The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-24 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET JIM COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Comparatively few bills are on offer in the Dis count Market to-day, and the rates are as easy as before, viz., from 6 upwards according to the class of paper offered for negotiation. The share list of the Coffee, Cocoa, Cotton, and General Produce Freehold Estate Company of Venezuela (Limited) will close on Saturday, the 2 8th, for London, and on Tuesday, 31st, for the country. During the last few days there has not been much animation exhibited in the markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce. Sugar has generally maintained former rates. In tea there has been very little busi ness entered into ; while superior descriptions of Coffee have commanded full rates. Rice has been in more request, and, owing to a slight concession on the part of holders, a fair business has been done in soft grain descriptions. Tallow has had a good de mand, and quo t at i ons h ave rema i ned steady for both present and forward delivery. Two o'CLocic. At the P ar i s B ourse this morning, according to Reute r ' telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 6 7f. 92c. Flat. Most of the markets for stocks and shares denote buoyancy, and there is an improvement also as re gards the business transacted. The change in the Weather will no doubt bring about a return of those Who are now out of town on pleasure, and promote a farther extension of speculative enterprise Con sols have advanced to 89* f for money, and to 894 I for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87! i; New 21 per Cents, 704 ; An nuities,lBBs, 13i ; India 5 per Cents., 104 t 105; ditto 4 per Cent. Debentures, 98f ; and Bank of England Stock, 248 250. Foreign Stocks show no important alteration. Turkish Consolides are 48* s ; Mexican, 25f 4 ; ditto New, 24f 4 ; Greek, 194 a ; Spanish Passive, 29f f ; the Certificates, 144 ; Italian, 64 ; the Confederate Loan, 6 7 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 3 f prem. American Stocks remain at about former values. United States' Government 5-20 Bonds are 648 ; Erie shares, 83f 4 ; and Illinois, 561 In the Railway Share Market there has been rathe r less animation, and a slight decline has taken Place in values. Midland, North-Eastern (Ber wick), North-Western, and Lancashire and York shire have each declined 55., Great Northern A Stock 10s., and South Eastern 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Lon don and C ounty have declined to 78 ; Or i ental Bank Corporation to 511 ; English Joint Stock to 12 i ; Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England are dealt in at 10; y ; Fore-street Warehouse at 11i 1 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Company at 198 i t ; Alla n's Transatlantic Telegraph Company are c i ll nted 1 4 prem. ; Transatlantic Steam Ship, par k preen:; and L on d on an d A ustra li an Agency, * 1*- BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 8 GO VER:sIitIENT FUNDS. 1 3,9 5 r Cent. C onso l s , ' J o. Ac count, Nov. 8 B9l ~,,.er Cent. Redu ce d B 7l 1 g 'o ew w 2 3 per Ce n t B7l 1 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 7Ol D e AD• . Per Cont. Jan. 1873 — uities, 30 r , expire sth Jan., 1880 o for 80 y 3 ;, 8 re sth April, 1885 l3l -uo (nod Sea l Telegraph), exP l9OB — Aug., March Juno tx i. c.-.equer Bills, £l,OOO, Do. £5OO 3 dr3l per Cent B Do £lOO and £2OO a p l : l s e E co n t,i g u l t aild Stock, 51 per Cent 2so_ 48 I rv , 'AN Cr OVERNMENT SECURITIES :, ~,j3r,,uoanASetcoocukhri per Cent., April 1814 — ,°. 5 per Cent. July, 187 -t-'O. Account y, D e 4 , • per Cent., Oct. 1888 ;3'o. Certificates -r,?. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — DO.. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 „ 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 ,-,- )8i .1.-'O. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 lio. t o , _ Do' cinder Xl[,ooo °- -- ' e r x l ,OOO A I.°REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. _usztrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — p O 4l. ia4 5 Per Cent. — 44 69 1 . 2 per Cent., 185248-60 , 80. 76f Do. Sc • 1863 .13 r I P, £l5 paid • 3l i pm ,os Ayres 6per Cent — '.20. Account P c ‘ u „o 1 per Cent (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 'wan 6 per Cent — , DO ' 41 per Cent — ,`olornbian 6 per Cent. — .1)",‘b?•7 6 ,per Cent. "„ lal s l l 3 per Cent 1825 ~ -1 -. o• 4 per Cent., 1863 — 0 ' - ' O . 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — anubian Principalities Do Account st quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional L an d W arrant — E gyptian 7 per Cent 941 DO., S econd Issue 94 Do £lOO B on d s Do. 1864 921 i 3 Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 197 Do A ccoun t Do. Coupons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do £B6 paid Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Marcunnana Railway) Do 1865 Do Scrip, £67 paid Do 5 p er C ent., 1864 — _ Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do - 1864 — • l- DO 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — „Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — .uuontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent w Granada l4 Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do. Account -.Po Scrip, £l5 paid, paid in Bonds — -uo 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — , Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -rortugueso 3 per Cent. 1853 D 0 3 per Cent., 1856, ' '7 , '9, '6O, '62, '3, , D sio. Account -e-usan 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9l Do q per Cent. 1850 D o 1) 3 41 per Cent., 1860 3 per Cent. 1859 DDo 5 per Cent. 1862 o 5 per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent SpanishDo Account 3 per Cent Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account °Danish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Acc oun t l4i S wedish 4 per Cent. — , Do. 4i per Cent. 1864 T urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 -- DO Account 9ll Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do Account o D £ l OO Bonds Do. 11 per Cent — 19 ,,, 0 6 per C ent. 1862 4-'0 Acc ount 751 Do £lOO Bonds , I 0 6 per Cent., 1863 7ll 4- ", 0 5 per Cent. 1865 -uo .£1(0 Banda44 D° , .. D u ocrip, £3O paid v _ 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — D ° Vlez 3 per Cent. ~ 6 per Cent 186' ) u o. A , ~ - 1)0 t,count • 6 per Cent, 1864 3B 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. ust r i l Il t ‘i ~ 'II, 5 per Cont., Ex. 10 Florins b u t , ,' l , 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. bee" 2 1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 1,,.. 4 p, r C ent. Certificates I ret e i f ( ell Rout es 4 1 per Cent. D 0 411 5 per Cent. 1861 Ex. 23f. Account ' ' 64* C ouri e i, THREE O'CLOCK b B9l * 0. Account 891 1 great Fire at Rotherhithe.—(This Day). st his tn ° ll ling, shortly before one o'clock, a most de juctive fire broke out in the extensive premises of Messrs. and li ght Grove and Son, wharfingers, granary-keepers, I:l.,(ll.ighterinen, Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, which has .? instant pol''utit111:11i11,8 property to the amount of several thousand • lho fire was discovered by the Thames police, ° light in th e IY raised the alarm, observing an unusual glare illu mine , premises , when the flames burst forth, and f ill -44toliated the metropolis for miles around. The power oil 8 l e , "l ""gines of Shand, Mason, and Co. wore shortly pr e t-e Werend got to work in fi rst-rate style, but the 41468 entirely . The cause the fire is shi tuo omces Iv a. The loss will fall destroyed on several fire insurance --... SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share Railways. (Caledonian and Exeter iCaledonian Cambrian .. . 