The Sun. — London, England, 1865-11-23 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence. --4.-- - Her Majesty's ship Vestal has been successfully launched at Pembroke Dockyard. The christening was performed by Mrs. Loring, wife of Capt. Lor ing, the superintendent of the yard. The Vestal is intended as a despatch vessel, and has a projecting prow from below the water-line. Her dimensions are as follows :—Length between perpendiculars, 187 ft. ; length of keel for tonnage, 158 ft. ; breadth, extreme, 36ft. ; breadth for tonnage, 35ft. ; depth in hold, 19ft. ; burden in tons, 1,081 ; armament, four heavy guns ; horse-power, 300. The Salamis, paddle despatch-vessel, 835 tons, 25 0-horse power, Commander Francis G-. Suttie, now at Portsmouth, is ordered to be paid out of commission and recommissioned on the same day by her present commander for service in the China and Japanese seas. The Salamis is a vessel of great speed, and will steam satisfactorily against the mon soons. This the vessel she goes out to relieve--the Coromandel—cannot do. She will prove a most efficient addition to the fleets of her Majesty's ships 011 the coasts of China and Japan. The sentence passed on Gunner Sullivan, of the 7th Brigade, Royal Artillery, whose trial by court- Martial for striking his commanding officer, Major Champion, was reported some time since in The Sun, has just been made known. He is sentenced to five years' penal servitude, to be branded with the letters " B. C." (bad conduct), and finally to be dis missed her Majesty's service with ignominy. On Tuesday and Wednesday last a court-martial assembled on board her Majesty's ship Formidable, flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K. C .8., to try Charles Norton, ship's steward, borne on the books of the Cumberland for service in the Naval Barracks, Sheerness, for having, between the Ist of July and the 30th of September last, fraudulently embezzled and appropriated to his own account cer tain provisions, the property of the Crown—namely, 80 gallons of rum, 1681 b. of tea, and 1,9211 b. of salt pork. - The court was composed of Capt. John Fulford (president), of her Majesty's ship Formid able ; Capt. G. G. Randolph, of her Majesty's ship Cumberland ; Capt. Francis H. Shortt, of her Ma jesty ship Favourite ; Commander F. H. Stevens, of her Majesty's ship Wellesley; and Commander Samuel B. Dolling, of her Majesty's ship Formidable. Mr. Knight, of the firm of Essel, Knight, and Ar nold, Admiralty solicitors, Rochester, acted as Deputy Judge Advocate. Mr. Nicholas Giles, the paymaster, Commander Henry E. Crozier, and Samuel George Thirtle, Master-at-Arms in the Naval Barracks, gave evidence in support of the charge. The prisoner, in his defence, denied embezzling or fraudulently making away with the stores, and ac counted for the deficiencies by stating that the stores Must have been supplied to ships and the demand notes lost. He denied that the dockyard police or the masters of the lighters had had any stores from him, and stated that he had said they had because Mr. Giles had told him he would not use what he might say against himself. He handed in certifi cates of 14 years' service in the navy, and hoped that on account of his former good character, steadiness, and sobriety the court would deal lenientlywith him. The court found the prisoner guilty of the charge so far as related to the-rum and tea, but did not con sider the charge of having appropriated the pork to his own use proved, and sentenced him to 12 calen dar months' imprisonment. 3YEONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. REDUCTION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The Bank of England directors, at their weekly court this morning, have reduced their rate of dis count from 7 to 6 per cent. The event has occasioned much satisfaction in c ommercial circles, but among the banking com munity it has awakened some surprise. Capitalists Were loth to believe in cheaper money. Their general idea was that the rate would rather remain at 7, or be further advanced, than reduced, and if it 'lad not been for the very considerable amount Of gold—upwards of half a million sterling—received at the. Bank during the past week, there is little P r obability that the movement made this morning w ould have t a k en pl ace . It mus t no t , h owever, t forgotten that the inquiry for accommodation has been of a very moderate character, and this P er haps, as much as anything else, has largely con tributed to an easier condition of the money 144arket. An amount of gold, representing £226,000, was sent to the Bank yesterday. The letters of allotment of the Alhambra Com -1344Y were sent out yesterday. The allotment letters of the Marine Mansions ectopany were posted yesterday. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under :- 1865. 1864. N.reat western £68,001 £64,917 —° lth Western :•• ••• ••• 1.12,682 105,5R6 14 °4 th Wester . . 21 , 194 19,465 hto tt n ••• •• • • 20175 17,079 °r i ne at h a t nNtd Northern rs h : e r ..• ..• :•• :•• :•• 2 48 07 : 7 1 4 0 8 7 4 18 5 ;9 74 3 8 6 Eastern ... 39,276 36,850 laeashire and Yorkshire ... 38820 33,792 tristol and Exeter rth Emt 6,260 5,925 . 67,388 63,252 'alarichpastetinSheffield, and 20,119 17,588 great Lo ndon, Chatham, and 32,077 31,027 and Dover ... 7,947 6,396 These returns, when compared with the correspond ing period of last year, show in most instances some satisfactory features. On the Great Western there is an increase of £3,084, on the North-Western , O f £ 7,096, on the South-Western of £1,729, on the B righton of £3,096, on the Midland of £2,359, on the South Eastern of £1,796, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £5,028, on the Bristol and Exeter of £335, on the North-Eastern of £4,136, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £2,531, on the Great 'Eastern of £1,050 ; on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,551. At the meeting of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company, held this day, Sir Morton Peto, the chairman, stated that on his visit to America he found the railway in a highly satisfactory state, but r ecommended the shareholders to provide more ro lling stock. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. At the Paris B ourse , t hi s da Two O'CLOCK. y, accordi ng t o M r. Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. R en t er were 6 8 75—firm. Since the reduction in the rate of discount busi- Il eas has been quiet, few bills having.for beentheoffered moment f:_r negotiation, but 6 per cent. l 'e rate out of doors as well as at the Bank of Eng -0-41,11`1 The change has been so sudden, and in many quart unexpected, that a further relaxation is !ensidered not improbable, and consequently . there is an inclination to borrow as little as Affairs alto quiet and indicate a healthy gether are verypossible_ tendency. Continued firmness is recorded in the market for En • g li sil Funds, C onso l s b e i ng 89i i for money, an d , s a the dividend, 88+ + for the account. All the other stocks are generally well supported. b ille de alings in the Railway Share Market have sho wn to a fair extent, and prices generally have N. " 14 an upward movement. Brighton have im '"ved 5 8., North Western 10s., and Great Western and south Eastern each £l. al• T i l _ le r°reign and Colonial lines are also at aillgutlY enhanced quotations. South American East d Lombardo -Venetian have advanced 10s., and I n d ian ss. Loans °II G overnment S ecur iti es can b e o bt a i ne d th e iaetrklefins, owing t o the measure adopted by th PYvi ng the movement of the Bank directors, thee.Pricipal bankers and bill-brokers have reduced fonlr allowance of interest on deposit accounts, as 61 - °,l" viz ) 1 per cent. at call, 5 at 7 days, and i 'lt 14 day's notice of withdrawal. q u otati on 4illericall Securities are in slight request, and 6.2_s are generally better. United States f ° 130 ads are 63i 64+ ; Erie Shares, 55i. ; and oie, 82i. st:seLveral alterations have occurred in Foreign c l “ 3, but little business has been transacted. Turkish Consolides are 46/ I ; Mexican, 26/ ; ditto, New, 24i 25/ ; Greek, 17 / ; Spanish Passive, 28/ i; the Certificates, 13i e ; Italian, 641 ; the Confederate Loan, 8 10 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 2/ 3 prem. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain quiet at steady rates. Central Bank are dealt in at 50k ; Imperial Ottoman at 154 ; Union of London, at 534 ; Hudson Bay Co. at 151 4 ; National Discount Co. at 16-; Overend, Gurney, and Company, at 22 /; Fred. Symonds and Company Shares are quoted 1 2 prem. ; Bank of Turkey, 11 11 prem. The Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England. (old) shares, 3/ 4 prem. ex all ; and the new issue, 3i 4 prem. ; the St. Saviour's Wharf Company shares are 14 2 prem. ; the East and West Junction Rail way Company, 21 3 prem. ; the Tasso Brazilian Gold and Mining Company, 1 prem. ; the Ameri can Oil Wells Trading Company, 1 21 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Dec. 7 BBk jf 3 per Cent. Reduced B7: I- New 3 per eclat B7: New 3f per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908—, 2 March June Exchequer Bills, £1,000,3 & per Cent. 5 3 die 5 die Do. £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO — Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account ' — INDIAN GovERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B6l Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO lB pm Do. under £l,OOO — FOREIGN FUNDS -ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do. Scrip, £25 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chili= 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent, 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid --- Danubian Principalities Do Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 9l 4 Do £lOO Bonds 914 4 i Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, en Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do Account — ctuatemala 5 per Cent. — Do .£B6 paid — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £674 paid — Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account • — Do 1864 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 41 per Cent Do. Account Do Scrip, £4s'paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Da 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B9l 1 90 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 .. Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l3l 14 Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 p©r Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account 9l Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. 11 per Cent Do 6 per Cent. 1862 — Do Account 741 i Do £lOO Bonds 751 Do 6 per Cent.. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do .£l€o Bands 43 . 1, 4 Do Scrip, X 35 paid — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. 6 per Cent., 1862 Do. ACcount Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 pm' Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 par Cont., Ex. 12 Gni , Do. 4 per Cent. Certifies Les — French Routes 4.i per Cent. — Iralian 5 per Cent. ,1861, Ex. 25f. Do Account Consols for money Do. Account, ex div. 5 10 dis TWO O'CLOCK. 891 I 88f x d The Insurrection in Jamaica• -.,..--_ TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SlR,—Finding the press so full of intelligence and discussion regarding the Jamaica insurrection, I have been unwilling to trespass upon it ; but as my letter of 24th October supplies evidence not yet published of the implication of Mr. George William Gordon in it, I send you a copy, as follows : " It appears now that this matter has been brew ing for a long time, and that for two years past we have been sleeping on the brink of a volcano. The disclosures made since I last wrote are fearful, and no one had the most remote suspicion of the parties implicated. Bad as the people were, who would have thought that night after night they sat coolly deliberating blood ; and, more than anything else, it will astonish you to learn that the man who was at the bottom of it all—the man by whose advice these meetings were held, who appointed cap tains and lieutenants, and who planned the whole scheme that was to annihilate all the white blood of the island—was the man thought so much of by many people. I could scarcely realise the idea that George William Gordon had been arrested in Kingston (boldly walking about - while this bloodshed was being perpetrated) till,with manacled hands and military escort, he was con ducted on board the Wolverine for Morant Bay, the scene of the foul slaughter that had occurred at his instance and by his advice. I had a shadow of doubt as he was th us wa lk ed away whether the authorities could really bring ho me th e bl oo d s h e d to him, or wh e th er, as some hoped, this awful state of things was brought about by his preaching. However, our minds were set at rest when intelli gence reached u s from M orant B ay that a court martial was sitting on Gordon, and no proof was wanting to condemn him to death. His office was emptied of all papers belo ng i ng to hi m, letters and papers of his were got in all parts of the country urging the people to take the step. Dying men, whom he had led to the gallows, i n th e i r last breath, gave their confessions against him. Yes terday morning, at 8 o'clock, he, al ong w i th 17 black men, were hanging in Morant Bay. 0 wretched fate that a man should so far forget him self, should be so dead to reason and to discretion, as to contemplate and design the murder of thou sands of his fellow-creatures.—l am, sir, yours, JAMAICA. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day., 1 Cotton market opened with a steady feeling. Sales probably 8,000 bales. THE LATE MR. LOVELL REEVE, F.L.S., F.G.S.— The death of Mr. Lovell Augustus Reeve, the well-known naturalist, is just announced. Mr. Reeve, who had been ill for some time, was but 51 years old, and had not long survived his literary friend and fellow-worker, the Rev. J. M. Jephson. He was born in 1814, and for many years head of the firm of Lovell Reeve and Co., of Henrietta-street, publishers of a vast number of standard works in natural history, chemistry, travels, antiquities &c. From 1856 to 1858, or thereabouts, Mr. Reeve was editor of the Literary Gazette. His chief study, however, was conchology, his profound knowledge of which was shown by his various elaborate and costly works. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE---This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice and Justices Mellor, Shee, and Lush.) IN RE ➢SADAME VALENTIN. This case, which has assumed so many protean forms before the lir courts, was again brought before this court to-day, in the shape of an application, by Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., to have an indictment against Mr. Hall and Mr Lafourcade brought by certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench, to be tried on the ground that it arose out of the same transaction as the misdemeanour for the trial on which a certiorari had been granted ; and that, therefore, they ought to be tried together. Mr. Metcalfe opposed the application on the ground that it was not usual to remove a felony by certiorari, and also because the prosecutrix had been at great expense in bringing witnesses from France, and ought not to be put to that expense again. If the order were made he hoped there would be a condition attached to it that the defendant Hall should give security for the costs in both prosecutions. Mr. Coleridge opposed the application, and said that the true bill must have been found before the certiorari could take effect, and therefore the witnesses must have come to London in order to obtain the indictment. The Lord Chief Justice said the defendant must have the rule for a certiorari made absolute, and, with regard to costs, they must follow the order of tho Court in the usual way. Rule granted. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) YARRINGTON V. YARRINGTON. This was a suit instituted by the wife for judicial sepa ration, on the ground of her husband's cruelty. Dr. Wambey appeared for the petitioner, and there was was no defence. It appeared that the parties were married in 1853, and that the petitioner was possessed of a property of between £4O and £5O a year, as well as large a stock of household furniture, which she had by her first husband. The parties were in the same position of life, respondent being a mas ter builder, and the petitioner the daughter of a respectable seafaring man. The evidence was to the effect that the respondent be came intemperate and ill-used his wife. The acts of vio lence deposed to were of the usual character, namely, striking the woman in the most brutal manner, and inflict ing injuries of a character that prevented the wretched petitioner from discharging her domestic duties. The evidence fully proved the case, and the Court made the decree with costs. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share' Railways. 11 - thstol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. 113. London, scrip Certi. 91 93 126 27 94 96 12 14 F 6 68 72 71 73 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk: 108 110 1 461 4761 72 8 i 1 Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock '26k 1271 147 148 128 130 Do. .1\ ew, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original . S. V. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.— Oxiord 93 93 611 611 60 62 41 43 36 39 .04 106 122 1224 88 90 103 104 36 38 50 32 124/ 125/ 96 97 6 4 614 1854 135/ 3 sip Ji lip 104 104 Do. Newport Do. He eford Laoc+shire & Yorkshire L.uadon 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'sW'd Mid.and Do. £9 Share _ . 1241 1251 94 96 Do, Birmin.. do Derby 'lid Kent North British 601 61 Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle .... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern ;Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha ! West Cornwall BRITISH POSSE ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 47& 8 621 2 i 122 i 89 041 i 081 110} I 69 4 141 793 80 P a id . ' Closing I Business Price. done. 12 5 1 4 I 1 NI 7 61 136 k 7 63 04 51 125} 41 5j Atlantic . & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, & Cen.ln. Du. 5 per cent.. o. shares Buffalo 45 Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, di Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3-4 Calcutta & S. E., lim Cape Town Az Dock, gu Demerara, i p.c per. pt East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad a Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 24 Pra. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred .... Do. 3d Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deferred.... 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 1 Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8- 1 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay 6pc lstpf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do ti rs Do. Punjaub 1 Do.lndus COLONIAL GO VER, British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1572.... Can. G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.dz July 1877-84 Du. 6 c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. sp. c. Jan. July Do. 5 p c. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Uo.Adl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do! ItBo-9, , Do. Jan.&Juiy, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April anu 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Soy. 1868, d p. e Do. 1878, do Haurittue, C. p. c, 1873, Jan. and Juiy Do. lt•78 Do. 188), Mayls, Nov. ,f Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal '4ov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 Do. 6 p.c. 18;1 to 1871 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189.? New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 percent.... Nova Scotia Gcv. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 poc 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Grov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon !East Cam Brea. Nast Grenville: East Gunnislake.. east Lovell. E. WI Russell (Tavlstk Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. Great L otey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenvihe Herod's Foot •••• El ingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley flwyndy iron Ore, lim New Sewn North Roskear .'.Wh'l Bassett (I llogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr ,videnee Uny I. dant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra ana Clegan, Lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L‘skeard West C hi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Iwheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis PKEFEKEN(•I SHAKES. Great Northern, 41 per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 100 6lt.Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford 2d guaranteed stock, Ditto, Newp. 5 per cent. pref , redeemable at 5 pm., 10 ► Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di, to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 41 per colt. pt. st. rd., 98} PREFERENCE BUARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per;cent. pr., Ditto, 5 per cent., 97 Ditto, new 5 per cent., 01 London, Brighton. dm, near 41 per cent., 1563, 99 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London Tilbury, and Southend, 703 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 41 Mid. Bradiord Fret. Stock, 94 (FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 16t ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 101 Sambre and Meuse, 6t Sambre and Meuse, 5 per cent. pt., 91 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 16 FOREIGN MINES. Cobre Copper, 26 East del liey, lira. il Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min.lCo., 1 i Panulcillo Copper. Rm., 4} United Mexican, lim., 3} Pallau►zas3a Gold, lira., 2 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 562 Anglo Egyptian, lira., 142 Bank of British Columbia, 22/ Chartered ikler. of India, London, and China, 481 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10 1 l 1 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 121 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 181 Imperial Ottoman, 15/ London and River Plate, 57 London Joint Stock, 51 . / London and 1% estminster, 981 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 17 Midland Bank, Rm., 18 Oriental Bank Corporation. 