The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-17 00:00:00

TIONEY XARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discoun t market continues in a stationary position, with a good supply of money, a tolerably active demand, and much uncertainty with regard to the future course of events. Inquiries continue to be made at the Bank of England for the pur pose of ascertaining whether the minimum has been altered ; but a better feeling now appears to pre- T ail, because the overflow of gold seems to have re ceived a check, and there are other symptoms Which, if further developed, will remove the anxiety lately manifested. buring the last few days there has not been mush animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce markets. Sugars, however, have fully sus tained late prices ; tea has been at steady rates; while coffee, rice, and saltpetre have each slightly declined. In the tallow market there has been very little change, owing to an absence of speculative b usiness—quotations for both present and forward delivery showing steadiness. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed Thursday next a special settling day in the shares of the following companies :—East London Bank (Limited), to be marked ; Dartford Creek Paper Mill Company (Limited), and New Mansfield Cop per and Silver Mining Company (Limited), not to be marked. The committee have also ordered the shares of the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Company to be marked in the twice a week list ; all bargains to be arranged on the ordinary settling days. Two O'. At the Paris B ourse t hi s day, according CLOCK to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes Were 67f. 20c. The proprietors of the London Dock Company held a special meeting to-day, to consider the pro position for amalgamating their undertaking with the St. Katharine Dock and Victoria Dock Com- Panies—Mr, Charles John Manning in the chair. The arrangements, which were carried nem. con., were to the effect that the amalgamated companies be entitled the London and St. Katharine Dock Company ; that the shareholders of the London and St. Katharine companies be admitted to the new company upon equal terms; that the capital consist of the aggregate amount of the capital stocks of the two companies, that the liabilities of the two companies be assumed by the amalgamated one, and that it be governed in the first instance by a board of directors of the two companies. The arrangement to be made with the Victoria Dock Company were that the lessees agreed to sell their docks, lands, &c., for £1,600,000, to be paid in 4 per Cent. Debenture Stock of the amalgamated company, producing £42,500 per annum, the interest commencing from the Ist January, 1865. The terms were fully accepted, and authority given to apply to Parliament for the necessary powers. Little, it any, increase of business can be reported in the market for the English Fonds, which for the moment attract only a limited share of public at tention either as a medium for speculation or in. !estment. A few sales or purchases are sufficient to influence the tendency of prices, and this morning, On the appearance of vendors, indications of heavi ness became perceptible, although the amount of Stock disposed of was small, and quotations were slightly depressed, Consols being 921 1 for money, and , 1, less th e di v id en d, f or the account. Th e New Throes and Reduced Annuities are flat at 9° l; ill; Exchequer Bill s were B s . to 3s. dis ; I n di a 6 Per Cents., 1088 ; do. 4 per Cents., 1001; Bank Stock is 235 237. There is very little actual business doing in the For eign Market, the settlement of the account en gaging chief attention, and the tendency of prices In generally in an adverse direction. Turkish 6 Per Cents.,lB62, are 701 ; do., Consolides 471 48 ; Mexica n , 381 I."; Greek, 301 ; do., Coupons, 14i 10; Spanish Passive, 341 ; do., Certificates, 131 ; Portuguese 481 y ; do. New Scrip, 1 to 1 prem. ; and th e C onfederate Loan, 59 61. I n the Railway Share Market the operation have Northof a v ery li m i te d description. North Eastern, North Western, and South Eastern have declined and Metropolitan £2, while Lancashire and orkshire, and North Eastern (Berwick) have im proved 58. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue very inactive, at barely previous quotations. Bank Shares in some instances also show less firm nes% Imperial Ottoman have declined to 17 i ; Union of Australia to 57; ; Alliance of London and Liverpool to 46,1. In the Miscellaneous Market General Credit Shares are dealt in at 71 ; International Financial at 9i 10; Swedish Bank Shares are quoted 4 to 4 prem. ; National Shipping, 4/ to 6 prem.; and East London, 3 to 3,1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK . rank Stock 235 7 3 per Cent. R e d uce d Annu i ties 9Ol k 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92a t Ne w 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per C en t . 1888 lO4 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5/ per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991 Ditto Bonds Zl,OOO Ditto under £1,000..., .. Bank Stock tor Account I Console for Account, Dec. 3. adia Stoo l 's for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per C ent 8 3 dis Ditto X600 Ditto. Small FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent 11l Ditto 1859 uzilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-SS-60 Ditto :1863 .. Ditto Scrip, 1863, £l5 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 92i Ditto Account.... . *" Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. .per Ditto 3 per Cent............. .............. Chilian 6 per Cent, ........ Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent gypti an 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue XqUador New Consolidated, •1 per Cent — Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex -Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account l4 G uatemala 5 per Cent. y Ditto Account 4t alian 5 per Cent.(Marenamana Railway) kexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial Granada 5 per Cent New Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B6l Portuguese 3 per C ent., 18 5 3 Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent 1856 , Di tto Account , 7, '9, '6O, 62 — 48! Ditto 1863 .......... • . _ ussDitto Scrip, £lO paid . 1 At pm ian 5 per C ent., 1822, St 9l Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 ............. Ditto 1860 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent.: 1862......... 87 l ardinian 5 per Cent ............ an . e. per Cent jkSeeeunt Ditto Deferred Ditto Account Date pa,,,swe Ditto Account. ........... Spiapitity, ACceenrt.,ioeft .(!ou.p. ...... 34- - • ..... Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account, .... . Ditto 6 per Cent. 1868 l'loo Bonds ..... .....• Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 - Ditto Account ............. .• Ditto Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 . Ditto Gnaratteed, 4 per C ent.., Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1662 Ditto Account .. Dividends on the above payable in Lond on. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail ........ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1b , 31, Ex. 25 francs 1, D itto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols' Money Ditto Account BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 130 ItTann° A L S t L aw i enci Allan Rall Rom.,Barodad c .C ent I nd C e l o Sk all o Ys Paidwa. Prioe. Business don( IGu. 5 per cent.. 100 105 106 1051 6 20 Do. New . ***** 84 1 p 2 0 Do. E. Share s. But l Do a . lo rr a e n t d er L en aa ce e a RI I I I 1 ( 0 4 too 84 94 Buflalo,Brant,&Godria ,„, I 6 p. ot. bds. A ug . 1 , 187 2 100 Do. do. July 1, 187 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 18:4 100 st Olcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lir., 100 102 104 at Cape Town Dock Seri]. 