The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-10 00:00:00

~~: Friday. yesterday ighnesses 3ndecl by ds of the Princess hness the 6th year, enter the a gentle- fort have e's Hotel. Spencer orp Hall, Lt, Bart•, take place on Hotel Anderson 1 hotel, ursley. ieorgiana a, fourth t House, Lighter of ton Park, 3, the late baronet, rs of this 1 Spring- up to Nov. to general xch, £2,68 4 ion, £6,036 Finsbury )n, £14,5 24 Brigade, rl 13s; and E 370,024 OH IDrainage, e 37,199 la; Mansion ,,3o9 6s 8d ng that an palled per 3tropolita n -0 occur on d. be put to [hag to pal Committee. abankment lc -lane, and IMPEOTS" tinuance of e Improve me be Pr c. essionovith s Improve addition to ll other ita -7S of Sewers uld district expanse• le Improve- Ind General count of the ie metropo pay o ff the lerably less of the 21st lot be sug &ad by the Le duties, be ealeulat the present ast an addi mt the coal ,a inage rate ,ard to boa' a* annum." , ed by a ma tendment 9, iont, to the reference to >posit iOll to 're the chair hwaites, he he left the iad reporte d ate, and the and those re had been the Board w street to be opened er the 10 01 I adjournea• .TICS. E SILV aection with ,day, T burs' prize being iver medals• ,ries versity, the L Exeter an d r having the I at startiat lave the or very east , vs were orrell, G• 0. fforcester -- sh (stroke), former had waned thee• ry one of the Le to recove r m rowed SO w h en they . From this ,sporate one, • pistol br ed Exet©r re" 'cry ono Wa° lore so Wall Univorsith A Wadhaul ,heir frien ds tisf action of esult proved who, $ 1 " passed then 3 chance th e a) the oalor• tree year o 111 B Inen lbe 1 educa ted dinner 10" acian to 0° ossor of the louatt, ReY l ' °l"l ThohiPt ui .5 1 ; n y of V" of Th o toes re, ,, los r°- er, enti tled devot °ll n , " york, o 11131 :i rking lio ncire t o f t district Ano for tw . TEE. NONEY MARKET AND COMME RC lAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the discount market to-day the demand has been very moderate, and there has been abundance of capital. The sum of £2,000 was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. The drafts of Messrs. Dent and Co., of China, which have just been refused acceptance, it is stated, amount to £30,000. The Bank o f F rance return exhibits a further re duction of £148,000, and the notes in circulation have been diminished £480,000. There is an in crease in the bills discounted of £360,000, and the advances on stock, &c., to £44,000. The balance of the Treasury has been lessened by £60,000, and the current accounts by £BO,OOO. The traffic returns of the East Indian Railway for the Week ending the 16th September last were £37,419 111. 4d., and for the corresponding week in the previous year £28,346 ss. 7d. The progress of the tea trade during the past fort- Light is thus described by Messrs. Layton and Co., of Mincing -lane : —"ln the tea market during the P a st fortnight d u l ness h as aga i n b een t h e prevailing feature, an d prices show a general tendency down lvarcla) while th e d ec l ara ti on o f pu bli c sa l es ' w ith ou t i t e eerve' has p revente d any i ncrease o f transact i ons ' 3 ' Private contract ; home buyers adhere to the policy of keeping stocks within as narrow limits as possible, and the export demand has not been so large as to afford any actual relief from the depression r_eported i n our circular of 25th ultimo. Fine new Atoning and Kaisow Congon has sold to a moderate extent at relatively steady prices, but the lower and i nferior grades conti nue mu ch neglected, e v e n at a f urther decline in value. Dust and broken-leaf re_ , mai n without c h ange , b u t common t o f a i r re d an d black -leaf of old import are fully id. per lb. lower. S cooted teas continue difficult of sale, and new Fine Pekoes and Capers are again cheaper. " Il e Foochow Pekoes have changed hands in 8111411 quantities at from 2s. 2d. to 2s. 7d. per lb. Quotations for fine green teas are fully maintained, 144 the commoner kinds at auction have gone irre gli alludes l arlY , and often at a reduction. The public sales to above commenced on the 6th inst., and ar e Still in p rogress — t h ese compr i se d a tota l o f ' 436 packages, of which 48,408 were printed : a wit hout reserve." The sales opened heavily, and, is far, most descripti ons o f congou h ave su ff ere d ? orth er depreciation, scented teas of recent import he Showing a decline of ld. to 2d. per pound. e arrivals to this port since our last are—Novem ber tat, J. R. Worcester, from Shanghae ; sth, Sir 'a•sbucelot, from Hankow, City of Aberdeen, from 12„ all ghae, Lennox Castle, from Foo Chow; and f "u, Tam ana, from Foo Chow. The latest dates Canton China are—Shanghae 15th, Foo Chow 18th, •;anton 2 0th, and Hong Kong 22d September. The tlticnated stock of tea in the United Kingdom on 83 6 „ 1 at inst. amounted 'to 79,519,0001b5., against ~,,N72,0001b5. last year at the corresponding period. t,i4e movements of the precious metals during ra " . e Past week have been of a very extensive cha eel'. The imports, which have amounted to A e . °ll 4. t £ 34 9,852, have, been chiefly from America and th"ralia—including £3,589, from New York, by e a ; £35,540, by the Malta ; £11,380, by 3, 4 , go ; £60,000, by the City of Washington ; fr o £ 3 2,685, b y t h e Scotia. The True Briton, 1,11 A ustralia, has brought £75,236 ; the Omar :ha) £56,160 ; the Oneida, from the Brazils, 4 1; 1 ' 414 ; the Ceylon, from Alexandria, £800; and th,: ll , t , X 23,048 hi sil ver has been received from " t,:,i'erqinent. The exports have been £84,090 _ the Brazils, b y th e D ouro ; an d there have been r a e o rnittan ces to the Continent, through private tire 'es, estimated at £152,581. The total amount '"g to £236,671. Two O'CLOCK. th l e t eeordin g to Reuter's telegram from Paris to-day I , Fren ch Rented were 69f. 12c. herhas been a quiet day in the market for b n wileh Government Securities, but their value has Ca en Well sustained, and an advance off per cent. arAs t aken place ; the final quotations this afternoon therefore 89k f for transfer, and tst3f f, less " dividend, for the account or the 6th proximo. Thfew bargains have been recorded in the New I„, 4 l ; ees t Reduced Annuities, Exchequer Bills,;and -"Lan Securities without leading to any material variation. • a l i °l. eign Stocks have closed with a firmer tone, i' a fair amount o f b us i ness h as t a k en pl ace . kish Fives have risen k to 31k ; Mexican also b; ° , 16 !i ; Spanish Passive and the Certificates, ; the former to 211 4 ; and the latter to 13/ t , t• Greek B on d s ara fi rm , an d se v eral transac tLons are recorded in Egypt i an Securities, especially e Go vernment Railway Debentures. Some of theT South American Stocks are attracting more b tenti on, notwithstanding the war in the neigh eurhood of the River Plate. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are steady at 641 65f, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 39 40 ex coupon. More activity has prevailed in the Railway Share 41arket, and prices generally have an upward ten dency. Great Northern, ditto A Stock, London, Chatham, and Dover,North Western, Midland, and So uth -Eastern have each improved 1 ; and Great .) V estern, Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincol n , an d 'ondon and North Eastern (Berwick), each f. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there has been little change of importance. Dutch Rhenish are marked 19a ; San Paulo, 13i ; Grand Trunk of Can ada, 18i ; East India, 1031 ; and Great Indian b e ninsula 107. , Ba nk Shares have remained at steady rates. Eng i",and Swedish are marked 13414 ; London Bank g a alexico, 11; Anglo-Egyptian, 101 ; Midland 17 1 ; and Union of London 441 44i. T :" operations in the Miscellaneous Share Mar t" h ave been on a ver y li m it e d scale, and with a 1)7 exceptions prices show little change of im uttance• Atlantic Telegraph have declined to N' Willie the 8 p er C en t . guaran t ee d h ave i mprove d 85 .. Credit F onc i er o f E ng l an d are at 2/ 3 ; ,oatienal Discount Co., at 141 ; while Telegraph 141 struetion and Maintenance have declined to 0 W i n QUARTER-PAST Two. th e gto the closing of some " Bear" accounts, 4 ail waY market exhibits additional firmness ; ep r opolitans have risen to 124 I, and Dovers to fl ln all departments there is buoyancy at the —42 and a general rise is anticipated next week. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. dealings have been numerous, and an up- Rh a. : cl movement has been apparent in prices, the c" r es chiefly in demand were Prince of Wales, ar—vert", East Russell, North Crofty, Bottle Ilill, e B t Carad on, Seton, and East Caradon. A nnexe d n the current quotations : C 1 ,5 Camborn e , 24s 263 Od ; Chiverton Moor, 4} f; ntales Gold, 21 3 ; Clifford Amalgamated, —; East tae} 4 6aat ' 24 26 ; 3 East Caradon, 51 6 ; East Lovell, 11 111; ; East Wheal Grenville, 1 2 ; Great Great 18 1 ; Great S ou th T o l gus , lO s Od 15s Od ; O roft Iv heal Vor, 16 17 ; M ar k e V a ll e y, 41 41 ; North Wal e 27 s 6d 32s Od ; North Treskeby, 3} 1 ; Prince of D ar : 2 68 Gd 28s Gd; South Condurrow, —s s— ; South H'h e l t 2 ; We s t S e t on, —; Wh ee l B asset, —; G rafi '" . Buller, 10 20 ; Wheal Chiverton, 7 71 ; Wheal n arr i ne, 178 6d 22 s 6d; Wheal Seton, 140 145; Caer onshire Consols, —; Tincroft, 81 9. BR ITISH FUNDS—CLOSING Go a .EIINNIENT FUNDS. PRICES T Der e 89 i i i D o Ont. Consols 8 8 7 8i i.x d 8 —O. Account, Dec 6 kl:er Cent. Reducod 87 *, 17 3 per Cent ' l oll . i f t o ie r e, 3o 3o y y rs r , s, e : p a il p . h o •e st s h th A J pi a i n l Josited Sea Tele - graph), Aug., 1908 — "117 4 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 XO 2l 5 , " 18 18 8 8 5 0 —l3 k;„ per Cent. Jan. 1873 "se"(l4( ir 13 1115, £l,OOO, 3& 4 , IN/ ) ,.„ ,-., .til, —,, krO VERNAIENT SECURITIES. panstock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 per Cent 4 2 pm 106 i b' 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 D ° ' 1 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .0* Certi li cates ,00. Ilnfaced Paper 4 per Cent — 101 - 1 ,- t• 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D o ' 5 i Per Cent., May 1879 — °:h°• Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 1,-,' Ronds,4 por Cent., £l,OOO — "°ll4(ier £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ' Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds Do. Scrip, £65 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. Account Do 4100 Bonds Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) (Milian 6 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A Colombian, 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent.., 1825 B2 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 Danubian Principalities di Do. Account Plquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — . Do., Provisional Laud Warrant — Do Deferred •cri s yptian 7 per Cent B3l I)o., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds B4 Do. 1864 Bll Do £lOO Bonds B2} Do. Government Railway Debentures B2f 1 1 3 Do. £BO paid Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Vo. Account - Du. Coupons Do. Account Giatemala 5 per Cent. Milan 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway — Ilexicar. 3 per Cent — 110. Account Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French _ Ilontevidean 6 per Cent. , , — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 67 61. ____ .. Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 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, X St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Acc6unt Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive . Do Account 2ll 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l3l 114 Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 186.1 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds 64 Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 561 Do £lOO Bonds 57 Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed no. 6 per Cent, 1864 3ll Ditto 11 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 par Cent, Ex. 10 Florins Belgian. 41 per cent, Ex. 25f. Dutch 2:1 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil. 561 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . . B9 French Routes, 3 per Cent, Ex. 25f. — ItaiiaL 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9l 1 Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market.—This Day. The market opens with a fair demand. Sales pro bably 10,000 bales. EXETER HALL.—The National Choral Society will commence its seventh season on Tuesday, the 20th inst., with a performance of "Elijah," in which Mr. Sant ley appears. Mr. Santley is also engaged by this society for its Christmas performance of the "Messiah," Dec. 26, and for the " Creation," Jan. 3. Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. ENTHRONIZATION OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP.—The newly-consecrated Roman Catholic Bishop of Ilesham and Newcastle (Dr. Chadwick), in succession to the late Bishop Hogarth, was on Thursday enthroned in St. Mary's Cathedral, NewcaStle, on which occasion High Mass was sung. In the afternoon about 150 clergy men and others sat down to luncheon at the "Queen's Head" Inn, under the presidency of the bishop. Messrs. Lucas Brothers have taken the share of the contract for the Metropolitan District Railway hitherto held by Messrs. Peto, Betts, and Co., in conjunction with Mr. Kelk and Messrs. Waring. THE FORTHCOMING MANCHESTER REFORM CON FERENCE.—The arrangements for holding the proposed Parliamentary Reform Conference in Manchester -during the present month are proceedig. It is stated that a pro posal will be made to form a guarantee fund after the fashion of the old Anti-Corn-Law League. THE PROJECTED REFORM DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON.—The adjourned meeting of delegates from the trade and friendly societies of the metropolis in reference to the forthcoming Reform demonstration was held last even ing at the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street Mr. George Potter in the chair. There were about 200 dele gates present, representing 150 of the leading societies. The secretary read the report from the demonstration and orga nising committee, by which it appeared that nearly every society in London of any importance had given in its ad hesion to the movement. Meetings of the trades would be held in their various localities every evening during the next three weeks for the purpose of completing the arrange ments for the demonstrations. Deputations were expected from all the trades councils throughout the kingdom, and the workmen in the various large towns in the circle of 80 miles around the metropolis were organising themselves to attend the demonstration en masse. 31r.yeales, as Pre sident of the Reform League, had accepted the invitation to be present in his official capacity. Invitations had also been sent out to the whole of the metropolitan members, and also to the Liberal members for the home counties. Extensive preparations were being made by the large trades, who would take part in the procession with their flags and insignia, and they wero vieing with each other as to who should make the best display. The report was adopted. BILLIARDS.—On Thursday evening a match was played at Mr. Hinton's, the "Rose and Crown," Monk well-street, City, batween two of the best players of Eng land (bar one), Messrs. Bennett and Hughes, 1,000 up. It was stated on the bills that play would commence at six p.m., and a short time after the game began. Ben nett opened, but made nothing; after a while his score was called 60 to Hughes's 89, the former having made a break of 49. Hughes now went in and brought his score up to 107, and after making some small figures his score was called 177, Bennett's score being 83 ; the latter now added 39 to his number, and the marker called his figures 119 to Hughes's 213. Hughes here made a break of 54, bringing his score up to 306, his opponent being 154. Hughes followed with another long break, raising his score to 388, Bennett being 208 to Hughes's 408. Bennett now took the cue, and made his number 244, and then five mote. Hughes having added 15 more to his score of 482, brought his total to 497 ; and a short time after the marker called Hughes 503, Bennett 290. Hughes soon added a " score," making his figure 523. After a short interval Bennett made 18, then 7, his score being 315, and afterwards a break of 35, bringing his total to 350, Hughes being 558 ; and upon the game being called it stood, Bennett 362, Hughes 607, the latter having made 49 in his last break. Bennett made " nix" off his next opportunity ; and Hughes, after some odd ones, raised his score to 645, and then another 45 credited him with 690, Bennett's all being 409. Hughes, after some excellent playing, was called at 751, and Bennett at 459. Hughes made a break of 47, bringing his score up to 