The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-29 00:00:00

310 NE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. More firmness is observable in discount circles this morning. The enquiry for accommodation has been increased to a trifling extent by the members of the Stock Exchange, who are borrowing money to provide themselves with the means for settling their accounts in foreign bonds and railway shares. Three months' bills cannot therefore be negotiated under 31 per cent. The Shannon, from the West Indies, has brought X 350,311. An extrlordinary meeting of shareholders of the Standard Back of British South Africa was held to day for the purpose of confirming the resolutions passed at a late meeting, authorising the central office at Port Elizabeth the option of meeting the notes of the other branches, and enabling the colo nial accounts to be made up previous to the annual meeting in London. The necessary confirmation Was made and the proceedings terminated. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under:-- 1863. 1862. Great Western .................... £61,025 £60,494 N orth-Western ...................... 98,073 92,511 South-Western ...................... 22,026 21,577 Brighton. ............. .............. 19,925 Midland 20,455 .............................. 42,595 40518 south-Eastern ........................ 22,356 22,789 Great Northern ...................... 33,034 33,144 I,ancashire and Yorkshire.. Bristol and Exeter 6,139 6,128 Great Eastern 32,173 30,708 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 16,839 14 , 397 North Briti s h .... 12,519 11,403 These returns are in most instances of a very satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £.531 ; on the North Western of '5,562; on the South Western, of £449 ; on the Midland, of £2,077 ; on the Lancashire and York shire of £2,084; on the Great Eastern of £1,465 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £2,441 ; and on the North British of £1,116. The London and Brighton, however, shows a de crease of £530, the South Eastern of £433, and the Great Northern of £llO. Two O'CLOCK. At the first ordinary meeting to-day of share holders of the London and Colonial Bank, the report stated a branch had been opened at Mon treal, and that it was the intention of the directors to establish offices in Toronto and other parts of Canada ; also to extend operations to the British West Indies, New York, and Chicago. The official returns relating to the trade and navigation of the United Kingdom for the past 9 months, viz., to the 30th Sept., 1863, have just been published, frem which it appears that the total de clared value of the exports during that period was £104,294,713 against £93,672,434 in the like period of 1862, showing an increase of £10,622,279. The chief increase has been in cotton manufactures and yarn, beer, and ale, earthenware, haberdashery and millinery, hardware and cutlery, linen manufac tures, silk manufactures, and woollen and worsted Manufactures. The importations of the principal articles were larger as regards raw cotton, provi sions, sheep and lambs' wool, coffee, Sugar, tea, timber, tobacco, and wine. The shipping accounts exhibit an increase in the amount of tonnage em ployed in the foreign trade of 472,673 tons for the entries inwards, while in the clearances outwards there is also an increase of 45,842 tons. In the coasting trade for the nine months, 32,282 tons more were employed than in the corresponding period of 1862 for the entries inwards, and there was an increase of 185,102 tons in the clearances outwards. Consols have sustained a decline of i per cent. this morning, and the quotations are now 93 k for trans fer as wr.ll as the account. This retrograde move • ment hP,,s been due to sales, and to the heaviness of the French Rentes. The decline, however, is not important, and a few purchases will, no doubt, briu.g back prices to their former level. The New Threes and Reduced ,Annuities are 91: ; and Exchequer Bills, ls. dis. to 28. prem.; tee 5 per Ccnt. Loan is steady at 1091 e ; and the Bonds are higher at 19s. 235. preen. In the Foreign Market there is very little ani mation, and prices are not so buoyant. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 701 a ; do., 1862, 711 1; do., Consolides, 531 a ; Mexican, 411 8 ; Greek, 30 1 1 do., Coupons, 141 15 ; Spanish Passive, 351 a ; do., Certificates, 131 1 ; Portuguese, 1862, 49: b ; do., New Loan, 1: a prem. ; Russian, 931 1 ; Italian, 72 1 ; Venezuelan, 611 I; and the Confederate Loan, 64 66. In the Railway Share Market the settlement of the account occupies the principal attention of the dealers and speculators, and prices have in some instances exhibited more firmness. North Eastern (Berwick) have advanced 55., Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 155., and North Western and Mid land, £l. The Foreign and Colonial shares continue in active, at about former rates. Bank Shares continue dull, at about former quo tations. India Land Mortgage are quoted 3to 3k premium ; Angio - Austrian, y prem. ; Imperial Privileged Bank of Austria, par prem. ; and East London, 21 to 34- prem. In the Miscellaneous Market, Royal Mail Steam have improved to 811; Discount Corporation are quoted 81 to 9t, prem.; and Mercantile Credit, 3 to 31 prem. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities a per C en t. C onso l s Annuities 93 k New g per Cent. Annuities India Stock, 1874 — Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 Ditco 4 per Cent. 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent — Ditto 5} per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 23 21 pm. Ditto under £l,OOO l9 23 pm Dank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Oct. 8 93k I ulia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent 2 Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. t razilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1359 lOO Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £l5 paid Greek 5 Cent. ,11824-5, Cent ,11824-5, ex-Coupons 3O/ 1 Ditto Account . 3Ol Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account Itnlia n 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Xexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 3Nloorish Imperial 5 per Cent ?Sew Granada lss / Ditto 2 per Cent 3ll Ditto Deferred 9a poDitto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Atint3euese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditt o Account bitii°4.Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 49f "tun a ' " `l4eount - - . lot ( . ........ Ditt o Per C ent 1850 •• 91 Ditto spe , 1860 .. .S.s.'cdiniarl pet Ce nt. 1862 ...... . 93i 3 Ditto A e , e ,4',7t . Spanish 3 ...e_•-nt, ...................... Ditto Pa y .,: ' ' "It .................... 90 Ditto Accou nt ;"...••. .......... ••••••••••••• . 75 1 Spanish Cert. of .... ...................... 3,54 I Ditto Accou nt . '" V not ..... . 13f l'arkish 6 per ti Swedish, 4 par CeiA;'•••• ...... funded ...... _ .... Cent. is k ......... Ditto Account., - • ....... Ditto 6 per Cent. iii, iitto Account 921 Ditto, £lOO Bonds ... •• • 7og k I)itto 6 per Cent. 186 i ............... Ditto Account 73k • = dis Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, x 59 7 34 6 I Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per c m : I °B Od id Ditto Account... .......... , Venezuela 3 per Cent. __ Ditto Account 254 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account 6ll i a Dividends on the above payable in London, Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. ---°u • Jelgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 251 — Dutch 2 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 63 Z 4k Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Itentes 3 per Cent., Ex. 251 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1561, Ex. 25 francs 72k Ditto Account.... — TIME E 0' C1: 4 9 CK, Consols, Money 3) 4t9 Account . strosolfotrits:::',,sit 93 11. SHARE MARKETS --This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOORS. Paid.' Closing Business 1 , Share/ Railways. Price. done. 13.14. Sir., Wol., and Str. Vat allll 8 84 £5 Blythe and Tyne. , a st Bristol and Exeter lOO 83 f 5 10 Bost.,Sleat.,andiVlid.k.,o all RI 82. st Caledonian lOO 1194 1204 50 s.ork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 7 74 AlO gets no div .