The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-22 00:00:00

MMIq ItIONEy 211AB.KET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLoex. The Bank of England return, completed to the 20th inst., shows some very favourable features. The bullion exhibits a large addition, as also the Reserve Notes. The Other Securities have slightly decreased, while both the public and private balances show an augmentation. The Government Securities also have been further slightly reduced. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation .. £20,483,150 Decrease .. • . • • • • 246,300 8u11i0n14,7 13 , 58 7 Increase 351,092 Rest 3 178 047 , , Increase 13,148 Public Deposits 4,104,901 Increase .. 335,632 Other Deposits.. 13,270,277 Increase .. 79,971 Seven Day and other Bills .. 775,390 Decrease .. 34,883 Government Securities 10, '706 646 Decrease 105,541 Other Securities • . .. 16,294,532 Decrease .. • • • • • • 97,983 Notes unemployed .. .. 8,035,140 Increase .. • • • • • • 557,915 During the last few days the operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been moderately active. Teas have slightly advanced, While good and fine grocery descriptions of sugars have maintained previous prices. Coffee, however, has slightly declined, while steady prices have been Current for rice, spices, and fruit. A large business has been done in saltpetre at enhanced rates, but tallow has continued inactive for both present and forward delivery at rather reduced rates. Increased dullness prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were generally id. per lb. lower. The sales were only 3,000 bales. About £40,000 in gold was sent into the Bank Of England yesterday. The directors of the Bank of Trance have reduced the rate of discount from 6 to 5 per cent. A dividend at the rate of '7l per cent. per annum Will be proposed at the forthcoming meeting of the Intercolonial Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. The half-yearly interest on the Cape of Good Hope Government 6 per Cent. Debentures, 1860, and on Swedish Provincial 40s. Mortgage Bonds 1 9 will be paid on and after the 2d proximo. The supply of commercial bills continues very moderate, and the market consequently remains in an easy position, as the large available resources of the banks and private establishments induce them to enter into active competition for the Securities brought into circulation. A meeting of the proprietors of the London Chartered Bank of Australia will take place on the 6th December for the declaration of a divi dend. The Ecuatorian Commission of agency have ?ailed a meeting of the bondholders for the 27th Instant. Business in the market for Public Securities to day has been rather quiet, speculation having been conducted on a restricted scale, but the quotations have remained steady. Consols being 93; 94 for transfer, and 92f less the dividend, for the sth Proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced have declined to 921 ; India 5 per Cent. Stock is steady at 1 0 6 1 i; Exchequer Bills, March, remain at 7 s. to 108 - prem. ; ditto, June, 12s to 15s prem. ; Bank Stock is rather firmer, viz., 231 and 233, A general decline•has taken place in Foreign Securities, and the dealings have been on a reduced Beale. Mexican have receded to 27/ ; Portuguese to 47 48; Spanish to 52 ; the Certificates have further declined to 61 ; and Venezuelan to 23 and , 23 1, ; Dutch 4 per Cents. are heav y at 99 / ; Turkish Bonds are also depressed, the old 6 per Cents. being 80 t 811 ; ditto, 1858, 711 ; and the £lOO Bonds have fallen to 72/. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been of a rather limited character, and prices have shown a decided downward movement. daledo plan, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Manchester, Shef field and Lincoln, and North-Eastern (Berwick), have declined ss. ; Great Northern, Great 1 1idland, 155., western, South Eastern, and West Midland, 10 s. ; and North Westerns, £ l . Brigh ton and South Western, however, have improved 58. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been de• pressed. Recipe and San Francisco have receded 88 . ; Great Western of Canada, ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, £1; and Madras 5 per Cents., 15s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have be en in very limited request. London and West minster have declined to 701 ; Crystal Palace Stock remain firm at 37; and English and Australian Copper at 31. BRITISH FUNDS:—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 3 931 4 per Cent. Consols Annuities Ne w 3 92 v . per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5 z per Cent lO5l Ditto Debentures, Per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 99 81 9 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO , ii to under £l,000 ucnsols for Accout, Dec. 5. 921 1 !Julia Stock for A count, 5 per Cent March. Jung. Xxchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d.... 710 pm 15 12 Ditto £500 Ditto Small 7 pm 12 15 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cert B6l Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent .. _Ditto Account Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. — Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent .) 1856 ) '7 ) '9 ) and '6O — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 100/ Spanish 3 per Cent Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded - R Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account 7l 1 701 1 Ditto £lOO Bonds: - Venezuelan. 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. 9 - 9 Ditto C e rtificates, 4 per Cent... Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 6Bl THREE O'CLOCK , Consols Money 921, a ex div Ditto Account THE WEATHER. PROBABLE BEFORE MONDAY. - -- North Britain S.W. to N.W, and N.N.E., strong; rain. Ireland East Coast S.W. to N., strong; rainy or snow. South England. S.W. to N., strong; rainy. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, between 8 and; B. E. M. D. F. C. I. S. a.m. -,- - - - - -- N airn ' 29;06 37 35 S.W. 5 1 b. 3 .Aberdeen ! 29'08 40 36 W. 5 1 b. 3 Lerwick L eith .... 29'22 41 30 W. 2 2 b. 2 ; 29'22 45 42 W.S.W. 4 5 o. 1 Ardrossan. ; 29%28 45 42 W. 4 8 0 . 4 , l'ortnlsh • : 12 9 .32 47 45 S. 5 2 b. 2 Shields ;2) 31 43 40 S.W. 5 1 b. 3 Galway ; 29'55 44 42 W.S.W. X 7 0 . 1 S-earborouo - h 29'39 44 41 W. 5 4 b. 4 Liverpool'. .;, 29'52 45 42 S.W. 3 9 r. 2 Valentia.....:.; 29 . 6. 47 44 W. 5 9 r. 6 Queenstown... 29.60 146 45 W. 2 7 0. 1 Yarmouth....) 29'58 46 45 W. 5 6 o. 3 London 29'68 48 46 S.W 3 9 0. 0 Dover 2911 51 49 W. 3 9 0. 