839, Bennett's being 477 ; but in a short time he brought it to 501, his opponent numbering 860, when a break of 46 brought his figures to 960, Ben nett being 574. Hughes, however, who had had the lead throughout, finally won, beating his opponent by 380 points. The arrangements were admirably conducted by Mr. W. Hinton, the proprietor of the rooms. F. Bonnett, a younger brother of the player, scored and marked the game to the satisfaction of all byMr. present. Hug T h h es e , la a r n g d es 2 t 4 b s r p ea o k t o st f r t o h k e e ' s. evening was 69, made -------- THE PRINCE OF WALES'S HARRIERS. —This pack met at Mr. Nashe's farm, Upton Lee, near Windsor, on Friday, when there were upwards of 200 horsemen, who previous to the throw off partook of Mr. Nashe's old Eng_ lish hospitality. The hounds were led to a stubble field at the back of the farm ; not finding, crossed the road into a ploughed field, where puss was soon started, and lost, after a smart spin, close by Upton. The hounds were taken again to the same field, found the hare running by the side of the line towards Langley, crossed and recrossed the line, and doubled back into the field where she was started, and got away, after a burst of 15 minutes. The hounds were after wards taken into a field in front of Mr. Nashe's residence, and worked a piece of swedes without finding ; from thence to a clover field, where they found, but soon lost ; after ward found in a piece of turnips, near the Orphan Asylum, Slough, and lost near Stoke ; found again on Mr. Cantrell's farm, which gave a smart run -to Mr. Coleman's at Stoke Park, where they again lost. The day being cold the scent was bad, which was the cause of so many hares getting away. In the field we noticed General A. N. Hood, master of the pack, Colonel Hewart, Captains Garratt, E wart, and Grovel!, E. B. Foster, G. W. Nuxey, E. &eke, and J. Nash, Ens., Dtessra. Grant, Cross, Cannon, Pullin, Wino, (SN. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING,_ NOVEMBER 10, 186 G, Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rona., Baroda. Cen.ln. gu. 6 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-F Calcutta & B. E., lim ai e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p' Mast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J EXtension G rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred • • • • Do. 4th Pret. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gun. sp.c t:0. Qua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o tit. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 4. per cent.... Do treat 8. of Canada.. Do. New . Do. 6 p. c. ids. pay. 1873 110.54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension 3ielb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. itl.C'da, 6po lst pf.bs Scinde ..... Do. Delhi Do. do . • ti Do. Puniaub•••• Do.lndus St. Flo t siovs , 66 58 100 102 id i p 4 4 74 86 100 100 100 all 100 100 55 60 101. 103 100. 161 103 101 19 20 85 88 67 59 48 52 50 55 38 10 23 25 24 26 106 107 1 p 1p 99 100 91 93 124 13 54 5 91 93 83 65 14 OP 99 100 90 es 84 88 82 85 98 99 98 99 1} 1 it 98 99 r'r SECUR: 91 94 90 92 90 92 76 78 75 77 103 105 102 tO4 IL2 104 11'3 105 87 ;' , O li3 V* 103 1 6 105 117 164 iO6 106 107 1( 6 1,8 f 6 100 90 02 90 92 90 v 5 85 87 96 98 a 83 II MINES. 6 7 8 9 440 400 4 I 22 21 5 7 2 3 2 3 11 12 2i 21 5 6 18 19 2.1.0 29i 2.14.8 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8. G 1031 3 22} 11 1061 1 } 7 ITIES. 586 5.17.0, 16 17 lt 16 28 30 2t 2 4 44 6 2} lid 35 45 2 4 I} 31 1031 4 17 1 21 26 310 3:io * it 18 22 7 9 3 5 1 2 15 17 58 63 130 140 75 85 19 20 10 12 145 155 8 10 murder. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. BAIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.) BAKER V. STEVENS. In this case the plaintiff brought an action to enforce the payment of £203 ls. 7d., which had been disputed by the defendant. The plaintiff was a builder at Kilburn, and was employed by the defendant, a gentleman residing at North-villa, Regent's-park. The defendant paid some money on account, and there was a balance loft of over £5OO, for which the plaintiff, not being able to obtain payment, brought an action, and the matter was re ferred to the arbitration of two surveyors, ono selected by the defendant, and the other by the plaintiff. Pending the arbitration the plaintiff paid £3OO on account, and the arbitration made an award for the amount now claimed. The defendant being dissatisfied the case was brought before Mr. Justice Crompton, and the matter was again referred, and the arbitrators confirmed their award. It appeared that the defendant alleged that some trivial repairs, amounting to the value of about £lO, had not been done by the plaintiff, who ultimately agreed to forego that amount. The defendant was invited to an interview by the arbitrators previous to the award being made, and one of the grounds on which the defendant disputed the award was, that it had not been made within three months after the reference as required by the act pf Parliament. There was no evidence called, but some correspondence between the parties was read, and the jury immediately found a verdict for the plaintiff with costs. Leave was given to the defendant to move. CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Tyxesll.) THE TALLY SYSTEM. Not far short of one hundred tally cases were set down for hearing, being divided between two plaintiffs, but out of thislarge number only three cases were defended. In the first, Clements v. West, the plaintiff deposed to having sold defendant's wife goods to the extent of 365. Defendant —Did you ever see me? Plaintiff—No, I cannot say I ever have; but your wife had the things. Mr. Cheese (the registrar)—What were the goods ? Plaintiff—Calico, flannel, and dress piece. In answer to 'Mr. Cheese, the defendant .snid that he earned 30s. per week, and out of this he gave his wife 275. to keep the family. His Honour considered that defendant made sufficient, provision for his family, and therefore plaintiff would . be nonsuited. In the second case, Price v. Sagg, the defendant's wife appeared, and admitted having had the goods, butter hus band knew nothing about the transaction, nor had she given him the summons. Mr. Cheese—Why did you not give him the summons ? The Wife—Because ho would have been so cross. It was then ruled that as the husband had not received the summons, and knew nothing of the supply of the goods, no order could be made. The third case was a very singular one, Price v. Collings. Plaintiff proved the delivery of various articles of clothing to the defendant, a youth about 19 years of age. De fendant did not deny having had the goods, but said he was living with his mother when they were supplied, and she ordered them. Plaintiff—But there was a suit of mourning ? Defendant—Yes. Mother ordered that for me before her death. _ _ Mr. Cheese expressed his surprise that the mourning should have been supplied before the death of the mother. Defendant—My mother was very ill, and said she thought I had better have a suit of mourning. His Honour said that the lad was only 19 years old, and the goods appeared to have been ordered by his mother. Plaintiff must be nonsuited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--This Day. M A RLBOROUGH-S TREET. OUTRAGE ON A RESPECTABLE FEMALE.--Peter 41 'Qnillan, a shoemaker, of No. 30, Little Windmill-street, was charged with assaulting Eliza Owen, a young married woman, re siding in Glasshouse-street, Regent-street. Mrs. Owen said that about 9 o'clock last night she was passing along Warwick-street, when the prisoner followed her and assaulted her in a most disgraceful manner. She went after the prisoner with the intention of giving him into custody, when he turned round and gave her two blows in the face. _ _ V. In answer to Mr. Knox the complainant said the pri soner appeared to have been drinking. Mr. Rae, of Warwick-street, said he was standing at his door last night, when he saw the prisoner, who was mad drunk, deliberately strike the complainant on the eye, at the same time saying he would knock any one down who came in his way. The complainant had not at the time said anything to the prisoner. Police-constable Win. Jones, 377 A, said the prosecu trix informed him that she had been grossly assaulted and struck in the face, and he took the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said some youngsters had annoyed him and knocked his hat off, and he ran after them and came iu collision with someone, but ho was so arunx Lh.t. he did not know what occurred. Mr. Knox told the prisoner that if he thought drunken ness was an excuse for such conduct as he had been guilty of he was much mistaken, and if he (the magistrate) was not sternly to repress such conduct he would not be worthy of his position. A respectable female is passing along the street, the prisoner thrusts his hand up her clothes, and after she has thus been outraged the prisoner strikes her twice in the face. Tho utmost punishment he could give the prisoner was two months, and for that term the prisoner should be committed, with hard labour. THAMES. DIABOLICAL ASSAULT ON A WOMAN.