92 14 Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc E.London, bcrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western ) Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great /forth of Scotland Great Northern D.J. A stock Do. B stock 94 96 12 14 6 6 67 7 1 71 73 1(9 111 46i 47} 76 8} 130 IR2 15)i 152; Do. New, ts. at 25 pn. Gt S, and W. of Ireland, Gt. Weste.n . S. V4 l . Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.—Oxford I Do. Newport Do. ei eford Lancashire & Yorkshire Landon and Blackwell Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast. Lon., t - hat., and DOVt.r Do. Metrop. r'x. A Lou. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid.and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby o id Kent .. 90 9?. 64 G 4 61 63 42 44 36 39 104 , 1 06 1221 124, 89 91 104 146 33 40 50 52 1241 121 96 97 57i SSj. 130 140 3 14 lip 104 104 I 2( 126 14 2 95 97 North British 64 6 Do. Ed., Pth ;dr Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick, Do. G.N'E purchase' Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. .to. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t)o. Scot. Mid. at Jcir Shropshire Union South Devon south Er,stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha lj West Cornwall OSSE ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 1501 1221 f 89A 1241 5 4f 96 8 1332 127 6j 1101 1031 621 572 8 80_ f I Pa i d ) Closing I , Business I Price. done. BRITISH P (Atlantic he St.Lawrenee Bom.,Baroda.:¢ Cen.ln.j . , gu. 5 per cent Do. k' shares Buffalo AG Lake Huron Do. Preference B uff., Bran t, di Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- • Calcutta it 8. E., Urn ,:ape Town it Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Eitension: Grand Trunk of Canada' Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr( f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W. s. of Canada..l Do. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. .t Hudson's day N. Etl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do cti 4 Do. Puniaub Do. Indus St. Flo COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia,6 per' cent., Dec. 31,1372.... Can.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.& July I 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D sp. c. Mar. /IL Sept /o. 5 p. c. Jan. ‘tz July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 vo.Apl.ezOct , 1800-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. s . per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Irauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Iva.), May IL Nov. it Do. 1895, Feb. & natal ';ov. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. p.c.Ja. &Jul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186( Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1870 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova Soitia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 4ueensland Gov. 6 p. c 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18t8-l4 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, .s pril .t Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. Gold, lint Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) Nast Caradon East Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy..., G. Wheal Vor (Heist n Grenville Herod's Foot [lingston Downs Margaret (IJny Lelant Marke Valley Nlwyndy Iron Ore, lint New Se to.n North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (I tiogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Uny Lcrlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin trott Vigra and Cl. gan, lira West lsassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Lkskeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan , 'Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (nen Wheal Se ton Wheal Trelawuey 8 30 110 110, 68 69 103 103! 36 17 10 11 p 118 120 1 11 7 1 1;p 75 76 10 11 148 152 51 60 60 6 57 59 804 614 81 96 .48 152 3 tp, 103 105 50 52 ,SIONS. 58 6U 101 102 id in 51 51 10 11 75 80 99 101 70 75 101 103 101 102 1031 1041 i il) 21 2Z 87 89 63 67 55 (93 53 57 2 55 45 49 43 45 28 29 28 .9 103 104 P P 101 102 151 164 P 8 is 85 87 1 h d 100 102 93 95 83 90 64 66 82 84 101 102 .01 102 .00 4 i(1 101 WI I i 13} T SECUI 94 96 93 95 93 95 81 83 81 S 3 193 105 107 109 106 10, 105 107 931 91i 113 105 110 112 163 105 104 106 lop too I`s 107 102 104 98 98 9) 101 93 95 90 91 103 105 84h 85i 99 101 102 103 106 108 ICS 108 90f 93 H MINES. 9 10 18i 191 560 580 4 1 21 26 91 101 t 6 21 1 15 16 21 3 2 4 21 22 11 2 4 4, 3'l 33 4 2, 39 41 4i 1 3 5 } 31 41 21 1. d 35 40 . 10 12 ti 1 32 34 430 950 3 31 12i 170 10 12 17 18 5 8 6 7 10 7 1 ) 75 165 175 75 80 26 28 4 6 195 200 18 19 rUETERENCE SHARES. 'onsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, tto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 131 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. m, Chatham, ice., Metrop. Ext. B, 6 per cent., 97 tto, C, 6 per cent., 75} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham It. & C.. 92 II FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 101 1 Dutch Rhenish, 24 rest Luxembourg, 141 Recite and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 141 San Paulo, lim., gua. 0 per cent., 171 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 171 FOHEIGN MINES, Don Pedro. North Dcl hey, BANKS. Alliance, Urn., 32} 2 Anglo Egyptian, Um., 14 Australasia, 71 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, 21 Commercial Bank of India and the East, 32 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 12i European Bank, Um., 12 Imperial Ottoman, 16} Land:3lortgage Bank of India, lira., 45 g London Bank of Mexico and S. America, 11m., 15 London and County, 76 London and 11 estminster, 951 61 Oriental Bank Corporation. 51 6 auy Br i t i sh, and s o D u e t l h h I A , f l r i rn i .. 6& a, 16 13 8 e t a i n n d d e a ' uonf DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 77 6 MISCELLANEOI:II3. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Ceylon Company, City Offices, lim., 61 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 101 1 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, Rm., 71 FairbOrn Engineering, 61 Financial Discount, lira., ski} Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 111 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 71 1 International Financial society, lim., I Joint Stock Discount. lim., 81 'London Financial Association, Jim , 221 Merchant Shipping, lim., 98 National Discount t.ompany. Rm., 158 Ottoman Financial Association, lim., g Overend, Gurney, and Co., 1im.,196 Trust and Loan Company cf Upper Canada, 51 Warrant_Finance, lim., 88 SHOT BY JULIUS CESAR.—The Surrey Standard says that the unfortunate keeper, named Foster, who was accidentally shot on Wednesday, while pheasant shooting, by Julius Caesar, the celebrated cricketer, died on Thursday. Dr. Balchin and Dr. Parsons made all haste to tho spot, but soon found that the wounds were beyond their skill to heal, and that his life was fast ebbing away. The poor man's wife and eldest child also arrived, and being still sensible ho took his farewell in a manner which all who witnessed can never forget. Julius Coosar is also much to be pitied, for although the circumstance was so purely accidental his peace of mind is wrecked. The deceased leaves a widow and seven children, tho eldest 17. Mi d ( Londc 2.1.0 29i 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.8 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.0 li 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 THE SUB, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENII\G, OCTOBER 24, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Hazlitt.) IN RE GLADSTONE AND CO.