The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-23 00:00:00

The New Military Regulations. The new regulations decreed by the Emperor of the French on the 29th of last June have created a great commotion among the old soldiers; and it is whispered that they intend to shoulder their crutches, and make a demonstration on the day appointed for the cook to act under the new orders. For the benefit of those gentlemen who are interested in the management of masses of invalided warriors, and desire to retorm Greenwich, we quote the new regulations :—" The food remains as before, both as to quality and quantity. The wine only is reduced from 93 centilitres per diem to 80. As a compensa tion, the following concessions are made :-1. Cof fee with milk every morning ; 2. The washing of the table-linen will be paid for by the Administration : this washing under the old laws, was paid for by the invalids themselves out of their pocket money ; 3. The barber will also be paid by the Administration, which will save the invalids six francs a year ; 4. A servant will be appointed to every six officers, to attend to their room, brush their clothes, 8:.c.; by the law still in force the officers are obliged to do these things themselves, or to have them done at their own expense by taking a servant out of thellotel ; 5, and lastly, the money, called pocket-money, which is allotted to them by the Ministry, will be increased a third. These are the ordinary meals of the invalids :—For the com missioned officers—Breakfast, at 11 o'clock in the morning : soup maigre, beef a la mode, sheep's trotters a la Paulette, purée of peas; dessert, com posed of cheese, dry fruits or fruits in season. Dinner, al 5 o'clock in the evening : soup and beef, veal or mutton, various vegetables and salad ; dessert. The wine, of excellent quality, is the same for all, and each invalid, whatever his rank may be, has half a bottle daily.—For the non-commissioned officers and soldiers—Breakfast, at 10 o'clock in the morning, soup and beef, a dish of vegetables ; din ner at 4 o'clock, a ragout of mutton or some other meat, a dish of vegetables. These dishes are varied. On Sunday the officers have a quarter of a fowl each." Toe principal purpose of this reform is, firstly, the well-being of the invalids, and, secondly, the desire to put a stop to abuses full of immorality. Up to this day, the married invalids were allowed to take their food out of the Hotel. The result of this tolerance was that, under the pretext of going to eat their food with their fami!ies, half of the pensioners sold it to buy alcohol, or gave it to women of the worst description. From this system came a double scandal—intoxication and the encouragement of prostitution. However, the in valids admitted up to this time, and before the pro mulgation of the new decree, being able to prove their legal marriage, will continue to enjoy the old toleration ; but, after the Ist of January, 1864, no one will be able to obtain this privilege of carrying food frem the establishment. These reforms are. it appears to us, in the interest of the pensioners. We trust that the old men will reflect, and decide not to brandish their crutches over the soup-tureens, nor fight a battle in Bath chairs, in the Court of Honour, under the marble nose of the Hero of Austerlitz. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) The Market opens qaiet, with more disposition to effect sales, which will probably be 6,000 bales. Sales of the week 104,480 bales, including 56,580 on speculation, and 14,666 for exportion. Actual export, 16,234 bales. Quotations—Middling Or leans, 294; Mobile, 294; Upland, 294. Estimated fair Egyptian, 29*. Imports of the week, 61,678. Stock estimated, 177 .600 bales. Swats, 16 to 30. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The general discount market is now well stocked with money, and its position is becoming easier, and of course more satisfactory to the commercial classes. Capital is not so extensively required as it was a short time since, either for trade or other purposes, and while it is increasing, the demand is falling off, and the best short dated paper is hardly negotiated at 31 per cent. About £5,00u in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The America, from New York, has brought £184,231. re The weekly return issued by the authorities of the Bank of England comprises alterations which ip ig- are highly satisfactory. The bullion, which bad a been gradually reduced for many weeks, now shows kid an increase of £74,658. The reserve of notes has also er been slightly augmented, and the amount of the Other Securities diminished through the repay nt meats of advances. Subjoined is our usual analy he • het Active Circulation .. £22,077,365 Decrease, 59,185 Bullion .. 14,645,269 Increase .. 74,658 Rest .. • . .. 3,140,525 Increase .. 16,971 Public Deposits .. • • .. 4,437,835 Decrease .. .. • • .. 178,217 Other Deposits.. .. .. .. 15,271,262 Decrease .. .. 1,081,556 Seven Day and other Bills .. • . 747,101 Increase .. 22,956 Government Securities 10,915,363 No alteration. Other Securities .. .. 19,986,456 Decrease 1,353,689 Notes Unemployed 6,499,880 Increase .. • . .. • . 98,505 The annual meeting of the Queen Insurance Company was held at the head-office in Liverpool, on Wednesday. The directors' report, which was adopted unanimously, was most satisfactory, bath as regarded the life and fire branches. It appeared that in the life department proposals to the large amount of £55,000 had been declined during the year, showing the great care taken in the selection of lives; whilst the new policies issued were larger by £53,000 than those of the preceding year. The ,hp,remium income of the year was £16,352 s s . id. e first quiequennial period having arrived, Mr. Moncrieff Wilson, the actuary of the company, has made the necessary investigation into the com pany's affairs, and the result, as shown in the re port, is exceedingly gratifying. The valuation was made on the basis of the 3 per ce nt. Carlisle tables, and aft er a laborious assessment of every individual policy, th e actuary, in his report, states that the bonus to be added to all policies entitled to partieipate, "will exceed on the average of ordinary assurers 46 per cent. per annum of the total pre miums paid, and will rise in some instances accord. ing to age, as high as 65, 70, and even 75 per cent. of the total premiums which have been received." The high position which Mr. Wilson occupies in the insurance profession is ample guarantee that the large bonus thus apportioned is warranted by the position of the company's affairs. In the fire branch the premium income of the year was£7o,3oo 26.11 d., being an increase of nearly £23,000 over that of the previous year, and this amount has been carried to the credit of the reserve fund. A dividend at the rate of 8 p er cen t, per annum was d ec l are d . M r. John E. L ey l an d , the su b -manager in Liverpool, has been app o i nte d secretary to the company, to b e resident i n L on d on, w h ere h e w i ll devote his be e si r les to st reng th en t h e pos i t i on o f t h e company ' s B a, and pay special attention to some of the h ave T_branches, which, in the case of the "Q ueen ," n very remunerative. tiring the more uctivit .1 last few days there has been rath er markets. e in the Foreign and Colonial Produce to a specula agar has been largely dealt in, owi ng : have materi a ll a demand for exportati o n, an d p r i ces however, have y advanced. Tea, coffee, and rice, Th e public sates sotn_ained at about previous rates. gr ass with consider indigo have continued to pro able animation at the en h ance d va l u es establi s h ed except for the co mmencemen t o f th e au ctions, s uperior descriptions. In the tallow market there bas not been much activity, but quotations, for both present and forward delivery, a r e well supported. The committee of the Sto ck Exchange have re solved that the 27th inst. shall be a se ttling day on the following comp anies ' shares. The first named are to be officially marked, but t he others are only to be inserted in the hi-weekly list s • , Ile scrip of the Royal Sardinian Rsilway, the P u bli c W or k s Credit Company of London and Paris, and the Oil Seed Crushing Company. The first ordinary general meeting of share- Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ... 