2 Portsmouth Portland 12913 151 49 W. 8 9i o. 3 Plymouth Penzance • • - - F,XPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100 th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. . Exposed thermometer 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.; IL, ; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; overcast (dull) ; r., rain ; s now ; t., thunder. A lotto; repeated augments — thus , r.r. , much rain. S. Sea disturb. Lace (1 to 9). From an announcement made on Wednesday in he Commission of the Fres Church General Assembly, at Edinburgh, it appears that the Lord Advocate intends to introduce next se: sion a new Education Bill, apparently designed to extend the parish-school system in Scotland, and more or less to supersede the Privy Council grants. ~I SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAl'). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I f Closing Business Paid. Price. done. 7i S 6 6i 93 95 104 i 10411 111} 11 108} 1 I 7; 54 1171 93k 4 31 951 131} I 761 51 951 5$ 94 lot 5 1100 100 Av.. 54 I I 100 92 3 I 101 101 101 1031 71i 11 f I 2i 63} i I 1 101 locl li I 171, 13 I 21 21 91 I 21 21 5 6 92 93 30 31 101 106 12i 113} 11 112 130 132 103 105 70} 71} 55 58 108 1081 55 57 116 118 47 49 931 93 95 96 9 11 45 45} 5 6 [3ll 131 iip 102 10! Railways. Share 50 Belfast and Nor. Conn. all 3.14 .Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 25 I Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost.,Sleat,andMid.l/420 all at Bristol and Exeter ; 100 st Caledonian lOO 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan, all 50 Cork and Bandon I all 20 Cork, Blrock, & Passage all 20 .Cornwall 10 ' Do. A(A all gets no div all 10 Do till6pc.p an.has al l . • B been paid to B. 50 ;Dublin & Belfast June.; all all 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June : ! 100 st ;East Anglian st ; Eastern Counties....... 100 at ; E as t e rn Union, A stock 100 at I D o Bdo do 1 100 25 ; DoNw A, late E U 3ds 13 i at ;East Suffolk; 100 at ;Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 10 Forth & Clyde Junction'' all st Furness ' at .Glasg. and S. Western. 100 10 IGreatNrthn of Scotland all st 'Great Northern 1 100 at Do A stock I 100 at I Do B do at Gt. S. an !W. of Ireland 100 at !Great Western ...... _ 100 at I Do Str Val gua. stock 100 12 Irish South Eastern , all it I Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 it ;London and Blackwall 100 it I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 A I Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 it I Lon. & North Western 100 it Won. & South Western 1 00 15 L'derry & Coleraine ?5 I L'derry & Enniskillen.; all at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 50 IMaryport and Carlisle ll 12i Do i shares 1 all [0 - Metropolitan , 74 at Midland 4.0 Do New I 2.14. at Do Binning. & Derby 100 10 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all 23 Do. 6 shares ! all 25 Mid Kent ' all 10 Do Cray Line I all DO Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def. 9 N Newry, Warnpt, & Itos ; all at Norfolk 1 100 at North British I 100 st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock' 100 st Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 st Do B stock lOO at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13. at Do Leeds I 100 st Do York i 100 st North London I 100 10 Do new 5 16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction.. all at Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal: 100 10 Peebles .. I all 20 Portsmouth I all 10 Rhymney I all st Scottish Central llOO at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 st Do Set. Mid. stock I 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpool' all st ;Shropshire Union lOO 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer , all at !South Devon I 100 25 !S. Durham & Lanc. Un all at !South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 1;0 20 !Staines,Wok.,andWok., all 25 !Stockton & Darlington' all 25 Do .„ .1 13 25 Do New, 1860 5 at ,Taff Vale. at I Do Pref. No. 1 I 100 25 ;ThamesnavenDk&Rail, 22 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 42 44 111 111 19} 191 54 55 47 49 33 36 8 6d 62 61 621 631 101 1011 ' d p 57i 58 894 S+o 95 97 41 41 s:1 101 10 N 92 122 124 40 42 97 99 45 46 37 39 75! 761 c 5 63 Q 5 07 r 5 8 38 30 8 9 p 5 6p 55i 56* 24 3i * d ip 84 86 12* 13 Do st iVale of Neath 10 Victoria sta. and Pim ! st !Waterford & Kilkenny 50 lWater t ord & Limerick 20 ;West Cornwall 20 West London 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class st W. Hartlepool Har..tlt. st West Midland Oxt ord, st Do Newport st Do Hereford. 6 64 45a i 48 50 45 47 89 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. —..-- Bedford and Bletchley all Ln. &N.W .. .. Birkenhead lOO Do.&G.W 94 86 Buckinghamshire lOO Do 94 96 Chester & Holyhea.. 100 Do. 53 54 Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do 111 113 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O . • .. E. Lincolnsh. g6pr c. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. • • • • Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drct. , 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. ifest. • • . • Hull and Selby 1 all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters , all D 0....... .. .. 27 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 198 202 Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preference ' 100 'Do. Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 IPeto &Co B5 87 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk • • • • Do 6 per cent lOO Do.• 3inc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 31 3i 31 1 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5.6. E Counts. par 1 p gun. 5 per sent... Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 110 N. E. Ber — .• North Western L&N.W Preston and Wyre. I all & L. yk. I 43 45 44 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. • • Roystn.llitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire 100 Ln.&N.W .. • • Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 9i PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing Business Share' Railays. Paid. w Prices. Done. ;5 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 a. it Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. st 10 !CI Do. shares it Caledon. £lO, 4/ p. cent lO it Do. quar. shares, No. 2 10 , 6 1 Cork & Bandon, 5/ p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent al 61 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun. al tO Do. Ist Class Pref al at E. Alum. Class Asp. c. 1 01 at Do. Class B 6 per cent lOl ;t Do. Class C 7 per cent 10( at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 10101 at Do No. 2 at Do. new 6p.C. at lOl at Eastern Union, 4p. c— 101 at Do. sp. C. guar lOl ;t Edin.&Glas. s p.c. shares 101 at Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & D lO4 at Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c lOl at Furness, sper cent l Ol at Glas.