The Express. — London, England, 1853-10-18 00:00:00

„„---- TOR CORN 21.4 DR -IT HOME AND AnitiPAD. ,Frois the OVA-4sme lavrees.) 111t11 ISH. The weather since the cotnineneement of the month by bees eery 'Omelet totted experUneed at the corresponds wy : period of last year, and the land is now in nearly sant a state :or to ;el worked as it w.. then. The primary ga me of the slior ovss id the breadth et wheat sown in the 'stoma of Nil was the eaceei of wet, add we appear at meet to he toe stetted by a lake visitstion. We sines rely trust that sorest may Le everted ; but thus fut tee sewn has been di-chits:l4 unfavourable for fors vele/ the necessary labours, sad the sowing of wheat gnat be dslejel to a later period than usual in good r ms. Tar constant wit has, beside', reudered it very difficult to get in the patches of epilog-sown wheat, late on sad beans rimainiag out at the close of September ; pd there is sun at this period some quantity of corn in git fields a portion so much injure.' as scarcely to be worth wim peo. ittre is cs.ns. quently uuthii.g in the position at attain to snow ie. to take • Mall ISTOULAS:O view in fe w I to 051 eon resource... The solemn-sown whist has gins • decidedly short INA to the acre, and port of that 10w a in spring t es been whol:y lint, or is, at all events, unfit fur hwuen food. The wheat trade has, nevertheless, become much quieter the last week ur two, and a .eight reaction has even taken place is prices. This pause we attribute mainly to the fears racially eatertaiueil of increased scarcity of money, and ▪ coosesinent determination on the part of merchants and others to discourage speculative investments. The sad ea rnest, of 1817 is still too fresh in the memories of all to be overlooked, sod there is sus lionised desire to decline Masi. gess atteaded with any hied of risk. The precaution which has all along been exercised is the best guarantee or fatale safety ; and though ea increase is the value of money wdl laterally have the effect of contracting business in gala is the same way as other mere:aitile operations, we helots the Curs trade to be in as sound a sta:e to meet the didieultie of a contracted circulation as any other branch Of commerce. The decline is the price of wheat trots the highest point bas bola about Is. to 2.. per qr. at must of the leading pro vincial markets. At Liverpool there were • few pressing eslhn of Ainericsn time in the early part of the week, and M Tuesday a Iles of the article were made at a reduction of Ss., sad in partial cues 2s. bd. per brl. A portion of this &thee was stibeetincetly recovered, and on Friday • good business was done at rates very little below those previ ously current. In addition to the cause above referred to, the down wird airmen .01 in prices has no doubt been assisted by the iner ased arrival. of wheat from abroad. A pre valence of westerly winds the latter part of last month kept bock vessels from the Baltic, and for a week or two the supplies were comparatively small; latterly we have bad t►e wind from the east, and a large number of com bat. ships have reached our coast. Them will probab:y be followed by the remainder of the fleet in the wore of the sett eight or ten days, but afterwards we m■y cake. late oa a periou of short arrive* the shipments from the Lower Baltic ports having been very moll of late sad those from Danzig having fallen off. Meanwhile, there appears a probability of a revival in the French de. mad, the latest advices from thence stating that pre. viAis supplies had been worked up pretty dimly, and that after a period of calm, prices had again begun to rise at the pnneipal consuminz towns. The Eastern question is still praised in great doubt and uncertainty, and war between Russia end Turkey is quite as likely as a peaceable arrange ment of the dispute. It is therefore very questionable whether any portion of the large streks of wheat lying at WOOS and Galata will be shipped off before winter onto iu and puts •stup to the navigation. Such being the panties of affairs at home and abroad,it may be questioned whether prices of what can recede materially, and CifololBtitllC4ll might easily occur to give a fresh impetus to the upward 1110Matat We have eadeavoared, in the foregoing rematks,to avoid• exaggeration io any shape. We would rather allay than moorage alarm; but the fact that Great Britain and Frame will bath to import to make good the deficiency of wetly, if not quite, one-third in the produce of the se 'paws wheat crops of these great bread-consuming asatries, is of too much important* to be disguised; and we mailer the economy of consumption, which a com parative high range of prices is sure to occasion, toe best Wilma against scarcity hereafter. The trade at Marh-lane has maintained a tolerably 6rm Bar, Out thinks* not been attach demi, buyer. having is geassel era llaml their operations to as narrow limits as kW peering triune have allowed. English wheat bas errs virey sparingly to hand, only 1,763 quarters having leer received daring the week ending this (Saturday) even ts'. The quantity brought forward by land caniage samples keen the neighbouring counties has meanwhile been trifting, bat so mationly have the maiden acted, that great difficulty has bees sapeneneed in effecting sales at the rates greened, current; indeed, on Friday a small coa stwise was in partial eases made, to clear off the by small lots left over from previous receipt*. ♦ kw days of easterly wind have, as already ft amiitid, brought to hand a good supply of wheat from the Baltic ports; indeed, the arrival has rather ex tolled whet we had calculated on. The last sound Wt shows that some farther quantity of wheat is on pomp boa the Balls, aid it is therefore more than probable that we may again haves geed supply neat week. Under this chef, buyers have bald aloof, as far as their waists bare grained. Oa Wednesday very little basinw was done, bet • reties of about la per qr. having bees pretty pe ulll sebmitted he an Friday, the inquiry improved, and Men wheat dump& Mods es the latter erasion than an say midst clay Pr sere time peat. The transactions Is lodise urger here has naimpertrt, the rates egad berg bees relatively higher this theme at which pearls Imam might have beau purebred. The 'Muth from Ile* See purr of the mast have bees quiet mansportant ; en there are ealy about halts-doses weird cargoes en. aildard cifi Holden have in greed remained very err, lat in ere few area rather len are, has been taken. The aim bra the Baltic !tree rather thawed ; sill there lim GM ler mei doing free on beard. sale illwarareag the hellion has bees exceedingly New treegbest the week, but the nominal top price has tom emery ereppureL Country household has in some ens been cold es rather easier terms than would have her treepeed ler week, and fey ikuieriian a tribe has has Wt in partial instrose been taken. There was more Yaetlsa to buy the latter towards the close of Friday's germ was ia the sal, part of the week : and noises we Beare meterially-iareastil supplies from the other side of keStleatie, fresh qualities will soon become very„nearce The menyte of bore-grows barley have been quite i llintees Me have the minds from abroad Bien tarps Zinn Pain hoe has la fa,r request, and Sae malting quail % were fully as dear at the clan as they were in the begis 6111e the week. Foreign barley has been inquired asol She bat mete have been plated without Sanity at WO res. The market has become very bare of Insley of " 91 7 kad, and the very lowest descriptions are now selling * W y high teems for feeding. There has net been quite so much doing in malt as of Penal an, bin the veardy enhanced terms have been well sop. Tr rivals of ate coastwise have amounted to only 60 1 11 ..eni hoes Inland the total supply for the week ha. h et NMI gm I having, however. re ce i ve d 1 . 