The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

L'ONDON and NORTII-WESTERN RMLWAY. Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary or Special General Meeting of the London and North-Western Railway Company will be held at the Euston Station, London, on Wednesday, the 3d day of Novembsr next, at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, to con sicer and approve, or ot'ierwise, a proposal for the union of the London and North-Western and Midland Railway Comparies, and if so determined, to authorize an application to Parliament, for an Amalgamation of the two undertakings, and the adoption of such other steps in reference thereto, as may be thought expedient. Vetted this 15th day of October, 1552. THOS. SMITH, Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Directors. IL BOOTH, CHAS. E. STEWART, } Secretaries. Office, Easton Station, London. TILEATEEJtOYAL, HAYMI ?YET. yarowell Season of Mr. Benjamin EVEN WPING,*-ister as Lessee and Manager, 11118 WM be performed the admired eomedy of THE ROAD TO RUIN. 'rincipal characters by Messrs. Stuart, Leigh Murray, Lamtert, A. :Vigan, and Miss Rosa Bennett. Atter which, the successful n,w and original Farce of BOX 'and COX, MARRIED and SETTLED. Ts conclude with the succ - asfr ' new Farce of THE WOMAN I ,LDORE. THEATRE ROYA L LYCEUM. THIS EVENING Tha performances will commence with (second time) TILE 'JYSTERIOUS LADY. Characters by M- ssrs. C. Matthews. r • ilatthews, Belton, Baker, and Miss M. Oliver. Al er which USED UP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr.C. 3latthew. To be followed by TAKING BY STORM. Characters by Miss 1 . Dickenson, Miss J. St. George, Mr. C. Matthews, and Mr. Suter. To conclude with (second time) the new Face, called A R OUSE GUT OF WINDOWS, Characters by Aiessrs. Itoab y and Baker; Mrs. Macnamara and Miss Martindale. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster ; Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVEN) NG Will be performed th • powerful Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, cr a Hundred Years Ago. C,aracters by Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Messrs. Paul Bedford, G. Roney, 0 Smith, S. Emery, &c. To concluie with the ll)storica l Drama of JACK S rd. HEPPARD. Jack Sheppard, Mrs. Keeley ; Blueskin, Mr. Pant Bedfo ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET, -Under the em Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, WM be perfor med THE PRIMA DONNA. Principal eharacters mosrs . Walter Lacy, Addison, and Cathcart; Miss Robertson, and Miss Heath. After which the new Melodrama, entitled MONT ST. MICHEL ; or, The Fairy of the Sands, in which Mr. Wright will appear. To conclivf the Farce of TIIF. SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, In which Mr. Wright will sustain his original character. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Utioara.lled Feats of Daring, both Equestrian and Gymnastic, Continue to Amuse and Delight the Crowded Audiences of this Fashionable Place of A mnsement. "Unequivocal and Triumphant Success of the Madlles. Ulster on on the Double Tilht Rope, whose graceful and finished execution has gained for them the far-famed titles of Cerito and Taglioni through ,ut the kingdom. They appear every evening, together with a combination of fhe most brilliant performances in the Circle by Native and Foreign Artistes of the first celebrity. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-o2dce open from Eleven to to Four daily. PORTRAITS WELLINGTON AND SOULT, WITH ME3IOIR3 FACSIMILES OF TIMM WRITINGS. A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLIN GT ON TOGETHER WITH THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOULT EVER TAKEN, BY 'YON, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES, IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE SIXPENCE. Sun 0 nice, Oct. 16, 1852. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Two DKr —Morninr 34 min. altar 3 I Evening 56 min. after 3 To-Mosaase—Morning 17 rein. after 4 1 Evening 40 min. after 4 ----- THE WEATHER—Suer Oirincac, OcroßEn 18 THERMOMETER, LN THE SHADE. 61—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—'his day, at noon. Bakuomwrsp., 30.54—A sudden rise since yesterday. WIND W.NW., light breeze, and fine sunshining weather. There was a dense fog all the morning. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following pi a,ces at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. ilawrisios—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless. entrniatreroie—Wind N.W., strong breev.,--overcast. Forameromp.—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. TintP.RiDGE—W Ind N.E., strong bnteze—partially cloudy. GREEN WlCH—Wind N., gentle breeze- cloudless. Ftruooo —Wind N., ge,tle breeze—cloudless. I,gmtrroal—Wind N E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. C )f-aIFSTER—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partial/3' cloudy. lirartmotrrx—Wind N., string breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Friday morning at nine o'c!wk Poout—Wind N.E., gentle breeze. II am-tycm.--Wind N, gentle breeze—frosty. LANCASTER S., calin — foggy. Rrmy—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast. DARLINGTON.... Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast. et, ' 1 ? C e il> ), 6,-. , , l i V . 1., 1 -, ,- .i. 7: ctr . W ti %" . j .,.-- -_,L::41:7,,i, s~ ~~; . e 4 4 c , r , - , t 44 e . .4 mina e-7 utt LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1852, Philosophers, who, of all people in the wide world, are most enamoured of the mysterious—whatever they themselves may say to the contrary—can now happily look forward with some degree of confidence to the delight of a grand Japanese Revelation. Eleusis was nothing to it. The most inexorably enforced taboo ever indulged in by the elders among the savages of the Marquesas, never tended so remarkably to pique the curiosity of the more inquisitive. Here is a coun try of extraordinary dimensions, which has been, in a political sense, so to speak, hermetically sealed from the rest of the nations of the earth during no less pro tracted an interval of time than the last two centuries! It is at length about to be forced into some communi cation with the external multitude—thanks to the generous enterprize of the United States' Govern ment. For it mus t b e o b serve d t h a t the expedition which has been so long talked of, as about to proceed to Japan from the ports of the American Republic, bee been only for a while delayed, not altogether abandoned. The interruption is simply attributable to that unlucky squabble about the British Fisheries, which appears to be undergoing the process of an amicable settlement, owing to the better judgment of Mr. WEBSTER and the energetic resolution of Lord Meeeersesuar. Almost imme d ia tel y may be antici pated, therefore, the intelligence that the vessels en gaged in the undertaking already specified have set out for their very singular place of destination. It is impossible not to await with peculiar eager ness the result of this novel and humane enter p rise. E , ( 4 ourselves, we l oo k forward to t hat result with so me Bach i nterest as we m i g ht suppose would be 'wakened among the generality were a balloon to s s o O m ar e off to one the planets under the dire ction of ex p e rienced aeronaut. Nor can th e comparison be regard e d as in any way so veryextravagant seeing that J apan is the surface of the moon or of a rest of the world almost as untrodden a region as Jupiter. Seriously sp a ett k . ing, may assert that we know rather more about t t the inhabitants of the abu Flying Island than fabulous the hitherto almost in scrutable and nearl y Japanese. GOLOWNIN, it is true, has given us an account of the latter, but an account by no mean s so categorical or explicit as that furnished