The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-19 00:00:00

HIE suN, LONLON, MONDAY EVEMING, NOVEMBER 19, 1866. Great Floods in Yorkshire and Lancashire. The two great industrial counties of the north, Lancashire and Yorkshire, have been visited by a series of floods much more extensive in character, and having results more calamitous, than any which have occurred for many years past. Even the " oldest inhabitant" is puzzled to name the time when anything happened at all like what was seen on Friday at Leeds, at Manchester, at Preston, and at many intermediate places. Heavy rains have at odd times caused rivers to overflow, and occasioned some little excitement to people livingon their banks. There have been floods which have done great damage too, but those who can look back for thirty years do not remember anything so disastrous as the flood from which the people of the two great counties are suffering now. There seems to have been an almost incessant downfall of rain through out the whole district for nearly three days, and this, swelling the many rivulets and streams, which run down the sides of the moorlands and hills which separate the two counties, swiftly filled the rivers in the valleys where the manufacturing towns are built. It is, of course, impossible to state what amount of damage is done, but it must be great in deed. Besides the loss from actual destruction of property, there will also be great loss to the opera rative population from enforced idleness ; for great numbers of mills have been so damaged by water that some time must elapse before labour can be resumed in them. In the Leeds district the rain, which had come down without intermission for four-and-twenty hours, had swollen the Aire and its tributaries to a greater extent than had been known for several years past, and, as a consequence, the cellars in the streets near the river, and in many cases the streets themselves, were flooded with water, the damage done to property being very serious, and many people being for a time rendered homeless. The appearance of the streets adjoining the river was very remarkable. Adventurous pas sengers seeking to advance along them were stopped by policemen carrying flaming torches, from whom they received an intimation that their further pro gress was arrested by the water. Then, when they peered out into the darkness beyond they saw broad sheets of water, smooth and black, in the place of the uneven payment. Occasionally a resident in the neighbourhood might be seen seeking his home, wading barefooted through the flood until he reached his door. At the junction of Hunslet-lane and Meadow-lane the water was about 2 feet deep, and a system of ferries was consequently established, the ferries consisting of carts and omnibuses, which plied to and fro across Leeds Bridge and through the lake which lay beyond. It was a singular sight to see the crowd of working men hanging about the bridge and waiting for their turn to cross to their homes in this novel manner. What the scenes to be witnessed in the interior of the houses in these streets was may be better imagined than described. The flood began shortly after mid-day on Friday, and from that time until a late hour in the evening the water slowly but steadily encroached upon the streets in the lower part of the town, in some of them reaching a depth of several feet. There was a great overflow at the Waterloo'Ford, near to the Wellington Station, after passing which the stream flooded the works connected with the new station, carried away the foot-bridge beyond the railway arches, and rose half-way up Sandford-street. It then swept with great force through the School-close Bridge into the King's Mill-dam, carrying with it large pieces of wood and other materials used in the railway works. An accident of a serious nature, no doubt in great part attributable to the flood, occurred at one of the buildings erected by the side of the dam, a large chimney connected with the corn mill occupied by the executors of the late Mr. Hudson suddenly falling. The cope-stone, a huge piece of masonry, was projected across the darn, and, striking the roof of one of the buildings in School-close, com pletely demolished it. The building was at the time occupied by the wife and son of Mr. Thompson, one of the eJntractors for the new railway works. They were both buried in the ruins of the house, and when rescued were conveyed to the infirmary. Another accident was caused by an empty barge being swept away from Howard's Wharf. The barge dashed against another partially laden with coals—the first was broken to pieces and sank, and the other was carried down with great force until brought to a stop by the abutments of the Leeds Bridge, where part of it remained fixed, consider ably obstructing the current, and causing the river to rush with terrific speed through the other arches. On the north bank of the river at this point is a palisaded terrace belonging to a leather merchant, and this was washed by the flood. On Saturday morning, at seven o'clock, some persons had as sembled on this terrace to see the wreck, when all at once the earthwork gave way, and 30 perons were precipitated into the rushing stream. Six females, who had in despair clustered together, fastening to each other's garments, were rescued by the captains of two vessels, by means of boat-hooks. One corpse, that of a man resembling a commercial traveller, was fished out by a brave fellow, who saw the last convulsive struggles o f t h e man, and brought him to land, but he was then de a d . There is no doubt that at least 23 lives have been lost by this sad accident. A great number of streets were so flooded that the cottagers had to leave their homes and find some o ther place of abode for a ti me. Mills and shops were partially filled with water, an d a cons iderable amount of property was saved by the prompt action of those interested. The water ent ere d the lower part of the parish church burial ground, but not in sufficient quantity to do much damage. The roads and fields in the neighbourhood of Sheepscar Bar, of Knostrop, and of Thorpe Hall pastures were covered to the depth of several feet. At Bradford, the immense fall of rain during Thursday night and Friday morning filled the brook which runs through Bradford to overflow ing, and the consequence was that for a distance of more than a mile many of the principal thoroughfares were converted into deep floods and rapid-flowing watercourses, and the rooms of many mills, ware houses, dyehouses, and workshops adjoining the banks of the " beck" were inundated, as were also all the cellars connected with warehouses, shops, and other places of business in the centre of the town and near the course of the stream. At 0 o'clock many of the inhabitants had warning that a flood was inevitable, and removed the property from their cellars, but there were numbers of places occupied as piece -rooms by spinners and manufacturers resi dent in distant towns, and these places, where goods remain, are filled with water. The neighbour ing valley towards Shipley and the Aire was one broad sheet of water, and at five o'clock on Friday night the principal streets presented the appearance of rivers. The damage cannot be less than £40,000 or £50,000. The line of the Lancashire and York shire Company at Walsden was inundated, and for some time there was no railway communication be tween Bradford and Manchester. At half-past six the rain had ceased, and the water in the streets be gan rapidly to subside. A man, it is said, was drowned in trying to ford a street. Railway com munication was cut off with Leeds by the Midl a nd line, a bridge having been washed down. The Calde r at Wakefield rose to a great height, and in many places overflowed and caused the dis tricts around- tobecome like reservoirs. Early on Friday morning, keel, named the Peace, f rom Beverley, was beingal a lowered down to Mr. Fawcett's flour mill for the purpose of being unloaded, the rope broke, and it was drifted down to the