The Sun. — London, England, 1852-10-14 00:00:00

fourtb Vbition GREAT ROWING MATCH. (THIS DAY.) THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES. Thomas Coles is again the winner of the Belt— having this afternoon at about twenty minutes after two o'clock r.Y• (ibr the second time within a few months) defeated th• long-victorious Robert Coombes. Upon the I ast occasion the race between the same eminent athletes wa s won by a comparatively short distance. To-day the triumph of Coles was wonderfully more decisive— the new champion of the Thames having reached the winning-post when at the astonishing interval of eight or ten lengths ahead of his competitor. The conqueror's style of rowirg throughout was eminently cool and beautiful. Fite, CE. The speech of the President at the Bordeaux ban quet has produced an excellent effect in Paris, and has given much satisfaction, particularly amongst the commercial classes ; and even amongst the members of the Diplomatic Corps, who generally express their opinions with reserve, a feeling of the same kind is observable. This approbation of the sentiments ex pressed by Louis Napoleon is not confined to his personal friends or political partisans ; it extends to many who have been decidedly hostile to him, and the only comment made is the expression of a hope that those sentiments are sincere. The preparations for the reception of the Prince President on Saturday hes;Te been commenced on several points of the line wh ich be is to follow. Be tween the Pont d'Austerlitz and thegate of the Jardin des Plantes, several of the young trees on the Boule vards have been cut down, and the woodwork f or th e triumphal arch has been commenced. It will be nearly of the size of the Porte St. Denis, and will have a principal arcade and two small ones, like that building. The outer wcrke of the arch on the Place de le Bas tille have not yet mode much progress ; but the works for that near the Rile de Menilmontant are more ad- A fourth is to be erected at the Boulevard du Temple, near the Jardin Ture. There a ill be others between that point and the Madeleine —one, it is said, will be placed opposite that which will be at the entrance of the Pont de la Concorde. The great rnej zity of the houses by which the cortege will pass will be ornamented with flags, &c. The workmen of the Oth and 6:h erroadissements have received per mission to erect a triumphal arch on the Boulevard St. Denis, and to station themselves there with ban ners. The mayors and deputy mayors of the corn muses cf the department of the Seine will assemble on the Place de la Bsstille. Various rumours are afloat with respect to the honours and dignlties that are to be conferred soon after the establishment of the Empire. Several names are mentioned of persons who have rendered signal services to the President; amongst others those of M. Fould, M. Baroche, M. de Morny, M. de Persigoy, &c., and on whom the new Emperor will confer titles of nobility. A measure of general amnesty will, it is believed, be one of the first acts of the new reign. GREECE. A note has been communicated by the Bavarian Govdrnment to the French, EngHAI, and Russian Governments, with reference to the succession to the throne of Greece. Toe youngest brother of the King Olio, Prince Adalbe.rt, has announced his acceptance of the 4Orb article of the Protocol, and his adoption of the Greek religion, as the necessary condition to succeed his brother. But another statement, to the effect that the Queen of Greece had taken measures that a Prince of lin- own house—that of Oldenburg —should be the successor, is, it is thought in well informed quarters, to be incorrect. The Bavarian Prince, who is now the heir presumptive to the throne of Greece, the personage already spoken as selected by the Emperor of Rusia for the hand of the Princess Vasa. The Trieste papers of the 31 have advices from Athens to the 27th ulf. Tire Athens papers of the 27th contain a royal decree, opening a credit of 65,000 drachmas (58,500 f.) for the construction of canals and other hydraulic works for the improvement of the streams and rivers of Bmotia. His Majesty having, in a special proclamation, testified his satisfac tion to the inhabitants of Kalmatta for their praise worthy conduct on the 27th May, a " Te Deum" was sung there as an acknowledgment for his royal favour. Sir H. Ward, Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Isles, arrived at Syra on the 27th, and sailed on the 28th for Vourla, on a visit to Admiral Dundas. PE itSIA. A letter from Constantinople, says the Cortstitu tionnel, gives fresh details of the attempted assassina tion of the Shah of Persia. There has existed in Persia for the last three or four years a religious sect, called Babis, who halieve in the transmigration of souls, and who neither recognise the authority of the Koran, of Mahornet, nor of the 12 Imans. Their only authority is that of the Twelfth Iman, Jaheb- Zeman, of whom Bab, the chief of the sect, is only the representative. It is pretended that they pro fess a kind of communism, and even have a com munity of women. In consequence of their theory of the transmigration of souls, they think themselves immortal, and consequently set no value on life. The number of these BsOis is estimated at 50,000. They have been in open revolt in the pro vince of Mazacderan against the authority of the Shah of Persia and have maintained a siege of several months. Eight Babis, who had been brought to Teheran, refused the pardon which the Shah offered to them if they would abandon their doctrines. All of them perished without making any concession. On, the 15th of August last, three of these Babis, re solVed to avenge the death of their Master, the famous Bab, who has already been the cause of several sanguinary actions in Persia, fell on the Shah at the moment when he was preparing to mount on horseback to go hunting. They fired two pistols at him point blank, but fortunately only wounded him very slightly. One of the assassins was immediately cut in pieces by the guards of the Shah, and the other two were thrown into prison to be tried. It is said they have 300 ac complices, who have sworn to take the life of the Shah. This attempt has thrown the country into great con sternation. Several individuals convicted as ac complices have already been executed, but all the ramifications of the plot have not yet been discovered. GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION. DEPUTATION TO THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. Yesterd at half-past taro o'clock, a deputation, cenststng of he following membe rs . the committee of the Great Industrial Exhibition, wa ited . by ap pointment on his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant at Dublin Castle :—The Right Hon. the . Lord Mayor, George Roe, Esq., chairman ; Ms . j or Fairfield, deputy chairman ; Sir Edward M'Donnel, Hon. G. Hand cock, Hon. J. P. Vereker, Sir Robert Kane, Lundy E. Foot, Esq., and Mr. John C. Deane, assistant secretary. The Chairman, having introduced the deputation to the Lord-Lieutenant proceeded, after a few prefa tory observations, to lay b e f ore hi s E xce llency the following resolution, which had been unanimously agreed to at the last committee meeting : " That this committee appreciating th e grea t import ance of obtaining the countenance of her most gracious m a j es ty to this second great effort to develop the indus trialhaincih it a mgLact to manufactures, resourc es of her empire in arts and recollecting. the gratificat ion w subjects to witness those articles which she graciously contributed to the Exi . nbt.to!i of all Nat i ons in 1851, do respectfully solicit an ' nterview with h is . Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, to request that be will represent to our beloved Sovereign the pride 1 . ! ?could afford h er Ma jesty's loyal subjects in Ireland if she would entrust to the executive management of the Great Industrial Ex hibition of 1853, some :of the articles which she was pleased to exhibit in 1851." His Excellency, having heard the resolution read, at once promised to forward it through the proper channel to the Queen, and then warmly assured the deputation that in so doing he would use his best . finance with her Majesty to induce her to exhibit some of the articles in this Exhibition exhibited in 1.651 1 and which h a d prove d so at t ract ive in that ex position. He further added that no efforts of his should be wanting to make the Exhibition worthy of the country in every re s p ec t. His Ex oellency then i n ti ma t e d t o th e gen tlemen present his desire to visit the building during its at of th co urse of construc'ion, end it was tou-cearranged that he should be present on the occas ion e ra isin g of the first pillar , which is expected to take place some ten or twelve days from this date. After a few general observations with r e f erence t o t h e progress of th e .. building , the deputati on with drew, highly gratified at the cordi a l recept i on they b a d mot with from his Excellency. PATENT SLIP AT TABLE BAT.