—Michael Welch, an Irish labourer, about 30 years of age, was brought before Mr. Partridge, on remand, c h arge d with violently assault ing Elizabeth Callagha n , an e ld er l y wo man. The prosecutrix was i n a very wea kly condition from loss of blood and the fri g htf u l woun ds she had received, and she was as pale as a s p ec t re . She lives at No. 10 , Narrow-street, Rateliff, a n d th e p r isoner, who is a very desperate and intemperate man, an d a bad neighbour, was, unfortunately for her p eace an d h a ppiness, living in the same house. A few eveni ngs s i ace b e was intoxicated and exceedingly boisterous. He entered her room and abused her, and when she requested him to leave he flung her on the fire in her room, and her clothes were in a blaze im mediately. A woman named Ann Harris, who was present, flung a pail of water over her, and extinguished the flames. Her gown and under garments were burnt, and her person was scorched but slightly. The prisoner then uttered fearful oaths, and struck at the woman's head three times with a pkkaxe, wounding her severely. He left her on the ground weltering in her blood. Ann Harris confirmed in every particular the statement of Mrs. Callaghan, and said the prisoner struck at her with the " iron pick," and seemed intent on committing Thomas Gudgin, police-constable, No. 374, was called to the house, No. 10, Narow-street on the evening of Wednesday, the last day of October. Mrs. Callaghan was bleeding from wounds on the bead. He found the pri soner in his own room with a pickaxe. There was blood on the handle of it. The prisoner was drunk. Mr. D. Ross, surgeon, of No. 10, Commercial-place, Com mercial-road, was called upon on the evening of the out rage to attend upon the woman Callaghan. There was a lacerated wound on the upper front part of the head 2i inches in depth, and penetrating to the bone ; another lacerated wound 1i inches in length, and a third lacerated wound, also extending to the bone, over the right eye brow. The wounds were very dangerous ones. There was also a small bruise on the upper part of the woman's loft arm. She was still under medical treatment, and very ill. He also examined the prisoner. There was a slight wound over his left eyebrow, and a severe contusion on the right side of his forehead. Tho prisoner said lie was innocent of the charge, and that the woman struck him at his own fireside. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial, and refused bail. MARKETS.—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Considering the time of year the supplies of fruit and vegetables are good. The trade is moderately active at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 3s to 6s; grapes, 2s Od to 6s ; filberts, 6d to is per lb ; apples, 18 3d to 2s 6d ; pears, 2s Od to 4s Od per half sieve ; lemons, 6s 40 los ; wal nuts, is to 2s per 100. VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, 2s to Gs Od ; cabbages, /s to 2s Od; horseradish, 2s Od to 2s 6d; celery, Oa 9d to 3.s 6d per doz heads; turnips, 3s Od to 4s Od; carrots, 4s Od to 6s Od per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 3d to 9d each; onions, 3s to 3s 6d per bushl. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share! Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall .. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„rerth,& Ab.Junc. E.London, bcrip Certi. 86 38 120 121 40 45 13 15 4 8 55 68 70 72 Do. Glasgow S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 116 ilB 26 27 5 6 Do. E. Angl. , et. No. 21 Great North of Scotland' Great Northern Do. A stock ...... Do. II stock 115 116 1.26 127 Do. hew, la. at 25 pm'. GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Du. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord 90 92 ' C,2 52i 33 38 33 3, Do. Newport Do. Li eraord Lancashire & Yorkshiru LJndon and Illackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & Nor th Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shot., & Lincoln Metropolitan..." Do. New Do. Extension...— Metropolitan District Do. do. do. 1231 :24 89 93 181 , 9: lo 20 116 118 82 841 48 49 122 113 2 3 10 11 83 8 6 Do. and St. John's W'd Ridtand Do. 49 Share Do, Birmin.. & Darby slid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun N th. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N'E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York 4. Do. Carlisle ...... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire .. N. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock DO. Scot, Mid. st..)ck Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern Staines, Wok., it Wok raff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath 123 124 11 2 93 05 37 39 4 18 101 It 6 Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo &.Whiteha I West Cornwall BRITISH POSSE ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 26} i 1 1231 i 181 i 123 f I ; 431 B , * 4 3f p a id . ' Closing Business Prioe. done. 1110 ) 13 1261 7 5211111 L 1171 17 49 1221 31 38i 8 15 105 . OLONIAL GO VERNME British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1572.... I Can.Gov : 6 p.e.Ja.d; July - 1877-84 Do. 6 p. a. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan..c July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 Do.Apl.&Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-0 i Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Cy ton, Nov. 1858,5 p.t Do. 187 s, do_ Mauritius, fi p. a, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,78 )o. 1882, Mayis, Nov. 1 Do. 1895, Feb. St Natal 'IOV. 6 per cent N. 8.G0v.6 uly N. S. W. G ov. 5 p 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18i'l to 1876 Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c ' sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 dr upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, April & Oct 190 100 100 1( 0 100 100 BEITIS Cam. Consol. Gold, lint Chiverton Olifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) Nast Caradon East Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South. Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Helst“n Grenville ilerod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Rorke Valley rtwyndy Iron Ore, lim Nev Seton North Roskear Ilassett(ltlogan North Wheal Crotty 'Prosper Pr ,vidence UnyLdant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park fin Croft"... Vigra and Ciogan, lim West Bassett (Illogan W. Caradon (I.(akeard West C hi ream West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Butler (Redrutli Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Treiawney (Lis 65 67 99 10t 34 36 9 10 p 116 120 1 2p 1 2p 72 74 114 118 150 154 13 45 62 84 8 9 • 14 , 160 . 2 3) 96 98 94 96 105 107 103 104 WESTMINSTER. A VERY SALUTARY ACT of PARLIAMENT.—Frederick rintghis any salutary act of home or visible Hales, a deplorably ragged bo y , abo ut 12 years of age, was charged under the Amende d Industr ial Schools' Act with w m a ca n n d : r o in f g su a b b s r is o t a e d ne N e v ; and ithoutunhdaev Par liament the magistrate has power to commit to an indus trial school for a term of years: e e f .....