The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-25 00:00:00

%Val VEY IiIA_RK ET AND CITY 111 KIM ('TTY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return completed to the 23d instant, shows some satisfactory changes. The bullion has been increased by nearly a quarter of a million, while them is a large addition to the reserve of notes. The other securities, in conseqnence of the greater ease in the money market, have been slightly reduced, while there is a considerable aug mentation to the private deposits. The various items and the changes they present are shown in the subjoined table ; Active Circulation .. .. £20,814,550 Decrease .. .. • • • • 30 7, 515 Bullion . . . 11,106,661 Increase .. 211,514 Rest .. .. • • • • • . 3,123,887 Increase 4,558 Public Deposits 3,685,302 Increase .. 116,527 Other Deposits.. .. • . 14,678,261 Increase .• 267,111 Seven Day and other Bills .. 791,076 Decrease .. 17,516 Government Securities .. 12,153,001 No alteration. Other Securities .. 16,736,417 Decrease . • 148,399 Notes unemployed 7,106,885 Increase 471;195 The current terms for the bent bills still range as low as 2f per cent. Owing to the present unfavourable position of financial affairs in Paris, the Italian Government have agreed to postpone the payment of half the next instalment of the loan for a month. There is still an exceedingly quiet demand for discount accommodation, notwithstanding the in creased facilities now offered by the banks and pri vate firms, but while commercial affairs remain in such an inactive state the inquiries will necessarily continue moderate. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday an extensive business was transacted, and prices ad vanced id. to 2d per. lb. The sales amounted to fully 30,000 bales, including 16,000 East Indian. There were'nobullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. At the half-yearly meeting of the Globe Insur ance Company the usual dividend at the rate of 5 per cent., free of income-tax, was declared. During the last few days there has been rather less animation in the markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce. Tea, however, has been in steady request, and sugars have been dealt in to a limited extent, without much variaticin in values. For coffee, however, the inquiries have been active, and full rates have been readily obtained. Rice, fruit, and spices have continued in moderate demand at about previous values, and tallow has been at steady prices, for both present and forward delivery. A further improvement has taken place in the market for Public Securities, owing to further purchases chiefly on speculation. Consols have risen to 921 for transfer, and to 921 93 for the 7th proximo: The firmness of the Paris Bourse is the principal cause of this upward movement. The New Threes are firm at 91 1- ; the Reduced, 901 9i; Exchequer Bills, March, at 7s. prem. ; Bank Stock is 232 ; India ditto has realised 224; ditto a per Cent., 1041 105 i; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 971 4 ; ditto 5,1 per Cent. to 1041. There has been very little activity in the Foreign Market, but prices, in some instances, show more buoyancy. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 801 4 ; ditto, 1858, 6814. Mexican are firm at 26,-1 ; Equador at 151; and Brazilian 42 per Cents. at 911 92. Russian 4i per Cents. are fiat at 924, and Spanish at 491. %Vith reference to the market for American Securities, Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. give the following : ' During the past week there has been a decided improve ment, and prices have generally advanced. In State stocks the chief business has been the Federal Five per Cent. Bonds, whilst there is only a very limited supply offering. Railroad Bonds have also been in demand, but more parti cularly those of the Panama and New York and Erie. Redeemable. Prices United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 80 Do. 5 per Cent Bonds Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds 1363-72 68 70 Maryland 5 per Cent. Bonds 65 70 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock 68 72 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 70 72 Virginian 6 per Cent. Bonds 45 47 Boston 41 per Ct. Strlg. Bonds Illinois Central 7 per Cent. 1875 79 81 Illinois Central 6 per Cent. I) 0. shares, 80 dols. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1369 80 81 Do, do. shares New Yo r k Central 6 per Ct , not convertible New York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., Ist mortgage Do. do.; 2d mortgage De. do., 3d movtg,age Do. do. convertible Do. do. shares, Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort • gage Str. Bonds, not cony.. Do. do., 2d do. 1883 1864 1867 1859 ISB3 1862 1865 1872 90 92 69 70 92 94 89 91. 76 78 50 55 20 21 98 99 96 93 A moderate amount of business has been trans acted in the Railway Share Market to-day, and a firmer tone has been apparent in most instances. Caledonian, Great Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, South Eastern, and West Midland advanced ss. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; Brighton and Great Northern remained at previous rates ; and Eastern Counties declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in limited request. Bahia and San Francisco im proved ss. ; San Paulo, ss. ; Great Southern of India, 10s.; and Eastern Bengals, ss. hint-Stook Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were in limited favour ; prices, however, tended up wards. Lon don and County advanced 53. ; Crystal Palace Stock, ss, ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. 3 per Cent. Its 3duced Annuities 9l 90/ i 3 per Cent. CI maso,ls Annuities Now 3 per Ce: at. Annuities Annuities, 3(: , yrs, expire kh Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 7-16 India Stock... Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfac ed Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent 971 I Ditto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 I Ditto ditto April, 1864 98a 1 Ditto 1859 Consols for Account, Nov. 7 .. 92/ 3 India Stock FA. Acco un t, 5 per Cent .... 105/ 4/ March. I June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d..... Ditto £5OO .. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian, 5 per Cent . ..... Ditto 41 per Cent., 1860 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Equador New Consolidated Mexican, 3 p er Cent. Ditto Acco ant Itussian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 41 per Cent. i Spanish 3 per Cent. — _ t Ditto Account T ‘ - kish 6 p er C ent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loa Ditto Aceo,ant n 081 I Divirlends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 peY: Cent., 1861 . ... ssa nvo O'CLOCK. Consols, 1 1 Ioney . . Ditto Account .....;;;;;;;; ::::: 9 0 2 21 3 TILE LADY WITH Six D— .—The DRESSES ON Paris P olice a few days back, it h as been mentioned, arrested at the Temple, a young woman, w h o h B oasr a s edhs she was found o s i ff o er eodf whichf or sale she h a e lady's dress of great value, for the possession n could not account ; and on being to have on not fewer than six dresse s , ed all valuabl e , one above the other, and in pockets in her crinoline were seve• ral articles. She said that she was the mistress of nobleman, who had bought the dresses for her, but that a young statement turned out to be untrue . From the publicity given to the affair the police have r ec e ived communications from Orleans which state that she is the daughter of a re spectable woman, but has m isconduoted her self , and that she had stolen the dresses from the houses of wealthy per sons in the neighbourhood of that city by whom the mother is employed. She is to be brought to trial. THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. —It is not perhaps generally known that some important changes in the law regarding the sale of gunpowder and fireworks are made by an Act of Parliament which came into operation on the Ist Of September. By one section of this enactment, no person can sell, or expose for sale, any firework without a throw for the purpose, and by another the penalty for throwing fireworks in thoroughfares, or other public places, 15 raised f rom 20 s. to £5 . Th e mo st important inno vation, h owever, is the p rov i s i on th a t no firework can be sold to _V person apparently under 16 years of a g e, without bjectin g the offender to a penalty not exceeding £5. The enforcement of this