The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, There is no difficulty in getting first-class three months' bills discounted at 8; per cent., and a pro portionate concession is:made in favour of securities having a shorter period to run. These facilities have naturally led to a marked diminution in the inquiries for accommodation at the discount-affix of the Bank, 9 per cent. being still in force there as the minimum rate. The general market con tinues tolerably active. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank on Saturday. In the manufacturing districts daring the past Week there has been a more cheerful tone. Prices of both cloths and yarns have slightly advanced at Manchester, while a steady business has been re• ported in the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield. The hosiery trade at Leicester has continued active, while in Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton there has been little change of importance. The following official notifications havo been posted in the Stock Exchange : VENEZUELAN DEBT LOAN, 1862. Messrs Baring Brothers and Co.'s agents in Venezuela, Under date Bth Oct„ advise that they have collected for 55 per cent of the impart duties for one week only from the Custom house of Puerta Cabello, 1,910.49 dol ; and from that of La Guayra, 10,594.79 dole; togather 12,505.28 dols. Messrs Baring Brothers also regret to state that their agents on applying at the Custom-house for the 65 per cent import duties for the following week were informed that a revolution having broken out in Guayana, the Government have resolved to suspend the 55 per cent. for a short period to enable them to raise sufficient means to speedily check the outbreak. The amount retained at the La Guayra Custom house is stated to be about 30,000 dols. VENEZUELA LOAN, 1864. The General Credit Finance and Company of London (Limited) are in receipt of advice by this mail from their agents in La Guayra, dated the Bth instant, of the following duties connected on account of this loan, viz. : From Puerta Cabello ... 7,066.82 dole. Amount previously advised.. 83,957.83 „ Total amount collected...... 91,024,65 „ DEBT OF EQUADOR. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remittance of £396 9a 7d on account of the dividends cn the Debt ol Equador. !--( Two O' CLOCK. There has been an advance of 1 per cent. in the Consol market, the latest prices being 894 for tranefer, and 891 for the account. Business has been very dull, but purchases have preponderated, and hence the improvement. More confidence is expressed with regard to monetary prospects, and there are no fresh failures to create uneasivess. The NTew Threes and Reduced are 871 ; India 5 per Cents,, 1051 The Foreign Market presents a rather steady appearance, and there is very little business. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 714 72; do. Conso tides, 50k 1; Mexican, 26i 27; do. New, 25k ; Greek, 22 1; Spanish Passive, 311 ; do. Certifi mtes, 14 1; Portuguese, 461 ; Russian, 871 88 ; tad the Confederate Loan, 60 62. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have )een to an average extent. Lancashire and York 'hire have improved £1 lOs ; Great Northern A Stock, £2 ; Caledonian, North Western, and South astern, each £1 ; and Metropolitan, 10a. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without hey material alteration. Bask and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and in nost instances show little or no change in values. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. . G OVERNMEN T FUNDS. .Per Cent. Consols t i Do Account, Nov. 1 2 B9l per Cent. Reduced ........ few 3 per Cent. B7 i iew 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 . annuities, 30 yrs, expire &th Jan., 1880.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... Do (Rea Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... -- Minh. June. 2teliequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 & 3f per Cent. 4 3 die Do £5OO .. Do £lOO and £2OO .. — ank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. idia Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account ...... — Do 5 per Cent. July, 18 7 0 Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 18 88 ............ ... Ijo Certificates ............ Do Account .... Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. Do 41 pet Cent — Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .... Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 8 5 il die D. Bonds 11,000 Do under £l,OOO .. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLO CS. astrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — razilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1 8 63 B2l uenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account.... bilian 6 per Cent. — Do 41 per Cent olombian 6 per Gent — üba, 6 por Cent. - D? 5 per Cent. 1864 anish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 6 per Cent, 1864 quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal ‘ Land Warrant.. — ;yptian 7 per Cent 9sk 6 Do, Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds reek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account — Do Coupons — De Account — uatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 aiian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 70 / exican 3 per Cent ~... Do Account Do 1864.. Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £33 paid.... — die Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die x d oorish Imperial 5 per Cent ew Granada — Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) —• Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 — Do do Aug., 1866. • 3 ruvian 41 per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. ((7ribarren)... — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 — Do Account . • • Do 3 per Cent., 1856, 7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. 461 Do Account 4 6 3 /4 ussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 —• Do 3 per Cent 1859 ............... Do 5 per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch .... . Do Scrip, £55 paid irdinian 5 per Cent Do Account — )anish 3 per Cent Do Account 471 Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 3 ll ?anish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account - wedish, 4 per Cent. — Do Scrip, £ 6O paid pm urkish 6 per Cen t . 1854 B9 Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account ........................ 69,1 Do £ICO Bonde .................... —. Do 6 per Cent. 1862 ................ 72.13/4 Do Account ...................... 711 8 Do £lOO Bonds.. .................. 72 1 Do 1563 .............. Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent .. •• • • Do 1563 Scrip, £4O paid enezuela 3 per Cent. Do Acc0unt........ -- Do 6 per Cent., 1862 .. )`o Account .......... Do 6 per Cent., 1664 — Dividends on the above payable in London ustrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. elgian 4 3 / 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f ... 99 etch 2 3 / 4 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Do 4 per Cent. Certificates 'mach Rentea, 2 per Cent 'alien, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do .?account...... 'eruvian Dollar Bonds, 4 3 / 4 per Ct. Ex. 4s. iedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — THREE O'CLOCK. ansols, Money. 4 B9} Do Account GARIBALDI'S YACIIT.—A Li verpool gentleman, correspondence with General Garibaldi, has received in-0 )rmation from Caprera that the general has declined to re eive the yacht which was subscribed for in Liverpool as a estimonial, and which has already saiied for CiaribaVi's eland home. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share , Railways. ! Paid. Closing Business Prioe. done. Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A Do. B A gets no div till 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Pert h, Ab. Juno., Edinburgh & Glasgow.i Glaeg. and S. Westerh. l Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern , Do A stock 82 44 1251 1261 85 127} 5,1 61 31 33 10 17 85 t , 7 105 107 131 441 61 7i 1311 1321 144} 1451 129 131 Si 91 75} 7 Do t 3 do Gt. S. an .I IV. of Irelant Great Westerr ,Orig,inal Do Str Val qua. btoua, Do. South Wales .... Do. West A.lld. -Oxi ora Do Newport 51 t 5 39 42 93 101 1141 114! 60 67 103 105 37 29 115 i 116 95 LI 63 65 DO Herelord Lancashire & Yorkshire 'London and Blackwall, Lon., Bright.,& S. Cow I Lon., Chat., and Dover Lou. & North Western! Lon. & So'.th Western' Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. Metropolitan Midland 1:21 1131 133 1331 103 105 Do Birming. & Derby \lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kert ... North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiok Do, G.N.E. purohase Do Leeds t2i 63i 211 01 103 IC9 e6i 674 961 574 Do York Do Do. Stook. dr Darling. Do do 1855-58 ' Do do 181C.61 North London 36 57 Q 104 74 8, 0 118 123 1 la p Do Now Do New, 1864 North Stanbrdshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Soot Mid. stook Shrews. and Welohpooli Shropshire Union South South Eastern Staines, Wok.,and Wok 'fait va1e..... 764 774 101 114 131 138 66 68 66 68 83i 84 8 9 155 160 3i 4i p 98 100 Do C Vale of Neath Waterford do Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool liar. 6:11 1 32 34 45: : 118 0 76 6 7 61 55 41 40 115} 161 103 1 9 1 7 11 17 16} 17 j 1121 i 13 134 f 105 109 a 9 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways ktlantio & St Lawrence ion7.,larodait.Cent In , Gu. 5 ner oent... Do. F. Shares.. iutialo and LaxenuroL Do. Preference .. luffalo,BrantotGodriel p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187 .)o. do. July 1, 187. )o. do. June 1, 18; leutta.&S.Eastn. (Lb, ;apeTown k Dock Seri Demerara 7 p.c. per. pf &man. Bengal gu. b p. h.:ast Indian, em. 5 p. Do. do. J Ext.... 3 rand Trunk of Canal , Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist rret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred..... , Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... /t • lndlaPentn.gua. s p.e Do. Gu I. 5 per cent.. Do. New gub. 5 p. 0... it. South.of India(Lire guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 4 1 per 0ent..... D 0..; It. W. of Canada Sharer -- • • - - Do. New .. .. . . . Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't t)o. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branoh Limited Aladras, guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. 46 do.-- • • Do. Fifth Extension. 11e1b.Corp. 6 p. o. Bndb %Leib. & llobeon's Bay. , Niewßrunewiok s Cand. Class A and B V.Rl.C'daB po Ist 1 bth -•1. ioinde ...... . , Do. Delhi... s:f ~ )o. do ~.,. ti Do. Punjaub : . e Jo. Indus. St. Flu) ti. all all all all all Paid. Closing Price. _ 54 55 101} [(24 idis ip 4:1 7 8 95 10) 8) 91 102 103 102 114 19 20 85 92 67 70 59 di 63 65 55 57 51 53 96 50 28 30 26 28 102 103 pr hp pr ip 99 100 9 9} 11 , 90 92 77 81 d 100 101 93 95 88 00 - - 8 CO all 100 (100 100 2 I`o 'LIOO stock Cook S 5 80 €3 1001 1001 1 , 100 101 ip 10) 101 95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 100 - Do. do. 1883 100 - ;A,,.(•0r.6p.c.Ja. &J ui , --1877-81 ....» 100 96 96 98 - Do. 6 p.c. Feb.& Aux, 100 94 96 - Do. 6p. o. Mar. & Sept 100 93 06 - Do. bp. o. Jan.&July. 10i 80 83 85 - Do. 5 inscribed stool 100 78 8: - ,ape 61.1.10pe, 6p o,187: • 100 104 100 Do.Ap & Oct. 18St 100 104 106 Do. 189( 100 1(5 107 - Jan. & July. 1891 103 107 101 - Jeylon, N0v.186 3 , 6 p 100 102 105 - Do. 1878, do. 100 1( 9 112 - ilauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 102 105 Do. 1878 100 101 107 Do. 1882 130 ,06 108 fatal Gov. 8 per cont 100 102 1(4 - i.B.Gov. 6 p.a. a.&Jul) 100 93 96 - J. S. \V. G ov. 5 p •., 18, 100 97 99 - Do. sp. c•,lBnt to L;7( 100 95 97 - Do. do.IBBB Ozupwdi 100 04 96 94i 51 - ' , few Zealand 6 p cent 100 100 104 - iova Scotia Gov. 6p. c - sterling, 1875. lOO 96 93 - Zueensland Gcv. 10J 102 1015 Aus Gov. 6 p.e.l 6 i6B- 100 - - - Do. 17e •Scul.warcl , 100 106 108 Vle.GoV. 6 p.c. Jaavel ul) 100 - - - Do. to 6p.0. An.&00.. 100 1015 1055 105} BRITISH MINES. 2 Gold ' - Chiverton ....... ..... . 3 54 - Amalgamated- 9 SI 560 - )evon G. Cone. (Tao ist. 600 - Drakewa 5....... 2.1.0. 1 r - 'As( Bassett(lllogan) .sv 525 575 - East Car.xdon ..... L 14.4 22j 234 - :ast Carn Brea.. •• • 3.4. 0 65 7 - East Grenville 2.7.0. 75 71 - East Lovell .. ..... 2.13.6. 10j 114 - x/r1 Russel (Tavistk., 45 4 5 lam.&St.A u byn(Gwen 60 6 8 4 Great Laxey, 11m...! all 154 16j - ireat Soutn 40 17s 85 14 t 3 5 - 4. Wheal Vor(ll elstoo26 - irenville 78•51 65 - lerod's-F00t... .... ••• 3.13 87 39 - ling s ton Downs 4 .1 8 .1 444 - • largaret (tiny Lelant ti 7 9 - darke Valley.. 4 tyndv Iron Ore (Lim. l5 d Nangiles.. 19 24 6 - dew2ls CO •70 ,T or th Downs . 3 15 - North R05kear........•• 295 17 19 - ttaseet(lilog-tu. 3.1 , .6 15 2 - north Wheal Crotty , 2.80 25 25 - Prosper United • 7.1 35 31 •rovidence(UnyLelni 10.6.7 36 34 - iouthCaradon(St.Cleer, 15 620 540 4.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 15.18.1 33 36 - itray Park - ['in Crort 9 15 16 - West Basset (Illogan) l5 8 9 VC' radon (Liskeard) 2 5 6 - West Chiver:on - West Solon ...•••• 475 200 210 - Wheal Basset (Mogan 55 90 23 - Wheal Buller(ltedruth, 10 12 14 - WhealLudeott .. . ... 3.5.1 1 15 - Wheal DlaryAnn (Men. 8 15 17 Wheal Beton 585 200 205 - 'Wh e al Trelawney (Lie. 7 19 21 - ,Vheal Uni0n.......... 4 15 --• ritEletatENCE SHAItEs. Great Eastern, E. C., Norfolk 5 per cent. Ext., G rea t Northern, 41 per cent., red. at 10 per cent Ditto, 5 per cent., redeemable at 5 per cent. Great Western Orig . . 4} per cent pf., 97 t. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford 2d guaranteed stock, 115 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pf., Ditto, new per cent pf, 94 Great Northern, 5 per cent., Wed., 108 London, Brighton, Arc., 4 } per cent., 1868, 98 London, Chatham, &0., Metrop. ext., B 6:per cent., 936 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. East Lin - oln, gua. 6 per cent.. 1321 Northern and Eastern 5. per cent.. 53 FORE] GN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 794 20 Great Luxembourg, 11'10f 11} San l'aulo (lim.), 'gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 184 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 20i FOREIGN MINES, Alamillos, limited, 11 6 General, 23 Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 11 St. John del Hey (lim.), 32 306 United Mexican lila), '46, 101 Pm., 1054 6 BANK& Alliance (tim.). 34i 1 4 Ditto, new, issued at 20 pm., 181 19 Anglo Austrian, Australasia, 69 ! British and Californian, lira., Chartered Bank of India, AttAtralia, and China, 326 2 City, 110 Consolidated Bank, Urn., 10 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 191 20 European Bank, lira., 91 1 Imperial Bank (11m.), 31 Imperial Ottoman, 151 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 41 London Bank of Mexico and S. America. lirn., 41 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 London and County, 71 London Joint Stock, Ditto, new. 111 London and 11 estminster, 941 1 Mercantile and Exchange, Urn., 9 National Provincial:of England, Ditto, new, 42 Ditto, ditto. 381 New South \Vales, 42 11 Oriental Bank Corporation, 531 South Australia, 33 MISCELLANEOUS. City of London Real Property, lira., $ If City Offices, lira,, 1} 2 Ebbw Vale, 41a Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 4a Financial Corporation, I Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Ilm., 61 Hudson's Bay, 164 16 Imperi,l Mercantile Credit A cso., lim., (1 International Financial Society, 111/1., 63 3 Joint Stock Discount, London Financial itatiociation, lira., 22 13.14, 841 5 Business dont THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1864. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Very little change took placo in the value of wheat inthe country markets hold on Saturday. In some quarters the trade ruled steady, but the total amount of business trans acted was very moderate. Most descriptions of spring cern met a slow sale at late rates. The flour trade was quiet on former terms. Advices from New York report rather more firmness in the trade for wheat and fiJur, but the demand for export continues small. Oa the Continent the corn trade gene- rally is quiet. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very moderate. The imports from abroad amount to 15,132 qrs of wheat, 493 barley, 35,221 oats, 1,355 beans, 1,992 peas, 45 tares, 20,799 linseed, 6,640 rapeseed, 8,832 malzo, 404 sundry seeds, 200 sacks and 615 barrels of flour. Fresh up to cur market, to-day, tho arrivals of home grown wheat, coastwise and by land carrLige, were very moderate. Although the show of samples on the stands was limited, the trade for red and white samples both from Essex and Kent ruled tar from active. At the close of business, however, the balk of the supply had been dis posed of, and last Monday's currency was steadily sup ported. There is no change, consequently, to notice in prices, compared with last week. The condition of the pro duce was good. There was a fall average supply of foreign wheat on the stands. Millers showed no disposition to operate beyond immediate wants, and the total amount of business trans acted was very moderate. Good and fine American wheats were firm in price, and other descriptions supported pre vious quotations. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request, yet prices on the whole, ruled tolerably firm. With most descriptions of barley the market was moderately supplied. Fine malting qualities were firm in price; otherwise, the trade was quiet, at late rates, Malt changed hands slowly, and prices were somewhat easier. There was a fair supply of oats on offer, and the trade, on the whole, ruled steady at full quotations. Beans were in but moderate supply. The trade, howl over, was very quiet at about stationary prices. Peas met a slow sale on former tams. The show of samples on tho stands was small: The demand for flour ruled inactive at late rates, CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Whet—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 36s to 40s Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 4os 44s Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and LinoDln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864_ 443 508 ~30a 35s . 22a 258 . 30s 358 . 608 638 . 508 52a . 608 C3a . 648 C6B 198 22s 22a 26s 18s 22s 19a 23a 208 23a 348 378 38s 40a 33s 36s 36s 388 363 408 36a 40s 36a 40a 288 30s 268 288 198 25s Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting, new Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Linoolnsh , Feeding, Potato Youghal and Cork, black Cork, white Scotch, Feeding Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White Boilers Irlour--Yown-made, per 2bOlb Suffolk Stockton and American, per barrel .... METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of foreign stock here to-day was less exten sive than on Monday last, and the demand for it ruled steady at full quotations. From our own grazing districts the receipts fresh up this morning were only moderate ; but the supply from Ireland was seasonably good. The arrivals from Scotland were again limited. For nearly all breeds there was a good demand, at an advance in the quotations compared with Monday last of 2d per 81bs. The best Scots and crosses realised 53 4d to 5s 6d per 81bs. The general quality of the stock was but moderate. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, comprised 2,000 short-horns, & c. ; from other parts of England, 500 various breeds; from Scotland, 70 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 500 oxen and heifers. With most breeds of sheep we were but modezately sup plied, and the quality of the stock was inferior, Prime Downs, half-breeds, &c., sold fully at an improvement in value of 2d per 81bs, Otherwise the mutton trade was steady, at full prices. The top figures were 5s 6d to 58 8d per 81bs. Calves, the supply of which was limited, sold at Thurs day's decline in price, The highest quality was 4s 10d per 81be, There was a fair average business doing in pigs, at full prices —viz., from 3s 61 to 4a 10d per Ms. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. a. d. e. d. s d Crse. &inf. boasts 3 4 4 0 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 6 4 Secondquality do. 4 2 4 8 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 6 5 Prime large oxen 4 10 5 2 Large orse. calves 3 10 4 4 Prime Scots, &o. 5 4 5 6 Prime small do 4 6 4 10 One. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 1 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second qualitydo. 4 6 4 10 Small porkers 4 2 4 10 Lambs....oa Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 163 to 203; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 253 each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts . Sheep Calves Pigs Beasts Cows Sheep Calves 329 Pigs. 390 The total imparts of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 15,032 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 13,625—in 1862,10,420—in 1801, 11,423 —in 1860, 8,599—in 1859, 7,120—in 1858, 473. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LASI WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. .. ---. .. 28 .. .... From Antwerp Bremen .. 662 .. 80u10gne...... Calais Dordt.. 6l Dunkirk Gibraltar .. -- Hamburg Harlingen biederablik 143 .. 1795 .. es 11 so Oporto 6l .. .. .. - Ostend oo .. 2 so • ttotterdaut Tonning 2398 .. 1606 .. 123 .. Vigo. oo oo .. .. .."••• 66 .. .. 4 .. .. .. 165 .. .. .. 41 622 .. - .. .. 111 Total ....4,725 .. 8,510 .. 123 .. 894 .. 780 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863 3675 .. 8,235 .. .. 494 .. 1221 18 6 2 .. 1884 .. 9,524 .. 10 .. 437 .. 460 1861 1136 .. 8,563 .. 253 .. 468 1860 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Nov. 2, 1863, and this day, Monday, Oct. 31, 1864, Per 81b. to sink tho offal. Nov. 2, Oct. 31, 1863. 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 8 3 4to 4 0 Second quality do Prime large oxen 4 6 410 410 6 2 Prime Scots, &c 4lO 6 0 5 4 5 6 Coarse and inferior sheep 3lO 4 2 3 8 4 4 Second quality do .. 4 4 4 8 4 6 410 Prime coarse-woolled do Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 4 4 2 410 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs.. .. 440 390 ►SUPPLIES ON SALE, Nov. 2, 1862.—Beasts, 6,420 — sheep, 24,530—calves, 282—pigs, 430. Nov. 1, 1861.—Beasts, 6,400 —sheep, 20,700—calves 219—pigs, 380. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are moderately, but far from extensively, supplied with town and country killed meat. The trade for descriptions is by no means active, yet very litsle change has taken place in prices, compared with Monday last. Per 81b. by the carcase. sd sd Enferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 sliddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 6 4 0 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 tided Middling mutton 4 2 4 4 Prime do .. 4 , 6 4 8 Vaal .. 