The Sun. — London, England, 1866-10-20 00:00:00

NONE! MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The commercial requirements of the public con tinue very limited, while at the same time the money on offer is abundantly increasing. But notwith standing this comparatively small demand for ac comniodation, and the plentiful supplies of capital at the command of bankers and brokers, the idea is entertained that the present value of money has this year nearly reached its lowest point. The deficiency of our harvest, and the limited stock of cotton in the hands of manu facturers in this country, have entirely changed the aspect of affairs. These staples are rising in value, and large shipments of the precious metals will beyond doubt have to be made to the sources whence these supplies are obtained. Already with drawals of gold from the Bank have taken place for Egypt, and consignments must soon follow in other directions. Meanwhile the rate of discount con tinues easy at 38 to 4 per cent. for the best bills. The seventeenth report of the directors of the Cape Town Railway and Dock Company records the continued efficient and safe working of the railway for the half-year ending 30th June, 1866. From the continued depressed state of all interests in the colony the traffic has been less than in the corresponding period of 1865. Within the six months 179,063 passengers, exclusive of season ti cket-holders, and 13,763 tons of goods have been carried, as against 215,244 passengers and 12,112 tons of goods in the corresponding period of 1865, and that the gross receipts have been £20,591 against £22,417. The working ex penses for the same period, exclusive of the sum of £1,882 13s. 6d. for the renewal of decayed sleepers, to be passed as before to capital account, amount to £17,066 Bs. 10d., as against £17,889 6s. 7d. for the corresponding half year. The result shows a Profit of £3,022 2s. 10d. in addition to the amount paid by Government under the guarantee, leaving a balance (after payment of debenture interest and other home charges) of £10,560 is. 4d. available for dividend. The directors recommend that the sum of £10,166 shall be appropriated to the payment of a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum. The dividend will be payable on the 29th inst. There were no Bullion operations of importance at the Bank yesterday. The Moravian has arrived from Melbourne with £189,185 in specie. The traffic receipts of the East Indian Railway for the week ending 2d September, 1866, were £36,473, against £26,638 in the corresponding week of the previous year. The specie movement during the past week has been on an extensive scale, owing to large arrivals from Australia, and the West Indies, and Pacific. The imports have amounted to about £1,100,039, including £3,600 from New York by the Fulton, £18,431 by the Java, £26,648 by the City of Paris. The Reigate, from Australia, has brought £30,000, the Aloraviax £143,350, the Massilia £458,574. The Esther, from Mazathon, has arrived with £139,000 ; the Tasmanian, from the West Indies With £195,000. £50,200 in gold has been received from Portugal, and £39,236 in silver from the con tinent. The exports have been £86,875 to the East Indies and China, by the China, and there have been remittances to the continent, through private sources, estimated at £200,860, the latter amounting to £287,735. Two O'CLOCK. The money market for the week has closed very g 4ie tlY, and no di ffi culty has been experienced in Obtaining accommodation on terms much below the leinbuum of the Bank of England. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris, to day, the French Rentes were 68f. 77c. There has been the usual Saturday dullness in the markets for all descriptions of Stock Exchange pro- Perty, but they have been very well sustained, and after noo e Consol s c l osed at the prices last current yesterday viz, 89 8 1 for m one y, an d 891 1 f or th e a th ee°llll t. Th ey are therefore / per cent. higher than f ey wer e last Saturday. The New Threes and Plied Annuities are 871 j ; Indian 5 per Cents. 105 1 I, ditto 4 per Cents. 941, and ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents. 101. No mat er i al alteration has taken place in the p ri ces of Foreign Stocks. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 28 4 29 ; M ex i can, 15/ ; Greek, 131 1 ; Spanish Passive, 221 ; 41the Certificates, 141 ; an d It a lian, States 651. American S ecur i t i es are stea d y. U n i te d 5-20 Bonds are 681 69 ; Erie shares, 50k , _and Illinois, 78 79. • Atl an ti c an d G rea t W estern -Uebentures have further advanced 1, to 64 65 ; And th e 41 Con solidated Mortgage Bonds are fir m a t 42, ex coupon. A moderate amount of business bas been transacted H I, t he Railw ay Sh are Market, and‘prices generally 5550 Stock, a fu r th er slight improvement. Great Northern tock, a n d Great Western have each advanced as. North Western and South EaStern, each 10s. ; nh British, 15 s: ; while Midland have de- The.. Foreign and Colonial lines remain at about previous rates. Dutch-Rhenish are marked 191 ; B ahia and San Francisco, 12 ; South Austrian and Lom bardo -Venetian, 161 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 19 20 ; Eastern Bengal, 100 l ; and East Indian, 1031 Bank Shares have been dull, although 'without material change in values. Chartered of India, Australia, and China remain steady at 18.1 19. Mid lar d have improved to 17 ; Alliance are marked 181, Consolidated 5 1-; Provincial of Ireland 80, and Union of Australia 47. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are quiet. Atlantic Telegraph stock, however, has improved to 52 55, while the 8 per Cents. guaranteed have declined to 93/ ; Credit Foncier of England are steady at 31 1 ; Hudson's Bay Company at 17 ; and City of Mexican Gas at 16. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. The Mining Market to-day has been very quiet. Prince of Wales has been flatter, but there has been a slight improvement in Great Wheal Vor. Subjoined are the latest quotations : Cara Camborne, 20s 25s Od ; Chiverton Moor, 41 5; Chontales Gold, 2 1 I ; Clifford Amalgamated, 7 8 ; East Basset, 21 23 ; East Caradon, 5 Gi ; East Gunnis Lake and South Bedford, 12s 6d 15s; East Lovell, 11i 12 ; East Wheal Grenville, —; Froutino and Bolivia Gold, 7s 9s; Grambler and SL Aubyn, 5i si- ; Great Retallack, —s ; Great Wheal Vor, 18 20; Marke Valley, —; North Crofty, 20s 25s ; North Treskeby, 3f I ; Prince of Wales, 2 res 298 6d ; South Darren, 11 2 ; South Grenville, —s ; West Caradon, 15 16 ; West Chiverton, 57i 60 ; West Beton, —; Wheal Buller, 20 22 ; Wheal Chiverton, 4 4} ; W heal Grenville, 218 265; Wheal Seton, 155 160. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES GOVERNBLExT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols - i fl Do. Acc ount, Nov. 8 89* 8 per Cent. Reduced New 2 87* New 3 per Cent - 1 f per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ -D 0 - 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DoDo for 30 yrs, expire sth April,BBs — E , (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 100equer Bills, .