7 34 qn. from *ld, the mallow of the home receipts has not been felt. the Emden have succeeded in buying on somewhat rraw trees than of late. On Wednesday only a retail busi. tau trea dose, at a decline of 61. per qr. ; but • further hit, the some extent having been submitted to on Friday, Masers acted with more conddence, and a large portion ffie supply was cleared off. The general belief is that • i titter quantity of Ramian oats is close to hand; but. when tk le kali hate reached us, the arrivals from abroad will. nil probability, be very short for acme weeks. .ts few English beans brought forward since Monday let commanded the terms then current, and Egyptian 6 `e mot been of lower than before. %lab pear have sold at very high price,. Foreign have 'Reined off so readily as of late, the offers from abroad 4 '414 rather increased. • rtftl his been little passing iii Indian cons. FOREIGN. Kos of the Adria' from the Baltic agree in stating that 4 1tality of the new wheat is decidedly inferior to the an of last year, the wet weather during h having lateen. e injury. The quantity is, at the same time, tl to be considerably less than in good ge sea. • Lad stocks of old having been reduced into a very Areompase, the more subdued accounts from hence (riled to iufluence prices materially. into Konigsberg we learn that the stock of wheat of lest trowth smounted to only 16,000 qrs., and that the cf the new brought forward had proved so damp 16t t itedn it w h o lly unfit for shipment. Ice thi s position ~ ti tan little business had been done, the prices asked for the Hoer kind. of old in werehouse having been consider ably above the limits of the British orders. At Dentsig, on the 11th of October, there was less in clination to buy wheat than the preceding week, hut there wee not mach actual giving way in prices. A lut of Lower Polish new wheat, about 3io quo., han been receireJ, the weight not 'needing 58Iba. to 59Ibs. per bush. I, a hie l, had sold at equil to 595. per qr., free on board. In Uposr Poland the harvest had been better secured, and a finer quality was earseted to be received from thence in the spring. Stettin letters of Tuesday's date inform us that li.ildsrs of wheat hid become somewhat more anxious to reati•c, acd that purchases might have been made on easier t. ryas than the week berate. With positive orders in hrnit. good Gl!' ho red Stettin wheat might prohably have been bought at Me. per qr., cost and freight ; and a lot of su.arior high mired Polish, weighing 62105. per bushel, had been .tr..red im 65.. par qr., free on board. The last charters had b. en at .is. 3d. to as. 6d. per qr. for London. Hardly any spring core had eome forward, and prices of barley and o..ts were relatively higher than in the English tnaikets. At }LIMO., on Tuesday, the trade was quiet, but liJlilers r. eosin. d exceedingly firm. Supplies of the r.ew crop had come to hand very sparingly, and the quality is net well spoken of. Prices had ranged irons 6:ls. to bis. per qr., free uu hoard, according to qu.tity , ati,rht, and condition. At Hantburgh, on Tees4lay, there was not much il.,ing in wheat ; but prices were *WI very high there, as much as 725. per qr. hating been paid fur r‘d Upland el only 58.ba. L the Dutch markets The tend, ncy of prizes has continued upwards, and white Zealand wheat was 50. per qr. 11,gher at Roth rd.sm on 11.mday than on that day week. Irma Anises rp we learn that the Belgian G. et mote nt 114,1 determined to prohibit the ezport of potatoes .sfts r the 1;:h inst. The most recent advice* from Prance state that, slier a calm of some duration, the demand for wheat and II our had again revived under the conviction that the short..ess of the h t would be found to become griater than had been previously supposed. At Paris, en Wednesday, a risen( one to two francs per sack took place in the value ut dour, in consequence of a lively consumptive demand. The tendency of prices appears also to have been uycards at Havre and Nantes; and from the south the adricbs arc again becoming excited. la the Mediterranean markets a fresh impetuv sc, ass also to have been given to priers of wheat. At Leghorn the .apply had hardly kept :pace with the conpuraptire demand; and for Mananopoli, rquvl to 635. per qr., fres on board, bad been paid. At Genoa the value of the arti cle was still higher, equal to his. 6d. up tu6ss. 9d. h►ving been given for Marianopoli sod Btrdiensl43, and 624. to 63a. 4d. for Polish Odessa. Front the Black S. we learn that the careity of xhir ping and the uncertainty of p 4ffairs had interfered materially with business, and that the want of export de. mend had caused prices so decline. At Galata, good qua lities of wheat had been offered at 27.., but freight to the United Kingdom wag 21s. 6d. per qr. The latest &deices from America state that the stocks of flier at the ports on tie seaboard were not by any means large, and that the snivels from the interior hai very far short of expectation. Holders bad consequently raised their pretensions', and good brands of Western Canal were quoted 28s. 3d., and fine 2.fs. 4.1. to 30s. dd per brl Freight to London was 3s. 3.1. to 3s. Gd. her brl. The greater part of what lind for a.me time been purchased there had been for Fru& account. THE WRECK OF THE ANNIE JANE-LIST OF THE SUFFERERS DROWNED. In the Express of liaturday lest we gave a list of the survivors who escaped iu this terrible catastrophe on the Barra Islands; we now append the list of the 'tames of the passengers who are believed to have perished : Canis Passcroxits DROWNlD.—Csptain C. Rose, R N. and Mrs. Rare, Mr. liberals!, Mr. and Mrs Kemp and two children, Mr. Conley. STEERAGE PASSIXORRI %OWNED. —Elin Allan, Alfred ' Allan, Jane Anna, Elise arry. Mary Barry, Mmhael Barry, Kyrow Banyan, 111aret Banyan, Bridget B ry, James Ben's_ Ilarristl&disr, Mary Brooks, John Brian, Ana Ban, Kris Bryan, Mary Bryan, Ann Dry.., *Ed ward Bryan, Alice Bryan; Catherine Burk, John Carr, Thema+ Camas's, John Christopher, Morice Culler, Dennis Camera, Catherine Camera, Thomas Cook, Jane Cook, Deani• Clifton, Mary Cassidy, D mid Conidy, John Camp bell, John Campbell, Aims Campbell, Mary Campbell, James Campbell, Anna B. Campbell, Johanna Campbell, William Campbell, Isabella Calder., Isabella E. Calder's, Peter Catainargh, WilUam Charles, James Collin, Bell Collin, Araby. Clark, Sohn Ch ' , sabers, Margaret Connolly, Charles Connolly. William Carbett, Cath er i ne C ar b ett , Ellen Carbett, William Chi.hulco, Magdalen Chisholm, Isabella Chisholm, Catherine Coitigan, Hannah Costigan, Susan Ostigan, Martha Dowhoo, Lucy Drury, Msry Drury, Llcaollen Drury, Marc Desmond, Michael Deno. van, William Dunlop, Richard Damper!, Mary Downs, Hugh Dawes', Bess Dowels', Thomas Dirr:m, Mary Dirrom, Honer Dirrom, Patrick Dirrom, Margaret Dines., Thomas Diver , Mary D over , J o h nson Dowler, Johanna Duffy, Ellen Duey, Betsy Duffy, Patrick Duffy, J. C. Dealing, James Ewart, Maria Etat, John Faulkner, Walter Faan, Michael Falwey James Farrell, Kitty Farrell, Sally Farrell, Jane Ferrell', David Farrell, Cstb. Flannigan, Cath. B. Flannigan, Thos. Pianism, Rose Flannigan, Daniel Flannigan, Mary Flannigan, Thomas Galbraith, Gawp Golding, Martha Gamey, Wil liams Gibney, Margaret Gibney, John Gibney, Robert Gibney, Jane Oibsey, Alexander Gamey, Jane Griller, James Orals* Charles Geol.