1001 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent — Oitto 5} per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto :April, 1864 991. Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Ditto Bonds El,OOO — Ditto under £1,000.. Bank Stock for Account ionsols for Account, Oct. 8.. 931 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent 2 pm 1 dis Ditto £5OO .. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 oer Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 . . —. Ditto , 4f per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) , ;hilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 3 per Cent. .. Colombian 6 Scrip, £l5 pd — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Dutch, 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l4 i: Egyptian 7 per Cent looa 1 Ditto, Second Issue - Guatemala 5 per Cent. - Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account 144 t Italian 5 per Cent.(lllaremmana Railway) 84 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto Account • • Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account.. 4 B7f Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto:3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account 491 9 Russian 5 per Cent.,jlB22, £ St 94 Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 • Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 93 1 Sardinian 5 per Cent - Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 36 54 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. rurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account .. Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 714 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £59 10s Od pd. 2i dis Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Ditto Account.... Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 254 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .. 61! Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 44 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f 9sf. Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 26 francs — Ditto Account 721 . TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account AGREEABLE ANTICIPATIONS OF AN EARTHQUAKE IN LONDON.—Let us suppose what might he the result in London of an earthquake similar to that of Lisbon, and happening in the night. The single-storied dwellings of the poor might probably remain erect, though damaged; but what o f th e f our an d f i ve storied dwellings of the middle classes --what of the huge palaces, piled floor on floor in the heart of London, and let out in offices? What of those ranges of houses in the main streets serving for to laosrenl alrd the fb buildings shop!, the whole fronts of whi c h s t an d on slender stilts of ° 1 x cast-iron, which would crac k li ke potsherds did they once street, Regent-street, tha s v t r e a r nh g hr basest d a and thorough fares, whose front walls stand upon plate-glass, would fall prostrate at a blow, and choke their thoroughfares with heterogeneous ruins and the mas h ed frames of humanity, The huge Cathedral of St. P au l' s would busy its own ' churchyard in its fragments—the Bank and the Exchange would mingle their crumbled materials together—churches and their many spires would fall down—the warehouses and stone bridges on the river would block its channel, and the breached and riven banks would again convert the whole low lying lands into the marsh that they were in the days of Julius Ca3sar ; but all putrid with dead bodies, Water and gas supply would cease, and the great sewers would be underground reservoirs of pestilence. A plague would supervene, and many hundreds of thousands would perish. The dockyards would be destroyed, and speculat ing despots on the Continent would gloat over the downfall of English supremacy, and talk of invading us with the pretext of help. The cast-iron bridge at Queen-street would not be left for the New Zealander, and though the forged upper structure at Charing-cross would be inde structible save by time and rust, the masonry of the piers would burst through the cast-iron casings, and leave the bridge a wreck. And meanwhile throughout England similar ruin might prevail, and commerce be stopped, and famine add its presence to other evils. The transit of food and fuel by water would cease, and the toppling down of brick vied uots would stop for a time all railway transit.— Once a Week BANNS OF MARRIAGE FORBIDDEN.—The rare occurrence of forbidden banns of marriage occurred at St. Andrew's Church, Stratton, Cornwall, on Sunday last, the 18th. The banns had been published for "the third time of asking," when a tall, middle-aged woman rose from her seat, and in an audible voice said, " I forbid these banns, sir." The clergyman, the Rev. W. B. Marsh, then requested that the woman would come to him in the vestry after service. This she did; and it was dis covered that the poor woman had only too good cause for forbidding the banns, as she was the bona fide wife of the man whose banns had been called for the third time that morning St. Katharine, 67;8 Southampton, 68 7 Closing Shan Railways Plod Price. Business dont 100 :Viand° &St Lawremx all 63 65 I stk Bom.,Barodadz.Cent Ind 100 106 107 M Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New .. 8 1 1 1 1) 20 Do. E. Shares. 74 115 P 204 Buffalo and Laice Huron all 6 4 68 61 10 Do. Preference ...... all 81 94 too 100 Buflalo,Brant&G odrich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 tio. do. June 1, 1874 100 st elcutta.&S.Eastn.(Lnr, 100 115 107 at Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 11.4 106 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. r 100 108 109 stock East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 1074 1181 108 5 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 10 15 14p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 1* 1 41 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 22 23 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 76 18 100 Do. co. deferred...... all 62 64 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 70 72 701 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 54 57 r l 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28 00 100 °° D DD 0 00 d3 4 d t o h .Pd l e r f e fe. f r . sr s teo t d o7 - 1c . .. : • all aall 31 4512 54 3 43 3 stock Gt. IndiaPemn.gua.sp.o 100 1084 1093 1(94 20 Do. New gua. Sp. c... 12 15 11; 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 11 141 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 107 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 101 101 104 204 Do. New 18 11 10f; 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 96 98 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. .. all 87 89 88 7 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 5 p stock Madras. guar., sp.c. .. 100 106 +O7 stock Do. 45 p. o. Extension 100 101 102 stock Dc.44 d 0........ 100 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- 'stook Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnda. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 59 100 Do. 7p. o. 51ortg. Bds. all Newßrunswick a Candu Class A and B all 3 6 N.ll.l.C'da6 pc Ist pt bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde .......... (100 1064 1074 at Do. Delhi • s ' 100 106 107 Do. do 2 4 ip 20 Do. Punjaub all —P at Do. Do. , , lliu 106 107 ock Do. [ndus.St Flo. J k,loo 102 104 1034 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEs. k.,ab.tivv. es p.c.J a *kJ no 1877-S4 . 