The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-30 00:00:00

MONEY MARKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount mar k et i s f i rm to-day, t h e i nqu i ry for accommodation having been a little more press ing. The settlement at the Stock Exchange has partly occasioned the activity now noticeable, bat there is no doubt that the uncertain and unsatisfac tory state of affairs at Paris is the principal cause, and a more cautious policy is, therefore, adopted here. Three months' bills are negotiable at 34 per cent, and it is only in exceptionable instances that the concession to 31- per cent. is granted. The Bank of England Return for the week to Wednesday last shows changes which are not of great importance. The decrease which has taken place !n the reserves of gold is partly negatived by the reduction effected in the circulation of notes, as Well as in the discount business of the establish ment. Subjoined is our usual analysis...:— V 1,872,050 205,315 Activ D e ec C r i e r a u e l a t . 1 o . n .. • . 14 ,437,574 Bullion .. • • Decrease .. • . 207,695 Rest 3,145,727 Increase .. 5,202 Public Deposits • . • . .. 4,462,163 Increase .. 24,328 Other Deposits.. .. Decrease .. 15,015,128 • . Seven Day and othe r Bill s 72818, 256,73131 58 Decrease .. ,43 Increase Government Securities • .. .. 10,995,363 Other Securities 50,000 Decrease .. .. 19,693,48 7 9 . .. 292,96 Notes Unemployed .. 6,547,360 Increase 47,480 We are informed that Mr. James Dickson, of Messrs. Lenox, Nephew, and Co.'s, of London, and Mr. James Pim, of Burgh-quay, Dublin, have joined the board of the Mercantile Credit Company. the total applications for the shares amounted at the Close to 125,000, whereas 10,000 only are to be allotted. The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank have made a call of £5 per share on both issues, payable on the 23d proximo. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £l,lOO on account of the dividend on the debt of Ecuador. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'s agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for 55 per cent, of the import duties for two weeks—From the Custom-house of La Guayra, 69,204 dots. Bc. ; from the Custom-house of Puerto Cabello, 4,368 dole. 88c. Total, 73,572 dots. 96c. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received by this mail on account of New Granada dividends —From the Custom -house of Santa Marta, £3OO ; from the Custom -house of Sabanilla, £559; from the Custom -house of San Jose de Cucuta, £lO2 12s. sd. Total, £961 12s. sd. The alleged charges against four brokers of the Stock Exchange for carrying on speculative trans actions for a clerk in a mercantile firm, contrary to the rules of the house, have been adjudicated by the committee of that establishment. One of the parties was honourably acquitted of all blame, two others were censured for not using greater precau tion, and the complaint against the fourth ad. journed for further investigation. The operations on the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets during the last few days have been moderately active. Sugar has fully supported pre- VlOll4 rates. Coffee and rice has been in fair request, while in cocoa, fruit, and spines there has been no material change to record in values. The tallow market has been more active, and quotations of P.Y.C. for both present and forward delivery exhibit an upward tendency. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. R3uter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 05c. Very firm. The English Stock Market exhibits great inac tivity and heaviness. The depressed state of the Rentes, and the incertitude respecting the Bank of France adds to the flatness inseparable from the transacting of only a limited business. Consols are 93 k for money and account. The New Threes anti Reduced Annuities are 911 ; and Exchequer Bills are ls. dis. to 2s. prem.; India Stock is 224; the 5 per Cent. Loan continues at 1091 1 ; the 4 per Cent. Loan, 1001; the Enfaced Paper, 1061; and the Bonds are 225. prem. In the Foreign Market there is no new feature of importance, and business is not very active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 921 93 ; do , 1858, 70 9 ; do., 1862, 711 ; do., Consolides, 531 a ; Mexican, 411 1; Greek, 3001; do., Coupons, 14-1 1; Spanish Pas s i ve , 351 ;• do., Certificates, 131 ; Italian, 72:1 ; P ortuguese, 491 2 ; do., N ew , 1 1 prem. ; and the Confederate Loan, 651 661. More animation has prevailed in the Railway Share Market, and jprices have, in most instances, shown an upward movement. Caledonian and South Western have improved 53.; West Midland, London, Chatham and Dover, Midland, and South Eastern, 10s. ; Great Northern, £2, and ditto A Stock, £1 10s. - - The Foreign and Colonial lines remain at about previous rates, Bank Shares continue in fair request. National of Liverpool realise 20— -I ; Union of Australia, 604 ; Imperial Ottoman, 181 India Land Mortgage Bank Shares are quoted 3 to 3-1 , prem. and Anglo 1. Australia, 4 - 11 to is prem., and East London 3 to 3, } In In the Miscellaneous Market there has been little d change of importance. Huds on B ay COmpany have ch a n ged gBl ; Royal Mail Steam realise 774 78 ex div. ; Discount Corporation Shares are quoted 9-1- - -1- prem.; and Mercantile Credit, 31 4 p BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK, em. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities .. 93 1 New a per Cent. Annuities A nnuities, 30 yrs, exp i re i t h J an., ,880 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 2l India Stock, 1874 Ditto Enlaced P aper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Di [l,. Bonds ta,000 C onsols for Acc oun t, O ct. 8 93 ii Exchequer.. Bills, £l,OOO, 2} per Cent — DDitto .£500 itto Small FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Br oxilian 5 per Cent ........ Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-68-60 ...... 901 ._.. Ditto Scrip, 1863, £l5 paid t quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent g h '4gYPtian 7 pet Cent um greek 5 per Cent.,11824-5, ex•CouP • 30i Ditto Account Ditto Coupons 14f i Ditto Account Italian 6 Mexican per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 80/ 41f D itto Account 3 er Cent 151 411 1 A in. view Granada A P ortugu ese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditt o 3 per Cent. ,1 5 z66, '7, 'O, '6O, 62 49f Di tto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 _ Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 93 ISardan 5 per Cent B P.oni e t 3, b it ._ .. per Cent ....... Zfi t r-) -rusty° .......... .. -- p,44`43lAccount Tbitto Cert. of Coup not funded urkie,htnount ... .... ....... 131 A Ditt o A.Per Cent. . 1854 Ditt o 6 e'ectiut. .......... 92f ........ 12itto Alet,r,Fent. 1868 ... Ditto, £10;11 t .. : DiDitto 6 p er ce°'ans Vtto Account4t. 1862 enezuela 3 p er 'ec i ; 71 Ditto 6 per Cent , 10..,' Dividends Ditt o Account ' "u 2 ......... si,.bove payable in London. o i ; ...... 62f Austrian 5 per Cent., 5' per Cent., 186171.:x lik Florins. 67/ .2o francs. 72 Italian, Ditto Account 72i Tll 7 O O CLOCK. Consols, Money ......... ' .. Ditt0Acc0ut.......... .. e* 2 / -lvr - rket---This Day. Liverpool Cotton includi n - aiTes, g 31,530 al ex- Sales of the week 6312 iii,, on speculation and 10 ,550 for export. A ctu port 15,473. ; imports Quotations—Midomra, 29i; Mobile, 291 u land, 291 ; estimated fair Egyptian, 29i , est mated stock, 163,560; Surats, 17 to 28 of the week, 23,1 9 4 hales. The market to-day opens quiet, but steady, 8310 probably 6,000 bales. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing ,hart dailways Paid. Price. (40siness don‘ 100 -kttantic &St LaWrenct all 63 t 5 634 .tk Iflom.,Barodatt.Cent Inc lit; HO 1074 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New . ...... 