—A propOSal is be made to the public for . the e_stablishimteanptpoeta: about to for tke constrl n ctT a n bl o e fl patent slip for joint-stock company facilitating the repair ofvessel that a capital of 5,0001. w ill b e. is proposed for all the purposes to be attained ; and this sum it proposed to raise by m ean of 200 shares of 25/. each, payab le in convenient instalments. The subject has been urged ume p oe t il .h e e e atte ir. ntiou f several gentlemen connected with r a ffa irs here by Mr Evans, a civil engineer.— C a pe Paper. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. —Letters have been re ceived from Van Diemen's Land to the 12th of June, - which give incidentally a bad account of the prospects of the flocks In the colony of - Victoria. The following eistract furnishes some details, but it may be hoped that the evils described in it are limited to particular localities :—" I have deplorable nears from Port Philip many a rich man ruined there. The shipments of Wool from Victoria will be much less this year than formerly. Many of the squatters have no lambs, while the oonsumption of fresh meat is far greater than usual. The i scab has also broken cut •in Pert Albert 100,000 sheep are being destroyed by foot rot. man arts of the colony. In l'Aus, You zee, while some are mak in g i there are "fig rained." .. 4, ) f o rtune o !.;', i•Z ~, 4 . ;....) z 6 ' , lei► 14 a-- - - 'i s ` . THE SUN, MINERALS AT THE CAPE. (From the Cape Papers.) DISCOVERY OF COAL AT NATAL. GOVERNMENT NOTICE.—(NO. 50, 1852.) Colonial-office, Natal, July 21. The Lieutenant-Government directs the publication of the following report, for general information. By command of the Lieutenant-Governor , S. B. GORDON, Acting Secretary to Government. Surveyor-General's Office, July 21. Sir,--I have the honour to state that, in compli ance with the directions of his Honour the Lieute nant-Governor, issued in consequence of a discovery —for the communication of which we are indebted to Robert Dixon, Esq., agent for Messrs. Chiappini and Co., of Cape Town—l have inspected the indications of coal on the coast, near Compensation, the property of E. Morewood, Esch about forty miles from D'Urban. In this inspection, I have availed myself of the valuable assistance of Messrs. Madigan and Turner. The vein of coal shown itself on the side of the cliffs overhanging the sea ; it is a distinct and very remarkable feature. The outer crust of the coal, exposed as it hes been for ages to the action of the air, is very difficult to kindle ; at the depth of a few inches this disadvantage sensibly diminishes. I have seen the coal used in al smithy at Compensation, where every process of heating and welding iron ie performed with the greatest facility. The stratum of coal and the cliff is not more than about two feet in breadth, and under several super incumbent strata of clay, slate, sandstone, &c. This at once forbids the hope of working it with advantage in the immediate neighbourhood of the coast. At the entrance of a small cave, however, the stratum of coal is seen to dip inland, and with a sen Bible increase in its breadth. It is, therefore, pro bable that at some distance inland the vein may be of sufficient breadth to be profitably worked— and it is still more probable that below the first vein, a second more copious and of superior quality may be found. But this favourable conjecture re quires corroboration by boring, before the discovery of coal near the coact can be pronounced important. I have made arrangements for the conveyance of six waggon-loads of coal to the Custom House at D'Urban, in order that the officers of the steamer, now daily expected, may have it in their power to test its quality and value for steam navigation.—l have the honour, &c. Joins' BIRD, Acting Surveyor-General. The Honourable the Acting Secretary to Government, Pietermaritzburg. Fine samples of coal from this newly-discovered bed have been exhibited is Pietermaritzburg, during the past week. Certainly the thing, to all appear ance, augurs something real, and the coal we have seen is as pure as any we have seen from Europe. A quantity is to be shipped for trial on board the steamer. A fine vein of coal, equal to any from Newcastle, has been discovered upon the farm of Mr. J. C. Boshof, at the Mooi river, shout forty miles from Pietermaritzburg. Several other mineral productions of value, as saltpetre, &c., have been found in the same vicinity. These, with other indisputable signs of wealth in the Natal territory, stamp the country Nigh an importance that can scarcely be overrated. GOLD AT NATAL.—TaIk about gold, copper, and the other valuable minerals of Natal! Ho w can they be found to avail if they are not sought for ? That the country is rich in all the useful minerals is already demonstrated ; hut what of this knowledge unless it be turned to practical use ? Mr. Herschel Bebbege was sent out to Australia to undertake a minearological and geological survey of the colony, and a reward of 1,0001. was offered for the discovery of gold. Let such encouragement be held out to Natal, and we will not limit the result. The coal of Mr. Morewood's is infinitely better than the big lumps of gold. We find nothing in the papers to confirm th discovery of gold in the Water Kloof. SALE OF THE MANORS AND ESTATES OF GOSFORTII. BY MR, ALDERMAN FA.REBROTHER, AT NEWCASTLE. Tne sale by auction, under decrees of the High Court of Chancery, of the important, extensive, and valuable estates and manors of North and South Gosforth, with the capital mansions called Gosforth House and Low Gosforth House, the Seaton Burn and Coxlodge Estates, with a number of valuable farms, comprising upwards of 4,500 acres of land, also Gosforth Colliery and part of Coxlodge Colliery, with mines, way leaves, and other rents, took place on Wednesday and Thursday, 6th and 7th October, at the queen's Head Hotel at Newcastle. This domain, one of the most important in the county of Northumberland, was the property of thu Rev. Ralph Henry Braudling, who inherited it on the death of his brother, Charles John Braudling, Esq , M.P. for the county of Northumberland, which took place in 1826. Lot 1. Comprising !the manors of North and South Gosforth, capital mansion called Gostorth House, with the pack, gardens, lake, woods, seven hundred and nimlty acres of valuable land, of which three hundred. ,cd sixty-two are in wood, and forty nine in lakes, &c., iSzo., were pat up at 22,0001. The biddings were spirited till the sum of 25,100/. was reached, when Thomas Smith, Esq., tenant of the mansion, was declared the purchaser. Lst 2. A desirable and highly valuable freehold estate nod mansion called Low Gosforth, with forty acres of parklike land, gardens, extensive out offices, &e., together with two hundred and eighty-seven acres of rich land, of which forty-nine are in wood, &c., were Put up at 15,0001., and it was finally knocked down to Jos , ph Laycock, Esq., of Winlaton, for 20,100/.1 The purchase money of each of these lots will be greatly increased in consequence of the timber grow ing upon them, which is both extensive and valuable, and which, 'according to the conditions of sale, is to be taken at a valuation. Lots 5 to 39 realised Bums amounting in the aggregate to 149,8901. Lots 3 and 4 were put up together. The former com prised the freehold estate and residence called Seaton Burn House, with pleasure grounds, garden, &c., and one hundred and thirty-three acres of rich land; the latter the freehold estate called the Six Mile Bridge Farm, containing one hundred and ninety-nine acres of land, a number of cottages, houses, three parcels of land containing seven acres, &c., was put up.at 10,0004, and knocked down, after spirited competition, to Riddell Robson, Esq., of Whorlton, for 15,0001. Lot 40. Gosforth Colliery, reserved at 22,5001. Lot 41. Gosforth Colliery Royalty, reserved at 21,500/. Lot 42. 4-9 ths of Coxlodge Colliery, reserved at 5,4001. Lot 43. Royalty of Seaton Barn, reserved at 4,5001. The amount altogether produced by the sale was 184,9201., exclusive of the value of the timber, realised by absolute sales; whilst the value of the reserved pro perty on the biddings in the aggregate amounts to 79,0701. It would thus appear that the market value of this fine property in its entirety cannot be far short of 300,0001. SCOTTLSH CENTRAL R.AnwAY.—Traffic for the Week ending Oct. 10, 1852 Passengers (10,826), parcels, horses, and carriages ... £1,162 16 4i Goods, cattle, &c. ... 902 12 1 Total .. 2,065; Bbi Corresponding week in last year...; ,1,864 12 91 Perth, Oct. 13, 1852. FEROCITY OF A CAT.