The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The unsettled feeling witnessed yesterday in the general Discount Market is now passing away, and signs of less stringency are for the moment appear ing. Bill brokers are, nevertteless, very cautious in transacting anything but short-dated bills, for which they enforce the Bank of England minimum of 4 per cent. The demand for accommodation to day has not been of that pressing nature as was manifested during the preceding part of the week, although it still continues to be above the average at this season. A further sum of X 125,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The supply of bar silver by the West India packet has been sold at ss. 11,d. per oz. standard for shipment to India. The Bavaria, from New York, has brough £30,230. The Bank of England return issued by the authorities, for the week ending Wednesday last, although unfavourable i❑ its general aspect, never. toeless presents a redeeming feature, when it is considered that the bullion and reserve of notes have not been so severely trenched upon as might have been expQcted. Important alterations are shown to have taken place in the Government and private deposits ; these changes are in great part owing to the phyment of the dividends and the reimburse• men ts of the Indian debentures. Tho other securi ties have been reduced through the repayment of a portion of the late advances made to the brokers. Annexed are the particulars. Active Circulation. .. Increase •• •• •• Bullion .• • • • • •• Decrease •• •• •• Rest •• •• •• •• Decrease .. Public Deposits •• • • Decrease • • • • • • Other Deposits.. • • • • Increase .. Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease Govel-nment Securities Decrease .. Other Securities .. • . Decrease .. • . Notes Unemployed .. Decrease .. .. £22,136,550 .. 368,175 .. 14,570,611 .. 285,426 .. 3,123,5.54 .. 613,111 .. 4,616,052 .. 4,894,005 .. 16,352,818 .. 3,459,176 .. 724,145 • • 52,887 .. 10,945,363 .. 195,569 .. 21,340,145 .. 1,251,392 .. 6,401,375 .. 650,340 Cape of Good Hope 6 per cent. Government Debentures to the extent of £150,000 were dis posed of yesterday by public competition by the Crown agents for the colonies. The number of tenders received was 73, amounting in the aggre gate to £254,000, and varying in price from par to 14 per cent, premium. All tenders above 108 3 were accepted in full, those at 108 3 will partici pate pro rata. The minimum price, fixed before the allctment took place, was 108. The Crown agents advertise another small loan of £24,000 for the same Government, for which they invite ten ders until 1 o'clock on Monday next. The British Indian Tea Company, with a capital of £250,000, in shares of £2O each, has been projected by an influential board of directors for the purpose of purchasing land in India, and cultivating thereon the tea plant. The estates, which have been pro -visionally purchased, are eight in number, and are situated in the tea producing districts of Assam, Cachar, Syllaet, and Darjeeling. Of this land it appears that there are about 2,000 acres which are now in plant, besides 40,000 uncleared, adapted for tea plantations. The yield for this year, included in the purchase money, is expected to produce fully 160,0001b5., and 500 maunds of 821bs. each of tea seed. During the last few days there has been less activity exhibited in the market for Foreign and Colonial Produce. Sugars have been in moderate request, at rather lower prices. Good and fine descriptions of coffee, however, have fully sustained previous rates. Rice has been in more demand, particularly inferior descriptions of East India, and late values have been fully maintained. Fruit and apices have been rather cheaper, while in the tallow market there has been less activity, at about late quotations. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse to-day, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 57c. Inanimate. Business in the English Stock Market is still conducted on a very limited scale, and as political affairs are for the moment in abeyance, quotations vary but slightly. Since Monday last the move ments have been immaterial, and Consols are again marked 93 1 for money, and 938 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 911 and Exchequer Bills remain at par to 3s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan, at 1081 109 ; and the .51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 116*. In the Foreign. Market there has been less buoy ancy, and Greek have dropped another 11 per cent., viz., to 308 *; and the Coupons 1 to 141, 15 - Mexican are 42* 43; Spanish Passive 351 1; do. Internal, 301 ; Turkish 6 per Cents. 1854, 921 ; do. 1862, 711 4 ; do., Consolides, 541; Italian, 721; 'Venezuelan, 61* 62; Portuguese, 491 ; Egyptian, 1001 ; the Confederate Loan, ,63 65 ; and the Colombian Loan, par to 1 prem. In the Railway Share Market there has bean very tittle business transacted, and prices have not varied to any important extent. Great Western and Midland have improved ss. ; most of the other lines realise previous rates. The Foreign. and Colonial lines are all at former quotations. Bank Share s have been in fair request, and in some instances show an improvement. London and Brazilian 'have advanced to 54, and London and Northers, to 14. India Land Mortgage Bank are quoted 3; s prem. ; Anglo-Austrian, a prem. ; and Er.st London, l 4 2; prem. Mitieellaneous Shares remain steady. 'Royal Mail Steam are dealt in at 77; and Discount Corporation are quoted 84 9.prem. Bank Stocß RIT ISH FUNDS ONE O'CLOCK. k . . —O :3 per Cent. 1t.,,d . ' **, : i — 3uce Annuities per Cent. (-2,onsols Annuities 93 1 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3f per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities.... 5 per Cent. Annuities .. .. Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885..... Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. Ind;,a, Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl 9 Ditto 4 per Cent ... Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — '.Ditto 5 per Cent — Ditto 51 por Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 -- Ditto ' ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Oct, 8 93/ _lndia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent.... 108 a Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent.... par 3 pm .Ditto £SOO Ditto Small • FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 _ D u itto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 , - q. ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l5 -•,,,,KYptian 7 per Cent.. lOOl i I "r'-ne,,k_s p er Cent.;lB24-s,:ex-Coupons — Ditto-Lto •t:,,.. ccount Ditt o ` - '; ‘. °ll P° ll s — Italia n 5 e count Mexico . , 3r Ce nt.(Maremmana Railway ) 81k 1 Ditto A c l e i e e r Cent Moorish 1 t ...•431 i2f i np , ria , ... .. ....... Portugues e 3 , ' •0 Per Cent Ditto 3 per 6, er P ., T 8 1 :44 , 1 , 8 7 5 , 3 ,0, Ditto Accou nt . 'GO, 62 — Russian 5 per c' o ,;; Ditto 5 per Cent," 1 1 8 8 . h 2 , 2 , J 2. St ___, Spanish 3 per Cen t . "` liitto Passive .......... Ditto Account, Epauish Cert. of Coup. rt .. 0 .. t. .. f .. u . .n1die1di 35 i Ditto Account .. '. .. • Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 74 I Ditto Account. D:tto 6 per Cent. 1358 I.itto Account .................. - Dittc, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 7.—.° 4 .... Pe . ; .......... Ditto Account.. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 Venezuela 3 per Cent. - Ditto Account ................... Ditto 6 per Cent., 13 52 ........ Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1561, Ex. 25 francs Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account ~ ..., ........ Closing 0 Shan Railways ['foci. Price. tinniness dont 100 'ittante &St Lawrenc• all 62 04 625 11 I tiom.,Barodatt.Cent atk 100 1061 107/ 1074 ( Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. 204 Buffalo and Lake Buron all 6/ 6 61 10 Do. Preference . all 85 91 100 Buffalo,Brant&Godria d p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:7, 100 - - 100 Do. do. June 1, 16;, 100 - - at Clcutta..sS.Eastn.