* Michael Choke, Alex. Graham, William Gray, Themaill-man, Ellen Henelatow, J. Henolistoss, Patrick Regan, Margaret Hogan, John Haberlein, Robt. Rowdiest's, Christy Hygendorf, John Henrick, Mary Rewbry, Mary Jones, Samuel Jones, Matthew ham, Sarah Joyce, Martin Joyce, William Bridget Jebessa, Margaret Johnson, Barry Johnson, =James, JUNO :ohms, Ellen Johamm, Kelly, Gilbert 'Unsaid, Maria Kinso, J aws Kennedy, Anna Kennedy, Patrick Kean, Cedadms Kann, Jobamaa Kohn, Rosins Robes, Frederick Kim, Johanna Kobe., Peggy Kingston, Sophia /Cohen, Johanna Kahan, Amelia Kober. Feud. Ka. j hen, August Lloyd, Daniel Leaky, Bridg e t Leaky, Thomas, I Lea, Au Les, Jane Ana Lea, Julia Loashare, Julia Lam basts, Margaret Loneham, Edward Lousily, Henry Linton, Jobs Lamb, Betsy Logan Peggy Logan, Stewart Log.., Fredk. Lbanation, Boss )(Tail; Alexander M•Cael, Mary M•Casl, Peggy M'Cael, John Wesel, Francis M'Cael, I Nancy M•Cesil - Tim )(Tastily, Katherine M'Cartby, Jobs /ITC/MAE, Betty MtConsac, Margaret ItCCartney, Mary M'Clelaa, Ale:slider 11PCrea, Alex. li'Donald, Nancy i'Donald, Alas. hllDonald, John M'Dovgal, Lames leLynatt, Duncan /Cloonan, Mary ll'lood, Houston M'Lsod, Jame ll'lmod, Robert M'Leed, Helen, Mow ' warty , James Maewell, Bernard M'Misais, Janet ma, Catharine M'Biairmi,Mary Jamey llintich mo, Elias Wltiatwars, Maim. M'Richmo, Martha Morri son, RebertMasey.lilak Munro, Margaret Munn, James Moran, Bridget Mona, George M'Ciselaa, Ellen Mahoney, Jenny Malmsey, Peter MtPnerson, Thaws Neal, Cathe rine Oats and infant, Francis O'llyan, Jerry O'Bryar, John Parker, John Power, James Prams, Annie Power, Marga ret Power, John Power, Mars Reynolds, Henry Reynolds, I Sarah Reynolds, Albert Raviolis, Wm. Chas. Rogers, Alexander Ross, Marian Ross, Francis Roes John Ryan, David Ross. Christian Rya, John Ross, Isabella Ross, Alexander Ross, Thomas Ralphia Mary Reilly, William Reilly, Mary Reilly, Nary Roil, Bliss Reilly, Mary Reilly, Bridget Reilly, Eliza Rail y, Thorium Reilly, W. Reilly, Sarah Richards Martha Robinson, Henry Seal, Wm. Sutherland, Charles Smith, Catherine Smith, Daniel Smith, Ann Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan, Catherine Slater, Mary Slater, John Snow, Jobs W. Snow George Thomas , Jamie Twidle, Jane Twidisi, Martha Twidle, Chas. Twidle, Agnes Twidle, Ann T. Townley, James Townley, Mary Townley, John Townley, Wen. Townley, Robert Townley, Joseph Townley, Elizabeth Townley, Andrew Townley, Eliza Townley, David William, David Wakeley, Mary Waal, Itachael Wil son , Joseph Wilson, Thomas Wit son, E dmond Wilson, William Wilson, Margaret Wilma, Letitia Wilson , John W e i r , J ames Wood, Walker, Marg ar et Walker, Margaret Walker, Margaret Walker, Mary Ann Walker, C a the r i ne YewellThomas Yewell, and Ellen Zernss. GLASGOW, SCSDAT AFTERNOO3.—The steamer Islay arrived at the Brownielaw esrly this morning with 40 passengers, saved from the dieastrons wreck of the Annie Jane. They left Barra in a small sailing smack ou the morning of Wednesday last, and, arriving at Tobermory is the course of the same night, were thence forwarded to Glasgow. The majority of ;he passengers are pretty well attired, having obtained clothing from the wrack of the boles which were cast ashore ; tut many are totally penni. less, and 18 of the number had to receive food and shelter daring the night in the Police-office. Captain Mason, with the remainder of the passengers, including most of the women, still remains on Barra. THE POTATO CROP.—We are enabled to state, as the resell of inquiries very generally prosecuted an the counties of Louth, Down, Meath, Monsghan, and Armagh, being the counties that come under our cognisance, di •t though great injury has been dine to the potato crop, the recent heavy rains extending the progress of the disease, a large and abundant yield will yet, making ample allowance for all losses, reward the lablur of the husbandman, and that the crop will be more than an average one. The fla• Your of the potato this season is also excellent. Owing to the attire progress of final harvest operations, and the im pute' given to farmers, by high prices, in bringing grain to market, the supply of potatoes fur sale has nut been so large as usual, ■nd, in consrquence, the price has greatly ad vanced, so high a sum u 13 , 1. per 'tone being now obtained. This drawback as to scarcity ~ed dearness, however, con veys the gratifying assuranes that the farmers have no fears of the remainder of the crop, as if the blight continued to advance the market WOlll4 be gluttcd with potatoes.— Loath and Down THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1853. CLOSING OF TER PRESTON COTTON MILLS. TWENTY•FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT. Mao the Norikern Daily Times.) On Saturday afternoon the various mills in Pres ton, and its 'Malin, in which the notices to the hamla had expired, were closed; and upwards of 15.000 edditiunal persons are thus left with Out employment. On Friday and Saturday, no less than thirty-six mills were closed, and if we add the number closest for a few weeks previously, ten, we have a grand total el (cuprite mills sow absolu•ely closed, and in which there is an entire suspension of 1714(1U lecturing operations. There are yet runn.ng four mils, which ore under notice to close, so that in a few days the number of mills closed will be upwards of fifty, only eight mills in the whole district eontinuilig operations. Tor number of mill hands at Prestuni is estimated at about 30,000, and the somber who are now walking slim% the streets of Preston, without employment, is set down at from 20,000 to 25,000 person,. The amount of, wages paid weekly, et the 'minus mills now closed, is stated to have been from 12,000/. to 13.1sior. The immediate withdrawal eit so large an amount moo operate very injuriously on the trade and general business of the town. To enable the huge number of human being. who are now without employment to exist, the cemmitts e of the Operative Union proposes to pay them weekly a son of 4,0001 , and they dirge their nands are sufficiently s•rolig to enable them to continue this payment for some weeks. In the ineantim • delegates are to be deputed to visit all the principal towns in the kingdom to solicit sosistance from the operative claws of those towns to enable those of Preston to prolong their struggle with the employer', unit to compel them. it possible, to Meld the 10 per cent. on present prices. 'Thus far we have indications of an obst nate and ruinous struggle, tenth/rid less likely to be brought to an amicable or speedy conclusion by a strung belief on the pert of the hands that the masters cannot long afford to keep their mills closed, mid a feeling on the part of the masters, amounting almost to a certainty, that then • i ties of the hands, when without employment for a f ew weeks, will bring them to their senate, mod induce them to submit nut only to the terms which they now propose, but to any which they may then think fit to insist upon. This is the present pia ition of the unfortunate misunderstanding which has arisen between the employers and the emplo)eit at Preston, and until either party succumb, or some Derange. ' anent is come to, even supposing the union is enabled to continue the payment of &POOL per week, the business operations of the town must tuner to the extent of 8,0001. per week, or in the ratio of the very large sum of 400,0001. per annum. The prospective loss of this sum, and the dill , cultio sin which it moist involve shopkee;.ers and others, have necessarily caused a great deal of eacitement an:onget persons in business, and they are not sl-w to attach blame to