The Sun. — London, England, 1863-10-14 00:00:00

and much abused individual. One of the most interesting of his miscellaneous misadventures oc curs in his second curacy, when he is entrusted with the charge of some very valuable jewels, heirlooms of a noble house, to be conveyed to Rome, on the auspicious occasion of the grand wed ding of some promised patron. Here is an amusing account of the first part of this luckless journey. THE ONEROUS CHARGE. Young, full of hope, I relished this guardianship amaz ingly at a distance ; but it was not until the moment of de parture, when I took the casket by its stiff leathern strap into my hand to des2end to the cab, that the serious respon sibility first flashed upon me ; it then occurring to me that peace of mind and tolerable assurance of its safety was only to be purchased by never relaxing my fingers for an instant from the stiff strap. From that moment it shouli never leave my grasp. This notion took possession of my fancy, and worked itself into a hundred awful shapes, and before we had reached Dover a sort of nightmare conviction had taken possession of me, that in all human probability there was to be for the wretched guardian no sleeping, no eating, save under conditions of strictest inconvenience ; no walk ing, no lying down ; in short, he was to bs chained I,ke a felon to this odious yet precious companion. Down to the town of Dover, where we embarked on board H.M. Royal Mail steamer, a period of over two hours, the casket lay upon my knees, my fingers firmly clutched upon the strap; and I could see, with uneasiness, that it excited the curiosity of the tive other passengers, to whom I then im puted the most felonious designs, perhaps unjustly. Per haps they were simply mystified by its conspicuous posi tion, and the astonishing power of endurance in theknees that bore it. How in the cabin of H.M. Royal Mail Packet I leant back in a seat with the casket still upon my knee, and how in that fatal position, conceded by all to be one of encourage ment to the fell enemy of those who go down to the sea in ships, I did battle with the gradual encroachments of sick ness, need not be told here ; how I at last, after the regular period of suffering, dropped asleep for an instant, and awoke with a shriek, clutching at every object near at hand, need not either be let out. I carried the casket from the packet to the station at Calais. I carried the casket tenderly from the station in Paris to a cab, selecting a cabman with a look of primeval innocence. I carried it from the cab to that other station of the Lyons Railway. I ate a hasty portion of roll and butter upon it; I drank a hastier cup of coffee upon it; at times I sat upon it; at times I put my feet upon it; at times I laid it under the seat. Yet, having to go down every three minutes or so, to feel if it was safe, it seemed wiser to restore it to its old position. I knew how much depended on it, and could not be too cautious. At times I placed it in the network over my head, straining my neck every moment to see that it was safe, and, finally, at the Empereur Hotel at Marseilles, I actually took it to bed with me, and in the morning was conscious of acute suffer ing and severe abrasion in the left side from a sudden th.ust of a sharp corner of the casket in the night. What did it signify ; was I not fulfilling my sacred trust ? We must confess that before the close of his career, or at least before the close of that portion of it which is here recorded, we almost weary of our revered interlocutor, so insufferable is his egotism, so blind, so utterly blind is his self-esteem. On the other hand, with a stern poetical justice, he details to us all the horrors, pains, and penalties which befell him, but which, numerous as they are, hardly fill up the measure of his deserts, or of our indignation. .Praeterita. By William Lancaster. One vol., pp. 123. Macmillan and Co. Mr. Lancaster has.the perceptive faculties of a poet. He observes keenly. He writes musically. `` Praeterita," we are left to presume, is his first 'work. If so, it is more than creditable. Within its narrow compass —extending only to 123 pages— are comprised, besides sixteen sonnets, as many as thirty-eight fugitive pieces: every one of them brief, certainly, but some of them highly merito rious. The first is about the worst. Let not the reader, however, be discouraged on glancing through it. If he will but turn over a few leaves more he will be rewarded for his perseverance. A glance at the verses entitled "A Frosty Day" will jastify this assertion. Instance, through that loophole, whence we look forth upon the wintry landscape, such a stanza as-- When the waves are solid floor, And the clods are iron -bound, And the boughs are crystall'd hoar, And the red leaf nail'd a-ground. Or the opening of two other verses in the same effusion : When the ice-erack flies and flaws, Shore to shore, with thunder shock, Deeper than the evening daws, Clearer than the village clock, Then the rusty blackbird strips, _Bunch by bunch, the coral thorn, And the pale day -crescent dips New to heaven a slender horn. Very charmingly epigrammatic in its way is the following, entitled, by reason of its refrain, AT LAST. We toss and twist upon a restless bed; Sleep comes at last. Onr love denies, and yet denies again, But yields at last. The apple grows and ripens many days, But falls at last. And we are riped with joy, and marr'd with tears, But end at last Sweeter still as a true touch of nature—one epi tomising the pathos of human life through a sort of stereoscopic picture, or duplicated vignette, of the same face when v?ewed from either side, in youth and in age, here the maiden, here the crone— Tss POWER OF INTERVAL. A. fair girl tripping cut to meet her love Trimm'd in her best, fresh as a clover-bud. An old crone leaning at an ember'd fire, Short-breath'd in sighs and mumblings to herself-- And all the interval of stealing years To make that this, and one by one detach Some excellent condition, till Despair. Faint at the vision, sadly, fiercely blinds Her burning ayes on her forgetful bands. We shall be. happy to meet with our hitherto -unknown author later on, when he has more to sing of than a pa,,sing sigh or a u b ddin g p rimrose. GREEK-BONDHOLDERS, MEETING TUs DAY. A public meeting of the Greek bondholders, con vened by the committee, was held to - day. Mr. ileslevvood, who occupied the chair, opened the proceedings by stating that the meeting had been called together to consider the present condition of the holders of the loans of 1824 and 1825, He con gratulated them an the fact that their position had eaanged for the better since he last had the honour of addressing them in April, 1 862. There were now limy doubts in the minds of the bondholders which the committee were desirous to clear up, and which it would be fur their benefit to be ex plained. The committee had abstained from seek ing an interview with King George, now sojourning in this country, because as a constitutional monarch lie could not reply to their address without consult ing his responsible minister, even were he conver. cant with the subject. Another reason for not Presenting themselves to the King was, that Count 410onneck was not his Finance Minister, and the seeki ng of the Count's opinion might place im in an insidious position, and bring down upon him the adverse feeling of the parties in power at Greece. The committee had a right to expect that When the new Government was formed, after the arrival of his Majesty at Athens, that the settle tnent of the debts should claim priority of attention ; and if that