£l,OOO, 3 & 4 per Cent — Do. £5OO Do 8 " £lOO and £2OO D o Accou n t of En land Stock, 54 per Cent — I IN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. adian Stock, 104 pe r Cent., April 1874 — " ,°- 5 0 - Account per Cent. 0 . July, 1870 o. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 94 i 1-, Certificates — ,D - Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — D°. '. 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 6 4 Per - Cent., May 1879 — Do. Do. Deb., 5 per Cent, £l O OO 1873 A FOR EIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. -`rge n tiue Republi c, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd.. pm f ?I,.not rian ruition Bond; 5 per Cent, 1859 — 5 per Cent _ D °- 4 4 per Cent* , 1852-58-60 Do 1863 1865 _ Do Account o D. £lOO B onds 6Bl D o !Q . 13 • ^ - ' 0 r 1 1). £65 00 paid DO 1 per Ceut. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chili= 6 per Cent lOO Do. 4i per Cent ' 70i Do. 6 per Cent A — Do Scrip, £75 paid — pm Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 . Danubian Principalities Do. Account Piquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — - Do Provisional Land Warrant — Do Deferred Ggyptian 7 per Cent. — Do., Second Issue B2f Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 Bll 1 Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures Boi Do. £BO paid -dis Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account CI iatemala 5 per Cent. — 113:dan 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway — %toxic= 3 per Cent Do. Account Dr , . ' 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Aontevidean 6 per Cent. ••• 00000 lloorish Imperial 5 per Cent Tew Granada Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) ?eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 6s} Do 4} per Cent. (ITribarren) Do 41. per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 DA per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, '62, '3, 43/ Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 9l Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account - • • - 221 a 2 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l4l 14 4 . Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 44 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 551 Do £lOO Bonds 564 Do 6 per Cent.,1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuqa 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account no. 6 per Cent, 1864 27/ Ditto 14 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch per ('Ant. Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 pef.Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian per Couto-41831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9l .Do. Account Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ~--d.-----v...-.--_ __ _., t 1866. 1865. 1866 1865 £ z Belfast and N. Counties . 991 991 2,339 2.087 9 713 653 Belfast and County Down.... 49 4 Blyth and Tyne • 36 16 2,360 2,200 Brecon and Merthyr . 6B Cl 1,187 1,048 Bristol and Exeter 1341 1211 7,312 6,980 Caledonian, Scottish Central 56 1130 5 1 6 30 1 313 6 3 8 4 0 32,882 2:666 Cambrian Cock ermouth K & Penrlth .. 311 311 463 828 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 446 433 Cork, illackrock, & Passage 6l 61 196 395 Cork and Limerick Direct Cornwall 6sl' 01 1,963 1.761 Deeside l7 17 351 430 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,651 1.666 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,920 1.986 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 106 3,3/41 3,487 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c B5 85 5,3 5 4.3 4 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern, Nrf k.,&E. Union Great Northern Pa 101 4:,398 3 ,363 Great North of Scotland 212 • 241 2,751 3, 81 tit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) B3l 7 1 1 661 .362 'lLSouthn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 4 i9t 18; i 10.718 9 ,881 Great We , ltern 129: 12sol 80,057 76.195 _ _ ... - - Highland Hoy la e Irish North-Western 145 115 Isle of Wight Lancashire. Yorkshire 4../3 403 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 Limerick and Foynes 261 26 f danelly_ .. 461 461 .04. 5,458 4,0 54 53 2,24 k 2,U7 t 46 L 229 44.194 4).04 231 2.11 ra 104 745 773 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 3031 2911 25,99 i 23,646 London, Chatham, & Dover; 1 1351 134 / 11,853 D. :78 all Metropolitan Extension / 122 12 j 2,102 2.370 Do. Kent roast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Londonderry and Coleraine 361 161 3r3 451 tlan..Sheilield, &Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 94 114 1,510 1,313 28 28 1,512 1,295 Varyport and Carlisle Metropolitan 4l 31 4.037 2,686 ilidland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6 / 7 1 56,368 50,703 Midland lit Westn. of hind 2BOl 2604 7.110 6 007 ilonmouthsh. RaiL & Canal 44 44 2.837 2,632 North British, Edin., Penn and Dundee .... N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 11711 76,779 73;40 North London ll 9 4,720 3.131 North Staffordshire 258 258 8,456 8,085 Pembroke and Tenby 274 114 283 201 22/ 191 1,165 1,071 ithymney S co ttish North-Eastern ll3 13 - - - 8 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1.263 I.'lo South Devon South-Eastern 330 3 63 6, 4 ` 9 9 27.991 Taff Vale 63 63 60 4 .6 5.511 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 50 i 593 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,618 1,608 West Cork. l7l - 72 N rexham, Mold, kc l4 11 266 261' W'have,,,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 1U 635 653 ?utmost AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 62,275 41,232 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 264 264 392 397 Bombay, Ilaroda, & Cen. India 306 306 5,686 3.162 ci r ll : e ,; tea Du t c hr otanetdr Eastern L i , :e a , ba n e 1 a M i s h i 1 w a ak i c E E a m st t e i r n n d o riunu F k rance lB9 189 ^ - 1081 1(.81 6,550 6.936 1665 1551 82,459 82, , 52 Bengalof Canada llO 110 2,463 1,909 .. 11291 1126 36,473 26,039 Great Great Great s L o u u x t e h m e & T . ) oil g ......... 134 no f India 79 759 635 Great Western of C •• • • 79 Madrid, Sarago n t Madras ..,,,,,,,• ir 346 ' -- -- ............ • . ,*. 8,051 7,059 Northern of Canada .. Northern of France .. .• •- • ' 91 Norwegian Trunk ...... .155 Paris, Ot to n 1 an Lyons,. ... ..... di te . .• r . r .. 1 1 : .... Paris and Orleans ........ : Recife and San Francisc o, 1821 1818 70,2 A 78,16 , Sc.nde " 1 " 4 77 4 774 9:8 801. Do. Punjab, &c............ . • ;12 105 1,733 1,06) South Austrian, &c Do, Piedmont lines .... 7 0- 1646 85,..,70 64,214 Southern of France .,...... .. gcl: 619 )7,944 24,926 Victoria B2 3 38,193 30.241 Welland 10 2 16 5 711;711920 64,992 25 West &N- Wn................... :...._ 0f France , 1165 Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. - --e The market is quiet but steady. Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000 bales. The American vessel the Miantonomah and her consorts are at Hamburg, and a banquet has been given to the officers. The death-laden blue mists are disappearing, and the terrible epidemic with which we have been wrestling so earnestly seems, for a time at least, departed. That we were unprepared for the visitation, in spite of long and unmistakeable warning, has been too well proved. Our sani tary arrangements were not so complete and effectual as might have been expected, and the cholera settled down with awful consistency in its favourite haunts of filth. But if we were neglectful of the means by which the dreadful plague might have been kept from our doors, we were not found wanting in the matter of remedies. Science has shown herself equal to the great task imposed upon her, and has extracted from the wondrous bosom of Nature medicinal charms which can save us from the grip of this cruel pestilence. It is now some years ago since Dr. J. Collis Brown discovered the marvellous remedial qualities of that for which he coined the word chlorodyno in cases of cholera and diarrhcea. Like most discoveries of the kind many difficulties stood in the way of its great value becoming generally known, but those difficulties ap pear to be overcome, and the statement made by Earl Russell with regard to its efficiency has now established the well-merited fame of its inventor. The most remark able characteristic of Dr. Brown's Chlorodyn e is its reme dial power in every stage of the dreadful malady. It has been tried in the most aggiavated cases with extraordinary success, and numbers of the medical profession, convinced of its useful properties, have frankly acknowledged its merits. We hope that the blue mists of cholera will not again close around our homes, but if they do wo shall be less alarmed while chlorodyne is at hand to ward off its cruel attacks. —Civil Service Gazette, Oct. 13. THE CHEPSTOW OLD BANK.--This bank stopped pbyment in June last, with liabilities of £56,000, and the assets were estimated to realise a dividend of 10s. in the pound. Messrs. Brown, Curre, and Higgins were appointed trustees to wind up the estate, and their management has been so successful that a dividend of Bs. in the pound is announced as payable on the sth of November. Should the liquidation continue favourable, it is probable that the cre ditors will obtain more than the original estimate of 10s. in the pound. PREFERENCE SUARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. Jce., 41 per cent., 1858, 88 LINES LEASED AT FIXED REDITAILS. Yale of Neath, 97 FO REIGN MINICs. 1 1 'rAncisco, gua. 7 per cent., 13 , gua. 6 per cent. 131 SanDß a a h t r a h & a u nd o, S l a i Rhenish, , n n South Austrian and Lombardo ' Venetian, if FOREIGN RAILWAYb, Cape Copper, lira.. 8 1 Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 21 Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, par Yudanainutana of South Australia, BANIC.b. Alliance, Urn.. Australasia, 65 British and Californian , Um. , 5 Ch a rtered Bank of India , Australia, and Chills, 181 19 Consolidated Bank, lim., 5j 5 Imperial [lank, 11m.. 24 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 10} Midland Bank, lim.. 17 National provincial of England, Ditto, •?d and 3d issue, 414 Provincial of Ireland, 80 Union of Australia, 47 DOCKS. 1 ondon and;St Katharine, 68i MISCELLANEOUS., Anglo-American Telegraph, 151 Ati.intio Telegraph, 5: 5 Dit o, 8 per cent., 914 31 China Steam Ship and Labuan Coal Company, t City of Moscow Gras, lim., 16 Credit Fonder of kinglann. lim . Fore-street Warehouse, Jim., 121 GJn. Credit and Finance 01 lira., 34 Hudson's Bay, 17 London Financial Associatien, lim., 9 London General Omnibus Company, Him, 3 314dras Irrigation ani Canal (4 per:,cent guaranteed by In dian Government), Ditto a'l), 115 Merchant Shipping. lim., 6i Natonal Discount ; ompany, Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem , of which 31 Is to pay, 8 Peel River Land and Mineral. 40 Peninsula and Orieptal Swam, 62 Quebrada Land. trail. and Mning, lira.. Royal Mail Steam. 110 i 94 EARTIIQUAKE AT KomAc.—The ship Imperial, arriving at San Francisco from Kodiac, has reported a ♦iolent shock of earthquake at 4 p.m. of the sth ult. Three houses and nearly all the chimneys in town were sliken down. The sensation on the ship was terrific. She seemed as though passing over rocks at great speed, while articles wore shaken down which the most violent gales hail not disturbed. In the southern parts of the island large rocks were torn up and thrown down the mountain. The shock lasted 40 seconds. No lives were lost. The captain of the Imperial acknowledges the courtesy of the Russian Governor-Gonera3,:who sent a steamer to the ship's assist ance and took her to sea without charge. There is a great demand for " domestic help" in Boston, and Irish girls aro receiving from $3 to $4 per week, besides their board and lodging. It is proposed to supply the demand with usgrees frem the South. THE SUN, - LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1866. Her Majesty's Sbip Vlraterwiteb. It has been said by one of the most eminent of living authorities on marine engineering that there is very little novelty in the idea of propelling vessels by water. This is true in the main, as in 1661 a patent was taken out for au application of the kind, and was followed by many others, but without any marked success being obtained until 1839, when Mr. Ruthven, of Edinburgh, patented a greatly im proved application of the principle, which was fur ther improved upon and a new patent taken out by him in 1839. A small boat was constructed and fitted with the Ruthven machinery and placed on the Thames, and a working model of the boat and machinery was also placed in the Great Exhibition building of 1851, but the principle of hydraulic pro pulsion of vessels was viewed with evident disfavour then by the majority of engineers; the chief objec tions urged against its adoption being the large amount of rubbing surface the water has to encoun ter, the cost of producing the propelling power be yond a certain rate, and the liability to choke the perforated bottom of the ship in shallow water, and shut out the water supply. On the other hand, she invention offered the not inconsiderable advantages of a power of propelling the vessel forwards or back wards, or of turning her on her centre, stopping sud denly in her course, going on ahead again or astern, all without stopping or reversing the engines. It is also claimed for the invention that a greater power can be obtained from the same amount of fuel burnt, as compared with the paddle or the screw ; that the power of the engines is uniform, producing smooth motion with.perfect freedom from vibration or noise ; no reaction on themachinery with the ship plunging in a heap sea ; an independence of rudder aid in steering or turning a circle ; a power of reeving the vessel of any water entering by a leak or shot damage by simply shutting off the ordinary water entrance through theperforated bottom of the vessel's hull, and a complete control over the movements of the vessel by the officer in charge, and on the upper deck, by a valve lever without communication with the engineers below, the engines never being required to " ease," " stop," or " reverse," the engineer simply keeping the engines straight at their work, and the officer in charge