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 J one 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 rerorm 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 Administratiou : 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, &e.; 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 theilotel ; 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 poulette, puree of peas; dessert, com posed of cheese, dry fruits or fruits in season. Dinner, at 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." Tae 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 families, 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 from 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 quiet, 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, 29-1-; Upland, 29i. Estimated fair Egyptian, 24. Imports of the week, 61,678. Stock estimated, 177 600 bales. Surats, 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 £6,00u in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The America, from New York, has brought £184,231. The weekly return issued by the authorities of the Bank of England comprises alterations which are highly satisfactory. The bullion, which had been gradually reduced for many weeks, now shows en increase of £74,658. The reserve of notes has also been slightly augmented, and the amount of the Other Secarities diminished through the repay, ments of advances. Subjoined is our usual analy sis : Active Circulation. .. • . £22,077,365 Decrease .. 59,185 Bullion .. 14,645,269 Increase .. • .• 74,658 Rest .. .• .. 3,1.40,525 Increase 16,971 Public Deposits • • .. 4,437,83.5 Decrease .. .. • . 178,217 Other Deposits.. .. .. 15,271,262 Decrease .. .. 1,081,556 Seven Day and other Bills .. 747,101 Increase 22,956 Government Securities .. 10,945,363 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 premium income of the year was £16,352 ss. Id. The rat Tlibquennial period having arrived, Mr. J. Monerieff Wilson, the actuary of the company, Las made the necessary investigation into the com pany's affairs, and the result, as shown in the re port, is exceedingly gratify i ng. The valuation was made on th e b asis of th e 3 per cent. Carlisle tables, and after a laborious assessment of every individual policy, the actuary, in his report, states that the bonus to be added to all policie3 entitled to participate, " 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. or 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 25.11 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 r ate of 8 per cent. per annum was declared. Mr, John E. Leyland, the sub-manager in Liverpool, has been appointed secretary to the company, to be •a siu' pent in London, where he will devot e hi s — "gl b atiine ee to strengthen the position of the company's f erei :: and pay special attention to some of th e h ave be :ranche d , which, in the case of the "Queen," very remunerative. Durin g the last few days there has been rather inore ectivit, i n luarkete. the Foreign and Colonial Produce has been largely dealt in, owing to a spec e i at u i r r demand for exportation, and prices have materia lly advanced. Tea, coffee, and rice, however, have remained at about previous rates. The public sal es considerable ° • • pro gress with f i ndi g o have continued to pro nimation at the enhanced values established a t the commencement of the auctions, except for superior descriptions. In the tallow market there has not been much activity, but quotations, for bo th a present an d forward d e li ver y, are we ll suppor te d. The committee of the St ock Exchange have re solved that the 27th inst. shall b e a settling day on the following companies' shares. are to he officially marked , but The first named the others are only to be inserted in the bi-weekly l i sts "—The scrip of the Royal Sardinian Railway, the P ublic Works Credit Company of London and Paris, and the Oil Seed Crushing Comp iny. The first ordinary 1 7, , 'neral meeting of share 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 INlay, 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 espunged. Two o'CLocK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Rsuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cont. Rentes were 67f. 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 1 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 91 1, the 5 per Cents. 1071 ; India 5 per Cents., 1091 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 100 i ; 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 1; do., 1862, are 711 ; do., Consolides, 531 ; Spanish Passive, 351 36 ; do., Certificates, 131 4 ; Greek, 30 1 1 311; do., Coupons, 141 y ; Mexican, 422 4 ; Portuguese, 49 1; Russian, 93 1; Italian, 7241; Egyptian, 1001 101 ; Moorish, 95 ; the Con. federate Loan, 65 67 ; and the New Portuguese Loan, l 4 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 (Ber wick), 10s. ; 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 181 e ; National of Liverpool, 184 19 ; India Land Mort gage are quoted 3 to 31 prem.; Anglo-Austrian, par to 1 prem; and East London, 24 31 prem. In the Miscellaneous Market there is little varia tion as regards values. Hudson Bay are quoted 81; London Financial, 151 i ; and Discount Cor poration are 8i 01, prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 236 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 91t 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3t per Cent. Annuities New 22 per Cent. Annuities.. 