p alicy be followed, a Minister might 12,robably be despatched from Athens with full, powers to treat upon the matter. The i n : t n e dh ?ld'are had a right to believe in the confi de 4t Y 3f the new Government, and to have vi ,,, od be e ! in their upright intentions. Mr. Hazle showing athreviewed the various resources of Greece, enabled to dig b y a judi c i ous pol i cy she would be the positioe vv e h h . ar ge her debts, and place herself in cancelled red bo leh she was entitled to hold. The :blue to x5 0,0 1 : 18 amounted to 1250,000, and the . by moving a Mr. H az ' ewoe d conc l u d e d ins satisfaction, th e a r t les of reso l ut i ons , express about to ent er u pon the kingdom of Greece was under King Georg e , tZ et the m eet i ng perceived by onstitutional Government this event a sure guerent existing debts of the State, and t h at the Govern 1i !Went would direct its earlie st attention to their quidation, and that when the Pr oer time arrived the committee would und ertake p to Poaal for the discharg e o f the debt in a man make a fair prat that 'with should be consistent with the ho nour of G reece, an d the just rights of the bondholders. M. Iticardo corrected an erroneous im 'rail e d i n some quarters that only pression th a t pre _ a porti on of the money contracted for had been received b 4 y the agent s o f the Greek Government. The loan ( 11 Anted to £2,Boo,oilo,the contrecteo price w r g. 54 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. No change is observable this morning in the situation of affairs in the discount market. A very fair demand for money continues to be made, and 4 per cent. is still charged for the best descrip tions of mercantile paper. Opinion, in quarters upon which some reliance ought to be placed, appears to fluctuate regarding the policy the direc tors will adopt at their weekly court to-morrow. Tne more general impression, however, exists that the advancement will be postponed for a short period. Tae prospectus of the Marine Investment Com pang has been issued. It appears that the company is established for the purpose of granting temporary loans on eligible ships and other marine property by the way of mortgage. The board of directors give more than common assurance that this com pany will be well managed from the commercial point of view. From inquiries instituted, we find that already this company may be pronounced a success, very few shares remaining indisposed of, and that what few remain will be allotted during this week. The-directors are of opinion that from 10 to 15 per cent. will eventuate from the operations of the company, which, by the way, is the first in stitution of its kind, and will, therefore, there is little doubt, find ample field for its action. The evidence of the necessity for some such marine company is proven by the fact, that even before the company may be said to be fairly on its legs, we have already seen applications for loans on marine property for upwards of £90,000. To meet the convenience of the holders the Scrip of the 6 per Cent. Colmobian Government Loan can be paid up in full at the London and County Bank, under a discount of 3 per cent. The directors of the Loudon and South Western Bank (Limited) have made a call of £5 per share. They have also announced that they will open a branch office at 69, Park-street, Camden-town, on the 21st instant. It is announced that the subscription list of The Discount Corporation will close on Saturday next, the 17th instant. About £3,000 was taken into the Bank yesterday, but £B,OOO in gold and 30,000 sovereigns were withdrawn. The Seine has arrived from the West Indies with £239,933, and the City of Washington from New York with 188,416. At the public sales of indigo which commenced yesterday there was a fair attendance of buyers, and the biddings were animated for the better qualities. The prices realised for ordinary sorts were fully equal to those of last sales, while superior descrip tions ranged from 2d. to 4d. per lb. higher. The quantity announced for these auctions is about 12,353 chests. At the Paris Bourse to-day, according to Renter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 671. 55c.67f. 50e. Heavy, The English Stock Market is now more buoyant, an advance of k having taken place upon the nego tiation of a few purchases. During the earlier hours business was somewhat sluggish, but a few transactions have imparted firmness. Consols for money are 93 i t, and 931 1 for the account. The New Threes are 91,-t- 1, the Reduced 911 s ; Exche quer Bills, par to 3s. prem.; India 5 per Cents., 1081- 109 ; and the 4 per Cents., 1001. There is more firmness in the Foreign Market, but business is rather quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents. 1854, are 911 921 ; do. r 1862, 701 711; do., Con solides, 54 541; Mexican, 421 2; Greek, 331- 34k; do., Coupons, 161 ; Spanish Passive, 35 351; do., Certificates, 131 ; Italian, 721-; Portuguese, 491 ; Russian, 931; the Confederate Loan, 63 65 ; and the Colombian Loan, par to I prem. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been limited. The lipidation of the account, however, has occupied the principal attention of the dealers and speculators, and prices have remained without material change. Brighton, Metropolitan, and South-Eastern have declined 55., and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s, ; while Caledonian and North. Western have improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain inactive, without any change to record in value. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Im perial Ottoman have receded to 18a- ; Standard of British South Africa, to 23. Loudon Financial shares have improved to 13 i 14 ; and International do., to 101,. India Land Mortgage Bank shares ere quoted 31 prem. ; Anglo-Austrian, t o t prem. ; Imperial Privileged of Austria, dis. to par ; East London, lt 21, prem. ; and Discount Cor poration, 41, prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Rank Stock 235 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 924 3k New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities New 2i per Cent. Annuities.... 5 per Cent. Annuities -nninties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. 21 India Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent lO9 8.1 Ditto 4 per Cent lOOl Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1861 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Bank Stock for Account Consols for Account, Oct, 8.. 931 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent..., Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 per Cent.... par Ditto £5OO Ditto Small A FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 Brazilian 6 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825. Dutch, 25 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent lolk Ditto, Second Issue — Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-s„ex-Coupons 331 4 Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account 16k Guatemala 5 per Cent. per Cent. (Maremmano. Railway) Italian Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account ......... 42k 2 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent........ New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. - Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1 853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, ' 9 , ' 6O , 62.. 421 Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, St Ditto 45 per Cent 1850 . Ditto 1860 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 931 Sardinian 5 per Cent .... Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Gent Ditto Account .. Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded 131 Ditto Account 134 Swedish, 4 per Cent. Uuritish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account 7l Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £59 lOs Od pd — Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cont. .......... Ditto Account .................. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .............. 612 Ditto Account ............... 61k Dividends on the above payable in London. Cent B e l g i a n per Ex. 9 5f •.. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ........ ...... Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . —'... F renc h Renter, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 25f .. .... ... It 5 per Cent., 1861, E x . 25 francs.. 72! Ditto Account 72! TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, '_'Money Ditto Account PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian No 1, 5 per cent, stock, 1091 Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, - Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 139 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4i per cent. rd., 104 South Eastern (Heading, Anns., £1.0.6), 231 PREFE itENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 106 5} London and Blackwall, 44 per cent. stk., 1021 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., C, 6 per cent., 834 London and S.-Western 4i per cent., 1031 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 15g FOREIGN MINES. Linares, 61 1 United Mexican (lim;, 6¢ ; JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Agra and Unitea Service (Urn.), 122 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool Ditto, new, 20k Bank of New Zealand, 13 Imperial Ottoman, 18f London and South American, lira., 3 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lira.), 184 18 Standard of British South Africa (lima), 23k DOCKS. s L t o . t t ol l n nie, Bombay Gas, l MISCELLANEOUS. i mited, 3 Crystal Palace, 384 Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of London, Jim. , 51 5 t London Financial Association, fin., 13i Peninsula and 0, i e ntal Steam, 4 Quebrada Land, Rail„ and Mining, um., 2} a j ety - ,s ship NCLADS. A guar d 11,0 Liverpool W as put on o b f oa l‘ rd i a t r h i e n El froTmilhEer MERSEY Tolleson or, Monday. We near that experiments are soon to take place vfl.`:h the Armstrong 600:pounder in firing at a floating target representing a portion of the Warrior's side, and that the target built upon Mr. Reed's plan of very thick plates, slight backing, and a 2-inch skin, will also, ere long, be fired at. Wo think, therefore, that our naval and military friends interested in these matters should hold themselves in readiness for a run t 3 Shoeburyness in about a fortnight or three weeks from this time,---Irtny and Navy Gazette. The pensions for distinguished or meritorious service, rendered vacant by Major-General NlTher • sows appointment to the colonelcy of the 13th Light In fantry, has been conferred on Colonel Jervis, of the Ist Depot Battalion at Chatham. Colonel Jervis has been nearly 52 years in the service, and was with the 72d High. !antlers in the liatfir war of 183#A-3`x. and .2yavy G-azet(e. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1863, SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Sharei Closing Business Railways. Paid. Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andlAid.kio Bristol and Exeter Caledonian cork and Bandon :Cornwall Do A A gets no D- B till 6p c.p an.ha E been paid to B. Dublin Ballast June.' Dun.,Ferthot Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. alasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. slit I 8 Ei 81 81 84 E 6 1181 1191 7 7i 39 40 16 17 97 03 108 110 51 62 48 49 74 8i Ditto A. stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland G-reat Northern Do A stock 1251 1 . 61 127 129 16 100 IQ Do B do Gt. S. an • I W. of Irelan ' , 3reat Western ...... C5l 651 Do Str Val gas. stocl. Lancashire. Vorksh rt London and Bloc:cows). Lon., Bright.,& S. Co.'s?' Lon., Chat., and Dove' Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln. Msryport and Carlisle. Dot shares.. Metropolitan Midland 4101 111 i 71 73 1111 112 i 43; (14 1021 10.2 101 1(2 45 16 130 131 1271 14 Ilp 26 98 6.4.0 Do New Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. sim7es Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, Az Dundee I Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New .North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central 551 E5l 26 t 8 1011 102 57i 58 883 68,1 117 12) 1 2 p 78 79 11} tit 124 126 44 46 100 102 L 9.16.4 Scot N. E., Aber. stool. Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo: Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok Stockton ez Darlington Do Do New, 18CG (Taff Vale.. Do B Do C 50 52 324 334 V5l 98 100 94 36 374 71 94 o 74 p 152 157 41. 5i p 21 p Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath !Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall 86 80 165 175 26 28 VV. itartlepoolilar.&lt. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 951 i 41. 1%4 rung. wok. THE QUEEN IN SCOTLAND. BALMORAL, Oct, 11. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse, went out yesterday morning. The Queen, accompanied by the Crown Princess of Prussia, drove in the afternoon to the falls of Garrvhalt. The Crown Princess of Prussia lunched with her Majesty. His Grand Ducal Highness Prince William of Hesse arr',Nred at the Castle on a visit to her Majesty. Oct• 12. The Queen, Prince and Princess Louis, and Prince William of Hesse, and the royal family, with the ladies and gentlemen in Taiting, attended Divine ervice yesterday morning in the Castle. The Ray. N. M•Leod, one of the Queen's chap lains, officiated. Princess Helens, and the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, attended Divine service is the parish church of Crathie. LAW INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) SPECULATING ON A HARD WINTER.-IN RE CULLEY. This bankrupt was described as of Vine-cottages, Shep herd's-bush, and Shepherd's-bush Railway Station, coal merchant, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr. Sargood opposed, on the ground that the bankrupt had not answered the requisitions by the assignees to the satisfaction of Mr. Commissioner Fane. Mr. Gardiner, clerk to Mr. Stansfeld, the official assignee, reported that since then the bankrupt had given explana tions, and there did nut appear to be any reason for further adjournment. Mr. E. Reed, for the bankrupt, attributed the failure to the bankrupt having token up last year a large contract for coals and entered into sub-contracts with parties who were speculating on a " hard winter," but it proved very mild, and they did not complete their contracts, throwing the respon sicility on the bankrupt, but the opposing creditor refused to absolve him, and brought an action against his father, who had become his surety, and recovered the amount of the bond, leaving the bankrupt £2OO behind, and he offered to assign his property, but the application was rejected, and was be compelled to come to the court. His Honour granted an order of discharge. TRADER DEBTOR'S SUMMONS -RULE OF COURT. A trader debtor's summon;was called, Mr. J. B. Sor rell, Mark-lane, appearing to oppose. His Honour said that the case was not in the list, and he could not take it in precedence to the cases of the day—it was a sad interruption to the public buai...ess that such cases should in at any moment. blr. Sorrell expressed his regret that any inconvenience should arise, but he attended on behalf of his client, who was summoned for 11 o'clock, and as he was present with a perfect answer, he would be satisfied with the summons being dismiss ed. (Laughter.) His Honour—No, I don't dismiss t' rna!tcr at all. I only defer the matter. I sha:l b 3 very ir.lppy to hear you, but it must be at the rising of tip!: Court. ANOTHER LITTLE WANT OF RULE. Mr. Chidley applied fur the release of a bankrupt from custody. His Honour said he could not hear it; the case was not in the " list." Mr. Chidley submitted that his client ought not to be the sufferer for that, for it had been entered in his presence by the Registrar in the book, and the bankrupt had been brought up on his Honour's warrant. His Honour said he could not understand it. It was not in his list. The Registrar's book was produced, verifying Mr. Chidley's assertion, but after all it became a question whether it had not been struck out at the last moment, and as no one could be found to answer for the scratching the ease proceeded, but was of no general interest. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 3hart Railways Paid. Price. Business dont 100 .B.rlanric &St Lawrence all 62 e 4 411 t Bom.,Barodadi.Cent Ind 100 1064 1074 107 Gu. 5 per cent. . 20 Do. New . ...... . • 8 1 14 P 20 Do. E. Shares.. 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6 63 10 Do. Preference 10 0 j Bufralo,Brant,&Godrieb 10u .1 p. at bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Jo. do. June 1,1874 100 et Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(Litl) 100 1( 61 1071 st Cape Town &Dock Seri) 100 114 106 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 108 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1074 1( 81 20 Do. do. G . 10 13 14p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 224 231 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds.. all 76 78 763 6 100 Do. Co. deferred...... all 62 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 69 71 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 58 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... all 52 54 100 Do. do. deferred._ . all 42 41 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook.., all 30 32 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 25 27 stock GtlndiaPeniu.gua.sp.c 100 108 109 1081 8 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 1% 11; 151 20 Do. January, 1862.. 8 13 11{ stook Gt. South.of India(Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 106 107 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 103 105 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt all 96 98 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8 all 88 90 10 Indian Branch Limited' 2 4 1 p stock Madras- guar., sp. o. stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 101 102 stock De. 44 100 98 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock 51elb.Corp. 6p. 0. kind, 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 58 59 100 Do. 7p. a 51ortg. Bds. all 20 Newßruo twiok& Canda Class A and B all 3 5 ST.Rl.C'da6 po Ist pt hde 100 82 84 stock Sande (109 :064 1075 107 st I Do. Delhi. Do. do go 106 107 2 5 ip 20 Do. Punjaub c:. all ——p at Do. Do. ........ , , leo 106 107 1063 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) k ; 109 :02 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. kAtn.tJov. op.c.J suJ ut3 1877-St Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug. 100 101 tO3 j Do. 6 p.c.Mar & Sept. 100 101 103 Do. sp. c. Jan &July. 100 k 2 94 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 .Cape G.Hope, 6p c,187:i 100 108 110 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1891 100 110 112 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1678, 6p c 100 113 115 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 ,Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 119 112 I N.B.Gov.6p.c.da.&July 100 106 105 Do. Gp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - !N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c. , lBut 100 101 102 - D 0.., p. c.,18/1 to .P;7( 100 102 103 Do. d0.,1888 &upwth 100 102 103 1021 1 {New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 1114 ,INara Scotia Gov. 6 p. C. stening, 1875 lOO IC4 106 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1:1 113 IS. Aus G5p.c.1878.& up lOO 112 114 I Vic. Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&Jul3 100 108 110 • Do. io a p.a. AnAoot,.. lOO llO 1101'1101 10 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 Id uliflord Amalgamated — 361 385 Devon G. Con,. (Tavist , 1 545 555 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 74 77 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. 3d par East Caradon 2.14.6 271 284 East Carn Brea E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 8 6.6 21 31 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 183 13 15 Great South Tolgus 175 5 5 4 G. Wheal Vor (Ilelston , 40 94 10 4 Grenville . Herc•d's-Foot 8.12 16 88 Hingston Downs 4.'8.0 2 25 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 9k 22 24 Marke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 25 11 16 New Seton l9l 100 110 • North Downs 24 11 2 N.Wh '1 Basset (Mo.:can 21 3 % North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey, 14 1 5 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 53 45 South Caradon(StCleer 14 415 425 S. Cant Brea (Illogan) 3.15.ti1 11 If 6.Wheal Fran. (Ilicqzn) 18.1..9 60 65 Stray Park ..... . . . 5 ['mar Silv.& Lead Min 44 1 4 fin Crort 9 19 20 West Basset (Illogan) l4 9 4 105 W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 724 775 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 25 30 Wheal Kitty (U.Lchnt) 2.0.6 WhealLadtott - Wheal IllaryAnn (Men ) 8 61 94 . Wheal Seton 584 180 :00 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 21 23 Wheal Union 3.17 21 33 The King of the Greeks. The King of the Greeks, accompanied by his suite, left Victoria Station, this morning, at 9.15 a.m. by the train of London, Chatham, any Dover Railway, for Dover, and thence, via Calais, to Paris. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ac• companied his Majesty to the station, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was also present. Hia Majesty was received at the station by Sir Cusack Roney, one of the directors; Mr. Johnson, secretary ; and Mr. Bishop, superintendent, who proceeded in the train to Dover. A large deputation from the Greek Committee, also several of the leading merchents and their ladies were also present. The whole of the platform appropriated for the departure of his Majesty was covered with crimson cloth, upon which the ladies of the members of the Greek committee strewed the rarest and most beautiful flowers. After the departure of his Majesty - .three voiceferons cheers were given for the Prince of Wales, and three also for the Duke of Cambridge. The Prince and Princess of Wales. Th , Ring of the Greeks, the Prince of Wales, Prince Christian of Denmark, and Prince Frederick, attended by Baron Guldencrone, Lieutenant Funch, Captain Grey, Captain Lund, and Captain Casten schjold, left town at a quarter past ten o'clock yes terday morning for Newmarket. The Princess of Wales, the Princess Christian of Denmark, and Princess Dagmar, attended by the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, honoured the Me ssrs . South well, in Bak er - s t ree t, with a visit, and sat for their photographs. Their Royal Highnesses took a drive in an open carriage in the afternoon. The dinner party included the Ring of the Greeks, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess Christian of Denmark, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Frederick, and the Princess Dagmar of Denmark. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Royal family of Denmark, will visit the Haymarket Theatre this evening. The Prince and Princess of Joinville have passed some days at Amsterdam, at which place they arrived from the Hague in strict incognito. The Duke of Newcastle has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, for his seat, Clumber, Notts. Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury has left Beau• desert, the seat of the Marquis of Abercorn, for London, whence her ladyship proceeds to Severnake Forest, Marl borough, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury. The Earl and Countess of Zetland are entertain ,ng a select circle at Aske Hall, their seat in Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Seafield are still at Balmacaan, N. 8., with a select party, to conclude the shooting season in the Highlands. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor and Lord Albert Leveson Gower are expected to return from Homburg the day after to-morrow. The Earl Grosvenor has improved in health by his visit to the Continent. The Countess (Frances) Waldegrave and Mr. Chichester Fortescae, M.P., are staying on a visit to Lord Clermont at Ravensdale Park, Ireland. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday morning from his seat, Broadlants, Hants. Lord Lyttelton returns to town to-day from Brighton, on his way to Hagley Park, near Stourbridge, to celebrate the coming of age of his eldest son the week after next. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in London yesterday morning from Scotland, The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., arrived in town on Monday night from Drayton Manor, near 'ramworth. Lady Emily Peel has left Geneva for Paris, on her way to meet the right hon. baronet in London before going to Ireland for the winter. Sir Augustus Clifford has arrived in town from Lord Llanover's, to attend the further prorogation of Par liament. The marriage of the Hon. and Rev. George Her bert, third son of the late, and brother of the present, Earl of Powis, and Miss Sykes, daughter of tho late Sir Tatton Sykes, is appointed to take place to-morrow. Cruikshank's Sketches of The Elves ! Th. Nose 1 and the Goose ! As REELECTED FROM " GAMME R GRETIIEL," BY THE " SPECTAT OR, " What a picture is th at of the elves dressing them selves ! When was the human pleasure in trousers and shirts over before glorified into emotion of such preternatural joy ? You feel that the little crea tures must have been naked a thousand years, and' had never even conceived the idea of dress for elves before the good cobbler made them these little gar ments. How the trousers sustained the angle of 195 degrees (subtended by the floor), at which the legs of one of the elves are icelined to each other ' Mr. Cruikshank alone len ows , an d no one e l se cou ld possibly have told us how au elf's hair is brushed. Again, what ludicrous fear and embarrassment sit on that soldier's countenance whose nose lengthens away into the infinite like an early anticipation of the Atlantic telegraph cable—in which capacity, indeed, it seems to have acted, for here are his two comrades staring at him aghast who have been fetched from a distance of many miles by the sudden appearance in their path of this extraordinary nasal development, and have traced it up to its source in his distressed counte nance. How naturally the victim himself presses with his left hand the morbid organ, evidently em powered by the difficulty of sneezing effectually down a tunnel of such enormous extent—and also, perhaps, wishing to shorten the length of the heavy catenary curve that his head has to support by bringing it as soon as possible to the earth. His right hand i s extended es if d emonstrat i ng to his comrades the absolute impossibility of blow ing his nose, and expostulating with them for not having performed that operation for him at the other end of the organ before they t ravelled up to its source. Again, just look at that picture of Dummling with the gold en g oos e which has the curious property of causing the indissoluble adhe sion of every one who touches it, or who touches any one else in a direct chain of communication with it, except its master. Dumnalingis going down hill with the goose under his arm, with an air of resolutely ignoring the lengthening human chain behind him, and plants his staff firmly to resist the back. evident pressure on his The three giddy innkeeper's daughters are the first links in the chain which the golden goo se draws after it,then follows the bouncing PI jest in surpli ce an d wig, with the free hand lifted in declamation, while the attenuated clerk, obviously making responses under some vague hope that they will liberate him, rushes behind, closely followed by the two labourers with pickaxes, while a little street urchin, in great de light, is evidently saying " Oh liniiny !" to himself as the train passes, or inquiring whether the par son's mother knows of the excursion, and a vicious little cur is lifting up its voice to snap at the un wonted bustle. Nu wonder the melancholy King's daughter is holding her sides with her first burst of laughter at that upper window, while Dummling purses up his mouth with conceited, ill-concealed triumph. eE is still decli n ing at PI,TIPEIII SM IN L AN CASII the rat; o £1,500 a w €eJc RE THORN. The bankrupt was a butcher at Kingsland. His debts were not large (£132), and he attributed his losses to spoilt meat during the past season. Mr. W. It. Buchanan, Basinghall-street, appeared for the bankrupt, who obtained his discharge. (Before Mr. Registrar Hazlitt.) IN RE SIMON. This bankrupt had carried on --- avery extensive business in New Basinghall-street, as a cap manufacturer, but absconded a few weeks since, and an adjudication was made on the application of Mr. A. Angerstein, of the Old Jewry. Very lengthened private examinations have been taken with the view of obtaining a disclosure of the bank rupt's property. The amount of liability, kn., is a mere conjecture at present, but are said to amount to at least £lO,OOO. Assignees were chosen. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. FoAGEBY RI A WHOLESALE MANUFACTURER. — George Baskeville: dressed as a groom, but described as a flint grinder, was placed before Alderman Mechi upon a warrant signed by the Lord Mayor with forging and utter ing a bill of exchange for £276 135., with intent to de fraud the Birmingham and South Staffordshire Bank, 110, Cheapside. The Solicitor for the prosecution said the prisoner was a member of the fitm of P. and G. Baskeville, flint grinders, of Etruria, i n S taffordshire, an d t h e c h arge against him was the forging and uttering a bill of ex change. dated May 21, 1863, with intent to defraud. The prisoner, it appeared, w as t h e acting partner to t h e fi rm , but he had been in some manner mixed up with a man name d Smith, who was convicted of forgery at the last Staffordshire assiw.s. After Smith had been removed from the scene the prisoner became involved in pecuniary difficulties, and in order to meet the demands which were constantly forcing themselves upon him he had recourse to more forgeries to cover those he had previously sent into circulation. It was at one time believed that the firm of Baskeville was in a flourishing condition, but from the forgeries committed by the prisoner, who was the active partner, it was clear th e actual state of affairs was qu i te unknown. The