____. Frederick _ Kock, 312 B, said he was on d u t y yes t er d a y afternoon, about half-past fiv e, i n the Broadway, and saw prisoner. He questioned him as to his home and parents. ho slept in carts and thedHoe i s al a rv i ca d hy es,s ho i an h n a vd d i hentaoodrhibaoe_men tempted butpart parents rtes by s e to get into trouble. He took him to th e wor kh ouse f or one night, and in the morning f etch ed him. Ho was in a de plorable condition. Mr. Inspector Humphrys said the boy was of a better t e r o or t u ; sed, as he wished not boys to sleep under class than ordinary vagrants, and came from the country. In answer to inquiries horn the magistrate, the poor boy said he came from Farringdon, Berks. His father had worked for Mr. Puuiegar, a farmer there, and died two years ago. He came to London six months ago, and had subsisted by mendicity and doing little errands for milk men. _ _ Mr. Humphrys said the boy had been continually beg ging broad outside the bakers' shops in the Broadway. Mr. Selfe said he could not commit the boy to Feltham, as it was exclusively restricted to boys who bad been con victed of crime.. There were several industrial schools, but he could not compel them to take him in. Ho did not wish the boy to be with young thieves, who might con taminate him. He thought the boy had better be remanded for a week to the workhouse, and then Mr. Humphrys could make inquiries in the meantime. Mr. Humphrys said that would be the better course. The boy was very dirty, and it would require that time to get him fit to be taken into an industrial school. Tho boy was just such a ono as should be taken care of. Remanded accordiugly. fItiGIeIgR.ENCIG treat Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 80 79 PREFERENCE SH.A.RES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent. pi., Ditto, new, 5 per cent., 1863, 60 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 191 Sambre and Meuse, 51 per cent. pf., Sj 9 San Paulo. limn., gua. 6 per cent., 131 West Flanders, 8 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lira.. United Mexican, Um., 11 ; Washoe Gold, Dm., 21 2 BANKS. Anglo Egyptian, lira., 101 Australasia, 633 Bank of New Zealand, 18 173 English and Swedish. lim.. 14 Imperial Ottoman, lira., 93 London Bank of .llexi , 3o and S. America, 11 w.,11 London and South-Western, lira., 173 17 Midland Bank, lim., 173 Standard of British South Africa, 1ira.,1133 Union of London, 44 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 111 Atlantic Telegraph, 46 Dit o, 8 per cent.. 85 City Discount, lim, Commercial Union. Insurance, 43 Credit r'oncler of Englanu, lira,. 21 3 Ebbw Vale, 93 G.,n. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 33• Home and lonial A ssurance, If Judson's Bay, 61 International Financial Society, lim., 33 Land Securities. lim., ;3 London iier,ritiOmnibus Company, lim, 33 Londor. District Telegraph Urn., f Naional i)1 count (..ompany. 113 Quebrada Land. Lt4thialld bluing, 11m.,1 Royal Mail Steam, 103 Telegraph Constructivn and Maintenance, lint, Ditto (£l,), 141 Trinidad Fe:rolcuin, lim., 53 Universal Marine, Insurance, lira., 23 HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOUNDS.—The meet on Friday was at Maidenhead Thicket, where there was a good muster of sporting gentlemen. The deer, Union Jack, was uncarted in a field to the left of Maidenhead Thicket, which gave an indifferent run of only 35 minutes, and was taken close by the Seven Stars, Knoll-hill. Re turned to the Thicket and uncarted an untried hind, which went away to Bick-bridge, Hawthorn-hill, War field, through Sir John Walsh's eoverts, where the wire fences prevented the deer getting any farther, and it was taken after a good hunting pace of two hours ; the scent was bad and country very heavy. This hind promises to be a first-rater. Lord Colville, the noble master, was pre sent. Mr. Horace Greeley, of the New York Tribune, has lately received an agricultural prize for producing the largest " squash "at an exhibition. He has also been nonaiziated for. Congress. POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 7s Od ; turkey poults, Os Od to Os Od ; geese, 4s to 7s Od : goslings, 4s Gd to 7s Gd ; duets, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, Os to Os ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 6 , 1; wild do, 9d to is 3d ; pigeons, Gd to 10d ; hares, 2s 6d. to 3s 6d ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; pheasants, 4s Od to 8s Od ; partridges, is 9d to 3s 01; grouse, 2s Od to 6s Od. each ; black game, 3s 0.1 to 6s per brace; Surrey fowls, 5s to 8s ; do. chickens, 4s 01 to 5s ;. barn-door fowls, Os Od to OS Od per couple. English eggs, Os Gd to lOs 0,1 ; F renc h d o . 8s Od to 9s Od per 100. Fresh butter, is Id t o i s 5d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Soles, is to 6s Od per pair ; cod, 2s 6d to 12s ; brill, 2s 6d to lOs Od ; turbot, 5s Od to 21s each ; whitings, 3s to 12s ; haddocks, 4s to lBs per dozen ; herrings, —s to —s per 120; native oysters, 80s to 110 s ; other sorts, 30s to 40s per bushel. NEWPORT. Per 81h. by the carcase. Beof 2s 10d to 4s 2d I Mutton ... 3s 2d to 4s 8d Veal 4s Od to 5s 4d I Pork WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 4d I Mutton ... 3s 2d to 4s 8d Veal • 4s Od to 5s 4d Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from sid. to 9d. ; of household ditto, 7d. to Bd. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 64 lbs, 2-Id to 3d ;64t0 72 lbs, 3d to 30 ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3id ; 80 to 881bs., 3id to 4id ; 88 to 961b5., 4id to sd; 96 to 1041b5., 5d to Sid. Horse hides, 9s to 10s 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s Od to 4s ; full, 7s ; polled sheep, Os Od to lls Od; half-breds, is Gd to 8s 6d ; downs, Gs Od to 6s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. _ • HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, £3 10s to £4 ss; clover, £4 lOs to £5 16s Od ; and straw, XL 16s to .£2 4s per load: Inquiry limited. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 10s to £4 lOs Od; clover, £4 10s to £5 15s and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. A moderate demand. WfirrnenApELA—Meadow hay, £3los to £4 5s ; clover, £4 12s to £slss Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Trade slow. THE SCOTCH IRON MARKET.—The iron specula tion in Glasgow in the beginning of the year is evi dently destined to become famous. The examina tion of the now really eminent Alex. M'Ewen, of the firm of M'Ewen, Bryson, and Co., iron mer chants, Glasgow, throws a flood of light not only on the speculative operations in question, but on the actors engaged in these recent most unwarrant able "rigging" transactions. According to Mr. M'Ewen, before even any combination had been formed, the members composing the league had actually bought warrants for over 500,000 tons of pig-iron, while the whole warrants in existence re presented only some 370,000 tons of this most im portant raw. material. In buying iron warrants the members of the combination were well aware that they were purchasing docu ments which the sellers without assistance could not deliver ; for had not , the holders of the 500,000 tons of pig-iron met in Liverpool in solemn conclave, by special appointment, in the Board-room of the ill-omened Barned's Bank, and there bound themselves on their " honour as gen tlemen and good faith as men of business," not only to make their further purchases for joint account, but to hold the warrants which they had already ac quired as sold " to the combination at the price of 68s. as at the Ist of February last ?" This cannot by any straining be characterised as an ordinary mercantile venture, inasmuch as it was the inten tion by numbers and capital to force up to an in ordinate value certain iron warrants, of which the members of the combination had the sole control. The association for enhancing the value of Scotch pig-iron was formed on Jan. 29, when the price for warrants was 625. cash. By the end of February, owing to the operations supported by this secret combination, the quotation had increased to 735. By the end of March the price had further risen to 765., and in the course of April the maximum of 81s. was finally reached. In about three months, it would appear, M'Ewen, . Bryson, and Company, as their share of the adventure, had acquired iron warrants representing about 420,000 tons. But during all that time they were not only purchasing, but making sales, and, accordingly, had actually disposed of 720,000 tons. The price of the purchases is given at £1,500,000 ; and the proceeds of the sales, supposing them all realised, would have amounted, it is said, to £2,500,000. These were only, however, it must be remembered, the simple transactions of M'E wen, Bryson, and Co. The other members forming the combination—some 11 in all, including two brokers, were, of course, also buying and selling, some less and some more, according to their connections and opportunities. The brokers, too, as may be sup posed, had a most important part in the manage ment of this most unjustifiable " rig." They, no doubt under the agreement, were left at liberty