The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-19 00:00:00

rat b. 16. High- Louise, bernoon 'rincess ) rincess ilmoral ley ar- Prince nd the )n their visit to 3 far as trriages z Aber- Is made e only West ►st (Mr. 'al visi- ley sta without fore 6. ited on Sheriff magis- Aor of general -oin the ough a Dn was Volun -1 up at s mak- them a I were 1, coach s, and sburg, Rowed ry un people r than er cir eh the enthu- about drove easing ighted I with 1 front place. cted— her in inated were itional ) rail- mnds, inated DI the t was rening ad the e and Lord party rinces Hon. e Mar- Park, raven on a re left Sun- Lady Hall, :o iept dal ) to he )0. 9NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Two o'CLoCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67 f. 80c. An improvement of f pe r c en t. h as t a k en pl a ce in the English Funds, and the market presents a favourable appearance. The suddenness with which the death of Lord Palmerston came upon the pub be caused at first a slight decline, but now a re action has occurred, and Consols are 881 f for money, and 89f j for the account. The New Three s and Reduced Annuities are 87f a ; Exche quer Bills, June, Bs. to ss. dis. ; India Stock, 217*; ditto 5 per Cents, 1044 105 ; ditto Enfaced 5} per Cents., 107 i 108 f ; ditto 4 per Cent. Deben tures, 98.1 ; and Bank of England Stock, 250. As in the English so in the Foreign department there has been a marked return from the momentary depression. Business has been a little more lively owing to the purchases which have caused the reactionary tendency-. The latest prices are as follows :—Turkish Consolides, 48 = ; 25 * 4 ; the New Loan, 24k 4 ; Spanish Passive, f, showing a considerable improvement ; Certificates, 14i ; Italian, 63i j. ; Confeder ate Loan, 6 7 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 3 I prem. American Securities are likewise buoyant. - United States 5-20 Bonds are 64 4 ; Erie Shares, 5 74 58i ; and Illinois, 83 I. The directors of Messrs. Smith, Knight, and Co. have replied to the accusations made against them by the committee of investigation. All the charges a ll made seriatim, and the directors appear in a more satisfactory light than could have been anti cipated from the first report. Business in the Railway Share Market has been 4111 4 but a firmer tone has prevailed, and prices generally are a shade higher. Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern have each advanced 5 8 ; and Great Western, Metropolitan, and Mid land each 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there has been very little business entered into, and quo tations remain unaltered. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Char tered of India, Australia, and China have receded 23 ; Alliance are dealt in at 31i ; Imperial Ottoman, at 158 s; Imperial Mercantile Credit, at 7* ; and National Discount Company, at 15f ; Overend, Gurney, and Company have improved to 18/ 191 ; Allan's Transatlantic Telegraph Company shares are quoted 2 to 2-1. prem. ; Transatlantic Steam Ship Company, par, 1 prem. ; Merchants' Company, die. I prem. ; London and Australian Agency, i t 1 Prern, - , and Tasso Brazilian Gold Mining Company * 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. , GOVERNMENT FUNDS. . Der Cent. Consols 00. Account, Nov. 8 B9l °Per Cent. Reduced B 7* 1 1 r ti .w 3 per Cext B7 1 1 - ‘ 43 l l‘ r 2 i - Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A :` - ' l3 - 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 .amnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 _,, 13 0. fo r 80 yrs,- expire sth April,lBBs — ..,o (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 _l9l March ra , r s, £ -- Nile Bill 1„ a 000 3 ,k3 l . per Cent. Juno Do, Do £5OO Bata £lOO and £2OO D o 4„ of En land Stock, 51 per Cent g L it mint In l4 -N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 250 -1•° Act A 0 Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2171 20 •" nt Do. — • - 0. A Per Cent. July, 1870 1041 s cc o unt D 'EI. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — Do' .(L-3,ortificates — r, O • -ciilfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do • 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do 5 i .per Cent, May 1879 lO7l 8/ 1: ,1 per Cent., Aug. 1866 .981 ' 1,?.. bonds, £l,OOO — "0- under £l,OOO 40,31.,„ VOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 691 131.„,„'''',a0 ns, 5 per Cent, 1859 -~ulan Pea Cent Do. 1863 — Do Do . Q4l per Cent., 1852-58-60 3 1 i Pm 13 , • .erip, xl5 paid Lbeo2l.oB.A.Aecy_res 6 per Cent Do b °114 ,-, t Can' er -eat. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 6 per Cent _ Col4itnPe6r peCernOt ent r_ 14 .1 - Per Cent. • _ _ ' n ull 3 per Cent., 1825 1 -2% 4 Per Cent., 1863 — o aJ o• 6 per Cent. 1773-77, £25 paid — D°bian Princi alities A.ccount Consolidated,P tclilador New .. 1 ....... Cent — E Do., Provisional Land Warrant — glPtian. 7 per Cent -u, 01 Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. fiTi. 7 . 7 .7.7.17.7 9ll 1 1 1 Do £lOO Bonds .... .-. , t ..... . Oreek 5 per Cents., 182.4-5., ex Voupons - DDo Account Do. Coupons o Account truatemala 5 per Cent , Do. 1839 and 1850 40 . 1 ian 5 Do 1865 per Cent (Maremmana Rail way) Do Scrip, £671 paid IND° siica n 3 per per Ce Cent., nt 1864 --- ‘a 1 " 0 . Ac count _ 1 , Do 1864 _ --.° 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French _ ~,oDo French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c _ itionotevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid _ 4 441 1 imp er i al 5 per Cent ew Graar_i_ .13:0112 Pe,l744oent Do erred a', kerred P e " -"and Warrants (Hectares) _ rup-n.,,* t i -‘.... q per Cent 73/ to. -Account 314 cr iP, £45 p a id , pa id i n Bonds Do . per Cent. (Uribarren) _ Portll4l- Per Cent., 1862 D o gil n e se 3 per Cent., 1853 46 1 Do '"A.Per Ce nt., , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, ' 3 , 46i Ittii3 ecounG -- .1:: : 4 2'! 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 1), 'I - Per Cent. 1850 iy", 4 1 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 Per Cent. 1859 t i ` c : , 5 Per Cent. 1862 — • 911 Bardi:iperr Cent. 1864 — D o -4 ' l ° Per Cent Do 1.3 p .Account 41:18 . 113 c Per Cent 0 0 f i te ount 451 1, -i-le Deferred — -.0 Acco 381 .13 0 1 , ,unt 1).. . assive t itlaZ e teeount 291 1 13 C ert. of Coup not funded — ~, 0 lice° qvved ie , ILIA bo e• 4 Per Cent. Tllrkili Per Cent 1864 D o - A ' 4 _ 6 Per Cent. 1854 9l D o reount ....... _., t . ...................... - 00 Aper Cent is;sB 13° t e"ltit ................. . - ) 0. .. 0 Bonds ......... ti - n n -s per Cent i" 5 Per Cent. 1862 )c) A:count 7 7 4 5 y ,° 4100 13onds . 0 ) ," Per Cent. 1864 — 43i i )° 0 per Cent. 1865 Jo tICO Bands 44 etl)4oo:4eiira:'4334l, l3 4 ai p d er Cent per Cent. t in • - Per Cent., 1862 -. a ccoun t • bo. a.................... „Per Cent, 1864 • b4tlstri.J.:, ividends on the above payable in London. 5, Ik-6,, 5 , Per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins . 0 4 -", 4 1 Per cent., Ex. 25f. _ , D e e 4 A 2 i Per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail 95 4f Vr ei , 1 ..' Per Cent. CertificaLeS Ihtl:Z Ratites } per Cent. Don 0 per Cent. ,1861, Ex. 25f. 4eceunt .. _ Z 18444 THREE O'CLOCK 0. 44 . 2 . . ... B9 1 collat ...... B9l 1 TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England rate of discount remains at 7 per cent., and a more favourable feeling has been the consequence. The commercial public are bring ing forward their bills more freely, and the brokers are negotiating business with less caution than they recently observed. First-class bills are •rather a fraction below the official minimum, and there is an expectation that the return to be published this evening will contain alterations of a satisfactory Character. The gold has received an accession of More than half a million during the week, and it is not at all improbable that some coin from the coun try and Ireland has found its way into the Bank. An influx of £155,000 took place at the Bank of England yesterday. The directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining , Company (Limited) have received the following re - - : Port, dated Morro Velho, Sept. 16, 1865 :—Produce for August, 38,681 oitavas ; cost for August, £9,383 ; profit for August, £5,518 ; produce, 11 days of September, 17,016 oitavas ; yield, 9.453 oitavas er ton. .RE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. iPaid.l C i ll e in . g I Budsoinnee!