—A fine child about ten years of age, the daughter of Mr. Cornwall, a superannuated Methodist preacher, residing at Nun's Island he this town, came by her death this week, as we are informed, in very unusual manner. It seems that, among the domestic animals of the house, this gentleman had a cat, which was in the habit of lying upon his children when asleep, a n d on a recent occasion scratched one of them severely. The animal was, in consequence, ordered to be drowned,: and the servant accordingly tied a stone to its neck, and flung it into the river. It was, of course, supposed 4 to be dead, but after a week it re-appeared at the house in a very famished and wild-looking condition. Having got into one of the upper rooms, it was shut in there by the family, who were terrified by its ferocious appearance, and wished to starve it to death. In a short time, however, it got out of its prison while the family were at prayers, with the exception of the deceased child, who happened to be asleep in the kitchen. The cat instantly attacked her in the most furious manner, and, before any assistance could be rendered, had torn her face and throat so dread fully as to cause her death in a few days. Galway Mercury. The mercantile advice% from the continent present no new feature. From Paris the accounts continue to de scribe an increase of the speculative mania, and the high t in he fr u o n m sotuhnednessof provinces hs basis. every rates paid for carryi ng on transact i ons f rom mon th t o mon th show and a operators, large t numberis said, come New day, of persons are led to sell land and other fixed property to make investments in the sc h emes of the hour. The Vienna stock market, on the othe r hand, exhibits renewed distrust, and the rate of exchange on London is again 11.26. At Amsterdam there has been important altera tion, except in Spanish, which has experiencedno a decidedimpulse from the recent decree. The plan for • the conversion of the Dutch Four per Cents. bad not yet been promulgated, but it is understood that the Minister contemplates bringing at the time of itsintroduction som e a bout in the existing system for the administration of the debt. THE MILITIA PAY ACT.—It is provided by the Militia Pay Act, which is to continue in force until the let of September next, that the officers and non-commissioned officers, drummers, and private men of the regular militia shall, for the period or periods during which they shall be called out for the purpose of exercise or training, be entitled to the same pay and allowances as the officers, non-commis sioned officers, drummers, and private men of the militia when embodied. "Ho roE AUSTRALIA !"—The new clipper Dolphin, owned by Butler Brothers, sailed from New York with a large number of passengers bound for the gold diggings in Australia. Many of them are of the better class, if we can judge from their appearance, and the amou nt of s p ecie the y carried with them, which varied from 1,000 dollars to 50,000 dollars each. They were all supplied with shovels and picks to commence finding the root of all evil. T he y went out with a fair wind, having the studding sails al l set, and all appeared in good spirits at the prospect of their long voyage. —New York Paper. SCARCITY OF SILYIIIt COlNAGE.—Considerable in convenience in minor commercial transactions arises daily from the extreme scarcity of silver. It has become next to impossible to procure change even for small notes. For some weeks past persons wanting the change even of a pound note have been obliged to search from twelve to twenty shops before they could be accommodated. If silver cannot be had in sufficient abundance for coinage, a gold coinage o f five shilling and two shilling pieces will be essential. Here at least some effort should be made to procure a supply of small coinage, otherwise the shop trade will be in a dead leci` Galway Xackst. CANALS. • .. Names of 2.? Dividend Price. 2, Names of t Dividend , er Companies. .11 per 1 Companies. Annum. Price. m Annum.; c ------ - -- ---. i X Ashtn& Oldh 98 71, p. ct. l 140 Macclesfield. IUO 21.105. 50 Barnsley •• • • 160 Neath ••• • • • 100 161. Urknk&Abrg 150, Si. 1 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 13/. 135 Birmingham 40i 41. lOl Peak Forest. 78 Of. 18s. 70 Coventry.. • • 100 251. ' 200 Regent's .... 33 1/. Os. 17 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 35 21. 42 Ellsmre&ChB 69 2% p. ct. 33% Semrset Coal 15 0 GrandJunctn 100 3/. pr. ct.l 50 Do.LkFdSt 12 , ' Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct., 12 Stffrd &Worc 140 1 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 2/. 10s. S w hr y e e w it sb a u n r . y. i . 22 56 1 212.701:6 2 9 0 24 ,rand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stoarbridge.. 145 , Kenrit& Avu 39 63. 04. 7% Severß ancil Lancaster . 100 LeedA&Livrp 100, 201. 500 Warwick& 1 41. 40 Lclcester ...• 100 1 51. 66 Eirming. j 100 Lezcstr&Nth 83, 41. 44% Warwick& i 100 31. 28 Louqhborogh 142, 701. 510 Napton.. Ilonmouthsh 100, Worcstr &T Antgemrysh 1001 1 — I Birming. i 78 31. 33 MeltnlAwbry l loo 1 Wilts k /Irks , —10 s. Od. 7U, OA.S-I.XORT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. price. Annum. Share. ------ __- - -,--.... Z. a. . 4. s. d. British • • •• •• • • • • • • •• - - - - Ditto Provinclal•• •• 11. 85. 20 0 20 0 0 10 Brighton •••••• • • • • • • 51. 20 0 20 0 0 10 City of London .. •• • • 61. 100 0 150 0 0 125 Continental (Thi drap.) 4/. 75 0 43 10 0 67 Equitable-. ••,•.• •• •• 50s. 50 0 80 0 0 26 Great Central:•• -- . 10 per cent. 10 0 10 0 0 14% tmperia7 ............ 31.& bonus. 50 0 50 0 0 8534 Independent ....... • • 61. 40 0 40 0 0 46 L0nd0n...............-... -••- •• - 150 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 125 0 25 0 0 25 Pho3nia ....... - ..., 3il. per cent.; 50 0 49 0 0 26% Eatcliff ..... ....... 51. 100 0 90 0 0 - United General ...... 11. 50 0 50 0 0 213 Westminster Chartered Si. per cent, 50 0 50 0 0 36 Ditto, New ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 10 0 0 6M LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICNIS Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. k Annum. Share. -- - --...... --...... 4 s. d. 4 s. d Bank of Scotland •• .•• 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 19234 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 210 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10% Clydesdale Bank- ••• •• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 , 10 s Commercial Bank - - 7i. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 18034 Eastern Bank .• ••••• • I c % per cent. 1 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 EdinbakGlasgow Bank L':. per cent. 50 0 50 0 41 Exehangeßnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 31 5 0 Os. Od National Bank li percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 16% Northof Scotlandßank bLoereent. 20 0 0 210 0 3 Royalßank of Scetland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92% Westzru Bank •.• • • . Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 155 Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 2334 Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 8% Life Assoc. of Scetland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 31.17 s National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 308.6 d North British Incur. •• 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 343 E Scottishllnionlnsrnce. 7341. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ,325.6 d Standard Life ....... -5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 1 12% United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 S 'l9s 6d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. , ...............•••• X• s. d. X. a. d. Assam Tea .......... - 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 kuctinn Mart.-- .• V. 55. 50 0 0 - 26 Australian Agriculturl 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 32 Australian Trust •• - 61. per cent. - 35 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 0 20 0 334 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 22 British American Land 158. - Eli 10 0 Canada ••••••••• •• •• 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 50 Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent. - - - Ditto, 6pr et. Bonds SI. percent. - Nexigation Bonds 3i per cent. - - 114% City - 97 Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 193,. - 25 0 0 710 0 - Ecilloble.ll-ev• .e . r5 . i41 13 4 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 119 Ditto Xew .• •••• •• - 50 0 0 10 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c.fisbs,2l 100 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 Gen.StearnNavigation 10 p.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2 8% Hudson's Bay • • • • • • " - Stock.- 220 Hungerford .. •• •• •••• 21. 55. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47 L on d o n Institution .•• - - 5/..per cent. 15 0 0 7158 15 0 P 1 5 3 - - 12 10 0 - 10/• per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 25 R Londona Price's sseii pi ß ant e set v ni e tt r ac s u i a o on n nd a .. r ? do. . Reversionary Int. SOO. 4 5 % 14 1. 0 p r r sh c ar en e t . . 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 00 1:65x sEtootlytahlAMnasitlrSaliteaanm......... 41. p• •sha r e . 100 0 0 60 0 0 7934 Trust and Loan Comp. 20 0 0 3 g 0 .... of Upper Canada • • - - damageduGe nEt sNhoCwtEeh showers t we are h h o a p vseststill re tardedeApEicßl:BiUnOV,P.a—nldTNshoeTmlEeawteljhfarljte on the poles, so far as colour . is co ncer ned , __ As picking glad to find that the weight is preserved. exceedha s anticipations cropsaodgood realized priceshave generallybeen foundto hav ing been o bt a i ne d, th e growers h av e reason for great thankfulness this season. They have been enabled, too, to pay th e pi c k ers b e tt er th an was a t first promised, which has i m p ar t e d muc h sa ti s f ac ti on an d happiness among the poor folks. The duty is still fixed at 250,0001. and upwards. Some planters will scarcely have finished picking by the end of this week. MAIDSTONE.