The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-11 00:00:00

I'ION E Y MARKET; A NL 0 Nr, IKR./7 T INTELLIcIE.Nr! CITY, Two ~'k The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed w igi a hardening tendency, and prices of Arne ric:tns were rather dearer. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export. The Etailway Share Market opened quietly, but subsequently improved, and closed with a steady aspect, t. The trade report from Paris for the past week states that the facili.y with which the payments falling .due on the 31st October were met has com pletely re-established the general situation of com merce, and dissipated all apprehensions of further embarras mutant at the close of the year. _ This favourable change in the state of trade is chiefly - owing to the prudence exercised by traders in limiting dieir purchases to the current sales of the day. The principal transactions, since the mone tary crisio in August, having been effected with cash has also lessened the amount of engagements due at the .close of December. The increase in the accounts cn =ant of the Bank is said not to be owing to the ordinary operations of commerce, but to the extensive purchases of the precious metals, and the speculations in wheat and raw ma terials for manufactures, such as silk and cotton. The retail trade is very quiet, although the cold weather has sev in early, and the demand for winter goods is expected to give an impetus to business for some weeks. The manufactures are also dull, and the number of foreign orders very limited, in con sequence of the monetary crisis, while very few purchasers from the country are in town. There has been a further decline in the prices of wheat during the week of about 50 centimes per hecto litre in the principal markets. At the half-yearly meeting, this morning, of the Sambre and Meuse Railway Company—Mr. Richards in the chair—a report was read, which showed an improvement in the traffic of the half year and a diminution in the expenditure. The receipts were 30,7591. for the half-year, and the balance in hand 1,4221. The report was adopted. The Avon, from the Brazils and River Plate, has arrived. She brings about 2,0001. in specie. The dollars brought by the last Mexican steamer, the Parana, have been purchased at ss. 2Ad., being an advance of id. per ounce, owing to the active demand which prevails for this metal. In the general condition of the Money Market no change of importance can be reported. The pressure continues, but there is no excitement, and the demand, though active, is steady. On Friday next the monthly return of the Bank of France, which is looked for with some anxiety, will be published, and it is thought it will show a further deficit in the bullion. If this is so, it is probable that gold remittances will continue to be made from this country, and the arrival of the James Baines, and other Australian ships, with specie, will therefore be of great importance, because, if they do not occasion an increase in the stock of bullion in Threadneedle-street, they will at all events prove ample to satisfy the immediate export inquiry. The Funds have been in a dull and heavy state, in consequence of the limited speculative opera tions, and a few money sales which have been effecter'. Consols for money have been 92/ 1, and for account 921 The NW Threes have been 81i I, the Reduced 9111, and the New 21 per Cents. 76. East India Stock is 2261. Exchequer Bills have been 3s. discount to 2s. premium, the Bonds 984, and East India Bonds 2s. discount. Foreign Securities are also inactive, but very little alteration in prices has occurred. Turkish 6 per Cents. are officially marked 894 90, but the 4 per Cents, are at nominal rates. In Spanish New Deferred there have been a few dealing s at 23k 19 being flat, an d t h e Passive Bonds are 6 . Sardinian have been 89i, Chilian 6 per Cants. 104, and Bra zilian 41 per Cents. 97k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferrefl Bonds, 64 7t ; Mexi can, 21i 221; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 8 per Cents., 54 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 44 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. Deferred, 23i 24; ditto Certificates, 5} ; ditto Passive, 6i. The Railway Share Market has exhibited a gloomy appearance, and quotations generally have further receded about ss. to 10s. per share on most Great Western, Lancashire of the principal lines. and Yorkshire, Brighton, North Staffordshire, and South-Eastern were ss. to 10s. lower, and North- Western about 10s. Great Northern advanced 15s. to 11., and South-Western ss. Most of the Foreign and Colonial lines were also at lower rates. Paris and Lyons declined 1/ Lombardo-Venetian 10s. Grand Trunk of Canada 55., and East Indian 78. 6(1. to 10s. Joint-Stock Bank shares have been inactive. Bank of Egypt receded 12s. 6d. ; London and County, lOs , • In miscellaneous shares there has been but little business done. British American Land, 395. ; General Screw Steam, Gi ; and Royal Mail *team, 675. BarrNu FUNDS TRIG DAY AT ON • O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Ripon— no, a. 3 per Cont. Reduced Annuities 1 Per Cont. Consols Annuities ' ,2l $ i A L ' 4 ,,"? 3 per Cent. A nn uities .. . ',.‘eyr 2S per Cent. Annuities 141, 7 Annuities, expire sth .tan. 1860.. 2 13-16 Ditto] 0 Years, expire sth Jam, 1860 3 1-16 India Stock I'd' flonds, .C.lOOO .........—. ....... ••••• •• • 2 d Consols i'or account 92a i E cohoquer Bills, tl 5tl( 24d. 1.:1000 .......... . ........... , Small l Ditto Bonds, Mg, 3S per Cont.. OBl PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOt; i. . Brsailian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4. per Cent. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lOl Portuguese Bonds, 5 p er C ont., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 441 Plardinian Bonds 5 per Cent Spsuisl. Roads, 3 ' per t ent; ... ..... .. — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. TDittoPassive .................. urkish tGr,d B , 6 per cent Ditto Account DiTtdends no ttio above Payable in Lonlor. TWO O'CLOCK. 0611 '41 , Money) Ditto ( A .ccoun t) ..... ..................... 92 ..... ....................... 92 Ex- ft2ei 1,5 /5 SO St. it. St. ....XPECTEDFAMINEINLAPLAND —The Norlands-posten, of Stockholm, says:—" The intelligence which we re ceive from Lapland is very deplo ra bl e . Th e severe cold nearly hich a ll the prevailed during the m ont h of August destroyed fortun e there crops which i s an almost irremediable mis tion. The Laplander s great alarm, foreseeing a Tleleitneinperature in Lapland pre sented most extr.ordinar variations this year, severe cold having prevailed in ;i l l tember and the beginning 0 3 ; o " ad August, whereas Sep ummer. ctober were as warm as THE ENGLISH FLEET IN Tat 'Bret see force of England in the Black Sea e e ,f naval of the R.lal Alhert, 131 (11. g ~f A d r in ' Tt - , at pre.ent, Jean d'Acre, 101 ; Majestic, 81 ; c r ,„, 8 1, 1 I.4.Ths) ; St. screw frigates Curacao, 30 guns ; Di amo Z l 6 „ b l , and the Dauntless, 28 ; the steam corvettes m a l ace ` t : l ; ,7 and the Magician, 16 ; and Ariel, 14 ; the tenders and guns gunboats Conflict, Curlew, Desperate, and s wa i" n a : each 'of 8 guns ; Beagle, Centaur, Recruit, Snake' Bphynx, Stromboli, Viper, Vulture, and Wrengull, e ac h of 6 guns ; the Arrow, Gladiator, Lynx, M e di na _ Tartar, ea c h o f 4 guns ; the Oberon, 3 ; ti arp l y, ' l 7 Melampus and Wye, powder vessels. m l• NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL, Some uerences of opinion had prevailed between the Earl of Albe marle and the committee for conducting the Norfolk and Norwich Musical Festival. These difficulties have been happily arranged, and the noble lord has con sented to accept the office of chairman of the commit tee, which was offered to him some time since. At a meeting of the City Committee of the Town Council, on Thursday, it was decided to erect a new orchestra in St. Andrew's Hall, although the consideration of the details was postponed for the present. It was pro- Posed that the orchestra should accommodate 500 per sons; as it is intended to use it, for the first time, at the estival. PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 10.