The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

CAPE 01 GOOD I.IOPB MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 27.
The Union Company's steamer Dane arrived here
to-night and anchored in the Sound.
A severe gale was blowing from the S.W., which
caused her to lose one of her anchors inside Drake's
Island. She afterwards dragged another, and was
finally compelled to take refuge in the Great Wes-
tern Docks.
She left Table Bay on the 21st, St. Helena on
the 31st, and Ascension on the 15th instant. She
brings 15 passengers and a small cargo.
Sir George Grey left for New Zealand on the

15th August.
A disturbance among the Zulu Kaffirs about the
succession to their Government has nearly in-
volved the colony in a frontier war with the natives.
The Zulus had planned an inroad on a large scale
into Natal, in order to seizo two young Zulu chiefs
who had taken refuge there. Timely information,
however, reached the colonial authorities, and the
troops at Cape Town were at once sent up. This
movement intimidated the natives, who now say
that an inroad was never intended.

The volunteer corps did garrison duty in Cape
Town during the absence of the regular troops.
Parliament was prorogued on the 14th August.
A proposed vote of £lO,OOO towards the support of
the troops had been rejected by the Legislative
Council. An indignation meeting had been held in
consequence, at which resolutions were passed ex-
pressing the desire of the colony to make some con
tribution towards its defences. An act had been
passed for the establishment of a telegraph between
Cape Town and the frontier, to be subsidised by
the Government. The Assembly had unatimously
decided in favour of a fortnightly mail via
Mauritius.

The occupation of No Alan's Land by Adam Kok,'
had been the subject of debates in Parliament.
Nothing definite, however, resulted from the de-
bate, and the question is set aside for the present.

This wars considered very injurious to the interests
of the country.
The drought had terminated and copious rains
had fallen. The proscects of the season were good.
Business at the Cape was very dull.

SIVE GIN OF THE NEW SHERIFFS.

This morning at 11 o'clock a. Court of Alderman
and Livery in Common Hall was held on the
hustings, at Guildhall, for the purpose of swear-
ing in the new Sheriffs. The oaths of allegiance
and supremacy and also for the due performance of
their office as Sheriffs having been administered by
the City Remembrancer, and subscribed by the
senior Sheriff, Mr. Cockerell, and his Under-
sheriff, they were duly invested with the insignia
of their office, and were subsequently sworn in
before the Court of Aldermen, and received from
the late Sheriffs the report of the whole of the se-
veral prisons under the jurisdiction of the City,
the several governors of which delivered up their
keys, which is a mere matter of form, the Sheriffs
being by law supposed to be the custodians of all
prisoners, which were returned to them. The new
Sheriffs commenced their first act of official duties
by presiding at the election of the Lord Mayor.

ELECTION OF THE LORD MAYOR.
After attending divine service at St. Lawrence,
Jewry, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and
other City officers proceeded in procession to Guild-
hall, for the election of the Lord Mayor for the
ensuing year.

The hall was quite full, and on the appearance
of the procession there were loud cheers on Sir
Henry Muggeridge being recognised. The Lord
Mayor (Alderman Cubitt) was also very cordially
received by his friends.

The Recorder came forward and said the citi-
zens were met to exercise their high privilege of
electing a Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, and
in order that their choice might not be influenced
the Aldermen would leave the hall that they might
make their selection uninfluenced.
The Aldermen then quitted the platform, when
The Common Serjeant came forward to announce
the names of the Aldermen who had not passed
the chair. The first name announced was Sir H.
Muggeridge, which was reeeived with loud cheers
and waving of hats. The next name called was
Alderman Rose, which was met by cries of "Next
year, next year." Alderman Hale's name was re-
ceived with mingled cheers and hisses, and the
rest of the names were received without remark.
Mr. JONES proceeded to address the citizens, and
after a very flattering eulogium, he proposed the
present Lord Mayor, Alderman Cubitt, to the as-
semblage for election. The moment the name was
announced the greatest uproar commenced, and his
further remarks were drowned in cries of
" Oh, oh, time, time." Mr. Jones nothing
daunted by the demonstration made against
him continued his speech for some time, when
he concluded by formally proposing that Alderman
Cubitt be Lord Mayor for the year ensuing.
Mr. KEARNS, of Thames-street, seconded the
proposition.

Mr. MEDWIN nominated Sir Peter Laurie amidst
great confusion.
Mr. J. YOUNG seconded it.

