The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-30 00:00:00

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ITIE SUN, LONDON
•i - 1101V'.EY 11.14.RKE2'
•AND CITY NEWS. SHARE .MARKET-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSION g;
411.,...11,
CITY, Two o'CLoox. • Closing Share. i Railways. Paid. Price. Bustin,
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
Owing to the extraordinory abundance of money
100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 55 eo
and the low terms upon which the best bills can Sharel Railways. sek r Bom.,BarodaeleCent Ind 100 991 1001 100 00 ; .1 Price. Done
:I paid 1 Closing Business
3 Gu. 5 per cent..
be negotiated, the possibility of a reduction in the
18 Do Do. B all -- 0 minimum Bank rate is attracting some attention, IP Belfast and Ballymena all -.- 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron 14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val* all 71 8 204 Do. New - -
notwithstanding the unsatisfactory position of stock Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 - - all 4 44 d4l 1
10 Do. Preference ...... all 54 61
Buffalo,Braut&Godrich 100 70 75
financial affairs in Paris. The next weekly return 10 113314.hgine,dae.'71111.(Tatia.00. alll -51 -6-1 No I 6 p. ct. gds.
Aug. 1, 1872 is expected to show a large decrease in the Other i-ck Bristol and Exeter ..... 100 94 16 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 65 70
stock Caledonian
Securities, and unless the authorities offer increased 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - 15 Clcuttant.S.Eastn.(Lin.) all 4; 61
10 Do A(A
50 Cork and Ba don 2O Cape,leastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - -
facilities, it can scarcely be supposed that they will 20 Cork, tilrockn&Passaee all -- - 20 Cape Town &Dock Scrip 13 lid
be enabled to replace the bills arriving at maturity 20 Cornwall ...
all 5 6 n 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 - --
174 Demerara.. ....... ..... all - -
on the 4th prox.
20
,Eastn. Bengal g•u. spe e all 194 20 d
10 Do B e until 6pc peran.i all -
__
gets no div.l f „,1 - -
The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail- 50 Dublin( i&lani
Belfast,
../ d.toßunc ' all 41 42 stocklEast Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 102 103 1024
20 Do. F Shares Ext.,.,, all - -
way of Canada for the week ending the 18th inst. 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 104 11 20 Do. Jubbulpore ...... all - - stock East Anglian lOO 19 193 101 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs. all 99 101
exhibited an increase of £1,251, compared with the stockloo 585 553 544 100 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864.. all 1004 1013
Eastern Counties
corresponding period of 1860. stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 47 49 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 100 101 100.4
stc,,c Do do Bdo 1100 33 35 stock ;Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 20 191 4
About £56,000 in bar gold was taken into the 25 Do Nw A, late Eleeds 134 - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 58 61
stock East Suffolk I 100 - - 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct. all 48 52
Bank of England yesterday.
stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 1100 89 91 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 34 36
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon exhi- stock Edin. Perth & Dundee ;
100 - - 100 29 291 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 39 42
10 k
Furness i Forth & Clyde Junction! all - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 32 34
bited no important variation. stoc 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 32 34
Gold is now about 2-lOths per cent. dearer in stock wasse and S. Western 100 104 106 stock GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. 100 99 100
10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all - -
I
1124 20 Do. New fella. sp. c... 10 4d 4
London than in Paris, and 4-10ths per cent, higher stock Great Northern lOO 112 113 .
stock Gt. Soutleof India (Lim
stock Do do A stock
here than in Hamburg. stDo do Bdo ,, 100 129 131 20 Do. do. all
stittoo, Great & leVsieornf Ireland 1
100
The suspension has been announced of Messrs. 1071
412
714 201 Gt. W. ofCanada Shares all 91 10
204 Do. New
Barnard, Rosenthal!, and Co., braid and trimmine. stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 63 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all ~6 100
6 12 Irish South-eastern.... all - - 100 ,Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all 89 ea
manufacturers, with liabilities estimated at between stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1064 1061
,?3,34 i 100 ,D 0.54 p. c. do. '7B do all , - -
.£60,000 and £70,000. The assets will, no doubt, stocks 11557 116 stock Madras guar., 44 p. c lOO 89 91
Loudon
.and Blackwall 100
Lon., Bright,. & S Coast 100stogie Do. do. 5 per cent
stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 - 91 514 901 20 Do. 5 do all - - 0
The Tyne has arrived at Lisbon from the Brazils, stock Lond, e nth. Western.. 100 93 04 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO - -
With .E 119,238 in specie, for England. 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - -
25 L'derry & Ennisxillen all 10 11 20 Newßranswick & Ganda
Ree&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 4 6
The first half-yearly meeting of the Trust and stock Man. Shet. & Lineoin.. 100 47 471 46 73 Class A Capital Share
50
.. Agency Company of Australia has been convened 121 etaryport and Carlisle.. all - - Do. do. Land do.. do 1 shares....( all - - 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... for the 14th proximo. 10 Metropolitan
•• Do. do. Land doe ...... all 3 5
stock Midland ' 100 1281 1281 128 7; - Oude (Limited) ........ - - -
Increased quietude was exhibited in the Liver- 6.4.0. Do new..
stock Do loirming. & Derby 100 98 LOu 20 Do. Punjaub .... 5 g 15 4.1 4., 144
pool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices continued se Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland- all - - 20 Do. Do. .... .. 74 e? , all - - 0
firm. The sales were 7,000 bales. 25 Do 4 shares 1 ell - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ?,g.; 100 96 98
25 Mid Lent.. ' all - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..( 1 4 4 d
At the half-yearly meeting of the Chartered 10 Do, Cray Line - -
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - Bank of India, Australia, and China, held to-day, a to
•Newr & I h 9 86 d Newry Arms' , def 2O ,Algerian . ... 1 5
20
I Newry,- 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. all 64 64
dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum was Warapt. & Roe. all - -
Stock Norfolk .. .............100 62 64 634 20 Ardenne5............ .. all -- -p
declared, free of income tax. stock North British lOO 623 63 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 133 41p
At a meeting of the proprietors of the East India
stock vor Dev Rail&Dk.sto.e: 100 - - 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 i
stock I 1);, k itk ; A roes no d i 20 Bezters to Graissessae.. all - - Railway Company to-day, the director's report, I
until ()riches beenpd.B 100 - - Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 94 101
stock Do B stock - 100 Copiapo ................ all - -
which was of a favourable character, was unani- stock Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 1014 toe 1011 30 Ditto Extension .... all 434
25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16134 3d p . p 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 41 ilp
mously adopted.
stock Do Leeds .........
The half-yearly meeting of the Great Western stock Do York
20 Grand This Guar. 6p. c. all - -
stoe,k North London - -
Railway of Canada, also held to-day, was adjourned to Do new• 6 - - 20 Great Central of France all - - •
for six weeks. 19.16 .1 North staffordshire 173 41 44 1 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 9/ of
10 Ne and S. W. Junction all 105 104 90 20 Italian Junction - -
The prospectus of the Roodee Iron Shipbuilding stock Not. & Grantham Rail.. 100. 89 91 2O Lierre & Turnhout - -
10 reebles ... .. -- -•• • • a 20 Lyons & Geneva, - -
Company has just been brought before the 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 8 8}
. . - - 20 Do. 6p. C. Pref......... all 194 204
public. The proposed capital is £lOO,OOO in £lO
-- - stole% Scottish Central
shares, and the premises it proposesato purchase stocko Scot N.
100
38
39
16 Do. New Shares ~.. 15 - -
glO Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 85 94
have been long known as a shipbuildin yard under stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 46 20 Parie,Lyons, & Mediter. ell 393 405
10 Sittig bourne 20 Parts & 0r1ean5........ all 51 63ounae & Sheer, all - -
private management. The proprietor has consented stock South Devon
1 gua. 7_p ct. lirn 17 43 d
to receive the purchase money in shares of the new
stock L. Thuirtt3aatsnteelznil ,anc. Un.
1(21,5
7-74
7---8 761 7
20 Riga & Du' naburg:: :•. :: 18.8. - -
company, the ultimate success of which is confi- stock South Wales - -
dently anticipated, owing to the steadily increasing t
sz k . York.Staines,
odk R, lay: rci Dunok 100al 9.41 966 5 [loyal Swedish ........ a/1 - -
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - - demand for iron vessels now so requisite for the 25 Stockton & Darlington all 37 SS 3-1 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 6/ 61 25 Do do /3 75 84 0 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 86 9 84
development of trade.
25 Do New (1860) 5 56 p 20 San Paulo, lira, g. 7p. c. 4 44.1 51
The market for Public Securities opened this gsttoocclic, 'lll,,VA.leef'!NiWi - - ''? 112 _..-- -2. 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetia 16 1 4
26 Southern of France.... all 244 551
morning with an improved appearance, and a steady 25 l' it emesHavenDk&Rail 122 --- 20 S. East Porljegal 7 p ct. 4 -- -