in reference t o the former GULLIVER. The wonder is how thisignotrhance could have so long survived the application of steam engine to the purposes of navigation. Travellerse have penetrated in all directions , it would seem, with this solitary exception. China has been traversed from end to end by the Jesuit missionaries. Basil. neer. has told us all we want to know about Lou HERMANN MELVILLE has described the manners and customs in vogue among . as the naked exqu i s i te; of Nuktil-iiva• FIAANCI3 HEAD nas taken U 3, in a gallop across as it v..p ra on the crupper , the Pampas. JAMES Ross has conducted us (shiver ' n g ) dow n to the antarctic shores of Victoria land. ILLIAM PENNY has induned us to accompany him (with our teeth chattering) to that remote arctic strait which lies to the nor'-west of the Queen's Channel. We hays ransacked the exhumed ruins of Nineveh with AUSTIN LAYARD. We have even reached with BAYARD TAILOR the golden gravel strewing the paths of El Dorado. A learned gentle man named SQUEERS—who, by the way, ought to bring an awtign against Mr. Dicxxxs, for casting odium upon his patronymic—has given us the topo graphy of those forest-cities of the West which were flourishing in marble magnificence long before the first mason had carved a stone for the vaunted halls the Montezimas. Another gentleman, of less learned, named SLEEMAN, has described with astonishing minnuteness, the architectural monu ments of ilindostan. We are familiar with the lilliputian republic of Marino. We are inti mately acquainted with the miniature oligarchy of Montenegro. Nay—it was only the other day that a young lieutenant of the Royal Navy of Old England, putting spurs to his horse, clambered up the acclivities of the Libanus, and ventured to domesti cate himself among the dreaded chiefs of the Ansayrii. The Right Hon. BENJAMIN DISRAELI had proceeded there already in romance : but the Hon. FREDERICK WALPOLE went there in reality—and by this time, under thanks to the indefatigable press of Mr. BENTLEY, we have been enabled in that, as in so many other quarters before then, to fathom secrets which had hitherto seemed to be altogether unfathom able. Everywhere, indeed, about the surface of the globe, have we been conducted by that Great Power which Sir BULWER LYTTON has so grandly idealized as the Genius of the Lamp—everywhere (because Central Africa, according to our notion, must be entirely excluded from the category, seeing that, on the principle of the " sour grapes," we don't want to go there any longer)—every where, we repeat, have we been ushered in the north, in the south, in the east, and in the west—everywhere but within the ocean•frontiers of Japan ! And Japan, let it be remembered, is no little obscure corner of the globe, to be overlooked by reason of its insignificance. Japan is a group of four large and flourishing islands —Jezo, Niphon, Sikok, and Yiu-Siu—commanding attention, if only for the extent and grandeur of its marvellously fruitful territories. It comprises no less than five imperial cities—Jedo, Sakai, Meaco, Okosaka, and Nangasaki. It contains a population variously estimated at from 15,000,000 to actually 50,000,000, the general and most rationel impression upon the subject, being that its inhabitants number as many as those of the French Republic, the fore most among the races of the European Continent. Added to all which, it has been declared, upon autho rity, that the capital of the Japanese is more populous than our own monster metropolis—GoLowNix actu ally talking of 5,000,000 as the reputed number of the citizens of Nangasaki ! It is to this wonderful empire that the civilized races of the world are at length about to be formally introduced by means of the gallant undertaking adventured upon by the democratic statesmen of Washington. Cannon balls, it is true, may probably be the sugar-plums of com pliment thrown to the Japanese by the "great guns" of the United States; for, when we speak of being introduced to the mysteries of Japan, it must be un derstood that Artillery is to be the Master of the Ceremonies ! Whatever particulars have hitherto been collected to gether in reference to the sources of Japan, or in regard to the customs of the Japanese, have only been calcu lated to whet the popular appetite for the marvel lous, and to enhance the public eagerness for some more searching and more widely extended investigation. It matters little, perhaps, to the merchant whether the people in those quar- tars robe themselves at a funeral in white by way of mourning ; whether the advance of preg nancy among their women is marked by the wearing of a red crape scarf ; or whether they distinguish their more honoured guests by the presentation of a plate of snakes delicately stewed and adroitly seasoned. Such eccentricities are recorded of them, no doubt, but that matters little to the princes of trade either at New York or at Manchester. Possibly, moreover, it may be considered as a circumstance of moment only in the more recondite contemplations of Mr. WAILLEY in his capacity as the Coroner for Middlesex, that the young gentlemen of Japan are in the habit of reliev ing themselves of the tedium of existence through the fashionable suicide effected by dexterously ripping open the abdomen. Why the young ladies of the same country should presume for a moment that they enhance their beauty by blackening their teeth, or extracting their eyebrows, may seem a question of trivial import to those not wholly infatuated by the virtues of Mr. ROWLAND'S renowned Wont°, or of Lis dainty Kalydor, or, still more, of what Lord BYRON has celebrated as his "incomparable oil Ma- cassar." But surely it must be admitted that while the verification of such rumours may be gra tifying to comparatively small sections of the civilised community, a multiplicity of other state• ments of more moment in reference to Japan and the Japanese, demand the more careful and sedulous at tention of every active and enterprizing population. For a thousand reasons, therefore, we await with the most fervent solicitude, the completion of the interest ing project upon which the Ministry at Washington has determined to adventure. As the expiation of many flagrant acts of inhumanity, we look forward to the desired vengeance with emotions of very peculiar satisfaction. We rejoice at the expedition, in fine, for, inasmuch as it will tend to bring 80,000,000 or 40,000,000 more of GoD ' s creatures into communica tion with the rest of their fellowmen—breaking asunder that monstrous and unnatural system which has for two centuries insulated Japan from the bulk of the great family of mankind, shutting them out, generation after generation, from the chance of parti cipating in the marvels achieved by Science, in the skill acquired in Art, in the comforts secured by In dustry, and denyirg to them at once, and by the most effectual means, the blessings of Christianity and the advantages of Civilization. Two eminently practical persons have just favoured those of our middle classes, who purpose to improve their condition by emigration, and those who would rise in life in this country, with some excellent advice. Mrs. Cnisnomd at one of her " group meetings" of clerks and governesses, reported in the Sun of Saturday, and Mr. PETO, incidently and by example, in his speech at the meeting of the Builders' Benevolent Institution, which appeared in our paper of Friday. Mr. PETo has been one of the most successful men In his line in the kingdom ; but be has deserved his success. It has been achieved in the right way. No employer of labour has done more for the comfert and instruction of his labourers than Mr. PETO j and no man has enjoyed more their good will and respect. We have frequently heard of his arrangements for their convenience, and the Bishop of NORWICH bore public testimony to his ad mirable plans