Birmingham and South Staffordshire Bank fortunately held but cue forged bill of the prisoner's, but there was every reason to believe the amount of the forgeries would not fall short of three thousand pounds. Of course the firm of Baskeville had become bankrupt, the corporation for which he appeared felt it their duty t o t a k e th e most ac ti ve steps to prosecute the prisoner. The prisoner here said he admitted the whole of the case. He had never denied it, he forged the bill, and he pleaded guilty. The following witnesses were then examined Mr. Richard Price, manager of the London. Birming ham, and South Staffordshire Bank, said the bank carried on business in the three places last-mentioned. The pri soner wanted an account oper ed in the name of P. and G. Baskeville, of Bell's Mills, Etruria, in Staffordshire. He was introduced as one of the partners, and after inquiry an account was opened. Bills were then sent up for discount through their agent, Mr. George Withey. On the 22d of May the bill for £276 13s, (produced) was left at the bank in the usual way for discount. It was drawn by P. and G. Baskeville, and purported to be accepted by a person named Elijah Hughes. It was discounted, and the amount, less placed to th e cre dit o f t h e d rawers. the money paid , w as They drew against it immediately. The present forged bill is the only one held by the bank. The bill was pre sented at maturity, but it was not paid. Mr. George Withey, of 15, Fish -street-hill, commission agent, said he acted for the firm of Baskeville. The prisoner was a partner in the firm. Ho (witness) had acted as their agent for about twelve months. The bill produced he believed to be in the prisoner's handwriting He was in structed to discount it by letter. Mr. Elijah Hughes, earthware manufacturer, Cobridge, Staffordshire, said he had had some business transactions with the prisoner's firm. The acceptance to the bill pro duced was not in his handwriting, neither was it written by his direction. It was a forgery. There was no other person of the same name as his in Cobridge. He believed the acceptance to be in the prisoner's handwriting. Robert Packman, of ithe City detective force, said he went down to Staffordshire to make inquiries about the prisoner, but he had every reason to believe he had fled to America. Eventually he was taken into custody at a small cottage in Lord Shrewsbury's park in Staffordshire. When the prisoner was told he was charged with forging several bills he said he was quite aware of it, and that when he got to London he should plead guilty to the whole of the charges. The prisoner, in answer to the charge said—l have nothing at all to say against it. 1 plead guilty to it all. Alderman Mechi then committed the prisoner for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STItEET. A MERCHANT CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING THE POLICE —Mr. Wm. Phelan, a tall powerful-looking man, described as a merchant, of Norwood, but stayi ng i n ° Mar garet-street, Cavendish-square, was charged before Mr. Knox with the following violent conduct : Police-constable Charles Walker, 62 E, said that on the previous night, at a late hour, the defendant was turned out of a public-house by the landlord, whom he assaulted. Seeing the defendant was drunk, and as he was creating great disturbance and causing a large crowd of persons to assemble, he (Walker), with the assistance of Sergeant Opting, took him into custody, when he shuck him (Walker) on the head and on the breast, causing him still to feel great pain, and also struck Sergeant Outing. While on the way to the station the defendant turned ro und and gave a female who was following him, and who he ( Walker) believed was the defendant's wife, a tremendous blow on tbe head, knocking her down. At the station the defendant continued his violent behaviour, and struck Inspector Gar forth, who took the charge, but was unable to attend. Defendant, after stating that the female was not his wife, attacked her character in a very unmanly manner, and con cluded by saying that if he had hurt the constable he was was very sorry, and hoped the constable would forgive him. Mr. Knox made some very severe remarks on the defen dant's conduct, and fined him £5, or a month. The defendant left the dock exclaiming, " I have got no money, and for God's sake don't send me to prison." WESTMINSTER. PLUNDERING A HOUSE OF PLATE AND OTHER ARTICLES TO BETWEEN £lOO AND £2oo.—Sarah Clarke and Bridget Keardow, persons of creditable appearance, were this morn ing placed at the bar charged with stripping a house of p late , china, glass, bedding, house and other furniture, to the value of between £lOO and £2OO. Air. Frederick Allen Longhurst said—l am clerk to Mr. Elko, house agent, of John-street, Brunswick-square. I know the prisoner rio w .s (u Clarke i aro we put her in charge of the se, 45, u Brompton, a furnished house, w hich belongs to Et customer of ours, Mr. John 1). Barry. hon She was put in to sl'iow the house to any lady who might want to take it. I woof, there yesterday to look over the house, and, to my surprise, discovered that she had taken everything portable out of it. All the things that could be carried away Wei 'e gone. I first missed the blankets and counterpanes from the beds up stairs, and on asking her about them she pettladed that they were down stairs in the drawers, but she could not produce them, and I directly found that other things were gone. I asked her for the keys of the glass cupboard, and ascertained that pro perty had been also taken from there. I went for a police man, and while I was gone I learned she had left the house with a milk woman, and in order to find her we went to Mr. Jones, where she was employed, and the milk woman was taken into custody. Mr. Arneld—The milk-woman had nothing to do with taking care of the house ? Witness—No, but she had pawned some of the things. Mr. Arnold—What evidence is there of that ? Witness—The prisoner Clarke says that the other pawned part of the things, and she herself admits it. She said when she was taken she hoped she should not be punished severely. Inspector Bentley—There is a quantity of plated goods and other property found pledged. Ambrose, 101 B—l was fetched yesterday afternoon to 45, Thurlow•square. I heard from a cabman that the pri soner Clarke had been seen to leave the house with Kear dow, and I traced the latter to a Mr. Dansack's, Gloster grove, Kensington. I told her I should take her for pledg ing some of the things. She said she had pledged them at the request of Clarke. She also told me that she had been lodging with Clarke for the last three months. When we got back to the house we found Clarke in the street, and she was taken into custody. She then said she had taken the articles, and Keardon had pledged them for her. Inspector Butler, B division , said—At five o'clock yes terday evening I went to 45, Onslow-square, and found some duplicates, but Mr. Longhurst will inform you about the others. Mr. Longhurst produced two large bundles of duplicates received from the prisoner Clarke. Inspector Butler—They refer to china, glass, plated articles, bc. I received 160 duplicates from him; some are for valuable property pledged for a small amount. Mr. Arnold—And how many more duplicates have you ? Inspector—l have 26, making 186 in all. Mr. Arnold —And how many pawnbrokes ? Inspector—Two. With 90 pledges at one, and the re mainder at the other. A great quantity of property was now produced. Prisoners said nothing. They were remanded. THAMES. "A LITTLE AMLIATION CASE."