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R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE: - THIS EVENING, and every evening during the w eek, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of M AGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment,poosf sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases a musement. It is no:; a monologue, for the audience them selvesof p er f orm th e i r par t s w ith the principal actor,sc some them en t h e stage an d ot h ers i n f ron t ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphose d before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any one thing ; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startly positions and unex- Pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Prof f essok Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid he has been erabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of memo so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. lie would attribute that success to three causes; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of Perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that ho has s Pared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that i t is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring where ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. Ills 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst Many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which attend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and his illust r ation of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply atOength to a tithe of the ee Mmunications which reach him on the subject. He regrets th at, many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen 1141 P, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectuall attainments, he would least have expecte d t o h ave b een converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so e asily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every ev ening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on . s p ir it - rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the L yceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this Public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his M ultitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the /Mines of the great and learned of the land should have been mad e t o fi gure i n th e d ocumen t s emana ti ng from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Seotem her 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tvat Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American s pirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: —" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and new in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendidhumbug, offered him 2,000 dollars per annum if ho would perform at his museum in New York, Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very a c,cePtabla to hiin, for ho was poor, young (under 20), an or l' an and in very bad health: but he would have been afraid 9f:toeing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his lif e . T he refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. l io inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the e ditorial article of an established journal, the editor of whom right be supp ose d t o b e sane . E ven if B arnum d oes b e li eve 21 1 i spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose by I s accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse ment to it, is this bill, drawn on public credxlity, more likely t(;l be negotiated ? Professor Ande rso n w o uld believe not ; b ut, when lie finds that educated clergymen of the Church of E ngland have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross I t s windle, when he finds th a t th e i n c u mb e nt of Wortley (the ev • N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it to be time for Tni to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which k l is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the "rang Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir Da vid Brewster, relative to th a t w hi c h h e saw a t C ox ' s H o t e l, ; company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that E P, ir iterappine is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad l'urPoses In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however; there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one _, W ho was pr esen t w h en h e an d L or d B roug h am h a d th e i r seance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that "the ta ble" (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most ex traordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was conveyed by a n invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a now work, and that a " spiritual convention" Professor actually been advertised to be held in St. M ar ti n ' s -h a ll , frofessor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will 2 8 received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide au antidote for the bane of the spiritual Jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have Visited the Lyceum Theatre, —a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so B ,nort a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. 'ng,• the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, on Saturday, October 27, at 2 O'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; P art Ls—Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical C apabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do l Y magic that which some suppose to be effected by niesmer alln, and ill us t ra t e the pos s ibility of s l ee pi ng unsup p or t e d i n the air, Act 2. The Aqua-Axial Paradox , ; exemplifying the power ( Producing animated nature from fire and water only, and t 1 he Possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. _ Act 3. Le Livre des Reeueils Choisies : or, Puck's Own rocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the e vening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely Place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou. hie. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfer. oration —black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Vern ; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended se as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in th e possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordi nary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon the " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky lioyeau, or any other wine or spirit re quired ; and finally Proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property 41.1' the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange motamor noses, and, amongst others, th e ir handkerchiefs become transfor me d into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. 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L. lIEUDEBOURCK respectfully requests a close inspection of hirs choice Stock of superior FOREIGN HAVANA CIGARS. Sold in Boxes at wholesale prices—U lb. sample boxes if desired. Warehouse, 30, Walbrook, Mansion-house, City. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. The following Music will be performed by his celebrated Band during he week : March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes—The Lily of the Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gung'l), Fenella (Tinney), Ethel Newcome (Laurent), La Sultana (Bosisio). Quadrilles—Le Rot du Pastel “.amotte), Les Hugenots (Laurent), Palermo (D'A '- bert), Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), Ii Trovatoro (Tutton). Polkas—Des Hulands (Lamotte), Italie (Gaviolo), The Lillian (D'Al bert), Des Coucous (Bousquet), The &naves (Laurent). Galops— The Imperial Guards (Laurent), The Hecla (Streather). Schottische —La Guirlande de Pleura (Bosquet), La Varsoviana (Laurent). Prin cipal Cornet a Piston, M. Bouicours.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling, TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE YARMOUTH BLOATERS for Gs., nackage included. THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP ARTICLE OF FOOD forwarded to all parts, on receipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0. (preferred). Send full and plain direction; county, and nearest sta tion.—Address THOS. LETTIS, jun., Fish Curer, Gt. Yarmouth. " This is the third season Mr. Lettis has supplied us with Yar mouth bloater; and we find the quality excellent.--J. Brashowe, house steward, Blenheim Palace.—Oct. 20, 1854." " Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out year genuine bloaters, I shall be glad to have a supply as usual ; those I had last year gave great satisfaction.—A. F. Courroux, Ambassador's Court, St. James's Palace. —Oct. 1, 1855." JOZEAIJ'S COPAHINE, or SACCFIARATED CAPSULE% approved of by the french College ofPhysicians, uccessfully administe red in the Paris and London Hospitals, and , cknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. ~ See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and ill the principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the Hh Court o Chancery, and on the lth June following was made ig perpetual, f against Joseph , 'ranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou ,and pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by izoyal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the dtz eharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. I, is a remedy for Relaxation, Spercnatorrho3a. and Exhaustion of th, System, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by the consequences of early errors it is invaluable. AR, effectually, in thu short space tRIESEM of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health ff a vast portion of the population. , is the groat Continental Remedy RIESEM-AR for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at 11s. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, kc., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ford-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester; 11. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, t 2, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE MARCO POLO AND MERMAID, LARGE IMPORT OF GOLD. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. The celebrated clipper Marco Polo, Capt. Clarke, of the Black Ball line of Australian packets, ar rived at 3 p.m., from Melbourne, with the mails from the Australian colonies, 350 passengers, and 125,000 ounces of gold (amounting in value to nearly half a million sterling.) She left Melbourne on the 26th of July, and has thus made the pas sage in 85 days. On the 26th of August she spoke the Waverley, from Pisco, lat. 55.30 S., lon. 60.30 W.; Sept. 23, the Silver Cloud, from .Boston to Valparaiso, lat. 10.30 N., lon. 28.29 W.; and on Sept. 25, the Gleaner, from Callao to Cork, lat. 11.30 N., lon. 30.20 W., 76 days out. The Mermaid, Capt. Devey, of the White Star line, also arrived this afternoon from Melbourne, •with 98,000 ounces, or nearly 400,000/. H er voyage was delayed by having to call at Pernambuco for provisions. The White Star and the British Trident, from Liverpool, arrived at Melbourne on the 18th July; the South Carolina, hence, was off Port Philip Heads on the 20th July. The Kent, Coleman, from London, arrived at Melbourne after '72 days. The Marco Polo, in addition to other cargo, brought 450 bales of wool and 120 tons of copper ore. There was great distress at Collingwood, and a committee had been appointed at Melbourne to in quire into the causes, and to report. The escorts from ount Alexander and Ballarat on tho 13th brought 37,987 ounces of gold dust and 26,2011. in cash. Agricultural operations are going on with consi derable vigour in tho neighbourhood of Ballarat. Fencing, clearing, and cropping are, we are told, proceeding in a style which shows evident earnest ness of purpose. The inhabitants are sanguine in their anticipations that the district will ere long become quite an agricultural one, and speculators are already said to be on the look out for good sites for flour mills. The Goulburn Chronicle says that the yield of gokl at the Tuena Creek diggings is fast improving. The recent "rush " to Brown's Point had been successful to an eminent degree, and the yield of the precious metal has turned out to be greater than at first anticipated. The Little River dig gings at Braidwood had been also - very successful. A Sailors' Home was about to be started at Mel bourne. Government notices had been posted over the diggings, announcing that the " miner's right " was required to be taken before the 19th of July, in order to qualify for the possession of the fran chise, and the diggers must be prepared, if re quired, to give the necessary notice on or before the 15th day of September. Money (=ays the Journal of Commerce) is scarce among a certain class ; but the really solvent trader finds so difficulty in obtaining discount at 7 per cent. for bills at ninety days, and 8 if for a longer period— a rate of interest we conceive low, considering the valu e of mosey elsewhere, and the still somewhat unsettl e d state of our affairs. The Government, too, we are happy to state, is taking most energetic measures for improv ing its financial condition. Expenditure is being de ferred wherever practicable, and in other cases mate rially lessened—a course which must shortly place the colonial finances on a sound and satisfactory basis. The Government has also acted prudently with respect to its debentures ; the step taken must be productive of ulti mate good, although it may cause some temporary diffi culty. Instead of selling them at the absurd price for which one of our local banks tendered—hoping thereby, we suppose, to repeat the success of the contractor of the corporation loan—it has for some days past been advertising them, and with satisfactory results, at rates commencing at 10s. above par, and at a gradually in creasing discount, according to the period over which the currency of the debentures extends. Os the subject of our staple export, gold, we have the most satisfactory evidence to offer. Not only is the quantity produced so far this year greater than that ob tained during the same portion of last year, but most undoubted testimony