100 104 105 104 5 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 1(2 104 D 0.6 p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 100 92 84 934 25 35 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G. Hope, 6 p o,187:, 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct 1886 100 109 111 Do. 1891 100 110 112 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 8p c 100 113 11 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 1075 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 Ik7 109 -- N.B.Gov. p.c. a.&Jul) 100 tot 105 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p z., Mu 100 1015 1024 Du. sp. c.,lB'tl to 1871 100 102 103 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1024 103 1025 ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. . . ..... 100 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 1:1 113 IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 112 114 Vio.GOV. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 Do. to 6 0.0. A.1).&00t.. 100 1104 ll l 1105 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold ( 1 d uhilord Amalgamated..l 39 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist., 1 545 655 East Bassett (Illoganl— 90 70 73 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. 5d par East Caradon ...... t 14.6 264 274 275 East Cara Brea... 3.4.0 65 71 Great el b G N mLET ' o e t ey d m t ty d. d . s DS: Margaret °l t t o ruut Berthats ( on h s J u l 1) , t ( 0 I' l g ( a G v u w a l B e t n k 8 `:B 7 . . 6 1 4 2 13: 6 3 l .1 G. Wheal Vor (Helston, 40 9t 104 h Grenville 8.12 84 26 liingston Downs 4. 8.0 15 25 s n O Y r o (11 2.&0 1 4 11 18 : 2 2 0 1 4 Marke Valley.. New Seto n l9l 95 105 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan 2.17.0 25 3 4 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 41 5 Par Consols (St. Blaze 14 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 13 45 , South Caradon(StCleer, 14 I 415 425 iS. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.61 1 14 i.Wheai Fran. (Mogan; 18.1 , .9 60 65 (Stray Park .. ... . . 5 rainarSilvA Lead fin Croft .... ..... 19 20 West Basset (Illvan) l4 91 105 w C radon (Liskeard; 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 724 774 Wheal 13uller(Redruth) 5 20 30 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant), 2.0.6 VirhealLuthott ........ ; 2.10.8 2 25 Wheal MaryAnni,Llen.) 8 gi 95 Wheal 3eton 584 180 190 Wheal Treiawney (Lis )1 7 21 23 Wheal Union ' 3 . 1 7 21 35 PItEI4'ERENCE SHARES. South Eastern fixed 41 per cent., 102 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 41 per cent., 1858. 102/ London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. ext., B, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 86 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 811 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 100/ 100 Preston and Pyre, 451 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per cent., lc; 1 Dutch Rhenish, 1S Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (ail), 221 Southern of France, 271 FOREIGN MINES• Yudanamutana of S. Australia (111 n.), 2Z- 3 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 45 Australasia, 76 Bank of Egypt, 27/ 8 Bank of Otago, lim., 11/ Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 81 British and American Exchange (lim.), 151 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 121 I Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 38 Consolidated Bank, lira., 101: Continental, Bin., English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 231 Imperial Ottoman, 18} 18 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 20.1 London and County, 64 London Joint Stock 365 London and South American, Inn, 4} / London and 'Westminster. 79 National of Liverpool. limited, 19 181 Scinde, Punj au b , and Delhi (lim.), 61 Union of London, asi DOCKS. MI SCELLANEOUS. zricultural, 201 p lr f. 71 pe r cent., 22 A Be u r s thi tral w ia a n te A r work., 9 C G o e p n p . e c r r dit Miners an d o i England, na nce of London, lint., 5 Crystal Palace, 38} General Steam Navigation, 281 Hudson's Bay, 81 Joint •stock Discount, 61 London Financial Association, lint., 151 London General Omnibus Company (u m), 2 Peninsula and 0, iental Steam, 84i Ditto, new,l sl l Rhymney Iron, 25 Ditto, new. 7 4 Royal Mail Steam, 79 The Price of Gold.— The quotation of gold at Paris ie about per mile pm., and the short exchange on London. is 25.25 per £1 sterling, o n comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 i 7s. ibid. per ounce fbr standard gold, it appear that gold is about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in p ur l s. By advices from Hamburg the price of! gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling, tandard gold at the English ➢tint price is, therefore, ab ou t 6-10 tbs per cent. dearer in London than in UaMbnrg, EXTENSIVE PLUNDERING OF COFFEEHOUSE-REEFERS. —A man between 30 and 40 years of age of sallow com plexion, who calls himself John Walker, was placed at the bar charged with the wholesale plunder of coffeehouses. Peter Smith, a detective officer, by whom the prisoner had been brought in custody, called — Mr. Charles Wingfield, coffeehouse-keeper, 10, Park-side, Knightsbridge, who said that on the night of the 7th inst. the prisoner slept at his house; he came in with another man and asked for a bed for the night, with which they were accommodated. Prisoner and the other man came down together at eight o'clock on the following morning. Prosecutor's wife hastening up stairs found that the rob bery had been committed, and immediately called out to her husband that the room had been stripped, and he fol lowed prisoner and the other man, who had not at the time got many yards from the house. Finding themselves fol lowed, they took to their heels, and crossed Hyde-park in different directions. The prisoner here escaped, but . the other man was taken. Mr. Selfe—What did they take away from your house? Prosecutor—A pair of sheets, blankets, counterpanes, and other things. Mr. Selfe—Have any of them been found ? Prosecutor—The counterpane, a blanket, and a pillow Me were found upon the other man, and identified as my property. They were concealed round his person. Mr. Selfe—What has become of the other man who was taken at the moment ? Peter Smith—He was committed from here, and tried last Mcnday at sessions, where he received 12 months' im prisonment. There were three indictments against him. Mr. Selfe—Are there any other charges against the prisoner ! Smith—Several, and I want a remand in order to pro duce them. There were 25 different persons who identified the other man with robberies, and the prisoner was his companion. I have no doubt that a great many cases will be produced against him. Mr Selfe (to prisoner)—Have you anything to say ? Prisoner—Nothing. Remanded till Tuesday next. ... ~. holders of the Bank of Wales was held to-day,' Mr. J. L. Daniel in the chair. As the bank only com menced operations last May, sufficient time had not elapsed to admit of a full balance sheet being given. The report was carried, the remuneration of the auditors fixed at £lO each, and certain clauses relating to the management in the articles of association expunged. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Rmter's telegram, the French 3 per Cant. Rentes were 671. 