weir close by. Capt. Armstrong and the mate (who is also from Beverley), did their utmost to prevent it going over the dam stak es ; and twoplonrctne—r—Awrnennst Bates, miller, and W. Hepworth, corn to their assistance. While these two men were etaperko-- pro ceeding from the shore to the vessel with so ling their boat capsized, and Bates was drifted down the stream and drowned. his companion managed to swim to the banks and was rescued. The mate of the vessel, while endeavouring to reach the shore, was also washed away. During the clay another vessel, laden with wheat, was also drifted down to the weir, and went over. The telegraph wires belonging to the United Kingdom Telegraph Company were broken, and communica tion stopped. It was reported that several vessels were stranded higher up the river, and that a tunnel about ten miles along the Ribble banks was very great. Many of the cottages were so flooded that the inhabitants had to take refuge in the upper rooms, and were then subject to many inconve niences. Boats plied in the street-ways, and it was found necessary to supply some of the imprisoned people with food and fuel through the bedroom win dows. The water getting to the gas meters stopped the supply of gas. In one house a young woman was trying to get the gas meter in order when it exploded and blew her right out of the room. Her arms and face were badly burned. Cattle, sheep, and pigs were washed down the river in great num bers. On Friday evening a lurry, with three horses and driver and several other men, were nearly washed away at Walton. Just after they had passed the bridge there the water swept lurry, horses, and men right off the road against a hedge. A man named Fox went with a horse and drag to endea vour to rescue the men. He got pretty near, but before he could reach the spot pis conveyance and horse were washed right over the road. The horse was drowned. Fox got hold of a fruit tree in a nur sery garden, and it was midnight before he was rescued. By noon on Saturday the waters of the Ribble had receded considerably, and enabled people to form some notion of the immense damage which had been done. About twenty pleasure boats were washed away from the premises of a well-known boating hotel, and the water laid bare the founda tions of the hotel itself. At Walton one mill has been damaged to the extent of about £4,000, and in the village the losses sustained cannot be esti mated at less than £20,000. Ori Saturday morning the dead body of a man named Whittaker, employed by a tinplate-worker at Preston, was found in one of the rooms of Messrs. Calvert's mill. He bad been working at the place, and was last seen alive at five o'clock on Friday evening. In and about Wigan there was considerable damage done to property, and great inconvenience was experieu&d from the stoppage of roads and railways. In some cases the railway traffic was continued by sending the trains to their destination in a roundabout way, and so causing hours' delay. The river Tawd, which runs through Skelmersdale, near Ormskirk, burst its banks about eight o'clock on Friday morning, and rushed rapidly into the Tawd Vale Coal Mine. Fortunately the men em ployed at this colliery had not commenced work, and only four tunnellers, who were engaged at a point 600 yards from the shaft, were down at the time. The news of the catastrophe spread quickly, and 200 or 300 men were soon employed in dammingup the river and breaking down a bridge, which impeded its flow materially. When at last the mine was entered, the four men were found working away, totally ignorant of the danger which had threatened them. In Manchester and Salford many of the inhabi tants were put to odd shifts to continue their ordi nary daily occupations. The whole of Lower Broughton-road was flooded, the water rushing along the road like another rapid river. The resi dents in the Polygon, in order to get to business in town, had to take boats to the Griffin Hotel; but it soon became impossible for the omnibuses to reach the hotel. Over the greater part of Broughton-lane the water was from two to three feet deep. At the end of the lane, in Strangeways, some men were moving about on rafts. Business in the flooded part of Strangeways and the adjoining street was entirely suspended; most of the shops were closed, except the docrs, in which the proprietors and their assistants stood, many of them bared to the knee. During the forenoon a man was seen in Duke-street, opposite Grosvenor-terrace, trying to make his way through the water ; but he missed his footing, fell, and was drowned, and the body floated about a neighbouring field, until it was possible to get at it. In several instances great risks were run by individuals de sirous of getting to their houses. The railings in Victoria-street, and Salford, Victoria and Black friars Bridges, were crowded all day by excited sight-seers. During the afternoon numerous casks of oil, soap, and dye-stuffs were washed rapidly down the river. They remained intact till they ap proached Salford Bridge, where the violent dashing which they encountered in forcing a passage under the bridge generally resulted in their wreck and the loss of their contents. So great was the danger felt to be that the Mayor of Salford and the whole staff of officials and the police under him were engaged in taking preventive measures all day on SatUrday. The Mayor of Manchester was communicated with, and an engineer was consulted as to the safety of the bridges over the river. The Salford police force and fire brigade were organised and placed under the direction of the assistant chief constable, who was instructed to render every assistance to the occu pants of the dwelling-houses in the flooded streets. All the carts and horses belonging to the Salford Corporation, and such others as were procurable, were brought into requisition for the purpose. Two boats were procured from the Mayor's residence, and a messenger was despatched to Belle Vue to obtain all the boats which Messrs. Jennison could spare. The boats were quickly conveyed to the place where they were required, and by these means nearly all the people from the houses on the south side of the river were removed. A large number of persons from the Broughton side of the river were also taken away from their dwellings, but it was feared that, owing to the more extended space, and other oppos ing circumstances, many persons in Broughton would have to remain in their houses during the night. The head gardener of Peel Park and his family had to be carried from their residence in a boat. The water was so high that they could only get to the boat through the upper windows. The hotbeds in the park are entirely destroyed, and the greenhouses are much injured. Several persons applied at the police station for assistance, stating that their families, living in the houses in the neighbourhood of Union street and Great Clowes-street, were unable to get out, and th ey were afraid the houses would not bear the pressure of the water, and would give way. A. portion of the landing-stage for barges and boats, near Albert-bridge, was con siderable numb er of barrels andcarried otheraw a away t a i o n l d e s a fi atd down the stre am . Though the damage done in the valley of the Medlock was by no means so serious as the injury don e b y the Irwell, yet it was greater than has been known for many years. At the Mayfield brewery the cellars, in which there wasaantity of stages st beer, measuring 150 or 200 b arrels, in various of brewing, were flooded, a n d th e whole of the ook spoiled. Barrels were washed out of the yard into Stove-street, and the works were brought to a stand still. A large amount of damage was also done at Messrs. Tennant's chemical works. It would be difficult to form any estimate of the pecuniary loss to that firm, but it will, doubtless, be little less than £5OO. At a great number of other works much damage was done. A block of wretched tene ments, adjoining the lower part of Great Marl , borough-street, were submerged