all panics ref u have taken any part in producing the present •• . The general Iselin, however, seems to be that if some slight conesssions on imm.terial points on the pan of the molten, and men were made, the strike, or rather "luck out," as it is now called, might be speedily terminated, and betimes allowed to resume its noun course. On the other hand, the operative clans 5, nut alone of Preston, but of several towns in Lancashire, Cheshire, &c , are favourable to the course taken by the "Lock outs," and have determined to 'tarpon them to the last. So far as the trades of Preston are concerned,this was clearly exemplified on Friday evening, when a meeting iris held at the Farmers Arms, at which 15 trades were represented, com prising stearipengine-wskers, boiler-makers, mechanice, tin-p.ate worker,, stone masons, bricklayers, joiners, fin gers, slaters, &e. An unanimous resolution come to was, to support the lock-outs to the best of the ability of the various trades, and a form of placard was drawn up, an nouncing to the public the determination of various trades, to do so. The following is a fist of mills closed, under notice, and still at work: Cloreed.—Swainson Brothers (3 milli), James Maylk r, Mil s Rodgrtt, J. and R. Walker, It. Riley, Gardner and Naylor, John Clayton, William Bestial', jun., Horrockses, Miller, and Co. (4 mills), Paul Catterull, Son, and Co., I'. Ainsworth and Co., J. end 11. Seed, W. Dewson, W. Eccles and Co. (Walton), W. Taylor and Co., R. Threlfall, Horeocks, Jacson, and Cc., Humber Brothers, T. and W. Cluffog, J. Paley and Co., J. and A. Leigh, D. Ark wright, Swainson Bliley, and Cu., J. Hawkins anl Sons, Carrington and ets. 0. Smith, R. Riley, Bide, Brothen, W. Calvert and So n (Walton), It. Almond and Co., E. Edge and Co., IL Quell (Lostock), O. Corry, J. and J. Hastens, T. Grandy and Co. W. Shaw and Co., W. Basball and CO. (Farington), R odgett Brothers (Walton), Gardner and Welch, H. Dawson (Fylde-rood). Yet running, but under mum to clove.—Sharply, and Wilding, W. Lancaster and Co., T. Blackburn and Cu., E. Hollins. Still at work.—Napier aa , l Goodair (one mill, the other closed, but only teropor■rily for repair.). Hugh Dawson (Msudlsnd•). Smith and Slater*, R. Goodair, R. Garduer, W. Paley, R. Miller, J. Williamson, J. Gillow. MEETING OP WEAVERS. A meeting of the weavers was held on Saturday evening, at foot o'clock, in the Temp ranee all, I ehind the perish church. Nutwi.hat■nding the extreme wetness of the after- noon, the ball was well filled with male and female opera tie. 5. Mr. Pavca IiCKPIiIIEYII, weaver. was called to the chair, and in opening the business said that the masters wanted to diminish combination and to destroy the com mittee, but there were persons on that committee eche could weigh their characters against aloft of the Masters' Assoein don. The determination of that committee was sever to yield until they were eomdletely beaten, and with their assistance that would never be, (Appian...) Mr. Cow&LL, one of the Secretaries of the Preston Com mittee. said Blackburn was at their beak, and not only the weavers, but the nsechanice, engineers, millwrights, joiners, carpenters, cabinet makers, and all other trades, throughout the kingdom. There was nothing to fear on their parts. (Hear, hear.) They talked of their funds failing; they had never tailed yet. (Cheers.) Subeerip ties§ kept rolling in, and should the agitation be carried on for twelve months, he was satisfied the subscriptions would never fail; they would constantly keep augmenting. There were plenty of places they had not yet been to—Bradford, Leeds, Birmingham, She Meld, Liverpool, Crewe, and other places. He called upon those present during the turn-out to enjoy innocent recreation, to attend public meetings, and he hoped the clergy of every denomination in the town would open their schools, and would teach the male and female operatives to reed and write. Mr. lionrog, of Blackburn, the next speaker, said the contest was not whether they should have an advance of wages, but whether they should submit to a future commis of despotic rule on the pert of those who claimed to have • right to say what they should have for their labour, and that they bad no right to say what they demanded for it. (Hear, hear.) Was that fair or honest between any two men, plane them in whatever position in society they might ? (.. No, no.") Wes not the poor man a man? The rich man was ao more then a man. As delegates from Black burn, it was said they had no right to interfere in this matter. Were they not in the same rank of society, amongst the serge dames? Had they not to do with mas ters, sad labour, toil, sweat, sad live on labour ? They had • right ; for if the operatives of Preston did not get the advance they sought, the operatives of Blackburn must have the disadvantage of that, for if Preston was not raised to the level of Blackburn, Blackburn must come down to the level of Preston. (Applause.) That wee their 'coition, and there need be no secret about the matter. If they did not gain this struggle in Preston, they lost it through out the length and breadth of the manufacturing district'. (Cheers.) Mr. WALTON, of Blackburn, next addressed the mooting, and informed them that the whole country had declared that the operatives of Preston should not lack support. Mr. Caanas, also of Blackburn, followed. He poisted out the various evils which arose from under-paid labour, and warned the mill-owners of the calamities to which their conduct would inevitably lead. Thanks were them voted to the Blackburn delegates. Mr. ii011110:4 then propos ed the following resolutioa : " Teat this meeting ple dges cent, itself to the 10 per with. oat equivocation, until it maintained in the entire of the manufacturing districts of this land, from this time." Mr. }Welke! ascended the motion, which was unani mously agreed to. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated shortly before 7 o'clock. A STA FINED AND T. LMd.U, the railway station - aster at Stamford, was Mhaa late custody as Wednesday, sad charged before the Rev. C. Atlay, at Barrowden, with an offence against the Railway Act. He was fined U. It appears that about a fortnight ago be wont to the village of Barrowden, intend ing to return by the train due at Stamford at 10.7 p.m. On arriving at Luffenluten, be found he was too late for the train, sod ha then proceeded to walk towards home along the line. When he reached Ketton, being exceed ingly tired, he persuadel the porter at that sta tion to get out • truck, in which he proposed to ride home, thinking that, as the line from that sta tion to Stamford is on a descent, he would be able to get over the three miles without propulsion. Haying been pushed foeward a short distance, the truck kept in motion till it arrived at the bridge approaching Easton-wood, where it stopped, and being partially laden with beans, Mr. Liddell could not again move it. He went to the Easton gate house for assistance, and the gatekeeper and his wife helped him to get it on after much labour, to Stamford. By some mesas the foolish transaction reached the ears of the directors and Mr. Liddell had to attend before the board at Derby on Tuesday. Ile returned to Stamford that evening, believing that be had got over the difficulty, but the nest morning an officer arrived and took him into custody. Had a luggage or any other train come in contact with the truck so reck lessly put upon the line, the consequences might have been fearful. Hence the directors have thought it necessary to make as example of one of their mponsible servants. Mr. Liddell is dismissed from his duties u station master.