100 102 104 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 107 108 108 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1064 1 , ;74 107 64 7 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 1 14p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada luo 21 52 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 74 16 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 61 70 100 Do. do. deferred all 48 62 100 Do. 3d PI ef. stock 1 00 Do. do. deferred all 38 42 1 00 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 28 30 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 23 26 stook Gtandiarentn.gua.sp.o. 100 1074 1084 108 20 Do. New gua. sp. 6 l2 1 14p 20 Do. January, 1862 8 1 14p stook Gt. South.of India (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 105 204 Di. W. ofCanada Shares all 10 104 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 95 97 1 0 0 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. •. all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 ip stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 105 too stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 100 101 stock Dc.4A d 0........ 100 16 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock llelb.Corp. op. o. Buds. 100 50 31elb. Sc Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßt answick a Canda Class A. and B *** all 3 5 N.Rl.C'da6 po Ist tbds 100 82 84 stock &dude ......... (100 105 106 1064 at Do. Delhi lO3 104 106 Do. do E. 2 6 20 Do. Punjaub S all to et Do. Do. ........ , , 100 101 le6 105 tock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1,100 101 l( 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t,au.Got. 6 p.c.Ja. &Jut) 1877-84 .. 100 102 104 103 21 1 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 109 11,2 104 Do. (5 p. e. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. 100 92 94 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G.Hope, 6p 16,1875 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881, 100 109 111 Do. 1891 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 115 — iNa Mauriti Guy us p . 6 per cent lOO 197 108 per cent 100 197 109 !N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.J a.&Jul) 100 103 115 MI Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. 5 p z., 18. - a 100 101 102 - Do. sp. e.,18/ to 1.)7( 100 101 102 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 101 162 1011 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 Queensland Gev. 6p. c lOO la 113 lb. Aus G6p.c.1d73.& u p lOO 112 114 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 Do. to ap.e. An.StOot.. 100 109 110 1091 BRITISH MINES. 2 iCambrian Consol. Gold 1 t ed kAittord Amalgamated.. 37 18 Deven G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 550 6 6 0 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 55 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. Id oar , East Caradon ...... 261 273 I East Carn Brea... i 3.4.0 75 74 - E. WlRussel (Tavistk.) 8 9.0 52 61 6 IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.)l t 8 / 11 13 Great South 'lolgus l7s 44 b !G. Wheal Vor (11elston 40 11 12 Ic4renville 11 erc..<l's- Foot 8.12 SO 41 ilingeton Downs 4.'8.0 11 25 Lady Bertha Margaret (lJny Lelant 9} 20 22 Mance Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2/ 15 g d New Seton l9l 90 100 •-• North Downs 24 1/ 2 N.Wlei Basset (Illot,au 3.1.0 24 31 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze), 20 Providence (Uuy Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 iSouth Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 410 120 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 11.1R.9 60 65 ;Stray Park 30.17.6 36 38 5 ramar Sllv.& Lead Min. 1/ 1 4 - Pin Crort 9 19 20 IWest Basset (Illogan) ll 91 101 %V Cf radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5f 774 821 Wheal Bulleratedruth; 5 221 271 Wheal Kitty (ILLelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuthott - Wheal 31aryAnn (Men ) 8 11 12 Wheal 13eton 5Bl 160 170 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 20 21 Wheal Union 3.17 21 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4i per cent. rd., 101 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.) 99 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 44 per Cent., 92 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 83. 9 Bahia and Kan Francisco aim.) gua. 7 per cent, 181 I Great Luxembourg., 121 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 121 FOREIGN MINES, St. John del Rey (lira.), sot Vallaansoa Gold, lira., I Yudananiutana of S. Australia ni DOCKS. Victoria, 103 JOINT-STOCK PUNKS. Alliance Bank of Lona= and Liverpool (11m.), 47/ Anglo Austrian, 81 Australasia, 75 I Bank of Egypt, 261 British North American,"47 Colonial, 39f English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 23 Imperial Bank (11m.), 23} Imperial Ottoman, 174 London and Brazilian aim.), 501 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 29 London and County, 544 London and Northern aim.% 10 94 London and Westminster, 80 Oriental Bank Corporation, 584 S Provincial of Ireland, 924 Union of Australia, 58 7 MISCELLANEOUS. Discount Corporation, limited, W 1 1 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Rm., 41 Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, lim., 71 Great ship (Rm.), 1 Hudson's Bay, 141 International Financial Society, lim., 101 9 10 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 87 Joint stock Discount, Of London Financial Association, lim., 23 1 National Dicount Company,llim., I Royal Mail Steam, ?GA SHIPPING—This Day, (EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAYEBEND, daornin. Arrived, Nov. 17—Harkaway, from Tues Terce y ira M ; Zodiao, from Madras; Henrietta, from Quebec; Choice, from ' Colombo ; St. Pierre, from Ho n fl eur ; Freedom, from F- Eros, from Lanvig ; Pilot, from H avre ; Scutari:. - - 4 Y a l ; Cotta; Forth, f rom H am b urg . -, trom Cal- DEA L, 1- ',, Passed— Tovellanos (screw et.- ..esday Morning. (81 4), both from the west ; P ...Amer), Pretty Maggie from Manilla ; PantheP ...-overnor General (schooner), Mathilda A.thelino- ' ' Capalonia (ship), d on; Sei ne a - . -+ nom Madras r ship), botl4 from the west—all for Lon ...a•Algiers- k ' famise (steamer), for Rouen; l'isroioe, for —Dot4 from I.4ondvn. 13.11. f Bir., `Vol., and Str. Val. all 8 £1 HER MAJESTY. 25 IBlythe and Tyne. 10 I Itost.,Sleat, andM id.C o all 81 84 at Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian lOO 118 119 50 Cork and Bandon all The Queen, accomp W a r n l i N e D d s b7 20 Cornwall A gets no div ) .„ h C e A r s it TL o E y , a N l H or i . gh l6 n . ess 10 Do A I till 6pc pan has i "I,` the Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Hon. 10 Do. B been pa id 1/ . o B. )a" 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 38 40 Mrs. Bruce, drove out this morning in a carriage 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 at i Edinburgh & Glasgow., 100 94 96 and four. at Glasg. and S. Western.; 100 107 U 9 Major-General Hon. A. N. Hood attended on at Great Eastern, o.d. stkl 100 49 50 491 at Ditto A st oc k I 100 45 47 horseback. at Ditto EastAnglian st 100 7 ) 81 at GreatNorthof S co tl an d 100 81. Great Northern lOO 125 1 27 1251 6 Prussia Her R(Poyrianlcelsisigihtonyeasso,thaetteCnrdoewdn bPyricnocuesnsteossf at Do A stock st Do Bdo ' 100 134 136 Hohenthal and Count Furstenstein, went to London at Gt. S. and W. of IrelanG 1100 100 102 99 this morning. at Great Western at Do Str V a l g ua . stock 100 The Marquis of Normanby had an audience of st Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 X 1094 110 1:0 the Queen to deliver the insignia of the Order of the at Loudon a n d Bl ac k wall 100 70 72 at 'L on ., B r i ght ., & S. Coast 100 110 11l Garter worn by his late father. at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 144 454 at Lon. & N or th Western 100 1031 1034 1 031 3 * at Lon. & Scr.th Western 100 101 102 1014 1 at Man., Shef., & Li ncoln. 100 49 491 494 9 Return of the Crown Prince of Prussia. 