The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-01 00:00:00

hieh have been so long burthensome to the back of her old ompanion, or, indeed, — impart any crooked secret to the earned Society, that might puzzle their brains and disturb their rest for a month afterwards, in consulting upon their pillows how to straighten the project that it might appear upright in the eye of reason, and bring honour to them selves and advantage to the public." The Royal Society Club, however, is frequently menti.ined thoughout these pages, and a sketch of its rise, progress, fundamental laws and princi pal members is given. A. K. H. B. selects for his subject a large number of the human race, "People who carry weight in life," interspersing his reflec tions with some thoughts on those who never had a chance. The reader accustomed to hie style may guess the pleased discursive way in which he treats the subject. We would warn him, however, to be on his guard against becoming too discursive, a danger which besets his style. The author of Gig Livingstone" continues his story of " Barren Honour," over which a cloud of impending mis fortune seems to hang. At present life is flowing smoothly enough at Dene, more so than Lady Mildred quite approves of, and we are introduces to the meek broken-spirited rector, and, by reputa tion, to his terrible wife, the horror of the county ladies and the loud voiced despot of the rectory. The other tale, " Good for nothing," proceeds with interest. This is an eventful instalment, for in the two chapters bearing the companion titles of " Will you ?" and " Won't you ?" the troubles and perplexi ties of Lord Holyhead and the alderman's daughter, John Gordon and Lady Gertrude, are respectively terminated, to the satisfaction of the reader, who is more interested in the love affairs of the stern man of business and the charming "Lady Wilful" than in the less troubled course of their friends. Poor Mrs. Latimer does not gain in peace of mind or happiness of circumstances, while the unfor tunate Gilbert continues to illustrate the -adage "Facilis descensus Accra." The meet ing of ttk - e British Association in Manchester affords a congenial subject to a Manchester man, who gives us a very pleasant paper. In describing the busy scene where the chiefs of the scientific world are assembled, the writer indulges in some amusing 'speculations. He wonders how such men, - whose ordinary avocations are weighing the clouds, measuring the earth, and reflecting on the history of the pre-Adamite world, pass their daily lives. But after a time he takes courage. " Awe-inspiring, doubtless, is the presence of this learned assembly ; and yet by degrees, as you watch the motions of these men, and see that they are but corporeal beings in coat, waistcoat, and trousers, your feeling of timid wonder ment wears off. One of them you had pictured to yourself as constantly wielding the thigh-bone of a megatherium, as Hercules brandished his club ; another you could only fancy as existing in the midst of variously coloured flames, chemically produced, like some awful stage impersonation ; another you had figured to yourself as peering perpetually through a mighty telescope; another as reducing eternity to seconds by means of cabalistic letters and mathematical symbols. But after a while they come down to your own level as ordinary bread-ocnsuming mortals. Indeed, we have found out that philosophers are not necessarily stoical ascetics, but oftentimes men of good appetites and sound , digestion—men who love turtle in its entirety better than in its mock substitution—men who can not only discuss the organisation of the finny tribe generally in the deep waters, but, in particular. the appetising qualities of turbot and lobster-sauce on the mahogany—men who can analyse the ingredients of fluids and propound the laws of hydrostatics in the lecture-roum, but do not object to enter upon the more practical test of imbibing moderately in the dining room the juices of the grape in their several varieties, vin tages and flavours." The proposed removal of the Courts of Law, fur nishes an interesting paper, and Mr. Goldwin Smith's recent work on I r i s hl History and Irish Character, receives a very able criticism. United Service _Magazine. It is a pity that Admiral Sir G. R. Sartorius did not wait a little longer to see the result of the trial of the Warrior, the fastest steamer in the navy, before he commenced a comparison between that vessel and La Gloire. Admiral Sartorius is no doubt a clever seaman, but he is carried away by a theoretical hobby. . That improvements may be made in the Warrior we do not deny, but for a first experiment she is a decided success. When the Great Britain was launched at Bristol, 15 years ago, many men of ntutical experience de clared her to be unsafe. She was too long ; could never be handled in a sea-way; would certainly break her back; that iron would never float ; and many other wonders which all failed to be:realised, and the Himalaya, built shortly after, some 50 feet longer than the con demned monster, was purchased by Government. We will let the Admiral speak for himself, premis ing, however, that the Warrior could steam round the Gloire at will. " The Gloire is only half the tonnage of the Warrior (Gloire 3,000 and Warrior 6,050). The horse-potver of the Gloire is 1,000, the Warrior 1,280, about three to two in favour of the smaller vessel, and as she was built by one of the first naval architects of France, and with lines for great speed, it is fair to presume, that 'ith comparatively greater horse-power, less bulk, and fine lines, the Gloire will h ave th e a d van t age i n • e l oc i ty. Her cost of construction is of course one-half, that of znaintetaance at least one-third less. As the beam of the Glo're is in greater proportion to her length than that of th.;, Warrior, and the actual length of the Gloire full one third less, every sailor knows, even should the Gloire be a Little slower, she must be much handier for manoeuvring, (agile or nimble), and will require much less space for turn ing, tacking, and wearing. These points of superiority make it impossible for the Warrior to run on board the Gloire, should the latter wish to prevent it. The advantages enable the Gloire to choose her position for disabling the rudder or screw of the War rior by her artillery or her beak, and to knock away the masts of that vessel. This cannot be done to the Gloire by the Warrior, as the schooner rig of the former enables her quickly to get all her sails and gear down on deck, or on a level with her bulwards, leaving nothing but the bare lower masts with two or three shrouds on each side (some say that the masts are made to lower down.) The bowsprit rigs in, and her ram-stem, which projects under water, is then ready and clear for crushing in the bow, side, or quar ter of the enemy; or by sweeping across the stern to disable both rudder and screw. The Gloire can bring perfectly pro tected and powerful stem or bow b Aeries to bear either -for single action, chase, or retreat. The Warrior has nothing of the kind. No wreck of the Gloire can foul her screw, she is invulnerable all round to all the ordinary shot and shell. and when she engages with her bow guns, the oblique surface then presented by her sharp bows (the angu lar principle) gives her perfect impunity against any known prcjectile. The Warrior has heavy first-rate or 90- gun ship's masts, yards, and sails. Some or all of these must be shot away in a contest with the Gloire and then the fouling of th e screw i s i nev i ta bl e . I t must b e borne in mind that the falling of wreck in action does not occur all at once, but the mischief is going on piecemeal, and a single rope is sufficient to foul the screw drag in a larger mass of wreck to do the work. With the wind a-head or in the bows, and according to its strength, the resistance presented iby the heavy masts, yards, and rigging of the Warrior not only would give the advantage of many knots as against the simpler rig of the Gloire to that vessel, but it would impede also the quickness and rapidity of manoeuvring The merit assumed for placing the shot-proof armour in the centre of the vessel, and the mode of tieing it, betrays a singular ignorance of the requirements of a ship for war purposes, and I cannot help thinking that it is equally a great error architecturally. The two large portions towards bow and stern are comparatively light and buoyant. The centre sustains the whole weight of armour plate, which terminates abruptly in perpendicular lines from top to bottom, so that in a gale the centre remains a heavy and inert mass, whilst the two buoyant ends yield and twist about with the :force of the waves ; this unequal action going cu would lead -to the most disastrous results if exposed to a long continued gale. 