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 i.nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2l , India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pm Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 lOO/ Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto :April, 1864 99/ Ditto 'ditto 'Aug. 1864 or 66 100 k Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £1,000.. Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Oct, 8 93,1 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2t per Cent 2 prd 1 dis Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859.....- Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chili= 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 l4k, Egyptian 7 per Cent lOOl 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 b per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 81i 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 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account 491 9 Russian 5 per Cent.,11822, £ St 9l Ditto 4i per Cent 1850.. Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 93 I Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred ............. • Ditto Account..., Ditto Passive Ditto Account 36 5 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. Curitish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 7Ol •• • Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 7ll Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £59 10s Od pd. 2i dis Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account... Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .. 611 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. ,digiau pet _ Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f osf. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Es. 25 francs — Ditto Account 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 t h e f our an d five 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 cos shops, sothosenh the whole h g hi e co s hl e o W f ho fronts oul houses s o f crackin whichthelike m ike standa in potsherds o streetsn s l enderd i d s e they hysei stilts l g tosn f oco once overhang their bases ? Oxford-stre e t ' gRe ent-street the Strand, and Holborn --all the buildings in main thorOugh- fares, whose front walls stand upon plate-glass, would fall prostrate at a blow, and choke their thoroughfares with heterogeneous ruins and the mashed frames of humanity. The huge Cathedra'. of St. Paul's would b ury 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 Caesar ; 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 Zealauder, 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 viaducts 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, 'he Rev. W. B. Marsh, thrn requested that the woman would come to him in the vestry atter 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 loan whose banns hal b; en called for the third time that morning SHARE MARKETS---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Share Railways. i Paid.' Closing I Businear ; Price. ( done. . . 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 E 1 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost,Sleat,andllidaio all Al 81 st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lOO 119 120 50 Cork and Bandon 10 Do. B all 20 Cornwall all 7 7 k 10 Do A A g ets no diN ) all till6p c.p an.haf , t an been paid to B.) 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc. all 39 10 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 st Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 18 ICO at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 108 110 at Great Eastern, Ord. atk 1 00 50 5t 50 k 1 i i at Ditto A stock et Ditto East Anglian at lOO 810 at GreatNorthot Scotland 100 I —_ IA Great Northern lOO 12/ 18 at Do A stock at Do El do llOO 114 136 at Great 'Western .. lOO 651 651 65 1 i at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at Gt. S. and W. of Ireland 100 100 tt,2 at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1101 1111 1111 1 et London and Blackwal! 100 71 73 . at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 111 112 at Lon., Chat., :tad Dover 100 15 (6 46 51 at Lon. & North Western 100 1021 1021 1021 i et Lon. & So..th Western 100 101 1(2 1011 4 at (Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 47 48 50 IMaryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do 4 shares. at Metropolitan all 131 132 131 at Midland 4.