— Nionsford Mercury. THE PRINCESS BELGIOJOSO.—The Debate says Most of the French journals have announced, on the ;nth,- rity of a German paper, the death of the Princess de Belgio jos°, in Asia Minor. in vmsequeuce of wounds received from an asraisin. We are happy to be able to give a com plete contradiction to this report. The friends of the Princess in l'aris have received letters of a recent date from her, announcing that *he was in good health, and that she felt bat very slight effects front the wounds which she had is fact received from the person who attempted to murder her. RESIDENCY OF BARODA.—The friends of the gal lant Colonel °atrial will be glad to, hear that he has been re-appointed as Itesideat at bared'. THE CHOLERA. (Fran tbeGnsetal &aria Health, 05t. IL) METROPOLIS. ])r. Gavin Milroy, from the General Board of Health, had an interview this day (Monday) with the directors of t h e poor o f the Par ishes of St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury. with a view to the pre paration of plans for securing the preservation of the public health in those dinricts. Mr. Yardley, of the metropolitan police office, has lo•diy reporttd to the General Bua.d of Health seven cases of cholera in the parishes of St. George in the East, Shadwell, Bermondsey, Kennington, and Greenwich, and on board the ship Ivey, iu the river Thames. Dr. Milroy, in pursuance of ihe instructions of the General Board of Health, has jest inquired into and reported upon the sanitary condition of the Queen's Bench Prison in so far as it may be affected by the foul effluvia arising front the knocker's yards, &me i oiling factories, &c., in it s i mme di ate v i c i n i ty . Attention was drawn to these nuisances a few days since by Captain Hudson, in a letter addressed by him to Viscount Palmerston, and referred by his lordship to the General Board of Health. Dr. Mil roy observes—"'that it appears flout the statements of nil whom I examined that the stench from the factories, &c., complained of, is often so horrible, more ! especially when the wind comes from their direction, that not only must every window be shut, but the 1 inmates of the prison — t h e average num b er o f a l l within the walls, including the officers and their families, is about 200—are frequently so nauseated that they cannot take their meals when brought to them. ()pea the patients in the infirmary, suffering chronic asthma, stated that Lis breathlessness was always much increased whenever the air was pol luted by the emanations (ruin the bone-boiling and other offensive trades in the neighbourhood. On such occasions he was forced to leave the rear of the building, which is most exposed to the disgusting nuisance, and go into a room in front ; but even then he did not find relief unless ho at the same time e!osed the windows. The proper ventilation of the infirmary at the very season when it is most required is seriously impeded, nor should it be forgotten that the weather when mephitic effluvia are the most powerful is that when the freest aeration is the most necessary to health and for the prevention of disease. "The testimony of Mr. Watson, the surgeon of the prison, leaves no doubt as to the results of the nuisame in the production and aggravation of sick ness. "He says I attribute the prevalence of bowel complaints in the prison, to a great extent, to be caused by the noxious tffluvia arising Irons the knackers and bone-boiling yards in Green-street, and this I observe is particularly the case with pri soners recently eommitted, who invariably complain to me of nausea and loss of appetite, which they attribute to the peculiar offensive t ffluvia. During the prevalence of north-westerly winds it is at times quite impossible to open the Infirmary windows for the necessary ventilation.' " Captain Hudson and Lieut. Evison, the Governor and Deputy Governor of the prison, testify to the depressing and otherwise hurtful influence of the atmospheric pollutions upon the health of their fami iies, who have been much more ailing since they resided in the place than they were before, and both gentlemen very decidedly ray that they would refuse to live on the spot, if the nature of their duties did not render residence compulsory. " From a list given to me by Captain Hudson, I find that in one street alone there aro no fewer than tour bone-boilers, three slaughterers of horses and other animal!, two catgut manufacturers, and one bone button manufacturer. The Board of Guardians of St. George the Mar tyr have made more than one at!empt to suppress the nuisances, but hitherto they have b:en foiled. They are still most desirous to get rid of them from a con viction of their pernicious effects ; and at the recent interview which Mr. Hall, of the Poor ;Law Board, and I had with the board to confer with them upon the measures to be adopted at the present time for the protection of the public health, the chairman pressed upon our attention the necessity of means being taken to correct the two monster nuisances-- viz., the horrible condition of the sewers, and the disgusting trades of bone-boiling, catgut spinning, and borer slaughtering, carried on in the midst of a thickly-peopled neighbourhood." NEWCASTLE UPON•TYNE. DIATIIS. Oc'. 15—Cholera Diarrhcei Oct. 16.—Cholera Diarrhoea The total number of deaths from cholera and diarrhcea in Newcastle during the present outbreak has been 1.501. In the same period (namely, the first 46 days) during the prevalence of epidemic cholera in 1831-2, the number of deaths was 289. BCOTLAND. Dundee, Oct. 13, cholera, 1. Glasgow, Oct. 14, cholera, 1. Edinburgh, Oct. 14, cholera, 1. DARLINGTON. Oct. 15.—Choler a BRENTFOLLD Oct. 14.—Cholera GATESHEAD. Oct. 19.—Cholera HAMBURG. The visitation of cholera appears to have been comparatively slight; only 15 fresh cases have occurred since the 26th of September, and no new ease was notifitd to the authorities on the 6th of October, nor on the three preceding days. The total number of persons attacked is stated to have been 537, of whom 279 died, and 2M recovered, 51 remaining at that date under treatment. In all human probability the community of Hamburg are indebted for their comparative immunity to the improved sanitary condition of their city since the last visitation in 1848. In that year great mortality occurred among the British seamen in this port, amounting to upwards of 800; but on this occasion au eminent English medical practitioner of the city, Dr. Helbert, has been officially appointed to visit the captains and crews of British merchant vessels in the port and neighbourhood of Hamburg. Under the zealous service of Dr. Helbert upwards of 400 ves sels have been visited, and between 40 and 50 cases requiring immediate assistance were thus discovered, of which only three have proved fatal, all the deaths being from developed cholera. It is stated that but for this ship visitation very few of these men would have been brought under medical treatment at all, and still fewer in time for treatment to have been of any avail. Speaking of the British seamen gene rally Dr. Holbert says, " I think the general state of their health is very satisfactory. In comparison with- the Hamburg population these English sailors look much stronger and healthier. As I often had occasion to visit the vessels at dinner-time I was generally struck with the excellent food they had, which is far superior to that of the Ger mans ; particularly there always, was a much larger allowance of meat than the Germans have." The great distance of the hospital from the port (namely, about three miles) is greatly and justly com plained of. It is always difficult and often dangerous to remove the sick so far, and even when they safely arrive at the hospital, the journey produces a de pressing effect. Attempts have been made to remedy this evil, but hitherto without success, though it is stated that a seaman's hospital might be supported at a very moderate expense, were the seamen to pay only at the same rate as they do at present in the general hospital, namely, one mark daily. EXTENSIVE HOMMAY FROM TUE PERSON.