(Lii„ 100 1(6 107 1061 at Cape Town kt Dock Scrii 100 11 4 106 105 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. t 100 108 109 1081 75 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. ton 1075 I.' 81 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 11 lip 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Ittu 221 /3 1 231 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 75 77 764 7 100 Do. co. deferred all 62 61 62 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonus all 7)/ 72 100 Do. do. deferred all 54 57 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 41 43 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock- all 30 32 311 100 Do. do. deferred...- all 25 27 stock GLlnchaPonln.gua.sp.o 100 108 100 1084 9 1081 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 11 11; 20 Do. January, 1862.. 8 11 lit stook Gt. South.of India (Lim; guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 107 20/ Gt. W. ot Canada Sharer all 101 10 101 205 Do. New 18 Ok 91 1 0 0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 96 98 974 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 88 9) 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 4 p stock Madras. guar., sp. o. 100 106 107 1(64 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 101 102 stock Do. 4* d 0........ 100 98 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock 31elb.Corp. hp. o. Buds. 100 - - 50 Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. all 58 69 100 Do. 7p. a Ntortg. Bds. all - - 20 Newltruntswick &Candi+ Class A and B. all 3 5 N.lll.C'da6 pc Ist pf bth 100 82 84 stock Scinde .... ••-- • • ) (100 1065 1075 1064 at Do. Delhi lOO 106 107 ( Do. do •. 2 5 Ip 20 Do. Punjaub C all --p st Do. Du. ........ , , 100 1(6 107 1061 b lock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 ,102 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - '.au.(iov.6p.c.Ja&Jul2 - 1877-84 „. . ........ 100 103 105 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 101 R 3 - Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 lOt 103 - Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 92 24 921 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 - :Cape G.Hope, 6p c. 1873 100 108 110 - I Do.Ap & Oct 18801 100 109 111 - Do. 189( 100 110 112 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p t 100 113 115 - Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 197 108 1075 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 flq 112 107 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&July 100 OS 105 , - Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - IN. S.W. G ov. 5 p 20801 100 101 102 - Du. sp. c.,18t1 to 1.0 - f7l 100 102 103 --, I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 102 103 1021 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106 - Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 1:1 113 - Aus G6p.c.1678.ez up.. 100 112 114 - IVic•Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 - Do. in s o.o. A,D.ALOOt. 100 110 1104 1 110 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 Id - ICliflord Amalgamated.. - 364 . 38 4 - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist., 1 545 355 - East Bassett (lllogan).. 30 74 77 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. sa. id Par - East Caradon ...... 251 261 - East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 7 74 - E. WI Russel (Tavistk.,i 8.6.6 21 34 Gam.&StAuttyn(Gwen.)l 58 1 13 la - Great South Tolgus....} 17s 5 5 4 - 'G. Wh ea l V or (Ralston 1 40 95 101 - Grenville . 5l 6 - erc•d's-Foot ~,.I 8.12 S 6 :8 - tiling-ston Downs 4. 8.0 14 21 j Lady Bertha - 'Margaret ( Uny Lel= t a 5 22 24 - 131arke Valley.. 4 I Myndy Iron Oro (Lim , 2,4 11 g 4 - New Setun l9l 100 110 - • North Downs 24 14 2 N.Wh'i Basset allo;an 2.17.0 24 31 - North Wheal Crotty - Par Consols (St. Blazey, 15 4 5 20 ,Providence(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 • 3 45 - ISouth Caradon(StCleer,l 11 415 425 - '5. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.61 1 15 - S. Wheai Fran. (Mogan, 18. 1 -.9 60 65 - Stray Park 5 4 ramar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 .5 - fin Croft 9 19 20 - I West Basset (Illogan) ll 91 10/ - W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 - West Setort - Wheal Basset (Mogan: 55 725 771 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 20 30 - Wheal Kitty (I.T.Lelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLuch ott Wheal Mary Ann !Men ) 8 64 95 - Wheal 3eton 5Bl 180 200 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 21 23 Wheal Union 3.17 24 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 981 Midland 4k per cent. pf. stk. rd., 103} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. 13, 71 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, 920 Lancaster and Carlisle, 2101 Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 56i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (11m.) gua. 7 per cent., 20 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidtn), 13 121 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 22: 1 Turin and Savona, 31 Ditto (all), 151 FOREIGN MINES. East del Rey (lina.), Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.); 2& JOINT-STOCK HANKS.' Agra and United Service (lim.), 124 5 3 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Urn.), 44 5 Ditto, new, 21 5 Bank of ciao, lim., Brazili in and Portuguese, Um., 8 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China, Chartered of India. London, and China, 70 I Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), imperial Ottoman, 181 London and Brazilian (lim.), 51 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 51 31i London Chartered Bank of Australia, 30 t London and County, 53 2 London Joint Stock, 361 London and Northern (lim.), London and Westminster, 79f National of Liverpool, limited, 166 New Zealand, lim., 2i Oriental Bank Corporation, 59j 60 Provincial of Ireland. 026 Ditto, new, 37 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.), 6j k youth Australia, 41 Standard of British South Africa (Um ), 26 Ditto, new, 201 Union of Australia, 57} Union of London, 186 DOCKS. London, 64 31 St. Katharine, 64} 5 Victoria, 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic 'loyal Mail Steam, 2* Ceylon Company, 7* Company of African Merchants, Crystal Palace, 38i 9 Ditto, pref., 118 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 118 East India Irrigation and t.;anal, 5* Egyptian Commercial and Trading, iim,, 41 Gen. Crt dit and Finance of Lonaon, lina., 5* Great Ship (lim.), fludson s Bay, 8l Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds rd. 1870 issued 90, 89 Joint •stock Discount, 6i Om ) e t n t o t ns a u n i a G a a n s 4 1 0 i m L ondon Financial Association, 11i 'Madra s I rr i gat i on and Canal, 4 i 2 ntal Steam, 84 Steam, 77 SHARE MARKETS—This day, Paid., Closing Share Railways. Price. andlll3slyr.t. Str. Val. e Tyne. B os t.,Sleat.,andMid.k.m Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A (A gets no did Do. B tftlop e p an. t been paid to 11. I Dublin & Belfast Junc.i I nun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. ,Glasg. and S. Western. Great. Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East A nglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashiee & lorkshi re 'London and Biackwall Bright.,, S. Cbast Lon., Chat., aad Dove:: Lon. & Nor' a Western !Lon. & Scr..th Western I Man., Shef., & Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle. IDot shares 'Metropolitan 'Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kett Do Cray Line North British 13.14. 8 8i ti 81 84 66 1181 I!9} 7 7i 39 40 16 17 97 9) 108 110 51 62 48 49 8 10 1251 1261 128 129 • 134 136 100 IC2 65 651 110 i 111 71 73 1114 112} 434 tl4 1024 102} 101 102 40 47 V3O 131 128 1281 1 1d 96 98 4.4.0 Edin., Perth, & Dundee I Nth. Eastern—Berwtok Do, G.N.E. purohasel Do Lecds 851 01 26 148 1011 1011 Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire 57i 58 88 58i 19.16.4 N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central 'Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock.. !Shrews. and Welchpool ,Shropshire Union .... South Devon .. South Eastern South Wales S. York, and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok. Stockton ez Darlington l Do __ 117 12) 1 2 p 78 79 ' 11} 111 124 126 44 46 ,1 100 102 Do New, 1866 Taff Vale. Do B Do C ,Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath !Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny 'West Cornwall IW. Hartlepool H ar. &R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 60 62 82i 33i 435} :151 98 WO :o 84 374 84 96 7/ 7/ p 152 157 41 51 2/ 3# p ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. 85 119/ / 1121 102,1 1011 1301 1 1281 55,1 1011 } 86 PO 165 175 26 28 BRITISH. POSSESSIONS. THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCI I OIIER IG, 1833. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. The Attorney -General on International Law, On Wednesday Sir Roundell Palmer addressed the ' electors of Richmond, in the Town Hall. He touched on various topics, and especially on the relations of England to the American war. After alluding to the different opinions held in this country on the war, and remarking that sympathy wlth the South was not incompatible with a friendly feeling towards the North, he came to the part which our Govern ment had taken in the matter. Our Government had felt itself bound, in the first place, to recognise facts, and, in the second place, to do nothing to ad vance them. We heard a great many people say, " The Government have recognised the South as belligerents"—that is, as States carrying on lawful war—" why not go on and recognise their inde pendence ?" Now he said these who asked such a question were totally ignolant of the principle on which the Government did recognise the South as belligerents, and at the same time ignore their in dependence. There was no doubt that the Southern States were States exercising government for them selves and in themselves for the time being, and that they were carrying on war on their own and sole account. Our Government recognised these things as facts established, but be it remembered that they recognised the South as belligerents in so far only that they had no control over the events that had led the South to assume that position, and the Government were shaping their conduct in the best manner they could according to the laws of their own country and according to the laws of nations. They gave them no privileges as such, they wished to God they were not belligerents, but being so, they did not refuse to take notice of the fact. The Ame ricans themselves, the Northerners, who complained sometimes that we had given the South a premature recognition as belligerents, forgot that unless the South were belligerents, they could not have main tained the blockade against the South, nor against ships, guns, powder, an all that was known as the munition of war. Therefore, it was as accessary for their purposes, as for the purposes of the South, and above all for our purposes, that our position should be understood, and not be of an equivocal character. There was nothing more important than that we should regard the laws, rulee, and regula tions of war as applicable between the parties and ourselves as a neutral nation taking no part in their quarrels. As to our recognising the independence of the South, we should ask ourselves, " Have they established finally their independence ?'' While there is this furious war raging, whilst battles are being fought from day to day, whilst we see one great city of the South, the city of New Orleans, in the pos sion of the Northerners, and Charleston every day threatening to fall into their hands, when no person can really predict either the duration or the result of the contest, to say that we are to recognise the independence of the South was to say " You must pronounce judgment beforehand," that we are really to take sides and not to wait and see whether these states can establish their independence or not—(ap plause)—without waiting for the event, we deter mine that they will and shall be, and consequently call them independent before they are. Those who demand we should do it, had we done it, would have gone on to say, " What is the use of us calling them independent unless you go on and make them so." (Cheers.) How, in what way should we be better for that ? Should we get more cotton ? Should we break the blockade ? Would the dreadful carnage cease ? Giving them words was not what was wanted ; the wanted action ; they wanted to stop the war. If we gave recognition in words merely, without altering out conduct in other respects, we should be holding ourselves up to the scorn of Eu rope, doing very little real benefit to the Southerners, and at the same time giving just offence to the Northerners, against whom we should be pro• flouncing a verdict prematurely. If the course of events should really establish their independence, if the hostile armies of the North be with drawn from their soil, if they should ever get into that situation which our American colonies found themselves in when they formed the United States, of course we should then recognise them. But we wanted the fact to be settled first. To recognise their indepen dence before that settled fact was to say we wished to bring about that which has not taken place, and while pretending to be neutral we should be plainly demonstrating that we did not mean to be bound by the conditions of neutrality. The feeling which it was thought existed in this country towards the South was explainable in this way—it was the fashion of Englishmen to sympathise with the brave without troubling themselves very much about close especially when the brave were inquiry into politics, seen to be contending against great odds for liberty and independence. It might be recollected that there was a case in point a few years ago. The Goa vernment of Hungary wasin the hands of insurgents. In many great battles those insurgents prevailed over the armies of Austria amid almost the universal sympathies of Europe. It was not until another great power, violating the neutrality it had pre viously maintained, threw its sword into the scale, that the cause of Hungary was defeated. Did any body ask that we should recognise the independence of Hungary whilst the contest was raging? What ever were our sympathies Hungary could not be independent until it acquired independence, which it never did. And yet, actually, while the contest was raging, the United States sent an ambassador over to Pesth with offers of recognition, and that ambassador had the mortification of finding himself just too late, Hungary in the meantime having be come entirely subjugated. Was this a dignified situation for a great natio n ? Was that a situation in which England ought to place herself ? No, un questionably not; we must wait patiently, praying that the devoutly contest in America may soon terminate. And let who will abuse us, whatever pressure may be put upon us, we must be deter mined to do this, and nothing but this, which we believe our duty, applying the best and fairest test to the case—consider what we should like to be done to ourselves if we were in similar circumstances. (H ea r.) Now, our Government had, up to this point, acted upon that principle. Our Government a cted upon this principle when the question arose regarding the assertion of maritime rights, the rights of war by the v esse l s o f t h e U n i te d States against the shipping of this country. We would not for a moment endure that they should invent new powers, that they should transgress the laws of nations, and violate the hospitality of England by attacking, upon the wide seas, our ships which happened to have on board persuns supposed to be on an expedition hostile to the interests of the North. The whole country was prepared, much as we deplored the necessity of it, instantly to vindicate its honour, and to go to war rather than tolerate such a proceeding. They were bou n d t o o b ey ; an d, when it had come to a question of submitting, on our part, to the established laws of war, ship after ship in attempting