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 96 08 50 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 18 25 st !Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1014 1011 lt,ll 26 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 a if et Do Leeds lOO 571 58 at Do York at Do Carlisle lOO et North London 10 I Do New 5 1 2 p 4,16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all ilk 111 at !Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 44 46 • st Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 100 102 10 !Shrews. and Welohpooi all at 'Shropshire Union at South Devon.. lOO 321 33/ at , South Eastern st South Wales et s. York. and River Dun 100 98 IGO 20 !Staines,Wok.,andWok all 9 4 10 25 'Stockton & Darlington all 364 371 25 Do l7 81 91 0 25 Do New, 1866 8 71 7/ p at Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 41 51 r• . 10 Do C 3 21 31p 50 !Ulster 25 I Do 12.10, , Do at !Vale of Neath at !Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 170 180 175 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at 'West Cornwall lOO et IW. Hartlepool Har.&R , 100 at 1 W eat Midland -Oxford 100 l at Do Newport 100 i -- at Do Hereford 100 I THE SIDN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1863. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing !bar, Railways Paul. Price. RTlPtheSel don. 100 tuantic &St Lawrenct all 63 G 5 stk Rom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 106 107 1064 Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New . ..... 8 1 I +l 20 Do. E. Shares 204 Buffalo and Laze Huron all 64 64 6 i 10 Do. Preference 100 I Buffalo,BranttGodriel lOO p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187 ' 100 Do. do. July 1, 187: 100 -- 100 Do. do. June 1,1 S 4 100 at Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Liu ; 100 115 107 st Cape Town & Dock Scril 100 lt 4 106 stock Eastn. Bengal g - u. sp. c 100 108 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1074 1( 81 108 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 1 4 14p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 21 23 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 76 78 100100 D p o o .. 2 (l d o. i d ,r e e f t e . r B rag ]; aus.. ll l 7 6 0 2 7 0 2 1 704 100 Do. do. deferred all 54 57 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 41 43 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 31 33 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28 stock GLlndlaPentn.gua. s p.c 100 1084 109) IC9I 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 14 111 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 11 Ili , stock Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 107 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 104 101 101 204 Do. New .. ....... 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 96 98 100 Do. 51 p. a. do. '77-8 all 87 89 88 7 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 44 p stock Hadrali- gear., sp. c. 100 106 107 stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 101 102 stock Dc. 1* do lOO 18 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- 'stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnda lOO 5o Melb. & Hobson's Bay all 58 69 100 Do. 7p. c. &Jong. Bds alt 20 Newßrunswick & Canda Class A and B. N.ll.l.C'da6 po Ist t bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde (100 1061 1074 f Do. Delhi •at 1 Do. do OO 106 4 107 I 2 if ) 20 Do. Punjaub ••:• iall — — P st Do. Do. , tee' , 106 107 ock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 102 l 104 1034 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEI,. op.c.Ja. ,sr,J 1877-St .............. 100 104 105 114 4 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Auc 100 1( 2 104 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Ip. 0. Jan.&July. 100 92 94 934 24 34 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 -92 94 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881 , 100 109 111 Do. 189 t 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 116 IMauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 1071 INatal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 lk 7 109 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.ds.lul3 100 101 105 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 6 p 1801 100 1014 1024 Du. sp. c.,18/1 to 1.;•_7( 100 102 103 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1021 103 1021 - , New Zealand 6 p cent 100 109 111 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 13 113 S.Aus G6p.e.1878.& up lOO 112 114 - Vic. Gov. p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 Do. to So.°. An.dcOos.. 100 1104 ll l 1 1101 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 #d uldlord Amalgamated.. 3rl 39 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist, 1 545 655 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 70 73 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd., 53. Id par East Caradon ..........1 3.14.4 261 274 271 East Cam Brea... j :3.4.0 61 74 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ; 8.6.6 21 34 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 'Ai, 13 15 Great South Tolgus 17$ 41 64 IG. Wheal Vor (Holston, 40 9, 101 Grenville Remd's-Foot .