices of is per qr. was demanded by factors. At this advance sales progressed steadily, and a clearance of good and fine samples was effected at a somewhat early hour. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was mode rate. American produce—both red and white—was scantily offered, and the show of continental descriptions was far from extensive. The trade was very firm for all qualities, and an advance of is per quarter took place in prices, as compared with Monday last. A fair business was trans acted at this improvement. Floating cargoes of wheat were in request, at an advance in prices of is per quarter. Spring corn, afloat, was very firm, and in some instances rather dearer than on Monday last. a slow sale. In linseed and rapeseed sales progress steadily, at enhanced rates. Cakes move off freely, and prices have an upward tendency. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. BAIL COURT. SITTINGS AT NISI FRITTS. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn° and a Common Jury.) PARKER T. BAUTILL:-EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ASSAULT; COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. DEATH OF MR. COMMISSIONER FONBLANQUE This morniing was officially announced the death of Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, the senior commissioner of the Court of Bankruptcy. This gentleman, who had sat for many years, was obliged some three years ago to discon tinue his sittings personally, Mr. Registrar Winslow being appointed deputy commissioner. In consequence, how ever, of the death of the late respected Commissioner, Mr. Winslowhas no power to act, and his court was necessarily adjourned. Messrs. Commissioners Holroyd and Fonblanquo alluded to the loss of their old friend and brother judge in feeling language, after which the usual business was taken. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE SIR J. R. MACKENZIE, BART. This bankrupt has been before the Court on many occa-' sions, and to-day he again applied for his order of dis charge. The debts are very heavy, nearly £lOO,OOO, but the creditors, the largest of whom are the executors under the will of the late Earl of Fitz william, are to a certain extent secured. It was stated that another adjournment was imperative, as the accounts required the fullest inves tigation, and the case accordingly stood adjourned till a future day. SHERIFFS' COURT, (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY OF A SILVER S'SIIFF-BOX-COL. LINGWOOD V. lIORWOOD. This was an action to recover £lO, the alleged value of a silver presentation snuff-box, detained by the defendant. Mr. Talfourd Salter (instructed by Mr. Buchanan) ap peared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Russell (instructed by Mr. Burt) representing defendant. _ _ Mr. Salter said that this was rather a singular action, and it required a few words of explanation. Now the plain tiff's father had been during his lifetime one of the church wardens of St. George's, Bloomsbury, and while acting in that capacity, in the year 1822, was presented with a silver snuff-box. Plaintiff was the eldest son, and it would be shown that the box remained in possession of the old gentleman until the year 1845. Upon his death it was found that the box was missing, although it had been left specially to the plaintiff. Defendant had married plain tiff's sister, to whom the box had been lent, and upon her death plaintiff demanded the box from defendant, who claimed the box as the executor under the will of the de ceased lady. His Honour—Can you make this an heir-loom ? Mr. Salter considered that it did become so. Mr. Russell said ho denied the facts as stated by Mr. Salter, and urged that this box could not be considered as an heir-loom. Mr. Salter replied that when the Duke of Marlborough's sword, which was presented to him by the nation, was the subject of an action it was held to be an heirloom, and surely the snuffbox given by a vestry would also be con sidered a heirloom. The learned counsel said he would deal with the various pleas in their proper order. He would show also that the plaintiff had taken out letters of administration to his late father's estate. It was quite true that there was a will, but it was pretty sure that defendant would never venture to prove it before the Probate Court. Mr. Russell said he had the will in Court. Mr. Salter—Why was it not proved before ? Mr. Russell—Because it was not worth it. His Honour said that if defendant filed his bill in Chan cery under the will, the first thing the Court would do would be to stay this action. Kr. Russell said that he had letters to prove that the present claim had been abandoned. Mr. Salter said that all this should be explained. His Honour said he should adjourn the case to enable the defendant to prove the will. Mr. Salter thought this ought not to be done. Mr. Russell said he had another defence, which was, that the original holder of the box was bankrupt, and the snuff box thus became the property of the assignee. Mr. Salter said it had been retained by the old gentleman at the request of his assignee, who was present, and would prove it. Mr. Russell urged also that the present suit was barred by the Statute of Limitations, as the boa came into defen dant's possession ten or twelve years ago. His Honour said he should adjourn the case to enable defendant to prove the will. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISCHAII.GING FIREWOILKS IN THE STREETS. —Thomas Garrett, a rough-looking lad, was ehargod before Mr. Tyr whitt with discharging fireworks in the streets, and also with assaulting Police-constable Kennedy, 130 P. The constable said that on Saturday night he saw the prisoner discharging fireworks in Dudley-street, and on taking him into custody he kicked him several times on the legs. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 10s., or seven days. Arthur Halker, a lad, was charged with discharging fire works in Leicester-square. Police-constable West, 75 0, proved seeing the prisoner discharge fireworks last night in amongst persons paesing the Alhambra Palace, Leicester-square. Two little boys, named Thomas Williams and John Frost, were also charged with letting off fireworks, but as they had been locked up some time, Mr. Tyrivhitt, after cautioning them, ordered them to be discharged. OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT.—Mary Conner and Honorah Bryant, two coarse-looking young women, calling them selves dust sifters, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and assaulting Mr. Henry Ross, a painter, of No. 6, Midbourn-street, St. Pancras. The prosecutor said that on Saturday evening he was walking with his wife in Grafton-street, when the pri soners and another woman came up to him and called him a "Slop," thinking he was a constable in plain clothes. They then set to striking him and knocked him down in the road. They then bit his face and his thumb, and had so hurt his shoulder that he could scarcely move his arm, and he believed his shoulder was put out. Mrs. Ross, wife of the prosecutor, said that when the prisoner and the other woman, who managed to escape, first came up to her and her husband, one of them spat in her husband's face, and called him a " slop." They then threw him into the road, covering him with mud, and set to biting him. There were four Irishwomen all attacking her husband at once. They then flow at her like wild cats and_ struck hsr and tore her hair and smashed her bonnet. She (witness) at last managed to escape from them. Burgess, 83 E, proved finding the prosecutor covered with mud, and his face bleeding, and his wife having the ap pearance of having been evidently pulled about. A butcher had tried to save the prosecutor from the prisoners' vio lence. The prisoners were both drunk. Mr. Tyrwhitt--I must say I look on the prisoners like wild savages let loose in a civilised town. What business have you (prisoners) to attack respectable persons in the street ? .You will be committed for a month eaoh with hard labour. THE PAST SUMMEIL—The English Registrar- General has to report that the mean temperature of the six months from April to September, 1865 - namely, 59.37 deg., has exceeded any to bo found in the records of the last 94 years. Yet the degree of heat was never equal to that of several quite recent summers. The highest of all the returns made to the Registrar-General this year was 92 deg., reported by the late Dr. Barker of Bedford ; and in 1858 the same gentleman had to report a heat of 97 deg. at that place. But in all the 94 years the mean temperature of the six months never before reached even 58 deg., except in five years, and in only ono of those exceeded .59 dog. — namely, in 1816, when it was 59.13. Mr. Huddlestone, Q.C., and Mr. Layton, Q.C., were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hawkins, Q. 0., and Mr. Cole, for the defendant. From the statement of counsel it appeared that this was an action by the plaintiff to recover compensation in da mages for an alleged assault, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty, that the defendant first assaulted him, &c. The plaintiff was a gasfitter in Great Russell-street, Coven-garden, and the defendant was landlord of the, Crown and Scopti e, Woolner-street, Poplar. In the com mencement of last July the plaintiff with a friend of named Hill, a currier, in business in Great Queen-street, Long-acre, went in a cab to the shooting ground at Horn sey-wood. There was a match going on at the time, and they went on the ground to see it. Mr. Hill was drunk at the time, and they went to Hornsey in a cab, and he (plain tiff) considered a drive would do him good. He left him for a short time, and during his absence Hill fired at a pigeon, which he missed. One of a number of men pm sent came up to Hill, and said to him, "I shall trouble you for the £5 bet you have lost. He denied that he had made anybet, and the mancried out, "You're a welsher," "Duck him," and the crowd commenced dragging him to the pond. In the mean time the plaintiff returned, and finding the mob ill-treating his friend, he inter posed, and said that his friend was a respectable man, and never betted. But the crowd continued to drag Hill to the pond, and he placed himself between him and the pond, upon which the defendant struck him twice, blackening his eye and slitting his nose. A police man came up, and he gave defendant into custody, and he afterwards instructed his solicitor to apply to him for compensation, of which the defendant took no notice. As regarded Hill, he was pitched head foremost into the pond, and was nearly drowned before he was rescued. Mr. Parker, the plaintiff, was examined by Mr. Layton, and deposed to the main facts in the opening statement of counsel. He denied most positively that he had given the defendant any provocation. When the peliceman came up the defendant gave him a correct address. It was a month before he recovered from the effects of the assault committed On him by the plaintiff. Some corroborative evidence having. been given, the jury, after some consultation, found a verdict for the plain tiff, and assessed the damages at £25. CURRENCY PER IMP. HEASITRE. Wheat—Essex and Bent, red, new, per qr. 39. to 46■ Do., old 46. 