50 Maryport and Carlisl e all 121 I D o j s h ares all His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia , at !Metropolitan all 119 120 ,121 191 20 181 attended by Colonel Schwenitz, reached Dover yes st Midland 6.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 96 98 50 411 d. Gt. W. of Ireland all having crossed from Calais in the mail-steamer Sam -25 Do. 1 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 ** Do Cray Line at North British Ma et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 16 was met by the Hon. Col. Ponsonby, one of her Ma st Nth. Eastern—Berwics 100 1014 1014 1011 ii jesty's equerries, who had arrived at Dover to receive 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.1 3 . 4 d st Do Leeds lOO 58 50 his royal highness. The military and naval autho at Do York at Do Carlisle.. at North London 1 0 Do New 5 1 2 p 19.15.4'N0rth Staffordshire 10 IN. and S. W. Junction all 11 111 at Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stook 100 42 44 lined the quay; and, on his royal highness stepping at Do Scot Mid. stock lOO 93 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all on shore, the National Anthem was played, while a at Shropshire Union st South Devon.. ...... st South Eastern Fit !South Wales 9 t IS. York. and River Dun 100 97 49 who greeted the prince very respectfully, and his 20 I;,taines,Wok.,andWok all 10 104 25 'Stockton & Darlington an 17 38 royal highness graciously acknowledged these eels 25 D o l7 81 94 e tationB. 44) Do New, 8 71 7 at Taff Va1e..1.85G .. 10 Do B 8 41 61 t , 10 Do C 3 21 31 p Lord Warden Hotel the Crown Prince , attended b y 50 Ulster 12 8a888 .1 0 „ i i 7v,i, Waterford via : :: stteH o ote 25 Do o r irfac f r t. oao N risred e tnp a aw&Go t . h aa 1 K u l l R d i 1 a r r e . ni u & n R , yi 100 10 0 0 0 1 87=-62 1 76 _ ° 7 train, travelling in ono of the railway company's royal saloon carriages. A guard .of honour of the 59th Regiment lined the passage from the Lord at West Midland Oxford' 100 at Do N ewport 100 —-- Warden Hotel to the railway station. Mr. Wa y , at Do Hereford 100 the superintendent at Dover, who had made every . ~ ..: .....e t,;,.......-..1 hitAnos. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Prussia, attended by Colonel Schwenitz, reached Dover yes terday from Prussia, o❑ his way to Windsor Castle, having crossed from Calais in the mail-steamer Sam phire, leaving that port at 2 p.m. and arriving at Dover about 4 p.m. On landing his royal highness was met by the Hon. Col. Ponsonby, one of her Ma jesty's equerries, who had arrived at Dover to receive his royal highness. The military and naval autho rities were likewise in attendance, together with the Prussian Vice-Consul, Mr. S. M. Latham. A guard of honour of the 78th Highlanders, with band and colours, under the command of Col. Ewart, C,8., lined the quay; and, on his royal highness stepping on shore, the National Anthem was played, while a royal salute was 6ischarged from the castle bat teries. There was a large number of spectators, who greeted the prince very respectfully, and his royal highness graciously acknowledged these salu tations. After a short stay for luncheon at Birmingham's Lord Warden Hotel the Crown Prince, attended by Col. Ponsonby and suite, left for London-bridge at 4.35 p.m. by the South-Eastern Company's mail train, travelling in ono of the railway company's royal saloon carriages. A guard of honour of the 59th Regiment lined the passage from the Lord Warden Hotel to the railway station. Mr. Way, the superintendent at Dover, who had made every arrangement for the reception of his royal highness, travelled in the train to London-bridge, which was reached at 6.35 p.m. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia, attended by the Countess Hohenthal and Count Furstenstein, arrived at the London-bridge Station shortly atter six, and waited the arrival of the train. After a greeting between their royal highnesses the royal party left for Waterloo Sta tion, and thence by special train for Windsor, ar riving there at about 7.40 p.m. Mr. Eborall, the general manager of the South- Eastern Company, and Mr. Knight, the superin tendent, received their royal highnesses at the Lon don-bridge Station. Their royal highnesses both appeared in excellent health, and received manifestations of loyal welcome from the few persons who were aware of their pre sence. Visit of Prince Alfred to Dalkeith Palace, On Saturday morning his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, his Grand Ducal Highness Prince William of Hesse and suite, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Holstein and his son Prince William, left Holyrood Palace for Dalkeith Palace, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. The royal party arrived at Dalkeith Palace shortly before 11 o'clock, and were received by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Ladies Victoria, Margaret, and Mary Scott, the Countess Dowager of Morton, Lady Alice Douglas, Lieut.-Colonel and Lady Harriet Fletcher, Lady Archibald Hope, Lady Georgina Balfour of Balbirnie, Lord John Scott, Lord Henry Scott, Lord Charles Scott, Sir Archibald Hope, and Mr. Balfour of Balbirnie. The royal party were then conducted through the entrance-hall, where stands a colossal marble statue of the late Duke of Wellington, executed by Campbell, to the break fast room, where they took breakfast. After breakfast the royal party were conducted to the drawing•room and gallery, in which apart ment, in 1842, her Majesty held her first Drawing-room. The dining room was next visited, where were shown a magnificent silver centre-piece, weighing 3,000 ounces, designed by Cotterell in 1829, round the base of which are several beautiful figures in relief, representing the origin of the Buccleuch family, so graphically de scribed by Sir Walter Scott; an immense silver punch-bowl, which was in the possession of Queen Anne; E. gilt ur❑ and ewer, presented by William IV. as sponsor for Lord Dalkeith, M.P. ; a hand some gold and silver filigree cup, presented by her Majesty in 1845, as godmother to Lady Victoria Scott, the eldest daughterof his grace; and a variety of other antique plate arranged on buffets. The illustrious party next paid a visit to the stables, while the ladies drove out. The carriage and har ness departments were next visited, after which the royal party went out in the grounds on a shooting excursion. The weather proving mild and genial, luncheon was served in the park, when the sport was again resumed with much spirit, the party at the close of the day having succeeded in bagging 7 5 head. Shortly after fi ve o ' c l ock the d i stingu i s h e d p a rty returned to the Palace. Dinner was served at half past seven o'clock, after which his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Holstein and his son left for Edinburgh, accompanied by Mr. Robert Scott, 01 Fossaway. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred and Prince William of Hesse and suite attended Divine service on Sunday in the West Parish Church, where the Rev. James Lamont preached. The church was well filled. In the afternoon the royal party attended Divine service in the Duke of Buccleuch's private chapel, accompanied by his grace and family. The Rev. W. B. Bnshby, 8.A., officiated. Their royal highnesses are to return to Holyrood Palace on Monday morning.—Scotsman. THE FRENCH EMBASSY.—His Excellency Baron .Gros left Albert gate House on Sunday for Paris, his Excellency having relinquished his post as Ambassador of France. We are informed that the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergno, who is appointed by the Emperor as the sue censor of Baron Gros, will arrive in London towards the end of the week to enter on his duties as Ambassador. We understand the proposed visit of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales to the Earl and Countess of Leicester, at Holkham Hall, Norfolk, which was expected to take place on the 23d inst., has been deferred, owing to the demise of the King of Denmark. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge is shortly expected to pay a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby, at Knowsley, near Prescott, Lancashire. The Duchess of Somerset and Lord Edward St. Maur are staying at Stover House, Devon. The duchess and family are expected to leave Stover House in a short time to pass the winter at Balitrode. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland arrived at Stafford House, St. James's, last , i , f 4iziag, from Trentham, Staffordshire. The Marquis an d IVl arehionees of Bat h h ave l e ft Thomas's Hotel: 13 erkeley-square, for their seat, Lengleat, Wilts, The Earl and Countess of Warwick are expected at their residence in, the Stable-yard, St, brace's, from Warwick Castle. The Earl St. ?jaur has been on a tour through Guniany, and by tho last laters WM at Trieste, on his way to Greece. Hotel, Dover street, for th r e e wi hee r Fic :o re unterblasi " has been directed llle Another Countess r oya 1 arrived at Brown's against the use of tobacco. The 1 17 s Prince Con sort was a smoker, awl the Prince of than 0110 90i011 been seen with a cigar in his onm mouth; M . but '.., appear s that her Majesty has prohibited the use of tobaccoi within the peciacts of Windsor Castle. Notices to this effect have been posted not only in rooms of the lords-in .waiting and equerries, but even in the York Tower, which is being fitted up for the Prince of 'Wales. MR. COBDEN'S INTENDED VISIT TO ROCHDALE —Mr. J. T. Pagan has received a letter from Mr. Cobden, intimating that he will be present on the 24th instant, at the meeting to be held at Rochdale. Mr. Bright has also promised to attend. ovals, itera- vriter tween giant agh," place )t to- ry, in 1 book racter . / rer," ;r the illus- ose of of all piece, little i®e at sting► W, as ervea r g eoh a the ealtb, : e has r, and iptive leatb, q aro mbilt- LI who el ci at EsdaYl .house ed for : --Ag rßel- erbert Esq., ather 3lothic ming - Jamcg John i „ 12, Iliaiao wick, in; T. near Hallo )brist louse, mid onibe, /flour- geleyr, a rtley , Hee illiara Win 3eder, John South• louse, rilleret trand, 0, and from ood is India, iy and of the under ! other veep a on the Dtarie s •ed bf ,posed [eti 111 Ludy° iraltY , he re- he dis- e rred, ouding u 101 I who im ens. Bar " letOber to tha 3 etion° 3 of a ad th e en the r , e eas to Vi r • y him ted to ooker, I were he re- I them r ova J. earl- faci" at Of )urnes , tblisb:• iterest ,ty, by Ln and ,ratuS ; y been society hment stated. to the aoting :o Mr. that it much 1 with (y ei l to L d . Mr. d they s ly for e went retSel lt. oip" ° IL T re : R. Seller :fiLolo °. 71 ;$ 011 sa ' p. It La late r i s lord for lied ; bee° ailitarY o j roffr a dooe ci coo,. SHARE MARKETS,—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOB•S• Closing I Busines. Share' Hallways. , Paid. P r i ce . done. 741 , - /A /. Tart g LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Bramwell, Channel], and Pigott.) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. SILLIAN AND OTHERS.. --THE SEIZURE OF THE ALEXANDRA. It will be remembered that this was an information filed by the Attorney-General with a view of obtaining, on the part of the Crown, a condemnation of the ship Alexandra, as well as imposing penalties upon certain persons con cerned in the equipping, fitting out, and furnishing of the ship contrary to the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act. After a very protracted trial the jury found a verdict for the defendants, the Attorney General tendering a bill of exceptions to the Lord Chief Baron, before whom the case was tried. Some further steps were then taken with re spect to the bill of exceptions in the court, when it was agreed that the better way of reopening the whole ques• tion was to abandon the bill of exceptions and move in the court for a new trial. The Attorney-General, on this arrangement, accordingly moved the court for a rule to chow why a new trial should not be granted on the ground of misdirection by the Lord Chief Baron, and also that the verdict was against the evidence. After hearing the learned gentleman at considerable length, the Court, on the sth instant, granted the Attorney-General a rule calling upon the defendants to show cause, and this morning Sir 11. Cairns, on the part of defendants, attended to support the finding of the jury, and also to state his reasons why the rule granted to the Attorney-General should be discharged. The learned gentleman, at some length, proceeded to state the exact position of the case, and then quoted a number of cases in which Lord Stowell and other distinguished authorities had laid down the law with respect to neutral States, and according to whose judgment there was clearly no case to which the plaintiffs could point to support their view of the case. In the sth volume of Canning's speeches, page 50, several observations would be found to support his argument; and again in 1793 nothing could be more clear than the law laid down with respect to neutral powers by the United States, when application was made by England to them to prevent the building and fitting out of privateers in Ame rican ports by the representatives of the French Republic. The learned gentleman was proceeding when we went to press. The arguments in this case, it is expected, will occupy four days at least. SURREY THEATRE. On Saturday a new drama entitled " The Game of Life; or, the Swallows of Paris," was produced here with im mense success. On Miss Pauncefort, Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Fernandez the chief weight of the piece rested, and they carried it through with great vigour and talent. Mr. Shep herd deserves much credit for his picturesque make-up as the miser, and also for a characteristic representation of a Frenchman in the prologue. Miss Pauncefort and Miss Gordon were effective in their respective parts, and played with much energy. The audience paid great attention to the progress of the play, which, although very complicated, is nevertheless very interesting and amusing. There was exceedingly effective scenery, the conflagration that ensues at the end of the second act receiving well-merited applause —and altogether " The Game of Life; or, The Swallows of Paris," may be recorded as a genuine success. A broad burlesque, entitled " Mad Fred," which is a rough burlesque of the Drury-lane play, was also produced for the first time. Mad Fred is played by the chief low comedian, Mr. T. Thorne, who seems to have obtained the thorough goodwill of his audience. Of course the Pepper mode of raising ghosts or spirits is brought into operation, which, with the very clever scenery by Mr. Johnson, and the singing of Miss JacDbs, carried the extravaganza to a successful conclusion. niE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1863, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. - - ROBBERY BY A FOREIGNER.-Emil Lebred, who de scribed himselt as a chemist, of Vire, Normandy, was charged with stealing a work-box containing money, a deposit book, and other articles of the value of £4, the pro perty of Mr. Ole Tofte, 47, Wardour-street, Soho. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner lodged in the prosecutor's house, and took advantage of the absence of the prosecutor to enter one of his rooms and take away the workbox. When searched by Michael Reardon, 72 E, a shilling which had been taken from the workbox (posi tively sworn to, it having been given to the prosecutor's little boy, and the prosecutor having marked it with the initials of his son and those of the friend who had given it to him) was found in the prisoner's possession. The evidence having been read over to the prisoner by Mr. Albert, the interpreter, the prisoner was remanded. THAMES. PRECOCIOUS DEPRAVITY. -An Irish boy, named Timothy Lyons, ten years of age, was brought before Mr. \Voolrych, charged with stealing a piece of beef weighing 71Ibs. from the shop board of Mr. Wood, a butcher, in New Gravel-lane, Shadwell. _ _ _ The prisoner, a little shrewd fellow, without shoes and stockings, a few rags hanging loosely about him, his body begrimed with dirt, and with a head of hair which did not appear to have ever felt the luxury of a comb, or soap and water, altogether presented a wild appearance, and had no doubt, been shockingly neglected. He spread out his ar ms on the edge of the dock and look ed a t t he magistrate ' defiantly and knowingly. The prosecutor's shopman saw the prisoner loitering abort his master's shop, and watched him. The boy snatched up a piece of beef and ran away with it to the house of his parents not far off, where he was:captured. It was stated that the prisoner was in custody a year ago for a robbery, and Mr. Selfe, who heard the case, kindly allowed him to go at large in consequence of his tender years. The prisoner in defence said he was only 10 years of age, he had a father who was a coal whipper, his mother was very bad. He lived at No. Claremont-square. Mr. Woolrych—Claremont-square ? The prisoner—To be sure, Claremont-square. A policeman explained that Claremont-square, New Gravel-lane, was a dirty and desolate place, with a few old houses in it. Mr. Woolrych asked the prisoner if he had any one to speak in his favour ? The prisoner—Yes, Mrs. Sullivan. Mistress Sullivan was called by several officers in court, and immediately a woman entered the court, got into the witness -box and was sworn. She said her name was Catherine Sullivan. Mr. Woolrych—Do you know the prisoner. Witness—Divil a bit do I know of the gossoon. The prisoner—That arn't her, a stout woman Mrs. Sul livan that knows me. No other Mrs. Sullivan answered. Mr. Wooirych—How do you get your living, boy ? The prisoner—l live by the shoe-blacking. Mr. W o olrych—Where; in what street? Th e prisoner—By the Thames Tunnel in \Yapping. Mr. Woolrych—How long have you been at that work ? Tho prisoner—Four years. Mr. Woolrych—Ever since you were six years of age ? The prisoner—Yes, sir. Mr. Woolrych—How much do you earn at that work ? The prisoner—A shilling a day, and a half-cr3wn on Sunday. Woolrych—You have been hero before on a charge o f felony. T i h r. Ny'e Th e prisoner — No, I ain't. 3 es. you have. The prisoner—No, I ain't, upon ray honour. (Laughter.) Mr. Woolrych—Yes, you have. Th e prisoner — No, I ain't, sir. Mr. Woolrych—How came you to steal that beef? The prisoner —I thought I'd eat it. Mr. Wooirych—For your supper, Th e prisoner—Yes, to be sure, I likes beef. (Great laughter.) Mr. Woolrych—lf you can earn so much money you might be honest. The prisoner —Only took a piece of beef. Mr. Woolrych—For which I must send you to prison or a reformatory. The prisoner—All right. (Laughter.) Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week, and said his father must attend the next examination. WESTMINSTER.. A RAILWAY GUARD DRUNK WHILE IN CHARGE or A Taa.tx.—John Feshloc, guard on the L on d on , Ch a th am , and Dover Railway, was charged with being drunk while in the exercise of his office. Defendant is a young and very intelligent -looking man, and appeared deeply sensible of the position in which he had placed himself. Mr. Alfred Hancock, inspector of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, said the prisoner is employed by the company as guard. At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon my attention was called to him as being drunk and incapable of doing duty at the station at Pimlico. He had just come up with his train. I wont to him and found he was drunk, Mr. Arnold—You say he had come up with his train. Where had he came from ? 'When I found hi m i n the Witness —He had come from Sh eerness by the 1,45 immediately brought hi m t o train. condition is w l r i . t nes sArnold—WhatlhAavedescribedpassenger tra i train train, the station and charged him. Mr. Arnold —Was he so drunk as not to be able to take charge of his train ? Witness—He was too drunk to take care of his train, although not so drunk as to disable him from walking. Mr. Arnold —Has he anything to do with the engine ? Witness —Nothing himself with the engine ? Mr. Arnold —But he has to give signals to the engine man, has he not ? Witness —He has, sir. He is the head guard, and it would be his duty to give signals to the engine-man. In case of break•down or any accident he would have charge. Mr. Arnold _The engineer acts under his entire direction, as he has the complete charge of the train ? Witness—Yes, sir. Defendant —I brought the train safely up. I had brought it to Herne-hill all right, when I had the misfortune to have some ship rum given me, and that, coupled with the oscillation of the carriage, unfortunately got the better of me. Mr. Arnold—How long has he been in the service of the company ? Witness—Two years, but only guard during the last six months. He was appointed because he was a very quick, intelligent, active man, and bore so good a character. Defendant —There has never been the least complaint made against me before. Mr. Arnold—This is a most serious matter, and not like ordinary charges of drunkenness in the streets. The lives of the public are completely at the mercy of persons who have the management of the railways, and it is of course of vital importance that they should be in a sober and proper state while following their employment. These are not ordinary cases. Defendant—lt is my first offence. Mr. Arnold —By the Act of Parliament persons found in your condition while on duty are subject to five months' im prisonment in the House of Correction for the offence. The Superintendent —It is my duty to say he has hitherto borne a very good character. Mr. Arnold —So I understand, and am not going to inflict upon him the full sentence of the law, but I repeat that this is a most serious matter. Drunkenness is certainly seen in its worst aspect in a railway guard, upon whose conduct may hang the lives of so many. Superintendent —This man was promoted for his good conduct to his present position, but in the discharge of our duty we were, of course, bound to bring the defendant before you. Mr. Arnold—Of course, you have done very right. Superintendent —He had to take his train out at five. Defendant—l was not aware the ship's rum I drank was so strong. Mr. Arnold—You should not permit yourself to be tempted by liquor while in the exercise of so responsible a post. I shall fine you £3, and in default commit you for a month. MARKETS —This Day, HAY MARK2TS. SIMEIFTELD.—IsIeadow hay, £3 Os to £4 2s 6d ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 10s per load. Trade slow. C UMB ERLAND.—MetvIow hay, £3 Os to £4 2s 6d ; clover, £4 Os to £5 103 Od ; and straw, £ 1 Sc to £ 1 10s per load. A slow demand. W ni cHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 2g 6 d ; clover, n £4 Os to £ 5 108 Od ; and straw, IScto£l Ws per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA—Business has been very inactive, annclalidtihiyel:vfaeerw: dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. SUGAR—OnIy a moderate amount of business has been transacted; superior descriptions, however, maintain late pikes. In the Refined Market there is little change of importance to report as regards values. COFFEE—The demand for colonial descriptions has been inactive, and prices remain without change of importance. RICE—The demand has not been very active, and quota tione remain without materibaleeaniterraatthioenr.mor SALTPETRE—There has holders have in some measure given way, quotations being about 3d to 6d pee cwt lower. TALLow—Tho market has remained very to the absence of speculative business. P.y . c owing spot, is quoted 435; December, 4fis ; and spring! new on the 45s per cwt. DISCOVERY OF OLD ROMAN COINS. -A large number of Roman copper coins of very ancient date and of different reigns have been discovered in the v i c i n ity of Old Sarum, on property belonging to Mr. John H. Campbell Wyndham, of the College, Salisbury. One jar contained no less than 218, another 159, and a third 140, the whole, together with the jars, being