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

High incess Wain, 'USSI B , inutes icly in truce, 3 chil- ,icut. - I zroy, ?erth. e 7 at it the sit to ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. An extraordinary meeting of shareholders of th e Standard Bank of British South Afr i ca was held to day for th e p ur pose of confirm ing the resolu t i ons 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 : Great Western 1863. 1862. £61,025 £60,194 North-Western 98,073 92,511 South-Western ................... 22,026 21,577 Brighton. ............. 19,925 20,455 Midland 2,595 40,518 South-Eastern 22,356 22,789 Great Northern • • 34,434 33,144 BLancashire and Yorkshire ...... 34474 32 , 328 Gristol and Exeter ........ 6 ,1d9 6128 reat Eastern 30,708 NManchester, Sheffield, and Lincolt, 16,838 14,397 orth British 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 OCLOCK. At the first ordi nary 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., 1663, have just been published, from 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 s per cent, this morning, and the quotations are now 93 t for trans fer as well as the account. This retrograde move • ment has 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, bring back prices to their former level. The New Threes and Reduced ,Annuities are 91: 1; and Exchequer Bills, is. dis. to 2s. prem.; the 5 per Cent. Loan is steady at 109; 1 ; and the Bonds are higher at 19s. 235. prerr. In the Foreign Market there is very little ani mation, and prices are not so buoyant. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 701 ; do., 1862, 714 1 ; do., Consolides, 531 ; Mexican, 411 ; Greek, 301 1 ; do., Coupons, 141 15; Spanish Passive, 35! e ; do e , Certificates, 13i s ; Portuguese, 1862, 491 ; do., New Loan, 11 I prem. ; Russian, 931; Italian, 72 ; Venezuelan, 61i ; 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, k 7, prem. ; Imperial Privileged Barak of Austria, prem. ; and par East London, 2i to 3 k prem. In the MiAc ellaneous Mark e t, R oya l M a i l Steam have improved to 811; Di scount Corporation are to 39 p rem. quoted at. to 9i prem.; and M ercantile Credit, 3 BRITISH FUND ONE O'CLOCK, Bank Stock -- 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll i New 3 per Cent. Annuities a India S toc k , 1874 911 Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 . Ditto Enfaced P aper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent — Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debeniatres, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto N,onds £l,000 Ditto under £l,OOO .............. Bank Stock for Account .......... — Consols for Account, Oct. 8 India St oc t. f or Account, 5 per Cent...• Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 pe r Cent 2 Ditto £SOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. liratilian 5 ner Cent D itto, 1839 and 1859 D itto 41 p er C en t. 1852-58-60 1, D itto Scrip, 1863, £l5 paid .. Ipm Gr_ek 6 per - Cent.,11824-5, ex-Coupons.. 305 i -10, cto Account 3Ol .Ditto Coupons .., idexican 3 D itto Accou n t Italian 5 per U ent.(Maremmana Ra il way) per Cent Ditto 42 li Account 411 f Moorish I mp p erial 5 er Cent New G ranada lsi Ditto 2 per Cent 3lt Ditto Deferred 9a i o .._ ceou i D itto Land Warrants (Hectare s ) — lltt r ortugue, e 3 per — r Cent., 1853 , A , -Lott o 3 62 per Cent., 1866, 7, '9 , '6O , • • 49 i iA i Ditt o A ccount I.3tlifitt per Cent . 49 A 6 Per Cent , 1822, £ St 93 1850 . 91 Ditto 8 Per 1 860 — Sat-0n:1414r Cent. 1862 931 3 SDitt o Aceiler Cent ...... panish 3 44 t ........... 93 Per ,0,. DittDitto p 5 ,,,,,, ve .nt Spanio Aceoluit ................. sh Cert. o f• 6 Ditto Account. uP not funded Swedish, 4 per c.; 11. Ditto Turkis h 6 per Cent Q: Account. ' • .... .... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Vitt() Account. Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1 862 •. : ............. 731 _Ditto Account . ........ -. 71 Ditt o 6 per Cent. 1803, x,-', Os ... Ditto Account.... ...... ........ Venezuela 3 per Cent...... ........ Ditto Account ...................... 2.5 a Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 ................ Ditto Account ...................... 61i Dividends on the above p a y,C; i • 62i Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins, Lorkcio,. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. ........ -- Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ........ 631 41 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........ French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. 72k Ditto Account.... TWO O'CLOCK, Clnols, Money ?ditto Account ... 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 34 per cent. The Shannon, from the West Indies, has brought £350,311. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing share 100 ItJamie & Lawrence all 63 65 ellsJ Bom.,Barodadt.Centlnd 100 106 107 107 Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New . 8 Ili p 20 Do. E. Shares... 