as high as the first storey ; but the inhabitants have been so frequently washed out that they regarded their troubles with comparative nonchalance. Much damage was also done lower down the stream as far as its junction with the Irwell. The extensive removals of men, women, and children from the flooded districts ne cessitated the making of arrangements of consider able magnitude for their shelter and relief. Up to ten o'clock on Friday evening about 700 persons had been provided for by the corporation officials. On being removed from their homes, families and women were sent to the cellars at the Salford Town hall—which were specially lighted and warmed for their reception—while men were sent to the Gas works, and others were accommodated in the work house and in St. John's Catholic schools. A large number, not included in the foregoing figures, were sheltered in the scavenging -houses, and others were provided for at Mr. Bury's works in Cannon-street, Adelphi. A few were received at the Dispensary, whither some of them had to be sent owing to illness, which was probably caused by fright. The feeding of this large houseless and destitute multitude was another matter which re ceived prompt attention. Unfortunately, the soup in New Bailey-street was so flooded as to be unable to work, but the manager organised his staff and removed them to the Town-hall, where there were sufficient appliances to enable them to make soup in large quantities. The soup thus pre pared and a large supply of bread were rapidly dis tributed to the various places in which th e rescued on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was so flooded as to impede the traffic. In the neighbourhood of Halifax the overflow from the Calder and Ribble laid large tracts of country under water. Many mills and warehouses were flooded, and a great quantity of property destroyed. At Ripponden a sad fatality occurred. A married woman, named Elizabeth Bottomley, and three children, named Kershaw, were crossing a small bridge on their way to work, when the bridge was carried away by the flood, and the woman and three children perished. The traffic on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway near Todmorden was stopped. The overflowing of the Don at Sheffield did great damage. During the early part of the morning the river rose very rapidly, and towards eleven o'clock the pumps connected with the engines at the works of Messrs. Dixon, Cornish-place, became choked, and the engines were stopped. Several other works were also stopped, and great numbers of workmen made idle for a time. At several points the flood was so great as to cause considerable commotion amongst the occupants of cottages. The water flowed into the lower rooms, and various articles of furniture were seen floating about. At Brightside the women got so frightened that they inasted upon their husbands carrying them to a place of greater safety. This was done, the wives being borne upon the shoulders of the men. The water had risen to such a height that it reached the armpits of the men as they carried their precious burdens. The waters of the rivers Holme and Colne rose to a great height, and a large amount of damage was done at Huddersfield. The river Holme flooded the lands above Lockwood, and below Lockwood Bridge flooded the lower storeys of the mills of Messrs. H. Crowther and Sons, Messrs. Roberts and Sons, Messrs. Turner and Berrys, Mr. Shaw, Mr. B. Taylor, and Messrs. Marsdens. Queen Mill was surrounded with water some feet deep, and several of the workpeople who were in the place early on Friday night could not get out. At the juction of the Holme and Colne, a few hundred yards below Folly Hall, a large extent of land was submerged. At Dusk the river had risen so high as occasionally to wash over the flat bridge at King's Hall, and the cellars - in that locality were flooded. The whole of the low land between Mirfield, Thorn bill, and Dewsbury, through which the river Calder winds it way, was flooded. In the afternoon the river had risen about two feet above the level it reached when the Bilberry reservoir burst in Feb., 1852. Mills in the valley were completely sur rounded with water, and the tall chimneys stood out like lighthouses. The Dewsbury market-place was covered to a depth of four or five feet. The consequonce was that the shops were flooded to the height of the counters, and had to be closed, and such a thing as passenger traffic was impossible. Soon after the market place was submerged, omni buses, cabs, and other vehicles were in great request to convey people across, but ultimately even this mode of meeting the difficulty could not be con tinued. About four o'clock in the afternoon two boats were launched in the market place, and thus communication between the two sides of the town was kept up, to the intense amusement of hundreds of spectators, who had never before known of navi gation in such a place. At eight p.m. the waters were rapidly rising, and the parish church was flooded to the extent of three feet, and Ebenezer Chapel and schools were about a foot deep in water. The Post-office was inaccessible for several hours, except by conveyance, and business in the heart of the town was suspended nearly all day. Immense damage has been done to goods stored in cellar warehouses, also in mill property and agricultural produce. Most of the mills in the vicinity of the Calder will be stopped working for at least several days. About half-past seven o'clock six persons got upon a waggon to go to Thornhill, and after passing the new bridge over the Calder, the driver found the water so deep that he unyoked his horses and returned, leaving the six persons on the wag gon surrounded by the water. There were eight or ten lives lost at and near Dewsbury. A cabman was one of the first victims of the flood. At a late hour on Friday evening he was drivingalong Saville road towards Thornhill, when the cab and its occu pants, four in number, were swept away by the tor rent. The cabman was drowned, and the people in the vehicle were only saved by remaining in it until the waters bad subsided. A man named Oldroyd, a mill operative, was drowned whilst attempting to rescue the people in the cab. In the neighbourhood of Thornhill Lees and Dewsbury Mills the flood has made great havoc, and several lives have been sac rificed. On Friday night a cart belonging to Mr. Charleswortb, maltster, and driven by a man named John Thorpe, was coming in the direction of Dews bury, when the vehicle was swept into the water, and several persons who were riding upon it perished. A youth named Higg has also been lost, and a boy named Hirst, from Thornhill Lees, was drowned at Highbury Bridge. At Heckmondwike the flood came on so suddenly that the people who were work ing in the mills near the " beck" had to be removed in carts. The flood did immense damage in all the villages and minor towns which skirt the rivers in York shire, and at several points the lines of railway were so injured that traffic was either stopped or its con tinuance was made dangerous. The flood caught a flock of sheep in a field of Mr. Joseph Robinson's, Skipton ; nineteen were drowned, and a number more only just escaped. A bullock and other sheep were seen floating down the river. The road was not passable in Carleton from Skipton, and the river overflowed the whole valley. In Lancashire the floods were as disastrous as those in Yorkshire. The rapid rising of the Calder and the Brun at Burnley caused considerable excitement in the inhabitants. Great numbers of houses were flooded ; but there seemed to be a subsidence of the waters about noon. Later in the day still greater alarm prevailed, as it was found that the water was again rising, and to a much higher point than in the morning. The footbridge over the river from the Old Brewery to the market-place was washed down. A large portion of a wall on the market side of the river was also washed away. The low lying portions of Townley Park and the lands and garden at Fulledge