for their religious instruction, only wishing that he could claim so excellent a master as a Churchman. His benevolent contributions and sub scriptions are seen in almost every list ; while by far the handsomest chapel in London, belonging to his denomination, is that (nor is it the only one) which he himself erected in Bloomsbury. To him, too, in. no unimp ortant sense, we owe the G reat Exhi bition of 1851, for all was at a stand-still for want of means, till be headed the guaran tee fund with 50,000 Z. ; an act not the less generous and noble because the money itself was never wanted. It cannot be wondered at that he has been decidedly the most popular candidate in two elections at Norwich, in two of the railways connected with which city he had been so largely engaged. Well, Mr. PETo tells all our young men whom it may concern, and all their parents who wish to put their sons in the way of making a fortune, that he attri buted all his prosperity to beginning at the begin fling. "He attribiated all his success in life to an early course of trainim; in the workshop, where he became acquainted with those details which never failed to enable men to carry out great works." Mr. PETO'S has not, therefore, been a royal road to wealth, nor is such a road open to more than a very few. Most of the men whom people are apt to call "lucky" are rather men who knew what work was, and who, like Mr. PETO, have had the judgment, foresight, and decision to make use of advantageous openings. We spoke of his example, and we advert ed not only t o t h e general example we have j ust mentioned, but to a special incident connected with the meeting. Our S a t ur d ay ' s pacar records a l so the QUEENS visit to the Tubular Bridge, erected over the Menai Straits by Mr. ROBERT STEPHENSON, on the same day as the meeting was held • and it ap pears that Mr. PET O , c h a i rman of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, had received a special summons from her MAJESTY, through the LORD CHAMBERLAIN, to attend her on that occasion. Mr. PETO had made, however, prior engagement to preside at the meeting of the Builders' Benevolent Society; and as it was, of course, too late to alter the day of the meeting, he, " though he could assure them he was by no means disloyal, felt it to be his duty to return a respectful message, stating that he had made a previous promise to this institution, which it was impossible for him to pass." WELLINGTON or NELSON would have made the same reply; and it is impossible not to perceive that Mr. PETo owes his present position, in no small degree, to that habit of abiding by his duty, which he exemplified on this occasion. We are confident her MAJESTY felt grati fied at finding that she had a subject capable of acting thus. The speech of our admirable female lecturer, Mrs. Catsuoraf, ought to be read by the class to whom it is addressed throughout the kingdom ; it will, indeed, do none of us any harm, but the thousands of unhappy persons who as clerks and governesses are respectably starving to death, or pining in back sitting rooms, should study every line of it. Mrs. CHISHOLM tho roughly knows all phases ofsociety —the bush,the sheep run, the Australian town, the suburban farm, on oue side of the globe ; and the accomplished unmarried earn-nothing families of girls, the slim, well-dressed, numberless lads wanting situations, or but just able to make ends meet in them, of old England. Yes, she knows them all quite well—and she tells the young ladies here, " if now you can only wash up the things of the house, and toss your own beds, and be your own laundresses, and make the puddings and pies, why, you may go (with some friend, of course), and you may be an independent lady." Mrs. Cnisnorai is plainly of opinion, though as a lady she does not say that in plain English, that such young ladies may very quickly become mistresses in Australia ; and she is herself evidently one who would prefer doing the work of her own house, to being a domestic Protestant nun, under the sovereign control of some superior in purse, with that charming charge, a little large family—a charge too troublesome for the said supe rior. How true also is is. CHISHOLM'S picture of the sufferings of our clerks :—" I have been horri fied," she says, " at seeing men coming to speak to me on the subject of emigration, whom, from their appearance, I took to be sixty years of age, but when I inquired, I found the same not more than forty-five or forty-six. It was not illness, but care and anxiety that gave them this premature old age. It is this daily anxiety that destroys many more than the work they have to do. In this country, pride, or the keeping up appearances, as it is called, has been more destruc tive, has done much more harm, and caused more do• mestic misery, than ever the cholera did when it was among us. (" Hear, hear.") But there is no neces sity for this in the colony. There you can do many things which you would not wish to do here." As with the ladies, however, so with the gentlemen. They must be willing to work; that is, not merely to fill up time with something, but to work as shep herds, or anything else. They are to lock up their broadcloth and Wellingtons as soon as they take ship —no man can work in these things—and with the workman's short jacket they will feel able to set about something, and inclined to do it too. If they cannot at first do es much as a practised shepherd, they will by degrees be able ; and when a man and his wife can earn 401. a year, and everything found them, any in dustrious person can earn enough for himself from the very first. Children, Mrs. Cnlszonm describes as an actual fortune ! Hear it, poor clerk, not knowing what to do to keep a wife and half-a-dozen little ones in health, food, and clothing, in some narrow, un wholesome, back street—bear what these costly cares may be worth—worth pecuniarily to you :—" In the colony a child of nine years of age can earn its b rea d, Children are a help to their parents ; they are no burden or expense in the colony. I de clare I would rather go to the colony with twelve children, than with 12001. in my pocket." The one indispensable condition of success, however, is work. Fathers and mothers, lads and lasses, must all start for `work'; for work . and independence, how ever!—not for Dl-rewarded anxious clean-fingered toil, with the continual fear of the Union House be fore their eyes. We thought, while glancing over Mrs. CHISHOLM'S speech, pencil in hand, and marking many more passages than those we have quoted, how our friend CARLYLE would enjoy it. Such a chapter on work !—on doing—not on palavering as scribbling, but downright doing. " Yes, yes," we thought we heerl him hastily exclaim, " Yes Mrs. Cettsnor,m, that is the sort of men you must make them into. Men fit to dig end to delve GOD'S gocd earth ; no longer your counting-house flunkeys, your niousta chorised dandy-coated sixpenny-chop diners, tripping to and fro on their thin•soled Wellington's, —but working men—in working fustian, and working hob nailed shoes ; with appetites that would make them look rather cross at sight of only said sixpenny chop. Yes, they will then achieve something better than copying longirows of figures, or folios of manuscript, to sip weak tka, and breathe foul air at night. Yes, Mar'm, get /them to work and you will have translated them fromburgatory to paradise; and they will bless you in all their generations for teaching them that to use their Gon-given muscles, was the way to become men—real men—men in both body and soul." At a former meeting Mrs. Cnisnonm gave some im portant advice as to the necessity of emigrant ships being always provided with a separate compartment for the provisions taken on the voyage by the passen gers ; one key of such apartment to be in the hands of a person chosen by the passengers, another