'We fully agree with the editor's note in contradic tion of the assertion that under certain circumstances, i.e., the want of coast defences and an invincible navy, the worst might happen —general insolvency, sv,spension of payments, multitudes thrown out of employment, the destruction of property, and to 'which the worthy admiral adds as an indispensable corollary, "our navy crushed, our army beaten, our great military and naval arsenals destroyed ; our 'colonies lost, our vast commerce collapsed and :ruined, our fame and reputation fled for ever," what is to be done ? and echo might well answer 'What ? The editor cannot stand this, and remarks :in a note :—" So far from there being the slightest grounds for such gloomy views, there is not the least difficulty in proving, and that in the clearest manner, that our insular position is the most pre cious earthly gift conferred upon us b Providence, and whi ch , in conjunction w th our vastcoii power ful steam and mercial marine, the great improve ments in artillery, firearms and projectiles, rail and tram roads alongour coasts, and our rapidly extending Rifle kn.obvement, and the use of powerful vessels to sin with fleet, concussion, we are, with out a channel ' t oot only safer than we have ever been, b ut or at, unless Heaven worked miracles in favour our enemies, the world in Retrenchment arms could in the not s i l l ic a c v essfully invade us." R.N., is a paper of a bolde r Y sc by " Theseus, late than the pre ceding one. He maintains it and craven proposition of a governrneati unpatriotic government to retrench the Naval and Military expenditure, atn moment, to enable a financial minister to correctis flagrant miscalculati3ns.his own " A rumour is very prevalent among th ese ggi a e t r ally supposed to be well informed in political affairs Government have determined upon a reduction affairs, the Il e tary and naval forces of this country. The calculation upon which Mr. Gladstone has based his two last ext ° r - i t s ordinary budgets have turned out to be incorrect, and the decrease in the revenue for the last quarter has been so great es to Pause our political financiers great anxiety. Even the imaginative brain of Mr. Glads t o ne can su ggest no new tax that will be productive of a large revenue, except ea _ other addition to the income-tax, and it is well known that the patience of the middle classes is nearly exhausted at the manner in which this odious tax has been so insidiously imposed upon them. The only way to escape the censure he so well deserves, for having broughttfte - finapees of the country into such a desperate fix, is by insistmg--upon a large reduction in the expenditure of the army and navy, and this course has been followed by Mr. Gladstone and the Radical party in the Cabinet. " Setting aside the results of experience, which prove that a reduction one year is always followed by a feeling of alarm spreading throughout the country, and a large in crease in the expenditure during the following years; dis regarding the advice of our experienced military and naval officers, as to the necessity of putting this country and her possessions in a good state of defence ; and reckless of keeping up that high position which England now holds among nations, owing to her being powerful enough to defeat and punish all aggression, Mr. Gladstone is endeavouring to force his more patriotic colleagues to consent to a large reduction in the army and navy. The decrease to take place in the army, upon the plea that the Volunteer forces are quite sufficient for the defence of the country, can easily be defeated. The Volun teers have but to meet together and pass resolutions to the effect that, if the British army be reduced by a single regi ment, they will immediately disband themselves, when the Government will be compelled, by the force of public opi nion. to retrace their foolish course. When even the de spatch of the three regiments to Canada is objected to, prin cipally on the ground that it would reduce the force neces sary for the efficient defence of the country, it does seem most extraordinary that the Ministry should contemplate reducing the army, and depending upon the patriotic spirit and purse of the Volunteers. " With the retrenchment contemplated in the naval esti mates the Admiralty will be obliged to pay off our large ships, and disband the crews. Two years ago these ships were fitted out hastily at a large expense, their crews were got together by the issue of large bounties, and yet now, when the ships are efficient, and the crews in a good state of discipline, an order comes out for the ships to be un• rigged, and laid up in ordinary, and for the men to be paid off and sent about their business. All the heavy expense incurred in fitting out these ships, all the cost of the boun- ' ties, and all the trouble taken by the officers to bring the men into good discipline', are to be thrown away, and the naval forces in commission are to be reduced to what was considered two years ago as quite insufficient for the proper defenc- of England and her colonies. The state of political affairs has certainly not undergone such an improvement as to warrant these reductions. Every nation in Eurot eis still arming, and universal distrust is felt.in the pacific intentions of the Emperor of the French. Through great exertions and a vast expenditure, the British steam navy has been brought into a great superiority over the French steam fleet, and is now equal to encounter the navies of all other nations combined, if there were but disciplined crews to man our fine steamships." In a chapter on "Portland and Cherbourg" the com parative capabilities of the two harbours are com pared, and allong account of their constructions is furnished. Remarks on the " Select Committee on the Admiralty" arc continued at length, and "Sug gestions for forming an embodied reserve" are worthy of perusal. In the "Extraordinary Embassy by British Officers to Santa Cruz," by E. Rogers, Lieutenant 3d West India Regiment, the writer gives a minute description of the proceedings of the party, and the general aspect of the country. There arc likewise papers on the prize of war, in which the rules of the services for special and general cases are furnished, and on Continuous Service. " Wracks, Harbours, and Lifeboats," will be read with interest by all who have paid any attention to the gradual rise of our national lifeboat institu tions. We are happy to see how liberal many private individuals have been in their contributions, more especially among the ladies. We are glad that the institution is extending its aid to various distant parts of our coast. " The Action at Nell's Farm" is a spirited description of a desperate en counter between the troops and Kaffirs in the late South African war. "The Bhats and Charons of Gurrat" gives a history of these extraordinary Indian rades, whose wanton self-destruction to in voke the anger of the Gods against their enemies, give them a strange ascendancy over their super stitious neighbours. Bentley's Miscellany. Bentley's this month contains some very good articles; in fact, during the last few months this magazine has much improved. The leading chapter is on " The improvement of Paris," and the subject is fully considered, the writer having thoroughly studied his subject. While dilating on the vast improvement which has taken place in the appear ance of Paris since the commencement of the second Empire, be shows that while the new thorough fares, such as the Boulevard de Sebastopol, are splendid streets—the purlieus inhabited by the poor—previously very crampt, have been rendered still more unhealthy, and that the increasing popu lation, combined with the destruction of a vast number of houses, has caused the value of ground in Paris to rise from an average ccst of £8 per square yard in 1851, to £4O in 1861. The conse quences of this must be very heavy on the poorer classes. Previously to 1852, the Paris houses generally, with cer tain exceptions in the commercial