prohibition wou d aeon to threaten the reduction to very small dimensions of the trade in squibs of crackers conn ec t e d w ith t h e approaching anniversary IQ Gunpowd er Plot, Share :3.14 stock ;took stock stock stock stcoc stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10.18 4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stocic stock stock stock stock Share! stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 263 13i 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock SNARE 111ARKET-)TIIIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. I? ailw ay a. Paid, 6 51 1051 i Closing Business Pr ice. Done Beltast and Ballymena I Bir., Wel , and Sir. Val' Birk., La., and Ch June Blyth and Tyne Bost. Slept: and Mid.Co rtristol and Exeter Caledonian (%irmart hen Cardigan Cork and Bandon Co, l :r o kl:assage Cornwall .... f N gets no div. , until peran. Do B hasbeen/ d. toB Dublin t Belfast Juno' Dun., Perth, &Ab. June 1 East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock; Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU 3 ds 1 East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, Sc Dundee Forth 86 Clyde Junction! Furness Glase:. and S. Western Great N thn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock: Do do 11 do (it. S. & W. of Ireland Great. Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire ar Yorkshirc London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.. k S Coast Lond.. Chat., and Dover Lond. It Nth. Western Lond. Sth . . Western L'derry As Coleraine derry k Ennisaillen Msn. Shet. .t Lincoln Slaryport and Carlisle Do do shares netropolit an Midland Do new Do Birming. it Derby llid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do shares 'AIM Kent. Do, Cray'Line ewcastle and C Newry E Armafzh, def (Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk ..... • • . • North British ... Nor.Dey.Rail&Dk.stock k 3tk ; A recs no d until 6pchas beenpd.B Do B stock .....:.... "Cth. Eastern—Berwick Do do , G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds •• •• • • • • Do York .. . igorth London .. ...... Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail reebles • • .. • • • • I Portsmouth Rhymney .. • • • • • • Scottish Central I Soot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer. South Devon S.-Durham & bane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do _ Do New (1860) afl Vale •. •• Do Pref. No 1. f' t• smesEravenDk&Rail Ulpter vale of Neath Victor iaSta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny, Waterford & Limerick West Cot nwall 'West London Do Ist class Do 2d class .. ,West Hartlepool Harbr 1 and Rail - West Midland—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford 47 48 44 46 88 80 PREFERENCE MARES. Blythe and Tyne 10 pert c. pref. (issued at £5( Eli is. do Exet.4 p.ctstock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon A 10,44 per cent ! Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. e. Cornwall, 5 per cent Oun.Perth&Aber.Jun. ' Do Ist Class Pref I iti3.An,9ol.Class A 7 &sp.c I Do. do. Class B 5 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Cowl. Ex 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. No. ,I 1)0. New 6 per ct. stock. I .i:astern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... 11 , :din...t/Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Odin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c F urness, 5 per cent .... I(;las.& S. Wcst.g.a. 5 p.c, 114reht Northern, 5 p. et i P.o.sp.c:Redm., 10 p.c.pm i Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Seotld. Ist pr I CI t.Sn. & W ( Ireland) 1 p. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berks an , Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct 1 •o. Redeemable, 41 p.et Do. Redeemabie. tp. ct. D 3 Irredeemable, do no. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pret. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. i;t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh tIo. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares ho. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 4i p e. pref Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gu. No I Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 IDo. gua. 6 p. c. I Do. do 5 p.a. No. 4 Do. do. 44 per cent Do. do. 44 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pret. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '65 ) Do. 4 per cent. Prif ;.on. Chat. and Dover Do.W. (A reeiv.l33 div. Ex.A 1116 pcispd on Do. B B. & Brom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B , '.on. and N.W. Cov. and', Nuneaton, 5 p. at Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et. stock Do. 44 per cent I . Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. at 2s. 6d tOO 102 20 21 51 6} too 102 Ito 115 106 110 107 160 1106 108 1123 125 80 82 1.10 112 89 91 79 81 114 116 109 111 101 103 106 108 97 90 98 100 87 V 88 ZO 101 103 94 10 16i 174 10 10i 74 76 191 204 91 lei 14i 15i 135 137 112 115 112 115 126 138 112 115 161 103 1150 155 127 130 1 ?3 75 91 92 94 90 i ip id p Londondy. dz Cole. sh Londony. dz Ennis. sh Van. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct 13i 14 120 125 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent !.raryport do Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent slid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. Bir. 6 p.e Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. 41 per cent Do. Lela & Hit. pref. at Norfik sp. a Ex. at. 1846 Do. 51 p. a Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlB47 North British, 5 p. o. Do. New, gua. 5 p. o Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. ahs Do. do. do Nth.Dev.Rail. da Dck.Co. N-East Cons. Pref. 4 p. a. Do. 41 p c. redeemable.. Do. G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.' Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, H. At S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Rhylnney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 35 p. o. pref. 5t00k.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. a pref. stool south Devon, Ann. los. Do. Fixed 41 per cent lout h Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 45 per cent. Do. Fixed 41p.c. Ist is south Wales, gua.4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent. Do. 5 per cent: ... 5.-Yorkshire, 4 p. a gllft. :,tock...t Dar. A 5 p. c.. Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 percent Watrf d & Kilkny, 6 p. c W.lllid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pt 1866; Do. till 1869, Ist is.l 65 to i t •P Railways. ,p a i d Closing Business Price. Done. LINES LEAS: RailWAyS. Bedford and Bletchiey Buckinghamshire .... Chester St Holyhead... Do. 5i percent Do. 5 „ Clydesdale June ...... Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnsh. grc per c. E.Union,TlarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge Gloster &Dean Forest] Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail ! Hull and Selby.. Do. halves... Do. quarters Lanc.&Carl. gua. 6 p.c 1 London t Greenwich ' Do. Preference ! Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end[ Lowestoft gua. 4 p c Do. R per cent Mnc., Bxtn.,&Matlock, Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock ...... I Newmarkt,BuryEx. ) gua. 5 percent..... Northn.&Eastn. 5 p. c. Do. 6p. c. Do. Fixed 5 p. North Western....... Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares Hoystn.llitch.,& Shep Shrewsbry& Hereford Do. do. S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset WiniblvdoudiCroydn, [36 198 [OO 102 91 93 109 111 107 109 1 1} 1 90 St 99 101 08 100 0 p ad ip 22 z 3 132 136 10 104 234 24 100 102 1100 102 08 100 84 86 27 28 22 33 32 33 45 48 124 126 118 120 100 102 118 122 1115 118 ;ED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing !Closing Co.'s Price. &N.W , 94 96 53 54 Do 122 124 Do.' lll 113 ,Caleclon 101 103 E.U.&E.O 151 16; Gt. North. 131 134 E.Counts. . 41 41 Caledon 1 iDo. 'Gt. West. :Yk.N.&Br, YkN. Md D0.... * .Do. ILn&N.W. I IS.Eastern ,Do.. IPetq&Co. INorfolk ;Do . 109 111 1 107 200 59 51 110 115 j S 4 66 iL NW,t3t, Midland 5.6.6 E.Counts all :Do all 'Do. all Do all iMidland all L&NWI L.Yk. all , Do. 100 ,Gt.. North 100 ,T.Brassei 1 1 Do. all 100 Gt. West. I.4Brau, Business Done. 100 100 100 • 6 13 1 100 100 100 7i 8 51 Ci 94 96 105 105 5 6 41 42 104 11 184 194 544 554 45 47 31 33 90 9it 28i 29} 104 106 1111 1124 110 111 129 131 103 105 701 70f 65 G 3 1051 105} 57 59 1144 1154 45 47 911 Slit 93 A 4 10 11 45 46 5 6 127 1271 IA p 98 100 i 8 6d Ot 64 621 621 104 101 k id p 58 59 90i 91 , 94 96 4i 41 I 101 101 59 00 120 122 33 t 9 95 97 45 46 36 38 774 78 60 62 84 86 4 6 37 88 . 