/ • Bristol and Exeter lu et Caledonian lO at Cambrian . 1 50 Cork and Bandon al 20 Cornwall. at Dublin & Belfast June lOl at Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc lit 1.0 E.London, trip Certl 2( Do. at Glasgow &S. Western 10 t Great lOastern, Ord. stk. ID st Do. E. Angl. at. No 2 101 at Great North of Scotian 101 at Great Northern lOl bt D.). A 5t0ck.......... 10( at Do. B stock 10( at Do. New, ts. at 25 prik 10 at GtS, and W. of Ireland 10( at Gt. Western -Original 1 , st D•.. S. VAL Rail gua. 10( at Do. South Wales et Do. W. Mid.—Oxiord 10( at Do. Newport 10( at Do. Hereford 10( at Lancashire ctc Yorkshire 10( at London and Blackwall 10( at Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 10( at Lon., Chat., and Dover 101 at Do. Metrop: Ex: A IC( at Lon. & North Western 10( at Lon. & South Western 10( at Man., Shet., & Lincoln 10( at Metropolitan..... al 10 Do. New 10 Do Extension Metropolitan District al 100 Do do. do. 1( 10 Do. and John'sW'd at Midland 9 Do. £9 Share at Do, Birmin.. & Derby 10 25 mid Kent .. al at North British at Do. Ed., Pth Dun lO at Nth. Eastern Berwick 10 25 Do. G.N*E purchase 16.1 et Do. Leeds ...... 10 at Do. York lO at Do. Carlisle . . ... 10 25 Po. Stock. & Darling. a] 25 Do. do. 1860-61 at North London 10 Do. do. 1864 10 Do. do. 1865 at North Staffordshire .. 10 N. &S. W. Junction at Scottish Central at Scot. N. E , Aber. stock st I to. Scot, Mid. st Jck at Shropshire Union at South Devon lt et z•outh E.:stern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok al at Taff Vale loi 10 Do. C at Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkenny 10( 10 Waterloo & Whiteha st West Cornw 92 VI )0 I 126 f 1271 0 1 94 96 ._ 12 14 11 I 6 6 1 0 I 87 7 0 7l 73 !O 94 95 [0 6 5 d )0 Ir 9 11l 10 46i in 2 71 £3l 0 l3O 132 0 118 150 90 92 631 G 4 61 63 42 44 37 40 104 10d 12l 1211 )0 I 87 89' O 104 106 O 37 39 _ _ M 58 124 f 1251 e 95a 67 3 9 8 8, 11 138 139 7 3 sip, 4 lip 1 102 11 104 [0 -- 4 - 10 1251 !25 3 1 14 2i )0 91 98 .. 61 62 8 30 109 no 10 68 69. 1021 103] 11 36 37 16 10 1I p )1 118 120 5 4 1 1p 1 10 75 76 11 10 11 10 148 152 , 0 53 60 .00 - I 60 6? DO 57 69 30 781 804 11 81 91 )0 148 152 3 3 1p 10 103 105 10 50 62 BRITISH P 100 Atlantic& St. Lawrence a : at I Born.,Baroda, 4 Cen.ln. 10 gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. l shares 20i Buffalo & Lake Huron al 10 Do. Preference a 100 /Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. at Calcutta &S. E., lira lO at 'ape Town & Dock, gu lO 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi al at Nast. Bengal, gu., sdo 10 st East Lidian, gu. 5 p.c. 10 20 Do. .1 Extension at Grand Trunkot Canads 1 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c .00 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds .00 - ... Do. do. deferred ...: ,00 Do. 2d Pre f. Bonds al 00 Do. do. deterred al 00 Do. 3d Pref. stock al 00 Do. do. deferred al 00 Do. 4th Pref. stock al 00 Do. do. deterred al st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 10( 20 I'o. Gua. 5 per cent V 20 Do. New gua. sp. c st Gt. Scut hof India gua. 5 per cent st D st Do 41 per cent lOl 201 Great Wes. of Canada al ZOi Do. New . .. 11 00 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 al DC Do. 5.1 do. pay. 1877-8.. al 10 Indian Branch, limited ! st Madras, gua. 5 p.c ...„ 10 st Do. 4, do lO st Do. 43 do lO ?.0 Do. Fifth Extension st Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. IC i 0 Mel. et Hudson's Bay a, st N. IR C'da, 6pc Ist pf, bs lO, st Scincia . l, it Do. Delhi !O Do. do it Do. Puntaub....la, c , 1 t Do.lndus St. Flo 64 1, COLONIAL GOVERN. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 10 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-64 lO Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au 4 lOl DJ. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10 1 )0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July 101 Do. 5 p t. Inscribed sk 10 , Cape G.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 10 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 101 Do. do: 1880-9 101 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 10 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lO Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 10 Do. 1878, do lO Mauritius, 8 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 1882, May:s, Nov. R 10 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aui ;Natal '-;ov. 6 per cent lOl N. B. Gov. 6p. c. Ja. Jc.l uly 1 N. B.W. G0v.5p•c.,1856 Do. Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 1892 WI ew Zealand, 6p. cent 101 Do. 5 per cent.... lOl Nova So,tia Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 l9l Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOl S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1808-9 101 Do. 1878 & upwards li 1 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja 86July 101 Do. do, A pril & Oct lOl I3RITIS 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, Um. Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls 2.1 East Bassett (Illogan) 2 , East Cara, ton 2.1 Eas c Carn Brea last Grenville East Gunnislake B.l East Love.l 3 ., E. Wil Russell (Tavistk 10., Gam.& StA übyn(G wen. 61 4 Great L cxey, limited al Great South Tolgus O.l. Great Wheal Busy 14 ., G. Wheal Vor (Helstan 4( Grenville B.l Herod's Foot .... 8.1 Hingston Downs 5. 1, Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.1 Marke Valley 4.1( 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim - New Se ton North Roakear N. Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.2 North Wheal Crotty 2.1: Prosper United....... 7.1, Pr.videnee Uny Lulant 10. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow 3.2 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.: -- stray Park 35.1 Tin Croft 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim al West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chiverton West Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Bedruth 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton ,Wheal Trelawnev (Lis 104 I 91 Oi i enEYEREN(In: Great Western, 4 per cent. irred • 84 North Eastern, ERN Stockton and Darlington, A 5 per cent., 27& Ditto, 13, 6 per cent., 32} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland A and B pf, 109} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland, Bradford Prat Stock, 914 FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Bahia and San Francisco tli.n.) gua. 7 per cent., 11 Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 1 Dutch Rhenish, 241 !treat Luxembourg, 141 Sambre and Meuse, 61 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, ln FOREIGN MIINES, Cobre Copper, 22 Prontino and tsolivia Gold, lira., 3 2f liapubda, St. John del Rey, lira., 40 3i Washoe Gold, lira., Ditto, (44), 7} BANKS. Agra and Mistermares, lini., -51 Alliance, Um.. 31 Anglo Egyptian, fun.. 14 lc lim., 134 Bank of London. 140 Bank 01 Queensland, lim, 211 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 23 1 4 Chartered kler. of India, London, and China, 50}, Colonial, lim. ' 42 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10 East London, Aim.. 6 European Bank, lim., 12 Hindustan, China, and Japan, i1m.,:201 Imperial Bank, Aim.. 291 Imperial Ottoman, 151 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London Bank of .).1 exits° and S. America, Aim., 14} London Joint Stock, sil National Provincial of England. 