3 8 4 6 Small pork ~, 4 2 410 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is seasonably well supplied with English hops. The amount of business doing is of full average extent, and fins samples command high prices. Medium qualities move off freely, and the quotations have an up ward tendency. For inferior produce the trade is quiet on former terms. The import into London last week-30 bales from Ostend, 144 Rotterdam, 182 Hamburg, 158 Antwerp, 19 Dunkirk, 10 Boulogne, and 60 New York. per cwt. New Mid and East Kent New Gold ngs New Weald of Kent New Sussex BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of home-grown potatoes on sale at these markets are tolerable large. With foreign produce, how. ever, they are very moderately supplied. In most desorip tions a fair business is doing, and prices rule firm. The imports into London last week amounted to 42 bags from Rotterdam, 90 Boulogne, 7 Calais, 30 Dordt, 50 Hamburg, and 25 barrels from Montreal. Yorkshire Regents 6os to 90s per ton. Flukes Kent and Essex Regents Rocks Scotch Regents Foreign .. . &Os to 60s „ WOOL. There has Lea a slight towitney to improveuieut la the English wool trade. Business, however, has not materially decreased ; but a few descriptions, chiefly skin, have changed hands somewhat more freely at full quotations. In prices, compared with last week, no quotable change has taken place. In colonial wool, by private contract, very little is doing, yet prices rule stationary. The arrivals of colonial wool since the close of last sales have amounted to 71,530 bales, consisting of 17,860 bales from New South Wales and Queensland, 11,860 V , ctoria, 1,852 Tasmania, 4,984 South Australia, 198 West Australia, 9,152 New Zealand, and 25,138 bales from the Cape of Good Hope. Current prices of English wool per lb. s d Fleeces —South Down hoggets . 1 11 Halt-bred do Kent fleeces. . oath Down cwee and wethers 1 11 Loic.stor do. Sorts—Clothing Combing SEEDS. s d 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 2, Very few transactions havo taken place in agricultural seeds. Fcr pricel, however, no chano of importance has taken place. Linseed and rapeseed met a slow sale, and the value of East India has slightly declined. There was an improved demand for cakes, and the prices of prime quali ties have advanced 5s per ton. rurntp,White,p.bus.2Ls to 22s Swede -s -8 Mustard, Brown s White, -s Tares, Spring...... s New winter, bush 8s g, Canary, per quarter —s - 8 Rye grass Clover, Red Eng., et. - a — 8 White Foreign Red —s — s White —s —s Trefoil new. —s —s learraway Coriander cgs 25s If empseed, per qr 569 60s Linseed,Eng,.sowing 613 68s Crashing Baltic -9 —s Odessa —s —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo Os £ll Os Foreign .i.. 9 108 £lO 15s Rape Cakes,p ton.Ct lOs £5 lOs Rapeseed, new,pr qr 70s 76s TALLOW. The tallow trade is firm to.day, and prices have an up ward tendency. The quotation for P.Y.C., on the si ot, is 40s 6d; town tallow is selling at 41s 9d net•eash ; rough fat, 2s 2d per Blbs. Particulars. 1850. 1861 1862. 1863. 1864. Stock this day.... 58,617 38.758 43.606 81,881 50,789 Price of Y.C. 618Ja :o 61s 92 to 47s0d to 41801 to 4086 d to t his 3d —a Od Od —a Od 008 Od Delivery lastweek 2.344 3,325 1,6 , 6 1,565 2,82) Ditto from June 1 43, 59 05,024 3,2: 61 28,161 31,895 Arrivals last week 8,829 7,445 767 8,062 4,868 Ditto from June 1 74,982 47,001 38,255 54, 94 37,863 Price of Town .... 63s 3d 65s 4d .478 9d 45s 9d 44s 3d Mr. Grant Duff at Elgin. Oa Thursday Mr Grant Duff, M.P., gave his annual address at Elgin. There was a very large attendance. On the motion of Mr ALLAN, corn merchant, Bhilie Urquhart was called to the chair. Upon the Dan°,German question Mr GRANT DUFF repeated his well known views, sympathetic with the great Liberal party of Germany. This led him to express the belief that the principle we had seen applied—that of nationalities—would lead to still greater changes in the map of Europe. Por tugal would in all likelihood be in some way united with Spain, and Prussia would incorporate the smaller German Powers. He did not altogether admire the doctrines of nationality, holding it of more consequence that people should be well go verned than the question by whom they should be _ _ governed. Still, the working of the principle mus be considered inevitable, nor did he think they should:regret it, considering what it had done in Italy and was likely to do for Germany and Scan dinivia. It was an advantage that the flank of Germany should be protected against France, Al. hiding casually to the Garibaldi demonstration, he said there was more in it than appeared :—" Ido not think the extraordinary enthusiasm which was exhibited is at all sufficiently explained by referring either to the noble character of the person who was the object of it, or to the exceptional exploits which he had performed. These of course had their share ; but there was more in it than that. I think it ought to remind even Conservative statesmen of the same truths which 1848 proclaimed so loudly, namely, that under the surface of European, nay, even of English, politics there are vague aspirations and desires working which it is well not entirely to ignore. The crowds in the streets of London that day made me think of those striking words of Mr Carlyle in hie Latter-day pamphlet— " Democracy sure enough is here; one knows not how long it will keep hidden underground even in Russia; and here in England, though we object to resolutely in the form of street barricades and in- surrectionary pikes, and decidedly will not open doors to it on those terms, the tramp of its million feet is on all streets and thoroughfares, the sound of its bewildered thousandfold voice is in all its writ ings and speakings, in all thinking and modes and activities of men ; the soul that does not now with hope or terror discern it is not the one we ad dress on this occasion." There are politicians, and Liberal politicians too, who seem to forget that there ever was a year 1848, or, if they don't quite forget it, they think that many of its most characteristic events were mere accidents, and symptoms of mighty forces working below our feet. That is not my view. That is not the impression which I brought bac k some months ago, even from the country in Europe which is generally supposed to be that in which the popular element is least active. The hon. gentle man then expressed himself in favour of a non intervention policy, pointing out that if we had succeeded after an arduous war with Russia, we would have injured ourselves by strengthening the reactionary and barbarous party in Russia. Nor were they so strong in Europe as formerly, owing to the spread of railways enabling European Powers more easily to move their troops. We were more a Cosmopolitan Power, and he referred to what a native Indian had said to him, that another out break like the mutiny of 1857 might not be so far off, the Hindoo and Mahomedan communities being willing to soizs our first European difficulty to shake off our power. But, he said, " Teem are two English influences at this moment which are doing more to conquer for us that mighty empire than could all Armstrong's guns and all 'Whitworth's guns, aye, and against which all Blakeley's guns cannot protect her. The one is the spectacle of what free trade has done for us, and the other is the book by Dr. Gneist, of Berlin, upon our institutions.' The hoc. gentleman proceeded to note with satis. faction Lord Stanley's remarks on the Eastern ques tion, and to take a favourable view of the Franco- Italian treaty. He did not think either Austria or Spain was likely to interfere with the Pope; Spain especially, owing to the prevalent utter want of faith which had been eaten oat by the Irquisi tion, was likely to prove a poor support. In con clusion, although, without more energetic popular °pinta), necessary in this country to carry any great measure, reform and many other questions might be far off, yet there were several minor reforms which he thought might be reached, and which he had often urged—namely, improvement of the diplo matic service, reorganisation of public schools, emancipation of the universities, reform of chari trade foundations, and reform of the law, with a view to its eventual codification. MANSION-HOUSE.-0a Tuesday next the chair man (Mr T. Burrowes) and members of the General Pur poses Committee and the aldermen and deputies of the several wards will be entertained by the Lord Mayor at a banquet in the Egyptian-hall, and on Friday a conversa hione will be given by the Lord Mayor in the same place. A. large number of invitations have been issued.—City Press, THE SCOTCH STREAMS.