7 4 8 4 5 6 p 55 58 2 34c, d hp 121 13 5/ 61 112} 110 70i I 58t 105 t i t 911 931 1 45i 6 5i 127 i 1 P 1011 P COI 1 77j I 1011 $ 100 100 100 all all si 31 94 96 P IP I 55 57 15t !131 132 1 120 122 1 lip 89 91 81 91 1311 THE SUN, LONDON ; FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 25, 1861. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) SPORTING IN TELLIGEIV C.E. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY. ROBBERY AND MURDEROUS AS SA ULT.—WilliaM Willis, a young man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with the following robbery and violent assault : William Lewis, a respectable-looking young man, and who said he was a mariner, said that on the previous night he accompanied a young woman to a house in Hunt's-court, St. Martin's-lane, and soon after he went to bed and fell off in a dose. Hearing the rattling of money in the room, he jumped out of bed and saw the prisoner at his pockets, and immediately seized him. Upon this the prisoner seized a large water % jug from the wash-hand stand, and aimed a blow at bis head; but, on holding up his arm, he received the blow upon it, the jug being smashed and his arm cut and covered with blood. The prisoner then ran down stairs, and he pursued him and called for the police. On searching his pockets ho found all his money was gone. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the prosecutor said that the young woman had left when he was awoke by the pri soner's being in the room. A constable, named Salisbury, proved searching the house and finding the prisoner secreted in a cellar, holding the door so as to prevent his coming in. Ho found 12s. 6cl. on the prisoner, but no half sovereign. Prisoner's defence was that he went home and found the sailor in his bed asleep and said " Hallos, old fellow, what do you do here," and that then prosecutor jumped out of bed and attacked him, and that he (prisoner) struck in self defence. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it looked as if the young woman went down and sent him up, and then there was the hiding in the cellar. Prisoner said he knew the young woman. Remanded. MIS DAY'S ASIIIPPING. LONDON, Oct. 25.—Wind this day at noon—South ; light breeze and hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 2 4. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Assurance, from Malta, and left for Ply mouth. COWES, Oct. 24.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Fulton, steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Havre, THE DERBY. 1G to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ensign (taken) 25 to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 50 t 3 1 agst Typee colt (taken) PLYMOUTH, Oct. 24 .—Wind S.W.—Arrived--Her Majesty's ship Mohawk, from Malta; Princess Royal, from Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Von Weickhman, from Quebec. SALCOMBE, Oct. 24.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Susan Elizabeth, from Gibraltar for St. Michel's, with loss of mainsail, and other damage, having experienced very bad weather. CARDIFF, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Lacothea, for Rangoon. Gnrmsnv, Oct. 24.—Wind IN T .S.W.—Arrived—Serak, schooner, from London for Berwick, very leaky, assisted in by a smack. S.W., strong.—Arrived— Triton, from Quebec for Cardigan. FLEETWOOD, Oct. 23.- 2 1 4 V . i — n Ncind S.W. _.Arrived —Lady Sale, for St. John's, N.B. CORK, Oct. 23.—Wind S.W. — Arrived--Urania, from QueLec. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 6to lon the field (offered) 9to 1 agst Asteroid (taken) 10 to 1 agst Limeflower (taken) 12 to 1 agst Confectioner (taken) 16 to 1 agst Camerino (offered, take 20 to 1) 16 to 1 agst The Roe (taken) 30 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken) 33 to 1 agst Wizard (taken) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Jarrow, from Britonferry ; Mary Ann, from Cardiff; Charlotte, from Guernsey, Sailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey; Elizabeth Ann, for Plymouth. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 24—Night Watch, from Colombo ; Eliza Blayden, from Itouen; Arthur, from Quebec. Arrived, Oct. 25—Wm. Susanna, from Dunkirk ; Al • coyne, from Malaga ; Douglas, Jane Jackson, Veritas, and Robe, from Guernsey ; lanthe, from Syra ; Constitution, from Escovmains ; Seine, from Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Sallefled, from Hornosund, for Rio Janeiro ; Sylph, from Barcelona, for London. Sailed—Encore, Malvina, Videl, Alexander M'Neill, and Ida Russell ; tll outward bound. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP. 20 to 1 agst Sir William (taken) 20 to 1 agst Calpe (taken) 20 to 1 agst Confidante (taken) 25 to 1 agst Walkington (taken) 25 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ivanheir (taken) 25 to 1 agst Joey Jones (taken) 33 to 1 agst Soothsayer (taken) 33 to 1 agst M. Philippe (taken) KELSO MEETING. THURSDAY. Match. The timidity exhibited by the backers since their signal discomfiture at Newmarket last week has grown more patent, as the last meeting at heed-quarters approaches. The muster at the Corner this afternoon was extremely scant, and the business transacted, under such circum stances, was of the most limited character and was entirely confined to three or four animals. Ilenham Lass appeared extremely firm at her quoted price, at which she was sup ported for £4OO or £5OO. Asteroid also was inquired after, and just prior to the closing of the room 9 to 1 was taken to some money; with offers to go on, Limeflower, not Pre cise, as was anticipated, was the " sensation" of the after noon. Tho commission commenced at Manchester, was vigorously executed in the City in the morning, and she bloomed at the' opening of the room as good a favourite as anything but the favourite ; but later in the afternoon a reaction set in, and she left off with a host of layers at 11 to 1. 100 to %each was taken to good money about Con fectioner and The Roe, the former having a strong party, who evidently expect to land the sweets on this occalon. Tho other animals enumerated in our subjoined list were occasionally touched upon, but the business transacted upon either must be looked upon as nom 4 nal. The following is a list of the closing prices CAMBRIDGESHIRE. sto 1 agst Henham Lass (taken and offered) 9 to 1 agst Asteroid (taken) 100 to 9 Lirneflower (taken) 100 to S agst Confectioner (taken) 100 to S agst Roe (offered) 20 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (take 22 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Paste (offered) 25 to 1 agst Gabriel d'Estrees (offered) 35 to 1 agst Doefoot (taken) 35 to 1 agst Gridiron (take 40) 40 to 1 agst Camerino (offered) 40 to 1 agst Sporting Life (taken) 40 to 1 agst Rocket (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Wizard (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Baron Muuchausen (taken) 40 to 1 agst Donner and Blitz (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.--THURSDAY. The favourite for the Cambridgeshire is very quiet here. 6to 1 was offered on the field. Asteroid, Limeflower, and Confectioner were very firm, and Camerino has almost re sumed his former position, and the last we heard of him was an offer to take 100 to 5. The Liverpool Cup was in troduced, for which Sir William, Calpe, and Confidante were in most request, but there were not so many horses backed as we have seen on the introduction of so large an event. Closing prices : 33 to 1 agst Donner and Blitz (offered, 40 to 1 taken) 33 to 1 agst Baron Munchausen (offered) 40 to 1 agst Rocket (taken) 40 to 1 agst Sporting Life (offered) 50 to 1 agst Oxford (taken) A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; two yr-olds, 7st ; three, Bst 121 b ; f and g allowed 31b. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Dawson's Birdhill, 2 yrs, 7st 31b ..... (Madden) 1 Mr. Watts' Sir William Armstrong, 2 yrs, 7st 31b (Doyle) 0 Mr. Ruddock's Fast Runner, 3 yrs, 9st 31b 0 Betting-2 to lon Birdhill. Wen by half a length. Fast Runner did not pass the post. The winner was ob. jected to. An inquiry was subsequently instituted by the stewards on a charge of jostling preferred by the rider of Birdhill against the rider of Sir William Armstrong, who came in first. The jostle was proved, and the owner of Birdhill receives the stakes. Johnny Cope, 12st 91b (Mr. Donk - in) 1 Tousle, 12st Betting-5 to 4on Tousle. Won by four lengths. The Border Handicap of 10 soya each, with GO added. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid. 55 60 51 6i 70 75 65 70 65 70 4i 51 Closing Price. 99 100 31 li d a ad 194 20d 104 1021 99 101 100 101 100 101 191 201 58 61 48 52 33 35 29 42 31 34 31 34 996 100 4 d i 971 955 d 91 91 11 101 95 07 88 90 88 90 93 C 9 91 93 4 6 3 5 101 102 id #d d 95 97 a ad ,WA i'S . - -p / / i 1 9i 10i 4 31 ;t pr 13 24 93 93 8 8i 191 201 1 88 38 8 9 90 41 52 54 4 3 d 08 61 st 9 24; Y 5; - 7} 71. 9! 10; 20; 21; AhS. I 1} 1 2 360 370 67 72 261 261 2e 8 12i 14i 4i 5 41 5} 14 2 8 33 34 41 41 35 41 44 5 24 3i 44 5 14 2 8 9 39 41 f 1 290 300 4 4i t 107 i 112 i 27 29 11 11 8 15 16 ff 37 39 300 810 824 874 75 85 11 2 6 13 14 111 151 NES. d 47 48 1} 2 35 36 6 8 1 1i 2 22 24 iP I#P 7 8 pr d 2 4 1 1} pr id 6 6i i i Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Barodatic.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent. ; Do Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantAGodria It; p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187 [)o. do. .lude 1, 187 , Clcutta. S.E ast n. (Liu Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim Cape Town & Dock Seri' Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. I Demerara.. ....... Itlasto. Bengal go. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c . Do. Shares Ext Do. Jubboloore Do. 4} p c. -Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864.. Do. 1865-1876 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 nef cent. Pref Do. 2ci Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t.lndtarcnin.gua.sp.e. Do. New cua. 5 p. c... IGt. South.ot India (Lim guaranteed 5 percent. Do. do 14. - W. of Canada Share, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Do. 6i p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar.. 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. C. Extension Do. 5 slelb.Corp. 6 n. c. Bnds. Newßrunswick zt Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Sharc Do. do. Land do Do. do. B Capital do Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) Scinde .......... 4 4 ,; Do. rtllljaub .... ce re, Do. Do. ........ : . s . ti Do. Indus. St. Flo. T,4.,. 1 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip FOREIGN - Algerian kntwerp & Ro—Crob.m. Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo .......... •• .• Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grard Rua Gtull. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of Franc( Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege .... Do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France , Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Parls,Lyons, & Mediter Parts & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Peru ) gua. 7 p. ct. Hrn Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal. Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, e. 7 p. c S.Aust &Lomb Nenetin Southern of France S. East Po . al 7 g ct West Flan Do. 51 p. - eference W. & N.W. of France West'rn of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand BRITIS Alfred Consols (Philack) , British Iron Clifford 1 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. %V'l Russel (Tavistk ), Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen )! Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alin. Whilack) G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Gny Lelant) :North Downs :North Frances (Illogan) N. Wli'l Basset (Illo.; any North Wheal Crotty 1 Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) l Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) , S. Carn Brea (Illogan). .1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lima S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)' Stray Park Tamar Silv.dc Lead Min Tin Crott Vale 01 Towey (Carm West Basset (Illogan) 1 W. Caradon. (Liskeard) West Soton . Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (itedruth), Whitt Edward (Cals.). Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)' Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' Wheal Trciawney (Lis.); Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil St.J.del ltey,Lirn, Do. Land and MiningCo.l Clarendon Cons.MinCo Cobre Copper Copiapo !punMoun.Cop.Ming.Col 2 Fortuna. 0 (General 2 i Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr K apunda (Limited) 3 ,Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita 1 N. RhmeCopof S. Au s.L 10 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt.- 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Astrtn. Willi United Mexican 1 ,Worthing (Limited).... Do. Business done 9 9 1 4 i THE WEATHER. WEATHER EXPECTED TILL NEXT REPORT. North Britain W. to N.E., moderate. Ireland S.W. to N., moderate; showers. East Coast W.N.W. to N.N.E., moderate; fine. South England. N.W. to N.E. ; similar. METEOROLO ICA L REPORTS. This Day, Letween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. L S. 9 a.m. Nairn I 80106 40 39 W. 2 5 c. 2 Aberdeen I 3010 4? 48 W. 3 4 c. 1 Leith. i 3010 53 50 W. 1 6 m. 1 Berwick 130.11 49 47 W. 1 5 f. 2 A rdrossan 130.12 54 52 N.H. 2 1 f. 1 Portrush 3OlO 44 43 S. 1 2 b. 1 Shields 130.11 51 49 W. 2 0 0. 3 Galway ' 30.13 45 44 Calm 0 1 b. 1 Scarborough 3011 ,51 53 S.W. 1 7 f. 3 Liverpool 30.13 152 51 S. 1 3 1. 1 Valentia .. 30•16 j4B 47 S.S.E. 1 1I b. Queenstown... 3014 48 47 S. 1 3I f. 2 Yarmouth.... 3012 58 56 S. 3 61 o. 3 London ' 4011 59 57 S. 2 91 o. Cover 3015 'GO 57 S.W. 3 7I o. 2 Portsmouth.. 30.12 CO 58 W.N.W. 4 8I 9. 2 Portland .... 30 :3 56 54 N.N.E. 1 3I c. 3 Plymouth ... . 30'10 49 48 N. 1 71 1. 1 Penzance,.... 30.1+ 49 47 W.N.W. 1 5! C. 1 EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causinz about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 EXPLANATION.—B. Baromet..., corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b., blue sky ; c., clouds (detached) ; f., fog. ; h., hail ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. A letter repeated augments—thus, r,r., much rain. S. Sea disturb ance (1 to 9). A proposal for a chinch rate at Bridlington has been defeated by a majority of 45. TIIE LATE MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT TRAMORB. —The body of Mr. Walpole, who, with Mr. Jacob, of Dublin, was drowned on Sunday, the 13th instant, during a storm which prevailed on that day, has been found by the coastguard at Kelvickhead, near Dung arvan. All efforts to recover Mr. Jacob's remains have as yet proved unavailing. The James Wilson, from Melbourne, with £76,000 in gold, has now been at sea 106 days, and the Anglesea, with £291,500, 73 days. The Roxburgh Castle, which was to leave Melbourne for Loud= on the 28th August, is known to have £115,000 in gold on board. A further sum would be shipped by her. Frances Anne, Marchioness of Londonderry, and party from Seaham Hall, visited Sunderland on Wednes day afternoon in an elegant waggonette, drawn by four splendid grey horses, with outriders. The distinguished party drove through the High-street to the Hudson Dock, which is now the great object of interest to strangers visit ing Sunderland. The Queen has offered to confer the dignity of Knighthood upon Mr. Fairbairn, the President of tho,British Association, in consideration of the eminent services ho has rendered to science. It is understood that Mr. Fairbairn has declined the honour. A Paris letter, in the Independanca of Brussels, states that the marriage of the Princess Anna Murat with the Prince of Orange is much talked of, and that if such an event should take place, the Emperor would give the Princess a dowry of two millions. A RUSH OF ROYALTY,—Amidst the mob of monarchs that have lately been favouring Louis Napoleon with their society, we think there is one King whom of all others the Emperor would be most delighted to see in France this year, and certainly his presence would be the most welcomed by the manufacturing classes in this coun try—and that is King Cotton, from America.—Punch. SERFDOM AND EMANCIPATION IN RUSSIA.