„ Do A 1 ... tl ti6p e.p an.has 10 Do. B been paid to B. all -- 50 Dublin & Belfast June. i all 39 40 25 Oun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc., all 16 17 st Edinburgh & Glasgow.,' 100 88 100 st Glasg. and S. Western .' 100 108 110 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 50 61 st Ditto A stock et Ditto EastAnglian st 100 7 9 st G reatNorthot Scotland, 100 St Great Northern I 100 129 t3O 1 28 i 8 st Do A stock llOO j 133 334 1324 st Do Bdo I et Gt. S. an , l W. of Irelano 100 1100 162 st Great Western llOO I (6 (61 st Do Str Val gua. stock! 100 et Lancashi:e & Yorkshire 1100 111.4 112 st Lohdon and Blackwal, i 100 71 73 st Lon., Bright,& S. Coast I 100 110 112 st Lou., Chat., and Dover; 100 46 (7 4 6 i st Lou. & North Western! 100 105 1054 1044 4 st Lon. & Swath Western 100 101 102 at Man., Met, & Lincoln. 100 49 50 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 12$ Dot shares all et Metropolitan all 130 131 et Midland 4.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 98 100 50 Mid. (it. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 ,51id Kent 10 Do Cray Line st North British st lEdin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 17 . _ __ _ et INth. Eastern—Berwick 100 101/ 1024 1016 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —,, , I at Do Leeds lOO 68 59 et Do York st Do Carlisle ......... „ 100 et North London I 10 Do New 5 1 2 0 1 1 1 .16..4 North StafFordshire lu N. and S. W. Junction all 111 11; 111 1 st Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 44 46 st Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 100 102 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all at ,Shropshire Union st ISouth Devon lOO 321 334 st South Eastern at South Wales at IS. York. and River Dun 100 98 100 20 '6taines, Wok.,andWok. all 9/ ,01 25 ~S tockton & Daelington all 364 374 25 Do 45 Do New, 1860 8 74 74 0 et ,Taff Vale.. 10 Do B I 8 244 64 10 Do C 3 34 p 50 !Ulster 25 I Do 12.10 I Do 54 et Vale of Neath st ,Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 170 180 st Waterford & Kilkeuny 100 et 'West Cornwall lOO st W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO I et West Midland -O x f or d' 100 —at I Do Newport 100 I— at Do Hereford 100 i— I 19.15.4 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. lh are 100 9 1k 20 II a 1 lways Pald, all atlantic & St Lawreno irlom.,Baroda&.Cent Ine Gn. 5 per cent... Do. New ...... Do. E. Shares.. Builalo and Lake Rerun zoi 10 MO 1 100 100 Do. Preicriance Bufialo,Brant o tGodricl 5 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1871 Do. do. Juty 1, 187:-.; Do. do. June 1, Mt! Glcutta.,stS.Eastn.(Liw, Cape Town & Dock Seri! Eastn. Bengal gu. D p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. Do. do. U Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Fret. Bonds.. stock stook stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook Do. Go. deferred...... Do. 2d l'ret. Bonus.. Do. do deferred.- Do. 3d 1' ef. stock ... stook 204 204 100 100 Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stoic... stock stock stock 20 stock 50 100 Do. do. deferred Gt.lndiaremn.gua.sp.e Do. N ew gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. South.of India (Lim, guaranteed 5 per cent. G t. W. of Canada Share Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5} p. c. do. '77-8.. .. Endian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. d 0........ ITN3; Fifth Extension. lielb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds slelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Kong. Bds. Newilr utoswick d Candu Class A and B. N.lll.C'das pc Ist pi bdr Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do . E Do. Punjaub .•.:: a 5 Do. Do. •• •• Do. In dua.St. Flo.) 7i al► all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 (lot, 1100 , 2 all 1 10u 100 stock 8 OCk Closing Prioc. 63 - 5 106} 1076 1 14 p 6} 66 86 DI 1(5 107 1(4 106 108 109 108 109 liP 1} 1(4, 24 22i 76 18 02 44 70 72 54 57 52 54 41 43 31 33 25 27 108 i 1094 1i 110 106 107 101 10f 101 91. 95 98 87 89 I IP 106 lu7 101 102 98 100 Business done 58 60 3 5 82 84 106 i 1071 106 107 107 6i i IP - - 1) IC6 107 102 14 107 1.2 • 107 k k COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. •••• n.uur. ts p.c.J azJ ul3 1877-St Do. 6p. c. Feb.& Aug. 100 1( 2 104 1035 ; Do. dp. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 - Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 100 93 94 931 1 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G. Elope, 6p c,1878 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 , Do. 1894 100 109 111 [Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 1011 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1873, 6p c 100 113 115 1141 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 197 108 1091 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 107 109 N.IS.Gov. 6 p.c../ a..k..1u1) 100 kO4 1!6 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - [N. S.W. G or. 5 p 2.,18ut 100 1011 1021 Du. sp. c.,lBri to Li( 100 102 103 1021 Do. d0.,1888 dzupwch 100 1024 163 1024 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 111 ,Nora Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterlinv,,, 1875 lOO 104 106 1011 Queensland Go , . 6p. c lOO 1:1 113 118. Aug Ci6p.c.1678.& up lOO 112 114 Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 108 110 Do. io a p.o. An.&Oot.. 100 1104 1111 111 10i 114 BRITISH MINES. 2 "Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id I ultiford Amalgamated — 371 SBl !Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , 1 515 .55 I East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 68 72 1 I East Clogau Gold Ltd. si. 4d par' lEast Caradon ..... 261 071 - lEast Carn Brea... 3.4.0 61 75 - E. 1/(,"1 Russel (Tavistk.)l 8.6.6 35 34 34 - jGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 523,/ 13 15 Great South Tolgus l7s 44 6 !ti'. Wheal Vor (Dela= 40 10 11 Elerc..d's-Foot 8.12 04 36 jElingston Downs 4.' 8.0 14 21 - Lady Bertha liargaret (tiny Lelant o I? 21 'Maxm Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 2/. 15 f New Setun • North Downs 24 14 2 N.Wh'i Baseet,(lllo4an 2.17.0 24 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey; 11 20 Providence( Cny Lelnt., 10.6.7 14 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 415 125 3. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.0 Fran. (Mogan 1 , 4.(-.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 86 38 6 Tamar Silv.dz Lead Kin tl 4 4 fin Croft 9 344 194 West Basset (Illogan) l4 91 101 4V C' radon (Liskeard) 6 12 21 West Setun Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 75 75 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 18 22 Wheal Kitty (ILLelnnt) 2.0.6 WhealLtideott Wheal MaryAnni s Men ) 8 11 4 121 Wheal Lleton . 581 175 185 - , Wheal Treiewney (Lis.) 7 20 22 - 11Vheal Union PREFERENCE SHARES. Great vorthern, 417 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 103 Great Western, per cent. pref., 101/ PREFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwall, 41 per cent. stk., 1011 2 London, Chatham, &c., Bletrop. £xt., 11, 6 per cent., 1031 Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 86k LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Gloucester and Dean F..rest, 26 Lancaster and Carlisle, 210 London and Chatham 4h per Cent., 92, Ditto, Com. Fund Stock, 5 per cent., 100 ggi Nottingham and Grantham It. & C, 961 Shrew.bury and Hereford, 136 FOREIGN RAILWAY'S. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Great Luxembourg, 131 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), ilk San Paulo (him), ana. 7 per cent., 91 Ditto, new, 221 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet, but steady. Sales 6,000 or 7,00 bales. The Insurrection in San Domingo. By the Royal Mail Company's steamship Shan non, which arrived at Southampton yesterday, we have intelligence from San Domingo giving details of the fierce struggle which, as we mentioned yes terday, was going on in that island between the Spaniards and the Dominicans. The Jamaica Guardian of Oct. 9 publishes the following intelligence :—" By the arrival of the Spanish schooner Monte Christo we have later intelligence from Santo Domingo. The Domi nicans, after having driven the Spanish soldiers out of Puerto Plata, with terrible slaughter, had been attacked by reinforcements from the capital, and compelled to retire to Santiago de Cabelleros, a town in the interior, where they had made a stand against the Spaniards. General Santona has not been killed, as was reported, but had marched at the head of 2,000 men into the district of Cibao to operate against the Dominicans at Santiago de Cabelleros. Of the force sent from Cuba on the receipt of tidings of the outbreak, several men had been wounded in the attack on Puerta Plata. The officer in command, a colonel of artillery, had been killed, being the only one of the attacking party who fell in that encounter. Subsequently a battle was fought between Puerto Plata and Santiago de Caballeros, in which the Dominicans were worsted. They were preparing, however, to make a stout defence at the latter place. The latest intelligence from San Domingo an nounces that the Spanish Government are pouring in troops from Porto Rico and Cuba. Quite 11,000 had already landed. The Spanish losses at San tiago exceeded 1,000. The battle of San Louis was a serious encounter, but the Spaniards were victo rious. By the schooner Rapid, with 54 refugees from Porto Plata, we have dates to the 18th September. The 2,000 Spanish troops that left on the 3d for Santiago, under the comet and of General Suero, were followed on the 10th by another force of 1,600 but both divisions have been defeated. The latter, on reaching Perez, a place about 18 miles from Porto Plata, ware attacked by the Dominicans. and obliged to retire with the loss of several killed and many wounded. They returned to Porto Plata at midnight, which caused the greatest uneasiness among the people, as everybody fancied that the rebels had entered the town. The men under Suero succeeded in entering Santiago, and in uniting with the garrison commanded by Brigadier-General Buceta, who had managed to retain the fort. But Santiago having been burnt by the rebels and there being a dearth of provisions, the Spaniards were compelled to capitulate to a force of 5,000 Dominicans. The terms of the capitula tion were, that the Spaniards should give up the fort to the Dominicans, on condition of their permitting them to retreat to Porto Plata un molested. The Dominicans, however, did not respect these stipulations, for the Spaniards had no sooner left the fort and began their march to Porto Plata, followed by a large number of the inhabitants of Santiago, than the Dominicans pursued them, firing upon them with deadly effect. The Spanish losses are over 1,000 in killed and wounded. Many of the inhabitants of Santiago, who had sided with the Spaniards, were also killed during the burning of the town, and many more, including women and chil dren, were slain during the retreat of the troops to Porto Plata. The atrocities committed on both sides were horrible, and are said to have been as bad as those committed during the Sepoy rebellion in India. The town of San Carlos, in the neighbourhood of San Domingo city, is said also to have been burnt by the rebels, and it is believed that Porto Plata will share a similar fate. Many of the town's people, and some who have had no share in the rebellion, except as sufferers, have been arrested and imprisoned by the Spaniards ; others are denouncing their friends, hoping that they will thereby shield themselves. Bands of soldiers armed with Minie rifles, and pro ficient in rapine and lust, are daily roving through the streets, breaking into houses, and destroying their contents. The Right lion. Sir G. Grey has arrived at his seat, Fallodpn, Northumberland, from Balmoral. THE DUC DE MORNY has accepted the position of President of the Paris Cricket Club. THE " LIFT" AT THE GROSVENOR HOTEL. --At the Grosvenor the traveller steps into a room, throws himself on a lounging . sofa, and lo I he is in a trice on the third floor. When we consider the waste of human muscles that a few gallons of water scientifically applied :;an save, we wonder that these convenient ascending rooms were not in public use long ago. One hundred and twenty gallons of water is sufficient to work the hydraulic appara tus by which the room, with 'its complement of seven in. mates, can be lifted, say 120 feet, which, at fivepence a thousand gallons, makes the costa little more than a half. penny, FOREIGN MINES. Kapunda (lim.), - 11 United Mexican (lim;, 61 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (lint.), 122 it Australasia, -- Ditto, new, 371 8 Bank of Queensland (lim), 14; I Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 391 Consolidated Bank, lirn., 10i Continental, lim., 9. I Imperial Bank (lim.), 23f Imperial Ottoman, iBl,- 18 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 52 If London and Colonial (limo, 81 London and Comity, 53174 London and South American, lirn., London and South-Western (lim.), 9 .; London and Westminster, £0 Mercantile and Exchange, lirn., 131 National of Liverpool. limited, 191 Oriental Bank Corporation, 60 Provincial of Ireland, 93 Sciude, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim. l , Union of Australia, 80 Union of London, Z.. 81 :DOCKS.: London, CO 8 St. Katharine, 6S; S Victoria, 99i MISCELLANEOUS. Hudson's Bay, 9 Fa Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, rodent. 1870, issued 90, 89 madras Irrigation and Canal, 3 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 51 Rhymney Iron, Ditto, new, 8 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 27 ; 1 Royal Mail Steam, 801 South Australian Land, 334 Alderman C UBITT , M . P., exp i re d at 10 o ' c l ock l ast night, at his seat, Penton , lodge, ueur A4clovcr. Ie W4B in hiB 73d year, THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1863. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocx. SPOR LING INTELLIGENCE. --This Day. NEWMARKET RACES—THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRIPH.) CAMBRIDGESHIRE—Lord Westmoreland has withdrawn his protest, and the stakes awarded to Catch'em Alive. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. _ _ _ _ Wingraw' 1 Sweet Willie Seven ran. SWEEPTAKES OF 50 SOVS. Beatrix New York THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LAW INTELLIGECE.