to run the blockade having been taken from us, and about which all sorts of stories ware told in the papers, though in m any cases th ere might be a real doubt about thejustice of theseizure, we had always said " We will bear for America what America bore for us under the same circum stances,—we must have this matter investigated by prize courts according to the laws of nations, and if these cou r t s d ec id e aga inst us, we mu s t su b m i t to i t , unless we can p rov e some gross and man if est injus tice done by them to us which we would not have practised ourselves." He was bound to say in jus tice to the United States that our Government had not as yet been able to find any such gross or mani fest injustice. He believed they had asserted the laws of war about as strictly as we did, and not more strictly, and we had therefore submitted in good faith. some of t h e decisions might seem to us harsh, when compared with what was done in England with regard to the ships of neutrals when war was carried on by ourselves, and what are may he obliged to administer again if un happily war should occur again. It would he very surpri s i ng if the statesmen of America do Lot see we have acted in good faith and in honour towards them, for on their account, as well as for the sake of our own nation, Government had endured some obloquy from powerful and wealthy citizens who had an interest in carrying on trace with the Southern States, and who endeavoured in many instances to carry it on with out for cne moment considering the trouble and anxiety they cause the Goveinnstut, or the peril in , which they put the nation. He believed he might venture to state, however, that the Government would rather venture to endure the obloquy, or even relinquish office, than fritter away the nation's time and strength in an endeavour to put aside the blockade which unhappily causes so much serious inconvenience and loss to this country, inasmuch as by so doing- we should be abrogating the very course we ourselves had adopted, when in the position of belligerents, and when to the uttermost we took advantage of those rights of war which some people would deny to the North. There was one other subject on which the conduct of our Government also deserved a remark. We know very well that it is perfectly lawful for the citizens of a neutral country to trade with both parties if they can. It is also lawful to sell anything which either party would take in the way of merchandise, powder, shot, guns, or any other things; and we had on both sides had customere, and sold a great many articles of that description. But there was, on the other hand, a limit to all that, and it was not con sistent with the duty of a neutral nation to supply the means of carrying on war as a Government to either party, or to promote warlike expeditions in its harbours, or send ships of war from its shores; and in older to prevent such things from being done—which undoubtedly we should have reason to protest against if done to us, and which could hardly be carried on by any nation on a large scale pro fessing neutrality without involving it in war—we bad got a law which may or may not be easy to con strue, but which certainly was intended to prevent these things. We all knew as a matter of fact that the Confederate States had endeavoured to make this country the basis of their maritime operations. Our Government in perfect good faith said this, " We will not permit anything to be done which can be shown to be a violation of our own laws or of the laws of nations ; we cannot go beyond our laws or the laws of nations, but we will do all we can to prevent the evasion of either one or the other, not caring whether one party or the other benefits by it, not balancing the relative strength or trying to alter it, or permitti ng it to b e a l tered, but s i m ply performing our obligations according to what is dictated by our own domestic legal enactments, and according to the received laws of nations." (Hear, hear.) The Americans had complained of the escape from this country of the well known Alabama, w hich, as we know, had committed great ravages upon their commerce, and of other ships, said also to have left England f or t h e same purpose. They spo k e as though it was a very easy thing for the Government to prevent that sort of thing being done, whereas it was a most difficult thing ; and it was re markable that although their Government in former wars bad not shown any want of will to prevent the sam e thing occurring, he was not aware that they had ever succeeded i n preventing it in one single i n stance, because, altho ug h severa l cases were g h t into their c ourts of law of ships which had gone cut of their harb our comm i ss i oned b y other br ou belligerent Powers, and taken prizes on the seas, they w ere taken noti ce o f only because they had the boldness to come with their prizes into the ports out of which they had in the first instance sailed. There fore, Government it o would not be r easona b le for them to hold our respon s ibl e for every evasion of our laws their disadv an t age. On the other hand, he hoped an d believe d that the people of the country at large wo uld not be i nclined to identify themselves in feel i ng with those me rc h ants of ours, who seemed to t think they were bound by no obligation to our laws at and it was perf ec tl y f a i r for them, if they chose, 0:te ll' , to carry on a trade with a belligerent Power, while at the same time they knew that Government were anxious for the sake of the nation to preserve a strict neutrality. (Hear, bear.) He did not think that w as the pert of patrioti c E ng li s h men, l oya l to their laws, and having a tr ue v i ew of the interests of the cou ntr y . Thou g h perfectly conscious of the grea t difficulties o f bringing the laws to bear by co mplete and conclus ive evidence in cases of this kind, w h er e every artifi ce i s used for the pur posealen to th a t disguise and evasio n , h e ha d every confi dencethe people o f t hi s country would approv e the Government in the m easures th e y h a d t m ake it clear and pl a i n that those proceed ings were perpetrated witho u t t h e w i l l , conn i vance, or co nsent of t hose who are responsible for the go vernment of the country. (Hear.) L e t him,, in con taken o f con clusion, remind them of the two great things which, by the course the foreign policy our Government had hitherto pursued in this American war they hoped to secure—two things, which brought to them inestimable blessings if they go together— honour. They desir e d to ma i ntain peace, L ea t c o end of c ourse only upon honourable terms. (Cheers.) He thought that those who had had the advantage of serving under Lord Russell and Lord Palmerston at this most momentous crisis may look back with aif not with pride, up on t h e manner in which ac theio f o reign affairs of thi s country bad, on the n whole, been ad ministered. Th ey had ever been for ward in main taining the cause of freedom through st out the world , preferring to do so not l ese b y moral influence than by non-intervention, believing it possible to recog nise p eace at home with honour abroad, but that it was only possible to do so by a policy perfectly disinterested, perfectly self-deny ing, perfectly upr i g ht, straightforward, and hon ourable. They had no by - object, no end or a i m o f their own to serve. All they wished to do was their duty, and to preserve the peace of their country and the peace of the world. If they could do this, and do it with consistency and honour in these difficult times—it had been done hitherto, and he believed it could be done yet by persevering in the same course —he was sure we should owe a deep debt of grati tude, whether we acknowledg e d i t or not, to the Government, and he believed this debt of gratitude was felt and acknowledged by the people at large. MANSION-HOUSE. Ellen Dobbin and Matilda Smith were charged, before the Lord Mayor, with robbing Richard Hewitt, of 15 sovereigns, a bill of exchange for £lO, a number of postage stamps,and several I 0 U's. • City Police-constable, 