The Sun. — London, England, 1861-10-23 00:00:00

4.10.NEY _MARKET AND CITY NEIVS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. A very easy tone still pervades the .'general dis count market, where the supplies of money are far in excess of the current demands, and the conse quence is that the rates still show a tendency to decline rather than otherwise. First class bills are negotiated slightly under 3 per cent., capi talists being disposed to accept that moderate quotation in order to find employment for a por tion of their surplus means. On the Stock Exchange the returns asked for temporary advances are still remarkably moderate. • There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The Indus has arrived from Alexandria with the heavy portion of the India, China, and Austra lian Mails, and £182,800 in specie. No important alteration took place in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. The specie movement continues satisfactory, inas much as nearly the whole of the gold received from Australia and other places is taken into the Bank of England. The remittances recently made to America, including a moderate consignment to-day, are not regarded with the slightest anxiety, be cause the efflux in that direction is scarcely expected to assume proportions calculated to inter fere with the position of monetary affairs at home. Gold is now about 4-10ths par cent. dearer in London than in Paris, and 2-10ths higher here than in Hamburgh. _ _ The directors of the Great North of Scotland Railway Company are prepared to receive applica tions for portions of a further issue of new £lO shares bearing interest at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum. On the Great Western Railway of Canada the traffic receipts for the week ending the 11th inst. amounted to £11,122, being a decrease of £4OO compared with the corresponding period of last y ear. Considerable excitement prevailed in the Liver pool Cotton market yesterday, and prices of American descriptions advanced t-d. to Id. per lb. The sales amounted to 20,000 bales. A new fire insurance :company, entitled the " London and Lancashire," has just been formed. The prospectus states that it is estabiished for the purpose of extending to Liverpool, as well as to London and elsewhere, that addition to the facili ties for fire insurances which was recently demanded for the metropolis, and which the extraordinary in crease in the commerce of Liverpool now consti tutes an urgent necessity. The capital is to be £1,000,000, with power to increase: The shares are to be divided into 40,000, at £25 each, of which only £200,000 is to be at present called up. The company seems to be fortunate in the choice of its directors, as they are all gentlemen well known for their respectable and large mercantile connections With the ports of London and Liverpool. At the half yearly meeting of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company to-day the usual dividend of £2 per share was declared. The half yearly meeting of the shareholders in the West Flanders Railways took place to-day, and a dividend of per share was agreed to ; the direc tors' report in which it was recommended, being unanimously adopted. Very little animation has prevailed in the mar ket for Public Securities to-day, speculation still being conducted on a limited scale ; but, upon the Whole, a firmer tone has been manifested, and Consols are 929 for transfer, and 921 I for the 7th proximo, The New Threes are steady at 901,1 the Reduced flat at 90s ; Exchequer Bills, June, have advanced to 9s. and 12s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. is firm at 1041 Ls- ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper at 961 ; and the 51 per Cent. 1031 ; Bank Stock has receded to 232. Business in the Foreign Market has been inac tive, and prices generally show less firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 791 801 ; ; ditto, 1858, 674 681,; Mexican are flat at 261; Sardinian, at 81± ; Grenada 2 per Cents., at 19/ ; and Italian 5 per Cents., at 681; Chilian are firm at 85, and Rus. man 41 per Cents. are 921. Business in the Railway Share Market continued moderately inactive, and, with one or two excep tions, a slight improvement took place in prices. East Anglian, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and North Eastern (Berwick) improved 55.; London and Brighton 10s. ; and Great Northern 15s. Midlands, how ever, declined 55., and South Eastern 10s. The Foreign lines were in fair demand, at steady prices. Great Luxembourg improved ± and South Atistrian and Lombardo-Venetian remained at previous rates. In the Colonial undertakings there was little change of importance ; Grand Trunk of Canada, however, improved to 20-1- 1; East Indian, realised 1011 0 and Great Indian Peninsula, 991. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were a shade firmer. London and Westminster improved 55.; Union of London, ss. ; and Red Sea and India Telegraph Company declined 10s. to los. being dealt in at 19. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol 1 3 per Cent. Cons@ls Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9og i India Stock — • •. Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. 961 Ditto 52 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 981 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Nov 7 92f India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March I June. 12 pm Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d..... Dittr. X5OO .. Ditto Small 9 Pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian 6 per Cent — Ditto 4/ per Cent Mexican, 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account New Grenada ' 2 per Cent 194 ttussian 5 per Cent. 1822. £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent. Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 6 Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan • • Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 6Bi TWO O'CLOCK Consols Money .. Did() Account COURSE OF EXCHANGE:—YESTERDAY. "laterdata Short. 11 181 Ditte . . Rotterdam Antwerp 12 1/ 12 11 25 671 25 70 Brussels..,' — 25 67/ 25 70 13 10 ...... 13 101 Paris Ditto .... Marseilles ........ 25 7 2 / Frankfort on Vienna ............ 119 1 1191 14 Trieste Petersburgh l4 10 14 20 Berlin 32,1 33 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York .......... •• Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars .............. ••• • ). 0 4 114 Silver in Bars (Standard) ....... 