The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-04 00:00:00

IYI-6-k-f Y MARKET AND COXMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCE. Pending the arrival of later intelligence from the vari ous money mar k ets abroad, and the further ten dency of th e specie movement at home, some slight rese rve is manifested iu discount circles in cones quence of the recent changes in the terms fur ac ceiunaodation, the result of the weekly meeting of the BankDirectore to-morrow afternoon will no doubt be awaited with considerable interest. It is thought that no further movement is likely to be made, but while affairs are so unsettled it is natural that some uncertainty should prevail. The inquiries to-day are reported active, but they are readily supported at 5 Per cent. About £48,000 in bar gold and £33,000 sove reigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday. The Poon a h, w hi c h leaves to day with the Cal ebtta and China mails, will carry £167,239. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a general slight upward movement. The IVllgdalenit from the Brazils has brought £ 2 5,573 in specie. The prospectus has appeared of the Merchants' Banking Company of London, which has a fixed nominal capital of £2,000,000, and proposes to raise for its first issue one-half of that sum by 10,000 shares of £lOO each. The directors are gentlemen of large business connections, and their object is to transact operations pertaining, as the title of the company indicates, of merchant bankers. Possessing ample and local know ledge of the several markets of Europe, the managers , intend to commence business at as early a day as th e p re li m i nary arrange ments will permit. Advances are to be made on the staple manufactures of this country under docu mentary bills, as consigned to the company's agents abroad for periois necessary to realise the sale of mall goods. Costly establishments abroad are to be avoided,as the agencies of mercantile houses already established and interested in the company's opera tions will undertake these duties. The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limited) Was on Monday admitted to the privileges of the c learing -house, The various drafts which must otherwise have been collected at the counters of the several banks were thus more conveniently arranged. Mr. C. H. Robarts has joined the board of the London, Birmingham, and South Staffordshire Bank. Notice has been given that the share list of the Natianal Steam Navigation Company will be closed on Saturday next, the 7th inst. Two o'CLocK. The Stock Exchange Markets opened this morn ing with an exceedingly depressed appearance, and it soon became evident that the decline in prices bad not yet ceased. Sales were effected of all de scriptions of stocks and shares, and the classes recently selected as the favourite medium of ape. eulation were those which suffered most. A large number of speculative accounts for the rise has now been closed, and operations for a fall are now the order of the day. As much eagerness is now shown to sell securities as was evinced a short time ago to complete purchases, the effect is seen in an extreme degree of gloom and heaviness. Consols are 92i s for money and to-morrow, and 921 ; 93 for the Dec. ac count. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities have dropped to 931 d ; Bank Stock is marked 234, 236 ; and Exchequer Bills are very fiat at 4s. die. to par. Several transactions have taken place in India Stack; the 5 per Cents. have been 108} 1098 ; the 4 per Cents., 1001 ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 106 ; and do. Oi per Cents, 115. - - - There is very little business in the Foreign Mar ket, and a further decline has taken place in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 921 s ; do., 1862, 701 711; do. Consolides, have receded to 471 481 ; Mexican, to 391 391 ; Greek, to 21 ; do. Coupons, to 12/ 131 ; Spanish Passive, to 331 341 ; do. Cer tificates, to 121 13; Portuguese, to 491 1 ; the New Scrip, to 1 prem. ; and the Brazilian Loan is 71 - 4 ciis. Increased heaviness has prevailed in the Railway Share Mraket owing to a preponderance of specu lative sales. Great Esatern, North Western, and South Western have declined 10s., and Caledonian, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South astcrn, 155., and Great Northern A. Stock, £l. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there is very little change. Bank shares generally exhibit a slight downward movement as regards values. Alliance of London and Liverpool have receded to 441 ; Imperial Ottoman to 1.71. ; Union of Australia realise 60. In the Miscellaneous Market Egyptian Trad ing Company shares have declined to 3i; General Credit to 61 I ; International Financial, 91; India Land Mortgage Bank Shares are 21. prem.; Anglo• Austrian, par to -I prem.; Imperial Privileged Bank of Austria, 4 die. to par ; East London Bank, 2f 3 prem. ; National Shipping Company, 31 41 prem.; and Australian Credit, 11 2 prem. BRITISH, FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Dank- Stock 236 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New Cent. Co nso l s A nnu i t i es 9224444 ew lndia 3 Sptock,er Cent 1874 . Annuities Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ... 1004 4 Ditto &faced Pap er , 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent ll6 4 4 Ditto 55 per Cent ...... C onsole for Acco un t, O ct. 8 .. 9115 2 4 1 Exch equer Bi lls, £1,00% 21 per Cent 4 di e par Ditto 5.•s`oo Ditto Small .... 4 die par FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per }ent Ditto, 1839 , Ar ,d 1859 Ditto Scrip, 1863' £lspaid 1 die C Kilian 6 per Cent Egyptian 7 Ditto, 'zlricond Issue Greek a -per Cent., ' l4-5, ex-Coupons.. 100 trDitto ~ u _Aocncitnst .............. , ........ 281 75 4 4 I 7 81 t r to ‘-_,‘.ccount ..................... Iles ican 3 per Cent......... ........... 13 4 124 Ditto Account ......... Pc,rusian 3 per Cezti.. .. . Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Portugu'iso 3 per Cent., 1853 ........ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1356, '7', '9, '6O, 62: — Ditt o Account ................... Ituss'.an 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St D'Ato 41 per Cent 1850 ... • Tiitto 5 p er Cent," 1862 895 90 8 P anieh 3 per Cent 54 Ditto Account 5 Ditto Passive itto A ccoun t 344 4 i 34 45 4 BPaninh Cert. of Coup not funded .. — , Di tto Account 124 +tarkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ii itto Account Ditto 6 per C en t. 1862 bitt O 714 Account 7ll 704 b Dividends on the above payable in London. 'ari l 2L .. 2 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull 644 bitto - ~ 1004 Itwi azi ,S per Cent. Certificates iii ttt ', 9 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs Ditto A ccount.,.. 5 Per Cent. 1863, £2l 4s 6d paid 14 pm C os o b, THREE O'CLOCK. C ° —s o l e THREE 3-httot A feloneceUny t vel'Pool Cotton Market—This Day. Ma r ket o Probably, too° - P e ns quiet at yesterd a y's decline. Sales, or 5,000 bales. '•■•••..........., F ATAL OCC of t URRENC E.—An i nqu i ry i n t o t h e cause he deal n o f D aniel Ryder, aged 50 years, a badge 3:esterd a y morning Porter at He r M ajesty's Theatre, Haymarket, was held in the b oar d -room of Charing-cross hospital, before Mr. Bedford, coroner. It appeared from the evidence that on Thursday night the deceased had been 'pit for a cab, and when near the theatre on his return he fell forward against the wheel of a and he was t h rown back g cab that was p ass i ng, wards with great force, his head strikin against th e kerb. Ire was inst ant l y removed to Charing-cros s H osp i tal, and died next day o f congestion of the brain, p ro d uce d by the fall, death was return e d. A verdict o f accidental on Monday, Noy. 2, Rey. ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN. ---At the general monthly meeting J. Barlow, M.A., F.R.S., vice-president in the chair, Capt. b)ug;las Galton, R.A., F.R.S., Leonard joques, E sq., William Noble, Esq., the Hon. Josceline W. Percy, All an Roskell, Esq., and Wm. Starry, Esq., were elected me ra ., bers of the Royal Institution. G. H. Shutt, E.g., was ad mitted a member of the Royal Institution. The presents received since the last meeting were laid on the table, and the thanks Qf tb, menabtla returned for the same, SHARE fdARKETS,--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOP, S. Closing Business Share Railways. I P aid. Price. done. 1 1 Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andblid.Uo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ••• Cort and Bandon Cornwall A gets no div Do A B till 6p e.p an.hat. Do t been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western Great Eastern, Ord, stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do II do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan, Great Western Do Sir Val gua. stool. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwal Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Ser.th Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, t Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New 'North Statrordshire 'N. and S. W. Junction, Scottish Central Scot N. K, Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Deyon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6 taines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pint Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISR POSSE Shart 100 w t,k 1 20 2O 10 100 I 100 100 stock stook stook 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook Railways stook Wand.° St Lawrenet llom.,Barodalz.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and LaKe Harm, Do. Preference ...... Builalo,Brant,&Godrich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1872 Do. do. Juue 1, 1873 ClcuttadtS.Eastn. (Lilt, ) Cape Town Dock Seri] Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext•••• • Do: do. ft do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred..... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds. Do. do. deferred..... Do. 3d Pref. stock .. Do. do. deferred..... Do. 4th Pref. stock.. Fwd. all 100 7i alt all lOu 100 100 100 100 100 100 ;SIONS. Closing Price. 63 a 104 1074 1 11 p P 61 64 84 Pi 105 107 1(4 106 108 109 108 109 la lapi 14,1 2e 22a 76 18 62 64 70 72 54 57 52 54 41 43 31 33 25 27 108} 1091 la 111, la 111 Do. do. deferred G t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. 6 Do. January, 1882 Gt. South.of India (Lim; guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share', Do. New . • . Do. 8 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8. . Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. 44 do ...• .. • • Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. MOrtg. Bds Newßrunswick a Canda I Class A and B N.Rl.C'da3 pc Ist pt bds Sainde .......... Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ , Do. Indus. S t. Flo.) 106 107 101 10i 10f 9i 96 98 87 89 I IP 1061 Itai 101 102 L 8 100 etock et i 20 Business don- 64 107 6} all 100 (100 I 1 103 2 all 1 luo 100 w 8 104 58 60 5 82 84 1063 1071 106 107 109} 4 9 tp 106 107 102 104 y ` W took I Do. Indus. St. Flo.) I l k 100 I 102 104 - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c..J a. s&J u 1) I 1877-St - Do. 6p. c. Feb. Aug. 100 1(2 104 Do. 6p. c.Mar. Sc Sept. 100 102 104 I Do. 0 p.O. Jan.&July. 100 93 94 Do. 5 inscribed stook 100 92 94 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c , 1871 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 189 t 100 109 111 1101 10 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 M Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 PO7 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 14 It 7 109 IN.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a..t.1u1) 100 104 1( 6 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - :N. S. WV. G ov. 5 p 1,18,A 100 101 i 102 i - Du. sp. c.,18/1 to ltit 100 102 103 102 k - Do. d0.,1'888 & upwcl9 100 1021 103 - ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 111 INoya Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriin,z„ 1875. lOO [C4 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 la 113 lb. Ails G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 112 114 'Vic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 108 110 Do. to 6 n.o. An.&Oot.. 100 118} 1111 1101 11 10i BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 #d uhrtord Amalgamated 375 38 4 Devon G. Cori.. gavist , 1 545 655 East Bassett (Mogan).- 30 65 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. id par d East Caradou ...... 1.14.6 261 271 265 1 East Cara Brea... ... . 3.4.0 7 71 75 E. Prlitussel (Tavistk ) 8.6.6 445 1/ Gam.dzSt.Aunyn(Gwen , tBl 13 15 'Great South Tolgus 17s 41 55 U. Wheal Vor gieleton, 40 10 11 Grenville 4.16. t. 51 6 Elerc.d's-Foot 8.12 33 25 El ingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 21 Lady Bertha llarke Valley.. 4 llyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 25 11 i 4 New Setun l9l 95 105 - • North Downs 24 15 2 N.Wh'i Baseet(lllo4an 3 1.0 21 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey, 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 4 4 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 415 425 S. Cant Brea (Illogan) — - - ..,.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 1.8.1R.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 36 38 6 ramar SO v.& Lead Alin. 44 i I t fin Crott 9 19 2 West Basset (Illo"an) l6 95 101 W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 77* 821 Wheal Buller(Kedruth) 5 221 275 Wheal Kitty (U.Leln.nt) 2.0.6 -- WhealLuthott ".10.8 11 25 Wheal MaryAnnt s lden.) - 8 111 125 Wheal 3eton 5Bl 175 185 wheal Treiawney (Lis.)l 7 20 2'2 IWheal Union 3.17 2l 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. South Eastern fixed 41 per cent., 103 PREFEAENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 104 London, Chatham, am., Metrop. 8, 6 per cent., 108 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RIOITALB. Nottingham and Grantham R. & C. 962 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Bahia and San Great Luxembourg, 131 Francis (lim.) gua. 7 p er cent., init co Paris and Orleans, 39* Recite and San Sambre and Meuse, Francisco 9} (11m.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 I San PauloDitto 2 ), 2 g i tia. 7 per cent., 91 Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 15 ( ( a l t i l nL), FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., 01 Scottish Australian, Jim., f United Mexican (lime„ JOINT-STOCK RANKS. 9.lllance Bank of London and Liverpool (Uni.), 451 4i si Ditto, new, 25 § 44 Australasia, 79 74 Ditto, new, 494 Bank of London. 1514 British and American Exchange (11m.), 12, Chartered Bank of British Coltunbia,ill4 Colonial, 394 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10 I Continental, lim., 9 English and Irish (Bum), 101 Imperial Ottoman, 171 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 30i London and County. 54 London and South-Western (lim.), 94 London and Westminster, 80 Mercantile and Exchange , 1im.,7144 National of Liverpool. limited, 21 2 201 Oriental Bank Corporation, 54 . 8 Provincial of Ireland. 93 Union of Australia, 80: Union of England and - France (lira.), Union of London, :iv DOCKS. 