—A constant drizzling rain which prevailed all Thursday and Friday has again swollen the Tweed and Teviot, so as to put angling for a day or two entirely out of the question. On 'Friday afternoon the rivers were rapidly increasing in volume. In Perthshire the weather since Wednesday week has been very disagreeable. Rain has fallen heavily almost daily and has in a great measure suspended out-door labour. All the rivers and streams, which have been remarkably low during the whole summer, have been in a high state of flood for a week past. The salmon spawning tributaries of the Tay have not presented such Et stock of fish at this season for a long Belies of years. In consequence of the flooded state of the rivers, salmon have got easily to the spawning grounds in the upper waters, where they may now be seen literally swarming. The abundance of salmon may be inferred from the fact that in the course of two hours two gentlemen saw upwards of 200 fish leap one of the dam-dykes on the Earn a few days ago. The rivers are well protected by large bodies of watchers ; and at any rate it is impossible for poachers to do much mischief at present, owing to the swollen state of the streams.—Scotsinan. LIFEBOAT DEMONSTRATION AT BOSTON. A grand demonstration took place at Boston, on the 24th inst., on the occasion of the naming 0 the Herbert Ingram like boat. The mayor of the town, Mr M. Staniland, M.P., Nlr J. H. Thomas, J.P., and the volunteers, with their band, took an active pert in the proceedings. The cost of he lifeboat was subscribed by the friends of the late Mr Herbert Ingram, M.P. for Boston—his widow and children contributing liberally to the fund. Mr. Leatham, M.P.. on Female Education. On Thursday night Mr E. A. Leathern, M.P., presided at the annual soiree of the Huddersfield Female Educational Institute, which was held in the Gymnasium Hall, Huddersfield. There was a large attendance. The SECRETARY (Mr David Johnston) read an extract from the report submitted to the business meeting in May last. The number of annual sub- scribers is 104, who subscribe the sum of £92 16s 6d. There are 78 pupils paying 3d per week, contribut ing £3l is Bd, and 49 pupils paying ld each, con tributing £7 14s 11d. The average weekly attend= ante at the classes is 245. The ages of the pupils are as follow : —5l under 15 years of age, 55 above 15 and under 20 years, and 21 above 20 years. Amongst the pupils there are eight married women. Mr. LEATHAM, who was received with loud ap plause, said he thought it was pretty generaly admitted that those who took part in proceedings of this description, if they happened to have an) - thing in their heads of which they wished to make a present to the public, were perfectly at liberty to look upon these occasions as the most fitting oppor tunities for so doing. Indeed, so general had the practice become that public speakers seemed to vie with one another in the courage with which they trespassed upon every conceivable topic which might happen to be uppermost in their own or in the public mind, provided only that these topics had nothing whatever to do with the object of the meeting. Nor was this curious phenomenon confined to educational meetings. Ho had noticed in the reports of agricultural dinners that instead of soaring into high flights of eloquence in praise of the glories of fat stock and on the best manure for turnips, the speakers launched away into criticisms upon the foreign policy of the country, into tirades against the Yankees; and now and then they had denunciations of some unfortunate clergyman who happened to have formed the opinion that a tippet had become an article of clerical attire, or some pre late aho had quarrelled with Moses and could not be induced to believe in Noah's ark. (Laughter and applause.) Precisely in the same way the celebra tions of the votaries of social science appeared to be made the occasion for transferring to the public the annual sweepings of noble brains. Indeed, Sterne never uttered a greater truth than when he said that when a man had one resolved upon a subject, then for a text, Mesopotamia, Cappadocia, Asia, Pontes, Phrygia, or Pamphylia, was as good a text as any in the Bible. (Laughter and applause.) He was afraid he should be considered as a rash invader if he attempted to keep pretty close to the question and to say a few words apropos of the cccasion. This much he would say, that if they would kindly look over the offence this time, he would promise in future to be as illogical, as discursive, and as irre levant as the most fastidious person now presen' could desire. (Laughter.) If they would permit him then, he would make a few observations with refe• renco to female education. And in the first place he thought it was a matter of great congratulation that they possessed in Huddersfield a recognised and successful female Mechanics' Institute. (Ap, plause.) He was quite sure that the establishment and successful working of such an institute must tread with very considerable emphasis upon the corns of prejudice. There were some people whose moral and intellectual feet were so tender that they screamed out if anybody came within a yard of them with these institutes. There must have been a whole chorus of screamers when that institute was set up . not that the screamera were not very sensible people but then they were told that if the very sensible pee. ple of another day had had their own way, we should still have been champing acorns, and, doubtless when our forefathers renounced their time-honoured acorn diet, and turned out of their ancestral huts in favour of the pigs, the very sensible people of that tine regarded that gigantic innovation with very grave disapproval. Now, what was it that the very sensible people of Huddersfield had to ray against this institute and in favour of female ignorance ? They said that such an institute was out of place; that it was an anomaly and an impertinence; that the young people who attended !t had much bet ter stay away ; that they wore much better with out the instruction they got there; that it only turned their heads; that it only in capacitated them for their work ; and that it only took away their attention from those domestic affairs on which they ought to be engaged. That was a very old argument ; it was as old as the hills. It was as old, at all events, as Sidney Smith, who had this very neat way of putting it— not by any means that ho was expressing his own opinion —that if a woman were once permitted to taste of the fruits of the tree of knowledge, the rest of the family would soon be anxious to be fed with the same ethereal and unsatisfactory diet. That was the assertion with modi fications, that had been applied to the education of almost every class of women in the country, and the consequence had been that there had arisen a great controversy on female education, and that as it was the nature of ex tremes to bred extreroes, a set of philosophers had cropped up to maintain that boys and girls ought to be educated precisely alike, After expressing his entire dissent from this doctrine, Mr Leatham combated the statement made by many objectors that the possession of a good education would induce the females of the lower ranks to assume airs unsuited to their rank in life. He contended that when the system of female education had become general among the operative classes no young woman would take airs to herself because she could read a paragraph fluently in the newspaper, or do accounts, or write a neat hand, any more than she would take eh s to herself now because, like a royal prince, she had all her fingers on one hand, or that Providence had been pleased to grant her a nice, comely, cheerful, healthy countenance. (Applause) Another absurd objection was, that a well informed woman made a bad wife to a working man sad a bad mother to his children; that the time of such persons would be taken up by pursuits which are foreign to domestic matters ; that they would neglect John's potatoes for a poem, and John's babies for a romance. Who