559, said at 2 o'clock th's morning, after information of a robbery had been given at the sta tion-house, he was sent to search the neighbourhood in which the robbery was committed. In Church-row, Ald gate, he found the seven I 0 U's produced. They were lying about the street, and near a scaffolding in the same place he found the purse and some fragments of receipts. Richard &ripple Hewitt, of 2, Denmark-place, Soho, said the purse and papers produced belonged to him. They were safe in his pocket at half-past 12 last night. In the purse there were 13 sovereigns, a bill of exchange for £lO, and several postage and receipt stamps. He met one of the women near Aldgate Church, and after some little hesita tion he entered into conversation with her, but feeling some suspicion he took his purse from his trowsers pocket and placed it in his left breast pocket. After the prisoner had bid him good night she ran suddenly away, and he felt for his purse and found it gone. There was a man standing near at the time. He told a police-constable of his loss, and in a short time after the prisoner was taken into cus tody in company with the other prisoner. When he first met the shorter of the two women the tall one was standing on the opposite side of the street. He was quite positive of that. Cross-examined by Mr, Beard.—He had been spending the evening with a friend at Old Ford. He was per fectly sober. He had never on any former occasion charged persons with robbing him. He never lelt her take the purse out of his pocket, and his suspicions would never have been aroused had if not been for the prisoner running away. Previous to his meeting Dobbin he spoke to another woman, but his purse was safe in his possession after she quitted him. Police-constable 547 said, after he had received notice of the robbery he saw the two prisoners coming from the Minories. The prosecutor at once identified the women, but they denied all knowledge of the robbery. When he accused Smith of the robbery, she fumbled about her dress, and, on looking on the ground, he found the cigar-case (produced). It did not belong to the prosecutor. The Lord Mayor thought the evidence did not aff,ct Smith, who was ordered to be discharg4d, Dobbin was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE RESULT OF READING THE ADVENTURES OF CRIMINALS.—Henry John Wright, a respectable looking lad, in the employ of Mr. Haywood, jeweller, of Regent street, charged with robbing his employer, was brought before Mr. Knox for final examination. The prisoner was in the employ of Mr. Hayward, and was entrusted with rings and other articles of the value of about £2O to deliver at different placas, but instead of doing this he absconded with the property. Mr. Rayner, of Thames-street, Windsor, pawnbroker, produced two rings, one of which the prisoner had pledged and the other sold at his shop. Mr. Harrison, of Aldersgate-street, pawnbroker, gave up a pair of earrings pledged by the prisoner. The prisoner was taken into custody by Sergeant Cole of the C division, who found in the prisoner's possession several numbers' of the following books :—" Blueskin," " Black Bess, or the knight of the Road," "Colonel Jack or the Life of an Highwayman," "Black Wolf, or the Buy B ighwayman." Mr. Hayward asked that he prisoner might be dealt summarily with. Mr. Knox said it was a robbery at a jeweller's, and he could not do so. Committed for trial. ROBBERY AND REMORSE.—George Hall, a young man, formerly in the employ of Mr. Arthur Crocker, licensed victualler, of 31, New Compton-street, was charged with stealing £lO, belonging to his employer. From the evidence of Mr. Crocker it appeared that on the 26th September he entrusted the prisoner, who was then in his employ, with £lO in gold to get changed for silver. The prisoner absconded with the money, and he (Crocker) saw no more of him till yesterday evening, when he was in custody. John Cornell, 109 C, deposed that about six o'clock yes terday evening the prisoner came to the station and asked him if they had received any information of £lO having been stolen by a potman in New Compton•atreet. He asked the prisoner why he wanted to know, and showed him in to the inspector ; and on the inspector asking the prisoner why he wanted to know, he said, " I am the man." Mr. Knox asked the constable whether anything was know of the prisoner? Cornell said he believed he had been convicted, Mr. Knox, the prisoner having no questions to ask, com mitted him for trial. THAMES. THE SMOKE NUISANCE.—Messrs. Thomas Rider Bald win, and Peter Bell, extensive sugar-refiners, and proprie tors of a large sugar house, were charged with using furnaces so constructed as not to burn or consume their own smoke. A gentleman from the firm attended to answer the summons, taken out by Mr. Howse, the superintendent of the K division, by order of the Home Secretary. With a few exceptions all the large sugar-refineries and manufac tories in the important district assigned to this court have smoke-consuming apparatuses in operation on their pre mises and attached to their furnaces, and the improvement in the public health, and the increased comfort of the in habitants is universally acknowledged. It is to be hoped the foreign and coasting steamers, which belch forth dense columns of black smoke while lying at the wharves, and in their progress up and down the river, will be provided with means for con suming the smoke from their ships. If that is done a great nuisance will be put down. The exemption in favour of steamers proceeding beyond the Nore light, while steam tugs and passenger steamers navigating on the river only are compelled to consume their smoke is simply ridiculous. In the case of Messrs. Baldwin and Bell, it was proved by Robert Smith, No. 253 K, that he watched the chimney shaft of the defendant's factory on the 24th of August last, and saw great quantities of black smoke issue from it. He stood opposite the clock of the parish church of St. G}eorge in• the-East in Cannon-street, Ratcliff-highway, and saw great volumes of black smoke issue from the defehdant's chimney shaft from 30 minutes past 11 to 35 minutes past 11, and also as follows :-11 40 to 11 46, 11 51 to 11 53, 11 55 to 11 59, from 12 6 to 12 10, 12 18 to 12 30. Mr. Partridge—Twelve minutes' continuous smoking ? Smith—Yes, sir. From 12 40 to 12 44, 12 46 to 12 49, 12 51 to 12 53, 12 55 to 12 57, 1 5 to 1 7, 1 13 to 1 19, 1 33 to 1 41, 1 50 to 1 55, from 2 to 4 minutes past 2, and there I finished. On the 27th I stood opposite the church again, and the chimney was sending forth smoke in a similar manner. The smoke was very black. There was not suffi cient room for it to come out. Mr. William Sandison, engineer, made an inspection of the defendant's furnaces on the 2d of December last. There was a 15 horse-power steam engine and two single tube boilers. The furnaces were not so constructed as to con sume or burn their own smoke, Black smoke issued from the chimney for three minutes. He had frequently seen the chimney smoking since that time. In cross-examination by Mr. Hope, the manager of the defendants' sugar refinery, the witness said he mentioned at the time of his visits, where a large number of appara tuses for the consumption of smoke were in use, but he was forbidden by the Government from recommending any par ticular invention. Mr. Hope called Mr. William Rendall Hodge, engineer, who said he waspalled upon in the beginning of last month to put up an apparatus for the consumption of smoke to the defendants' furnaces, and he believed they were quite effec tual ; one apparatus was fixed last Saturday week or fort night, the other on the previous week. Mr. Partridge—The evidence of Mr. Hodge is conclu sive. There was no apparatus at all until Mr. Hodge was called in. The remedy should have been applied earlier. This is not a case for the full penalty. I fine the defendants 40s. only. Liverpool Cotton Market----This Day. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) The market opened with a much firmer feeling than yesterday. Sales, probably, about 10,000 bales. SHIPPING—This Day, LONDON, Oct. 16.