looked like a lake. Many of the mills which stood by the river-side were so damaged by the water that work cannot be resumed in them for some time. At Blackburn, the Blakewater overflowed its banks in the lowest part of the borough, called Wrangling ; and on Friday, when the factory ope ratives got up to begin their daily occupation, many found their dwellings partly flooded, and the street nearly a yard deep in water. Several mills abutting on the river were got to work, but the water con tinued to rise, and put out the fires. This was the w town case at seven mill s b or d er i ng on th e s t ream . S evera l tradesmen o nw amount of prope r ty d amage d or d es t roye d , an d a d streamManyat families another onpartfind ing of the oow rbridge s living a near the a river had a considerable washed their h ouses fl ooded made efforts to escape, car rying away p ar t o f t h e i r property, and storing the across a thew y rest in their upper rooms. Some obtained the aid of horses and carts, and others enlisted the sympa thies of neighbours to carry them out of the course of the flood. At Accrington it was found necessary fl to oe s d to e p d t b h y re t e he m N i v l a ls te o r n s aecfcotuhnetrier il ovftheyrnsdhbeudr. A sheds being Church several houses were flooded, and a lodge connected with the collieries worked by the trustees of the late Joseph Barnes burst its embankment about six o'clock in the morning. The water of the Oswaldtwistle Brook was dammed up for the pur pose of supplying a water wheel used to pump water out of the Park pit, and it seems that the ma chinery used for lifting the " cloud" in case of flood was out of order, and the water began to overflow the embankment. The night watchman, apprehend ing danger, awoke the inmates of two houses near, and they made a hasty retreat. Two hours after wards the houses were entirely swept away. A large quantity of water rushed into the coal pit, and it is apprehended that all the lower workings are filled. Two firemen in the pit were got out safely. Con siderable damage has been sustainedby the Accring ton Gas and Waterworks Company at their new works at Oakeushaw. Later news from Preston shows that the damage for done in the town, and in a district, extending persons were sheltered. The flood had subsided on Saturday morning, and most of the families driven from their homes have returned. The low ground opposite the Crescent, Salford, still retained large sheets of water, but these in many instances were covered with thin ice, the frost during the night having been very keen. The river Irwell itself is from four to five yards lower than at the height of the flood. The line of the flood is marked in all directions. In addition to the loss of life reported above two more fatal casualties have occurred. On Friday afternoon a horse and cart, driven by a man named Samuel Hall, were swept away near Spring field-lane, in attempting to cross the bridge. The horse and cart were recovered, but not the man. The other occurred at Lockett's works, Strange ways. One of the men, named James Radcliffe, GO years of age, remained in the joiners' shop. About eleven o'clock the flood freshened, and the other workmen left, but he would remain. The water soon reached the crown of the arch of the gate way, and it was impossible to reach him. About three o'clock the joiners' shop, which had been sapped by an offshoot behind, fell, carrying him with it. His body was recovered at Great Ducie Bridge. Whilst the flood was at its height several persons narrowly escaped drowning. They were in a cart in Saudon-street, Broughton-road. The cart had been engaged to take them away from their house, but when they got to Sandon-street the pony which was drawing the cart could not proceed fur ther, being then up to his mouth in water. Quick, a sergeant of the Salford police, and a man named Bashford, went to their assistance, and by means of rope they dragged the pony, cart, and passengers out of the flood. In the Rochdale district nearly all the mills on the banks of the river Roach were flooded. Some of the lower rooms were four or five feet deep in water, and work had to be suspended. A great deal of damage has been done to the machinery and manufactured goods in the various mills. During the day carcases of sheep, pigs, and horses, flannel pieces, planks of timber, and barrels were washed down the river. In the neighbourhood of Oldham the low-lying lands have been completely submerged and dwell ing-houses flooded. In Hollinwood several houses and mills have been inundated, the water lodging in the lower rooms to the depth of a foot and upwards. Some portions of the valley of Saddleworth pre sented a scene not unlike what is to be witnessed in Holland. The fields were completely submerged, nothing appearing above water but houses and trees. The river Tame was greatly swollen, and, overflowing its banks, it inundated the lower rooms of several mills i❑ the neighbourhood of Mossley, doing damage, it is feared, to a considerable amount. A carter, named James Whitworth, fell into the water near Scout Mill, and was carried down the stream, whilst attempting to get hold of some pieces of wreck. At Ashton-under-Lyne, at Stockport, and at Bury the floods have done great damage, especially to the mills standing by river banks. For some days the river at Derby had been very light, but on Friday it rose still higher at a rapid rate, and the water overflowing the banks flooded great portions of the town. In North Derbyshire the flood was very great. In South Derbyshire the Trent overflowed its banks at Willingten, Swarke stone, Shardlow, King's Mills, and other places, and the damage done was considerable. A portion ofillull has also been flooded. At Alessrs. Reckett and Sons' starch manufactory considerable damage was done, and in great numbers of houses occupied by poor people the water reached a height of three feet. tor of the fog trumpet, died at New London, Con necticut, on the 13th October, aged forty-eight years. He was the son of Nathan Daboll, the maker of " Daboll's Arithmetic." Governor Fenton, of New York, has issued his proclamation appointing the 29th of November as a day of thanksgiving in that state. TWO NOBLE LADIES FINED FOR POACHING.— The journals of Namur state that the Marchioness de Molins and the Duchess del Pilar Osorio de los Rios have been each fined 30f. by the correctional tribunal of that town, and had their fowling-pieces confiscated for shooting without a licence in the commune of Dave. Among the patents issued at Washington for the week ending October 16, is one to James C. Barlow, of Brimfield, for improved lid supporters. FREIGHT FOR BOSTON.—TIIE CAPACITY OF THE WESTERN RAILROAD.—The members of the Boston Corn Exchange held a meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 23, to consider the best means of increasing the facilities of the foreign and local grain trade at that city. J. B. Brigham stated that it was very diffi cult to get cars from the railroad companies sufficient for the grain transportation, because they were kept so long at Boston before they were unloaded, and the railroad directors were unwilling that they should be used as storehouses. George A. Shaw, state director of the Western Railroad, explained the condition of affairs on that road, and why its freighting facilities had been so exceedingly insuffi cient for several years past. During the war the Go vernment demanded many of the cars, and since the return of peace the directors have not been able to increase their rolling stock in proportion to the growth of their freighting business. A letter was read from the president of the road, Chester W. Chapin of this city, saying that 198 cars have been added to the equipment this year, and 246 more have been ordered, which they are receiving at the rate of fifty per month. They have also added seven new first-class locomotives, and will receive three more within a few weeks. The company will con tinue further additions of cars and engines till they are