ever heard of a woman neglecting her own child for a romance? and what remains was ever written which, in her opinion, would compare with the poetry which sparkles in the eyes of her own little boy P The opponents to female education seemed altogether to forget the share which the wife had in making the man. (Bear, hear.) Ht eid not hesitate to say, although it might be deraatory to his own sex, that nine out of every ten men who married poung were very much what their wives had made them. (Hear, hoar, and applanse.) The influence which a woman, patient, orderly, virtuous, religious, and intelligent might have over her husband for good was in calculable. (Hear, hear.) Some men were made of hard, unyielding, unpromsing materials ; but a good woman would go chipping away like a patient sculptor ; it might take years and years, it might take half a lifetime, but in the end she would work the nude block into shape, and thero was many a noble and manly fellow now living who could tell that but for woman and God's blessing upon her work there would not have been much manliness or nobility left in him. (Applause.) He had said nothing o the influence of the mother upon the future of her off spring, because no one would deny that their earliest line pressions were those that were the most durable, and it was to the mother that they must mainly look for this. Ho maintained that it was a high and noble calling that of the working-women of England. (Applause.) They had en• trusted to them much of the happiness of the present generation of working men, They would mould much of the character of the next, and upon the character of the working population the character of the whole nation must more and more depend ; the part which the people would take and the place which the country would fill in history. This was a consideration which had been too much lost sight of in the past. It had been assumed that the happi ness and prosperity of the nation was vested in the hands of a few, but all experience from day to day was teaching that it was not in the Court or in the palaces of the great, but in the cottage, that we must seek for the birthright of prosperity. Beneath those lowly rafters lies the cradle of dominion, and from that humble threshold pi...cads the majesty of States. (Cheers.) If there was a particle of truth in this doctrine, they should recognise at once the necessity of those efforts and the importance of these institutions. (Applause.) There never was an epoch when these considerations were forced upon them with greater power. This was no jog-trot age, when the river of history rolled smoothly on—it was broken at every turn into a thousand cataracts; they lived amidst people of gigantic passions and in the presence of stupendous events. Hitherto our path amongst nations had been one of prosperity and security ; but standing as we did in the midst of so many and so great catastrophes, where was the man who would have the courage to say that it might not become overcast, perplexed, and strewn with peril ? But whatever might be the future which awaited;this country, they, at all events, may take courage, certain that their efforts, under the blessing of Providence, must conduce to the welfare of their fellow• countrymen ; that they would assuage the calamities of war itself, and would crown with a still brighter lusture the victories of peace. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks to Mr Leatham for presiding terminated the proceedings, FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday, about 5 p.m., the train from Dublin to Galway ran off the line near Blllinasloe, when a carriage was overturned and two men were killed—Mr Glenville, a builder, and T. Henry, a a servant of the company. POLICE INTELLIGENCE S —This day, MARLBORO UGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—George Williams, an elderly man of respectable appearance, described as a jeweller, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with assaulting his wife, Elizabeth Williams, at 42, King-street. The complainant said—l have been. married to the de fendant since 1825. Last night about 12 I was in bed when my husband caught up a box and struck me on the head a severe blow, cutting it and causing it to bleed —the on'y cause for it being that a little boy I have the ears of knocked down a board on which there were some of his tools—the child having done so while playing. I should be very sorry to hurt my husband, as he is an aged man, but I had given him no provocatit,n, and he would not give mo time to make an explanation. He also bruised my arms. Mr Tyrwhitt—Was your husband sober ? Wife—l don't think he was quite sober. Defendant—l am v,lry sorry. I w.ts provoked a great deal. My jeweller's box was knocked down and all my tools scattered about. I took up the lid of a box belonging to my wife to smash it, and she rose up and received a clew on the head—but it was an accident. Mr Tyr whitt—llas he ever assaulted you before ? Wifc—lle has ; but I don't want to hurt him. _ _ _ Mr Tyrwhitt--The best thing I can do is to make the defendant find bail. It will be the best thing for both of you. The defendant was then ordered to find bail to keep the peace towards his wife for three months. DETERMINED STREET ROBBERY.—Thomas M'Carthy, a rough looking lad, was charged with stealing a suit of clothes from a boy named George Turner, in the employ of Mr Henry alien, tailor, of Harvey's-court, Strand. It appears that the boy Turner was waiting at the corner of Tottenham-court-road yesterday morning about 11 o'clock for an omnibus to Camden-town, when the prisoner ran up to him and seized a parcel containing a suit of clothes, which Turner was about to take to a customer, and made off with it. The prisoner was followed by two gentle men and caught, having thrown the parcel away while running. A constable said the prisoner was sentenced to 12 months' hard labcur at the Middlesex Sessions for picking pockets in 1863. The prisoner was committed for trial. Thomas Smith, a lad, was charged by Sergeant Coathupe, of the Detective Department, Scotland-yard, with attempt ing to pick the pockets of several females in Goodge-atreet, Tottenham-court-road, on Saturday night. He was remanded. WESTMINSTER. PLACING RAILWAY PASSENGERS IN IMMINENT DANGER.—Charles Murray, a young man about 17 years of age, was brought before the magistrate, charged with placing the lives of railway passengers to the Victoria Station in imminent danger by throwing, with many others not in custody, atones at the railway carriages. Cornelius Fray, inspector of the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, said—l was on duty on Wednesday last, between 12 and 1, at the Victoria Station, when a gentleman who had arrived by the train complained that stones had been thrown at the carriage in which he had just travelled., I immediately went down the line, and on proceeding a short distance saw the prisoner and others throwing atones at a train coming into Victoria Station from London-bridge. Mr Selfe—Where were the stones thrown from? Witness—From a field alongside the line. Mr Selfe—Was it a passenger train ? Witness—lt was, and there were many persons in it. Mr Selfe—Had you a good opportunity of seeing the prisoner ? Witness—l watched him and the others for about an hour, and stones were repeatedly thrown at railway car riagee. The station-master and myself afterwards watched them for an hour. We could not get near enough to the accuses and the others, for some time, to endeavour to capture them, and when we were approaching they ran away. Mr Selfe—How many were there P Witness—Thirteen or fourteen others, but less than him. John Parish, 14G B, officer on duty at the Victoria Station, proved apprehending the defendant last night on a warrant from Effingham-street, Pimlico. Inspector Fray said there had been much trouble in ap prehending him, he had been away to Kentish Town and traced to Effingham-street. Dtfendant'a mother declared that she vvaa sure he was perfectly innocent, and there was a man there could prove it. The man was called, but his evidence went for nothing. Mr Selfe—How often did defendant throw ? Inspector Fray—l counted four times. Defendant was remanded. It was arranged that bail should be taken for his ap pearance. MARYLEBONE. SIIOCKING BRUTALITY TO A HORSE.