—There are amongst the Russian nobility some who possess from 70,000 to upwards of 100,000 serfs. Count Schermetyeff is considered the richest nobleman in Russia. Ho possesses 120,000 serfs, amongst whom are several whose wealth amounts to millions. His annual income is estimated at million silver roubles (£250,000). Every serf pays to his muter from ten to fifteen roubles annually, so that the annual income of a possessor of 100,000 serfs can- not be less than £400,000, independent of the income he derives from forests, mills, fabrics, &c. Th• total number of serfs now in Russia is upwards of 23,000,000, and taking the value of each serf at only 300 roubles (X5O), the loss sustained by the owners, by the emancipation, is certainly not less than £1,150,000,000 I or half as much again as the National Debt of this country. Taking the interest at 5 per cent., the loss of annual income to the nobility cannot be less than £67,000,000, or:more than double the interest we pay for the National Debt.—Once a Week. THE POPE AND LITTLE CHILDREN.—A corres pondent of the Temps, in a letter dated Rome, Oct. 17, de scribes the following scene as having been witnessed by himself :—" On one of the puny fine days with which we have been blessed this autumn, the Pope, in a special good humour, was walking in the country, and saying all sorts of kind things to little school chil iren, who were allowed to kiss his feet. A chamberlain by his side carried a box laden with little paper packets in the form of horns of plenty, filled with medals which his Holiness had blessed. The Fope benignly distributed these among all the children who approached him, after having asked them some little ques tions from the catechism, or about the Immaculate Concep tion, the number of gods, &c. One very little boy, who was not tall enough to reach the cornucopia which the Pope held in his hand, attracted his attention. His Holiness, turning the three-cornered paper upside down, and at the same time squeezing it in the middle, so as to prevent any of the medals from tumbling out, said to the child, ' Oh, dear, you see there are no more I" Yes, I see,' said the boy, Well, now,''resumed the Holy Father, if you love the blessed Virgin very much she will make some come.' Evviva Maria !' cried the young shaver, who appears to have been a sharp one. ' There 1' exclaimed the Head of tho Church, taking hold of tho cornucopia by the point, and letting the medals fall out, ' here they are.' The Pope, turning round to the prelates following him, laughed at his own wit. Such mild jokes as these please him, and essen tially belong to his characters', Two miles. Mr. Saxon's Tho Monk, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (in. 91b extra) (Midgley) 1 Mr. Sharpe's Volatile, 5 yrs, fist 81b (Doyle) 2 Mr. Alexander's Oldminster, 3 yrs, 7st 81b.... (Bullock) 3 Mr. Barber's Coronet, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (J. Snowden) 0 Betting--Even on The Monk, 6 to 4 agst Oldminster, and 4to 1 agst Volatile and Coronet. Won by a length; a head only separating the second and third. The Innkeepers' Plate of 30 sous, added to a sweepstakes of 2 soya each. About one mile and a half. Mr. Winteringham's Dora, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Noble) 1 Mr. Coxon's camphor, 3 yrs, sst 131 b. (Hodgson) 2 Mr. Hedley'd Moss Rose, 4 yrs, 7st 61b.... (Robertson) 3 Ericthonius and Zachariah Taft also ran. Betting—Even on Dora, 2 to 1 agst Zachariah Taft, and 5 to 2 agst Ericthonius. 16 on by two lengths, and a length separated the second and third. The winner was sold to Mr. Orton for 48 guineas. The Welter Cup of 50 sovs, added to a handicap sweep stakes of 5 sovs each. One mile and three quarters. Mr. Barber's Coronet, 4 yrs, 12st 41b.... (Mr. Erskine) 1 Mr. Usher's Benvoirlich, aged, list 41b , (Mr. Usher) 2 Mr. Tait's The Jew, 4 yrs, lOst (Mr. Walker):3 The following also ran :—Peggy Taft, Eidolon, Squire Peirse, and P. 8.- Betting-7 to 4 agst Squire Peirse, 3to 1 agst Coronet, 4to 1 agst Benvoirlich, and sto agst P.B. Won by four lengths. The Jew was a bad third. P.B. came in first, but was disqualified through receiving 71b of lead after passing the winning post, and taking it to the scale. The Tweedside Plate (handicap) of 50 Aovs, for all ages.l Seven furlongs. Mr. Dodd's Fast Runner, 3 yrs, fist 91b (Heslop) 1 Mr. Sharp's Nelia, 3 yrs, Gst 31b (Doyle) 2 Mr. Calder's King of Scotland, aged, 6st 71b (Hardcastle) 3 The following also ran :—Eidolon, Montrose, Tousle, Jeddart Justice, Estrelda, Weatherwitch, and Oberon. Betting-6 to 4 agst Nelia, 3to 1 agst Fast Runner, and 4to 1 each agst Montrose and Estrelda. Won by two lengths; the same distance separated the second and third horses. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE- MENTS. Oct. 19, at 9 a.m., Zingari and Butterfly, out of their Gloucester engagements. _ _ Oct. 21, at 9 a.m., Knight of St. Patrick, out of the Cam bridgeshire Stakes ; Leveret, out of Gloucester engage ments ; after 6 p.m., Norton and Johnny, out of their Wor cester engagements; Dorking and Prince Frederick, out of their Gloucester engagements. Oct. 22, at 9 a.m., Doefoot, out of the Roxburgh Handi cap at Kelso; Precursor and the Roe, out of the Handicap Sweepstakes, one mile, first day, at Worcester; Ariadne, out of Worcester engagements. . Oct. 24, at 9 a.m., ietra, out of Worcester engagements. MEETING OF TiE JOCKEY CLUB. • A general meeting, of the Jockey Club will be held at Newmarket on "Wednesday in the Houghton Meeting, after the races. NOTICES OF MOTION. By Mr. Alexander—That no person who enters horses in an assumed name shall be allowed to adopt and register as such the same name as that of any gentleman who runs his horses in his own name. By Lord Stamford—That the Tan Gallop at Newmarket shall be kept up in an efficient manner. By Mr. Greville—That the tax of 1 per cent. on winnings, levied under Rule 26 of the Jockey Club, shall cease after the present year. In the event of this not being agreed to Mr. Greville will move--That the entrance of the two Plates of WO sous. each, for the establishment of which this tax was levied, shall be reduced to 1 soy. By Lord W. Powlett—That in consequence of the crowded state of the dining-room, no more members of the new rooms shall be admitted, either by ballot or as members of White's, Brookes's, and Boodle's, until a vacancy occurs ; and that the number of members shall not in future exceed that which now exists. The stewards of the last Goodwood races and Admiral Rous will lay before the meeting the case of dispute as to Croagh Patrick's right to the Stewards' Cup and Chester field Cup at G oodwood, with the correspondence relating thereto, and ask the opinion of the meeting as to the ulterior steps to be adopted. The dates of the Newmarket meetings, 1862, will be an nounced. According to the arrangements now existing, they will be as follows :—Craven Meeting, Easter Monday, April 21; First Spring Meeting, Monday, May 5 ; July meeting, Monday, July 7 ; First October Meeting, Tues day, Sept. 30 ; Second October Meeting, Monday, Oct. 13; Houghton Meeting, Monday, Oct. 27. If these dates are not altered, the principal meetings de pending on Newmarket will fall thus : —Epsom Summer Meeting, Tuesday, June 3; Ascot, Tuesday, June 17; Bil bury and Stockbridge, Wednesday and Thursday, July 2 and 3 ; Doncaster, Tuesday, Sept. 16. Goodwood will commence as usual on the last Tuesday in July (the 29th), A statute of the late Sir William Peel has been placed in the duce' of Sandy gaud', Bedford. -~-~=. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 85 67 40 'Australasia all 62 64 25 Bank of Egypt .. all 205 215 100 Ibrak of London ....... 50 59 61 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 53 55 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 205 101 25 Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch all 31 33 100 City 100 Colonial ... ...... 25 38 40 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 ,Commercial of London. 20 20 'Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch all 17 175 20 Gefi. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 24 £45 20 Do. pew lO 3 35 50 (London and county 50 London Joint Stock 20 ' London and S.African I. 10 5 pr 100 London & Westminster 20 70 72 715 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 12 20 Do. new l2 50 National Bank ..... ... 25 26 New South Wa1e5...... all 25 'Orient. B. Corporation. all 51 52 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. all 175 18 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 10 Do. new. all 25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia .... all 39 41 50 Union of London 100 Unity Mutual... ..... 