4.. » 0 soi South American Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 481 481 25 80 25 go 25 80 39i 118} 1181 52 521 48f 481 25 85 2.5 85 25 85 39/ 118/ 1181 524 52/ TILE PRICE OF GOLD stock stock stock - The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille prem., and the short exchanoe on London is 25.321 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3-10ths per cent dearer in London th an in Paris. BY advices from Ilanibura the price of gold is 4304 p er mark, and the short exchanoe on London is 13.8 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the En g lish Mint price is, th erefore, about 1- iOth per cent. d earer i n London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 160 days , sight is abc•ut 107 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint p ar b e t ween the two coun tries, shows that th e exchange is against England, But, after making allow ance for loss of interest an d c h arges o f t ran sport, the present pace le"" 119 mat 9I Oelicling gold to the United States. . SHARE 111ARKE T-(TRIS DAY.) ORDTINARY SEIM/ES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. rat d. / Closing Business Price. Done 50 ,Beliast and Ballymena all 13.14 Wol , and S tr. Val' all 71 8 stock Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 25 myth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sheaf. and Mid.Co all 54 64 54 6 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian lOO 105/ 1051 1054 10 Carmarthen Cardigar all 50 Cork and Bandon all -- 20 Cork, Blrock., ,t - Passag( all 20 Cornwall all 5 6 10 Do A ( A gets no div (all— -10 Do B until 6pc peran -- hasbeen , d. toB 50 Dublin & Belfas't June all 41 42 25 Dun., Perth, &A ..lunc all 10 101 stock East Anglian lOO 184 194 19 i. stock Eastern Counties lOO 544 554 55 44 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 44 46 stew: Do do Bdo 100 31 33 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 13 4 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 08 90 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 281 29 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness lOO stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 101 106 10 Great Ntbn. of Scotland all 112 3 s tock Great Northern lOO 112 113 1 1 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 103 105 100 691 701 s tock Great Western s tock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 63 12 Irish South - east ern all stack Lire & Torkshirc 100 1041 105 105 stock London and Blackwall 100 57 59 1 58/ stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 114 115 1144 115 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 45 47 stock Loud. &Nth. Western 100 91 914 904 1 4 stock Loytd. & Sth. Western lOO 93 04 25 L'dt-rry & Coleraine all 25 L'der.'"" & Ennis/alien all 10 11 stock M an . s,, ef. d Lincoln lOO 46 464 464 1 5 2 0 4 sTuary p o on.- rho and Carlisle shares all 10 Metropolitan 7l 5 6 stock Midland ..... lOO 1261 127 126 4 11 i stock Do Birming. & Derby 100 1.4.0. 98 100 p 14 p 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 1, shares all 25 Mid Kent. .. •• • • 10 Do, Cray 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 8 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. Ros. all stock Norfolk •.. ..... 100 61 63 stock North British .. ..... 100 624 621 62/ s t oc k Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.sto7k 100 stock Do ta atk ; A recs no d until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock • • stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1004 ton 1011 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16 134 4 d p p stock Do Leeds • • stock Do York stock North London .. 10 Do new 5 19.16 4 North Staffordshire 174 41 41 1 1. 10 N_ and S. W. Junction all 101 104 stock Not. Az Grantham Rail lO Ol 88 00 89 1 10 Feebler .......•-......• 20 Portsmouth Rhymney.....- stoci: Scottish Central stock -;cot N. E., Aber. stook 100 39 59 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock— I 100 95 97 stock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all stock South Devon 100 36 33 25 S.-Durham & Lane. Un. l 221 stock South Eastern stock South Wales 100 60 62 61 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 03 06 94 1 20 S taines, Wok,. and Wok , all 4 6 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 58 37 4 25 Do do l3 71 8 41 25 Do New (1860) 5 5 6 p stock Taft Val.? N • t _.• • • 100 stock Do Pref. O 1 lOO 25 "11 r.mesHav enDk&Rall 22 50 Ulster " all 554 564 25 Do . 12 10 Do .... 2 4d kr stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 121 124 stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cot nwall all 54 61 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class all 20 Do 2d class all stock WestHartlepool Haido and Rail lOO -- -- stock Vircst Midland—Oxford 100 47 48 stock Do. Newport 100 42 45 stock Do. Hereford, 100 88 90 PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing 131113111088 Share! Rail Ways. Pald Price. Done. 1.00 102 20 21 51 ei 100 102 110 115 106 110 107 109 106 lOS 122 124 80 82 110 112 89 91 79 81 BRTTIS i Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clitibrd Devon G. Cony. (Tavist)l East Bassett (Illogan) 1 East Caradon ...... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus . G .W heal Al fd. (Phil ack) G. Wheal Vor (IIelston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Gny Lelant) North Downs North Frances (Mogan) N.Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an) North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Leint.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. ,South Caradon(St Cleer) Carn Brea (Illogan) IS. Dev. Iron Lim S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 'Stray [Stray Park ,Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. ITin Crott ;Vale of Towey (Carm ) !West Basset (Illozan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) .West Seton Wheal Basset (Illog,an)1 IWheal Buller (Redruth) Whittl Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)l - 3 - .2.101 ES. 1 2 3 6 6 7 0 37 72 0 26 261 21 SI 124 144 44 5 2.11.6 7.4.0 54/ 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.61 41 5 1i 2 33 34 4i 5 1 ; 39 41 41 51 2i 3i 44 5 1i 2 8 9 39 41 lii 1.14.0 9.18.9 10.6.7 290 1 WO 4 4i 0 1074 1124 1 27 29 1f 10 6 64 15 16 i 39 40 3024 5121 824 874 75 85 11 2 5.9 - .0 all 18.1' 4 .9 261 44 9 jl3a 1.7.2 6 13 14 141 151 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,lim 17.6 Id 4d g 20 Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lim 15 46 47 47 I 5 Do. Land and AliningCo. all 14 2 1 Clarendon Cons.MiaCo. ; di.. 40 Cobre Copper all 35 SO Copiapo 1 DunSfoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 4 1 2 Fortuna. all 15 2 14 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 # 6 p 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 /14 p Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 2 pr 1 Mariquica all f 1 ,N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L ! S id 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl Mining and Smelt..., all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 14 14 1 Scottish Austen. (L.) 1 10s. pr Id t 51. 8 ,1 United Mexican all 6 61 6l 1 Worthing Do (Limited) 1 all 4 ••, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 85 ! , 17 40 iAustralasia all 162 64 25 Bank of Egypt all 1 204 211 100 'Bank of London ..... 50 59 61 20 Bank of Turkey 3 4 id If 50 British North American all 53 56 20 Chtd.Bank 01 India, &c. all 1 204 eO4 20 3 / 4 25 ICII.AIcr. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 31 33 . 100 ,City 100C010nia1........ 25 38 40 20•11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 ; Commercial of London. 20 20 'Eng.. -Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 17 175 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 24 241 244 120 Do. new lO 3 34 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. Alrican lO 4 pr 100 London & Westminster 20 70 72 74 100 'Nat. Prov. of England 12 • 20 Do. new ..... , l2 50 National Bank 2G New South Wales all 25 Orient. B. Corporatio . all 51 52 514 20 Ottoman Bank ...... all ' 17 3 / 4 18 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do. new......... all - 25 South Australia all 25 Union of Australia 50 Union o , London 100 Unity Mutua1........... 60 • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 • 100 107 112 Do 6p. cent.lBt l . 