76 llf p 206 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 6f 6i 10 Do. Preference 100 liuffalo,BrantAGodrich 100 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:0 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 18:4 100 at Lilcutta.a-S.l , :astn. (Lin.) 100 10 6 107 st Cape Town Dock Seri/ 100 114 106 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 108 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1070 1 1 86 20 Do. do. & Ext..... 10 16 16p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 10 16 301, stock Grand Trunk of Canada lee 24 23 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 76 78 100 Do. no. deferred...... all 62 64 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonds.. all 7u 72 100 Do. do. deferred...... all • 54 57 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... all 52 54 100 Do. do. deferred..... all 41 43 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook... all 31 33 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 26 28 stock GLlndiarenin.gua.sp.o. 100 1086 1090 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 lf Isl 131 20 Do. January, 1862 8 lf stock Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 107 20 i Gt. W. of Canada Sharet• all 10i 101 206 Do. New .. lB 1 , 6 10'. 10 0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 96 98 100 Do. 56 p. o. do. '77-8.. all 87 89 10 Endian Branch Limited 2 6 p stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 106 +O7 stock D 0.46 p. e. Extension 100 101 102 ICS stock De, 4A d 0........ 100 1 1 8 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Ends. 100 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 69 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. lids, all 20 Newßrunawick do Cando Class A and B. all 3 5 N.ltl.C'daB po lot pi bas 100 82 84 stock Soinde (IN 1066 1076 1071 at ( Do. Delhi ...I • 100 106 107 280 t Do, Do . D Pu o nj . 1 100 0 1l Do. do .... . ' 5 2 aP IC - 6 107 ock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 'lOO 102 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.e.Ja su.J 1877-84 . lO 104 105 1041 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 a 2 104 103 t Do. (5 p. o. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 93 D 4 931 3 I Do. 5 Inscribed stool 100 92 94 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 13,187:' 100 108 110 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 , 100 109 111 Do. 189 t 100 109 111 - 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 (13 11F Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 107 108 109,1 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 130 167 IG9 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 100 101 105 ' Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S. W. G ov. 5 p 18,, 100 1013 1021 j Do. Sp. e.,lBti to Lit 100 102 103 1021 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1021 103 1021 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 10 9 111 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875 lOO 104 106 1011 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO t;1 113 IS. Aus G0p.c.1678.& up lOO 112 114 - Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 Do. to 6 ma. An.&Oct... lOO 1161 1114 111 10; 11k . BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ff /d uhliord Amalgamated — 34 19 Devon G. Cono. (Tavist, 1 545 i 55 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 70 73 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. Id par East Caradon ...... 261 273 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 61 74 E. WlRussel (Tavistk.) 8.6.6 334 3 1 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) tBi 13 15 Great South Tolgus l7 s, 41 61 G. Wheal Vor(lielston 40 lu 11 I G renville . Herc...d's-Foot .. • 8.12 14 tlingston Downs 4. 8.0 1/ 21 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 9fi 18 20 Mane Valley., 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 21 11 New Setun l9l 95 105 • North Downs 23 11 2 ) Baseet(lllo4•an 2.17.1; 2. 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 3 45 ‘3outh Caradon(Steleer, 14 415 425 —3, Cara Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 - !S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 144.1 , .9) 60 65 ;Stray Park 30.17.6 36 38 15 ramarSilv.& Lead Min it 1 4 ' fin Crort 9 19 20 West Basset (Illogan) l4 94 (03 W C , radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Satan i Wheal Basset (Mogan; 53 723 773 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 18 22 Wheal Kitty(U.Lehmt) 2.0.6 WhealLudvott Wheal Mary Ann i s :Zion ) 8 114 121 Wheal Beton 5Bl XlBO 190 Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 21 23 !Wheal Union ; 3.17 23 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great N'orthern, 4/:per cent., red. at le per cent. pm., 105 Great Western, 4A per cent. pref., 101/ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwall, 4i per cent. stk., 101/ 2 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. 