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AUSTRALIA.. -A Gentleman possming great experice of the Tlula Lie of th Colonies is desirous of f or ming a party en of respectable men , e having some capital, to proceed at once to the Mining Districts. Apply to Mr. De Backer, 3, Savage gardens, Tower-hill, London. A LBERT DOCKS, for STEAMERS , COLLIERS, and GENERAL COMMERCE. Provisionally Registered. Capital-4E300,00g, in 30,000 shares of £lO each; deposit, 10s. 6d. per share. The Albert Docks are intended to be formed in the Greenwich reties, on the south side of the river, immediately opposite Black wall, having entrances at Bugeby Hole or Reach on the east, and erten/rich Iteash on the west, the proposed site being already con nected by means of the North-Kent, South-Eastern, and Brighton Railways with all districts south of the Thames, thus giving increased accommodation for the shipment and transit of goods and merchan dise, to the benefit of a great mass of the population of England; and when It is considered that no increased dock accommodation has been carried into effect on the south side of the river within the last forty years, and the great increase of shipping which has since taken place, there is every prospect of a handsome dividend on the capital re quired. Detailed proopeotnses will shortly be prepared ; in the meantime, application fer shares may be addressed to the Provisional Committee, F, Poultry. _ October, 19, 1i52 THOS. JAS. SWA.YNE, See. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the admired Comedy of THE 'ROAD TO RUIN, liy Messrs. Stuart, Leigh Murray, Lambert, A. Wigan, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the successful Farce of BOX and COX, MARRIED and SETTLED. T• cozcludts with the new Farce of Tlll4 WOMAN I ADORE. _ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Oct. 23, . Wilt be performed TILE MYSTERIOUS LADY. Characters by Messrs. C. Matthews, F. Matthews, Belton, Baker, and Miss M. Oliver. UP. Characters by Messrs. C. Matthews, After which, USED Booby, Baker, and Horncastle ; Mrs. C. Horn and Miss M. Oliver. To conclude with (sixth time) a new Farce, called A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS• Characters by Messrs. Roxby and Baker ; Mrs. 118,011103117ftra and Miss Martindale. TD.EATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Open for the 6eason. pttpriaCcr, 31r. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING Tto powerful Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES. or a Hundred T e ars Ago, by Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Part Bed ford, Holley, Emery, 0. Smith, &c. To conclude with the Historical Drama of JACK SHEPFARD. Jack, Mrs. Keeley; Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Sean. THIS EVENING WM be perrorreed THE PRIMA DONNA. Principal eharacters by Messrs. Walter Lacy, Addison, and Cathcart; Miss Robertson, and Miss ['oath. After which the new Melodrama, entitled MONT ST. MICHEL ; or, Tho Fairy of the Sands. Principal characters by Messrs. Wl:ght, Harley, Ryder, Graham, Cooke, Everett, and Chester; Misses Mar shall, Yivash, Daly, and Robertson. To conclude with the Farce of TIIE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which sir. Wright will sustain his original character. r -- ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. rnparalleledand Inconceivable Feats of Daring, both Equestrian and Gymnastic, Continue to Amuse and Delight the Crowded Audiences of this Fashionable Place of Amusement. Triumphant Success of the Maxine!. Elisler on the Double Tight Rope, whose graceful and finished execution has gained for them the far-famed titles of Cerito and Taglioni. They appear every evening, with a combination of the most brilliant Scenes in the Circle, by Native and Foreign Artistes of the first celebrity. open at Half-pest Six o'clock; Box-office open from Eleven to to Four daily. PORTRAITS WELLINGTON AND SOULT , WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SIMILES OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TOGXTILER WITIt THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY WYON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES, IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE SIX PENCE. Sun Office, Oct. 23, 1862. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Two DAY —Morning 54 min. after 10 I Evening 2s min. atter To-Moslow—Morning 0 rain. attar 0 I Evening 55 min. after THE WEATHE.II.—Sux OFFICE, OcrouEß 3, THERMOMETER, LN TEE SHADE. 58—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest thia morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BABOXIMICR, 29.78. Wnrn W.SW.—Light breeze and dull weather; very heavy rain yesterday evening and last night. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following plicea at Nine o'clock on Friday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HasToos—Wind S.E,. gentle breeze—overcast. Soon-- calm—rain. FoutwarrosE—Wind S.E., light airs—overcast. Twrinta.ox--Wind S. E., gentle breeze—overcast. BAstru.:6Ton—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. KEEN W ICH—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast BTnooD —Wind S., calm—overcast. SWINDON—W ind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. C.twaranGs—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. YAILIROUTII—Wind S., calm—overeast. The return from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock : LtmEtuca—Wind E.. calm—heavy rain. isiumassAß—Wind E., gentle breeze—rain. Pcotx--Wind S.. gentle breeze—partially aloudy. B A lINGIST OLS —Wind W., calm—overcast. CAILB LUDO EL —N., gentle breeze—cloudy. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot undertake to return rejected communica tions. 012.4 ' • Li I • .4, 4 7' ' , L)-, ° kr • itt 0 E IA • 401. Obiteniniirnt LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1852, It is not only the English Parliament that is con vened for the 4th of November. The French Senate is also announced to assemble on that day, according to an official statement c on t a i ne d in the hi•niteur. Everything promises, therefore,that by the autumnal se a s on of 1552. will be distinguished incidents of importanc e, bo t h in t h e British and the Gall Legis lature. Under any circumstances, it would have be en r emarkable to notice the simultaneous assem blage so late i n the y ear, of the re presentatives of ho two great countries, confronting each other on the opposite shores of the Channel ; but at the p resen t juncture, the ci rcumstance (one by the way of ver y unusua l oc currence) is pe c u liarl y calculated to attract the attention of the snore observant to the proceedings of the respective councils at Paris and at Westmin ster. What, moreover, renders the fact to which we are making allusion, one of very especial significance, is the reflection, that precisely at this time there is a talk in France of a reduction in the army of no less than 73,000 men, while in Eagland there are active preparations arations for the calling out a consid erabl y in creased militia, or, at any rate, a militia wonderfully enhanced i n e ffi c i ency by the scope and completeness of its re -organization. Contrasting strongly as these anticipated movements do, they evidence with equal distinctness, although a . very different manner, the solicitude to pre o s f er E v i e u n ro inviolate . the already pro tracted tranquillity powers in by the two nations, who, of all the o i t n Christendom,.. are the farthest advanced in the scale of the ctv l ihzation. this renewed agitationSo far a to ternative of War or Peace must be regarded a eta tr h e earne s t great x satisfactory. It betrays, at least, an n a e nz t e nt t y (a s b o th at the C ourt of St. James's, and a vie may now call it) of the Elysee, to be C ourt watchful s et e against an y surprise t hat might startulechth h ob far er x the two races into collision . We question very m diffusion of co mmerce has not already been tended in the eastern hemisphere, as to have convinced the more enlightened cabinets of the folly, upon any Dv:text whatsoever, of plunging into the agonies o f ),attle, by showing t h e m in characters that cannot fail to b e recognized, that conquest, however enormous, is only detrimental to the interests of a great and flourishing community. During the past thirty-fire