—.The picking, one of the longest on record, is n ow near l y over. It has been much hindered by the rains and floods. Some hops have been lost in consequence, as in wet weather there is ever a gre at waste. M any o f t h e l atter hops are in ferior. The colegates h ave , as usua l , held their colour and their smell. Some of the grape hops have also kept ywell ; but, generally, the late hops are black at the strip, and of bad quality. The duty is still called 260,0001. MARDEN,—We h_ve received cons id era b le injury ' from the floods and the winds, but we shall still grow an average of 12 cwt. an acre, LONDON, PRICES OF SHARES :N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. Front the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FEIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER la. drOUTT-STOCX ZALNMS. Same of Company. Australasia .• • • • • • • • • BritshNorth American Commercial 3f London Colonial . • •• • • ..... lonian • • • • • • • .. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. London and County .. Londn and Westminstr London Joint-Stock... Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New... •• .. qational of Ireland .. Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New. .• Oriental Bank Corpora. South Australia ...... Union of Australia.. • • Ditto . • • • .... • • • • Union of London... .. Union of Madrid .•• • • Namo of Company. ilblon .• • • •........• Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marine. • • •• • • Anchor .. • • •• Argus Life • • • • • • • • British Commercial .. Clericl,Med.& Gen• Life County .......... • • • • drown .............. Eagle .. . Egity and Law • • tluropean Life •• •• • General ............ Glib° • ........... Guardian Imperial Fire • • • • • • • • Imperial Life •• • • • • • • Indemnity Marine • • Law Fire . .......... Law Li1e ..••••...... Legal and General Life London Fire •• •• London Ship ...• %Urine • • • • • • . • . • • .. 'led. Invlid &Gen. Life Minerva • • •• Mun Arch • • • • • • . • 'cational Lean Fund.. Palladium Life •• ...... Pelican . ............ I , . 'rofessional Life...... i•rovident Life • • •• • . nook Life • • • • • . Royal Exchanse Sun Fire ..... • . Dit.te: Life .•••• United Kingdom ri.tiversal Life.... •... Victoria Life, . Name of Company. Hur.gorford•• •• • .. •• Southwrk .......... Ditto Nw of 7 3y p. c. Waterloo .... • • • • .. DUO Old Ann. of 81. Ditto NA , ditto of V. ... Av. 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B. d. 100 0 0 50 0 0 1 100 0 0 70 10 3 'Ol-tE.B amount of Share. x s. d. Stock, 50 0 0 100 0 e 100 0 0 - 100 0 0 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Paid. X s. d. 50 0 0 2 0 0 Paid. X a. d. 60 0 0 11 0 0 26 0 0 1 0 0 5 10 0 16 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 All paid. 45 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 Price 20s. Od 153.0 d o 10 0 10 0 0 1 40 0 10 0 84 all 235 211 55 4 0 0 4% 10 0 e 45 4 12 __6 X. 5. d. 60 0 0 40 0 0 Paid. A 5. d. ETENING, OCTOBER 14, MALLING.—We are picking as fast as the weather will permit us. Average acreage estimated at 10 cwt. BOUGHTON IMIONCHELSEA.—SO far as we concerned, there is nothing against us but the weather, Nvhich prevents our getting on with the picking so fast as we could desire. In many gardens the crop is very heavy, while in others they come down light. Duty 260,000/. SUTTON VALENCE.—We are injured by the wet weather, but the hops are very good. Average from 11 to 12 cwt. EAsT FAILLEIGH: — NearIy finished the picking; hops good in quality as well as quantity ; average acreage 12 cwt. Duty 260,000/. TENTERDEN.—The picking around and about is now nearly brought to a close; in many places they have already finished; what few are left are going off very fast, owing principally to the late very heavy rains with which we have been visited; upon the whole, however, the crop this year bas been excellent both as to quantity and quality. GOUDHURST.—A few planters have made a finish. They have found the produce fully equal to their expectations. Mcre will wind up during this week, but there are several plantations in which the poles will not be pulled until the latter end of next week. The rain last week inundated the bottoms, driving the soil from many gardens. SEVENOAR.S. — Picking is very nearly closed in this neighbourhood. The crop has been excellent, but the late rains have done some injury. HINCKFORD AGRICULTURAL CLUB. POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT. CASTLE HEDINGHAM, OCT. 10.— Yesterday the annual meeting and dinner of the members of this Conservative club took place at the hotel in this village. The leading members mustered in consider able strength, and great anxiety was evinced with respect to the forthcoming Ministerial policy. At the dinner Mr. 'W. Saville Onley presided, and was supported by the Right Hon. W. Beresford, M.P., Mr. C. Du Cane, M.P., Mr. Miller, M.P., Captain Bullock, Mr. Vicars (brother-in -law to Lady Ray leigh), the Rev. John Cox, &c. The customary toasts of patriotism and loyalty having been duly honoured. Mr. VICARS proposed "The Health of her Ma jesty's Ministers." The toast was drunk with all the honours. The Right Hon. W. BEaESFOED rose to respond, and was greeted with enthusiastic applause. He spoke nearly as follows :—Mr. Chairman and Gentle men, The toast of "Her Majesty's Ministers" , ounds somewhat extraordinary to the ears of Castle He dingham meeting. I have attended this meeting now for several years, but this is the first time I ever heard it proposed.—(A laugh.) If it has been delayed for a long period, however, I must say that the enthu siasm with which it has been drunk on the present occasion ought sufficiently to satisfy us of the kindly feeling which the members of the Hinckford Agri cultural and Conservative Club have towards a Go vernment which, though lately installed in office, has long been a friend to the agricultural interest, and allied in its feelings and sympathies to the people of Essex.—(Cheers.) I wish that the task of returning thanks for this toast had fallen into the hands of one more capable of responding to it from his position in the Ministry, or who might feel that he was less maligned than I have been, and that he might return thanks for the Government without drawing upon his head, from some hostile journal, words of obloquy, becau s e thanks were returned by my lips. Th e Government, you may depend upon it, are desirous, in every situation, and in the position which each in dividual occupies, to do their duty by the country, which has called them by its " general voice," I say, ta displace a Government which was universally ua p)pular, because inefficient, and to take the reins of that Government into theirown hands, although those bands were fresh and unused to such a t a sk.—(Cheers.) That Government, you may depend upon it, will try to do thei , best, and I think if you look at the short period duriig which they have held the reins of office, you will ind that they have not flinched during that short periol from doing their best to improve, at the same time that they have maintained, the ancient institu tions 6. the country.—<Cheers). That Government has notdrawn back from effectual, efficient, and true reforms where they were necessary. They will continue to axerc se t h a t j us t di scre ti on i n pursu i n g reforms where thy are necessary, but they will stand by the constituta h , and will maintain the institutions of the country, le they civil, military, or Protestant, with a fervour Ind a determination which I trust the people of Englandwill respond to by their approbation and support. — (lear, hear.) It has been said, and I say untruly said, that her Majesty's Government came into office up m t h e principles of protection, and that, having come i s upon those principles they have adopted the tenets of tleir adversaries, and have seized hold of and are ready to carry out all the dogmas of free trade. I deny that positi on is' tot°. I know no reason that any man has tosay that the Government are Free traders; and I s ea y the other position also, that they did come in in h e slightest degree upon the princi ples of Protectics e That is a strange thing for us to say, but it is not the less true.—(Hear, hear.) There were causes whch operated and produced it; but for one whole yea. preceding our assumption of office, we did not as a party, not did any individual— acknowledged as a l e ader of that party-.'-bring for ward one single notion in which Protectionist mea sures were in On s lightest degree involved. How, then, can it be sail. that we came in upon the princi ples of Protection? I deny it.