28 OCTOBER 1865, page 3

A Correspondence Of Some Interest Has Been Published...

Grant and General Sherman, on occasion of the former's first appointment as Lieutenant-General to the command of all the armies of the North in March, 1864,—after the battle of......

The Credit Foncier Mobilier Of England (limited) Announce...

new issue of 100,000 shares, 50,000 to shareholders and 50,000 to the public, will be made after 2nd November. The Directors state that their dividend for the past year was at......

At The Annual Meeting Of The Proprietors Of The Queen

Assur- ance Company, on the 26th inst., the Directors' Report for the year stated that the fire premiums for the year amounted ta 115,2851.; that 529 life policies were issued,......

The Patrie Says A Despatch Was Received By The French

Govern- ment complaining of a levy of troops in Egypt for service in Mexico, but it contained no menaces. The Times is quite proud of this confirmation of its story, though to......

The Closing Prices Of The Leading Foreign Securities On...

last and on Friday week were as follows :— Friday, October 20. Thursday, October 26. G reek .. .. .. .. .. .. 191 .. 19 Do. Coupons .. .. .. Mexican .. .. .. .. Spanish......

Some Years Since Baron Liebig After Many Experiments Dis-...

a plan of making an "extract of meat," by which its bulk, nourishment for nourishment, was reduced to one-thirtieth. His plan was tried on the Continent, and at length taken up......

George Price, The Engraver Charged With Atrocious Cruelty...

wife, was tried on Thursday, in the Old Court. It was proved in evidence that he had 36s. a week, and five children, and a wife suffering from fistula and cancer, that he......

On Tuesday Afternoon The Bishop Of Oxford Made A Good

speech at Manchester, in distributing the certificates to the successful candidates at the last Oxford local examinations. After drawing a true and amusing picture of the *......

The Refractory Guardians Of Bermondsey Have Yielded, And...

to carry out the Houseless Poor Act. They, however, dislike it as much as ever, and so do the Guardians of Marylebone, who have obeyed it for some time. They complain that the......

Subjoined Is A Comparison Of The Closing Prices Of The

leading British Railways on Thursday last with those of Friday week :—. Friday, °etcher 20. Thursday, October 26. Caledonian •• 130 . • 128 Great Eastern •• 4 .• 401 Great......

It Is Believed That The French Government Intends To Abolish

the Receivers-General. These officials receive the taxes and act as bankers, and it will be nec es sary if they are abolished to open upwards of eighty new branches of the Bank......

This Week's Return Of The Bank Of England Exhibits Important

and favourable changes as compared with the preceding state- ment. The leading alterations are a decrease of 513,908/. in the circulation of notes, an increase of 204,329/. in......