businessso Ulster . -
was transacted at a rise of 1 per cent., e 5 Du ...... .......... ,20 24 31. 10 Do. 5/ p. C. 'reference., all. 91 101
1 2 20 Wee IN.W. of France .. all 20 21 204
Consols being 931 I for money and the 7th prox.' !9_ i? .;
sITOCIK ale o•i.neatn •• • ••
• • 1102 -4 dif
20 ern of Austria.... 6 - -
New Threes are steady at 911 -7,- ; the Reduced at 10 Victoria Sta. and Pim - -
stoce Waterford & Kilkenny! 100 - - 6 Wiesbaden ...... ...... all - -
911 7-3; Exchequer Bills, June, 15s. prem. ; India 50 Waterford & Limerick I all - - 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref.... all - -
5 per Cent, is 1051; and Bank Stock is firm at 229 2020
li
Westwes f (lon ..
anadwan , all 51 61 20 Zealand - -
.... ..; all
and 231. 10 Do Ist class ....an' all - - BRITISH MINES.
20 Do 2d class .. .. ....I all - - -e• Alfred Consols(Philack) 3.2.10 / 1 I
Business in the Foreign Market has been mode- stock WestiTartlepool Ilarbr ,
21, 'British Iron ll6 1 2
rately active. Mexican Stock has shown increased
stock Weens(tilMand-Oxford INg 4-9 50- - !Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 360 170 Clifford I nil 27 32
buoyancy, but the other securities are generally de- stock Do. Newport 100 45 17 -
pressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. are flat at 79
- ,East Bassett (Illogan) 1 30 67 72
stock Do. Hereford, 100 88 90
- East Caradon 2.14.0 261 261 , 261
80i ; ditto, 1858, 68 -1 ; Mexican - E. ele'l Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 24 3 have advanced to - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 514 11 13
rnEFERENCE SHARES. - Great South Tolgus l7s 46 5
26-; and 271; and Venezuelan to 20; but Brazilian
- G.Weal - - have receded to 1001; Buenos Ayres to 821- 85; - G. Wheal Vor (Alfd.(Philack)Helston) 40 41 51
Equador to 15 f: ; and Sardinian to 84. Share' Railways. ;Paid I Closing 1 Business
l I Done. - Grenville 6.8.0 14 2
- Herod's-oot
Hingst
Price. F 8.12 325 334 32
The operations in the Railway Share Market
-
-- ILedy on Downs 4.11.6 445
Bertha I 1.10. s 4 e
were not of a very extensive character, a firmer 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per .-- Margaret (Gay Lelant)i e
- North! Downs I 9 40 42
24 41 5
tone, however, prevailed. Great Westerns, Lanca- stock I kris.eP rarix(iesnerd,.cttstt:i3 100 a - - - !North. Frances (Mogan), 114 23 31
- ;N. WWI Baseet (Illo4an); 1.14.0 4 5
shire and Yorkshire, Midlands, and West Mid- 20 Do. do. do. Shares ,14 - -
- ]North Wheal Crotty ..10.18.9 14 2
stock
ICaol.edon £10,41 pelcen I 100 100 102
- Par Convols (St. Blazey) 15 74 84
lands adbanced 55., Eastern Counties, 108., Man- I) Quer. Shares, No. 2. 100 - -
20 Providence(UnyLelnto 10.6.7 42 44
Chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 158., and Caledo- 44 (c_7oorrnkw&aili3asndon, 51 p. c. all
ll 2-0 2-1 - Sortridge Cons. Min.Coe 1 0 /
- South Caradon(StCleere II 290 300
nians, £l, North-Westerns and South-Easterns, 61 JDue.PerttiSzpla ecre.run: •.
a all 53 61
- S. Cant Brea (Illogan).. 5.9.0 44 5
14 !Do Ist Class Pref all - -
1 S. Dev.lron &Gen., Lim. all 5 f
however, declined ss.
stoek !E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c 100 100 102
- &Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1sX, 105 110
The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in fair s!oc t Do. do. Class B 6 px lOO 110 115
- Stray Park 263 r 28 30
stock , Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... 100 106 110
5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 /3 if
request. Great Luxembourg improved 1; Bahia
stock 'Do.
Conn. Ex. sp. c. No. 1 100 107 1090 1074
10 Tin Croft 9 6 61
and San Francisco i ; Great Western of Cauada / ; stock,
6 pet ct. stl\oc'olA... Igoo 1062
125 - Vale of Towey (Carmel 13s ed 4 4
.., 3
and East Indian 1. stostockl Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 105 80 82
- West Basset (Illogan) I
1 i I 148151
8
stuck I Do. 5 percent. guar... 100 - - - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 40
....
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con- stock iEdin.kGlas.sp.c. shares! 100 110 112
- West Scion .. 474 300 .510
stock ! Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. - Wheal Basset (Illogane 54 80 85 100 89 91 -
tinued in steady request. London and Westminster stock I %din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c 100 79 81Wheal Buller(Rediuth) 5 75 85
. - Wheat Edward (Gals.)' 71 I 11 2
improved to 70 71; Chartered of India, London stock j Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 - -
- Wheal Kitty ( U.Lelant) 1.7.2 , 5 6
stock Glas..e. S. lirt-st.g.a. sp. c.' 100 - - _
, Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 13 14
and China, brought 32 and 321; Berlin Water stock Great Northern, sp.et ' 100 114 116
- !Wheal Trelawney (Lis.): 7 114 154
stock ro•sp.c. Redm•lo cpm 100 109 111
-Works 51 ; Crystal Palace Stock 35/1 ; and South stock DC; 44 p. c. do.•' do, ' lOO 101 103 1011 FOREIGN MINES.