2 o-2 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 106 103 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1004 1014 1004 Cape G.llope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 106 108 Do. 1890 100 106 108 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 109 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. sp. c.,1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 3 / 4 995 Do. p.c., 188$ & upwde 100 984 995 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 108 3 / 4 1094 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July; 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 1034 1044 103 k 44 2 103; 4} Sf 111 /16 109 111 101 103 108 108 97 99 98 100 87 69 88 TO 101 103 96 10 161 174 10 106 74 76 19i 204 9t lut 14i il l 135 137 112' 115 112 115 136 138• 112 115 101 103 150 155 127 130 : 1 3 75 91 92 ,93 95 i 1 P id p 13i 14 120 125 85i 20 if,' I IP 136 118 100 102 91 93 109 111 107 109 1 `III, 90 in 99 101 98 100 td p i d ip 22 Z 3 132 136 10 101 23i 24 100 102 100 102 08 100 84 86 27 28 32 33 32 33 45 48 124 126 118 120 1100 102 1118 122 1115 118 101 24 2 Blythe and Tyne 10 perl r. pref. (issued at £si , Bris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 'Do. do. do. Shares Caledon Z 10,44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun. Do Ist Class Pref E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c N. Coun. Ex. 5 p. a No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per ct. stock. Eastern Union,4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Iltdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Vurness, 5 per cent .... IGlas.& S. Wcst.g.a. 5 p.c, Great Northern, 5 p. et, Po.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. N h. of Scotia. Ist pf (LGp.Sn.& W (Ireland) p. et. pref. stock est West. (Berke an, Slants) Ext. 5 p. et Lo. Redeemable, 44 p.ct Do. Redeemable, p. ct. Da Irredeemable, do ' Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prat Do. firm. Pref. Shares. Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.e.pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares `o. do. do. - Do. do. do. Lan. Carl. 44 pc. pref Lan.‘tYork 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnstst£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) f.on.,t Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.' Do. 5 p. e. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do sp. No. 4 Do. do. 4% per cent'. .... Do. do. 44 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock. D. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do. lu.c.S.(div.dettil Do. 4 ver cent. Fret r,on. Ch, , t. and Dover 00. W. 1A reeiv. n o div Ex.A til6p cis pd on Do. B B. Siprom ex. Do. Metropolitan Ex B Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et 5.W,7 p. 6t. stock - )o. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus of 2s. 6d..... ..... Londondy. & Cole. sh Londohy. & Ennis. 4 sh Sian. Sh.%SzLin. 6 per et Do. Ai...." Do. 3% per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent "Aaryport & Car., 4 p. c. Do. 4% per cent. 311 d. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6D.c Do. 4% p. c. pref. stock Do. 4% per cent Do. Leis. & Hit. pref. st Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5% p. 0. Pref. do 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.l B47 North British, 5 p. o. Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. tin. g. pf. shs Do. do. do Nth.Dev.P.ail.& Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. Do. 4% p c. redeemable.. Do. G.N.E. 4 per C. pref. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. Leeds, 6 p. s. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848. Do. York, H. & S. Purci North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. 5t00k.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock . South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4% per cent. South Eastern (Readinc Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed 4%p.c. Ist is. south Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 1% per cent. Do. 5 per cent' S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c, gun., Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 uer cent Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c.i W.3f id -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red.J Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 1806 Do. till 1869, Ist is.l LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I Leasing Closing Business Railways. i Paid. Co.'s Price. Done. Beutord and Illetchley Bu3kinghamshire . • Chester & Holyhead..; Do. 5i percent Do. 5 „ Clydesdale June...... Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnsh. g 6 per C. E.Union,llarwichShs. at t Ln &NAV 100 'Do ..... 100 Do.-- 100 D 0....... 100 Do.. ~. • • 100 caledon... all E.U.&E.O ICO Gt. North. all E.Counts.' 100 91 06 53 A 4 122 124 111 113 101 103 15i 164, 131 134 4}41 Do. Woodbridge.... Gla.Barr.&Neils Drct. , Do. new • • •1 Gloster & Dean Forest Hrtlp'l Dock & Rail.. Hull and Selby Do. halves... Do. quarters......• • Lanc.&Carl. gua. 5 p.c.' London & Greenwich. Do. Preference Lon.,Tilbury,& S -end Lowestoft gua. 4 p c Do. 6 per cent Mnc., Bxtn.,&slatlock Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock..., . . Newmarkt,BuryEx ' 1 5 ' 6E • Counts.l gua. 5 percent..... • Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do.. Do. 6p. c. Do. Fixed 5p.. e—. all Do. North Western...... all Midland Preston and Wyre. 1 all /A NW 1 & L.Yk. Do. i Shares ......A . all Do. Roystn.ll itch., & Shep 100 Gt. North. Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 ,T.Brassey IDO. do. 1 D. S.-Staffordshire all M`C o leru... Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. Ifimbl9don&Croydu, gtli Lokßreu 100 Caledon 100 Do. .. •• • • all Gt. West. all Yk.N.Szßr, all Yk.N. Md. all Do. all :D0..• ••• • I 100 ILn&N.W. 100 'S.Eastern, 100 Do ..... 100 Peto &Co.' 100 Norfolk 100 , Do. all IL NW.t3 1, tioo 111 193 202 59 61 ,110 115 82 84 31 3; 93 95 p IP 55 57 15t 1€: 1131 132 1120 122 1 lip 89 91 81 9; all 1 100 THEE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 18G1. LAW' IN 2 ELLIGENCE—f This .Day.) when the conversation took place between us at the Pan theon. I carried the parcel from the room in my hand. I did not attempt to conceal it in any way. I only date my letters occasionally. I don't know that I did not date the letters I sent to M. Collucci. Between the 12th of July and the 3d of August I saw the prisoner once at his house. I cannot recollect whether I was alone. I did not take the letter you refer to, as written by myself, from his studio. I never saw the parcel in the possession of any one before I saw it at the Pantheon. No one saw it there till I showed it to my brother.:l had opened the seals before he saw it. I had a residence at Twickenham, and went there occasionally. I destroyed some of the Prisoner's letters on the 2d or 3d of August. I should think more than half a dozen. The only two I have are those which have been produced. I was the first person who spoke respcting the return of my letters. No one, on my part, knew of my engagement to the prisoner. The engagement I allude to is that of marriage. The correspondence between us was always friendly and affectionate. The letters I wrote were, in general, in answer to his. I cannot tell how many letters I wrote, but I am certain it was more than the number mentioned in the indictment—viz., 63. Mr. Keene—Your name is Frederica ? Closing Price. Paid. (Business done SECONDARIES' COURT. IMPORTANT ADVERTISING CASEI,--CLAYTON V WILDE. 