Mr. Sheriff COPKERILL said it now became his
duty to read a document which had been received
from Sir Peter Laurie that morning. Hs then read
tl e letter announcing that Sir P. Laurie had not
sanctioned his nomination, and that in the event of
his being returned by the Court of Aldermen he
would not serve the office. The reading of the
communication was received with loud cheers and
cries of " Bravo."

The show of hands was then taken, The
first name was Alderman Cubitt, for whom there
appeared to be about one-fifth. For Sir Peter
Laurie there were about 50 or 60 ; but on Sir R.
Muggeridge's name being announced, nearly the
whole of the assemblage raised their hands amidst
tremendous cheering. The names of the remaining
aldermen eligible for the office having been called.
amidst great confusion,
The Common Sergeant came fn”,(l and aaILI
the Sheriffs were of opinion that the choice of
the citizens had fallen on Sir H. Muggeridge—
(tremendous cheering)—and the Right Roe, the
Lord Mayor.

Sheriff Cockerill then announced that a poll had,
been demanded on the part of the Lord Mayor and
Sir Peter Laurie, which would accordingly be
opened this afternoon at three o'clock.

According to ancient custom, the poll will eon•
tinue open for the whole of the ensuing week.
The Livery have the right to return two names
to the Court of Aldermen for selection, but as three
have :been returned the candidates must be
reduced to two before the Court of Aldermen can
make their selection.

CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day,)

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.)
In the case of John Allen and Richard Pitts, indicted for
burglariously entering the premises of Edmund Woodford,
in Southwark, and stealing a quantity of property,
Mr. Rorry applied, on the part of the prisoners, for a
postponement of the trial -on account of the absence of a
material witness for the defence.
Mr. Dickie, on the part of the prosecution, did not oppose
the application.

The learned Judge ordered the case to stand over till
next sessions, the prisoners being in custody.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)
THE FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT.
In the case of John Dales, the fraudulent bankrupt, who
was indicted yesterday for obtaining a quantity of goods
under false pretences, as stated in our paper, but adjourned
last night, was again resumed this morning, when the case
on the part of the prosecution was closed.
Mr. Taylor, who appeared for the prisoner, having ad-
dressed the jury,
The learned judge then summed up the evidence.
The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced
to twelvemonth's imprisonment.

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The members of the Iron-Plate Committee are
about to superintend some trials at Shoeburyness of some
heavy guns against a target Which is to represent the side
of the Warrior. This target has been constructed by the
Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company, but has not yet been
delivered up to the authorities.--,Army and Navy Gazette.
IHE MARCHIONESS OF LONDONDERRY AND HER
TENANTRY.—The annual dinner given to her tenantry by
the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry took place yes-
terday, in the Town-hall, Cernlough, near Belfast. The
health of her ladyship, proposed by one of the tenantry, was
drunk with great enthusiasm, and was responded to by the
marchioness in an eloquent and practical speech, in the
course of which she expressed that anxiety for their welfare,
the existence of which has been 'so substantially proved.
During the evening prizes were distributed to the most im-
proving tenants, and several toasts appropriate to the occa-
sion were drunk.
THE COLLISION OFF Enint.--The inquiry before
Mr. C. J. Carttar, the coroner for West Kent, into the cir-
cumstances attending the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, of
Bloomsbury, by drowning, off Etith, adjourned from Thurs-
day last, was concluded late on Thursday night. It appeared
from the evidence of the witnesses examined that the de-
ceased were passengers on board the Ipswich. steam-vessel
Metis, going down the Thames, when she came into collision
with
aid that t the brig Bertha, of Guernsey, sailing up the fiver,
hey were thrown overboard from her deck and
drowned. Before the accident happened they were sitting on
the side of the vessel. Wm. Humkin, the. captain of the
Bertha, was of opinion that the collision 'would have been
avoided if the steamer had starboarded her helm, which
would have been the proper way to navigate the vessel
under the regulations. The vessel, ho
asserted, was in the
strength of the tide, which was running very hard at the
time. John N. Carter, the pilot on board the Bertha, made
statements to the same effect. MI-. Henry Forss, on the
other hand, the captain of the Metis, asserted that the ac-
cident would have been much more serious if he had star-
boarded the helm. Ho maintained that he was not in the
run of the tide. His mate gave evidence to the same effect.
He added that a gentleman had been in conversation with
the captain of the steamer before, but not at the moment
when the collision took place. Views of the most conflict-
ing kind regarding the cause of the accident were taken by
various other witnesses examined. Towards the conclusion
of the inquiry, however, several pilots well acquainted with
he navigation of the river, asserted that the blame lay with
the steamer. The jury accordingly, after a long consulta-
tion and much division of opinion, returned a verdict to
the effect That the deceased were drowned in the Thames
by a collision between the steamer and the brig; that the
accident arose from the want of a proper lookout on the part
of the steamer; and that neglect, although nut amounting
to criminality, is attributable to Henry f orss, captain of
the Metis." The coroner was instructed. to request the Board
of Trade to insti(ute an inquiry into 1b a whole case,

CITY, Tw o O'CLOCK.