presents itself daily that it will continue to increase; and this statement will not cause any surprise to those of our readers whose information has kept pace with current events. Besides the usual primitive mode of cradling, machinery of various kinds is now applied to gold mining to a large extent. Quartz crushing is attracting considerable attention ; and al though at present we cannot report any general amount of success, yet we are aware of some instances in which almost fabulous quantities of the precious metal have been obtained from the quartz matrix. The establishment and commencement of the opera _ _ tions of the Sydney Mint have lately occupied a large share of the attention of the mercantile community. Considerable difference of opinion exists as to the proba ble value of the establishment to our neighbours, one party alleging that it is a mischievous and expensive toy, and another that it is a great boon. Experience alone can reconcile these statements, or prove which is the correct one. We believe, however, that the former party will come off victorious, particularly as the coin has not been proclaimed a legal tender in this and the colony of South Australia ; and as the law-officers of the Crown here have ruled that it is liable to the gold export duty on its re-exportation. Telegraphic communication has been discussed, and will undoubtedly claim more attention at an early date. Its value has been demonstrated by that already in ope ration, and its extension to Syd ne y an d Ad e laide would be productive of much benefit. Indeed, we believe the time is not far distant when we shall find ourselves in the full enjoyment of daily telegraphic intercourse with Europe. The Gold Export Duty Bill works more harmoniously than was anticipated ; and the same may be said as re-. gards the amount of revenue which it produces. The high price which breadstuffs have been realising, and a continuance of which for some months to come seems almost a certainty, has led to a large extension of agricultural operations. We have no reliable data to show the acreage of this extension, but that it is a fact the concurrent testimony received from every district affords abundant proof, and no doubt can be entertained that the results will be as satisfactory to the producer as to the consumer. In connection pith this subject we may here state, that since September last, when the first cargo was imported, not less than 900 tons of guano has been purchased by the agriculturists of Victoria, at an expense of about 151. per ton. We observe also that about 60 tons have been imported and sold at Sydney within the last fortnight, the price realised being from 131. 10s. per ton. The executive has lately made a concession to the ship owner which we have much pleasure in placing before our readers. We allude to the announcement that ships calling at any of the ports of the colony for orders or assistance, without breaking bulk, shall be exempt from all charges, except for services actually solicited and rendered. This, with the assistance of the telegraph to the Heads, mast prove advantageous to the shipper and the consignee. A reduction will no doubt be at once made in the pilotage chargeable upon ships arriving in the various ports of the colony. The present rate is excessive in amount, and not as fairly levied as it might be. We think it would be preferable to charge it upon draught of water, and not upon tonnage, as at present. From returns submitted to the Chamber of Commerce on Wed nesday last, and published in another part of this issue, it appears that the pilotage received from Ist Septem ber, 1854, to 30th April 1855, at Melbourne, Geelong, and the outports, was 43,6881., and this has not only enabled the pilots to pay themselves at the rate of 9001. a year each, but to credit a decayed pilots' fund with 4,820/,, and to purchase the entire stock of vessels, boats, &c., necessary to carry on their occupation. The decreased tonnage arriving in Hobson's Bay renders the present staff of pilots quite unnecessary. The immigration returns before us, for the quarter ending sth July, 1855, exhibit a balance in favour of arrivals over departures of 16,200. This includes Chi nese, who continue to arrive in considerable numbers, and will do so, we believe, notwithstanding the stringent enactment which was passed at the close of last session with the view of preventing, or, at all events, regulating such immigration. Assisted immigration appears to be no longer necessary : the more extended information of our vast resources being apparently sufficient to supply us with as many of that ver y superior class — voluntary immigrants—eeasacnanobueterreya, which has been designateddily employed. Indeed, there "destitution." We would be far from asserting that " distress" does not exist ; but that either the colony, or our social or political arrangements, have necessarily caused or aided to produce it, we do not believe for a moment. With the exception of a few cases, which are unavoidable wherever a large population is congregated, we believe the cause of the distress may be traced to the conduct of the individuals suffering from it. A movement has been made, which, it is believed, will result in the establishment of additional lighthouses on our coast, the late melancholy wrecks on King's Island— another has just occurred —having forcibly impressed the necessity of such works upon the attention of the autho rities of this and the adjoining colonies. The experiment made by the Oriental Bank Corpora tion of allowing interest on current account balances, does not appear to have been very successful, inasmuch as a notice has been issued that "in one month from the 30th ultimo, interest on such balances will cease." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MELBOURNE, July 25.—This market is at present ex cessively dull, and there is little or no prospect of any material improvement for a couple of months. The cause of this is the continued cessation of orders for the inte rior. We learn from parties who have recently visited the various gold fields that stocks are very hea,vy. With few exceptions, the storekeepers there are sound, but rimy hitve severely hampered themselves by cever-speett. _ Wien in the early part of the season. Competition is very severe, and profits generally can with difficulty be realised. Thechief object seems to beto quit stocks without a loss, and thegreater part having been laid in when goods in Melbourne and cartage were very low, they are now sold on the diggings at a very small advance on the present Melbourne prices. The miners generally being well off, the consumption is large. Building operations are commencing on the gold fields ; the miners are get ing up their families, and a large . population is settling down in the various townships formed around the centre of the gold fields. There has been a great increase in cultivation this year. The crops are now springing, and the season having been very favourable,. they look re- markably well. Th e r e is now no doubt f the continued success of quartz crushing, and of a.large increase in the yield of gold ; and on the whole the prospects of the country, and of a considerable improvement in trade, after the next few months, are certainly good. Breadstuffs—The flour market has of late been un settled, and there is some uncertainty whether the present prices will be maintained. There can be no doubt, how. ever, that supplies in the colonies are very deficient, and in all probability remunerative prices will be maintained till about six months hence, when the new crop comesin. Soft Goods—The market is overstocked, even with summer goods, and only particular descriptions will be wanted to complete assortments. Liquors.