to execute all ordinary orders that might come to them ; but then they were to give " neither hint, advice, nor information" as to what was going on behind the curtain, under taking, moreover, to give to the combination the first offer of their regular business transactions before executing them. in the market. This condition of pre-emption by the brokers was undoubtedly a most extraordinary stipulation —indeed almost incredible, were it not found con tained in the remarkable agreement produced by the trustee on the occasion of Mr. M'Ewen's last exa mination. But, notwithstanding the monopoly of the iron warrants, the powerful and secret combi nation, voluminous and friendly statistical reports, and an unlimited number of purchases and sales, the attempt to take money on a great scale out of the pockets of the uninformed and unsuspecting fairly broke down. In April Barned's Bank failed, and iron warrants, of which there were known to be large holders, became discredited. The bills of the iron speculators, too, began to fall due, and, in the imminence of the money crisis, could not be renewed on almost any terms. A number of the parties to the combination, as well as some of the houses to whom they had given credit, next got into difficulties ; and, finally, when the great failures supervened in Liver pool and Glasgow, this well-conceived scheme was at length seen to be abortive. But while Mr. M'Ewen was thus unfortunate in his iron speculation, he would appear to have been equally unfortunate in preserving the book in which his various ven tures were recorded. • His transactions were enu merated in a letter-book which usually was kept locked up in a private desk. On the 28th of August last this letter-book, it is stated, was wanted about a bill ; 'but somehow it had disappeared, and after a careful and. anxious search it could not be found. Some two or three days after a boy named James M'Kenzie—a distant relative of Mr. M'Ewen, and in his employment—gave a message to the cashier of the firm that this same letter-book which had been lost was required for some purpose or other. He was desired to go and look for it, and accordingly went into the room where it was kept, and came out in due time with a book under his arm. This book, which has been since missing, notwith standing the most careful and diligent search for it in all quarters, is admitted to be of the highest import ance to the bankrupt estate, containing, as it does, a reliable narrative, made up at the time, of Mr. M'Ewen's various iron and other speculations. The boy M'Kenzie was apprehended and judicially exa mined, but without any useful result, for some how it happened that, though of average intelli gence, be all at once became seized with a complete loss of memory. Like men in trouble, Mr. M'Ewen on this occasion would appear to have resorted to a wise woman, a celebrated Glasgow clairvoyante named Mess Townsend, for counsel and assistance. As may be supposed she told the afflicted man much that was wonderful, though, it may almost be sur mised, very little that was new. But, what . was i important, she at once removed the perplex i n g mystery about the missing letter-book,. for, 8 house of de scribed the place where she said it was in of Mr. Armstrong. Armed with this valtuaitebhle y in formation, Mr. M'Ewen, with de spatch, waited upon the Superintepniesntwoofr house obtained a warrant, caused Mr. Arms tr on g 's to be searched ; but again the fates h were suonmperhopoiw tious, for the book, if ever . t he e d r . e, had Such are the again most mysteriously van is hed. facts brought out in Glasgow in this 19th century on the occasion of a solemn jud icial examination ar ising out of transactions having their origini n p i g -i ron transactions !_-Abr idged from the Scots man. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—Lord Derby last night made one of his best after-dinner speeches to the new ;Lord Mayor and his guests at the Guildhall. It is only at long intervals that a Conservative chief has the privilege of responding to the toast of " Her Majesty's Minis ters," and Lord Derby, though three times Prime Minister, has only for the third time, and at inter vals of years, spoken in the character of one to whom the guardianship of the country is committed. The late Lord Palmerston, in office in his youth, in mature manhood, and in old age, bore his responsi bilities lightly. To speak as a Minister at a public banquet was as natural to him as to talk at his own dinner table; the proper phrases came unbidden to his lips ; he was open or reserved as the case re quired as if by instinct, and charmed an assembly by his frankness without uttering a word that he did not wish to say. Lord Derby has many of the same quaiities, but the exhibition of them is not so spontaneous. He feels the respansibility, not to say the difficulty, of the position he occupies. Called suddenly to fill the highest post in the State, and with no definite majority in the House of Commons to support him, the present Premier knows he can only hope to succeed through the for bearance of his political opponents, and that their forbearance can only be obtained by earning the good will of the country. Able administration and better measures than their antagonists could offer must be the trust of the present Cabinet, and they have not yet had time to convince the country either of their sincerity or their ability. Hence a certain reserve which marks the statesman who hopes to perform something, but whose achieve ments are still in the future. Lord Derby does not break that silence respecting his coming measures which he and his colleagues have kept through all the temptations to indiscretion that beset a Minister during the autumn vacation. If the preparations for the session have begun in earnest, and Cabinet Councils are long and frequent, the public must wait for the result till the meeting of Parliament, for nothing was extracted by the hospitality of the City. We have no reason to quarrel with such reticence. nine are still three months left of the Recess, and the Government has a right to take all the time it can for the consideration of its measures. Lord Derby makes the usual survey of public•affairs at home and abroad, and says, wiih truth, that there are many reasons for congratula tion. In spite of the financial disasters of the pre sent year, the country is prosperous, the revenue is maintained, trade does not flag, and there is abun dant employment for the people. There is, indeed, something marvellous in the commercial vitality of the nation. We have had a commercial crisis sur passing any that has preceded it in violence and duration • we have had individual loss and indi vidual suffering which can scarcely be calculated, and the extent of which each man can only judge by the cases of which he has private knowledge ; we have had an indifferent harvest, and provisions have increased in price ; yet the national energy suffices to to make all good. If no unforeseen disaster befall us, we may hope that before the 9th of November comes round again the traces of the great crash of May, 1866, will have been nearly obliterated. In the good wishes which he ex pressed towards foreign countries, the Premier will meet with universal concurrence. It is clearly the interest of Austria and Italy to live in friendship with each other, and, now that there is no cause of contention between them, to forget that they have ever fought. Italy can only develope her resources by sparing her people the heavy contributions they have hitherto had to offer on the altar of patriotism, and Austria must retrench or suffer financirl disaster more fatal even than the defeat of Sadowa. Lord Derby's references to the Atlantic Telegraph, to the hospitable reception of our Volunteers at Brussels, and to the display which is to be made in the French capital during the ensuing year, were apposite and well received. The most important point in Lord Derby's speech was, however, the intimation that a proposition for the arrangement of the differences between America and this country with respect to the Alabama claims would be favourably entertained and that the duties of neutrals in maritime war might, if necessary, be reconsidered. Lord Derby's Government is, happily, able to approach these questions without suspicieon or prejudice. During the four years of the late civil war they were out of office. It is among the advantages of our Parliamentary system that one