The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-06 00:00:00

TEONEY MARKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. l A better feeling is now perceptible in thtehgeenbeavnak discount market, the measure adopted by the interest authorities having removed previously manifested. It se m em u s cb to of imposed will be thought that the restrictionsbe generally sufficient to correct the adverse now show in operation. Discounters, consequently, 'afluence lately greater willingness to transact business, no difficulty who require accommodationand those have on first class bills, at whatever in obtaining 5 . 4 6 per cent. The inqui i r t y , is tolerablyauthorities active. The weekly return issued by the the B an k o f E ng l an d, as , was predicted, is of an un. has again been reduced by £638,146, and r satisfactory c h a racter. The thereserveofnotesb e y n 174 3,755. The private e bullion deposits have also been trenched upon to the extent of £1,153,955, and the other securities have been augmented by £316,036. Annexed are the particulars : Z 22 ,0 16 4 8 0 :9 97 20 0 Activ ln e c C re ir a c s u e lat . i r on •••• • • • • .. • . 13,799,428 Decrease .. 638,146 Rest .• • • • • .. •• • 3,144,306 Decrease ••1421 P u blic Deposits .• .. • . 5,066,,818 Increase .• • • • • 60465,5 Other Deposits.. .. 13,861,173 , Decrease .. • 1,153,955 Seven Day and o th er Bills .. • 742 Increase •• . 13,,6048 •90 Government Securities' •. Decrease 10,949,363 Other Securities 46,000 .. 20, 1 3 1 Increase .. •.. 309,5246,035 Notes Unemployed• 5,803,605 Decrease ..• • • • . 743 ,755 Durin g the last few days the operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been of a rather limited character, the advance in the minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England having caused a partial suspension of speculative operations. Sugar, however, has sustained pre vious rates. Coffee, at public sale, sold slowly at barely previous prices. At the public sales of tea, however, an advance of id. to ld. per lb. has been established ; while at the public sales of colonial wool the attendance of both home and foreign dealers has been large, and the dealings show an advance of ld. to ld.'per lb. on the rates current at the previous auctions. The tallow market has been more animated, and prices for both present and forward delivery show an upward tendency. A special extraordinary general meeting of the directors of the Southsea Pier Hotel Company took place this day at the offices of the company, relative to the proposed alteration in the articles of association which are to be submitted to a special general meeting of the shareholders on Nov, 28. ft....ft ~..... • Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cant. Rentes were 66f. 90c. to 67f. Oc.—Better in consequence of the 'lse in London. Before the closing of business yesterday the Stock Exchange Market became much firmer, the excitement subsided, and a healthier tone generally Prevailed. Further indications of a favourable character have manifested themselves to-day, and a degree of buoyancy prevails, instead of the depression which previously characterised almost every class of security. Consols are 927f0r money, and 9ta 2, less the dividend, for account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are k per cent. higher, and Exchequer Bills have recovered to 68. and ls. dis. A decidedly better feeling prevails in the Foreign Market, which is very active in conse quence of large continental orders to purchase nearly all the principal speculative stocks. Greek are about 13 ; better, being 291 30, and the Coupons are 11 higher, standing at 14 15 prem. Spanish Passive have gone up viz, to 342 s. The Inter nal Passive have risen to 30 /, and the Certificates are about 1 per cent. better, at 13:1,. Mexican have risen a to 40Z a ; and Portuguese Scrip is firm at 17-3- H prem. The Confederate Loan is heavy at 63 65. In the Railway Share Market a firmer tone has prevailed, and prices in several instances have im proved. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without material variation. Bank Shares continue in fair request, and prices generally show an upward tendency. In the Miscellaneous Market the operations have been rather numerous, and in some instances a slight improvement has taken place. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 921 1 i New 3 per Ce n t. A nnu i t i es India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ... 1001 Consols for Account, Dec. 3 9 ll 1 ex di , India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent lO6l Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent 6 1 dis Ditto X500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £l5 paid Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account l3 Italian 5 per Cen.t.(Maremmana Railw a y ) 80A Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account 491 Rassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 94 Ditto 4} per Cent 1850,. 9o} Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B9l 1 Sardinian 5 per Ce n t ...... Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Ditto Account Ditto Account 134 1 4 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account 924 DlDliiittt:to Account 66 e Ce u n .dt t . 18621858 Venezuela 3 ~...: 7l 1 701 1 mt. Ditto lt t cpc:rkit , Ditto A,c cot ' Dividends on - . t'lle.x.a..bl..fip. .... ........ in London. s7i Dutch, 24 per Cent. Ditto 4 per Cent. 6ert ificates ili ., rB - 18 61, Ex. 25 francs 1004 Italian, 5 per Cent., Ditto Account. TWO O'CLOCK. . C3nsols, Money 011 i ex div Ditto Account .. Southsea Pier Hotel Company. An extraordinary meeting of this company took place this day, at the offices of the company, 6, St. John-street, Bedford-row; Dr. Millar in the chair. The meeting was called relative to the proposed altera tion in the articles of association. /qr. UPTON moved that the proposed alterations be adopt ed. Mr. RATTENBURY seconded the motion, which was car lectunanimously. A tor Ir. Witworth, of Abchurch-lane, was appointed audi tor the year Mr. R A liars _e TTENEURY moved—" That the special extraordi l\to,,,,,,4eral meeting of the company be held on Saturday, f or tire b er 28th. at 1 p.m., at the offices of the company, ezk aor rrpos e o f confirming the resolutions passed at the t 1141 7 geeral meeting of this day." seconded the motion, which was also carried. lipehteri:' SHIPPING—This Day. tox t , n , Nov. 6.—Wind this day at noon—North n, moderate breeze, and fine weather. Jarj °- " l totTri, Nov. s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Hakon . 17 _, from Skelletten for Bilboa. tr -41"1(-) iNr —W - nd S W —Arrived—Anne , vrx, _ov. .... .1 .. . . "wilt troru Sunderland for San Sebastian, with bows bto re in. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Fziday Morning. Arrived, Nov. s —Lady of the Lake, from Algoa Bay. Arrived, Nov. G—Adice Jane, from Tarragona; Jeh, from Cdlcutta; Challenge, from Archangel; Miss Beck, from Leghorn ; Guiding. Star, from Demerara; Antje Jansen, from Groningen ; John Banks, ; British Empire, from Callao ; Nathaniel, from Huelva; Alliance, from Taganrog. Friday M orning. Passed—Harriet Pinkney, for EAL Bermuda y, for hlomador ; Carolina, for Calcutta • Hertnine, forty ew York ; Grahamstown, for Algoa Bay ; L'ondon (screw steamer), for Gibraltar ; Birmingham, for Bombay; Hurricane for Port ; Pet, for Corfu ; Echo. for Alga Bay ; Hedvig, for tnrroon—all from London ; Velopign, from Sunderland, for Venice ; M.S. Commercial ~.ode,ami Brenda (screw steamier, from West, for London; Don Boyne (screw steamer), from Hamburg, for Havre. Sailed—Gazehound, Amber Ny m ph, P r i nce Albert, and Statesman, with all the outward bound. ~~C~ Iv. 5, ded by esty On f Cam ty. tervieW yester %ll, and &LES. -- 3tant) Of year at aounced._ incess of lnd pre. tion, but ?d. The now, it Le Prince nbridge 3ral 11411 if Cana yester- royal na and , Colonel ith their perform- D Lichees it Haw, official er Park, h have scale, at 'h e pert! E, who Is )ility and nivereitY who, oo Elinchie they will rn have eaudeser t ire, and ing with d House, asterdsl afternoon r better, broke rse of the © been ; of Riell' er L d p t an ad- a motirly. NCED IS LchnuiOt ;hes ha v° has been Empe ror, a ppointe d. iooibren l rn can V 3 into eon' He C'° - 'd of from en fring ° rt time in iree tirae o .there and Tin's bee' reatly hjunctioe arapeg ile : ;. Jaqg es o f Lntag es o dies, s ystero" 12 k ilos. beentave a favo ur ' similarly also 'ound the otII i n creas e r his po'i crops o lu© 5 ° Pe r Ses" r ; hel d fl u 0 p Of e nn , by it; the ng it :r a c°“'",, ned ' , t iff 14 lulte SHARE MARKETS.--This day. Share Railways. Paid. Closing 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall .-{" A gets no div Do till6pc.p an.has Dublin & Belfast June. D D u o B been paid to B. n . . ,Perth,&Ab. June. ;Edinburgh & Glasgow. , Glasg. and S. Western.' Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock I Ditto East Angli an s tl GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern ; I Do A stock ; Do ii do Gt. S. awl W. of 'retail , : Great Western .... • • • • 1 ; Do Str Val gua. stock! Tancashlte & Yorkshire; !London and Blackwal !Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast L0u.,1 Chat., and Dover' !Lon. & North Western Lou. & So'.th Western I Man., Shef., & Li nco l n. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Keat Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwhik Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds 4 .4.0 Do York Do Carlisle North London 19,16.4' Do New ...... North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central IScot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpooi ;Shropshire Union South Drron 'South . Eastern South Wales York. and River Dun 'Staines, Wok.,an d Wok Stockton & Datlington Do Do New, 156% ,Taff Vale. ... Do B Do C Ulster ►2.10 8 811 1 81 82 8* 1181 119 k 7 4 38 40 16 17 97 99 108 110 50 61 46 48 7 9 127 123 130 132 134 130 100 102 G5l 65:} 1101 1101, 70 2 111 112 41 0 1031 104 101 11:2 481 491 127 129 1291 ;3 0 97 99 521 t3l 24 16 104 103 --d 58 59 88 89 119 121 1 2 p 77 7? 11 ii 124 126 44 46 9S 100 51 C 3 324 33} 95 05} 97 49 4 1 , 78 0 39 1 8 0: 0 75 la p M 6 161 4f 6i 21 Si p Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford da Kilkeuny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har..tlt i West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 86 DO 170 180 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. I Business I done. 59 49; 474 651 7101 701 1111 11 45 1031 41 31 10,1 491 9 1 i 128} 1281 531 3 102 i I 951 i 5 1483 9 81 - tITIS K POSSE Paid. all 100 Railways ttlantio & St Lawrence Born.,Baroda,k.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per Do. New Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Buffalo, Brant,&Godrich d p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187:: Do. do. June 1, 18;8 Clcutta.& S. Efts tn. (Li 7' Cape Town Dock Seri} Flastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext.. Do. do. H do. .: Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pret. Bones.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P; ef. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... GtlndiaPenut.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim, guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4 p. o. Extension, Dc. 4* do ........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. C. finds & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswick iz Canda Class A and B N.l2.l.C'dat3 po let pl bdb Soinde I Do. Delhi I Do. do gi •-, Do. Punjaub Do. Du. ......... Do. Indue.St. Flo.) UL.ONiri,L UO V bitiNbitA Laii.tiuv. Bp.c.Ja StJ ut) , 1877-s4 . Do. 8 p. c. Feb. & Au Do. d p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do.I p. C. Jan.dt.luly. Do. 6 Inscribed stool, CapeG.Hope, d p Do.Ap & Oct. 188t' Do. 189 k Do. Jan. & July, 1891 .Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Guy. 6 per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.a.) a.&J uls Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. p Du. 5 p. c.,18,1 to Lit Do' do. ' 1888 &upwch INew Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. steriing, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6 p. C 16. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up , Vlc.blov. 6 p.O. Ja.&Jul) Da to 6p.c. A.n.AcOcts.. BRTTIS jeambrian Consol. Gold, lehilord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (Tavist i East Bassett (Mogan) • • I East Clogau Gold. Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... E. WlRussel (Tavistk.) (Great South 1G reat South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (lleleton, !Grenville .. ilercd's- Foot iiingston Downs j Lady Bertha !Margaret (Uny Lelant Starke Valley.. ' Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun `North Downs N.Wh'i Basset (Illo4an North Wheal Crotty 1 Var Consols (st. Blazey) Providenoe(Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer, 'S. Cant Brea (Illogan) Fran. (Mogan ) jStray Park famar Silv.& Lead Min I fin Croat %Vest Basset (Illogan) IV C' radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lels.ut), WhealLadcott 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) j Wheal 3eton ..1 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)' Wheal Union , SIGN S. Closing Price. 62 41 - 106 107 1 14 p i lip 61 64 86 9/ 104 106 K 2 104 108 109 108 169 10 1 1 IoP 2z 22. 75 17 62 64 70 72 53 56 51 53 41 43 30 32 25 27 108} 109 1i 11,1 1} 105 107 101 10: 114 gi 95 97 87 69 2- IP lobi iu6i 101 102 Q 8 100 58 60 3 5 82 84 1061 1074 106 107 4 2P 106 107 102 104 T St CURri ir.S. 103 105 It 2 104 102 104 93 14 92 94 108 110 109 111 109 111 t 13 115 113 115 197 108 1',7 109 104 1( 6 fcl 371 381 545 655 65 70 par 261 271 7 74 4 41 13 15 41 51 1u 11 51 6 33 25 11 21 41 20 22 61 62- 11 g 4 05 105 11 2 21 3 54 61 I .4 16 415 125 60 65 36 38 9} 19 225 77* 22i 2.0.8 - - ,:2.10.8 11 2} 8 Ilf 12} 1 58f 175 185 7 20 22 3.17 24 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, 94 Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 104 Great Eastern, E. Anglian No 1, 5 per cent. stock, 109 1 Great r. orthern, 4.5 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 104 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., rd., Ditto, £6, North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4i per cent. rd., 93 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., 13, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 87 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 101 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Um.) gum. 7 per cent., 181 Namur and Liege gua. 141. per annum, Si` - Recite and San Francisco aun.), gua. 7 per cent, 17 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 9 FOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, li JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Allianceo, new, Bank of Londo 6} 6 n and Liverp ool (urn.), 45 6 61 Ditt 25i Bank of Egypt, 27 Bank of London. 153 Braziliin and Portuguese, lim., Consolidated Bank, lim., 91 Continental, lim., 9 English, Sew ch, and Australian Chartered, 23 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 27! Imperial Ottoman, 171 3 London and Brazilian aim.), 50 London and Westlninster, 791. Metrop. and Pl.ov. Bank (lim.), Ditto, iteserved issued at £2 pm.,718 Union 'of Australia, 5811 96 Ur ton of Ireland (11m.)