501 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 42 Union of Louden, 531 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2/ Berlin Water Works, lim., 111 Ditto, A shares, 21 Bbilibay Gas, lira. , 52 2 Canada Company, 80 Ceylon Company, 101 City Offices, lirn., 71 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 9 8/ Crystal Palace, 871 Ebbw Vale, in 14 Gellivera, um. 51 Gen. Credit and r'inance of London, lira.. ff Hudson's Bay, 152 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 72 f International Financial society, Um., 61 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1"70, issued 90, 821 Joint Stock Discount, Rm., 82 London Financial Association. lim , 212 National Discount Company, lim., 161 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim., 22 orth British and Mercantile Insurance, 191 Ottoman Financial Association, Urn., 71 Overend, Gurney, and Co., Rol., 211 2 Quebrada Land, ttAil, and Mining, lira., 3 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 75 4/ Royal Mail Steam, 115 Societe Financiere d'Egypte, lim.. 41 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lin g Trinidad Petroleum, lim., Union Marine Liverpool, Um., 3 Uuiyereat Alarinv, Lafninme, lim., 4 * 8 30 110 111 68i 69i 103 104 351 361 1 96 ioi p 122 )24 lj 2 pi 1j 2 74 76 11 116 148 152 63 70 112 114 60 8t 55 67 786 796 8 10 147 15i 3 !p 102' ' 104 49 51 SSIONS. 68 60 102 103 id 1p 6 6t 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 102 103 104 105 i IP 27 28 88 90 66 69 55 60 57 59 6) 52 46 50 4 44 31j 32i 30 31 104 105 I P 2 2P 101 102 17 17; 3} 3 d 93 15 86 66 1 4d 101 102 93 15 83 90 64 66 82 84 [0 101 i 1004 101 4 i 1 0 101 102 3 i 2}'¢ 104} i I IT SECU 95 97 93 05 93 95 81 83 81 83 103 105 IG2 101 lb 2 104 IG3 105 9) 92 It 2 1(4 109 lit 102 104 104 106 106 10 1(•0 ►O7 10 , ► 1( 2 95 97 9) 101 93 95 90 91 103 105 84 85 10) 102 102 103 106 108 105 106 107 si GORDON v. GORDON AND CARLISLE. This case• presented some peculiar features, inasmuch as that the petitioner, who is a surgeon in the English army, had obtained a divorce a mensa et thoro, on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The depositions of the evidence, taken originally before the Consistorial Court, was read, and some witnesses were examined. His Lordship said that the object of the present petition was to enable the petitioner to get a full divorce. The evi dence adduced was chiefly what had been brought beforo the other court, and he was bound to receive it, but the viva voce evidence produced to-day so fully confirmed it that he had no hesitation in making the decree nisi. COURT OF' BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Hazlitt.) IN RE LOUIS GEORGE JULLIEN. This bankrupt, the son of the late celebrated conductor and composer, M. Jullien, was described as a musical direc tor, of No. 1, Addison-terrace, Notting-hill, and he came up for the first meeting and proof of debts. The cause of the failure is stated to be insufficiency of income and loss on Promenade concerts. The claims now on the file are nearly £2,300, and amongst the creditors are Messrs. Mapleson, lessee of her Majesty's Theatre, £695 ; F. A. Cowan, her Majesty's Theatre, £35 ; Dimes, her Majesty's Theatre, £3B; Madame. Espilaux, Pall-Mall, £30.; Grannava, Hotel do l'Europe Leicester-square, £l2O ; H. Jarrett, Tavistock-square, £B5 ; M. Jullien, Her Ma jesty's Theatre, £3O ; C. K. Hansen, Copenhagen, £360 ; J. Unite, Edgware-road, Paddington, £llB ; B. Warwick, 1, Addison-terrace, Notting-hill, £290; Sloman, Her Mai jesty's Theatre, £3 ; M. Lotto, Paris, £BO. The bankrupt came up under his own petition, Mr. Levy of Bow-street being the solicitor to the bankrupt. Assignees were chosen, and a day named for the next meeting. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE CAPTAIN CURGENSEN. This bankrupt was described as of her Majesty's Military Train, captain, and to-day he came up for the order of dis charge upon accounts showing debts £5,207, with a defi ciency upon the asset side of £3,463. After some discus sion the case was adjourned, it being stated that the bank rupt had set the military authorities at defiance and refused to sell out. CENTRAL CRIMINAL couar—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN COVENT GARDEN. James Murphy, aged 20, described as a fruit 'salesman, was charged with feloniously wounding Mary Anne J ennings on various parts of the body. There was a second count charging him with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Mr. F. H. Lewis, who prosecuted, briefly stated the case, on which he relied for a conviction, and then proceeded to call evidence. Mary Anne Jennings, who was led into court, and who appeared to bo extremely feeble, was the first witness. She said she was the barmaid at the Red Lion publichouse, Covent Garden. The prisoner had been courting her some years, but it ceased three weeks before this occurrence. About half-past 10 on the evening of the 12th of October she was returning home, and within a short distance of it the prisoner came up and said he wanted to speak to her. She was in company with Mrs. White. Prisoner said, "Have you been to my cousins ?" and she said "No." He said, "You must go now." She said she would not, and he then took a razor or knife from his pocket, and showed it to her. Mrs. White went for Mr. Loader, prisoner's uncle, when prisoner took hold of witness, threw her down, and then taking the razor out of his pocket commenced cutting her. He lifted up her head and .began to cut her across the face, saying, " I will do for you." Witness struck him with her umbrella, and said, "For God's sake, don't kill me for the sake of my poor mother." She was then taken to the hospital. Mr. Ribton, who was for the defence, briefly cross examined the witness —She did not hear him say he would kill himself while they were down. When she terminated the courtship he said he would run a knife through her and himself too. He did not appear to bo in a wild or excited state. The additional evidence which was given has already appeared in The Sun. Mr. Justice Byles said the first count, that of intent to murder, was of a far more serious character than that of intent to do grievous bodily harm. The question fox the jury was whether the prisoner intended to kill the pro secutor or not. Ile committed the act in an ag , of of disappointment, and perhaps of irritation, and there was do question as to the state of his mind at the time. The jury found the prisoner guilty on the first colt it. Justice Byles sentenced him to 20 years' penal ; ery t ude NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) ALLEGED FRAUD ON THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. George Loresby Worth, 46, draper, was indicted for unlawfully attempting to obtain by false pretences from the directors of the South Eastern Railway the sum of £2OO with intent to defraud. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner wrote to the directors of the South Eastern Railway, informing them that his brother had been severely injured by the accident which occurred on that railway on the 9th Juno. He further stated that his brother was lying ill at his house, that compensation would be required, and that £2OO would be accepted, all of which was untrue. The letters sent to the company were put in and posi tively identified as being in the handwriting of the pri soner. The defence was that he had been misled by his brother, who had misrepresented the matter to him. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Poland asked that sentence might be deferred until next sessions, as he had received certain information, which led him to believe that the present was not the first time the prisoner had acted in a similar manner. This application was assented to by the Court. THIRD COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) THE BURGLARY AT THE EARL OF FIFE'S. Joseph Newman was indicted for burglariously enter ing the dwelling-house of the Earl of Fife, and stealing therefrom a quantity of gold and silver articles to the value of £3OO. There was also another indictment against the prisoner for a burglary at the Earl of Eldon's. From the evidence it appeared that the police traced two persons to a house in Dean-street, and on leaving it the yonstables arreeted them on a charge of burglary at Dover titreet. A violent struggle took place, but ultimately the two men were overpowered and conveyed to the station house, where they gave the names of Joseph Newman and Charles Castaldi. The lodgings of the prisoner Newman were afterwards searched, and a quantity of the plate stolen from the Earl of Fife's was discovered. They were both committed for trial, but shortly after Castaldi was confined in the House of Detention he committed suicide. The police produced a quantity of elaborately finished housebreaking implements found at Newman's residence, and at the point of one of the jemmies a portion of paint adhered, which, on being compared with that on the drawing-room door of the Earl of Fife, exactly cor responded. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The learned Judge sentenced him to 15 years' penal servitude. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT THIS DAY. HOUSE OF LORDS. Parliament standing prorogued until to-day, the Lord Chancellor, and the other royal commissioners, cook their seats before the throne: The Usher of the Black Rod having been directed to summon the Commons to the bar of the House of Peers, in a few minutes after the " faithful Com mons," in the person of their clerk; attended. The royal commission was then read, and at its conclusion, The LORD CirANcELLon, in the usual formal man ner, declared that the Parliament was further pro rogued until December 28. Another prorogation will therefore take place be fore the two houses meet for the despatch of public business. POLICE INTELLIC:ENCE.—This Day. WESTMINSTER. ROBBING A MASTER.—Sarah Spencer, a well-dressed married woman 32 years of age, was charged with stealing four pairs of sheets, four pair 3 of pillow cases, a table-cloth, children's clothing, &c., value £lO, the property of Mr. Richard Lee, her master, a surgeon, residing at 3, Great Queen-street, Westmiuister. Prosecutor said the prisoner was the wife of his coach man, and had been in his service six months. All the family linen was entrusted to her charge, it was in a box in the front dining-room nailed down, and yesterday morn ing at 11 o'clock prosecutor and his wife, in the absence of the prisoner, opened the box with a hammer and chisel, and discovered the property had been stolen. He called the prisoner and asked her about it, and she did did not deny it, but expressed such surprise that suspi cion did not light upon her, and she was accordingly ordered to fetch her husband, who was accused of the felony. The prisoner immediately exculpated him, and said she had taken the things, and pawned them, but did not know the shops. She added that the money had been sent to her mother, who was in distress. Prosecutor then came to the court, and having obtained advice returned home, but prisoner had left. She re turned in the evening, and was given into custody. William Baistone, 298 B, proved taking prisoner into custody, She said the things were pledged somewhere in the Edgeware-read. She was remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SEIZURE OP OBSCENE PHOTOGRAPHS AND BOOKS.—A war rant was granted a few days ago to the police to search a part of the house No. 77, 'Wardour-street, in the occupa tion of a man named Edmonds, otherwise Harrison, a dealer in photographs, &c., the police having become ac quainted with the fact that a quantity of obscene photo graphs and books were in his possession. Inspector Draper having proved the fact, the magistrate issued the warrant for the destruction of the articles. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY AND HORRIBLE CRUELTY TO A HORSE. —William Singer, a middle aged man, with a somewhat forbidding countenance, was brought up on remand before Mr. Paget on a charge made against him by Mr. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for having unlawfully and maliciously wounding a horse. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecu tion for the society. The offence was committed on the 24th of February last, and a few days afterwards a warrant was obtained by Mr. Love for the prisoner's apprehension. He absconded, and every endeavour was made to trace him, but without success up to Wednesday the 17th instant, when he was taken and brought up on a warrant, but it having been ascertained that the magistrate's jurisdiction was ousted in consequence of the time in which the conviction ought to have been obtained having expired, the prisoner was discharged, but was immediately given into custody again by Mr. Love, and after a short investigation the fellow was remanded. Mr. Gomm, from the office of Mr. Hodgson, solicitor, appeared for the defence. Mr. Charles Young, having alluded to the horrible nature of the case, called a number of witnesses, from whose evi dence it appeared that in February last the prisoner was in the service of Mr. Edward Abbott, cowkeeper and contrac tor, of Limehouse, in the capacity of foreman. On January 31 last Mr. Abbot bought a blind horse of Mr. Bowyer, of Stepney-green, and found it was a " jibber or screw: , The horse was left at work until the 24th of February, whentho prisoner, enraged and out of temper at the horse not drawing a van so readily as ho could wish, said to a man named William Perkins, "I'll make the - draw," and directed Perkins to make a branding-iron rod-hot. Perkins did so, and the prisoner 'took the red-hot iron from him, pulled the horse's tail aside, and wickedly and deli berately thrust the iron into the animal's body, keeping it there a minute. Perkins described this horrible and mali cious act to the horror and disgust of the whole court, and said the horse " smoked and frizzled, and blood came from it." Mr. Paget indignantly asked him why he did not prevent the prisoner committing such an atrocious act, and lay hold of the prisoner, and he replied, " Singer was my foreman, and he would have sacked me if I had interfered with him." Mr. Gomm—You made the branding-iron red hot. Witness—Yes, I did. Singer told me to do it, sir. Mr. Gomm—Are you sure he kept it in the animal's body a minute ? Witness—Yes, I am; full a minute. Mr. Gomm—Would it not have been easy for you to have laid hold of his right hand ? Witness—lle would have sacked me if I had done so. Mr. R. Sterne, veterinary surgeon and farrier, of Gun lane, Limehouse, examined Mr. Abbott's horse on the 2d of March last. It was in a state of great suffering, and the animal was immediately destroyed by his advice. The witness described the fearful injuries sustained by the horse. Charles Abbott, a police constable, No. 322 K, said he took the prisoner into custody on the 15th of the present month in Camberwell. The prisoner said " Yea, I burnt the horse. I did it through drink. I suppose I must put myself down for two years' imprisonment." llir. Gomm said the prisoner would reserve his defence, Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial, and con demned the conduct of the witness Perkins who made no effort to stop the prisoner from torturing the horse. Mr. Charles Young and Mr. Love quite agreed with the magistrate, and regretted they were obliged to make a witness of the man instead of charging him as a partial's criminis. ANOTHER SACRIFICE TO CRINOLINE.