The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-13 00:00:00

TIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of France has raised its rate of dis count from 6 to 7 per cent., and the quotat i ons a t Amsterdam has been carried from 4 to 4-1 per cent. A eorrespondi ng announcement is expecte d i n some othe r continent a l c i t i es, an d cons id era bl e interest is felt with regard to t h e f uture couree of monetary aff a 'ra in this country. Many imagine that the Bank of England directors would have altered their regulations to the extent of 1 per cent. this morn ing, but no such change has occurred, and the dis count marked is now quieter in consequence. Busi ness, however, is refused, except at full quotations, furth er d scounters show an inclination to await the progress of events rather than lock up the ca pital at their command on the present terms, When others of a more remunerative character may shortly prevail. The Bank of England return, for the week en ding Wednesday last, is less unfavourable than had been generally predicted. The bullion has been reduced, but there is an increase in the re serves, and the discount operations of the establish ment have been augmented only to a moderate extent. Active Circulation .. £21,424,825 Decrease .. .. • • • • 616,145 Bullion .. • • • . 13,460.765 Decrease .. 338.663 Rest • • •• • • .. • . 3,178,488 Increase 34,182 Public Deposits •.. 5,624,339 Increase .. • . .557,521 Other Deposit s .. .. 13,664,311 Decrease •• •• •• •• 196,862 Seven Day and o th er Bill s .. 690, 98 Decrease Government Securities •51 .. 10,949,450 ,363 No alteration. Other Securities .. 20,f)75,433 Increase .. • • .. •• 65,909 Notes Unemployed. .. .; 6,006,220 Increase .. • • 202,615 The Bank of France return, just completed for the past month, shows a dtcline in the bullion amounting to £2,680, and an increase of £2,493.330 in the discounts. There is a falling off of £20,000 in the advances, and of £410,000 in the current accounts. The notes in circulation have been au g . tented by £520,000, and the Treasury balances £555,500. A large amount of specie has been announced this Morning, the La Plata, from the West Indies, having brought £280,000, and the Scotia, from New York, £33,000. During the last few days there has been rather nmre activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. A better inquiry has prevailed for sugar, and prices have again slightly advanced. Coffee, however, has continued inactive. At the public sales of tea, just concluded, full rates were gene rally obtained, while the operations in rice, fruit, apices, and saltpetre, have not led to any material change in values. The tallow market has continued (11111 , and prices for both present and forward de livery have slightly given way. Two O'CLOCK. At were 67P, Pari s B ourse thi s day, according to Mr. Renter's t e l egram, the French 3 per Cent. R enter 6 7f. 47 c . 67f. 45e.—Rather fi rm. The i he advance in the rates of discount at Paris and Amsterdam caused the English Stock Market to , clo se y B esterday at a lower range of prices, aith ourt ft, a little more firmness was exhibited at ' r ue la s t moment in consequence of higher prices , e ee al the French Bourse. Today a much better a 4 ti prev a il s , an d a few purchases h ave l e d to an o ace of about per cent., Consols now being ‘ , l 4 for transfer, and 911- less the dividend for the a ccount. Th e B an k o f E ng l an d return h as rEl, s sisted i n i mparting greater strength to the market he New Thr ees and the R e d uce d A nnu i ties h ave bee n a little flatter at 901 4 ; Exchequer Bills are about Bs. to 4s. discount ; Indian 5 per Cents 108-H and the Enfaced ditto, 1051. India Stock is 224. StoveSThere i s a d ecidedly better feeling in the Foreign tck =Market, and .an almost general upward tnent has taken place in prices. Turkish 6 Per Ce nts., 1854, are 901 91; do., 1858, 691 do. are 7 04 '7l ; do., Consolide l , 481 ; ; Mexican, 391 ; Greek, 301 31 ; d o . Coupons, 14f, ; Spanish Passive, 31 ; do., Certificates, 121 139 ; 711 '72 ; Portuguese, 481 49; do., New I 'oan, 11 a prem. ; and the Confederate Loan, 59 61. In the 114.ilway Share Market business has been L l4 ll, and in some instances prices show less firm. /less. North-Western and South-Eastern have declined 55.; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln, and Midland, 10s. ; Caledonian, however, have improved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain Without material alteration. Bank Shares are heavy. Alliance of London and Liverpool have declined to 45 and Union of Australia to 561 ; London and Westminster are quoted 79, and Londo❑ Joint Stock, 361 37. In the Miscellaneous Market Discount Corpora. t 'an shares have receded to 9310, and International I'llnancial to 9. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. bank Stock ... a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 9(4 i - Per Cent. C onsols Annuities.. .i r ev" per Cent. Ann u iti es crev' 33f per Cent. Ann u iti es ' Per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire eith Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l Julia D itto (Stocßed 1874 Sea Telegraph), A ug . 1908 . 224 ' k, D itto 5 pee Cent. 1870 lOBl Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 •• Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... bitto 5 per Cent lO5. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bond 8 zi,ooo Ditto under £l,OOO 5l pm Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Dec, 3 1 ladia St oc k for Account, 5 per Cent 9l Exchequer Bill s, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent 4 dis Ditto - t- , -L-.1, £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cen.t ........ Ditto 1.859 .. .. .. ............ 33 razilian 5 per Cent • • Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ......... Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 ~, Ditto Scrip, 1863, L'2s paid -- ittenos Ayres 6 per Cent D itto Account.. • ..... r , Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) ..... ' 11 ,1 3 1, 6 per Cent. r ,,_- 1 -)itt o 3 per Cent. 100/ ' 4 ilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent —' Ditto 4i per Cent r, 'reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons D itto Account ,ivaternala 5 per Cent. Account - „, a Di tto Account .. 41,,,telian 5 p er C ent.(Maremmana Railway) •Aitxiitetoan3per Cent ' 91 9 I I‘2oorish Imperial 5 per Cent " r tuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . unto Account Ditt o 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9 , 'GO, 62.. 481 9 Ditto Account /in. 9 _ D itto Scrip, LlO paid ........ K ussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 . per Cent 1850 .. Ditto 1860. .. .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .............. Ditto 5 per Cent.; ' ............. 53 9 • • /802 .. 87 i Sardinian 5 per Cent„ ............ Spanish 3 per Cent ................ Ditto Account ................... Ditto Deferred *********************** 54 Ditto Aczount ************************ 8-1. Spanish Ditt ol)i tto A P e c7 r O t i u n . v : ft ******************** ......:,........................... 3 4 3; a 4a not funded *** Ditto Account„, ' ** ... Swedish, 4 per Cent. .................. 12 i 13a turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 ************* Ditto Account ........................ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 *** . ********** 9 01 1 .. ........ 691 ....... 4 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds .................. .... 4 - Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 .............. Ditto Account . 7Ol i 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £59 10s Od pd. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.. ....... ..... Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .. 55 i Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — i lift° Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 se. 3,ld.paid lt pm TWO O'CLOCK, e3 .Asols, Money . 