./1.9/ Union of London, g MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 81 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 3 I Electric Telegraph, 1051 6i Gen. Credit and finance of London, lim., 611 Great 'Ship !Him), .-Judson s Bay. 134 International Financial Society, lim., 91 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. IS7O, issued 90, 88 Joint stock Discount, 64 Ditto, new, LI London Financial Association, lira., lsi National Dicount Company, lim., 91 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 833 44 Itio de Janeiro City Improvements, 273 Ditto (k 4), 5 VAUXITALL-BLUDGE.—rne litta-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Loudon Tavern—the Rev. Mr. Hill in the chair. Mr. Jeffries, the clerk, read the report, which stated that there had been a decrease of receipts during the past six months as compared with the corresponding period of last year of £1,005, the respective figures being £5,352 against £6,357. This decrease was accounted for by the Exhibition traffic being in last year's account. The amount of the reserved fund was £6,037. The unpaid dividends—viz., those not applied for —amounted to £422. The directors recommended a divi dend of 14s per share, which would absorb £3,920 out of the net profits of the half year of £4,066. The balance in cash Row at the bankers was £2,610. 10 21 235 82i 274 MI 31 yhnrt itk 1 20 2O 10 100 1 100 Business dont 100 100 100 100 100 100 1051 6 all 100 (100 100 2 all 100 18.1g.9 30.17.6 TIM SON. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice Erle ; and Justices Williams, Byles, and Keating.) RICHARDSON V. ELGIE AND ANOTHER. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.. 6., a ith Mr. Needham, applied to set aside the verdict tonna for the plaintiff on the ground that it was against evidence. The action, which was tried before Mr. Justice Keating at the Guildhall, and brought by the plaintiff, an architect and surveyor, for the prepara tion of certain plans for the erection of a large refreshment booth for the million, with a bar of 70 feet in length, on a piece of land near the western entrance to the Great Exhibi tion of 1862. The defendant, Jeremiah Savage E igie,was ac companied by his father, the elder defendant, at the in terview but it was denied that he had anything to do with the speculation. Owing to the great expense of the build ing according to the first plans, the plaintiff, at the re quest of Jeremiah Savage Elgie, prepared other plans, but ulti mately the negotiation went off. The Court granted a rule nisi for a new trial. PEARSON V. THE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COM PANY -THE BURNING OF THE INDIAN EMPIRE STEAM SHIP IN THE THAMES. Mr. Lush, Q.C., moved for a rule nisi to set aside the verdict found for the plaintiff, with £lO,OO damages and to enter a nonsuit. The action was tried before the Lord Chief Justice at Guildhall, and was brought upon a pulicy of insurance against fire only for three months on the steamship Indian Empire, then lying in the Vic toria docks with lib3rty to go into dry dock. It ap peared that adjoining the Victoria docks, there was the Thames graving dock, which was used for all the purposes of a dry dock, and there were also great precautions against fire in the Victoria docks. The Indian Empire was not, how ever, taken into that dock, but her paddle boxes were taken off, and the vessel taken into a private dry dock, two miles up the river, where she underwent repairs. After that she was taken into the river, and moored to a Government buoy to complete her repairs. It was then that the fire occurred destroying the ship. The defendants con tended by their policy they only insured the ship when in the Victoria Dock or in a dry dock, and that they were not liable, for the ship was burned while in the river. Rule ntsi granted. COURT OF DIVORCE, (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) YEITMAN V. YEATMAN. In this case the petitioner, who is a barrister, brought a suit for dissolution of marriage with his wife on the ground of her adultery with Prince Hohenlohe. The case was tried before the Judge Ordinary and a jury last July, when a verdict was found to the effect that the adultery was not proved, and that the petitioner had deserted his wife with out sufficient cause. Mr. Yeatman, in person, now moved for a rule calling on the respondent to show cause why there should not be a new trial on the ground of misdirection by the Judge Ordinary, and that the verdict was against evidence. The learned gentleman contended that the jury were not com petent to try the question of desertion. The alleged adultery with Prince Hohenlohe was stated to have taken place at He delberg. The learned Judge said as the case had been heard before the late Judge, and the point had not been decided, the rule nisi must be granted, and also as against evidence, that he might have the evidence before him. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) RE MARSHALL. The bankrupt was described as a newspaper proprietor, of Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, and this was a meeting for examination and discharge. Mr. Sargood opposed on behalf of Mr. Shipley, on the ground that the bankrupt had not even attempted to render a proper account. He had purchased of Mr. Shipley the copyright of the Lamp newspaper for £4OO, but had only paid a deposit of £25, but he set it down as worth £5OO, although he discontinued the publication in a few weeks after he had possession, He had also set down as good and doubtful debts £l9O, out of which only ss, 6d. had been got in. Under the name of "Harkaway," he had received a large amount on sporting matters, and in one instance he had received £l,OOO at Tat tersall's, which he accounted for by one sweeping item, that he had paid it to persons who had given him commissions. He, Mr. Sargood, submitted that this could not be deemed any account, indeed it had been carefully made out so as to give no information. He, therefore, asked for an adjourn ment, sine die, without protection, or that the petition should be dismissed. His Honour adjourned the examination sine die, with imited protection. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens dull and irregular. Sales, probably 4,000 bales. The action of the bank has completely paralysed the market, and prices of all kinds reduced one penny per pound, though there is less pressure to sell than might have been expected, the very meagre stock staying any tendency to panic. Committee's quotations for middling cotton are reduced 1,1 d. in bowed and ld. in Mobile and Orleans. Sales, 29,910 bales, 7,650 on spec and 5,520 for export. Actual export, 15,107. Imports, 17,381. Stock, 152,000. Sir David Brewster and the Abbot of Kinloss. A correspondent of the Scotsman says :—" In his inaugural address delivered in the Music Hall, on Monday last, Sir David Brewster struck a very undeserved blow at the Catholic Church. Refer ring to the bequest made by the last Catholic Bishop of Ortrney, for the erection of a University in Edin burgh, the learned Principal said :—' In 1558 Mr Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney, a prelate of high accomplishments, bequeathed 8,000 merks for this important purpose. This sum, however, was with held by his executor, the Abbot of Kinloss, and it was not till 1582 that half the legacy, without interest, was realised by the citizens of Edinburgh. The opposition thus made by the Catholic powers to the erection of a college the metropolis was fortunately baffled by the zeal of the Reformers.' " So says Sir David, but authentic history tells another tale. The Protestant Bishop Keith, in his Historical Catalogue of Scottish Bishops,' p. 225, Bishop Russell's edition, observes—' The history of the family of Sutherland says that this Bishop (Reid) left a great sum of money for building the College of Edinburgh , which the Earl Morton con verted to his own us e and profit by banishing the executors for supposed crimes.' "Now, Sir David must be aware that Morton was a Reformer and a great enemy of the Catholic Church; so that whatever opposition was made to the erection of Edinburgh University was the work, not of the' Catholic powers,' but of some of the re forming party." SIGNIFICANT DEMONSTRATIONS ON GUY FAWKES' DAY.