& S.West. go. 5 p.c. 101 at Great Northern, sp. c lO at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. 101 at Do. 4/ p. c. do lOl at Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm 10, 10 (,t. Nh. of t•!cot. Ist pref. al at 'Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOl 50 G reatest. (Berks and rlant W s Ext) 5 per cent at Do. redeem. 4i p. ct lO4 st Do. redeem. 4 p. ct 10( st Do. irredeem. 4p. ct 10( at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref, 10( 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares.. al 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs al 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs al st Do. Birm. guar. stock.. 10( 2 4 Do. Chester guar. shares al 131 Do. do al 20 Do. do DO Lan. & Carl. 4/ p.c. pref at Lan. A York. 6 p.c. stock 101 st Do.Barnslat.£s 2a 10dpe 104 st Do, 6p. c. (East Lan.) lO4 at Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur lO at Lon.Aßrig.sp.c.gu. No.l 1 , at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 11 at Do. 6 per cent. do 1( at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 it at Do. 44 per cent. do. 5 Do. 44 p. c. pref. shares ai at Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 10 st Do, 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 10 at Do. 4 p c.st.(div.def.lll'6s 10 st Do. 4 per cent. pref 10 at Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. 10 10 Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. e. al 10 1)0. Metrop. Ex. 8, 6 p.c. st Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 10 st Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares 10 at Do. 44 per cent a 6d Do. (Prtam. perpl. anns of 28 6d 121, Londondy. & Cole. # shs al 124 Londony. & Ennis. 4 shs al Et Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 104 6 1)0. £6 st Do. 31 per cent, ... 10 Do. redeem. G per cent 12. Nlaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. ft 121 Do. 4.1 per cent. l a at Nlidland Con. 6 p, c stk. 01 at Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. 101 at Do. 4t p. c. pref. stoc k. • iO4 sa6tt N I) ( o k 2 Doxlfl4elpc.s p. c. dcenHEtix.t..4apt.elr. 846 11a1010-li at Do. 51 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 104 st Do.sWay.ValEx.stlB37 101 at Nort British, 5 per cent. 101 at Do. New gua. per cent... 10 1 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 10 Do. do. do. al at Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. 1 at N-East. Con s. pref. 4 p.c. 101 at Do. 44pr. et. redeemable 101 at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref. 10 17 'Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 10 20 'Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 8. 1 121, Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 1: 25 Do. York, El. &S. Purch. 20 North Staffordshire.... 14 10 (thymney Guaranteed.. al 8 i S'ott Ish Central. new pl al at Scottish North-Eastern 3/ p. C. pref. stock.... 'al at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 10! at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 101 Os. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 10 10 Do. Fixed 4/ per cent al 0. 6. South Eastern (Reading al A n . n 4 . l '} v l p a :e c r 6 s ) c e g n .c t a. 4 p c 1 1 a 0 0 1, Do. ix F4led per 4 per cent, /cent 10 at South tt IDosatt Do, 10 at Do. do. 1859 lO at Do. 5 per cent lO at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua lO 20 , Do. sp. c. gua. 1 25 'Stock. & Dar. A 5 21 Do. B6p. c al 25 , Do. C6p. c al st IVatrf d & Eilkny, 6p. c. 10 at W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk 1( at Do. 2d do 1( at Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. 1( at ;110. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 , 1( at 1 Do. ti 111869111 [Ol 103 1 20i 21A [l. 5t 61 II - - 103 i 93 2 10 1101 103 )0 112 117 0 110 116 O 108 110 0 107 109 O 123 125 O 80 82 0 - )0 110 112 )0 89 91 )0 80 82 10 114 116 10 110 112 )0 103 105 )0 107 109 ,11 - - )0 197 99 99 100 89 91 90 92 102 101 1 0i 10 11 17 18 11 10i 11 )0 75 77 U 20 20 10 10 ill 15 15 60 - )0 136 133 )o 00 tOO 12 115 .12 115 130 138 112 115 102 104 150 155 127 130 73 75 91 92 92 94 11 11 1i 3} i die par 1 113 131 14 24 125 it 65 7 1 ilmn ,36 138 02 104 9 : 2 94 6 106 111 )0 107 109 5 1 1 Win 99 10). 10 98 100 13.4 4 dis par idis ipml 22i 231 t 32 135 10 10, 23} 24 LOO 102 [OO 102 98 100 85 88 27A 28i 32 33 32 33 45 47 124 126 121 123 102 104 122 124 119 121 TOE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING., NOVEMBER 22, 1861. LAW INTELLIGENCE--(This ray.) OF A BRITISH MAIL STEAMER. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice •Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) lUDGMENT.-POLINSON V. BAYNES. The plaintiff filed his bill for specific performance of an agreement to pay his professional account for compromising certain equity suits, in which the defendants (father and son) were beneficially interested. The plaintiff held the defendants, jointly and severally, liable to pay his account. William Baynes, the father, denied all knowledge of the agreement, and that he did not know of the compromise of the suits in question. Edward Baynes, the son, admitted knowledge of the compromise, but as it was for the benefit of his father, he:denied his liability to pay. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor dismissed the plaintiff's bill against the defendants, except as to that part of the plaintiff's account incurred for the benefit of the father (William Baynes), by delaying the suits under compromise, and, as to these por tion of costs, allow decree against the personal representa tives of the father. (From the Scotsman.) JUDGMENT.-WILLIAMS V, IVILKS. The question raised in this suit was, whether the plain tiff was entitles to a half or a fourth share of the residue of the testating property as her representative. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that Rebecca Wilson and Hannah Wilks and their children, were entitled to equal shares of this moiety of the testatrix's property, and at point them or their representatives as next of kin. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Wheeler.) A SINGULAR SLIP OF TIIE TONGUE-GROVES V. HAWKESLEY. _ This was an action to recover for a mast and other mate rials and work supplied to the ship Celerity. Defendant pleaded never indebted. Mr Cottams called the plaintiff, a mastmaker of Ber. mondsey. He stated that he agreed with Capt. Hawkesley as to the prices of certain goods, and the rest were neces sary upon such orders. Defendant ordered the goods. Plaintiff believed that Capt. Hawkesley was a shipshusband. Defendant—l am not, nor have I any interest in the ship. lam a shipowner, and I only went with Mr. Lynch, the owner of the Celerity, to call upon the plaintiff. I never gave any orders about the goods. The broker of the ship has written that plaintiff's demand is exorbitant. Plaintiff—About four months ago I made out an account, and delivered it at defendant's office. I met him a little time afterwards, and he asked for another, and then when I gave him the second bill he said he didn't owe the money. Defendant—l have no office. Plaintiff—l left the account with Messrs. Jenkins and Co. (brokers to the ship), ship brokers, of Fenchurch-street. Defendant—l have nothing to do with them. Mr. Cottams then produced two letters from Captain Hawkesley, ordering the work, and defendant said he had been ordered by the owner to look after the vessel. Ilia Honour—Well, Captain, do you call any witnesses ? Defendant—l call our clerk. (Laughter.) I mean Jenkins' clerk. _ His Honour—You said "our" clerk. (Renewed laughter.) There is a celebrated character in one of our comedies of a Captain Hawkesley, and I am of opinion that the relations between you and Jenkins are very intimate. Upon the letters put in plaintiff will have a verdict. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT THE OPERA TAVERN. —Mary 3ardner was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting ,o commit suicide. Vv Wm. Watson, 299 A, said—About 12 last night he was called to the Opera Tavern, Haymarket, and informed by the landlady that prisoner had taken poison. He found the prisoner sitting on a form in front of the bar, and the landlady handed him a pewter pot which she had taken from the prisoner. He lost no time in taking the prisoner to the Charing- cross Hospital, where emetics were admi nistered to her, and he left her there and brought her away that morning. The house-surgeon had analysed the con tents of the pot, and said that the prisoner had taken sugar of lead. He also said the prisoner was to continue an out patient. Watson then handed Mr. Tyrwhitt a certificate signed by Mr. Travers, the resident medical officer of the Charing cross Hospital, to the effect that prisoner had taken sugar of lead ; and said the prisoner had told him that her hus band had deserted her, and that she had no home. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded her, that she might have proper attendance for a week. -. ANNOYING A TRADESMAN.—Maria White, a middle - aged female, was charged with annoying, Mr. Aldridge, umbrella maker, 126, Oifotd-street. Edward Stenton, assistant to Mr. Aldridge, said the de fendant, who was related to Mrs, Aldridge, came on the previous evening and asked for money, created a disturb ance, and upset the business by using very bld language before the customers. _ _ Defendant—Oh, you false young man I You'll never prosper. I'll serve you out. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What can a person do with such a woman as you P Defendant (with great rapidity)—Let them givo me a pound. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then you will go and get more drink. Defendant—When they had me here before they did not do much good, although they did have a lawyer. They thought they wou'd get ma six months, but they didn't. The witness said she had an allowance to live on. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall bind you over to keep the peace for six months. Defendant—Thank you, I'm much obliged to you. The defendant, who has been at the court several times, was then removed. THAMES. SINGULAR AFFRAY.—Peter Montell, a little, dirty, odd looking old man, a corn porter, well known in Mark-lane, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with assaulting and beating Mrs. Charlotte Shinton, his landlady, and breaking a lamp glass, a drinking glass, and other property. It appeared that the prisoner had been a lodger at No. 13, Dean-street, St. George-in-the-East, for seven weeks, and had given his landlady a good deal of trouble. Yesterday evening, the prisoner came home at seven o'clock and ordered his landlady to cook a steak for his dinner. He said he should be home in 20 minutes, and went out again. The steak was ready at the appointed time, but the " queer little man" did not come home to eat it. Mrs. Shinton kept the steak " nice and hot" for him until half-past ten o'clock, when Mr. Peter Montell came home intoxicated, very noisy and full of anger. He demanded his steak, which was served up to him in first - rate style. He then asked his landlady for bread. He was politely requested to obtain his own bread from his own room, on which he became exceedingly indignant and made a great disturbance. A young man named Morris Lyons interfered and endeavoured to quiet him. The prisoner made use of very bad language, and also attacked the young man. In the midst of the scuffle Mrs. Shinton went to the protection of her young man lodger, and the prisoner seized her by the throat and hurt her very much. He also struck her on the arm with a lamp, and broke the glass, smashed a tumbler, and broke the banisters on the staircase. A scene of great confusion ensued, and the police were summoned to quell the riot, and take Peter Montell into custody. He then locked himself up in his room, and when a policeman named Franklin, 480 K, made his appearance, he rushed out of his room and endeavoured to strike his landlady in the policeman's presence. The prisoner pleaded guilty to all the charges, and said ho was very sorry for what he had done, and begged of Mrs. Shinton to forgive him, which she refused to do so, and said Mr. Peter Montell was a dangerous little man, and she wanted him bound over to keep the peace. Mr. Woolrych fined the prisoner 7s. for the assault on Mrs. Shinton, and 3s. for the damage he had done, and, in default, 10 days' imprisonment. AN AMERICAN STEAMER IN PURSUIT A strange yet true story—showing how near this country has been, and perhaps is, to a rupture with the United States, or at least how very well dis posed our American friends are to bring about such an event—reaches us to-day from sources to be thoroughly relied on. The week before last our Government received information that a United States' war steamer had brought up in Southampton Water, ostensibly for the purpose of re-fitting, but under circumstances warranting the suspicion that she had some other object in view. Subsequently various circumstances, including the conversation of some of her crew who had come ashore, led to the discovery of the fact that her real object was the seizure of the West India mail steamer then due ! The United States cruiser had been despatched in pursuit of the Nashville, the vessel conveying the Confederate delegates sent to this country, which had eluded the blockade. The delegates succeeded in reaching Cuba, and there got themselves conveyed on board one of the British mail steamers. Their movements became known to the