55 60 94 99i This was an action to recover a sum for exhibiting adver tising boards outside St. Lathe-ine Docks and a country market place. Plaintiff's partner said that the firm constituted the Illus trated Mammoth Advertising Company, and defendant re presented the Commercial Restaurant in Cheapside. Plaintiffs paid the St. Katherine Dock Company £5OO per annum for the use of the walls; and large attractive boards very useful to the advertiser were put up. Witness under stood that defendant wished to have a board and called upon him. Saw a Mr. Glover, and found:that defendant wished to have a sketch of the rooms, and an artist was employed. The board was seen from time to time and then fixed up. The terms were 3s. 6d. per week, payable monthly, for not a less term than 12 months. 3,1 41 d 5i 6i 70 75 65 70 65 70 4 ° u - 5} Cross-examined—lf the parties are respectable I do not trouble them for six months. I knew the business was carried on because I dined at the rooms, I believe Glover was authorised by defendant to give the order. If a person who has given me an order becomes bankrupt I prove on the estate (even if the board has only been on for a week) for the year, and get the dividead if there is any. Mr. Glover was called, and said he had been in partnership with defendant, and defendant agreed that the boards should be put up. Wit ness—Yes. Mr. Keene—You called yourself his Colomba ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Keene—That means a dove ? Witness—Sometimes it means a pigeon, (Laughter.) Mr. Keene—You said, didn't you, that a dove sat in a jessamine bower. Witness—lle said that and I admitted it. Cross-examined—Had no written authority. The learned Secondary—There was no neeessitglie was a partner. On behalf of Mr. Wylde it was urged that the defendant was ignorant of the contract made on his behalf. The advocate for the defendant was not in a position to contro vert the evidence given, and defendant must submit to any verdict the jury may please to find. Cross-examination continued—The prisoner was a great deal in my company. He never told me he was compro mised before the world in consequence of his attachment with me, or the people were talking about his getting money from me. He never explained to me how I had in jured him or how I had made his life miserable. Mr. Keene then called for the production of a letter dated May 16, 1861, written by Miss Johnston to the pri soner—one of those taken by Tanner, the constable, at the prisoner's house. It was handed to witness, who at once admitted it was in her handwriting. _ _ _ The jury at once found for the plaintiff for tho full amount. IMPORTANT TO 31TRYMEN. A few jurymen were excused in consequence of illness, and one juryman urged that he had obtained a certificate which would, he thought, entitle him to exemption for a period of between three or four years. Mr. Keene—lt is written in Italian, and begins my dearest friend, does it not ? Witness—Yes. The learned Secondary said that was an error. The juryman could be called upon to serve after two years. The juryman could not be excused. Mr. Keene wished the letter read. ---- The learned judge thought at present that could not be done. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) Cross. examination continued—The letter was written after the rejection of his picture by the Royal Academy. Mr. Keene—Was not the prisoner then, in your estima tion, the most worthiest of men, and worthy of your love. Witness—No, not of my love. The time I wrote that letter my feelings for him, as he said he was unfortunate, was of the warmest kind. I considered he had been dis appointed, and I wrote to him as I should have done to any one in misfortune. You can put what construction you like upon it, (Suppressed applause.) OLD COURT. (Before Baron Martin.) THE CASE OF VINCENT COLLUCCI. Vincent Colluci, 31, artist, was indicted for stealing 19 bank notes, each for the payment of £lOO, the property of Frederica Johnstone, and also for unlawfully obtaining by false pretences from Frederica Johnstone 19 bank notes each for the payment of £lOO with intent to defraud. The charge, it will be recollected, was that the prisoner had obtained £1,900 from the prosecutrix for the return of certain letters she had written to him, and that, in place of so doing, after he had received the money he refused to do so. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. . _ Mr. Keene—Was it not a condition by the prisoner that you should give him a written paper 'stating the reasons why the letters were given up ? - SVitness—No. Miss Frederica Johnstone, examined by Sergeant Parry, said—l have known the prisoner ever since 1858. Ho was in4roduced to me by my cousins at Twickenham. He was following the profession of an artist. In consequence of the introduction, I invited Mr. Collucci to our house. In 1859 I first made an advance of money to him. lie told me his mother was very unwell in Italy, that he was devotedly attached to her, and that he should like to go to see her. I asked him why he did not go instantly, when he said money prevented him. I asked him if I could be of any use to him, and I told him I had about £5O by me. lie said that would not be enough; but I told him I had a blank cheque, which he appeared not to know the value of. Before he took his departure for Italy I advanced him £250. After he returned he commenced to sketch my portrait. Ultimately an attachment sprung up between us, and we were to be married. Letters then passed between us, and the last I received was on the 2d of August of the present year. I destroyed all the letters I re ceived. In 1859 I was seized with illness, and about June of the same year I told him about breaking off the marriage. He said he was very sorry, but he had not the courage to go on, as he thought he was in a consumption. 1 had advanced to him about £2,000, including a sum of money for a picture, which was sent to the Royal Academy, but was not hung up. I have always taken a great interest in pictures. I constantly spoke to the prisoner about restoring to me my letters. About the end of May I told him I did not wish to continue our inti macy any longer. I afterwards received a letter from him relating to money, and referring to the letter I had written to him. (M. Strass, the interpreter, then read the letter.) I afterwards had an interview with him relative to the money I had advanced. I afterwards received the follow ing letter from him : " Dated June 10. Mr. Keene—Nothing cf the kind. Witness—No, certainly not. Nothing of the kind. Mr. Keene—You did get some of your letters from the prisoner. Witness—Yes, when he was going to Italy. After he had been absent some time and Italy was in a disturbed state. I opened the letters as was my custom with other written papers, and then destroyed them without the slightest reserve or hesitation. Re-examined by Mr. Chambers—The picture the pri soner was to paint was not confined to myself. My sister was included in it, and also a little dog. My sister accompanied me to the prisoner's studio. 