quarters, had large back courts, and many of them had even gardens. But when the value of land began to rise, such open spaces became too valuable to be left idle. They were all very well as long as land averaged L 8 per square yard, but when it got up to £2O or £3O, the capital they represented grew too large to be kept unproductive. Another house was built behind the old one (two or three if the court or gat den were long enough), and the same surface at once lodged two or three times as many inhabitants, and produced a propor tionate increase of rental. This system, which would have been impossible formerly, because the people would have refused to live in such places, was accepted by the unhappy Parisians of 185 f, who took refuge from the demolitions in these back courts. The want of air and light was no con cern of the landlord; all he cared for was the sudden pro ductiveness of idle capital. It is true that this system of building deep houses one be hind the other is not absolutely new ; examples of it exist in some of the old houses. No. 30, Rue Besse du Rem - part, now pulled down to make room for the Hotel de la Paix, had four successive court-yards, but they were all large and airy, and did not resemble the dark wells of the present system, from the bottom of which you can almost see the stars by daylight up a shaft seven stories high. Go into the courts of the new houses (when they have any) and see what they are like. Count the windows which take their air and light from them ; in some of the worst cases you will find 80 windows looking into a well 20 feet square and 70 feet deep. A more striking ex•mple still is furnished by the view from the tower of St. Jacques la Boucherie. Cross the pretty garden which surrounds the base of that old Gothic steeple—try not to be upset by the four or five hundred children who are romping there in the air which their mothers cannot give them at home—and pant up the wind ing staircase to the top. At your feet run the Rue de Rivoli, east and west, and the Boulevard de Sebastopol, north and south, each some two miles long, and straight on end, excepting where the latter twists across the Place du Chatelet and the Seine with a wriggle so mysteriously crooked, that one cannot help imagining that when the prefect planneddlt he must have been suffering from a mo mentary indigestion of his much-loved straight lines, and that he invented this singular contortion to revenge himself, like an Indian, on his deity. Directly you look over the parapet you are struck by the extraordi nary compression of the houses which form these two great streets. Almost everywhere else there is a certain little space remaining between the backs of the houses, but be hind the splendid building which border these gigantic alleys there is no space at all. The houses are packed back to back ; they seem all roof. There is only one comparison possible of the scene before you. You fancy at once that an immense plough has driven a furrow down each of the streets, turning up the houses tight against each ether right and left, just like clods in an autumn field. Many of them are simple veneers, one room thick. The average surface of court-yard in the two streets is certainly not one tenth of the whole area. How could it be oth, rwise P the land is worth £4O a yard I The air has been taken out of the courts and put into the street ; the front rooms have more of it than they had before, but the back ones, which are by far the most numerous, have none at all. Under the head of " American Notabilities" some clever sketches of leading characters are to be found, as a sample we append a few line about Jefferken Davis : " Jars DAVIS AS A LEGISLATOR.—III July, 1847, the period for which Davis's regiment had to serve, was con cluded, and he led it back to Mississippi. Polk wished to appoint him brigadier-general of volunteers, but Davis de clined the offer, because he thought that such an appoint ment on the part of the Government of the Union would be an encroachment on the rights of the State. Col. Davis had gained an honourable name on the battle-field, but less honourable was the part he played in the settlement of the financial affairs of his native State. The State had con tracted a debt out of all proportion t) its scanty revenue, which had been inclined through supporting badly managed banks, especially the Planter's Bank, for whose advantage the State sold bonds, which it was unable to re deem. Davis stepped forward as a zealous adviser of the repudiation of these bonds, but the Legislative Assembly rejected the proposal almost unanimously, and passed a de claration that some fi iancial scheme for the payment of the bonds and the restoration of the State credit" should be devised. This most desirable scheme was not invented, however, and hence recourse was had to the repudiation so strongly recommended by Davis." " The Adventures of Lam Loriot" are continued. The reader is introduced to the Count in a new character—i e., his early one—and is informed how he found his way to the galleys. The most interest ing character in this tale, Smudge, does not appear on the stage, nor does Lorn himself, but many in tricacies are explained. The ups and downs of the Beet sugar-growers of France, and their continual struggles with the Colonial growers—each party wanting protection for their own prodace—reminds one forcibly of our own free-trade and protection contests of past years. The paper contains much statistical information, and is highly interesting. This is. the eighth number of Mr. Marshall's valuable contribution on " Population and Trade in France," and when republished, as they doubt less will be, must prove a popular volume. An amusing review of French almanacks for 1862, " A Feuille Volante," apropos of certain lack of Portraits ~season and reverence, the second part of " Portrait-painting," by Monkshood, and the Second" of " The Worries of a Chaperone," by Oneida, complete the number. The St. James's Mag i The History and Instons of t This magazine continues as ple a a h z sa n n c e kl n y l a u s e u p s o u r a t l s . ituti form the topic of the o pening paper, e which contains some curious particul a rs ot the old seaports and their warden s , w h ose listincludes some of the most famous na mes i n our history. The authoress . of interesting story Mar gare t M a i t l an d" concludes her nterestg story o f " Isabell Carr," which displays all her m wonted power in portraying the thrilling romance which may often be found in quiet homely lives. " Some o'f London's Wants" is the title of an able paper on the new routes required in the metropolis, by the autho r of the articles on the railway system. The editress continues her interesting s ory of " Can Wrog be Right ?" and we follow the for tun s, of the unhappy Millicent to the great metro polis, where she supports herself and her infant by her wonderful embroidery. The wants and com forts of " Our Sick Sailors" are discussed in a brief account of a vi s i t to the Dreadnought, the floating hospital at Woolwich. Th e Report of the Educa tion Commissioners is the subject of an article which gives a summary of their labours. The peculiarities of the Japanese, which of late have ceased to be matter of discussion, are pleasantly told in a short paper. " Old Matthew's Puzzle" is the title of a vivid and original story, complete in this part, which pos sesses peculiar attractions for the lovers of the startling and horrible. "My Uncle's first and last appearance at the County Assizes" is a pleasant little sketch of more cheerful aspect. There are some verses called " Autumn Love," showing taste and feeling; and a story for the young of the house hold, with the attractive title of " Humpty Dampty." 1101VEY MARK ET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England weekly return, completed to the 30th October, is again of a favourable charac ter, although the changes in the various items are not extensive. The bullion has been slightly aug mented, while there is a small increase in the reserve of notes and public deposits; the private deposits, however, show a falling off to a rather large extent. The various items and the changes they present are shown in the subjoined table;— Active Circulation .. £20,902,190 Increase .. 87,640 Bullion .. .. 14,218,602 Increase .. .. 111,941 Rest 3,128,195 Increase .. .. • . 4,308 Public Deposits 3,783,625 • Increase .. .. 98,223 Other Deposits.. 