4 )itto A ccou i Lt ;quire .11 all 7hich, eaven ast li -1 dead s like Philli- mutho- quired 0 on© imrose but id in- these ntend he first ►lhalla .ary or of the ; b 8 so ) romis- d 0 tilessly let the nt con- e same It is Lt page origi- Court, fe to be of the Lily, to ither is ,eridean , mpting Rhada. Ilus, but oturous tt ill his t Fo b ' 10,00 0 Seat' ° f Master ?retched es some, nea per the two rarehara enunle- of them the bar ose con- mbitious Ice here s of the cing and discern ole book pirit in a spirit sentence unaffect- Warren, a intro partment ompletea 3essfully. remarks us in anY ►eculiarly v all the author of xcellence ►ly fair to ook quite ant. And who 110 ontea22 o° W and ill lATION. ---- the four' of Prussia to the ad• niug weight , but I also 1 of Rohe')." inheritance what null r to be re the country' icli I hav e il, you ha /° Lccordiog t° rofound flit' ,4 Long 14 :: present si."-- will b° ,h 0 case for or Yule or , tll B on, a s ise of Lo.' XITIBIT Ia a *les 1 .0 1 0 in 1 86° ' ,3 les 0 btal n heir autm° '02409 W be m tablet on ticu Lo, 1/13 , o 1. 14 an" tor t' ll° L°j•asenYot lik I rd of \Va l to Da Ve be f e he w ith fore - the ly this rai"i, actioniog wit; sq uare, C iUrder C° • iz r e . a Pile eculati on• [ Sp, n the leac h n r , ut prese . 0 for he ot her I SHARE 111ARKETS.—Thi 8 day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuihS Paid. Cl o sing Business I Share Railways. done. price. 8 8} _... _ 8 1 81 1 84 111 114 7 7i 38 10 16 17 94 96 108 110 48} 491 46 48 73 81 125 127 128 129 134 136 100 It 2 61i 65 1091 11(4 70 72 110 111 14} (5i 103} 1031 101 U 2, 48 49 126 127 1271 .281 97 90 53 64 24 t 6 10;i 1011 , S 8 59 881 881 119 121 1 2 77 7) It :24 126 44 46 93 .00 M 32 33 V 4 :446 97 '9 10 0. 7 38 84 94 iBB 44 54 21 3 p 86 90 172 176 SS ESSIONS. Closing Price. 62 di 1(5 106 6 1 P 6 1 1) 6} 6} 8} 0} 103 ;04 lt2 104 107 208 I(6i 1.7,1 1 lip 1 lip 21 22 74 76 60 83 68 70 52 55 50 53 40 43 29 31 24 1;7 1071 104 1} liy 11 It 104 106 10 104 lad 10 , 95 97 86 88 i ip 105 106 100 101 11 100 57 59 3 5 82 84 105 106 105 105} 21 3 104 Ic6 101 IC3 13.14.1 0.16.4 lhark 100 4k I 100 I 100 too stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook stock stock stock Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne.. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A `eta no diN Do A till 6p c.p an.has Do. B been pa i d to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great northern I Do A stock Do B do 'Gt. S. and W. of Irelan,' ,Great Western Do Str Val gua. stoct• Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwal Lon., Bright.,& S. Coas' Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & So'.th Western Han., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares Iletropolitan i 3clidland Do New Do Binning. dz Derby Aid. (t.. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Niid Kart Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwlet Do, purehas. DdLecda Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central scot N. E., Aber. stoc: Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews. and Welcl►po. Shropshire Union iouth Deyou South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,and Wok. -itocktort 4Z Dailington Do Do New, ISt I air Vale.. . Do B Do e Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W . Hartlepool Han dat West Midland Dxforo Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH P Railways -- kt land c & St Lawrenc. Rom.,Baroda&Cent Ino Gu. 5 per cent — Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preferonee BuEalo,BrantAGodriell 1 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 181*: Do. do. July 1, 187: Do. do. Juue 1, ~ .:lcutta.sr.S.Eastn.(Li)) ~ .3apeTown Dock Scril Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. hut Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. lst Pref. Bonds Do. co. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pi ef. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt.lnchaPentn.gua. s p.c Do. New gua. 5 p. e Do. January, 1882 Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share,. I Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt.' Do. 5i p. C. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras gear., 5 p. 0. • • Do. 4t p. a. Extension Dc.l4 do •• Do. Fifth Extension. Nielb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. a Slortg. Bde. Sewßr ons.wiok at Candst Class A and B. N.B.l.Cida6 plat pf bds Soinde Do. Delhi I Do. do Do. Punjaub Du. Do. ......:. Do. 111 , 11114.5 i. Flo.) ()LON IAI, tzi) V Eli, M N r2i; ;,It 1 1 . p.c.J n ,ILJ ui - 1877-S4 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au, itic 1; 2 ;04 Do. 6p. o.M:in& Sep. 10.) iu2 204 - ! Do. Ip. c. 10 , , 92 94 929 ' Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 !ape G. Hope, B p c,1873 for 108 210 Do.Ap &Oct. 18' 100 109 111 Do: 184; 10.. 109 ill Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. I.ou tl3 215 - ,(7eylon, Nov.ls7B, 6p c 10 , ) 113 Mauritius 4 per cent .. 100 197 108 Natal Guy. 6 per cent.. 120 109 fi.Gov. 61,6.4 tt.aJ ug:- ;00 iC3 1(5 , iO. 6p. c.Ap. 10c , - N. S.W. Gov. p 1015 1029 - Du. p. ito t ; 106 1019 102 ! Do. d0.,1888 (Itupwth 100 1019 1629 102 ;New Zealand B p .;ent. 100 09 111 iNoys. Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. 102; 104 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 2,1 113 Aus G6p.c.1876.6: up.. 100 112 114 6p.c. Ja.SzJuly 100 108 110 - I Do. to ro.n.1110.(tOot. 100 1099 1109 1 13H.ITISF1 MIN BS. 2 ICambrian Consol. Golds 1 Nitilorcl Amalgamated.. 384 110 2 - Devon G. Con.. "ravist..; 1 550 06u East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 60 65 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. 98 Tar; East Caradon 2.14.e 27 28 East Carn Brea.... E. W'lltussel gayistk 8 6.6 65 7 4 9 Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) 'Ail 11 13 Great South Tolgus l7s 41 65 G. Wheal VOT (Ileiston 90 lu 11 Grenville . ElercAl's- Foot 8.12 19 41 [lingaton Downs 4.' 8.0 19 29 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaut 99 20 22 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 29 19 2 4 New Setun l9l 95 105 -- North Downs l9 19 2 N.Wh'i Basset(lllo4an, 3.1.0 29 39 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (st. Blaze) , 20 Providence(Uny Lent.) 10.6.7 44 96 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 19 410 120 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — - !B.Whes.l Fran. 1/3.15.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 36 38 6 ramarSilv.dc Lead Min. 41 1 4 fin Cron 9 19 20 West Basset (Illogan) l9 99 104 W Cr radon (Ltskeard) 5 18 20 West Seto :2 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 774 829 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 229 274 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott :2.10.8 19 29 Wheal Mar yAnn 8 11 12 Wheal 13eton 685 165 175 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)! 7 20 21 Wheal Union ! 3.17 29 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Est. No. 2, 110 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 2, 115 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 981 Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln, 6 per cent., 126 North British 5 per cent., 110 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 331 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gun. 7 per cent., 181 i Great Luxembourg, 121 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent.,[-- Ditto (ail), 22} JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of Lou .on and Liverpool (um .), 451 5 Ditto, new, 21 61 Australasia, Ditto, new, 481 Bank of Egypt, 26 Imperial Bank (lira.), 221 Imperial Ottoman, )74 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate. 49 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 281 9 London and County, 541 London Joint Stock, 37 61 London and Westminster, 79 Union of Australia, 581 61 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea (lira.), 3} Crystal l'alpce, 71 Discount Corporation, limited, 10 Gen. Cri dit and I. inane of London, lira., 81 Great Ship 'limb it Great Ship, lim., 171 per cent. pf., Hudson a Bay. 13 International nnancial society, Rm., 9 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1570, issued 90, 88 Joint •stodc Discount, 61 Ditto, new, 2 London Finamiat Association, lint, 2U 1 London General Omnibus Company (lim.), 21 North British Australasian, I Oriental Inland Steam, lira., 11 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, 81 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 28 Royal Mail Steam. 