in the keeping of a ship's officer. Mr. LINDSAY, the great ship-master, who was present, highly approved of Mr. C.'s suggestion, declared his intention to adopt it, and recommended decidedly iron ships as the best and safest. Mr. R. Lows, M.P. for Kidder minster, who has lived in Australia, followed, strongly recommending the colony, not as a gold country merely, but for agricultural purposes. He called at tention to one point which Sir Joust PAICINGTON ought not to overlook for an hour. It is notorious that the great stream of agricultural emigration is to the United States ; probably many of our readers may not be aware that we actually, so far as in us lies, hinder the settling of Australia by charging 11. per acre for land, while the Americans charge but a dollar ! Not only do we persist in saddling our colonists with the scum of our prisons, at a great additional cost to ourselves; and not only is the voyage unavoidably more expensive to the emigrant, but to convicts and distance, we must add the objec tion of selling our waste land to our own people, at four or five times the price at which foreigners will sell them the same commodity. Turn which way we will, every colony, great or small, proclaims the need of a comprehensive, generous, and vigorous mind at the head of our Colonial Department. As we re marked on Saturday, India, the Cape of Good Hope, Canada, Australis, and minor colonies too, now need a first-rate man—a man able to bind them by other ties to the British Crown than those of continual in terference and thwarting in local matters. It was remarked by one of the most philosophic minds that ever applied itself to the consideration of questions of public polity, that " the chief danger to the Church was from the Church itself." Without waiting to apply this to the injury done to the Church F by the Oxford party, or by t h a t " Ri g ht Reverend in GOD, HENRY, Lord Bisho p of EXETER," or by pluralists, like MOORE and PRETTYMAN, we shall now point' to an evil of considerable magnitude— namely, tLie avowed and open (and we might add shameless) traffic in Church preferment. Every day supplies us with materials for regret and remark on this point, beat we shall confine ourselves to the traffic which appe:srs advertised on one day. A recent number of a morning contemporary con tains four :advertisements, one following the other, in which the 'practice is distinctly shown. The first an nounces, very briefly and significantly, that " Five thousand p ounds will be given for an advowson, of adequate value, in a desirable county. A good resi dence, offit .es, &c., and very early legal possession, are essential. A large population objected to." This is rather plain and undisguised. Of course, the advertiser is a clergy ma o, who, at his ordination, made a solemn de claration that he believed he was called by the HOLY SPIRIT t O become a Minister of the Gospel ! He has the COM' na nd of 5,0001, and wants to invest it more advantai et:it'aly than in the Thr ee par C en t s . H e seeks a ( ~;h u r desirable " of ade qua t e va l ue, " an d i t must be county" ( su it e d , no d ou b t, f or i u ch l iving hunting, shooting, fishing, and pleasant society). Further, taere must be " a good residence, offices, ace—by, which is probably meant a fine range of THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY J✓ TENING, OCTOBER 19, 1852. stables and coach-houses. These, id " very early legal possession," arc essenli'll. d, to mark how entirely the reverend advowson-s9( :ear throws over board all consideration of the yto which he is vowed as a minister of religion, _age population is specially noted as "objected to. There is candour, at all events, in this advertiseme The man wants to make the most of his money, w Me greatest personal comfort, and the smallest pe tonal trouble. When such men minister at the alt -, need we wonder that "the Church is in danger ! " This .5,000/. gentleman will not have much trouble, for the three advertisements following his notice to buy, severally emanate from parties who want to sell. The first announces that there is to be disposed of, by private contract, the advowson and next presentation to a rectory in Suffolk, near Bury St. Edmunds. " There is a parsonage house, with suitable offices, and 57a. Ir. 34p. of glebe. The tithes' commutation rent charge fixed at 4151. 3s. 7d. The present incumbent is in the 63d year of his age." Taking the land as probably worth about 21. an acre, as it is in the vicinity of the county town, here is an income of about 5291. a ysar, which would yield ten per cent. on the 5,0001. ; but, unfortunately, the man in possession is in the E3d year of his age, and (as the clergy are proverbialy long-lived) this would be rather too much to wait : at all events, if the " residence and offices" were very good, that would have been stated, and the population may be large, which is " objected to," with the drawback, also, that Suffolk may not be considered by the purchaser " a desirable county." We must pass on to the next advertisement. This announces that in }Lent, about five miles from Rochester, is " to be sok by private contract," the advowson and next presentation to a rectory," " with a convenient residence, offices, garden, and about seven acres of glebe ; the tithes have been commuted at 7741. per annum." Nor is this all,—there is also on rate the advowson of another rectory in Kent, subject to the same inconsistency," with a superior residence, coach house, stabling and offices, garden, pleasure. grounds, and about fifteen acres of glebe." This clerical para dise is only one mile from the other, and " the tithes have been commuted at about 6001. per annum." Here are the exact things :—Good houses, stables, grounds, with nearly 1,4001. a year, and (as if to crown all) " the duty in each case is single, and the population small." Kent, it must be admitted, is " a desirable county," and one service in the week is light indeed! But, alas l—surgit amari aliquid—" the present in cumbent is 61 years of age." He may live until 80, with so good an income, in such a fine county, and with so little to do. It is obvious that Advertiser No. 1, who wants " very early legal possession," is not likely to wait until this incumbent makes a mortuary vacancy 1 The preceding advertisements all emanate from pri vate individuals. The first, with a modesty rare in a man worth 6,0001. in paid cash, merely gives ini tials—the others give references to highly re spectable individuals. The last, which we must now notice, is an advertisement (" by order of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England") of " the patronage, advowson, donation, presentation, or nomination of and to the church of --, in the parish and town of Liverpool." The particulars are fully given, and describe the present minister as of SG years of age. After his decease, resignation, or removal, " the nomination and right of presentation of the Minister or Chaplain" of this church is to be sold "in perpetuity." Then comes a description of the emoluments, which " consist of stipend of 2301., payable half yearly out of pew rents, together with the surplice fees and other emoluments heretofore be longing and usually received by the minister or chap- lain, all which emoluments are secured by Aot o: Parliament. The patron will have the appointment of the clerk and sexton, whose stipends are payable out of pew rents, and secured by the same Act. The repair of the church devolves on the Corporation" of the borough, and the patronage at present rests in " the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses." The sale is to be "by tender," addressed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England. Now, reading this last advertisement, we do not wonder at the three which preceded it. If the Church Commissioners, acting under Parlia