50 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SMURITIES. ICan.Goy. 6 p.c.Ja. lay 1877-9 lOO 107 112 Do 6p. centlBBo-21 100 - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-1 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. l 100 1106 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept.! 100 106 108 Do. 5 per cent 1100 1005 101 101 1005 Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 1100 106 108 " Do. 1690; 100 107 108 N.B.Gov. 6 p.e. Ja.&Julyl 100 108 109 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Doti 100 I Cv. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1866 100 98 ; 100 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 98 ; 99 985 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwds 100 98 99 981 Nova Scotia Gov. 6'p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 1085 1095 S. Au5,G6p.c.1876.& up 100 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Je,..&July; 100 - IDo. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 1435 1031 1035 4 5 DOCKS. stock C ‘ onimercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Ceut.Pref.Min. 100 stock ' East and West India stock London stock t. Katharine stock 'Southampton ' 100 stock j Victoria . ......... 100 ,96 98 20 ID& New. t 2 l4 5 d ican nett rran:innontiiimocw.Teßaxe.ter si,mitmn Mintt i e : ld e .d :(Limited) all aaall: MISCELLANEOUS... IISS _1266 155 1 1 00: 8 :0 A A : 2550 British ia nA Americang r icu rnadl 4019 27_ 2_B Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lint,) all a 2 1 9 8 1 2 2 0 20 1)o. C. (Limited) a II 50 2 3 1 0 0 25 cliva Canada .nslrni L .aon a r ne snTg . Bl3la f - r• rl. el• ) 1 1 1 1 1. t 107 110 8 8 2:5: C Do. ref. 74 per cent. Crystal l' Palace 4 . . .Bel: not 105 0 107107 a & pi C i a . n . a .. 1 B s t t D D 0 0 .. P 6_ p r e f ci e Ttr r . er e pli n g nee c gr p e r. 100 P o 4 r D i 7 13 15 :2t ; EF F..n lpie g neo l tcli i r s Ni l ac i e & w Aus. Copper all 31 35 15 Gen. Steam Navigate ni 14 1 Great Ship I ,invited).. . all 4 1 I Do. 175 pct Preference all 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 14 11 15 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 15 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim) all 3 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 1 ;d 44 20 lierbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 1 5 e 10 Netherlands Land all 2 1 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all 0 5 0 N D Do i . p . P o r v e a f s . i c s o s t . m d n i s d allBl 7112 5 15 1 Oriental Gas (Limi ted). all 1* 5 1 1 Do. New Shar es (Lim.). all 15 15 Peellt•Lnd•SrMill.(Lllll) 100 47 49 a :3 1 0 1 1 18 1 1 1 0 3 5 & Oriental Steam all 68 70 704 s y . Orintl. In. Steam(Lim) 10 5 6 5i 50 E'en. 20 Re all 165 175 50 Rhymney Iron 50 Do . . . 60 51 53 525 100 Royal nail Steam . . :m . L ) 100 180 140 • st. Scot. Austin. Inv.( Land all 33 35 25 South Australian, ll 15 Do. New e N a e & w l 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip 10 Do . 10 Trust and Agency or lasia (lim) let is. 1 id I p Austr 20 Tr..t Ln.Co.ot Upr.Can. 5 1 Do. do. BegisteLed 100 U . [Mu/ad tAild 281 9 10 5 ItT TeL Co. (11m.) 1 id pr 191 ; 100 j I all /100 15 all 100 1 ;AIL 5 all all 13i all all I 101} 6 1 a 13} 18.8. all 6 i i ti i all all all all ME 3.2 i Oj 2.14.6 7.4.0 541 17s 6.8.8 8.12 4.11.8 1.10.6 24 114 1.14.0 9.18.9 li 10.6.7 li 5.9.0 all 18.18.9 261 44 9 13s fd 1.7.2 S 7 , MI THE SECRET OF THE WINE DU2I DISTURBANCE. It would appear that Mr. Gladstone has again abandoned himself to the tender care of the London Custom-house officers. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is indeed to be pitied who is obliged to take as his guide the present beads of this department. For some time the wino trade has been agitated by a rumour to the effect that further change in the duties is in contemplation: The specific form into wh;ch this rumour has now shaped is, that the proposed change shall be in such manner as will be most favourable to French , growth, and • most prejudicial to wines of all other countries. For this purpose further inquiry was deemed necessary, and so a staff of Customs officers has been despatched to the wine countries. The object of this mission is, it appears, to inquire into the mode of preparing wine for the English market and the per tentage rate of alcohol which the various sorts of wine contain. But it has been stated, further, that something like a pledge has been given to the French Government to the effect that the arrangement referred to shall be carried out. This, how ever, has been denied, and it is now alleged that no such change has ever been contemplated, and further, that no such promise has ever been given. In reply to a question put to him on the subject, Mr. Gladstone Ftates that no such pledge has been given by the Government for the purpose of placing " French wines on a preferential footing over those of other countries" in this market. We think we are in a position to state that this is perfectly true, so far as it relates to the Government ; but it is equally true that a promise has been made by one not in the Govern ment, and which promise, it appears, Mr. Gladstone has adopted. The history of the whole affair is this :—When Mr. Cobden was in Paris it was pointed out to him that the present rates of duty were not as favourable to French wines as they might be; end that the French producers considered they were entitled to have their wines admitted in to this market at less rates than those charged upon the wines of any other country. It is to be presumed that Mr. Cobden must have viewed the matter in the same light; for there can be little doubt that he gave something like a pledge to the French that the change, as suggested, should be made in the English tariff. On his arrival in London he re ported to the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he had done in the matter, and urged upon him the necessity of redeeming the pledge given. To this Mr. Gladstone at first objected, foreseeing, as he did that it would be in direct vio lation of the intentions and the wish of the legislature But our amateur envoy extraordinary prevailed ; and so the apostle of free trade and the disciple of the late Sir R. Peel are committed to a measure of protection as ob noxious in form as it is unsound in principle. For what can be more objectionable than to establish a system the effect of which will be to protect goods admitted into our markets which are the produce of one foreign country to the prejudice of all others? And yet this is precisely what Mr. Gladstone is now about to do. The Government is not pledged, it is true; but experience has taught us that Mr. Gladstone does not very often trouble himself as to what his colleagues may think about his fiscal legerdemain. In pursuance of the scheme, four officers of Customs have been, as already stated, sent to the wine countries for the purpose of ascertaining in what manner the alcoholic test can be regulated so as to favour French wines. It might, perhaps; have been wiser , if those officers s had not talked about this matter on their arrival in Paris. Still, this can not alter the strange character of their mission. It is odd that the consular service has not been deemed trustworthy enough to discharge such task. But Mr. Gladstone can do nothing without a Custom -house officer—without Sir T. Fremantle he is helpless. It is upon this latter official and his associates that the Chancellor of the Exchequer now relies for such data as will enable him to carry out Mr. Cobden's promise. But it is difficult to say what the exact plan will be. We believe, however, that we are not far from the truth when we say that the alcoholic test will be, altered in such a way as to admit all French wines at one and the lowest rate. Put the matter in this way. Suppose that all wines containing under 27 per cent. of spirits were admitted at is. per gallon, and all over that, arid under 45 per cent., were charged at 2s, per gallon. The effect of this would be to admit all French wines at the low rate, for it is well known that, as a rule, they do not contain 27 per cent. of spirit—while all other wines, more especially port and sherry, contain considerably more, and would, therefore, be subject to the higher rate. Notwithstand ing all the deniids we have had, and the special plead ing we may have on the subject, this is what was and is in contemplation, if the thing is not upset by the posh- Hefty now given to it. The scheme is a very plausible one. Two rates of duty are to be imposed, and applying to all wines, no matter of what origin, according to the pro portion of spirit which they