—Miss Lucy Cheesewright, who resided with her mother at Elizabeth-terrace, Hackney-wick, and who was about to be married, has fallen a sacrifice , to crinoline. Whilst in the parlour of the house in Elizabeth-terrace, with Mrs. Cheesewright and Mr. Tart, her intended husband, she passed near the fireplace, and her crinoline apparently caused her dress to come in contact with the bars of the grate, and it at once blazed up. Mr. Tart instantly rushed to her assistance, but the flames so enveloped her that he had the utmost difficulty in mastering them. Mrs. Cheese wright was in some danger, and in all probability her life would also have been sacrificed but for the exertions of Mr Tart. Ultimately, by throwing the hearthrug and other things over Miss Cheesewright, he succeeded in extin guishing the fire, but not before she had been fearfully burnt over the body and limbs. All that was possible was done to save the poor lady's life, but her injuries were so severe that her case was hopeless from the first. She lingered, however, for some days in great pain until death released her from her sufferings. ' ENORMOUS CATCH OF HERRINGS.—The week before last the Yarmouth fishing-boats alone caught 25,000,000;of herrings, valued at £30,000, but as the number of boats belonging to that port is very large, no correct idea can be formed of the success of any single boat ; but one single Filey boat brought in 150,000 herrings. Connected with this remarkable catch is the still more remarkable circumstance that within a very short distance, almost within a stone's throw, of this successful boat, another fishing-boat of the same size, same number of nets, same number of hands, and also fishing the same length of time, only caught some 500 herrings, and another a very few more. Perhaps there never was a year when herrings, as the fish ermen say, were so "lumpy"—that is, swim in such com pact shoals as they have done this season ; hence the im- mense difference between the successful catch of ono boat and the unsuccessful catch of another. LORD PAL3IERSTON'S GRAVE.—The grave of Lord Palmerston, in the Statesman's Corner of Westminster Abbey, has been temporarily covered with pieces of stone paving, pending the construction of a tablet and monu ment to be erected to his memory. The spot where the late lamented Premier lies is now indicated by a piece of c ard-board, on which is the simple inscription—" Lord Palmerston's Grave." COVER-SHOOTING IN PERTHSHIRE.— There has recently been some excellent shooting in Perthshire, as game of all descriptions is plentiful. On Friday, the 17th inst., the Right Hon. Lord Ravensworth, Lord Dupplin, the Hon. Colonel Liddell, the Hon. Capt. Drummond, and Lieut. Crighton shot over the Drummond Castle covers, near Orloff. The morning was wet, but the weather was bright after mid-day. The number killed was 71 hares, 40 pheasants, 5 woodcocks, and 23 rabbits. The same gentlemen were out on Saturday, which was an excellent day. The number of game killed was 199 head—viz., 44 rabbits, 72 hares, 71 pheasants, 6 roe-door, 5 woodcocks and 1 capercailzie. Sir Richard Tuf ton has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel. The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge have left town for their seat in Hampshire. Sir Edmund and the Hon. Lady Filmer have left Farranc&s Hotel for Worcestershire. IC2i 1 , 41 I ,ITISS. SH MINES. 10 11 21 25 580 690 1 1* 2 25 10 11 5i ta 3 4 1 15 16 3 6 8 20 21 1 14 3! el 145 56 ;I 41 37 39 5* 51 7 9 5 21 lod 40 50 15 17 ! 1* 1* 12 38 40 420 440 2 26 276 326 to 12 19 20 5 7 5 6 10 12 81 84 190 200 83 90 24 28 4 6 2.74 214 19 20 2.1.0 2Y4 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 3.2.6 18.18.9 35.15.6 Court of Common Council. Yesterday a special meeting of the Court of Com mon Council was held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor in the chair. The Town Clerk (Mr. Woodthorpe) read a letter from Mr. John Pollard, the clerk of the Metropo litan Board of Works, forwarding copies of a report from the streets committee urging the laying down of water mains in a subway of Southwark -street. This report was referred to the improvements com mittee, with instructions to communicate with the commissioners of sewers on the subject. Mr. Deputy De Jersey laid upon the table a case relative to the commissioners of sewers which had been submitted to the Attorney and Solicitor Generals and their replies, and moved that the same be printed and circulated among the members. The motion was agreed to. The Town Clerk read a letter from the daughters of Mr. Deputy Lorkin, acknowledging with thanks the receipt of a letter of condolence upon the death of their father, which was passed at the last meet ing of the council, and it was ordered to be entered on the journals of the court. Mr. ISAAC moved the following resolution—" That having in view the great loss and inconvenience to which a large number of citizens are subjected by the non-progress of the works for the proposed dead meat and poultry market, it is desirable that addi tional professional assistance should be provided by the markets improvement committee, in order to accelerate the progress of the said works." He ad verted to the great number of important works now thrown upon the office of the City Architect, which, he said, required extra assistance for the purpose of carrying them out. The flolborn Valley improve ment, for instance, was a work of great magnitude, requiring the utmost care and ability. The dead meat market in Smithfield was one of a similar nature. He deemed it due to the architect himself, as well as to the markets improvement committee, that additional professional assistance should be pro vided. Mr. R. N. PlumpPs seconded the motion, and in doing so said he had no intention of reflecting in the slightest degree upon the ability of the architect, but he thought the great amount of labour which would be required in carrying out the works expeditiously, works, the commencement of which had been re tarded by the delay that had taken place in the production of the plans—proved the necessity that existed for granting immediate professional assist ance. The amount of money which at present was locked up, in consequence of the non-usage of the ground at Smithfield, was somewhere about £lO,OOO a year, and this might be reckoned as the annual loss the corporation were incurring by the present state of things. He estimated the cost of the erec tion of the new market at a quarter of a million, and he argued that no time should be lost in expediting the works, in order to meet the requirements of the trade and the wants of the public. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR defended the markets improve ment committee, and said the delay which had arisen was unavoidable, owing to the excavations not having been completed by the railway companies for the sta tion underneath, which they had to form in connec tion with the Metropolitan line. He stated that the plans of the new market were now upon the walls of the court for the inspection of the members, and that no unnecessary time would be lost in carrying them out. Mr. Rudkin, Mr. Alderman J. C. Lawrence, Mr. Alderman Sidney, and other members took part in the discussion which ensued, and at the close a divi sion took place, when there appeared—For the mo tion 78 ; against, 44 ; majority in favour of it, 34. Mr. BEDFORD then moved—" That the Markets Improvement Committee be directed to report to this Court forthwith the reasons for the extraordi nary and ruinous delay that has taken place in the erection of the dead meat market in Smithfield, and also when, in their opinion, their labours in that matter may be expected to terminate." After a short debate this motion was withdrawn, it being the general opinion of the Court that the main facts of the case had been elicited during the discussion on Mr. Isaac's motion. Mr. Deputy FRY moved the following resolution —"That in the opinion of this Court it is desirable that Mansion-house-street should be widened on the north side, and this Court cloth accordingly request the Commissioners of Sewers to give notice under their powers to take the ground now vacant, and that being built upon in Mansion-house-street, for widening and improving the said street." The resolution was adopted, and the Court ad journed. A New Parasite• M. Lacaze-Duthiers has sent an interesting paper to the Academy of Sciences on a curious parasite observed by him on the polypifer of an Antipa tharia (black coral) called Gerardia. This parasite has a small flat body, of the form of a bean, and of a rose colour, being to all appearance capsules in the soft tissues of the Gerardia. On opening one of these small bodies, M. Lacaze saw a swarm of minute and living animalcules issue forth, and, upon examination, found them to be the em bryos of certain crustacea. The shell of the bean seemed to be a sort of nest intended to protect a quantity of eggs in progress of development ; but, on examining some portions of its substance through a microscope, our author became aware of the existence of certain histological elements, revealing a living body, and by no means a secretion. M. Lacaze describes it as follows :—" Imagine a very small lobster, not more than one or two centimetres in length ; imagine the thoracic part of the shell, comprised between the head and the abdomen, to be extended beyond all measure—in other words, this part of the body to be enormously developed with respect to the rest ; let this thoracic portion now be bent double, so as to form a large flat pocket, open only on one side ; you will then have a tolerable idea of this creature, which has shut itself up in a shell, from the centre of which its body is suspended by the back." The body, or fleshy part of the animal, is small, not more, as stated above, than one or two centimetres in length, but its shell as described is from three to four centimetres long. It is con siderably arched, and its head, the functions of which are extremely limited, remains verysmall. The abdomen, composed of articulated segments, is pro vided with six pairs of legs symmetrically placed ; the only inner organ is a large digestive tube of a yellowish colour. This shellfish is not inscribed in the catalogue of crustacea ; our author accordingly makes a new genus of it under the name of Laura, to which he adds the specific name Gera,rdia3, on account of its having been discovered on the Anti patharia of that name. The animal creeps into the tissues of the Gerardia, and derives its curiously constituted. nutriment from it. The shell is constituted. Its substance i s nearly gly ; it i s ns' pierced with an innumerable number of small pores, from each of which capillary tubes radiate to the body, and it is through this sort of hair, if we may call it so, that the juices which are to serve the polypus as a nourish men t arc suc k e d in. Other parasitical crustacea are generally attached to the body on which they feed by their mouths or by means of suckers ; but in the case of the Laura there is nothing of the kind, for its mouth and members have no communication with the external world. THE NATIONAL POULTRY COMPANY.—Minasi's machine for artificial incubation is now in active operation at these works at Bromley, Kent, where numbers of fine and healthy fowls, hatched and reared by the new process, incontestably prove that the cheapening of poultry to a great extent, and yet to admit of a highly remunera tive return upon the capital invested, is an accomplished fact. Tho share list of this company will close shortly, after which we shall hope to find that so practical and im portant a movement is spreading its benefits far and wide. VALUE OF LAND IN YORKSHIRE.—At the Talbot Hotel, Malton, on Friday, Messrs. Boulton and Son offered the South Holmo and West Ness estates, in the North Riding, the property of the late Rev. Charles Hall, rector of Terrington, for competition by public auc tion. The estates aro situate about nine miles north of Malton, and are purely agricultural. The area is about 566 acres, and in one lot Mr. Barker, of North Shields, WAS the last bidder at X 30,000, or rather over thirty three years' purchase. The estates were bought in at £32,000, and afterwards offered in three lots, Mr. E. Rose, of Malton, being the last bidder in each case, the totals being £29,400—0r £6OO less than in one lot. The reserves were £33,000. The Loss of her Majesty's Ship Bulldog, The Port-au-Prince correspondent of the New York Herald, writing on the 28th ult., says :—" We have just received news of the bombardment of Cape Haytien by the English gunboat Bulldog. It appears the Hiytian Government has chartered the English steamer Jamaica Packet to convey troops, &c., and that this vessel, when flying the British flag, was chased a short time since and fired upon by the rebel steamer Voldrogue. The captain of the Bulldog and the Vice-Consul at the Cape waited upon the rebel authorities to seek an explana tion, but, receiving no satisfaction, or rather being insulted by Salnave's party, the order was given to bombard the place. Some say the English Con sul was imprisoned, but there are many different versions of the story. The town, acccrding to some reports, was destroyed ; others have it that the forts only were damaged. The Voldrogue was fire' into and sunk, and several small boats shared her fate. After the bombardlnent the Bulldog accidentally got on the rocks, and, to prevent Salnavc from cap turing her, the captain blew her up, all hands being in the boats." A despatch from Washington of 10th of November says :—" The Navy Department has advices from Cape Haytien to October 10. A daily interchange of fire is kept up between the de fenders of the city and the army of Geffrard, but it is not perceived that any results have been achieved. The blockade of the port has been raised, having been effected by the capture by the re volutionists on the 3d of October of the blockading force." Another despatch says—" News had reached Port-au-Prince that the British sloop-of-war Bull dog, 12 guns, was blown up by her commander on the 25th ult. at Cape Haytien. It appears the British Consul had some Haytians under his pro tection, and Salnave, the rebel, made a demand for them, which the Consul refused, and he broke in the doors and took the Haytians out and shot them. The Bulldog was lying in port, and her commander asking for satisfaction and receiving no answer, commenced to fire on Port Peckelet, which the former returned, and by some mismanagement of the commander he got his ship on a reef, and after getting his men into the boats he set fire to the ship, and she blew up. It was reported that the commander got onboard one of President Geffrard's boats, and left for Jamaica. The affairs of the country are in a very unsettled state. Business was dull. Coffee was coming in slowly, and com manded high prices." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Nov. 23.—Wind this day at noon—South.. Westerly; strong breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. SWANSEA, Nov. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Red Rose from London. CARDIFF, Nov. from Quebec. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Nile, LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Nov. 22.—Warrior, from St. Michael's ; Ame rican Congrese, from New York. Arrived, Nov. 23.—Lord Londesborough, from Faro ; Diana, from Amsterdam. Sailed.—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk; Wyvern, steamer, from Hamburg. DEAL, Thursday Morning. No arrivals. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1. per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint pAce of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-IGth per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advlces from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 stcrlin Standard gold at the English Mint price is, there:bre, Rt about the same price in London and Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is l(8 to ICB per cent. At these rates there is no profit on the importation of go'd from the United States. Mr. Watkin, M.P., and Mr. Wall (Ceylon) had an interview with the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, at the Colonial-office, yesterday. Viscount and Viscountess Chelsea arrive in town to-day from their house in Norfolk. Lord Londesborough returns to town to-morrow from visiting in Norfolk. We hear that the noble lord has taken his Excellency the Belgian Minister's residence in Grosvenor-square for a term of years. Sir Charles and Lady Rowley have left town for their seat in Norfolk. THE HOUSELESS POOR IN ST. PANCRAS.— On Tues day a meeting of the directors of the poor of St. Pancras took place at the Vestry-hall, Camden-town, to receive the report of a committee appointed in accordance with the recommendation of Mr. Farnall, metropolitan poor-law inspector, to consider the accommodation afforded to wayfarers and destitute persons under the provisions of the Ifouseless Poor Act. Mr. Churchwarden Lawford occu- pied the chair. Mr. Churchwarden Robson brought up the report, which stated that the present workhouse accom modation afforded nightly relief to 25 wayfarers-12 males and 13 females. The number of admissions had been for the half-year ending Lady-day, 1865—men, 1,611; women, 388 ; children, 193 ; total, 2,192. Half-year ending Michael mas —men, 2,016; women, 968; children, 381; total, 3,365. For five weeks ending Nov. 4—men, 448 ; women, 310 ; children, 126; total, 884, or an average per night of 25.25, making together—men, 4,075 ; women, 1,666 ; children, 700 ; total, 6,441. The average number nightly during the past five weeks had more than doubled the average of the previous year. Between the 16th of October and 4th of November 237 men and 18 women, or an average of 17 per night, were refused admission on account of the ward being full—the greatest number refused on any one night hav ing been 32, and the smallest number two. None had been refused admission during the past week, as accommodation had been found for them in other parts of the house, but the number of regular inmates was daily increasing. Hav ing regard to the great increase, and probably still further increase, of wayfarers during the coming winter, the com mittee considered the propriety of obtaining plans for the erection of suitable wards, labour sheds, &c., to provide for the reception of 100 men and 50 women, and therefore re commended, "That, with a view of providing proper wards, labour yards, &c., for the rapidly increasing numbers of wayfarers and other destitute persons, the directors be ad vised to authorise the special committee to confer with Mr. Lockyer, surveyor, as to the erection of a building to adjoin the front boundary wall of the workhouse, to accommodate 100 men and 50 women, to be in accordance with the re quirements of the liouseless Poor Act, with power to in struct Mr. Lockyer to draw up plans and specifications for the erection of the same." Mr. Ross moved an amend ment "that the report be referred back to the committee, to ascertain what temporary sort of building would best meet the requirements ;" which was ultimately carried as a sub stantive resolution. A VALUABLE PRIZE.—Some weeks since it was announced that the ship hadfrom b M e e a n d ras p i c f o k r e d L u o ; d a o t n , s ebae," abandoned off the Cape Helena by the c rew o f th e Mart th a cargo valued at £65,000, of Good H o p e , and had eaLnnavoifgatLediveto Soltrpo.. The Sir Ralph Abercrombie had encountered a heavy gale, and had lost her rudder, and the crew, believ ing that she would founder, got on board the Martaban which had borne up, and refused to return to the ship, as they considered it hopeless. A crew of the Martaban then volunteered to go to the ship, which they did, and were for tunate in getting the ship to St. Helena. The owners of the Sir Ralph Abercrombie have offered the sal ors £5,000, the value of the ship, for their services, but this they refuse as inadequate to the risk. The prize they value at £70,000, e e c ted unfortunatet o leave a l and they contend they are entitled to £20,000. The ship ha s been seized until the question of salvage is adjudicated. re l AN UNPREMEDITATED VOYAGE.—The butcher, an uneasy time baker, and fishmonger, who had been engaged to supply the articles in which they dealt for the screw-steamer City o f New York (which sailed from Liverpool yesterday) again n ek r s e jtonitnisttheelairpswei(vuensleasnsdtfhaernyinx!icked off) tradesmeni carriedo time. off Aa t o r seae stiff likelyi gale a l t ohr for rw s aa t e s feee days a blowing,yh s a having o i n ah g nad n v neglected before of it. tShoenylea LOYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. --At the evening meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on Monday next—Sir Roderick I. Murchison, K.C.8., in the chair-- the following papers will be read •_l. " Overland Journey from Rockhampton to Cape York, Australia," by Messrs. F. and A. Jardine. 2. " Discovery of a Route between Rockingham Bay and the Valley of Lagoons," by Mr. G. E. Dalrymplo. 8. " Boat Voyage of Sixteen Hundred Miles along the Coasts of Northern and Western Australia," by Mr. J. P. Stow. A fatal accident, caused by a foolish bravado, occurred three evenings since at Tancarville, near Havre. A number of persons were taking their evening repast at a public•house, when one of them, named Chion, a quarryman residing in the village, declared, after some silly dispute about the capacity of the human gullet, that he would swallow whole a large piece of beef which he had before him. He made the attempt, but the meat stuck fast in the oesophagus, and in spite of all that could be done hetied of suffocation a few minutes afterwards. ,h -of nd ro le red the ade Ldy we eet ed, to re )od red afe of jog aps ollS veil i of iilg ce o out [ loll I to Jis ery 100 at I 20i 10 100 I 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 BIEN 190 100 100 1. 0 100 100 171 } 102&