—Wind this day at noon—South- W e"erlY ; moderate breeze, and fine weather. CARDIFF, Oct. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Salem, from Bilboa ; Maid of Perth, from Santander. Sailed--Orion, for New York. HOLYHEAD, Oct. 15 —Wind S.—Arrived—Hephzibak, from Liverpool for Vera Cruz. MILFORD, Oct. 14.—Windg.—Arrived—Bella Leondra, from Now York. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 15.—Wind SM.—Arrived—Tiptree, from London fur Canterbury, N.Z. Sailed—Swiftsure, for Melbourne. SWANSEA, Oct. M.—Wind Sailed—Bodrhyddun, for Valparaiso. 'ZKINGROAD, Oct. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Malakoff, from Itichibucto. (Br MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday M orn i ng. Sy tr m rr e iv tr e y d : frOonict.solge—rhTaammilietroucl, from Helsin g b org; Arrived, Oct. 16—Marys, from Riga; Kate, from Denia. Sailed, Oct. 16.—Dancetta, for Port Natal. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Fanny Slater, from Huelva, for London; Citi zen, for Bordeaux; Biertze Dyktra, for Syra—both fo r London. GOOD SERVICE PENSION TO APCLURE.—The Duke of Somerset has conferred the good service pension, vacant by Rear-Almiral Warden's promotion, upon Capt. Sir Robert John Lo Mcsurier 111‘Clure, C. 8., the Arctic voyager. TEE COBURG SUCOESZION, The following is the text, according to the 3foni teur, of the Act by which the Prince of Wales has renounced for himself and his heirs the succession to the throne of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha. This Act has just been communicated to the Diet of the two Duchies : We, Albert Edward, Prince Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, k4e., make known that, having acknowledged the adhesion given by our father, dead in the Lord, to the law of March 1, 1855, as to the House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, and the fundamental law decreed by it, May 3, 1855, for the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha, we have seen that the desire of our father was that his posterity should completely re nounce the right of succession to the throne of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha. In consequence we have the intention of realising this paternal wish, which hitherto has not, been in our power because of our minority; we wish to realise it in as complete a manner as possible, and by that add, ac cording to our power, to the prosperity of the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as well as that of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha, while giving to our brothers an evidence of our fraternal love. We renounce, then, for us and our heirs, all right what ever of succession to the throne of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha and the provinces belonging to them, in favour of cur well-beloved brothers, the Princes Alfred Ernest Albert, Arthur William Patrick Albert, and Leopold George Duncan Albert, and their male successors ; and we desire that this right of succession to the throne of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha, and the provinces belonging to them, pass to our well-beloved brothers and their male successoT. In the case, nevertheless, of our brothers and their male line becoming extinct before us and our male bran ch, we reserve to ourselves, for us and our male successor s , right of succession to the throne of the Duchies oon,brmate and Gotha and the provinces belonging to the h m, , t c IS =,5, and bly to the dispositions of the said law of Iklarc t r t e n n d u t n la c a i t a t o i e f n M t a e y b 3 e 3, executeBssd, l x B e s c s u . t e (11,V a h v a : v 0 5 i c c a n u e s d e d i at d un l thereto f affixed our seal. G rr i h v e en f a o t l l the o w i C n a g s t l i e s of t hweriAndes:arathnee ALBERTannexed d h otfo EDWARD,A t p h r e il, a l b B o 6 v 3 e . document We, Le i o i p s o r l d ey l al , Iliignhgnoefest he Albeit ßel g E ia d n w s a , rdtß,ci,,rhinecre Royalebyde- c l ar e that of G r eat Britain and Ireland, Sce., having dcigned—by an Aet given on the 19th of April last, at the Castle of Wi n d sor —to renounce all right whatever of succession to the throne of the Duchies of Coburg and Gotha, and the provinces be longing to them, in favour of his brothers and their male successors, with the reservation desired, has communicated to us this Act in our quality of legal tutor, as Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and as such we declare in the name of our pupils that we recognise on all points the Act given by the Prince Albert Edward on the 19th of April this year, at the Castle of Windsor, Given at Lacken, 25th of May, 1863. LEOT OLD. FRANCE, according to M. Jules Simon, with 70,000 schoole, has not 1,001,000 of children to attend Business done. Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates, A general meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex was held yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green—Mr. H. Pownall, chairman of the court, presided. COUNTY RATE AND LUNATIC ASYLUMS' RATE. A report was brought up from the Committee on the County Treasurer's Accounts, recommending the making of an ordinary county rate of id. in the pound, and a rate under the Lunatic Asylums Act, 1853, of id. in the pound, on the county rental of £ 9 , 160,020 . The recommendati ons of the committee were agreed to , and the county rate will produce £28,625 Is, 3d., and the lunatic asylums' rate £19,083 7s. 6d., making a total of £17,708 Bs. 9d. COMMITTEE OF ACCOUNTS AND GENERAL PURPOSES. The report of the Committee of Accounts and General Purposes was presented, which recommended the payment of bills and accounts to the amount of £16,552 lls. Bd. The report was received and adopted. HOUSE OF CORRECTION, COLDIUTII -FIELDS. The report of the visiting justices of the House of Correc tion was presented, which stated that the number of pri soners that day in custody was-1,598 in Coldbath-fields, of whom 517 were misdemeanants, and there were 153 prisoners belonging to this county at Bedford, Northampton, and Taunton, under contract with this county for their main tenance. There had been five cases of flogging in the pri son since the last report, the punishment varying from 12 to 36 lashes. The prisoners who underwent the punish ment having been repeatedly guilty of insubordinate con duct. The other matters of the report were of the usual nature, and the recommendations it contained were adopted. HOUSE OF CORRECTION, WESTMINSTER. The report of the committee of visiting justices of this prison was presented, which stated that there were 730 prisoners in custody, consisting of 677 felons and misde meanants, and 53 vagrants. Since the date of the last re port, the 15th of August, the health of the prisoners had been good, and there had been two deaths from consumption. The report was received and adopted. HOUSE OF DETENTION, CLERKENWELL. The report of the visiting justices of this prison was pre sented. The number of prisoners in custody was 730, mak ing a total of county prisoners of 2,619. The report said that Henry Richardson, a prisoner confined for want of bail, having become insane, was removed to the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch, on the 10th of Sept., where he died on the 18th of that month. An inquest was held on his body, and the visiting justices were informed that the coro ner's jury returned a verdict that " The deceased died from natural causes, accelerated by undue severity in the House of Detention." The governor having informed the visiting justices of this verdict, they forthwith entered upon a full inquiry into the treatment and condition of the prisoner while in confinement in this prison, and after consideration of all the circumstances they have come to the conclusion that the latter part of the verdict of the coroner's jury is quite undeserv..d, and they regret that the jury did not ascer tain with more care the treatment of the deceased in the pri son. It appears that the deceased was for some time past a man of violent and ungovernable temper, and had been at tacked with delirium tremens, the