—(Hear, hear.) In the year 1851, fir a very sh ort period, we were andwhat was the John Russell was cause d no o fi n n t t hh o iast f form w m nN s Tilh G oyti o , s y te e h r a n t le n o r t , d of Commons upon a ques tion of Parliamentary Reform—beaten by his owr friends, and resigned the reins of office. Well, we —when called on form a Government, which we could not have com es eplated — were accused that we came in upon the Fr i 3 eiples of Protection. But no, we were called on t ) ;:orm a Governm en t b ecause L or d John Russell was unable to mana g e his own party, or to stand , ani and hisLo Lord eni parliament.o sse llreturned and resumed We f a il e d i n t h a t object the reins of power, and they remained a feeble, wretched, tottering xdministratiois,luntil he got rid, by I think unfair aid underhand means, and in an ignoble manner, of be mainstay and great sustain ing power of his C ove rnment. He cas t over t h at most talented man :, o rd Palmerston —he cast over the man who still shei a lustre over his feeble Admi nistration, and he found that he had cast off his own right hand when he Tared to g o in to the battle with out his armour.—(Cheers) He found, w h en h e brought forward his Militia Bill, that th e on l y man .. who could have direct.d it an d carrie d it for him was again ag ains u t p h o i n no r , h a e nd m L iil o t r i! J. Russell was turned out Will any man of com mon sense then say, Nylon we caine.in at that moment and formed a Government, that we did so on Pro tectionist principles ? The word Protection" was never mentioned except incidentally once, and then it was not received. I sea then that when we came in in last February or Mach, we came as a Govern ment tekiug up the rein; that bad been thrown down without cause or justice. We came in at the command of her Majesty to support her in her just prerogative, and not to allow the official bu siness of the country to be thrown into the hands of Sir James Graham aid his Irish associates, or of Mr. Cobden and the M a nchester school.—(Cheers.) Therefore I say we honestly and truly may declare that the first proposition which was advanced is un founded and unjust. We did not come in upon Pro tectionist principles, or upon a Protectionist motion, but we came in to do the duty of the country at the bidding of the Sovereign; and while that Sovereign and the country uphold us, we are determined to fulfil those duties ; and the country, I believe, is fully satisfied with the manner in which they have been performed up to the present moment.—(Hear, hear.) Whether or not free-trade principles have been adopted no man can really state, except by looking back at what has already occurred in Parliament. It is impossible for any men connected as we are with the great agricultural party, not to see that while great, and, I honestly declare it, considerable advan tages have flowed from the adoption of free trade to many other interests in the country, yet that those evils which I and others predicted have resulted to the most important class of the country, viz., the agricultural class.—(Hear.) It is impossible to deny that that class Las been suffering, since the measure of free trade was adopted, in a degree very nearly, if not fully equEl to all that we predicted ; and that, too, in spit e o f 4 11 th e no bl e a nd disinterested efforts of the owner s an d occu pi ers o f the land to maintain y their po s iti on b y t h e i r own exer ti ons , an d to endeavour by every chance most a easily, as ifl g t oinjury great to meet the evils which resulted from that measure. Th a t th e e ff ec t s o f th a t measure and the disastrous results of recent legislation might be most o efficaciously, other interests, a nd remediedth e least by the adoption of a moderate fixed duty on corn, which would at once be a means of revenue to the Country, and of a slight protection to the native grower, who has a right at least to a fair equality with the foreigner in his own market, is an opinion which I have ever stated, and one which I honestly and fairly declare I still adhere to. That was the opinion of the Prime Minister, as we all know, in the commencement of the present year ; that it. continued to be his opinion even late in the present session we can know from his having openly and honestly de clared it in the House of Lords.—(Hear, hear.) But Lord Derby did proclaim to the country that, as a general election was at hand, he thought it was more fair, under all the circumstances tinder which he was called to the a/ministration of public affairs, to leave the decision of that point to the constituencies of the country, and to promise to abide by the verdict which those constituencies should re turn upon that subject. That verdict has been taken. By the office—if I may call it so—or rather by the situation which I filled so long for that party—l am too well acquainted with the lists, majorities And minorities of the Commons, not to be able in taking up a list of the Parliament which has just been re turned to perceive that there is a decided majority of Members in the Lower House inimical to the feeling and measure of protection to agriculture. If I differ, as I certainly do, from the wisdom and justice of their views, yet, notwithstanding, I must acknowledge that I myself and those who think with me are in a minority, and I ask—is it wise and prudent, when you see you are in that minority, to force forward a question which can but involve those whose interests you wish to the utmost of your power, and at every fair risk, to uphold—is it wise, I say, to force that for ward when you can gain no advantage by it, but will bring considerable evil—heavy blows and great dis couragement upon other interests which you also are at tached to ? They say—it is a Scriptural phrase—that it is useless "to kick against the pricks ;" and I firmly believe that in this instance, if we were to stir this question, rnd moot it in an unfortunate moment, we should only throw further back the interests of those for whom we would make any sacrifice. There are other interests in the country, some of them nearly as high, others higher still, which would be endangered if we were to moot the question of protection when we cannot attain it. Are we to run the risk of sacrific ing the Protestant institutions of the country by bringing in Sir James Graham and his Irish bri gade?—(No, no.) Are we to run the risk of bring ing the Monarchy itself in peril, by bringing in Lord John Russell and the democratic principles which you have beard alluded to ?—(No, no.) These are ques tions which every honest agriculturist is bound to ask himself ; and having done so, he should pause before he forces his representatives, however willing they are to act, into a battle which could bring him no good, and where his retreat might be most difficult to cover. The adverse journals—those journals which for years have advocated the principles of the Manchester school, which have derided all the evils of the agricul turists, and which have mocked the distress of the farmers—have lately, I perceive, been holding out a desperate bait to a distressed farmer to turn in pi teous clamour against his own friends. It is hardly to be supposed that those free-trade journals have adopted that line because they are repentant, or feel any real good will to those whose miseries they mocked. I believe myself that wfaat they wish to do is, to raise the ire of the farmer, and to persuade him that those who are really his best friends are not so true to his interests as they profess to be, in order that he may turn round upon those friends and put them in that awkward and disadvantageous position that they may not be able to hold the reins of office, and so let in the very men who have hitherto been the greatest enemies of the agricultural interest, and who have injured them deeply, would, if they were returned to office, only be adding insult to their in juries. Depend upon it the resumption of power by the Whig party, backed as it must be by the assistance and addition of the members of the Manchester school, will be but a signal for more heavy blows and greater discouragement to the owners and occupiers of land. Be not deceived farmers—be not led astray by the false lulls of traitorous friends ; but remember that there are vet in store more and more evils to be pulled from the Pandora box of Whig misrule, if you bring back to power Lord J. Russell and the family clique we have displaced. Lord John Russell has been lately on a tour of agitation—he has been sound ing the tocsin against us in the north—he has been bidding high for every assistance that he can get to turn us out on the re-assembling of Parliament. The democratic principle, we know, is one which may bring fearful results in its train. It is one which, out of power; the Whigs are ever ready to take up; but certainly I must say that when they are in strength and power they eschew it as much es any set of Tories ever did, and are as aristocratic and domi neering a set as ever held office. But that democratic influence, if promulgated by them in opposition, however aristocratic their tendencies may be, when they come back to power will be too strong for them ; and the men who out of the House adopt such doc trines, and praise and bolster up such influences, must succumb to their force when they come into power.—(Cheers.) They cannot darn up the cur rent which they themselves have let loose, and they themselves will be smothered and annihilated in the force of the torrent.