of the ship controll'ing the propelling power they create by opening or closing a valve with his lever. The majority of these seemingly somewhat sanguine expectations p rove d t o b e correct but it was 1853 before the first vessel was blot and fisted with Ruthven hydraulic propelling machinery for commercial purposes. The vessel was built partly at the expense of the Prussian Government, and is said to be still running satisfactorily on the Oder. The first indepndent testimony we find in this coun try to the value of the hydraulic propeller lies in the evidence given before Lord Justice Knight Bruce in September, 1863, on the hearing of a petition of Mr. Ruthven, of Greenock, for an extension of the pa tent granted to his father in 1849, Mr. A. Murray, the chief engineer of Portsmouth dockyard, stating that the Ruthven propeller afforded extraordinary facilities for manoeuvring a ship of war under steam, and he saw no reason why the speed with the Ruth ven propeller should not equal that to be obtained with the paddle or screw. Mr. Murray also stated that he had been on official duty to Belgium by order of the Admiralty to inspect and report upon a vessel called the Seraing, built by the Messrs Cockerell, and fitted with the Ruthven propeller. His re port was favourable to the principle, and from ex periments carried out betwe.:2n the Seraing and a paddlewheel vessel of the same form, tonnage, and horse power of engine the difference in speed was found to be about 10 per cent. in favour of the Ruthven propeller. Mr. Murray further stated that he considered the principle of so much value that he pressed it on the attention of the Admiralty, and orders were consequently sent down from the Admi ralty to Portsmouth dockyard for the lines of a vessel to be prepared for building, of sufficient ton nage to insure a full and practical trial of the inven tion and its suitability as a propel'ing power for vessels of war. Mr. Murray's evidence thus gives an official history of the causes which originally led the Admiralty to sanction the building of the Water witch and the application to her of the Ruthven sys tem of hydraulic propulsion, the first official trial of which by the officers of the Admiralty took place yesterday in the trial trip of the W'aterwitch down the Thames. The building of the hull of the Waterwitch was consigned by the Admiralty to the Thames Iron works and Shipbuilding Company, and the design and construction of her engines and the construc tion of the enormous turbine wheel, which is the Ruthven propeller, was consigned by the Admiralty to the Messrs. J. and W. Dudgeon, the firm whose name has been so intimately a ssociated with the ex position arid success of the independently-working twin-screw system of propulsion in England. The hull of the Waterwitch is built of iron, of 778 tons' measurement, 162 ft. in length by 32ft. in breadth, and 13ft. 9in. in depth. She is flat in the bottom, broad in her midship section in proportion to her length, and is "double-ended"—fitted with a rudder at each end—similarly to some of the small Thames steamers. Her defensive power as a gunboat consists iu a belt of armour-plating, of 4i inches in thickness, at the water-line and centrally on her broadside, with walls of iron, or athwartship armour-plated bulk heads, across her upper deck, the object being to fight guns over her deck in line with her keelthrough gunports in the athwartship bulkheads as well as through broadsid e p or t s . The armour-plating is backed with ten i nc h es o f teak, and is further strengthened by the usua l i n ner skin of an iron - built vessel. In the bottom of the vessel, and centrally, is a raised space extending to a good breadth on each side of the centre of the vessel, and stilt further longitudinally, and which may be termed, for the sake of plainness of description, a long and shallow iron box. The lower side of this box is fitted with an immense number of small rectangular orifices, which give admission to the water from outside and under the vessel's bottom, but the further passage of the water from the box is controlled by four sluice valves, which, it is scarcely necessary to say, are only opened when the %machinery is at work and help from the outer water is reatlired to propel the vessel. Division plates lead the water from the sluice valves to the next portion of the machinery which is the " Ruthven," "Hydraulic," or " Turbine" wheel, which draws the water in through the bottom of the vessel and ejects it out through the copper propul sion pipes and nozzles through an aperture on each side of the ship, a little above the water line. The hydraulic wheel is fixed immediately over the four sluice valves and the water-box or canal. It revolves in a cast-iron circular case, 19ft. in diameter, which has been turned carefully throughout its interior surface, the object of this being to reduce the fric tion to a minimum point of the water driven over its surfaces. The wheelitself is 14ft. 6in. in diameter, and weighs eight tons. It is made of boiler-plate, and is divided into 12 sections by arms or blades fixed vertical and radial (although only vertical at their extreme diameter, forming a tangent from the surface). From their outer edge they begin to alter in shape and position , and at their centre turn spi rally, like the blades of a Griffiths' propeller, and d d ge dischargeiil opposite pipes, in each of thus obtain a gc grip" upon the wate r u pon their first suction upon it on issuing, - from the canal. positions, are twoOn the ree tawheell-casing which , is fitted a large parallel two-way plug for diverting the water as it rushes from the wheel into the propulsion pipes and thence into the nozzles outside the ship. The copper propulsion pipes have a spiral twist given them to reduce friction in the passage of the water through them, and are about 2ft. 3in. by 2ft. lin., interior measurement. The nozzle pipes on the exterior of the vessel's sides are continued about 8f t. on each side of the centre, and measure at their discharge orifices 24in. by 18in. They are of brass, and are protected by armour plating. The driving power for the hydraulic wheel is comprised to d each in c h h h eeengines, angle of 120 degrees. T the crank shaft of the wheeles, o the n direct fron from the cylinder piston d standingco e t orterat an horizontal and direct, in single guide blo c ks. The ro hc are connected lattere cting workingrods length of stoke of each engine is 3f t. Gin., and the diameter of the cylinders 38i in. The three steam slides are worked by one eccentric, cutting off the steam at about 11-16ths of the stroke, the action iu every other respect, being exceedingly good. however, each engine is distinct in itself, h aving its own throttle and discharge valves, air, seed, and bilge pumps, and the ordinary condenser arid india rubber foot and delivery valves. The combined nominal power of the three engines is 160 horses. Steam is supplied to the engines by two ordinary tubular boilers, each containing three furnaces, with 350 brass tubes. The heating surface per nominal horse-power is 16.7 square feet of tube surface, and 725 