15c. Heavy. The improvement which occurred in the English Stock Market yesterday afternoon is well main tained to•day. Speculation continues inert, but a better tone prevails, and Consols remain at 93 1- for transfer, and at 931 / for the account, with rather an upward tendency. Additional strength has been promoted by the easier aspect of monetary affairs, and the Bank of England return, which is more favourable than anticipated. Transactions have taken place in the New Threes and Reduced Annuities at 911 1, the 5 per Cents, 1071; India 5 per Cents., 1091 H ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1009 ; and Exchequer Bills, ls. dis. to 2s. prem. In the Foreign Market there is less animation, but prices are firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, 701 I; do., 1862, are 711 ; do., Consolides, 531 4 ; Spanish Passive, 35/ 36 ; do., Certificates, 131 4 ; Greek, 30; 3l -}; do., Coupons, 14/ ; Mexican, 42* /; Portuguese, 49 1; Russian, 93 4; Italian, 7241; Egyptian, 1001 101 ; Moorish, 95 ; the Con federate Loan, 65 67 ; and the New Portuguese Loan, 1/ 1 prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather more active, and prices have in several in stances slightly improved. Midland, South-Wes tern, Great Eastern, Great Western, and Lanca shire and Yorkshire have each improved about 55.; North-Eastern (Berwick),los.; and Great Northern A Stock, £2. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is no material change to record in prices. Bank Shares are in fair request at about pre vious quotations. Imperial Ottoman realise 188 0 ; National of Liverpool, 182. 19 ; India Land Mort gage are quoted 3to 3/ prem .; Anglo-Austrian, par to 4 prem; and East London, 21 31 prem. In the Miscellaneous Market there is little varia tion as regards values. Hudso❑ Bay are quoted 81; London Financial, 151 -2- ; and Discount Cor poration are 81 9 : 1 -„ prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 236 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3} per Cent. Annuities New 2t per Cent. Annuities....... — 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 i.nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth J an., 1880 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2l India Stock, 1874 — Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 lO9l I ..._ . _.. _ _._ ... THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 23, 1863. SHARE MARKETS—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share! Railways. I I Price. I done. i I ; raid ; 1 Closing Business - 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 84 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 liost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Go all Al 81 at Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian loa 119 120 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 7 7 4 10 Do Ai A gets no div all 10 Do. B 11116 p e.p an.ha a ail been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 39 10 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 18 IGO at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 1a i 7 4st Great Eastern, Ord. atk 100 50 61 50 108 110 47 49 at Ditto A stock 10 st Ditto East Anglian st 100 at GreatNorthof Scotland 100 st Great Northern lOO 12 7 I'<B at Do A stock st Do Bdo st Gt. S. ant W. of Irelane 100 100 IQ at Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1101 1111 1111 1 st London and Blackwal; 100 71 73 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 111 112 at Lon., Chat., aid Dover 100 15 46 46 51 at Lon. & North Western 100 1021 102 i 1021 i at Lon. & So•.th Western 100 101 112 1011 a at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 47 48 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Do t shares all at Metropolitan all 131 132 131 at Midland 6.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 96 98 60 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 26 28 25 st INth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1011 1011 jell 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.1 —— 0 et 1)o Lecds lOO 571 58 at Do York at Do Carlisle... lOO st North London 10 I Do New 4.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 'N. and S. W. Junction all 111 114 at !Scottish Central I 100 124 126 at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 44 16 lat Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 100 102 10 iShrews. and Welchpool all at ;Shropshire Union at !South Devon lOO 321 334 at (South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 98 100 20 I staines,Wok.,andWok all 91 10 25 ;Stockton & Darlington all 361 371 25 IDo l7 81 95 a 25 Do New, 1866 8 71 n p at Taff Vale. 10 Do B 8 44 tsf I , 10 Do C 3 21 84p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 5l et Vale of Neath at Victoria eta, and Pim lOO 170 180 17 5 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at I West Cornwall lOO at IW. Hartlepool Har.&R I 100 at West Midland - -Oxfordl 100 et i Do Newport 100 —-- st Do Hereford 100 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. MANSLAUGHTER.—Ann Harnett was placed at the bar on remand, charged with the manslaughter of Joseph Holland. It will be recollected, from a report of the previous exa mination of the witnesses at the Mansion•house, that a quarrel arose between a female with whom the deceased cohabited and the prisoner, and in the attempt to separate them the prisoner struck him a violent blow, which at the time caused him great suffering, and after three or four days he died. The fatal occurrence took place in Smith's-build• ings, Bishopegate. Dr, Fowler, the medical gentleman who attended the case, after the occurrence, said he had assisted Dr. Holden,of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in making a post mortem ex amination of deceased, and the result of these labours was that they were of opinion that death was occasioned by the vomiting caused by a violent blow in the pit of thestomach, such as that described by the witnesses. The stomach of of the unfortunate man was in a state of acute inflamma tion, Dr. Holden, assistant-surgeon, of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, said he was present with Dr. Fowler at a post mortent examination of the deceased, and he quite agreed with his opinion es to the cause of death. The prisoner having been cautioned in the usual manner, said she had nothing to say in answer to the charge. The Lord Mayor fully committed him for trial at the next sessions of the Old Bailey. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. M ARLBOROUGH•STREET. THE OUTCASTS IN THE PARK.—Esther Parsons, de scribed as a laundress and of no home, was charged before Mr. Knox with sleeping in the open air in Hyde Park. George Fassnige, 604 A, deposed that while patrolling the park about 11 the previous night, he saw the prisoner asleep under a tree near the Royal Humane Society's receiving house. He then took her into custody. Mr. Knox asked the constable whether the prisoner gave any account of herself, and whether she was one of the wretched women who infested the parks ? The constable said the prisoner frequented the park, but he had never seen her asleep there before. In answer to Mr. Knox, Inspector Bowles, C division, said the park gates were closed from nine at night till six in the morning, during which time persons were prohibited from being there. Constables were, however, on duty till 12 o'clock at night. Mr. Knox said it was highly desirable the women should be removed. It was a terrible story altogether. He should send the prisoner to orison for a month, and when she came out she could go to the workhouse. Anything was better than what she had been doing. Whether from feir of being taken into custody, so much publicity having been given to the matter, or from some other cause, last night there was only one woman found sleeping in the park. ALLEGED FRAUD.