—(Hear, hear.) Lord John Russell, at Perth, also stated that the agricultural in terest had for years been kept alive by the use of strong stimulants. If, by strong stimulants he means those laws which were repealed by the Free-traders in 1846, then let Lord John Russell and those that support him remember this, that at that period there other laws in force which I consid e r to be strong stimulants, and which the Free-trade party did not when in power also repeal. If protection laws were strong stimulants to the agricultural interest, what, I ask, was the effect of the money laws, which Sir R. Peel brought in in 1819, with regard to the monied power?—(Cheers.) They, I consider, were strong stimulants. They were stimulants without which the monied power never could have domineered as it has done over the agricultural and landed power. They were stimulants which Lord J. Russell was fully aware of; and holding power as he did for six years, from 1846 to 1852, he still left them upon the statute book, in disparagement and in the face of his own statement at Perth. that strong stimulants are not the line of policy which he could praise e. aaeps. I believe they are strong stimulants.—(Hear, hear.) I wish not to injure other men's property, but if strong stimulants are not allowed for the landed classes, I say they should have been stopped to the monied power. The Government which is now in power will, I trust, in a short time mature those measures (to which I am not admitted) which may rectify that class legislation, for such I maintain those laws are.—(Hear, hear.) They may remedy it, and I trust they will. They may bring forward mea sures of greater justice to all classes. They may, and I trust they will, bring forward those which will be particularly adapted to the relief of the most dis tressed portion of the empire.—(Cheers.) I trust in the integrity of the head of that Government. I trust implicitly in the talents of many members of it ; but, great as those talents may be, I fearlessly and honestly trust in that conscientious belief which a Government called to power in the manner they were, and assuming office as they did, must feel, and will feel, in all that they carry out.—(Cheers.)—lf they proceed, they will deserve the gratitude of all classes ; and if they fail,. I trust they will return to their private stations with characters undiminished, with reputations untarnished, and, above all, with consciences free from the infamous remembrance of having undertaken offices which they were unable to fulfil, and having given pledges which they have not redeemed.—(Ttee Right Hon. Gentleman resumed his seat amidst vociferous applause.) The CHAIRMAN then gave " Prosperity to the Hinckford Agricultural and Conservative Club." The Rev. J. Cox acknowledged the toast, and en tered into a l e ngthened detail of the circu ms t ances connected with the election for North Essex. The proceedings terminated with the toasts of " The Committee" and " The Stewards." 1852, day after that on which the Duke died; a meeting • had been called, a candidate fixed on, a messenger dispatched ! And yet these very men tallk of un due precipitancy and want of delicacy. We trust we have proved the charge of breathless haste not to belong to Lord Derby's friends. Let us next do away with the impression that Lord Derby owes his nomination to the party that met at Oriel. They were not his friends, whatever they would feign themselves, nor did they bring him forward. Who did? The meetings at Oriel were no secret. The decision that those who assembled there had se lected the Duke of Newcastle was whispered about; and next, the mission, voluntary or deputed, to the Duke, was hinted first, and afterwards affirmed to be a fact. Late in the afternoon seven or eight members of Convocation who happened to meet on business, hearing what was going forward in the University, resolved to give the Convocation generally an oppor tunity of expressing its opinion. They were, too, unwilling that a small party arrogating to themselves the power to elect a Chancellor should be allowed to dictate to the whole body, and they accordingly re solved to address the Earl of Derby and ask his Lordship's permission to propose him. There was no time to be lost. One of the gentlemen went to the venerable President of Magdalen, and found him not only ready to lend his name, but decided in his opinion that Lord Derby was the nobleman most eligible for the Chancellorship; so on that evening they issued the following notice, with 21 names,—all they could muster on so short a canvass : " OIPORD, SEPT. 16, 1852.—The undersigned members of Convocation, believing the Earl of Derby to be eminently qualified for the Chancellorship of the University, invite all those who are of the same opinion to unite with them in a request to his Lordship that he will allow himself to be put in nomination for that office : Martin Joseph Routh, D.D., President of Magdalen. Henry Foulkes, D.D., Principal of Jesus. B. Jenkyns, D.D. Master of Balliol, Dean of Wells. Philip Wynter, President of St. John's. Benj. Parsons Symons, D.D., Warden of Wadham. John Wilson, D.D., President of Trinity. Junes Thompson, D.D., Rector of Lincoln. Philip Bliss, D.C.L., Principal of Sc. Mary Hall. B. Bandinel D.D., New College, Bodleian Librarian. Thomas Henry Whorwood, D.D., Magdalen. Richard Higgs, D.C.L., Fellow of St. John's. Richard Michell, 8.D., Liucoln, Public Orator. S. Reay, 8.D., Alban Hall, Laudian Prof. of Arabic. Thomas Short, 8.D., Fellow of Trinity. Philip Duncan, M.A., New College. Edward Wetherell Rowden, M.A., New College. Washbourne West, 8.D., Fellow of Lincoln. George Augustus Browne, M.A., Magdalen. Henry Mender Roberts, M.A., Magdalen. John Ell& Robinson, M.A., lradham." , . This was followed by a request that all who as sented to the proposal would send their names to the Public Orator. _ _ _ On the following day six names were added : Charles Atmore Ogilvie, D.D , Canon of Christ Church, Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology. Thomas Whale, 8.D., St. John's. William Dyke, 8.D., Fellow of Jesus. D. V. Durell, M.A , Christ Church. Harris Smith, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen. Edward John Chaplin, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen. By this time the first circular became known, and on the 20th, 48 additional appeared, among whom were— Thomas Gaisford, D.D., Dean of Christ Church. Richard Lynch Cotton, D.D., Provost of Worcester. John D. Macbride, D.C.L., Principal of Magdalen Hall. Rob. Bullock Marsbam, D.C.L., Warden of Merton. On the 21st about 60 gave in their adhesion, and the movement being generally understood, names were added day by day, till the number exceeded 1,200, and was increasing rapidly up to the day of election. After this statement, does the Earl of Derby owe his proud position to the Oriel meeting ? Nothing can be more true than at the third meeting at Oriel College, holden after the circular dated the 16th had appeared and was doing its work, the Bishop of Oxford, well knowing that all opposition would be hopeless, contrived to obtain a reluctant vote from those assembled in favour of Lord Derby; but this was a measure of sheer expediency. We have no de sire to promote ill•feeling, but there are not wanting some who speak in no measured terms of complaint as to what took place on that third meeting, and the means that were employed to stifle opposition. With this we have nothing to do. The Bishop of Oxford's name was appended to the invitation to Lord Derby on the 24th, so that allowing it to have been two days in coming from Cuddesden to Oxford, it was sent at least a week after the first movement was made. So much, then, for the breathless haste of Lord Derby's friends ! So much for the early support given his Lordship by the Oriel meeting!—Herald. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE LORDS COMMIS- STONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. DEVONPORT, WEDNESDAY.