able to transport all freight accumulating at Albany, provided that the Boston grain dealers will promptly remove it from the cars on its arrival. Mr. Shaw said that if the facilities were furnished the trade between Albany and Boston would be almost unlimited, and that other lines of transportation might also find ample employment. A committee of five—J. B. Brigham, Avery Plainer, S. G. Bon dicar, Summer Crosby, and C. H. Winch—was ap pointed to consult with the directors of the Boston and Worcester, Fitchburg and Western railroads, and urge upon them the necessity of speedily erect ing storehouses and grain elevators at Boston. The officers of nearly all the large British colo nies in America and Australia have published offi cial statements concerning the large demand for skilled and unskilled labour. But all the efforts to turn away the tide of British emigration from the United States are in vain. Labour under British rule is not so profitable as in the United States. The following is from the Springfield Republican of November 3 :—The trial of the Baltimore police commissioners before Gov. Swann dragged along till Wednesday night, and on Thursday the com missioners were removed by the Governor, as it was expected they would be, whether the evidence against them amounted to anything or not, and indeed it amounted to very little. There was much excitement at Baltimore in consequence of the re moval, but there has been and will be no fighting about it, as it was feared at one time there might be. The commissioners do not ac knowledge the authority of the Governor to re move them, but they will submit to being turned out by those appointed in their places, and then test their rights before the Courts, which is much better than to submit the matter to the ar bitrament of arms, with the pleasure of giving some hard knocks perhaps, but the certainty of being de feated in the end. Official returns from the Penn sylvania election make Gen. Geary's majority 17,178, in an aggregate vote of 597,370. The Legislature has a Republican majority of 36 on joint ballot, insuring the election of a Radical Senator to succeed Mr. Cowan. In Indiana the official returns foot up 14,516 Republican majority, against 20,883 in 1864. The returns from lowa so far indicate a Republican majority of about 35,000. In West Virginia, where the election was held last week (Thursday), the entire Republican ticket was elected by over 7,000 majority, showing a Republican gain since the vote on the amendment of the State Constitution. Gov. Boreman is re-elected, and so is C. D. Hubbard, member of Congress in the first district, while B. M. Kitchen in the second district, and Daniel Palsey in the third, though both new members, are also Republicans. Official returns from Nebraska elect John Taffe, Repub lican territorial delegate, to Congress by 748 ma jority ; and the Republican majority in the Legis lature, elected in anticipation of the admission of Nebraska as a State, is nine on joint ballot.—The remainder of the important fall elections, including that in our own State, come next week ('Tuesday). The important nominations have all been made some time ago, and the finishing up of the local ,nominations and the making of the final appeals of the canvass is now the order of the day. The De mocrats have worked hard in some of the States, especially New York, to make some show for " my policy," but the prospect is for a still more sweep ing Republican victory than in the October elec tions, if anything. A new kind of hemp has been discovered in Cali fornia, in some respects superior to any textile material now in use. The fibre is longer, finer, and stronger than common hemp, longer than flax, and more abundant in proportion to the wood, and more easily separated from the wood than either. These two fibres can be obtained for practical use only by soaking and rotting the plants ; whereas the silver hemp fibre can be stripped clean from the stalk without any preparation. A number of gen tlemen familiar with hemp and flax have examined the new material, and expressed their confident be lief that it is destined to be of great value. The Newburyport (Massachusetts) Herald says the late storm which swept the Atlantic, moving the waters to the greatest depths and throwing the surf upon our shores as not before seen for 50 years, wrought a change at the mouth of the Merrimac. Where before was the deepest water a sand bar has been formed, nearly stopping the passage. A pilot boat, runnigg out on Wednesday, October 24, stopped on that bar, in so heavy a sea that they feared she would go to pieces. The men got off their boots and made other preparations for a swim for life before the boat could be relieved from her perilous condition. A letter from Buenos Ayres says the wool clip in that country will probably exceed that of last year. It seems estimated at four million arrobas, 260,000 pounds, and will be worth twelve million of silver dollars. If the message by the Atlantic cable be true, the sentence of death passed on the Fenian prisoners in Canada will be commuted. TRADE BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES.—The successful laying of a telegraph wire beneath the Atlantic Ocean, wonderful as it really is, may be, as regards consequences to our mercan tile interests, eclipsed by the establishment of a line of ocean steamships between Panama, New Zealand, and Australia. The immense advantages which such a line would confer upon us bavo, one would suppose, been entirely misunderstood or the attempt to establish it would have been earlier made. Of course the long sea voyage between Panama and New Zealand, over 6,000 miles, rendered steam navi tion apparently almost impossible. But the difficul ties are found to be only apparent. It is found that steamers can, contrary to expectation, carry enough coal for the voyage, and thus the problem is at once solved. What it involves is just this : That with proper enterprise American merchants can almost monopolise the trade of New Zealand and Australia. In other words, a cargo can be run be tween the extreme ends of the route in somewhere about six weeks, whereas the same cargo takes three months to reach England. The trade of New Zea land has hitherto been with England and Australia. To the former she has exported chiefly agricultural produce, and to the latter wool, flax, tallow, gums, and copper ore, receiving in return manufactured and other commodities. To the United States she has been almost a terra incognita. The impression with most of us, in fact, has chiefly been that the island was characterised by the existence of a num ber of isolated towns, certainly with a central go vernment delegated by the British Crown and backed by British military, but constantly harassed by the aborigines, who killed and eat the captives of their bow and spear. All this was an error of course, and we are now to awaken to the fact not so much that New Zealand is a region whence we can expect much importation, as• that it is so far undeveloped as that American manu factures and machinery and breadstuffs can be exported from hence. But the great field opened by the new enterprise is that involving the vast and increasing trade of Australia. At present the benefits we receive from that trade are comparatively of small importance. But what the commerce between those colonies and ourselves may ultimately become is beyond estimate. Two great staples are produced by the two countries—cotton and wool. Of one we have had, and shall have again, a superabund ance ; but of wool we are sadly deficient. A great proportion of that used is imported ; in fact of the long-fleeced wool we have very little. Australia, on the other hand, produces a fine article, and just of the kind we require. There are very many other articles which might be interchanged with mutual advantage, and no doubt will be. There will be seen before long American ploughs in Australian cornfields, and American notions of all sorts in Australian homes. And the American bonds will follow, so that we shall have to quote the rates of 5-20 s and other good things of like import as sold at Adelaide and Melbourne. Surely all this betokens a great future of material prosperity for us, if, that is, our political extremists will let the people labour in peace.