—On Sunday evening Mr. Thomas Atkinson Davidson, of No. 20, Lemamste. t, Gx;dinan's-tielda, Whitechapel, was robbed of 250 f. is D4ncaster. It appears that Mr. David eon is a clerk in the races of Mr. Smith, clerk to the board of guardians of St. Mary's, Whitechspel, mid that no San day 'limning he lett town to convey n woman and two children, paupers, to Thorne Union, about 12 mils from Doncaster. Having delivered his charge, be returned to Doncaster. at between 9 and 10 o'clock in the evening, and went into Mr. Sweedlc's, the Railway Hotel, where he had something to drink; titer which he went to the Leopard Inn, and finally to St. Thomas's Tavern, where be was fol lowed by several suspicious characters, who are known to the police. In about half an hour afterwards he discovered that has money, which was loose in hie waistcoat pocket, and which consisted of thirteen 101. Dank of England notes and a quantity of gold, a half crows, and 2a. in silver, was gone. He immediately informed the landlady of has lose, and t en gave int 'reflation to the !once. Several auspicious characters have hems detained on sus' , icion of having been concerned in the robbery, but they have been liberated. SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week ending Oct. 15. 18:13:-19,0121. le. lld. Corresponding week, 1882, 18,5301. 13.. 4d. lanes.. in 1853, 4811.85. 71. IRELAND. OPIUM,. OCT. 17. As a la•ge portion of the harvest business of the Irish small tanners invariably remains to be com pleted at this late period of the season, it is fortunate that the weather has been of the most favourable description for the pure. se fur several dap' past., Thu following note on the subject appears in the Limerick Chronicle: During the past week the weather has been most favour able, and large quantities of hay and oats have been seemed. The oickle has also keen busy in the wilt of Ireland, where the harvest is generally late, and should ce have tine wea ther fur another week, the fears entertained for the small farmer.' crop* will be diesipated. Partners are completing their hay burvest this wren, and drawing it home to the haggard. Those who have large stacks will he paid well fur their store, ae prices are up to a high figure, and the article will be scarce in tl e ensuing year. In all yams of the country farmers this week commenced digging out the Potatoes, and we are happy to linen from many districts that the &toast appears to have suhsi led, so that the great portion of this large crop will continue sound food. Among the indications of improvement in the west, we find the following with reference to Scotch farming in Ireland in the llallinasloe Star: On Thursday last nearly one thouoaint sheep arrived here from Scotland, per special train and special steamer. They were forsrardei by Arthur Pollock, Esq., of Glasgow, to his property in this neighbourhood, lately purchased in the hicumbeced Estates Court, from Mr. J. Beatty West. We underoraad that Mr. Pollock intends to farm the whole of the immense property hints, lf, and hat engaged four stewards for the purpose. While a large proportion of the property must be kept in pasture, the amount cultivated, it is undirstoed, will be the largest under the direction of one individual in the country. A peaceful and social revolution is at work. unequalled in the annals of history. The Limerick Chronicle sacs: The cattle distemper is arain prevalent in Limerick, Clare, anl Cork, and soma large farmers are serious losers by its ravages. DUBLIN POLICE. IMPORTANT TO TRACT DISTRIBVTORS.—A young 1111111 named William Smith was brought before Mr. O'Callaghan, the sitting magistrate at Capri-street Police-office, on Sa turday, charged by Mr. Martin A. O'Breunan with having acted in a manner calculated to provoke him to a breach of the po,re by thrusting a handbill or tract of • sectarian character into his hand in the public Street. The cue ex cited considerable ints rest, Mr. O'Brennan having pub balled his own %torsion of it in the shape t f • letter to • morning paper; nnd the office was crowded to excess with pers•ins curious to witness the prose. dings. Mr. Whithurne appeared for the prisoner. Mr. O'llrsnnan (who is • Roman catholic schoolmaster,' residing in Bolton•street) having been sworn, said—Yester day evening, whilst I wan going to the theatre with a l a dy, I was encountered by this man in Sackville-street; he " thrust" • p a per violently into my band, and as he and a woman who was 'tending by both laughed at the time I took it for granted that something was wrong. Ac cordingly I opened the paper, and found that it was a *petits of tract, containing matter which I look on in the light of • nadsance. I am of opinion that when • man is going about his business no one has a right to offend his feelings in this way by thrusting into his hand • paper which is calculated to irritate and drive him to commit • breach of the peace ; under these circum stance., 1 felt it to be my duty, as a lover of peace, to give this person into custcdy, in order to put • stop to what I confider to be • most noxious and dangerous system of ad dr. swing people in the street, and asking them to read articles entirely opposed to their religious tenets; for my own part, I 'mold rather receive a dose of poison than the poisonous matter contained in this paper. (The paper " handed " to Mr. O'Brennan by the pri soner consisted of an invitation to Roman catholic to attend a sermon to be preached by the Rev. J. O'Carroll, A. 8., S.T.C.D., in St. Luke's Church, on Sunday evening next, upon the alleged supremsey of Ps ter.) Mr. O'Callaghan (o witness)—Hate you any reason to believe that the prisoner knew wbo you were when acting in the way you have stated ? Witness—From the fact of his laughing, I think he must have known me. He admitted after his arrest that he was the agent of the 1t,,. Mr. M'Carthy, of St. Michan's . . Mr. Whithorne (to witness)—How long is it since you put the " 0 " before your name ? Witness—l don't choose to ts.ll you. (The witness was, till lately, in the habit of styling himself simply Mr. M. A. Drennan.] Mr. Whithorne—Were your feelings eery much hurt? tVitness—Yes, my feelings as a gentleman. (Laughter.) Mr. Whithorne—You ore an orator. Witness (with a complacent smile)—Yes, I think I am. (laughter.) Mr. Whithorne—And you are a publisher too ? Witness—Yes, I write for the press occasionally. (Great laughter.) Mr. Whithorne—And you wish to bring your nem* into great repute ? Witness (seemingly offended by the question)—Sir, my name bu been in great repute for many years. ( Ro an of laughter.) Mr. Whithorne—You published a note about this case in the Freeman's Journal of this morning. What was your eject in doing so ? Witness—My object was to call the attention of the public and of the public authorities to this system of circulating tracts, which are, in my opinion, more poisonous than the most noxious miasmats. (Laughter.) Mr. O'Callaghan—Do you swear that he " thrust" it into your hand ? Witness—He did. I saw a number of similar papers in his possession after be was taken to