A steady business is reported in the Money
Market at about previous quotations, but rather a
firmer tone is perceptible.

About £43,000 in gold was taken into the Bank
of England yesterday.
In the foreign exchange yesterday afternoon
a slight decline was apparent in the rates on Am-
sterdam, Vienna, and Trieste; the quotations on
Paris and Frankfort, however, were a shade higher.
A call of £2 10s. per share, amounting in the ag-
gregate to .£56,250, becomes due on Monday, on the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Garston, &c.,
extension railway shares, and of £1 12s. or
£130,560 on the shares of the Riga and Dunaburg
Railway.
It has been notified that 280 Bonds of the
Brazilian 5 per cent. Loan of 1824-5, amounting to
£37,300, will be paid off at par on and after the Ist
proximo, and it has also been announced that
£136,253 has been employed in the redemption of
798 Peruvian 41- per cent. Bonds of 1853.

Since Monday last the imports of specie have
amounted to about £524,900, and the exports to
£166,000.

In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi-
ness continued very active, and prices were firm.
The sales were estimated at 20,000 bales.
The Commercial Union Fire Assurance Company
commence business this day (Saturday). The
directors, in issuing their tariff for London mercan-
tile business, state that it has been adjusted on the
principle of classification—thus adopting the plan
that each class of goods should be charged a premium
proportionate to its risk. Another new and valu-
able feature in the undertaking is that at the
expiration of five years a per tentage of profits on
premiums paid will be returnable to insurers. Much
benefit is expected to be derived from the selection
of so valuable an officer as Mr. Henry Thomson for
the post of manager, whose long experience at the
" Royal" will be of considerable service to the new
company.

The transactions in the English Stock Market to-
day have not been very numerous, but they have
included some speculative sales, which have led to a
decline of per cent., Consols having receded to
922 93 for transfer, and to 93 938 for the 10th of
October. The market has closed with a very un-
favourable appearance. The New Threes remain at
91i ; the Reduced at 91k; Exchequer Bills, March,
are firm at is. dis. to 3s. prem. ; ditto June are
steady at ss. dis. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is firm at
1031 ; and the 52 per Cent. Enfaced Paper at
1031 ; but the Bonds have receded to 9s. prem.

A rather large amount of business has been re-
corded in Foreign Securities, and prices have been
well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 851 I ;
ditto, 1858, 691 t. Mexican have been actively
dealt in, quotations ranging from 26i to 271,
and are now 271. Russian are flat at 99+, and
Venezuelan at 208; Dutch 4 per Cents. remain at
1011 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents, have improved to
918, Grenada to 171, and Peruvian 3 per Cents. to
831.

The chief business transacted to-day in the Rail-
way Share Market has been in connection with
the arrangements for the half-monthly settlement,
and prices generally have shown increased heavi-
ness. North-Westerns and Midlands declined 10s. ;
South-Easterns, ss. ; and Great Westerns, and
Lancashire and Yorkshire, IL Caledonians, how-
ever, improved 10s.

In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the
transactions were limited. Dutch-Rhenish brought
15 11 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 132- I ; East
Indian declined to 1017,- ; and Great Indian Penin-
sula to 98&.

Messrs. Bell and Sons give the following quota-
tions in American Securities :

Redeemable. Prices
United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 80
Do. 5 per Cent Bonds
Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 68 70
Maryland 5 per Cent. Bonds 65 70
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock 70 72
Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 68 70
Virginian 6 per Cent. Bonds 46 47
Boston 4f per Ct. Strlg. Bonds 83 85
Winch, Central 7 per Cent.
Illinois Central 6 per Cent.
Do., shares, 80 dols. paid .... 39i 38} dis
Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 80 82
Do. do. shares
New York Central 6 per Ct.,
not convertible.
New York Central 7 per Ct.,
convertible, from June 15,

1857-59
Do. do. shares
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct.,

Ist mortgag® -
Do. do., 2d mortgage
De. do., 3d mortgage
Do. do. convertible
Do. do. shares
Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort •
gage Str. Bonds, not cony
Do. do , 2d do.

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1859
1883
1862

1865
1872

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