—Yesterday was the anniversary of the celebrated attempt of the notorious Guy Fawkes and his desperate friends to blow up the constitution in the per sons of the Lords and Commons of England. The morn ieg was wet, and that circumstance somewhat interfered with the demonstrations which are ordinarily made on the sth of November. The persons, however, who had prepared Guys were not to be thwarted, and a considerable number of them of large dimensions were paraded through the streets. The Pope, who used to he the nersen most in re quest at these exhibitions, seemed to be entirely forgotten - yesterday. The Emperor of Russia might be seen every where, in some cases flourishing a tremendous knout, in others with his foot on the necks of some ciseer-looking persons, supposed to be Poles, but who were much more like very poor Africans. The American struggle naturally suggested some of the Guys—the sympathisers with the North exhibiting various' phases of slavery, while those whose views were favourable to the South paraded Mr. President Lincoln in all sorts of vicious shapes. Cardinal Wiseman was exhibited on a truck, near the Houses of aPtaornlieamtieranet attached a d t he courts of n a l law, and the ind . , early in the morning, but his k eminence appeared to have lost the unpopularity which effigy There f ai weree d t o produ ce a sensation even of the feeblest of course many minor exhibitions, having no political, reli gious, or any other significance. hasMbAeleLns rFecOeßivTelld E fr l o O m Nl t A h N e i A a N n DS .—ln Post-office f ISL .—lnformation a o n n alteration which has been made in the hour for despatching future lonian i the Italian ma il packets from Ancona for Corfu, in conse quence of an acce l eration of the railway service between Turin rrriaonAgen ni co e n n a ts r despatching nd arisl The: &c., must b e poste d i n or reach for followin g will a n the , in London not later th an S aturday morn i ng , l a time for the day mail to F rance, to go by t h e p a ck e t be Islands, the a leaving Ancona every Monday night. Lettets, 80., must be posted in or reach London not later than the mornings of the 10th and 26th of each month, in time for the day mail to France, to go by the packets leaving Ancona on the nights of the 12th and 28th of each month. When the 10th or 26th of the month fall on a Sunday, the mails for the lonian Islands will be despatched from London on the VILAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, 7th prev ious evening. By command of the Postmaster-Gene ral, Ro November, 1863. A CC IDENT TO AN IRISH MAIL STEAMER. - DUBLIN. Thursday.—The 'Munster mail steamer, which did not arrive till three this mornin g , broke her main shaft, and was towed, in by the Duke of Cambridge ; passengers all safe. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. —A lad named . _ Wm. Allen was charged before Mr. Knox, by Sergeant Shore, 11 F, with being concerned, with others not in custody, in the following robbery : Antoine Barral, 33, Church -street, Soho, said that at 11 o'clock at night he was in Moor-street, Seven-dials, when a boy came up to him and butted him in the stomach with great violence, and no sooner had he been butted than he was surrounded by a number of lads who felt in his pockets and then stole his watch. Wm. Webster, a young man, living at 25, Earl-street, said he saw the prosecutor going along, and six lads went up to him, and one of them butted the prosecutor while the others stole his watch. The prosecutor then called " Police," and one of the lads struck him, and then they all made off He gave information to the police, and on being subsequently sent for to Bow-street, he identified the prisoner as one of the lads, though not either of the two who butted the prosecutor or stole his watch. Sergeant Shore, 11 F, said that, from information he received, he apprehended the prisoner in Seven Dials, and at the station the last witness identified him from amongst several ethers. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. A BETTING MAN COMMITTED UNDER THE VAGRANT Act —John Pilgrim, described as a betting man, was charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in King-street, St. James's, for the purpose of committing a felony. Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said that on the previous night he saw the prisoner standing at the corner of Litchfield-street, Soho, in conversation with a man just returned from penal servitude—a man well known as a " lumberer" (a man who carries stolen property for thieves, and introduces them to receivers) standing about two yards off at the time. He (the sergeant) accompanied by two other officers (Webb, 112 C, and Weeks, 155 C), followed the men, but they only succeeded in taking the prisoner into custody, when he threw from his hand a silver watch broken off at the bow, and then resisted violently, and on Weeks attempting to pick up the watch it was snatched up by some one who got away with it. The pri soner said he was not a thief but a " magsman," and he (the sergeant) knew him as a person who visited fairs and races, and played at cards. On searching him he found in his possession an Australian note, some cards (known as " broads") and a pair of spectacles used by " magsmen," to give them when among flats a sedate and respectable appearance. Prisoner said he was not a thief, but he would acknow ledge that he•got his living by gambling at fairs and races. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for three months' under the Vagrant Act; THAMES. SUSPECTED ROBBERY BY A DESERTER.—John Gibson, a deserter from the 7th Royal Fusileers, and described as having no home, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, charged with being in possession of two plated cruet-stands, which had either been stolen or unlawfully procured. A few days since the prisoner offered a plated cruet-stand in pawn to an assistant in the shop of Mr. William Nathan, a respectable pawnbroker, in the Commercial-road, East. The assistant questioned the prisoner, who could give no satisfactory account as to the way he became possessed of the cruet-stand. Mr. Nathan's assistant gave the pri soner into the custody of a police-constable named Carter, who searched the prisoner at the station-house, and found another cruet .stand under his left arm. The name Matthews, Esq., or Marquand, Esq., was very faintly written in ink under one of the stands. There were three D's impressed on the prisoner's left side, indicating that he had deserted three times. Prisoner had deserted a fourth time from the 7th Fusiliers at Weimer, in August last. The pri soner was fully described in the " Hue and Cry" and Police Gazette of August 11, 1863. Carter had communicated with the military authorities, but no one attended to claim the prisoner as a deserter. The officer believed the prisoner was so bad that the regiment from which he had deserted would have nothing more to do with him. The prisoner made no defence, and refused to give any account of the way he became possessed of the cruet-stands. Mr. Partridge said he had no doubt whatever the pro perty taken from the prisoner was stolen. It appeared the prisoner had deserted from his regiment four times, and there was no doubt he was a man of bad character. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour, for the unlawful possession of the cruet-stands. MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. Fresh up to Mark •lane to-day the arrivals of home-grown wheat were on a limited scale, but most samples were re ceived in tolerably good condition. Millers showed no dis position to operate in excess of their actual requirements. Nevertheless the greater portion of the supply was disposed of at the full prices of Monday last. There was a full average show of foreign wheat en the stands. The transactions in most descriptions were of fair average extent, but the trade exhibited no activity. The quotations generally ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request, at previous currencies. The market was well supplied with English and foreign barley. Fine malting parcels commanded extreme rates ; otherwise, the trade was dull, at fully the late decline in prices. Fine old malt was firm in price. Other kinds, however, met a slow sale on former terms. The supply of oats was much less extensive. The trade, however, was rather slow, yet prices were supported. Beans and white peas sold heavily at the late fall in their value. Hog peas, however, were tolerably firm. American flour, the supply of which was good, was in fair demand at full prices. Other descriptions of flour were in fair average demand at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. Ylngrllsh 780 6lO SLO BOO 1 560 Irish. Foruign 6,200 11,340 400 , 100 ske, 10,760 brls. NEAVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderately large. The trade, generally speaking, is less active, but in the value of good and prime meat no material change has taken place. Inferior qualities are lower in price. Per 81b, by the carcase. sd s d inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 diddling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 I() Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork 3 4 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 a dsd Middling mutton 3 10 4 4 Prime d° . 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork 4 0 4 4 Lamb .......,..,.... w BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English hops on sale continues large. For good and fine samples there is a steady demand, and prices are fairly supported. Inferior parcels, however, are a dull inquiry at drooping currencies. Foreign hops arrive freely, and the trade for them, except for the finest parcels, is in a sluggish state. New Mid and East Bents .. £4 10s to £9 lOs per cwt. New Weald of Kents.. 4 lOs to 6 Os „ New Sussex ..... ... 4 lOs to 6Os ,7 New G01ding ........ 6 Os to 6 lOs „ Yearlings .......... 3Osto 5 Os „ Olds ........... 1 lOs to 35s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The biddings at the public sales have been ani mated, mad prices continue to be well supported. SuGAn —Business has been rather dull ; the few bargains recorded, however, were at about previous prices. In the refined market quotations are nominally unaltered. CorEEE.—The operations have been limited to a few parcels of colonial, which barely sustained former quota tions. _ _ _ Itlcr.—The market has been dull owing to the high rates demanded by holders. TALLOW —A better tone has prevailed, and quotations show an upward tendency. P.Y.C. on the s p o t i s marked 435. 6d. ; December 433.: and spring delivery 445. 6d. per cwt. WooL.—The public sales of colonial commenced yester day with a large attendance of both home and foreign dealers, and prices generally exhibited an advance of id. to 11d. per lb. on Australian and New Zealand, and 1, per lb. on Cape descriptions, MURDER OF A CUSTOMS OFFICER AT LIVERPOOL. - - • —A murder of a shocking nature was committed in the neighbourhood of S t aithdown - lane, Liverpool, on Wed nesday evening, the victim being a Custom -house officer named Henry Treeby. It appears that, after finishing his duties for the day, the deceased left the office at half-past four in the afternoon on his way homewards. Nothing was seen or heard of him afterwards until a police officer, who, about half-past five p.m. was going towards Shiel street, discovered the dead body of Treeby lying on the right-hand side of the pathway. Death had been caused by suffocation. The face presentad a, livid appearance ; there was a deep wound over the left eye, and a slight contusion on the forehead over the now. On the neck, however, there were evident signs that dece ase d h a d b een strangled, as under each ear there was a deep black mark, while blood issued from the nostrils and mouth. When the deceased left the Custom House ho had in his possession about £1 7s, a silver watch, and a gold guard; but, when he was found, his pockets had been rifled and his watch and guard stolen. The deceased generally carried some ill or £l5 about with him, and plunder is supposed to have been the motive of the murderers. Before leaving business, Treeby placed upwards of £l4 in a desk in his office, and it is therefore conjectured that his murderer or murderers had some knowledge of the amount of money which he was likely to have with him. The clothes of de ceased bore no marks of any severe struggle having taken place, though the knees of his trousers were covered with dirt, and his shirt collar and neckcloth much disarranged. The deceased who was only 35 years of age, leaves behind , him a wife and five children. Treeby was much liked among his brother officers, and was known to be a man of a quiet and kindly nature. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH. The following appeared in successive editions of The Sun of yesterday evening : PARIS, NOVEMBER 5, The French Chambers were opened at one o'clock to-day by the Emperor, who delivered the following Speech : MESSIEURS THE SENATORS AND MESSIEURS THE DEPUTIES, The annual reunion of the great bodies of the State is always a happy occasion, which brings together all men devoted to the public good, and permits them to manifest the truth of their patriotism to their country. The freedom of our mutual intercommunications calms disquietude and strengthens my resolutions. The legislative corps has been just now renewed for the third time since the foundation of the Em pire, and for the third time, in spite of certain local contentions, I have had no reason to do otherwie than congratulate myself .upon the result of the elections. You have each of you taken the same oath of allegiance. I rely implicitly upon your concurrence. (Unanimous assent.) Our duty is to conduct promptly and well the affairs of the country, remaining faithful to the constitution which has given us eleven years of prosperity, and that you have sworn to maintain. (Fresh applause.) The exposition of the interior satiation will show you that, in spite of the compulsory stagnation of work in certain branches, the general progress has not been relaxed. Our industry has contended with success against foreign competition, and before indisputable facts; the fears excited by the Treaty of Commerce with England have vanished. Our exportations in the eight first months of the year 1863, compared with those of the corresponding months of the year 1862, have increased to the extent of 233,000,000 f. During the same period the development of maritime navigation has surpassed that of the preceding epoch to the extent of 175,000 tons, of which 136,000 are under