Australian Land 34. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c.m 80 106 108
C 10
et. Nh. of Scotld. let pf 20 (Australian - - 1 BonAccord Co per,Llm 17.6 Id 1
, -
stock 1 Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 1 100 97 99 20 Brazil St.J.deFitey,Lim I 15 49 50
BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PReeees. p. ct. pref. stock....
5 Do. Land and MiningCo.l all 14 2
Bank Stock
1 Cons. MiuCo.l ; - dia.
'Clarendon
3 per Centelteduced Annuities 9l e 1 5 Hants) lExt. sp. et... 6 - - 40 Cobra Copper all 34 66
3 per Cent. Conesis Annuities
.
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 915 1 stock Do. Redeemable, .p. ct. 100 87 ee CopiAeo 16 6 8
stock no Irredeemable, d 0... 100 88 tO 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail ; 1
2 Fortuna. all 14 2
India Stock .. .* 225 6 stock Do. 5 p.ct Redeem. Pref. 100 101 103
20 General all 22 24
Ditto 5 nor Cent.
1 Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. Bl3 ' to ot. w. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh all 161 174 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 a p
14 Kapundal (Limited)..... 1 4 14 p
Ditto 5 per Cent
stock Do Birmgeguar. stock lOO 74 76 3 ,Linares all 7 8
Ditto 51 per Cent.
264 Do. Chester gua. shares all 194 201 5 ILusitanian
1 iMariquita al2l 1 4"
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 133 In% do. do.
1 IN.RhineCopotS.Aus.L.4 e 4 id
Ditto 1859
20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO - 100 Lan. & Carl. 43 pc. pref. 60 - -
; Mining and 5me1t....1 all 2 4
Ditto under £l,OOO
5 ;Port Philip I 1 I 11
Consols tor Account, Nov 7 '.. 93 4 stock 110.13aresl.st£53810d pc 100 - -
1 Scottish Austria. (L.)..! 10s. pr id
stocx Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. 100 - -
58.2131 United Mexican ........: ail 61 :7 644
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1054 5 stock Lon.& Brig.s pc.gu.No. 100 112 115 I
1 Worthing (Limited)....! all 1 f
March. June. stock Ito. sp. c. No. 2 100 112 115
-
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d..... - 15 pm stock Do. gua. 6 p Do -
.c. - stock Do. do 5 p.c. No. 4 100 112 115
Ditto Small
I 7
, aPm stock Do. do. 41 per cent-. .... 100 101 103 JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
!,'‘ l RE E
IGN FUNDS-CLOSING Pie-ICS. stock Do. do. 45 p. C. shares., all - -
Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock, 100 1150 155 190 Agra& United Service It k 50 e 5 67 1
I
Brazilian, 5 per Cent
Ditto 41 per Cert., 1860 • 924 2 stock Do.lp.c.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 73 75 25 !Bank of Egypt all 205 211
1 1
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. ......... ..... 821 stock Do. 4 per cent. Pref lOO 91 92 100 Bank of London ....... 50 60 62
Ditto Account
50 !British North American all 53 56
Equador New Consolidated
20 ,Chtd.Bauk of India, &c. all 201 201 201 1
10 f Ex.A til 1; pcispd on all I - -
Mexican, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Peruvian 4% per Cent stock I .en. and N.W. Coy. and 100 Colonial
30'11 !Cora. Bank of Canada.. all - -
Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. .. 941 Nuneaton, sp. ctn.. 100 - -
100 (Commercial of London . 20 - -
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822. £St . - stock I.on. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 - -
20 'Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 161 171 17
stock Do. 44 per cent lOO - -
Ditto 41 per Cent. - -
Sardinian 5 per Cent . .. . Bll of 2s. 6 d..... ..... .... all I - - 20 ;Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 24 244
Spanish 3 per Cent...
Turkish 6 per Cent .. 794 123 Londonyne Ennis. 3eh all , 131 14 131 50 London and County .. 20 351 S6f 351 1
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan !De. 3l• per cent
. 43 1 414
20 ;London and S.Airican.. 10 5 pr
Venezuelan 3 per Cent
100 !Nat. Prov. of England 12 -
I
10 Do, redeem. 6 percent.. 51 1 P Ditto Account - i 20 ;Do. new - Dividends on the above payable in London. 124 Do. 43 per cent all -
- 50 (National Bank ..... ... 25 -
- -
Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. .. - stock 3110. Con. 6p c. stock.. 100 - - 20 New South Wales-- . all - -
',Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent...
Italian 5
stock Do. 43 p, c. pref. stock.. 100 100 102 110
20 ;Ottoman Bank ... .. all 174 18
, per Cent., 1861 674 4 6 Do. 41 per cent 3 - - 100 'Provincial of Ireland .. 25 - -
THREE O'CLOCK. stock Do. Leic. & Hit. pret at 100 91 93 10 ID°, new.... all - - Consols, Money pay 1 stock Nortlk sp. c. Ex. 5t.184P,1 100 - - 25 'South Australia ..e... all - - .
25 Union of Australia .... all 39 41
Ditto Account - -
stock D 0.5 Way.Vai.Ex.st.lBl7 100 50 ;Union o' London
stock North British, 5p.0. . 100 109 111 100 !Unity Mutual... - -
stock Do. New, gua. Sp. c.... 100 107 109
THE PRICE OF GOLD 11' Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. 51151 5 1 If l' COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
-.