set of men, who may be pledged to a certain line of conduct, or who, at least, cannot easily and gracefully depart from it, may retire to make way for others who are more free to act. From the very fact that Lord Russell and his colleagues had to conduct long and irritat ing controversies, and to come to conclusions dis tasteful to the American Government and people, it would be almost impossible for them to approach these discussions with a fair chance of success. They will not the less, we hope, give a cordial sup port to their successors in any attempt which may be made to remove a cause of offence which appears to be deeply felt on the other side of the Atlantic, and to achieve a substantial and permanent reform of international law. Whatever differences of opinion may exist as to the past or present policy of the Conservatives, it must be admitted that since they have been' in office they have not shown themselves wanting in administrative activity. The Army, the Navy, and the affairs of :India have been handled with vigour, and we have rea son to believe with success, during the last few months, and it is probable that when Parlia ment meets we shall find that other departments have not been neglected. If, in addition to these matters of domestie administration the Government can settle the troublesome questions which have grown out of the cruise of the Alabama, they may feel that their tenure of office, however short, has not been without benefit to the country and credit to themselves. Though it is almost in the nature of things, and is certainly for the advantage of the country, that the Liberal party should be for the most part in office, and that the Conservatives should perform their appropriate function of check ing and regulating the stream of legislation, yet seasons recur at which it is beneficial that this re lation should be changed, and that the party gene rally in Opposition should be called upon to act where they have been accustomed only to criticize. The present, we conceive, is one of those seasons, and Lord Derby and his colleagues have once more the opportunity of gaining a higher reputation than Daythat e o e f r r e e l e s p v e e r e d O s p w p i o t s h i ti t o h n e o e r l a e t e o e r s. of t L h o e r dM nis a t y e o ri r a 's l vacation, and the Conservatives have now to pre pare for another session with the consciousness that their policy must decide their fortunes. THEATRICAL GOSSIP. The " Long Strike" has been successfully produced at the Royal Amphitheatre, Liverpool. A burlesque of the " Bons Villageois" is about to be pro duced at the Dejazet. It is entitled "Nos Bonnes Villa geoises," and is by M. A.mddde de Jallais. A new play by Mr. Tom Taylor, the principal parts in which will be sustained by Miss Kate Terry and Mr. Her mann Vezin, will shortly be produced at the Aldelphi. The Byron Amateurs will give a dramatic performance on Thursday, Nov. 22, at the Polygraphic Hall—the pro ceeds of the entertainments being devoted to the relief of the sufferers by the late fire at the Standard Theatre. Mr. Toole's impersonation of Caleb Plummer, in a new version of Dickens's "Dot," is one of the best of his semi pathetic delineations, and has been given with distinguished success at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool. " Le Fils," the promised play of M. Vacquerie, has been produced at the Comldie Francaise, with distinguished suc cess. The plot is natural and healthy, and the situations of the piece are striking, and no means commonplace. The style is spoken of as very pregnant, finished, and happy. author is The new five-act drama in verse, "La Conjuration Amboise," has been produced at the Odeon. wee s of M. Louis Bouilhet, who has been thorough/3' he fortune an ambitious effort. The play deals with t triking and the Prince de Conde, and has a plot at °"entBhusiasm. original. It was received with the utmosdt. e whenu blower Scene—a church somewhere in Scotlan wind is (also railway porter) discovered fast ashes Organ blower Its a ssful in wanted. To him another official, w % P° tige here for Elgin, (also railway porter) starting up-i - eno ral co nsternation. Lossiemouth, and Burghead.' n " and deals with tho oft . " Bucking hal existed b the brilliant Sept Baisers The latest novelty at the su pposed to have e.ween "Theatre Dojazet is entitled dramatised intrigues s ambassadorso faire un nom" is an amusingfarce pp and Anne of Austria. " Une Produced at the same theatre. Its author which has been produ eho in t English l q i s u h i vout u night. the r first .d of her is M. L. Bienvenu. .th S e . PSta.ilas) will give James's a on ri ay, ke's celebrated music will be rendered by 23 ~Macbeth" is the play selected for the opening The whol. of Loc promisedisG 113•Onadig4ss.at Mr. Henry Leslie's choir. On Friday, Dec. 7th, "Antony and Cleopatra" will be read, and on the following Friday "King John." The remaining readings will take place on Jan. 18th and 25th and Feb. Ist. The Montgomery (Alabama) Mail, of Sept. 27, says . • Howell Rose, the old citi zen o f Coosa, so well known for his wealth and for his eccentricities, died last week at his log cabin in Coosa county, Alabama. By boarding kis means for many years he had been enabled to accumulate a property of nearly $300,000, all of which passes by his death to the use of his wife for life. Mr. Rose had, in a former will, left a body of land, embracing several thousand acres, to be divided among his negroes, whom he intended to manumit. But in consequence of the violence which he experienced at the hands of the enemy he changed his will, and committed them to the EMICISIMefi LONDON GAZETTE. —Last Evening. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL,. 9. 96th Regiment of Foot—Major-General the Nv . Sir A. A. Spencer, K.C.8., to b e Colonel, vice Major-Ge nera l Si r Charles Warren, K.C.8., deceased. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Thomas Dawson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Arthur Charles Van Cortlandt, who retires; Cornet Henry Frederick Twynam, to be Lieutenant s by purchase, vice Dawson Graham Eden William Grwme Haznond, Gent.; to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Twynam. sth Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant-Colonel L. Lyons Montgomery, late Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Pay master, vice Nathaniel Eyre Robbins, transferred to Netley Hospital. 3d II us—Cornet . George William Eccles Hunter to be JJhu Maude, wh o re ir _ _ -- • - t Lie es. utenant, by purchase, vice Royal - Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Hol becke Couclima,n to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Allan Newton Scott, retired ou half-pay ; Second Captain Eardly William Childers on the Seconded List, to be Captain ; Second Captain and Adjutant Robert Pope to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Couclunan ; Second Cap tain De Vie Francis Carey to be Captain vice William Dickson, placed on half-pay ; Lieutenant Charles Edward Pritchard, to be Second Captain, vice Pope; Lieut. Charles E. Armstrong to be Second Captain, vice Carey; Lieut. Samuel Dunlop to be Second Captain, vice `Tupper; Liout. Edward Lyons to be Second Captain, vice Edward Egan, deceased ; Lieut. Wm. M. Tollner to be Second Captain, vice C. W. Walrond. resigned ; Second Captain Harry M'Leod to be Adjutant, vice Pope ; Second Captain 2Emilius de Vic Tupper to be Adjutant, vice J. Everett, retired on half-pay; Lieut. Robert T. Farquhar has been permitted to resign his Commission. sth Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet Herbert Reay Gall, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Thomas Carew Hunt, transferred to the 74th Foot. 9th Foot-Lieutenant Arthur Henry Josselyn to be Cap- - tain, by purchase, vice Richard Roberts, who retires ; Ensign John Lovell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Josselyn; Ensign Rippingal to be Lieutenant, by pur chase,vice Burton, promoted Gentleman Cadet Ed- ward Croft MurraY, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lovell ; Gentleman Cadet Charles Edmund Ralph William Mortimer, from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Jackson. 