the banners of France. The abundant harvest of this year is a benefaction of Divine Providence, which o ught .to give assurance of cheaper sustenance to the population at large. It evidences also the pros perity of our agricult ure . Public Works, meanwhile, have been followed up with activity. About 1,000 new kilometres of railway have opened up communication between our outports and interior. Our rivers, our canals, o ur h igh ways continu e d t o b e i mprove d. The session now taking place a little later than ordinary, the report of the Ministers of Finance has not yet been published, it will be so, however, almost immediately. You will there see that if our hopes have not been completely realised, the re venues of the country have steadily continued to ad vance and increase, and that without our extraordi nary resources we have met the expenses occasioned by the war in Mexico and in Cochin China. . _ I ought to notify several reforms deemed to be opportune, amongst others the de crees relative to the freedom of bread making (de la Boulangerie) — ono which reondters pop inscripti on l ess onerous to the as ulation—the p ro j ect wh i ch modifies coast the law upon coalitions, and that which suppresses exclusive privileges of the theatres. I direct your attention to a law destined to augment the pre rogativescommuual councils, and the l aenxdcessive application of the (Loud applause.) In effect s implify administrative formalities, to soften the pt ormodifyc iple : : f ocm t: : e : g a i ai u ts e a r t a i 0 n to a pplicable to the c l asses worthy of all our solicitude. tude. Such will be a progress with which you will surely rejoice to associate yourselves. You will have also to occupy yourselves with the sugar question now requiring to be finally solved by more stable legislation. The projects submitted to the Council of State, tends to accord to unworthy produce that facility of exportation which the sugars of better quality possess. A law will cause the double decime to disappear and to replace this overcharge by a more just arrange ment. _ _ _ In Algeria, in spite of the anom a ly w hi ch places the same population, the one under th e c i v il power the other under the military power, the Arabs have understood how well the French domination was the equitable protector and repairer, without the Europeans having less confidence in the pro tection of the Government. Our ancient colonies have seen gigantic barriers disappear which formerly impeded their progress, but circumstances have not been favourable to the development of commerce. The recent establishment of the institution of credit will tend, I hope, to ameliorate the general condition. In the midst of these natural cares, nothing that touches or relates to religion, to the mind, to morality, has been neglected. The religious works of benevolence, the arts, the sciences, and public instruction have received numerous encouragements. Since 1848 the multitude of young students have increased by one-fourth. To-day nearly 5,000,000 children (a third of them gratuitously) have been received into the primary schools, but our efforts should not be relaxed, seeing that 600,000 yet re main deprived of instruction. The higher studies have been reanimated in the secondary school to the end of a more especial re -organisation. Such measure s is an outline of what w e have already done, and of what we still wish to do. Certainly, the prosperity of our country will take a still more ra p id flight if political preoccupations should trouble them less. But in the life of nations unforeseen and inevitable events arise that one ought to look in the face without fear, and to sustain with out yielding. Of this number are the war in America, the unavoidable occupation of M ex i co an d Cochin China, the Polish insurrection, and neigh bouring expeditions which have been the object of so much criticism have not been the execu- -- tion of a pre-meditated plan—the force of events having necessitated them, and so far they are not to be regretted. In Mexico, after an unexpected resistance, sur mounted by the courage of our soldiers and Bailors, we have seen the population receive us as liberators ; our efforts will not have been vain, and we shall be largely reimbursed for our sacrifices when the destinies of that country, which will owe us her regeneration, shall have been entrusted to a Prince whose talents and qualifications r ender him worthy of so noble a mission. Let us, therefore, have faith in our enterprises beyon d the seas. Com menced to vindicate our honour, they will termi nate by the triumph of our interests ; and if pre judicel minds cannot divine the fecundity presented by the germs laid down for the future, let us n o t allow them to calumniate the glory acquired, so to speak, at the two extremities of the world —at Pekin and at Mexico. The Polish question requires to be treated at o g reater length. Wh en the insurrection te tio,npssibe broke out in Poland, the Russian Government and the Go vernment of France were upon the terms. Since the co nclusio n of peace, provinces Euro pean questions have found them agre e d ; an d I do great not hesitate to declare that clueing fi ee'es *w o ' f a r N i ni Nice a Italy, nd a s in the annexation of the p of Savoy, the Emperor ha s afforded me the sincerest and most cordial teluiredcircumspection, and assistance. This good understanding I must therefor, ha ve believed the Polish question very pop ular in Franc e, not to hesitate in compro mising one of the first alliances of the Continent, and to raise my voice in favour of a nation rebel lious in the eyes of Russia, but in ours the inheritor of a right written in history and in treaties. (Ap plause.) Nevertheless, this question touches upon the grayest European interests. It could not be treated solely by France. An insult to our honour or a threat against our frontiers, alone impose upon us the duty of acting without previous concert. It, therefore, became necessary, as at the time of the events in the East and i❑ Syria, to come to an understanding with the Powers, who had to pro nom, ce themselves upon reasons and rights simi . ►lar to cm's. (Hear, hear.) The Polish insurrection, to which its duration imparted a national character, aroused sympathies in all quarLers, and the object of diplomacy was to attract to this cause as many adhesions as possible, in order to bring the whole weight of the opinion of Europe to bear upon Russia. This almost unani mous agreement of wishes appeared to us the fittest method of bringing persuasion to operate upon the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. Unfortunately our dis interested counsels have been interpreted as an in timidation, and the steps of England, of Austria, and France, in place of arresting the struggle, have only envenomed it. Excesses are committed upon both sides, equally to be deplored, in the name of hu manity. (Sensation.) What remains, therefore, to be done ? Are we reduced to the only alternative of war or silence ? No ! 