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I received a letter from him in about two hours after stat ing that he had sent an answer to my sister. SubNequently he said he would give up the letters when she required. them. I then wrote to him again demanding my sister's letters. Having made some inquiries rela tive to the prisoner, I then put the whole matter into the hands of my solicitor. A warrant was obtained and placed in the hands of Sergeant Tanner. I am certain no French gentleman in writing to a lady would use certain expressions found in the prisoner's letters. Sergeant Tanner, of the detective force, said—l went to the prisoner's house to execute the warrant. The prisoner appeared not to understand what I wanted. I explained it to him. He then took me upstairs and gave me sixty-three letters, and on being asked for the money he had received from Miss Johnstone, he returned me an envelope contain ing sixteen £lOO notes, and when I asked him what he had done with the other three he said he had expended them on Miss Johnstone. He said he did not understand what was being done, and he further said, " I have never given Miss Johnstone a parcel at all, upon my honour as a gentleman." When the prisoner gave up the letters, he said Miss Johnson had promised to do something for him, which he would not mention, and, had she kept her word, he would have re turned, her her letters. He took a seal from the prisoner which corresponded with the wax impression on the brown paper parcel. This was the case for the prosecution- Mr. Keene then proceeded to address the jury for the defence. The case was proceeding when we went to press. THIRD COURT. THE CASE OF THE REV. MR. HOLLOWAY. An application vas made to the Court to postpone the trial of the Rev. Henry Holloway until next session. After some consideration, the Court consented to the request. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT A SOLICITOR'S.—Wm. Joseph Tillson, office-boy, in the employ of Mr. Edmund Brown Oldr aye, solicitor, 38, Bolsover-street, was charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing some decanters and other articles the property of his master. It appears that the boy had been some time in Mr. Old rave's employ, and had been treated with great kindness. On the day previous, while passing through Carburton - street, Mr. Oldrave saw some decanters, which he recog nised as his property, at the door of a shop kept by a Mrs. Stephenson, and on asking who she purchased them of she said of a boy. Mr. Oldrave then looked in a cheffonier in which the decanters, a teapot, and other articles, altogether of the value of £l5, had been locked, and though he found the cheffonier still locked, the whole of the contents were gone. The boy, on being spoken to by Mr. Oldrave, said he had sold two of the decanters for 9d. The boy said there was sombody else in the house be sides him; there was a woman who used to get tipsy, and sent him to Mr. Chapman's, the pawnbroker, with a silver teapot and some other things, but they would not take them in because he was so young. _ _ _ Mr. Oldrave said a female and her husband had lived in his house, and the female was addicted to drink, but she had left full two months. Mrs. Stephenson said she bought the decanters, glasses, and other articles for 4s, 2d. Oldrave said they were worth 30s, He did not wish the boy punished. Mr.Beadon said he felt that the boy had been led into it by a bad and miserable woman. He should require that the boy's father enter into his recognisances in £2O for two years that the boy should abstain from anything of the kind, and be of good conduct. Mr, Oldrave said he had heard that some of his property was at the receiving-shops, The receivers were far worse than the thieves, Mr, Beadon said that was a very trite remark, but the difficulty was in catching the receivers. The boy was then given up to his father, IBIS DAY'S SIiIPPING. LONDON, Oct. 23.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather. SHEERNESS, Oct. 22.—Wind S.—Arrived—Royal Alice, from Moulmein. DUBLIN, Oct. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Catherine, from St. John's, N.B. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived.—Am phion, from Belize; her Majesty's ship Mohawk, from Malta. LIMERICK, Oct. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived —Primrose, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, Oct. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Martha, from Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 22.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Elise Susanne, from Rangoon for Rotterdam, with crew sick; Alipedede, from Rio Janeiro; her Majesty's ship Grey hound, from Malta. LOUGH FOYLE, Oct. 23.—Arrived—Bohemian, screw steamer, from Quebec. PILL, Oct. 22.—Wind S.—Sailed—H. D. Brookman, for New York. _ (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. The Borussa steamer, which sails hence to-day for New York, takes out £17,500 in silver, and £15,960 in gold from London, and 37,500 francs from Havre. Arrived—Elizabeth, from Llanelly ; Florida, from New port; Leda, steamer, from Dublin, and left for London. Sailed—Unite, for Rotterdam. (BY SUBMARINE AND M!GNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 23—Fidelity, from Le Viviers ; Augusti ts, from Cembritsharun ; John and Mary Ann, from Cae a; Eliza, fromfro m GuTavantanamo ; Norma, f r o m Taganrog; Em ily Wylde Sailed, Oct. 23.—Cid, steamer, far Bilboa ; Black Eagle, for Halifax ; Sir E. Banks, steamer, for Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning Several arrivals. Boats boarding since daylight. -- - The Seinaph&re of Marseilles says :—" Prir Leopold of England, accompanied by Colonel Bowal ;er, arrived at Marseilles on Saturday, on his way to Canr Les, where his Royal Highness is going to stay some time for the Deucftt of his health." The resumption of gold remittances to the United States is a singular but wholly unimportant fact. The certainty is just as strong as ever that if thb war continues not merely shall we witness a drain of specie fronh that country, but a suspension of cash payments. The Government expenditure is at the rate of a hundred millions sterling per annum, to say nothing of the augmented outlay of each individual State, or of the cost sustained by the Confederates while 700,000 at least of the ablebodied population of the country are withdrawn from manufactures and agriculture, and have become consumers instead of producers. With an expenditure of only about £15,000,000 per annum, and with all their people engaged to the utmost in industrial pursuits, the United States were not usually found year by year to accumulate any exceptional stock of the precious metals, and the idea that under their changed cir cumstances, and with 40 millions sterling, or nearly one-half of their usual exports cut off by the cotton blockade, they may now, for the first time, begin to fill their coffers and to draw away the supplies of other regions, would appear the most extraordinary assumption that could be entertained. If the United States can show that the way to attract the precious metals is by quadrupling their expenditure, with holding 50 per cent. of their ordinary exportable produce, and calling an eighth part of their adult population from the ploagh and the loom to the barrack, we shall soon have every country in the world plunging into war in order to enjoy the ex citement, profusion, and idleness that are thus to prove the most rapid causes of national wealth. Yet the American journals have some dreams of the kind, for they are predicting continuous arrivals of gold from this country, and, while they have an acute sense of the horrors we are to sustain during the winter from the want of cotton, they can see nothing but a plethora of resources at home, which should induce all people to subscribe as fast as pos sible to each two-monthly issue of an additional ten millions of Federal stock. The amount of sovereigns now being sent from Liverpool by each steamer will, of course, be cited as a confirmation of the new theory, and will stimulate all the classes who are revelling in the national funds