8 84 1 81 82 8t 120 121 7 7i N 10 16 17 97 99 108 110 50 61 47 48 7 9 128 12) 133 134 134 136 100 'O2 (3,. en 1101 1111 71 73 111 112 45 16 103{ 504 101 102 49 50 123 130 129 k 130 If 98 luo 54 55 25 17 1011 1021 58 59 88 59 119 121 1 2 p 79 80 111 11$ 124 126 44 46 100 102 50 62 32i 334 964 074 98 100 91 :01 261 371 7 71F 165 160 4/ 6 2/ 31 pl 86 90 170 )80 London, 681 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Urn., 3i Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, lim., g Iludson's Bay. 13g International Financial Society, lira., 9/ Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 881 Joint •stock Discount, Ditto, new, 2§ London Financial Association, Um., 151 sladras Irrigation and Canal, 31 g Natal Land and Colonization Company, lien., 51 National Dicount CompA.ny, lim., South A (dean ltortgago and Investment, 7 LISZT has received a decoration from Pope Pio Norio. He will now be obliged, like General Bluther— who, it is said, had his breast entirely covered with, orders and d ecorations, to have some pinned to his barks 53 49 251 05 11 1101 1 7 6 1 )111 451 1031 . 1 4 102 - 1 49k 129 8/ 1281 I THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, 186&, LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. Mr. J. Locke, of the Parliamentary bar, Mr. W. H. Cooke, Mr. John Gray, and Mr. J. J. Powell, all of the Oxford Circuit, appeared in court, and were called within the bar, and took their seats on being appointed Queen's Counsel. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. THE ALEXANDRA. The Attorney-General, this morning, said ho had con sidered this question as it stood, and he was of opinion that the Court had the power, under the provisions of 22 and 23 of Vitoria. They could be so interpreted as to give effect in cases such as the present. The learned gentleman then re ferred to the 26th section, which gave the Court certain power to apply the provisions and the rules of the Common Law Procedure Act under certain circumstances. The Court thought they had the right, but they would consider the matter, and if they should be of opinion that the Common Law Procedure Act gave the power they would to-morrow morning announce their decision. In the event of it being favourable to the learned gentlemen, it would be perhaps the best course if the bill of exceptions were aban • doned, and a new trial moved for, which would raise all the points. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before Sir J. Wilde, Judge Ordinary.) HAWLEY AND OTHERS V. STOKES. This was a suit instituted by the plaintiffs, as executors of the will of Joseph Stokes, deceased, to prove the will of the testator in solewn form. Probate was opposed by the evi dence on the ground that it was not duly executed, that it was not the will of the testator, and that it had been obtained under undue influence and fraud. The plea al leging fraud was withdrawn by the defendant's counsel. The testator, it appeared, at the time of his death, which took place on the 31st of January, 1863, was only 31 years of age, and had been married to the respondent not quite two years, and resided at Sheffield, and had been in the employ of Messrs. Pawley and Stokes, butchers at Sheffield, but owing to his intemperate habits he was compelled to leave their service. Atter that the testator and respondent lived very unhappily, and on the 30th day of January the testator, who had been suffering from delirium tremons, was attacked with pneumonia and bronchitis. He was attended by Dr. Kemp and Dr. Elam of Sheffield, who, from the dangerous state of the testator, advised his friends to inform him that if he had any disposition of his property to make there was no time to be lost. Ho was perfectly sensible, although in a dying state. Mr. Pawley, one of the execu tors, and Mr, Stokes, his brother,visited him at his request. Mr. Stokes took his instructions for the will, had it drawn and executed, by which he gave all his property to his twin sister, Mary Stokes, an idiot, for her life, and after her death to be divided between his three married sisters, Sarah, Priscilla, and Elizabeth, making no provision for his wife. After the will was read and explained in the presence of his mother, he having previously stated to his brother that, as he thought there was no chance of recovery, he was desirous of making his will, and leaving all he had to his sister and his mother, and nothing to his wife, as she had treated him ua kindly, his brother advised him not to mention his mother in the will, and it was accordingly drawn out, leaving all the property to his sister Mary, and naming Mr. George Elshaw, the husband of one of his sisters, and Mr. Pawley as his executors. The will was executed in the presence of Mr. Huby, a solicitor's clerk. The witnesses in support of the will deposed that at the time the instrument was executed the testator was in a perfectly sensible condition, although in a dying state. He died the morning after the will was signed. At the conclusion of the examination of the witnesses in support of the will, the learned judge asked the counsel for the respondent if they thought they could resist such evi dence. A consultation then took place, when Dr. Deane said he did not think he could straggle against it, and as the peti tioners did not ask for costs, he would at once withdraw from the cause. Probate of the will was then granted, the learned judge remarking that had costs been asked for he should certainly have given them, as there was no pretence for the plea put on the record. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Commissioner Holroyd.) PRIVILEGES OW ]/.P.'S. Mr. Chidley appeared in the case of a judgment sum mons issued against a defendant, who is stated to be a member of Parliament. The plaintiff's solicitor contended that Mr. Chidley could not be heard unless the defendant himself appeared in pur suance of tha summons. Mr. Chidley said he was there to show that the summons ought not to have been issued at all, as the defendant being a member of Parliament could not be taken in execution, and that no oapias could be legally issued against him. His Honour held that Mr. Chidley was entitled to be heard on the point. Mr. Chidley quoted the case of Cassaday v. Stewart, in which a capias had been issued, and Mr. Justice Wight man set aside the capias as having been improperly issued. He (Mr. Chidley) had argued in severe/ cases to that effect. His Honour said that the plaintiff could not take out a capias or execution, and therefore was not entitled to call upon the defendant to appear here—the summons would therefore be dismissed with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A " THIEVES' KITCHEN" IN SEVEN-DlALS. — Nicholas Magmasson, the keeper of a coffeehouse it Little White Lion •street, Seven-dials, the resort of yours; thieves, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with receiving a watch, well knowing it to be stolen. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, de fended the prisoner, who is a foreigner. William Gordon, 323 A, a plain clothes officer attached to the C Division, said—At 9 o'clock last night I went to the prisoner's coffeehouse in Little White Lion-street, Seven-dials, known as a "thieves' kitchen." I saw the prisoner lying on a sofa in the parlour. I asked him for the watch he had purchased of a man named Jack George, a clog-dancer. The prisoner said he knew nothing of the watch. Ackrill, 48 F, then came in and I saw the prisoner hide a waistcoat under the sofa. I then said, `• Co►ne, I'll have no nonsense—l'll have the watch b fore I leave." The prisoner then got up and said, "My waiter has got the watch," at the same time asking me to go upstairs and see. I did not go up, but the prisoner went up with Ackrill, and then came down saying tie waiter could not find it. I then told the prisoner that I would look for it, and on looking under the sofa I found the waistcoat, and in it a watch and chain. On asking the prisoner where he got the watch, he said he bought it of Jack George four months ago, an d h e gave him fifteen shillings for it, but that the chain was his own property. The watch I know to be the property of a young man named James Judge, who last night identified it, but was unable to be present this morning. Mr. Lewis, as the prisoner must necessarily be remanded for the attendance of the prosecutor, I will reserve my right of cross-examination till the next occasion. Will your worship take bail for the prisoner ? Mr. Tyrwhitt deolineti to do - so, and remanded the pri soner. THAMES. MURDEROUS AND COWARDLY ASSAULT.