yearb' tranquillity, France has learnt that in Algeria, es unmistakably as England has done in Ilindostan. The seizure of her now gigantic territories in Africa has, more than anything—more even than her two successive revolutions—tended to drain the resources of France, and to impose a heavy additional debt upon our previously embarrassed exchequer. For our selves, As a conquering nation, we are unhappily satisfactory answer to the great majority, if not to all, these paltry charges. As we have already stated, Captain Limn di vides his subject into three parts or heads-Ist. " The road, and the contingencies connected with it, embra cing the very important subject of the permanent way. 2dly. The locomotive—the accidents and all relating to that " extraordinary invention which has already changed and ameliorated the whole surface of society, and which is destined to work still greater revolu tions in the social fabric of the world "—and idly, the casualties relating to the inattention to signals and the neglect of regulations—the most prolific of all sources of danger on a railway. There is scarcely any contingency but must fall under one or other of these heads. And the responsibilities of Directors may, therefore, be feirly escerZained in the due con sideration of these topics. Oa the first point,.Captain Hann declares that— "As the intervals between the trains become less frequent, as the speed of travelling is accelerated, and as the heavy merchandizs traffic, which promises to form, ore long, the most important feature in the receipts of many lines, increases, the repairs become greater, and at the same time more difficult to carry on. His experience leads him to the conclusion that even more attention tha❑ has hitherto been given to this fun damental question must be devoted to it in future. Im provements are continually introduced for the purpose of obtaining a sound continuous road, and there is no doubt that the recognized evils will eventually point oat their own remedy. Fishing the rails is now a popular, and, as far as partial experience can determine, an efficient mode of strengthening a railway for the i-:c...ased traffic it has to bear. Other nacase:es, having the E.:7-0 object in view, are in course of experiment, and stone blocks are generally being rejected in favour of wooden sleepers. Heavier rails, with she.t3r bearings, are gradually being introduced, wh( :ever relaying has become necessary, and engineers are fully sensible that a road constructed to support moderate trains, drawn by light engines at low speeds, is utterly inadequate to endure the crushing effects of monster locomotives at express speeds. The defects of lamination, deflection, and splitting of the rails are rapidly increasing; whilst transverse fractures, a species of failure almost unknown a few years ego, are now of frequent occurrence; and the difficulty of main taining the gauge of the line, under the present weights, not only increases, but much of the oscillating motion which is so unpleasant to the traveller, and so de structive to the stock employed, must be attributed to the same cause." Every exertion is made to obtain a superior quality of rails, but the manufacturers, although of the high est character and position, are unfortunately degene rating in the produetion of a really unexceptionable article. Many of the rails recently supplied have showed symptoms of failure at an unusually early period, and are, in some instances, worse after two or three years than others previously supplied, which had been subjected to precisely the same duty from twelve to sixteen years. Comparatively few accidents, however, fall under this bead, although " obstructions designedly placed on the line," , are unfortu nately more numerous and difficult to be guarded against than could be anticipated. As to the " self•acting switches" and other points requiring constant supervision, Captain Iluisu de glares that— enabled to speak in a similar strain, even yet more feelingly. After vanquishing the Sikhs, the Mahrattas, and the Beloochees, after annex ing to our possessions in Asia, the Punjaub, the Sutlej, and the magnificent province of Scinde, we discover that we have obtained, it is true, dependencies producing somewhere about 5,000,0001. sterling, but we find also that that accession of dependencies has entailed upon us an additional outlay of considerably more than 6,000,0001. —an outlay, remember, very formidable of its kind, because—permanent Inso much have these disadvantages been incurred by our course of victories in Hindostan, that we have thereby ingeniously added a new deterioration of precisely 1,470,0021. added to the general deficit. Had we equal facilities afforded us in regard to the result of the French conquests in Algeria, as we have in refer ence to the results of the English conquests in the Oriental Peninsula, we doubt not but that we could as readily prove by numerals the evils flowing from a similar source in that direction, and to an extent al most equivalent. Without searching after the de plorable statistics of the pecuniary losses incurred by France in the seizure and maintenance of her African dominions, we may content ourselves with remarking that, the fruits of all the gold squandered, and of all the blood shed by her in the southern continent, have been sufficiently lamentable to deter her statesmen from adventuring rashly upon any kindred acts of aggression and spoliation. As England has done among the Asiatics, France has learnt a severe, but, let us believe also, a salutary lesson among the Afri cans. It has been rendered more than ever apparent to the rulers established respectively at Paris and at London, that wars, even when they are wars of con quest, are injurious to the finances of every mercan tile and agricultural population. If France has de tected this truth even in the very act of altogether subduing the Arabians—England perceived the un welcome fact glaring upon her recognition at the very period when she was totally and triumphantly subjugating the might of the Beloochees. We have had to pay dearly for our efforts in opposing the wiles of GHOOLAB SING, while our neighbours have had to disburse almost as lavishly in striving to circumvent the councils of the long indomitable ABD-EL.KADER. Victorious we have both been throughout, but the upshot of all our victories has been a deficit. We have reaped laurels, no doubt, but we have had to gild those laurels by a really enormous expenditure. BUGRAUD gained his baton, and GOUGH his coronet, but France and England have been alike compelled to " Pay the Piper" in each instance. Glory has been acquired in one direction by BUGEAUD and LAMORICIERE, and in the other by NAPIER and ELLENBOROUGH : but the end of all has been, both for the French and the English, a con siderably increased expenditure. Experience, there fore, we avow again, and yet again, has thrust upon the conviction of our leading statesmen the impolicy of warfare, to say nothing of its atrocity, unless abso lutely imperative, because simply defensive in its character. Enlightened by reflection, enlightened by experi ence, the legislators of France and England are about to assemble for the resumption of their duties on the 4th of the ensuing month of November. Acquainted as we are with the significant facts here briefly but suggestively enumerated, we may surely count with some degree of confidence upon the pacific tendency of the deliberations which ere now inevitable, in Par is on the one band, and on the other in Westminster. Instead of struggling into wordy contentions that might lead to some insensate quarrel, the rulers of the two countries should employ their most sedulous en deavours to bring about some more rational and bene ficent rivalry between the two mc3t enlightened and energetic races of Christendom. Rivalry in the arta and in the sciences, in commerce and in agriculture, would—the world knows well enough by this time, ridiculous though the notion at one period seemed to be—shed more lustre on the annals of either than that conferred by a Trafalgar or en Austerlitz. England has long since evidenced her recognition of this en nobling truth by the magnanimous policy which in duced her, in 1846, to repeal the laws which hail previously closed her porta against foreign produce, and in 1849 to abolish those enactments which