to entertain antici pations even still more wild, of the continuance of this splendid example of inexhaustible means, which, in fact, increase in proportion as they are drawn upon. Meanwhile, however, the less ardent European world will prefer to watch the experiment to the end. The French demand for grain and flour will soon diminish, and in the course of a few weeks the exportation of those articles will also be reduced by the closing of the canals. Even if the whole crop could be sent forward it would not be easy to see how a total worth forty or fifty millions could suffice not only to meet an expenditure of two or three times that amount, but create a balance ag ainst Europe that must be remitted in gold, and yet be yond breadstuffs there is little else we can look for. The inference, therefore, must be that the present financial felicitations at New York are like those of a spendthrift who, having been momentarily put in funds by a sudden realisation of his best assets, wholly loses sight of the fact that these receipts have not borne any relation to the actual yearly course either of his income or liabilities. THIS DAY'S MARAETS. Fresh up to this day's market the arrivals of English wheat were somewhat on the increase. Generally speak ing, the trade ruled inactive, yet no change took place in the value either of red or white qualities, compared with Mo y; that day's improvement being fairly supported. ; , ..'irters cf foreign wheat were firm, and the quotations wailk7ell maintained. The show of samples was only mo • derate. • ,Floatinfcaltgoes of grain sold somewhat freely, at ex treme rato•.;. The trade for barley ruled firm, a nd the quotations w ere well supported. New malt sold slowly, at late rates, but old qualities were very dull. Oats were in steady request, at fully previous currencies. Beans and peas were firm, and quite as dear as on Mon- day. In flour a very moderate business was transacted, never theless prices ruled firm. _ ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 1,1 40 830 ) 1,250 ; 450 sacks Irish 7,860 , 3,250 ; 11,730 40 sks. brls. IVIIITECHAPEL. Only moderate supplies of meat have been on sale here, and the trade rules firm, at the annexed rates. Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, : - q3 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per 81bs. BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops are in fair request, at full prices; but all other kinds are a dull sale, on former terms. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE IN LIVERPOOL.—This strike, which has extended over many weeks, is now only partially settled, owing to the demands of the Brick layers' Union. The joiners and plasterers resumed work upon the withrawal of the hour system, but not so the bricklayers, who refuse to resume work unless the masters give them a guarantee that they will make no change in the present order of the payment of the wa g es for tux months to come, We have a sufficiently high idea of the genius and wisdom of Mr. Spurgeon to prevent us from demurring to any of his proceedings without some cause. We were the first paper in Scotland who a m h ofhi Spurgeons popularitys , b ey t o h n e d r e a is l o n o o took up hi s defence when his friends were few and far betw een . Of his genius we never had a doubt, author of his ti me. pplished by his preaching m w p n ar o is la o c n k , t o h f o p ir ro .o e s f t popular pr eac h er, and proof. Thecom and a m works ounto is f g i n o c o a d l n a ul c most popular theological able. There is scarcely a nook or crany of old Scotland, not to mention England and America, where his sermons have not penetrated and cheered the sad hour of many a despondin g heart. But Mr. Spur geon is a man of like passions as his fellows, and to expect perfection would be a grand mistake. Some time ago his best friends were grieved to observe that the preaching of the glorious Gospel, which had gained him all his fame, was beginning to h e marred with the preaching of ecclesiastical croteheta —that the man, above all others, who had succeeded in preaching Christ the crucified, was devoting more than enough of his discourses and writin g to his particular views of baptism, and scattering h o t tt underbolts on all who dared to allies from him. It began to be thought that on this question he would destroy his popularity, and turn his Taber nacle into a sectarian assembly, where none but water disciples could meet. Report says that on that theme he has cooled considerably, and has now turned lecturer on secular and curious subjects. The London press have come down on him for turning the Tabernacle into a place of amusement. Few among our readers will blame him because he does not believe in the episcopal consecration that renders places, as well as persons, sacred; but as few will be able to shake themselves free of the idea that a place of worship has a certain sacred ness about it, and that the grotesque and comical ought not to be there. It is easy to get quit of episcopal notions of sacred places ; but it is not easy to get quit of Scripture ideas of the sacred ness of such places. Jehovah promised long ago, and that promise runs still, that in all places where his name is recorded, he will come to his people and bless them. Now, with the sacredness of Christian worship, the grotesque and comical do not agree, The Christian who finds the Taber nacle none other than the house of God and the gate of heaven, will not relish in it the drolleries of Gorilla lectures, or the comicalities of " Taming. the Shrew." On the contrary, he will sav instinc tively, " Take these things hence"—" Make not my Father's house a house of merchandise"—a house of mirth and laughter. The Tabernacle is dese crated by such proceeding s , and the devout will be grieved to see it so used. Mr. Spurgeon, we know, is not to be measured by the lines that mea sure others in matters of genius and lofty thought; but in matters of propriety others are as good judges as he is, and they are quite satisfied that ho is in a fair way to turn that magnificent building into a place of amusement, and a place which per sons of right feeling will be inclined to avoid on the Sabbath. Mr. Spurgeon knows where his great strength lies—lies iu preaching the Gospel, and to that he should adhere in his Metropolitan Tabernacle. Had he lectured on some literary topic merely, or had he confined himself to any philanthropic or benevolent effort, all might have been right; but the preacher at once descends from the sublimities of the Gospel to the comicalities of Shakespeare and to the grotesqueness of a comical lecturer. The London papers say that never has there been such laughing in a house of prayer as there was during the delivery of the famous Gorilla and Shrew lectures. We enjoy a laugh as well as Our neighbours in proper times and places, but we Should not choose to go to laugh in Mr. Spur geon's Metropolitan Tabernacle, and we trust that he will now think that there has been quite enough of that in that place. It is not likely that anything the Press can say will determine his mode of action, but the Press has a duty to dis charge in the matter, and that duty would not be done if the probable consequences of such a move were not pointed out. Mr. Spurgeon would do well to remember that the most popular ministers in London who preceded him maintained their posi tion and fame just es long as they adhered to the preaching of the Gospel; but when they began to adopt new and untried courses they speedily de stroyed