square feet of grE.te bar sur face. Every part of the machinery is in beautiful proportion to other parts in design, and is as beau tifully finished in point of work. The hydraulic wheel and its casing and copper propulsion pipes are all marvels of workmanship, the wheel and casing, as iron work,reflecting the highest possible credit on the Messrs. Dudgeon, the manufacturers. The cop per propulsion pipes were manufactured to the Messrs. Dudgeon's . order by the Messrs. G. and T. Blundell, the present representatives of the well-known Down ton Patent pump firm, of London. Connected with this part of our notice of the machinery of the \Vaterwitch it is necessary to state that, in addi tion to the sluice valves leading to the hydraulic wheel from the perforated box-canal in the bottom of the ship there are also two side sluices which con nect the wheel only with the bilge of the ship. These side sluices are intended to pump out any water from the ship's hold—the sea sluice valves being closed— that may gain sudden access through shot or tor pedo-holes, or other damage to the ship's hull below the water line. As it is calculated that with the engines making 45 revolutions per minute the hydraulic wheel would eject 300 tons of water per minute from the ship, the damage done must be of a very extraordinary nature indeed that would sink the ship in spite of the clearing powers of so huge a bilge pump. In so novel an application of propulsion there is, necessarily, yet very much to learn, and, as a con sequence of this immature knowledge, opinions, even among profeSsional men, are very much divided as to the poisible extent of its appEcation and of its working value, and this diversity of opinion has even extended into the question as to the precise point at which the propetling force is first brought to bear upon the vessel. Without, however, entering fur ther upon this subject we may say that the propell ing force brought into action upon the vessel's hull, by the ejection of the water from the hydrarlic wheel through the propelling pipes and the nozzles over the ship's sides, is best described by Mr. Ruthven as " similar to the recoil produced by the firing of a gun." In describing this more fully Mr. Ruthven says:-- " Were a gun placed on a line with the keel and fired towards the stern, there would result a pressure forcing the vessel forward equal to the force with which the ball left the gun, and if a continuous firing were kept up, there would thus result an availeble propelling force. The water column issuing from the nozzles on the ship's side resembles the ball from the gun, and the reacting force which propels the vessel presses on the bent arm of the nozzle in the contrary way to the discharge. With this hydraulic power the propelling force presses directly on the vessel. The paddle and the screw press the vessel ahead by pushing back the water, so that the pro pelling force acts indirectly on the vessel through the yielding water." The Admiralty wisely determined in carrying out so important and costly an experiment to provide reliable data with which to weigh the results ob tained from the Ruthven hydraulic, as fitted in the Waterwitch, against the ordinary principle of screw propulsion, and for this purpose selected the trial figures of her Majesty's armour-plated twin-screw gunvessel Viper, a vessel precisely similar to the Waterwitch in tonnage, displacement, &c., and in ratio of horse power of engines to tonnage. The Viper in her full boiler power runs over the mea sured mile attained a mean speed of nine knots, and against this rate the speed attained by the Water witch, with her hydraulic machinery, has to be placed, and considered as indicating the success or non-success of the system as regards its suitability for the propulsion of ships of war. The Waterwitch left Woolwich for Tilbury, where the Admiralty Officials appointed to watch and re port upon the trial were to join her, at 8 30 a.m. _yesterday, in charge of Staff-Commander Dillon, her Majesty's ship Fisgard, her draught of water being Oft. - Bin. forward and 9ft. 10i,u: aft., the lower lips of the nozzle pipes discharging the water on the outside of the vessel being Bin. below the water line. The engines worked almost noiselessly, and with a beautiful uniformity of action, as their three connecting rods whirled - round the immense water wheel up to 39 revolutions per minute, that being the maximum rate at which it was attempted to drive them between Woolwich and Tilbury. The measured mile in Long Reach was passed at 9 30 a.m. in 6 minutes and 20 seconds, the speed of the ship being 9.474 knots, with the revolutions of the engines at 39 ; the pressure of steam, 171 b. ; and the vacuum, 27in. Tilbury was reached at 13 minutes past 10, the time from Woolwich having been 1 hour and 43 minutes. So far the amount of success obtained was, without doubt, greater than had been anticipated, and was a favourable omen of the results of the day's trial. In running past the mile in Long Reach the tide was at high water, slack. Tilbury was left at noon, the officials, &c., then on board comprising Vice-Admiral George Elliot, who may be considered as the main supporter and advocate of the hydraulic principle of propulsion with the Admiralty ; Mr. Andrew Murray, chief engirieer of Portsmouth dockyard ; Mr. Steel, in spector of machinery afloat to the Admiralty; Barnes, from the office of the Controller of the Navy ; Messrs. John and William Dudgeon, the makers of the ship's machinery ; Mr. Ruthven, the patentee of the hydraulic wheel ; Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Belcher, Commander S. Brett, her Ma jesty's ship Vixen, and a number of naval officers and gentlemen interested in Tuarine engineering. The ship's machinery was in charge of Mr. Ham mock, managing engineer to the Messrs. Dudgeon, assisted by Mr. Hefferman, the engineer of the ship. The vessel was steamed down the river as far as Southend, when, everything having proved to be of the most satisfactory nature, the course was reversed and laid up the river again, until the Ad miralty measured mile in the Lower Hope was reached, when two runs were made with the con ditions and results annexed : First Run.—A half-knot tide against the ship. Wind, force of 3 on port-bow ; time on the mile, 7 min. 15 sec. ; speed of ship, 8.276 khots ; revolu tions of: engipes, 41 ; steam pressure, 241 b. ; vacuum, 27 inches. Second Run.