im posed invidious restrictions upon navigation. Until Free trade has been accepted as the predominating principle in the commercial system of the rest of the great Powers of the eastern and the western hemi sphere, the splendour of the magnificent truth esta blished by Sir ROBERT PEEL cannot to the full be revealed throughout Christendom. Already, how ever, the seeds thrown broadcast to the rest of the world by England are beginning very visibly and appreciably to germinate. The leaven is already fer menting in the mercantile policy of Europe ; and other States more important, but not more enlight ened, than the Duchy of Tuscany, will before long display the wisdom of our initiatory enterprise by the abundant fruits of a tardy but inevitable emulation. The reduction of oetroi duties levied at the gates of Paris, and at those of the various cities and towns scattered among the French provinces —reductions, some of which have already been effected, and others of which are spoken of as likely very speedily to prove by no means improbable—indicate a willing ness for change we may not unreasonably regard as tending to the ultimate abandonment in France of the erroneous, and, amongst ourselves, happily the obsolete, principles of so-called Protection. A little while longer, and we believe in our hearts that the more intelligent Powers of Western Europe will perceive the policy of those Free-trade measures which, even when operating in a one-sided manner upon the re sources of the United Kingdom, have tended so enormously to stabilitate our institutions, by diffusing the comforts of life among the industrial ranks of the population—they will discover that, in the benignant policy preached by RICHARD CORDER, and incorpo rated with our system by ROBERT PEEL, are vi sible the firmest guarantees for the maintenance of international tranquillity—they will see that here, indeed, by the aid of such principles, by the aid of the principles disclosed by ADAM SMITH, and advo cated by WILLIAM HUSICISSON, mankind may at last realize one portion at any rate of the Divine promises contained in the solemn words of Holy Writ : and, if they cannot cause the lamb to lie down with the lion, if they cannot bring the golden days when— " The tender infant in its hand shall take The crested basilisk and speckled snake," they can at least bend the spear into the sickle, and beat the sword into the ploughshare. COU) ;AR. WINDSOR, OCT. 22. The following 11:11 the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday :—The Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Princess of llohenlehe Langenburg, the Princess Adelaide, and the Prince Hermann of Hohenlohe, the Chevalier Bunsen, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness do Spetb: Colonel the ion. Charles and Mrs. Grey, and the Rev. the Provost of Eton, and the Hon. Mrs. Hodgson. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home park this morning. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Royal children took their usual walking and pony exercise. Chevalier Bunsen left the Castle tb is forenoon for London. Archdeacon Hale had an interview with the Earl of Derby, yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Dispatches for the Governor-General of Canada were sent off lest night from the Colonial-office. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were, the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Saliabtry, Mr. Secretary Walpole, the Earl of M mimes bury, Sir John Pakington, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the Duke of Northumberland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, and Lord J. Manners. The council eat three hours. THE MILITIA. CIRCULAR, MEMORANDUM. _ . Holum GUARDS, OCT. 20, 1852.—1 t having been re presented to the General Commanding-in-Chief that it would be greatly for the advantage of the militia about to be enrolled if facilities were afforded to the officers of acquiring a knowledge of their duty by being tempora rily attached for instruction to regiments or depots of the line, Viscount Hardinge desires that such instruction may be readily. and without hesitation, afforded by all commanding officers of infantry in England and Wales, upon the application of colonels of militia ; and his lord ship hopes that the best understanding may prevail on all such occasions between the services, and that during the period that officers of militia may be thus attached is particular corps for instruotion, they may be admitted as honarary members of the regimental or depot mess. —By command, G. BROWN, Adjutant-General. " It may indeed be remarked as ageneral rule that so far from machinery being a means of safety (when used for superseding personal inspection and manipulation), it is usually a source of increased danger, and the numerous clever contrivances and complicated arrangements which are so continually submitted to the examination and opinion of railway men, though evidencing the ingenutty and industry of the projectors, are generally valueless as practical moans of opration. The greatest simplicity in every thing connected with the road, and the signals upon it, will provide the nearest approach to security, and in proportion as such s implicity is departed from, it is probable that a practical good will be sacrificed, in endeavouring to attain a theoretical excellence." On the second point, that of the locomotives, he asserts that— " The carriage stock of railway companies is gene rally of so superior a kind, both as to design and construction, that accidents arising from their failure are very rare. The wheels and axle-boxes are the most severely tested parts of the vehicle, but if originally of a proper construction, give very little trouble in their maintenance and repair. Experience seems to give the superiority to the wooden wheels, of which there are many kinds in use. A spring sometimes breaks, and . a i tyre occasionally fails. in w hich case the wheel is in danger of fl ying to pieces , but the instances are so in frequent that they are not sources of much anxiety to a railway manager. Defective workmanship, where either the carriage or the principal parts of it are sup plied by contract, has specially to be guarded against; where those are sound and the carriage is daily exa• mined, it may be relied on for a very long period. Dur ing the last four years only six wheels have failed, in the very large stuik of the London and North-Western Comp2ny. The heating of axles, however, is a source of frequent annoyance and alarm to passengers. Since the bearings were increased in size, and more care has been exercised, to make the cover fit close, and to preserve the grease free from dust, when not in use, this cause of trouble has diminished, and the recent in troduction of the patent axle•box, which, under proper management, will run many hundreds of miles without being fed, bids fair to obviate the evil to a considerable extent, if not to prevent it altogether; still, on a hot summer's day, in a district with sandy ballast, it is, and will always be, very difficult to keep the axles of a fast train cool. The couplings of carriages are seldom bro ken even by sudden jerks." The merchandise waggon, however, apparently constitutes one exception to the general rule. The axles have been of very "faulty models and materials," and the destruction of property arising from this cause has been sufficient to have paid for vehicles of a very superior description. The evils arising from this defective construction is greatly aggravated by the fact of the waggons of different companies and of to tally different appearance, proceeding by the same train—there should, in fact, be a uniformity of wag gons as well as of gauge, if accidents are to be avoided. The most fruitful cause is, however, the neglect of signals. The importance of punctuality is not under valued, but, with a well-regulated system of signals, and a well-disciplined staff, the greatest irregularity, whatever inconvenience it may produce, ought not to lead to danger. The intelligent writer even asserts, that, " to a certain extent, the very uncertainty of the passage of trains produces safety, by the con tinual vigilance it necessitates ;" and he evinces a proof thereof in the fact that, " as few accidents occur in the most crowded thoroughfare of London, so the most crowded part of a railway exhibits the greatest freedom from casualty." We now leave this interest ing document in the hands of our readers, certain that it will receive the attention it so eminently merits. THE DUKE or WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL. We have reason to believe that the funeral procession of the lite Duke will be marshalled on the Parade-ground at the back of the Horse Guards, and thence pass along the Mall in St. James's-park, up Constitution•hill , and along Piccadilly, St. James's-street, Pall-mall, and the Strand, to SL Paul's. This alteration has been made out of deference to the expressed desire of the householders along the line of route. PROROGATION OF CONVOCATION.