—ln consequence of the cessation of ship ments stocks are much reduced, and holders are firm, but there are wry fewitransactions. The best brands of brandy, Geneva, and English gin are particularly scarce. Burton ales are held for 101. Porter and bottled malt liquors are very dull. Tobacco is getting scarce, and when trade revives all kinds of negrohead and good cigars will bring good prices. Coffee.—There is no first , quality Jamaica in the mar ket, and prices are firm. Groceries, Provisions, and Oilmen's Stores.—There is little demand, but prices generally are maintained.- Pearl barley, split peas, oatmeal, butter, cheese, candles, salt, dried apples, currants, and pork are advancing. Building materials of all kinds are at present unsale able. Grain, &c.—Oats, barley, and all kinds of home•fed are declining. Metals.- - AII kinds of mining tools, pig and bar iron, border plate, suitable hardware, and machinery, are in fair demand. FREIGHTS. To London. To Liverpool. Wool Tallow Hides Gold 4d to 6d oz. 4d to 6d oz. Do. in large qpantites 4d oz. 4d oz. Bones and horns sos to 63s ton 55s to 60s ton Dead weight Light goods 6os to 80s ton 50s to 60s ton Bank Discounts.—On bills under 95 days' currency, 7 per cent. ; over 95 days' ditto, 8 per cent. ; renewals, 10 per cent. ; overdrawn accounts, 10 per cent. Gold.—Price charged by brokers, 31 17s 6d to 31 17s 9d per oz. Wool.—Super. fks., is 3d to is sid per lb. ; scoured, Is 2d to is 4id ; fair to good, is 2d to is 3d ; low to middling, is to is 2d ; greasy, 6d to 8d ; slips, 10d to is 2d ; handwashed, lld to is id ; sheepskins, each, 2s 6d to 3g. Tallow—Mutton, 31 to 31 5s per cwt. ; mixed, 11 17s to 21 ; station, 21 to 21 9s. Hides—Cured, heavy, 12s to 12s 3d each ; grinders, 11 to 11 10s per ton ; ditto, shanks and hoofs, 21 2s to 2s 5s ; horns, 11 to 1151 per 100. RESULTS OF VICTORY. (Prom the Examiner.) Though still without means of judging clearly of the field operations in the Crimea, or their chance of success, we are not without other intimation of some results of victory. Already the fall of Sebastopol tells on the gene ral politics of Europe. There is hardly a country in which some signs of shifting or unsteadiness may not be perceived. As you see a fleet at anchor moving rest lessly with a sudden turn of the tide, it is now with the nations of th e con ti nent. Though the movement is hardly voluntary, an approaching confusion is perceptible enough. The impregnability of Russia was become in fact the creed of Europe. Whatever doubts were entertained of it before siege was laid to Sebastopol vanished as the stubborn defence of the place became apparent. And a feeling in consequence arose which soon spread far and wide, and has nowhere declared itself with a more naive impudence than (of all places in the world) at Bucharest. The Hospodar was absent when news reached his go vernment that the Russian stronghold had fallen. But his son was acting in his stead, and this respectable young potentate refused to believe the intelligence. He would not permit a gun to be fired or a candle to be lighted in honour of an event so manifestly apocryphal. Such is the family to which the Allies have up to this time committed, and are besought to continue, the rule of these unhappy Principalities 1 Stirbey himself, in deed, soon returned, and did his best to correct the mis take of his son. He prostrated himself before the English and French Consuls, and ordered no end of Te Deums. Now, this is pretty much what has also been going on at all the small Courts of Germany, of which little Bucharest and the Hospodar is no bad type. Almost all of them are on the absolutist tack, in which they yet feel perseverance would be dangerous if Russia were really losing power. Sad, therefore, has been the per plexity of the principuli since the news of the Bth of September broke in. We cannot, indeed, relate details very particularly. A press completely gagged does not let much ooze out. But already there is a total change of the Hesse Cassel Ministry, and the detested Hasse n pflug has resigned. His Majesty of Bavaria, too, has been wildly rushing to exchange speech with the Emperor of Austria at Ischl. And the Ereutz Zeitung, that here tofore much-favoured journal whose ultra-Russian mani festoes have enjoyed infinite popularity at Potsdam, has bad a sudden and severe reprimand from the Cabinet of Prussia for an unmannerly diatribe against England and France. The failure of Russia in defending her own territory must in truth alarm Prussia more than any other power. Exposed to the rivalry of Austria, and regarded coldly by England and France, where has she a friend if not in the Czar ? She is not a first-rate power, and now, with out a single hold on German sympathies or support, could not bring the half of an Austrian, or the third of a Russian army into the field. Her only true strength is in the intelligence of her people, against which her Go vernment has set its face. But the new posture of affairs already begins to restore influence to the constitutional party in Berlin. Only the other day the electors of Berlin chose Bunsen to represent them, and although he may prefer not again to enter the Chamber, it is clear that the genuine liberals, the men who held aloof from the last election in disgust and despair, will once more form a party in the Prussian Parliament. They are to a man (Schwerin among them) English and anti-Russian, and here lie yet the elements of German freedom, and Ger man force and independence. In the courts of Southern Europe, however, with even more immediate and startling effect than in Germany, have certain results of the victory been perceptible. Does any one believe that his Majesty of Naples would so promptly have dismissed his brutal and infamous police minister before the Bth September? Yet more remarkable is the case of Spain. Before the fall of Sebastopol was known the Ministry of Espartero and O'Donnell had fallen into most imminent danger. The Queen was openly hostile, the courtiers in rebellion, the Papal Nuncio blowing the coals, and capitalists had no money to lend to Ministers so threatened with instant expul sion. Add to this that the Orleanists were making no secret of their Russian leanings, the Duke of Montpen sier had openly visited the Count of Chambord, and the Journal des Debats was denouncing or laughing at Es partero and the constitutionalists of Spain- What now is the condition of affairs ? The Queen has become to lerant of Espartero ; the conspiring chamberlain's and court ladies are dismissed ; the finance minister is sud denly found capable and capitalists are helping him ; the