751 —Aecordia g to WATER BABIES IN THOUSANDS 1 . the whimsical babble of the Rev. Charles Kingsley in his fantastic book all about Water-babiPs—All the little children whom the good fairies take to, because their cruel mothers and fathers will not; all who are untaught and brought up heathens, and all who come to grief by ill usage or ignorance or neglect; all the little children who are overlaid, or given gin when they are young, or arc let to drink out of hot kettles, or to fall into the fire ; all the little children in alleys and courts, and tumble-down cottages, who die by fever, and cholera, and measles, and scarlatina, and nasty complaints which no one has any business to hav el and which no one will have some day, when folks have rekilled common sense ; and all the little children who have be en killed b y cruel masters , and 'wicked soldiers; they were who we all there, excep t, o f course , th e b a b es o f B e thlehem tilhleedmbthye Holywick i ed l lin e g on li ts. erod ; for they were taken.straight t 3 h eaven l ong ago, as everybody knows, and we call 1181 1091 7o 11► 103 a I i 4EI 125 5 i 1278 I 101 i I Pazd. l all 100 7i all all toc) 100 100 100 100 100 100 Business don., 1051 1051 i THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEillNer, NCiVEMI3ER, 13, 1863: -A„,„0,. t . Irtubt TOUT HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 12. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal) walked and.drove in the grounds this morning. Earl Granville arrived at the castle yesterday and had an audience of her Majesty. The Queen honoured Mr. Frith with a sitting yesterday for his picture of the Prince of Wales's marriage. actions. THE TRIPLE MURDER IN A CAE• CORONERS' INQUEST.—THIS DAY. This morning, Mr. W. Carter, coroner for East Surrey, held an inquest at the Rose and Thistle Tavern, Warner- road, Camberwell, on the body of Samuel William Hunt, the husband and father of the female and two children who were found dead in a cab, under the terrible circumstances already so generally known. Mr. Hubert Wood, solicitor, attended to watch the pro ceedings on the part of the relatons of the deceased, and Inspector Tanner, of the detective force, was present by direction of the Commissioners of Police. The Jury having been sworn, The Coroner said they assembled that morning to in quire into the causes attending the death of William Samuel Hunt, and the questions they would have to consider was, first, whether the deceased died from his own hand, the condition of his mind at the time, and whether he could be manner. considered in such a state as to be responsible for his own The jury having viewed the body, returned to the inquest room. The following witnesses were called and examined : Inspector Molloy, of the B division, said—Shortly after 10 o'clock on Monday night, in company with Inspector Smith, I went to A.un's Cottage, Warner-road, Camber well, We saw no light when we arrived, and then Inspec tor Smith knocked at the door. Not receiving an answer he knocked again. Coroner—Before he knocked the second time was any ling heard within the house ? Witness—No, sir ; but immediately after I beard a noise in the passage. It was a sort of coughing, and as of a person moving about in the dark. I called Inspector Smith's attention to it, and then he gave a loud knock, and immediately a person insids called out, " Who's there ?" I said, " Open the door, if you please ; we want to speak to you." I heard the chain of the door removed, and the door was opened. There was no light; but I saw a man in his shirt. He said, "Who are you—the police ; what do you want ?" and he immediately made towards the stairs. I said " Stop , where are you going ?" He replied, " For a light." Inspector Smith said "I've a light," and he turned on his lamp, saying to the deceased "Where do you want :o go." To which he replied "Upstairs to my bedroom." Coroner—ls the person you have seen dead the same Witness—He is, Inspector Smith then preceded de- ceased upstairs and I followed. Immediately we entered the bedroom deceased sat on the laqi and commenced retch- in very much and was sick. He did the same on going upstairs. When he recovered he said, " What d , ) you want with me." I said " Have you read the account of the mur der on Saturday last?" He replied, Yes, I was reading it . _ _ ;his evening." I said, from information we have had, I believe your family is not at home. He said, "That's right; they went to Southampton on Friday." We eau _ tinned the deceased when he first entered the bedroom, and after I said, "You answer the description," and we must take you into custody on suspicion of being the murderer. He said, " How were they dressed ?" Smith said they wore dark clothing. Deceased replied, "It can't be my family, for they all wore light dresses when they left here." Find ing he continued vomiting, inspector Smith asked him what ..., . he had been taking. He said, " I took a small portion of gin, before I went to bed, which I found in a bottle." We then told him he must dress immediately and go with us. He did so ; and on the way to the station he said he hoped it was not his family, but he would not, be surprised. His _ . wife led him a wretched life; and the children had told him some time back that one day when they were out fora walk with their mother they met a gentleman, who took them for a ride in a cab ; that he was very kind to them, and much like himself, via., that he wore a moustache. Imme- diately on arriving at the station Dr. Puckle was sent for, and immediately attended. Finding the deceased was get ting worse, we sent for Dr. Massey. While Dr. Puckle was attending him he appeared perfectly sensible. The vomit was of a lightish colour. When Dr. Puckle came in he asked him what he had been drinking, and deceased said some gin, upon which the doctor said " Havn' t you been taking something else," he eaid no. Don't you know me, you attended my wife some time ago. She was lying on a mattress, we had been moving and had not got the furniture into the house. Dr. Puckle said he remembered the cir • cumstance. Deceased then said, " I shall get round directly, my heart is affected and the excitement has caused me to be in this way." At this time he was retching very much. Dr. Puckle attempted to administer an an tidote saying, " take this it will de you good," but ac .. cording to my mind there was a disinclination to take it as it was all spilt. On the second attempt deceased's head was held back, and the mixture was poured down his throat. There was a slight force required but not much. After a short time deceased said, "I'm dying, let me lie down." He did so, but shortly after he called out, " I'm better now lift me up, I lost my eyesight for a short time and could not see, but now I can see very well." This latter remark was made after he had been assisted up. He attempted to walk about, but he staggered very much, and he was placed in a chair, when be again exclaimed, "I am dying fast." His eyes closed, his head dropped, and he appeared to be unconscious for a short time, but all of a sudden he started on his feet and said, " I want to write something before I die ; give we pen, ink, and paper. I hope I shall live to finish it." Hu then wrote the paper I now hand in. It was read as fol lows :—" Mr. M'Culloch, pay to my wife £l2O, due 17th September last, and the remainder due to me." Deceased, after he had done so, said to me "I wish you would take charge of it, ae Mr. M'Culloch owes me 18 months' back wages. I wish that and tee £4O I have in my pocket to be given to my wife and children, if they are alive." We then assisted him to a chair, when he requested to be placed on the ground as he was dying, and titter he had been there a short time he again seemed to rally, and said, " I know how she died ; she took prussic acid." I said, " Your wife Where did she get it ?" He replied " I had it in the house—she took it." In a short time after that he expired in an insensible state, I omitted to state until the present moment that when Dr. l'ackle first saw deceased he asked what he had been taking, to which he re plied, " I think there was something else in the glass. I believe I have taken aconite." In searching the deceased's house, there is a cupboard in the bedroom in which I found 12 or 141bs. of soap, cut in pieces, and a small bottle con taining a fluid. I handed it to the doctors, who were pre sent. The bottle had neither stopper nor cork. I searched the house carefully to find either, but could not. Coroner—Have you taken any steps to discover whether his family went to Southampton ? Witness—There is no such .street as that