—As stated yesterday, the Board visited the dockyard as early as nine A.M. They were received by the Commodore, Superintendent Sey mour, and after transacting some business at the office of the superintendent proceeded to an inspection of the various storehouses, the building ships, the ships on the stocks, &c., and other portions of the establishment. At half past eleven their Lordships mustered the work- Lecu, —ho worn granted tha till 0v...6, occasions. The Board then embarked in the commodore's barge, and proceeded to visit the new steam-yard at Morice Town. Mr. Baker, the contractor, was present, and other persons connected with the works. The inspection was of the closest character, and, judging from what is said to have been the observations of their Lordships, the importance of the early completion of such portions of the works as will render those already completed available to the service was generally acknowledged. On quitting the works, the Board !proceeded to the screw bans Pareil, 81, Captain Dacres, new steam line-of battle-ship. On leaving the vessel they returned to the dockyard, and having partook of some refreshment at the commodore's, the Duke of Northumberland com menced his levee, and continued to see officers until five, when the levee was adjourned until one o'clock this afternoon. The following are among the officers who attended the levee:— _ Rear-Admiral—Richard Curry. Captains—Jeffery W. Noble, Edmund Young, Charles Clarke, John Foote, Henry Timpson, Josiah Britain, John Monday, Josiah Oake, Samuel Wriford, Charles Hillyar, Charles Wise, George Woolcombe, Charles Basden, Wm. Hillyer, George E. Patey, A. Luckraft, W. F. Lapidge, F. H. H. Glasse, Jarvis Tucker, W. Holman. Commanders—Edward Herrick, Philip A. Helpman, H. Bernard, Henry S. Hunt, Josiah C. Gill, Win. Walker (a), W. H. Kennedy, Junes, Win. Speck, Fres. Per kin, Charles Patey,l J. B. Craig, Edwin Collier, Peter Maingay, Chas. Chapel, Robert Masan, Thos. Shapcote, Charles Hall, J. J. Rorie, Horatio Jauncey, John Rains, Edward E. Gray, Samuel Morrish, Josiah Griffiths, W. R. Nicolas. Lieutenants—Edmund C. Doraville, Edmund Malone, F. E. Budd, John Nicolas, James Yule, Thos. Williams, Thomas D. Williams, Thomas Goss, W. E. Farmer, Edward Youel, John Adamson, George. S. Bourne, Geo. H. Blake, Francis Coull, Francis J. D'Agailar, John Morshead, Richard N. Williams, J. Pitfieid, J. E. P. Risk, James Smail, Edward Digby, R. B. Miller, Samuel Tancock, Alexander Young, Robert O'Brien, Win. Lane, Charles Boulton. Masters—Georgo Giles, Richard Thompson, George Biddlecombe, Jabez Loano, James T. Russell, Robert C. Allen, Henry Thomas, Edward Rose, Chas. Graham. Pursers—Thomas Shanks, Robert Henry Billion, Jo nathan Gain. Royal Marines—Major Robert Leonard. Lieutenants—Alfred D. H. Nepean, E. C. Doraville, W. H. Moore, R. V. Allen, Dunn, Josiah G. Shanks, &c. In the evening their Lordships entertained the heads of the several departments and a party of private friends at dinner, at Moorshead Hotel, afterwards patronising by their presence the ball in aid of the funds of the Orphan Asylum. Among the company present were—The Duke of Northumberland, Sir Thomas Herbert, the Hon. Captain Duncombe, Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., the Hon. Cap tain Pelham, Sir Baldwin Walker, Colonel Green, Sir J. Heron Maxwell, Bart , R.N., Admiral Sir J. A. Om manney, Captain Lowe, Mrs. Lowe, Miss Ommanney, and Miss Agnes Ommanney; Commodore and Mrs. Seymour, the Misses Seymour, Lieutenant Sullivan, and party; Colonel Green, Colonel Coryton, Mrs. and M iss Coryton; Colonel Giles, Rear-Admiral Manly Hall Dixon, Admiral and Mrs. Pascoe, Captai n Rich, R.N. (Vi ctu alling Yard), Captain Nias (St. Geo rge ), Captain Ramsey (Magicienne), Captain Mitchell, R7/I. ' Cs tain Hewlett, R.N., Captain Scott, R.E., and Mrs. ' Lott ' Captain Collier, Miss Collier, Miss Vigor, and Miss Nooth; Captain Sydney Grenfell, R.N., Mr. Triscott, a sinb and the Thisthe Commandercreditbaar rl arrangements, ownn N ga mes e m e gr d a ( t a L t uns (Linnet). therefore, at t r ) s . . m o orr reflect h a do thenfros r' highestthe notice pr oonly,pmo promp titude titude and good taste displayed on the occasion. To-day the Admiralty visit the Royal Marine Bar racks and Victu a lli ng - o ffi ce ; su b sequen tly to which the First Lord will resume his levee at the Commodore Su perintendent's-office. In the evening the board dine with Admiral Sir J. A. Ommanney, K.C.8., Commander -in- Chief, and according to present arrangements quit this place by the e x pre ss train at 10.25 A.M. We are sorry to report the death of Dr. Frederick N. Slight, surgeon of her Majesty's ship Indefatigable. We believe that accounts of this melancholy occurrence have been received at the Admiralty, but we have not as yet been supplied with the iSeIS. APPOINTMENTS. THE LEANHER.—The following re -appointments have been made to the Leander , 50, at Portsmouth :—Lieute mint, Charles H. May; Paymaster, Robert Wilson ; Mate, James Hardy; Midshipmen, Lord Edward H. Cecil, Arthur Couburn, St. Vincent Luke; Naval Cadets, F. M. Ommanney and Wallop Brahayon. The other ap pointments to this ship are — Surgeon—Thomas I_l 2F. a.lNev . ow u n l , a v k i e ce an Ida W. Richardson. l ly nnear ASZiStaD ,-Surgeons Navel Cadets—A. E. Dupuis and E. H. Altrey. will be seen that in the appointments to the Leander the first lieutenant, jaymaster, &c., have been reap pointed, but the burgeon has been superseded. The surgeon of the Arrogant, it will be remembered, was re appointed to that ship when the was recommissioned, although he had only served in a brig before he was appointed to the Arrogant; and duricg the service of that ship in the West Indies he was cruising in f;110 squadron at home, whilst Surgeon Kinnear, of Idle Leander, who has been superseded, has served in that. ship during her whole arduous period of commissio a• Dr. Gallagher may be a most efficient medical offict rt, but his selection for re-appointment to the same obi P. whilst others are suspended on re-commissioning, 13, trays a favouritism which many think is ne just to th seniors of the mtcliertl branch of the naval service. Tb roster of Somerset-House evidently requires revisioi and will, doubtless, be more closely scrutinized b. r Whitehall than it has been of late.—Herald. Paymaster—Thomas C. Thomas, Volcant steam-vessel, coast of Africa. Midshipman—J. E. M. Wilson, to the Agamemnon, 90, Sheerness. Clerks' Assistant—John Kiddie, to the Victory fug ship, Portsmouth. At the recent meeting of the Royal Cornwall Poly' technic Society, held at Falmouth, the society's me 0 1 was awarded to Mr. Alexander Moore, foreman of sh wrights in Devonport Dockyard, for improvements ja the construction of screw-propellers of stecm•ships, a•nia from the application of which considerable economy and other important advantages are likely to arise. PORTSMOUTH. W EDNESDAY.—Leander, 50, Captailt G. St. Vincent King, was paid off, all standing this day,; and will be re-commissioned to-morrow. A number of her men will rejoin her. Prince Albert, American packet ship, arrived at Spit head this morning from the river, and sailed again for New York, with a fine casttrly hreese. Daring, 12, Commander G. Napier, and Bittern, 12, Commander Vansittart, were paid advanced wages on Tuesday afternoon, and will sail for their respective destinalions on Thursday. Conflict screw steam corvette has been thoroughly repaired, and will come out of the south dock on Satur day next, rind be taken into the steam basin. inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Captain Woo!ridge, which towed round tho Duke of Wellington, has completed her fuel, and taking on board stores for the Ditditer ranear,, Desperate, steam-sloop, Lieutenant Commander Stevens (act.) sailed this atternnon for Plymouth, where she will rejoin the steam reserve. Encounter, screw•corvette, Captain O'Callaghan, will come out of the steam basin on Saturday ready for service. Ocean Queen, convict-ship, left Cowes to-day with convicts for Australia. Seaflower, cutter, arrived to-day from Jersey, to be paid off. Her crew and lieutenant-commander are to be turned over to the Mercury. The Bittern, 12, Commander Vansittart, and the Daring, 12, Commander Napier, were paid advance to. , day, and will sail to-morrow for the East and West Indius respectively. The Ar . rogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain Fremantle, hauled out of the dock this morning to complete her refit in the basin. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Lords of the Ad.' miralty will hold a second levee this morning, and after . wards dine at the reiidence of the Port Admiral, Sir J. Ommanney. Their Lordships attended the ball, held last evening at Moorshead's Royal Hotel. The Melbourne, Australian mail steamer, while under weigh in the harbour, by some mismanagement came in contact with the Pallas, coal hulk, and the Pike Govern - ment steam-tug, which was lying alongside the Pallas. The force with which the vessels came into collision wag very great, and the shock carried away the jibboom of the Melbourne, several planks from her bow, besides her port cathead; and, altogether, inflicted such damage' on this beautiful vessel, that it is feared some days must yet elapse before she can proceed on her voyage. Her passengers, of which a largo number were on board • were thrown into a state of confusion which can be better imagined than described. Irrespective of the damage sustained by the Melbourne, the Pike steamer had her figurehead carried away, and several injuries about her bow. The Pallas coal hulk had also her bows stove in. The vessels are now lying together, and it is believed that artificers from the Dockyard will be at once set to work in order to repair the damages sustained by the Melbourne. The onus of the affair rests, it is said, on the shoulders of the pilot, who, however, was not in Government employ. WOOLWICH, OCT. 13.