—The Convoca tion of the clergy of the province of Canterbury was yester day duly prorogued by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury until Friday, November 5, pursuant to the Royal writ. Very large policies of Insurance are, we hear, being effected in the City on the life of the President of the French Republic. Whether a clause is irserted providing for an in crease in the premiums on revival of the Empire is not stated, but the proposals for these insurances, even at a liberal rate, have been refused in more than one quarter. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—Last year the ex penses on account of the Houses of Parliament amounted to 154,9871., of which 5,0001. was the Speaker's salary; 91,5901. the salaries and expenses of the officers of the two Houses of Parliament, and 53,3971. for printing. THE NEW INCOME-TAX. —According to rumour, Government will propose to give a vote to every man who pays Income tax, and to reduce the amount of income charge able with the tax from 150/. to 50/. ; thus striving to capti vate those Reformers who desire to extend the suffrage, and those who consider the present limitation of income far too high. APOTHECARIES'-HALL. The following are the names of the gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, the 21st of October, 1852 :—Alfred Harvey Blaker, Ware, Hertfordshire; Frederick Ashton Heath, Manchester; James Whicker, Wiltshire. THE WESTMINSTER AND WEST MIDDLESEX MI LITIA.--The recruits who have enlisted in the Royal West minster Middlesex Militia have received notice that they are to assemble, for the purpose of being trained, at Hammer smith, on the '26th October, and they are to be at the rendez vous appointed at twelve o'clock, under the penalty, as pre scribed by Act of Parliament, of 20/. In this corps there are about 60 men required to make up the full complement of 940. It is expected that before the day of training the num ber will be complete. The men who have enlisted in the Royal West Middlesex Militia ate directed to meet at twelve o'clock at noon, on the 29th October, at Uxbridge, under the usual penalties. The majority of the recruits in this corps consists of agricultural labourers. We yesterday published, in e3tenso, the admirable and very important paper presented by Captain Hoists to his fellow-members of the Institution of Civil En gineers. The subject was one of peculiar interest in such an assembly. The author was thoroughly con versant with it in all its details. Few, if any, in the community possessed such extensive data on which to found their reasoning, and a more critical audience, or one better qualified to test the validity of that reasoning, could not be selected than the enlightened body to whose consideration it was submitted. It may be asserted, that Captain Hoists was an inte rested witness—that he wrote less as an independent member of the Society, than as a Railway Manager. It is, however, for these very reasons, that we con sider bis evidence, and the arguments founded thereon, as peculiarly valuable. " Audi olleram partent," is an excellent rule. Innumerable onslaughts have already been made on the di rectors of the different companies, and every casualty, however trivial, has been converted into a pretext for renewing these attacks in the most virulent and unreasoning form. It could not for a moment be supposed that distinct answers could be returned to each and every of these frivolous complaints. If such were the case, other and more iatportant matters should be disregarded. The entire time of the various boards would be absorbed in defvn ding themselves against such accusations; and gentlemen of character and respectability could scarcely be :Induced to retain situations involving serious, and we add, " thank less" responsibility, and subjecting the holders to much annoyanCe and vexation. just wo acci dents would, otio h n ow o e f v t e h r e , existingremove manycau existing se: of these preju dices,acci- and induce a healthier state of public opin ion. The grouping of thes e causes, and several remedies thereby adopted, by .a duly d n u a l t y u nature o a f l i fi t e h d e person was therefore a great desid;endum, and that has been supplied, and in a manner leaving little, if anything, to be demanded on the pa rt of the commu nity ; the general statement affordin tg a c omplete and LIB COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT.—By some oversight peculiar to modern legi?lation, this act is made to come into operation on a Sunday—namely, the 24th instant. MUNIFICENT BEQUEST TO THE CITY OF LONDON CMARITIF:S.—Miss Sarah Hardwicke, the daughter of a citi zen of London, died, in the 73d year of her age, on the 25th of last July, bequeathing to the charitable institutions of the city of London a sum of money exceeding 20,0001. The old la d y was possessed of freehold es t a t es , an d pe rs onal property consi s ting principally of money in the funds, and, being a per son of very eccentric habits, had lived for several years in a small house at Chesterfield, attended by one female servant. Five nieces, who are her next of kin and heirs at law, survive her • but some differences having arisen between them and their ' aunt, no intercourse had taken place for several years calculated to 101119 TO the cause of separation. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1862 rilL NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Railways. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—lt seems to me very unaccountable that, in the present dearth of silver and superabundance of gold, there should be any difficulty in procuring hell-sovereigns at the Bank of England. Having asked my London bankers to get me 2,0001. or more in half-sovereigns, I find, that when they have put aside my proportion of all that they could procure from the Bank of England for several days, I have re , turned with 1151. worth. _ New sovereigns of 1852 I have got in abundance; but why, if half-sovereigns ere required, are they not eomed ? Is there a good understanding between the Bank of England—which must know the requirements of the public—and the Mint, which ought in this case to sup ply them ? The scarcity has existed for a month or more, and much aggravates the difficulty arising from the present scarcity of silver. An Act of Parliament may be required for coining gold pieces of 55 value, which would be a great accom modation at present; but why, in the existing state of the vaults of the Bank of England there should be any difficulty in supplying the half-sovereigns, I crinot imagine. I remain, Sir, A Your obedieot servant, COUNTRY BANKER. Oct. 21. THE "CONFESSIONAL," IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. We understand that arrangements are in a forward state for a great metropolitan meeting, with the view of making a decided demonstration against the practice of " Contession" in the Anglican Church. The day has not yet been definitely fixed, but it will probably . be on the 3d of November. The meerng in London. will be followed up by other great assemblages ;in L iverpool and Manchester. At these meetings it will be recom mended that recourse should be had to the Ecclesiastical Courts, for the punishment of the Rev. Mr. Prynne, should Counsel be of opinion that there are grounds for an action ; but should the Evangelical party in the Church to advised that the Ecclesiastical Courts are not likely to punish Mr. Prynne, it is probable that the course to be adopted will be to denounce the Rev. Gen tleman in such terms as will compel him to resort to an action for defamation . of character,—in which case th e object of the Evangel i cal party will lite gained, whic h is to insure a thoroughinvestigation of the whole matt er in a court of la w. —Mor ning Advertiser. A VOICE FROM WALMER CASTLE. ♦ resting place, a resting place! my countrymen. I crave— A resting place, a resting place I a quiet, holy grave. Ohl lay me in my mother earth—my task, my task is done Life's warfare is accomplished—the meed of glory won. A resting place, a resting place ! 