—Mary Patten, a very pretty ard ladylike young woman, appeared before Mr. Partridge to support an affiliation summons she had taken out against Mr. John Sdckland, clerk in a brewery at Bridport, in Dorsetahire. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, stated the case for the pro secution. The complainant was a female of great respec tability, and her family belonged to Bridport. The defen dant, who was clerk in a brewery in the same town, had paid his addresses to the complainant, won her affections, and seduced her. The result of this intercourse was the birth of a male child, and the complaimnt now asked for the usual order. Mr. Partridge—Where was the child born ? Mr. Young—ln the district of this court. The com plainant came to London for the purpose of being confined. There will be no trouble in this little affiliation case. (A laugh.) The defendant is not here, but he has sent a letter admitting the paternity. The complainant, on being sworn, said she had kept company with Mr. John Stickland, a clerk in a brewery at Bridport, and that her child was born on the 3d of August last. Mr. Stickland was the father of the little one. The letter produced was in the handwriting of her lover. Mr. Young read the letter as follows :—" Harbour-road, Bridport, October 3.-I%lr. Daniel Smith.—Dear Sir,—l enclose a post-office order for the amount you claimed, for £3 175., and will consent to the order of half-a-crown per week for the little one. (A laugh.) I hope you will keep to your guarantee and not make the order for more than you mentioned. Please to say to whom I am to pay over the the money.—Yours, &c., JOITN STICILLAND." David Smith, police-constable, No. 416 K, and one of the summoning officers of the Thames Police-court, said that he served an affiliation summons on Mr. John Stickland, in Bridport, and he said, " I cannot say I am not the father of the child." He received the letter just read by Mr. Chas. Young, with a Post-office order enclosed. • Mr. Partridge ordered John Stickland to be called. He did not answer, and an order was made upon him to pay ss. per week for the first six weeks after the birth of the child, and 2s. 61 per week for the next 13 years. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to this morning's market was small. Both red and white qualities, however, sold heavily at Monday's currency. With foreign wheat the market was extensively supplied. No quotable change took place in the value of any descrip tion, but the trade was in a sluggish state. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly on former terms. The supply of barley on offer was moderate, and the demand ruled heavy at previous quotations. There was a good supply of malt on sale, and the demand ruled inactive, at barely late rates. Oats of fine quality supported previous quotations, but inferior parcels sold heavily, at fully the late decline in prices. Beans and peas were dull at Monday's currency. The show of samples were but moderate. Both in English and foreign flour sales progressed slowly, at about stationary prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt Oats. Flout. English 4160 540 1 370 O7O 520 Irish.. — I -270 Foreign 21,970 6,520 I 27,510 330 sks 10,890 brls. BOROUGH HOP. New hops move off steadily at fully previous rates. Yearling, old, and foreign hops are firm in price. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderately good, and the demand rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d; mutton, 38 Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 35 6d to 45 Od, and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. ELECTION INTELLIGENCW. READING. The writ for the election of a member for the borough Reading, in the room of Mr. Pigott, was received in Reading y es t er d a y morning, and at noon it was read in th e m ar ket place. His w orshi p , the mayor, d. 0. Taylor, Esq., has fixed Saturday nomin ation. next, at eleven o'clock, as the day of nominat ion. BARNSTAPLE. The writ for this election was received on Tues day morning, and the mayor has fixed the election for Monday and Tuesday next. The Price of Gold, The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rate s with the English Mint price of 6 3 17s. N i g per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is about 3-Nibs per cent• dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short tandard ex change on London is 13.4 per £1 sterling. z!, a t the English Mint price i s , th erefore, a b ou t 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg . The coar se of exchange at New York on Lo n d on for bills at s i g ht is 157 to 157 i per cent., an d th e prem i um on 310 43} per cent. At th ese rates there is very l i ttle 6 gold days ' is 4 3 pro fit °a the importation of go ld f rom th e U n i te d States. Li v erpool Cotton Market—This Day. Sales, about 20,000 bales. Still advancing Im port, 4,713 ; previously, 4,918. MULREADY'S RECOLLECTIONS OF NELSON ! PITT! AND SHERIDAN !—NELSON, he often met at Charing cross, going to the Admiralty no doubt. Nelson always wore on these occasions a closely buttoned-up coat, and a hat pressed down upon his face. He had a very striking expression of eye —a far -off-looking air, fixed, and seeming as if he scanned a distant horizon. It was impossible, said Mulready, to divest oneself of the idea that Nelson was for ever on the watch for something, and abserbed in thought about the contingencies of war. The painter described PITT as a tall, thin, slovenly-looking man, who was very untidy about the legs, his stockings being loose and too large for him. He carried a cocked hat under his arm, as if from habit, when other folks laid theirs aside. Mulready remembered to have met SIEEMDAN in full-dress, having left a party at Holland House very shortly before daylight. Finding his carriage had not arrived, the wit set off on foot along the Kensington-road to meet it. Curious to see the man whom all talked about, Mulready followed him at a distance. It was a long while before the coach was des cried coming slowly up the road, and great was the inso lence of the coachman to his master when remonstrated with. Sheridan must have been pretty well used to this conduct, for he got into the vehicle without losing much of due for temper. Probably the coachman's wages had be en for an unusually lc:mg period. CHOPIN'S PIANOFORTE, which had Com e into the possession of his sister, a lady of Warsaw, was among many precious relics the other day destroyed the by the bruta l moyski Furies in the Russian force who pillaged " Palace. fitted with A line-of-battle ship's launch has been . twin screws by Mr. Murray, c hief engineer of the speed of from 6 to 61 the of f e e x n c g e n i e e n s t , Royal Dockyard, Portsmouth. knots per hour is confidently antairreilt tgoolmfernom, he engine s an d manner in which the whol e carried out. I boilers, and crews have bee s boilers and gear only oec u PY a space of 6 feet long by 4 f eet wide, and altogether t h e fi tt i ngs . of this boat eve great credit to Mr. blurr s Y• IN ill Mr. Murray have t o pay a royalty to Messrs. Rennie, Messrs. Dudgeon, or to Com ander'l'. Symonds ? The Admiralty seem to b e a li ve t o the m importance of twin screws, hut they are resolved to be cautious in their proceedings. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH, BEAUFORT STAKES. Water Kelpie 1 Curacoa SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. Anonyma Donnybrook MAIDEN PLATE. Vedette colt Eleanor 2 Tea ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Plush colt Signalman ........... 2 Six ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Golden Dust ...................................... 