51. Do., white, old s4e 59a Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —e —I Do., new —s —4 Talavera, new s2a 60. Rye— Barley—Grinding • 2Be 31s Malting 33s 40. Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown „Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66e 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20a 24s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l9. 25s Cork, white 2l. 26e Scotch, Feeding 2os 24a Beans—Tick. 4oa 42s Pigeons .., 43a 48a Peas—Grey, new Maple - White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b 43s 46s Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 26s Bls METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a large supply of foreign stock on sale here to-day, chiefly in middling condition. The trade was slow at prices barely equal to last week. A few prime beasts from France realised ss. per 81bs. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts were on the increase ; but their condition was by no means first-rate. The supply from Ireland and Scot land was moderately good. The quality of the stock from Aberdeen was remarkably prime. Good and prime beasts commanded a steady sale at full prices, but inferior animals changed hands slowly at barely late rates. The best Scots and crosses sold at from ss. 2d. to ss. 4d. per Blbs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire, we received 1,800 short horns, &c. ; from other parts of England, 750 various breeds from Scotland, 121 Scots and crosses, and from Ireland 250 oxen, cows, and heifers. The supply of English sheep on sale was but moderate. The few prime Downs in the pens produced 6s 6d to 6s Bd, and the top price of half-breds was 6s 6d per 81bs., at which the trade was inactive. Middling and inferior sheep moved off slowly, and prices were 2d per 81bs. beneath the late highest point. Calves were in short supply and sluggish request, at about stationary prices, viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 6d per 81bs. The supply of pigs was on the increase, and sales pro gressed slowly on rather lower terms. The day appointed for holding the'great Christmas mar ket is Monday, the 11th of December. Per 81b to sink the offal. a dadi Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 2 3 8 Second quality do ..3 10 4 6 Prime large oxen ..4 8 5 0 Prime Scots. art.... 5 2 5 4 I Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 2 4 6 Second quality do —1 10 5 6 acted Pme crs-wool sheep 5 8 6 0 Prime blhdown d 0.6 6 6 8 Large coarse calycs.4 6 5 2 Prime small d0......5 4 5 6 Large hogs .4 0 5 Small porkers 5 4 5 8 Lambs....os Od to Oi Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 235; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 35s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 5,050 Beasts Z 350 Cows. — Cows . — Sheep and lambs 27,220 Sheep and lambs 14,990 Calves HS Ca yea 9 4- VW' 32) Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 19,909 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 13,674 ; in 1863, 10,898 ; in 1862, 11,980 ; in 1861, 12,755 ; in 1860, 6,824 ; and in 1859, 6,294 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp ... 881 „.. 2 Boulogne l9 ... 386 ... ... 631 Bremen Dordt. Caen Calais.. ••• ••• Dunkirk 24 ... .. • ••• ••• 217 Oalborg Daneburg 3O ... 2676 450 Harlingen ..... 250 ... 207 ... 2 19 ...1926 Iledemblik 62 2140 ... Christiana.... Ostend — 89 63 Rotterdam 4OO 3502 ... 36 107 Tonning 2304 ... 1885 ... 279 Gothenburg 24 ... 29 1 Total 3822 ...11,898 390 454 —.3345 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1864 4269 ... 7,621 ... 82 .. 719 ...1033 1863 1834 8,613 ... 255 194 1862 .. 1984 9,266 ... 130 465 135 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, 'Oct. 31, 1864, and this day, Monday, Oct. 30, 1865. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Nov. 7, 1864. Nov. 6, 1865. _ a d a d s d a d. Coarse and inferior beasts 8 4to 4 0 3 2to 3 8 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 419 5 2 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep 310 4 6 4 2 4 8 Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 5 8 510 6 4 6 8 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 0 4 6 4 6 5 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 4 410 5 4 5 8 Beasts 7,110 5,050 Sheep 21,330 24,220 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Nov. 9, 1863.—Beasts, 6,430 — sheep, 22,490—calves, 250—pigs, 460. Nov. 10, 1862—Beasts, 6,o9o—sheep, 20,960—calves, 142 —pigs, 890. NEWGA.TE AND LEADENHALL. Fair supplies of meat are on sale at these markets; for best qualities there is a steady demand at our quotations. Per filb by the carcase. • sd s d Inferior beef 2 8 3 2 Middling do. 3 4 3 10 Prime large do 4 0 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Large pork 4 4 5 2 Lamb, Os 0 s d s d Inferior mutton 3 4 4 2 Middling mutton 4 4 5 0 Prime do 5 2 5 6 Veal 3 10 4 10 Small pork. 5 4 6 0 Id to Os ud. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale is tolerably large. As regards good and fine samples the trade is firm, at fully late rates. For inferior qualities there is a moderate demand. The imports into London, last week, were 680 bales from Ant. werp, 120 Ghent, 96 Hamburg, 130 Ostend, 127 Rotterdam, 20 Calais, 131 Dunkirk, and 39 bales from Boulogne. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings 9ss to 135 s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are 'but moderately supplied with pota toes. For most descriptions there is a steady demand, and prices rule firm. Last week's imports were about 75 tons from all quarters. Kent and Essex regents Scotch do. —e to —1 „ Yorkshire do —s to —s „ „ Flukes 17 „ Rocks 50s to 75s „ WOOL. Very little change has taken place in the state of the wool trade since we lost wrote. Both in home-grown and colonial descriptions the amount of business doing is very moderate, but the washed must be considered steady, at the prices of last week. Tho public sales of colonial wool will be commenced on Thursday, the 16th inst., the arrivals, since the close of last sales, being about 50,000 bales. Current prices of English wool per lb. d d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 8 1 9 Half-bred do 2 0 2 1 Kent fleeces 2 0 2 0} South Down ewes and wethers 1 8} 1 9 Sorts—Clothi n Leicester do g 1 1 6 1 11 Combing SEEDS. Canary seed is firm, but all other agricultural seeds arc ITIiS. TALLOW. The tallow trade is quiet to-day, at the late decline in prices. The quotation for P.Y.C. on the spot is 50s 6d per cwt. Town tallow is selling at 51s 9d net cash. Rough fat commands 2s Bjd per 81bs. Particulars. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. Stock this day 43,340 63,214 54,176 46,598 Price of Y.C. —s Od 44s Od —s Od —p Od Delivery last week 2,208 2,174 2,773 2,795 Ditto from June 1 35,179 30,335 34,668 48,512 Arrival last week 1952 1,508 6,160 2,582 Pitto from June 1 40,207 55,702 43,823 62,627 Dries of Town STATEMENT OF TALLOW MIFFED AT ST. FETEE.SEURG. 186.5. 1864. 1863. Casks. Casks. Casks. Tallow despatched from Cron stadt to Oct. 11, 0. S. In ships loading and lighters 6,745 13,355 4,533 - - Loaded off from St. Petersburg Oct. 13, OS. Loaded off from St. Petersburg after this date.. 1,857 Total at cloaa of navigation.. 8,408 58,356 75,944 -- London Liverpool 2,822 340 Bristol Other English ports 1,601 1,960 1,289 Ireland 6lO 52 178 Scotland Germany 5,808 3516 12,265 Frames 2,835 911 2,083 Total 72,822 43,344 63,003 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY. LITEEEPOOL HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Bendigo (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Nu (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Dalby (offered) 12 to 1 agst Valliant (taken) 100 to 7 agst Accident (taken) 16 to 1 agst The Eland (taken) 100 to 8 agst Windham (offered) 20 to 1 agst Moldavia (taken) 20 to 1 agst Elland (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blithield (taken) 100 to 3 agst Farce (offered) 50 to 1 ugst Buckfoot THE INSURRECTION •I . N JAMAICA. HALIFAX, Oct. 25. On Monday night information was received by telegraph from the United States that a negro re volt had occurred in the Island of Jamaica. It is said that the negroes had applied for relief to an extent the authorities were not in a position to grant, and, taking umbrage at the refusal, num bers of the coloured population armed themselves and commenced a riotous attack on the white in habitants. Upon information respecting this re volt having reached the authorities here, it was de cided to despatch H.M.S. Duncan with the 17th Regiment to the scene of the disturbance for the purpose of quelling the insurrection. The Duncan will sail on Saturday next, and on her way put into Bermuda, where some companies of the regiment now serving in that garrison will be embarked for Jamaica. Yesterday General Doyle, in replyto a request made by a number of merchants for information concerning the negro outbreak in Jamaica, furnished the following statement, which was posted in the news-room in the afternoon : " The Governor of Jamaica reports, through Consul-General Bunch, that a rebellion of negroes had occurred in the eastern district of the.island of Jamaica. Mr. Bunch's letter bears date the 18th October." Fatal Accident on the Metropolitan Railway. On Saturday evening an inquest was held at St. George's Hospital, by Mr. Bedford, on Thomas Welch, aged 35, engaged on the works of the Ken sington Extension of the Metropolitan Railway. On the 16th of October last deceased was engaged in sinking a pit of considerable depth. To raise the clay which was being dug from the bottom a large skip or bucket was used, being raised to the surface by steam power. This was being raised, and had got 20ft. up, with about three-quarters of a ton of clay in it, when suddenly the iron hoop handle broke on -both since, aced the skip wan dashed to the bot tom of the pit, striking deceased on the head and chest, and inflicting a fearful wound on the temple. He was at once conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where he expired. Henry F. Perley, civil engineer, and agent for the contractors for the works, stated that the iron handle was an inch and half in thickness, and if it had been of good material ought to have borne a weight of 27 tons. He had examined it and found that it was made of crystalised iron, with a short grain, a very inferior manufacture. It was not the practice to test bought materials. The skips were supplied by a firm in Thames-street. The medical evidence showed, that beside the in jury to the head, the deceased had sustained a frac ture of the chest bone. Death was caused by pyaemia, or blood poisoning through the fracture of the skull. Verdict—That the deceased met his death through an accident, but the jury were of opinion that the iron used for lifting weights should be of greater strength than that used, and ought to be properly tested. Oppressive Monopoly of Railway Companies. -__.~ TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—lt is perhaps but little known to the public at large how vastly oppressive and injurious to individual rights and interests is the gigantic power possessed by railway companies, who, acting under the sanction of Parliament, think themselves authorised to invade every kind of landed or household property, regardless of the loss and, in many instances, ruin to the rightful owners. We have cases of suicide committed under the strong feeling and smart of this b power.himself lf a An d mf family, in n i w l y h , o b , n after b o labouring v f n o g r a y e l s e r a s s e t , o support premises being required by some company, is most unjustly and andnncerernoniously ejectedwithout:consideration or a penny compensation, and who unable to obtain premises in the locality where be had established himself, suddenly finds himself and family reduced to abject poverty, and without the prospect of recovery, surely such a case, and there are many of them, should be provicted against by Parliament requiring a clause in the Railway Act for such contigencies before arming the company with their authority. Again, it frequently occurs that a widow is left with a young family to educate and support and thought to be comfortably pro vided for, her husband having carefully laid out his means for that purpose in the purchase of reversionary property, and to place his children in due time in good positions; but this property being within the bounds for some new line of one of those great monopolising companies, is demanded and taken possession of for a small sum based upon its present value regardless of the reversion which in a few years would treble its present worth, and upon which the whole family had placed their reliance for establishing themselves at a proper time according to the ;lows and intentions of the testator. This should be a case for which the railway com pany should of their own accord make ample compensation, and not force the owners or trustees to seek redress, at greatoften cost, n nf c r a t u t n t h a t e e l h y a n a r d e s l o e f d 1 to 2 o g f t v h e e i a r n country men unequal verdictw o too by .prera am, sir, an yours,lswo &c. Nov.o by the paid o ffi c i a l s o the f low g t boev. 4 oofin:lpui6-e sny. A ►SUFFERER, EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.--Mr. Norman Mac pherson, advocate, has been appointed to fill the c h a i r o f Scots Law in Edinburgh University, vacant by the resig nation of Professor Moir. SECRETARY OF THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—Mr. R. S. Reay, the pre sent chief of the audit department of the company at Euston Station, is, we are given to understand, to be the new secretary. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Mar quis of Hartington, Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, Lord and Lady Alexander Gordon Lennox, Sir Frederick John stone, Mr. G. Gladstone, and a select circle of friends have been the guests during the past week of Mr. Chaplin, at Blankley Hall, Sleaford. The party separated on Satur day. AMERICAN INGENUITY. -01 all the " smart " in stances of Yankee ingenuity, perhaps the smartest is the trick played upon the authorities of Now Brunswick after their recent offer of a bounty of three dollars for the snout of every boar killed within the colony. A large number of snouts was brought in, chiefly by Indians; but i n course of time it was discovered that most of the trophies wore imitations only, cunningly manufactured of India-rubber and gutta-porcha, by clover manipulators in the Sato of Maine, who sold them to the Indians at haN-a-dollar each. The profit on the trick was handsome ; but as the Blue Noses (New Brunswickers) have long boasted they could not be outwitted, the snout manufacturers are per haps enjoying a satisfaction beyond that of mere pecu niary gain. Law Reporting. The Council of Law Reporting, which owes its existence to a scheme for the amendment of the pre sent system of law reporting, which was approved and adopted by the bar at a general meeting con vened for the purpose by the Attorney-General, and held under his presidency on the 28th of November, 1864, have issued an address to the Lord Chancel lor and the other judges of both law and equity. courts. The other three inns of court and the In corporated Law Society appointed members of the council, as proposed by the scheme ; and these mem bers, so appointed, with the concurrence of the At torney-General, the Solicitor-General, and the Queen's Advocate, as ex-officio members, have un dertaken the duty of endeavouring to give effect to the public improvement contemplated by the scheme. It is proposed that the reports shall be placed under the management and control of the council ; that they shall beprepared by reporters, under the super vision of editors, all being barristers of reputation and experience ; that they be published in monthly parts, with regularity and promptitude ; and so that as far as practicable, there be no arrears; and that the remuneration