'twere greater kindness far, To let the soldier share the peace no tumult more can mar. The mockery of pomp in death, the holyday of woe, Can never charm the dead, nor soothe what the living truly know. A g a resting place! not b y the sandy s h ore , `there estn place, moan round the m ossy wal l , and su ll en bill ows windsrm roar; But hr the sacred temple where the brave and righteous lie, Enshrined in memory's grateful page, recorded with a sigh. A resting place, a resting place! f on d h earts t h a t mour n me true, Are longing sad with pious tears my ashes to bedew; Wh ose bleeding wounds refuse to heal till with the dm sleep, And o'er the consecrated spot the unrestrain'd may weep. g place,me not the boon ; A st Th r e e world must have it scares, regret must van i s h soon . Call not my memor y back again, with pageant vain delay'd , N or make the honours paid too late an insult to my ahade. A resting pla ce, a restin g place! my countrymen, I crave — A resting pl ace, a restin g place ! a quiet, holy grave. Oh! lay me in m y m o t her earth —my task. my task is done ; Life's warfare is accom p lishe d — the mead of glory won. busy in a resting place!—deny RonEV CooMBEs.—A theatrical performance will take place next Tlaur.eday, at the Richmond Theatre, for the benefit of the veteran sculler, Robert Coombes, who, after vanquishing all his rivals on the Thames, was at length forced to yield to the supe,.or strength of his own pupil. It is gratifying, however, to know that Cole and hie friends are doing their utmost to render the proposed benefit a bumper. EgoairroN Gitovms.—The itoyal Commissioners have purchased that portion of the Harrington estate in Old Brcmpton which, in a recent division, WOS allotted to the trustees of the Baroness de Graffeni:ed Villars, namely, 47%. acres, for the sum of 150,0001. The land i 9 subject to a charge of 18!. a year for the alms-house inhabitants, and 11. per an num for:the Good Follo ws ' Charit y . Th is affords an instsnce of the rise in the value of l a nd here, and we could give others even more striking. Some eight years since, the whole estate, about 91 acres, was valued at 9 5,000,0001. by Mr R. L. Jones. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALES.—It will have been observed from an advertisement which has appeared in our paper on various occasions within the last ei g ht days, that Mr. Henry Allsopp, of the Brewery, Burton- c 1-Trent, has received a second letter from the celebrated Justus Liebig, in reply to attacks made on previous advertisements of Mr. Allsopp. In this second letter the greatest chemist of the peesent day re peats, in the most explici t terms, all he had previously said in favour of Mr AlLsopp's pale ales.—Morning Ad vert i ser . RE-OPENING OF PICCADILLY.—The whole of this important line of road from Bond-street westward to Park lane, and ia an eastward direction from Duke-street, opposite Burlington House to the Regent-circus, has been repaired and re-opened for public traffic. 401tE RAILWAY PROJECTS.—Two new home rail way projects are announced, under the title of the " Strood, Canterbury, and Dover Railway," and the " Staines and Working Junction Railway." EAST SURREY REGISTRATION.—SiT W. Riddell, the revising barrister, held a court yesterday, at Kingston on-Thames, in order to revise the lists for the several pa rishes comprised within t hat district. Mr. Bartropp a tt en d e d asT agent te Freehold Conservative ; Mr. Bur gon an d M r . James Land and Free T ra de a me f re presentedor th the Society ; and Mr. Corner and Mr. Jeans attended on be half of the East Surrey Reform and Registration Society. The claim of Mr. Cullenford, one of the new freeholders, was considered. The claimant said that he had paid 30/ for his allotment, and he had since laid cut more than 201. upon the land, in draining and planting it with shrubs. He considered ' that it was worth at least 31 a year. The revising barrister expressed an opinion that Mr. Cullenford had not made out his case. It was true he had himself given an opinion that the land would fetch Si per annum ; but taking into conside ration the price paid for it—only 30l—he felt that there mast be considerable doubt whether it would produce that amount. If Mr. Cullenford had called any respectable surveyor ac qnainied with the !neighbourhood, who would have pledged hie professional credit for the fact, it would have been a dif ferent thing ; but in the absence of such evidence, he felt compelled to decide that the qualification had not been es tablished. This decision governed a great many other cases, and the names of all the persons having similar claims were expunged from the list. ROBBERY.--On Wednesday last, the " under boots" at the White Hart Hotel, Birmingham, was sent with a check for 731. 18s. on Moilliet & Sons, bankers, by a com mercial traveller, to get cashed for large notes, which he changed into gold, and has decamped with it. The police are using every exertion to apprehend him. DESPERATE ATTACK UPON A KEEPER IN BEDLAM. —A man, named Wheeler, who it will be remembered was ordered so be detained during her Majesty's pleasure. for cruelly murdering his mother, by cutting off her head with a carving knife, on Thursday made a savage attack upon one of the keepers in the institution. It appears that about dinner time, Wheeler managed to gain access to a cup board, where the tailors' goose-irons are kept, and, taking one of them, came behind Ilooper, the keeper. a t 7d a tacked him in a most desperate manner, inffic ng m a very extensive cut on his head, and so disabling in other parts of his ,person that doubts are entertained P e of his recovery. Immediately up on the ot h er patients the f them rushed upon coming aware of the attack , se ve knives and forks, to Wheeler, whilst others locke d u p. prevent him inflicting furtheri j nerleg The alarm bell hay arrived, when Wheeler hav ing been rung, further assistance was secured and confined in an in d o cause can bel 'a -robber closet, to pre vent him doing any mischief to himse.f. h th th Wh 1 tk, furt er an at ee.er assigned for t hi s brutal atac to allow him to wear his own had often impo rtune d Hoop er dress, instead of that of the institution. The unfortunate man was after the attack removed to the infirmary of the institu• flop, where he remains in a Very procarivuo condition. IRiiiSii RAILWAYS. Business done. 8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 9 14 A 8 per Cent. Consols Anna. lO O l4 1 4 New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anise. .... 10 3 14 IA India Bonds 1.0001. Ditto under 1.0 301. Consols for Account Exchoouer Bills. IW A d. March June 1,0001. 50/. Shall PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS. Brazilian Bonds Dia) Small Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Oen' ...... 79 Danish 5 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvien Bonds, 1849, 6E er Cent ...... 103 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 25% % Tarkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 5 di 5} F. TWO O'CLOCK. ••• 100% % lootA Consols ••• •• ••• Ditto Account. Nov. 13 ... MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARDEN. . _ The show of Fruit w and Vegetables to-day was large, yet the demand ruled steady, at the extreme rates of last week. Potatoes, though in good supply, are still advancing in price. FnulT.