'Without resorting to arms, and without being silenced, one resource is open to us. This is to submit the Polish cause to an European tribunal. Russia has already declared that confe rences in which all other questions which agitate Europe should be debated, would in no degree wound her dignity. Let us take note of this decla ration. May it serve to extinguish once for all the ferment of disorders ready to burst forth upon all sides, and from the uneasiness in which Europe is in all directions tra versed by the elements of dissolution, may a new era of order and peace spring forth. Is not the time come to reconstruct, upon fresh bases, the edifice undermined by time, and destroyed piece meal by revolution ? Is it not urgent to recog nise, by new conventions, that which has been irrevocably accomplished, and t 9 carry out by common agreement what the peace of the world required. The treaties of 1815 have ceased to ust. (Bravo! Bravo! The force of events has overthrown, or tends to overthrow, them almost everywhere. They have been broken in Greece, in Belgium, in France, in Italy, as upon the Danube. Germany is agitating to alter them ; England has generously modified them, by the cession of the lonian Islands ; and Russia treads them under foot at Warsaw. (Movement.) In the midst of this successive alteration of the fundamental European fact, ardent passions become over excited, powerful interests demand solution in the South as well as i❑ the North. What, then, can be more legi timata and more sensible than to convoke the Powers of Europe to a Congress in which self-love and resistance would disappear in face of a supreme arbitrage ? (Vehement marks of approbation.) What can be more in conformity with the ideas of the age, with the wishes of the greatest number, than to address ourselves to the conscience—to the reason of statesmen in all countries, and to say : —Have not the prejudices and rancour which divide us already lasted long enough ? Is the jea lous rivalry of the Great Powers incessantly to obstruct the progress of civilization ? Shall we be constantly casting defiance at each other by exaggerated armaments (Emphatic applause.) Are our most precious resources to be indefinitely exhausted in vain ostentation of our strength ? Shall we eternally preserve a position which is neither peace with its security, nor war with its chances of success ? Let us no longer give factitious importance to the subversive spirit of extreme parties by op posing ourselves with narrow calculations to the legitimate aspirations of peoples. Let us have the courage to substitute a regular and stable situation for an unhealthy and precarious condition, even if it should cost sacrifices. Let us meet without a preconceived system, without exclusive ambition, animated by the sole thought of establishing an order of things based henceforth upon the well understood interests of the sovereign and of the peoples. I cannot but believe that this appeal would be listened to by all. A refusal would lead to the supposition of secret projects which fear the light of day, but even if the proposal should not be unanimously adopted, it would have the immense advantage of having shown Europe where lies danger and where safety. Two ways are open. The one leads to pro gress through conciliation and peace, the other, sooner or later, conducts to war by the obstinacy of maintaining a past which is rolling away. You know now, gentlemen, the tone which I pro pose to adopt towards Europe. Approved by you, sanctioned by the public assent, it cannot fail to be listened to, for I speak in the name of Francc. (Loud and prolonged applause.) The above telegram was transmitted by the Sub marine Telegraph Company in the short space of one hour. INDIA, By the arrival of the Bombay mail we have re ceived intelligence from Bombay to October 14. The limes of India of that date contains the fol- lowing : The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Orissa, with the English mails of September 10 and 18, arrived in Bombay harbour on the morning of the 11th inst The Act for taking a census of the Bombay Pre sidency has received the assent of the Governor- General. Mr. Ayrton , M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, and a director of the O. I. P. Railway Company, is here, overhauling the working of the railway. Dr. Duff, the well-known Presbyterian mission ary, has arrived in Bombay, and leaves by this mail for Scotland. An atrocious murder of a native female has been committed in Bombay. The perpetrator is still at large. The foundation stone of the David Sassoon Hos pital to be erected at Poona was laid on the Bth inst. by Sir Bartle Frere. The Governor of Bombay is at present in the Deccan. The success of the Bengalee native in the ci v il service examination has created great sensation in native circles. Her Majesty's 43d Light Infantry have left Cal cutta for New Zealand, per Lady Jocelyn ; in all a b o ut 700, officers, non-commissioned, and rank and file. It is authoritatively stated that Sir Robert Afontgomery retains the Government of the Pan jaub till 24th February, 1865. Sir R. Montgomery leaves Murree for Lahore on the 19th October. The Viceroy is on his way to Peshawur. It is stated that the expedition against the Sitanees on the Punjab frontiers occupies the whole attention of Sir Hugh Hese. The expedition will be 5,000 strong, and consist of the 51st, 71st, and 101st Regiments, a mountain train and some Pun jab corps, and will be commanded by Brigadier - General Ch am b erlain. The 71st Hi g hl an d ers , a t Nowshers, have been North-West ; enemy is demonstration. ordered up to the frontier, where the damage stated to b e ma ki ng a th reaten i ngto Locusts h ave b ee n causing ire eh the cr o p s i n t h e P uu j au b and the taking a south westerly advises show that we rethey the Central Provinces westerly direction through_nmbay presidency. and were likely to visit th e li Rebeke has been de- The Hamburg ship E l isel The captain and the stroyed by fire off Y ri_ggers, and 1 crew were picked h p Ce by ° the Sydney landed at Calcutta. The Alabama cruising in the Bay of Ben g al. The French ship is p N u ovel Alfred has run ashore at CalingaPatar°' ad become a total wreck. The health of the island is improving and the a wEather has become warm. Th e fall of rain during the season has C7rCeeded eighty inchea at Bombay. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. ,5, The Irish North-Western Railway, passing from Dundalk, in the county of Louth. to Enniskillen, had not been doing well, and a committee of share holders was recently appointed to examine the affairs of the company, and to put everything relating to its concerns honestly and fairly before the shareholders. The Earl of Erne, chairman of the board of directors, became the creditor of the company to a very large amount. He held £43,500 of the debentures of the company, and he had lent money to it amounting to £81,145, making together the sum of .C 124,615. Lord Erne wrote to the com pany, on the 3d of this month, that, in order to assist in relieving the shareholders, as far as was in his power, from the present embarrassment, h e was willing to place £28,500 of debentures in the com pany's hands, on condition that the amount realised by them should be applied, as far as it would go, in payment of the debts due to the Bank of Ireland and the Belfast Banking Company, amounting to £30,000 and £1,700, the company providing the balance. He agreed to accept shares in the com pany of the same class as the existing Apreference shares. In order to i ssue such shares new powers must be obtained from P ar li ament, but if the cotn - pany were unable to obtai n t h ose powers, he agr ee d not to call in the sums above- mentioned for the next 10 years, and during that time to receive interest on the money at the same rate as may h — 3 Payabl e b y way of dividend on the existing A preference sharer. At the meeting of the shareholders in the N orth _ o o s f a i t the coin _ m um it b te e e rla w n a d s H s o u t b e m l y it e t s e t d e , rd a a h y d th t e he rep p o ro rt p th e chairman unanimously adopted. Mr. Edward Litton said that in thus changing his relation to th e company from that of a creditor to a shareholder, Lord Erne might be said to have made a present to the