— The Minho brings Lsbon dates of the 4th lost . Her Majesty's ship C'sesar, the Exmouth, and Colossus had arrived from Ply mouth in ten days. On the 2d the ships Sanspareil and Centurion likewise anchored in the Tacos, as also th e F rench ship Austerlitz and steamer Nee - a:a. The .ort different politi ca l p ar ti es cont i nued active preparations and he elections ssisic'n were to take place in Portugal ; it was reported the Count of Rio Major had with• draw n ora the presidency of one of the Progresista vcn c ommittees which was opposed to the late coast of d previously supported in the coas t ip welch he had P St. 4t it. 23 iti St. it. 20 ruF, SUN, LONDON, TrESDAY EVENLNG, NOVEMBER 11. 1856 TH.T4 PP ARE YARE'ETS Y.) ItAl 1:w A vs. .::ARIL WA ra Oosing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. 50 134 Notty,g. and Basta. Inn,1„„ Belfast Bally= s. Birmlng. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh 4 Cheslitre June , Da. Chesil. dt Do., do. ..... ..... Blackburn Nit, 1y.t.i.:7 , )1* El a £25 (ivied. at £4 Bristol an,' 7zete , Caledonian. Chester ds aolyli.ks% Cork and Band , Cork, Black, & Pbt3 CornwAl. . Do. A Do. B Driblin&BelfastJnne Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc Bast Anglian ........ Eastern Counties cast. 7 nion. 4. BO s., B. Stock .. , I Do., New A ..... . East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgn Kdinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth D un4. Forth & Clyde Furness. iDo. Great N. of Scotind. Great Norther'. 'Do., A. Stock..., Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. 'Rai; Gna. Stk 'lrish Sonth-ltastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds LAncash.andYork. Do., Wst. Riding Un . Do. Smithy ort _ _ London It - Blackwall Lond. Bright Sr S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths fDo.IOI.Sh.,M&B C pc, Eighths.. LonrionTandii. Wei + Lndwirry&Coleram• mda irry. & Enniak qanoh.Shef.& Do., Man. Bt Lin. TTn Metropolitan Do. J L. Ricardo 's arrangement Indiano )0. Birmng. & Derb Kidid. G. West. (Ira )o. Halt Shares iewcastie k Carnal. , Mwpt.Aborg. Hrf,l sTewry k Enniskill6 Newry, War:6llpoint tnd Rostrevor.... Korfolk ........ iorthn.Conntiep Korth British... th Devon Rail. Dock Stock A Stock.., B Stock N.Ettstern—Berwi k )0. do. Extension io.do. G.N.E. ?lira Do. Leods Do. York 'forth London ~ /¢S.Watrn.,llsir stand, and City .1. /orth Staffordshir. orth Western St S. Westrn. Jttu .x., ►Wore., dt woi, .itglitoutti • • •• Rhymnoy 4. Ott ci atm,. Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Soot. Mtd. St. SitingbournekShear.' .uti, Devon iauth Eastern_ 'onth Walos ....... Yrksh. & Riv. Du .0 S aines,Wok. &Wco Stockton & Darling do., 1851 Do., do., 1855 Atoll ill fr Vale.. 0. Pref., No. 1, , ames Hay. D.& F , Vale of Neath.... A'sterti. & Ktlkea); VaterforleaLfmer • West Cornwall.... Czst End of Loud , %nd Crystal Palms , * Do. A . Do. B /gest London. Do. Filet Class Do. Second Class I Wimbledn & CroyaoL &Rott rd•-m Ardennes .... ielgtan Eastn. Jun• !leziers to GrAissess. Bombay, Baroda, an Oen. India, g. 5 p. c Do. Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Caruleaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Ceylon A shares Do. B. do .onierara ►nt3 Rhenish—, Eastern of France Io Niew Eastern Bengal Kan Indian A and B a. 5 P.' Do. Ex. C, gn. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 p.c.Ends.,'s' 110. dc. do., '59, dr , Euphrates Valley Eur. In.Ju.Tel.BAil Geelong Rt Melbournk guar. 5 per c^nt.. Gd. Trun%!_ of Canadp no. Cert. of Deben. oon. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6 p, c., do Gt. Central of Fran c Gt. To. Pen. g. 5 p. c., Do New, guar. 5 p. c Great Luxembourg... I Gt.Westernof Canada Do. New Do. Bas., payable Do. do., '76, p. '60.. F)o. do., '73 do. Do.. do., '73, withon4 ........ Italian Junction...... Lake Conn. St 10011. Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian, Lucca da. Pist. 5 p. c.p, Lyons and Geneva 1 4yons ds hiediterrar. siltdras, guar. 4 ,p.c Do. do., 5 P. Do. 44 p. c. Exten Do. 3clEx., g. sp. e Maria Antonia ' Do. do. Now vgruur & Liege .. Do. do , C p. c. Pref Vorthern of France lorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons... Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran. (remain.) g. 7 p. c, Rome and Frascati Dnuio, Royal Swedish iquibre and Manse.. Do. 54 p. cent. Prof guar. 5 p. c Do . 4outhern of Frsuoc, St. Andrew's an .Inebec (A) '.Ft Flanders__ Do. 5A per o. Pr& 4N. W. of wra , b Westernof Austria._ est. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per eent.rref. Zealand .............. JOINT-STOOR BANK h ys 100 3 2d, 65 67 ... '''' ".• 1 66 4 a 70 16i 174 20i - 20 21 '1 - SP. • - ... ...... ... • 11P0 •..... et. .r .~ a• 45 4'7 39 40 3}(11 34 36 6g 1 6nl ..• 7 Ora 4 - 4} 8} --8 i 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 91 -• 93 56f 56 35 37 •o* ••• ••• 91 - 104 16 9 2 - 17,14 - 0 35 S 7 23 25 7 - 5 *2 84 54 - 56 33 - 31 8 - 93 94 82 84 1124 126 'll5 117 641 65 60 62 71 - 74 54 64 5 64 931 94 105 - 107 1021 1021 par p 1 11 1 0 , 1 ar 115 P 1 id 73 - 784 52 - 51 ... " •M 4.111/10 11 : 15 49 51 3i - 3;(1 364 ~` ~ He 80 - 81 , ‘ 2l j 17 4 - 18 58 tat i 94 —9B 6* - 6i 10 - 11 I 26 - 28 j :01 - 103 244 u 250 68 70 46 - 48 1 1 15E 15f 69 70 7& 80 5 - 3 d 2 - 1 14 - 16 i 7 39 19 -• 194 44 5 ii . ii 6 8 2 - 4 4 - 54 .• .. .. 7 9 la lid d par 1 11 i - i•P 41 4i i - 7, ii 1 - 11: 31k -31 i 8 - 9 22 - 22 4 1$ 21t 221 - ". 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New. & Berw. Y. &N i l Do Do Is. Easter 1 Peto & C 3. IDo Norfolk.. Do.. ,I. L.& N. W. & Midid. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland.. c' yesterd ty. 96 - 98 98 - 102 12 - 14 133 - 136 4 ... 4i ••• '."". • • • En. Conn. E. Count. ... ...." •• • D 0......... 106 : ICS 12! 13 221 - 23 108 -- 11 § 1p D 0... ...... L. & N.W. 21 - 21 Do GtNorthn , Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassey LMClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do WiltskAomrst a r 55 -- 57 lig : fie :: 81 3t r 33 `9l IGtWestn. PREFERENCE SHAIM, Blyth and Tyne o. pref. (issd.atsol Bris. & Ex. 4 P. 0 - 8 ' Do. 4 p. c. Misr 1p Caledn. £lO 4i p.c. r flhes.tt Elo. GIL Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. P Cork &Bandonsip.c Dun.Prth .&Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. ASh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. a. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c Eas. Co.Ex, 5 pc go Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c: St East iln., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per con- Do. IN. Dobcntr.S' .. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6',lG.ct 1 1 '..ADW. York. J. sth , Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.&Dnn.4p.c Furness, 5 p. c...... Alas. &S. W.G.5 p. o . Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. o. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 44 p. c De.s p. c., Red. at Gt.N. of Scot. lot Pr Gt. S. 4a W. (Ireland Do. 4per o. Prof. W.(..8. , LL1.F1x5y - Do.con. red. di p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. e Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c. P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do 'Do. Birm. Chia. Stir Do. Ches. Gus. Sh.. ,Do. do. do Do. do. do ....... Lan. &York. F. 20 Do. 6 P. c. * Stock Lon. &B. G. 5 pc No.l no. P., spc. St.No.2 Do. New Gnar.6 Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon. &N. W., Coy. d Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct late , 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy.& Ennis. Sh 3f.,5.,& L.,6 p. ent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Nfarypt .&Carl.4 p Do. 4A per cent Do. do. Consol.6 p.c St Clon.Br.?lir. 6p( Do. 4i P. c. Pref. F t Ditto L.& H. Pref. St New., Aber., dre., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. oh Do. Pref. 5 p. e. Sf Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 DQ. 5h per e.pf ,1847 Do. Wir. V„5 pe.,1847 North British INT. E. Berw, 4 p.c P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.o No.l Do. do. Qra.,1848... Do.Yorkll.& North Staffordshire. o xt wo , ~ F pc Do. 6 p.c. Redeem Soot. Cent.. New Pref Sc.N.E. Nbar. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p. c. st. D0.d0., 3 p.c. V. st South Devon Do. fixed,4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of ..-E1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 3 Wales Gna. 4p. c Do. do. 4i p. c.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock.& Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1,'56 , Waterfd.& 9 . 6 199 •N -""" • .. 4; - 5 6 - 6i tOi li2 97 - 102 'e I ilf 121 ••• "-- ••• ig - ii [co —llB [O9 - 115 103 -- 101 61 - 63 10 - 10 6 - 6- 93 - 95 86 - 88 86 - 88 98 • 100 10 -10 h 17 - 17? 10 -10 r 71 - 73 194 - 20: 9 - 141 -15 A 1:37 - J 39 ... .... ... 137 - 139 115 - 117 11. --- 6.. 1156 - 158 $ - i 66 - 70 ... ._. 136 -13 S 98 - 100 88 - :0 }... 1 - li ••• --' flO2 -IC4 92 -94 = .06 - 108 60 -- 65 15i -- 16 23 - 24 100 - 102 9i - 101 27 -• 28 2 - 3p ••• - ••• 3 - 3i j fall; I MINES. 1 all Agna Fria . ... ..• lOs 411 thglo Californian ... ... 20 7 kustralian / 1 1 all ' Baden (Gd. Duchy of, ... _. ... 50 all Blienar. Iron k Coa' . . ... 20 14 IBritish Iron .5 7 35 261 Brazilianlmp.(iesued at £5 pm.) 30 111 Do. Cocaes tf. Culab 31 31 20 15 IDo. St. John Del Re, 17 19 1 1 ;Clarendon Cons. Min ; Co. of Jamaica 53 in 40 all ;Cobra Copper .. 5 1A , Colonial Go'id — ... St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 35 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent ... 1( 1 . ,Copinpo l4 -- 16 2 all 'Fortuna .. 20 all Genual • • ••• 1 all Gt•NuggetVeinßog. $ 41 all Great Polgooth. 5 all Ot Wheal Vor Unite • 2 3 1 all Liberty — •.. 3 all .Liaares • 71 —7/ 5 1i :Lusitanian ............. id , • 1 all IMariquita 4 I 1 all New Granada I 8 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgi.Sil.tz Le• Min 9 11 5 1 I Port Philip • •.• 1 all Quartz Rock — ... 50 all IRhymney Iron ..• 21 • • 23 221 15 all ,Do. New 5 7 30 151 Santiago de Cuba. . 21 -- 21 21 , 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 21 2 1 1 all :South Australian A 0 1 all 'Do. Scrip. - - I I 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref ... . • . 41 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. •/ 1A 10 9 Tin Croft... ...... „. 3 • 31 28A all United Mexican —3 - 4 . 1 all Waller —•• 1 all West Mariposa •a— i 1 12s Worthing Mining of 1 Australia . . »4, ..... __ _______ 25 19 Australian Aic MISCELLANEOUS. g ult.. 24 26 10 'I A.usLraln. Royal Mail ... 10 all B er li n W a t er W or k ; . 5/ 5i 39 , 50 40 B r i t . American LAT.,' ... 100 3 t C)anada . ll3 118 St. .1. ''. Go. Pi p.. -, ..Tan&.7a1:. 113 _l3 St 100 Do 6 p.c. Fob & Aug ... ..•St. 100 D o. 6p o. Mar & Sept ... 5 i.,i Crystal Palace.. li - 2h 45 all Es C D D ry o us ' ate s t Pre t o a rnu l P f Ts e a r i f oe c t o m e f O e i r ra: ;C . e . 1 .. 5 .. ....-- 5 : 1 : . 2 1 0 At St. 100 Electric Telegraph 93 •"' 95 1 all Electric -Telog. of Ir , ... • 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sin Co 1 lj 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lira.) ... 15 14 Gen. St eam N avigat. ••• ... 11 all Gener a l Screw Steam... -- ... 4 6i 4 all Loud. Gon. Omnibus 31 3 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi, ~, 10 all Modite ran . Elec. Tel 8 10 10 all Mexican&S.Amoricn. 2A 3 2:, 5 Nat. Discount Co.._ f . i 25 1 Do. New p 4 P 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 -- 1 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8p e P ills at 1 d id _ iv 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 18 22 . ~. N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. ... ... 1 all N. B. Australasian._ a _ 20 17 Neth.otEuropeSteara 3i _ 4 1 1 all Oriental Gas 1 } i 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p .... i p 5 all Pe e l Rr. Ld. & Minx'. 2 2 i pm 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 68 70 50 11) 1)o. New.. 4l sir 100 all ) ti I,coiotyt2t;c:ELNw Austral. S.tieuanvel invent, 65 1 .. .... 2 6 17 67 1 li l3 25 all ioutb Austral..=.4o4 35 57 1 al: Submar. Tel. Scrip... i ' 1 1 al Do. Registered .. - • 1 20 - : .'lBt , ! , I . , !0.T7 "An. oo hr} Van Dieluou's 14,nd lb *:' 16 ... k ViC 3 ?f6P.O.Ullianir t“ e.. , .• . this LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This D y.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) IN RE BESSEMER'S PATENT. The Lord Chancellor this morning gave judgment in this very important ca,e, which was argued a few days ago before his Lordship. It was a petition for the seal ing of a patent, to secure to Mr. Bessemer hie alleged invention of a new method of making malleable iron by one process, which sweltered, refined, and puddled the iron in the same furnace, so that the iron flowed out for any purpose. The first notice, however, of the inven tion was given in a paper read before the British Association, and it had since been asserted that the discovery was worth millions to the British ironmasters. It appeared, however, that a process somewhat similar to that claimed by Mr. Bessemer has been in operation for the last 14 months at the Bowling Iron Works at Bradford, and that the manager of those works, a Mr. Birch, patented the invention on the 22d of June, 1855. A caveat bad been lodged by Mr. Birch against the sealing of Mr. Bessemer's process on the ground that it was nearly the same as his own. His lordship said there were a few questions under the consi deration of the court more lull of difficulty than the present, but after carefully examining the whole of the plans and documents in the case, he felt bound to say that there was sufficient novelty in the invention of Mr. Bessemer for the granting of a patent, and under these circumstances he did not see 126 w the Court could with hold the affixing of the great seal thereto. The great seal would, therefore, be affixed to his patent, and the time for carrying out the patent would be enlarged until the 30th of December next. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Justices Coleridge, Wightman, and Erle.) This was the special paper day. Three cases only were set down for hearing. The first, Ince v. Manches ter, involving the question of the maintenance of a luna tic pauper, in which the Court took time to consider the point. SPIELMAN Y. THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. On the calling on of this case, Mr. Wilde applied to their Lordships to postpone this case till Friday. Lord Campbell declined, and said the case must be proceeded with or struck out. This, from time imme morial, bad been the special paper day, and it was not respectful to the Court for such applications to be made without any explanation. Mr. Wilde said he knew nothing of the case, and had acted according to his instructions for a postpone ment, to which both parties consented. Lord Campbell said that no doubt counsel was free from blame, but, he repeated, there was serious blame somewhere, and that the public time must not be trifled with in this way. Re ordered the case to be struck out, and not to be restored without full explanation from the learned counsel engaged. The . ewe was then struck out, as was the remaining one. His lordship then went through the bar, who had no motions to make, and the Court rose before 12 o'clock. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. ;Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Baron Alderson, Mr. Baron Bramwell, and Mr. Baron Watson.) OLDERSHAW AND ANOTHER EXECUTRIX AND EXECUTOR V. KING. This was an action tried before Mr. Justice Willes on a guarantee, when the jury found for the plaintiff, sub ject to a special case as to whether the defendant was liable in law. The question was whether there was sufficient consideration expressed in the guarantee to en title the plaintiff to recover the whole of his claims in respect to the future and past advances that had been made. The Court took time to consider their judgment. BAIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) THE WESThIINSTER DISTRICT BOARD OF WORKS •. THE WESTMINSTER GAS AND COKE COMPANY. Mr. Sergeant Hayes, with whom was Mr. Bodkin, applied for a rule nisi, calling upon Mr. Paynter, police magistrate of Westminster, to show cause why he should not adjudicate upon a summons issued by him on Ist July, 1856, against the defendants, for breaking up, &c., the pavement, for laying down gas pipes, mains, &c., without the consent of the District Board first obtained in writing, whereby the defendants had in curred a penalty of 51. The question turned upon the construction of sec. 109 of the Metropolitan Manage ment Act. Ruie granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) SOUTH WARR. DARING GAROTTE ROBBERY IN THE BOROUGH.— Thomas Murty, a ruffianly-looking fellow, was brought up in custody of Sergeant Broad, 23 L, charged with being concerned with two other men in committing a violent assault upon Mr. Edward Mason, a banker's clerk, and robbing him of a pipe, and case. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that about 12 o'clock on the foggy night he was passing along Blackman-street, Borough, towards his home, Oxford terrace, Clapham-road, and when near King's-place a man rushed upon him and seized him tightly by the throat, another man caught hold of his arms, while two others rifled his pockets. He was so tightly grasped by the throat that ho was nearly suffocated. Ile, however, contrived to raise an alarm, when the fellows let go and ran away. One of them, Charles Hunter, a ticket of leave convict, was pursued, and taken into custody at the time, but the others made their escape. Witness was informed that another man was in custody at the Tower-street police station on the previous night, when he attended and identified the prisoner as the man who grasped his throat. He then gave him in charge. Th e ruffians ransacked his coat pockets, but fortunwely they had not time to get to an inside pocket where be had considerable property. All he lost was a pipe and case Sergeant Broad, 23 L, said that he had been in search of the ruffians since the robbery. On the previous even- 1 ing he was in company with 38 M, in Webber-street, Idlackfriars-road, when he saw the prisoner look into a public-house. As soon as he saw witness he bolted off towards the New-cut, where he was eventually cap. tune!. Witness took him to the Tower-street police. station, and shortly afterwards Mr. Mason entered, and identified him as the man who throttled him. On the way to the station-house the prisoner said, " There were otbera who ought to be taken as well as me, and they might have taken him before." Abraham Dearing, 3S M, said he was on duty in Blackman-street on the evening of the fog, and he picked up the prosecutor, wbo was nearly strangled. One of the ruffians was taken near the spot, but the others escaped. He knew the prisoner to be one of the men who ran away. The prisoner declared that all the witnesses were mis taken. He was not in the Borough on the night in question, and he should be able to prove that he was in a public-house near the Victoria Theatre at the time. Mr. Mason swore positively as to his identity ; and it being proved that he was a notorious thi e f an d corn. panion of ticket . of le ave convicts, the magistrate com :witted him for trial with the other man, Charles Hunter. LIVERPOOL RACES.—(This Day.) (BY BLEORIC TELEORAPI-1.1 AINTREE PLAT E. Gay Eight ran. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY. Many of the members having left town for Liverpool the attendance was only moderate, and beyond settling on the Worcester events very little business was trans acted. The following were the only bets that came under our notice. KNOWSLEY NURSERY HANDICAP. sto 1 apt Ella (taken) LIVERPOOL AUTUMN gIIP. 11 to 2 agst Malacca 8 to 1 agst Flatterer 10 to 1 agst Maid of Derwent 10 to 1 agst Pretty Boy 10 to 1 agst December (12 to 1 also laid) 15 to 1 agst Falstaff DERBY. 500 to 20 agst Schiedam 1500 to 50 agst Colonist 4000 to 100 agst Glenmasson SALE OF BLOOD STOCK.—The undermentioned horses were sold by Messrs. Tattersall •yesterday :—Gruyere, by Verulam out of Jensala, 5 yrs, 75 guineas ; year ling colt by Alarm out of Aveline, 27 guineas ; Per fume, by Cotherstone out of Catalpa, 2 yrs, 30 guineas ; Viaur, by Jack Robinson, dam by Charley Boy, 2 yrs (untried), 42 guineas ; Ralph, by Jack Robinson out of Decrepit, 2 yrs (untried), 50 guineas ; Snug, a yearling colt, own brother to R ilph, 13i guineas. THAMES. ATTEMPT TO STAB A POLICEMAN.—Josefo orofci, an Italian soldier, belonging to the Anglo-Italian Legion, and who ioight to have been with his regiment on his way tri the Cape of Good Hope, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with attempting to stab a po li ce-constable na med Veliabh-s, No. 141 K. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was making a disturbance, and surrounded with prostitutes, in thet infamous neighbourhood called Baker -street, at a ' late hour last night. Venables came up and dispersed time the loose women, a nd directed the p ri soner to go about his business. The Italian refusedt u o ng d e o a s t o, t a he ndsome police man on e called out, "Min d, he has got a knife." The pri soner with quickly stepped back the weapon would have entered his body. Th e It a l i an made a second at tem p t to stab the p oli ceman, who Again: e a n sam e madea bowi e k n if e , and o if Va tb the le sa a had large not embossed avoided the blow, and then drew his truncheon, on see• ing which the Italian dropped the knife and retreated Venables pursued him, and after a smart chase overtook h i m. The prisoner, after a desperate resistance, was secured. The knife, a most formidable weapon, was produced. The prisoner, through the medium of Normoyle, 133 H, the Spanish and Italian interpreter, said one the women robbed him of 125., and the constable struck him with his truncheon. Venables denied having struck the prisoner, and said a gentleman, who could not attend to-day, saw the whole transaction, and would attend to-morrow. Mr. Selfe—Very well, then, I will remand the pri soner till tomorrow (Wednesday). CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shi lling Day.—m„d ay, Nov. 10.—.. Admissions on payment, w.,N i ditto by season lAA 1.100. LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 11.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; strong breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind N.N.W to N.N.E.— Arrived—Peter Godeffroy, from Callao; Stadacona, Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 10.—Wind N., fresh.—Arrived— Martha Elliot, from Taganrog. COWES, Nov. 10.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Galatea, from Liverpool, for Stettin, to atop a leak. BRIDPORT, Nov. 10.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Eagle, from Windsor, N.S. SCARBOROUGH, Nov. 9.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Pro. blem, from Middlesbro', for Rouen, assisted in very leaky. BRIDGEWATER, Nov. 10.—Wind N.N.W.-stArrived— Amazon, from Quebec. GLODOESTER, Nov. I.o. — Arrived—Columbian, from Buctouche ; Nicaragua, from Quebec. (P= XLEOTRIU TELICGRAPEI.4 LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N. Arrived— Thetis, from Riga. Sailed—Marianopol, for Trebizonde ; Queen Anne, for Santander. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 9. Wind N. Arrived—St. Petal's, from Ibrail; Beatrice and Strive, Galatz ; Senator, Unrestricted, and Dorothy Jobson, Alexandria ; Royal Arthur. Joseph, and Elizabeth, Ta ganrog; Carlton and Wilkingen, Constantinople. ; Sea forth, Smyrna ; British Queen, Marianopol ; Scio, Syra; Philomena, Ibraila. Sailed—Exact, for Bilks,. KINGSTOWN, Nov. 10. Wind N. Arrived—Robert A. Lewis, from St. John's. Sailed—Daring, for Rotterdam. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.94 a.m. Wind, N.; tide, third hours' flood; weather strong ar.d cloudy. Arrived, Nov. 10.—Eagle, from Cronstadt; Maitland, Sydney ; Red Port, Oporto ; Seaton, Archangel. Sailed.—Hawk, for Riga. _ ... . ... .. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.41 a.m. Wind N.W., strong and squally. Anchored—City of Quebec, from Quebec, for Aberdeen ; Ellergill, barque, Shields, Car thagena. Passed, Nov. 11—Julia, from Shields, for Jersey. Passed, INov. 10—City of Tangore, ;from London, for Clyde. SUICIDE AT WATERLOO•BRIDGE.—This morning, about two o'clock, a man respectably dressed, after paying his money to the collector Kirk, hastened into one of the recesses and plunged into the water. Constable F 137 hailed the Thames police, who in a few seconds put off from their ship, but were unable to recover the body, which had not been found at three o'clock this morning. SCARCITY OF SEAMEN IN THE UNITED STATES.—The Navy Department finds great diffictiloy in procuring sail ors to man the public vessels. The Government is violat ing its contract with every one who enlists in the naval service by refusing to discharge them at the expiration of their respective terms of enlistment. Such is now the condition of most of the seamen on American vessels at foreign stations. The excuse given by the department for refusing to discharge them is that men cannot be procured for the relief ships. However wil ling Jack maybe to serve his country he wishes that service to be voluntary, and when men at home see this violation of faith on the part of the Government towards those in service, they will, of course, decline enlistment. Such confusion as now exists is the navy is without precedent.—New York _Herald. MR ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF EARL SOMERS BY HIS VALET.—The following appears in the Worcester Herald :—"lt was currently reported on Tuesday morning last, in Ledbury and the neighbourhood of Eastnor, that an attempt had been made on the life of Earl Somers by his valet and butler, Valentine de Mat trie, on the previous evening. De Matrie is a native of Switzerland, and has been fifteen or sixteen years in the service of the noble earl. Nothing has transpired that can be depended upon as to the cause of the outrage, but it is said that Earl Somers arrived at Eastnor Castle last Monda' evening, and, from some cause or other, refused to see De Matrie after his arrival. The man, however, managed to get access to the Earl's room almost directly, and shut the door, when an alienation was overheard which induced the servants, who were carrying up the luggage, to enter the room. De Matrie was ejected from the room, and a game keeper was ordered to see him off the premises- When leaving, he was violent in his language, and said he would be revenged before he left the neighbourhood. Superintendent Shead, of Ledbury, was sent for, and remained at the Castle till the following morning, when having occasion to go a journey, another constab'e took his place and remains there. De Matrie is still in the neighbourhood. A. medical gentleman was sent for to the castle on the night when this affair occurred, but for what purpose has not transpired. The ex-valet and butler, de Matrie, has been married some years to the daughter of a late gamekeeper on the Somers' domain." REBECCA. IN LONDON.—Last night, about 8 o'clock, a disturbance took place at Newington, which at first, it was feared, would lead to serious results. It appears that some weeks since a gentleman named Foritz, the ground landlord of extensive property in Newington-road and Doddington-trove, erected two walls, one at the end of New-street, Newington-road, near one of the entrances t i the Royal Surrey Gardens, which prevented access to it through New-street, and another running across a field from Swill-street, Royal-road, and Doddington-grove, the effect of which was to deprive the occupiers of the large and populous district of St. Paul of their easy access to Newington-road. Last week Capt. Foritz had erected a substantial bar, posts, and rails, at the end of the Royal-road, near Kennington-park, the effect of which was that the inhabitants, to get to Newington, Ken nington, or any place in that direction, had to go a con siderable distance round by the Walworth-road and the Elephant and Castle, or round by the new Camberwell road to Kennington-gate. As might be expected, the inhabitants felt much aggrieved at being deprived of their accustomed easy access to their residences from the New ington-road, by the conduct of the ground landlord, who defends his ac - s on the ground that the roadways in question are private property. The consequence has been that:or several nights pace large numbers of persons have congregated in the Royal-road and asserted their assume rights by forcing a pass - ;e and obtaining a thorough. fare over what, it was stated, had been used as a public thoroughfare for upwards of 70 years, and the damage done at night to the fence has been repaired with alacrity the following morning, evincing a spirit of de- , termination on both sides. Last night a numerous assemblage of persons again congregated in the Royal road, and completely demolished the bar, posts, and rail ings, with which they made a bonfire, and after that they proceeded to New-street and Doddington-grove, and ievelled the walls with the ground. After completing their work of demolition the crowd quietly dispersed. MYSTERIOUS CASE OF DROWNING.—GLASGOW, Sua day.—A. case of drowning occurred in the harbour this morning of a very distressing character. Between twelve and one o'clock, while it was moonlight, two harbour oolice-constables, named George Cunningham and John R use, accompanied by David Cunningham, an engineer, he brother id the former, pushed off in a ferry-boat from the steps veer the middle of the harbour, for the pur pose, of ascertaining the names of three or four vessels which were lying in the stream, and which had contra vened the harbour regulations, by not exhibiting a light, and by not closing their hatches. A few minutes after wards the sergeant and officer at the Liverpool-shed heard a shriek and a voice exolaiming—" Three of us in the water 1" and then all was still. The two officers immediately took a small boat and rowed in the direction whence the voice had come. They found the ferry-boat drifting past the stern of the schooner Ballot, of Belfast, but no sign of the three men who had so recently been in her. Drags were procured, and in a short period the bodies of the three men named above were found close to the vessel and so little apart as almost to touch each other. Life was quite extinct. How three vigorous men, all perfectly sober, could fall out of a large boat licensed to carry 24 persons is quite mysterious. Patrick Blaney, the master of the schooner Ballot, was called up, and he stated that some time before, while in bed, he felt something strikieg against the bow of his vessel, which was light or unloaded, upon which he came upon deck with his mate, and, looking over the side, they saw two or three men struggling in the water. They threw over two ropes, but the men did not catch them, and sunk, upon which, as they themselves state, they went to bed again without giving the alarm or thinking any more of the matter. Such are all the par ticulars which have been learned regarding this distress ing and extraordinary case. Whether the men had been repulsed in tryi ng t o board the vessel (which, by the way, they had no occa sion to do), and fallen into the water, or whether one of them had fallen in in fending off from the schooner, and the other two bad perished in the attempt to save him, is mere matter of conjecture. The Procurator-Filial hail instituted a lurching inquiry into the cue. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIT. SlR.—Observing that reference is again made in y0...:r i columns to the proceedings of the official manager, I feel that longer 1 , i1.nc,-; on my part would be injurious to the interests I represent ; and, although I would gladly have abstained front cmi,uient until the decision of the Vice- Cniinceilor has been pronounced, I find that such an unfair use is made of the delay that I no longer hesitate to trouble you. On the 9th of October the Royal British Bank was adjudged bankrupt, and the official manager well knew that the assignees would claim title to all the property of the bank. The adjudication was disputed by some of the direc tors with the sanction of the Chief Clerk of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor Kndersley, who does not appear to have been consulted upon the subject, and I have the authority of eminent counsel for saying that the Chief Clerk ought not to base given such sanction. The only per.2on who would have been benefited by successfully di6puting the adjudication was the official manager, and it was at his instance, therefore, that it was opposed. The public are already acquainted with the able judg- ment of the two learned commissioners (Mr. Holroyd and Mr. Sergeant Goulburn), confirming the adjudica tion. There has been no appeal from that judgment ; and, indeed, Mr. Reed, the solicitor of Mr. Alderman Kennedy and Mr. Valiant, stated publicly at the choice . of as s i gnees that his clients were anxious to wain- tam the bankruptcy, as being the most beneficial not only for the creditors, but also for the shareholders. Numerous oth er ahareholders are also in favour of that course. At whose instance, then, is the pending litigation, and who is it that is causing a waste of the assets ot the bank ? I answer —the official manager alone. The ad judication having been confirmed, it was the duty of the official manager to submit. One word upon the relative advantage of bankruptcy. Under the winding-up a race is going on on the part of some of the creditors, and , already numerous actions have been commenced against the official manager, and many others will be brought. Judgments have been obtained against . the official manager, and are registered. Each judgment creditor must therefore be paid first, and no title can be made to the property of the bank until the judgments are satis fied. Each judgment creditor may also take in execu tion the assets of the bank in the bands of the official manager, and may attach the debts due to the bank from its numerous debtors ; .so that under the winding -up the Creditors who can best afford to wait will be paid first, while the suffering thousands who have no money to spend in law will have to wait until the complicated questions between the shareholders are settled, which may be somewhere about the year 1860. It is, therefore, an idle mockery to hold o u t th e pros pect of equal or early distribution under the winding-up. Then, again, under the widding-up the creditors, having piecemeal seized and exhausted the assets of the estate ' may issue execution aga i ns t an y s h areho l der, al th(igh those who may be selected are the very men mutt Willing to pay their fair proportion. All these dis4cl vantages vanish under bankruptcy, which provide, for the equal distribution of property among all the credi tors. So that, the assets being speedily realised and distributed, it would only remain for a receiver to ba appointed by the Court ot Chancery, as required by the Act of Parliament, to collect and enforce contribution from the shareholders, whose rights might be settled among themselves, and who would be entitled to the protection of the Court against the proceedings of indi vidual crtditors so long as they were willing to des I justly. Then, again, in bankrukt)) , the expense would be considerably less than under the winding up, as it is well known that in the single item of the remuneratiou to sue official manager, as compared with that of the official assignee, there would be a saving of several thou sand pounds under bankruptcy. It is a fallacy to sup. pose that there would be a double expense. The committee (:f depositors have from the commence ment been unanimous in favour of the bankruptcy, being convinced that it is for the mutual advantage of creditors and shareholders. I may conclude by repeat ing the words of the learned commissioner, Mr. Sergeant Goulburn, in delivering judgment, who said—" I would express my earnest wise that all parties would give their best attention to all that has fallen from my learned brother, because I am persuaded that if they da so calmiy and dispassiona•ely they can but arrive at one conclusion—that is, th t tie present course of proceed ings is one in all resFects most beneficial to toe creditors, and that it ought to Le sustained for the benefit of all parties." Trusting that the sufferings of many destitute and im poverished depositors in the British Bank may be my apology for intruding at this length on your valuable space,—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES WYLD, Chairman of the Committee of Depositors. Charing-cross East, Nov. 10. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF THE EMPRESS EUGENIE. M. de la Roquette, one of the distinguished men whose exact, yet elegant, erudition throws such a charm over the scientific literature of France, has forwarded to us a paper which he has drawn up for insertion in the proceedings of the Geographical Society of that country, of which, as of many other learned bodies, he is a member. This paper is a biographical notice of our Arctic hero, the lamented Franklin. The author sketches in clear and forcible language the circumstances of Franklin's parentage, birth, and boyliciai—his love of the sea,_ his deeds at Copenhagen and ,Trafalgar, and the romantic narrative of his adventures in the frozen seas. The biographer duly tells us of Sir John's gover norship of New Zealand, and then all that is known •f his last voyage. Tne lithograph is brought into requi sition to give Arc similes of Franklin's letters ; ckarts of his discoveries are appended, and, in a word, with ac counts of the searches that have been made for the lost navigator, the tale is complete, and M. de la Roquette has faithfully and ably discharged his mission. As might be expected, the name of Lady Franklin often appears in connection with the noble and energetic attempts she made for the rescue of her husband. Not the least intere-ting document in relation to these exer• lions of Lady Franklin is a letter which the Empre!s Eugdnie shortly after her marriage addressed to her, and which is now published for the first time. Indeed, we believe that this is the first private letter of the Empress that has ever st en the light. The following is the passage which M. de la Roquette has been permitted to quote "It is, above all, as a woman and a wife, that I should with pleasure see France associated with England in those generous expeditions, the first object of whi c h i s to rescue a man whose private virtues are surely equal ,1 to his talent, al d his courage, since he has i ns pi re d in 1 you such an adiairable devotion. " Ultimately I hope that Heaven will grant you the success that your conjugal affection merits ; and then, Madam, there will per , on who will most sincerely participate in the joy of the wife of Capt. F rali kli a _ the wife of the Emperor Napoleon." • The amiable and womanly simplicity of these words will prove very acceptable to all who admire the good ness of the Empress, and who cherish the memory of Franklin. That, indeed, will be ever graven in the hearts of his countrymen as long as naval daring, scien- tific enterprise, ad l ove of duty are the honoured virtues of the Britiidi sailor. Of our Arctic hero La martine has welt said— " Dans la lutte d'un hornme avec un element, L'ocean triompha, antis fut son monument." THE LATE COLLMIONS ON TBE LONDOA AND NORTH-WESTERN _RAIL WA Y. GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION. In consequence of the two recent fearful occurrences on the London and North-Western Railway the Board of Trade have issued an order for two official inquiries to be held; that into the disaster at Wolverton, to be conducted by Lieutenant-Colonel Tolland, R.E. ; and that at King's Langley, by Lieutenant• Colonel Wynne, R.E. The proceedings, it is expected, will be conducted privately—even the representatives of the prerS being shut out; for it seems that the Board of Trade have no legal right to make any inquiry into railway accident?, and the inspectors, therefore, merely perform their dutifs under the sufferance of the company, who, no doubt—a. in their own inquiries before the directors—will keep the courts closed. Should such a proceeding be enforced, the public will, of course, want to know the utility of such inquiries, as the result can only be known to a few interested individuals, and consequently no good corns by them. The whole of the injured passengers in the recent serious collision, incioding Lord and Lady Byron, are progressing as favourably as could be ex pected. MARKET NEWS.—(Thi3 Day.) HAY MARKETS. • SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, 21 10s to 4/ lOs ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 5/ lOs ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 9s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 12s ; clover do., 31 10s to 5/ 10s ; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ lOs per load. Trade steady, at lato ratos. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s to 41 lOs ; clover do., 31 lOs to 5! 12s; and straw, 1/ 5 s t o 1 19 s per load. Trade rather dull. COLONIAL MARKETS. TEA.—The transactions in this article have been li mited, but prices have ruled firm. Very few parcels of common COngoll have been offered, and there were ready buyers at 94,1. per lb. BIIG AR.—There has been a fair demand for home con sumption, and fully previous values were realised for all descriptions, more particularly the finer qualities. Dur ing the week there are several large public sales adver tised, but quotation.; are not expected to rule lower. The refined market has been steady, and former rates were fully supported. COFFEE.--A good amount of business has been doing in both Native and Plantation. Ceylon at fully previous quotations ; the s t oc k s on hand are considerably less than they were at this time laet year. Fine Mocha is in de mand at 76s to 00s per c‘s t. RlCE.—There has beau some inquiry for good Nativ e Bengal a t f u ll values, but other sorts have b een neg l e cted. Rum. ---No bu s i n e ss o f an y impottance has been repor . t ad, and p r i ces are without alteration. Th e s t oc ks on hand have increased to some extent. TALLOW. —Ther e h a s been a very excitedmarket, owing to tele grap hi c adv i cos , tha t th ere are upwards of 120 yes eels detained a t St. P e tersburg in the ice. F or P. Y. C. there have been ready buyers at 5Ss per cwt. on the spot. -= One of the pieces placed before the Court at Compiegne WitB called " The Noisy Toilettes." The entry upon the stage of Mdlle. Del4porte, In an aerostatic dress of save■ ral yards' circumference, was the signal for univereal MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS-NEW MAYORS. THE NEW LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL.—LIVERPOOL, Monday.—At 12 o'clock to-day the pew council met for the first time ; the Mayor, John Stewart, E , q.. presid ing. There was a very full council. The first business was the election of a mayor for the year ensuin.7. Mr. Charles Turner nominated as a candidate fcr that office Mr. Francis Strand, a gentleman esteemed by all of them —of an old and much respected family in that town—a merchant of high standing, and a valuable member of the council—(bear)—one who, filling the important poet of chairman of the pilots' committee, and deputy-chair. man of the dock committee, had rendered very valuable services to the traits of the port, and had also occupied the chair of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tobin seconded this nomination, and Mr. Shand was elected unanimously. The council next proceeded to the elec tion of eight persons as aldermen to supply the places of the following gentlemen who retired under the Municipal Corporatien Act :—Mr. Edward Langsdale, Mr. Wm. Bennett, Mr. Wm. Parker, Mn James Lawrence, Mr. Thomas Dover, Mr. Thomas Robinson, Mr. J. Hay_ wood Turner, Sir John Bent, Knt. The members of the council having handed in their voting papers, the scru tiny of votes was proceeded with, and the result was an. flounced as follows : —Messrs. Houghton, 19 ; Chilton, 29 ; G. H. Horsfall, 31 ; Robinson, 39 ; Dover, 44; Bennett, 45 ; J. H. Turner, 44 ; Preston, 49 ; J. Stew. art, 19 ; R. Gladstone, 19 ; Beckwith, 20 ; Woodruff, 21 ; Holt, 1 ; Tobin, 4 ; Brancker, 2 ;. Tinne, 2 ; Aikin, 1 ; J. Holme, 1. The first eight gentlemen were elected. MANCHESTER.—James Watts, Esq., merchant, re elected unanimouQly. SA LFORD.— Steplien Haelis, Esq., solicitor, re-elected unanimously. BIRMINGHAM.—Mr. A Ideratan Ratcliffe was yesterday elected Mayor of Birmingham. The new mayor is the first Conservative elected to fill that office. Politics had, however, nothing to do with this election, the Liberals being in a large majority in-the Couneil. NEWCASTLE-UPON - TYNE. — Mr. ,Ed ward N. Grace, land agent, was elected mayor ; and air. Joseph Arm. strcng, printer, sheriff, without opposition. Mr. A rm. strong is one of the proprietors of the Newcastle Courant. GATESHEAD.—Mr. George Crawehay, iron merchant, was unanimously elected mayor. PORTSUOUTH. —Mr. Charles Croswether, alderman, was elected mayor yesterday, in the room of G. C. Stigant, Esq. SOUTHAMPTON:, Nov. 10.—At a Meeting of the Town Council to-day, held pursuant to custom, Mr. Richard Andrews was elected Mayor of the borough of South. awpton for the ensuing year. This is the fifth time that Mr. Andrews has filled the civic chair. Ox.roma.—For -the third time.since'the passing of th e Municipal C orporation Act,.the Council of the city of Oxford have elected a Nonconformist 'to the office of mayor. On the present occasion Aldetrnan John Towle, papermaker, a Radical Nonconformist, was unanimously elected trayor, and Mr. E.' T. Spiers, bookseller, also a Radical, was unanius.Jusly elected to the office of sheriff. At the same time Messrs R. J. Spiers, J. C. Dudley, J. S. Browning, and G. H. Warburton, four of the retiring aldermen, and Mr. William Ward, councillor, were elected aldermen for the next six years. NOTTINGRAM.-At the Town Council meeting on Mon. day Mr. John Bradley (Whig) was chosen mayor for the ensuing year upon the nomination of Mr. Councillor Felkin, seconded by Mr. Councillor Smith Fowler. Mr. Alderman Cullen proposed Mr. Charles Felkin as sheriff, which proposition was carried. _ 1100 100 1100 DO 100 100 24 1001, all all ail all 10 B l a t a Lfl n t n t k rt‘ o o i r E , j i4 gyi 0 : (1 . 