to which he had said they had gone. Coroner—After you entered the house had he any oppor tunity of taking anything ? Witness—No ; I am certain he did not. When I entered :he room I saw some vomit in the utensil. When he sat down on the bed ho cook it up apparently as if he had been using it before. The fluid in the bottle looked to me like a dark kind of oil. I don't know the effluvia of prussic acid, Coroner—What amount of time was there between the first and second knock at the door ? Witness—Just sufficient for a person to come to the door. I should say about a minute and a half elapsed before he came down. I don't think he had time to take anything between the interval that elapsed between the knocking and opening of the door. It Was impossible for him to have seen us before the door was opened, because we took care to place ourselves in such a position to prevent that. The bed had been used when we saw it. Dr. Puckle said, I practice as a surgeon, and reside at Denmark-hill. Last Monday n . ght I was called to the station-house, at Camberwell-green, a few minutes after eleven o'clock. I there found deceased sitting in a chair. I know him to be a person of the name of Hunt, He was retching violently at the time. His countenance was pallid, the eyes presenting a remarkable a p pea rance--the pupils very much dilated. I felt his pulse, which was scarcely perceptible. The action of the heart was extremely feeble, but, with the exception of the retching, his breathing was regular. I asked him what ho had been taking, and he sa id onl y some gin. I said you ' ve taken more than that—what is it ? He replied, " I put my nose to his mouth, but could not detect any path. cular effluvia. The retch in g was violent and spasm o di c , but he did not complain of any sensation at the chest. I thought he had taken a narcotic irritant poison. I at tempted to administer sulph ate of zinc in water. He ob jected to take it. I said, "Come, come, Hunt, you k now me, take it." He allowed his mouth to be co m pl ete l y filled, but, he spat it out again. I had with na , e a seco n d d ose of the emetic, which I took care that he saould swallow. H o did not appear to have the power to resist. The mixture passed easily down his throat. Atter t ? le emetic h e vom i te d immediately, and then exclaimed, Oh my heart." I routed him up to ascertain whether he could grind, but he staggered across the room, almost kno . cking his head against the wall. He did not seem to have the power to raise his arms. I asked him again what he had taken, ana he still said only some gin. I asked him from whence he had taken it, and ho said from a six ounce bottle. He appeared to doze for a few minutes, when he revived, and said he had had such delightful dreamy. I iISKOi him if he bad any poison in the house, to which he said, " I procured some prussic acid some time ago, intending to destroy myself. I walked about for nights, I felt so miserable. But it is not ire the house now. My wife must have taken it with her when she went into the country on Friday." Some ono asked him if he had taken prussic acid. Ho said, " No, or I should not have been here now ; s h o wing his knowledge of the dru g , I as k e d '' uitn if he had any other poison, to which he sa id h e h a d a packet of opium. I again asked him what he had taken, ani he then said, " I may have taken aconite-1 think it was," He lived about a quarter of an hour after making that observation.; I have never seen a case of poisoning by aconite, but, from reading, the effects are consistent with those produced by aconite on the human frame. I receiv e d f rom an officer a bottle , which I produce. It was given to me by Malloy. It contained about two drops of a liquid the colour of sherry. I have tested it, and have come to the certai n c o nclusion it was aconite. I tasted it, and it produced a complete deadening of the tongue. Aconite is procured from a plant known as monkshood. I have no ' doubt ab ou t th e m ixture being ac ronite ; 1.50 of a grain will destroy life in certain animals, but, a ccurding to the opinion of Dr. Taylor, ten minims of acronite will produce death in a human b, : ing. I have made a post-mortc.tu e xamination of the body in company with Messra , H . . Massey and Plower, The examination was made 42 hours after d eat The body was well formed. There was extreme rigidity of the muscles. On opening the head I found the brain healthy, the blood vessels being fuller than usual. The ventricles contained very little fluid, and there was no effusion at the base of the brain. The heart presented a healthy appearance, but the right side was greatly distended, the left side was con. traoted, and did not contain any blood. Tho struc ture of the heart and lungs were quite healthy. I have analysed the contents of the stomach, and found it to contain aconite in small quantities. I have no doubt that death was produced from that poison. I detected it in large quantities in the vomit. Aconite does not produce immediate prostration. It has not so immediate an effect as prussic acid. By Mr. Herbert Wood—l have known the deceased for some time, but I never noticed anything peculiar in his The Coroner said he thought upon the subject of the poisoning it was quite conclusive, and therefore they mi g ht well pass to another branch of the case — viz., the motive or state of deceased's mind. The suggestion being accented to Adolphus Orlando Ritchie was then examined. He said —I am in the service of Messrs. Butler and MacCullock herbalists, drugg ists, and seedsmeu, of Covent-garden market. I know the deceased. He was employed by the firm as traveller and shop assistant. He used to take samples out when he went his journeys. Last Monday afternoon he told me to get some things from the ware house for him. He was then in the shop serving customers. He came about half-past one in the afternoon and remained till half-past seven in the evening. I saw him the whole of that time. I did not notice anything unusual in his appearance or conduct. He told me to get him some oil of juniper, oil, of ropes, tincture of aconite, and esseetial oil of almonds. None of the bottles produced are not those that I gave him. All the bottles were labelled except the aconite. He did not usually require aconite. Two of the bottles were to be sent out to the Waterloo-road, and the :tconite and oil of almonds were to be called for. I told him the aconite had no label, and he said ho would write one and place it on the table We do not keep prussic acid in a pure state. Any article he required would be supplied without the least hesitation. He usually asked for what he required if it was not kept in the shop. This was the case with the aconite. All the goods are kept under lock, the warehousemen keeping the key. The aconite could not have been got without going to the warehouse. We do not sell essential oils re ail. Our business in those articles is chiefly with chemists. The deceased was not at the shop on'Saturday. Mr. Charles M'Culloch said the deceased was in my ser vice. His name was Samuel "William Hunt. He had been in our service about three years as traveller. We shall continue the report in our next edition. THE QITE:EINS OP SONG. By Ellen Creathorne Clayton. Two Vols. Smith and Elder. These two really magnificent volumes are the result of a most happy inspiration. It was a glorious idea to celebrate at once the art and the artist, to com memorate in one charming series of charming biographies--" a linked sweetness long drawn out" —those " Queens of Song" who, in the present and past century, have enraptured and enthralled so many hearts and ears. As we turn over these pages what names, fam4liar and famous, greet our eyes and call up heart-tarilling recollections—Malibran, and Pasta, and Sontag, and Grisi, and the rest of the glorious sisterhood, from Katharine Tofts and Mar• garita de L'Epini, the prime donne of 1700, to Miss Louisa Pyne and Madlle. 