—Alfred Styles, a tall, well-dressed young man, who gave the address 8, Buckingham-street, Strand, was brought before Mr. Knox, charged by Sergeant Thompson, of the detective police, on a warrant, charging him with having obtained, at HO, Jermyn-street, from Martha Cattle, the sum of £lO by false pretences, with in tent to defraud Mr. Charles Cattle. The accused was formerly a grocer's assistant, now a sot- disant captain, and is the " enthusiastic youth" recently discharged at the Old Bailey for the indictment charging him with enlisting young men to go to Poland. Upon the case being called on, the Sergeant informed Mr. Knox that there was no prosecutor present, whereupon the accused was discharged. WESTMINSTER. THAMES. A ROW IN A DOCTOR'S SHor.—Henry Colville, a tall grave-looking man, about 34 years of age, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with the following strange conduct:— Mr. Patrick Joseph Healey, an apothecary, of 14, John street, Poplar, said the prisoner came into his shop at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, drunk and in a very excited state. The prisoner said " You have poisoned me, and I'll have revenge I" and called upon him to leave th© shop and to meet him in the street, and on his refusal to do so made a rush at him and knocked down a medicine bottle, which was broken. He had great difficulty in preventing the pri soner striking him, and the violent exclamations and noise caused a mob to assemble in front of his house. He called in a police constable and gave the prisoner into custody. Mr. Partridge—Did he strikeyou ? Mr. Haley—He did not, sir. He would have done so if I had not retreated. Mr. Partridge—What is the amount of damage done ? Mr. Healey—Only Is. 6d. Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if he would pay the money ? The prisoner—l will, sir. lam very sorry indeed that I should have acted so. I was intoxicated, sir. Inspector Boare, of the K division, said the prisoner was in a most furious state all night, and raved like a maniac. The prisoner made a most desperate attempt to commit suicide, and it was necessary to have two constables in the cell all night to prevent him repeating the attempt on his life. Mr. Partridge—Do you know anything of him ? Inspector Beare—No, sir. The prisoner—l was beside myself last night; the drink made we quite mad. Mr. Partridge—You may go on paying is Gd for the bottle you have broken. The prisoner—So ends my catechism. ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY.— Oa Monday, just when the Malton train was attain ing full speed, after starting from Thirsk, a little girl, eight years old, daughter of Mr. Th om p son , o f S ac kl e t on , fell headlong out of the train. The mother, who had also a child in her arms, was bent upon jumping out of the train also, and was only kept from doing so by main force. The accident was witnessed by some plate-layers, who stopped the train. The guard and some of the passengers went back and found the girl apparently dead. Th ere was th e impres sion of her head quite distinct in the ballast. The girl was carried to a neighbouring cottage, where, on Tuesday night, she lay quite unconscious. It is believed the door of the carriage was not fastened. FOUNDING A FAMILY. A German, named Heoflich, residing five miles West of La Crescent, was married in Portage, in November, 1860, to a healthy German girl. The week after they m arr i e d they moved to Minnesota, on the farm which they now occupy. In August, 1861, Mrs. Heoflich gave birth to three boys, two of whom lived. In June, 1862, she gave birth to thr ee b o y s an d a girl ; two of the boys and the girl are living. O n t h e sth o f this month she gave birth to two girls and a b oy, all of whom were, as late as Tuesday of this week , ali ve and well. Ten pre good, even for this children in less than three years i s grotty vicinity. The parents are pro ud of their success i n th e f am ily line, and point with pleasure to their company of German infantry. Government cannot afford to draught the head of that family—American Taper. '!'be Messager F ra nco-Anzericain, of N ew Y or k , publishes a notice which has been issued in lowa, signed by Dora Macomber of New York, and Wade Ilsley, of the State of Massachusetts. They state that, finding the system of marriage in America totally bad, and being un able conscientiously to u nite themselves according t o th e rites of the law, but considering that every couple are per fectly free to enter into such contract as may seem good to them, they make known to all that they have made the fol lowing arrangement wr s propose to li ve as h us b and and wife so long as that union shall be mut ua ll y agreea bl e to us." This precious docuinent is countersigned by eight witnesses. DAVIS' STRAITS FISIIING. — The Narwhal, arrived at Dundee on Tuesday with one fish, reports that th e Di ana , of Hull, had got four fish, an d the Brilliant, of Kirkcaldy, three fish. The Dundee s hips are reported us f o ll ows : Camperdown, six fish ; Wildfire, five fish ; Tay, three fish ; Erma, one fish ; and Polynia, clean. No further accounts from tne Dundee, which, when last seen, was icebound, and had sustained some damage by the pressure of the ice. The winner was bought by Mr. Winteringham for 78 guineas. The Welter Cup (Handicap) of 50 sous, added to a sweep stakes of 5 soya each; gentlemen riders, jockeys:7lb extra. 1 mile and three quarter. Mr Kelloe nd Michael Scott, 3 yrs, list 51b (Mr. R. Calder) 1 Mr. Brodie's Lothian King, 5 yrs, 12st 71b (Mr. Erskine) 2 Mr. Moore nd Weatherwise, 4 yrs, I Ist 31b (Mr. Moore) 3 The following also tan :—Unfashionable Beauty, Johnny Cope, Miss Taft, and Lisette, Betting-6 to 4 agst Michael Scott, 3to 1 agat Lothian's King, 4 to 1 eget Miss Taft, 6 to 1 agat any other. Won by a neck ; a length between second and third. The Tweedside Plate (Handicap) of 50 sovs. 7 furlongs. Mr t r l e e r i r e i s a m' a Alice,Sa 1 t 3 a n Y t r , s 7st 31b (Martin) t 1 Mr P Mr 's Venison, 3 yrs, 7 s t 21b (Whitel e y) t 2 Peck's yrs, sst 111 b (Marson) 3 Mr Moore nd Spirit of Air, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ...(Sellers) 4 Tho following also ran :—Dick Swiveller, Barbara Allen, and Lothian's Queen. Betting-5 to 4 agat Alice, sto 2 agst Venison, 4to 1 agst Barbara Allen, 7 to 1 agst any other. A dead heat between Alice and Venison ; the third beaten by a neck; two length s b e t we en the third and fourth. Deciding Heat —Betting-6 to 5 on Alice, who won by a head. --- MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. A general m eeting of the Jo c k ey Cl u b w ill b e h e ld at Newmarket, a fter the races, on W e d nes d ay , i n th e Hough ton Meeting. ‘'"The dates of the New= rket Meetings, 1864, will be sub mitted fir approval. Easter Monday falling in March, the Craven will com mence on the second Monday in April, and, according to existing arrangements, the dates of all the meetings will be as follows: —Craven Meeting, Monday, April 11; First Spring Meeting, Monday, April 25; July Meeting, Tues day, July 5; First October Meeting, Tuesday, September 27 ; Second October Meeting, Monday, Oct. 10 ; Houghton Meeting, Monday, October 24. If these dates are not a lt er ed the Epsom S ummer Meeting will commence on NOTICES OF MOTION. Tuesday, May 24, and Ascot on Tuesday, June 7. By the Stewards —To alter the terms of challenging and running for the Cup and Whip, after the present year, as under : The Whip may be c h a ll enge d f or d ur i ng the each year, and th e accep t ance mus t b e s ignified or the Wh i p resi gned on the following Tuesday. T J H u B ly W IL P ; g If accepted, to be run for on Thursday in the Second October Meeting. ; 4-yr-olds to carry Bst 71b ; 5-yr olds, 6-yr-olds, and aged, Bst 121 b, staking 100, h ft. THE Cur—The Cup may be challenged for during the July Meeting each year, and the acceptance must be signi fied or the Cup resigned on the following Tuesday. If ac cepted, to run un Thursday is the Houghton, the Beacon Course, 4-yr-olds