Duke of Montpensier is on his good behaviour ; and the Debats is turning its sarcasm of Espartero into lauda tions of his genius and virtue. And all this in the little interval which has passed slice the capture of the Mala khoff ! Strangely enough, indeed, it is out in the Crimea it self that the results of victory are as yet least apparent. But there is no need to be impatient or despairing. The belief we last week expressed that an advance would be made to cut off the enemy's communications on the Bel bek with Simpheropol and the north-eastern road has proved to be correct ; and a large force of English under Sir Colin Campbell is now at Eupatoria to co-operate with Marshal Pelissier on the Belbek. The result of such movements vigorously carried out can scarcely be doubtful. FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 the evening of Wednesday last an accident occurred at Forestmoor, near Wigtown, by which a man's life was lost from so trivial a cause as to render the event peculiarly distressing. On that even ing Elliot Craig, wood-forester to the Earl of Galloway, was cutting up a cheese with a common clasp knife. While he was forcibly pressing the instrument down, the blade slipped off the cheese and entered his thigh with such force as to cut the femoral artery. In the course of an hour and a half the unfortunate man bled to death. Dr. Snowdon of Wigtown was sent for immediately, but before he could reach Forestmoor all was over. MILITARY GOSSIP. A correspondent draws our attention to a report that Sir William Codrington is to be Commander. in-Chief. Under existing circumstances the story is so incredible that we are disposed to place more reliance on a statement which has reached us from high authority, that it was decided on Wednesday last neither to recal nor supersede General Simp son. Common sense mould, indeed, suggest the imprudence of changing the Commander-in-Chief during the very short time that must elapse before the close of the year's campaign. To appoint a new one at the present moment would be in effect to render any further operations before winter impos sible. At the same time it is but right to state, that the outrageous attack of the Times upon General Simpson is understood to have contributed materially to the decision to retain him at the head of the army. _ _ Changes - in the Quartermaster-General's depart ment are also freely spoken of. We believe that Major-General Freeth is desirous to retire, having been actively engaged in the department since 1813. We are also informed that the office has been of fered to Sir Richard Eyre, and that Major-General Freeth's retirement is contingent upon Sir Rich ard's acceptance. Of the appointment of Colonel Gordon—son of Lord Aberdeen—to the post of Deputy Quartermaster-General we fear there can be no doubt ; but the report that he is spoken of for Quartermaster-General is too monstrous for be lisf.—Morning Paper. NEWSPAPERS IN THII WORLD.—The following is sup posed by the American Pub Halter's Circular to be the number of newspapers in the world :-10 in Austria, 14 in Africa, 24 in Spain, 26 in Portugal, 30 in Asia, 65 in Belgium, 85 in Denmark, 50 in Russia and Poland, 350 in other Germanic States, 500 in Great Britain and Ire land, and 2,000 in the United States, or nearly twice as many as in all other nations. • AFFAIRS OF Mn. OLIVER.—It appears that the efforts at Liverpool to prevent Mr. Olirer's affairs from being brought before the public through the Court of Bank ruptcy have at length terminated successfully. A com promise has been effected by the trustees with the agent of the Bank of Quebec, who lately arrived as the repre sentative of Canadian claims, said to amount to 40,000 t, and the adjudication obtained at his instance has conse quently been annulled. A year having elapsed since the deed of assignment was executed, no further proceedings in bankruptcy can now be taken. The ultimate realisa tion of the estate will be kept as quiet as possible, but it has long been known that it will be bad, and the heavy compromise just effected, in addition to the previous ones, may b e presume d to h ave necess i tate d some con siderable sacrifices. Miciico.—According to advices from Mexico of the 19th of September, the danger of the country being split up by a variety of factions, predominant in their separate localities, was still imminent. In San Luis Potosi, Haro y Tamarez, under the name of "Chief of the Revolution," was upholding the church and the army; while Vidaurri, in Monterey and the north, was fur doing away with the army altogether. La Llave, who commands at Vera Cruz, had ordered the seques tration of the estates of Santa Anna, which extend a great distance between that city and Talapa, and are very valuable. Whatever may be their worth, how ever, they are likely to form but a poor compensation for the wealth with which he has absconded. The atti tude of the United States' Minister in watching the pro gress of the national disor g anisation continued to cause a variety of reports to be circulated, many of them in herently preposterous, One was that he had offered the Provisional Government 6,000,0001. on the security of the church property, and 10,000,000/. to form a Banco de Foments, to encourage railroads and other internal improvements, under the conditions of an American protectorate, the admission of European immigration, and the removal of all prohibitions and internal duties ; the allegation being that General Comonfort, who was lately in the United States, came to an understanding to that effect at Washington. However eager the Southern party in America may be for the junction of Mexico and her conversion into a slave-holding State, a large advance of money for the purpose is at the present moment highly improbable. The report in this case seems as idle as that which has been lately spread of America being ready with a loan of 5,000,0001. for Rus sia. The rate of discount at New York ranges from 9 to 11 per cent., and an export of 5,000,0001. would carry it to a point that would speedily bring about a convul sion. HANDWRITING OF DIFFERENT NATIONS.