—New York Times, Oct. 21. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Saturday, Nov. 3. Last Thursday Secretary M'Culloch began the pay ment of the November gold interest on the 5-20 Bonds, and he is expected to disburse $3,000,000 a day for a short time. The whole sum which will thus pass into the hands of the public is $24,000,000, and of this $18,000,000 will be paid in New York. The Secretary holds about one hundred millions. It is not expected that these large sums paid in gold will have much effect on the market, as the demand for export is reviving, and the duties on customs continue steady amounting to about $400,000 daily. There is no material change in the Money Market. The supply is abundant. At Chicago there is greater stringency ; the supply is now flowing East. Good names even have to give from 12 to 15 per cent., and ordinary are run up to 18 per cent. Stocks have been moderately active at New York, but the strong up land movement predicted by the bulls has not yet taken place. There was, however, a very strong market on Wednesday and Thursday, and all classes of stocks were buoyant at advancingprices. Good stocks have remained firm during the week, and participated fully in the rise of Wednesday and Thursday. There is a revived demand for 5-20's for shipment to Europe, and these bonds have in consequence been especially active. These securities are daily being absorbed by bona fide investors, and will be largely taken off the market ere long. Grain is rising rapidly in New York. Tho quantity in stole is now known to be smaller than supposed, and the canal and river navigation will soon be closed. The pros pect of a strong demand from Europe adds to the buoyancy and helps to raise prices. It is reported that the monthly statement of the public debt will be very favourable, but you will get the totals by the Atlantic cable. Though receipts have slightly dimi nished, so also have disbursements. Trade generally is dull, especially in dry goods, and per haps will remain so till after the elections. Stocks are in creasing, buyers diminishing, and prices consequently de clining. To this I may quote cotton prints, ginghams, and delaines as exceptions. (From E. F. Satterthwaite and Co.'s Weekly Circular, November 14.) The " Scotia" brought us advices from New York to the 30th ult. A large amount of business was again reported in all classes of good securities. Government Bonds remained steady and in request. For Railroad Stocks there was a fair inquiry ; Erie, Michigan Southern, and Chicago and North Western being most in demand ; the latest quotation show but little variation from th 3 previous week. State Stocks and Railway Mortgages were steady, all bonds of leading lines being readily taken at the quotations. Money was a little easier, notwithstanding the continued demand from the West for moving the crops and produce. Gold showed a steady but slow downward tendency. We have to note increased activity in the London mar ket for American securities during the past week. The recent importation of United States 5-20's appear to have been well taken on both home and Continental demand, and the closing price for the next settlement, 70 to 70i, show an advance of nearly two per cent. on the week. The 1865 issue of these Bonds has recently been in troduced on this market. They aro identical in every re spect with the 1862 issue, excepting that they have three more years to run. The first quotations gave a profit of $2 per cont. by exchanging the earlier for the more recent dates, so that many holders for permanent investment made the exchange; the stock imported, however, having been absorbed, quotations have more nearly approximated, and now not much more than one per cent. difference exists. Illinois Central Shares have been taken in small lots, and have improNed to 774 to 784. Eries have not been so much inquired for as they were ten days ago, and on the recent settlement about one shilling per share was paid for the loan of Stock. Atlantic and Great Western De bentures and Consolidated Bonds have declinad one per cent. on the week. OFFICIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE WEEK.—United States .6 per Cent. 5.20 Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 68 44 4 2 ; Friday, 69 84 ; Saturday, 684 9 ; Monday, 694 ; Tuesday, 6914 ; Wednesday, 694 70. Virginia 5 per Gent. Sterling Bonds : Thursday, —. Virginia 6 per Cont. Dollar Bonds: Thursday, 414; Friday, 41; Monday, 414 ; Tuesday, 42; Wednesday, 43. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (N. V. Sect.) Ist Mrt. Bonds, 188( : Friday, —; Monday, 70 4 ; Wednesday, .Atlan. and Gt. Westn. 2nd Mrt. Bonds, 1881: Friday, —; Monday, —. Atlan. and Gt. Westn. (Penns. Sect.) Ist Mort Bonds, 1877: Thursday, —; Friday, —; Wednesday, Atlantic and Great Western (Pennsyl vanian Section) 2nd Mrt. Bonds, 1882: Thursday, 67 ; Saturday, —; Wednesday, —. Atlan. and Great Western Consolidated Bonds, 1895; Thursday, 394 401 394; Friday, 40 394 ; Saturday, 394 9 ; Monday, 404 39 4 ; Tues day, 394 9 4 ; Wednesday, 394 1 4 9. Erie Shares, $lOO, all paid: Thursday, 51; Friday, 52 1 ; Satur day, 52 21-; Monday, 524 ; Tuesday, 51 4 4; Wednesday, 51i- 504. Erie Shares, 6 per cent. Convertible Bonds : Friday, 69t ; Monday, 69 ; Tuesday, 69 ; Wednesday, 684. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Bonds of 1875: Thursday, ; Tuesday, 81 24. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Bonds of 1875 : Thursday, ; Saturday, 65 ; Tues day, —. Illinois Central Shares, all paid : Thursday, 764 7 ; Friday, 77 ; Saturday, ; Monday Tuesday, 774 4; Wednesday, 774. Michigan Central 8 per cent. Convertible, 1869: Thursday, —. Philadelphia and Erie First Mortgage, 1881: Thursday, —; Satur day, ; Monday, —; Wednesday, Philadelphia and Erie First Mortgage, 1881, with option to be paid in Philadelphia: Thursday, —; Monday, —. Pennsylvania Second Mortgage Sterling Bonds, 1875: Monday, —. Miscellaneous American News. CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR.—The thirteenth annual State Fair of California ended on Friday, Sept. 14. The weather was beautiful and the attendance very large. Among the entries we notice a variety of domestic manufactures by the ladies, good to hear of in that far-off land, and including all the variety of articles our mothers have been in the habit of making. One exhibitor showed 265 varieties of apples, 80 of peaches, 12 of quinces, 240 of grapes, 5 of figs, 13 of plums, 40 of dried fruits, 2 of raisins, and 11 of native wine. Then there were samples of ores from various mines, wool of imported sheep, horns, brushes, &c. One lady had a quilt which was made by Mrs. Martha Washington. One gen tleman showed 110 varieties of California seeds in bottles, which are to be taken to the Paris fair. The Michigan Southern and Rock Island Rail way opened their new depot at Chicago on the 9th inst. The passenger depot is one of the finest and most capacious buildings of the kind in the country, being 612 feet in length, and 160 in width. The freight-house is an immense structure, 600 feet in length by 52 feet wide. MR. SEIVARD.--A DOMESTIC AFFLICTION.— Secretary Seward has sustained another bereavement, in addition to the personal sorrows which have fallen upon him so thickly of late, in the death of his daughter and youngest child, Fannie, which took place as stated in the following despatch from the Secretary of War :—" Washington, Monday, Oct. 29. I deeply regret to inform you that Miss Fannie Seward died at 6.30 this morning. We thought, until last evening, that she was improv ing, as she certainly was for the last three days. But her strength suddenly failed after the fever went down. There will be a funeral ceremony here on Wednesday, and then her remains will be taken to Auburn.