--This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE FEA RSON. - EXTENSIVE FAILURE OF A MERCHANT. THE AMERICAN WAR. This bankrupt, Zachariah Charles Pearson, of Nicholas lane, Lombard-street, and of Kingston-upon-Hull, traded under the style of Z. C, Pearson & Co. He was a mer chant trading to all parts of the world, and large ship owner. The failure is one of the largest which has been brought into the Court for rnany years, the debit side of the accr,unt showing figures to the extent of £G45,000, and the deficit, according to the bankrupt's own showing, amounts to the very large sum of £212,574. The case was last before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd in July last, when it was adjourned until this day, the assignees in the mean while using strenuous exertions to realize the estate, a large portion of which ccnsisted of vessels and freight, which had been seized by the American (Federal) Govern ment as contraband of war. In the first page of the balance-sheet it is stated that the bankrupt has a claim on the Federal Government of £87,694 on the Confederate Government for £99,000, and on the Italian Government £7,500. The claims of unsecured creditors are £115,330; of cre ditors holding security, £147,461; liabilities, £68,490; liabilities on bills payable, £12,336; creditors to be paid in full, £1.355 ; good and doubtful debts, £6,581; property given up to assignees, £24,355; property in the hands of creditors, £320 615 ; leaving the deficiency, as above stated, of £212,574. The capital was stated to be on the 10th July, 1858, £20,145; drawing account, £12,414; trade expenses, £15,781; losses, £198,616 ; profits, £65,86 t. Ruling a portion of the time Mr. James Coleman was a partner in the firm, and retired in July, 1860, receiving £l,OOO. The ship losses are on ships and cargoes sold to the Con federate Government, who refused to fulfil ►their contract, and the capture by the officers of the Federal Government of sundry ships—viz , the Patras, with freight and cargo, £15,378 ; Stettin, ditto, £19,840; Circassian, ditto, £35,000; Empress, £3,003; Llndona, £14,714; in all £87,962. The steamship Orrell was chartered in 1860 by Garibaldi to S take passengers from Genoa to Messina, axd a clause was inserted that if the passengers took forcible posses sion of the vessel in the harbour .of Genoa, the charterer was to pay the owner £5,000. The passengers took possession of the vessel in the harbour of Genoa, and £5,000 became; due by Garibaldi, whose liabilities have been adopted by the Italian Government, who have ad mitted their liability, and made an offer of compromise, £5,000; sundry expenses in prosecuting claim, £2,500; the losses on steam ships ate thus summed up—eight ships loot at sea, £24,276 , on six sold, £11,620; and one built in the Thames. £13,192; on six captured by the Federal cruisers, £34,223; on ten mortgaged to creditors, £63,461 ; making in all with a sloop and yacht, £146,827. The losses in 1859 were £33; in 1860, £7,495 ; in 1861, £16,624; iu 1862, £122,673 ; in all, £146,827. The case was appointed for 11, but not called up to one o'clock. It is expected it will be adjourned. RE A. GURNEY. The bankrupt was a licensed victualler in the Lower road, Islington, and this was a meeting for declaring a dividend. Mr. Joseph Hart (Hart Brothers and Hayles) stated the d e bt s amounted to £2,100, and the assets in land amount to £1,050 . The assignees therefore p r opose to pay a dividend o f 6d . in the pound, reserving £5OO for contin gencies. from to ls. Gd. i n th e p oun d. It is exp ec t e d the estate will pay eventually POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DISTURBANCE AT TILE LONDON PAVILION.—Mr. Henry Hornby, of No. 1, Eversfiold-terrace, Balaton, and Mr. Raymond Darby, riding-master, Holland-park Riding School, was charged as follows : Sergeant Henry Allen, 20 C, said that at a quarter past eleven last night he was called into the London Pavilion, whore the defendants were making a great disturbance, one of them being engaged in fighting with a person. The ee fendants were given into custody by one of the proprietors, (M. Loibl), and, they were taken to the Vine•street station, but on promi,ing not to return to the place, M. Leibl did not press the charge, and they were allowed to go. The defendants, forgetting their promise, went back to the London Pavilion and got up a disturbance at the door. He (the sergeant) moved them away, and on getting to Scott's the defendants went in, but, being very drunk, were speedily ejected without being served. The defendants then re turned to the London Pavilion and created a disturbance, and he took them into custody. One of the defendants said that a remark was made about his companion at the London Pavilion, and then he was struck on the nose. They were taken to the station, but the charge was not pressed, and why they went back was to get his hat, which he lost in the melee. Mr. Knox said the fact was the defendants got drunk last night and made fools of themselves. If they had be longed to the class of costermongers he should have fined them 5s each, but as they belonged to a mote decent rank he should flee them 10s each, and would advise them not to make such fools of themselves again. APETHORPE STAKES. Crytheia w.o. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Al mack Lictun .. Eighteen rat:. SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. Balderdach Prescription • Four ran. MATCH—Sister to Ace of Clubs beat Tomfoolery. FREE HANDICAP. Giraffe colt Glenorchy Six ran. OPTIONAL SELLING PLATE. Edward the Confessor Brother to Weatherspy Eight ran. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Country Maid 1 Lady Derby Ten ran. MATCH—Fanfaran beat Tolurno. Bank of England Return,---This Day, - - - An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 28th day cf Oct., 1863: MB RE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ...—...£28,419, ilO, Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,90 u Gold Coin & Bullion 13,769,41 C Silver Bullion .... £28,410,410' £28,419,410 BANKING D . oprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- E PARTIN ENT. Government Seca- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) .£10,995,363 Other Securities 19.693,489 Notes Gold and Silver 6:8,164 Coin counts) 4,462,163 Other Deposits 15,01),128 Seven Day and other Bills 728,358 £37,904.376 M. l £37,904,376 .RSTIALL, Chief Cashier. Oct. 29, 1863. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT--This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) THE FATAL FIGHT NEAR ST. MARTINS LANE. William Perkins, aged 20, was indicted on the Coroner's inquisition, of the manslaughter of Thomas Prindevill, a potman at the Hand and Bracket, Whitcombo-street, St. Martin's-lane. He pleaded nut guilty. It will be recollected that deceased and the prisoner quarrelled, and left the house to fight it out in the street, accompanied by a number of persons who were in the house at the time. After they had fought three or four rounds, both being the worse for liquor, the deceased was knocked down twice, and was ultimately taken away by " Young Broome," as not fit to fight, The deceased after wards went to bed, and the following morning was found lying in bed ilead. On a post martens examination, it was found that death had been caused by an effusion of blood on the brain either from the effects of a blow or a fall. Mr. Baron Martin told the jury the only question was whether the blow accelerated or caused death. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The learned Judge, in passing sentence, said prisoners in this country were only punished when they had committed a crime. The prisoner had been found guilty of man slaughter, which was an offence, but no one could doubt that the death was an accident, although both were acting ille gally at the time; he thought it quite sufficient to inflict a nominal sentence of one day's imprisonment. Two young men, named John Nicholson and James God win, were indicted for forging and uttering a cheque for £1.5, with intent to defraud the National Bank. It appearei that a gentleman named Yatham, left his office for a short time, during which a desk was broken open and a blank cheque was torn from his book. On the 30th September, Godwin employed one of the parties at Doctors' Commons, named Hockham, to go to the National Bank and get cash for it, and return to the Commons. The porter went, but on presenting the cheque, it was pronounced a for gery; and in order to detect the person who gave the cheque, a bag of coppers was made up, given to Hockham, and in Great Knight Ryder-street the prisoner Godwin came up to get the money. Packraan, a detective, came up, and on telling him he was .a police-officer, he said a person named Cox had given it to him, and afterwards he said Nicholson was the real person who had arranged for the presentation of the cheque. The evidence was very deficient as regarded Nicholson, who, it was believed, had used Godwin in some measure as a tool, and the Judge directed a verdict of not guilty to be returned against him. Mr. Orridge made a very powerful address for the pri soner, and The learned Judge said the question for the jury was, if the prisoner, when he employed the porter to present the cheque, was aware that it was a forgery. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Serjeant.) George Turner, deseribed as an agent, was indicted for obtaining £3OO upon false pretences from the Rev. John Cos. It appeared that the prisoner inserted an advertise ment, stating that he had a living to sell, and Mr. Cox having atlam ere(' it a long correspondence took place. Ultimately Mr. Cox went with the prisoner to view the living, which turned out to be that of Hard wake, near Wellingborough. The prisoner said the vendor for whom he acted was a Mr. James Wilson, of Clapham, and upon that Mr. Cox, after consulting his solicitor, paid £3OO by way of deposit. Evidtnce was then given to show that Mr. Daniel, Q.C., Mr. Cradock, and other persons were trustees of the living of Hardwick, and that no Mr. Wilson had anything to do with it, and also that the prisoner had no authority to sell. The defence set up is that fraud was intended. The case will occupy the court the whole day. THIRD COURT. James Hart, one of the trustees of the Sons of Honour Society, held at the Shepherd and Shepherdess, in Old Gravel-lane, Commercial-road, was indicted under the Fraudulent Trustees Act, on the fiat of the Attorney- General, with having received and appropriated to his own use the sum of £2l Is., with intent to defraud the stewards and members of the society. It appeared that at a general meeting of the members, the prisoner, with a person named Jaggers, was appointed trustees of the Burial Fund, and they received the sum o £2O to invest in the Savings Bank in the name of the So ciety, which they duly did. Oa March 4, 1862, a death having occurred, the prisoner and his co. trustee were directed to withdraw the money from the bank, and pay it over to the steward, at a meeting to ,be held on the 19th. The prisoner obtained the money, £ 2l , s., and at tended the meeting, but when asked for it he aid he had left it with his brother, and when told to fetch it ho refused, and, us i ng a coarse expr ess i on, said he would not give it up, and had in fact retained it to his own use. Evidence having been adduced, The jury found the prisoner guilty, an d h e was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. George Anderson and George Brown were indicted for stealing a box containing a qaantity of collars, the property of Augustus Laurie, the master of Brown. The jury found bOth prisoners guilty, and they were sen tenced to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. Alexander Johnstone, clerk, pleaded guilty to an indict ment, charging him with stealing 10 certificates for shares in the Standard Bank of Africa, value £2OO, and one Grenada Land Warrant, value £l2, the property of his master. He was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. FEARFUL MURDER IN LIMERICK. —LIMERICK, MONDAY, Oct. 26.—Much alarm has been occa sioned in the locality of Bruff, in this county, by the per petration of a murder, which came to light last night, in the discovery, by the constabulary, of the body of a man named Patrick Quinlan, a baker by trade, wh ose remains were found, shockingly m utilated, upon the roadside at Ballina. goola, near Grange. The skull was fractured in several parts, and injuries of a severe nature were apparent en the chest, neck, and arms, as if inflicted by some weighty in- strument or bludgeon. Two men, named Thomas Hogan and Thomas Shaughnessy, who w ere seen in the company of the deceased early last evening, have been arrested on suspicion, and marks of blood, it is said, have been discerned upon their clothing. For this one of them (Hogan) ac counts by stating that he had a fight with Shaughnessy. An inquest will be held to-morrow by the coroner. The prisoners are in custody.—Freeman. Yesterday Deputy - Judge Payne was robbed of his watch in Fleet-street. The thief not cler,r off, THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A POOR NEEDLEWOMAN.—Ann Andrews, a wretched and half-starved looking woman, aged 23 years, and described as a needlewoman, of No. 6, Limehouse-causeway, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into the City Canal at Millwall, Poplar, at one o'clock this morning. John Somers, a police-constable, No. 372 K, stated that the prisoner walked over the bridge at Millwall, went down the side of the lock, and before he could stop her, plunged into the water. The lock was 25 feet in depth, and she m ust have been drowned if a bargeman had not answered his cries for help, and brought a barge and long staff with a stout iron hook at the end of it, with which he got the wo man out of the water. She was quits unconscious, and fi ve minutes elapsed before she exhibited any signs of life. She had been very ill all night. Th e prisoner said she was very sorry for what she had done. _ _ _ g r . Partridge remanded the prisoner to the Clerkenwell House of Detention for a week, and said the chaplain would give her good advice while she was there. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE WITH OXALIC AClD.—Mary Ann Thic k, a woman of the town, who had been in custody a week, was brought up on reman d b e f ore M r . P ar t r id ge, charged with attempting to commit suicide by swallowing a pen nyworth of oxalic acid, which she purcha-ed at the shop of Mr. George Croucher, a chemist and druggist, No. 220, High-street, Shadwell. Mr. Croucher said he had been in the practice of selling the stuff known as sugar of lead to the prostitutes of Rat cliff.bighway and Shadwell. He had sold sugar of lead to the prisoner before. A pennyworth would not destroy the Hie o f an adult. The women made lotions of the poison for outward applications. m r , partridge said he had received a letter, of which the follow i n g is copy, from the chaplain of the House of Deten tion in relation to this case : " House of Detention, October 29, 1863. it Dear Sir,—Allow rue to suggest that it might be ad visable to recommend the poor girl, Mary Ann Duck, for admiss i on into the workhouse for a time, in the event of her discharge. I had thought of a reformatory institution, but she is not at present in a state of health to allow of her ad mittance. She seems to be in a rather better state of mind, and promises to make no further attempt on her own lite. __Believe me yours very truly, " GEORGE JEPSON, Chaplain. ic To William Partridge, Esq., Thames Police-court." Mr. Partridge hoped the unfortunate: woman would make no more attempts on her life, and directed Police-sergeant Dillon, No. 19 K, to convey the p r i soner to t h e wor kh ouse o f St. George-in-the-East. WE STA' IN STE R. A RESPECTABLE MARRIED WOMAN.