1 Rosins ............................................ 2 Nine ran. MATCH—Miss Whip filly beat Dradament. WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT, 13. The Royal Mail steamer Seine, with the above mails, has arrived here. She bring s 66 passengers, £238,000 in specie, and 2 , 000 packa ges cargo. She left St. Thomas on the 2 9 th ult., and experienced fine weather till the 7th inst., and afterwards strong north-easterly gales. The trouble between Bolivia and chili was likely to be settled. Amicable negociations h a d been renewed between the two republics. The Chili Government proposes to issue new Treasury bonds for 600,000 dollars, payable in 3 0 months, and to be applied in meeting the most urgent demands of deficit in the revenue. Business at Valparaiso was brisk. Exchange on London, 441 d to 44d. News from Central America and the West Indie s Islands is unimportant. POLITICAL AMENITIES. A Coventry Elector, in a letter to the Times this morning, says :—" Your excellent leading article of Saturday on the Coventry election has been very generally read and appreciated by the respec table part of the inhabitants of this city, including large numbers of the more intelligent " freemen," but there is a general feeling that justice has not been done to the 2,129 honest electors, who, true to their principles, voted for Mr. Peel. There were also some hundreds of Liberal voters prevented by the intimidation of landlords and others from voting as they desired, so that there is really a decided majority of the electors against the return of Mr. Treherne ; and it is manifestly unjust to class these with the mass of ignorance and blackguardism which recorded 2,263 votes in his favour." A " Liberal" in the Herald says :—" lam in• formed that the fracas which took place at Tam worth arose from the Secretary endeavouring to poll an old man who had promised to vote for Mr. Peel. A town councillor said to the Secretary as he was taking the old man to the poll, " You have got one of our voters ;" whereupon Sir Robert knocked him down, and the gentleman, when he got up, struck him. To a respectable man Sir Robert is stated to have said, " You are not a respectable man." The voter replied that he was as good as Sir Robert. Sir Robert replied he would make dunghill of his house. Can such things be ?'' LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, OCT. 10. Notice is hereby given that the State apartments of Windsor Castle will be closed to the public on and after Wednesday, the 14th instant, until further orders. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 10. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward van Cutsem as Consul at Calcutta for his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. A. Havenith as Consul at Bombay for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. CROWN-OFFICE, OCT. 13. MEMBER RPTERNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. _ _ Borough of Tamworth—John Peel, of Middleton Hall, in the county of Warwick, Eeq., in the room of John Villiers Stuart Townshend, commonly called Viscount Raynham, now Marquis Townshend, summoned to the House of Peers. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 8. Royal Marine Artillery—First Lieutenant and Quarter master Francis Edward Halliday to be Captain, vice Wri ford, to half-pay. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial its. portance in the Gazette : William Henry B Kni e g ma ht s , , c m ig i a li r er d lv le o r o , d O b a ri f d o g rd e - street e s e George Dawson, merchant , Huddersfield David Shaw, hosir, Hudder I C v h o a o r l l f e sigh! Moses, ga er i g s r s oc deTle M r, a ß a ri h a e t s o t n e - r road S. A. Pickard, watch dealer, Hatton-garden George Pearce, farmer, Romsey William Meredith, fishmonger, Wolverhampton William Veal, licensed victualler, Birmingham Henry Woodward, coal merchant, Kidderminster David T. Little, baker, Ware, Hertfordshire John Hobbs, innkeeper, Longhope, Gloucestershire John Plant, beerhouse-keeper, Cheshire George Taylor, commission agent, Westbromwich. Alfred C. Wright, carpenter, Southampton David A. Hawking, cabinet maker, Truro Cornwall James Cook, cab driver, Birmingham Edwin Day, butcher, Bristol John Rowland, carpenter, Chester Joseph J am esSouthey, business agent, Walworth cheesemonger, Northampton-road Thos. T. Bennett, plumber, Broad-street, Golden-squire BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. John Mason, shipbuilder, Runcorn Henry Coney, bootmaker, Tottenham-court-road Course of the Exchange--Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam . Antwerp — 25 65 25 57t Brussels — 25 65 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 8 13 8k Paris Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 52} 25 57k Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —119 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan . ~.. ....... Genoa ... . Naples .... Palermo . . Messina .. . Lisbon 11 45 11 50 48a 49 48/ 49 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 70 25 65 25 7 0 25 65 0 62 70 52a 53k Oporto • —52 i Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz ....... 17 9 5 3 Mexican Dollars .......... ................ u Silver in Bars (3tandard) .... ............... li South American Doublons .......... .: 0 5 0 ........ 0 0 _........... --- A NEW CLASS' CAL TRAGEDY, in t wo acts, on the difficult subject of Nisie, by M. Alphonse Schmit, a de ceased poet of some promise, has been recently produc e d at the Odeon Theatre. Assistant.. It is likely that tl:e uarter hich post of Assistant-Q Quarter master-General in Ceyloot Colonel Ouvry h as and theta Deput y fa be appointed Quartermaster-Generai vr . instead. The Ceylon Staff is out of all proportion red with the strength of just retired, will be ab01i5h.....,4fr0 the troops in the island, and the reduction in - -on in question can not be considered otherwisekh than lair and reasonable. Mr. Parsons, of Brae eath, now , . patics that Cap tain rasa has merely carried out the plans of strengthening guns which he h a d previously proposed to t h e War-oface, and hence the success which the gallant officer has obtained in lining a cast-iron 68-pounder with a wrought-Sem tube. Without entering into the question of Priority of invention, it seems to us that Mr. Parsons pro posed to line the breech of cast-iron guns, first removing the breech, and then attaching it again by screw power ; at least, such is what we gather from Mr. Parsons plates and description. We believe such a plan would only ren der the gun weaker than before. To Captain Palliser be longs the merit of having successfully carried out what he proposed, and thereby greatly increased the power of the mud-iron 68-pounder to stand a heavy charge, the gun tubed by him having withstood one-third more strain than any uustrengthened cast-iron piece previously tested. We do not however, believe in wrought-iron tubes, and doubt whether our present cast-i:on ordnance would be sufficiently im proved to pay for the cost of tubing; but we do think that Captain Palliser's plan might be advantageously em ployed in inserting tubes of steel tempered in oil, in the numerous 70-pounders now , lying useless at Elswick and in the Arsenal, and which, if converted into muzzle-loaders, would become effleient weapons for the upper decks of our despatch-vessels and wooden cruisers ; but should these be su ff ere d to remain rusting for another year or two, they, like most of the cast-iron guns, will be out of date, and the money already expended upon them lost to the country. 1 I)