• 8.12 14 36 Hingston Do wns 4. 8.0 1/ 24 Lady Bertha 8 20 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 2X 11 d New Setun lilt 95 105 - North Downs 24 1/ 2 N.Wh o liasset(lllon 3.1 7 .0 24 34 North Wheal Crotty _ 2,6 9 44 5 Par Consols (St. Blazey; 11 20 l'rovidence(UnyLelnt.) 10.4.7 (3 45 South Caradon(StCleer, 14 415 425 S. Cam Brea (lllogan).. 5.15.6 1 14 B.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 18.1(•.9 60 65 Stray Park 5 ['mar Silv.d4 Lead Min 44 6 fin Crort 9 19 20 West Basset (Mogan). 14 04 224 Cr radon (Liskeard . ) 5 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 724 774 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 20 30 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.0 WhealLuduott 1 1,2.10.8 2 21 Wheal IllaryAnn , ,:den )1 8 si 9 . Wheal ,leton . 584 180 19 3 Wheal Treiawney (Lls.)l 7 21 23 _., Wheal Union 3 .17 22 34 PREFERENCE SHARES. South Eastern fixed 4 per cent., 102 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., 4 per cent., 1858, 3021 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. 6xt., B, 8 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 Wyre, 45i - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., lci Dutch Rhenish, 16/ Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidln), 12 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (ail), 221 Southern of France, 27Z FOREIGN MOIES Yudanamutana of S. Australia (Rm.), 27 i 3 JOIN T-STOCK RAN KS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 95 Australasia, 76 Bank of Egypt, 27k S Bank of Otago, lim., 111 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 81 British and American Exchange (11m.), 151 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 121 1 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and china, 38 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101 Continental, lim., English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 231 Imperial Ottoman, 181 18 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 201 London and Comity, 54 London Joint Stock, 36} London and South American, lim., 4i t London and 'Westminster, 79 National of Liverpool, limited, 19 ISt Seinde, Punjaub, and Delhi 0m.% 6k Union of London, 38i DOCKS. St. Katharine, 67:8 Southampton, 68 7 MISCELLANEOUS. A u stralian Agricultural, 20fr Berlin Water Works, lim., yf i Copper Miners of England, pf. 7, per C r y s tal Palace, 3 8 i 2 cent., 22 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, UM 5 General Steam Navigation, 281 H u dson's Bay , 8 5 Joint •stock Discount, 6 London Financial Association, lim,, 155 London General Omnibus Company 21 Peninsula and 0 rental Steam, u 145 Ditto, new,,511 Rhymney Iron, 25 Ditto, new, 7i Royal Mail Steam, 79 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterlin g . O n comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is about 3-10 the per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of! gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.6 i per £1 sterling, standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in hamburg, 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, Bishopsgate. Br. Fowler, the medical gentlemag who attended the case, after the occurrence, said he had assisted Dr. Holden,of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, in making a post qnortenz 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 the stomach, 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 mortem examination of the deceased, and ho quite agreed with his opinion as to the cause of death. The prisoner having been cautioned in the usual manner, said she had nothing to say in answer to tho charge. The Lord Mayor fully committed him for trial at the next sessions of the Old Bailey. • MARLBOROUGH-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 cicsed from nine at night till six in the morning, during which time persons were prohibited from being there. Constables were, however, on duty tat 12 o'clock at night. Mr. Knox said it was highly desirable the women should ba removed. It was a terrihle story altogether. He should send the prisoner to prison 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 fear 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 119, 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. EXTENSIVE PLUNDERING OF COFFEEHOUSE-KEEPERS. —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 case 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 ,akon at the moment ? Peter Smith—He was committed from here, and tried last Monday at sessions, where he received 12 months' im prisonment. There were three indictments against him. Selfe-LAre 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. MrSelfe till (topr T is u on es e d r a ) y — n ll e a x v t. e you anything to say? Prisoner —Nothing. Remanded THAMES. A Row IN A DOCTOR'S Suor:LHenry 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 "yo u h ave p o isoned me, and I'll have revenge 1 " and called upon him to leave the shop and to meet him in the street, and on his refusal to do so made a ru-h 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 strike you 1' 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-4 will, sir. Igm 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, air. The prisoner—l was beside myself last night; the drink made we quite mad. Mr. Partridge—You may go on paying is 6d for the bottle you have broken. The prisoner—So ends my catechism. ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAy..—. Oa Monday, just when the Ma'ton train Was attain ing full speed, after starting from Thirsk, a little girl, eight years old, daughter of Mr. Thompson, of Sackleton, 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 f rom doin g 80 by main force. The accident was witnessed by some plate-layers, who stopped the train. The guard and e ome of the passengers went back and found the girl apparently dead. There was the 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, r es idi ng five miles west of L a C rescent , was married is Portage, i n Novemb er , 1 860, to a healthy German girl, Th e w eek after they married th e y mo v e d to Minnesota, on the farm which they now occupy. In August, 1861, Mrs. Heoflich gave birth to three boys, two of whom gave birth t o t h ree boys an d a lived. In Ju ne , 1862, she girl ; two of the boys and the girl are living. On the sth of this month she gave birth to two girls and a boy, all of whom were, as late as Tuesday of this week, alive and well. Ten children in less than three years is pretty goo d , even f or thi s vicinity. The parents are proud of their success in the family line, and point with pleasure to their company of German infantry. Government cannot afford to draught the head of that family—.zlmerican Paper. Tho Message,- Eranco-Americain, of New York, h publiahes a notice which has been i ssue d i n l owa , signed by Dora Macomber of New York, and Wade Ilsley, of the State of Massachusetts. They state that, finding the e in Ame rica totally b a d , an d b e i ng un - system of marriag able conscientiously to unite themselves according to the 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 :—" We propose to live as husband and wife so long as that union shall be mutually agreeable to us." This precious document is countersigned by eight witnesses. DAVIS' STRAITS FISHING.—The Narwhal, arrived at Dundee on Tuesday with one fish, reports that the Diana, of Hull, had got four fish, and the Brilliant, of Kirkcaldy, three fish. The Dundee s hips are reported al f o ll ow s : Camperdown, six fish; Wildfire, five flab ; Tay, three fish; &cane, 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, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 9to 2 agst Limnsina (offered) 7to 1 agst Catchsent Alive (take Bto 1) 11 to 1 agst Carnival (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Port Royal (taken) 17 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Summerside (taken) 22 to 1 agat 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 agat Tolurno (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Roman Bee (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Woldga (taken) 2000 to 25 agst Muezzin (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Juliet (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Hubert (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Lady of the Isles (taken) THE DERBY. 14 to 1 apt 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—TKuRsDAT. The Free and Easy Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25 added; for all ages. 7 furlongs. Mr H. Owen's Persuasion, 2 yrs, 6st 21b (Marson) 1 Mr Barber's Donne Canne, 4 yrs, 9st 51b ..(T Aldcroft) 2 Mr Redhead's My Mary, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b .... (Clarkson) 3 Betting-5 to lon Persuasion, who wort by a length; a.bad third. The Border Handicap of 10 sous 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) (Stmwd en ) 2 Mr Bowes's Early Purl, 3 yrs, Est 121 b .... (Whiteley) 3 Bonny Bell and My Mary also ran. Betting--6 to 4 agst Donne Canna, 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 sove each, with 50 added ; Two miles. Lowlander, 5 yrs, 12st 41b (Mr. Innes) 1 Tam Glen, 12st (Mr R. Calder) 2 Johnny, 12st The following also ran :--Benvoirlich, D'Aubrey, Wel lington, Clauda, The Doctor, and Glenluce. Belting--5 to 2 each agst Benvoirl.ch 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 sweepstakes of 2 sovs each; for 3-yr-olds and upwards. 1 m ile and 3 furlongs 20 yards. Mr Waugh nd Reviver, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Goodall) 1 Mr Frank's Dick Swiveller, 5 yrs, 7st 91b ..