14,329,182 Decrease :. 349,082 Seven Day and other Bills 780,827 Decrease • . _ 10,249 Government Securities .. .. 11,953,001 Decrease .. 200,000 Other Securities .. .. 16,655,416 Decrease .. .. 81,001 Notes unemployed .. 7,180,000 Increase 73,115 There is a steady demand for discount accommo: dation to-day at previous rates, and - the market still shows a tendency towards easiness, notwith standing the impending liquidation of commercial accounts. Continued dulness prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were id to id. per lb. lower. The sales were about 5,000 bales. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The Nova Scotian, which left yesterday for Mon. treal and Quebec, took out £lB,OOO in specie. The Alhambra from Lisbon has brought £1,200 in specie. To-day being the Ist of November the transfer offices at the Bank of England are closed, for the purpose of balancing the half-year's accounts ; and a holiday has also been observed at the Stock Exchange. During the last few days there has been rather less animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. Sugars, however, realised about previous prices. Tea at public sale was in good demand, and Assam qualitiei advanced id. to 2d. per lb. Coffee and rice have remained without any material change in values; but the dealings in fruit have been rather restricted. Saltpetre and tallow have been dull, and the latter article has slightly declined. P.Y.C., on the spot, 51s. 9d. to 525. ; and spring delivery, 535. to 535. 3d. per cwt. During the last two months the following sums have been paid into the Indian Treasury on account of the Scin de Railway Company—viz., £23,130 on the New Capital, £18,500 on the Indus Steam Flotilla Debentures, and £14,260 on the Panjanb Railway, in anticipation of calls. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. YESTERDAY. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll 1 1 1 ndia Stock. . Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. Bl Ditto 6 per Cent. 9Bi 7 Ditto 51 per Cent. ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Uitto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Nov 7 931 1 March I June. Rschecitter Bills, £l,OOO, 2d..... Ditto £5OO .. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICEb. TESURDAY. Brazilian, 5 per Cent Ditto 4i pez Cut., 1860 luenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto Deferred Mexican, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. 47k - -- Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, and '6O 47 ardinian 5 per Cent. .. Spanish 3 per Cent. 'ipanish Cert. of Coup. not funded at I Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 67k THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 931 1 Ditto Account ADDRESS OF TH E OPERATIVES OF BOLOGNA TO GARIBALDI. At a meeting of the operatives of Bologna, held on the 10th instant, the following address was unanimously voted to Garibaldi:— General,—You fulfilled one of the most sacred .duties in not abandoning Italy at this critical moment; but that is not enough—it is necessary that the idle hours of Caprera should cease, and that, brandishing again the sword, de feater of tyrants, place yourself at the head of the nation, which is anxiously waiting for your signal to rush to liberate Rome and, enice, in the name of Italy and Victor Emmanuel. Come, then, we are ready, a longer delay might prove fatal. LOD. Tn.tsi, Vice-President. G. GRUM, Secretary. Signed also by the following, who form the Council : Enea Ciotti, Landi Antonio, Darilli Pompeo, Salimbeni Domenico, Pousi Guiseppe Medial Alep. THIS DAY'S ALIRRETS. CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was enly moderately supplied with home-grown wheat. In both red and white qualifies sales progressed slowly; nevertheless, prices were fairly sup ported. Nearly all descriptions of foreign wheat were held at quite former rates. The transactions, however, were limited. Floating cargoes cf grain changed hands to a moderate extent, on former terms. The supply of barley was somewhat on the increase. Malting qualities sold steadily at very full prices, and other kinds were firm in value. New malt moved off steadily at full quotations. Old qualities, however, were neglected. Good and fine oats were in fair request at full currencies, but inferior sorts were a dull inquiry at barely late rates. Beans and peas were firm at the extreme prices of Mon day, In flour very little was doing, yet no change took place in its value. ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 2,720 ( 210 1,310 250 1 1,290 sack?. ..... 2,400 I Foreign •••• • . • 25,110 5,460 , i 32,300 500 ski. 790 brie. BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops continue in request, at extreme rates ; but for inferior qualities the demand rules inactive, at for mer currencies. Over 2,000 bales have come to hand this week from the continent. New Mid and East Rents.. 180 s to 220 s per cwt. New Weald of Rents ...... 147 s 185 s ~ New Sussex .............. 135 s 155 s NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of each kind of meat is seasonably extensive ; generally speaking, the demand ruled inactive, yet very little change has taken place in the quotations, compared with our previous report. Per 81b. by the carcase. adad adsd Inferior beef .. 2 6 3 0 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 2 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime d 0....... 4 4 4 6 F r i m e large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal .... . .... 3 8 4 6 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Small p0rk . .... 5 2 5 6 Large pork .... 4 2 b 0 Lamb ........ 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 8 FIIE SUN, LONDONT, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMER, 1, 1861. COLONIAL. TEA. --The market has been rather active , and at public sa le Assam qualities adv anced ld to 2d per lb. SUGAR. —A better tone was apparent, and late rates were well sustained for good and fine grocery descriptions. In the refined market there has been no material alteration. COFFEE.-For Plantation Ceylon there has been a fair demand, and late quotations are generally well sustained. RICE. —Only a limited inquiry has been experienced for the better descriptions; holders, however, demand fully late prices for all qualities. SALTPETRE. —Business has been inactive, and the few bargains reported were at about previous rates. TALLow.—The market has continued moderately active, without any material change to note in values. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked Ns 9d to 625, and spring delivery 63s to 63a 3d per cwt. Business Share)Done 60 Belfast and Ballymena 13,14 Sir., Wol , and Str. Val' all 7 4 8 stock Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 0 2 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian lOO 106 1064 1064 4 6 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all -- 50 Cork and Bandon — 20 Cork, Blreck., &Passage all —* 20 Cornwall all 5 10 Do A(A gets no div ( all 10 Do B r as t t l e 6 e l: P d eran * t all . toB 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno all 41 42 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno all 1 0 4 11 stock East Anglian lOO 19 195 stock Eastern Counties lOO 545 . 555 55 4 5 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 47 49 a ., stets Do do B do 100 33 35 at 25 Do Nw A, late EU3de. 13 4 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 89 91 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 294 30 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness lOO Paid. .1 ClosingFrto stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 104 106 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern ...... 100 112 113 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 103 105 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 65 68 12 Trish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1.091 1061 1061 117 65 stock London and Blackwall 100 57 59 571 stock Lon., Bright.: &S Coast 100 115 117 116 stock Lond., Chat, and Dover 100 45 47 stock Loud. & Nth. Western 100 915 111 91 2 2 I stock Lond. & Bth. Western lOO 93 04 91 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 10 11 stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln 100 47 474 45 74 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 125 Do do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan ...... 