-THE FAILURE FOR NEARLY £1,000.000. Theso bankrupts, whose case has been reported fre quently of late, were merchants in the city, the liabilities at the time of the stoppage being £900,000, with assets sub ject to realisation of property in America. To-day was appointed for an audit meeting, a sum. of £3,600 having been collected by the assignees. CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Macnamara.) BRUMAN V. ISAACS. This was an action to recover £3, the value of a gold coin of the reign of Charles 1., which had been detained by defendant under very suspicious circumstances. Upon the first hearing it appeared that defendant purchased of an auctioneer a quantity of goods that had not been sold under the hammer, and amongst them was a box which was valued at one shilling. A short time afterwards the plaintiff saw the box in defendant's shop and asked the price, purchasing the article for throe shillings. After Mr. Bruman got the box home he began to examine it, and coming to a secret drawer, got it open, finding in it a very handsome gold coin of the reign of Charles 1., but in an excellent state of preservation. He subsequently called upon defendant and showed him the coin, telling him where it had been found. Defendant asked to bo allowed to see it, and upon its being handed to him said it was his property, as ho had clearly not sold it to the plaintiff. Mr. G. 0. Nash, for defendant, urged that plaintiff had clearly no title in the property, and his Honour reserved judgment till to-day, the coin being placed in the custody of Mr. Cheeret, registrar, until judgment was given. When the case was called his Honour said he was ready to deliver judgment. Defendant—Your Honour will understand that I never sold the coin. His Honour quite understood the defence, and since the last hearing had considered this matter very seriously. There was no doubt the circumstances of the case were somewhat singular, and it was for the Court to say in whom the property in the gold coin really vested. It ap peared that the defendant had bought at an auction a box covered with figures and tapestry, which he subsequently sold to the plaintiff for 3s, and in that box plaintiff found a gold coin, which he showed to defendant, who claimed it and set up that he had never sold it to the plaintiff. Now the question here was who was the finder of this coin, and what were his rights. It had been held that the finder of hidden property had good right against all the world ex cept the owner, and it could not be said in the present case that defendant was the owner of the property now in dis pute. It was quite clear that plaintiff had found the coin, and it was equally clear that when defendant sold the box he did not know the coin was in it. Looking at this fact, it would be for the Court to sae in what position the parties stood, and really plaintiff as the finder had all the rights of a finder, except in so far as concerned the owner of the coin. His Honour was very glad to be able to refer to a case in the books in which this view of the law had been laid down by the superior court. In the case of Merry and Green, vol. 7, Meesom and Welsby's Reports, page 623, it appeared that a person had bought at a sale au old escritoire, for which he gave 265., and in a secret drawer he found a large quantity of money. The judges held that he had all the rights of a finder as against all but the owner. Again, there was the case of the chimney sweeper's boy, who found a ring set with stones. He took it to a jeweller's shop, and the assistant removed the stones, tendering the boy three-halfpence for the metal. A dispute arose, and it was decided that the boy as the finder was entitled to the property. But there was even a stronger case than either of these reported in the 21st Law Journal, Queen's Bench, page 75. There a customer in a tradesman's shop picked up inside the shop a bundle of bank-notes. Ho handed these notes to the owner of the shop, and they were subsequently advertised. At the end of a certain time, no owner appearing to claim them, the finder de manded that they should bo handed over to him. The tradesman refused to do this, and in the action that was tried Mr. Pattison laid it down that the finder of the notes had all the rights of a finder, even against the owner of the shop, although the notes were actually picked up in such shop. His lordship referred to the case of Merry and Green, and gave judgment for the plaintiff. Looking at these cases, and the circumstances of the present action, his Honour had no course before him but to decide that the plaintiff had all the rights of a finder against all the world but the owner of the coin. The verdict, therefore, would be for the plaintiff. Mr. Nash—l protest against it. I say it boldly, that the coin belongs to the Queen, and it is so laid down in Chitty on Burns. After some conference it was arranged that Mr.lCheeret should hand the coin over to plaintiff, tho damages being reduced to is., with costs. Verdict for the plaintiff. CRIMINAL COURT,—This Day• OLD U (Beforo the Recorder.) ROBBERY OF THE BANK OF LONDON. Thomas Wood, aged 38, who pleaded guilty last session to a charge of fraud on the Bank of London, to the extent of between £3,000 and £l,OOO, was brought up for judgment. The prisoner was one of the principal cashiers of the bank. Mr. Metcalfe, in mitigation of punishment, said the pre sumed bankers knew their own business best, but ho could not help saying that their practice of allowing accounts to go unchecked for periods of four or five months held out great temptations to persons in the position of the prisoner. He had made no false entries, and since the dis covery of the frauds he had given tho fullest information, which had resulted in the return to the bank of about £l,lOO in money and securities. The funds were attri butable to transactions on the Stock Exchange. The Recorder, after commenting upon the serious cha racter of the offence, sentenced the prisoner to five years penal servitude. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Th• trial of Kelly and Taylor, committed for alleged forgeries on the Birmingham Banking Company, was post poned until next session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. RUFFIANS PROPERLY PUNISHED—THE WEST END BEG GING /V UISANCE.—John Donovan and Margai et Donovan were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with begging and assaulting George Tanner, cab-driver, badge 9,495. Complainant said last night about 11 o'clock I drove up in Grafton-street, Bond-street, with a gentleman inside my cab. The male prisoner stepped up and begged of the gen tleman. I told the prisoner to go away, but he persisted in stopping and prevented the gentleman going into the house. At last the gentleman got away from the prisoner, and the prisoner then gave me a blow in the mouth. I held him so as to detain him till assistance came, when he kicked and struck me several times, and we foil, and while on the ground the female prisoner came up and pulled my hair and kicked and struck me several times in the face. I, however, managed to detain the male prisoner till the police came up. Mr. G. W. Quallett, a gentleman residing in New Bond street, said I was last night alighting from my cab when I was impeded by the male prisoner. The cabman very civilly told the prisoner to stand back, but he would not do so. I paid my fare, and directly afterwards the prisoner struck the cabman in the mouth in the most savage manner. The female prisoner then came up, and both prisoners attacked the cabman like fiends, the female prisoner strik ing and kicking him and pulling his hair. All the cabman did woo to rcquost the males prisoner to stand back. As Bond-street is infested with beggars, and I consider the assault to have been a most savage and unprovoked one, I felt it my duty to come forward on the part of the cabman, whose conduct was very good. Police-constable 64 C proved seeing the female prisoner assaulting the complainant, and said the male prisoner was very violent both on the way to the station and when there. The male prisoner in a bullying tone denied the charge of begging. Mr. Tyrwhitt (to tho male prisoner)—l well know what sort of a person you are. You are one of those bad people who frequent the west end of the town and try to bully people out of their money. You will go for two months with hard labour, and the female will bo finod 40s. or a month. The male prisoner, who has been several times charged at this court, left it bullying the witnesses. WESTMINSTER. COWARDLY AssAuLT.