The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-08 00:00:00

MINING MARKET.

THURSDAY, Two o'Clock.
There has been an active demand for Prince of
`vales, East Bassett, East Caradon, Great Vor, and
East Russell. Annexed are the latest prices
Cara Catnborne, 21s 26s Od ; Chiverton Moor, 41 i ;
nehuntales Gold, 2i 3 ; Clifford Amalgamated, 71 8 ; East
Eastt, 24 26' East Caradon, 51 61 ; East Lovell, 11 111 ;
ltussell, 31 -1, ;
t2no
ItGeta llack, —s —s ; East Wheal Grenville, li 2} ; Frou-
and Bolivia Gold, —; Great Laxey, 17i 18; ; Great
r,
Great South Tolgus, 7s 6d 10s Od ;
at Wheal Vor 16 17; Marke Valley, —; North
er°ftY, 27s 6d 30s Od ; North Trestieby, 31 1 ; Prince of
r ales, 254 806 i south Cynclurrow, —6 —s Od; Routh

Ditto 1:1 per Cont. —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Austrian, spn Cent., Ex. 10 Florins —
Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch 23t per Cent. Ex. 12 Gnil,. —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ....
French Itentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f.
Do. Account
TWO O'CLOCK,
Consols, Money 894 i
Do. Account

The Queen Life Assurance Company.

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It the Guildhall yesterday, Mr. John Irving Scott, the
editor of the Reporter newspaper, and Andrew Vv ilton, the
publisher, were summoned for printing and publishing a
defamatory libel concerning the Queen Life Assurance
Company. The complainant was Mr. John Elphic Leyland,
the secretary of the company. When the summonses were
called on it was stated to Alderman Cotton that Wilton had
gone to Australia, and that Mr. Scott was unable to attend.
Alderman Cotton said that on the last occasion when the
case was before him he had hoped that an apology would
have been offered and accepted by Mr. Leyland, but as that
had not been done he should allow Mr. Edwards (the solici-
tor to the company) to make a statement in contradiction
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general denial of the libel of which he complained. It was
contained in an article in the number of the Reporter of the
6th of October, 1866. The article referred to a new so-
called Etna Insurance Company, which was advertised in
the advertisement page, and in the article, which greatly
praised the now undertaking, were the following remarks
—" And such undertakings directed by men of honour and
position, and not coming before the lieges without tangible
evidence to character in the shape of money actually in
hshuaondidearnsd, heavy obligations freely taken upon Atlantean
signatures by the merest men of straw for
fabulous thousands and impossible millions, but in the be-
ginning—z- nsueilp,teadhanterior to the hour when the public are first
besought patronage—will
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thirdspropertyin the United Kingdom is at the hour we write utterly un-
covered by insurance. The field of operation is not only
fertile, but widely spread—most lucrative, capable of being
quickly, easily, and profitably worked. Never was a better
time for the projection of a great fire company, with
good names, assured wealth, and a liberal con-
stitution. So began the Royal, the Lancashire,
the Queen (which last is a badly-managed, most
niggard, and hopeless office, and should amalgamate
at once, for it has lost all its reserve fund, and is paying no
dividend), the London and Lancashire, the Mercantile,
&c., and all these companies are transacting enormous
business and are honestly hopeful, with the unhappy excep-
tion we have indicated. During the painful mourning of
her Majesty that regally-named office has been all the time
in ill luck, and a black flag should be hung over the en-
trance of the head office in Liverpool, and at the portals of
all the branch offices, wherever they may be." The part of
the libel they complained of was that which stated that
they had lost all their reserve fund. He was prepared to
prove that, so far as the reserve fund was concerned, not
one penny of it had been touched ; and the assertion that
they had lost all their reserve fund was the sting of the
libel. They would not have cared for the term niggardly
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being applied to them, nor would they have cared for the
term badly managed; but the charge that they had lost all
their reserve fund was such a serious affair that they most

strenuously objected to the statement going uncontradicted.
The fact was that at the present moment they were pos-
sessed of a reserve fund of £158,000. lie understood that
defendant, in the last number of his publication, had aban-
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doned that assertion, and admitted that he had made a mis-
take in it, and that the allusion to reserve fund was an
error; but still the acknowledgment was so unsatisfactory
that he could not accept it as an apology. Alderman Cot-
ton 'regretted that an ample apology had not been tendered,
but hoped that explanation would go forth to the public in
order to do justice to the Queen Insurance Company. The
summons was then adjourned.

PROSECUTION OF GOVERNOR LYRE.—Governor
Eyre, it is announced, is to be arraigned at the sittings of
the Central Criminal Court which commence on Monday,
the 19th inst. An application will of course be made to re-
move the case by certiorari to the Court of Queen's Bench,
and the application is not likely to be refused, so that some
months must, under any circumstances, elapse before the
trial can take place.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO LORD BROUGHAM'S
NIECE.—On Monday evening an accident occurred to Miss
Brougham, niece of Lord Brougham. Miss Brougham and
her sister, attended by a man servant, left Brougham Hall,
Cumberland, for Penrith, on horseback, on Monday after-
noon. On their return home the horse on which Miss
Brougham was riding took fright, reared and fell back-
wards, crushing the young lady in the fall. On recovering
itself the animal galloped off. The injured lady was taken
to a toll-keeper's house close by, when medical assistance
was soon in attendance. A messenger was at once sent off
to Brougham Hall, whence a carriage was despatched, and
OM sufferer ceuveyea Lyrae.