11 Do. do. do 1 all - - - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July
. st N th.Dev.Tl ail. dtDekto. 100 I - - - 1877-9 lOO 107 12
The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mine prem., at N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. e. 100 !90 90 - Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 -l-
and the short exchange on London is 25.323 per £1 sterling, Sat Do. 43 pc. redeemable.. 100 199 101 - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4, 100 - - 1
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 Do, G.N.E. 4 per c. pref. 100 168 100 - Do, 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.! 100 106 108
17 I Do. Berwick 4 p.c. Pref. 8.15.4. 4cl p p - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108
17s. 103 d• per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is 20 ' Do. Leeds, 6. p. e. No. 113 - - - Do. 5 per cent lOO 101 1102 1011 4
about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848. 9- - -e Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 106 108
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 429 per mark, 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 ;d ip - Do. 1890, 100 107 108
and the short exchange on London is 13.7; per £1 20 North Staffordshire.... all 22 z 3 - N.13.G0v. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyl 100 108 109 e 1081
sterling, 10 Rhymney Guaranteed, all - - - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct,? 100 - -
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about el . •
. • ecottish Central, new pt all - - - N. S.W. El ov. sp. c., 18661 100 98 100
4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. st Scottish North-Eastern - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 99
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 31 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 - - - Do. p.c., 1888 & upwde 100 98 99
60 days' sight is 1071 to 1071 per cent., which, when compared sta 11:: ))o.Aberdeeneeme6p.c 100 - -- . - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C.
with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the los. south 7Dreocn pref. stock
ti(7.3l'. 1001 IIN 9gi sterling, 1875
exchange is against England. But, after making allowance 10 1)o. Fixed 43 per cent all -I- - - ,Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &. July I 100 - for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present 1.0. south Eastern (Reading
- I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 IC4 1041 1034 44
Ann., 1.0.6)
-
price leaves no profit on sending gold to the United States. st Do. 4e per cent, lOO ;100 102
DOCKS.
, st Do. Fixed elp.c. Ist is 10u 1100 102
st south Wales, gua. 4 P.C. ' 100 - - stock ICommercial lOO
THIS DAY'S ShIPIING.
st Do. 44 per cent. ' I
; 100 98 100 stock ;Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min. 100 -- 1 991
at DO. 5 per cente......1 100 - - 100 stock East and West India
it- st 8.-Yorkshire, 4p. c„ gua. 100 84 86 stock London ' 100 62 64
25 Stock. & Dar. .A 5p c all 27 28 stock !St. Katharine 1 100 63 65 04
I"DoN., Oct. 30.-Wind this day at noon-Easterly ;25 Do. B 6 leer cent ' - all 32 33 821 stock !Southampton I 100 -
moderate breeze, and fine weather. 25 Do. C 6 percent all 32 33 323 stock ``Victoria „•,,,,,,,,,,.,,, 100 ,96 98
NEWPORT, Oct. 29.-Wind E.-Sailed-Mornino. Star at Watild & Kilkny, 6p. c lOO 45 48 20 lap New: .- - --..e.... 2114 i d
for Grenada. t, / st W.Mid -Oxf Ist Guastk 100 124 126 MISCELLANEOUS.
st Do. 2d do 100 118 120 -10 Al-if.-10..mexican Mint .I all 'l5 16 154;
CARDIFF, Oct. 28 .--Wind N.E.-Sailed-Connecticut, at Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 100 102 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stm (id)! all 1 2
for Shanghai.
at Do.Perpet. 6p.e. pf 18ote 100 118 122 1000 Atlantic Tel,
(Limited) all - -
GLOUCESTER. Oct. 28.-
Wind N.E.-Sailed-English- at
Do. till 1869, Ist is.l 100 115 118 25 Australian Agricultural, 19 27 29
for New York.
10 Berlin Water (Limited)( all 5 51
man,
50 British American Land 40 - -
PLYMOUTH, Oct. 29.-Wind N.E. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
-Sailed-Norfolk, for 50 B.SLI.Mae:,. Tel. A. (Lira.) all 29 32
Melbourne.
20 Do, 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20
QUEENSTOINTN, Oct. 28.- Wind S.E.-Arrived-J, •d J B - - 20 Do. C. (Limited) ........ ill 911
1117? - . B.
i raid] Leasing Closing/ Business 324 Canada Land .. ... ... all 107 110
Patilla. from Montreal for Liverpool . 1
, ncolor, from Per- Railways.
1 , Co.'s Price. Done. 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim. all
I
nambuco.
at. Cop.Min.ofEnee&Sralte• all ---- --
ConK, Oct. 28.-Wind N.E.-Arriv dT • Bedford and Bletchley all ;Ln &N.W .. .. 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. .al•1 15 17
e -a.ucia, from Buckinghamshire .. ; 100 'Do .......I 94 06 st. Crystal Palace ........ 100 85 36 35
New York.
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rniE SUN, LONDO X, WEDNESDAY' Sin &NOM, OCTOBER, ri 30 1861.