(Reynolds) 2 Mr Winteringham'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 winner was bought by Mr. Winteringham for 78 guineas. The Welter Cup (Handicap) of 50 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 5 sovs each; gentlemen riders, jockeys jlb extra. 1 mile and three quarter. Mr lielloe nd Michael Scott, 3 yrs, llst 51b (Mr. R. Calder) 1 Mr. Brodie's Lothian King, 5 yrs, 12st 71b (Mr. Erskine) 2 Mr, Moore nd Weatherwise, 4 yrs, list 31b (Mr. Moore) 3 The following also / an :—.Unfashionable Beauty, Johnny Cope, Miss Taft, and Lisette . Betting-6 to 4 agst Michael Scott, 3 to 1 agst Lothian's King, 4 to 1 aget Miss Taft, 6 to 1 agst any other. W on by a neck ; a length between second and third. The Tweedside Plate (Handicap) of 60 soya. 7 furlongs. Mr Temperley's Alice, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (Martin) t 1 Mr Peck's Venison, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Whiteley) t 2 Mr Winteringham's Saltant, 3 yrs, sst 111 b (Marson) 3 Mr Moore nd Spirit of Air, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ... (Sellers) 4 The following also ran:—Dick Swiveller, Barbara Allen, and Lothian's Queen. Betting-5 to 4 agst 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 lengths between the third and fourth. Deciding Heat —Betting-6 to 5 on Alice, who won by a head. MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. A general meeting of the Jockey Club will be held at Newmarket, after the races, on Wednesday, in the Hough ton Meeting. . _ _ :The date; of the Newm: rket Meetings, 1864, will be sub mitted far 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 21. If these dates are not altered the Epsom Summer Meeting will commence on Tuesday, May 24, and Ascot on Tuesday, June 7. NOTICES 01 MOTION. By the Stewards—To alter the terms of challenging and running for the Cup and Whip, after the present year, as under : THE WHIP—The Whip may be challenged for during the July Meeting each year, and the acceptance must be signified or the Whip resigned on the following Tuesday. If accepted, to be run for on Thursday in the Second October Meeting. D.I. ; 4-yr-olds to carry Bst 71b ; 5-yr olds, 6.yr-olds, and aged, Sst 121 b, staking 100, h ft. THE CEP—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 on Thursday in the Houghton, the Beacon Course, 4-yr•olds carrying Bst 71b; five, 9st llb ; six and aged, 9st 31b; such acceptance to be declared a match or sweepstake of 200 each, h ft. The Stem ards will take the opinion of the Jockey Club as to the expediency of raising the new stand at the end of the flat, so as to admit of a room being built 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 horse to be first entitled to claim' 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 • _ _ _ By Lord Glasgow.—" To add to the clause which makes the rule as to half-mile races not applicable to matches and private sweepstakes of 25 sovs each or upwards, the wards ' 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 sous 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 sous to the judge, starter, &a., 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 Yrs at lb Caller Oa 5 9 2 Old Orange Girl .. 3 6 8 Bally Edmond Fairwater Oldminster Lioness Croagb Patrick.... 5 8 6 *Agag ...... The Knave Umpire *The Monk .. 6 8 2 *Moula 4 6 4 Aurelian Costa 4 7 12 *Killigrew Dulcibella ........ 6 7 10 Tiptoe .. 4 6 4 Hurricane 4 7 10 Baldwin *Carisbrook Balham 5 7 9 Real Jam Exchequer 47 9 Sea Kin g .... 3 6 6 3 3 Knutaford Magnum Bonum .. 4 7 8 Black Deer Camerino .. 5 7 6 St. Law re nce .... 4 6 22 Lothian's King.... 5 7 6 S.a Nymph ...... 3 6 Gardener Loiterer 6 My Mary 5 6 I B 'r r u ig m h p t s c . l . o ........ .. .. 3 6 1 .. 3 6 1 La Toucques 375 M. 1-Wllff:id ..1 .. .... .. 4 6 6 1 Stanton 5 7 4 *Merry Wynustay Berkeley Ha , iji Stavros 46 13 Borchotha 6 7 4 Chaff ....... 'Warminster ...... 4 613 K in g Charmi n g . 012 3 5 12 J L a e c o k no o r f a ue . a , r . ts . .... .... 3 4 3 6 12 6 6 1 2 3 cr e a a p rl Ihver 3 5 10 8A0nhfieem1dia.n................. 3 3 6 6 1 1 2 2 Ir M e u n e i z s zi on n .. .. .. 10 Donnybrook ...... 3 66 6 . 1 1 :0 2 4. (T. L ii_ a iall e a r t e e e a r ... ................ 3 3 5 5 7 7 6 10 *A lnlsmaßpgaa.rtiiknoßogebl. Belle i dii33 55 77 Catch .'em •Alive .. 4 Blithtield ........ 3 66 1010 Nebula ui , Conundrum. ...... 5 Somersault ...... 5 610 Jack's •A live ~ . , 3 5 7 6 8 Cock Robin 9 gby Wild Dayrell 3 " FWltiesahtla.ienr.witlisee..p. a . n ... .. 33r._, 4 4 paid 3 paid D p u r n 5 k Yn e1d t . a . x .............. Earl f l s ........... ........ 