carrying Bst 71b; five, 9st Ilb ; six and aged, 9st 3lb; such acceptance to be declared a match or sweepstake of 200 each, h ft. The Stewards will take the opinion of the Jockey Club as to the expedien c y of raising the n ew s t an d at t h e end of the flat, so as to adm it of a room bein g buil t over the weighing rooms, and a plan and estimate will be laid before the meeting. The House Committee will propose an alteration in the salary of the keeper of the rooms. By Mr. Savile,—" To amend Rule of Racing No. 67, by inserting after the words 'the owner of the second hone to be first entitled to olaim' the words 'and the others in the order in which their horses are placed,' " To amend Rule 41 of the Jockey Club, so as not to make any distinction between the .Racing Calendar and the Sheet _Racing Ca. lender. By To add to the c l ause w hi c h ma k es the rule as Lord o ‘ ‘ races not applicabl e to ma t c h es and t O private sweepstakes of 25 soya each or upwards, the words handicap sweepstakes excepted, and this alteration to take effect from this date. " LIVERPOOL AUTUMN MEETING. FRIDAY, Nov. 13. Weights for the Great Autumn Cup, value 200 soya, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 10 ft, and 3 ft to the fund if declared by noon on Thursday, the 29th October, to the Clerk of the Course, Chester, only. The winner to pay 30 sovs to the judge, starter, ike., and the second to save his stake. One mile and three-quarters. 87 subs. If the highest weight accepting be under Bst 121 b, it will be raised to that, and the others in proportion. Yrs st lb Yra st lb Caller On 6 9 2 Old Orange Girl .. 3 6 8 Bally Edmond Fairwater Oldminster Lioness Cruagh Patrick.... 58 6 *Am ...... The Knave Umpire 6 8 2 * Bryn Gwyn .... 4 6 1 *The Monk Aurelian Costa 4 7 12 *K a 6 illigrew 4 Duicibella Hurricane 4 7 10 Baldwin *Carisbrook Balham ,., 6 3 5 7 9 Real Jam 4 6 3 Exchequer 4 7 9 Sea King ........ `' 3 6 3 Knutsford .... M a gnum Bonum 4 6 2 Cawerino .. 5 7 6 St. Lawrence •• • .. 3 6 2 Lothian's King.... 5 7 6 Sea Nymph ...... 6 2 1 Gardener Loiterer • . 6 1 My Mary....... 3 a 6 1 La Toucques 4 6 1 Stanton 43 7 7 5 6 M Bright .p I C i it l i o p u e d i . . • . . 5 7 4 *Merry ---/ l e ; . 3 6 0 Wynnstay Berkeley 3 13archetttna . Haliji Stavros .... 4 6 1 sing Charming .. 3 5 12 Warminster g 7 7 1 citify o . f .. th . ... .. s . .. .. . 33 _ 66 00 i 5 12 Leonora Jack of Hearts.... 3 4 36 12 iquezzia . 3 5 10 Anfield 3 6 12 Venieon 3 5 10 Bohemian .... •• .. 3 6 12 Le.ertes Donnybrook ...... 6 6 1123 Tpreaaprl Diver B Ca li t t a h h iel e d m - . A .. 1i . v . e .. ... 3 4 66 6 11 1 00 0 Nr " - heba l 7 a uel:t e r k i,.... • ••••••••............ 3 3 3 5 : 77 7 6 10 *Jack's Alive .... 3 5 7 Somersaultonundruin ...... 6 5 4 6 10 Village Belle . 3 5 7 F W I a e s a h t l 1 - i e n r - w t h i B e e : Pa . ii . .... a 6 9 gby Wild _Myren Dr. Syntax . ..... 3 6 9 —Springbok's.clam 3 5 7 D un keld .......... 3 6 8 Cock R o bi n ...... 4 paid F a ntail .......... 3 G 8 Kangaroo .. 3 paid Earl of Surrey .... 4 6 8 Oakapplo Those horses marked thus *, having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. rfa! ha! ha! Tha Earthquake has stirred up the bile of the Penny-a-liners, who love dearly to abuse Zadkiel. It came, as predicted, close upon the conjunction of the Sun, Saturn and Mars, which occurs only once in a century. Zadkiel's Almanac for 1861 pow on sale. G. Berger, London. The Lumber of "copper mines worked in these islands in 1862 was 230; of these 201 in Cornwall and Devonshire. For several years there has been a steady decline in the rate at which copper has been produced from our mines; the relative pro duce of the last three years has been as follows : Ore. Fine Copper. Tons. Tons. 1860 .. 236,696 .. 15,968 1861 231,487 15,331 1 , 62 224,171 .. 14,843 Our imports, which were 74,163 tons of ore and 20,317 tons of regulus in 1861, increased to 84,054 tons of ore and 35,388 tons of regulus in 1862. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 9to 2 agst Limnsina (offered) 7to 1 agst Catch'era Alive (take Bto 1) 11 to 1 agst Carnival (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Port Royal (taken) 17 to 1 aget Exchequer (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Summerside (taken) 22 to 1 aget Bathilde (taken) 25 to 1 agst Borealis (off.) 30 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (off.) 33 to 1 agst Gemma (taken) 35 to 1 agst Giraffe colt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cairncastle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Birdhill (offered) 40 to 1 agst Tolurno (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Roman Bee (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Woldga (taken) 2000 to 25 agst Muezzin (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Juliet (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Hubert (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Lady of the Isles (Laken) THE DERBY. 14 to 1 ngst Scottish Chief (take 15 to 1) 15 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ely (taken) 40 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 40 to 1 agst c. by Br. to Bird on the Wing (taken) KELSO AUTUMN MEETING-THURSDAY. The Free and Easy Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added; for all ages. 7 furlongs. Mr H. Owen's Persuasion, 2 yrs, Gst 2lb (Maroon) 1 9st 51b .. (T. Ald cro ft) 2 MrMr R B e a d r b h e e r : d s , D 8 o ii, n , y n Donne C Diary,a n n e 4, y 4 r y s , r s B , B t iii b .. . . (Clarkson) 3 Betting-5 to lon Persuasion, who w on b y a l eng th ; a bad third. The Border Handicap of 10 soya each, with 60 added ; winners extra. 7 furlongs. Mr Barber's Donn e Canne, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr Temperley's Joey Jones, 5 yrs, 9st 31b (in. 51b extra) (Snowden) 2 Mr Bowes's Early Purl, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b .... (Whiteley) 3 Bonny Bell and My Mary also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Donne Canne, sto 2 agst Early Purl, 3 to 1 agst Bonny Bell, Won by half a length; a bad third. The Amateur Welter Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; Two miles. Lowlander, 5 yrs, 12st 41b (Mr. Dines) 1 Tara Glen, 12st (Mr R. Calder) 2 Johnny, 12st The following also ran :—Benvoirlich, D'Aubrey, Wel lington, Claude, The Doctor, and Glenluce. Beaing-5 to 2 each agst Benvoirltch and Lowlander, 4 to 1 agst any other. Won by three lengths; a length between second and third. The Innkeepers' Plate (Selling) of 30 sovs, added to a sw eepstakes of 2 sovs each; for 3-yr•olds and upwards. 1 mile and 3 furlongs 20 yards. Mr Waugh nd Reviver, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Goodall) 1 Mr Frank's Dick Swiveller, 5 yrs, Tat 91b ..