—Charles Baker, a cab driver, was charged with robbery under the following extraordinary circumstances : Annie Homes , who described herself as a married woman, and the wife of a pensioner, said that at 2 o'clock this morn ing she was coming home down South Audley-street, when the prisoner accosted her and asked her if she wanted a cab. She replied, "No, thank you, I have no money," when he inquired whether she was going towards Chelsea, and on in the affirmative, h e sa i d, " Never mind, I ' ll her replying take you for nothing—jump which she did, but they had not gone far before he asked her to have something to drink, and she agreeing, they turned into Piccadilly from Park-lane, and she had some gin and water. He then drove on towards her home, when she missed her money, and told him so, upon which he said if she did not get out of the cab he'd kicx her out, when she alighted and hung on behind the cab till she was exhausted and fell. She then got up and ran after the cab, calling " stop thief," till pri soner was apprehended, when she gave him into custody for robbing her of Bs. 6d. Mr. Arnold —Have you told me all the facts ? Prosecutrix —Yes. Mr. Arnold --I thought you said that you told the cab man you had no money. Prosecutrix—l meant that I had no money to spend on cabs. Mr. Arnold —You say that he brought the gin and water to you in the cab. I don't see how he could have robbed you. Prosecutrix—He stood close to me inside the cab. Mr. Arnold—You did not say that before. Was the cab a Hansom ? Prosecutrix—Yes; and the flaps were open. Mr. Arnold —You describe yourself as a respectable mar ried woman. Do you live with y our h usband ? Frosecutrix—Yes, your worship. Mr. Arnold—Then, may I ask whether you are in the habit of riding with cabmen and not paying them ? Frosecatrix—No, but I was tired and thought I would like to ride home. Mr. Arnold —What do you say to drinking with the man? Prosecutrix—Well, he asked me. Mr. Arnold—And are you, being a respectable married woman, in the habit of drinking with cabmen at 2 o'clock in the morning. generall Prosecutrix—Not y. I b e li eve never before. Mr. Arnold here intimated that if the man did rob the woman, which he very much doubted, the case ought not to have been brought here, but taken to Marlborough street, The police intimated that the woman said last night that he was inside the cab with her and robbed her in Cadogan place, Chelsea. Mr. Arnold (to prosecutrix) —Did you say that ? Prosecutrix—l cannot remember, I might have said so. Mr. Arnold—Oh. I can't place any reliance upon the testimony of this woman. The prisoner is discharged. THE PARALLAX OF SHOOTING STARS.—A cor respondent of the Reader (A. S. Herschel) writing to our contemporary, observes :—Father Secchi in August, 1861, aided by a base-line, 40 miles in length, between Rome and Civita-Vecchia, and the electric telegraph, by which observations of the same meteor at the two stations were insured, gathered some moat valuable facts respecting the elevation of the shooting stars of the 9th, 10th, and 11th of August in that year with a minimum of trouble and of liability to error. The following extracts from the Roman newspapers of Aug. 13, 1861, were from the pen of Father Secchi, describing the immediate results of his expe riments :—" Near to the zenith no shooting star had a parallax of less than 20 to 30 degrees, but occasionally a somewhat greater parallax than this, which was ascer tained by the constellations intervening between the two apparent places of the meteors. It was impossible even for inexperienced observers to be mistaken in the meteors doubly seen. These observations, therefore, establish the moderate height of shooting stars, For, if we admit a parallax of 35 degrees near the zenith to be not greater than was actually observed, their height at nearest approach to the earth will be 90 kilometers, or 50 geographical miles (58f miles English), above ,its surface. On the other hand, the least parallax observed, of 20 degrees, implies an elevation of 180 kilometers (117 English miles) at their greatest height above the earth, On the 10th of August last, observations were made at Hawkhurst, which prove that the electric telegraph is not an indispensable aid in these inquiries. The use of a well regulated timekeeper was found to insure the identification of a meteor, without the possibility of a mistake. A para llax of 35 deg. was urs t, commonly observed between Cambridge an and of 15 deg. between Greenwich , or London and Hawk hurst, at disappearance of the meteors. The and Hawk hurst, at disappearance of the meteors. fo heights of appearance and disappearance o bserved on this occasion approximate in their average very nearly to the foregoing results obtained by Father Secol. THE SCHILLER MONUMENT AT FRANKFORT.— On the 15th inst. the first stone of the monument about to be raised in Frankfort in memory of Schiller was laid. In presence of a deputation of the senate, a number of valuable documents, several pieces of money, some bot tles of wine, and three balls, containing wheat, barley, and oats, were deposited in the hollow of the stone. Amongst the documents are a copy of the album presented by the town to the sovereigns who attended the banquet given at the Kaisersaal, as well as a photograph of the royal per sonages who took part in the Congress of 1863.-2 he Re SHAM LIFE ASS URANCE SOClETY.—Yes terday officersth Knowldeu, O x f or d, an d D ron , th e threeder.far H Per severance Life Assuranze and Sick e three ef men, the were convicted Fund Friendly Society,eat the Old Bailey, and the Common Sergeant of se con te s to 18 mouths' i mprisonment. m UNJUST ASPERSION ON A VALIANT SOLDIER. — Inquiring E n i 7 g Is tmatt—" But I thought General Bragg was a Yankee ?" _lndignant Southerno - -" Oh I by no weal-le—Only nominally U.S. Feeling and •' Quasi-Envoys," TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. New York, Oct. 17, 1863. SIR,—In consequence of the persistent declara tions made by certain persons in England —for in stance, Mr. Forster, M.P., and gentlemen who go over from this country in the capacity of, what are called here, " quasi-envoys" of the Washington Government, at anti-slavery meetings, and so forth —upon, as they allege, the general good feeling towards our nation and people which exists in the Northern States of America, I desire, with you: leave, to offer some remarks to your readers. In ordinary times nothing could be further from my wishes than to intrude any abstract opinions of mine upon "national feeling," believing that that shows itself more clearly in the long run by acts and deeds than by descriptions. However, when certain parties and cliques in England—whether through ignorance or prejudice, or from political motives, or for considerations—give dogmatic opinions to my countrymen, which I know, from practical observa tion and experience, to be false, it appears to me, under the circumstances, that, if I were to withhold my humble but now very experienced opinion on the state of feeling' referred to, the reticence would be a shirking of tae duty or moral responsi bility which belongs to every British man —viz., to do whatever within him rests, that his nation shall not be injured through his countrymen being deceived, or allowing themselves to be deceived, upon subjects of national or, perhaps more strictly, it should be said, international importance. Without its being necessary to enter into theo retical disquisitions, for which I have no apti tude, and probably your readers no special wish— it will be admitted that now-a-days the general sentiments or "feeling" of the ruling portion of any great commercial nation, be it a republic or an empire, are of considerable practical importance to us. &Therefore it is important for us to know—as correctly as such things can be known—how the ruling or (as they are called and call themselves is the United States) the "prominent politicians," of she Northern States feel towards Great Britain and the British. My opinions on this subject inter alga were ex pressed—no doubt insufficiently, but earnestly and plainly—in Me Sun of 2d April, 1862, that is, now nearly eighteen munths since, thus:— "No doubt we wish—as the British generally wish—well to Americans generally, and we know for the material interests of both countries, especi ally for those of the United States, that peace and amity is the best policy. We all, therefore, would wish that amongst every class, at least amongst those who are known as the 'prominent,' of all classes in the Northern States, a malignant, perse vering, unexplained antipathy did not exist, but all our wishes, so far as I am aware, do not alter the fact that so it is." The additional experience of nearly a year and a half's travelling, &c., enables me to assert that not only, in substance, the above is a correct view of an unpleasing subject, but that any rational man, who has had reasonable opportunities to see, hear, and read realities during the last three years, in the Northern section of the States, and would arrive at a different conclusion, must found it on wishes or prejudicial imaginations, and net on palpable, de monstrable facts. It would not be in any way difficult to show how certain persons, described as " quasi envoys"—ex. gr., Mr. Thurlow Weed, Rev. Mr. Cheevers, Rev. H. W. Beecher, and certain of the hierarchy of " different denomiaationsi have spoken of " Great Britain and the British" to their congregation and "people" here before they went to speak of "peace and unity" in the old country— and how they, on their return, try every means that "political sermons," " orations," and pamphlets can effect, to stir up additional and bitterness against that " old country." I wish my country men to know realities, and not to be misled by an organised system of deception here, and in Eng land.