commander of the pursuing vessel, who took the remarkable step of running straight over to the British coast, with the intention of waylaying the mail steamer, and making capture of her as a neutral vessel, carrying,in the delegates and their credentials, " contraband of war." Upon the assumption of these being the facts — an assumption, it will easily be believed, not made and proceeded on without inquiry and conside ration—the British war steamer Phaeton was ordered to watch the American, and to protect against her any vessel bearing the British flag. As it happened, the American captain, perhaps attracted by hospitalities after a stormy voyage, remained in port for some days, and, then, putting to sea, was met by a severe gale on the south coast, which forced him to anchor at Calshot. The same cause that stopped his cruise expedited the voyage of the mail steamer which arrived two days before her time, aad passed into her port unconscious of her danger. Comunications then took place be tween our Government and the American Minister, in which the latter disclaimed any such inten tion as that imputed to the proceedings :of the I United States steamer—or, rather, he disclaimed any knowledge of the matter. At the same time it was ascertained to be the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, that, according to the interpretation of the law as laid down in former decisions, the relations of Bri tain to the American belligerents are perhaps such _ _ that there might have been fair legal grounds for the American cruiser seizing the mail steamer as prize, even in British waters, if it could have been shown that she knowingly harboured the persons and property of enemies of the United States in the shape of the delegates and their despatches. The United States steamer has now departed; but is supposed to be cruising off the Irish coast for pur poses similar to those which brought her to South ampton. It cannot be necessary to point out the wanton offensiveness and danger of the course understood to have been adopted in this and perhaps similar cases by the United States government. That go vernment is entitled to do all in its power to pre vent egress or ingress at its own ports, and the ports of the Confederates ; but to leave these not half guarded, and oome across to British waters on a roving commission to seize a British mail steamer which had taken on board at a British port two American passengers and their portmanteaus, is an act easy to be understood and not easy to be endured. It indicates a desire not so much to pre vent the movements of American " rebels " as to insult and provoke the Government and people of this country. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Paid. Atlantic & St Lawrence , Bom.,BarodaSz.Cent Ind t Gu. 5 per cent........ 8 Do Do. Buffalo and L axe Huron 94 Do. New .0 Do. Preference 0 .... Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 _ _ D. do. Jul . ) , 1, 18;31 _ do. June 1, 1874 5 lelcutta.&S.Eastn.( ) 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip, 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 17iDemerara.............. 20 Eastn. 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New ............. 50 Rhymney Iron ........ , 5 6 15 Do. New ............ • a ll 60 48 60 100 Royal Mail Steam ...... 130 140 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 35 331 25 South Australian Land all 3 3 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip.. eV 1 1 1 Do. do. Registered ... • :a: 1 I 5 10 Do. d 0...... ,all 4 6 10 Trust and Agency 01 Austrlasia(lim)lst is. 1 pr . ..1 P 20 Tr.& Ln. Co. of Upr. Can. 5 5 U. K'domTeL Co. (gm.) 1 9 i 1 d Rr 100 a •p Oteuieed Letnil ... 285 4 ißusiness done ion THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 22.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and dull, cloudy weather, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrrived— Lizzie Colt, from London for Algoa Bay ; Ida, from Hartle • pool for Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Wind W.—Arrived—Colleen Bawn, from London for Port Adelaide. OFF PENZANCE. Nov. 20.—Arrived—Hermine, from Havre for Buenos Ayres. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 2L—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Howitf - , for New York. KINGSTON, Nov. 20.—V ind N.W.—Arrived—Ocean Wave, from New York. CLYDE, Nov. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Wolf's Cave, from Quebec; Calabria, from Montreal; Berzilius, from Alexandria. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—Eliza, from Cowes. Sailed—Star, for Chichester. (BY SUBMARINE .A.ND 3TA.GNETIC TELEGRAPIL) GRAVNSBND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Nov. 22.—Pride, from St. Malo ; City of Rot. terdain, from Levevier; Bellona, from Rotterdam. Sailed, Nov. 22 Chanticleer, for Stettin; Albion steamer, for Boulogne ; Metropolitan, steamer, for Ham burg. DELL, Friday Morning. Passed—Regina, from 'Antigua, for London. The Government have granted 100 acres of land in Umritsur to Mr. H. Hope for the purpose of experiments on the cultivation of flax and rearing silk-worms. BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKS.—" Perfection of mechanism." —Morning Post. Gold watches, sto 100 guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc tion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their use. Watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of a remittance. —J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, 40 and 47, Curaill, Lynda, E,C, Eatalighed 1718. II 1021 £ 10011 t 101 20 100,1 1 1004 101 I I i 951 RAILWAYS. 15 14i 18.8. all all all all all 151 i all all all all MI. 3.2.101 ES. 2.14.6 7.4.0 551 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.( lii 1.14.0 9.18.0 1k 10.6.7 5.910 all 18.1 , 4. V 27 19. 