—Tide, half a knot in ship's favour ; wind, nil; time on the mile, 6 min. 17 sec. ; speed of ship, 9.549 knots ; revolutions of engines, 42 ; steam pressure, 251 b. ; vacuum, 26in. ; mean speed of the ship in two runs, 8.912 knots. As neither the Admiralty, Vice-Admiral Elliot, the patentee of the principle, the manufacturer of the machinery, or the designer of the ship can ever have anticipated a greater rate of speed being at tained as a mean rate over the measured mile than seven knots, the rate of 8.912, or say, in round numbers, nine knots, attained by the Waterwitch yesterday must have been a surprise as well as a gratification to all concerned. This very agreeable result, it is but fair to say, is as much due to the unusual excellence of the ship's engines as to tile many acknowledged good qualities of the hydraulic system of propulsion. The vessel, with slightly more favourable conditions, which can readily be given her, will certainly make a full half knot in addition to her present rate as attained yesterday, and this half knot may be increased to , ,a, full three-quarters if she is sent to Portsmouth to complete her trials under the same conditions as is pursued with all other of her Majesty's ships the Stokes' Bay mile. For instance, th . e co, m l l b it u y rn i ; to on the trial yesterday was not equal the coal burnt on the Portsmouth trial n the most water, cli' nor was the stoking of the furnaces of ved —at all important points in a trial of approaching to the perfect s a y , 161th:0111ln soflfire-feeding trial altogether carried out at Portsmouth. n j ;deas which must yesterday has also suggested yet be practically tested . previous nla- to any decided arrived . at as to the measure of opinion being safely exact value of the Ruthven prinmple . of hydraulic We believe the ship will be further propulsion. tried on the Thames on two occasions, at light a n d deep draught of water, at light draught carrying her discharge nozzles clear above the water line, and at deep draught carrying them completely submerged. At present no one can say which of the two plans would be the best to carry them. After these, two further trials have been made the Waterwitch will most probably be sent to Portsmouth to carry out further trials, so as to fully elucidate the merits and demerits of the system. • The indicator diagrams taken by the Government officials on board yester day gave a mean indicated horse-power of 750, and were pronounced of extraordinary excellence of figure. On the return of the Waterwitch up the river for Woolwich after the trial, the officials and company on board partook of luncheon in the Commander's cabin, and Admiral Elliot, in proposing "The Health of Admiral S. R. Robinson, the Controller of the Navy," spoke of the ver3 handsome manner in which the Controller had on all occasions supported him in carrying out the details of the construction of the hydraulic machinery of the Waterwitch, and in determination to give the principle a full and fair trial. To Mr. Andrew Murray, the chief engineer of Portsmouth dockyard, also, very high credit was due for the weight he had brought to bear upon the subject by the exercise of his great professional knowledge, and the spirited mannerin which he had, so to speak, pledged his professional reputation upon the success of the hydraulic principle of propulsion up to a certain line. To the Messrs. Dudgeon the gallant Admiral said, in conclusion, all possible credit and praise were due for the manner ii which they had done their part in their manufacture of the magnificent machinery of the ship, which could not possibly have been placed by the Admiralty in better hands. Admiral Sir EDWARD BELCIIER proposed, in highly eulogistic terms, " The Health of the Messrs. John and William Dudgeon, the manufacturers of the machinery of the Waterwitch, and the expositors of the twin screw principle." _ _ The future trials of the: Waterwitch , if carried out with the attention they deserve, will be of a most interesting character. MR. EWART, M.P., IN' DUMFRIES. On Tuesday night the member for the Dumfries Dis trict of Burghs addressed a meeting of his Dumfries con stituency in the Mechanics'-hall, which was well filled on the occasion. Provost Turner occupied the chair, and briefly introduced Mr. Ewart, who was received with cheers. He said—Mr. Provost and gentlemen, it is not without emotion that I hear those testimonies of your kind regard, which you still honour me by bearing towards me. It is true, as my excellent friend the Provost has said, that 1 have been in the practice of coming here, I believe with scarcely an exception, annually since I have had the honour of representing you. 1 think it is a wholesome thing for a member to see his constituency, and for those whom ho has the honour of representing saying to him what they think proper, so that he should acquire from this return to his mother earth—as in the fabled mythology of old— new force and new vigour and new resolution to support that which is good in his propositions to the Legislature, and to oppose all that he deems to be evil. (Applause.) Now, gentlemen, I can truly say that what ever may have been the effects of the opinions of others on my conduct, it has always been animated by a desire to do my duty, and I have been sustained in that desire by the kind reward with which you have allowed it to be attended. In the few words which I shall address to you I shall advert in the first place to domestic affairs ; in the second place, to what has happened abroad; and in the third place, to the humble endeavours of myself to carry into effect what I thought was for the general benefit of the country. With regard to domestic matters, it Would be almost impossible to avoid bringing first the groat question of Reform. That is a question that agitates the country from the one end to the other; and although persons may take different views of it, they all see the injustice of the present state of things. What are the evils under which we are at present suffering ? An inadequate representation of the people is the most obvious. In the next place, there is a most unequal division of the localities that send members to Parliament; and, in the third place, I grieve to say that we have in England, at least, and per haps in Ireland, but, I am happy to say, not in Scotland, manifest indications of corruption. I hold that the real remedies for these evils are that, in the first place, there should be a more equal distribution of constituencies. In the neighbourhood of where I reside in England there is one town belonging to a noble Marquis that returns two mem bers, and another small place where a few hundred voters return two members. That is an anomaly that should be done away with, and that can only be done by a re-arrange ment of the localities that send members to Parliament, so as to make them more adapted to the requirements and the necessities of the ago in which we live. I need not say that I hold the oxtensiou of the franchise to be indispen sable fer the s.. , curity and welfare of the country. Is the last session of Parliament, we wore offered a fair compro- mise of this question, which was rejected. I know not what wo shall have offered to us by the other party, the present Government. Of their liberal tendencies you are all aware. (Laughter.) Whatever may be their tendencies —whether liberal or not—l believe they will be obliged to follow the impulse of the popular tide, and to concede some thing to the people. Now, what may that be ? I hoard one member of the present Conservative party advocate Reform to the extent of household suffrage ; and I have heard the Attorney-General of the late Government advocate the same thing; and if the present Government offered house hold suffrage, I would deem it my duty, as far as I could, to support it ; if it was the general