mentary sanction, and including (we believe) several of the Bishops if this public Board thus openly deal in the buying and selling of church livings, can we wonder that private individuals do the same ? In no case is it even hinted at that the future incumbent AO have high character, attain ments, or piety. So much money is to be obtained, and beyond that none of the vendors, public or private, seem to care. The man with 6,000/., who will object to "a large population" (because it would involve the usual clerical duties), would be as eligible as the most pious minister that could be found. We recommend "The Ecclesiastical Commission ers," if they should ever edit Johnson's Dictionary, " Simony," a to nd om its it v , aarsiouvishmolelyanoinbgsosleatned, applications Her Majesty, as an especial mark of honour, has conferred on the noble, gallant, and disting‘ished Marquis of Londonderry, G.C.13., G.C.H., the companion in arms of the late Commander-in-Chief, the Garter held by the illus trious Duke. The Marquis of Winchester, it is reported, will be the new Lord• Lieutenant of Hampshire, vice the Duke of Wellington—an appointment which will give general satis faction. amongst whom were his Viscomte and Viscomtesse , Sir Ralph Major ST. JAMES'S THEATRE......ORGANOPHONIC BAND.--. These performances were visited during last week by nume rous and fashionable audiences, &c. T h e present, it will be seen, is the Excellency the Baron Rehausen, d'Alte, the Marquis of Titchfield, the Marquis s Northamp ton, t a h rd e , s V i i r sc G o e u o n r t ge C iv ra o n m bo b r iv ne ell, L m or r d . G B e u o r r g g h e e T rs o h miine, Mountjoy Alartyn, Mr. Fortescue, Mr. Bligh, Mr. W. Dela field, Mr. Bernand, last week of the performances in London, and doubtless the curious in such matters will avail themselves of these few opportunities of hearing this certainly unique performance. d of M ß r a s iti lt m i o d re, U. S. Smith,Joh nEBßq.i,dagnedlemy,rsE. Smith, sq i an , have left the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, for Liverpool, en route for Anterica. ._._ ------ ANOTHER LETTER or VIE DUKE.—The following characteristic letter of the late Duke, addressed to a lady engaged in getting up a charitable sale, has been for warded for publication to the Cork Constitution : Lon don, May 17, 1817. • the Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mrs. —. To aid in promot ing an object of charity is one thing—to send a signature for sale at a bazaar is quite a different one. To do the latter might prove very injurious to those with whom the sender [this, as well as we can deeypher it, is the word] of the sig nature might have pecuniary relations. F. M. the Duke of Wellington therefore declines to do the latter. But he en closes a pecuniary contribution of 51. to the charity which Mrs. N. desires to promote. ELECTION PETITION.--It is understood that among the petitions 'rem Ireland against undue returns at the late elections there will be one on the part of Lord Dunkellin against th! return of Mr. M. J. Blake for Galway. His lordship has been advised by council to proceed on various grounds, anc it has not yet, it would appear, been finally decided which shall be selected. GENERAL L YD IG - IN HOSPITAL.—A quarterly court of the governor s o f this institution was held yesterd a y at the hospital, Y ol k- roa d ; Mr. A. Robinson in the a st i r . The minutes of the veekly boards were read and confirmed. From them it appeared that the receipts of the charity during the last quarter had been 971/. Os. 6d., including a balance of 359/. la. 7d. from the preceding quarter, in the hands of Messrs. Drummond and Messrs. Cocks and Bid dulph. The expenthture during the same period was 3414 6s. 3 %d., leaving a balance in the hands of the trea surers of 6291. 68. 2341. The number of out-patients attended and assisted during the quarter was 98; of in-patients, 68. The number at Present in the hospital , 13. The c ourt then _ _ n Parliament in layout° AGITAT signature addressed to the High S heriff of Clare, lO h N im rOß THE BALLOT. — A requisition is in calling upon course of signature r oconvene a adoptione o un county v m o e t e e t i b n y g , b a t o l l o p t e a t t i t i allo future elections, as the means of securing a free exercise of the franchise, and of preventing a recurrence of such cala. mitous affrays es that which took place at Six-mile-Bridge during the recent election. The Munster News states that the requisition has been signed by " the two county mem bers, ten magistrates,one hundred snd thirty Poor-law guar dians, and a number of other gentlemen and freeholders." ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The ordi nary quarterly court of this society was held yesterday at Willis's Rooms, St. James's, Rear-Admiral Sir Watkin Owen Pell (one of the trustees of the institution) in the chair. The minutes of the previous court having been read and con firmed, the secretary, Mr. George H. Skead, master P. N., submitted to the meeting the usual financial statement for the quarter commencing Ist Ju'y, end ending 30th Septem ber last, which showed that the total receipts of the society from all sources during the three months had been 1,2541. 9.1. 9d., including 118/. 7s. Gd. for annual subscriptions, and 160. 1 . 2s. Gd. for donations, 148/. of the latter item having been received from the exe:uto s if the late Captain Shaw. The total disbursements amounted to 753/. 93. 10d., leaving a balance in favour of the society of the sum of 5001. 19s. 1I d. The report was received and adopted, after which correspon dence was read by the secretary. One letter read was from Admiral Sir Wilham Parker, announcing his acceptance of the office of one of the Tice .presidents of the institution, and intimating his intention to increase his subscription to three guineas per annum from the period of his appointment as full admiral. Sir William Parker also forwarded an extra donation of 51. in aid of the funds. The acceptance, by Mr. Kirkland, of Portsmouth, of the office of honorary corms fip od o n . d n rr g h a e g e c n o t u o r f t t h o si e x s t o c i p e r t o y c e a e t d t e h d a t t o p o t r h t managing committee for the ensuing three m on t hs, and , e w electionas likewise of nothtie having disposed of the remaining business, whicti WWI GT purely formal character, it adjourned. Tbirb ),..bition+ Pontefract Stakes. Audabon View Halloo (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PONTEFRACT RACES.-(THIS DAY.) ••• ••• ... 1 ... ... ... ... 2 Castle Stakes. ••• ••• ... ... . ... 2 ••• ••, Match. ... 1 •.• ..• •.• •.• ..• ... 2 ..• ••• ..• Jaquenetta .., Liverpool Junior Tickton ... Elizs Middleton MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocR. The sales of :cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at 10,000 bales, of which 500 American, and 600 Penams and Maranhams were taken for ex port, and '2,000 American on speculation. The mer ket closed firmly at previous rates. The sales com prised 7,000 American, 800 Penams and Maranbams, at bid. to 74d.; 70 Bahia, at 61d.; 800 Egyptian, at 511. to 64d. ; and 1,500 Surat, at 3id. to 5i d. per lb. In Railway Shares a good business was done at higher prices. At the indigo auctions 2,089 cwt. passed yesterday, of which 798 were withdrawn, 540 bought in, and 751 sold at rates fully equal to those of Friday; 400 cwt., Madras, only partly sold from 4d. to Bd. advance. The railway meetings announced are the follow ing Aberdeen, 21st October, Radley's Hotel; Dijon and Besancon, 25th October, Paris ; Great Indian Pen insula, 29th October, office ; London and South Western, 26th October, London Tavern. The directors of the North British appear to have been wrongfully taken to task for not paying the dividend on the Preference Stock. In truth, how ever, they have no option in the matter; one of the original shareholders having initiated proceedings in the Scotch courts to restrain such pzyment. We are told that, if the opposition be persevered in, the suit may last two years. Really, such frittering away of means is much to be deplored. In making a call of 103. per share (making 81. 