in a good state of preservation, THE GROWTH OF COTTON. The scarcity of cotton caused by the continuation of the civil war in America, united with the desire expressed by the French Government that cotton should be cultivated in Algeria, has been a singular good fortune for that colony. Within the last year the increase in the land planted with cotton has been considerable. In the province of Oran it has doubled in less than a year, and amounts now to 2,669 hectares. The cultivation would have ex tended still more had the colonists found land capa ble of being irrigated. It is to be further remarked that, of the 2,669 hectares planted with cotton trees, 561 hectares are growing cotton plants of the second year, but in general these plants have not realised the expectations entertained of them. Notwith standing the precautions adopted to preserve them during the winter, many of the plants perished, and it became necessary to replace them by hand labour, as a plough could not be emptoyed. The greatest ❑umber of cotton plants of the second year are to be found in the plain of the Sig. Some of the plan tations of the second year have given as much as 1,000 kilogrammes of long silk cotton the hectare ; bat this is the exception, for more than 300 hectares of old cotton plants perished in the plain of the flabra in consequence of the winter rains. The growing crop in the province of Oran presents a very favourable appearance, and, under the influence of the high price of 230 f. and 250 f. the 100 kilo grammes given for long silk cotton not dressed, the cultivation will be considerably extended next year, to case the profits already realised should enable the planters to irrigate fresh lands. Accounts just received from Palermo state that the cultivation of cotton in the island of Sicily has become very general within the last two years. It Piss become a source of wealth for the inhabitants of the district of Terra Nova, besides giving employ ment to a number of idle hands. The crop of the present year is estimated at 1,269,472 kilo grammes, which were exported under the national fig to Naples, Genoa, Messina, and Malta to be re shipped for England and France. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur :lasing Horniman's pure Tea; very choice at 3s. 4d. and Is. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Bd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in wickets. GARIBALDIDECLINING A MONUMENT.—The Pro vincial Council of Potenz s (one of the Neapolitan provinces afflicted with brigandage) a short time since una nimously voted a subsidy to the Polish revolution and a monument to Garibaldi. Garibaldi, in a letter published in the Diritto, applauds the subsidy, but declines the monu ment. "As to the monument to me," he says, " I beg you will dismiss the thought of it, If you insist you will put me to the pain of saying that I will not accept it. As long as the soldiers of two foneign armies riot on our soil, as long as a stream of civil blood flows from the Tronto to the Strait, as long as the glorious remains of our national battles die of hunger or by their own hand in the midst of the in sane rejoicing of our cities, as long as the boy wants a school and the orphan an asylum, as long as there are in It a ly misery, chains, and dark ness, spea k not o f monumen t s, least of all of a monument to me . , , CURIOUS FREAK OF LIGHTNING.—The lightning a few days ago produced a curious effect upon the church of St. Aphrodise, in the town of Beziers, in the South of France. It struck the roof and went through it. No great damage was done to the roo f ; b u t i t li g h te d a ll the wax candles placed in the choir and at the altar; and when the attendant at the church opened it in the morning, he found all the candles at the altar lighted just as they are when grand mess is celebrated.—This is the statement of the Gazette du Midi. —Correspondent of the Building News. S CHO OL FOR COOKERY.—The art of cookery, which, as a rule, should form a d epartment of female e d uca ti o n, especially among the m i ddle classes of society, is unfortunately greatly neglected in this country, and the consequences are often glaring!y apyarent. An ill-cooked, and as a matter of course indigestible, dinner is in many families a misery of almost daily occurrence. Ev er y e ff or t to counteract this serio us evil is therefore deserving of encouragement, and we are glad to observe that a step has been taken in the right direction by the establish men t o f a school for culinary instruction. Thisinstitution is now in practical operation at No. 111, Great Portland- s t ree t , un d er the able management of Mrs. Mitehell, wh o , wo h eart i ly hope, will meet with success is her very useful and much needed undertaking. THE BANK OF ENGLAND covers a whole parish, and the minister of that parish ge t s £ 7OO a year, a berth that many would find juet suited to their capacity and comfort. The congregation would sometimes consist of a dozen. Those who have visited the Bank have no . 2oubt noticed in the central area a small grass plot and one or the trees. That was once the churchy ar d. There is a room in ! he Bank which is held to represe n t th e c h urc h, up the living and its emoluments. for the sake of k: e P in g ADL TCH AT DRAUGHTS ANOTHER has been ", Herd Laddie" (Mr. James areangtd betweeg tb-0 it s oert Martin, London. Play is Wylie, LeVeh) and Mr. to commence in alttegow ort gcliday, Jan. 18, and the trial of skill is to last for GI games. The match is to b e f o r £lOO a-side, and a bat of L 5 on essb game ; and the articles set games that the result forth such conditions of °Pell s t i rl if the tho case of the last match can scarcely be a " draw', a " between these celebrated playu' rs. " ,. ')LONEL CRAWLET. THE COURT-MARTIAL ON V. —The trial commenced this morning, buo up to th re e li h ra ou iny r ar of going to press the procesdinge Were only of P charges character. Colonel Crawley protested that the the were at present too indefinite for him to answer, but . inquiry proceeded, THE SHIP PARANA. The following is a copy of a despatch received yesterday at Lloyd's from her Majesty's Consular agent at Canton, relative to the capture of the Bri tish barque Parana, and shocking massacre of her crew by pirates :—" Her Britannic Majesty's Con sular-office, Canton, Sept. 11.—I received informa- tion yesterday that the British barque Parana, lately despatched from this port for Europe, h a d been destroyed by pirates on the west coast, and the crew murdered, and that some of the cargo had been seen here. 1 proceeded at once with my informant, and satisfied myself as to the cargo, which consisted of a few hundred cases of cassia, partly damaged, bearing the mark of the Parana, when I waited upon his Excellency the Governor Admiral, and re ported the case, to which his Excellency said that a Chinese Admiral had been here a day ort wo previous, who reported to have had an engagement with pirates on the west coast, and succeeded in capturing some of them, who had part of the cargo of a foreign vessel on board; and then I proceeded to the I\lan darin junks, and found that the Admiral had left yesterday morning for Canton with the pri soners captured. On further inquiries the cap tain of the junk said that on or about the 33 inst. the Mandarin fleet had an engagement with several large piratical junks, two of which were flying the British flag, and they succeeded in capturing three of the boats and over 20 pirates. They took some of the cargo, which was landed here by order of the Admiral, and, from the statements of the pirates made before the Mandarin, it appears that on or about the 30th of August last a foreign bark went on shore in a gale of wind, and was disabled, when over 10 piratical junks boarded her, and murdered every one on board, including a female, and set fire to the vessel after taking everything they could out of her. This occurred off Satty Sandy-buoy, St. John's Island. P.S. Macao, Sept. 19. On further information