---EDWIN M. STANTON." Since the death of his wife Mr. Seward's affections have clung most closely and fondly to his daughter, whose character, resembling her mother's, was well calculated to win love and tender regard from all who knew her. She was eminentlyquiet and unobtrusive in her manner, shrinking always from public notice, seeking happi ness in the pursuits, duties, and enjoyments of do mestic life, and ministering with constant and soli citous assiduity to the wants and welfare of those around her. Yet she bad a strength of character far beyond what any casual observer would detect, and was equal to any emergency,- no matter how trying and terrible it might be. The fearless cou rage with which she threw herself between her father's breast and the uplifted knife of the assassin Payne, and the tenacity with which she clung to his arm, and sought to divert his deadly aim, attest this trait in her character. Payne afterwards said that if he could have made up his mind to strike her out of his way he could have accomplished his purpose upon the secretary, but that her face, between his weapon and her father, disarmed him ; he had not the heart to take her life also. Mr. Seward's at tachment to her was always most warm and de voted. While travelling in Europe he never retired at night without writing to her full descriptions of all he had seen and heard during the day ; she was always in his thoughts when absent, and always closely watchful of his comfort and happiness at home. That home, already so shadowed with gloom, will be darker than ever now that she who gave it so much of its light has left it for ever. George Peabody arrived at Baltimore on Wed nesday afternoon, Oct. 24, and was received by the mayor, a committee of the city council and the trustees of the Peabody Institute, and escorted to Barnum's Hotel. The formal opening of the Insti tute took place on Thursday, in presence of a large assemblage. Prayer was offered by Dr. Backus, after which a formal address of welcome to Mr. Peabody was delivered by Governor Swann. Mr. Peabody made a brief response, and the report of the board of trustees was lead. A telegram was received from President Johnson, in response to an invitation to be present, expressing the regret that official business prevented his attendance. OBlTUARY.—Commodore Robert F. Stockton, of Princeton, died suddenly on the 7th October, aged seventy. His grandfather was a signer of the De claration of Independence, and the name is a his torical one in the annals both of the State and na tion. Commodore Stockton entered the U.S. Navy as a midshipman when fifteen years of age, and dis tinguished himself. He resigned in 1849, and was elected to the United States Senate in 1851, an office he resigned in 1853. He was largely interested in the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company and its connecting lines. Mr. C. L. Daboll, (Glenn and Co.'s lVeet'ly Circular.) LONDON, Nov. 16. There has been a very large business doing in American Securities on the London Stock Exchange during the last week. United States 5-20 Bonds close to-night at 70, an advance of 14 per cent. on the week. Our last Circular, containing an of f icial letter from Secretary M'Culloch stating that 5-20's would be paid off in coin, has led to an enormous investment demand, which is likely to continue as American finances become better understood. The monthly statement of the debt of the United States, showing a re duction of $20,000,000, has also contributed to:the firmness of the market. Eries, on lower quotations from Now York, aro 49i to 50, and Illinois Central 77-i to I. Atlantic and Great Western Certificates of Debentures are about CO ex dividend, and the Consolidated Bonds 39 to 40. Our advices from New York are by mail to the 3d inst., and by Atlantic Telegraph to the 16th. Gold yesterday . touched 143, the lowest figures for some mouths. Ex change is higher on account of remittances to Europo for 5-20 Coupons, of which about $9,500,000 held on this side of the Atlantic became due on November 1. Railway shares in New York are again in the ascendant, Wall street being in a state of white heat from the excitement, and speculation now raging—money is abundant and freely loaned at 4 per cent. Our Philadelphia correspondent writes as follows : The debt of the State of Pennsylvania has been reduced $1,151,000.62 during the year ending Sept. 3, 1866. This fact, taken in connection with the offer of the commis sioners of the sinking fund, soliciting proposals for the sale of $1,000,000 each of 5 and 6 per cent. loans, proves that the financial condition of the State is most flattering. The indebtedness of the State on the Ist of December, 1865, was $37,476,258.06 ; the assets in the Treasury being $13,628,678.14, leaving the liabilities of the State over assets $23,852,589.92. We should not be surprised to learn, when the Treasurer's re port for the current year appears, that the State debt will really not exceed $20,000,000. We have orders from New York to purchase the follow ing Coupons and Bonds : —United States Government Coupons, United States G's of 18.67-8, do. s's of 1874, New York Central Sinking Fund, and Erie Ist, 2d, and 3d Mortgage Bonds. (From L. P. Morton and Co.'s Circular.) NEW YORK, Nov. 3. Monetary affairs continue to exhibit the features usually attending large accumulations of unemployed capital. De mand loans, for speculative purposes, afford the chief em ployment for the unprecedented deposits held by the banks, the rate of interest being 4 to 5 per cent. The discount market is quiet, owing to the indisposition to buy paper at the current rates-51 to 6 per cent. Government securities are in free demand for the em ployment of idle balances, and prices have shown an up ward tendency since our last. Some moderate purchases of Five-Twenties of 1882 have been made for export, causing a fractional advance in prices ; the bonds close firm at 119. The new issue of Five-Twenties of 1865 are attracting considerable attention, as likely to become a leading security. The bonds are subject to precisely the same conditions as those of 1862, except as to date and to the payment of interest, the coupons being payable on January Ist and July Ist. This issue is intended to absorb the whole of the three series of Seven-Thirty Treasury notes, now outstanding, amounting to about $735,000,000. From the very large ultimate total of this Consolidated Loan—being nearly equal in amount to the three other issues of Five-Twenties combined—it would appear that it must come to be regarded as the "Consols " of the United States; and, having the advantage of running three years beyond the date of the bonds of 1882, would seem to be especially adapted for attracting fofeign invest ment. The Consolidated Five-Twenties close at 110 to 1101. Railroad Stocks have generally made a further advance? under large speculative operations. Erie has been in more demand, and advanced 14, closing at 841 to 84-i. Illinois Central has been active, but fluctuating, and closes at 1251 to 126. In State Stocks the principal movement has been in Missouri 6's, which, yesterday, sold up to 86+, and closed at 85 to 851. Other State Securities have been neglected, Tennessee 6's close,at 921 to 94; Virginia 6's, 60 to 64; and North Carolina's G's, 78 to 80. The gold market has been but little affected by the maturing of the November gold coupons, amounting to about $24,000,000. Indeed, on the Ist inst., the price ad vanced ; the rise, however, is feebly maintained, and the tone of the market would seem to indicate a probability of a lower premium. The tone of Foreign Exchanges does not favour the expectation of any important export of specie on account of coupons forwarded from abroad. The price of gold closes at 147+. Foreign Exchange is unexpectedly heavy, probablY owing to bills having been freely hoarded in anticipation of a large demand for remittances on account of collected coupons. Bankers' 60 days sterling closes at 109+ to 1094; 3 days do., 110} to 1104 ; Bankers' bills on Paris, long date, 5.1 to 5.15 ; ditto, short date, 5.121. The Cotton Market has been moderately active, the price having ruled steady at about our last quotation. Mid. Upland closes at 39 cents. Accounts from the South, as to the crop, are rather more favourable ; and it appears to be now generally conceded that the lowest estimates are not likely to be realised. FOREIGN QUOTATIONS. Nov. 2. Oct. 26. London commercial lOB 1081 1071 1081 Do. bankers' long lO9 1091 109 109/ Do. bankers' short sight llO 1101 1091 1101 Paris sixty days 5161 515 5171 515 Do. short sight 5121 . 