8 1 14 p 20 Do. E. Shares Budalo saw Lake Huron al; 64 64 10 Do. Preference .... • all 84 94 tiutlalo,BrantotGodric.l. 01 o p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, lei: x iOO Do. do. July 1, 187:, 100 100 , Jo. do. Jun, 1, IK4 100 • G . lolllla.ctS.Eatith.(i, , 100 1( 5 107 st Cape Town Dock Serif 100 P. 4 106 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. r 100 108 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 108 109 ' 109 84 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 1# 14p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 22 224 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds.. ali 76 18 76i 100 Do. no. deferred all 62 64 624 10u Do. zd Pref. Bonds.. all 70 72 100 Do. do deferred.— all 54 57 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 41 43 41i 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 31 33 31f 1 0 0 Do. do. deferred.-- all 25 27 25 stook Gt.lndtareniu.gua. s p.o 100 1084 1091 2 0 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 14 11, , 134 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 14 111 stook Gt. South.oi India(Lim, guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 107 Gt. W. of Canada Share, all 101 101 gut Do. New . ls 14 94 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 96 98 100 Do. 54 p. 0. do. '77-8.. . all 87 89 10; Indian Branch Limited 2 1 ip. 'took Hadras gear., 5p.0. .. 100 106 lu7 1(64 74 stock D 0.41 p. o. Extension 100 101 102 stock De. 4A 100 18 100 2 0 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Slelb.Corp. sp. o. Bnd, 100 50 3lelb. At Hobson's Bay. all 58 61 100 Do. 7p. o. alortg. Bds. alt *0 Newßr unsw/ok Candy Class A and B ... ail 3 5 po Ist t bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde ......... " . B , tt Do i) 00 0 D D do e 0 1 . h ,000(' 106 i 1074 1 , (06 1 6 10 7 7 266 20 Do. Punjaub all P —p 8 ock Do. Intins.St. Flo. J 10 , ) 102 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMEN T SECURITIES. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOutts. raid. i Closing I Bnsines, Price. done. 8 gi 1 81 83 f. 5 1191 120} 83i 124 20 I 7 4 n 10 16 17 08 100 108 110 50 5t 47 48 7 9 1'49 130 133 134 134 136 100 102 66 C6i 1114 112 71 73 110 112 16 47 105 1051 101 IU2 49 60 j 130 131 1294 •30 1 1 98 14,0 54 65 25 17 10111021, 51. i i 130 1331 4 112 111 714 1112 46i 1 } 105 k i i 5 102} 50 1} 131 301 129 k 30 -;harej Railways. . Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val. the CCDCIBoao Bristol°l r Y r i tl a t and Bandon andana i B n i d r c xY d t: d o e p nil ant Exeter on ir. d . din been paid to B. D D u o bl ß in & Belfast June.; Dun ~ Perth,& Ab. Junc.l Edin burgh & Glasgow., Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock , Ditto East Anglia n s t GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do .A stock Do lit do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock , London & Yorkshire London and Blackwah Lon., Bright.,& S. C oast, Lon., Chat., aad Dover ,Lon. & Noel), Western . Lon. & So*.th Western I Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do * shares Metropolitan Midland Do New .. Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.... North London Do New North StatTordshire i 3.14, 26 10 et et 50 20 i. 4.0 1 9.16.4 N. and S. W. Junetion Scottish Central 'Scot N. E., Aber. stock jDo Scot:Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpooi :Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton A: Darlington Do Do New, 188 G (Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim iWaterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall IN. Hartlepool HarAzit West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 58 tg 88 89 119 121 1 2 p 79 80 11} 1 124 126 44 46 100 102 60 62 324 33i 962 07} 08 100 91 :01 806 376 86 94 7 # 71 p 155 100 4f 6i 21 Si pl 86 90 170 180 - Ax 0 v op.c. J &J 111) 1877-84 .. . ... lOO 104 105 1041 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 1(2 104 Do. dp. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 Do. op. c. Jan.&July. 100 93 94 931 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 :Cape G.llOPe. 6 p 100 108 110 I Do.Ap do Oct. 1880 100 109 111 I Do. 189( 100 109 111 1103 !Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 110 Mauritius 1 per cent .. 100 1.07 108 1073 •Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 V 7 119 N..11.(10v. 6 a..I&Jul) 100 (04 1( 6 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - IN. S. W. G ov. b p 1,18! ,, 100 1014 1024 - Du. 6p. e.,18,1 to E7t 100 102 103 - Do. do., 7888 & upwdy 100 1021 103 103 !New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 111 - INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106 'Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 t:1 113 !b. Aus G6p.c.1876.6; up.. 100 112 114 IVic.Gov. ()p.c. Ja.dtJul) 100 108 110 Do. to Sox. An.&Dot.. lOO llO4 1111 1 _ nol 114 104 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id ulitlord Amalgamated.. -- 3 7 4 38 4 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist., 1 515 45 East Bassett (Illogan... 30 68 72 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. 4d par East Caradon ...... 261 Y7l East Cara Brea.. E. W'l Russel (Tavistk , 8.6.6 31 3 4 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) _Si . 13 15 Great South Tolgus l7s 44 6 G. Wheal Vor (Heiston 40 lu 11 Grenville Herat's-Foot 8.12 84 •±6 ilingston Downs 4. 8.0 13 21 Lady Bertha Alargaret (tiny Lelaut ru la 21 31arke Valley.. 4 Alyndy Iron Ore (Lim 2; 11 1 4 New Setun l9l 95 105 • North Downs 24 13 2 -- N.Wh'i Basset (11104 - au 1.17.( 24 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey 14 20 Providence(Uny Leint., 10.8.7 14 16 South Caradon(St.Cleer 14 415 423 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 W heat Fran. (Mogan 1,1-.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6' 36 38 6 farnarSilv.& Lead Min 4 Cin Crort u 181 191 191 West Basset (Illogan) l4 94 10/ W C radon (Llskeard • 5 12 21 West Setva Wheal Basset (Illogan 51 75 75 75 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 18 22 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLucb ott Wheal MaryAnni s Men ) 8 114 124 Wheal 3eton . 584 175 185 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 20 22 Wheal Union 3.17 24 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 112 Great Western, Birmingham pt. stock, 130 North Eastern, Cone. pref., 4 per cent.. 921 Stockton and Darlington, A 5 per cent., 281 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. B, 6 per cent., Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 861 LINES LEASED Ali FIXED RENTALS. Northern and Eastern 5 per cent., 56 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) cua.7fer cent., 191 Buenos Ayres Great Southern, bin., 2 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lira.. 41 United Mexican (Uui;, 61 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), Ditto, new, 251 Australasia, 77, 8 Ditto, new, 34 Bank of otago, lim., 111 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 8 Chartered Bank of Britian Columbia, 121 Continental, lim., 9t English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 24 3j Imperial Bank (lim.), 231 Imperial Ottoman, ;81 1 London and Brazilian (Um.), 50 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 304 30 London Joint Stock, 37 London and South African, 270 National of Liverpool, limited, 204 Union of Australia, 604 Union of London, 381 MISCELLANEOUS. Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., 4 Electric Telegraph, 107 Gen. Crt dit and e 'name of London, Ilm., 5 Great Ship, lim., 171 ; per centpt, udson s Bay, ti National Dicount Company, lim.,:9f Royal Mail Steam, 774 8 KILLED BY A BEAR. The Cologne Gazette states that one of the keepers of wild beasts in the Zoological Gardens in that city lost his life three days since through an act of foolhazdy temerity committee in ♦iolation of the regulations of the establishment. Fancy ing that he had obtained complete mastery over the bears, he invited a number of his acquaintances to see him enter the bear-pit and take his breakfast along with its oocu pants. He 13, gan his performance by advancing towards a bear, commanding him to come and sake a piece of bread which he held between his teeth. The bread happened to fall on the ground, and the keeper attempted to prevent the bear from picking it up, the animal sprang forward, seized him by the neck, and strangled him in a moment. Before the body could be withdrawn from the pit, it was found necessary to fire several slots at the bear, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCrOBER 30, 1861 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES. Henry har wood andiohn Bryan, charged with obtaining 30 barrels of flour by forged orders, and William Day and William Reed were charged with receiving the same well knowing they were stolen. The Messrs. Bovill and Co., the parties defrauded, are wholesale dealers, carrying on business at Bolton's Wharf, Shad Thames, and on the 27th March an order was pre sented to them for the delivery of 30 l'arrels of flour. The property was delivered in cart, and it was proved that in a short. time afterwards part of the flour was left at the promises of Day and Reed, tradesmen in Bermondsey. After the property had been obtained, the order was discovered to be a forgery, and on the matter be ing placed in the hands of the police, the four prisoners were taken into custody. Evidence having been adduced, Mr. Baron Martin said there did not appear to be the slightest case against Reed and Day. On the contrary, they appeared to have given straightforward answers to the police, and therefore it would the duty of the jury t' acquit them. With respect to the other two, there was quite sufficient evidence to go on with the case. Mr. Cooper, who appeared for the prisoner Bryan, said he felt certain after the jury had fully considered the whole facts of the case, they would be of opinion that the two poor men at the bar were the dupes of other parties, and that when they presented the order for the flour they had not the slightest idea it was a forgery. The jury acquitted Sherwood, but found Bryan guilty. Baron Martin sentenced him to seven years' penal ser vitude. UNLAWFUL WOUNDING. John Morton, a seaman, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawfully wounding his superior officer with a knife. Oa account of the provocation he was only sentenced to six months' imprisonment. NEW COURT. (Before Commissioner Kerr.) At the sitting of the court this morning Mr. Mlntyre referred to the case of Alexander Johnston, who yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing some shares in the South African Bank, and applied that the shares, which were now in the hands of the police, might be given up to Mr. Thompson, the master of the prisoner, and from whose office the shares were stolen. Mr. Best, on the part of Mr. Chapman, the broker who sold the shares, said it was from that gentleman's solicitor the police had obtained the share for the purposes of the prosecution; Mr. Lelame, to whom the prisoner had taken the shares, could not sell them, not being a broker, and that gentleman had been £4O out of pocket, and had brought an action of trover to recover that sum, and he held that the shares should be returned to Mr. Chapman. After some discussion the shares were ordered to be delivered up to Mr. Thompson, the gentleman from whom the same had been stolen. EMBEZZLEMENT. George Taylor, 18, pleaded guilty to a charge of em bezzling £3O 155., the monies of Morris Wollsky, a mer chant in the City, to whom he had been clerk. Mr. Beslay, on the part of the prosecution, recommended him to mercy. He was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH .STREET. WIFE BEATING—MTJRDEROUS ASSAULT ON A WIFE.— Michael Harrigan, of 9, Angel-court, King-street, St. James's, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting his wife in a violent manner. On the prisoner being placed in the dock, William Duff, 138 C, informed the magistrate that the prosecutor was not present, Mr. Knox—Let the constable be sworn. Duff (on being sworn) said—• About a quarter to 8 last eveninz, hearing cries of murder, I went to 9, Anzel-court, and on going up to the third floor I found the prisoner standing over his wife beating her with the leg of a chair. Mr. Knox—Go and fetch the wife. On the wife being brought to the court, her head being bandaged, she stepped into the witness-box and said — Let me entreat you to discharge my husband, sir. I will not press the charge, I had the leg of the chair [the woman called it a stick—it was produced, and had blood and hair on Mr. Knox—Now don't tell me such lies as that. Wife—Oh, don't send him to prison. He wont do it any more, I'll answer for it. Mr. Knox—Go down, you are no use to us. The con stable hears cries of "Murder!" finds you on the ground and your husband standing over you beating you with a stick on the head, there being your hair and blood on the stick, and yet you tell um a parcel of lies, and say he wmit do it again. You may consider it a fortunate thing that he is not here for murder. I shall remand him for a week on the constable's evidence, and I will turn the case over in my m nd, as there is enough to send him to prison for six months. James Harweod, a gilder, was committed for a month for assaulting his wife, Elizabeth, who said he had left Irr entirely destitute, and that she had found him in bed with anothf-r female. CAUTION TO CAB PROPRIETORS.—Thos. Foster, of 2, Woburn-mews West, Russell-square, cab proprietor, attended before Mr Eluox, to answer a complaint of unlaw fully causing and procuring the driver of cab 3,0.12, to cruelly illtreat and torture a horse. Mr. W. Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, attended to watch the case, the driver of the horse, Maurice Whitty, having been charged by the Society's officers, on Saturday last, with cruelly illusing the horse, and fined 20s. Sell, one of the officers of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, saw the horse attached to a cab in Coventry-street, about one on the morning of the 21st, and on examining the horse he found it to be ono of those poor, old, worn-out horses only used in night cabs. Both its hocks were cut and bleeding, and every step it took seemed to cause it intense pain. Mr. Henry, veterinary surgeon, corroborated the officer. Mr. Kno having been informed that the horse had been destroyed fined the defendant 20s. with costs. THAMES. STAIM ING.—George Hill, a seaman, lately discharged from an American ship, was brought up on remand before Mr. Partridge, charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Walter James Jennings, iron moulder, of No. 23, Brook-street, Rateliff. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor was in John's-place, Stepney, talking to a man on Monday morn ing last. The prisoner was there and frequently interfered with him, and then attempted to pull a woman's shawl off her back. He remonstrated with the prisoner, words en sued, and the prisoner stt uck Jennings a violent blow on the eye with his fist. Jennings retaliated, and they fought a round. The prisoner was getting the worst of the fight, and took a knife from his pocket,2 with which he made several blows at his head and body. Singularly enough, only one blow took effect, and that was on the prosecutor's left hand, which was severely cut. Jennings lost a good deal of blood. His brace button prevented one stab taking effect, and in making a blow at his breast the knife got entangled with his clothes, which were torn. On the people calling out " Police," the prisoner fled. Dillon, a police-sergeant, No. 19 K, met him running at the top of his speed, and stopped him, He asked him why he was running, to which he replied that the people in John's-place were going to ill-use him. Dillon soon afterwards met the prosecutor in Sidney-street, Commercial road, very taint from loss of blood, and his hand bleeding copiously. There was a track of blood on the footpath from John's-place to Sidney-street. Dillon found a knife on the prisoner. There were no stains of blood upon it, and it is supposed the wound was inflicted with another knife. Mr. James Horton, surgeon, of High-street, Stepney, said the prosecutor was brought to his surgery with a severe incised wound on the back of his left hand. It was an inch and a half long. The man would not recover the use of his hand for some time. The coat, waistcoat, and shirt of the wounded man were cut. It had been done with a knife or some other sharp instrument. A brace button was split. In answer to a question by the magistrate, Mr. Horton said —" la my opinion the brace button stopped the Wow taking effect. It was delivered with great force, Mr. Partridge—The case is now completed. I shall not deal with such a case as this myself. The prisoner is com mitted for trial. The Fine Old English Gentleman, (From the Daily Telegraph.) The " fine old English gentleman" is a type which, we trust, will never be ranked as extinct with dodos and ichthyosanri. Even clad in the old doublet and trunk hose, and wrapped round with Tory prejudices, the genial worth of the class was irresistible. They stood like pillars of the state, propping up a world of rubbish and antiquated no tions; but so valuable in themselves, that people spared the superstructure a long time for their sakes. When that crumbled away, despairing Tories cried that the race was disappearing—it never could sur vive Ittform Bills and Emancipation Acts; if old port and bigotry were to go, the " fine old English gentleman" must go too, like one of the victims of Mr. Darwin's " natural selection," for whom the conditions of existence had ceased to be available. But have we lost him ? Have modern legislation and modern ideas buried him and his fellows fathoms deep in the " new sandstone" of thought and things ? Not a bit of it. Like the grand old boy he is and was, he holds his own with civilisation, and is to be found at his wonted diversions and virtues, as much an institution as ever. Time has taken off his full bottomed wig, and changed the cut of his flowered waistcoat. It has hung his hall about with breech loaders and fishing-rods, insteads of " pikes, and bows, and staves ;" and whereas " when Christmas came" the worthy old man wasapt to be found under his table towards the small hours, he " lives cleanly ne w, and forswears sack" beyond a justifiable degree, and is fit company for the ladies after dinner, which i s more than could be eaid for his ancestors. It was picturesque, perhaps, to see him at his great door serving out a share of his good things to the poor; but it is ten times better that these poor should be honest workmen nowadays, and not beggars, and that the English gentleman should keep up this part of his character by being an intelligent chairman of the board of guardians, or a sensible justice of the peace. In a word, the fine old fellow is changed, but changed for the better rather than the worse, and we only hope that he will long survive the process of such amelioration. We like to come across him ; it does us good, in the stormy atmosphere of politics and the confusion of wars, to catch a glimpse of his honest, beamy coun tenance, and his contented, substantial air. We like to hear of him from time to time, founding museums and institutions at Liverpool, giving his hat-full of thousand -pound notes at a time to the poor of Lon don, taking his pleasure and performing his duties in the thoroughgoing way peculiar to bis kind; and, life's jolly, easy, innocent, and yet earnest business over, dying without a voice to speak ill of his silver ha i rs . We need these men—large-hearted, big limbed, manly-thonghted Britishers—and we do well to be proud of them, for it is an indigenous strain. They don't set the Thames of science on fi re with discoveries, nor take always kindly to those who do; they are largely given to Conserva tive politics, as being comfortably suitable to diges tion, which is usually more or less disturbed by thinking. But, all in all, they are a worthy set, and when we lose them it is a melancholy tribute to ma ke a note of it." Such an one is just departed from among us in ‘ljoe Weld, of Lulworth Castle," as his neighbours affectionately called him. Perhaps because he was as good a Catholic as he was landlord, friend, citi zen, and yachtsman, we are expected not to rank him with the class we have described. Saving the presence of Alr. Newd egate, the c i rcumstance d o es not weigh with us in the slightest degree. The theory of the constitution is that a man's con science is his own business —the practice of society is to make it that of everybody e l se. W e prefer the theory, and consider it essentially a matter of in different detail, of what particular communion a good, honest, truthful, and dutiful gentleman may be. And nothing is more obvious than the healthy set of public opinion towards this view of the matter. It is not the priestly view on either side, because its tendency is to disregard the dogmas and rubrics of this and that Church, and to select and stick to the points of agreement between them, w hich, after all , are as a hundred t o one . B u t it is theimtviee: which, day by day, b r i ngs us nearer to the hen religion will be ch ar i ta bl e , ra ti ona l, and universal, and not the instrument of sacerdotal ambition or the apology for heathenish animosities. There are two sides to C at h olic profession in 1863, when, logically, it seems an anachro nism. There is the priestly and propagandist side, with which we can have no manner of sym pathy, but au intensely contrary feeling; and there is the hereditary and reasonable side, upon which it comes to us invested with many an estimable association. There are families in England amid w h o m the profession of the old creed h as d escen d e d it, n through like generations,and by th ese i t i s reverently kept, jewel, p rec i ous for its asso rather th an f or any i ntr i nsic e es anda householdsett setting, g fascination in the heir-loom. Mr. Weld's house has in this way inherited its tenets, and honourably maintained them. But, to one who never himself asked whether an honest man was of this creed or that, Protestant or Catholic, we owe the same rational liberality. On Joseph Weld's ancestral estate the religious screw was never turned down, nor did any man ever link the name of "Weld of Lulworth'' with anything so mean an d a b sur d as religious perse cution. The best recompense we can make to his memory is gladly to forget that he Old not worship with the majority of his country men, or go towards the Heaven that is near all by quite the same road as they. Th e proper way by ignoring, as we do her e , i n ran ki ng to extend and p ro p a g ate his example i s t o imi our " fine old Eagli s h gent l emen, " t h a i t m e w it ith the slight difference in the religious sanct i ons o f his manly life. His breviary in one hand shall never make us overtook the brave old