'Miens, the fair favourites of 1863. Such a record must necessarily be inte resting, and, with its stores of anecdotes, must ne cessarily also be most amusing. But these bio graphies have yet higher claim to our attention. They are written in a most charming natural style, and the authoress has displayed a happy power of seizing upon the most prominent characteristics which work the peculiar individualities of the heroines she describes. The hopes and fears, the early promise,the rising ambition,the disappointments,and the brilliant triumphs, of these Queens of Song, are described in vivid colours, and are to the full as attractive as a romance. As an evidence of how well the authoress appreciates the task she has undertaken, let us quote from her preface this truth ful enumeration of the dangers and delights of— TILE PRIMA DONNA. "Tier story is often of touching and romantic interest, and her fate points an impressive moral lesson. Gifted with powers designed to delight the world, and, in most instances, combined with personal attractions that mate rially enhance the charms of vocal and histrionic efforts, the debutante emerging from the severe labour of her musical studies, enters at once on the dazzling but dan gerous scene of her future triumphs ; endued with sensi bility of no ordinary kind, refined by the cultivation of her voice and ear, and often with the strong and wayward im pulses of genius, her first success in a moment transforms the chry.alis into the butterfly, destined to flutter in the blaze of theatrical splendours. Fascinating the public, and gratifying the intellectual lovers of song, while her beauty and powers remain in their full perfection, the fair and accomplished y ung vocalist cannot but captivate many hearts, and thus becomes surfeited by the flatteries of the spoiled children of fortune, and lured by the wiles of subtle and interested admirers. The intoxication of success fol lowing close upon the absorbing studies, and the doubts and fears that beset the debutante, must be a severe trial to the sensitive and ardent young creature, who, when acknow ledged as ` Prima Donn a, ' finds the world aLher feet, and is the cynosure of the great, the gifted, and the wealthy of society." Such are the attractive heroines whose fitful for tunes are here pourtrayed with so much of apprecia tive sympathy. The first of these volumes contains no less than nineteen, the second as many as twenty biographies. They are profusely illustrated with anecdotes and incidents of the times to which they relate. These anecdotes and incidents are, of course, not all here related for the first time, but they are selected with discrimination and given w ith piquancy and effect. The second volume opens with the life of Giuditta Pasta, one of "the sweet singers of Israel , " a nd the s y m p ath y with which the narrator follows the fortunes and enters into the feelings of the subjects of her narrative is here very remarkably evidenced. Madame Pasta made her debut when only eighteen; but her first season was not a success. She returned to Italy, and studied assiduously for more than a year. "An English nobleman, who saw her at this time, said that her exertions were unremitting. Other singers,' said he, ' find themselves endowed with a voice, and leave everything else to chance. This woman leaves nothing to chance, and her success is certain.'" On her reappearance that success was assured. Hero is a happy glimpse of her triumphant portrayal of Desdemona : "Her great triumph was in • 0 tollo.' In Desdemona she produced an indescribable affect upon the audience. Of the impassioned energy, the spirit, the delicacy, and tender ness which Madame Pasta infused into the characters, pages might be written. In the celebrated scene which closes the s econd act, commencing thus So it padre en' abbandoni Da chi sperar pieta,' fear, anguish, and despair wore successively expressed. in her countenance, and the pathetic singing of the lovely melody, Assisa a pipe d'un solice,' touched every heart. In this part those melting tones, which are designated the tears of the voice,' were heard with touching effect. It was in the last scene, however, when awakened by the raging Otello,' Desdemona starts up, and the indignation and horror of conscious innocence ar e kindled within her, that the powers of Madame Pasta's performance were concen trated. Her transitions from hope to terror, from supplica tion to scorn, culminating in her vehement exclamation, Sono innooente I' electrified the audience; no language could convey an idea of the beauty, the intensity, the sublimity of her acting. Indeed, through out the final scene, her acting was the perfec tion of tragic beauty : her last frenzied looks, when, blinded by her dishevelled hair, and bewildered with con flicting emotions, she see ms to seek fruitlessly the means of flight, were awful. In no ot her character were the varied reso urces of the art of the great trag edian drawn forth consumm ately as in Desdemona, and it displayed the thatc 0 r satility of her powers to advantage when succeeherdinhg altic of Tancredi. The contras t presented bycatilveness bearing as the young hero of S y racuse, to th e g eus a nd graceful simplicity of the artless Venetian lady, h n e e r was very striking, and enhance d the appreciation of gni f . On the lyric stage she th us exercised a double swa t y ; or such was her force of genius that she was ab e o excel in the new school of Rossini, and in the grand style of the ancient school. She shone in operas of the Swan o f Pesaro ;' and she could equally give effect to the sublime airs composed by Zingarelli for Marehesi, Crescentini, Grassini, and other models of what was then called 'the fine school of sing in g .' " We might quot e innumerable passages of equal in terest ; but what w e have g iven will be sufficient to corro borate our testi mon y as to th e very graceful and charming style in which these volumes are penned, and as to the singularly attractive and enthralling character of their theme. The Prince and Princess of Wales. SANDRINGHAM, Nov. 12. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales went out shooting yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton, drove out yes terday afternoon. Hisßoyal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Lieutenant-General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, paid a visit to the Castle Rising estate this morning, and spent the day shooting with Lord Alfred Hervey and other noblemen invited to meet his royal highness. Mr. Odo Rusell left Sandringham House this morning for town. Tne Prince of Wales has not yet been out with the West Norfolk hounds, but has graciously inti mated his intention of subscribing 50 guineas per annum towards the pack. The Duke of Leinster has left his residence on Carlton house-ter. ace for Cartou House, his seat near M ay noo, h, Ireland, for the winter. 'lnc Eat and CountesA of Warwick are shortly expected at their residence in the Stable-yard, St. James's, from their country seat, Lord Brooke and the junior mem bers of the family have already arrived. The E,ri of Lonsdale has recently arrived in town from his seat, Lowther Castle, Westmoreland. Tne Countess of Newburgh arrived from the Continent at her residence in Wilton-terrace on Friday last. Count Polskoy has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. Lord and Lady Blantyre and the Hon. Misses Stuart left town yesterday for their seat in Scotland. Lord and Lady de Blaquiere have given up their residence in Norfolk-street, Park-lane, and have taken 9 Stratford-place, the late residence of Mr. Wm. Peel. The marriage of Colonel the Hon. A. H. A. Anson, V.C., brother of the Earl of Lichfield, with Miss Claughton, elder daughter of the Rev. Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Claughton, and niece of the Earl of Dudley, is appointed to take place on the 2d of December. LORD BROUGHAM.—Lord Brougham left town yesterday afternoon for Paris en route for Cannes, where he will pass the winter. The noble and learned lord, who is now in his 86th year, and is in excellent health, was ac companied by Mr. John Mayall, jun., son of the eminent photographer. His lordship will stay in Paris 10 or 12 days before proceeding to Cannes. The Hon. Mrs. and Miss Hamilton have returned to the Brunswick Hotel, from St. Leonards. The Hon. Charlotte Fitzgerald. sister to the late Lord Talbot de Malahide, died at The Firs, Bindeld, Berk shire, on Monday last. Sir George and Lady Boswell have arrived at the Portland Hotel, Southsea. THE LATE SIR G. C. LEWIS.—The committee appointed at the Hereford county meeting for raising a me morial to the late Sir G. C. Lewis have decided that it shall assume the form of a statue in bronze of the right hon. gen tleman, to be placed in front of the Shire-hall at Hereford. The work is to be intrusted to Baron Marochetti, who has undertaken its execution for the sum of £l,OOO. THE EARL OF CLARE.