—Alfred Jones was charged with a violent assault upon James Banter, coachman to a gentle man in Pimlico. Complainant said that last night he went into a public house called the Prince of Wales, near Bessborough-gar dens, and saw some friends, as also the prisoner, who had been farrier to his master some time before. Prisoner asked him to drink, and he did so ; prisoner then asked him how it was he had taken his horse to another farrier ? and he replied, that as he had moved from where he lived, he found the new farrier nearer. Prisoner then abused and struck him severely, and they fell. He asked prisoner to leave him alone, but he was again attacked, and they again fell; and when prisoner was gOt away his brother also attacked him. He had given no provocation ; on the con trary, when their father died, he had behaved in a very kind manner to the widow, and assisted her to the best of his means. Walter Jones, farrier, brother to the defendant—l was in the Prince of Wales last night, and had some beer. My brother asked him to drink, and he did so. Ho asked about the work being taken away from him, and after a few words Panter called him a liar, whereupon his brother struck him, and they fought. Punter threw his brother and they fell on him ; and they fought again, but Panter aggravated his brother and made him strike him. Punter denied the assertion of this witness, who was one of those that assaulted him. Mr.Selfe said—Tako prisoner's own account of it he had struck the first blow, and had then assaulted complainant. He was fined as., or seven days. The fine was paid. manner. The Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (Limited). HALF-YEARLY MEETING THIS DAY. The ordinary half -yearly meeting of the directors and shareholders of this company was held to-day at the London Tavern ; tho Chairman and Governor, the lion. Stuart Wortley, presided. The report, which has already appeared in The Sun, having been read, The CHAIRMAN said, that with a report like that which ho saw in their hands, and which the directors had the satisfaction of laying before the meeting, he should think it unpardonable by them as men of business if ho detained them by any lengthened observations from the chair. He should have thought that from the prosperous state of their affairs the meeting would have been merely formal ; but, considering it was the second meeting of one of the greatest financial companies in tba city of London, ho thought it would be judicious to refer to the most salient points in the report. They had of course, critics, detractors, and timid shareholders, but there was no denying the fact that the society had now taken an important position in the commercial world. It was the desire of the directors to give the shareholders all the information they could, but it must be recollected that their company was not one of an ordinary nature. A groat portion of its business was of a private and confidential character, which, if made public, would injure the company and lessen the dividend. (Hear, hear.) Short of communication of that cha racter, the directors desired to be frank with the share holders,and give every information in their power. If the great private firms of the metropolis were called upon to disclose all their private transactions, he doubted whether the Rothschilds and the Barings would occupy the high and honourable position they did at the present moment. Therefore the directors could not give information of that nature, and if that circumstance created any timidity, the market provided a ready means of gentlemen ridding themselves of their liability. The balance-sheet contained as full a statement of their affairs as any groat banking concern in the city of London ever published. Everything most certainly was not disclosed, but as much information as could be safely given to the shareholders by the direc tors had been communicated, but beyond that the directors could not go. (Hear, hear.) The first item that invariably attracted the attention of men of business was " bills payable," that stood at £17,500, which for a society of their importance was very small. (Hear, hear.) From their statement of accounts, several items which appeared in the April account had disappeared, amongst them those for build ing offices, furniture, &c., and preliminary expenses, which generally were not of an insignificant amount, there was one peculiar item—viz., bills receivable, securities, loans, &c., and sundry debtors, £1,217,932—which, it was, said by some ought to have been more in detail ; but results had proved the correctness of the discrimination of the directors. (Hear, hear.) It was the universal practice of all great corporations, both financial and banking, to give no further particular than they (the directors) had given ; and, in proof of this, he recollected seeing in one of the balance-sheets of the London and Westminster Bank no less a sum than sixteen millions of money in one lump under that head. The best answer he could give was the high position the company had taken, because within the last twelvemonth it had extended its arms into some of the richest fields of profit. Tho company had had its de tractors, and they had not been slothful in their efforts. They had been driven into the market, and, unfortunately, they had been induced to sell, and thus they lost the ad vantages they would have received had they held on. (Hear, hear.) Ho was sure that the shareholders would agree with him that they were now above those detractors, but they were not above criticism and inquiry, and he could only tell them that all was fair and above board. (Hear, hear) If the directors had been disposed to be reckless and rash in their transactions they could have perhaps doubled their business, but possibly they might have diminished their profits. (Hear, hear.) Such a course of action, however, had not been that pursued by the directors ; they had well considered every transaction in all its bearings before they entered into it, and no greater care could be taken by any private gentleman than was observed by the directors before concluding any of their transactions. The directors had £lBO,OOO profit to deal with, which he thought the shareholders would be of opinion was not a bad six months' work—. (hear, hoar)—and the directors had thought it safe to follow up that paid last April, and to declare on the present occasion a dividend of a similar amount, viz., a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum for the half year, with a bonus of the same amount, making the divi dend amount to the rate of 40 per cent. (Cheers.) After paying that dividend it would leave a surplus of £51,000 to take over to the next account ; but it had been thought by some that by a little squeezing some more in the shape of dividend might have been paid, but he thought they would agree with him that the directors had appropriated their profits in the most beneficial manner. The directors had determined, in order to meet their increasing business, to take power from the shareholders to issue 100,000 new shares, and thus increase the paid-up capital from half-a million to a million. (Hear, hear.) They would be offered in proportion of one now f nr ovary two °Lai'o a thou held, such new shares to be issued to them at a premium of £2 10s. per share. This arrangement would absorb 50,000 of the proposed new issue, but the remaining 50,000 would be offered .to the general public, who, of course, would include every shareholder that might wish to upply, at a premium of £3 10s. (Hear, hear.) The in crease of their capital would give them a better status, but it could not give them more caution or more discretion. The two great credit companies of Franco had, like theirs, found detractors, but what was their position at this moment ? Why they were a means of support to the Government of that country, and the Government improvements that had been carried out iu Paris, Lyons, and Marseilles, were effected mainly by their assistance. Some