5, 8 per cent., MI Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 86k LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 210 London and Chatham 4e per Cent., 92 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C. 96! FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8/ Great Luxembourg, 131 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 11/ San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 9} Ditto, new, 22} FOREIGN MMES. Kapunda (lim.),"11 United Mexican (lim;, 61 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 122 1 Australasia, Ditto, new, 371 8 Bank of Queensland (lim), 11; Imperial Bank (lim.), 236 Imperial Ottoman, ;81 18 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 52 London and South American, lim., 4} London and Westminster, SO Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 13; National of Liverpool, limited, 196 Oriental Bank Corporation, 60 Provincial of Ireland, 93 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (11m. 1 , 8 Union of Australia, 60 Union of London, ZBl :DOCKS.: London, 69 St. Katharine, 681 MISCELLANEOUS,. Hudson's Bay, 9 Ei Madras Irrigation and Canal, 31 Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, Ditto, lie w, 51 Rhymney iron, Ditto, new, 8 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 271 South Australian Land, 34 THE " LIFT" AT THE GRGBVENOR HOTEL.—At the Grosvenor the traveller steps into a room, throws himself on a lunging sofa, and lo! he is in a trice on the third flJor. When wo 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 gallon s of water is sufficient to work the hydraulic apparfo tu s by which the room, with its complement of seven in. ru ,, at es, can be lifted, sa y 120 feet, which, at fivepence a ".")u -sand gallons, makes th e cost a littl e more th an a h a lf- Penny, stook stock Mock stock 20 stock 8 tOCA I OCk SHARE MARKETS--This day, Share/ Rallwaye. 13. 8 1 2 a : 5 : 4. / 11 eB B IBl ar o il Y ii r s es i td ! o l , W o L S; n l: a e i n u a l a . n d d ; . , and E a 'l n x y d e nS lF t e r i r d . k Val. 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 Do A A nr_ •ets ~ div 10 'Dublin B " ben pao B. 50 'Dublin & Belt id ast J une. 25 Dun. , Perth,drAb. June. l at ,Edinburgh & Glasgow. at Glaiig. and S. Western.' et Greatßnlittttlool a EA s a t s e st r tA n o , cnk O o r i d a .: t a k t at 'GreatNorthol Scotland st Great Northern ...... . st Do A stock st Do Bdo at Gt. S. slut W. of Irelan,l! st Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire' at London and Blackmail st Lon., Bri g ht .,& S. Coast ' at 'Lon., Chat., and Dover at 'Lon. & North Western st Lon. & Scr.th Western at , Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 121 Do t shares.. at Metropolitan st 'Midland 6.1.0 I Do New st I Do Binning. & Derby 50 15lid, Gt. W. of Ireland 25 I Do. shares 25 ! Mid Kent 110 Do Cray Line at'North British et 'Edin., Perth, & Dundee 1 at !Nth. Eastern—Berwick 1 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase hi et Do Lecda st Do York at Do Carlisle...... ••• • 1 st ,North London 10 Do New 4.16.4 North Staffordshire 1U N. and S. W. Junction, a at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 11 at Do Scot. Mid. stock., 1 1 10 Shrews. and Welohpool a at Shropshire Union at South Deton ll at South Eastern 8 8i Ai 8 1 t-6 119 120 7 7i st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok., an d Wok. 26 Stockton .t Darlington 25 I Do 2 5 I Do New, 1866 et Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 251500 Ulster 12.10 ; Do st Vale of Neath st }Victoria sta. and Pim et ,Waterford dz Kilkenny et West Cornwall. W. Hartlepool Har.dzß. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford; 5# 100 100 100 100 100 :I No it loo 1 12 - i 1181 1314 1324, IM 136 100 162 E 6 G6l 1111 71 73 110 112 45 (6 103 i 103 ii 1 1 101 102 474 184 129} 1303 1281 ;29 h Jlp V 7 99 55 66 25 17 101 101} 574 584 87 SB4 119 121 1 2 p l 78 79 Ili li/ 124 126 44 46 100 102 50 52 324 331 96 86i 88 100 10 80 37& 8; 9i 7+ 7 4 p' Its 160 41 61 c. 21 p 86 DO 170 180 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. ra w Closing Business Price. i done. 1 281 8 132 k 46 1041 4 THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER, 29, 1863. LAW INTELLIGECE,--This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE PEARSON.-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 many years, the debit side of the account showing figures to the extent of £645,000, 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 consisted of vessels and freight, which had been seized by the American (Federal) Govern ment as contrahmd of war. In the first page of the balance-sheet it is stated that the bankrupt has a claim on the Federal Government of £87,692, on the Confederate Government for £99,000, and on the Italian Government £7,500. The claims of unsecured creditors are £115,330; of cre. d;tors 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, £320 015; leaving the deficiency, as above stated, of X 212,574. The capital was stated to be on the 10th July, 1858, £20,145; drawing account, £12,414 ; trade expenses, £15,781; losses, £198,6.6; profits, £65,861. . . , During a portion of the time Mr. James Coleman was a partner in the firm, and retired in July, 1860, receiving £4,000. 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, £19,810; Circassian, ditto, £35,000; Empress, £3,003; tondona, £14,714; in all £87,962. The steamship Orrell was chartered in 1860 by Garibaldi to take passengers from Genoa to Messina, and 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 £3,000. 