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, A BRITISH TRAVELLER. THE SOURCES OF THE NILE, (From the Athenceum.) D Urban, Port Natal, South-East Coast of Africa, Aug. 25, 1863. Having taken a greet interest in the travels of 1 Captains Burton and Speke to the Victoria Nyanza Lake, and Captains Speke and Grant's late journey through Central Africa to discover the sources of the Nile, I send you a few extracts from Purchas's "Relations of the World," published in 1617. Page 839," In the kingdome of Goyame the river Nilus springeth ; it is there called Gion and comes from two Lakes which for their greatness may seeme to bee Seas, in which report goeth that Mermaydes, Tritons or Menf shes are Beene, and some have told me (saith Aluarez) that they have seen it. Peter Conillian, a Portagall, which had lived a great part of hie life in those partes, told me that hee had been in that kingdom by order from Queen Helena," &c. Pages 878 and 879, " There is, indeed, another Lake, which Nilus maketh in his course, but standeth Northward from the first Lake Zernbae, and not in East or West parallell. Neyther does Nilus (as some affirme) hide it self under the ground, and after ryse againe, but runneth through mon strous and desert valleyes, witho ut any settled channell, and where no people inhabited, from whence that fabulous opinion did grow. This Lake is situate in 12 degrees of Southerly Latitude, and is compassed about like a vault with exceeding high mountaines, the greatest whereof are called Casates, upon the East, and the Hils of Sal-Nitrnm and the Hils of Selver, on another side, and on the other side with divers other manntains. The River Nilus runneth northwards many hundred uiyles and then entreth into another great Lake, which the inhabi tants doe call a Sea; it is much bigger than the first and contayneth in breadth two hundred and twentie myles, right under the Equiuoctiall Lyne. Of this second Lake, theAnzichi give certain and perfect intelligence, for they traffique into those parts. And they report that in this second Lake there is a people that sayleth in great shipper, and can write, and useth number, weight and measure, which they have not in the parts of Congo; that they build their houses with Lyme and Stone, and for, their fashions and qualities may be compared with the Portugalls. This seemeth to be in Goyame, where the Abassine entitled himselfe King, and in his title (as before you have read) cals it the Fountain of Nilus, which Aluarez also mentioneth that Peter Conillian saw," The first lake referred to must be the Lake about which Dr. Livingstone has written so much ; the lake under the Equinoctial Line is the Victoria Nyanza Lake. If you could obtain admission to the archives of the Portuguese Government you would find that the Victoria Nyanza Lake was well known to the Poituguese ; but they keep all their disco veries in the dark, to suit their own ends, on account of their jealousy towards other nations, to prevent trading in or near their possessions on this coast; to wit, a cutter I sent last year into one of the rivers northward was seized by them, and all on board were bound, whilst suffering from fever, and were thrown into an open boat for days, one of whom died whilst thus exposed to rain and weather (this was in an endeavour to open up the ivory trade on the coast), and they would not have been released then if a British man-of- war had not been near the spot—the particulars of which affair are now in the hands of the British Government. W. R. DictiemoN• Tin AFRICA STEAMSHIP.—St. .T 01311% N.E. , Oct. 14.—The Africa still remains opposite the entrance of the harbour, but will shortly move up to a more sheltered position. Her mails go to Halif ax mself 15 miles ay by the V e suvius. Capt. Stone considere s making water so d hi further south when she struck. She wa s fast that when the engines slowed to ta ke on the pilot th e passengers had to assist t he crew a t the pumps to keep her afloat. Her injuries w illbe difficult to repair here, as there is no dockyard large eno ugh to receive her. Oct. i.;._, ' the Africa has been beached in a sheltered place at the head the harbour. It is impossible to ascertain the A portion of damage till divers arrive.from. Halifax. extent of the have been stern and keel forward is entirely gone, and a • of the provided the keel from the sternpost is also gene . The passengers There P a o r r e t io a o f damages araidshiPs. other for on shore. ‘' L'IWCILAIS TIMIDE. RI --.r Robert Peel:' •—. Field Marshal Lord Clyde's Codicil " STRANGE TO SAY, ON CLUB PAPER." Quoting from the Observer newspape i roi!the27tla September (sth p age , 4 t h column)—, The codicil appended to the will of the late Lord C lyde, a reo f exe cuted at Chatha m , ' an d b ear i ng t h e sign ature Clyde, F.M.,' is written, strange to say, on a sheet of paper bearing the Athenaeum Club mark''.—Mr. Thackeray, in the new number of the Cornhill Ilfetgazine, discourses thus charmingly, gravely, humorously, pathetically, impressively : The will of Field-Marshal Lord Clyde signed at azatlzain, mind, where his lordship died—is • written, strange to say, on a sheet of paper bearing the Atheneum Club mark / The inference is obvious. A man cannot get Athenreum paper except at the Athermum. Such paper is not sold at Chatham, where the last codicil to his lordship's will is dated, And so the painful belief is forced upon us, that a Peer, a Field-Marsh a l , wealthy, respected, illustrious, could pocket papar at his club, and carry it away with him to the country. One fancies the hall porter conscious of the old lord's iniquity, and holding down his head as the marshal, passes the door. What is that roll which his lordship carries ? Is it his marshal conveyed from th e c l u b . What has i h t e is on a h ro is ll b o r f ea f s o t o , ls u ca n p der his great-coat? Is it his Star of India? No ; it is a bundle of envelopes, bearing the head of Minerva, some sealing-wax, and a half-score of pens. Lct us imagine how in the hall of ono or other of these clubs this strange anecdote will be discussed. "Notorious screw," says Saeer. " The poor old fellow's avarice has long been known." " Suppose he wishes to imitate the Duke of Alurlborough,' says Simper. " Habit of looting contracted in India, you know ; a i n ' t so easy to get over, you know," says Snigger. " When officers dined with him in India," remarks Solemn, "it was notorious that the spoons were all of a different pattern." ." Perhaps it isn't true. Suppose he wrote his pap er a t the club ?" interposes Jones. "It is dated at Chatham, my good man," says Brown., "A man if he is in London, says he is in London. A rnar.L if he is in Rochester, says he is in Rochester. This n27.a, happens to forget that he is