12,th Foot—Ensign John Taylor Winnington to be Lieu . tenant, by purchase, vice G. Lyford Barry Thomas, who retires ; Allayne Beaumont Lenard, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Colin iii‘Elenzie Taylor, who re tires;_ Gentleman . Cadet Patrick Douglas Jeffreys, f rom the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Allayne Beaumont Legard, transferred to the 60th Foot. 14th Foot—Ensign Henry John Smith has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commis sion. 16th Foot—Ensign Robert Vincent Gardiner, from the 84th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Geo. Patrick Campbell, trans ferred to the 81th Foot. 18th Foot.—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edward Watson, c'a from half-pay late 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Col ei, vice Brevet-Colonel Alfred Augustus Chapman, who exchanges to half-pay ; Major George A ugus t us E lliot to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Watson, who retires ; Captain Richard Pretyman Bishopp to be Major, by purchase, vice Elliot; Lieutenant J. Archer Julian Briggs to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bishopp; Ensign Henry David Bicknell to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Briggs; Charles Lockhart Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bicknell. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Chas. V. Hiffernan to be Captain, without purchase, vice Francis Davis, deceased ; Ensign George Fearon Thorp to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Hiffernan ; Gentleman Cadet Stuart Erskine Rolland, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thorp. 28th Foot—Major and Brevet Lieutent-Colonel Charles Frederick Torrens Daniell to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel William Chester Master, C. 8., who retires; Captain James Williams to be Major, by purchase, vice Lieutenant-Colonel Daniell. 29th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Carrington to be In-. structorof Musketry, vice Lieutenant Charles Edward Pinckney Simpson, promoted. 31st Foot—Major James Wallace Dunlop Adair, fromhalf pay, late sth Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel George E. Brown-Westhead, who retires upon temporary half-pay. Captain Charles Prevost to be Major, by purchase, vice Adair, who retires. Lieutenant John Theodore Austin Gardiner to be Captain, by pur- chase, vice Prevost. 42d Foot—Ensign Harry Richard Stanhope Foley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Allatt Drake, who retires ; William Walter Dundas, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Foley. 53d Foot—Ensign Murray Dyne Messiter to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Henry Douglas Rooke, promoted. 60th Foot—Ensign Allayne Beaumont Legard, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, vice the Honourable Henry Edward Dormer, deceased. 63d Foot—Lie utenant Charles Henry Kinahan to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Edward Joseph Hunt, who re tires,- Lieutenant Charles Ellison Terrot to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Charles Henry Kinahan, promoted. 72d Foot—Captain Charles Fleming Hunter to be Major, by purchase, vice Alexander Orombie,who retires; Lieu tenant Henry Arthur Crane to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hunter ' • Ensign Maximilian Henry Emilius de Cetto to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crane. 73rd Foot—Captain George Rowland Waugh, from the 99th Foot, to be Captain, vice Benson, who exchanges ; Ensign James Beardoe Doncaster to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Archibald Collings Fall Armstrong, who retires •, Gentleman Cadet William Frederick Duff Schreiber, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Doncaster. 74th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Pavy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Colin Hugh Thomson, who retires; En sign Conyngham Martin llcAlpine to be Lieutenant, by • purchase, vice Pavy ; Ensign Henry Thomas Carew Hunt, froniihe sth Toot, to be Ensign, vice McAlpine. 78th Foot - Lieutenant Robert Lockhart Dalglish to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Andrew Murray, - - promoted. 80th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Prescott Harrison, from half-pay, late 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Robert Hawkes, who exchanges to half-pay. gith Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Griffin to be Captain with out purchase, vice Henry Arkw r i g ht, d ecease d ; Ensign George Atkinson Wray to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Griffin ; Ensign George Patrick Campbell, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Robert Vincent Gardiner, transferred to the 16th Foot ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Alexander Vincent, from the Royal Military Col lege, to be Ensign, without purchase vice Wray. 99th Foot— Captain Francis Napoleon Bingley G. Benson, from the 73d Foot, to be Captain, vice Waugh, who ex changes. 106th Foot—Ensign Arthur Corbet Maurice to be Lieu tenant, vice William Heathcote Unwin, whose appoint ment from the 56th Bengal Native Infantry, which ap peared in the Gazette of the 7th August, 1866, has been cancelled; Ensign James Winslow to be Lieutenant, vice Maurice, whose promotion on the 30th October, 1866, has been cancelled; Gentleman Cadet Alister Wm. Jamiesan, from the Royal Milirary College, to be Ensign, vice Winslow. Rifle Brigade —The promotion of Lieutenant Fryer, and retirement of Captain Davy, bear date 2d November 1866, and not as stated in the Gazette of that date. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Edgar Gardner to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lloyd Richter Creak Drone; who retires; Ensign Francis William Seafield Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gardner ; William Stewart Thorburn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vic. Grant. MEDICAL DEPARTMENNT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon John. Richard Thomas to be Staff-Surgeon ; Assistant-Sur geon Richard Armstrong Hyde, from the 20th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice James Atkinson, ap pointed to the 3d Foot. HALF-PAY.—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Maguire, from the 60th Foot, to be Major, without pur chase. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Allan Newton Scott, relied fu ll " pay, Royal Artillery, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Afajor, James Howes, half-pay, late 64th Foot, to ha ve the honormy rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Pa with hoorary rauk o f Captain , Charl es Sewell ymaste , 6th r 'Dragoon the Gua n rds, to have the honorary rank of Major. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 8. Lieutenant Arthur Cecil Curtis, First Lieutenant of the Terrible, to be.Conunandor in hor Majest y' Atlant ic s FleeCabts i le n consideration of his servi ces in laying, the . COURSE OF -ESCSANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam .... Short. 11 15} Ditto 3 Mouths. 11 19 11 19f Rotterdam ................ Antw erp — 25 42/ Brussels -- 25 4 2i flamburg ........ • — 13 8} Paris ................ . .... , Short 25 15 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine Vienna , ll9l Trieste — 13 20 Petersburgn Berlin - 30 Madrid — 626 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 27 32 27 32i Naples 27 3 Palermo -- 27 32 Messina Lisbon — 27 32 Oporto . •— 511 51/ 11 161 11 19 11 19 25 47 25 50 13 9} 25 25 25 45 25 47} 120 13 30 13 30 30} 6 26i 47i 48} 27 40 27 40 27 45 27 40 27 40 27 40J 511 511 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Nov. 10.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; light breeze, and cloudy weather, with dense fog. YARMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Orinoco, from Shields for Dieppe, with windless broken down and other damage. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 9.—Wind N.W.— Sailed—Harrowby, for Hobart Town. LEITH, ‘ Nov. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Edward Al bert, from Monte Video. (BY TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Nov. 10—Belgium, steamer, from Ostend. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Anchored—Dunelin, from London, for Wellington ; Campage, from London, for Bahia ; Helen, from London, or St. Kitts. The bead porter of Trinity College, Cambridge, who recently died, had amassed between £15,000 and £20,000 during the period in which he had held office. The authorities of the college propose to pay the new porter a fixed salary of £250 per annum. Tw at) sie up. wards 91 40 cuidiclgtori ktr thQ yaGant post. LOO st 1