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 are 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; ou 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; in 1E62, £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. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, -4- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DISTURBANCE AT THE LONDON PAVILION.-Mr. Henry Hornby, of No. 1, Eversfield-terrace, Daiston, 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, where 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, CM. 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 nosy. 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 costermongcrs he should have fined them 5s each, but as they belonged to a more decent rank he should fine them lOs each, and, would advise them not to make such fools of themselves again. 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 must 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 woman out of the water. She was quits unconscious, and five minutes elapsed before she exhibited any signs of life. Sho had been very ill all night. The prisoner said she was very sorry for what she had done. Mr. 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 Duck, a woman of the town, who had been in custody a week, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, charged with attempting to commit suicide by swallowing a pennyworth of oxalic acid, which she purchased 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 knowa. 613 sugar of lead to the prostitutes of Rat cliff-highway and Shadwell. He had sold sugar of lead to the prisoner before. A pennywcrth would not destroy the life of an adult. The women made lotions of the poison for outward applications. Mr. Partridge said he had received a letter, of which the following is copy, from the chaplain of the House of Deten tion in relation to this case:— " House of Detention, October 29, 1863. "Dear Sir,—Allow me to suggest that it might be ad visable to recommend the poor girl, Mary Ann Duck, for admission 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. Sho seems to be in a rather better state of mind, and promises to make no further attempt on her own life. —Believe me yours very truly, " GEORQE JEPSON, Chaplain. "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 prisoner to the workhouse of St..George-in-the-East. U.S, Feeling and " Quasi-Envoys," TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. • 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 whick 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 foe duty or moral responsi bility which belongs to ev er y B r i t i s h 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. hTherefore 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 in t he United States) the " prominent politicians," of Lhe Northern States feel towards Great Britain and the British. My opinions on this subject inter alia were ex • pressed—no doubt insufficiently, but earnestly and p l a i n ly—in The Sun of 2d April, 1862, that is, now nearly eighteen month s s i nce , th us: — . a 6 rly No doubt we wish—as the British generally wish —well to Amer:cans 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 w i s h 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 oar so far as I am aware , d o no t a l ter t h e fact that w i shes,at it is." The additional experience of nearly a year and a enables me to assert that not n the above is a c or rect view of an u oh n al p lyf le s a inr :i u g vbe s is u ltia b nn i g e e' c eBl ;, c" 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 i n any way d i ff i cult to show how certain persons, described as " quasi- Thurlow Weed, R ev . Mr. Cile W. Beech er , an d certa i n o f hierarchyethnev:vYseir73ev. r. K. Mr. eall. g of " different denomlaations,' have spoken f Great Brit a i n and the British " to their congregation "pe o pl e " h ere b efore they went to speak o f "peace and un i ty " in the old country— and how th e y , on th eir return, try every means th a t se o ‘' and "political sermons," " orations," and pamphlets can effect, to stir up additional ill-will and bitterness against that "old country." I wish my country men to know realities, and not to be misled by an system of d ecept i on here, and in Eng laud . _am, sir, your ob e di ent servant, A BRITISH TRAVELLER. .. organ i sedl 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 debts amounted to £2,100, and the assets in land amount to £1,050. The assignees therefore propose to pay a dividend of 6d. in the pound, reserving £5OO for contin gencies. It is expected the estate will pay eventually from to ls. 6d. in the pound. CENTRAL CRIMINAL CIOURT--This Day, OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) THE FATAL FIGHT NEAR ST. MARTIN'S 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, Whitcombe-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 namber 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 dead. On a post morteni 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 whetber 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 £l5, with intent to defraud the National Bank. It appeared 