company of one-fourth of the money due to him, or close upon £30,000. By the committee's report it appeared that the total liabilities of the posal com would r P any edu amounted reduce ethem to t etl9 toB ,000; £88,000,L0 and against Lord Erne' s pro. ai s that the company had assets to the amount of £22,000. The balance was further reduced to £41,000, and this is to be provided for in various ways which were pointed out. The chair man said he could not help expressing the sense he felt of the valuable service the committee had ren dered to the shareholders by bringing forward such. a creditable and honourable report. Lord Castle maine having taken the second chair, Sir George Preston moved that "the shareholders avail them selves of this opportunity to record their deep sense of gratitude to the Earl of Erne for his valuable and zealous services, and for his great personal sacrifices to promote the interests of the company." The resolution was seconded by Mr. Litton, and passed with acclamation, The Earl of Erne thanked the meeting for their great kindness. It was right to state that none of the directors ever asked him to advance money. They looked at him queerl now y and then, but, h e repeated, never asked hina to ad vance money, and the money he lent the comp any was altogether on h i s own responsibility, He always had great confidence in the line. Tie proved that confidence, for he had that day by security and personal risk taken £200,000 in shares in the line. He had great pleasure in telling then that he had just heard that the company would de. rive £BOO of profit for at least two years by working an arrangement with the Northern Counties way. Another Attempted Outbreak of Convicts at Dartmoor Prison, For some weeks past the convicts at Dartmoor Prison have been manifesting symptoms of renewing their at tempts of outbreak and insubordination. On last Saturday evening, after the warders had served each convict with his aupper, and clean linen for the ensuing day—being thus supplied with all their wants, they commenced to shout and hoot at their windows, and use threats of defiance towards the highest prison officials. All the prisoners lo cated in A and B Hall, No. 2 Prison, joined in one continued shout of defiance, and doggedly refused to close their cell doors. Capt. Best (the Deputy Governor), on being made acquainted with the dietuibance, promptly appeared on the scene, accompanied by a strong laxly of warders, and a detachment of the armed civil guard. Captain Best ordered the warders to close all the cell doors, on which the con victs commenced yelling, whistling, and knocking/against the doors and partitions of their cells. Quietness and good order were, however, ultimately restored. But on Sunday after noon, after having heard a most impressive lecture fro= tho prison chaplain, all the convicts located in a hall, No. 2 Prison, refused to enter their cells and openly bade defiance to the wardens, demanding their regular (exer cise and that their cell• doors should be left open, o ther wise they would not return to their cells. The governor had given orders that all the prisoners located in No. 2 Prison should be deprived of their Sunday's exercise and not be allowed to assemble together on parade, also. that their cell-doors should be kept closed as their outrageous conduct on the previous evening. The warders, with staves in their hands, courageously advanced on the infuriated convicts, and drove them towards their cells. The scene of tumult and coufusien that ensued bi Wks e were e h r o e u u t i t sa te g r , eyde by l y i n t g h , m c o p :y e i c e a t ti s o i n f s , theira n d d e t c h. ci r a e n a d t s e description. o w f a v re ene n - o e t an co c mpliod w ith. A detachment of tho civil vane, with fixed bayonets and loaded arms, were drawn u p i n front of a hall, No. 2 Pris on, and al l the available officers that could be procured were despatched to aid the warders in charge of No. 2 Prison; the warders whose turn it was to b e off duty that day were also called in to the prison at 11 30 a.m. to act as a reserve. The con victs. seeing such a formidable and determined force, a fter giving full vent to th e i r l ungs, euccumbed to the war-, dors and returned to their cells. Nine of the insti-ators or rather ringleade rs , were secured and removed to ;le re fractory cells, to awa it t h e decision of Captain Gam bier, the visiting director, wh o i s expected to arrive at the prison ' in a (lay or two. One of the ringleaders, named Griffiths, has been sent back on two different occasions to the penal class at Pentonvillo Prison for murderous assaults cin the at warders at Dartmoor ; so that, after completing p enance Pentonville, he has b een l et l oose at Dartmoor to carry out his murder ous d es i gns, and was allowed full Bove to incite his companions in villany to acts of mutiny tool in subordination. Only last month five of the convicts at Dartmoor underwent the punishment of the lash fox vio lently assaulting the warders.— Western Daily Acre Bank of England Return,.--Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Vic toi:ift! cap. 32, for tho week ending on Wednesday, the 4t31 day of Nov., 1863:_ N tted ISSUE DEPARTMENT. otes !Be ........X27.811675 Government Debt £ll, O 15, 10 Other Securities . • 3.6 34,99 9 _ Gold Coin & Bullion 13,1 91, 57 4 Silver Bullion .• • • .£27,614,5i5 F.. 2.7,814,575 BANKING D: et (vectors' Capi -1 al £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis- EPARTMENT. Government Secu rities (inc h i n dg D e ad IV eign .......... X 10.019,363 nuity) Other Securities 20.00p,52t Notes ........... 601,6,3 Gold and 611ver Coin .......... naissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 5.066,518 Other Deposits 13,661, 173 Seven Day and' other Bills 742,048 £3~~31ii,3~ bf. ~ X 37,367,344 ,RsfIALL, Chief Cashier. s - THE APPROACHING SHAKESPEARE TERC EN, e n ady zitay produced several of Light from Sh a kespeare's German w TE or N k A s. RY w h e a s ine, ji. m ag gral; and a " Jubilee Collection ° Works," by f Shakespea re's Sentences and Sayings, with 32 illustrations edited by lireyssig. T H E ARCHBISHOPRIC OF DUBLIN. " 1..., Thuralay.—The Irish limes says it is enabled to st a t e t h a t . - ÜBLIN, Canon Stanley has definitively decli ne d tli rnRR GOTTSCHALK'S flew tvi the archbishopric. produced, says the New York itt 7 . 0 -act op era w ill b e York, in the course of the Nvinte ustcal Review, at New M. JULLIEN'S Concerts, at r. will commence to-morr ow , Her Maj es ty' s Th ea t re , . THE LORD MAYOR'S DAY.--The following is the route which will be taken by the Lord Mayor's procession on Monday next :---After leaving the Guildhall, t it will Proce e d t o Ring -street, Poultry, Cornhill, Leaden hall-street,Fleet -street, Mark-lane, Tower-street, East cheap, Can non - street, Si. Paul's-churchyard, Ludgate street, pi Charing-cross, Parliament street, to Westminster Hall, where they will arrive about (;c11) cli. The procession will leave Guildhall at 12 o'clock, and the thoroughfares before named in the City will be closed f or omnibuses, carts, and waggons at 10 o ' c l o ct till the Procession has passed. On the return from Wesetear,_ ster Hall it will be joined by the nobility who have I ce _ d cards of invitation. The usual civic banquet takes i the evening, to which her Majesty's Ministerilir be® Cabin invited. '1 he Premier and several others of th have notified their intention of being present. stock stock stock stook stock stock stock stook 9LOck 100 100 100 100 100 53. 3.4:0 8.6.6 170 40 45.16. t. 8.12 4.' 8.0 2.8.6 4.3.0 16i 3 1.0 2.6.0 10.6.7 1061 1061 10) 1021 106 113 114 110 111 110} I