(Reynolds) 2 Mr Winteringlaam's Saltant, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Marson) 3 Mr R. Calder's Miss Chaytor, 4 yrs, sst 131 b • (Dixon) 4 Mr Cowain's Certainty, aged, 7st 91b (Whiteley) 5 Betting-6 to 4on Saltant, 3to 1 agst Miss Chaytor, 10 to 1 agst Dick Swiveller. Won by a length ; three lengths between the second and third. The Mineral Wealth of the United Kingdom. The Stationery-office has just issued the " Mine ral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland for 1862, by Robert Hunt, F.R S., Keeper of Mining Records." From this important publication w e are ena b led to glean the following particulars relating to the mineral produce of these islands, the annual pub lication of these records being, we conceive, one of the most valuable divisions of those labours, over which Sir Roderick Murchison presides. COALS. The number of collieries at work has increased from 2,397 in 1853 to 3,088 in 1862. In these col lieries there were employed in 1861 no less than 235,590 colliers. The quantity of coals produced and sold in 1861 amounted to 83,635,214 tons, this being the largest quantity produced in any one year. Owing to the interruptions which several of our manufacturers experienced in 1862 the amount of coals which passed into the market, or were con sumed at the place of production, fell to 81,638,338 tons. Very large stocks have been stored in Lanca shire and other districts ; the actual drain, there fore, upon our coal beds was probably as large as it was in the previous year. I❑ 1861 it is stated in these returns that nearly two millions and a half tons of coals were burnt or wasted at the pits in Durham and Northumberland alone. In the Publication for 1862, Mr. Hunt says " the amount of the coals burnt or wasted at pits has been so differently represented, and appears such an uncertain, although very large quantity, that it is for the present omitted." Some attention having been directed to the rate at which exhaus tion of our coal beds is going on, it becomes a really important element to determine with all p)ssible accuracy the extent to which this system of waste prevails on the surface, and it is no less important to determine the waste which takes place in the mine. In Derbyshire about one-sixth of the quan tity of coal raised, which amounted last year to 4,534,800 tons, is lost in the colliery, and this is not much in excess of the quantity of coals lost in the workings of coal in other districts. In estimating, therefore, the rate at which we are draining our coal measures of their fossil fuel we cannot take less than 90,000,000 tons as representing the annual rate of exhaustion. The exportation of coals in 1862 amounted to 7,671,670 tons, and was an increase of 448,952 tons on the exportation of 1861. IRON. The quantity of iron ore raised in 1862 in these islands amounted to 7,562,240 tons, and we im ported 36,270 tons. This was used to feed 561 blast furnaces, which were distributed as follows:—In England, 306 ; in Wales, 130 ; in Scotland, 135 ; the quantity of pig iron smelted being 3,243,469 tons, which is an increase on the two previous years. In 1860 we made 3,826,752 tons, and in 1861 3,712,390 tons. The value of the pig iron at this place of production last year is estimated at £9,858,672. COPPER. TIN. The returns of dues paid to the Stannary Court, which are made up to Sept. 29 in each year, give the production of the tin mines of Cornwall and Devonshire as 11,841 tons of ore, producing of white or metallic tin 7,578 tons, valued at £879,048. The keeper of mining records gives the production of the whole year 1862 as 14,127 tons of tin ore, pro ducing 8,476 tons of metallic tin, valued at £983,216. This is the largest quantity of this metalliferous ore which has ever been produced in any one year, the probability being that this will be exceeded by the yield of the Cornish tin mines in the present year. For certainly more than 2,000 years tin has been obtained from Cornwall and Devonshire, and yet we find the granite and clay slate rocks of these counties yielding a larger quantity than ever to the industry of man, and there does not appear any reason for supposing that we are exhausting any of the sten niferous districts. A fear has been expressed by many that the copper mines of Cornwall are nearly worked out. That there has been a falling off in the quantities of ore mined for some years past is cer tain ; but if ever mining is permitted to be carried on again with honesty and zeal, so that the full amount of the subscribed capital shall be expended in subterranean explorations, judiciously directed by experienced miners, we believe it will be found that ample stores of copper are yet to be discovered. LEAD AND SILVER. The produce of this metal has shown a steady in crease. _ . Of Lead Ore. Of Lead. Tons. Toas. In 1860 the returns were .. 89,081 .. 63,525 In 1861 ft .. 90,693 .. 65 , 643 In 1862 .. 95,311 .. 69,013 The silver produced from this lead in 1862 amounted to 686,123 ounces. GOLD. From time to time, after long intervals, there have been small quantities of this precious metal produced in various parts of these islands, and, con sequently on the discovery, there has been much ex citement. The discovery of go I reland to the Leadhills, Ireland ; and more Lanarkshire; at Wicklow, in recently in the neighbourhood of Dolgelly, in North Wales, are examples, in each case, of enthusiastic hopes deferred. We have, however, in the returns before us, a reliable statement o f the production from one gold mine (Vigra and Clogan) for the past two years In 1861 the quartz lodes upon which th ey are working gave 2,784 standard ounces of gold, which were sold for £10,816 17s. In 1862 the produc tion reached 6,299 standard ounces, which were sold for X 20,390. W e find by . the list of mines given in the Appen dix to the "Mineral Statistics" that no less than 24 workings are entered as gold mines. From none of t h es e have w e as yet any return of gold; we s h a ll wait with much curiosity the publication of the statistics in 1864. Th e returns of ziec ores, of iron pyrites, and of other less valuable metalliferous and earthy mine rals are given, the total results being as follows for t h e year 1862: mETALS PRODUCED FROM BRITISH MINERALS AND COALS. Gold .. 5,209 oz, Tin £20,390 value. 8 ,476 tons Copper 14,843 933,216 „ Lead Silver 1,433,445 „ 686,123 oz " Z;uo 189,041 „ Iron, pi g .... 3 91 2 5151 tour, 50,548 „ Other metals, estimated' 9,,301,67.1 250,000 „ Total value of British metals £14,281,453 Coals . ..... 81,538,338 ton■ 20,409,584 value £34,691,037 Earthy minerals, such as barytes and lime, salt, and the more valuable clays, are estimated at £ 1 ,750,000, and we find, by a return compiled by Mr. Robert Hunt in 1859, that the value of building stones, slates, &c., amounted to £7,954,075. We learn, therefore, that the actual wealth added to the national store, as obtained from our native rocks, amounts to nearly £45,000,0000. Mr. ADDERLEY, in the course of his remarks at 'the Coleshill Farmers' Club, said :—He Was dining within the last fortnight with the Social Science Association in Edinburgh, and although the object of that association was a grand one—to promote the science which tended to the advancement of civilisation— it was a very convivial as sociation. He remembered that the learned Scotch lord who in the morning delivered a learned speech upon the amend ment of the law sang comic songs is the evening a f ter dinner, and smacked Lord Brougham on the shoulder to keep in chorus. The gentlemen of that association were po t . suaded of two maxims —that nothing was good w hi ch was not social, and that no thing was social which was n ot good, and he too firmly believed in them. The course of e xchange at New York on Lond on r for el n i b u i s on 60 days' sight N 167 to 157 i per cent., and the gold is 43 to 43# per cent. At these rates there is very little profit on the importation of gold from the United States. The eupply of oats was very large. The trade was dull for all qualities. Good and fine samples supported former prices, but inferior produce sold at low rates. Beans and peas met a slow sale at Monday's decline in prices. In flout a moderate business was transacted at previoul currencies. ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English-- 1,510 320 I 930 1 430 \ 390 Irish. - Foreign 21,550 10,290 43,280 470 slo. brig, POLAND. BRESLAU, OCT. 22. The Breslau Gazette of to-day confirms t;ae news of two Russian police agents having been 6tabbEd in Somtia-street, Warsaw. The same j3urnal says :—" Prince WittgenEtein has threatened the town cf Wloclaweck with a fresh contribution of 5,000 roubles if the female inhai. tants continue to give vent to their grief daring the execution of insurgents. Travellers coming from Poland assert that a large number of smill insurgent carps are scatter( d throughout the country. Fresh, com,iderehle, and well-armed detachments of insurgerts have ap• peared in the Government of Plock." The Agonies of Competitive Examinations The clock strike s , and a shudder runs thro ug h the crowd, a n d we slowly and mournfully ent , ?r the hell prepared for our reception, Giving our numbers, we are directed to our places, and sit down, all in a flutter. Presently the examiner enters, and the printed questions are distributed. Some of us are rather surprised 'and disgustred to find that the subject is the History of the La ws an d Constitution of a certain Country. Many of us had trusted that this subject would come on at a later stage, and had not properly „ a to wo r k an d ma k e the mmed for it ; b ut be s best there's o t no it . Somehelpfor o f it,so the w e g questionso found I could d o , and did. Others 1 found I could not d o, b ut did all o t the same nag shots" e t s in h g° s ll " at th everything e principle, us eful in a ll exams, on the chance of hitting something. And here I regret to Say, I vv,iB compelled to be guilty of a slight hypocrisy. We were required to write ttle life of a certain historical personage whom I detest ; I wrote, not a wit h erin satire, but a fervid eulogium on him ! Well, the g competitive system is chargeable with it, that's all I know. Looking, round from time to time, .1 was able to see how the other wallahs were getting on, and became well or ill effected towards them accord-. ingly. If I saw a wallah writing rapidly, but steadily and continually, I knew he was well up," and could have crushed him, If I saw a wallah burying his fingers in his hair, and making use of his pen as if it were something to eat, I bore him no malice, and would have done him no harm. Now and then a wallah would arrive at the end of bis stock of knowledge, would deliver up his papers, and walk out of the room ; as the number of depart ing wallahs increased, so also did the satisfaction of those who remained. Curious to see how the niggers fared, I watched them whenever I had nothing else to do. They wrote away like madmen. He in the European costume appearedto be in a per petual state of delight and bright idea. After musing awhile, he would suddenly grin from ear to ear (a considerable distance), and dash down on paper the sentiments that had occurred to Dickens's " All the Year _Round." MARKETS—This Day. MARK -LANE. Fresh up to Mark-lane to-day the arrivals of English wheat were on a very moderate scale. The demand for all qualities was by no means active ; nevertheless, a fair clear ance was effected at Monday's currency. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was large. Sales, generally speaking, progressed slcwly, yet prices ruled tolerably firm. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at late rates. There was an increased supply of foreign barley on offer, but the show of home-grown parcels was somewhat re-. stricted. Malting qualities changed hands rather more freely at lull prices. Malt sold heavily at about previous rates. NEWGATE AND LEADENi-JALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate. Good and prime qualities move off steadily at full prices; other wise the tradq is quiet. Per Slb. by the carcase. s a sd nferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 .liddling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Frinie large do. 3 6 3 8 Do. small do. .. 3 10 4 0 Large pork .... 3 4 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 0 3 4 adsd Middling mutton 3 6 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork ~ 4 0 4 4 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. Our market is well supplied with English and foreign hops. For good and fine samples there ie a steady demand, and prices rule firm. Inferior parcels, however, are a dull, inquiry, yet their value is steadily supported. New Mid and East Kents L 5 12s to £8 Os per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex . 5 Os to 6, N COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been rather quiet. Prices, how, ever, are well maintained, good common congou being quoted 120. to 13d. per lb. s uGAR .—The dealings, which have been extensive, wore prn •acip aHyof a speculative cha ra c t e r, and prices exhibited a further improved tendency for good hnd fine descriptions of West India. In the refined market higher rates are also current, common testers being quoted 47 per cwt. COFFEE. —Only a moderato business has been done, and, both Plantation and Native Ceylon continuo at about pre.. vious rates. RICE •—• The market has been very dull : without any material change to record on values. TALLOW.—Business has been rather inactive, quota tions, however, continue steady, P.Y.C. on the spot being 445, 6d., December 445., and spring delivery 458, per cwt. • Bank of England Return,---Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 21st day ct Oct., 1863: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. :Notes issued ........28.577.215' Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,927,245 Silver Bullion .... £28,577,215 £28,577,244 BANKING D Proprietors' Capi tal ............. 414,553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- , EPARTMICNT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weigh tAn nuity) £10.945,363 Other Securities 19.986,156 Notes Gold and Silver 718,024 Coin counts) 4,417,83i Other Deposits— 15,271,262 Seven Day and other Bills 747,101 ....--......,........• X 38,149,724 £33,149.723 M. 1 ,RSHALL, Chief Cas laez Oct. 22, 1863. SHIPPING—This Day. --- LONDON, Oct. 23.—Wind this day at West; light breeze, and fine weather. __. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA„%aiday 0011 — North. Morning. PLYMOUTII, X , .. Company's screw The East India and London SniPP ‘ a Bird, which left steamship Golden Fleece, Commans„ed the Nore on Wed•• Gravesend on Tuesday, at 2 p.m., on ~ Thursday, at $• a.m ; nesday, at 7 ran., and the WilP — even ing in a dead calm, was off Plymouth at 6 the samedo and Calcutta, ISl g inient ; Sir Percy Douglas r .. 1 118 passeners, among under full steam, bound t: She hr.s a ful trgneral wire jr&c:Tod lope, Major Lord whom there are, tor the , - , a Richard H. Browne 9 6 r!A d family, and several other 1 ...._,I an and family, Captain Nei ! military officers. AG NETIC TELEGRAPH.) 2 2_Adelaide, from 'Minorca ; Minstrel Morning. ( I 3 " G Ny ; in; Windermere, from RAVESEND Friday Oct Boy, from to w Cronstadt. QUebeo ; Cruiser Arrived, and Nautil us, _ REA.I4, Friday Morning. passed' Oct. 22—Gustave `Pala, screw steamer, from in screw steamer, for Bordeaux; Tan tivy, F a l m outh —both lions Lond on • , MellmuneTrader, from fg'iriields, for Plymouth, A.actiored—kookalin, schooner, from Shields, for China. west,k.l(TdrL o v a ti d b e nj uiu gTuesday night THE COAL PIT A CCIDENT AT COLEORTON, NEAR DLEICESTER.- - DISCOVERY OF THE MISSING BODIES. the men who were engaged in making r descents of th e C alifat No. 2 p i t at C o l rorton, w hi c h was in undated about a fortnight since by the giving way of a " coal w a ll , " came across the bodies of the two m i ss i ng men ( J eremiah Rose and Thomas Bird). They were discovered about 700 yards from the bottom of the shaft, up the incline towards where the breach was made into the old Linby Hall workings. They were close to each other, and Bose was in a sitting position, with Bird's head resting in hislap. They had evidently betaken themselves to that positi,cn when the lights became extinguished, and, all hopes of escape being ;despaired of, they sat themselves down in an exhausted state. It is possible that they may have died from the effects of the foul air or "choke dames but it would seem, from the above circumstances, that they died from sheer exhaustion. The inquest on the two bodies took place yesterday, and was adjourned to a future da'e.