opinion of the House of Commons, I would not be one to oppose it. From the speeches to which I have referred, I deem it not impossible that such a proposition may be made by the present Con servative Administration. But, as I said before, it is im possible to go on without a proper and fair distribution of the localities which send members to Parliament. The hon.gentleman went on to say that he should like to see the system of voting-papers in use at University elections adopted at elections generally, and to condemn the disgrace ful state of corruption in which recent inquiries had shown a number of English boroughs to be. In Scotland he was not aware that any corruption existed at all, which he attributed to the superior education of the people. But corruption was not confined to political affairs ; it had ex tended to the money market ; and in recent speculative proceedings there had been a want of British honour and of common prudence which reminded them of the days of Sir Robert Walpole and the South Sea Scheme. He went on to say that he hoped next session would see the aboli tion of Church rates, and some effetivo dealing with that colossal iniquity the Irish Church, which proceeded on the assertion of the supremacy of the Church of the minority over the Church of the people of the country. He then referred to the state of India, and the famine prevailing in some districts, and said that two things required for her prosperity next to governing her justly were increased means of irrigation—water being, so to speak, the life-blood of India—and increased communication by road and rail. lie next alluded to the result of the war in Germany, and the consolidation of the German empire, which he regarded as beneficial to Europe ; he congratulated the working classes on their prescience in upholding the cause of the North against the South in the American war; and de plored the error made by the Emperor of the French in in terfering with the affairs of Mexico, which furnished a use ful lesson to politicians. He believed that the proposed foreign interference in the affairs of Rome would meet with a similar fate, and be contemptuously rejected by the Ita lian people. He then glanced at his own legislative efforts in connection with the abolition of capital punishment, the introduction of the decimal syitem, the extension of free libraries, and university reform ; and after thanking his constituency for the trust 'so long reposed in him, said ho hoped, whenever he resigned his honourable posit ion, ho should restore that trust to them uncontaminated. (Cheers.) On the motion of Dr. 11‘Culloch, seconded by Councillor Ewing, a vote of continued confidence in Mr. Evart was unanimously agreed to. -- ---, SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 20.—(Renter's Telegram.) — The North German Lloyd's steamer New York, horn New York on the 7th, has arrived. On the Sth she spoke the steamer Bremen. The Now York experienced fine weather to tho morning of the 13th, from the eastward, increasing. to a hurricane at 4 p.m., and when a heavy gale commenced at 7 she shipped a heavy sea, completely sweeping her for ward deck. The ship's chief carpenter and two seamen erroneously Q.°" were killed and two others wounded. No news has been received of the Saxonia, which left New York at tho same time as the New York, and doubtless encountered tho same weather. THE EYRE DEFENCE AND AID FUND.--A meeting of the committee was held yesterday, at which the advisability of at onto retaining counsel to defend M r . Te Mr. Rolt, Q.C. Eyre was discussed, and although nothing was definitively settled, the following gentlemen were suggested Cy different members of the committee :—Tho Solicitor.. sum received in the ' bee General, Mr. Sergeant Ballantinc, Mr. Coleridge, Mr. Karslake, Q.C., Sir R. Palm , e a r s , Q h : it was also announced that Mr. Alfred . forwarded it contribution, making the nnys or , had aggregate about £4,000 ; and not stated, £12,000. ➢lr. Sergeant Payne has resigned, the office of coroner for the City of London and borough of South wark, which he has held for 37 years, having been elected in 1829. CAPTURE OF WHALES AT C LEVEDON. —0 n Thurs day two large whales of the bottlenose tribe were found lying on tbe shingle off Little Harp Bay, Clevedon, a short way out of the water, and about 40 yards from the shore at low tide. Iu this usually quiet watering place the circum stance, of course, varied the general monotony, and im parted something like excitement to the inhabitants. After firing several shots at the whales they were at last secured and dragged ashore. The larger whale measured 23 feet from the nose to the tip of the tail, and the smaller one feet, both being of proportionate breadth. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. --• Share/ Railways. Paid. ! Cilorisoein.g Bristol lud Exeter . (Caledonian. 87 89 122 :23 40 15 13 15 4 5 C 5 63 70 72 Cambrian Cork and Bandon. Cornwall . . Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. E.London, crip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Di. 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CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 6to 1 agst Chepstow (offered—take 100 to 15) 9to 1 agst Proserpine (taken and offered) .14 to 1 agst Abergeldie (taken) 100 to 7 agst Affidavit (offered) 100 to 7 agst Moldavia (offered) 16 to 1 agst Thalia (taken) 16 to 1 agst Achea (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ambition (taken) • 25 to 1 agst Scarborough (offered) 25 to 1 agst Xi (offered) 25 to 1 agst adesman (offered) 25 to 1 agst &one Fitante (taken) 50 to 1 agit Caithness (taken) 50 to 1 agst Life Guardsman (taken) 66 to 1 agst Tomahawk (taken) 3 10 0 0 t to o .1 1 agst B y r i o g s: r n ou Bs ( ff) Bread (offered) 0 The Late Fatal Spair ng Match. The following appeared iu oar Thitd (1 . last t vening This afternoon Young, who stands charged with causing the death of Edmund Wilmot, in a pugilistic encounter, which took place at the Queen's Head, Great Windmill street, on the 9th instant, and William Shaw, the landlord of the house, Edward Donelly, Thomas Paws, James Evans, Flynn, and Goode, who were also charged with aiding and assisting, wore placed before Mr. Knox for frrther examination. Inspector Silverton, of the C division of police, informed. the magistrate that he had not yet succeeded in arresting the fourth man, who it was proved was acting in the ring during the match, and therefore he had to ask for a fur ther remand. Flynn had admitted that he acted as referee. Mr. Avery, the house surgeon, at Charing-cross Hos pital, was in attendance, but he was not examined. Mr. Knox thought it better that every exertion should be made to have the whole of the persons charged present before the matter was further proceeded with, and there fore he at once remanded them for a week. The recognisances of each of the defendants having been renewed, they were admitted to bail. LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening. • ----. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 19. Commissariat Dopartment—Deputy-Assistant Commis sary-General Luke Richard Castray to be Assistant Com missary -General, vice Ashton, retired. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, OCT. 18. Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of Windsor Castle Will be closed on and after Monday next, the 2`2d inst., unt , lltirther orders. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert L. Bodine as Consul at Cape Town for the United. States of America. COURSE OF EXCHANGE--Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 16 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp • 25 474 Brussels — 25 474 Hamburg — 13 Bfr Paris Short 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 Marseilles Fra,nkfor; on the Maine 1191 Vienna — 13 3U Trieste - 13 30 Petersburgn - 29 Berlin Madrid 47 , 1 Cadiz Leghorn 27 to Milan Genoa — 27 10 Naples — 27 10 Palermo Messina Lisbon: • — 511 Oporto — 51} 11 17 11 19 11 19i 25 52* 25 52* 13 25 30 25 45 25 471 120* 13 40 13 40 29± 6 261 471 48; 27 25 27 25 `27 20 27 20 27 20 27 20 51} 51i SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE,-This Day. Oct. 20.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and flue weather, but rather cloudy. BRISTOL, Oc t. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Britannia, from Onega. OFF SCILLY, Oct. 19.—Wind N.E—Arrived—Dime, from Algoa Bay. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 19.—Belle of Southesk, from Poo-Chow- Foo ; Victory, from Antwerp; Sister, from St. Michael's; Reigate, from Melbourne ; Eider, steamer, and 'fowling, steamer, from 'ronuing. _ _ • Sailed, Oct. 12.--Carl XV., steamer, for Gothenburg ; Lord John Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk; Norfolk, steamer, for Ilonfleur. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, Oct. 19.—Royal Sailor, brig, from the West to ;he North. WRECKING AT DEAL.—The 30th of August last was one of those wild nights of which wo hear sailors speak, and many a gallant ship when the morning of the Ist of September broke was found stranded or wrecked on the iron bound coast of England. Among those was the ship North, a vessel of some 1,200 tons burden, which was seen by the Coastguard on that morning on that grave of ships, the Goodwin Sands. At the Quarter Sessions for the Eastern Division of the county of Kent, held at St. Augustine's, near Canterbury, on Wednesday, a case was heard which illustrates the course of life pursued by the Deal boat men, and is of great importance to the public gene rally. A man named Foster, a marine store dealer, was charged by the Crown authorities with stealing an im mense quantity of rigging and ship's stores belonging to the late ship North, wrecked on the Goodwins on the 30th of August, the property of Conborough, Boyd, and Co., of Liverpool. Mr. Barrow and Mr. Bridge prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Francis. The case occu pied the whole of Wednesday, and some of the evidence was of rather a curious character. The stolen property was ex hibited in court, and covered a large portion of the space within the bar. Tho chief officer of the North identified the ropes, cordage, and ship's furniture ; and Mr. George Reed, a Coastguard officer, stated that for many days after the ship struck swarms of Deal boats went out daily to the place where the North was stranded, and actually stripped her of everything that could be carried away. Several carters swore to taking away waggon loafs of the rope which had been sold by the Deal boatmen to the prisoner to Messrs. Phipps's paper-mills, alma seven miles from peal where it was made into brown paper; and it appeared that these gentlemen gave the prisoner a higher price for this lot good • than he had ordinarily been reeei vi ng, b Jeans° it WAS SO The whole of the evidence was of the most extraordina r y character, character, and proved conclusively that " wreckinbge"coasht profession of a largo number of Deal boatmen. T stripping guard officer swore that although he saw the boats rics3 to pro the wreck every day for weeks he was un wil vent it, and that he took no action w The evidence for the prosecution w o a_s M.P., had liogly. After the chairman, Sir Brock Braaud able manner the summed up the case in a very lucidthree oars. T hey returned jury retired, and wore absent t some points of the evidence several times into court to h , av i e hatePvv°e:Yrainvethry3 m ter. t h 3 did not admit that he of the goods, a had possession toldthem this - The chairman knew they were stolen. 3 sider. They ag. tin retired, and explained to them. Ultiin te b y , they agreed that Foster as let finding . the prisoner c tl , l un e acquitted and left the "Not Guilty." lie was, entrusted to au eminent detective court. The c ase w ''`? of the metropolitan force, and there are two or three e pointto officer o • bo invosthrated. The authorities c t o h u e l y- t at ba last s t t l e r i t t a b h e r a e f r o a r r e d , r , which will other cas,s a t Lloyd's are at present engaged in making minute in qua,;es into the whole circumst Incas of the case, and into the general question of " wrecking" as practised in the neighbourhood of the Goodwin Sands, and from the infor mation they have received it is more than probable that a Royal Commission will be appointed to inquire into the whole matter. _ JUDICIAL SALARIES.—The Lords Justices of Ap peal, as well as the Master of the Rolls, have £6,000 a year, and the Vice-Chancellors each £5,000. The Lord Chief Justice of the q,aeon's Bench has 0,000, and the other judges £5,000 ; the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas £7,000, and the other judges £5,000. The salary of the Chief Baron of the Exchequer is £7,000, and £5,000 to each of the Barons of the Court. HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS.—On Friday the meet was at Swinley, when an untried deer from Rich mond Park was uncarted at Red Lodge, and gave a capital forest run of one hour and a half, and was taken at a pretty part of the country, in a road by Bagshot Park. The field was more select than numerous. The ground was exceed ingly heavy, and very trying both for horses and hounds, on account of a heavy fall 'of rain the previous night. Harry King remarked that there was every probability of .f the deer turning out a first-rater, it having proved that t tse th i e both fast and strong. It was the general remark Fr t o h ni • hounds were in first-class hunting condition. From 0 _ great inquiry for stabling in the neighbour eu,d23, f brilliant 14 ind season. The noble master was not out. Three sor it is expected that this will ba un uuu have ar rived, hundred and fifty don the Danish Go- America, to provide for whose ta tc They have purchased sent out two . agen rived, as the first instalment 0 8 . vernment acre , and at once re ceivedfor V an tracts of land in Missouri good wages, f,colitohnpedl2,ooo emigrants to their own Govern to be duo to the precautions takenges,,a,3l! of which is thought of the old Knickerbocker The heirs of one h ment. employment on We begun a suit against the Cor poration in NewYo thatcity, VIVA at 60,000,000 real estate ill of Trinity rk C . h t urch for the recovery of large pdoouraartiso.n I ■