THIRD EDITION-.

!Business done

mnty Society. A novel. 3 vols. Hurst and
Blackett.
This work is evidently that of a beginner, as it
is very prolix in its descriptions, and rather exag-
gerated in some of its details, it bears, how-
ever, the appearance of much talent in some of its
sketches, and, therefore, we may fairly expect on a
future occasion that we may meet with something
superior to this production. Redundancy of style
is always easy to correct with time and experience,
and here and there is conspicuous some character
that go es far to redeem the overdrawn descriptions
met with occasionally. The hero Eveleyn is a very
strange young man, who meets with many
rebuffs and great mortification in his attempts
to enter the society of the elite. It must
be acknowledged, however, that on many
occasions his brusquerie of style and vehemence
of action, seem to bear out the opinions of
those who eliminate him from their charmed circle.
For instance he caused a gentleman to be thrown
down in the hunting-field because he had offended
him, and another time he endeavoured to trip up
in the dance the brother of a young lady who re-
fused to dance with him. Such solecisms of
etiquette, to say nothing of such want of good
feeling, were enough to sanction the de-
cree that ostracised him from the ranks of
the county magnates. He improved, however,
afterwards, and he is to be pitied for his mistaken
ideas of duty. He married Mrs. Aylmer from a
feeling that he ought, and no sooner were they
united than she commenced to prepare for death.
Hai she possessed right views she would not have
undertaken new engagements when so near to the
"putting off the flesh that clothes mortality."
Mr. Levinge is quite a model villain of the old school
of romance, deluding one girl with a false marriage
and then forming an engagement with another.
The scene in the church when Zizzi, the Greek girl,
whom he has betrayed, rushes in and forbids the
marriage after the ceremony had actually com-
menced, is very striking, and the most dramatic
passage of the book. He, whom conscience could
not daunt, was overwhelmed by the public disgrace
which fell upon him. He soon after left the coun-
try and died in a distant land, an alien from his
fair inheritance, and an outcast from home and all
social and friendly ties. Kate Howard is a pleasing
maiden, but she does not show much discern-
ment in admiring such a man as Levinge. She
is married to Evelyn after his first wife's
death, and therefore the unfortunste hero and
heroine are at last united; and as Evelyn has im-
proved greatly they have a fair prospect of happi-
ness. Mr. Howard, very unfortunately for him,
was entangled with some of his nephew Leving's
very crooked affairs, and he was nearly ruined in
consequence. Those who like such narratives as
convey a great deal of information in the course of
their recital, will be pleased with this
novel of " County Society," as it imparts
a vast amount of one sort or another of intelligence,
with its complicated events, extraordinary charac-
ters, and impressive descriptions. It can, therefore,
lay claim to some consideration from the reader, as
it is the result of thought, and is evidently written
con amore with the excitement and enthusiasm
that so often appertain to the beginner. " County
Society" is novel in some of its ideas, and in spite
of its exaggeration it possesses enough merit to
render it a fair romance for the average readers of
fiction
-and habitues of the circulating library.

LITERATU.RE.

SUN OIFICE, ileven o'clock.

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1

The Home at .Rosefield. By Rlward Copping.
3 vols. Hurst and Blackett.
This is a story of domestic life, very pleasing in
its style, although full of melancholy. The hero
and heroine, Frederick and Ruth Selwin, are brother
and sister, and tenderly attached to each other.
They have been left orphans at a very early ago,
under the care of a maiden aunt, who is devoted to
their welfare. Aunt Susan is one of those favour-
able specimens of the maligned class disrespectfully
termed " old maids," that are sometimes met with,
devoting all their time, care, and thoughts to those
around them. The Aunt Susan in question supplies
a mother's place to the young orphans at much
personal sacrifice, and bestows on them in after life
the same affectionate care with which she tended
their childhood, ever ready to join in their joys and
to soothe their troubles or annoyances. Unfortu-
nately all her care cannot protect her darlings
from sorrow and disappointment. The only cloud
over the house at Rosefield when we are first
introduced to it is the morbid temper of Frederick,
whose fits of gloomy despondency are a grievous
perplexity to his loving and sunny-hearted little
sister. Ruth is a charming character, and engrosses
the reader's interest throughout the tale. Although
active and courageous in time of need, she is pos-
sessed of a sensitive and deeply affectionate nature,
which is quite unfitted to bear the roughnesses of
life, and more especially any neglect or coldness
from those she loves. The quiet life at Rosefield is
interrupted by the arrival of a stranger cousin,
and the romance of their lives begins. A series of
events assemble at Paris Frederick and Ruth,
George the cousin, and his sister Hester, a
very beautiful, but haughty, wilful, and self-
conceited girl. Ruth, far from the loving
sympathy of her Aunt Susan, finds herself
for the first time slighted and despised, her humble
attainments ridiculed, her brother's rove chilled into
indifference, her lover's attention sunk into neglect.
Meanwhile Frederick, who almost worships the ar-
rogant and unfeeling Hester, is the victim of her
caprices. We leave the reader to learn from the
history itself how this game of cross purposes is
played out, and the various alternations of joy and
sorrow, hope and suspense through which its actors
have to pass. The more serious and melancholy
portions of the tale are relieved by the sayings
and doings of John Plumber, the Rosefield gar-
dener, his intractable donkey Tom, and his
still more unmanageable son Bill, who puts a
climax to his delinquencies by marrying at the
advanced age of nineteen the substantial housemaid
of nine and thirty. The story is somewhat spun
out, especially towards the close, although the lin.
certainty as to Ruth's ultimate fate is skilfully
maintained, and the reader is left in doubt until
near the conclusion. Some of the conversation of
Watts might also be dispensed with, and
the story compressed into two volumes with ad-
vantage. Its principal merit is the simplicity and
ease of its style. In these days when abstruse
theories and perplexing controversies lay in am-
bush in works of fiction to start upon the wearied
reader seeking amusement, and bid him analyse
systems of philosophy or discuss social problems, it
is refreshing to meet with a novel which attempts
nothing more than to tell an interesting tale, to
portray character, and to beguile pleasantly a few
idle hours. Those who are attracted by such a
programme, and who are contented in the absence
of great ability or startling effect, will do well to
pay A visit to the " Home at Rosefield."

SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—The Union Company's
screw steamship Dane, Capt. Hoffman, sailed hence to-day
for Madeira, taking out 33 passengers, among whom were
Lady Beaumont and Mr. Copeland, a son of Alderman
Copeland. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Tagus, Captain W. B. Hall, sailed yesterday with the
mails and 33 passengers for Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon.
THE NEw BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.—The levels of
the new bridge over the Thames at Blackfriars, in the stead
of the present unsightly and dilapidated structure, have
been taken. The intended structure will be 6 feet 10 inchos
lower in the centre and 2 feet 9 inches lower at the side
arches than the present bridge, and the incline will there-
fore be easy. The width of the bridge will be 80 feet within
the parapets, being nearly double that of the present bridge.
In construction it will be similar to that of Westminster,
but with only three spans to cross the river.
REPEAL OF 100 ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—On
Friday the six new criminal statutes relating to offences
against the person, malicious injury to property, larceny,
forgery, coining, and accessories and abettors, will come
into force, and from Thursday as many as 105 acts and
parts of acts on the criminal law will be repealed.
RESULT OF THE MIDDLESEX REVISION.—After
the holding of 23 separate courts this extraordinary revi-
sion of the lists of county voters has been brought to a close,
and has resulted in a political gain on the register to the
Liberal party, in the place of an anticipated considerable
loss.

We read in the Nationalitie :—" The police, ou
searching a man just arrested at Milan for swindling, found
upon him a consul's diploma and a commission as cabinet
courier, both signed by the ex-King of of Naples."
Sir Henry Storks, Sir George Buller (major-
general commanding), Capt. HylEar, and other persons in
command dined with the Emperor of Austria during his
brief stay at Corfu, and in commemoration of the event one
of the principal fortified outworks has been christened
" Francis Joseph."

IMPORTANT ALTERATION IN THE CRIMINAL LAW.
" CONSPIRACY TO MURDER."—On Friday next, Nov. 1, the
new act on offences against the person will come into opera-
tion, containing an important provision with respect to
"conspiracy to murder," a subject which excited a good
deal of interest about three years ago. The 4th section of
the new act (24 and 25 Vic„ c. 100) states that " all persons
who shall conspire, confederate, and agree to murder any
person, whether he be a subject of her Majesty or not, and
whether ho be within the Queen's dominions or not; and
whosoever shall solicit, encourage, persuade, or endeavour
to persuade, or shall propose to any person to murder any
other person, whether he be a subject of her Majesty or not
or whether he be within her Majesty's dominions or not
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted
thereof shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court to be
kept in penal servitude for any term not more than ten
and not less than three years, or to be imprisoned for any
term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour,"

BRUTAL CONDUCT OF AUSTRIAN
OFFICERS NEAR VICENZA.

In a late number of the Opinione of Turin there
appears the following account of an onslaught
made by eight Austrian officers on a young Italian
lad, Alessandro Finatto, the son of the postmaster
at Vicenza. The truth of the narrative, which ap-
peared in the private letter to which general pub-
licity was given in the Opinione, has been amply i
confirmed from other quarters:—

" VICENZA, Oct. 10.
" I will begin by telling you of the sanguinary
scene that happened here yesterday. You know
that during the last few days the Austrian army
has made some manoeuvres on a grand scale, so that
it is needless to inform you that, besides the damage
to the vineyards and the arable land, all the cost of
military transport, as well as the quartering of the
men, had to be defrayed by the communes.
" M mtecchio Maggiore was one of the localities
designated for these exercises, and for a fortnight
above 9,000 soldiers have been billeted on the
houses. I leave you to imagine the damage to the
fields, trampled on by horse and foot, just as if it
were an enemy's country. The postmaster of this
place is one Biasio Finatto, and it happened that
when he returned from Vicenza he found an order
at his house from the commune, ordering him to
take two officers of the regiment Prohascka to a
neighbouring place. The order was to depart im-
mediately, without giving him time to rest even
his horse.
"The poor man,'being tired with his previous jour-
ney, sent his only son, Alessandro (a young man
aged 19, full of life and vigour) to accompany them,
and the two officers bade him come and pick them
up near the Café Panciera, the usual place of ren-
dezvous for all the officers of that regiment.
" Young Finatto was exact to the appointment,
but, instead of the two officers, he found no less
than five, who insisted on all getting into the car-
riage. He refused to take them, alleging in self-
defence the communal order, which only mentioned
two, not fire; and that, besides, his weary horse
was incapable. One of the two first officers, Count
Burl, of Milan, either a captain or lieutenant, who
heard the post-boy's refusal, got out of the carriage,
in which he was already, went up to him, and gave
him a blow with the back of his hand.
" The lad felt his blood boil in his veins, and re-
torted by hitting him in the face with his clenched
fist. The count tried to draw his sword, but the lad
quickly seized it, though cutting his fingers, forced
the blade back into the scabbard from which it was
half drawn, and so held it until the count's four
comrades (I believe all Austrians by race) brutally
attacked the unarmed lad with their drawn swords.
The names of three are known—Lieutenants Counts
Wurmbrand and 011 mayer, and Sub-Lieutenant
Vachs. The first wounded him mortally in the
neck, the second cut his arm, the third cut through
his elbow, and they continued to shower blows on
the unfortunate man, who managed, however, to
get on his feet and run for shelter from their
brutal cowardice into the café. Inside there
were about 30 officers, some of high rank in the
same regiment, who continued playing cards with-
out moving, permitting this enormity to be com-
mitted. Three more joined the first five in cutting
with their swords at the poor lad, who, tottering,
mortally wounded, tried to reach a door, which,
opening on an inner court, offered a hope of escape.
Then all present, roused from their impassibility,
jumped up from the card-tables to bar the way and
drive the fugitive back into the middle of the
room, where the unfortunate man's strength failing
him he fell half dead under one of the tables. But
their barbarity did not end here; for while his
eight assailants pricked him with their sword
points as if he had been a truss of straw, others
called out the patrol from the nearest guard-house,
perhaps to strike terror into the inhabitants, and
ordered them to take the half alive body to the
guard-house and keep it in close arrest.
" The occurrence soon came to the ears of the
father and sister, who tried to learn the truth ;
but the sentinels crossed bayonets before the two
unhappy people, who demanded with tears a son
and a brother. Some people interfered, and the
communal secretary at last obtained a hearing for
them. You can imagine the despair of both on
beholding him lying half dead on the bare ground,
bathed with his blood, his eyes half closed, neither
knowing nor hearing them. They called for a
doctor, and soon fetched Dr. Cora, the parish doctor ;
but he was refused admittance, so they were obliged
to ask for another permit from the general, who
granted it on condition that the medical examination
should be made in the presence of two regimental
doctors; thus with orders and permits two good
hours passed before the doctor could do anything
for the dying man. The wounds were bound up
as well as possible ; out of 19 four were declared
mortal; and then a litter was sent for, on which,
after procuring a further order from the general,
the patient was carried to his home.
"The general in command has withdrawn the
eight offenders from the indignation of the furious
people, who would have tried to make an example
of them, and sent them secretly I do not know
whether to Verona or Vicenza. The young man is
not yet dead, owing to his youth, but the doctor in
charge of him has no hopes for him.
"No particulars of this occurrence can be con-
tradicted. I have told the simple truth. This
lamentable deed took place yesterday, Oct. 9, at
six o'clock p.m."