—We regret to announce that this nobleman is in a very precarious state of health. Lady Wodehouse, La.!) , Elinor Cavendish, and Lady Louisa Dillon, his lordship's daughters, have been summoned_to town in consequence of the illness. Veterans of the Camp, the Church, the Study, and the Senate, man. WELLINGTON is a remarkable illustration of how toil, responsibility, and the liabilities of fame, may be borne when the moral nature and training are a help instead of a drawback. His strength of will, his power of self-reliance, his simplicity of mind, his unconsciousness of doubt or scruple, end his very narrowness of political view, in com bination with his military comprehensiveness of knowledge, enabled him to do and live through what would have killed half-a-dozen men of more sensitive fibre, and a more ego tistical sort of humility. In him, as in LORD CLYDE (who might have lived to the age of Wellington), LORD COM BERMERE, who is still alive and vigorous at ninety, the French MARSHAL D'ORNANO, who has just died at the age of ninety-two ; LORD SEATON, who has departed this year at the age A eighty-seven; and SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS, who was a great professional authority and public benefactor till he died two years ago, at eighty-five, we see that the toils of military life, and the gravest re sponsibilities, do not shorten the existence of men consti tutionally adapted to that career. The LATE ARCHBISHOP or CANTERBURY was past eighty, the present BrsHor or EXETER is eighty-Six, and ARCHBISHOP WHATELY has just ,departed at seventy-six. Sir DAVID BREWSTER is Still active and occupied at eighty-two. The late MR. TOOKE did not puzzle his brain about the Currency too much to be still up to the subject at eighty-six, Six R. Mon cHrsozi is past seventy, and so is Silt J. HERSCHEL. METTERNICH was thrust aside because his work was a failure, and not because he was himself incapable of action. NESSELRODE was Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Chan cellor of the Empire to successive Czars till he died last year at ninety-two, clear-headed and fall of interest for Russia as he had ever been. LORD LYNDHVRST had some infirmities at ninety •one ; bat nobody to the last associated any idea of decrepitude with him,--much less of senile weakness. LORD LYNDHURST was eight years younger at his death ; and we saw in him more of the familiar attri butes of failing executive powers : but he, too, had a clear and calm mind, and a bright interest in the life around him, and at an age when the traditional octogenarian should have been lingering in second childhood. That LORD CAMPBELL should have been hard at work, head and hand, till death fell upon him in his chair, i s h ar dly sur p r ising to _ _ _ those who had long studied his constitution and his course. To those who knew his fibre, physical, mental, and moral, the question was whether he would ever die, and why : and if he had lived over a hundred, doing all the work of his particular judgeship or any other, the final surprise would have been, —not that he had lasted so long, but that he should ever come to a stop. lam myself so tired of reading the incessant remarks—not altogether considerate to LORD PALMERSTON'S own feelings,—on the marvellousness of his being still as clever and serviceable as ever at seventy-nine, that I shall not enlarge upon the case. It speaks for itself ; it may confirm some inferences yieldel by the whole class of cases; and it is a fact of strong and peculiar inte rest far beyond the bounds of our own empire ; but it ought not to be considered miraculous by us.who saw Nesselrode as he was last year, and Lyndhurst as he was last month— the one thirteen, and the other twelve years older than Lord Palmerston is now. Two of his political contemporaties ... remain—one active, the other passive, as far ae the public life is concerned. Lord BROUGHAM is the active one, of course ; and at the recent Social Science Congress he ob served that Lord GLENELG and himself were the only sur- vivors of their generation of members of the Speculative Society; Lord Glenelg is eighty; and that he should have lived so long is the more remarkable from his being a twin, the survivor of his twin brother Robert by many years. We do not forget him ; but we hear nothing of him. As for Lord Brougham, he speaks fur himself so abundantly that I may leave him to that description. There is one more remarkable statesman, who appears at seventy-five, as able as he ever was to guide and shape the fortune of rulers and their dominions and people. Men must be old themselves to remember the interest of the first clear dis closures of the ability of Lard Stratford de Redeliffe—Can ning's cousin—in the field of diplomacy. When he reached his threescore years and ten, he came home from the East — but not to be wrapped in cotton-wool and set down by the fireside, but to render in Parliament services on Eastern questions which no other man is competent to render. May he be there to do this till Eastern questions become better able to take care of themselves I—Once a Week. SOME OF BLAKE'S RAVINGS !—A scrap quoted in Gilchrisi's Life of that Painter— ,6 Great wits to madness nearly aro allied, And thin particions do their realms divide." I was in a printing-house in hell, and saw the method in which knowledge is transmitted from generation to genera tion. In the first chamber was a dragon-man, clearing away the rubuish from a cave's mouth; within, a number of dragons were hollowing the cave. In the second chamber was a viper folding round tho rock and the cave, and others adorning it with gold, silver, and precious stones. In the third chamber was an eagle with wings and feathers of air; he caused the insid e of the cave to be infinite. Aro u n d were numbers of esgle-like men, who built palaces in the immense cliffs. In the fourth chamber were lions of flam ing fire raging around and melting the metals into living fluids. " A robbery of letters ad dressed to this t own? , says the Journal d'Elpeuf," is reportel to have taken place, by the cutting open of the mail . bag received at Po n t de l'Arche. Five registered letters were stolen, one o f which contained a sum of 12,000 f. in Bank notes." The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per .£1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of .C 3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is about 1-10th per ct'at, dearer hi London than, to Paris. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TWO SOLDIERS CHARGED WITH HIGHWAY ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. —Henry Banning and William Henry Pence, two privates of the Grenadier Guards, were charged before Mr. Yardley with violently assaulting William Henry Turner, a post-office letter-carrier, and stealing his silver watch. Inspector Swanson, of the A division, attended to watch the case. William Henry Turner, the prosecutor, said that having delivered some lettet s at the Ranger's Lodge last night about half-past eight he then went to the canteen of the Magazine Barracks in Hyde-park, and having delivered his letters, some of the soldiers asked him to have some beer and a pipe. He did so, and some time after, being a little fresh, he left, when the prisoners asked him to show them the way to St. George's Barracks, and they all left together. While going along, Pence, who pretended to be drunk, grasped his throat and struck him in the face, while Kenning seized his watch. He fell to the ground, and on getting up the prisoners were gone, and he missed his watch and some money and his uniform cap. This morning he went to the Wellington Barracks and identified the prisoners from amongst several others. Police-constable, 222 A, said the prosecutor told him a similar story last night. He took the prosecutor to the Wellington Barracks this morning, the prosecutor having told him that the men who robbed him were Grenadiers, and the prosecutor there, on their being placed with others, pointed to Pence and said he was one, but that he could not see the other. However, on afterwards seeing Benning with four or five others, the prosecutor identified him. The prisoners, who had no questions to ask, wero re manded for a week. THAMES. A MASTER MARINER IN SEARCH ON HIS MOTHER.