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They suns up their representations by saying that " the re quirements set forth in the Metropolis Water Act have, iu all essential respects, been fully and satisfactorily com plied with by the several water companies (the provision for constant supply not coming into operation until the Ist July, 1857). The new works have not, in fact, been limited to what a bare compliance' with the provisions of the act would have fulfilled. Measures have been adopted for the general improvement of the supplies, which evinces a proper anxiety on the part of the companies in the dis charge of the duties of their positiorette the public." In treating of the improved quality of the water now supplied they say :—" The amount of the hardness of the water as supplied during the two periods was, with one exception, somewhat less in 1856 than in 1851 ; the diminution with one or two exceptions, is, how ever, only trifling, but a very considerable difference is observed in the amount of organic matter disco vered. Thus the water supplied by the Grand Junction Water Company contained in 1851 3'07 grains per gallon ; in 1856 only 1.38 grains were found. The water of the West Middlesex Company in 1851 showed 2'73 grains ; in 1856 only 0.96 grains .per gallon were disco vered. The Chelsea Company's water to 1851 contained 2'38 grains ; in 1856, 1.42. The Southwark and Vaux halt's Company's water in 1851 was found to contain 1 . 51 grains ; in 1856 only 1'37 grains are found. The Lambeth Water Company had, in 1851, 2 . 59 grains of organic matter per gallon in water supplied by them ; in 1856 the amount had diminished to 1 . 33 g rains. The difference in the water of the New River Company was from 2.79 grains to 0.968 grains. The East London Company's watershows a markeddifference ; the amount of organic matter in 1851 was 4.12 grains per gallon ; in 1856 it is only 1 . 09 ; the difference in the water supplied by the Kent Co. amounted to almost one-half. The Hampstead Co.'s water ; as supplied now, is about the ' same, the same sources having been resorted to. This diminution is obviously partly due to the alteration of the localities from which many of the companies derive their supply. The Grand Junction, the West Middlesex, the Southwark and the Vauxhall Companies formerly supplied respectively at Kew, Barnes, and Battersea, derive their present water from Hampton. The Lambeth Water Company, which used to take their water at Lambeth, near Ilungerford-bridge, have now erected extensive works at Thames Ditton. The diminution of organic matter in the London supply is, however, by no means confined to the companies that have changed the locality of their source, and it must, therefore, be attri buted in a great degree to the considerable improvement which has taken place in the collection,, filtration, and general management of the supply of water to the me tropolis." The engineering works which it was neces sary to construct before these ee , eilts could be attained have cost not less than 2,282,8241., and the total amounts expended for supplying the metropolis have, from first to last, including the recent alterations and improvements, reached 7,102,8231. The amount expended in new works and alterations is thus subdivided :—The New River Company has expended 566,0841., the East London 250,0001., the South wark and Vauxhall 214,0101., the Lambeth 301,6331., the 'West iddlesex 157,3991., the Chelsea 472,3241., the Grand Junction 211,1281., the Kent 27,022/ , the Hampstead 33,:124/., and the Piumstead and Woolwich (a new company) 50,000/. The report states—" That according to the r.-turn of the water companies in 1850, it appeared that 270,581 houses were.then supplied with water, the gross daily quantity delivered. having been 44,383,332 gallons. It will be observed from what has been stated above that the supply of watet to the metro polis has now reached the enormous quantity of upwards of eighty millions gellens per day, it having been nearly doubled in the short space of six years. It is furnished to 328,561 of the 340,000 heuses which now form the aggregate within the liegi , trarGeneral's district. Thus the average daily supply of water for all purposes, which iu 1850 was 164 gallon per house, is new, in 1856, 246 gallons per house. The main and branch pipes for bringing the water frosts the several source's and distri buting it in the districts, exclusive of the private service pipes, form a total area of 2,086 miles." HORRIBLE CRUELTY. Unusual excitement has beets mauifestei at Eccles. hall, Staffordshire, and the neighbourhood, in cons°• quence of the report that Mrs. Elizabeth, Shelley, a person of rather weak intellect, the.wife of Thos. Shelley, farmer, Shebden, had been most cruelly and inhu manly treated by her husband, and Martha Cotterill, his maid servant. The evidence given before the magistrates by Mrs. Shelley, and two male servants of her husband, disclosed the following facts:—About - 4 years ago the woman Cotterill was engaged as servant,. apd since that time she has assumed the position of mistress of the house, taking the place of the wife, who was driven about and beaten. Th e assaults more immed i ate l y c omplained of we re committed Within the last few mont h s . About Christmas la A, being cnciente, Cotteril was senttoM e a h n e - Chester to b e con fi ne d ; b ut i n t h e course Ofhtes weekse words, returned, and a dd ress i ng M rs . Sh e lley irit. " Well, d ev il , I' m come b ac k aga in," she kicked her and struck her on the head with a blood to flow. Subsequently she dipped si o i n ik , n w i e h t i e l s d t 't, covered with p a u n t oe: 1 quantity of horse wash, and then knife, t h c e a e m s l o n p g i t n h a e ma nure, in Mrs. Shelley's face. On the latter was in the garden h ous arts of her body with severe pain upon the most tender hair P of her head into the nettles, and pulled her by thee she had been repeatedly house and looked her up. another Cotterill °cca t from chamber tauten lis Excrement her head by handfu . into her mouth by•Cotterill, sils had also been thrust repeat the disgusting act. Mrs. locked up in the house, and her hair had been pulled off who had threatened t l a _ we d to take meals with the bus- Shelley was never a i n an unfit state to be eaten. She food, which was often manage her household affairs ; but was not allowed to hard work was to any other be done, band, but Cotterill took l her place, generally sending her when washing. r k • and n other • occasions telling her over her 1 h w_l_ stir , s not yet M S' 11 Dies. ne ey, yet that, as she was compelledo to do it, Cotterill sometimes standing that, although she wa the end of Mrs. ShelleY's husband was aware of the treat soon' as she could see her (Mrs. 'Shelley) she would be : be only laughed at it. The tea after hearing the evidence, dismissed the case magistra +T. Shelley, and fined Cotterill 5/ includingcosts, for . ~ h av i n g been guilty of a common assault. The deci sion of the magistrates is understood to have given dissa tisfaction to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood, many of whom followed the defendants, who had to be escorted by a strong body of police for a distance of two miles from Eccleshall.—]Manchester Guardian. MONEY REMITTANCES BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — graph Company To afford facility to the public fcr the rapid remittances o b f ii :u ti m me s n o t i fo m r o t n h e a 3 t -, Electric p t l h ir e poso.iv ro a n n e d y Idnetpeo7Latetdion:iloTtebleis. company d b and be have organise a branch of their esta will be advised by telegraphic ercek• paid out to the parties named.in the order,. ip accord ance with the conditions printed on . the company's forms: Th ese mone y remittance's by telegraph are, doubtless, the beginnings of a great system which is likely to supersede Post-office remittances—we trust .wro with safety equal to tti eiTiftuen. . _ 100 100 100 20 LO X) r 100 [GM 64 H t 11 104 i 78 i 36i / .11 i 15* i 030 1 21 i 30 Si i 91 9 91 I (2 St