5131 5121 Antwerp 520 527 1 521 1 520 2 1 '9,- -- Hamburg Amsterdam Frankfort Bremen Berlin 361 - 36. 411 - 41 41i: - 41 79 - -78 f -- .73 73k 72i COTTON QUOTATIONS. Uplands. Mobile. N. O. dc TS. Good Ordinary Low Middling 37 to 38 to 49 to -- Middling Good Middling - MOVEMENTS OF SPECIE AT NEW YORK.! IMPORTS. From California Oct. 31 Foreign, week ending Oct. 27 _ Import for last week $1,355, 191 Previously from California 84,472 ,568 Previously from Foreign Ports 8 265, 826 , _____ Total since January Ist 544,093 ,685 EXTORTS. For week ending October 27 5523,198 Previously ------- Since January 1 $54,984,378 Same time 1865 25,221,801 COUNTRY MARKETS. NORWICH— SATURDAY. A fair supply of wheat at market to-day, for which the demand was good. Prices advanced about 3s per qr. ov er the rates of this day se'nnight. Fine barley is to 2s per qr. higher ; secondary and ordinary sorts could not be bought cheaper. White wheat (weighing 631 b), 68s to 70s ; old red aitto, (weighing 631 b), 58s to 61s ; new red ditto (weighing 601 b to 631 b), —s to —s; best malting barley 521 b to 531 b), 50s to 52s ; runs ditto (weighing 511 b to 521 b), 46s to 48s ' • distilling ditto (weighing bOlb to 521 b), 3 65 „!! 0 40s ; oats, 24s to 26s ; beans, b7s to 39s ; peas (maple), " to 38s per qr. Flour, 42s Od per sack. NOT T INGHAM—SATURDAY. There was a fair show of w h ea t t o -d ay, th o qua lity and condition of which were very i rregu l ar . Th e demand wag firm, and sales were made at an advance of 3s per q r. oa r late rates. A tolerable supply of ba r l e y, p r i ces for superi ° A sorts being unchanged. The inquiry f or oa ts was fair, a n last week's rates were maintained. The demand for bean; was firm, at prices the turn in favour of the seller. P eas nominally the same. Old white wheat, 66s to 70s ; old red, 58s to 63s ;O e vi white, 60s to 68s ; new red, 54s to 60s per 36 stone. g, old, 33s to 365; new, 24s to 30s per 24 stone. Beans , 0 ;n Ms to 57s ; new, 44s to 50s per 38s stone. Fine flour, 4' to 43s per sack. LEIOES TER SATURDAY. The show of wheat was by no means plentiful, consist' ing principally of new samples. Finest dry qualities no e fully 3s per qr. more money. For finest qualities of barlq the demand was healthy, and sales were made at last weel rates. Oats sparingly represented, and were in fair dotal' at quite last week's prices. olds New white wheat, 57s to 63s ; new red, 56s to 60s; white, 64s to 695; old red, 58s to 63s per 36 stone. J 3,8-; ley, for malting 45s to 50s per qr. ; grinding, 34 s to '2,1 per 30 stone. Oats, old, 34s to 38s ; new, 22s to 32s Per stone. Beans, old, 52s to 56s ; new, 42s to 50s per 38 stun'" Fine flour, 45s ; seconds, 40s to 42s per 20 stone. YORK—SATURDAY. There was a fair supply of wheat at market to -day , sales were made at 2s to 3s per qr. over late rates. Barwt.iL dull, and late rates difficult to make, except for fine so t The supply of oats was small, and the demand firm, 3 , 0 r shade over the prices of last week. A good demand beans, at full prices. 3 6 Now white wheat, 54s to 60s ; new red,' 50s to 5 8 s P Ai - g e r stone. Barley, for malting, 368 to 40s per qr. ; gri u '7e. 33s to 34s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 24s to 28s per 21 • Beans, new, 50s to 52s per 38 cme. Malt, 68 s to o.l' Flour, 45s to 47s per sack of 2801bs. Foreign. Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. &ustralia and New Zealand, via Southampton. •••• D. 14. Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil and Capa Verde, by British packet. ..... .• • • Nov.m.o-- . 4 ; Ditto, by French packet 2B 2 ' Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena..••,`''' I g. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton...`"' 0 7 Ditto, via Marseilles ,,,., ,N0v. 0 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton • Nov' lg. ? e n v 19 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.....`-' • Ditto, via Marseilles 2 °o India (Bombay), via Southampton NOV. Nov. Ditto, via Itiarseitles , .. ,N0v "- Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton ....... NO. Nov 22 ' Ditto, via Marseilles NO. 19 Mauritius, via Southampton , Ditto, via Marseilles, Dec 14 Newfoundland • • ... .. NoV• 21. 4 Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... ...... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ... Nov " Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork ..... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry .• 10Y * West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ... • Dee* West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) NO "21 Cuba and Mexico NO; 2 " Bermuda, via Halifax Nov. 2/ De o Bahamas, via New York. We are glad to notice the following in th e Mall Gazette :—" One of the Paris corresPoll",— of the Independance writes :—' On Th ursaill ed November 8, a slight operation was perf °rll3 o on the Emperor. It was quite successful, re , Majesty not being under the necessity of je g maining in bed for a single moment, an d be pr. in fact able to walk better immediately after' vi ao Goyon, who was surgeon to Louis PhiliPP e ' bis the operator. The Emperor desired to sb ° ,7,,ost gratitude for the service done him, but Dr• uh;ll,/, would accept nothing. He expressed a wish'ded ever, that the kindness which the Emperor int ell vis s for himself might be bestowed on his son, 'Wh o , 0 0 also a member of the medical profession ; au h 9" the same day U. Goyou, jun., was appointed P sician in the quarter of the Tuileries." Births. I/ ir W BARTON—On the 16th inst., at Tottington, NorfoA-' George Barton, of a daughter. aa. of C. Comm—On the 16th inst., at Cobham Park, the W'-- Combe, Esq., of a daughter. ,„. giddelln'- . _ . TRAFFORD—On the 16th inst., at Pierernore, - ster, the wife of Captain Trafford, of a daughor7 oaf RUSSELL—On the 17th inst., at 14, Albion - r oad, Ilig Mrs. Henry Russell, of a son. LAPRAIK—HEARN—hr 001° OnMathrreialsgtel:Linst., at C5 14 , 6 .:1/ 0 C of h C ur a c ris h, br r o a o d k d e i . n Church, Isle of Wight, Douglas La raik, of Pn e srP , late of Hongkong, to Jes fifth dau g hter P of P . sy, rrr ipiti ROWSEL LANCASTER L —On the 17th inst , at LOY •• - „f the Middle Temple, barrister-at - law, and of the to 11. gton, Fran c es W . Row . ell, Ilso. , `.' l .„* to Harriette Emily, second daughter of the late Lancaster, Esq., of Stamford-hill. COLLINS—On the 15th in D st e . s K T—On aged 50. ad' V'' Gu o E f 16th inst at 80, Morningtun-ro ea* inst., thsCliddin Oh gent's-park, Edward Guest, Esq. , late of 16th 1- 161) aged 66. ce I Cell' IlAsEw —On the 14th inst , at 3, ShaftesburY-terra e l a 59 , sington, Capt. S. Haslip . , late of the Mauritius, tig.,,-,. e . F. LAWTON—On the 16th inst , at S i ng sland-g w• Id W. Lawton, aged 72. . WO" RowE— On the 15th inst., at Nureted House, P Hants, Samuel Rowe, Esq., aged 72. NVAr lier' STANDISR—On the 16th inst., at Alfred Cottage% Deaths. Collilgi road, Camberwell, Mr. B. Standish, aged 81 , ~,..ic U ell' SAUNDERS—On the 16th inst., E. Saunders, °I A •• ham-common, aged 61. : h'll Willi i4ll TREMAINE—On the 16th inst., at NOttang"-- so. Trernaine, Esq., of the Middle Temple , B g ed --------; -- _ t oo. - - ------- ,4.14 9 m" i London : Printed and Published bytVILLIAIf . 00, so. if t i of No. • 112, Strand, Pilate!' at Tio, SuN Ol e co ol ° Strand, in the Precinct of the Sav9Y, in w Middlesex, —Monday, November 19,1608. .....-~