persons wished to know where their reserve fund was invested, because they thought everything un safe but the 3 per Cents. He could only say the fund was not invested in the 3 per Cents., but they were invested in available securities of the most undoubted solidity. Other persons were driven to examine their accounts ; however, with the reserve he had mentioned, the directors were quite as anxious that everything should bo known as any one person could be. They had no fear of disclosures, and with out detaining them longer he would resume his seat by formally moving the adoption of the report, and an intima tion that he should be happy to answer the questions any shareholder might put to him. Mr. LEVICK, the deputy chairman, seconded the motion. After the exhaustive speech of tho chairman all that was left him was to indorse every sentence he had spoken. Mr. MERRILES asked how the value of the assets had been estimated. Mr. GRANT, the managing director, saidin every instance they had been valued at the lowest market value of the day. Mr. Cala , ErrEn felt dissatisfied at the way the directors had invested the reserve fund, and therefore he moved the following:—" That the meeting requests the directors to invest the X 300,000 reserve fund in 3 per Cent. Consols or some similar security : and further requests that no part of it shall be used in the current business of the company without the authority of a vote of a general or extraordi nary meeting of the shareholders." The amendment was received with loud laughter, and 'or some time no seconder could be found; at length Mr. BRUCE seconded the motion amidst renewed merriment. Mr. DENT said with respect to the reports detracting from the merits of the company, he had to say ho was the last elected director to the board, and he pledged his hon- our, as a merchant of tho city of London, that everything was accurate and correct. Mr. TAYLOR then made some remarks, which the meet ing felt disinclined to listen to, when The CLIAIRMAN, in very severe terms, stigmatised the conduct of Mr. Taylor in making statements which were entirely devoid of foundation. He hoped that after what he had said their next meeting would be more conspicuous by the absanco or lan Taylor than his presence. Mr. BERNARD asked how the now shares would be dis- Uibuted ? The CHAIRMAN said that was a matter which must be Left to the absolute discretion of the directors. Neither he nor tho directors had friends to serve, and ho could assure ;he meeting that everything would be done in the fairest The CHAIRMAN then put the amendment to the meeting, but only the mover and seconder voted for it. With this exception, the resolution of the chairman for the adoption of tho report was agreed to unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved a vote of thanks to their managing director, Mr. Grant, whose exertions during th e past six months had been beyond praise. Mr. Dams, of Southampton, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. GRANT returned thanks, and in doing so said all he had to ask of gentlemen was, before they questioned certain passages in the report, to fully consider it as a whole, and then they would have some notion of the labours and anxieties of tho gentlemen who formed their board of direcfors. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceedings. PROPOSED RAILWAY AMALGA MNT I 0 N.—lt is understood that an arrangement has taken place between the Caledonian and Fourth and Clyde Junction Railway companies, by which the Caledonian Company is to acquire the Forth and Clyde Junction Railway, and guarantee the stockholders a dividend for the year com mencing after the passing of the Act of Parliament sanc tioning the arrangement at the rate of 1 per cent. per annum, increasing every subsequent year at the rate of fr per cent., until the maximum of 3} per cent. per annum, is reached, at which last rate the guarantee is to continue in perpetuity. APOTHECARIES' lIALL.—The following gentle man passed his examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received a certificate to practise, on Thurs day, October 19 :—James Alonzo Taylor, Great Barr, near Birmingham. The following gentleman also on the same day passed his first examination :—Thomag Sausome, Sydenham College, Birmingham. 1041 3I 211 ,ITIES. THAMES. A DISASTROUS FlGllT.—Thornas M‘Nally, aged 20, a lighterman, of No.lo, Orchard-street, Ratcliff, was brought before Mr. Paget on a warrant, charged with assaulting John Coghlan, a coal whipper of Ratcliff Cross, and break ing his leg. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner. The complainant, who was supported on crutches, and who came from the London Hospital to give evidence, stated that, on the 23d of July last, the prisoner was walk ing up and down the street where he lived with a knife in his hand and swearing ho would be revenged on some one. He went out and asked the prisoner what he meant, and he put it in his pocket, and struck him a violent blow on the head. Another man, named Riley, immediately came down upon him and struck him. Ho was knocked down by the prisoner, and Riley jumped on his legs and broke one of them in two places. He had been in the London Hospital over since, and was ruined for life, and his wife and family were starving. In cross-examination by Mr. Charles Young, the wit ness said ho was not at all the worse for liquor. Ho did follow the prisoner across the street to fight him. Ar.Nally hit him, and Riley jumped upon him. Mr, Charles Young said there was no doubt the leg of the unfortunate man was broken. It was a great misfor tune, but the complainant had brought it on himself. He called Patrick I3unal, who said that M'Nally was pass ing the complainant's door, and a dog "flow out" and bit his hand severely. The prisoner wont to Dr. Arnold, an eminent medical practitioner in Brook-street, Ratcliff, who dressed the wound and cauterised it. Tho wound was a very severe one indeed. After M'Nalty was bitten, he was fighting with the complainant, who to the best of his opinion and belief was intoxicated. Michael Murray saw the prisoner severely bitten by Coghlan's dog, and his hand was lacerated and bleeding from the Mtn. Coghlan went out and fought with Mr. M'Nally and Riley. Mr. Paget—Has Riley been in custody for his share in this transaction ? Mr. Charles Young—He was hero somo time ago and fined 40s. Mr. Paget—lt is evident the complainant has in a great measure brought this great calamity on himself, and began fighting with his countrymen. Too much violence was used by the party and Riley. One man has already been fined 40s. I shall inflict the same punishment on the pri soner-40s. fine, or 14 days' imprisonment. SOI7THWARK. —ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. —Ellen Lee, an elderly woman, was charged with attempting to destroy herself by jump ing from the stairs at the Surrey side of Westminster bridge into the river. Police-constable 195 If stated that he was on duty last night, and about a quarter to 12 o'clock he saw the pri soner walk to the end of the bridge and descend the stairs to the waterside. When he came up to hor ho found hor up to her waste in water, and with somo difficulty drew her on to the stairs. She was very drunk, and said she intended to commit suicide. The prisoner, in reply to the magistrate, said that she was very sorry for what she had done, and there was no cause for it except her being trunk at the time. Remanded till Monday next. A DISIIONEST POTMAN.—William Payne was charged with stealing some gin and wine, value as., the property of his employer, Mr. David icholson, licensed victualler, proprietor:of the Salisbury Irms, Fair-street, Horsely down. From the statement of the prosecutor it appeared that on Tuesday morning ho watt into the cellar, where he found the prisoner drawing some gin from a vat, and there was a bottle containing some port wine on the ground by his side. The prisoner had to business in the cellar, and got admission by a duplicate key, as he always kept the keys in his own possession. When ho entered the cellar the prisoner ran away, ind he was not taken into custody until yeste:day evening. He never saw him drunk. He had taken him out of the streets when he was getting his living as a shoeblack. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and selected to have the case disposed of by the magisxate instead of being sent for trial. Sentenced to six months' im?risonment with hard labour, SLEEPING IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—Jonathan Sharpe was charged with being found asleep in ono of the carriages of the 3.11 o'clock train at London-bridge terminus last night, and using abusive language. One of the ticket collectors of the London, Dover, and Chatham Railway said he found the prisoner asleep in ono of the carriages last night. lie roused him and asked him for his ticket, and ho at first denied that he had one, but afterwards produced a ticket for the line between Sydeu ham and the Elephant and Castle. He refused to pay the OXCASN: and atwood tho witness. The prisoner admitted that he had fallen asleep in the carriage, but he offered to pay the difference in the fare, which the witness refused. He denied positively the use of abusive language. The witness adhered to his state ment as to the refusal of the prisoner to pay the difference, and his abusing him. Tho magistrate, having commented on the misconduct o the prisoner, said that, before convicting the prisoner, he must see the bye laws with the seal of the company, and in the meantime the prisoner would have the means of mak ing an arrangement with the prosecutor. This suggestion was agreed to and the prisoner was dis charged. MARKETS—This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—IIeadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to £6 10s ; •and straw, £1 Cs to £1 13s per load. Trade very firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to £6 lOs ; •and straw, £1 8s to £1 15s per load. Trade quiet. WHITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to £6 108 ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 14s per load. A slow demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderate amount of business has been trans acted in tho private market, and prices hayo remained steady. SUGAR. --The market has been less animated, and the dealings havo been chiefly confined to superior grocery descriptions, which have maintained former rates. In the refined market there is no material change to report in values. COFFEE.—There has boon a fair demand for both plan tation and native Ceylon, and superior qualities command full rates. RICE.—Soft grain qualities have been in more request, and a fair business has been done, holders having met buyers by a slight concession. TALLow.—The market has been moderately active. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 525, and January to March 53s 9d per cwt. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Oct. 24.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fino weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—ller Ma jesty's ship Basilisk, for China. SWANSEA, Oct. 23.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—lndian, for Valparaiso. CARDIFF, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nautne.., from New York. Sailed—Eliza, and Mary Bangs, for Mont, Vidoo LEITH, Oct. 22.—Wind S. W. -- Sailed—Monitor, for Melbourne. HULL, Oct. 23.—Wind S .W. -4 .rrived—Jupiter, from Buenos Ayres. CLYDE, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hanco Groja, from Buenos Ayres. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 22.—Wind S.W..—Arrived -Mary Colog, from Charlotte Town; Devonshire, from Africa ; Anglo-Saxon, from Quebec. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Marmion, from Shields for Rio Janeiro. YARMOUTH, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Amphi trite, from Onega. SCILLY, Oct. 23.—Wind N.E. — Sailed.—Bride of Hesse, for St. Michael's. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL I PLYMOUTH, Tuesday, 10.30 a.m. A frigate, supposed to be the Arethusa, returning from tho raco to Madeira with tho Octavia and Constance, is now inside tho Eddystone, advancing toward s the Sound. GRAVESEND, Taosday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 24.—Victor, steamer, from Brussels ; Carl Fifteenth, from Gothenburg; Forth, 4eamor, from Ham burg ; Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne. DEAL, 7uesday Morning. Raleigh, f o r P t a h s e s e C ci pOecot.f2G3o.--ofnaorripeet;t3lWaarrgdalree,t,fotiarjsamwa;,uta ; Queen of the Clippers, for Terceira—all from London. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens fiat. The sales will ‘,)robably amount to 5,000 bales. THE APPROACH OF WINTER.—Sitns of winter are beginning to make themselves manifest in the Lake dis trict of Cumberland. On Thursday last Ekiddaw and other hills of that range were covered with suckv. This in ordi nary seasons is no unusual occurrence at this time of year, but this year it is noteworthy, inasmuch Is the weathe r i n that vicinity has been up till this week etch as to induce trees and plants to put forth second cups of untimejy flowers and fruit. Naval and Military Intelligence. VALETTA, Oct. 17.—Her Majesty's screw corvette Racer, 11, Commander L. Brine, which left Malta on the Bth of September, with despatches for Vice- Admiral Smart, returned on the night of the 12th inst. She arrived at Leghorn under steam on the 12th of September, in quarantine, but, not finding the fleet there, weighed and proceeded to Spezzia. Having communicated, under quarantine restrictions, she ascertained that the fleet had sailed a few hours previously for Leghorn, and accordingly made sail after it. Arriving there the next morning, she found the wooden ships of the fleet—Victoria, Gibraltar, Orlando, and Chanticleer—at anchor in the roads, and the Psyche inside the Mole. While performing her period of quarantine the Racer had the misfor tune to lose her surgeon, Dr. M'Clure, very sud denly, from disease of the heart. The body was landed in the Lazaretto, and a day or two after wards, on the Racer completing her term of quaran tine, it was removed to the English cemetery, and interred the following day (September 21) with the usual honours. Several Italian officers joined in the procession. The Surprise, gun-vessel, having arrived at Leghorn from Malta with despatches, and the Chanticleer, 17, having sailed for Malta with the mails, the Victoria, Gibraltar, and Orlando weighed anchor at 2 p.m. for Castellamare, the Psyche following next day. The Racer then proceeded to Genoa in search of deserters, and having received four men belonging to the Victoria and Chanticleer who had been picked up by the Italian authorities, she made sail on the 29th to join the fleet, and on Oct. sth fell in with the wooden and ironclad squa drons, under the command of Vice-Admiral Smart and Rear-Admiral Yelverton, exercising off Capri. The Victoria, Gibraltar, and Phoebe (the last vessel having been relieved at Patras by the Magicienne) proceeded into Castellamare, the Surprise also arriv ing there about 4 in the afternoon from Leghorn. The latter ship, after communicating with the Com mander-in-Chief, steamed out to the Racer, and made over to her the despatches for Rear-Admiral Kellett and orders to proceed to Malta under sail. The Surprise left the following day for Malta, the Orlando having sailed at the same time as the Racer for this island on her way to England to be paid off. All three ships have since arrived here, as well as the Enterprise, 4, ironclad, which left Castellamare on the 2d. The Racer, having filled up with stores for the fleet, left Malta again on the 16th, taking also with her despatches for the Commander-in-Chief, and the Enterprise left to-day to join Rear-Admiral Yelverton and the ironclads at Palermo. Leaving Palermo about Oct. 21st, Admiral Yelverton, with the ships under his command, was to sail for Augusta, a port between Catania and Syracuse. The ultimate movements of the fleet