154) Oriental Bank Corporation, 511 Union of Australia, t3t 4 Union of London; 531 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 76 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Australian Agricultural, 171 18 Bombay Gas, Urn., 51 City Cit iil City of London Jim., heal ci Property, lim., 41 Credit C o ma li nr on o c f te A r t a ri :d ob an M Me i r l c i r Egyptian Corn and Trading, lim., 21 Electric Telegraph, 1%01 Merchants, English and Australian Copper, 11 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11M., 6 Hudson's Bay, 153 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., Jim.. 71 1 International Financial society, Um., 61 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. It7o, issued 90, 83 Joint Stock Discount. lim., 81 London Financ en ial Association, llm ~ 2211im London Geral Omnibus Company., 3/ Merchant Shipping, 11m., 4 Mtllwall Freethild Land and Dock, 21 Milwall Iron Works,E43 1 National Discount company. Sm., 15j North British Austr,lasian, 50 North British and Mercantile Insurance. 181 Overend, Gurney, and Co., liw., ibt 19# Royal Mail Stearn, 119 20 Telegraph Constructiun and Maintenanoe,lliM., Ditto (Xl2 Union Marble Liverpool, lira., 21 ;SESSIONS. II 1 68 60 10 101 102 6 }d } D 11 5 i 51 11 10 11 i 73 80 0 70 75 El 101 103 0 101 102 0 103 104 D 21& 224 Ll 83 90 LI 60 71 11 60 64 11 57 59 LI r 2 55 11 45 49 11 43 45 11 28 29 11 28 <9 10 103 104 L 4 if p 4 a tp 101 162 2 - 11 151 ti .8 S 411 11 98 18 11 85 A 7 2 1 4 )0 100 10 2 4 )0 93 95 )0 83 90 2 - I 11 64 66 lo 82 88 i". 11 102 100 101 102 2 i f id 100 100 101 [OO _ INT SECUK )0 94 /0 gs I ) 93 /0 81 10 91 )0 103 165 10 107 109 10 1013 10 /0 105 107 934 91a 1i 3 105 110 112 104 106 0 l Ol 1 1 (0)13; /0 ll. 5 107 o 102 104 0 oa as 911 101 0 93 98 0 90 el 10 lO3 105 10 84i 854 I 0 I 09 101 /0 102 103 0 106 108 )0 Ics 100 MINES. 76 9 10: W 181, 19 1 560 580 1.0 al j 196 21 26 14.6 9 106 31 51 61 1 4.0 zi 3.6 1 9.0 14 15 ).8.0 21 3 66 • .2 - 4 21 22 14.6 14 2 .9.6 4 41 E 0 334 344 18.0 21 3 10.0 39 41 10.6 44 II 17.6 3 5 10.6 31 41 21 2i ltd 3} 35 40 171 10 12 /.0 13. L 1 1.6 .6.7 32 34 11 430 450 !..0 3 3} 18.9 121 176 15.6 10 12 9 17 18 5 8 16 6 7 9 8 10 Ll 73 75 k7i 165 175 i 75 80 16 26 28 8 4 6 Si 195 200 7 18 19 8 dis 5 dis POLICE IN MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SUICIDE IN A POLICE CELL.—On Mr. Knox taking his seat on the bench this morning, Inspector Walker stated that a man, who was charged at the Vine-street police station, yesterday committed suicide while in the cell. It appears that yesterday afternoon the deceased, Charles Dugard, a cab-driver, badge 963, was taken into custody by police-constable Wood, 193 C, in Jermyn-street, being at the time drunk, and wholly incapable of taking care of his horse and cab. About 9 o'clock in the evening the deceased was found to have tied a pocket-handkerchief round his neck and secured it to the grating of the window. Mr. Tothill, the division surgeon, was immediately sent for, and used every effort to restore animation, but without success. The deceased was in the employ of Mr. Mayhew, the cab-proprietor. AN IMPUDENT THlEF.—Louisa Harris, who gave an address at Hackney, and is said to have been previously convicted, was charged before Mr. Knox with the follow ing robbery. Thomas Whittington, assistant to Mr. John Hooper, linen-draper, 52, Oxford-street, said that in consequence of an alarm being given yesterday afternoon he ran into one of the shops and stopped the prisoner, when she threw down a roll of 50 yards of flannel, of the value of 50s. He then took her back to the shop, when she became very impu dent. A constable was then sent for, and sho was given into custody. Police-constable Thaxter, 176 E, said the prisoner on the way to the station said it was not the first thing she had had. He believed she had been convicted for a similar offence. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN.- -Mr. Robert Brook was charged with assault and Robbery. Charles Steward, 174, Oakley-street, bootmaker, said— Yesterday evening I went into the Green Dragon Tavern, kept by defendant, and had some rum. I put a two shil ling piece on the counter, and a woman behind the bar put it in the till, and fumbled it about. She asked me what I gave her and I told her. She gave me the change and I put it in my pocket. I stood at the bar for three or four minutes. Some conversation ensued about Hertfordshire, and I left. A man who had been at the bar followed me across the road. The man wanted me to stand something, and said I had had Is. too much. I went back to the house and told the landlady. Sho said she would swear to the fact that I had ls. too much, and abused me very much ; she said she would kick me out. The landlord (prisoner) came and seized me, and drovo me back into a room. He knocked me on to a form, used filthy language, and threatened me. He struck me repeatedly on the head and shoulders, and demanded the shilling. I refused to give it up. Ha then said, " You —, 1 will have it." He tore open my coat, and took ls. out of my waistcoat pocket. I was much hurt, and a table was knocked over. I was perfectly sober. I have lived where I do now for seven months. I had two florins and 3s. from my boy on Satur day night, and this was one of the florins. I had no is. at all when I went into the house ; that I swear. He wanted to compromise it when I fetched the police. Cross-examined—l did not deny having Is. when he struck me. Thomas Connaughtco, 53 B—l apprehended the pri soner, who said he took the shilling from him. He put his hand in his pocket, and said, " I shall have no more hum bug," but I would not have a compromise. When I went there were two florins in the till. Prisoner denied the charge, and called Alfred Parr, engineer, 10, Harewood-terrace, King's road, one of the men in question, who said prosecutor gave Is. hard change for a 2s. piece, and flatly contradicted him in every point. William Prich, 2, Spark's Cottages, Graham-street, Pimlico, corroborated last witness, as also Henry Kemp. Mr. Selfe believed the prosecutor ordered the is. to be given, and fined defendant 40s. for the assault or a month. THAMES. AN ANCIENT DRUNKARD.—A little nimble old man, named Peter Montoll, a barber, who called himself a flour dealer, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and disorderly last night. The prisoner is 70 years of age. He has been charged at this court with being drunk and disorderly so often, that an officer said he had left off counting how often Peter had been in custody of the police. Last night Peter was outside the Biitannia public-house, opposite Limehouse Church, challenging every one in the house to fight and vaunting of his prowess. Ho continued his disturbance for a long time, and when he was taken into custody he gave much trouble to a constable named Mortlock, 243 K. In addition to numerous convictions for drunkenness Peter had been once convicted and sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour for stealing a pair of boots. He had been in various lodgings, never paid any rent, and was summarily ejected from them by orders of the magistrates. An officer said Peter had been drunk 100 times. The prisoner-1,000 you mean. Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if he was not ashamed of himself to be in such a disgraceful position at his time of life ? Peter Mouton bowed, and said he could not get rid of his old habits. Mr. Partridge ordered the prisoner to enter into his own recognisance to keep the peace for six months and to pay the fee. The prisOner—Pay what fee, sir ? Roche (the gaoler) —Now, Peter, this way ; yon know well that you must pay the recognisance fee. Come this way, you know the road well. Peter followed the gaoler to his old quarters—a cold cell. DRIVING A CAB WITHOUT A LICENSE. —Francis Sadler, aged 67, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with driving a cab last night in the Commercial-road without a license. The Stamp-office plate, No. 692, was on. the cab. John Chamberlain, 670 A, said the prisoner came to the Poplar station-house on Monday night with a sailor, an d said he would not pay his fare. The prisoner was then questioned and said he had no license. Last night the prisoner was driving the same cab in the Commercial-road without a license, and he took him into custody. The prisoner said ha formerly drove a coach for Mr. Wheatley, of Greenwich, and had been to Scotland-yard and could not get a license. He had a license six years ago. Mr. Partridge—This can't be allowed. The public must be protected. I fine you 405., and in default 21 days' im prisonment in the House of Correction. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : Great Western ... 1865. 1864. ... £76,193 £74,700 North western ... 116,852 111,807 B S ri ou g t h h t - o W n es . t:rn 2 2 3 6 :6 7 4 6 6 1 2 2 2 5 :2 7 9 4 6 7 Midland 50,703 49,747 South Eastern 27,994 27,103 Great Northern 89,363 38,939 Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 40,070 36,022 Bristol and Exeter ... 6,979 6,827 Manchester, Sheffield, and. Lincoln ... 20,313 18,940 Great Eastern 36,432 35,988 London, Chatham, and Dover ... 11,277 9,556 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, show in most in stances some favourable features. On the Great Western there is an increase of £1,493 ; on the North Western of £5,045 ; on the South Western of £1,014; on the Brighton of £1,350; on the Midland of £957; on the South Eastern of £891; on the Great Northern of £424 ; on the Lanca shire and Yorkshire of £4,048 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £125 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,373; on the Great Eastern of £444; and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,721. Envelopes 21d., 31d., and qd. per 100. Note-paper 3d., 44d., and 6d. per five quires. If at any time you want better and cheaper stationery than you get from your re gular stationer, try Arthur Grangers' patentee, of the new safety envelopes and writing papers, 308, High Holborn, and 95 and 96, Borough. Agents wanted. A WORD ABOUT THE TERN.—The habits of the tern are exceedingly interesting. From time im memorial, I believe, a colony of these birds has visited annually the same locality. It is not easy to find their nests, which are simply hollows made in the shingle, and the eggs resemble the stones so much in their general colour that they can only be distinguished by a quick eye. The colour of the eggs is generally an olive brown, blotched with dark brown; and I have observed that tho small stones on which they are deposited are often marked with dark stains very much like those on the eggs. How appa rent here is that exquisite Providence without which the balance of nature could not be maintained. The egg re sembles the stones in colour, and the instinct of the bird. prompts her to deposit it among them, that, though ex posed, it may be unnoticed by depredators, winged or human.—Once a Week. NEW ZEALAND 'WEST-COAST GOLD FIELDS.— The Customs' duties at Hokitika for the month of July, up to the 23d, amounted to £3,200 on imported good; in addition to the export duty on gold, which reached £2,378, representing 19,0240 z. The total export of gold from the West Coast during this year, up to the 23d of July, has been 73,0000 z., and 1,5000 z. more were exported in 1864, the whole being valued at upwards of £288,000. The population gathered on the new ground is estimated at 3,000—a1l collected on the north side of the Arnold, in Nelson province. Mr. RocMort is laying out a town on the Canterbury side of the Grey. Stores are being erected, and there is every probability of a good sized town being established there. Some specimens of tho gold have reached us. It is all heavy in character. One piece mea sures one inch in length and one-eighth of an inch in thicknOM.—Lyttelton Times. 1484 8 9 50 GI i 4 120; 89 8 1051 123; i 4; 5 lasi 9 51 103 j 3 1241 S i Si 102 i 3 2 't 21 14 16 ISt 97 ,ITIES. lIIE SUN, LONDON, TB URSDAY FWININO, OCTOBER 19. 1865. THIRD EDITION Constance Sherwood. By Lady Georgiana Fullerton. Three Vols. Bentley. One of the most charming heroines yet intro duced to us by Lady Georgiana Fullerton is Con stance Sherwood, and the story which she relates to us —another chapter from the romantic but disas trous annals of religious persecution—is full of in tense interest throughout. In her early girlhood Constance becomes acquainted with one whose friendship is thedelight of her life, sweet mistress Ann Dacre, the step-daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, and afterwards the wife of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey. Lady Arundel divides with Constance the interest and admiration of the reader. Her character, whether as seen in the occasional glimpses which history reveals to us, or in the more fully developed but evidently most truthful portraiture of Lady Georgiana, is singularly attractive and exquisitely natural. Adorned with all the virtues of her sex, and yielding to some of its weaknesses also, Ann Dacre is one whom a novel - writer might readily select for a heroine, and as her story is narrated by the lips of her tender and worthy friend Constance it loses nothing in interest or adherence to truth. The friends are separated for some time after the mar riage of the young countess, who is compelled for - a while to share the gaieties of the court. Very grievous is it to Constance when she again meets her early companion and discovers that both Lady Arundel and her husband, like so many of the other courtiers, have conformed to the. reformed religion. But the early faith of the young countess soon re-asserts its influence, and very charming and very natural is her letter to Constance, in which she reveals her dread of confiding the change to her husband. Thereupon, it is, she narrates how, on his return from London, he walks with her in the garden, and tells her that his sister has returned to the old religion, and hailing the opportunity, she, clinging to him, timidly whispers, "So has N an"._ the tender abbreviation of her name. Though fully aware of the danger of the step, the young earl makes no objection, and soon after follows the example of his wife. The trials and sufferings which this declaration of faith brought upon the pair are matter of history, or indeed they might be deemed' impossible, and yet, perhaps, for their very im probability, they should he classed with those things which Lady Georgiana Fullerton has styled " too strange not to be true." We will dwell no further upon this portion of the tale, except to say that the authoress has done full justice to the interest of her theme, and has recorded these trials, and the fortitude with which they were borne, with exquisite simplicity and tenderness. The individual story of Constance Sherwood, the ostensible heroine of the work, we shall not betray. Constance herself is not among the waverers. She is most true throughout to her early belief, and faithful to her earliest affections. When one of the courtier states men of the Queen endeavours to persuade her to yield to the views of policy and ambition, she boldly tells him that, wise and learned and astute as he may be, there are two things beyond his powers of appreciation—" the heart of a woman and the faith of a Catholic." Like her heroine, the fair authoress reveals in every page how eminently she is herself endowed with these possessions, and among the readers who differ from her belief there will be found none to quarrel with her as a controversialist, or to charge her with any want of Christian charity. The authoress of " Lady-bird," and " Grantley Manor," and " Ellen Middleton," may be fairly congratulated on the success of " Constance Sher wood." LORD PA.LMERSTOZT. subject of the present sketch ; the younger was afterwards known as Sir William Temple, the British Envoy at the Court of Naples. Not much is known regarding the early life of Henry John