—A nittn named John BoAin, in the employ of a salesman of Spitalfields, named roitcr Oyler, was charged at the instance of the Royal Society fur the Prevention of Ciuelty to Animals, with cruelly beating a horse at the Great Western Railway Station, Paddington. It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that attentiLn was called to a waggon drawn by two horses. The waggon was heavily laden with turnips—the load being so great that the horses were unable to mov the vehicle, when the de'endant commenced beating one of the horses with the small end of a large whip in a most brutal manner. The animals still being unable to move the waggon, the prisoner took the butt-end of the whip, which was ferruled, and continued beating the same animal between the ears and about the nose—in fact, all over the head. The effect of this brutality was to fell the animal to the ground. Blood was flowing from the nose and ears. Whilst the horse was down the prisoner still continued his cruelty The horse trembled and twitched greatly; and when pri soner was remonstrated with he made use of most disgusting language, and threatened to serve the witnesses the same. Mr Yardley said the case had been fully proved. The prisoner had been guilty of shocking cruelty. He would pass such a sentence upon him as would, he hoped, be a lesson to him for the rest of his life. Ho must be impri soned for 14 days, with hard ltbour. Prisoner—Won't you put a fine on P Mr Yardley—No. lie was then removed. THAMES, UNMANLY AND SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.— John Lewis, a man about 30 years of age, a hawker, was brought before Mr Partridge, charged with assaulting Ann Spicer, a girl about 17 years old. The complainant stated that she was living with her parents at No. 4, Clayhalleplaco, Red Ford, Bow. On Saturday night she was in the Bow road with another girl, and the prisoner came towards them and gave each of them a printed tract. They thanked him and passed on. He demanded a penny for his tracts from each of them. Her companion returned her tract to him, and she was about to do the same wheti he swore at her, and said he would have a penny. She was frightened, ran away from him, and threw the tract on the ground. He soon overtook her and gave her a "punch" with his fist on the eye and knocked her down. He then kicked her three films on the side and hurt her very much indeed. She screamed, and called out "Murder," and he said if she made the least noise he would pull her heart out. She did continue to make a noise, and her companion fetched a police-constable, and gave the prisoner into custody. Charlotte Bannister, a girl of 13, confirmed her friend's statement. James Presoott, police sergeant, No. 1 K, stated that on Saturday evening he was called by the last witness and saw the girl Spicer crying, surrounded by 20 or 30 respectable persons, who were indignant with the prisoner, and said he had shamefully ill-used the complainant. Several persons in the crowd said the prisoner had pushed tracts in their laces, and because they would not buy them loaded them with abuse. They were four blackguards all acting in a similar disgraceful manner on Saturday evening. The prisoner made a lame defence, and said he had a " drop taken" on Saturday night. Mr Partridge mid the prisoner was a most unmanly scoundrel, and sentenced him:for an " aggravated assault' to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. SHAM ANTIQUITIES AT TIIE EMBANKMENT.- Mr Chubb writes :—A. friend has just called in to show me three bronze keys of Roman manufacture which ho purchased from a navvy who had dus them out at the Thames Embankment. On examination I found them to be recent castings, with the moulding sand in the inter stices. I understand that a number of these and similar antiquities are on sale by the industrious navvies at the embankment.—Builder. MURDEROUS OUTRAGE UPON A SHERIFF'S OFFICER.--A sheriff's officer entered the house of a Mrs. Robinson and her son, living at Edge-lane, Liverpool, yesterday morning, in order to serve a writ of execution, The son rushed down stairs, and with a cavalry sword cut open the officer's head and wounded him in the legs, while the mother attacked him with a poker and dealt him some dreadful blows on the head. The officer's hat only saved his life. The Robinsons have been committed for trial. NOVEL SALE BY AUCTION.—On Tuesday, at the sale of the premises at the corner of Newcastle-street, Strand, known as Sams' Hotel, and which is to be cleared away to make room for the site of the Strand Hotel, the auctioneer put up to auction the hoarding which is to be erected round the premises, and which is to be used as an advertisement board by the purchaser. There were several competitors for the property, which, after an active com petition was knocked down for £2O. _ IIIEHALSTEAD MURDER.—Emma Howard, alias Pudney, who was tried at the last Essex assizes for the murder of her child at Halstead by drowning it in the river at that town, but who was acquitted on the ground of insanity, has been removed from Springfi'ld gaol, near Chelmsford, by erder of the Secretary of State, to Broad Moor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Berkshire, At this estab lishment the unhappy prisoner will b 2 detained during her Majesty's pleasure. SECOND EDITION. 6UN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 o'CLocr, SPAIN. MADRID, Oct. 29.—The journals publish n letter from Marshal Espartero, by which he refuses the Presidentship of the Progressistas. The Corres. pondencia announces that Admiral Pareja is about to proceed to the Pac fio, not to replace Admiral Pinzon, but with diplomatic powers to take tLe pleca of M. Mazzlredo. Mr John Bright on the Imerican Conflict. The following is the text of the letter addressed by Mr Lhn Bri g h t to Mr liorcce Greeley Rochlale, Oct. 1, 1564. Dear Sir,—Fo r more than three years the pecple of this country have watched with a constant interest the progress of the great conflict in which your people have been en gagLd ; end, as you know, some have ri jJiced over the tem porary successes of the enemies of your GoNernment, and some have deeply lamented over them. At this moment we turn our eyes rather to the political than to the military struggle; and there is, with us, the same difference of opinion and of sympathy as regards your coming Presidential election that Las been manifested in connection with your contest in the field. All those of my countrymen who have wished well to the rebellion, who have hoped for the break up of our Uaion, who have preferred to see a Southern Slave Empire rather than a restored and free Republic, BO far as I can observe aro now in favour of the election of General M'Clellan. All those who have deplored the calamities which the leaders of secession have brought upon your country, who believe that slavery weakens your power and tarnishes your good name throughout the world, end who regard the restoration of your Union as a thing to be desired and prayed for by all good men, so far as I can judge, are heartily longing icr the re-election of Mr Lincoln. Every friend of your Union probably in Europe, every speaker and writer who Las sought to do justice to your cause since the war began, is now hoping with an intense anxiety that Mr Lincoln may be placed at the head of your Executive for another term. It is not because they think Mr Lincoln to be wiser or better than all other men on your continent, but they think they have observed in his career a grand simplicity of pur pose and a patriotism