the police station. Mr. Whithorne submitted that his client had committed no offence in point of law. All he did was to " hand" the paper quietly to Mr. O'Brennan, and for doing that he was not only arrested, but actually kept in close confinement duriug the entire night. The charge was such a trumpery one altogether that he did not think it necessary to go any I further with its defence. Mr. O'Callaghan (tclwilness)—Did I understand you to say from what took place there was any likelihood that • breach of the peace might ensue ? Witness--M y opinion is that "if" my temper had not been controlled by education, it is " probable" that I might have struck him. Mr. O'Callaghan—lt strikes me, to say the least of it, to be exceedingly indiscreet and improper for any man, what ever may be his religious opinions, to thrust them upon another man who, as in this instance, is of • different way of thinking. If a paper put into a person's hued costaine anything that is likely to make him angry, or to disturb his feelings, it is, in my judgment, calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, and it is the province of the magistrate (who is termed a justice of the peace) to take care that it is efficiently preserved. I cannot entertain a doubt that con duct such as the prisoner hos been guilty of is greatly cal culated to Iced to a breach of the peace; but as no actual breach has occurred is this instance, I will only require the prisoner to enter into his own recognisance to be of good behaviour for the future. Prisoner—l have no witness to speak for me, but u sure u I stand before your worship I did not " thrust" the bill into Mr. O'Brennan's hand. 1 simply offered it, and he took it, without the lent pressure on my part. Mr. O'Callaghan—l gm a justice of the peace, and lam determined to preserve it, so far as I can, in all these cues. You mast enter into bail or be committed for 14 days. The prisoner accordingly entered into the required bail, and was discharged from custody. SIGNS OF RETURNING PROSPERITY IN IRELAND.— It is with peculiar pleasure we notice the improved spear alma of the peasantry on Sundays and holidays, the surest signs of returning prosperity. Instead of the ragged coat, the old hat, and broken shoe., which marked the period of the famine, and stamped upon poor Paddy an appearance far from gratifying to his pride ; a new suit from head to foot now rewards his long-tried patience and hard struggle with adversity. No one could tail to observe the strong muster of country people in our n Sunday last, and the cheering and gratifying appearance which they presented —the boys wearing new and comfortable feriae and cordu roy, while the girls displayed their red and blue mantles, nicely-trimmed saps, and new shoes and stockings—articles of comfort which the pour people were long deprived of. From inquiries which we made in various quarters we re ceived but one reply, that the country people were never in so prosperous a condition as they are at present; an assur ance which is fully borne out by the cheering and comfort able appearance which they present in our streets when they come to town.— Galway Packet. THE UNITED STATES TARIM—An important cir cular has been issued by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, of which the following is the principal part :—" The increasing revenue and accumulating amount of money in the Treasury renders it most probable that the tariff will be made a prominent subject of discussion and examination, with a view to reduction, during the ap proaching session of Congress. in the meantime, and at as early a day as may be, I am desirous to obtain from the most reliable sources tic best information of the working of the present rates of duty upon the leading branches of industry of the country, and of the effect to be expected from , the proposed modifications. Understanding that you take an interest in this subject, and have given some attention to it, and, perhaps, have been in situations to place within your reach very valuable information, you will mach oblige me by communicating to this department your views thereon, and by furnishing lists of articles now subject to duty, which, according to such views, should be duty free, and of such other articles on which the present duty should be reduced. The existing tariff baying been designed gene rally and substantially for revenue, and fur a fair and equal operation both between the various sections of the couo:ry and the various branches of industry, the same objects should, undoubtedly, be kept in view ; and the reductions, if any shall be made, should be so arranged as to afford an equal participation in the benefit to every interest and to every section. Articles which .:n•er into our manufactures, and those which do not come into competition with Ameri can producte, arc those about which there will doubtless be the least question." Tne CHOLERA IN MILLBANE PRl4on.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford held two inquests on the bodies of Hannah Bead, aged fl 3, and John Albin, aged 21, both convicts, who tad died of cholera in this gaol—the Lamer atter an illness of only two hours mud a hall's duration. From the evidence it appeared that every assistance that medical skill could devise was rendered to the deceased; and a verdict of "Died from Asiatic Cholera" leas ',returned . 4 , both cans. SPORTING • - - TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY. The business of settling on the Cesarewiteh, fia t was resumed to-day, but there were evidently some unez. petted ohstac:ts in the way of a prOrbpt adjustment. Money in several quarters was remarkably tight." As the after noon:srore on, the blank looks of the disappointed grew blanker, and the dial was momentarily consulted and frowned upon as if indeed it was the cause of time not being properly kept by the parties looked for. Some late comics, however, brought in the Means ot diminishing the growing discontent, and although broad ground of elm. plaint was still left, the pruepect is calculated to sustain confidence. At interva's, the Cambridgtshire Stakes came under notice, but the betting was very limited. Nsbob advanced to Sto 1, taken and offered, and Mistletoe to 11 to 1. 1,000 to 60 was taken three or four times about Bstrownie. In vasion was iu considerah'e demand, end was backed for some money at' 5 and 20 to 1. 'OO, 45, and 40 to 1 taken about Taltourd. Drittiv.—.l bet of 1,100 to 200 wss booked abut Auto. env, but it was evidently Lelow the current o.lda. In one instance, we 113 W 7 to 1 140, we thetetote give only an average quotation. 40 to 1 was tolvoi about Seythan and 50 to 1 would have been Liken [ozonic mow y about Meteors. —Closing prices. WARWICK FREE HANDICAP 5 to 1 asst Sir J. Boswell's Auuic Sutherland (6 to 1 also laid) WARWICK OPEN STEEPLE CHASE. Offers to take 10 to 1 about Spring. CAMBRIDOESIIIEN STAKES. 9 to 1 ugat Mr. Dlinkal fa The Nabob (t) 10 to 1 Baron Rottnebiliro Omits (t) 12 to 1 Mr. W. B.lrrett's Moo (c 11) 14 to 1 Mr. Pediry's Miatti.toe (t) 15 to 1 Mr. lloward'a King Pepin (t) 16 to 1 Mr. l'Anion'a Balrownie (t) 20 to 1 Mr. Oreville's (t) 20 to 1 Count Hahn's Se.ltorae (t) 20 to l Mr. Meiklania The lidtchilt (t and cif) 40 to 1 Mr. Knowle,'. Tallourd DERBY. 6 to 1 apt Mr. E. R. Cooper's Autocrat 40 to 1 Oen. Anwn na Seythilu 11011SES STRUCK OUT OF ENGAGEMENTS AT WA It W ICk. GREAT WARWICK IiANDICAP.—Father Thames and Cory hautes on the 17th inst , at 1 4 i p.m . WELTER CUP.