Temple. He was one of the late flower ing plants. Always remarkable for his ability, and generally successful in his undertakings, he rejoiced in a.,splendid constitution, and had to get rid of a certain excess of animal spirits before his ambition could rise to the level of his powers. There is a long period of some five and forty years—considerably more than the half of a man's life—which Lord Pal merston passed in comparative inactivity, and which is a puzzle to the biographer whose idea of the man is derived from the later glories of his career. To account for this anomaly, it has by some of his eulo gists been asserted that he was never at heart a Tory, that he was out of his element in the Ministry of Liverpool and Castlereagh, and that he never truly lived until he escaped from the thraldom of Tory ideas and joined the friends of liberality and pro gress. This theory is quite unfounded. Lord Pal merston was at the last whathe was at the first. There is no real difference between Palmerston Secretary at-War, Palmerston Foreign Secretary, Palmerston Home Secretary, and Palmerston Prime Minister. The explanation of his backwardness lies wholly on the surface, and is what we have already indi cated. He was never what would be called an am bitious man ;- and, delighting in society, he found, in the pleasures of private life what, together with the cares of his particular office, was sufficient in his hot youth, if not fully to occupy his powers, at all events to employ his time. Whatever he had to do he did well, but it is quite evident in his Parlia mentary history that he never cared to go out of his way for work. As Secretary-at-War for some 20 years he hardly ever made a speech except on the subject of the army, and then only when he was compelled to do so. As Foreign Secretary for a period little less, he in like manner confined his at tention to the business of his own department. At a time when he was the most popular statesman in England, he was content to serve now under his junior, and now under his rival. On the dissolu tion of the Aberdeen Cabinet he consented to serve even under Lord Derby if certain of his colleagues could be induced to follow the same course. It was not until every possible combination had been tried, and every possible Premier had given up the task in despair, that, as a last resource, Lord Palmerston was asked to form a Government. He at once accepted the position which he had not sought, and filled with dignity to himself and advantage to the country an office which, from his never having grasped at it, persons who measure men, not accord ing to their deserts, but according to their demands, regarded as beyond his power. In the little that is known concerning the early life of Lord Palmerston there is not much that is re markable. He received his education at Harrow, at Edinburgh, and at Cambridge. He went to Harrow a little after Lord Aberdeen, and about the same time as Sir Robert Peel and Lord Byron. Thence he proceeded to Edinburgh, to enjoy the benefit of Dugald Stewart's instruction ; and, by the way, it may be noted as something peculiar that he was one of the very fgw Tories who followed the example of the young Whigs of that generation in sitting at the feet of the great Whig Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy. It certainly does not appear that he entered with any enthusiasm into the studies which absorbed every inmate of Stewart's family ; and one might with some show of reason accept it as a proof of this apathy that his name is not to be found among the members of that Speculative Society which was joined by every man of mark in the University, and which, besides Lord Lansdowne, Henry Brougham, Sydney Smith, Francis Jeffrey, Francis Horner, Walter Scott, and Lord John Russell, in cluded Lord Palmerston's own brother, Sir William Temple. But he himself stated about two years ago in one of his speeches, " I passed three years of my youth in studying at the University of Edin burgh, and I will frankly own, without disparage ment to any other seat of learning at which I had the fortune to reside, that I enjoyed greater ad vantages in the acquirement of useful knowledge and sound principles during the three years' resi dence in Edinburgh than I possessed at any other place." Certainly, the influence of Stewart's training was at a later period apparent in the strong deter mination expressed by Lord Palmerston to maintain those principles of government of which Huskisson was the exponent. So long as Huskisson remained in the Cabinet he felt certain that these doctrines would be honoured; when Huskisson was ejected from the Duke of Wellington's Ministry on purely personal grounds he too seceded, because he had no guarantee, he said, that these doctrines would have the weight to which they were entitled. We may add that it must have been in Stewart's class room that a phrase which he often turned to good account in his speeches, and on one memorable occasion with most brilliant effect, first caught his fancy and left upon it an indelible impression— " The fortuitous concourse of atoms." Having been inoculated at Edinburgh, where he remained three years, with these liberal views and his inkling of philosophy, he turned southward again to the Uni versity which Pitt represented in Parliament, and which was at that time the chief school of thought in England. Almost all his political contemporaries who took a leading position, whether in the Whig or in the Tory ranks, were . Cambridge men. If Byron, Coleridge, and Wordsworth are to be classed among our greatest poets, it would appear that in other de partments than that of politics Cambridge had, at the beginning of the present century, a pre-eminence over the sister University of Oxford. Lord Palmer ston, who had in the meantime succeeded to his title through the death of his father, entered at St. John's College in 1803, and worked in good earnest for academical success at a time when it was not usual for a nobleman to present himself for any but an honorary degree. The Temples were a family predestined to rule. Within the space of 50 years Macaulay has counted among the sons and grandsons of the Countess Temple alone, and she died in 1752, three First Lords of the Treasury (Geo. Grenville, W. Pitt, and Lord Grenville), three Secretaries of State, two Keepers of the Privy Seal, and four First Lords of the Admiralty. Although Lord Palmerston belonged to a different branch of the Temple family, he too, whose father had been a Lord both of the Admiralty and of the Treasury, looked forward to political life, and, in 1806, immediately on the death of Pitt, offered himself to the University of Cambridge as a candidate to represent it in Parliament. He was opposed, on this occasion, by Lord Henry Petty, who had become Chancellor of the Exchequer in room of the " heaven-born Minister," and who • thus came to the election with a weight of Minis terial influence which his rival found it vain to withstand. That rival, however, was not to be dis couraged. He presented himself again as a candi date in 1807, when he failed of success by only two votes ; and in 1811 he tried his fortune a third time, in this case attaining the object of his ambi tion so unmistakably that he continued to represent the University until, in 1831, he gave mortal offence to hhowever,constituents byhefound joining the Whigs. In the meantime, his way into Parlia ment, at first through the p oc k et b orough of Bletch ingicy, and then th rough the borough of Newport, i in the Isle of Wight. Nor was he long in Parlia ment before he enjoyed the sweets of office. The notorious Ministry of " All the Talents" soon fell to pieces, and, as if in mockery of that splendid coalition, a Ministry succeeded to power headed by a nobleman whose natural incapacity was aided by a natural indolence, and i whose indolence was aggra vated not only by sickness, but also, to make assurance doubly sure, by continual