--Daniel Sul livan and John King were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with violently assaulting Patrick Driscoll. Mr. Joseph Smith defended the prisoners. The prosecutor, who was in a very weakly condition, and has received numerous contusions and bruises, is a lighter man, and dwelling at No. 15, London -street, Rateliff. He went into the Marquis of Granby public-house, in Ratcliff, on Sunday afternoon last. The prisoners, two powerful men, were there and the worse for liquor, He had no words with them. He called for a pot of ale for himself and a friend. Sullivan was seated on a table with his hand leaning on a pot. Driscoll civilly asked Sullivan to shift the pot and allow him to sit down. Sullivan ex claimed never mind the b-- pot, and abused Driscoll, who said, I will soon see whether you will shift the pot or not, and altered the position of the table, to enable him and his friend to sit down. Sullivan immediately struck him a heavy blow on the forehead, just over the left eye, with a quart pot, inflicting a deep and dangerous wound. King then caught hold of him by the hair and struck him on the head with a poker. He was soon covered with blood, and called out murder. The prisoners and four other men at • tacked him and beat him most cruelly, and pots, pokers, and other dangerous weapons were used indis criminately on his person. He rolled under a table, and his savage assailants escaped two at a time from the room. Only two of them have been since captured. In answer to questions by Mr. Woolrych the prosecutor said he was struck three times on the head with a quart pot. Thomas M'Nally, iron moulder, confirmed the statement of Driscoll. After the prosecutor was down on the floor King took up another quart pot, and battered him with it. Sullivan fell on the prosecutor, while his hands were on his breast, and pummelled him most unmercifully. Other evidence was given of the savage character of the outrage. Mr. Joseph Smith said Driscoll was the aggressor. He called a witness named Joseph Hickey, who said he saw Driscoll and Sullivan fighting, and they exchanged blows. He swore that neither of the prisoners hit Driscoll with a quart pot. He believed in the struggle Driscoll fell on the fender. Another witness, named Cornelius Sheen, was called, who knew nothing of the transaction. Driscoll was recalled, and said Hickey kicked him, and bolted the door to prevent him pursuing his cowardly assailants. ➢Zr. Woolrych said he would not take upon himself a case of this serious nature. The prosecutor had been se verely wounded, and it was a wonder he was alive. He committed the prisoners for trial tor unlawfully wounding the prosecutor. The Hudson Correspondence. On September the 10th, that is, about three week after the whole affair had been discussed in the English papers—Earl Russell addressed Sir James Hudson, informing him, amidst many com pliments, that he had, "at Sir James's own desire," sent him his letter of recall, Sir James's letter to that effect, it will be perceived, not being published at all. On October 4th the removed Minister in forms the Foreign Secretary that he had taken leave of the King, that his Majesty bad asked him why he was going, and that he had explained how "he felt himself bound by an engagement with Earl Russell to do so." In other words, Sir James told his lordship with diplomatic discretion but unmis takeable distirctness, that the story about the rzcall being " at his own desire" had only an apparent foundation. His correspondent did noc like this, so six days after his lordship writes to Mr. Elliot, ordering him to explain to the King that there was no engagement. " I made no engagement with Sir James Hudson, and never expected that he would resign till it should suit his own convenience to do so. When, therefore, in the spring of this year he intimated to me his intention to resign his post, I concluded that, after more than thirty years of pub lic service, he wished to retire from an anxious and laborious post. I never supposed that Sir James Hudson was bound to me by any engagement, nor till very recently did I imagine that he conceived himself to be so bound. Upon the face of this para graph, either Earl Russell or Sir James Hudson would seem either to have invented, or to have mis understood the real reason for the resigna tion or recall, and the balance of evidence is, on the whole, with Sir James. For, if no engagement bound him to resign, why did he do it when he did not wish, and that he did oot wish is now admitted by Earl Russell himself ? But by a little reading between the lines, it is pos sible to reconcile the official statements without exa mining who either blundered or fibbed. A n engagement pre-supposes two persons, and only one did anything in the matter. E ar l Russell allows that in March, 1862, he did try to kick Sir James upstairs, by offering an embassy to a man who he knew well enough would not take i t. This offer was the last of more than one offer directly or indirectly conveyed, and Sir James in just annoyance wrote, as Lord Russell says, stating that he wished to remain in Turin until, at all events, his pension was due. This was not an engagement," for the Foreign Office did not reply, and could not have held Sir James to it if he had chosen to hold on ; but it was a promise, only to be broken at the request of him to whom it was made, and as such we do not doubt it was regarded. Ot h er wise it is just a littl e o dd t h at M r . Elli o t should have been so pleasantly ready to drop into the vacant post; and that L or d R usse ll va l u i ng Sir James so highly should have made him no request to stay; and that Sir J ames , a c l ear -b ra i ne d man of the world, should have such a bitter sense of the eagerness with which his honourable adherence to the tacit understanding was at once seized upon for recall. Ministers every month ask men to recon sider their resignations, and as for the excuse of "long service ' and "arduous toil," the Foreign Office knows quite well whether its men are healthy or not. The service k nows more about its own me mbers than any caste in the kingdom, more even than the bar, and we will be bound that Earl Russell could have discovered among his own staff men who knew the minutest tittle tattle about the diplomatic family at Turin. The truth is, the post was wanted, and as the Foreign Office could not turn Sir James out, they made him put hi;nself out, as Indian thieves do, by tickling him till he rolled out of bed. If the Foreign Secretary thinks the retirement was voluntary, his course is sufficiently- clear. Let him offer the Minister his Poet, with the grade that the post deserves, that of full Ambassador. When that has been done, and the offer rejected, the public will believe that Earl Russell is in the right. Till then, it will, in spite of " all the papers," continue to think that had Turin been a deadly climate there would have been no vacancy. —Spectator. IN RE MEIKLAM. This bankrupt was described as of Bryanston• square and Walham•villas, Brompton, and this was a meeting for last examination and dischai ge. The case had been pending for a long time in oonsequence of legal proceedings in Scotland. The bankrupt, who claims to be entitled to a large sum of money under his father's will, had given bonds to the ex tent of £18,486, for which, he alleged, he had not received consideration. Mr. Chidley, complained of the delay, but said a further adjournment was necessary to settle the proceedings in Chancery and in Scotland. A. further adjournment for six months was taken. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) RE SIR A. I. D. TITCIIBORN. This bankrupt was described as of Arlesford Park, and this was a meeting fcr last examination and discharge The meeting, however, was adjourned for a month, that an ar rangement might be completed for payment of the creditors in full. CENTRAL RELIEF FUND. The weekly meeting of the Central Executive Committee was held in the Town-hall, Manchester, on Monday, Sir J. Kay Shuttleworth in the chair. There were also present Lord Egerton of Tatton, Lord E. Howard, MX., Colonel Wilson Patten, M.P., Messrs. A, H. Heywood, R. Glad stone, Hugh Mason, W. Roberts, G. Ashworth, S. J. Stem, M. Ross, G. L, Ashworth, W. Rathbone, jun., H. E. Farnall, J. J. Worrall, J, Platt, R. M'Clure, J, Fenton, J. W. Maclure, honorary secretary, and the Mayor of Man • cheater. The HON. SECIRETA.RY reported that £1,146 3s lld had been received during the past week, and that the balance in the bank was £264,466 6s Id. One parcel of clothing, two bags of coffee, and one bag of sugar had been received. One bale of clothing had been sent off. He further stated that since the receipts for last week had been made up the sum of £245 4s Sd had been received from Edinburgh, and £278 9s 9d from the county of Stafford. In explanation of the comparative largeness of the receipts this week, he read a letter from Messrs. A. Kinnaird, L. Haighe (treasurers), and J. Fahsy (hon. secretary) of the Water Colour Pain ters' Lancashire Relief Fund, London, enclosing a cheque on Ransom and Co., bankers, for a balance of £904 16s 9d from the fund raised by the distribution of a collection of 323 pictures, in addition to £5OO previously remitted. The collection was valued at 4,500 guineas, and the committee regretted that the subscription had thus barely exceeded half that amount. Mr. Commissioner FARNALL read the following report : " I beg to inform you that on the 24th ult. there was a decrease in the number of persons receiving parochial re lief in 27 unions in the cotton manufacturing districts, a s compared with the number so relieved in the previous week, of 1,255. This decrease of 1,255 is explained as follows : There is a decrease at Ashton-under-Lyne of 312,at Black burn of 18, at Chorley of 7, at the Fylde of 49, at Garstang of 11, at Glossop of 196, at Haslingden of 339, at Leigh of Bolton of e 35 iii , 18, at Ma nc h es t er o f 300 , at P reston o f 77, a t P res t w ich of 39, at S a lf or d o f 23 , at S tockport of 126, at T o d mor d en o f 80, and a t Wi gan o f 3 ; making a total decrease o f 1 , 598. But ol he a a nt Burnley increase a tof2l B , a a r t t o n E - u u r p y o n o f - I 2 r 6 w , e a l t l c o h f o B r 1 , to a n t to of 44, at Clitheroe of 40, at Lancaster of 7, at Macclesfield of 68, at Rochdale of 44, at Saddleworth of 37, and at War rington of 13 ; making a total increase of 343, so that there is a net decrease of 1,255, and since the 6th of December last, a total decrease of 142,474 has taken place. There were, on the 14th ult., 129,509 persons receiving parochial relief in the 27 unions adverted to ; in the corresponding week of 1861, 47,014 persons were so relieved. There is, therefore, an increase of 82,495 persons in the receipt of parochial relief, or 175'5 per cent. In the corresponding week of 1862, 210,686 persons received parochial relief. The total weekly cost of out-door relief, on the 24th ult., was £8,041 Os 6d ; in the corresponding week in 1861, it was £2,379 14s sd. There is, therefore, an increase of £5,661 6s Id, or 238.0 per cent. In the corresponding week of 1862 it was £13,392 12s 3d. The average percent age of pauperism on the population of these unions, on the 24th ult,, was G' s ; in the corresponding week of 1861 it wa s I 4 ; and in the corresponding week of 1862 it was 10.8 The amount of money in the hands of the treasurers of the I above unions, on the 24th ult., was £74,136 3s 3d." The HoN• S ECRETARY read the following resolution, Blackburn . il of ----,,Resolve— d ssed by the Town Council . pa, thanks of this Council be tendered to the the cordial M anc h e ster Central Re li e f Committee for their very kind and liberal contribu tions t o wards the relief of the distress although in a less which has so long prevailed, and, and that a copy of the resolution still:prevails in Blackburn , the Council." be recorded in the tiinute3 of M sae and £2 8s to New A grant of £2l was made to 0 y, of labour. Mills on account of the tuiperinte deuce SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Nov. 4.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy ; weather much milder. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 2.—Wind N.W., strong—Arrived— Antwerper, from Buenos Ayres for Antwerp, with master injured. FALMO U VT, Nov. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sea Bird, from Pernambuco. ILFRACOMBE, Oct. 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Mary, from Liverpool for the West Coast of Africa, with bul warks carried away. KINGROAD, Nov. 3.—Wind N. W,—Arrived—Amelia, from New York; Elizabeth, from Miramichi ; Aid, from Liverpool for Havannah. On HURST CASTLE, Nov. 4.—Arrived—Madagascar from Brazils. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Chanti cleer, from St. John's, N.B. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 3.--The Three Brothers foundered yesterday ; crew saved. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Nor. 4—lntegrity, from Huelva. Sailed, Nov. 4—Wye, for Mogador. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Lasso Beck Sibonier, from the west for London. Anchored—Wanderer, from London for Jamaica. M, VICTOR HUGO has two new dramas ready, "The Twins" and " Torquemada." DEATH OF THE CITY ARCHITECT.—Mr. James Bunstone Bunning, the architect to the Corporation of the City of London, died on Monday, at his residence, in Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park, after a lingering ill ness. He had held the office of city architect for 20 years, during which he erected several important public build ings, at a cost of about £750,000 in all, and connected, as ho recently stated in a letter to the Court of Common Council, " with the education, trading, and social interests of this great city, and he trusted that they would worthily transmit his name as their officer to posterity." He referred, among others, to the Freemen's Orphan School, Bil lingsgate Market, the Coal Exchange, the New Cattle Market, the City Prison at Holloway, and the Lunatic Asylum—all works of magnitude and public utility. Mr, Bunning had also rendered great services to the corporation in matters concerning their landed property. Ho recently tendered the resignation of his office to the Court of Common Council, assigning as a reason failing health during the last two years, and he modestly asked the Court, in just and kind consideration of his services to them, to grant him such a pension as they might deem right. On the motion of Alderman Dakin they passed an unanimous resolution expressing their sense of the faithful and efficient man ner in which he had discharged the duties of his office, and they appended a request that he would continue to hold the appointment until arrangements would be made for the due execution of the department. Mr. Bunning was up wards of 60 years of age. He was a modest, courteous gentleman, and held in high esteem by everyone who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. The manner in which he designed and carried out the embellishments of the City of London in honour of the entry of the Princess Alexandra was the theme of general admiration at the time, and is still fresh in the public recollection, especially the decoration of Temple Bar and London -bridge, and the triumphal arch at the entrance to the city, He designed and personally superintended the erection of the enormous galleries which encircled three sides of St. Paul's Cathedral on that memo rable occasion, and this he did in so effective a manner that not a single accident occurred, so far as his department was concerned, to endanger life or limb among the thousands of people who congregated there to witness the pageant. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—The first meet ing of the season of the Royal Geographical Society will be held at Burlington-house 9 n , th a e t 8i p.m., when the following p Snowy Mountains of Eastern Equatorial Africa, with map, by Baron Charles Von der Decken. 2. Last letter of the late Mr. Richard Thornton to Sir Roderick Murchison, from Shupanga on the Gambesi. 3. The Niger Expedi tion, latest intelligence of Dr. Baikie. 4. Letters of the late Dr, Vogel from the Interior of Africa, THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT.—A deputation from Manchester, consisting of the Mayor, Sir Elkanah Armitage, Alderman Bennett, and the Town Clerk, have recently had an interview with the Poor Law Board with reference to a proposition for loans under the Public Works (Manufacturing Districts) Act, the object being to apply for a loan of £230,000 for the employment of unemployed cotton operatives under that Act. Of this sum it is pro posed to employed £130,000 in making additional water ' works fur the city ; £25,0":,0 is to be expended in buying land for and in preparing a public cemetery ; and the re mainder of the money is to be employed in paving streets in the townships of Ardwick, Cheetleam, and Chorlton, in the city of Manchester. COTTON FROM ALGERlA. — Accounts from Algeria state that the plain of El-Oatai I has been planted with cotton through the exertions of M. Dolfus, the great Alsatian manufacturer. The result is remarkable. The first experiment was made on 40 acres, and with much success, with Georgian long silk cotton seed. Irrigation is likewise being introduced into the three provinces of Algeria. It is said that a joint stock company is to be fthmed at Algeria with a large capital, w hich proposes to irrigate the Metidjah. Another plan is under consideration for extracting salt from the Sehliha, in the province of Oran, STATE OF TRADE, 11IaNcuEsTER, Nov. 3.—The rise in the Bank r ate of interest t o 5 p er cent. has had a decided effect in ch eckin g o p erations in the Liverpool cotto n a dcloth markets. ina r et, an d ia yarns has s we have had a decidedly quieter market. There are a good many orders in hand for shipping, but the holders of them seem disposed to hold them back till they see h o w far prices w ill recede. Some f ew sp i nners, (when they m i ght have 2d. pe r lb. l ess to-day donewlao d ae i (1 ) a n r o e t d s e i a l 1 p l o s s s e t d woe takeek than they would have taken last Friday. The market, however, upon the whole, is tolerably firm. In cep (home trade) yarns prices are id. per lb. lower, in some cases rather more. According to reports received here from Liverpool, cotton is nominally id. per lb. lower, in some instances more, and in the cloth-market this has stopped business more decidedly than in yarns. Up to Saturday last we had a fair demand, though a good deal of it was for speculation, at rather full rates. To-day prices h ave given way, and are considerably lower. In some instances sellers have been willing to take 6d. per piece lower than on Friday. The quota tions of sellers are nominally unchanged, many of our manufacturers being still engaged with orders. Prices are lower on.y in cases where manufac turers have been producing with the view of meeting the ordinary demand, and where holders have stocks which they had taken on speculation. LEEDS, 3d.—There has been but a moderate attendance of buyers in the cloth halls this morning, and the markets were upon the whole of a quiet character. The purchases were mostly of winter goods, and they included what may be termed odd pieces of several kinds, as well as small parcels of witneys, meltons, and tweeds. The market is not at all overstocked with current-going fabrics, and indeed to-day only a small bulk of new goods was brought into the halls. It is satisfactory to know that the manufacturers in this district are in good work, many of them being engaged on orders for f u ture delivery. P rices, both of goods and the ma terials used in their producti on , k eep very fi rm . The flax trade keeps brisk in every department, and prices keep creeping up. The raw material is now very high, both h ome g rown and for eign flax having l a tely advanced. The scarcity and high p r i ce of cotton have tended greatly to advance the prices of both woollen and linen fabrics, also those of linen threads. NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 3.—There was a moderate attendance of merchants and manufacturers at this Exchange-hall to-day, but the demand for lace yarns was slow, and only a limited share of business was gone, at fully late prices. The demand for hosiery yarns was also inactive, prices undergoing no ma terial alteration. In silks no change of importance took place. The brown net trade was again very kit, at recent quotations. ROCHDALE, Nov. 2.—The flannel trade keepsi very animated. The manufacturers are all wei employed, and they have no difficulty in finding p u rchasers for their goods. Hence th eir stocks are at present within small compass. To-day there was a good sale for the heavier kind s of flannels, and in more would have been sold had there been mor d e the market. There is a little lull in they eman for Tae dema d for on the advent of cold weather. the finer qualities, consequent, in measure, 'Though Yorksliiie goods keeps w ell u p , and they are bought as fast as they are brou g ht to market. manufacturers are not eager buyers at the top most quotations for wool, the prices of that article are very firm, with more of an upward than downward tendency. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 11 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On comp ar ing these rates with the Engli s h Mi nt price of £3 c i7B. oid. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is nearly 1-ioth per cent, dearer in London than in Paris. By adviccs from hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 4-10ths per cent, dearer in Hamburg than in Loudon. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1631 to 161 per cent., and the premium on gold is 491 per cent. At these rates there is very little profit oa the importation of gold from the United 6tato• GREAT SHIP COMPANY. The adjourned general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. Gooch in the chair. Mr. GOOdll explained that the reason he occupied the chair was because Mr. Barber had sold out his shares in the Great Ship Company, not liking the blame that had been thrown on him and the board, after all their exertions. The speaker detailed the difficulties which the board had had to contend against, reviewed the position of the company, and concluded by calling on Mr. Hawes to read the report of the committee appointed at the former meeting. Mr. I-tAwEe condemned the policy of having put the Great Eastern on the New York line, and charged the directors with mismanagement. He had attended meetings of shareholders at Manches ter and Liverpool, and they had egreed.' that they should find money to send the s hip bfloat again. It would be his duty to propose a resolution reducing the qualification of the directors. At present the qualification of a director was 1,000 shares, of wrich there were not above 30 shareholders holding that number in the company. He would propose to reduce it to 500 shares, which would even then leave them a limited choice, there being only 350 such holdings out of 3,400 shareholders. The current debts were £35,000 ; there was interest coming due and they would have to provide their outfit for ax; Australian or Indian voyage, and also for repairs. The whole money they would have to provide would be—£l2,ooo for repairs; debts he had put down at £47,000; interest, £5,000 ; and outfits, £8,000; making £60,000. Now the passage money and freight would be received before the veesel left, and would meet much of their required capital. The creditors had agreed to take half their debts down, and the other half in six months. He then went into a long calculation, and said the receipts for one voyage outward and homeward would yield £127,000, while the expenses would come to only £BO,OOO, so that the one voyage out and home would pay their debts and leave them a margin for the shareholders. He then rear' the report, which showed the following to be the present financial condition of the company :- 1. A share capital of £303,000 2, A preference share capital of lOO,OOO 3. A mortgage debt redeemable in 1865 105,350 4. Creditors on current account, about 35,000 5. Repairs required before she can take an Indian or Australian voyage 6. 'Outfit for the voyage The report, which was of great length, proposed to provide the £60,000 necessary for sending the ship on her next voyageby an immediate subscription to any amount by each shareholder; or by shareholders or others signing guarantee deeds to enable the di• rectors to raise £3s,ooo—it being confidently calcu lated that £30,000 would be received before the de parture of the vessel in payment of passage-money, freight, In either case the money advanced to be repaid with a bonus of 10 per cent. as soon as possible. The report concluded as follows :—" If these esti mates, most carefully made, be correct, there will be a surplus of receipts on the first sea voyage be yond expenditure, of about £40,000, which will be much increased on the second ; and the shareholders will, we think, be content if, instead of losing from £4,00 to £6,000 on each short American voyage, or £161,000 in 31 years, they find by one long voyage their debts paid, and the ship free and popular, instead of being a by-word for loss and disaster. Mr. HAWES then moved the reduction of the direc tors' qualification from 1,000 to 500 shares. Captain FORD seconded the motion. The SOLICITOR reminded the company that a special resolution could not be acted upon until an other meeting, held in a month afterwards, had confirmed it. Hereupon a long and somewhat animated discus sion took place, numbers of suggestions being made to get over the legal difficulty, but all being pro nounced ineffective by the solicitor. Amongst other propositions was one, that the present board should fill up the vacancies in the board of directors ac• aording to the recommendation of the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN said there were only two direc tors left on the board, and it wanted three to form a quorum. The SOLICITOR said, if a board were not ap pointed before next month, the ship might be sold for the want of some responsible persons to instruct the solicitor. There was also a winding-up peti tion to be resisted, and the action against them in the Arches Court in the case of the Jane, which he believed would ba gained by them if properly defended. After a negativing amendment had been moved and lost, the motion respecting the reduction of the qualification of directors was put and carried. Mr. Hawes's motion that Mr. Prowse be elected a shareholder was pronounced illegal by the solici tor, and another long discussion took place. Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL at length proposed that one qualified shareholder should be elected, to complete the quorum, and then that four others be elected as directors until it could be ascertained whether the election were legal or not. if the opinion of the Attorney-General were in favour of the legality of the election, they would then be directors ; but if he said the election were illegal, they would call an other.meeting to elect them. Ultimately Mr. Shoebridge was elected a director. The CHAIRMAN then proposed, to meet the wishes of the meeting, that Mr. Prowse, Mr. Hawes, and Colonel Brownrigge be elected a com mittee, and that the latter three gentlem en should p3as all resolu tions and send them to the three directors, who would sign and act upon them, and would do nothing without their consent. This having been agreed to, power , was voted to the directors to r aise the £60,000. he report of the committee e meetngp ts adotederminated wit and ordere h thed t usual o be printed, an th vote of thanks. VIE GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. Late en Monday night an alarming collision occurred on this company's line between the goods depot station at Brick-lane and the passenger sta tion at Shoreditch. From the report, made by the night superintendent on duty, it appears that the engine attached to the 10.40 P.m. down goods train had moved out of the up siding lane from the goods sta ti o n a short distance up the main line, when it suddenly came into fearful collision with the last up passenger train from Loughton, due at the Shore ditch station at 10.45. The en g ine of the Lou ghton tra i n was thrown r i g ht off the rails, with the guard's b rea k van and two c arria g es, all of which were severely damaged and broken. There were few re passen gers in the train, but they we all severely s haken and terrified, and more orless 'Dire() o f them in a third-class carriage contused. were the most severely injured, but no bones were broken, and they were able to proceed to their residences i n cabs. The engine - driver of the goods tr a i n , see i ng a collision inevitable, shut ofr the steam, reversed the engine, and then, with the stoker, jumped off, but the engine -driver of the passenger train was picked up insensible and bleeding from the shock, and taken to D r . Vanderbilt's, j ust by. The up line was blocked up for some hours, and the incoming traffic had to be Worked on the down line. The fragments of the broken engine and carriages were removed Yesterday ydaylight and the regular traffi c re stored.afternoon the direct ors made an investigation into the circumstances connected with the occurrence, to ascertain signals d .an points were perfectly right, and on whether the examining the man in charge of the signals at Brick-lane he admitted that, without being aware of any other engine on the up line, be gave the " all right" signal to the driver of the Loughton train there being to come on, thus causing the4collisi°c, no contrary signal shown to the driver of the 1 goods engine. The man has been suspended, and it is understood to be the intention of the company to Further inquiry is adjou rned until prosecute him. sueh time ab th e engine-driver and gu ard are snffl_ to give evidence , a nd unt il the 1 ciently rec overed Government Riscam- shall have made his inqiiiry On inviry at the London Hospital last this day. night guard, t h e reporter was informed that Wright, th w h o is suffering fro m severe lacerated scalp e woun ds and contusions , is iu immediate cleir 10 „ ; anGl ~ t h a t the engine - dr iver is g oin g on well. SECOND EDITION. ,SUN OFFICE, ITALF-PAST 4 0' CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, WORCESTER RACES—Tnis (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) VISITORS' PLATE. Golden Drop 1 Allow Me 0 • Eight mu. SHORT'S HANDICAP. Farmer's Daughter Newsmonge r .. Seven ran. FLYING STAKES. Liston ...................... - - ................... Fourteen ran. Won by Lalf a length. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Pot Pourri ............... Marble Hi 11....... ... Nine ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Droseras dam colt ................................ 1 Disdain .......................... Ten r an . .. WORCESTER STEEPLECHASE. Iteporter ed ....... ora 0 . 0000 M 0 0 ... .......... 1 six ran. O .............. 2 HANDICAP STEEPLECITA,sE. Ocean Witch ................ 2 Nereus Ten ran. THIRD EDITIO SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK, WINDSOR ELECTION—This Day, (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) CLOSE OF THE POLL. Vyse (Conservative) .......... 287 _ . . Hayter (Liberal) Majority --57 Great excitement prevails, several street fights have taken place. MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. • A very moderato supply of home-grown wheat was on sale at Mark-Nne to-day. The trade was by no means active, either for red or white qualities. t.ales, however, could only be effected at the full prices of Monday, and at that day's rates a fair clearance was made. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was large. Most descriptions were in fairaverage request, and. previous quotations were steadily supported. Floating cargoes of grain changed hands steadily, at late rates. The supply of barley was moderately large. Fine malt ing parcels ruled firm, at quite previous currencies. Infe rior descriptions, including grinding and distilling produce, sold heavily, at fully the late decline in their value. Fine old malt was firm in price, otherwise the malt trade was dull. With oats, the market was well supplied. Generally speaking, the demand was in a sluggish state, at about stationary prices. Beans met a slow sale on former terms. white peas were dull, but other kinds ruled tolerably firm, The top price of town made flour was 40s. per 280 lbs, Country marks and American qualities hold firm. ARRIVALS THIS wEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. oath. n om. English...... 810 4BO 550 800 494 1ri5h.......... 2400 Foreign.-- 6,110 5,880 400 , 50 sks, 10,440 brls. BOROUGH HOP. The market continues to be well supplied with English and foreign hops. Good and fine parcels move off slowly, at late rates ; otherwise the trade is dull, at drooping prices. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade is firm. Beef, from 2s Gd to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Gd ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d, and pork, 3s 63 to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase, THE PITMEN'S STRIK3. (From the elccastle Journal.) Monday was such a day of wind and rain as is seldom encountered even in the month of November, and in consequence of the inclemency of the wea ther very little was doing at Willington and in the colliery villages on strike. It was known that the offer made by the masters to the men was to be ex hibited upon the various pit heaps in the morning, but this fact appeared to excite no interest amongst the colliers, the terms of the offer having been pre viously pretty generally known amongst them. The evictions still remained suspended for the time, and though the police were on the spot they were not even required to turn out into the rain. In the afternoon, however, Mr. Gott, the viewer at Sunny brow Colliery, expressed his wish to receive a depu tation from the men employed at that pit. Mr. Gott read over to the men the terms offered by Messrs. Straker and Love, and a conversation then ensued between them respecting those terms. The men were firm in refusing to accept them, and they were g iven to understand that no farther conc ess i ons wo uld be made to them. The reason of their un willingness to accept the proffered terms was that they did not believe the tubs would hold the standard weight fixed by the owners. To deter mine this question they proposed that six tubs should be filled on the pit heap and weighed, and an average struck and taken as the standard weight. To this Mr. Gott, on behalf of Messrs. Straker and Love, refused to assent, and the deputation they left without any satisfactory arrangement being made. Tne general feeling amongst the miners is the same as that evinced by the deputation to Mr. GAL They one and all express their determina tion not to accept the offer of the masters, or to resume work, until they have obtained all that they originally demanded, and as yet we have been unable to discover that they are at all willing to separate their own cause from that of the " sacri ficed" men. It had been generally hoped that a settlement of the dispute would have followed the offer of Mr. Love ; such, however, does not appear likely to be the case at present, for the miners are unwilling to follow the example of the masters by making any concession whatever. It is quite oli dent that an unusual state of excitement exists amongst the miners employed in the neighbourhood, and, in many instances, they are resorting to t d h e e rto re prehensible plan of working short time, in 73r, cads. At their masters and carry their Tv vvity a a n s d At the pits of the West Hartlepool Dock Company, at Byer's Green an d d s : l l l : c e a- e l i g o e f 13 : a n g k es ' the same method of obtaining an it a has, v ge are in has of late been resorted to; and on Saturday formed, so far been so that succ essfi ld. per ton. the wages of the men were advanced d an y further, we need Should the strike extend - a very serious matter scarcely say that it will p rove well as masters and men, which we can ill for the general public, the year at for this is a season companieswhilst still r the traffic and the business of the supplied,f unl ess standstill. Already q affordujremt e o boo of o u r withoutr a o i coals, w t a a t e; e a r n Railway C ompany we believe the embarrassed by the strike Lt Messrs. has so far been eni and the abort-time li e Love s, Straker a be s h o r r o tuhg.hEt system at other collier fuef c d for a p ort i on of their s u PP I Y that, ast depe n week th e y were ies o o n whih they compelled to burn coke to make up for their defi cient supply o f coal. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 3.—With reference to a para graph in the Colombo Observer of the steamer from Bombay haying been chased by the Alabama in September, the last mail steamer from the Cape of Good Hope reported the Alabama's arrival at Simon's Bay on September 16, and that she was to leave on the 23d. MRS. WILRINS (widow of the late Sergeant Wilkins), recently of the Haymarket, has left this country for America. THE GREAT EASTERN.—At the Admiralty Court yesterday it was announced that the Great Eastern was shit in t'ae custody of the marshal of the court (Mr. Jones), having, it appears, been " arrested on a claim of £6,00 0 for damage by a collision to a vessel named Jane on the last homeward voyage." Until bail is put in to the action nothing can be done %yid' the Great Ship. THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBUBGII.- 011 Mone_ afternoon the winter session of this university was !P cyd ia with an address by the Principal, Sir David Bre the Music Hall. 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