contain. Then, who cen com plain ? Not Spain, nor Portugal, nor yet Italy. If they choose to add more than 27 per cent of spirit to their wines the fault is their own, not ours. The French are wiser ; wo make a low rate in the tariff, and they avail themselves of the''advantage accruing therefrom by sending us wines with a less admixture of spirit than that contained in the wines of their competitors. The policy of this country should not be established and carried out by such means as this. It can never serve a good end. We are freetraders from principle,' and very jealous of any measures, no. matter by whom propounded, which are in their operation likely to endanger that commercial system which has confericd within the last ten years such benefits on the empire. That this new scheme for the protection of French wines is in violation of our present system of free trade, and in direct opposition to our own interests, there can be no doubt, and we therefore trust its originators will be defeated in their object. Let us have wines at a low rate of duty by all means, or free of duty, if the Legislature wish; but let us not have any such 'bolsteting up of foreign interests as that proposed by this notable scheme. Let our markets be open to all,, and under the same conditions, and let us not, as a nation, stoop to this practice of huckstaing which is now being pursued.—Liverpool Albion. THIS DAY'S 111ARR_ETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Somewhat increased supplies of English wheat were on sale here to-day. For both red and white qualities the demand ruled inactive; nevertheless, Monday's improve ment in the quotations was fairly supported. All kinds of foreign wheat were held at extreme rates, but the amount of business transacted was very moderate. Floating cargoes of grain changed hands to a fair extent, and the currencies ruled firm. Malting barley moved off more freely, at very full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts were fully as dear as on Monday. New malt sold steadily; old, slowly, at late rates. Oats were firm, and the quotations were well maintained; Beans And peas changed hands at fully Monday's advance in their value. The flour trade was steady, at quite previous rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2,230 1,270 2,080 60 1,160 sack • Irish — 2,290 Foreign 18,430 3,250 13,590 ; 40 sks. 10,750.br15. INDIAN COTTON. (From the Englishman of Sept. 14.) It is early yet to speculate even as to the quantity of cot ton which England may expect to receive from India, the produce of the crop grown in the present season. That the demaeal for cotton so loudly made from Manchester will be responded to there can be no doubt; but to what extent, it is at present, and will be for some time, impossible to (leen.- mine. The seed is as yet but barely in the ground in those districts in which the south-west monsoon is most severely felt; and, as the fall of rain this season has been unusually heavy, sowing has in a measure been retarded. Neverthe less, the reports from the provinces are favourable, ineemuch as the area already sown, and that set apart for cotton cal • tivation, is said to be unusually extensive ; in some districts double the quantity of land hitherto devoted to this object having been laid down with cotton. One great difficulty to be overcome is the feeling of distrust inherent in the native of India which is roused by any attempts made to induce him to extend his cultivation of any particular crop. Reports are not wanting, and from trustworthy source s , of whole fields having been rooted up immediately on inquiry b e i ng - ma d e as to the probable out-turn of cot ton in some part icuiar di,-- tricts—the ryot s looking upon all such in quiri es as precursors of additional and heavy taxation. This is a feeling which must and will wear out, but for the time it is attended with unfortunate consequences, as it tends, in some measure, to limit the supply of the staple so urgently demanded. These remarks apply more particularly to districts in which the ryot cultivates his land entirely at his own risk anti charges. In those districts where the cultivator receives advances for his crop, before he even turns the soil preparatory to its re ception of the seed, no such distrust is felt, for, so long as payment for his crop is secured, it is a matter of indifference to him what that crop may be, always provided it is the most profitable which the soil of his field w:1.1 produce. In Dhar war, the Raiepore Doab, and Western Berar, on one side of India; in the North-West,and some parts of Bengal on the other, great efforts are being made, and not unsuccessfully, very greatly to extend the cultivation of cotton this season. What the result will be lies yet within the womb of futu rity. It is not a question of price which will influence in creased' cultivation, at least not so far as the cultivator him self is concerned ; cotton pays him as well. as any other crop he can raise on the same soil. The difficulty lies in the great risk of transport to the coast, and the expenses attendant thereon. These are the great drawbacks to the production of cheap cotton in India, and it is to the im provement of the communications between the coast and interior, and thereby lessening the risk and expense of trans port, that the Cotton Supply Assocation and those inte rested in its produce must turn their undivided attention and exert their best energies. With these difficulties over come there is no reason why India should not produce as good and as cheap cotton as the Slave States of America. Moreover, in the districts whence cotton is derived Man chester may establish the additional market for her wares she so much requires. The seme ways, whether rail, canal, or river, by which cotton will be drawn from the places of its growth, will convey into the interior the produce of Manchester mills, end, provided she can produce coarse fabrics of a quality similar to the native'home-spun cloths, and sell them to the ryot at a low figure, Manchester need fear no dearth of cotton; the entire yield of the cotton fields of India will be at her disposal. The Punjab with its five rivers, all affording means of speedy and safe transport, appears to possess great advan tages for the cultivation of-cotton. It numbers among its various works of public utility very heavy irrigation works, which, for the production of cotton of the finer staples in a climate such as that of the Punjab, are highly desirable, if not absolutely requisite. It has a numerous agricultural population, and is admirably administered—the former a sine qua non, the latter most advantageous—when capital has to be invested in the soil, and advances made for the fruits it has yet-to yield. In the past year, 1860-61 the cotton produced in the several divisions of the Punjab and its dependencies amounted to 43,316,8001 b., of which about 4,000,0001 b. found their way to the coast. The quantity therefore absorbed in the country itself was in round num bers 39,000,0001 b., a very large portion of which might with good management and a judicious outlay of capital have been taken in exchange for the products of Manchester mills, instead of being devoted as it was to the manufacture o f ,cloths, which Manchester ought to be able to supply at a figure which should defy competition on the part of any native hand looms. The Lieutenant-Governor gives it as, his opinion that the production of cotton might be in increased, but that to this end it will be neces sary for English speculators to have their agents in the country ready to pay at once for the crop and to give directions regarding the method of cleaning it ; he further adds tkat it is his belief that a greater breadth of cotton has been sown this year than last. There is another direction in which cotton may be sought and found, and for which purpose Government either has sent, or is about to send, a competent person to institute inquiries. Upper Burmah prior to the insurrection in China had a considerable trade with Ynnan, and by this route exported into China 10,000,0001 b. of cotton, the growth of her fields, annually. For the last five or six years this route has been closed, and, as no other market has been found for the staple, the cultivation has been allowed to langu!sh- It is not so long since but that a slight effort made m'ght cause it again to flourish. A brisk market in Rangoon, there CM be little doubt, would soon, but for one obstacle, revive