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. Packman, 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, 1' the prisoner, when. he employed the porter to present :he 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 Cox. It appeared that the prisoner inserted an advertise. ment, stating that he had a living to sell, and Mr. Cox having answered 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, atter consulting his solicitor, paid £3OO by way of deposit. Evidence 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 Jagger., was appointed trustees of the Burial Fund, and they received the bllOl o MO to invest in the Savings Bank in the name of the So ciety, which they duly did. On 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 as., 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 he refused, and, using a coarse expression, 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, and he was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. George Anderson and George Brown were indicted for stealing a box containing a quantity 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 li g ht l ast n i ght, in the discovery, by the constabulary, of the body o f a man named Patrick Quinlan, a baker by tral e , w h ose remains were found, shockingly mutilated, upon the roadside at Ballina • goola, near Grange. The skull was fractured in several parts, and injuries of a severe if nature wer e a p parent on the chest, neck, and arms, as inflicted by some we i ghty in- s trument or bludgeon. Two men, named Thomas H ogan and sdp ithe oc Thomas lastShaughnessy, who were seen in th e company of evening, have be en arrested on u s of blood, it is said, have been di scerned suspicion, anddeceased eaarrky l 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 got clear off, WESTMINSTER. 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 her replying in the affirmative, he said, " Never mind, I'll take you for nothing—jump in," 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 kicK 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—l thought you said that you told tho cab man you had no money. Prosecatrix—l meant that I had no money to spend on cabs. Nr. 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. Prosectitrix--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 your husband ? Prosecutrix—Yes, your worship. Mr. Arnold—Then, may I ask whether you are in the habit of riding with cabtueti and not paying them ? Prosecutrix—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 aro you, being a respectable married woman, in the habit of drinking with cabmen at 2 o'clock in the morning. Prosecutrix—Not generally. I believe never before. Mr. Arnold here intimated that if the man did rob the woman, which be 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 Caeogan place, Chelsea, Mr. Arnold (to prosecutrix)—Did you say that ? Prosecuoix—l cannot remember, I might have said 80. Mr. Arnold—Oh. I can't place any reliance upon the testimony of this woman. Tho prisoner is discharged. THE PARAL L ARS.—A cor respondent of the Rear (A. S. Hersche'l) 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 most 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 -1 rimonts :—" 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 surf ace. On the other hand, the least parallax observed, of 20 degrees, implies an elevation o f 180 kilometers ( 1 17 E ng li s h m i les) at their greatest height above the earth, On the 10th of August last, observations were made at Ilawkhuret, 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 parallax of 35 deg. was commonly observed between Cambridge and Hawkhurst, and of .15 deg. between Greenwich, or London and Hawk hurst-, at disappearance of the meteors. The following heights of appearance and disappearance observed on this occasion approximate in their average very nearly to the foregoing results obtained by Father Secchi. THE SCHILLER MONUMENT AT FRANKFORT.— On the 15th inst. the first stone of the monument about to be raised in Frankfurt 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.—.7/a Acatler. THE SHAM LIFE ASSURANCE SOClETY.—Yes terday the three men, Knowlden, Oxford, and Dron, the three officers of the Perseverance Lite Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly society, were convicted of conspiring, at the Old Bailey, and the Common Sergeant sentenced them to 18 mouths' imprisonment. UNJUST ASPERSION ON A VALIANT SOLDIER.