opiates, under the influence of which he would fall asleep over his papers. Not able to touch animal food, not caring to open his mouth, often found sleeping at his desk, ment that it would be one of the ma rve l s of govern The fears which for months past the state of Lord Palmerston's health has excited have at length been realized. The great statesman is no more. Many who saw him towards the close of last Par liament, broken and bent by a recent attack of ill ness, shook their heads and whispered to each other that he could never meet another Parliament. That fear has been quickly and fatally verified. The bulletins we have published will have prepared most persons for the sad news whicliwe have to announce to-day, that Lord Palmerston died yesterday morn ing, at a quarter to 11. - There never was a statesman who more truly re presented England than Lord Palmerston. His name is now added to that splendid but very short list of Ministers, from Walpole to Pitt and from Pitt to Peel, who in times of great difficulty have rendered England prosperous at home and famous abroad, and who, while obtaining place from the Court, derived their chief power from the country. Pitt, properly speaking, belonged to the last century, and there have been but three men in the present century who attained to the same enviable position. The first was Canning, a great spirit, but greater in what he devised than in what he accomplished ; for no sooner had he reached the pinnacle of power, and excited the brightest hopes of the nation, than, sick at heart, he fell before the intrigues of rivals, leaving it to others to avenge his death and to pro secute his policy. After Canning, two statesmen from among his colleagues, the one his rival the other his disciple—Peel and Palmerston —gradually rose to the highest offices in the realm, and won, as only great characters win, the sweet voices of the multitude. They have this in common—both were trained in the Tory camp, both forsook the tradi tions of Toryism, both have been decried as the most inconsistent statesmen that ever lived. Yet no two men could be more unlike, and the inconsistency of each was so different, that what in the one was a fail ing in the other was a virtue. Sir Robert Peel gave up his principles ; Lord Palmerston merely relinquished his party. Less sociable than Palmerston, and less capable of forming new alliances, Peel clung to the Tories while rejecting their dogmas, and compelled them again and again to follow a course which they had learnt from his own lips to regard as the road to destruction. Free and frank, of a jovial nature, hail fellow with good men and true of every rank and politicians of every shade, Lord Palmerston was less fettered by party ties, and, so the objects dearest to his heart were attained, cared little whether the men with whom he sat on the Treasury benches were styled Whigs or Tories, Liberal-Conservatives, or Conservative-Liberals. his very consistency in this respect has been denounced as a fault. It has been said that he was constant only in the retention of office ; that he was fixed only to the Treasury bench ; that his one principle was that of the Vicar of Bray. He was a member of every Government since 1807, with the exception of those years in which Sir Robert Peel, and subsequently Lord Derby, held the reins. He began life as a Pittite ; gradually he developed into a Canningite ; when the Whigs carne into power he renewed his youth ; when they had fallen into dizrepute he expanded into a Conservative-Liberal; afterwards he stood forward as the Tory chief of a Radical Cabinet ; and he zlosed his wonderful career at the head of a Minis try with the motto of " Rest and be thankful." In all these changes there may be traced a consistency of purpose, which, when the clue to it is perceived, becomes entitled to our highest respect; and this clue is furnished in the fact that, whatever changes come over the domestic or colonial policy of Eng land, her foreign policy is unalterable. That policy is, indeed, more or less modified by the circum stances of the time, by the amount of our resources, by the temper of our allies, by the spirit of the nation ; but in principle it is always the same. Our domestic reforms are for the most part carried in the face of a formidable Opposition ; but our foreign policy is supported by overwhelming majo rities, and by a national enthusiasm which nothing can resist. We have never a dispute about the prin ciple; it is a tradition based on the universal senti ment of patriotism, and handed from generation to generation—from Cabinet to Cabinet. The Minister of such a policy may through all changes adhere to rho Piv - aauly - berietlir he can: nothing need remove him from it but his personal relations with its other occupants; and he who, like Lord Palmerston, can preserve his seat there through the vicissitudes of half a century, is indeed a great man as well as a great statesman. Henry John Temple was the third Viscount Pal merston, and was born at Broadlands, near Romsey, on the 20th October, 1784. Although an Irish Peer, his descent is traced to Saxon earls anterior to the Conquest. In the arms of his family may be seen the eagle displayed of that Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who is remarkable chiefly for his treatment of his wife, the Lady Godiva. Lord Palmerston, however, bears a nearer resemblance to another and less my thological member of his family, of whom his father was the heir male— Sir William Temple, the friend of William 111., the patron of Dean Swift, the author of that triple alliance which bound England, Sweden, j and the States-General to prevent France from en tering the Netherlands, and, singularly enough, a statesman who, while he remained in public life, was always on the winning side, and had the credit of all the popular acts of the Government after the Restoration. M. Capefigue, in noting this resem blance, has been pleased to observe that the chief point of similarity between the Minister of William 111. and the Minister of Queen Victoria lies in the utter hatred which both had to everything French, and thinks that on one occasion, as he was dining with Lord Palmerston, he made a terrible homethrust when he recalled the unpleasant fact that Sir William Temple, in bequeathing his property to his grand daughters, stipulated that they should not marry Frenchmen. It gave M. Capefigue considerable satisfaction that Lord Palmerston could only laugh at the remark ; it never entered into his head that the statement is quite unfounded, there being no mention of such a condition in the will of Sir W. Temple. Not from Sir Wm. Temple, however—it was from Sir John Temple, younger brother of the diplomatist, and the same of whom Archbishop Shel don said, "He has the curse of the Gospel, for all men speak well of him," that Lord Palmerston was descended. The first viscount of the name was the grandson of Sir John Temple, and was created a peer in 1722. Little more has to be said of him than this,—that his wife was regarded as a perfect model of conjugal affection, her will being quoted with admiration in the Annual Register. The second viscount, the father of our great statesman, was grandson of the first, and, like his grandmother, has been regarded as a pattern of conjugal tenderness. The epitaph which he wrote on the death of his first wife is said to be the most pathetic ever penned ; and written at a time when our poetry had reached its lowest ebb, when all was artifice and platitude, phrase and frippery, it must be admitted that the lines have a genuine tenderness which it is almost itnpossible to find in other compositions of the period. To his father, indeed, Lord Palmerston owes much of that taste for literature which furnished many a happy illustration in his speeches in Parliament, be sides enabling him in his younger days to join with Croker and Peel in assailing the Whigs with literary satire. Of his father's lively