—It is a re markable fact that no man can ever get rid of the style of handwriting peculiar to his country. If he be Eng lish, he always writes in English style ; if French, in French style ; if German, Italian, or Spanish, in the style peculiar to his nation. Professor B states : —" I am acquainted with a Frenchman, who has passed all his life in England, who speaks English like one of our own countrymen, and writes it with ten times the correctness of ninety-nine in a hundred of us ; but yet who cannot, for the life of him, imitate our mode of writing. I knew a Scotch youth, who was educated entirely in France, and resided 18 years in that coun try, mixing exclusively with French people—but who, although he had a French writing-master, and, per haps, never saw anything but French writing in his 1 fe, yet wrote exactly in the English style ; it was really national instinct. In Paris, all the writing -masters profess to teach the English style of writing ; but, with all their professions, and all their exertions, they can never get their pupils to adopt any but the cramped hand of the French. Some pretend to be able to tell the charac teristics of individuals from their handwriting. I know not how this may be, but certainly the nation to which an individual belongs can be instantly determined by his handwriting. The difference between the American or English and the French handwriting is immense—a schoolboy would distinguish it at a glance. Mix toge ther a hundred sheets of manuscript written by a hun dred Frenchmen, and another hundred written by Englishmen or Ainericans, and no one could fail to dis tinguish every one of them, though all should be written in the same language and with the same pens and paper. The difference between Italian, Spanish, and German handwritings is equally decided. In fact, there is about as great a difference in the handwritings of different na tims as in their l anguages . A n d i t i s a s i ngu lar truth, :hat, though a man may shake off national habits, iac cents, manner of thinkin g , s tyl e o f dress—though he n, nation, and become perfectly id en tifi e d w i t h a nother aud speak its language we ll, per h a ps better than .. s own—yet never can he succe e d in changing his hand writing to a foreign styl e,'; G~lw~,v~ / ...,. , ,,z -t.. , t, , [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• TEE CAPTURE OF TAMAN. The following spirited letter is from the pen of a young officer engaged in the expedition to Taman: " Taman Fort, Asia, Sept. 28. " Here we are at Taman, pulling the place to pieces as fast as we can ; but 1 must begin, a n d t e ll you the whole of our proceedings. " On Monday morning last we left Kertch in the Minna, about 250 strong—viz., S—'s, L—'s, and P—'s companies, each about 80 strong, the officers being Major H-- (in command), Captains L---- and P—, Lieutenants W— (in charge of S—'s company, as S— was slightly unwell, and I was thought too young a soldier), S—, M—, and O'M-- ; we had also with us about 350 French, six English, and one dozen French dragoons, voila tow.' The French came across in their own gun-boats, and we in the Minna, a Danube boat that is employed hero as a despatch boat; she only draws four feet of water, with 1,000 men on board. I dare say you remember hearing her spoken of when the troops were being landed last year at Kalamita Bay; there are two of them, sister boats (the Minna and the Brenda). All the gun-boats, French and English, came with us— altogether 15 boats. We came across rather slowly in two long lines, the French on the left—the English on the right. We first went to the ships lying off Fort Paul, and there saw the Trent. which had just come in with our draught from the front ; our men cheered them as we passed ; we then turned and went straight across, but, as we went slowly, did not do the distance (about 12 miles) until near noon. As we came across we saw the Cossacks looking at us from the hills, and leaving the village, but the gun-boats did not fire at first ; we turned when we came across, and passed along in front of the village, a long strag gling one, on the top.of a cliff. Here some of the French boats anchored, and just as we were pass ing them ' whiz' went the first shell, but a regular Oh—oh—oh V from the men, like you hear iu the theatre when the curtain won't draw up or something goes wrong, told that it was a bad shot. We saw it strike the top of the cliff. The next time there was a buzz of approbation as a large hole appeared in the middle of one of the largest houses. The other English and French boats then took it up from right to left, and one might have imagined an action was going on, except that it was all on one side. The in habitants were by this time all away, but several Cossacks were to be seen in all directions. The Minna and the English boats went on till they came opposite the old fort, about half-a-mile from the village, and there we got into large flats to be landed, but though they draw hardly any water, it was so shallow that we had to jump out and wade ashore. We then formed up on the top of the cliff, to wait for the cavalry, &c. Just before landing, from the paddle-box of the Minna we saw a large party of Cossacks, dismounted, making their appearance out of a ravine. As soon as they made their appearance the gun-boats began shelling them, and the second shell burst right in the middle of them, sending them in all directions, but not, that we could see, wounding any of them; one on horseback, apparently an officer, remained very coolly between us and the main body till we were going to land, when he cantered off. Some few Cossacks came down from the hills (about three miles off), and remained looking at us about a quar ter of a mile off, till the 6th Dragoons appeared, which not liking, they went away. About half past 1 p.m. we marched in and took possession of the old grass-grown fort, which appears to have once been very strong towards the land, but has now no guns. All the outworks have nearly crumbled away, but the main ditch is tremendously deep, and by getting up a couple of French and one English small ship guns the place was as strong a position as one could wish to have. We found the houses inside nearly all Government buildings, containing all sorts of things. We divided the place with the French, they having the largest share, and pro ceeded to break open the different buildings. The most valuable things found were four hay-pressing machines of very great value ; we got two each, and they are now being removed on board ship— no easy operation, from their tremendous size ; lots of old knapsacks, canteens, Russian clothing, some medical books, &c. But everything that could be of use and could be removed had evi dently been carefully taken away. We all took up our quarters in the houses, where we are now, and will be, I suppose, till it comes to their turn to be pulled down, when we shall have to move into tents. " The men of the different companies were put into houses near the places they were meant to de fend, and the officers went into three small houses in rear—perhaps Russian officers' quarters. I went into the house with P-----, W--, and ; we got one big room (in which W— and S— sleep) to mess in, and P— has a room off at one side, and I a small one at the other, with a stove, in which yesterday and the day before we had a fire ; but it is not so cold to-day. I got out of one of the stores two tables for our messroom, and one for my own room, also a chair and a small green bedstead, like one I used to have at school (of these there were a large quantity), and with a hay mattress and my blankets, &c., on top, the room is as comfortable as possible. (All the kit 1 brought was a change in a little portmanteau.) After some difficulty we got our dinner (Turkey and ham), which some one had brought with him, and I went to bed about 9 p.m., rather expecting to be turned out. Our sentries were posted all round on the ramparts, but a picket was not thought necessary. The men of course lay down loaded and with ac coutrements on. About 4 a.m. I was awoke by loud ' pop-popping' unpleasantly near, so I jumped up and got my clothes on, and on going out found the men all out, lining the top of the ramparts, and those all about the field