—Clotbworker, on the 11th, at 9.30 •.m.; C.lptain Flash, on the 17th, at 10 a.m. 11010:135 SAID TO RAVE ARRIVED AT WARWICK:— Little D tale, Mayday, Little Fawn, Angelo, Mont Igoe, Ethelwolf, Orpheus, Blakeley, Maisa alungo, Sally, Village Lass, Lioness, Spring, g by Sir Isaac, Titterstone, Ealtaud- Halt, Drayton g, Fuendleas, Koh-i-noor, The Aly, Mule Sutherland. The creel, will commence this day at 1.30. ONDINA.HY TUAINB By NORTH-WLSIZILN—EUITON STATION. Dee at Leaves London. Leamiugton. Ist and 211,1 class 6.0 a.m. .... 9.16 a.m Express Ist Lind 2nd class 10.30 a.m. .... 2.15 p.m. Ist Bud lid class l2 at noon .... 4.41 p.m. Express 5.16 p.m. .... 7.55 p.m. WORCESTER AUTUMN MEETING. ACCILPTANCEIS for the GLAND ANNUAL STEM./ CHAIM. at lb at lb Peter Simple ll 10 Premier (late The Sir Peter Laurie Peter The Gecieral . 10 7 The Nugget Vainhope Bourton Haltand•liall Tomboy Simple Peter 9 10 Old Rake Maurice Daley Maria Day 9 9 Advance 9 0 NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, OCT. 17.—APPOINTMENTS. Chief Engineer J. Brown, to Evryalus ; Aeanitent-Surgeon J. Holt, to Tyne; Midshipman T. A. What, to Dante of Wel lington. THE SULTAN OF TURICET . II Nsw PALACE.—The Sultan is now building a new palace at Dolma Baktchi, with front to the Bosphorus. The architect is an Arme nian, the von of the Sultan's builder; he studied in France for a short time. The palace is of stone and marble ; the workmanship is very common : the frontage emends along the Bosphorus from Dolma Baluchi': to 13eshik Tash, and must have a facade of upwards of 1,000 feet the situation is exquisite. Tue palace is more like a town iu extent, covering in the rear something exorbitantly great. It was here that Mr. W. J. Smith erected fer his Imperial Majesty a winter garden and kiosk, and furnished it in the European style, with crystal fountain, candelabra, and ch►ndeliers lighted with gas. The chimneypieces are of crinison•coloured crystal and painted china: the floor is of china; and the basin of fountain enamelled slate, exquisitely painted with flowers. The furniture was made by Messrs. Holland, of Mount-street. The principal floor comprises TIM halls and apartments, fitted up in a most costly manner in gilding and painting, executed by Italians and natives. The taste of some of the interior finishing is questionable. The baths are fitted up with Egyptian alabaster. The roof is covered with lead: all the Sultan's palaces, and only these, are covered with that metal. The palace is built on piles. The great staircase is lighted by a large skylight of crimson ' coloured glass. The ceilings are generally low. The harem of the palace contains apartments for 300 or 400 women. The palace is approached through a costly triumphal gate way.—The Builder. A NOBLEMAN'S WHIM.—An interesting specimen, which may be known to very few, and which as, for its kind, unsurpassed in the annals of literature, is the great historical work which has recently been completed by the late Mr. Wiffen, the admirable translator of Tuso, and other popular works, which comprises the family records of every descendant of the ancient and distinguished House of Hassell, compiled from authentic sources, chiefly in the possession of the family. This very beautiful production, which includes the portraits of every member of that peer- age, direct and collateral, painted by one of the most prominent artists of the age (Heading), is comprised inane folio volume, printed in a style of sumptuous magnificence; only one single copy of which was printed off. The unique bequest by the late Duke of Bedford. under who,e personal superintendence it was commenced and completed, was de signed by him as an heirloom in the family, and to be de posited in the library at Woburn Abbey, from whence it wee on no account to be removed. It cost the Duke three thousand guineas.—Salad for iAr &Wiry. FATAL ACCIDENT TO AN IRON FOUNDER.—An inquest was held at Manchester, on Saturday, before Mr. lisrford, the coroner for that city, on the body of an iron founder, named WIC Tongue, of Every-street, Ancoats. The deceased was working at the establishment of Messrs. Joseph Whitworth and Co., tool manufacturers, Canal street, about three weeks ago, when the casting upon which he was at work was knocked over by the hook at the end of the chain of a travelling crane, which was being moved across the yard. He was premed against the trestle at which be was working, and received a severs wound in the left knee, which caused his death on Saturday morning. He was lour years of age, and has left a widow and two children. the man whose duty it was to follow the chain and keep it in order had left it, and it was stated that the men who were moving the crane ought to have desisted from doing so when they saw him go away. The jury re turned a verdict of accidental death," the jury censuring the men for their carelessness, and suggested the propriety of stricter rules being enforced at the establishment to pre- vent the recurrence of such casualties. INDIA IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURT.—NewbeIT7 and Fitch, in ISA left England in order to reach India by an ovarian/ expedition. They were both imprisoned at °ltems, and afterward, at Goa by the Portuguese. They, however, escaped, and finally arrived at the royal city of Bejapore. According to Fitch, they were amazed at the pomp of Hindoo idolatry and the magnificence of their temples. "As for the idols," says Ms narrative, " some be like a cow, some be like a monkey, some be like peacocks, and some like the devil." He was also amazed at " the abundance of gold " and the " grandeur of the war elephants." Golconda, which he visited, " was • fair and pleasant city, with houses well built of brick and timber, while the country abounded with delicious (mita and rich diamond mines." He also visited Buhampore. Here he saw Hindoo boys of eight er ten years of age mar ried to girls of five or six, the ceremony being celebrated with "great pomp and piping and playing." He visited. Mandou, the capital of Mahe', a very strong town built on a high rock in the time of Akbar. Agra he found "a great and populous city superior to Lendon,—well built of stone, and having fair and large streets. The grandees o " me to the wOithn fine uwb.lekrek.oreocoinfoirttetyeceodjvuei.rnitlti:tldbereallw:ranwtsbtychretrwv,e,,dill im a tt n ih d emb g iun i l is ted c. water, in which, though it were never so cold, they prayed and walked and dressed themselves, and to which their wives in tens, twenties, and thirties came singing together, and washed themselves, and performed other ceremonies." "A great account," says, Fitch, " was made of native beggars." "One, a monster amongst the rest, had his hair hanging more than halt down his body his nails were two inches long, and his beard enormous. fee would cut nothing from him, neither would he speak ; he would net even speak to the king." The Brahmins " were a c'urupt peo ple—worse than the Jews." lie visited Allehabad, and descended the Ganges to Bemires, then a great commercial city filled with temples and idols. Many of the idols " are black, have claws of brass with long nails, and some ride peacocks, which be HZ-favoured." In his journal he des cribes the Suttee custom and many other usages revolting to humanity. ' , When one is sick, they will set him all night before the idol, and if next morning there be ',my signs of rev every, his friends will come and sit besi,l• 4 hi m; thercaftr, e placing kin. on a little raft made of re edeallgt : • let II" -,go down the river."— Tait's Mayazine, • , -. • - :.I . IIE NEW SCOTCH JUDOS.—The gown i l i t mrs t o t Court of Ses,ion, vacant by the death o f Lord k I has been offered to Hr. Inglis, the Nun o t Scotsman. ,