will depend on the sanitary reports from Malta, but it is not expected it will re turn to its winter quarters until November. Admiral Smart, with the wooden ships, is at present in the Bay of Naples. The Tyrian was riding out her quarantine at Nisida, at the other end of the bay. There were reports of brigands being in the neighbourhood of Castellamare, and it was not considered quite safe to wander far from the town except in large parties armed. The fleet has been throughout the summer remarkably healthy, and continues to be so. Lieut. R. N. Stopford, who was promoted from the Caledonia, has been reappointed to that ship as lieutenant. Dr Roche has received the promotion consequent on the death of Dr. M'Clure. The surveying ship Hydra had arrived at Z ante from thePirceus. She was expected to leave for Navarino on the 7th of October to recom mence surveying. A letter from the Cossack, 20, at Beyrout, says :—" We spent a most miserable summer this year in consequence of the cholera, not being allowed to land anywhere except at out-of the-way villages, and being kept at sea we only anchor off this place on mail days. We hope in a fortnight to be able to land here, as cholera is fast disappearing. The Phoebe, we hear, is to relieve us by the middle of October. The only thing that has kept alive is our theatricals, which we have every week, and the officers, as well as the men perform." From Patras I have received accounts to October 10. H.M.S. Magicienne is in port, and likely to remain a few days longer. Lieut.-Col. Mitford returned to Malta on Saturday by the Tanjore from Marseilles. Capt. Wilson, Capt. Bowden, Capt. Nickham, Capt. Swann, Capt. Butler, and Major Clary arrived on the following day, by the Delta, from Southampton. The following passengers left by the Poonah for Southampton :—Major Tyacke, 22d Regiment, and wife ; Major Hamilton, Major Scott, and Mr. Gore. The Turkish war steamers Brousse and Ismir left on the 13th inst. for Gibraltar. The Rev. Loftus Graham, 8.A., chaplain of H.M.S. Orlando, has been placed under arrest by Capt. Dickson for, it is said, disobedience of orders in a matter relating to his clerical duties. On arrival here, however, on communication with Rear-Admiral Kellett, ho was allowed the liberty of going on shore, and the case has been referred to the Commander-in-Chief. The Basilisk, 6, paddle-sloop, 1,031 tons, 400- horse power, Capt. Hewett, V.C., sailed from Spit head yesterday morning for China. The Royal Sovereign, 5, turret ship, Captain A. Herbert, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday, and anchored at Spithead for experimental gunnery practice. The screw frigate Bristol, 39, 600 horse power, flagship of Commodore Geoffrey T. Hornby, fitting for senior officer's ships on the West Coast of Africa, received on board yesterday the remainder of her crew and Royal Marines from the Royal Naval Bar racks, previously to the vessel leaving the steam basin and taking up moorings in the Medway. The work of fitting this frigate is being pushed forward as rapidly as possible by the hands, assisted by the dockyard workmen; but it is probable that fully a fortnight will elapse before she will be in readiness to take her departure from the Nore. Her War Department stores have been sent on board from the ordnance-wharf, Chatham, together with her guns, rifles, solid and hollow shot, &c. Although the Bristol was attached to the first division of the Steam Reserve when commissioned, the work of re- fitting her has occupied several weeks, in conse- quence of it having been necessary to make con- siderable alterations in her internal fittings, with the two-fold object of adapting her for a flag-officer's ship, with the requisite offices, cabins, &c., and at the same time giving her the accommodation re- quired by vessels intended for a lengthened period _ _ of service on the West Coast of Africa. The work of dismantling the screw sloop Zebra, 17, 250 horse-power, Commander Charles G. Lind- say, preparatory to her being put out of commission, and pail off into the third division of the Cha thain Steam Reserve, is being carried out in the great basin of the dockyard, where a number of the riggers and other dockyard workmen are assisting the crew in the work, in consequence of the number of hands hating been so reduced by deaths and sickness. During the time the Zebra has been in commission, a period of three years and a half, she has been em ployed in the suppression of the slave trade on the West Coast of AfriCa, and succeeded in capturing no fewer than five vessels engaged in the traffic. Just before quitting Sierra Leone fever broke out on board, and in a short time she had 100 of her offi- cers and crew on the sick list, and on the arrival of the vessel at the Nore it was found that so many of her crew were suffering from sickness and debility that a number of the hands from the dockyard were placed on board to assist in the work of dismantling the ship. Besides losing several of her crew she has lost her surgeon, assistant-surgeon, and master dur ing the time she has been in commission. The Zebra is expected to be paid off on the 30th inst. The 2d Infantry Brigade at Aldershott, under the command of Brigadier-Gen. Adams, C. 8., and consisting of the 13th (Prince Albert's) Light In fantry, under Col. Lord Mark Kerr ; the 63d Regi ment, under Col. W. F. Carter ; and the 29th Company of the Royal Engineers, under Col. Stock ley, was inspected on Monday week by Lieut.-Gen. the llon. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, commanding the Alder- shott Division. The troops, after marching p as t , were put through the usual exercises, and acquitted themselves to the entire satisfaction of the Lieute- nant-General. THE TEA TRADE, Oct. 23.—The deliveries in London estimated for the week Were 1,246,4111 b., which is an increaso of 1,3301 b. as compared with the previous state- meat. YiPL h.,l•=i• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, NEWMARKET RACES—THIS Ma. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Bto 1 agst Moldavia (taken) Bto 1 agst Gladiateur (taken) 9to 1 a,gst Prov:sor (Laken) 15 to 1 agst Out and Outer (taken) 15 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken) 20 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken) 40 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 50 to 1 agst Custard Castle (taken) No other change. THE LATE LORD PALMERSTON. Arrival of the Body at Cambridge House. The following appeared in our third edition of last evening : Exactly at 25 minutes to six the great gates of the court-yard of Cambridge House opened for the last time to admit all that remained mortal of Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston. The hearse containing the body of his lordship travelled to London by the great north road, and but very few who noticed the sombre carriage on its progress were aware of the illustrious dead it contained, as the general impression was that the Great Northern Railway would have been the route by which the body of the deceased statesman would have been brought to London. As soon as the hearse passed the outer gates of Cambridge House they were immediately closed, and thus but very few were present to witness the solemn and impressive scene. Immediately the hearse drew up at the front entrance of Cam bridge House the coffin was placed upon the shoulders of eight bearers, and the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, his late lordship's private secretary, and the Hey. Henry Suliyan, the only surviving nephew of his lordship, came forward to receive the body. By them it was conducted to the great dining-room, and there, amidst the most profound silence, it was placed in the centre of the apartment which, with the exception of a large tray of funeral feathers, and a black cloth on the floor, was extremely devoid of all funereal display. A large black velvet pall was placed half over the crimson velvet cushion, and this having been done, the attendants of Mr. Banting, of St. James's street, who has the arrangement of the funeral, withdrew. During the whole of the proceedings, which did not occupy more than about 15 minutes, the most profound silence prevailed. Scarcely a word, and that not above a whisper, was spoken by any one wahin the apartment. The funeral is fixed to take place on Friday next, in Westminster Abbey, at one o'clock. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service, (Front the Civil Service Gazette) TILE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.—The housekeepership of Ken-. sington Palace State apartments has become vacant by tha death of Mrs. Lyons. COLONIAL-OFFICE.—An officekeepership in Downing.. street has become vacant by the death of Mr. R. Powell. Mr. R. Ireland has been appointed a clerk in the convict service, Western Australia. Mr. G. Bellhas been appointed a storeman in the convict service, Western Australia. HOME-OFFICE.—Mr. J. W. Hindle has been appointed deputy governor of Chatham Convict Prison. THE ADMIRALTY.—Mr. W. C. B. Hall has been appointed to be a clerk in Somerset House. Mr. J. Road, timber in spector at Pembroke Dockyard, has been appointed timber inspector at Chatham Yard, in the room of Mr. Netherwood, retired. Mr. J. M .Davies has been appointed a store issuer, Sierra Leone. Tx POST OFFICE.—Two surveyors' clerkships, second class, are vacant. Salary, £2OO, increasing £lO a year to £3OO, with an allowance of 15s. a day when absent from headquarters, in addition to the cost of locomotion. Mr. J. B. Davies has been appointed to be a clerk at Canterbury. Mr. J. Hurst has been appointed to be a clerk at Bradford. Mr. B. Manning has been appointed to be a clerk at Clonmel. CUSTOMS.—Mr. George Marshall has been promoted from the fourth to the third class of clerks in the office of tho controller of accounts at the London Docks, London: INLAND REVENUE.—Stamp and Tax Branch.—Mr. W Martin, surveyor of taxes, has been removed from Luton to Newport, Isle of- Wight. Mr. J. U. Moc,re, surveyor o f taxes, has been promoted from St am ford to Boston. Mr. P. C. Borckhardt, assistant surveyor of taxes, Chester, has been promoted to Stamford. Excise Branch.--Mr. Mar shall Kirkland Hindmarsh, examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Aboyn district, Aberdeen collection. Mr. George Curtis, supervisor, Millbank district, London (South) collection, has been appointed surveying general examiner, third class. Mr. Walter Harvey Newman, supervisor, Dublin Ist district., has been appointed super visor of Millbank district, London (South) collection. Mr. John Lyddon, supervisor, Wroth= district, Maidstone col lection, has been appointed supervisor of Dublin, Ist dis trict, Dublin collection. Mr. John Williams, examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Wrotham district, Maidstone collection. Mr. Edward Charles Sturgeon, examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Haveriordwest district, Car marthen collection. Mr. John Thornton, officer, Millbank, Ist division, London (South) collection, has been appointed to be an examiner. Mr. Wm. Beart, officer, Leven, Ist di vision, Perth collection, has been appointed to be an exami ner. Mr. Joseph Sowden, officer, Berkeley division, Glou cester collection, has been appointed to be an examiner. Mr. W. E. Drake, officer, Bromley, 2d division; Middlesex collection, has been appointed to be an examiner. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Xilee Opened. Receipts. ------,t 1 865 1864 991 2,087 1.917 441 653 598 28 2,1 a 1,937 61 1,018 784 1211 6,980 6,827 408 27,935 26,285 121 2,666 1,992 325 18M. 1865. Belfast and N. Counties 9)l Belfast and County Down l4i Blyth and Tyne 2B Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter 124 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB Cambrian l3O Cockermouth K & Penrlth Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 652 Deeslde l7 Dublin & Belfast Junction... . 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lOO Forth and Cly de Junction .. so Furness, &o 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union Great Northern 4Ol Great North of Scotland 5B (it. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 712 fit.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3Bl Great Western l2BO Hu!l & Ilornsea Highland Irish North-Western • 145 Lancashire & Yorkahire lu3 Limerick and Ennis.. 241 Limerick and Foynes 264 Llanelly 462 Llynvi Valley London & North-We s t ern London and Blackwall 5l London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2911 London, Chatham, & Dover; c 134 all Metropolitan Extension 2 12 Do. Kent toast Lou., Tilbury, & Southend na.n.,Sheffielcl, & Linoolnsh blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 94 kiaryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 Ilidland Gt. Westn. of 'rind 2604 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 6561 7 2 3 5 : F 0 6 63 24, 2 5 6 5 7 3 23,435 3,140 North British, Edin., Perth 7021 and Dundee N N o -li r ias h L te o rn nd a o n n d Stock. & Darl. 1211 11 6 :1 2 58 258 8,085 8.422 North Staffordshire 2'l 150 1,071 963 Pembroke ßhymney and Tenby 1 1 94 11 1 1 9 1 4 1 ••••• • " 0 Scottish North-Eastern ..... . 136 138 64 1 6 ;0 1 0 0 6,085 i 2,691 2.478 Somerset and Dorset 98 791 79i _ 4.502 1, 9 23 15 1 South Devon .... 105 0' 5,511 5384 T So a u fi t 10 1 1 ') 10 180 193 31 31 South -Eastern, 3 61 31 3°614 27,994 21,104 593 468 tv U ya l a s l tteee of if° . cr . d . h . va . yii . ( . di . . ................... Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,608 1,4:9 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 656 671 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 963 928 Whitchaven & leurnesaJun..„ 35 35 916 860 FoREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 42, 325 42,006 Detroitß ßl3 o ea i ll g i i l ii b ak t a na y a !ll a d a Ss m r at o en i d r i, jra,kalci i e t u7 3 . ° . n . Indic,. : . : : 3 18 27 0 6 66 6 1 1 1 8 2 812 1 _ 4 3 , ~ ,43 , ) 3 0 2 (1 6 7 : 1 6 : 427 7 346 : 6 4 43 Dutch Rhenish least E N a a ti s E ast e rn ce Indianrr n u o , s t e t' g 7 a :i i. c e . .. .. .. .. . . . .. .. .. . 1126 1065 23,553 16,779 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Central of Belgium.. Great Indian Peninsula * 590 553 14,076 11,032 Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,871 4.991 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 3i 5 18,921 12,970 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Aiieant 6B) 650 15,062 20,,08 Northern of Canada .... ..... Northern of France 728 728 60,207 6?,502 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman 484 1' 4 904 619 I p 'a a r rls s, a L n y d o ci n r s ie & an al s editerrn 1 1 6 96 16 7 Recife and San Francisco, &c. 774 774 601 3 26 1 1 6 78 11 4 14 7 8 6 , , 5 34 20 5 14 7 2 21 0 6 9 6 0 4 Sc.nde. Do. Punjab, Jo 253 32 962 269 20 433 439 tit 195 203 32i 625 508 636 1,761 /.713 17 430 243 63 1,666 1.443 75 1,986 1.829 EL 323 87 3 91 k 3,4J7 2,843 0 6) 3,316 3,176 £42 10,730 9,726 663 36,432 35,958 355 39,363 39,939 53 1,751 1,5 3 711 663 505 881 9,88 L 8 882 1255 76,193 74,701 13 155 141 246 4,634 4,413 145 2,058 1, .61 403 40,070 36.022 241 - 215 • 203 26} 101 148 40i 773 700 207 414 " 501 12731 118,852 111,8(i7 bi 2,056 1,852 463/ 26,761 25,747; 2671 23,616 22,246 12/ 11,2 3 9,550 11 J 2,310 1,700 27 :4(40 1,470 42{ 2,0,5 1,64/1 2,6 20,313 18,910 yf 1,313 1,344 28 1,205 1.3,) 2,656 2,467 051 80,703 19.747 2601 6,001 4,702 it 2,032 2,716 Mr. Stephen Massett (" Colonel Jeems Pipes, of Pipesvillo"), intends shortly to re-visit England, for tho purposo of giving his highly-interesting sketches and entertainments, which, with his popul ar b a ll a d s , h as gained so much popularity in America. lied and ty's urt,. ,aY, his les. late re- rout and &c. anct col- daeo ay.) out .oug god AO' ver ornis ithS *OM pro- LB6 - coal, L s Of )rno Sing 3ne etly pre- ditio thor been tool feral i in' rty, bat • 100 100 2 100 100 190 100 100 F 0 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 MEL) 101 I 4 1 i 1021 1051 101}