4 3 6 6 8 Oakapple Those horses marked thus $, having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the t i me prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. ga! ha : ha! The Earthquake has stirred up the bile of the Penny - a-liners, who love dearly to abuse Zadkiel. It came, as predictet, close upon the conjunction of the Sun, Saturn and Mars, which occurs only once in a century. Zadkiers Almanac for 1861 now on oak. Ci .L Berger, London. .The Mineral Wealth of the United Kingdom The Stationery-office has just issued the " Mine ral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great 13, i tain and Ireland for 1862, by Robert Hunt, F.R S., Keeper of Mining Records." From this important publication we are enabled 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 1562. In these col lieries there were employed in 1861 no less tha❑ 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. In 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 net 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 443,032 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 531 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. The number 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 1x62 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. TIN. The returns of dues paid to the Stan nary 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 X 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 stan 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. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. A Warsaw letter, in the Czas of Cracow, says " Another body of 300 political prisoners have left this city for Siberia. Among them were several women, and sowe of the me❑ were in chains. Their departure was so sudden, that their friends had not time to supply them with the articles indispensable for their long journey. Tnis is the fourth convoy that has left the city for Siberia within a fortnight." LEAD AND SILVER. The produce of this metal has shown a steady in crease. _ Of Lead Ore. Of Load. Tons. Tons. In 1860 the returns were .. 89,081 .. 63,525 In 1861 9) .. 90,693 .. 65,6 43 In 1862 I .. 95,311 .. 6 9 , 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 gold in the Leadhills, Lanarkshire; at Wicklow, is I r eland; and more recently in the neighbourhood of Dolgelly, in North Wales, are examples, in ea ch ease' of enthusiastic hopes deferred. We have, however, in the returns before u s , a reliable statement of the production from on e go ld mine (Vigra and Clogsa) for the past tw o years In 1861 the quarts lodes upon h old they are standard ounces of g, which working gave 2, 784 were sold for 10,81 6 17 s. In 1862 the produc tion reached X 6,299 standard ounces, which were sold for £20,3 90. We 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 these have we as yet any return of gold; we shall wait with much curiosity the publication of the statistics in 1864. The returns of zinc ores, of iron • pyrites, and of o ther less valuable metalliferous and earthy mine rals are given, the total results being as follows for the year 1862: METALS PRODUCED FROM lIRITISIL MINERALS AND COALS. Gold .. 5,209 o:,, Tin Copper 14,843 933,216 „ Lead Silver Zinc 189,041 „ 2,151 ton s 50,548 „ Iron, pig 3,943 469 9,351,672 „ Other metals, estimated 250,000 „ Total value of British metals £14,281,453 Coals . ..... 81,538,338 tons 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 ve ry convivial as sociation. He remembered that the learned Scotch lord who in the morning delivered alearned speed' upon the amend ment of the law sang comio songs is the evening aft er dinner, and smacked Lord roug bam on the shoulder t o 13 keep in chorus. The gentlemen or that association were pe r .. suaded of two maxims —that nothing was good which was not social, and that nothing was social which was no t good, and he too firmly believed in them. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight i s 187 to 157 i per cent., and the premium on gold is 43 to 431 p er cent. At these rates there is pr a t o p the imp or ta tion of g old fro m the United very Sta little States. es SECOND EDITION. bUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCk. POLAND. BRESLAU, OCT. 22. The Breslau Gazelle of to-day confirms the news of two Itussiam police agents having been stabbed in Somtia-street, IVarsaw. The same journal saps:--"PrincelVittgenacia has threatened the tow n of Wloclaweck with a fresh. contribution of 5,000 rouble s if the femole inhabi tants continue to give vent to their grief daring the execution of insurgents. Travellers coming from Poland assert that a are scattered largo number of small insurgent co rps throughout the country. Fresh, consid era b le, and well-armed detachments of insurgents b ay , op. peared in the Government of Plock." The Agonies of Competitive Examination. The clock strikes, and a shudder runs through the crowd, and we slowly and mournfully enter the hall prepared for our reception, Giving our numbers, we are directed t o 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 end disgusted to find that the subject is the History of the Laws and Constitution of a certain Country. Many of us had trusted that this subject would come on at a later stage, and had not properly crammed for it ; but there's no help for it, so we go to work and make the best of it. Some of the questions I found I could do, and did. Others 1 found I could