1 13 s 6cl WILLS AND BEQULSTS. (From the Illustrated London Hetes.) The will and two codicils of the Right Hon. Sir James Robert George Graham, Bart., M.P., P.C., G.C.8., &c., of Netherby Hall, Cumberland, and 46, Grosvenor-place, was proved in the principal registry on the 12th inst. by the executors, Major George Graham, Registrar-General, the testator's brother, and James Laman, Esq., solicitor, Lin coln's-inn-fields. The personalty was sworn under £35,000. This distinguished statesman has disposed of his property entirely amongst his family. Sir James made his will in 1858, being the year following the decease of his wife Lady Graham. In 1860 and 1861 two codicils were added to it. Sir James has devised tohis eldest son, Sir Frederic Übric Graham, Bart., all his real estates, and has left him also the residue of his personal property. To his two other sons and to his three daughters sums amounting to £lO,OOO are left by will and settlement, his eldest daughter taking the furniture and some other effects at his town residence, Grosvenor-place. Sir James has empowered his trustees to present to his son, the Rev. Maline Reginald Graham, the next avoidance to the living of Arthuret, Cumberland. These gentlemen are also requested to inspect all Sir James's official papers, correspondence, documents, &c., and to destroy, preserve, or publish any, accord ing to their discretion. To the executors legacies of £2OO each are bequeathed. The will of Henry Littledale, Esq., of Crick, Northamptonshire, was proved in London on the Bth inst. by the Rev. Charles L. Swainson, 8.D., Rural Dean, Rector of Crick, and C. H. Percival, Esq., of Liverpool, merchant, the executors, the per sonalty being sworn under £7,000. This gentle man's will disposes of property of a mixed kind, in some instances depending upon contingent circum stances. The testator has bequeathed to his mother, who it appears was twice married, all his real and personal property, and also any sums coming to hi s estate under the wills both of his uncle, the late Sir Joseph Littledale, and of his sister, Mrs. E. Bolton, appointing his mother residuary legatee. The testa tor bequeathes to his half-brother, the Rev. C. L. Swainson, a sum of £4,000 to which he (the testa tor) would be entitled on the decease of his mother ; and a further sum to which he is also entitled under marriage settlement on her decease is bequeathed to the testator's godson, Mr. George Henry Trench. The will of Charles Tilt, Eiq., of Pembridge-gar dens, Bayswater, which was proved in London by the executors, VT. H. Dalton, George Gladstone, and the testator's cousin, Benjamin B. Turner, Esqrs. was sworn under £lBO,OOO pet sonalty. Mr. Tilt was a publisher of considerable prominence, and carried on anextensive business for several years in Fleet-street. His spirited enterprise resulted in the realisation of a large fortune, which he has be queathed almost entiroly to his daughter, his only child. This lady is the wife of John Hall Gladstone, Esq., and the property is bequeathed to her for life, and on her decease to her husband for his life, and ultimately to devolve to their children. blish The official Gazette of '1 urin pu_ :es a Itoya. decree reorganising the battalion of young men instituted at Palermo by Gen. Garibaldi in Juno, 1860, under the name of " institute Militare Garibaldi." By this decree the battalion in question is to comprise 500 pupils, divided into four companies, and is to be assimilated, as regards instruc tion, to the battalion of soldiers' sons at Racconigi. It is mentioned in the Manchester Guardian that throughout the Lancashire cotton districts the spinners are now generally making experiments with Indian cotton, and that the opinions expressed of the result are various, but that it is evident that, by a slight alteration in the machinery, this cotton may be mado to enter, in various proportions, into much higher numbers than has hitherto been supposed likely. THE WEST LONDON RAIDWAT.—The following relates to the extension of the West London Railway, and the preservation of Holland-house :—" Sir,—A slip of land at the extremity of the Holland estate, some quarter of a mile from the park, has been sold to connect four of the principal railways for the conveyance of passen gers to the International Exhibition. This fact, added to the circumstance that a skirting of Holland.. park upon the Notting-hill side is being built upon and that a new plantation to take the place of the de caying elms upon the Kensington side has lately been made, has given rise to a fear that an intention exists to in fringe upon the domain proper attached to the noble old pile, and eventually to hem in, if not to desecrate, the ancient house itself. So far from this being the case, it would ap pear to be the fixed intention of Lady Holland to preserve, not alone the mansion, but the whole of the Kensington approaches and surroundings inviolate. More than this, every memento scattered about the house and elsewhere has recently been looked over and arranged, and a liberal allowance set apart to keep up the buildings and their grounds in the exact state and character they have hitherto held, THE MISSING STEAMERS. We are still without any tidings of the steamer North Briton. She sailed from Quebec, according to the local newspapers, on Saturday, the 2d inst.,at 9.50 a.m., having the following cabin passengers on board :—From Quebec—Hon. P. M. Vankoughnet and lady; Major Fielding, 60th Rifles, and lady ; Felix Morgan, lady, and child; Felix Briard, Ralph Jones, M. Cone, John P. Strickland, A. W. Dun can, Frederick Clark, W. H. Carville. From Mon treal—Dr. Woods, Thomas Damson, Mr. Robinson. From Kingston—Captain Bayley. From Toronto —E. J. Smith, C. Jarvis, 87th Regiment, Mrs. Price, Miss Price, Miss E. Price, Miss Allan, Capt. Lamerte and lady, P. Pelham, John Smith. From Hamilton—Sir Allan M'Nab and lady. _ _ The steerage passengers numbered 98 souls and the crew about 90, so that the total number of souls on board was about 220. According to a telegram received by the Glasgow steamer St. Andrew, which left on the 4th inst., the North Briton did not pass Father Point until that date, but in this statement there is evidently an error, as Father Point being only about 180 miles from Quebec, and allowing seven hours for detention by fog which it is stated she encountered, she would still have passed that point on the 3d . The Quebec papers of Monday make no mention of her delay ; and as the Africa's despatches, which bring the dates to the 6th inst. from New York, contain no reference to her at all, it is clear that she must have got beyond Anticosti; as, had anything happened to her west of that point, intelligence could have been forwarded to Quebec in time for these New York mails, and this view is strengthened by the fact that the Jura, which arrived at Father Point from hence on the morning of Thursday, at about 4 a.m., makes no mention of having seen her ; and then not being over taken by the St. Andrew, which left Quebec within eight-and-forty hours after her, is further presump tive evidence that she must have got clear of the St. Lawrence and fairly out to sea. The supposi tion, therefore, is that, having cleared the Straits of Belle Isle, she met with the easterly hurricane which had been blowing across the Atlantic during the whole of the previous week, as evidenced by the rapid passages of the Persia and the Jura. Of the severity of the storm we have accounts not only from the seaports of New York and Boston, but also from Quebec, where it raged with unusual fury all Sunday and Monday, and if, as we suppose, she encountered this furious gale outside the Straits, she may have had her machinery so disabled as to make her dependent on