75 5 8 stock 'Midland 6.4.0. Do new . 1.4.0. 1 4 p stock Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 101 995 50 511 d. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Dos shares sit 25 Mid ent. 10 Do, Cray Line .. . 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 8 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all stock Norfolk stock North British . 100 625 63 stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoak 100 stock Da A stk ; A revs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock lOO stock Nth. Eastern—Be rwick 100 1014 102 1014 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16134 4d p stock Do Leeds 100 5s 59 58 4 stock Do York ........ ...... 100 90 4 914 91 stock North London 10 Do new. 5 19.16 4 North Staffordshire 175 44 44 1 13 1 2 4 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 105 10/ stock Not. &Grantham Rail lOO 89 91 905 90 10 Feebl es all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- •. • stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 38 29 stock Do Scot. Mid, stock lOO 95 97 stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 46 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer, all stock South Devon 100 36 38 37 25 S.-Durham & Lanc.Un. 225 stock South Eastern ...... 100 77 774 775 stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun 100 93 g 94 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 6 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 38 25 Do do l3 74 84 25 Do New (1860) 5 5 6 F stock afl Vale lOO stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 V lir mesHavenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster ....•`.•• all 555 565 25 Do 20 215 35 12 10 Do .. , : ••••• • • • • 2 d stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 125 13 121 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cot nwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d &sari stock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO stock West Midland—Oxford 100 49 50 491 stock Do. Newport 100 45 47 stock Do, Hereford 100 88 90 ,5.11,1 RE XlRKET—(YesterdaY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid Closing Business Railways. Price. ( Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 . & Exet4 p.otstoci Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £10,4} per cell Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Ba.ndon, 5 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun Do Ist Class Pref E.AngrEClass A 7 &sp.c Do. do.. Class B 6 p.c , Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. I Do. do. No. Do. New 6 psi et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per et. Do. 5 per cent. guar... E &G las. 5p.c. - shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glos.& S. Wcst.g.a. 5 p.c. Crest Northern, 5 p. ct, ro.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.e.pm Do. 4i p. C. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 pm. pm tit Nh. of Seotld. lst pf W (Ireland) p. et. pret. stock (rest West. (Berke an Hants) F i xt. 5 p. ct o. Redeemable,44 p.ct Do. Redeemable, p. et. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares tit. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 6 p. ct. pref Do Birmg.p.',uar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan. & Carl. 44 p c. pref Lan.tYork 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnststes 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pa gn. No. 1)o. 5 p. a No. 2 i Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do 5 p. a ...... No. I Do. do. 44 per cat , . Do. do. 4t. p. a shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (Vir.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.clettil '65) Do. 4 per cent. Pref Lon. Chat. and Dover f no.W. A rceiv. D a div Ex.A til 6p c is pd on Do. B B. & 13rom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B I ,on. and N.W. cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm, perpl anus of 2e. Oil ... • ... Londondy. & bc'ol . e. 4 sh Londony. & Ennis. 4 all Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per of Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent lfaryport & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent .. . .. . Mid. Con. 6 p a stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bin 6 r,.0 Do. 44 p. o. pref. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. Lela & Bit. pref. st Norffic sp. o. Ex. et. 1846 Do. sto a Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay. Val.Ex.stlB47 North British, 6 p. o. Do. New, gua. S p. c. Do. d Do. Bor. trn. o g. pf. she . do Nth.Dev.Rall.&Dek . C o. N-EastCons.Pret 4 p. 0. Do. 44 p c. redeemable Do. G.N.E. 4 per a pref Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848. Do. York, H. & S. Furth'. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. a pref. 5t00k..., Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 14 per cent. Do.Fixectlip.c. let is. South Wales, gua. 4 p. a Do. 44 per cent. Do. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. a gua ' Stock. do Dar. A 5 p. c• • Do. B 6 per oeht Do. C 6 percent Watrfd &Kilkny, 6 p. c W.Mid -Oxtlst Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newpor t 65o.if.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. C. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist Is, 100 102 20 21 5 01 100 102 110 115 106 110 107 IC9 106 108 123 125 BO 82 'llO 112 89 91 79 81 116 109 111 101 103 106 108 97 99 98 100 87 81 88 ZO 101 162 94 10 to 170 10 1 0 4 74 76 194 204 91 104 144 154 1 135 137 112 115 112 115 135 138 112 115 161 103 1150 155 127 130 "3 75 91 92 93 95 i 1 P id p 13} H 123 125 i 65 70 4 I IP 136 11!8 100 102 91 93 109 111 107 109 1 la 90 92 99 101 98 100 id p i d tp 22 z 3 1132 136 110 101 234 24 100 102 100 102 08 100 84 86 27 28 32 33 32 33 45 48 124 126 118 120 100 102 118 122 115 118 941 4 1 10 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. raid.' Leasing Co.'s Ln &N.W , Do Caledon E.U.&E.O Gt. North. E.Counts. 91 96 53 64 122 124 111 113 101 103 153 16a 131 134 4 41 Caledon... Do. Gt. W es t . . Yk.N.Jcßr Yk.N. Md . Do. •• Do. Ln&N.W. S. Eastern Peto &Co. Norfolk.. Do. ..... L NW&D'i 109 111 198 202 59 51 110 115 84 86 midland.., E.Counts. Do.. ...... Do. ...... *** Midland L& NW & L.Yk. Do. G t.North. ...... T.Brassey Do. Gt. West. L.& Brit 31 31 94 96 P zP I 55 67 151 1611 131 132 120 122 1 lip 89 91 Si 91, (Closing Business Price. Done. DOCKS. 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 'Commercial Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min East and West India London St. Katharine. Southampton Victoria ...,,....j Do , New. MISCELLANE 122 124 62 64 63 65 96 98 14 i d Railways. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire . , . Chester & Holyhead Do. 54 per cent Do. 5 „ Clydesdale Juno Colchester, Stour Val RlAncolnsh. g e per c E.Union,"ll arwi ch She Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.& Neils.Drct Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. Hull and Selby.. Do. halves. - - .. Do. quarters........l Lanc.44/Carl. gua. 5 p.c. London &preenwich.l Do. Preference Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end Lowestoft gua. 4 p c Do. 6 per cent Mnc., Bxtn.,&Matlock Mid. Bradford Prefer- enee Stock • • Newmarkt,BuryEx. 1 gua. 5 percent.... Northn./¢Eastn. 5 p. c. Do. 6p. c. Do. Fixed 5 p. North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A. Raystn.llitch.,&Shep Sbyewsbry& Hereford, Do. do. S.-Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon &Croydu,' BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent Do B Bulitilo and Lake Huron Do. New ., Do. Preference ...... Buffalo, Brant, &G odrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Ckutta. atS. Eas tn (Li;: ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara . . Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore. Do. pc. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1804 Do. 1865-1870 Grand rrunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. fi per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872:: G t. In disPenin. gua.sp. c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim _ _ guaranteed 5 per s eent. Do. do. of Canada ShareB D ° 6 p iC .c e . w '73 ;Pt. Dp. . Do. 5i p. a. do. '77 d 0... Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 4i p. 0... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 4t p. 0. Extension Do. 5 d 0 ........ Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. Newßrunswick Canda _ Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land d 0 ....... Oude (Limited) . ..... Scinde . Do. Punjaub 1 g Do. Do. ••• • • 9 Do. Indus. St. Flo. E pg. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. /100 15 all 100 1 Closing Price. Paid, 55 60 90i 100& 4 4i d ei 70 75 65 70 65 70 41 51 if ed 19,4 20d 1021 104 99 101 100 i 1011 100 101 19 20 58 61 48 62 34 36 39 42 32 34 32 34 1 99 1001 d 981 991 9 9/ 101 1 log , 6 100 89 a 90 92 99 100 92 94 4 6 3 5 1014 102} id i 98 98 90 f 90 100 ißusiness done :OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja, &July 1877-9 Do 6 p. centlBBo-2 Do. 6p. cent 1883-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. 4fic Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. ,1z Sept, Do. 5 per cent Cape G. Hope, op 0,1880 Do. 1890 iN.T.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. u.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. a p. c sterling, 1875 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up Via Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July] Do. do. 6 p.c. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic It. Ml. Stm (Id); Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lint Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Pref. 74 per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. E.lndia Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New English &A s. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate m Great Ship Limited) Do. l7i p ct Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal 1 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim )1 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dig ' N. Br. &Nova Scotia L an d N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. d 0..... Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim)lst Is. Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. U. 11 1 dom Tel. Co. (MM.) an Oia,rb, • • Lfid 1107 112 106 108 106 108 101 klO2 106 108 107 108 108 109 98 100 98 99 98 99 1081 109 i lio4l log, 104 f 1} .011 S. 15 16 1 2 27 29 5 54 29 32 18 20 9 11 107 110 16 'l7 85 16 106 1( 8 106 108 pr ip 94 06 3f 3i 1 1 i I l lf if 11 2 4 4i f, ; ; 7 12 1* 1A 1* 5 5 48 50 60 71 11 13 18; 19A 16} 17} 44 5* 51 53 130 140 33 36 4 1 61 id I p a id lEr POLICE .INT_ELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) BO W-STREET. ROBBING A JEWELLER'S SllOP.—Henry Drywoood was placed at the bar charged with stealing a quantity of gold chains. From the evidence of the prosecutor, a j eweller and watchmaker in the Strand, it appeared that the prisoner had been observed lurking about in front of the shop win dew for some time, and from certain suspicious movements it was thought his object was robbery. After a short tim e he pushed his hand through the pane of glass in the shop window and seized hold of a large bunch of gold chains. Fortunately for the prosecutor the hole made in the window was not large, as after the prisoner had grasped the articles he was unable to withdraw his hand from the shop window. The prosecutor, immediately the glass was broken, ran into the street and seized hold of the fellow, and held him until a police-constable came up, when he was given into cus tody. As the constable was taking him to the station house, he resisted very much, and it was not until the aid of another constable had been procured that he could be lodged in the station-house. Both constables were kicked and struck by ttie prisoner. The magistrate asked the prisoner what he had to say in answer to the change, when he replied it didn't matter what he said, as he had been taken before ho had had a chance of getting away. The magistrate committed him to prison for three months for the attempted robbery, as also for two months for assaulting the police, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— Sarah Myers, a young woman, was this morning brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, from the House of Detention, where she has been for a week, having been charged with attempting to commit suicide by taking some mineral acid. It appears that the prisoner was seen by a constable lying on some door-steps, a razor protruding from her bosom, and having told some of the bystanders she meant to commit suicide the first opportunity. The constable asked hei why she intended to do so, and she said she had just come out of Maidstone Gaol, and her parents would not receive her. She was then taken to the station, where she admitted taking 2d. worth of a mineral poison, and was then taken to the Middlesex Hospital, and the following certificate was handed to the magistrate : "This is to certify that Sarah Rogers was admitted to this hospital, having taken some mineral poison." Prisoner said she had no place to go to, and Welsh, the gaoler, said her parents would do nothing for her and that she had been sent to prison for robbing them. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered her to be brought up this morning, and the chaplain of the House of Detention forwarded the magistrate (Mr. Tyrwhitt) a letter, stating that he has written to a committee of ladies in the city with the view of getting her into some institution. Prisoner said she was willing to go with the female warder, and Mr. Tyrwhitt discharged her to be at once taken to the city. THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Sarah Smith, a married woman, of No. 7, Duff's-fields, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with attempting to commit suicide. A large number of persons of both sexes have been brought to this court at various times, for many years past, charged with attempting self-destruction, and the custom has been almost invariably to remand offenders for a week, to receive spiritual admonition and consolation from the Rev. Mr. Jephson, the excellent chaplain of the House of Deten tion, and upon their being brought up a second time, to dis charge them with some good advioe. This course of pro ceeding has not, and probably never will, stay the progress of a crime which the magistrate s have so often declared is alike forbidden by divine and human laws. A few days since a boy named Thomas Buckley saw the prisoner at the side of the " Cut," a branch of the River Lea at Bromley. She threw herself into the water, and the boy called out for help. A man threw a leather strap towards the prisoner, retaining hold of one end of it him self. It did not reach her, and another man a blacksmith, jumped into the stream and brought her out, apparently lifeless, and it was some time before s h e was resuscitated. Inspector Beare, of the K division, said the prisoner had been in the workhouse under medical treatment for several days, and she was broight from there this morning to answer for her conduct and give some account of herself. He heard that the prisoner was sepa rated from her husband, and was 30 years of age. She would have been drowned if a man had not sprung into the water with his clothes on and saved her. The prisoner said she did not know whether she fell in the water or threw herself in. She was in a good deal of trouble and very ill. The prisoner was remanded to the Clerkenwell House of Detention for a week, 1021 3 tl' 11 S. 101 a a I IT II RD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. NEWMARKET .RACES.—(Mis Day). (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 1.00 HANDICAP PLATE. Gridiron Cantine .. 2 Virgilius Nine ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Birdhill Biondella Staple Oak ~ Sixteen ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES OF 20 SOVS. Voltella Black Lily King of Diamonds Nine ran. SWEEPSTAKES. HALF-MILE. Ninette filly 2 Mdlle. Champigny Six ran. OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE. Lapidist Plunkea colt Sixteen ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. Amy beat Solferino. SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SOVS. Salamanca MATCH—Clarissa colt beat Knight of St. Patrick SWEEPSTAKES. King of the Forest Leontes Eight ran. FIR CLASS NURSERY STAKES. Malek Spark. . Twelve ran. Stakes divided. Real Jam did not get to the post. SECOND CLASS NURSERY STAKES. Gorse Buckenham .. Eleven ran. Tuberose did not run get to the post. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Lopeatcher Knightsbridge Three ran. FREE HANDICAP. Satellite Umpire Seven ran. HANDICAP SWEEPS TKES. Pardalote ' 1 Petra Restes Thirteen rae. LONDON GAZETTE-(7HIS EVBNING), FOREIGN-OFFICE, Om 28. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Frede ric Henry Crowe, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Bengazi, to be her Majesty's Consul at Cairo. Nov. 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Wm. B. West as Consul at Galway for the United States of America. DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Wilson and Charles George Pantin, Esqs., to be Members of the Legislative Council of the Island of Trinidad. CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 1. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Plymouth—Walter Morrison, of IVlalham Tarn House, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Esq., in tne room of Wm. Henry Edgcombe (commonly called Viscount Valletort), now a Peer of the United Kingdom. BANKRUPTS. John Arthur Hutton, miller, Ashford, Kent. John Gabriel Turtle, shoemaker, Poole, Dorset hire. Robert Dickens, wheelwright, Yarwell, Northampton shire. Thomas Kentish, baker, Grange-road, Bermondsey. Peter Berrell, surgeon, Kennington-road. John Marshall, glass dealer, Minories, City. Francis Montier, mercer. Midhurst. Rose Howes Belson, plumber, Norwich. Theophilus Harris, law clerk, Gloucester •street, Blooms bury. Newson Hart, farmer, Cransford, Suffolk. John Marshall Jones, commission agent, Walworth. William Pidding, inventor and patentee, Putney. William Mobbs, carpenter, Possonby-place, Vauxhall road. Mark White, licensed victualler, Leather lane. George Cox, optician, Barbican. Edward Hopewell, mercantile agent, Coleman-st., City. Charles Moody, pork butcher, Goswell-road. Henry Gossling, painter, New Compton-street, Soho. :Edward Foley, builder, Clifton-terrace, Old Kent-road, Benjamin Levinsohn, tailor, Church-street, Spittalfields. Robert Heatheote, licensedvictualler, Bell-yard, Tem ple- bar. Emma Frearson, draper, Brewer-street, Somers-town. Constantine Moore, butcher, London-road, Southwark. Thomas Summers, licensed victualler, Goodman's-yard, Minories. Thomas Rivett, cotton yarn doubler, Stockport. Ralph Mansfield, lithographer, Manchester. William Pearson, baker, Manchester. George Upton, plumber, Manchester. Alexander Bertram, cheese and bacon factor, Newcastle upon-Tyne. Philip Marks, schoolmaster, Oldswinford, Saffordshiro. George Cartwright, butcher, Wolverhampton. Robert Latham Colley, provision dealer, Barnsley. David Nutchey, land surveyor, Beverley. John Atkins Long, schoolmaster, Wakefield. John Laycock, the younger, cloth Fuller, Leeds. William Wild and James Bowker, cotton manufacturers, Bury, Lancashire. Robert Wade, joiner and builder, Church, Lancashire, Robert Ashbee, metal merchant, Poultry. Benjamin Williamson, general dealer, Providence-street, Walworth. _ _ Win. Alex. Law, commercial traveller, Mercer's-terrace, Stepney. James Fisher and James M'Lean, builders, Reigate. Win. Harrington, wine merchant, Glouceiter. Jonathan Hardaker, commission agent, Leeds. John Barker, cloth manufacturer, liorsforth, Yorkshire. Charles Terry, grocer, Elliott's-row, Lower-road, Isling ton. Henry John Barker, late of Lane's Hotel, Haymarket. Wm. Henry Chapman, livery stable keeper, Garway road, Westbourne-Grove. Wm. Henry Bonham, surgeon, Cambridge-terrace, Edg ware-road. John Howick, builder, Weymouth-terrace, Hackney road. Leopold Pollard Thomas, gentleman, late of St. George's terrace, Kilburn. Wm. Allibton Lamprell, carpenter, Long-lane, City. Charles Lines, grocer, Hollington, Staffordshire. George King, beerhouse-keeper, Sheffield. Wm. Appleyard, fishmonger, Sheffield. John Sharp, tool fitter, Sheffield. Thomas Wallworth, baker, Manchester. John Dean Newcombe, solicitor, Everton, Liverpool. Edward William Meredith, Hulme. John Hutchinson Gallagher, slater, Prescot, Lanca shire. Jane Cole, hosier, St. Leonard's, Devonshire. Louis Rault, wine merchant, late of Great Warner-street, Clerkenwell. William Locks, timber merchant, Iloxton Old Town, Middlesex. Charles Henry Stocker, grocer, late of Acton-green, Middlesex. Jane Pinnell silversmith, Red Cross -square, City. Abraham Monday and William John Nicholls, trim ming manufacturers, Milk-street, City. John Fred. Goodered, eating-house keeper, Piccadilly. George Price Skinner, brickmaker, Peckham-rye, Surrey. James Dean, furniture broker, Foregate-street, City. Thomas Smith, joiner, Speunymoor, county of Durham. John Nicholson, publican, Chester-le-Street, county of Durham. John Needham, licensed victualler, Potterhanworth, Lincolnshire. David Robinson, joiner and builder, Lincoln. Henry Bates, coal dealer, Walsall. • Eliza Crosby, Hazel's Cottage, near Prescot, Lancashire. Rachael Clegg. grocer, Freetown, Lancashire. William Willison, printer, Lincoln. Henry Goulder, jun., bricklayer and builder, late of Kim berley, Nottingham. John Lamb, clothier, Nottingham. William Allwood, farmer, Nottingham. William Thomas Powell, draper, Tenbury, Worcester shire. Robert Wilde, tailor, Ruyton-of-the-Eleven- Towns, Salop. Joseph Clarke, fruiterer, Salop-road, Oswestry, Salopha. Joseph Schofield, farmer, Oak, Hollins with Oldm, Lancashire. sta T ff h o o r m ds a hi s r.Neewbon, the younger, build e r, late of Lon n, SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Pa C is a l l e d y. w ell, Parker, and C o., calico printers, Linwood, near 111,earns illiDumfries. Samuel ff e e t n t, , w ho o r o s d e m e r dealer, ha n AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. Computed d f r om the Returns made in the week endi ng - t. 29, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Custo ms pa id or Bayable thereon on the importation thereof into G rea t ritain : per cwt. Muscovado, the produce of British America 23s 64d COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tius DAY. Amsterdam Ditte 3 Months. 12 f 12 1} Rotterdam — 12 1 12 1} Antwerp Brussels — 25 65 , 25 On 11 anaturgh Paris Ditto garseilles — 25 671 25 70 Frankfort on Maine — 1191 1191 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 321 32i Berlin Madrid -. 481 481 Cadiz — 481 481 Leghorn — 25 77/ 25 821 Milan — 25 771 25 80 Genoa — 25 771 25 80 Naples 1181 P a l er mo — 1181 Messina — 1181 1 62 19 1 Lisbon Oporto -521 •• Rio Janeiro — •• •• New York ..... ThE FEMALE SWINDLER AT CLIFTON Rose Douglas, the female who has been swindling trades people in Bristol and neighbourhood, and against whose devices we have upon more than one occasion cautioned the public within the last week, seems determined to get into trouble. Notwithstanding the narrow escape she had of being summarily dealt with by the city magistrates, on. Monday, she has still been trying her old business on, but with less success than formerly. Some amusing stories are afloat as to the manner in which she has "come over" some of the oldest medical men in this city—one of whom sent , her home in his carriage, so pleased was he with his en gagement as accoucheur. It is believed by most persons' that the young woman is of unsound mind, and the magis trates of this city seemed inclin e d t o t h at belief. She was on. Tuesday brought before the Mayor, Mr, H. Ki ng , an d M r ., J. Coates, the sitting magistrates, at the Council-house,, charged with stealing a gold -seal, the proporty of Dr Fryer.. The prosecutor stated that on Saturday the prisoner called at his house with a young woman, whom she de scribed as her lady's maid, and inquired if lie thought it was. safe for her to go to London in the "interesting situati.)n she was in. She remained in his consulting room about half an hour, and upon leaving promised to return in two. hours. The two hours elapsed, however, and no " lady'' came, and the evening passed away without her appear ance, but on the Sunday she drove up in a respectable. cab and wished to consult him with regard to a re spectable nurse whom she wished to engage. After asking for the directions of a nurse she complained of being faint and unwell, and asked for a glass of brandy and water. During his temporary absence from the room his wife entered, and the prisoner implored her for a glass of brandy and water, and en his return he became suspicious. , owing to her having altered her position and placed herself near his desk. He, however, did not miss anything at the time, but after her departure he went to Mrs. Crook's, in. Redcliff-etreet, who told him that a lady, answering the prisoner's description, had been there and employed a lady's maid, but she knew nothing more about her. Whilst there the prisoner drove up in a cab along with the girl she ha d engaged as waiting-maid, and upon inquiring her residence she told him she lived with Mrs. King, 29, Royal York.