of the editors and reporters be by salaries, with provision for future increase to an amount, as it is hoped, commensurate with the value of their professional services, and so as to leave them no longer exposed to the risks, uncertainties, and exactions which have been found to be inherent in every system which makes law reporting a com mercial adventure, - involving a trade profit. The council have been enabled, to make financial arrange ments for the establishment of the proposed reports which place the interests of all those members of the bar whose services will be engaged as editors and reporters beyond the reach of any commercial risk. The council have always considered themselves bound to give effect to the provisions of the Bar scheme according to their true intent and meaning, with the view of accomplishing (if practicable) the prime object of the scheme, viz., the establishment of one complete set of reports under professiOnal control. By the 21st clause of the scheine it is contein plated that, for the establishment of the reports, a subscription of £lO,OOO is essential. The counci, have invited subscriptions for that purpose, and ob tained them to an amount which would have consi derably exceeded £lO,OOO if the Goveniment gua rantee contemplated by that clause had been ob tained. It was, however, found impossible to obtain that guarantee ; and that being so the council might, had they been so minded, under the terms of the 22d clause, have cancelled the list and abandoned all further proceedings ; but with the full concurrence, or rather at the urgent request of many members of the bar, they have not done so. They have resorted to the authority given to them by the 27th and 28th clauses of the scheme. And having, to their great regret, received no offer of assistance from any of the London law publishers, they have entered into arrangements with a firm of printers of large capital, skill, and experience (Messrs. W. Clowes and Sons, of Duke-street, Stamford-street), under which the publication, sale, and distribution of the Reports are undertaken at the entire risk of the printers for an agreed commission of moderate amount. The receipt of the subscriptions is retained by the council in order that the moneys may be applied by them, and not the printers, to the payment to the editors and re porters of the first moiety of the salaries which by the scheme is proposed to be guaranteed. The sum already subscribed far exceeds the amount of this first moiety ; but in order that there may be no risk or uncertainty whatever in the payment to the edi tors and reportere,- a guarantee fund has been formed by the voluntary subscription of members of the profession. The fund now reaches -12,000 per annum, and is exclusively devoted to the editors and reporters. It was first signed by the Attorney- General, Sir Roundell Palmer, after by the Lord Justice Turner,Vice Chancellor Kindersley, and Vice Chancellor Wood; and after having been also signed by many leading members of the bar, has been since signed by the Lord Chancellor for a larger amount than any other individual guarantee. The printers have engaged to make up the full subscription to £lO,OOO, and to look exclusively to the surplus sub scriptions for payment of their charges for printing and paper. These charges have been settled at fixed rates of moderate amount. These arrangements the council confidently represent as amply sufficient to place the establishment of the proposed reports upon a firm financial basis, and one perfectly satisfactory to the editors and reporters appointed. Having thus completed their financial arrangements, the council, on the Ist August last, resolved that the proposed reports should commence on the first day of Michael mas Term next; and in pursuance of that reso lution have selected the following gentlemen as editors and reporters, subject to the approval of the judges, as proposed by the bar scheme :—Editor, common law, Mr. J. R. Bulwer, Q.C. ; equity, Mr. G. W. Manning. House of Lords, English and Irish appeals ; Scotch appeals, Mr. J. F. Macqueen, Q.C. Privy Council : This appointment is under consideration. Courts of the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices : Mr. Cadman Jones, Mr. Martin Ware, Mr. Horton Smite. Court of Queen's Bench, including appeals therefrom to Exchequer Chamber : Mr. Wm. Mills, Mr. H. Holroyd. Court of the Master of the Rolls : Mr. Chas. Marett, Mr. J. H. Fordham, Mr. James Stirling. Court of the Vice- Chancellor Kindersley : Mr. T. W. Gunning, Mr. J. J. Smale. Court of the Vice-Chancellor Stuart : Mr. J. W. De Longueville Giffard, Mr. T. F. Morse. Court of the Vice-Chancellor Wood : Mr. J. B. Davidson, Mr. F. G. A.IV illiams, Mr. W. D. Griffith. Court of Common Pleas, including appeals to Ex chequer Chamber, Mr. John Scott, Mr. H. W. Bompas. Court of Exchequer, including appeals to Exchequer Chamber : Mr. J. Anstie, Mr. A. Charles. Crown cases reserved : Mr. L. W. Cave, Hon. E. Chandos Leigh. Admiralty and Ecclesiastical: Mr. W. Ernest Browning. Probate, Matrimonial, and Divorce : Dr. Tristram, Mr. R. Searle. In the selection of these gentlemen, the council have been guided wholly and exclusively by the directions of the scheme and the merits and fitness of the gen tlemen chosen. The existing authorised reporters for the several courts have therefore been invariably preferred wherever they have consented to accept the appointment ; and the council have every