yachtsman as he stood with his tiller in the other, guiding one of his white-winged beauties to the winnin4-buoy. We have touched here upon the pursuit which has made his name known wherever the pleasure navy of England carri es its bri g ht and sa ucy bunting. He t w h a a s t h a e launchedtb(c)agli yachtsman, and the fl ee t vesse l s and sailed from ti me to t i me are kno wn bysight and fame in ail the ports o f the coast. Toe Alarm must hoist her flag half-mast, for the old eyes that brightened when they saw her stately hull careening to the leeward wash, her spreading sails as white as a swan's pinion, and as deftly set, "are glazed in death." If it was b u t a pas ti m e which made his name known, it was a play for men, in whose blood runs salt. The dancing Lulworth, and the unconquered Alarm, if they were playthings, were playthings for a man with manly heart and tastes; and the liberal and tolerant lord of Lulworth Castle blended these, and a hundred other virtues, with the faith of the founder of Stoneyhurst. A CATHOLIC CHURCH of large . dimensions, beautifully decorated inside, and built upon the plan of one of thejltoman basilicas, has very recently been erected upon Highgate Hill. Tho cost of the whole structure has been considerable, and notwithstanding large dona tions from various members of that community, there is still left a heavy debt to pay. The clergymen hove, in order to liquidate this debt, improvised a distribution of prizes on a large scale, calling upon the whole world to send them something. Accordingly many valuables have been sent from all quarters. One dressing case , with gold requisites (value £ 100 ) , was the g ift of a lady, who, in send ing it, simply remarked that she had no further use for it. Several gold and silver watches have also been contributed. Roman princesses and nobles have sent costly c am ios and mosaics. Pope Pius IX. has sent an exquisite cameo of the Saviour set in gold. The collection, in fact, is said already to exceed in value £l,OOO. And now that it is nearly coin_ pleted, it is to be dis tributed again on the Art Union pl an o f tickets at a smal l cost.—Camden Journal. M ISS BATEMAN'S LEAK. --As she enters, driven by howling and infuriated peasants, vve become aware that a genuine artist has appeared. We believe th a t the actress, the silent maiden, surrounded by the throng, Leene trated with t he dee p est feelin g ; y ou c annot strip off t he ch..,iracter and leave th e wo man untouched. Ther e i s , a ,slight reaction when she fir s t spea k s. Nature L a cting i her . a somewhat an E ng li sh ear. But the speechless hard voic e ; nor i s her accent has tr g u i t v h e , h g the D, ywipthleasin which cone continues riv e ts u s a ga in; she s h u dders at the priestly be: edic tion , and shrinks back in entirely horror from the crucifix h . w ict.‘ saves her from her persecu tors. As the curtain falls we fee: that we have seen an actress who means intensely in all hoar play, and we lament that the ear has not been satisfied . 'lwith cou. y the eye.— hceqon /47i , ; ;f , The Steam Rams in the Mersey, The gunboat Heron, which arrived on Wednes day, remained up to last evening close to the en trance to the Great Float with her fires banked, and a " slip" cable on. Both ram s are now under a guard of marines, and as the Goshawk is moored in the Float it is impossible for either of the rams to escape without observation. We understand, how ever, that :Messrs. Laird have no intention of smug gling the vessels out of port, but that they are await ing the result of the protest which has been entered against the seizure by the Government officers. ' The bare facts, so far es they can be reliably gathered at this early hour, are, that on Tuesday morning Mr. Morgan, of the Customs, acting under the authority of the Treasury, and not of the Foreign-office, as stated, took possession of both rams in a strictly formal manner, announcing the fact in writing to Messrs. Laird, accompanied with the intimation, also in writing, that, if necessary, force would be employed. The men employed were con sequently at once discharged, and the ships passed out of the Messrs. Laird's hands. I❑ this posture matters remained until mid-clay Thursday, when an armed force, under the orders of Captain Inglefield, superseded the Customs offi cers in charge on board both ships, the officers and marines entering Messrs. Laird's yard fully armed, the officers with side arms and the marines with muskets. The Messrs. Laird have protested against these proceedings, as at once unlawful and uncalled for in the present unfinished condition of the ships. The universal feeling here is one of profound indig nation. Installation of Earl De Grey and Ripon as High Sheriff of Hull. Yesterday the ceremony of the installation of Earl de Grey and Ripon took place at the Town hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. For some time past the most active preparations have been made for the re ception and entertainment of his lordship, and every thing was done both by the corporation and the public to give iickit to the proceedings. Earl de Grey arrived at Hull on Wednesday evening at 5.25 by the train from Studley Royal. He was re• ceivedon the platform of the Paragon -street rai way station by the mayor, Mr. W. H. Moss, the sheriff, and several members of the corporation. He was the guest of Mr. H. Blundell, Brunswick house, Beverley-road. Messrs. Samuelson and Co., the extensive iron shipbuilders, having determined to launch from their yards four new iron vessels, the preparations for the launch were completed shortly after seven o'clock in the morning ; and soon after that hour Earl de Grey, Mr. James Clay, M.P., and Mr. Joseph Somes, M.P., together with the mayor and several members of the corporation, as well as the leading merchants of the town, entered the yard. Soon afterwards a signal gun was fired from her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, and the ships Countess of Ripon and the Lightning, two fine East India men were released from their bondage to find a home on the waters. The steamer Earl de Grey and Ripon, which has been been built for a London fire, and a small steamer for the French Government, were to be knocked off the slips. The vessels were all succesfully launched without any accident what ever. After the launches, his lordship and about 250 invited guests sat down to breakfast in Messrs. Samuelson's moulding loft. About eleven o'clock his lordship proceeded to the Humber Lodge of Free masons, where, after an address of congratulation had been presented to him, he was made an hono rary brother of the lodge. This interesting cere mony over, the members of the lodge accompanied his lordship to the Trinity-house, at the entrance to which he was met by the elder and younger brethren. There were present the borough mem bers and Lord Hotham, one of the members for the East Riding. Earl de Grey having been made an honorary brother, he was entertained at luncheon. About two o'clock his lordship proceeded to the Town Hall, Lowgatc, for the purpose of being installed in the office of high steward. Here were assembled the members of the corporation, the members of the consular body, as well as the various orders, guilds, and societies of the town. On the platform were the aldermen of the borough ; Mr. Samuel Warren, Q C., D.C.L., the borough re corder, and Messrs. Clay and domes, borough mem bers. The mayor occupied the chair. The preliminaries having been arranged, his lordship formally accepted the office. The Town clerk then administered the oaths of the office, which were attested by the mayor and recorder. His LORDSHIP then briefly addressed the audience. He said he felt grateful for the high office bestowed upon him, grateful because he had thus an oppor tunity of renewing his connection with that ancient and honourable borough; and as he had now be come an officer of the town, he should feel called upon at all times to promote the interests of the town, and guard them as he would guard his own. A list of the high stewards from the establishment of the office, and dated as far back as 1583, was then handed to his lordship. The ceremony of instal lation over, a procession was formed for the purpose of proceeding to the People's Park, where a magni ficent marble statue of her Majesty, executed by Mr. Thomas Earle, London, was inaugurated. In the evening a grand banquet was given to his lordship in the Assembly-room. The chair was oceu pied by the mayor, and he was supported on his right by the Earl de Grey and Ripon and Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C„ and on his left by Lord Hotham, M.P., and Mr. James Clay, M.P. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been dis posed of, The CHAIRMAN gave the toast of the evening, " The Right Hon. the Earl do Grey and Ripon." His Lordship, on rising, was received with the most deafening applause. After thanking the mayor andcorporation for the high honour which had been done him by conferring upon him so high an office as that of the high stewardship of so important a borough, i n speaking of the volunteer movement, his lordship remarked that that body would always be a valuable auxiliary to the standing army. We lived in times when no reasonable man who looked abroad and contemp!ated the scenes which were being witnessed in the East and the West, and in various parts of the world, could doubt, be thought, that it was the duty of this country to be prepared to meet any c ontingency,having a due regard to the economy of public money, which it is the duty of any Government to look to. Nevertheless, it was their duty to take care that they took no step which would tend to d iminish t h e efficiency of our military forces, or in any way weakened our national de fences. His noble friend (Lord Hotham) had ex pressed a hope that it would be long before the services o f our army and navy were re qu i re d ; he most sin cerely joined the noble Lord in that hope, and by the appearances in vario us parts of the world, he could Bee no ground for g fear'l that the peace which now existed wou ld be broken. n (Applause.) That peace would be best maintained if a great which Power like England, had no aggressive objects, took c are to maintain her position in the world, and m a k e her voice heard iu the countries of Europ e and b and als o to manifest the great powers of the earth, ""a desire not to interfere in their a ff a i rs. It was our duty towards foreign countries to do to others as we would they should do to us, and apply the principles and maxims that WQ would have we to ourselves by remember ing th a t when e are neutral we might again be come belligerents. (Applause.) It was in that spirit that th e G overnmen t o f w hich he had the honour to he a member had undertaken to Be t ' (Applause.) After a few remarks on the d u ties c o i f the offi ce i n whi c h he had that day been installed, his Lordship resumed his seat a midst tremendous bursts of applause. I addressed by The meeting was subsequen t ' d Mr. sows. Lord Hotham, Mr. James Clays 8" STRIKE OF COLLIERS IN IE NoRTIL—Ot tf,e unfortunate "strike" at the Auck TF land Collieries there is ion. e In one case, at least, the yet no prospect of a term inat door to compromise seems to be effectually closed, 37 fami lies, whose heads declined to resume work on the terms o f Messrs. Strakers and Love, having . yesterday betn f orc ib ly ejected from their dwellings at Suunbrow ; an d truly sad an d sug gestive w as the scene which the village Pr —Netccastle U n der this ha rsh and trying treatment, h men w praiseworth y as most ex em p lary and conduct evirtorethY cond of the presented, Chronic. FORGERY. George Baskerville described as a flint grinder, of Hanley, Staffordshire, who pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with forging and uttering the acceptance of a gentle man named Hughes to a bill of exchange for £276 15g., with intent to defraud the London, Birmingham, and South Staffordshire Bank. It will be recollected that the prisoner, in partnership with another person, carried on a wholesale manufacturing business in Staffordshire, and became mixed up with a per son named Smith, who was some time ago convicted of forgery. After that Baskerville found great difficulty in carrying on business, and ultimately it was discovered that he was in the habit of depositing forged acceptances, upon which ho raised various sums of money, and then took up the bill before or on the day it came to maturity. A number of persons gave the prisoner an excellent cha raeter. The Common Sergeant sentenced him to 5 years' penal servitude. MARKETS---This Day, MARK-LANE. To•day's market was but moderately supplied with Eng- lish wheat. The demand, however, both for red and white qualities riled inactive ; yet Monday's quotations were fairly supported. With foreign wheat the market was extensively pupplied. A fair business was transacted in moat instances at pre vious rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at late cur rencies. The supply of barley was moderate, and the trade was in a sluggish state at previous quotations. We have to report a slow trade for all kinds of malt at ate rates. The market was extensively supplied with oats, in which sales progressed slowly at the late decline in prices. Beans and peas were dull, yet no change took place on their values compared with Monday. Flour moved off slowly at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Data. Flout. English-- 1,040 1,320 1 3210 I 1060 lO6O Irish.. — 1860 - l. oretgn 18,740 8 , 070 I 28,780 1 1850 sks, 1090 brio. NEIVGATE AND LEADENIIALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate ; generally speak ing, the trade is firm, and prime qualities have in some in stances advanced in price since we last wrote. Per 81b. by the carcase. stied Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 Nliddling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Frime large do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 6 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 edsd Middlingmutton 3 10 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Vaal .. 3 8 4 4 Small pork .. 4 2 4 6 Lamb ........ 0 0 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English and foreign hops on see is tole rably large. For good and fine qualities there is a moderate demand, and prices rule firm; otherwise, the trade is dull, and the quotations have a downward tendency. New Mid and East Kents £5 12s to £8 Oa per cwt. Weak! of Kents Sussex Yearling 5.... COLONIAL. TEA.—The dealings have been moderate, and prices are generally well sustained, SUGAR.—The operations in West India have been to an average extent, a n d good and fine descriptions mai ntain previous rates. I n th e re fi ned market, owing to the limited quantity of goods on offer, a slight advance has taken place, common lumps being quote! 484 per cwt. CorizE.—Only moderate dealings have been recorded in colonial descriptions ; fully late rates, however, are current for good and fine qualities. RICE.—A firmer tone has prevailed, and in some in stances enhanced prices have been obtained. TALLOW.—There has been more activity, and prices show an upward movement. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 445, and March delivery 44s to 45s tid per cwt. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Oct. 30.