gun keeping up a sharp fire ; but I could see nothing of the enemy. However, it seems the Cossacks crept down a ravine and fired a volley of six or eight rifles at the sentry near our guu, a sailor, and hit him in the foot (not a bad wound) ; the other sentries fired, the men turned out and fired too, and so on, though most of them, I fear, were only firing because the others fired The Cossacks, however, did not show themselves again ; so, after leaving a party at ono point where we thought a rush might be made, we all turned in again. " Nothing more happened that night, and in the morning at it we went tooth and nail, tearing down the roofs, up the flooring, and heaping up anything in the shape of wood near the cliff ready to be car ried away. I went with a party to make a jetty to put the wood into the boats, which I was trying to make a neat job of. It was made with bedsteads principally, but afterwards, much to my disgust, a breeze coming on in the afternoon, the end part of it was carried away. The working parties went on all day nearly, and, among other things, barricaded the opening in the rampart. " The Cossacks kept about the village of Taman as near as they could without being seen, for the moment they appeared whizz went a shell from a gunboat. The French, however, were all through the place (taking their firelocks with them, as they always do). I went intc the village in the evening to try and get some grub, as the French were shooting pigs and catching fowls right and left. I found everything gone—not as if taken by the French, but removed by the people ; indeed, a letter found here from a Russian to his wife, said, You had better move and take everything with you, as I soon expect the gunboats over here. Soon after getting into the village I saw a most ludicrous pig hunt. I heard a shot fired, fol lowed by the furious squealing of a pig, 5 ° I rushed on with my servant (whom I had taken _ with me, with his musket) ; before I caie p the French, I heard pop, popping, in a ll e d lif e , direc tions, but the pig seemed to have a charmstanding and was only wounded. I came up to hi imand took at bay in the middle of a pool of a deliberate shot with my revolv7seraitereut missed revolver, him. I him. My servant then fired and but fell flat on nay but into the mid-- rushed on to get another shot, p i g then face in the mud. The who all fired one after the dle of the French again, an d firing . . a . s usual without other, missing him, what 40rection, so that one caring the least in `ping' hoard the not very pleasant.of the Minie directions (I balls going in all think one servant who went in, of ours, got scratch on the hand from a sl u g out, of a slight one of their pieces.) Well, the undaunted pig rushed on, followed by the French, s tabbing at him with their bayonets and cutlasses, and falling over on their faces afterwards. You n ever saw such a scene ; at last, in doubling back, some one again wounded him, and imme diately about 20 sailors' 'cutlasses and soldiers' b a yonets were dashed into him. As they carried him past in. triumph, he looked more like a pin cushion than any thing else. On Tuesday night we had another alarm, but I do not think there were more than one or two Cossacks, and wo saw nothing more of them; by the way, the first day after they had gone about two miles, as I suppose they thought out of the range of our guns, they collected on the hills about three miles off, to watch our Noceeding*, when, after a little time takezi iu • jos giving it the oiler el evation, up went alter shell right •to the it fiddle of them, and ratilit, tPe s *".. r ,' - '1?-, should t4'nk, have do ne some damage ; they then f i4:*:,s,.! jil44 re tired, i leaving only a sentry here and there to look 1.4 .i k`..r, at us. Last night and the night before we were n0t , .., • 'r . ‘.4o 7 turned out, which I wonder at, as one Costa* : ( - 1 ,- riding down and firing his piece has the power of "W 1 / turning us all out and'. annoying us a good deal. As to attacking the place, to be successful, or to have a chance of it, they would require about 2,500 or 3,000 men, whereas there are only a few Cossacks and about 1,000 men between this place and Tera.. rouk (20 miles off), which place the Sea of Azoff squadron bombarded• the day we landed here, and tried to set fire to, but found there were some troors there, so they - could not. Fancy, we heard the firing here quite plain ! We have got a good many houses down, and the wood collected on the beach, and have sent over our Minna full of wood, but are not getting on so quickly as we expected, and instead of leaving to-morrow, shall, I dare say, have to remain till Tuesday or Wednesday (this is Friday). On Wednesday morning some French officers going down to the village too early by them selves found the Cossacks and some few foot (about a dozen), who had been spending the night there, had not left, and got fired at ; one was slightly wounded in the foot, the other had his cap knocked on one side; also the first day some of our navy of ficers got hemmed into the Church, and had to dodge the Cossacks. We have sent armed parties out in different directions the last few days to burn some houses a distance off, &c. One that started yesterday went to a splendid vineyard, but all the best grapes had been shaken down by the Russians to prevent our getting them. The vineyard is a long way off, and here even—far as it is—one unfortunate Frenchman had strayed with that insatiable thirst for plunder and was found murdered (not shot) ; he was lying nearly naked, and stuck in the side and neck with a lance or sword. I suppose there were Cossacks in the place, and that they first fired at and wounded him, and then murdered and robbed him. This is the first man we have had killed here. "A great treat here are the mushrooms, of which there is a large quantity. When several of us were out picking them the day before yesterday we found the place the Cossacks fired from, and a little fur ther on I found one of their cartouch-boxes, which they had dropped the other night, with 48 rounds in it of Minie ammunition. It is made of sheep skin, and I mean to keep it as a tobacco-pouch. They are to send us down huts, I believe, from Balaklava, but only 25, which will not be nearly enough, so that we shall have to build some, and shall not be able to keep all the wood we get here for firewood ; so that, I dare say, some of that will have to be sent down to us from Balaklava. While they are about it they might as well make us com fortable, but fully expect that the officers will have to pass the winter in double tents, which is by no means a pleasant look-out, though I almost ques tion if a double tent to oneself would not be bettor than a hut with four in it, as digging down very deep, putting a fireplace in the side, double one tent over the other, digging one ditch close round, and another further out, banking up clay to keep the wind out, boarding the bottom, &c., one can make oneself pretty comfortable after all ! SUNDAY, SEPT. 30. " Well, my letter has not gone yet, and I believe one mail has left the other side, but ono has had such a lot to do here between perpetual working parties, foraging, &c., that