confi dence in the ability and competence of allsedes selected, faithfully and satisfactorily to discharge their The council have to regret that, after every possible effort within the authority with which they are in. vested to secure the services of the present autho rised reporters for the courts of Queen's Bench and Exchequer and the Rolls Court, they have been unable to prevail upon those gentlemen to 4ccept the appointment. The judges will no doubt recog nise the important result which will at once be realised from the acceptance of the appointments by so many of the authorised reporters, namely, the discontinuance, from the first day of Michaelmas Term next, of ten sets of reports which have been hitherto published separately, each independently of the other, at irregular and sometimes long pro tracted intervals, and at an immoderate cost. The object of the bar scheme being the careful prepara tion of one complete set of reports by the most able and experienced reporters, under independent pro fessional control, to be published with expedition, regularity, and uniformity, and at the moderate cost of five guineas a year for the entire work, the coun- cil venture, on behalf of the profession, to present it to the judges as a matter of public interest and im- portance, and calculated to uphold the real interests of the bar, by subjecting the exercise of one of its most important privileges to those restrictions which the public good, the true consideration for the privi lege, requires ; to facilitate the administration of justice by simplifying and purifying the sources of the law, and thus ultimately to lead to important amendments in the law itself. For the furtherance of this object, and upon public grounds alone, the council by this address respectfully and earnestly request the sanction and support of the judges for the following purposes 1. That the judges will approve of the appointment of the several gentlemen named as reporters to the several courts for which they have been se- lected. 2. That the judges will be pleased to per mit the editors and reporters to have access to, and the use of their written judgments, and all such papers as the judges can control ; and will also, so far as convenient and agreeable to the judges them selves, revise their unwritten judgments before pub- a PI lication. And 3dly. That the judges will recognis e the editors and reporters as members of the bar exercising a professional privilege for a public ob ject, under responsibility, through the council, to the judges, the bar, and the profession at large. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Saturday Evening. Notwithstanding the very positive statement of one of our contemporaries, Baron Deasy emphati cally denies that the Privy Council has anything to do either with the Irish People paper or with the arrests which have taken place in connection with the Fenian movement. This declaration is so con trary to everything that has been stated, written, and believed on the subject here as well as in Eng land, that I deemed it sufficiently important to com municate to you by special telegram last evening. In the Court of Exchequer yesterday Mr. Dowse, on the part of the plaintiff Luby, in the action for wrongful seizure instituted against the magistrate Mr. Stronge, moved for liberty to exhibit certain interrogatories to the defendant, Mr. Stronge. support of the application an affidavit by Mr. Luhy was read, setting forth the circumstances under which the property in the office of the Irish People newspaper had been seized, and complaining that the retention of his books and documents by the police had prevented him from preparing his defence to the charge of treasonable practices, on which ho understood he was to be tried. He said he believed that in ordering the seizure Mr. Stronge acted not in his magisterial capacity, but ministerially, ,in obedience to written directions and a warrant signed by the Lord Lieutenant and the members of a Privy Council which met that evening at the Castle. Counsel having read oat the names of the Privy Councillors, including Mr. Justice Fitzgerald and Mr. Baron Deasy, the following colloquial interrup tion took place : 's Baron Deasy—Who makes the satement? " Mr. Dowse—The plaintiff. " Baron Deasy—There was no meeting of the Privy Council, and none of those persons Were there. They knew no more about it than he did until they read it in the newspapers. " Mr. Dowse—l am only stating what is in the affidavit. " Baron Deasy —The Privy Council had no more to do with those arrests than you had." This statement does not accord with the allega tions so strongly put forward by some of the Lon don papers, that the warrants were absolutely signed by Mr. Justice Fitzgerald in his capacity as a member of the Privy Council, while I perceive that one writer, under the signature of " Justaia," ob jects to that learned judge sitting at the special commission on the ground that he was one of the prosecutors, having signed the warrants. The pub lication of such statements is most injudicious, and in this country it is productive of grave and even serious mischief by weakening, the confidence of the lower classes in the administration of justice, and in their respect for the constituted institutions of the country. The suggested conference of Irish members, pre vious to the assembling of Parliament, is beginning to assume shape and form. I understand that DO less than twelve members