which knows no change and which does not falter. To some of his countrymen there may ap pear to have been some errors in his course. It would be strange indeed if, in the midst of difficulties so stupendous and:so unexpected, any Administration or any ruler should wholly avoid mistakes. To us, looking on from this dis tance, and unmoved by the passions from which many of your people can hardly be expected to be free—regarding his Presidential path with the calm judgment which be longs rather to history than to the present time, as our out side position enables us in some degree to regard it —we see in it an honest endeavour faithfully to do the work of his great office, and, in the doing of it, a brightness of per sonal honour on which no adversary has been yet able to fix a stain. I believe that the effect of Mr Lincoln's re-election in England and in Europe, and indeed throughout the world, will be this—it will convince all men that the integrity of your groat country will be preserved, and it will show that Republican institutions, with an instructed and patriotic people, can bear a nation safely and steadily through the most desperate perils. I am one of your friends in England who have never lost faith in your cause. I have spoken to my countrymen on its behalf, and now iu writing this letter to you I believe I speak the sentiments and the heart's wish of every man in England who hopes for the:freedom and greatness of your country. Forgive me for this intrusion upon you ; but I cannot hold back from telling you what is passing in my mind, and I wish, if possible, to send you a word of encouragement,— Believe me always, with great respect, yours very truly, JoHN BRIGHT. Horace Greeley, Esq., New York, U.S. Lord Mayor Lawrence. The present Lord Mayor has fulfilled all the claims that custom had to make upon him, and in less than 12 days hence will have handed over all the symbols of office to his successor. It has not been a brilliant mayoralty, for the simple reason that it has been a quiet time in things extra civic; there has been no famine, no flood, no great rejoie-, ings, no national or international celebrations—and some or all of such events are needful to give full scope to the official capabilities and personals aspirations of a Lord Mayor. Bat every duty of the office has been well per formed, and the citizens could never bestow their thanks more consistently than upon the gentleman who is fast ap proaching his official demise at the Mansion House. The usual banquets have taken place, and one, the dinner to the dignitaries of the Church, having been postponed hom its usual data on account cf efiliction in the family of the Lord Mayor, took place a few days since, and successful beyond expectation—satisfactory evidence of the personal esteem in which the Lord Mayor is held. But amongst the round of banquets there occurred one by means of which the present Mayoralty acquires distinction. On Friday last the Masters and Wardens of the Livery Companies dined to gether at the Mansion House, and for the first time for many a long year there was established between the munici pality and the guilds something like a bond of friendly union. It has been a matter for regret that, between the Corpora tion and the Companies there was "a great gulf fixed ," the Lord Mayor has made an honourable attempt to bridge the gulf across, and has, we believe, succeeded so far that it only needs further efforts of the same kind to establish the relationships that once existed between the twin powers of commercial and civil rule. That this undertaking was prompted by a proper recognition of the value and import ance of the guilds was made evident in the Lord Mayor's address on proposing the toast of the evening. Perhaps even many of the Liverymen who heard him learnt something new of the utility of the companies, and the necessity for preserv ing them intact and in closer communion with the sources of civic authority than has been the wont for a long time past. Let us hope that this was but the first of a series of demonstrations in favour of homogeneity in all the details of civic government, and that the guilds and the Corporation will hereafter understand each other more perfectly than they have done. We began this for the purpose of express ing, on behalf of our fellow-citizens, a sense of thankfulness for the services rendered by the Lord Mayor during his term of office, and we have gone a long way round. Nevertheless, it is meet that there should be something said at such a time, and we are happy in the privilege of being able to testify that the Lord Mayor about to retire from office has given abundant satisfaction in the disposal of the trust re posed in him.—City Press. SHIPPING -THIS DAY, LONDON, Oct. 31.—Wind this day at noon —North- Easterly; moderate breeze and lane weather, but rather cloudy. P LYMOUTH, Oct. 30.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Heroine, `rom Patras for London. FALMOUTH, Oat. W.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Favorita Prom Rio Janeiro—Tre lierroanos, from Guayaquil. Sailed —Helen Denny, Kenilworth, and Hansa, for tho West Indies. SWANSEA Oct. 30.—Wind S.E. — Arrived—Annie Holy berg, from 'long. Kong, ltausGATE, Oct. N.E.—Arrived—Laeta, from Harannab. CARDIFF, O. t. 30.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Albert the Good, from Rio Janeiro. KINSALE, Oat. 29.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Pericles, !min Cuba for Queenstown. (ET MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 30—Elizabeth, from Petersburg—Mary Pring, from Dant zic—lierman, from London—Crapaud, from Guernsey—Wilhelmina, from Hernosand—Elizabeth Ann, from Dordt—Roe Riddero, from Sundswall— Souvenir, from Bruges—Belt, from Gothernburg—Sean, dinavian, from Sarpsborg. A DELICATE MlSSlON.—Another remarkable letter is published in the American papers from, Francis P. Blair, bearing date at Silver Spring, October 5 1851, which permits us to see something of what is going on behind the scenes in the intrigues of the Presidential campaign. This letter was not captured by Confederate cavalry, but is given to the public by Mr Blair himself, to set Mr Lincoln right on the question of his having offered a command to (Lneral M'Clellan if that gentleman woald but with draw his claims as a candidate for the Presidency. Mr Blair tells us that he went to New York as a self-a/ pointed commissioner in the interests of harmony among the friends of the Union, just as Kirk, alias Gilmore, and the melan choly Jacques went to Richmond on the blessed errand of peace, and, like Kirk and Jacques, he had no authority to speak for Mr Lincoln at all. Oh, no I The President had no knowledge whatever that he had left Silver Spring, and what tie said to the New York editors and politicians was wholly on his own personal responsibility. Some tender in terviews ho hold with the amiable Bryant, the philosophic Greeley, and the incorruptible Bennet, and with General M'Clellan he had the pleasure of a long and free conversa tion, in which be gave the general 1 o understand that it ho would resign all aspiration for the Presidency, and wrote to the Presidant asking a command, that command would he given him. Gen. M'Clellan promised to p .nder the pro positions of Blair, but pleaded the domestic trouble of a sick child in the country as a probable bar to a second interview. Mr Blair returned to Washington and made known to Pre sident Lincoln the results of his mission, who received them kindly and courteously, but without indicating approval or disapprobation. It seems clear enough that Blair did not make this offer to M'Clellan without an assurance from guar that it would have Leen ratified at Washing ton in ease it was accepted; but M'Clellan was astute enoulilt to decline. That's all.—The 3har. 100 s teck stook 20 stock 1 0 IWO , stook stock stock stook stook stook 20 stook 102 1i 102} I 191 102} & 101 a .~= TY -, _. :~, t ~S ~'