their usefulness and lost their popularity. He is a wise man who knows his forte and adheres to it. He is not a wise man who, in the hey-day of his popularity, goes in quest of the new and the strange. Least of all is he a wise man who comas down from the sublimities of the grand scheme of redemption to supersede the comedian. No doubt the Scotch people have very peculiar notions, but in religious matters they are generally as correct as their more favoured brethren across the Tweed. Mr. Spurgeon will scarcely say that the Scotch are his enemies, but even if they were, fas eat doceri ab poste. We may add that pastors ought to teach the do mestic virtues from the Bible and not from Shake spare. The Apostle's way of taming Shrews is fully as well worthy of study as Shakespeare's. There is now-a-days a lack of teaching in the mat ter of family relationship and domestic and public duties, compared with the teaching of the Apostles. Many will probably take_the hint from Mr. Spur geon's lecture, and do that as a part of clerical duty which he has Chosen to do in a comical and singular way for a clergyman. A 7IGE.R STORY. The following, from the pen of an Ensign in the 72d Regiment, appears in the Field :—" I had just arrived at Khandalla, and I met there an old schoolfellow, who was going out to shoot pigs, and he asked me to come with him. He lent me a single barrelled rifle, and we went out, about a mile and a half from camp, to a place which was notorious for pigs. It was a deep ravine, with a very high mountain on one side, and a low one on the other, andfilled up with dense jungle. My companion placed himself about the middle of the ravine, and I took up my position near to the end, where the ra vine narrowed. We had below about forty beaters or coolies, who began at the open end, and beat up towards me. They had passed Heyland without anything being seen, but as they neared the spot where I was stationed, I heard a rushing and break ing among the bushes, and naturally expected to ace some pigs come out, so I cocked my rifle and brought it up to my shoulder ready, when, to my utter amazement, out bounded a tiger ; I then did what I have since been told was a very fo olish thing. I fired at him with a single-barrelled rifle. Luckily the shot struck him thr ou g h both his fore legs ; had I hit him anywhere else he would have charged, and I should have had no chance of escape ; as it was, however, he rushed on as well as he could into the small part of the jungle beyond me, and we got him to show himself by . making the beaters roll down large stones at him ; but he always disappeared again before we had time to fire. At last I watched the exact spot where he went after one of these short appearances, and, making a lucky shot, sent a ball right through his stomach. Upon this he got up, and with a frightful roar that made my flesh creep, he rushed back to his old haunt, receiving two or three balls in his body es he bounded through the open space between the two jungles. It appeared, however, he was in no hurry to give up the ghost, . for he got back all right to his original W the natives who were carryiag it had, now found, upon calling for more ammunition, that t e ht e bulletd.h we e fhad.or fresh lNre c h e a s d s o n f a f w ear n , a th al r t o e w rn n at a i w ye a supplies, which we did, ester givingthe culprits a well-deserved thrashing ; and we took advantage of the opportunity of making a late breakfast; ylmetvetoryr. having done which,. we . again stated for the scene of action—this time l trackedtheAt g l each carrying t w o rifles and a large hunting -knife. Screw ingju n up on u o r o t andck we entered the his thick of pluck ,him byblood. last a native pointed him out to Heyland, who fired at and wounded him ; the tiger came after us with a terrific roar, and considering discretion the better part of valour we hastily mounted a tree ; this operation was repeated three times, and at last we found him lying on his side, apparently dead. We went up withit. five yards of him to have a look at him, Heyland firing both barrels at him, about 15 yards off, previously, to make certain of him; but I suppose in his excitement he missed him, as the tiger never moved. When we were about five yards from him, I proposed to give him a shot and make doubly sure; but Heyland said, No, no 1 you will spoil the skin,' and laid hold of my rifle , w hich I, like a fool, let go, thinking the brute must be dead; but as we were taking another step forward be.raonse. with an awful roar, and sprang alter me. HI% _a . ran down-hill, and got off all right; but Ira P followed us just got up to some coolies who hill as hard as I could, and the tiger af d ter ba r tinning away in our advance, and were no d w I heard the I had as fast as they eould, k ex pected to get out of the scent was that ? I never k e n x ile and turned round in beast breathing at my bac scrape alive, so drew y . What an awful mo his mind, leaped upon the when the tigTr, enau who was running alongside of me, back o f a nativ . e most frightfully • but it was h . desperation. to ma.ke_a,,miuogeless effort to save myself, hini d t m he coolie got off ' with a is dying effort, anmaul that would have killed any European, but did not kill him. I can assure . you that . I shall in future be a little more cautious about . going up to one again before I a m quite certain of his being dead:, and mauled " No, no, no. Net a month more of such a life—not even a week—it is infernal to me—it is the vengeance of God 11 Yes, you have ruined me, physically and morally. You have destroyed everything in me—my talent, my peace, my heart. Come, miss ; you have only one of three things to choose—you will either marry me, or insure me enough to live upon, or I shall leave England. " You have three days to think it over. " V. C." When I spoke to him about money he was always exces sively violent to me, and said I deeply injured him. 1 asked him if I could do anything for him, and he said if I would give him more money, and keep their secret, he could, perhaps, then be reconciled to existence. I after wards had another interview with him at the Pantheon. had a horror of the interview, as I felt he had determined upon doing something. He said to me, observing my agitation, " Don't be afraid." Ite then repeated that I had deeply injured him, and, in answer to his enquiries, I said I would give him £2,000, or anything else for the return of my letters. He said I should have them, as that sum of money would do for the moment. I told him not to think that, as I could not and would not do anything more for him. I again called upon him at the end of July, in Ovington-square. When I went he said, " Well, what have you decided ?" I said, "Nothing." He replied, " I thought you would have it in your hand ; this is a time when a woman ought to sell the very last thing she possessed. He was very violent in voice, and holding his coat, said " This is the way in which you should be dragged along by me." I again asked him about my letters, and he said he must have £lOO (of the £2,000 he was to have for the letters. I afterwards met him at the Baker-street Bazaar, and gave him the £lOO. Nothing particular was said at the time, further than that I was very much disgusted with him. I wrote a few words on a small sheet of paper on Friday, the 2d of Aug., directing the prisoner to meet me at the Pantheon on the following morning at half-past 10, to exchange the letters for the money I had agreed to give. I obtained 19 £lOO notes, and went out with