not do, but did all the same : acting on the principle, useful in all exams, of " making shots" at everything on the chance of hitting something. And here I regret to say, I was compelled to be guilty of a slight hypocrisy. We were required to write the life of a certain historical Personage whom I detest ; I wrote, not a withering satire, but a fervid eulogium on him ! Well, the competitive system is chargeable with it, that's all 1 know. Looking round from time to time, I was able to see how the other wallahs were getting on, and became well or illeffcted 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 end 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, 50 also did the satisfaction of those who remained. Curious to see how the nigd,ers fared, I watched them whenever I had nothing else to do. They wrote away like madmen. He in the European costume appearedto be in s. 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 him,—, 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 elk qualities was by no means active ; nevertheless, a fair clear. ante was Effected at Monday's currency. The show of samples of torcign 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. The supply 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 previouti currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt Oata. Flom. English...... 1,510 320 l3O I 430 390 Irish.. ..... ... 500 _ V0r0gn......21,550 10,290 43,280 470 sks, brls NEWGATE AND LEADENI{ALL. The supply of meat on sal t fu eis ll m p o r d ic e e r s a l e o . the G r o w o i d se thande tradeprime is quiet. qualities move off steadily at Per 81b. by the carcase. oda d Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 diddling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Fritne large do. 3 6 3 8 Do. small do. .. 3 10 4 0 Largo pork .... 3 4 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 0 3 4 odsd Middling mutton 3 6 4 2 Prime do . 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork . , Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is well supplied with English. and foreign hops. For good and fine samples there is 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 .. £5 12s to £8 Os per cwt. Weald. of Kents ...... 5 5s to 6 12s Sussex . ............. sOs to 6, Os ~ COLONIAL. TEA.. —The market has been rather quiet. Prices, how ever, are well maintained, good common congou being quoted 12id. to 131. per lb. SITGA.R.—The dealings, which have been extensive, were principally of a speculative character, and prices exhibited a further improved tendency for good and fine descriptions of West India. In the refined market higher rates are also current, common testers being quoted 47 per cwt. COFFEE.—OnIy a moderate business has been done, and both Plantation and Native Ceylon continue 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 455, per cwt. Bank of England Return,•—Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Vieto, ll4 . cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 21st day f Oct., 1863: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. el 1.015,100 -, cites issued .........a28,577,2i5 Government Debt --i6:34.,00 Gold Coin &Bu Other Securities • • pion , ' 13 927 216 Silver Bullion "" ___. £28,577,214 £28,577,215 E PARTUX 74I ' Government Seed' tio (including " OreightAn - Dea X 1 0,945,363 oultY) • Other securities 1 9.986,i 56 Roja s and 6 ' 4l'9 ' BB ° Silver 7i6,021 Com oprietors' CETI ; al £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis mi ssioners of Na- tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 4.437.05 Other Deposits 1b,271,282 Seven Day and 747, 101 other Bills c 33.149,723 M. 3 Oct. 22, 1863. £38,149,M RSIIALL, Chief Cashier, wiIPPING—T his Day. 3 a ; d ly , ind this day at noon—North. tine weather. w e i ft 71 i ° g N h ' t b O re c i t e l . 7 2 , E tE c TRIC TELEGRAM'. The Eaat Indi a PLYMOUTH, Friday Morning. anti London Shipping Company's screw steamship Gold en Fleece, Commander Bird, which left Gravesend on Tu es d ay, nesday, at 7 C. 10., at 2 p.m., passed the Nore on Wod - and the Wight on Thursday, at 6 a.m.; was off Plymouth at 6 the same evening in a dead calm. under full steam, bound to Madras and Calcutta. She has a ful general cargo, and 118 passengers, among wh om there are, for the Cape of Good Hope, Major Lord Richard H. Browne, 96th Regiment; Sir Percy Donglas and family, Captain Neil and family, and several other Military officers. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVENEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 22—Adelaide, trom Minorca; Minstrel Boy, from Nyland; Windermere, from Quebec; Cruiser and Nautilus, from Cronstadt. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, Oct. 22—Gustave Wasa, screw steamer, from west, for London. Passed—Dublin ' screw steamer, for Bordeaux; Tantiv, for Falmouth—both from London; MelbAnne Trader, from Shields, for Plymouth. Anchored—Fockalin, schemer, from Shields, fur China. -