obtained by Lieut. Walker, command ing her Majesty's gunboat Opossum, who proceeded to the place, it appears that the Parana was not disabled, bat only went in the bay for shelter, and was at once surrounded by prates, who, after taking everything out of the vessel, put the captain and crew below, nailed down the hatches, and set fire to the vessel. The Opossum destroyed eight piratical junks, with 59 guns, and has on board 13 prisoners." Fatal Boiler Explosion in Glasgow. On Friday afternoon a boiler explosion, which has already occasioned the death of two men, and which there is only too much reason to fear may yet give rise to fatal results in one or two other cases, occurred in the chemical works of Messrs. Charles Tenneut and Co., St. Rollos, Glasgow. The portion of the establishment in which the accident occurred is an extensive shed-like building where the maganes© recovery process is carried on. A good deal of machinery seems to be employed in this portion of the works, and the engine which affords the necessary power is supplied with steam from a set of boilers placed, not as is often the case, in the open air, but within the building. The boilers, which are five in number, have, we believe, been in use about three years, and certainly, to judge by appearances, they seem to be of the most substantial construction. _ At the time when the accident occurred only three of the boilers were in use. It was about a quarter to four o'clock when the men employed about the works and the people in the imme diate neighbourhood were startled by a pretty loud report, and presently those in the imme diate vicinity of the boiler , found themselves enveloped in clouds of steam and exposed to streams or plashes of scalding water. When the panic occasioned by the catastrophe had par tially subsided, and the steam had begun to clear away, the nature of the accident became apparent. It was discovered that the boiler had been lifted bodily a foot or two from its bed, and had settled down again on the ruins of the brickwork which had enclosed it. The brickwork at both ends was blown down and lay in two heaps of debris, and a considerable portion of that which had supported the west side of the boiler was also displaced. The boiler itself seemed externally to have sustained no damage, but on looking inside it was found that the flue had been torn to pieces. Giving way in this manner, the boiler had belched forth the boiling water, with which it was charged, through the flue apertures at both ends. Fortunately, at the north end, the scalding steam was arrested in its course by the opposite wall of the firehole; while at the opposite extremity the wall of the kiln above re ferred to interposed an equally effective barrier to its passage, Had it not been for these obstructions, the water must have been dashed about the pre mises to a much greater extent than it was, and in that case a much larger number of persons than those who have actually been injured would have suffered from the calamity. As it is, the results are exceed ingly lamantable. When the real magnitude of the disaster had been ascertained, it ap peared that seven of the men employed in the im mediate neighbourhood of the boiler had been more or less seriously injured, The engineman, John Richmond, who happened at the time of the acci dent to be standing in the fire-hole immediately op posite the end of the boiler, was exposed to the full force of the stream of scalding water, and thrown down by a mass of falling brickwork. When ex tricated from the debris the poor fellow was found to be fearfully scalded, the skin all over his body peeling off in shreds. He was a good deal bruised about the upper part of his person b y the rubbish which had fallen upon him. The other persons in jured had suffered chiefly, if not entirely, from the scalding effects of the water and steam. John M'Lachlan, a labourer, was frightfully scalded all over his body. Andrew WFarlane, labourer, was very badly scalded a bout the arms and upper part of his body; and four other labou.rers,,name Samuel Guthrie, I atri i ck Thomas M‘Donald, ITllonald, and John Glancey, we re more or less n jured from the same cause. Richmond and 111‘liachlan died in the course of the evening. With regard to the cause of f t:ne acc . ident, wo have as yet heard no explanation.. The boiler, we under stand, is to be allowed to lie in the condition in which the explosion loft it till it shall have been inspected by a properly qualified person.—Glasgow Herald. THE DUNE AND DUCHESS OF BUCKINGHAM are entertaining a large party at Stowe House, Buckingham shire. Lord Brougham arrived in Paris on Friday after noon, and proposes to remain a week. He will then pro coed to his seat at Cannes. His lordship attended th 6 w s itting of the Nat ional Institute on Saturday, and • ill re peat his visit to-day. Ho is in excellent health, THE BATTLE OF THE STIT6IIES.--Of as o the per fection to wh ich mechanical science has h life,s brought a beautiful man y of the conve niences of domestic , illustra ti o n is furnished in the instance of a sewi ng machine of Messrs. W ilecx and Gibbs, of Re g e nt street which f or " family use seem s q uite unrivalled. The main principle of it is wonderfully sim p le and yet extremely ingenious. One recomme ndation of this machine i s the elegance of its con struction, which renders it quit© an ornamental piece of furn iture for the parlour o r the drawing-room. The machine will stitch a yard of cloth thoroughly and beauti fully in 12 seconds. It is like and yet it soon be comes as familiar as any ordinary household utensil. The twisted loop stitch i s a peculiarity of thi s mac hi ne . The twist strengthens the 11.()1d of the thread and produces a strong and durable seam that will stand any amount of washing or fricti on. by mere A d machine of this sort cannot be done justice to Wilcox and Gibbs' ee , eription. When seen at work. "the perfect' sewing machine appears to be what it really is, frequently Seen ion of mechanism realised." We have speak of it from e this machine in use, and can, therefore, with which it is experience, and have observed the facility TH :ottr tion.— t cire w u o la ,..ed after a very few words of iostruc- BURNING OF KAGOSIMA.--On the first Tuesday after parliament meets Mr. Buxton will move the followiT.g resolutions :—" 1. That 'this house views the burning of the town of Kagosima by Admiral Kuper with deep regret," "2. That the burning of the town was not justified by the instructions issued to Colonel Neale." It appears from official returns that the number of letters transmitted through the French Fost.office in te y e ar 1861 amounted to 300,000,000, o f w hich 1,820,000 werhe money letters, value not declared, and 976,047 letters of which the d e clared value was 600,000,000 f. Tho produce during the year 1861 was of the receipts of the Post-office 66,781,3031,, an d the exrnse 42,748,373 f., leaving a balance to the Treasury of 21,032,990 f. The gross receipts of the French Post-office in 1802 rose to 96,906,800 f. The num ber of private telegraphic despatches transmitted in 1862 Was 1,521,000, a r,d the receipts 5,315,0001. FRENCH NEW WINES. New wine is arriving in large quantities at the market of Bercy, and sales are becoming more fre quent, The wines arrived from the south of France are of excellent quality, and are mach sought for to mix with lighter wines. The quality of the new wines arrived from Lower Burgundy is not gene rally approved. Their price has fallen to 60f. the cask of 272 litres from 70f., for which they were sold a few weeks since. The wines of the Cher are of unequal quality, and are quoted at from 75f. to 80t'. the cask of 250 litres. The light wines of Montagne of the last vintage are worth from 60`. to 65f. the Bordeaux cask. The new wine of Roussillon is anxiously ex p ec t e d a t Bercy, in consequence of the high character given of it. The wines of the Cher are in good demand at Blere, where large purchases have been made at 65f. the cask of 250 litres. There