— Lzquiriny Eng/ishman--"But I thought General Bragg was a Yankee ?" _lndignant Bouthcrner—" Oh hy - no means —only nominally I"—Pund/, THE SOURCES OF TIIE NILE, (From the Athencrum.) D Urban, Port Natal, South-East Coast of Africa, Aug. 25, 1863. H av i n g taken a great interest in the travels of 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 1917. Page 839, " In the kingdoms 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 Menfshes are seene, and some have told me (saith Aluarez) that they have seen it. Peter Conillian, a Portugal', which had lived a great part of his 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 Zembae, itself ua e te through the ground, mon strous a nd not in East or We st parallel!. Neyth er d oes Nilus (as some: u affigaiue rme? buthideb ru under satnrdouasftaend rrYsdesart valleyes, without any settled channel], 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 Casate3, upon the East, and the Hils of Sal-Nitrum and the Hils of Selver, on another side, and on the other side with divers other mauntains. The River Nilus runneth northwards many hundred enyles and then entreth into another great Lake, which the inhabi tants doe call a S ea ; it i s much bigger than the u i u n de b r re t a b d e th E t q w u i o n h oc u t a ia d i r i ed Ly a n n e d . first and contayLrinagekbteth, theAnzichi give ce r t a i n an d t o w f e t n b t i i s e s m e o y o u le d s , perfect intelligence, for they traffique into those parts. And they report that in thi s secon d Lake there is a people that sayleth in great shipper, and can write, and useth number, weight and measure, which they have not i n t h e parts of Congo; that they build their houses with Lyme and Stone, and for, their fashions and qualities may be compared with the Portugal's. This seemeth to be in Goyame, where the Abassine entitled himselfe King, and in his title (as before you have read) oil's it the Fountain of Nilus, which Aivarez also mentioneth that Peter Conillian saw," The first lake referred to must be the Lake Nyaesa, about wnich Pr. 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 Portuguese; but they keep all their disco veries in the dark, to suit their own ends, on account of their jealousy towards other nations , t o p revent trading in or near their possessions on this co .v ast ; ers to wit, a cutter I sent last year into one of the r boar d e nor thward was seized them, and all on were bound, whilst suffering from fever , and were thrown into an open boat for days, b ee n released the coast), and they would n ot havot been near the spot—the particulars o f ene at e h f er whem died whilst thus exposed to rain and (this was in an endeavour to open up the ivoryewe trade on then if a British man - of - w ar had hands of the British Government. R w hich affair are now in. the NV. . DICKENSON. TELE AFRICA ISTEAMSLIIP.—St. John's, N. E., Oct. 14.—The Africa still remains opposite the so en t ra nce of the harb our, but will shortly move up toia snore sheltered position . Her mails go to Halifax on Thursday by the Vesuvius . Capt. Stone considered himself 15 mil es further south w hen she struck. She was making water fast that when the engines slowed to take on the pilot the passengers had to assist the crew at the pumps to k ee p h er afloat. Her inj uries will be difficult to repair here, as there is no dockya rd lar g e enou g h to re ceive her. Oct. 15.--The Africa has been beached in a sheltered place . at the head of the harbour. It is impossible to ascertain the extent of the damage till divers arrive &c u m . A and p o a r j o o n rti o o f n th o e t keelsthteerukeaerildfrom t forward sternrl i hs s te e pi s : 4 rel3 gone, saslesnoggeorsneh.ave been There are providedothe r damages amidships. for on shore. ~ L 'AN LAIS TI TIDE,--Sir Robert Pec l ." P11,:c7„ Field Marshal Lord Clyde's Codicil. " STRANGE T( SAN, ON CLUB PAPER." Quoting from the Observer newspaper of the 27th September (sth page, 4th column)—" The codicil appended to the will of the late Lord Clyde, exe cuted at Chatham, and bearing the si gnature of Clyde, F.M.,' is written, strai'ge to say, on a sheet of paper bearing the Athenaeum Club nark"—Mr. Thackeray, in the new number of the C ornhill IWagazine, discourses thus charming'y, gravely, humorously, pathetically, impressively The will of Field-Marshal Lord Clyde signed at Chatham, mind, where his lordship died—is Written, strange to say, on a sheet of paper bearing the Athenserun Club mark I The inference is obvious. A man cannot get Athenmurn paper except at the Athenaeum. 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-Marshal,wealthy, respected, illustrious, could pocket paper 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's baton gloriously won? No; it is a roll of foolscap conveyed from the club. What has he on his breast, under 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. Lot us imagine how in the hall of one or other of these clubs this strange anecdote will be discussed. "Notorious screw," says Sneer. "The poor old fellow's avarice has long been known." " Suppose he wishes to imitate the Duke of Mtalborough,' , says Simper. " Habit of looting contracted in India, you know; ain'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 paper at the club ?I' interposes Janes. "It is dated at Chatham, my good man," says Brown. "A man if he is in London, says he is in London. A man if he is in Rochester, says he is in Rochester. This man 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," sighs 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 page 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 I" mks Jawkins. " A man who wallows in wealth and takes paper away from his club I 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 Athenasum 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 club _ _ spoons next I 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 