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT
THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.

The following extraordinary statement appears
is a contemporary :

Yesterday (Tuesday) morning an investigation
into the extraordinary delay of upwards of 500
bankers' parcels at the General Post-office, and the
whole of which ought to have been forwarded to
the several parties to whom they were addressed by
the first delivery on Saturday morning last, but
which were detained more than 12 hours, i. e,, until
nearly six o'clock in the evening, was resumed, the
investigation into this unheard-of case, we under-
stand, having been commenced on Monday.
From the several sources at his command, our
reporter this (Tuesday) morning gleaned that it
appears evident from the statements made by some
of the officers on duty on Saturday morning at the
arrival of the mails and the opening of the bags, that
the whole of the correspondence was duly received
at the office, and placed in bags (as is the custom),
to be sent round to the stampers and sorters, to
prepare for the letter-carriers. From some cause,
perfectly inexplicable, two of these baskets, con-
taining bankers' parcels (enclosing hundreds of
thousands of pound notes, bills, &c.), were com-
pletely overlooked, having been pushed under the
" road" where the letters are sorted, and thus, it
seems, they were forgotten. As a matter of course
the bankers, merchants, and " though last not least"
the authorities of the Bank of England, who had
five packets, as we are informed, addressed to that
establishment, very soon after the first delivery had
taken place without the arrival of the more valuable
part of their correspondence, instituted inquiries
into the reason of the delay, but the only answer
they could obtain from the Post-office authorities
was, " That the whole of the letters, &c., which
had arrived had been sent out for delivery." . Upon
this the telegraph was set to work, but each succes-
sive telegram from various parts of the United
Kingdom brought a reply, to the effect that the
parcels had been despatched to London through the
Post-office in the ordinary way. The Post-office
authorities of course became alarmed, fearing that
another wholesale plunderer had been following his
nefarious vocation; whilst as the day wore on, and
no tidings could be obtained of any of the packets,
the consternation in the City became intense. Mes-
sengers and detectives were despatched in all direc-
tions, and various means employed to trace the
missing valuables, but up to five o'clock p.m. with-
out effect. At that hour, however, the evening duty
commenced, and in rumaging the office for baskets
to carry the newspapers in, the two were found, thet
contents being quite safe. They had apparently
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in the service, and was attached to one of the walks
of banking importance. Wheeler, a messenger,
whose duty it was to attend to the packets, has been
suspended. The most strange part of the business,
officially, is how it could have happened in the first
instance that no remark was made as to the non-
arrival of any bankers's parcels on Saturday morn-
ing, and bow it happened that none of the nume-
rous inspectors and overlookers of this duty did not
take care, as it is their duty, that nothing—not even
a newspaper—was either designedly or accidentally
left behind. We hear the bankers have determined
to call upon the authorities for a full explanation.

FATHER PASSAGLIA AT FLORENCE,—A corres-
pondent writes from Florence on the 24th to the Temps :

"I have seen the Abbe Passaglia. Ho arrived here on
Monday at 2 o'clock, and left this morning with Canon
Reali for Bologna, whence he goes to Turin. I had a hur•
ried interview with him in company with seven or eight
persons, laity and ecclesiastics. He was astonished at the
enthusiasm of which he was the object upon his route. At
Rieti, Narni, Perugia, and Sienna, he recounted, the people
cried out to him, Viva Passaglia I' Viva L'ltalia Una! '
Then,' said he, ' I saluted these bravo people, and I said,
Yes, yes, one, but catholic ! ' and they replied, " Yes, yes,
catholic;" it was like a dialoguebetween