is likewise a good demand for new wipe at Pezenas, the quality being; superior to that of other wine-producing districts ; 17,000 casks of wine grown south of Lyons were despatched by railway, while during the same period there were only 10,000 casks despatched from all the vineyards between Lyons and Paris, and 14,0e0 casks by the Orleans Railway. This large export of wine from the vineyards has raised the price in the country markets, and the demand is increasing every day. It is said that if the Bor deaux merchants should require wine from the south as they did last year, and as the Burgundy merchantsrequire this year, the lightest wi nes in tho south will be worth from 80f. to 100 f. the cask of 700 litres. As yet the wines of the Cher and of Touraine are replacing the wines of the south. Large purchases have already been made at Cette, Meze, Pezenas, and, Beziers of a considerable q fromuan t 7 i t o y f o t f o wine f. o t f h o ever cas y k q o u f a 7 1 i o ty o a i n it d re o s. f a I A I p l r a i r c g e s e ' quantity of Frontignan wine has been sol d, at from 57f. to 64f. 50c. the hectolitre. A rise in the price of wine is likewise remarked in the department of the Gard, and the demand is increasing. The wine Of St. Gilles cannot be had at less than 25f. the hec tolitre ; La Constiere, 27f. to 28f. ; Vauvert, 24f. to 9 5f. ; Beauvoisin, 18f. to 20f. ; Generac, 15f. to 18f. ; and Manduel, 12f. to 15f. At Langlade, where the stock is nearly exhausted, what remains is sell ing at 26f. the hectolitre; at Uchand, 20f,, without the cask. The wines of La Vaunage, of good colour and quality, are offered at from 12f. to 15f. ; and the light wines of the low grounds at from Bf. to 10f. The price of wine in the neighbourhood of Narbonne is well maintained. One sale was made at Mon tredon of 800 hectolitres at 22f. Several sales were made at Armissau at from 18f. to 20f. and one lot of 3,000 hectolitres of the light wine of Ricardelette was sold at 10f. the hectolitre. Trade is not as brisk at Nantes as at other wine -markets, and the price of new wine is merely nominal. Wine mer chants are chiefly occupied in receiving the wine they purchased during the vintage. Accounts from Cognac of the 10th inst. state that the rain, which had fallen in abundance during the eight days previous, had induced distillers to com mence working, and the quantity distilled is esti mated at 1,500 tierces a day. The demand from the interior of France is limited, and appears to have fallen off considerably since the year 1858. The Ame rican market is closed, and it is said that Australia is overstocked with brandies. It is expected that the distillers of Cognac will shortly offer 46,000 hogs heads of brandy for sale. The prices quoted last week were for Grand Champagne of the present year, 59 degrees, 120 f. to 130 f. the hectolitre ; Petite Cham pagne, 110 f. to 115 f. cash, without the cask; 10f. is to be added to these prices for every year of age. Fine beetroot spirit, first quality, 90 degrees, is quoted in Paris at 72f. the hectolitre. SLASHER AND GUSHER, The London. Review comments thus whimsically upon what it calls—that peculiar style which has proved so successful of late, that Leader, by Penny. a-liner, out of Sensation, has been the public's favourite and made the running of the journal in which it began ever since. For the composition of such articles are necessary the following ingredients :—A thoroughly perverted taste, an ear assailable by no amount of cacophony, a contempt for the pure well of English undefiled, a partiality for mud, a tendency to snivelling, and a very strong stomach. Add to these a knowledge of slang, a power of invective, a Cant-soil-peu ac quaintance with the notabilities or flash characters of the day, and a sensation-leader writer's stock-in - trade is complete. Complete, that is to say, if he be a slasher. But if he be a gusher, he must add a small store of Biblical knowledge, for quotation purposes, and an aptitude for "piling up the agony," especially upon such painful subjects or occasions as deathbeds, contrite Magdalene, starved paupers, or ground-down agriculturists. It is by no means an exaggeration to say that the lamented death of the Prince Consort has done more for the promulgation of the gusher's plaintive platitudes than any event since the establishment of penny journalism. In the Gusher's declarations that he would not intrude upon the sorrows of bereaved royalty, and his sup. positions pictures (which he could ;not refrain from drawing) of royalty in its bereavement, he b roug ht into play all his lo n g es t words, his choicest quotations, his d ee p est as p irations, his moot inti mate acquaintance wit h Cruden's Concordance. The shone, me re fact that ail flesh is grass and was a hint to him to make hay while the sun a Slandpunkt whence ho deduced columns of moralizing, in a manner which, lin do r s tenderlycast lCastle, w was respectful h t y t o consolatory the s occupant slator t of N while of Kingsland, and the primitive settlersothe denizens in lie Beau voir Gusher inaffording been Town. Fortune has him a plenitudebylately very o f kind subjects t o . t The arrival of the Princess Alexandra ; the marriage of the Prince of Wales; Prince Alfred's fever at Malta; the death of Lord Clyde ; the Queen's return to duty in the inauguration n finally, th e " of the Aberdeen Memo rial;afforded him magnificent eat divorce scandal," have cent opportunities—of all of which he has duly availed hi mse lf—f u r the display of ilia is loyalty, patriotism, his virtuous mdigna his tion, and crocodile The tears. Slasher is a Writer of a different type. He'd a w ould-be roysterer ; a light free-lance, kept down to gravity by his over - wee ning sense of what is due to publi c d ecorum. S at i re is his flauti st vein, but in his duty to the public it must be tem pered w ith scorn. Th e cyn i c i sm o f Diogeues must be mingled with the ringing philippics uf D ein°B 7 thence, and the playful satire of Tbackoray nist find v en t i n t h e blunt outspokenn ess of .0 Carl ye. The slasher is nothing if not natural t Li h d ke favourite boast that he calls a s p ade a sP-rakin the cock in the fable, he delig hts in dunghilla finds, and and many are the gems which he theerweorld. Far. to which ho calls the at tention of the fetched as are his the mes, it is his boast that by hi home to v s kilful treatment they are brought d vulgar gar nuration by comprehension, and welcomed with a the ordinary Britis h tax-payer. THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM HUTT, M.P., is E GOLDEN CITY OF MA.NOA, indisposed. c) " On Iff ~ EL D°ltAl)' Walter Raleigh to be situated near the Lake a posed by , which turns out to be nearer the truth than. up t i h n a s t u e ch ve v r ;st sh q o u v a e n i t f i u ti l e o s t du e r a i rntgh contain more or less of it in fabulous pro s of the adjacent rocks wtfilh'eaoetswt early o n f t to D n G d e p o ill a l : ro e t r h a o a s r f been last month dug whilst on breaking . the vein portion, found sparkling with the precious metal in they were virgin pu rity and abundant quantity, TuE PROTESTANTS OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE, saYs the Spectator, M r . F ronde entertains no e xalted opinion of, and he does not hesitate to express it openly and manfully. They wei e returned refugees—men who had prudently kept out of the way while their opinions were dangerous to themselves, but who had re-appeared when it was safe, and reightbe advantageous. The Aylmers, the Jewels, the Grindals, Were not of tho metal which makes martyrs; they had conviction enough—though Jewel, at least, had saved his life by apostasy—to be quite willing to persecute their adversaries. EUGENE DE LA CROIX'S SUCCESSOR the French Academy (Bection des Beaux Arts) has found in the painter Hesse, known by a long series of admired efforts,2,lu nlpmroig F others, " The uneral of T" 'Titian," and thei Doge Pisani." Gerome was his uneucceesful rival on t Ilk occasion. eat