newspaper, this tattle to club gossips and loungers. The field-marshal, wishing to make a futher provision for a friend, informed his lawyer what he desired to do. The lawyer, a member of the Athenaauro Club, there wrote the draft of such a codicil as he would advise, and sent the paper by post to Lord Clyde at Chatham. Lord Clyde, finding the paper perfectly satis factory, signed it and sent it back : and hence we have tha story of "the codioil bearing the signature of Clyde, F.M. and written, strange to say, upon paper bearing the Athe naum Club mark," Here I have been imagining a dialogue between a half. dozen gossips such as congregate round a club fire••place o 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 pompous eulogy pronounced over the gravestone, or tho 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 be found to point out how " strange" his behaviour was. MARKETS---This Day, MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. —Wheat, 40$ Od ; barley, 33s 11d ; oats, 18s 7d ; rye, 28s 9d ; beans, 36s bd ; and peas, 35s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s Od ; barley, 34s 9(1 ; oats, 198 7d ; rye, 30s 8d; beans, 37s 7d ; peas, 36s 3d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LIST WEEK.—Wheat, 104,742; barley, 90,353 ; oats, 12,185; rye, 179; beans, 4,323; peas 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 wasinferior. The few prime breeds on offer sold readily, at very 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 Sibs. 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 Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Primccrs-wool d 0.4 8 6 2 Second do. 3 8 4 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Large orse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime Scots, 6... c • 4 10 5 0 pri me mall do 4 4 4 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 38 4 0 Large hogs 343 10 Second quality do. 42 4 6 Small porkers 4 0 4 4 Suckling calves, 12s to 20s and quarter-old store • pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. . 964 Beasts Cows ............. 130 Sheep a nd lambs .. 4,210 Ca1ve5............ 212 Pigs ............... 400 PORBIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 364 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NENVGATE AND I..iADENHALL.--The supplies of meat are moderately extensive, and the trade rules stead as follows ....Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 48'8d per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Oct. 28. The supplies of stock were moderately extensive, and the trade ruled steady, at 'ery full quotations, as follows: Beet, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d mutton, 3s 10d to 6s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; Os Od to Os Od; and pork, 3a 6d to 4s 4d per 81b8, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Oct. 28.—Prime stock sold freely, at extreme ra tes. Otherwise, the trade was in a sluggish state, as fol lows from 3s 6d to 58 Od ; mutton, 4s Od to t s 5 4 : — B eaf, d v eal, 38 Btl to 4s d; and pork, 3s 6d t o 4 8 4d per 81bs singlidd. calves, 12s to 20s ; quarter-old s t ore pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l4 to £lB each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. - -Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 5s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 14s per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—MeaiIow hay, £3 Os to £4 8s; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade inactive. WHITECHAP EL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 14s per load. Supply moderate. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Oct. 29.—Wind this day at noon—South- South-East; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. FALMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wa terloo, from Odessa. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Wind S.W.--Sailed—Eliza Fox, for St. Mich ae l' s . • ne , for CARDIFF, Oct. 28.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Belg , , q_ e, for Monte Video ; Silosensa , for Civita Vecc hia; Sag B CLYDE, Oct. 27.—Wind W.S.W.__Arrived—Burnside, from Quebec, s v r . _-Arrived—Her PORTSMOUTH, Oct. 28.—Win d ' Majesty's ship Ranger, from A.scensiorni:ived_N ew Bruns. BRISTOL, Oct. 28.—Wind NP._ wick, from New York. , ind &W.—Sailed—Miss SUNDERLAND, Oct. 28._ ~ Nightingale, for Galle......wind &W. — Arrived — Princess L IMERICK , Oct. 27. N.B. , Royal, from St. John's Wind S.W.—Arr ived— Augusta GALWAY, Oct. 27. _ . Bwith loss of .. bb 0, 1 ~ ,. ~ and Kelley, from St. Jo . t2 cntwater stove x int o The Dundee, 0ct.,..5. e screw steamer DUNDEE, U l of thi s abandoned on the 15th August in Melville port, was In letely crushed by th ice ; Bay, h av ing been c° a DanishP vessel, Limerick by THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, NEWMARKET RACES—Tms DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Catch 'em Alive is finally declared the winner, [A second telegram says that the race is still unsettled, another objection having been made to the stewards deci. sion.] SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Wingrave Sweet Willie 2 Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOWS, Newtßeatrice .......................................... 