—Wind this day at noon—South- South-East; strong breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. CLYDE, Oct. 29.—Wind S.W.--Arrived—John Fergu son, from Quebec. SUNDERLAND, Oat, 29, —Wind S.W.—Sailed—Alarsa, for Valparaiso. tBY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPTI.) GRAVEbENi.), Friday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 30—Li nea , from Bahia. sailed, Oct. 30.—Chanticleer, steamer, for Stettin; Raby Castlt, for Calcutta; Wilhelm, for Cuba. DEAL, Friday Morning. Anchored—Astrea (steamer), from Landon, for St. Miehaet's_; Sazah of Weymouth, from Liverpool, for Rot terdam • Louisa, from th o nort h , f or west. Passed—Fanny (schooner), from the west, for north; American Congress, from New York, for London. A WONDERFUL DOG.—A correspondent of the Scotsman says :—" The other day I was privileged to behold a phenomenon. After enjoying the customary half-hour of waiting at Thornton Junction, 1 was at length being conveyed slowly and steadily along the Kinross line. My attention was attracted by a dog barking in a reproach ful manner at the train. It was a black shepherd's dog, and it cantered gently alongside. I then lost sight of it for a few minutes, but what was my astonishment, on looking out again, to see the same dog, cantering at the same easy pace along the other line of rails. It arrived at the next station along with us, after running from one station the whole way to the next, looking conlaiderably fresher than the engine. Now, either this must be a most wonderful dog, or (pardon me for breathing the horrible suspicion) the pace of the Fife railways cannot be prodigious, and the dog knew the slowness of the line too well to put his master to the expense of a ticket when ha could so easily run the distance on foot." COLLISION ON THE PEEBLES RAILWAY. EDINBURGH, Thursday, 5,30 Evening, —A collision has occurred on the Peebles Railway. Three ballast wagguns got detached from the train on the Leadburn and Linton branch, now making; they rolled on to the main line, and met the 4.20 train from Edinburgh. A terrible shock took place. One buy of seven, son of Mr. Tennant, of the Glen, was killed, and seven or eight passengers were injured ; two or more seriously. Great damage was done to the plant. T he line, which is single, is blocked. The en gine•man and stoker were injured. M. AUEER'S " FIANCEE DU ROI DE GARBES,' is in active rehearsal at the Opera Comique, and " Les Troyens," by M. Berlioz, at the Theatre Lyrique. WESTMINSTER. CHARGE OF LOlTERlNG.—Cornelius Quick, a young man, who gave his place of abode in Ulerkenwell, was charged before Mr. Selfe with being in Lupus-street, Pimlico, under suspicious circumstances. Police-constable 231 A said that last night about 10 o'clock he was in plain clothes in Lupus-street, when the prisoner was pointed out to him as having been wandering about the street for a considerable time. 'Witness watched him, and saw him go up the steps of some doors. He afterwards went into other streets and did the same. When he was in Charlwood-street witness went up to him and told him he was a constable, and it he did not give a satisfactory account of himself he should take him into custody. He then stated that ho was waiting for his mate. Witness then took him to the station-house, Mr. Selfe—Did he tell you where he came from ? Constable—Not till he got to the station-house. Mr. Selfe—Was anything found upon him? Constable--Only a key and a tobacco pipe. A few days ago there was a house roboery in Lupas-street. Mr. Selfe (to p rison er) -- Lupas-street is a long way from Clerkenwell. What were you doing in Lupas-street ? Prisoner—l was waiting to meet a young woman. The prisoner was remanded forinquiries to be made about him. Bank of England Return.•--Yesterday. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 28th day Gf Oct., 1863: 188 EYE DEP akRTMENT. Notes issued ......X25.419,410 Government Debt £11,015,10 Other Securities .. 3.631,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,709,410 Silver Bullion ..... X28,419,C10 £28,419,410 BANKING D oprletors' Capi tal 4 14 .553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis- 'EPARTBIENT. Government Seen- titles (including Dead WeightAn- nuity) £10,995,363 Other Securities 19.693,189 Notes Gold and Silver 6 , 8,164 Coin missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend counts) 1, 462,163 Other Deposits— 15,01a,128 Seven Day and other Bills 728,358 X 37,901,376 bl. 7 £37,901,376 .RSTIALL, Chief Cashier. Oct. 29, 1863. MR. LAYARD's DISENTOMBMENT OF NINEVEH. —Can it be denied that Mr. Layard has m‘de us better acquainted with the public and private life of the Assyrians, Than all the historians who have written about them ? How many eyes have gazed upon the sand mounds that covered ancient Nineveh, in ignorance that ben• ath them history itself lay buried I If the historians who wrote in their hazy way about the nations of anti quity, in the last century, had been told that Assyria lived beneath these misshapen mounds, or rather slept like the enchanted princess in the fairy tale, and that one day she would come forth and speak—tell to her tale, graven on enduring marble, and would show us through her royal hails, and take us to the steps of the throne of Sennacherib himself—would they not hare smiled incredulously ? What Rollin of the pen could tell us a hundredth part of what Layard has writ ten for us with the spade ? The stranger tired with his desultory wanderings in the British Museum at, last loiters into the long low gallery i n which the spoils of Assyria are ranged. If he happen to be of an imagina tive turn, he finds fools enough around him to lire his fLigging spirits. These sculptured slabs discover to him a picture history of one of the great eastern empires. He. may see the very throne upon which Sardanapalus sat, and the sceptre he used, and—we say it in eider to show that we need not despair of having presented to us even the minutest details of the past—we find the very studs, and buttons, and pins, that that mighty monarch probably wore; for they were discovered in these royal halls. Need we despair that the earth will yield up thousands of secrets equally curLais with those she has so long kept silently in the sand beside the swiftly flowing Tigri s ? Let us salute those human•headed winged Bulls, for they guarded the portals through which monarchs aril. Slaves have passed, whose deeds and sufferings the sacred h:,'Lorian has chro nicled in the Great Book.—Once a Week,. BURIED IN A WELL.—On Wednesday afternooa last a fatal accident occurred at the village o; Ol d Basfoid, near Nottingham. About half -past 2 o'clock a man named William Marriott, 61 years of age, was engaged in removing bricks from an old well. He had got nearly to the bottom, and was standing upon a ladder, when he was warned by the man who was drawing the bricks out that the sides of the well were not safe, and he had much better ascend. Marriott, however, refused to come out. In a few minutes the sides gave way, fell in upon him, and he was completely buried. An alarm was raised, and seve ral men were speedily en gaged in endeavouring to rescue him, but upwards of an hour elapsed before his body could be found. He was then standing erect upon the ladder, and quite dead. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.---Mis Day NEWMARKET RACES—Tins DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) £lOO HANDICAP PLATE. Touch-and-go ..... Reserve Ten ran. AUDLEY END STAKES. Clarlssimus beat Garde. MATCH—Bridle c beat Llangollen. MATCH.