-- John Leslie, captain of a collier, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with assaulting Mrs. Elizabeth Farrier, the wife of a tradesman, dwelling at No. 131, High street, Wapping. _ _ _ A police-constable named Palmer, No. 258 K, said he was on duty in High-street, Wapping, last night, and heard the screams of a woman. He went to the spot and saw two woman struggling with the prisoner. One was inside, the other outside of a dwelling-house, which the prisoner wanted to enter and was exceedingly violent. The woman said the prisoner had no business there, on which he struck one of them on the face. He then took the pri soner into custody. Mrs. Farrier said that last night she was alarmed by a loud knocking at her door, which was succeeded by kicks, and a cry of " Let me in; I want my mother." Upon opening the door the prisoner exhibited himself, and said he wanted his mother. She told him his mother did not live there, and he said he would enter the house. She re monstrated with him, and he became exceedingly violent, made use of bad language, and struck her on the face. Mr. Partridge—Does his mother live in your house? Mrs. Farrier—No, sir ; I don't know his mother. The prisoner, in defence, said he was in search of his his mother, and that was all he knew about it. Mr. Partridge—You should prosecute the search for your mother in seasonable hours, and when you are sober. The prisoner, a burley North countryman said, well, your honour, I was three sheets in the wind, and that's all about it. Mr. Partridge—When were you paid off ? The prisoner—Eh, mon. lam not paid off at all. lam master of my own ship, the brig Sarah. She lies at the buoy. lam going back to the north. Mr. Partridge said it was a great pity the mother, of whom the prisoner was in search, was not in attendance upon him last night. He fined the prisoner 405., which he paid. WESTMINSTER. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE WITH LAUDANUM. —Elizabeth Bowell, living in Gardner's-lane, Westminster, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with attempting to commit suicide by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. Police Constable B 967, said that about six o'clock last night he was in the Horseferry-road when he was told that the prisoner was at the Telegraph in Regent-street, and that she had taken poison. He went there and found her in front of the bar. When he saw her she remarked, " I was very sorry that I let any one see me take lit." Witness got a cab, into which she was placed, and was taken to the Westminster Hospital, (The witness pro duced a phial which had a printed label on it with the words " Laudanum—poison.") She was attended at the hospital by several surgeons. She was there three hours be fore she was sufficiently recovered to be taken to the station house. Mr. Selfe—Did she give any account of herself ? Witness—She said that she had been living with a man, and she added that the first opportunity she had she would put an end to herself. Mr. Salle—ls the cabman in court? Witness—He is, sir. The cabman was called and said that he had been living with the prisoner about seven years. He could not tell what could have led her to make the attempt on her life. Mr. Selfe said that he would remand her for a week, when he would see what he would do with her. She was then remanded. MARKETS" -This Days MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market this morning the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. Selected parcels moved off steadily, at fully Monday's currency. Otherwise the trade was quiet, on former terms. With foreign wheat the market was extensively supplied. Most descriptions were in fair average request, and the quo tations ruled tolerably firm. Floating cargoes of grain moved off steadily, at full cur rencies. The supply of barley on offer was tolerably large. Good and fine malting qualities were in fair demand, at extreme rates. Other kinds, however, sold heavily, at Monday's quotations. The malt trade was rather quiet, but fine old parcels were firm in price. There was a good supply of oats on the stands. Good and fine corn sold steadily, at full quotations ; but inferior produce was dull, at late rates. Beans and peas met a slow sale , at previous quotations. In flour a fair business was trans acted, and prices were supported. ARRIVALS THIS 'WEEK. Wheat _Barley. Malt Oats. Front 1,470 I 2,580 1290 1 2810 2060 ..... 170 1180 Foreign...... 9,020 6,810 23,630 190 sks, 2,280 br NEWGATE AND LEADENNALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate ; generally speaking, the trade is firm at full currencies. Per Sib. by the carcase. ailed s d s di I n f er ior beef .. 2 8 3 0 ' mutton 3 10 4 4 Nliddling do. •.3 2 3 6 Primed() .. 46 4 8 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal. 38 4 4 Do. smalfdo. .. 40 4 2 Small pork 4O 4 4 Large pork .• .. 3 6 3 10 Lamb 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English and foreign hops on sale is tole rably large. For good and fine parcels there is a moderate demand at late rates; otherwise, the trade is dull, but with out leading to any material change in prices compared with our previous report. New Mid and East Rents .. £4 lOs to £9 Os per cwt. New Weald of Hants.. 4 lOs to 6 Os New Golding ........ 66sto 6 10s , New Sussex ........ 4 lOs to 6 os Y ea rlings .......... 3 Os to 5 Os Olds. ............••• 1 15s to 3 10s "' COLONIAL. T E A,—The marke t since the conclusion of th e public 'ai has re mained very q uiet, and prices are unaltered. SUGAR.—More animation has been appasent, and West India descriptions have slightly advanced. In th e re fi ned m arket there is little change to report, comm on lumps being q u oied 49s Gd to 50s p er cwt, COFFEE. —A very :limited business has been done, aid colonial descriptions have been dealt in at reduced quota tions. RICE.—The operations have been of quite a retai character, without any alteration to quote in values. S A LTPETRE.—There has b een no public sales of im portance, and prices arc nominally inactive. TALLOW. — Business has continued very dull both for present and forward delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 438 Gd, December 43s to 43s 3d, and spring delivery 44s 3d to 44s Gd per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Weekly sales, 33,970 bal ea, 782 speculation and 6,120 for export. Actual export, 10,750 bales. Quotations—Middling Ocleans, 281 ; Mobile, 281 Upland, 28; estimated fair Egyptian, 281 ; esti mated stock, 181,600. Week's import► 6 2 , 749 Surats, 18 to 271. Sales pro This morning's market very quiet. bably about 4,000 bales. - _ The Second Chamber of Wurtemberg will be im mediately occupied with the question of the Emtee, an cipation of the Jews. The report of the commit which extends over no less than 121 quarto pages, has just been prese n ted. The first article stipulates religion between Christians that the differenc e of and Jews no longer constitutes an obstacle to civil marr H iage. N o o mE complete without a WILCOX AND GIBBS' Actlfsr. Simple, compact, efficient, durable, and 8:0:= Warranted to fulfil all the requirements of a perfect family machine. Prospectus free on aPPliCatiOn at No, 135, liWllt-51reet, W;—[ADYT.] SECOND EDITIO SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. •SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. LIVERPOOL RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) GREAT AUTUMN CUP. Blithfield .. - ------ -- ----- - - - - 1 Golden Pledge Fairwator Somersault Won by a head, a head between second and third, and four lengths between third and fourth, CROXTETH CUP. Gemma ... Persuasion ........................................ 1 Twilight 3 SELLING NURSERY HANDICAP. Buckland Prescription ...... 1 TelEntube ........... Seven ran. £5O HANDICAP PLATE. U Birthday filly . Confidence Liston Eleven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 5 SOVS. Jessie Highland Mary ....... 2 Tailor "'••••••••......... 3 Six ran. HOOTON NURSERY HANDICAP. Ro me .. ... 1 Wild Thynne ....... 2 S;a rat. t SELLING STAKES. Coronet Lord Dundreary .. SWEEPSTAKES OF ö SOVS. Jessie . Highland Mary . 