her canvas only. If this be so, there is no ground for uneasiness, for although the rig of the steamers of this line enables them as sailors to make excellent time, still a sufficient period, presuming she was heading eastwards, has not elapsed for her to have made the Irish coast. On the other hand it is probable that, finding the easterly gale continuing, she may have turned round for a western port, either St. John's, Newfoundland, or Halifax ; and in this event the arrival of the Anglo-Saxon, now overdue some 24 hours, will we have no doubt remove all surmises. In the mean time it is due to the company who own the North Briton to say that she was one of the finest of their fleet, and that her temporary commander, Captain Grange, was as experienced and competent a seaman as ever crossed the Atlantic. Indeed, so highly was he thought of by his employers and so great a favourite was he with all who had travelled with him, that he was selected on the last outward voy age of tie North Briton to take charge of her, Lord Monck, the new Governor-General, having taken his passage in that vessel. A letter from Liverpool says :—The steamships North Briton and Auglo-Saxon, from Quebec for Liverpool, are now both overdue, the former having sailed from the first-named port on Saturday, the 2d, and the latter was to sail on Saturday, the 9th inst. The anxiety on account of the North Briton is in some measure calmed by the opinion which is retty prevalent in Liverpool that, having become disabled in her machinery during the storms which have prevailed on the Atlantic, the North Briton has been fallen in with, and taken in tow by the Anglo-Saxon. In Liverpool no change in the rate of insurance on the North Briton was quoted yesterday. At Lloyd's yesterday the rate of insurance for the Anglo-Saxon, which started subsequently to the North Briton for England, and is now a few days overdue, has increased to 50s. . THE MURDER OF THE GAMEKEEPER AT OTLEY At Bingley, on Wednesday, James Waller, of Sconce, near Baildon, was charged with having, on the morning of November 5, wilfully murdered Wm. Smith, alias Davey, late gamekeeper to Mr. Timothy Horsfall, of Hawksworth Hall. Mr. Marsden, of Wakefield, appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. J. G. Hutchinson, of Bradford, for the prisoner. The depositions of 12 or 13 witnesses were taken, as at the inquest. On the morning of the sth of November, the deceased and another --- - gamekeeper, named Jahn Fawcett, were out watch ing at Hawksworth, a short distance from each other. They had heard shots fired on several occasions on previous mornings ; they suspected Waller was poaching, and they had arranged to be on the look-out, one at Springs Wood, and the other at Birks End, at five o'clock in the morning. Fawcett remained at Birks End till half-past six o'clock, and then heard a shot in the direction of Springs Wood. About 20 minutes afterwards, he heard two shots in the same direc tion, one following the other in quick succession. A hill intervening prevented his obtaining a clear sight of the place whence the sound proceeded, but he observed the head of a man who was going along the road, under the fence, in the direction of Wal ler's house. On hastening to the place, ho found that the deceased had been shot, and removed to the house of Mr. Jos. Batley, sen., farmer, at Low Springs. Mr. Batley, jun., and Mr. Batley, sen., had been first attracted to the spot by hearing the report of a gun, and found the deceased lying in the road. They were unable for a short time, in con sequence of the violence of the dog belonging to the deceased, to approach him. Immediately the shots were fired Waller ran into the house of a person named Ann Wilkinson, near his own house. He had a double-barreled gun in his hand, was dread fully pale, and his eyes (to use Mrs. Wilkinson's language) " seemed to be coming out of his head." He asked if she had a window or:door commanding a view of the place whence he had just come, and wished to seek refuge in her parlour. The alarm raised in the neighbourhood by the Battleys and other persons filled her with fear and apprehension, and she ordered Wailer to leave the house. He did so, and in a few minutes, having been at his own house and disposed of his gun and taken off his coat, he returned towards the place where a group of persons were standing round the deceased, but stopped at a distance of 20 of 30 yards therefrom. While there the elder Batley asked the deceased, " Who has done it ?" and he replied," Jim Waller has shot me." Batley called out to Waller, " Hast thou done this deed ?" He replied, "No ; this is the first time I have come out of doors this morning." Batley then said to the deceased, " Has not Waller done it ?" and the deceased replied, "He has." Batley then to Waller, " Come up, and hear what h , e c h a a ll s ed to s o a u y t him,f ee t 0 ,,, face."cuoumde,wainndhßrivaetlteoy answer d we to r for it." Mr. J. Steel, surgeon, of Baildon, and art Hea dviidllanient, several other medical men soon visited the deceased. He was riddled with shot in the chest and abdom en , an d died at about one o'clock the same day from gunshot wounds and the shock caused to the ner e vous, the lr. peaceT. H f o o r r s f l the , w of es H t Rawidkinsworsathw h l a s u s s t t e i m c his keeper, the deceased, about eight o'clock. He asked the deceased what had happened, and took down his reply , though yf ough he did not swear him. The man's statement was as follows—" I was out watching this morning. About seven o'clock I heard a gun fired. I then saw James Waller. I ran after him. When I got within about 15 yards of him, James Waller turned round and L fired at me, I then turned back, when Waller fired again, and hit my right hand. The first time he fired I was hit in the body. I have no doubt whatever about the matter. It was James Waller who shot me. I did not take the muzzle off the dog till he had shot me." Shot similar to those ex tracted from the body of the deceased were found in Waller's house, and also wads, similar to wads found in the road where the deceased was lying, and with which the gun fired had been charged. Waller, in several conversations with Sergeant Inman and others, had declared, that in consoei quence of the deceased having been the meanst he convicting him before the magistrates a . t 0 1 e t Y take would shoot him rather than allow. him o him again. The magistrates committed the pri soner for trial at the assizes. THIRD EDITIO SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock E TVAST U_R 1 RACES.