17s. paid), due the 15th November next, the directors of the Fleetwood, Preston end West Riding Junction, annex the following : "I am instructed to inform you that the Longridge Company, having refused to carry out the recent agree ment, by which four-fifths of the profits of the line were secured to that company, and one-fifth to this com pany, and having insisted upon the full rent of 3,0001. per annum, your directors thought it inexpedient any longer to work the line, or to pay such rent out of calls. This determination induced the Longridge Company to re•enter upon their line leased by them to this company, con.equently this company is released from the liability of 3,0001., per annuli., " The present call h made to pay the large balance owing to the bankers, and entirely to free the company from debt. Unless some arrangement should be pro posed, obviously for the advantage of the shareholders, the directors believe that no further cell will be re quired." The Committee of Spanish American bondholders received this morning the subjoined communication from Mr. Mocatta, their agent, dated " Guayaquil, Ist September, 1852 ": " I have the honour to inform you that the National Assembly have elected:General J. M. Urbina,:President of the Republic, and that ho will take the oath of his high office to morrow. I deem this favourable, as I have reason to believe his views are favourable towards a fair arrangement o f t h e F ore i gn D e b t. T he Assembly will now proceed with financial matters, and I am in communication with the " Committee of Public Credit," who, I am h a ppy to say, are re:tot:amending a measure to give the executive am pl e powers to treat with me. I shall within a fort n i g ht h ave t h e advantage of Mr. Cope ' s assistance, as he i s com i ng f rom Queto, of which I shall avail myself of, whenever I deem it essential so to do. I shall now have a constitutional government to treat with, which has not been the case until now, thus the cause of delay in my proceedings. I have nothing fur ther to communicate at present, remaining, &c. E. MOCATTA. By the British bar que E n t erpr i se, 35 days from Port Philip to Valparaiso, we have dates to the 28th July. This vessel had teen sent over in ballast, for the purpose of procuring fl our an d prov i s i ons. The mines continue to increase in richness and quantity of gold, and further discoveries were making in all directions. Provisions of all kinds were scarce and high, and it was thought that large importations would be required to meet the demand of the present emigration. The English Funtis are very buoyant. Console bring ICu to for transfer, and 1001 to for Account. The New 3i per cents. are 103 i to Bank Stock is 222 to 224, being still rather flat on account of sales. Exchequer Bills are 763. to 78s. premium. Foreign Stocks are generally lively, but Spanish Deferred have not quite reached yesterday's rates, being 251 Mexican have advanced to 25 to 251; Buenos Ayres are in demand at 78 to 81 ; Turkish Loan is fluctuating, but on the whole better, being 5i to 6. There is some uneasiness concerning Minis terial changes at Constantinople, but the contractors are stated to have convinced the committee of the Stock Exchange that they had full authority to make the loan in the way they did. The Spanish Bondholders' Committee are verypro psrly, discussing the expediency of moving again to promote the claim of the coupon holders. Railway shares continue very good, but there is not so much doing. French shares are buoyant. Gold mines are in favour still. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (From the Official List.) corm CLOSING PRICES OF BRITIsII FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES. Bank Stock 3 par Cent. Reduced Anne. 3 par Cent. Consols Annuitie s lOO% I /2 1004 1 4 New 34 per Cont. Anna ......, 103 j % 103 1 4 % India Stack --. India Bonds, 1 , 000 /. South Sea Stock — Ditto Old Annuities Consols for AcCOVIt .. .4 .2c. c h eq uer Bills, LW, March. 1,000 1 . .. 78 6 500/. ...._ 85 Small, 93 3 4 R.% l ii June. ONE PRICEM OF FOREIGN 7 CND& O'CLC:IB, CLOWNS PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, Small Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 7B 81 79 78 8179 l A t Grenada Bonds,Defelred... ... ..... 25 21 1 / 2 211/ 0 Mexican 3 per Cent l /4 5 25 1 / g 5 Peruvn. Bonds, Deferred 3 p. Cent 103 103 Rnssian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent llBx 118 3 Ditto, 4 1 4 per C2nt Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 51% 511 /s '3'a Ditto New Deferred , 3 per Cent 255/8 3% 25 % 1 , 47/8 Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 4% 6 5% 4% 6 5% Frerch R2ntes, 4 1 ,4 per Cent. losf. 105 f Belgian uond7, 5 per Cent 9 8 3 /8 Dutch Exchange, 2 1 / 4 p. Ct 12 Guil 65 65 M Dutch Exchange 4 p. Ct. Certificates 96/, 96 3 / 8 1 A Ditto 80nd5....... 95% 95% 6 QUARTER TO THREE. ... 1006 i ... 100 ii Comols ••• ••• Ditto Account. Nova 13 ... THE COTTON TRADE. We have received through favour of Mr. James Irvine, Liverpool, the following report : " NEW ORLEANS, 25th Sept., 1852.—The inquiry during this week has been quite animated; factorameet ing the demand freely, were enabled to recover a part of the decline of the previous week, and to maintain prices, notwithstanding the heavy receipts, stiffening freights, dull exchange market, and unfavourable accounts by the last two steamers from Liverpool. Saturday, 2,000 bales were sold; Sunday, the Pacific's advices were received; Monday, the sales were 6,000 bales,with firm prices; Tues day, rates stiffened and 5,000 bales were sold; Wednesday, the Africa's accounts of 11th September, from Liverpool, came to hand, and 3,300 bales changed hands; Thurs day, 4,000 boles; yesterday, 2.700 bales; and to-day, as fares reported, about 1,500 bales, the market closing firm at our quotations. " The demand is becoming more general, the principal purchases are for Great Britain and the North , s ome oc casional lots being taken for Spain, Genoa, or Havre, for which latter place a ship of about 1,800 bales has been laid on. Various lists have been bought on speculation for resale here, as with a continuance of the unfavourable accounts from the country, a further ad vance in our prices is expected by many. We quote to day for s tri c t c l a ssification, good stapled cotton!—ordi nary to good ordinary, 8/ 9 ; low middling, 9 10; good middling, 10i 1; unfair, 10k .1; fair to good fa ir, 11 12. ' " The receipts continue liberal, being for the week 29,626 bales, against 17,985 bales same period last y ear . A small portion of the cotton coming to hand now is only below middling; the fine descriptions, however, er e becoming very scarce, and the market does not offer any more the same splendid assortment we had Some weeks ago. With regard to the growing crop theadvieesre re ceived during the week do not snow any improvement ; on the contrary, the complaints of damage by rot an d bollworm aro on the increase, : Ind the prospects for another large crop are daily becoming more fai n '. " Freights are firm. Little alteration in Exchg "E'CIIRODER AND QUENTEaLnL7; ----- THE YACHT AMERICA.—Another acceptance of Lord De Blaquiere's challenge has been made. Lord Lon desborough has offere I to run a schooner of 180 tons 0.M., just laid down for him by the Messrs. Lymington, of Poole, against the America, upon any course which Lord De Bla quiere may name—the match to be for 1,000 guineas, and to be sailed in the month of September next, that being the earliest period at which this vessel can be built, and inr proper trial found. THE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Nominal Prices. % dis. % p 6 - 6 5 -3% 3% -3% 1% - 14% - 17 - 171,‘ 9 -9% 23/, ..... 