effects of drunkenness. He had been confined at the House of Correction, Coldbath fields, for assaulting his wife, and had also been previously committed to this prison in default of finding sureties for keeping the peace towards her. After some consideration he was not deemed insane either by the justices who ex amined him, or by the physician who was called in to his aid, On the last occasion of Richardson's imprisonment he was committed on the 20th April last, for assaulting Emily Wilson and threatening her life, and in default of finding bail to keep the peace towards her for six months. A. few weeks after his commitment, the state of Richardson's mind came under the consideration of the visiting justices, who passed a resolution, instructing the surgeon of the prison to examine him and report therein. After a careful considera tion of his case the surgeon certified that he was not insane, and was in a fit state to be amenable to the discipline of the prison. Under these circumstances the governor, on diffe rent occasions, when his violent and refractory conduct re quired, ordered him to be punished in strict accordance with the rules of the prison, by close confinement in a cell, for periods varying from 12 to 48 hours, and in some cases with bread and water diet. In consequence of his quarrelsome conduct, and his assaulting other prisoners and two of the officers, he was eventually removed from the bail division to another division; but this removal only involved the depri vation of taking associated exercise with the other bail pri soners for three hours each day, and is a deprivation often imposed on bail prisoners who are guilty of riotous or re fractory conduct. During the period of Richardson's impri sonment he frequently came before the visiting justices at his own request to complain, not of his treatment in the prison but of his relatives towards him. On these occasions his behaviour was that of a man of sound mind, but whose temper was excitable, and he gave way to violent outbreaks, which he seemed soon to regret, and for which he had often expressed his sorrow not only to the visiting justices but to the governor. At length at the end of August, the opinion of the surgeon as to the state of the prisoner's mind was changed, and at the beginning of September he was duly certified to the Secretary of State as insane, and was by his order removed to Colney Hatch Asylum. Mr. H. F. FRANCE, the chairman of the visiting justices, moved the reception of the report. Mr. H. HARWOOD said he wished personally to state to the Court, in reference to the man Richardson, and who was referred to in it, that the governor of the prison was not in the slightest degree mixed up with the circumstances. In consequence of what had taken place as regarded the gover nor, he (Mr. Harwood) felt it was but justice to him to rise in his place, and say that his treatment to this prisoner had been more than ordinarily kind and indulgent. Mr. TANNER corroborated this statement. This was a most irritable man, and he knew the governor of the prison had exercised a large amount of forbearance. Mr. WYATT said he thought the public would hardly un derstand how the matter stood without some explanation. The prisoner was originally a bail prisoner, but in default was sent to the House of Correction for threatening some members of his family. He would not submit to the rules of the prison, and was afterwards sent to the House of Deten tion. There his conduct was such that they called in Dr. Smiles, the surgeon of the prison, to make his report as to whether the man was sane. He accordingly reported that he had no doubt that he was sane, and that he was therefore amenable to the prison rules. The visiting justices had the man before them, and remonstrated with him, advising him to comply with the rules, but he must not be permitted to knock down officers and tear up his clothes with impunity, and that he must submit to the rules. Early in September he was certified to be insane, and died nine days after he was sent to Colney Hatch Asylum. Even the surgeon all t° Colney Hatch Asylum said the verdict of the jury w nonsense, as under any circumstances the man could not have lived more than a few weeks. lie (Mr Wyatt) called upon the relatives of the man, asking there to bail him out, which could have been done by ente rin g 0 and he could sureties in the small sum of £lO, but they refuse d to dr s state, from what he knew of the case, that instead of being ill-treated he was treated with more thanwordtihnaatrythcearree. Mr. KEMSHEAD said it appeared to im was great discrepancy between the opinion of the surgeon of the House of Detention and the surgeon . of Colney Hatch some e explanation about it. The Asylum, and he required surgeon of the prison reported the man to be perfectly sane, and the Colney Hatch surgeon said he was insane, and ought to have been sent to the asylum long before. Ho also said :that he believed the man had been insane for six months. Even after the man was declared to be insane, on the surgeon of the /l o use of Detention being a s k e d t o certify that he was so, a delay took place. He wanted to know what time had elapsed from the time of the certificate being granted from the Home Office and the removal of to Colney Hatch Asylum , the m a n a I n VYATT said that it, was after Dr. Smiles had certi fied that he was insane that he had his first epileptic fit, which very much altered his appearance. Dr. Shepherd found that the man was insane, but he was assisted in com ing to that conclusion by the post-mortem examination, which Dr. Smiles did not have. As to the delay that oc curred between the granting of the certificate from the Home Office for the removal and the certificate of the surgeon of the prison that he was insane, that arose from the fact of Sir George Grey being out of town. The subject then dropped, and the report was agreed to. Mr. a W. WYATT moved, pursuant to notice, " That a superannuation allowance, commencing from the 23d of m a y, 1863, of £6l Ils. 6d. per annum, be granted to Thos. Clark, late a warder in the House of Detention, who has resigned his situation in consequence of infirmity, whereby he has been rendered incapable of executing the duties of his office in person, after upwards of 29 years' service as an officer in the county prisons." In support of this motion, he said that during the 29 years Mr. Clark had been in the service of th e county there had never been a s ingle complaint against him. The motion was put and unanimously agreed to. THEII M . i MILITIA STOREHOUSES OT THE COUNTY. Mr. KEMSHEAD moved, "That the surveyor of I I county bridges be ordered annually to inspect the several militia storehouses as soon as possible after each training, and report in writing to the Court the result of such inspec tion, and what repairs are necessary." The motion was put and agreed to. Mr. KEMSHEAD also moved, " That a special committee be appointed t for the purpose of superintending and inspee , ing the militia etorehouses of the county, and that the for power now vested in the committee for accoun ts an general purposes, by order of the Court of the 12:1tlyt ilf 1855, of ordering repairs to any storehouse to the tee in £5O, be transferred to and vested in such cowl"' future." The motion was put and unaniram__22l".".!_reed to. -------------- __------- DEPTH OF EARTHQUICES.--3fr• Mallet ascer tained that the great Neapolitan earthquake of 1857, unequalled in intensity by any since that of 1783, had its originating focus situated at no greater average depth tha n 51 geographical miles, or 34929 feet; the range of possi or 16,705 feet. Now, if we' bility varying from a maximum of 8i miles, or 49,359 feet re to a minimum of 2i miles, uopk i n s, the most eminent advoca te member that Mr. the internal heat doctrine, requires 800 miles of solid of earth cruet beyond the presumed central molten mass, w e s h a ll perce ive at a gla nce how far off 51 miles from th e exist little do at all aaythiag to do w it h that violent catastrophe) can have had . SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, RALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. SPAIN, A Madrid letter has the following :—The Budget of the army and navy presents this year an increase of 80,000,000 reals (20,000,000 fr.) This is the cost of the expedition to Santo Domingo. The western part of that island, as may be remembered, annexed itself a few months ago to the Spanish Crown. From a contradiction only to be explained by the fickle nature of men, the inhabitants of Santo Domingo appear now to revolt against Spain with an energy equal to the eagerness which they formerly manifested in re-establishing her rule. T To bring th em back to their primitive enthusiasm, it is evident that the outlay of a very considerable number of reels will be necessary. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES -THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Equinox ..................... wx. MATCHES, Queen Elizabeth beat Xurello Carnival beat Cariseirous. ' FREE HANDICAP. NO race. SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SO-vs. Privateer Sweetsauce filly .. ........ 2 .... 1 Beckey Sharpe HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. ...... Twilight Queen Elizabeth .... 2 Seven ran. LATEST BETTING. CIMBRIDGESHIRE. 9to 2 agst Limosina (taken) 6to 1 agst Catch-'em Alive (taken) 16 to 1 agst Carnival (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Gemma (taken) ScaxrcrincGs.- T On the 11th inst. at 4 26 p.m. Bucken ham and Kangaroo, out of Cesarewitch; at 4 45 Pm, Faultless and Watchman, out of all engagements ; at 4 45 p.m. Horse Marine, Garotter (Mr. Longfield's), and Talisman, out of all engagements, 1863 ; at 537 1 3 . 111 . Myrtle, out of Cesarewitch ; at 546 p.m. Oakapple, 3 yrs, out of all engagements; at 540 p.m. Villafrauca, out of Cesarewitch. On the 12th, at 11 10 a.m. Aurelian and Plover, out of Cesarewitch; at 11 20 a.m. Springbok's darn gelding, out of Cesarewitch. ; at 5 p.m. Reserve, Bar• badoes, Flash , in the Pan, and M, Philippe, out of Cesare. witch; and 5 10 p.m. Onesander, out of Cesarewitch ; at 5 30 p.m. Carnival, Isoline, King of Kent, Fitz-Eva, Damascus, Catch'em Alive, Muezzin, Voluptas, and Walpole, out of Cesarewitch ; at 3 35 p.m. Black Prince, out of Cesarewitch ; at 6 26 p.m. Knave out of Cesarewitch ; at 7 p.m. Kempdown and Thalestris, out of Cesarewitch; at 6 35 p.m. Lady Frances filly, out of Cesarewitch; at 7 30 p.m. Hurricane and Welcome, out of Cesarewitch; at 8 7 p.m. King of Utopia, out of Cesarewitch; at 8 15 p.m. Blue Mantle, out of Cesare. witch; at 8 55 p.m. Dankeld and Nebula, out of Cesare witch ; at 10 30 p.m. Queen of Spain and Melandra, out of Cesarewitch. On the 13th, at 9 a.m. Twilight, out of Cesarewitch; at 9 a.m. all Lord Bateman's horses, out of engagements at the Second October Meeting; at 11 50 a.m. Elmsdale and Melissa, out of all engagements, 1863; at 11 50 a.m. Gold Dust, out of the Cambridgeshire, having been pat out of training, and left in by mistake. On the 14th, at 10 30 a an. Cock Robin, out of all engagements ; after 6 p.m Theresa, out of the Antumn and Witham Handicaps at Lincoln. On the 15th, at 10 55 a.m. Good Bye and Mr. Nardoni, out of the Cambridgeshire Stakes, Speculative Society of Edinburgh,. The opening meeting of the hundredth session was held in the College of Edinburgh on Wednes day. There were about 70 members present, in cluding Lord Brougham. The secretary read the minute of the last meeting, at which it was resolved to confer the diploma of honorary membership upon Lord Glenelg, the Lord Justice-General, and Prin cipal Sir David Brewster. A letter was read from Lord Glenelg, expressing his gratitude for the honour of being advanced to the honorary member ship of thb society, and at the same time expres sing his regret that the state of his health precluded him from showing his gratitude by personal attend ance at the present meeting. Tho degree having been conferred on the Lord Justice-General and Sir David Brewster, the following resolution was carried with acclamation :—" That the mem bers of the Speculative Society desire to record their gratification at the presence of one of their most illustrious members, the Right Hon. Lord Brougham, on this occasion, and to offer to him their hearty thanks for the many services and kindly offices which, during the long period that has elapsed since he became an ordinary the ln th e member, he has rendered tosociety ." e vening the society held a centenar y commemora tion dinner in the Douglas Hot el, Lo rd Brougham presiding. About 100 gentlemen sat down t o din ner. On the righ t of the chairman were—The Lord Justice General, oreiff, an Sir G. Clerk, Rev. Sir H. W. Mon d Lord Neaves ; and on the left, Sir David B r ewster, Sir W. Gibson-Craig, Mr. Sergeant Shee, and Lord Ardmillan. The Lord-Advocate was croupier; and was supported by Lord Curriehill, the Right Hon. Joseph Napier, M.P., Mr. Mure, m.p., Lord Deas, Professor Aytoun, Mr. H. M. Inglis, Mr. Campbell Swinton, &c. After dinner Lord Brougham, gave the usual loyal toasts, taking occasion to notice that his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, who was to attend the winter session at the Edinburgh University, had expressed his desire to become a member of this society. The Lord-Advo cate gave "The Navy, Army, and Volunteers," after which Lord Brougham gave "The Speculative;So ciety," remarking that himself and Lord Glenelg were the only survivors of the great and distin guished class who frequented the society at the end of the last and very beginning of the present MU ' turf. He combined with the toast the Historical Society of Dublin, which had always maintained the closest relationship with this society, and which was represented on this occasion by hie friend 31r. Napier. The right hon. gentleman having replied, Sir George Clerk proposed " The College of Jus tice." • The Lord Justice-General acknowledged , the toast, and gave "The health of Lord Brougham , remarking that the life of the noble lord never could be measured by the number of years, however great" that may have passed over his head, for whetk o w , looked to the number and variety of his work s, .t say truly the success that had attended them, we mig h t truly of him that in his time he had live d many lives; that his mind had done the work r such as minds ; and that his achievements 7c.e, but might have rendered famous many men. (Loud and prolong::: h never could Lord Brougham, in reply, said he had spent forget the many happ y hourzord eaves gave cheering.) and Principal in the Speculative Societ b 7; ro, ,, " The University of Swinton having Brewster replied. Mr:, rlianie nt," Lord Brougham given "Both Houses of o r; Lords. said - --" It has replied for the House been often thought tbs t t h e House of Lord s expose . twhen th ey d* co tiler from themselves justly to unity, but very ofte n found, on When on theycalat ° r i m ed the rest of th are most comPA6-n -ideration, that they are in the exam' It is perfectly hr (cheers., . impossible to r ig —. free Constitution—that cons is to say a Con. ; n removed, on the one hand, from etitut• °- ana, the tyran ny of an individual, and, on the other, from maintain and m the worse tyranny of a mob (h ear , h ear, and c h e ers) —without a respectable and responsible body like the aristocracy of the country, of which the 'louse of Lords is the main though not the only represeut4tive." (Load of e c h o : r m s . 0 ) n s . M h lk e iti E r o e r , replied for the Hou s e d Ad vocate gave Shee responded The E ng li sh Bar, " and M r. S ergeant ponded ; and several other toasts appro priate to the occasion were given and cordially received. The detachments of the Royal Engineers selected from the various depot companies at headquarters, Chatham, to augment the companies at the several home stations, were inspected at the Royal Engi" neer establishment, Brompton, yesterday, by Col. H. D. Harness, C.B. The Naples journals announce that last week at Pompeii, in removing the earth in the rooms which wero discovered at the time of the visit of the D uchess of Genoa, several necklaces were found, orname nted with Precious stones. _ .} -.