—(This Day). BY ELECTRIC TELE G RIF H. ACTON BURNELL STAKES. Squirt I Arab Orion Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES. Chiffoniere Duplicity Gaberdine Four ran. COLUMN HANDICAP. Frailty Flirtation Petra Seven ran. LONGLEATE STAKES. .. Confidence I Miss Julia 2 Foxhead .. Five ran. WYNNSTAY CUP. Leontes ... Arcadia Pupil Six ran. MONKMOOR HANDICAP. Rosalind Miss Pennell Harmony Four ran. LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 22. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Blanchard as Consul at Melbourne for the United States of America. FOREIGN-OFFIC E , Nov. 19. Notice is hereby given, that Earl Russell has appointed William C. Seymour, Esq., to be agent at the Port of Queenstown, and James Cairns, Esq., to be agent at the Port of Londonderry, for the issue of Foreign-office pass ports. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 21. _ _ _ . . . Days and places appointed for holding Special Commis sions of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, for the undermentioned places:— County of Chester—Tuesday, December 3, at Chester. County of Devon—Saturday, December 14, at the Castle at Exeter. City of Exeter—Same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. County of Durham—Tuesday, December 3, at Durham. County of Gloucester—Monday, December 2, at Glou cester. City of Gloucester—Same day, at the city of Gloucester County of Kent—Monday, December 2, at Maidstone. County of Lincoln—Thursday, December 5, at the Castle of Lincoln. City of Lincoln—Same day, at the City of Lincoln. County of Monmouth—Friday, December 6, at Mon mouth. County of Norfolk—Saturday, December 7, at the Castle of Norwich. _ _ City of Norwich—Same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. County of Northampton—Thursday, December 12, at Northampton. County of Oxford—Tuesday, December 3, at Oxford; County of Somerset—Thursday, December 19, at Taunton. County of Southampton,—Saturday, December 7, at the Castle of Winchester. County of Stafford—Saturday, December 14, at Stafford. County of Suffolk—Tuesday, December 10, at Bury St. Edmunds. County of Warwick—Thursday, December 12, at War wick. - -- County of Worcester—Monday, December 9, at Wor cester. City of Worcester—Same day, at the City of Worcester. County of York—Saturday, December 7, at the Castle of York. City of York—Same day, at the Guildhall of the said city. County of Glamorgan, Thursday, December_l9, at Car diff. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Computed from the Returns made in the week ending Nov. 19, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : per cwt. Muscovado, the produce of British America 24s Od Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius .. 22s llid Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. —s —d Average price of the foregoing .. .. 23s 8d The portion of the " Gazette" containing the Bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This DAY. Amsterdam Ditto 11 19! 12 0 Rotterdam Antwerp . 25 52k 25 57k Brussels . 25 52k 25 57k Hamburgh — 13 8k 13 8 Paris Ditto Marseilles 5185 2 k 2 519 571 Frankfort on Maine — Vienna Trieste Petersburgh —32 k Berlin - Madrid Cadiz 48j 44 25 70 25 67i 25 70} 391 118 k 1181 52 52k 25 75 25 72} 25 75 391 1181 119 52i 52± Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palerma Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro • • New York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) south American Doubloons THE NEW BANKRUPTCY ACT FOR DEBT. The case of William Miller, which has often been prominently put before the public, was heard yes terday at the Queen's Prison before the Registrar. In reply to the questions put to him he stated that ho was arrested on the 3d of September, 1814. He at that time carried on business as a general cabinet-maker and carpenter in Christchurch , Hampshire, where he was born. There was no debt. He owed nothing to the man who arrested him. He was said to be detained for £l,OOO, but there were no proceedings in any court against him whatever. If the Registrar would look at the document upon which he was arrested he would see that there was no sheriff's name attached to it. He had never petitioned the Court of Bankruptcy or the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors because he contended that he owed no man anything. He had a life interest in some house property in Christ church, but he received no rents, and had received none since he was imprisoned, nor did he know who received them. He had sisters, very poor people, who resided in Christchurch. His mother was alive when he was arrested, but she had died since. The man Cull who arrested him seduced one of his sisters when he had been in prison six years. His sisters did not receive the rents. The only money he re ceived on account of them was from a tenant, who sent hifferent sums from time to time, amounting in all to £lO. He did not know if Cull took posses sion of the rents ; being in prison he could learn n n o e t h w i n a g s a a p b p o r u e t h t e h a e d m e d. onCu l a l a a t d i t b a e t e w n h d i e c bead hadf o years. never been signed by a s heriff. It could not be superseded, b ecaus e it had not been issued out of any court. It was a forgery. There had been no trial. He did not know what Cull claimed £l,OOO for, and never signed h a t ny is la d c oc i u m m , ent. He never owed anything besides except a few shillings in tho prison. He was kept in the old gaol in the city of Winchester until he was removed to the new gaol in the year 1849. In the new prison he was for three years in a felons' ward, because he Invaer w d7 o a u as l n d not adetnaoin p oen e a t e i i t n i w o a n al i s t o h ot e rhe C urn o e u a r ew t rni o te f hat ß hh a lt. n mh k e, r fe u ex p leo t e ey npst : for about two months. He was in solitary confinement for three years. A gentleman pre sent said that no doubt the explanation was that for three years no one was in the same ward os Mr. Mil ler. From the 6th of December, 1849, until 1854 he was never in the sheriff's ward in the new prison. He was kept in the floor under the felons' ward the in solitary confinement to for ce him to petition Court. The Registrar asked Mr. Miller if he was willing to be made a bankrupt, and told him that he could adjudicat e him one ; to which the reply was that no one could make a man a bankrupnot wil t who owed nothing , .a nd that he (prisoner) was ling. The Registrar said he would take time to con sider what course he should adopt in the matter. Thirteen other cases were disposed of. LIBERTY OF THE PRESS IN SEAIN.—The Liberal journal, the Iberia, has been again condemned in a penalty of 40,000 reals, for having, in a correspondence from Lon don, contained remarks in praise of Don Juan. Since the Ist of April this journal has paid 151,000 reals in the shape of penalties, The Roxburgh Castle, with £202,000 in gold, has now been at sea 85 days from Melbourne, and the Wel lodey, with 4308000 1 66 days.