3% ••• - ... 125 - 127 8 %- 9 107 -109 p par 151 154 Rt..ilvir.ys. Aberdeen 1001. paid' Amb., Not., Bost. & E. Junc. Bir., Wolv., and Stour, Valley all pd.l Birk., Lan., & Ch. Jet., late 33/. 65.8 d., 28/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, 201. 18 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet.,lC9l. pd. Caledonian lOO/. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jet. 45/ pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee,Perth, & Aber deen June. ... all pd. Ditto, New East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (181. 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.,looLp Great Northn., 100/. pd D 0 . 145. A Stk., 100/. pl Do. % B Stock,loo/. p Gt. S. & W. Ireld., all p Great Westn., 1001. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd l Do. Thirds, 11/.13.4 pd Lane. & York., 1001. pd Do., Fifths l5 pd Do.,W. Rid. Un. 11 y i 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., 100/. p Do. Fifths 121. pd Do. 10/.,M &B (c) lip Lon. & S.-West 100/. p Do. New 501., 42 1 4 pd Do. New 401 341. pd Lon. & Enniskil , all pd Man. Shef. & Lin.,loolp Do. Manch. & Lincoln 28 to 28 IA 6 -6% 10% -103 A 6 1 / 4 —5% dis. 21% 22% 3 2 5 dis. 100 102 50% 50% 21 21►,4 14% 15 1 4 7 6 die. 7%- 81,4 4 yj-- 4 1 4 3 314 11% - 11% 9 -9% ••• ..... ••• 6 -6% 57 -59 75% -76% 28 - - 28 78 -80 41 -43 116 -118 47' - 48% 96 - 96;4 82 -84 10 —ll p 84% 85 34% 3 244 dia. 17 1714 • 8 = iyi 1 7 4 3 —214 p 104 105 ,119 119% p I% 134,p 89151 90% 5% 5 dis. 5 4 di& 17 —lB 32% 331,4 Union 41.25. pd Midland 100/. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 1001. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47 1 ,{ Do. % Shares, 17% pd Newcas. & Carl. all pd Newmarket lOO/. pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford ...14/ pd Newry & Ennisk. 7 % p Norfolk lOOl. pd Do. New 201.... 201. p North. Coun.Un. 3 ;bpd North British ...100/. p Nth. Devon, No.l, 13/.p Do., No. 2 6 I,E pd Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., % 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 1001. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrews. & 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, & D fully pd. up at par cent.... South Devon all pd South-Eastern 100/. pd South Wales all pd 8% 3 dis. 77 77% 42 —44 ••• .- ••• 47 -48 3 y4 254dia. 2 —2% 43 —45 13usinees done to-day. 30 1 4 34% 35% 7 —6% dia. 2 2 1 / 1 1 lfi dis. 4 1 ,4 C's. 3% - 4%p. 48 -49 82% - 84 1 4 55 -57 68 -72 2 —l% dis. 19% 291,4 9% loq 14% —15% 3y B — 3 1 i dia 22 —23 75y - 76% 41 41 1 4 14 —l5 par X P S.York.& Riv. Dun 1 - 5/. Do. Do. 51. pd Stirl. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har.16125.3d. Taff Vale 1261. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...19/. pd Vale of Neath...l7l. pd Waterfd. & Kilk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all p. West Cornwall 131. pd West London ...all pd Yk., New. & Bar. 100/.p Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 10/. p York & N. Mid.loo/.pd Lon don den PREF] Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. al Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 5/. pd Caledonian, 10/. 1001 p Ches. & liolyhd. all pd Cork and Bandon, 5% per cent. l% p Dundee, Por., & Aberd. Junction all pd .Ang.(3/ 10s)6 pc. all Do. (5/.) 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. Shra. all pd. East & West Yorkshire Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5 per cent. all pd Glas. & S.W. gua 5 p.c. Gt. North. 5 p. c 100 pd Do. 5 p c. red. sc 100 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bths all pd Gt. West. (Berke & H. Ex. 5 per cent.)...6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 1001. p Lancashire end York shire, F. 20/. _6/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 100/. 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.s p c. Stk. 1001. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6p c 1001. p Lon. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c. 100/. pd Ln. & S.W. Co.3ds. 5/. p Lon. & En. % Sh. all p Man., Sheff., & Lincn. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 1C1....a1l pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent all pd Do., 4% per ct. 6% p Mid. von. 6 p c St. 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 100/. p 4 Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 100/. p Do. Pref., 44 p.c. 5/. p Norfolk Exten... all . pd Do. Gr. 5 pet. P Do. W.Val. 5 p.c. all p North British 100/. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 13 6 i t p to e r d c i e t t n.... 0 t ... 10 6 0 1 / . . p p d d Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews_ & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd S p o D u o o t: h N 5 D e r' w e e v r . o. cent. • n .. . .. .. .. 1 1 1%1 1 1 p i d d d St.-Est. (Reading An nuities)...ll. Os. 6d pd Do., 4% p c.... 100/. p Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 3/. pd York, New. & Bar. all p 1 Do. Do 5/. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd South-Eas LINES LEASE ••• - ••• 169 - 171 2% 2 3 A 12% 13% 63' e — 6% 21% 22% 9% 10% 68 -69 LOI 5Pi 3 4 15% 4y, i 3 11 % i 3 4 914 744 5% 211 8 $1 1 118 96 14 pm. 85% 3 4 3 2i 11 1 A 18% % 10 4 IA x 5 119%% 20 15 8 7 3 / dis. 2% — 2 1 h , 50% _ y and Coleraine, 10 ERENCE SHAKE 100 18U 103 19% 2 p 13 p ac.d 15 ••• -••• - P 13 -1314 9 —lO 11% 12 % 'XI p %dis. % p Adis. % p 148 - 150 ••• -- ••• par % p 22 22% oq 6 1% 2 93 —95 2 1 ,4 - 2U p 11% - 11% 17 3 4 18% % —1% p 15% 16% %dis.— per 90% 25% - 25% 18 323 i a 78I h % % 8 41 35% 6 13% VI li , ‘ : 78% 7% 8% 42 2% 23 9314 53% y e 10. S. 100 4t 101* 3 1 lii 134 2 12 6 1 9/ 149 8% lib 41 ••• - ••• 19 -20 102 Ya 10 'i 41 a. 5 —5% pm. pm. B'4 1.1% 23% par 1 ,4 p !tern, 4 1 ,E per cent, :D AT FIXED R 102 ,112. ENTALS. ------------Nominal Pri,',.. BUS;Ileal Railways. (Companies . LeaSlll‘ to-day. Bdf. & Bitch., allpion.&N.W —... ..... B D i r o . &.0 without,xi .. ~& .g a u D i a a 11 u . pdicaGD pl Li t.. oo. N . V e 8 .. .. !! 2li : s i 1 . .p Bi g n o W ar o . .... 30 1 4 Do. without, all pl Do. - 30 Buckinghash. all pLon. &N.W 107 109 108 9 Clydsdale Jc., all p Caledonian 51 —.53 E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent...... 1001. pd Gt. Northn. 147 —149 Gloucest. & Dean,' Forest .... . all pdl Gt. Wastrn. 82 — B3 32 % Hartlepl. Dk. & SlYk.New.l ••• -- Railw.... a ll pd 1 &Berw. Hull & S e lby, a ll p Yk . &N 113 —ll5 Do. Halves.,all p Do. • 56% 57 , 4 Do. Quart s ., a ll p D o . Lon. & G renw ., all S. Eastern 1 33 14 % , Do. Pref....all pd Do. Lowestoft., gua. 4 Dpoe. 6 p per . te.t...,aa111l ppd po. Norfolk Manch. Buxtn, f L.&NWI 3 ..... 3 , 4 & Matick, 5 L A ; p 1 &M. 3 Middlesbe & Red -147% $ m i c ( a u r n , d 6 B p , . 1 . c d . i . : alleai all pi E. S J 1 I t k i C I io n aun & nd D t i.e s a e r. 16 0 37 _7 .6 1 .5 6 9 N. & E., 5 p. c., 6 4 ,4 6 Prestn. &Wyre, f L.&N.W I " —1 :, R p oy it . t s, o, ll H a a i l t i l l . : o l :e a o s ol i o. , d ip i G & D : oN a : o & r Y thn r . 149 —l5l Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole, sp. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks .. ... S. Staffdsh., 9% p MrM'Clean % % die. Wear Val. 6p e., all Stckt& Dar 30 —3l Ditto ditto, all p Do. ....., ... .. wi,4434948: IW4 lA, Wetitni 104 3 4 •. 1048 Cent. France (0.V.) Chart& Erquel all pd' Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon, 4 pdl Dutch Rhenish... Bl. pd' East Indian all pd Gt. Indian Penin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Great West. of Canada Shares ..... 5 4 pd Louv. a In Sambre 7 Luxembourg l4l. pd Do. (Railway) 101. pd' Do pd Do. (Canal) —2% pd Lyons & Avignon, 5 pd Madra5......... 