--Th© Terrible steam-frigate, Captain James Hope, C. 8., having been all cleared oat, was paid off today at this port. She is to have neW boilers, and undergo a thorough refit, to render het again available for service as sooa as possible. The Wasp steam-sloop, Commander Lord John Halt will leave Woolwich at daylight to-morrow for Green hithe, to have her compasses adjusted, and then procrecl to the Mediterranean, for service on that station. The Marquis of Tweeddale paid a visit to Lord John Hsi to-day on board the Wasp. The Dee steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander George J. C. Smith, is expected to leave Woolwich for the Cape of Good Hope station about Saturday or Monday next. The Hercules, Commander Baynton ' at Blackwell , for the purpose of embarking emigrants for Australia, is still short of petty officers and able seamen. Captain Miller, Lieutenant Douglas, 2 sergeants, corporals, and 62 privates, of the Woolwich division 0 Royal Marines, have received orders to proceed 1 0 Portsmcuth for service in the Leander. THE CHANCELLOR OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY. As we announced yesterday in a convocation holden at Oxford, on Tuesday, at twelve o'clock, the Right Hon. thelEarl of Derby was unanimously elected Chancellor of the University, in the place of his Grace the late Duke of Wellington. It was feared up to the last moment that some of those restless spirits who think everybody and everything in the world to be wrong except themselves and their own opinions, would have disturbed the unanimity which so happily prevailed ; _ but the scene probably that presented itself —namely, a Convocation House al most entirely filled with Lord Derby's supporters, prevented the outbreak and consequent disgrace which the whole University must have shared, had the few malcontents brougbt forward another candidate at the eleventh hour. As it was, the only demonstration made was a speech of some length by the se n i o r proctor, who blamed the authorities for fixing so early a day for the election, and condemned the breathless haste with which those who happened to be in the University at the time of the Duke of Wellington's death had selected a candidate and commenced a canvass. In short, the recent article in the Times gave no bad idea of Mr. Lake's ar gument aad the cause of his displeasure. There is a marvellous coincidence in the proctor and the correspondent of that consistent journal. The Vice Chancellor deemed it his duty to say, in a very few words, that so far as the authori ties were concerned, they had only obeyed the statutes, which positively direct a new Chancellor to be chosen at as early a period as convenient, and followed for mer precedents, the dates of which proved that no undue haste had been shown in fixing the day of election on this occasion, but rather the contrary. We may add, that so far as Lord Derby's friends are implicated in the charge of precipitancy, it will be an easy task to prove that Mr. Lake's own pasty, the supporters of Mr. Gladstone, and the followers—but no, we will not call names—suffice it to say, that the opponents of Lord Derby forced his lordship's friends into the field. The following we believe to be the truth :—The Duke of Wellington died on the 14th, the news reached Oxford on the following day, the 15th. On that very day a meeting took place of the party at Mr. Marriott's rooms in Oriel College —there were some 23 present. After a little dis cussion as to a proper candidate, and after more than one had been named, the party present divided, the majority . . being for the Duke of Newc as tl e , M r. Glad stoee s friend, and, as it said, politi ca l an d t h eo l og i ca l pupil. They separated, to meet the next morning, having agreed in the meanwhile to feel the pulse of the resident members; and they met a second time accordingly. The Duke of Newcastle was still the favourite ; and the game seemed tolerably certain, nay, we believe a gentleman actually offered to go, and did g.), to the Duke, to obtain his Grace's con sent to be proposed as a can did a t e . Thi s , ou r readers will mark, brings us to the afternoon of the second THURS nAY THE COUNTRY MARKETS EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, OCT. 12.-": Oat straw, from 6s Od to 8s Od per kemple of 16 stones trot wheat ditto 65 6d to 6s Od; barley ditt o , 4s 6d to MI Od. from id to 9d per stone. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 12.—There were il l the meal market to-day 5 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801b5. imperial, whereof 4 sold at 30s. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, OCT. 11.—There were in "-- --‘ , 'kit to-dav W bags of oatmeal,' 23 bag • of harloymeol and 2 bags [pot-barley ; sales anti. Oatmeal on the top and second prices down is per bag, and 2s per bag down on the lowest quality ; top'price of barleymeal tie same as last market; the pot-barley was not sold. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third. imperial .. ... ... 29a Od 27s 6d 25s 6d Barleymeal, per ditto ... 21a Od 203 6d —3 , as l3cl „ 1 Peemeal ... ... ... —s Od —s Od —8 L',,,1 Flour ... ... ... ... —s Od — , s Od --5 r. Potbarley ... ... ... —s Od —3 Od ....3 lA' COAL MARK ET. -YESTERDAY. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market ~i Bate's West Hartley.. 15s 9cl Lambton Primrose ... 17$ u, Buddle's W. Hartley.. 16 s Od Belmo n t ... 175 9-, Chester Main lss 9d B ra ddyll ,T,,' Liasting's Hartley ... 15 s 9d Hetton Howard's W. H. Neth. 15s 9d Haswell l7s 9 1 Hartlepool W. Hartley 15 s 6d L am bt on New Tanfield Pelton Main Ravensworth'sW.Hart 16s Od Stewart's ... .... South Peareth l3s Od Whitwell Tanfield Moor ......... 14s 3d, Plummer Townley . 15s Od,Cassop Walker's Primrose ... 14s 6d Howden Wylam Wall's End, &c. Kelloe .. 175 6 7,, Gosforth ..... Herten Lawson l6s Od Thornier Northumberland, E... 15s 9d ease's West... 145 ',,' Riddell Walker l6s 3d Tees Johnson .... .. ......... 15s 6d Cl aver i n nel g Tees .. 155 - Wellington Hartley... 15 s Od , Ri c hardson's Tees 165 6d ~ Tees Tanfield.... ..... 13 s 6d , P owe ll' s Duffryn Stobart's Tan. Hartley 14s 0d Ships et market ;, 101 Sold, 87. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, OCT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a tolerable amount ° I business done to-day at firm prices. The transactions r ported were—Bristol and Exeter, 101—Caledonian, 4 714 ex div.—Great Western, 96 cash.—South-Eastern, 75 York and North Midland, 51. LIVERPOOL, Om 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market keeps firm and good, with a brisk inquiry for the account, which begins t 0; morrow. The transactions were as follow :—Birkenhead Lancashire, and Cheshire, 6% dis.—Ditto (late Chester 1 10 , 14 Birkenhead), 21 1 --Caledonian '24—Eastern Counti e s, lit —East Lancashire, 18%—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 84 5 / B —Ditto Fifths, 3% —Ditto, Preference, 6 per cent. 15 1 —London and North' Western, 119%—Midland, 76 3 / I —North British, 8.....N0rt 4 Staffordshire, 4y, dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 223 Whitehaven and Furness, 7 %—Dutch Rhenish, 34 dia. MANCHESTER, Ocr. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market was quiet to-dai' Little business was transacted, and there was only a trifl/06 variation from yesterday's quotations. The sales were' Caledonian, 24%—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 84 %, —Lond o ° and North-Western, 118 3 A—North ,staffordshire, 4 1 4 dis-!' South-Eastern and Dover, 22 9-16 Manchester, Sheffield' and Lincolnshire, 51% —Ditto, Preference, 11 11-16—gl u land, ;Ph—Manchester and Birmingham (C). Quarters! 1 11-16 p.—Dublin and Drogheda, 51%—Eastem linlo p (A), 9. BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 13. STOCK EXCTIANGE.—The business done to-day was ve i l limited, but prices were pret t y well m aintained. Shrewsb arJ, and Birmingham Stock was done at 711/,. Du. LAYAxn•--The explorer of Nineveh has been during the past week on a visit at Killyleagh, with ha learned and accomplished friend, the Rev. LOW Hineks, D.D. BiliTllB. OF A SON. of On the 7th inst. , at Haughton-hall, Cheshire, the lady Thomas G. Forsyth, Esq. On the 9th inst., at Lyth e, near W h i t b y, t h e w if e o f the Rev. George Raynor. OF A DAUGHTin. On the 12th inst , the wife of Frank Dillon, Esq ) . MOO° tague-place, Russell-square. ref On the 10th in s t., at t h e Toft, Sharnbrook, Bedforclil li the wife of the R ev . Charles Gambier. _./' MA. On the 9th i ns t. RRIED tTh tbe , at the parish church, Cheltenha; Rev. E. W. Harris, M.A. , ot Trinity College, Cambril; to Margaret Eli za b et h , w id ow of the l ate L awrence P t storne, Esq., of Penwortham Priory, Lancashire. a re, On the 9th i ns t., a t S t. G eorge ' s Ch urc h , Hanover-so„y is s John blee, Esq., of Cambridge-street, Pimlico, to . o ,` Georgians R ea di ng , youngest d aug h ter o f M r. 11 . Read...., DIED a On the 11th i ns t., a t Torquay, . the Comtesse de bill iia de Alontaigle. T. On the 11th i ns t., at the Royal Hospital, Greenwic-' Calvert On the Morto, Esq. the aged 60. tc o r 11th n inst.,Rev. Archdale Wilson Tayhr, re of Stoke Newington, aged On the 10th inst., at IVyerside, near Lancaster, Robert Garnett, Esq., aged 73. ,ci.orif 11 On the 11th inst., Mary, the wife of William It. 1 ' Esq , of Beaumont-street, Portland-place. 11 M r°. On the 11th inst., at Vineyard -gardens. 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