--Pine Apples, 38 6d to 6s Od; Hot-house Grapes, 2s Od to 6s ; Hamburgh ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d per lb ; Peaches, 108 Od to 15s Od ; Nectarines, 3s Od to 8s Od ; Figs, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen ; Apple', dessert, 4s Od to is Od ; Cooking dittc, 3s Od to 61 Od per bushel; Pears, 2s Od to 8s Od poi sieve; Melons, 2s Od to 5s Od each; Lemons, is Od to 2s 01; new Oranges, le 6d to 2s Od per dozen; Filberts, 8d to 16 Od per lb; Cobnufs, 75s to 8C per 1001bs. VEGETABLEEL—Cabbageo, 6d to is per doz. ; French Beans, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Brussels Sprouts, is 6d to 2s per half sieve ; Cauliflowers, 6d to 2s 6d per dozen ; Greens, Is Od to 2s oil per dozen bunches; Tomatoes, 45 Od to 5s Od per half sieve ; Potatoes, 70s Od to 130 s per ton ; Turnips, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches ; Cucumbers, 2d to 6d each ; Vegetable Marrow, 6d to is Od per dozen ; Celery, 9d to is 3d per In-idle; Spinach, is Od to 2s per sieve; Onions, 2s to 4s Od per bunch; Beet, Is Od to is 6d per dozen ; Leeks, Id to 2d per bunch ; Shallots, Gd to 8d ; Garlic, 6d to 8d per lb ; Endive, is to is 6d per score ; Small Salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; Horseradish, Is to 3s per bundle Mushrooms, 9d to Is 3d per Pottle; Artichokes, 4s Od to Gs per down, Parsley, 2s to 38 Od per dozen bunches. HEINGATM AND LEADENHALL, Geese, 52 Od to 7s Od; Turkeys, 6s to 9s each; Fowls, 3s 6d to 43 8d; Capons, 5s Od to 8s Od; Chickens, is 9d to 25 3d ; Ducks, 2s Od to 25 6d; Hares, 3s Od to 35 6d ; Rabbits, 10d to is 3d; Leverets, 3s Od to 3s 6d; Grouse, 2s Od to 3s Od; Partridges, is 9d to 2s 6d; and Pigeons, 6d to 8d each. Ostend Fresh Butter, Os 10d tc Is 00(1; English ditto, lOs Od to 13 s Od per dozen lb; Eng lish 120. Eggs, 73 3d to 8s Od; French ditto, 5s 3d to 6s 9d per NEWPORT. Beef, from 25 4d to 35 4cl; Mutton, 2s 8,1 to 4s Od Veal, 2510 d to 3s Sd ; and Pork, 38 2d to 4s Od per Sib& WHITECIJAPEL. Beef, from la 10d to 35 2d :. Mutton, 2s 6d to 4s Od Veal, 2a 6d to 35 Gd; and Pork, 25 Gd to 3s 10d per 81bs. BILLINGSJATE. Turbots, 4s Od to 103 Od; Brills, Is Od to Si Od; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 7s Od each; Soles, 4d to 2s 6d per pair; Eels, Ed to Ild per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; Crabs, 8d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 2s Od to bs Od per dozen ; Haddocks, 6d to Is Od ; Doreys, ls Od to 7s Od ; Mullets, 6d to is each ; Common Oysters, 12s Od to 20s Od; Natives, 30s Od to 40s Od per bushel; Mackerel, 8d to 10d each; Smelts, is Od per dozen; Scats, 4d to 6d per lb; Prawns, Is 6d to 2s Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s Od per gallon; and Bloaters, 1s Od to le 4d per dozen. DREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from to 7d; of Household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41b leaf. HIDE. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 2d ' • ditt o , 641 b to 721 b 2d to ; ditto, 721 b to 8 01 b, lid to 3 d ; ditto, 801 b to SBlb, 3d to 3id ; ditto, 881 b to 961b,3id to 3id ; ditto, 961 b, to 1041 b, 3id to 4d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Skins light, Is Od t 2 ; ditto, full, 43 6d to Os Od; Horn , Hides, 5s Od to o Os s O Od d ; Polled Sheep, 4s 2d 2d to 53 2d; Kents, Os Od to Os Od ; Half - bra ds, 3s 6d to 48 ; Downo, Lamb Skins, 216 d 28 7d to 4s Od; Shaarlings Os Od to Os Od; to 4s Od each. ; Clover PAY MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 15s Od to 31 ; Clover ditto, 31 15s to 4/ 153 Od ; and 6traW, 1178 to 11 138 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. esasloavindhisatTa, w 2 , 11 11 753 i t 0 0 0 131/ per; Cumsznan.—Meado Hay, 21 . 613 to 3/ 168 ditto, 31 5s Od to 41 15s • and Straw, 11 Ss to 1115,; per load. Trade dull, at the late decline. C l l o o v ad. er dit W to l , l 3 lT / E I c S I S IAO7 : ;-41M1 Supply good, and trade dull. n o wgz SoctETT.—Yesterday a general meeting of the boyar above N maintenance , a v y n d institution,linndsitarnufcotui instruction of founded Navy, poor odr l7 at s nhe 6 d , for the equipment, des tit u te boys in the merchant service, was held at the offices of the society in Bishopsgate-street ; John Wild, Esq., in the chair. The Secretary reported that during the past three months 144 boys ba I been received on board the society's ship, and during the same period 123 had been apprenticed to the merchant service, 22 apprentices, who had served upwards ef twelve months satisfactorily, received new clothing, and 9 young men who had completed their apprenticeship each received a medal and certificate ; 8 boys and 8 girls were apprenticed under Mr. Hickes' s will. The Society has also o just been benefitted by the receipt of the munificent sum and 1,0001. bequeathed by the late Thomas Dickinson, Esq., a and a donation of 2381. Bs. 10d. front Messrs. Vaughan num- Johnson. The committee have recently increased g off Wool ber of boys on board their ship the Venus, s w o i o ch b , o t y o s I t 5 0 O ih w e h s i e c a h s w er i v li c e e n . ablf ie t r im the current yea Presented a dodation towards the funds for of 1001. , an an n d ua h l a ly s rd an ai to e s t a y p e y l a n t t i r e: n Nominal Price& Business done to-day. 27 1 / to 2SIA 6 —6% 28%8 4 Aberdeen 100/. paid Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley all pd. Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jct., late 331. 65.8 d., 281. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cans., all pd. Ditto, 20/. 18% pd. Brist. & Exet., 100/. pd. Caledonian lOOl. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jct. 45/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee, Perth, & Aber deen Junc. ... all pd. Ditto, New ... all pd. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. 8c D.) all pd. Do (18/. E.& H.) all pd. East. Counties ... all pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/.pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire ...all p E. & W. India Docks and Bir. Junc., all pd Edinb. & Glas., 100/. pd Edin.,Per. & Dun. 1001. Glas. & S.-West.,loo4 Great Northn., 100/. pd Do.%s. A Stk., 100/. p Do. % B Stock,loo/. p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p great Westn., 1001. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do.Thirds,ll/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 1001. pd Do., Fifths l5 pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt. all p Lond. & Blackw., all pd London, Tilbury, and Southend 3 pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct 100 p Lon. & N.West.,lool. p Do. Fifths 121. pd Do. 10L,M &B (e) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 50/., 42% pd Do. New 40/ 341. pd Lon. & Enuiskil , all pd Man. Shef. & Lin.,loolp Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 4l. 2s. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47;4 Do. % Shares, 17% pd Newcas. & Carl. all pcl Newmarket -100/. pd' Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford _l4l pd Newry & Ennisk. 7 1 % p Norfolk 100/. pd Do. New 20/. 201. p North. Coun.Un. 3 %pdl North British ...100/. p' Nth. Devon, N0.1,131.p Do., No. 2 6% pd Do., % A, def....a 1 1 pd Do., '4 B, guar. 5/. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western...all pd N. & S.-W. June. 8% P. Oxf..Wor., &W.,100/. p Scottish Central 100/. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrew. & 8ir....100/.p Do. do. Shrew. & Her 81. p Shrewsbu. and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union ...6% pd Do. A, B, C, BcD fully pd. up at per cent. South Devon all pd South-Eastern 100/. pd South Wales - 1 1 pd S.York. & Riv. Dun 151. Do. Do. 51. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/2s. 3d. Taff Vale 1261. Rd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...19/. pd 2% Vale of Neath...l7l. pd 13 - 13% Waterfd. & 'ilk. all pd 7 - 7 1 ,4 Waterfd. & Lim. all pd 22 -23 West Cornwall 13/. pd 934 - 193( West London ...all pd . Yk., New. & Ber. 10 0 /.p 69 4 70% Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p - din. Do. G.N.E,purc. 10/. p - 234 die. York &N. Mid.loo/.pd 52 - 53 PREFERENCE SHARE 10% - 10% 61,x PA di& 21% 22% 2% 2% dis. 100 —.102 51% 52% 21% —221 15! 4 , 15% 6 5 die. 7`f- 8% 4% 5 3X 3 3 4 115 As 11% 8 3 4 - 9'4 ••• --- •• Gif t - • 61 75 -76 57 -59 75 -76 27 -28 7914 - 80% 43 -45 117 - 119 48~ ; 4834 95% 95% 82 —B4 10 —ll o :85 1 4 853 354 —3% dig. 3%-2 die. 17 17% ••• 8% ..-.• 8 52 3% 22% 2 11% 12i i 6% 76% 5'4 1% 2 p 104 105 119 119% 2% 3y, p 1 p 88 1 / 4 , 89% 5:4 —5% di& 5 % 4% dia. 18 —l9 31% 32% 80 1 % 42i 117 95% % 8 1 / 4 3 dig. 76 1 / 4 76% 43 —45 pm. 85 1 A i i 17% 3's i I 101 3 4 ,119% 1.4 ,•• --- ••• 47 -49 3% Ndis. 3 —3% 43 —45 ... .__ . a. 36 —37 7 —6% die. ..