- crescent. Some time after her last visit to his house he examined his desk, and found that a gold seal had been stolen from it, but ho could not say that the prisoner had taken it. The seal produced was his. It had his initials upon it, and he had had it in his desk for the last 20 years. Mr. Williams (magistrates' clerk)—Do you wish to ask Mr. Fryer anything P Prisoner—All I have to say is that what he has said is quite correct ; but I did not take the seal, I picked it up. Police-Sergeant Beard deposed to the prisoner coming to him on Monday, with the seal produced. She told him that she had found it, and upon her being discharged on Monday afternoon, owing to their being no case against her, he re turned her the seal. Since then, however, he had received information of Dr. Fryer's seal having been stolen, and the prisoner was again taken in charge. The prisoner, when asked what she had to say in defence, alleged that she picked the seal up on Brandon-hill. Mr. King (to Dr. Fryer)—Had you any reason to think she was of unsound mind P Dr. Fryer—l thought she talked rather queer. Mr. Williams—Was that after she had the brandy and water ? (Laughter.) Dr. Fryer—l think it was. Mr. Williams—The prisoner has been going about under a variety of names, and has represented herself as a mar ried person, but that is not true. The bench remanded the prisoner in order that Mr. Crosby Leonard might examine into the state of her mind. —Western D ily Press. PADDY RYAN AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Nenagh Guardian, an Irish journal, has the follow ing amusing story : Most of our readers know Paddy 'Ryan, formerly of Carrick-on-Suir, and more recently of Nenagh, the manu• facturer and hawker of Irish tweeds. Paddy, who had at all times a great fancy for the Curragh of Kildare, was particularly desirous of seeing the plain once again while the Prince of Wales was staying there. He accordingly paid a visit to tho camp during his Royal Highness's sojourn, and determined to offer the illustrious representa tive of the Sovereign his dutiful respects. By dint of stratagem he succeeded in getting into the presence of the Prince, in his quarters. Here Paddy paid homage to his Royal Highness, and having enjoyed this privilege, the bright idea struck him that he might turn the occasion to a little personal advantage, and accordingly he displayed to the view of the prince some specimens of his ware, which ho chanced to bring with him, at the same time treating his royal highness, in his own peculiar brogue, to a gratuitous dissertation on the modus operandi adopted by him in the manufacture of the tweed, at his rural factory in Tipperary. The prince was pleased with Paddy's power of speech, no less than the creditable result of his industry and toil, and to show his appreciation of both, ordered a coat of Paddy's own manipulation. Delighted, Paddy inserted his pliant scissors, and with lightning speed severed the making of the coat from the favourite piece. The Prince of Wales then ordered liberal payment to be made to Paddy for the article, and here it was that Paddy showed he was not only a loyal subject, but a generous one to boot. Was it Paddy Ryan to take payment for a coat for his future king ? To do so would be unworthy of the name he bore, the country he belonged to, or the country that claimed him as a son. The prince could not think of accepting the poor man's ware on such terms, and insisted on remunerating him. Paddy was inexorable, too, in his refusal of any sum, great or small, for the article ; but since his Royal Highness was SO determined on recompensing him, he did not like to oppose his illustrious will ; and if he would only give the dutiful liege of his august mother his autograph, merely prefacing it by a short statement that he had bought a coat of Irish tweed from Paddy Ryan, of Tipperary, of his own manufacture, it was all he would ask or accept of. The Prince at once complied, and presented Paddy with the de sired testimonial under his own hand. Paddy made obei sance and salaams without number, offered prayers for the speedy and happy marriage of the Prince, and retired ; and being always opposed to the principle of "hiding his talent under a bushel," he exhibited the Prince's certificate to all with whom he came in contact, or, rather—to bring the favoured number into proper a limit—to such of those ho met as would be likely to be influenced by example, parti cularly the example of the Prince of Wales, in taking a coat of Paddy Ryan's tweed. The result more than realised his expectations, as we are informed that " From the colonel down To the man with the crown' " every brigade, regiment, and depot at the camp, invested in Paddy's merchandise. SPEC7'RAL ANALYSIS. e some time ago gave an account of Mr. Crookes's dis covery of a new element, closely resembling sulphur, by means of the spectrum obtained by the transmission of the light emitted by the flame of certain substances through a prism, just as is done with the sun-light, which, as is gene rally known, is thus decomposed, giving rise to the colours of the rainbow. The 111oniteur now publishes a highly interesting article, from the pen of M. Dumas, on spectral analysis, of which we give the substance :—The solar spec trum transmitted through the prism is wanting in certain shades of the seven colours, and their places are occupied in the spectrum by black bands or streaks, If we sub ject the light of the moon or planets to the same analysis, we shall find these bands in exactly the same places ; but if we analyse the light of the fixed stars by the same method, we shall find that the black streaks are not arranged in the same way ; nay, every fixed star varies in regard to their arrangement. Artificial light derived from different sources also furnishes spectra, which, however, we remark coloured and brilliant lines which are ndamentalot to be y his found in the solar spectrum. It is upon t circumstance that the whole theory of spectral analysis rests. All the salts of a given metal, when brought into con tact with a flame , produce in its spectrum brilli an t co l ou rs of the same tin t and position ; the salts of diff eren t me t a ls yield other colours, differing from the f ormer i n s h a de and position ; and infinitely small particles of a metal will su ffice to produce its specific colours. Here, then, we h a ve a method of analysis of extreme delicacy ' • by merely observing the sp ec t rum y i e ld e d b y a given sub stance, we can at on ce ascerta i n i ts na t ure or it s ingre dients with astonishing accuracy. Let but a thousand millionth of a gramme of kitchen-salt, for instance, be in troduced into a flame, and it will at once cause it to reveal through the prism the characteristic lines and tints pertain ing to sodium. It is thus M.M. Bunsen and Kirchhoff, pro fessors at the University of Heidelberg, who have just been decorated by the Emperor of the French, as our readers know, have been enabled to ascertain that certain elements, supposed to be very rare, such as lithium for instance, aro extremely common, while at the same time they have dis covered in certain sediments and rocks of very frequent oc currence new elements the existence of which had not even been suspected. These are rubidium and caesium, which belong to the family of metals. But one of the most. singu lar consequences deduced from spectral analysis of the solar atmosphere. For, since the . solar peculiarlys') apper.. devoid of certain shades of colours, that we are enabled to ascertain the chemical coeralusosmitioina whole e converse, the viwige.ayconalude that t t h ai e n se in ni to e s t i ais lver a , re cop w p a e n r t , in existence in the solar spectrum alto ws that these metals are to iron, chromium, and nickel, oh and, what is still parts of the solar sp er component g and the l re ea f d ; ce'rtain streaks peculiar more singular, s o le iare ;wi nd _alumin e i s u un m,. so abundant our glob®, are not to be Perfection of B i os 0 - 14' S Am orning ll Pos A rGo C ld L :a CT( to S hes: ‘ ; to 100 guineas; raeehanis ni " to 5Q guineas. Benson's new Illustrated saver watches, 2 p a mphlet, 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. 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