have already sent into the committee of the National Association letters ex pressive of their approval of the proposal, and of their willingness to take part in its deliberations. The Government have cons ented to advance money to pay the cost of employing an engineer on the part of the landowners interested in the Shannon drain age, to act jointly with an engineer named by the Board of Works, with a view to form a design and estimate of the works necessary for the better drain age of the Shannon and Suck, and also to estimate the extent and value of the improvement of lands adjacent likely to be obtained. Mr. Lynam, C.E., will act on the part of the landowners. The counties interested in this important concession of the Trea sury are greatly indebted to the Marquis of Clanri carde, whose judicious and persevering exertions have been mainly instrumental in obtaining it. The business people of Queenstown are commenc ing to object to the annoying searching process which American passengers are subjected to on their " touching the sacred soil of Erin." The fact is, the American steamers have commenced to give Queenstown the "go by," and run up Channel without dropping into the Cove. This, of course, operates unsatisfactorily on shopkeepers, &c., and hence the indignation. Apart, however, from this consideration, it appears the " searching" is posi tively and unnecessarily annoying —I might say indecent and ludicrous. The Cork Herald, re marking on the proceedings, says :—" It is difficult to say whether a male spectator feels more in dignant or amused at beholding a policeman ing' a female passenger's back hair, done up in the present extraordinary fashion, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it conceals arms, ammunition, or documents.' - The process is naturally repugnant to the feelings of respectable females, but instances also occur where the victim' is a woman of spirit, and makes the searching officer thoroughly ashamed of his work. It will, at the same time, readily sug gest itself how insufficient the searching of females by policemen must, in every case, prove as a means of detecting anything occupying a small compass, which may be intentionally concealed. The Edin burgh, of the Inman line, passed the harbour on Sunday evening, on her passage from New York, and proceeded to Liverpool. She had twenty pas sengers for Queenstown, and these were brought over from 'Liverpool on Friday, per the outward bound City of Washington. On landing they under went the same search as if they had just arrived from America; but, of course, nothing objection able was found. The National Company's steamer was due at Queenstown on Wednesday night, and the constabulary were off in the tender to meet the passengers coming ashore. The vessel, however, did not come within hail, but proceeded to Liver- pool." Under the head of " Attempting to Shoot an Officer," the Cork, Herald informs us that a pri vate of the Ist Royals, named Ball, is at present in custody at the Military Barracks, on the charge of having loaded his rifle, with intent to shoot Capt. Maguire, one of the officers commanding his regi ment. Col. Muller presided a few days since at a court-martial in the matter, the result of which has not been declared. During the trial the prisoner's rifle and a bullet extracted therefrom were produced. The only defence made is that Bell was under the influence of drink at the time ho committed the offence. The Nation of to-day announces that on the 12th nst. two Catholic bishops will be consecrated in the Cathedral, Marlborough-street. They are the Rev. Dr. Murray, at present chaplain to Dr. Cullen ; and the Rev. Matthew Quin, brother of the Bishop of Brisbane, and recently principal of one of the schools of the Catholic University. The two new bishops are intended for the foreign mission—it is believed Australia. The Mail of this evening, in reviewing trade and monetary matters for the week, observes that " the last accounts from Ulster show that some slight check has been given to the excited demand and in- creased prices caused by the orders for linen and other goods for the United States ; but trade is still healthy and active, and generally prices are well supported. In our own share market there is a good deal of activity, with a firm and upward tendency in most kinds of shares ; but Government securities are not improving. The Irish railway traffic returns for the week again exhibit a pretty general improve ment—in some cases a decided increase in the re turns." THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—An order in Council was published in a supplement to the London Gazelle on Satur day afternoon, rendering it unlawful for any person to remove any cattle to any port or place within the north.. western district of Scotland, from any ether port or place in Great Britain. ROYAL ALBERT INFIRMARY, BISHOP'S WALTHAM. On Saturday morning, about nine o'clock, Prince Frede rick William and Princess Victoria of Prussia left Wind sor Castle on a visit to tho Prince and Princess of Wales at Sandringham-hall, Norfolk. Their Royal Highnesses drove from the Palace in ono of the Queen's carriages to the Windsor station of the Great Western Railway, and proceeded by the 9 5 a.m. express train, which is due at Paddington at 940 a.m. The Prince and Princess aro ex pected to remain the guests of the Prince and Princess of Wales for a few days. 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