• ••• 2 —2% 1 dig. 4 5 / 8 —4% 34 - 4 1 ,4 p. 47 1 4 - 48 1 4 84 -86 55 -57 68 -72 "1% -:- li,i dia. 19 1 ,4 DP% 9% ioq 14% 15% 3% — 3 1 i dia 22 —23 77% 78% 41 —42 14 —l5 4% ••• ..." Aberdeen aU pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. all Brie. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, Si. pd Caledonian, 101. 100/ p Ches. & Holyhd. all pd Cork and Bandon, 5;4 per cent. 1 y 4 p Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd Ang. (31109)6 p c. all Do. (N.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/ 17s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. all Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 101. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire Junction, 5th5...a1l pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5 per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. gua 5 p.c. Gt. Noith. 5 p. c 100 pd Do. 5 p c. red. sc 100 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Btlas all pd Gt. West. (Barks & H. Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pd Gt.W. tired 4 1 4 100/. p Lancashire and York. shire, F. 201. 6l. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 131. pd Do. Qrs., 1848...9/. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 pc, 1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 100/. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 1001. pd Ln. & S.W. Co.3ds. 5/. p Lon. & En. IA Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Lincn. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 161....a1l pd Do. 6/. ............ 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent all pd Do., 454 per ct. 6 3i p Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 100 i. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent....look pd Do. Erewash Vs!. all p Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100 E p Do. Pref., 4i p.c. Si. p Norfolk Exten all pd Do. Gr. 5 pct. all p Do. W.Val. 5 p.c. all p North British 100/. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 151. 6 per cent.... 100/. pd Ditto ditto ... 6/. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c....a1l pd Do. 5 per cent.lol pd South Dev0n...... all pd Do. New Beading An a St. -Est. (Reading An nuities)...l /. Os. 6d pd Do., 41,4, p c 100 L p Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterf 3 ord & Kilkenny, 6 p ert cent. York, New. & Bar. all p D o . Do 5/. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd South-Ea 106 - 108 166 - 103 1 18% - 19 82% 76 5 4 7',6 6i 6 '3 7 6i 8 36 7 6% %dis. 'A P 6 - 3% 78i % 1% 2 p I%p x.d 14% 15 16%-17% ••• ,'.. 2% -3% ,25 - 127 8%- 9'l %- 1 109 -110 P 3(1 dia. 154 par 15 ... '''' ... 23% 23% 71 70 1 ,4 12% 101 1 ,4 18% 126 7, H 2 11 110 9% 154 5 •• - ••• 3% - 3 34 P .13% - 1334, 13 1 4 ~i 9 —lO 11 3 A 12 313 vs P 3 % % dio.— p dia X p L4B -150 ••• ••• par -- P 22 —23 __ 5% -- 6 IA - 2 93 -95 ' LA ..:L - 214 P 11% -- 11% 17 —lB 1 p 15% 16% yi die. par 25% - 25% 19 ..- 20 ••• ..... ... % %dia. 101 —lO3 5 % —53 i, Par % P I itern, 4 1 h per cent., 102 3 / 4 •.• -- ••• 29% - 30% 29 -30 30 - 29 - al 30 110 55 52 -- 1147 - :D AT FIXED Nominal Pricey. 32 g - 83 113 - 56% - 27 - 14 - 25% - 18% - 115 57% 28 14% 26% 19% ••• - ••• 3 -3% 1 107 - 103 64 -6G 148 - 150 ,148 -150 •• ••• % 2 4 di& 80 —3l 1 ••• 0.-• ••• 105 .• 106 MONEY A. The sales of cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at 12,000 bales, of which 4,000 were taken for export and on speculation. The market was quiet at steady prices. Railway shares were very dull, at lower quotations. In the amount of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land, during the week to the 16thinst., there was a slight reduction compared with the previous week, and the circulation of notes was materially enlarged, owing to the payment of the dividends. Tais brought into use a considerable amount of notes lying idle in the Bank " till." The repayment of advances was carried on to a large extent, and this caused a great diminution in the other securities. The Government Securities were likewise smaller. The balance to the credit of the Trecsury was reduced by nearly one half, in consequence of the quarterly payments. Com pared with the previous week, the changes were as follows : ... £35,052,305 ... 144,475 _ _ ... 3,096,196 Decrease ••• ••• ••• 463,461 Public Deposits ... 4,893,568 Decrease 4,177,870 Other Deposits ... 13,107,431 Increase ... ••• ... 1,614,381 Seven-Day and other Bills ... ... 1,492,839 Increase ... ••• „.• 36,400 Government Securities... ... 13,950,375 Decrease ... ••• 238,807 Other Securities ... 11,187,061 Decrease ... 1,296,508 Notes ... ... 11,392,445 Decrease ... ... 1,263,200 Bullion ... ••• ... 21,670,453 Decrease ... ..• ..• ..• 47,560 Active Circulation ••• ... 23,659,860 Increase ... 1,407,675 The Committee of Spanish American bondholders, having received a communication from the subcom mittee of Buenos Ayres bondholders, consequent upon an interview with Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. by the chairman on the affairs of the bond holders, after having given the matter their most attentive consideration, are unanimously of opinion that the Buenos Ayres bondholders cannot possibly do better than continue to repose full confidence in that eminent house, end rely on its undivided exer tions in their behalf; the committee believing, from all the information they have ohtiined, that, if the blessings of peace continue, and the present Govern ment remain in power at Buenos Ayres, of which there seems every probability, this long pending affair will at last be brought to an early and a satisfactory settlement, and that through the medium of the Messrs. Baring', the contractors, and ever since the agents for the loan ; and who, this Committee is satisfied, are sincerely anxious to accomplish this just end as any one of the bondholders, and are now actively taking the best means to ensure its success through their special agent at Buenos Ayres. There was a moderate business dons yesterday in foreign bills of exchange. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25, 424 to 474 ; Amsterdam, 11, 191 to 12 ; Ham burgh, 13, 74 to 8, and Trieste, 11, 45 to 48. The San Francisco from Sydney has about 45,0001. in gold on board. It is repot . Bd trot the Turkish Firman is not to be bad at Penis, being at Constantinople. There is but a thin attendance of members of the Stock Exchan3e, rad the quotztions exhibit no buoy ancy. Consols have been 1004 to 4 for trAnsfer, and about 1004 for Account. The New 34 per Cents. realize 1034 to 1, and the 3 per Cents. 994 to 4. Exchequer Bills of March have been 75 to 78 pre mium. The Pads Bourse yesterday was buoyant. Consols now are 1004 to 4 for Money, and 1004 to for Account. Foreign Stocks have been very little dealt in. Spanish 3 per Cents. ere 51 to 4, and the Deferred 254 to 4. Buenos Ayres Bonds are 79, and Brazilian old 1014. Mexican are worth 241 2 4 -, and Peruvian 103. Tnese are all about the previous rates. The Turkish Loan is at 44 to 54 premium, being lower agr;.n. Railway shares have recovered a little from the depression . of yesterday atcernoon, but there is not much dong. French shares are at fuller rates, prin cipally for the new lines, end especially the Western of France which k up 1 to 14. The Gold Mine Shares have been rather quieter. The banks are steady. Notes Issued ... Increase ... BRITISH fUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) LINES LEAS. Leasin Railways. ( Compan ies. Bdf. & Bitch., 2 11 p Bir.& Oaf., gua. all Do. without, all p; Bir.Wolv. & guar all pdi Do. without, all p Buckinghash. all p Clydsdaie Jc., all p E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent 1001. pd Gloucest. & Dean Forest all pd Hartlepl. Dk. & S Railw....all pd Hull & Selby, all p Do. Halves., all p Do. Quarts., all p Lon. & Grenw., ll Do. Pref all pd Lowestoft-, gua- 4 per cent all pd Do. 6 p. ct , all r blanch. Buxtn, & Mstick, 5 p Middlesbe & Red car, 6p. all p Midlad Brdf., all p N. & E., 5 p. Prestn. &Wyre. f all paid Ditto, Halves, A, l 1001. pd Roy. & Hit.,looLpi Do. Shep. Ex., all; Shf. Rth. & Goole,l Lon.& NAV Gt. Wean. Do. Do. Do. r Lon. &N.W ,Caledonian I(fit. Northn.l I Gt. Westrn. Yk. Now. & Berw. Yk. &N Do. Do. S. Eastern Do. Norfolk Do. L.& NW & M. Stktn &Dar &lidland ... E. Counties L.& NAV & La. &Y Do. Gt. Northn Do. 5 p. c., 18.11.6 p S. Staffdsh., 9 p Wear Val. 6p c., all Ditto ditto, iltAsgra 1001,, Lan. & Yks MrAPt.llean Stekt& Dar Do. tilYwdzia , FOREIGN. Railwav& Nomine 1 Prices. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besrncon,4 pd! Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd East Indian all pcli Gt. Indian Penin. all p Grnd. Juno. of Fra. 4 pd Great West. of Canada Shares...... 5% pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l4l. pd Do. (Railway) 10/. pcl l Do 1% pd Do. (Canal) 214 pd Lyons & Avignon, 5 pd Madra5......... pd Maria Antonia 27 14 pd Do. New Namur & Liege all pd Do. ox int all pd North. of France, all pd Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 111. pd Paris & Lyons 101. pd Do. Bonds ... 12 pd. Paris & Orleans all pcII Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Paris, Caen, and Cher bourg 4 pd Rouen & Havre—all pd Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec; (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders all pd West. of France 91. pd. 15 7-'i 34 4p 1 W i dis. 8 1 ,‘ 9 2 1 4 2 , 4, 1- 2P par 1p 7 71, 4 1 4 4 3 / a 1 1 /8 1% I% 1 3 / 8 9 —1 0 p 2 3 A, - 3 p 7 9 2 3 8 -8% 6 - 7 30% -31 3 / 14% - 14yi 18 1 ,4 -19 p 59 —cl 35% - 36% 30:14 - 311/i 2 3 4 - 8P 16 1 4 - 16% 8% - 91/4 .. ... dit. 45/8 — 4rB 8 8;i p. MINES. Agna Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 2/. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. ss. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24% Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. Carson's Creek...all pd Cobre Copper 4Ol. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain...all pd Grd. Ducb . Baden, all p Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst...all pd Liberty ...all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com.. all pd Mariquita.... ..... all pd l & S. Amer. 91. p I Now Granada ...all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip all pdl Quartz Rock all pd; Santiago de Cuba 10%; South Australian, all pd Tin Croft il. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba 1 paid JOIN: Australasia all pd; Brit. Nth. Am er a ll p d' Colonial 25/. pd Com. of London 20/. pd London Chart. Bank of Australia Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westin. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22% p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold Importing Com. Ipd Union of Austral. all pd Do. New 2% pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd Ys % P par. 1 4 p ".. ••• 114 134 p %— lye % % % dis. 'fi— % dis. - 2314 -31 A dis. par 43 —45 s ib 7,y ri 61 % % dis. die. par 1 3 4 2 p % y s dis. I ,‘ 1 p 3 4, dl di& P - 5 - - 3 / 4 P % - P - 13 - 14 YtiP 12 -13 754 8 I V %dis. par 'A-- 1 / 4 P '-STOCK BANKS. 59 58 - 59% 57 -58 15 - 16% 29 -30 3% % % 18% - 19% 32 - 33% 45 - 46% 183 -20 38 -39 46% - 47 1 4 16y 8 - 17% 1 -1% 49% - 50% 6 -6% 17 -18 MISCELLANEOUS. Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada 32 , 4 pd Copper Miners of Eng land . . all pd De. Preference, 7 4 pd Crystal Palace spd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Elect. Tel eg. Ireland 1 p Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Netherlands Land, 2 pd Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. _l5l. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd. Universal Emigration and Colonization, 21. p 3 - 4 50 -51 36 -37 29 -30 4 7 / 8 -5% 50 — 5l x.d 2 .2U, 85 - 86 1 4 41. - 41 1 4 79 - 8014 87 41% L_........ LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAll') LONDON, OCT. OCT. 23.—Wind at noon, West er ' cloudy. tv A a r PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 22.—Wind, E. to S•S• rived, H.M.S. Sappho, West Indies. Sailed , Australia. and tbos FALMOUTH, OCT. 22.—Wind, S.S.E. strong , a weather. n , lij f e LIVERPOOL, OCT. 20.—West Indian, C07.,' ° ,;;0 1 1, 0 garet Gibson, Natal; Dagger, Demerara; 1' New Orleans • Greenock and Martezums, Afob" e ' Ravenal, Philadelphia; Gipsy Queen, Cbarlestooh.L SHIELDS, OCT. 21.—Arrived, Equity, MiraulicizigOr FALMOUTH, OCT. 22.—The Constantine, froto ,edit!" Oporto, struck on Hasborough Sand, was asoitog,,,°' the Roads, and been docked; she is but little da,`", DEAL, OCT. 22.—Wind, S.W. fresh and clotioraliee, rived from the River, Resolute, Sydney, N.S.W• A I 11 0 9:1: of the Isles, Ceylon; Conqueror, Cape of Gaol o il 6 !Linda, Demerara. Arrived from the River au 1. 0 10 9 A, Banshee, Port Philip; Quits, Hobart Tor/ 0 ;4 3 10 Demerara. Devonshire, New York; Walvisch , Ow A " S.A.; Sir Demerara; Buxton, Port Philip; SYlPh r i " - ' 1 of Good Hope. I s l L IVE RPOOL, OCT. 22.—Arrived, Alexallue",:44 il.mguay, Pringle, Pernambuco; Eastries, l'k Lucia; J. P. Howard, Charleston, PhiladelPhircji., pct York; Rio Grande, St. Stephen, N. 8.; Flori Johns, N. 8., Scotland; Quebec, Letty a Edward's Island; Pirate ( s ), Alexandria. Ye OFF THE WIGHT.—OCT. 19. Prince Lou t ' gy p' Rlo Janeiro. OFF PORTLAND.—OCT. 21. Rubella, Ca ,, aot fcr D kirk. DUNDEE, OCT. 20.—Arrived, Mountain la id, to nambuco. M ° SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 22.—Sailed, Pelican, 1/4" pool. COWES, OCT. 22.—Arrived, Jermyn, Rio. „ OFF POOLE, OCT. 22.—Delis, Quebec, los el* mouth. STitoNNEss, OCT. 18.—Arrived, Thomas, lti ° ) HULL, OCT. 22.—Sailed, Condo, St. D0101 1 4: 0 0, L O WESTOFT, OCT. 21.--Arrived, City Nu :- Terming. MORE COIVTRADICTIOIVS I AMR A .1 to f e(11 0 0 1 It is no sli g ht l a b our o f ours t o b e oblige",hde aalrmoesdt upnby daily, o the fictions prominently puho f " ir go our great cotemporary the Although on Tuesday we denied, on the P",bol o o , doubted authority, that Lord Derby ireg. "pteof summon an Ecclesiastical Parliament, 0,1 a pero terous assertion was again repeated on Iv, e et tlifd by that journal, and we were obliged y 0 " o pio repeat our contradiction in the moat la ° , 1 11 I 0 positive statement. 3 3 This invention related to the future ; her ' now our duty to deny the truth of a farti;,o t_ n rd i respecting; he vast, which the Times 'tor, repeated—namely, that Sir H. Bulwer he s 4o o ' to the Pa tba pal Government tbe establiePod diplomatic relations between her majestl, o ° l o l Papal See. We content ourselves with ' P o en 00 our readers, in the most unqualified ree, 13 , 0 01 Sir H. Bulwer has made no such propsl l :' o 0 1 9 that ho has been actively exerting hims elf . i d e d the life of the unfortunate and iniogu l ,h fo d Y Murray, now under condemnation of dee" - eP4iO crime of murder. That the s trenuee s d'i f t m ade by Lord Derby' s Government , t l,lO t j of the nature of the evid enc e, the forms o f ti seP a pr, and the remission of his sentence, should 100 3 ; e t the Times of yesterday as a reproach, should able proof of the spirit in which " the 1 ", - Or' 11° is now written—Sir H. Bulwer is saving - flo tili t llo subject from execution at Rome, but, f( lp ' Ot ° 1:10 should have been at Florence, to enlee c- o ose d el Madiais! We must be allowed to 0 °P,;13 Lord Malmesbury considered that ja charity should begin at home. The rows of first—the Italians next. The latter, 0 " 1/ 00 11 4I: British subjects, have, as the writer of the orl, title well knows, received the sympatbY4 000(1, ance, as far as it can be given, f both tu h oe the present Government; but while we, 'ffrot9 l , l reason to believe that the efforts e i l oo pecd t Governments, illustrious personages, se" Ole "sr deputations like Lord Roden's, will softe,°, 4 ocr i De l : of the Grand Duke to e ff ect an act o f :of 1 ; 0‘: humanity, we only fear that the inflon-thoug efforts may be neutralised by such violeetoy teEvß undeserved invectives as that we yeit er e9 ea the imes. They do serve pirty Poiribe 134 , 0 and ; but they may also utterly destroy zo oi d those prisoners, who, however ready to d° r epot i j, for the Protestant faith, can hardly he Pfieril suffer it for our contemporary.—N oreing of tic ° ps the ; F,l)9,,efi PRICE OF SILVER. —A further rise - silver took place yesterday. The silver br ( r i r• o r 1 , 1, 1 " 0 1 , Orinoco was sold at 5s lis per oz. standa7 ne e o e fiez: i d and 4s 11 id per oz. for dollars, being an 3 ",s l s , vi o r oz on the prices at which the previous' 8%0110 It was all taken for shipment to India, the de' market continues unabated. 1 10% . 112. ,ENTALS. ins 108' 52% 149 30% liminess d to-day, 84 7'i/ 8i 5% 61% 71/ x' d 1% zed 151 1,; 7% h 37 1 ,4 4 78 814 4 7 % a 17% x(1.7 9% 184 % 3 ~~ 13 / a % lili r! 1 % 114 --- 1~~ ?& tail ail wu Nu fir(