—Annington beat Wee Aggie. HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Principal Fiancee 1 Ten ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 500 SOVS. Echo beat Battaglia. FREE HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. Merry Heart w.o i SWEEPSj • AKES OF 10 SON'S. Prince Lee 800 ...... Knave of Trump s Three ran. FIRST CLASS STAKES. _ _ Sheridan .......................................... 1 Prince Arthur .................................... 2 Washington ..................................... Fifteen run. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Lyttelton. The coming of age of the Hon. C. J. L yttelton , the eldest son of Lord Lyttelton, is being celebrated at Hagley with considerable spirit and good f eel i ng by all classes there. Amongst the guest at Ha g l ey _ hall is the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Chau_ cellor of the Exchequer, who was present at dinner given to the cottagers on Wednesday, At the conclusion of the repast, Lord LTTTELTON announced the order of the pro. ceedings. His son was to be presented with an address, and his health drunk. After his son had acknowledged this, somebody else's health was to be proposed. Whose it was, it was of course possible for him to conjecture. (Laughter.) He was sorry to say that the toast was going to be pro . _ _ posed by a gentleman of no experience in public speaking, and of no reputation in that country or any other. (Laughter.) After the presentation of the address, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said—l rise for the purpose of communicating to you the secret to which Lord Lyttleton has alluded—(laughter)— and as I think it is better on this occasion, since time is scarce, to dispense with all preliminaries, I had better tell you at once that my proposal is that you should drink his health. (Cheers.) I think that the manner in which you will drink it will be worthy of him, and equal to the manner in which you have just drunk the health of his son, If indeed, this had been a toast which had required the exercise of persuasive powers, I feel that it would have been one I ought not to have undertaken, be cause I cannot profess to appear before you as a wholly disinterested witness, or look with eyes entirely impartial on any question which affects the honour and happiness of Lord Lyttleton and his family. Perhaps, gentlemen, there is another reason why I ought to have scrupled to obey the in structions which have put it down upon me to dis charge this duty. I cannot help recollecting, what indeed you would remember if I did not remind you, that the very fact of my appearance here to day, together with the other friends and relatives of Lord Lyttelton, must recall to your minds one who was the immediate link, and the earliest link, though I hope now far from the only link between Lord Lyttleton and myself. lam certain that, amidst the festive sounds of joy, and amidst the happy anticipations of the future and recollections of the past, there is not one among the inhabitants of Hagley whose mind has not also been possessed in the midst of these festivities with the recollection of the gracious presence and of the boundless good works of that person whom you would have desired, had it been permitted to you to govern her destiny, to see amongst you to-day, that she might have en joyed with you the realisation of her hopes. But likewise I believe you feel—l am sure we all feel— hat the Wisdom wkich has ordered it otherwise has ordered it better far for her, and has called her, not to the loss of any joy she could have felt here, but has called her to the additional and the en during reward of her Christian life. Gentlemen, it has pleased the Almighty to lay upon Lord Lyttel ton the heaviest burden that can be laid upon man; but it has pleased Him also to grant him extraor dinary satisfactions and compensations. Ido not believe that in the length and breadth of this land here is a person to be fotnd who more entirely fulfils in his own individual character all that can be desired from an English nobleman, an English landlord, and an English gent leman . ( C heers.) I do not believe there is one who enjoys in a greater degree the affections of friends and rela tives. whose family spring up around him in great er a bundance, or with greater brightness. And as regards that most conclusive of all testimonies to a man, the opinions and feelings of his neighbours, the assemblage we see here to-day, the testimonials of joy with which the whole village is full, and the feelings that you have exhibited, every one o f you, upon every occasion when you have been called upon to manifest y.our sense of what he is, render it NN holly unnecessary, nay, impertinent, for me to dilate upon them. We have assembled here upon an occason pre - eminently English, for it is in this happy country beyond all others that men value the traditions of their forefathers, and hope and earnestly strive to make those traditions fruitful as examples fur the future. You have among you Lord Lyttelton, presenting in himself the virtues and distinctions of his ancestry, and I may ven ture to say, without disparagement to them, adding to those virtues, and raising those distinc tions to a higher post. (Cheers.) It is well upon occasions like this that you should appeal to the noble susceptibilities of a youthful mind and character, by setting before the young what their fathers have done in their times, and what they are now doing. You present thus to their mind the highest mark, not of a mere temporal and world ly ambition, but the highest mark of moral, civil, soci al , to and Ch r i st i an excellence, for no mar k can be o high to offer in order that our endeavours 0f 0 1 0 x t ) ever striving upwards to what, after all, wi i zi na_ f_ nd fully attain. Oa this great English occas sion—'and isl ; 00- one, I believe, more full with every e : n add one more tore of such rejoicings has never been even in England—l call upon you to hsve _ iven to to thealmost in numerable marks you have regard and ce lebrated Lord Lyttelton of—l will not sa r y nis Y to describe the respect, for these are but cold ni t ore testimony and feelings of your hearts -0 drinking upon n ' e on, by a fft ' c ia tl i o prosperity, and his proof of your devoted this happiness. occasio n (Cheers.)to w ith much enthusiasm, and The toast was drunk l thy by his lordship, was briefly acknow Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. la and M a uritius, via yviiaa i\Srlotault,thhappiaecpBx.toeunt.e..i................ Nov.lB. .Nov.. N 41 2. . Nar:inieilliSS u t u . : l l . :lnpton:N ov . 2. Helena.. Nov. 30. ; pa :: i r oi i fsporiedno : — agy,eoat v ed SA. d i s Bnege b anpsoi ß orne . : via Dina , 111ar6eilles ...Out. 27. I lan d Islands ...... .. ............. Falk i tt Southampto n' .. Nov. `). Gibraltar, v ............. •• India (Calcutta), and Ceyl, via Southampton —Nov. 2. via Marseilles.... Oct. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Nov.ll. via Marse.illes Nov. 5. Portugal.. • • ............................... Nov. 4. Nev. 2. Malta, Egypt, and Ath,n, via fSouthawptoo Oct. 27. via Marseilles ..Oct. 31. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo . ..... U. 6. and British N. America, Ly by U.S. packet.... 31. .. Wby Canadian packet.oct.C. of Africo, Madeira, Nov. 10. .Brit. packet.... Nov. G. and Tereritfe G AS IN ALEXANDRIA, —The Frneh Journr l . 6 Egypt° says:--'' The building of the new gas works for the town of Alexandria is malting , progress. The undertaking has been confided to Messrs Collar and -R(Sraeraud, under the direction of an engineer. To J ud g e by the activity displayed we may hope that the entire elle cution and development of the schema will n ot be long e layed. Before eight months have x assed Ivo shall 5,0 tha streets of tho city lighted with gas." ed 9 - le er )y t- ss hi sS est 9 97 I •<, "\, i