it could not be helped. However, I hope to be able to get it across to Yenikale to-day by the Minna. We have not been turned out the last two nights, but nearly all of us sleep with our clothes on, boots and all ; not a very comfortable way of resting, which reminds me of a passage you used to laugh at in Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel about the 49 warders, tall and strong, or something of that kind, who did everything with their armour on, and even drank the red wine through the helmet bars, for such was the custom of Branksome-hall'—do you remember it ? We have been able to get some fowls, kc., here, and so ha ve b een a bl e to live pretty well, but they are nearly all finished, so that the sooner we go the better, but I fear we shall not get away before Friday or so. I told you the day before yesterday about the Frenchman who was found killed. Well, I believe he had two comrades with him, one of whom was found also murdered, and the other is still missing. " We now have a guard and sentries out in the village, and we are, with armed working parties, carrying away the best of the wood from there for firing, Asc. ; the rest of the place has been set firo to, so that when the Cossacks come back they will not find much of their town ! I was hard at work down there yesterday, from daylight till sunset, coining back for one hour for dinner and breakfast at 9 and 1." STATE OF TRADE. (Prom the Manchester Guardian of Sa .urday.) MANCIISSTER, Oct. D.—Yesterday week, when the merchants assembled in our Exchange room, between one and two o'clock, were expecting every moment to bear that the Bank of England had given the monetary screw a long turn, and were looking somewhat gloomy in the anticipation, they wer e re li eve d by the intelligence that no change had been made. In the market of Tues day last, there was, consequently, a little more cheer fulness, and although extreme caution was still the domi nant feeling there were buyers who ventured upon offers, few of which, however, were accepted. Yesterday, when no alteration was looked for, certainly none of much severity, the announcement that the rate for discounting bills was six per cent. up to 60 days' date, and seven per cent. anywhere from 60 to 95 days, seemed to give everybody a sort of galvanic shock. Coupling this mea sure with the statement that the directors had prayed the Government to authorise the issue of a large amount of notes, without placing against them an equal sum in gold, people began to fall into rather anxious forebodings as to difficulties ahead, which might be discernible front Threadneedle-street. At once a stop was put to busi ness. Buyers closed their order-books, and recalled any unaccepted offers which they might previously have plucked-up courage enough to make for yarns or goods. There is, of course, some business which buyers may deem it necessary or advisable to effect ; but, in these cases, a further abatement of price is insisted upon on the one side, and conceded on the other, by this or that seller. In this respect great irregularity prevails, in consequence of the very diverse situations of pro ducers ; for, while many aro still pretty we ll supplied with orders, not a few are approaching their last deli veries, and others see more or less of actual accumula tion going on. With the exceptions referred to, how ever, the merchants and dealers having no idea what prices may be safe, consider it to be their wisest policy to continue narrowing their liabilities, and bringing their reeo'urces under command. Pursuing this course, which is the one of safety, and the one to help on a reac tion, the mercantile classes in this city generally disap prove of the measure sought from the Government by the directors of the Bank of England ; and we hear of the same disapprobation expressed by spinners and manu facturers from various parts of the district, who see in the proposed course a stimulus to that very exportation of the precious metals which is the evil complained of. The India letters are not generally come to hand. We have, however, conversed with one eminent merchant connected with Bombay, who has received advices from that market, and wo learn that the long drought had at length been succeeded by commencing rains, and be was hoped that the progress of the monsoon would. such as to rescue the crops from the destruction which had had appeared to be impending, and to give anekim'spbusi to trade. The telegraphic statement of the week's 'Change n in g o the o r L Liverpool pi information m cotton n of se market,bscrt subscribers, e g e i given on mani festly usual—that incorrect — so w o NOTTINGEIAM, decline i nme uccohpymingoriet.incorrect, even, than Oct. 18.—The imp rovement in the lace trade we noticed last week continued for plain goods and a few descriptions of fancy a rticles, but the g eneral ity of houses engaged in the fancy trade complain of inactivity . hose ar e Low priced articles in hosier y goods are chi efly sought for, while wrought or fashioneddoing but in littl e demand. There is not much in yarns, and prices are irregular. WOOLLEN TRADE. ( F rom the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LioD s, Oct. 19.—There Las not been any change of mo ment in this branch of business during the present week. Sales have not been large, and have been limited to a supply of the current requirements of the manufac turers. Prices are quoted without any material altera tion, but in actual sales there is a turn in favour of the buyers. BRADFORD. —The shipping houses are transaoting a very fair business in manufactured goods, but for the home trade there is next to nothing doing. The prices obtained of late for combing wools are firmly maintained, there appearing no prospect of decline, and demand is somewhat more limited. The yarn trade remains steady. HALIFAX—For a few days subsequent to our last Friday's report, there was some mitigation of the very depressed tone then noted. Now, however, we are com pelled to remark there is, for the present at least, acon siderable relapse, and scarcely any business cas n thebe effected in wool. The little that is doa n e y s e h r z price to be rather in favour of buyers, who evince a very cautions and shy bearing ; thougb, in I truth, few seem to think that any very material full business rates. doing g er iu e rent in the wool market ; as, i n impression will be made upon thtehequgortnatwiLngs districts le the a b r e t e i n cle a i s s te h a e d ld y v th e e ry ng t h en n a o c t io p u r s e ly ss f in or g pieces and yarns. STABBING CASE IN LIVERPOOL.—On F r i day night stabbing case, which will probably inYolv e a c h arge murder, occurred at No. 4, R, a mon .9 d - street, Vauxha road, both parties concerned being G ermans. The pe son stabbed, Louis Gean, a shoemaker, deposed that on that evening he had been drinking with a sailor named Raymond-street, after whi c h fight, and in the scuffl e G r i me s t a bbed Gean in two places on t h e r i g h t s id e, the weapo they Grin Grime r ' commenced a t'l beer r. house t o jl' ' penetrating the intercostal muscles and the pleura, an causing collapse of the lungs. Grimer has been a rated. I ~'{