3 Tailor SWEEPSTAKES OF 10 SOVS. W. Maxos William S. O'Brien and the Polish Question. The subjoined letter was read at the meeting of the Polish - committee yesterday : Cahirmoyle, Nov. 9, 1863. My Dear Smith —Allow me to ask you to hand to the treasurer of the Polish fund the enclosed order for £2 as my subscription for the months of October and November. I am glad to find that the interest which is felt in Ireland on behalf of the Poles undergoes no diminution. In presence of the many strange manifestations of opinion which now exhibit themselves, I dare not undertake to predict what will be the conduct of Irishmen in relation to any politica. question—but formerly it was one of the noblest characte ristics of tha Irish race that they adhered with inflexible fidelity to those who suffered for the cause of their country, and I would fain hope that this spirit has not been entirely extinguished by the political training which we have un dergone during the last 17 years. Never did a nation re quire aid more than the Poles now require it. lam now unwilling to use harsh terms, lest I should do injury to the cause of Poland, but, of course, it will be understood that I speak my own individual sentiments, and that I do not profess to speak on the part of the committee, when I say that the Poles have been treacherously betrayed by the diplomacy of the three powers which have professed to espouse the protection of Polish interest. The Poles have been lured to destruction, and then abandoned by those who undertook the championship of their cause. From what I saw and heard in Poland I am convinced that very many of the most eminent members of Polish society were induced to commit themselves irretrievably in opposition to the Rus sian Government by the language which was held by the statesmen of Europe. These statesmen have now left thorn :o the mercy of the ruthless tyrant who seeks to eradicate every vestige of Polish nationality by confiscation, exter mination, and murder. In reference to the part taken by England, it cannot be forgotten that when the Polish out break was confined to a small number of conscripts, the Poles were encouraged by the meeting which was held in London and by the language which was held in Parliament to believe that they might count upon the support of the English nation in case they were to risk their lives and for tunes in a struggle with Russia. The voice of the French nation seemed to be even more unanimous in their favour. As for Austria, though it has been obvious to every reflecting mind that the Austrian Government cannot desire t 3 constitute an independent Polish king dom on its borders whilst it apprehends that Galicia and Cracow would seek to bo annexed to such a king dom, yet there is amongst the population that is subject to Austria a sympathy for Poland which tho Austrian Government cannot wholly suppress, and the Poles know that they can rely upon aid from this quarter even though the Austrian Government should act falsely towards them. This state of European feeling might justify the most cauti ous Pole in believing that ho could safely engage in a con spiracy which the ministers of England, France, and Aus tria had declared to be justified by the conduct of the Rus sian Government. No man of sanguine temperament. could have believed that the potentates who undertook to plead the cause of Poland would calmly submit to the insult and humiliation which their remonsti maces on behalf of Poland have brought upon them. As for the part taken by England, it is impossible to imagine anything more contemptible. Lord Russell, finding that public opinion was about to express itself with much warmth in behalf of Poland, undertook to represent the opinion of England by diplomatic action. In the course of a long and didactic correspondence he succeeded in establish ing to the conviction of all his readers the two following propositions : Ist—That the Poles were fully justified in rebelling against Russia. 24—That Russia had violated the compact which it had made with the other Powers of Europe in the treaty of Vienna. Th e violation of a trea t y is hold to be sufficient cause f o r war. When England has to deal with an inferior Power she does no t hesitate to enforce treaties b y fire an d s word. She does not hesitate to exercise speedy and trucu lent vengeance upon those who offer an insult or inflict a real or imaginary wrong. Witne:,s the conflagration of the unoffending city of Kagosima—the most recent of a long series of unjustifiable aggressions upon weaker states. But before the powerful the flag of England is trailed in the dust I How tarnished is the glory of a nation which for merly used to boast that the prediction made by the Roman poet in reference to Imperial Rome had been fulfilled to the letter in the annals of Britain— Tu regere imperio populos, Rornane, memento, has tibi erupt artes— pacisque i mponere morem, Parcero subjectis et debellare superbos. I leave to the chivalry of England the task of justifying and upholding, or of condemning avid contravening, tho policy of those who thus speak and act in the name of Eng land. To my own fel low - countrymen I repeat, " Forsake not the cause of bleeding Poland. Be true and faititful to those who suffer for the sake of their country. The time will come when your intervention on behalf of Poland,h ow ever feeble it may now appear, will become one of the proudest memories of the Irish race 1" As forFrance,the lan guage held by its Emperor is so enigmatical that events alone can interpret it ; but it appears to be an unquestionable fact that France is prepared to allow the Poles to struggles unaided through the long winter which has commenced, and and ajourns the consideration of the " Polish questions who : some indefinite period, at which an European congress th : possibly assemble and continue (luring another season__ a , deceptions of diplomacy. Before I close this be permitted to add a sentence with regard to . saanderetand subject. I observe with much regret that a and those why ing has arisen between some leading Poles These jealousies are interested on behalf of the Circassiaonfs. circassea and the are greatly to be deplored. The cause ' terests are the Barnet; cause of Poland are identical. Their la the circassien s, an Resistance to Russia in Poland aids we P of the lette c r oll t ate tpri:l Caucasus forms a most important diversion vigorous action on the part of force. We, Irishmen, Poles by occupying a large Rouses,: attention on the questions deserves, but we ought have not as yet bestowed as m ease which relate to Circass'a as the the cause of Circassia theXersion in favour of the to entreat those who have espouse d s r ather than wrangle with to co-operate with li e d proper combinations been want of mutual conftl eenCrirnean war between the western tohfeceelo:l:bination aro too often lost by and t the Cireassians,Europe would not now This work might have been powers, the rel°', at. I „ x p e lling the Muscovite from Poland them. Opportunities f O o p o p t od r u ti i i i n n i g ties be 1 equired i simultaneously with the capture of Sebastopol. completed as left unfinished, It must be re - e° k of ISA was . The task d with holier aims than that of propping up the commence and from thet aBCSallCaBll9. tottering domination of the Turk over a l arge portion of Christian Europe.necessary for the se cur i ty o f Eu rope is e that Russia should not only b e h um i liated, but dis "P d•sovereigns and Otherwise, all the membere nati ons of t he earth must bow their heads in reverence to the ukase of the Czar with a humility even more abject than that with which it has been recently received, in the case of Poland, by the English people, The feeble policy which now irri tates the sensibilities of Europe will give place to an out burst of generous enthusiasm in ease the Poles and the Cir cassians be true to themselves, and continue to exhibit the oaring that is insp ire d by hope, and the fortitude which sprinos, from despair —Be lave me, most truly yours, " TiTtm,ram S. O'BRIEN." Mr. Q,C., has been reappointed Counsel to the Admiralty and Judge-Advocate of the Fleet, an office to which he was originally appointed by Sir James Uu►ham in 1852, and which he resigned upon becoming Second Secretary of the Admiralty in 1855. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 426 per mark . and the short exchange on London is 13.41 therefore,er.£l sterling,. mandard gold at the English Aline price la, about t)-10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than LI 1,01" n• en- re so Stu and 3tilCTl tho nkly ;um view the 7, to n, in logy, stock 4tocs et I all 100 (100 ' 100 all 1(0 10, 105 i