using the club paper : and he happens to be found out : many men don't happen to be found out. I've seen literary fellows at clubs writing their rubbishing articles ; I have no doubt they take away reams of paper. They crib thoughts : why shouldn't they crib stationery ? One of your literary vagabonds who is capable of stabbing a reputation, who is capable of telling any mon-, strous falsehood to support hie, party, is surely capable of stealing a ream of paper." " Well, well, we have all our weaknesses," sit;hs Robinson. " Seen that article, Thompson, in the Observer about Lord Clyde and the club paper ? You'll find it, up stairs. In the third column of the fifth gage towards the bottom of the page. I suppose he was so poor he couldn't afford to buy a quire of paper. Hadn't fourpence in the world. Oh, no I" " And they want to get up a testimonial to this man's memory —a statue or something 1" cries Jawkins. "A. man who wallows in wealth and takes paper away from his club 1 I don't say he is not brave. Brutal courage most men have. I don't say he was not a good officer; a man with such experience must have been a good officer, unless he was born fool. But to think of this man loaded with honours—though of a low origin —so lost to self-respect as actually to take away the Athenmum paper I These, par venus, sir, betray their origin —betray their origin. I said to my wife this very morning, Mrs. Jawkins,' I said, ' there is talk of a testimonial to this man. I will not give one shilling. I have no idea of raising statues to fellows who take away club paper. No, by George, I have not, Why, they will be raising statues to men who take :Auk) spoons next 1 Not one penny of my money shall they have l' " And now, if you please, we will tell the real story which has furnished this scandal to a n ews p aper, this tattle to club gossips and loungers. The field-marshal, wishing t o make a father provision for a friend, informed his lawyer what he desired to do. The lawyer, a member of tbo Athenaeum Club, there wrote the draft of such a codicil as he would advise, and sent the paper by post to Lord Clyda at Chatham. Lord Clyde, finding the paper perfectly satis factory, signed it and sent it back : and hence we have tha story of "the codicil bearing the signature of Clyde, P.M., and written, strange to say, upon paper bearing the Athe ream Club mark," Here I have been imagining a dialogue between a half dozen gossips such as congregate round a club fire •place of an afternoon. I wonder how many people besides—whether any chance reader of this very page, has read and believed this story about the good old lord ? Have the country papers copied the anecdote, and our "own correspondents" made their remarks on it ? If, my good sir, or madam, you have read it and credited it, don't you own to a little feeling of shame and sorrow, now that the trumpery little mystery is cleared ? To " the new inhabitant of light," passed away and out of reach of our censure, misrepresen tation, scandal, dulness, malice, a silly falsehood matters nothing, Censure and praise are alike to him—" the music warbling to the deafened ear, the incense wasted on the funeral bier," the pompons eulogy pronounced over the gravestone, or the lie that slander spits on it. Faithfully though this brave old chief did his duty,honest and upright though his life was, glorious his renown—you see he could write at Chatham cn London paper; you see men can ba found to point out how "strange" his behaviour was, MARKETS--This Day, MARK-LANE. IMPERIAT. WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 40s Ocl ; barley, 33s Ild ; oats, 18s 7d; rye, 28s 9d ; beans, 36s 5d ; and peas, 35s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s Ocl ; barley, 348 9d ; oats, 19s 7d ; rye, 30s 8d ; beans, 378 7d ; peas, 36s 3d, E NGL ISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. — Wheat, 104,742 ; barley, 90,353 ; oats, 12,185; rye, 179; beans, 4,323; p eas 1,787 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on offer in to-day's market was only moderate as to number, and the general quality of the stock was inferior. The few prime breeds on o ff er so ld readily, at vry full prices. Otherwise, the beef trade was in a slug gish state, on former terms. There was a good consumptive demand for sheep—the show of which was rather limited at fully previous rates. A few very superior Downs rea lised 5s 8d per Blbs. Calves met a dull inquiry, at about stationary prices. The supply was by no means extensive.. In pigs and mulch cows, very little business was transacted: at late rates. Per Sib. to sink the offal. Crse. &inf. b eas t s 3 2 3 6 1Primecrs-wo o l d 0.4 8 . a 25 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Pme. S'thdown d 0.5 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Large crse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime Scots, ac. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 38 4 OlLarge hogs 343 10 Second quality do. 42 4 6 Small porkers 4 04 4 Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs s 20s to 26s each, TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. 364 Beasts ............ 964 Beasts Cows .......... 130 Sheep and lambs Sheep and lambs .. 4,210 ,„ Calves Calves ........... 212 Pigs rigs ............... 4001 MEAT MARKETS. NFIVGATB AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meet are moderately extensive, and the trade lutes steady, r follows :---Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d , mutton, 3 8 6d to 48 0 6 ,1 lamb, O s Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 8d to 48 4d; an d pork, 3 °u to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Oct. 28. The suplies of s moderately extensive, and the trader uled steasclY,d v ' "6 to 4s full quotations, as follows : Beet, from -; 4ct lamb, 10d ; mutton, 38 10d to 5s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to to s ink Os 81bs , -- Os Od to 08 Od; and pork, 38 6d to 4s 4d per as fel ' the offal. ROMFORD, Oct. 28.—Prime stock sold t a 4s Od to 58 4d ; rates. Otherwise, the trade was in a el t ug n g!s h Elate ' lows :—Beaf, from 3s 6d to 68 Odi r d u to 4s 4d per 81b8; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and pork, freely, att°l3Eka'trlerr;e I 265; and mulch cows, £l4 to £lB n suckliir , calves, 12s to 20s ; quarter - o . ld store pigs, 20 8 tra ' - HAY MAKIC2TS. S ItyruFTELD .--Meadow h a y , £3 Os to £4 58 Od ; clov er £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 14s per load' A slow trade. „ h ay, £3 Os to . CUMBERLAND..—Metrow .ay, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 83 to £1 163 per clover, Trade inactive. MeadowWHIECITAPEL.-- hay, £3 A , .S to Di 5 , £4 Os to £5 1256 d ; and straw, £1 Gs to X 1 14 a ; clover, Supply moderate. s per load, --- - _ ___ DIPPING—This Day. tosl)o ,, T , Oct. 29.—Wind this day at noon—South ,,, cloudy _E ss t; moderate br eeze, and sou,.weather, with rain. FALMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wa. terloo, from Odessa. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 28 , i n d s . w S CARDIFF, Oct. 2-S. — Wind N.W. for St. Michael's. --Sailed—Belgique, for Monte Video; SiloseDz%, for Civita Vecchia; Eugene, for Bilboa. CLYDE, Oct. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Burnside, from Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Ranger, from Ascension. BRISTOL, Oct. 28.—Wind W.—Arrived—New Bruns wick, from New York. Sir NDERLAND, Oct. 28. —Wind S.W.—Sailed — M iss Nightingale, for GDR. LIMERICK, Oct. 27.—Wind S.W.— Arrived—Princess Royal, f rom St. J o h n ' s , N.B. r rived—A rr ived GALWAY, Oct. 27.--Wind S.W.—. k Kelley, from St. John's, N. 8., with loss of jibboor o • and catwater stove in, &c. steamer, of this DUNDEE, Oct. 28.—The Dundee, scre w Melville Bay, port, was abandoned on the 15th A u t !% s ic t e in ; crew 1 etid i!d aving been completely crushed by LI Limerick by a PaniFh vesnb .~i