them. I saw him at the appointed place, and I said to him, " Where are my letters. He replied, " I have them." I said " Where," and he showed me something in his pocket, and then said, " Remember how you obtain this money, it is a very large sum. All the notes are numbered, and they can be very easily traced." He said, "give it me." I said with great emphasis, " Give me my letters," and he then gave me a brown paper parcel. I then gave him the money. When we got to the entrance hall I said, " I want you to give me a stamped receipt for the money, but he declined to give it me. When I handed him the £l,OOO I did it to recover my letters, I afterwards hired a cab, and after I had gone about 100 yards I opened the parcel and discovered a bundle of old newspapers and One letter in my handwriting, which had been carefully placed at the bottom of the parcel within sight. When I got home I communicated with my brother, Mr. Campbell Johnstone, and placed the whole affair in his hands. I shortly after wards received the following letters from the prisoner :-- "August 16. "My Dearest,—l have just received a letter which makes me laugh, and I think you will also laugh when you read it. " By G—, I think you have chosen a bad path, and I warn you, if you take another step not friendly, I will give your letters into the hands of a magistrate, in order to de mand my rights. "Miss J., with your hands you would ruin me, and with your own hands you shall save me from the precipice into which you have thrown me. You have destroyed my future, and you shall give it back to me. I swear it to you by my mother I "The idea makes me laugh much at steps against tee. Do you mean to say you will make my conduct public ? "But this is what I wish, in order to justify myself be fore the society in which I live. Remember, you have not even a reason in your favour, The star in the ceiling of my studio—the star in your hair—the picture—the star in the little bottle received fri,m you as a token of love—and your hair, would be sufficient proofs, without the letters, to condemn you. Know that if any one shall dare to force me —to be violent with me, it will cost their life—at the peril of their life I The letters are mine, and no one has a right to demand them. I will not give tkem up except when you —you shall wish it. Adieu. Remember, that you will gain more by being friendly than by waging war against me ; and that I did love you, and that you, as a reward, have ruined me. " P.S.—Come and see me as speedily aspossible ; and, if you like it, in company with the gentleman who wrote the letter, as I shall be very happy to make his acquaint- V. C." ance. "August 17. "It is now more than three years you have known me, so that you ought by this time to have known my character also ; and therefore you ought to think that the path you have chosen is a bad one. I stand on my rights, and on the laws of this country. There is no mortal man can touch that which belongs to me without scandal and behaving scandalously ; therefore away with useless excuse or foolish bravadoes. Can you see me in good friendship as you have done in times past ? Then you and I can arrange and see what else we can do. Remember that to get out of the ruin into which you have thrown me, I am ready for everything or anything—know this I Alas, I beg of you do not push me to extremes, which may be dreadful for you and for me. You have placed me in a position from which there is but one path to get out yet—the path is in your hands I Come and see me. Adio. "V. C. " P.S—Do not make your guardian write to me, for it is time lost, I have already said I shall not open the letters." "August 16. "Dear Sir,—The answer to the letter I have received is that t send r profound f t o t u o n t d h c e o h n op. sid s e e ra o y f otnh,e.yloaudry very f ry whom obedi y e o n u t are the guardian. servant, " V. CoLLuccf." The wax impression on the p arce l i s from a sea l I gave the prisoner. ined by Mr. Beene ---No ono was pretont stock 100 stock 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock /100 15 all 100 1 FOREIGN RAIL Algerian Antwerp t Rotterdam. Ardennes ............ • • Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 Belgian East. Junction Bezlers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine clz Rail Copiapo .......... • • • • • • Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .. Grand Itus Guar. 6 p. c. 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The Federal Diet is already acquainted with the present position of the negotiations relating to a plan of defence for the German coasts of the North Sea and the Baltic, other than those belonging to Prussia. It does not appear probable that any practical and decisive resolution will be soon taker respecting the proposals for a general and compre hensive system of maritime defence which were some time since made by the various Governments most immediately concerned. In these circumstances, the Government of the King considers it not only desirable, but in the highest degree necessary, that the maritime states of the Confederation should come to a mutual and common understanding, in order to take those de fensive measures which the situation requires. Hanover taking the initiative in this matter, has proposed the construction of 50 screw gunboats. In the opinion of the King's Government the most cer tain way of obtaining this result would be to induce the several riverain states immediately to set about the construction and armament of a larger or smaller number of these gunboats, under the sanction and control of the Federal Diet, which should reimburse them from the general funds of the Confedera tion. The King's Government, having satisfied itself of the practicability of the project, has re solved to construct a flotilla of 20 armed screw gunboats, to be specially appropriated to the defense of the three great rivers, the Elbe, the Ems, and the Weser. The Hanoverian Government under takes to proceed with all necessary activity in the construction of this number of war vessels, which will form its proportional part of the squadron of the North Sea. There is reason to believe that each of the' other..riverain states, without waiting for the issue of the general deliberations on the subject which are about to take place in the Federal Diet, will show a readiness not inferior to that of Hano ver in constructing and arming a certain number of vessels destined to protect and defend the coasts and ports of the North Sea. The envoy of Hanover to the Federal Diet, having received orders to bring the resolution of his Government to the knowledge of the Diet, has been instructed at the same time to submit the fol lowing propositions ; _ _ 1. ihat it may please the Diet to auth arise the riverain governments of countries bordering on the North Sea and the Baltic, not including Prussia, to join, each in proportion to its geographical import ance, in constructing under the control of the Diet 50 steam-vessels, which shall form the squadron of the North Sea, and that the said Governments may be requested to come to an understanding on the subject. 2. That it may also please the Diet to order that all the expenses resulting from the establishment, armament, and maintenance of this squadron for the North and Baltic Seas shall be exclusively borne and reimbursed by the general treasury of all the States of the Confederation. REMITTANCES OF GOLD TO AMERICA THE REV. C. 11. SPURGEON'S GORIL AND 811R1 21V LECTURED'. 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