humour the late Lord Palmerston himself gave au amusing illustration in one of those anecdotes with which he, of all men, knew best how to parry the questions of political opponents or the entreaties of troublesome deputa tions. He said that it was his father's habit, in placing wine before his guests, to say, " Here is claret, gentlemen ; here is sherry ; but I cannot an swer for them ; I can'only give you the word of my wine merchant for then. Here is port, however, for which I can give my own word,—it is very good —I made it myself." If be was a bad judge of wine, he was considered a good judge of pictures He collected in Broadlands a gallery of paintings which, at the beginning of the century, had a high repute, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, in bequeathing to his friends the works of bis own easel unsold at the time of his death, gave to the Earl of Upper Ossory the first choice and to Lord Palmerston the second. He enjoyed the gift of his artistic friend ten years, and, dying in 1802, left by his second wife, who did not long survive him, two sons and two daughters. Of these sons, Henry John Temple, the elder, is the the Duke of Portland contrived to keep a Cabinet together for more than a couple of years, were we not too well acquainted with the truth of Oxen stiern's commonplace regarding the wisdom of rulers. It was in this singular Ministry, whose great achieve ment was the Waleheren disaster, that Lord Palmer ston first entered upon office. He entered on the office which his father had long enjoyed, as a Lord of the Admiralty ; and when, on the quarrel of I,—This Day, MARKETS—This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with beasts, chiefly in middling condition. Prime breeds moved off steadily, at full quotations. Otherwise, the trade was heavy, at late rates. Ths top figure was ss. 4d. per 81bs. Sheep, the show of which was rather limited, changed hands freely, at extreme rates. Downs and half breds realised 6s. 4d. to Gs. Bd. per 81bs. The quality of most breeds was good. We were fairly supplied with calves, which sold steadily, at very full prices— viz., from 4s. to ss. 6d. per 81bs. Very few English calves were on offer. High prices were again demanded for pigs, but the sale for them was inactive. In milch cows very little was doming__ Per 81b to sink the offal. sdsd s dsd Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 2 3 8 Pme ers-wool sheep .5 8 6 2 Second quality do ..3 10 4 6 Prime J'thclown uo 6 4 6 8 Prime large oxen ..4 8 5 0 Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 25 4 Pram.: small do 54 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 44 1 Large hogs ..4 4 5 4 Second quality do ..5 5 6 Small porkers ..5 65 10 Lambs....os Od to O Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 21s and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 34s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 1,02'.) Beasts 6lO Cows. .. 135 Cows ... Sheep and lambs 6922 Sheep and lamb s C al ves 412 Calve s , 400 Pigs 37) Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are are moderate, and the trade is steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s 8d to 6s Od per 81b by the carcase. SouTHALL, Oct. 18.—Prime stock sold freely at very full prices ; otherwise, the trade was heavy at barely late rates. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s 2d; mutton, 45 6d to 6s 6d; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s 6d to 5s Gd per 81bs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Oct. 18 . —About an average business was passing to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s 4d; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s Gd to 5s 4d; pork, 4s 4d to 5s Gd per 81bs. Suckling calves, 20s to 23s ; quarter-old store pigs, 25s to 30s ; and milch cows, £lB to £2O each. HAY. SMITIMELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover, £5 Os to £6 6s ; an d straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. ' Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 10s; clover £5 Os to £6 6s ; and straw, .£1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow trade. WRlTEcru.m.—Meadow hay £4 Os to £5 ss; clover, £5 Os to £6 lOs ; and straw, £1 78 to £1 14s per load. A fair supply. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Holywell Main. ........ 20 0 Hetton ... 23 3 Eden Main —. ........ 22 0 C arwa y and Duffryn Hastings Hartley . e ..... 21 3 Malting 24 0 Pensher Primros ... 22 0 Ships at market, 16; sold, 16. COUNTRY 14'TA1MT-2 EUIL L. - -TITESDAY. At our market to-day there was a small show of English whet, hich isolda w freely at last wee k' s pr i ces for good samples. Barley very scarce, and rather dearer for all de scriptions. Fine oats in more request; b eans and peas no change. In linseed a limited business done. English old white wheat, 43s to 48s ; old red, 40s to 455. Barley, chevalier, 28s to 325. Oats, Russian, 22s to 245. toss to 35s 6d per 3 stone. Beans, new English n , 3 42 s to 435. Peas, English blue, 35s 36s ad ; grindig, LYNN—TULSDA.Y. The attendance to-day was smaller than it was last week- Farmers are now sowing their autumnal seed, consequently we had a short supply of wheat on offer ; good dry samples sold at prices in advance of last week ; damp descriptions met a slow sale at late rates. Malting barley in request, and prime samples 6d to is per qr. dearer. New wheat, 44s to 48s ; new red, 38s to 40s ; old white, 48s to 52s ; old red, 45s to 47s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 33s to 36s ; secondary, 308 ; o r di nary, 24s to 26s per qr. Oats, 22s to 24s per 24 stone. Beans, large, 38s to 40s ; small, 42s to 44s per 38 stone. wheat at mar k et to-day; MELTON MOWBRAY.--TUESDAY, pyices wer e ma d e. Oats unaltered. Barley advancing in price. t h e T t h r e a r d e e w w a a s s a f art-, and e d f s u h l l y w l o a: f t e White wheat, 42s to 516 ; red, 376 to 48s per 3G stone. Barley for malting, 33s to 36s per qr ; feed, 266 to 318 per 30 stone. Oats, 20e to 28s. Beans, old, 38s to 465; new, —8 to —s per qr. SALISBURY.—TITESDA.Y. To-day being the annual city Michaelmas fair for cheese and onions, the attendance in the corn exchange this morn ing was very large. An increased supply of wheat was shown, the quality and condition of which was good, and prices the turn against buyers. Barley large supply, but malting samples continue a limited supply. Oats sold a little higher; beans and peas likewise firm in price, and a larger business done. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from 36s to 50s ; barley, 26s to 38s ; oats, 22s to 30s ; beans, 40s to 50s ; and peas, 34s to 42s per qr. Tares, from 6s to is 3d per bushel ; Best bread, 12d ; household ditto, lld per 81b loaf. Flour, 32s to 38s per sack. NEWCASTLE-ON - TYNE. —TUESDAY. There was a small supply of wheat from the count r y, with a moderate co a sting and foreign ar r i va l. A b etter de mand was experienced, and good sa m pl es o f now b rought the extreme prices of last week, while fi ne d escr i pt i ons of old foreign f oun d b u y e rs at prices not previously obtained. Barley for malting moved off slowly at late rates, but grinding sorts were 6d higher. Pine old malt at full prices. Beans firm, peas dearer, oath at previous term; flour dearer. FALMOUTH, Oct. 18.—The—ship John Duthie, Phillips, commander, from Sydney, New South Wales, for London, out 90 days, passed this port this day, and landed a mail and one pawner. • SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTEL LIGENCE —This Day. HARROW RACES—Tms DAY , BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. NURSERY STAKES. British Tar.. Arethusa Bay Leaf Nine ran. SELLING STAKES. Tilt . Saxon Beau t 3 , Retainer Eleven ran. The above are all the telegrams received up to the hour of going to press. TAT rERSALLS'—This Evening No returns received up to the time of going to press. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Bto 1 agst Gladiatenr (taken) 12 to 1 agst Salpinctcs (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Provisor (taken) 22 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken) 22 to 1 agst The Duke (taken) 22 to 1 agst Custard Castle (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gontran (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gardevisure (taken) 30 to 1 agst Regalia (taken) 33 to 1 agst Sister to the Drake (offered) 33 to 1 agst King Charming (taken) 33 to 1 agst Nu (offered, take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Wedding Peal 50 to 1 agst Victory 1000 to 10 agst Tennyson (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Argonaut Bank of England Return.•—This Evening. An Account, pursuant to t: cap. 32, for the week ending ;he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1865. ISSUE DEP Notes issued ....X26,054,810, ARTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634.900 Gold Coin &Bullion 12,004,840 Silver Bullion £26,C51,840 BANKING DEPA.RTBIENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu tal .£14,653.000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nuity) eluding Exche- Other Securities quer, Savings' N o t es Banks, Commis- G o ld an d 811ver 78.31.8 missioners of Na- C o i n , tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 3, g 89,35 1 Other Deposits..,, 14,015,614 Seven Day and other Bills . X 26,6.54,840 563,9 3 £35,8J5,478 [ £3',595,478 FORBES, Deputy Cashier. Oct. 19, 1865. The French Press on the Alabama Correspondence. - --- Several of the Paris journals publish comments on the despatches exchanged between Mr. Adams and Earl Russell, and seem to look on them as mere diplomatic sparring and nothing more. The Presse declares that all idea of hostilities between America and England on such a futile cause is simply pre posterous, and that the rapidity with which the Cabinet of Washington has disbanded its troops and restored its peace establishment proves that it has not the slightest intention of resuming'a belligerent attitude. The writer adds : Mr. Seward and Mr. Adams are too intelligent not to comprehend that, although their complaints are serious, although their demand possesses an incontestable character of equity, if considered in the strict point of view of the existing right of nations, still there has not been on the part of the British Government any precise material vio lation of national and international law. It is certain, on the other hand, that the said Cabinet has not acted, with respect to the Union, in a straightforward and friendly manner —has observed a neutrality more apparent than real. Our contemporary believes that the Government of the United States has a more elevated object in view than any pecuniary reparation, namely, to call the attention of the civilised world and of all the Governments concerned to the omissions and im j>P*~ootioiaa of +he prcocuG law yr iidtams, awl to provoke from genaral good sense and the force of public opinion a legislation on the subject of a more extended and equitable character, and more in con formity with the progress of civilisation. The Monde on the same subject remarks : The American Government has not yet arrived at a sa tisfactory arrangement with the Cabinet of St. James in regard to the question of maritime indemnities and the re cognition of the Confederates. A commission, however, is spoken of. That comedy might well be called after that of Shakspere, "Much Ado About Nothing." Doubtless the Government of Washington only wishes to get rid of its re sponsibility towards the American shipowners plundered by the Confederate corsairs. It often requires a much less seri ' ous affair to bring about a war; and if one sets aside the grandiloquent causes to which were attributed the Mexican expedition, the indemnities demanded from Juarez were not more worth speaking of than those demanded from Lord Russell. Under the present circumstances, however, such an eventuality is not to be dreaded, and the notes of Mr. Seward will merely be made us of as matter of reference should the relations between England and America assume an unfriendly tone at some future period. The Gazette de France also remarks on the diplo matic correspondence which has been exchanged, and refers to another description of claim made by the American Cabinet on France, and which the writer considers to be of such a nature as not to present the slightest chance of being favourably re ceived. The character of the demand is explained in the subjoined extract : The issue of the dispute with England gifts reason to hope that the Government of Washington will not sig nify to France that she also will have to pay damages for the same cause. Nevertheless, the American Cabinet shows a desire to indemnify itself, and with that object it has just sequestrated the merchandise of several French merchants as a guarantee for a sum of several millions demanded for Customs' dues, which the Americans say they have neglected to claim up to this day. The fol lowing is the foundation of the really strange demand, which we should refuse to credit were it not of American origin. In the United States, goods imported have hitherto been charged with a duty based on the prime cost of the object and not on the supposed price of its sale after importation. Never was it otherwise at the Cus tom-house. Thus, a bottle of Champagne wine sold at sf. in the cafes and hotels of New York and elsewhere was valued, on its entrance, as having cost the maker 3f., and paid duty in proportion. The American Government has suddenly changed its opinion, and now decides that dues on importation must be calculated on another principle. It even pretends to go back on the past, and to give to this modification of the tariff a retrospective force. As the Amerieans are shrewed calculators, a very few multiplications have sufficed to make out that the com merce on Champagne wino was indebted to it 11 mil' lions; that of Bordeaux, 18 ; and that of the silks o Lyons, from 25 to 30. The sa id G overnmen t has not con. fined itself to putting forward this unheard-of pretension. At once, without any form of trial, it has seized as a security on the French goods stored in the warehouses. The merchants, menaced with complete ruin by this proceeding, have complained to the French Government. Let us hope that it will speak, and even act, if necessary with firmness. Such is its duty." Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens very quiet, at about i below Fri day's rate. Sales, probably 5,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—T his day. :[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.I GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 18.—Jeltina, from Petersburg; Silver Star, from Demerara; Auliore, from Philadelphia; Lotus, from Shediac ; Kensington, from Akyab ; Trident, from Nicholaff ; Alberta, from Mezagan ; Taunton Packet, from Dalmatia ; P. Nordpol, from Gefle ; Familiar, from Sunds well. DEAIy Thursday Morning. Passed.—Trent, from London, for Trinidad; City of Bangor, from Bassein, for London. --- FIRES.—This morning a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Richard Morris, coachbuilder, 782, Old Kent-road. Owing to the inflammable nature of the stock, the building, which consisted of three floors, was entirely consumed. A fire also occurred at the house of Mrs. Warren, lodginghouse-keeper, 19, Old Quebec-street, but was soon extinguished. Messrs. Tubbs and Lewis, india rubber manufacturers, New North-road, had a fire on their premises, which destroyed part of their warehouse. Several other fires took place, but the damage done at each was trilling. .~.--~ I the go of laria na re- and rager count Nvich, vived ,er of e late was re she econd melt, Ed- Mx- Kiss lliam the on of unty libi r the wise, relics Eng iodSt days• sited but ilish mn- Lde- Bay, mis- par- Toy hich Eft The Ger ance S P i e 'we I on e ill , de d at ;aso 10 f 1011 103 i 1032 2