it; that obstacle is the Ring of Burmah's export reontier duty. This is a matter for nego tiation, and the relaxing of 017 frontier duties on rice, or fish, would in all probability have the effect of inducing his Majesty to take the embargo off cotton. As it is a matter of importance that the growth of cotton should be encou raged as much as possible, and as Burmah Proper can pro duce it, it would be well worth a trial as to whether or not some understanding might not be come to between the King of But mah and the Governor-General's agent on this subject. Some attempts have been made in British Burmah to im prove the staple of the cotton gfov a there and to introduce foreign varieties, In only one instance has success attended these attempts ; sonic New Orlerns seed sown in light sandy soil yielded a fine crop equivalent to 1251 b. per acre. There, is, unfortunately, a great disincl'aation on the part of the Burmese agriculturists to mike use even of foreign seeds, and to all foreign agricultural products. The Texan seed sowed in an experimental garden at Rangoon yielded a fair crop, but all other seeds failed, attributable to the want of knowledge among the persons introducing the seed as to the nature of the soil adapted to each variety. However, it would be vain to look to the British provinces of Burmah for any large supply of cotton, the population being so scanty as to preclude all hopes of cotton cultivation being undertaken on any largo scale. The subjects here broached, however, aro well worthy the consideration of all persons in England who look to India to keep up the requisite supply of cotton, and through her means to continue in employment, and so save from starva tion, by any American vagaries, the 4,000,000 British sub jects employed in connection with the cotton mills of the United Kingdom. ABOARD THE WARRIOR.—One of the stokers, a grim-faced man, who paced about moodily, and with an air of suffering under not being permitted to set the ship going, subbed spitefully at rutnace door handles, and here camp forward and volunteered information in a pained and hurt sort of a way. The engine represented, ho said, a force little short of 6,000 horses. A big man could pass, not only up and down the main steam pipe and its branches into the cylinders, but also through the passage of the side valves into the condensers. The Warrior had ten boilers, and each boiler was fed by four furnaces. Every boiler had 440 tubes. The piston weighed no less than 13 tons, and the stroke was four feet, the number of revolutions being 50 a minute. The steam shaft was one great piece of malleable iron, 30 feet long and 20 inches in diameter. The screw was of gun metal, 24 feet in diameter, and weighed about 20 tons. The ship consumed 125 tons of coal every 24 hours- After the second heavy dose of scientific facts, Master Gun ner started me again on a fresh tour, up all sorts of shiny iron stairs, and along all sorts of iron-grated passagPs. Now I found myself in a sort of small ballroom traversed by a great shaft of iron—now in a dark hall, studded en either side with 20 furnaces. Sailors w ere working up and down the stairs, mechanics were fitting p . in the offi cers' cabins, marines wen tugging at gun-carriages ; every o t r e d m e one was busy, , for the vessel was soon to be off to Ports mouth, and stheae.ngcoeintgo p st o a w rt e.r i s n . se G ar o c in h g of to a l s o t o o k rm fo , r in a ptoesttelstWhheL a young Titan it must be, whose infant amuse ment it is to go looking for a tempest I—Dickens's All the year Bound. A REVERSE of FORTUNE.—During the confine ment of the last Earl of Cromartio in the Tower, his nephew, although taking no part in the rebellion. was imprisoned with him, and on his uncle's dis charge was permitted to leave with him. The earl and countess (earl and. countess no longer now) resolved to reside in London, at least for some time, and as simple Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie fought earnestly against their mis fortunes. Their nephew and his two daughters had also to struggle bravely for daily bread. In the end, George 111. restored some portion of the attainted pro perty to the earl's daughter, on whose neck was plainly visible the mark of a blood-red axe, and admitted his nep hew into the Charter. house. But the earl's two great-nieces bad to fight the battle of life alone, and obtained a precari ous living by making :hirt s and mendin g linen for their friends, and taking care of sets of c hambers eu for se gentlemen of the law. In Cannon-street thered and there that that looks out upon a l ittle railed-in grave - ar these patient, suffering la dies resided for some an e td dyingitee,nobl at y f u lfilling the duties of their fallen s tation, st w a h o knew them. — l eng th honoured and lamen ted by a Once a Week. —We all remember that READY,DY' Calcutta t thought ta toa ss necessary um e the thea gPablellainttiotelwCigeneral gained great only 12 hours to prepare for his when,etoomd command apnadt duringc o h f t S A h t i e h r Ye f E C o r r o o n l ß o i d n a l Ea n C nA d ‘ er credit for havin ghidrahowever, he was outdone by the late departure. this, when asked by Lord Hill, the then E arl C ., a i rth:marltn'anding-in-Chief, what time he would require If for active service, and proceed to Can ada p p c wt7hreedr:asrp-a-tiChmmesse, replied, as he rose to take his departure, a fter a moment's hesitation, " Half-an-hour, ray lord, but if necessary I will be quite ready in. 20 minutee,"—Oace Wok. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat is moderately extensive. The prim est qualities move off steadily at full prices, otherwise, tiro trade is dull, and the quotations are rather drooping, Per 81b. by the carcase. sdsd ads d Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 4 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Middling do. .. 36 3 8 Prime do .. 44 4 6 Frime large do. 3 10 4 0 Ve al .. 3 4 4 6 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork .... 5 2 5 6 Large pork 42 b 0 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. A fair business is doing in hops of good and fine quality, at our quotations. Inferior parcels, however,. are a dull inquiry, and prices have a drooping tendency. The market is abundantly supplied with foreign hops. The duty, at lid. per lb. for the present year, has been officially declared at £149,610 98. New Mid and East lients 180 s to 220 a per cwt. New Weald of Kcnts l47s 1808 ~ Sussex l3OB 150 s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—The demand has been of an average character. and prices have remained without material change. SUGAR.—For good and pure g rocer y p full rates have been obtained, but other descriptions have been dull and slightly cheaper. In the refined market quota tions were without material alteration. COFFEE.—A fair amount of business has been transacted, and full prices have been readily obtained for all descrip tions. RlCE.—East India descriptions have been in increased favour, and prices have tended upwards ; other qualit maintained previous values. SALTPETRE..--Business has continued dull, and the few dealings reported have been at about former prices. T AL Low.—A steady business has been entered into for both present and forward delivery, end prices have ehown increased firmness. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 535, and spring delivery 53s 6d to sis per cwt. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 23d day of Oct., .1861: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ..m.£27,921,135 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 G old Coin & Bullion 13,271,435 Silver Bullion ... • £27,0213351 £27,021,435 BANKING D: Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding- Exche quer, - Savings' Banks, Commis mis slow .rs of Na tional D cbt, and Dividenn i , Ac counts) . Other Deo , )alts. • 14,678,264 Seven Day and other Bills 791,076 :PARTMENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £12,153,001 Other Securities 16,786,417 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 835,226 .................••••• £36,831,529 £36,831,529 U. DIA.US/LAIL, Chief Cashes. Mit( id :Oct4ber 21,1801, stock stock stock stock stock 10 10 stock stock stock 2s. 6e 12i 12i stock 6 stock Share' Ptk i 18 201 204 10 100 1 100 100 of oc;: 100 100 . 100 stoe -100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 100 100 stock stock stock stoe's stock :ock 10 1 all 1 10s. all all li E 4 1 ~;~ I