1 ork ................................ ....... 2 A.PET.IIOItPE STAKES. Cry theia ..... ........... ***************** .11..A..N-.-D..i_cAP SWEEPSTAKES. Almack Liston .................................. 2 Eighteen ran, SWEEPSTAKES OP 10 SOVS. Dalderdach Prescription............ ............... 1 .......... . .................. Four rang MATCH—Brother to Ace of Clubs beat Tomfoolery. FREE HANDICAP. - - - Giraffe colt ...... Glenorchy Six ran. ......... 2 The Insurrection in San Domingo, By the Royal Mail Company's steamship Sh an _ non, which arrived at Southampton yesterday, we have intelligence from San Domingo giving details of the fierce straggle 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 intelligente :—" 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 aba was fought b e t ween Puerto Plata and Santiago ttle 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 Por:o 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 command of General Suero, were followed on the 10th by another force of 1,600 r but both divisions have been defeated. The latter, on reaching Perez, a place about 18 miles from Porto Plata, were 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 I 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 tke 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 w ith deadly effect. The Spanish losses are over 1,001) in killed and wounded. Many of the inhabitants of Santiago, who had sided with the Spaniards, We re also killed during the burning of the town, and many more, including wom en an d ail. dren, were slain during the retreat of the troops to Porto Plata. The atrocities committed on both sides were horrible, and are eneighbourhoodi said to have been as bad as t h ose committed during the Sepoy rebellion t u India The e f town sa of San Carlos, in the Domingo city, is said also to haveburnt by the re b els, and it isbelibeeveend that Porto Plata will share a similar Ate. 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 Minis rifles, and pro ficient in rapine and lust, are daily roving through the streets, breaking into houses, and destroying their contents. STATE OF TRADE, DUNDEE, Oct. 27.—The excitement of the last few e weeks was continued to-day, and prices are again 1 1 4_ 11 r both for the raw material and for goods. Holders of h: . have raised their quotations from £1 to £2 a ton since wasl week. Fine tows, especially No. 1 Archangel, whi c h sa._ recently bought largely on speculation, is now ve h r i y ou rv " sales and sellers ask £6O a ton for it—close upon whin a week. have been made—being a rise of £6 to £7 within add Medium tow and codilla are also in demand, .. n _sod upon last week's prices. Jute has also been ,io i .-- advance on re quest, and fine has been sold at a consider able com mon. does deman d for previous rates, but the rise on medium The not exceed £1 a ton within the week. The w as remarkably yarns of all kinds, flax, tow, linens cotoe in higher than on Friday. The orders and buyers show great active to-day, and prices are genearnaldlyi much faster than the production, and on the average, quite art ld. a spindle anxiety to place them. Price s more than 10 per cent. 5 per cent. up since Friday, being further they may yet rise it within the week. 110 w much agthe advance hitherto has not is impossible to say, : Each prices were unknown to the checked the demand, bu ll entail a heavy loss when the re actiondelvioznanufacturers are well employed There is a good demand for most trade i atbefore, c omes.s TB 28th.— peratives are generally well e_n classes of hosiery, and I n the rural districts there is a fair and the a y tnh with orders on han d , and the market is fi rm, a nd ' i m n all,'l:iente,iti quite bare in stock. Yarns are eliitsr:E;Ydjelin-nhggeg-haged. Wools are realizing laterinrlttesps,inwnietrhs being 1 "" ' a firm market. NOTTINGHAM,. 28th. — There i s s till very little doing in cotton lace goods The denaand for Mechlin quillings has fal l en off, and indeed all branches of the cotton trade are dull. Buyers purchase very sparingly, and manufacturers limit their producti on to the demand. There is not much doing in black laces and narrow edgings, and silk qullings arettle not selling quite so f reely. In hosiery there is very li change. There are a few ordem in the market for the home and shipping trade. Yarns hold high in price and have an upward tendency. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet, but sten . y. Sales 6,000 or 7,00 bales, The Right Hon. Sir G. Grey has arrived at his seat, Falloden, Northumberland, from B a lmoral. THE Due DE MORNY has accepted the position of President of the Paris Cricket Club. Yesterday evening the shop of Messrs. Gaze, linendrapers, 33, Beckford-row, 'SValir"th' was totally eon sumed by fire. ~lY• ess of 1 and 3esseS i yes- m ded i and mark last with !d by flow. iday. Sau- L the e nck ; 11 a °2 rdaY ridge ss of visit ace• m;11 o -dor latter rent- ClO9 O ay LA n ot its of nosol aCk . S, arah for f , gB'S lake 3 . sir ?ark, isr, ty t Oat .able ,rded 1.777? nder 30 ; ; Ch lig