4% pd Maria Antonia 27% 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 11/. pd Paris & Lyons 101. pd Do. Bonds ... 12 pd. Paris & Orleans all pd i 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 & Qeebec (A) 4l. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders all pd West. of France 9/. pd 15i - 16 ._ Agua Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 151. p Australasian 21. pd Australian 51. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 131. ss. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 2414 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. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty ... all pd Lon. & Cal. Gld Quartz Crushing Com all pd Mariquita... all F e Mexi. & S. Amer. 91. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip all pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10 3 South Australian, all pd' Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Yuba 1 paid 1 3/ 4 , 2 p 3 / 4 dig. 7 8 p 2 —; 2 1 / 1 p Iy 1 % p par 1p 7 7 1 / 4 - 1 - 1:)4, - 64 0 P 3 - 31,4 p 7 - 9 2 - 3 7% - 8 6 - 7 30 30 1 4 13 7 /s 14 1 , PP 57 -59 35 -36 30 - 3014 2 - 2i p 16% - 17 9% - 104 - 41 4- 4X - p. MINES. % p %dia. % p JOIN . ] Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Corn. of London 20/. pd London Chart. Bank of Australia Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd l Do. New lO/. pd, Nat. of Ireland 22 1 A p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Pray. of Ireland 251 pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold' Importing Com. Ipd Union of Austral. all pd Do. New 214 pd Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all pd ".. ••• -1 p 3, 1/s die. % % dis. % % di& 5 G 7% 73, %dig. par 43 —45 5 / 8 p 6 —64 dis.l %dis. par 1 3 / 4 , 2 p lfi dia. %p 2% 3014 % dis. par 43( dia. % P % P dis. 11 1 ,E 12 1 ,4 12 —l3 1 5 / 3 :6 1 % 474 g 7 1 4 8 %dia. par %- - XP 214 1% A 1 % 5 4 1 5 / 8 131 I% g 7 11 14 31, '-STOCK BANKS, 58 -59% 57 -58 15 - 16% 29 -30 18 1 ,4 32 - 33 % % 45 - 4614 18% - 20 38 -39 46% - 47% 16% 8 - 17% 1 -1% 49% - 50% 6 -6% 17 -18 MIS Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada 32 1 4 pd Copper Miners of Eng- . land . . all pd De. Preference, 7 pd Crystal Palace 5 pd, Eastern Steam...2s. pdl Elect. Tel eg. Ireland 1 pl Gen. Stm. Nay. 141. 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. _l5/. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization. 21. p ••• - ••• ;CELLANEOUS. 3 - 4 50 -51 36 - 37% 29 -30 4/ -5% 50 —5l x.d 2 "_2% 85 - 85% 41 - 41 1 ,4 79 -801/ 19% % 79 8 x.LI MARKET NEWS- (THIS DAY) RAY MARKETS. SMITITFIRLD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s Od to 3117 s ; Clover ditto, 315 s to 4115 s Od ; and Straw, 116 s to 1/ 12a per loa ds Supply good, and trade dull. CURBIRLAND.—AIeadow Hay, 21 17s to 4/ Os; C 1 011 45 ditto, 31 5s Od to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 118 s to 1114 a per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPICL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ las to 3/15a ; CloV ditto, 315 s Od to 41 17s; and Straw, 1169 to 1112 s per load' Trade dull. Railways. COLONIAL. Sugar.—The market is firm, and tends upwards' There are still many home and export buyers. Refined is 44s Gd to 48s for low to fine grccory lumps. TM quantity of British plantation lauded last week at the East and West India Docks was 2397 hhds 144 tierce. 874 barrels. There were taken for home consumptio n 1968 hhds 273 tierces 546 barrels. The stook in th l same places is 20,073 hhds 2424 tierces 4407 barrels. Coffee.—Native Ceylon is in demand, and plantaticl brings very full prices. Native good ordina r y * bolo 46s 6d to 46s per cwt. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the Ea./ and West India docks, was 1,329 punchens 7 hogsheads' There were taken for home consumption 282 pencheol 10 hogsheads, and exported 69 punchens 53 hogshead& The stock in the same places is 13,224 punchens 5 1 hogsheads. Rice.—At &notion 2,395 bags Bengal purely 'geld a° 11s 6d to 12s per good white. Madras, 752 MO realised lOs to 105 6d for good pink. Sago-259 bwres were sold publicly at 165 6d to 1" for ordinary and middling small brown. Arrowroot-500 tins Jamaica was taken in at per lb. Saltpetre—At auction 226 bags Bengal sold at 951 6d to 265 6d for log► and middling, 71 to I per cent rr fraction. Spices--Pimento, 255 bags offered by auction, reslbied 54d to sjd for middling and good middling. Ginger 250 barrels, 27 casks Jamaica partly sold at 35s to 8 01 for very ordinary small to good middling white. Tallow—P. Y. C. is 438 to 438 3d per cwt. on 00 spot, and Town 455. Cotton—There is a brisk market with an improvia tone. Tea.—Largo purchases are still made privatelf* Common to good ordinary eongou 9id to 10d per lb. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY) LONDON, OM 19.--Wind at noon, S.W.; light sil l with fog. DEAL, OCT. 16.—Wind N.N.E. Arrived from th e River, Columbine, New Orleans. Arrived from the River a ß ed ß and sailed, Trafalgar, Sydney, N.S.W.; Mary, BoinbaP Bromleys, Al gae , B ay ; Dods, Neves and St. liittO Index, do. and d o . ; C ourant, B oston. SOUTRAMPTON, OCT. 18.—Wind N.W.—Sailed, La Plate, We s t I n di es . CARDIFF, OCT. 18.—The General Chasse has bees towed acro ss t o P enar th W es t M u d, s e v er e ly s t r ained, where she fills with the tide, and will be discharged. QUEENSTOWN, OCT. 17.—The Helms (Russ BIG)o Liverpool to Cadiz, sunk 12th inst., after being in cos' tact with the Prince Hendrick, Liverpool to Port PhiliP: which put in to-day leaky, &c., and landed the crew 01 the former. Biff R IS TOL, OCT. al pa r a Ist Valparaiso, which S p t u i r t 1 i b n mg:kb leaky,re e f L w i vi will r fo o l n o 1 ; here c to be SHIELDS, OCT.docked. 18.—The Resourc e f rom D or dt struck on the bar, and will be surveyed. P ORTSMOUT H, OCT. 18.—Th e M etropo li tan ( e ) , Los' don to Glasgow, sunk this morning off Beaohy Head' after being in contact with the Zollvereen, B r i s tol £ 0 D anz i g , which has put in with l oss of cutwater and We sprit sprung, and landed crew and passengers of th e former vessel. WHITBY, OCT. 18.—The Brothers, off and for this port from France, which w as on shore at Eassiegton, 5(4 ls Sept., has been towed in here. LIVERPOOL, Oct. 18.—Wind E. Sailed, William XVI, ' Newfoundland; Urs u l a , B om b ay; Thos. and W., r.„OT;,- Rico; J. C. Calhoun , Philadelphia; G. A. Phelps, Ple York. Off Port—Eleanore. L.OWESTOFFE, OCT. 18.—The John (sch), of Arunde l ° has been on the Holm Sand. • QUEBEC, OCT. 2.—Th e Cli pper of Arran has ar ri v e d from Donegal with loss of mizen-mast and quarter-sta le from contact with the Margaret Ann from i'lymoutb. El IDEA, OCT. 15.—The Medea, Christianstadt to Lond on, on shore in the Hommegal, has been got end into Eras. POOLE, OCT. 18.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed, Triumvira te ' Newf Jundland. 1305.T0N, OCT. 15 —A vessel, either a ship or bari' of about 250 tons burth en , bottom up, and all her ins .t• lying alongside, and su p pose d to be either French r American build, was passed 26th September, Ist. 3 " lon. 6.), NOILOEN, OCT. 16.—The Maria Angelina, of ?gl e be berg, Danzig to Bord eaux , h as b een wrec k e d on! Memmert, part of cargo an d mater i a l an d crew saved. i , WATI:RFORD, OCT. 17.—A sun k en vesse l, appare o '4 a schooner, with her brok e n m as t s , about six teat . water, was passed between the Salters and Hook Tow" SPECIE.—The arrivals of the precious metals 27 5 " . ported yesterday were very large, compriaing 684,0 00 do b; by the Africa from New York, and 9::6,0Y8 dole. bY„, t , i g. Orinoco from the West Indies, making in all about sterling. FOREIGN. NaminF I Pricer:. Bua'ness done to-day. 29 7 '/s % 54 7IA IA 31i i 2 28% 954 i Afe 1Q y 4 4 3 / 4 16% 17% i 31 A it 36i 6 31► re Th dent i /tL ., Ti Tn t: urnp to 121 '4 etim 8 QBI: (i qra : ---: I t l 4l Si ell,e